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ILLUSTRATIONS  IN  VOLUME 


APIARIAN. 


Bee  Trap. 


390 


ARBORICULTURE. 

Apple  Trees  are  Injured  by  Winter,  How...  397 

Bottle  Trees  of  Australia .  265 

Larch  Cone  Freak . L57 

Oak,  The  Cowtborpe .  121 

Trees,  Treating-  Girdled .  348 

—  Mending-  Mlc»s-girdled .  237 

BIOGRAPHICAL. 

Baron  von  Liebig .  289 

Chase,  Chief  Justice .  321 

Emma,  Queen  Consort  of  Kamohaineba  IV.  lfil 

E  ugenie,  Ex-  Km  press .  129 

Kameharrieha  V.,  King  of  the  Sandwich  IrI- 

‘  ands . 101 

Luuaiilo,  King  of  Sandwich  Islands,  Wil¬ 
liam  C....; .  100 

MaoMahon,  Marshal .  385 

Mill,  John  Stuart .  401 

Napoleon  III.,  Late  Emperor  of  France .  49 

Powell,  Cel.  James  K .  377 

Viscountess  Beaconsfleld .  65 

DAIRY  HUSBANDRY. 

Acarus  domestlcus . 203 

—  farinao.:. . 203 

—  eaochari .  203 

Butter  Pail,  Wcstcott's .  283 

Cream  Still .  353 

Milk  Cooler,  and  English .  11 

DOMESTIC  ECONOMY. 

Bedstead  with  Silk  Counterpane,  French  ...  241 

Box  for  Domestic  Use. . .  95 

Brackets,  Home-made .  Ill 

Bread  Cotter . . .  159 

Chairs,  Refitting  Old .  127 

Clolbes  Burs,  Convenient .  159 

Egg-Bag,  Fillet  work .  284 

Housewife  (2  figures) .  207 

Initial  Letters .  .  221 

Letter  Bag  with  Medallion .  14 

Monograms . 237,  2119,  285,  333 

Music  Portfolio  and  Stand .  317 

Parlor  Horn,  Our,,. .  319 

Pen  Wiper. . . 30 

—  —  Band  for .  30 

Pin  Cushion . 47 

Stand  for  Cigar  Ashes . .  317 

TolletS  ;nd  with  Drapery .  177 

Whatnot,  Hanging .  383 

Wood  Box  or  Che  t,  Covered .  79 

W ork  B  isket,  Mexican . 63 

—  Stand,  Lading*.. . 253 

—  - Bamboo .  .  284 

—  Table  Cover . .  . 268 

EDUCATIONAL. 

Transit  of  Venus  in  1874  (4  figures) .  337 

ENTOMOLOGICAL. 

Acarus  saeebari. .  316 

Alaus  oeulatus .  221 

Attaous  Cocropia . . .  172 

Cecropta  Moth . . .  172 

Clytus  oharus .  .  79 

Cocoon  of  Oecropia  Moth .  172 

Rrgatis  speeulatus .  ..  142 

Giant  California  Beetle. .  142 

Passalus  cornutus .  156 

Willow  Tree  Borer .  189 

FARM  ECONOMY. 

Cold  Chisels  (3  figures) .  62 

Plowing  without  Dead  Furrows  (5  figures)..  378 


FIELD  CROPS. 

Potato,  Compton's  Surprise . 369 

—  Extra  Early  Vermont .  299 

FLORICULTURE. 

Bouquet  for  Button-hole .  301 

—  Holder,  Basket .  268 

Button-bole  Flowers..  .  348 

Coat  Flower  .  348 

Davallia  mooreana .  188 

Echmopsls  vaiida . . .  285 

Hyacinth  support .  230 

Lily  from  Japan . 13 

Mammllarea  Elephantoides .  2*5 

Maranta  vollchil . 93 

Mncina  pruriens .  73 

Nepenthes  rufileeiana .  125 

Odontoglossum  vexiilarium. .  361 

Orchid  House .  153 

Paulllnla  thallctrlfolia .  61 

Pelargoniums,  Grafting .  361 

Pitcher  Plant., .  12g 

Dwarf .  397 

Primula  .Japonica . . .  233 

Rose  Garden  Design .  301 

Rustic  Fern  Case . 364 

Thyrsacantbus  rutilans .  252 

Toden  Wiikosiana .  220 

Violet  Victoria  Regina .  316 


Muselia  Canadensis .  109 

Mustela  Martes .  12 

Otter,  Canada .  204 

Pennant's  Marten,  or  Fisher .  109 

Pine  Marten . . .  12 

Putoring  vison .  77 

Itamplnistos  toco.  . .  353 

Red  Flamingo,  The .  409 

Rhinoceros  Surnatranus .  . 

Toco  Toucan . 

Wolverine .  173 


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353 


PISCICULTURE. 

Horizontal  Hatching  Box .  253 

Revolving  Cylinder  Hatching  Box.. .  .  253 

Seth  Green’s  Hatching  Box .  253 

Shad  Hatching  Boxes .  253 


POETRY. 

The  Question  (2  figures) . 


19 


POMOLOGICAL. 

Pear  and  Outline,  Huyshe's  Prince  of  Wales.  108 

—  Fox's  Beedllng .  .  HI 

—  from  Germantown,  N.  V .  60 

—  Huyshe’s  Prince  Consort .  141 

POULTRY-YARD. 


Wardian  Case.  jr,g 

Aviary,  Octagon .  437 

GARDENER. 

Buff  Cochin  Cock .  380 

—  Hen .  380 

Goose,  Red-breasled .  313 

Melon,  Munro's  Little  Heath .  330 

Onion,  The  Queen .  236 

Ostrich  Farm  In  Cape  Colony .  asi 

Pigeons,  Blue  Owl  . . .  28 

Squash,  Marblehead.. .  205 

Tomato,  Canada  Vintnr  q*> 

Poultry  House.  Movable .  137 

Turkey,  Crested .  201 

V u  1  ture  Hock .  222 

HERDSMAN. 

Cattle,  Pembrokeshire .  329 

—  Polled  Angus . 25 

—  To  Prevent  from  Hooking  Fences .  92 

Ringing  a  Bull . 365 

HORSEMAN. 

Bit  for  Ungovernable  Horses .  74 

Bridle  Bit,  Medical .  221 

Horse  Stocking .  521 

HYGIENIC. 

Bandage  for  Diarrhea . . . 319 

INDUSTRIAL  IMPLEMENTS. 

Couplings  for  Boh  Sleds .  92 

Garden  Soarl tier.  . .  317 

Horse  Hoe,  Victor .  170 

Sleigh  Couplings,  Draft. .  27 

—  —  Light .  27 

MODES  AND  MANNERS. 

Fichu  Col  lar, . . 257 

—  of  Lace  (2  figures) . 305 

Hut,  Black  Crepe . 257 

Ladles’  Illustrated  Costumes .  17 

Skating  Costume .  98 

Suit  for  Boys  (2  figures) .  209 

NATURALIST. 

Bear,  American  Black .  44 

Beaver,  Common .  140 

Canary  Nests .  I73 

Castor  Fiber .  140 

Crow,  American .  396 

Culo  Lubcub .  173 

Flamingo,  Red . 409 

Lutra  Canadensis . 204 

Mink . 77 


PUZZLER. 

Illustrated  Proverb  No.  1  .  105 

—  —  No.  2  . .  225 

—  ~  No.  3 .  259 

—  —  No.  4 .  291 

—  Rebus  No.  1 . . .  19 

—  —  No.  2 .  35 

—  —  No.  3 .  61 

—  —  No.  4 .  83 

—  —  No.  5 .  99 

—  —  No.  6 .  115 

—  —  No.  7 .  147 

—  —  No.  8 .  163 

—  —  No.  9 . 211 

—  —  No.  10 .  243 

—  —  No.  11 .  807 

—  —  No.  12 .  323 

—  —  No.  13 .  339 

—  —  No.  14 .  355 

—  —  No.  15 .  371 

—  —  No.  16 .  408 

READING  FOR  THE  YOUNG. 

Mamma’s  Birth-Day  (2  figures) .  211 

Scarecrow,  The  Little .  401 

RURAL  ARCHITECTURE. 

Butter  Factory,  Weeks’ .  . .  217 

Cottage  Plans.  . 253,  381 

—  Residence  Plans .  218 

Farm-House,  A  neat .  169 

—  —  Elevation  and  Plan .  9 

Green-House  Ventilators... .  300 

Octagon  House  and  Plan .  297 

Palace  of  Industry  for  a  Perpetual  World's 

Fair .  41 

Plans  of  Suburban  Cottage .  105 


Early  Life  In  the  Egg  (5  figures) 

Newspaper  File . 

Siphon,  How  to  Start  a . 


249 

185 

67 

393 

210 


SHEEP  HUSBANDRY. 

Sheep,  Border  Leicester . 

—  Cheviot .  . 

—  Cots  wold . * . 

—  Shropshire .  . 

—  Too  Nippers . 

SOCIAL  TOPICS. 

Chase  for  a  Wife . . .  385 

Setting  up  the  Stove .  273 

Two  Cronies,  The .  33 

“  You  Will,  Won’t  You  ?” .  81 

SPORTSMAN. 

Catching  Suckers  through  the  Tee .  45 

Gascony  Hound .  332 

How  to  Paddle  a  Boat  (0  figures) .  157 

Scbleuderlcegelbahn .  124 

Spring  Gun..*. .  189 

Trap,  Dead-fall .  29 

SWINE-HERD. 

Swine,  How  to  Harness .  381 

TRAVELER. 

Am  pi  theater  at  Pompeii, .  369 

Bungala  or  Dhow . 225 

Castle  Geyser  and  Hot  Springs,  Montana...  113 
Chinese  Street  Cobbler .  145 

—  Winnowing  Machine .  145 

Hammondsport,  View  of . . .  289 

Heated  Room  In  a  Bath  at  Pompeii .  869 

Kenka  Lake  Map .  281 

Mexican  Carrotta. . .  345 

Negroes  in  a  State  of  Starvatlor . . .  225 

Penn  Yan,  View  of .  281 

Stowing  Slaves .  225 

Winter  Traveling  In  the  l'ar  North.  .  193 

WIT  AND  HUMOR. 

A  Case  for  Ilcrgh .  312 

An  April  Fool  In  an  April  Shower .  216 

A  Soused  Child  dreads  Water .  355 

—  Sumptuary  Matter. . . .  376 

—  Welcome  New  Year's  Call .  21 

Chnlf .  40 

Coiffure  Octopus,  Designs  after  Nature .  328 

Cruel .  152 

Designs  for  Dolly  Varden  Hats . . .  392 

Garden  Weeding  Made  Easy . 416 

Hint  for  the  Impecunious . 130 

Honesty  Is  the  Best  Policy .  120 

Ladlos’  Saloon  of  a  Brooklyn  Ferry  Boat ...  184 

Latest  Traveling  Costume . 261 

Laundry  Secret .  312 

Maternal . 344 

More  Posi  ti  vlsm . 88 

Picture  Sunday .  280 

Precocious  Toilet  Making .  296 

Sympathy .  56 

The  Descent  of  Man .  408 

—  Ornamental  made  Useful . 168 

True  Conjugal  Impartiality .  248 

—  Tact .  200 

Valentine  Tragedy .  104 

What  the  Dog  is  for .  72 


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Residence  of  W.  G.  Wilson .  105 

Sectional  View  of  Ventilator  for  Green- 

House .  300 

Smoke-House,  Fire-Proof . 319 

—  —  Section . ... .  349 

Sun  Protector,  Van  Geert's .  70 

SCIENTIFIC  AND  USEFUL. 


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APIARIAN. 

Bee  culture  desirable V  Is  gene¬ 
ral . u 

—  keepers’  Ass'n,  North  Amer¬ 

ican .  M 

—  room  f or  the  queen .  02 

—  hives  In  Germany,  locullon 

of . 350 

—  —  —  winter,  ventilating _ 157 

—  metallic . 238 

—  traps . 896 

Bees,  breeding  pcnceable . (12 

—  degeneration  of . 157 

fl  edlng . SO 8 

—  bundling . 380 

—  how  to  pick  up . 317 

—  means  used  for  settling . 62 

separating  two  swarms  of...  62 

—  spring  management  of . 181) 

—  —  treatment  of.. . . 3141 

—  swarming . 288  | 

—  under  dillieulty,  having . 201 

—  value  of  Italian .  . 2(1 

llosago  us  a  honey  plant . 317 

Comb,  removing  old....... . 2(18 

( lorrcetlon . 238 

Illve,  the  coming . 288 

lloney  for  the  city  market . 20(1 

producing  plants . . .  2(1 

Instinct  of  swarming . 398 

Opinions  of  apiarians . 62 

ltape  as  a  honey  plant . 350 

Sugar  In  honey  making . 317 

ARBORICULTURE. 

Acorns,  vitality  Of . 10!) 

American  blight,  destroying...,  II 
Auts  ascending  trees,  to  pre¬ 
vent . 381 

Apple  trees  injured  In  winter.  .318 

—  - by  winter . 31)7 

—  —  lime  for . Ill 

Apricots,  fulls  to  get . 882 

Arborleulturu.1  quoilos . 201,  882 

Arbutus  menzeesll . . . . Ill 

A  sites  and  the  borer . . 141 

J1  irberry  seed  and  propagation  13 

Black  knot  on  plums .  . . 301 

liottle  trees  of  Australia . ...205 

Briar  stocks  for  seed...... . 318 

Cutulpa  for  timber . 201 

Calycunthualn  Wls . 76 

Ontnu  tree  for  hedge . 331 

Cherries,  stock  for  . 318 

<'>erry,  the  wild . 697 

Chestnut  timber,  durability  of. .332 

Currant  bushes  unfruitful . 381 

Forest  planting  In  Illinois . 201 

Fruit  trees,  winter  prunlug  of. .  76 
Hedge  girdled  by  mice . 265 

making . . . 237 

Hedges,  pig -proof....  . 321 

Lurch  cones,  freak  among . 157 

Locust  hedges  lu  Onondaga  Co., 

N.  Y . 318 

Madronu  tree . Ill 

Mice  girdling  trees. . 237 

Mossy  trees  In  an  orchard . 318 

Oak  in  England,  tho  oldest . 121 

Peach  buds  killed . 237 

—  orchard  experience. . 61 

—  trees,  hot  water  about . 301 

—  -  killed  by  cold . 121 

Peaches,  yellows  la .  13 

Pear  blight.. . . .  28 

—  —  fungus . Ill 

—  trees,  mulching . HI 

Pears  on  Douoin  apple  stocks... 265 

Pecans  and  walnuts..  .  28 

Persi  in  mo  ns  for  seed . 265 

Pine  forests,  how  to  reproduce 

100,  la? 

—  southern . 2o5 

Planting  1,000  trees  por  day . 265 

Raspberry  culture . 188,  265 

Sumacs,  freaks  among . 381 

Ten  acres  la  forest,  to  get . Ill 

That  doubtful  freak .  76 

Tree  planting  In  Illinois . 301 

Trees  from  rabbits,  protecting.  13 

—  measuring  the  bights  of . 188 

—  planting . '..301 

—  propagation  of  forest .  44 

—  treating  girdled . 318 

—  iiuleacbed  ashes  and  or¬ 

chard .  76 

Twig  blight . 13 

Walnuts  unci  pecans . 28 

Walnuts,  propagating  English. .221 

Woolen  rug  manure . 221 

yellows  In  peaches .  13 


DAIRY  HUSBANDRY. 

Abort  ive  stock,  how  a  dairyman 

treats . 211) 

American  Dairymen’s  As9’n..,107 
Rutter  and  cheese  statistics  —  315 

—  churning  muda  easy . 87!) 

—  for  market . 130 

—  from  whey... . 107 

—  making . 155 

—  or  cheese . ,267 

pull,  Wosteott’s  return . 283 

—  —  refrigerating . 208 

—  washing . 219 

—  white  specks  on . 267 

worker .  27 

Rutter  milk  In  making  cheese.  131) 

Canadian  Dairymen’s  Ass’ll _ 130 

Charcoal  for  rennet, . 155 

Cheese,  Chemical  composition..  139 

—  combinations  for  controling 

prices  of . 75 

—  curing  houses,  construction .  13!) 

factory  apparatus . 331 

-  from  lopperud  milk, to  niukc.395 

—  gummy . 75 

—  in  tho  home  market,  distrib¬ 

uting .  21.) 

oven,  putting  tho . 107 

—  homo  consumption . 50 

—  mukiug,  Cheshire  factory,. ,  107 

—  -  in  California . 031 

—  —  modilled  chuddar  process.3-5 

—  — waste..,. . 379 

—  ml  to  and  ucarl  family . 203 

—  over  production  ol’ .  59 

—  ruck  arm  turner . 107 

—  styles  of . 815 

Churn,  Inquiry  about  a . . . 267 

Churning,  trouble  In..  ..27,91,139 
Coagulation,  cutting,  etc.,  time 

of . 107 

Colonising  dairymen....  . 317 , 

Country  markets,  advantages  of  5!i 
Cow,  how  to  choose  u  good . 267 

—  with  caked  hug . 267 

Cows  and  cure  of  milk,  milking.  1311 

and  their  management,  best 
breed  for  dairy . I  ll 

—  Hone  filings  for  abortive....  43 

Cream  before  churning,  temper¬ 
ature  of-., . 219 

—  gatherer . . . 156 

—  still,  the . ...,363 

Curds  in  sink  during  night . 2)3 

Dairy  convention .  11 

—  farms,  renting . 5!) 

—  Interest,  oiroumstanccs  af¬ 

fecting . 251 

—  markets,  homo . 171 

—  notes.. .  21*8 

—  statistics . . . 317 

—  stock  for  beef . 187 

—  hay  furmlng,  changing....  59 
Dairying  and  related  farming..  75 

—  faults  In .  50 

—  Queries  about . 171,267 

—  troubles  from  waste . 59 

Disinfectants  for  tho  factory,.  .165 

Floating  curds . ,.,,.,.,.,119 

Free  trade  vs.  protection.. 75 

Uoveu  remedy . 203 

Incorporation  of  t  wo  societies,  .  139 
Making  the  dairy  attractive.  ...363 

Marketing  dairy  products . 139 

Microscope,  use*  of  the . 126 

Milk,  artificial. .  18 

—  business,  managing  the . 126 

—  obenile.il  composition  of. . . ,139 

—  Condensed . ,...298 

—  cooler,  an  English.  . 11,  317 

—  —  whero  obtained . 27 

—  delivering  once  or  twice  a 

day.,.. . 139 

—  for  butter  ra  iking,  handling  91 

—  —  cows  and  horses,  sour _ 187 

—  management  of  tainted . 130 

—  - hot  weather . 305 

—  more  about  condensed . 187 

—  preservatives . 315 

—  of  Jersey  oowa  for  choose... 879 

—  once  a  day,  delivering . 283 

—  tainted . . . 139 

—  treatment  of..., . ,.107 

—  - night’s . 91 

—  weight  of . 347 

Milking  stock  for  poor  soils...,  43 
N.  Y.  State  Dairymen’s  Ass’u.59, 75 
Ohio  Dairymen's  Convention..  139 

Pastures,  Improvement  of . 75 

Rennet,  its  operation  In  cheese 

making . 283 


Rennet,  preparing . 91, 107 

Temperature,  deep  and  shallow 

settings . 331 

Whey  us  feed  for  calves . 283 

—  butter.... . 107 

Willard's  address . .  69 

DIARY  OF  A  RU11ALIST. 

Altogether  too  personal . 39.3 

Among  tho  flowers . 366 

An  apology . 94 

Apples,  seedless . 62 

Appreciated  compliment . 331 

Arnohls  bypooea . 91 

Asparagus  bod,  top-dressing.. ..266 

Azaleas,  Chinese . ...196 

Rootles  from  California., ...... .  45 

more  rare  than  diamonds... 334 

Bouquets  of  dried  Mowers . 78 

Bugs  from  Kansas . 283 

Ranting  up  rubbish . 251 

Csloeiisou  csoulentuiu . 334 

Called  an  old  fogy . 398 

Can't  afford  a  newspaper . 110 

Care  of  plants  In  dry  weather.  .110 

Caterptllurs,  tulip  tree . 190 

Chestnuts,  preserving  sweet _ 238 

Ohtoharee,  my  pot . 126 

Cinerarias  In  winter . 78 

Cleaning  up  out-bulhlings .  10 

Clytus  from  Kansas .  78 

Cocoons  from  Iowa . 172 

Cold  surprise . Ill) 

Correlation  of  debility . hia 

Cuttings,  making .  46 

of  bedding  plants . 172 

Cyplodlum  Inslgne .  30 

Dairying  In  Michigan . 235 

Dloseorea  as  an  ornamental 

plant,,,,.,. . 382 

Dobson  for  iish  bait . 698 

Don’t  crowd  your  hens . 302 

Drouth  and  strawberries . 410 

Early  pasturing . 251 

Eggs  in  pencil  twigs . 238 

Entomological  cabinet,  form¬ 
ing . 286- 

Entomology,  how  to  study . 542 

Ergutes  spiculutus.. . . . 142 

K vorgree ns,  pruning . IIS) 

—  —  uud  transplanting.,. ...... 266 

Fruits,  testing  new . 280 

Fuchsia,  the  first . 5102 

Gladioli . 334 

Going  to  law . 280 

Uraftlug-wux . 142 

Drape  crop,  total  loss  of . 350 

Grapes,  shall  I  plant  more. ....  .222 

Great  California  beetle . .  ..142 

Greenhouses  attached  to  dwell¬ 
ings... . . . 62 

Haven't  any  time,.... . . ,,.,,302 

Help  wanted . '150 

Hyacinths  In  winter . ...126 

loo-house,  filling  an . ,.,..110 

Insocts  for  name... ........ .206,  350 

Hibernation  of. . . 62 

K coping  newspapers . . . , , .  126 

Lot  that  alone . 158 

l, Ilium  aurutuma,  failure  of. ...266 

Lousy  beetles . . .....366 

Manure  and  water . .......238 

M Ilk , churning  whole. .... . ..... .235 

Mites  and  moths,  to  guard 

against . 382 

Montana  potatoes . 366 

Natural  aversion  to  Insects . 318 

Nature’s  workshop,  an  hoar  in.  45 
Now  y oar’s  day  In  the  country..  45 

Oak  as  a  lawu  tree . . . 206 

Packing  liibccts  in  cotton  and 

wool . 410 

Peanut  or  pindur .  1)4 

Pears,  dwarf  and  standard .  10 

Peits  lu  fall,  sowing . 254 

Pebbles  and  fossils  from  Wia.,398 

Petrified  moss . . . . . 331 

Planting  tender  bulbs  and 

tubers.. .  .3514 

Plectrodera  scalator . 190 

Jloses,  old-fashioned . 94 

—  pruning . 238 

Rubber  business,  In  the . 238 

Scion,  cion,  branch,  limbs . 266 

Heeds  fri  m  California . . 334 

Hotting  out  potted  plants, . 350 

Shrubs,  choice  hardy . .  5)0 

—  twelve  winter-blooming . 30 

Six  hundred  Insects  In  a  tea¬ 
spoon . 254 

Sociability  or  country  people...  30 
Sowing  flower  seed . 382 


Summer  and 
houses.. . 


Transplanting  at  night  . 

—  lu  windy  weather... 

—  largo  maples.  . 


Willow  tree  borer. 


Worms  in  flower-pots. 


s.. 410 

French  crout . 

of 

Gingerbread,  hard . 

..  10 

(jfloveM.  dyeing  kid, . 

. 810 

...334 

Grease  spots  from 

woolen 

...350 

101 

...296 

Green  pickles,  to  make. 

. 411 

...302 

. .  883 

...158 

. . .254 

holder . . 

8M 

...5118 

-  roc«i;i  . 

...no 

itti 

..  190 

...5418 

1  lorn  of  plenty . 

...  94 

Housewife,  the . 

DOMESTIC  ECONOMY. 

Ants’  nests,  destroying . 3051,  361 

Apple  butter . 17, 95,  113 

—  cooking . 127 

—  —  to  make . 30 

Apples,  steamed . 148 

Beans  and  vinegar . 36,  95 

Bedstead,  French . 25)9 

Beef,  bow  to  boll  corned . 127 

to  cure  dried . 79 

Beefsteak,  right  way  to  fry . 95 

Beets,  cook  lug . 335 

Biscuit,  good . 207 

Blue,  to  color . 79 

Box  for  domestic  uses .  95 

Brackets,  home-made . Ill 

Hrmid,  a  good  way  to  use  dry. . .  113 

—  Huston  brown . 510 

—  corn . 191 

—  cutler....,,  . ,....159 

Butter,  apple . s . . .  97 

—  cannot  get . 5151 

—  making,  winter . 191 

Butterflies  on  lace  curtains . 351 

t  ake,  a  cheap  yet  excellent. 

Jelly . 11)1 

eocoanut . 228, 3u3,  8it0 

—  corn  starch . 1193 

—  delicate . 169 

feather . 18 

—  fruit . 303 

—  Jelly . 14  2251 

—  —  or  tea . 399 

—  lemon  sponge . 367 

pork . 239 

—  rye  Johnny . 143 

sponge  Jelly . 127 

—  without  eggs,  Jolly . 95 

—  —  nice . 176 

Cakes,  buttermilk  fried . 303 

—  eocoanut . . . 367 

—  excellent  fried . . . 79 

—  fried . 255,335 

—  youst . Ill 

Calico,  to  wash  black... 223,  271,  287 
Canning  corn  in  tins . 367 

—  fruits,  etc . . . 255 

—  tomatoes . 303 

Carpet,  how  to  sweep  a . 351 

—  that  rug . 239 

-  the  other  side  of  the  rug _ 319 

Carpets,  a  plea  In  favor  of  rag.. 223 

—  rug . 303 

Chairs,  refitting  old . 127 

Cheese,  kippered  milk . 3515 

Chicken  salad . 54515 

Churning,  how  to  prevent  long.223 

—  that  long . 239 

Cochineal  coloring . ,175 

Clothes  bars... . 15!) 

Cookies . . . 239 

—  ginger............. . 207 

—  good. . . . 191 

—  hartshorn . 399 

Color  yellow  on  cotton .  79 

Crackers . ‘ .  79 

Crullers . 191 

Designs  wanted . 287 

Dining-room,  the . 143 

Discovering  beauty . 222 

Domestic  inquiries. . . . . 30,  054,  1)5 

Doughnuts,  to  make  raised . 271 

Dresses,  coloring.,.., . 79 

—  without  eggs . 5499 

Egg  bag . 287 

—  toust . 191 

Eggs,  about  packing . 271 

—  In  salt,  packing . 143,  223,  255 

—  recipe  for  pickling . 316) 

— "  to  pack . 191 

—  without  salt,  keeping . 271 

Extract  grease  spots,  to . .411 

Floating  Island  rodpe... . 567 

Flour,  how  to  toll  good  from 

poor .  H 

Flowers,  wax. .  654 


How  easily  butter  Is  spoiled _ ill 

Indian  pudding .  95 

ink,  invisible . 265 

Inks,  sympathetic . 399 

Italian  cream .  79 

Letter  box .  H 

Mackerel,  cooking  and  koeplng.335 

Meats,  bolllug . 169 

effects  of  lighten  fresh. ...  79 

Mortar,  mouse-proof . 191 

Moths  in  furniture . . . 399 

Music  portfolio  and  stand . 319 

Mustard  for  the  'table . 191 

Mutton,  rank  flavor  In . 297 

Nice  butter . Ill 

Onions  in  milk,  to  take  the 
taste  out . 2519 

—  to  pickle.. . 197 

our  home . 143 

Bants,  to  make  a  pair . 271 

Parlor  horn . 319 

Pttrsntp  wine . . .  30 

Pasteboard  and  leather  picture 

frames . 319 

I  'end i  brandy . 308 

Peaches,  canning . 287 

Pen  wiper . 80 

Pickles  bright  green,  to  color...  79 

green  tomato . 367 

Picture  frame,  a  cheap . 239 

—  frames . Ill 

I’lc  crust,  good . 111! 

—  excellent  custard .  ....223 

Pies  fried . 191 

Pincushion .  17 

P’unts,  uncovering . 222 

Pods  of  peas .  319 

Pork,  to  cook .  3(1 

—  fresh,  to  make  salt . ,,191 

Pounder,  an  Improved . 191 

Preparing  lor  company . .207 

Pudding,  baked  apple . . . .223 

birdsnest . ...383 

boiled  India n.79,  127, 113, 237,361 

—  green  corn . . . 367 

—  or  mush,  Graham . 351 

rice . 399 

steamed  corn . 191 

—  —  Indian . 143,383 

—  tomato . .....361 

without  eggs,  suet. 63, 127, 335,367 

Putty  frames . 260 

—  picture  frames . 303 

Hag  carpet. . . ..Ill 

carpets . . . 335 

Raspberry  juice,  to  prepare.  ...Ill 

Recipes  asked  for . 191 

Rose,  cloth  of  gold. . .  . 222 

Rubber  boots,  to  nicud . 399 

Rushes  a  use  for .  47 

Hustle  frame,  How  to  make .  11 

flaiiul,  chicken . 223,  336 

—  how  to  make  a . 271 

Sally  Lutm . 2519 

Sausage  how  to  keep . 383 

—  keeping . 127 

Sausages,  how  to  make .  II 

Scarlet,  with  cochineal,  to  color.387 

Sea  shells,  how  to  clean . 336 

Shell  work  on  nutty . 867 

Hhtrtt  fit,  how  to  make .  14 

Strawberry  wine . 5493 

Soap,  how  to  make  soft . 63 

Something  gruuu . HI 

Soup,  noodle .  30 

Stand  for  cigar  ashes.,.., . 319 

Strawberry  Juice,  to  prepare. ..  .111 

Suet  pudding  without  eggs . 79 

Talks  to  housekeepers . 207 

Tidy,  a  pretty . 361 

—  for  comfortables .  95 

—  how  to  make  a . 175 

To  clean  a  browned  porcelain 

kettle . 127 

Toilet  mats . 361 

—  stand  with  drapery . 176 

Tomatoes,  canning . 503 

—  whole,  canned . 255 


Variety,  how  lo  make . 367 

Veils,  how  to  restore  black  lace. 228 

Wall  protector . 351 

Washing  and  washing  day . 175 

—  compound .  05 

day,  Saturday  ns  u . 191 

-  fluid  recipe . 351 

—  made  easy . 63,  111,  159 

more  about..  . 223 

my  mode  of . Ill 

-  method . it 

Wulno'-proof  doth,  to  make . 175 

Wax  flowers.... . 03 

Whlto  star  crosses . 861 

Why  wash  Monday . . .  17 

Wood-box  or  chest  covered . 79 

Wool,  renewing  maroon  colors 

hi . 175 

scarlet,  to  dye . 1....2251 

Work-basket,  Mexican.. . (3 

stand,  ladles,,.,.,,  . 255 

—  - bamboo . 267 

table  eover . 271 

Worms  out  ol’  dried  fruit,  how 

to  keep .  79 

Vcnst  cukes . HI 

Yellow,  to  color .  79 

EDITORIAL. 

Abolition  oiv  n.  v.  usury  laws..  62 

Accepting  tlm  Pacific  U.  H .  84 

Activity  contagion  * . 

Advertising  fowls  and  eggs . 304 

—  In  tlie  Rural . 224 

Agricultural  college  bill . KM 

—  land  grant  bill . 192 

conventions  In  N.  V.  state.. 144 

~  hotel . 266 

laborers’ strikes  In  England  to 

—  professors . 304 

American  beef  cuttle  in  En¬ 
gland..,,, . 22! 

cut  nulls  and  spikes,.., .  96 

Dairymen’s  Ass  n,,, . 8t:H 

—  Devon  herd  hook...  .  82 

—  exhibitors  at  Vienna . 208 

—  Institute  Farmers’  Club...,  70 

-  I’omologloal  Hoc. ...  .80,  210,  288 

An  acceptable  present . .  32 

Analyses  of  gypsum . 208 

Anderson  Hchool  of  Natural 

History . 388 

Angora  gouts . 128 

An  improvement .  .  32 

indignant  contributor . 144 

-  innocent  case  of  Incest . 08 

Another  Atlantic  cable . 164 

Antl-R.  it.  monopoly  Oonveu- 


lion . 

Apples,  fine  King . 

...  288 

Arkansas  troubles . 

A  semi-annual  greeting _ 

Back  salary  grub . 

Baird,  Prof.  8.  F . 

...  96 

Barns,  Mrs.  Dr.  N.  H . 

Baron  Liebig  In  hot  water. 

....352 

Beautiful  chromo . 

. . .  .,''84 

Bees  by  mail . . 

Bed,  sugar  from  Illinois.... 

-  In  California, . 

....  (U 

Boston  and  crime . 

....84 

—  rhododendron  show.... 

Brief  but  emphatic . 

Broccoli  in  England . 

....128 

Brown.  Simon,. . 

160,  176 

Building  up  manufactures. 

....224 

Better  and  cheese  exchange  in 

New  York . 

....384 

—  western  vs.  eastern . 

....144 

Buying  Chicago  lots . 

. 148 

Culloo  printing .  . 

....  240 

California  wheat . 

Cannon  fora  church . 

Can’t  afford  it . . . 

. 112 

Cun  we  agree  on  wages . 

Car  hook  murderer . 

. 116 

Cash  for  farm  labor . 

(’Mhitlo  goyser  and  hot  spring  in 

Montana . 

. 112 

Catalogues,  etc.,  received.. 

.  .80. 

112,  14i,  160,  192,  ,.08,  240 

304. 

*66,  400 

Cattle  breedtiih  of  California...  138 

—  transportation . 

Cheap  transportation  to 

tide 

water . 

ILI 

Cht!Mitpeak«  ii nd  Ohio  U.  u . 2£8 

Cheese  an  army  ration.,.. 

Christian  comm  unity . 

Chromo  of  the  Vosemlto.. 

. 400 

Convention,  editorial. . . 

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fMOOBE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


Chronotype . 304 

City  clerkships . 80 

City’s  baDe,  but  country’s  bles¬ 
sing . 16 

Cleaning  and  bleaching  pea¬ 
nuts . 304 

Clean  the  «c  Mars . . . . .  .308 

Colfax.  Schuyler . ,.211 

j  Vice-President . 148, 164 

(  Ol.  Harris  nnd  Ohio  Farmer... 132 

Colliers  of  South  Wales .  68 

Coming  right  along .  10 

Commissioner  of  Agriculture.. 

96,  160,  ITS,  192 

—  - and  the  Agricultural 

Convention . ..112 

Commissioners  to  Vienna . 224 

Company  of  the  bay  of  Samaria  08 
Condition  of  Kansas  farmers..  ,266 

—  —  Sonntnr  Sumner. . 100 

Co-operiiLton  nmong  farmers..  .128 
Cornell  University . 888 

—  —  president's  mansion . 258 

Couldn’t  do  without . 304 

Cousin  Johnnie's  good  example  18 

Count  Pierrefonds. . 100 

Credit  Mobilier  investigation.. 

20, 100 

—  - In  the  House . .164 

—  —  scandal .  36 

—  - in  Congress . 68 

Cuba  lias  sympathizers . 20 

Dairy  business . 272 

Deadheads  dead..., . ...384 

Delay  In  sending  engraving _ 96 

Department  of  Agriculture . 208 

Devon  herd-book . 224 

Dodge,  J.  It . 144,  288.  306 

—  for  Commissioner  of  Agri¬ 

culture............ . 240 

Dollars  and  cents..... .  32 

Don’t  bo  persuaded. . . . 64 

Downing,  Charles . 240 

Dried  fruits  for  France . 336 

Economy  In  children’s  shoes.. .384 

Eight-quart  milk  cans . 224 

Electing  President  by  direct 

vote, . 68 

Electros,  wood  cuts,  etc.... . 352 

Elliott.  F.  K . 80 

Ellwanger  A  Barry’s  nursery. .  .170 

Emily,  Faithful .  84 

Encouraging  homo  Industry..,.  16 
English  farmers  and  farm  la¬ 
borers  . .....208 

—  manufacturers  of  agricultu¬ 

ral  machinery,,,,,, . 288 

—  paying  tribute  to  American 

products . . . 224 

Englishmen  In  Kansas . 288 

Entomologist  of  N.  Y.  State  Ag. 

8oc .  352 

Equal  before  the  law . 288 

Eugenie  as  regent . 52 

Eureka  concerto  organ . ,...304 

European  salmon  eggs  for 

American  waters .  32 

Evil  of  impatience . 256 

Exhibitors  at  the  Vienna  Ex¬ 
position,  to..... . 128 

Ex-emperor  Napoleon . 36 

Ex-king  ol  Spain . 211 

Faille,  Thomas  Hall .  96 

Failure  of  the  Arctic  expedi¬ 
tion . 324 

Farmers  and  grooery  bills.. .....336 

—  combine . . . 114 

—  conventions  and  railroads. .  96 

—  freights  and  commissions. .  .224 

—  in  the  Minnesota  legisla¬ 

ture . 96 

—  saving  by  purchasing  agents.  112 

—  state  conventions . 2SS 

Farm  house  design. . . . 16 

Fate  of  manufactures  in  Illi¬ 
nois . 336 

File  and  preserve  all  business 

pa  piers . 400 

Fine  chromes . 30-1 

Five  hundred  dollars  better  off 

for  reading  the  Rural . 359 

Floggings  of  criminals  in  En¬ 
gland . 164 

Flowing  spring  poultry  foun¬ 
tain .  224 

Flying  machines .  64 

B’oster  easo,  the ... .  . 196 

Four  hundred  acre  sugar  beet 

field . 25f 

Franking  privilege . .  84 

Free  trade  In  land . . . 336 

F.  R.  Elliott's  untruthful  state¬ 
ments...., .  .. — . . 320 

French  and  the  death  of  Napo¬ 
leon . 52 

French's  patent  cultivator . 2S8 

Fruits  of  advertising . 304 

Garden  snails . . 400 

Garrison’s  autobiography . 228 

Gen.  Butler  and  the  seed  law. .  16 

Gen.  Garfield  and  farmers . 4t*0 

Geneva  award  in  the  British 

Parliament.., . 164 

Geo.  Francis  Train  insane . 196 

German  losses,  the . .196 

Get  books  on  specialties . 288 

Giving  away  shade  trees . 20S 

Good  boohs  for  rurallsts . 128 

Good  words  for  the  Rural . 208 

Going  a  Maying . 288 

Governmoni  seed  store . 48 

Grain  in  Chicago.  . 272 

—  movements  the  piut  year.. .  80 

—  trade  in  England . 384 

Grand  duke  Alexis . 100 

Granges  of  Patrons  of  Hus¬ 
bandry  . . 400 

Great  Britlan  vs.  United  States. 3l)8 

—  storm . . . 20 

Greeley,  printers’ statue  of . 48 

Gross  cruelty  to  a  horse . 352 

Gypsum  unulyses .  240 

Hadn’t  made  up  his  mind . 176 


Have  a  specialty . 176 

Hearty  appreciation  Of  the  Ru¬ 
ral .  16 

Helping  elect  senators . 68 

Hexamer,  Dr.  F.  M . 80 

Hints  for  the  season . 400 

Home  manufactures  for  farm¬ 
ers.  . . 256 

—  markets . 208 

Honeybees  by  mail . 384 

Hop  biisiuess . 320 

—  culture  the  present  season  .144 

—  market . 368 

—  prospects . 272,  400 

—  roots . 301 

—  —  death  Of . 240 

Hops  from  abroad .  80 

Horse  epizootic  came  from, 

whoro . . . -  -208 

—  trots  at  agricultural  fairs... .  48 
Howard,  death  of  Caroline  A...  48 
How  the  farmeraof  Iowa  do. ...400 

—  agents  cun  help  us . 48 

—  people  afford  it .  32 

—  the  Rural  saves  money . 352 

—  to  circulate  the  Rural . 302 

—  work  Is  done  ut  Vienna . 308 

“  1  don’t  want  none  of  ycr  pa- 

pen/’ . . 192 

If  you  don’t  like  it.,  don’t  take  it.240 
Illinois  Industrial  University.. 224 
Importing  horses  from  Canada.25C 

—  largely . 64 

Imports  and  exports . 384 

Independent  farmers . 192 

Indian  troubles. . ...  292 

Indiana  State  Board  of  Ag......!28 

Industrial  books  received.  .....176 

Insanity  among  farmers . ...112 

Interesting  to  Inventors . 32 

International  boot  -  making 

match . 208 

Inter-state  Industrial  Exhibi¬ 
tion  at  Chicago . 240 

Introducing  Improved  stock  In 

Canada . 368 

Iowa  Ag.  College .  80 

It  depends  upon  whose  ox  Is 

gored . 352 

Japan  College  of  Engineers _ 320 

Japanese  chronology . .  08 

Kansas  senutorsliip . 100 

King  and  queen  of  Sandwich 

Islands . 100 

Labor  revolution . 330 

Life  subscriber.  .  10 

Look  out  tor  nmnougs.. . . 112 

Lotteries  and  State  fairs . 64 

Lottery  t  ickets . 128 

Lon  riiina  election . 148 

—  senators,  the  two . 08 

—  trouble... . ,.104 

—  wrangle...... . 100 

Low  prices  In  Iowa . 240 

Lunar  farming . 852 

Man  tn  the  M  loeene  period ...  .250 
Manufactures  and, agriculture. .272 
Market  Taira . 272 

—  —  ill  Kansas . 400 

Massachusetts  Ag.  College..  •  •  -304 
Maury,  death  of  Commander...  96 
Mechanics  ut  Cornell  I  nivorsl- 

ty . 176 

M  edtum  for  advertising .  80 

Mexican  frontier . 292 

Michigan  State  Ag.  College . 304 

Microscopes  and  barometers. . .224 
Migration  of  English  farmers  to 

America . 40(1 

Mill,  late  John  fjtuart . 400 

Milk  and  cream  revival  in  New 
York..... . S68 

—  tubes  and  teat,  openers . 384 

Mill,  death  of  John  Stuart...  ...324 
Mississippi"’*  views........  ... 208 

Missouri  stool:  law . 301 

More  testimony . 12S 

Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co . 112 

Narrow  gauge  railroad  for  farm¬ 
ers  . 04 

National  Agricultural  Congress 

256,  336, 868,  884 

—  Cheap  Transportat'n  Ass'n.820 

—  Exhibition  of  short-horns.  .240 

—  railway  exclusively  for 

freight . . . 144 

—  Workingmen’s  University. .256 
Natural  Bridge  of  Virginia  in 

danger .  . . ......228 

Nepotism  in  the  Department  of 

Ag .  48 

New  Ag.  College  bill .  96 

—  dress,  delay  In .  16 

—  England  Farmers’  Club . 208 

—  —  tobacco  growers  and  mid¬ 

dlemen . ...240 

—  Jersey  commissioners  to  Vi¬ 

enna . 384 

—  postal  law . ..256 

—  society  suggested . 304 

—  way  of  breaking  up  gamb¬ 

ling . ....100 

—  way  of  distributing  seed _ 381 

—  York  State  Ag.  Soc .  48 

—  —  Commissioner  of  Fisher¬ 

ies . 48 

—  —  Farmers'  Club . 80,  208 

—  life  insurance . 160 

—  —  State  Dairymen’s  Ass'n..  48 

—  —  Stale  Editorial  Ass’n . 384 

—  —  usury  law . . 292 

—  —  without  a  State  Entomol¬ 

ogist . ,,..192 

No  class  monopolizes  honesty .  .352 
Northern  Pacific  R.  R.  gold 

loan . 352 

Notable  southern  men . 384 

Officers  accepting  free  passes..  .128 

Oh  I  how  mad  he  was . 400 

Oh!  If  . 368 

Ohio  Agricultural  College . 48 

—  —Convention . 16 

—  change  of  weight  of  grain . .  .304 


Our  European  letter... . 208 

—  premium  engraving . 170,304 

—  —  sent  promptly . . . 32 

Oyster,  an  artificial . . . 224 

Paris  Chamber  of  Commerce 

for  manure . . . 804 

Parsons,  S.  B . 138 

Passports  for  those  going 

abroad . 400 

Patrons  of  Husbandry  and  wo¬ 
men . 80 

—  - in  Maine . .  48 

Peace  making  gun . 240 

Peaches  In  Indiana . . — 192 

Pennsylvania  Ag.  College .  301 

Petlengetl’s  advert is  rg  agency .368 

Philadelphia  Centennial . . .384 

Pbln,  Prof.  John . 80 

Political  demagogues . 288 

Postage  on  seeds  and  plants — 240 

—  —  transient  papers . .....256 

—  stamps  for  Government  of¬ 

ficers  .  292 

Postal  cars . 336  I 

—  cards . . . . . 292 

—  telegraphy . . . 20 

Post-office  department,  instruc¬ 
tions .  .  192 

Pound  of  butter  from  a  pint  of 

milk . . . 240 

President  Grant’s  horses . 368 

Prices  of  farm  lands..  . ,.,......256 

Pride  In  one's  vocation . 368 

,  Prize  to  offer  farmers . 128 

Prize*  at  county  fairs . 128 

Producers'  nnd  Consumers’ 

Convention . 304 

Prohibiting  watering  milk . 20S 

Quin,  P.  T . 80 

Railroads,  a  war  against . 224 

Rates  of  postage . 68 

Raw  sugar  full  of  atari  sac- 

ehuri . 144 

Rend  nnd  circulate.. . 208 

Recent  railway  disasters . 292 

Relative  nut  rition  of  beans  and 

peas . .144 

Remarkntilc  coincidence........  84 

Rotten  fruit  from  Mississippi.  .400 
Rural  brevities. .10.  32.  48.  64,  112. 

144, 160,  176, 192.  203,  224,  240, 

250.  272,  304,  320.  336.  352.  30V 
348,  384  ,'400 

—  hooks  for  Japan. . . 952 

—  club  of  New  York...  .64,  ICO,  352 

—  Club's  second  anniversary 

dinner...,..,., . 112 

—  for  1873 . 112 

Indispensable . 368 

pays  its  subscribers .  48 

Sail  picture .  80 

Salt  cake  In  bone  dust . 352 

Sandwich  Islands .  30 

—  —  farming . 256 

Scientists  vs.  pract  i  'itl  men . 272 

Secretary  Houtwe'l  has  re¬ 
signed .  ............  .132 

—  of  American  Pomo]ogicnl 

Soc . 38* 

—  —  the  Maine  State  Hoard  of 

Agriculture . 224 

Selling  grass  seed  in  Maine . 336 

Send  for  seed  and  other  cata¬ 
logues .  144 

Sending  dressed  beef  from  the 

west . — 112 

Shall  1  go  Into  sheep . 128 

—  we  go  wort, . 352 

Sheep  shears,  patent . 192 

Sildny’s  donation  to  Cornell 

University . .400 

Situation  in  the  west . 352 

Smith,  J,  Hcnly . 128 

Soil  eultiivlsts.  spring  campaign. 224 
Something  that  is  true .  48 

—  to  sell . 208 

—  we  sa  w  the  other  day . 288 

Something’s  the  matter . 240 

Spain  a  republic . 132 

—  Culm  and  the  United  States.  52 

Spanish  steamer  Mlrello . 100 

Special  scientific  studies  for 

women .  .400 

Speech  from  the  British  throne. 116 

Spoiling  a  match . . —  64 

Spritig  business  among  seeds¬ 
men.. . 112 

Stagnation  in  the  hop  trade . 160 

Stamp  tax  on  medicines . 144 

State  conundrums . 288 

—  election  biennial, .  86 

—  Entomologist  of  Missouri’s 

report. . . 336 

Steam  pi  ow  ing  abroad .  — ..... .336 

—  plows . . 112 

—  reaper  and  mower...., . 192 

Stokes,  the  murderer,  Edward 

S..., . . . 8,  36 

—  trial .  20 

Strike  among  Ohio  coal  miners.  1 10 

—  but  hear . 112 

Strikes,  about . 224 

Study  the  homo  market .  KO 

Sugar  plantations  In  Louisiana. 256 
Tax  on  cats..  , . ,.304 

—  —  raw  cotton . 64  ,  400 

Tea  in  Iowa..., . . . 48 

Terrible  accident  at  Dixon.  111.303 

Thanks  and  a  reference.... . 32 

The  country  safe . 104 

—  New  Year.  1873 .  16 

Things  in  North  Carolina . 272 

Threatening  the  judiciary . 292 

To  a  young  farmer . . . 32 

Too  many  farmers. . 64 

—  good . 96 

—  much  advertising . .......112 

Torrey.  Prof.  John . 172 

Transportation  of  fruits .  48 

Tree  of  debt . 352 

Trees  on  western  plains . 80 

True  principle  in  marketingpro- 

duce . SO 


Truth  about  the  Vienna  Expo-  ’ 

sit  Ion. . 224 

Tucker,  death  of  Luther . SO 

—  the  late  Luther, . 96 

Tunnel  under  Detroit  river  — 192 
Tweed;  disagreement  of  the 

"7  jury . 100 

Use  of  commercial  fertilizers.  ..304 

Utah  in  ferment . 132 

Vienna  and  the  Exposition . 352 

—  Exposition . 20.  272,  308 

- bill... . 64 

—  —  scandal . 368 

Warder,  Dr.  John  A . .224 

Washington  Agricultural  Con¬ 
vention  of  1873 . 304 

Western  horses  for  the  east — 272 

What,  will  you  leave  behind . 128 

Wisconsin  geological  survey — 830 
Wise  action  of  California  farm-*  3 

ES  "or*  ... . 304 

When  to  sell  wheat . 192 

Why  are  taxes  so  high . 9C 

Woolen  mills  exempt  from  ' ' 

taxation  in  Georgia . 128 

Women  In  the  Granges .  272 

—  should  attend  agricultural 

meetings. .  32 

Work  of  the  Flsli  Commission¬ 
ers . 384 

—  - Joint  Commission . .  84 


ENTOMOLOGICAL. 


Acnvlna  or  mites . 316 

Alaus  melnniips . 221 

—  ocnlatns. . .  .221 

Ambl yrh  11a  eylhidri forints . 156 

A  mphicerus  bienudatns . 172 

Ant’s  nests  in  Gardens . 172 

Apple  twig  borers. . 172 

Ashes  for  wire-worms....  ..  .316 
Attncus  ceeropee . . . 172 

—  pnlyphermis . . . ,....172 

Beetle,  a  large  spring . 221 

Beetles,  how  to  mount  small.  ..382 

Black  grub . . . .286 

Bos  tr  i  cli  us  serrl  oolll  s . 172 

—  trunciitoollls . ...172 

Cabbage  lice . . . 398 

Canker  worms  and  trees . 286 

—  destroying . 108 

Cccropia  moth . 172 

Cut. worms  to  guard  against — 108 
“Daddy  Long-legs"  attacking 

lawns . 280 

Greenish  mealy  louse . 172 

rnseet  eggs  from  New  Mexico.. 156 
Inserts  at  fairs . l.r6 

—  destroying  peaches . 382 

—  In  rustle  work .  62 

—  look  out  for . ....316 

—  on  cabbages . 172 

K«ty-dld  eggs . 398 

New  Vork  State  entomologist.  .300 

—  —  without  a  State  entomol¬ 

ogist . 289 

Passalus  cornatus . 156 

Pea  weevil . 398 

Potato  beetle  in  Ohio, Colorado  286 

—  —  harrowing . 286 

State  entomologists  and  such.. 334 

Tobacco  worm,  enemy  of . 2SG 

Wire  worm  remedy . 108 

—  worms  and  ashes....... . 316 

—  - 1,1  ipa  beans . .....172 

Woman's  gossip  about  bugs. . .  .300 

Worms  in  grapes . 221 

Works  on  entomology . 382 


FARM  ECONOMY. 


Apple  pom  see  for  manure .  45 

Ashes  to  potatoes,  applying.... 234 

Bob-sleds  with  coupling . 27 

Bringing  up  a n  old  farm . .  320 

Buckwheat,  enriching  with _ 202 

Canada  thistles . Ji9( 

—  —  to  destroy . 362 

Cellar,  wants  to  know  how  to 

build  an  outside . 394 

Charcoal  a  good  farm  medicine.  62 

Cisterns. jll ters  for . 362 

City  wastes,  value  of . 123 

Coal  ashes  for  sandy  soil . 75 

Cold  chisels . . . 62 

Corn,  artificial  manures  for . 234 

—  and  oats  for  manure,  rotted  123 

—  cob  moxl  for  stock . 27,  75 

—  husking.  . . 234 

Drain  ur.der  walk . 330 

Early  pasturing . 302 

Exhausted  lund.  how  to  bring 

up  the  fertility  of . 394 

Fence  posts,  replenishing . 4,, 

—  —  setting . 330 

—  —  to  preserve . 123 

Filter.,  for  cisterns . 362 

Gn  im,  analysis  of . 170 

—  us  sold  In  New  York . 90,122 

Grain  drill,  essentials  in  a . 75 

Hogs,  how  to  hang . 234 

H  orsu  urine . - . .330 

Irrigation . . . 158 

Lime  and  salt . . 202,  282 

Liquid  excrement . . . 158 

Manure  for  corn,  artificial . 202 

M an  u res,  trea t uient  of , , . . . 394 

Meadows,  close  mowing . 330 

Milkweed . .330 

Mixed  husbandry  South . 330 

Muck  patch . . . . 170 

Nitrate  of  potash  in  100  lbs.  of 

tobacco  . 202 

Peruvian  guano.  . 330 

Plast  er  deteriorate  by  age.  does  330 

—  on  beech  and  maple  lands.. 282 

—  sowing......,.* . ,..282 

—  the  ii  Be  of. . . . 330 

Plow,  Michigan  double .  45 

Plowing  deep  vs.  shallow . 362 

—  without  dead-furrows . 378 

Plows,  Collins  &  Co.’s  steel . 123 


Plows,  polishing . 123 

Potash  for  dissolving  bones _ 202 

Rond  making . 378 

Roller  and  harrow  wanted . 237 

Salt  as  a  fertilizer . 394 

Sawdust  for  stables . 2S2 

Sen  fowl  guano . 330 

Shingles,  durability  of . 362 

Shoals  In  a  barn  cellar .  75 

Sugar  making  in  Vermont . 122 

Superphosphate  of  lime . 170 

— - durability  of . 302 

System  In  farming . .302 

Timber,  sawing .  45 

Tobacco  stalks  for  manure . 330 

Trench  plowing  prairie . 362 

Urine  from  a  cow . 170 

Washes,  slopping . 234 

Watering  trough . . .  75 

Wheat  shorts  as  a  fertilizer — 282 

When  to  subsoil...., . 330 

Wool  waste  for  grass  lands . 330 


FARM  IMPLEMENTS. 


Binding  attachment  to  reapers.  170 
Bob-sleds, coupling .  92 

—  —  with  coupling .  92 

Cream  still . 250 

Garden  scarifier.. . 217 

Harrow,  extra  good . 250 

—  Thomas' . . 317 

Hay  carrier.  Louden . 158 

Horse  hoc.  Victor . 170 

-  power  and  thresher,  Hard-'® 

nr’s . . . ...346 

—  powers,  advance  in  price. ...158 
Lawn  mower,  how  to  Stake  care 

of  a . . . . . 250 

Plow,  Scotch  steam . 260 

Plowing  by  stenm.... .  27 

Plows.  Collins  &  Co.’s  steel . 170 

—  Reversible . 3S2 

Rights  of  purchasers  of  patent¬ 
ed  articles . . . 346 

Raws.  Boynton’s  lightning . 170 

Swivel  plow  on  farms . 346 


FIELD  CROPS. 


Potatoes,  Late  Bose . 269 

—  fertilizer  for .  26 

—  for  market . 218 

—  for  seed . 394 

—  from  a  peck,  sixty  bushels  of. 299 

—  in  drills  or  hills . 282,  314 

—  in  New  Jersey . ,,,,.170 

—  in  St.  Lawrence  Co,,  N.  Y..  ..106 

—  keeping  quality  of . 314 

—  Late  Rose*...., .......  26,90,218 

—  sweet . . .  43 

—  to  plant,  size  of . 250 

—  turnips,  &c .  58 

—  under  straw,  planting . 122 

salt  for  wheat . 202 

Seeding,  thin . 283 

Seeds,  natural  d Isseminatlon  of. 394 
Soiling  crops  lit  Boucon  Kami..  5S 

Sorrel  farm . 122 

Sugar  cane,  amber . 282 

Tobacco  culture . 250 

—  — guano  In .  . .  106 

—  plants,  preparing  land  for..  .122 

Trenching  prairie  for  corn .  11 

Turnips  and  wheat.. .  58 

Wheat  and  oats  together,  sow¬ 
ing . 346 

—  and  turnips . . . 58 

—  Eureka . . . 202 

—  fields,  harrowing . 170 

—  French  winter . 186 

—  Fultz  winter.. . 186 

—  harrowing . .  .218,  250,  299 

—  in  Neosho  Co.,  Kan.,  spring.202 

—  mulching  Winter .  43 

—  Odessa . 202,282 

—  Oran  early  spring . 202 

—  Pride  of  Butte . 202 

—  producing  winter . 106 

—  Red  Osaka . 202 

—  salt  for . 202 

—  Scottish  April . 186 

—  sowing  ashes  on .  43 

—  vitality  of .  . 106 

—  white  Michigan . 186 


Alfalfa  in  California . 282 

—  not  11  grass . 202 

Beet  sugar  industry . 863 

Beets,  how  1  r,  gTow  sugar .  43 

Broom  corn  experiments . 26 

Buckwheat,  silver  h  11 1 1.106, 170,  186 

Carrots,  how  to  grow . 138 

Chufas  for  sheep  pasture!! 

south . 346 

Clover.  Alslke . . . 1*1,186,234 

experiments  with  Alslke....  78 

—  seed  per  acre . . . 346 

—  when  sown . . .....202 

Corn  and  cut  worms . 234 

—  Cooley . 58,136,202 

—  Egyptian  Joint  pop . 202 

experiments,  broom . 26 

—  fertilizer  for . 26 

—  fodder,  storing .  78 

—  for  stock  feeding . 346 

—  lien  manure  for.... . 186 

—  in  Illinois . 330 

—  in  Virginia,  drilling . ,,..250 

—  Judson’s  and  Cooley’s. . 129 

—  orange  dent.... . 202 

—  replanting,, . .» . 394 

—  sowing . 234,330 

—  to  keep  crows  from  pulling..  58 

—  white  Australian . 106 

Cotton,  ashes  for . 314 

Cutworms  nnd  corn . 234 

Fiber  plant,  new . 186 

Fibrous  plant . . . 314 

Grass,  Bermuda . 314 

—  for  an  orchard . .  . 202 

—  Hungarian . 250,  362 

—  orchard . 90.394 

—  seeds  for  small  lawn . . 282 

—  seed  on  old  meadows,  sow 

ing...., . ...170 

Guano  in  tobacco  culture . 106 

Hop  culture .  -346 

—  —  prospects...., . 202 

—  growing  in  Canada . 26 

—  —  profits  of . 234 

—  planting . 170 

—  roots  in  Wisconsin . . 314 

Hops,  about . 250 

—  English  cluster . ,,.394 

II  u  n  ga  r  i  a  1 1  grass . 362 

Lucerne . 299,  23 1 

—  In  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y . 282 

—  mode  of  feeding . 299 

—  product  per  acre . 299 

—  quantity  of  seed  per  acre.  ...299 

—  suitable  soils  for . 299 

Oats,  animated .  78 

Parsnip  culture... . 202 

Peanut  culture . 78 

—  —  in  Ohio . 202 

Peas.  Japan . . . 26 

Plaster  In  tobacco,  supplying..  .394 
Potato,  Campbell’s  Late  Rose. . 

78, 170,  234 

—  Compton’s  Surprise . 269 

—  disease— preventive... . 202 

—  experiments  at  Cornell  Uni¬ 

versity.., . 154 

—  Extra  Early  Vermont . 299 

—  In  Minnesota,  Campbell’s 

Late  Rose. . 314 

—  Peerless . . .  43 

—  Red  Rock . , . 394 

—  sprouts  before  planting,  re¬ 

moving . 346 

—  vines  for  stock,  sweet . 100 

Potatoes,  applying  ashes  to . 186 

—  Campbell’s  J, ate  Rose . ..138 

—  changing  seed . 106 

—  digging... .  58 

—  exempt  from  disease.  Eng¬ 

lish........  . 106 

—  exhausting  soil. . 282 


FLORICULTURAL. 


Annuals,  choice  collection  of.  .174 

—  our .  .  61 

Antirrhinum . , . 174 

Asters.......... . 174 

Balsam..... . 174 

Begonias  and  fuchsias . 29 

Blue  mountain  tea .  61 

Bouquet  for  button-hole . .'SOI 

—  holder,  basket . 268 

Bulbs,  long  rest  of . 29 

Cacti,  two . 285 

Cactus,  hot  water  for .  93 

Camellia,  sporting . 220 

Camellias.  Importing  Japan . 61 

Candytuft . 174 

Carnations  dlseuwed . 188 

Ceuta  urea  ciimenti . 316 

Oeplmlotns  follicularls . ....397 

Climber,  a  now  conservatory...  13 

Colors  on  plunt  life... . 188 

Conservatory  climbers .  13 

Coral  plant . . . 2.1 

Crocuses  of  varied  color . 316 

Cypress  vine . 285 

Dahlias  from  seed . 142 

—  how  to  grow . 25. 

Davallea  Moor  eon  a . 188 

Kcbinopsls  valldn . 285 

Erysimum . Cl 

Fall  preparation  for  Bpring 

flowers  . . 252 

Fern  case . 361 

Flower  for  coat....... . 348 

—  of  Eden . 140 

—  seeds  for  beginners . 13 

—  —  from  the  catalogues,  se¬ 

lection . . .. . 73 

—  —  hardiness  of . 361 

Flowers  at  the  Vienna  exposi¬ 
tion . .  . . 397 

—  changing  color  of . 361 

—  for  the  button  holes . 348 

—  in  alcohol,  preserving . 140 

—  —  parks.. ..... ............... .252 

—  saving .  93 

—  talk  about.  . . 140 

—  too  many . 233 

—  to  preserve  cut, .  . .....233 

Fuchsias  and  begonias . 29 

Geranium  Jewell,  new  double.  .268 
Geraniums,  hybridizing . 233 

—  improving . 61 

—  seedling.  . . 285 

Gosnoria  zebrina . 93 

Giving  away  flowers . 411 

Graphalium  lanatura  variega¬ 
te  m . M0 

Greenhouses,  shading  for . 220 

Hanging  baskets... . . 268 

Hot  w  ater  for  cactus . 93 

House  plants  wanted . 220 

Hyacinths  a  second  season . 411 

—  in  glasses,  support  for . 220 

—  —  water . 13 

—  what  alls  the . 188 

Japan  pinks . 174 

Ludy  correspondents .  .233 

Leaves  for  bouquets,  ornamen¬ 
tal . 140 

Lilinm  auratiitti  and  house  flies.316 
Lily,  a  black .  220 

—  calla . 125 

—  from  Japan,  a  prolific .  13 

—  of  the  valley,  non-blooming,  283 

—  White  Mountain . 188 

Lilies  from  seed,  pond . 153 

—  Japan  . . 285 

Madeira  vines . 285 

Mum  miliaria  elepll entitles . 285 

Mannre  for  plants . 29 

Mamma  veitebii  .  93 

[  Meomordica  vine... .  61 

|  Mimic  house  and  grounds . 208 

Morning  glory,  double  white...  61 

Muclna  Prurelus . . .  73 

Nepenthes . ....125 


OOBE’S  RURAL  1IW-YORSCIB 


Nicotine  nictifolia . 61 

Ondontoglossnm  vexlllarium..  .361 

Orohtd  house . 153 

Paulina  thnlictrifolia .  61 

Pampas  grass . 140 

Pansies,  massing . 233 

Peas,  sweet . . — . . 233 

Pelargoniums,  grafting . 361 

Petunia . 174 

Phlox  Drummond!! . 174 

Pitcher-plant  of  New  Holland 

Sirf . . . 397 

,s..... . . 125 

Planting  slips . . ...361 

Plant,  a  pretty  Texas .  30 

Plants  from  Alabama . 61 

—  In  a  cold  greenhouse  . ..73 

Portulacca . . 174 

Primula  Jnponica . 233 

Hose  as  a  weeper,  Mareehnl 

Neil . . . 153 

—  bushes,  c.lling . 316 

—  Charles  Lawson . 257 

—  cuttings  in  October,  plant¬ 
ing.... . » . 301 

—  garden  design . . . 301 

—  hedge,  Knglish . 153 

Hoses  about . 78 

—  best  twelve  tea . 125 

—  on  inanettt,  budding . .316 

—  pronunciation  of  French 

names  of . 397 

—  pruning,  etc . .333 

Balpigtossi* . . 61 

Slow  evolution; . ...lit 

Slugs  and  snails .  73 

Snuif  for  green  tly.....' . 153 

Sulphur  vs.  death  to  plants . 93 

Sweet  Alyssum . ,...174 

Ten  weeks  stock . 174 

Thunbergia . .  •  -285 

ThyrsacaiHhns  rutilans . 252 

Todea  Wllkesiana . 220 

Verbena  seed  grow,  cannot 

make . 333 

Verbenas  and  petunia* . 233 

Violet  Victoria  regtna . 310 

Violets,  white  sweet.... , . ...... .140 

Wardian  case,  ornamental . 153 

Woman’s  work  in  the  garden... 125 

Zinnia,  double . * . !74 

Zinnias . 61 

GARDEN  HR. 

Asparagus,  salting . 364 

Bean,  Rod  Chilian . 269 

Beets,  all  about . 205 

Buds  from  strawberry  beds,  to 

keep....... . 124 

Broccoli,  Cooling's  matchless 

winter.  . . ,317 

Buckwheat  for  salad . 252 

Cabbage  after  mangels . 189 

Clubfoot . 411 

—  and  onions  in  Texas.,....,, ..331 

—  for  market,  small . -252 

—  from  buds . 188 

—  in  Indiana...,.  . . 317 

-  large . 77.269 

—  red . 269 

—  worm,  to  get  rid  of . .381 

Cauliflower,  varieties  of . 269 

Coffee  grounds  and  melons . 381 

Cucumbers,  fertilizing . 13 

—  ou  trellises  . . . 124 


Cattle,  polled  Angus .  25 

—  wintering . 74 

Corn-cob  meal  for  stock . 187 

—  stalks  and  sore  mouths.. —  26 

Cow,  a  self  sucking . 218 

—  giving  bloody  milk. ......187,  251 

—  gone  blind, . . . 187 

—  how  to  choose  ft  good . 267 

how  to  manage  a  kicking...  .267 

—  with  caked  bag . 267 

Cows,  abortton  in..... . 251 

—  apples  for  milch . .  42 

—  as  milkers.  Texas . 11,  187 

—  cleansing . 315,  365 

—  dying  in  Georgia,  Tennessee  11 

—  for  dairies .  92 

—  kicking,  to  prevent, . 138 

—  size  of  teats  111  Ayrshire . 187 

—  smiling  milch — .  42 

—  tails  while  milking,  to  fasten  U 

Duke  of  . . . 

Feed  for  producing  milk . 187 

Garget,  poke  root  not  scoke 

root  for . *.213 

Get  ft  thoroughbred  bull . 365 

Gorging,  about . 347 

Grubs  in  back  of  slock . 187 

Heifers,  how  to  spay . 138 

tn-aitd-ln  breeding. . . 365 

Lice  on  cattle,  to  kill . 138 

Milker,  a  good . ,...347 

Milk  fever  In  cows . 410 

Poke  root  for  garget . 218 

Ringing  ft  bull . . . 365 

Henke  or  poke  root . 267 

Short  horns,,  murks  on . 42 

Spaying  animals . 251 

Steers,  driving .  " 

Straw,  how  to  um . 26 

Tennessee  cows  dying  in  Gu....  It 

Texas  cows  as  milkers .  H 

Thoroughbred  animal,  what  is 

a . 31a 

Trough  for  watering  stock . 26 

Turnips  for  stock . ,.187,218 

Water  for  animals . 347 

Wen  or  tumor  on  the  jaw .  42 

HORSEMAN. 

Apples  aud  horse  disease .  42 

Bit,  Curtis’ . 171 

—  for  ungovernable  horses,. . .  74 

Bits  for  horses,  leather . 74 

Bone  spavin  remedy....... . 803 

—  - wanted . .....267 

Bridle  bit,  ft  medical . 221 

Castor  beans  for  horses.... .  74 

Catarrh  In  horses . 142 

Colio  in  a  (Illy,  remedy . 267 

Colt  dying . 347 

—  that  will  not  fatten . 110 

—  to  halter  and  break  n.l HI,  155, 238 

with  bunch  in  the  neck . 370 

Colts,  breeding  early. .  . 331 

—  feeding .  74 

—  thread-worms  in .  42 

—  weak  points  in . 71 

Corn  for  horses,  sweet . 110 

Corns  on  horses . 221 

Curb,  treatment  of...., . 410 

Fpizootic,  after  the. . . 186 

—  on  New  Mexico  ranges . 267 

Foals  early . 347 

Founder,  water  cure  for . 267 


HYGIENIC  INFORMATION. 

Aperient,  for  children...... . 191 

Asthma,  cure  for . 223 

-  remedies . 287.  393 

Bitter  apple . 338 

Bronchitis,  chronic . 399 

Caked  breasts . . . 95 

Chapped  hands . 803 

-  — and  lips . .-..191 

Chilblains,  remedy . 222 

Chills,  how  to  cure . 31 

Cod  liver  oil  for  patients,  pre¬ 
paring... .  15 

Colored  light  and  respiration... 833 

Constipation,  chronic . . B!<1* 

Corns,  remedy  for . 271 

-  sure  cure  for . 319 

Costiveness,  chronic . 333 


Weight  of  Norman  horses . 410  LAND  DEPARTMENT. 

Wolf  teeth  in  horses . 186 

Worms  in  lrnrses . ,...171.  221  vs.  West .  77 

Kansas  State  Hort.  Hoc . 37.  CO  Inquiries  and  answers . 10 

Knox  Co.,  Me.,  Ag.  HoC . 84  j  Kansas,  a.  letter  from . 174 


Must  vs,  West . 

Inquiries  and  answers. 


I,a  Moillo  Co.,  Vt.,  An.  Sue . 175 

Lenox,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y-,  Ag. 


Martin  Co.,  Minn . 345 

New  Mexico— 1.,  sketches  in.... 345 


Soe . 175  Plymouth. 


Cough,  sure  cure  for . 319  Mlddlehope,  N.  V.,  H'rult  Grow- 


—  training . 203  I  Hair  grow  on  a  wound,  bow  to 


Currant  worms,  to  kill . 269 

Currants,  about . 285 

—  varieties . 285 

Egg  plants.,., . 411 

Fountain,  design  for . 205 

Garden  plants,  transplanting...  t«2 

Gourd,  a  long...,. . 29 

Horseradish,  to  get  tender . 252 

llo Sung .  77 

Hot-bed.  a  cheap .  252 

Hot-beds,  French  system .  60 

Lawn,  how  to  make  a  good . 188 

Lawns,  destroying  weeds  on....  29 
Melon,  Munro’s  Little  Health .  .230 
Melons  and  coffee  grounds . 381 

—  fertilizing . 13 

Moles,  to  destroy  . . . .  381 

Onion  culture . . 236 

Onions  for  seed,  small .  13 

Paraffin  and  peas.., . . . 205 

Pea.  superior . 71 

—  Buffalo . ...411 

Peas  recommended . : . 205 

—  early  ripening . . . 252 

—  wanted,  list  of . 124 

Seeds  for  late  planting . 361 

Spinach  green,  to  keep .  29 

Squash,  Marblehead . 72,  205 

—  that . V 

Stakes  for  tomatoes . 317 

Tomato,  Canada  Victor . 92 

—  Hathaway's  Excelsior..  .205.  364 

—  plants,  bow  to  grow  early. . .  29 

—  the  best . 364 

—  Trophy . ........92 

—  white  apple . . . 77,  124 

Tomatoes,  best  method  to 

train . 188 

Vegetables  in  hop  gardens. .....364 

Watermelon,  strawberry  . . 269 

Why  we  luck  gardeners . 154 

HERDSMAN. 

Abortion  in  cows . . — 251.  315 

Apples  for  milch  cows .  42 

Ayrshire?  played  out., .  42 

Bloody  Murrain  remedy.,  .,138,  267 
Calf  from  a  young  heifer,  a  big.365 
Calves,  how  to  rear  bull . 267 

—  muzzling . .  . . 207 

—  longevity  of  first . 347 

Cattle,  Alderney  and  Jersey. .,,395 

—  corn-stalks  and  sore  mouths.  26 

—  feeding . 218 

—  from  hooking  fences,  to  pre¬ 

vent . 92, 138 

—  Pembrokeshire  or  Castie- 

martin . 329 


Croup-remedy . 223 

—  —  in  one  minute . 319 

—  to  cure . 159 

Diarrhea,  chronic . 271,  319 

—  remedy . 351 

—  —  for  chronic  wanted . 223 

Dropsy  to  Cure . 95 

Dry  month  and  throat . 399 

Eduoatton  as ameans  of  health  15 

Enlargement,  of  the  heart . 399 

Erysipelas  remedy . 303 

Farmer’s  wives,  health  of . 223 

Fat  and  lean .  95 

Felon  remedy.. . . . ,..*393 

Freckle  Union..., . ,....,191 

Freckles  ami  pimples . .271 

Frosted  feet  remedy . 271 

Health  of  farmers*  wives . 3177 

Inflamed  eyelids . 351 

Itch  remedy . 223,  399 

Laxative  mixture .  95 

Mansfield’s  acoustic  instru¬ 
ment,., ..................  .,.,399 

Medical  properties  of  the  to¬ 
mato,.... .  15 

Milk  as  a  medicine . 287 

Moles  from  the  face,  to  remove  47 

Mouth  wash . 159 

My  waist...., . .  31 

Nails, remedy  for  in-growing. .287 

Neeossit-y  of* cleanliness . 287 

Opium  habit  cure .  95 

Plies  and  costivenoss,  remedy 

for . . . 31 

Purifyinga  room  with  a  pitcher 

of  water . . . 95 

Restand  air ........  .............351 

Rheumatism  remedy . 351, 367 

Ringworm  remedy.. . . . 319 

Salve,  cheap  and  good  . . . 159 

Scalds,  treatment  ut'...,.., . 333 

Scarlet  fever  remedy... ....,271,  333 

Shaving  fluid . . . ,....191 

Sleep  as  a  medicine . . 303 

Small  pox  remedy . 271,  333 

Smokers,  to...... . 223 

Stammering,  remedy  for . 95 

Teeth,  the . .'...8J9 

Tetter  salve . 223 

Tomato— medical  properties  of.  15 
Vaccination  and  revaccinatlon.  15 
Vegetable  perfumes  anil  health, 367 
What  to  do  in  ease  of  accident.  47 
Whooping  cough,  ammonia  for.'OS 

,0„  INDUSTRIAL  SOCIETIES. 

make. . . . 150 

Harness  imd  horses . 263  Addison  Co,,  Vt.,  Ag.  Soo 1  to 

Horse  disease  and  apples .  42  Ag,,  Mech,  and  Blood  Stock 

—  diseased .  42  Ass'n  of  Texas . 255 

—  dying  from  eating  corn . 74  Alton,  III.,  Hort  Soo . 175 

—  knee-  sprung . 155  American  Fisli  Culturiat  Ass’n. lit 

—  not  shedding  his  coat . 381  —  Fomologicul  Sou . 335 

—  origin  of  Justin  Morgan  ... .283  — - prern,  list . 388 

—  proud  flesh  on  a . 155  Androscoggin,  Me.,  Ag.  Soc..84.  335 

—  shedding  tail  hair . 110  Barnstable  On.,  Muss.,  Ag.  Soc.  85 

—  shoeing .  &  Barnwell,  S.  Ag.  Soo. - ,.383 

—  stocking . 221  Berkshire  Go.,  Mass.,  Ag.  Soe.  ,111 

—  that  rubs  tllO  hair  off  his  Boonvlllo,  N.  Y.,  Union  Ag.  Soe.175 

tail . . . . . Bucks  0o„  Pa..  Ag.  Soc . 207 

—  the  Morgan . 171  Burlington  Co„  Pa..  Ag.  Soo _ 175 

—  to  euro  a  bulky . 221  Caledonia,  Vt.,  Ag.  Soo . 143,176 

—  with  a  good  disposition,  how  Carroll  Co.,  MU.,  Ag.  Soc . 256 

to  select . 221  Canadian  Dairymen’s  Ass’n _ 60 

—  wound  on  A . 74  Central  Boo  Keepers’ Ass’n  of 

Horse*  and  harness . .  .  .283  Iowa . .  14 

bit  for  ungovernable . 74  Champaign  Oo„  O.,  Ag.  Soc . 175 

—  blind  staggers  in . 410  Chittenden  CM.,  Vt.,Ag.  Soe... .175 

—  castor  beans  for .  74  Concord,  N,  U.,  Ag.  Soc.... . 14 

—  catarrh  in . 112  Connecticut  State  Poultry  Soc. 255 

corns  on . . . 221  Cortland  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Ag.  Soc _ 255 

—  deal  gently  with  the . 142  Cumberland  Co.,  N.  .1.,  Ag.  Soc.  175 

—  feet,  rasping .  n  Dairyman’* conventions.,.. _  li 

—  foundered . 863  DeurtlC;ld  Valley,  Mass., Ag.  Soe. Ill 

—  gall,  changing  a . ..155  Hast,  Texas  Ag.  and  Mech. 

—  leather  bits  for.... . 74  Ass'n  . 385 

—  scratches  In . 238  Eastern  uhlo  Poultry  Soc . 52 

—  sweet  corn  for . 11U  Edgar  Co,,  III.,  Ag.  Soc . .  37 

—  teeth  of  young . llu  Fond  du  Lac  Co.,  Wis.,  Ag.  Soc.175 

—  to  stop  runaway . 238  Franklin  Co.,  O.,  Ag.  Soc . 143 

—  with  weak  eyes . 267  _  —  Mass.,  Ag.  Soc . . . in 

—  worms  in .  . 221  _  —  Me,,  Ag.  Soo . 287,383 

Laying  out  u  half-mile  track. ...238  _  -  N.  C-,  Ag.  Soc . 255 

Slave,  kicking — . . 110  Fruit  Growers’  Ass'n  of  Louisi- 

—  with  bone  spavin . 379  ana . 143 

—  sprained  shoulder . 74.113  Georgia  State  Ag.  Convention.. Ill 

Need  of  horsemen . . . 381  Gosport,  lud.,  Dial.  Ag.  Sue . 255 

Norman  StulllOhs . . . ...267  Grafton,  N.  II.,  Ag.  Ass’n . 175 

Proud  flesh,, . ......171  Green  Co.,  Wis..  Ag.  Soe . .207 

Ringbone  remedy . ..347  Hampden  Co.,  Mass.,  Ag.  Soc. . .  11 

Sawdust  for  stables . 363  Hort,  Soe . . . 287 

Scratches  In  horses.  .221,  238.367,  Illinois  Farmer*’  Conventions. .  69 

318, 331, 379  -  Perchoron  Ass'n.  . 255 

Spavin  remedy.. . . 379  —  State  Fair . . . 255 

—  — wanted..., . 331  —  —  Farmers’ Ass’n... . 255 

Stallion  Injured,  young . 370  —  —  Ilort.  Soc... .  36 

Suggestions  for  horsemen  . 363  Iowa  Indus.  Convention . 52 

Swelled  legs . .379  —  State  Ag.  Soc . Ill 

Tail,  powerless .  ...142  —  —  Fair . 255 

Teeth  of  young  horses . 110  —  —  Hort.  Soo . Ill,  255 

Testing  a  mare’s  endurance...  110  Indiana  Short-Horn  Breeders’ 

Thorough  -pin . 347  Ass’n . 255 

Threadworms  in  colts . -4'i  |  Ingham  Co.,  Mich.,  Ag.  Soc . 85 

Weak  eyes  in  horses . 267  j  Kalmazoo,  Mich.,  Ag.  Soc . Ill 


Ludlow,  Vt...  Fair  and  Mech.  Story  City.  Story  Co.,  Iowa . 77 

Ag.  Ass’n . . 335  Virginia  lands . 124 

Maine  Poultry  Ass’n . 287  Washington  1  orrltory.. . .314 

—  State  Ag.  Soe . 143 

_  Boari,  of  At? . 3T  MODES  AND  MANNERS. 

—  — Pnttudnglcul  Sue . ..335 

Maryland  state  Poultry  Ass'n.  .383  Answers  to  correspondents.. .17, 17 

Mass.  Hort.  Soe . 383  Bells .  :il 

—  State  Poultry  Hoi! .  84  Black  silk  polonaise . 287,851 

Mevamae,  .Mo.,  Hort.  Soc . Ill  Blue  costumes . •’•’I 

Merrimack  Co.,  N.  H.,  Ag.  Soc..  14  Bonnets . -H 

Mlddlehope,  N.  V.,  Fruit  Grow-  ~  unci  cap* . 28T 

ers’Soe .  14  lmts . m 

Mich.  State  Ag.  Soe . 52  «»«.«"■* . 

-  —  Dairymen's  Ass'n . 60  <  aiii  o.  American .  47 

„r  1 1 k runult .  47 


—  —  Dairymen's  Ass'n .  60 

Missouri  Patrons  of  u ushandryHilfi 

—  State  Farmers’  Conventions. 287 

Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Ag.  SOC .  52 

Montgomery  Co.,  Ill.,  Ag.  Soc..  37 

—  (>.,  Hort.  Soo . . 335 

National  Ag.  Congress . .....255 

—  Columbarian  Society . 287 

—  Dairymen's  Club  and  Board 

of  Trade . 255 

—  Horse  Breeders'  Ass’n . 287 

Newbnrg  Bay,  N.  V.,  Hort.  Soc. 

14,  287 

—  N.  Y„  I  torse  Thief  Detec¬ 

tive  Soo,, . Ill 

New  England  Fairs . 883 

—  —  Milk  Producers'  Ass’n — 255 

—  -  Poultry  Club . 143,287 

—  Hampshire  Poultry  Soc. .14,  1  II 

—  Jersey  State  Board  of  Ag...207 

—  York  Statu  Ag.  Hoc.. ..52,  84  ,  383 

—  -  Dairymens’  Ass'n . 175 

Northern  111.,  Hort.  Hoe . 37 

—  Ohio  Fair  Ass'i . 6(),  143 

—  —  Poultry  Show . 37 

Wts.  Ag.  Soo . Ill 

Northeastern  Bee  Keepers' 

Ass’n . 37 

North  Franklin  Co.,  Me.,  Ag. 
Soe.. «... . 287 

—  Ill.  Hort.  Soe . til 

Kenpohi'e,  Me.,  Ay.  Soe . 84 

Norfolk  Co.,  Me**.,  Ag.  Sue. ....287 
Northwestern  Dairymen’s  As¬ 
sociation . jj7,  52*  111 

Middlesex  Co., Mas.-...  Hort.  Soe.287 
Ohio  Ag.  Convention . 60 

—  Dairyman’s  Ass’n . Ill 

State  Hort.  SOC. .  H 

Orange.  111.,  Hort.  Hoc . 37 

Grimms  Co.,  Vt.,  Ag.  Soc . Ill 

Oswego  Go.,  N,  Y.,  Ag.  Soo . 255 

1‘uge  Co.,  Iowa,  Ag.  Soe . 287 

Patrons  or  Husbandry  of  III.  ...207 

Penn.  Ag.  Soe . 143 

l’olk  C..,,  Iowa,  Indus.  Ass'n — 287 

'Portage  Co  .  Wt*..  Ag.  Soc . 175 

Quarterly  horse  fairs . 335 

Rook  Cm.,  Wis.,  Ag.  Soe . 175 

Rutland  Co.,  Vt.,  Ag.  Hoc . 143 

St.  Louis  International  Indus. 

Exposition . . . 2117 

Hank  Co.,  W  I*.,  Ag.  Hoc . .  .175 

Schenecteday  Co.,  N.Y.,Ag.  Soc.255 

Suneca  Co.,  N.  V.,  Ag.  Hoe . 255 

Sheboygan  Co.,  Wis.,  Ag.  Soe.. .  1 13 

Steuben  Co..  N.  1’.,  Ag.  Hoc . 176 

Strafford  Co..  N.  M.,  Ag.  Hoe. ...287 

Vermin  Co.,  Win  ,  Ag.  $*oc . 207 

Wabash  Co.,  Ill.,  Ag.  Soo. . . . 207 

Walworth  Co.,  Wis.,  Ag.  Soo...  176 

WurUaboro,  vt..  Ag.  Hoc . 383 

Western  N.  V.  Ag.  Hoc . 84 

—  - and  Meet).  Ass’n . 207 

—  Perm.  Poultry  Hoc . . 256 

West  Richfield,  Madison  Co.,  O., 

and  Mech.  Ass’n . Ill 

Windham  Co.,  Vt,.  Ag.  SOC,  ..,.143 
Windsor  Co.,  Vt.,  Ag.  Soc — ...175 
Wisconsin  Dairymen’s  AsB’n.. .  37 

—  State  Beo  Keepers’ Ass’n...  37 

—  —  Grange  of  Patrons  of 

Husbandry . . 52 

—  —  Hort.  Soc .  37 

Wool  Growers’  Ass’n  of  La 

Grange  Co.,  Ind . 335 

Worcester  Co..  Mass.,  Ag.  Soc..  81 

- - West  Ag.  Soc .  84 

Wright  Co.,  Minn.,  Ag.  Soc . 2.55 

INDUSTRIAL  TOPICS. 

A  Boston  industry . 239 

Beet  sugar  factory  at  Fairport, 

111 .  10 

Christmas  and  taxes .  29 

Climatic  Condition  of  the  Pn- 


Chu  tela  iries . . . >1  PTSFICTi 

Children’*  clothes . 17,  303 

Chinese  fashions  in  hair . ill  American  Fish  4 

rollers  and  cults  for  gents . 319  (notation... 

Costume,  latest  traveling . 255  Aquarium . 

Costumes . 03,  111,  256  Bass,  black . 

Hems  about . 371  Uio  golden 

for  early  spring . . .  79  Cyprtnus  UuratU 

gentlemen . Ill  Fish  oulturo  In  a 

Crinoline . 03  - - Miohiga 

Dinner  dresses . 207, 287  _  for  tfle  lakes  i 

Dress  goods . Ill  New  York.. 

Dresses  for  the  mountains . 255  _  jtl  aquaria,... 

Fans .  31  _  introduction 

Fashions  In  February . 95  Grayling,  the.... 

Now  York  city .  31  Piscatory  ingem 

Fichu  collar . 244  Blind  llsldng  wltl 

-  faille  lace . 3(13  —  hatching  box 

Flowers  for  hats . 191  Sterlet,  culture  c 

French  calico. . . . .....17  —  Russian . 

Gentlemen’s  clothes . 319  Slocking  Souths 

Gloves . . . ..31  shad . . 

-  for  gentlemen . . . 319  Sturgeon,  canno 

Grenadines. . 95,  361  Trout  breeding  i 

Ilair,  fashions  In . . .  17  —  raising . 

Handkerchiefs  for  gentlemen  ..336  Whitehall  in  Cal 
Hat  of  black  crape . 255  \\  rtgglers  for  yc 

-  trimmings,... . 191 

Gut*  for  gentlemen . 335  POMOL 

fur  girls . 303 

Home  dresses .  17  Almonds  in  Call 

Illustrated  costumes . 17  American  Pom 

Irish  poplin* .  95  catalogue  n 

Jacket* .  31  Apple,  a  Virgin 

Jewelry . 211  “  Burlington  p 

l.invn* . 159  ~  French  cal vi 

Linen  costumes . 223  green  Newto 

Mourning  goods . 159  huntsman  *  I 

Muslin . 351  -  Illinois  plppl 

Neck-ties . 319  -  D»t  Mich 

Novelties. .79.  95,  191. 233, 239,  271,  287  —  M  o  n  strum 

Parasols  . 27.5  -  >“*•”" . 

Party  dresses .  47  —  Newtown  plf 

Percales . 47,223  “  northern  spy 

Poh>nulat» . 239  —  l"irl . 

Rings  for  gentlemen . 335  —  Plumb’s  cldc 

Sashes .  31  —  sport  or  rust 

Satins,  mohair*,  Ac . . . 95  —  trees,  prolifi 

Skating  costume . ,,,.,,.95  -  Yolney . 

Sleeve  buttons  l’or  gentlemen.  .335  ~  Westbrook  c 

Studs  for  gentlemen . 319  Apples,  barrel  In 

Shapes  of  hilts . 191  bitter  rot  In. 

Shoe*  for  gentlemen . 335  “  for  Iowa.,... 

Silk  costumes . 287  —  JelfWaon 

.  gs  —  —  Olmstead 

-  American . 228  —  —  Vermont. 

-  old  .  63  -  in  Cultfornli 

Spring  costume* . ...207  —  Maine,  Bi 

-  goods . 159 - Nebraska 

-  suits,  new  material  for. ..,..228  —  New  Jors 

-  wraps . .2U7  Blackberries,  A 

-  materials . 207  Buffalo  berry  . 

Stockings .  17  Cranberry  eulti 

Suspenders  for  gentlemen . 335  Durian  of  Java 

Suit  for  hoys . 207  ‘".ll.orts,  import 

Thin  costumes . 287  ilt  Vi«nnl1 

Tilings  in  the  shops . ..31  prospects  it 

Umbrella* . . . 31  ^ . 

for  gentlemen . 335  —  show*  at  the 

Varie  tic* . 351  ^  merlcan 

Vests  for  ladles .  79  E"ult8  f,,r 

-  muslin .  79  ~  for  homo  us 

Waists  of  one  material  and  Ohio."., 

sleeves  of  another . 79  ~  Pennsylv 

Wedding  costumes,... . 367  —  transport, all 

White  goods .  95  Guava  of  (host 

Wrappers  and  wrap.* . . . 287  Horticultural  i 


Fur-bearing  animals,  XV . 173 

—  - XVI . 201 

Goldfinch  and  canary . 300 

—  - crossing . 140 

Hair  snakes . 77,  333 

Leaps  of  the  grasshopper  and 

lion . 833 

Lutra  Canadensis . 204 

Mink,  the .  77 

Mlnkery,  how  to  start  a . 333 

Mussohi  Canadensis . 109 

Mustela  Mur  tea .  12 

Otter,  Canada . . . 204 

Piiic  Marten .  12 

Pntorln*  vison... .  77 

Pennants  marten  or  tlsher . 109 

Rhinoceros  Sumatran u.* . 89 

Snakes,  killing . 109 

Swallowing  a  boa  constrictor.  ..156 

TarrnutUla  killer . ...109 

Toucans . . . 349 

Wolverine . . . 173 

Zoological  work  wanted . 109 

PISCICULTURE. 

American  Fish  Culturiat ’s  As¬ 
sociation . 142 

Aquarium . . . 305 

Bass,  black... . . 190 

Carp,  the  golden . 396 

Cy  prtnus  ah  rat  us . . 396 

Fish  oulturo  In  aquaria . 253 

—  - Michigan . 175 

—  for  t  he  lakes  and  streams  of 

New  York . . . 175 

—  in  aquaria . 366 

—  introduction  of  Chinese. ...175 

Grayling,  the . 236 

Piscatory  ingenuity,  scientific.  .175 
Shad  fishing  with  hook  and  line  390 

—  hatching  boxes.... . .263 

Sterlet,  culture  of . 284 

—  Russian . 190 

Stocking  Southern  rivers  with 

shad. . 365 

HI urgeon,  canned... . 281 

Trout  breeding  in  Illinois.. .....365 

—  raising . 236 

Whit cllsh  in  California  waters. 365 
W rlgglurs  for  young  trout . 284 

POMOLOGICAL. 


NATURALIST. 

Animals  governed  l>y  instinct 

are . 409 

Arsenical  soap  for  preserving 

bird  skins . . . 333 

Beaver,  the  common . 140 


citlo  slope .  91  Bird  pets  and  llieir  manage- 


Department  of  Ag.  seed  busi¬ 
ness . .  91 

Discontented  farmers . ,.314 

Esthetics  of  agriculture . ...128 

Farm  labor . 29 

Fanning  In  Colorado.... .  190 

Farmers  combine,  shall . 107 

—  in  Central  Iowa . 128 

Fuel  question . 123 

Good  suggestions  to  contribu¬ 
tors . 378 

Half  n  century . . .  253 

Illinois  winters . . 123 

Irrigation  in  Montana . 281 

Kansas . 123 

Money  making  by  fanning . 378 

National  railroad  . .365 

Systermof  railway* . ..251 

Patrons  of  husbandry . 123 

Rich  without  money . 63 

Secret  of  success . . . 378 

Situation  in  the  west . 123 

Where  is  the  remedy? .  10 

World’s  fair,  a  perpetual .  41 


inont . 12 

Birds  and  white  grubs . 156 

-  architecture  of . ,.,\409 

-  cat,  what  our . ,.383 

Brutes,  the  memory  of . 89 

Canary  nests . 204 

Canaries,  management  of  hen. .300 

food  for  young . 409 

—  Nests  for.  . 173 

—  that  do  not  pair . 300 

Castor  Fiber . 140 

Crane,  sand-hill .  It 

Crow,  the  common . 396 

Culo  lu sous .  .  173 

Dog,  a  benevolent . . .  ....204 

Foxes  among  lutnbs,  pigs  and 

poultry . 333 

—  should  be  cultivated  not 

hunted . 204 

Fur-bearing  animals,  X .  12 

—  - XI .  44 

- - XII .  77 

- XIII . 10!) 

1  — - XIV . 140 


A'monds  in  California . 252 

American  Bornological  Soc’s. 

cata  I og ue  of  fruits . 252 

Apple,  a  Virginia .  12 

Burlington  pippin . ...364 

—  French  culvillu  Wane . 3(8 

—  green  Newtown  pippin... .12, 78 

—  huntsman1*  favorite . 172 

—  Illinois  pippin . 205 

—  list  for  Michigan . 332 

—  St  *  m  stranger . 157 

—  melon . 172 

—  Newtown  pippin .  . 141 

—  northern  spy . 205 

—  pun  . . . 188 

—  I’lumb’s  cider . 167 

—  sport  or  russet  Baldwin . 286 

—  trees,  prolific .  76 

—  Volnny . 332 

—  Westbrook  or  speckled — ..188 

Apples,  barreling . Ill 

—  bitter  rot  In . 108 

—  for  Iowa . 286 

Jefferson  Co.,  N  Y...  —  ,202 

—  Olmstead  Co.,  Minn . 285 

—  —  Vermont . 381 

—  in  California .  12 

—  —  Maine,  Baldwin. . 108 

—  —  Nebraska .  76 

—  —  New  Jersey . 205 

Blackberries,  American . 141 

Buffalo  berry . 157 

Cranberry  culture . 332 

Duriun  Of  Java . 332 

Filberts,  importing . 381 

Fruit  at  Vienna  Exposition . 381 

—  prospects  m  Columbia  Co., 

N.  V . 252 

—  show*  at  the  meetings  of  tho 

American  Fom.  Soc . 397 

Fruits  for  Eastern  Penn . 172 

—  for  homo  use  in  Ohio . 1S8 

- Ohio . . . 141 

—  —  Pennsylvania . Ill 

—  transportation  of .  46 

Guava  of  tho  south.., . (2) 

Horticultural  novelties  In  1873.  12 

Kittn tinny  blackberry . 157 

Peach,  early  Beatrice .  76 

—  Beatrice . 397 

—  Picquct’a  late . 252 

Pear,  another  new .  60 

—  lieu  ere  clalrgeau.. . 60 

—  —  d’ Anjou . >80 

—  —  Hardy .  88 

superfln .  60 

—  Bloodgood  . 60 

—  Clapp’s  favorite .  60 

—  doyenne  d’ete . 60,141 

Germantown  seedling . 157 

—  Huyshe’s  prince  consort _ 111 

- of  Wales..... . 108 

—  Lawrence., . . . 60 

—  Mt.  Vernon. . . . 60 

—  nouveau  porteau . .60 

—  Osband’s  summer . 60 

—  Pond . 12 

—  Rending .  60 

—  seedling  of  scckcl .  13 

—  souvenir  du  Congres .  60 

Pears  at  Norfolk,  Va .  60 

—  canned  California .  60 

—  for  Maine . . . 381 

—  —  southern  and  central  Illi¬ 

nois . 397 

—  in  New  Jersey . 206 

—  —  Scotland,  California .  76 

—  —  Wisconsin . 172 

—  new  seedling  California . 141 

—  pineapple . 364 


mOOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YQBKEB 


Plums  and  the  curcullo . 348 

Raspberry,  MiLler’s  daily . 60 

—  Ontario  Co...., . ..262 

—  wanted,  southern  seedling..  1(B 
Raspberries  and  their  culture..  IOS 

—  howto  liuve . . . 205 

—  our  varieties  of . IDS 

Shepard  la  argentia .  157 

Strawberry,  Colfax . 141 

—  culture . 230 

—  kiEsena..  . . 12 

Strawberries  for  everybody . 221 

POULTRY-YARD. 

Aviary,  portable  octagon . 137 

Birds,  voracity  Of  different .  44 

Brahmas . 173 

—  breeding  light .  44 

Breeding  for  color  . 395 

—  to  sex . . . 282 

Buckwheat  lor  fowls . 254 

Canary  and  goldfinch . 156 

—  birdcage* . 333 

Canaries,  clear  Jouqucs . 1'  7 

—  pairing . 333 

— 1  whentopuir . 156 

Carbolic  acid  for  gapes .  44 

Cayenne  pepper  for  fowls.. . 360 

Ch»roo«4  for  fowls . 410 

Cheap  poultry  yard . 410 

Chicken  cholera . ...,228.350 

Chicken's  bond,  denuded . 266 

Chickens,  smallpox  In . 53 

Cock's  comb,  cutting  a . ....200 

Comb  of  a  rooster,  cutting  "ff  a.  173 

Combs  frozen . 254 

Crawford's  figures . 201 

Crop-bound  fowls . 410 

Crossing  Dorkings  and  Brali- 

mus . 410 

Ducks’  eggs  falling  to  batch . . .  .306 

—  musk  and  Brazilian . 173 

Egg.  a  b'g . . 76 

—  another  big . 126 

Eggs  and  chickens.  Oregon . 222 

—  from  hatching,  preventing. .126 

~  how  to  tell  pure  and  genu¬ 
ine . . . 343 

—  in  Michigan,  big . 251 

—  —  in  the  east  for  Oregon, 

Purchasing . 201 

—  —  suit,  packing . 173 

—  keep  best,  do  unimpreg¬ 

nated . 137 

—  of  Improved  fowls . 10's 

1'Cftlber  plucking,  to  prevent. .  .306 

Food  for  poultry . 3  0 

Fowls  and  ducks,  trouble  with. .360 

—  ash  bath  for . 222 

—  best  food  for . .212 

—  Cayenne  pepper  for . 366 

—  Dark  Brahmas . 237 

—  Derby . 298,350 

Fowls  dying . . . 76,  366,  395 

—  Sicilian . 393 

—  Silver-spangled  Poland . 03 

—  oadng 'heir  eggs.... . 313 

—  egg  eaitnp . 222 

—  eggs  of  Improved . 108 

—  for  eggs  and  market — 173,  366 

—  have  white  ears?  do  Brown 

Leghorn . 137 

—  Iloudans . 173 

—  Indigestion  in .  23 

—  Lemon  Cochin . 380 

—  liee  on . 350 

—  points  of  Pile  Game  Ban¬ 

tams . >••133 

—  preparing  food  for . ..173 

quarrelsome?  does  meat 

make . 306 

—  roup  in . .237 

—  Spanish . 178 

—  standard  of  excellence  for 

game... . 222 

—  toes  of  Light  Brahmas . 1333 

—  tonic  for  moulting. . . . . . . 366 

..  vulture  hock  in . 212 

—  waddling  Light  Brahmas.... 350 

—  White  Brahma . 120,156,190 


Fowls.  White  Leghorn . 156 

—  - cocks, . . . 254 

—  - and  red  ear  lobes.. 201,  254 

—  yard  for  100 . 266 

—  yellow  legged..., . . 222 

Gapes  and  friction  matches. .. .201 

—  carbolic  acid  for .  44 

—  remedy . . . ,380 

Goose,  Kod-breasted . . . 313 

Guinea  fowl  and  Turkey  hy¬ 
brid . 76 

Hard  crop..,...., . ,...298 

Hutching,  difference  in. ... ..237,  282 

—  irregular . 313 

—  uniformity  In . . . 380 

Hen.  A  sick  Brahma . ..33  ] 

—  eating  eggs,  to  prevent......  28 

—  park  wanted,  plan  of  a . 190 

—  staggering... . 173 

—  with  hard  crop . . . 58 

Hens,  crippled. . 395 

—  eating  eggs . 266 

—  —  their  eggs,  to  prevent... 395 

How  to  produce  layers . 366 

Lice  on  fowls . . . .....350 

—  smartweed  and . 44 

Meat  make  fowls  quarrelsome  ? 

does... . 895 

Ostrich  farm, an.,.., . 313 

Pigeon,  Blue  Owl . 28 

Pigeons  for  color,  mating . 350 

—  going  light, .  28 

—  points  for  a  show  of  Ant¬ 

werp. . . . 282 

—  Tumbling . ....380 

Plan  of  hen  house  wanted . .366 

Poulterers,  inquiries  for . .  28 

Poultry  and  the  ltural  New- 

Yorker . <01 

—  breeders,  best. . . . 313 

—  does  It  pry  to  keep . 222 

—  fair,  Connecticut . 11 

—  house,  moveable . 137 

—  how  to  manage..  . . SM 

—  how  to  pluck . 156 

—  in  England . 58 

—  profits . 288 

—  statement . 254 

—  —  by  a  woman.,...., . 190 

—  —  for  1872 . 137 

Pullets  from  bens,  to  tell . 2ol 

Room  for  109  fowls . 366 

Rooster,  pin-consuming . 260 

Roup,  carbolic  acid  for . 254 

'll  fowls . 231 

—  romedy . ......108 

Separating  breeds. . . . . 201 

Smallpox  in  chickens.. . 58 

Staggers,  remedy  for.... . 137 

Tonic  for  moultLng  fowls . 366 

Turkey,  Crested . . . 201 

—  raising. . 200 

Turkeys,  breeding  heavy . 254 

—  geese,  cotton  a  nd  emu  g  1  ass  .201 

—  howto  raise............. . 313 

—  raising.... . 883 

Western  N,  Y.  Poultry  Show.. ..156 
What  caused  ii.and  wliat  will 

cure  . 266 

Worms  that  produce  gapes . 36G 

RURAL  ARCHITECTURE. 

Another  plan  wanted . 218 

Aquariums,  hardy . . 76 

Buildings,  painting  exterior  of.  9 

Butter  factory.  Weeks’ . 217 

Chimneys,  patnting  brick .  9 

Chinese  build,  liow  the . 76 

Cobble  wall  in  cement . 411 

Concrete  buildings . 21V 

Conservatory  or  winter  gajden.105  i 
Cotmgc,  modification  of  Wilson. 863  I 

—  plan  wanted . •»!  i 

—  residence,  pian  of . 2is  , 

—  —  wanted,  plan  of . 169  ^ 

Damp  walla,  to  prevent . 286  5 

Estimate  wanted . 286 

Farm-house,  a  neat . 169 

—  —  design  for  a .  9 

—  —  red  and  white  brick . 76 


Farm-house,  stone  elevation ....  9 

Glass  roofs . 411 

Hen  house,  plan  wanted. . . 411 

Laundry  building  plnnwanted.286 

Octagon  house  and  plan . 297 

Plants,  sun  protectors  for . 76 

Protection  agul  n»t  fire,  plaster  a.41 1 
Rut  and  mouse-proof  filling  for 

wail* . . . ,...280 

Response  to  Mr.  Wilson’s  critlc.2U6 
Smoke,  liuu mo  fire-proof . 340 

—  — how  to  build . . . 1G9 

stable,  draining  a . .  ...196 

Suburban  cottage . . . 195 

Ventilating  dwellings. . . 280 

—  greenhouses . 298 

Ventilation.. . . .280 

Wilson’s  residence.criticism  on. 109 
Winter-garden . 100 

SCIENTIFIC  AND  USEFUL. 

Aerial  navigation, . . 383 

Arsenical  polsoniDg .  46 

Carbolic  soap  and  red  ants . 300 

Carbon  black.......... . 109 

Cement  for  lumps . 173,284 

—  of  great  adhesive  quality... 399 

Cent  of  1799 . 125 

Cistern  that  leaks.... . 205 

Com  plications  of  the  growing 

egg . 270 

Disinfectant,  acheap . 40 

tiie  best. . . . 349 

Early  life  in  tbe  egg... . 270 

Effects  of  frost  on  plants . 206 

Eggs,  preserving . 109 

Filing  circular  saws . 270 

Files,  to  restore  old . 399 

First  nickel  cent .  79 

—  United  States  cents . 79 

Flowers,  to  preserve  natural ..  .2*0 

Fuel,  economy  of..., . 94 

Kiiiulgutor,  an  effective,... . 123 

.Fungi,  how  to  preserve . .  ,125 

■Glue  from  cracking,  to  preveoi.270 

that  will  stand  exposure  to 

wot . 270 

tllalr,  to  darken . 399 

Harness,  oiling . 191 

History  of  a  leaden  bullet . 399 

floosie  tunnel...... .  . J73 

He  water  In  olsterns . .'8X1 

Ink,  invisible.. . 383 

Kangaroo  leat  her . 109 

Leather,  artificial . ,...109 

—  kangaroo . 109 

Lime  and  mortar .  46 

kiln,  how  to  build  a. . . . 205 

Manna  and  honey  dew . 284 

Modifications  due  to  ancestry 

and  sex . 270 

Newspaper  file . 173 

Oil  for  harness . ...284 

Opium  eating  among  animals.  .388 
Paste,  dextrine . .399  I 

—  molding,  to  prevent.... . 270 

—  that  will  adhere  to  tin . 191 

Planet,  seen,  an  unknown .  16 

Plants,  absorb  what... . Ik'd 

Pipe  for  water . 237.  3C0,  343.  364 

Postal  cards  In  Prussia. ...  .  173 

Preserving  the  Rural  New- 

Yorker . 349 

Haiti  water  filter  . . .........300 

Rat  trap,  cheap . 94 

Resin  in  New  Mexico.. . 15 

Rubber  to  wood  and  metal,  to 

fasten . 46 

Rye  flower  for  paste . 300 

Sausages,  artificial  skins  for. . .  .109 

Scientific  tests  of  prayer . 109 

Screws,  obstinate .  300 

Sealing  wax.  rod...., . 270 

Segmentation,  process  known 

ns . 270 

Self-acting  portable  fountain  .  .349 

—  filtering  cisterns  . 349 

—  purification  of  flowing  water.125 

Sheepskins,  tanning  and  dye¬ 
ing . 383 


Sheep  skins,  to  color . J46 

Siphon,  how  to  start  a . 237 

Sponges,  to  disinfect . 173 

Submari  ne  post  bet  ween  France 

and  England .  15 

Three-horse  cvener,  adjuBtlng.300 

Tobacco  smoke . 300 

To  warm  two  rooms . 79 

Una  seasoned  wood . 79 

Vegetables,  oooking . 173 

Water-11  die  for  cellar  walls . 284 

Water-proof  cloth,  to  make . 191 

Water,  to  get  good  well . 285 

Whitewash,  valuable . 364 

Yolk  after  aliquot  division . 270 

Zinc  poisoning  and  water 
pipes . 46,  191 

SEASON. 

Alexander.  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y.  .176 

Amherst,  Mass . 260 

Amity,  Oregon . 52, 192 

Appleton.  Ontugama  Co.,  Wis..  86 

Aroole,  Douglas  Co,,  HI .  84 

Ashland  Co.,  0 . 84 

Baltimore  Co..  Ind . 176 

Bentonvhle,  Ark. . 68 

Black  River.  Jeff.  Co.,  N.  Y . 240 

Boarduiun.  O . 115 

Borodino,  onon.  Co.,  N.  Y . 200 

Rtmvnsvllle.  Neb . 240 

Caledonia,  Livingston  Co.,N.  Y. 

36,200 

Centerville,  St.  Jo.  Co..  0 . 228 

Cherrylree,  Pa . 68,132 

Clark.  Mercer  Co.,  Pa . 176 

Clarkstown,  White  Co.,  Tonn...l92 
Clinton, Lenawee  Co.,  Mich... ..148 

Clvde  Wayne  Co..  N.  Y . 211 

Corvallis.  Oregon .  52 

Cum boriand  Mountains,  Tenn.,164 

CnrryvJlle,  Pike  Co.,  Mr . . 

Dowvllle,  Crawford  Co.,  Iowa...  36 

Duilli.p,  Iowa . 132,  356 

Elizabeth.  Wirt  Co.,  West  Vu...  20 

Erie.  Erie  Co.,  Pa . . . 115 

Euclid,  Onondaga  Co..  N.  Y . 164 

Famine  In  Georgia.  ,..1 . -324 

Bn so  I,  Co..  Qu  .  20 

Georgetown,  Williamson  Co., 

Texas . 2T6 

Mullock,  Peoria  Co.,  Ill . 132 

Harlem  Springs,  Oar’l  Co.,  0....22S 

Hickory,  Newton  Co.,  Miss . 356 

Holland,  Ottawa  Co.,  Mich . 132 

Hudson,  Mich . 115 

Humboldt.  Allen  Co.,  Kan . 356 

Hunter's  Bottom,  Carroll  Co.. 

Ky . 808 

Huntsville.  Pa . 356 

Kent,  Portage  Co.,  0 . 132 

Lakeside,  Wayne  Co.,  N.  Y . 308 

Lamartine,  Clarion  Co,.  Pa . 20 

l.anslngburg,  N.  C. . 93 

Lee’s  Summit,  Mo . . . 84,276 

I<onux,  N.  J...., . 20 

Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y . 164 

Lyudonville.  Vt . 52. 132.  276 

Macon.  Bibb  Co.,  Gu . 211 

Madrid.  Si.  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y.132 

Mahoning  On.,  O..... . 36 

Marengo,  N.  Y... . 260 

Media nlcstown,  Frederick  Co., 

Ind . 132 

Melville.  BilUo.  CO..  Mil . 260 

Melvaso,  Balt.  Co.,  Md . *K) 

Mlddlevillii,  Barry  Co.,  Midi. ..276 

Morriaion,  Stark  Co.,  0 . 115 

Morgan  Co.,  Ga .  ... . .  68 

Mt.  Eaton.  Wayne  Co..  O .  20 

Navasota.  Grimes  Co.,  Texas... 279 

New  Orleans . 26" 

Oak  Grove,  Dodge  Co.,  Wis . 176 

Oregon,  Mo .  96 

Ozark.  Mo .  52 

Perry  City,  Wood  Co.,  0 . 324 

Plalnwell.  Midi . . . 308 

Pleasant  Mound,  Bond  Co.,  111..  68 

Plymouth,  Ind . 36.  148. 164, 192 

Portland,  Multnomah  Co.,  Or. ..148 
Preble,  Cortland  Co.,  N,  Y .  36 


Quincy,  Branch  Co.,  Mich. . 192  ' 

Reudington,  Hunterdon  Co., 

N.  J . 276 

Read’s  Landing,  Minn . 276 

Red  Cloud.  Nob . 132 

Heedsburg,  Sauk  Co„  Wis . 176 

Rowan  City,  N.  C . 68 

Sue  City.  Cal . 306 

San  Diego.  Han  Diego  Co.  Cal... 148 

Sandusky.  O . .115 

SdO,  N,  Y .  . .* . 200 

Sherman.  Dallas  Co., Texas.276, 308 

South  Puss,  III . 324 

Springboro.  Warren  Co..  Mo _ 164 

Springfield,  Mo . 192,  356 

—  Windsor  Co.,  Vt . 211 

Starkey,  N.  Y . 324 

St.  Charles,  Kune  Co.,  Ill . 228 

Strawberries  in  Maryland  and 

Delaware . ,324 

Vineland,  IT.  J. . ,..,.372 

Walkerton,  St.  Joseph  Co.,  Ind.  52 

Worrenton,  . . . 

Washington  Co  ,  Pa . 2Gu 

Waterman  stnlion.  Do  Kalb  Co.. 

Ill . .246 

Waukesha  Go.,  Wis. . 36 

Westport.  Con  b  . . . . 372 

We) (shorn.  Pa  . .  20  | 

Windsor  Co.,  Vt . 1S2 

Wilton.  Franklin  Co.,  Me . 372 

Winona  Co..  Mtnn . 164 

Wood  Co.,  0  132 

Woodsdale,  Person  Co.  N.  C. . .  .164 

SHEEP  HUSBANDRY. 

Buying  wool,  rules  for . 409 

Cashmere  gnats  in  Tenn . 203 

Castrating  lambs . 269 

—  old  rums — . 269 

Cotswold  and  Merino . 409 

Cots  wolds. . . 203 

Font-rot,  treatment . 219 

Gout  ranch,  Island . 203 

Gnats  at  Cape  Colony,  Angora..  58 

—  breeding.,,. . 409 

—  Cashmere . 28 

—  In  Tenn.,  Cashmere . 203 

Grubs  In  the  bond . 235 

Island  gout  ranch, . 208 

Lambs  for  breeding,  selection 

of . 282 

Lelcesters... . 203 

Liver  rot . . . 203 

Mutton,  to  avoid  rank  flavor  in.  78 

Rams,  use  full. blood . 139 

Scab . 2- » 

—  In  sheep..., . 409 

—  trim  t  in  u  n  t  of . 171 

.Sheep,  autumn  and  winter  dip¬ 
ping . 59 

border  Lelcesters . 249 

—  Cameron  Corbin’s . 250 

—  Cheviot  .  ...185 

—  Cotswold... . 87 

—  for  the  South . 110 

—  grading . . . 316 

—  grubs  I11  the  heads  of . 28 

—  Oxford  Down .  53 

—  shall  wo  wash . 235 

—  Shropshire . 393 

—  sick . 269 

—  winter  feeding  of . 78 

Ticks  on  sheep . 269 

Wool  growers  of  Ohio . 78 

—  In  Great  Britain .  28 

—  sheep  eating . 171 

—  wator-glass  in  washing . Ill) 


Gun  for  Illinois  sportsmen . 318 

—  spring . . . . . 189 

Gunpowder,  a  new  smokeless..  59 

Hen  hawks,  trapping .  ,..318 

Mink,  the . 45 

—  to  catch .  29 

Prize  for  best  breech  -  loading 

shotgun . 318 

Suhlenderkegelbtihn . . .  .124 

Skunks'  hides,  to  remove.  h24,  189 
Sporting  law,  Chester  Co.,  Pa..  45 

Squirrels,  to  catch  black .  45 

Suckers,  catching .  45 

Trap,  dead-fall .  29 


SWINE-HERD. 


Ahead  on  porkers . 

fierksliires  breeding  back. 

Blind  staggers  in  pigs . 

Cholera  in  hogs . 


SPORTSMAN. 

Boat,  how  to  paddle  a . 157 

Coons,  to  catch . .189 

Dead-full,  that . 189 

Dogs  Imported . 318 

Dog  in  the  manger.... . ,189 

FishlDg,  two  ways  Of .  45 

Game  laws,  abstract  of . 254 

—  —  of  N  ew  Jorsey .  15 

Gascony  hound . 332 


Diarrhea  In  pigs . 237 

Hog.  Berkshire .  42 

—  cholera . 202 

—  —  limn  for .  78 

—  how  to  hang  n.,... . 106 

Hogs  at  Kansas  City,  killing...  78 

—  by  measurement,  weight  of.  78 

—  rheumatism  In . . . 137 

Kidney  wormsandcaibolicacld.lC6 

—  —  remedy . . . 1C6 

.Mange  In  swine . 251 

Pig- ,  diarrhea  in . . . 237 

—  diseased....... .  90 

—  lamencssof . . . 189 

—  most  profitable,  light . 237 

—  scouring . ....100.  202 

—  stoppage  of  urine  In . 189 

—  those  diseased .  137 

—  weight  of .  90 

Pneumonia  in  pigs . . . 106 

Protrusion  of  rectum,  remedy.  .292 
Report  of  8wine-breec.ler’s  Con¬ 
vention...., . 157 

Sow  breed,  to  make  a  young. ...157 
Sows  devouring  young,  to  pre¬ 
vent................ . 157 

—  to  spay,,,, . 27 

Spaying  sows  . 134 

Swine,  Berkshire* .  61) 

—  characteristics  of, . .  202 

—  Chester  While....... . 60 

—  color  and  marking  of  Berk¬ 

shire..  . 42 

—  Essex . 60 

—  for  smoked  meat,  superior¬ 

ity  of  Berkshire. . . .  42 

—  liow  to  harness . . . 381 

—  is  made,  how  the  Improve¬ 

ment  in  Berkshire .  43 

—  Into  America,  importation 

of  Berkshire .  42 

—  Jersey  red . 287 

—  pneumonia  In . 106 

—  size  of  Berkshire .  42 

—  Suffolk . 90,  157 

—  Thumps  In . 381 

—  wbatlsthe  Siamese . 43 

Thumps  In  swine . 202,251,  S81 

Water  for  pigs . 381 

VINEYARD. 

Bees  Injure  grapes?  do. . 14 

Grape,  Rogers’ . . . 28 

—  ScuppernObg . 2  1 

—  success  with  Iona . 225 

—  value  of  Ionu,... . 82 

—  vine  ties . 317 

—  vines,  muuurus  for . 221 

Grapes,  Concord . 28 

—  bees  injure... .  14 

—  for  Kansas . 125 

—  gra»s  among . 125 

—  t<>  plant,  wliat . . . 205 

—  upon  vines,  keeping  late,... 817 

Plaster  t  reatme  t  of  vines . 205 

Vineyard,  French . 205 

—  work  for  March . 205 

Wine  racking . 62 


BIOGRAPHICAL. 

Arnes,  Oakes . 821 

Huron  von  Liebig .  . . 28!) 

H  nr  .  Col.  Lewis  Vital .  12!) 

Suffer.  M . :m 

C-rcsole.  Paul . 129 

Chase,  Chief  Justice . 321 

Death  ot  Louis  Napoleon.......  4!) 

!  MClton-,  Clin  lies......... . . . 12!) 

Eugenic.  Ex-Empress. .......  12!) 

Greeley's  clothes . 189 

I  venter,  i  rich . t!) 

Lee.  the  learned  carpenter . 4!) 

At <•  Million,  M ai'slm  1 . 3*5 

Napoleon,  death  of  Louis.. ... ..  49 

-  Prince . 19 

Orr.  Junius  L . 321 

Popes,  the . I'1 

Powell,  t'ol.  Jui nes  R . 377 

Prntl,  Zadon . 177 

K.ittizzi.  Signor . 385 

Riiskin's  view  of  writing . 49 

Tennvson  us  u  smoker  .  49 


EDUCATIONAL. 


Toucher's  lot . 887 

The  teacher  is  coming.  . 257 

Transit  of  Venus  tn  1874  ........387 

AVhut  shall  we  read . 257 


LADIES’  PORTFOLIO. 

About  housekeeping . 291 

—  our  sorap-book. . . . 887 

An  intruder . 97 

Aunt  Edith's  Advice .  -....25y 

A  wish .  . .  ■ 1 '  i 

Beaconstlelil,  the  Viscountess 

85, 117 

Hear  Mid  forbear . 213 

Beauty  sleep  . . 887 

lie  lUtll'nl  women . 99 

Bu  K<.iinl  to  yuur-elf . .  51 

Carv,  Allen  anil  PllOlie  . 181 

Compensation.  . 328 

Dear  Mule  Alice  . 227 

nictating  to  farmers . '227 

Drunkard's liube,  the . . . 275 

Kdln-utlpn  of  women . 2111 

ICiexllsh  needle  women . ,,..181 

I  Veiling  hours  at  home . 389 

Kv«rv-i!,iy  lllo . . .  ....  .217 

Eugenic,  Kinpre—  . 117 

Factory  girl’*  fortune . 115 

Fa -lib  ala  ale  sill. -Mo . I,'.) 

Feminine  fell  Cities... 99,  183, 195,  275 
Forrest’s  wife,  Edwin...........  35 

Find . 147 

French  women... . . . .210 

Gentleman,  a  true . 4i)‘2 

Girl  s  Idea  of  in  in . 87 

—  pa-  along . '2lii 

Gcotlie,  M  nlaine. . . .  85 

Good-breeding.  a  les-otl  On.. ...227 

Greeb  y's  daughters . 85 

H  is  j  "iir  wife  maid  help?.. .... .323 

Hint  -  Tor  young  mothers........  81 

—  on  di  r -a . 227 

Horace  Greeley  mid  Mm  Mor¬ 
gan.... .  51 

House  In  town,. . . 855 

—  ornament . 117 

ItniKrv  i  I  ye  fed  mti . 828 

In  slcKuOss  :rnd  lii  health . 243 

Italy  beyond .  259 

Intellect  mid  love . 3i5 

Jo«rt»h  widow’s  release  . 275 

La  ZiotKi  rll In . 355 

Letter  from  a  farmer's  dimgh- 

ter  . ;227 

Looks  of  literary  women . 4n3 

Love-making  among  the  Ko- 

r  aks. . 248 

Love's  lire  ,  . . lla 

Lovely  tlovver, . . . lit) 

Maidenly  celibacy,  symptoms  ot  lit; 

May.  Marline  and  Aluy-duy . '291 

.Memory . . . 32) 

Mem  ay  of  mother,.,, .  ;7‘.) 

Miss  Kellogg's  llrst  uppeariitiee.259 

Motherhood  .  .-3 

Mother's  love . 131.339 

—  wreath,  the . 85 

Mrs.  Farm  talks  to  herself.... ..115 

Mutual  happiness  Insecure _ 83 

My  plan . . 38 

New  avenue  for  women . 507 

Nicer  thill i  wise. . . .21ti 

Not*  el  -  Child  . . ....!!).> 

No  one  t"  love  Pie .  .  227 

Old  mat  Is . 35.  73 

Omni, ni  of  women . 83 

<)|  ellifO  flowers  at  bridals . 2!/l 

Our  conservatory . 195 

—  old  home . 243 

Peruvian  women  and  their 

ways . 275 

pie  I  (I  lug . . 339 

Plea-urn,  laconics . . . 371 

Receiving  vi-lts . 

Itorneiuber . 131 

Have.'  ling  a  husband's  secrets. .259 
Hussain  Kiris  pet  husbands, 

'  )I"W  . U3 

Sabbath  amusements  for  chil- 

„  dien .  51 

Seusoiiaiile  garments . 210 

Seivunto  vs.  helpers  . . 227 

surio  g . . an 

Stanton,  Elizabeth  Cudy. .......  85 

Siring  of  pearls . ,.2al 

Sunlight  -mti  health . .  ...307 

Talk  with  ray  sisters . . . lift 

i'tie  billy’s  yea.. . ,, ....  99 


The  lady  s  question . 19 

Thirteen... . 4u3 

Touching  story . :187 

To  young  men  on  marriage  _ 307 

Training  children  to  he  fearless. 408 

True  . lo-tfi  . 115 

Trust  children . 259 

Unwise  imrenls .  328 

Washoe  Indies . 51 

What  girls  really  want . 389 

-  It,  l» . 371 

-  the  nutliiu  needs . 259 

when  ur.d  how . . . p»3 

Which  was  the  waster . 163 

Wild  rose .  . .  ,;’>S7 

Window  tall . .389 

Windows  of  our  houses . 307 

Woman  and  science .  it) 

—  and  war . 195 

—  the  useful .  .  an 

Woman's  Influence  over  man  .147 

—  problem  . 195 

Women  at  homo. . . lift 

—  for  fillers . 371 

—  the  guide . '21U 

—  personals . 99,  131 

Word  lo  the  wise . 355 

You  kissed  nie . 307 

LITERARY  WORLD. 

Alice  und  Phebd  Gary. ........ ,,385 

American  builder  . .  17 

—  grulner’s  band-book . 385 

A  mimil  of  Syracuse  University.  17 

An  only  sister . 177 

At  Ills  gates. . . 177 

Atlantic  almanac.  . 33 

Artist's  five .  83 

11  U'k log  studies . 177 

Ha  in"  . JB7 

Beautiful  snow  . 33 

Best  thoughts  of  (‘has.  Dickons.  17 
Dread  -and-c  ucese-an  d-k  isses. . .  177 

llu  lbs . 97 

Catalogue  . 97 

Ghanoe  actiuulntuin  o .  .,'185 

Cheerful  voices _ . ,.,191 

Christmas  wvo  and  Chrlstmus 

duy . 05 

Christopher  crooked. . 177 

Chronotype  . '257 

Coupon  bonds . .  97 

Diamond  leaves . .  85 

Dntnhey  and  son.. .  33 

Eclectic  mag.i/anu  .  17 

Evans  advertising  hund-book.  17 

Every  man  his  own  painter .  33 

Expression .  . 321 

Fourteen  weeks  in  htimun 

Physiology . 321 

Geo.  I*  Howell's  gazetteer . 161 

Good  health..  .  17 

Great  events  of  history.  . .  97 

Harry  Cuverdulos  courtship 

mid  marriage . 161 

Herald  of  heaitu .  17 

lfis  level  best . 97 

History  of  N  ipuleon  III . 257 

Homes  mid  hospitals  . 161 

Household  book  of  songs . 177 

Hyrau  munic . . . 177 

IClnsl's  drawing. . .  17 

Lake  regions  of  Central  Africa. In  1 

Lars,  a  pastoral  of  Norway . 321 

Lectures  lo  y  niug  men .  97 

Lewis  Arnndfll . 385 

Library  of  famous  tletlon . 33 

Life  of  Abraham  Lincoln  ....  161 

Livingstone  and  Ills  Africun  ex¬ 
plorations  .  33 

—  lost  anti  found . 101 

Logie  of  accounts . 321 

l.orrlmcr  Llt.tli  good  . 38, 

Manual  of  laud  emw  eying . 97 

Memoir  of  Bain ’I  Joseph  May. ..385 

Mo  ern  lenders .  .  65 

Mother's  work  with  sick  chil¬ 
dren  . 

Mrs,  Leslie's  new  cook  book _ 321 

Mrs.  Skugg's  husbands .  65 

Music  received .  16i 

Mysterious  guest . 177 

Mystery  of  Metro poUsville..  ..321 

New  York  Observer  jubilee 

Imok  . 97 

Off  to  the  geysors .  Ni 

o,tl  connte** . 386 

Paradise  >n  tile  P«eillc . ..321 

P.isslou  in  tatters . . 177 


Passions  in  tlieir  relation  to 

huulth  and  diseuso  . ...385 

Penn,  monthly .  17 

Philip  Earn  sell  tie . . 177 

Photographer  s  friend .  IV 

PhreuulOsloal  journal.... . .  17 

Plain  talk  About  insanity . 177 

Protection  against  lire . 385 

Revision  of  New  Testament. ..  .161 

Home  nud  thu  Papacy .  97 

Science  arid  religion .  65 

8111111  . 38S 

Small-pox  . 257 

Social  economy . 257 

Souvenir  of  Anchor  Line  of 


steamers....,  . 

Star  papers  . 

story  or  the  great  lire. . 


. i‘l 

. 321 

.....  65 


?trunge  ad  venture*  pf  a  phae¬ 
ton  . .  .  33 

Sunday  hair-hour  . 257 

Sure  teuener,  the . 267 

The  ho  me .  . 97 

Treuson  at  home . .  17  7 

Use  and  abuse  of  tobacco . 97 

Wandering  heir .  65 

Whittier's  poelleul  works . 33 

Wiloou'8  reflector.  .  257  i 


Window  gardener .  65 

Wonders  of  sculpture . 177 

Wyman's  piano  text-book . 257 

Yellow  flag . 65 

OUR  STORY  TEILER. 

A  homely  story . 274 

Aunt  Mary's  story . 225 

Catching  a  butterfly . 290  .  300 

Compliments  of  the  seasou.Ud,  162 

Decoration  day . 369 

Flogging  by  proxy. .  82 

Front  year  to  year . 18,  34.  50 

i  bun  in"  ring  through . . . 337 

Happy  daddy  —  . . ...194 

Her  determined  choice . 386 

Hnw  to  cotmj  again  . 194 

Joe  Harris'  ready  resources —  82 

Kathle’s  antin’  . 253 

Man  without  a  stomach  ... - 82 

Marrying  tifumierose . 20* 

Mute  tdilld.  the . 120 

Now  Year's  eve  in  a  storm . 60 

Novel  eel  pot . 242 

Onr  compact.. . . . 353 

Rutll  Llimnessy  at  60 . 98 

.Scattering  broad . 178 

Story  of  my  grandfathers . 194 

—  11  Inanely..  . 274 

Ton  years  experience .  82 

The  flrst  telegram.  .  ,242 

The  gipsy’s  amulet  . 402 

Vnlen tine  Conspiracy . 1  i  t 

Washlngi on  memories . . .  .822 

Washington's  llrst  love -  - 242 

Wiiut  a  hungry  boy  can  eat..,  .242 

wire's  confession,  the . 322 

Gypsy’s  amulet,  the . 402 

POETRY. 


Above  the  cross . 194 

An  intruder .  67 

At  evening  time  It  shall  bellght.130 

A  wish .  371 

Bachelor's  soliloquy . 178 

Dear  and  forbear . 24.3 

Beautiful  spring.,,,. . 274 

lie  good  to  yourself..  . 61 

Bluebird,  the . 50 

Boys  again  . 83 

Butterfly  blue  and  grasshopper 

yellow . 371 

Children,  the  . 117 

Compensation . ,32.1 

CoiifIdan'B. . .  . 337 

Don’t,  forget  the  buby . .  36 

Drunkard  s  babe . 27 i 

Early  morning . .....809 

East  und  west . 99 

Fnlry-fglk . .21)1 

Faith .  82 

February  . in 

Fred . . 117 

Girls!  pussulong .  1 

Going  away . 211 

Heaven .  . .290 

Help  for  tho  helpless . 290 

line  your  own  row . 387 

Hope . 276 

111  the  street . 258 

I  wonder  why . 242 

Jingles . . .  51 

Just  one . 179 

Kill  y  did . 259 

Keen  the  heart  tender . 342 

Kindness  ...  . . 322 

King  baby....  . 163 

La  Zlngttrr.lhi . 355 

Little  liny  Dine, . .'107 

Lonely  flower . 163 

Love’s  life  .  . 115 

reasons.., . 194 

Mattie's  troubles . 323 


PUZZLER. 


Anagram  No.  1. 

—  No.  2 . 

—  No.  3 . 

—  No.  4 . 

—  No.  5. . 


. 35 

.  83 

. tWi 

.  275 

. 37 


Memory  ot  mother . . . 179 

Minnie  Clare .  66 


Mother’s  wreath,  the _ 

Mud  tiles . 

My  plea, . 

Nobodv’s  child . 

No  one  to  love  ine . 


. 35 

. 227 

. 83 

. 195 

. 227 


Old  and  New  Years’  meeting...,  18  — 


On  the  bight* .  98 

Pass  along,  girls  . 210  — 

Path  of  the  Just . 226  ~ 


Phoebus  and  Boreas . . . 21 1 

Pleading  . 339 

Poet’*  prayer . 386 

Portraits . . 800 

Pray  for  me . 364 

Ke  member . j;il 

Uem-mberest  thou? . :4»I 

Resignation  . 322 

Ru® . 402 

viand  man .  . Jlfl 

Saved  bv  tho  birds .  ,34 

Seed  and  the  sowers . 386 

Sing-song,  . . 403 

Sleep,  buby  darling . 67 

Spring. . . 291 

story  of  the  northern  pot . J3I 

Tliebuby  . 339 

—  bov  at  Barnum’s . 3.5 

—  golden  side . 274 

—  Italy  heynnd . 259 

lady’s  yes  . .  99 

Lord  is  nigh .  50 

—  14  ti  usilon . 19 

. . . 

'l  it  for  tat . . . 2)0 

To  bed . .  . 196 

Under  the  Unden  trees . 82 

What  shall  wo  name  the  baby  ?.  19 

Wlicro  the  wind  blows . 130 

Wild  Hose  . 8§7 

You  kissed  mo . 307 


—  No.  6 .  387 

Anagrams  of  animals  No.  1 . ill 

Arithmetical  puzzle  No.  1 . 118 

—  —  No.  2 . 243 

No.  3 . 387 

Biblical  enigma  No.  1 . 3,l9 

Biographical  enigma  No.  1 . 116 

Churade  No.  1 .  1!) 

Cross-word  enigma  No.  1 .  19 

—  -  No.  2 .  51 

—  —  No.  3 .  67 

-  No.  4 .  99 

—  -  No.  5 . 163 

—  —  No.  6 . ...179 

—  -  No.  7 .  243 

—  -  No.  8 . 359 

NO.  9  . 307 

—  -  No.  10 . 355 

Drop-letter  puzzle  No.  1 . 35 

—  -  NO.  2  . 259 

Game  of  words . . 371 

Geographical  puzzle  No.  1 . 179 

—  —  NO.  2 . 210 

—  -  No.  3 . 403 

Illustrated  proverb  No.  1 . 195 

—  -  No.  2 .  227 

—  —  No.  3 . 269 

—  —NO.  4 . 21 

illustrated  rebus  No.  1 .  19 

—  -  No.  2 . 35 

—  -  NO.  3 .  61 

—  —  No.  4 .  83 

—  —  No.  5 .  ,  99 

—  —  No.  6 . 115 

—  —  No.  7 . 147 

—  -  No.  8 . 103 

—  —  No.  9 . 210 

—  —  No.  10 . 243 

—  —  No.  11 . 307 

—  -  No.  12 . 323 

—  —  No.  13 . 339 

—  —  No.  II . 353 

—  —  No.  15 .  371 

—  -  No.  16 . 40l 

Invisible  friends  No.  1 . 241 

Miscellaneous  enigma  No.  I  35 

—  —  No.  2 .  67 

—  —  No.  3.... . 09 

—  —  No.  4 . 163 

—  —  No.  5 . ,195 

-  No.fi  . 243 

—  No.  7 . 275 

—  -  No.  8  . 323 

Problem  No.  1 . ft] 

—  No.  2 .  (17 

—  No.  3 .  99 

No.  4 . 13| 

—  Nm  5 . 147 

Nd.  6 . 179 

—  No.  7 . 277 

—  No.  8 . 323 

—  No.  9 . 371 

Puzzle  No.  1 .  35 

—  No.  2 . 61 

—  No.  3 .  67 

No.  4 .  83 

—  N".5 . 1C3 

—  No.  C . 2111 

—  No.  7 .  .291 

Puzzler  answer*  Jan.  1 . 51 

—  —  Jan.  II. . .  67 

—  - 18 .  H3 

—  —  Fob.  8 .  131 

- 15 . 117 

- - 22 . 163 

—  —  March  1 . 179 

- - 8 . 195 

- 15 .  210 

- -  22 .  227 

- - 29 . 213 

—  —  April  5 . 2.5!) 

- - 12 . 275 

—  - 19 . ....291 

- 26 . »)l 

—  —  May  3 . 323 

—  - 111 . 33!) 

1,  ...... 

- -  24  371 

- - 31. . 337 

—  —  June  7 .  403 


- - 31 . 337 

—  -June  7 .  41)3 

—  inquiries  No.  1 . 291 

No,  2 . 839 


-  -  No.  3 . 

—  -  No.  1 . 

Reims  prizes _ 

Riddle  No.  I . 


. . 355 

. 387 

. 179,  307 

. 117 


Sodare- wyrd  No.  1  . . . 323 

Word  undphrazu  puzzle  No.  1..  19 

- - No.  2 . 131 

Word  puzzle  No.  I . . 259 

READING  FOR  THE  YOUNG. 

American  girl’s  mistake .  19 

A  Minnesota  miss . 33!) 

An  Incident .  823 

Aunt  Velum's  story . . . 403 

Dlrth-duy,  tho — . 355 

Boy  doll,  about  a . 83 

Boys  again .  88 

—  Idea  ot  a  farm .  83 

—  road  and  heed  this..  .  2.'? 

Box  ot  *  tones...  . 195 

Busy  little  girl . 163 

Butterfly  blue  und  grasshopper 

yellow . 371 

Catching  redblrds... .  . s-v 

Cut's  cradle — . 323 

Chickens  and  books . 307 

—  story . 115  I 


J  Children,  the . 147 

;  “  Didn’t  buyed  "  em . 8-7 

Don't  forget  the  baby .  35 

'  East  and  west . 99 

Fairy-folk . . 291 

i  Finger  In  the  pie .  8:1 

'  Fishing  with  Up  ups . ,,1fi3 

Florida,  Inquiries  from .  35 

From  a  Delaware  boy . lir> 

—  —  Jay  hawker . 195 

—  —  lively  little  Ohio  girl . 387 

—  un  English  school  girl  . 196 

—  11  ytnmg  naturalist.  . 319 

Game  "  blowing  cotton” . 115 

Guinea  pig*.  . .8) 

Girls  cutting  corn . 195 

Guild  flocks  of  sheep .  35 

•  place  to  hunt . 307 

Greeley  homestead . . ,200 

Growing  1 'ea  nuts . 2  fit 

line  ymir  ow  n  row . .w 

Hope  . 275 

How  a  boy  got  u  start . 307 

—  to  catch  rats . ,33!) 

—  —  teed  lien* . 195 

—  —  make  air  castle* . m  3 

Indu*irlal  school,  girl  from  a...  35 

Importance  of  reading .  61 

Items  from  :t  young  naturalist.  35 

Jlnulcs .  51 

Just  one.  . 179 

Katydid...  ...  259 

King  lutby  .  . in:; 

I ainihfl  and  sugar .  195 

Lesson*  from  the  buck  wheat... 275 
Lei  ter  from  a  dual'  boy . :)87 

—  to  yi mng  rural  lata . i)5 

Lot  teas  io  voting  iiiiiili'ts,  XIV 

35,  XV  67.  ,vV  179.  XVI,.  323 

Little  boy  blue .  . . ... ,307 

—  Virginia  girl, . 2,9 

Long  churning . |«K 

Mamma’*  birth-day . 211 

Ma  1 1 1  e 's  l.r 1 1  u  h  1  es . 323 

Mr*.  Bean .  67 

Mud  pies . 227 

My  cat,  her  kits  and  rats . 30, 

—  plot  in,,  fin  ufe . 179 

Nevtn  mind  enemies . 243 

Nice  picture .  83 

Noble  dog . . 163 

On  a  prairie . . . 387 

orphan's  bwue.. . 51 

Our  last  visit  to  the  old  garret. .291 

—  parrot . 259 

Peppers .  . .  99 

lvt  sheep's  pei._ . 243 

I'hiulin*  and  Boreas . 213 

Prize  boxes . 275 

H fleer  story  lor  children  . iff 

11 1 11  y  duy . 13| 

Respect  the  aged . 173 

Rural  and  premium  picture. . . ,  196 

Sand  man . nr, 

Scnn  iTow,  thu  little . 408 

Shooing  a  camel . . . 

Sing  song .  ,  . 40  ' 

Sleep,  baby  darling .  6? 

Snowdrop  and  her  chicken*.  ...743 

Stop  and  weigh . 403 

Story  of  tho  earthern  pot . I'll 

Sweet  time . ;|Mr 

Turning  wild  geese,  ducks,  ate.. 307 

The  buby .  339 

—  hoy  at  Burn  uni’s . :i5i 

Thoughts  nbmit  in  apple .  *3 

3  It  for  tat . 210 

To  bod...., . 1115 

Tom  Shirley,  the  little  general, 22, 

To  the  boy* . D5 

Trailing  arbutus . ;»30 

True  story  of  birds . 371 

Un  washed  prince . 1,9 

What  shall  we  naino  the  baby..  j:i 

—  the  Harley  hoys  thought .  l!) 

Willie  wants  a  remedy  for  stam- 

muring . 35 

Wise  ants . . . ...291 

SABBATH  READING. 

Above  the  cross . V.M 

At  evening  time  it  shall  be 

„  Unlit . I,' ill 

(  onsccnituni  . 274 

Eloquent  passage . 130 

Hni th  . .  h: 

Furling  of  sin,  the . 351 

Fifteen  good  habits . 

Golden  side,  the . 774 

Heaven . 290 

Help  on  Ilia  Journey . 334 

Mow  long  and  how  many? . 

If  we  would .  82 

111. temper . 2d! 

Implicit,  faith  . . 

Induin'*  faith . . . 242 

Jesus  the  burdeu-hcarer, . 79(1 

Keep  tho  burnt  Lander . 212 

Location  tor  paradise . 27 

Love  of  Christ . 50 

Paragraphs  from  .sermons,  ....  60 

Fuel's  prayer . ,3a; 

Pray  for  mo . 354 

Profanity . find 

UeMximtlnn... .  ,32; 

Sabbath  duy  suggestions, . 226 

Sands  ot  gold..  . 322 

Spiritual  relief  for  the  mining 

ill -d.,  let*  of  Scotland . 322 

Suuda v  employment . ...sui 

Tho  cross . ;;0o 

—  I.ord  Is  nigh . . 50 

—  path  ot  the  just . 2 2d 

-  soul's  garden . 324 

Tills  world  and  the  next,..,  322 
Thoughtful  paragraphs, ,82, 130, 

.  271.306,  AM,  880 

Thoughts  for  thinkers . 194 212 


SOCIAL  TOPICS. 

Bismarck  nnd  Catholicism . 223 

Blue  color  of  the  sky . 161 

Broach  ot  promise . 386 

('ll use  for  a  wife . 885 

Curious  ani  Ijmlhle* —  . . 386 

Diamonds  of  1  lie  mind... . . 353 

Every  mati  In  hi* plana . 193 

Fortress  ot  Gibraltar.  . 193 

Fortune*  of  our  Presidents,...  273 

Gents  of  wisdom .  . . 49 

Glimp-  0*  within .  81 

Going  a  wav. ...  .  .161 

Good  advice . 851 

—  toast . 273 

Grumbler*  talked  to . 97 

Higher  education  for  women.,  .858 

Mints  to  writer*  .  ....  . 273 

History  of  a  nig  carpet . 177 

Home  Inllnencc .  97 

How  the  President  is  paid .  38(1 

1 1 11 11  i,t  11 1 1  y  need*  help. . 11,1 

India  rubber,  Something  about. 193 

Judgiiis  by  appearances . 177 

Kindness. . . . .  97 

Laconic  letters . 853 

Lessons  of  life . 193 

Miseries  of  a  bachelor'*  hie . 3-6 

N  Ulllt v  of  labor .  . m 

One  of  iuy  cnanliv  friends . 273 

Promoting  the  President’s  son. 226 

Quaker  answer . 193 

Quiet  day* . .  . 271 

llcconnul taring  III  w  inter . 177 

Roiaitve  longevity  of  ilic*exo*.273 
limnnrknble  telegraphic  font... 273 

I  (call  Its  ot  Idleness.. . .193 

Sennit)  of  the  IJollorl  States, ,  .  ,2  '5 

Sense  and  sordino-in .  .  . 193 

Slave  trade  lo  Hast  Africa . 225 

spark*  a  ml  splinters . 8*6 

—  of  Jolity .  49 

Si  It  dies  at  agrle.nl  i  Ufa  I  eolleges.273 

Think  before  urn  am  . 193 

Traveling  In  the  far  Nmlh  . 193 

Two  wavs  nf  raying  grace .  353 

Wlmt  the  shepherds  crook 

found . 193 

Women  aa  artists . . . 853 

—  —  physicians . 225 


TRAVELER. 

Amadeus  and  the  peasant . 209 

American  ymitn  abroad .  65 

A needmo  of  n  poet . 241 

Ait  In  Purls,  si u  tying .  kg 

Artist*  for  tnonka,  leaving . 101 

Ashomblcc  Nutionule  _ 65.211 

Bonnet,  tho  new . 143 

B  ictllgiiCTa  and  Its  palm  groves. 209 

( ‘ufo  fence'  t» . . Ho 

('a*  le  geyser  and  hot  spring  in 

Montana. ..  . 112 

rattle  trade  in  the  west  _ 362 

Chinese  life .  145 

i.o-o perntivo  housekeeping.,, .  145 

t  'onfeaslouai,  the.  . 401 

Dohiroeho,  anecdote  of . 2H 

Diotunue  *  hou*e . . 869 

Duval'*  rust" ura tils .  115 

Edmonla  LewD .  . ,.  .,404 

European  correspondence .  33 

Forest.  M  s.  Edwin,. . 113 

French  a  Hentlinenlul  race . 113 

—  Gongrcss,  ,  .  66 

—  hlto . 241 

taste  for  tho  dramatic . 2U 

Gypsies  in  Hungary . 241 

I losmer,  Harriet . 401 

Hprcubnibuiu . 8  9 

Italian  vluoy.iid* . 812) 

Ga'y . 805 

Journey  from  Purls  to  .Mar¬ 
seilles  . 805 

Kouku,  or  Crooked,  Luke . 2sl 

Lake  uountry  of  New  York . 281 

Listening  cow . . . 24 1 

,M i)da lllo nlst,  a  distinguished . .  401 

Mt’tnne.  . . ,’0i) 

Monoeo . .,209 

Monte  Carlo .....  . 2u9 

Most  hnuMtU'al  child,  the . 101 

One  European  letier.a  5, 113. 115, 

.  209.  241.  305  3-0 

Pal  am;  01  justlco .  113 

Puds  amusements .  .  7# 

—  Bourse . 1  5 

Parsons  In  Florida,  s.  is  . . . aid 

Peru  Ityuoluthe,  preaching  ol.  .113 

Pompeii,  visit  to . . 869 

Pope,  the . . 401 

Power* tiJDil  two  English  women  11-5 
Random  leaves  from  my  noto- 

,.  book...  . 205  398 

Renan,  Evumft..,, . 145 

Rhenish  legend . ,..2U9 

Russian  chinch .  33 

Koala,  .  the  modern..  . 4U1 

Rome.  Italy . . . 4m 

Sum  Paul,  Chill'Cti  of . 401 

Saints  Invoked  . 369 

(Salad,  favorite  French  . ill 

School  of  tl no  urts  . lla 

S'ght  seeing  In  the  great  bore..  33 
story  of  U  nWullow .  ‘Ml 

'I'hfc  niWlrnl . #()5 

T/ieuphilu  Ginnlor’s  plcures. .  .US 

Thiers,  President.  .  83 

Trick  of  appearance . 2il 

v  a  clean,  the . ...io! 

Vegetation  at  Mentone . 2o9 

Versailles,  a  day  at .  «5 

Vespers  bogan  at  hull-past  flve.401 

Vesuvius . a® 

Visit  to  Pompeii . 369 


AGENTS  WANTED. 

Abernethy.  J.  V .  23  ‘ 

Aldeu,  John  £ . 23,  38  * 

American  Novelty  Oo . 226,  311 

American  PobBstilng  Co.. ..327, 

313,  .3,  at.-.  361. 107,  415  . 

Baker  Sewing  Machine  Co . 71 

JJetts  A  Co.,  a.  M  23,  W,  66,  71.87,  J 
103,  117,  131.  160, 106.  181, 127, 

216,  231,  247,  2*74,  271*.  21*6,  311. 

287,  342.  369.  376,  331,  407,  416 

111188,  W.  K.... . 23,38,55  ] 

Do  wen.  Henry  C. . 71 

Bridgemun,  K.  C..23, 16,  u3,  66,  87, 

103,  117,  134,  160,  li/j,  181,  107,  J 
216,  231,  247  .  20*.  279,  205.  311, 

327, 7143.  300,  376,  30) ,  407,  416 

Bronson,  J .. .. . .  .40,  66,  71,  87  ' 

Drown,  Dr.  O.  Phelps . 203  ' 

City  Novelty  Co _ 31,  .>1,  88,  120, 

162,  1*4,  200,  210,  248.  2*0,  .‘ill, 

344,  370 

Clegg,  C.  A. 54.  40,  63,  S3,  104.  130, 

136,  152.  108,  1*4,  214,  232,  246, 

2ei,  38U,  220,  311,  344,  300 

“  Clipper  " . 227  ‘ 

Connecticut  Novelty  Co.  117, 134, 

160,  1(46  , 

Continental  Publish  in#  Co..  JW, 

21a,  231.  247.  415 

Coulter  &  Co.,  A _ 23. 38,  65,  231.  , 

247,  203.  270,  327,  343,  3o0,  376, 

301,407 

Cutler,  D.  C . 181,  107,  216,  231 ,  203 

lie  Silver  .V  Co..  11  .177,  Isl,  210,  231 

Dimon.  Jr.,  YV.  D .  23 

Dodge,  John  A . 850 

Dustin  Gilman  A  Co. 203,  270,  20,6, 

81 1.  327,  843.  3741,  376,301,  4417  i 

idlls  &  Co.,  K.  A  ...313,  360,  376,  301 
Fergus  A  4  G...103, 117,  131, 160 

Franklin  ,v  Diamond  Sewing 

machine  <  o . 71, 87,  loo,  117 

Girard  Wire  Mills . 117,  1,0(1,  181 

Hartford  Publishing  Co  .203, 270, 

203,  311,  320.  343,  850.  876.  301, 

407,  115 

Henderson  A  Co.,  W.  S . 23 

Henley.  A  . 121,  150. 166,  1*1 

Hiukley  Knitting  Machine  Co.23,38 
Holland  A  Co.,  W.  J.2I6.  23),  343,  ,760 
Hudson  Diver  Wine  Co,,. 66,  87, 

117,  lid,  181,  216,217,311.  843, 

376,  11)7 

Jefferson  Chemical  c<i . 23,38 

Livingston,  C.  M  ,23,  33,  66,  71,  87, 

103,  liV,  sa,  313,  360,  376,  301, 

107, 415 

Lloyd,  J.  T . 134 

McKinney  A  Co.,  II,  N.. 103,  117, 

134, 160 

Moore  A  Co.,  W.  H..327,  313,  360, 

875,  301. 107 

Murray  Hill  Publishing  Co. 88, 

104,  120,  136 

Mutual  Publishing  Co.. 23,  38,  6.8, 

71,  87,  101.  103.  117,  184.  160, 

105,  181.  107,  21.8,  231,  217,  203, 

270,  205,  311 

Myers  Manufacturing  Co... 376, 

3!H.  407,  416 

National  Publishing  On, 23, 36, 

71.  87,  117,  134,  110.  105,  181, 

208,  270.  20.8,  811,  321,  343,  360, 

375,  301.  407 

N.  K.  Manufacturing  Cn . 117 

New  World  Publishing  Co. 24,  40. 

60,  72 

Novelty  Co . 150, 105. 105 

“  Our  Fireside  Friend '..181, 101, 

816,  231 

Perine,  (Jen.  E...24,  10,  56,  72,  *8, 

1(44,  120,  138,  15(1,  16S,  181,  107. 

205.  261.  240,  60  .,  270,  206,  811. 

320,  6*3,  360  876,  301,  407,  41a 
Porter  A  Coates.  .S3,  3s,  .8.8,  71,  87, 

103,  1.41,  1155.  181,  200,  '216,  231,  217 

Quaker  City  Pub.  Co,. . 281,  347 

Deed,  F.  M .  23 

ltiiey,  0.  S.,  ,.lo3,  IU6, 161, 107.  216, 

231,247 

Russell,  B.  B...55, 71, 87,  203.  ,WI, 

827 , 343 

ltuBsell  A  Smith . 00.88,  loi 

Hecomb  A  Co . 24.  328,  300 

Shaw,  H.  U..H7,  135,  110,  166,  181, 

107,  213.  220.  218.  201.  203.  300 

Shaw,  G.  G . 313,  850 

Smith  A  <  G.  M ... . *07,  115 

Spencer.  S.  M.  .181,  216,  247.  811. 

343,  ,575,  411, 

Stinson  A  Co.,  G . .23.  i«*.  55,  7 1. 87, 

103,  117,  184.  101,  105,  18  U  107, 
215.231,247,  203,  270,  237,  327. 

848,  350.  375.  801,  407,  415 
Treat.  K.  B.  ..23, 38.  56,  71,  87,  103, 

117,  184.  17X1,  lOo.  181  107.2)6, 

231,  247,  aiW,  270,  20.5,  811,  321. 

313,353,  676,  301,  4u  (,  415 
Tuttle  A  00.827  ,  813.  350,  37.5,  301,  4(17 
Union  Manufacturing  Cn.  ,  106,  1*:. 

Union  Publishing  Co.- . 23 

United  States  Pun.  Cv.Afl.  50,  72, 

88,  101.  UNI i  130.  152,  108,  181, 

200.  210,  232,  248,  204,  2.811,  200, 

311,344.300 

Vickery  A  Co.,  P.  C . 71*  10/ 

Webber  A  Co.,  G  .  f . Iffi,  416 

Webster  A  Co . 247.  203,  270,  20.5 

White,  N,  D . 270,  205,311,  327 

Wiley,  Waterman  A  Katun.  .156, 
r~~i  106. 181, 107 

Williams.  J.  David. -133,  1 0ft,  107, 

231,  2124 

William  A  Co.,  T . 117.  183,  3H 

YVooil’s  Literary  A  AM.  Agctnvy. 
u^kMO,  23.  32,  &.  18,  65,  04,  71.  ail, 

87  !«;,  103,  112.  117,  128,  134, 
r  150,  118.  1SI 

Worth,  .1.23,  38.  66.  71,  87,  103,  117, 

134, 16(1,  105,  181,  100,  2l.i,  231, 

2-17,  202.  270,  205,  311,  327,  343,  ,469 
YVorthinglon.  1ms tin  A  Co..  ,23,38 
Y  oung  A  CO.  M .  .8,1,  103, 117,  131, 

181,  107,  215,  'Ail,  217,  203,  2,0, 

290,  Ml,  321,  313,  850,  376,  301, 

407,  415 

Ziegler  A  McCurdy . 391,  407,  415 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 

American  Shoe  Tip  Co .24, 40, 56, 

72, 88,  lui,  120, 130,  152, 108, 184. 

200,  210,  232,  218.  264,  280,  200, 

318,  324,  311,300,  370.  302,  408,  416 

AGRICULT’L  IMPLEM’TS, 
MACHINERY,  &c. 

CIDKlt  MILLS,  MAClilNEltr,  AC. 

Johnson,  O.  K.. ....220,  360,  390 

Mount,  J.  W  ..71, 103.  B6,  Jto. 

CORN  SUKLLEKS  AND  HUSKttKS. 


*  f  i  liri  ii,  v ,  . .  *  • 

Shaw.W.S . 108,214,830,21 


CUhTIVAT®nS. 

Allen  A  Co.,  It.  H . 310,320  ( 

Allen  A  Oo.,  S.  L . 117, 133, 110, 

165, 180,  107,  203.  220,  245,  201, 

397, 2*3. 318,  528 

Atues  Plow  Co . 135,  151,  1(9,  INI 

2*3,  326 

Bradley  A  Son,  O.  C..22.  A>. 

71, 86.  li«.  110. 135, 151,167.164. 

108,  214,  230,  240,  2>;  ;,  Zi~  ,  201, 

31U.Ke.».«.  108,416 
Hutchinson,  Geo.  < '..22,  39,  55.  71. 

80,  103  110,  136,  151,  l'~,  l*v5 

108,  214 

Perry,  F.  L . 103, 110. 120,  161  ' 

Reynolds.  K.  D.  A  O.  11.21.  55.  88, 

117,  110,  181,  213,  248,  277,  312,  311 

Todd.  S.  K . 106 

Waters,  K.  H  . . . 302 

JJAIKV  UTJtNSIbS. 

Blanchard's  Sons.  Port er.2(l, 200, 

228,  5«0.  298,  324,  AVI,  7*48 

Kureka  flutter  YVnrker . 246,  H20 

Jones,  Fuulfcuer  A  Co.  .  104,  120, 

136.  152,  168,  181,  200,  210,  232 
Millar  A  SonA'Ium. ..136, 152,  168,  134 

HIM,}  Bros . 151, 184,  214,  240,  298  - 

YV  hitman  A  Burrell., . 202,264 

DBAIN,  KbOOKINti.  TXl.K  X,VP 
MUCK  MACHINKHV. 

Hadley  A  Co.,  A.  N  108,  214,  230, 246 
P uuU eld,  J.  W . 183,  213, 229,848 

EARTH  CLOSET*. 

Goux  Fertilising  Co. 22.  39,  55,  71. 

•■*;,  103,  no,  136 

Wakefield  Fat  ih  Clout  Co.  16, 

32,  *3.  64,  80,  06,  U2, 12S,  111.  160 

FARM  AND  FAMILY  SCALES. 

Binghamton  Seale  Work*,.. 183, 

108,  814.  230,  306,  372,  388 
Jones  Seale  Works. .20,  22,  57.  62, 

09,  85,  100,  116,  13;!,  118,  165. 

180,  106,  212,  288,  241,  260,  27*7. 

208,  30s,  324,  340 

FARM  MILT, 8  AND  FODDER 
CUTTERS. 

Dane  Bros... . . . 22,30 

Straub  A  Co.,  Isaac.  21,  40,  A3,  60.  88 

FIRE  in  MW. 

Great  Western  Gun  Works.. 20, 

22,24  ,  55,87.110,151,183,  214, 

246,  2i8,  310,  342,  374,  406 

FLAX  BRAKES. 

Quincy,  John  W....22, 55, 87. 110, 

151, 183 

FOOT  LATHES, 

Baldwin,  N.  1 1 .  .22,  55,  87, 110, 151, 

183.  214,  246,  278,  201,  326,  558. 

3yU,414 

general  dealers. 

Ames  Plow  Co. .  ..22.  39,  55,  71,  87, 

103, 119, 198,  202,  278 

Ftmjuhur,  A.  B.,.. . 500 

Mancha,  J . . . 521 

HARROW'S  AND  WKUDKUS. 

Pete M  Bros.  M'f  'g  ( 'o. .  .133,  151. 

TIC  183,  108,  214,  230,  246,  262, 

2(8,  204,  31(1,  326 

Sweet's  Manufacturing  Co. ..16, 

21,  22,  23,  34,  7H.  86,  103, 110. 

135,  101,  167, 165,  108.  211,  23(', 

216,262 

HAYING  IM I't.K.UF.NTH. 

Ames  Plow  Co.  .201.  510,  326,  512, 

358,  360,  374.  300,  406 

Dederick  A  Co..  P.  K .  183 

Ulggniium  Manufacturing  Co.. 

110,  136,  1.6,  ! 6,,  37.1,  2.(0,  246, 

262,  278,  204  ,  310,  326,  342.  358, 

374, 390 

(•Crops,  It.: . 341.  .300 

Louden  ilullUtllCUIKIIg  ('<1.  ..'7'. 

30,  167,  183,  life.  214  .  230,  246, 

262,  278,  234  310,  328.  34  I,  358 

Nash  A  Brother . 358,  SOU,  406 

Peunoe.k  M’l’g  CO...120,  I3&,  151, 

167, 183,  108,  214,  230,  246,  262, 

278,  204  ,  310 

Qnlncy  John  W..264,  280,  20o,  312, 
v  328, 344 

HORSE  POWER  AND  TIIRUSBING 
MACHINES. 

Boyer  A  Bro„  YVui  L  .  ..310,  342,  374 

Harder  Miniud . 278,  326.  300 

Now  Jersey  Ag.  Winks . 22 

St.  Julliisvllle  Ag.  Works. 2(1,  87, 

52,  69 

YVcstlnghonse  A  Co.,  G  .24  ,  40, 

66,  72,  88,  104,  120,  136,  152, 

168,200,321.358 

Wheeler,  Mellc/i  A  Go..  ..107.262. 

204,  32(1,  380 

KNITTING  machine*. 

Bickford  Kniitlug  Machine  Co. 

88, 103,  120,  136.  161,  167,  183, 

108,  214,  230,  246,  262,  278,  29). 

DIM,  326,  342,  568,  301,  390,  406 
Hinkley  Knitting  Machine  <M, 

56,  ID  SC 

lawn  moyvkks. 

Excolslor  Lawn  Mower.. 230,  246, 

262,  278,  204  ,  310 

The  Centennial . 376 

Tile  Novelty . 325,341,  360 

The  Philadelphia. . . 341 

The  Victor . 542,368 

LIGHTNING  SAWS. 

Boynton,  K.  M.  ,22,  30,  55.  71,  87, 

103,  110,  135,  151,  167,  183,  108, 

214  230,  246,  262,  278,  204.  310.  326 

maple  sugar  machinery. 

(  Post,  C.  G . b6,  103 

MOWING  AND  REAPING 
MACHINES. 

Bradley’s  Ameiicau  Harvester. 

326,  812,  ,158 

Buckeye  Mower  and  Reaper.... 

830.  216,  262, 278,  204.  310,  326 , 

,  342,  358,  374,  500,  406 

Warrior  Alower  uo . .248, 261,  2i / 

1  PLOWS. 

Ames,  Plow  Co . 880,  246 

Chamberlin  A  lion,  UeOrge..l05. 108 
I  ,  Collins  A  Oo.  .21,  40,  53,  UO,  88,  lul, 

1  117,  133,  110,  166, 101,  1U7,  XU6,  „ 

,  j  213, 220,  261,  2<A,.28U, 293 , 34 1 .  353 


New  York  Plow  Co.. 103,  110,  135, 

15  L  165, 183 

Oneonta  M’f  g  Co . 220,  262,  294 

Remington  Ag,  Works,. 240,  264,  278 

PORTABLE  ENGINES. 

Roper  Hot  Air  Kngine  Co.. ..261. 

293,  321 

Utica  Steam  Kngine  Co .  22 

W ood.  Taber  A  Morse. .24,  56,  88, 

120,  152,  184,  216,  248.  280,  312. 

644,  376,  408 

PRINTING  PRESSES. 

Gorham,  W.  B . 24, 119,  135 

Newton.  II.  C . 59) 

Starr  Press  Co . 24 

Vanderburgh  A  Wells... 264,  277. 

203,  300,  526,  312,  358.  371.  300, 

406,  ill 

Watson,  Joseph. .2*10, 213,  229.  248, 

261,203 

SEED  SOWERS. 

Goodell,  11-  H. ...104,  no,  135,  151, 

167,  163,  198,  214,  230,  246,  262 

SEWING  AlACUINES  AND  SEWING 
MACHINE  ATTACHMENTS. 

Dibble  A  Hutton,  H.  W.  .184,  200, 

216,  232 

Domestic;  8.  M.  Co.  .24,  40.  66,  72, 

HK,  104.  136.  152,  168,  181.  200, 

2 16,  248,  264,  280,  5d0,  372,  388 

Globe  Machine  Co .  24 

Johnson  Fmbroidcry  Co . 232 

Singer  MY  'g  Co . ..107,  220 

Turner  A  c.i . .....331 

Wheeler  A  Wilson . 20,27 

Wilson  8.  M.  <  «i.. 20,  27,  .32,  60,  85, 
100,  116,  132,  148,  165,  180,  106, 
212,  228,260,  276,  202.  308,  324,  312 

SLEIGH  SHOES. 

Titus  A  Sou,  Anson .  22 

STUMP  MACHINE. 

Chamberlin  A  Son,  Geo . 165, 198 

SWl NU1NG  STANCHIONS. 


Gifford,  W,  C. 


TIN-LINED  PJ PE. 

Colwells,  Shaw  A  Wtllard.21, 245,241 

WASHING  MACHINES  AND 
CLOTH ES  WRINGERS. 

Bailey  Washing  Machine  Co... 

248,  277,  812,  ijD 
Browning,  It.  C . 4u4,  408,  413 


APIARISTS, 

Little  Man . 22,  38 

Quin bv  A  Hoot . 86,  103 

BASKETS  BERRY  BOXES. 

Amerioan  Basket  Co. ...203,  310, 

326^12,  3.38 

Collins  A  Co„  John  8 — 23i,  246, 

262,  278,  294,  31U,  374 

BUILDING  MATERIALS. 

Hale  A  CO.,  B.  K.  .56,  88.  120,  168, 

181,  200,  '.'16,  232,  261,  2t(l,  290, 

311,  328,  344,  360,  376,  392,  408 
Johns,  11.  (V  200,  248,  2n!l,  296,  376 
National  Asphalt  Cumposite 

Co .  ...4(1,  56,  72,  88 

Bock  River  Paper  Co. on,  88,  120, 

1  is,  i  i4,  200.  216,  23-3  24s,  26 (. 

2oU,  200,  7*11,  328,  31 1,  360,  3/0, 

302,  408 

BUTTON  HOLE  WORKERS. 

Webster  Manufacturing  Co.. 27, 

213,  220,  215,  261,  2:0,  206,312,  32S 

BURNING  OILS  &  LAMPS. 

Pratt,  Charles . 24 

Wallace  A  .Sons.. 21,  40,  56,  72,  Ni, 

164,  120,  136,  1*2,  168,  184,  200. 

216,  232,  218,  311 

CLOTHING. 

Freeman  A  Burr. 232, 248, 280,  312, 1 
340,  311,  376,  416 

DRY  GOODS  AND  CARPETS. 

Cheney  Brothers. . . .,..344,  352 

Kureka  Machine  Twist..  102, 208, 

221,  256,  283,  320 
New  England  Carpet  Co . 23 

EDUCATIONAL. 

Bryant,  C-  L,.  Jr . 53>  09 

BryaiU  A  Stratton . 20 

Canandaigua  Academy . .  24 

Maplewood  luaiiuue..  ./>i,  70,86, 

101,  .«01, 1(17 

N.  W,  Telegraph  Institute. lol,  133 
Uberlin  Business CeUege. ..133,  166 
Rtverview  -Military  Academy 

391,  40  (,  115 

Shearman,  C.  A.  ..10,  55, 101, 133. 

10 1 , 281 

FERTILIZERS. 

Beebe,  Aivah _ 204,  310,  311, 353. 

871,  390,  406 

Foster,  James  T.60, 101,  i3.*,  167, 

108,  230.  216,  261,  276,  300 
Goux  Fertlllxcr  Co.-lal,  10t,  1»2, 

1US,  218  ,  830  ,  246 

Lister  Bros.  .189, 182,  308,  213,  230, 

246,  261,  2,0,  894,  310,  328,  344, 

36tJ,  371,  300,  406 

Ralston  A  Oo.,  John . 23U,  2*6,  261 

YVliite,  Geo.  K.  .133, 151, 542,  374,  392 

FINANCIAL. 

Briggs,  J.  W . 40.72 

Cooke  A  Co.,  J  ay . . .  .24,  30,  69, 85, 

101,  117,  13.i,  140,  468,  184,  210, 

2(4,  296,  3X2,  314,  308,  408 

Flslt  A  Hatch . 72, 12U 

Jiaviland  A  Co-,  Chat,.  K. .......  o3 

Didustnal  Kxutiiitiuu  Co. ...247, 

263,  270,  893,  311,  327,  343,  359, 

370,  391,  107, 415 

Leonard  Sheldon  A  Foster.  .101, 
120,  184,  213,  815,  277,  3U,  344, 

376,  392,  408 

Provident  Life  and  Trust  t  o. 

344,  408 


Savings  Bank . . 21,  39,  213,  231 

Walker.  Andrews  A  Co . 24a,  27 ( 

Winslow,  Lanier  A  Co.. 101,  129, 

184,  213,  245,  277,  312,  344,  3(0, 

302,  406 

FIRE  INSURANCE. 

Home  Fire  Insurance  Co .  85 

FURNITURE. 

Frost,  It.  W . 277,  310,  342,  374  ,  406 

HARDWARE  DEALERS. 

American  Tuck  Co,  .22,  09, 65,  71, 

67,  105,  119,  150,  151,  167,  183, 

198,  21 4,  239,  246,  262 

Hellebower,  Ad,  M . .  •  •  *W0 

Iron  Clad  Cun  Co.  ...228. 232, 211, 

276, 2s0.  ***.  3*8,  *198 
Jane*.  A  Kirtland  .  .32*,  348,  ■•'*■%  5,4 

Meriden  Cutlery  Co . •••••*« 

Pratt  A  Co.,  J.  If . *'*.J.J* 

ltoueri*  A  t  o.,  M.  H  -  -  - :  •451,  F* 

Sellers.  C.  C  . . 8JV  J.*I,  M, 

Seymour,  Henry . 12o.  l.>>.  1*>1, 

101, 181. 1W,  198,  2(9 J,  213,814 

236,  246,  262,  218,  201,  J10 
Simortd'S  Knives..  ..16(,  210.  204, 358 
Whittetuore,  1),  U . 136, 152 

FUR  GOODS. 

Gunther's  Sons,  C'.  G . .24 

GROCERIES. 

Great  Amerioan  T«t  Co... 24,  40, 
ixi,  72,  88,  104. 120.  136,  i52,  PA. 

181,  200.  216,  232,  248.  261,  280. 

TJ6, 3D,  328.  541,  360,  376,  392. 

108,  416 

HELP  WANTED. 

Daods,  <’.  A . •••'140 

K.  P.  A  Co . . . 140,  166 

ileikes,  W.  I . 350,  376,  301,  107 

"  incorporator'’ . 220 

JEWELRY  AND  PLATED 
WARE. 

Reed  A  Barton .  22 

Vermont  Novelty  Co . .  22 

LIFE  INSURANCE. 

Charter  Uak  Life  Ins.  Co . 40. 53 

Alutua!  Lite  Ins.  Co.. . 118 

National  Lite  ins.  Co.. ...... 264,  28u 

New  York  Life  Ins.  Co . 134,  150 

North  American  Lite  Ins.  Co... 848 
Travelers  Ins.  Co.. 40,  53,  72,  104, 
136.  152,  168,  200.  232.  261,  206, 

360,  302,  416 

LIVE  STOCK. 

Dana,  C.  H . 107,  214,  229 

Gruff,  H.  4 .'.,23.  88,  53.  70,  251,247.  561 
Irwin.  J.  W.  A  51. .  261.  377,  203,  300 

Markham,  Wffl.6 . 38.  251 

Shuidou  a  SOU,  John.. ..22. 13o„ 

ms,  261,  521 

Thayer.  William  J .  3a 

Wood.  Tboma* . 22,  58, 03,  70 


Catlin,  W.  A . 

Carpenter,  C.  C . . 

Cochran.  K.  R . 39,  J 

Collins,  John  S . 

Kllwanger  A  Barry . 

Engle  A  Son,  H.  M . . 

Gaston,  (>.  R  ............ . 

llnlkc*.  W  .  F . 

Honders.m.  Peter.. 153, 
Hopes  Bro.  A  Thomas. 

Hubbard,  T.S . Uf2. 

llusteU,  Noah  1* . . 

Jenkins,  J . . . 

••  Knox  Estate  ” . 182, 

Lord,  E.  E . 

Little,  \V.  S . lG*j, 

Moody  A  Sons,  K....1U2, 
150,  166, 

Nash,  Andrew  S. ....... 

Clin  Bros . 

Parry,  William . . 

Parsous  A  CO.,  B.  B  — 

Parsons  A  Sous,  S.  B  . . . 

Phoenix,  F.  K....118, 134, 

Purdy,  A.  M . 

Boot,  James  A . 

haul,  John _ 53,88.  U7, 

Storrs,  Harrison  A  Co... 

Smith  A  Powell . 

Woodruff,  YV.  B . 

YVUsuii,  51.  N . . 


. 199,215 

. 203,  300 

118,  245,  261 

. 232,  264 

. 181,213 

. 54 

. 3(19,  321 

. 70,  1*1 

149,  lob,  181 
(.110,  182.  2)5 
,  215,  231, 245 

. 231,  215 

.140,  166,  182 
,  199,  215,  231 

. 216,  251 

,  182, 199.  215 
i.  118,  131, 

,  1*2,  109.  215 

. 107,215 

,100,  215,  231 
.102,  134,  166 
..176,  181, 
102,  208,  224 
.  .200,  208, 
2x4, 232 
4, 150, 166, 
18$  199 

. 150 

. 197,  215 

,  140,  182,  *99 
..165,  100, 
251,  248.  261 

. 182,  2)5 

. 140,  165 

. 106,  182 


PAINTS  AND  OILS. 

American  Bubber  1’aint  Co. 328, 

544,  360 

A  verill  Chemical  Paint  Co, .107, 
231,  246,  262,  278,  205.  311,  328, 

.  i  .  341,  300,  376 


PATENT  AGENTS. 


Stephens,  J.  YV . 103, 119, 135,  119 

Sutton  A  Co.,  James . 119 

The  South . 246,  296,  3(6 

Y'an  Dyne,  P.  H . 3(0,  3J2 

Weils,  S.  R . ••••••••••203 

YY’cmyss,  YV.  C...40,  of).  72,  88,  104, 

120, 136,  152,  168,  184,  200,  216 

YVilliams,  J.  David . 1® 

William 3  A  Co.,  T.  .23.  54,  86.  lul. 

U14,  2*0,  Jio 

WooUUm,  A.  R . 300,  327,  343,  358 

PURCHASING  AGENCIES. 

New  York  Supply  Co. 300, 325, 341. 

357,  373,  /480,  405 

REAL  ESTATE. 

Carpenter,  C-.  B . ...-103,  }23 

Corson,  B.  F.. .. * , . ..120, 133,  143,  16f 

t  reiiili »  O. . . . .lOi 

Davrs,  O.  F.  .264,  280.  293,  31 1 , 328. 

344  ,  566,  373, 30.’,  405,  416 
Harris,  Geo.  s..  lol,  1U2,  103, 104, 

117,  U8, 110, 120,  Ltd,  152 

Harvey,  Mrs.  E . .  •  •  •1^! 

Util  yard,  M.  H . 146, 16a 

Johnson,  S.  F .  nl 

i.ermont,  . . ;i’J 

McDijnuld,  AluXt.f . 

.Viol/,,  . . ..149, 183 

Moore,  L.  M . 70, 86,  1UJ,  130 

Nortneru  Pacific  Land  Co.  ...M, 

1 4 . .  181.  245,  300 

Parkhiirst,  ,lr.,  A . 155.  140 

Phelps,  R.  11 . . . B7, 133 

Pomeroy  A  Son,  Geo.  K.. . .  .229,  3WI 

Reno,  Li  G . •••4i|'j 

KichniuuU  A  Co . 197 . 213,  251 

Sheppard,  E.  G . . . x3 

Tower,  J.  M .  23 

YVilsou,  M.  N . 120,  133,  140,  lOi 


Perkins  A  Co.,  John  MeC..30,  55, 

7U.  86,  103,  till,  135,  151,  167. 
183,  108,  214,  231,  246,  262,  278, 

205,  311,  327,  543,  358 


SCIENTIFIC  INSTRUM’NTS. 


POULTRY. 

Beebe,  Orsino . 

Bicknell,  J .  Y’ . . . 

BordWOll  Bros . J16, 1 

Bordwell,  E.  O  — . 

Brown,  C,  N..1S1,  151, 167, 
213,  231,  247,  261,  277, 


Coiney,  E.  C . 

Corey,  l».  B . lol, 

Criswell,  Robert . 

Curtis,  Geo.  M..... . 

Eastern  Poultry  As*' n.. 
llawiey,  Gen.  K.....231, 
Howard,  YV.  1  ...182,  19* 


. 107 

.  .22,  300,  527 
2)3,251,219 

. 182,  19* 

,  162,  108, 

,  295,  309, 
325,341,357 


MEDICAL. 

Jlrown  A  Son,  Jonn  1..20,  52,  (30, 

85,  100,  116,  132,  148,  165,  ISO, 

106,  2l5,  228,  241,  260 

Chapman,  Thus,  il . 295 

Elastic  Truss  Co _ 21,  37,  52.  69. 

K>  10),  117,  133.  149,  165,  181, 

197  ,  213.  220,  241,  nil,  2Y9,  2U3,  t. 

MV,  341 

Fowle,  H.  H . •••'••  • 

iiowhxd  A»so»,.iiit’n-3uy,  oSt.o ii,  *x,L> 

Jones,  Edgar . 295,  309, 327,  312 

IjOWIH,  Dr.  Dio . ,..341,553,39* 

Merritt,  Ylrs.  51  . 27  7,  All,  ■119, 

527  .  542,  259 

Perry.  Dr.  B.  C..541.  370,  '••2,  391,  10> 
Pomeroy  2t  Co.  ...30.  229,  214,  261, 

277  .  2Ki,  S60.  320.  8*1.  ail,  »75,;SS9 
Ransom  A  Son.  D. .  .16,  3'2,  48,  64, 

80,  Hi.  Ill,  12*.  41 1,  UW,  176,  192 

Sayre.  T.  il . . .  . id,  to,  ltd.  117 

squire,  W.  ii. - . . 140,  H  o  182 

Slowed  A  Co. 101, 117, 151,  106,185, 

198,  311,  231,  246,  2(8,  31 1 

Cphmu,  a.  C.. . 3* 

YY  bite,  Dr . . . ...  360 

YVlIbOr,  A.  B . . . 72,101 

WoiCOtt,  R.  L.51,  87,  117,  181,  215, 

24 i •  o 1 1 

YY’ood,  G.  F . 10? 

MUSICAL  INSTRUMEN'TS. 

A  lion  Piano  Forte  Co.  .21,  39, 55, 

70,  86 

Cliickering  &;Sons.  .245  .  262  ,  27a, 

201,  31U,  326,  312,  do 0 
Dunham  A  Sons. 22,  59,  55, 70, 105, 

145  167,  200.  2J0,  262  ,  294.310, 

342.  .*85,  407 

Kstey  A  Co.eJ . 103,  110,  1’5>  1J1 

Matnushek  Piano  Mig.  Cu.  23, 

30,  M>,  (0 

Alason  A  lluultn. .......  1  A*,  lol,  io? 

Pond  A  Co..  Win.  A. 22,  Ah  uo,  70, 

Hi,  103, 110,  Idi,  151,  161,  l:v> 

3.0,  215.  230.  246,  262, 

5(1',  52  7*42,  350,  o/o,  39l,  40?. 415 
Prince  A  Go..  Geo.  A. 24.  -412,  528, 

.>44,  300,  576,  o03,  40*.  GO 
Smith  American  Organ  Co.. ‘216, 248 
Steck  A  Co..  Geo,. 40,  .2.  ltd.  t*6, 

168,  200.  *42,  21*4,  27C,  32*.  3.0, 

3V2,  416 

U.  S.  Plano  Co. .  .22,  59,  55,  lu.  86, 
lllo,  119,  15.i,  151,  167,  185.  m 
215,  2,(0.  21",  262,  2)6  ,  291,  31.0, 
ij’xjj,  *>l w |  bv>‘J«  *)id,  iUt,  415 

Waters,  Horace . 294, 310,326, 

31i,  a50,  075,  091,  407,  4  lo 

NURSERYMEN, 

AlUs,  S.  J . . . ...166, 162 

Andrews,  Thus.  U  .  .182,  215,  231,  245 
Balohuui,  31.  B......231,  24.*,  7A72 ,  277 

Barnes  A  Co. . 34,  88, 152 

Blair  Bros. .80,  54.  70,  86,  102.  11/, 
151,  150,  166,  182,  100,  215,  2ol. 
245,  261,  280,  293,  309  .  325,  314, 

7i0U,  5,3.  389,  405 

Bryant,  A.  Jr .  54 

Burras,  0 . 21,  30, 7*1,  70, 88,  102, 

154,  152,  166,  182,  199 
Burrows,  YV.  A..  . 182, 109 


Ives.  John  S . 151, 

Lorlug,  O.  Carroll...  .247, 
203,  309. 

I, on  Oka,  F.  II . . 

Eynde,  Isaac . 

Merry,  S . 165, 182,  108, 

247.  261.  277,  203,  300, 

Perkins,  N,  B . 

Ressegule,  Geo.  Jr . 

Skcrrctl.  Henry . 167, 

Star,  YY' m.  (/ . 

Stick uey,  B.  S . 

Still,  YV,  E . 

SLuilley,  E.  G . . . . 

Sluilley,  suus  \V . 22. 

Warner,  G.  H . 


,  167,  107,  213 

. Si* 

. lOo 

. . .  .;w,  is.  7o 

,347,261.277 
*,  213,  231, 
217,261,567 
,  167,  182.  198 
I,  261,  277, 

,  325, 7(4 1,  357 


. 369 

,  213,  2i). 
525,  341,  357 

. 181,213 

. 213 

182,  108,  231 

. 625,  <*41 

. 248 

. 182 

. 229 

213,  293,  300 
. 213,  231 


PRIZE  DRAWINGS. 

Bramlelte,  'Thos.  K..  .85, 102, 120, 

133, 151, 166,  183,  197 

PUBLISHERS. 

Adams  A  Co . 140,  165, 183 

Alden,  John  K .  55 

American  News  Co . . . 241* 

Appleton  A  Co.,  D . 23,  55,  C.» 

Blaekie  A  Co . 39,  56,  71 

Bland  A  Co..  M.  C . 23,  295 

Hoerlekii  A  Tafel.  ..300,  325,  511,  500 
I4'»nd,  Murtiu  A  Co.  .87,  110,  136, 

2/7 .295,337 

Carpenter,  YV.  F . 3s0 

C'otUOH  A  Biother . 527 

Culler,  D.  C. .  ,o'9.  55, 71.  235,  511.  527 

"  Day  Book  ” . .  .23,  30 

Dd  son  A  Co.,  C.  11..  .23,  3*9.  55, 7 1, 

87,  105,  119,  156,  119,  155,  185, 

100,  215,231,  246.  270.  238,  295, 

309,  32/ ,  34*,  558,  344,  JM),  4U6 
Ditson  A  '  o.,  Oiiver.23.  30,  .‘(5, 71, 

87,  105,  119.  135,  110,  155,  183, 

100,  215,  231,  24t,  263,  2/0,  298, 

205,  500,  327,  543,  .>59, 371, 590,  406 

Dlinoil.  Jr.,VV.  li .  88 

llaunc.r  A  Gardener.  .  ,2’.f3,  325,  341 

Fergus  A  C'o.,J.  G . 87 

Ivison,  Blakonuui,  Taylor  A  Co. 

21, 103, 135, 341 

Happy  Hours  Co.10, 5d,72, 88,  101, 

136, 168 

Heard  A  Co.,  George  A. 23,  39, 55, 

(0,  86, 103,  1116  183 

Henley,  A . .117 

liitehcock,  B.  W . 229,213,361 

Iowa  Homestead . 376.  392 

Junes  A  lladley ... .183,  199,  215, 
246,  205,  270,  '205,  oil.  827,  343, 

358,  3o0.  406 

Journal  of  Horticullurc.UO,  156, 

151, 167, 1*3, 199 

King  A  Co.,  U.  A . .205.  311 

Lee  A  Shepard... 23,  50,  55,  il,  87, 

103,  110,  l  ies  149,  165,  1*3,  100, 
215,  231,  246.  263,  270,  295,  (ill. 

32/ ,  345,  358,  0*4,  390,  406 

Munro,  George . . . 152 

New  York  Tribune . 119 

Osgood  a  Co.,  James  K..  ..23, 59, 


Sweetser.  George. .  .280,  296,  311,  3-8 
McAllister,  W.  Mitchell-300,392, 116 
oueen  A  Co.,  James  YV . .  .24,  40. 

56,  72, 89, 104, 120. 116, 152, 168,  184 

SEEDSMEN. 

Beach,  Son  A  .CO. .  ..182, 108,  215,  231 
Bliss  a  Son,  B.  K  — 101.  152,  1*1. 

2011,  216.  280,  312 

Blytuyor.  Norton  A  Co . ...lol 

Bowd*. loh.  Axell. . . 182,  21j,  24.* 

Bridgemun  A  Son,  Alfred - 86, 

118,  US).  182 

Briggs  Bros..,. . ,39,  .'*4*  *0 

Campbell,  Geo.  W-..109.  21j,  231. 

245,  261,  27V.  2, *5.  300 
Dimou.  YV.  45.,  Jr. .  ..15*,  Ml.  166, 

1*2.  24.1.  261,  27/ 

Dinged  A  Conard  Co. HO,  182,  2)**, 

215,  279.  5419,  842,  5,8.  Ilia 

Douw  ,  Y'.  P . 154,  150,  21.1,2(1 

Dreer.  Henry  A . •**•  86,  lib 

Fanning,  S,  11 . .102,  151,  1HX 

Kerry  A  Co..  D.  M . ;••  ■,1'^ 

l  lnming,  James . 104,  tx 

Goudlile,  li.  S . 277.509,  51'.  50 

Gregory,  James  J.  H  .  ,70,  72,  8b, 

Hi,  101,  11/8,  118.  134,  17*0,  166, 

182.  1119,  21.*.  216,  231,  24a 
Hawley,  Ii.  D  ,  a.,  m2. 10*,  1*2.  109 
HcmU:*  »GD  Co.,  Ppwr..  c*7, 

72,  8b,  Idl.  U0,  1  !•),  110.  16b, 

181,  127,  100,  376,  302,  XUS.  416 

llovey  A  Co...  .  . Kd.  1^4 

lioyoy,  D,  I* . ••••••  . 

Ives,  .1  ollil  S . ...ISO,  106,  182.  I.B 

Kern,  Sic  her  A  Co.... (9,  id,  vu,  st, 

WA.  118.  I, A,  261,  2.  i 

Law,  G,  A . oO,  SO.  102,  1 1*,  .*00 

Marshall  A  -Morgan . 1*2.  2l*> 

Martin,  Sarah  if. . 182,  261 

Massey  A  Hudson  .  ,17*0,  166,  182,  100 

Newton,  William.. . 117,  lee,  1*2 

Park,  Geo . •••••••  KI2 

Plant  Seed  Co. ..21,  30,  54,  ,u,  117, 

1)8,  154,  laO.  166 

Keeser,  Chas.  A . . .102, 19s 

Reeves  A  Simonson..,, ,  .24,  Hi,  101 
Reisig  A  Hoxaniei  .  .117,  150, 182, 

215.  231,  24a.  261,  277 
Russell  A  Smith.  ..60,  88,  101,  117, 

133,  149,  165 

Sheppard,  James . !!i 

Sill,  John . oo,  118 

Smith  A  Sons,  J.  T..I02.  134,  166, 

low,  Uo 

Smith,  Edward . 190,  21*> 

Solon,  F.  B . •*.•.117 

Thor  urn  ACo.,J.,M . 21,33, 

44,  70,  86,  102,  117, 118.  131, 150 

YYek,  James . ••••I®.  ll§ 

YV  asli  burn  A  Co . 40,  72,  101,  loJ 

White,  George . Ia6 

YVllUamson  A  Co . . Mtii 

Wood  A  Hall . 118,  laO,  182,  2lo 


TOYS. 

Kane,  W.  U . 87.  216 

Smith,  K.  C .  Mi 

TRAVELERS’  GUIDE. 

••  Bee  Line” . 39,  53,  70,  86, 103 

SOCIETIES, 

Maseacnuselta  Horticultural 

Society . 3J1 

New  York  State  Ag’l  SoC . .  54 

Northern  Ohio  Fair  Ass  u.  ..261, 
278,295,  311,328,  841,360,  356. 

392,  4U6, 116 


WATCHES. 


Brown  A  Co.,  J.  A . . 
Collins  A  Co.  .30, 108, 


’  J74,  390,  406 

Parr,  George.  ...245,  270, 345, 8.4,  406 
Peters,  J  -  L.. — ..25,  80,  55,  71,  87,  103 

Porter  A  Coates . 110,  ljo 

Poultry  World.  .11/,  lul,  163,  21a, 

246,  271',  311.  S4J,  574,  406 

I'r.'iirxe  Farmer  Co . . . 109 

Reich  A  CO . 140,  467,  183,  10‘ 

Root  A  Co,,  A.  1., .*••••. .21*3 

R  ixral  Home .  . .  . .  -37 6, 892 

Slioltlou  Co •* *4)4  j | 

Sliorey,  Jollil  L . -23,  *0,  65 

Smith,  A.  BuIdetUJ....5».  bo,  120, 
1411,  184,  213,  2a*.  264,  203,  3 
Star  Spangled  Uuunur.  .23,  30, 55, 

Hi,  103,  X35, 140,  Ida,  id3.  100, 

215  231,218, 311,  343,  35b 


Giles,  Wales  A  Co. . . 
85.  KB,  116,  132. 
196,  212,  22b,  244, 
3Ut>,  324, 
Howard  A  Co....  .. 
QuluchoA  Krugler. 

S-'i 

U.  S.  Wateli  Co... 20. 
100,  116,  132.44*. 
212,  228,  244.  260, 
324, 


. U7, 133 

,  230,  262,  294, 
310,  332,  374,  408 
.20.37  ,  62,69, 
148,  165,  180, 


2(A),  270,  208,1 

510.  HO.  372.  53b 

. 1*46. 108 

.22,  oV,  55.  7 i, 
103,  DO,  1  io.  151 
,  37,  Ui,  00.  «i>, 
165,  18U,  196, 

,  276,  208,  808, 
54(1,  KB,  372,  oid 


ZINC  COLLAR  PAD. 

Zinc  Collar  Pad  Co .  .262,  278, 291.  ' 

310, 326. 342,  358, 37-.,  3=9, 405 


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VOL.  XXVII.  No.  1., 
WHOLE  No.  1107.  ! 


NEW  YORK.  AND  ROCHESTER,  N.  Y 


I  PRICE  SIX  CENTS 
i  »'i.50  PER  YEAR. 


that  they  will  often  absorb  six  or  eight 
ounces  of  water.  During  a  protracted  storm 
rain  water  will  trickle  down  both  on  the  out¬ 
side  and  inside  of  an  open  chimney-top  and 


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be  absorbed  so  long  as  a  brick  or  the  mortar 
will  drink  hi  another  drop.  Hence  if  there  is 
a  heavy  coat  of  paint  on  the  outside,  the  sur¬ 
face  of  the  bricks  to  which  the  paint  adheres 
will  be  somewhat  softened  and  the  hold  of 


the  paint  will  be  weakened  by  the  frequent 
wetting  and  drying  of  the  bricks,  until  the 
thick  and  heavy  pellicle  is  completely  sepa¬ 
rated  from  the  chimneys.  Then,  ns  soon  as 
cracks  are  formed  in  the  paint,  water  will 
enter  the  bricks  on  the  outside  and  loosen 
the  hold  of  the  paint  more  and  more  during 
every  storm,  until  a  large  proportion  of  the 
covering  can  be  peeled  off. 

The  remedy  is  to  cover  the  top  of  each 
chimney  with  a  broad  cope-stone,  which  will 
carry  all  the  water  that  would  fall  on  the 
top  of  the  wait  several  inches  beyond  the 
outer  sides.  A  cope-stone  may  be  supported 
by  half  a  brick  at  each  corner  of  t  he  chim¬ 
ney,  which  will  make  sufficient  space  be¬ 
neath  the  cope-stone  to  allow  the  smoke  to 
escape.  The  top  of  the  chimney  may  also  be 
covered  by  an  arch  of  bricks,  laid  in  good 
cement  mortar,  leaving  each  end  of  the  arch 
open,  as  a  passage  for  the  smoke.  In  either 
case  there  will  bo  sufficient  space  for  the 
ready  escape  of  the  smoke  :  and  all  (he  water 
that  would  descend  on  the  inside  of  a  chim¬ 
ney  will  be  carried  oil-  clear  from  the  outside. 
By  this  means  the  bricks  and  the  mortar  be¬ 
tween  them  can  be  kept  dry.  Ilonce,  so 
long  as  the  interior  of  chimney  walls  can  be 
kept  dry,  a  coat  of  paint  will  adhere,  to  the 
surface  ns  firmly  as  paint  will  stick  to  dry 
timber  or  iron.  The  same  holds  good  when 
painting  brick  houses.  So  long  as  the  walls 

can  be  kept  dry, 
— _  — _  paint  will  not  peel 

— ~-.-S.ii4'-  -  -  ‘ ’>Y  bill,  }|  ,  •-own  :i  - 

(lull  a 


DESIGN  FOE  A  FAEM-HOTJSE 


In  the  accompanying  elevation  and  plan 
for  a  farm-house,  which  was  designed  to  be 
built  of  stone,  the.  leading  ideas  in  the  arrange¬ 
ment  of  the  rooms  were  compactness  and 
convenience  something  less  pretentious  and 
more  cosy  titan  the  pompous  front  hall  and 
baluster  stairs,  with  a  chamber  which  would 
be  equal  to  the  necessities  in  case  if  iekness 
by  being  cut  off  from  the  noise  of  he  other 
part  of  the  house,  and  yet  convenient  to  the 
ki.chenand  back  hull. 

The  general  form  of  the  outer  walls  is  such 
as  admits  of  a  picturesque  outline  in  the  ele¬ 
vation,  and  in  the  treatment  Lho  expenditure 
has  been  spread  out  in  simple  embellishments 
over  the  whole  structure  rather  than  concen¬ 
trated  on  an  elaborate  cornice. 

The  idea  of  a  real  as  well  as  a  visible 
base  is  prominent ;  the  arch  head  windows, 
the  caps  of  which  might  properly  be  of  brick, 
where  cut  stone  would  bo  too  expensive,  and 
the  simple  tower  ought  to  bo  more  pleasing 
than  a  great  box  of  useless  room,  ornamented 
by  a  conglomeration  of  wood  millinery. 

Presenting  such  a  plan  at  this  time  will  ap¬ 
pear  strange  to  those  who  have  just  caught 
the  French,  <  >r  Man 

sard  roof,  disease;  ---  — ;; — — 

it,  .1 ...  iyi 

likely  to  bo  nca rar  in 

style  in  time  to  come  -  — - = 

,h.n  i,  I..  .  ii  . . 


anouNa  PLAN. 

A,  Porch  :  B,  Parlor,  15  by  15;  C,  Living-room. 
15  by  18 ;  D,  Bedroom  or  Ulek-room,  9  liv  12 ; 
E,  Kitchen,  1 1  bv  12U  ;  F,  bedroom,  7‘.  i  by  10 : 
G,  Pantry,  8  by  10 :  II,  Hall;  I,  Wood  room, 
15  by  15 ;  J,  J,  J,  Closets ;  V,  Veranda. 


CHAMBER  PIaAN. 

K,  Balcony ;  L,  Chamber,  15  by  18 ;  M,  Store¬ 
room  ;  N,  Bedroom,  9  by  13  ;  O,  Chamber,  12 
by  15 ;  H,  II,  II,  Halls  ;  J,  J,  J,  J,  Closets. 


there  the  paint  will 
peel  off  in  spite  of 
every  precaution. 


PAINTIHQ  EXTEffiOR  OF 
BUILDINGS. 

N.  M.  G.  is  informed 
that  we  would  use 
no  turpentine  or  ben- 
nine  in  a  paint  mix¬ 
ture  for  the  exterior 
walls  of  a  building. 
Only  use  linseed 
oil,  unless  you  desire 
I  o  repaint  speedily. 

■ .  ood  oil  is  the  cheap- 
*fc  in  the  end  always, 
both  becauso  of  it  its 
durability  and  pre¬ 
serving  qualities. 

In  building  a  house 
or  barn,  make  it  a 
point  to  secure  to 
each  room  thorough 
ventilation. 


PAINTING  BEICK 
CHIMNEYS. 


An  important  and 
oft-recurring  ques¬ 
tion  is: — Why  is  it 
that  paint  is  so  liable 
to  peel  off  the  sides 
of  brick  chimney¬ 
pots,  while  the  same 
kind  of  »paint  con¬ 
tinues  to  adhere  firm¬ 
ly  to  other  parts  of 
the  building?  The 
reason  is  obvious  to 
every  one  who  has 
investigated  this  sub¬ 
ject  correctly.  Most 
bricks  arg  so  porou9 


MOORES  f!!!rl.iiV£W  YORKER  fJ.  y.EMG. 


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M  0  0  B I s  S  BUBAL  NSW-YOBKEB- 


■JAN.  4 


Jiutustiiial  iTopir.';. 


WHERE  IS  THE  REMEDY  I 


The  people  of  the  United  States  consider 
themselves  intelligent  beyond  the  rest  of  the 
world.  They .  boast  of  their  free  Govern¬ 
ment.  They  pride  t  hemselves  on  the  develop¬ 
ment  of  the  country.  While  in  Europe  the 
different  nations  are  watching  each  other 
with  a  jealous  view  to  preserving  the  balance 
of  power  and  wit  h  a  view  to  kingly  preroga¬ 
tives,  the  United  States  is  left  free  to  admin 
ister  her  laws  in  whatever  manner  she  sees 
fit.  In  Europe  the  great  mass  of  the  people 
is  subject  to  the  rule  of  kings.  Republicanism 
is  not  tolerated  in  Europe.  If  a  radical  Re¬ 
publican  of  the  French  should  take  on  ad¬ 
vanced  position  in  regard  to  the  policy  of  his 
Government,  immediately  President  Thiers 
would  be  waited  upon  by  the  representatives 
of  Royalty  and  informed  thut  such  senti¬ 
ments  could  not  be  tolerated,  ns  they  would 
endanger  the  peace  of  Europe,  In  other 
words,  such  sentiments  would  work  an  over¬ 
throw  of  their  monarchies.  It  is  this  combi¬ 
nation  that  keeps  the  monarchs  on  their 
thrones  and  allows  them  to  grow  rich  upon 
the  hard  toil  of  the  masses. 

A  spirit  si  mi  Jar  to  the  one  shown  in  this 
monarchical  combination  of  European  nations 
is  displayed  in  this  country,  though  not  by 
the  Government.  In  this  country  the  spirit 
of  oppression  and  aristocratic  selfishness  takes 
a  different  form.  It  has  its  root  in  a  selfish 
disregard  for  the  interests  of  the  common 
people.  The  industrial  classes  arc  its  victims, 
especially  the  agriculturists.  And,  though 
wo,  as  a  people,  make  so  many  boasts  of  < un¬ 
freedom,  yet  tyranny,  in  the  form  of  moneyed 
combinations,  pervades  our  land;  the  farmers 
arc  the  subjects  of  this  oppression,  and  some¬ 
thing  must  bo  done  to  throw  off  this  burden. 

We  have  long  been  told  of  the  fertility  of 
our  soil,  of  the  fertilizing  effects  of  guano, 
bone  dust,  and  of  the  ammonia  derived  from 
the  air;  we  have  been  told  how  plants  grow, 
the  per  cent,  of  ingredients  derived  from  the 
ground  and  from  the  atmosphere;  of  rotation 
of  crops,  and  how  to  raise  tho  best  breeds  of 
domestic  animals;  we  have  hoard  of  protec¬ 
tion  and  free  trade,  of  tho  law  of  supply  and 
demand,  and  nearly  everything  pertaining  to  ) 
the  vocation  of  the  farmer,  with  this  excep¬ 
tion: — How  to  obtain  a  reasonable  price  for 
grain  and  other  farm  products.  Scarcely 
can  there  be  found  in  the  annals  of  history  a 
parallel  until  tho  plentiful  crops  of  this  year. 
The  fanners’  barns  and  grain  bins  are  filled 
to  overflowing.  And  yet,  while  there  has 
been  such  a  bountiful  harvest,  the  fanner  Ls 
poor.  Tho  fanners  of  the  Northwest  look  tit 
their  bams  and  grain  bins  filled  to  repletion 
with  a  feeling  of  despair  instead  of  thankful¬ 
ness.  They  are  at  a  loss  where  to  find  a  mar¬ 
ket  of  remunerative  prices.  They  learn  that 
tho  crops  of  Northern  Europe  have  been 
destroyed  by  storm  and  flood;  that  the  crops 
of  Groat  Britain  are  short,  and  that  it  is  esti¬ 
mated  by  Mr.  Mechi,  the  great  scientific 
farmer,  that  England  alone  will  have  to  pay 
from  £15,000,009  to  £20,000,000  sterling  more 
than  in  a  good  wheat  season  for  foreign  corn; 
that  starving  mouths  on  both  sides  of  the 
ocean  are  waiting  for  their  grain;  and  that 
the  great  West  must  supply  this  want;  and 
yet  they  receive  no  equivalent,  for  their  labor. 
Speculation  and  transportation  rob  them  of 
their  just  deserts.  Capital  controls  labor  in 
this  respect  so,  in  a  manner,  to  ruin  it,  and  a 
remedy  should  be  devised  to  right  this  wrong. 

It  is  not  a  natural  antagonism  between  capi¬ 
tal  and  labor  that  causes  this  state  of  t  ilings, 
but  it  is  the  great  combinations  that  ptat  tho 
ruling  power  in  t.lie  hands  of  a  few.  By  these 
organizations  a  few  men  rule  the  carrying 
trade  of  North  America,  These  great,  crash¬ 
ing  and  arrogant  combinations  of  capitalists 
should  bo  opposed. 

If  each  line  of  railroad  was  controlled  inde¬ 
pendently,  there  would  be  a  healthy  compe¬ 
tition,  cheap  freights,  better  prices,  and  gen 
eral  prosperity,  instead  of  low  prices  and  a 
tight  money  market,  as  now.  But,  with  our 
entire  railroad  system  under  the  absolute 
control  of  a  few  unscrupulous  monej'ed  des¬ 
pots,  commonly  called  “  Icings,"  there  can  be 
no  permanent  or  certain  prosperity  in  any 
branch  of  agricultural  pursuits.  The  price  of 
our  products  is  not  regulated  bj'  the  demands 
of  foz-cign  markets,  but  by  the  manipulations, 
combinations  and  "corners”  of  speculators 
and  moneyed  monopolists.  The  politics  of 
the  country  is  under  the  influence  of  these 
organizations.  Their  power  is  brought  to 
bear  on  the  legislative  and  the  judiciary 
branches  of  the  National  and  State  govern¬ 
ments. 

No  two  rival  “kings”  will  wait  long  be¬ 
fore  they  unite  their  forces  to  perpetuate 


their  power.  Opposition  ship,  steamboat  and 
railroad  companies  will  unite  and  act  in  con- 
|  cert.  The  carrying  trade  on  rivers,  railroads 
and  ocean  is  controlled  by  combinations,  and 
the  groat  burden  of  these  arrogant  combina¬ 
tions  falls  upon  the  industrial  classes. 

The  question  arises: — "Where  is  the  reme- 
ody?  llow  long  must  the  farmer  submit  to 
tills  legalized  robbery?  Is  there  no  power 
that  can  oppose  and  subvert  this  despotism  ? 
It  would  seem  t  hat  a  concert  of  action  and 
unity  of  feeling  among  tho  industrial  classes 
would  ultimately  redress  this  wrong.  One 
great  reason  why  these  combinations  have 
been  so  successful  in  their  nefarious  business 
is,  there  has  been  no  unity  of  act  ion  among 
the  people.  These  combinations  have  been 
developing  for  years,  and  it  will  take  years 
of  per.  istent  and  united  effort  on  the  part  of 
tho  laboring  classes  to  oppose  them  success¬ 
fully. 

Farmers  should  lie  represented  better  in 
the  legislative  arid  the  national  capitals  of  the 
country.  While  the  great  railroads  and 
moneyed  monopolists  of  the  country  have 
their  representatives  or  lobbyists  ia  Congress 
to  see  about,  their  respective  interests,  the 
farmer’s  interests  are  uncnml  for.  In  the 
last  Congress,  of  throe  hundred  members, 
only  fifteen  were  nominally  farmers,  and 
perhaps  not  more  than  two  of  these  were 
practical  farmers,  If  the  remedy  is  not  in 
organization  and  representation,  then  there 
must  be  a  revolution  in  trade;  trade  will  find  | 
new  channels  and  roads  to  tho  great  entre¬ 
pots  of  the  world.  Boston,  New  York,  Balti¬ 
more  and  Philadelphia  cannot  afford  to  lose 
tho  trade  of  t  he  West.  These  cities  cannot 
expect  to  receive  the  products  of  the  West 
when  the  farmers  are  being  ruined,  for  soon, 
if  t here  bo  no  new  way  discovered,  fanners 
will  have  to  give  up  their  farms  to  pay  debts. 
The  condition  of  the  West  is  growing  worse 
even  year.  It  will  be  ruined,  with  all  its 
advantages  of  soil,  climate  and  cheap  lands, 
unless  some  different  plan  is  found  to  trans¬ 
port  her  products  to  tho  sea, 

It  is  t  ime  that  the  farming  community  of 
the  whole  country  unite  against  these  combi¬ 
nations.  Work  together  harmoniously  and 
patiently,  and  a  public  sentiment  will  be  cre¬ 
ated  which  shall  command  respect  and  atten¬ 
tion.  Let  the  industrial  classes  organize  for 
self-protection,  and  sec  that  their  rights  are 
preserved  inviolate 

Chilicothe,  Ill.  Darius  H.  Pinqrev. 


Diary  of  a  iluralifit. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


FREEPORT,  ILL.,  BEET  SUGAR  FACTORY. 

Mr.  C.  II.  Rokenstii,,  who  became  inter¬ 
ested  in  the  beet  sugar  factory  estab¬ 
lished  by.the  gentlemen  Genneut,  at  Chatti- 
worth,  Ill.,  on  its  removal  to  Freeport,  in 
a  private  note  lo  one  of  the  editors  of  this 
paper,  says:— “I  have  had  a  great  deal  of 
trouble  in  getting  started,  to  break  in  about 
a  hundred  hands,  all  inexperienced.  A  great 
deal  has  boon  wasted  in  consequence;  but  I 
think  I  have  overcome  all  difficulties  now. 
The  works  are  getting  along  nicely.  Sugar 
is  coming  out.  now  satisfactorily,  and  you 
will  find  that  sugar  manufacturing  interests 
will  take  the  lead  in  this  Northwestern  coun¬ 
try;  for  you  kno  w  we  have  as  good  soil  and 
good  climate  as  there  is  in  the  world;  and 
since  they  build  one  beet  sugar  factory  after 
another  in  Germany,  Russia,  France,  and 
other  countries,  and  make  them  pay  where 
the?'  must  pay  £11  per  ton  for  coal,  while  we 
pay  here  but  £3;  anil  where  a  factory  like 
ours,  with  the  capacity  to  work  up  fifty  tons 
of  beets  per  day,  has  t  o  pay  to  the  Govern¬ 
ment  $2(12.50  per  day  tax,  and  we,  not  any¬ 
thing,  1  can  see  no  good  reason  why  a  factory 
should  not  pay  here,  where  there  is  every¬ 
thing  in  our  favor. 

“  1  consider  it  a  disgrace  to  this  country 
that,  while  all  other  countries  make  their  o  wn 
sugar,  and  export  beside,  we  should  sit  still 
and  pay  hundreds  of  millions  of  dollars  for 
imported  sugar.  This  is  what  prompted  me 
to  undertake  to  build  a  beet  sugar  factory. 

I  thought  if  I  could  bring  this  industry  into 
a  state  of  perfection  here,  and  demonstrate 
its  profit,  I  should  have  accomplished  a  great 
deal  for  my  country. 

“  We  have  a  splendid  factory,  built  of  stone 
and  brick.  The  main  building  is  374  feet  ! 
long,  and  from  50  to  <if»  feet  wide;  auothor 
building  ia  143 feet  long;  the  boiler  house  is  $5 
feet  long  and  55  feet  wide;  the  smoke-stack 
is  120  feet  high.  The  boiler  house  is  so  ar¬ 
ranged  that  wc  can  throw  coal  from  the  cars 
immediately  m  front  of  the  boiler.  Germans 
who  have  visited  us,  familiar  with  the  busi¬ 
ness  iu  Germany,  say  wc  have  things  as  nice¬ 
ly  arranged  as  they  ever  saw  them  in  the 
factories  m  that  country.” 

Wo  are  glad  to  hear  of  the  good  prospect 
that  Illinois  is  to  demonstrate  tho  praetieabil- 
itv  and  profit  of  manufacturing  beet  sugar. 
Wo  know  no  man  in  t  he  West  more  likely  to 
win  success  in  this,  his  latest  ambition,  than 
Mr.  Rosf.nrttei,;  for  he  is  not  one  of  the  sort 
of  men  who  fail.  As  a  farmer,  stock  breeder, 
horticulturist  and  manufacturer,  lie  has  prov¬ 
ed  himself  to  be  one  of  the  most  successful  in 
Northern  Illinois.  We  are  sorry  to  hear  of 
his  failing  health. 


CLEANING  UP  THE  OUT-BUILDINGS. 

Dee,  10. — Probably  one  of  the  greatest  an¬ 
noyances  to  which  the  man  who  keeps  hired 
help  about  him  is  subjected  t.o,  is  the  trouble 
involved  in  keeping  all  the  implements  used 
about  the  place  in  proper  order,  and  where 
they  can  be  fqund  whin  wanted.  On  the 
farm,  tho  proprietor  u  us.  be  constantly  on 
tho  watch,  or  tho  plows,  harrows,  reapers, 
and  Other  necessary  implements,  will  be  left 
out  in  the  field,  and  nuts,  bolts,  hammers, 
and  similar  articles  will  be  found  upon  a  tone 
or  corner  of  the  fence,  instead  of  in  their 
proper  places.  At  t  he  appn  wch  of  Winter  all 
these  things  should  bo  looked  over,  and  those 
out  of  repair  placed  where  they  can  be 
i-eached,  when  a  leisure  day  afford-  an  oppor¬ 
tunity  for  putting  them  in  order.  But  should 
there  be  no  repairs  necessary,  all  implement  s 
composed  of  iron,  or  in  part,  of  this  material, 
need  to  be  examined  occasionally,  to  prevent 
rust;  for  dust,  moisture,  and  various  kinds  of 
filth  are  likely  to  accumulate  about  the  barns, 
sheds  and  other  out-buildings.  Now,  a  good 
housekeeper  always  sets  aside  certain  days  in 
the  week  to  do  certain  kinds  of  work,  such  as 
baking,  washing  and  dusting  the  rooms;  why 
should  not  the  man  adopt  a  similar  system 
for  keeping  his  out-buildings  and  farm  im¬ 
plements  in  order.  I  have  tried  various  plans 
for  keeping  things  about  my  barns,  sheds 
and  shops  in  shape,  but  find  none  ho  satisfnc 
tory  as  to  set  apart  a  certain  day,  or  part  of 
a  day,  in  each  week  for  a  general  cleaning  up. 
Barrels,  boxes  and  pieces  of  lumber  are  sure 
to  accumulate,  and  in  provoking  disorder, 
unless  one  makes  a  special  effort  occasionally 
to  have  such  things  put  into  their  proper 
places  and  neatly  piled  up.  Then  again,  cob 
webs  and  dust  will  accumulate  about  the 
stable,  upon  the  beams,  rafters  and  other 
parts  of  the  building,  and  while  this  filth  may 
not  do  any  positive  injury  to  anything  with¬ 
in,  still  a  little  sweeping  and  dusting  up  will 
not  only  make  everything  look  better,  bu  l  it 
encourages  habits  of  cleanliness  among  hired 
help. 

I  suppose  that  my  men  are  about  as  good 
as  the  average,  but  they  need  a  hint  quite 
often  in  regard  to  tho  dusting  up  of  t  he  barn 
and  tool-house.  In  performing  this  work  t<.- 
duy,  I  found,  as  1  usually  do,  several  tilings 
that  required  immediate  attention  to  prevent 
loss,  Mice  hud  found  a  lodgement  in  some 
sweet  corn  saved  for  seed;  the  knives  of  a 
lawn  mower  had  got  wet  in  some  unknown 
way,  and  rust,  was  rapidly  fallowing.  Al¬ 
though  I  endeavor  to  keep  a  sharp  look-out 
for  such  things,  still  it  is  seldom  that  a  close 
and  careful  examination  does  not  reveal  a 
good  chance  for  loss,  in  one  way  or  another. 

1  can  readily  understand  how  fearful  leaks  in 
the  finances  of  many  farmers  could  and  do 
occur,  just  for  tho  want  of  a  frequent  and 
systematic  cleaning  up  of  implements  and 
out-buildings. 

SUMMER  AND  WINTER  VIEW  0E  HOMES. 

Dec.  20. — Tho  snow  covering  the  ground, 
and  the  leaves  having  fallen  from  deciduous 
trees  and  shrubs,  one  has  an  opportunity  of 
studying  the  general  appearance  of  the  homes 
of  our  country  pieople  in  Winter.  lain  not 
at  all  surprised  at  the  oft-repeated  assertion 
of  city  folks,  that  “the  country  is  so  very 
dreary  in  Winter,”  for  if  one  draws  his  con¬ 
clusions  from  outside  appearances,  the  homes 
of  most  of  our  farmers  are  the  very  quint¬ 
essence  of  desolation.  The  bare  stems  of  a 
stunted  lilac  or  mock  orange  bush,  with  a 
few  straggling  shoots  of  an  old  cinnamon 
rose  bush,  and  a  worm-eaten  Lombardy  pop¬ 
lar  guarding  the  dilapidated  bars  or  gate, 
complete  a  picture  far  too  common,  even  on 
many  a  valuable  farm.  I  am  not  disposed  to 
paint  a  word  picture  ol’  my  own  home  or  its 
surroudings  in  Winter;  but  as  I  look  out  upon 
the  snow  to-day,  and  notice  how  cheerful  the 
brilliant  green  of  the  Austrian  Pines,  Hem¬ 
locks  and  Spruces  appear,  toned  down  by  the 
more  somber  colore  of  tho  various  species  and 
varieties  of  the  Arborvitoes,  I  cannot  help 
thinking  that  if  the  surroundings  of  farmers’  i 
homes  are  so  cheerless  in  Winter,  it  is  merely 
because  there  is  no  disposition  on  the  part  of 
the  farmer  to  make  them  otherwise.  The 
first  cost  of  our  best  and  most  hardy  ever¬ 
greens  is  so  trifling  that  no  one  need  put  that 
in  as  an  excuse  for  not  planting  them,  after 
winch,  very  little  attention  will  insure  beau¬ 
tiful  trees  in  a  very  lew  yea  re.  A  few  hand¬ 
some  evergreen  trees  about  a  place  soon 
changes  the.  entire  aspect  in  Winter,  and  in¬ 
stead  of  the  cold,  cheerless  outlook,  they  will 
impart  to  it  warmth  and  beauty.  Bare  brick 


and  granite  walls,  relieved  only  by  frosted 
plate  glass,  arc  far  more  dreary  things  in 
Tt  inter  to  me  than  a  cottage  in  the  country 
surrounded  by  clean,  glistening  snow,  relieved 
by  the  flitting  shadows  of  deciduous  trees  and 
the  deep,  rich  colors  of  evergreens.  And  the 
habits  of  the  animals  in  my  bam  and  barn¬ 
yard  are  fully  as  interesting,  and  of  far  more 
practical  value  than  those  of  the  Metropoli¬ 
tan  menagerie, 

DWARF  AND  STANDARD  PEARS. 

Dec,  21.— Not  many  years  ago  dwarf  pear 
trees  were  all  tho  rage,  and  nobody  seemed 
to  want  anything  else;  but  of  late  the  de¬ 
mand  is  all  for  standard  trees.  Dwarfs  arc 
denounced  by  at  least  ninc-tentlis  of  those 
who  pretend  to  direct  poinological  matters 
in  the  various  rural  journals.  I  suppose  it  is 
all  right,  but  1  must  confess  to  have  a  kind 
feeling  for  the  dwarf  pear  trees,  in  spito  of 
all  that  is  said  against  them;  for  u  thirty 
years’  experience  convinces  me  that  they  arc, 
with  very  few  exceptions,  fully  equal  to 
standards  in  value.  Dwarf  pear  trees  are 
like  improved  breeds  of  cows  or  horees;  they 
require  extra  care  to  produce  extra  results; 
therefore  the  negligent  cultivator  had  better 
let.  them  alone.  I  suppose  this  ia  a  very  good 
reason  for  recommending  standards,  because 
not  one  man  in  ten  will  properly  take  care  of 
either;  and  under  neglect  the  latter  probably 
stands  a  little  tho  best  chance  to  live.  Early 
maturity  and  great  productiveness  caused 
the  failure  of  a  majority  of  dwarf  pear  or¬ 
chards,  the  greed  of  owners  not  permitting 
the  thinning  out  of  the  fruit  or  application  of 
manure  to  keep  up  vigorous  growth.  When 
our  people  learn  that  a  tree  can  bo  worked 
and  starved  to  death  as  well  as  a  horse, 
then  dwarf  pears  will  again  bocoino  popular. 
The  few  who  knov.  how  to  manage  these 
trees  still  plant  them  in  preference  to  others, 
especially  where  the  grounds  are  limited  to  a 
few  city  lots  or  acres. 


INQUIRIES  AND  ANSWERS. 

J.  G.  S.,  Washington,  D.  CL,  asks  the  fol¬ 
lowing  questions  : 

1.  “  What  are  the  prospects  for  those  who 
remove  to  the  West  ?”  It  depends  upon  what 
they  know  how  to  do,  their  disposition  to  do 
it,  and  the  enterprise,  force,  and  good  judg¬ 
ment.  together  with  the  amount  of  money 
with  which  they  go  there.  This  answer  is  as 
specific  as  the  question. 

2.  “What  is  the  average  price  of  land?” 
We  <lo.  not  know.  It  ranges  from  $1.25  to 
£1,000  per  acre,  depending  upon  character  and 
locality. 

3.  “  What,  are  the  average  wages  per 
month?"  Wc  do  not  know.  For  farm  help 
probably  not  over  $20  to  £25. 

4.  “  Is  the  neighborhood  of  Chicago  a  good 
place  for  a  dairy  farm  or  market  garden  ?” 
Yes. 

5.  “  What  crops  are  generally  raised  in  Illi¬ 
nois  ;”  All  crops  common  to  the  temperate 
zone — corn,  wheat,  oats,  barky,  potatoes, 
beans,  pens,  roots  of  nil  kinds,  flax,  hemp, 
all  tlic  grasses  and  clovers,  cotton  in  tho 
Southern  part,  and  all  kinds  of  fruits. 

(J.  “  When  do  they  commence  planting  in 
spring?”  In  the  northern  part  or  tho  State 
seed  sowing  often  begins  in  March,  and  con¬ 
tinues,  with  corn  planting,  through  April, 
May,  and  into  June. 

7.  “  Does  much  snow  fall,  and  are  the  Win¬ 
ters  severe  there  ?”  Considerable  snowfalls 
and  the  Winters  are  severe. 

8.  “  Is  the  neighborhood  of  Chicago  the 
best  locality  f”  For  some  people  and  pur¬ 
poses,  yes;  for  others,  no. 

W.  11.  C.,  Alma  City,  Minn,,  asks  some  one 
who  has  l\  thorough  knowledge  of  that  por¬ 
tion  of  land  situated  on  the  East  side  of  the 
Chesapeake  Bay  to  give  a  minute  but  truth¬ 
ful  description  of  it  in  the  ILl’hai.  New- 
Yorker— diameter  of  climate,  productive¬ 
ness  of  soil,  cost  of  fertilizing,  crops  raised 
and  their  market  value ;  topography  of  the 
country;  how  much  has  timber  on  it; 
schools,  churches,  and  character  of  its  inhab¬ 
itants  ;  value  of  land  for  sale  ;  why  it  is  for 
sale,  etc. 

A.  G.  C.,  New  York  City,  writes  : — “There 
are  four  of  us,  strong,  hearty  young  men, 
who  are  very  desirous  of  going  out  West  and 
either  raise  live  stock  or  fruit  and  vegetables. 
We  intend  purchasing  some  300  or  400  acres, 
and  would  like  to  know  how  much  we  would 
have  to  pay  per  acre  ;  where  is  the  best 
pluee  to  go  ;  iu  what  State  and  about  how 
much  would  we  need  on  a  start  ;  also,  which 
is  the  most  profitable,  stock-raising  or  farm¬ 
ing  ?”  Judging  by  the  character  of  these 
questions',  these  four  strong,  hearty  young 
men  kuow  little  or  nothing  of  farming ; 
whether  they  do  or  not  they  had  better  in¬ 
vest  their  money,  if  they  have  any,  in  United 
States  bonds,  bearing  interest,  reserving  only 
enough  to  take  them  into  Illinois,  Iowa, 
Kansas,  or  Missouri,  and  there  hire  out  on  a 
farm  until  they  can  make  up  their  minds 
from  actual  experience  and  observation  what 
is  best  for  them  to  do.  For  we  cannot  con¬ 
ceive  how  6ueh  questions  could  be  asked  by 
men  of  practical  experience  in  fanning  ;  and 
if  they  have  not  tlus  they  had  better  get  it 
before  they  invest  their  money  in  land  or 
stock, 


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Bairn  Husbanilrn. 


THE  DAIBY  CONVENTIONS. 

The  New  York  State  Dairymen’ s  Associa¬ 
tion  will  hold  its  Annual  Convention  at  Little 
Falls,  Jan.  7th  and  8th.  Hon.  J.  Stanton 
Gould  of  Hudson  gives  tho  annual  address 
on  tho  evening  of  the  7th.  Tho  speakers  en¬ 
gaged  to  deliver  addresses  on  various  topics 
are: — J.  W.  Cronkthte  of  Herkimer;  T.  D. 
Curtis  of  the  Utica  Herald;  Harris  Lewis 
of  Herkimer;  Ceo.  W.  Davis  of  Little  Falls; 
J.  V.  H.  Scoviu.e  of  Oneida;  L.  B.  Arnold 
of  Tompkins;  Gardner  B.  Weeks,  Secretary 
ot  American  Dairymen’s  Association,  Syra¬ 
cuse,  and  David  W.  Lewis  of  New  York 
City.  Josiah  Shule  of  Ilion,  N.  Y.,  is  Sec¬ 
retary,  and  X.  A.  Willard  President,  of  the 
Association. 

The  American  Dairymen’s  Association 
holds  its  Cun  volition  at  Utica,  Jan.  14th,  15th 
and  10th.  L,  B.  Arnold  gives  the  annual 
address.  Addresses  will  bo  made  by  David 
W.  Lewis  of  N.  Y. ;  O.  S.  Bliss,  Secretary 
of  tho  Vermont  Dairymen’s  Association;  B. 
B.  Moon  of  Herkimer  Co.;  Wm,  Branding  j 
of  Broome  Co.  ;  S.  A.  Farrington  of  Yates; 
T.  D.  Curtis  of  the  Utica  Herald;  Harris 
J.KWIS  of  Herkimer;  A.  McAdam  of  Mont¬ 
gomery;  J.  V.  II.  Scovn.i.E  of  Oneida;  Messrs. 
Levi  and  Chas.  Schermeruorn,  II.  Cooley 
Green, and  Others.  Forticr  Blanchard’.-!  Sons 
of  Concord,  N.  H.,  offer  onoof  their  justly  cele¬ 
brated  churns  a*  a  premium  for  best  20  or  25 
pounds  of  butter  shown  at  this  Convention. 
They  do  this  to  help  raise  the  standard  quali¬ 
ty  of  butter  made,  and  to  encourage  an  hon¬ 
orable  competition  among  butter  makers. 
The  award  will  bo  made  by  a  committeo  ap¬ 
pointed  by  the  Convention.  G.  B.  W eeks  of 
Syracuse  is  Secretary,  and  Hon.  Horatio 
Seymour  of  Utica,  President  of  the  Associa¬ 
tion. 

The  Vermont  Dairymen’s  Association 
holds  its  fourth  Winter  meeting  at  St.  Albans, 
Vt.,  on  Jan.  23d,  23d  and  2lth.  The  speak¬ 
ers  announced  are  T.  D.  Douglas  of  Whiting; 
J.  Stanton  Gould  of  Hudson,  N.  Y. ;  X.  A. 
Willard  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker;  Har¬ 
ris  Lewis  of  Herkimer;  G.  B.  Weeks  of 
Syracuse;  T.  S.  Gold  of  Connecticut,  and 
others.  O.  S,  Bliss  of  Georgia,  Vt.,  is  Sec¬ 
retary  of  tho  Association. 

The  Onto  Dairymen’s  Association's  annual 
meeting  is  announced  to  beheld  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  Jan.  22d  and  23d.  The  programme  of  the 
meeting  and  speakers  has  uot  reached  us  yet. 
Col.  S.  D.  Harris  of  Cleveland,  is  Secretary, 
and  D.  L.  Pope  of  Grange,  President  of  the 
Association. 

Several  other  conventions  will  be  held  in 
February,  winch  will  be  noticed  as  soon  as 
we  receive  programmes  of  the  meetings. 
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AN  ENGLISH  MILK  COOLER. 

We  have  referred  from  time  to  time  in 
these  columns  to  the  importance  of  cooling 
milk  at  the  farm,  immediately  after  it  is 
drawn,  or  before  being  hauled  to  the  factory. 
There  are  quite  a  number  of  devices  for  this 
purpose,  and  some  of  them  are  very  compli-  ] 
cated,  or  difficult  to  bo  cleaned,  which  must  1 
always  be  u  serious  objection  to  this  class  of 
dairy  implements.  Recently  we  hear  of  an 
English  invention,  which  is  said  to  be  much 
liked  In  England,  but,  so  far  as  we  know,  has  1 
not  been  introduced  in  America.  It  is  called 
Lawrence  &;  Co’sCapilbary  Refrigerator,  and, 
as  we  understand,  was  originally  intended 
for  brewers  in  cooling  beer,  and  has  been 
much  used  by  them  for  that  purpose.  But  it 
has  been  found  of  very  great  value  to  farmers 
who  sell  their  milk  for  consumption  in  towns, 
and  in  Summer  may  be  used  in  the  daily  to 
cool  the  milk  as  it  comes  from  the  cow,  or 
previous  to  its  going  into  the  can  for  the  fac¬ 
tory. 

At  the  late  trial  of  implements  at  Cardiff, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Royal  Agricultural 
Society  of  England,  this  milk  cooler  was  on 
exhibition,  and  is  described  and  commended 
in  the  report  as  follows: — “In  sending  milk 
by  rail  or  road  it  is  of  the  utmost  importance 
that  it  should  be  thoroughly  cooled  as  soon  a?, 
it  leaves  the  Cow;  this  is  sometimes  done  by 
immersing  the  milk  vessels  in  a  running 
stream ;  but  where  there  is  nosuitablestream 
at  hand  it  has  been  a  matter  of  considerable 
difficulty  to  cool  the  milk  sufficiently  with¬ 
out  loss  of  time.  In  tliis  apparatus  a  very 
small  quantity  of  cold  water,  passing  upward 
in  a  very  thin  stream  between  two  corruga¬ 
ted  sheets  of  metal,  rapidly  abstracts  the  heat 
from  two  very  shallow  streams  of  milk  de¬ 
scending  outxkle  the  metal  sheets.” 

In  the  rccompanying  illustration,  Fig.  1, 
this  device  is  represented.  “  D  is  tho  inlet  and 
E  the  outlet  of  the  water,  which,  being  sup¬ 


plied  from  a  higher  level,  flows  through  the 
refrigerator  B,  by  the  force  of  gravity.  A  tap 
in  the  milk  receiver  A  regulates  the  flow  of 
milk  into  a  small  trough  at  the  top  of  tho  re¬ 
frigerator,  punctured  with  holes,  through 
which  the  milk  runs,  and  is  spread  into  so 
flue  a  sheet  that,  instead  of  falling  rapidly 
from  step  to  step,  it  follows  the  corrugations 
of  the  surface.  The  attraction  is  thus  not 


Figure  1. 

capillary,  as  tho  name  of  the  apparatus 
might  lead  us  to  suppose,  but  simply  one  of 
adhesion.  In  the  enlarged  section  (Fig.  2)  of 
a  part  of  the  refrigerator  the  descending  ar¬ 
rows  indicate  the  currents  of  milk  gradually 
cooling  as  they  descend;  the  current  of  water 
passing  upward  is  warmed,  so  that  when  it 
passes  out  of  the  spout  at  E  it  is  very  nearly 
of  tho  same  temperature  as  the  milk  in  the 
receiver.” 

This  device  appeal's  to  be  quite  simple,  and 
the  milk  being  exposed  to  the  atmosphere 
while  cooling,  objectionable  odors  have  a 
chance  to  pass  off.  As  this  cooler  is  not  gen- 


Fiotritis  2. 

orally  known  t  o  American  dairymen,  we  have 
thought  an  illustration  and  description  of  the 
apparatus  may  bo  of  some  interest,  and,  per¬ 
haps,  suggestive  to  inventors  in  this  class  of 
useful  devices. 


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TRENCHING  PRAIRIE  FOR  CORN. 

Some  years  ago,  when  the  advantages  of 
deep  plowing  were  first  preached,  many  prai¬ 
rie  farmers  tested  it  by  trench -plowing  land 
deeply  in  Spring  and  seeding  with  small  grain. 
In  some  cases  the  land  thus  trench -plowed 
wits  prairie  sod,  in  others  old  land.  In  nearly 
every  cose  coming  within  our  knowledge  the 
small  grain  crops  on  land  so  treated,  the  first 
season,  we.ro  poor — much  below  tho  average 
of  those  produced  on  Spring  and  shallow- 
plowed  lands.  Where  the  trench-plowing 
was  done  in  the  Fall  tho  results  were  better; 
but  it  was  not  until  tlio  second  or  third  year 
that  the  benefit  of  trench-plowing  began  to 
bo  realized  to  the  maximum — especially  when 
wheat  was  the  crop,  as  was  then  generally 
the  ease.  When  corn  was  planted  the  results 
showed,  generally,  less  difference;  for  the 
natu  re  of  the  plant  and  its  requirements  are 
different. 

We  are  led  to  these  remarks  by  a  statement 
by  a  McDonough  Co.,  Ill.,  farmer  wo  find 
in  the  Western  Rural,  who  asserts  that  tho 
old  way  of  breaking  prairie  sod  in  June  and 
July,  and  lotting  it  rot  the  remainder  of  the 
season  is  a  great  loss.  He  adds:— “I  would 
not  exchange  ordinary  prairie  six!  land  for 
the  same  amount  of  old  foul  land,  for  I  ran 
take  the  new  land  in  its  rude  state,  in  the 
Spring,  and  raise  more  corn  with  loss  work, 
than  on  old  foul  land.  In  1807  I  purchased  a 
quarter  section,  commenced  breaking  and 
trench  plowing  in  October,  breaking  the  sod 
about  two  inches  and  usod  ordinary  mellow 
ground  plows  for  trenching.  1  then  used 
pieces  bolted  on  side  of  the  beam  three  by 
four  inches,  so  as  to  make  the  plow  follow 
the  furrow  of  the  sod  plow,  (but  I  now  use 
the  Kalamazoo  Clevis,  which  is  better,) 
throwing  out  all  the  mellow  dirt  possible. 
We  thus  broke  about  eighty  acres  as  soon  as 
tho  frost  was  out;  the  next  Spring  we  broke 
the  remainder  in  the  same  manner.  Com¬ 
menced  harrowing  and  planting  about  the 


10th  of  May.  As  soon  as  we  finished  plant¬ 
ing  I  started  a  cast  iron  roller  to  work.  As 
soon  as  the  corn  was  large  enough  I  culti¬ 
vated  t  horoughly,  plowing  it  twice  through. 
In  the  Fall  I  sold  one  hundred  acres  to  a  cat¬ 
tle  feeder  for  $K->  per  acre,  mid  husked  from 
the  remainder  3,400  bushels  of  as  sound  and 
good  corn  as  I  ever  raised.  1  sold  that  farm 
and  commenced  on  another  new  on  this  sea¬ 
son,  forty  acres  of  it  having  been  in  cultiva¬ 
tion  for  several  years.  The  best  corn  1  raised 
this  season  was  on  stiff  blue  grass  sod,  broke 
and  trenched  in  April  and  May.  I  am  of  the 
opinion  if  old  foul  land  was  trenched  in  the 
same  way  for  eorn,  that  many  Western  fann¬ 
ers  would  find  that  their  title  extended  more 
than  four  or  five  inches  deep.” 

It  should  bo  remembered  that,  this  mode  of 
preparing  prairie  soil  has  especial  reference 
to  com — not  to  small  grain.  It  would  bo  in¬ 
teresting  to  know  how  tho  crop  produced  by 
tho  land  trench-plowod  in  tho  Fall,  compared 
with  that  plowed  in  Spring.  On  this  subject 
the  correspondent  is  unfortunately  silent. 
We  have  no  doubt,  however,  that  it  will  pay 
better  to  bo  break  most  prairie  soils  and 
treat  them  with  a  crop  of  com,  in  tlio  end, 
if  not  in  immediate  results,  than  the  shallow 
plowing  most  practiced  ;  and  it  certainly 
does  save  a  great  deal  of  time  and  labor.  Tes¬ 
timony  of  a  similar  character  as  to  tho  ad¬ 
vantage  of  deep  breaking  for  com  has  re¬ 
peatedly  conic  to  us  from  Kansas.  Climate 
may  have  some  influence  cm  results.  Mc¬ 
Donough  county  lies  abouh  midway  between 
the  40th  and  list  paralols  of  latitude,  consid¬ 
erably  south  of  New  York  City,  while  simihi  r 
experiments  in  Kansas  have  been  made  in 
the  neighborhood  of  the  36th  parallel.  It 
would  be  interesting  to  know  whether  the 
same  resblts  obtain  in  Northern  Illinois,  Wis¬ 
consin,  Iowa  and  Nebraska.  Have  any  of 
our  readers  tested  the  matter  there? 


a  lie  Seedsman, 


TEXAS  COWS  AS  MILKERS. 

Here  very  few  farmers  have  barns  or 
even  sheds  for  stock.  Last  September  I 
reached  this  place  (am  a  carpenter),  and 
could  get  neither  milk  nor  butter  for  family 
use.  1  accordingly  bought  li  cow  and  calf, 
paying  t  herefor  $15,  gold.  The  calf  was  the 
cow’s  second  offspring.  At  the  first  milking 
tho  cow  gave  me  one.  pint  of  milk.  I  gave 
her  some  corn  shucks,  which  she  ate  ;  but 
on  offering  her  some  com  she  would  not 
touch  it.  I  then  bought  some  bran  (at  10 
cents  per  bushel),  mixed  it  with  salt  and 
water,  but  slio  would  not  go  near  it ;  she 
would  eat  nothing  but  grass  and  eorn  shucks. 

I  mixed  bran  l'or  her  every  day  for  three  days 
before  she  would  taste  it.  She  then  licked  the 
salt  from  the  top,  of  course  getting  some  of 
tho  bran.  The  next  time  she  ate  about  a 
quart  of  it.  Then  I  gave  her  some  shelled 
corn  and  bran  mixed,  of  which  she  finally 
ate  heartily,  and  her  milk  increased  iu  one 
week’s  time  to  two  quarts  per  milking,  or  one 
gallon  per  day.  1  now  feed  her  one  bucket 
Of  bran,  seven  ears  of  eorn,  and  two  bundles 
of  oats  night  and  morning,  and  now  get 
three  quarts  at  a  milking. 

Wo  put  the  milk  in  a  crock  by  the  fire  and 
Jet  it  set  there  over  night ;  in  the  morning 
we  pour  the.  morning's  milk  into  what  we 
Obtained  the  night  before,  and  at  flight  churn 
the  whole,  and  get  from  one  to  one-fourth 
pounds  of  butter  from  the  two  milkings. 
From  my  limited  experience,  1  judge  this 
cow  to  bo  No.  1  for  Texas.  I  have  been  told 
that  it  did  uot  pay  to  feed  cows  here  in 
Winter.  I  And  there  are  very  few  who  do 
it.  Lost  week  we  had  very  cold  weather, 
rain  and  sleet  for  two  days.  During  that 
time  there  were  from  thirty  to  fifty  head  of 
cattle  standing  in  an  open  lot  near  my  house, 
and  not  a  morsel  of  food  did  they  get  in  that 
time,  except  the  dried  brier  stalks  iu  tlio  lot. 

0.  L.  Thompson. 

Waxabaohie,  Texas. 


TENNESSEE  COWS  DYING  IN  GEORGIA. 

I  WAS  about  starting  a  dairy,  and  as  good 
milch  cows  are  very  scarce  anu  high  here,  1 
had  partially  made  a  contract  with  parties 
in  Knoxville,  Team,  to  supply  me  with  thorn. 
1  met  an  old  friend  of  mine  who  has  been  in 
the  butcher  business  here  fol*  the  last  twenty- 
five  years,  and  has  brought  hundreds  of  cattle 
from  Tennessee  to  Georgia.  I  was  asking  him 
for  some  information  in  regard  to  the  Ten- 
nea^fe  cows  aud  he  told  me  that  he  had 
brought  a  good  many  fine  cows  to  Georgia 
and  that  he  has  never  had  one  to  hvo  longer 
than  to  the  first  of  June.  IIo  has  kept  them 
on  fine  pastures,  and  even  up  in  stalls,  arid 
given  them  the  best  of  attention,  but  could 
nave  no  success  with  them. 

If  you  can  give  me  the  cause  of  the  cows 
dying  and  the  remedy,  if  any,  you  will  oblige 


me.  I  am  told  that  if  cattle  aro  moved  more 
than  sixty  miles  North  or  South  they  will  not 
do  well.  Ts  it  so  or  not A  Young  Farmer, 
Macon ,  Ga. 

We  have  known  Rtock  to  be  removed  from 
Kentucky  to  Minnesota  (and  intermediate 
points)  and  vice  verxa,  and  never  knew  or 
heard  of  such  t  rouble  as  our  correspondent 
describes,  Stock  has  been  taken  from  New 
York  to  Georgia,  North  Carolina  and  Ten¬ 
nessee  without  such  trouble.  The  whole 
matter  is  entirely  new  to  us,  and  wo  have  no 
theory  about  it.  oven  if  the  statement  rela¬ 
tive  to  Tennessee  cattle  is  true. 

FOR  DRIVING  STEERS. 

A  subscriber  asks  : — “  Which  is  the  best,  a 
whip  or  a  goad  for  driving  steers  or  oxen  ; 
also,  will  some  one  give  directions  for  making 
and  fitting  a  yoke.”  We  should  prefer  a  whip; 
a  goad  is  sim  ply  a  brutal  instrument  of  tor¬ 
ture,  and,  it  cannot  be  used  without  indicting 
torture.  A  wlii  p  may,  if  tho  driver  is  fit  to  drive 
steers  or  oxen,  boused  without  inflicting  pain ; 
but  both  t  he  driver  and  oxen  need  to  be  well 
trained  in  such  cases. 


©lie  |3oultr»  ijnrd. 


CONNECTICUT  POULTRY  FAIR. 

1  could  not  resist  the  temptation  of  at¬ 
tending,  at,  New  Haven,  the  annual  Fair  of 
the  Connecticut  State  Poultry  Society,  as 
our  nutmeg  brethren  always  get  up  things 
of  this  sort  in  a  style  worthy  of  tlio  imitation 
of  her  sister  Society  iu  New  York  State. 
This  splendid  exhibition  was  field  in  the  Ma¬ 
sonic  Temple ;  the  fcigfit  and  ventilation  of 
the.  room  was  perfect,  and  the  fowls  showed 
to  great  advantage.  The  hall  was  crowded 
with  visitors,  and  without  a  doubt  tho  Socie¬ 
ty  was  handsomely  rewarded  for  its  enter¬ 
prise  in  a  pecuniary  way.  Everything  seem¬ 
ed  to  work  like  dock-work,  and  the  officers 
seemed  to  be  attending  more,  to  their  respec¬ 
tive  duties  than  looking  after  their  own  little 
matters. 

This  show  seemed  to  me  to  outstrip  ail 
former  exhibitions  of  this  Society.  There 
were  about  (100  coops  of  different  varieties  of 
fowls.  The  Asiatics,  Brahmas,  Leghorns  and 
Games  seemed  to  predominate.  Messrs.  E.  B. 
Dibble,  Chas.  Ruckolett,  Carpenter,  I’. 
W  i  L  liams  showed  some  elegant  Light  Brah¬ 
mas;  Lockwood  and  Board  man  Smith,  Leg¬ 
horns;  Messrs.  Crossly,  Bradley,  Nettle- 
ton  and  a  few  others,  whose  names  1  did  not 
learn,  showed  very  fine  Partridge  Cochins 
and  Dark  Brahmas ;  of  tlio  latter  there  were 
some  remarkably  fine  pullets  and  Ileus;  but 
for  the  cocks  of  this  variety  I  cannot  speak 
80  favorably.  Of  Buff  Cochins,  Messrs,  Ster¬ 
ling  and  Munson  and  Philander  Williams 
showed  sumo  line  birds.  Mr.  Bradley  made 
a  large  display  of  lioudans,  among  which 
there  were  some  very  superior  fowls.  In 
Dominiques  mid  Plymouth  Rocks  Mr.  Upton 
showed  some  magnificent  birds.  Our  En¬ 
glish  friends  have  written  us  about  this  class 
of  fowls,  and  I  think  show  tlieir  good  judg¬ 
ment  iu  wishing  to  introduce  them  to  their 
fanners.  They  are  a  large  and  hardy  bird, 
good  layers,  and  carry  a  much  larger  propor¬ 
tion  of  meat  i, ban  bone,  Messrs.  Bestor, 
Hudson,  and  Hill  Bros.,  of  New  Haven, show¬ 
ed  some  splendid  Games.  Mr.  Bestor  show¬ 
ed  a  coop  of  Derbya,  and  some  very  beauti 
ful  White  Games.  This  was  a  celebrated 
lighting  stock  some  years  ago,  and  were 
known  as  Thompson  Whites;  he  never  lost  a 
main  with  them,  and  rarely  a  single  tight. 
As  I  was  admiring  a  Red  Pile  cock,  which 
struck  me  as  a  fine  stock  bird,  1  was  told 
that  1  gave  that  fowl  the  first  premium  in 
bSiU,  (to  tho  astonishment  of  some  people,) 
and  that  since  then  he  had  been  sold  for  $100, 
and  was  game  nil  over  him. 

My  intention  was  particularly  attracted  to 
a  CGOp  of  Black  Reds,  Brown  Reds  and  Piles, 
owned  by  Mr  Hudson,  and  I  thought  to 
myself,  “  You  don't  often  see  such  birds.” 
The  Him,  Bros.  I  supposed  would  carry  off 
the  Turf.  Field  and  Farm  medal.  They  are 
indifferent,  about  bre  ding  to  feather,  but 
aim  to  raise  such  a  class  of  gome  us  will 
stand  up  to  the  work  till  death.  These  fowls 
told  more  points  for  a  Pit.  Standard  than  you 
will  meet  with  on  many  a  day.  There  was  a 
Ginger-hay  alone  in  a  coop,  that  seemed  to 
me  would  take  the  ginger  out  of  some  of  the 
best,  strains  1  have  ever  seen.  His  quick  eye, 
restless  disposition,  and  short,  spiteful  crow, 
was  a  sure  thing  for  stamps,  1  purchased  a 
Duck-wing  of  these  gentlemen,  that  came 
out  of  a  tight,  against  tlio  Trojans  victorious, 
and  in  Lend  mating  him  to  a  largo  gray  hen 
who  lie vi  r  disgraced  her  family  escutcheon. 

All  I  can  say  is,  that  our  Connecticut 
friends  had  a  splendid  show,  and  that  it  re¬ 
flected  great  credit  on  the  officers  and  mana¬ 
gers.  It  would  have  done  the  New  York 
Poultry  Society  no  harm  if  they  liad  sent  a 
delegation  hero  to  study  out  some  things  ne¬ 
cessary  to  make  a  Poultry  Show  a  success, 
and  thus  saved  themselves  the  humiliation 
of  calling  upon  the  members  of  the  Society 
to  guarantee  the  officers  against  any  loss  in 
the  event  of  a  failure. 

Greenville,  N.  J.  Isaac  Van  Winkle. 


fill  the  season,  from  earliest  to  latest,  and 
which  will  give  better  satisfaction  than  a 
larger  list  within  a  district  of  twenty  milea 
bordering  on  the  coast. 

It  is  but  little  use  to  give  a  list  for  the  mar¬ 
ket  fruit  growers  Ik -cause  climate  and  soil 
make  such  a  very  great  difference  with  some 
varieties.  Time  of  ripening  is  the  most  im¬ 
portant  point  that  should  determine  the  se¬ 
lection  for  a  particular  locality. 


that  both  these  varieties  were  propagated 
from  the  same  tree.  Mr.  Prince  always 
claimed,  we  believe,  that  the  green  Newtown 
pippin  was  a  better  grower  than  the  yellow  ; 
but  Mr.  Downing  gave  it  no  such  distinction 
in  his  works.” 


HORTICULTURAL  NOVELTIES  IN  1873 


OUR  FUR-BEARING  ANIMALS-X, 


It  is  a  long  time  since  we  have  experienced 
a  year  so  barren  of  novelties  in  horticulture 
as  tho  one  just  brought  to  a  close.  Perhaps 
there  have  been  as  many  rare  fruits  and  flow¬ 
ers  produced  as  in  any  former  year;  but  we 
have  missed  the  usiutl  excitement  attending 
their  introduction  to  the  public,  either  be- 
oausc  the  producers  did  not  hapfjen  to  be  the 
kind  of  men  who  command  the  ear  of  the 
public,  or  the  financial  conditions  of  the  agri¬ 
cultural  and  horticultural  port  ion  of  our  peo¬ 
ple  were  not  such  as  to  warrant  any  great 
amount  of  advertising. 

In  veal's  past  we  have  had  grand  announce¬ 
ments  of  wonderful  strawberries,  raspberries, 
blackberries  and  grapes,  each  having  a  great 
sale  for  a  time,  to  the  eminent  satisfact  ion  of 
all  parties  concerned.  Then  we  had  a  grand 
rush  for  new  potatoes,  Norway  and  other 
new  varieties  of  oat*,  not  omitting  the  furor 
about  Conover's  Colossal  Asparagus;  but 
the  year  1873  .seems  to  have  passed  without 
special  excitement  in  regard  to  any  particular 
variety  of  grain,  fruit  or  vegetable. 

This  state  of  things  does  not  prove  that 
there  is  a  stagnation  in  business  nor  that 
there  is  a  cessation  of  experiments  for  the 
purpose  of  producing  novelties  ;  but  it  may 
show  that  our  people  aro  well  satisfied  with 
the  tilings  they  already  possess,  or  are  willing 
to  wait  until  new  things  are  fully  tested  be¬ 
fore  purchasing  largely  or  indiscriminately. 

Undue  excitement  over  any  particular  class 
of  plants  usually  cuds  d  isostrously  to  a  por¬ 
tion  of  those  who  engage  in  their  culture,  and 
it  is  far  better  for  all  concerned  to  move  slowly 
and  surely  than  to  engage  in  creating  a  fever 
or  mania,  in  regard  to  their  supposed  intrinsic 
value. 

We  have  seen  no  new  varieties  of  tho  small 
fruits  which  arc  likely  to  supersede  those  in 
general  cultivation.  Tho  same  is  true  in  re¬ 
gard  to  apples,  pears,  peaches  and  other 
large  frn  its,  and  we  may  safely  predict  that 
it  will  be  a  long  time  before  our  best  sorts 
will  have  c.  successful  rival  Among  grapes 
there  are  several  new  varieties  of  promise, 
winch  have  not,  as  yet,  been  disseminated. 
Mr.  Rickets  of  Newburgh,  New  York,  has 
produced  quite  a  number  of  hybrids  posses¬ 
sing  very  superior  merits,  and  we  think  vino- 
yardists  generally  will  be  pleased  to  have  an 
opportunity  of  giving  them  a  trial.  Mr.  A. 
P.  Wylie,  of  South  Carolina,  is  also  at  work 
in  tho  same  field  and  tho  results  of  his  labors 
so  far  as  known  appear  to  be  quite  creditable 
to  his  skill  as  a  producer  of  new  sorts. 

A  few  new  evergreens  are  being  dissemi¬ 
nated.  A  golden  variety  of  the  American 
Arbor-vita?,  the  “George  Peabody”  is  be¬ 
ing  scait  out  by  T.  C.  Maxwell  &  Bro.  , 
Geneva,  N.  Y.  ;  also  a  new  silver-tipped  sort 
is  offered  by  tho  same  firm.  They  ure 
both  elegant  plants  and  decided  aequisi 
tions  to  our  list  of  variegated-leaved  ever¬ 
greens.  The  “  George  Peabody”  was  first 
made  known  to  the  public  through  the  Rural 
NEW-YORKER,  Nov.  30,  1809,  Some  few  other 
novelties  of  this  class  are  in  course  of  propa¬ 
gation,  and  will  probably  bo  sent  out  next 
Spring  ;  but.  of  their  particular  merits  we 
have  not  been  informed  nor  had  an  oppor 
tunity  of  personal  examination. 

The  florists  offer  but  few  novelties.  The 
usual  number  of  new  Geraniums,  Fuchsias, 
Coleus,  and  similar  plants,  were  offered  to 
their  customers,  and  gave  very  general  satis¬ 
faction.  The  new  weeping  amaranth  (A  ma~ 
ran  thus  salicifolius)  appears  to  have  pleased 
those  who  admire  this  class  of  plants;  and 
the  new  bedding  plant,  AmorphophaUus 
River t  was  highly  prized  by  the  few  who 
were  so  fortunate  as  to  obtain  tubers  of  this 
novelty. 

Upon  t  he  whole  we  think  t  he  year  of  1872 
lias  been  one  of  very  general  prosperity 
among  horticulturists,  and  although  fortunes 
may  not  have  been  made,  few  or  none  have 
been  lost 

In  the  year  just  commenced  we  hope  to 
hear  from  all  of  our  horticulturists  as  well  as 
others  interested  in  rural  affairs.  The  col¬ 
umns  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  will  al¬ 
ways  be  open  to  those  who  have  new  things 
of  value. 


PINE  MARTEN 


A  VIRGINIA  APPLE 


Muetela  martes.— LINN. 

The  Pine  Marten,  or  Sable,  as  it  is  univer¬ 
sally  called  by  our  trappers,  inhabits  the 
wooded  dirt rics  of  the  Northern  parts  of 
America.  Richardson  says  it  i-  especially 
abundant  where  trees  have  been  killed  by 
fire,  but  are  left  standing.  Tins  animal’s 
body  is  about  eighteen  inches  long — its  tail, 
nine.  The  head  is  long  and  pointed  ;  ears, 
broad ;  legs,  rather  long ;  tail,  round  and 
bushy ;  hair  of  two  kinds — the  outer  long 
and  rigid,  the  inner  soft  and  woolly  ;  it  is 
darkest  and  glossiest  in  Winter  ;  that  on  the 
tail  is  longer,  coarser,  and  darker  than  on  the 
body.  The  general  color  varies  in  individ¬ 
uals  and  with  the  season  from  a  bright  fulvus 
to  a  brownish  black  ;  tip  of  the  nose,  flesh- 
colored  ;  eyes,  black  ;  tip  of  ears,  light ,  yel¬ 
lowish  white  markings  on  the  throat ;  the 
feet  darker  colored  than  the  hair  on  the 
body. 

The  name,  Pine  Marten,  was  probably  gi  veil 
this  animal  because  it  shows  a  preference  for 
pine  trees,  in  the  tops  of  which  it.  often  re¬ 
sides,  having  taken  possession  of  t  he  nest  of 
some  squirrel,  after  killing  and  eating  the 
rightful  owner.  Tt  frequently  has  its  nest  in 
hollows  of  trees  or  holes  in  rocks,  and,  at 
times,  in  the  ground.  It  exhibits  cunning, 
cruelty,  and  activity  in  its  pursuit  of  game. 
It  will  ascend  trees  and  rob  birds’  nests  of 
their  eggs  or  young  ;  it  catches  various  kinds 
of  insects,  of  birds,  mice,  and  hares,  and  is 
especially  destructive  to  many  lands  of  squir¬ 
rels.  The  young,  six  to  eight  in  number,  are 
generally  brought  forth  in  April  or  May, 
either  in  a  burrow,  or  fallen  hollow  log,  or 
a  hole  under  rocks. 

The  Sable  is  commonly  caught  in  dead¬ 
falls,  “lines”  of  which  are  set  for  miles  in 
length.  These  traps  are  placed  thirty  or  fori  y 
rods  apart,  baited  with  meat  of  any  kind — 
a  putridge’s  head  with  the  feathers  on,  rab¬ 
bits  t.r  squirrels.  About  every  sixth  dead¬ 
fall  or  so,  a  strong  steel-trap  is  set  to  catch 
the  Fisher,  because  he  tears  the  wooden  traps 
to  pieces  and  steals  the  bait. 

The  flesh  is  rank  and  coarse,  but  is  some¬ 
times  oaten  by  Indian*,  The  skins  are  valu¬ 
able,  and  will  bring  from  two  to  ten  dollars, 
according  to  the  color  of  the  fur,  the  darkest 
being  worth  most,  as  it  is  fine  and  glossy  and 
not  much  inferior  to  the  European  Sable,  for 
which  it  is  often  sold,  and  often  tho  light 
skins  are  colored  and  sold  under  various 
names. 

Audubon  says  of  this  little  animal,  “Let 
us  take  a  share  of  the  cunning  and  sneaking 
character  of  the  fox,  as  much  of  the  wide¬ 
awake  and  cautious  habits  of  the  weazel,  a 
similar  proportion  of  the  voracity  and  a  little 
of  the  fetid  odor  of  the  mink,  and  add  there¬ 
to  some  of  the  climbing  properties  of  the  rac¬ 
coon,  and  we  have  a  tolerable  idea  of  its 
attributes.”  R. 


I  -end  you  samples  of  an  apple  by  express, 


PINT  K  MARTEN 

Amateur  list:— Red  Astmchau,  Benoni, 
Gravenstein,  King  of  Tompkins  Co.?  R.  I. 
Greening,  Yellow  Bellflower,  Esopus Hpitzen- 
burgh,  Wagoner,  Monmouth  Pippin,  New¬ 
town  Pippin.  The  varieties  ripen  in  succes¬ 
sion  as  given  in  tho  list. 

Additional  list: — Early  Harvest,  for  the 
coast  section,  Carolina  Rod  June,  for  t  he  in¬ 
terior,  American  Summer  Pearmain,  Melon, 
Lowell,  Canada  Reinotte,  Fall  Pippin,  Rox, 
Russet  1,  Baldwin,  Ortlev,  White  Winter  Pear- 
main. 

A  {election  of  ft 0  trees  for  family  use,  to 
ripen  in  succession:  4  Red  Astrachan,  2  Beno¬ 
ni,  5  Gravenstein,  G  King  of  T.  C.,  ft  R.  1. 
Greening,  G  Yellow  Bellflower,  G  Esopus  Spit- 
zenbergh,  4  Wagener,  12  Newtown  Pippin 
(yellow). 

The  market  orchard  should  contain  but 
very  few  varieties,  the  less  the  number  the 
greater  the  profit,  provided  the  best  only  are 
selected. 


Mustcila  uiju'l <o-—  I, I  '*■  _N  . 

which  please  examine,  it  is  supposed  to  bo 
a  seedling:  if  so,  perhaps  it  is  worthy  of  no¬ 
tice,  The  original  tree  is  still  living,  and 
benrfa  annual  crops,  though  apparently  quite 
an  old  tree— perhaps  7ft  or  100  years  'old.  I 
have  known  it  for  more  than 'thirty  years, 
and  do  not  remember  that  it  failed'  having 
apples  a  single  year  in  that  time  The  tree  is 
a  very  vigorous  grower.  No  nurseryman  in 
this  section  knows  anything  about  the  origin 
of  the  apple.  Please’ let  me  know  whether 
the  apple  is  mi  old,  well-known  variety,  or 
something  new,  Its  season  is  October  to 
April.— K.  Carson  Bowers,  Harrisonburg, 


Wk  do  not  recognize  this  fruit  as  an  old  va¬ 
riety.  We  scut  two  of  the  specimens  to  Mr. 
Charles  Downlvg,  who  writes  us: — “Tho 
apple  I  do  not  recognize,  it  is  of  very  good 
flavor,  although  a  little  over-ripe;  or  possibly 
it  may  have  been  frosted,  ns  it  is  lacking  a 
little  in  lively  juice.  To  my  taste,  it  is  a  very 
mild  sub-acid,  or  almost  sweet,  and  pleasant 
to  eat.  Then:  have  been  several  new  apples 
introduced  from  Virginia  the  past  two  or 
three  years,  some  of  which  will,  no  doubt, 
prove  native  sorts  and  other  synonyms. 
Some  that  T  have  seen  are  of  excellent  quali¬ 
ty;  but  I  find  it  hard  work  to  learn  whether 
they  aro  old  or  new  kinds.  If  you  should 
find  out  the  origin,  history,  etc.,  of  the  apple, 
from  Mr.  Bowers,  I  will  thank  you  to  tell  me.” 

The  apple  forwarded  is  of  good  form,  solid, 
and,  as  Mr.  Downing  says,  mild  sub-acid. 
Cannot  Mr.  Bowers  trace  the  origin  of  the 
tree,  and  learn  when  it  was  planted,  who  by, 
and  whether  it  is  a  seedling  or  not?  It  seems 
to  us  to  be  an  apple  worthy  a  place  among 
the  better  class  of  apples. 


GREEN  NEWTOWN  PIPPIN  AGAIN 


BIRD  PETS  AND  THEIR  MANAGEMENT. 

I  have  quite  a  lot  of  nice  birds  which  I 
think  can’t  be  beat.  In  the  first  place  I  have 
a  parrot.  1  don’t  know  what  species  it  is  it 
is  a  small  green  parrot,  white  on  top  of  i . 
head  and  a  bright  red  under  his  chin .  the 
tips  of  his  wing  feathers  are  bice.  Can  Any¬ 
body  tell  me  whether  this  kind  learns  to  talk 
as  well  as  larger  ones?  Mine  don't  talk  very 
much. 

1  have  an  imported  goldfinch  which  is  a 
beautjr.  He  is  a  nice  singer.  Can  they  be 
mated  with  canaries?  1  wish  some  one  who 
has  tried  to  cross  them  would  tell  me  through 
the  Rural  how  they  succeeded. 

1  have  a  fine  young  mocking  bird  which  I 
raised  by  hand.  1  feed  him  scalded  meal 
and  the  yolk  of  hard  boiled  eggs  mixed  to¬ 
gether  thoroughly  1  give  this  fresh  every 
morning  in  Winter,  twice  a  day  in  Summer. 
Give  him  sand,  fresh  water  and  fresh  beef. 
Ever}'  day  give  him  apples,  figs  and  every 
kind  of  fruit.  No  doubt  others,  like  myself, 
want  to  learn  more  about  the  care  of  such 
grand  pets;  the  only  way  1  know' of  which 
to  find  out  is  to  ask  through  the  Rural. — 
E.  K.,  Ohio. 


By  some  mishap  tho  Rural  New-Yorker 
of  Dec.  7th  was  not  received  until  Satur¬ 
day,  in  which  I  notice  your  correspond¬ 
ent  A.  B,  thinks  I  am  mistaken  as  to  their 
being  a  Green  Newtown  pippin,  “and  that  I 
will  find  it  out  so,  too,”  It  is  true  wo  all 
make  mistakes;  but  in  this  matter  I  have 
had  over  fifty  years  experience,  and  am 
quite  sure  I  am  right ;  if  not,  I  wish  to  be 
corrected,  and  if  A.  B.  can  prove  that  there 
is  no  Green  Newtown  pippin  I  will  givo  it  up  ; 
but  as  I  am  getting  old — on  the  wrong  side  of 
seventy — I  hope  he  will  not  delay  his  proof 
too  long.  Chas.  Downing. 

Since  receiving  the  foregoing  we  notice  the 
following  answer  to  an  inquiry  in  the  New 
York  World  : 

“  Your  inquiry  concerning  our  opinion  of 
Mr.  Charles  Downing’s  statement  that  there 
are  two  Newton  pippins  is  thus  answered : 
We  do  not  agree  with  Mr.  Downing.  Mr. 
Downing  doubts  if  any  regular  catalogues  of 
fruits  were  published  so  early  as  this  green 
Newtown  pippin  was  discovered,  and  states 
thatCoxe.  in  bis  work  in  18t7,give?  description 
and  outline  of  it.  The  catalogue  of  William 
Robert  Prince,  the  great-grandfather  of  the 
present  generation  of  Princes,  and  father  of 
William  Prince,  the  proprietor  of  the  Liunean 
Nurseries,  Flushing,  Long  Island,  in  1817,  the 
days  of  Coxe.  issued  a  catalogue,  so  long  ago 
as  1732.  which  we  have  seen.  Coxe  was  a 
contemporary  of  William  Prince,  grandson 
of  the  William  Robert  Prince  named  above  ; 
and  he  is  the  1  an  who  thought  he  discovered 
two  varieties  of  the  Newtown  pippin  ;  at 
least  be  was  the  first  man  who  sent  them  out 
as  such  ,  and  we  have  satisfactory  testimony 


THE  KISSENA  STRAWBERRY. 

Dr.  IIexamer  says  this  is  a  very  prolific 
strawberry,  produced  by  Prof.  Huntsman, 
Flushing,  L.  I.,  by  crossing  Myatt'  Eliza  and 
British  Queen  with  native  varieties.  Tho 
plant  is  us  hardy  as  Triomphe  de  Gaud.  Ev¬ 
er}  little  plant  produces  fruit,  it  is  firm  and 
cuts  solid;  sweet,  and  an  excellent  dessert 
variety. 


SEEDLING  OF  SECKEL  PEAR 

The  specimen  of  pear  said  to  be  a  seedling 
of  the  Seckei,  sent  us  by  J.  H.  Lasher,  Ger¬ 
mantown.  N.  Y.,  was  so  much  decayed  when 
received  that  wo  could  not  tell  anything  about 
its  quality.  In  appearance  it  is  somewhat 
like  tho  Seckei,  but  is  apparently  longer  and 
larger.  We  shall  be  glad  to  receive  perfect 
specimens  when  in  season  next  year. 


INQUIRIES  FOR  ANSWERS 

Will  some  of  your  readers  tell  me  how  old 
Canaries  should  be  before  they  are  paired  for 
breeding?— J.  H..  Worcester,  Mass. 

How  shall  :  prepare  food  for  mocking  birds 
in  Winter  to  take  the  place  of  spiders,  bugs 
and  lleas  that  we  can  get  for  them  in  Sum¬ 
mer?  How  shall  1  breed  meal  worms  to  feed 
mocking  birds  in  Winter?  Perhaps  some  of 
your  readers  can  tell  me.— e.  k. 


APPLES  IN  CALIFORNIA 


W.  H.  Pepper,  Petaluma,  Sonoma  Co.,  Cal., 
writes  the  Rural  Press  in  answer  to  a  request 
for  a  list  of  the  best  twenty  varieties  of  apples 
for  an  amateur  garden  or  orchard,  as  follows: 

In  the  first  place,  I  think  the  number  much 
too  large  for  the  amateur  or  market  grower. 
After  going  t  hrough  with  the  130  or  140  varie- 
t  es  that  I  have  fruited  here,  I  select  ten  that 


THE  POND  PEAR 

is  the  name  given  a  new  pear  by  Dr.  S.  A. 
Shutleff,  Brookline,  Mass.,  and  i-  described 
as  of  medium  size,  with  a  rich,  sugaryflavor; 
no  sub-acid  or  vinous  characteristics. 


gradients  are  liable  to  be  washed  off  before 
warm  weather,  and  might,  therefore,  have 
to  be  applied  a  second  time  during  the  Win¬ 
ter.  With  this  composition,  an  active  boy 
may  in  one  day  protect  a  thousand  trees.  It 
is  not.  only  applicable  to  young  orchard  trees, 
but  ma  y  be  very  profitably  applied  to  nursery 
trees  as  well. 


in  water,  and  I  thought  I  would  ask  you  if 
this  same  bulb  will  grow  and  blossom  in  the 
ground  this  Summer  after  it,  has  blossomed 
in  t  he  house  in  the  Winter? — Nki.uk  Bonfoy, 
Greene  Co..  111. 

Your  hyuointh  bulbs  will  not  bloom  again 
next  Hummer,  and  they  will  probably  die 
soon  aft.r  o  the  flowers  are  gone.  Now,  as 
you  are  a  little  girl,  wo  will  not  use  big  words 
in  trying  to  explain  the  reason  why  hyacinth 
bulbs  blooming  in  water  aro  usually  thrown 
away  afterwards,  but  will  try  to  make  you 
understand  it  without  them.  If  you  should 
play  all  day  wit  hout  having  anything  to  cat 
or  drink  but  pure  water,  you  would  become 
very  tired  and  weak;  but  if  you  ate  a  hearty 
breakfast  you  could  hold  outalittlo  longer 
and  later  than  if  you  had  eaten  nothing. 
Now  that  poor  hyacinth  bulb  was  growing 
(in  Holland,  probably,)  last  summer;  it  be¬ 
came  very  fat  anil  strong,  and  now  t  hat  it  is 
placed  in  water  and  where  the  air  is  warm, 
it  begins  its  play  by  throwing  up  a  flower 
stem  and  at  the  same  time  its  roots  go  down 
into  the  water  after  something  to  eat;  but 
as  they  find  not  hing,  or  very  little,  the  old 
bulb  will  become  very  weak  and  sick  by  the 
time  flowers  ha  ve  dropped  off,  if  you  toko 
it  out  of  the  water,  then,  ami  plant  in  the 
ground  next  spring,  it  may  live,  although  it 
will  bo  so  weak  that  it  cannot  bloom  again 
for  two  or  three  years,  or  until  it  again  be¬ 
comes  a  strong,  healthy  bulb.  Had  you 
planted  the  bulb  in  a  pot  of  rich  dirt,  it 
would  have  luul  somethiug  to  cat  while  the 
flowers  wero  growing,  anil  when  these  w  ere 
gone  the  bulb  could  have  been  planted  in  the 
garden  and  taken  up  next  Fall  and  made 
to  bloom,  again. 


Jloricttltmral 


SUboriniltural 


A  PROLIFIC  LILY  FROM  JAPAN 


TWIG  BLIGHT 


By  the  favor  of  Mr.  Andrew  "Wind,  through 
a  friend,  wo  are  in  possession  of  a  copy  of  a 
Yokohama  (.Japan)  paper,  called  The  Far 
East,  printed  in  English,  and  illustrated  with 
photographs  of  scenes  and  objects  in  Japan. 
In  this  copy  we  find  a  photograph  of  what  i« 
called  “A. Prolific  Lily,”  one  stem  of  which 
we  herewith  illustrate.  The  Far  East  says 
these  Japan  lilies  “are  as  various  as  they 
arc  beautiful ;  but  it  is  remarkable  that  those 
least  prized  abroad  aro  tho  most  valued  by 
the  natives.  The  most  common  in  Japan — 
so  common  in  fact  that  it  grows  wild  all 
over  the  country,  and  oftentimes  covers  a 
whole  hillside-  is  flic  one  most  appreciated 
by  foreigners  out  of  Japan  ;  and  undoubtedly 
it  is  a  noble  flower,  with  its  lordly  petals 
thrown  boldly  open  to  the  sun,  the  deep, 
dark  orange  color  of  its  center  shading  off 
into  the  most  delicate  yellow',  on  a  rich  spot¬ 
ted  white  ground.  Tho  plant  is  certainly 
beautiful,  but  until  this  year  wc  never  saw  it 
extraordinarily  prolific.  But  this  Summer 
there  grew  in  tho  garden  of  Mr.  G.  C.  Pear¬ 
son,  Yokohama,  two  steins  from  one  bulb. 
Tho  two  stems  cut.  off  mid  stuck  in  a  bowl  of 
ferns  wo  illustrate.  One  was  a  fair  specimen 
of  the  ordinary  flowering  of  the  plant,  having 
eighteen  flowers  upon  it  ;  but  the  other,  upon 
a  broad,  flat  stem,  about  an  inch  and  a-half  In 
width,  but  thin  as  a  lath,  had  no  loss  than 
sixty-three  buds,  of  which  fifty-two  wore  in 
full  flower  at  one  time.”  It  is  this  last 
described  stalk  which  wro  illustrate  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker. 


I  desire  to  call  attention  to  a  disease  com¬ 
monly  known  in  the  West  as  the  twig  blight. 
When  thi3  disease  overtakes  a  fruit  tree,  the 
leaves  first  begin  to  blight ;  afterwards  the 
twigs  and  limbs  wither,  and  finally  the  whole 
tree  slowly  dies.  Whatever  may  be  the  true 
cause  of  this  disease,  it  is  sometime  .  ascribed 
to  a  borer. 

My  experience,  however,  refers  more  to 
the  remedy  than  the  cause.  I  believe  there 
is  n  simple  remedy  that  will  not  fail  to  restore 
every  tree  affected  by  this  disease,  if  applied 
in  tune.  It.  consists  simply  in  boring  with  a 
gimlet  or  bit  into  the  tree,  filling  the.  cav¬ 
ity  with  sulphur,  and  plugging  it  in.  The 
sap  will  carry  1  he  sulphur  to  every  part  of 
the  tree,  and  when  the  borer  smells  brim¬ 
stone •,  he  will  "git  up  anil  gib"  The  cause 
of  the  disease  lining  removed,  the  tree  will 
begin  to  put  forth  fresh  and  tender 


BARBERRY  SEED  AND  PROPAGATION. 

Can  vou  tell  me  where  I  can  get  the  seed 
of  the  Barberry  plant  for  a  hedge,  and  t  he 
best  way  to  propagate  it  l — A.  C.,  H  uron 
County,  Ohio. 

We  think  you  can  obtain  Barberry  seed  of 
almost  any  of  our  Eastern  seedsmen  ;  if 
not,  try  Thomas  Meehan,  Germantown,  Pa. 
Fresldv  gathered  seed  planted  in  Autumn 
will  usually  germinate  the  following  Spring, 
but  occasionally  not  until  the  second  season. 
Tf  the  seed  is  not  fresh,  or  has  been  kepi,  for 
some  time  in  a  dry  place,  better  soak  it  for 
two  or  three  days  in  warm  water  before 
sowing  or  placing  it  where  it  will  freeze. 
Barberry  plants  are  also  grown  from  cut¬ 
tings,  bub  the  cheapest  way  to  obtain  them 
is  from  seed.  _ 

PRESERVING  YOUNG  APPLE  TREES  FROM  RABBITS. 

Beef’s  or  hog’s  liver  rubbed  on  the  tree 
where  tho  rabbits  aro  likely  to  work  will 
prevent  their  ravages.  I  have  tried  it — and 
I  live  where,  there  aro  thousands  of  them— 
and  have  never  had  a  young  apple  tree  hurt 
that  has  been  so  treated,  and  1  have  seen 
rabbit  tracks  all  about,  the  trees.  Hang  the 
liver  up  when  the  hogs  or  beeves  are  killed 
in  the  Fall,  for  such  use.  It  pays. — F.  H,  H., 
Toledo,  loim. 

YELLOWS  IN  PEACHES. 

Prof.  R.  C.  Kedsie  lias  little  doubt  that 
fungus  at  the  root  is  the  cause  of  this  disease, 
and  the  euro  is  the  use  of  hollow  water  in 
shallow  trenches  about  the  trees.  Ho  lias 
tried  experiments  which  irnvc  brought  this 
conviction. 


soon 

leaves,  the  withered  foliage  will  slowly  drop 
off,  and  tho  tree  in  time  will  be  restored  to 
its  natural  growth. 

I  have  recently  spent  a  few  days  in  Michi¬ 
gan,  and  found  apple  trees,  treated  with  sid- 
pliur  twenty-five  years  ago  because  then  they 
seemed  to  bo  dying,  now  growing  vigorously, 
and  nearly  ns  large  as  one  can  span  with  both 
arms. 

Once  I  noticed  a  neighbor's  plum  tree — a 
large  and  beautiful  tree  full  of  plums  about 
half-grown — begin  to  wither  and  die.  Half 
tho  foliage  died  with  tho  outer  twigs  and 
limbs,  and  the  plums  began  to  shrivel  up. 
Sulphur  was  recommended  and  applied.  But 
the  tree  was  so  far  gone  that  t  ho  outer  leaves 
and  limbs  and  plums  died  and  dropped  off, 
while  towards  the  center  of  the  tree  new  and 
fresh  leaves  came  forth,  and  n  portion  of  the 
plums  in  that  locality  swelled  out  again  to 
their  natural  size,  and  actually  got  ripe  !  The 
life  of  the  tree  was  saved  “  as  by  fire.” 

An  orchard  near  this  institution  has  been 
slowly  dying  for  two  years.  After  strenuously  j 
recommending  sulphur  several  times,  (and  it  1 
is  a  marvel  how  slow  fanners  are  to  apply  the 
remedy,)  it  was  applied  to  seventeen  trees. 
In  about  two  or  three  weeks  fresh  leaves  be¬ 
gan  to  appear  on  all  but  one  of  those  trees. 
The  owner  says  ho  is  sure  of  one  thing  "The 
blight  has  ceased.”  One  tree  in  the  corner  of 
the  orchard  was  nearly  dead.  For  several 
weeks  after  the  sulphur  was  applied  I 
thought  surely  the  tree  would  die.  It  seemed 
to  bo  a  desperate  struggle  between  life  and 
death,  about  equally  balanced.  But  at  length 
fresh  leaves  appeared,  and  the  tree  stands  a 
fair  chance  of  living. 

Tho  twig  blight  prevails  over  the  country 
more  thun  one  might  at  first  suppose.  The 
past  Summer  I  have  traveled  over  the  State  > 
of  Kansas,  and  made  a  t  rip  to  Pennsylvania  I 
and  New  England,  and  I  find  it.  almost  every-  i 
where,  though  most  in  the  West.  If  the  truth  I 
were  known,  1 1  hould  not  be  surprised  if  him-  1 
dreda  of  thousands  of  fruit  trees,  mostly  apple 
trees,  were  slowly  but  surely  dying  of  this  I 
fatal  disease. 

I  believe  that  nearly  all  of  these  trees  can 
be  saved.  Bore  into  tho  tree  with  a  gimlet  or 
bit,  within  a  foot  or  two  of  the  grouud,  mak¬ 
ing  a  hole  proportional  to  the  size  of  the  tree, 
not  cut  tin; 


STEAM  IN  GREEN-HOUSES. 

Besides  tho  advantage  of  protection  from 
cold,  by  closing  all  tho  small  crevices  with 
frost  in  very  severe  weather,  by  creating 
steam  in  green  1  louses,  which  1  accomplish  by 
pouring  water  on  tho  hot  flues,  I  find  it  the 
most  successful  pliui  for  destroying  the  red 
spider.  I  create  by  this  means  a  dense  fog  as 
often  as  seems  necessary ;  and  as  it;  reaches 
the  under  sides  of  the  leaves,  where  water 
when  showered  on  seldom  touches,  it  gives 
the  little  pests  a  vapor  bath  which  they  can’t 
endure.  It  might  be  applied  to  conserva¬ 
tories  in  dwellings  by  dropping  hot  irons  in  a 
vessel  of  water ;  or  perhaps  better  by  a  piece 
of  hose  or  pipe  attached  to  a  kettle  of  water 
on  a  stove  in  an  adjoining  room. — M.  b.  p. 


HYACINTHS  IN  WATER 


T  AM  a  little  girl  eleven  years  old  and  very 
fond  of  ilowors.  I  am  growing  a  hyacinth 


HEW  CONSERVATORY  CLIMBER. 

The  Garden  (English)  says: — “  The  new 
conservatory  climber,  Tacsomu,  Kxonitnsis, 
which  received  a  first-class  certificate  tliis 
Hummer  at  Birmingham,  is  in  lino  bloom  in 
Mr.  V KETCH'S  nursery  at  Exeter.  Even  in  a 
cool  greenhouse  it  bus  now  upward  of  a 
hundred  flowers  on  it  in  different  stages  of 
growth. 


FERTILIZING  MELONS  AND  CUCUMBERS, 


The  Gardeners  Magazine  says : — The  artifici¬ 
al  fertilization  of  the  female  flowers  of  cucum¬ 
bers  and  melons  constitutes  a  most  important 
article  of  faith  among  practical  horticultur¬ 
ists.  Tho  "setting”  of  tho  crop  by  1  land  is 
insisted  on  in  all  garden  calendars;  if  it  is  not 
necessary,  immense  amount  of  time  consumed 
thereby  is  wasted,  in  tho  thousands  of  gar¬ 
dens  where  handsome  and  well-flavored  fruit 
is  everything,  and  seed  of  no  consequence  at 
all,  we  believe  the  operation  to  be  altogether 
unnecessary.  At  all  events,  wo  have  managed 
to  secure  for  onr  own  use  for  many  years  past 
cucumbers  and  melons  in  sufficient  plenty, 
without  putting  ourselves  to  the  trouble  of 
applying  the  pollen,  and  have  long  f.ineeboen 
satisfied  that,  except  for  the  production  of 
seed,  it  is  labor  wasted. 


ig  off  too  many  woody  fibers  in 
prairie  States  where  high  winds  prevail  near 
the  equinoxes,  and  fill  with  sulphur.  Large 
trees  may  need  a  second  dose.  Let  fanners 
give  it  a  fair  trial,  as  it  can  do  no  harm,  and 
publish  the  result.  John  D.  Parker. 


PROTECTING  TREES  FROM  RABBITS, 


Dr.  Howsley  of  Kansas,  in  Western  Plant¬ 
er  says:— I  have,  for  the  last  several  years, 
used  with  the  most  satisfactory  results,  a 
whitewash .  composed  of  fresh  slacked  lime 
and  soft  soap,  brought  to  the  consistency  of 
ordinary  paint,  with  common  flour  paste  ad¬ 
ded,  to  make  it  adhesive.  Tiffs  composition 
applied  with  a  common  paint  brush,  has,  with 
me,  always  been  effectual.  In  this  mixture 
the  lime  is  not  only  offensive  to  the  taste  of 
the  rabbits,  but  also  destroys  any  lurking  in¬ 
sects  which  may  have  taken  shelter  there  for 
the  Winter,  and  by  its  absorption  through  the 
pores  of  the  barb,  furnishes  food  for  the 
growth  &f  the  tree.  The  soap  has,  in  this 
case,  a  similar  influence  to  that  upon  the  ani¬ 
mal  body — that  of  cleansing  the  surface  and 
keeping  open  the  pores  of  the  bark  for  the 
free  escape  of  all  useless  matter  from  the  in¬ 
side  out,  and  for  the  free  passage  from  the 
outside  in,  of  whatever  may  lie  necessary  for 
the  health  and  vigor  of  the  tree.  TLo  flour 
paste,  as  before  remarked,  is  only  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  making  the  lime  and  soap  more  ad¬ 
hesive;  for  without  the  paste,  the  other  in- 


SMALL  ONIONS  FOR  SEED. 

Are  small  onions  assorted  from  a  crop 
grown  from  seed  of  any  value  for  planting 
again. — S.  W.  B. 

Very  small  onions,  say  about  a  half-inch 
in  diameter,  aro  extensively  used  by  our  mar¬ 
ket  gardeners,  instead  of  seed  for  raising  an 
early  crop,  which  is  usually  pulled  and  sold 
in  market  as  “green  onions.”  These  "sets” 
aro  produced  by  sowing  seed  very  thickly  on 
very  poor  soil,  and  as  soon  us  the  bulbs  aro  of 
tho  requisite  size  they  arc  pulled  up  aud 
dried  and  laid  away  for  planting  the  next  sea¬ 
son.  Now,  if  your  small  onions  are  of  the 
size  we  have  named,  they  will  probably  an¬ 
swer  for  sets;  but  if  much  larger  they  will  be 
very  likely  to  produce  seed-stems  instead  of 
larger  bulbs, 


and  paste  a  strip  of  it  on  the  inside  edges; 
then  glue  aeoras  on  the  pasteboard  in  any 
shape  or  after  any  design  selected.  When 
the  glue  is  dry,  varnish  the  acorns  (or  other 
seeds)  all  over  two  or  three  times;  lay  a  glass 
on  the  back  of  the  frame  and  glue  it  down 
with  a  piece  of  factory  cloth  over  the  edges, 
and  paste  the  picture  on  the  back  of  the 
frame. — M.  e.  p. 


jQoincstie  Cfconomi) 


|  The  commercial  bee  keeper  has  got  a  strong 
i  competitor  in  sugar,  and  when  a  poor  season 
for  honey  comes,  or  a  disease  that  was  as  de¬ 
structive  ns  last  Winter,  would  bo  disastrous 
to  him.  When  corn  is  only  t  wenty  cents  per 
bushel,  (ho  common  people,  cannot  buy 
honey,  and  all  who  can  should  keep  a  few 
stocks  of  bees  and  encourage  the  bees  by 
planting  orchards,  honey  timber,  etc.,  when 
they  are  of  other  commercial  value. 

An  Iowa  lady  related  an  instance  of  a  man 
returning  from  market  with  four  largo  empty 
wagons  in  which  ho  had  hauled  four  loads  of 
corn,  having  in  Ills  pocket  just  twelve  dollars, 
the  net  receipts  of  the  loads;  while  his  wife, 
who  had  taken  in  on  one  of  the  wagons  the 
surplus  honey  from  live  hives  of  bees,  which 
she  had  cared  for  alone,  had  twenty-five  dol¬ 
lars  in  her  pocket.  She  urged  every  family 
to  keep  bees;  to  begin  with  one  swarm,  if 
not  able  to  get  more,  and  they  could  be 
quickly  multiplied.  Sho  had  most  encourag¬ 
ing  reports  from  many  sources  in  the  West 
of  success  in  bcc  keeping.  It  was  especially 
a  woman's  occupation  to  car©  for  them;  had 
never  known  of  its  being  a  failure  in  a  wo¬ 
man’s  hands;  was  much  less  labor  and  risk 
than  in  poultry  keeping,  and  it  was  more 
profitable.  Another  thought  if  every  one 
kept  bees  thero  would  be  no  purchasers, 
while  one  gentleman  believed  it  best  to  be 
sanguine  about  the  business  as  an  employ¬ 
ment  for  all,  as  there  were  many  who  could 
not  handle  or  come  near  bees  without  being 
stung;  said  he  had  found  no  luck  of  demand, 
could  have  sold  tons  of  extracted  honey  at 
twenty  cents  per  pound. 

There  were  further  discussions  which,  we 
shall  notice  as  we  have  space.  The  President 
was  authorized  to  address  a  circular  to  all 
North  American  Bee  Keepers,  inviting  them 
to  co-operate  with  the  Society  by  forming 
Neighborhood,  County,  State,  Territorial  and 
Provincial  Associations  for  the  promotion  of 
bee  keeping. 


MY  METHOD  OF  WASHING 


NORTH  AMERICAN  BEE  KEEPERS'  ASS’N 


When  the  clothes  are  removed  Sunday 
morning,  they  are  put  to  soak  in  a  tub  or 
barrel  containing  cold  water,  (wit  hout  soap,) 
which  is  made  ready  the  evening  before,  of 
course,  assorting  them  into  four  lots-  name¬ 
ly,  fine,  coarse,  colored  and  flannels;  flannels 
are  not  soaked.  On  Monday  morning  they 
are  pounded  and  squeezed  in  this  water  with 
a  long  handled  light  mallet,  then  wrung  out, 
and  after  the  water  is  removed  thrown  back 
into  the  band  with  a  sufficient  quantity  of 
soap,  and  boiling  water  poured  over  them 
(flannels  and  colored  clothes  not  put  into 
boiling  water) ;  then  pounded  and  squeezed 
again  a  few  minutes.  Very  few,  if  any,  will 
need  rubbing  on  the  board,  as  this  process 
leaves  them  clean ;  they  urc  then  wrung  out 
and  put  into  a  bag  and  on  to  boil  in  cold 
water,  with  a  little  soap. 

After  boiling  about  twenty  minutes  they 
are  removed  to  a  tub  of  water  and  gently 
rubbed,  that  no  particles  of  soap  may  adhere 
to  them;  then  wrung,  and  put  into  a  little 
rinsing  water,  a  little  blue  and  slightly  warm. 
Rinse,  wring,  shake  out  well  and  hung  up  to 
dry.  White  flannels  should  be  washed  in 
clean  suds,  and  all  woolens  rinsed  in  water 
of  the  same  temperature  as  that  in  which 
they  have  l>een  washed. 

A  very  little  starch  in  the  rinse  water  im¬ 
proves  the  looks  of  white  as  well  as  colored 
clothes;  besides,  they  are  more  easily  ironed.  > 
My  clothes,  washed  in  this  way,  are  as  white 
and  clean  as  any  one  could  desire.  1  find  a 
W ringer  a  great  help  in  washing. 

Starch  for  common  clothes  I  make  as  fol¬ 
lows,  and  find  it  superior  to  that  which  is 
boiled  and  strained,  and  much  less  trouble: 
Stir  about  four  table  spoonfuls  of  Hour  with 
cold  water  into  a  thin  paste,*  leaving  no  lumps, 
and  pour  into  it  a  quart  or  two  of  boiling 
water,  stirring  all  the  while.  Then  pour 
into  it  a  quart  or  t  wo  of  cold  water,  and  let 
it  stand  n  few  minutes  to  settle.  After  it  lias 
settled  the  top  may  bo  poured  off  for  use. 

Mrs.  Julia  M.  IVueelock. 
Ake  none  of  the  numerous  washing  ma¬ 
chines  better  than  the  old  pounding  barrels  1 
It  seems  to  us  so. 


This  organization  met  at  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
Dec.  4  and  ti.  There  was  a  large  attendance, 
representing  the.  States  and  Canada.  The 
officers  elect  are:— President,  W.  F.  Clarke, 
Guelph,  Ontario;  Sec.,  H.  A.  King,  New 
York  City;  Cor.  Sen..  D.  I..  An  air.  Haws- 


HOW  TO  MAKE  SHIRTS  FIT. 

In  answer  to  an  inquiry,  the  shortest  way 
to  get  shirts  to  fit  is  to  go  to  the  best  and 


Letter  Box 

nearest  tailor,  and  get  him  to  measure  the 
subject  and  cut  you  a  pattern.  The  cost  will 
be  but,  a  trifle,  and  there  is  no  greater  con- 


Figure  1. 

Ill.;  Vice-Presidents  from  each  State  repre 
sented  were  also  chosen,  as  follows;  —  s,  w. 
Shipley,  Ohio ;  Capt.  Hetuerton,  New 
York;  Seth  IIoaglam),  Pennsylvania*  W 
R,  Kino,  Kentucky-  Dr.  T.  B.  Hamlin! 
Tennessee;  W«.  A.  Scofield,  Indiana;  Dr. 
J.  J.  Davis,  Illinois;  J.  W.  Dossier.  Minne¬ 
sota;  Mrs.  E.  S.  Topper,  Iowa;  8.  Waite 
Missouri;  Noah  Cameron,  Kansas;  IV.  D 
Roberts,  Utah;  E.  J.  Beck,  New  Jersey •  A 
J.  Cook,  Michigan;  A.  H.  Hart,  Wisconsin*; 
Dr.  J.  c.  Thorn*,  Ontario;  Hugh  Cameron 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Several  topics  were  discussed.  Some  of 
these  elicited  curious  facts  and  theories.  One 
topic  was,  “Will  the  right  management  of 
bees  develop  peacefulness  of  disposition?" 
Of  course  there  was  a  difference  of  opinion, 
but  it  appears  to  ha  ve  been  shown  that  some 
families  of  bees  (not  specified)  are  much 
more  tractable  than  others;  and  that  a  bet¬ 
ter  acquaintance  with  their  habits  might  re 
suit  in  breeding  them  so  as  to  secure  and 
perpetuate  peaceable  dispositions.  One  mem 
her,  pregnant  with  this  theory,  suggested 
that  as  our  breeds  of  catllo  had  been  im¬ 
proved  by  shortening  the  horns,  etc.,  that 
perhaps  in  time,  with  further  light  and  pa¬ 
tience,  we  might  secure  bees  with  longer 
proboscis,  broader  wings  and  shorter  stings, 
if  not  without  the  latter  at  all. 

IS  GENERAL  BEE  CULTURE  DESIRABLE. 

The  question,  l>  Is  bet}  keeping  desirable  on 
all  farms  and  at  suburban  homes?  One 
speaker  t  hought,  that  it  could  only  be  made 
profitable  on  large  farms  and  where  honey 
plants  were  cultivated  for  the  bees  to  work 
upon.  Thought  Alaike  clover  did  not  do  well 
on  elevated  soils;  Mclilot  clover  does  better; 
Golden  Rod  had  been  plenty  this  season,  but 
yielded  a  small  amount  of  honey;  200  tooOO 
colonics  can  be  kept  and  made  profitable  on 
most  largo  farms.  Another  thought  there 
was  danger  of  overstocking  the  market  if 
beekeeping  became  general;  another  assert¬ 
ed  that  every1  fanner  who  can  raise  general 
farm  produce  eau  raise  bees;  can  raise  Alsike 
which  will  furnish  food  for  beds  and  the 
best  hay  for  stock.  Would  keep  his  bees  at 
work  the  whole  season  as  he  would  his  hired 
man.  The  clover  first  blossoms  in  June. 
Would  commence  cutting  a  portion  so  as  to 
have  a  part  in  bloom  all  the  season;  did  not 
think  it  would  pay  to  raise  it  for  honey  alone. 
Still  another  thought  that  every  farmer  or 
orchardist  can  make,  it  profitable  for  a  limit¬ 
ed  number  of  stocks;  all  districts  are  not  well 
suited  to  large  numbers. 

Another  gentleman  asserted  that  there  are 
few  Localities  that  are  especially  well  adapt-  I 
ed  to  bee  keeping  on  a  large  scale.  There  is  1 
not  a  farm  or  home  where  bee  keeping  is  not  ! 
desirable ;  even  it  is  often  made  a  source  of 
profit  in  towns  and  cities.  It  gives  healthy 
exercise  and  pleasant  recreation  and  study  to 
the  women  and  those  who  cannot  do  the 
hard  labor  of  the  farm,  and  gives  them  a 
sweet  that  is  most  delicious  at  small  cost. 


Industrial  Societies 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 


i\ <•  w  Hampshire  Poultry  Soc. — The  following 
officers  were  elected  Dec. 2 :  Pres.— Hon.  V.  C. 
Gilman,  Nashua.  Vice  -  Pres? la.  —  Gen.  Natt 
Head,  HopksoU;  Albert  Heard,  Nashua;  Jas. 
(>.  Adams,  Manchester;  F/Owell  Eastman,  (Jon- 
enrrt ;  linn.  11.  Wudlcigh,  Milford;  Hon.  Chester 
Hike, Cornish ;  Hon.  Frank  Jones,  Portsmouth  : 
Hon.  IVarren  Brown,  Hampton;  Hon.  .Samuel 

M.  Wheeler,  Dover;  N.  A.  Shu:*,  Exeter;  W. 
K.  Daniel  I,  Franklin.  See.-  Wm.  G.  Garmon, 
Mmionester.  Trca j>.  —  Col.  George  W.  Riddle, 
Manchester,  'hr.  Com  Wm.  T.  Evans,  Man¬ 
chester  ;  8.  S.  James,  Manchester;  A.  W.  Quint, 
Manchester:  I).  II.  Goodell,  Antrim;  G.  M. 
Roynton,  Concord;  O.  A.  Humblett,  Milford; 
W.  H.  Knowls,  Nashua:  D.  \V.  Klim.  Nashua; 
J.  P.  Gilley.  Exeter;  D.  F.  Meatier,  Dover.  The 
annual  Exhibition  is  to  be  held  in  February 
next— date  not  yet  fixed. 

ilnnii.ili'ii  Co. .  Mac*.,  la.  Hoc.  —Officers  for 
1873;  /Vo.  X.  T.  Leonard.  Westfield.  J'rw*. 

James  E.  Rusaoll,  Springfield.  Sic.  -J.  N. 
Bagg,  West  Springfield.  Vicc-Pres'ls.— B.  D.  Al¬ 
loa,  Agawam;  E.  W.  Boise,  Hlandford;  James 
U.  Brown,  L'.  rim  field :  Dr.  T.  K.  DoWolf,  Ches¬ 
ter;  R.  \V.  Betnls,  GhLeopeo:  Edwin  H.  Sey¬ 
mour.  Granville ; Cyrus L. Frink, Holyoke;  Wm. 
il.  Burt.  Longmeaaow ;  G.  G.  Fuller,  Ludlow; 
W.  N.  Flynt,  Monson :  T.  IV.  Pomeroy,  Mont¬ 
gomery;  J.  8.  Loomis,  Palmer:  J.  w. Gibbs, 
Russell ;  1J.  Trask,  Springfield  ;  F.  L.  Clark,  Wll- 
brabam ;  F.  T.  Moore,  L'uJ land ;  N*.  T.  Smith, 
West  Springfield  ;  Henry  Fuller,  Westfield;  T. 

N.  Fowler,  South  wick.  Member  oj  the  State 
hoard.  Horace  M.  Sessions,  South  wllbraham. 

Wwburgh  Hay.  X.  V.,  Hurt.  Sue. — Officers 
elect  for  1873:  Pro:,— H.  W.  Sargent.  Vice- 
Frest's.-  W.  L.  Findlay,  O.  g.  Hathaway.  See.— 

D.  A.  Scott,  TneuB.—D,  Smith,  hr.  Vom.—W. 
U.  Murtfeldt,  I.  C'.  Chapman,  T.  U.  Roe,  tv.  D. 
Barns,  G.  G.  Fowler,  W.  lL  Brown,  T.  S.  Force, 
J.  F.  van  Nort,  J.  R.  Cornell,  D.  A.  Morrison. 
I >i restore — Chos .  Dubois,  Henry  Cornell.  Au~ 
UUor a— J.  N.  Weed,  Francis  Scott. 

Ohio  State  Ilort.  Soc.— At  the  recent  annual 
meeting  of  this  Society  the  following  officers 
were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year :  Pres.— Dr. 
John  a.  Warder  Vice-Prcs.—  G.  W.  Gamp- 
bed.  Treat.— J.  W.  Dunham.  Sec.— M.  B.  Bate- 
hanr  hr  (.•mi—  D.  C.  Richmond,  Geo.  Weltz, 
N.  Cmtuor.  W.  J.  Townsend,  IV.  K.  Kipton. 

Dalrvmen'*  ronvemioim.— We  call  attention 
to  notices  of  Dairymen's  Conventions  in  onr 
Dairy  Department,  which  were  unavoidably 
crowded  out  of  our  last  number.  These  meet¬ 
ings  are  important.  We  wish  our  friends  would 
send  such  notices  at  an  earlier  dato  than  they 
usually  do. 

Middle  hope,  X.  V.,  Fruit-Grower*’  Woe. — Offi¬ 
cers  elect  for  187.1 :  Pres.— John  8.  Purdy. 
Vicc-l’rest'g— Nathaniel  Barns,  Jr.,  J.  0.  Conk¬ 
lin.  Sec.— T.  S.  Force.  Treat).— D.  H.  Merritt. 

E. v-Com.—H.  A.  Holmes.  H.  G.  Northrup,  W.  D. 
Barns,  W.  H.  Wood,  C.  G.  Fowler. 

Merrimack  Go.,  X.  II..  A  it.  Soc.— The  follow¬ 
ing  are  the  officers  elect  for  1873:— Pres.— Aaron 
Whittemore,  Pembroke,  Vtcc-Prce.—C.  If.  Car¬ 
penter.  Chichester.  .Sec.— Walter  A.  WebBter, 
Concord.  Treat.— J ©bn  C.  Webster,  Concord. 

Concord,  X.  II,.  Hurl.  Hoc.— Officers  elect  for 
1873 ;  Free  -Charles  S.  Eastman.  Vice-Pres'te. 
—John  D.  Teel  and  Calvin  Eaton.  Sec.  and  Treats. 

Frederick  8.  Crawford.  Trustees.— A.  T.  San¬ 
ger,  A.  Leavens.  D.  F.  Lee  o  mb. 

Mrrrbnac  Go.,  X.  II.,  Yg.  Hoc.— Officers  elect 
for  1873:  Free.  —  Aaron  Whittemore,  Pem¬ 
broke.  Vice~Pres,—t J.  If.  Carpenter,  Concord. 
Sec.— Walter  A.  Webster,  Concord.  Treas.— 
John  C.  Webster,  Concord. 

The  Central  Bee-Keepers’  Ans’n  of  Iowa 
holds  its  annual  meeting  at  Cedar  Rapids  on 
Jan.  15. 


TO  MAKE  SAUSAQES. 

To  an  eight-quart  pan  of  ground  meat  add 
six  table-spoonfuls  of  salt,  five  of  sifted  sage 
and  five  of  pepper.  Set  the  pan  on  a  grate 
or  brick  m  the  oven,  so  as  not  to  burn  on  the 
bottom,  and  when  warm  enough  to  mix 
easily,  thoroughly  mix  and  stuff  in  bugs  or 
skins.  if  to  be  kept  in  warm  weather,  add 
more  salt. — Mrs.  N.  B. 


We  know  a  housewife 
who  uses  one — abandoned  the  pounder  for  it, 
and  couhl  not  be  induced  to  return  to  it  under 
any  consideration ;  indeed,  she  has  not  used 
a  pounder  for  years.  Cannot  some  of  the 
Rural  housewives  tell  abetter  and  quicker 
way  of  washing  than  that  given  above? 


LETTER-BOX, 


JELLY  CAKE. 

IVe  have  an  inquiry  for  a  recipe  for  jelly 
ike.  Mrs.  N.  B.  supplies  it  as  follows: 
One  cup  of  sugar,  three  table-spoonfuls  of 

sew 

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Will  you  not  continue  to  give  illustrations 
of  pretty  things  that  may  be  made  by  farm¬ 
ers’  girls  with  which  to  ornament  their  own 
rooms  or  please  their  friends  ?  Mary  G.  F. 

Certainly  wc  will ;  and  we  give  herewith 
a  letter-box  (see  Figure  1).  The  frame  is  made 
of  mill-board  and  covered  with  thin  leather, 
velvet,  silk,  or  even  heavy  velvet  paper.  A 
beading  of  stamped  leather  or  gimp  is  laid 
all  around  the  edge.  The  medallion  for  the 
center  is  worked  on  white  satin  in  blue  and 
gold,  or  in  colors  harmonizing  with  the 
foundation.  In  the  back  a  calendar  is  in¬ 
serted.  The  foundation  can  be  made  of  wood 
plained  very  thin.  Any  ingenious  person  can 
readily  adapt  the  illustration  to  whatever 
material  they  may  happen  to  have.  It 
makes  a  very  pretty  and  very  useful  present. 
Figure  2  represents  the  medallion  for  the 
letter-box  in  detail. 


Medallion  for  Letxer  Box— Fig.  2. 
butter,  one  tea-spoonful  of  baking  powder, 
one  cup  of  Hour,  three  eggs.  Bake  in  three 
round  pie  tins.” 


TO  TELL  GOOD  FLOUR  FROM  POOR. 

In  a  late  Rural  New-Yorker  I  notice  an 
inquiry  from  Cornelia  E.,  asking  how  to  tell 
good  flour  from  poor.  The  following  rules, 
taken  from  the  Minnesota  Journal  of  Com¬ 
merce,  some  rime  since,  are  very  highly 
recommended  by  leading  flour  dealers  here 
as  being  infallible:— First  look  at  the  color;  if 
it  is  very  white,  with  yellowish  or  straw- 
colored  tint,  buy  it,  If  St  is  very  white,  with 
a  bluish  cast,  or  with  white  specks  in  it,  re¬ 
fuse  it.  Examine  its  adhesiveness;  wet  and 
knead  a  little  of  it  between  your  lingers;  if  it 
works  soft  and  sticky,  it  is  poor.  Tltrow  a 
little  lump  of  dry  flour  against  a  dry,  smooth, 
perpendicular  surface;  if  it  falls  like  powder, 
it  is  bad.  Squeeze  some  of  the  llaur  in  your 
hand;  if  it  retains  the  shape  given  by  the 
pressure,  that,  too,  is  a  good  sign.  Flour  that 
will  stand  all  these  tests  it  is  safe  to  buy. — 
E.  A.  Owen,  Elgin  Co.,  Out. 


DO  BEES  INJURE  GRAPES  1 


Correspondents  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  have  discussed  this  subject  in  exten- 
so,  generally  uniting  in  testifying  that  they 
do;  but  hero  couimGeo.  IT.  Campbell,  Dela¬ 
ware,  O..  an  extensive  grape  grower,  who 
writes  the  Ohio  Farmer  as  follows; — “The 
point  which  I  wished  to  establish  was, 
whether  honey  bees  were  justly  classed 
among  the  grape  destroying  insects,  or 
whether  they  simply  utilize'  t  he  juices  of  the 
grape  by  appropriating  what  would  other¬ 
wise  have-  been  lost  after  the  skin  of  the  ber¬ 
ries  had  been  broken  by  some  other  agency. 

I  have,  up  to  this  time,  been  wholly  unable  to 
ascertain  that  t  hey  ever  attack  a  sound,  un¬ 
broken  grape,  and  believe  t  hey  have  acquired 
t  his  reputation  only  by  reason  of  being  some¬ 
times  found  in  bad  company.  The  wasp  is 
furnished  with  a  powerful  and  efficient  saw¬ 
toothed  cutting  apparatus,  with  which,  the 


TO  MAKE  A  RUSTIC  FRAME. 

see  inquiries  in  the  Rural  which  I  an¬ 
swer;— Take  four  strips  of  pastboard,  an  inch 
and  o-half  wide,  and  make  it  the  size  of  the 
picture  to  be  framed.  Take  some  gilt  paper 


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which  microscopic  photograms  are  to  be  sent 
by  the  aid  of  compressed  air.  These  photo¬ 
grams  were  used  for  messages  in  Paris  during 
the  siege,  and  can  now  be  made  day  or  night 
by  the  aid  of  electric  light. 


LIBERAL  PREMIUMS  TO  CLUB  AGENTS! 


EOSIN  IN  NEW  MEXICO. 

You  will  sec  that  New  York  is  too  far  off 
from  us  to  ever  amount  to  much,  notwith¬ 
standing  we  buy  nearly  everything  we  eat. 
drink,  and  wear  from  the  Eastern  cities,  and 
principally  from  your  burgh  ;  and,  with  the 
trifling  exception  of  a  little,  wool,  sheep 
skins,  dry  hides,  and  red  pepper,  wo  sell 
nothing,  we  manufacture  nothing,  wo  open 
and  work  no  mines,  farm  but  little,  graze  but 
little,  work  but,  little,  and  steal  all  that  is  out 
of  sight  .  Our  populat  ion  is  composed  mainly 
of  the  most  ignorant,  degraded,  and  worth 
less  set  of  people,  both  Americans  and  Mex 
icans,  with  a  few  exceptions  of  both  races, 
to  be  found  on  the  face  of  the  whole  globe. 

The  result  is,  we  are  the  poorest,  people  in 
the  world,  living  from  hand  to  mouth, 
lounging  on  the  sunny  side  of  the  house 
waiting  for  something  to  turn  up,  with  im¬ 
mense  fields  of  minerals — gold,  silver,  copper, 
etc  —lying  idlo  and  unworked  for  the  want 
of  industry  and  enterprise  :  vast  extents  of 
the  finest  grazing  lands  in  tho  world,  capable 
of  supporting  millions  of  horses  years  and 
years,  Winter  and  Summer,  almost  entirely 
unoccupied  :  water  power  without  limit ;  the 
best  of  farming  lands  in  great  abundance  ; 
and  yet  we  are  comparatively  unknown,  ex- 


MOORE’S  RURAL  STILL  AHEAD 

In  Liberality  to  both  Agents  and  Subscribers ! 

READ,  LEARN  AND  ACT! 


MEDICAL  PROPERTIES  OF  THE  TOMATO. 

There  may,  perhaps,  he  some  foundation 
for  an  assertion  which  lias  been  lately  several 
t  unes  related,  that,  the  Tomato  Is  an  efilcient 
“  deobstruent, whatever  that  may  be,  and 
will  be  a  useful  substitute  for  calomel  by  rea¬ 
son  of  its  gentle  action  on  the  liver.  It  is 
said  to  be  a  useful  and  harmless  remedial 
agent  in  biliary  obstruction,  and  is  described 
ms  “almost  a  sovereign  remedy  for  dyspepsia 
and  indigestion” — obviously  an  exaggeration, 
perhaps  a  misstatement.  It  has  been  tested 
in  cases  of  cough,  and  succeeded  ;  so  have 
many  thousand  remedies.  There  is  little  or 
no  positive  evidence,  in  its  favor  ;  but  enough 
of  positive  assert  ion  and  probable  virtue  to 
make  it  worth  the  attention  of  experimental 
pharmacologist  s,  It  may  he  used  not  only  as 
an  article  of  materia  mcdica,  but  bas  the  ad¬ 
vantage  of  being  an  agreeable  item  in  the 
materia  nlimentaHa. — Lancet. 


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EDUCATION  AS  A  MEANS  OF  HEALTH. 

In  a  remarkable  paper  ou  “  The  influence 
of  Inheritance  upon  tho  Curability  of  Nervous 
Diseases,”  which  appears  in  tho  Practitioner 
for  October,  Dr.  Francis  F.  Anstie,  the  edi 
tor,  urges  a  proper  education  on  the  greatest 
prophylactic  which  he  sees  any  reason  to 
hop©  for,  in  dealing  with  and  uprooting  he¬ 
reditary  neurotic  diseases.  The  main  direc¬ 
tions  which  this  education  should  take  are 
thus  summed  by  him: 

1.  The  supply  of  a  nufcrilition  for  young 
children  practically  unlimited  except,  by  tho 
powers  of  digestion  and  assimilation,  and  the 
adoption  of  every  plun  (and  especially  gradu¬ 
ated,  but  not  excessively  fatigueing,  gymnos 
tics)  which  may  tend  to  increase  both  appe¬ 
tite  and  digestion. 

2.  Tho  careful  avoidance  of  mental  and 
spiritual  training,  which  would  tend  to  gen¬ 
erate  self-consciousness  and  the  habit  of  un¬ 
real  emotion. 

3.  The  strict,  insistaneo  upon  a  largo  allow¬ 
ance  of  sleep  for  children  who  are  approach¬ 
ing  the  epoch  of  puberty. 

•1.  Watchfulness  of  tho  most  unremitting 
kind  against  the  possible  formation  of  bad 
habits,  in  conversation  or  act  .  with  regard  to 
sexual  matters. 


SPECIFIC  PREMIUMS, 

TERMS,  to,  TOR  MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER  FOR  1873. 

OX*EN  'I'O  EVEHYBODY.  i 

AGRICULTURAL  MACHINES,  IMPLEMENTS,  &c. 

1  Walter  A.  Wood's  Now  Iron  Mower . . . 

2-  Excelsior  Lawn  Mower...,,  . . .  •• 

3- Ameriean  Hay  Tedder,  (Ames  Plow  Co.) . 

4 - Sessions  &  Knox's  Cast  Steel  Plow . 

5  Holbrook's  Premium  Horse  Hoe . 

6—  “  Regulator  Seed  Drill . . 

7—  “  Hand  Cultivator..,., . . 

8  44  Swivel  Plow .  . 

9  Cahoon's  Hand  Broadcast  Seed  Sower . 

10—  Blanchard’s  Premium  Churn . 

SEWING  AND  KNITTING  MACHINES. 

11—  Weed  Sewing  Machine . 

12—  Lamb  Knitting  Machine . 

13—  Bickford  Knitting  Machine  . 

WASHING  MACHINES  AND  WRINGERS. 

14—  Continental  Washing  Machine,... . . . 

15—  Universal  Wringer . 7? . 

1G  -Novelty  “  . 

17— Colby  **  . . .  . 

GOLD  AND  SILVER  WATCHES. 

18  Gold  Watch,  Hunting  Case,  (U.  S.  Watch  Co.’s  Make,)  Stem  Winder,  Expansion  Bal 

ance,  15  Jewels,  Stamped  “Rural  New-Yorker,  A” . 

19- Gold  Watch,  Hunting  Case,  (U.  S.  Watch  Co.,)  Stamped  “Rural  New-Yorker,  B."... 

20 _ _  k*  44  44  44 

21—  Silver  Watoh,  4  oz.  Hunting  Case,  “  “  “  D,!I  4 

22—  “  3  oz.  “  “  *  “  E.”.. 

23—  “  2  oz.  “  “  t  “  E - 

24—  “  2  oz.  1  “  “  “  “  G.”.. 

25— Ladies’  Gold  Watch,  “  Swiss,  (Giles,  Wales  &.  Co.,  Importers)  . . 

26—  “  Silver  14  “  “  “  “  . 

SILVER-PLATED  WARE  AND  GOLD  JEWELRY. 

27— One  Dozen  Double  Plated  Tea  Spoons,  (Reed  &  Barton) . 

28—  “  "  Table  Spoons.  "  . 

29—  “  “  Dining  Forks,  “  . , . 

30—  One  Silver  Plated  Castor,  “  . 

31—  44  44  “  Cake  Basket;  ‘J  . 

32—  41  M  *  Fruit  Stand,  “  . 

33 — One-half  Dozen  Silver  Plated  Napkin  Rings,  “  . 

34— 511  ver  Plated  Tea  Set.  C  Pieces,  “  . v . 

35—  “  Sutter  Dish,  “  . 

36  -One-half  Dozen  Silver  Plated  Table  Knives.  44  . 


By  the  way,  I  have  launched  out  into  tho 
manufacture  of  soap,  rosin,  and  turpentine, 
without  any  knowledge  of  either  ;  succeeded 
in  making  soap  by  getting  out  it  soap  boiler 
from  tho  States  to  do  it  for  me  ;  have  40,000 
trees  tapped  (after  I  found  1  couldn’t  roast  it 
out  of  pine  knots)  for  the  purpose  of  making 
rosin.  Tried  to  make  turpentine  by  using  an 
old  banged-up  copper  distil  kettle  with  no 
cap  (1  stopped  up  tho  mouth  with  a  wooden 
stopper,  and  only  succeeded  in  getting  about 
25  per  cent,  pure  turpentine).  W il  I  you  please 
ask  some  of  your  Southern  subscribers,  en¬ 
gaged  in  the  business,  to  tell  me  through  the 
Rural  Nbw  Yorker,  or  by  letter,  how  tho 
tiling  is  done  ?  May  be  somebody  else  would 
liko  to  engage  in  the  business,  and  then  there 
would  be  two  of  us  accommodated.  There 
are  probably  as  many  as  seven  copies  of  your 
paper  taken  in  this  Territory,  which,  you 
know,  would  entitle  us  to  some  considera¬ 
tion! 

The  friend  who  is  going  to  give  the  infor¬ 
mation  wanted  will  know  about  what  I  need 
when  I  tell  him  that  I  first  tried  to  make 
rosin  by  boiling  down  tar ;  then  by  roasting 
it  out  of  pine  knots  in  a  furnace;  then  by 
tapping  trees  and  using  tho  crude  turpentine 
instead  of  rosin;  but  I.  found  after  a  while 
that  thero  was  turpentine  in  the  stuff.  The 
coming  year  1  want  to  do  a  little  sometiiing 
in  that  line.  I  want  to  know  what  kind  of 
kettles  arc  used,  and  how  to  make  the  stuff 
stay  in  a  barrel  when  you  get  it;  also  what 
makes  the  different  qualities  of  rosin,  and 
how  it  is  that  wo  don’t  get  No.  1,  pale,  or 
virgin  dip  every  time.  But  he’ll  know  what 
I  want  to  know. 

Hoping  that  I  have  not  annoyed  you  and 
lost  an  hour  and  a  half  when  I  might  have 
been  asleep  and  probably  have  dreamed  all 
about  the  tiling,  I  beg  leave  to  remain,  as 
ever,  yours  truly,  J.  b.  c. 

Fort  Union,  Now  Mexico, 


VACCINATION  AND  REVACCINATION. 

Tub  following  statistics  aro  probably  the 
most  reliable  and  instructive  of  any  of  the 
kind  ever  published,  and  aro  well  worth  lieed- 
offlcial  report  made  on  the 


ing.  From 
subject,  It  appears  that  in  the.  army  of  Bava¬ 
ria  revaccination  has  been  compulsory  since 
1343;  and  from  tliat  date  until  1857— a  period 
of  1 1  years,  not  a  single  case  of  unmodified 
small-pox  occurred,  nor  a  single  death  from 
the  disease.  Of  the  nearly  50,000  revaccina¬ 
tions  in  the  Prussian  army,  only  about  one- 
third  were  perfectly  successful— resembling, 
t  hat  is,  tho  result  of  a  primary  vaccination 
st>  closely  as  scarcely  to  be  distinguished  from 
it;  and  tltc  remaining  two-thirds  being  more 
or  less  modified,  or  failing  entirely.  In  con¬ 
nection  with  these  facts,  the  statement  is  al- 
s  >  made  that  the  distinguished  English  vac¬ 
cinators — Dr.  Marsou,  iu  -10,000  vaccinations; 
Dr.  Sveeso,  in  as  many  more;  Sir  YVm.  Jen- 
nor,  in  the  cases  of  13,000  sick  children  and 
adults  in  London;  und  Dr,  West  of  the  Chil¬ 
dren’s  Hospital,  as  to  20,000  eluldren — all  con¬ 
cur  by  saying  that  they  have  never  seen  any 
other  disease  t  han  tliat.  of  vaccination  com¬ 
municating  with  the  vaccine. 


37—  One  Gold  Finger  Ring,  (Howard  &  Co.)  1*1 .  f 

38—  Gold  Studs,  Set  of  Tfireo,  “  L*J . ,  .  ® 

39—  44  Initial  Sleeve  Buttons,  one  Pair,  (Howard  &  Co.)  [*1 .  10  zo 

GOLD  PENS,  GOLD  AND  SILVER  PENCIL  CASES. 

40— Gold  Pen,  Ebony  Holder  &  Box,  for  Cents,  No.  6,  (Geo.  F.  Hawkes’)  [*] .  5  12 

41—  44  Silver  Extension  Case  and  Pencil,  44  “4  * 

42—  4  Ebony  Holder  and  Box,  for  Ladies4,  No.  4,  44  *J .  3  10 

43—  44  Gold  and  Ebony  Extension  Holder,  44  .*  . .  3  50  10 

44—  Gold  Paragon  Pencil  Case,  Chased,  44  *  .  3  10 

45—  . with  Ivory  Slide,  *  .  *  \2. 

46  -  44  Charm  44  “  for  Ladies’,  L*J .  3  50  11 

HARDWARE,  CUTLERY,  &c. 

47— Sampson’s  Portable  Platform  Scale,  on  Rollers,  14x22,  400  lbs .  26  40 

v  “  -  44  17x25,  1,000  44  .  40  60 

49— One  Dozen  Hard  Rubber  Handle  Table  Knives,  (Meriden  Cutlery  Co,) . .• . 

50  —  44  41  Dessert  44  . . .  °  *;> 

51—  One  Hard  Rubber  Handlo  Carver,  Fork  and  Steel,  **  5  12 

52—  Pocket  Knife,  4  Blades,  Tortoise  Shell  Handle,  (H.  W.  King  &  Co.) .  3  10 

53—  Novelty  Knife  for  Girls  and  Boys,  Tortoise  Shell  Handle  (.*] .  1  50 

MUSICAL  INSTRUMENTS. 

54—  Smith’s  American  Organ,  No.  2 . 125  125 

55—  Dun  ham  Plano .  . .  .  625  7  50 

AGRICULTURAL  BOOKS,  BIBLES,  DICTIONARIES,  &c. 

5g — Agricultural  Books,  to  be  Selected  from  our  List, .  0  25 

57  Practical  Dairy  Husbandry,  (by  X.  A.  Willard)  [♦] .  3 

58-  “  Shepherd,  (by  It.  S.  Randall)  |*J . _  . .  2  10 

59 - People's  Practical  Poultry  Rook,  (by  Witi.  M.  Lewis)  [*] .  l  50  10 

60- Money  In  the  Garden,  (by  P.  T.  Guinn)  [*1 .  . .  ••••••••• —  '  50 

Cl  -Potter's  Pictorial  Family  Bible,  with  Marriage  Certificate,  &c.,  (Morocco,  Full  Gilt) —  12  25 

62  Webster’s  Pictorial  Dictionary .  . .  . 

44  UnBhruin^ii  *k  t..  ..*.••••  . . . . 

64 —  Conant's  Patent  Newspaper  Binder,  (size  of  Rurai  New-Yorker  for  1872,)  [♦] .  1  25  10 

MISCELLANEOUS  ARTICLES. 

65—  New  Horizontal  Toy  Steam  Engine,  (Colby  Bros.  &  Co.) .  3  50  10 

66—  Pearl  Mounted  Photograph  Album .  ........ .  .  . 

67 — Gardner's  Patent  Portable  Book  Case  and  Writing  Desk,  Combined .  it  20 

68—  Ladles’  and  Misses*  Morocco  Belt  and  Bag .  . . ••  •* . 

1ST  The  articles  designated  thus  UJ  are  flPnt'  by  mull,  post-paid. 

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PREPARING  COD  LIVE8  OIL  FOR  PATIENTS. 

The  difficulty  of  overcoming  the  nauseating 
qualities  of  cod  liver  oil  has  attracted  the  at¬ 
tention  of  many  pharmaceutists,  among  oth¬ 
ers  of  M.  Tissier,  who  has  lately*  published  the 
results  of  his  experiments.  He  takes  of  white 
gelatin  4  parts,  25  parts  of  distilled  water,  the 
same  of  simple  sirup,  and  50  parts  of  refined 
powdered  sugar.  The  gelatin  is  heated  in  a 
water  bath,  with  the  water  and  sirup,  till 
dissolved,  the  cod  liver  oil  and  sugar  being 
mixed  in  a  mortar;  the  two  compounds  are 
then  stirred  together,  and  the  stirring  con¬ 
tinued  till  the  mixture,  is  cold.  It  will  then 
appear  as  a  gelatinous  mass,  and  powdered 
sugar  is  then  added  till  a  firm  paste  is  made, 
which,  after  being  out  into  small  pieces,  is 
left  to  become  so  hard  as  to  be  easily  granu¬ 
lated  in  a  mortar.  The  second  addition  of 
powdered  sugar  will  bring  the  quantity  up  to 
250  parts,  of  which  20  per  cent,  will  bo  cod 
liver  oil.  It  is  to  be  kept  in  a  tightly  stop¬ 
pered  bottle. 


AN  UNKNOWN  PLANET  ACTUALLY  SEEN. 

John  H.  Tice,  St.  Louis,  Mo,,  writes  the 
Scientific  American,  that  in  tho  latter  half 
of  September,  18651,  he  saw  a  planet  pass  over 
the  disc  of  the  sun.  Ho  first  saw  it  about 
nine  o’clock,  his  attention  being  called  to  it 
by  some  boys  who  were  looking  at  the  sun 
through  a  smoked  glass.  It  was  then  on  the 
eastern  limit,  of  the  sun,  and  its  apparent 
diameter  was  about  2)/  inches.  It  took 
about  two  hours  for  it  to  pass  over  the  sun. 


SUBMARINE  POST  BETWEEN  FRANCE  AHD  ENGLAND. 

It  is  proposed  to  construct  a  submarine 
tube  between  France  and  England  through 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


-JAW.  4 


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THE  NEW  YEAR  1873. 


IVe  greet  old  friends  and  a  groat  many  new  j 
ones  as  we  send  out  the  first  loaves-  of  onr  RU¬ 
RAL  Book  of  Record  for  the  year  dawning.  We 
do  not  need  to  tell  our  old  friends  what  the 
oharaotor  apt!  purpose  of  this  Record  is,  or  is  to 
be.  We  have  too  many  assurances  of  confidence 
in  its  correctness,  impartiality  and  independ¬ 
ence  from  them  to  feel  it  necessary  that  any 
prospectus  should  be  put  forth.  And  we  scarcely 
ricod  say  a  word  to  our  now  friend*,  except  to 
point  to  the  contents  of  this  Issue— not  com¬ 
plete  by  any  means,  for  many  departments  to 
which  we  give  place  in  t  he  course  of  the  year 
wiih  the  purpose  of  covering  all  the  branches 
ol  Rural  Husbandry,  are  necessarily  omitted  in 
this  number  and  rc-assert  that  It  Is  our  aim  to 
keep  fully  abreast  with  al)  Progress  and  Im¬ 
provement  In  Agriculture.  Horticulture  and 
related  interests— to  meet  our  readers  half-way. 
listen  to  their  wants,  experiences  and  opinions, 
and  give  them  opportuniiy  for  expressing  the 
same  through  onr  columns  •  to  supply  those 
wants  for  Information  so  far  a-s  it  may  bo  in  our 
power  ot  in  the  power  ol  our  correspondent!*— 
making  the  Ritual  New-  Yon keh  a  cosmopoli¬ 
tan  medium  for  the  interchange  ol  the  knowl¬ 
edge  and  experience  of  Its  readers — in  other 
words,  a  huge  Agricultural  and  Horticultural 
Club— wherein  all  may  find  place  to  ask  ques¬ 
tions  and  give  answers  to  Inquiries. 

This  much  in  brief  concerning  the  Rurai.’s 
province  and  purpose:  added,  we  express  the 
earnest  desire  that  all  who  may  want  to  know 
what  they  do  not  know  will  ask  for  such  Infor¬ 
mation  as  they  desire  through  the  Rural.  If 
we  can  answer  such  questions  in  a  reliable 
manner  and  from  the  resources  of  our  own 
knowledge  and  experience,  wo  will  do  so : 
otherwise,  we  will  publish  the  inquiry,  and  our 
intelligent  correspondents— pro  bono  publico-,  or 
with  the  hope  of  receiving  reciprocal  benefits—  i 
will  do  It  for  us. 

We  need  add  little  more  under  this  head. 
The  New  Year  Is  to  be,  for  nil  of  us,  in  a  large 
degree,  what  we  make  it.  The  important  first 
pari  is  to  start  right,  with  well-considered  and 
matured  plana  and  work  to  them  with  fidelity,  i 
only  modifying  them  as  necessity,  or  clrcum-  I 
stances  w  o  cannot  control,  compel  us  to  do  so. 
But  plans  are  necessary— as  necessary  to  the 
farmer  as  to  the  ship-builder  or  the  landscape 
gardener.  There  should  be  a  complete  concep¬ 
tion  of  the  work  to  be  accomplished  during 
the  year,  of  the  manner  In  which  it  should  be 
accomplished,  and  a  careful  inventory  of  the 
means  available  with  which  to  accomplish  it. 
lienee,  these  first  days  should  be  devoted  to 
finding  out  the  present  condition  of  things,  the 
resources  available,  the  capital  stock,  and  start¬ 
ing  with  a  new  set  of  books  that  shall  show 
what  every  crop,  animal  and  person  on  the  farm 
costs,  and  what  return  each,  respectively,  yields 
a’  the  close  ol  the  year. 

In  this  way  leaks  will  be  stopped,  practice 
will  be  modified  or  changed  altogether,  a  new  | 


insight  into  the  requirements  of  the  farmer 
from  a  business  point  of  view  obtained,  and  the 
relations  of  the  farmer  to  men  engaged  In  other 
Industries  more  clearly  defined  and  better  un¬ 
derstood. 

We  unite  with  our  readers  in  the  hope  that 
the  coming  season  may  he  more  prosperous  to 
them  than  the  past— that  their  garners  may 
[  be  filled  and  their  purses  replenished  with  the 
|  proceeds  of  their  Industry— that  their  homes 
j  may  be  the  abode  of  prosperity,  peace  and  unal- 
I  loyed  happiness,  and  that  the  fruitions  of  the 
year  may  aggregate  a  glorious  harvest  of  enjoy¬ 
ment  and  a  higher  and  nobler  manhood  and 
womanhood  to  all  our  readers. 

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AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  FARMERS’  CLUB. 

The  New  York  weekly  political  papers  give 
less  attention,  In  their  Agricultural  Depart¬ 
ments,  to  t  he  American  Institute  Farmers'  Club 
than  at  any  lime  for  several  years.  The  weekly 
meetingv  of  the  Club  seem  to  have  a  smaller  at¬ 
tendance,  and  to  possess  leas  Interest,  than 
usual.  The  Club  has  been  the  occasion  for  many 
.  witticism*,  and,  undoubtedly,  ha* Bent  out  many 
I  foolish  savings:  but,  oo  the  whole,  Its  influence 
has  been  for  good,  and  we  should  he  sorry  to  sec 
it  die.  If  it,  should  expire,  we  suspect  a  coroner’s 
jury  would  find  a  verdict  of— death  from  too 
I  much  ax-grindlng,  complicated  with  other  dis¬ 
orders. 

We  copy  tin,  above  paragraph  from  the  West¬ 
ern  Farmer.  The  meet  ing*  of  t  he  Club  continue 
to  be  held,  and  will  doubtless  continue,  so  long 
as  two  or  three  can  be  got  toget  her  in  Its  name, 
and  as  there  is  a  paper  that  will  publish  Its  pro¬ 
ceedings  In  detail.  We  are  quite  willing  It 
should  be  so.  But  the  members  of  the  Agricul¬ 
tural  lTess  generally.  In  This  city,  do  not  need 
to  take  their  letters  ol'  Inquiry  there  for  answer; 
and  most  of  the  letters  read  and  commented 
upon  there  ha  ve  been  furnished  by  the  city  press 
from  their  own  correspondents— not  all.  to  be 
sure,  tmt  the  large  bulk  of  them.  It,  has  come 
to  pass  that  the  profound  agricultural  knowl¬ 
edge  of  most  of  the  talkers  of  this  Club  Is  not 
deemed  essential  to  the  salvation  of  the  readers 
ot  these  papers,  and  those  whose  talk  is  worth  J 
printing  are  employed  to  furnish  It  direct  to  the 
papers,  ami  are  paid  for  doing  so;  the  papers 
that  are  not  willing  to  pay  for  such  Informat  ion 
for  their  readers  exclusively,  are  of  course  inter¬ 
ested  in  the  discussion  of  topic*  by  the  Club, 
which  Is  proper  and  legitimate.  Of  course  the 
Club  has  done  good  a  great,  deal  of  It;  and  a 
groat  deal  of  harm,  too,  by  its  ax -grinding  opera¬ 
tions.  We  fancy  the  Rural  Nkw-Yohkek  1ms 
had  something  to  do  with  stopping  the  use  ol 
the  Club’s  grindstone  by  these  men  with  dull 
axes.  Again,  the  papers  have  applied  the  brake 
more  than  they  used  to,  and  do  not  insert  all 
the  advertisements  read  before  the  Club  “free 
gratis.”  ” ThlngB  ain’t  as  they  used  to  was." 
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RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 

lien.  Butler  and  the  Seed  Law. — In  our  issue 
of  Dee.  23  we  noticed  the  restoration  of 
tho  old  postal  law  which  permits  packages  of 
bulbs,  seeds,  plants,  cuttings,  etc.,  of  four  pound 
weight  ,  to  go  through  the  malls  at  the  rate  of 
two  cents  for  four  ounces.  Wc  notice  that  some 
of  the  agricultural  press  are  h<vpufiing  Gen. 
Butler  for  having  got  this  bill  through .  This 
is  in  accord  with  a  bargain  which  a  prominent  , 
New  England  seedsman  Is  said  to  have  made  j 
with  Uptler  tlm.  if  lie  got  the  bill  through 
speedily,  ho  should  receive  the  plaudits  of  (lie 
Agricultural  Press  of  the  country,  which  would 
bo  very'  precious  to  him  as  a  politician.  Now, 
we  happen  to  know  that  he  (llUTLBtt)  had  pre¬ 
cious  little  to  do  with  the  bill ;  and  we  can  state  I 
exactly  what  he  did  tio.  The  bill  was  drawn  by 
John  Hill,  M.  0.,  from  New  Jersey,  a  member  j 
of  the  House  Fost-Qllice  Committee ;  through  ! 
his  efforts  it  was  reported  to  the  Bouse  at  once, 
passed  a  second  reading,  was  referred  to  the 
Committee,  again  reported,  and  then  Gon.  Bux- 
LLU  moved  a  suspension  ol  the  rules,  that  it  be 
passed,  and  it  was  passed.  We  don’t 
propose  to  puff  Mr.  Hill  for  doing  what 
it  was  Bliuply  his  duty  to  do,  and,  un¬ 
doing  what  that  Committee  disgracefully  did  a 
year  ago,  when  they  (unintentionally  perhaps) 
so  amended  the  law  as  to  seriously  affect  the 
industrial  Interests  ol  the  people.  Nor  are  we 
going  to  allow  a  politician  like  Gen.  Butler. 
(for  whose  ability  we  have  much  resiwclj  lo 
make  capital  through  the  columns  of  the  Agri¬ 
cultural  Press  by  claiming  merits  t  hat  are  not 
his.  We  commend  this  statement  to  the  atten¬ 
tion  of  our  Brethren  of  the  Press  who  are  be¬ 
ing  duped  by  the  representations  of  Butler’s. 
friends  who  made  the  bargain  with  him  alluded 
to,  and  of  whom  lie  is  exacting  a  fulfillment  of 
the  contract  on  their  part  in  payment  for  wliat 
he  did  not  do.  J 

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City's  Bane,  but  Country’s  Blessing,— What? 
The  •  beautiful  snow!"  so  bountifully  vouch-  I 
sated  us  ol  late.  The  great  snow  storm  ot  Dec. 
20th  was  reckoned  a  bane  In  New  York  and 
ot  her  large  cities,  but  it  will  prove  a  blessing  tn  jj 
the  country— in  covering  and  protecting  the 
•  wheat  fields  of  America,"  and  also  proving  [ 
beneficial  as  the  "  poor  man’s  manure.'  All 
who  understand  tho  benefits  of  snow  upon  soil 
will  appreciate  this  assertion,  and  admit  that 
wliat  is  a  bane  to  the  city  is  a  blessing— a  God¬ 
send  to  the  country.  And  hence,  notwith¬ 
standing  tho  temporary  inconvenience,  and 
oven  suffering,  of  city  people,  we  thank  Heaven 
for  the  great  white  fleece  which  has  recently 
covered  the  surface  of  the  country.  It  will 
enrich,  or  at  least  aid,  thousands  upon  thousands 


of  husbandmen  in  the  harvest  time.  Thanks 
for  the  beautiful,  bountiful  snow  I 

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Encournging  Homo  Industry.  We  see  it  stated 
that  '  the  women  of  Columbus,  Ga.,  have  dis¬ 
carded  silks  and  satins,  and  arc  wearing  the 
plaids  and  checks  manufactured  in  that  city. ’ 
All  hail,  Columbus  women!  If  the  women  of 
|  the  South  will  do  that  sort  of  thing,  and  help  to 
make  the  plaids  and  checks  they  wear,  the 
South  will  soon  be  released  from  tho  thraldom 
in  which  it  is  now  hold  by  Its  dependence  for 
I  revenue  upon  cotton  exports.  We  should  re¬ 
joice  if  men  and  women  North  and  South,  East 
and  West,  would  adopt  the  policy  of  encourag¬ 
ing  and  protecting  American  Industry’,  by  wear¬ 
ing  only  American  goods,  and  using  only  Amer¬ 
ican  manufact  ures.  If  farmers  alone  would  do 
tbis,  it  would  do  more  to  release  them  from  the 
power  ol  railway  monopolies,  by  building  up 
home  markets,  .than  can  he  accomplished  by  j 
passing  denunciatory  resolutions  from  now  un-  j 
til  Gabriel’s  trump  shall  sound. 


Cousin  Johnnie's  Good  Example. — The  young 
lady  who  contributes  to  our  Juvenile  Depart¬ 
ment  over  the  signature  of  “Cousin  Johnnie  ‘ 
has  set,  an  example  In  another  line  which  we 
trust  will  be  speedily  followed  by  thousands  of 
young  folks  and  other  wide-awake  people.  She 
is  forming  a  fine  club  for  the  Rural— mostly 
new  subscribers  at  Mattawan.N.. I.,  and  remit¬ 
ted  $03.00  with  her  first  list.  Good  for  “  Cousin 
Johnnie  1"  She  shall  have  the  Rewing  Machine, 
“and  more  too.”  How  many  will  do  likewise, 
and  thus  help  tho  Rural  and  benefit  tbem- 
siplvcs  and  their  neighbors? 

Just  as  we  finished  writing  the  above  we 
were  handed  another  letter  from  “Cousin 
Johnnie,’’ containing  seventeen  names  for  the 
Rural  and  Premium  Engraving  and  $42.50.  C. 
J.  is  now  “  better  than  good." 

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Jlcurty  Appreciation  of  the  It  urn  I . — A  long- 
tipne  and  very  efficient  Agent-Friend  Mr.  J.  D. 
F.  Woolston  of  Cortland  County,  N.  A’.,  in 
sending  us  tho  first,  Installment  of  his  Club  for 
JA73,  writes : — “  While  reading  the  poem  entitled 
The  Rural,  republished  in  a  late  number  from 
a  former  volume,  it  brought  to  my  mind  the 
very  many  good  pieces  J  had  read  in  the  good 
old  Rural.  The  tears  earne  welling  up  from  a 
grateful  heart,  and  I  promised  myself  to  heartily 
1  hank  you  and  say  that  1  believe  I  am  a  more 
intelligent  man,  a  better  son,  husband,  parent, 
citizen  and  farmer,  for  loading  the  Rural 
New-Yorker,  these  many  long  years.”  Such 
appreciation  stimulates  us  to  renewed  efforts  to 
r  ender  this  Journal  Increasingly  useful  and  en¬ 
tertaining  to  all  whom  it  roaches. 

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The  Design  for  a  Innn  House,  given  on  our 
first  page,  is  attractive  and  practical.  It  was 
furnished  by  Mr.  John  E.  Sweet,  an  excellent 
practical  architect,  of  Syracuse.  N.  Y.,  who  has 
heretofore  contributed  valuable  plans  of  farm 
buildings  to  our  pages.  We  are  glad  to  learn 
that  Mr.  Bweet  has  been  offered  a  prominent 
position  in  Cornell  University,  (Architectural 
Engineer,  we  believe,)  the  acceptance  of  which 
must  prove  benetlcial  to  the  institution. 

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Ohio  Agricultural  Convention.—’ The  Annual 
Convention  of  Delegatee  from  County  Agricul¬ 
tural  Societies,  in  connection  with  Bio  Ohio 
State  Board  of  Agriculture,  will  be  held  in  Co¬ 
lumbus  on  Wednesday,  the  8th  day  of  January 
Inst.  Col.  8.  D.  Harris  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  will  roud  a  paper  on  the  subject  of  Ag¬ 
ricultural  Fairs,  as  a  supplement  to  his  paper  of 
last  year,  in  the  same  place,  on  the  Agricultural 
Press. 


Coming  Right  Along. — Though  the  times  are 
hard  and  money  scarce,  the  veterans  of  the  old 
ItURAL  Brigade  are  reporting  nobly,  while  many- 
new  recruits  are  joining.  What,  wit  h  renew  als 
and  new- subscribers  our  clerks  find  this  a  busy 
world  about  these  days.  Well,  come  on,  good 
friends—' “  the  more  the  merrier,’’  and  tho  bet¬ 
ter  paper  will  ye  Rural  be  therefor, 

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A  Life  Subscriber.— Mr.  W.  W.  HAMILTON  of 
Decatur  Co.,  lnd.,  remits  $7.50  for  the  Rural 
and  Premium  Picture  for  himself  and  two 
friends,  and  says “  I  have  taken  the  Rural 
for  at  least  fffteen  years,  and  will  take  it  as 
long  as  i  live  and  leave  word  for  my-  family 
to  do  the  same.” 


New  Dress— Delay.— Unavoidable  delay  in  re¬ 
ceiving  our  new-  dress  of  Copper-Faced  Type 
(which  we  trust  will  shine)  precludes  the  possi¬ 
bility  of  sending  this  number  to  press  "on 
time.”  However,  it  will  be  “  out”  and  mailed 
before  the  day  of  its  date. 

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RURAL  BREVITIES. 


W.  M.  Skinner  can  obtain  Trow's  City  Direc¬ 
tory,  probably,  at  53  Greene  St.,  New  York  City  ; 
price  $5.  There  are  about  forty  tea  importers 
in  the  city.  We  do  not  know  who  are  the  prin¬ 
cipal  ones. 

A  Subscriber,  Marti nsburg,  O.,  is  informed 
that  the  price  of  Allen’s  History-  of  Short-Horn 
Cattle  is  $3.  We  oau  recommend  Allen’s 
“  American  Cattle  as  a  profitable  book  for  “  a 
beginner  in  breeding,"  and  it  may  be  had  at  this 
oflioc  by  remitting  $2. 

II.  W.  M.  is  Informed  that  wo  do  not  know 
flow  many  flouring  mills  arc  in  the  >  ity  of  New 
lork;  but  we  can  assure  him  there  are  few  in 
comparison  to  the  amount  ol  grain  received. 
The  bulk  of  the  grain  roeeivud  here  is  shipped 
to  Europe  to  feed  the  operatives  in  manufac¬ 
tories  there,  and  others. 


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Bars.  SWEET'S  M'F’G  CO.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

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HORSE  EPIDEMIC. 

A  physician,  in  a  communication  to  a  Buffalo 
paper  about  the  Horse  Epidemic,  says;—*  Exter¬ 
nally  I  used  and  would  recommend  Ur.  'Trash's  Mag¬ 
netic  Ointment  to  the  throat,  around  the  ears  and  on 
the  forehead.  Tbis  ointment  contain*  tobacco  and 
lobelia,  and  operates  upon  the  mucous  u lands  of  the 
head  and  throat  by  causing  un  increased  Uow  ot  secre¬ 
tion  from  them,  at  tile  same  time  by  its  relaxing  effect 
removing  the  stricture  and  giving  almost  Instant  re¬ 
bel  to  the  cough  and  breathing.”  it  is  kept  by  all 
Druggists. 

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Ash  (l:>  rdware  or  Agriculture  I  Dealer*  for 
"Sweet’s”  solid  Cast  Steel  Drag  Teeth  uud  Crow 
Burs.  SWEET'S  M'F’G  CO.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

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THE  WAKEFIELD  EARTH  CLOSET. 

Get  Descriptive  Pamphlet  at  36  Dey  St.,  New  York. 


falling  loosely  over  the  sash.  It  has  a  largo 
sailor  collar,  faced  with  blue  and  edged  with  a 
white  cord.  The  skirt  has  sevoral  bands  of  blue 
edged  with  cord.  A  light-blue  sash  is  worn. 
Such  suits  can  be  recommended  for  beauty  and 
durability  for  children  going  to  school. 

Plaids  of  all  kinds  are  used  forsehnoJ-girls.  A 
very  pretty  suit  is  of  green  and  blue  cashmere 
in  large,  broken  checks.  Two-thirds  of  the  skirt 
is  a  kilt  pleating  above  it  Is  a  short  apron 
front,  gathered  up  on  tho  sides  with  black 
gros  grain  ribbon.  The  overskirt  is  tastefully 
draped  in  the  hack  and  Is  not  too  full.  The 
waist  is  a  blouse,  loose  and  ample,  buttoned  in 
tho  back,  coat  sleeves,  trimmed  with  bands  ot 


fancy  stockings.  They  come  in  both  merino 
and  cotton.  The  merino  are  In  all  the  fancy 
plaids  and  Stripes,  costing  from  30  cents  to  $1.25. 
Tho  cotton  are  In  bars  id  black,  blue,  rod, 
brown,  and  purple,  with  white  or  mixed  gray 
and  black,  or  brown  and  black.  They  range 
from  80  cents  to  $1,75.  For  gentlemen  One 
English  thread  In  colors  are  $3  per  half  dozen. 
In  buying  stockings!  It  Is  economy  to  buy  the 
host.  A  half  dozen  Ualbrigguns  at  $1  a  pair 
will  outlast  a  dozen  of  cheaper  stockings.  The 
real  Balbriggan  is  so  good  that.  It  has  scores  of 
imitations.  The  brand  goes  for  nothing  if  low- 
priced.  The  real  cannot  be  bought  for  less  than 
75  cents,  if  for  that. 


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OCR  fashion  plate  contains  three  figures  which 
are  thus  described.  The  costume  of  tho  child 
on  the  left  Is  a  kllt-plaited  suit  of  dark  blue  cash- 
mere,  trimmed  with  bands  of  silk  of  lighter 
shade,  edged  with  narrow  white  braid,  or  set  on 
with  a  fine  silk  cord;  fancy  stockings  and  bal- 
moral  boots.  This  is  suited  for  a  boy  of  throe 
years. 

The  central  figure  is  an  evening  or  dinner  toi¬ 
lette  of  sago  green  faille 
silk.  The  corsage  is  cut 
heart  -  shape,  trimmed  , 

with  ruffles  of  point  ap- 

The  sleeves  are  1  II  & 


Kinsi’s  Drawing.  New  York  D,  Appleton  A 
Company. 

A  neat  little  volume,  with  four  example 
books,  of  a  system  of  drawing  for  young  begin¬ 
ners,  which  will  commend  Itself  to  all  on  sight. 
The  author  Is  a  teacher  in  the  Nounal  School  at 
Oswego. 

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Its  kind  published  in 
America.  Each  number 
has  good  articles  from 
our  foremost  writers  on 
health.  Tho  December 

— - — ~77  issue  has  contributions 

- rT  -tlA  from  Rev.  C.  A.  Brig- 

/  ‘  ham,  8.  Tj.  Corning  and 

i  ’  Mrs.  Oakes  Smith.  Dr. 

fj  Holbrook,  tho  Editor. 

,  _  /•  ■  always  w  rites  pleasantly 

j  |  and  sensibly. 


plique 
trimmed  with  side  plait¬ 
ing  of  tho  Silk  and  deep 
flounces  of  the  lace- 
The  right  hand  figure 
illustrates  a  visiting  cos¬ 
tume  of  dark  brown 
serge.  The  overdress  la 
open,  en  rovers,  trimmed 
with  heavy  silk  piping. 
A  six-inch  flounce, plait¬ 
ed  at  intervals,  finishes 
the  skirt.  Gloves  and 
hat  are  to  correspond 
with  tho  costume. 


The  1*  lirenologi  c  a  1 
.1  on  null. 

Tins  old  established 
magiuino  always  con¬ 
tains  much  valuable  and 
interesting  matter.  It 
is  worthy  of  a  plaets  In 
every  household,  and 
will  prove  a  great 
educator  for  boys 
and  girls.  The  Decem¬ 
ber  number  bail  sketch¬ 
es  and  portraits  of  Wm. 
B.  Aftxoit,  J.  A.  FiiOODK, 
Wm.  H.  Reward,  and 
the  Duke  of  Argyle. 


FASHIONS  IN  HAIR 


One  of  tho  most  iru-  Vr  |{  |  i'l  , 

portant  parts  of  a  lady’s  ’  il  |  I 

appcaranco  this  season  ' ..*&.** 
is  her  coiffure.  It  la  '  7  '(<Qi  f  Jv  , 

agreeable  to  announce  .  D 

that  there  has  been  a  de-  •  •  ,  [  H 

elded  Change  In  hair  f'  JK 

dressing,  and  that  those  ■  I 

l  mine  use  structures 
t  hat  have  so  long  disflg-  I 

urod  our  heads  are  per- 
manontly  removed.  As 

little  false  hair  ns  ispos-  f  i  f  jfaF 

slblo  la  now  used.  All  fit  If 

hair  is  dressed  high  and  mf  m'f  / /  J 

com  pud, adhering  close-  .  i.v'  /iff  ft  / 

ly  to  tho  head.  The  f'  r  /.  f  t  t 

most  popular  stylo  is  in  Jr  #  /  f  t  ^ 
puffs.  Tlie  back  hair  is  f  £  /  f  W 

tied  high  and  divided 
into  puffs  which  may  bo  h, 

arranged  in  any  way  to  ^ 
suit  the  shape  of  tho  .?&<*'.;  ■ 

head.  Tho  two  sides 

need  not  necessarily  I  >o  v 

alike.  Tho  front  hair  is  r”  P« 

puffed  close  to  the  fore-  I  \l£y 

head  and  edged  with  ' i wr 

crimped  hair ;  or  it  may  ; 

be  arranged  in  masses  of  \  WyAI 

short  curls  caught  with  -  '  i  i  • 

largo  jet  balls;  for  tho  " ^ %  j 

bonnet  a  bandeau  is  oft- 

en  laid  across.  Tho  -  pyj  : <  J|| 

pompadour  Is  not  so  ^ 

fashionable  as  formerly.  |  _~J;  j  , jk 

Young  ladles  have  two  =£  \  \  &  ^ 

largo  fluffy  curls  hang- 

ing  In  tho  back  from  r: — yy 

their  puffs.  Braids  and 

plaits  are  still  arranged  -mr 

in  various  ways,  but  are  -M 

not  so  popular  as  the  Jr 

Young  girls  wear  their  _7|> 
hair  in  braids.  Some-  -11. 
times  all  tho  hair  Is  ar- 
ranged  in  one  immense 
plait,  tied  near  the  end  /  ' 

with  a  ribbon ;  or  tho  ^ 

hair  is  divided  into  two  < 

ports,  one  above  the  oth-  |  ’T; 

or,  and  woven  into  two  ~~  - 1 

braids. 

Ladies  with  gray  hair 
indulge  in  elaborate  lmlr 
dressing.  Nothing  could 

bo  handsomer  than  the  rows  of  snowy  puffs 
which  surround  their  heads.  Hair  which  is  not 
sufficiently  whiLo  is  powdered. 

Long,  flowing  hair  Is  worn  now  only  by  very 
young  girls,  and  is  rarely  seen  on  the  street. 
Children  have  their  hair  crimped  and  flowing, 
though  many  parents  object  to  crimping,  as  it. 
injures  the  hair. 

Children's  Clothes. 

In  the  stores  arc  seen  a  great  variety  of  chil¬ 
dren’s  ready-made  suits.  Boys  from  two  to  four 
years  old  wear  kllt-plaited  skirts  of  cloth,  flan¬ 
nel,  velvet  or  plaid.  A  plain  piece  is  left  in  front 
which  is  trimmed  with  rosettes  or  bows.  With 
those  arc  worn  a  little  vest,  and  coat  trim  med  wit  li 
black  braid  and  gilt  buttons.  Such  suits  cost 
from  $10  to  $10.  A  Scotch  cap  nr  pointed  felt  is 
worn  with  them.  Boys  from  live  to  eleven  wear 
knnekoe  breeches  reaching  to  the  knees  and 
vests  and  coats  trimmed  with  braid.  Those  suits 
are  made  of  all  kinds  of  cloth,  but  are  prettiest 
In  dark  blue  or  black.  Large  round  collar’s  of 
white  or  black  and  white  are  turned  over  tho 
coat  and  tied  with  a  bow.  Sailor  suits  of  blue 
flannel  with  light  er  bine  and  a  white  cord  are 
very  much  mod.  Tho  suit  consists  of  pants  and 
blouse  with  a  wide  Bailor  collar.  With  those  are 
worn  a  black  water-proof  sailor  hat  with  a  blue 
ribbon.  These  suits  arc  very  easily  fashioned 
and  allow  it  great  deal  of  freedom. 

So  popular  is  tho  Bailor  dress  that  it  is  largely 
used  for  girls.  Tho  blouse  is  cut  very  long, 


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v- 


V  Cyclopedia  of  tlie 
I  lent  Thoughts  ot 
ChurlcK  Dickens. 

Numbers  4,  6  and  ti  of 
this  excellent  work  are 
at  band  from  E.  G.  Hale 
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one  will  regret,  possess¬ 
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gros  grain.  There  are  many  cheaper  plaids  at 
30,  40,  and  50  cents  a  yard,  which  make  very 
suitable  dresses  for  school-girls.  For  the  most 
part  they  are  simply  trimmed  with  bias  bands 
or  a  single  flounce  on  the  skirt,  a  short  over¬ 
skirt  and  a  French  waist,  which  is  a  blouso 
with  three  large  box  plaits,  front  and  hack. 
Black,  red,  anil  blue  waists  are  worn  with  old 
skirts.  For  evening  w’ear  they  are  of  pale  blue 
or  pink  cashmere,  with  black  velvet  collars  and 
cuffs,  and  a  mualin  ruffle  inside.  A  yard  and  a 
half  of  cashmere  will  make  such  a  waist. 

Young  children  wear  white  until  they  are 
eleven  years  old.  r n  the  Winter,  braided  piques, 
witli  lozenges  of  inserting  set  in,  and  embroi¬ 
dered  flounces.  The  waists  are  made  with 
braided  yokes.  They  cost  from  $10  to  $18. 
These  dresses  are  not  desirable  or  practicable 
for  most  children.  In  their  stead  are  numbers 
of  bright  plaids  and  tartans  which  make  up 
handsomely.  Overskirts  forsueh  dresses  should 
he  very  scant,  and  the  underskirt  trimmed  with 
a  single  bias  ruffle,  slight  ly  gathered  or  arranged 
in  box  plaits  at  intervals.  The  waist  should  bo 
a  large  blouso,  always  finished  around  the  neck 
and  wrists  with  a  ruffle.  For  these  ruffles  it.  is 
better  to  buy  a  piece  of  ruffling  with  a  fancy 
edge.  It  cannot  be  done  up,  but  costs  so  little 
and  stays  clean  so  lung  that  one  can  afford  to 
throw  It  away  when  soiled. 

Stockings. 

Men,  women,  girls,  and  boys  now  all  wear 


ANSWERS  TO  CORRESPONDENTS, 


Rosie  White.  — 1.  Under  the  circumstances, 
there  Is  no  earthly  reason  why  a  young  lady 
should  not  ask  a  young  gentleman  to  call.  It 
Is  a  gentleman’s  privilege,  however,  to  ask  if  he 
may  call. 

3.  At  any  good  millinery  establishment. 

3.  There  are  a  number  of  places  here  where 
second-hand  copies  of  tho  authors  you  mention 
can  he  bought.  We  cannot  give  addresses  In 
this  column. 

4.  Jute  is  the  most,  common  substitute  for 
hair,  but  do  not  use  it.  Switches  can  be  bought 
from  $13  to  $20.  Hair  is  woven  for  $3  at  all 
stores.  Many  cheap  switches  are  made  with  the 
center  of  short  hair,  the  outside  long,  they  are 
much  lighter  and  more  healthful  than  the  long¬ 
haired  switch. 

6.  Overskirts  will  bo  worn  this  Winter  and 
Spring.  They  arc  of  all  aiyles.  Tlio  most  popu¬ 
lar  is  tiie  short  apron  front  anil  long  back, 
drapod. 

G.  To  wash  black  ribbon,  dip  It  up  and  down 
in  vinegar  and  water,  or  sponge  ft  with  lager 
beer  and  press  it  between  two  pieces  of  black 
silk. 

Bessie  May.— Receiving  presents  from  young 
gentlemen  depends  entirely  on  the  spirit  in 
which  they  are  offered.  The  habit  is  a  had  one , 
and  ns  a  rule  it  is  better  to  respectfully  decline 
all  presents. 


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44  N.  Charles  street. 


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Tlie  American  Builder, 

A  journal  of  art  and  science,  by  Charles  D. 
Lakey,  New  York.  It  has  many  illustrations  of 
buildings,  joiner  work,  etc.,  and  is  filled  with 
excellent  matter  of  value  to  all  architects,  house 
builders,  etc.  It  Is  only  #3  a  year  in  advance, 
and  is  worth  tbroo  times  that  amount. 


MQ  OBI’S  BUBAL  NEW- YORK 


3 AW,  4 


OLD  AND  NEW  TEAKS’  MEETING. 


’TwAS  the  night  before  New  Year's,— and  every¬ 
where  round 

There  was  darkness  and  silence  -  no  motion,  no 
sound. 

•'  Farewell  to  the  Old  Year !”  each  person  had  said 
Before  ho  had  tucked  himself  snugly  in  bed, 
Expecting  that  ere  he  should  rise  the  next  morn. 
The  merry  New  Year  would  be  happily  born. 
Meanwhile,  wife  and  1  laid  u*  down  to  our  rest : 

Each  with  conscience  untroubled,  the  soft  pillow 
press'd. 

Scarce  had  Morph  cue  his  magical  spell  o’er  us  laid 
Than  strange  voices  arose  In  tho  regions  o’erhead. 
Weird  music  and  cries  made  the  welkin  resound, 

And  quickly  we  started  from  bed  with  abound. 
Though  dark  clouds  obscured  the  moon’s  placid  face, 
A  luster  more  radiant  Illumined  the  place. 

Which  seemed  as  it  were,  from  above  to  come  down. 
And  this  wonderful  sight  our  vision  did  crown. 

The  Old  Year  was  standing  low  bent  on  his  cane. 
Like  a  mend  loan  tusking,  yet  asking  fa  vain ; 
Forsaken  by  all  whom  Ids  bounty  had  fed, 
Disheveled  his  garments,  uncovered  his  head, 

Far  streamed  his  white  hair  in  the  cold  piercing 
wind, 

Long  Icicles  hung  from  his  board,  while  behind 
Time,  closely  Ills  footsteps  pursued  with  a  scythe, 
Quito  ready  and  waiting  to  finish  his  life. 

Poor,  wretched  and  old,  he  was  greeted  by  none ; 
For  his  wealth  was  all  squandered,  his  power  quite 
gone. 

All  this  wife  and  1  took  in  at  a  glance — 

W»  almost  believed  ourselves  lost  In  a  trance  : 

For  straightway,  most,  marvelous  things  came  to 
view. 

Wo  sa  w,  meeting  the  Old  Year,  the  lusty  young  New, 
A  soft  mantle  of  e  rmine  close  wrapp’d  him  around  ; 

1  tight  royal  the  Jewels  with  which  ho  was  crowned. 
He  was  seated  at  ease  In  his  regal  array 
On  a  throne  formed  of  crystal  more  brilliant  than 
day ; 

For  the  glow  of  Hie  torches  his  followers  bore, 

Prom  each  point  was  reflected  n  thousand  timos  o’er, 
’Twaa  upborne  by  four  heroes  of  mythical  fame, 
Boreas,  Kurus  and  A  lister  and  Zephyr  by  name. 
Twelve  ministers  gra  ve  did  his  pleasure  await, 

To  purvey  for  his  palate,  provide-  for  Ills  state  ; 

The  young  and  tho  gay  close  surrounded  his  chair, 
And  those  wishing  favors,  by  thousands  were  there. 
Stern  Winter  and  Spring  led  the  van  of  the  train  i 
Sweet  Summer  and  Autumn  the  rear  did  maintain  ; 
WlillO  all  clamor  above,  like  tho  note  of  a  horn, 
Iloso  tho  volcoof  the  Now  Year,  in  accents  of  scorn : 
”  Bold  follow  !  how  dare  you  my  passage  thus  bar. 
And  with  your  baso  presence  this  spectacle  mar? 
Know,  if  I  but  speak  to  old  Hour  Blass  tho  word, 

A  sacriheo  quickly  you’ll  fall  to  Ills  sword  ! 

My  business  in  urgent,  clear,  marshals,  the  way  ! 

A  Kingdom  and  Scepter  await  mo  to-duy !” 

To  whom  tho  Old  Year— his  voice  weak  and  low, 
Point  and  t  rembling  bis  acconta— spako  gently  wild 
blow : 

“  1  wish  not  thy  pathway  Its  aught  to  Impede 
O,  foolish  and  vain !  to  tny  warnings  give  heed  ; 

For  in  running  a  race,  r ull  oft,  wisdom  is  won. 

My  reign  is  Just  ended  and  thine  scarce,  begun. 

The  sycophant  crowds  which  upon  thou  how  wait 
Caro  nothing  for  1  her,  but  much  for  thy  stale. 

For  the  riches  and  hoqon  thy  power  can  bestow 
They  will  Hatter  and  fawn,  but  no  gratitude  show. 
Young  monarch,  beware  1  put  no  trust  In  their  truth ; 
Thcy’vo  forsaken  me  now,  to  attend  on  thy  youth  ; 
When  thou,  in  thy  turn,  shall  grow  old  and  decay. 
Think  not,  they  will  longer  thy  mandates  obey.” 
Whereupon,  from  tho  crowd  rose  such  tumult  and 
din 

That  tho  New  Year  ldiuself  scarce  a  hearing  could 
win, 

“  Away  with  the  craven  old  coward !  away  ! 

Hot  his  presence  not  cumber  the.  earth  for  a  day 1 
JVnvn,  down  with  tho  dotard  1  false  prophet,  begone! 
Let  our  joyous  procession  march  onward,  right  on.” 
lli.-fl  confusion  and  discord  had  rule  for  a  space. 
When  suddenly  quiet,  fell  over  the  place. 

Loud  and  clear  on  the  air  rose  the  tones  of  a  bell 
For  tho  pan.  tog  Old  Year,  tolling  forth  the  last  knell. 
The  gay  throng  all  vanished— ’twas  lost  to  tho  eye — 
But  from  tho  ter  distance  reechoed  this  cry  : 

*•  On  1  on  to  the  banquet !  the  revel  and  cheer, 
Hurrah  for  the  New  Year  !  the  happy  New  Year!" 

(J0ur  ^toni- <a^Ucr. 


FBOM  YEAR  TO  YEAR, 

BY  MRS.  MARY’  I>.  BRINE. 

“It  is  Christmas  Eve,  Everard;  do  you  for¬ 
get  it?  Surely  you  will  not  let  tho  blossod  sea¬ 
son  of  peace  and  happiness  to  all  mankind,  be 
clouded  for  us  only,  by  an  unreasonable  anger 
on  your  part  ?” 

Maude  Hastings  raised  her  dark  eyes  to  the 
face  of  her  companion  as  she  spoke,  and  ex¬ 
tended  both  hands,  which  ho  Immediately  seiz¬ 
ed  and  pressed  warmly  in  liis  own. 

“O!  Maude.  Maude!”  lie  murmured,  “you 
know  my  heart  did  not  givo  birth  to  tho  hasty 
words  just  uttered!  Forgive  my  wicked  jeal¬ 
ousy,  darling!  and  tell  mo  you  are  not  angry 
with  mol" 

“  Angry !  <>b  no,  dear  Evkrard  ;  only  hurt  and 
grieved  at  your  readiness  to  doubt  me.  Will 
you  not  believe  in  the  truth  of  her  whom  you 
profess  to  love  so  dearly?  And  will  you  not. 
for  my  sake,  try  to  overcome  that  impulsive¬ 
ness  which  loads  you  to  words  so  sorely  regret¬ 
ted  a  moment  after?” 

“1  do  believe  In  your  love,  my  own  dear 
Maude,”  was  Everard’h  reply.  “But— but— 
O!  you  don’t  know  how  it  gulls  me  to  think 
that  others  may  step  between  us,  my  Maude, 
and  perhaps  separate  us  forever!” 

Everard  Grey,  the  betrothed  lover  or 
Maude  Hastings,  was  a  noble-hearted  young 
fellow  enough,  but  jealousy  was  strong  within 
him,  and  had  so  frequently  gained  the  mastery 
over  him  as  to  cause  many  a  secret  tear  to  flow 


from  MAtnc’s  eyes,  and  made  him,  most  truly, 
uncomfortable.  The  only  son  of  parents  who 
j  resided  in  a  Southern  city,  be  doing  business  in 
|  New  York,  had  met,  at  the  house  of  a  mutual 
friend,  young  Maude  JlASTi  nGS,  and  greatly  at¬ 
tracted  by  a  certain  sweet  gravity  and  quiet  dlg- 
1  nlty  which  she  possessed,  had  sought  her  soclc- 
I  ty  more  and  more,  until  at  last  he  succeeded  in 
winning  for  his  very  own,  t  lie  heart  which  many 
|  another  had  wooed  In  vain. 

Maude  was  not— according  to  tho  beauty  al- 
i  lowed  heroines  generally,  in  romance  strictly 
beautiful;  but  few  could  see  her  without  a 
desire  t  o  see  once  more  the  sweet,  oarnost  face 
which  was  lighted  by  a  pair  of  really  beautiful 
|  eyes:  eyes  the  depth  of  which  it  was  hard  to 
j  fathom;  so  dark,  so  wondrously  dark,  were 
they!  and  how  many  limes  had  Everard  pass¬ 
ed  tils  hand  lovingly  over  the  wealth  of  hair, 
which,  “gold  in  the  sunlight,  and  brown  in  the 
shade,"  had  excited  the  envy  of  many  a  lady 
friend  who  could  only  depend  upon  tho  skill  of 
some  famous  liair-dresser  to  give  their  heads  an 
equal  “crown  of  glory.”  She  lived  alone  with 
her  invalid  mother,  whose  own  life  had  been 
made  wretched  by  tho  caprices  of  ;m  exacting 
and  stern  husband.  Why  ho  had  married  her, 
or  sought  her  love  so  eagerly  before  she  yielded 
her  heart  to  him,  tho  poor  wife  had  pondered 
over  to  herself  many  a  time  after  she  discov¬ 
ered  her  mistake.  And  when,  at  last,  ho  coldly 
informed  her  that  “  marriage  without  wealth 
could  bring  no  Joy,"  she  vvopt  bitter  tears  that 
siio  had  not  scon  through  his  falsity  before  too 
late  to  save  herself  from  misery.  Tho  property 
lie  had  hoped  to  gain  through  Iter  bad  been 
willed  to  another.  Thus  in  his  disappointment 
and  wrath  t  lie  husband  forgot,  every  vow  to 
“love  -Miti  protect,"  and  cruelly  treated  tho  wife 
whoso  only  happiness  came  through  their  little 
Maude.  Then  Mr.  Hastings  had  thrown  up  a 

business  which  did  not.  fetch  in  money  as  rap¬ 
idly  as  be  desired,  and  went  to  a  far-off  country, 
leaving  in  trust  for  his  deserted  family  hut  a 
small  stun  upon  which  they  lived  comfortably, 
and  that  was  all.  Tho  few  letters  he  sent  home 
brought  no  coinfort  to  his  family,  atid  so  year 
after  year  had  passed,  until  now  Maude  was 
seventeen,  old  enough  to  feel  u  righteous  indig¬ 
nation  at  her  father’s  conduct,  yet  striving  at 
ull  times  to  remember  that  he  was  still  tier 
father.  Tho  young  girl  provided  her  mother, 
now  lust  falling  in  health,  with  many  luxuries, 
outside  of  their  actual  necessities,  Ivy  the  skill¬ 
ful  use  of  tier  pencil.  Bountiful  designs  formed 
themselves  rapidly  and  gracefully  beneath  her 
Angers,  and  found  ready  acceptance  In  several 
of  tho  large  art  establishments  In  the  city.  Just 
beforo  our  story  opens  Mrs,  Hastings  had  re¬ 
ceived  a  letter  from  her  husband  in  which  he 
stated  that  a  cruel  disease  had  come  upon  him. 
Fearing  he  had  not  many  days  to  live,  ho  dc-  ! 
sired  to  aalt  forgiveness  of  both  wife  and  child, 
for  Ills  unnatural  conduct.  And  lie  Implored 
them  to  fulfill  a  last  request  he  should  make, 
which  request  would  bo  made  known  to  them 
by  a  friend  of  I1I3  who  would  see  them  ere  long. 
Distressed  beyond  mean  ire,  by  this  strange  let¬ 
ter.  1  bo  mother  and  daughter  had  awaited  fur¬ 
ther  news. 

“If  lie  had  really  loved  us,  mamma,”  cried 
poor  Maude,  “ho  surely  would  have  returned 
while  his  strength  permitted,  to  have  seen  us: 
at  any  rale,  you,  I1I3  wife,  once  more.  0,  ho  lias 
been  cruel,  cruel  in  the  extreme !” 

To  which  tho  mother  could  only  reply  with 
tears,  because  in  her  heart  she  know  her  husband 
gave  them  no  love. 

At  the  time  our  story  opens,  Evf.rard  and 
Maude  were  alono  in  the  small  parlor.  The 
young  man  had  complained  bitterly  that  Mac  de 
received  the  visits  of  a  gentleman  whom  ho  had 
frequently  met  coming  down  the  steps  of  her 
house.  Ho  asked  who  and  what  be  was— and 
Maude  informed  him  that  lie  was  only  a  friend 
of  her  father’  ;,  who, 'staying  a  while  in  tho  city, 
called  frequently  to  sco  her  mother,  and  talk 
about  tho  absent  one.  "Mamma  has  not3ccn 
my  father  for  so  many  years,  Everard,"  she 
added ;  "  Burcly  you  would  not  wish  mo  to  dc- 
clino  seeing  one  who  can  talk  to  her  about  him  ? 
Ilor  life  has  boon  sad  enough,  God  knows!"— 
she  paused  because  her  voice  was  choked  by 
tears,  then  added— “1  would  not  distress  her  by 
treating  coolly  the  visitor  whoso  coming  so  an¬ 
noys  you,  Everard;  you  would  not  wish  it!” 
And  lie,  loving  her  with  his  whole  heart,  had 
forgotten  liia  annoyance  while  listening  to  her 
words,  which  ended,  as  our  story  begins,  by  t  he 
reminder  of  the  glad  season  of  peace  for  all  the 
earth.  And  as  he  gathered  her  to  his  repontant 
heart,  sho  smiled  through  tho  tears  that  spark¬ 
led  on  her  lashes,  nml  the  firelight  flickering 
and  dancing  about  them,  flushed  her  checks 
with  a  si  if:  glow  that  made  her  beautiful  indeed 
to  her  lover’s  eyes. 

’’Dear!”  she  said  presently,  “  do  you  know 
that  this  I  ratt  in  your  disposition,  gives  us  both 
much  unhappiness?  Let  me  say  now,  because 
I  love  you,  how  wrong  it  is  for  you  to  crush  all 
true,  good  feeling  out  of  your  heart,  by  allow¬ 
ing  that  ono  habit,  to  grow*  and  increase  daily! 
It  not  only  makes  you  miserable,  but  Everard, 
it  has  caused  me.  whom  you  love,  many  a  tear ! 

1  am  not  ashamed  to  t  ell  you,  dear,  because  1 
think,  for  my  sake,  you  will  try  to  overcome  it. 
Thorolsno  ono  on  this  earth,  whom  1  lovo  as 
I  love  you!  now  are  you  satisfied ?  Will  you 
promise  never  to  doubt  me  again  ?” 

And,  standing  there  among  the  shadows  of 
the  List  increasing  twilight,  with  only  the  glow 
of  the  fire-light  shining  upon  their  faces,  and 
the  hands  clasped  so  tightly,  Everard  Grey 
promised  that  which  Ids  young  betrothed  de¬ 
sired  of  him.  and  kissed  away  the  tears  which, 
like  diamonds,  were  still  glistening  in  the  dark 
eyes  he  loved  so  well. 


And  now  the  room  grew  darker  with  shadows 
and  the  young  man  remembering  an  engage¬ 
ment,  could  not  accept  Maude’s  invitation  to 
take  tea.  with  them  but  kissed  her  good-by  with 
all  his  old  tenderness,  and  went  out  Into  the 
busy  streets,  leaving  ids  heart  behind  him  Iri  the 
little  room  that  contained  that  heart’s  treasure. 

And  Maude,  drawing  her  cushioned  chair 
more  closely  beside  the  fire,  leaned  her  head 
against  tho  crimson  covering  and  closed  her 
eyes,  while  her  glad  heart  and  loving,  earnest 
thoughts,  that  were  almost  prayers,  after  him 
she  loved  so  truly. 

And  thus  her  mother  found  her  a  few  mo¬ 
ments  after.  Rising,  that  Mrs.  Hastings  might 
be  scaled  in  her  own  easy  chair,  Maude  sank 
down  upon  the  floor,  and,  laying  her  head  in  her 
mother’s  lap,  both  were  silent,  and  the  stillness 
about  t  hem,  war.  broken  only  by  the  soft,  mono¬ 
tonous  tick  of  tho  little  clock  on  the  mantel, 
until  Maude  asked  presently : 

“  Mamma,  was  my  father  ever  jealous  ?  I  know 
ho  was  not  kind,  but  did  ho  add  that  to  other 
faults,  which  made  your  life  with  him  so  sad  ?" 
And  the  lady  replied  with  a  sigh,  as  she  passed 
her  slender  hand  over  the  bright  young  head  in 
her  lap, 

“  My  child,  your  father  was  jealous,  tho’  lie  hail 
no  love  for  me,  and  I  could  not  understand  why 
he  should  allow  himself  to  feel  so,  if  others  spoke 
to,  or  appeared  to  bo  interested  in  me.  But, 
oh!  it  is  n  dreadful  trait!  And  were  Everard 
Grey  inclined  so,  I  should  implore  you  to  spare 
yourself  years  of  misery,  by  rejecting  him  now 
forever.” 

As  Mrs.  Hastings  ceased  speaking  the  door¬ 
bell  rang,  and  rial ug  hastily, Maude  heard  a  voice 
asking  for  her.  Her  mother,  too  much  agitated, 
by  her  recent  thoughts,  to  see  &  visitor,  left  the 
room  by  another  door,  as  a  young  gentleman  en¬ 
tered,  whom  Maude  recognized  as  the  young 
Mr.  Cromwell  who  had  visited  them  so  fre¬ 
quently  before,  and  who,  as  she  had  explained 
to  Everard,  had  at  ono  time  known  her  father. 

Fearing  sail  nows,  because  this  time  ho  had 
asked  for  her,  the  young  girl  rose  tremblingly  to 
meet  him,  apologizing,  also,  that  tho  room  wan 
yot,  unlightod  save  by  I  lie  bright  glow  from  the 
lire.  At  his  request,  it  was  allowed  to  remain 
so,  and  tho  gentleman  drew  near  to  Maude. 

But  a  little  while  after,  Everard  Grey,  who, 
having  finished  his  business  engagement,  found 
lie  might  yet  lie  able  to  take  tea  with  Mrs. 
Hastings  mid  her  daughter,  ran  up  the  stops, 
and  panned  to  glance  I  hrough  the  window  at  tho 
mother  and  daughter,  who,  he  imagined, 
would  bo  sitting  there  together.  One  glance  i 
then,  with  flushed  and  angry  face,  he  strode 
away  in  another  direction,  with  a  heart  on  fire 
with  t bo  old  enemy  jealousy!  And,  five  min¬ 
utes  after,  young  Crowmell  also  descended 
t  hose  steps,  bearing u  troubled  face,  and  anxious 
heart,  while  M  aude  tied  to  her  own  room,  ami 
throwing  herself  upon  the  bed,  wept  tears  of 
anguish. 

Christmas  Day  dawned  bright  and  beautiful, 
and  the  Joy-bell*  were  ringing  gaily  as  Maude 
dressed  for  church.  Her  mother,  not  well 
enough  logo  out,  kissed  her  daughter,  as  she 
remarked  anxiously : 

“  My  darling!  you  are  looking  pale  and  tired ! 
Did  you  sleep  last  night?” 

And  MAUDE,  stifling  a  sigh,  replied,  “Don’t 
worry  about  me,  dear  mamma!  Everard,  T 
guess,  has  been  unexpectedly  detained,  and  I 
cannot  wait  longer ;  so  kiss  me  *  good-by’  once 
more!” 

Then  she  went  out  Into  the  sunshino  and  a  lit¬ 
tle  of  it  crept  into  her  young  heart,  making  her 
aim  net  glad  and  happy,  as  sho  walked  along. 
She  wondered  a  little  why  Everard  had  not 
called  for  her,  but  knew  tho  afternoon  would 
surely  bring  him :  and  was  glad  with  the  antici¬ 
pation-  Tho  holy  words,  “  Peace  he  unto  nil 
men  I”  greeted  her  ears  us  she  entered  tho 
church,  and,  bowing  her  head,  she  prayed  for 
that  “peace  which  pa3sctb  understanding.” 
The  day  wore  away  at  hist.  Everard  liad  not 
come;  it  was  now  five  o’clock.  Anxiously  she 
went  to  the  window,  and  at  last,  with  a  smllo  so 
full  of  joy  that  it  made  her  beautiful  to  look 
upon,  she  wont  to  t  he  door  herself,  and  admitted 
Everard  G  rev. 

“  Dear ! "  sho  whispered,  “  you  have  been  long 
coming." 

Then,  as  ho  mudo  no  answer,  sho  scanned 
more  closely  Ida  face,  and  grew  sad  as  sho  saw 
the  frown  which  bail  gathered  there.  Timidly 
she  laid  her  hand  upon  his  arm. 

“Everard,  you  are  angry;  and  what  have  I 
done?  Surely,  you  cannot  wilfully  wound  me, 
when  1  am  guiltless  of  Intentional  wrong." 

“  You  talked  so  to  him,  didn’t  you,  last  even¬ 
ing,  very  likely?”  at  last  he  burst  forth;  and 
Maude,  terrified,  drew  back  from  him. 

“If  you  will  explain  yourself,”  she  said,  at 
lengthen  little  coldly,  “  1  will  answer  you,  if  1 
can.” 

“Oh  1 1  saw  you.  Maude,"  Everard  said,  bit¬ 
terly.  “  /  gnw  you  i  I  urn  sorry  that  I  saw  it  all 
though,”  he  added,  “  because  the  truth  would 
have  been  less  hard  to  bear,  coming  direct  from 
ymir  Up*,  honestly  and  candidly,  than  forced 
upon  me  so  suddenly  as  it  was  1  ” 

“Everard  Grey?"  demanded  Maude,  who, 
first  pale,  then  crimson  with  indignation,  could 
scarce  control  herself.  “1  ask  you,  for  your 
own  sake,  if  you  wish  10  retain  my  self-respect? 
Be  careful  in  speaking,  that  you  do  not  forget 
In  whom  you  are  speaking.  This  is  tho  .first 
lime,  with  all  your  many  faults,  in  spite  of 
which  I  have  loved  you, that  you  have  so  nearly 
insulted  me  by  manner,  if  not  by  words,  and, 
before  you  continue,  think  a  moment  if  it  be 
well  to  say  such  things  to  me  I" 

Then,  as  lie  stood  moodily  before  the  fire,  in 


the  same  place  where  only  the  day  before  he 
had  held  her  so  closely  In  his  arms,  she  forgot 
everything  but  her  love  for  him,  and  her  voice 
grew  tender  again  as  she  continued  : 

”  Dear!  we  will  not  drift  apart.  We  must  not! 
Listen  nnd  f  Mill  repeat  that  you  are  dearer  to 
mo  than  life  itself;  and,  Everard,  you  must 
believe  me !" 

“Maude,”  he  answered,  “1  was  on  your 
stoop  last  night.  I  saw  him  with  your  hand  in 
hif.  Why,  how  can  you  love  us  both  ?  And  you 
(In,  else  lie  would  not  be  privileged  as  I  havo 
been.  No,  no!  women  are  all  alike.  They  play 
with  us  who  love  them,  and  we  are  idiots  to 
trust  otic  among  them  !" 

Not  a  word  from  Maude,  ivho  stood  like  a 
statue  before  him. 

“Tell  me!”  ho  almost  shouted,  “did  you  see 
young  Cromwell  alone  last,  evening?" 

“You  know  I  did,”  was  the  reply,  "since  you 
watched  us  through  the  window." 

“Did  lie  touch  your  hand?"  again  asked 
Everard. 

“Listen,  Everard,"  implored  Maude.  “  You 
saw  us,  you  say,  and  l  know  that  it  would  seem 
strange  to  you ;  hut,  dear,  if  you  will  believe 
me,  1  will  toll  it  all  to  you  some  time— not  now, 
because  I  cannot.  But  you  may  trust  me, 
Everard.  My  heart  is  true,  to  you 

Then  followed  more  of  Everard  Grey’s 
stormy,  rashly-spoken  words.  His  wholo  heart 
on  lire  with  Jealousy  and  anger,  while  yet  ho 
worshipped  the  girl  who  stood  with  tearful 
eyes  and  flushed  cheek:!  before  him.  It  seemed 
as  though  some  evil  spirit  within  tempted  him 
further  in  liis  injustice  than  ever  before,  for  at 
last,  with  form  drawn  up  to  its  fullest  hight, 
and  checks  which  were  now  white  as  marble 
save  where  In  the  center  of  each  glowed  deep 
red  spots,  like  fire. 

Maude  Hastings  drew  from  her  finger  tho 
betrothal  ring  and  laid  it  upon  the  mantel,  be¬ 
side  which  Everard  had  placed  himself.  With¬ 
out  a  word  she  laid  it.  there  and  moved  toward 
the  door,  while  her  companion,  startled,  turned 
towards  her. 

“Ono  moment,  MAUDE—  ono  moment!"  ho 
exclaimed,  now  thoroughly  aroused  to  a  sense 
of  shame. 

"  Between  us  two,  Everard  Grey,  there  can 
bo  no  more  reproaches.  Go  you  your  way  and 
leave  me !" 

With  tiioso  words  she  left  tho  room,  and, 
flinging  Into  the  glowing  coals  tho  ring  which 
glittered  before  his  eyes,  tho  young  man  left 
the  house  to  enter  it  no  more. 

And  locked  in  her  own  room  Maude  Hast¬ 
ings  watched  with  tearful  eyes  tho  stars  that 
one  by  one  came  out  to  sing  In  their  own  silent 
way  a  Christmas  anthem  of  “Peace  on  Earth.” 

To  Mrs.  Hasting’:;  inquiries  as  to  why  Ever- 
ard’s  v  I  nits  had  ceased,  Maude  only  replied 
that,  circumstance:;  had  occurred  which  altered 
the  feelings  of  both,  and  it.  was  all  over  between 
tlie tn  henceforth. 

“I  do  not,  deny  that  1  havo  sufferod— am  suf¬ 
fering  still,  dear  mamma,”  sho  added,  as  her 
mother  spoke  of  her  sad  face:  “but  I  shall 
grow  strong  and  happy  again,  arid  will  bo  your 
own  loving  daughter  always.  You  are  all  I 
have  to  love  now,  mamma;  so,  pray,  got  strong 
and  well  for  my  sake!” 

There  were  hours  of  grief  when  no  eye  save 
the  eye  of  the  dear  Father  in  Heaven  witnessed 
Maude’s  agony,  when  no  car  savo  tho  car  that 
hears  and  pities  knew  of  the  prayers  that  lonely 
heart  sent  up  above  for  holp  and  comfort  1  But 
from  t  he  mother,  dally  growing  weaker,  all  this 
was  concealed,  and  the  daughter'll  face  wore 
only  smiles  when  tho  watchful  eyes  that  loved 
her  wore  near.  Tho  Christmas  season  passed 
away,  and  tho  New  Year  came  In  jubilant  and 
full  of  anticipations.  Maude  was  loth  to  let 
tho  old  year  go,  for  it.  had  given  her  much  of 
joy  and  gladness,  and  had  been,  on  the  wholo,  a 
kind  friend!  But,  alas  I  os  it  died,  so  died  her 
happiness.  The  friend  who  brought  them  with 
him  took  them  away,  and  left  her  only  sorrow 
with  which  to  greet  the  “new  face  at  the 
door!” 

Meanwhile  Everard  Grey,  whoso  hoart  was 
sick  with  its  unutterable  longing  for  tho  dear 
face  he  had  kissed  so  often— for  the  touch  of 
tho  little  hand  lit*  had  clasped  so  many  times— 
wandered  hero  and  there,  striving  to  find  new 
joys  for  the  new  year,  and  hoping  ere  long  to 
forget  forever  the  love  which  had  taken  so 
strong  a  hold  upon  his  very  life. 

Maude  never  dreamed  of  tho  many  times  his 
feet  paced  slowly  the  street  before  her  door, 
when  the  friendly  darkness  hid  him  from  curi¬ 
ous  eyes,  that  ho  might  perchance  obtain  ono 
more  glimpse  of  the  dear  figure  so  constantly 
before  his  mind's  eye.  But  the  curtains  were 
closely  drawn  (Oh!  how  ho  wished  they  had 
been  so  ono  night  weeks  before!)  and  his 
watching  was  in  vain.  So  tho  days  came  and 
went,  and  tho  two  who  should  havo  passed 
them  together  were  aching  oh,  how  wearily, 
apart  from  each  other. 

Young  Cromwell,  notwithstanding  he  had 
left  Maude's  home  with,  a  troubled  heart,  still 
called  again  and  again,  each  time  with  more  of 
hope  in  bis  heart  and  a  happier  look  in  his  eyes. 

I  Occasionally  Everard  Grey  would  meet  him 
eomingfrom  tho  house,  at  which  times  a  groan, 
hardly  repressed,  would  escape  iho  former,  who 
crew  daily  more  and  more  sure  tbut  Maude 
had  cH-silv  borne  his  absence.  Aud  at  last  he 
went  away,  far  away  to  his  own  Lome,  and 
entered  upon  <1  new  business,  which  allowed 
him  less  leisure  for  sad  thoughts. 

And  Maude— still  loving,  still  sad!— was 
aroused  to  anew  life,  Kidder  and  harder  to  lie 
borne  still  by  the  sudden  failure  of  the  com¬ 
pany  to  which  t Heir  little  sum  of  money  was 
intrusted,  and  the  consequent  distress  which 
follnwed  for  her  and  her  mother. 

Then  it  was  that  Mr.  Cromwell  called  one 
day  and  asked  for  “Miss  Maude,”  alone.— ]To 
be  continued. 


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iISflMllipji 


Reading  for  the  ||oung 


firo  for  thorn — you  ho<?,  they  hadn't  any  beforo 
Dint  and  I'uoMimiKtre  brought  it  down  In  a 
hollow  rood,  or  cone.  Of  courso  it  was  a  very 
desirable  and  handy  thing  for  the  people  of  tho 
earth  to  have,  but  didn't  Prometheus  catch  it, 
though  1 " 

"Caught  fire?  Said  Bob. 

“Worsts  than  that  i  ho  was  chained  to  a  rock, 
and  a  vulture  came  and  ato  out  his  liver!” 

“Oh!  oh  !  ato  out  his  liver:  and  killed  him?" 

“Oh,  doar,  no;  that  was  the  worst  of  it.  for  at 
night  his  liver  grew  again,  and  so  tho  vulture 
kept  gnawing  for  thirty  thousand  years.” 

“  oh,  horrid !  but  i  don't  believe  it’s  t.ruo." 

“Well,  that’s  just  as  you've  u  mind,''  said 
Phil. 

“  But  I  do  think  matches  are  as  useful  as  any¬ 
thing  can  be,"  said  Bon.  "  I  remember,  lust 


THE  QUESTION 


WHAT  SHALL  WE  NAME  THE  BABY  1 


BY  MARY  I,  A  MB. 


OVER  the  roads  nil  rim  miner 
White  in  the  frozen  snow, 

Hark  I  to  t  ho  merry  chime  of  hells, 

A  s  the  sleighs  go  to  ami  fro  ! 

Eyes  that  are  bright  and  Joyous, 
Hearts  that  are  warm  with  love ! 
And  over  them  all,  with  radiant  face. 
Is  the  bright  full  moon  above. 


“  I  have  got  a  new-born  sister ; 

1  was  nigh  tho  llrst.  that  kissed  her. 
When  tho  nursing  woman  brought  her 
To  papa,  his  infant  daughter. 

How  papa’s  clear  eyes  did  glisten  ! 

She  will  shortly  he  to  christen  ; 

And  papa  has  made  the  offer 
I  shall  have  the  naming  of  her: 

And  l  wonder  what  would  pieuso  her, 
Charlotte,  .1  ului  or  I.oulra  t 
Ann  and  Mary  are  too  common, 

.loan's  too  f  ormal  for  a  Woman  ; 

Jane’s  a  prettier  Borne  besidc- 
Bufc  we  had  u  .lane  that  died  ; 

They  would  gay,  if  T«ns  Rebecca, 
That  she  was  u  little  (junker ; 

Edith's  pretty,  but  that  looks  5 
Better  in  eld  English  books; 

Ellen  "s  left  off  long  ago ; 

Blanche  is  out  of  fashion  now ; 

None  that  I  have  named  as  yet 
Are  ns  good  as  Margaret , 

Emily  is  neat  and  lino- 
What  do  you  think  of  Caroline? 

How  1  am  puzzled  and  perplexed, 
What  to  choose  or  think  of  next. 

1  am  in  a  little  fever. 

Best  the  name  that  1  now  give  her, 
Should  disgrace  her  or  defame  her 
1  will  leave  papa  to  name  her.” 


THE  AMERICAN  GIRL’S  MISTAKE 


A  coon  story  is  told  of  George  MacDonald, 
now  visiting  tills  couniry,  and  u  young  Ameri¬ 
can  woman  whom  lie  met  one  evening.  Wish¬ 
ing  to  appear  familiar  With  (he  works  of  I  he 
celebrated  writer,  sho  wrote  u,  friend  in  l  lm  city 
[lint  who  hud  “been  invited  to  meet  Ibc  great 
lecturer,”  and  begged  her  friend  in  send  her 
Ids  books,  whatever  they  Jiiiplit  lie.  The  friend, 
supposing  that  by  lecturer  she  meant  Professor 
Tyndall,  Bent  overall  rhat  learned  man's  works, 
(•nr  beautiful  little  impromptu  bluestocking 
did  her  level  best  in  i-raiu  for  the  occasion,  ami 
read  no  much  on  light  that  her  Hu  in  head  grew 
dizzy,  She  mastered  dm  titles,  however,  and, 
fooling  well  armed  for  the  encounter,  attended 
the  entertainment.  SIio  hail  Mu:  honor  el  hav¬ 
ing  Mr.  MacDonald  presented  to  her,  and  on  the 
first,  favorable  opportunity  he  opened  on  him  : 

“OhI  Mr.  MacDonald,  1  am  so  delighted  to 
meet  you,  1  Imvo  rend  your  beautiful  books." 

George  MacDonald  bowed  gracefully. 

“  l  do  think  your  *  Pragmeni  -  *  so  lovely." 

George  MacDonald  stared  Ilka  a  feuthcrlei -s 
owl. 

"  But  tho  most  thrilling  of  all  i.,  the  “Glaciers 
of  the  Alps." 

Tho  poor  pe.n-drlver  could  md,  utter  a  word. 
Indeed  he.  seetncd  to  bo  catc  hing  his  breath,  as 
if  lie  had  received  a  blow  below  the  bell . 

“  And  how  brilliant  you  are  on  4  Light  and  on 
Sound!'  Do,  Mr.  MacDonald,  toll  mo  how  you 
produce  such  beautiful  thing  !" 

The  Englishman  came  to  tile  conclusion  Hint 
•he  little  girl  was  dialling  him,  especially  as 
some  audible  smiles  In  the  immediate  neigh 
borhood  told  him  certain  ponphr  were  being 
amused,  no  ho  colored  up  to  the  hair,  and  fled 
the  encounter  in  such  eonfuHlon  Dial,  Ihe  com 
puny  feared  lie  was  suffering  front  u  relapse  of 
liia  late  sickness.  Hut,  wo  are  happy  in  saying 
it  was  only  a.  alight  attack  of  rwm  infavlinii 
Amcricanum,  and  that  ho  Is  now  convalescent. 


WHAT  THE  EARLEY  BOYS  THOUGHT 


BY  SlltS.  UEOUGE  BARTLETT 


Out  from  the  curtained  window 
Into  the  moonlit  night, 

Elsie  watches  with  oagor  heart 
And  blue  eyes  merry  and  bright ; 
And  softly  her  lips  are  murmuring, - 
“Should  somebody  come  for  mo. 
And  somebody  should  a  ijuestton  as!; 
What  shall  my  answer  be  >” 


Pun.  had  been  a  whole  year  in  college,  and 
talked  In  such  a  grand  way  that  ho  appeared  to 
know  a  great  deal;  indeed,  If  only  ho  had  had 
on  spectaelea  he  might  have  been  taken  fora 
professor. 

“Well,  for  my  part,"  said  Bon,  “I  think  the 
Mower  hi  the  moat  wonderful  thing  that  ever 
wan  Invented-  though,  to  bo  sure,  thore'o  the 
Oorn-ShoUcr  and  tho  Patent  Ituko.” 

“What  do  you  think  of  the  Spectroscope ?" 
asked  Pi  in,. 

“And  tho  Cotton  Gin?"  said  his  mother. 

“And  then,  you  know,  there's  gunpowder, 
and  clocks,  and  printing  presses,"  put  in 
Jim. mv, 

“Woll,  If  wc  go  back  to  tho  discovery  of 
docks  and  printing  presses,  wo  shall  hardly 
know  where  to  begin,  or  where  to  stop,  rather. 
Even  conllning  ourselves  to  the  inventions  of 
Ihe  last  quarter  of  a  century  wo  Uml  an  immense 
list.’* 

“I  know  what  la  tho  greatest  invention  over 
made,"  exclaimed  Harry.  Why,  don't  you 
know  that  hammer  the  man  came  round  to 
sell?  ft  said  in  the  papers,  any  way,  that  It  was 
the  greatest  invention  in  tho  world.  Why,  It 
was  a  hammer,  and  a  nut-eraeker,  and  a  screw¬ 
driver,  and  ever  so  many  things,  all  in  one.” 

41  Pooh !"  said  .Jimmy,  “that  wasn't  any  thing. 
Just  thinkof  a  big  balloon,  or  tho  Cardiff  Giant. 
I  say  tho  Cardiff  Giant  was  the  greatest  Inven¬ 
tion  that  eve;  was  made— tho  biggest  thing 
out !" 

“Well,  if  you  are  discussing  what  la  of  tho 
most  universal  benefit.  I  really  can't  say  I  think 
balloons  or  Cardiff  giants  ns  useful  as  some 
other  things.” 

“Just  think  of  the  Sowing  Machine,"  said 
Mrs.  Parley ;  “what  should  wo  do  without 
that?  But,  then,  so  many  things  have  boon  in¬ 
vented  within  the  last  quarter  of  a.  century  that 
wo  could  hardly  now  do  without.” 

“And  I  know  of  one,"  Mrs.  Parley  wont  on, 
after  thinking  a  moment,  “that  I  don't  bcllovc 
one  of  you  will  guess.  It  in  useful  to  every¬ 
body.  is  used  by  everybody  very  frequently,  and 
costs  but  a  triflo." 

“Can  everybody  work  it,  did  you  say?  ”  asked 
Harry. 

“Yes,  everybody;  for  my  own  part,  I  don't 
know  what  1  should  do  without  it." 

“Have  you  one,  mother?" 

11  Yes.  there  is  ono  in  this  room,  one  also  In  the 
kitchen,  and  another  in  the  bed  room.” 

“Can't  people  do  Without  It?”  asked  Jimmy. 

“People  did  do  without  them  till  about  thirty 
or  forty  years  ago ;  but  when  wo  went,  on  a  pic¬ 
nic  out  to  Plr  Lodge,  last  Summer,  1  remember 
what  trouble  wo  were  in  because  we  had  forgot¬ 
ten  to  bring  ono." 

••Oh,  matches,  mother!  I  remember  nil  about 
It;  and  how  I  wont  to  the  little  farm-house,  nml 
tho  woman  said  she  hadn’t  any,  and  then  took 
down  a  little,  tin  box  and  showed  mo  how  she 
sometimes  struck  a  flint  with  a  piece  of  steel  un¬ 
til  a  spark  came  out ;  and  the  spark  foil  on  some 
old  rags,  and  so  she  lighted  the  lire.  And  1  re¬ 
member  you  said  that,  wa.;  the  way  people  al¬ 
ways  did  before  they  had  matches." 

“Well,  how  do  you  suppose  lire  came  in  the 
flint?”  said  Phil,  who,  l  suppose,  thought  it. 
was  time  to  show  off  a  little  of  Ills  learning 

“How did  it?" 

“Oh.  a  long  time  ago,  when  Jupiter  ruled  the 
earth,  PnOMETnBps,  wishing  to  do  mortals  a 
good  turn,  went,  up  to  Heaven  and  stole  a  little 


ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.-No.  1 


The  moonlight,  shivers  and  shimmers 
Over  tho  sparkling  snow, 

But  tho  two  who  stand  ’nouth  the  silver  light. 
Are  warm  with  their  young  love’s  glow, 
o !  Elsie,  with  true  vine  eyes ' 

O  !  lover,  with  loyal  heart ! 

What  question  was  asked,— what  answer  given, 
That  both  are  so  loth  to  part '! 


£57“  Answer  In  two  weeks, 


WOMAN  AND  SCIENCE 


CHARADE,^ No.  I 


BY  MART  E.  MTTRTFELDT. 


My  first  you'll  always  find  is  mad, 

And  never  known  to  yield  ; 

My  second,  reversed,  Is  red  as  blood 
That  Hows  on  l  ho  battlefield. 

If  you  should  guess  my  whole,  I  bet 
You  surely  will  tho  madder  get. 
Answer  In  two  weeks.  Alphemi 


pcriicua  gianco  over  the  history  of  woman's 
achievements—  or  non-ucblovemcnts—  In  this 
line,  would  seem  to  corroborate  it.  And  yei, 
upon  enumerating  the  celebrated  “  exceptions," 
such  as  Caroline  Hkrscuijll,  Mile  Lamarr, 
Mmo.Mr.miUN  and  her  daughters.  Lady  Glan- 
ville,  Miss  Somerville  Miss  Mitchell,  etc,, 
they  aro  found  to  bo  far  more  than  the  number 
required  to  “  prove  tho  rule,"  and  at  least,  they 
establish  tho  fact  that  women  are  not  by  mental 
constitution  excluded  from  tiiosc  pursuits  in 
which  their  fathers,  brothers  and  husbands  find 
plcasuro  and  distinction.  Prom  tho  zeal  and 
success  of  those  who  hart  ventured  into  those 
fields  of  learning,  we  gather  courage  to  hope 
that,  however  little  may  have  been  accomplished 
heretofore  by  those  means,  the  day  is  coming 
when  women  will  no  longer  stand  “few  and  far 
between”  in  tho  ranks  of  their  scientific  breth¬ 
ren. 

It  is  very  possible  that  their  redundant  ••sen¬ 
sibilities  and  imagination  "  for  which  science 
has  no  use  t?)-may  make  their  progress  more 
arduous  than  it  is  for  man;  but  if  development 
is  practical  ly  as  wel  I  ns  theoretically  proven,  who 
knows  what  a  llttlo  patient  cultivation  of  thns« 


WORD  AND  PHRASE  PUZZLE. -No.  1. 

Wood 

Mr.  being  at  tlio  .  of  king  of  terrors,  they 
perfume  for  his  Quakers  and  who,  which, 
and  what;  and  they  penny  for  Dr.  Ilouud  Us 


ii  who  !l  —  to  Dr.  Ilay-proservers  and  little  devil 


behold  scarlet  his  assistance;  but  beforo  he  ar¬ 
rived  the  not  legally  good  changed  color  and 
taker 

tho  was  ten  mills  for.  f.  m.  a. 

837"  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA.  No.  I 


My  first  la  In  blue  Jay  but  not  In  robin, 

My  second’s  in  shuttle  but  not  in  bobbin ; 
My  third  is  In  Venus  but  not  in  Mars, 

My  fourth  la  in  engine  but  not  In  cars : 

My  fifth  is  In  barley  but  not  in  corn, 

My  sixtli  la  in  trumpet  but  not  In  horn  ; 
My  seventh's  In  arrow  but  not  in  quiver. 
My  whole  is  tho  name  of  a  beautiful  ri\cr. 
Answer  in  two  weeks.  Fourteen, 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS 


walls  have  suffocated,  burned  and  crushed  out 
the  lives  of  scores.  Indeed,  so  rapidly  have 
these  horrors  succeeded  each  >thcr,  that  we 
scarcely  recover  lmm  one  shock  ere  another 
arouses  our  Indignation  or  awakens  our  sympa¬ 
thy.  Only  those  who  arc  compelled  to  travel  at 
this  season,  will  be  apt  to  venture  abroad;  those 
who  would  seek  pleasure  abroad  should  remem¬ 
ber  there  is  no  place  like  home. 


■Wilmington,  8.  C.,  on  the  35th  of  December. 
Loss  $40,000. 

Disasters, 

Oil  the  23d  of  December  a  train  ran  from  a 
bridge  near  Prospect,  N.  J.,  and  took  fire  after 
falling  30  feet.  There  were  46  people  in  the 
cars,  only  one  of  whom  escaped  undisabled. 
Nineteen  dead  were  taken  out,  twenty-six  In¬ 
jured,  and  several  missing.  The  dead  were 
burned  beyond  recognition.  A  broken  wheel 
caused  the  awful  disaster _ A  car  of  the  Chi¬ 

cago  Express,  when  near  Indianapolis,  was 
thrown  from  the  track  on  the  34th,  and  30 
people  were  injured  A  train  f;t  \  •  i  in, 
Kansas,  was  run  Into  on  the  25  th  Two  killed 
and  live  wounded  tin  Christmas  Day  t  iie  floor 
of  a  Baptist  church  in  Williamsport,  Pa.,  felt 
15  feet,  carrying  down  800  people.  Fourteen 
were  killed  and  forty  wounded  An  avalanche 
took  place  at  Central  City,  Utah,  on  the  36th. 
Tt  carried  away  ten  teams  and  t  eamsters.  Three 
men  have  been  shoveled  out.  alive.  The  rest 
cannot  bo  got  until  Spring  ..  .On  the  Si'.th  the 
roof  of  Whitney's  foundry.  In  Philadelphia,  fell 
In,  injuring  two  men  On  the  same  day  tho 
roof  of  Winch's  .spike  Mills  fell  in.  A  largo 
nu rol.er  of  men  were  injured  The  shin  Peru¬ 
vian  has  been  lost  off  Capo  Cod  wilh  30  men. 
Loss  $400,000  . .The  bark  Kadosh  of  Boston, 
baa  been  lost,  anil  seven  men  A  great  ico 
gorge  broke  at  Memphis  on  the  35th,  sweeping 
away  wharves,  and  a  large  number  of  steam¬ 
boats,  some  70  or  more,  were  crushed,  with  im¬ 
mense  loss.  The  value  of  the  boats  was  $250,000. 


(.’olds  and  Coagfca. — Sudden  changes  of  cli¬ 
mate  are  sources  of  Pulmonary  and  Bronchial 
affections.— Experience  having  proved  that  sim¬ 
ple  remedies  act  speedily  when  taken  in  the 
early  stage  of  disease,  take  at  once  “ Brown's 
Bronchial  Troches"  let  the  Cold,  Cough,  or  Irri¬ 
tation  of  the  Throat  be  ever  so  slight,  as  by  this 
precaution  a  more  serious  at  t  ack  may  be  warded 
off. 

Owing  to  the  good  reputation  and  popularity 
of  the  Troches,  many  worthless  and  cheap  Imita¬ 
tions  are  offered  which  arc  good  for  nothing. 
Be  sure  to  Obtain  the  true  “  Brown’s  Bronchial 
Troche s."  Sold  everywhere. 


CURRENT  TOPICS, 


The  Credit  Mobiller  Investigation. 

During  the  recent  President  iul  canvass  there 
have  been  accusations  of  corruption  against 
Congressmen  and  Senators,  involving  also  the 
good  Dame  of  the  Vice-President  of  the  United 
States,  as  having  received  stock  of  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad  in  consideration  of  services 
rendered  in  promoting  legislation  to  the  aggran¬ 
disement,  of  i/us  corporation.  These  accusations 
have  been  pronounced  unfounded.  But  they 
have  attracted  much  attention  and  created  so 
much  scandal  that  Congress  baa  appointed  nn 
investigating  Committee  to  explore  t  he  matter. 
This  Committee  has  held  a  session,  during 
which  it  is  asserted  thatOoLMcComb  “  gave  tes¬ 
timony  that  greatly  nstonkhed  the  Committee 
and  opened  a  broad  field  for  future  inquiry.” 
He  asserts  that- Oakes  Arnes  demanded  and  re¬ 
ceived  a  large  amount  ol  the  stock  of  tho  Com¬ 
pany  for  the  avowed  purposed  placing  it  among 
members  of  Congress  in  such  a  way  as  to  influ¬ 
ence  legislation  in  which  the  Union  Pacific 
Railroad  was  interested.  He  either  did  so  placo 
it,  or  represented  that  ho  did  falsely,  and  appro¬ 
priated  it  to  his  own  use  wrongfully.  Either 
Oakes  Amos  has  cheated  the  Pacific  Railroad 
Company,  or  Congressmen  aud  Senators  have 
been  corrupted  to  an  extent  that  ought  to  shame 
the  country.  No  matter  which  is  the  fact,  this 
exposition  reveals  some  of  the  infamous 
methods  used  by  railroad  combi  nut  ions  to  se¬ 
cure  legislation  w  hich  enriches  them  and  im¬ 
poverishes  the  Industrial  elussesof  the  country. 
The  people  ought,  to  unite  in  compelling  a  show- 
ingof  hands  in  fliiR  umtterand  tho  political  exe¬ 
cution  of  every  man  who  is  involved  in  such 
corruption. 


The  Stokes  Trial. 

Thk  past  week  Stokes,  who  shot  James  Fisk, 
Jr.,  has  been  on  trial  in  New  York  and  bus  been 
giving  testimony  In  bis  own  behalf.  He  insists 
that  the  shooting  of  Fisk  was  unpremeditated— 
that  he  did  not  know  that  Fisk  was  near  him 
until  he  met  him  on  tho  stairs,  and  that  he  did 
nut  fire  upon  him  till  he  saw  Fisk  draw  his  re¬ 
volver  and  attempt  to  cock  It ;  that  he  did  not 
know  that  lie  had  been  indicted  through  Fisk’s 
agency,  although  he  had  that  afternoon  made 
inquiries  of  his  counsel,  because  he  desired  to 
leave  tow  n  on  business  and  did  not  want  to  be 
brought  back  on  a  requsitlon ;  hence  ho  had  no 
Intention  of  leaving  town  in  case  indictments 
had  been  found  against  him.  Hence  the  fact 
of  the  indictments  having  been  found  against 
him,  since  lie  did  not  know  the  fact,  could  not 
have  been  and  was  not  the  motive  which  in¬ 
duced  the  shooting.  It  was  done  in  self  defense. 
This  Is  the  impression  bis  testimony  is  Intended 
to,  and  if  it  is  true  does,  convey. 


Notice.— There  la  noplace  in  the  United  States 
where  a  person  can  get  any  kind  of  a  gun,  revol¬ 
ver,  pistol,  or  ammunition  of  any  and  every 
kind,  at  lower  prices  than  at  the  Great  Western 
Gun  Works,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  J.  H.  Johnston, 
the  proprietor,  la  a  practical  gun  maker  of  25 
years' experience.  The  guns  have  a  widespread 
reputation  In  every  State  and  Territory  in  the 
Union.  The  prices  are  ir>  cheap,  too,  that  every 
one,  however  poor,  can  bo  suited.  Write  for  a 
catalogue  and  see  for  yourself.  Advertisement 
on  last  page. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 


miiccllanconii  Foreign  New*. 

The  Orleans  princes  have  had  their  property 
restored.  President  Thiers  Is  spending  the 

recess  in  Paris _ Germany  Is  anxious  for  an 

emigration  treaty  with  America — The  river 
Thames  has  flooded  the  House  Park  at  Windsor. 

_ Spain  w  ill  Introduce  no  reform*  into  Cuba 

while  a  single  insurgent  remains  The  Em¬ 
press  of  Russia  will  visit  Naples.  .Spain  will 
abolish  slavery  in  Port  o  Rico. ...  England  has 
notified  Russia  that  she«shnll  support  the  inde¬ 
pendence  of  Afghan  Bismarck  will  retain  the 
ministry  of  foreign  affairs _ The  Pope  has  con¬ 

demned  the  governments  of  Italy  aiul  Pni  -la. 

_ The  Liverpool  packet  Germania  lias  been 

lost  on  the  coast  of  France.  Thirt  y  lives  were 
lost  The  Czare  witch  of  Ru-sla  Is  very  ill  .. 

The  King  of  tlie  Hard iv i ell  Islands  died  on  tho 
11th  of  Doceniber  The  bill  for  emancipating 
the  slaves  of  Porto  Rico  ha-  been  read  in  tho 
Spanish  house  President  Thiers  ha*  received 
the  Japanese  embassy  On  tlieUith  the  Ozarc- 
witcb  passed  a  comfortable  night. ..  A  United 
States  w  ar  steamer  has  boon  sent  to  the  Sand¬ 
wich  Islands _ Switzerland  has  suspended  dip¬ 

lomatic  relations  with  the  Pope. 


The  New  Wilson  Under-Feed  Sewing  Machine 
is  the  machine  that  is  to-day— with  Its  perfect 
operation,  beautiful,  easy,  noiseless  movement, 
and  unparalleled  range  of  work— making  firm 
friends  and  advocates  in  hundreds  of  thousands 
of  families  In  all  parts  of  tho  globe ;  It  Is  the  ma¬ 
chine  to  buy  if  you  wind,  the  best.  Salesroom 
at  707  Broadway,  Now  York,  and  in  all  other 
cities  In  tho  United  States.  Tho  Company  want 
agent*  iu  country  towns. 


Postal  Telegraphy. 

The  proposal  that  Government  shall  take 
possession  of  the  telograplis  of  the  country  and 
make  them  public  property  and  run  t  hem  pro 
bona  publico,  as  letter*  are  now  carried,  is  under 
discussion.  This  is  being  done  in  England.  An 
English  1  olographic  journal  says  that  In  theory  it 
is  good  to  have  the  Government  own  tho  tele¬ 
graph;  but  In  practice  It  Is  bail,  tt  takes  a 
longer  time  to  send  messages  than  formerly. 
Tho  man  who  expects,  In  England,  to  send  a 
message  fifty  miles  by  telegraph  quicker  than 
he  can  send  it  by  railway  is  generally  disap¬ 
pointed. 


Watch  No.  4*84— bearl'.g  Trade  Mark  "Ed¬ 
win  Rollo,  Marlon  N.  J.”— manufactured  by 
United  States  Watch  Co.,  (Giles  Wales  &  Co.,) 
has  been  carried  by  me  six  months ;  Its  total 
variation  from  mean  time  being  only  two-thirds 
of  a  second  per  day.— David  II.  Peck,  Ferry 
Master  Central  R.  R.  of  N.J.,  foot  of  Liberty  st., 
North  River,  N.  Y. 


The  Vienna  Exposition. 

Conqkbbs  is  asked  by  Gen.  Van  Buren,  the 
U.  S.  Commissioner  to  this  exposition,  to  ap¬ 
propriate  $K)0,(XK)  for  the  purpose  of  paying  the 
expenses  of  transporting  the  articles  of  Ameri¬ 
can  exhibitors  to  and  from  the  Vienna  Exposi¬ 
tion  next  year.  We  hope  Congress  will  do  no 
such  thing.  Americana  have  played  into  the 
hands  of  foreigners  long  enough,  bet  Buch 
Americans  as  think  it  will  pay  them  to  exhibit 
there  pay  their  own  way.  We  soe  no  reason 
why  those  who  staj'  at  home  should  pay  their 
exponses.  These  Corn  missions  (such  as  Gen. 
Van  Buren  holds)  are  not  to  be  commended  to 
the  American  people  to  be  taken  in  frequently 
repeated  doses.  They  cost  us  too  much  aud  ac¬ 
complish  too  little.  Lot  Van  Buren  subside  and 
Congress  attend  to  llio  internal  affairs  of  tho 
country. 

—  Since  writing  the  above  we  notice  that  tho 
House  Coin  mil  lee  on  Foreign  Affairs  has  agreed 
to  recommend  tho  appropriation  of  $100,000  to 
be  placed  in  the  hands  of  tho  Secretary  of  State 
and  disbursed  by  him  at  his  own  discretion  on 
account  of  tiiis  Vienna  Exposition.  The  law 
authorizing  Urn  appointment  of  Commissioners 
provides  that  they  shall  receive  no  salary ;  but 
one  of  them  intimated  to  the  Committee  that 
they  ought  to  have  $10,000  apiece  for  their  ex¬ 
penses;  and  they  will  doubt  less  receive  it  if 
this  bill  passes.  This  is  one  of  the  miserable 
Government  leaks  which  lobbying  opens  lor 
tho  adventurers  who  are  only  willing  1o  live  by 
living  at  Government  expense.  We  hope  the 
bill  will  be  defeated  and  that  this  Commission 
be  permitted  to  stay  at  home  and  serve  the 
country  in  a  paying  manner. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS, 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

There  la  to  be  no  change  in  the  editorship 
of  t  he  Tribune  ...  On  Sunday,  t  he  33d  of  Decem¬ 
ber,  t  he  Brooklyn  Tabernacle,  the  largest  chinch 
in  that  city,  made  of  iron,  was  burned.  Loss 
$60,000.  The  groat  organ  cost  $35,000  Nicholas 
it.  Duryeu,  the  murdered  lottery  dealer,  hail  a 
great  funeral  on  the  21st.  Hu  was  a  church 
member  Mr.  JoliiiHon,  a  lottery  dealer,  com¬ 
mitted  suicide  in  Central  Park  on  the  2lst  . 
The  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel  jury  re«riintneud  an 
Immediate  inspection  of  all  the  hotels  In  the 
city .  .  Forefathers’  Day  was  celebrated  on  the 

IJikl  with  a  grand  banquet  at  Delnionh-nV  ... 
Italian  emigrants  to  the  number  of  200  have 
gone  to  Richmond,  Va...  Tho  funeral  \>l  Geo. 
E.  Putnam  took  place  on  tho  23d,  and  was 
largely  attended  A  man  named  Seiglor  was 
murdered  in  Brooklyn  on  the  33d  .  Christmas 
Day  was  very  cold  A  great  snow  storm  struck 
the  city  on  the  20th,  nearly  suspending  busi¬ 
ness.  Prof.  Tyndall  s  course  of  lectures  have 

been  well  received _ The  great  storm  of  the 

20t.li  of  December  blocked  city  transit  and  filled 
the  streets  with  snow.  It  fell  to  llm  dcjith  of  a 
foot  .One  tbou*and  men  and  000  carts  wore 
employed  to  clear  Broadway  of  snow _ Minis¬ 

ter  Washburns  sailed  for  France  on  the  20th  of 
December. 

Home  News. 

The  government,  lias  no  intention  of  inter¬ 
fering  In  the  Arkansas  troubles Senator  Fen¬ 
ton  has  been  sick.  The  Times  of  New  Orleans 
has  suspended  —  On  the  21* t  there  wan  very 
severe  weather  throughout  llio  Northwest 
The  New  Orleans  committee  of  one  hundred 
has  issued  an  address  to  the  people  in  which 
they  claim  that  tho  people’s  rights  are  at  stuke. 

_ Gambling  houses  in  Boston  are  being  closed. 

..  The  weather  has  been  very  cold  in  New 
England  A  great  snow  storm  raged  through¬ 
out  the  country  on  the  20th,  the  most  severe 
known  in  twenty  yearn.  Trains  and  malls  were 
snow-bound,  and  the  cold  was  very  severe.  In 
Kansas  t  he  mercury  was  30  degrees  below  zero. 

_ Gov.  Warmouth  accepts  the  situation  in 

Louisiana  .Joe  Jefferson  has  recovered  his 
health  Five  negro  women  were  shot,  at  Mem¬ 
phis  during  tho  Christinas  festival,  George 
Gotti  n,  the  celebrated  Indian  artist,  died  in 
Jersey  City,  on  the  24th  of  December.  He  was 
born  in  1796. 

Flrea. 

Grocery  store  in  Memphis  on  the  22d  of 
December.  Loss  $20,000 . ...  Hercules  Powder 
Works,  near  San  FraffOlsou,  on  the  21st.  Two 
men  killed  ..Machine  shop  in  t.upeor,  Mich., 
on  the  'list.  Lobs  $25,000  On  the  Ski  a  great 
lire  broke  out  In  Portland,  Oregon,  which 
threatened  to  destroy  th«*  city.  Many  houses 

were  consumed.  Loss  $150,000 _ On  the  23d  a 

large  part  of  Helena,  Ark.,  was  destroyed,  with 
great  loss..  . Several  fires  took  place  in  Bn.-ton 
on  the  23d,  greatly  exciting  tho  city.  One  on 
Washington  street  destroyed  $75,000  ...  Pacific 
Hotel  at  Mansfield,  Ohio,  on  the  23d.  Loss 
$12,000  aud  two  lives  ...Standard  C.rpet  Mills 
oti  Blair  street,  Philadelphia,  on  the  2od.  Lobs 
$50,000  School-house  No.  5  In  Jersey  City  on 
the  23d.  Loss  $50,000  —  A  rolling  mill  in  Pater¬ 
son,  N.  J.,  on  the  33d.  Loss  $35,000.  On  the 
34 th  Dm  building  of  the  New  York  Printing 
Company,  on  Centre  street,  New  York  city,  was 
destroyed.  Loss  $075,000.  Seven  girls  perished 
in  the  flames — On  the  33d  Barnum's  Museum, 
Grace  Chapel,  Grote’s  Ivory  factory,  and  Airs. 
Lawrence's  house,  on  East  Fourteenth  street, 
were  destroyed  by  fire.  The  uiglit  was  very 
cold,  and  tho  llamos  raged  with  fury.  All  Mr. 
Barnum's  animals  save  three  perished.  The 

loss  is  estimated  at  $1,500,000 _ The  small-pox 

hospital  in  Boston  on  the  26th.  Loss  $30,000  . . . 
Building  No.  119  Franklin  street  was  burned  in 
New  York  city  on  the  30th.  Loss  $125,lKxi. . 
The  chocolate  factory  and  hotel  of  H.  Malllard, 
on  Broadway,  New  York,  was  burned  on  the 
27th.  Loss  $200,000  The  sheds  on  Long 
Wharf,  Boston,  were  burned  on  the  27tli  oi 
Decern  tier.  Loss  $100,000  ...The  Fairklll  Roll¬ 
ing  Mills  at  Philadelphia  were  destroyed  on  the 
27th  of  December.  Loss  $30,000  l'  ivc  build- 
legs  in  Windsor.  Canada,  on  the  27th  of  Decem¬ 
ber.  Loss  $03,00(1  —  A  number  of  houses  in 


Facia  for  the  Ladles. — Mrs.  Rev.  W.  V.  MILLI¬ 
GAN,  Cambridge,  Ohio,  has  saved  with  her 
Wheeler  &  Wilson  Lock-Stitch  Sewing  Ma¬ 
chine  hundreds  of  dollars  in  the  last  ten 
years  without  a  cent  for  repairs.  See  the 
new  Improvements  and  Woods'  Lock-Stitch 
Ripper. 

■ - »♦• - - 

Prof.  GnsUrll,  whose  Written  Copies  are  ad¬ 
vertised  in  the  Rcrat.,  Is  Pros’t  of  tho  Bryant  & 
Stratton  College,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  and  tho 
bast  of  American  Pcmnen. 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 


Elizabeth,  Wirt  County,  VV,  Va.,  Dec.  14.— 
The  weather  for  the  last  six  weeks  has,  with  tho 
exception  of  a  few  duys,  been  cold  and  un- 
plousanl .  The  ground  Is  frozen  hard,  and  the 
river  Is  frozen  hard  enough  to  cross  on  the  Ice. 
First  hard  frost,  Oct.  9;  first  snow,  Oct.  10; 
latest  frost  last  Spring,  May  4 ;  lowest  tempera¬ 
ture  this  month,  7°.  Price  of  wheat,  $1.50  per 
bush. ;  corn,  00c. ;  potatoes,  $1 ;  Hour,  5c.  per  lb. ; 
meal,  l;ic. ;  beef,  6  to  10c. ;  butter,  25c.;  dried 
apples,  75c.  to  $1  per  bush. ;  chickens, 35o.  each  ; 
eggs,  115 to  15c. per  do/..;  sugar,  14  to  80c.;  sor¬ 
ghum  molasses,  00c.  per  gallon  ;  hay,  $30  per  ton  ; 
corn-fodder,  5c.  per  shock  of  one  hundred  hills ; 
cows,  $15  to  $30  each.  Crops  were  good  with  the 
exception  of  Irish  potatoes;  Peerless  and  Esrlv 
Rose  yielded  the  best.  Climate  hot  in  ..ar 
and  in  Autumn  and  Winter;  nob  -  Ian  .summer 
in  Autumn,  and  but  lilt le  snow  m  W inter.  Soil 
principally  white  and  red  clay,  with  some  sandy 
soil.  Timber  white,  black,  red,  and  chestnut, 
oak,  and  hickory,  poplar,  gum,  elm,  dogwood, 
pine,  locust  and  beech.  Very  hilly,  with  deep 
ravines. — w.  u.  u.  r. 

Wellsboro,  l*u.,  Dec.  SI.— Winter  severe  so 
far.  Ground  frozen  solid  Nov.  10.  No  thaw 
since;  but  little  snow  until  Dec.  20;  about  one 
foot  of  snow  now  and  snowing  to-day.  Very 
severe  cold  t  he  past  few  days  10-  below  zero  tho 
morning  of  the  34th.  Money  very  scarce.  Prices 
of  produce  fair:  Hay,  $15;  straw,  $10;  oats, 
40c. ;  potatoes,  75c.  (ami  poor  in  quality  at  that) ; 
applos,  50c.  per  bush,  (tremendous  crop,  but  a 
great  many  wasted);  butter,  30c. ;  cheese,  13c.; 
wood,  three  feet,  per  cord,  $3 ;  coal,  bituminous, 
$3  per  ton ;  anthracite.  $7.  Farmers  in  this 
vicinity  aro  just  '•ginning  to  turn  their  atten¬ 
tion  to  their  legitimate  business,  having  been 
heretofore  more  interested  in  lumbering,  con¬ 
sequently  are  behind  the  times  about  twenty 
years.— m.  b.  p. 

Forsyth  Co.,tia.,  Dec.  16.— Everything  is  quiet 
and  plenty ;  corn,  60  to  05c.  per  bush. ;  pork,  7 
to  8c.  ,*  cotton,  17  to  17:jc.  Horae  disease  is  here ; 
a  great  many  have  it,  but  it  is  mild  in  most 
cases,  not  being  as  bad  as  common  distemper; 
people  are  in  great  hope  of  raising  a  large  cot- 
lou  crop  next  year  as  the  guano  did  so  well  this 
year ;  we  can  raise  1,000  to  1,500  per  acre  iD  seed. 
— w.  l.  w. 

Lamartine,  ClurRmC©.,  Pa.,  Dec.  23.— Severe 
Winter  weather  the  past  flvo  weeks ;  ten  inches 
of  snow  ;  splendid  sleighing.  Grain  scarce  and 
high;  wheat.  $1.50®  1.75;  oats,  50®00c. ;  corn, 
401550c. ;  hay,  $30;  butter,  30®35c. ;  potatoes, 
00g'75c. ;  stock  low,  with  scarcely  any  demand 
lor  it ;  land,  $50@500  per  acre.— D.  m.  d. 

Mi.  Eaton,  Wayne  Co.,  O.,  Dec.  26.— Winter 
commenced  before  the  middle  of  November  aud 
has  continued  with  unusual  severity  to  tills 
time.  Sunday  morning  last  the  thermometer 
indicated  16°  below  zero ;  it  lias  boon  standing 
in  the  neighborhood  ol'  zero  ever  since.— A.  KG. 

Lenox,  N.  «L,  Dec.  27.— Wo  are  having  a  snug 
Winter  so  far,  and  just  now  good  sleighing. 
Christmas  morning  thermometer  marked  13° 
below  zero,  20th,  10°  above,  and  this  A.  M.,  at  7 
o’clock,  zero.  Money  scarce  and  taxes  high.— 
E.  E.  L. 


II  w  ill  pay  you  to  send  to  Porter  Blanchard's 
Sons,  Concord ,  N.  H.,  or  to  any  dealer  In  first-class 
dairy  machinery,  for  the  circulars  of  their  excel¬ 
lent  churn. 


Clo**-  u,ibb«T»  *■$  Cleaners. — The  simplest 
»•;  ;  uost  in  market.  Price  $120.  Made  by  S'r. 
Johnsville  Aq‘l  Wobxb,  Mont.  Co.,  N.  Y. 


Advice. — Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


M0 SET  AND  TRADE  AFFAIR3, 


Niw  York,  Monday,  Dec.  30, 1872. 

With  the  oloee  of  the  Old  Year  wo  ha  ve  the  reports 
of  the  Foreign  trade  Tor  1372  at  the  port  of  Now  York, 
where  about  70  7*  cexx.  of  the  whole  Itutorlutions  of 
the  country  are  entered,  and  about  40  4*  cent,  of  the 
whole  Domestic  Exports  (other  than  Specie)  are 
cleared.  Of  the  Specie  t'aipped  out.  New  York  and 
R«u  Francisco  supply  nearly  the  whole.  At  New 
York  in  1633  Imports  were  entered  to  tho  value  of 
$428,000,000,  a  gain  of  $48,000,000  On  1S71.  Tho  Domestic 
Exports,  $234,000,000,  the  same  figure  as  1871.  Gold 
and  silver  ehippeu,  $?2,(X>\000,  a  gain  of  $9,000,000  on 
1671.  The  Customs  Duties  received  at  this  port, 
owing  to  the  reduced  Tar.ff,  are  $3,000,000  less  than  in 
iyn  on  un  Increased  tope  nation.  The  Gold  Interest 
,->aid  out.  at  New  York  the  Public  Debt  of  tbe 
United  States  is  also  $8/411,000  less,  owing  to  the  fur¬ 
ther  reduction  of  the  Prlufiipal  of  tbe  Debt, 

The  Holiday  shopping  proved  active  this  season; 
but  this  is  about  the  only  .  rude  going  on  at  the  close 
of  the  Old  Your.  The  slow  storms  and  severe  cold 
have  made  the  week  p»l,c  very  dull  for  general  busi¬ 
ness,  and  the  taxno  cause  interfered  materially  with 
Railroad  tr  (Be. 

The  Money  market  is  unusually  stringent  even  for 
thin  season  of  close  settlements.  The  Stock  Broke,  j 
lire  paying  disgustingly  high  usance  to  carry  over 
their  speculations ■  <n,«i  this  sortoi  competition,  with 
mercantile  and  other  business  at  Bank  and  on  Wall 
street,  raises  the  rates  on  good  paper  to  12g>15  R  cent, 
per  annum.  Nearly  all  the  K.vtr.md  corporations  are 
just  now  wanting  U  nejr  for  Improvements,  exten¬ 
sions,  Ac.,  and  they  win  absorb  this  season  much 
more  capital  than  toey  will  supply  by  their  January 

^Tbe'  Bunk  return  shows  a  gain  of  f  1,700, b<)  in  Gold 
Neb'S,  derived  from  the  Interest  Payments  by  the 
United  States  Treasury,  but  lose  $3,5  ll.OUJ  m  Green- 
DttCks  (supposen  io  part  to  have  gone  South  and 
\V<;st,\  and  the  statement  to  tl  io  tv  bole  is  not  so  good 
as  at  tne  close  of  1871.  The  following  1 3  thcOompara 
tivo  movement  on  tho  last  Saturdays  of  tbe  two 

ye3I*:  Dee.  30, 1«71.  Deo.  28, 1872, 

r*n?ta!  . $  Will, 60(1  $83,019,200 

EoSSi. . .K70,.Vil,{Urt  275,81 1,100 

Gold  and  Greenbacks . i.8U32,»{0  fKrtl.ltiO 

Deposit!..  .  . ,20(1, 400, 800  199,423,84) 

Circuit;:.. on .  28,542, SCO  27,532,700 

In  the  Slock  rixcfcuri  e  ihe  excitement  in  regard  to 
I  lie  Genld  1'..;  settlements  lias  etlh-ided.  The  Stock 
of  tho  iSrie  hue  made  a  lurti  or  advance  to  G2!T  I) 
cent.,  wan  a  corresponding  rise  in  London,  whore 
most  Of  tlm  Cumnmu  Capital  is  bold.  Dear  Money 
and  the  cold  weather  made  nn  indifferent  general 
mwket  for  Stocks  duruvj  tho  week,  nlt.iough  prices 


Cuba  Haa  Sympathizers. 

The  South  A  merican  Itepublios  of  Chile  ami 
Peru  (with  a  prospect  that  Mexico  will  ©O-oper- 
ato)  are  agitating,  with  an  apparent  earnestness, 
which  means  demonstration,  the  subject  of  giv¬ 
ing  material  aid  to  Culm.  W©  are  glad  that  the 
effort  of  the  Spanish  sympathizers  who  seem  to 
Control  one  State  Department  to  tie  the  hands 
of  those  South  American  Republics  in  their  re¬ 
lations  to  Cuba  lias  failed,  and  that  Chile  and 
Peru  refuso  to  ratify  the  convention  which 
would  I  hits  prevent  the  expression  of  practical 
sympathy  by  these  Governments  for  Cuba,  it 
seems  to  us  that  American  opinion  and  sympa¬ 
thy  which  does  exist  iu  favor  of  the  Cuban  pa- 
triots  ought  to  apoiik  iu  unmistakable  tones 
through  Congress— that  the  Cubans  ought  to  be 
recognized  as  belligerents  at  least  by  this  Gov¬ 
ernment,  if  indeed  Cuba  should  not  lie  recog¬ 
nized  as  a  sovereign  and  Independent  State. 
Four  years  of  struggle  against  all  the  power  of 
Spain,  without  practical  aid  or  sympathy  from 
other  republics,  a  well  organized  army  of  12,iH)0 
men,  and  an  undaunted  purpose  to  fight  as  long 
as  there  is  a  Spaniard  t<>  fight,  ought  to  com¬ 
mand  the  attention  of  our  Government. 


The  Great  Storm. 

From  land  and  sea  t  lie  terrible  results  of  the 
recent  storm  come  to  us  with  details  that  make 
us  shrink  from  travel  at  this  season.  Railway 
trains  have  been  blocked  in  tbe  snow  sixteen 
hours  within  a  short  distance  of  N.  Y.  City,  pas¬ 
sengers  suffering  from  hunger,  thirst  and  cold; 
other  trains  iiave  flown  (he  track  In  conse¬ 
quence  of  broken  rails,  and  lives  have  been  lost 
and  passengers  injured;  ships  and  lives  have 
been  swallowed  up  in  the  pitiless  depths;  fires 
have  swept  away  property,  expelled  the  poor 
from  their  homes  into  the  icy  atmosphere  and 
unsympathetic  world,  shorn  of  clothing  and 
household  property;  smoke  and  fire  and  failing 


I  '  !  WC'Y.  Ii'ir  1.(1  pOOd,  likjfije.: 
(Ereanu  butter,  7M®8M0. ;  State  dnl- 
&32e.,  dft.  nil  firkins,  2H®»Jo  ;  Roll?, 


«3A?3,  4 


keep  up  well  on  the  Railroad  and  Government 
Stocks.  The  Pad  llo  Mail  speculation  Is  3®  4  cent, 
lower.  Gold  Is  %<&M  W  cent,  dearer,  owing  to  some 
shipments  abroad,  about  $1,500,000  la  amount. 

The  following  table  of  the  closimr  prices  of  the  Old 
Year,  compared  with  the  U*t  prices  of  1871,  will  be 
found  interesting : 

,  _  , ,  Close  1871.  Close  1872. 

American  Gold . lOO'tf  112 

C.  S.  5-20s,  May  and  November . IlOyf  113 

U.  S.o-20s  of  1807 . 118  U7K 

No  w  S  F  ccn ts . . . 1 II)  112' 

Central  Pacific  Bonds . 103V  102V 

Union  Pud  ties .  fit  91 

Now  York  Central .  M6«  99 

Rock  island.. . ...103  111 

Luke  8 boro .  92V  9f,v 

Northwest . .  fi»  81  * 

St..  Paul .  55  K  54 

Brie........ . 83M  «2W 

Union  Pacific . . . . . 3!p|  %;% 

Ohio  and  Mississippi . . . 16%  48L; 

Western  Telegraph .  71$  80jJ 

Wabash . . . 72  %  74  U 

Pacllio  Mail . 53V  75 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

Beans  and  Pens.— Medium  beans  are  In  light 
supply  and  be  id  firmly.  The  iicmand  for  marrowfats 
has  become  verj  light.  The  increased  duty  takes 
ntfoctJau.  1,  aud  exporters  hare  been  buyin#  lately 
ahead  of  urgent  wants  for  shipment  to  the  w<vt  In¬ 
dia.  markets. 

Wo  quota  Martlmm,  prime  f7.75Ul2.B0  per  bushel: 
COOd  dO..f3.5O^*«.00;  fair  do.,  M.NW  $7.25;  prime  mat- 
rowfats,  *i7:r;;if2.H0;  gooddo.,  12.50. 1  .''10;  common  and 
fair  do.,  $2,n0®$2.23.  Green  nous  at  fLWUfl.flO.  South¬ 
ern  bluok-cyed  pea  s,  i  !.7D(St<2.76.  Canada  peas  in  bond, 
$1.12. 

Boeswax.  -There  is  not  much  business.  Slitpuers 
want  a  few  lots,  and  will  p^y  53>ta  for  Wostcvu  ;n.d 
34®34>Jc.  for  Southern. 

Bnttor.— There  is  very  little  doing  at  tliln  season, 
while  the  sevore  and  td root- blockading  snow-storm 
adds  to  t  he  dullness.  Prices  aro  not  quotnbly  nbanged. 
Kino  qualities  arc  very  tlna  in  tbo  absence  of  regular 
receipts. 

Orange  C <>.  pails, fine,  including  creamery ,  3G®3B<h ; 
Penn,  and  N.  J.  Pulls,  good  to  tine,  2i)®i5c. ;  ■oiumoii, 
— <!$— e. ;  select  Ions,  bid  lltubs.  SrocT.e. ;  extra  half  tubs, 
<3s®40u.j  halt  tubs  10  lots, 'JHi'UIOC.j  good  to  prime  fir¬ 
kins,  27®2ile. :  do.  Wcl  ’l,  Pal),  27®28«.|  Welsh  tubs, 
fair,  20 •-  33e.;  other  gradudof  State,  MS02a.(  Western 


mon,  10c. 

Cheese.— There  Is  nothing  of  moment  doing,  and 
with  the  present  condition  of  the  streets  no  largo 
parcels  could  be  moved.  The  cable  still  iptotes  6u. 
No  shipping  Uomand  is  expected  until  we  bare  wa¬ 
tered  upon  January  1o  some  length  and  then  the 
operations  will  have  to  tio  hi  medium  classes  of 
cheese  as  dealers  all  seem  pretty  decided  In  holding 
tlio  rest  of  lino  Septembers  for  toe  home  trade. 

Wo  quote  State  factory,  Choice,  lli,«14^c.;  good  to 
prime,  i:l;V  '  l  i  'lC.f  fair  12ral lieu  State  dairy, la  v@i;t!«i. 
for  good  to  prime:  KU-I.'c.  for  fair  lots  ;  for  Ohio 
factory,  1>  rll  .e,  for  fair  to  prime;  English  dairy, 
prime,  lSKwlle. ;  fair  do.,  Iljv;£l3c. 


Cotton.  -The  toieigu  market  is  favorable  and  a  fs'r 
business  is  reported  in  spot  cotton  at  fair  prices.  Bali « 
forward  delivery  at  the  close  arc  at  Iftiq  for  January, 
20  for  February,  20.k£  for  March,  20V  for  April,  21  for 
May,  21V  for. lone  in  the  basis  of  low  middling. 

Wo  quote  spot  cotton,  us  follows : 

I  pri'd*.  Alill  enn,  Nnw  Orlssni. 'I>xsu. 

Ordinary.... .  17V  1*V  17  V  18 

Good  Urdmary .  If  v  l:(y  19  19'-. 

Strict  Good  Ordinary.  I8"f  19V  19W  t&% 

Low  Middling .  Jlt  -f  19K  19 v  j?' 

Middling . . .  29V  20  V  20:V 

Good  Middling  .  22  23%  22 V  JOY 

Dried  Fruit.-  The  trade  look  for  an  improved 
business,  now  that  the  holiday  demand  l’or  foreign 
lms  subsided.  Tho  stocks  are  bo  liberal  that  no  im¬ 
provement  tn  price*  Isexpeoted.  notwithstanding  the 
prices  throughout  is  very  much  below  those  of  last 
year. 

Southern  apples.  G/ji'-jc. :  do.,  sliced,  6w»9o.:  West¬ 
ern,  5!pn  .'i  V-  Peeled  poachiM  at  14®15c.  for  Ga.,  hi® 
15c-  for  VO.,  and  ll.:«,l'.ln.  tor  North  Carolina.  Unpeel¬ 
ed  peaches  ut  48(0.  for  quarters,  and  5Ve.  for  halves. 
Cherries,  22®22.'  e-  Plotus,  lkadfio.  Blackberries,  8V 
GsJ*.  Raspberries,  .'iJuiiMlo. 

Egg*.— There  Is  not  much  doing,  but  the  storm 
stopped  trains  give  firmness  to  prices  and  near  points 
have  already  began  to  quote  higher.  1  Jmed  are  soiling 
freely  In  the  absence  of  fresh.  Wo  quote  near  points 
u8.sU2e. ;  Western  fresh,  express,  35®Sfio.i  other 
Western,  34c.;  Canadian,  ItievAxi;  Limed,  2ft0j2HVc  , 
the  latter  for  best  State. 


Fresh  1  rult*.  - Export*  of  apples  fl, 102  tibia.  The 
export  this  year  up  to  (lute  is  IlQJOO  this,  aguin  d, 
21, W0  do.  for  sumo  period  last.  year.  Tim  Winter  Is 
too  cold  for  handling  apples  to  any  extent  and  tbo 
Impossible  streets  also  check  butanes*.  Fresh  fruits 
generally  are  nominal. 

W p  quote-  \  pnles,  eointpon,  tl/AS'J.Oft ;  do.  fair  to 


Hickory  nnlt,  |S®3,26.  . . . . 

Finn  r.— There  are  but  few  changes  In  the  markets. 
Shippers  are  in  tbo  market  for  larger  lines  of  ship¬ 
ping  extras.  The  trade  demand  Is  very  moderate. 
The  arrivals  are  much  higher  and  tile  stock  shows 
some  reduction,  uud  tliero  1b  a.  steadier  fueling  among 
holders. 

Superfine  State . $5  90®  b  39 

Common  extra  do .  7  00®  7  05 

Good  to  choice  do .  7  10®  7  15 

fancy  do-  . 7  so®  7  ho 

Supern ne  Michigan,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Iowa.. .  5  Dp®  ft  Mi 

Intrude.  . 0  !m®  7  05 

Shipping  ti rands  round  hoop  Ohio .  7  00®  7  25 

Trade  brands  do  .  7  SO®  •>  M 

1  to  choice  whit  -.v  1 1  eat  extras .  7  90®  ft  U. 

hair  to  very  choice  extra  Minnesota . 7  50®  9  90 

Common  to  fair  extra  St.  Louis .  7  jo®  8  30 

Good  to  choice  ilu .  8  55®11  00 

Kxtra Southern . 7  jp;y  9  15 

Good  to  choice  do . 9  ?o  ,  12  00 

Rve,  common  to  tine .  4  80®  (i  to 

Corn  meal,  Western . 3  41®  3  50 

Buckwheat  flour.  - . 3  7(^5  4  35 

43rulu. -Spring  grades  are  higher  with  an  Increased 
demand  from  shippers.  Winter  qualities  nrcscaroo 
and  held  (Irmly.  we  quote :— fl.53''(!$l.(Vl  n»  extremes 
tor  No.  2  Spring;  fl.liit,/,  1,97  for  No.  I  do.  to  store  aud 
afloat;  $l.Tt®I.K5  for  Winter  red  VVentorn;  $1.B5®$2 
|hr,  amber,  the  hitter  rate  for  very  Choice ;  and 
$1.7x3*2.20  for  white  Westona,  th«  outside  price  for 
very  fancy.  Corn  is  firm  at  0l!M;li(i %t.:  for  very  good  to 
strictly  prime  old  mixed  western,  afloat,  03V'"'«tVc. ; 
for  good  to  choice  do.,  In  store,  85Vc.;  for  fair  new 
mixed  Western,  in  car  lots,  ft?<3WVe.  tor  yellow 
V\  extern,  and  7  c,  tor  white  Southern.  Oats,  new,  are 
firm  at  tfiVGktkKc,  j  for  Inferior  to  very  good  mixed 
Western,  45cail%0.  for  black,  and  5h®52c.  for  white. 
Old  oats  at  o2e.  for  prime  lo  store. 


and  choice  Is  doing  better.  The  market  Is  not  so  well 
supplied  with  fine  sorts  as  ft  was  last  winter. 

We  quote  prime  N.  J.  and  Bucks  Co.  turkeys,  19® 
21c.,  state  and  Western,  poor  to  best,  lCwlOc,  Chick¬ 
ens,  Western,  ftSloo,;  Shite  and  near  points,  11m  17c. 
Geese,  LV^  i'ic.  Ducks,  hue!  18c. 

Game  ■jiihUitlons:— Venison,  whole,  ll®12c. ;  do., 
saddle,  lilVlfle.  t'u nvu.i-huok  ducks,  $1.7,5<gi2.;4) ;  red 
heuds,  tl(,"1.2o;  mallard,  7.7®87e.:  leal,  JOfiiHiOc.;  rab- 
blte,  3w?q40o. ;  Imres,  CO. ,70c.;  qiia.ll,  $1.75(82.12.  I’ralrle 
chlokcns,  f  h;jLl2 ;  partridges,  State,  73c.i®$1  ;  eastern, 
iBGiTftc. ;  wild  turkeys,  J2w23o. 

Pro v talons,— Pork.  We  havehad  large  arrivals  of 
old  pork  from  t.blcngo,  from  tho  stock  held  by  Urn 
parties  “  enrnerlTig"  the  market  this  past  year.  The 
receivers  here  have  otdy  succeeded  In  placing  small 
lots  to  tho  Jobbing  trade  thus  fur,  tor  which  thoy  have 
obtained  flH.VD.y  13.25.  New  pork  Is  more  plenty,  and 
with  very  little  inclination  uinong  buyers  to  operate 
beyond  argent  wants;  the  price  has  declined  to  913,25 
ft  r  round  cuts.  There  are  sellers  at  #13 ;  sellers’ op. 
lion  January,  February,  or  Maron.  Lard  The  mar¬ 
ket  lias lie«n  ruling  very  dull,  tleflnorsbavo  not.  been 
HiqUuqd  to  ptirclmse  other  t  Imu  small  lots,  as  there  Is 
a  light  outlut  for  their  supplies  at  the  motuoDt,  owing 
to  ttio  high  rotes  of  ocean  room.  We  quote  Western 
steam  at.  "Ve.on  spot  and  for  .Ian.,  He.  for  Feb.,  HVr. 
for  March.  Oily  steam  brings  7  c.  Bacon  -The 
prices  of  short  clear  have  boon  run  up  temporarily  to 
4C.,  on  account  of  thu  rlvtentlon  of  supplies  by  the 
mow -storm  aud  the  sharp  Inquiry  to  apply  on  eou- 
tnuts.  For  .January  dnhverv  thoy  arc  obtainable 
at  ,  Vo.  Long  clear,  for  the  eeuse  noted  above,  have 
be  oi  put  up  to  jo.,  hut  r'ov  .iaatrdry  delivery  they  are  i 
i ibUunable n.t  CJtft  There  Is  no  mnve.ninot  in  beef; 
the  nominal  prices  are  •,  new  plain  moss,  In  hhls..*li>.,i 
U*  ;  extra  mess,  M.V.vfU ;  new  tiaree  beef  at  «li»*22 
for  prime  mess,  f.SV«$25;  for  India  mess,  $2Crn  #:iil;  for 
extra  India  mess,  Out  meats  ut,  8V®10c.  for  loose 
hums,  m  pickle,  5c. t  for  do.  shoulders,  do.;  pickled 
lohle.'-.  In  bulk,  7J4«8c.  Smoked  meats,  lu  bulk,  II® 
lsVe.  tor  hams,  and b'VGiiiUe.  for  sbonlden;  steurtno 
J!  *'  VV,,Vf  c.  for  tiered.  Tallow  at 

,  ,(»i 8  1 1 -P  c.  for  L-iitninon  to  prime.  Beef  hnnmatfiiO 
ts'«32.  Western  dressed  hogs,  5l<45.'tfc. 

hie,  J.a.— New  clover  U  more  plenty  and  lower: 
quote  l  et  9  .<:9ho.  Timothy  Is  dull  at.  $3®#3.»..  Hough 
flax  at  $2. 10(.,.#2.l.x 

SmulrieK.— Honuy  ut  'fy.tMki.  for  dark  and  32®35e. 
for  white,  in  glass  boxes:  ml  red  lots,  21c.  Older  at 
ft./Mo.  e  gallon.  Feathers,  live kogsu, now,  fine,  W  it., 
Ch  ypic.;  do.  mixed,  4Ht.U>0e.;  hen,  7®9c  ;  vinegar,  cider, 
o  gal.,  '1065250.;  do.  loaohfaelurcd,  156520c,;  newspa- 
pers,  V  It.,  4®4J.;.;  white  rags,  5®fl,s;. 

T«ltnc»!ct.— Sales  Arc  limited  to  the  few  small  lots 
required  by  thu  homo  trade.  Wo  quote : 

QUOTATIONS— NEW  CROP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

Lugs...... . »>i®  9ik'o.  «N®  10«o. 

Common  to  medium  leal’. 10  ®  lOVo.  10W®  llVo 

Good  do.  ..11  ®  11  Sc.  11  Vi®  12)4o. 

r„  d0-  .1 IV®  12 HO.  1.3  (ill  c. 

Selections . 13  ®  It  c.  15  ®  10  c. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  fillers . U  ®  10  o. 

seconds.... 2»i  ®  35  c. 
wrappers.  .40  @56  c. 

-T  —  ,  „„  selections. IX)  Ob  75  o. 

New  Y  ork  fillers . .  @10  o 

wrappers . 18  @  33  c; 

assortod  lots . . . 12  @10  c 

Pennsylvania  tillers . 11  12  c 

„„  assorted  lots . 18  @25  cl 

wrapper*..  . 10  @39  o. 

assorted  lots... .  . lijj<«  la  0. 

vVIscousin  assort, od  lots .  y  @10  c. 

Vcgda  Me*.— Potatoes  me  firm,  though  no  large 
lots  me  ai  rising.  Onions  arc  firmer,  white  ones  espe- 
2  »I>V-  Peach  Blows  In  bulk,  *3@3.2(5;  Karly  Rostnh)., 


oas  are  ai  a-utig.  onions  arc  firmer,  white  ones  espe- 
2'fiBy-  Peach  Blows  In  bulk,i2@3.2r>:  Karly  Rose (h>„ 
$J.76@3;  Prince.  Albert..  $2.7  7. j3  ;  Dyia-ht,  #I.75@2  ; 
common,  #1.76 1  sweet,  $3.50  „■  I.  For  p,  .U.toeS  in  ship¬ 
ping  order  arid  2Ct587c,  K  hid.  Marrow  squash,  $1.60 
...  I .  ;  Onions,  red  and  yulio,v,  8l.  vi  .‘d;  do.  white,  $0 

®H;  Htissla  Turnips,  #1.7602;  Cabbages.  >(  HW,  #7® It). 

Wool.  -Tho  trade  is  very  light,  as  usual  during 
holiday  week.  A  good  trade  is  expected  after  the 
first  ut  January,  and  dealers  anticipate  a  firm  market. 
Ohio  ileecos,  M)f.(!70c.  for  modium  to  extra;  tXk8i«5e.  for 
'•hoc  -•  ml  'Ih'lhgiin.  'KVffillJc,  for  Wisconsin;  80@ll6o. 
for  town  Illinois  aud  Indiana;  tub  washed,  B0@70c.; 
pulled  at  B0®u8c.,for  fine  and  superfine. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

COUNTRY  CHEE8E  MARKET. 

liittle  Falla,  N.  V.,  Dee.  as,  I87i. 

1'itM  market  ut  Little  F:tll:t  for  tho  wee:  ending 
Dec.  28,  was  tolerably  brisk,  tltongh  the  wet  ther  was 
roueli,  Which  prevented  a  large  delivery  of  farm 
dalrie.M.  1  lie  sales  of  farm  dairies  amounted  to  about 
]<3  boxes,  at  n  range  ut  prices  from  lie.  to  lie.  The 
quality  Ol  lots  brought  In  was  ratlinr  Inferior.  Tho 
highest  Point  reached  by  factories  was  UNc.  Wo 
VV,C:  "  5cT?.w  ■■‘,a|p’'  *;0  show  till!  tone  Of  the  market: 
Little  Fall*  Central,  Ho.;  Florida,  Do.;  Old  Fairfield, 

L  I 

'I  hero  was  n.  decline  In  the  quantity  of  hotter  on 
delivery  .  only  about  3t)  tubs  were  sold  at  prices  rang- 
Ing  from  25c.  fo29n. 

We  have  advices  from  abroad  to  the  second  week 
in  December.  Our  London  correspondent  says  that 
cheese  Is  quiet,,  the  only  dcmami  being  for  that  of 
leieiif  keeping  quality.  American  extra  is  quoted  ut 
Cm  to  72s.:  tluo.fl0a.fo  U's.!  good,  5to.  to  fiOs.  The 
Ollier  description*  sell  us  follows  :-UugU«h  Cheddar, 
Cl-.,  to  tots.;  Wiltshire  double,  BOs.  to  eis.;  Cheshire 
medium,  80S.  to  CDs,,  line,  74s.  to  84*.;  Scotch,  70S.  to 
h  e.;  Du  tee  cheese  Kdo  uis,  co*.  to  h8*.;  Gondas,  50s.  to 
Dlls.;  Derby  shape,  54s.  to  tss. 

lu  butter  the  transactions  are  nearly  confined  to 
heht  quality  for  a  goum  consumption.  We  quote 
Clonmcll*  extra,  12&.;  Corks,  130b.;  Dor  seta,  Ufis.;  Nor- 
maridy  nxttu,  Canadian,  IDs.  to  Whs.  The  corre- 
imondmg  pricc.-i  mst  year  were  for  ClonmeJia  butter, 
lolls.;  f  orks,  135s.;  American  cluiese,  litis. 

The  weather  m  Herkimer.  N.  Y.,  Is  cold,  with  high 
winds.  Many  factories  arc  closing  operations  for  the 
year. 

- 

LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

New  York,  Dec.  28, 1872. 

The  snow  blockade  lias  put  a  stop  to  live  stock 
transactions  by  cutting  otf  the  supply.  Tram*  begin 
to  arrive  again  hut  there  will  not  he  much  business 
done  before  Monday,  when  trade  is  expected  to  bn 
lively.  Uon.Htiraitrs  have  been  thrown  buck  upon  the 
few  liro  animal*  which  wholetmlo  butchers  usually 
keep  on  bund  at  this  uncertain  season  of  the  year 
and  tho  good  Stock  of  dressed  nieuts.  These  latter 
have  been  largely  increased  iD  price,  and  the 
"itpF-y  is  pretty  well  exhausted.  All  kind*  of  live 
stock  rule  higher.  There  Is  :i  light  supply  of  poultry 
"fid  gamu  to  fall  hack  upon,  hat  with  a  good  stock  of 
cured  meats  there  Is  no  danger  of  a  famine. 

RKCEII-T9  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 


VICTORS]* 

Pulverizes  aud  works  close  to  plants,  fhfi  Rak« 
Attach mfintwr’Jk,,l,le  weeds  nut,  has Hillipg Flows 
torst  Premium  Silver  Mftdal  ilf  Pair,  1*72. 

FAR  I  FSErp  SQtyER'WB.  mils  or  Drill 
jt.HU LL  \  SrwM  ITicoa  $6,00  to  $16,00, 
C'iopcrWheel  Hj«,  iTlces  $4  &  #5.50,  A^mituWaatcd 
Address  E.  D.  A  O.  B„  REYNOLDS, 
(Circulars  Free.)  North  BaueoEWAiicit,  Mass. 

A  ^  H<\T4.w,V,r.,v9r  Agricultural  Dealer*  for 
Sweet’s”  solid  Cast  Steel  Drug  Teeth  and  Grow 
Bars.  ISwcci’h  IH’Ug  Co.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

ST  FREE  TIllU  10  AMY. 


CJROSiH AN  nitO’H  DpHCript^e  Catalo^uo  and 
Quldo  to  tlie  F  lower  and  Vcgiituble  Garocti  for 
containing  a  beautiful  Colored  1‘lute  and  a  large 
number  of  fine  Wood  Ung ravings.  Address 

CROS1UAN  BROS., 

(Estahllali  Rtichcateiq  N.  Y. 

J.  XU.  THORBURN  &  CO/S 

Descriptive  Annual  Catalogue 

or 

ramus,  abmolioial  ad  tmi  sjbiis 

For  1 873,  is  now  ready  for  mailing  to  applicants. 

J.  HI.  THOR  DU  UN  A  Co., 

Jcliii  81.,  New  York. 

GIFFORD'S  mm; 


f.flst  week. 
Cents. 


having.  It  will  take  a  good  many  cattle  to  make  good 
the  hack  deficiency,  supply  present  wants,  and  give  us 
reasonable  stock  for  future  contingencies. 

The  following  are  tho  closing  prices  for  tho  week  In 
comparison  with  what  cattle  brought  one  week  ago, 
for  net  weight  of  beef .  ' 

This  week.  Last  week. 
—  ...  ...  Cent.*.  Cents. 

Holiday  cattle.  . i  t  @15  ....14  ®  I5<g 

Choice  beeves,  P  B> . 13  @14  . ...  1.5  @14 

Good  to  prime . 12  60  13  12  @13 

Medium . . . 11  ®  li#  ....n  @  up; 

Poorest  grade .  7%  <„\  10  ....  (IVf  @  10 

Average  sales . . . 12  @  •  ....12  @  — 

Ting*.  These  slitter  In  point  of  supply  in  common 
with  other  stock,  and  price*  advance  in  consequence; 
but  I  tic  3, 495  Western  dressed  sent  in  hist  week  help 
to  tnnko  tip  for  Mm  deficiency  in  live.  Live  are  (runted 
nt  4V@5Wo„  2  cars  selling  at  fikfc.  City  dressed  are 
also  higher.  Rxtrnmn  heavy  solo  »t  5X®fiK(?,  me¬ 
dium  weiirhtoal Sif<?Y8o..aui1  pigs iUrtk'wSH-ie,;  Western 
dressed,  fjfQiiftXc. 

IWlleh  row«.-Wlt.h  n  light  run  or  fresh  cows  amt 
a  cutting  Off  of  the  supply  of  milk  bv  failure  or  the 
trains,  the  few  cows  on  safe  have  hud  a  good  demand 
and  higher  prices  have  been  realized ;  but  the  ad¬ 
vance  mnv  bo  only  temporary.  Still  we  look  for  a. 
better  trade  the  rent  of  the  Winter,  and  more  cows 
will  be  wanted  thati  we  have  boon  hn  vlug  of  late,  only 
let  them  be  good  ones.  Fine  milkers  are  selling  at 
#7. V(  so  by  the  car  load,  and  #H5@!)0  for  Hie  host  when 
selected  out.  Common  to  fair  cows  go  at  #I5@70,  v  cry 
few  running  below  #55. 

Siisep  and  Ltunbs.-  The  Into  severe  snow  storm 
Is  tlic<  chief  agent  In  cutting  OIT  out  Supplies,  though 
dealers  hud  determined  to  so  operate  ns  tit  regulate 


Is  the  chief  agent  In  cutting  off  our  supplies,  though 
dealers  hud  determined  to  so  operate  ns  tit  regulate 
I  he  trade  more  to  their  advantage,  holdlne  M(ot!k 
hack  when  it  was  likely  to  glut  the  market.  They 
wish  to  get  buek  some  of  tlie  lute  losses.  Prices  have 
advanced  about  Re.  38  IB.,  thin  75  m,  sheep  selling  ut 
6@SWc.,  Wl  iB.  nt  tic.,  good  B.VjulMl  ih.  lots  at  CV@7e.  A 
ear  1  tli  IB,  Chios  went  at  MNr. , but  tlmy  were  very  fat. 
P.  its  are  now  worth  $2@2.25  eaoli,axid  ttmt  matcrhillv 
uelpa  thebutohor. 

Voal  thi I vc*.— Receipts  or  live  calves  are  very 
light,  and  the#  rule  high,  as  do  the  bug-dressed  veil  Is, 
A  car  of  common  bay  calves  sold  ut  $11  v  head. 
Prime  milk  veuls  would  command  tie.  If  here,  ooiu- 
mon  to  fair  ruling  lit  5@9e,  Tlie  bulk  or  dressed  sell 
at  120150,,  with  prime  nt  ll!o.,und  poor  down  to7@9o. 

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- m - 

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7  Y  •' Sweet’s”  solid  Cast  Stud  Drag  Tooth  and  Crow 
Burs,  Sweet’s  M’Ug  Co.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


Uukvex.  Cowd,  Ceilvoi, 

Totals  this  week . 4,768  4S  7ft) 

”  last  week...  8,953  7(i  RV! 

Averuge  last  year. .  7,187  88  2,301 


Slump  * 
1,1(1. .1,1, 
12,113 
20,448 
25,132 


Huy  and  Hfrnw,-The  market  Is  without  mneh 
change.  The  recent  storm  hg»  InfcwlercU  with  trade, 
hut  tho  arrivals  are  small. 

We  quota  new  ehlpping  hay  $1.15®l, H);  retail  do. 
iiiS,'£H5,.8n,J  ao*  70111)300.;  clover, 80®90o.  Straw  at 
J1.J0  .;1.4u  lor  long  rye,  $hi|L20  tor  short  rye;  80®i)0c, 
for  oat.  *  i  »  j 

,  1  'I’bcmarket  lias  been  rather  quiet  since  our  < 

laat.  1  he  arrivals  of  American  grccwtlm  are  very 
fight,  and  the  best  lut*  nave  been  wltfulrawn  from 
market.  Tbo  arrivals  of  foreign  are  liberal,  and  tho 
Stocks  ample,  and  brewers  arc  working  roainlv  in 
these  descriptions,  with  free  sellers  at  tlie  recent  im¬ 
proved  figures.  Although  no  chances  are  conceded 
we  quote  statc  at  l,W4e. ;  JSsstoru,  42®52c, ;  Western, 

42®52e.  j  Bavarian,  HL#a5e. 

,a“^  Hnnie.  There  Is  a  fair  demand  for 
turkeys  ore  brisk  at  full  prices. 
Dealers  do  not  dare  to  risk  a  withdrawal  of  the  de- 
n,1i,.rliin-  11  p  quotations,  as  we  may  at  any 
‘M8  be.  oy-’^tocked  with  frozen  and  accu¬ 
mulated  detained  stock,  thwaa  U  is  good  demand,  I 


Beeves.— This  very  light  supply  of  cattle  Is  duo 
mure  to  the  severe  storm  widen  sept  tram*  back, 
richer  than  the  fact  that  holiday  week  is  almost  ai. 
way*  lightly  supplied  with  stock.  After  the  close  hint 
week  there  were  ,812  beeves  on  sale  Monday,  134  cars 
atone  Hundredth  street,  (B  at  Commniiqiaiv,  and  35 
ut  Wi  chuwUen.  Even  timso  storms  and  extremely 
cold  weather  nt  the  Wert  kept  some  of  tho  trams 
back.  Trade  was  pretty  good,  but  prices  wero  scarcely 
improved.  Borne  lota  were  held  over  but  all  have 
B'oOo  been  «t>!  l  and  the  rates  lutvn  been  ndvanced 
about  ;) c.  Good  native  steers  veil  at  UVwl.'tc,  prime, 
lb  .,  and  common  to  fair  h®  1 1  (c,  including  poor 
Te.iiin*.  Tho  strictly  funny  cattle  were  sent  In  pre¬ 
vious  to  the  Christmas  holiday,  und  they  were  veryflne 
and  in  largo  supply.  Home  of  them  went  for  $200  and 
upward*  pnr  heart.  Homeuf  the Ciierukeos  were  very 
good  and  couched  lie.  Much  as  .ire  these  Texan  and 
Fh  •idkeoeattle run  down,  and  wished  (it  home,  etc., 
a*  not  tit  to  ha  ciiteu,  without  them  our  markets 
would  be  very  inuilcauutel/  supplied  and  prices  ex-  I 
trav.agu  ally  high.  'The  cattle  trade  Io  likely  to  be  very 
good  tor  u  week  or  two,  for  with  the  condlrtlon  of  the 
roads  it  will  ho  impossible  to  got  a  large  supply  for¬ 
ward,  wlfiie  butchers  have  killed  close  up  and  will  want 
to  stock  up  to  avoid  just  such  a  dearth  us  wc  are  now 


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town.  For  reference  sec  Rural  of  Dec.  7th,  ’72.  For 
1 11  aat rated  Circular  send  10  coats  to  W.  C.  GIFFORD, 
Patentee ;  also  Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Stanch¬ 
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A  MIC  (I  (i  id  wn  re  orVgricu  U  urn  I  Denier*  for 

Sweet’s”  solid  Cast  Steel  Drag  Teeth  natl  Crow 
Burs.  Sweet* h  M’fir  Co.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

WANTED. -A  FARMER,  in  Every  Town, 
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terms,  &e.,  address  CGLL1N3  A  CO., 

212  Water  9t..  New  York. 

nANI)  HOMINY  MI  I,  I,,- Make*  n  tfunvt 

in  three  minuter.  Price  $12,  by  I*.  <  i.  Money  Order 
or  Express.  Money  refunded  if  mill  tine*  not.  give 
satisfaction.  IHAAC  8TRAU  B  &  CO., 

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Deposit  to-day  in  the  savings 

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Assets  over  S  I, OOO, 000. 


FOB  187.'?, 

With  De»cri)»tive  Priced  Catalogue  of 
Need*!, 

now  revdy,  and  will  bo  mailed  free  to  fill  applicants. 
Wholesale  Lists  on  application. 

Address  PLANT  SEED  COMPANY, 

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Seeds  at  Wholesale. 

OUR  ANNUAL 

THAOS  LIST  or  SEEDS, 

in  all  the  various  departments,  ta  now  ready  for  mail¬ 
ing  to  Dealers  only. 

.1.  M.  THORBURN  <fc  CO., 
_  13  .Tobn  St,,  New  York. 

Hardware  or  AgvicnltnvRl  Dealers  for 
Sweet’s”  solid  Cast  Steel  Drag  Teeth  and  Crew 
liars.  teweet’e  M’i’ar  Cu„  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


3fmpUmrnt£  and  paclnimy 


implement, s  amt  £ttachtncvy 


PEESONAL  ITEMS, 


Edwin  Forrest  left  no  family  nor  near  kin. 

Queen  Victoria  ha*  $60,000  worth  of  horses. 

Beethoven’s  autographs  are  worth  $30  each. 

Chief  Justice  Chase  has  five  grandchildren. 

Olive  Logan  Is  going  to  make  Paris  lier  home. 

Horace  Greeley  once  wrote  very  good  po¬ 
etry. 

A  few  days  ago  Mr.  Beocber  baptized  eighteen 
babies. 

A  Statue  of  Stonewall  Jackson  is  talked  of  in 
the  South. 

A  monument  to  Gen.  Loomis  will  be  erected 
In  Detroit. 

The  two  daughters  of  Charles  Lever  inherit 
$5,000  each. 

Gen.  Sickles,  our  Minister  to  Spain,  ha«  a  son 
by  his  new  wife. 

Henry  M.  Stanley  lias  had  a  reception  from 
Bost  on  journalists. 

Jin.  Jefferson,  the  comedian,  will  pass  the 
Winter  in  Louisiana. 

Bjerstadt  is  in  the  Sierra  Nevada,  working 
from  sunrise  to  sunset. 

A.  T,  Stewart  has  no  intention  of  building  a 
hotel  for  poor  young  men. 

THE  bronze  Statue  of  Gen.  John  F.  Reynolds 
lias  arrived  til  Gettysburg. 

Mu.  Robert  Carter  has  retired  from  the  Ed¬ 
itorship  of  Appleton’s  Journal. 

The  one  Greek  clergyman  in  Now  York  was 
first  a  Lutheran  and  then  a  Catholic. 

“Buffalo  Bill’’  (Win,  F.  Cody)  has  been 
elected  to  the  Nebraska  Legislature, 

The  Minister  of  Finance  of  Japan  has  sent 
Henry  Clews  a  pieco  of  silk  as  a  present. 

Julia  Ward  Howe  has  a  now  lecture  on 
“  Men's  Women  mid  Women’s  Women." 

Marshall  Wood,  author  of  the  Victoria 
statue  at  Montreal,  has  visited  New  York. 

Herr  Manor,  the  German  explorer  of  Africa, 
has  arrived  at  Guilimane,  <>n  his  way  home. 

Mu.  Greeley  left  four  wills.  Mr.  John  F. 


Farmers,  you  can  Buy,  for  a  short  time,  at 
wholesale,  thick,  the  most  valuable  anil  labor- 
saving  implement  for  preparing  and  cultivating  soil. 
A  new  principle  that  must  become  universal.  Ad¬ 
dress  the  manufacturer. 

<;.  R.  Hutchinson.  Cleveland,  O. 

\SK  Ilai  d  were  or  A srrirulin rn  I  IlcnliT*  fur 

*'  sweet’s"  solid  Cast  steel  Drag  Teeth  and  Crow 
Bars.  Swrci’H  M ’ f ‘ u  Co.*  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


Front  Edge  View,  showing  two  points  of  III  tooth  dressed  to  cut  in  line  on  one  side,  and  two  on  the  other 


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and  with  u  wrought horse  null  rod  t  aut  therein  length¬ 
wise,  so  that  1!  the  shoo  Break*  no  harm  Is  done. 
Holes  made  wherever  wanted  No  charge  for  mak¬ 
ing  patterns.  Shoes  made  very  hard.  A  long  strip 
of  thick  Manilla  paper  sent  free  on  application,  with 
printed  directions,  by  which  order*  may  bo  sent  by 
mall  for  nny  shaped  ahoe.  and  n  perfect  lit  guaran¬ 
teed.  Recommended  by  prominent-  sJelgh  makers. 

\Ns«N  TIT!,*  A  SOX. 

Iron  Founders,  Phelps.  Ontario  Co.,  N.  1  . 


IBEEKMANS7  N.Y 

IlHlill  H;i  (ibo  r 


[m  aoyNTON,S<PAt  July,  27,1 


10,000 


WANTED 


By  the  Old  fogy  Scale  Makers  not  to  send  for  our  Free 
Price  List  and  see  why  we  lead  the  Scale  Trade  of 
America.  Send  for  Free  Price  List  and  cost  of  freight 
to  your  own  door. 

THE  JONES  SCALE  WORKS, 

Binghamton.  N.  V. 


Mallory  A  Sanford  Flax  Machine  Co’s  new  and  im¬ 
proved  Flax  Brakes  are  the  host  In  any  market.  Easily 
worked,  strong,  and  very  desirable.  Also,  Hemp 
Brakes.  Send  for  Circular  to  JOHN  At  .  l(i  INI'  , 
Trra „.,  WUIlitin  >t.,  New  York. 


THE”  UTICA. 

EIHISMHIE; 


E.  M.  BOYNTON 


SOLE  PROPRIETOR  and  MANUFACTURER 

QO  BBEKJIAS  STREET,  New  York. 


Watch  Buyers  Attention 


The  undersigned 
respectfully  cull  the 
in  tention  of  persons 
contemplating  the 
/F if)^wk>yrv  T5v"Tj  ‘f\  purchasoof  Watcti- 

•  'ffliniJti  VI  a  vT.  1  tsto  the  Superiority 

§  1,^1 1  i  i|  ii  i  |y|  t lie;  celebrated 

pjM  xJ V'V  ' '  r  /7  \  Nle.kle  Movements, 

ktaf-  -t  .'JSL  >  fT*  '  i>cCi  I  III  a 11 11  tad  u  red  by 

,  l*’-  I  Messrs.  BORBh  &• 

\  Jr  t'Ol'HVOISILll  of 

\  ueliatel.  Gents’ 

\  UJf'  7  ami  Ladles’  sires, 

■  V‘yw'av*-irwTvu«<> 

\r)~  ’  ’  "’•‘'V'  /y  These  watches  have 

N.  y  Equilibrium  escape- 

xA’jj.rii  ovY-V--  mcnis, chronometer 

— - -  balances,  exposed 

ruby  pallets,  Breguet  hair-springs  and  full  ruby- 
jeweled,  and  combine  all  modern  improvements  m 
wuteh-nmUliig.  .  , 

Those  Watches  wore  awarded  the  Grand  t  rise  at 
the  Paris  Exposit  ion  of  !Sti7.  and  can  ue  warranted 
to  perform  equal  to  mono  of  the  best  in ;u i u ritcture rs. 

loir  sale  bv  dealers  t  hroughout  the  United  States, 
and  by  QIT1NC1IE  A  li  KUUl.KIL  Sole  Agent*  for  the 
Manufacturers.  Salesroom,  l.‘»  Malden  Lane,  N.  i. 


Is  warranted  to  give  ono-lhlrd  more  Power  und  to 
excel  all  others  in  Strength,  Durability  and  Ease  of 
operation.  For  circulars  address 

Nets'  Jersey  A gi  leu  1 1  u  rn  I  Works, 

Trenton,  N.  J.,  Sole  Manufacturers. 


JHoch  Mil  ^oultvy 


a,i<|  naiizs 

of  every  variety,  in  pack¬ 
ages  TO  HU  IT.  sent  to 
i  by  AMERICAN  TACK  CO., 

Manvjact wren,  117  (  Dumber#  St.,  N.  Y. 


STEAM  ENGINES 

POET  ABLE  AND  STATIONARY. 

“Tub  Best,  Cheapest,  Most  Durable." 

Improved  Circular  Sntv  Mil  I  a,  Screw  and 
Lever  Set  Send  for  Circular.  „ 

UTICA  STEAM  ENGINE  CO.,  Utica,  N.  V. 


The  undersigned  offers  cln  -tee  fowls  for  sale,  prop¬ 
erly  mated  lor  breeding,  or  the  following  varieties  : 
LIGHT  BRAHMAS,  of  his  noted  "Duke  of  \  ork 

fctJ»AKK  BRAHMAS,  of  the  famous  “  Black  Prince” 

n,j<'V|trl'ltV L>< !  t'Y 'foemNS,  bred  from  t  he  celebrated 

t0Also,'HU»?aud  WHITE  OK)  I  INS,  from  rmmmrt 

'"uftusVor  ealo  in  season  from  vcU  ct  brooding  stock. 
,Vi>  1  nj i  r a <i  specimen#  sent  out.  No  clre ulars. 


*  HIES  PLOW  COMPANY. 

IMPLEMENTS  AND  MACHINES. 

53  Beckman  St.,  New  York,  and  Quincy  H®1.  Boston, 


HEED  k  BARTON 


/1A  It  II  ART'S  PULVERIZING  CULTIVA¬ 
TE  TUB  has  more  practical  points  than  any  cultiva¬ 
tor  in  use,  and  is  indispensable  as  a  farm  im clement. 
Price.  *22.  0.  C.  BRADLEY  A  SON, 

Manufacturers,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


Established  1824, 
manufacturers  of 


Slv  Hardware  or  Ajgrienlturnl  Dealers  for 

“  Sweet’s'’  solid  Cast  Steel  Drag  Teeth  and  Crow 
rs.  Sweet's  Vl'l'tr  Co.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


tractor.  Italian  Queens,  aiwko  '  .ov.  r  r-ccu,  i 
Bn  d  Poultry  VigeOnH,  Kahbilr,  Hone  Birds,  Ac.  Ad- 
<Vc*>  IJTTl.E  MAN.  SprlngUcid,  OJiIie _ 

AMERICAN  MERINOS.  We  oiler  lorsnle 

about,  1IJ0  of  our  Hue  thorough. brods.  Also,  pure 
Light  Brail nnw  and  Eggs-  Send  torOfttulogue.  Orders 
solicited.  .lOIIN  SHELDON  A  SON,  Moscow,  N.  V. 


AND  URINALS 


Mugintl  #n£tTUtticnt,$ 


OFFK’K  AND  WAREROOMS  I  v 

Cor.  Variek,  Vestry  and  Lanai  Sts., 
NEW  YORK. 


Yo u  ask  WHY  *>y,>  can  sc|l 
yir-tf7i.ua  *<  OWAV9  Fiaiios  lor 
$290  ?  W»?  tiiHwvr — it  costa 

UlUll  .8300  In  make  any 
$600  Porno  Will  through 
Agility  all  of  whom  make  lOO 
per  ct.  profit.  Vfe  Mve  no 
Agents.  I  'd  >Lfp  direct  to  fanil- 


fiOCIUNS  PARTRIDGE  AND 

\  j  t-ix  months  old,  from  ip,  to  $9  per  I 
per  trio:  single  e ickorels, s:t to  ;  tw 
I*  C.  eocKB,  coiniUg  two  years  old.  A< 

W.  STUDLEY  Cutsklll  Station.  Col.  Co 

ITER  K  SHI  It  l>  AND  SHORT 

ST  Model  Pig«  for  sale.  Breeding  htoc 
from  (Qucc.nV)  i’ena,  Wlndaor  Gintlc. 

Iliunpliroy*"  Hrizo  winnorn  of  All  l*.n 

Btamii  for  descrlptlon  of  tlic 

the  Coming  Pig,"  all  ages  and  sexes. 

Short-Horns.  Conjoau' 

<’.  GRAFT’,  r: 

vine.  Col,  ('o, 

v\r  l'STM  0RELA  M»  POULTRY 

>  >  Fowls  for  sale  from  my  premium  strains.  Mated 
for  breed  lug  or  exhibition,  cocks  not,  akin  to  pullets. 
SoIiHfaction  guaranteod.  lllustrntoil  ( .atalogues.Ten 
t  ents.  Price  Lint,  Free.  Catalogue  1'Yt  o  to  all  who 
slate  where  they  saw  this  advertisement. 

J,  Y.  Dick  mil,  Westmoreland,  Oneida  (  o.,  V  Y. 

r.  H.  UOUCKS, 

SallJsbu ry  Centre,  N.  Y  •* 

Offers  tlio  whole  of  his i  choice  Stock  of  Dark,  and 


V  U.~  kJ.  V  II.  J  at  Facmry  i-rlce.  and  warrant 
C  Years.  S;-r,d  lor  lllusl ruled  circular,  Jo  which  we  refer 
to  over  500  Bankers,  Merchants,  Ac.  (some  of  whom 
yon  n.ny  know),  lisltig  our  Pianos.  In  44  Slates  and 
Terri u> riw.  J’lei  sc  sale  where  vmi  taw  till,  notice. 

U.  S.  Plano  Go.)  CCS  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


firecKUng  Stuck  till  Imported 
n,  ,  ,,’ladsor  Oastle.  “  Mir  I  leher 
Prize  winners"  of  AU  K.nghyid.  Send 

. Pig  of  t  he  Period  and 

_ 1  :  First-class 

_ see  tile  stock.  Address  11. 

nor  ii*),  (Ureeiidale  Stock  Farm,)  Muys- 
Ohlo.  _ 


DURABLE,  EFFICIENT  AND  LOW-PRICED 

Bfend  for  Circular.  Agents  wanted.  LANE  BROS. 
Manufacturers,  Mtlbrook,  N.  Y. 


Sli  Hurd  ware  or  AgYionlrarnl  Dculersfor 

**  gweet's''  solid  Cast  Steel  Drag  Teeth  and  Crow 
rs.  Sweet’*  IWTk  Co.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y, 


(tk()7-;  Mill,  FULL-SIZE,  ROSE- 
-I?—  I  i),  wood,  carved  legs,  7-oetuve,  overstrung 
Plano  for  *238.  These  Instruments  nrc  elegant  in 
tone  and  tinish,  and  are  warranted  as  durable  as  any 
*000  piano. 

Si  1 1)0.  —  Superb  solid  walnut,  f, -octave,  li  Btops, 
donhlo-reed,  beautifully  paneled  Organ.  Only  *100. 

Ay 5,— Elegant  solid  widnht,  5-oetave  Organ,  pan¬ 
eled  ease.  Only  *75.  \VM.  A.  POND  A  (X)..  No.  547 
Broadway,  and  .'ill  L'niun  Square,  New  York.  City. 


|  I'll  ROVEI)  FOOT  LATHES, 
/rf-T* i  I  With  Slide-Rest  und  Fltllngs.  Just 
jbr\  I  the  thing  for  thu  Artisan  or  Amateur 
IrTfcJax  Turner. 

Also,  HAND  PLANERS, 
e* *•  Many  readers  of  this  paper  have  one 
of  them.”  Selling  In  ull  parts  of  the 
country,  Canada.  Cuba,  Europe.  Ac. 

Send  lor  descriptive  Catalogue.  ,  „  tT 

K.  it.  B  A  I.DVVIN,  Lrtuonla.  N.  H. 

ITVHARFs  IIOhUU  CORN  SHELLKK 

N  }  hua  beaten  all  rivals,  tiro  to  r mi.  O  Harsi  m 
Piurtiuil  Col'll  lliiBltrr,  latestaod  best.  Both 
sent  bv  mail,  ore-paid, for  *1.75,  <1  Ultra  a  Coui- 


The  most  durable  pianos. 
The  most  powerful  tone. 
The  finest  touch  Auction. 
The  purchasers  delighted 
The  pamphlets  sent  free. 


ATHUSHEK 

PIANO  MFC.  I’O 


\SK  liardwnre  or  Auriculiurnt  Denier# for 

“  Sweet's"  solid  Oast  Steel  Drag  Teeth  und  Crow 
Burs.  Sweet's  ftl'l’g  Co.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


order, 
Doc  I 


Write  for  Large  illustrated  Descriptive  Price  List  to 

GREAT  WKTERNjg^^SJI,  Ufo 


r, THOROUGH  BRED  DURHAM*  from  noted 
E  mtlking  famines.  A  few  young  bwlls  and  heifers 
for  sale  low,  by  \V(R.  <«, .ijl  ARKII  Aiu* 

Avon,  Livingston  to.,  N.  \  . 


(Established  in  1834,)  ' 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

PIANO-FORTES. 

Moore's  Rural  New-Yorker  of  November  is, 
lh,l,  says : 

"Having  used  one  of  their  instruments  in  our 
family  for  twenty  years,  we  can  confidently  commend 
them  to  our  readers  as  being  first-class  in  every  re¬ 
spect.  Both  professional  and  amateur  players  on  the 
piano  pronounce  our  Dumiah  very  superior  in  tone. 
An  instrument  that  has  retained  its  brilliancy  and 
sweetness  of  tono  for  a  score  of  years  needs  no  fur¬ 
ther  commendation." 


gwplf mentis  and  Padunmi 


PinS BURGH  PA 

Doubly.  Single.  Muzzle  and  Breech-Loading  Rifles, 
Shot  Guns.  Bevolvers,  Pistols.  Ac.,  of  every  kimj 
for  men  fir  bo  v».  at  very  low  prices.  Guns,*.)  to  cs  aiu  : 
Pistols,  $1  to  *25.  _ 

Tniir  Tiur  lnm«0LDWr.i:KtV.  Tli. OBH 1 1  lg B  s-k. Tl M #. 

TRUE  TIME.  I  p*k,  l.'i.iO  Afa  AJdl  IKtlk  *  >•>»  r  A  V**  -"»!  « 

*i,«  ,'uckst  of  »— *i  i  vrei-  ►»,  x*»4rr.  U»f.  Iaiu*yr.  e*4  Ti,r  >:'  l*X>b*xDK  d»«Ulb|T  •  rsiiu^« 
Ti Ui »-!-*•  I *vf  and  •««>*  rot^rot  Lki«»|s^A-  »i»x.  #•*•! 

l„ .  UKO'V*  k-4  *>*  “r "  ’  ,  .  a  laz. 


il  ware  or  Asrtcnltnrnl  Dealers  for 

s"  solid  Cast  Stool  Drag  Teeth  and  Crow 
Swert's  illTit  C'o.»  BjTiicuse,  N.  Y. 


1.000  V0VKG  IUEN  WASTED 

T11IH  WINTER. 

Vivo  vonr^’  experknoo  proven  Illicit  overy  fwoior 

who  has  a  barn  will,  .o.mel'.ir  later,  have  it  fitted  uu 
with u  Louden.  IHiv  Va.  i  i.'r,  and  Unit  many  wd 
bo  sold  lor  dncking  in  the  Held.  W  inter  is  (lie  time 
to  .It  „hem  up,  because  farmers  are  not  crowded  with 
work,  .nd  nows  ire  full  of  hay.  Any  enterprising 
voudk  man  or  farnior  can  make  it  pay  well  during  t-li© 
iluli  (eason  of  the  year.  Write  lor  circulars  and 

^LOUDEN  MANUFACTURING  WORKS, 

Fairfield,  Iowa. 


oaius  mi  -kn-k  j-  «m  v>“*  ri-  o  .  ;  SStffVTMBSK 

o-v-e-i'i r— s  \  v.»  *  -^.r  ’w/heant 

50,000  , fT,V,T~r.,' fU>r\ ,  .'.-1  for.— 

SOLD,  t 0i~sS  r“r 

l»a  *11  «ita*  w  llu  KuT Ifc  ’  VEBU0KT  SBVBtl*  CV.I  kt.KU 


17  Union  Square 

NEW  YORK 


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200  acres,  first-class  form,  Macon  Co.,  Missouri 
4bi  do.  Montgomery  Co.,  Maryland, 

's  fib-  near  Petersburg,  Virginia. 

—•<  do.  near  Petersburg.  Virginia 

l  farms (71,  110,  17# jinii 200  ocrOR)  InDclnware. 

ISO  acres  HelitOlud  prairie  land,  Wright  Co,,  Iowa, 
do.  Webster  C Iowa. 

„,jg®  hd.  liomilUin  Co..  Iowa. 

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Apply  to 

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I  <MWI^CKKS  0K  pkaTrie  LAND  in 

I  .HUD  Jasper  county.  Mo.,  near  comity  seat,  on 
easy  terms.  Lead,  coal,  and  oil  neighborhood. 

.1.  H.  TOWER, 

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O',”  “r  AgVlenlTlirnl  Denier*  for 
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The  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Company  now  has  in  full  operation,  with  regular  daily  trains,  321  mile* 
of  road.  A  distance  of  nearly  titX)  miles  more  Is  constructed.  The  Minnesota  Section,  Immediately  on 
Hu  completion,  entered  upon  a  satisfactory  business,  including  local  truffle  and  the  largo  carrying-trade 
•  if  the  Northwestern  British  Settlements  and  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company.  The  recently  completed  sec¬ 
tion  of  sixty-five  miles,  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  nt  once  commands  a  profitable  business  between  Puget 
Sound  and  the  Columbia  River,  heretofore  done  by  coastwise  steamers.  On  the  opening  of  Spring,  with 
morn  than  500  miles  of  Road  in  regular  operation,  the  Company  will  control  the  extensive  and  produc¬ 
tive  trade  of  the  Upper  Missouri,  much  of  Montana  and  the  Northwest.  The  earnings  i,r  the  Rond  for 
1HT.T  will  be  large. 

Arrangements  for  pushing  construction  vigorously  the  omlng  year  are  progressing  satisfactorily. 

Of  the  nearly  Ten  Million  neres  of  land  accruing  to  the  Company  In  connection  with  the  portion  of 
Rond  now  virtually  constructed,  some  Two  Million  acres,  of  excellent  average  Quality,  are  In  market, 
and  their  salo  and  sotUomcnt  progressing.  The  average  price  thus  lar  realized  I*  per  aero 

which  Is  at  the  rate  of  more  than  8100,000  per  mile  of  road  for  the  whole  grant. 

Tho  Company  has  already  begun  the  process  of  redeeming  and  cancelling  its  First  Mortgage  Gold 
Bunds,  ns  they  arc  now  being  received  nt  1.10  In  payment  and  exchange  for  t.ho  Company’s  Uinds. 

With  these  accomplished  results  and  most  favorable  prospects,  the  Company  is  now  selling  Its  First 
Mortgage  7.30  Bonds  for  the  purpose  of  completing  Its  line  of  road.  We  recommend  them  us  a  well  iu- 
Cured  und  unusually  profitable  investment.  They  have  the  following  elements  of  strength  and  safety: 
They  are  Die  obligation  of  a  strong  Corporation :  they  are  a  ft  irsi  Mortgage  on  the  Road,  its  Right  of 
way.  Telegraph  line,  Equipments  and  Franchises,  and  a  first,  lion  on  its  Net  Earning In  addition  to  this 
usually  sufficient  security,  there  is  pledged  for  the  payment  of  principal  and  interest  a  Land  Grant  of 
L 4.800  acres  per  mile  of  road  through  the  States  and  45,000  through  the  Territories.  The  rate  of 
interest  (seven  and  three-tentlis  per  cent,  gold)  Is  equal  now  to  about  8*  currency.  Gold  Checks  far  the 
semi-annual  inter .-si  on  the  Registered  Hands  are.  mailed  to  the  Post-Office  address  af  the  owner. 

Alt  marketable  securities  are  received  In  exchange  on  most  favorable  terms.  For  sale  by  Banks 
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Atfwng  tho  Scottish  gentlemen  who  brood 
ttf.se  Polled  cattle,  a  writer  in  tho  London 
field  names  Sir  George  Maopherson  Grant,  of 
Ballindalloeh ;  Mr.  M’Combie,  M.  P.,  tuidhig 
cousin,  at  Easter  Skene;  Mr,  Morison,  of  Bo- 
grice;  tho  Earl  of  Airlie,  Mr.  Skimier,  of 
Drummin;  Mr.  Walker,  Portlesken,  etc. 

This  writer  adds* — The  points  of  atborough- 
brod  Polled  Aberdeen  and  Angus  bull  or  cow 
can  bo  seen  in  their  color  being  glossy  black, 
a  clean  cut  head,  with  not  too  grout  a  length 
between  tho  eye  and  nose,  the  former  bright 
and  prominent,  and  a  good  breadth,  between 
tho  two;  tho  chest  ought  to  be  full  and  deep, 
logs  short  and  clean  boned,  and  supporting 
tho  body  easily  although  firmly.  Tho  back 
must  be  straight  ami  level,  from  which  tho 
ribs  must  spring  with  a  gentle  and  cu.sy  curve. 
Tho  tall  must  bang  straight,,  with,  no  protrud 
ing  from  behind,  and  finished  off  with  a  plen¬ 
tiful  tuft  of  hair.  Regarding  the  skin,  it  must 


be  soft  and  pliant  to  the  touch,  and  covered 
with  a  crop  of  luxuriant  and  silky  hair.  Of 
course,  between  the  cow  and  tho  bull  a  differ¬ 
ence  must  exist,  in  tho  formation  of  tho  head, 
which  in  tho  former  ought  not  to  partake  of 
tho  broad  and  bullet  shape  which  that  of  tho 
latter  possesses,  but  has  to  be  of  a  more  elon¬ 
gated  shape,  in  the  shoulders,  which  ought, 
to  bo  sharper  at  the  top  ;  tho  cow  also  is  not 
so  broad  across  the  chest.  In  both  cases  horns 
Are  inadmissible;  and  tho  animals  being  well 
and  llrmly  set  on  their  legs,  should  walk  with 
an  easy,  springy,  and  “thoroughbred”  look¬ 
ing  action. 

Tho  Polk'd  brood,  for  their  bulk,  weigh  heav¬ 
ier  than  Short-Horns  and  crosses,  and  com¬ 
mand  the  largest  prices.  They  oro  hardy  and 
well  suited  from  their  light  mako  to  stand 
rough  and  hill  y  pasturage,  and  will  thrive  in 
a  climate  where  Short-Horns,  still  less  Ayr- 
shires,  could  not  come  so  fast  to  maturity.  In 


tho  consideration,  then,  of  such  a  cpiestion  as 
this — wlmt  class  of  animal  breeds  most  surely, 
stands  rough  climate  best,  is  hardiest,  least 
liable  to  disease,  grows  and  fattens  soonest, 
and  for  its  amount,  of  keep  weighs  heaviest, 
and  realises  most  to  the  farmer?  t  he  answer 
must  be  that,  in  our  Northern  counties,  these 
Polled  Aberdeen  and  Angus  breeds  come  by 
far  tho  nearest  to  such  a  standard.  In  the 
rearing  of  pure  Polled  stock  one  caution 
should  ever  bo  present  with  the  breeder,  and 
that  is,  never  to  commence  a  herd  by  breed¬ 
ing  from  a  purchased  cow,  for  though  she 
herself  may  seem  to  have  all  the  points  of 
thorough  breeding,  yet  at  some  previous  time 
she  may  have  accidentally  or  otherwise  been 
served  by  a  Short-Horn  or  cross-bred  bull; 
and  however  pure  any  other  Polled  bull  may 
bo  to  whom  she  is  afterwards  put,  the  risk  al¬ 
ways  is  there  that  she  may  throw  calves  with 
a  cross-bred  strain  in  them.  Yet,  in  order  to 


POLLED  ANGUS  CATTLE 


Herewith  we  give  an  illustration  of  Poll’d 
Angus  or  Aberdeenshire  cattle,  which  ureat/- 
trading  considerable  attention  in  tho  /forth 
of  Scotland  both  as  “fancy”  and  murtf- table 
Btock.  They  resemble  In  many  respite,  the 
Galloways,  natives  of  the  South  ofrcoUand, 
but  are  regarded  by  many  best  vcAud  in  sir  A 
matters  as  a  distinct  breed.  The  Attempts  to 
cross  the  two  broods  have  noR<  tesulted  satis¬ 
factorily.  It  is  not  known  which  of  these, 
breeds  is  oldest,  but  as  far  hack  as  one  can 
learn  they  have  been  separate  and  distinct. 
The  breeders  of  this  bbyk  Polled  stock  have 
multiplied  of  late,  and  the  breed  is  steadily 
gaining  ground  in  the  favor  of  herdsmen. 


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keep  up  the  strenth  and  quality  of  stock,  a 
judicious  blending  c  different  tribes  is  ab¬ 
solutely  necessary;  „r  fnjch,  however,  the 
greatest  care  must  be  ifcen  to  employ  a  bull 
of  undoubted  purity,  air  not  to  use  anyone 
about  whom  the  Klightcstsuspicion  coin  exist 
regarding  his  blood  or  pMigrec.  In  order 
Bomotimea  to  do  a  way  with  ,nv  coarseness  or 
local  defects,  breeding  in  anuin  may  be  re¬ 
sorted  to  with  success;  but  siKh  a  course  in 
all  breeding  stock  ought  to  he  tie  exception, 
not  the  rule. 


BROOM  CORN  EXPERIMENTS. 


And  now  let  me  say  one  word  abo«t  cross¬ 
ing  tlieso  Polled  cattle  with  other  breen.  The 
end  in  view  with  this  is  simply  the  rearing  0f 
heifers  and  bullocks  for  the  butcher  ulnm- ; 
and  in  all  cases  lot  these  bo  out  of  a  black 
Polled  cow  and  a  well-selected  Short-Horn 
bull,  combining,  by  such  an  intermixture,  the 
neat  figure  and  healthy  disposition  of  the  one 
with  the  size  and  bone  of  the  other.  Such 
come  sooner  to  a  marketable  profit  than  any 
pure-bred  animal,  inasmuch  as  the  excellen¬ 
ces  of  two  superior  breeds  are  combined  to¬ 
gether  in  one. 

The  reverse  has  and  is  being  tried— a.  Polled 
bull  with  a  Short-Horned  cow:  hut  somehow 
from  this  no  one  seems  hopeful  of  a  satisfac¬ 
tory  result.  Moreover,  in  all  such  crosses  of 
dilTerent  breeds  no  one  ought  to  go  farther 
than  the  Jirst  cross,  as  after  that  a  decided 
coameaess  of  style  appears — long  legs  and 
“weedy  appearance,”  and  none  of  the  good 
feeding  properties  bo  desirable  in  an  animal 
that  is  to  bo  of  any  profit  to  the  farmer. 

I  remarked  before  that  the  aut  horized  color 
of  the  Polled  Aberdeen  and  Angus  cattle  is 
black,  yet  in  many  cases  we  find  them  with  a 
strain  of  brown  down  the  back,  and  about 
tlia  ears.  From  such  some  think  that  the 
color  of  many  of  t  he  original  “  Buchan  dod 
dies”  was  red  and  brindled,  and,  from  the 
black  color  being  preferred,  it  has  so  far  disap¬ 
peared  that  tills  is  all  that  remains  to  indicate 
that  such  had  been  once  the  case.  Cows  with 
such  a  strain  in  them  are  invariably  excellent 
milkers. 

In  the  rearing  of  t  he  young,  and  the  general 
treatment  of  this  breed,  the  same  rules  hold 
good  as  with  others,  so  that  with  the  usual 
necessary  amount  of  eare,  warmth,  and  reg¬ 
ularity  in  the  feeding,  any  one  who  has  a 
fauc.y  for  what  is  most  useful,  and  at  the 
same  time  ornamental,  will  find  both  qualities 
combined  in  those  descendants  of  the  ‘ 1  Buchan 
dod  dies.” 

- 4  4  » 


Experiments  with  one  acre  each  of  the 
Mohawk,  Early  Evergreen,  Missouri  Ever¬ 
green,  Chinese  and  Dwarf  Brush  varieties  of 
broom  corn,  made  on  the  Experimental  Farm 
of  the  Illinois  Industrial  University  in  1872, 
under  the  same  conditions  of  preparation  of 
ground,  time  of  planting,  quality  of  seed, 
culture,  etc.,  give  the  following  results  in 
weights  of  green  and  cleaned  brush  for  the 
different  varieties  and  quantities  of  seed  : 
mohawk; 


CORN  STALKS  AND  SORE  MOUTHS. 


Wile  you  or  your  readers  give  experience 
tending  to  confirm,  or  otherwise,  my  theory 
that  feeding  cattle  unstoamed  cornstalks 
causes  them  to  have  sore  mouths  ?  Some  of 
mine  ure  very  sore,  aud  1  can  account  for  it 
in  no  other  way.  They  have  been  eating 
cornstalks  almost  exclusively  for  some  time. 
I  have  now  changed  their  feed  to  hay,  and 
they  seem  to  bo  getting  better.  p.  p.  s.^ 
Many  farmers  have  given  similar  testi¬ 
mony,  though  wo  luivo  had  no  such  experi¬ 
ence.  We  fancy  it  depends  somewhat  upon 
the  condition  of  the  cured  corn.  If  it  has 
been  frost-bitten  beforo  cutting,  or  lias  been 
allowed  to  get  too  dry  in  the  field,  we  can 
understand  why  it  should  cause  sore 
mouthB  in  stock. 


TROUGH  FOR  WATERING  STOCK. 


D.  J.,  Thornhill,  Out.,  asks,  “Is  there  any 
way  of  constmcting  a  trough  for  watering 
homes  aud  cattle  so  that  the  water  will  not 
freeze  and  fill  up  the  trough  ?"  If  the  water 
runs  into  the  trough  from  the  spring,  and  the 
water  of  the  spring  happens  to  be  warm,  by 
letting  it  flow  steadily  freezing  is  prevented. 
But  if  the  water  is  pumped  into  a  trough  the 
only  way  wo  know  of  preventing  it  freezing 
solid  is  to  have  a  plug  in  tho  bottom  of  the 
trough,  and  after  the  stock  is  watered  draw 
the  plug  ami  let  what  water  is  left  run  out. 
Tliis  is  far  hotter  and  easier  than  chopping 
the  ico  out  of  the  trough  every  morning.  If 
any  of  our  readers  have  ant  i -freezing  troughs 
let  them  respond  to  our  correspondent. 


HOW  TO  USE  STRAW. 


At  a  Farmers’  Club  discussion  in  Vermont, 
recently,  a  farmer  is  reported  as  saying  that 
after  threshing,  tho  straw  was  replaced  upon 
the  mows  to  remain  until  the  next  haying 
season.  It  was  then  mixed  with  half-made 
hay  as  it,  was  carted  into  the  barn  and  a  good 
supply  of  salt  sprinkled  upon  it.  In  this  way 
some  labor  in  drying  was  saved,  and  the 
whole  made  excellent  food  for  the  stock  the 
QOxt  Winter.  And  yet  wo  doubt  tho  economy 
af  such  practice,  and  call  for  the  experience 
jf  our  readers  in  the  matter. 


;  aero,  12  bow!  drop.  Oil  lbsereon.hruBh.  132  lbs  cleaned 
“10  “  Hit  .. 


075 

605 


let 

ir>8 


RSOltm. 


Total . 3,<vrdb9. 

EARLY  EVERGREEN. 

t  nerc,  12s«eddrop,  705  lbs  (freon  brush,  IBS  lbs  cleaned 
l  ..  ]0  ..  078  “  “  179  "  “ 

“  8  ••  COO  “  “  1(13  " 

■  *•  o  *•  623  “  "  no  “ 


Total . 2,508  lbs. 

MISSOURI  EVERGREEN. 


C71  lbs. 


u  uere.  12  seed  drop,  132  lbs  croon  brush,  157  lbs  cleaned 
ft  "  10  "  527  “  “  164  “ 

ft  “  8  “  (160  "  “  104  “  “ 

V\  44 


6  u  030 
Total . 2,2991b*. 


107 
C52.1bs. 


CHINESE. 


acre,  12  seed  drop,  300  lbs  green  brush ,  165  lbs  cleaned 
•*  10  “  459  “  “  158  “ 

“  8  “  700  "  **  144  “ 

„  6  »  675  «  ••  136  “ 


003  lbs. 


I 


Total . 2, 034  lbs.  “ 

Dwarf  nntrsn. 

acre  12s’ddrop,  1,343  lbs green  brush,  2(8  lbs  cleaned 


U 

k 


10 

8 

6 


1,060 

1,190 

1,040 


205 

173 

124 


WEIGHT  OP  CLEANED  BRUSH. 

Vdrtettai.  12 seeds.  10 seeds.  8 seeds.  (Iseeds. 
Molmwk 


Karly  ICvorureen .... 
Missouri  Evergreen. 

Chinese .  105 

Dwarf  Brush .  2-48 


192 

166 

164 

158 

183 

179 

168 

146 

157 

10-4 

164 

167 

165 

153 

114 

136 

248 

205 

173 

124 

945 

672 

803 

731 

Mohawk .  1,520 

Karly  Evergreen —  1,568 
Missouri  Evergreen.  2,508  2,299 

Chinese .  2,052 

Dwarf  Brush .  8,290 


EX. 

CLEANED. 

1872. 

1871. 

1872. 

3.00G 

178 

G80 

2,503 

275 

671 

2,299 

too 

652 

2,031 

330 

(•<13 

4,633 

679 

750 

11,540 

1,912 

3,856 

2,908 

382 

671 

Dwarf  Brush. 


664  V 


The  Dwywf  Brush  gives  the  best  results  and 
the  Missouri  Evergreen,  which  seems  to  he 
the  favorite  variety  with  Champaign  grow¬ 
ers,  comes  next  to  it.  The  yield  of  Mohawk 
was  exceptionally  small  in  1871,  und  makes  it 
thus  far  the  variety  giving  the  smallest  re¬ 
turn. 

The  yield  of  green  brush  in  1873  was  nearly 
33  per  cent,  greater  t  han  in  1371,  while  the 
increase  in  cleaned  brush  is  75  per  cent.  This 
is  a  curious  and  port  ups  significant  fact,  as  it 
seems  to  show  that  the  drouth  and  chinch 
bugs  injured  the  osaettia!  part  of  the  crop  in 
a  far  greater  rat  io  than  ty  unimportant  parts. 
Tliis  raises  the  question  vhether.-as  a  general 
rule,  adverse  condit  ions  will  first  cause  the 
deterioration  of  the  speeltlly  developed  parts 
of  a  plant  under  cultivation 

W.  C.  Flagg, 

Superintendent  o'  Experiments. 


Total . 4,633  lbs.  ••  750  lbs.  •* 

Fifty  or  sixty  pounds  of  the  Dwarf  Brush 
were  damaged  and  thrown  out  beforo  weigh¬ 
ing  the  cleaned  brush. 

Comparing  vai*ieticB,  we  get  the  following 
figures: 

Mohawk— 3,060  lbs.  greed  brush ;  080  lbs.  cleaned,  or 
22.1  per  cent. 

Karly  Evergreen— 2,608  lbs.  green  brush;  GT1  lbs. 
cleaned,  or  22.3  per  cent. 

Missouri  Evergreen— 2,299  lbs.  green  brush  ;  (152  lb*, 
cleaned,  or  28.3  per  cent  .  . 

Chinese -2,034  lb*,  green  brush;  003  ll>8.  cleaned,  or 
29.ll  per  cent.  , 

Dwarf  Brush— (.633  lbs.  green  bruBh  ;  650 1  bn.  cleaned, 
or  16.1  per  cent. 

The  hoaviegt  yield  per  acre  comes  from  the 
Dwarf  Brush,  which,  however,  wag  on  the 
best  ground;  but  the  yield  of  cleaned  brush 
compared  with  t  he  green  brush  to  be  handled 
is  much  lower.  This,  curious  to  say,  causes 
t  he  Dwarf  Brush  to  be  discarded  by  Western 
cultivators,  and  varieties  like  Missouri  Ever¬ 
green  to  lye  preferred. 

Comparing  the  different  amount  of  seeds 
dropped  in  a  place,  we  got  the  following  re¬ 
sults: 

WEIGHT  OF  GREEN  BRUSH. 

Varieties.  12  seeds.  10  seeds.  8  seeds.  6  seeds. 

Molinwk . 043  843  675  005 

Early  Kvi  Tureen _  705  078  609  625 

Missouri  Kvorgrecn.  492  527  050  630 

Chinese .  000  459  700  675 

Dwarf  Brush .  1,343  1,060  1,190  1,040 


Total .  3.783  3,M7  8,815  8,375 

Thus  the  number  of  seeds  appeal's  to  make 
no  definite  difference  in  the  weight  of  the 
green  brush.  In  tho  clean  brush,  however, 
the  result  is  more  marked,  thus: 


Total . .  945 

Here  wo  find  the  weight  of  brush  increas¬ 
ing  with  the  amount  of  seed,  but  by  no  means 
in  an  equal  ratio.  Suckering  fills  up  Hie  thin¬ 
ly  planted  broom  corn,  but  does  not  make  so 
good  stalks  as  original  plants.  Hence,  prol  ►- 
ably,  the  discrepancy  between  t  he  compara¬ 
tive  yields  of  green  and  cleaned  brush. 

In  1871  the  same  five  acres  were  planted 
with  tho  same  five  varieties.  Tho  following 
table  gives  a  comparison  of  results  in  1871 
and  1872: 

WltmriT  OF  BRUSH. 

»  OR 

Varieties.  1871. 


Total . 15,968  11,540 

Average  per  aero..  2,193  2,908 

The  season  of  1871  was  very  dry  and  the 
chinch  bug  diminished  the  crop  to  an  un¬ 
known  extent.  The  season  of  1872  was  quite 
favorable,  so  far  as  quantity  was  concerned, 
but  the  brush  is  somewhat  coarse,  of  inferior 
color  aud  a  good  deal  broken  down  from 
softness  and  weakness  in  the  damp  weather 
prevalent  at  tho  time  of  its  putting  out. 

The  average  yield  per  aero  for  the  two  years 
of  the  different  varieties  is  as  follows: 

Molmwk . . .  429  pounds. 

JCin-ly  Evergreen . . .  473 

Missouri  Evergreen... . 

Chinese,..., .  491 H  “ 


Total . .  2,634  pounds. 

Average .  627 


THE  LATE  ROSES— P01\T0ES. 


I  planted  two  varieties  of  L,te  Rose _ 

the  Campbell  and  Thorburn.  Of  \,e  Cami>- 
bell  I  planted  four  pounds  amongmy  mej. 
ons,  manured  in  tho  hill  with  a  aultt*are  0f 
ashes  and  common  manure.  I  cut  sii\ie  eye 
to  a  piece,  one  piece  to  a  hill.  Your 
perhaps,  do  not  know  that  a  single  cy<van 
be  cut  so  as  to  make  four  to  six  hills;  W 
such  is  tho  caso.  From  the  four  pounds  v 
Campbell  1  dug  fifteen  bushels  of  good  pota¬ 
toes;  in  one  hill,  by  actual  count,  wo  dug  15a 
potatoes.  1  consider  them  equal  to  the 
Poach  Blow  for  the  table — very  dry  and 
mealy  ;  resembles  the  Old  Neshannock ;  top 
very  bushy,  and  keeps  green  until  killed  by 
the  frost.  The  Colorado  bug  troubled  many, 
but  very  little,  when  other  varieties  were  in¬ 
jured  badly.  It  should  bo  planted  rather 
early— about  the  middle  of  April. 

The  Thorburn  did  not  amount  to  much. 
From  four  pounds  planted  and  cultivated  the 
same  way,  only  one  and  one -half  bushels 
wore  produced.  I  think  (so  do  others)  that 
they  are  1 1n-  greatest  humbug  in  the  potato 
line  out,  and  should  say  that  they  are  nothing 
more  or  less  than  the  Early  Rose  or  sport 
from  it.  With  me  it  was  about  as  early  as 
the  Early  Rose,  the  top  of  both  dying  about 
t  he  same  time. 

Tile  Peerless  here  tliis  season  did  well;  from 
about  one-fourth  of  an  acre  1  dug  110  bush¬ 
els.  I  think  L.  W.  G.’s  statement  as  to  the 
manner  of  cultivation  -hills  vs.  level  culture 
— would  work  rather  poorly  with  us,  as  some 
have  tried  it  here  to  their  sorrow.  Potatoes 
should  be  hilled  up  a  little — say  from  four  to 
six  inches.  As  to  A.  S.  Nash’s  method  of 
digging,  I  consider  the  shovel  plow  the  best. 
T.  c.  w. 


no  less  than  three  or  four  such  changes  since 
hop  growing  commenced. 

Last  year  hops  took  such  a  sudden  rise,  and 
growers  were  so  eager  to  sell,  that  very  few 
realized  good  prices,  tho  majority  of  them 
getting  about  10  or  15  cts.  per  pound.  The 
present  year  growers  were  very  high  in  their 
anticipations,  the  most  of  them  holding  at 
about  40  cents;  but  speculators  held  aloof 
until  some  of  tho  producers  wore  obliged  to 
realize  on  their  crop,  when  tho  brewers  took 
advantage  of  it  and  got  tho  market  down  to 
15  cts.,  and  it  hail  kept  there  so  long  that  all, 
or  nearly  all,  of  the  growers  came  to  the 
conclusion  that  there  would  bo  no  rise,  when 
all  at  once  speculators  were  on  hand  and 
bought  up  the  balance  of  tho  crop  at  about 
25  cts.  per  pound;  so  that  the  crop  is  again 
cleared  off  ready  for  tho  next. 

My  impression  is  that  heps  can  be  grown 
cheaper  in  Canada  than  in  New  York  State, 
for  timber  is  plonticr  and  land  is  lcs9  valua¬ 
ble.  Land  can  bo  ha/1  for  840  per  acre,  and 
poles  for  820  to  825  per  thousand,  wliilo  pick¬ 
ers  gather  the  hops  for  25  cents  a  box  and 
board  themselves;  box  tenders  work  for  81 
pei- day,  so  that  it  costs  in  tho  neighborhood 
of  3  cents  a  pound  to  gather  the  crop.  A 
fair  crop  would  behalf  a  ton  to  an  aero;  con¬ 
sequently  if  wc  can  get  25  cents  a  pound  wo 
can  make  a  comfortable  living  out  of  them. 

o. 

■ - 4-*-4 - 


JAPAN  PEAS. 


The  Mobile  Register  says: — “Wo  claim  the 
'•Vtorof  having  started  this  new  interest  iu 
tl,\apan  peas,  and  wc  arc  really  proud  of  it, 
for  to  .Pipnn  ]>ea  is  undoubtedly  cue  of  the 
best  t\ag3  climatically  secured  to  the  South. 
It  is  ea»|y  j-aised,  wili  grow  on  almost  any 
character  ^oil,  yields  enormously  and  is  en¬ 
tirely  cxcn.A  from  attack  by  either  the  pea 
or  bean  weev  As  a  food  for  man  wc  think 
it  liaa  no  equal ,,  (j10  pca  or  bean  line,  aud  it 
makes  a  stock  ,.ocj  almost  equal  to  corn. 
Hogs  relish  it  ondv^tten  upon  it,  and  poultry 
of  all  kinds  seem  %vant  nothing  bottei-. 
Rown  thickly  upon  land  it  makes  the 
very  best  of  hay,  and  as  ^  green  feed  stock 
will  eat  it  in  preference  to  wthing  else.” 


FERTILIZER  FOR  CORK  AND  bTAT0ES 


I  reg  those  having  cxperiencKi0  tell  me, 
through  the  Rural  New-Yorker, \hat  kind 
of  fertilizer  should  bo  applied  in  h.^  to  se¬ 
cure  a  good  crop  of  corn  and  potatoes,  what 
quantity  should  be  used,  and  wfL  it  pay? 
Also,  how  should  seed  com  be  propped  to 


prevent  grubs  destroying  the  same?— b  b. 
j  Syracuse,  X.  Y. 


In  justice  to  Campbells  I  .ate  Rose,  allow 
mo  to  say  that  the.  yield  of  31 7  lbs.  was  from 
four  pounds  of  seed  instead  of  ten  pounds,  as 
per  your  issue  of  Dee.  21 ;  in  fact,  it  p reduced 
more  than  twice  as  much  as  any  other  variety 
I  planted  Lust  year,  considering  either  the 
pounds  of  seed  planted  or  amount  of  ground 
occupied.  The  tost  was  on  a  small  scale— 
not  large  enough  to  give  a  positive  result.- — 
W.  R.  Skkkls,  Jeff  Co.,  N.  V. 


e  Stain  man. 


I  V 


HONEY -PRODUCING  PLANTS. 


I  sent  for  and  received  one-half  pound  of 
Campbell’s  Late  Rose  ;  cut  one  eye  in  a  piece, 
put  one  piece  in  a  hill  which  made  38  hills  ; 
planted  ou  clay  loam.  When  wc  dug  them 
the  product  weighed  201  lbs.,  or  a  trifle  over 
3 j/ bushels.  We  cooked  them  once.  They 
were  whiter  than  the  Peach  Blow. — S.  A. 
Pelton,  Sauk  Co.,  Win. 

- - 


HOP  GROWING  IN  CANADA. 


The  growing  of  hops  in  Canada  seems  to 
be  a  very  precarious  business  as  well  as  in 
the  United  States,  I  suppose  one  of  the  rea¬ 
sons  for  it  is  that  the  Canadians  are  .some¬ 
what  like  the  Americans;  for  as  soon  as  there 
is  a  rise  in  the  market  everylxxly  rushes  into 
planting  out  new  yards,  and  of  coarse  the 
market  is  soou  glutted,  and  then  the  greater 
share  of  t  hem  plow  tbcm  up  again;  the  con 
sequence  is  that  only  a  verj  few  of  those 
that  engage  in  it  make  anything  at  the 
business. 

Something  over  thirty  years  ago,  the  first, 
hops  were  grown  in  tliis  province,  in  tho 
township  of  Nissouri,  near  the  city  of  Lou¬ 
don;  and  there  was  so  larje  profits  derived 
from  the  culture  of  them,  pat,  the  majority 
of  the  farmers  in  tho  vicinity  planted  yards, 
and  in  the  course  of  a  fev  years  hops  had 
become  so  plenty  then]  and  elsewhere, 
that  it  would  not  pay  tli<  cost  of  growing 
them;  the  consequence  das,  very  shortly 


In  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  Dec.  7,  I 
find  some  inquiries  from  “Tyro  ”  for  the  best 
annual  plants  for  bees  to  gather  stores  from. 
There  are  but  very  few  house  plants  or  culti¬ 
vated  flowers  that  are  of  value  to  bees; 
and  after  observing  their  habits  closely  for 
one  year,  lie  will  be  convinced  of  the  fact.. 
Sow  nothing  but  what  will  answer  a  double 
purpose,  as  peas,  beans,  corn,  cucumbers, 
squashes  and  pumpkin-  ;  and  if  living  iu  a 
section  where  white  clover  is  abundant,  and 
Alsiko  clover  may  be  grown,  all  the  better. 
In  addition  to  the  fruit-bearing  trees,  the 
basswood,  soft  maple  aud  willow  arc  most 
important;  and  raspberries  and  blackberries 
are  very  valuable. 

As  to  hive,  use  a  plain,  simple  frame  one, 
with  a  movable  top  and  bottom,  the  surplus 
honey  to  bo  taken  away  either  in  frames  or 
boxes,  as  may  be  desired,  thus  not  interfer¬ 
ing  with  brood  comb  in  the  least ;  one  that 
can  be  enlarged  or  contracted  at  pleasure,  to 
suit  size  of  swarm,  and  in  which  artificial 
swarms  may  be  made  without  removing  sep¬ 
arate  frames;  or  swarms  form  naturally,  as 
desired;  that  may  be  packed  in  straw  during 
cold  weather  and  yet  shall  give  them  perfect 
liberty  when  desirable,  and  shall  not  cost 
over  two  or  t  hree  do!  lam  to  make— in  fact  a 
hive  having  all  t  lie  conveniences  necessary  to 
a  hive,  with  cheapness  combined.  The  club 
orate,  complicated  and  expensive  hive  is  a 
positive  nuuisance. 

There  has  not  been  honey  enough  gathered 
in  Chautauqua  Co.  to  safely  cany  through 
the  old  and  new  swarms  in  1872. 

JameBtown,  N.  Y.  A.  M.  Cook. 


VALUE  OF  ITALIAN  BEES. 


hop  yards  dwindled  downito  a  few.  About 


that  time  hops  began  t)  pay  well,  and 
forruei'  experience  did  notjdet.er  the  farmers 
from  rushing  into  it  again  There  have  been 


At  a  recent,  Bee-keeper’s  Convention,  Mrs. 
Tutfer  said  that  1  he  past  year  had  in  Iowa 
proved  conclusively  that  the  Italians  would 
yield  profit  while  the  block  bees  did  barely 
nothing.  They  were  not  troubled  by  the 
moth,  nor  were  they  robbed  under  most  un¬ 
favorable  circumstances. 


JAW,  « 


WIOOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER 


m 


TROUBLE  IN  CHURNING. 

The  season  has  arrived  -when  I  usually  keep 
the  milk  at  homo  and  make  butter  instead  of 
sending  to  the  factory  for  cheese.  I  Am  a 
farmers  daughter,  and,  After  keeping  house 
eighteen  years  and  making  butter  every 
Spring  and  Fall,  am  puzzle  f  to  know  why 
cream  will  not  always  bring  butter  late  in  the 
season.  Two  vears  ago  I  had  sorao  trouble 
in  this  Hue;  but,  lost  Fall  in  particular,  I  wish 
to  speak  of  now.  The  first  1  had  any  trouble 
with  I  churned  three  hours;  the  second  I 
commenced  to  churn  at  7  o'clock  in  the  even¬ 
ing  and  churned  till  tin  the  morning,  think 
ing  it  might  bo  of  some  use  to  let  the  cream 
rest,  and  sure  that  my  arms  needed  some, 

I  sat  down  in  the  rocking  chair  and  took  a 
short  nap,  resuming  my  bisk  Again,  and  suc- 
cocdcd  hi  getting  butter  after  9  o'clock,  left v 
lug  it  long  enough,  to  oat  my  nvcftjcfast  ana 
mil  if  three  cows,  which  wore  half  of  tlionmn 
ber  wo  then  owned.  My  brothers  declined  [ 
that  I  did  not  got  the  cream  warm  enough; 
so  the  next  time  I  put  it  in  tho  chum  at 
heat,  commenced  to  churn  at  8 in  the  evening 
and  churned  till  13,  and.  as  I  had  said  I 
would  nut  chum  again  all  night,  1  wont  to 
bed  and  left  it,  somewhat  discouraged;  did 
not  rise  very  early ;  necessary  round  of  chores 
to  do;  children  off  to  school,  sketched  ray 
trouble  on  paper,  signed  and  sent  to  the 
Rural  New-Yorker.'  leaving  tlio  churn  in 
a  chair  by  iho  stove  mean  while.  Resuming 
my  task  again,  I  kept  it  a-going  till  they  got 
home,  ami  they  kept  it  In  motion  till  7,  when 
I  rolled  it  in  the  pantry  and  told  them  1  would 
use  it  for  biscuit,  am l  'did  so  1 
I  sent  the  note  before  Thanksgiving  and 
have  been  looking  anti  waiting  for  the  answer; 
the  fourth  time  Look  the  cream  to  mothers 
aud  lot  her  superintend,  the  warming, 4  etc.; 
churned  from  1  in  the  afternoon  t  ill  10  in  the 
evening;  next  day  I  commenced  at  9  and 
kept  it  up  till  1,' and  I  had  company  and 
was  glad  to  go  homo  ;  but  I  did  not  suc¬ 
ceed  in  getting  butter.  Now,  if  some  one  of 
you  will  tell  mo  the  true  cause,  I  will  bo  much 
obliged.  My  cows  wore  fed  good  corn  fod¬ 
der;”  but  my  neighbors  did  the  same  and  did 
not  Itave  to  churn  all  night  either. — Electa 
M.  Taylor. 


as  they  are  added  from  time  to  time,  and  the 
cream  should  not  stand  too  long  before  it  is 
churned.  It  should  bo  allowed  to  turn  only 
sllghtly  acid.  Again,  too  much  cream  should 
not  go  into  the  churn  at  one  churning.  Wo 
have  soon  refractory  cream  brought,  to  terms 
after  long  churning,  by  suddenly  raising  the 
temperature  of  the  mass  several  degress.  It 
is  not  always  easy  to  give  the  true  reason 
why  cream  refuses  to  be  readily  turned  into 
butter,  since  there  are  certain  faulty  eon- 


clination  to  vary  from  tho  proper  line.  The 
gang  of  five  or  six  plows,  (five  being  princi- 
1  pally  used)  are  of  stool,  made  by  the  Ames 
Plow  Company  nr  Boston,  and  are  affixed  to 
an  oblique  rigid  beam,  so  inclined  us  to  cause 
each  furrow  slice  to  fall  into  its  proper  place, 
and  with  levers  so  adjusted  as  to  run  tho 
plows,  to  the  desired  depth,  say  eight  inches, 
as  in  our  trials,  though  a  shallower  or  deeper 
depth  may  be  adopted  at  pleasure.  Each 
plow  turns  a  slice  of  fourteen  inches,  and 


V 


Fia.  1— Light  Sleigh  Coupling. 


There  are  several  reasons  why  cream  is 
long  in  churning;  but  the  most  common  one 
is  in  not  having  it  at.  the  proper  temperature 
when  it  goes  to  tho  churn.  The  cream  should  , 
to  brought  to  a  temperature  a  little  below  CO" 
Fahr. — say  about  88".  If  the  temperature  is 
so  low  as  HO  ,  the  butter  will  generally  be  long 
in  coining.  A  good  reliable  thermometer 
should  always  be  had  in  the  dairy,  and  some 
pains  should  bo  taken  to  know  that  it  Is  cor 
rcct.  IVo  have  seen  thermometers  where  the 
mercury  marked  the  scale  several  degrees 
from  tho  Correct  point.  Such  an  instrument, 
it  is  needless  to  say,  will  not  tmfrcquontly 
cause  trouble.  If  the  cream  is  too  cold  it 
may  bo  wormed  on  tho  common  stove  by 
sotting  tho  vo  iso l  holding  tho  cream  in  a  pan 
containing  hot  water.  It  is  better  to  warm 
cream  in  this  way  for  tho  churn,  than  to  add 
hot  water  directly  to  tho  cream  in  the  churn 
09  is  practiced  by  some. 

In  the  Fall  when  cows  are  eating  frozen 
grass  from  the  pasture,  supplemented  with 
corn  stalks  or  other  coarse  fodder,  the  cream 
is  sometimes  of  a  character  that  will  not 
readily  bo  converted  into  butter;  either  the 
food  or  some  peculiarity  in  the  secretions 
causing  an  excess  of  liquid  fat  over  tho  solid 
or  cry  stall  zed  fat;  hence  the  butter  is  long  in 
coming  ;  and  when  it  does  form,  is  soft, 
spongy  and  inferior. 

Professor  Voglceer  had  a  case  brought 
under  his  notice  where  tho  milk  fur¬ 
nished  cream  that  could  not  to  converted 
into  butter  by  any  process  of  churning. 
When  put  into  tho  churn  it  beat  up  in  froth 
and  the  caseino  would  not  separate  from  the 
butter  even  in  tho  cold  weather  of  January. 
Voelck£R  iuado  an  analysis  of  the  cream  in 
his  laboratory  and  on  trying  to  separate  as 
much  as  possible  tho  solid  or  crystalized  fat 
from  tho  liquid  fat,  ho  found  the  latter 
was  very  much  in  excess  of  the  former.  In 
tliLs  case  tho  cows  had  been  fed  oil  cake,  but 
with  an  Insufficient  quantity  .of  good,  dty 
hay,  which  he  thought  had  the  effect  of  pro¬ 
ducing  too  much  liquid  fat. 

Neglect  of  salting  sometimes  has  an  influ¬ 
ence  on  tho  cream-  But,  if  this  is  properly 
attended  to,  and  the  cows  are  properly  fed, 
and  tho  milk  kc.pt  at  a  temperature  of  about 
60°  while  tho  cream  is  rising,  there  should  be 
no  trouble  m  churning.  When  cows  are  go¬ 
ing  from  pasture  to  the  stable  in  Fall,  and 
there  is  to  be  a  change  of  food,  «  little  bran, 
shippings  or  corn  meal  in  addition  to  corn  fod¬ 
der  and  hay  improves  the  quality  of  milk, 
and  renders  tho  cream  more  readily  churned. 
But,  ordinarily,  the  difficulty  of  churning 
comes  from  badly  regulated  temperatures 
either  of  the  milk  wliilo  being  Bet  for  cream 
or  tho  cream  when  it  goes  to  tho  chum ;  or 
from  both  theso  causes  combined. 

Care  should  bo  tuken  with  the  cream  pot 
to  have  the  skimmings  well  mingled  together 


ditions  of  milk  anu  cream  the  causes  of  which 
are  not  fully  understood. 

- 4~Mi - 

BUTTER-WORKER—V.IIK-CUIAER— WHERE  OBTAINED. 

John  Thomson  of  Minno-ota,  writes  as  fol¬ 
lows: — “  1  have  been  studying  your  valuable 
book  on  Practical  Dairy  Husbandry,  and 
have  greatly  benefited  thereby;  but  1  find 
some  of  tho  dairy  utensils  mentioned  in  it, 
not  to  ho  found  near  here.  This  , Summer  I 
obtained  tho  Blanchard  chum,  un  i  found  it 
as  a  butter-worker  too  weak  for  nutter  as 
hard  as  I  like  to  have  it,  1  have  Witten  to 
Chicago,  and  to  a  business  house  in  Ono  for 
tho  Eureka  butter-worker  ;  but  none  of  .hem 
had  it  or  knew  whore  it  could  to  bund. 

I ’lease  give  address  of  some  linn  that  hast 
1  and  also  n  good  milk-cooler.  I  live  on  t  h< 
bluffs  of  Lake  I’cppin,  keep  twelve  cows,  and 
am  increasing  two  or  three  every  year,  have 
plenty  of  good  water,”  etc.,  etc. 

Wo  are  receiving  letters  every  week,  ask 
ing  where  certain  dairy  and  other  farming 
implements  can  be  procured.  Where  the 
writers  inclose  postage  stamps  to  prepay 
postage,  we  reiply,  giving  the  desired  infor¬ 
mation,  so  far  as  we  happen  to  know, as  a.  mat¬ 
ter  of  courtesy.  But  daily  furnishing  stores 
and  implement  makers  should  have  a  notice 
of  their  goods  in  the  advertising  columns  of 
this  paper.  We  cannot  be  expected  to  bo 
acquainted  with  the  address  of  many  who 
furnish  certain  dairy  implements  or  agricul¬ 
tural  machines  for  sale,  even  though  we  may 
know  something  of  the  peculiar  merits  of  tho 
implements. 


jfann  Jmpiem^ntss. 


PLOWING  BY  STEAM. 


The  numerous  inquiries  addressed  us  in  re¬ 
spect  to  steam  plowing  by  din'd  traction  as 
opposed  to  tho  more  cumbrous  and  costly 
“double  engine  and  rope  system,”  induces  us 
to  request  space  for  a  few  remarks  which  rnay 
interest  parties,  who  desire  information  as  to 
our  experiments  at  Bloomsdale. 

Tho  engine  used  by  us  mainly  is  the  three 
wheeled,  rubber-tired,  of  Thomson  of  Scot¬ 
land,  improved  greatly,  by  Williamson  of 
New  York,  tho  American  patentee,  and  solo 
builder  in  this  country: —  one  with  four 
wheels,  tho  drivers  being  fitted  with  rubber 
tire,  (also  by  the  same  party)  has  boon  ex¬ 
perimented  with,  but  the  first  named  excited 
most  interest,  and  probably  will  to  generally 
preferred;  though  tho  latter  has  some  good 
points  which  are  not  to  be  overlooked. 

In  thin  communication,  we  shall  coniine 
ourselves,  however,  to  the  three  wheeled  en¬ 
gine,  tho  special  advantages  of  which,  aro  fully 
set  forth  in  various  publications  on  the  sub¬ 
ject,  to  which  the  reader  is  referred . 

Our  experiments  were  commenced  in  Au¬ 
gust  of  the  present  year,  under  the  direction 
of  an  aid  of  Mr.  Williamson  who,  though  not 
a  professional  engineer,  was  quite  an  expert 
in  mechanics;  he  proved  to  be  ever  ready  to 
acknowledge  minor  defects  as  they-  were  ex 


when  five  only  aro  used  the  broadth  simul¬ 
taneously  turned  is  nearly  six  foot.  The  speed 
usually  exceeds  that  of  mules  or  horses  when 
engaged  in  plowing,  and  we  have,  without 
difficulty,  accomplished  iux  aero  an  hour. 
With  greater  experience  and  proper  facilities 
for  supplying  fuel  and  water,  there  is  little 
room  to  doubt  eight  acres  a  day,  with  lull  al¬ 
lowance  for  detentions  and  stoppages,  may 
bo  set  down  as  an  average  result.  Indeed, 
wo  hope,  with  increased  practice,  and  the 
more  thorough  removal  of  obstructions  to  ex¬ 
ceed  that  area.. 

It  is  not,  however,  from  tlio  plows  that  wo 
look  for  the  most  important  results,  but  from 
an  implement,,  termed  by  tho  English  a 
“breaker,”  which  is  simply  a  series  of  iron 
coulters  or  sub-soilers,  so  arranged  on  a  frame 
us  to  cover  a  breadth  of  nine  foot,  which,  as 
it  offers  less  resistance  than  plows,  moves  wit  h 
treater  facility,  and  prepares  many  acres  a 
di-v.  This  breaker  is  designed,  at  one  opera¬ 
ting  to  disintegrate  and  pulverize  the  sur¬ 
face  toil,  and  also  disturb  tho  hard  pan  below 
it  nay  be  months  after  it  has  been  plowed 
—and  with  a  harrow  attachment  used  simul¬ 
taneously,  leave  the  sua-faco  smooth  and 
ready  for  Beading.  Practical  men  can  at  once 
perceive  the  advantage  of  Urn  process. 

In  our  own  culture,  with  fire  hundred  or 
more  acres  to  prepare  for  seeding,  if  possible 
betwixt  tho  opening  of  Bpring  A»d  first  of 
May  ensuing,  it  may  be  difficult  to  estimate 
its  value,  especially  as  wo  propose  to  execute 
tho  plowing  in  Autumn  and  early  Yutcr- 
only  using  the  breaker  and  harrow  in  Bp- ing 
to  lighten  up  and  further  disintegrate  tho 
soiL  Such,  it  is  certain,  may  be  a  profitftbta 
practice  in  the  preparation  of  oat  and  corn 
lands,  and  also  emphatically  so  with  the  ex¬ 
hausted  cotton  lands  of  the  South,  allowing 
tho  plant  as  it  were,  to  revel  in  f  rush  pas¬ 
tures  ;  and  with  an  imperfect  knowledge  of 
rice  culture,  obtained  by  casutd  observation, 
we  do  not  hesitate  to  say  the  traction  engine 


(4iu{m  (Bcoiiomij. 


B0B-SLED3  WITH  COUPLING. 

Being  desirous  of  constructing  myself  a 
sled  for  farm  purposes,  (heavy  hauling),  I 
would  respectfully  inquire  of  you  If  there  is 
not  a  sled  used  in  1  he  North  that  has  two  sets 
of  runners,  and  whichjis  considered  preferable 
to  the  common  sled.  If  so,  will  yuu  oblige 
mo  with  a  cut  of  such  a  sled  if  practicable. 

If  not,  by  a  description  in  tho  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  giving  dimensions,  etc.,  for  a  four- 
horse  sled? — Wm.  Beale  Willis,  Carroll 
Co.,  Md. 

Our  correspondent's  letter  was  misplaced 
in  our  pigeon-holes  or  it  would  have  received 
earlier  attention.  Wo  ro-publish,  herewith, 
illustrations  of  bob-sleds  or  sleighs  with  im¬ 
proved  couplings.  Those  sleighs  are  very 
popular  in  the  North  and  much  more  used 
than  the  old-fashioned  single  sleigh.  They 
cost  a  little  more,  but  their  greater  conveni¬ 
ence  compensates  therefor.  These  sleighs  are 
each  about  half  tho  length  of  tho  ordinary 
sled,  and  made  of  tho  same  width,  sizo  of 
beam  and  strength  of  runners  as  a  long  ono 
for  the  same  uses.  The  weight  and  strength 
always  depends  upon  tho  work  that  i  i  to  be 
required  of  it.  The  general  Stylo  aud  com¬ 
parative  length  of  the  two  ns  compared  with 
an  ordinary  sleigh,  is  shown  in  tho  engraving. 

Figure  I  shows  an  improved  coupling  for  a 
light  sleigh.  A  reach  or  coupling  bar,  B,  ono 
and  three-quarters  inches  thick  and  three 
inches  wide,  is  firmly  secured  through  mor¬ 
tises  to  t  he  bolsters  (like  a  wagon  bolster)  P 
and  L,  Three  foot  from  the  bolster,  P,  are  se¬ 
cured  to  tho  coupling  bar,  B,  chains,  A,  A, 
attached  to  tlio  roller,  N,  of  the  roar  sleigh. 
By'  the  use  of  an  iron  circle,  K,  attached  as 
shown,  the  bolster  will  act  with  greater  pre¬ 
cision  than  if  it  was  not  used. 

Figure  3  shows  still  another  mode  of  coup¬ 
ling.  The  short  tongue,  11,  of  tho  rear  sleigh 
is  connected  to  tho  abort  coupling  bars,  by 
two  bent  pieces  of  iron,  M,  M,  which,  for  a 
sleigh  for  heavy  work,  such  as  drawing  logs, 
lumber,  etc.,  is  preferable.  Tho  old  mode  of 
coupling  was  to  attach  tlio  short  tongue  of  tho 
rear  sleigh  to  tho  rear  beam  of  tho  front 
sleigh. 


Fig.  3— Draft  Sleigh  Coupling. 
and  breaker  is  destinod  to  recover  our  almost 
abandoned  interest  in  that  crop.  Not  only 
will  cropping  be  thus  facilitated,  but  if  the 
experience  Of  our  English  bret  hren  be  con¬ 
firmed  here,  of  which  there  can  bo  no  doubt, 
enlarged  products  will  attend  tho  more  thor¬ 
ough  tillage  which  steam  power  may  enable 
us  to  practice. 

We  do  not  purpose,  on  this  occasion,  to  en¬ 
ter  Into  details  as  to  t  he  relative  cost  of  mus¬ 
cular,  animal  and  steam  plowing,  but  wo 
may  say,  that  if  with  steam  eight  acres  a  day 
can  bo  counted  on  ns  on  average  day’s  plow¬ 
ing,  and  twice  that  number  with  tho  break¬ 
er,  there  need  bo  no  question  as  to  its  economy 
on  Large  plantations;  nobody,  it  is  presumed, 
imagines  steam  is  adapted  to  the  tillago  ol 
small  farms,  except  through  a  system  of  co¬ 
operation  among  farmers. 

It  is  hardly  necessary  to  say  that,  in  addi¬ 
tion  to  plowing,  tho  Williamson  steamer  will 
be  of  great  service  In  hauling  farm  produce 


CORN-COB  MEAL  FOR  STOCK. 

Will  you,  or  any  ot your  correspondents, 
inform  mo  if  corn  cobs  aro  productive  of  any 
injurious  effects  when  ground  with  corn  (in 
tho  ear)  and  fed  to  horses  and  milch,  cows  ? 
If  not,  do  they  contain  any  nutritive  proper¬ 
ties  of  sufficient  value  to  pay  for  having  them 
chopped  up  and  ground  into  meal  ?— E.  0.  n. 

We  have  fed  a  great  deal  of  corn  and  cob 
meal  to  both  horses  and  cows,  and  never  dis¬ 
covered  any  injurious  effects  from  it.  Our 
own  opinion,  is,  however,  that  it  docs  not 
pay  to  grind  cobs  with  the  meal  to  feed  to 
horses.  We  had  rather  feed  the  corn  meal 
alone  with  hay  or  steamed  straw;  but  we 
had  rather  have  tho  corn  and  cob  meal  for 
Uilch  cows.  Wo  believe  tho  distension  of 
tin  Btomach  which  is  produced  by  feeding 
the  ground  cob  with  the  corn  meal  is  an  ad¬ 
vantage  over  feeding  clear  incaL  Homo 
dairymen  claim  that  milk  is  largely  increased 
by  footing  boiled  cobs  to  cows.  Wo  once 
heard  a  farmer  of  considerable  experience 
say  that  he  believed  sixteen  quarts  of  boiled 
cobs  equal  to  four  quarts  of  com  meal  ft9  a 
milk-producing  feed.  Wo  shall  to  glad  to 
publish  the  experience  of  others  Lu  response 
to  our  correspondent’s  inquiry. 


hibited  from  time  to  time,  and  prompt  in  a  and  manure,  thrashing  grain,  sawing  wood, 
desire  to  amend  them.  grinding  fertilizers,  and  in  many  similar  era- 

At  first  some  difficulty  was  found  in  steer-  ployments,  which  the  progressive  farmer 
ing  tho  engine,  so  as  to  liavo  each  furrow-  must  adopt  in  self-defense, 
swarth  regularly  and  uniformly  lap  the  pro-  David  LandUeth  &  Son. 

ceding,  but  a  little  practice  overcame  the  in-  Bloomsdale,  near  Philadelphia,  Dec.,  1812. 


TO  SPAY  SOWS. 

A  Subscriber  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
asks  how  to  spay  sows.  I  have  seen  it  often 
and,  invariably,  successfully  done.  Insert 
two  pins  in  a  tree  about  six  feet  from  tho 
ground  and  ten  or  twelve  inches  apart.  Take 
a  small  rope  about  three  feet  in  length,  with 
1  a  slip-knot  on  each  end,  and  fasten  to  each 
j  hind  leg  of  the  pig  and  raise  her  (back  to  the 
'  tree),  and  put  tho  rope  over  both  pin*  Then 
with  a  sharp  knife  make  an  incision  about 
three  inches  long  in  the  back  part  of  the 
belly.  Insert  your  fingers  and  find  tho 
“pride,”  or  ovaries— two  small  lumps,  very 
I  much  like  a  blackberry  in  form,  though  not  in 
color,  attached  to  the  vagina.  Carefully  cut 
theso  off,  and  then  with  a  needle  (a  crooked 
one  is  best)  and  strong,  coarse  thread  sow  up 
tho  opening.  Carefully  take  tho  animal  down 
and  let  her  go;  but  don’t  shut  her  away  from 
water  or  mud.  It  is  totter  to  not  feed  her 
for  twelve  hours  before  spaying.  P.  c.  o. 

Juneau  Co.,  Wia. 


An  English  remedy  for  tins  wasting  awa- 
of  pigeons  is  to  give  them,  daily,  cod  liver  oil 
either  in  its  usual  state,  or  bought  in  capsule* 


JAN.  « 


j^hecp  Husbamlrg. 


GRUBS  IN  THE  HEADS  OF  8HEEP. 

Allow  me  to  say,  for  the  benefit  of  some 
of  your  correspondents  who  may  have  been 
deluded  with  the  turpentine  and  butter  rem¬ 
edy  for  grub  in  the  head,  that  if  they  will 
cover  the  sheep’ b  noseB  with  fre3li  tar,  I  will 
warrant  them  success  in  preventing  grub  in 
the  head  in  every  case.  I  have  tried  it  many 
times  and  never  failed. — F.  J.  Sprague. 

In  Rural  New-Yorker,  Feb.  17,  1872,  you 
published  the  following  recipe  for  curing  grub 
in  the  head : 

One  tablespoonful  of  butter,  melted  and 
mixed  with  atcaspoonlul  of  spirits  of  turpen¬ 
tine.  Turn  this  iuto  the  sheep’s  ears  once  a 
day,  for  one,  two,  or  three  days,  as  the  case 
may  require. 

In  the  Rural  of  May  11, 1872,  a  correspond¬ 
ent  cautions  j*our  readers  against  using  the 
recipe,  as  ho  applied  it  without  success. 
From  his  description  of  the  ease  in  which  it 
was  applied,  I  think  Ids  sheep  wero  about 
dead  before  lie  tried  the  remedy,  I  tried  the 
above  remedy  on  my  flock  of  seventy,  which 
was  badly  affected  with  the  grub.  It  proved 
an  effectual  euro.  It  was  not  too  powerful, 
as  stated  by  T,  B.  O,  It  was  the  butter  and 
turpentine,  and  nothing  else,  that  saved  my 
sheep.  If  I  had  not  seen  the  recipe  in  the 
Rural,  I  should  have  lost  one-fourtli  of  my 
flock  from  the  grub.  I  know  it  was  the  grub 
that  troubled  them,  for  one  of  them  died  be¬ 
cause  he  was  too  far  gone  before  the  remedy 
was  applied.  I  out  his  head  open,  and  dug 
out  eleven  large  grubs;  Ids  brain  was  all  eat¬ 
en,  and  his  skull  bone  was  so  soft  that  I  cut 
it  to  pieces  with  my  jackknife.  After  two  or 
three  applications,  I  saw  my  sheep  blow  the 
grubs  from  their  hoads.  They  run  a  great 
deul  at  the  nose.  The  quantity  of  turpentine 
and  butter  above  given  is  enough  for  one 
sheep  at  once.  1  regard  the  above  recipe 
worth  three  times  the  price  of  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  to  all  farmers  who  keep  sheep. 
— C.  Coules. 

— - 

WOOL  IN  GREAT  BRITAIN. 

One  of  our  contemporaries  quotes  the  fol¬ 
lowing  from  the  Loudon  Economist  of  No¬ 
vember  10,  which  says  the  season  for  imported 
wool  (into  Great  Britain)  is  nearly  at  a  close, 
*.nd  O.H  there  Is  Dearly  five  mouths  before  the 
markets  can  be  again  replenished,  those  in 
terosted  have  anxiously  awaited  the  Board  ol’ 
Trade  returns  up  to  the  end  of  October. 
Those  wero  at  hand,  and  some  of  the  facts 
were  said  to  be  “startling.”  The  following 
statistics  are  given : 

The  Import*  for  the  ten  months  endinp  Oe-  I  Mr. 

tobor,  1870,  wero . . . 233, 211!, 258 

Deduct  exports  wtiuo  time .  77,388,634 

Net  Imports  for  ton  months .  166,827,724 

Of  this,  18,000,000  lbs.  were  carried  over  to 
1871. 

IMS.  . 

Imports  for  the  same  time,  as  above,  in  1871  300,830,00 
Add  old  wool,  ns  above .  18,000/Xl 

8i8,rart.fKi 

Deduct  exports  same  timo .  1JJ  ,4)0,81 

Net  imports  for  tcu  months .  19,140.301 

In  November,  1871,  it  is  said  it  is  well 
known  there  was  a  very  small  supply  of  wool 
in  the  hands  of  dealers  and  manufacturers, 
and  prices  advanced. 

Imports  for  Urn  months  in  1872,  ending  with  I. hr, 

October.., . 275,036,066 

Deduct  export# . 127,405,930 

Net  Imports  for  ten  months .  147,627,133 

This  leaves  30,000,000  lbs.,  equal  to  25  per 
cent,  less  wool  for  consumption  in  Great  Brit¬ 
ain  in  1872  than  them  was  in  1871. 

The  Economist  says: — “There  are  several 
attendant  circumstances  which  should  be 
taken  into  account  in  reading  these  figures: 

1.  There  has  been  a  very  large  quantity  ! 
of  new  machinery  started  during  the  last 
twelve  months,  requiring,  of  course,  large 
supplies  of  wool  to  keep  it  in  work. 

2.  In  many  branches  of  the  trade,  con¬ 
sumption  has  been  greatly  increased  by  the 
running  of  existing  machinery  night  and  day. 

3.  The  stock  of  akin  wools  is  now  extreme¬ 
ly  light. 

4.  Dealers  and  manufacturers  generally 
wero  never  so  barely  stocked  at  this  season 
of  the  jrear. 

Each  of  these  circumstances  is  entitled  to 
attention  in  considering  the  quantity  of  wool 
left  for  consumption  during  the  next  five 
months.  Were  the  consumption  only  going 
on  at  the  same  rate  that  it  was  doing  last 
year,  we  should  be  short  two  months’  sup¬ 
ply;  and  when  the  increased  machinery  and 
other  items  are  taken  into  account,  we  can 
not  be  much  less  than  from  two  and  a-half 
to  three  months’  supply  short— the  effect  of 


which  we  leave  for  the  consideration  of  those 
engaged  in  the  trade.” 

- - 

CASHMERE  GOATS. 

W.  M.  B.  asks  if  we,  or  any  of  our  readers, 
can  give  him  any  information  in  regard  to 
Cashmere  goats — whether  there  is  any  mar¬ 
ket  for  their  wool;  if  so,  where,  and  at  what 
price?  He  adds  he  has  some  notion  of  buying 
some,  his  business  being  wool  growing.  We 
advise  him  to  get  rid  of  that  “notion”  as 
Boon  as  possible,  and  coniine  his  attention  to 


not  smile  at  this  way  of  breaking  her  of  eat¬ 
ing  her  own  eggs,  he  aint  a  bit  like  my  hus¬ 
band  or  father. — R.  Guthrie. 

- ■*-♦# - 

BLUE  OWL  PIGEON. 

The  Owls  are  fancy  pigeons  long  known  to 
English  fancierR.  Moon  says  its  make  and 
shape  arc  much  like  the  Turbit,  except  that 
the  upper  chap  of  the  beak  is  hooked  over 
like  an  owl’s.  Its  plumage  is  nl  ways  entirely 
white,  blue  or  black.  Another  writer  says: 
“  Its  beak  is  very  short,  and  hooked  over  at 


Slrburicultuntl. 


4  -t  t  .  ir  o  W  JJ  PIQ-klOiv 


sheep.  We  have  bcou  the  experiment  f 
Cashmere  goat  keeping  tried  repeatedly,  a’d 
never  knew  a  man,  in  this  country,  to  tqicli 
it  who  did  not  lose  money  thereby.  We 
know  of  no  one  who  buys  the  liber  m  this 
country.  / 


INDIGESTION  IN  FOWLS. 

I  / 

ONpbf  your  correspondents  in  Rural  New- 
Yo»fER,  Dec.  14,  wanted  a  prescription  to 
cure  a  Brahma  lien.  This  will  probably  be 
loo  late  to  serve  him,  though  it  may  be  in  time 
to  benefit  others  whose  fowls  may  be  simi¬ 
larly  affected.  I  consider  the  disease  of  which 
he  speaks  as  Identical  with  indigestion  in  the 
Unman  family.  The  food  in  the  crop  fails  to 
digest,  a  nd  forme  Into  a  hard,  round  ball.  If 
this  ball  is  not  removed,  ft  will  eventually 
oause  the  death  of  the  fowl.  To  remove  this 
ball  lay  the  fowl  on  its  back,  remove  the  feath¬ 
ers  along  the  middle  of  the  crop,  and  with  your 
thumb  and  finger  press  the  ball  outward; 
then,  with  a  sharp-pointed  knife,  make  an 
incision  large  enough  to  admit  the  passage  of 
the  1  mil;  remove  the  ball  gently  through  the 
opening  ;  then  with  a  needle  and  thread  sew 
up  the  wound  securely,  and  the  operation  is 
completed.  Place  the  fowl  in  comfortable  I 
quarters,  aud  give  nourishing  food  until  the 
wound  heals,  wiiieh  will  be  in  a  very  short 
time.  I  have  the  above  from  a  friend  who 
has  practised  it  with  success.— J.  O.  R.,  Olade 
Spring,  Va. 

- ♦♦♦ 

TO  PREVENT  A  HEN  EATING  HER  EGGS. 

— 

We  have  never  failed  in  preventing  this  ^ 
practice  by  filling  the  hen  so  full  of  sometliing 
else  that  she  don’t  want  to  eat  eggs.  Wc  do 
it  in  this  way: — Put  a  vessel  (a  good  three  gal¬ 
lon  brass  kettle  is  very  convenient)  over  the 
fire;  fill  it  two-thirds  full  of  water;  let  the 
water  come  to  aboil;  take  the  hen  and  cut 
her  bill  off  smoothly  and  nicely  just  behind 
her  ears,  plump  her  into  the  kettle,  strip  off 
the  feathers,  take  out  her  insides,  put  her 
over  tho  lire  in  a  steamer  for  two  hours; 
while  she  is  there  prepare  the  stuffing  of  light 
wheat  bread  batter  and  a  little  sage  and  pars¬ 
ley;  fill  her  vory  full  and  lay  the  balance  of 
the  stuffing  around  her  like  eggs  in  a  nest; 
put  her  in  the  oven  till  quite  brown,  and  when 
the  “  gude  nian”  comes  to  dinner,  if  he  does 


the  end,  Idee  an  owl’s  ;  hence  its  name;  the 
shorter  it  is  the  better;  it  has  a  very  round 
button  head  and  a  grav'd  eye;  the  feathers 
on  the  breast  open  and  reflect  both  ways,  ex¬ 
panding  something  like  a  rose,  which  is  called 
the  purlo  by  some,  and  by  others  tho  frill; 
and  the  more  tho  bird  lias  of  that  the  better, 
with  a  gullet  reaching  down  from  the  beak 
to  the  frill;  its  plumage  is  always  of  an  entire 
color,  as  white;  a  fine  sky-bluo,  black  and 
yellow.  The  blue  ones  should  have  black 
bars  across  the  wings;  aud  the  lighter  they 
arc  in  color,  particularly  in  the  hackle,  the 
more  they  are  valued.  They  should  have 
their  breeding  places  made  so  that  they  may 
set  in  private,  for  they  arc  very  wild,  like 
tho  Carrier,  and  apt  to  fly  off  their  eggs  if 
tlio  least  disturbed.” 

The  foregoing  quotation  is  from  an  English 
Treatise  of  1765?  Teoktmier  says: — “Tho 
only  birds  known  as  Owls,  until  a  very  recent 
period,  wero  birds  of  moderate  size,  charac¬ 
terized  by  their  short-hooked  beaks,  round 
heads,  with  prominent  eyes  and  well  devel¬ 
oped  frill  or  purlo  on  the  breast.  In  color 
they  wore  generally  either  blue  or  silver, 
though  black,  white  mid  yellow  birds  wero 
not  uncommon.  The  blue  kinds  were  of  a 
very  peculiar  hue,  and  had  the  Reck  feath¬ 
ers  sprinkled  with  a  lighter  color,  which  gave 
them  a  very  handsome  appearance,  und  led 
to  the  name  of  “Powdered  Blue.  Owls,”  which 
waB  frequently  applied  to  them.  Those  birds 
were  active,  rapid  flyers,  and  among  the 
most  beautiful  of  the  more  natural  varieties.” 
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INQUIRIES  FOR  POULTERERS. 

Ilow  can  I  prevent  or  kill  lice  on  turkeys  ? 
David  Jones. 

What  isthe  cause  of,  and  remedy  for,  weak¬ 
ness  in  the  legs  of  fowls  ?  Prince  Albert,  the 
pater  of  my  Spanish  flock,  is  thus  troubled. 
Ho  will  walk  a  little  distance  and  then  sit 
down.  On  rising  his  logs  tremble  like  an  old 
person;  he  seems  to  loiter  for  a  few  steps. 
When  at  tho  drinking  trough  he  will  sit  down, 
and  will  crow  in  this  position.  He  is  fat,  aud 
has  a  good  appetite,  and  this  morning  was 
fighting. — M.  L.  B.,  Sedgwick,  Kansas. 

- »♦«  —  ■ 

PIGEONS  “GOING  LIGHT.” 


The  latter  is  regarded  the  bettor  plan,  as  the 
feathers  do  not  become  greasy.  This  answers 


K,  B.,  who  complains  that 
to  be  wasting  away. 


is  pigeons  seem 


PEAR  BLIGHT. 

I  suppose  many  of  your  readers  are  con- 
|  versant  with  this  malady  or  disease  of  the 
pear,  its  cause,  etc. ;  yet  I  frequently  find 
articles  in  newspapers  diverting  the  reader 
from  the  true  cause,  some  claiming  it  to  be 
tho  work  of  on  insect,  and  some  frost  bite, 
which  is  more  plausible;  but  the  main  cause 
is  the  sun,  the  direct  rays  of  which,  striking 
the  bark  of  the  t  ree  when  the  sap  is  flowing 
freely,  scalds  or  sours  it.  This  happens  from 
the  first  of  ft  .ay  to  the  last  of  August  in  this 
latitude,  forty  miles  south  of  Lake  Erie. 

This  fatal  disease  is  sure  to  happen  when 
the  roots  are  kept  at  a  degree  of  temperature 
too  low  for  the  corresponding  air  above,  or 
in  the  trunk,  if  a  young  tree,  or  branches,  if 
an  old  one,  at  a  time  when  equal  temperature 
is  most  needed  to  form  the  new  growth  of 
wood  (a  process  going  on  under  the.  bark)  at 
the  time  above  named.  Upon  this  principle 
I  can  blight  any  pear  t  ree  in  America,  or  any 
part,  of  one  I  choose.  The  remedy  is,  there¬ 
fore,  protection  of  the  exposed  surface.  Tliis 
is  done  by  boarding  on  three  sides  up  to  limbs 
on  young  trees,  and  training  twigs  or  limbs 
to  shade  each  other  and  the  trunk  in  their 
growth.  Rags  will  do  if  not  wrapped  too 
tight;  don’t  use  too  heavy  an  article  for 
mulching.  E.  W.  Roskberry. 

WALNUTS  VS.  PECANS. 

On  Christmas  a  few  friends  dined  with  Mr. 
Reid,  when  that  wonderful  walnut,  tree  and 
the  Rural  New-Yorker  wero  fully  discussed, 
and  it  was  unanimously  resolved  that  you  be 
excused  for  not  believing  a  tree  produced 
English  walnuts  one  year  and  pecan  nuts  the 
next.  But  Mr.  R.  still  insists  that  if  “a  joke” 
has  been  played  upon  him  by  “Ids  workmen,” 
it  far  surpasses  any  trick  of  the  Rochester 
spirit-rappings  that  he  1ms  ever  heard  of, 
as  there  can  bo  no  mistake  that,  he  planted  a 
walnut  and  that  both  walnuts  and  pecans 
were  plucked,  with  his  own  hands,  from  the 
same  free,  in  presence  of  a  lady  of  the  com¬ 
pany,  who  tasted  the  fruit  with  him,  and 
some  of  the  pecans  arc  si  ill  on  hand  for  exhi¬ 
bition.  With  all  this  evidence  some  of  us  are 
faithless  like  yourself,  and  we  shall  “keep  a 
sharp  look  out.”  next  your,  if  spared:  and  if 
other  than  pecans  appear  will  send  you  a 
specimen  of  the  fruit,  even  should  it  6e  “a 
bale  of  cotton.” — t.  w.  c. 

A LL  right !  W e  are  willing  to  bo  convinced  I 
A  Cuban  told  us  the  other  day  that  Ameri¬ 
can  pear  trees,  when  sent  to  Cuba,  at  first 
bora  pears  and  afterwards  a  distinct  fruit 
common  to  Cuba  (wc  have  mislaid  our  memo¬ 
randa  and  cannot  name  it).  Possibly  the 
climate  changes  fruit  as  it  does  the  plumage 
of  birds;  but  we  want  tho  proof ! 


<®he  tfincpul. 


THE  ROGERS  GRAPE. 

Dr.  B.  G.  Parker  of  New  York,  writes  the 
Germantown  Telegraph  : — “  But  few  who 
have  eaten  Rogers’  No.  I,  15,  4,  3,  9,  13,  and 
Salem,  after  hanging  long  on  the  vines,  and 
being  slightly  frosted,  will  ever  forget  their 
soft,  mild,  delicious  sweetness.  Bo,  too,  when 
boxed  in  upper  rooms  and  frosted  by  cold  in 
November,  they  are  peculiarly  grateful,  and 
have  over  hero  sold  well.  T  am  now  eating 
them,  as  nice  as  Malagas,  daily,  this  20th  of 
November,  as  I  have  been  for  days,  and  ex¬ 
pect  t  o  be  till  they  are  gone.  In  this  respect 
I  know  of  no  other  grapes  their  equal.  What 
cool,  delicious,  satisfactory,  gustatory  excel¬ 
lence  I  The  apple  jelly  made  by  heat  in  the 
Ohio  sorghum  rocker  boiler,  is  getting  to  be 
quite  a  manufacture  here.  It  sells  at  twelve 
cents  a  pound.  It  is  a  rich  reddish-yellow, 
clour  jelly,  and  made  without  sugar  is  a  little 
tart.  It  will  yet  be  on©  of  the  manufactures 
in  ull  the  country,  wherever  apples  grow 
abundantly.-” 

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CONCORD  GRAPES. 

Concord  grapes  are  good  keepers,  and  will 
come  out  as  nice  about  the  holidays  ns  when 
packed  in  boxes  in  their  season  in  all  but  one 
respect,  and  that  i3  flavor.  1  opened,  Dec. 
24th,  a  box  of  Concords  put  up  when  ripe  on 
the  vine.  They  are  as  nice  ua  when  packed; 
stems  green,  berries  full,  but  as  tasteless  as 
they  are  handsome.  They  wero  sweet  and 
nice  when  put  up.  They  were  put  up  in  tliis 
way:— Cut  the  bunches  when  ripe  and  dip 
the  cut  end  in  melted  resin;  then  pack  in  a 
box;  first  put  in  a  layer  of  cotton,  then  a 
layer  of  grapes,  and  when  full,  close  tight 
and  put  in  a  cool  place  where  they  will  not 
freeze,  and  they  will  keep  till  after  the  holi¬ 
days.— J.  F.  Haas,  Meudvilk,  Pa. 


JAN.  31 


©OBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER 


EARLY  TOMATO  PLANTS— HOW  TO  GROW. 

As  some  of  the  readers  of  the  Rural.  New- 
Yorker  may  be  in  tiie  same  fix  the  coming 
Spring  that  I  was  last,  us  regards  knowing 
how  they  are  to  grow  a  few  early  tomato 
plants  and  have  them  stocky  and  first-class 
plants  in  ©very  respect,  I  will  give  the  details 
of  how  I  managed  to  grow  a  few  hundred  to 
my  entire  satisfaction.  I  took  a  small  box, 
12x20  inches,  <5  inches  deep,  and  filled  it  with 
good  garden  soil  and  set  it  on  the  kitchen 
stove-drum,  and  let  it  set  there  till  the  dirt, 
was  thoroughly  warmed;  then  took  a  stick 
and  made  marks  an  inch  apart,  4%  inches 
deep  in  the  dirt,  crossways  of  the  box;  then 
scattered  tomato  seeds  quite  thick  along 
the  rows  and  covered  them  about  },{  of 
an  inch  deep;  t  hen  took  a  newspaper  and  wet 
it  and  covered  the  box  to  prevent  the  dirt 
from  getting  dry  on  top.  The  box  was  set  on 
a  bench  near  the  stove  after  the  seeds  were 
sown  and  the  following  day  set  on  the  stove 
drum  again  for  the  purpose  of  keeping  up 
the  heat  in  the  soil,  being  careful  not  to  lot  it 
get  too  hot. 

In  forty-eight  hours  from  the  time  the  seed 
was  sown,  they  had  sprouted  and  many  had 
broken  the  ground;  a  few  were  near  x/t  inch 
high.  When  the  plants  had  attained  to  the 
Might  of  two  inches  I  transplanted  them  into 
other  boxes  about  If ,  Inches  apart,  each  way. 
The  plants  were  left  in  these  boxes  till  they 
had  attained  a  1  light,  of  four  inches  and  then 
transplant  ed  into  a  sort  of  hot  bed  made  as 
follows: — A  pit  was  dug  in  the  side  of  a  hill 
facing  t  he  Southeast,  six  feet  wide  by  twelve 
feet  long,  and  posts  driven  in  the  ground  at 
the  corners  and  one  on  each  side  0  feet  from 
either  end.  On  these  posts,  boards  wero 
nailed  two  feet  high  in  front  and  2 1  j  feet 
high  at  the  back,  giving  (5  inches  fall  from 
back  to  front.  In  this  frame  1  put  fresh  horse 
manure,  mixed  with  litter — such  as  is  found 
at  farmers’  horse-stables — to  the  depth  of  12 
inches,  pressing  it  down  firmly  as  I  put  it,  in; 
thou  put  on  0  inches  of  good  soil  and  covered 
the  bed  with  covers,  made  by  stretching  and 
nailing  with  10-oz.  tacks,  common  heavy 
brown  muslin  on  light  frames  3x6  feet.  Those 
frames  were  mode  of  white  pine  lath,  sawed 
1x3  inches,  halved  at  the  corners  and  nailed 
with  clinch  nails.  Common  cut  nails  heated 
to  near  a  while  heat  and  allowed  to  cool  very 
slow,  are  just  as  good  as  the  clinch  nails  sold 
at  the  hardware  stores  and  are  much  cheaper. 

After  the  covers  wero  put  on,  a  board 
was  laid  across  the  upper  ends  of  them,  reach¬ 
ing  from  one  end  of  the  hot-bed  frame  to  the 
other;  and  also  across  the  lower  ends,  to  pre¬ 
vent  heavy  winds  from  moving  them.  As 
soon  as  the  soil  in  the  bed  was  suilieiently 
warmed  I  raked  it  down  smooth  and  marked 
it  in  rows  1  ^  inches  apart  and  set  the  plants 
the  same  distance  apart  in  the  rows, 

Before  removing  the  plants  from  the  boxes, 
the  soil  was  thoroughly  wet  in  order  to  cause 
as  much  soil  as  possible  to  stick  to  the  roots; 
then  a  case-knife  was  drawn  through  the  soil, 
midway  between  the  plants  each  way,  about 
four  inches  deep  ;  and  in  removing  the  plants 
no  difficulty  was  experienced  in  keeping  the 
dirt  about  their  roots.  After  being  trans¬ 
planted  and  the  covers  put  on,  no  care  what¬ 
ever  was  given  them  oxcept  an  occasional 
watering. 

About  the  20th  of  May,  the  plants  were  re¬ 
moved  to  the  open  ground,  the  same  care 
being  exercised  as  regarded  watering  and 
cutting  between  the  rows,  that  had  been 
when  transplanted  to  the  hot, -bed.  These 
plants  were  its  fine  as  any  1  ever  saw  grown 
anywhere,  except  those  grown  in  a  green¬ 
house  in  pots.  Tomato  plants  must  have  age 
In  order  to  produce  early  tomatoes.  *  * 

Ransom,  l’a. 

- ♦  »  ♦  - 

DESTROYING  WEEDS  ON  LAWN8. 

W.  Nichol,  in  the  Cottage  Gardener, 
speaks  highly  of  the  use  of  oil  of  vitriol  for 
eradicating  plantain  and  other  weeds  on  gar¬ 
den  lawus,  having  applied  it  successfully  for 
several  years.  He  says: — “We  use  a  small, 
narrow  -  necked  Ov 

glass  bottle  simi- 

lar  to  the  rough  \. J 

sketch  inclosed,  — 
and  such  a3  is 
used  by  chem-  w 

ists  in  laboratories,  etc.  One  may  be  pur¬ 
chased  at  any  chemist’s  at  a  very  trilling 
cost.  If  t  he  glass  stopper  in  the  side  bo  kept 
firmly  in  its  place  the  liquid  will  only  come 
out  by  drops,  and,  therefore,  the  operator  is 
not  so  likely  to  waste  the  acid  or  throw  it 


over  his  clothes,  as  would  otherwise  be  the 
case.  If  the  acid  can  he  procured  pure,  it 
may  be  considerably  diluted  with  water,  in 
some  cases  quite  one-half,  and  it  will  still  bo 
suilieiently  strong  for  all  wocd-killing  pur¬ 
poses.” 

- 4-*-* - 

TO  KEEP  SPINACH  GREEN. 

A  market  gardener  sends  the  Tribune  the 
following  description  of  the  two  methods 
practiced  by  gardeners  for  keeping  spinach 
green,  so  that  it  may  bo  used  at  any  time  from 
now  until  April; — The  first  and  least  expen¬ 
sive  one,  is  to  cover  the  bed  at  once  with  a 
coating  of  an  Inch  in  thickness  of  salt  hay  or 
straw.  Aids  will  protect  the  leaves  from 
frost,  and  by  removing  the  mulch  the  spinach 
will  be  found  in  good  condition.  The  second 
method  is,  to  cut  oil  tho  spinach  before  the 


would  regulate  the  plow  to  the  team,  often 
not  plowing  more  than  eight  inches,  instead 
of  using  a  team  sufficient  to  do  the  work 
well.  He  will  manage  to  keep  his  teams 
about  something,  or  even  lend  his  beat  homo, 
so  that  the  tenant  cannot  go  through  the  corn 
until  the  weeds  get  the  start  of  him.  In  this 
way  ho  manages  to  keep  his  men  constantly 
chafed,  and  don't  get  thirty  bushels  of  corn 
to  the  acre,  where,  with  proper  team,  a  little 
more  labor,  and  that  dono  in  proper  time, 
the  product  would  havo  been  sixty  bushels 
per  acre.  This  is  not  for  want  of  means,  for 
he  has  plenty  at  his  control. 

B.  keeps  from  thirty  to  forty  head  of  cat¬ 
tle,  eight  or  ten  horses,  and  about  200  sheep. 
He  generally  doos  his  own  chores,  and  don’t 
spend  more  than  two  and  a-half  hours  a  day 
in  taking  care  of  his  stock.  Tho  cattle,  colts, 
and  sheep  have  to  go  a  half  mile  for  water  or 


DEAD-FALL  TRAP, 


ground  becomes  frozen,  leaving,  if  possible,  a 
little  earth  attached  to  the  roots.  This  cut 
spinach  is  then  placed  in  a  cold  frame  in  a 
layer  eight  or  ton  thick,  with  some  leaves 
from  the  woods  spread  on  top.  The  sashes 
are  kept  on  the  frame,  and  the  spinach  will 
keep  green  until  wanted. 

A  LONGER  GOURD. 

I  see  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  Nov. 
30,  that  John  D.  PrriLLirrs  asks  of  tho  read¬ 
ers  of  the  Rural  who  can  beat  his  Hercules 
Club  Gourd.  Plcoso  say  to  him  I  have  a 
gourd,  Cucubita  Laccmtha  LongreHima, 
known  here  as  “St.  Patrick’s  Shillolah,”  five 
feet  eight  inches  long.  Try  again,  John  !  L. 
Leach,  Torrington,  Conn. 


FARM  LABOB. 

The  question  of  farm  labor  has  been 
discussed  considerably.  The  employer  has 
claimed  that  he  bus  to  pay  too  much  for  the 
amount  of  labor  performed,  and  the  em¬ 
ploye  claims  that  he  has  not  got  enough  for 
the  services  rendered.  I  frequently  hear  it 
exclaimed  by  some  poor  fellow  that  he  fur¬ 
nishes  the  muscle,  and  some  one  else  furnishes 
tho  brains.  I  will  venture  to  assert  that  full 
one-third  of  tho  work  done  on  the  farm  is 
lost,  or  worse  than  thrown  away,  for  the 
lack  of  a  thorough  knowledge  of  how  to  do  it, 
or  by  not  doing  it  at  the  proper  time  and  doing 
it  well.  If  those  that,  work  on  the  farm  by  the 
month  or  day  are  not  capable  of  taking  care 
of  themselves,  does  not  the  responsibility 
rest  on  the  employer  to  direct  the  work  to 
tho  best  advantage,  so  that  he  can  pay  liberal 
wages  to  Ids  men  and  they  and  their  families 
can  live  well  ? 

I  will  illustrate  what  I  mean:  There  is  Mi-. 
B.  He  lias  400  acres  of  land — as  good  a  farm 
as  can  be  found  to  make  money  off  of.  A 
few  weeks  ago  I  saw  him  sell  four  head  of 
steers  for  $25  per  head.  These  steers,  had 
they  been  fed  tho  same  amount  of  grain 
(ground)  that  they  had  consumed  out  of  the 
shock  without  husking  would  have  weighed 
100  pounds  more  and  would  have  brought  $40 
per  head  in  the  same  market;  $10  in  labor 
would  have  paid  the  extra  expense  and  left 
the  $30  profit.  As  the  case  was,  I  presume 
tho  farmer  did  not  hardly  got  pay  for  his 
trouble  raising  them. 

B.  lets  some  of  his  land  to  tenants,  finds 
team,  seed  and  board,  and  gives  them  oue- 
third  of  the  crop.  He  generally  manages  to 
control  them  entirely  as  to  timo  of  planting 
or  Bowing,  and  furnishes  just  such  a  team  as 
he  may  have  at  the  time ;  and  if  a  man  should 
happen  to  want  to  purchase  a  team,  he  would 
sell  the  best  span  of  horses  or  yoke  of  oxen 
he  had,  and  put  in  some  colts  or  steers  to 
complete  the  work  with;  and,  still  more,  he 


do  without.  In  freezing  weather  he  will 
drive  down  to  tho  pond  with  his  horse  and 
cutter  and  cut  a  hole  through  the  ice  and 
drive  back;  consequently  some  of  his  stock 
does  not  havo  any  water.  Thus  ho  does  not 
realize  more  profit  from  his  fane  t  han  could 
bo  obtained  from  an  average  eighty  acres  of 
the  same  farm  I 

There  is  many  a  man  who  knows  how  to 
plant  and  cultivate  a  crop  of  corn  who  don’t 
know  how  to  take  care  of  the  money.  Mr. 
B.  prides  himself  on  being  a  very  benevolent 
man;  and  he  is,  in  many  respects. 

Calhoun  Co.,  Mich.  A  Subscriber. 

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CHRISTMAS  AND  TAXES. 

There  is  one  reform  very  much  needed 
which  would  uffoct  the  happiness  of  the  “  little 
folks’’  somewhat ;  it  is  to  have  the  time  for 
collecting  taxes  changed  to  some  other  time 
in  the  year,  that  it  may  cease  to  cloud  the 
Christinas  festivities.  Men  are  almost  inva¬ 
riably  cross  and  poor  at  tax  tune,  and  the 
Christmas  trees  do  not  bear  the  fruit  they 
ought  on  that  account;  and  sinco  we  all  de¬ 
sire  to  make  Christmas  a  joyous  occasion  for 
our  children  while  they  remain  at  home,  I 
move  that  something  be  done  about  it.  Who 
seconds  the  motion? — b.  c.  n. 


re  pportfiinim. 


burrows  in  rtcep  banks  or  under  rocks.  Tho 
young  aro  brought  forth  in  Mayor  June,  in 
Utters  of  five  or  six.  To  catch  this  animal, 
one  has  only  to  bo  acquainted  with  its  habits. 
Place  t  he  trap  near  t  he  edge  of  the  water  (so 
fl  at  It,  will  be  covered  about  an  Inch  deep) 
directly  in  front  of  a  steep  bank  or  rock,  or 
something  on  which  tho  bait,  can  hang  about 
eighteen  inches  above  tho  trap.  The  bait 
should  bo  fish,  or  almost  any  fresh  meat.  The 
following  is  a  good  plan:— Set  the  traps  about 
two  feet  back  from  the  stream  and  from 
forty  to  eighty  rods  apart,  up  or  down  stream. 
Then  walk  over  tho  line,  drawing  the  body  of 
a  roasted  muskrat  or  almost  any  fresh  meat, 
and  any  mink  thut  crosses  that  line  or  trail 
will  follow  it  to  the  trap. — C.  Chase. 

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A  NEW  SMOKELESS  GUNPOWDER. 

Knowing  that  you  keep  a  little  corner  in 
your  paper  for  sportsmen,  I  would  ask  you 
if  you  have  noticed  an  article  in  tho  Novem¬ 
ber  number  of  Tho  Popular  Science  Monthly, 
token  from  Belgravia,  entitled  “  Smokeless 
Gunpowder.”  Tho  article  says,  after  de¬ 
scribing  our  “dear,  dirty  old  friend,”  the 
black  gunpowder,  that  a  Prussian  officer  in¬ 
vented  a  smokeless  powder,  which  is  now 
mado  in  England  near  Southampton,  named 
niter  the  inventor,  Schultzo’s  Wood-Powder. 
It  can  bo  made  cheaply,  there  is  less  danger 
in  its  manufacture,  and  gives  more  ponetra, 
tion  than  our  black  gunpowder.  Such,  at 
least,  is  the  statement  of  Belgravia.  Now,  I 
would  like  to  know  whether  Northern  enter¬ 
prise  has  commenced  manufacturing,  or  at. 
least  importing,  said  Schhltze  s  Wood-Pow 
der,  and  have  no  doubt  that,  a  good  many  of 
your  readers  will  bo  interested  as  wall  as — G. 
C.  E.,  Jackson,  Miss. 

We  have  been  unable  to  learn  that,  it  is 
either  imported  or  manufactured  here. 


DEAD -FALL  TRAP. 

In  the  series  of  articles  entitled  “  Our  Fur- 
Bearing  Animals,”  now  being  published  in 
tho  Rural  New-Yorker,  frequent  allusion 
has  been  made  to  tho  “Dead-Fall”  as  ft 
means  of  entrapping  game.  Some  of  our 
readers  ask  what  a  Dead  Fall  is.  Herewith 
we  give  an  illustration  of  one,  with  accom¬ 
panying  description,  which  will  enable al most 
any  young  trapper  to  make  one. 

A,  House,  formed  of  closely  driven  slakes 
and  covered  with  bark.  B,  Fall,  a  sapling 
2 yi  inches  in  diameter,  12  to  18  feet  long,  with 
top  branches  left  on  to  keep  it  from  turning. 
C,  Bed-piece,  which  B  must  fit  pretty  closely 
when  down.  D,  D,  Guides.  E,  standard.  F, 
Spindle,  for  bait.  G,  Log,  to  weight  B  so  that 
it  will  hold  tho  animal  for  which  the  trap 
is  set. 

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TO  CATCH  MINK. 

This  little  animal,  which  is  much  like  the 
weasel,  has  of  late  years  become  so  valuable 
that  no  pains  is  spared  to  obtain  his  hide. 
It,  is  but  a  few  years  since  a  mink  skin  would 
not  bring  abovo  thirty  cents.  Tho  value  of 
the  fur  was  not  known.  At  this  time, 
although  he  is  so  small  a  creature,  a  prime 
Northern  skin  is  worth  from  ten  to  twelve 
dollars.  Tho  mink  is  shaped  much  like  the 
otter,  and  although  tie  appears  no  more  fitted 
fur  swimming  than  tho  weasel,  the  water  is 
his  home.  Ho  lives  on  fish,  frogs,  etc.  He 


FUCHSIAS  AND  BEGONIAS. 

Ip  the  subscriber  at  Oil  City,  Pa.,  who  com¬ 
plains  of  Fuchsias  not  blooming  and  Begonias 
dropping  leaves,  will  take  the  Fuchsia  out  of 
tho  pot  and  wash  all  the  soil  off  in  warm 
water  and  shorten  all  aide  branches  back  to 
within  four  inches  ol’  the  main  stem  and  re 
pot  in  sandy  loam,  with  one  half  of  refuse 
hops,  he  will  soon  have  fine,  healthy  branches. 
After  they  are  about  six  to  ten  Inches  long, 
nip  out  the  ends  and  ho  will  have  plenty  of 
flowers. 

Begonia  Rex  will  drop  its  leaves  If  kept  too 
cool;  it,  wants  a  temperature  of  from  60  to  15 
(legs,  anil  air  a  little  moist;  pot  with  rich, 
sandy  loam  and  refuse  hops;  the  latter  can 
lie  had  at  any  brewery  where  ale  or  beer  is 
made. — J.  F.  Haas,  Mcadville ,  Pn. 

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MANURE  FOR  POT  PLANTS. 

Dr.  Jeannel,  a  French  horticulturist,  high¬ 
ly  recommends  tho  following: — Nitrate  of 
ammonia,  400  parts;  biphospl  ate  of  ammo¬ 
nia,  200;  nitrate  of  potassa,  250;  chloride  of 
ammonium,  60;  sulphate  of  lime,  60;  sulphate 
of  iron,  40.  These  ingredients  are  pulverized, 
well  mixed,  and  kept  in  well-closed  dry  bot¬ 
tles.  Sixty- live  grains  of  this  mixture  are 
dissolved  in  oho  quart  of  water,  and  to  each 
plant  (in  pots  or  in  open  ground)  is  given 
weekly  a  done  of  from  400  to  1,200  grains.  It 
is  best  to  pour  the  liquid  in  the  saucers  hi 
which  the  pot  is  placed. 

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LONG  REST  OF  BULBS. 

At  Red  leaf  the  Guernsey  Lily  ( Ncrlne  swr- 
niensis )  has  thrown  up  a  flower  spike,  after 
resting  for  five,  years;  the  plant  is  in  a  warm 
border  in  front  of  the  conservatory.  Some 
few  years  back  there  came  up  in  the  same 
border  a  flower-stem  of  a  bulb  which  must 
have  been  planted  ten  years  before,  and  it 
proved  to  be  the  lovely  Calochortus  venustus, 
but  it  has  never  appeared  since.  In  the  same 
border  Moraea,  or  Vieusscuxia  puvonia,  has 
flowered  annually  for  these  last  twenty-six 

years. — Garden. 

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CORAL  PLANT. 

I  am  sorry  I  cannot  offer  Florence  B.  the 
benefit  of  a  more  extended  experience  than 
mine  with  regard  to  the  care  of  the  Ery th¬ 
rum.  Our  plant  is  only  of  this  Summer’s 
growth.  It  is  very  thrifty  in  appearance  and 
about  one  foor,  high.  Messrs.  Drew  repre¬ 
sent  it  as  a  plant  easily  wintered.  If  we 
Winter  ours  successfully  I  will  report. 

Among  other  seedling  plants  from  Messrs. 
NICKELS,  I  have  a  Scarlet  Pomegranate  eight 
inches  high. — Rose  Geranium, 


or  nine  days  in  the  vat  or  tub,  turning  it 
every  day  from  the  bottom.  Then  put  it  into 
the  cask,  and,  as  it  works  over,  observe  to  till 
it  up,  if  not  liquor  enough,  with  sugar  and 
water.  Skim  il.  well  while  it  is  boiling.  Af¬ 
ter  it.  has  done  working  add  a  little  brandy. 

Anot  her  i:  — To  five  pounds  of  parsnips  add 
one  gallon  of  water;  the  parsnips  are  first 
scraped  and  then  well  boiled.  When  they 
are  done  strain  them  through  a  eoivo:  add  to 
each  gallon  <>('  liquor  three  pounds  of  lump 
sugar,  one  orange,  and  one  lemon.  Then  boil 
the  liquor  with  the  sugar  and  oranges  and 
lemons  twenty  minutes,  Put  it  into  a  tub. 


Domestic  (Bcownnir 


BEANS  AND  VINEGAR 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE 


As  “there  is  a  little  to  be  learned  by  every 
fool,”  1  willingly  give  what  litt  le  1  know  of 
beans  and  cider.  Seventeen  years  last  Sum¬ 
mer  I  was  visiting  an  old  friend  of  mine  in 
Troy.  1  told  how  we  lost  our  vinegar  by 
turning  the  barrel  on  the  end  to  have  a  new 
hoop  put  on,  and  had  been  out  since.  She 
said  to  me,  “  Put  a  pint  of  white  beans  in  a 
barrel  of  cider  and  you  will  have  vinegar  in 
a  short  time.  1  came  home  and  the  first 
thing  I  set  about  was  to  procure  vinegar;  we 
had  been  out  of  it  three  years;  my  barrel  was 
uot  full ;  I  remembered  of  hearing  cider  would 
turn  sour  if  a  little  water  bo  added ;  so  I  put 
iu  a  pail  or  so,  feeling  a  littlo  in  doubt  as  to 
the  l<eans,  like  Mr.  Nelson.  1  think  I  took  a 
bit  of  paper  and  wet  it.  with  molasses— but 
cannot  tell  definitely;  set  the  barrel  on  the 
South  side  of  the  house  in  the  yard. 

A  neighbor  came  along;  seeing  it,  I  told 
what  I  had  done;  he  said,  “give  it  a  kick 
once  iu  a  while;  that  is  the  secret.”  So  my 
barrel  got  three  or  four  kicks;  before  hold 
weather  T  hail  vinegar  sharp  enough  to  al¬ 
most,  cut  your  throat,  and  with  a  large  qnan- 
tit.yof  mother  in  the  bottom.  So  you  have  ray 
experience,  secret  and  all.  One  thing  more: 
Taking  a  very  economical  fit  I  saved  my 
apple  parings,  cooked  them,  pressed  the  juice 
into  a  keg  and  added  a  few  leaves;  now  it 
tastes  quite  like  vinegar.  Mrs.  North. 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Centleman  near  New 
York  City. 


CHOICE  HARDY  SHRUBS. 

Pec.  24  —  B.  S.  H. ,  Atchison,  Kansas, 
writes  and  asks  me  if  I  will  give  him  the 
names  of  a  dozen  choice  shrubs  suitable  for 
green-house  culture;  also  a  similar  list,  for 
garden  culture.  In  complying  with  this  re¬ 
quest  I  find  it  a  difficult  task  to  confine 
myself  to  so  small  a  number,  inasmuch  as 
the  species  and  varieties  in  cultivation  are 
almost  innumerable,  and  those  that  please 
one  person  may  not  another;  then  the  vari¬ 
eties  of  hardy  shrubs  that  succeed  here  may 
not  be  adapted  to  the  soil  and  climate  of 
Kansas.  1  will  take  it  for  granted  that  my 
correspondent  does  not  desire  to  indulge  in 
rarities  which  ore  very  expensive,  therefore 
I  will  name  only  those  sold  at  moderate 
prices. 

TWELVE  WINTER  BLOOMING  SHRUBS. 

Abutilon  vcxillarium  rlcgana — A  half-climb¬ 
ing  shrub,  bearing  a  profusion  of  scarlet, 
orange,  and  pink  flowers.  There  are  also 
many  other  species  and  varieties,  varying  in 
size  and  color  of  flowers  as  well  as  habit  of 
the  plant,  all  desirable. 

Azalea  ovala  alba.  —Flowers  pure  white. 

Azalea  purpurea  plena. — Flowers  double, 
deep  crimson. 

Bouvardius.— There  are  several  varieties  in 
cultivation  which  are  indispensable.  II.  IcF 
antha  is  a  dazzling  scarlet ;  II.  Jlorebunda, 
orange  scarlet;  11.  Hogarth,  rich  scarlet, 
large  racemes  of  flowers;  if.  L)avid»oi\il, 
pure  white;  D.  Vreelandii ,  similar  to  the 
last,  but  distinct. 

Camellia  fimJbriata .—  Flowers  very  large, 
edge  of  petals  delicately  fringed. 

C.  alba  plena. — Old  double  white,  but  one  of 
the  best.  These  two  are  considered  the  most 
valuable  for  cut  flowers;  but  the  colored 
sorts  arc  equally  ;is  beautiful,  and  one  can 
scarcely  go  amiss  in  making  a  selection,  as 
our  florists  propugate  only  the.  best,  there 
being  hundreds  of  varieties  to  select,  from. 
They  all  succeed  best,  in  rather  a  low  tempe¬ 
rature  and  partial  shade. 

Cuphca  ptatycc.ntra. — Small,  slender,  ever¬ 
green  shrubs,  extensively  used  for  bedding 
out  iu  Summer,  but  far  more  valuable  for  its 
flowers  in  Winter.  Flowers  small,  scarlet, 
tipped  with  white;  often  called  “Cigar 
plant.” 

Fuchsia  serratifolia.— Flowers  large  scar¬ 
let;  leaves  dark  rich  green  and  very  large; 
an  excellent  early  Winter  blooming  species. 

Gardenia  fiorida. — The  single  variety  is  the 
best  for  green-house  culture.  Flowers  white ; 
very  showy. 

Lagrrstramia  In&tda  alba. — This  is  a  va¬ 
riety  of  the  well-known  Crape  Myrtle  of  the 
Southern  Suites,  where  it  usually  blooms  hi 
Autumn;  but  when  cultivated  iu  pots  iu  the 
Northern  Slates,  it  is  one  of  our  finest  early 
Winter  flowering  shrubs.  Flowers  pure  white 
and  produced  in  great  abundance. 

Punic  a  nano.  —  Non-  dwarf  Pomegranate. 
Flowers  beautiful  orange-scarlet;  very  hand¬ 
some. 

Hoses. — These  must  come  iu  under  the 
head  of  green-house  shrubs;  but  the  list  is  so 
extensive  that  I  dare  uot  attempt  to  make  a 
selection  of  less  than  a  dozen,  and  this  has 
already  been  done  many  times  and  the  names 
given  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker. 

TWELVE  HARDY  SHRUBS. 

In  this  list  1  shall  name  the  most  hardy  as 
well  as  beautiful 

Amygdalm  pumila.—  Double  rose-colored 
almond;  an  old  and  well-known  plant. 

Amygdalus  pumiki  alba. — Double  white 
flowering  almond. 

Azaleas,  nudiflora  and  viscosa. — Both  na¬ 
tives  of  the  Northern  States  and  scarcely 
surpassed  by  any  exotic  species. 

Calycanlhus  flortdus.  —  The  well-known 
sweet-scented  shrub.  Flowers  dark  choco¬ 
late  color. 

Deutzia  crenata  plana. — Flowers  double 
white,  tinged  with  rose  color;  superb. 

Deutzia  gracilis— A  very  small  shrub,  with 
long  spikes  of  pure  white  flowers;  a  splendid 
plant  for  forcing  in  Winters 

Forsyth  id  viridisshna.  Flo  wers  yellow, 
produced  very  early  in  the  Spring,  before 
the  leaves. 

Japan  Quince  (Cydonia  .laponicu).— Flow¬ 
ers  large,  deep  scarlet;  produced  early  in 
Spring. 

Primus  triloba.— A  beautiful  shrub,  with 
double  flowers  of  a  deep  pink  color.  It  suc¬ 
ceeds  best  when  worked  upon  plum  stocks. 

Spiraea  Reevesii.—  Flowers  pure  white,  in 


Hand  iron  Pen  Wiper— no.  2. 
and  when  cool  add  a  littlo  yeast  and  let  it 
work  for  a  few  days.  It  must  then  be  put 
into  a  barrel,  and  as  soon  as  the  fermentation 
has  decreased  considerably  put  it  into  a  sw  eet 
baiTeL  The  wine  will  be  materially  im¬ 
proved  if  ft  littlo  brandy,  at  the  rate  of  a 
quarter  of  a  pint  to  the  gallon,  is  added,  ihe 
wine  materially  improves  with,  age,  and  it 
should  not  therefore  be  tapped  too  soon. 

BOSTON  BRnWN  BREAD. 

A  lady  wishes  the  recipe  for  Boston  brown 
bread.  I  copy  the  following  from  a  paper 
published  in  a  city  near  Boston.  1  have  not 
triod  it,  for  I  almost  invariable  boil  my  brown 
broad,  which  we  think  is  excellent,  and  hus¬ 
band  says  is  superior  to  Boston  bread:— Four 
cofltee  cupfuls  of  sifted  Indian  meal;  two  cups 
coarse  flour,  either  wheat  or  rye;  one. tea¬ 
spoonful  salt ;  one  tea-cup  molasses,  and 
boiling  water  enough  to  make  it  as  thick 
as  griddle-cake  batter.  When  nearly  cool 
add  half  a  cup  yeast,  either  home-made  or 
distillery.  Put  the  mixture  into  an  iron  bak¬ 
ing  dish,  cover  tightly,  let  it  stand  in  a  warm 
place  till  it  cracks  over  the  top  (which  should 
be  smoothed  over  with  wet  bauds  before  it  is 
placed  to  rise).  Bake  it  five  or  six  hours  in  a 
moderate  oven,  which  will  not  burn  the  crust 
to  a  cinder. — Mrs.  P.  C.  C. 

TO  COOK  PORK. 

Fry  a  few  slices  of  pork  until  they  are  well 
done.  Make  a  batter  of  two  eggs,  three 
table-spoonfuls  of  milk,  half  a  teaspoonful 
salt,  and  flour  enough  to  make  a  thick  batter. 
Into  this  put  the  pork,  cover  with  batter, 
then  put  the  pol  k  so  covered  into  the  fiying 
pan  over  a  quick  fire  until  the  batter  is  nicely 
done.  If  any  batter  be  left,  fry  (without  any 
{Kirk)  in  the  hot  grease.  Be.  sure  that  it  is 
nicely  done  through  or  it  will  be  heavy.  To 
be  served  immediately  after  cooking. — R.  w. 

NOODLE  SOUP. 

Make  common  beef  soup.  Then  for  the 
noodles,  break  three  eggs  into  flour,  add  a 
little  salt,  mix  with  the  haml-s  knead  hard, 
and  roll  very  thin;  sprinkle  on  flour  and  roll 
together,  and  cut  off  line  as  possible;  shake 
out  and  throw  iuto  your  soup  kettle— cook 
ten  or  fifteen  minutes.  No  rice  is  needed  in  the 
soup. — Mrs.  P.  C.  C. 


SOCIABILITY  OF  COUNTRY  PEOPLE.’  |  We  give  herewith  two  illustrations  show- 

Those  who  are  compelled  to  live  in  the  jug  how  to  make  a  dainty  ornament  for  a 
country  during  the  Winter  or  stay  there  lady’s  (or  even  gentleman’s)  desk.  For  the 
from  choice  should  eudeavor  to  have  some  ,  pen-wiper  (Fig.  1)  a  little  wooden  stand  is  re- 
social  amusement  in  which  all  can  take  a  quired.  finished  at  the  top  with  a.  point.  This 
part.  A  little  relaxation  now  and  then  from  point  is  kept  rough  no  that  the  bristles  when 
the  regular  routine  of  every-day  employment  tied  on  it  firmly  will  not  slip.  Geta  quantity 
is  often  a  great  relief  and  benefit  to  the 
scholar  as  well  as  laborer.  Of  course  to  have 
any  attempt  at  getting  up  amusements  for  a 
whole  neighborhood  successful,  everybody 
must  not  expect  to  bo  pleased  with  the  entire 
arrangement,  because  tastes  differ,  but  by 
yielding  a  littlo  to  others’  wishes  ivc  may, 
upon  the  whole,  have  a  very  social  time  and 
pass  the  long  Winter  evenings  pleasantly  and 
profitably.  For  the  past  half  dozen  years  or 
more  the  most  intelligent  portion  of  the  com¬ 
munity  in  which  I  reside  have  joined  hearts 
and  hands  in  their  endeavor  to  have  some 
kind  of  social  amusement  during  the  Whiter 
in  which  all  could  take  part  and  be  mutually 
benefited.  Sometimes  it  has  been  an  inter¬ 
change  of  visits  to  each  others’  residence,  the 
time  being  passed  in  a  social  way,  varying 
the  amusements  to  suit  the  tastes  and  incli¬ 
nations  of  all.  One  peculiar  feature  of  these 
social  gatherings  (L  say  peculiar,  because 
such  things  were  not  practiced  when  I  was  a 
boy)  is  that  the  children,  from  the  ages  of 
five  or  six  years  and  upward,  always  go  with 
their  parents.  The  results  are  that  the 
young  misses  and  masters  of  this  neighbor¬ 
hood  know  how  to  behave  with  becoming 
dignit  y  and  modesty  both  in  company  and 
out  of  if. 

This  Winter  we  have  a  course  of  lectures, 
one  to  be  given  each  week;  and  as  this  would 
be  rather  an  expensive  amusement  for  a 
dozen  or  two  families  if  noted  lecturers  were 
engaged,  we  confine  ourselves  to  a  cheaper 
article,  although  the  quality  may  be  just  as 
good.  Prof.  George  H.  Cook,  the  State 
Geologist  of  New  Jersey,  gave  os  a  very 
entertaining  lecture  this  week  upon  agricul¬ 
ture,  and  he  handled  his  subject  in  such  a 
masterly  manner  that  even  those  who  knew 
nothing  of  farming  and  cared  less  about  it 
were  exceedingly  well  pleased.  Wc  have 
men  among  us  who  ride  particular  hobbies — 
it  may  be  fislung,  hunting,  farming,  or  some 
particular  branch  of  natural  history  or  lite¬ 
rature — and  these  are  the  men  we  invite  to 
take  the  platform  and  entertain  and  instruct 
those  whose  have  not  made  those  tilings  a 
specialty.  Now,  my  object  in  telling  these 
neighborhood  secrets  is  to  incite  others  to  do 
the  same  tiling.  There  is  sc-arcety  a  neigh¬ 
borhood  anywhere  in  the  older  settled  por¬ 
tions  of  the  country  that  could  not  support 
some  such  system  of  social  entertainments  to 
the  great  benefit  of  all  who  participated.  If 
we  do  not  wish  our  children  to  run  after 
strange  gods,  we  must  furnish  them  an  in¬ 
centive  for  going  in  an  opposite  direction, 
and  it  will  often  benefit  parents  to  keep  them 
company. 

A  PRETTY  TEXAS  PLANT.  tion  for  a  larger  quantity.  Boil  the  parsnips 

The  very  pretty  prickly  evergreen  plant  after  they  are  sliced  thin  until  they  become 
sent  by  J.  IIeverchon,  Dallas  Co. ,  Texas,  is  soft.  Then  squeeze  them  through  a  seive,  and 
the  Flydalea  affmis.  We  should  be  pleased  put  your  sugar  thereto,  and  boil  three  quar¬ 
to  receive  a  good  dried  specimen  or  flower  ters  of  an  horn-.  When  nearly  cold  put  to  it 
and  some  seeds  of  this  plant.  a  small  quantity  of  yeast;  let  it  stand  eight 


of  bristles  like  those  used  in  hair  brushes. 
The  band  is  made  of  crimson  cloth,  worked 
with  loops  of  gold  and  blue  alternating  like 
the  design  (Fig.  2).  Between  these  loops  a 
vandyke  of  black  silk  thread  is  worked  with 
gold  in  the  center.  The  edge  of  the  cloth  is 
pinked  out  with  scissors. 


TO  MAKE  APPLE  BUTTER. 

Take  five  gallons  of  cider  fresh  from  the 
press,  boil  to  one  gallon ;  one  bushel  of  apples 
pared  and  quartered;  for  a  kettle  that  will 
hold  a  pail  full  and  a-half,  throe  quarts  of  the 
boiled  cider.  Clean  the  kettle,  if  brass,  with 
a  little  salt  aud  vinegar,  and  then  scour  bright; 
put  some  clean  straw,  if  you  like,  in  the  bot¬ 
tom,  to  prevent  it  from  burning;  it  can  very 
readily  be  taken  out  when  the  sauce  is  done 
if  proper  care  is  taken  uot  to  disturb  it  while 
the  sauce  is  cooking.  Put  it  on  as  soon  as 
possible  in  the  morning,  not  putting  the  ket¬ 
tle  full  at  first,  but  adding  it  gradually  as  the 
apple  cooks,  stirring  it  carefully  so  as  uot  to 
disturb  the  straw.  Cook  it  for  awhile  on  the 
front  of  the  stove,  or  till  you  have  added  all 
the  apple;  then  remove  to  the  back  and  cook 
it  slowly  till  bed  time;  then  If  proper  care 
was  take u  in  the  selection  of  the  fruit,  hav¬ 
ing  it  as  nearly  as  possible  of  the  same  quali¬ 
ty,  aud  also  proper  attention  paid  to  the 
cooking,  you  will  have  a.  delicious  sauce  that 
will  keep  for  months  as  nice  as  when  first 
cooked. — S.,  Still  River,  Mass. 


DOMESTIC  INQUIRIES. 

“Constant  Reader”  asks  how  to  clean 
porcelain  kettles  after  they  have  become 
browned  by  use. 

Will  some  of  your  numerous  readers  be 
good  enough  to  furnish  us  (through  the 
Rural)  with  the  best  recipe  they  know  of  for 
making  yeast  powders. — Cook. 

I  wish  some  one  would  give  a  method  of 
polishing  any  article  after  having  plated  it 
with  silver. — w. 

Rosie  White  asks  how  she  shall  wash  black 
ribbons. 

Drying  Citron.—  Sarah  E.  Barnes  asks  for 
a  recipe  for  drying  citron  as  it  is  bought;  also 
how  to  make  rose  water. 

To  Pickle  Onions—  S.  W.  Belts  writes: 


PARSNIP  WINE 


P 

i 


Iggt^ntq 


WAIST. 


It  measured  twenty-two  inches  in  circum¬ 
ference;  at  least  I  had  my  dresses  made  by 
that  measure,  and  I  was  proud  of  it.  Of 
course  I  diil  not  behove  in  lacing.  I  did  not 
even  wear  corsets.  I  wore  my  dresses  only 
just  “snug”  you  know,  I  had  to  do  that  in 
order  to  make  them  lit  well.  But  they  were 
“not  tight.” 

You  never  saw  a  lady’s  dress  that  was? 
Well,  I  have.  I  saw  a  lady  once  come  into  a 
street  car  and  her  waist  was  so  small  that  I 
honestly  believe  I  could  have  spanned  it.  At 
all  events  it  could  not  have  been  more  than 
17  or  IS  inches  in  circumference.  Her  face 
was  white  and  thin,  her  lips  were  bloodless 
and  her  eyes  start  ing  out  of  her  head.  Now, 
her  dress  loos  tight. 

Would  she  have  acknowledged  it? 

Well,  no,  she  did  not.  I  heard  her  remark 
to  a  friend  who  was  apparently  remonstra¬ 
ting  with  her,  that  it  was  “the  natural  size." 
But,  then,  who  could  believe  it?  That  was  a 
positive  and  painful  deformity,  but  where  it 
is  really  natural  as  mine  was,  it  is  graceful 
and  desirable.  They  say  the  men  do  not  ad¬ 
mire  it,  but  I  know  better.  Do  they  not  tell 
about  the  svlph  like  form  (what  is  a  sylph?  1 
wonder).  There  was  my  brother  who  made 


tended  to  keep  the  body  erect,  but  a  tight 
dress  prevents  the  play  of  these  muscles,  and 
they  become  quito  uselesss ;  the  corset  takes 
their  place,  and  works  about  as  efficiently  as 
would  India  rubber  muscles  for  walking,  or 
a  wooden  hand  for  writing. 

1  soon  commenced  letting  out  my  dress 
waists  and  skirt  bands.  It  was  tedious  work, 
but  then  I  had  a  tangible  good  before  me. 
More  hip,  more  vitality  I  At  first  1  felt 
slouchy,  but  I  drew  long  breaths,  and  they 
were  a  luxury  and  made  mo  feel  better.  1 
complained  to  Miss  Tottrlow  that  it  was  a 
much  easier  matter  to  crush  the  ribs  in  than 
to  get  them  out  again  to  their  natural  posi¬ 
tion.  “Why,  pull  them  out!”  said  she; 
“  where  are  your  muscles?  Throw  your  arms 
out  tills  way,”  and  she  brought  her  hands  to 
her  shoulders,  then  extended  them  in  a  hori¬ 
zontal  line,  first  one  and  then  the  other.  “  Do 
it  gently  at  first,  ten  times  every  morning 
before  you  dress.  Then  extend  your  arms 
straight  up  from  the  shoulders  and  down 
again  ten  times,  and  add  that  to  the  regular 
morning  exercise.  After  awhile  whirl  your 
arms  around  in  a  circle  a  few  times;  then 
gradually  add  force  to  all  those  as  you  can 
bear  it.  But  if  your  dress  is  perfectly  loose, 
all  your  work— your  swooping,  your  making 
beds  and  kneading  bread,  and  work  in  the 
garden,  when  you  have  it  to  do — will  help.” 

“What  do  you  call  perfectly  loose?”  I  in¬ 
quired. 

“So  loose  that  when  you  draw  the  fullest 


not  physiological  knowledge  enough  to  appre¬ 
ciate  any  such  advice.  If  you  will  only  be 
practically  intelligent  and  healthful,  and  Hot¬ 
ter  us  still,  we  shall  appreciate  it  all  the 


What  egotism ! 


But  what  could  I  reply  to 
Jessie. 


a  pet  of  me  whenever  lie  saw  me,  which  was  breath  possible  you  will  not  hit  it. 
not  often,  for  lie  lived  far  away;  but  1  re-  I  laughed.  X  had  not  equaled  that  yet. 
member  his  speaking  one  day  of  some  fine  Come,”  said  I,  “  you  must  help  mo  or  I  shall  i 
lady  and  he  said  she  was  “  as  slender  as  Jes-  look  like  a  fright.” 

sie.”  That  was  only  one  of  the  things  that  consented.  She  took  a  basque  pattern, 

mado  me  fond  of  it,  made  it  two  inches  larger  than  my  waist  and 

I  have  got  over  all  that  now.  Shall  I  tell  then  extended  the  bottom  down  into  a  gored 
you  how  it  happened?  Well,  I  was  out  of  !  skirt.  I  made  up  a  morning  dress  by  it.  It 
health  that  Summer— had  been,  in  fact,  for  hung  much  more  smoothly  than  it  would 
some  time— no  local,  but  a  kind  Of  general  with  the  skirt  sewed  on.  Nobody  guessed 
debility,  and  1  would  not  tako  medicine  for  how  loose  it  was.  I  have  worn  it  hi  my  home 
it.  I  had  seen  a  good  many  cases  whore  peo-  dresses  ever  since,  and,  with  some  moditica- 
ple  began  to  take  modicino  for  chronic  debit  tions,  occasionally  for  street  and  evening 
ity,  and  they  never  get  over  t,ho  debility,  nor  dresses.  At  the  end  of  one  year  my  waist 
the  taking  medicine  either.  I  knew  that  my  measured  twenty-five  inches, 
habits  were  not  right  in  many  respects.  1  op  COurse,  having  once  commenced  the 
needed  more  care  about  sunlight,  exercise,  gtudyof  health,  I  found  other  ways  of  ini 
diet,  and  so  on,  and  T  set  myself  to  think  over  pr,>vjug  it;  but  I  have  never  -forgotten  the 
the  matter.  About  that  time  I  got  a  sewing  importance  of  large  lungs.  If  one  Is  “  notur- 
machine,  with  a  small  book  of  directions,  apy  gander,”  that  is  a  misfortune  to  get  rid 
which  book  was  a  great  help  tome  In  running  0f  m  far  ius  possible.  I  have  kept  up  my 
the  machine.  And  the  thought  struck  me  training  and  added  some  other  exercises, 
that,  since  1  had  another  machine  far  more  Quo  of  these  is  to  inflate  the  lungs  slowly  and 
delicate  and  intricate  put  under  my  caro,  it  t  hen  beat  them  with  the  closed  hand,  gently 
was  a  great  mistake  to  blunder  on  without  at  first,  increasing  as  I  could  bear  it.  1  con 
any  book  of  directions.  I  got  a  treatiso  on  now,  after  long  practice,  beat  my  lungs  with 
Physiology  at  once,  the  best.  1  could  find.  ap  my  f0rCe,  without  any  inconvenience.  I 
One  of  the  first  things  I  lighted  on  was  have  also  improved  my  under  dress.  J  have 
about  the  lungs.  There  1  found  that  all  the  a  loose,  sleeveless  waist  to  which  I  button 
blood  in  the  body  must  go  to  (he  lungs  to  be  my  skirts.  The  drawers  are  all  in  one  piece 
purified  and  vitalized  by  contact  with  the  air  with  another  waist  and  with  sleeves,  so  I 
which  we  breathe.  Our  Creator  in  making  have  no  band  to  support  anything.  I  have, 
our  bodies  made  the  lungs  just  the  right  size,  tried  this  now  for  seven  years,  and  have 
so  that  they  would  hold  only  t  he  amount  of  succeeded  beyond  my  most  sanguine  expeeta- 
air  necessary  for  vitalizing  the  blood  of  the  tions.  Bo  far  as  I  can  judge,  my  waist  does 
body.  If  wo  at  all  diminish  the  size  of  the  not  now  taper  a.t  all.  It  measures  twenty- 
lungs,  then  the  blood  is  not  fully  purified,  and  nine  inches!  and  I  am  proud  of  it,  with  some 
bad  blood  cannot  fully  nourish  the  body,  reason. 

Bad  blood  may  give  rise  to  general  debility,  |  wish  I  could  tell  what  elasticity  and  vigor 
or  to  disease  in  any  part  of  the  body  where  j  gUch  as  I  never  dreamed  of  when  I 
there  happens  to  be  any  weakness,  and  also  wor,.  tight  dresses.  (1  acknowledge  now  that 
to  nervous  disorder*.  they  -were  tight.)  And  I  am  ns  straight  as  l 

Then  there  were  pictures  to  show  the  dif-  can  be  without  bending  backwards;  always 
ference  in  shape  between  the  full-sized  lungs  etralghtest  when  my  dress  is  loosest.  And  I 
and  those  of  women  who  had  reduced  the  can  work  so  much  harder  and  longer,  and 
size  of  their  lungs  by  tight  dress.  I  looked  in  walk  so  much  further!  It  has  paid  for  all  the 
the  glass,  and  I  began  to  suspect  that  my  trouble  a  thousand  times  over, 
dress  was  too  tight.  Of  course  1  talked  about  My  brother  came  back  last  week.  It  was 
these  things.  "Miss  Chough  told  me  that  I  (.en  y,.ars  since  he  flattered  my  “  slender” 
might  have  the  licit  as  tight  as  I  pleased ;  that  vanity.  I  had  not  seen  him  sinco.  I  was 
was  below  the  lungs  and  would  not  compress  ttlcn  ‘  a  candidate  for  speedy  translation, 
them.  So  I  studied  that  up,  and  found  that  £.  why,  Jessie,”  said  ho,  “  you  look  ten  years 
the  belt  which  soldiers  wear  diminishes  their  yoQnger  than  you  did  when  I  saw  you  last, 
respiration  by  one-third  actual  measurement ;  ,a(  ' fcavc  you  been  doing  ?’  ’ 

that  we  cannot  compress  the  upper  lungs  “  Cultivating  my  waist!”  said  I,  coolly, 
much  because  the  ribs  arc  fixed;  that  almost  '-Sensible  girl!  fresh  and  animated,  and 
all  the  injuries  of  tight  dress  come  by  com-  stately  as  a  Juno!” 

pression  about  the  belt;  that  we  thus  force  ••  Do  you  mean  it!  I  thought  you  liked  a 
some  of  the  organa  up  against  tho  chest  and  s|etider  form.” 
dimmish  its  size,  and  others  downward,  and  i  n  vFhat  made  you  think  so?” 
put  things  into  disorder,  general  and  par  “Didn’t  you  say  so?”  (I  k 

ticular,  often  such  as  only  women  can  know,  Well,  who  can  tell  what  you 

and  which,  alas!  many  of  them  do  know  to  ni|rC)  !Uiy  way?” 
then*  sorrow,  only  they  do  not  suspect  the  “Do  you  care?” 
cause  of  it.  “Not  much.” 

Miss  WarbuiitON  looked  horrified  when  I  “I  thought  so.  You  would  j 
told  her  I  did  not  wear  corsets — almost  made  your  vigorous  health  and  peri 
me  feel  as  if  1  had  sinned  against  woman-  the  smallest  spindle  waist  in  C 
hood.  She  could  not  got  along  without  them;  you  thought  I  did  admire  it.” 
she  eoukl  not  hold  herself  up — felt  so  weak!  “  Probably  not.” 

Was  sure  she  would  grow  crooked  and  round-  “Well,  now,  the  fact  is,  w< 
shouldered.  I  asked  her  what  held  the  nun  anything  you  may  do.  Andwhc 
up  so  straight;  but  she  did  not  think  the  the  life  out  of  you  to  gain  ou 
question  pertinent,  and  said  so  much  about  liow  can  wo  help  feeling  flattc 
feeling  weak  that  1  studied  that  up.  Surely  can  we  have  the  face  to  reprovi 
enough,  there  was  a  cause  for  it !  The-  muscles  as  your  elder  brother,  I  ought 
of  the  back,  and  all  about  the  waist,  are  in-*  so;  but  I  could  not  help  seeing 


HOW  TD  CURE  CHILLS. 

A  t.atw  writer  of  tho  Rural  World  gives 
what  she  believes  to  be  a  sure  cure  for  chills. 
She  takes  about  a  pint  of  new  milk  and  stirs 
into  it  a  tablespoonful  of  ground  ginger,  and 
then  heats  the.  milk  as  hot  as  it  will  do  to 
drink  without  burning  the  patient.  Tills  is 
given  to  the  patient  as  soon  as  he  feels  the 
symptoms  of  the  chills  coming  on,  and  he 
goes  to  bed  and  covers  up  warm,  and  the 
milk  and  ginger  throw  tho  patient  into  a 
perspiration  which  breaks  the  chill.  After 
this,  a  pill  of  blue  mass  or  some  medicine  that 
will  operate  upon  the  liver,  is  given,  and  the 
patient  is  cured,  if  one  trial  does  not  suc¬ 
ceed,  two  or  throe  will  be  successful. 

REMEDY  FOR  PltES  AND  COSTIVENESS 

Go  to  a  druggists  and  call  for  “Bitter 
Apple.”  It  costs  ten  cents  a  piece.  It  should 
be  broken  in  pieces  and  put:  in  a  half  pint,  of 
whisky.  One  tea  spoonful  will  serve  as 
physic,  and  has  cured  fever  and  ague;  but 
small  doses  of  half  a  tea-spoonful  each  are 
best  for  the  above  complaints, — E.  Manning, 
Chatcmqua,  Co.,  Ar.  Y. 

Pieties  and  Manners. 


THINGS  IN  THE  SHOPS. 


“Didn't 


better). 


Well,  who  can  tell  what  you  men  do  ad¬ 
mire,  any  way  ?” 

“  Do  you  care?” 

“Not  much.” 

“I  thought  so.  You  would  not  exchange  | 
your  vigorous  health  and  perfect  form  for  ] 
the  smallest  spindle  waist  in  Christendom  it 
you  thought  I  did  admire  it.” 

"  Probably  not.” 

“  Well,  now,  the  fact  is,  we  just  admire 
anything  you  may  do.  And  when  you  squeeze 
the  life  out  of  you  to  gain  our  admiration, 
how  can  we  help  feeling  flattered,  and  how 
i  can  we  have  the  face  to  reprove  it  !  Perhaps, 
as  your  elder  brother,  1  ought  to  have  done 
so;  but  I  could  not  help  seeing  that  you  hail 


Among  the  desirable  things  now  presented, 
all  in  accord  with  the  holiday  season,  arc  fans. 
They  come  of  every  possible  variety,  prices  (l 
ranging  from  §1  to  $30.  The  expensive  va- 
rieties  are  of  round  point,  point  applique  ( 
and  Chantilly  laco,  mounted  on  white  satin, 
with  pearl  sticks  or  with  carvedivory.  They 
are  very  substantially  mado,  and  are  an  acqui- 
aition  for  a  lifetime.  Thcro  are  several  ca¬ 
prices  in  the  way  of  black  lace  fans,  which  arc 
mounted  over  yellow  or  Crimson  sat  in,  with  I  ' 
jiearl  sticks  colored  by  chemicals  the  color  of 
tlio  satin.  They  are  very  brilliant  for  even¬ 
ing  wear;  the  prices  are  from  *30  to  $40.  :  ^ 
Leas  expensive,  though  more  beautiful  fans, 
are  of  white  satin,  painted  after  Watteau, 
with  tho  coquettish  beauties  and  gay  gallant  s 
of  the  Court  holding  wreaths  and  presenting  1 
bouquets  in  the  midst  of  blooming  gardens; 
these  fatm  are  from  |S30  to  $30.  The  white 
and  black  fans  on  gilded  sticks  answer  every 
purpose  for  full  dress,  and  are  very  much 
reduced  in  price  ;  the  handsomest  can  be 
bought  from  $5  to  $10.  Tho  carved  ivory 
and  sandal  wood  are  very  delicate  and  pret¬ 
ty,  but  are  not  so  much  in  use. 

One  of  the  most  popular  fans  is  of  Russia 
leather,  hi  si  uipo  like  a  horse-shoe,  and  orna¬ 
mented  with  delicato  gold  tracing;  the  real 
cost  $0,  but  a  very  nice  imitation  is  only  •?■!. 
Beside  these,  there  are  all  manner  of  fancy 
fans  of  silk,  satin  and  shell,  which  answer 
every  purpose,  and  are  very  modest  in  price. 

BELTS. 

AH  kinds  of  outer  garments  and  t  he  greater 
number  of  homo  dresses  are  now  worn  with 
belts;  consequently,  wo  have  great  varieties 
to  choose  from.  Tho  most  desirable  and  j 
most  popular  is  the  Russia  leather  belt  with  i 
bag  attached.  For  ladies  living  in  the  coun¬ 
try  nothing  could  bo  more  useful.  The  bag 
suspended,  at  tho  side  has  two  compartments, 
one  for  curds,  stamps,  money;  the  other  will 
hold  very  small  packages.  It  is  so  arranged 
that  it  can  be  removed  in  tho  house.  Such 
cost  $fi  and  *(5.  Cheaper  kind:;  of  black  imi¬ 
tation  of  Russia  leather  and  ol'  black  velvet 
may  be  had— though  they  will  not  wear  so 
long.  Belts  without  the  bags,  are  of  every 
description.  A  new  style  is  made  of  leather 
in  pieces,  united  by  huge  steel  rings.  Others 
are  clasped  by  immense  fancy  buckles  of 
steel  or  oxydized  silver.  Many  are  entirely 
of  metal  and  gilded;  very  pretty  ones  arc  of 
different  colored  velvets,  mounted  and  clasp¬ 
ed  by  fancy  buckles;  these  cost  $1,  $3  and  *3. 

CHATELAINES 

The  mania  for  umbrella-holders  has  been 
1  superseded  by  fancy  chatelaines.  The  band 
sornest  arc  elaborate  designs  with  pendant  s  <  >f 
line  gilt  and  enamel.  They  depend  often  a 
quarter  of  a  yard,  and  cost  $4,  $7  and  ?0. 
Many  have  pendants  for  keys,  fans,  scissors, 
and  all  the  articles  a  lady  may  wish  to  carry. 
For  those  who  think  these  too  expensive  there 
are  heavy  chains  of  oxydized  silver  and  steel 
that  are  very  stylish;  besides  Costing  only  $1 
s  and  $3.  For  convenience,  putting  out  of 
sight  fashion  and  ornament,  we  would  advise 


every  lady  who  wishes  to  go  with  hands  un¬ 
incumbered,  to  buy  one  of  these,  if  for  noth¬ 
ing  else  than  to  attach  her  umbrella. 

SASHES. 

With  the  prevalence  of  bolts,  sashes  have 
lost  none  of  their  favor.  They  are  tho  imi- 
versal  accompaniment  of  every  costume. 
When  of  the  material  of  tho  dress  or  of  vel¬ 
vet  they  are  lined  with  silk.  They  are  worn 
looped  either  at  the  side  or  down  tho  center 
of  tho  skirt,  catching  tho  punier.  There  is 
a  great  fancy  for  watered  ribbons,  especially 
for  black.  A  pretty  pattern  is  blue  gros  grain, 
with  two  watered  stripes.  It  is  $3  a  yard. 
Plain  black  gros  grain,  best  quality,  is  $1.50 
a  yard.  For  evening  wear  plain  colored  sashes 
are  very  popular.  They,  come  in  all  the  deli¬ 
cate  shades  now  so  popular  in  evening  silks, 
the  palest  of  blues  and  pinks,  the  flush  of  tho 
salmon,  t  he  pearls  and  mauves,  tho  most  deli¬ 
cate  of  greens  ;  Wit  h  white  tarlotnn  and  fluffy 
muslins,  the  effect  is  very  simple  and  charm¬ 
ing.  They  are  brought  in  a  wide  band  around 
tho  waist  and  tied  in  large  loops  at  tho  side, 
and  hanging  in  irregular  ends;  The  widest 
ribbons  for  these  cost  $3,75,  and  not  less  than 
three  yards  should  be  used. 

Roman  sashes  are  still  in  vogue,  the  Wat¬ 
teau  tints  arc  the  most,  fashionable,  though 
the  brighter  colors  are  also  worn.  They  cost 
I  $!>,  $10  and  $11.  A  caprice  has  brought  out 
the  old-fashioned  eliinid ribbon  furnished  with 
fringe,  but  they  are  not  pretty.  Roman 
stripes  running  up  and  down  are  also  seen. 
There  arc  gros  grain  sashes  with  brocaded 
ends  that  are  very  pretty,  and  cost  $10.  Plaid 
ribbon  can  1  >o  bought  for  00  cents,  but  it  is  not 
considered  fashionable. 

CLOVES. 

By  ladies  in  general  three-button  gloves 
are  considered  necessary.  Some  kinds  can 
I  be  bought  for  $3.35;  $3.50  is  the  most  that  is 
I  charged  for  them.  For  evening  wear  four 
and  six  buttons  arc  worn.  Tho  possibility  of 
having  gloves  cleaned  Mid  afterward  dyed 
lessens  tho  extravagance  of  their  purchase. 
Undressed  kid  is  very  popular  for  church  and 
shopping.  They  cost  $1.50,  $1.75,  and  $3. 
They  soil  very  easily;  but  it  is  quite  the 
thing  to  wear  a  soiled  undressed  kid,  when  a 
soiled  kid  glove  would  be  disgraceful.  Dog¬ 
skin  is  used  for  winter  wear,  as  it  is  so  much 
thicker.  The  handsomest  dogskin  gloves, 
with  gauntlets  and  cull's  embroidered,  cost 
only  $3.50.  They  are  a  great  protection  to 
the  hands  and  wrists,  and  wear  very  well 
indeed. 

UMBRELLAS. 

One  of  the  most  desirable  things  a  lady  can 
now  have  is  a  silk  umbrella.  Very  nice  ones, 
with  handsome  carved  handles,  can  be  bought 
for  $5.  For  a  trifle  more  ivory  handles  in 
I  elaborate  designs  can  bo  purchased.  They 
'  I  are  light  and  durable,  may  be  used  for  rain, 
snow,  or  sun,  and  when  taken  as  a  preven¬ 
tion,  can  be  attaelied  to  the  cliatelaino  with 
no  trouble  to  tho  wearer. 


JACKETS. 

The  prevailing  fashion  of  costumes  requires 
a  warm,  snug  wrapping  underneath  tho  pol¬ 
onaise  or  basque.  Many  ladies  wear  waists 
of  quilted  silk,  but  a  French  knitted  garment 
is  admirably  adapted  for  this  purpose.  It  is 
knitted  very  light  and  warm,  and  fits  the 
figure.  It  costs  $5  and  $7.  Buckskin 'jackets, 
with  perforations,  arc  used  for  the  same 
purpose;  but  they  are  very  ugly,  however 
well  they  may  ensure  comfort. 

Thanks  are  due  to  A.  T.  Stewart  &  Co. 
and  Messrs.  Lord  &  Taylor  for  information. 

. - - - 

FASHIONS  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY. 

Walking  or  shopping  costumes  were  never 
so  supremely  elegant  us  now.  Evening  or 
party  costumes  are  simply  beautiful  beyond 
description.  All  that  is  refined  or  beautiful 
has  its  culmination  here.  Indies  coming 
from  the  great  court  circles  of  Europe  into 
New  York  society  find  our  ladies  hero  not 
only  fully  up  to  the  standard  of  their  style, 
but  surpassing  them  in  the  richness  and 
chaste  beauty  of  their  Costumes.  The  very 
latest  fancies  they  saw  when  just  embarking 
for  this  Country-,  they  saw  here,  improved. 
These  facts  point  to  Smith’s  Illustrated 
Pattern  Bazaar  as  a  feature  in  the  fashions 
of  New  York,  and  to  which,  the  ladies  are 
greatly  indebted.  A.  Bcudkttk  Smith,  the 
publisher  of  that  magazine,  is  importing  all 
the  richest  designs  and  novelties  that  can  be 
found  in  Europe,  and  that,  too,  fully  two 
months  in  advance  of  the  season.  He  has, 
regardless  of  cost,  imported  paper  patterns 
to  sell  to  his  customers,  which  places  the 
matter  of  dressing  in  the  most  approved 
style  within  easy  reach  of  the  thousands  of 
our  laily  readers  who  are  not  able  to  pur¬ 
chase  suits  of  <v costumers ”  at  fabulous 
prices.  For  a  small  sum,  a.  lady  can  purchase 
a  paper  pattern  of  any  imported  suit,  can 
select  the  goods,  have  it  made,  and  wear  it 
half  out  before  the  original  slut,  arrives  here, 
and  at  about  one  fourth  the  cost.  With  the 
pattern  Mr.  Smith  gives  a  miniature  cloth 
dress,  showing  every  feature  of  the  pattern, 
I  so  that  any  person  can  make  it  up. 


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THANKS  AND  A  REFERENCE. 


Thanks  arc  duo  and  cordially  tendered  to  its 
Agent-Friends,  all  over  the  land,  for  their  kind 
and  successful  efforts  to  increases  and  widen  t  he 
circulation  and  usefulness  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker.  Though  the  limes  are  hard,  and 
money  scarce,  our  frlonda  are  doing  noldy,  hav¬ 
ing  already  sent  in  largely  i ncreased  lists  from 
munv  localities.  Rending  In  grateful  acknowl¬ 
edgement  to  Agents  and  others  who  are  sec¬ 
onding  our  efforts— and  promising  to  do  our 
host  t  o  render  the  Rural  continuously  worthy 
the  substantial  appreciation  it  is  receiving  we 
respecl  fully  refer  all  our  friends  to  Publisher’s 
Notices,  Ac.,  on  page  SO,  and  to  Premium  List 
(headed  ‘‘Good  Pay  for  Doing  Good !")  on  page 

38  of  this  paper. 

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DOLLARS  AND  CENTS. 


Where  bo  much  happiness  hinges  on  the  pos¬ 
session  of  dollars  and  cents,  it  docs  not  answer 
to  attempt  to  underrate  their  value  nor  the  im¬ 
portance,  not  to  say  necessity,  of  acquiring 
thorn.  But  the  method  of  acquiring  and  the 
manner  of  using  them  may  bo  discussed  and 
ought  to  bo  studied  by  every’ man  and  woman. 
There  is  no  method  of  acquiring  to  bo  tolerated 
in  any  such  dlsoussion,  that  Is  not  an  honest 
one.  Yet,  with  t  lie  present  adopted  system  of 
flnaneinl  ctliliv,  it  Is  not  easy  to  make  a  teat  of 
honesty  for  methods  which  shall  prove  infallible 
at,  least  fix  upon  a  standard  below  which  en¬ 
tire  classes  of  business  men  will  not  fall  if  it  is 
applied  to  them.  * 

The  gambler  calls  his  game  an  honest  one, 
albeit  lie  takes  t  he  hint  dollar  from  his  antago¬ 
nist’s  pocket  without  returning  him  any  equiva¬ 
lent.  The  gold  and  stock  broker  on  Wall  stroot 
may  have  an  honest  reputation  anti  yet.  rob  his 
next  door  neighbor  of  his  money  and  his  In >010. 

The  honorable  grain  dealer  on  the  Chicago 
Exchange,  whoso  paper  has  never  gone  to  pro¬ 
test,  may  bet  on  the  price  of  corn  and  pocket 
his  thousands  without  owning  or  giving  an 
ounce  of  grain  therefor.  “Comers'*  may  bo 
made  In  gold,  stocks,  grain,  pork,  beef,  sugar, 
potatoes,  cotton,  or  silk  goods,  and  t  hose  in  the 
corner  may  make  millions  of  dollars  and  ruin 
hundreds  of  fir  9,  and  take  the  money  out  of 
the  purses  of  consumers  of  products,  without, 
giving  any  equivalent  In  return,  and  yet  bo 
called  by  modern  societ  y  bonest  men,  and  their 
mode  of  doing  business  “  perfectly  legitimate,’' 
Stock  companies  may  bo  organized  to  develop 
some  mine  or  promote  some  enterprise,  the  or¬ 
ganizers  of  which  take  the  stock  holders' 
money,  giving  In  return  certificates  of  stock, 


which  never  realize  the  holders  five  per  cent, 
i  per  decode  on  tlicir  investments  -the  organ¬ 
izers  never  expected  it  would  -and  yet  this  is 
called  “legitimate.” 

Financial  agents  may  tell  half  t  he  truth  con¬ 
cerning  the  value  of  railroad  stocks  or  bonds, 
and  secure  a  large  per  cent,  of  commissions  for 
t  he  money  thus  secured  the  corporation,  while, 
if  the  other  half  of  the  truth  had  been  told,  no 
man  would  have  been  stupid  enough  to  invest  — 
and  yet  sucli  financial  agents  do  a  legitimate 
and  honorable  business,  and  command  the  con¬ 
fidence  of  t  he  community  I 

Hut  the  catalogue  of  such  would  too  quickly 
exhaust  our  space  If  we  were  to  attempt  to 
complete  It.  Now,  what  is  an  honest  method  of 
acquiring  money  ?  Wo  know  of  only  one.  It.  Is 
to  earn  it  by  labor  and  skill  by  giving  for  It 
something  that  Is  of  equivalent,  value  to  the 
person  of  whom  it  I*  received.  When  money  is 
acquired  by  any  other  means  It.  is  not,  In  our 
opinion,  honestly  acquired.  Of  course  capital 
docs,  or  should,  represent  such  labor  and  skill : 
and  the  use  of  accumulated  capital,  no  matter 
how  employed,  if  only  productively,  is  entitled 
to  compensation. 

There  is  nothing  that  we  know  of  to-day  so 
demoralizing  in  its  influence  upon  American 
character,  nor  which  is  more  potent  in  influ¬ 
encing  our  young  men  to  abandon  honest,  In¬ 
dustrial  pursuits,  than  the  toleration  with  which 
modes  of  obtaining  money  similar  to  those 
catalogued  above  are  looked  upon,  and  the 
positive  applause  glvon  to  those  who  arc  suc¬ 
cessful  in  obtaining  it.,  by  society.  There  ts  no 
agency  so  destructive  to  morality,  to  nobility  of 
character,  to  honesty  of  purpose,  to  purit  y  of  life, 
to  the  happiness  of  homes,  t  o  the  development 
of  general  intelligence  and  solid  acquirements 
among  and  the  general  elevation  of  the  masses 
of  the  people,  its  this  loose  conception  of  what 
is  legitimate  and  honorable -os  (his  false  and 
pernicious  definition  of  success. 

It  Is  this  which  leads  to  t  he  misuse  of  money, 
to  the  abuse  of  the  power  which  it  confers  nit¬ 
on  its  possessor,  to  the  oppression  of  the  poor, 
to  prostitution  of  public  offices,  corruption  of  of¬ 
ficials,  unscrupulous  legislation,  consolidations, 
cninhinnt  bum,  eounter-combinal  ions,  strikes, 
labor  riots,  confusion,  anarchy,  terrorism,  and, 
finally,  revolution.  Wo  do  not  seek  to  be  known 
as  alarmists— w«  have  no  greed  for  such  fame  ! 
hut  we  believe  that  ours  is  not,  n  far-fetched 
deduction,  nor  the  result  of  an  over-wrought 
imagination.  We  commend  the  subject  to  all 
thoughtful  readers. 

- ♦ 

HOW  PEOPLE  AFFORD  IT. 

The  article  In  our  issue  of  Dec.  36,  entitled 
“  Can  1  A  fiord  II  / "  related  how  one  farmer,  ni; 
shown  by  Ids  wife,  made  orsaved  $313.60 by  tak¬ 
ing  the  Rim  A  i,  Nevv-Yorker  lost  year.  Since 
then  we  have  received  many  let  ters  from  people 
who  have  found  it  has  paid  them  to  take  this 
paper,  and  who  are  evidently  of  the  decided 
opinion  that  they  cannot  afford  to  do  without 
it  in  future.  Vide  these  extracts : 

Mr.  M.  1).  Warner  of  I’iket’o.,  Mo.,saysmucl> 
in  this  brief  wise:-"  Find  Inclosed  $2,60  for  the 
Rural  for  1673.  It,  ha*  bean  worth  more  than 
one  hundred  times  that,  to  me  alone  during  the 
year  that  is  now  nearly  gone,  to  say  nothing 
about  the  rest  of  the  family,  who  arc  all  Rural 
hungry  when  it  arrives.” 

Mr.  N.  W.  Hiker,  n  New  York  business  man, 
who  resides  in  the  country,  writes  so  forcibly 
about  the  Rural,  a  fine  section  of  New  Jersey, 
and  one  of  its  railroads,  that  we  give  Ida  “first 
rate  not  ice  ’’  of  cadi  entire “  I  was  very; much 
amused  by  reading,  In  your  last,  number,  the  ac¬ 
count  of  the  farmer’s  wife  who  thought,  her  hus¬ 
band  could  not  do  without  the  Rural.  I  am 
about  like  the  farmer;  t  think  I  cannot  afford 
to  do  without,  the  RURAL  for  many  good  reasons 
—the  strongest  one, however,  is  that  I  am  about 
to  build  a  house  In  t  hat  beautiful  region  of  New 
Jersey,  tho  town  of  Westfield,  on  tho  Central 
Railroad  of  New  Jersey,  (which,  without  over¬ 
stating,  is  the  Rost  run,  the  hast  stocked,  and  In 
every  oilier  way  tho  best  railroad  in  America). 
Tho  RURAL,  some  time  ago,  had  n  villa  plan,  de¬ 
signed  by  James  N.  Carpenter,  which  suits  me 
belter  than  any  1  have  seen  elsewhere,  ami  I 
have  looked  at  more  than  a  hundred,  and  un¬ 
less  Mr.  V.  can  send  you  somet  hing  better  of 
about  that  stylo,  I  think  I  shall,  with  a  few  al¬ 
terations,  adopt  that  design.  If  I  should,  the 
price  of  the  Rural  for  the  next  twenty-live 
years  would  be  saved ;  so  I  heroin  Inclose  $3.50  for 
next  year’s  paper,  which  please  send  to  West- 
field,  ur,  before  directed,  and  oblige,"  etc. 

Mr.  Carer  Westoott,  a  merchant  of  Kent  Co., 
K,  i„  writes ' “Inclosed  please  find  $2.50  for  the 
Rural  for  1873.  !  had  tho  paper  given  me  for 
the  year  1872,  and  think  I  can  well  afford  to  pay 
for  it  this  year.  I  t  hink  tho  number  that  told 
about,  doctoring  I  he  horses  saved  mo  more  than 
$250,  for  1  had  two  horses  Bick  (one  very  sick), 
and  1  carried  them  i  h rough  all  right  and  1  am 
convinced  that  keeping  them  In  (out  of  bad ,  wot 
weat  her)  was  the  main  thing.  Two  of  my  neigh¬ 
bors  each  lost  a  homo,  and  they  were  men  who 
thought  they  knew  all  about  doctoring  horses. 

♦  ♦  *  If  you  will  send  mo  a  poster,  I  will  put 
it  up  in  my  store  and  may  get  a  few  names.’’ 

Mr.  H.  8.  Gilbert  of  Franklin  County, 
Penn.,  in  remitting  for  a  club,  writes “  When 
calling  on  ono  of  the  above  gentlemen  to  renew 
his  subscription  for  tho  Rural  for  *73,  ho  re¬ 
plied  money  was  scarce,  but  a*  lie  had  made 
about  $200  by  following  the  advice  about  sowing 
corn,  in  an  article  In  the  Rural,  ho  would  go  In 


another  year.”  (And  wo  think  he  could  afford 
the  luxury.) 

—  We  have  many  letters  like  unto  the  preced¬ 
ing,  but.  must  close  with  ono  from  Dr.  A.  H. 
Brantley  of  DeKalb  Co.,  Gn.,  who  writes  us  in 
this  rich  and  racy  wise:—4'  I  have  been  without 
tho  Rural  New-Yorker  this  whole  year,  but 
I  can't  stand  it  any  longer,  my  wife  says  she 
wont  stand  it  any  longer,  and  the  children  one 
and  all  pipe  the  same  note.  Why,  I  verily  be¬ 
lieve  that  I  have  been  iazicr,  my  wife  more 
wretched,  my  babies  crossor,  rny  farm  shabbier, 
nnd  my  stock  meaner  this  year  than  wo  have 
all  together  ever  been  in  our  earthly  pilgrimage. 

1  tell  you,  Mr.  Editor,  I  feel  as  if  some  sneaking, 
omnivorous  epizootic  had  swooped  down  upon 
me  and  paved  with  encaustic  tiles  of  bitumin¬ 
ous  Ignorance  the  whole  fabric  of  my  mental 
Schneiderian.  Now,  since  you  know  how  a  fel¬ 
low  feels,  (and  whole  families  of  us  feel  Just  so,) 
please  send  along  your  Premium  List  with  some, 
specimen  copies,  and  I’ll  try  to  send  you  a  Club 
as  heavy  as  the  one  with  which  Barnum  killed 
Captain  Cook  on  the  Island  of  El  Dorado. 

“  Inclosed  1  send  you  tho  roqulslto  amount  of 
Spinner  Autographs,  ($2.50,)  and  hope  Uncle 
Ham’s  Postal  Plenlpotentlarial  servants  will 
permit  it  to  reach  you,  for  which  please  send  to 
me  (address  given  in  full  below)  tho  Rural  ] 
New-Yorker  for  one  year,  beginning  with  the 
first  No.  of  1873,  nnd  you  may  from  this  date  set 
me  down  as  a  life  subscriber.  I  would  also  like 
to  have  tho  premium  Engraving  you  offer. 
Please  pardon  me  for  having  taxed  your  time  to 
read  what  1  might  have  written  in  twenty  words. 

"  My  Jt'Mi A  Happy  New  Year,  and  many 
returns  of  the  same,  to  all  tho  ‘Press-Clang*  of 
t  ho  Rural  New-Yorker,  from  the  great  Chief 
to  the  Printer's  Devil,  is  the  hearty,  earnest 
wish  of  a  Georgian.” 

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RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

To  a  Young  Farmer,  who  asks,  “Are  agricul¬ 
tural  papers  more  useful  to  a  young  farmer  than 
agricultural  books,  as  a  means  at  getting  knowl¬ 
edge  of  use  to  him  aa  an  agriculturist  ?"  wo 
reply  no,  but  that  they  should  go  together. 
Look  over  our  book  list  and  select  such  works 
as  treat  upon  topics  in  which  you  are  most  in¬ 
terested  such  as  you  think  would  servo  you 
best  iu  your  special  field  of  husbandry,  and  buy 
end  master  them  that  is,  buy  one  at  a  time  and 
comprehend  it,  or  try  to  do  »o.  It  will  probably 
add  to  your  ability  to  buy  and  increase  your  do- 
elro  for  other  works.  But  such  books  cannot 
be  regarded  substitutes  for  good  agricultural 
papers  ;  for  each  week  brings  out  new  facts  and 
(experiences  from  farmers  which  find  record  in 
t  liese  papers :  and  these  facts  and  experiences  arc 
to  v  aried  that  It  would  bo  strange  if  you  did  not 
find  among  them  something  specifically  appll- 
<  able  to  your  own  practice,  the  adoption  of 
which  would  make  your  road  to  success  shorter 
and  surer.  You  cannot,  as  an  enterprising 
farmer,  afford  to  forego  such  aid;  and  you  can 
Just  as  properly  do  without  standard  agricul¬ 
tural  works  ns  n  lawyer  can  practice  law  without 
law  authorities  in  his  library,  or  a  physician 
medicine  without,  medical  authorities. 

.  «+■»  ...  — 

\n  Improvement .  —  The  Tinted  Cover  given 
with  hist  week’s  Rural  was  much  admired  and 
pronounced  a  decided  Improvement,  as  It  not 
only  appeared  well  but  enabled  us  to  furnish 
imeh  more  reading  matter  In  the  body  of  tho 
paper.  We  shall  not  give  tho  cover  every  week, 
.at  present,  but  probably  once  a  month,  or  a* 
often  ns  there  may  bo  occasion  to  prevent  ad¬ 
vertisements  from  infringing  upon  reading 
departments.  It  will  bo  observed  that  we  give 
more  reading  matter  than  usual  t  his  week,  and 
we  shall  endeavor  to  keep  our  advertising  friends 
within  bounds  in  future — adding  a,  cover  when¬ 
ever  there  is  an  unusual  demand  upon  our  space. 
We  trust  this  course  will  meet  tho  views  and 
wishes  of  both  Subscribers  and  Advertisers. 
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European  Salmon  Eggs  for  American  Waters. 
— Prof.  Baird,  United  States  Commissioner  of 
Fish  and  Fisheries,  has  Just,  been  informed  by 
telegraph  t  hat  750,000  salmon  eggs  will  bo  shipped 
from  Bremen  by  the  steamship  America  on  tho 
Uth  of  January,  and  will,  consequently,  bo  due 
in  New  York  about  tho  25th.  They  will  ho  in 
charge  of  Rudolph  Hls.sll,  un  eminent  Ger¬ 
man  fish  culturlst,  and  <>n  their  arrival  will  bo 
distributed  in  greater  part,  to  the  State  Commis¬ 
sioners  of  Fisheries  for  introduction  luto  tho 
waters  of  the  great  lakes  and  the  Atlantic,  coast. 
One-third  of  these  eggs  nro  a  present  from  the 
German  Government;  the  remainder  were  pur¬ 
chased  In  Freiburg. 

- 

Women  Should  Attend  Agricultural  Meet¬ 
ing*.— A  lady  writes:  “I  boo  no  good  roason 
why  tho  meeting*  of  farmers’  clubs  should  not 
bo  attended  and  participated  in  by  farmers' 
wires  and  daughters;  do  you?"  No  I  wo  do 
not.  On  the  contrary,  there  are  many  good  rea¬ 
sons,  wo  think,  why  fanners’  wives  should  do 
so.  We  believe  tho  farmer's  wife  should  bo  aa 
familiar  as  possible  with  farm  economy,  for  she 
may  have  occasion  to  use  such  knowledge  her¬ 
self  In  tho  case  of  the  death  of  her  husband. 
But  domest  ic  economy  is  a  branch  of  farm  econ¬ 
omy,  and  should  find  a  place  in  the  discussions 
of  farmers’  clubs,  the  wives  having  an  opportu¬ 
nity  to  detail  their  needs  In  order  to  make  it 
the  mosi  effective  aid  to  the  general  prosperity 
of  the  farther.  By  all  means  lot  farmers'  wives 
havo  voice  in  discussion  at  farmers’  clubs;  es¬ 
pecially  induce  them  to  attend  the  mootings  as 


a  stimulus  to  tho  best  efforts  on  tho  part  of 
formers  to  say  or  do  somethingworthy  their  ap¬ 
plause. 

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Interesting  to  Inventors,  <fco. — It  being  a 
well-known  fact  that  many  people  in  various 
parts  of  the  country  are  in  possession  of  valu¬ 
able  projects  or  inventions  which,  for  the  want 
of  capital  or  other  Influence,  they  are  unable  to 
push  to  a  successful  termination,  Mr.  L.  IV. 
BriOUS  of  No.  18  Wall  street,  this  city,  holding 
relations  with  capitalists  on  the  otic  side,  pro¬ 
poses  now  to  enter  Into  communication  with 
all  persons  on  tho  other  side  who  may  address 
him  relative  to  any  of  the  matters  indicated. 
All  parties  Interested  are  referred  to  Mr.  B.’b 
announcement  on  our  last  page. 

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Onr  Premium  Picture  1*  Kent.  Promptly. 
For  evidence  read  what-nn  old  Agent-Friend  in 
Cortland  Co.  says  in  a  let  ter  with  it  lint  of  sub- 
acrlbers :—“  I  remitted  you  last  Friday  for  two 
ItUliALS  and  tho  Engraving,  and  Monday  on 
came  the  “  Birth-  Day  Morning,”  which  we  think 
is  very  fine  Indeed  and  pleases  us  much,  I  was 
pleased  to  think  it.  carnc  so  soon  after  sending, 
and  1  guess  you  ‘mean  business'  In  the  Rural 
<«fIbo."  |  Y  re,  Sir,  ire  do,  every  time.  Our  article, 
out  I  tied  "TV  i  Whom  It  May  Omojii,"  in  Rural 
of  Dec.  28,  more  than  Intimates  that.] 

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American  Devon  Herd  Book. — Vol.  Ill  of  this 
KIcrd  Book,  by  II.  M.  Sessions,  Springfield, 
Moss.,  I*  lieforo  us.  It  is  a  volume  of  220  pages, 
containing  the  names  and  pedigrees  of  Devon 
Cattle,  tho  prizes  they  have  gained,  with  tho 
names  of  their  breeders  ami  owners.  Prlco 
:J3.  The  fourth  volume  ts  to  bo  published  in 
1875.  We  give  the  author’s  address,  that  all  let¬ 
ters  of  inquiry  (with  stamp  Inclosed)  may  bo 

directed  to  him. 

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Season,  Crop*,  Ac.  For  items  under  this 
heading  —and  also  notices  of  Industrial  Socie¬ 
ties  see  page  30.  Wo  are  glad  to  receive  such 
reportft  and  notices  at  all  seasons. 

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RURAL  BREVITIES. 

P.  R.  Newton  is  informed  that  Rome  became 
the  seat  of  the  Papal  Government  about  tho 
year  800. 

Mrs.  Mary  J.  Holmes  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  is 
a  candidate  for  the  office  of  School  Visitor  In 
that  city. 

P.  P.  C.  asks  where  ho  can  get  Cow-horn 
turnip  seed.  Probably  of  any  seedsman  adver¬ 
tising  in  our  columns. 

A  Farmers’  Convention  is  to  be  hold  at  Win- 
tbron,  Me.,  January  I  I,  16,  1(5  and  17,  under  tho 
auspices  of  the  Maine  state  Board  of  Agriculture. 

Photozincography, “  Young  Rurallst”  lain 
formed,  i*  a  process  by  which  photographs  arc 
transferred  to  zino  plates,  widen  maybe  printed 
from.  Wc  believe  it  was  first  made  known 
about  18<X). 

Kitts  W.,  i*  In  Conned  that  Macadamizing 
road*  is  so  called  because  t  he  system  was  de¬ 
vised  by  John  Macadam,  a  Scotchman  of  Ayr¬ 
shire.  His  essay  on  the  subject  was  first  pub¬ 
lished  In  181K. 

THERE  are  about  700  women  in  tho  postal 
service  of  the  United  States,  and  Postmaatei- 
Oeuernl  (’reshwell  writes  the  Prussian  postal 
authorities  that  1  lu  >  discharge  the  duties  of 
thoir  respective  positions  to  the  general  necept- 
taneo  of  t Do  Department. 

N.  B.  G..  Smyrna,  N.  Y.,  Is  informed  that  wo 
do  not  know  “where  tho  host  and  cheapest 
Commercial  Collego  is  located;’’  nor  whether 
thorn  i*  one  in  Syracuse  or  not.  Address  u  let 
ter  to  the  Post-Master  at  Syracuse,  asking  him 
to  forward  i)  to  any  commercial  college  that 
may  be  there,  for  terms,  etc. 

Rev.  W.  F.  Clarke,  formerly  editor  of  the 
Canada  Farmer,  and  lately  elected  President  of 
the  North  American  Bee  Keepers’  Society,  haa 
assumed  editorial  .’hargo  of  the  American  Bee 
Journal,  which  is  hereafter  to  be  published  at 
Chicago,  Ill.  Mr.  Clarke  is  an  experienced  bee 
ltoeper  and  well  qualified  for  this  work. 


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HORSE  EPIDEMIC. 

A  physician,  In  n  communication  to  n  Buffalo 
paper  about  the  Horse  Epidemic,  says Exter¬ 
nally  I  used  and  would  recommend  Dr.  Trask’s  Mag¬ 
netic  Ointment  to  the  throat,  uround  tho  cars  and  on 
the  forehead.  Thai  ointment  contains  tobacco  nnd 
lobelia,  and  operates  upon  Lhc  mucous  glands  of  tho 
head  and  throat  by  causing  tin  Increased  flow  of  secro 
lion  from  them,  at  the  same  time  by  Its  relaxing  effect 
removing  tho  stricture  and  giving  utmost.  Instant  re¬ 
lief  to  the  cough  and  breathing."  It  Is  kept  by  all 
Druggists. 


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cross”  and  tlio  Holy  Crown  of  Thorns  brought 
back  from  Jerusalem  by  “  good  ”  Saint  Louis. 
Notwithstanding  the  deference  paid  to  religious 
traditions  and  forms  iu  Franco,  it  is  not  a  good 
place  in  which  to  grow  iu  grace. 

1  mot  a  day  or  two  ago  a  young  American  lady, 
daughter  of  a  Pennsylvania  farmer,  who  had 
come  hero  to  study  art,  having  already  achieved 
at  homo  rather  nattering  success  in  that  lino, 
who  declared  with  great  emphasis  that  “  Amer¬ 
ica  was  Gun’s  country  and  this  the  devil’s.” 
She  had  arrived  at  the  conclusion  that 
To  oome  to  Europe  to  pursue  the  Study  of 
Art  was  all  Nonsense. 

The  rudiments  of  nrt.  are  bettor  taught  hero. 


seen  so  many,  and  have  so  many  arches  and 
statu o  and  saints  and  altars  mixed  up  In  my 
head,  that  I  am  alarmed  for  my  taste,  and  fear 
I  shall  not  fall  down  in  adoration  before  St. 
Peter’s  when  l  get  to  ltome.  I  liko  to  bo  over¬ 
whelmed,  and  St.  Peter’s  is  the  only  thing  1  have 
to  fall  back  on.  I  went  to  tho 
Russian  Church 

here  on  Sunday  last  with  a  Greek  friend.  One 
sees  there  tho  Greek  and  Russian  embassies, 
and  tho  church  Itself,  nblaxe  with  gilt,  is  worth 
seeing  while  the  music  is  the  most  serious 
ami  solemn  of  any  I  have  over  heard,  and  no¬ 
body  knows  where  it  comes  from.  The  church, 
in  the  form  of  a  Greek  cross,  is  carpeted  with 


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EUROPEAN  CORRESPONDENCE. 

Paris,  Dec.,  1872. 

The  remark  made  by  that  gifted  French 
woman,  Madame  Dk  Stake,  that  nations  receive 
the  sort  of  government  they  merit,  applies  Itself 
to  the  minds  of  thinkers  in  France  to-day  as 
forcibly  as  then.  W  hen  the  Communists  allege 
in  self-defense  that  it  was  tho  emissaries  of 
Napoleon  who  fired  tho  palace  of  the  Tutlerles 
and  tho  Hotel  do  VUlo  (In  which  as  in  no  other 
public  building  of  Franco  bo 
many  memories  wero  gath-  yumpsaGm®?- 

ered),  Instead  of  themselves, 
to  conceal  the  details  of  ids 
administration  of  public  af¬ 
fairs,  their  assertion  Is  not 
unreasonable.  One  can  no¬ 
cord  to  i  t  at  least  tho  merit,  of 

one 


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K.  Osgood  A  Co.  Price  SO  cents. 

This  beautiful  annual  has  a  very  handsomely 
illuminated  cover,  and  is  filled  with  lino  engrav¬ 
ings  and  pleasant  articles  from  original  sources. 
A  beautiful  work  of  art,  worthy  a  place  in  all 
homes,  _ 

lien  tit  il'n  I  Snow.  Illustrated.  Ity  J.  W.  Watson. 
Philadelphia.:  T.  B.  Peterson  &  Brothers. 

This  is  a.  new  edition  of  a 

■  famous poem, as  well  as  other 

poetical  works  from  Mr. WAT¬ 
SON'S  pen,  gotten  up  in  n. 
stylo  of  richness  Boldotn  sur¬ 
passed.  Tho  lino  illustrations 
aro  from  tho  pencil  of  Ei>- 
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cleverness.  But  when 
hears,  as  now  and  then,  a  ru¬ 
mor  to  tho  effect  that  a  lie" 
plot  to  finish  the  precon¬ 
ceived  destruction  of  I  ho  city 
by  fire  Is  nightly  to  bo  dovel 
oped,  there  is  room  for  nei¬ 
ther  reason  nor  cleverness. 

It  Is  simply  diabolical,  and 
brings  one  back  to  Madame 

possibility  of  another  Ilona- 
partlst  reign.  Liberty  may  he 
a  universal  human  right,  1ml. 
like  the  truest  and  most,  pre¬ 
cious  gifts, nooda some  special 
fitness  for  its  reception  and 
exercise.  Ho,  because  half  the 
people  of  Franco  do  not  at 
once  lift  themselves  to  the 
plane  of  Republicanism,  tho 
other  half  cries  out  fora  king 
oromperor;  and  to  this  latter 
half  must  bo  added  Franco- 

they  like  l  ho  splendor  of  roy- 

good  servants ;  and  employ- 
ors everywhere  complain  I  hat 
Republicanism  i i  being  the 
ruin  of  tho  working  classes. 

(he  time  and  llo  drunk  the 
other  half.  Rut  nobody  sees 

drunken  man  la  walked  off 

to  jail.  Drunkenness  is  a 

crime,  and  I  think  no  one  in  jsipipySki 

Franco  ever  talks  about  tom-  I&S 

peraneo  societies  or  rumsoll- 

ing.  Moral  suasion  is  excel-  jjfc tv 

lunt;  but  law,  in  its  strong  ^ 

and  overawing  souse,  is  bet-  '~r-, 

tor.  But  whatever  may  have 

boon  tho  inflammatory  state 

of  the  hearts  of  the  Destruc- 

tlnnUts  the  last  few  weeks, 

I  he  operations  of  nature  have 
been  of  an  opposite  charac¬ 
ter.  It  has  rained  almost  in- 

iiotii  ends,  would  have  made 
but  little  headway.  So,  while 
water  has  challenged  fire, 

President  Thiers, 

in  tho  Assembler:  Nationalc, 
has  been  dealing  out  death¬ 
blows  to  Bonapartism,  lie  is 

the  sort  of  a  President  Arac-  - 

cleans  never  have,  and  Judg¬ 
ing  tho  future  by  the  past 
may  never  hopo  to  have  a  statesman  aud  a 
scholar.  lie  Is  an  old  man  of  sovonty-llvo, years 
now,  and  notwithstanding  tho  sarcasms  of  his 
enemies  and  tho  tremendous  obstacles  he  ho* 
encountered,  ho  lias  succeeded  In  commanding 
tho  respect,  not  only  of  nations,  but  that  more 
difficult  thing,  of  his  own  countrymen.  Do  baa 
nothing  of  military  glory  in  his  history,  llis 
weapon  has  been  Ids  pen,  and  ono  cannot  but 
hope  and  bollovo  that  tho  Drains  which  have 
boon  Its  motive  power  will  do  for  Franco  In  the 
future  what  lire  and  sword  have  failed  to  do  Ip 
the  past. 

A  month  of  rain  has  furnished  ample  time  for 
reflection.  I  always  think  whon  It  rains  that 
tho  Loud  knows  we  have  ueed  of  it  in  a  moral 
souse.  We  are  all  apt  to  run  away  from  our¬ 
selves,  to  look  everywhere  but  within  our  own 
consciousness,  so  whon  a  rainy  season  comes 
wo  ore  fairly  driven  to  having  what  Aunt  Chi.oe, 
In  Uncle  Tom's  Cabin,  called  a  ”  roglar  ciarin' 
up  time.”  One  of  my  ralny-weathor  reflections 
has  rosultod  In  tho  belief  that 

Sight-Seeing  la  a  Croat  Bore, 

and  ospoclully  European  sight-seoing.  I  think 
the  people  who  g<>  one  year  to  boo  .  ..igara  Falls, 
another  to  hear  a  Jenny  Lino  sing,  another  to 
California,  New  England,  or  New  York,  to  hoc 
tho  “ sights,”  behave  rationally;  but  hero  ono 
secs  so  much  of  everything.  You  visit  a  picture 
gauery,  and  you  despair  of  getting  through  with 
it.  You  enter  a  tiulcn  of  Bculpturo  and  go  in 
raptures  over  tho  first  statue,  are  delighted  with 
t  he  second,  pleased  with  the  third,  but  before 
you  get  to  the  fiftieth  you  would  not  give  a  row 
of  pins  for  the  whole.  If  one  could  go  on  from 
glory  to  glory,  finding  each  successive  thing  ex  ¬ 
celling  the  last,  It  would  not  be  bo  tiresome. 

It  is  the  same  thing  with  ehurches.  I  have 


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tion”  of  l  he  works  of  tho 
great  romancer  than  which 
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tho  binding  Is  handsome.  A 
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volume  of  double  *  column 
pages,  containing  tho  com¬ 
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of  tho  favorite  poet  whose 
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■  The  Htraage  Adventures  of 

a  Phaeton.  By  William 
Black.  New  York.  Harper 
ft  Brothers. 

This  is  a  sovont.y-Jlvo  cent 
novel,  by  tho  author  of  that 
I  popular  work  “A  Daughter 

of  Iloth,”  which  all  who  have 
road  admire.  Tho  present 
story  is  not  below  tho  ono  mentioned  in  Interest 
and  beauty.  It  is  sure  to  please,  and  tho  author 
is  rapidly  rising  in  fame. 


GRONIEE. 

because  more  boldly  and  efficiently,  but  in  look¬ 
ing  at  tho  pictures  of  tho  “old  minders  ”  ono  | 
learns  but  ono  thing,  and  that  the  simple  fact  i 
that  they  adhered  strictly  to  nature,  and  ono  ciui 
do  that  In  America  as  well  as  In  Europe.  And 
it  is  the  same  tiling  with  everything  else.  I 
think  all  clear-sighted  Americans  must,  go  home 
prouder  than  over  of  their  country  and  its  In¬ 
stitutions,  and  converted  to  tho  doctrine  of  free 
trade.  Wo  have  nothing  to  fear  from  It,  and 
much  to  gain. 

Parle  Amusements. 

Everybody  In  Paris  goes  to  tho  theater.  Night 
after  night  its  twenty  or  thirty  theaters  are 
packed  from  pit  to  dome,  and  one  never  gets 
home  earlier  than  midnight.  Tho  ushers  are 
all  women,  very  neatly  dressed  in  black,  with 
caps  trimmed  with  pink  or  bhio  ribbon.  1  have 
seen  eight  or  ten  plays  and  half  as  many  operas, 
and  every  ono  has  embodied  the  betrayal  of 
virtue  and  tho  summary  p.  Ish '  ent  of  tho  be¬ 
trayer,— pictures  from  ever:,  b“t  transferred 
to  tho  stage.  Tho  morale  Is  always  good,  and  tho 
moral  of  the  play  itself  usually  bad.  In  Amer¬ 
ica  tho  pulpit  has  t  he  upper  hand  of  tho  theater, 
but  here  the  theater  Is  everything.  Tho  church 
I  is  a  placo  In  which  to  count  olio's  rosary  and 
confess,  but  from  tho  stage  one  Imbibes  his 


an  India  carpet ;  there  are  no  seats,  a  few 
chairs  for  such  as  care  to  own  t  hem,  hut.  nearly 
all  remain  standing  through  the  long  service, 
at  such  moments  when  the  service  requires 


save 

kneeling,  which  tho  women  do  to  excess,  going 
clear  down  on  their  faces.  1  say  women,  be¬ 
cause  I  saw  none  of  the  men,  who  occupied  Hie 
rear  of  tho  church  exercising  themselves  dnvo- 
tlonally.  Most  of  tho  women  wore  In  magnifi¬ 
cent  attire,  whUetho  place  of  honor  seemed  to 
bo  accorded  to  tho  young  Princess  Ohi.okf, 
daughter  of  tho  Russian  embassador,  film  tuul 
on  a  black  velvet  robe,  with  a  long  train,  elabor¬ 
ately  trimmed,  and  ribboned  and  jewelled  ap¬ 
propriately.  When  tho  sendee  was  over,  each 
In  turn  kissed  a  gilt  cross  held  by  ono  of  tho 
priests. 

At  ono  end  of  tho  transept  of  tho  church  was 
a  line  painting  of  Christ  feeding  the  multitude 
by  tho  seaside ;  at  tho  other,  of  Christ  walking 
on  tho  soa.  On  ono  of  the  altar  panels  F  was 
delighted  to  see  a  painting  of  the  infant  Christ 
that  commanded  my  respect,  being  tho  first 
and  only  one  l  have  beheld  with  pleasure.  The 
statues  and  pictures  one  finds  here  In  represen¬ 
tation  of  the  Saviour  aro  to  me  most  absurd 
aud  ridiculous.  A  man  must  bo  an  idiot,  in  tho 
first  place,  to  attempt  a  representation,  and,  to 
speak  in  mild  terms,  it  is  very  disgusting  to  (too 
these  caricatures  of  a  being  whoso  Imago  wo 
carry  in  our  hearts,  and  whoso  beauty  is  beyond 
tho  reach  of  a  painter’s  daub  or  a  sculptor’s 
chisel. 

Tho  beat  use  l  have  seen  made  of  any  church 
decorations  1  saw  nt  Notre  Dame  tho  other  day. 
In  front  of  the  church  is  a  row  of  mon-atatues 
among  other  things,  and  In  tho  bosom  of  one, 
believed  to  bo  St.  John,  a  bird  Had  built  her 
nest.  Notre  Dame  is  an  immense  church,  and 
contains  among  its  treasures  a  bit  of  tho  “  true 


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34 


MOOSE’S  BUBAL  WEW-YOBKEB. 


JAN.  \\ 


SAVED  BY  THE  BIRDS. 

BV  WVUAMMS  FAWCKTTE. 

Yes,  that'll  tin?  little  gut,  Sir,— as  pooty  a  one  as  you’ll 

hoc— 

With  wtnjjin’  smite,  an’  lovin’  face,  an' wonderful 
fond  o’  me. 

Love  tier  ?  Should  think  no  !  With  that  sweet  look, 
an’  that  clear,  tender  tone, 

I'd  love  the  bright,  innocent  darling,  even  If  she 
wasn’t  my  own. 

My  heart's  strings  are  wound  so  round  her,  I’ve 
hardly  words  to  say 

How  terrible  «||  -  the  danger  1  found  her  in  to-day. 

She's  always  liked  the  birdies,  an’  if  she  could  she 
was  bound 

To  have  tt  look  Into  every  nest  that  was  anywhere 
near  the  around. 

X  left,  her  at  home  tills  mornin’,  a  klsstn’  her  little 
hand, 

8nyin’  she'd  help  to  get  dinner,  an' do  It  real  grand. 

Well,  we  was  a  reapin’  the  big  wheat  field  (the  grain’s 
nigh  four  feet  high). 

An’  X  says  to  Joh  n,  “  Hold  up  a  spell,  there’s  a  nest 
o’  lurks  near  by. 

"  I’ll  go  ahead  an'  find  ’em,  ho  you  can  drive  one  side, 

“  I’or,  drlvln'  straight,  we'd  likely  kill  the  birds  the 
wheat  stalks  hide.” 

"  Oh,  bother  the  larks,”  says  John,  “  who  cares, 
s'posln'  they  do  get  hurt?” 

“  1  care,”  says  1,  "  an’  Got)  cares,  too,  for  the  mean¬ 
est  thing  In  the  dirt.” 

“  Wal,  go  ahead,”  says  John,  quite  cross,  an’  he 
Jerked  the  bosses  back, 

So  the  machine  stood  free  o'  straw,  a  restin’  In  t)io 
track. 

1  went  along  right  thro1  the  grain,  to  Yds  the  old 
apple  tree, 

Where  I'd  seen  ’em  fly  In  many  a  time,  an'  knowed 
the  nett  roust  be, 

1  got  pooty  near  the  tree,  when  X  struck  a  little  track, 

As  If  a  dog’d  run  t  hro’  t  he  straw,  an’  It  hadn’t  quite 
sprung  back. 

I  thought  ho  must  a  smelt  the  birds,  so  X  followed  on 
his  tvrJJ, 

To  find  tb.  nest;  an'  when  ’twas  found,  this  sun¬ 
burned  face  turned  pale. 

Right  over  the  half-fledged  critters,  a  watchin’  their 
open  throats, 

An’  wonderin'  why  their  chirpin'  wan’t  sweet  like 
their  mother's  notes, 

Rot  dreamin’  of  any  danger— Just  where  the  knife 
would  come, 

Sat  darlin’  little  I'ati  y,  that  1  thought  was  safe  to 
hum  I 

I  snatched  her  up  an'  kissed  her,  an'  said  she  was 
saved  by  the  birds, 

An’  she  kissed  my  an'  wondered  what  I  did- mean  by 
them  words. 

Wlicn  1  showed  her  to  John,  an’  teJl’d  him,  he  looked 
both  glad  an’  shamed, 

An’  says  he,  “  If  she'd  got  hurt,  1  s'pose  I'd  been  the 
inan  to  get  blamed.” 

*’  No,  John,”  says  1,  “  no  man’s  to  blame,  'less  what 
ho  doOB  ho  knows ; 

*'  But  the  dear  God’s  always  merciful  to  them  as 
mercy  shows.” 


(Dur  ^torii- belter. 


FROM  YEAR  TO  YEAR. 


Continued  from  page  18. 

She  went  to  him  in  the  parlor,  where  ho 
awaited  her,  with  eyes,  round  which  wero  dark 
circles,  as  though  she  had  been  woeping  bit¬ 
terly,  and  the  little  hand  he  pressed  so  warmly 
was  listless  and  cold. 

“  Miss  Maude.”  lie  said,  ‘‘you  would  not  listen 
to  me  when  once  before— on  Christ  mas  Eve,  you 
remember?—  1  told  you  how  dearly  1  loved  you. 
Since  then  trouble  has  touched  you  through 

the  failure  of  t  bis  lirm  of - ,  and  now  for  the 

second  time  1  ark  will  you  give  me  the  right  to 
protect  you  from  sorrow  ?’’ 

Very  gently  and  tenderly  he  spoke,  and  pa¬ 
tiently  Maude  listened,  while  the  eyes  he 
sought  to  read  would  not,  because  of  the  tears 
again  gathering,  lift  themselves  from  the  floor. 
But  at  last  the  silence  grew  long,  and  then 
Macde  answered  sadly : 

“  Mr.  CROMWBMi,  you  have  been  a  kind  friend. 
You  have  won  tho  esteem  of  both  my  mother 
and  myself.  But,  oh !  forgive  me,  I  cannot  be 
your  wife.  You  arc  noble,  good,  and  worthy  of 
the  love  of  a  true  heart.  1  know  you  would  be 
all  that  I  could  ask  were  I  to  do  as  you  desire ; 
but  1  cannot !  I  cannot  1” 

Then,  as  he  opened  his  lips  to  reply,  Macde 
interrupted— 

“  Listen,  1  will  tell  you  frankly.  I  was,  at  the 
time  of  your  first  kind  desire  to  make  mo  your 
wife,  betrothed  to  one  whom  I  loved  most  ten¬ 
derly,  whom  I  cannot  yet  put  away  from  my 
heart.  Circumstances,  which  it  is  not  necessary’ 
to  mention  here,  caine  between  us.  and  we  were 
obliged  to  separate  forever.  With  mo,  to  love 
once  is  not  easily  to  forgot ;  and  l  tun  not  will¬ 
ing  to  yield  my  band  without  my  heart,”  she 
added,  with  a  smile  Inexpressibly  sad,  but  so 
sweet  as  to  cause  Mr,  f’no.M  well's  heart-  to 
throb  with  his  desire  1t>  fiddlier  in  his  arms. 

But  he  drew  from  his  pocket-book  a  letter, 
worn,  and  hardly  legible  from  hasty  writing, 
and  handed  It  to  her -as  ho  said  : 

“This  is  my  excuse  for  having  presumed  to 
seek  your  love,  Miss  Maude.  You  will  see  that 
in  concealing  the  letter  for  so  long  1  acted  only 
upon  the  desire  of  your  father.  My  own  wish 
has  been  to  confess  everything  to  you  long  ago ; 
but  according  to  the  promise  1  made  the  dying 
man  who  wrote  that  letter  I  strove  first  to  win 
your  love  for  tho  sake  of  loir  alone,  fearing  lest 
you  should  have  learned  to  hate  me  because  of 
a  father’s  strange  commands.  Had  he  allowed 
me  to  raako  myself  known  to  you  from  the 
first,  believe  me,  at  your  request,  had  you  made 


it,  I  would  never  have  troubled  you  again.  But 
seeing  you  frequently,  I  could  not  help  loving 
you.  Oh!  Maude,  believe  me!  Aud  I  was 
ignorant  of  your  engagement  to  another;  there¬ 
fore  1  trusted  that  1  might  win  your  love  ere 
showing  you  this  letter.” 

While  George  Cromwell  was  speaking 
Maude  had  read  her  letter,  ami  now  sat  as  if 
turned  toioc.  As  his  voice  ceased  she  rose  wit  h 
an  effort. 

“ Sir,”  she  almost-  gasped,  “will  you  leave  me 
now?  I  cannot  understand  this.  In  a  few  days 
I  may  be  better  able  to  talk  to  you.  Thank  you 
for  all  your  kind  words.  Good-bye,  sir.  Please 
go  now.” 

Me  went;  but  bis  heart,  was  sad  as  he  wit¬ 
nessed  the  strong  grief  into  which  that  letter 
had  thrown  the  sweet  girl  he  would  fain  have 
shielded  from  despair  and  sorrow. 

For  three  doys  the  girl  battled  with  her  grief 
ere  she  could  summon  strength  to  go  with  that 
sorrow  to  her  mother.  Hut  when  one  morning 
Mrs.  Hastings  asked  anxiously; 

“Dear  Maude,  why  do  you  sigh  so  often? 
You  do  not  know  how  often  I  have  heard  you 
when  you  did  not  suspect  it.  What  ails  my 
daughter?"  And  then  suddenly:  “Is  it  not 
strange  that  no  word  has  come  front  your 
father  since  that  hist  letter?  Oh!  child,  f  do 
not  know  whether  ho  may  bo  yet  alive  J" 

Then,  with  a  sob.  Macde  drew  from  her  bosom 
tho  letter  hidden  so  long  there,  as  she  said: 

“Mamma!  mamma!  papa  will  never  write 
again.  See!  He  has  been  ho  went  away  long 
ago.  Oh,  read,  road,  and  see  how,  even  with  his 
last  strength,  he  laid  a  command  upon  his  only 
child  hard  to  be  borne,  indeed!” 

There  Is  no  need  to  describe  the  scene  which 
followed.  Mrs.  Hastings,  deserted,  unloved 
though  she  had  been,  yet  wept  sorrow  ful  tears 
when  she  thought  of  the  father  of  her  child, 
and  with  her  woman’s  heart  forgave  him  all. 
Then  came  days  of  suffering  and  poverty  for 
both.  Maude  toiled  hard  and  late  with  her 
pencil-  Fortunately  the  house  was  their  own, 
but  many  articles  of  furniture  wore  sold  from 
It  that  the  fast-fading  invalid  might  have  the 
luxuries  necessary  to  a  sick  person.  George 
Cromwell  called  occasionally  with  offers  of 
assistance,  and  left  each  time  without  seeing 
MAUI.’, e,  who  dared  not  meet  him,  lest,  worried 
with  long  suffering,  she  should  be  tempted  to 
tho  sin  of  marrying  without  love.  Her  mother 
strengthened  her  w  ith  loving,  earnest  counsel, 
until  at  last,  too  weak  to  talk,  she  could  only 
smile  upon  the  loving  daughter  who  watched 
with  a  sinking  heart  the  sands  of  life  loosening 
one  by  one,  that  held  her  beloved  mother  to 
earthly  scenes. 

Then  there  came  a  time  when  the  little  girl 
(who  had  for  some  time  been  the  only  help 
Maude  could  afford)  admitted  George  Crom¬ 
well  with  a  wild,  frightened  face,,  and  an¬ 
swered  his  question: 

“  Is  Miss  Maude  in?"  with  a  low  whisper: 
“She  will  not  see  you.  sir,  for  she  is  with  Mrs. 
Hastings  alone*  and  crying  ns  if  the  heart  of 
her  syud  break,  sure  !’’ 

And  George  at  last,  learned  how  Macde  had 
gone  to  waken  her  mother  with  her  usual 
morning  kiss,  only  to  find  a  still,  dead  face 
awaiting  her! 

.Silently  lie  handed  tho  little  servant  his  card 
and  1  urned  away,  while  1  he  child  wiped  her  eyes 
I  with  her  apron  and  crept  softly  up  to  the  room 
where  deat  h  had  entered  so  mysteriously,  and  1 
where  Maude,  her  face  buried  in  tho  bed¬ 
clothes,  was  preying  for  strength  to  bear  this 
new  sorrow. 

When,  the  next  day,  George  Cromwell  call¬ 
ed  at  th”  door  and  inquired  if  Miss  Hastings 
I  would  see  him,  the  little  girl  refilled  that  she 
'•Guessed  likely  she  would,*'and  tho  gentleman 
entered  the  parlor.  Tho  house  was  still,  with 
that  chilling  silence  always  noticed  in  a  house  1 
of  mourning.  Not  the  restful  silence  which  one 
loves  to  feel,  and  enter  upon  now  and  then  in 
( he  midst  of  bus)'  life,  and  which  is  freedom  for 
awhile  from  care  and  thought :  the  delightful 
rest  which  makes  silence  eloquent  with  its  own 
muteness:  not  that!— but  the  still  nose  which 
tells  of  the  sorrow  so  deep  that  there  is  naught 
of  strength  left  wherewith  to  give  it  utterance! 
The  silence  which  reigned  through  the  house  as 
young  Cromwell  awaited  Maude's  coming, 
vraa  oppressive.  He  seemed  to  feel  even  yet, 
the  shadow  of  death's  dark  wing,  and  his  heart 
ached  for  the  lonely  daughter,  now  orphaned 
indeed.  Even  the  clock  on  the  mantle  was  si¬ 
lent,  since  no  one  liad  wound  it  the  previous 
night,  and  George  Cromwell,  for  the  sake  of  | 
breaking  the  strange  spell  about  him.  found  the 
key  and  started  the  pendulum  once  more  on  its 
monotonous  journeying  back  and  forth,  to  and 
fro.  The  door  opened  at  last,  and  Maude,  pale,  | 
languid,  and  with  eyes  so  gad  and  filled  wit  h 
woe,  that,  h  started  its  he  met  their  glance,  en¬ 
tered, and  extended  her  hand  without  speaking. 
For  a  moment  there  was  no  word  passed  be¬ 
tween  the  two  Then  George  asked  gently: 

“Can  r  do  anything  for  you.  Miss  Maude?  Is 
there  any  way  in  which  I  can  be  of  service  to 
you  ?  Surely,  you  trust  my  friendship  sufficient¬ 
ly  to  lot  me  help  you  in  this  time  of  trouble?" 

And  Mai  t>B  answered  “  You  are  kind,  dear 
friend!  Thank  you  for  It  all!  The  neighbors 
have  been  thoughtful  and  sincere  in  all  that 
could  be  tone  for  me.  Mamma — "here  she 
broke  down  utterly,  aud  wept  without  reserve, 
while  George,  longing  (no  one  could  know  how 
Intensely)  t  o  take  tho  suffering  girl  in  his  arms 
and  comfort  her,  could  only  wait  silently  until 
she  grew  calmer.  Presently  she  continued  : 

I  “Now  that  mamma  has  left  me,  I  shall  dis¬ 


pose  of  this  house  and  find  a  home  elsewhere. 
If  you  can  find  a  purchaser  for  me,  Mr.  Crom¬ 
well,  It  will  indeed  be  a  kindness,  and  I  shall 
thank  you  most  gratefully.” 

George  Cromwell  promised  with  all  his 
heart  to  aid  her  in  any  way  she  desired,  and 
then  tenderly  ami  reverentially  asked  a  few 
questions  concerning  Mrs.  Hastings’  death. 
Maude  seemed  to  find  comfort  in  speaking  of 
her  mother,  and  told  him  how  she  had  received 
that  mother’s  “good  night”  kiss,  the  last  thing 
before  retiring  the  night  before,  and  of  the 
wakening  tho  next  morning,  when  she  hastened 
to  the  invalid’s  bedside  for  the  usual  morning’s 
attentions  only  to  find  the  lips  silent,  though 
with  n  smile  upon  them,  and  n  still,  dead  face 
upon  the  pillow.  “  OOD  took  her  very  gently, 
Mr.  Cromwell,”  Maude  added,  “amt  t  am 
very  thankful  and  grateful  for  His  loving  kind¬ 
ness;  but  oh! —  it  was  hard  to  fed  I  hat  whilst 
I  slumbered,  the  dread  messenger  entered  and 
bore  away  from  my  side,  forever,  the  darling 
mother  whose  presence  had  made  my  life  so 
happy.” 

George  remained  but  a,  short  time,  not,  wish¬ 
ing  to  Intrude  at  such  an  hour  of  distress ;  but 
having  ascertained  the  arrangements  for  the 
funeral,  and  learned  that  kind  and  thoughtful 
friends  had  rendered  every  assistance  in  their 
power,  be  bade  the  sweet  girl  he  had  already  so 
learned  to  love  a  kind  farewell,  and  left  her 
comforted  in  the  knowledge  that  one  true 
friend  remained,  even  though  her  heart's  best¬ 
loved  bad  proved  her  false. 

The  days  passed  wearily  for  Maude  after  her 
mother  had  been  laid  to  rest,  and  she  could 
only  weep  and  moan  for  the  dear  days  of  happi¬ 
ness  gone  so  far  from  her  life.  Too  weak  to 
touch  her  pencil,  and  almost  indifferent  regard¬ 
ing  the  future,  the  poor  girl  roamed  from  room 
to  room,  and  tried  to  comfort,  herself  with  t  he 
fancy  that  her  mother  was  still  In  tho  house, 
and  she  had  only  to  call  “  Mamma !”  In  order  to 
hoar  again  tho  sweet,  voice  answer,  “1  am  here, 
my  daughter!"  There  was  the  favorite  chair 
wherein,  before  the  glowing  lire,  mother  and 
daughter  had  sat  together  so  often,  the  latter 
upon  a  low  cushion  with  her  head  in  that  moth¬ 
er’s  lap.  The  firelight  danced  as  merrily  now 
as  then,  but  Its  shining  fell  only  upon  one  face, 
alas !  where  had  before  been  two. 

At  lost,  after  many  days  had  gone  by, George 
CROMWELL  came  again  and  was  shown  Into  the 
parlor,  and  presently  Maude  stood  beside  him. 
Then  for  t  he  third  time  did  the  young  man  ask 
the  privilege  of  oaring  for  the  girl  so  sorely 
tried,  all  through  her  life;  and  that  ho  might 
prove  by  years  of  devotion,  how  truly  his  ln-art 
had  learned  to  love  her!  For  the  third  time 
Maude  listened  with  pale  face  and  eyes  heavy 
with  tears ;  then,  as  ho  ceased  speaking,  she 
lifted  those  eyes  which,  because  of  the  tours, 
were  even  more  beautiful  than  when  lie  had 
seen  them  lighted  by  Joy,-  arid  placing  her  hand 
in  his,  replied  gently “  Mr.  Cromwell,  if  you 
are  willing  to  accept  a  heart  that  canuot  return 
your  love  as  fully  as  the  devotion  you  offer 
should  be  returned,  T  will  not  refuse  that  which 
you  ask  of  me  !  1  give  you  highest  esteem,  truest 
friendship,  and  the  affection  which,  as  a  dear 
friend,  you  have  fairly  won-  But  I  repeat  again, 
that  which  1  have  already  told  you.  I  can  never 
givo  to  you,  in  return  for  all  you  offer  me,  more 
than  the  ashes  of  a  love  which  once  so  earnestly 
belonged  to  another !  Are  you  willing,  know¬ 
ing  all  this,  to  make  me  your  wife?  Arc  you 
willing  to  waste  upon  a  dead  heart  the  warmth 
and  devotion  of  yernr  living  heart  ?" 

George,  whose  joy,  notwithstanding  his 
knowledge  that  her  best  love  could  never  be  his, 
was  so  Intense,  that  he  found  no  words  to  ex¬ 
press  it,  could  only  gather  the  slender  form 
close  within  his  arms,  and  kiss  the  pure  brow 
upraised  to  him,  over  and  over  again. 

‘It  is  wrong!  it  is  wrong!  1  know  it  is!"  mur¬ 
mured  Maude,  after  lie  had  left  her;  “but  oh, 
my  dear  Father  who  knoweth  all  things,  pity 
and  forgive!”  Mho  knelt  upon  tho  floor,  and  as 
rbe  cried  to  that  Father,  laid  the  poor  weary 
head  upon  the  seat  of  her  dear  mother's  chair, 
and  tried  to  imagine  that  the  arms  now  still, 
were  once  again  around  her;  that  the  gentle 
hand  was  once  again  stroking  her  brown  hair, 
tenderly,  lovingly ! 

“0,  mamma!  dear,  dear  mamma!"  she  cried, 
and  tho  little  servant,  passing  through  the  hall, 
paused  with  awod  face  at  tho  sound  of  grief  and 
wiped  heroyes  with  her  little  hard  hand.  “0, 
mamma!  I  cannot  help  it— you  know  1  cannot! 
The  future  is  all  dark.  I  have  no  home!  Ito 
offers  me  one  that  will  be  peaceful  at  least,  and 
it  is  the  only  gleam  of  light  in  the  midst  of  all 
the  clouds  about  me.  Dear  mamma!  tell  your 
poor  Maude  that  she  is  not  doing  very  wrong !" 
And  so  she  sobbed  and  sobbed,  first  praying  fi li¬ 
st  rength,  then  calling  to  the  mother  who  never 
before  had  failed  to  respond  with  kisses  and 
loving  words. 

When  next  George  Cromwell  came,  tin? 
shadows  of  the  twilight  hour  were  gathering 
fast ;  and  os  Maude  entered  the  room,  and  be¬ 
held  her  visitor, who,  all  unconscious,  had  placed 
himself  beside  the  mantel,  and,  with  bowed 
head,  was  watching  the  fire  beneath,  Just  as, 
only  a  short  time  before,  some  one  else,  of 
whom  she  had  been  I  Kinking  when  culled  to  re¬ 
ceive  George,  turned  as  ho  heard  her  light  step, 
and  there,  where  Everaud  Grey  hud  so  many 
times  held  his  beloved  in  his  strong  arms,  she 
was  clasped  to  the  heart  of  her  new  Lover,  while 
even  yet  her  whole  soul  was  flooded  with  mem¬ 
ories  of  days  gone  by. 

With  this  ring,”’  whispered  George,  with 
a  tender  smile,  as  taking  it  from  the  case,  he 
slipped  a  pure,  white  pearl  ring  upon  one  of  the  ; 


small  fingers  his  hand  held.  “  ‘  With  this  ring—’ 
you  know  the  rest,  dear  one?  When  may  I  com¬ 
plete  the  sentence  ?” 

Maude  replied  rather  wearily,  “  O.  G  eorge,  do 
not  talk  of  that  quite  yet!  Let  me  rest  a  little 
while  alone,  and  then,  then  you  may  do  with 
me  as  you  please !” 

A  shadow  passed  for  a  moment  over  her  com¬ 
panion's  face,  but  was  chased  speedily  away  by 
thc  smile  with  which  ho  replied.  “So  long  as 
you  have  given  me  the  right  to  love  you,  d;irlir;g ! 
1  will  try  and  bo  content ;  and  will  wait  patiently 
for  the  day  when  i  may  cull  you  by  a  dearer 
name !  Will  you  try  to  love  mea  little,  Maude ?" 

“  Yes !“  was  the  answer,  spoken  low  and  soft, 
but  without  seeming  to  hob!  anything  of  earn¬ 
estness  in  the  tone.  George  saw  by  the  far-off 
look  in  her  eyes,  that  lie  had  no  power  to  re¬ 
strain  the  thoughts  which  wore  evident  ly  wan¬ 
dering  elsewhere— among  I  he  things  long  past, 
perhaps,  or  may  be  reaching  far  beyond  longing 
for  one  who  once  had  possessed  the  treasure  he 
now  claimed  the  right  to  protect. 

Three  days  passed,  and  one  morning  tho  post¬ 
man  left  a  letter  addressed  to  MAUDE.  It  was 
long  ore  she  could  muster  strength  to  open  and 
read  the  following: 

“ - Feb.  ft,  18 — .” 

"Maude,  my  darling  I  nn  dark-eyed  Jove! 
for  whom  my  heart  has  longed  unutterably  since 
last  1  held  you  in  my  arms  1  Only  let  me  come 
back  to  you  !  Only  send  me  one  little  lino,  bid¬ 
ding  me  return !  and  Maude,  I  solemnly 
promise,  even  as  GOD  hoard h  me  !  never  again, 
In  thought,  word  or  deed,  to  wound  you  1  For¬ 
give  tho  past  I  1  hove  tried  to  grow  reconciled  to 
life  without  you;  but— but,  Maude,  only  uou, 
can  imagine  bow  miserably  I  have  failed  !  Try 
me  again  !  only  try  mo  again  !  will  you  ?  Maude, 
may  1  come  ?  Everaud.” 

“  P.  S. -Address,  care  W.  B.  C.  La.” 

It  was  long,  after  reading  the  letter,  ore 
Maude  could  compose  herself  sufficiently  to 
write  the  few  foi low]  ng  1  i  ncs  in  rep) y.  Eveha rd 
would  have  been  shocked  could  lie  have  seen 
tho  pale,  thin  face,  and  heavy  eyes  which  bent 
over  t  he  paper,  as  she  wrote  : 

"I  do  forgive  you,  Kvekard,  aud  it  may  be 
that  i  acted  hastily,  unjustly;  1  do  not  know! 
God  knows  I  thought  It  was  right,  when  I  re¬ 
leased  you  from  a  tie  that  seemed  to  cause  you 
very  little  of  real  bappituxv*.  and  a  great  deal  of 
misery.  If  I  did  wrong.  1  also  ask  you  to  pur- 
don  me,  and  with  this  request  i  must  bid  you 
farewell!  L>< •  not  write  me  uga.n.  Kvekaud  '• 
You  will  not,  will  you?  when  1  say  that  i  am 
soon  to  bo  the  wife  of  one  who  is  worthy  of  more 
love  than  it  is  in  my  power  to  givo  him  ;  1  shall 
pray  for  you  1  Maude." 

Evkrard  Grey,  receiving  the  little  note  which 
had  tgivoled  safely  to  him,  in  due  season,  locked 
himself  in  his  room  alone,  and  wept  like  a  child, 
strong  man  though  lie  was.  But  did  ho  refrain 
from  writing  again?  Ah,  no!  the  few  little 
words  which  dosed  Maude's  note,  and  which, 
In  her  distress,  she  had  allowed  to  escape  her 
pen,  only  increased  his  longing  fur  one  more  let¬ 
ter  from  tho  dear  hand  iio  had  once  called  all  his 
own,  and  ore  many  days  Maude  received,  and, 
with  a  troubled,  gravo  face,  read  slowly,  over 
and  over  again,  this  appeal  from  her  first  love  ; 

“Maude  Though  you  arc  lost  to  me!  (and 
oh  !  If  you  could  only  know  the  pain,  the  suffer¬ 
ing,  that  knowledge  brings  rue!)  my  heart  cries 
out  for  one  word  more,  dear  l  only  say  for  my 
comfort,  that  you  have  not  put  me  entirely 
from  your  thoughts,  and  1  will  be  content,  if  it 
be  possible  if  if  he  possible,  Malle  ! 

Eyeicakd.” 

Once  more  a  pulo  face,  drawn  with  anguish, 
beut  over  the  paper,  aiul  a  trembling  hand  pen¬ 
ned  as  follows ; 

“  Kykrakd— Even  if  I  would,  I  could  not  put 
you  away  from  my  thought !  Gun  bless  you  !  it 
vou  have  ever  loved  me,  do  not  write  again  !  You 
knew  iny  mother  hud  left  mo  weeks  ago,  did  you 
not?  O,  Evkrard,  try  arid  be  all  that  is  noble  and 
true,  and  though  wo  never  meet  on  earth  again, 
we  may  Join  each  other  where  she  is  uow  ! 

Maude." 

That  was  the  last  word  that  passod  between 
the  two,  who  were  onco  all  in  ail  to  each  other. 
The  house  in  which  Maude  dwelt  at  last  found 
a  purchaser,  and  as  the  Spring  approached,  the 
orphan  grew  more  and  more  sad  at  The  prospect 
of  leaving  the  home  so  hallowed  by  dear  mem¬ 
ories.  After  earnest  persuasion,  she  consented 
to  become  the  wife  of  young  Cromwell,  when 
the  month  of  J  une  should  clotho  the  earth  with 
beauty,  and  he  bade  her  farewell  for  a  short 
time,  until  his  return  from  u  distant  business 
trip. 

Tho  girl  had  only  her  pencil  and  thoughts  with 
which  to  busy'  herself  until  her  lover  camo 
again  to  her  side.  How  many  times  did  she 
sigh,  as  she  remembered  tho  dear  old  days 
when  Evekard,  her  mother,  and  she,  sitting  in 
the  same  little  parlor,  wherein  she  now  sat 
alone,  would  plan  for  the  future,  that  looked 
so  bright  and  glad,  all  tilings  beautiful  for  each 
other!  Ah,  well!  Everard’B  jealousy  had 
wounded  her  sorely,  and  at  length  had  forced 
her,  (remembering  her  mother  -  orxls  of  warn¬ 
ing  against  that  foul  trail),  to  release  him  f  rom 
their  betrothal.  Her  life,  ^uidened  by  that 
event,  was  ere  long  thrown  into  heavy  shadow 
by  the  dcatii  of  her  devoted  parent,  (for  her 
father  she  could  not  mourn!  mid  now  bhe  was 
oo  the  eve  of  marriage  with  one  for  whom  she 
fell  only  that  hc action  which  proceeds  from 
warmest  fricnustiip,  as  different,  from  the  love 
her  heart  had  yielded  Everaud  Grey,  as  it  were 
possible  to  express!  All  this  passed  through  her 
mind,  as  sitting  alone  before  the  lire  one  stormy 
evening  site  had  given  way  to  her  thoughts,  and 
allowed  the  tears  to  flow  freely,  "'hat  might 
have  happened,  had  Everakd’s  letter  reached 
tier  before  her  promise  to  George  Cromwell. 
site  did  not  dare  to  think.  At  any  rate,  a  promise 
given  as  she  gave  her  promise  to  the  noble,  true 
heart  that  sought  to  protect  her,  could  notin 
reason  be  broken,  and  though  it  might  tie 
wrong,  she  prayed  inwardly  that  God  would 
pardon  lief,  if  so,  and  make  her  happy  with  him 
whose  wife  she  had  promised  to  be  —yet,  per¬ 
chance  it  might,  in  the  end,  be  well  for  her  and 
for  him !— (Concluded  next  week. 


because  all  our  turkeys  and  chickens  have  got 
the  “epizoo."  I  have  got  a  doll;  her  name  Is 
Jane.  .1  can  sow  carpet  mgs  and  make  molasses 
cake.  My  mamma  says  If  I  am  a  good  girl  I  can 
learn  to  play  tho  piano. — S.  Leleka.  It.,  New¬ 
burgh,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 


The  only  way  for  an  old  maid  to  command 
respect  is  to  make  herself  independent;  if  tal¬ 
ented,  she  may  go  out  into  tho  world,  make  a 
mark,  see  the  world  at  large,  improve  her  beauty 
and  intelligence,  consequently  her  appearance 
by  intercourse  with  refined  society.  Lot  her 
tear  In  sew,  do  anything  honest  for  money,  rath¬ 
er  than  act  as  lackey  for  any  married  woman; 
she  will  elevate  herself  not  only  in  her  own  esti¬ 
mation,  but  iu  that  of  others. 

Taking  earn  of  one's  self  is  the  only  way  to 
avoid  t  he  sneers  and  jeers  'of  those  who  have 
fortunately  (?)  tied  themselves  for  life  to  some 
poor  sticks  of  men,  just  to  escape  being  old 
maids.  Clara  Juiaen. 


DON’T  FORGET  THE  BABY 


THE  MOTHER’S  WREATH, 


Inquiries  about  Florida. 

Miss  Irene  Turned  I  read  your  letter  in  tho 
Bukai.  New-Yorker  and  would  like  to  ask  a 
few  questions  about  Florida,  but  hoard  that 
whito  men  could  not  live  t  here  on  account  of 
the  heat  and  sickness.  1  hoard  that  they  had 
vory  large  mosquitoes  there ;  arc  they  very  trou¬ 
blesome?  Did  your  father's  health  Improve 
after  he  went  there?  Pa  wants  to  know  if  it  is 
true  that  no  white  man  can  be  found  thcro  that, 
has  lived  in  Florida  ten  years;  he  hoard  so.  I 
should  like  to  live  there  and  eat  tho  figs  and 
quinces, but  I  would  not  like  to  get  flick.  I  havo 
asked  enough  questions  this  time.  Will  you 
please  answer  them  through  the  Rural?  That 
was  a  real  moan  oppossum  that  oat  your  chick¬ 
ens  up. 

Please  tell  me  what  part  of  Florida  you  live 
In.— Irene,  Meqaon,  Ozaukee  Co.,  Wts. 

Willie  Wants  a  Remedy  for  Stammering. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor;— The  gentleman  with 
whom  T  am  living  this  winter  takes  tho  Rural. 

I  read  it,  and  think  it  such  a  nloo  papor ;  you 
take  so  much  pains,  and  are  so  good  and  kind 
to  the  little  folks.  1  am  going  to  school  tills 
winter.  Wo  havo  a  good  school,  but  I  stam¬ 
mer  so  bad  that  sometimes  l  cannot  talk  at  all 
hardly.  Sometimes  1  get,  laughed  at;  I  don’t 
mind  that,  although  T  wish  1  did  not  stammer 
so.  If  you  nr  any  of  your  many  readers  can 
tell  me  anything  that,  will  help  me  to  break  my¬ 
self  of  stammering  you  will  havo  my  heartfelt 
thanks  for  the  favor.  Please  inform  me  through 
your  valuable  paper.  A  Iso,  i  nsert  In  your  paper 
the  “  Wind  in  a  Frolic.”  It  used  to  bo  in  Peter 
Parley's  Almanac.— Wu.lae,  Ml.Pleasant,  Mich. 


Inside,  a  circle  wide  and  warm. 

Around  the  cheerful  lnglo. 

Without,  the  snow  from  last  night’s  storm 
And  merry  sloighbellB’  jingle. 

All  wanning  for  a  cheery  drive 
Away— to  grandma's  maybe : 

Well,  bo  tho  happiest  folks  allvo- 
But  don’t  forget  the  baby ! 

Tuck  in  her  fingers  and  her  toes, 

(So  wee— but  how  you’d  miss  her !) 

And  snuggle  up  tho  dainty  nose, 

Jack  Frost  will  want,  to  kiss  her ! 

And  who  shall  hold  her  while  you  ride, 

Ma,  Kate  or  brother  **  DAVIE?” 

Well,  let  the  little  queen  decide— 

But  take  good  care  of  habit ! 

Rose  G, 


BT  RUTH  DANA 


Yf.  need  not  ask  me  why  I  bring 
These  flowers  to  wreath  her  head. 

Wiry  gay,  glad  roses  e’er  should  fling 
Their  beauty  o’er  the  dead. 

’Tis  meet  that  she,  my  loved,  should  wear 
A  coronal  so  bright, 

Though  any  blossom  gathered  there 
Shall  wither  In  the  night. 

Her  hand  hath  reared  this  bud  that  rests 
So  sweetly  on  her  brow. 

And  c-oso  her  own  white  rose  ts  prest 
Where  gleams  the  death-dew  now. 

It  was  to  have  graced  tho  bridal  da  y 
Of  her  who  slumbering  lies. 

But  swift-winged  Angels  stolo  away 
My  treasure  to  the  skies. 

No  gloom  the  fair  young  form  shall  shroud 
That  once  my  gem  enshrined,— 

For  Faith  shall  part  the  heavenly  cloud, 
And  1  my  lost  shall  find. 

Then  let  mo  braid  these  glossy  bands 
With  flowers  so  swoot  and  wild. 

They  are  the  last  a  mother’s  hands 
May  bind  about  her  child. 


THE  VISCOUNTESS  BEACONSFIELD 


Mr.  Seward’s  fame  began  to  wane  upon  the 
death  of  his  wife,  to  whom  he  owed  the  vitaliz¬ 
ing  currents  which  Imre  him  on.  Disraeli  mar¬ 
ried  in  1839,  and  at  once  began  to  rise  to  the 
stature  he  has  reached.  Tho  Viscountess  Boa- 
consfleld  is  dead,  and  we  shall  see  how  much 
this  extraordinary  man  also  owed  to  the  power 
behind  the  throne.  How  long  must  it  be  before 
great  women  can  bring  their  powers  to  beur  at 
first  himd  and  shot!  their  rays  direct  instead  of 
through  a  medium  of  the  refractory?  Had 
Lady  Beoconsflbld,  who  was  at  tho  time  of  her 
marriage  to  Mr.  Disraeli  a  widow,  and  rcrl,aiiily 
as  advanced  in  lire  as  himself,  been  the  most 
lovely  of  debuhMW,  her  distinguished  husband 
could  not  have  lavished  upon  her  more  devoted 
affection  than  he  has  ever  shown.  Some  years 
ago  an  ill-bred  young  man,  staying  In  a  country 
house  with  Lady  Boaconsfleld  and  her  husband, 
thought  to  make  fun  of  the  former,  who,  like 
moat  of  us,  has  her  little  peculiarities,  for  tho 
amusement  of  the  company.  But  before  tie  Loft 
the  house  he  bad  occasion  to  bitterly  rue  hta 
misplaced  jocosity.  Tho  ex-Premler  presently 
resolved  on  “tit  for  tat,”  and  the  young  gent  Io¬ 
nian  left  the  house  feeling  very  considerably 


LETTERS  TO  YOUNG  RURALISTS.-No.  14, 


FROM  COTJFtTW  JOHNNIE 


premium  is?  Why,  a  nice  Weed  Family  Favor¬ 
ite  Sewing  Machine  1  How  many  of  you  have 
gone  ahead  of  that  she  wants  to  know? 

Well,  I  suppose  the  most  of  you  have  had  a 
very  Merry  Christmas,  and  plenty  of  nice  pres¬ 
ents.  Cousin  Johnnie  received  but  one,  but 
sho  values  it  very  highly  as  a  token  of  friend¬ 
ship.  It  is  a  silver  fruit  knife,  with  one  of  the 
blades  In  tho  form  of  a  nut  pick.  I  wonder, 
now,  how  many  of  you  thought  of  Christmas, 
except  as  a  holiday  on  which  to  find  full  stock¬ 
ings  and  eat  turkey,  and  mince  pics,  and  other 
good  tilings.  How  many,  when  you  got  your 
presents,  thought  of  the  great  Gift  given  to  us 
by  God,  nearly  nineteen  hundred  years  ago— 
even  His  only  and  beloved  Hon?  Who  thought 
how  much  Cuiust  must  have  loved  u»,  to  leave 
his  throne  In  Heaven  and  come  into  this  world 
on  tho  first  Christmas  day,  as  a  little,  feeble, 
helpless  babe?  How  many  thought  that  though 
He  has  gone  back  to  Heaven  again,  Ho  still  sees 
and  knows  every  thought  and  feeling,  and  every 
llt.tlo  trouble  and  trial  of  you,  children,  and  that 
He  understands  and  sympathises  with  you, 
for  tie,  Ilimself,  has  been  a  child  like  you? 
These  arc  the  thoughts  t  hat  ought,  to  mako  ua 
nil,  and  particularly  children,  glad  at  Christinas, 
and  if  any  of  you  have  forgotten  your  infant 
Saviour  while  you  were  keeping  His  birthday, 
I  hope  you  will  dertermlno  to  try  and  remember 
Him  hotter  when  It  comes  again. 

1  am  glad  Emm  v  D.  takes  ouch  a  sensible  view 
she  used  to  get ;  but  It 


THE  USEFUL  WOMAN 


BY  ROSE  GERANIUM 


There  is  such  a  commodity  in  almost  every 
neighborhood.  She  is  tho  benefactress  of  her 
small  world— its  social  philosopher,  lawyer  and 
dlvino.  Such  persons  usually  arrive  at  their 
eminence  only  over  roads  thick  with  minor  toils 
and  difficulties.  They  generally  ”  have  a  story  ” 
—and  often  natural  endowments  fitting  thorn 
for  broader  and  more  worldly-honorable  posi¬ 
tions  in  life.  Ilut  perverse  Adversity  wars 
against  them  and  triumphs. 

Just  now  I  lmve  In  ray  mental  eye  a  fine  type 
of  tho  class  in  question.  She  is  tho  mother  of 
ilvo  small  children,  a  widow  cast  by  fate  upon 
her  own  resources,  and  sho  can  neither  go  as 
governess  nor  give  music  lessons.  She  works  for 
everybody  who  desires  her  services,  and  “  takes 
her  pay  ”  In  all  kinds  of  uuoatalogucd  currency, 
from  genuine  hard  coin  and  good  groceries 
down  to  old-fashioned  undergarments,  stulo 
dried  fruits  and  profuse  thanks.  I  know  cases 


A  Good  Flook  of  8heep. 

Mr.  Rural:— I  live  in  Harford  County,  Md., 
close  to  Mason  and  Dixon’s  lino.  Our  post-offleo 
is  in  Pennsylvania.  Wc  havo  horses  and  mules  ; 
but  I  havo  not  worked  with  them  as  much  as 
some  of  the  litt  le  boys  who  write  in  l  ho  Rural. 
Papa  says  I  can  harrow  and  roll  next  summer. 
T  want  to  toll  the  boys  about  our  sheep.  Wo  had 
five  owes  that,  had  cloven  lambs,  and  raised  them 
all.  Two  hail  three  apiece,  and  two -had  two 
apiece,  and  one  had  one.  JoiR  A.  G. 


ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.-No.  2 


of  the  "  warmings 
seems  to  mo  that  two  whippings  for  one  offense 
was  a  llttlo  more  than  her  share.  1  may  lie  mis¬ 
taken,  however;  perhaps  Just  such  a,  course  of 
double  training  was  needed  to  make  her  the  girl 
she  now  is;  no  two  of  us  are  just  alike,  you 
know.  It  fairly  makes  me  tired  to  think  of 
Myutie  Burn's  quill  with  Miff  pieces  in  it!  It 
reminds  tno  of  tho  string  of  a  thousand  buttons 
(each  one  different)  the  children  were  tryiug  to 
collect  a  year  or  two  ago ! 


LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS, 


Items  from  a  Young  Naturalist. 

Dear  Cousins  all  ;  I  believe  I  have  written 
to  you  once  before,  so  l  can  claim  a  place  as  one 
of  your  number.  I  must  first  beg  our  kind  Mr. 
Rcral’s  pardon  for  not  fulfilling  an  agreement 
by  sending  him  that  box  of  insects  I  was  col¬ 
lecting  for  him, —but  I  think  he  will  pardon  me 
when  he  hears  my  defense.  A  few  days  after  1 
had  written  I  was  taken  sick,  and  did  not  re¬ 
cover  till  my  school  opened :  and  then  my 
studies  demanded  my  attention  more  than  bot- 
ter flies  and  moths,  so  l  had  no  time  to  finish  the 
collection  till  ’twas  too  lato,  and  my  collection 
was  so  deficient  I  would  have  been  ashamed  to 
have  sent  it — therefore  I  placed  them  In  my  own 
llttlo  cabinet  of  curiosities. 

By  the  way,  I  think  the  printer  made  a  mis¬ 
take  In  placing  “Young  Ruralist”  after  my 
last  letter;  also  “Cousin  Johnnie”  when  she 
spoke  of  “  Young  Ruralist  ’’  as  she. 

Why  don’t  Laura  Southgate,  Minnie  of 
Kentucky,  Frkdie  Clanton,  or  Sam  Carter, 
or  some  of  tho30  pioneers  of  letter  writing  in 
the  Rural,  show  their  over-welcome  faces  in 
our  Young  Rurallat’a  department?  Have  they 
forgotten  us?  I  hope  not.  If  they  have,  1  hope 
they  will  rovivc  their  rnoinorlea  a  little. 

Now  won’t  some  Young  Ruralist  correspond 
with  me  on  Natural  History?  If  you  will,  my 
address  can  bo  procured  of  Unde  Rural,  I 
think  I  have  taken  up  apace  enough  this  t  ime, 
so  I  will  close,  wishing  nil  sorts  of  good  times  to 
my  cousins.— Young  Naturalist,  Spcncerport, 
N.  Y. 


WOMEN  PERSONALS, 


Edwin  Forrest  s  divorced  wife  attended  his 
funeral  at  Philadelphia.  When  she  arrived  at 
the  house  she  moved  nervously  toward  the  rear 
parlor,  where  the  remains  were  lying.  There 
wore  but  five  or  six  persons  in  the  room.  Throw¬ 
ing  aside  her  veil,  she  stood  for  nearly  ten  min¬ 
utes,  placed  her  hand  upon  his  head,  and  fol¬ 
lowed  the  anti  down  to  the  hand,  whieh  she 
grasped  for  a  few  minutes.  Then  Bhe  glided 
toward  the  foot  of  tho  coffin  and  plucked  one 
or  two  flowers  from  tbe  cross  which  lay  upon 
the  dead  man’s  feet.  She  then  moved  rapidly 
to  the  front  parlor,  whore  she  was  seated  until 
the  coffin  left  the  house. 

When  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Cady  Stanton  was  de¬ 
livering  her  lecture  on  tho  “  Coming  Girl,”  in 
Green  Bay,  Wisconsin,  the  other  night,  she  tyld 
how  her  father,  when  they  wore  going  over  the 
highlands  of  Scotland  together,  had  a  pair  of 
boots  made  for  her,  and  how  she  walked  just  as 
many  miles  os  he,  and.  Just  as  well.  After  the 
lecture  a  bronze-faced,  furzy  individual  stepped 
around  to  the  green-room,  and  putting  forth  a 
knotted  itulm,  said  ”  An’  wi’  ye  ahek  haan’s 
with  the  maan  thaat  made  the  booties  for  ye?" 
and  there  he  was.  She  did. 

The  late  Horace  Greeley  left  two  daughters 
and  two  nieces,  all  of  whom  arc  quite  talented 
young  ladles,  and  frequently  contribute  to  the 
daily  press  of  New  York.  Miss  Ida  Greeley  has 
published  numerous  letters  of  travel  in  tho 
Tribune.  Her  cousin.  Miss  Celia  P.  Cleveland, 
who  has  traveled  much  iu  Europe,  writes  for 
the  daily  and  weekly  papers  of  New  York.  She 
is  a  young  lady  of  fine  accomplishments  and  ex¬ 
tensive  reading. 

Madame  Goethe,  the  widow  of  Goethe’s  only 
|  son,  died  recently  at  an  advanced  age.  During 
the  lifetime  of  her  father-in-law  sho  did  the 
honors  of  the  house.  Goethe  loved  her  as  a 
daughter,  and  admired  her  writings,  and  used 
to  speak  of  her  as  one  of  the  ablest  critics  and 
writers  of  the  age.  She  leaves  two  sons,  tho 
'  only  living  representatives  of  the  great  Ger¬ 
man’s  family,  and  both  at  present  unmarried. 


jg,?*-  Answer  in  two  weeks,  with  tho  names  of 
those  who  send  correct  answers  up  to  going  to 
press. 


MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA.— No.  1 


I  am  composed  of  32  letters: 

My  2d,  10, 14  Is  a  girl’s  name. 

My  10,  S3, 13, 10.  20  i3  a  quadruped. 

My  6, 15,  12, 7  Is  a  plant. 

My  30,  31, 28,  3  is  worthless. 

My  9, 6,  21, 33  is  to  impose  upon. 

My  1,  20,  31,  4  is  tho  end. 

My  10, 2, 8, 22,  17  Is  a  sprout. 

My  18,  34,  11,  17  is  a  shout  of  contempt. 
My  25, 5,  31,  27  is  a  blunt  sword. 

My  29, 20, 23  is  to  corrode. 

My  whole  is  a  true  saying.  A.  8.  &  J.  B 
pKT  .Answer  in  two  weeks. 


OLD  MAIDS, 


Observation  has  taught  me  that  those  writ¬ 
ers  who  study  most  thoroughly  human  nature, 
and,  therefore,  reach  tho  greatest  number  of 
hearts,  are  the  most  successful.  Knowing  this, 
and  that  the  present  generation  Includes  a  large 
proportion  of  that  much-despised  class— old 
maids— is  it  any  wonder  that  I  have  selected  a 
subject  which  many  of  my  follow  mortals  may 
take  homo  to  their  own  hearts  ? 

Domestic  happiness  is  rapidly  becoming 
the  exception  rather  than  the  rule,  and  tho  old 
maid  of  to-day  sees  comparatively  few  enviable 
married  ladies.  When  I  hear  a  married  woman 
making  sarcastic  remarks  concerning  old  maids 
In  general,  I  always  infer  that  she  is  not,  perfectly 
contented  with  her  condition  in  life. 

I  have  been  somewhat  amused,  and  at  the  same 
time  vexed,  at  the  sneering  remarks  of  a  mar¬ 
ried  acquaintance.  She  married  when  very 
young  (for  money),  a  widower  twice  her  own 
age,  with  two  children,  and  now  hits  the  felicity 
of  being  tied  up  to  a  cross  old  man  and  four 
troublesome  children.  When  in  ill  temper, 
which  is  moat  of  the  time,  she  vents  her  spite  on 
ail  tho  old  maids  in  her  vicinity,  whom,  no 
doubt,  she  envies. 

Another  acquaintance  of  mine  who  has  six 
unmanageable  children,  and  a  husband  who 
comes  home  ouly  to  eat  and  sleep,  turns  up  her 
nose  at  tbo  mention  of  an  old  maid. 

I,  myself,  as  one  deeply  interested,  have  made 
the  subject  a  study.  I,  too,  feel  contempt  for 
one  who  Is  content  to  act  as  drudge  in  he*  sIb- 
ter’s  house,  who  tends  babies,  mends  stockings, 
and  performs  innumerable  petty  duties,  and  for 
remui  ention  receives  bread  and  cast-off  cloth¬ 
ing. 


DROP-LETTER  PUZZLE.-No.  1 


Every  otiier  letter  omitted : 

II.  p.a.t.a.d  .v.r.  p.s.  a.d  .a.d 
.O  .h.u.t,  ■  o  .t.l.e,  .o  .e.n.,  t. 
.11.1.  I.k.  e.p.r.,  t.o.g.  s.r.n.e. 
.11.  G.o.  in. 1. t.l.e.  .n.q.u.  w.r, 
g3 7“  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


Enigma 


PUZZLE.-No.  1 


1  have  six  letters:  a  vowel  Is  three  of  them  ; 
two  of  them  tho  Roman  method  of  notation,  in 
value  55 ;  the  remaining  letter  Is  an  abbreviation 
of  one  of  tho  points  of  the  compass.  My  whole  is 
employed  in  enumeration.  Alphemi. 

J3£T’  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


From  an  Industrious  School-Girl. 

Mr.  Moore  :— As  it  is  quite  snowy  to-day,  and 
I  cannot  get  to  school,  thought  I  would  write  a 
letter  for  tho  boys  and  girls’  corner  in  your  dear 
paper.  I  go  to  school,  and  have  to  walk  two 
miles  and  take  my  dinner.  I  am  only  eleven 
years  old.  I  study  geography,  arithmetic,  spell¬ 
ing,  and  grammar.  I  cannot  go  to  school  Mon¬ 
day,  for  that.  Is  wash-day,  and  I  havo  to  stay 
homo  and  help  mamma.  I  always  feed  the  pigs 
when  papa  goes  to  town.  I  havo  got  blue  eyes 
and  black  hair.  It  is  snowing  very  hard :  if  it 
keeps  on  it  will  bo  good  sleighing  for  Christmas. 
We  did  not  have  any  turkey  for  Thanksgiving, 


ANAGRAM.  No.  1 


Ewnh  sitghn  ’tond  og  ot  tuis  oyu, 
Dnahet  lorwd  moses  duseip  nowd. 
Nodt  sweat  rouy  mite  ni  tlgertfn, 
Tub  verdi  wyaa  htta  wrnof.  J 
X?'r  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


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tho  lessee’s  business;  the  lessen  because  the 
property  is  In  tho  hands  of  tho  insurance  com¬ 
panies.  Accordingly,  had  it  been  possible  that 
any  one  of  t  he  unfortunate  victims  who  were 
thus  covered  up  by  (he  debris  of  the  failing 
building  was  alive,  and  that  life  might  have 
been  saved.  It  was  of  secondary  consequence 
compared  with  tho  red-tape  routine  which 
must  be  observed,  and  the  paltry  dollars  which 
owner  or  lessee  must  save  to  themselves.  And 
this  Christian  Community  rests  quietly  nnd  al¬ 
lows  this  reproach  to  be  fastened  to  its  name. 
It  is  shameful  1 

Since  the  foregoing  was  written  the  work  of 
recovering  the  dead  victims  has  commenced — 
instituted  by  private  citizens  who  volunteer  to 
pay  the  [expenses.  Seven  bodies  have  been  re¬ 
covered. 

The  Sandwich  Islands. 

The  death  of  King  Kamehameha,  the  native 
ruler  of  the  Sandwich  Islands,  has  caused  a  stir 
in  Government  circles  in  this  country'  and  Eu¬ 
rope  as  to  the  future  disposition  and  control  of 
those  islands.  Their  foreign  population  is  large¬ 
ly  American;  and  it  is  natural  that  the  United 
States  should  look  after  the  Interests  of  its  citi¬ 
zens  there— that  it  should  at  least  exert  a  pro¬ 
tective  influence  and  secure.  If  possible,  to  them 
a  representative  and  cnlightcriod  form  of  gov¬ 
ernment.  England  is  at  the  same  time  jealously 
watching  the  drift  of  American  opinion  and  the 
action  of  the  American  Government :  and  while 
the  London  Times  admits  “that  tho  Americans 
will  eventually  people  the  Sandwich  Islands, 
which  will  become  a  valuable  colony  between 
San  Francisco  and  China  and  Australia,"  it, 
questions  "  the  right  or  propriety  of  any  nation 
taking  possession  of  them  by  lUllbuatering  an¬ 
nexation.”  This  evidently  means  that  any  at¬ 
tempt  on  t  he  part  of  the  American  citizens  of 
t  hose  Islands  to  secure  tlieir  annexation  to  the 
United  States,  at  this  time,  will  be  accounted 
by  Great  Britain  “ fiJIlbustering  annexation." 
and  her  protest  against  such  action  may  be  ex¬ 
pected.  We  trust  the  act  ion  of  our  own  Govern¬ 
ment  will  be  judicious  and  conservative,  at  the 
same  time  watchful  and  Arm,  refusing  to  toler¬ 
ate  any  dictation  on  the  part  of  Great  Britain 
os  to  its  own  action  or  the  action  of  the  popula¬ 
tion  of  the  Sandwich  Islands. 

Edward  S.  Stokes,  the  Murderer  of  James 
Fisk,  Jr. 

The  first  Saturday  in  January,  1872.  Edward 
8.  Stokes  shot  James  Fisk,  Jr.,  in  the  Grand 
Central  Hotel  in  thiB  city,  Fisk’s  death  result¬ 
ing.  Tho  first  Saturday  of  1873,  after  two  pro¬ 
tracted  trials,  a  jury  of  twelve  men,  between 
the  hours  of  it  mid  J :l  I*.  M.,  brought  tn  an 
unanimous  verdict  of  “guilty  of  murder  in  Lite 
flrst  degree."  On  tho  (1th  of  January,  1872, 
Stokes  committed  the  crime  which  the  jury 
have  decided  him  guilty  of;  on  the  (Mb  of  Janu¬ 
ary,  1873  (tho  day  on  which  wo  write),  the  sen¬ 
tence  of  the  law  was  pronounced  upon  him. 
Not,  for  years,  so  far  as  we  are  informed,  ha* 
there  been  a  more  decorous,  dignified,  and  im¬ 
partial  trial  of  a  criminal  in  this  city.  Judge 
Board tnau  of  Ithaca,  X.  Y.,  who  presided,  has 
won  the  plaudits  of  this  community  by  his  im¬ 
partiality,  dignity,  and  firmness  ui  the  discharge  I 
of  his  duty,  and  has  done  much  to  lift  public 
opinion  of  the  Judiciary  of  the  State  from  the 
depths  of  distrust  into  which  it  had  fallen.  Wo 
cannot  doubt  that  the  verdict  is  as  just  as  the  ; 
trial  has  been  fair  and  exhaustive. 


which  frequent  changes  of  executives  throw 
business  relations  and  interests.  For  the  sake 
of  peace,  industry,  honesty,  truth,  let  us  have 
fewer  elections  and  select  better  public  servants. 
- - 

DOMESTIC  NEWS. 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

All  hotels,  public  halls,  etc.,  are  being  in¬ 
spected  to  see  if  they  are  safe  from  fire. . .  The 
rutns  on  Center  street  have  been  removed  and 
the  seven  bodies  buried  under  them  recovered 

Over  SS  Inches  of  enow  fell  in  this  city  in 
December  The  money  belonging  to  the  city 
has  been  withdrawn  from  the  Tenth  National 
Bank  and  deposited  in  the  Broadway  Bank. 
The  theaters  will  abolish  bill-board  advertising 

Mayor  Havemcyer  was  installed  on  New 
Year’s  Day  —  Rivals  to  Vanderbilt's  rapid 
transit  rallv.  ay  arc  talked  of  New  Year's  Day 
was  beautiful,  nnd  wits  universally  observed 
A  t,  4:40  P.  M.  on  tho  1st  tho  Fifth  A  venue  Theater 
took  fire  and  in  one  hour  was  destroyed.  Loss, 
some  $200,1X10.  Thekitebenof  the  Fifth  Avenue 
Hotel  was  demolished  by  a  falling  wail.  A  de¬ 
fective  Duo  was  the  cause  of  the  lire.  On  tho 
31st  ult,  a  five-story  house  in  Brooklyn  fell  from 
tho  weight  of  snow  —  Large  numbers  of  Ital¬ 
ians  continue  to  arrive,  and  more  are  expected 

A  great  thaw  commenced  on  1  lie  2d,  which 
flooded  the  streets  Ur.  it.  J’.  Pert  of  the  Deaf 
and  Dumb  Asylum  died  on  the  1st,  aged 79. ... 
The  trial  of  SI  oke*  for  the  murder  of  Fisk  came 
to  a  sudden  and  unexpected  end  on  the  4th 
Inst,  with  a  verdict  of  murder  in  the  first  de¬ 
gree...  A  terrible  rain  storm  prevailed  on  the 
5th,  doing  great,  damage.  All  telegraph  lines 
were  broken  down  and  many  cellars  flooded 
Stokes  has  been  sentenced  to  be  hung  on  the 
38th  of  February. 

Home  News. 

Tub  New'  Orleans  Times  is  to  be  published 

again _ It  is  said  Secretary  Belknap  will  not 

lie  retained  in  the  new  Cabinet.  Secretary 
1  lou  1  well,  it  is  said,  will  resign,  and  run  for 
Senator  from  Massachusetts.  Judge  Richard¬ 
son  will  be  promoted  to  his  place _ Eleven 

lives  were  loat.  in  the  Utah  avalanche  Seven 
lives  have  been  1<«  t  by  an  ice  gorge  in  the  Mis¬ 
sissippi,  at  Memphis  There  is  some  talk  of 

annexing  the  Sandwich  Islands _ 1 1  is  proposed 

to  Increase  our  military  and  naval  cadets 
Many  of  the  indictments  against  the  “ring 
thieves"  of  New  York  city  have  been  quashed. 

_ The  cold  Is  intense  in  New  England  K  is 

denied  that,  the  present  Attorney-General  will 
loivvoibu  Until  riot....  Twenty  people  in  all  have 
now  died  front  the  effects  of  tho  railw  ay  disas¬ 
ter,  at  Prospect,  N.  Y _ Tim  campaign  against 

the  Medoo  Indians  is  progressing  in  California. 

.  The  ice  has  done  damage  ut  Cincinnati  to 
the  extent  of  *200, (RX)  ...Our  troops  In  Arizona 
have  had  several  tights  w  ith  tho  Apaches,  kill¬ 
ing  88  and  capturing  women  and  children _ 

Five  bodies  of  I  ho  crew  of  tho  Peruvian  have 

been  washed  ashore  at  Cape  Cod _ Ice  gorges 

have  done  much  damage  at  Wheeling,  \V.  Vo., 
and  Si.  Louis  ...Tho  ieo  in  the  Ohio,  nt  Madi¬ 
son,  Ind.,  has  sunk  boats  to  the  value  of  *74,- 
000  .  Tho  Mayor  of  Philadelphia  Is  closing  the 
gambling  saloons. .  A  t  rain  ran  off  the  track  at 
Moravia,  <•.,  on  the  3d,  and  was  burned.  A 
large  number  of  passengers  were  injured  In 
the  ease  of  the  lost  Missouri,  the  jury  censures 

the  dead  captain  for  want  r.f  discipline _ Gen, 

Dlx  was  Inaugurated  Governor  of  New  York  on 
1  ho  1st  . .  .The  Legislature  of  .Maine  met  on  the 
1st  ..Gov.  Caldwell  of  North  Carolina  took  his 
oath  of  office  on  tho  1st  ..  Eight  negroes  have 
been  lulled  by  a  recent,  railroad  accident  in 
Georgia. 

Fire*. 


Arkansas  Troubtes. 

Trouble  exists  in  Arkansas,  growing  out  of 
political  disaffection.  The  Liberals  and  Demo¬ 
crats  of  that  State  claim  to  have  elected  State 
officers  by  large  majorities,  but  they  have  been 
“  counted  out”  by  Republicans  In  power.  They 
have  brought  the  case  into  court,  and  to-day 
(Jan.  <>)  tho  case  is  set.  down  for  hearing.  Mean¬ 
time,  to  prevent  any  disturbance  of  tire  peace, 
the  Fourth  United  States  Infantry  has  been  sta¬ 
tioned  at  Little  Ilock.  This  case  is  of  a  similar 
character  to  that  of  Louisiana  —  except  that,  in 
this  case  the  parties  in  possession  of  the  Gov¬ 
ernment  are  Republicans,  while  the  reverse  was 
the  case  in  Louisiana. 


|\Clt'!i  of  thf  MU' I'll. 

•  *  L  l 


CURRENT  TOPICS. 

A  Christian  Community. 

The  night  before  Christ  mas  there  was  a  Are  in 
a  building  in  Center  street  in  this  city,  in  which 
were  employed  a  large  number  of  girls  in  one 
of  the  upper  stories.  The  tire  started  i n  a  lower 
story  In  a  press  room,  where  benzine  was  being 
used  to  clean  the  presses,  and  which  became 
ignited  through  the  sheerest  carelessness  or 
recklessness.  The  tire  below  quickly  cut  off  all 
chance  of  escape  for  the  girls  In  the  upper  sto¬ 
ries  except  by  means  of  ladders  and  lire  es¬ 
capes.  But  before  all  had  escaped  the  walls  fell, 
and  five  or  six  woro  buried  in  the  ruins.  Up  to 
this  writing— live  days  having  elapsed— no  at¬ 
tempt  has  been  made  by  any  department  of  the 
city  authorities,  nor  by  the  owner  or  lessees  of 
the  building,  to  recover  the  bodies  of  these  un¬ 
fortunate  victims,  whoso  relatives  haunt  the 
premises  wailing  for  their  loved  ones.  The  dif¬ 
ferent  departments  of  the  city  government  re¬ 
fuse  to  move  for  lack  of  "authority"  and 
money;  the  owner  of  the  building  because  it  is 


Ex-Emperor  Napoleon. 

This  man  is  ill ;  has  been  compelled  to  submit 
to  a  painful  surgical  operation.  He  is  (15  years 
of  age,  and,  although  he  is  reputed  to  have  a 
vigorous  constitution,  his  age  and  the  wearing 
events  and  humiliations  of  the  past  few  years 
render  his  condition  one  of  anxiety  to  his 
friends  and  admirers,  especially  to  those  who 
base  their  future,  in  any  degree,  upon  hopes  of 
his  return  to  France  as  its  sovereign.  News  of 
his  condition  will  be  eagerly  watched  for  by  all 
familiar  wit  h  his  own  history  and  the  history  he 
has  made  for  France. 

The  Credit  Mobiller  Scandal. 

For  the  sake  of  the  people,  for  the  salvation 
of  the  country  from  the  consequences  of  politi¬ 
cal  ambition  and  venality,  we  hope  public  opin¬ 
ion  will  bo  so  strongly  expressed  that  Congress 
will  not  dare  to  attempt  to  cover  up  or  white¬ 
wash  over  any  one,  no  matter  how  high  his  posi¬ 
tion  or  good  his  previous  name,  who  may  have 
lent  or  sold  himself  to  the  Union  Pacific  Rail¬ 
road’s  managers  for  a  Consideration. 

State  Elections  Biennial. 

Some  of  our  contemporaries  are  agitating  the 
question  of  making  State  elections  biennial, 
with  a  view  to  avoid  the  annual  demoralization 
which  attends  them,  and  the  confusion  into 


A  rlock  in  Oswego,  N,  Y.,  on  the  30th  ult. 
Loss  *43,000. . .  Knitting  factory  at  Fulton,  N. 
Y.,  ou  the  30th  ult.  Loss  *72,000 — Tannery  at 
Springvilie,  Ky.,  on  the  28th  ult.  Loss  *25,000 

_ On  the  871  h  ult.  Arnold's  print  works  at 

North  Adams,  Maas.  Loss  *150.000 _ Gar  Hhoji- 

at  Adrian,  Mich.,  on  lhe  87th  nit.  Loss  *75,000 

_ Stores  at  AhlngtoH,  Knox  Co.,  III.,  on  the 

27th.  Loas  *15,000  .  .Hotel  at  Skowhegan,  Me., 
on  the  20th  ult,  Loxs  £50, (W0. .  .  Store-houses  in 
Montreal  on  the  31st  ult.  Loss  $500,000 —  Eight 
stores  and  a  hotel  at  Salisbury,  111.,  on  the  31st 
ult..  Loss  *100,000.  A  block  of  five  houses  iu 
Alexandria,  V,-,.,  on  tin?  31st  ult.  Loss  *100,000 
...  ,St.  James’s  Church,  Cincinnati,  on  the  3lst 
ult.  Loss  *40,000  .  Boet on  had  a  *30,000 Hie  on 

tho  31st  nil . Fall’A  willow- ware  factory  at 

Hartford  on  the  31  >t  ult.  Loss  *75,000  —  On  the 
3d  Inst,  live  si'  res  in  New  Orleans.  Loss  *75.000 
du  the  2d  lust,  afire  in  Nashville,  Tonn.,  de¬ 
stroyed  property  valued  at,  *70,000  Brick 
buildings  on  Main  street,  Buffalo,  burned  on  the 
3d  Inst.  Loss  *70.000, .  Woolen  mill  at  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.,  on  the  1st  inst.  Loss  *20, 000 — 
Shoo  factory  in  North  Bridgewater,  Mass,,  on 
the  2d  inst.  Loss  *18,000 — Bakery  in  Delphi, 
lud.,  ou  the  3d  inst.  Loss  *25,000  .  On  the  1st. 
inst.,  at  No.  1,300  Broadway,  New  York,  a  fire  in 
a  store  damaged  stock  to  the  amount  of  *35,000. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 

4 

Miscellaneous  Foreign  News. 

The  Czarowitz  of  Russia  is  getting  better. 

_ Germany  is  greatly  offended  with  tho  Pope’s  1 

last  allocution,  and  the  German  legation  at.  I 
Rome  has  been  closed  ...The  United  States  | 
ship-of-war  Y antic  has  arrived  at  Zanzibar,  and  i 
the  Sultan  pronuses  to  do  all  he  can  do  to  stop 
the  African  cast  coast  slave  trade  ..English 
men-of-war  aro  also  arriving.  Thu  mayors  of  , 
France  have  refused  to  placard  a  speech  made  ! 
in  the  Assembly  .The  French  Ambassador  to 
the  Papal  court  has  resigned  —  The  ex-King  of 
Hanover,  or  his  son,  will  become  Duke  of 
Brunswick  .  It  now  appears  that  Austria, 
promised  to  help  France  in  her  war  with  Ger¬ 
many  There  hus  been  an  election  riot  in 
Tampico,  Mexico,  and  eight  persons  killed 
The  Cuban  insurgents  have  taken  a  defenseless 

town _ Dean  Ramsay  of  Edinburgh  is  dead. . . . 

A  rising  of  A Iphonststs is  expected  in  Spain.. 
Bowles,  the  American  banker,  has  been  admit¬ 
ted  to  ball  In  London  . ..  It  is  denied  that  Ger¬ 
man  criminals  have  been  pardoned  that  they 
might  come  to  America  ...The  anti-Papal  ex¬ 
citement  is  on  the  Increase  in  Germany  The 
Yellow  River  in  China  haa  overflowed  its  banka, 
and  caused  much  damage  .  On  the  2d  a  lun- 
ous  storm  raged  in  England  ..  The  Times  of 
London  thinks  the  Americans  will  eventually 
possess  tho  Sandwich  Islands — Chief  Justice 
Allen  is  acting  as  regent  of  tho  Sandwich  Isl¬ 
ands.  Mrs.  Bishop  has  been  offered  the  throne, 
but  is  said  to  have  declined  it  —  Earl  of  Gallo¬ 
way,  England,  died  on  tho  3d  —  President 
Thiers  held  his  New  Year's  reception,  but  made 
no  speeches. ..  An  uprising  has  taken  place  in 
the  PhiJlippiue  Islands. 


I  the  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 

re 

Waukesha  <'o.,  His.,  Dec.  26.— On  Dec.  21 
the  thermometer  In  the  morning  was  20°  below 
zero.  From  this  it  varied  but  slightly  during 
tho  day.  Tho  22d  ranged  from  10”  above  to  4° 
below;  23d,  about 20°  to  10”  below  all  day;  the 
2-lth,  34°  below  in  the  morning.  During  this 
time  hut.  n  fow  inches  of  snow  covered  the 
.  ground  ;  but  on  the  25th  and  morning  of  the  26th 
considerable  snow  fell.  For  several  weeks  lhe 
epizootic  has  prevailed  bore;  but  a  few  fatal 
cases  are  reported.  Some  horses  have  escaped 
entirely  thus  far.  One  farmer  who  has  given 
bis  horses  a  half  a  bushel  of  carrots  a  day  Is  In¬ 
clined  to  think  this  treatment  lias  prevented  his 
from  having  tho  distemper.  The  alarm  was 
sounded  through  this  State,  as  In  others, 
regarding  the  poultry  disease,  consequently 
scarcely  any  were  sold  except  to  speculators, 
and  these  at  very  low  figures.  These  have 
mostly  been  kept  until  now,  therefore  the  mar¬ 
ket  is  flooded,  and  all  who  oat  turkey  do  not 
have  to  pay  as  much  as  usual.  All  produce  of 
tho  farmer  is  very  low ;  therefore  those  who  are 
in  debt  have  not  a  very  flatteriug  prospect  before 
them.  Hogs  (live),  *3L/.*L  Butter,  20@24c.  Eggs, 
34£20o.  Corn,  36c.  Oats,  28c.  Rye,  60c.— m.  l.  b.  b. 

Caledonia.  Livingston  Co.,  \.  V.,  Dec.  .31. 
Winter  closed  upon  us  quite  unexpectedly ;  from 
the  first  closing  of  the  ground  (about  the 20th  of 
Nov.)  to  the  present,  there  has  not  been  one 
day’s  thaw.  The  first  month  was  severe  for 
wheat,  as  It  wax  exposed  to  frost  and  wind  with¬ 
out  covering;  now  it,  is  nicely  protected  by 
snow.  Wheal,  as  a  whole,  looked  much  better 
t  his  falj  than  last.  Early  sown  wheat  generally 
looks  well.  Some  of  the  later  sown  pieces  arc 
quite  poor.  With  sleighing,  there  Is  increased 
activity  in  the  grain  market.  The  last  crop  pro¬ 
duced  but  few  samples  of  No.l  wheat,  I  lift  Diehl 
loading;  the  WIcka  and  white  Michigan  badly 
shrunken.  Ibices  vmy  more  than  usual,  a  fair 
qualif  y  (for  t  his  year)  of  Diehl  brings  *1.75®  1.80; 
the  same  of  Wicks  or  Michigan.  *1.00®  1.70 ;  bar¬ 
ley,  two-rowed,  C5e.;  six-rowed,  80c.;  pork  inac¬ 
tive  Bt  6c.;  beans  *1.75ij(2.25.  There  la  some  prime 
clover  seed  In  this  vicinity,  but  none  being  sold; 
*0  will  move  It.  Wool  Is  quiet ;  there  is  some  in 
farmers'  bands,  but  much  has  been  sold.  I 
should  judge,  from  the  movement  of  bales  in 
the  early  part  of  this  month,  that  a  quantity 
was  shipped  at.  that  time.— n.  s. 

Appleton,  Outagamie  Co.,  H  I*.,  Dee.  31 _ 

A  noth  or  dry  season  here  In  Northern  Wisconsin. 
The  Summer  tuid  Fall  were  dry,  and  Winter 
eamo  on  us  about  the  10th  of  November  without 
rain  or  snow.  The  weal  her  has  been  cold  and 
very  cold  ever  since.  Wells  and  creeks  aro 
nearly  all  dried  up.  People  hnvo  to  draw  water 
from  the  river  for  household  purposes,  and 
drive Bthelr  Stock,  In  some  cases,  two  or  three 
miles  for  water.  Tho  ground  is  frozen  very 
hard.  Christinas  Eve  our  flrst  snow  of  any  con¬ 
sequence  came  (about  six  Inches),  so  that 
sleighing  is  very  good.  Crops  of  most  kinds 
were  good,  and  prices  are  satisfactory.  There 
was  more  Winter  wheat  than  usual  sown  this 
Fall.  This  being  a  timbered  country.  Winter 
wheat  Is  a  more  sure  crop  than  Spring. — k.  n. 

Dowtlik,  Crawford  Co.,  Iowa,  Dec.  26. — We 
had  rather  a  cold  November.  The  first  part  of 
this  month  was  very  line,  but  wo  have  had  for 
the  last  four  days  the  uoldest  weather  that  I 
have  known  here  in  lhe  last  four  years— 20° 
below  zero  the  23d.  We  have  had  oidy  about 
one  inch  of  snow,  and  that  only  twjoc,  Somo 
steers  that  were  feeding  here  tho  past  two  years 
weighed  in  October  140  to  105  lbs.  each.  One 
man  has  fifty  of  this  kind— high  grades  (Dur- 
hams.)  There  aro  a  good  many  feeding  here — 
no  more  than  usual,  though.  All  crops  were 
good,  and  prices  fair.  Wheat  is  SKFLOoc.;  corn, 
15c. i  oats,  15c.— j.  v.  mcit. 

Plymouth,  lnd..  Dee.  27.— From  the  22d  to 
yesterday  we  had  extremely  cold  weather,  the 
mercury  ranging  from  zero  to  21°  below ;  have, 
al  intervals,  had  heavy  falls  of  snow,  and  are 
now  enjoy  lug  the  most  elegant  sleighing  wo  have 
had  for  twenty  years.  Timber  logs  and  dressed 
hogs  are  coming  In  quite  freely,  the  latter  worth 
$4.26  per  owl.  If  you  could  see  the  immense 
logs  of  black  walnut  now  coming  in,  you  would 
be  astonished.  Our  saw  mills  are  now  all  in  full 
blast.  Yesterday  there  were  over  100  teams  in 
town  from  the  country,  and  business  was  pretty 
lively.— c.  S.  s.  t. 

Mahoning  Co.,  O.,  Dee.  2  8.— We  have  a  cold 
snap  of  Winter.  The  thermometer  has  ranged 
about  zero  for  more  than  a  week— the  highest 
14°  above,  the  lowest  16Q  below.  Hay,  *25  a  ton ; 
wheat,  *1.60  per  bushel ;  cattle  low.— i.  s. 

C’tirryville.  Pike  Co.,  Mo.,  Dec.  27.— Weather 
very  cold  ;  27 a  below  zero.  The  epizootic  is  rag¬ 
ing  in  this  locality,— m.  d.  w. 

Preble,  Cortland  Co.,  \.  Y.,  Dec.  31.  -Weath¬ 
er  cold.  Snow  18  inches  deep  in  the  woods.  A 
happy  and  prosperous  New  Year  to  all  the  Itu- 
ralists. — j.  p.  f  w. 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 

Illinois  State  Horticultural  Society. — Officers 
elect  for  1873:  Pres—  M.  L.  Dunlap,  Cham¬ 
paign.  Vlce-Pres'ts— 1st  District,  W.  T.  Nelson 
Vilmington ;  2d  District,  Sam’l  Edwards,  La- 
Moille ;  3d  District,  Dr,  A.  C.  Humphrey,  Gales- 


f2,75©3;  I'ftrico  Albert,  l2.7o®3;  Dyrtght, 
common,  Sl.Tfij  sweet,  *3.50@4.  For  potatoes 


Cheddar,  7i;h.  to  88s,;  write  Hire  double,  Otis.  to  7tia. 
CtiuKlilfo  medium,  tbs.  to  CSS.i  One,  74a.  to  Sin.;  Hcotcb, 


JAN.  44 


burg; District,  L.  C,  Francis,  Springfield ; 
5th  District,  J.  C.  Cooper,  Oentralla;  ittii  Dis¬ 
trict,  Isaac  Sneidiker,  .Jersey -vlllo;  7t D  District, 
I'arUer  Earle,  South  Pass.  Sec.— O.  14.  Galusha. 
Morris.  Ass't  Sec.— H.  J.  Dunlap.  Champaign. 
Trcas.— Jonathan  Huggins.  Woodburn.  The 
next  annuel  meeting  of  the  Society  U  to  be  held 
at  Champaign,  at  a  tltne  to  be  fixed  by  the  Ex¬ 
ecutive  C  omrolttee. 

The  X'ortheostern  Dee  Keepers'  Association 
will  hold  its  third  annual  meeting  at  the  But¬ 
terfield  House,  Utica,  N.  T„  on  the  5th  arid  6th 
of  February,  1873.  Questions  of  importance  to 
bee  keepers  will  be  discussed.  All  persons  suf¬ 
ficiently  interested  In  bees,  to  ask  a  question  or 
answer  one  concerning  them  are  invited  to  at¬ 
tend.  Bee  keepors,  please  prepare  reports  of 
the  last  season’s  experiments  and  operations. 
Rev.  W.  K.  Clarke,  President  of  the  "North 
American  Bee  Keepers’  Society,  is  expected  to 
he  present.  M.  Qolm isy,  “Pres. 

J.  H.  N ellis.  Sec. 

Kansas  State  Hnrticulturnl  Society. — Officers 
elect  for  1873:  Pres.— Dr.  Wm.  M.  Howslky, 
Leavenworth.  Virr-P/r, s.  —  Welcome  Wells. 
Manhattan.  Scc-,—Q.  C.  Brackett,  Lawrence. 
Tmrs.— 0.  Y.  Johnson,  Lawrence.  Ex.  Com.— 
Prof.  Gale,  Manhattan  ;  F.  Wollhouso,  Leaven¬ 
worth  ;  B.  L.  Kingsbury,  Burlington.  Delegate# 
to  American  PomnlootcnlSoctrty -Wm.M.  Hows- 
ley,  E.  Gale,  O.  0,  Brackett  .  Alternate#— Or.  Y. 
Johnson,  ,T.  SLayuiau,  It.  Kelsey. 

Montgomery  <!o.,  lit,,  AgrleuHitrnl  Society.— 
Officers  elected  for  1873:  Preti.— Root.  MORRILL, 
Hillsboro.  Vico- Pree’te— Louts  H.  Thomas,  Vir- 
den,  and  Moaoa  Berrie,  Butler.  Pcc'y  and  Trcm. 
-C.  M.  Wool,  Hillsboro.  Direct/}/#  Wnt.  H. 
Brower,  Isaac  Tl.  .Shinier,  Andrew  Blass,  Hills¬ 
boro;  Jno.  Turner,  Butler,  and  Jim,  If. Knowles, 
Fillmore.  Fair  at  Hillsboro,  Sept.  3fi-0ct.  3,1873. 

Edgar  Co,,  III.,  Agricultural  Society.  The 

officers  elect  of  thin  Society  for  1873  are;  Pres. 
—Silas  II.  Elliott.  vice- Pn#' Is  Wm.  S. 
O'Hair,  D.  B.  Elliott,  W.  IS.  Webster.  See— W. 
C.  Walker.  Tram,— Hab't  S.  Parish.  Gen.  Su- 
rmriiitendcnt — Wm.  O.  Wilson.  Fair  to  be  held 
Sept,  2-5,  1873. 

Anrtbern  Ohio  Poultry  Show. — The  third  an¬ 
nual  exhibition  of  the  Northern  Ohio  Poultry 
Association  he  acid  in  Cleveland  on  the  33d 
to  2tltli  of  J  aanxY-  This  is  the  star  poultry 
association  of  the  country. 

Ouargn.  Ill.,  Ilorticultunl  Society. — Officers 
elect  for  1873:  Pres.— J.  B.  Clark.  Vicc-Prrs.— 
10.  D.  Robins.  Itcc.  See. — B.  II.  8col,.  Cor.  See. 
— W.  H.  Spurgoon.  Treats.— H.  Pinney.  Libra¬ 
rian—  L.  Pike. 


The  .Maine  State  Board  of  Agriculture  and  a 

Farmers'  Agricultural  Convention  is  to  be  hold 
at  Wlnthrop,  Jan.  14-17. 

The  Northwestern  Dairymen's  Association 

meets  at  Whitewater,  Wis.,  Jan.  21-33. 

flic  Wisconsin  Dolrymcn's  Association  meets 
at  Watertown,  Wis.,  Feb.  II  and  12. 

The  Wisconsin  Slule  Horticultural  Society 
meets  at  Madison,  Wis.,  Feb. 4-6. 

Tin-  Wisconsin  Slate  Bee  Keepers’  Associa¬ 
tion  meets  at  Madison,  Feb.  7. 

The  Northern  Illinois  Horticultural  Society 
mee’9  at  Freeport,  Jan.  21-23. 


SEMI-BU8INE8S  PARAGRAPHS. 

Save  Money  by  buying  tho  New  Wilson  Under¬ 
feed  Sewing  Machine,  and  also  get  the  most 
perfect,  durable  and  beautiful  machine  evor 
made  in  America.  It  Is  sold  on  easy  terms,  and 
nono  should  fail  to  call  and  soo  It.  Salesroom 
at  707  Broadway,  New  York,  and  in  all  other 
cities  In  the  United  States.  Tho  Company  want 
agents  in  country  towns. 

Watch  No.  4130— bearing  Trade  Mark  “Ed¬ 
win  Rollo,  Marlon  N.  ,T." — manufactured  by 
United  States  Watch  Co.,  (Giles  Wales  Co.,) 
has  been  carried  by  ine  four  months ;  its  total 
variation  from  mean  time  being  eighteen  soc- 
onds.— Thomas  E.  Miner,  Pier  No.  5,  Ellzab3th- 
port,  N\  J. 

Facts  Tor  the  Ladles, — Mrs.  M.  G.  PHILLIPS, 
Fort  Aim,  X.  Y.,  has  had  a  Wheeler  &  Wil¬ 
son  Machine  since  1854,  doing  shirt  work 
and  family  sewing,  without  repairs,  and  il 
is  now  in  good  working  order.  Seo  tho  new 
Improvements  and  Woods'  Lock-Stitch  Kip¬ 
per. 

Clover  Rubbers  and  Cleaners. — The  simplest 
and  best  in  market.  Price  $120.  Made  by  St, 
Johnsvillk  Ag’L  Works,  Mont.  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Advice.— Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


THE  MARKETS 


MONEY  AND  TRADE  AFFAIRS. 


New  York,  Monday,  Jan.  6,  1873. 

THE  business  of  the  Grst  week  of  the  New  Year 
was  made  dull  by  the  extrema  bad  weather.  The 
Railroads,  as  well  os  tho  Shipping  interest,  felt  the 
Obstruction  from  the  heavy  snows,  and  trade  gener¬ 
ally  moved  sluggishly. 

In  Wall  Street  there  was  more  animation  In  conse- 
quonce  of  tho  collection  of  the  New  Year  Dividends, 
the  largo  amount  and  great  variety  of  which  kept 
the  Banks  and  Brokers  very  busy  to  Saturday  after¬ 
noon.  The  Dividends  paid  out  by  the  Treasury  thus 
far  amount  to  nearly  ten  million  of  dollars  Jn  Gold, 
and  tho  Gold  Dividends  on  the  various  Pacific  Roads 
amount  to  over  two  millions.  Most  of  the  Interest 
obligations  of  the  New  York  and  Western  Roudi 
were  promptly  met.  and  a  good  part  of  the  Southern 
although  among  the  latter  the  State  of  Alabama  Is 
again  in  default  for  -he  Alabama  and  Chattauooga 
Road. 

Money  should  have  been  easy  on  the  Dividend  dis¬ 
bursements,  but  it  was  n  t  until  late  on  Saturday 
and  then  only  on  call  loan  to  the  Brokers.  The  hope 
Is  Indulged,  however,  that  the  Banks,  which  have 
already  extended  their  loans  over  $3,000,000,  will  dis¬ 
count  more  freely  this  week.  The  absorbents  of 
Money  are  more  numerous  this  season  than  custom¬ 


ary  of  late  years,  or  they  at  least  appear  to  be  so, 
especially  among  the  Railroad  corporations,  and 
there  Is  less  to  accommodate  them  with.  As  here¬ 
tofore  intimated,  tho  curroncyof  tho  country  is  un¬ 
equal  to  Its  largely  Increased  trade  and  enterprises, 
and  there  begins  to  be  an  earnest  call  for  Free 
Banking. 

The  Gold  market  is  rather  lower --lit 74  per  cent. 
Government  Stocks  are  firm,  both  at  home  and 
abroad.  The  Southern  State  Bonds  nrn  neglected. 
Nearly  tho  whole  arc  in  default  on  the  January  inter¬ 
est.  Louisiana,  ’Whl'cli  has  paid  at  Now  Orleans  for 
several  years,  puys  nowhere  this  month,  which  I 
not  to  bo  wondered  at,  considering  the  political  con¬ 
fusion  in  the  State. 

Tho  Railroad  and  Miscellaneous  Share  speculation 
at  the  Stock  Exchange,  notwithstanding  the  dear¬ 
ness  of  Money,  is  kept  up  surprisingly,  mainly  by 
clique  tnaolpulailons.  In  the  hope  of  cheaper  and 
easier  Money  as  wo  advance  In  the  Now  Year 

Tho  City  Bank  movement  for  the  fortnight  coin¬ 
pores  as  follows : 


ever,  a  good  quantity  of  apples  and  cranberries  In  the 
hands  of  consumers. 

Wo  quote  Apples,  common,  *1.50®2.00:  do.  fair  to 
good,  *2©2,50 i  do.  flue.  *2.TG®3.2o:  do.  lady.  *fi®9. 
rears,  Cooking,  per  l>bl.,  *5@fi.  Grapes,— Catawba, 
BtiiSO.:  Isabella,  3©5o.  Cranberries,  prime,  per  crate. 


Cutting  both  ways.  Heavy  losses  lmvn  been  sustained 
on  cattle  and  sheep.  The  weather  has  been  warm  or 
rainy  much  of  the  time,  cheapening  dressed  meats, 
poultry  and  game.  There  is  no  buffalo  moat  coming 
forward  at  present. 

RECEIPTS  OP  LIVE  STOCK. 


Deo.  28, 1872. 

Capital . *88,019,200 

T smi  os . 274,572,400 

Gold  and  Greenbacks .  58,371,400 

Deposits . . 198,529,(100 

Circulation .  27,678,000 


Jan.  4,  1873. 
*88,019.200 
277,720,900 
00,643, ttjfl 
208,81)8,  im 
27,013,8*11 


PRICES  OF  STOCKS,  BONDS,  ETC. 

American  Gold.. .  .. .  .ill/*'  Ohio  and  Mississippi.  48ft 

L  -  8.  5-2<li,  -or> . 113V  St.  l’aul  Common . 54 

r.  H.  r,-aos,  vt . nifift  St.  Paul  Preferred....  77  ft 

U.  8.  New  5  V  cents..  .Ill  V  Toledo  and  Wabash..  7l:'» 

ll  Pa  •  licO  . 1  ■  1  :. *99.14  1  uii'ii  Pacific .  ft 

Union  PuelfloO  eta. *87.14  Krlo . .  fljjft 

New  York  Central _ 99)4  Wc-tern  Telegraph  711)4 

Itoclc  Island . .lllft  I’ttellie  Mall .  ,.  78 V 

Northwest  Common..  83  Lake  Shore .  96ft 

*  Ex.  Dividend. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

New  York,  Monday,  Jan.  (J,  1873. 

Receipts.— The  receipts  of  tllu  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  as  follows  : 

Flour,  bbls .  85,500  Fork,  fib  Is  ...  _  4,530 

VYhoat,  bush .  79,400  Beef,  pkqs . .  1,850 

Com,  bush .  68,800  Cut  meats,  pkgH...  8,010 

Oats,  bush . .  81,100  Lard,  pkgs. .  .  5,000 

Grass  seed,  bush. .  2,010  Butter,  Dkgs .  4,800 

Bye,  hush . .  37o  Cheer**,  pkgs .  I3MIII 

Barley,  bush .  30, 150  Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  S9I.I 


Rye,  bush . 

Barley,  bush . 

Malt,  bush . 

Beans,  bbls . 

Corn  meal,  libla _ 

Corn  meal,  bugs... 


1,150  Eggs,  bbls . 

071  Wool,  bales . ' 

200  Hops,  bales . 

1,000  Peanuts,  bans  . 


Cotton,  baloe .  85,100 

Beans  and  Pens.  Marrowfats  have  been  ruling  ' 
more  tn  the  l  ayer’s  favor.  There  has  boon  some  fur¬ 
ther  r.lniqmt  ;  demand,  ns  tho  Havana  market  Inis 
advanced.  Mediums  ure  coinin';  In  more  freely,  and  | 
are  hardly  so  linn. 

Wo  quote  Mediums,  prime  *3.?0©2.75  per  husUel ; 
good  do.,  *2.50©  *2,60 ;  fair  do.,  *2.0069*2.25;  prime  niur- 
I'owfats,  *2.70(4*2.76 :  gouddu.,*2.5fl©2ti<i;  common  and 
fair  do..  *2. 00"“*2. 25.  Green  peas  lit,  *J.80©*I.9U.  Houtli- 
ern  black  .eyed  peas,  *2.7Q®*2.?5.  Canada  pnas  inbond, 
*1,12. 

Bt'iigwax.  Tliero  Is  a  moderate  Inquiry  from 
shippers,  with  a  1  dr  amount  of  stock  offering.  Hales 
at  i&fto.  for  Western  and  iM®34ftc.  for  (Southern. 

Batter.— Tho  market  has  hardly  regained  its  foul, 
yet,  but  there  is  every  promise  of  an  early  good  trade 
unless  tho  cxcitqmont  tlmt  has  sprung  up  In  funev 
stock  produces  restrictive  prices.  There  Is  n"  real 
four  of  this  result,  however,  us  there  is  no  great  sup¬ 
ply  of  strictly  fancy,  aud  dealers  will  prefer  to  run  a 
steady  trade  while  the  season  admits  it.  With  pres¬ 
ent  buying  disposition,  il  should  he  remarked  that 
dealers  Should  nuw,  earnestly,  Olm  to  avoid  the  per¬ 
plexing  ami  unsettled  condition  of  the  market  that 
has  prevailed  many  previous  years  at  the  close  of 
Spring.  Choice  half  tubs  are  wanted,  hiel  with  light 
receipts  an  advance,  though  thought,  t...  lm  a  tempo¬ 
rary  one,  has  been  obtained,  Fine  faultless  October 
stock  bus  sold  In  lots  at  42®  I lc.,  and  when  tho  roads 
were  blocked  tho  inside  figuro  was  paid  by  dealers 
themselves  to  piece  Out  their  supply.  G  mid  table  but¬ 
ter  Is  steady,  ami  bus  felt  tho  excited  tooling  to  un 
extent  that  mokes  the  range  closer,  without  however, 
adding  to  lute  extreme  figures.  Dairies  have  sold  at 
85c.  for  hue. 

Orange  Co.  palls,  Duo,  including  creamery,  38©4Qo. ; 
Penn,  mid  N.  J  Pails,  good  to  fine,  26®, 16c. ;  selnctlonh, 
littlf  tubs, 3->/v37c, ;  exira  half  tubs,  40iai*8c. ;  half  tubs 
in  lots,  30©&ie. ;  good  tn  print  n  tirKlnij,  j{H©30C.  •  do. 
Welsh,  Fall,  27(&2*c.;  Welsh  tubs,  fair, 30®23c,;  ut.lier 
grades  ot  suite,  IHeigh).  1  Western  Reserve.  Choice.  81 
©22c.;  West,  fall  to  good,  13(14 16c  ;  common,  in  ..lie  ; 
grease  butter,  7, ft'j  rfte, ;  state  dairies,  tubs  on.  29© 
,;2o.,  do.  all  firkins,  286ii30c;  Rolls,  choice,  26©2S<:. ;  do,, 
fair  to  good,  20®24o. ;  do.,  common,  16c.;  good  to  lino 
State  dairies,  S3© 350. 

Cheese.— There  is  a  steadier  Lino  t.o  tho  market. 
Tliero  is  rather  more  call  from  shlppera,  and  tho  Indi¬ 
cations  urn  that  trade  will  bu  morn  xutUfnetory.  The 
stocks  arc  not  excessive. 

Wo  nuot.o  Htuto  factory,  choice,  ltellKo.i  good  to 
prime,  •  t'c.;  fair,  I2i<cl3c.;  State  dairy ,  iix«e 

for  good  to  prime:  lOcsdXo.  for  lair  lots;  for  Ohio 
factory,  KKMlWo.  tor  fair  to  prime;  English  dairy, 
prime,  IS^os Uc. ;  fair  do.,  lI.8S(jit5c. 

Cottuu.— Is  fully  Kc.  higher.  Tho  arrivals  at  the 
ports  are  moderate,  and  there  Is  11  good  shipping  do-  I 
mand.  Sales  for  forward  delivery  at  the  close  arout 
19  13-10e.  for  Jan.,  13  8I-;f2e.  for  Feb,,  80y,c.  for  March, 
20Xc.  for  April,  21!4c.  for  May,  21X0.  for  Juno.  Wo 
quote  tor  spot  cotton  ; 

L'  L.ljutJ*.  Atnbiuim.  N«w  Orleans.  Toxaii. 

Ordinary . 17V  16  ISti  18>i  1 

Good  Ordinary  ......  19  13V  I9X  19 v  I 

Strict  Good  Grditmry.  1944  18ft  19ft  2D«  , 

Low  Middling .  19V  20  20k  20R 

Middling .  20V  21  21ft  21ft  | 

Good  Middling .  22ft  22V  23  23ft 

Dried  Fruit*.—1 The  market  is  without  improve, 
meat.  Thu  business  is  limited  to  small  lota  to  moot 
trade  wants. 

Southern  apples.  leiUfto. i  do.,  sliced,  te9c. ;  West¬ 
ern,  5ft(jifiV,  Peeled  peaches  at  lieklha.  for  Gn.,  Y.V-c 
16c-  for  Va.,  and  16oyl9e.  fur  North  Oaroltna.  I'npeul- 
ed  peaches  at  4ftc.  for '.luarturs,  and  ftftc,  for  halves. 
Cherries,  22®22fto.  Plums,  UG»l9e.  BlackbeiTles,  8V 
@9.  Raspberries,  33(1434 c. 


Eggs.— \  cry  little  stock  has  arrived,  and  all  good 
lots  have  sold  11  pen  arrival.  Near  points  liavo  kept 
firm  at  our  him  rates,  and  rresli  Western  have  ad¬ 
vanced  to  37fte,  for  best  express.  Limed  are  working 
ofi'uutto Muisiactoruy.aud  sciuctionsof  Westemand 


Flour.— Tho  market  has  boen  Steadily  advancing 
under  ah  active  expwt  demand  ami  ujoilemto  arriv¬ 
als.  The  exports  from  the  other  Hide  uro  encourag¬ 
ing,  uad  the  trudo  fibre  are  offering  shipping  extras 
sparingly. 

Superfine  State . . . *5  95®  6  50 

Common  extra  do.... . 7  104,  7  25 

Good  tu  choice  do...  ....  . .  7  2(F<4  7  45 

Fancy  do. . 7  35f®  H  IK) 

Superfine  Xlicfilgan,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Iowa.. .  0  KMi  <1  50 

Extra  ao . .  ifl®  7  ;/() 

Choice  extra  do . 7  20®  8  00 

Shipping  brands  round  hoop  Ohio _ _ 7  15®  7  45 

Trade  brands  do . 7  45®  u  50 

Good  to  choice  white  wheat  extras .  8  00®  b  75 

Fair  to  very  choice  extra  Minnesota...  ..7  05®  9  15 

Commoa  to  fair  extra  St.  Louis . .  7  20®  il  50 

Gor.d  to  choice  do . . .  8  75®11  25 

Extra  Southern .  7  15®  9  25 

Good  to  choice  do .  9  30</,12  10 

Rye,  common  to  fine . . . 1  80c®  0  60 

Corn  meal.  Western .  3  40®  3  50 

Buckwheat  flour .  3  00®  4  25 

Fresh  Fruits.— Exports  of  apples, past  week.  1,200 
bbls.  The  general  market  is  quiet.  There  is,  now- 


imso.:  isaoena,  «®ae.  (  ran borncH,  prime,  per  crate, 
*  '.25®3.50;  com.  to  fair, *2.1r(l®3 ;  bbls.,  *9o4 10.50  choice 
bid*.,  *11®  12,  New  Virginia  peanuts,  *1.40®  1.76. 
Hickory  nuts,  *2®2.2,*>. 

Broom  Corn.— New  selling  moderately  well.  We 
quo  to  Vfte.  for  prime  hurl ;  0®7e.  for  new  green  ;  6® 
iiftc.  for  old  do.;  5cafic.  for  old  mixed,  and  2o43c.  for 
old  red.  Brooms  are  quiet  at  *1.79® 4. 50  per  dozen  for 
common  to  best  bouse. 

<3  ruin. —Spring  grades  lmvo  been  In  fair  demand 
from  stoppers, and  price* uru higher.  Wequole  :  - *1.5o 

fl-lfi  as  extnimcs  for  No.  2  Hpring;  *i.t!8ai.70  for  No. 
1  do.  ill  store  and  annul ;  *1.7Wai,8S  fin-  Winter  red 
Western,  *U85®*2  for  amber,  the  latter  rate  for 
very  choice;  and  *1.75;.i*9,20  Tor  whlto  Western,  the 
outside  price  for  very  fancy.  Corn  tn  dimly  field  at 
88®66ftc.;  for  very  good  to  strictly  prltno  oUt  mixed 
Western,  n float,  GRMotiBl  - for  good  to  olmtcn  do., 
In  store;  tor  fair  new  mixed  Wontcrn,  in  car 

lots;  07  OkfiT  ;-••«*.  for  yellow  Western,  and  76c.  for  whit** 
Koutborn.  t Hits,  new, are  steadily  held  at  417 ft® .p ftp, 
tor  interior  to  very  good  mixed  Western;  if®.|7fte. 
for  black,  and  51®52c.  for  white.  Old  oats  at  52c.  ror 
prlmo  iu  store. 

Huy  itiiil  Straw.— The  shipping  fitisiness  la  fair, 
hut  there  is  very  little  trade  demand. 

Wo  quote  new  shipping  hay  *l.l.v,'<d.20;  retail  do. 
fl.40®1.75;  salt  do.  TOwiilOc. ;  clover,  rtLo'.lOc,  Straw  at 
*1.3Ck">l.45  for  long  rye,  f  l®  1.20  for  short,  rve;  80(8>90o. 
for  wilt.. 

Hops.— Trade  Is  without  improvement.  The  arriv¬ 
als  of  foreign  are  fair,  but  light, of  American.  Prices 
urn  unchanged.  We  uuoto  State  at.  45®55e. ;  Eastern, 
42®52o.  Western,  42®62c.;  Bavarian,  40®55o. 

Poultry  anil  Gniiie,— Tho  marke,  feols  the  pres¬ 
sure  of  the  arrival  of  a  good  deal  of  snow-detained 
stock,  nud  trade  Is  retarded  by  the  almost  Impassable 
condition  01  tlio  streets,  vvo  give  quotations  for 
prime  stuff.  A  grout,  many  parcels  will,  with  tho 
present  limited  demand,  have  to  wait  for  buyer*,  and 
that  moans  indescribable  quotations.  Thoro  is  a 
good  supply  of  game,  sl  lll  the  market  Is  not  so  abun¬ 
dantly  siippltedas  In  several  former  years. 

Vouisou  Is  plenty,  and  dealers  urn  anxious  to  keep 
as  blear  us  they  euu  of  it,  as  there  la  the  usual  unde¬ 
cided  feeling  Us  to  Whin,  extern  the  game  laws  may 
trouble  them  as  tho  season  advances.  The  law  favors 
express  companies  regarding  stuff  shipped  from  other 
tstutpa,  anil  It  la  reasotiabiuio  suppose  that  shipping 
bills  will  defend  the  merchant  In  ease  of  prosecution. 

Wo  quoto  prime  N.  J.  mid  Bucks  Co.  turkeys,  18® 
19C.,  state  and  Western,  poor  to  best..  14®170.  Onlok- 
ens,  Western,  Iftjil.V-. ;  HLite  and  near  points,  13®17o. 
Geese,  10®  lie,  Ducks,  15®  19c. 

Game  quotations:  Venlsou,  whole,  ll®18e. ;  do,, 
sudilln,  l.iiftlTc.  ran  vim- back  duekH,  *1.75® 2. 50 ;  red 
heads,  87c.® *1;  mallard.  il%«75c. ;  teul,  4H®49c. :  nib- 
liltH.  3o(iSl0e,. :  hurt's, fl)(,o700. ;  quail,  gl.lS®!. 76.  Prairie 
chlokemj,  '.KVi(*y0u. ;  paitridgns,  State,  75«.®|1 ;  eastern, 
62®75c. ;  wild  turkeys,  22®23e.  Hear,  2, 'to. 

Provisions.— The  market  for  pork  Is  ilecldedly 
better,  as  reports  from  the  West  uro  encouraging. 
New  moss,  *13,75,  spot;  for  Feb.,  *13.25;  March,  *13.i>0. 


UourHi  Cow«,  Cs!v4»,  Lsaiiu,  Hostb. 

Total*  this  week . T..70H  64  :f21  21,198  30,819 

“  last  wee i.  !-  (90  12,11,1  12,051 

Average  last  year — 8,J7H  98  2,2t4  22, IW)  36,975 

Beeves. -Tho  total  for  1872  is  425,27'-'  cattle  against 
380,934  In  1871.  and  220, tt'1'4  in  I860.  This  shows  a  great 
Increase  in  stock  nud  indicates  what  will  bo  wanted  of 
tho  West,  in  future.  Texas  gave  115  59,920  head  lust 
year,  coming  second  iu  tho  order  of  supply,  Illinois 
standing  at  the  head  with  241,804  heovos.  One  si  Upper, 
Viz.,  Nelson  Morris,  of  Chicago,  sent  tn  W.lifii  head, 
proving  himself  king  of  the  c-nttlo  tmde.  The  aver¬ 
age  price  of  beeves  lust  year  wiis  about  Iiftc.,  or  ftc. 
loss  t  linii  it  was  the  year  previous. 

Doming  to  Die  trade  of  the  past,  week,  wo  find  a 
dullness  pervading  the  market,  with  a  decline  of  lc. 
per  lb.  from  the  beginning  to  tho  elose.  Fair  Texans 
of  5ft  c'v t.  were  sold  ut9o.,  55  lbs.  per  ewt.  Snell  cattle 
wore  worth  10c.  tho  week  before.  It  was  impossible 
to  sell  out.  I'rlmo  steers  of  714  cwt.  sola  at  l-.'.KfflWc. 
On  Monday  lu.it  there  were  159  car  loads  at  One  Hun¬ 
dredth  strp'  t,  11  ml  17  each  at  Gommuulpaiv  mid  Wce- 
hnwkon,  hot  *'s>ves  then  detained  soon  eaiao  in  faster 
than  they  were  wanted.  The  prospects  fur  tho  com¬ 
ing  week  are  fur  from  flattering  to  owners  of  cuttle. 

Thu  following  are  tin!  cloning  prices  fur  tho  week  In 
comparison  with  w hut  eattUi  brought  one  wnnk  ago, 
for  not  weight  of  beef: 

Tbiswoek,  Last  week. 

Cents.  Cents. 

Choleic  beeves  ?l  is . 13  0j>  11  ....13  ®  14 

Good  to  prime . lift  ©  12ft  . . .  .12  @  13 

Medium . .  lOik  ©  lift  ...  11  ©lift 

Poorest  grade... .  8  ©  10  ....  7ft  ©  10 

Average  sales . lift®-  ....12  ©  — 

1 1 ogH.— Arrivals  have  been  light,  but  tbero  were  as 
many  as  could  w  ell  be  used  while  tin'  streets  were  so 
nearly  Impassable  for  trucks  delivering  the  dressed 
eiircusses.  PrlecM  declined  at  first,  but, are  now  picking 
up  again.  Tliero  were  2,969  Western  dressed  hogs  ar¬ 
rived  lost  week.  Live  are  quoted  at  tft©4SfO.  City 
dressed  sold  ut  fift  ”>6ftc.,  for  hoavy  medium  weights 
at  5y®6fte.,  and  pigs  at,  8ft®7c.;  VV  cslem  dressed, 
fx)«3\c. 

Milch  Oouvh.- -Thr  1‘rfflh  now  Trailo  would  bo  qu*to 


Mini  p  A 
L.ivhd«» 
21.108 
12,113 
22.IW) 


nst.  week. 
Cents. 


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ITUIrll  I  huh.  flic  Irenli  cow  rrado would  lio  qu.te 
good  were  there  stocks  here  to  operate  with.  Milk 
begins  to  Como  In  moro  freely,  and  is  lower  again. 
1  uero  Is  really  no  change  tn  tho  prices  of  cows.  Fino 
milkers  are  selling  at  *75©8(J  by  the  car  load,  and 
*85t»S>0  for  the  best  when  selected  out.  Common 
to  fair  cows  go  at  f-i5©79,  very  few  running  below  *55. 

Hlii*ep.— With  this  largo  lnoreuse  Iu  arrivals  it  is 
hard  work  to  sustain  the  prices  and  Impossible  to  en  'I 
out.  Tho  choice  lots  of  95®lij0  Ids.  are  not  much 
lower,  milling  at  7:if©8ftc.,  but.  medium  sr,  lb,  sheep  at 
7c.  Is  less  than  tho  rates  of  tho  previous  week.  Homo 
thin  lots  of  less  than  75  lbs.  went  nt5fte.,  three  cam 
88ft  lbs.  selling  at  (life,  and  a  car  prime  1 14  lbs.  Ohio  nt 
73fc, 


bettor,  os  reports  from  the  West  are  encouraging.  Veal  Cal  vea.— 1 Those aro  beginning  to  como  for- 
New  mess,  *13.75, spot;  for  Feb.,  *13.25;  March,  ward  more  freely,  and  tho  llo.  fur  prime  milk  calves 

Lard  Is  firmer;  Western  steam  on  spot,  7,ku.j  January ,  cannot  now  bo  Obtained.  Ilog-dreHsed  wi  re  so  scarce 
,  <.<!•;  February,  80.;  March,  Sft'o.  BfiOon.— Prices  aro  for  a  few  days  after  tho  grea  t  nturm  that,  18ffl20e.  wore 


lower;  long  clear,  fi:ve.;  short  clear, 7ft e.  Thorn  Is  no 
movement  tn  boof;  the  nominal  prices  are;  new 
plain  mnsB,  In  bbls.,  *HK-j*12;  extra,  mess,  *i;t©*14: 
uew  tierce  hoof  at  *31,4*23  for  primo  mess,  *23® *25 
for  India  mess,  *?ik,s*3i)  for  ejetra  India  mess.  Gut 
meats  at  8ft©u)e.  for  Iuohc  hums,  to  pickle;  ric,  for 
do.  shoulders,  do.;  po  kled  bellies.  In  bulk,  7ft©8o. 
Smoked  meats.  In  bulk,  ll®l‘2ftc.  for  hatuo,  andttftov 
8fte.  for  shoulders.  Htearlnont  8ftc.  for  hhds.,  and 
for  tierces.  Tallow  at  HistfBie.  for  common 
to  prime.  Beef  Imn is  at  *30(f«*32.  Western  dressed 
hogs,  5©6J|'e. 

Weeds.  Now  clover  l:i  higher,  closing  ut  9ftffl9?iC., 
with  a  good  shipping  business  Timothy  Is  dull  at  |.i 
©13.25.  Rough  flax  at  $2.fik,(.*2.i5. 

SlimliTtss.— Money  at  28®3Uo>  for  dark  and  32©36c. 
for  white,  In  glass  boxes;  mixed  lots,  21e.  Older  at 
ftsdUc.  0  gallon-  Feathers,  live  geese,  now,  tine,  V  9>., 
C(X(970c.;  do.  mixed,  40®WJc.;  hen,  7©9c.;  vinegar,  cider, 
I'  gal.,  20©25e.;  do.  mnmif&otnrea.  16®20c.;  newspa¬ 
pers,  V  It-,  4® 4ft.:  whlto  rugs,  5©6ft. 

Tobacco,  Lugs  and  common  to  medium  leaf  of 
Kentucky  urn  held  higher,  other  grades  RDCtiaiiged. 

QUOTATIONS— NEW  CROP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

Lugs .  9ft©  10  e.  9 .ft©  lOftc. 

Common  to  medium  loaf.  10ft©  1 1  c.  10 ft®  live. 

Good  do.  ..11  ©  Iiftc.  I!  '  r.o-c. 

Fine  do.  ..11\©  12ftc. 

Selections . 13  ®  14  C.  i5  ^  m  ... 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  flilors . li  ©1C  c. 

seconds, ...'Hi  ©35  c. 
wrappers.  .40  ©  55  u. 

selections. 60  ©  75  c. 

New  A'ork  fillers .  9  ©  10  o. 

wrappers . 18  ®  S3  «. 

assorted  lots . 12  ©  p»  c. 

l’enusyl vania  fillers . II  ©12  0. 

assorted  lots . 18  ©  25  u. 

Ohio  fillers . 9  ©  10  e. 

wrappers .  ....  . 16  ©80  e. 

assorted  lots  .  . . .  . toft®  Pi  c. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots .  9  ©  10  e. 

Vegetables. — Tho  "/oather  has  been  against  luuid- 
ling  large  lots,  but  there  Isagouu  retail  call, am!  prices 
aro  very  firm.  Exports,  pant  week,  5,;i()0 bbls.of  onions. 
OuionH  uro  scarce,  and  show  an  iinportunt  advance. 


©1.75;  Onions,  red  and  vellow,  $5®iij  do.  white,  *6 
©8;  ilussiu  Turnips,  *1.7a.j,2;  Cabnagcs,  diOO,*7©IO. 

\Vo«L— 1 Tho  market  is  still  quid.  Manufacturers 
warn  stock,  and  thuj  Impression  t»  t  hat  hnslness  will 
show  a  marked  Improvement  tn  a  few  days.  Wo 
quote  :  X  to  .VAX  tlceco,  ti2©r':c.’  No.  1  II OOCO.  62©6?C.; 

.  1  Oaece,  53®73e.i  1 

as,  coarse  to  extra  fino,  25®46cMaew  Mexieun  ileuce, 
<fic.;  California  sprin.q  clip,  ■  .1 '.  i.'."'.;  California  full 
clip  anil  lambs',  2.'!©;i3c.:  extra  pulled,  ,Vi©62c.;  super 
pulled, «Q@i)So.;  No.  1  nulled  4lsr.J,2c.!  western  pulled, 
&>>ttijQc.r  Sonthern  polled.  40®50c.:  Cftllfonila  pulled, 
•®<igi2c.;  Montevideo,  30®47c.;  Bueno*  Ayres,  unwarfii- 
nd ,  33®IOc.;  Rio  Grande,  gold,  2Uei)32e.;  Capo,  86®4:tc.; 
Australian,  47® 70c.;  combing  wool,  00©«0c. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

Little  Falla,  N.  Y„  Jan.  4,  1873. 

Tiie  market  at  Little  Falls  for  tho  week  ending 
.Tun.  4, 1873,  was  not  very  brisk  and  with  only  moderato 
sales.  Frloes  were  about  half  u  cent  lower  than  las 
wuek  for  host  factories,  Ihu  top  price  this  week  being 
about  13ftc,  We  have  no  eh/uige  to  note  in  butler, 
from  25c.  to 29c.  tiding  the  ruling  rates. 

W  e  lmvo  advices  from  abroipf  for  the  second  week 
in  December.  Our  London  correspondent  says  there 
Is  do  American  cheese  Ion  in  flmt  hand*.  Extra  sells 
at  70s.  to  72a.:  flue,  66s.  to  fiis.;  good,  Mi*,  to  60s.  The 
other  descriptions  are  quoted  as  follows:— English 


•  av  1  wo.,  J'llVVH  V'HCfPU  IjUllUIff]  O.  LA/  UOff.,  VlHU'111,1, 

60s.  to  80s.;  Derby  shape,  54s.  to  62s. 

In  butter  tli ere  is  rather  more  doing.  CloumeUs, 
128s.;  Corks,  Iiila.;  Dorsets,  Hfis.;  Normandy.  HOB.; 
Canadian,  48s.  to  Ufin. 

'I  ho  corresponding  prices  last  year  were  for  Clon- 
mclls  butter,  1  Kls.^Corks,  135s.;  Amerloun  cheese,  60s. 

The  weather  in  Herkimer,  N.  V.,  during  the  early 
part  of  the  weuk  was  warmer,  with  plenty  of  snow  for 
good  sledding.  I 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

,  ,  ,  .  New  York,  Jon.  4, 1878. 

STOCK  has  been  arriving  very  Irregularly  sinoo  the 
great  snow  storm,  and  most  of  it  shows  tho  hardships 
and  privations  of  a  long  Journey  with  Inadequate  feed 
and  water.  Besides  these  hlndruncoa  and  annoyances 
of  excessive  cost  lu  getting  forwurd,  the  stock  railing 
off  all  the  time,  the  market  itself  bus  receded,  thus 


cannot  now  be  obtained.  Hog-drowsed  wore  *0  scarce 
for  a  few  days  after  the  great  storm  that,  18©2()c.  wore 
paid  for  fat  ones.  Crime  milk  vealmiro  worth  lUoolOftc., 
common  to  fair  ruling  utfi©Uc.  The  hulk  of  dressed  sell 
at  ll©14o.,  with  prime  at  IGe.,  and  poor  down  to  6®8c. 


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BUTTON  HOLE  WORKER, 

Patented  June  !£7tk,  1871. 

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They  give  universal  satisfaction.  Laille*  who  use 
them  say  that  they  are  worth  their  weight  in  gold. 
Over  cloven  thousand  sold  during  Die  first  week  of 
their  introduction.  Local  nnd  travohng  agents  wunt- 
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GOOD  PAY  FOR  DOING  GOOD!” 


Thu  Kind  of  Hawaii  was  bankrupt. 

YOUNG  Bennett  has  an  income  of  $85,000  a 
year. 

Mu.  Kobeut  Browning  is  to  write  a  new 
poem. 

Hon.  Andrew  O.  Curtin  is  lecturing  on 
Russia. 

Edwin  Forrest’s  divorced  wife  will  claim 
dower. 

Rev.  William  It.  Alger  is  writing  a  life  of 
Forrest. 

Henry  L.  Pierce  proves  to  be  the  new  Mayor 
of  Boston. 

The  MarquiB  of  Waterford  has  become  a  Ro¬ 
man  Catholic. 

Beyond  350  pounds  a  year  Southey  considered 
money  an  evil. 

The  Scotch  are  anxious  to  honor  the  memory 
of  John  Knox. 

Charlotte  Ccsdman  lias  crossed  the  Atlan¬ 
tic  twenty  times. 

The  Empress  of  Austria  spends  $50,000  a  year 
on  her  wardrobe. 

Edward  C.  Bates,  a  well-known  Boston  ! 
merchant,  is  dead. 

Henry  Dickens,  a  son  of  Charles,  lias  been  j 
admitted  to  the  bar. 

The  house  in  London  in  which  Pope  was  born 
has  been  pulled  down. 

A.  T.  STEWART’S  New  York  Home  for  Poor 
Women  cost  $3,000,000. 

Beecher  Is  the  only  lecturer  in  Boston  who 
has  drawn  since  the  lire. 

Prof.  Golov? in  Smith  is  lecturing  on  the 
Irish  question  in  Canada. 

NErrn  er  Stanley  nor  Bret  Haste's  lectures 
in  Boston  sold  500  tickets. 

Christine  Nilsson  Rouzaud  owns  property 
in  eleven  American  Cities. 

Edmund  About  got  $3,000  for  writing  an  ac¬ 
count  of  his  Imprisonment. 

Miss  Maria  Mitchell  has  recently  lectured 
InTremont  Temple,  Boston. 

E.  W.  Stoughton  of  New  York  has  given 
$15,000  to  Dartmouth  College. 

Voltaire's  statue  on  Boulevard  du  Prince 
Eugene,  Paris,  has  been  removed. 

Prof.AliiERT  (iREknleae,  acolobrated  school 
teacher,  recently  died  In  Brooklyn. 

Vinnie  Ream  is  one  of  the  contestants  for  a 
bronze  statue  of  Admiral  Farragut. 

Robert  Grant,  son  of  the  President,  lias 
been  oloctod  Class  Poet  for  Harvard. 

IIon.  James  F.  WILSON  of  Iowa  fell  through 
a  chair,  recently,  and  broke  throe  ribs. 

Mr.  Beeoiirr  never  gives  his  choir  hymns,  as 
he  never  knows  what  lie  shall  preach  about,. 

W.  D.  Howells  of  the  Atlantic  lias  a  sister  on 
the  editorial  stair  of  the  Inter-Ocean  of  Chicago. 

The  Emperor  of  Germany  has  given  St. Paul's 
church  in  Titusville,  Pa.,  a  3,000  pound  cannon 
for  a  bell. 

Mary  Harris,  the  heroine  of  a  certain  mur¬ 
der  trial  in  Washington,  is  now  a  clerk  in  the 
Patent  Office. 

archbishop  Bayley  of  Baltimore  isrtoo  ill 
to  receive  visitors.  His  complaint  is  said  to  be 
Bright’s  disease. 

THE  plans  for  the  Rawlins  statue  submitted 
by  John  B.  Alloy  have  been  accepted  by  the 
Committee,  with  modifications. 

Conductor  Russell,  (Central  Hoad,  n.y.)  of 
Rochester,  is  reported  dying  of  Ills  injuries  re¬ 
ceived  whllo  sleighing  on  Christmas  Day. 

S.  C.  nuTCHJNS,  late  of  the  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
Democrat,  lias  become  managing  editor  of  the 
Albany  Argus,  In  the  place  of  T.  C.  Cnllicott. 

£tock  mul  I'outtty. 

Short-Horns  at  Auction 

I  will  sell,  on  Thursday,  Jon.  16th,  1873,  at  my  resi¬ 
dence  X  mile  north  of  the.  Depot  In  Seneca  Falls,  N. 
Y..  u  number  of  head  ox  Short-Horns—  Balls  and 
Cows-ammig  which  Is  the  Dull  Dm  or  Seneca, 
craved  August.  INIS?  color,  red!  t  by  Mameluke 
(CAW),  out  <  r  Victoria  5th  by  7th  Duka  uf  Airdrie 
15,532);  Victoria  till  l>y  Imperial  Oxford  (4,9K>);  VlCto- 
iiuM  bv  Grand  nukoot  Oxford  (16,184  q  Victoria  by 
!}d  Grand  Duke  1 11,60) :  Varo  by  Duke  or  Airdrie  <12,- 
730),  &c.,  Ac.  Mameluke  was  got  by  Imperial  Oxford 
(ijifc),  .lame*  O.  Sheldon,  Esq.,  was  the  breeder  of 
slro  and  dam  Of  Duke  of  Seneca. 

Terms.— Six  months'  credit  on  approved  endorsed 
notes,  with  Interest.  WILLIAM  J.  THAYER. 

The  Eastern  Ohio  Poultry  Ass’ii 

will  hold  their  First  Annual  Exhibition  at  Youngs¬ 
town,  Ohio,  commencing  Fob.  od,  1873.  For  Premium 
List,  write  to  „  .  , 

C.  1).  STREETER,  Sec’y,  1  oungstown,  Ohio. 

1o»q  —  Semi  Slump  far  Circ  ular  frv  Lrf* 
C*  i  O.  fel’s  Met*  Itive.  Champion  Honey  Ex¬ 
tractor.  Italian  Queens,  A  is- 1 to  Clover  Heed,  Pure 
Bred  Poultry  Pigeons.  Rabbits.  Song  Birds,  &c.  Ad¬ 
dress  LITTLE  MAN.  SpriiigUeld,  Ohio. 

BF.R  fiSflT  II KS  AM)  SHOlfT •  ROItNfD- 

MoObl  Pigflfor  sale.  Breeding  Stock  all  Imported 
from  (Queen  s)  Pens,  Windsor  rustle.  “Sir  lleber 
Humphrey,"  PrUe  winners  of  ah  England.  Head 
Itunip  for  description  of  the  “  Pig  of  the  Period  and 
the  Coming  Pig,"  all  uges  and  sexes.  First-class 
Hhcrt-I turns.  Come  and  sec  the  slock.  Address  II. 
C.  GRAFF,  Box  4iAi,  (Greendale  Stock  Farm.i  Mays- 
Tljio,  Col.  Co.,  Ohio. _ 

PFRF.  HR  i:D  Chester  White  and  Berkshire 
Pigs,  and  most  varieties  of  Fowls  shipped  to 
order.  Hencl  stamp  for  Circular.  THOMAS  WOOD, 
Doe  Run,  Chester  Co.,  Pu. 

rp HOK (HIGHBRED  OUR  HA  MS  from  noted 
1  milking  families.  A  few  young  bulls  and  heifers 
fofsale  low,  by  \VM.  G.  MARKHAM, 

Avon,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y. 


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History  and  Mode  of  Organiza¬ 
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BY  S.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  HI., 

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Watch  Buyers  Attention 


ECU  1X7:  J, 

Will!  Descriptive  Priced  Catalogue  of 
Seed*, 

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Wholesale)  Lists  on  application. 

Address  PLANT  HEED  COMPANY, 

8t.  Louis,  Mo. 


"  '  •’’'—’Ns.  The  undersigned 

resnectfully  call  the 
attention  or  persons 
contemplating  the 
/  *'  yr  'VJf  r  V  \  purcluise r,f  Watch . 

jRjgy--.,  "SFvjH  w  t»  fSiLl  es  to  ttm  superiority 
y  the  celebrated 

/ix  Nick  to  Movements, 
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l  onalty^NtLLL.'  i-’V  I  Messrs.  BolUCL  4 
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vOcSt,  15 ixTfjrt r /  keysuiidaUini  wind- 

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\  a  >  fff/  Those  watches  have 

,77^-  y  Equilibrium  escape- 

V'LH V-  '  ments  chronometer 

balances,  exposed 
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jeweled,  and  combine  all  modern  Improvements  In 
watch  -making. 

These  Watches  were  awarded  the  Grand  Prlte  at. 
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lor  sale  by  dealers  throughout  the  United  States, 
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NEW  ANI>  ATTRACTIVE  CANTATAS 


FORTY -SIXTH  PSALM . Dudley  Duel.  1  00 

FESTIVAL  CANTATA . Uuy.xe  Thayer.  1  26 

GOUNOD’S  CHORAL  MUSIC .  60 

Well  worthy  of  careful  study. 

MUSICAL  ENTHUSIAST . irtwiti.  50 

An  amusing  and  very  melodious  musical 
extravaganza. 


J.  M.  THOHBURN  St  CO.'S 

Descriptive  Annual  Catalogue 

OF 

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etc.  It  can  be  made  Into  blocks  ami  laid  in  sf  vares 
or  diamond  form,  or  rondo  one  continuous  sheet.  ■  v  - 
eriug  arched  work  more  perfectly  than  the  largest 
flagstone,  and  at  une-fourth  the  expense. 

Walks  made  of  it  have  a  smooth,  uard  and  even 
gurface,  pleasant  to  walk  upon,  always  clean  and  free 
of  ice,  and  of  as  great  durability  as  if  made  of  the  best 
flagstone.  Sidewalks  made  under  Kalian's  patent  cost 
but  little  If  any  more  thau  it  made  of  plank,  and  are 
as  durable  as  reek. 

ROOFING, 

Made  of  tills  composition,  is  far  superior  to  the  com¬ 
mon  felt  roofs  that  are  made  of  gravel,  felt,  coal-tar 
and  pitch.  The  latter  is  liable  to  run  Lti  warm  cli¬ 
mates  and  to  crack  in  oold.  By  the  peculiar  chem¬ 
ical  combinations  in  tilts  composition  both  of  these 
objection*  are  obviated, and  u  roof  produced  equal  to 
slate,  at  a  cost  of  about  one-third  ns  much  per  square. 

CELLAR  BOTTOMS  AND  SIDES, 

Lined  with  this  composition,  from  one  to  two  inches 
thick,  keep  perfectly  dry  and  warm  In  winter  and  cool 
in  summer,  and  are  rut  and  vermin  proof. 

FLOORS. 

Floors  made  of  it  may  be  painted  any  color;  and 
are  as  plonsunt  to  tread  upon  us  if  made  of  wood. 

CISTERNS  AND  VATS. 

Kagan's  Composition  I*  Impervious  to  water  and  In¬ 
soluble  in  acids,  making  it  just  the  tiling  for  lining 
vats  in  breweries  and  manufactories  of  most  kind*. 
It  is  equally  well  adapted  for  cisterns,  much  better 
than  the  best  hydraulic  cement*,  and  not  subject  to 
decay  from  any  cause. 

FIFING. 

Piping  made  Of  Eagan  ’#  Composition  has  been  In  use 
for  five  year*  in  San  Francisco,  t  Vi.,  where  it  was  first 
invented,  it  lias  given  entire  witi*fuctlon,  ulrnost 
entirely  superseding  all  other  kinds  of  piping  for 
sewers  or  drains.  It  is  easily  and  cheaply  made,  and 
has  the  advantage  of  being  made  at  any  place  with¬ 
out  a  groat  outlay  of  money  for  machinery,  tools, 
buildings  or  materials. 

Pipes  can  be  rnude  of  any  required  sise,  are  cheaper, 
and  will  sustain  a  greater  external  or  internal  press¬ 
ure  than  any  other  kind  of  cemunt  pipe. 

CEMENT. 

As  a  cement  it  Is  acknowledged,  by  scientific  men 
who  have  examined  it.  to  be  the  strongest  known. 
A  wall  built,  of  brick  or  stone,  and  this  cement  used 
M  a  mortar,  iv  r  abl  uo  perfectly  solid  aa  if  made  of  a 
solid  rock. 

SKA  WALLS. 

Sea  walls  can  be  built  with  this  material  in  combi¬ 
nation  with  broken  rock,  more  rapidly  and  cheaper 
than  in  any  other  way 

DlFLilMAM. 

First  premiums  have  bren  awarded  to  Kagan’s  Com¬ 
position  from  the  following  Fairs  : 

California  State  Fair, at  Sacramento,  Cal.,  1868. 

Mechanics’  lustituteFuir.  San  Francisco,  1868. 

Sonoma  County  Far,  at  fclaluma.  Cal.,  1869. 

St.  Louis  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  Fair,  at  Pf 
Louis,  1809. 

New  Jersey  State  Fair,  lbiO. 

It  has  been  exhinted  at  no  other  Fairs. 


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ST.  Lons,  Mo.,  28th  March,  r  ’L  J 
This  epeqfttiei!  of  Pacific  Concrule.  (Eagiini  FaUfiit.) 
was  taken  .’rom  the  Union  Street  Pwlrattdo/atjLoutt. 
Mo.  whe-c  it  has  been  In  use  “inoe  December,  18W. 
Since  tbit  <‘ato  the  teams  of  railroad  have  paw** 
over  ti  l  portion  of  the  track  where  tho  » 

used,  &  nun*  re./,  day,  w;.He  that  ./and  rehl- 

ihn  (.tick  is  coDStuiitly  used  by  other  ana  veni- 

*?*  “»  ,kk,Vi i  Thi.  iFivemejit  has  received  »  re- 

8U  it  is  free  Dorn  .lust,  and  tn  winter  brhiga 
Mimffur^  meonveuKoco  from  snow  and  icc.  1  no 
xiuoadaroUing  at  citlm.  ,.Ud  of  nns  block  of  concrete 


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unu...  nf  tl,«  State  of  New  building,  from  which  we  quote  the  follow- 


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hibited  by  talking  around  each  inclosure,  oi, 
at  the  option  of  the  exhibitor,  passing  within 
the  inclosed  space. 

14  This  would  give  in  gross  2,168,750  square 
feet  of  space,  of  which  there  would  bo  1,574,- 
400  to  rent,  and  589,350  for  waste  room. 

“The  top  iloor  will  be  lighted  from  the 
roof  and  from  the  sides,  with  the  light  so 
arranged  that  it  can  ho  adjusted  ;  this  floor, 
it  is  intended,  shall  ho  used  as  a  Library  and 
Art  Gallery.  A  building  so  constructed  on 
level  with  I  this  particular  piece  of  ground  would  save  in 
etin  bight  the  foundation  alone,  it  is  estimated  by  en¬ 
titling  the  gineers,  one  million  of  dollars,  and  besides,  is 
i  would  be  the  closest  economy  of  room  for  this  pur- 
n  the  out-  pose,  or  for  any  other;  and  such  a  building 
be  showed  would  be  lighted  from  both  the  court  and 
k  level  with  the  streets.  The  court  will  be  used  as  a 
tries  and  a  I  Garden  of  Plants  and  for  special  places  of 
1  be  open,  amusement  ;  and  over  the  court,  in  the  een- 
oach  space  tor,  will  lie  erected  a  dome  made  of  iron  and 
or  circular  J  glass.  It  is  intended  to  make  this  dome  tlio 
By  this  largest  in  the  world.  It  will  rest  on  a  double 

a  space  by  row  of  columns  ;  will  be  at  the  baa©  450  i'ect 
lepartment  in  diameter,  and  will  he  higher  than  any 
ing  depart-  dome  in  the  world.  These  columns,  it  is  in¬ 
articles  ex-  !  tended,  shall  be  designated.  For  example, 


TION  Company.  This  Company  proposes  to 
erect  a  permanent  building  in  New  York 
City  for  the  exhibition  and  sale  of  every  kind 
of  product  and  manufacture  to  be,  in  the 
language  of  the  day,  a  Perpetual  World’s 
Fair.  Lu  the  same  building  there  will  be  a 
museum  of  art,  picture  galleries,  mid  a  pub¬ 
lic  library  ;  and,  surrounded  by  a  botanical  j 
garden  similar  to  the  JanUn  dea  Plant**  at  | 
the  old  Luxembourg  Palace  in  Paris. 

Wo  give  herewith  a  view  of  the  Palace 
oe  Industry  proposed  to  be  erected  by  the 
Company,  on  grounds  extending  from  98th 
to  1 02d  streets  and  Madison  to  Third  avenues, 
near  Cent  ml  Park .  The  design  was  f  i 1  rnishr  .  l 
by  Mr.  ,T.  C.  Markham  of  Now  York.  It  is 
claimed  that  the  architect  has  “employed  a 
stylo  adapted  to  modern  scientific  construc¬ 
tion  and  material,  yet  expressing  with  the 
highest  characteristics  of  oriental  splendor 
the  magnificent  sublimity  of  modem  civil ixo- 
!  tion.”  A  pamphlet  issued  by  tlio  Company 


A  PERPETUAL  WORLD’S  FAIR. 

PROPOSE!)  PALACE  OF  INDUSTRY,  OR  EXHIBITION 
BUILDING,  NEW  YORK  CITY. 


TTiiMipuIi  ilfirniininm 


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there  will  bo  a  column  for  each  State  find 
Territory  or  Government,  and  for  large  cities, 
and  columns  to  represent  great  events.  The 
columns  will  be  plain  ;  but  each  State  or 
Government  may  decorate  and  ornament  its 
representative  column.  On  each  column  will 
be  a  bracket  large  enough  to  support  a  life- 
size  statue  ;  and  it  is  expected  that  the  State, 
Government,  or  City  will  take  pride  in 
placing  on  such  bracket  a  statue,  of  some 
favored  son.  At  t  he  top  of  the  dome  there 
will  be  an  Observatory,  and  elevators  will 
carry  up  visitors.  There  will  also  be  a  stair¬ 
way  leading  to  the  Observatory. 

“This  dome  should  be  made  so  magnificent 
that  it  would  for  all  time  be  unrivaled,  and 
be  a  source  of  pride  to  all  Americans.” 


TEE  BERKSHIRE  HOG. 


The  following  is  the  report  of  A.  B.  Allen 
of  New  York,  upon  the  lastly  of  tins  breed, 
made  to  the  recent  Swine-Breeders’  Conven¬ 
tion,  with  the  report  of  the  committee  to 
whom  it  was  referred  : 

1.  The  committee  appointed  to  report  on 
the  above,  respectfully  submit That  from 
the  best  information  they  have  been  able  to 
obtain  on  this  important  subject,  they  find 
that  swine  of  various  colors,  forms  and  sizes, 
have  existed  in  Berkshire,  England,  from 
time  immemorial.  That  family,  however, 
which  was  the  foundation  of  the  present  im¬ 
proved  breed,  was  of  a  sandy  or  buff  color, 
about  equally  spotted  with  black  ;  was  of  a 
large  size  ;  a  slow  feeder  ;  and  did  not  fully 
mature  till  t  wo  and  a  half  to  three  yours  old. 
But  as  such  it  was  ever  highly  esteemed  for 
the  greater  proportion  of  lean  and  fat  in  its 
meat,  and  fra1  t  he  superior  weight  of  its  hams 
and  shoulders  ;  thus  rendering  the  whole  car¬ 
cass  peculiarly  well  fitted  for  smoking,  for 
which  purpose  it  was  said  to  excel  all  other 
English  breeds. 

A  colored  portrait  of  one  of  the  old  breed 
of  Berkshire  swine  may  be  found  in  Prof. 
Lowe’s  folio  work  on  British  Domestic  Ani¬ 
mals.  The  writer  of  this  saw  specimens  thus 
marked,  on  his  first  visit  to  Berkshire  in  the 
year  1S41  and  again  in  18C7,  but  in  form  and 
size  like  the  improved  breeds  of  the  present 
day. 

HOW  THE  IMPROVEMENT  IN  THE  BREED  OF  BERKSHIRE 
SWINE  WAS 'MADE. 

2.  Some  time  during  the  part  Century,  the 
more  enlightened  and  enterprising  farmers 
of  Berkshire  became  aware  of  the  great  ad¬ 
vantage  it  would  be  to  them  to  improve 
their  swine.  In  casting  about  for  the  best 


SUPPOSED  STOLEN  CROSS  OF  THE  SPOTTED  BLACK  AND 
WHITE  CHINESE 

0.  The  writer  of  tins  has  been  asked  how  it 
is  that  white  spots  are  found  in  the  improved 
Berkshire,  if  no  other  colors  prevailed  in  the 
breeds  used  to  form  it  than  black  and  buff, 
as  described  above.  He  can  account  for  it  in  j 
no  other  way  than  by  supposing  a  stolen 
cross  may  also  have  been  taken  from  that 
family  of  the  Chinese,  which  is  about  equally 
spotted  in  colors  of  black  and  white.  Such 
of  these  as  the  writer  possessed  in  his  pig 
gery,  upwards  of  thirty  years  ago,  were 
much  like  the  Siamese,  save  that  they  were 
not  so  heavy  in  the  hams  and  shoulders;  were 
flatter  in  the  sides,  with  more  belly,  fuller  in 
the  jowls,  and  had  little  lean  meat  in  the 
carcass.  We  have  occasionally  soon  pigs 
called  the  improved  Berkshire,  as  fat  jowlcd 
and  as  spotted  as  these  Chinese,  but  the 
better  breeders  rejected  them  as  more  fitted 
for  salt  pork  for  barreling,  and  adhered  to 
those  with  a  greater  proportion  of  the  darker 
colors,  finding  them  much  superior  for  ham 
and  bacon,  and  also  for  fresh  pork. 

WHEN  THE  IMPROVEMENT  COMMENCED. 

7.  In  what  year  during  the  past  century 
the  Siamese  cross  on  the  old  breed  of  Berk-  | 
shire  swine  was  first  taken,  the  committee 
have  been  unable  to  learn,  but  when  in  Eng¬ 
land  in  1841,  the  earliest  intelligence  that  the 
writer  of  this  could  obtain  from  the  oldest 
breeders  on  this  interesting  subject,  was 
from  Mr.  John  Westbrook  of  Pinckney’s 
Green,  Byham,  Berkshire,  who  Informed  him 
that  his  father  possessed  them  as  far  back  as 
the  year  1780,  In  great  perfection,  and  sub¬ 
stantially  like  the  best  of  those  bred  in  the 
shire  at  the  time  of  Ins  visit.  Several  other 
aged  men  informed  him  that  the  improved  i 
breed  had  existed  in  various  districts  there  1 
from  their  earliest  recollection,  but  it  took  1 
some  time  for  them  to  pervade  the  country 
generally;  the  old  unimproved  maintaining  1 
their  ground  to  a  greater  or  loss  extent  in  j 
all  their  size  and  coarseness  down  to  the  fore-  * 
part  of  the  present  century.  f 

COLOR  AND  MARKING  OF  BEST  BREED  BERKSHIRE  SWINE.  1 

8.  The  most  favorite  color  among  the  best 

breeders  in  1841,  was  a  deep,  rich  plum,  with 
a  slight  flecking  on  the  body  of  white  or 
buff,  or  a  mixture  of  the  two;  a  small  blaze  j 
in  the  face;  two  to  four  white  feet  and  more 
or  less  white  hair  in  the  tail.  The  plum  color  s 
was  preferred  to  the  black  or  slate,  because  1 
it  carried  rathe r  higher  style  and  finer  poinl  s 
with  it  ,  a  superior  quality  of  fieri),  softer  hair  ' 
and  thinner  skin.  In  fact,  to  use  a  just  and  1 
expressive  phrase,  the  animals  thus  marked  ' 
seemed  higher  bred.  1 

SUE  OF  THE  BERKSHIRE  IN  THE  YEAR  1841. 

9.  The  live  weight  of  good,  full  grown,  well  1 
fatted  animals,  at  that  time,  varied  from  1 


if  he  It  cr  (Inman. 


AYRSHIRES  PLAYED  OUT. 


George  Hammond  writes  to  the  Mirror  and 
Farmer  in  the  following  radical  way,  which 
some  people  may  take  exceptions  to  : 

“I  notice  that  friend  Buffum  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Board  of  Agriculture  commends 
the  use  of  thoroughbred  bulls  in  the  raising 
of  stock  for  the  dairy.  If  you  can  get  a  bull  j 
whose  dam  and  gran  darn,  etc.,  were  great 
milkers,  1  also  would  so  breed.  But  I  cannot 
advise  any  one  to  use  an  Ayrshire.  They 
are  played  out  here.  They  are  small,  and 
have  very  small  teats,— both  strong  objec¬ 
tions  with  the.  milker.  They  ar  e  not  a  first-  j 
class  animal  to  turn  for  beef  in  case  of  acci¬ 
dent  or  age.  Our  neighbors  of  the  Oneida 
Community  owned,  a  few  years  since,  a  good  ] 
dairy  of  common  grade  cows,  many  of  which 


on  the  noses  of  animals  of  that  breed.  I  have 
thoroughbreds  whose  noses  are  clear  of  spots  ; 
nor  did  I  ever  own  a  thoroughbred  but  had 
|  a  clean  nose  in  this  respect.  This  last  Fall, 
at  our  fair,  there  were  some  animals  exhib¬ 
ited  as  thoroughbreds  that  had  speckled 
noses.  I  have  different  grades,  and  1  find 
that  the  higher  the  grade  the  fewer  spots  are 
found  on  the  nose.  I  have  known  animals 
thrown  out  of  an  exhibition  ring  of  thorough¬ 
breds  because  of  such  spots,  and  have  heard 
breeders  say  that  they  were  an  indication  of 
impurity.  I  ask  for  information. 

A  Subscriber. 


TO  FASTEN  COWS’  TAILS  WHILE 
MILKING. 


I  noticed,  some  time  ago,  in  the  Rural 
New-Yorker,  a  contrivance  to  prevent  being 
annoyed  by  cows’  tails  while  milking.  I 
liavc  a  way  that  suits  me  very  well : — I  have 
a  joist  in  the  middle  of  my  stable — a  strip  of 


I  :T0uW  mi, tbe  lmiL  lo  imProve  tJ,1»  dairy,  plank  might  bo  nailed  up  to  answer  tbesime 
j  they  made  a  purchase  of  a  thoroughbred  purpose  ;  I  drive  n  nail  over  every  eery  v'-'Xo 
Ayrshire  bull  and  heifer,  nriatocrats  from  the  ;  the  joist  and  then  take  a  licht  'board 


herd  of  a  well-known  breeder  of  the  fancy  at 
Southboro,  Mass.  In  due  time,  to  follow  this 
bull,  they  purchased  another  of  equal  merit 
from  the  famous  New  York  Mills  herd,  and 
they  now  have  a  dairy  of  some  CO  or  70  little 
beauties,  —  full-blooods,  one- half  and  three- 
fourths  bloods  ;  some  of  them  with  teats  so 
small  that  they  can  only  be  milked  by  strip¬ 
ping.  Their  hired  men  detest  them,  and  tell 
me  that  not  one  of  them  would  half  fill  a  pail 
the.  past  summer. 

Ayrshircs  would  not  sell  well  here  now. 


purpose  ;  I  drive  a  nail  over  every  eery  fi'.'Ao 
the  joist  and  then  take  a  light  board 
bore  a  hole  near  one  end,  and  hang  it  on  the 
nail  near  where  I  sit  when  milking.  The 
board  should  reach  nearly  to  the  floor  to  be 
moved  by  the  foot  if  the  cow  moves. 

E.  Making. 


APPLES  FOR  MILCH  C0W8, 


I  see  apples  have  been  recommended  for 
milch  cows.  I  know  they  are,  for  I  have  fed 
many  bushels  this  fall,  i  also  know  that  too 
many  of  them  at  a  feed  are  just  as  injurious 
as  too  much  corn  or  corn  meal  would  be — 


We  like  pretty  rangy  cows.  They  are  gener-  as  too  much  corn  or  corn  meal  would  be— 
filly  the  best  milkers,  and  we  don’t  want,  to  though  their  effect,  so  far  as  I  can  judge  by 
lie  down  to  milk.  Our  best  dairies  show  experience,  would  bo  directly  the  opposite 
plainly  that  the  Durham  has  been  around.  of  the  meal.  I  should  like  to  read  the  expo¬ 
se  do  not,  however,  choose  the  very  meaty  nance  of  others  in  feeding  apples  to  milch 


flanks,  as  such  are  rarely  good  at  the  milk- 
pail.  If  I  had  one  of  your  poorest  New  Harnj  > 
shire  farms  I  would  not  go  to  Shetland  for  my 
stock-horses,  nor  to  Kerry  or  Ayrshire  for 
my  bo  vines,  for  I  could  d  waif  a  large  breed 
soon  enough  myself.” 


James  Emory. 


•smaii. 


SOILING  MILCH  COWS. 


HORSE  DISEASED. 


Mr.  II.  Sedgwick,  of  Cornwall,  Conn., 
stated  at  a  farmers’  meeting  at  Lowell,  Mass., 
J  in  September,  that  fanners  in  his  neighbor¬ 
hood  wore  engaged  in  producing  mil  If  for  the 
New  York  market.  Referring  to  the  short 
feed  of  the  fall  of  1871,  lie  added: — “Our 
farmers  all  declare  they  will  not  go  back  to 
the  old  way  of  feeding  stock.  Wc  cut  up  our 
straw  and  everything  available.  Many  of  us 
have  adopted  the  plan  of  steaming  the  food 


We  have  a  young  horse  that  had  a  slight 
attack  of  “epizoot  v  ate  regularly  ;  worked 
at  light  work  every  day,  but  was  warmly 
stabled,  and  blanketed  when  out.  Two 
weeks  ago,  just  as  we  considered  him  fairly 
over  the  epidemic,  he  refused  his  food.  On 
examination  we  found  his  mouth  ond  throat 
sore,  and  h©  lost  complete  use  of  liis  tail. 
One  dose  of  linseed  oil  was  given  as  a  phyric, 
and  since  that  time  all  excrement  hue  been 
“buck  raked”  or  taken  from  him  with 'the 


for  our  cattle,  and  we  are  satisfied  from  the  hand.  Some  injections  have  been  riven 

- - - • _ t _ .  _ _ T  ...  j  1  a  ^  TTi _ _ 4  _  _  *=> 


kind  of  males  to  cross  upon  their  females  for  about  4©0  to  COO  pounds;  in  a  few  extreme  in 


this  puiposo,  tradition  affirms  that  they  fixed 
upon  the  Siamese  boar,  then  recently  im¬ 
ported  into  England. 

WHAT  IS  THE  SIAMESE  BREED  OF  SWINE. 

3.  In  color,  we  are  informed  that  it  varies 
in  shade,  from  a  clear  jot  block  to  a  dark 
slate,  or  deep  rich  plum.  It  is  of  medium 
size,  quick  to  mature,  very  fine  in  all  its 
points,  with  short  small  legs  and  head,  thin 
jowls,  a  dished  face,  slender,  erect  ears,  broad, 
deep,  compact  body,  well  ribbed  up,  extra 
heavy  hams  and  shouldere,  a  slender  tail, 
thin  skin,  and  firm,  clastic  flesh. 

From  the  years  1837  to  18-12,  the  winter  of 
this  possessed  swine  in  his  piggery  answering 
to  the  above  description,  except  they  usually 
hud  from  two  to  three  white  feet,  but  no 
other  white  on  them. 

ESTABLISHING  THE  IMPROVED  BREEDS  OF  BERKSHIRE 


stances  reaching  to  700  or  800  pounds.  The 
first  two  weights  above  ar-e  about  the  average 
of  the  present  day. 

IMPORTATION  OF  BERKSHIRE  SWINE  INTO  AMERICA. 

10.  The  first  importation  of  which  we  can 
find  any  record,  was  made  in  the  year  1*28, 


another  English  farmer  who  had  lived  in 
Albany,  N.  Y. ;  and  others  in  the  United 
States' and  Canada,  too  numerous  to  mention, 
soon  followed  with  larger  importations.  All 
these  Berkshire's  were  substantially  the  same 
in  size,  quality,  style  and  marking  ns  the  best 
of  the  present  day.  A.  Is.  Allen, 


ESTABLISHING  THE  IMPROVED  BREEDS  OF  BERKSHIRE 
BREEDS. 

1.  After  using  the  Siamese  boar  in  Berk¬ 
shire  to  the  old  style  of  females  as  long  as  it 
was  considered  best,  he  was  discarded,  and 
the  cross  pigs  then  bred  together;  thus  es¬ 
tablishing  one  of  the  most  valuable  and  per¬ 
fect  breeds  of  swine  now  known,  which  may 
emphatically  be  called  the  Farmer’s  hog. 

SUPERIORITY  OF  BERKSHIRE  SWINE  FOR  SMOKED  MEAT. 

5.  In  one  respect  they  may  be  said  to  ex¬ 
cel  all  other  breeds  with  which  the  commit¬ 
tee  are  acquainted,  and  that  is  in  the  superior 
weight  and  quality  of  their  hams  and  shoul¬ 
ders;  these  yielding  a  much  greater  propor¬ 
tion  of  tender,  lean,  juicy,  well  marbled 
meat,  in  comparison  to  the  fat,  than  con  be 
found  elsewhere.  The  sides  also  partake  of 
tbe  same  desirable  qualities,  and  are  there¬ 
fore  of  superior  excellence  for  bacon.  Con¬ 
sidering  these,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the 
Americans,  at  least,  will  never  attempt  to 
alter  the  breed  by  crossing  other  swine  upon 
it,  for  the  only  result  will  be  a  deterioration. 
The  Berkshire  can  improve  most  other 
breeds,  but  no  other  breed  that  we  know  of 
can  improve  them;  we  would  not  even  re¬ 
commend  a  fresh  cross  of  the  pure  Siamese. 


The  committee  submit  the  following  stand¬ 
ard  of  characteristics  and  markings: 

Color,  black,  with  white  on  feet,  face,  tip 
of  tail  and  an  occasional  splash  of  white  on 
the  arm,  while  a  small  spot  of  white  on  some 
other  part  of  the  body  does  not  argue  an 
impurity  of  blood,  yet  it  is  to  bo  discouraged 
to  the  end  that  uniformity  of  color  may  be 
attained  by  breeders;  white  upon  one  ear,  or 
u  bronze  or  copper  spot  on  some  part  of  (  lie 
body  argues  no  impurity,  but  rather  a  re¬ 
ap]  learance  of  the  original  colors.  Markings 
of  white  other  than  those  named  above  a  re 
suspicious,  and  u  pig  so  marked  should  be  re¬ 
jected. 

Face,  short,  fine  and  well  dished,  broad 
between  the  eyes.  Earn,  generally,  almost 
erect,  but  sometimes  inclining  forward  with 
advancing  age,  small,  thin,  soft  and  showing 
veins.  Jowl,  full.  Neck,  short  aud  thick. 
Shoulder,  short  from  neck,  to  middling  deep 
from  back  down,  pack,  broad  and  straight, 
or  a  verv  little  arched  Ribs — long  ribs,  well 


experiments  we  have  made  (hat  we  save  a 
third  of  our  provender  by  steaming  it.  As  a 
sample  of  what  this  manner  of  feeding  stock 
will  do,  I  will  relate  an  instance  of  a  young 
man  who,  a  year  ago  last  spring,  bought  a 
farm  of  80  acres  of  land  for  311,000.  The 
farm  kept  11  cows,  four  or  five  yearlings,  and 
a  horse  or  two.  The  young  man  took  hold  of 
that  farm  and  immediately  put  in  1 1  acres  of 
sowed  coni.  He  increased  the  Rtock  to  25 
cows,  and  kept  them  on  12  acres,  feeding 
them  on  sowed  corn,  and  also  cutting  his 
oats  green  for  food.  His  receipts  the  first 
year  were  over  $3,000.  Tills  year  he  sum¬ 
mered  on  Unit  same  farm  27  cows,  and  he 
told  me  that  his  27  cows  would  average  him 
8100  each  from  the  profit  on  milk.” 


His  appetite  now  seems  restored,  is  goes! ;  but 
the  tail  is  powerless,  and  the  excrement  re¬ 
mains  in  the  rectum  until  removed  by  the 
hand  oi  injection.  Cun  you  give  us  a  cause, 
cure,  etc.  (’—Subscriber,  Uenovo,  Pci. 

Wk  have  hail  no  experience  in  a  similar 
ease  to  (his,  and  do  not  feel  competent  to  ad¬ 
vise,  We  should,  however,  continue  the  in¬ 
jections,  and  give  very  fight  food— bran  mash 
or  oatmeal  gruel.  Would  not  feed  the  ani- 
mol  hay  or  heating  grain.  Perhaps  some 
more  experienced  horseman  can  give  intelli¬ 
gent  advice. 


APPLE8  AND  HORSE  DISEASE. 


WEN  OR  TUMOR  ON  THE  JAW. 


Wm.  Horne,  V.  S.,  in  Western  Farmer,  in 
answer  to  an  inquiry  how  to  treat  the  tumor 
says  ‘ 1  Tumor  upon  the  angle  of  the  jaw  is, 
in  cattle,  1  am  sorry  to  say,  now  becoming 
quite  common.  Its  reduc  tion  may  be  accom¬ 
plished  as  follows  Open  it  to  the  very  bot¬ 
tom  to  give  exit  to  any  matter  or  pus,  or  any 
other  foreign  substance  which  may  be  con¬ 
tained  therein  ;  leave  a  good  opening  at  the 
bottom  or  lower  portion  of  the  tumor  ;  inject 


A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  New  England 
Fa)  uer,  at  South  Amherst,  Moss.,  says 
“1  are  have  been  some  cases  of  death  here. 
I  u:  lerstand  the  most  valuable  horses  have 
diet  -those  that  have  hail  the  most  done  for 
them.  Horses  that  have  been  used  carefully 
and  little  done  for  them  have  got  well  the 
best.  About  the  time  I  first  heard  of  the 
disease  I  turned  mv  horse  out  to  grass  v-hcrc 
there  were  plenty  of  apples.  He  ate  as  many 
as  he  wanted,  besides  hay,  meal,  and  water¬ 
melons.  I  have  given  apples  nearly  every 
day  this  Fall,  which  puts  on  flesh  and  gives 
life  and  ambition  to  the  horse,  and  he  has  not 


r  .  .  *  *  _  i - - wv  uuc  uvi  auu  ue  uos  not 

with  a  glass  syringe,  diluto  nunc  acid,  half  been  troubled  with  the  disease.  A  friend 


rain  water  and  one-half  pure  acid  ;  do  not 
inject  more  than  twice,  or  three  times  at  fur¬ 
thest,  leaving  two  days  between  ;  t  hen  inject 


told  me  he  had  four  horses  standing  together  ; 
three  had  the  disease,  and  the  other  did  not.”' 


iving  rotundity  of  body;  short  ribs  solution  carbolic  acid  and  tincture  myrrh  and 


sprung,  giving  rotundity  or  oouy ;  snort  nos 
of  good  length,  giving  breadth  and  lovelness 
of  loins.  Hips,  good  length  from  point  of 
hip  to  lump.  Hams,  thick,  round  and  deep, 
holding  their  thickness  well  back  a  ud  down 
to  the  hocks.  Tail,  tine  and  small,  set  on 
high  up.  Legs,  short  and  line,  but  straight 
and  very  strong,  with  hoofs  erec  \  legs  set 
wide  apart.  Size,  medium.  Length,  medi¬ 
um,  extremes  are  to  be  avoided.  Bone,  fine 


aloes  ;  alternate  the  one  for  the  other.  A 
second  and  safe  way  is  to  ran  a  deep  seton 
through  the  bottom  of  the  tumor— there  is 
not  so  much  bleeding  or  trouble  ;  dress  with 
common  turpentine  and  carbolic  acid  for  say 


THREAD-WORMS  IN  C0LT8, 


A  correspondent  of  Turf,  Field,  and  Farm 
asks  for  a  remedy  for  white  worms  in  colts, 
he  haring  several  that  are  troubled.  Ho  says 
they  keep  lean,  with  flatulent  rumbling  in 


three  dressings  each— or  four.  Keep  from  the  abdomen ;  they  seem  feeble  and  sweat 


UUJa  V--4.  V.  I  VXUVW  v.  . 

and  compact.  Offal,  very  light, 
aud  soft,  no  bristles.  Skin,  pliabl 


Hair,  flue 


rubbing  parts,  and  if  in  stanchions,  take  him 
out  and  simply  tie  him.” 


The  Berkshires  are  hardy,  prolific  and  ex¬ 
cellent  nurses;  their  meat  is  of  superior 
quality,  with  fat  and  lean  well  mixed, 
(Sighed)  Geo,  W.  Jones, 

Jacob  Kennedy, 

I,  N,  Barker, 


MARKS  ON  SHORT-HORNS. 


I  would  like  to  hear  from  some  of  the 
best  breeders  of  Short -Horns  among  your 
readers  in  regard  to  the  significance  of  spots 


easily.  To  this  the  editor  responds: — “The 
ordinary  remedy  for  these  worms  is  the  in¬ 
jection  every  morning  for  a  week  of  a  pint 
of  linseed  oil,  containing  two  drachms  of 
spirits  of  turpentine,  A  good  preventive,  as 
well  as  a  remedy,  is  a  mixture  of  powdered 
copperas  and  wood  ashes,  placed  where  the 
horse  can  lick  it,  or  a  small  tea-spoonful  of 
powdered  copperas  given  three  times  a  day.” 


Ayrshire  calves  on  the  farm  of  Clark  Brad¬ 
ley  of  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  and  which  were 
offered  at  vexy  reasonable  rates.  We  cannot 
recommend  any  particular  breeder,  as  this 
matter  belongs  properly  to  the  advertising 
columns  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker. 


COTTON  IN  CALIFORNIA 


Experiments  in  California  in  cotton  cul¬ 
ture  seem  very  promising  for  the  future  of 
this  staple  in  that  State.  The  last  success 
noted  is  that  of  a  Mr.  Amos  Childs,  Center¬ 
ville,  Fresno  Co.,  whose  sample  is  said  to  bo 
excellent.  He  planted  one  and  a  half  acres 
upon  a  light,  loamy  soil,  where  noticing  like  a 
farm  crop  can  be  grown  without  irrigation. 
He  irrigated  his  cotton  ground  no  less  than 
five  times,  once  in  about  three  weeks  during 
its  growth,  by  running  the  water  in  small 
ditches  midway  between  the  rows,  never  al¬ 
lowing  it  to  spread  over  the  surface  or  touch 
the  stalk  of  the  plant. 

The  Pacific  Rural  Press  says  “  As  to  the 
extent  of  irrigation,  to  secure  the  largest  and 
best  yield  of  cottou,  the  experience  of  Mr.  C. 
is  that  where  he  irrigated  the  most  abund- 
antly,  ho  got  the  best  yield  in  all  cases  and 
places.  His  cotton  was  planted  on  the  25th 
of  April,  but  thinks  the  1st  of  April  would 
be  better,  or  us  soon  after  all  danger  from 
frost  is  passed  us  possible.  The  iirst  boll  of 
mature  cotton  was  picked  on  the  2Stk  of 
Juno.  He  would  plant  in  rows  flvo  feet 
apart,  because  he  finds  when  sufficient  water 
is  given  the  plants  they  will  fill  that  amount 
of  space.  II is  present  planting  was  three, 
four  and  five  feet  apart,  and  thinks  five  feet 
the  best.  The  yield  on  the  one  and  a  half 
acres  was  4-15  pounds,  or  at  the  rate  of  very 
nearly  800  pounds  to  the  acre. 

“  There  is  no  doubt  but  his  cotton  is  worth, 
and  ought  to  bring,  25  cents  a  pound  ;  his 
best  offer,  however,  is  IS  cents  in  ban  Fran¬ 
cisco,  which  he  will  probably  take,  rathor 
than  forward  so  small  a  lot  to  an  Eastern 
market,  bo  complete  has  been  his  success 
the  past  Boason  ho  will  increase  his  next 
year’s  crop  to  the  full  extent ;  ho  will  be  able 
to  irrigate  about  1)0  acres,  growing  as  an  ex- 


HOW  TO  GROW  SUGAR  BEETS, 


MILKING  STOCK  FOR  POOR  SOILS  AND 
THIN  PASTURES. 


In'  the  first;  place,  select  a  suitable  piece  of 
ground— a  low,  mellow  and  loamy  corner  of 
your  lost  year’s  com  field  would  do  first  rate, 
provided  the  ground  is  not  sodden  with  water. 
Sugar  beets  want  moisture  and  a  great  deal, 
but  not  too  much.  The  soil  must  also  be 
friable,  and  the  deeper  the  hotter.  Having 
such  a  piece  selected,  plow  it  up  the  first 
chance  you  can  got ;  tako  your  time  when  at 
it  and  plow  deep,— at  least  one  foot,  and  as 
much  more  as  possible.  Unless  It  is  In  very 
good  heart,  spread  ou  a  thick  coating  of  bam 
yard  manure  or  muck  compost,  and  let  Jack 
Frost  and  the  rain  and  snow  dissolve  and  mix 
all  through  tho  soil  for  you,  bettor  than  you 
could  do  it  yourself,  and  free  of  expense. 
After  you  are  through  planting  com  next 
Spring,  turn  in  and  get  your  beet  patch  ready. 
How  it  again  good  and  deep  ;  this  will  mix 
tho  sour  subsoil, first  turned  up,  all  through 
t  he  good  soil ;  t  hen  it  will  not  damage  your 
crop.  Harrow  the  ground  very  thoroughly  ; 
furrow  out  two  and  a  half  foot  apart  ;  fill  the 
furrows  with  a  compost  that  you  set  to  work 
making  as  soon  as  you  read  this,  and  which 
will  be  in  just  the  l'ight  condition  when  wanted 
for  use  ;  fill  the  furrows  level  full,  then  turn 
two  furrows  (one  each  side)  over  ou  tho  m;v 
nure,  mulcting  a  ridge,  and  making  it  pretty' 
high. 

Next  go  along  with  a  hand  rake,  and  smooth 
off  the  tops  of  the  ridge, — being  sure  to  keep 
it  straight.  Get  a  seed  sower  and  plant  your 
seed,  not  too  thick.  It  is  a  common  fault  to 
sow  too  much  beet  seed ;  tho  beets  must  stand 
live  or  six  inches  apart  finally.  You  can  try 
your  sower  and  regulate  it  on  a  board,  to 
sow  about  twice  this  amount ;  then,  when 
!  lie  plants  are  up  about  two  or  three,  inches 
high,  so  that  you  can  see  tho  rows  plainly, 
give  them  a  good  and  unsparing  tli  inning  out. 

I  may  as  well  remark  hero,  for  the  benefit 
of  those  who  have  never  raised  a  crop  of 
sugar  beets,  that  they  are  very  quick  grow¬ 
ers  when  young,  and  being  of  a  yellowish 
green,  are  immediately  distinguished  from 
all  weeds.  They  afo  nothing  like  carrots. 
Carrots  are  grand  for  feed,  but  they  need  to 
be  tenderly  nursed  till  eight  inches  high. 
They  are  four  times  tho  bother,  and  yield 
only  one-half  the  crop  that  boots  do,  You 
have  no  troublo  hunting  to  find  the  row  in 
beets.  They  aro  hardy,  and  if  covered  up 
will  almost  grow  out  in  the  night ;  that  is 
more  than  my  experience  will  bear  in  car¬ 
rots. 

Your  beets  thinned  out  and  growing  nicely, 
go  t  hrough  them  with  a  hand  plow  (if  you 
have  one)  while  they  aro  still  very  small, 
plowing  from  the  row  ;  in  a  few  days  plow 
to  them.  This  can  bo  done  before  it  is  ad¬ 
visable  to  begin  with  a  horse,  and  then  you 
get  the  start  of  the  few  woeds  that  survive 
your  Winter  plowing  and  tho  preparation  of 
the  ground.  As  they  grow  larger,  plow 
deeper  and  deeper,  and  in  caso  of  drouth  run 
the  cultivator  through  often,  just  skimming 
off  tho  crust  ;  it  will  let  tho  moisture  in  the 
soil  at  night  and  much  increase  the  crop  ; 
and  now  you  are  ready  to  harvest  the  crop. 
It  is  best  to  pull  them  out,  as  they  then  come 
clean,  without  any  dirt ;  they  pull  easily,  as 
they  grow  one-half  out  of  the  ground  •  hoys 
can  readily  pull  them.  If  you  have  too  many 
to  pull,  go  through  with  a  sharp  hoe  and  cut 
the  tops  off,  pick  them  up  out  of  the  way, 
and  save  to  feed  to  tho  cows  ;  then  take  a 
loam  and  plow,  turn  ono  furrow  away  from 
each  row  and  then  throw  them  out  ;  have 
them  picked  up  and  thrown  in  heaps  to  dry, 
then  put  away  for  the  Winter  and  keep  in  a 
dark  place. 

If  you  follow  these  simple  directions  you 
will  not  be  disappointed  at  harvest.,  for  when 
you  go  to  gather  the  crop  you  will  find  it  in 
abundance.  You  may,  by  this  method,  count 
on  500  bushols  to  the  acre  -and  more,  if  the 
season  is  good  ;  besides,  your  soil  is  all  tho 
time  improving.  In  France,  where  beets  aro 
raised  by  the  thousand  acres  for  sugar,  tho 
country  has  improved  so  much  that  it  is  esti¬ 
mated  that  the  soil  is  four  or  five  times  as 
productive,  and  the  cattle  (fed  on  the  refuse 
pulp  from  the  presses)  number  hundreds  for 
ono  formerly.  In  short,  boot  raising  has 
completely  transformed  the  country. 

Just  make  up  your  mind  to  raise  a  patch  of 
White  sugar  boots  next  year.  If  you  mis.-, 
them  once  you  w ill  raise  them  always.  You 
will  find  your  cattle  slick  and  thrifty  ;  your 
dairy  profits  greater ;  you  can  keep  double 
tho  stock  ;  your  compost  heap  will  be  in¬ 
creased  ;  your  land  improved,  and  you  be 
made  better  off  in  many  ways  by  the  sugar 
beet<  Practical. 


ARTIFICIAL  MILK 


W e  gave  some  weeks  since  in  the  columns  of 
the  Rural  a  recently-discovered  method  fox- 
making  artificial  butter— a  thing  of  French 
origin  and  ingenuity.  We  aro  told  that  the 
butter  Is  excellent,  and  a  good  substitute  for 
the  genuine  article.  This  may  nil  bo  true,  for 
there  are  so  many  wonderful  things  accom¬ 
plished  in  thi3  ago  that  one  must  not  be  too 
hasty  in  pronouncing  upon  impossibilities. 
Wc  can  only  say,  in  the  present  state  of  tho 
butter  market,  that  wo  prefer  tho  genuine 
article,  and  have  no  fears  that  .any  substitute 
can  bo  introduced  that  will  cause  alarm  to 
our  butter  makers.  Such  inventions,  how¬ 
ever,  are  of  interest,  as  may  be.  perhaps,  the 
following  receipt  for  making  artificial  milk, 
which,  according  to  the  authority  of  a  foreign 
journal,  “is  an  excellent  concoction.”  And 
though  prejudice  might  prevent  thin  excellent 
concoction  from  being  taken  at  breakfast 
time  instead  of  the  produce  of  the  cow, 
calves  would  huvo  no  such  feeling,  and  would 
take  it  with  thankfulness  and  grow  fat.  If 
any  of  our  readers  have  grown  sick  of  the 
very  doubtful  material  furnished  by  the  milk 
veiMOrs,  anti  have  a  desire  to  experiment  in 
the  manufacture  of  a  substitute  fur  the  gen¬ 
uine  lacteal  lluid,  here  is  the  formula. : 

“  Add  to  half  a  liter  of  water,  forty  or  fifty 
grammes  of  saccharine  material,  (cane  sugar, 
glucose,  or  sugar  of  milk,)  twenty  or  thirty 
grammes  of  dry  albumen  (made  from  white 
of  egg)  and  one  or  two  grammes  of  subcar- 
bontifce  of  soda.  These  are  to  lie  agitated 
with  fifty  or  sixty  grammes  of  olive  oil  or 
other  convertible  ‘  fatty  matter,  until  they 
form  an  emulsion.  Tins  may  be  done  either 
with  warm  or  cold  water  ;  but  the  tempor¬ 
al.  urn  of  50'  lo  60  C.  is  recommended.  The 
result  is  a  pasty  liquid,  which  by  further  ad¬ 
mixture  with  its  o-.vu  bulk  of  water  assumes 
the  consistency  and  general  appearance  of 
milk.  Luxuriously-minded  people  who  pre¬ 
fer  rich  cream  to  ordinary  milk  can  obtain  it 
by  doubling  tho  quantity  of  fatty  matter  and 
substituting  two  or  three  grammes  of  gela¬ 
tine  for  the  dry  albumen.  The  rvweureties  of 
Dumas  and  FliEMY  having  reinstated  gelatine 
among  the  nitrogenous  alimentary  materials, 
M,  Dun  RUN  fa  NT  prefers  gelatine  to  albumen  ; 
it  is  cheaper,  more  easily  obtained,  and  the 
slight  viscosity  which  it  gives  to  the  liquid 
materially  assists  the  formation  and  main- 
tainanoe  of  the  emulsion,  lie  especially  rec¬ 
ommends  this  in  t  he  manufacture  of  siege 
milk”  on  account  of  tho  obviously  numerous 
articles  from  which  gelatine  may  be  ole 
tained.” 

The  London  Milk  Journal  evidently  has 
but  little  faith  in  this  compound,  for  in  com¬ 
menting  upon  the  ingredients  which  makeup 
this  artificial  milk  It  says t— “Such  of  our 
readers  as  aro  familiar  with  tho  composition 
of  milk  will  bn  amused  with  tho  expedient  of 
Substituting  carbonate  of  soda  for  the  phos¬ 
phate  of  lime  and  salt,  which  form  the  min 
oral  constituents  of  real  milk,  and  will  sus¬ 
pect  t.liat  the  ‘strictly  scientific  manner’  which 
governed  this  procedure,  consisted  in  falling 
into  the  vulgar  error  which  was  exposed  in 
our  pages  some  time  ago.  The  albumen  do- 
rived  from  white  of  egg  is  a  very  different 
thing  from  cascinc,  chemically  considered,  us 
we  hare  pointed  out,  and  as  1 1  LASIWETZ  and 
Habkrmanx  have  also  shown  still  more  re¬ 
cently,  Butter  fats,  too,  we  think,  may  be 
easily  distinguished  from  olive  oil,” 

After  all,  it  may  lie  more  satisfactory  to 
accept  a  substitute,  knowing  its  composition, 
than  to  swallow  the  villainous  compound 
reeking  with  the  germs  of  disease  which  is 
not  unfrequently  peddled  by  the  milkman. 


mo  most  wonderfully  ;  also,  direct  me  where 
I  can  buy  the  stock.  '  I  want  one  or  two  grade 
cows  which  will  give  large  pail  returns,  and 
a  bull  calf  (thoroughbred)  of  the  breed  which 
will  profit  me  the  most.  My  preference  is 
for  the  Holstein  and  the  Ayrshire.  Think, 
from  my  reading,  the  former  will  give  more 
milk  if  my  pasture  will  suit  them. — O.  E. 
Blackburn.  Little  Lock,  Ark. 

From  the  description  above  given  of  our 
coiTespondcnt’a  land,  wo  infer  that  pastur¬ 
age  does  not  make  a  thick,  luxuriant  and 
abundant  growth,  but  that  his  cows  will  bo 
required  to  travel  over  a  considerable  surface 
daily  to  obtain  a  requisite  amount  of  food. 
The  object  sought  then  would  seem  to  bo  to 
select  a  cow  that  will  yield  most  milk  under 
such  circumstances,  without  regard  to  t  he 
making  of  beef  as  a  secondary  object  or  the 
production  of  meat  in  connection  with  milk. 
Wc  know  of  no  breed  that  would  better  suit 
this  situation  than  tho  Ayrshire.  Tho  Ayr- 
shire,  though  of  medium  size,  is  a  remark¬ 
ably  good  milker  and  her  milk  is  of  fair  aver¬ 
age  quality — not  so  rich  as  that  from  some 
other  breeds,  but  quite  as  full  of  butter  as 
that  from  the  Dutch  or  Holstein.  The  quan¬ 
tity  of  milk  yielded  by  the  Ayrshire  cow, 
considering  her  size,  is  very  great.  Aiton 
says  that  850  gallons  per  year  is  not  uncom¬ 
mon  ;  and  allowing  for  some  unproductive 
cows,  COO  gallons  may  bo  considoi’cd  as  the 
average  quantity  obtained  annually  from  each 
cow.  The  Ayrshires  have  good  constitutions, 
are  a  hardy  and  active  breed,  and  they  will 
probably  give  more  milk,  on  pasturage  which 
has  to  be  picked  from  an  extended  surface 
requiring  much  travel,  than  any  other  breed. 
The  Ayrshires  have  now  been  so  extensively 
introduced  in  the  United  States  that  good 
thoroughbred  animals  can  be  purchased  from 
the  breeders  at  reasonable  rates. 

Tho  Dutch,  or  Holstein,  cattle  have  been 
but  recently  introduced  into  this  country. 
They  are  of  large  size,  the  cows  averaging 
from  1,200  to  1,400  pounds  weight  each,  and 
sometimes  more.  They  are  very  largo  milk- 
el’s,  probably  exceeding  the  Ayrshire's  in 
quantity,  but  they  are  best  adapted  to  level 
or  slightly  undulating  surfaces,  where  the 
pastures  are  rich  and  abundant,  and  where 
food  can  bo  obtained  without  much  travel. 
From  all  the  accounts  given  we  think  favora¬ 
bly  of  Dutch  cattle  fox'  tho  daily  on  those 
Boil 3  that  seem  well  adapted  to  the  breed. 
Still  they  have  not  been  sufficiently  tested  in 
the  dairies  of  this  country  to  determine  their 
merits  as  fully  as  have  the  Ayrshires.  They 
aro  not  so  active,  and,  it  is  believed  by  many, 
will  not  prove  so  hai’dy  as  the  Ayrshire*  ;  but 
so  far  as  our  own  observation  extends,  they 
seem  well  adapted  to  the  climate  and  rich 
pastures  of  the  Middle  States.  Their  breed¬ 
ing  being  somewhat  limited  in  this  country, 
thoi'ouglibred  animals  are  very  expensive,  as 
compared  with  the  prices  for  which  Ayr- 
shires  can  be  obtained. 

The  Ayrshires,  it  may  be  remarked,  cross 
well  on  the  common  stock  of  ^he  country, 
the  grades  generally  making  good  milkers,  es¬ 
pecially  where  due  attention  has  been  given 
in  selecting  good  cows  of  common  stock  on 
which  the  cross  is  made.  If  our  inference  is 
correct  respecting  the  character  of  the  lands 
owned  by  our  coircspondent,  we  must  most 
decidedly  recommend  the  Ayx'shires  os  best 
suited  to  his  purpose. 

There  are  quite  a  number  of  persons  in  this 
country  who  are  distinguished  as  breeders  of 
Ayrshires,  among  whom  wc  may  name  Mr. 
Campbell  of  York  Mills,  N.  Y. ;  Mr.  Bihney 
of  Springfield,  Mass.;  Brodie  &  Converse 
of  Rural  Hill,  N.  Y.  In  our  tour  through 
Jefferson  county,  recently,  we  saw  some  fine 


MULCHING  WINTER  WHEAT 


We  have  several  inquiries  as  to  whether 
mulching  Winter  wheat  will  protect  it— that 
is,  whether  the  crop  nins  less  risk  if  mulched 
than  if  not  mulched.  If  a  heavy  body  of 
snow  falls,  wo  doubt  if  mulching  is  any  ad¬ 
vantage  so  far  as  protection  is  concerned  ;  in 
u<>  case  should  such  a  mulch  bo  a  heavy  one — 
so  heavy  an  to  cover  tho  plants.  A  light 
mulch  of  straw  for  such  a  whiter  as  that  of 
1871  and  ’72  in  localities  where  little  snow 
fell,  would  doubtless  benefit  the  crop  ;  but 
it  is  a  question  which  can  only  be  settled  by 
the  experience  of  those  who  have  tried  it, 
how  fur  it  is  safe  and  profitable  to  mulch 
\V  inter  wheat.  A  gentleman  at  Ixxdepcnd- 
ence,  Mo.  ,  writes  tho  Western  Planter  that  in 
the  Fall  of  1871  he  covered  a  portion  of  his 
field  of  Fall  wheat  with  straw  about  the 
same  depth  us  ho  had  covered  Ills  strawberry 
plants,  anil  the  grain  was  worse  killed  where 
mulched  than  where  exposed.  He  does  not 
consider  it  an  infallible  trial,  howovei',  and 
we  should  think  not ;  though  it  may  provo  so 
if  he  mulches  his  wheat  as  heavily  hereafter. 
We  should  bo  glad  to  know  if  any  of  our 
x'eaders  have  had  experience  in  mulching 
wheat, 


SOWING  ASHES  ON  WHEAT. 

What  do  you  think  of  sowing  ashes  on 
wheat  in  the  Spring?  I  have  thought  of 
harrowing  my  wheat  and  fallowing  it  with 
ashes. — h.  c.  p. 

Were  wo  going  to  apply  ashes  to  wheat 
ground,  we  should  do  so  before  sewing,  or 
sow  them  broadcast  at  the  time  of  seeding. 
As  a  rule,  there  is  little  gain  in  harrowing 
Fall  wheat  in  Spring,  provided  the  land  is  in 
proper  tilth  when  the  seed  is  sown.  If  wo 


BONE  FILINGS  FOR  ABORTIVE  COWS, 


PEERLESS  POTATO. 

In  reply  to  the  inquiry  of  W.  H.,  page  154, 
last  volume,  I  will  say  that  the  Early  Rose 
anil  the  Peerless  aro  tho  two  most  valuable 
of  all  the  recent  seedlings  brought  lief  ore  the 
public.  I  have  long  grown  the  former,  but 
the  latter  were  raised  by  me  for  the  first  time 
last  year.  Tho  rust  partially  lolled  the  tops 
as  it  has  all  other  varieties,  exoept  the  very 
latest,  o.  r,  d. 

Central  New  Hampshire,  1872. 


8WEET  POTATOES. 

A  correspondent  at  Manlius,  N.  Y.,  asks 
the  best  kind  of  sweet  potatoes  to  cultivate 
in  his  locality  and  where  he  can  get  the  seed  • 
also,  the  best  way  to  cultivate  them  so  far 
North. 


already  provided  in  our  natural  forests,  by 
carefully  cutting  and  removing  all  the  largest 
and  most  valuable  timber,  being  careful  not 
to  destroy  any  more  of  the  small  trees  than 
is  necessary  in  removing  the  large  ones,  being 
also  careful  not  to  allow  any  fire  to  be  started 
in  any  portion  of  the  forest.  After  removing 
all  the  valuable  timber,  fence  the  amount  of 
ground  you  wish  to  try  the  experiment  upon, 
keeping  out  all  kinds  of  farm  stock  until  the 
natural  growth  of  the  young  timber  shall 
have  attained  sufficient  eozo  to  protect  them¬ 
selves  from  the  ravages  of  the  stock. 


forming  a  loop,  which  will  catch  on  all  ob¬ 
structions  and  retard  the  progressed  the  ani¬ 
mal  entrapped.  Any  fresh  meat,  entrails  of 
deer  or  sheep,  or  the.  remains  of  animals  the 
bear  has  killed,  may  be  used  for  bait;  but  the 
very  best  is  honey-comb.  In  places  where  it 
is  practicable,  it  is  weli  to  set.  the  trap  under 
water  or  very  soft  mud.  He  is  also  taken  in 
“  dead -falls,''  made  something  like  those 
used  for  smaller  animals,  only  stronger. 
Spring  guns  are  also  used,  but  they  are  too 
dangerous  to  human  life  to  warrant  their  use 
except  in  sparsely  settled  regions. 


®hc  Naturalist 


FUR-BEARING  ANIMALS— XI. 

AMERICAN  BLACK  BEAB. 

AUDUBON. 


W.  J.  Ford,  Humbcretone,  Leicestershire, 
Eng.,  upon  this  subject,  based  upon  what  he 
has  seen  of  the  best  specimens  of  these  fowls 
at  the  diflierent  English  shows.  He  says  he  is 
induced  to  think  that  breeders  are  commit¬ 
ting  great  mistakes  in  breeding  too  much 
from  what  are  called  fashionable  strains  and 
adds  I  find  a  loss  in  weight,  size,  and  color, 
poor  legs,  and  very  light  hackles.  They 
ought  to  throw  a  dash  of  strange  blood  in 
from  a  pure  bird  with  much  darker  feathers 
and  stouter  make.  If  this  first  crossing  be 
not  suiTciently  effective,  and  if  the  markings 
or  the  size  and  health  of  the  produce. required 
more  improvement.,  another  cross  similar  to 
the  first  must  be  again  resorted  to,  and  again 
brought  back  to  the  original  type. 

I  have  no  confidence  in  the  permanence  of 
a  cross  iu  the  light-marked  breed.  1  mean 
to  assert,  however,  that  by  rational  selection 
of  larger  and  darker  marked  cocks  with  light 
hens,  and  by  chance  in  breeding  from  the 
birds  which  show  the  best  qualities  and  pre¬ 
sent  the  greatest  likeness  to  one  another,  ono 
could  in  course  of  time  establish  a  strain  re¬ 
producing  itself  with  something  like  fixity. 
Thus  having  created  what  wo  call  the  breed, 
and  though  t  heir  acquired  properties  have  in 
course  of  time  gained  something  like  fixity, 
yet  there  is  always  a  tendency  for  them  to 
lose  in  strength  and  dwindle  away.  Tt  is  this 
tendency  which  it  is  the  task  of  breeders  to 
counterbalance  and  to  correct. 

Inexperienced  persons  are  apt  very  often  to 
overlook  the  general  qualifications  of  a  bird 
in  their  ardor  for  cultivating  a  single  quality, 
or  developing  a  single  point  of  form  ;  but  one 
must  always  have  in  mind  that  it  is  a  com¬ 
mon  law  of  nature  tliatrthe  superior  and  ex¬ 
traordinary  development  of  some  particular 
part  of  an  organism  cannot  be  obtained  ex¬ 
cept  at  the  expense  of  the  rest,  thus  commit¬ 
ting  great  errors  which  it  takes  years  to  erad- 


Ursus  Amerlcanus. 

The  Black  Bear  lias  been  found  in  every 
wooded  district  throughout  North  America, 
from  the  North  through  all  the  States  to 
Mexico,  excepting  California,  but  it  is  rarely 
Been  in  the  older  States,  excepting  in  wild, 
mountainous  regions.  The  size  of  the  full- 
grown  boar  varies,  but  the  length,  of  the  bou\ 
may  be  given  as  something  over  blx  feet  ;  the 
tail,  two  inches.  The  head  is  short  and 
broad  where  it  joins  the  neck  ;  eyes  small, 
close  together;  care  high,  rounded;  body 
and  legs  thick  and  clumsy  ;  claws  short,  flat, 
incurved,  calculated  for  climbing  and  bur¬ 
rowing  ;  tail  very  short  ;  fur  long,  straight, 
and  rather  soft ;  nose  fawn-colored,  which 
color  extends  to  the  eyes ;  eyes  and  nails 
black;  hairs  on  the  whole  body  of  most 
specimens  glossy  black. 

The  Bear  changes  its  haunts  with  the  sea¬ 
son,  owing  to  Rs  desire  of  obtaining  suitable 
food  or  of  retiring  to  more  inaccessible  re¬ 
gions,  where  it  can  pass  its  time  in  security. 
Durinar  the  Spring  mouths  it  searches  foi 


hot  months  it  passes  much  of  its  time  wal¬ 
lowing  like  a  hog  in  swamps,  where  it  eats 
■•rayfish  and  roots  and  is  glad  to  get  hold  of 
any  quadruped,  sometimes  attacking  even  a 
full-grown  cow.  When  berries  begin  to 
ripen  on  the  mountains  It  betakes  itself  to 
the  high  grounds,  followed  by  the  cubs.  In 
newly-settled  countries  and  in  retired  situa¬ 
tions'  it  is  a  great  destroyer  of  pigs,  calves 
and  sheep,  and  ravages  corn  fields  when  the 
corn  is  “in  the  milk,”  eating  the  ears  with 
great  greediness.  It  is  fond  of  fish,  which  it 
catches  with  skill  and  dexterity.  In  its  pur¬ 
suit  of  nuts  it  will  sometimes  almost  strip 
oak  and  beech  trees  of  their  branches,  “lop¬ 
ping”  them  off  with  ease.  As  it  is  a  capital 
climber  and  very  fond  of  honey,  it  never 
fails  to  rob  every  “bee  tree"  it  finds  in  its 
rambles. 

Some  authorities  say  the  male  bear  can  be 
seen  abroad  at  all  times  of  the  year  ;  but  in 
very  cold  regions  it  invariably  hibernates.  It 
generally  selects  a  spot  for  its  den  under  a 
fallen  tree,  and,  having  scratched  away  a 
portion  of  the  soil,  at  the  beginning  of  a 
snow  storm  retires  to  it,  when  the  snow  soon 
furnishes  a  close,  warm  covering.  Its  breath 
makes  a  Bmall  opening,  by  which  its  retreat, 
is  often  discovered.  The  female,  before  very 
cold  weather  comes  on,  always  goes  into 
Winter  quarters,  in  some  hollow  tree  or  well- 
coucealed  den.  Here,  iu  January,  the  cubs 
arc  brought  forth,  usually  two  in  numbei. 
At  first  they  are  about  the  size  of  kittens, 
but  they  grow  rapidly,  thougli  the  mother 
eats  nothing  till  some  weeks  later,  when, 
they  being  large  enough  to  follow  her  and 
able  to  climb  trees,  she  ventures  out  of  her 
Winter  home.  The  love  of  the  female  bear 
for  her  young,  and  her  skill,  activity  and 
fearlessness  in  defending  them  from  danger 


AMERICAN  III.  A  Civ 

The  flesh  of  the  bear  is  finest  in  the  late  fall  “But.” 
or  early  winter,  when  it  is  very  lat,  and  the  will  be  01 
meat  of  those  whose  food  consists  principally  Very  v 
of  nuts,  berries  a  nd  sweet  roots,  is  excellent,  Anothc 
with  a  peculiarly  wild  and  perfumed  flavor,  will  take 
The  fat  is  in  high  repute  for  promoting  the  —equal  i 
growth  of  hair,  and  will  bring  nt  least  a  del-  But  ono 
lar  a  pound.  Some  years  ago  Black  Bear  trouble  3 
skins  were  greatly  in  vogue  for  carriage  just  let  tl 
hammer  cloths,  and  in  1SC3,  it  is  said,  25,000  thcmselv 

skins  were  exported,  bringing  twenty  to  fort  y  the  large 

guineas  apiece.  They  are  now  quoted  from  it  on  a  t 
twelve  to  eighteen  dollars.  or  if  you 

The  Indian  tribes  have  many  superstitions  forestall 
concerning  the  Bear,  and  many  of  them  go  go,  if  yo 
through  various  ceremonies  before  going  out  blown  d 
to  hunt  the  animal.  H.  tion  unt 

_ _ _  started  ; 


VOBACITY  OF  DIFEEBENT  BIRDS 


SAND-HILL  CRANE 


An  Illinoisan  writes  as  follows  about  this 
bird:— A  few  words  about  the  sand-liili  crane 
(or  what  might  be  properly  called  the  ostrich 
of  North  America).  The  full-grown  sand-h  ill 
crane  stands  about  four  feet  high,  weighs  fif¬ 
teen  to  twenty-five  pounds;  feeds  on  vegetable 
matin  ,  same  as  'wild  geest.  Its  flesh  is  excel¬ 
lent  eating,  considered  by  many  to  be  supe¬ 
rior  to  wild  turkey.  The  blue  and  white 
crane  are  fish  birds,  and  are  not  good  to  cat. 
About  the  same  similarity  between  them  and 
sand-hill  crane  as  there  is  between  the  turkey 
buzzard  aud  the  wild  turkey. 


CARBOLIC  ACID  FOB  GAPES, 


no  difficulty  iu  curing  gapes  by  the  use  of 
carbolic  acid.  Ho  says  “  80  potent  are  the 
fumes  of  this  powerful  remedy,  and  so  de¬ 
structive  are  they  to  parasitic  life,  that  their 
inhalation  for  even  a  few  moments  seem  per¬ 
fectly  effectual  in  destroying  the  life  of  the 
worm.  It  is  not  even  necessary  to  employ 
any  special  apparatus  ;  a  few  drops  of  car¬ 
bolic  acid  may  ue  placed  in  a  spoon  aud  held 
over  the  flame  of  a  candle  until  the  vapor  is 
seen  to  rise,  when  the  head  of  the  young 
chicken  or  pheasant  (held  in  the  other  hand) 
may  be  placed  in  the  vapor,  which  the  ani¬ 
mal  is  forced  to  inhale.  Care  must  be  taken 
not  to  carry  on  the  process  until  the  fowl  as 
well  as  thep  worms  are  killed.  I  find  after 
exposure  to  the  fumes  for  a  few  seconds  the 
bird  may  be  regarded  as  cured,  and  may  be 
seen  running  about  quite  well  on  the  follow¬ 
ing  day  ;  if  not,  the  treatment  should  be  re¬ 
peated.  The  medicinal  carbolic  acid  is  pref¬ 
erable  to  the  tarry  liquid  used  for  disinfect¬ 
ing  sewers  and  drains.” 


Arborimltural 


PROPAGATION  OF  FOREST  TREES, 


I  NOTICE  by  the  reports  of  the  proceedings 
of  the  National  Agricultural  Convention  that 
the  following  resolution  was  offered  : 

Resolved,  Tliut  we  earnestly  advise  and  entreat 
the  farmers  of  our  whole  country,  who  are 
favorably  located  for  the  purpose,  to  plant 
fore* I  trees,  not  merely  for  shade  and  ornament, 
but  by  the  acre  and  hundreds  of  twins,  in  order 
to  reproduce  our  forests,  to  take  the  place  of 
those  that  are  being  so  rapidly  and  fearfully 
demolished  in  every  direction,  therefore  not 
only  providing  for  the  actual  necessities  of 
those  who  ore  to  come  after  us,  but  also  to  avert 
calamities  that  can  neither  be  imagined  nor 
described,  that,  must  eventually  ensue  whenever 
our  broad  land  shall  be  stripped  of  its  forests, 
ami  consequently  deprived  of  the  numerous 
beneficent  influences  they  are  known  to  impart. 

Allow  me  here  to  suggest  that  instead  of 
incurring  the  enormous  expense  of  setting 
out  forest,  trees,  not  only  as  a  matter  of 
economy  but  to  secure  a  more  rapid  growth, 
that  we  reap  the  harvest  of  timber  that  is 


DESTROYING  “AMERICAN  BLIGHT 


An  English  horticultural  journal,  answer¬ 
ing  a  question,  gives  this  method  of  “  destroy 
ing  American  blight”  :  —  “Dress  the  trees 
with  paraffin  oil,  applying  it  with  a  paint 
brush,  rubbing,  or  rather  brushing,  it  into 
every  hole  and  crevice.  The  thick  roots 
should  be  pared  and  dressed  with  the  paraffin. 
The  soil  removed  should  be  taken  away,  the 
roots  covered  with  rich  soil,  and  the  latter 
mulched  with  manure.  The  paraffin  should 
not  be  put  011  carelessly  and  spilled  on  the 
ground  over  the  roots,  but  be  used  with  care, 
applying  it,  however,  effectually  to  the  stems 
and  thick  roots.” 


SMARTWEED  AND  LICE 


and  8  or  ten  inches  wide.  An  ice-chisel  is  the 
best  for  this  purpose  ;  but  un  ax  will  do.  The 
holes  should  be  at  least  2  rods  apart  and  in  a 
lino.  Bait  your  hooks  with  livo  minnows 
and  throw  in  your  lines,  letting  tho  cross¬ 
piece  of  the  jade  rest  on  tho  ice  on  each  side 
of  the  hole  (see  illustration)  and  the  heavy 
end  of  the  long  piece  on  tho  ice  at  the  end  of 
the  hole.  When  a  fish  bites  he  will  pull  down 
the  light  end  of  the  jack  and  pull  up  the 
heavy  end,  which  is  a  signal  for  you  to  run 
and  pull  him  out  ;  and  when  fish  are  in  biting 
mood  they  will  keep  you  pretty  busy  doing 


those  received  is  a  gigantic  Prionus  ( Prionus 
Californicus ,  Motsch.)  the  females  fully  two 
and  a-half  inches  long,  with  long,  slender 
antenna?.  It,  resembles  our  Prionus  brr.vi- 
cornis,  Parr.  ;  and  we  presume  its  larva 
bores  tho  stems  of  trees  in  the  same  manner, 
and  it  is  probably  fully  ns  destructive.  Then 
there  is  that  beautiful  long-horn  beetle,  the 
Monohouvin  ns  $nittdatus.  Say,  tho  larva  of 
which  bores  tho  white  pine,  and  probably 
other  species,  as  it  has  a  most  extensive 
range,  being  found  at  various  points  entirely 
across  the  Continent.  The  largest  Longicom 


REPLENISHING  FENCE  POSTS 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE, 


To  farmers  and  others  who  wish  to  keep 
their  fences  in  good  repair  as  possible,  with 
small  cost : — When  you  find  n.  post,  rotted  off 
at  tho  ground,  instead  of  trying  to  remove  it 
and  put  Id  another  in  its  stead,  take  a  post, 
even  if  it  be  shorter  and  smaller  than  would 
do  for  a  new  fence,  and  set,  it  in  the  ground 
strong  enough  to  hold  tho  old  post  close  by 
its  side.  Boro  a  hole  through  both,  large 
enough  to  drivo  an  inch  or  an  Inch  and 
a-quarter  oak  pin,  or  if  you  choose  dress  off 
tho  top  so  that  a  large  nail  or  two  will  hold 
as  well  and  will  be  at  less  cost  and  labor. 
Now,  it  will  cost  you  less  to  make  the  trial 
than  to  go  all  the  way  to  Madison  to  seo  a 
farm  that  has  as  many  posts  as  you  will  caro 
to  count  upheld  in  this  way,  three  great  gato 
posts  included. 

In  addition  I  may  say  to  those  who  have 
telegraph  poles  that  they  wish  should  stand 
as  long  as  tho  pole  will  last,  take  posts  as 
large  as  common  fence  posts  and  twice  as 
long,  sharpen  it  at  the  foot  with  a  long  point 
that  shall  penetrate  tho  solid  earth,  filling  a 
hole  made  by  an  iron  bar  ns  much  as  six 
inches  below  the  digger  (this  is  essential  for 
tho  firm  standing  of  all  posts)  ;  set  them  on 
the  side  of  the  pole,  not  under  tho  wires ; 
take  a  piece  of  cast  off  wagon  tiro  worth  one 
cent  a  pound,  bend  it  in  the  shape  of  tho  iron 
that  the  horse-rake  shaft  turns  In,  with  one 
bolt  at  the  end.  Make  it  wide  enough  to 
slide  over  tho  pole  and  long  enough  to  go 
over  the  post,  which  should  be  dressed  some 
to  fit  both  band  and  pole  ;  put  this  on  ;  then 
screw  up  as  tight  as  you  like,  anti  thank 
friend  Mooiua  that,  he  has  told  you  and  tho 
world  how  to  save  thousands  of  dollars. 

M.  It.  Burnham. 


Fro>*i  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


CATCHING  SUCKERS  WITH  A  NOOSE, 
t  his  if  you  have  a  dozen  or  fifteen  jacks  sot. 

It  is  a  good  plan  to  have  the  heavy  end  of 
your  jacks  pointed  black,  so  they  will  show 
distinctly  on  the  ice  or  snow.  T  almost  for¬ 
got  to  toll  you  that  you  Can  catch  your  nun- 
nows  in  streams  neat'  warm  springs,  using 
worms  or  a  bit  of  fresh  meat  for  bait. 

CATCHING  SUCKERS. 

Did  you  ever  t  ry  to  catch  suckers  with  a 
hook  ?  Of  course  you  could  not,  because  they 
would  not  bite.  But  there  is  a  way  of  catch¬ 
ing  them,  and  it  is  not  with  a  spear,  but  with 
a  snare  (see  illustration)  made  by  making  a 
running  noose  iu  a  piece  of  small  brass  wire. 
This  is  tied  to  a  short  fish  line,  at  tho  end  of  a 
common  fishing  rod.  When  you  see  your 
fish,  or  l he. fish  that  will  lie  yours  if  you  man¬ 
age  rightly,  drop  the  noose  gently  into  the 
water  some  little  distance  from  him,  and 
move  it  very  carefully  toward  him.  Get  it 
around  him,  without  touching  him,  till  it  is 
just  back  of  his  gills  ;  then  give  a  smart  jerk 
and  you  will  have  him  kicking  in  the  grass 
and  wondering  what  brought  him  flying  out 
of  the  water  so  suddenly. 

Sly  old  trout,  too  wise  to  be  caught  with  a 
hook,  are  sometimes  taken  in  this  way.  n. 


FISHING  THROUGH  ICE. 

beetle  that  I  received  from  California  is  the 
Kr (Idles  $ piculatm,  Dec.,  and  the  most  beau¬ 
tiful  one,  the  Pendrobiaa  maculatit ,  from 
l-iower  California.  Tho  leaf  and  (lower  bee¬ 
tles,  as  well  as  those  that  live  under  stone 
and  in  old  rotten  wood  and  ot  her  decaying 
vegetable,  that  /ire  received  from  the  far 
West,  show  that,  although  in  form,  color  and 
size  they  may  tllffer  from  those  known  in  the 
East,  still  their  habits  are  very  nearly  the 
same.  Farmers  and  fruit,  growers  will  prob¬ 
ably  have  some  insect  enemies  to  contend 
with,  even  in  such  a  land  of  promise  as  Cali¬ 
fornia. 

MAKING  CUTTINGS. 

Jan.  4. — There  are  usually  a  few  plants  and 
trees  overlooked  in  the  autumn,  of  which  it 
is  desirable  to  make  a  few  or  more  cuttings. 
Of  course,  the  longer  this  is  delayed  tho  more 
uncertain  the  success  ;  but  with  most  hardy 
woody  plants  cuttings  may  yet  be  taken 
with  a  fair  prospect  of  success.  I  am  now 
trying  to  close  up  this  kind  of  work  by  mak¬ 
ing  cuttings  of  various  ornamental  shrubs, 
Currants,  Gooseberries,  Quinces,  not  forget¬ 
ting  cions  from  choice  varieties  of  Pears, 
Apples  and  si  milar  fruits.  After  t  he  cuttings 
are  prepared,  they  aro  buried  in  damp  sand 
in  a  cool  cellar  until  Spring.  Winter  Is  also  a 
good  time  to  send  cuttings  and  cions  by  mail 
to  distant  parts  of  the  country,  because  if 
packed  in  damp  moss  no  amount  of  freezing 
will  injure  them  in  the  least,  and  there  is  less 
danger  of  the  buds  being  broken  off  during 
transit  than  in  Spring.  Wherever  cuttings 
of  plants  are  received  in  a  frozen  condition 
they  should  be  sprinkled  with  cold  water  and 
then  placed  in  a  dark  place  until  thawed. 
Even  many  kinds  of  tender  plants  may  bo 
saved  after  being  frozen  by  a  little  care  in 
thawing  them.  Moisture  and  darkness  are 
the  proper  conditions  for  restoring  vitality 
to  frozen  plants. 


Madison,  N.  Y 


MICHIGAN  DOUBLE  PLOW 


Can  you  give  me  any  information  of  plows 
adapted  to  breaking  prairie  and  at  the  same 
time  turning  the  subsoil  over  the  sod  ;  t  hus 
rendeiing  the  ground  fit,  for  immediate  uso  ? 
It  may  be  called  a  double  plow.— C.  IT.  W., 
Council  Bluffs,  Iowa. 

Tho  plow  you  refer  to  is  doubtless  the 
Michigan  Double  Plow,  wliich  can  probably 
be  procured  of  or  through  the  agency  of  any 
agricultural  implement  dealer  near  you.  It 
has  been  a  good  deal  used  in  some  localities 
in  the  West  for  the  purpose  mentioned.  But 
it  by  no  means  fits  the  ground  for  immediate 
use  in  all  cases ;  for  no  plow  will  do  that.  It 
makes  as  good  a  seed-lied  as  any  plow  will ; 
bub  unless  you  desire  to  plant  com  or  sor¬ 
ghum,  or  some  rank-growing  crop  on  land  so 
prepared,  such  preparation  of  the  soil  in 
spring  does  not  fit  it  for  use.  As  a  rule,  it  Ls 
better  to  break  prairie  in  this  manner  for 
almost  any  crop  except,  com  In  tho  fall,  and 
give  tho  soil  the  benefit  of  the  freezing  and 
thawing  of  winter,  and  the  sweetening  and 
civilizing  influence  of  the  atmosphere. 

Again,  it  is  doubtful  in  our  minds  whether 
the  Michigan  Double  Plow  is  tho  best  imple¬ 
ment  for  so  preparing  land.  Wo  should 
rather  break  tho  prairie  with  an  ordinary 
breaking  plow,  and  follow  in  the  same  fur¬ 
row  with  another  team  and  a  deep  tiller  or 
trench  plow,  sucli  as  are  made  at  Moline,  111., 
and  perhaps  in  your  own  State.  We  think  it 
will  bo  found  that  the  work  will  be  done 
easier  and  more  cheaply. 


(74T  B.  C.)  was  ft  good  fellow  to  institute  the 
custom  of  making  New  Year’s  gifts,  and 
Numa  was  another  in  supplementing  them,  a 
few  years  later,  with  a  feast.  Let,  us  all  re¬ 
member  the  feast  of  Janus,  and  consecrate 
something  to  Sthenia,  the  goddess  of 
strength. 

AN  HOUR  IN  NATURE  S  WORKSHOP. 

Jan.  3.— This  was  the  title  of  a  lecture  de¬ 
livered  in  our  public  hall  this  evening,  by 
Prof.  John  Phin,  E<litor  of  the  Handicraft ; 
also  author  of  Phin’s  Grape  Culture,  etc.,  etc. 
The  Professor  gave  us  a  very  entertaining 
and  instructive  discourse,  confining  himself 
to  chemistry  and  the  various  phenomena  at¬ 
tending  it,  such  as  the  correlation  of  forces, 
chemical  affinities,  electricity  and  its  effect 
upon  fluids  and  solids,  aff  plainly  elucidated 
by  carefully-conducted  and  successful  exper¬ 
iments.  To  those  who  were  familiar  with 
the  subject  discussed,  the  experiments  may 
have  possessed  very  little  interest ;  but  it  is 
uot  everv  man  or  woman  that  knows  any¬ 
thing  of  the  correlation  of  forces,  chemical 
affinities,  or  that  iron  will  burn  under  certain 
conditions  fur  more  rapidly  than  tho  dryest 
wood.  In  fact,  there  are  thousands  of  phe¬ 
nomena  of  which  it  is  well  to  know  some- 
tiling  of  the  cause  and  nature  in  order 
der  to  allay  our  fears,  and  prevent  us  from 
becoming  ignorant  bigots.  A  course  of  such 
lectures  as  the  one  given  us  this  evening, 
could  not  fail  to  result  in  great  good  to  any 
community. 

BEETLES  FROM  CALIFORNIA. 

Gold,  silver  and  other  precious  metals  have 
induced  many  persons  to  visit  California  and 
endure  privations  almost  unbearable,  while 
others  make  the  journey  for  the  purpose  of 
enjoying  the  climate,  or  look  upon  the  won¬ 
derful  scenery,  and  study  the  people  gathered 
there  from  ail  parts  of  the  world.  Many  a 
rich  and  racy  book  lias  been  written  about 
California  and  the  adjacent  country  ;  but  tho 
scientific  naturalist  finds  very  little  in  any  of 
them  that  shows  that  their  authors  knew 
enough  about  nature  to  distinguish  a  rainbow 
from  a  cart  wheel  Every  time  I  receive  a 
package  of  insects  or  other  specimens  of  nat¬ 
ural  history  from  that  far-off  region,  I  cannot 
help  thinking  how  little  those  who  travel 
there  for  the  purpose  of  writing  books,  know 
of  the  country  or  its  products.  A  large  col¬ 
lection  of  beetles  received  to-day  from  a  cor¬ 
respondent  gives  me  a  glimpse  of  life  among 
the  insects  of  that  State.  The  forms  are  sim¬ 
ilar  to  those  found  here,  and  we  can  make  a 
close  guess  as  to  the  habits  of  the  different 
species  ;  but  it  will  require  close  observation 
and  patient  watching  before  we  shall  know 
the  true  history  of  the  various  species.  Among 


CHESTER  CO.,  PA.,  SPORTING  LAW 


The  Germantown  Telegraph  says  a  special 
law  passed  for  Chester  county,  approved 
1809,  reads  as  follows: — “That  from  and 
after  tho  passage  of  this  Act  it  shall  uot  be 
lawful  for  any  person  to  shoot,  kill  or  oth¬ 
erwise  destroy,  in  tho  county  of  Chester, 
any  gray  squirrel  between  the  first  day  of 
January  and  tho  fifteenth  day  of  Septem¬ 
ber,  nor  any  rabbit  between  the  first  day  of 
January  and  the  first  day  of  November, 
nor  any  quail  or  partridge  at  any  time  for 
a  period  of  five  years.” 


SAWING  DOWN  TIMBER, 


GAME  LAWS  OF  NEW  JERSEY 


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There  has  been  much  discussion  in  the 
Rubai.  New-Yorker  as  to  the  best  method 
of  sawing  down  timber.  For  tho  benefit  of 
Frank  Batchelor  and  others,  let  me  say  : 
First  commence  on  the  side  of  the  tree  you 
want  it  to  fall,  sawing  in  six  or  eight  inches 
(according  to  the  size  of  the  tree),  and  take 
out  the  saw  and  chop  in  on  the  lower  side  of 
tho  saw  surf  or  stump  as  far  as  sawed  ;  then 
commence  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  tree 
and  saw  in  directly  opposite  the  first  sawing. 
When  you  have  sawed  far  enough,  commence 
driving  a  wedge,  and  drive  until  the  tree  falls. 
Thus  you  secure  a  square  end  for  your  logs. 

Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.  J.  R.  Finch. 


The  laws  of  New  Jersey  provide  that  no 
pheasant  or  partridge,  quail  or  rabbit,  shall 
be  killed  before  the  first  day  of  November. 
Any  person  killing  any  bird  or  animal  out  of 
season,  or  having  the  same  in  his  possession 
after  being  killed,  is  liable  to  a  fine  of  815  for 
each  violation.  Trout  can  be  caught  only 
with  hook  and  line,  and  from  March  1  to 
Sept.  1.  No  shooting  is  allowed  on  Sunday 
under  a  penalty  of  825. 


TWO  WAYS  OF  FISHING, 


Boys,  did  you  ever  catch  pickerel  in  Whi¬ 
ter  '}  This  is  the  way  it  is  done  : — You  have 
a  contrivance  called  a  “jack,”  or  by  some  a 
"  which  is  a  stick  of  pine  or  other 


“tilt-up, 

light,  strong  wood,  about  2  feet  long,  t y, 
inches  wide  at  on  end,  %  of  an  inch  at  the 
other,  and  an  inch  thick,  and  crossed  in 
the  middle  at  right  angles  by  another  stick  of 
the  same  length,  or  %  a  foot  shorter  If  you 
like,  1  inch  wide  and  %  an  inch  thick.  Where 
they  cross  they  must  be  fastened  together 
strongly.  A  common  wood  screw  is  a  good 
thing  to  do  this  with,  so  that  when  you  are 
not  using  the  jack  you  can  shut  it  up  like  a 
pair  of  shears  and  have  it  handy  to  carry. 

Now  fasten  10  or  15  feet  of  stout  fish  liuet.o 
the  small  end  of  tho  first  stick  of  your  jack, 
and  at  the  end  of  your  line  have  ft  strong  but 
not  too  large  hook,  and  no  sinker.  Having 
rigged  as  many  of  these  jacks  as  you  like,  go 
to  your  fishing  ground  and  cut  a  hole  through  pJ.,Y 
the  ice,  for  each  jack,  about  18  inches  long  j  and 


THE  MINK 


In  accordance  with  the  request  of  several 
correspondents  who  are  trappers,  we  shall 
give  an  engraving  and  the  natural  history  of 
the  Mink  in  due  time,  under  the  head  of  “  Fur 
Bearing  Animals,”  a  series  of  articles  we  are 
now  publishing.  We  know  of  no  published 
work  on  mink  culture,  for  which  wo  have 
inquiries. 


APPLE  POMACE  FOR  MANURE 


Can  you  inform  me  whether  pomace  is,  or 
can  be  made  of,  any  value  as  a  fertilizer,  or 
for  any  purpose. — s.  n.  l. 

Apple  pomace,  when  thoroughly  decom¬ 
posed,  either  alone,  or  lu  compost  with  other 
materials,  makes  a  very  good  fertilizer.  It 
should  be  composted  and  a  little  lime  or  ashes 
added  to  make  It  available  in  a  reasonable 
time,  say  within  a  year. 


TO  CATCH  BLACK  SQUIRREL8. 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  NIW-YOBKEB, 


<3AN.  IS 


Hantfllagical. 


TRANSPORTATION  OF  FRUITS. 

Permit  me  to  make  use  of  your  valuable 
columns  to  call  the  attention  of  fruit  growers 
to  two  items  of  great  interest  to  them.  1  re¬ 
fer  to  the  high  rate  of  freight  charged  for 
transporting  fruit,  and  to  some  of  the  abuses 
connected  with  the  handling  of  it  by  said 
companies. 

At  present  fruits  are  classed  among  the 
highest  rate  of  freight,  under  the  excuse  that 
it  needs  greater  care  and  a  high  rate  of  speed 
in  order  to  insure  prompt  delivery.  1  admit 
that  the  excuse  seems  plausible  ;  the  theory 
is  well  enough,  but,  unfortunately  for  the 
owner;  of  the  fruit,  the  practice  is  the  excep¬ 
tion,  not  the  rule. 

The  quantity  of  fruit  grown  at  present  is  so 
large  that  a  thorough  reform  is  needed,  and 
can  be  procured  only  by  the  united  efforts  of 
grower  .  A  few  years  ago  the  arrival  of  ten 
car-loads  of  peaches  oh  one  line  was  consid¬ 
ered  an  incident  worth  mentioning  ;  but  now 
the  arrival  of  one  hundred  is  common,  and 
even  225  have  been  received  on  ono  line  in  a 
day.  A  few  years  since  six  cars  loaded  with 
be:  rice  on  one  line  in  a  day  was  a  sure  indi¬ 
cation  of  low  prices;  but  now  thirty  have  been 
received  without  affecting  the  market  as 
seriously  as  the  former  six  did.  Yet  the  cost 
of  transporting  them  is  about  the  same.  This 
ought  not  to  be,  for  the  usual  order  of  doing 
business  is,  the  larger  the  quantity  to  be 
transported  the  cheaper  it  can  be  done,  but 
this  does  not  seem  to  be  the  case  with  fruit. 

To  illustrate  this  point  and  make  it  more 
plain,  let  us  look  at  the  peach  growing  inter¬ 
est  of  Delaware  at  present,  and  see  how  they 
am  compelled  to  pay  for  transporting  their 
fruit  to  New  York  market.  All  persons  wish 
ing  to  send  their  peaches  to  New  York  must 
charter  a  car  for  that  purpose.  The  only  ex¬ 
pense  to  the  Company  in  preparing  these  cars 
is  to  arrange  them  with  shehdngs  made  of 
rough  boards.  The  chartering  party  must 
pay  the  price  of  the  ca.r  in  advance,  but  be  at 
all  the  expense  of  loading  and  unloading  the 
same. 

From  Dover,  which  is  about  the  center  of 
the  State,  the  price  per  car  is  £100.  Calculat¬ 
ing  that  25  cal's  make  ono  train,  it  will  give 
the  railroads  £2,500  for  the  use  of  one  loco¬ 
motive  and  attendants  for  ten  hours’  service, 
including  stoppages.  If  I  mistake  not,  the 
average  cost  of  running  an  engine  to  a  loaded 
train  is  $1.80  per  mile.  Calculating  the  dis¬ 
tance  from  Dover  to  Jersey  City  to  be  180 
miles,  it  would  cost  the  road  $234  to  deliver  ■ 
this  train  in  Jersey  City,  leaving  a  margin  of  j 
profit  to  the  road  of  $2,226  on  a  single  engine. 
Then  tako  an  average  of  three  trains  per  day, 
which  is  a  low  calculation,  it.  will  give  them 
a  revenue  of  $6,708  per  day ;  or,  to  get  at  I 
some  idea  of  the  amount  received  by  these, 
lines  during  the  past  season,  let  ua  average 
the.  number  of  trains  at  100,  which  I  think  is 
about  correct ;  it  will  give  them  a  revenue  of 
$350,160  on  peaches.  From  this  statement 
any  one  can  see  what  immense  profit  is  de¬ 
rived  in  forwarding  this  fruit  at  these  rates. 

The  same  may  he  said  in  regard  to  the  car¬ 
rying  of  small  fruits,  such  as  berries,  grapes, 
etc.,  etc.,  although  not  to  such  mi  extent ; 
but  it  is  feo  large,  that,  these  lines  could  well 
afford  to  do  it  for  much  less  than  the  present 
rare-.  In  regard  to  the  latter  fruit,  the  n iods 
may  assist  in  loading,  but  they  do  not  unload 
the  cars,  depending  upon  the  carters  of  the 
fruit  to  do  it  for  them. 

1  am  thus  particular  to  show  your  readers 
that  these  companies  arc  at  less  cost  to  trans¬ 
port  fruit  than  anything  else  they  cany,  and 
am  prepared  to  show  that  the  claim  for  extra 
compensation  for  speed  and  care  is  un¬ 
founded. 

In  regard  to  the  care  spoken  of,  and  for  j 
which  they  charge  extra,  it  is  a  fact  well  ; 
known  among  fruit  dealers  that  there  is  no  t 
class  of  goods  that  receive  so  little,  for  it  is 
the.  general  custom  of  all  the  principal  hues  ] 
that  carry  these  large  quantities  to  demand 
the  freight  in  advance,  and  repudiate,  as  far 
as  they  can,  all  the  responsibilities*  of  common 
carriers.  This  is  the  case  with  the  peach 
cars,  the  chartering  party  being  compelled  to 
sign  a  release  to  the  road  of  all  responsibility, 
with  the  single  exception  that  the  line  agrees 
to  deliver  the  carat  its  destination. 

Any  ono  can  sec  from  this  statement,  that 
as  the  roads  refuse  to  be  responsible  for  the 
safe  delivery  of  the  fruit,  there  is  no  neces¬ 
sity  for  their  being  at  any  expense  to  protect 
it;  consequently  it  receives  only  the  care  that 
accident  furnishes  it.  This  non-responsibility 
feature  of  transportation  companies  is  a  sad 
one  for  fruit  growers,  and  .unless  a  mighty 
effort  is  made  soon,  it  will  do  more  to  destroy  I 
fruit  growing  than  anything  else;  for  it  is  I 


well  known  among  the  employes,  and  among 
a  large  class  of  dishonest  persons  who  take 
j  advantage  of  it,  and  plunder  the  cars  at  even," 

!  opportunity.  On  some  lines  these  thieves  do 
{  nob  hesitate  to  attack  a  ear,  break  it  open, 
and  steal  all  they  can  while  the-  train  is  de¬ 
layed.  This  I  know  to  be  a  fact ;  and  it  is 
done  while  the  officials  on  the  train  know 
that  it  is  being  done.  Home  may  think 
this  an  exaggeration,  but  it  is  not  so;  it  is  al¬ 
most  an  every-day  occurrence  on  some  lines, 

|  and  any  one  can  see  at  a  glance  that  as  these 
officials  are  fully  aware  that,  the  companies 
are  not  responsible  for  the  fruit,  they  need 
not  care  about  it. 

In  regard  to  the  care  given  to  berries,  etc., 
the  same  system  of  carelessness  is  practiced. 
On  some  lines  they  do  not  furnish  a  single 
person  to  unload,  but  open  the  cars  to  all 
comers,  who  take  such  marks  as  they  see  fit. 
A  clerk  requires  the  signature  of  the  cartmen 
for  the  number  token,  which  in  many  cases  is 
not  correct;  and  owing  to  the  rush,  this  de¬ 
livery  clerk  has  littlo  or  no  chance  to  know 
whether  the  number  is  correct  or  not. 

Just  at  this  point  the  reader  could  have  a 
good  chance  to  see  how  much  care  Is  be¬ 
stowed  upon  the  fruit.  He  could  see,  per¬ 
haps,  a  dozen  or  more  persons  rush  in  a  car 
as  soon  os  opened  and  seize  upon  any  mark  of 
crates  they  do  not  wish,  and  throw  it  where 
and  in  what  shape  they  choose,  until  they 
reach  their  own.  In  some  instance!.  I  have 
seen  several  cases  lay  bottom  bide  up  on  t  he 
floor  of  the  car;  in  fact,  there  is  no  care 
whatever  paid  by  the  companies  to  the  fruit, 
for  no  one  is  there  to  attend  to  it  save  the  one 
clerk,  who  has  no  time.  According  to  this  , 
showing  of  facts,  can  any  one  of  your  read-  : 
era  see  where  a  just  claim  for  extra  care 
comes  in  ?  I  can  not. 

In  regard  to  time,  as  another  excuse  for 
charging  high  rates,  let  us  look  at  that  point 
and  see  if  the  demand  is  not  equally  ground¬ 
less.  All  fruit  trains  have  a  running  time 
which  is  regulated  to  suit  the  hours  that  are 
best  adapted  for  the  sale  of  the  fruit ;  uud 
growers  are  assured  the  fruit  shall  be  deliv¬ 
ered  as  agreed  upon.  As  the  officials  have  i 
the  privilege  of  arranging  the  time,  and  can  j 
deliver  it  at  that  time  if  they  choose,  there  is 
no  just  excuse  for  its  not  being  delivered  as 
agreed  upon,  except  in  cases  of  accidents  I 
over  which  they  havo  no  control.  Now  if 
these  lines  agree  with  tho  growers  to  deliver 
their  fruit  on  the  time  stated,  for  a  price  | 
agreed  upon,  why  should  they  not  pay  for 
the  loss  these  growers  sustain,  when  the  fruit 
is  not  received  at  the  time  ?  Is  it  any  more 
than  fair  that  these  lines  should  be  made  to 
keep  (  heir  part  of  the  agreement  as  well  as 
the  grower,  or  pay  for  the  damage  sustained 
by  their  failure  ?  This  is  a  very  important 
item  to  fruit  growers,  but  one  they  look  after 
tile  least. 

It  is  almost  impossible  to  get  at  the  accu-  i 
rate  amount  lost  by  these  delays,  exdfept  you 
make  a  general  calculation,  which  I,  and  oth¬ 
ers,  have  calculated  will  amount  to  at  least 
20  per  cent,  on  the  sales  of  peaches  and  ber¬ 
ries  ;  and  in  order  to  realize  the  vast  amount 
of  money  lost  this  way,  we  will  take  an  in¬ 
stance  of  each  reduced  to  dollars  and  cents. 


the  simple  fact  that  the  returned  freight  was 
included  in  the  bill  for  the  delivery  of  the 
fruit ;  and  the  pretext  of  returning  them 
free  is  a  delusion,  raised  on  purpose  to  shirk 
their  responsibility  for  the  safe  delivery  of 
them  to  their  owners,  Is  it  at  all  probable 
that  any  line  would  transport  thousands  of 
bulky  packages  free  when  it  cost  them  more 
to  handle  them  than  when  full  ?  I  think  not. 

This  is  one  cause  of  their  charging  such  a 
high  rate  of  freight  on  these  two  articles, 
and  results,  in  t  he  loss  of  so  many  packages. 
Having  received  their  pay  in  advance  and 
announced  their  determination  not  to  pay 
for  any  that  are  lost,  the  natural  result  is 
that  the  officials  care  nothing  for  them,  but 
will  move  them  out  whenever  it  suits  their 
convenience  ;  or  should  a  car  be  needed  by 
the  road  before  it  reaches  the  destination  of 
these  packages,  all  are  thrown  out  to  find 
their  way  home  as  best  they  may. 

I  contend  that  this  system  and  practice  is 
wrong  ;  that  every  package  forwarded  should 
be  liable  for  its  own  cost,  and  that  the  line 
forwarding  it  should  be  held  responsible  for 
ifs  safe  deliver}'  to  the  owner ;  that  empty 
packages  should  be  receipted  for  and  deliv¬ 
ered  to  their  destination  with  as  much  cer¬ 
tainty  as  if  full  of  fruit ;  then  none  but  those 
returned  would  be  charged  for,  whereas  now  ' 
all  are  paid  for,  when  hundreds  of  berry 
crates  and  thousands  of  baskets  are  never 
returned. 

I  have  got  another  feature  of  this  business 
to  present,  showing  how  it  reacts  upon  inno¬ 
cent  parties.  It  is  customary  among  those 
merchants  who  sell  small  fruits  on  commis-  j 
sion  to  guarantee  the  return  of  these  empty 
packages  to  the  lines  that  transport  them,  i 
and  pay  for  those  they  do  not  return.  When 
a  line  gives  a  receipt  for  their  delivery  there  j 
can  be  no  question  on  that  point  ;  but  many  i 
linos  give  no  receipts,  consequently  the  state¬ 
ment  made  by  the  merchant  is  questioned 
by  the  owner,  unless  the  whole  number  ar¬ 
rived  at  their  destination  iind  were  received 
by  their  owner  Even  when  the  receipts  are 
shown  it  docs  not  always  satisfy  the  owners 
if  any  of  the  packages  are  missing ;  and 
some  will  insist  that  the  merchant  should 
pay  them  for  those  they  say  are  lost  and  the 
merchant  present  the  claim  to  the  companies 
for  payment ;  if  they  refuse  to  pay  it,  either 
prosecute  the  claim  at  his  own  expense  or 
sustain  the  loss,  thus  ignoring  tho  entire  re¬ 
sponsibility  of  the  Vine  that  carried  the  fruit 
at  such  a  high  rate  of  freight  and  profit. 

In  order  to  compel  theso  merchants  to 
comply  with  their  demands,  they  threaten 
them  with  the  withdrawal  of  their  consign 
meats  for  the  future.  In  some  instances  the 
threat  has  tho  desired  influence;  the  mer¬ 
chants  pays,  with  the  idea  that  it  will  be 
policy  to  do  so,  in  order  to  secure  the  crop  for 
the  next  season;  but  as  a  general  thing  he 
fails,  the  owner  of  tho  fruit  sending  to  other 
parties  that  have  no  claim  on  him. 

Many  may  think  that  these  cases  are  sel¬ 
dom  met  with,  but  that  is  a  mistake;  they 
are  very  common,  and  growing  more  fre¬ 
quent  every  year,  Ts  it  the  poorer  and  more 
ignorant  portion  of  the  growers  that  practice 
this  system  ?  By  no  means;  it  is  done  by 


Scientific  and  Useful. 


During  the  past  season  a  train  of  cars  load-  those  who  feel  that  their  crops  are  large  and 


©d  with  berries  arrived  two  hours  behind 
time.  On  that  train  it  was  calculated  there 
were  3S8, 000  quarts.  The  least  amount  of  loss 
sustained  in  this  instance  was  two  cents  per 
quart,  making  a  loss  to  the  owners  of  the 
fruit  of  $5,760  in  one  day.  As  I  have  no  fig¬ 
ures  to  give  me  the  whole  number  of  quarts 
delivered  by  this  line,  we  will  go  no  further 
with  that  calculation,  but  take  up  the  peach 
interest  alluded  to  above.  First,  we  will  look 
at  the  loss  on  a  single  train  of  25  cars,  con¬ 
taining  13,500  baskets,  with  the  average  price 
of  $1  per  basket,  it  would  givo  a  loss  of  $2,500. 
Supposing  there  was  1,000  car  loads  received, 
which  1  think  is  about  the  correct  number, 
t  hat  would  give  us  3,000,000  baskets  ;  taking 
the  same  price  as  their  average  value,  it 
would  make  tho  w  hole  amount  lost  during 
the  past  season,  $400,000— an  amount  so  large 
that  one  not  thoroughly  informed  iu  regard 
to  it,  can  scarcely  believe  it ;  yet  1  do  not  be¬ 
lieve  it  to  be  large  enough  to  cover  all. 

If  any  person  will  take  the  trouble,  to  get 
at  the  amoimt  of  berries  and  peaches  trans¬ 
ported  on  railroads,  make  a  fair  estimate  of 
the  amount  of  sales,  he  can  readily  get  at  the 
amouut  lost  by  the  shippers  ;  t  hen  add  that 
amount  to  the  freight  paid,  and  he  can  readi¬ 
ly  tell  how  much  shippers  pay  for  the  speed 
contracted  for,  but  not  got. 

Again,  let  us  look  at.  another  feature  in  this 
transportation  business.  Many  of  you  arc 
aware  that  these  lines  profess  to  return  the 
berry  crates  and  poach  baskets  free  of  charge 


profitable  enough  to  tempt  the  dealers  to  j 
yield  to  tlieir  demand,  and  who  know  that 
the  claim  is  an  unjust  one. 

Thus  you  can  see  how  the  carelessness  of 
these  lines  cost  innocent  parties  large  .sums  of 
money,  when  the  companies  should  be  made 
to  pay  these  claims  themselves. 

Some  persons  may  think  It.  is  better  to  pay 
as  they  do  than  to  make  any  change;  but  I 
say,  no;  for  a  few  years  since  (he  growing  of 
fruit  was  simply  an  experiment,  and  grow¬ 
ers  were  willing  to  put  up  with  such  accom¬ 
modations  as  they  then  had  in  order  to  test 
tho  question  of  profits;  but  now  it  is  an  es-  j 
tablished  fact,  and  a  branch  of  business  that  ; 
thousands  depend  upon  as  a  means  of  siq>- 
port;  consequently  the  sooner  a  thorough 
system  of  cheap,  safe  transportation,  with  a 
certainty  of  arrival,  is  established,  tho  more 
profitable  it  will  be  for  the  growers,  and 
j  gratifying  to  the  dealers,  who  will  be  eca- 
bled  to  make  better  returns  to  the  growers, 
at  a  less  cost  to  themselves. 

Let  me  remind  you  that  all  transportation 
companies  are  governed  by  laws  for  the  pro¬ 
tection  of  consignors;  then  why  not  enforce 
them  ?  and  where  there  is  an  additional  se¬ 
curity  needed,  obtain  it.  by  legislative  enact¬ 
ments,  and  show  these  companies  that  you 
are  determined  to  enforce  your  rights  ?  They 
1  will  yield,  for  the  laws  will  compel  them,  but  ! 
as  long  ns  they  can  terrify  you  with  threats, 
and  professions  of  their  non-responsibility,  so 
;  long  will  they  cling  to  the  old  system  of  high 


r*;'  r,  1  prices,  carelessness  of  the  protection  of  the 

to  the  depot  from  ■which  they  started  .  but  fnnt,  and  the  delivery  of  it  at  such  hours  aa 
this  is  not  the  truth.  I  will  admit  that  they  best  pleases  them.  w. 

make  out  no  distinct  bill  when  returned,  from  ,  New  York,  January,  1873. 


LIME  AND  MORTAR. 

The  main  results  of  certain  recent  experi¬ 
ments  made  to  obtain  accurate  information 
on  the  process  of  the  hardening  of  lime  and 
i  mortar,  as  applied  for  ordinal-}-  building  pur¬ 
poses,  are  that  the  freshly  -  applied  mortar 
gives  off,  at  first,  water  only,  by  which  pro¬ 
cess  tho  particles  of  lime  begin  to  adhere  to¬ 
gether  ;  afterward  carbonic  acid  begins  to  be 
absorbed,  and  thereby  the  solidity  of  the 
mass  is  increased.  The  last  st  age  of  the  d ly¬ 
ing  of  the  mortar  coincides  with  t  ha  t  of  satu¬ 
ration  of  the  lime  with  carbonic  acid,  and 
this  process  causes  the  fixation  of  the  porous 
bricks  with  the  mortar.  The  absorption  of 
carbonic  acid  alone,  without  previous  dehy¬ 
dration,  never  causes  ordinary  mortar  to  be¬ 
come  hard.  Freshly-made  mortar  exposed 
to  an  atmosphere  of  moist  carbonic  acid  re¬ 
mains  soft ;  while  mortar  placed  under  a 
bell-jar  filled  with  carbonic  acid,  and  stand¬ 
ing  over  a  basin  filled  with  strong  sulphuric 
acid,  (which  rapidly  absorbs  water,)  becomes 
rapidly  hard.  Large  quantities  of  mortar, 
especially  with  limited  exposure  to  air,  take 
months,  or  even  years,  to  harden. 

-■  ■■  -»  ♦■» - 

TO  FASTEN  RUBBER  TO  WOOD  AND 
METAL. 

As  rubber  plates  and  rings  are  nowadays 
almost  exclusively  used  for  making  connec¬ 
tions  between  steam  and  other  pipes  and  ap¬ 
paratus,  much  difficulty  is  ofteu  experienced 
in  making  an  air-tight  connection.  This  is 
obviated  entirely  by  employing  a  cement 
which  fastens  alike  well  to  the  rubber  and 
to  the  rnotal  or  wood.  Such  cement  is  pre¬ 
pared  by  a  solution  of  shellac  in  ammonia. 
Soal,  pulverized  gum  shellac  in  ten  times  its 
weight  of  strong  ammonia,  when  a  slimy 
mass  is  obtained,  winch  in  three  to  four 
weeks  will  become  liquid  without  the  u.-c  of 
hot  water.  This  softens  the  rubber,  and  bo- 
comes,  after  volatilization  of  ammonia,  hard 
and  impermeable  to  gases  and  fluids. 

-  4  •  » - 

TO  COLOR  SHEEP  SKINS. 

Will  you  inform  me  how  to  color  sheep 
skins  with  the  wool  on  some  light  color  ?— E. 
V.  Ever. 

Unslaked  lime  and  litharge  equal  parts, 
mixed  to  a  thin  paste  with  water,* will  color 
buff— several  coats  will  make  it  a  dark  brown ; 
by  adding  a  littlo  ammonia  and  nitrate  of 
silver  a  fine  black  is  produced.  Terra  japon¬ 
ic^  will  impart  a  “tan  Color5’  to  wool,  and 
the  rod  shade  is  deepened  by  sponging  with 
a  solution  of  lime  and  water,  using  a  strong 
solution  of  alum  water  to  “set”  the  colors  ; 
1  part  crystallized  nitrate  silver,  8  parts  car¬ 
bonate  ammonia,  and  1><?  parts  of  soft  water 
dyes  brown  ;  every  additional  coat  darkens 
the  color  until  a  blabk  is  obtained. 

4  »» - 

ZINC  POISONING  AND  WATER  PIPES. 

The  Boston  Journal  of  Chemistry  declares 
that  zinc  is  at  least  as  ■virulent  and  fatal  a 
poison  as  lead,  its  salts,  when  taken  in  small 
quantities,  producing  nausea  ;  larger  doses 
cause  vomiting,  with  violent  retching  and 
cerebral  distress.  Some  painters  arc  poisoned 
by  zinc  paint,  and  suffer  colic,  similar  to  that 
caused  by  lead.  Water  in  contact  with  zinc 
or  “galvanized”  iron  pipe  is  charged  to  a 
greater  or  less  extent  with  the  chloride,  the 
protoxide  and  the  carbonate  of  zinc  —  all 
poisonous  to  those  who  use  the  water. 

—  "  »»+ - — 

A  CHEAP  DISINFECTANT. 

The  following  is  highly  commended  by 
those  who  have  used  it. Dissolve  a  bushel 
of  salt  hi  a  barrel  of  water,  and  with  the  salt 
water  slack  n  ban-el  of  lime,  which  should 
he  wet  enough  to  form  a  kind  of  paste.  For 
the  purpose  of  a  disinfectant,  this  home¬ 
made  chloride  of  lime  is  nearly  as  good  as 
that  purchased  at  the  shops  and  drug  stores. 
Use  it  freely  about  sinks,  cellars,  gutters,  and 
outhouses,  and  in  this  way  prevent  sickness, 
suffering,  and  expense. 

— - - ♦-*-* - 

ARSENICAL  POISONING. 

Persons  inhabiting  rooms  the  walls  of 
which  are  covered  with  paper  colored  with 
Scheie’s  green,  or  in  which  are  kept  objects 
of  natural  history  preserved  with  arsenical 
preparations,  arc  aJike  liable  to  suffer  from 
poisoning.  Arsenious  gases  are  developed  by 
the  reaction  of  arsenious  acid  upon  the  or¬ 
ganic  compound  with  which  it  comes  in 
contact,  and  the  air  and  dust  of  the  room 
become  dangerously  charged  with  poisonous 
matter. 


ilomciitic  O’ConomLT 


line  is  worn  very  small,  the  drapery  clinging 
around  the  feet.  Paniers  are  almost  dis¬ 
pensed  with,  a  small  puff  in  the  back  taking 
the  place  of  the  former  fashionable  struc¬ 
tures. 

Bows  of  black  velvet  ribbon  are  arranged 
among  the  puffs  and  braids  of  the  hair.  Es¬ 
pecially  are  they  placed  under  the  chignon,  a 
little  to  one  side  of  the  center,  to  relieve  the 
present  high  styles  of  wearing  the  hair. 

Pompadour  or  square  necks 
are  in.  vogue  for  evening  dress¬ 
es;  the  opening  may  be  filled 
up  with  tulle,  lace,  and  re-  * 

lieved  by  velvet  dog  collar  and 
pendants. 

Fanciful  jackets  are  made  of  K 

velvet  and  wide  lace  inserting. 

The  lace  is  arranged  like  bre-  fj  ' 

telles,  and  the  jacket  is  edged 

with  a  narrow,  black  laco  frill 

over  a  pinked-out  white  silk 

frill.  Others  arc  embroidered. 

Light  organdy  muslin  flounces 
are  much  used  for  trimming  _  jgg 

evening  silks.  The  muslin  is  ^ 

trathered  verv  full.  Trimming 


WHY  WASH  MONDAY 


HOME  DEESSES, 


“  THERE'S  ne'er  a  bit  of  comfort  took 
Upon  the  washing  day’’ 

Has  been  verified  in  thousands  of  homes 
where  steam,  suds,  confusion,  a  “picked  up  ” 


WELL-managing  housewives  are  already 
considering  their  Spring  sewing.  Among  the 
first  things  necessary  are  the  home  dresses. 
For  home  wear,  calico  retains  its  supremacy. 
The  most  desirable  is  the  English,  which  is  a 
yard  wide  and  can  bo  bought  for  20  ceuts.  It 
U  firm  and  close  in  texture  aud  of  patterns 
which  commend  themselves  both  in  color  and 
beauty.  Unlike  our  American  prints,  they 
do  not  ape  the  French,  but  have  a  character 
quite  their  own.  The  prevailing  tint  is  gen¬ 
erally  brown  or  purple,  in  slender  sprigs  or 
geometrical  patterns.  That  in  black  and 
white  is  extremely  pretty,  and  washes  ad¬ 
mirably. 

FRENCH  CALICO 

is  always  desirable.  It  comes  in  beautiful 
designs— stripes  in  colors  harmoniously  min¬ 
gled  (v  in  dark  grounds,  black,  brown  or 
wood  tints,  interspersed  with  bright  bouquets 
aild  festooned  with  vines. 


DOMESTIC  INQUIRIES 


to  color  “soldiers’ blue?”  also,  how  to  make 
genuine  doughnuts?  for  T  heard  an  Eastern 
woman  say  that  Western  women’s  doughnuts 
were  no  more  like  the  real  article  than  an 
apple  is  like  a  potato;  also,  how  to  make  bot¬ 
tled  pickles  like  those  we  buy  at  provision 
stores.  B.  Guthrie. 

Wii.i.  some  one  tell  me  how  to  use  potash 
in  muking  soft-soap?  Mrs.  E,  W.  Avery. 


PIN  CUSHION, 


They  are  very 
dressy,  and,  coquettishly  made,  make  a  very 
becoming  morning  toilette.  They  cost  from  | 
25  to  50  cents  a  yard  and  are  a  yard  wide. 

AMERICAN  CALICOS 

we  find  now  at  ante-war  prices.  They  are  j 
constantly  improving  in  designs,  but  not  in 
texture.  They  are  so  cheap,  however,  that 
they  can  be  often  changed,  if  one  docs  not 
take  the  making  into  consideration. 

TRIMMING  CALICO  DRESSES. 

(t  is  not  in  good  taste  to  ornament  calico 
dresses  elaborately.  The  most  popular  style 
is  tho  loose  Gabrielle,  which  may  be  finished 
with  a  deep  Spanish  flounce.  The  sleeves 
are  made  coat — tapering  closely  to  t  he  wrist. 
Oxydizod  buttons  are  very  suitable,  or  bril¬ 
liant  pearl,  medium  size.  We  doubt  whether 
any  style  of  calico  dress  can  ever  rival  tho 
blouse,  fitting  easily  and  loosely,  and  full  skirt 
with  gored  front.  This  is  much  more  becom¬ 
ing  to  most  figures. 

PERCALES 

are  chiefly  seen  iu  polka  spot  s  and  are  very 
stylish.  Being  of  lighter  material,  they  take 
more  trimming  than  calicos.  A  loose  jacket, 
slashed  and  bordered  with  trimming,  an  | 
overskirt,  not  too  full,  and  a  flounce  on  the 
underskirt,  with  a  row  of  trimming  above, 
i3  the  prettiest  way  of  making  these.  Of 
fighter  Spring  goods  it  is  too  soon  to  speak. 

PARTY  ORESSES 

The  materials  for  party  dresses  are  velvet, 
silk,  and  tarlotan.  The  first  we  leave  out  of 
consideration.  All  evening  silks  come  in 
tints,  of  which  tho  loveliest  are  tea  rose, 
rose  tendre,  del  blue,  and  tho  gaslight  blues, 
greens,  and  pinks  ;  silks  which  throw  off  the 
light,  changing  and  flashing  at  every  turn. 
There  dresses  are  trimmed  with  a  flounce 
about  nine  inches  In  depth,  headed  by  full 
white  ruching.  Overskirts  are  of  tulle, 
looped  up  with  Wailing  vines  of  bronze 
leaves,  tea  roses,  morning  glories  and  pan¬ 
sies.  The  corsage  is  belted,  and,  with  Gre¬ 
cian  folds  across  tho  breast,  caught,  with  a. 
breast  knot  similar  to  the  flowers  on  tho 
skirt.  Sleeves,  Marie  Antoinette— that  is, 
just  below  tho  elbow,  and  finished  with  a 
frill. 

A  very  pretty  party  dress  had  the  front 
width  of  pink  silk,  trimmed  with  narrow 
flounces  to  tho  waist .  The  back  was  of  mauve 
in  a  court  train.  Around  tho  bottom  was  a 
side  plaiting,  a  finger  in  depth,  of  t  he  pink  silk. 
The  train  was  trimmed  with  drapery — that 
is,  a  straight  piece  of  silk  caught  up  at  inter¬ 
vals  with  a  bow  or  strap.  The  waist  was  of 
pink  silk  pointed  in  front.  The  sleeves  to  the 
elbow  mauve,  and  finished  with  a  pink  frill 
aud  black  velvet  bows. 

Young  ladies  for  the  most  part  wear  tarla¬ 
tans,  and  no  prettier  dresses  could  be  worn. 
They  require  several  skirts  of  tarletan,  as 


Tins  Pin  Cushion  (see  engraving)  is  worked 
with  bright  silks  on  a  dark  silk  or  Merino 
ground.  The  sprigs  may  be  worked  in  green, 

I  and  the  <  irocian  pattern  of  green,  gold  and 
brown.  The  sides  should  be  made  on  card 
boaixl.  The  card  should  bo  of  the  colors  of 
tho  embroidery. 


PIN  CUSHION. 

dinner  and  cross  looks,  if  not  words,  are 
always  the  accompaniments  of  that  dreaded 
But  why  do  you  select  Monday  as 


Monday. 

tho  washing  day  ?  If  you  have  no  better  rea¬ 
son  than  because  your  grandmother  always 
did,  it  would  bo  about  ns  sensible  for  your 
husband  to  go  to  mill  with  the  grist  in  one 
end  of  the  bag  and  a  atone  in  the  other,  to 
balance,  because  that  was  his  grandfather’s 
way.  If  you  keep  the  Subbath  and  do  no 
work  on  that  clay  that  can  bo  dispensed  with, 
you  will  find  more  to  do  ou  Monday  than  any 
other  day  of  t  he  week.  Then  the  Saturday’s 
baking  has  vanished  and  needs  to  be  renewed, 
and  there  arc  always  little  things  to  bo  done 
preparatory  to  washing — garments  to  bo  fin¬ 
ished  or  mended  and  clothes  to  bo  put  to  soak. 

Tuesday  is  a  much  more  convenient  day 
for  washing,  and  tho  work  wifi  bo  rendered 
lighter  by  tho  preparations  of  tho  previous 
day  —  preparations  which  ought  not  to  bo 
made  on  the  Sabbath.  Then  don’t  exert 
yourself  too  much  for  the  Bake  of  getting  the 
washing  done  by  some  particular  hour.  I 
know  whereof  I  speak  ;  for  haven’t  I  arisen 
while  it  was  yet  night,  just  late  enough  to 
escape  the  sin  of  the  good  deacon’s  wife,  who 
washed  on  Sunday,  and  accomplished  the 
washing  before  breakfast ;  sustained  through 
the  unaccustomed  hours  of  labor,  and  for 
tho  loss  of  sleep,  by  the  thought  that  my 
long  line  of  snowy  clothes  would  excite  tho 
envy  and  admiration  of  my  neighbors  when 
they  first  looked  out  in  the  morning.  Then 
because  tho  clothes  were  dried,  sprinkled,  and 
folded  in  tho  morning,  I  kaire  done  tho  iron¬ 
ing  in  the  afternoon,  and  have  finished  that 
Monday’s  performances  by  going  to  bod  and 
staying  there  tho  rest  of  tho  week  sick. 

If  you  cannot  get  the  washing  done  in  time 
to  have  tho  clothes  dried  the  same  day,  leavo 
them  in  tho  rinsing-water  till  the  next ;  or  if 
your  washings  are  very  large,  take  two  days 
for  it, — anything  rather  than  have  tho  wash¬ 
ing-day  So  filled  with  hard  work  and  con¬ 
fusion,  for  which  the  clean  clothes  it  pro¬ 
duces  are  no  compensation,  nor  to  the  tired- 
out  house-wife  for  the  severe  labors  of  that 
ever-to-be-dreaded  day.  G.  R.  B. 


ANSWERS  TO  CORRESPONDENTS 


Bess  in  May — Your  troubles  are  not  unlike 
those  of  most  young  girls  of  fourteen.  Gen¬ 
erally  every  girl’s  mother  knows  what  is  best 
for  her.  If  you  will  think  a  moment  you 
will  see  that  age  and  experience  must  have 
taught  her  a  groat  deal  which  it  is  not  possi¬ 
ble  yet  for  you  to  k  now  ;  and  on  that  account 
you  should  bo  willing  to  yield  to  her  judg¬ 
ment  of  what  Is  best  for  you.  Certainly  a 
girl  of  fourteen  might  bo  permitted  to  corre¬ 
spond  with  her  girl  friends,  provided  those 
friends  are  such  as  she  should  have.  Every¬ 
thing,  though,  depends  on  her  own  disposi¬ 
tion,  and  the  judgment  with  which  she  has 
selected  her  friends.  You  know  yourself 
that,  girls  do  not  always  choose  companions 
suitable  for  them,  and  a  mother  cannot  be 
blamed,  in  such  cases,  if  she  endeavors  to 
prevent,  further  int  imacy,  iu  your  case,  not 
knowing  yourself  or  your  friends,  it  would  be 
impossible  to  ail  vise  you  further  than  that 
“mother  nearly  always  knows  best.” 

It  is  our  opinion  that  girls  should  be  sent  to 
school 


WHAT  TO  DO  IN  CASE  OF  ACCIDENT 


Prof.  Wii.der  of  Cornell  University,  gives 
the  following  short  rules  for  action  in  cases 
of  accident,  which  it  will  be  found  useful  to 
preserve  or  remember: 

For  dust  in  tho  eyes,  avoid  rubbing;  dash 
wafer  into  them;  retuovo  cinders,  etc.,  with 
the  round  point  of  a  lead  pencil. 

Remove  water  from  tho  ear  by  tepid  wa¬ 
ter;  never  put  a  hard  instrument  into  the 
ear. 

If  any  artery  is  cut,  compress  above  the 
wound;  if  a  vein  is  cut,  compress  below. 

If  choked,  get  upon  all  fours  and  cough. 

For  slight  bums,  clip  the  part  in  cold  water; 
if  the  akin  is  destroyed,  cover  with  varnish. 

Smother  a  fire  with  carpets,  &c. ;  water 
will  often  spread  burning  oil,  and  increase 
danger.  Before  passing  through  smoke,  take 
a  full  breath  and  then  stoop  low;  but  if  car¬ 
bonic  acid  gas  is  suspected,  walk  erect. 

Suck  poisoned  wounds,  unless  your  mouth 
is  sore;  enlarge  the  wound,  or,  better  cutout 
the  part  without  delay;  hold  the  wounded 
part  as  long  as  can  be  borne  to  a  hot  coal  or 
end  of  a  cigar. 

In  caso  of  poisoning,  excite  vomiting  by 
tickling  the  throat  or  by  warm  water  and 
mustard. 

For  acid  poisons,  give  alkalis;  for  alkaline 
poisons,  give  acids— white  of  egg  is  good  in 
most  eases;  in  a  case  of  opium  poisoning  give 
-  strong  coffee  and  keep  moving. 

If  in  water,  float  on  the  bock,  with  the 
nose  and  mouth  projecting. 

For  apoplexy,  raise  the  head  and  body; 
for  fainting,  lay  the  person  flat. 


There  are  both  advantages  and  dis¬ 
advantages  connected  with  every  school,  but 
the  former  far  outweigh  the  latter.  Girls 
generally  study  harder  when  coming  in  com¬ 
petition  with  other  girls,  and  above  all  they 
learn  to  exercise  self-ndiaacc  and  judgment 
which  is  the  most  important  part  of  educa¬ 
tion.  Still  if  you  want  an  education  you  can 
acquire  it  at  homo.  Be  advised,  seriously,  to 
pay  better  attention  to  your  spelling,  writing 
and  composition,  if  you  want  to  bo  an  ac¬ 
complished  correspondent.  A  girl  of  four¬ 
teen  who  ha3  made  proper  use  of  tho  most 
inferior  advantages  should  be  able  to  spell 
correctly  and  to  apply  correct  punctuation 
marks. 

No  ;  you  are  too  young  to  be  allowed  to  go 
out  in  the  evening  alone,  even  if  some  one 
will  see  you  hobie.  Dear,  young  girl,  apply 
yourself  for  three  years  at  least  to  diligent 
study  and  reading  before  cVen  wishing  to  go 
into  society. 

“How  should  a  young  lady  ask  a  young 
gentleman  to  take  off  his  hut  and  overcoat  ? 
How  should  she  ask  him  to  call  on  leaving  ? 
How  should  she  ask  them  Into  the  parlor  if 
they  are  not  shown  directly  into  it  ?” 

In  all  such  matters  exercise  your  common 
sense.  Ask  a  gentleman  to  remove  his  over¬ 
coat  and  hat.  If  you  want  him  to  call  again 
simply  tell  him  so.  Invito  him  politely  to 
walk  into  the  parlor  ;  apologize  for  his  being 
left  in  the  hall.  These  are  very  unimportant 
matters,  and  the  most  direct  way  is  the  best. 

Wear  your  dresses  to  your  shoo  tops.  Braid 
your  hair  iu  one  braid  in  the  back,  hanging 
down  and  tied  with  ribbon  if  it  is  long 
I  enough.  If  not,  lxook  it  up  and  fasten  with 
a  bow  where  it  is  fastened. 

The  eyelashes  will  grow  out  if  cut  off  ;  but 
they  will  not  be  Improved.  Healthy,  digest¬ 
ible  food,  plenty  of  brown  bread  and  molas¬ 
ses,  and  early  hours,  with  cleanliness  and 
plenty  of  exercise  in  the  open  air,  aro  the  best 
possible  remedies  for  a  poor  complexion.  A 
week  of  such  regimen  will  not  answer  ;  make 
it  your  habit.  Avoid  fried  cooking  and 
pastry.  To  remove  freckles,  wash  your  face 


TO  REMOVE  MOLES  FROM  THE  FACE 


Our  correspondents  frequently  inquire  how 
to  do  this.  Wo  find  the.  following  in  an  ex¬ 
change,  and  give  it  for  their  benefit  and  what 
it  is  worth  : — “  Ladies  have  a  horror  of  those 
black  eminences  on  the  face  called  moles. 
Even  homely  men  dislike  them,  but  there 
they  ordinarily  remain  as  guides  in  giving  a 
description  of  an  applicant  for  a  passport. 
A  mole  is  a  thickening  of  the  bpidermis,  or 
outer  skin,  probably  induced  by  an  obstruc¬ 
tion  in  tho  outward  ends  of  a  cluster  of  ] 
HUdorio  ducts  or  sweat  tubes.  To  be  clear 
of  them  readily,  run  a  fine  noodle  through 
one  side  to  the  other.  Let  an  assistant  take 
hold  of  both  ends  of  tho  needle  and  pull,  so 
as  to  1 1 m.ko  a  neck  of.  clear  skin  at  its  base. 
It  is  neither  painful, ‘difficult,  nor  attended 
with  hardly  a  tinge  of  blood.  Next  ligate 
that  neck  behind  the  out-dragged  mole  with 
n  delicate,  strong,  waxed  silk  thread  that  cuts 
off  the  circulation  ;  clip  away  tho  unused 
thread  and  wait  tho  result.  A  slight  local 
inflammation  ensues,  which  is  the  gluing  to¬ 
gether  the  new  surface  of  the  stretched  skin. 
In  a  few  days  the  old  offense  drops  off,  de¬ 
prived  of  nutrition,  leaving  no  scar.  If  a  lit¬ 
tle  reddish  by  the  remains  of  a  subsiding 
inflammation,  wot  tho  spot  occasionally  with 
cold  water.  Proceed  to  the  next,  and  the 
next,  seriatim.  Before  aware  of  it  any  mole- 
disfigured  face  may  become  as  good  us  new.” 


APPLE  BUTTER, 


I  take  pleasure  in  giving  Mrs.  T.  0.  Bowen 
my  recipe  for  making  apple  butter.  Tho  rule 
is,  one  barrel  of  eider  and  eight  bushels  of 
apples  ;  but  for  my  family  of  six,  I  take  eight 
gallons  of  eider  and  t  wo  bushels  of  apples  ; 
boil  the  cider  down  one-third  ;  then  having 
your  apples  peeled,  quartered  aud  cored,  put 
iu  as  many  as  will  cook  conveniently,  and  as 
they  break  and  settle  add  more  apples.  I 
put  thorn  in  as  fast  as  I  think  they  will  cook 
nicely,  but  can  give  no  rule.  1  make  it  in  an 
old-fashioned  “  big  brass  kettle,”  out  of  doors, 
as  it  will  do  so  much  faster  than  on  a  stove. 
It  will  toko  six  or  seven  hours  to  cook  tho 
above  amount  if  your  eider  is  boiled  away 
beforehand,  which  I  think  is  tho  best  way. 
It  must  be  cooked  till  it  is  a  .smooth  moss  or 
till  there  aro  no  chunks  of  apple  discernible. 
I  do  not  add  tho  spices  till  it  is  nearly  done, 
and  then  only  spice  and  cinnamon — mostly 
cinnamon,  as  we  prefer  that.  It  must  be 
stirred  constantly.  G.  a.  l. 


A  USE  FOR  RUSHES, 


When  I  was  quite  a  little  girl,  I  remember 
paying  homage  to  an  egg  shell  which  hung  in 
the  cottage  window  of  an  old  lady  whom  I 


0  0  B  JE  ’  S  RURAL  WEW-YOBKER 


riAPi,  LB 


PROCRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT.’ 


and  co-operation  of  agriculturists?  How  Inti¬ 
mate  are  its  relations  to  the  local  Industrial 


Department  distribute  a  few  hundred  Perehe- 
ron  or  Clydesdale  stallions?  It  would  be  a  big 


Mfinnco  mini  I  lirill  unni/rn  - ,  ” —  ."“  A  ,“uuouml  urn  uruyucsaaic  stamons?  it  would  be  a  big 

lYlUUnL  0  HUnAL  NEW-YORKER  orear>lza,ioi;8°'  tbeStato?  Outside  its  annual  thing?  Why  don’t  the  stock  growers  of  the 

*  *  *  ™  •  rm  fiflriir  nt  A  IhntiiT  nnrl  *  1  .  ..  .1  C.  _ _ _ _ t  A _  ,  _  I  .  _ 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 

HUIiAl,  LITEM!  ASH  TAMIL!  MEffSPAPEP, 

».  D.  T.  MOORE 

Oonduoting  Editor  and  I-’uDliwlier. 


CHAS.  D.  BRAGDON,  ANDREW  8.  FULLER, 

.Aosooiato  Editors. 

HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.  D.,  Cortland  Village,  N.  Y., 

Editob  ok  tub  D*f*bt!-ibkt  oy  Siicki-  HcBBixonr. 

X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  Little  Falls,  N.  Y., 

Editob  oy  tub  Dkpaktmckt  oy  Djukv  IIobbabdby. 

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meeting  nt  Albany,  and  the  discussions  two  or 
three  evenings  during  the  State  Fairs,  has  it 
attempted  to  develop  any  expression  of  expe¬ 
rience  ami  practice  among  the  formers  of  the 
|  State? 

Contrast  Its  position  In  this  respect  to-day 
with  the  State  Boards  of  Agriculture  of  Maine, 
Now  Hampshire.  Vermont,  Massachusetts,  Con¬ 
necticut,  Illinois,  Missouri,  and  other  Stales. 
In  the  States  named,  we  believe,  the  Boards  of 
Agriculture  have  provided  for  holding  Farmers’ 
Conventions,  or  Institutes,  In  different  loca¬ 
tions,  fur  the  discussion  of  t  opics  and  measures 
which  affect  their  prosperity  and  progress. 
These  meetings  are  found  exceedingly  profit¬ 
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shown  the  necessity  for  action  and  taught  Ji ow 
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results.  Not  only  arc  topics  relating  to  practi¬ 
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to  agriculture  and  horticulture,  in  their  respec¬ 
tive  departments,  cannot  he  overestimated. 
They  open  the  eyes  of  the  blind,  disarm  them 
of  unfounded  prejudices,  reveal  to  them  the 
real  cause  of  complaint  nr  of  failure,  and  sug¬ 
gest  at  once  the  lino  of  policy  and  the  practice 
to  be  pursued,  tc»  correct  whatever  affects  the 
general  prosperity  unfavorably. 

Is  the  New  Y'ork  Plato  Agricultural  Society 
going  to  continue  its  old  fogy  policy  so  Jong  as 
ono  of  the  “old  guard”  remains  to  perpetuate 
its  iraditiops?  Is  there  not  enough  young  and 
progressive  blood  In  this  Stale  to  redeem  it 
from  its  •fossilized  condition?  Oris  this  young 
blood  to  be  alienated  from  it  and  find  expression 
in  the  Dairymen’s  Association,  local  and  Ktute 
Horticultural  Societies,  and  County  and  Dis¬ 
trict,  Agricultural  Societies,  which  already  rival 
the  State  Society  with  some  of  their  exhibi¬ 
tions,  and  more  than  rival  It  In  the  wide-spread 
influence  they  exert  upon  the  different  classes 
of  husbandmen  ? 

Jf  wo  seem  to  be  chronic  fault-finders  will) 
this  old  and  respectable  State  Society,  it  Is  be¬ 
cause  there  seems  to  us  to  be  a  chronic  cause 
for  such  strictures.  The  manner  in  which  offi¬ 
cers  arc.  elected,  the  protection  which  those 
who  have  controlled  the  Society  have  built  up 
about  themselves  against,  innovations,  make 
the  task  of  reform  and  regeneration  the  more 
difficult,  If  not  hopeless,  so  long  as  enough  of 
I  them  live  to  retain  the  power  they  have  got.  in 
their  hands.  It  is  only  by  the  fullest  and  frank-  I 


with  the  spirit  of  Agricultural  Progress  which 
inspires  their  brethren  in  other  Stat  es. 

What  may  wo  hope  or  expect? 

♦  »»  A - 

THE  GOVERNMENT  SEED  STORE. 


SATURDAY,  JAN.  18,  1873.  I  them  llve  lo  retain  the  power  they  have  got  in 

—  - - their  hands.  It  is  only  by  the  fullest  and  frank- 

__  cst  CXpreMlt,n  r,f  dissent  that  wo  '■on  hope  L 
TO  ALL  OUR  READERS.  I  break  the  crust  of  conservatism  and  penet  rate 
_  *  t  he  den  of  fogyUm  in  which  the  Society  seems 

to  us  to  be  hibernating  and  by  giving  (his  cx- 

Agents,  Subscribers,  and  indeed  all  who  read  presslon  such  utterance  that.  it.  will  arouse  the 
this,  are  reminded  that  the  present  is  a  most  pride  of  the  farmers  of  the  State  to  demand 
favorable  season  to  obtain  subscribers  for  the  fil,ruo,,|ing  better  and  more  nearly  in  accord 

Rural  New- Yorker.  While  Agents  are  form-  ^the  splrft  °f  AgricuRun.1  Progress  which 

M  *  In  inspires  their  brethren  in  other  Htates. 

mg  or  adding  to  clubs,  we  hope  othors-especial-  What  may  we  hope  or  expect? 

ly  new  subscribers,  and  those  receivingtho  paper  - *.*-«.  _ 

at  post-offices  where  but  one  or  two  copies  are  THE  GOVERNMENT  SEED  STORE. 

taken  —  will  kindly  endeavor  to  augment  our  - 

c  irculation.  Many  of  our  readers  are  so  situated  We  notice  a  paragraph  In  the  Washington  dis¬ 
til. -it  they  can  readily  form  ur  add  to  clubs,  and  patches  111  11  la  ^sorted  that  the  usual 

,  ,  ,  struggle  over  the  appropriations  for  the  Agri- 

wo  Shall  bo  prompt  in  recognizing  and  reward-  cultural  Department  resulted  In  the  Increase  of 

ingall  such  efforts.  the  Hem  for  the  purchase  aud  distribution  of 

Back  numbers  of  this  volume  supplied  to  now  see^s  Irom  $00,000  to  $75,000.  This  is  the  work 

_  of  the  House  in  Committee  of  the  Whole.  The 

subscribers,  unless  otherwise  ordered.  Reader,  8pei.ul  pleading  of  the  Commissioner  of  Agri- 

ploaso  refer  to  Publisher’s  Notices,  Ac.,  (under  culture  In  his  last  *'  Report '  -which,  by  the  way, 
heading  of  “Publisher’s  Desk,”)  on  page  52,  and  was  no  report  whatever,  but  stinply  his  deflni- 
to  Premium  List,  (headed  “Good  Pay  for  Doing  t,on  °r  'vh;u  llj0  different  Divisions  of  the  Do- 

Good  !  ’’)  on  page  64,  and  t  hen  see  if  It  will  not  pw?^nt, ehouhl  do~I'f  bought  (bis  fruit, 

ami  the  lax-payers  of  the  country  are  to  pay 
pay  you  to  act  in  accordance  with  above  re-  $75,000  Tor  the  purchase  of  seeds  from  Tom, 

quests  and  suggestions.  Dick  and  Harry,  and  their  distribution 


count  ry  make  some  demand  on  the  Department 
in  their  own  behalf  ?  Jt  is  qui'e  time.  Tf  this 
seed  business  is  going  to  be  a  feature  of  the 
|  Government,  why  should  it  not  undertake  the 
!  free  distribution  of  live  stock  for  the  benefit  of 
Agriculture? 

Seriously,  it,  Is  quite  time  this  outrage  was 
suppressed.  Our  farmers  arc  talking  against 
monopolies,  combinations,  extortions,  with 
great  denunciatory  force;  but  they  overlook 
the  Insidious  wastefulness  and  extravagance  of 
politicians  In  Congress,  wljo,  under  the  guise  of 
“promoting  agriculture,”  are  appropriating 
money  worse  than  wastefully. 

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RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

Ohio  Agricultural  College _ The  Board  of 

Trustees  of  tho  Ohio  Agricultural  College,  at 
Columbus,  belt!  a  meeting  during  the  first  week 
in  January  and  elected  a  corps  of  teachers,  as 
follows : — Agriculture  and  Botany,  Dr.  Norton 
P.  Tow.nsiie.vd  of  Lorain;  Geology,  .1,  Orton 
of  Antioch  College i  Chemistry,  P,  Norton  of 
Cincinnati ;  Physics  nnd  Mechanics,  T.  C.  Men¬ 
denhall  of  Columbus;  English  Literature, 
Joseph  Millikln  of  Hamilton;  Languages, 
prof.  Williams  of  Delaware  College.  At  a 
meeting  hist  season  the  Trustees  elected  Sena¬ 
tor  Patterson  of  Now  Hampshire  to  the  Presi¬ 
dency  of  the  College,  who  will  also  fill  the  chair 
of  Mathematics.  President  Patterson’s  quali¬ 
fications  are  considered  first-class,  and  If  all  the 
other  newly-elected  faculty  accept  their  several 
positions,  it  will  make  an  excellent  array  of 
varied  talent.  Dr.  Towkrhkn d’8  heart  has  been 
very  much  in  the  cause.  Prof.  Orton  was  for  a 
lime  on  the  Geological  Survey  of  the  State,  and 
was  last  Summer  elected  to  the  Presidency  of 
Antioch  College,  at  Yellow  Springs.  Mr.  Men¬ 
denhall  Is  Superintendent  of  Public  Schools 
nt  Columbus.  Joseph  Mii.i.ikin  is averyprom- 
lslng  young  son  of  our  great-hearted  friend, 
John  M.Millikin  of  Butler  Co.  Profs.  Norton 
and  Williams  are  gentlemen  of  excellent  re¬ 
pute.  The  College  edifice  now  in  process  of 
building  will  bo  a  very  handsome  and  commo¬ 
dious  structure,  but  not  ready  for  occupation 
for  some  time  yet. — s.  d.  h. 

- - - - 

Patrons  of'  Husbandry  in  Maine,  —  There  is 
ono  farmer  in  Maine  who  does  not  “take  to” 
the  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  Wiiether  his  head 
is  level  or  not,  there  maybe  two  opinions.  He 
“regrets  that  there  are  men  in  the  go-ahead 
wldo-awake  Western  States  so  narrow  In  their 
views  as  to  imagine  they  can  defend  themselves 


CSt  expression  of  dissent  that  wo  -an  hope  to  7  V  ,  '  ’-a.M.cienu 

break  the  crust  of  conservatism  and  penetrate  '  n\  * JV J' rh  cla^lCajf  P*  tWs 

the  den  of  fogy-ism  in  which  the  Society  seen,,  ?rd°?  W0  i  ,IT"  ****  fl  1 ’»  «*<»>' 


NEW  YORK  STATE  AG.  SOCIETY. 

By  reference  to  the  department  of  Industrial 
Societies,  it  will  be  seen  that  this  Society  holds 
its  annual  meeting  Jan.  22  for  tho  election  of 
officers,  and  a  programme  for  discussion  is 
given.  This  meeting  is  annually  held  in  Al¬ 
bany.  The  farmers  of  t  he  State  who  desire  to 
benefit  by  the  papers  then  nnd  there  road,  and 
the  discussions  then  nnd  there  held,  must  an- 
fnually  make  a  pilgrimage  thither  to  hear  tho 
wisdom  which  may  be  served  up  to  them.  Thero 
is  no  doubt,  that  many  wise  tilings  are  said  and 
done  at  this  annual  meeting  of  the  State  Socie¬ 
ty  ;  that  at  It  gather  together  as  many  men, 
wlso  in  their  own  conceit,  as  are  often  met  with, 
in  one  body,  in  tho  .State.  The  papers  read  and 
(he  discussions  are  sometimes  published  in  tho 
Journal  of  tho  Society,  which  goes  only  to  Its 
members  The  balance  of  the  agriculturists 
are  rarely  the  wiser  for  the  utterance  of  this 
agricultural  wisdom.  Finally,  these  papers  arc 
recorded  in  the  Volunfe  of  Transactions  of  the 
State  Society,  which  is  also  sent  to  members 
and  reaches  a  few  editors  outside  the  member¬ 
ship,  sometimes  within  a  year  after  they  are 
read. 

It  is  ungracious— at  least  It  may  seem  so— and 
never  pleasant  to  find  fault  with  one’s  own  State 
institutions.  But  wo  cannot  help  contrasting 
the  position  the  New  York  .Stale  Agricultural 
Society  held  ten  or  fifteen  years  ago  relat  ive  to 
other  similar  societies,  with  that  it  occupies  to- 


j  We  notice  a  paragraph  In  the  Washington  dis¬ 
patches  in  which  it  is  asserted  that  the  usual 
struggle  over  the  appropriations  for  the  Agri- 
-  cultural  Department  resulted  In  the  increase  of 
the  Hem  for  the  purchase  and  distribution  of 
.  seeds  from  *50,000  to  $75,000.  This  is  the  work 
of  the  IIoubo  In  Committee  of  t  he  Whole.  Tho 
i  special  pleading  of  tho  Commissioner  of  Agri- 
•  culture  In  his  last  “  Report  ”  which,  by  t  he  way. 

was  no  report  whatever,  but,  simply  big  deflni- 
,  Honor  what  the  different  Divisions  of  the  De¬ 
partment  should  do  has  brought  ibis  fruit, 
ami  tho  tax-payers  of  tho  country  are  to  pay 
$75,000  for  the  purchase  of  seeds  from  Tom, 
Dick  and  Harry,  nnd  their  distribution 
through  the  Department  to  t  he  constituents  of 
Congressmen,  who  thus  hope  to  find  faVor  in 
the  eyes  of  the  husband  men  I  There  is  not  a 
more  useless  expenditure  of  public  money  made 
than  this  same  seed  business  by  I  lie  Department 
of  Agriculture.  It  is  only  because  the  Depart¬ 
ment  buys  its  seeds  of  prominent  seedsmen, 
who  make  ft*  much  profit  on  them  as  ou  any 
seeds  they  sell,  that  this  class  do  not  unite  in 
emphatic  protest  against  it.  Sometime  ago  we 
were  expressing  our  surprise  to  a  prominent 
seedsman  of  this  city,  that  he,  with  others,  did 
not  protest  against  this  infringement  upon 
their  business  by  the  Government,  when  he  re¬ 
plied,  “  Why,  my  dear  sir,  we  had  as  soon  sell 
seeds  to  tho  Department  of  Agriculture  as  to 
anybody!" 

Of  course  1  And  the  tax-payers  are  willing  to 
pay  for  seeds  to  distribute  free  to  t  he  friends  of 
politicians,  we  suppose,  whilo  they,  t  lie  tna-  s 
jority,  are  compelled  to  buy  and  pay  for  their 
own  seeds  besides  1  If  we  are  going  to  buy  and 
distribute  seeds  in  this  manner,  would  it  beirn* 
proper  to  ask  some  Senator  or  Congressman  to 
see  that  the  Department  buys  and  distributes  to 
us  a  few  Ayrshire,  Holstein,  Alderney  or  Short- 
llorn  bulls  and  cows?— also  a  few  Improved 
Cheshire,  Essex,  Victoria,  Berkshire  orheapoli- 
1  tan  pigs?— also  a  few  Houdan,  Grove  Occur,  Brah¬ 
ma,  Guelder,  Dorking  or  Cochin  fowls?— also  a 
stock  of  Cote  wold,  Leicester,  Merino  or  South 
Down  sheep,  and  a  few  Augora  goals,  &c.,  &c.? 
If  so,  why  so  ? 

We  need  animals  to  consume  our  forage  plants 
more  than  we  do  seeds?  We  need  Improved 


day.  What  is  it  doing  for  agriculture  in  New  ;  cattle,  sheePi  8win0  and  fowls  more  than  we  do 
York?  To  what  extent  has  it  tho  sympathy  !  vegetable  and  grain  seeds?  Why  cannot  the 


to  acknowledge  he  has  not  captirlty  enough  to 
manage  his  own  affairs,  it  is  absurd  lo  pay  $15 
[Order Teel  for  the  purpose  of  advertising  it.  to 
' lie  world."  He  recalls  the  furor  some  years 
since  of  Farmer"  Union  Stores,  ami  how  they 
failed  for  want  of  proper  business  management, 

I  and  finally  makes  the  wholesome  suggestion— 
at.  least  it  might  be  much  worse— to  wit "  Tho 
surest  and  wisest  way  to  keep  clear  of  swindlers 
is,  with  the  new  year  to  Invest  the  amount  re¬ 
quired  for  membership  in  the  Order  [$15]  in 
good,  reliable  papers,  both  news  and  agricul¬ 
tural.” 

- >4* 

Horse  Trots  at  Agricultural  Fairs. — At  a  re¬ 
cent  meeting  of  tho  State  Board  of  Agriculture 
of  Now  Hampshire,  the  chairman  of  the  Board 
read  a  paper  on  this  subject  which  elicited  lively 
discussion,  but  received  the  indorsement  by  vote 
of  the  farmers  present.  He  Is  report  ed  its  saying : 

He  did  not  believe  it  good  poMcyto  encourage 
horse  trot  s  at  our  agrlculturaludr*.  Would  not 
recommend  farmers  to  go  into  raising  fast 
horses.  Gave  facts  lo  prove  that  there  was  not 
one  chance  io  thirty  to  raise  a  fast  trotter; 
would  recommend  the  raising  of  good  family 
horses.  The  raising  of  fust  horse*  demoralized 
our  boys,  by  creating  a  desire  to  own  fast  horses. 
They  may  bo  found  at  the  track  with  u  cigar  in 
their  mouth,  betting  on  this  or  I  hat  home.  He 
would  not.  however,  exclude  horses  from  our 
agricultural  fairs.  The  first  in  importance  was 
i he  good  work  horse;  the  next,  tin;  roadster, 
which  of  course,  required  speed  and  endurance, 
and  to  decide  this  each  horse  should  be  tried 
alone. 

———*♦* - 

A  Printers’  Statue  of  Greeley  Is  proposed,  to 
be  composed  of  old  type  metal  to  bo  contributed 
by  the  printers  of  the  United  States.  This 
statue  is  to  be  erected  in  Greenwood  Cemetery 
in  (ho  lot  where  his  remains  are  interred.  New  j 
York  Typographical  Union  No.  fl,  or  which  Mr. 
Greeley  was  the  first  President,  approve  the 
plan,  and  :isk  their  fellow  craftsmen  to  set  up, 
ou  Monday,  Feb.  3, 1873,  the  G.’il  anniversary  of 
Ills  birth,  one  thousand  urns,  and  give  tho  re¬ 
ceipts  of  the  same  to  be  expended  in  making 
and  erecting  the  statue,  the  money  to  bo  for¬ 
warded  to  the  President  of  Typographical  Union 
No.  6,  32  Duane  St.,  New  York  City. 

How  Agents  Can  Help— Is  told  by  Mr.  G.  A. 
Jeffries  of  Columbiana  Co.,  Ohio,  who,  like 
many  Agents  during  these  hard  times,  gener-  j 
ously  advances  the  money  for  subscribers  who  ! 
are  “short.”  Ho  writes:— “I  have  paid  for  two- 
thirds  of  the  subscriptions  out  of  my  own 
pocket.  Some  will  pay  mo  in  one  month  and 
some  in  two.  J  had  to  do  this  as  money  is  very 
scarce  here,  and  they  say,  *  Well,  I  have  not  got 
the  money  or  I  would  send.’  I  then  propose 
Bending  for  t  hero,  and  they  consent .  Thus  you 
see  what  an  Agent  can  do  if  a  little  accommo¬ 
dating."  Agents  who  are  thus  accommodating 
help  both  tho  Subscribers  and  the  Rural,  and 
their  kindness  must  be  appreciated. 


Something  that  is  True. — The  following  ae- 
g  counts  for  “  hard  times  ’’  about  as  truly  as  any- 
e  thing  we  have  seen  lately,  and  embodies  some 
it  stubborn  facts  t  hat  cannot  bo  too  frequently  rc- 
is  poated.  We  do  not  know  its  paternity,  but 
o  commend  It  to  our  readers  all  the  same “  We 
e  are  fast  becoming  a  nation  of  schemers  to  l.vo 
■f  without  genuine  work.  Our  hoys  are  not  learn¬ 
ing  trades;  our  farmers’  sons  are  crowding  into 
a  cities,  looking  for  clerkships  and  post-office* ; 
t  hardly  one  American  girl  in  each  one  hundred 
li  will  do  housework  for  wages,  however  urgent 
k  her  need;  so  we  are  sending  to  Europe  for 
f  workingmen  and  buying  of  her  artisan*  millions 
f  worth  of  products  that  we  ought,  to  make  rot¬ 
s’  ourselves.  We  must  turn  over  a  new  leaf.” 

—  »4« - — 

The  Burn!  Pay*  it*  Hubm-rlbera  Large  Divi¬ 
dends,  in  many  instances,  judging  from  numer¬ 
ous  letters  received  of  late.  Wc  gave  several 
f  extracts  last  week,  showing  how  people  could 
t  afford  to  take  the  Rural,  aud  have  many  more 
-  °f  like  import,  one  of  which  we  will  append, 
j  In  remitting  fora  list  of  subscribers,  Mr.  Wr- 
j  man  Elliot  of  Hennepin  Co.,  Minn.,  writes: 
j  “This  is  my  eighteenth  year  taking  your  paper, 
and  I  have  received  hundreds  of  dollars  in  in¬ 
formation  from  it.  In  many  instances  informa¬ 
tion  from  a  single  article  lias  benefited  me  more 
than  the  price  of  ten  copies  for  a  year.  We  wish 
’  you  a  Happy  New  Year,  and  many  of  them." 

*♦« - 

The  New  l  orb  Commissioner*  of  Fisheries 

"  announce  that  they  are  ready  to  deliver  free  of 
charge,  for  use  in  public  water*,  the  spawn  and 
>  small  fry  of  Oswego  rock  and  white  bass,  a  lim- 
I  it  ed  number  of  black  bass,  perch  and  pike,  from 
r  the  hutching  house  at  Rochester,  any  time 
i  during  \\  inter.  Young  white-fish  arc  in  con- 
.  dition  to  transport  from  Feb.  1  to  10;  salmon 
I  trout  from  Feb.  10  to  20.  In  ordering,  the  name, 
location,  size  and  nature  of  the  bottom  of  the 
water  must  be  given. 

- 444 - 

Nepotism  in  tin*  Department  of  Agriculture. 

Wo  are  informed  t  hat  Chief  Clerk  Kliiwank  (if 
1  hat  is  I  he  way  the  name  is  spelled)  has  been 
removed  from  his  position  as  Cl  tier  Adviser  to 
the  Commissioner,  and  the  son  of  that  venerable 
official  is  put  in  Ills  place,  lie  1ms  also  another 
»on  in  tho  Department .  Wo  do  not  complain  of 
this.  Probably  st  ill  another  son  in  t  he  place  of 
the  fossil  father  would  be  a  good  thing.  It, 
couldn't  be  much  worse. 

Transportation  of  Fruits _ Wc  commend  to 

t  lie  at  tention  of  all  fruit  growers  an  article  un¬ 
der  tills  head  in  another  page,  from  the  pen  of  a 
gentleman  well  posted  in  all  the  details  of  the 
fruit  trade.  1 1*  exhibit  of  the  manner  in  which 
tho  business  Is  done  ought  to  excite  fruit  grow¬ 
ers  to  prompt  aud  united  action  for  1  heir  own 
protection.  If  there  la  any  effort  attempted,  it 
should  be  thoroughly  organized  and  include  the 
Jarge  body  of  those  most  interested. 

• - 444 - 

Ten  In  Iowa.  Wo  sec  it  stated  that  tea  has 
been  cultivated  in  Crawford  Co.,  Iowa,  and  tho 
product  has  reached  700  pounds  per  acre.  It  i  - 
stated  that  the  party  trying  tho  experiment, 
after  making  experiments  in  other  States,  finds 
that  the  soil  and  climate  of  Iowa  are  best 
suited  to  tho  plant,  and  that  tho  latter  is  hardy 
there.  If  this  bo  true,  it  would  be  interesting 
to  know  where  it  is  not  hardy. 

- 444 

New  York  Kinte  Dairymen'*  \«*ociatiou.— 
Wc  have  received  from  Mr.  Wtlla  iid  an  install¬ 
ment  of  his  report  of  the  proceedings  of  this 
organization  held  at  Little  Falls,  Jan.  7  and  8, 
but  too  late  for  the  present  issue.  We  shall 
commence  its  publication  next  week. 

-  -4  4  4 - 

RURAL  BREVITIES. 

Granges  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry  are  multi¬ 
plying  rapidly  in  the  South. 

In  latitude 88  and  Southward  Dr.  Jaques  re¬ 
commends  planting  Irish  potatoes  from  Jan.  10 
to  Feb.  15. 

Efforts  are  being  made  in  A’irginia  to  induce 
the  Legislature  to  establish  a  State  Board  of 
Agriculture. 

Russia  has  conferred  a  diploma  of  honor 
upon  Baron  Liebig  for  tho  application  of  his 
know  ledge  of  theoretical  chemistry  to  practical 
purposes. 

There  were  scarcely  any  English  apples  in 
market  for  Christmas,  the  supply  being  chiefly 
from  the  United  Slates,  except  a  few  Lady  ap¬ 
ples  from  France. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES, 


AGENTS 

May  learn  something  greatly  to  their  advantage  and 
obtain  specimens  and  full  particulars  free,  by  ad¬ 
dressing  WOOD’S  LITERARY  AND  ART  AGENCY, 
Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

- *44 - 

HORSE  EPIDEMIC. 

A  physician,  in  a  communication  to  a  Buffalo 
paper  about  the  Horse  Epidemic,  says “  Exter¬ 
nally  I  used  nnd  would  recommend  Dr.  Trask’s  Mag¬ 
netic  Ointment  to  the  throat,  around  the  ears  and  on 
the  forehead.  This  ointment  contains  tobacco  and 
lobelia  aud  operates  upon  the  mucous  glands  of  the 
head  and  throat  by  causing  an  increased  flow  of  seero 
tlon  from  them ,  at  the  same  time  by  its  relaxing  effect 
removing  tho  stricture  and  giving  almost  instant  re¬ 
lief  to  the  cough  und  breathing."  It  is  kept  by  all 
Druggists. 

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THE  WAKEFIELD  EARTH  CLOSET. 

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teen  years  of  age  before  he  conceived  the  idea  of 
learning  a  foreign  language.  Out  of  the  scanty 
pittance  of  his  weekly  earnings  as  a  carpenter, 
he  purchased  a  book,  and  when  this  was  road 
lie  exchanged  it  for  another,  and  thus  ho  ad* 
vancod  in  knowledge.  Ho  had  not  even  the 
privilege  of  balancing  between  reading  and  re¬ 
laxation,  hut  was  obliged  to  pflflfl  directly  from 
bodily  fatigue  to  mental  exertion.  During  the 
six  years  previous  to  hi#  twenty-fifth  year,  lie 
omitted  none  of  the  hours  usually  appropriated 
to  manual  labor,  and  he  retired  to  rest  regularly 


THE  POPES 


The  following  is  from  a  Vienna  (Catholic) 
paper :-Erom  8t.  Peter  (In  supposing  that  he 
ever  was  nt  Rome)  to  Pin  -  IX.  there  have  been 
207  Pope*,  including  24  anti-Pope*  aiul  J  female 
Pontiff ;  19  of  them  left  Rome  and  30  reigned  in 
foreign  countries;  8  ruled  ft  month  only ;  40  one 
year ;  22  two  years ;  54  live ;  51  fifteen ;  18  twenty, 
and  0  only  for  a  longer  period.  Among  the  297, 
31  were  declared  usurers  and  heretics ,  out  of 
the  260  legitimate,  64  died  of  a  violent  death 


GEMS  OF  WISDOM 


DEATH  OF  LOUIS  NAPOLEON 


Those  who  show  the  most  pity  give,  usually, 
the  least  help. 

True  liberty  consists  in  t  ho  privilege  of  enjoy¬ 
ing  our  own  rights,  not.  in  the  destruction  of  the 
rights  of  others. 

Strong  minds,  liko  hardy  evergreens,  are 
most  vordant  In  Winter, 
when  feeble  ones,  like  ten¬ 
der  Summer  plants,  are 
leafloss. 

Govern  gently.  Govern 
tho  child  by  gentleness; 
even  the  camel  moves  not 
swifter  before  tho  whip 
than  behind  the  flute. 

Self-lovf,  is  at  once  the 
most  delicate  and  the  most, 
tenacious  of  sentiments  ;  a 
mcro  nothing  will  wound 
it,  but  nothing  on  earth 
will  kill  it.. 

Emulation  looks  out  for 
merits,  that  she  may  exalt 
herself  by  a  victory  5  Envy 
spies  out  blemishes,  that 
she  may  lower  another  by 
a  defeat. 

MBS  of  high  or  moan 
birth  may  lie  possessed  of 
good  qualities,  but  falling 
into  bad  company  they  be 
come  vicious.  Rivers  flow 
with  sweet  water*,  but  hav- 
\  ing  Joined  tho  ocean,  they 

become  undrinkable. 

Courage,  when  genuine, 
\'  v  is  nevc'1’  cruel.  It  is  not 

Xa>.  V  \  fierce,  ll.  foresees  evil.  Its 

trepidations  come  either 

KfflUVl-,'  before  or  after  danger.  In 

§||SjM\  tho  midst,  of  peril  it  is  calm 

|Sijj5jjsbs.'  and  cool.  It  is  generous, 

■BBmbb??  \\  especially  to  tho  fallen.  It 

MwffiHu  \y  is  seldom  at  tained. 

Ul  Choose  good  friends. 

1  There  Is  nothing  which 

contributes  more  to  tho 
,1  \ '  sweetness  of  life  than 

HBSrommili'.Ull'i  friendship;  Micro  is  noth- 


PARTE,  brother  of  t, no  great 
Napoleon.  His  mother 
was  the  ex-Queen  JtOR- 
tense.  Tho  story  of  his 
life  is  essentially  a  drama, 
no  rcceivod  his  early  edu¬ 
cation  on  the  shores  of 
Lake  Constance,  in  the 
Castlo  of  Arcmsbcrg.  no 
had  a  passion  for  history, 
the  exact  sciences,  and 
military  strategy.  When 
but  twenty -two  years  of 
age,  in  1830,  ho  took  part  In 
nn  insurrect  ion  In  tho  Pon¬ 
tifical  States,  with  his 
brother.  On  the  approach 
of  tho  Austrians  ho  fled 
from  Ancona,  where  ho  had 
been  ill,  to  France,  from 
whcnco  he  was  expelled  by 

Louis  Puilippe.  He  then  \ 

went  to  England,  and  A\V 

thenco  to  Switzerland.  Tho  \Vvp 

crown  of  Poland  was  of-  yXSSN: NS* - 

fared  to  him  in  1831.  In 

1833  the  only  son  of  Na- 

1*0 r.EON  I.  died  the  Duke 

of  Rclchstadt.  From  that 

moment  Napoleon  III. 

seemed  to  be  absorbed  with 

tho  ono  Idea  of  becoming 

tho  sovereign  of  Franco.  /  ■MltPmm 

His  life  from  that  day  to  ,  y  ,  /? 

this  has  been  ono  of  won-  *  / (  MWMuMtM 

derfu  1  defeats  and  achieve-  J 

meats.  Foiled  in  his  at-  !  ’  'tfuMm UNffl 

tempt  to  ralso  nn  instirroc-  |  , 

tion  in  Strasbourg,  in  1836;  1  \tw3wlfflll 

in  exile  in  this  country  in  1  | 

1837;  foiled  again  at  Bou- 

logno  in  l'«-f0 ;  condemned  VtiMwRIB 

to  perpetual  imprisonment  H.tHUWffl 

In  tho  Fortress  of  Ilain,  \w|i 

and  escaping  by  the  aid  of  \yivOTM 

Dr.  Conneac,  who  was  \  \W\\ 

present  at  his  death  bed ;  \-V< 

returning  to  France  after  '\\ 

tho  Revolution  of  1818,  to  \ 

take  ilia  seat  as  a  member 
of  the  Constitutional  As¬ 
sembly  ;  elected  President 
of  tho  Second  Republic  In 
1848;  dissolving  the  Na¬ 
tional  Assembly  by  the 
coup  d’etat  of  December, 

1851 .  elected  President  of 
the  Republic  for  ten  years, 
by  7,439,212  votes,  in  tho 
same  year;  chosen  heredi¬ 
tary  Emperor  by  the  plebis¬ 
cite,  by  7,864,216  votes, 

against  231,145  In  November,  1853 ;  crowned  De¬ 
cember  1, 1852,  under  tho  title  of  Napoleon  III. 
His  career  down  to  t  he  war  of  1870  can  hardly 
be  called  a  failure.  Defeat  did  not  dismay  hint, 
and  he  won  the  object  of  his  ambition,  in  1853 
he  married  Eugenif,  Marie,  Countess  of  Mon- 
tijo,  of  Spain,  a  lady  ot  f-Teat  beauty  and  culture, 
by  whom  he  had  one  child,  the  present  Prince 
Imperial,  who  was  born  March  16, 1856. 

During  the  eighteen  yearn  of  his  reign  Over 
France  1m  did  much  for  French  industry  nu«l 
commerce,  adding  to  the  power  and  prosperity 
of  the  people.  Among  other  things  ho  re-bullt 
Paris,  inaugurated  t  he  greatest  Industrial  Expo¬ 
sition  t  he  world  has  ever  seen,  and  engaged  in 
many  enterprises  for  the  glory  of  France.  One 
of  the  most  unfortunate  and  saddest  expedi¬ 
tions  in  which  he  ever  took  part,  or  any  other 
man  for  that  matter,  was  the  inducing  of  Maxi¬ 
milian  and  CaKI.OTTa  to  proceed  to  Mexico 
j  during  our  civil  war,  to  establish  an  Empire  on 
our  southern  border.  The  story  of  that  project 


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SPARKS  OF  JOLLITY 


A  RICH  INVENTOR 


Some  of  the  richest  of  out  countrymen  are  in-  | 
vectors,  who  began  life  poor.  A  notable  in¬ 
stance  of  this  is  Mr.  Isaac  M.  Singer,  the  well- 
known  sewing  machine  inventor.  Ho  has  resided 
in  Paris  for  several  years,  where,  it  is  said,  lie  can 
outrival  the  princes  In  the  vulgar  magnificence 
of  bis  equipage.  We  remember  Singer  when, 
like  many  other  inventors,  be  was  too  poor  to 
travel.  We  have  heard  it  stated  that  his  income 
exceeds  a  million  dollar*  per  annum,  and,  fur¬ 
thermore,  that  he  likes  Paris  much  better  than 
New  York  ;  and  I  Ids  leads  us  to  say  that  America 
is  a  poor  country  for  idle  men.  —  American 
A  Hirnn. _ +++- _ 

RUSKIN’S  VIEW  OF  WRITING. 


It  was  stfttod  In  the  omtuary  oi  a 
man  that  lie  “was  forty-three  times  in  love.’’ 

Marry  your  second  wife  first,  and  keep outof 
debt  by  all  means,  even  If  you  have  to  borrow 
the  money  to  do  It. 

A  deacon  In  Indiana  has  four  boys,  the 
youngest  of  whom  is  named  Doxology,  because 
lie’s  the  last  of  i  ho  htms. 

A  DANBURY  man,  who  was  trying  to  shelter 
himself  in  a  doorway  from  the  rain  on  Sunday, 
had  the  mournful  pleasure  of  seeing  five  of  his 
umbrellas  go  by. 

An  Iowa  editor  recently  announced  that  a 
certain  patron  of  his  was  “thieving  as  usual.’’ 
He  declared  he  wrote  It  “thriving.” 

A  pocket  bootjack  has  been  invented.  You 
put,  your  foot  into  your  pocket,  give  a  spring 
into  the  air,  and  off  comes  your  boot. 

Why  was Gollah  surprised  when  David  struck 
him  in  the  forehead  with  a  stone?  Because 
such  a  thing  never  entered  his  head  before. 

An  Arkansas  woman  lately  tarred  and  featb- 
....... i  lwr  husband.  whereupon  he  declared  that 


Mr.  Ruskin  now  writes:— “I  was  obliged  to 
wrlto  too  young,  when  I  knew  only  hall  truths, 
and  was  eager  to  set  them  forth  by  what  1 
thought  tine  words.  People  used  to  call  me  a 
good  writer  then;  now  they  say  I  can’t  write  at 
all;  because,  for  instance,  If  I  think  anybody's 

‘Sir,  your  house  is 
on  Are;’  whereas  formerly  r  used  to  say,  ‘Sir, 
the  abode  where  you  probably  passed  the  de¬ 
light  fill  days  of  youth  is  in  a  stale  of  Inflamma¬ 
tion,’  and  everybody  used  to  liko  the  effect  of 
the  two  p’s  in  ‘probably  passed,’  and  of  the 
two  d’s  in  ‘delightful  days.'  ” 


achaumaa  he  is  to  the  fascinations  of  a  line  cigar, 
and  revels  in  a  common  clay  pipe  and  strong 
Virginia  tobacco.  A  clay  pipe  and  cavendish! 
no  very  poetical  companions  for  the  most,  refined 

and  delicate  poet  of  his  day.  It  is  said  that  he  j,0Uf)e  on  nr0,  j  only  say 
smokes  inordinately  at  that.  We  do  not  know 
that  his  taste  is  to  be  condemned,  for  the  best 
smokers  will  tell  you  that  they  prefer  a  common 
day  pipe  to  all  the  cigars  and  si  Ivor- mounted 
meerschaums  that  ever  saw  the  light  of  day. 

But  Tennyson  goes  a  step  further,  and  will  not 
smoko  the  same  pipe  twice. 

__  mt.-n  xriovrn  mjPTWTTnt  WHITTIER,  being  asked  for  an  autograph,  at 

LEE,  THE  LEARNED  CARPENT  ,  .  Onco  complied  by  penning : 

Samuel  Lee,  Professor  of  Hebrew  at  the  “The  name  is  but  the  shadow,  which  we  find 
rr„i„™itn  Cnnihriilm.  Enerland.  was  seven-  Too  often  larger  than  the  map  behind. 


r  tt'v.’ 

j  ia 

•  .’.'Jsx 

ro 


THE  BLUEBIRD. 


BY  GEO.  \V.  BUNGAY. 


No  snow-flakes  on  thy  azure  wing. 

Sweet  and  brautlful  bird. 

Linking  the  Winter  with  the  Spring, 

When  the  Know-drop  la  blossoming. 

And  the  orchis  Is  stirred 
Like  a  heart  'neatb  a  lover’s  wing. 

Wood  flowers  wake  from  their  Winter’s  sleep,— 
Fair  children  of  the  sun,— 

From  under  their  white  sheets  they  peep, 

Then  over  their  pillows  they  creep 
Down  where  t  ho  brooklets  run, 

And  they  swing  where  the  cascades  leap. 

No  atom  grates  in  thy  melody. 

Blue -coated  pioneer ; 

The  young  leaves  of  the  Ust’ning  tree 
Clap  their  palms  when  they  hear  and  see 
The  bluebird  piping  near 
In  exquisite  ecstasy. 

Swoet  song-blossom  of  softest  blue, 

How  proudly  tbo  grand  old  tree 
Holds  up  his  arms,  so  stout  and  true. 

With  thy  nest  trimmed  with  beads  of  dew, 

Thy  eggs  his  rosary, 

Touched  with  tbo  tint  of  heavenly  hue. 


©ur  teller. 


FEOM  YEAR  TO  YEAR. 

BY  MRS.  MARY  I).  BRINE. 

[Concluded  from  page  34,  last  number,] 

“A  terriule  railroad  accident!  Have  you 
hoard  of  It?"  passed  from  lip  to  lip,  ouo  morn¬ 
ing,  throe  woelts  after  Georoe  Cromwell  had 
loft  Maude.  Tho  streets  wore  filled  with  anxious 
j>ooplG,  hurrying  to  learn  tho  latest  telegrams 
front  tho  scene  of  the  disaster.  Newsboys  called 
it  through  the  streets,  and  flic  sad  words,  **  Ter¬ 
rible  loss  of  life!  Railroad  disaster!"  floated 
In  tho  windows  and  doors,  and  drove  tho  color 
from  many  a  face  and  sent,  the  blood  front  many 
a  heart,  among  those  who  had  friends  and  rela¬ 
tions  on  route  for  different  destinations.  Sitting 
at,  her  work,  .Maude  Hastings  also  heard  the 
shrill  cry,  as  one  of  tho  news-venders  run  by, 
t  hinklng  more  of  the  pennies  his  words  would 
earn  him,  than  of  the  sad  meaning  expressed  in 
them.  Raising  her  window’  she  tried  to  call 
him,  but  he  was  spoedliy  out  of  sight.  Return¬ 
ing  to  her  work,  she  dismissed  flic  matter 
presently  from  hermtnd,  as  thoughts  of  the  new 
life  dawning  for  her  crept  Into  her  heart. 

Now,  I  must  tell  of  a  lirno  when,  with  white 
face  and  wild  eyes,  Maude  Hastings  stood  be¬ 
side  a  bod,  in  a  strange  place,  whither  she 
had  boon  hastily  summoned  by  telegram,  and 
watched  tho  life  of  him  whoso  wife  she  wmuld 
have  boon  grow  weaker  and  weaker  until  at  last 
tho  delirious  cries  for  “Maude I  Maude!’’ 
ceased  forovor,  and  naught  remained  for  her  to 
do  but  to  close  t  ho  eyes  from  whence  the  light, 
of  romson  had  some  time  previously  fled,  and 
write  to  a  father,  far  away,  the  address  of  whom 
was  found  In  tho  dead  man’s  pocket-book,  the 
sad  Intelligence  of  his  only  son’s  painful  deat  h. 

To  her  Inquiries,  how  he  was  hurt,  tho  surgeon 
could  only  reply,  “Thero  were  fifty  killed  out¬ 
right,  Miss,  and  several  wounded.  This  poor 
fellow" — point  ing  to  the  cold  form  beside  which 
Maude  stood  teorlessly  “he  was  almost 
crushed  benoath  wheels  and  broken  pieces  of 
Iron  rails.  He  was  delirious  half  an  hour  after 
wo  rOKCUOd  him.  Miss,  and  uever  gained  his 
sensoa  again.  But.  before  ho  lost  himself.  Miss, 
ho  told  us  to  send  for  you.”  The  man  glanced 
pityingly  first  at  the  girl  before  him,  then  at  the 
client  figure  upon  tho  bed.  and,  with  a  respect¬ 
ful  bow,  withdrew’  to  Inform  his  comrades  out¬ 
side  that  “  the  lady  was  like  stone  Inside  there !" 

Well,  or o  long  Maude  returned  to  her  desolate 
home  and  made  preparations  to  leave  it.  again 
forever.  Declining  the  kind  offers  from  old 
friends  and  neighbors,  who  loved  the  young  girl 
most  truly,  and  would,  each  of  them,  have  taken 
her  to  tholr  own  homes,  the  sorely  tried  orphan 
went  forth  to  earn  her  daily  bread  as  a  teacher 
of  drawing  in  an  “  Institute  for  Young  Ladies," 
whloh,  being  In  another  city,  removed  her  from 
old  and  painful  associations. 

At  lira'.  It  pained  her  to  note  how,  as  she  ap¬ 
proached  her  pupils,  tho  sight  of  her  heavy 
mourning  and  grave  face  would  cause  their 
merry  voices  to  take  a  lower  and  quieter  tone, 
as  if  a  cloud  had  suddenly  shut  out  the  sunlight, 
from  their  hearts.  That  tho  pupils  and  even  the 
other  teachers  in  tho  building  were  becoming 
attached  to  her,  Mauds  could  not  doubt,  as  she 
received  const  ant,  evidences  of  their  kind  foel- 
irtT.  They  had  been  made  aware— Maude  knew 
not  how  (for  such  things  always  make  them¬ 
selves  known  In  some  mysterious  way;  that  the 
now  young  teacher  wn*  without  mother  or 
father,  and  hud  recently  lost  a  lover  in  the 
dreadful  railroad  accident  over  which  tho  papers 
had  cried  “shame I”  Further  than  this  i hey 
knew  nothing  of  her  past  life,  nor  did  she  speak 
of  herself  to  any  of  her  companions.  Thus  days 
passed,  and  ere  tho  Summer  holidays  were  upon 
i  hem  Maude  had  gained  among  the  older  pupils 
the  sincere  love  and  respect  of  a  young  girl  only 
a  year  younger  than  herself.  Elsie  Manning 
came  from  Boston  and  spoke  in  glowing  terms 
of  hor  happy  homo  thero;  of  the  mother  and 
father  who  spoiled  her;  of  the  merry  Summers 
she  passed  with  them,  during  her  vacation,  at 
Newport,  R.  L;  and  finally  as  the  holidays  drew 
near,  she  begged  her  friend  and  teacher  to  ac¬ 
company  her  to  that  glad  homo,  assuring  her  of 
a  welcome  from  both  father  and  mother. 


“  boo,  Miss  Maude  !  "  she  exclaimed,  one  after¬ 
noon,  two  or  three  day’s  before  school  closed  for 
the  August  and  September  vacation — "  sec,  here 
Is  a  letter  from  papa.  Hear  what  he  says : — ‘  Bring 
your  new  friend  homo  with  you,  Elsie,  pet, 

|  and  w«j  will  cheer  her  up  I  You  apeak - ’  Now, 

Miss  Maude,”  laughed  Elsie,  "you  needn’t 
mind  ttil ,  bit  or  complimentary  strain— I  wrote 
it, and  papa  wants  to  see  you  ;  but  it  is  all  true !  " 
And  she  continued : — “  1  You  speak  in  such  ad¬ 
miring  terms  of  your  teacher  that,  I  confess,  It 
wouid  do  rny  old  eyes  good  to  see  the  dark  eyes 
which  are  so  wonderfully  beautiful !  and  the 
hair  which  Is  such  a  wealth  of  gold  and  brown  ! 
Bring  her  on,  dear;  &e„  Ac.,'"  said  tho  merry’ 
girl,  refolding  her  letter.  “  Nine  won't  you  go?" 
and  her  arms  went  round  Maud*’ 8  neck,  with 
an  Impulsive  hug  which  nearly  strangled  tbo  ob¬ 
ject  of  her  affection.  “  Now  wont  you  go  ?  "  she 
repeated,  bending  her  head  over  Maude's 
shoulder. 

"I've  got  a  dear  Cousin  Ed.,  and  he’s  just  as 
handsome  as  a  picture;  and,  oh!  so  smarl  ! 
You  ought  to  hear  him  converse  In  French! 
why.  Monsieur  Lamartine,  the  little,  old,  dried- 
apple  Frenchmen,  you  know,  who  boros  me 
every  day  with  his  tedious  voice  and  horrified 
expression  of,  ‘  Ah,  morel  1  mademoiselle!  you 
one  luurderarc  of  zc  beau  langru  of  rnveoun- 
tro !  ’  " 

Maude  shook  her  head,  with  a  smile  she  could 
,  not  hide,  as  Elsie  mimicked  In  tone  and  manner 
tho  words  of  t  he  French  teacher. 

"  VI  oil,  I  can't  help  It,  he  docs  provoke  mo  so! 
But,  as  I  was  saying,  Monsieur  Lamartine 
would  jump  for  joy  could  he  hear  rny  Cousin 
Ed.  speak  ills  language !  Besides  being  so  smart, 
Ed.  real  Interesting,  lie  lost  a  lady-love  a 
perfect  age  ago,  and  has  never  eared  for  ladies 
since;  hut  he  doesn’t  live  In  Boston;  ho  only 
conies  on  once  In  awhile  to  stay  a  few  days  with 
us.  C-ome,  please,  Miss  Maude,  ■won’t  yrou  go  ! 
home  with  mo  Wednesday?  "  More  hugs,  more 
kisses,  yet  Maude  remained  firm  in  her  refusal 
to  leave  t  he  Institute. 

“  But  y’ou  must  go  somewhere! "  urged  Elsie 
And  Maude  answered,  gently: 

“  My  dear,  I  am  os  happy  hero  as  I  can  he  any¬ 
where  else.  Do  not  urge  me  longer.  If  you  love 
me  as  you  say  you  do.  Let  mo  rest,  quietly  I 
where  1  am  happiest."  I 

So  I  ho  vacation  came  and  went ;  and  the  other 
teachers,  who  had  gone  to  their  homos,  leaving 
Maude  and  tin;  janitor’s  wife  to  spend  the 
Summer  weeks  of  freedom  from  care,  in  each 
Other's  society,  began  to  return  one  after  the 
other,  and  tho  old  halls  began  to  ring  again  with 
childish  videos  and  school-girls’  greetings  one 
to  tho  other. 

Once  more  the  daily  routine  of  study  was 
commenced,  and  days  passed  quietly  though 
happily  by. 

Maude  grow,  at  last,  more  like  her  old  self  - 
cheerful,  and  sometimes  merry.  Her  heart, 
grown  used  to  its  loneliness,  had  learned  to  I 
nigh  less  for  lost  joys,  though  still  remaining 
faithful  to  the  loved  and  lost.,  memories  of 
whom  caused  the  team  to  flow  sometimes  when 
all  the  house  was  quiet  in  slumber.  But  she 
could  think  of  the  past  more  calmly  after 
these  weeks  of  rest,  and  though  her  eyes  often 
wore  that,  far-away  look,  which  she  could  not 
entirely  help,  as  her  mind  turned  to  the  fast 
approaching  season  Of  joy  and  then  v  ent  back 
to  the  scenes  of  nearly  a  year  ago,  yet  her  prayer 
for  strength  was  answered,  and  she  became  glad 
and  almost  joyous  again. 

It  *  *  V  4  *  * 

Wr  pass  over  a  short  space,  and  lo !  tho  Insti¬ 
tute  la  alive  wit  h  I  he  songs  of  merry  hearts ;  and 
the  large  old  halls  are  crowded  with  trunks 
strapped  and  ready  for  another  home  visit, 
Books  are  tossed  aside,  to  He  idly  in  unused 
desks  until  their  owners'  bright  eyes  are  com¬ 
pelled  once  more  to  pore  over  the  dreaded 
pages.  Ono  after  the  other  they  go  out  from  the 
doors,  and  the  silence  Is  gradually  spreading, 
increasing  its  reign,  until  it  shall  take  entire 
possession  of  the  largo  building. 

What  of  Maude  Hastings?  The  following 
note  ulll  tell  of  her  plans.  It  is  only  a  tiny 


i  I1'101,  |"  any  way!  Did  her  heart  whisper  of 
that  which  ‘might  have  been"  as  she  remem¬ 
bered  that  passionate  letter?  Then  she  thought, 
tenderly,  reverentially,  of  that  mother  whose 
,  voice  had  boon  so  longsilent:  of  the  friend  who 
I  would  have  regarded  her  with  life-long  devo- 
tfon,  oven  though  he  knew  how  hopeless  It  was 
to  strive  for  her  best  and  truest  love  I  ol  thesud- 
den  ending  of  that  noble  life!  ol  all  the  wean* 
days  which  followed.— until  at  last  rest  and 
peace  came  to  her  heart,  N ow  it  was  Christmas 
eve  again!  Soon  the  New  Year  would  come  ; 
for  them  all.  What  would  it  brimr  to  her,  sb© 
wondered.  “Ah,  me!"  she  tlgbc*d  very  softly. 

Ah,  me.  God  grant  hat  1  may  have  walked 
long  enough  in  toe  Bhadow,  and  send  mo  sun- 
shlno,  warm  and  restful,  with  this  New  Year 
coming  so  soon!" 

“ O.  by  the  way!"  exclaimed  Mr.  Manning, 
taking  from  his  bucket  a  let*.  •  ;  “I  wrote  Kr>, 
on  the  sly,  t  he  othei  day,  proposing  his  coming 
on  for  at  hrHtmas  with  us ;  but  he  cannot  come, 
so  lie  says,  •  reading  a  portion  of  tho  letter 
aloud.  “Too  bad  J  Isn’t  It  Elsie?" 

“Pshaw!"  said  the  latter,  pouting.  "And  I 
had  planned  Bomething  so  splendid  !  Never 
mind,  well  do  without  him  ir  ho  won't  come! 
Maude,  are  you  going  to  bed  now.  so  early?  ”  as 
the  hitter  rose  and  went  towards  the  door. 

My  head  aches  a  lit  tle,”  was  Maude's  reply ; 
and  a  good  night's  retd,  will  make  it  all  right  in  ' 
the  morning,  (food  night,  all!"  and  she  left, 
the  room.  In  her 


,  ,  .  T  own  room  alone,  poor  M  aude 

abandoned  herself  to  the  grief  she  could  not 
longer  restrain,  and  at  last  exhaust  ed,  laid  down 
to  81  flop. 

"The  truth  Is"  said  Mr.  Manning,  after 
Maude  had  left  them;  “the  truth  is  just,  this: 
,  >»  not  got  over  bis  grief  for  the  death  of  his 

lady-love,  and  he  has  got  a  lit  «.r  the  regular 
blues;  that  it  why  ho  won’t  come.” 

.  Pooh !  "  replied  Elsie,  indignant  at  h 
sin  *  refusal,  “he  ought  to  get  over  sen 


“The  Lord  Is  nigh  unto  all  them  that  call  upon 
Him;  yea  all  such  as  call  upon  Him  faithfully.”— 
Psalm  145, 8. 

O  Sovereign  Lord,  Thy  promise  keep ; 

»  Be  near  Thy  people  all, 

Who  prayerfully,  and  faithfully 
Do  for  Thy  presence  call. 

Be  near  to  those  who  weep  and  pray 
O’er  dear  ones  lost  In  sin  ; 

O  by  Thy  blcsnod  presence.  Lord, 

Help  them  Thy  peace  to  win. 

Be  near  to  anxious  mothers’  hearts. 

Who  pray,  that  in  Thy  fear 

And  loving  service,  Thou  wilt  lead 
Through  life,  their  children  dear. 

Be  near  to  sorrowing  hearts,  who  turn 
To  Thee,  tho  mourner’s  friend, 

O  help  them,  Father,  to  Thy  will 
Submissively  to  bend. 

Be  near  Thy  people,  when  they  pray. 

On  earth  Thy  kingdom  come  ; 

And  lead  them  safely  by  Thy  love, 


To  their  eternal  home. 


1).  c.  I). 


or  cou¬ 
nt!  men- 
Maude  Hast- 
poae ! "  und 
owed  Maude 


THE  LOVE  OF  CHRIST. 


— 7  — p..  „  ,,v  pat 

tallty  1  I  wanted  him  to  meet, 
pus.  Well  !  can't  help  It,  I  sun 
kissing  «n  good-night.,  she  loo  folio 
tu  bed. 

Maude  sat  beside  the  glowing  grate  lost  in 
reverie.  It  was  the  evening  before  New- Year’s 
day.  and  while  the  others  or  the  family  were 
busily  engaged  down  In  the  parlors  decorating 


By  seven  tokens  a  man  may  suppose  that  ho 
hath  tho  love  of  Christ.  The  first  is,  when  all 
coveting  of  earthly  things,  and  fleshly  lusts,  is 
.slacked  In  him.  For  where  coveting  Is,  thero  is 
not  the  lovo  of  Christ.  Then  If  a  man  have  not 
coveting  it  Is  a  sign  that  he  hath  love.  Tho 
wdTh'toeffirietteriR^  the  **'”'*  ,s  burnl,1«  do*ir*  of  *®*von.  For  when 

already  were,  hung  leaves  of  fadeless  green,  she  ho folt  aught  of  that  savor,  the  more  he 
msied  herself  with  memories;  and  the  small,  feeloth  tho  more  he  coveteth,  and  he  that  hath 

The  third  token 
That  which  was 
.  akoth  of  heaven. 
The  fourth  is,  exercise  or  In  noticing  whnt  is  for 


Maude,  what  n  fancy  you  have  for ; 
fire-light!  Ugh!  it  would  give  me 
see  all  about  me  st  range  shadows  or 


dark?"  she  exclaimed.  “Why 
shadows  and 
__  the  blues  to 
,  .  ,  .  si  run  go  shadows  creeping  bigh¬ 

ts  and  higher,  with  only  that  wretched  light 
from  the  tire  to  enable  me  to  see  whether  1  was 
in  an  actual  room  or  floating  among  dismal 
things  not  of  the  earth !  There,  I  do  believe  " 
bending  over  Maude  “no,  you’re  not,  either! 
i  i  bought  you  were  crying.  Dear  Maude,  please 
promise  you  will  be  eh«*  rful  and  glad  to-mor¬ 
row  t  I  bo  Now  Year  must  Dot  be  greeted  with 
(ears  you  know.  Look  at  me  now,  and  prom¬ 
ise!  And  Maude,  taking  Elsie's  bright  face 
between  her  hands,  smilingly  gave  the  required 
promise, and  then  for  a  few  moments  gazed  long 
iu)| I  earnestly  Into  1  ho  blue  eyes  watching  hor 
"well,  what  do  you  see  that  you  want  to  re¬ 
member.*  laughed  Elsie,  releasing  her  face 
from  its  soft,  prison  bonds. 

"  I  don’t  understand  it,  dear,"  replied  Maude* 
but  your  face  scorns  bo  ramiliar  to  mo,  as 
though  I  have  seen  It  before  ;  I  never  have,  I 
know,  but  yet  your  eyes,  tho  shape  of  your  fore¬ 
head,  is  Very  like  a  face  I  have  seen  before 
somewhere!" 

“  Well,  you  have  never  seen  mr,  that's  cer¬ 
tain,  e x claimed  Bum; ;  “but  perhaps  you  have 
met  cousin  bn.  They  say  ive  look  alike  a  little 


"V  I  j  .  ,  ,  -  , - •>  "V  JVUW  UIIIIC  It  Jivut 

II  bit, and  i  think  ho  ought  to  appreciate  <ho  com 
p  iment  don’t  you?"  They  chatted  awhih 


pleasantly  together,  and  then' went downtc/soo 
too  parlor  1  u  it*  now  dro^a  of  evergreens, 
v  *  *  *  *  #  * 

New  Year’s  (lav  dawned  dear  and  beautiful. 
The  sunlight  fell  lightly  on  the  snow-covered 
earth,  as  if  fraught  with  golden  blessings  from 
i  ho  Giver  of  all  good  things.  Maude  rose  earlv, 
and  went  down  stairs.  .As  .she  entered  the  par¬ 
lors  to  admire  the  handsome  lettering  placed 
there  by  skilful  hands,  the  words  “peace"  and 
“good-will"  at  each  end  of  the  room,  nee  mod 
to  give  her  comfort  strange  and  now.  “  Happy 
New.  Year!”  greeted  her  from  the  center  of  the 
apartment,  and  she  fdt  a  thrill  of  happiness 


note,  which  is  flying  raplly  over  the  rails  in  com 
pony  with  others  of  like  importance,  but  this  Is 
what  it  says  :— 

“ - Hall,  Dec.  30th,  187- 

Dkar  Darling  old  Papa  Isn’t  it  splendid  ? 
Only  think!  no  more  horrid  lessons  until  after 
the  new  yoorl  But  guess!  Miss  Maude  (the 
darling!)  has  at  last  consented  to  go  homo  with 
me  1  She  didn’t  yield  readily ;  hut  t  he  Principal 
Mr.  G  RA  v ks  -and  one  or  two  others  aim  mg  l  lie 
teachers,  insisted  upon  her  having  the  change, 
because,  tho’  she  is  cheerful  and  happy,  yet  she 
lias  a  constant  pain  In  her  Bide,  and  we  think 
she  draws  too  steadily.  Anyway,  1  coaxed  with 
all  my  might,  and  so  we’re  coming  in  two  days. 
Meet  us  at  the  depot,  and  kiss  everybody,  for 

“  ELSIE,” 

It  was  Christmas  eve,  and  Mr.  Manning’s 
family  were  sitting  round  the  choorful  fire 
guessing  merrily  at  the  gifts  which  Bants  Claus 
would  probably  bring  each  one  during  the  night. 
“  Now,  M  aude,"  cried  Elsie,  shaking  her  linger 
slyly  at  the  youDg  visitor,  who  sat  silently  among 
them,  partly  in  shadow,  partly  in  firelight.  She 
Imd  been  thinking  of  many  things,  and  though 
the  tears  were  ready  to  flow,  yet.  she  had  suc¬ 
ceeded  In  keeping  them  back  until  one  had 
slowly,  despite  lier  efforts,  its  appearanr 

upon  tlie  Jong  dro  ping  lashes,  and  the  dancing 
firelight,  had  dlscovc  :d  the  so  ret  and  turned  ll 
Into  a  diamond,  v  Inch  Elsie,  whoso  eyes  war 
constantly  seeking  frit  'id’s  face,  was  quick 
to  •  •  '.’c.  At.  and  gesture,  Maude 

lan,  l  >  quickly  dashed  the  of¬ 
fend!  .„*  -  !  not  *  *’C  amon” 

the  tun  1  could  dreary, 

how  vr  heart,  as  she 

sat  sile  glow,  which  l'nrcod 

her  to  recall  •  her  cs.  Where  was  Evkr- 
ard  Grey,  she  thought :  and  hor  heart  had  no 
answer  to  give  her.  Never,  since  the  despairing 
note  he  had  sent  her  so  long  ago,  had  she  heard 


- '  IS 


purer,  deeper  than  she  had  felt  for  a  long  time 
It  entered  her  heart-  and  she  was  at  peace! 
Then  as  she  stood  there,  happy,  joyous,  no  much 
so.  that  her  face  shone  with  new  beauty,  tho 
family  came  Into  the  room  and  the  congratula¬ 
tions  of  tho  day  passed  gleefully  botween  them 
As  the  long,  happy  day  passed  pleasantly  to 
Its  close,  and  Elsie  exhibited  triumphantly  to 
her  father,  as  he  returned  from  a  round  of  calls, 
her  long  list  of  callers,  Maude  wont  up  f.,>  her 
own  room,  to  be  quiet  for  a  little  while.  The 


qu  JMl...  . .  . . 

by  which  had  that  morning  crept  into  her 
icnrt  was  still  there,  and  she  wanted  to  pray  in 
the  silence  of  her  quiet  room,  and  give  thanks 
for  the  peace,  the  strange  peace,  which  he  had 
sent,  her  upon  this  first  day  of  the  New  Year. 
Whilst  there  alone,  she  heal’d  a  commotion  in 
the  hall  below,  and  Elsie’s  Voice  rang  out  in  a 
happy  laugh.  Concluding  t  hat  visitors  had  en¬ 
tered,  and  being  too  greatly  agitated  to  go 
down,  she  remained  awhile  longer  in  her 
chair  beside  the  fire  until,  from  the  silence,  she 
supposed,  the  callers  had  left.  Then  sin;  de¬ 
scended  the  stairs  and  entered  the  apartment, 
which  appeared  to  bo  deserted,  save  bv  the  fig¬ 
ure  of  a  man  who  stood  silently  before  the 
glowing  grate,  with  bowed  head.  “Only  a 
friend  of  fins  tit’s, "  she  thought,  “and  he  will 
not  notice  me  as  I  pass  through  the  room." 
Suiting  the  action  to  the  w’ords,  she  crossed 
with  light,  step,  and  had  nearly  reached  t  he  in¬ 
ner  room,  a smtdl  boudoir,  when  the  man  turned 
and  their  eyes  met. 

Elsif.  entering  presently,  began  “Mamma!  — 
why,  ED.]  Maude)  What  does  it  mean?  oh  I 
what  does  it  mean?"  And  Kvluaiuj  Gray, 
raising  his  face  from  the  brown  head  upon 
which  it  was  bowed  when  she  enlered,  answer¬ 
ed.  "Only  this,  Elsie,  1  have  found  my  darling!" 
Then  when  he  tried  to  raise  the  drooping  head 
iv  •  rested  against  his  heart,  he  cal  led  quickly, 
"  -lsll  she  hai*  fainted  I  come !  “ 

Consciousness  was  long  in  returning;  hut 
Maude  opened  her  eyes  at  last,  mid  murmured, 
while  her  arms  drew  Eve  hard's  hoad  down  to 
her  face,  *'  Dear,  God  has  given  me  indeed  a 
nappy  New  Year.  I  thank  Him  for  it! "  And 
Kverard,  while  the  tears,  which  ware  do  dis¬ 
grace  to  his  manhood,  rolled  down  ids  cheeks, 
answered  soliiy, 

“Peace  on  earth,  good-will  towards  men!" 
“  Maude,  I  will  ;  ver  let  you  ro !  never !  never ! 
for  tcfrii  you  or,,  cometh  peace  *>  me  !  ” 

"  And  this  is  what  T  have  been  planning  torso 
l"ng!"  laughed  Elsie.  “O!  Ed.,  Kverard  I 
i  oil  glad!" 


spiritual  good,  as  when  a  man,  leaving  all  othor 
things,  hath  good-will  and  devotion  to  prayer, 
and  flndcth  sweetness  therein.  The  fifth  Is, 
when  things  which  arc  hard  In  themselves 
through  love  seem  light  to  bo  done.  The  sixth 
Is,  hardiness  of  soul  to  suffer  all  anguishes  and 
troubles  that  befell.  All  the  otbor  tokens  suf- 
11  vet h  not  without  this  ;  for  he  that  is  righteous 
hateth  nothing  but  sin;  ho  lovoth  God  alono, 
and  for  God ;  ho  hath  no  Joy  but  In  God ;  ho 
feareth  not  but  to  offend  God.  And  all  Ids  hope 
Is  to  come  to  God.  The  seventh  Is,  Joyfulnesa 
ef  soul  when  he  is  jn  tribulation,  and  that  he 
lovo  God  and  thank  Him  in  till  diseases  that  ho 
suffers.  It  Is  the  greatest  token  that  he  hath 
the  lovo  of  God  when  no  woe,  tribulation,  or 
persecution  can  bring  him  down  from  UiIb  love. 
Many  love  God,  as  it  scoraoth  to  them,  while 
they  arc  In  ease,  but  in  adversity,  or  In  sickness, 
they  grudge  against  God;  thinking  that  they 
do  not  deserve  so  to  be  punished  for  any  tres¬ 
pass  they  have  done.  And  ofttlmes  some  say 
that  God  docth  them  wrong.  All  such  are 
feigned  lovers,  and  have  not  the  true  lovo  of 
God.  For  tho  Holy  Ghost  saith,  “  He  that  is  a 
true  friend  loveth  at  all  times ."—Wiekliff. 

- ---»»» - 

PARAGRAPHS  FROM  SERMONS, 

With  the  exception  of  sin,  nothing  happens 
in  this  world  out  of  the  will  of  God. 

God  never  leaves  the  soul  till  he  has  rendered 
it.  supple  and  pliable  by  twisting  it  all  manner 
of  ways. 

The  great  point  Is  never  to  act  In  opposition 
to  the  inward  light,  and  to  bo  willing  to  go  as 
far  as  God  would  have  us. 

Never  lose  an  opportunity  of  seeing  anything 
beautiful.  Beauty  is  God’s  handwriting— a  way- 
side  sacrament;  welcome  It  In  overy  fair  face, 
every’ fair  sky,  every  fair  flower,  and  thank  him 
for  it— the  fountain  of  loveliness  ;  and  drink  it 
in,  simply  and  earnestly,  with  your  eyes ;  It  is  a 
charming  draught,  a  cup  of  blessing. 

Three  principal  goods  come  from  meek  suf¬ 
fering  of  sickness.  It.  cleansoth  the  soul  from 
sin  before  done;  it  keepeth  from  those  into 
which  it  was  likely  to  fall;  it  increaseth 
reward  in  bjiss,  and  ovcr-glldeth  the  crown ;  and 
the  longer  it  cnduretli  the  brighter  waxeth  the 
crown  and  the  sou  I  cleaner.  And  In  trust  hereof 
Bt.  Paul  said  that  ho  wouid  Joy  gladly  In  Ills 
sickness  that  the  virtue  of  Christ  dwell  in  him. 

Why  art  thou  so  dull,  0  my  soul,  why  so  stu¬ 
pid  within  mo  os  not  to  stir,  not  to  bo  affected 
at  tho  sounding  of  such  tidings  as  those,  that  It 
la  possible  for  a  sinner  to  have  peace  with  God  ? 
Cain,  why  art  thou  so  unquiet  In  thy  conscience? 

11  thou  do  well,  shalt  thou  not  bo  accepted  ?  but 
if  thou  do  not,  “there  is  a  sin  offering  lies  at  tlie 
door,"  and  thou  mayest  have  an  atonement. 
Wretch  that  thou  art,  if  thy  heart  relent  uot  at 
such  ridings  as  these ! 

Faith  i;  alight  which  shines  only  upon  du¬ 
ties,  and  not  upon  results  or  events.  Jt  tells  us 
what  is  now  to  be  done,  but  It  docs  not  tell  us 
what  is  to  follow ;  arid  accordingly  it  guides  us 
but  a  slnglo  stop  at  a  time.  A  nd  when  wo  tako 
that  step  under  the  guidance  of  faith,  we  ad¬ 
vance  directly  Into  a  land  of  shadows  and  dark¬ 
ness.  Like  the  patriarch  Ahraham.  we  go,  not 
knowing  whither  we  go,  but  only  that  God  is 
with  I! —  a  way  of  living  which  may  well  bo 
styled  Lie;-  -.ijd  and  glorious,  however  mysterious 
it  may  be  to  human  vision.  Indoed,  ir.  Is  the 
only  life  worth  possessing,  the  only  true  life. 


IJ  I 


dr& 


*Wa  * 


•: fiy^ ) 


JAN.  43 


m  OOBE’S  BUBAL  ISEW-YOBKEB, 


“BE  GOOD  TO  YOURSELF.” 

••  Oood-ht  !  good-by  !”  the  driver  said. 

As  tlio  coacli  went  off in  a  whirl ; 

(And  tlio  coachman  bowed  his  handsome  head  ;) 

••  He  good  to  yourself— my  girl !” 

Ah  !  many  a  fond  go«d-by  I've  heard, 

From  many  an  aching  heart ; 

And  many  a  friendly  farewell  word, 

When  strangers  came  to  part. 

And  I've  heard  a  thonsand  merry  quips, 

And  many  a  senseless  Joke, 

And  many  a  fervent  prayer  from  lips 
That  all  a-trembllng  spoke. 

And  many  a  bit  of  good  advice 
111  smooth  proverbial  phrase  ; 

And  many  a  wish— of  Itttlo  price— 

For  health  and  happy  days. 

But  musing  how  the  human  soul 
(What'cr  the  Fates  may  will) 

Still  measures  by  its  self-control 
Its  greatest  good  or  ill. 

Of  benodietlonn,  I  protest ; 

’Mid  many  a  shining  pearl, 

I  like  the  merry  coachman’s  best— 

”  Bo  good  to  yourself— my  girl !” 

[John  G.  So; W. 

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SABBATH  AMUSEMENTS  FOR  CHILDREN. 

I  think  we  mothers  need  syrnpathy  arid  ad¬ 
vice  as  to  the  roaring  of  our  children.  I  have 
received  many  good  ideas  on  this  subject  in  t  he 
Rural  New-Yorker,  and  would  like  to  con¬ 
tribute  my  mite,  I  most  heartily  agree  with 
Put  RE  Bird  (May  27th)  in  her  ideas  in  respect 
to  tho  religious  training  of  children.  As  soon 
as  my  children  arc  threo  years  old  they  learn 
their  little  prayer;  and  if  at  anytime  I  forget  to 
hoar  tholr  prayers,  they  soon  remind  mo  of  t  he 
neglected  fluty.  I  seldom  let  a.  Sabbath  pass 
without  gathering  the  little  ones  around  me  to 
road  and  explain  aorno  scriptural  story,  and  try 
to  impress  some  particular  idea  from  It  upon 
their  minds.  Mrs.  A.  L.  S.  asks  (May  37th),  “  How 
shall  I  entertain  my  children  on  tho  Sabbath 
day,  mo  that  it  shall  not  bo  a  long,  dreary  day  to 
them?"  As  I  have  Blnco  soon  no  direct  answer 
to  her,  I  venture  to  give  my  plan. 

Wo  must  not  make  them  hate  tho  day,  by 
compelling  them  to  sit,  all  day  in  tho  house, 
looking  over,  perhaps  for  tho  fiftieth  time,  their 
l>ooLsand  papers,  and  all  others  they  can  And. 
Neither  should  wo  allow  them  to  romp  and 
shout  and  play  at  rough  games,  disturbing  tho 
whole  neighborhood.  My  four  children  arc  al¬ 
lowed  to  play  out  of  doors  Sabbath  morning  an 
usual,  only  they  must  play  quietly.  They  swing, 
play  with  their  dolls,  sot  a  play  breakfast,  etc., 
until  nearly  time  for  church.  Their  Sabbath- 
school  lessons  are  prepared  tho  night  before. 
After  chnreh  they  aro  allowed  to  play  out  of 
doors  until  dinner.  Then  they  have  their  books 
and  papers  for  a  while ;  and  when  weary  of 
them,  I  road  and  explain  to  them  aomo  story 
out  of  tho  Blblo,  allowing  thorn  to  road  occa¬ 
sional  verses  to  keep  their  attention.  I  usually 
have  a  supply  of  religious  stories  for  children 
on  hand,  from  which  l  amuso  and  instruct 
them.  Sometimes  they  will  bo  thus  occupied 
for  two  or  three  hours.  Then  tho  restless  little 
minds  become  weary,  and  they  want  bodily  ox- 
orciao.  Then  perhaps  I  send  thorn  for  n  walk, 
tolling  them  to  gather  mo  a  bouquet  of  wild 
flowers  (If  In  tho  country),  or  perhaps  to  tho 
orchard,  or  to  got  a  fow  wintergroens,  or  straw¬ 
berries,  if  in  the  Boaann.  I  find  such  rambles 
productive  of  good,  as  they  aro  amused  and 
havo  hoalthful  exorcise  at  tho  same  tlmo,  and 
there  arc  less  quarrels  to  disturb  tho  Sabbath 
quiet. 

Thus  the  Sabbath  passes,  and  they  do  not 
think  of  its  banging  heavily  on  their  hands.  Hi 
tho  evening  wo  often  sing  for  an  hour  or  so  Sab¬ 
bath-school  songs;  and  then  after  tho  younger 
children  aro  In  bed  read  again. 

Of  course  in  winter,  or  on  vory  rainy  days, 
some  in-door  games  must  be  do  vised  for  recrea¬ 
tion,  among  which  aomo  nuts  to  crack,  and  sot¬ 
ting  a  table  aro  favorites  with  my  children.  At 
such  times  a  game  of  “blind  man's  buff,”  or 
“pussy  wants  a  corner,"  might  be  allowed,  if 
played  one  side  or  off  In  tho  kitchen. 

When  my  older  children  were  too  young  to  go 
for  a  walk  alone,  1  used  to  go  with  them,  some¬ 
times  to  a  grove  or  tho  orchard,  or  anywhere 
noar  enough  for  their  years.  I  do  not  Intend  to 
lot  any  opportunity  pass  to  impress  their  minds 
with  moral  and  religious  principles.  Every  day 
there  are  occurrences  from  which  such  lessons 
may  bo  taught,  If  wo  mothers  will  but  boar  this 
matter  In  mind.  But  wo  must  spend  more  time 
for  our  children.  Let  our  girls’  drosses  bo 
plainer.  Lot  us  cook  plainer  food,  and  thus 
gain  a  fow  hours  oacli  week  for  the  training  of 
our  children's  souls. 

If  any  one  lias  a  bettor  plan  for  employing  the 
minds  of  several  children  upon  tho  Sabbath 
day,  I  hope  they  will  give  it  through  tho 
columns  of  the  Rural.  Some  will  say  my 
plan  is  too  much  trouble ,  but  can  wo  bring  up 
our  children  to  bo  good  and  noble  members  of 
society  without  trouble '!  There  is  a  deep  and 
true  plcaauro  In  training  up  an  infant  mind  to 
virtue  and  Godliness  which  repays  all  trouble. 
Sisters,  let  us  thus  strive,  and  in  after  years  our 
children  will  surely  bless  us  for  this  care,  and 
in  luoir  own  lives  imitate  our  example. 

Mrs.  Katie  Maxson. 


WASHOE  BELLES. 

— 

While  we  were  talking  to  Captain  Jim  on  the 
good  effects  of  industry,  and  tho  miseries  of 
idleness,  without  In  tho  least  affecting  him  to 
belief  in  what  wo  said,  three  or  four  squaws  ar-  l 
rived  on  the  ground,  accompanied  by  as  many 
braves.  Tho  ladles  were  more  notablo  in  man¬ 
ner  and  appearance  than  any  of  their  sex  pres¬ 
ent.  Two  of  them  wore  dressed  In  flour  sacks, 
made  up  with  their  brands  prominently  dis¬ 
played;  one  of  them  had  an  ovor-aklrt  looped 
up  in  paniored  style,  and  u  sash  with  “Lick’s 
Mills”  printed  on  each  end.  The  other  was 
stinted  in  her  pattern  of  flour  bags,  and  was 
obliged  to  content  herself  with  one  skirt,  but 
she  had  seized  indemnity  in  a  wide  girdle  of  bed 
ticking  with  flowing  ends,  and  wore  on  her  head 
a  jaunty  hat  lately  rescued  from  tho  ash-heap, 
and  trimmed  with  an  old  red  suspender.  She 
was  accompanied  by  a  lady  wrapped  In  a  torn 
album  quilt,  which  was  spliced  at  tho  boddlee 
by  an  old  green  veil.  This  latter  arrival  had 
proved  herself  useful  as  well  as  ornamental,  bv 
profiting  by  Dasher’s  absence  to  steal  our  pet 
melon,  which  she  now  endeavored  to  conceal 
beneath. her  scanty  drapery.  A  really  respecta¬ 
ble  and  substantial  looking  girl,  with  nothing  In¬ 
dian  about  her  oxcopt  her  complexion,  brought 
up  tho  rear.  Slu>  was  apparently  twenty  or 
thereabouts,  tidy  in  appearance,  and  brisk  in 
movement,  and  withal  not  ill-looking.  She 
was  dressed  in  decent  dark  calico,  mado  In  plain 
style,  and  wore  a  clean  apron,  and  a  white  hand-  ! 
korchiof  around  her  neck.  She  had  a  brown 
straw  bat ,  trimmed  with  brown  ribbon,  on  her 
head,  and  can-led  a  small  basket  in  her  hand, 
which  she  placed  beside  an  old  Indian  who  had 
been  asleep,  but  who  woke  and  received  it  with 
a  grunt.  Showas  so  singularly,  in  every  respect, 
unlike  her  sisters,  that  she  ttxod  our  attention 
and  excited  our  curiosity,  so  that  tho  sneaking 
braves  who  came  in  her  wake  had  tlmo  to  hide  | 
the  squashes  and  watermelons  thoy  had  boon 
stealing,  and  innocently  stare  at  us  before  wo 
could  ask  a  question. 

The  lady  with  whom  wo  were  staying  know 
her  well,  and  called  her  to  her  side.  “This  is 
Wainpootook’ )  daughter,  Sally,”  she  said ;  ”  she 
lives  with  her  old  father,  but  she  works  for  the 
white  people  all  day.  She  sows  ntccly,  and  Is 
very  quick  and  industrious.  She  has  often 
helped  me.  and  she  does  her  work  vory  well." 

Sarah  seemed  delighted  with  this  encomium  ; 
she  had  lost  her  nation's  stolidity,  among  other 
peculiar!  l  ies,  a  ml  looked  a«  pleased  and  smiling 
us  any  good  humored  white  girl. 

”  I  can  read,  too,"  she  said,  in  «  low  tone,  that 
evinced  a  mixture  of  pride  and  modesty.  “I 
go  to  church.  I  was  baptized  once,  and  I  like 
tho  white  people  because  they  are  so  good  to 

iim.” 

“  Does  your  fat  her  like  them  too?  "  we  asked. 

She  glancod  over  her  shoulder  at  him  as  ho  sat 
munching  Ida  bones,  and  enjoying  the  meal  slm 
had  brought  him.  oho  appeared  dubious,  and 
shook  her  head  slowly.  ”  He  is  old  ;  ho  does 
not  know  the  white  peoplo;  he  likes  bis  sup¬ 
per,”  she  said,  hesitatingly,  and  Captain  ,11m 
stepped  up  and  explained  things  more  clearly. 

"  Wainpootook  used  to  go  on  the  war  path, 
when  ho  was  young.  We  good  Injuns  no  fight; 
Wainpootook  old  now,  and  no  more  light,  but 
mo  good  Injun,  Capt.  Jim,  me  chief,  big  man, 
ugh ! " 

It  seemed  quite  curious  to  think  that  the 
daughter  of  the  white  man’s  enemy  should 

frrow  to  love  the  race,  to  copy  their  ways,  and 
earn  from  them  so  well  that  her  likeness  to  her 
kindred  seemed  almost  lost.  Our  Monthly  for 
January. 

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HORACE  GREELEY  AND  MISS  MORGAN. 

Sometimes  Mr.  Greeley  had  a  queer  way  of 
saying  “  No,"  or  of  informing  an  applicant  that 
he  eouid  give  them  no  advice.  When  Miss  Mldy 
Morgan,  the  present,  agricultural  editor  of  the 
New  York  Times  came  to  A tnericiL she  brought 
with  her  two  letters  of  introduction  from  Mr. 
George  Marsh,  our  minister  to  iialy.  One  of 
these  was  addressed  to  Henry  J.  Raymond  and 
one  to  Horace  Greeley.  Mr.  Raymond  being 
dead  when  she  reached  this  country,  the  letter 
to  him  was  given  to  lion.  Mr.  Bigelow,  his  suc¬ 
cessor,  and  our  ex-mi  ulster  to  Franco.  Some 
time  after,  Mias  Morgan  called  upon  Mr.  Greeley 
at  the  Tribune  office,  and  was  admitted  to  id-, 
pre-sonco.  She  presented  Mr.  Marsh's  letter. 
Mr.  Greeley  waa  writing,  and  did  not  look  up 
from  bis  desk.  Ho  glanced  over  the  letter,  and 
while  he  kept  on  his  Tribune  editorial,  said  : 

“  I  advise  you  to  go  to  raising  mushrooms !  " 

.  “  Mushrooms,  Mr.  Grceloy  1  '  exclaimed  the 
astonished  lady. 

“Yes;  the  markets  of  New  York  aro  very 
badly  supplied  with  them,  and  I  think  if  wo  had 
them,  a  demand  would  spring  up." 

“  Where  would  you  raise  thom  ?  ” 

“ Oh !  on  some  unoccupied,  sandy  island.” 

“  And  where  is  the  Island,  Mr.  Greeley  ?  " 

“Oh  !  I  don’t  know.  There  must  be  ono  some¬ 
where.  Perhaps  you  can  find  ono  off  the  Jersey 
Coast,” 

“Good  day.  Mr.  Greeley,”  said  Miss  Morgan. 

“  Good  day,"  said  the  Great  American  Editor, 
without  looking  up  from  his  desk. 

We  ran  Imagine  what  must  havo  been  tho 
feelings  of  a  highly  educated  lady  like  Miss 
Morgan,  who  had  boon  accustomed  to  tho  best 
society  in  Europe,  and  who  looked  upon  all 
Americans  as  well-bred  gentlemen,  she  was 
utterly  astonished  at  tho  manner  in  which  her 
letter  from  Hon.  George  P.  Marsh  was  received 
by  one  whom  she  had  considered  ns  one  of  tho 
leading  men  in  America.  f?lio  might,  go  the 
world  over,  and  not  meet  with  another  such 
man  as  Mr.  Greeley.  And  yet  he  was  not  rude. 
He  could  do  nothing  fur  a  woman  out  of  em¬ 
ployment  (perhaps  he  hadn’t  the  largest  faith 
in  the  sex);  he  had  no  time  to  waste  In  offering 
her  a  chair,  and  bowing  her  politely  through  a 
course  of  little  nothings,  which  would  amount 
to  a  negative  In  the  end.  His  humor  and  phi¬ 
losophy  came  to  his  aid,  and  ho  told  Miss  Mor¬ 
gan,  iii  figurative  language,  that  she  must  be 
willing  to  do  anything  her  hands  could  find  to 
do.  Fortunately  for  her,  she  was  not  made  of 
the  stuff  which  is  easily  overcome,  or  shaken, 
and  she  left  the  Tribune  office  with  just  os  firm 
a  resolve  to  succeed  a*  she  ever  had;  and  she 
has  done  it,  too,  w  ithin  the  shallow  of  the  Trib¬ 
une  office.  In  fields  qulto  as  strange  and  new 
as  Mr.  Greek  v's  ideal  mushroom  plantation 
would  be. — Yonk&rs  Gazette. 


JjUiuiittj}  for  the  §011119. 


JINGLES. 

Who  can  tell  what  a  baby  thinks  ? 

When  It  wakes  from  Us  forty  winks, 

And  rubs  its  face  Into  numerous  kinks, 

And  stares  at  the  light  that  comes  in  at  the  chinks 
Of  Us  roek-a-by  nest,  and  gapes  and  blinks. 

Who  con  tell  what  a  baby  thinks? 

Who  has  courage  to  hazard  a  guess, 

As  to  what  tho  baby  may  think  of  its  dress. 

Trimmed  and  ratted  to  such  excess? 

Of  what  the  baby  may  think  of  the  mess 
For  the  headache  and  toothache  and  stomach  dis¬ 
tress, 

And  for  all  its  aillngs.  more  or  less  ( 

What  does  It  think  when  It  wakes  In  tho  night, 

With  all  tho  pretty  things  out  of  Bight, 

Aqd  nobody  stirring  or  “  P)fiklng  a  light?” 

Does  It  think  its  condition  fur  from  right, 

And  that  big  folks  are  not  at  all  polite, 

And  trout  their  visitors  far  from  right, 

And  that  darkness  Is  meant  for  a  personal  slight  1 
Is  that  the  reason  it  takes  delight 
In  screaming  with  all  Its  personal  might, 

And  rousing  tho  neighbors  at  dead  of  night? 

And  what  do  you  fbtnk  that  baby  thinks  j 
Looking  around  like  a  mlld-eyed  lynx. 

Watching  the  spoon  that  tinkles  and  chinks, 

While  papa  Is  warming  his  cutnip  drinks 
Over  a  candle  that,  glimmers  and  blinks, 

Humming  and  drumming  oat  ”  Captain  Jinks,” 

That  the  children  skate  to  now  at  tho  rinks. 

What  do  you  think  tho  baby  thinks  ? 

Do  you  think  that,  babies  aro  thtnkloss  things, 

With  no  other  light  than  inutlnot  brings. 

With  brains  as  downy  as  butterflies’  wings, 

And  heads  as  empty  us  a  bell  that  swings 
Over  and  under,  nnd  rings  and  sings  ? 

When  muscular  motion  Is  working  the  springs. 

Do  you  say  that  babies  are  thtnkloss  things? 

Then  when  does  the  thing  begin  to  grow. 

And  when  does  the  mind  begin  to  show? 

And  when  does  the  baby  begin  to  know 
That  this  Is  true,  or  that,  Is  so  ? 

Say,  when  you  find  out  please  lot  mo  know. 
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THE  ORPHAN’S  HOME. 

MV  LESLIE  HOWARD. 

“  Home  !  homo !  sweet,  sweet  home  ! 

There’s  no  place  llko  home  t  there’s  no  plane  like 
homo  1” 

These  words,  accompanied  by  tho  music  of  a 
grand  piano,  floatod  out  on  tho  night  air.  They 
were  hoard  high  above  tho  wailing  of  tho  wind ; 
and  those  who  went  hurrying  by  wrapped  up  in 
warm  overcoats  and  furs,  paused  a  moment  to 
seo  through  tho  laco-curtalnod  windows  of  a 
stately  mansion,  a  room,  warm  and  beautiful, 
In  tho  center  of  which  a  group  of  young  faces 
wore  gathered  round  a  piano.  They  merely 
glancod  at  this  picture  a  moment,  and  then 
wont  on  to  their  own  homos.  But  there  was 
ono  (a  homeless  little  wanderer)  who  when  her 
oar  caught  those  sweet  sounds,  paused  and  list¬ 
ened  long  nnd  eagerly  ;  then,  she  crept  within 
the  iron  railing  and  clung  close  to  tho  window, 
looking  longingly  nfc  the  picture  of  warmth  and 
coinfort  ( here.  Non©  of  the  happy  group  within 
saw  the  white  face  with  Its  wan  features,  shadod 
by  a  mass  of  raven  hair,  and  its  largo,  hungry  [ 
eyes  looking  in  at  their  bright  home-picture. 

None  of  the  passers-by  without  noticed  that 
small,  thinly-clad  form  clinging  to  tho  window,  i 
regardless  of  the  bitt  er  cold  winds,  that  played 
with  her  tattered  garments  and  long,  tangled 
hair.  So,  unseen  and  unnoticed,  tho  littlo 
orphan--for  such  sho  was— looked  around  the 
warm,  richly-furnished  room ;  at  the  glowing 
coats  that  burned  In  the  grate ;  the  pictures 
Hint  hung  on  tho  walls;  the  books  and  little 
nick-nacks  on  th©  table ;  and,  above  all,  at  tho 
piano,  on  whoso  Ivory  keys  a  lady  played,  while 
a  handsome,  bearded  man  was  bending  over  her 
with  a  happy  smile,  and  a  group  of  children 
were  gathered  round,  Joining  their  glad  young 
voices  in  tho  song  she  sang. 

These  children  were  scarcely  older  than  her¬ 
self ;  but  they  were  beautiful,  and  sho  thought, 
“Oh,  so  happy!”  She  heard  one  of  them  call 
tho  sweet-faced  lady  “  mother,"  and  wondered 
if  she  over  had  a  mother,  too.  Thon  cams  a 
dim  remembrance  of  a  tlmo  long  ago,  when  a 
swoet,  sad  face  was  bending  over  her,  and  a 
Voice  low  and  musical  sang  her  n  lullaby. 

“Yes,"  thought  she,  “I  had  a  mother  once. 
Showas  beautiful  like  that  lady,  aud  so  good. 
She  told  mo  there  was  a  great  and  good  God, 
who  loved  us  all,  and  little  children  best.  If 
God  loves  me,  why  don't  ho  give  me  a  home- 
warm,  bright  and  beautiful  liko  this— with  my 
mother  In  It  ?  1  would  be  so  happy  then — so 
very  happy." 

So  absorbed  wits  she  in  her  thoughts  and  long¬ 
ings  that  she  remained  long  after  tho  music 
had  ceased,  the  good-night  kisses  had  been  ex¬ 
changed,  and  all  within  that  happy  home  were 
wrapped  in  sweet  slumbers.  She  no  longer  felt 
tho  piercing  cold;  nor  did  sho  hear  tho  groat 
clock  strike  the  hour  of  midnight.  Her  thoughts 
were  far  away.  She  dreamed  sho  was  in  a  spa¬ 
cious  room,  where  everything  was  radiant  with 
a  glory  not  of  earth.  Around  her  were  beauti¬ 
ful  forms,  clad  in  shining  vesture.  They  had 
golden  harps  in  their  hands,  from  whoso  strings 
they  drow  strains  of  living  music,  while  together 
their  voices  sang : 

“  Horn© !  home  !  sweet,  sweet  homo !” 

As  sho  looked  In  bewilderment  at  them  all, 
ono  of  tho  shining  band,  whose  face  had  often 


come  to  her  in  her  dreams,  approached,  and 
bending  over  her,  said  tenderly : 

“  My  child,  I  am  your  mother,  and  this  is  your 
home.” 

Then,  with  a  glad  cry,  she  sank  down  into 
what  she  thought  was  her  mother’s  arms,  and 
felt  at  rest. 

The  next  morning  when  tho  sun  rose  on  the 
great  city,  which  for  once  looked  pure  arid 
beautiful  In  Its  covering  ot  newly-fallen  snow, 
those  within  that  stately  mansion  awake,  and 
found  near  their  parlor  window  tho  dead  form 
of  a  child.  Tho  snow  had  covered  hor  tattered 
garments ;  tt  formed  a  pillow  for  her  head,  and 
it  rested  In  her  hair.  But  they  looked  In  awo 
at  hor  race,  as  they  tenderly  raised  her  up ;  for 
never  had  the  face  of  the  dead  worn  such  a 
peaceful,  happy  look.  It  seemed  ns  if  tho  glad 
spirit,  in  parting,  hail  left  the  Impress  of  Its  own 
heavenly  Joy  on  theso  outward  llnoamonts. 

They  could  not.  understand  why  an  outcast 
and  a  pauper  could  die  so  happily ;  but  thoy  did 
not  know  It  was  because  God  had  granted  her 
prayer,  and  given  her  a  homo  at  last ;  nor  did 
thoy  hear  her  voice,  na  it  floated  heavenward, 
joyously  sing  tho  two  lines  of  that  dear  old  song : 

“  Home !  home !  sweet,  swoet,  homo  I 

There’s  no  pltico  like  homo  ■,  there’s  no  place  llko 
home  I” 

♦  ♦♦ - 

IMPORTANCE  OF  READING. 

No  matter  how  obscure  the  position  In  life  of 
an  individual.  If  ho  can  read,  ho  may  at  will  put 
himself  In  tho  best  society  tho  world  has  over 
seen.  lie  may  converse  with  tho  greatest  heroes 
of  the  past;  with  all  tho  writers  Ju  prose  and 
poetry.  He  may  learn  how  to  live,  how  to  avoid 
tho  errors  of  his  predecossors,  and  to  secure 
blessings,  present  and  future,  to  himself,  lie 
may  reside  in  a  desert,  far  away  from  tho  habi¬ 
tations  of  man ;  in  solitude,  where  no  human 
eye  looks  upon  him  with  affection  or  Interest, 
where  no  human  voice  cheers  him  with  its  ani¬ 
mating  tones,  if  ho  has  books  to  road  ho  can 
nevor  bo  alone.  He  may  choose  his  company, 
and  the  subject  of  conversation,  and  thus  bo- 
como  contented  and  happy,  intelligent,  wiso  and 
good.  Young  people  should  heed  those  truths. 


u  |3u«Icr. 


ILLUSTRATED  REBUS -No.  3. 


EoN 


ta^T"  Answer  in  two  weeks,  with  tho  names  of 
those  who  send  correct  answers  up  to  going  to 
press. 

CR08S-W0RD  ENIGMA -No.  2. 

My  first  is  in  sliver  but  not  in  gold, 

My  second’s  In  upland  but  not  in  wold ; 

My  third  Is  In  bitter  but  not  in  sweet. 

My  fourth  is  in  sandals  but  not  in  feet ; 

My  fifth  is  in  rnarblo  but  not  in  top, 

My  sixth  is  In  workman  but  not  in  shop ; 

My  seventh’s  in  water  but  not  in  milk, 

My  eighth  U  in  cotton  but.  not  In  silk ; 

My  ninth  la  In  acorn  but  not  in  oak, 

My  tenth  Is  in  bonnet  but  not  In  cloak ; 

My  whole  is  a  flowor  whoso  heavenly  hue 
Delighted  me  much  when  lifo  was  new. 

%W  Answer  In  two  weeks.  Fourteen. 

PUZZLE.— No.  2. 

I  have  four  letters.  My  first  Is  anoxclama- 
tion ;  my  second  is  an  author ;  theso  two  make 
part  of  a  fish ;  my  throo  and  four  make  some¬ 
thing  like  one.  Transfer  my  first,  to  my  end,  and 
you  will  see  a  Mahometan  chief.  My  wholo is  to 
travel  and  see  the  world’s  great  city.  What  am  I  ? 

£vf~  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- im - 

PROBLEM.— No.  1. 

At  what  time  past  apparent  noon  In  latitude 
43”  N.  will  tho  Sun  shine  on  tho  north  side  of 
buildings,  his  declination  being  23^  4'  N.? 

Answer  in  two  woeks.  S.  G.  Cagwxn. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.- Jan.  4. 

Illustrated  Rebus  No.  1.— Happy  New  Year 
to  everybody ! 

Word  and  Phrase  Puzzle  No.  1.  —  Mr. 
Underwood  being  at  tho  point  of  death,  they 
sent  for  his  friends  and  relatives ;  and  they  sent 
for  Dr.  Curtis,  who  straight  ways  dashed  to  Dr. 
Barnes  nnd  implored  hts  assistance ;  but  before 
ho  arrived  the  invalid  changed  color,  and  the 
undertaker  waa  sent  for. 

Cross- Word  Enigma  No.  1.— Juniata. 

Charade  No.  1.— Madder. 


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CURRENT  TOPICS. 

Abolition  of  the  N.  Y.  Usury  Law. 

This  matter  is  before  the  New  York  Legisla¬ 
ture.  It  is  safe,  as  a  rule,  to  presume  that  a  law 
is  a  bad  one  which  is  steadily  and  persistently 
evaded  by  men  in  nil  classes  of  society.  There 
is  no  more  reason  why  John  Brown  should  not 
pay  Richard  Smith  ten  or  twelve  per  cent.,  or 
more,  for  tho  use  of  a  hundred  dollars,  than 
that  he  should  not  pay  him  whatever  is  de¬ 
manded  of  him,  if  be  thinks  lie  can  afford  to, 
for  tho  use  of  Smith's  horse,  worth  $U>0,  for  the 
same  length  of  time,  or  for  the  rent  of  a  piece 
of  land  of  equal  value.  It  is  proper  the  Stare 
should  fix  tho  amount  of  interest  money  shall 
receive  in  case  there  is  iro  per  cent,  specified 
in  the  agreement;  but  tho  law  should  not  Tor- 
bid  the  collection  of  a  larger  sum  in  ease  of 
agreement,  nor  compel  tho  pay  incut  -d  a  huger 
sum  than  that  agreed  upon  in  case  that  agree¬ 
ment  specifies  a  loss  per  cent,  than  tho  legal 
rate. 

In  Massachusetts,  we  believe,  the  legal  rate  is 


six  per  cent.,  except  in  cases  where  the  sum  is 
specified ;  and  in  such  eases  that  sum  is  col¬ 
lectable,  be  it  greater  or  less  than  the  legal  rate. 
This  law  operates  well  there,  and  its  moral 
effect  upon  the  people  is  much  more  salutary’ 
than  in  Now  York,  where  people  are  compelled 
daily  to  defy  law  In  order  to  do  business. 

Spain,  Cuba,  and  the  United  States. 

Tne  friends  of  Cuba,  and  those  who  believe 
that  the  United  States  Government  ought  to  at 
least  recognize  the  belligerent  rights  of  the  Cu¬ 
ban  insurrectionists,  were  surprised  and  grati¬ 
fied  the  other  morning  by  t  he  announcement, 
that  Secretary  Fish  had  addressed  a  strong  note 
of  remonstrance  to  the  Spanish  Government 
relative  to  Cuban  affairs  (the  text  being  given), 
intimating  a  change  In  tho  pacific  policy  of  this 
Government  unless  Spanish  pledges  relative  to 
emancipation  and  the  conduct  of  the  war 
were  redeemed. 

Eugenie  as  Regent. 

It  is  announced  that  Eugenie  is  to  proclaim 
herself  Regent  of  tbo  French  Empire  until  her 
son  attains  ids  majority.  Why  not?  And  who 
will  be  su prised  if  t  he  French  do  not,  within  a 
year,  call  her  back  to  Paris  to  perform  the  duties 
of  the  Regency— not  that  we  hope  they  Mill, 
but  that  It  would  be  #0  consistent  with  their 
fickleness.  Again,  it  is  denied  that  the  Ex- 
Empress  is  going  to  do  any  such  silly  thing.  Let 
us  wait  and  see  what  her  followers’  counsel  will 
induce  her  to  do  before  wc  believe  either  story. 

The  French  and  the  Death  of  Napoleon. 

So  far  as  we  cau  learn,  there  Is  a  disdainful  in¬ 
difference  manifested  by  (he  French  in  America 
with  reference  lo  the  death  of  Napoleon  UT. 
They  shrug  their  shoulders  as  much  as  to  say 
“  Good  riddance !  Ho  has  done  us  all  the  harm 
one  man  ought  ever  to  have  power  to  do,  and 
we  aro  not  sorry  he  is  placed  where  he  can  do 
no  further  mischief."  it  Is  manifest  France’s 
humiliation  in  her  relations  to  Germany  are 
credited  to  his  account. 

. - - 

DOMESTIC  NEWS. 

New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

Tiik  N.  Y.  Tribune  baa  sued  the  Times  for 
libel..  The  public  schools  have  re-opened  — 
There  is  a  controversy  about  the  East  River 
bridge _ On  the  lit  h  Mayor  Hnvemoycr  deliver¬ 

ed  his  message.  He  is  iu  favor  Of  thorough  re¬ 
form  In  id  I  ilenartm'  nl  s  of  tho  government . 

Ex-Mayor  nail  baa  fallen  and  broken  his  ankle. 

It  is  proposed  to  regulate  the  price  which 

gas  companies  may  be  permitted  to  charge . 

A  number  of  reports  relative  to  the  Brooklyn 
bridge  have  been  published.  Appeals  for  de¬ 
lay  in  the  Tweed  ease  have  boon  overruled 
A  merchant  has  been  ©barged  with  attempting 
to  set  u  warehouse  on  fire  Tho  Adriatic, 
which  started  from  t  his  city  disabled,  has  ar¬ 
rived  in  England.  .Tin  annual  sal©  of  pews  in 
Mr.  Beecher’s  church  ou  t lie  7th amounted  lo 
S00, SJOXiO  Comptroller  Green  has  resigned  !  he 

office  of  park  Commissioner.  ..Tbo  trial  of 
Win.  M.  Tweed  has  commenced...  Mr.  Bowen 
of  i  lie  Independent  hn->  commenced  a  libel  suit 
against  tho  present  editors  of  the  Tribune  — 
oil  the  9th  Henry  Ward  Beecher  lectured  on 
eompulsorr  education  —  Mrs.  Woodhull  lec¬ 
tured  in  Cooper  Union  on  the  8th,  and  at  its 
close  was  arrested  and  thrown  into  Ludlow 
.Street  Jail  The  school  houses  are  being  In¬ 
spected,  to  render  them  safe  from  fire.  A 
type  metal  statu©  to  Horace  Greeley,  in  Green¬ 
wood.  is  proposed _ There  has  boon  at  attempt 

to  bum  a.  negro  meeting  house  in  Brooklyn. 
Mahoganv  works  on  Coni  re  si  root  were  damaged 
£10,0(10  by  fire  on  the  9th.  .  Rev.  Dr.  Hare  has 
been  consecrated  Episcopal  Bishop  to  the  In¬ 
dians _ The  United  states  lias  brought  suit 

against  Phelps,  Dodge  &  Co.,  for  $1,000,000. 

Home  New*. 

The  President,  says  there  is  no  me  uiber  of  his 
Cabinet  he  wishes  to  have  leave  .  There  is  no 
political  significance  in  the  fact  that  n  war  ves¬ 
sel  and  Gen.  Behpfleld  have  gone  to  the  Sand¬ 
wich  Islands.  .. Great  preparations  are  being 
made  in  Washington  for  the  coining  inaugura¬ 
tion _ San  Francisco  is  opposed  to  the  Goat 

Island  bill  No  trouble  took  place  in  Now 
Orleans  on  the  Mb  upnu  the  assembling  of  ihe 
Legislature,  as  was  anticipated  A  Brooklyn 
Democratic  Alderman  1ms  denounced  the  re  t 
of  the  Board.  A.  B.  Cornell  tins  been  chosen 
Speaker  of  the  Assembly  at  Albany  Tin- 
draft  <if  a  new  charter  lias  been  presented  by 
the  Republican  Committee  at.  Albany...  The 
Supreme  Court,  has  confirmed  Yoscmlte  to  the 
State  of  California...  The  Pennsylvania  State 
Constitutional  Convention  is  in  session..  ..There 
is  a  rumor  that  tho  President  is  willing  to  Bond 
an  army  of  20,000  men  to  Utah  to  abolish  Mor- 
monlsm- ...Dan.  Godfrey  of  the  Grenadier 
Guards  BntuJ  lias  sent  M*r.  1*.  L.  GUmore  of 
Boston  a  dinner  service  of  plate  and  a  set,  of 
lowclrv  There  is  a  report  that  the  President 
has  cctcrmined  to  change  his  policy  towards 
Spain  If  slavery  is  not  abolished  in  Cuba  at 
once  Judge  lTindie  of  New  York  has  been 
acquitted  ...Gov,  Oglesby  is  to  be  Senator 
Trumbull’s  successor  from  Illinois 

-Fires. 

The  Robinson  House  at  Emporia,  Kansas, 
on  the  2d.  Loro  *15,000.  .Manufactory  at  Le¬ 
banon,  Pa.,  on  i  lie  5th.  Loss  *75,000- ...  On  the 
6th  a  colliery  at  New  Philadelphia,  JJa.,  was 
burned.  Loss  $50,000  ..A  $10,000  lire  In  Con¬ 
cord.  N.H.,  on  the  10th  The  steamer  Bell© 
Ida  was  Injured  at  New  Orleans  ou  the  0th  to 
tho  extent'  of  *35.000  ...On  the  8th  a  tobacco 
shed  in  Janesville,  Wls.  Loss  $5,000 — School- 
house  on  Winter  street,  Cincinnat  i,  on  the  10th. 
Damage  $20,000  .  The  St.  Nicholas  Hotel  at 
Springfield,  ill.,  on  the  9th.  Loss  $8-1,000. 

Cougress. 

On  the  Cth,  tho  House  voted  to  allow  the 
Credit  Mobiller  Investigat  ion  to  be  open  to  t .he 
public,  nnd  the  testimony  has  since  been  pub¬ 
lished  A  second  committee  has  been  formed 
by  Congress  to  further  Investigate  the  Credit 
Mobllier  scandal  .The  President  announces 
that  he  ha-  mi  intention  of  interfering  in  Cuba 
or  tlm  Sandwich  I  . lands.  All  means  short  of 
war  will  be  tried  to  obt  ain  from  Y  eupzuela  nuy- 
I  merits  due  citizens  of  the  United  States ....  The 
House  fortification  appropriation  bill  gives  two 


millions  of  dollars  —  The  fate  of  the  bill  ad¬ 
mitting  Colorado  is  in  doubt.  ..  .The  political 
troubles  In  Louisiana  and  Arkansas  are  to  b© 
investigated. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 


IHlaceUancou*  Foretgrn  New*. 

Count  von  Roon  will  remain  the  chief 
Minister  of  War  for  Germany  The  German 
Embassador  to  France  has  entertained  M. 
Tillers  at  dinner.  The  French  Minister  at  Rome 
will  leave  Fount  Beust  will  vindicate  his  dl- 

filomacy  ,  John  F.  Paw-son  &  Co.  of  London 
tare  failed  for  fifteen  millions  of  dollars  .  The 
President  of  Bolivia  has  been  shot  bv  his  neph¬ 
ew, .  The  French  Assembly  Is  to  investigate 
the  resignation  of  the  Knribasoador  to  the  Holy 
See. ..  .Internationals  arc  being  arrested  in 
I’. 'iris. .  .(  'arils  tab ave  torn  up  railways  and  set  fire 
t  o  depots  In  Spain ...  A  large  number  of  miners 
arc  on  si  like  In  Wales  .  -M-.  Thiers  has  nometo 
an  understanding  wit  h  the  Committee  of  Thirty, 
when  he  shall  address  the  Assembly  -.Print'© 
Napoleon's  expulsion  case  1b  up  tor  trial  In 

Franc© _ The  Prussian  diet  baa  been  asked  by 

what  authority  of  law  it  prosecutes  Journals — 
The  U  nlted  States  and  Great.  Britai  n  have  agreed 
to  suppress  the  slave  trade  on  the  east  coast  of 

Africa _ Napoleon's  son  was  at  Woolwich  at 

the  titn©  oT  his  father’s  death.  The  remains 
were  bulled  at  Chiselhurst  The  people  of  the 
Sandwich  Islands  wore  to  vote  for  a  King  on 
Urn  1st  of  January  .  Napoleon’s  death  was 
painless.  The  Queen  of  Kitgland  sent  the  Em¬ 
press  an  autograph  letter.  The  Pope  sent  a  mes¬ 
sage  of  sympathy.  The  Paris  papers  appeared 
in  mourning.  The  Bonaparte  family  1b  collecting 
in  London.  The  Empress  will Irouen  proclama¬ 
tion,  a  sinning  t  he  regency.  Balls  and  amuse¬ 
ments  wero  post  poned  fri  London  on  acciiurrtof 
I  he  death...  There  has  been  an  attempt  to  as- 
iimte  the  Sultan  of  Turkey Fifty-nine  fisher¬ 
men  have  been  drowned  In  ft  gale  off  Yarmouth, 
England  .Sir  Charles  Dilli©  lias  been  mobbed 
while  making  a  speech  at  Derby,  England...  A 
rupture  has  occurred  In  the  Loft  Center  of  the 
French  Assembly 


handsome  gain,  as  the  society  was  in  debt  over 
$1,000  a  year  ago.  The  following  officers  were 
elected  tor  1873:  Pres’t— William  Otis;  Yice- 
Pres'ts — Thomas  Brown,  Jr.,  Daniel  Wood  and 
Thomas  A.  Slocum;  Trias.— J.  W.  Stebbins; 
Sec.— Wm.  L.  Wallace;  I/i rectors—  H.  H.  Hickox 
and  Benjamin  Fellows.  The  society  adjourned 
for  three  weeks,  when  action  will  probably  be 
had  upon  the  propositions  submitted  in  regard 
to  change  of  title,  etc. 

The  Northwestern  Dairymen's  Association 

holds  Its  annual  meeting  at  Whitewater,  'Vis., 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC.  1 

Lyndonvlllo,  At.,  .Ian.  6.— The  past  month 
was  exceedingly  cold,  the  mercury  ranging, 
more  or  less  of  tho  time,  from  zero  to  thirty 
degrees  below,  On  Christina--1  morning  the  mer¬ 
cury  all  congealed  in  this  section,  and  In  some 
localities  It  was  reported  as  50  degrees  below 
and  more!  Fortunately  for  tho  good  and  com¬ 
fort  of  mother  earth,  tho  ground  is  well  covered 
with  snow-  the  depth  averaging  from  two  to 
three  feet  In  this  section.  Notwithstanding  so 
much  unusually  cold  weather,  the  ground  is  not 
frozen  at  all  in  the  forests,  and  the  springs  and 
swamps  aro  fully  supplied  with  water.  The 
large  hay-crop  makes  feed  ami  forage  plentiful, 
and  stuck  is  looking  finely,  i.  w.  8. 

\\  nlkcrton,  81.  Joseph  Co.,  I  ml.,  .lunimry  H. 
The  weathor  for  the  last  three  weeks  has  been 
very  cold  with  but  few  changes.  December  21st, 
thermometer  23®  below  zero.  First  snow  about 
the  middle  of  November;  good  sleighing  ©vex 
since  with  the  exception  of  a  few  days.  Crops 
wore  good  here  last,  year,  notwithstanding  It 
wns  very  dry.  Wheat.  $1.50;  flour.  $1  per  cwt. ; 
oats,  30c. ;  com,  30c.;  potatoes,  80c,;  butter,  26c. ; 
eggs,  20c.;  chickens,  $2.35  per  dozen;  pork,  $5 
per  cwt.;  hay,  $5  to  $10,  according  to  quality; 
corn-fodder  10c.  per  shock  of  100  hills.  Horses 
from  $75  to  $150;  cows  from  $35 to  $35.  Climate 
changeable,  warm  in  Summer,  cold  in  Winter, 
Si.il,  sandy  loam  In  thick  timber;  in  barrens, 
light  sand.  Timber  principally  White  and  Rod 
Oak,  Poplar.  Walnut,  White  and  Block  Wild 
( j  jerry,  Basswood,  Hickory,  White  a  nd  Grey 
Ash,  etc.— i..  c. 

Amity,  Yam  Hill  Do.,  Oregon,  Dec,  27.— The 

rainy  season  has  set  in.  There  was  no  very 
rainy  weather  unt  il  the  Saturday  night  before 
Christ  mas,  and  it  has  rained  every  day  and  night 
since,  cleaning  tho  snow  out  of  the  mountains, 
/welling  the  streams  to  the  maximum.  Wheat 
is  70  cts:  other  grains  improving  in  price.-  f.  n. 

Corvallis,  Oregon.  Dec.  27.  Weather  fine; 
no  cold  weather  since  Nov.  20th.  Sowing  wheat 
and  oats  this  month ;  think  our  winter  over. 
Money  Bearee.  Wheat,  65  cts.;  Oats,  33  cts.  i 
Barley,  60  eta. ;  Horses  and  cattle,  dull  sale;  but¬ 
ter.  37.k'  cts. ;  eggs,  33  cts.  -n.  m. 

Ozark,  Mo,,  Jan.  2. — The  peach  crop  will  be 
a  failure  here,  for  they  are  killed  in  the  bod 
already. — j.  u.  w. 


industrial  Societies. 

n- — J  L  ^  t  u  w 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 

New  York  Rtute  Ag.  Society. — The  annual 
meeting  and  election  will  be  heltl  at  the  Capitol, 
in  the  city  of  Albany,  on  Wednesday,  the  22d  of 
January,  at  noon.  The  meeting  will  be  con¬ 
tinued.  as  usual,  during  the  Thursday  following. 
The  following  gentlemen  have  consented  to  be 
present,  and  contribute  papers A.  F.  Liautard, 
M.  D.,  President  of  the  New  York  College  of 
Veterinary  Burgeons  (on  tho  epizootic  Influ¬ 
enza);  Charles  A.  Goessman,  lJh.  D.,  Professor 
of  Chemistry  in  the  Massachusetts  State  Agri¬ 
cultural  College ;  Dr.  E.  Lewis  Sturtevant,  of 
Massachusetts  (ou  "The  Claims  of  tin’  Ayrshire 
Cow  upon  the  Dairy  Farmer"),  and  X,  A.  Wil¬ 
lard,  Esq.,  M.  A.  The  usual  Winter  exhibition 
will  take  place  on  Thursday,  January  23d.  Lists 
of  prizes  offered  for  fruits,  etc.,  and  for  crops, 
experiments,  ct.e.,  will  bo  sent  on  application. 

Monroe  Co.  Vgrii-ullurnl  Society. — 1 Tb©  an¬ 
nual  meeting  of  this  society— held  in  City  Hail, 
Rochester,  Jan. 8 — was  characterized  by  import¬ 
ant  propositions  and  discussions.  Propositions 
to  change  tho  name  of  tho  society  to  “The 
Western  New  York  Agricultural  and  Mechanical 
Association,"  and  to  enlarge  the  area  of  its  tet- 
ritory  (not  confining  memberships,  etc.,  to  the 
county)  were  submitted  and  discussed,  but  no 
definite  action  taken.  The  Treasurer's  report 
showed  a  balance  of  $1,006  on  hand,  showing  a 


Prof.  Manly  Mills  of  Mich.  Ag.  College ;  Crks- 
tf.u  Hazex,  Prof.  WAV.  Daniels  of  Wisconsin 
University,  and  W.  D.  Hoard.  Papers  are  also 
expected  from  X.  A.  Wilfakh  ol  r.al 

New-Yorker,  G.  R.  Weeks,  Sec’y  Am.  Dairy 
Ass.,  and  Hon.  .T.  P.  Reynolds,  Pres't  Ill.  Ag. 
Soc.  The  Secretary  of  t  he  Association  is  (1.  E. 
Morrow  of  Madison,  AVIs. 

The  Michigan  Stale  Agricultural  Roclffy, 
through  its  Business  Committee,  Is  making  an 
effort  to  eorvMoIldate  with  itself  the  Northern 
Agricultural  Society  of  Michigan,  and  a  meeting 
of  the  Executive  Committ  ees  of  the  t  wo  socie¬ 
ties.  is  called  at  Lansing,  Jan.  14,  to  consult  with 
this  purpose. 

An  Iowa  Imlotitrlal  Convention  Is  to  be  held 
at  Des  Moines.  January'  82d,  for  the  purpose  of 
considering  “tho  commercial,  agricultural, 
manufacturing,  and  other  interests  of  that 
State."  It  is  -  rilled  by  Gov.  Carpenter  under 
the  direction  of  toe  Board  of  Immigration. 

The  Rate  Grange  of  Patron-  of  llu-bamlry 

of  Wisconsin  met  atltipon,  Dec. 10-12.  Twenty- 
on©  Granges  were  represented  by  delegates. 
The  next,  meet  ing  of  the  Plate  Grange  Is  to  be 
held  at.  Wauptin,  the  third  Tuesday  of  Jan.  1874. 

Eastern  Ohio  Poultry  Society.— The  time  of 
holdingthc  exhibition  of  this  society  is  changed 
from  Feb.  3  to  Feb.  12. 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

A  Sewing  Machine  for  a  holiday  present.  Let 
us  tell  you  how  to  get  one,  and  what  on©  to  get. 
In  the  first  place,  to  get  a  good  one  should  bo 
the  aim,  and,  In  the  next  place,  to  get  it  at  as 
low  a  price  as  possible,  and  t  hose  In  moderate 
circumstances  frequently  want  time  to  pay  for 
it.  The  machine  that  will  just  exactly  fill  all  of 
these  requirements  Is  tho  Now  Underfeed  Wil¬ 
son.  It  is  in  every  way  the  beat  machine  in  use, 
simple,  durable,  perfect  operating  and  beauti¬ 
ful,  and  capable  of  doing  every  grade  of  heavy, 
fine  and  ornamental  sew  ing  ever  done  on  a  Sew¬ 
ing  Machine.  It  Is  sold  for  fifteen  dollars  less 
than  all  other  first-class  machines,  which  alone 
has  placed  it  far  In  advance  of  overy  other  ma¬ 
chine  inexistence.  You  can  pay  for  it  in  easy 
monthly  payments  that  will  not  be  felt  from 
the  income  of  the  poorest.  So  thut  any  man 
can  have  the  pleasure  of  presenting  to  his  wife 
on  Christmas  or  New  Year’s  the  best  Sewing 
Machine  in  use.  Salesroom  ut  707  Broadway, 
Now  York,  anil  in  all  other  cities  In  the  United 
States.  The  Company  want  agents  In  country 
towns.  , 

■  »»♦  - 

Watch  No.  4284— bearing  Trade  Mark  “Ed- 
wln  Iloilo,  Marlon,  N.  J."— manufactured  by 
United  Slates  Watch  Co.,  (Giles  Wales  &  Co.,) 
has  been  carried  by  mo  six  months ;  Its  total 
variation  from  mean  time  being  only  two-thirds 
of  a  second  per  day.— David  II.  Peck,  Ferry 
Master  Central  R.  R.  of  N.  J.,  foot  of  Liberty 
St.,  North  River,  N.  Y. 

- *♦* - 

\  Favorable  Notoriety.  —  The  good  reputa¬ 
tion  of  “ Brown's  Bronchial  Troches’'  for  tho 
relief  or  Coughs,  Colds  and  Throat  Diseases,  has 
given  them  a  favorable  notoriety. 

- »«» 

Clover  Uukhers  nnd  Cleaner*. — The  simplest 
and  best  in  market.  Price  $120.  Made  by  St. 
Jounsvixle  Ag'l  W orks,  Mont.  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Advice.— Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

THE  MARKETS. 

MONEY  AND  TRADE  AFFAIRS. 

Few  York,  Monday,  Jan.  13,  1873. 

THERE  was  some  Improvement  in  general  trade 
last  week,  but  the  streets  continue  in  such  had  con¬ 
dition  as  to  interfere  materially  with  shipping  Goods 
to  the  Interior  unit  Produce  lo  Europe.  The  exports 
of  the  week  are  $3, 300,1X10  Produce  and  $3,700,000  Gold 
and  Silver,  and  the  value  of  the  Imports  marketed 
about  $6,500, (M0,  the  Customs  for  tho  week  being 
$2,000,000. 

The  Foreign  trade  balances  cont  inue  to  run  heavily 
against  the  United  States.  As  heretofore  reported, 
the  balances  for  the  last  Fiscal  Tear,  as  made  up  by 
the  Bureau  Of  Statistics  at  Washington,  were  $!’2,0(X),- 
000,  after  deducting  *0’, 000,000  of  Gold  and  Sliver.  In 
other  words,  wo  marked  or  consumed,  for  the  twelve 
months  ending  June  30,  1872,  $128,000,(KXI  Imports  in 
excess  of  Domestic  Produce  sent  abroad.  We  have 
now  tho  returns  fur  the  first  mouth  of  the  new  Oscai 
year— July,  1872—  showing  a  balance  for  the  month, 
arter  deducting  about  $20,000,000  Gold  and  Sliver  sent 
Out,  of  SIS.CflO.OOO. 

Id  view  of  these  figures,  It  is  not  astonishing  that 
Gold  is  3  per  cent,  higher  to-day  than  a  voar  ago. 
Tho  price  is  now  112}£  per  cent.,  owing  to  high  rates 
of  Exchange  and  the  export  of  $2,700,000,  Gold  and 
Silver,  last  week. 

Since  the  New  Year  the  Money  market  Improves 
slowly,  but  tho  Bunk  Statement  of  Saturday  gives 
affairs  the  prospect  of  cheaper  rates  as  wo  approach 
the  Spring  months.  The  Street  rates  aro  now  9@12 
per  cent,  on  best  paper.  The  Stock  Brokers  are  pay¬ 
ing  double  these  rates  in  the  way  of  extra  Interest  to 
carry  over  their  Stocks;  yet  speculation  In  Stocks 
keeps  np  remarkably.  New  York  Central  is  l  per 
cent,  and  Western  Telegraph  3  per  cent,  higher  than 
last  week.  The  remainder  of  the- list  la  not  so  welt 
supported,  except  the  Government  Stocks,  which  are 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS, 


cm,  afloat,  63K@  6114c.:  for  good  to  choice  do., 
in  store;  65  Ke.  for  fair  new  mixed  Western,  in  cur 
lots  ;  67@68e.  for  yellow  Western,  and  7f>c.  for  white 
Southern.  Oats  new,  are  scarce  und  hlKher,at4S@50>4o. 
for  inferior  to  verv  good  mixed  Western;  46@4SWc. 
for  black,  and  51®37C.  for  white.  Old  oats  at  52c.  for 
prime  In  store. 

liny  find  Htrmv.— There  is  very  illtlo  business: 
but  supplies  are  small  and  prices  rule  high. 

Wo  quote  now  shipping  liny  81.15(5)1.20:  retail  do. 
fl.40Ci1.75:  salt  do.  TOC.&POo.';  clover,  8048900.  Stra  w  at 
$1.30@t.i5  for  lung  rye,  $1®1.20  for  short  rye;  80®90c. 
for  oat. 

Hups,— The  market  is  without  change.  The  arri¬ 
vals  from  the  other  side  are  large,  but  have  no  effect 
upon  prices,  lirewers  are  buying  a  faiv  amount  oi 
stock.  Wc  quote  State  at  loOr.Vjo. ;  Eastern,  42®o2e.; 
Western,  42®52c.:  Buvarlau,  40®55c. 

Poult  rv  anil  Gnnio.— The  market  him  hocn  ham¬ 
pered  with  dolaved  stuff  that  lias  arrived  badly  frozen, 
and  much  of  it  had  to  bo  SacrIBced  to  pcddlcr.-t.  Good 
stock  bus  dragged  and  prices  liavo  favored  the  buyer. 
Ouall  have  reached  tho  lowest  pointed  the  season, 
und  In  fact  all  game  Is  quoted  at  moderated  prices. 
Venison  carcasses  arc  decidedly  lower.  Stale  and 
unpresentable  poultry  has  sold  at  10®12o.  In  lots. 

Wc  quote  prime  N  J.  and  Hacks  Co.  turkeys,  17® 
18c,,  State  und  Western,  poor  to  host.  UCSuic.  Chiek- 
ens,  Western,  10®15e.;  Stale  and  near  points,  13®17c. 
Geese,  likoiiiic.  Ducks,  15®  Pc. 

Game  quotations:— Venison,  whole,  Hc/'.Oc. ;  do., 
saddle,  luaUic.  Cunvas.buok  ducks,  $1®1.25;  red 
hn&ds,  G2c. :  mallard,  Iffl"  50o. :  teal.  Sic, ;  rabbits, 
aStitOe. ;  Imres,  69®  70c. :  iiindl,  f  1®L25.  Prairie  chlck- 


OTJTfc 

Illustrated  ^Catalogues 


New  York,  Jan.  11. 1873. 

Cattle  have  run  light  during  tho  past  week,  with 
a  slight  increase  In  Hliccp  and  a  heavy  gain  In  hogs. 
Tho  weather  has  been  favorable  lor  trade  and  better 
prlccn  were  realized  In  every  department,  hut  the 
large  stocks  of  poultry,  venison,  und  game  biros 
prevented  nnv  great  advance.  Homo nf  tin*  Into Inases 
were  recovered,  and  dealers  arc  more  hopeful  for 
tin*  future.  There  Is  a  disposition  on  the  part  ol 
cattle  owners  to.  cheek  receipts  hero  by  holding  the 
stock  buck  In  tho  country  until  they  call  advance  tho 
rates  more  In  accordance  with  their  Ideas.  One  firm 
with  !i,(Ml)  head,  mostly  In  Kansas  and  Missouri,  are 
bringing  very  few  forward  at  present.  rl  hey  at  least 
are  anticipating  n  rise  by  Spring,  while  cum  anil  liny 
are  Imth  abundant  nml  Cheap  where  they  arc.  l  hero 
Is  a  good  deal  of  dressed  beef  sent,  here  trovn  I lii- 
cugo.  lie'  transportation  of  wlilcli  Is nluCU  less  than 
on  tho  live  animal*. 

■RECEIPTS  OP  l.lv>:  STUC  K. 

ftliii.  ii  A 

Co,\ ■ ,  *  1 1 I/iinla,  Hugs. 

Totals  this  week . 5,7(12  Tt  5PU  22,027  10,887 

“  last  week. . (1,703  i'4  321  21 ,188 

Avorago  last  year.. .  .8,178  28  2,211  22,(i83  30,97a 

Beeves.— With  1.000  less  cattle  than  worn  received 
the  previous  week,  tho  dements  conspiring  to 
favor  trmli1,  while  reports  of  snow-bound  trains  at 
the  West  suggest  to  butchers  tho  propriety  ot  laying 
in  a  stock  for  future  use  when  wo  tony  h"  cut  on 
from  tit!1  outside  <jrorh1, our markets  rule  strong  anil 
nets vu  at  a  good  V-  advance,  oyorvtluug  going  oil 

i.  '..-I,  fortho  week  just  end)  d  lias  . . . 

of  unusual  evonnesa  i  t  duality,  will)  tew  Texans, 
and  Uiev  generally  of  t  no  I  llesli.  wbdo  senriady  any¬ 
thing  has  exceeded  what.  Is  termed  first.  ipmUty.  lho 
Ujoro  oommoui  prices  are  U.'.tcil'l.h.e.  for  coirimon  to 
fair  druvos,  ami  l  Tadic,  for  good  to  prlnifl.  Extras,  If 
Imre,  woulil  rcudiiy  sell  at  IlMe.  F#f  the  trade  Ol 
last  Mcnnlay  wc  imd  IMS  curs  at  One  Hundredth  street, 
s',;  nt-  Potumnnlp!) w,  ami  "1  at  Wooliawkvn-  ocverui 
trains  failed  to  arrive  tlintday,  hut  came  in  on  I  ues- 
duy.  'There  was  it  alight  improvcnient  then,  but.  the 
market  lias  steadily  gained  strength  since,  and  tin? 
prospuek  lg  very  uOG>d  for  uhlppera  lor  unoluev  week 
nf  least,  ns  wo  can  count  upOh  lho  I  dnro  by  tho  ad- 
vatico  reports  ot  what  U  on  the  way  here.  SainplOJ 
of  l  ife  sales  are  j  ears  Texans,  good  Mesh,  iic\vt,,  ar, 


N  Numbering  175  pages,  nml 
T  taining  !$  (Colored  Plat 
mailed  on  receipt  of  ‘25  oenta. 
g  All  purrlinaerH  of  our  bi 
“Gardening  Cop  Profit’’  or  “  l 
licnl  Floriculture,”  price  S1.50  « 
paid  l»y  limit,)  nee  entitled  lo  reel 
fntulagiie*  free  imiiiinll v. 


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Seedsmen?  35  Cortlandt  Street,  New  Y ork. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


New  YORK,  Monday,  Jan.  13, 1873. 

Receipts.— The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  arc  ns  follows : 

Flour,  bbls .  41, 050, Pork,  bbts .  7,92]) 

Wheat,  buah .  211,700  Beef,  pkgs... .  jiSjw 

Corn,  bush .  190,®  Cut  meats,  pkgs. . .  12,900 

Oats,  bush .  d,20O  hard,  pkgs .  u’ciui 

Grass  seed,  bush..  Mill  Uniter,  pkgs .  11,4)0 

Rve  bush .  130  ChccM',  pkgs .  H.ygf 

Bariev,  bush .  43,750  Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  800 

Malt,  bilsh .  18,700  Egg*.  bbls .  2,080 

Beans,  bids .  2 J«J  Wool,  bales . 

Corn  meal,  bbls —  MJO  Hops,  bales . .  *0 

Corn  nmul.  bay-...  4,006  Peanut*, bags .  iws 

Cotton,  bales .....  *0,123 

Reims  nud  Pens.  Mediums  remain  in  moder¬ 
ate  supply  comparatively , and  the  light  Jobbing  de¬ 
mand  Is  sufficient  to  create  a  steady  range  of  prices. 
Marrowfats  have  been  taken  tn  n  moderate  extent  for 
shipment  to  W.  1.  nun-koto  at  unchanged  prices. 

w,.  qr.ote  Mediums,  prime  *2.70©2.?5  per  bushel; 
good  <b>. Ml  a.*2.(id  fair  d.i.,$/.,.00®§2.25l  prime  mar¬ 
rowfats.  $2  KooddO.,»2,a)*»0|  common  and 

fair  do  ,»2,0(y.t*2.‘i7.  Green  pens  fit  $1.80®$  1.90,  Houtli- 
ern  bluck-oyod  pea*,  02.70(0*2.75.  Cuniulu  peas  In  bond. 


For  Spring  of  1873 


.lull  u  SiiiiI’h  t’n  in  login*  Of  New  find  Beautiful 
Plants  will  bo  ready  In  Fobmary,  containing  a  bonu- 
llful  colored  plate  of  tho  “Queen  of  Primroses ” 
(Primula  Japonlca),  mulled  free  to  all  my  customers; 
to  others,  price  10  cts.  A  plain  copy  to  all  applicants 

JOHN  SAUL, 

WnMliiitK'ton  City,  1>.  C. 


CROSTVI  W  IIROS’  Descriptive  Catalogue  and 
Guido  to  tho  Flower  and  Yegotabio  Carden  for  1873, 
containing  a  beautiful  Colored  I'lme  and  u  large 
number  or  tine  Wood  Engravings.  Addross 

CROSMAN  HR  OH., 

(Established  1840.)  Rochester,  N.  A 


lleesvvnx.— Shippers  want  very  nine  nt  urraeuj, 
but  stocks  are  moderate  anil  prices  arc  uneliangeU. 
Sale*  at  3l®3 l.v;  for  Western  and  Southern. 

Itroom  Corn.  'Phare  is  iv  small  sale  for  now.  We 
quote  7*0.  tor  prime  hurl ; %?C,  for  new  green  ;  6® 
CMC.  for  old  do,;  fr  title,  for  old  mixed,  and  2®..e.  for 
old  red.  Brooms  are  quiet  at  $1.T5®4.60  per  dozen  for 
common  to  best  house. 

B  HI  ter. -The  demand  Is  not  very  heavy,  but  re- 
colpT-**  huvu  not  b«?en  oxL'iiHttlv'O  sumi  tn<s  NituuUun  of 
tho  mitrUot  remain®  a*  Mtron^asi  ltyimat  our  last. 
The  fancy  good*  ate  nearly  n»ed  uj>  for  general  quo- 
rations,  tho  balance  is  reserved  for  a  sure  outlet 
among  high  priced  grocers  Moe,  useful  tiililo  goods 
are  gaining  in  strength,  and  we  hear  oi  m-tlvo  l  pm;» 
being  more  readily  obtained.  Outdid©  faBr ki  t*  are 
well  Hupp  lei!  with  rolls,  und  wn  are.  In  receipt  of 
rattier  more  of  them  tiiau  can  boused  rapidly,  and 
price...  are  lower.  T lid  general  tmdc  would  exhibit 
more  activity  II  dealers  would  submit  to  tint  breaking 
up  or  lines  by  selection  of  tops  of  ihilrlcM.  TltO  eu- 
Ileavoron  tint  part'd  sellers,  which  is  a  correct  one. 
too.  is  to  mold  the  trado  into  Ima  having,  even  If  tin* 
extra  at  ice  fur  picking  ime.  is  a  little  tempting;  but 
wo  are  on  tlm  wrung  sido  of  .1  urinary  1st  tn  trlllo  with 
the  stock.  Tho  market  close*  very  strong  here,  and 
chorno  tuts  held  hack  have  been  advanced,  a  tact, 
which  tends  to  stiffen  New  York  qiiuUHloiiH  at  the 

momngc  Co.  palls,  lino,  Including  creamery,  38Wi40c. ; 
Penn,  und  N.  J.  Pal!-,  good  to  line,  2tkw  <>e. :  selections, 
half  t,ub», 35(,jj.i7o, ;  extra,  half  tubs,  tasmic. ;  half  tubs 
in  lot-,  v  ■  ;  good  lo  prime  llrklnx,  MyMhx;  do. 

AVel*h,  Fall,  27m?Xc.;  Walsh  tubs.fuir, SKiifiik). pother 
grade-,  nr  State.  lSw.&e. ;  Western  Reserve,  choice,  21 
@22c, ;  Wert,  fair  to  good,  l.ial.ie.  i  common,  lObpllC.  i 
grease  butter,  7Vjia9>zc.  i  Htafn  dairies,  tubs  on,  2-ka 
32c..  do.  all  llrklns,  28i,v3Uc;  Kolia,  choice,  -’lie  ;  do.. 


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A.  BURDETTE  SMITH.  911  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


CITIJATION*.  YOUNG  MEN  and  LADIES 

O  qimlilled  at  tlm  Itutlaio  Telegraph  Instil  nte  und 
City  Line  Telegraph  to  earn  a  sulary  of  *50  to  *100  per 
month.  Every  graduate  st curi  *n  position.  For  full 
particular*,  send  for  Catalogue  and  Clroulitr.  Address 
O.  L.  BRYANT,  Supt„  ButlUlo,  N.  Y. 


LOW  CASH  RATES ! 

THE 

Charter  Oafc  Life  Insurance  Co 


they  tiro  compelled  in  nay  I  V.tl  j  ,<:.  for  strictly  Choice 
lots.  The  hr>  1,1,1  trade. Is  small. 

Wo  qunte  Statu  wotm-y,  choice,  Hv&il  >Mo.  i  good  to 
prime,  IF.i.  l4Sje„;  fair  13k®Mc.;  State  dairy,  1:K<«  13WC. ; 
for  good  in  prime!  lift, Em.  for  fair  lot*;  for  Ohio 
factory,  L)>i(,fllo.  for  fair  to  prime;  English  dairy, 
prime.  l3J4®lle.;  fair  do..  llH<iai3e. 

Cortnn.— Snot  lots  arc  ;,c.  lower,  with  ft  very  light 
demand,  the  foreign  market  being  untuvorablo.  Fur 
forward  delivery  there  Unn  active?  mara-.t.  nt  higher 
prices.  Latest  sales  on  the  biiM*  of  low  middling  are 
nt  Tlfcc,  fur  Jan.,  19J4C.  for  Keh.,  20  3-lCc.  for  March, 
2054c.  for  April.  K 

I  nlttfDla.  AUbft(i)A<  r*OW  OrlfiAM, 

Ordinary .  17J<  17  %  18kf  18;q 

Good  Ordinary .  18j£  19H’  KH  W!'* 

Strict  Good  Ordinary.  19k  19k  KIV  4 

Low  Middling .  19k  1954  20,k  21114 

Middling . . .  2IB<  20S  2114  21. '.4 

Good  Middling. . .  2214  2214  2254  23,^4 

Dried  Fruits.—  Some  few  lots  of  apples  have  hoett 
taken  fur  the  Canada  market,  mainly  of  low  grades, 
bringing  4i(v4K<?-.  Beyond  this  the  market  ta  Ufolosa, 
with  price*  tiuuiinally  unchanged. 

So ut horn  upplcs,  J'.^iy.c, ;  do,,  sliced,  0©Ue. ;  Wcat- 
ern,  G54'7m >'(.  Peeled  peuches  at  14(4»15c.  for  Ga.,  1348 
15c- for  Vn.,»nd  luf.y  19o,  for  North  Carolina.  Unpeel- 
ed  peaclies all!- Ic.  for  quarter*,  and  5 Wo.  for  halves. 
Cherries,  22fa»22Kc.  Plum*,  MfevlSc.  Blackberries,  8 If 
@9.  Raspberries,  33oi,3iO. 

Egg*.— Supplies  of  fresh  are  insufficient,  and  rela¬ 
tively  high  prices  are  realized.  Wo  quote  near  points 
38®42e. .  Western  fresh,  express,  37(437140.;  other 
W.-vM-rn,  35,,«3Cc.t  Canadian,  37c;  Limed,  27m4J0c., 
the  latter  for  best  Stale. 

Floor.  —The  market  lias  been  ruling  In  tbe  seller's 
favor,  especially  lor  shipping  extras,  w  hich  are  want¬ 
ed  fpr  tin-  W.  1.  markets.  Tin?  stock  Vs  moderate  of 
all  descriptions, and  theuiuouutuu  tho  way  very  light. 

Superflne  State . F5  95®  3  50 

Common  extra  do. . . . 7  10®  7  25 

Good  to  choice  do . 7  20®  7  45 

Fancy  do . 7  35®  8  00 

Superfine  Michigan,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Iowa.. .  0  JO®  li  50 

Extra  do  . .  7  10®  7  20 

Choice  extra  do . 7  20®  h  00 

Shipping  brant  ■  round  hoop  Ohio . 7  15®  7  45 

Trade  biumln  do .  7  45«i  9  50 

Good  to  choice  wl)h  ?  wlicat  extras .  8  00(®  8  75 

Fair  to  very  choice  .  xtra  Minnesota — ....  7  05®  9  15 

Common  lo  fair  pxtvu  St.  Louis . .  7  20®  8  50 

Good  to  choice  do . .  —  8  70®11  25 

Extra  Southern  .  . . 7  15®  9  26 

Good  to  choice  do .  9  30(2.12  10 

Rye,  common  to  flue . . .  4  80®  C  50 

Corn  meal.  Western . 3  40®  3  50 

Buckwheat  flour . 3  60®  1  25 

Fresh  Fruit*. -Exports  of  apples,  1.250  bhis.  The 
ample  market  Is  quiet,  with  about  former  prices  ruling. 
Cranberries  arts  in  few  hands,  aud  uro  working  up¬ 
wards. 

We  quote— Apples,  eommoo,  $1.50(22.00:  do.  faLr  to 
good,  $2®2.50;  do.  One.  f 3.75® 3.20 :  do.  Indy,  SBfiriJ. 
Pears,  cooking,  hhl.,*5®0.  Cranberries,  prime,  crate, 
*3.25®3.75;  corn,  to  fair, *2.50®li  i  bbls.,  *'j®10.50;  choice 
bbls.,  *11®T:,  New  Virginia  peanuts,  $1.10(21.75. 
Hiokory  nuts,  $2. 

Grn  in. -Wheat  is  selling  slowly,  with  price*  ruling 
htglier.  Wo  tjuoto :  $L55#9L65  as  extremes  for  No.  2 
Spring;  $l.r,l®L72:-4  for  No,  1  do.  in  store  and  afloat; 
$l.TS@1.9u  for  Winter  red  Western;  $1.85(3*2  fur 
amber,  tho  lattei  rate  for  very  choice;  and  fl. 82k 
@62.15  for  white  Western,  the  outside  price  for 
very  fancy.  Com  is  active  and  firm  at  06@«fi14c.; 
tor  very  good  to  strictly  prime  old  mixed  Wost- 


OF  HARTFORD,  CONN. 

ORGANIZED  1850. 

$10,000,000  ASSETS. 

Issues  policies  of  Life  Insurance  on  all  the  ordinary 
plans  at  lower  rate*  than  other  mutual  companies  and 
pays  annual  dividends  increasing  yearly.  The  plan 
eallitd 


6,013,1X10 

2,703,000 

Bales. 

300 


lately  Introduced  by  this  Company,  Is  superior  to  any 
short  term  Endowment  or  '/'mi /no'  plan,  as  It  fixes  a 
large  surrender  value  for  tho  policy  at  tho  end  of  any 
of  its  current  year*. 

Agents  in  nil  the  principal  cities  and  town*. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


Healthful  Climate,  Free  Domes,  Good  Markets, 


A  Positive  Radical  Cure  for  Rupture.— The 

Elastic  Truss  Company,  at  No.  6S3  Broadway,  New 
Y’ork,  will  send  their  Descriptive  Circulars  to  any 
person  afflicted  with  Hernia.  This  Truss  can  te  Bent 
by  mail  to  any  part  of  the  country. 


THR  NORTHFKN  PACIFIC 

IE  A  I  l.ltO  Al>  offers  for  sale  it*  l.niitl*  :n 
C<M»trsil  jtutl  Western  Minnesota, 

embracing:  1.  The  best  of  Wheat  Land:  2,  Excel¬ 
lent  Timber  for  tho  Mill,  the?  Farm  and  the  Fire;  3. 
Rich  Prairiu  Pasturage  aud  Natural  Meadow,  watered 
by  dear  1, like*  and  running  stri-auis — lu  a  Healthful 

Climate,  when  Fever  und  Aijne  U  unknown. 

Iii  rain  can  be  shipped  lienee  by  lake  to  market 
as  cheaply  as  from  Eastern  iowa  or  Central  Illinois. 
Cars  now  run  through  these  Lands  from  Lake  Su¬ 
perior  to  Dakota..  Price  of  land  close  to  track  *4  to 
$8  per  acre;  further  away,  $2.50  to  $4.  Seven 
War*'  4  .  r, 111  I  Warranted  Deeds ;  Northern 
Pacific  BSo.ids,  now  soiling  at  par,  re¬ 

ceived  for  land  at  $1.10.  No  other  unoccupied  Lands 
present  such  advantages  to  settlers. 

SOFIklFICS  under  the  New  l.aw  (March, 
IH72I  get  ISO  acre*  FREE,  near  the  railroad,  by  one 
and  two  year*'  residence. 

TRANSPOKTATION  AT  HI- 

3>I  4  i:i»  IE A'ri’RS  furnished  from  nil  prin¬ 
cipal  points  East  to  purchasers  of  Hullroud  I.ands, 
and  to  Bottlers  on  Government  Homesteads.  Pur- 
chasers,  their  wives  and  children  Cflrrled  free 
over  the  Northern  INicitlc  Road.  Now  is  the  timo^or 
Settlers  und  Colonies  to  get  Railroad  Land*  and 
Government  ITomesteads  close  to  tho  track. 

Send  for  1*« niplil,‘l  eontainlug  full  lntorma- 
tion,  map  and  copy  of  New  Homestead  J  aw.  Address 
LAND  DEPARTMENT,  NORTHERN  PACIFIC 
RAILROAD.  ST.  PAL  I.,  MINN., 

Olt  23  FIFTH  AVENUE,  CO  It.  NINTH  STREET, 
NEW  YORK. 


$  cur  ent.$ 


.  So  Raid  by  ail  who 
post-paid.  Address 
Seneca  Co.,  N.  Y. 


Is  the  most  fmcimalvtii)  game  out. 
have  played  It.  By  mail,  30  cts,. 
It.  C.  SMITH,  Tyre, 


$732  IN  31  DAYS 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


Little  Fulls,  N.  Y,,  Jan.  1  L,  1873. 

Tun  market  at  Little  Falla  for  the  week  ending  Jan. 
11th  was  not  brisk  aud  but  little  doihg.  Farm  dairies 
brought  from  Uc.  to  12 Ice.,  and  skim*  from  9c.  tn  10c,, 
according  to  quulity.  End*  ot  factories  wont  at  l-ie. 
to  13 14c,,  bat  a  good  line  or  brands  is  worth  13J4C.,  and 
pcrlians  n  trifle  more.  .......  , ,  ... 

Wo  lmveadv’ces  from  abroad  for  tho  third  week  in 
December-  Our  iMUdon  correspondent  *aya  taerc  in 
an  improved  demand  for  all  dc.vriptiouaol  Amer.Cuu 
and  English  cheese.  Best  American  l*  quoted  lit  7 JJ® 
72s.;  fine.  66® 68s. .  good,  SCfriOJs.  Tho  othe*0CRcrlP- 
tions  soli  as  follows:  English  iiedd/b'  (l«'.X)H  ;  AV  llt- 
shlredouh  e,fifl@788.;  f'liHshiro m.idluin  6Q@  0*.;  One, 
71®81s, !  s. 'Op'll.  76®TOS.  Dutch  chce.M  -  -  Edonei,  ML>, 
68s.;  GOMdas.  WIlD/.i  Derby  shape.  \4:402>.  In  But¬ 
ter,  fine  is  scarce  with  a  fair  sale  1  'T  a  l  desenptb  ro  , 
and  a  tendency  for  on  advance  Clonmel  r.  cl  *  : 

lersel  extra,  MO 

Canadian,  IS/S-lifi-.  The  corresponding  price*  Wat 
year  were  for  f'lonmella  butter,  IS*. ;  American 
cheese  60s.  ,  , 

The  weather  In  Herkimer  during  the  early  part  of 
the  week  was  stormy,  but  not  very  cold. 


OH  1  n  Y  MILL.-^lttke*  11 

linwtee.  Price  $12,  by  P.  O.  Money  Order 
Money  refnnded  If  mill  (Ioch  not  give 
ISAAC  STRAUB  &  CO., 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


AGENTS 

WANTED. 

A  $200  per  month 

Jk  Salable  &  pro- 

9  mado  selling 

;  fit  a  b  1 0 .  Send 

OUR  NEW 

“ft*  for  Catalogue  to 

F,  S.  illlil  Si  lilt* 

1  E.  C.  BRIDG¬ 

Maps,  Charts, 

MAN,  5  Barclay 

ETC. 

J  si,,  New  York. 

ipilil 


PEESONAL  ITEMS. 


Ettts,  perils,  plants,  &c. 


GOOD  PAY  FOR  DOING  GOOD! 


Lucca  is  stopping’  in  Boston. 

Brick  Pomeroy  has  a  girl  haby. 

Kate  Field  Is  visiting  in  New  York. 

Ralph  Waldo  Emerson  Is  in  Rome. 

The  Crown  Prince  of  Germany  is  an  artist. 
Gbace  Greenwood  is  writing  a  new  book. 
Fred.  Douolass  talks  of  going  to  Europe  to 
live. 

Gen.  Santa  Anna  U  shortly  expected  at  Vera 
Cruz. 


LIBERAL  PREMIUMS  TO  CLUB  AGENTS! 


The  editor  of  London  Society  is  visiting  New 
York. 

Olive  Logan  Is  soon  to  leave  the  lecturing 
business. 


MOORE’S  RURAL  STILL  AHEAD 

In  Liberality  to  both  Agents  and  Subscribers! 

READ,  LEARN  AND  ACT! 


Madame  Patti  caught  a  severe  cold  at  St. 
Petersburg. 

James  Fisk’s  widow  is  said  to  have  loss  than 
$100,000  loft. 

David  Dudley  Field  Is  drafting  an  interna¬ 
tional  code. 

Dr.  J.  G.  Holland’s  writings  already  make 
ten  volumes. 

Apto.MMAS,  the  harpist,  is  playing  with  suc¬ 
cess  at  Baden. 

Ben.  Butler  says  Mr.  Boutwell  has  no  Credit 
Mobiller  stock. 

Hans  Christian  Andersen  has  recovered 
from  his  illness. 

Gen.  Butler  hopes  to  bo  the  next  Governor 
of  Massachusetts. 

John  Hay  is  telling  what  ho  knows  about 
Daybreak  iu  Spain. 

A.  T.  Stewart  exhibited  fifty  acres  of  holi¬ 
day  goods  for  sale. 

M.  Bjorn son,  the  Norwegian  novelist,  has 
become  a  Methodist. 

Prop.  John  Wise  contemplates  a  balloon  voy¬ 
age  across  the  Atlantic. 

Mr.  Froude  has  returned  to  England  much 
sooner  than  he  expectod. 

Henry  Dergh  lectures  on  “The  Speechless 
Servants  of  Civilization.’’ 

Powell's  new  painting  of  Perry’s.Vietory  has 
been  placed  in  the  Capitol. 

P.  T.  Barnum  recently  had  his  pocket  picked 
and  hla  diamond  pin  stolen. 

Rev,  Dn.  Haight  of  New  York  declines  to  be 
the  Bishop  of  Massachusetts. 

Henry  Balorove,  a  distinguished  English 
violinist  ,  recently'  died,  aged  00. 

Mrs.  Henry  Wood  lias  written  a  new  story 
called  "  The  Master  of  Grcylands.” 

Strauss  is  constantly  importuned  in  Vienna 
to  relate  his  American  experiences. 


ILLUSTRATED  CATALOGUE 

AND  FLORAL  OUIDE, 

IN  English,  German  and  French,  Mailed  Free 
TO  ALL  APPLICANTS. 


The  Rural  New-Yorker’s  Agent-Friends,  and  everybody  disposed  to  become  such,  all 
over  the  Continent,  will  please  note  the  following  announcement  of  Unprecedented  Premiums 
for  both  Club  Agents  and  Subscribers : 


ALL  WHO  LOVE  FLOWERS 


Send  a  stamp  for  Dreer’s  Garden  Calendar  for 
1 H73  (108  pugoM),  with  Illustrations,  practical  direc¬ 
tions,  price  list,  and  the  finest  select  urn  of  Seeds, 


tloris,  price  list,  end  the  finest  selection  of  Seeds, 
Plants,  Bui  hr,  nnd  every  requisite  for  the  Flower 
Garden,  Green-House,  Ac.  Xew  Wants  and  Heeds  a 
Specialty. 

H.  A.  DltEEft,  7H  Chestnut  St.,  PUiiada.,  Pa. 


Observe,  firstly,  that  wo  give  every  Yearly  Subscriber  who  pays  $3.50  a  Splendid  Steel- 
I  late  Engraving.  This  Grand  Premium  is  sent  to  every  person  paying  $2.50  for  the  Rural  one 
t‘"ir “80  'hat  each  subscriber  at  that  price  ready  gets  $7.50  for  only  $2.50!  Note,  particularly, 
tnnt  the  offer  will  enable  you  to  raise  a  Club  with  much  greater  ease  and  facility  than  ever  before. 

!;ccon<^’  ,1't‘  annexed  list  of  Very  Liberal  Premiums  ofTerod  those  who  form  Clubs 
<>r  loci,  or  for  one  year  from  any  date.  Seethe  Names  and  Prices  of  Articles,  and  the  small 
number  of  Subscribers  required  to  secure  a  Valuable  Premium.  Almost  anyone  located  in  a 
locality  whore  live,  reading  people  reside,  can,  by  a  little  timely'  effort,  secure  n  Premium  worth 
rorn  $5  to  $300.  Aw  is  the  Rest  Time  to  Start  Cl  ults,  lor  now  that  the  Presidential  Campaign  la 
over  everybody  will  want  such  a  good,  useful  and  popular  paper  as  Moore's  Rural. 

Remember,  thirdly,  that  every  article  wo  offer  as  a  Premium  is  Pint-Class  amt  Genuine—  that 
we  pu  eue  i  at  lowest,  retail  price,  and  that  the  names  of  manufacturers  or  dealers  (given  in  most 
caacsl  is  a  guarantee  of  good  quality,  etc.  Note,  also,  that,  all  Club  Subscribers- whether  at  $2 
or  c  paper  only ,  or  $3.50  for  Paper  and  Engraving— can  bo  counted  by  Agents  for  Premiums. 

q, i r i h cr cst  ^  0  Cits 1 1  Price  of  each  article  offered  as  a  Premium,  and  the  number  of 
Note  thaf  the  Prrrnmmr/rV^e1  *2,’  (0ur,lowc8t  tlub  rate)— or  at  #*.»0  with  our  Premium  Engraving. 

it  /,  / 1  rn ,1°  e r ’’".[f^out  any  condition  as  to  whether  the  clubs  are  composed  oj 

neii  or  old  subscribers.  Canada  subscribers  must  add  20  cents  per  yearly  copy  tor  postage. 


JET’OIi  1©73, 

Wills  Descriptive  Priced  Catalogue  of 
Nerdoi, 

now  ready,  and  will  be  mailed  free  to  all  applicants.  ! 
Wholesale  Lists  on  application. 

Address  PLANT  SEED  COMPANY, 

8t.  Louis,  Mo. 


SPECIFIC  PREMIUMS, 

TEEMS,  &c.  TOE  MOOSE'S  BUBAL  NEW-Y0EKER  FOE  1873. 

OP®N  T’O  EVERYBODY. 

AGRICULTURAL  MACHINES,  IMPLEMENTS,  &c. 


Market  Gardeners, 


And  all  others  who  want  Fresh  and  Gen  u  ine  Vegetable 
and  Flower  8eedA,  wend  a  stamp  for  Drecr’n  On r- 
den  Cnlrnrinr  lor  1*73.  with  prices,  directions 
and  Illustrations.  Address 

H.  A.  JJKEKli,  714  Chestnut  St.,  Philado.,  Pa. 


Walter  A.  Wood’s  New  iron  Mower  . 

-Excelsior  Ltwn  Mower 

American  Hay  Tedder,  .  Anies  Plow  Co.) . 

Sessions,  A  Knox’s  Cast  Steel  Plow  (Ames  Plow  Co.)" 
Holbrook's  Premium  Horse  Hoe 

Regulator  Seed  DrlU..".’.!!!! . 

“  Hand  Cultivator.. 

“  Swivel  Plow . !......  !. . 

-Cahoon's  Hand  Broadcast  Seed  Sower..! 

Blanchard's  Premium  Chum .  .  !“ 


TREES 

SEEDS 

NUTS 


Prick  List  of  Tree  Seeds  ready  now. 
Sent  to  any  Address  on  receipt  of 
stamp.  Neat,  Pkiitic,  Comfi.bte. 
Contains  brier  directions  ror  treating 
Fan  it,  kveuoiiken  A  Forest  Seeds. 
Retail  Jvwnery  Price  List  o>r.  11  hole- 
tale,  to  Trade  only.  Pend  fl.fO  for  BRY¬ 
ANT’S  "  Forest  Trees,"  hint  nook  on 
Tree  Culture.  Address  A.  Havant, 
Jr.,  lii'ttant’n  Xursero*,  Prinoeton,  til. 


SEWING  AND  KNITTING  MACHINES. 

11—  Weed  Sewing  Machine . 

12—  Lamb  Knitting  Machine  . !.!!!!!!!;!’ 

13—  Bickford  Knitting  Machine . !!!!.;,!!’  . 


WASHING  MACHINES  AND  WRINGERS. 


£tflck  and  poultry. 

The  Eastern  Ohio  Poultry  Ass’n 


HIVKKSIDE  M  ItsEKlES,  Jlnrletltt,  P«., 

i  offer  for  Spring  the  following  specialties  :— First- 
class  Peach  Trees,  4  to  C  ft.;  second -class  Poach 
Trees,  ,'i  to  4  fLi  Concord  Vines,  1,2  and  3-yoar;  Sil¬ 
ver  Maple.  1  and  2-year;  Conover  Asparagus,  2-year, 
with  a  general  assortment  of  Nursery  Stock.  Send 
for  Catalogue,  II.  M.  F.NGi.K  &  SON, 

Marietta,  Pa. 


14 —  Continental  Washing  Machine  . 

15 —  Universal  Wringer . . 

IB — Novelty  “ 

i7 — Colby  “ 


will  hold  their  First  Annual  Exhibition  at  Youngs¬ 
town.  Ohio,  commencing  Feb.  13th,  1873.  For  1  Te¬ 
rnium  1,1st,  write  to 

C.  11.  STRUCT ICU,  Soe’y,  Youngstown,  Ohio. 


J.  2YT.  THORBtTRN  &  CO.'S 

Descriptive  Annual  Catalogue 


T3ERKHHI  ItES  AND  SHOUT- HORN*. 

Model  Pigs  for  sale.  Breeding  Stock  ull  Imported 
from  (Queen  s)  Pens.  Windsor  Castle.  “  Sir  Holier 
Humphrey,"  Prize  winners  of  All  England.  Send 
stamp  tor  description  of  the  “  Pig  of  the  Period  and 


the  Coming  Fig,"  all  ages  and  sexes.  First-class 
Hbort-I  lorn*.  Como  nnd  see  the  stoek.  Address  H. 


C.  GLIA  fi\  Box*  <00,  (Croon dale  Slock  Farm,)  May s- 
vllle,  Col,  Co.,  Ohio. 


VEGETABLE,  AGRICULTURAL  AND  TREK  SEEDS 

For  1873,  is  now  ready  for  mailing  to  applicants. 

.1.  21.  TtlOltBITRN  A  Cl)., 

15  John  St.,  New  l  orn. 

LEE  S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES. 


GOLD  AND  SILVER  WATCHES. 

18-Gold  Watch,  Hunting  Case,  (0.  S.  Watch  Co.’s  Make,)  Stem  Winder,  Expansion  Bal¬ 
ance,  15  Jewels,  Stamped  "Rural  New-Yorker,  A". 

19  Gold  Watch,  Hunting  Case,  (U.  S.  Watch  Co.,)  Stamped  "  Rural  New-Yorker!  b!"!!!! 

21—  Silver  Watch,  4  oz.  Hunting  Case,  “  «  *•  n"'" 

22-  “  3  oz.  44  "  n 

23  -  “  2  oz.  “  “  i,  " 

24—  “  2  oz.  "  “  »*  ,1  q'» 

25- Ladies-  Gold  Watch,  “  Swiss,  (Giles,  Wales  A  Co.,  Importers) . 


SILVER-PLATED  WARE  AND  GOLD  JEWELRY. 


T>T'RK  BRF.D  Chester  White  nnd  Berkshire 
I  Pigs, nud  most  varieties  of  Fowl*  shipped  to 
:r.  Hood  stamp  for  Circular.  Thomas  Woo: 


order.  Send  stamp  for  Circular.  THOMAS 
Doc  Hun,  Chester  Co,,  Pa. 


g#i£«UlW£0tt0. 


Wholesale  ami  General  iSuppijr  Kunerles. 

An  Immense  stoek,  of  superior  quality,  at  low  prices. 

13T~  Denlent,  this  Is  the  most  extensive  NurseYy 
in  the  West.  Send  for  Price  List. 

141, AIR.  KKIIS., 

Loe's  Summit,  Jackson  Co..  Mo. 


N.  Y,  State  Agricultural  Society, 


OKU  KRAS,  NORTH  FAIRFIELD.  O., 

•  Groweraud  Dealer  in  Garden,  Field  «nd  Flower 
Seeds,  Bulbs,  Seed  Potatoes,  Sweet,  Potato  and  other 
plan  la.  Send  for  Catalogue,  State  you  saw  this  in 
the  Rura i,  New- Yorker, 


27  One  Dozen  Double  Plated  Tea  Spoons,  (Reed  &  Barton) 

28—  ‘‘  “  Table  Spoons.  “ 

29—  “  “  Dining  Forks,  “ 

30  One  Silver  Plated  Castor,  •> 

31—  ..  ,.  „  cake  gasket,  “J 

32_  ••  “  *  Fruit  Stand, 

33—  One-half  Dozen  Silver  Plated  Napkin  Rinas,  “  !!. 

34—  Silver  Plated  Tea  Set,  6  Pieces,  “ 

35—  44  Butter  Dish.  11 

36— One-hair  Dozen  Silver  Plated  Table  Knives.  “  _ 

37—  One  Gold  Finger  Ring,  (Howard  &  Co.)  f*l . 

38—  Gold  Studs,  Set  of  Three,  "  M . 

39—  "  initial  Sleeve  Buttons,  One  Pair,  (Howard  &  Co.)  [*] 


ANNUAL  MEETING. 


Seeds  at  Wholesale. 


GOLD  PENS,  GOLD  AND  SILVER  PENCIL  CASES. 


The  Annuo.)  Mooting  nf  the  New  York  State  Agri¬ 
cultural  tvicloty  will  be  hold  at  thn  Capitol,  in  the 
City  of  Albany,  on  \VKn.\’K>tiiAY,tho22iidiijrof  Janu¬ 
ary,  1873,  nt  noon,  and  wt.l  bo  continued  through 


ary,  1873,  nt  noon,  nnd  will  ho  continued  through 
the  Thursday  following.  The  Winter  Exhibition  of 
Fruits,  Sample*  from  Crops  entered  for  Prises,  etc., 
will  be  on  Thursday,  Lists  of  tho  Premiums  offered 
will  be  sent  on  application. 

T.  L.  IIARISON,  Rocrotary. 

Albany,  Jan.  7, 1873. 


OUR  ANNUAL 

TRADE  LIST  OF  SEEDS. 

In  all  tilt*  various  departments,  1st  now  ready  for  mail¬ 
ing  to  Dealers  only. 

J.  31.  THOR  BURN  &  CO., 

15  John  St.,  New  York. 


40—  Gold  Pen,  Ebony  Holder  &  box,  for  Gents,  No.  6,  (Geo.  F.  Hawkes’)  f* 

41—  “  Silver  Extension  Case  and  Pencil,  "  "<  V 

42—  ’•  Ebony  Holder  and  Box,  for  Ladies’,  No.  4,  “  * 

*3-  "  Gold  and  Ebony  Extension  Holder,  “  " 

44—  Gold  Paragon  Pencil  Case,  Chased,  44 

45—  "  44  44  44  with  ivory  Slide,  44 

46—  44  Charm  "  44  for  Ladies’,  44  [*' 


HARDWARE,  CUTLERY,  &c. 


CHOI  <  E  W  l!ST  IJ  K  Nt  FA  KiUlNG 

LANDS  FOB  BA  I.K— improved  nnd  unimproved. 
To  close  up  tome  unsettled  business,  we  will  sell,  in 
quantities  to  suit  purchasers,  some  8,1)00  acres  of  land, 
located  in  an  old-settled  portion  of  Missouri,  em¬ 
bracing  farms  of  different  xlr.011  urn!  classes  r,f  Im¬ 
provements.  Also,  excellent  unimproved  lands. 
Titles  perfect.  To  persons  desiring  to  loonto  West, 


provernente.  Also,  excellent  unimproved  lands. 
Titles  perfect.  To  persons  desiring  to  locate  West, 
this  Is  positively  an  opportunity  rarely  offered.  Cir¬ 
culars,  with  full  particulars,  forwarded  on  applica¬ 
tion.  6.  F.  JOHNSON.  1«  Wall  St.,  N.  Y.  City. 

A.  JOHNSON,  fioth  villa,  Cimritori  C'o„  Mo. 


IKj  @  frS  E 


47—  Sampson’s  Portable  Platform  Scale,  on  Rollers,  14x22,  400  lbs . 

48—  “  44  44  1  7  x25,  1,00  0  44  . 

49—  One  Dozen  Hard  Rubber  Handle  Table  Knives,  (Meriden  Cutlery  Co,). 

50—  44  44  Dessert  44  44 

51—  One  Hard  Rubber  Handle  Carver,  Fork  and  Steel,  44 

52—  Pocket  Knife,  4  Blades,  Tortoise  Shell  Handle,  :H.  W.  King  &  Co.)... 

53 — Novelty  Knife  for  Girls  and  Boys,  Tortoise  Shell  Handle  [*J . 


MUSICAL  INSTRUMENTS. 


54—  Smith's  American  Organ,  No.  2 

55—  Dunham  Piano . 


Maplewood  Institute 


For  Yo uxo  Ladies,  Pittsfield,  Mass.— Known 
to  patrons  In  all  parts  of  the  Union  for  itsaupcrlor 
I'uclHtlOB  and  rare  beauty  of  location.  Spring  Term 
begins  Feb.  11.  Rev.  C.  V.  SPKAR,  Principal. 


Rev.  C.  V.  ril'KAR,  Principal. 


1  fill  YEAR.  AT,3TANA<\—  For  50  Cta.  \vr 

LH  V  send,  Post-Paid,  an  Almanac  giving  uvery 


1'""  send,  POST-PAID,  an  Almanac  giving  every 
Year,  Muniti  Week  and  Davor  the  Century , also  u 
Pocket  Calendar  tor  *7:i.  KxCnt  inducement*  to  Apts. 
Address  G1SOKGK  A.  HEARD  &  CO.,  Boston,  Mass. 


riHlAVKLEKS  TO  THE  MOUTHWEHT  J 

I.  Titke  tlie  “  flilE  LINK  "  —  Clcveliind,  Columbus, 


Cincinnati  nnd  Indianapolis  Railway— from  Cleveland. 
Ohio,  by  way  of  Oroscline,  Bellefontaine,  Indianapo¬ 
lis,  Terre  niiute,  St.  Louis,  etc.,  or  by  way  of  Colum¬ 
bus,  Cincinnati,  Louisville,  etc.,  for  ill,  point*  South 
or  West-  Pa  lack  Day  and  Slkkpi.vg  Cads  from 
Cleveland  to  Columbus-,  Cincinnati!,  Indianapolis  and 
Louisville,  without  change. 

K.  S.  FLINT,  General  Superintendent, 
Cleveland.  Ohio. 


][TJvU8TRATKD_jt^OliK_fcir_Jnj\nary.  1873,  now 
<W.  Issued  ns  a  Quarterly.  Tiie  fonmumheresent  I 

yfcaargsai3^^:=*  "  *  *  iw*a— Mg  -  ■»  Hi 

to  any  adflmss  by  mail  for  25  cents-  Tho  richest  and 

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Ad-iroas  BRTGGS  &  BROTHEIi. 

J  »V-T  1,  -11.  , 

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AGRICULTURAL  BOOHS,  BIBLES,  DICTIONARIES,  &c. 

56—  Agricultural  Books,  to  he  Selected  from  our  List . . . .  . 

57—  Practical  Dairy  Husbandry,  (by  X.  A.  Willard)  [*] . 

58— '  44  Shepherd,  (by  H.  S.  Randall)  (.♦] . . . 

59— People’s  Practical  Poultry  Book,  (by  Wm.  M.  Lewis)  f4] . 

60— Money  in  the  Garden,  (by  P.  T.  Guinn)  (♦] . 

61  -Potter's  Pictorial  Family  Bible,  with  Marriage  Certificate,  &cM  (Morocco,  Full  Gilt). 

62—  Webster's  Pictorial  Dictionary  . ...  . . . ... 

63—  “  Unabridged  44  * .  . 

64—  Conanl’s  Patent  Newspaper  Binder,  (size  of  Rural  New-Yorker  for  1872,)  [*] . 


MISCELLANEOUS  ARTICLES. 


65—  New  Horizontal  Toy  Steam  Engine,  (Colby  Bros.  &  Co.). 

66—  Pearl  Mounted  Photograph  Album . 

67  Gardner’s  Patent  Portable  Book  Case  and  Writing  Desk. 


67  Gardner’s  Patent  Portable  Book  Case  and  Writing  Desk,  Combined, 
68— Ladies’  and  Misses'  Morocco  Beit  and  Bag .  . 


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It.  L.  WOLCOTT,  181  Chatham  Square, 


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.  WOLCOTT,  181  Chatham  Square, 


CHOMANCY,  or  Soul  Charming. 44 

JL  How  either  sex  may  faacluute  anil  gain  the 
love  and  affections  of  any  poison  they  choose,  in¬ 
stantly.  Tills  simple  mental  acquirement  all  cun 
possess,  free,  by  mail,  for  25  cts.,  together  with  a 
Marriage  Guide,  Egyptian  Oracle,  Dreams,  Hints  to 
Ladies,  Wedding  Night  Shirt,  &c.  A  queer  book. 
Address  T.  WILLIAM  &  CO.,  Publishers.  Phila. 


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—  Illinois  is  nearly  free  from  debt. 

—  California  is  enjoying  abundant  rains. 

-  Boston  has  organized  a  "  Press  Ctub.” 

—  Small-pox  is  spreading  in  New  England. 

—  Brooklyn,  L,  I.,  had  29  fires  in  Decemher. 

—  The  ico  has  been  14  feet  thick  at  St.  Paul. 

-  A  Minnesota  boy  has  died  from  over  skat  inr 
—  Chicago  has  lost  800  horses  by  the  distemper 

—  The  Baptists  have  114  churches  in  Connec¬ 
ticut. 

—  Wisconsin  is  two  and 
dollars  in  debt. 

—  Bussia  has  a  locomotive  shop  which  em¬ 
ploys  4,000  men. 

_  Lancaster,  N.  FL.  has  had  a  touch  of  42  de¬ 
grees  below  zero. 

The  Utah  Exploring  Expedition  has  gone 
into  winter  quarters. 

Beautiful  ripe  strawberries  are  now  in  the 
Pan  Francisco  market. 

The  l.  Diversity  of  Geneva  has  opened  its 
doors  to  women  students. 

—  The  Chicago  public  library  has  been  put 
into  a  largo  iron  water-tank. 

—  Sonus  750,000  Salmon  eggs  have  been  shippod 
from  Bremen  to  this  country. 

Minnesota  has  had  a  great  snow  storm 
which  has  suspended  railway  travel. 

—  The  alumni  of  Princeton  College  in  Wash¬ 
ington  will  soon  give  a  grand  banquet. 

—  Lake  George  was  frozen  over  Doe.  25,  1872—  I 
the  third  time  in  thirty  years  at  yo  early  a  date. 

Philadelphia  proposes  a  tower  1,000  feet  high 

to  Mu  rnlnate  t  he  grounds  of  the  great  Centonn  ial 
Exposition. 

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fiito  the  superiority 
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under  State  authority. 

I  ho  East  India  cotton  crop  is  much  larger 
this  year  than  last.  In  four  divisions  reported, 
the  out-turn  is  701,112,  while  last  year  It  was 
only  534,570. 

-  Seventy-six  per  cent,  of  the  weather  predic¬ 
tions  for  1872,  made  by  tho  signal  service  of  tho 
War  Department,  proved  to  he  correct.  One- 
half  of  the  other  twenty-four  per  cent,  wero  a 
little  In  advance  of  the  sturrn*  or  clear  weather 
announced  as  “probable." 

—  Twenty-five  vacancies  will  occur  in  the 
Senate  on  tho  4th  of  March,  twelve  of  which 
have  already  been  filled.  Tho  States  yet  to 
elect  arc  Massachusetts,  New  York,  Pennsyl¬ 
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OF  nAKTTOKii,  OOXV 


each  other-dust  a.Hl  mud  is  the  result.  — „ 
Composition  holds  the  rocks  firmly  L^e 

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aa  durable  a*  rock. 

HOOFING, 

Made  of  tb.s  composition.  I*  _Ltr 

nion  felt  roofs  that  are  I -  —  _ 

and  pitch. 

mates  and  to  crack  tn  cold,  lly  the  l 
leal  combinations  In  this  composition 
objections  aro  ’ 
slate,  at  a  cost 

CELLAR  BOTTOMS  AN1)  SIDES, 

Lined  with  this  composition,  from  Ono nd°eool 
thick,  keep  perfectly  dry  and  ■warm  In  winter  and  cool 
in  summer,  and  aro  rut  and  vermin  proof. 


and  conflning  t  e 


Total  Liabilities 


*705, 371  58 


Surplus  as  regards  Policy-holders 


Ml  •  **»•  ou|*v'*  - 

mat  <?  of  grin  i  i-iar 

The  latter  1#  liable  to  run  m  warm  ell- 
•  l.  By  the  peculiar  cliem- 
m  Lin.  .  n  both  of  these 

obvi  ltSVan  u  !o.if  produced  equal  to 
of  about  one-third  as  much  per  square. 


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Beggar, — How  much  ? 


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Life  Department. 

Number  of  Life  Policies  written  in  1ST?.. 

Whole  number  written  to  oase. .  - 

(•join  in  Net  Premiums  over  lli-.  — 
kftftfiONiunherof  Leiil  li  Losses  paid  m 
Jr. paid. in  Death  Losses . 

accident  Department. 

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Gal  in  Net.  Premiums  over  Wt.. .  ..... -S 
Whole  No.  Accident  Policies  wrilL  n... 
Whole  number  Accident  <  lalms  1  an 
Whole  amount.  AcKi’M’lalms  1  aid.  .8 1  .< 


Pacific  Railroad  Company  now  bus  in  lull  operation,  with  regurnr  oany 
A  distance  of  nearly  300  miles  more  is  constructed.  The 
its  completion,  entered  upon  a  satisfactory  business, 
•trade  of  the  Northwestern  British  Hettle- 

Tbe  recently  completed  sectluu  of  slxty-llve  miles,  on 
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the  opening  of  Spring,  with  more  than  500  miles  of  Road  In 
and  productive  trade  Of  the  Upper  Missouri, 
The  earnings  of  the  Road  for  1873  will  be  large. 

- >  progressing  satisfactorily. 

I  Company  in  connection  with  the  portion  of 
of  excellent  average  quality,  are  in  market, 
price  thus  far  realised  Is  85.00  per  aero— 

of  more  (him  8100,000  per  mile  of  road  for  the  whole  grant. 

and  cancelling  its  First  Mortgage  Gold 
id  Company's  Lands. 


*  The  Northern 
truius,  331  miles  of  road, 

Minnesota  Section,  immediately  on 
including  local  traffic  and  the  large  carrying- 
ments  and  the  Hudson’s  Bay  Company. 

the  Pacific  Coast,  at  once  < - - 

heretofore  done  h.v  coastwise  steamers.  On 
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Arrangement*  for  pushing  construction  vigorously  the  coming  year  arc 

Of  the  nearly  Ten  Million  "acres  of  land  accruing  to  the  C - - 

Road  now  virtually  constructed,  some  Two  Million  acres, 
and  their  sale  and  settlement  progressing.  The  average 
which  is  at  the  rate 

The  Company  lias  already  begun  the  process  of  redeeming 

Bonds,  as  they  aro  now  being  received  at  l.tO  In  payment  and  exchange  for  th  . 

With  these  accomplished  results  and  most  favorable  prospects,  the  Company  is  now  selling  it*  Unit 
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These  sheep  hi  early  days  were  valuable 
principally  for  their  wool.  They  were  large¬ 
framed,  coarse,  slow-feeding  sheep  ;  very 
hardy,  and  accustomed  to  travel  in  search  of 
the  short  sweet  herbage  which  invariably  pre¬ 
vails  on  limestone  hills.  At  first  the  wool  was 
used  for  the  manufacture  of  cloth,  which  in 
early  days  was  very  coarse.  In  time  finer 
sorts  were  necessary,  possibly  because,  owing 
to  improved  management,  long  wool  became, 
longer  and  stronger  :  then,  as  arable  cultiva¬ 
tion  improved,  and  the  down  laud  was  broken 
up,  the  sheep  would  be  kept  in  closer  com¬ 
pass,  and  by  degrees  their  outline  improved 
and  feeding  properties  increased.  VV  e  think 
it  probable  that  a  Leicester  cross  has  been  in¬ 
troduced,  and  to  this  may  bo  attributed,  to 
some  extent,  the  great  aptitude  for  feeding 
which  characterizes  the  brood.  As  a  pure 
breed,  Leicester*  could  not  stand  the  severity 
of  the  W inters  •  but  at  the  time  of  Bakxwet.i.’s 
marvelous  success  they  were  introduced  upon 
tho  Cotswold  hills,  and,  though  they  speedily 
disappeared  as  a  pure  breed,  they  may  have 
done  good  by  increasing  the  tendency  to  feed, 
without  materially  altering  the  type  of  the 
sheep.  Be  this  as  it  may — and  it  is  a  point 


that  does  not  admit  of  proof — we  find  the 
Cotswold  sheep  of  the  present  day  remarka¬ 
ble  for  symmetry,  early  maturity,  and  weight. 
There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  establishment 
of  tho  Royal  and  local  societies  did  much  for 
this  breod.  formerly  so  little  known.  It  has 
never  been  the  fate  of  the  Cotswold  to  be  sup¬ 
ported  by  great  patrons.  Tho  fanners,  how 
ever,  on  the  hills  are  a  wealthy  and  highly  in 
telligont  class,  and  do  not  lack  enterprise.  Of 
late  years,  principally  as  a  result  of  showing, 
the  demand  has  greatly  increased,  and  the 
best  breeders  make  high  averages.  Indeed, 
the  leading  breeders  experience  such  a  lively 
demand  for  their  sheep  that  showing  is  no 
longer  neocssary  :  and  as  it  is  a  costly  busi¬ 
ness,  and  results  in  more  or  less  injury  to  the 
stock  that  are  fed  up,  they  have  dono  wisely 
to  withdraw  from  the  arena,  although  the 
publio  lose  the.  opportunity  of  seeing  somo  of 
the  finest  specimens. 

These  sheep  present  a  complete  contrast  to 
the  Leiceaters,  and,  if  they  are  indebted  to 
them  for  early  maturity  and  tendeucy  to 
feed,  they  do  not  take  after  them  in  external 
form.  Tho  Cotswolds  are  the  largest  breed 
of  domesticated  sheep  in  the  world,  and, 


standing  rather  high  upon  the  legs  and  having 
very  grand  heads,  they  have  a  truly  imposing 
appearance.  The  features  arc  either  white, 
gray,  or  mottled.  The  former  predominate, 
but  a  little  color  in  no  way  detracts  from  ap- 
peatunce  or  indicates  impurity.  Some  years 
ago,  and  possibly  to  the  present  day,  a  flock 
of  gray -faced  sheep  were  bred  near  Bibury, 
by  a  Mr,  SMITH.  A  sale  of  rams  took  place 
annually, and  every  animal  was  more  or  less 
colored,  for  tho  purpose  of  crossing.  With 
the  Hampshire  ewes,  for  example,  gray -faced 
rams  wore  esteemed,  the  produce  coming 
darker  in  the  face  in  consequence.  Such 
sheep  would  be  serviceable  years  since  in 
forming  the  Oxfordshire  sheep.  The  head 
is  rather  large,  wide  across  the  forehead,  the 
eyes  full  and  prominent.  It  is  considered  a 
point  of  importance  that  the  head  should  be 
well  wooled,  particularly  the  forehead  and 
cranium,  and  that  long  locks  hung  down  over 
the  face.  If  tho  eyes  and  upper  part  of  the 
nose  are  covered,  so  much  the  better.  Of 
Course  wo  are  now  describing  a  shearing  ram; 
hut  in  all,  whether  male  or  female,  bare  heads 
are  an  abomination.  The  effect  of  the  love¬ 
locks  is  striking,  adding  immensely  to  style. 


COTSWOLD  SHEEP 


Our  readers  are  familiar  with  these  sheep, 
fine  illustrations  of  which  are  herewith  given. 
But  a  recent  English  writer  has  given  some 
interesting  facts  concerning  this  breed,  which 
will  prove  interesting.  He  says  these  sheep 
are  natives  of  tho  Cotswold  or  Cotteswolde 
HUls,  which  run  through  the  eastern  side 
of  Gloucestershire,  in  a  direction  from 
southwest  to  northeast.  The  name  Is 
derived  from  the  practice  in  early  times  of 
protecting  the  sheep  during  Winter  in  cotes, 
or  low  sheds,  which,  according  to  Camdkn, 
were  long  ranges  of  buildings,  frequent¬ 
ly  three  or  four  stories  high,  with  low  ceil¬ 
ings  and  with  »u  inclination  at  one  end  of 
each  floor  reaching  to  the  next,  by  which  the 
sheep  were  enabled  to  ascend  to  the  topmost 
one.  The  antiquity  of  the  Cotswold  is  estab¬ 
lished  beyond  contradiction.  There  is  no  rec¬ 
ord  of  sheep  having  existed  in  this  country 
[England!  prior  to  the  Roman  era. 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


Occasionally  the  profile  is  slightly  Roman, 
but  this  is  rather  objectionable,  as  it  gives  a 
common  character.  The  neck  should  belong 
and  moderately  thick,  especially  at  the  base, 
and  where  it  joins  the  head.  The  setting  on 
of  the  latter  is  easy,  and  it  is  a  great  point 
when  the  head  is  carried  high,  as  this  adds 
grandeur  to  the  general  appearance.  Aram 
should  bo  cany  Ids  head  as  to  be  able  to  look 
over  a  hurdle.  The  carcass  is  long,  level 
along  the  back,  and  the  ribH  well  sprung ; 
the  under  lines  are  not  so  true,  and  the  flank 
is  often  weak.  Indued,  the  great  defect  in 
the  coMour  of  the  Cots  wold  is  the.  lightness 
under,  and  the  short,  space  between,  hips 
and  flanks.  No  animal  fills  the  eye,  however 
good  upwards,  except  he  represents  the  be¬ 
long,  low,  and  lusty.  The  Cotswolds  are  too 
often  long,  high,  and  lusty,  mid  this  bight 
gives  them  a  weak  appearance.  The  thighs 
are  moderately  full,  the  leg  of  mutton  being 
much  more  developed  than  in  the  Leicester, 
and,  though  there  is  much  external  fat  along 
the  back,  which  gives  a  soft  springy  touch, 
Jean  meat  Is  also  abundant. 

The  wool  should  be  long,  open,  and  curly  ; 
the  staple,  is  coarser,  and  the  weight  of  fleece 
is  rather  less  than  the  Leicester,  and  consid¬ 
erably  under  the  Lincoln;  neither  is  the  ^uni¬ 
ty  equal  to  either.  Wo  have  heard  of  instan¬ 
ces  of  hoggets  yielding  111b. ;  a  good  average 
for  flocks  comprising  half  owes  is  three  fleeces 
to  the  tod  of  2Slb,  Something,  of  course,  de¬ 
pends  upon  the  management. 

When  size  is  a  consideration  the  ewe*  are 
run  thin  on  the  land,  one  to  3,'  ^  or  three  acres; 
we  Seldom  And  more  than  a  ewe  to  3  acres, 
the  produce  being  fed  out;  this  gives  about  a 
sheep  to  the  acre — not  heavy  stocking,  but 
the  size  and  weight  of  the  sheep  must  be 
considered.  Where  it  is  not  important  to 
havo  individuals  so  large,  a  system  of  close 
hurdling  is  pm-sued,  which,  when  properly 
managed,  has  many  advantages.  It  consists 
in  accustoming  the  sheep  to  graze  on  a  limit 
ed  area,  and  to  have  frequent  change. 

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AUTUMN  AND  WINTER  DIPPING. 

The  Irish  Farmers’  Gazette  has  the  follow¬ 
ing  on  the  dipping  of  sheep  for  scab  and  for 
the  killing  of  ticks  : 

“The  necessity  l'or,  and  profitable  results 
arising  from,  more  frequent  dipping  is  gen¬ 
erally  admitted;  hence  the  practice  of  Au¬ 
tumn  and  Winter  dipping  is  fast  gaining 
ground,  and,  in  comparison  with  the  benefit 
gained,  the  trouble  and  cost  of  the  process  is 
inconsiderable.  The  growth  of  the  wool  is 
promoted  to  a  wonderful  degree  (repaying 
fourfold  the  expense  of  dipping),  the  animal 
is  allowed  to  feed  in  comfort,  unmolested  by 
ticks  and  other  vermin  which  infest  the 
skin.  Tl  is  a  notable  fact  that  sheep  thrive 
more  rapidly  after  dipping,  and  being'  re¬ 
lieved  from  irritation  (which  causes  them  to 
rub  themselves),  the  fleece  is  preserved  whole 
and  in  perfect  condition  until  clip  day. 

“It  may  not  be  generally  known  the 
amount  of  risk  that  is  run  by  exposing  sheep 
with  scab  in  a  public  market  or  fair.  The 
penalty  accordidg  to  law  is  ruinous,  being  £!> 
per  sheep,  and  it  is  the  duty  of  the  police  to 
bring  all  such  cases  under  the  notice  of  the 
magistrates.  Great  caution  should  be  ob¬ 
served  as  to  any  newly  bought  stock  coming 
in  contact  with  those  already  on  the  farm. 
These  purchases  arc  usually  made  at  the 
large  annual  Spring  and  Autumn  fairs,  and 
brought  together  by  the  dealers  in  vast  num¬ 
bers,  mostly  by  means  of  railway  transit, 
and  a  great  portion  of  such  stock  probably 
have  been  in  contact  with  infected  sheep  and 
cattle,  or  in  truck*  that  are  not  free  from 
the  infection  of  some  contagious  disease,  suc-h 
os  scab,  foot-and-mouth  disease,  small-pox 
virus,  etc. 

“To  dip  all  newly-purchased  sheep  that 
havo  been  exposed  to  the  above-named  risks, 
at  any  season  of  the  year,  would  not  only  be 
a  matter  of  wise  precaution,  but  very  inex¬ 
pensive  compared  with  the  mischief  and 
ultimate  loas  it  might  prevent,  while  in  so 
doing  the  health  of  the  animal  could  in  no 
way  be  endangered.” 

-  •»  <  » 

ANGORA  GOATS  AT  CAPE  COLONY. 

The  South  African  papers  tell  of  a  farm 
of  340,000  acres,  on  which  is  a  flock  of  10,000 
Angora  goats— besides  10,000  sheep— which 
are  said  to  be  found  far  more  profitable  there 
than  sheep,  and  there  is  a  promise  of  a  rapid 
extension  of  these  flocks.  The  Angora  goat 
wool,  as  produced  there,  is  much  liner  than 
that  of  the  sheep. 

- - - 

OXFORD  DOWN  SHEEP. 

A  correspondent  asks,  who  is  breeding  in 
this  Country,  Oxford  Down  Sheep  and  wheth¬ 
er  any  of  our  readers  can  gay  anything  of 
them  in  comparison  with  South  and  Shrop¬ 
shire  Down  Sheep.  J 


(field  Clrojis. 


TURNIPS  AND  WHEAT. 

At  a  discussion  at  the  Markham  Farmers’ 
Club  Mr.  James  Trax.v  opened  t  lie  discussion 
by  remarking  that  lie  believed  root  culture 
was  the  supjxirt  and  life  of  all  other  crops. 
Ho  had  grown  roots  for  thirty  yean.  Ilis 
first  cxjieriment  was  with  white  turnips  sown 
broadcast.  These  grow  successfully.  He 
then  thought  he  would  try  the  Swede  turnip, 
and  sowed  a  tin-cupful  of  seed,  also  sown 
broadcast.  These  did  well,  and  were  the  first 
Swedes  raised  in  the  townsh ip.  He  had  rais¬ 
ed  turnips  annually  ever  since.  He,  how¬ 
ever,  changed  his  system  of  sowing  them  af¬ 
ter  the  first  year,  by  plowing  ns  for  other 
crops,  and  sowing  the  turnip  seed  on  every 
third  furrow  ridge  ;  this  plan  lie  found  to 
work  well,  and  continued  it  until  he  imported 
a  turnip  drill  from  England,  when  lie  adopted 
the  now  universal  system  of  drilling  in  the 
seed.  Ho  never  sowed  earlier  than  the  30th 
of  June,  and  rarelj  later  than  the  30th  of 
Juno.  Sowing  on  sod  land  would  produce  a 

1  good  crop,  hut  he  thought  it  preferable  and 
more  profitable  to  make  roots  a  regular  rotat¬ 
ing  crop  on  the  farm.  Turnips  do  not  im- 
poverisli  the  land,  but  the  thorough  culiiva- 
tion  required  for  roots,  tended  greatly  to 
improve  the  crops  that  came  after.  He  used 
barnyard  compost,  to  which  suit  und  plaster 
have  been  added,  as  a  manure,  and  usually 
follows  the  next  year  with  spring  wheat  on 
the  land.  He  gave  ati  estimate  of  the  cost 
and  profits  of  the  turnip  crop,  aud  that  of  the 
spring  wheat  following,  viz.  ; 

Erprmt*  of  Oroeing  Trn  A  errs  of  Tutnipn. 
Plowing  10 IM3-C8  3  tiroes,  at  *1.50  per  aero  each 

. . *45  00 

Harrowing  do.  6  times,  at  *2  per  10 acres .  ID  o.l 

12  loads  compost  per  acre,  ut  60  cents  per  load. .  CO  0D 

Making  drills  tin  10  neion . B  IK) 

Send,  unrl  labor  of  drilling  In .  7  09 

Hoeing  nml  cultivation  through  summer .  2ft  in 

Pulling,  hauling  and  covering  the  roots .  40  00 

Kent  of  10  acres,  at  *4  per  acre .  40  (iij 

*233  10 

F,iprn.ir.x  of  Owing  Apring  Wheat— 2d  u<o  r. 

Plowing  ten  nr  res  twice,  at  *1.50  per  acre . *30  (K) 

Harrowing  8  times .  7  (id 

20 bushels  sued  wheat,  ut *1.16  per  bushel. . ,  ...  23  tii) 

Sowing  10  acres  brourtcast . 1  00 

Harvesting  and  housing  crop .  20  00 

Threshing  800  bushels,  at  10  cents  per  bushel. . .  20  00 
Kent  of  land . . . 44  00 

*151  00 

Total  cost  of  the  two  crops .  *381  Oil 

Returns. 

JO  acres  turnips  at  COO  bushels  per  aero,  0,000  ■ 

bushels,  at  10  cents  per  bushel .  *000  00 

10  acres  of  Bpring  wheat,  300  bushels,  *1.15  per 

bushel .  345  00 

*0-15  00 

Leaving  for  profits  on  the  t  wo  crops . .  *561  00 

K<jual  to  *28.05  her  a  cre  per  annum. 

This  exhibit,  showed  that  there  was  a  direct  j 
profit  in  the  root  crop,  and  he  considered 
that  the  indirect  benefit  was  very  consider-  | 
able,  as  by  growing  roots  the  soil  was  kept 
clean  and  well  stirred.  Tt  was  also  an  in¬ 
dispensable  crop  to  stock  breeders.  Cattle 
would,  if  well  housed,  winter  better  on  straw 
and  turnips  than  on  hay  and  grain.  He  then 
gave  a  statement  of  the  cost  and  profit  of 
growing  winter  wheat  on  summer  fallow  as 
under. 

Erptmaea  of  Winter  Wheat  Crop. 

Plowing  10  acres  4  times,  *1.50  per  ncre  each 

time . . . .  *00.00 

UarrowhiK  5  tiroes,  *2  each  tuna .  10  on 

12  loads  manure  per  acre.  at.  60c.  per  loud .  00  O0 

20  bushels  aoed  wheat,  id  *1.26  per  bushel. . ....  25  00 

Sowing  10  acres  broadcast .  1  00 

Harvesting  and  housing  crop .  20  00 

Threshing  300  bushels,  at  10c.  per  bushel .  30  00 

2  years’  rout  uf  laud,  ut  *4  per  acre  per  annum,  «0  00 

*266  00 

Jteluma. 

800  bushels  of  wheat,  at  *1.25  per  bushel . *375  00 

Net  profit  of  crop  for  2  years’  land .  *80  00 

This  shows  that  there  is  a  balance  in  favor 
of  roots  and  spring  wheat,  as  against  winter 
wheat  on  summer  fallow,  of  $472. 

- *-•-* - 

POTATOES,  TURNIPS,  ETC. 

I  WOTTED  like  to  see  our  noble  old  county 
represented  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  oc¬ 
casionally.  Our  county  is  noted  for  the  pro¬ 
duction  of  flue  wool  and  fine  sheep — more 
especially  for  this  product  than  anything  else. 
Our  fat  Rheep  compare  favorably  with  the 
best  in  the  Eastern  markets.  There  is  a 
gradual  and  general  improvement  in  the 
quality  of  our  soils.  Our  farmers  arc  begin¬ 
ning  to  see  in  a  more  practical  light  that  it  is 
all  important  to  their  interests  to  have  rich 
farms — lhat  if  they  will  feed  their  land  they 


and,  for  economy,  we  ought  to  have,  some 
roots  to  feed  with  our  stronger  feed.  Turnips, 
beets,  etc.,  would  pay  us  very  largely  for  the 
small  trouble  of  cultivating  them.  Here  is  a 
sample  of  what  we,  did  on  one-quarter  of  an 
acre  of  Early  Rose  potatoes  : — We  harvested 
a  middling  crop  tho  25th  of  July  ;  sowed  it  in 
common  turnip* and  wo  harvested  100 bushels 
of  good  roots.  The  price  of  turnips  is  40 
cents  per  bushel  and  our  Early  Rose  *1  per 
bushel.  Our  land  is  worth  $70  per  aci-e.  We 
did  tiie  same  tiling  last  year  on  the  same 
ground,  and  we  did  not  give  them  especial 
culture. 

It  will  cost  considerable  to  keep  our  stock 
this  winter,  as  fodder  is  very  scarce,  Hay  is 
worth  $21)  per  ton  in  our  barns,  ami  we  sliall 
not  be  bothered  with  straw  next  Spring. 
Many  animals  will  be  badly  Wintered.  It 
would  Ijo  much  better  for  jjeivous  to  buy 
feed  or  sell  part  of  their  stock  at  half  price 
than  to  keep  it  all  in  a  poor,  half-starved  con 
ditiou.  Wc  have  a  considerable  quantity  of 
second  crop  clover  liny  ;  it  causes  our  horses 
to  slabber  very  much.  Will  you,  or  some  of 
your  correspondents,  tell  mo  why  it  excites 
|  the  salivary  glands  of  the  horse  ?  and  will  it 
have  the  same  effect  on  cattle  or  sheep  ? 
Washington  Co.,  Pa.  M.  Liggett. 

- 44-V - 

THE  COOLEY  CORN. 

Although  t  he  Department  of  Agriculture 
has  not  favored  us  with  any  seed  of  tho 
Cooley  Com,  and  we  have  no  personal  knowl¬ 
edge  that  tho  Department  has  distributed  it, 
yet  we  have  seen  it  so  asserted  ami  adver 
Used  and  believe  it  to  lie  a  fact  that,  the  De¬ 
partment  did  buy  of  C.  C.  Cooley  a  quantity  | 
j  of  what  he  calls  his  new  variety  of  com  for 
distribution  among  the  constituents  of  Con¬ 
gressmen.  This  was  a  novel  means  of  adver¬ 
tising  this  titan’s  corn,  and  he  has  reaped  his 
reward.  This  is  the  way  in  which  the  De¬ 
partment  introduces  new  and  rare  plants  and 
seeds  for  the  purpose  of  testing  their  value 
to  American  Farmers.  The  Department  hav¬ 
ing  established  this  precedent.,  we  advise 
I  every  American  with  a  new  strawberry, 
raspberry,  apple  or  other  fruit,  or  with  a 
new  grass  or  grain,  beet,  turnip,  or  spuash, 
flowering  plant  or  shrub,  to  importune  the 
sapient  Commissioner  to  buy  a  part,  of  the 
stock  for  free  distribution  and  make  the  Am- 
erican  tax-payers  pay  for  the  same.  In  this 
way  the  producers  of  those  new  and  rare 
plants,  seeds,  and  fruits  will  ho  liable  to  sell 
the  balance  of  his  stock  profitably. 

But  concerning  this  Cooley  com,  reports 
are  reaching  us  from  various  sources  con¬ 
cerning  its  merits.  J.  R.  Walkup,  Emporia, 
Kansas,  writes  the  Kansas  Farmer  as  follows  : 

“  I  wish  to  expose  what  1  consider  a  grand 
humbug.  Lust  season  I  bought  of  C.  C. 
COOLEY,  Ohio,  some  of  his  Early  White 
Field.  Said  Cooley  claimed  that  it  would 
yield  as  much  or  more  than  the  Sanford  Corn, 
and  that  it  hud  been  planted  in  Ohio  tho  15th 
of  May,  and  ground  into  meal  the  0th  of 
August  following.  1  thought  this  \va*  what 
I  wanted,  and  ordered  one  peck,  costing  here  ' 
$3.00.  I  planted  this  on  a  picked  piece  of 
bottom  laud,  on  tho  13th  of  May,  and  it  did 
not  mature  until  about  the  20th  of  Septem¬ 
ber,  and  the  yield  was  about  35  bushels  to 
the  acre.  My  other  corn  averaged  nearly  75 
bushels.  I  send  you  this  that  other  farmers 
may  ‘look  a  leedle  oud.’ ” 

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DIGGING  POTATOES. 

I  would  say  to  friend  A.  S.  Nash  in  Rural 
New-Yorker  of  Deo.  14th,  ’72,  that  I  think 
he  will  And  this  to  be  nu  improvement  on  his 
plan  of  digging  potatoes.  The  potatoes  be¬ 
ing  planted  in  drills  and  hilled,  run  between 
each  row  with  a  five  tooth  cultivator,  set  to 
about  a  foot  in  width  ;  tin's  cuts  off  the  side 
of  each  row  slightly;  now  take  a  large  shovel 
plow  and  plow  out,  the  row  ;  almost  every 
potato  will  be  on  the  surface  ;  to  finish,  luir- 
row  the  ground  and  you  will  liave  the  pota¬ 
toes  cleaner  than  you  can  dig  with  hoes, 
none  cut,  aud  the  ground  is  ready  for  wheat, 
turnips,  or  any  crop.  Odds  &  Ends. 

North  Fairfield,  O. 

- »♦  *  ■ 

SOILING  CROPS  AT  BEACON  FARM. 

The  past  season  twenty-five  acres  of  man- 
gold-wurzel  were  grown,  yielding  one  thou¬ 
sand  bushels  per  acre  ;  25  acres  of  sowed  com  ; 


®Iif  jJonlinj  Hard. 


know  their  pocket-books  will  become  fat.  80  acres  of  turnips  :  nine  acres  of  rape  for 
There  is  also  improvement  in  the  mai  01  or  of  feeding,  and  240  bushels  of  rye  were  sown 

Wine  ta.  rt-fc  and  of  „<r,  “  * 


There  is  also  improvement  in  the  manner  of 
keeping  farm  stock  and  of  saving  manure, 
but  still  there  is  great  room  for  profitable  im¬ 
provement  yet,  and  1  think  by  ft  diligent 
circulation  of  the  Riral  and  other  good 
papers,  that  all  of  ns  slow  farmers  will  be 
brought  to  a  knowledge  of  our  business, 

I  would  recommend  a  greater  variety  of 
feed.  We  can  raise  plenty  of  com  and  oats, 


TO  KEEP  CROWS  FROM  PULLING  CORN. 

For  many  years  1  have  kept  crows  from 
pulling  com  by  taking  little  rags,  tjring  up  a 
little  sulphur  in  each,  tie  them  to  small 
sticks,  and  thrust  the  sticks  into  the  ground 
close  to  the  corn  hills.  m.  r.  b. 


POULTRY  IN  ENGLAND. 

What  other  people  are  doing,  and  what 
their  opinions  are,  is  always  of  interest.  We 
have  been  much  interested,  and  we  are  sure 
our  readers  will  be,  in  the  following  review 
of  “  Poultry  tho  past  year,”  which  we  find  in 
the  English  Cottage  Gardener,  it  so  concise¬ 
ly  gives  t  he  Status  of  breeds  there  that  it  will 
bo  interesting  for  fanciers  to  compare  it  with 
their  own  experiences.  This  is  what  is  said  : 

When  wo  say  Dorking*  have  not  increased 
in  weight  wc  do  not  mean  to  say  there  have 
not  been  birds  shown  that  have  seldom  been 
equalled,  but  we  believe  the  average  has  cer¬ 
tainly  not  exceeded  that  of  former  years. 
They  still  form  one  of  the  most  important 
classes  at  every  show.  The  time-honored  Co - 
chins  have  certainly  improved,  and  are  fast 
becoming  what  they  were  formerly.  Those 
who  saw  the  adult  classes  nt  Birmingham  will 
long  recollect  them.  Tho  Brahmas  stand  al¬ 
most  at  the  head  of  all  classes.  The  wisdom 
that  encouraged  them  is  manifest,  and  bears 
good  fruit.  Tiie  recent  introduction  of  sep¬ 
arate  classes  for  the  Light  birds  has  been  a 
great  success.  Beautiful  birds  are  shown  in 
large  numbers. 

It  is  hard  to  say  anything  about  the  Game. 
They  are  always  numerous,  and  afford  many 
perfect  specimens.  The  Black  and  Brown 
Reds  monopolize  public  patronage.  The  Duck- 
wings  do  not  improve,  and  many  of  the  old 
,  breeds  seem  quite  out  of  favor. 

Hamburg*  hold  their  own  everywhere  ; 
hut  at  almost  all  shows  the  Golden,  both  Pen¬ 
cilled  und  Spangled,  are  superior  to  tiro  Silver. 

Spanish  seem  doomed  for  a  time  to  medi¬ 
ocrity  as  a  class.  Although  excellent  birds 
are  not  wanting,  we  miss  the  high  type  of 
past  years. 

Tho  public  opinion  has  been  a  correct  one 
as  regards  the  French  breed s.  At  many  of 
tho  largo  allows  three  classes  were  formed— 
Crevo-Cuiurs,  Jloudans,  and  La  Fleoiie.  The 
first  two  have  not  only  held  their  own,  but 
the  birds  bred  in  England  liave  been  quite 
equal  to  the  imported  ;  while  the  latter,  lack¬ 
ing  as  they  do  all  the  main  properties  of  good 
birds,  have  disappeared  not  only  from  the 
prize  hstj  but  almost  from  tho  catalogues. 

Turkeys  still  get  heavier.  There  is  more 
real  increase  in  their  weight  than  in  that  of 
any  other  poultry.  Geese  are  stationery. 
Aylesbury  Ducks  rather  lose  ground  than 
otherwise,  while  the  Rouens  increase  hi 
weight,  value,  aud  numbers. 

The  old  and  celebrated  Sebright  Bantams 
can  hardly  make  classes.  The  Blocks  and 
Whites  are  far  morn  numerous,  while  the 
names  of  tho  Game  are  legion.  Bantam-mak¬ 
ers,  however,  seem  tired  of  the  process.  We 
liave  no  novelties.  The  pretty  Cochin  Ban¬ 
tams,  that  were  so  attractive  and  that  sold  so 
readily  at  large  prices,  are  not  increased,  and 
we  seldom  meet  witli  them. 

The  new  class  for  Onunnentat  Ducks  Is  a 
great  success.  Tho  many  varieties  shown, 
each  more  beautiful  than  its  fellow,  und  the 
facility  with  which  they  are  kept,  will  cause 
many  to  follow  the  example  of  the  exhibi¬ 
tors,  und  keep  pets  pleasing  not  only  on  ac¬ 
count  of  their  beauty,  but  for  their  Lameness 
and  their  attachment  to  their  owner  or 
feeder. 

■ - - — - - - 

SMALL-POX  IN  CHICKENS. 

In  answer  to  “  F.  J.  W.’s  ”  inquiries  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  of  the  lfith  of  Novem¬ 
ber,  I  beg  leave  to  say  that  if  I  am  not  mis¬ 
taken  his  chickens  are  afflicted  with  the  small¬ 
pox,  which  generally  attacks  the  eyes  of  the 
birds.  The  following  is  used  In  Spain  for  the 
cure  of  sold  disease.  Mix  equal  quantities  of 
vinegar  and  water,  to  which  add  a  small  quan¬ 
tity  of  salt,  (one-half  ounce  to  a  pint,)  and 
wash  the  eye  With  cotton  or  lint  twice  a  day, 
morning  and  evening.  Hoping  that  the  above 
remedy  will  be  of  usefulness  to  “  F.  J.  W.,” 
and  expecting  to  hear  from  him  through  the 
Rural.  a.  b.  c. 

New  York  City. 

■  —  ■  ■  ■  ■■  ■  ■ 

HEN  WITH  HARD  CROP. 

In  answer  to  C.  W.  Colb,  I  will  state  how  I 
cured  my  hen  of  a  hard  crop.  Part  the  feathers 
on  the  breast;  then  take  a  razor  and  cut  the  crop 
about  1*4  Inches  long,  take  out  the  hard  sub¬ 
stance;  then  take  a  little  lard  and  grease  the  In¬ 
side  well,  then  put  a  little  wet  meal  with  u  little 
lard  in  the  crop;  sew  up  the  crop  separately 
from  the  skin.  The  bird  will  not  oat  under  two 
or  three  days.  1  have  cured  a  number  sa  stated 
above  and  they  are  us  well  as  they  ever  were, 
though  It  Is  a  harsh  remedy.  s,  e.  b. 

West  Cheshire,  Conn. 


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pain,)  pusbaiulrtT 


interchange  ideas  freely  on  pertinent  questions 
relating  to  their  business,  many  evils  now  com¬ 
plained  of  would  be  righted,  and  more  progress 
made  In  this  department  of  industry  than  now 
obtains. 

RENTING  DAIRY  FARMS. 

An  equitable  relation  between  tenant  and 
landlord,  and  the  proper  manner  of  leasing 
farma,  Is  becoming  more  and  more  important. 
Under  present,  management  the  landlord  coin- 
plains  that  he  gets  but  poor  returns  from  the 
property  rented,  while  the  tenant,  often  scarcely 
makes  the  ends  meet  at  the  close  of  the  year, 

Wo  have  a  system  of  renting  that  differ*  from 
that  of  any  other  count  ry,  in  the  landlords  fur¬ 
nishing  ii  large  amount  of  personal  property 
with  tno  farm.  It  is  n  question  whether  much 
better  results  would  not  bo  obtained  by  renting 
simply  tho  farm,  specifying  the  general  system 
of  mill  urc  and  allowing  the  tenant  to  furnish  all 
personal  property.  Tills  plan  gives  the  tenant 
an  opportunity' to  turn  his  hnsinussto  the  beat 
account,  while  if  the  landlord  gets  a  moderate 
rent  for  ids  land  ho  will  generally  in  the  end 
come  off  better  than  to  place  Ids  dairy  stock  at 
the  disposal  of  the  tenant  who  has  no  interest 
In  It  after  tho  milking  scoaon  la  over. 

CHANGING  THE  DAIRY  TO  HAY  FARMING. 

Then  again  a  change  is  going  on  In  the  farm¬ 
ing  of  certain  districts.  Wo  sea  that  here,  in  tho 
disposition  of  many  to  enter  upon  l  lm  growing 
of  hay  for  market.  There  are  a  good  many  top¬ 
ics  concerning  'his  brunch  of  business  which 
could  tie  profitably  discussed.  What  is  likely  to 
bo  the  demand  for  hay,  and  what  nro  likely  to 
bo  the  ruling  prices  from  year  to  year?  lu  what 
way  is  the  fert  ility  of  soli  to  bo  kept  up  on  the 
hay  farm?  If  tho  continual  marketing  of  hay 
bo  a  source  of  depreciation  to  the  soil,  will  not 
the  loss  in  value  of  t  he  farm  bo  equal  or  greater 
than  any  profits  realized  from  the  growing  of 
tho  hay?  It,  is  u.  very  cosily  business  to  resusci¬ 
tate  a  worn-out  and  run-down  farm,  and  most. 
Of  those  who  have  tried  the  experiment,  do  not 
And  it  to  pay.  Suppose  an  acre  of  land  worth  a 
hundred  dollars  become  ex hauated  from  crop¬ 
ping  and  is  then  sold  at,  $50,  bow  niuoli  short,  of 
an  hundred  dollars  will  place  H  back  to  its  orig¬ 
inal  state  of  fertility?  Borne  people  have  af¬ 
firmed  that  it  would  no  cheaper  to  have  bought 
good  land  ut  largo  prices  than  to  take  worn-out 
land  in  the  same  locality  as  a  gift.  These  and 
similar  topics  ought  to  bo  discussed  at  our 
Dairymen's  Convention  by  the  farmers  them¬ 
selves. 

COMPARISONS  OVER-PRODUCTION. 

booking  back  over  t  he  past  year,  dairy  farm¬ 
ing  seems  to  have  been  as  prosperous  as  most,  of 
the  other  branches  of  agriculture.  It  is  true, 
prices  Imvo  not  boon  quite  ao  high  as  could  have 
been  wished,  but  they  have  been  much  better 
than  in  1H?1,  and  thorn  is  reason  to  hope  that 
theyovlll  bo  no  lower  for  tho  coming  year.  I  do 
not  I  hint  t  hat  wo  are  over-prod  ucingOT  that  wo 
are  likely  to  reach  i  iui  t  point  for  some  years  to 
come.  All  the  facta  connected  with  the  trade 
goto  slmw  that  there  Is  no  unusual  surplus  of 
stocks  in  Hits  country,  wtdlo  my  reports  front 
England  indicate  that  *  h«  quantity  or  Ajnerii  an 

'•hco  :r  no  ban, i  Is  rather  below  tn . i  ho 

usual  supply  tie  this  season. 

FAULTS  IN  DAIRYING  AND  HOW  CORRECTED. 

But  there  Ls  a  fault  which  I  think  wlllho  pret¬ 
ty  generally  recogui/.nd  a*  belonging  to  our 
dairy  system,  and  which,  if  itcould  be  corrected, 
would  serve  to  make  our  dairymen  better  i-.il  i ri¬ 
fled  with  tho  situation  than  now  obtains.  I  ro- 
for  to  the  comparatively  small  quantity  of 
cheese  turned  per  cow  from  the  majority  or  tho 
dairies. 

Tho  average,  it  is  believed,  falls  below  •100  lbs. 
per  cow-  at  least  Is  not  above  that.  I! gore.  Now 
if  tho  products  of  the  lierda  could  lie  increased 
to  500  or  000  pounds  to  the  cow,  most  dairymen 
would  lie  fully  satisfied  with  receipts  at  last 
year’s  prices.  000  pounds  of  chcesii  selling  at  ill 
cents  per  pound,  would  corns  to  t  he  same  mon¬ 
ey  as  400  pounds  at  18c.,  and  a  product  of  /'ski 
pounds  at  12e.  would  bo  the  same  ns  400  pounds 
at  15o.  If  prices  arc  low,  dairymen  are  apt  to 
complain  that  there  is  no  nrollt  In  the  business, 
but  by  increasing  the  product  you  see  tboBUiue 
result  Is  reached  on  low  prices  as  by  Increasing 
the  price  on  a  minimum  product",  i  am  not. 
sure  out  dairymen  ere  at  fault,  in  allowing  the 
product  of  their  herds  to  fall  so  low  as  400 
pounds  to  the  cow,  nndthere  must  lie  some  fault 
In  factory  management  when  more  than  10 
pounds  of  milk  are  required  to  make  one  of 
cheese.  These  are  quest  loirs  to  be  considered 
In  tho  present  situation,  ami  it  may  well  be 
worth  our  scrlOUs  study  whether  it  la  not  more 
practicable  to  seek  relief  by  endeavoring  to  in¬ 
crease  th©  quantity  of  cheese  per  cow  than  to 
take  the  chances  of  minuting  other  branches  of 
farming,  which  will  be  found  on  trial  to  barmen 
to  objections  similar  to  those  which  now  affect 
tho  dairy  interest  . 

TROUBLES  FROM  WASTE. 

There  are  other  causes  of  depression,  appli¬ 
cable  to  other  kinds  of  business  as  well  as  dairy¬ 
ing,  and  which  may  be  expressed  simply  by  the 
word  waste — waste  of  time  and  of  money  in  fan¬ 
cied  luxuries  waste  from  want  of  care,  and 
neglect  of  essential  duties  on  the  farm,  waste  of 
Implements,  waste  in  the  management  of  do¬ 
mestic  animals  and  In  every  department  of  farm 
and  household  expenditure.  For  it,  must  ho 
observed  that  tlm  American  people,  especially 
the  rising  generation,  are  lacking  In  habits  of 
economy.  The  tendency  of  tho  ago  is  to  live 
fast,,  and  tho  u*olosa  expenditures  of  to-day 
would  shock  tho  economies  of  a  few  yen  i  ago. 
Thus  you  sec,  farmers  find  It  mure  and  more 
difficult  to  lay  by  t  heir  accumulations,  and  fail¬ 
ing  to  see  the  leak,  they  are  apt  to  charge  the 
evil  upon  low  prices, 

6  People  talk  of  hard  tlipes,  and  well  they 
may,  We  are  fast  becoming  a  nation  of  schem¬ 
ers,  to  live  without  gonulno  work.  Our  boys  arc 
not  learning  t  rades;  our  fanners'  sons  nro  crowd¬ 
ing  Into  cities  looking  for  clerkships;  hardly 
ono  American  girl  in  each  one  hundred  will  do 
housework  for  wages,  Ijowevei  urgent  the 
ntvfit].  Ho  we  are  sending  to  Europe  for  work¬ 
ingmen,  and  buying  of  her  artisans  millions 
worth  of  products  that  wo  ought  to  make  for 
ourselves.  These  tilings  fall  upon  us  like  a 
leaden  nail  which  we  have  not  the  courage  and 
strength  to  uplift.  WO  may  try  to  scare  t  hem, 
but  they  will  not  scare;  wo  may  try  to  drive, 
but  they  will  not  drive.  Wo  tuny  try  to  coax, 
but  they  will  not  Coax.  What,  then,  shall  bo 
done?  IIow  are  we  to  live  without,  work,  nmi 
tlriisH  and  enjoy  ourselves  at  the  rate  of  £i,(XX)  a 
i'k4F  P4  aq  Hie, i mu  of  $1,000.  This  b,  .mu  qf  tile 
fsomuidfiims  which,  as  Kufliern  would  say ,  Ms 
hard  for  a  follow  to  ilud  out,'  ” 

THE  SITUATION. 

But  I  have  yet  faith  In  the  Dairy.  I  have 
faith  In  the  dairy  as  a  business.  The  history  of 
tho  past  shown  that  no  branch  of  fanning  has 
been  more  steadily  prosperous.  Occasionally, 
it  is  true,  prices  for  dairy  products  have  been 
lows  but  not  near  so  low  in  proportion  to  cost, 


as  many  other  farm  products  that  can  be  named. 
While  the  lluetunllon  in  prices  on  grain,  beef, 
pork,  hops  and  other produce  bos  been  frequent, 
and  often  much  below  the  cost  of  production, 
dairy  goods,  on  the  whole,  have  been  remarka¬ 
bly  stable,  the  fluctuation  generally  being  above 
rather  than  below  the  cost  of  producing.  And 
it  should  bo  remembered  that  low  prices,  lien 
they  did  occur,  cams  from  causes  that  in  tho 
mam  could  have  been  avoided  by  remedying 
defects  in  manufacture  and  in  curing,  together 
with  a  judicious  manner  of  shipping  and  mar¬ 
keting  the  goods. 

Tho  situation,  in  my  judgment,  Is  by  no  means 
so  unfavorable  In  iu  prospects  as  many  are  led 
to  suppose,  since  by  correcting  Iho  faults  and 
errors  of  nur  system  tho  Dairyman  will  be  able 
to  bold  Ills  ground  in  tho  future  ns  In  the  past. 

Gentlemen :  I  urn  glad  to  woo  you  here  ; 
and  in  behalf  of  our  Executive  Committee  I 
greet  you  with  a  hearty  welcome,  and  I  trust 
this  meeting  may  prove  pleasant  and  profita¬ 
ble  to  ail. — [To  bo  continued. 


incidents  which  by  subsequent  stages  con¬ 
demns  some  of  the  most  valuable  horses  in 
the  world  to  work  when  lame,  and  brings 
them  to  a  premature  end.” 

The  chapter  on  making  horseshoes  is  very 
full  and  explicit  in  its  directions  for  adapting 
t  he  form  of  tho  shoe  to  tho  varying  conditions 
of  the  foot  and  of  tho  work  to  bo  performed, 
and  is  admirably  illustrated  by  numerous 
wood-cuts,  which  make  tho  subject  very  in- 
tell igible.  I n  t  libs  connexion  ho  gives  a  warn¬ 
ing  against  a  bad  method  of  shoeing  which  he 
says  is  very  prevalent ;  it  is  “  that  of  leaving 
the  iron  in  a  lump  ut  tho  toe,  flattening  it 
down  thin  at  tho  quarters  and  leaving  the 
heel  thick  when  not  turned  down.”  Ho  al¬ 
leges  that  in  this  way  tho  horses  get  no  true 
bearing  surface,  and  hence  no  staying  support 
for  the  feet. 

Dr.  Gamgeb  objects  to  clips  on  the  shoes  at 
any  other  point  than  at  tho  toes,  except  in 
very  exceptional  cohos.  He  censures  the  plan 
of  cutting  a  deep  space  in  tho  wall  of  tho  hoof 
to  receive  the  clips  as  is  usually  done ;  only 
the  edges  should  be  taken  oil  with  a  file,  and 
then  tapped  up  to  Its  place  with  the  shoeing 
hammer.  Calkins  and  toe  pieces  are  neces¬ 
sary  in  order  to  give  a  draft  horse  a  lino  foot¬ 
hold.  but  Dr.  G.  does  not  approve  of  their  use 
for  tlm  most  rapid  work,  especially  the  use  of 
too  pieces. 

The  chapter  on  “fitting  horse  shoes  ”  con¬ 
tains  very  minute  and  specific  directions 
which  are  of  groat  importance.  lie  strongly 
objects  to  the  application  of  hot  shoes  to  the 
feet.  He  says,  “It  must  not  be  forgotten  that 
those  who  use  tho  loiul-sounding  words  ‘the 
shoe  must  be  fitted  to  the  foot  and  not  the 
foot  to  tho  shoe'  display  ignorance  of  the  fact 
that  it  is  the  Hhoor's  business  to  form  the  sur¬ 
face  of  the  one  as  well  as  of  tho  other,  and 
unless  that  kind  and  amount  of  knowledge  of 
tlie  matter  is  possessed,  which  will  insure  the 
right  proportion  to  tho  hoof,  aud  therefore 
exactly  adapted  surface  for  the  shoe,  no  fit¬ 
ting  of  the  shoe,  no  bending  of  the  iron  to  tho 
hoof  will  redeem  the  work  from  tho  charac  ¬ 
ter  of  bad.” 

Dr.  G  a  M gee  strongly  condemns  the  practice 
of  springing  the  shoe;  tills  is  done  by  bend¬ 
ing  each  extremity  of  tho  heel  downward 
from  the  foot,  making  tho  shoe  concaved 
towards  the  ground,  which  he  asserts  pro¬ 
duces  a  system  of  leverage  which  causes  per¬ 
fect  torture  to  the  horse.  He  alleges  that  in 
all  cases  the  shoo  is  necessarily  nailed  fast  to 
the  anterior  region  of  the  foot,  while  it  is  at 
points  corresponding  with  a  transverse  line 
drawn  across  the  center,  whore  the  bottom 
of  the  foot  is  broadest,  and  whore  bone  con¬ 
struction  gives  place  to  a  less  rigid  combina¬ 
tion,  l.  «.,  elast  ic  cart  ilages,  that  the  deflected 
heels  of  tho  shoo  attain  their  points  of  resist¬ 
ance,  or  fulcra,  and  where  tho  shoo  pinches. 
Tho  heels  of  the  shoe  take  just  bearing  on  the 
ground  at  every  step,  as  the  foot  alights,  and 
their  lever  action  is  induced  by  tho  action  of 
the  limb,  aud  the  force  and  weight  brought 
to  bear  on  the  foot. 

Such  a  state  of  things  is  utterly  inconsist¬ 
ent  with  firm  and  easy  bearing,  and  the  horse 
instinctively,  as  much  as  possible,  shrink  from 
bringing  the  heels  firmly  to  tho  ground  and  is 
thereby  prevented  putting  forth  his  whole 
strength. 

Our  author  devotes  a  chapter  to  horse  nails 
and  their  applications  ;  ono  on  the  shoeing  of 
horses  for  the  turf  and  tho  field  ;  one  to  frost 
sharping  and  roughing  shoes ;  and  another 
to  tho  plating  of  race  horses.  Tho  second 
part  of  the  book  treats  of  the  lameness  of 
horses  chiefly  caused  by  improper  shoeing, 
and  will  be  found  extremely  weH  adapted  to 
tho  wants  of  professional  and  amateur 
horsemen. 

The  descriptions  of  tho  various  pathologies  1 
conditions  of  the  horse’s  foot  are  clear  and 
intelligible,  aud  the  drawings  of  these  condi¬ 
tions  are  without  exception  the  best  that  wo 
have  ever  seen.  It  would  give  us  great 
pleasure  to  state  some  of  the  principles  laid 
down  by  tho  author,  but  this  article  has 
already  swelled  to  such  a  length  that  ivo  must 
forbear  and  content  ourselves  with  giving  tho 
result  of  our  author’s  observations  on  the 
ratios  which  exist  between  sound  aud  lame 
horses  hi  several  cities  of  Great  Britain. 

lu  Edinburgh  607  horses  passed  hi  two 
hours;  171  of  these  were  very  lame. 

In  Birmingham  101  horses  passed  hi  twenty 
minutes;  of  these 25  were  lame. 

In  London  773  horses  passed,  363  of  which 
were  lame. 

Out  of  a  total  number  of  2,864  horses  ob¬ 
served  by  Dr,  Gamgke  in  Great  Britain,  43 
l>or  cent,  were  lame.  Out.  of  3S6  horses  ob¬ 
served  in  Paris  only  9  per  cent,  were  lame; 
and  this  wide  disparity  the  author  believes  is 
very  largely  caused  by  tho  want  of  knowl¬ 
edge  among  tho  shoersof  the  former  country. 
The  work  is  very  well  gotten  up  and  is  pub¬ 
lished  by  Lqnuman  Greens  &  Co.,  London. 


N.  Y.  STATE  DAIRYMEN’S  CONVENTION 


HORSE -SHOEING 


wiuiffr*.  ii  iiikn  ucuu  kniu'iuiij  u6voi«jj»tm.  uimi 

it  now  holds  a  place  of  great  magnitude  in  the 
markets  of  the  world.  Thu  lind,  regular  reports 
of  this  market  I  hctfiut  in  1804,  during  ray  con¬ 
nection  with  the  Utica  Herald,  and  of  ho  much 
value  has  a  report  of  our  cheese  sales  now  be¬ 
come  to  the  dairy  Interests  of  tho  country,  that 
no  fir-.t  elans  commercial  journal  on  tho  conti¬ 
nent  can  well  afford  to  be  without  a  weekly 
transcript  of  tho  bittlu  Fulls  market.  It  Is  well 
known  that  at  London  and  Liverpool  tho  Eng¬ 
lish  trade  must  have  Its  cable  reports  of  the 
choose  sales  here,  in  order  to  see  Its  way  clearly, 
and  ao  Little  Fails  prices  have  cocuo  to  l>o  re¬ 
garded  as  leading  Indicators  of  tho  market. 

The  prominence  which  the  cheese  trade  has 
obtained  at  this  point  Is  due  lu  a  (treat.  measure 
to  fortuitous  circumstances.  In  tho  first  place, 
we  are  within  a  few  houra'rldo  of  New  York 
city,  rendering  it  easy  of  aceesa  for  those  en¬ 
gaged  In  tho  trade;  then  Little  Falls  is  sur¬ 
rounded  by  some  or  the  bout  dairy  farms  on 
the  continent,  and  with  a  large  number  of  fancy 
factories  whoso  natural  shipping  port  Is  at  this 
plae<, — all  have  contributed  to  make  It  a  central 
market,  and  ono  of  great  magnitude  to  tho 
trade.  Here,  os  is  well  known,  nearly  every 
grade  of  cheese,  from  poor  to  ‘‘  gilt,  edge,”  cun 
bo  1 'ought  In  quantity,  so  that  dealers  need 
never  go  away  disappointed  so  long  us  a  satis¬ 
factory  arraiigeuieut  of  prices  can  be  obtained 
with  the  seller. 

ADVANTAGE  Of  COUNTRY  MARKETS. 

Since  the  Inauguration  of  this  .society,  other 
Dairy  Board-*  of  Trade,  fashioned  after  our  plan, 
have  been  formed  la  different  localities,  and 
imvo  generally  met  with  abundant  success. 
Thus  it  will  lie  »een  that  the  project  of  the  State 
Dairymen's  Association  and  Board  of  Trado,  If 
of  no  other  account,  has  been  of  Inestimable 
value  In  pointing  outafensiblo  way  of  establish¬ 
ing  country  dairy  markets  In  other  sections  of 
tho  country  too  fur  distant  to  Mad  accommoda¬ 
tions  here.  1  hold  that  tlm  establishment  of  a 
good  country  market  not  only  I  mips  tho  people 
of  the  Immediate  locality  whore  the  rnarkot  it* 
located,  but  its  benuilb*  are  felt  Indirectly 
through  the  whole  dairy  district,  because  tho 
establishment  of  these  markets.  In  widely  sep¬ 
arated  localities,  h.is  a  tendency  to  divert  tlm 
goods  from  centralization,  and  places  them  in 
consumption  at  less  expense  of  carriage.  Tho 
idea  of  shipping  rlmeso  from  tho  western  part 
of  tho  State  to  Now  York  city,  there  to  be  dis¬ 
tributed  and  returned  to  western  Pennsylvania, 
or  tlm  southwest,  Is  bad  economy,  because  the 
double  freight  and  nomniisslona  eat  up  profits 
that  should  go  to  thu  producer. 

HOME  CONSUMPTION. 

1  think  home  consumption  should  bo  promo¬ 
ted  In  all  possible  ways;  tho  more  country  mar- 
kota  we  can  have,  If  properly  located  to  accom¬ 
modate  local  dealers,  the  butter.  Tlm  looking  to 
New  Y'ork  city  as  the  groat  center  for  unloading 
factories  and  loading  up  retail  dealers  often 
operates  very  dteadvautagoomdy  to  the  dairy 
interest.  1  have  a  case  In  point.  During  the 
past  Summer  some  or  the  Wisconsin  factories 
which  had  boon  sending  their  goods  to  Chicago, 
became  very  much  dissat lulled  with  that  mar¬ 
ket,  and  commenced  shipping  their  cheeso 
through  New  York  city  to  London.  Meanwhile, 
onterprlsing  Ohio  factories  opened  up  a  trade 
with  tho  mining  Interest  of  Lake  Superior,  reali¬ 
zing  more  pmnevon  their  sales  than  the  beat  of 
our  New  York  factories  at  tlm  market  Imre.  Tim 
Wisconsin  people  instead  of  taking  ad  vantage 
of  a  market  at  their  own  doors,  must  needs  look 
to  a  more  distant  Ideality  arid  pay  the  freight  on 
ft, DUO  miles  of  carriage.  It  is  believed  by  many, 
that  If  the  cheese  of  America,  was  properly 
distributed  over  tho  country  in  a  maimer  to 
avoid  useless  freights  and  eommlaidou!*,  our 
home  consumption  would  take  nearly  llmwkolo 
product,  and  at  better  priced  than  has  been  ob¬ 
tained  for  llm  past  two  years.  New  York  city 
will  ulwayH  bo  u  great  market  for  dairy  produce, 
I  do  not  object  to  that;  but  what  seems  to  bo 
the  growing  evil.  Is  that  dairymen  are  inclined 
to  look  upon  it  as  the  solo  outlet  for  their 
goods,  find  often  to  the  neglect  of  better  mar¬ 
kets  nearer  home, 

HOW  FARMERS  MAY  BF  BENEFITED. 

The  articles  of  our  Association  provide  for  an 
annual  Winter  meeting  at  such  place  in  tho 
State  as  the  Executive  Committee  shall  desig¬ 
nate.  And  it  has  been  suggested  that  the  next 
meeting  of  tlm  Society  be  held  at  Nome  point  in 
tlm  Statu  otljer  than  this,  and  where  dairymen 
will  manifest  suffidunt  Interest  to  bo  present  In 
largo  numbers.  There  is  afault,  pret  t  y  generally 
felt  In  the  dairy  convention*  or  this  country, 
that  the  farmers  neglect  to  bo  present  at  the 
meetings.  Tho  conventions  are  mostly  made 
up  by  cheese  manufacturer!),  and  others  who 
are  directly  or  indirectly  Interested  In  this  busl- 
npKS,  hut  who  are  not  -actually  engaged  lu  farm¬ 
ing.  Thp  consequence  Is,  that  while  the  oue 
ilk**  t I'lio  bagoraa  highly  educated  In  all  that 
pertain*  Ip  jh#  {ran ,  the  farmers  themselves, 
as  a  class,  Imvo" nor, advanced  piieport)  n 
jn  their  knowledge  of  U  buslllCv  i,  Which  t:t  redly 
of  as  much  concern  to  them  m  tlitf  otufcr  class 
named. 

Thorn  are  a  great  many  points  connected  with 
dairying  Which  it  is  desirable  that  farmers  should 
fully  understand,  that  they  may  be  abletooper- 
fttfi '  In  harmony  with  rhaasa  manufacturers, 
There  are  n  great  many  unsettled  points  con¬ 
cerning  the  best  management  of  dairy  farms, 
and  what  is  tlm  most  profitable  course  to  be 
adopted.  If  farmers  would  come  together  and 


Du.  Joseph  Gamciek,  one  of  the  oldest  and 
most  experienced  veterinary  surgeons  in 
Great  Britain,  published  last  year  a  Treatise 
on  Horse-shoeing  and  Lameness,  which  we 
desire  to  commend  to  t  he  American  public, 
or  ra  ther  to  that  portion  of  it  that  is  interested 
iu  the  comfort,  longevity  and  general  use¬ 
fulness  of  that  noblo  animal,  tlm  horse. 

Hr.  Oamgee  is  the  father  of  Dr.  John 
Gamokk,  who  haa  become  so  well  known  to 
horsemen  and  graziers  hi  tills  country  by  his 
publications  on  tho  preservation  of  meats, 
lie  was  formerly  lecturer  on  the  principles 
and  practice  of  farriery  in  tho  Veterinary 
College  of  Edinburgh,  and  enjoys  a  reputation 
among  those  best  calculated  to  judge  in  his 
own  country,  of  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
tho  theoretical  principles  of  the  art,  and  also 
a  remarkable  practical  skill  in  their  applica¬ 
tion,  which  places  him  at  the  head  of  Jus 
profession  hi  Great  Britain. 

Dr.  Gamciee,  unlike  his  compeers,  has  not 
contented  himself  witli  merely  giving  <lirc- 
tions  for  the  formation  and  setting  of  the 
shoes  upon  larno  horses,  but  lias  actually  per¬ 
formed  tho  Work  with  his  own  bauds  ;  this 
lialut  has  given  him  a  more  practical  knowl¬ 
edge  of  tho  subject  Ilian  lie  could  have  ac¬ 
quired  in  tile  usual  way  ;  aud  the  ripe  knowl¬ 
edge  which  he  1ms  thus  acquired  through  a 
long  lifet  ime  of  intelligent  practice  is  recorded 
in  ample  detail  and  in  very  perspicuous  lan¬ 
guage  hi  tho  work  before  us. 

The  portion  of  tho  work  devoted  to  a  de¬ 
scription  of  tho  form  and  function  of  tho 
foot,  besides  toeing  a  very  clear  and  concise 
treatise  on  its  anatomy  and  physiology,  is 
illustrated  by  tho  best  and  most  intelligible 
drawings  of  the  several  parts  of  the  foot  and 
of  their  relations  with  each  other  that  we 
have  ever  seen,  and  wo  believe  that  no  one 
can  rise  from  a  careful  study  of  this  portion 
of  the  work  without  having  obtained  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  whole  subject,  or 
at  least  as  thorough  a  knowledge  as  Is  attain¬ 
able  without  actual  dissection. 

The  principles  which  he  lays  down  for  pre¬ 
paring  the  foot  for  the  shoe  are  deduced  from 
what  he  has  taught  respecting  the  proper 
form  of  the  foot  with  reference  to  the  normal 
exercise  of  its  functions.  He  lays  down  no 
rigid  rules  ;  ho  only  says  that  tho  shoer  should 
have  the  trao  form  of  the  foot  clearly  fixed 
in  his  mind,  and  then  trim  the  portions  of  tho 
foot  away  which  do  not  conform  to  the  ideal 
standard. 

Here  is  a  specimen  of  his  mode  of  reason¬ 
ing  on  such  subjects : — “A  hoof  may  be  un 
inch  too  deep  at  the  heels,  or  two  inches  too 
loug  at  the  point— common  anomalous  con¬ 
ditions — occurring  singly  or  combined  ;  and 
us  the  fibers  of  the  hoof  take  an  oblique  for¬ 
ward  direction  every  port  will  be  nob  only 
that  much  deeper,  and  give  that  extent  of 
abnormal  disproportion  to  the  limb,  but  tho 
points  of  the  hoof  in  contact  with  the  ground 
or  tho  shoe  are  to  the  same  extent  in  advance 
of  their  relativo  internal  structures  ;  the  re¬ 
sult  of  this  state  of  things  is  that  parts  which 
in  their  natural  position  support  each  other 
are  so  displaced  that  co-operation  is  impossi¬ 
ble.  To  Hay  nothing  of  extreme  cases,  it  is 
very  common  to  find  the  heels  of  shoes  in  a 
position  corresponding  to  a  line  drawn  across 
the  center  of  the  foot ;  on  the  other  hand  a 
shortened  point  of  hoof,  with  or  without 
wrong  interference  with  the  heels,  alters  the 
degree  of  obliquity  of  the  whole  limb,  and 
liUuinisheH  the  power  and  possible  rate  of 
speed  of  an  animal  from  the  instunt  such  a 
state  of  things  is  produced.  Ono  of  the  first 
signs  of  this  occurrence  in  zt  young  home  of 
a  high  cast  Is  a  swelling  of  the  back  sinews 
below  fho  knee,  and  it  is  that  enlargement 
and  not  the  foot  which  attracts  attention. 
Here  is  a  condition  marking  one  of  the  early 


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industrial  Societies 


ears,  small,  soft  and  stand  erect  while  young, 
but  coming  down  somewhat  as  they  get  age  ; 
carcass,  long,  broad,  straight  and  deep  ;  ham, 
heavy  and  well  let  down  ;  bone,  fine  ;  carcass, 
when  fat,  composed  mostly  of  lard  ;  hair,  or¬ 
dinarily  rather  thin.  The  fattening  qualities 
being  very  superior ;  as  breeders  they  are 
very  prolific  and  are  fair  nurses. 

L.  T.  Clark,  i 

M.  H.,  Outer.  -  Committee. 

C.  P.  Fletcher,  I 


American  Pomologies!  Society,  to  whom  we 
showed  this  new  and  promising  fruit.  Mr. 
Elliott  agreed  with  us  that  it  was  a  most 
excellent  pear,  but  said  that  he  thought  Da 
na’s  Hovey  was  better. 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 


PEAE8  AT  NORFOLK,  VA 


The  Horticulturist,  whose  Editor  has  vis¬ 
ited  Mr.  Leighton,  and  who  is  testing  sixty 
varieties  of  pears,  publishes  the  following 
notes  on  varieties  found  In  his  orchard  as  fol¬ 
lows: 

Clapp’ v  Favorite.. — This  Ls  really  one  of  the 
handsomest  trees  on  the  place;  leaves  quite 
healthy;  branches  stout  and  vigorous.  The 
pear  is  exceedingly  pretty;  very  early,  fully 
ten  days  before  the  Bartlett,  good  size,  hand¬ 
some  shape,  red  cheek,  and  more  uniform 
in  outline  and  size  than  the  Bartlett.  He 
thinks  it  the  most  profitable  early  pear  we 
have.  Has  no  trouble  with  rotting,  for  the 
pear  is  picket!  while  yet  hard,  and  before 
ripe,  and  permitted  to  color  up  in  the  house 
or  on  the  way  to  market.  The  standard  trees 
are  much  slower  in  coming  into  bearing  than 
the  dwarfs,  which  begin  at  a  very  early  date, 
and  are  quite  productive.  He  says  it  is  the 
handsomest  pear  he  ever  saw\  It  is  a  singu¬ 
lar  criticism  oil  the  tastes  of  New  York  buy¬ 
ers,  that  when  sent  to  New  Y ork  it  brought 
less  than  half  the  price  of  the  Bartlett, 
or  *5  for  former  per  bushel  against  $1 1  for 
the  latter.  He  thinks  it  little  ubo  to  plant 
any  market  pear  ripening  earlier  than  this. 

The  Souvenir  du  Conyres  is  a  very  fine 
grower;  as  good  in  this  respect  ns  the  Barb 
loti,  also  ten  days  earlier;  has  a  handsome 
Carmine  cheek  and  a  very  large  size.  Trees 
not  yet  fruited  enough  to  determine  their 
productiveness,  but  has  hopes  that  it  will 
prove  as  fine  an  early  Summer  pear  as  the 
Clapp’s  Favorite. 

The  Mount  Vernon  is  represented  in  one 
handsome  tree,  three  years  old;  very  thrifty; 
hardy';  perfects  its  wood  well;  holds  it  leaves 
in  hottest  snn, 

fieurre  Superjin ,  as  a  dwarf,  is  quite  pro¬ 
ductive,  and  has  a  sprightly  champagne  flavor 
with  spicy  acid  t  aste,  which,  together  wit  h  its 
handsome  form,  will  make  it  valuable.  He 
enjoys  it  as  a  pear  to  eat,  as  more  refreshing 
thim  any  pear  on  the  place,  Ripens  at  same 
time  as  the  Bart  lett. 

Jieurre  d’ Anjou  is  moderately  productive; 
throe  trees,  five  yrears  old,  bore  but  1)4  Bush¬ 
els;  considered  not  more  profitable  than  the 
Duchessc, 

Oabaml’s  Summer  produce  very  well;  is 
ten  days  ahead  of  the  Bartlett;  not  prepos¬ 
sessing  in  appearance,  nor  better  than  the 
Clapp’s  Favorite  or  Doyenne  d’Ete. 

BloO&good — Thrifty  grower;  only  second 
rate  in  productiveness;  flavor  sweet  and  ex¬ 
cellent,  but  fruit  is  hard,  and  does  not  ripen 
well 

Dcurre  Clairycuu— Handsome  color;  pears 
hang  on  well  with  him;  quality  only  medium; 
would  not  risk  it  as  a  market  pear  over  some 
others. 

Doyenne  d’Ete— Has  shipped  them  as  early 
as  the  34th  of  Juno.  It  reddens  up  very  hand¬ 
somely;  quality  line;  fruit  small,  about  the 
size  of  hu  ge  walnut  with  the  green  shell  on. 

Nouveau  Forleau  —  Not  productive,  al¬ 
though  the  tree  is  u  vigorous  grower. 

Jieurre  Hardy-  -Pears  dried  upon  the  tree; 
loses  its  leaves  early;  condemned. 

Lawrence — Very  handsome  grower;  Hardy; 
thrifty;  healthy ;  looks  best  of  the  late  varie¬ 
ties. 

One  principle  is  stated  by  Mr.  Leighton 
with  distinctness:  “  That  it  is  no  use  to  grow 
a  pear  of  one  variety,  if  you  can  put  in  its  place 
a  tree  of  any  other  variety,  which  will  yield 
more  money.”  So  he  is  constantly  clearing 
out  new  varieties  which  do  not  do  well,  and 
we  notice  that  the  duplicates  he  puts  in  their 
place  are  Bartlett  or  Duehesse. 


Ohio  Agricultural  Convention.— The  Annual 
Convention  of  delegates  from  county  agricul¬ 
tural  societies,  In  connection  with  the  Ohio 
State  Board  of  Agriculture,  was  held  in  the  Sen¬ 
ate  room  of  the  Capitol,  at  Columbus,  on  Wed¬ 
nesday,  I  he  8tli  of  January.  About  seventy 
counties  were  represented  in  the  Convention. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer  showed  that  the 
Board  has  been  consuming  Its  capital  until 
there  now  remains  n  surplus  of  only  about.  $4,000 
“to  go  and  come  on  ”  until  the  next  State  fair. 

The  exercises  of  the  Convention  proceeded 
with  the  reading  of  papers,  as  follows : 

By  John  II.  Klippart — On  the  Culture  nf  Fish 
in  the  inland  waters  of  the  State  a*  an  economic 
article  of  food. 

By  Dr.  John  A.  Warder— On  the  Culture  of 
Forest  Trees,  in  which  he  urged  the  planting  of 
hill  sides  and  other  rough  lauds  with  timber 
trees. 

By  S.  D.  Harris— On  Agricultural  Fairs,  in 
which  he  spoke  favorably  of  the  more  perma¬ 
nent  exposition  system,  like  those  of  the  Amer¬ 
ican  Institute,  the  Cincinnati,  Louisville,  and 
Memphis  Expositions,  urging  the  policy  and 
necessity  of  locating  the  Ohio  State  Fair  at 
Columbus  on  a  like  basis,  and  the  adoption  of 
the  same  system  by  the  Northern  Ohio  Fair 
Association  at  Cleveland. 

By  George  W.  Campbell  and  G.  8.  Innls— On 
the  Culture  and  New  Varieties  of  Potatoes,  in 
which  these  two  very  practical  gentlemen  gave 
much  valuable  Information. 

.  1  in  the  Recognition  of  Agri¬ 

cultural  Societies  by  the  State,  with  reference  to 
desired  action  by  tbe  approaching  Constitu¬ 
tional  <  onventlon  of  Ohio,  In  order  to  secure 
certain  privileges  and  emoluments  for  the  State 
Board  of  Agriculture. 

The  following  resolution*  were  offered  bv  John 
M.  MllUkln : 

Resolved.  That  the  Legislature  of  Ohio  be  re¬ 
quested  to  enact  such  laws  as  shall  limit  the 
rates  of  fare  for  passengers  and  the  charges  for 
the  transportation  of  property  on  the  railroads 
of  the  State,  as  well  ns  to  protect  travelers  and 
shippers  from  discrimination  and  oppressive 
charges. 

Raudved,  That  this  Convention,  approving  the 
principles  of  the  bill  introduced  into  tbe  Con¬ 
gress  of  the  United  States  by  the  Hon.  Samuel 
Shcllalmrger  of  Ohio  to  amend  an  act  entitled 
“An  act  to  facilitate  commercial,  postal,  and 
military  communication  among  the  several 
States,  and  approved  July  15,  JStlo, *'  do  respect¬ 
fully  ask  Congress  to  enact  such  bill  Into  a  law 
before  the  termination  of  the  present  session. 
[The object  of  Sheliabarger’a  bill  i«  to  prevent 
discriminations  In  passenger  and  freight  traffic.] 
The  adoption  of  these  resolutions  was  ably 
advocated  by  1  lie  mover  and  several  other  gen¬ 
tlemen,  suid  the  vote  was  unanimous  and  de¬ 
cisive  In  their  favor,  after  which  a  committee 
was  appointed  to  bring  I  he  sobiect  before  the 
approaching  State  Constitutional  Convention. 

A  resolution  was  adopted  in  favor  of  legisla¬ 
tion  against  the  trespass  of  hunters  upon  private 
lands. 

At  an  election  to  fill  the  vacancy  occasioned 
by  the  retiring  of  five  members  of  the  State 
Board,  four  or  the  five  retiring  members  were 
re-elected,  and  Mr.  J.  C.  Stevens  elected  as  a  new 

III  Mile 

The  new  Board  was  organized,  and  stands  as 
follows : 

PrerUlentr- L.  G.  Iiklano  of  ltoi-s  Co.  Treas¬ 
urer  Simpson  H&rmount,  Tuscarawas.  Other 
members  of  the  Board  are :  D.  <’.  Richmond, 
Erie  Co.;  R.  1’.  Cannon,  Portage;  J.  B.  Jamison, 
Harrison ;  1,.  B.  Sprague,  Clarke ;  John  A. 
Warder,  Hamilton :  W.  S.  Qlckoy  Itichland; 
B.  W.  Carlisle,  Fairfield;  J.  C.  Stevens,  Hardin. 

J.  H.  Klippart  and  H.  S.  Babbitt  were  re¬ 
elected  as  Secretaries. 

The  time  of  holding  the  next  State  Fair  was 
fixed  for  the  first  week  In  September,  and  the 
place  is  Mansfield,  on  t  he  grounds  occupied  for 
the  same  purpose  last  year.  H.  n.  h. 

Michigan  fciuit;  Dairymen's  Association. — The 
Annual  Convention  of  ihe  Michigan  State  Dairy¬ 
men’s  Association  will  be  held  ai  Adrian,  Mich., 
Feb.  13  and 33, 1873,  The  Executive  Committee 
have  fixed  upon  the  following  |  irograrame  for  the 
meeting  v 

Ib  there  danger  of  dairying  in  America  being 
too  largely  extended  and  increased;  airing  and 
cooling  milk  ;  Sunday  cheese-making;  delivery 
of  milk  once  or  twice  a  day;  manner  and  time 
of  marketing ;  requirements  of  dilfcrent  cheese 
markets;  the  best  method  of  determining  qual¬ 
ity  and  adjusting  the  different  grade*  of  milk; 
best  method  of  disposing  of  whey  at  factories ; 
what  grass  produces  the  moat  and  best  milk. 
Hon.  X.  A.  Willard  of  the  Him  a  i.  New-  Yorker 
will  deliver  the  Annual  Address.  Other  able 
speakers  are  also  expected  to  address  the  Con¬ 
vention.  Jay  Hoag,  ftec. 

Northern  Ohio  Pair  Association. — The  annual 
meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Nort  hern 
Ohio  Pair  Association  was  hold  at  their  rooms 
in  Cleveland  uu  the  Util  of  January,  George  A. 
Baker  was  ducted  Chairman  of  the  meeting, 
and  Col.  B.D.  Harris  Secretary,  The  Treasurer  s 
report  show  ed  the  cost  of  property  on  hand  in 
real  estate  and  Improvements  at  nearly  $200,000, 
while,  by  the  rise  In  value  of  the  real  estat  e,  the 
actual  capital  ls  about  a  quarter  of  a  million 
dollars.  Tim  (Stockholders  proceeded  to  fill  va¬ 
cancies  in  the  Board  of  Directors,  occasioned 
by  the  retiring  of  members  whose  terms  of  office 
had  expired. 

The  next  annual  exhibition  is  to  be  held  in 
the  third  week  In  September  on  the  grounds  of 
the  Association  at  Cleveland.  S.  n.  H. 

Guuutiiuu  Dairymen'*  Association. — Tin) Cana¬ 
dian  Dairymen's  Association  holds  its  Annual 
Convention  at  Ingersoll,  Ontario,  Feb.  5  and  6, 
1818.  X,  A.  Willard  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
delivers  the  Annual  Address,  Pro f.  Caldwell  of 
Cornell  C  Diversity  has  also  been  engaged  to 
give  an  address.  Tim  meeting  promises  to  be  of 
great  Interest  and  to  be  very  largely  attended 
from  all  parts  of  Canada. 

Kansas  State  Horticultural  Society .  — The 

following  are  the  names  of  the  officers  elect  for 
1873 :  Pr  os'!- Dr.  Wm.  M.  IIowslky,  Leaven¬ 
worth;  Vicc-Pres't — W.  Wells,  Manhattan; 
Trcm.—G.  V.  Johnson,  Lawrence ;  Sec.  G.  C. 
Brackett;  E.r.  Board  E.  Gale,  Manhattan;  F. 
Wellboure,  Leavenworth  ;  B.  L.  Kingsbury, 
Burlington. 

Illinois  Fanner*'  Conventions  are  to  be  held 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Illinois  Industrial 
University  as  follows:— At  Peoria,  Jan.  20-23; 
at  Jacksonville,  Jan.  21-24;  at  Puna,  Jan.  27-30; 
at  Greenville,  Jan.  28-31;  at  Gilmore,  Feb.  4-7; 
at  Belviderc,  Feb.  10-13.  Prominent  agricultur¬ 
ists  and  educators  are  to  deliver  addresses  ou 
appropriate  topics. 


THE  GUAVA  IN  THE  BOUTH 


Edmund  H.  Hart,  Federal  Point,  Fla., 
says  that  by  training  tills  plant  or  tree  in 
bush  form,  so  that  the  branches  may  be  bent 
down  and  covered  during  Winter,  it  may  be 
successfully  raised  out  of  doors  far  above  the 
t  ropics — in  fact  in  either  of  the  Gulf  States, 
and  even  further  North.  It  will  withstand, 
uninjured,  any  degree  of  temperature  down 


BLIND  STAGGERS  IN  PIGS. 

Prop.  Law,  of  Cornell  University,  recom¬ 
mends  the  following  treatment  of  this  dis¬ 
ease: — When  a  hog  is  attacked,  dash  buckets 


BERKSHIRES  AND  CHESTER  WHITES 


The  Wostera  Agriculturist  says: — “John 
Britton  says  he  has  tried  a  cross  between  a 
Berkshire  boar  and  a  Chester  sow,  and  is  dis¬ 
gusted  with  the  result.  He  is  getting  rid  of 
the  progeny  as  fast  as  possible,  and  will  have 
no  more  of  it.  He  regards  the  pure  Berkshire 
us  the  best  hog  in  the  country.  They  will 
fatten  where  the  Chester  Whites  will  hardly 
keep  in  working  order.  This  is  the  experience 
of  all  who  have  tried  to  cross  these  two 
breeds.  Separately  they  are  both  good 
breeds,  but  together  tliey  are  a  failure.” 


CANNED  CALIFORNIA  PEARS 


Canned  Bartlett  pears  are  arriving  in  this 
market.  They  find  ready  sale  and  we  doubt 
not  (though  we  have  not  the  figures  at  which 
they  sell,  since  they  are  bought  by  jobbers)  it 
is  the  most  profitable  and  least  risky  mode  of 
sendiug  such  fruit  to  this  market  from  Cali¬ 
fornia,  if  they  are  properly  canned.  We  will 
endeavor  to  be  more  specific  as  to  figures,  if 
we  can  get  the  necessary  facts. 


MILLER’S  DAILY  RASPBERRY 


®hc  (harden 


The  Horticulturist  t  alks  of  a  new  rasp¬ 
berry  under  the  above  name,  the  fruit  of 
which  is  said  to  bo  as  largo  as  the  Miami  and 
of  higher  quality  Ilian  t  hat  or  the  Doolittle. 
It  is  said  to  have  originated  in  Southern  Ohio, 
where  a  man  named  Isaac  Miller  found  it 
growing  wild  by  the  side  of  an  old  stump  in 
one  of  his  fields.  It  is  said  to  be  as  hardy  as 
the  Doolittle  or  any  other  variety. 


FRENCH  SYSTEM  OF  MAKING  HOT-BEDS, 


The  French  do  not  make  up  a  bed  for  a  sin¬ 
gle  frame  or  a  range  of  frames,  but  the  com¬ 
mercial  gardeners  collect  a  large  quantity 
of  material— manure,  garden  refuse,  weeds, 
etc.,  and  having  mixed  and  left  it  to  ferment  a 
time,  as  soon  os  it  is  in  a  fit  state,  they  form 
it  iuto  one  large  bed,' twenty  to  fifty  feet 
square,  and  then  cover  it  with  frames,  just 
leaving  sufficient  room  between  each  range  of 
frames  to  get  between  them  to  perform  the 
necessary  work  of  cultivation.  The  beds  are 
made  of  the  depth  necessary  to  give  the  de¬ 
sired  temperature,  three  to  four  feet,  and 
they  present  the  following  advantages : — 1st, 
a  large  mass  of  fermenting  material  in  a  state 
of  slow  decomposition  :  2d,  a  very  small  space 
exposed  to  the  cooling  effect#  of  atmospheric 
changes,  merely  the  pathway  between  the 
frames ;  and,  3d,  economy  of  material,  inas¬ 
much  as  the  dung  necessary  for  a  two-light 
frame  with  us,  would  bosullicieut  for  a  three- 
light  one  ou  the  French  plan.  The  drawback 
is  that  of  inability  to  replenish  the  heat  when 
the  first  supply  becomes  exhausted,  and  no 
linings  can  be  applied.  Still,  as  a  means  of 
growing  a  Summer  crop  the  plan  Ls  worth  fol¬ 
lowing,  especially  for  market  purposes.  A 
bed  twelve  feet  wide  might  be  made  facing 
East  and  West ;  upon  this  two  ranges  of 
frames  might  lie  fixed  buck  to  back  and  close 
together,  and  upon  such  a  bed  it  is  fair  to  in¬ 
fer  crops  of  either  Cucumbers  or  Melons,  or 
in  fact  any  other  crop  requiring  bottom  heat, 
might  be  grown  with  a  certainty  of  success, 


THE  READING  PEAR 


ANOTHER  NEW  PEAR 


Since  noticing  the  new  pear  sent  us  by  J. 
II.  Lasher,  Germantown,  Pa.,  ou  page  12, 
Jan.  4,  we  have  received  perfect  specimens 
which  enables  us  to  give  a  description  of  the 
same,  as  well  as  t  est  its  quality.  'The  accom¬ 
panying  illustration  was  taken  from  a  medi¬ 
um-sized,  and  apparently  an  average  speci¬ 
men,  which  we  describe  as  follows  : — Medium 
in  size,  regular  pyriform,  skin  beautiful,  yel¬ 
lowish  bronze,  with  scattered  whitish  dots ; 
stalk  slender,  short,  slightly  curved,  Inverted 
upon  the  side  as  shown  ;  calyx  closed  ;  basin 
rather  deep  and  narrow' ;  flesh  melting,  sweet, 
perfumed  and  very  good,  closely  approaching 
the  Seckel,  which  Mr.  Lasher  says  is  its  pa¬ 
rent.  We  consider  this  one  of  the  best  fla¬ 
vored  winter  pears  that  we  have  seen,  and 
well  worthy  of  propagation. 

Since  writing  the  above,  we  have  been  fa¬ 
vored  with  a  call  from  F.  R.  Elliott,  the 
veteran  Pomologist,  and  Secretary  of  the 


ESSEX  SWINE 


The  following  is  the  report  of  the  Comuiit- 
tee  on  Essex  Swine,  made  to  the  Nat  ional 
Convention  of  Swine  Breeders  at  Indianapolis. 
It  will  answer  several  questions  on  hand  con¬ 
cerning  the  peculiarities  of  this  breed  : — The 
Essex  is  a  black  hog  originating  in  the  South 
of  England.  They  are  small  to  medium  in 
size,  and  are  extensively  used  in  England  to 
cross  ou  the  large,  coarse  Bwine,  to  improve 
their  fattening  qualities. 

The  best  specimens  may'  be  known  as  fol¬ 
lows  :— Color,  black  ;  face,  short  and  dishing; 


SUbcriatlturat 

O  L 


not  determine  the  species  without  a  better 
specimen  ;  No.  t,  SoUdago — poor  specimen  ; 
No.  5,  another  Aster,  but  flowers  ami  leaves 
incomplete  ;  No.  (5,  Matrix ;  No.  7,  Argcra- 
tum;  No.  8,  Clirysopsis ;  No.  9,  Aster,  but 
all  too  poor  specimens  to  make  out  the  spe¬ 
cies  ;  No.  10,  Monotropch  Unijlorn,  or  Indian- 
Pipe  ;  Nos.  11  anil  19  we  cannot  make  out. 


the  sickliest  specimen  T  ever  saw — pale,  rag¬ 
ged  and  odorless! 

I  feel  inclined  to  boast  of  our  Zinnias.  W c 
have  twenty-three  shades  this  year,  from 
purest  white  to  deep,  dark  red.  There  are 
two  or  three  the  result  of  hybridization.  One 
is  magenta,  globular  shaped,  and  the  petals 
all  regularly  curled,  giving  the  bloom  a  very 
beautiful  and  striking  appearance.  Another 
of  pyramidal  form,  has  the  outside  half  of 
dark,  greenish  salmon,  while  the  center  is  a 
bright  pink.  No  annual  gives  a  better  return 
for  good  culture  than  the  Zinnia. 

I  wish  every  one  who  cultivates  flowers 


PEACH  ORCHARD  EXPERIENCE 


PAULLIN1A  THALICTRIFOLIA 


This  plant  (herewith  illustrated)  is  a  native 
of  Brazil,  and  belongs  to  the  order  Sptnda- 
cece.  Some  of  the  members  of  this  genus  arc 
possessed  of  peculiar  properties  ;  for  instance 
the  seeds  of  the  Gunrana  (P.  xorbilis)  are 
pounded  into  hard  cukes  and  become  an  im¬ 
portant  article  in  trade,  being  used  hi  the 
preparation  of  a  cooling  drink,  and  distribu¬ 
ted  all  over  the  Brazils  under 
the  name  of  Pao  de  Guara- 
na.  The  active  property  is 
called  guaranine,  and  is  said 
to  be  exactly  similar  to  the 
tlieine  of  the  Chinese  tea. 

As  will  lxs  seen  by  the  fig¬ 
ure,  Paullinia  threUctri folia 
is  a  very  elegant  plant ;  its 
leaves  are  beautifully  divi¬ 
ded,  reminding  one  of  a 
very  finely-cut.  Maiden-bair  * 

Fern  ;  in  a  young  state  they 
are  suffused  with  a  charm-  cgfSjjg 

ing  tint  of  rosy  pink,  which  ? 

changes  with  age  to  a  rich,  ^2-2/ 

bright  green.  The  young 
shoots  will  form  a  splendid  j 

addition  to  the  available  ob-  AA. 

jects  for  table  decoration.. 
and  may  be  used  with  ad- 
vf?ntage  for  twining  about 
the  stem  of  a  large  vase  or 
epergno,  or  for  forming  an  /v  ['■  «  Mr 
arch  over  the  dinner  table.  4r  V 

The  fact  of  their  lasting  for  ffify 
a  very  long  time  after  being  /WfJ 
cut  will  considerably  en-  AK 
hancc  their  value  for  pur-  m 
poses  of  this  description,  w 
Looking  at  the  plant,  how¬ 
ever,  with  a  gardener’s  eye, 
we  shall  find  that  it  is  of 
somewhat  scandont  habit, 
and  that  it  may  be  used  with 
advantage  for  covering  a 
pillar  or  trellis,  or  for  train¬ 
ing  up  a  rafter  in  the  plant 
stove  ;  it  may  also  be  grown 
into  a  bushy  specimen,  and 
thus  managed  will  be  found 
a  most  effective  object  either 
for  home  decoration  or  pub¬ 
lic  exhibition. 

This  species  is  one  of  the  new  plants  dis¬ 
tributed  to  the  public  by  Messers.  Veitcli 
Sons,  of  Chelsea,  for  the  first  time  this  season. 

Paullinia  thalietrifolia  requires  the  tem¬ 
perature  of  a  stove,  and  should  be  potted  in  a 
mixture  of  about  two  parts  light  loam,  one 
part  pea1s  and  one  of  good  leaf  mold,  adding 
enough  sharp  sand  to  make  the  whole  feel 
gritty  when  taken  in  t  he  hand.  As  a  plant  to 
be  cut  for  bouquets,  or  to  be  grown  into  lit¬ 
tle  specimens  for  the  decoration  of  apartments 
or  for  the  exhibition  tent,  it  is  scarcely  possi¬ 
ble  to  find  a  more  effective  and  pleasing  sub¬ 
ject,  and  I  strongly  recommend  it  to  all  whom 
it  may  concern. — Experto  Crede,  in  London 
Cottage  Gardener. 


IMPORTING  JAPAN  CAMELLIAS 


THE  Practical  Farmer  says  ;  — “Eugene  M. 
Van  Reed,  a  native  of  Berks  Co.,  Pa.,  but 
for  many  years  a  resident  of  Japan,  has  for- 


F^AXJL.H.IlsrXA.  TP 

would  try  the  blue  Phacelia.  It  is  a  perfect 
little,  treasure.  Agcratum  is  one  of  the 
“  lessor  lights,”  that  needs  only  to  bo  known 
to  bo  prized;  but  in  our  West  Virginia  hills 
we  do  not  need  to  cultivate  it,  as  it  grows 
wild  in  abundance. 

Stocks,  Asters,  Phlox  and  the  beautiful 
double  Portulacas,  have  done  well  in  defiance 
of  the  drouth.  I  have  never  raised  a  flower 
that  endures  hot,  dry  weather  better  than 
Portulacas. 

Why  is  it,  that  Everlastings  are  so  neglect¬ 
ed  ?  Every  few  days  some  one  has  to  bo  as¬ 
tonished  and  enlightened  by  the  “fadeless 
flowers”  that  adorn  our  vases.  Then  the 
seed-tops  of  our  common  wild  grasses  are  so 
beautiful,  if  gathered  and  dried  in  the  shade. 
Tastefully  arranged  in  connection  with  the 
many  kinds  of  wild  berries,  they  form  orna¬ 
ments  far  more  attractive  and  easily  made 
and  preserved  than  the  hosts  of  badly-made, 
burr-bug-stick-and-glue-things  that  are  be¬ 
ginning  to  swarm  upon  us. 

Rose  Geranium. 


DOUBLE-WHITE  MORNING  GLORY 


This  Summer  we  had  a.  Morning  Glory  of 
the  most  exquisite  pearly-white  color  and 
very  double.  A  re  they  usual  ?  I  have  seen 
a  semi-doubl©  one  advertised  in  floral  cata¬ 
logues,  but  I  think  it  is  not  the  common  an¬ 
nual  species.  -Rose  Geranium. 

We  have  never  seen  a  perfectly  double 
Morning  Glory  of  the  annual  species,  and  re¬ 
gret  Hint  you  did  not  send  us  a  flower.  We 
hope  you  and  all  other  readers  of  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  will  remember  that  we  sliall 
always  lie  pleased  to  receive  novelties  of  this 
kind.  Do  not  wait  until  it  is  too  late,  and 
then  excite  our  curiosity  by  telling  us  wliat 
you  have  had  or  seen. 


OUR  ANNUALS, 


Last  summer  we  cultivated  a  great  many 
varieties  of  annuals  for  the  purpose  of  testing 
their  merits  and  making  permanent  additions 
to  our  list  of  old  favorites.  Among  the 
“novelties”  that  foiled  to  find  favor  in  my 
eyes  were  the  Treo  Mignonettes.  There  is 
some  beauty  in  the  foliage,  but  not  sufficient 
to  recommend  it  for  culture.  I  had  expected 
something  exquisite  in  Erysimum,  but  was 
exquisitely  disappointed;  however,  it  is  good 
for  variety,  and  much  better  than  some  of 
its  rivals. 

Salpiglossis,  though  very  pretty,  was 
1  iardly  equal  to  my  expectations.  It  flowered 
tolerably  well  in  the  open  air,  but  is  rather 
too  tender  for  constant  exposure.  We  shel¬ 
tered  onr.s  from  the  hottest  suns  and  hardest 
rains.  It  produces  seed  freely. 

Nicatlna  nlctifoUa  is  useless  as  a  foliage 
plant,  whore  the  catalogues  advertise  it,  but 
its  creamy-white,  trumpet  -  shaped  flowers, 
five  inches  long,  are  beautiful.  I  did  not  ap¬ 
preciate  their  worth  until  I  mixed  them  in  a 
bouquet  of  others  flowers.  Romo  way  they 
contrived  to  be  seen  without  annihilating 
their  neighbors. 

If  any  one  has  a  good  old  primrose,  I  ad¬ 
vise  them  to  he  careful  about  sacrificing  it. 
Last  spring  I  planted  the  seeds  of  a  new-fan¬ 
gled,  high-priced  dwarf  sort,  and  lest  its  cul¬ 
tivated  maimers  be  corrupted  by  communica¬ 
tion  with  its  neighbors,  l  put  myself  to  much 
trouble  to  exterminate  them.  When  my  new 
one  condescended  to  blossom,  it  was  about 


BLUE  MOUNTAIN  TEA 


From  Tower  Hill,  Schuylkill  Co.,  Pa.,  there 
recently  arrived  in  the  market  of  a  Pennsyl¬ 
vania  town  thirteen  boles  of  what  is  known 
as  Blue  Mountain  Tea,  weighing  1,920  pounds. 
This  tea  is  composed  of  the  leaves  of  the 
Sweet  Golden  Rod,  or  Solidayo  odora,  which 
is  gathered  in  largo  quantities  on  the  Blue 
Mountains.  The  tea  matures  in  the  latter 
part  of  September,  and  is  gathered  until  late 
in  the  month  of  October.  It  is  then  cured 
and  put  up  in  packages,  selling  on  the  moun¬ 
tains  at  from  20  to  30  cents  per  pound,  but 
retailing  readily  in  towns  and  villages  at  $1 
per  pound.  The  tea  has  a  very  pleasant, 
aromatic  flavor,  and  is  held  by  many  persons 
in  great  esteem. 


MEOMORDICA  VINE 


We  cultivated  this  vine  for  the  first  time 
this  Summer.  I  havo  never  seen  anything 
quite  so  luxuriant,  and  its  foliage  is  very 
graceful,  having  none  of  the  stiffness  and 
coarseness  usual  to  large  vines.  The  only 
difficulty  its  cultivators  will  havo  is  to  pro¬ 
vide  it  with  the  necessary  amount  of  ladder, 
as  nothing  short  of  the  one  seen  iii  Jacob’s 
vision  seems  quite  adequate  to  its  demands. 
It  produces  its  singular  fruit  in  abundance. 

Rose  Geranium. 


IMPROVING  GERANIUMS, 


I  have  made  an  improvement  on  the  Mrs. 
Pollock  Geranium,  by  propagating  it  from 
cuttings  in  this  way: — l  do  not  allow  any 
bloom  for  some,  four  or  six  weeks  before  I 
take  off  cuttings  ;  then  the  color  of  the  blos¬ 
soms,  which  are  scarlet,  enters  the  leaves 
and  colors  them  a  deeper  red,  and  I  find  my 
geranium  has  improved  very  much  in  foliage. 

Monroe,  Mass.  A,  p. 


PLANTS  FROM  ALABAMA 


The  plants  sent  by  “Southern  Girl,”  Car¬ 
rollton,  Ala.,  were  not  all  in  a  condition  that 
would  enable  us  to  name  them  with  any  de¬ 
gree  of  certainty,  as  most  of  them  are  badly 
broken,  and  of  some  there  were  neither  fruit 
nor  flowers.  No.  1  is  Lobelia  puberula ;  No. 
2,  Gerard  in  tenufolin ;  No.  3,  Aster,  bateau- 


©ORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKEB 


JAN.  2S 


of  a  Utoralist. 


DAILY  RUEAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Centleman  near  Newi 
York  City. 


HIBERNATION  OF  INSECTS. 

Jan.  8. — In  gathering  a  few  chrysalids  of 
the  small  white  cabbage  butterfly  (Pterin  ra>- 
jhf)  {vom  the  side  of  my  barn  to^lay,  I  could 
not  avoid  being  led  into  a  train  of  thought 
regarding  the  hibernation  of  insects.  The 
worms  which  only  a  few  weeks  since  were 
feeding  upon  my  cabbages,  have,  through 
their  natural  transformations,  become  small, 
whitish  chrysalids,  each  carefully  fastened 
with  a  silk  thread  to  the  side  of  some  board. 
Stick  or  weed,  where  they  withstand  all  the 
changes  in  the  weather  unharmed.  This 
morning  the  thermometer  marked  two  below 
zero,  and  my  little  chrysalids  were  frozen  so 
hurd  that  they  would  break  as  readily  as  a 
pioce  of  glass ;  but  the  warm  sun  shining 
upon  the  side  of  the  barn  soon  thawed  them 
out,  and  if  touched  they  wriggled  about,  and 
showed  signs  of  life.  At  night  they  will 
again  be  frozen,  and  so  on  until  Spring,  the 
alternate  freezing  and  thawing  neither  injur¬ 
ing  nor  destroying  life. 

But  in  the  common  acceptation  of  tin*  term 
t  his  passing  the  winter  in  the  chrysalis  state  j 
is  not  hibernation,  and  1  only  mention  this 
instance  to  show  the  wonderful  tenacity  of 
life  hi  such  minute  creatures.  We  have, 
however,  several  species  of  butterflies  and 
mollis  that  hibernate  in  their  perfect,  or  im¬ 
ago  state,  passing  the  long,  dreary  Winter  in 
some  crevice  of  rock,  under  the  loose  bark  of 
a  tree  or  old  log,  coming  out  in  the  Spring 
unharmed  by  their  long,  and  apparently  un¬ 
comfortable,  rest.  Every  one  must  have 
found  the  little  lady-birds  concealed  in  | 
mauve  nests,  in  the  old  and  withered  grass' 
in  winter ;  also  our  Nort  hern  squash  beetle, 
(Epiladma  noreaUs,  Thunk.)  hid  away  in  old, 
dry,  and  half -rotted  trees.  The  common 
squash  or  stinking  bug  (Core.ua  Matte,)  can 
also  be  found  around  the  bams,  and  other 
out-buildings,  almost  any  day  in  winter.  If 
we  go  into  the  fields  during  a  thaw  and  turn 
over  fist  stones  or  old  logs  we  find  many  spe 
cies  of  beetles  that  must  have  been  somewhat 
chilly  if  not  frozen  solid  during  the  coldest 
weather.  Most  of  these  insects  sought,  t  heir 
hihamaoula  during  the  warm  (lays  of  Au¬ 
tumn,  and  as  they  lay  up  no  food  to  e«t,  it  is  \ 
quite  evident  theirs  is  a  long  fast. 

The  positions  in  which  different  insects 
place  themselves  in  their  Winter  homes  is 
also  wort  hy  of  study.  Many  of  the  Carabuiu-  1 
cling  to  the  under  side  of  stone  with  their  J 
backs  downward,  and  when  we  suddenly  un-  * 
cover  them  in  cold  weather  we  find  them  ly-  * 
ing  on  their  backs.  Others  rest  in  a  natural 
position,  with  their  feet  downward,  while 
those  with  long,  slender  bodies  and  short,  1 
abortive  wing-covers  (elytra),  like  the  rove  * 
beetles,  coil  themselves  up.  Again  we  flud 
other  species  congregating  together,  appar-  " 
ently  for  the  sake  of  company  or  for  mutual 
protection.  I  have  found  this  to  be  particu¬ 
larly  the  case,  with  various  species  of  the 
Uarpglux  and  Bi-nchinua ,  among  what  are  ~ 
termed  ground  beetles,  while  the  same  thing 
occurs  among  the  Tcnebrionida,  which  are 
found  in  old,  half-decayed  wood.  Many  of 
the  eurculios  hibernate,  and  T  have  frequently  c 
found  t  no  corn  eurculio  (Sph cnopliorua  Zta—  p 
Walsh)  assembled  under  loose  sods  and  soft.,  o 
flat  stones  ;  but  whether  this  was  merely  a 
accidental,  or  for  the  sake  of  company,  of  v 
course  1  do  not  pretend  to  know.  During  the  ^ 
coldest  weather  the  animal  function  must  d 
cease,  and  these  insects  neither  breathe  nor  G 
have  need  of  air,  consequently  their  henneti-  ^ 
cally  sealed  prison  of  snow  and  ice  is  not  an  ^ 
uncomfortable  abode.  je 

A  few  warm  days  in  Winter  may  awake  j* 
them,  but  they  are  too  wise  to  leave  their  re¬ 
treat  until  the  proper  season  arrives,  or,  to 
put  the  thing  upon  a  practical  basis,  until 
their  natural  food  is  to  be  procured.  Those  dt 
that  feed  upon  grass  and  roots  will  appear  a  iv 
month  before  those  that  feed  upon  the  leaves  tr 
of  deciduous  trees  and  shrubs.  Everything  Tl 
natural  seems  to  move  along  smoothly  and  ‘u 
harmoniously,  and  it  is  only  when  man  puts  10 
liis  oar  in  that  the  good  old  ship  runs  upon  w 
the  rocks  and  is  lost  among  the  breakers,  car-  'v 
ried  there  in  the  fog  of  theories. 


j  have  them  nearer  together.  But  when  the 
fire  insurance  agent  comes  around,  lie  says 
:  they  are  not  one  foot  too  far  apart  to  insure 
=  safety  in  case  of  fire,  and  the  rates  are  fixed 
accordingly.  When  1  built  my  green-house 
everybody  said,  “  Why  don’t  you  attach  it  to 
j  your  dwelling  ?  it  will  be  so  convenient  to 
walk  out  of  the  kitchen  or  dining-room  right 
in  among  the  flowers  during  the  cold,  dreary 
Winter.”  All  of  which  T  acknowledged  was 
£  true ;  but  experience  in  such  matters  had 
taught  me  that  there  were  objections  to  such 
j  an  arrangement  which  more  than  counter 
j.  J  balanced  the  pleasures  and  conveniences. 

.  For  instance,  about  once  a  week  during  t  ile 
»  entire  Winter  we  must  fumigate  our  plants 
L  with  tobacco,  in  order  to  kill  the  green  fly 
(aphte)  ;  and  occasionally  sulphur  or  carbolic 
[  soap  must  be  used  pretty  freely  to  destroy 
the  red  spider  and  mealy  bug  winch  infest 
.  plants  grown  under  glass.  T  f  the  conservo- 
s  tory  is  attached  to  a  dwelling  the  fumes  of 
these  noxious  substances  are  pretty  sure  to  I 
,  penetrate  to  every  part,  rendering  one’s  habi¬ 
tation  anything  but  pleasant.  A  few  plants  [ 
may  be  kept  in  a  window  or  email  couserva- 
tory  attached  to  a  dwelling  and  kept  clean  | 

I  without  much  trouble  or  annoyance  ;  but,  as  I 
a  rule,  green  houses  of  any  considerable  ex¬ 
tent  should  be  detached,  and  If  u  hundred  or 
more  feet  from  the  dwelling-house,  so  much 
the  better,  to  insure  safety  from  lire  and  an¬ 
noyance  of  workmen,  unpleasant  odors  and 
dust, 

SEEDLESS  APPLES. 

Jan.  10.— I  have  received  from  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  the  following  note  : 

“Daily  Rural  Life”  —  Dear  Sir:  I 
send  you  this  day  by  mail  a  seedless  apple  j 
from  the  original  tree  in  West  Virginia.  The 
blossoms  are  without  petals,  and  apparently 
without  pistil.  The  fruit  will  speak  for  itself, 

— P.  D.  Barnhart,  K Manning,  Pa. 

1  think  I  saw  this  variety  of  apple  years 
ago,  but  am  not  positive,,  although  it  appears 
I  to  be  the  same.  It  is  seedless  and  almost 
J  coreless,  the  opening  or  depression  iti  the  cen¬ 
ter  of  the  calyx  extending  nearly  to  the  cen¬ 
ter  of  the  fruit.  There  were  an  abundance 
of  pistils  in  the  deformed  flowers,  for  they 
are  still  adhering  to  the  walls  of  the  cavity 
referred  to  above  ;  but  the  ovaries  or  seed 
vessels  are  wanting,  consequently  the  pistils 
were  entirely  useless,  even  if  they  were  per¬ 
fect.  You  say  that  the  blossoms  had  no  pet 
als,  and  I  conclude  that  there  were  no  sta 
mens,  inasmuch  as  these  organs  in  the  apple 
pear  and  other  plants  belonging  to  the  Rose 
family,  are  inserted  on  this  calyx,  and  in  the 
Specimen  sent  this  organ  Is  also  undeveloped, 
there,  being  five  slight  protuberances  of  the 
skin  in  place  of  the  calyx. 

This  variety  of  apple  is  certainly  unique, 
for  in  the  production  of  the  fruit  there  is 
neither  petals,  stamens  or  perfect  calyx,  and 
probably  the  pistils  are  deformed  as  well  as 
the  ovaries,  the  walls  of  the  calyx-tube  en¬ 
larging  and  becoming  a  fleshy  pul ji,  or  what 
is  termed  the  fruit.  I  think  it  would  be  dif¬ 
ficult  to  find  a  fmit  produced  from  a  leas 
number  of  perfect  organs.  You  should  send  | 
Darwin  some  cions  or  specimens  of  the  fruit.  < 


•xfarm  (Bconomti. 


COLD  CHISELS. 

Every  farmer  should  have  among  his  kit 
j  of  to,’k  «■  good,  well-tempered  cold  chisel. 
In  the  use  of  reapers  and  mowers,  wheeled 
horse-rakes,  gang-plows  and  other  improved 
machinery,  so  necessary  for  economical  and 
scientific  farming,  a,  cold  chisel  is  a  necessary, 
and  almost  indispensable  tool.  A  new  plow 
share  often  requires  the  chipping  off  of  some 
projection  before  n  proper  fit  can  be  obtained; 
also  in  cutting  in  twain  iron,  and  hundreds  of 
little  jobs  about  a  farm,  require  the  use  of  a 
cold  chisel  to  perform  the  work  in  a  satisfac¬ 
tory  and  workmanlike  manner. 

I  am  confident,  that  I  speak  within  the  lim¬ 
its  when  1  say  that  not  one-half  the  farmers 
in  America  have  in  their  possession  a  cold 
chisel  W  by  is  it  thus  ?  Certainly  not  be¬ 
cause  of  t  he  expense.  It  must  then  be  that 
they  are  ignorant  of  its  actual  value.  If  that 
be  the  case,  nothing  Will  set  forth  t  heir  value 
more  than  illustrating  and  describing  the 
most  improved  forms  of  the  same. 

(SIS  /  1  .  Figure  1  illustrates 


Fig.  1, 


a  square  chisel,  five 
inches  in  length, 
three-quarters  of  an 
inch  square.  The 
proper  angle  for  the 
basil  is  also  indica¬ 
ted;  it  is  shown  shar¬ 
pened  to  an  angle  of 
28  degrees,  which  is 
in  practice  found  to 
bo  the  angle  best 
suited  for  miscella¬ 
neous  work. 

Figure  3  repre¬ 
sents  n  chisel  made 
from  an  old  file  or 


one  of  the  finest  cows  was  very  sick,  and  a 
kind  neighbor  proposed  the  usual  (bugs  and 
poisons.  The  owner  being  ill,  and  unable  to 
I  examine  the  cow,  concluded  that  the  trouble 
came  from  over-eating,  and  ordered  a  teacup- 
ful  of  pulverized  charcoal  given  in  water. 
It  was  mixed,  placed  in  a  junk  bottle,  the 
|  head  held  upwards,  and  the  water  with  its 
charcoal  poured  downwards.  In  five  minutes 
improvement  was  visible,  and  in  a  few  hours 
t  he  animal  was  in  the  pasture  quietly  eating 
j  grass. 

Another  instance  of  equal  success  occured 
with  a  young  heifer  which  became  badly 
bloated  by  eating  green  apples  after  a  hard 
wind.  The  bloat  was  so  severe  that  the  sides 
were  almost  as  hard  as  a  barrel.  The  old 
remedy,  saJoratus,  w«s  tried  for  the  purpose  of 
correcting  the  acidity.  But  the  attempt  to 
put.  it  down  always  caused  coughing,  and  it 
did  little  good.  Half  a  teacupful  of  fresh  pow¬ 
dered  charcoal  was  next  given.  In  six  hours 
all  appearance  of  bloat  had  gone,  and  the 
heifer  was  well. 

Y  e  disapprove  of  quackery,  where  without 
a  precise  knowledge  of  the  disease,  powerful 
remedies  are  given  at  random,  indiscrimi¬ 
nately.  Die  objection  of  qnaek  cry  cannot  ex¬ 
tend  to  the  use  of  charcoal  for  it  can  do  no 
harm ;  and  goes  directly  to  the  seat  of  the 
trouble  in  most  sick  animals,  and  if  timely  ap¬ 
plied  effects  a  cure. — Live  StocJe  Journal. 


aiirnir. 


rasp.  It  differs  from  Fig.  1  only  in  being  flat, 
generally  three-eighths  thick  by  an  inch  wide. 
Nearly  every  farmer  has  old  files  lying  around 
tlie  premises  which  can  be  put  to  no  better 
use  than  to  be  made  into  cold  chisels  or 
butcher  knives,  which  your  blacksmith  will 
do  for  you  for  a  small  compensation. 

If  yon  desire  a  fancy  chisel,  purchase  at  the 
hardware  Store  a  piece  of  round  or  octagonal 
steel,  four  and  a-half  inches  in  length,  which 
when  drawn,  will  be  of  sufficient  length.  The 
basil  of  a  full  sized  chisel  is  shown  in  Pig.  3. 


01  nt  onto  lo  gical. 


INSECTS  IN  RUSTIC  WORK. 

Can  you  inform  your  readers  what  appli¬ 
cation  can  be  made  to  Red  Cedar  rustic  fen¬ 
ces,  etc.,  which  will  prevent  or  stop  the  ac¬ 
tion  of  worms  under  the  bark.  In  the  opinion 
of  many,  of  whom  1  am  one,  the  bark  adds 
a  beauty  to  the  rustic  work  ;  but  when  warm 
weather  comes  on,  little,  pin-like  holes  appear 
in  the  bark,  dust,  begins  to  drop,  and  soon  the 
wood  under  the  bark  is  eaten  out  in  irregular 
channels,  the  bark  loosens  and  the  beauty  of 
t  he  woodis  gone.  I  ha  ve  cut  the  wood  in  the 
Winter,  «na  also  in  the  Spring  ;  but.  the  de¬ 
stroying  worm  soon  shows  itself,  and  in  one 
season  the  beauty  of  any  structure  Is  hope¬ 
lessly  destroyed.  Can  yon  mention  any  ef¬ 
fectual  preventive  of  such  operations.— ft.  I). 
L.,  Turrytown,  Ar.  Y. 


Fig.  2.  Fig.  s. 

I  In  cold  weather  always  remove  the  frost 
from  the  chisel  by  holding  the  basil  in  your 
hand  for  a  moment,  and  thus  avoid  the  liabil¬ 
ity  to  chip  off  or  break  it  at  the  edge,  which 
nevertheless  happens  when  the  temper  is  too 
hard,  and  is  only  overcome  by  re-tempering. 
The  cost  of  a  cold  chisel  varies  from  50  cts.  to 
$1.95,  owing  to  finish.  L,  d.  s. 


GREEN-HOUSES  ATTACHED  TO  DWELLINGS. 

Jan.  0. —Friends  often  remark  the  isolated 
position  of  the  various  buildings  upon  my 
place,  no  two  being  within  one  hundred  feet 
of  each  other.  At  first  sight  it  does  seem  as 
though  they  were  unnecessarily  scattered, 
and  for  convenience  it  would  be  better  to 


The  insect  to  which  you  refer  is  no  doubt 
the  well  known  Cedar-bark  Beetle,  (Hyluryua 
dmtot.ua.  Say.)  which  is  often  very  destruct¬ 
ive  to  the  Red  Cedar,  particularly  after  the 
trees  are  cut  down  and  used  for  rustic  work. 
The  beetle  is  quite  small,  scarcely  u  tenth  of 
an  inch  long.— but  it  makes  long,  .slender  bur¬ 
rows,  with  numerous  branches,  between  the 
wood  and  bark.  If  the  wood  used  for  rustic 
work  is  varnished  or  dropped  in  boiled  oil  the 
beetles  are  not  likely  to  attack  it ;  but  the 
coating  must  be  complete  or  the  female  beetle 
will  find  a  lodgment  for  her  eggs.  Perhaps 
washing  the  wood  with  carbolic  soap,  or  even 
common  soap  occasionally,  would  prevent 
the  attacks  of  this  pest.  It  would  cost  but 
little  to  try'  a  few  experiments  and  ascertain 
the  best  and  cheapest  method  of  keeping  this 
beetle  out  of  rustic  work. 


CHARCOAL  A  GOOD  FARM  MEDICINE. 

Nearly  all  sick  horses  and  cows  are  made 
so  in  the  first  place  by-  eating  improper  food, 
or  too  much  of  it.  As  soon  as  the  owner  finds 
any  of  his  animals  sick.  It  is  the  common  cus¬ 
tom  to  begin  dosing  medicine.  “We  rnusn’t 
leave  the  animal  to  die;  we  must  do  some¬ 
thing!”  and  so  all  manner  of  hurtful  drugs 
and  poisons  are  thrust  down  the  throat — salt¬ 
peter,  copperas,  turpentine,  etc,,  quite  suf¬ 
ficient  to  make  any  well  animal  sick,  or  kill  a 
sick  one.  “You  didn't  give  the  poor  thing 
enough — you  should  hove  given  it  oftener— 
you  can’t  expect  your  beast,  to  get  well  if  you 
don’t  do  more  for  it!” 

Our  rule  has  always  been  to  give  nothing 
unless  we  knew  exactly  what  to  do;  and  in 
the  meantime  attend  to  every  exterior  com¬ 
fort  practicable,  if  the  weather  is  cold,  pluce 
it  in  warm  quarters,  avoid  all  exposure,  and  i 
attend  to  pure  air  and  strict  cleanliness.  But 
there  is  one  medicine  that  can  never  do  harm 
and  is  commonly  beneficial.  This  is  pulver¬ 
ized  charcoal.  As  we  have  just  remarked, 
nearly  all  sick  animals  become  so  by  improper 
eating,  in  the  first  place.  Nine  cases  out  of 
ten  the  digestion  is  wrong.  Charcoal  is  the 
most  efficient  and  rapid  corrective.  It  will 
cui  e  in  a  majority  of  cases,  if  properly  ad¬ 
ministered.  An  example  of  its  use.  The 
hired  man  came  in  with  the  intelligence  that 


BREEDING  PEACEABLE  BEES. 

o  _ _ 

t.  At  the  recent  mooting  of  the  American 
r  Bee  Keepers’  Association  at  Indianapolis  it 
was  asserted  that  it  had  been  found  that 
-  bees  that  are  peaceable  and  quiet  transmit 
3  these  characteristics  to  their  progeny.  Mrs. 
i*  Tupper  had  found  that  an  improvement  in 
,  tikis  respect  might  be  accomplished  by  rear- 
.  ing  queens  from  those  mothers  whose  workers 
1  were  peaceable.  In  this.  a«  in  all  else,  qual- 
"  ities  m-e  hereditary,  and  wc  should  pay  more 
attention  to  this  point.  She  had  one  queen 
I  from  Lombardy  whose  workers  were  uni¬ 
formly  gentle  and  good-tempered,  and,  with- 
j  out  an  exception,  one  hundred  queens  reared 
I  from  her  produced  workers  of  unusual  docil¬ 
ity.  When  this  disposition  can  be  secured  it 
is  worth  laboring  for,  and  is  of  more  value 
than  markings  or  color.  By  attention  to  this 
for  generations  w®  may  secure  a  race  easily 
without  sacrificing  any  valuable  traits.  It 
was  generally  noted  that  stings  were  neces¬ 
sary  to  protect  lioncy  from  thieves,  if  only 
bees  could  be  taught  to  distinguish  between 
friends  and  enemies. 

- -■♦  +  ♦ - - 

OPINIONS  OF  APIARIAN 8. 

Mr.  Moon  thinks  an  occasional  flight  of 
bees  as  often  as  once  in  two  or  three  weeks, 
j  ^hiring  Winter,  absolutely  essential  to  their 
I  health  when  confined  in  cellar  or  house. 

Mrs.  Tupper  thinks  the  severe  losses  of 
bees  lost  Winter,  was  in  part  due  to  the  over¬ 
stocking  of  hives  with  honey,  leaving  no 
room  for  brood. 

Mr.  IIosmer  thinks  old  bees  cannot  be 
Wintered  as  successfully  as  young  ones  ;  sel¬ 
dom  sets  hives  away  without  brood. 

White  catnip  is  a  good  honey  plant.  It 
is  not  thought  profitable  to  raise  it  for  that 
purpose  ;  nor  any  other  weed,  for  that 
matter. 

- - 

ROOM  FOR  THE  QUEEN. 

Gen.  Adair  says  that  tlie  laying  of  the 
queen  may  be  greatly  increased  by  favorable 
conditions,  and  that  tlie  aim  of  bee-keepers 
should  be  to  give  every  queen  room  in  prop¬ 
erly  constituted  hives  for  all  her  eggs  and 
also  abundance  of  proper  food,  so  that  she 
may  not  be  cramped  in  any  way.  This 
course  followed  will  give  larger  colonies,  with 
lar  greater  capacity  for  honey  gathering,  for 
‘bees  are  honey  in  this  business,  and  Lonev 
is  money,” 

- - — . 

MEANS  USED  FOR  SETTLING  BEES. 

In  answer  to  the  question,  “Are  there 
means  by  which  swarms  can  be  called  hack 
and  settled  f  ’  the  bee-keepers  at  Indianapo¬ 
lis  replied:— “By  throwing  sand  oil  the  ad¬ 
vance  guard;  or  the  rays  of  the  aim  bv  the 
use  of  a  looking  gloss;  or  by  discharging  a 
gun.  One  gentleman  stated  that  he  raffed 
them  back  by  wlusth ng.  He  must  have  been 
an  extraordinary  whistler,  or  his  bees  were 
exceedingly  well  trained  ! 


SEPARATING  TWO  SWARMS. 

lo  the  question,  “  When  two  swarms  clus¬ 
ter  together  how  would  you  separate  them  2” 
the  bee-keepers  reply -—“Hive  all  together 
m  a  large  box  and  they  will  settle  in  different 
comers.  Four  swarms  together  had  been 
loved  in  that  way,  and  in  the  morning  each 
had  taken  possession  of  a  corner.” 


JAN,  §§ 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER 


podcfi  mil  DJatmers. 


COSTUMES. 

— 

The  prevalent  fashion  for  costumes  is  found-  j 
ed  on  the  increasing  perception  of  harmony  in 
the  toilet.  Ladies  no  longer  wear  several 
colors  in  their  dress,  In  general  the  toilette  is 
completed  with  no  greater  contrasts  than 
shades  of  the  same  color,  with  the  exception  of 
the  bow  at  throat.  Once  a  black  velvet  wrap 
would  answer  with  every  description  of  dress  ; 
now  it  seems  to  harmonize  with  nothing  but 
black.  Velvet,  if  used  at  all,  must  be  n  shade 
of  the  same  color  of  the  dress. 

As  few  ladies  care  to  buy  so  expensive  a 
wrap  for  a  dress,  the  color  of  which  they 
may  not  desire  a  second  season,  velvet  is  now 
introduced  as  a  trimming.  In  this  manner  it 
is  largely  used,  and  costumes  have  never  been 
richer  and  more  elegant  than  they  have  been 
this  season. 

It  is  necessary,  however,  to  have  the  polo¬ 
naise  or  basque  inode  warm  enough  for  the  , 
street.  Many  ladies  content  themselves  with 
a  simple  flannel  lining,  and  wear  unde  meat  h 
wadded  and  quilted  waists  of  bluck  silk.  1 
There  are  also  knitted  woolen  waists,  of  the 
finest  material  and  compactly  woven,  -which 
cost  |5  mid  $7.  These,  however,  arc  a  little 
clumsy.  There  are  also  different  varieties  of 
Sontags,  which  answer  admirably  the  pur¬ 
pose,  and  cost  *1.25,  *2  and  $3.  Others  use  | 
the  prepared  waists  of  chamois  skin,  which 
are  offered  every  whore  for  sale. 

Those  who  use  a  different  polonaise  for  the 
street,  or  the  rough  camels’  hair  cloth,  have 
them  wadded  and  lined  with  chamois  skin, 
which  makes  a  garment  as  warm  as  anything 
except  fur.  Fashion  no  longer  decreeing 
small  waists  and  delicate  proportions,  most 
ladies  fancy  the  unusual  size  given  them  by 
this  method  of  dressing. 

Among  all  the  changes  we  are  called  upon 
to  note  from  time  to  time,  we  cannot  but  sec 
that  wc  are  gradually  approaching  the  era  of 
good  sense.  In  all  matters  of  comfort  there 
is  much  more  attention  paid.  The  sins  of 
fasliion  are  rather  against  good  taste  than 

against  health. 

b  CRINOLINE 

caused  the  great  revolution  in  woman’s  dress. 

It  lifted  from  her  a  burden  she  -will  never 
willingly  resume.  The  fashion  of  crinoline  | 
has  greatly  changed.  Most  ladies  prefer  the 
skirt  made  of  cotton  cloth,  which  is  in  reality  j 
nothing  but  a  bustle.  There  i»  a  good  skirt 
reaching  about  to  the  knee  and  without  a 
front  breadth,  In  this  skirt  is  run  about  a 
dozen  cases  filled  with  hoops  and  fastened 
securely  at  the  end.  Underneath  are  two 
pieces,  the  longest  edges  oi  which  arc  sewed 
to  tlie  sides  of  the  skirt  whSTP  the  ) loops  end. 
The  other  sides  are  only  about  three-quarters 
as  long  ;  each  contains  eyelets,  and  they  are 
connected  by  a  lacor.  Tide  regulates!  U1B  Bize 
and  adjusts  the  proportions  of  the  bustle,  hi 
front  is  a  breadth  of  muslin  containing  nP 
hoops.  It  is  torn  in  two  and  fastens  with  but¬ 
tons  and  button  holes.  It  will  be  seen  that 
no  arrangement  is  made  for  holding  out  the 
bottom  of  the  dress,  which  now  falls  about 
the  feet.  Every  lady  requires  two  of  such 
skirts,  os  the  hoops  may  be  taken  out  and  the 
skirt  washed. 

Really  preferable  are  the  skirts,  made  after 
the  same  manner,  of  hoops  alone.  They  are 
equally  graceful,  and,  what  is  much  better, 
they  are  lighter.  In  addition  they  do  not  sod 

so  easily.  _  ...  „„ 

010  SILKS. 

Most  ladies  have  in  their  wardrobes  old  silk 
dresses,  which,  with  some  renovation,  might 
still  do  service.  For  party  dresses  one  of  the 
prettiest  arrangements  for  hiding  old  stains 
is  by  buying  Chambray  gauze,  which  comes 
in  stripes  of  all  colors,  and  making  a  polo¬ 
naise  of  it.  For  example,  an  old  cherry  silk, 
with  a  polonaise  of  white  Chambray  gauze, 
with  cherry  satin  stripes.  Let  it  bo  closed  to 
about  nine  inches  of  the  bottom,  looped  liigh 
on  the  sides  and  in  the  back  with  cherry  rib¬ 
bons,  trimmed  with  a  puff  or  ruffle  caught 
with  cherry  piping.  Make  the  sleeves  Marie 
Antoinettes  fastened  with  bows  of  cherry 
ribbons.  This  constitutes  a  very'  striking 
toilette.  The  gauze  costs  from  $1.25  to  1.75  a 
yard.  The  polonaise  requires  about  six  yards. 

A  simpler  and  less  expensive  substitute  is 
white  grenadine,  plain  or  with  satin  stripes, 
and  trimmed  with  black  velvet  bows. 

Wliite  organdie  and  French  muslin  are 
largely  used  bo  utilize  old  chesses.  In  the  use 
of  them  waists  and  overskirts  are  used  with 
kilt-pleatings  on  the  skirt.  There  is  nothing 
prettier  or  more  easily  made  than  these  kilt- 
pleatings.  They  look  well  alternated  with 
ruffles  of  the  same  material,  though  not  with 
those  of  silk.  All  the  additional  ornament 
they  require  is  a  sash  of  pretty  tint,  such  as 


rose,  light  blue,  or  some  of  the  requisite  gas¬ 
light  shades  ;  for  it  should  always  be  taken 
into  consideration  that 

“  Colors  sue  a  by  candle  light 
Do  not  show  the  sumo  by  day,” 

and  vice  versa.  They  should  be  bought  with 
reference  to  the  time  they  are  to  be  worn. 
With  two  old  dresses  harmonizing  In  color, 
such  as  gray  with  cherry,  pink  or  blue,  one  can 
bo  arranged  as  a  petticoat  and  the  other  as 
corsage  and  court  train.  A  little  thought  and 
ingenuity  will  completely  renew  a  wardrobe 
entirely  passee. 


MEXICAN  WORK -BASKET. 

i 

Ladies  who  have  leisure  are  able  to  beau¬ 
tify  their  homes  in  many  simple  and  inexpen¬ 
sive  ways  with  their  own  fair  fingers.  We 
give  another  illustration  this  week  of  a  series 
of  necessary  articles  which  are  readily  con¬ 
verted  into  ornaments  by  a  little  taste  anti 
skiff  It  is  a  Mexican  work-basket.  Pur¬ 
chase  a  covered  basket  woven  of  soft  Mexi¬ 
can  rushes,  if  possible,  and  of  a  pretty  shade 
of  yellow.  Cut  a  piece  of  scarlet  cloth  the 
shape  of  the  pattern  and  embroider  it,  with 
silk  of  va  rious  colors,  in  large  Mexican  stitch, 
about  appliques  of  black  cloth  and  around 
the  edge.  The  valance  around  the  basket  is 
also  of  scarlet  cloth  and  similarly  ornamented. 

This  fashion  of  embroidery  is 
rapidly  superseding  those  inter- 
minable  designs  of  Berlin  work,  /l^4 

as  it  is  showier,  easier,  and 
takes  but  little  time.  The  ap- 

pliquos  may  be  cut  in  any  put-  — - ' 

tern  and  of  various  colors,  out  Vt  IfSPIj 

of  velvet,  cloth,  silk,  or  satin,  If  hraaH, 

and  caught  down  with  button-  Vf 

hole  stitch.  The  Mexican  cm-  V|  * 

broidery  is  in  large,  loose  stitch- 

es,  and  can  be  easily  copied  \  l,' 

from  th©  illustration.  The  frame 

of  the  basket  is  of  gilt  sticks, 

but  a  rustic  frame  would  b« 

much  prettier  and  is  within  the 

compass  of  any  one  possessing  9 

a  particle  of  ingenuity.  / 

WASHING  MADE  EASY. 

Having  read  an  article  in  the  "== 

Rural  Nkw-Youker  inquiring 
the  best  method  to  moke  wash¬ 
ing  easy  I  am  willing  to  give 
my  experience  of  a  year.  Take 
2  lbs.  of  soda  ash,  'J  lb.  stone 
lime,  3  gallons  of  soft  water;  slake  the  lime 
separate;  dissolve  the  soda  ash  in  the  water, 
then  add  the  lime ;  boil  twenty  minutes;  cork 
it  up  tight.  For  a  washing  use  one  cup  in 
three  gallons  of  water;  soak  the  clothes  over 
night  in  cold  water;  wring  out  and  boil  them 
twenty  minutes  in  the  preparation ;  rinse  and 
blue  them  and  your  wasiiing  is  done;  they 
require  but  very  little  rubbing.  Soap  them 
before  boiling.  Mus.  James  Saxton. 

I  saw  it?  the  Ruraj.  some  time  since  an  in¬ 
quiry  from  «•  young  housekeeper,  How  to 
wash  easily.  k]U-soda  is  as  much  of  a  help  as 
1  I  ever  tried.  Thv-  clothes  should  be  soaked 
]  and  then  rubbed  lightly,  then  put  over  to  boil 
in  water,  in  which  sal-soda  has  been  diss<  lived, 
in  the  proportion  of  a  piece  as  large  as  a  hen’s 
egg  to  a  boiler  of  water.  Boil  in  this,  remove 
the  clothes  to  the  tub,  wrin-  out  of  this  wa¬ 
ter,  and  then  scald,  then  again  in  the  boiler 
to  remove  the  sexto,  that  it  may  not  eat  the 
clothes;  then  rinse  as  usual,  i  bis  process, 
well  done,  makes  clothes  beautifully  white; 
but  calicoes  should  not  be  washed  in  the  suds, 
as  it  fades  them. 

Most  old  housekeepers  think  that  soup  and 
water  and  a  washboard  arc  the  only  fit  treat¬ 
ment  of  clothes ;  but  there  are  one  or  two 
washing  machines  which  are  a  great  help.  I 
always  wash  calico  in  clear  water  (not  boiling 
suds)  ;  put  in  the  garments  one  at  a  tune  as  I 
wash  them,  and  as  soon  us  they  are  wrung 
out  put  them  in  a  vessel  of  hard  water,  to 
stand  until  1  am  ready  to  rinse  and  starch 
them.  Treated  in  this  way  the  colors  will 
remuin  nearly  us  blight  as  new  until  the  cloth 
is  worn  out.  Aunt  Hally. 

- - - 

HOW  I  MAKE  SOFT  SOAP. 

The  fanner’s  wife  in  Rural,  Nov.  ii,  1873, 
i  says  she  boils  the  lye  until  strong  enough  to 
'  eat  a  feather  in  passing  it  three  times  across 
the  liquid  ;  and  if  any  potash,  she  takes  it  out 
with  a  shovel.  Now,  what  1  would  like  to 
know  is,  what  is  the  propriety  of  boiling  un¬ 
til  you  have  potash  l  Again,  in  managing  in 
this  way,  she  generally  oan  make  from  six¬ 


teen  to  eighteen  gallons  of  nice  white  soap  in 
two  days.  If  I  had  to  manage  in  this  way,  I 
should  despair  of  making  soap.  I  have  made 
from  one  to  three  barrels  in  one  day,  beside 
doing  my  work  for  the  family  of  from  six  to 
ten.  I  will  tell  you  how  -.—The  lye  that  drains 
through  first  I  put  in  a  kettle,  and  then  add 
the  grease — all  that  I  can  boil  in  it.  If  the 
lye  is  sufficiently  strong,  in  two  hours’  time 
it  will  be  ready  to  empty  in  the  barrel ;  then 
fill  the  barrel  with  weak  lye,  and  your  soap 
is  made  and  ready  for  use.  Peggy. 

- 4~*-> - 

SUET  PUDDING  WITHOUT  EGGS. 

Here  is  just  what  Mm.  P.  wants,  a  suet 
pudding  without  eggs  One  tea-cup  of  mo¬ 
lasses,  one  of  sour  milk,  one  of  suet,  two  of 
flour,  a  little  salt  and  soda ;  raisins  or  any 
1  dried  berries  will  answer.  Steam  two  hours. 
Chop  the  suet  very  fine. 

Sauce  for  the  above  One  quart  of  boiling 
water,  four  table-spoonfuls  of  sugar,  two  of 
flour  wet  up  with  a  little  water,  one  table- 
spoonful  of  butter,  one  teaspoonful  of  salt ; 
flavor  with  nutmeg  or  ciimamou ;  a  few 
spoonfuls  of  vinegar.  It  is  excellent. 

GOOD  FRIED  CAKES 

may  also  be  mode  without  eggs  by  using  one 
pint  of  sour  milk,  one  of  sugar,  five  or  six 
tablespoonfuls  of  shortening,  ono  teaspoon¬ 
ful  of  cream  tartar  and  nearly  one  of  soda. 
Here  is 

A  GOOD  CAKE. 

j  One  egg,  one  teacup  of  sugar,  one  of  milk, 


i  family  of  from  six  to  RICH  WITHOUT  MONEY. 

v  The  lve  that  drains 

a  kettle,  and  then  add  _ 

can  boil  in  it.  If  the  jN  a  little  inland  village,  nestling  just  in  the 
lg,  in  two  hours’  time  heart  of  the  garden  county  of  New  York, 

>ty  in  the  barrel ;  then  there  is  to  be  found  a  cottage  homestead, 
iak  lye,  and  your  soap  which,  with  its  surroundings,  constitutes  a 
use.  Peggy.  pleasant  break  in  the.  monotony  of  woods  and 

»-+ -  waving  corn  fields  which  hem  in  the  preten- 

WITHOUT  EGGS,  sions  of  the  little  hamlet  with  a  cordon  of 

_  green.  Perched  on  a  goodly  knoll,  sloping 

Mm.  P.  wonts,  a  suet  away  in  grassy  ripples  on  this  side  and  that, 
i ; — One  tea-cup  of  mo-  to  the  road,  the  pasture,  the  orchard,  the 
Ik,  one  of  suet,  two  of  garden,  it  overlooks  a  domain  where  Taste, 
l  soda;  raisins  or  any  with  no  tool  but  willing  hands,  has  triumphed 
•er.  Steam  two  hours,  signally  over  limited  means  and  natural  de¬ 
cs.  fects.  When  the  Patriarch  first  came  to  spy 

:  -One  quart  of  boiling  out  the  land  and  choose  a  nook  for  his  home, 
infuls  of  sugar,  two  of  this  was  one  of  those  by  and  neglected  cor- 
Little  water,  ono  table-  nem  which,  because  of  precedent  or  bad  re- 
lo  teaspoonful  of  salt ;  pute,  are  frequently  found  in  the  country, 
or  ciimamou ;  a  few  bearing  from  year  to  year  their  crops  of 
It  is  excellent.  stones  and  thistles,  unmolested  by  the  thrift 

EO  CAKES  or  enterprise  which  domineers  over  neighbor- 

tiout  eggs  by  using  one  *nS  Bolds. 

e  of  sugar  five  or  six  Now  roughnesses  and  wrinkles  are  all 
r puling  ono  teaspoon-  smoothed  out,  civilized  shrubs  nod  from  the 
nd  nearly  one  of  soda,  reservations  of  the  thirties,  and  every  little 

knoll  or  hillock  has  its  (grapery  of  green  and 
3  CAKE.  cupola  of  bloom.  Gravel  walks  designed  and 

of  sugar,  one  of  milk,  executed  by  the  zealous  boys  in  the  intervals 

of  school,  lead  from  the  porch  to  the  gate, 
and  from  the  pump  to  tlic  kitchen  door,  that 
^  the  children  may  venture  out  in  the  early 

morning,  without  returning  bedraggled  with 
dew,  and  that  the  immaculate  kitchen  floor 
may  be  kept,  guiltless  of  the  muddy  uuto- 
graphs  of  their  restless  feet.  A  row  of  ma- 
pies,  tolled  by  the  same  interested  hands, 
from  their  home  in  the  wood  hard  by,  senti- 
il  nel  this  highway  and  limit  its  encroachments, 

if  while  they  form  a  pleasant  border  of  shadow 

to  t ho  Hummer  landscape.  Noble  fruit  trees 
i  ijjr,  shade  the  dwelling  on  every  side,  some  mere 

saplings,  others  planted  at  the  birth  of  some 
L  u^  in  ono  of  the  home  nestlings,  and  now,  though 

ti? rheumatic  and  gnarled  with  age,  still  paying 
'  in  yearly  their  luscious  tithes. 

^ft— r  —  ~  Just  under  tho  parlor  window  droops  a 

'A  _  A-  A  shrub  of  fragrant  currant,  which  ushers  in 
—  ""  ~  --1  each  succeeding  Spring  with  its  largess  of  gold¬ 

en  blossoms,  and  in  tho  leaf-thatched  bowers 
of  whloh  a  colony  of  sparrows  yearly  hold 
their  tryst.  There  are  no  fences  to  interrupt 
~  the  gaze,  except  around  the  limit  of  the  pas¬ 

ture  meadow,  but  bossy  and  potfy,  staid  crea¬ 
tures  though  they  be,  may  chance  to  tire  of 
tlieir  diet  of  buttercups  and  clover,  and  in  an 
if  butter,  one  teaspoon-  evil  moment  listen  to  tho  temptations  which 
alf  teaspoonful  soda.  toe  wm  hI:ulas  Juicy  shrubs  beyond  are 

forever  rustling.  All  else — lawn,  pasture, 

.  .  .  ,,  corn-field  and,  kitchen  garden  are  only  defined 

t  boil  i&nr  tobtepoou-  ,)V  tl.ectamwter  «( Mr  l»fy  tennuBy.  E»- 
dilespoonful  of  flom-,  a  ..  .. 

’  „  ergreens  from  a  neighboring  reef  of  rocks 

aze  of  a  small  egg;  one  „  , 

,  ,.  ,  ,  ,,  flank  the  doorway,  and,  with  the  constancy 

boil ;  when  cool,  flavor  „„  ,  J 

T  , .  i  T  ...  ,  of  their  race,  wave  their  green  banner*  above 

I  dish  lent  the  cake  m  thl.  WM,r^  wRh  A  proml«e  of  Spring- 

p  aung  a  poi  on  o  o  ^juil.  Lattices,  holding  up  the  trailing  drup- 

+  Yf  ’  F  Rynfa  rsox  ery  ut  ntuo {,1«  r< ***»  here  « nd  tBere  bear  tes- 

S.  m.  Hi,  xvyne arson.  timony  t(>  Uk.  eftre  0f  <j0ft  and  tender  fingers. 

Just  visible  from  the  porch,  through  the 
FLOWERS.  oars  of  the  evergreens,  mid  near  enough  to 

_  the  road  to  catch  the  eye  of  the  passer-by  and 

:  in  Rural  New- York-  ™J<i  <l  welcome,  are  two  Circular  mounds  of 
,,  .  ,  ,  ,  blossoms.  A  row  of  veteran  currant  bushes 

e  say  that  dry  powdered  runs  parallel  with  the  maple  hedge  beyond, 
meant.  Any  druggist  sentineled  by  a  twin  clump  of  quince  hushes 
mottles.  The  white  wax  (witLently  bending  tinder  the  weight  of  their 
/,  fine,  white  work,  such  K"ld££  l.r^'  Eastward  of  the  dwelling  is 
.  r  ,  .  Ihu  kitchen  garden,  guiltless  of  tares  and  ruh- 

itc.  I  merely  gave  a  list  iilsli,  and  laid  out  in  faultless  lines  and  angles 
ry  to  commence  with,  and  symmetrical  bed*.  The  emerald  tassels 
the  wax,  because  some  and  nbl ion-mi’  the  corn,  and  tlie  gadding  bean 
r  the  information.  Very  vilf  s>  Blushing  scarlet  from  the  top  of  the 

,  ,  S  poles,  can, 'with  the  aid.  of  a  stray  zephyr, 

m  be  made  very  cheaply  m  at,  the  kJteheu  window.  Just  beyond, 

ads  of  aniline,  w.  a.  w.  ;  giving  wide  berth  to  the  house,  stands  the 

_ _  neat  barn,  with  comfortable  mangers  for  the 

quadruped  allies  of  the  family.  To  tho  well- 
ER  CAKE.  tilled  maws  thereof  the  liens  lutve  access  to 

-  make  their  daily  deposit  of  embryo  custards 

ne.  cup  sweet  milk,  one  &nd  find  a  shelter  from  night  and  bad  weath- 

s  of  butter, due  teaspoon  f,r'  **JJ  ^  well  kept  paling  in 

. ,  ’  ,  ,  1  its  wtute  jacket,  with  never  a  picket,  i inssing, 

f  teaspoon  soda,  two  and  stands  a  inany-spired  monument  to  the  lov- 
'hen  eggs  arc  scarce,  ms  mg  interest  and  taste  and  skill  of  a  bqv  scion 
this  time  of  the  year,  I  ol>  toe  house,  who  found  himself  with  an  idle 
Mrs  P  C  C  month  of  Hummer  on  his  hands. 

The  mother  stands  hi  the  doorway  and 
looks  around,  sometimes  through  the  sheen 
’  INQUIRIES  ol  smiles,  bometimes  through  the  mist  of 

_  tears.  This  feature  of  home  bears  the  trace 

well  asks  some  one  to  lumd’  tout  attraction  of  imoth- 

,  ,  ,  ,  ei.  Who  can  appreciate  tlie  laudscupe  so 

»rd,  such  as  is  purchased  well  as  she,  for  who  else  can  see  the  memo¬ 
ries  glowing  in  the  flowers  and  waving  in  the 
to  prepare  bacon,  what  branches  {  The  sum  of  the  delights  of  this 

use,  the  method  of  pre-  made  U1‘  lh«  udded  mites  of  each 

’  .  or  its  members.  Not  one  who  cannot  feel  he 

°  use  lC-  .  has  part  and  lot  in  the  matter, 

or  a  recipe  for  making  Is  any  poor  in  this  world’s  goods,  having 
ot  freeze.  no  inheritance  other  than  that  coined  by  toil 


Mexican  Work-Basket. 

2)4  cups  of  flour,  one  of  butter,  one  teaspoon- 
fnl  of  cream  tartar,  half  teaspoonful  soda. 

OREAM. 

One  pint  of  milk,  let  boil ;  four  tablespoon- 
fuls  of  sugar,  one  tahlespoonful  of  (lour,  a 
lump  of  butter  the  size  of  a  small  egg;  one 
egg  ;  let  the  ndxture  boil ;  when  cool,  flavor 
with  lemon.  When  I  dish  I  cut  the  cake  in 
small  square  pieces,  placing  a  portion  of  the 
cream  over.  Let  all  try  it. 

Mrs.  M.  E.  Ryneabson. 


WAX  FLOWERS. 

In  answer  to  Alice  in  Rural  New-York¬ 
er  of  Dec.  28th,  please  say  that  dry  powdered 
paint  was  the  kind  meant.  Any  druggist 
will  know  the  size  bottles.  The  white  wax 
sheeted  was  for  extra,  fine  white  work,  such 
as  crosses,  emblems,  etc.  I  merely  gave  a  list 
of  materials  necessary  to  commence  with, 
tolling  how  to  shoot  tlie  wax,  because  some 
|  teachers  charge  85  for  the  information.  Very 
j  many  of  the  colors  can  be  made  very  cheaply 
from  the  different  kinds  of  aniline,  w.  a.  w. 
- — - 

FEATHER  CAKE. 

One  cap  sugar,  one  cup  sweet  milk,  one 
egg,  two  table-spoons  of  butter,  oue  teaspoon 
cream  tarter,  ono-hulf  teaspoon  soda,  two  and 
a-i'alf  cups  Hour.  When  eggs  arc  scarce,  as 
they  sometimes  are  this  time  of  the  year,  I 
omit  the  egg.  Mrs.  P.  C.  C. 

- - 

DOMESTIC  INQUIRIES 

Mrs.  Polly  Caldwell  asks  some  one  to 
tell  how  to  mix  mustard,  such  as  is  purchased 
I  at  stores. 

T.  O.  T.  asks  how  to  prepare  bacon,  what 
I  part  of  the  meat  to  use,  the  method  of  pre¬ 
serving  it,  and  how  to  use  it. 

Levi  Cium  asks  for  a  recipe  for  making 
black  ink  that  will  not  freeze. 

G.  M.  OvkiiLkese  asks  how  to  pack  eggs  in 
salt  or  brine  In  Summer  so  they  will  keep  for 
i  Winter  use. 


out  of  the  crowded  hours?  Here,  then,  is  a 
nook  to  which  such  ns  lie  can  aspire,  if  he 
linve  the  tastes  to  gratify,  and  be  willing  to 
puy  the  price  of  work  and  patient  waiting. 


diverted  from  the  production  of  food  and  yet 
remain  paying  consumers  of  it.  If  our  wool 
and  cotton,  flax  and  hemp,  Iron,  copper  and 
lead,  etc.,  etc.,  were  manufactured  here  and 
I  only  exported  in  the  manufactured  state,  we 
would  Boon  be  the  richest  country  on  the  globe. 
If  we  only  manufactured  what  would  meet 
our  own  home  needs,  the  amouut  of  money  it 
would  keep  In  circulation  here,  which  now 
goes  out  of  the  country,  thus  placing  us  In  t  he 
power  of  foreign  eapitalita  and  manufacturers, 
would  make  money  both  plenty  and  easy,  and 
render  farming  more  certainly  profitable, 

>  because  It  would  not  bo  overdone.  It  would 
no' Injure  railway  corporator*  so  much  a*  one 
might  think  either,  for  It  would  Increase  local 
traffic  and  travel. 

We  are  not  sorry  that  our  people  arc  begin¬ 
ning  to  realize  the  evils  which  llow  from  over 
production  of  food,  which  surplus  must  find  a 
market  fn  competition  with  the  products  of  Other 
countries;  and  at  the  same  time  with  all  the  raw 
material  wherewith  to  clothe  and  furnish  our¬ 
selves  with  comforts,  we  are  compelled  to  go 
Into  foreign  markets  to  buy  them.  This  Is  na¬ 
tional  tlrianeial  suicide.  The  sooner  wo  re¬ 
cognize  tim  fact  and  come  to  the  evil  the  bet¬ 
ter  ami  it.  is  only  when  the  screw  is  applied  to 
the  thumb  that  we  feel  the  pain  and  seek  relief. 
Farmers  who  per  Hist  In  growing  com,  which  pays 
them  no  profit,  »ro  foolish  and  short-sighted. 
We  must  diversify  our  productions  until  we  get 
the  supply  of  the  great  staples  of  food  down 
to  a  volume  more  nearly  equal  to  the  demand, 
if  we  would  make  money  out  of  such  agricul¬ 
ture.  We  do  not  ud vlso  men  to  leave  a  good 
trade  to  indulge  in  rural  pursuits,  for  the  two 
reasons  that,  first,  to  succeed  in  any  business, 
one  must  understand  It.  and,  second,  that  there 
are  too  many  food  producers  and  too  few 
manufacturers  in  t  his  country,  now. 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


and  what  Its  relative  success  was,  if  it.  was  ever 
put  In  operation,  we  do  not  know.  Our  corre¬ 
spondent,  who  inquires,  ’s  Informed  that  we 
have  known  of  several  similar  projects,  but,  wo 
do  not  know  of  one  that  has  ever  made  any 
‘"noise  in  tho  world"’  by  any  satisfactory  results. 
If  our  readers  are  better  posted,  any  of  them, 
we  shall  be  glad  to  be  enlightened. 


The  Hural  dub  of  New  York  recently  held 
its  annual  meeting  for  tho  election  of  officers 
in  the  Astor  House  parlors,  and  elected  the  fol¬ 
lowing  officers  for  tho  ensuing  year:— Pm.— S. 
B.  Pahnons,  Flushing,  L.  L;  Vic©-/Vc*’ta.  F.  M. 
Hex  am  or,  Lucius  A.  Chase,  C.  T.  Huriburd.  .Sec. 
-A.  B.  Crandall.  Trta*,-  II.  T.  Williams.  Ex. 
Com,— F.  D.  Curtis,  Andrew  8.  Fulior,  Samuel 
Sinclair  and  H.  K.  liiiss. 

The  Club  enters  upon  the  third  year  of  Its 
history  wit  h  a  large  and  Increasing  membership. 
In  a  healthful  financial  condition,  and  with  ex¬ 
cellent  prospects  of  future  Usefulness.  Meet¬ 
ings  are  to  be  held  more  frequently  the  coming 
year,  and  excursions  to  suburban  places  worth 
visiting  are  projected  during  the  Spring  and 
Su  m  tner  mont  hs.  Without  any  os!  eolat  ion*  pu r- 
poses,  with  only  an  aim  to  unite  tho  Hural  taste 
of  the  city  and  suburbs  and  create  a  nucleus 
about  which  those  engaged  in,  or  partial  to, 
Rural  pursuits,  might  gather  and  become  ac¬ 
quainted  with  each  other,  the  Club  has  pros¬ 
pered  beyond  the  expectations  of  its  most  san¬ 
guine  friend*,  and  promises  to  become  an  estab¬ 
lished  central  feature  here. 


A  NATIONAL,  ILLUSTRATED 


OoiidviotiriK  liiditor  and  Publish.© r 


Flying  Machine*. — It  Is  stated  that  an  aero¬ 
naut  named  Donaldson  is  now  constructing 
a  scries  of  balloons  with  which  ho  proposes  to 
cross  tho  Atlantic  next.  Bummer,  starting  from 
Now  York  city.  Declaims  thata  (lying  machine 
la  a  possible  success — as  possible  as  the  steam¬ 
boat  or  locomotive,  and  that  It  doe*  not  simu¬ 
late  a  bird’s  movements  more  than  tho  steam¬ 
boat  does  thoso  of  a  fish  or  a  locomotive  those 
of  a  horse.  Wo  have  faith  tn  the  ultimate  nav¬ 
igation  of  the  air,  and  hail  writh  encouraging 
words  any  enthusiast  who  attempts  to  solve 
the  problem  how  to  do  it. 


CHAS.  D.  BRAGDON,  ANDREW  S.  FULLER, 

AHBoc>iutc  Kditorw. 

HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.  D.,  Cortland  Village,  N.  Y., 

Editor  oi  nut  Pjlpartmk.nt  ov  , Snifter  I!  urban  dry. 

X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  Little  Falls,  N.  Y„ 

Editor  o»  thk  Ditr.AHTMic.sT  Daily  Husbandry. 

Col.  S.  D.  HARRIS,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 

Cojuu«*"J<mkij  Jfprrou. 


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licet  Sugar  from  Illinois.— A  sample  of  the 
beet  sugar  being  manufactured  at  Freeport,  II U 
to  which  wo  alluded  on  page  10,  Rural  New- 
Yorker  of  Jan.  I,  ha*  reached  this  office  from 
Mr  Ro&enstiel.  It  Is  a  lino  sample — bettor  in 
our  judgment,  than  most  grades  of  cane  sugar. 
Mr.  R.,  In  a  private  note,  says:—1  The  beets  in 
this  locality  aro  more  free  fromacids  than  thoso 
grown  in  any  country  in  Europe.  I  think  there 
Is  a  bright  future  for  the  manufacture  of  beet 
sugar  in  tills  country.” 


Hpolllng  n  Mutch. — No  one  can  get  fire  from 
a  match  without  spoiling  It  so  no  great  move¬ 
ment  in  favor  of  reform  ©an  succeed  without 
somebody  is  hurt..  Tho  farmers  of  the  country 
hitvo  been  and  are  hurt  by  the  oppressive  tariffs 
of  railway  combinations,  f.r.un  warehousemen, 
and  unscrupulous  legislators.  This  is  creating 
a  spirit  of  Inquiry  among  them  such  as  ha* 
never  before  been  awakened  in  this  country— 
or  any  other  country  for  that  matter.  No  mat¬ 
ter  whether  tho  specific  objects  aimed  at  by 
such  inquiry  are  attained  or  not  ,  groat  good  will 
result,  from  tho  meeting,  mingling  with  and  con¬ 
sulting  each  other.  More  than  ono  remedy  for 
the  troubles  in  which  they  aro  Involved  will  lie 
suggested,  and  there  will  tie  a  broader  compre¬ 
hension  of  the  business  relations  of  producers 
to  the  rest  of  tho  world  established  in  their 
minds.  This  awakening  among  funnel’s  In  con. 
sequence  of  the  friction  which  railroad  brakes 
upon  their  prosperity  create,  will  kindle  a  fire 
which  we  feel  confident  will  not  quickly  die  out 
nor  be  easily  extinguished. 


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Beet  Sugar  In  California.— The  beet  sugar 
experiment,  in  California  seems  to  have  been 
successful.  The  Sacramento  Valley  Beet  Sugar 
Company  laut  year  cultivated  nearly  1,300  acres 
in  boot*;  till* year  1,000  acres  are  to  be  planted. 
The  Rural  Press  says  that  t  he  sugar  front  these 
works  now  in  use  in  San  Francisco  haa  not  its 
equal  in  tho  best,  cane  sugar  from  tho  refineries. 


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AVhat  a  blessed  faculty  Is  that  which  enables 
a  man  or  woman  to  say  No,  and  then  *•  stick 
to  itl  Of  course,  one  who  practices  the  posi¬ 
tive,  must  also  learn  to  think  before  he  speaks, 
else  tie  will  bo  unjust  to  himself  as  well  as 
others, 


The  Trnimportnilou  of  Cattle.  —  We  seo  it. 
stated  that  the  House  Committee  on  Agricul¬ 
ture  are  ready  to  report  a  bill  in  relation  to 
transportation  of  cattle  t  hat  provides  that  cat¬ 
tle  shall  not  bo  confined  In  cars,  boats,  etc.,  for 
a  period  longer  than  twenty-four  hours  without 
unloading  for  rest  and  food,  for  a  period  of  at 
least  six  hours. 


No  one  class  of  our  people  need  to  ac¬ 
quire  this  habit  more  than  farmers,  and  when 
they  have  become  accustomed  to  uso  tho  word 
more  frequently  and  emphatically  than  t  hey  do 
at  present,  itinerant  peddlers  and  agents  will 
find  their  occupation  gone,  oral  least  slightly 
less  remunerative. 

Tho  patent  gate  orbee-hivo  man  calls  on  the 
farmer  ami  asks  him  to  purchase  K«  wares,  or 
tho  right  to  use  them;  the  firmer,  knowing 
that  he  does  not  actually  need  them,  says  no; 
but  tim  smooth,  oily  tongue  of  the  agent  soon 
gets  a  decision  In  hi*  favor,  and  there  are  two 
salt-*  effected  inst  ead  of  one— for  tho  farmer  Is 
sold  and  the  agent  sells  hla  wares.'  When  we 
glance  over  the  list  of  patent  gates  boo- hives, 
ox-yokes,  churns,  fences,  and  11  thousand  and 
ono  other  worthless  things  that  have  been  sold 
to  farmers,  and  urc  at  the  present  time  being 
hawked  about  the  country,  we  cannot  help 
urging  every  runn  to  try  and  acquire  the  habit 
of  saying  No  I 

There  maybe  one  or  two  better  churns  than 
t  he  old-fashioned  one  used  by  our  grandfathers, 
but  how  many  thousands  of  worse  than  useless 
things  have  been  sold  under  the  name  of  “  im¬ 
proved  patent  churns!”  The  same  is  true  of 
nearly  all  of  t  he  smaller  implement*  used  about 
the  household  and  farm ;  the  inventors,  manu¬ 
facturers  and  peddlers  of  the  same  havlug  flour¬ 
ished  amazingly,  simply  because  farmers  could 
not  or  did  not  say.  No.  All  the  vile  nostrums 
that  are  dist  ributed  through  the  country  were 
sent  there  by  the  manufacturers  simply  because 
they  know  tho  weaknesses  of  the  masses ;  and 
sw  indlers  of  all  kinds,  from  wluo-plant  peddler* 
down  to  counterfeit,  money  dealers  who  send 
boxos  of  sawdust  to  their  dupes,  flourish  for 
the  same  reason. 

It  Is  passing  strange  that  men  and  women 
who  possess  any  Intelligence  can,  fora  moment, 
suppose  that  any  country  quack  or  city  quack 
doctor  possesses  opportunities  or  t  ho  brains  to 
concoct  a  medicine  of  more  value  or  potency 
than  tho  thousands  of  learned  men  who  grace 
the  profession.  Tho  same  Is  into  in  regard  to 
plants;  and  If  farmer*  will  remember  this  one 
thing,  that  no  traveling  agent  over  did  intro¬ 
duce  a  new  plant,  fruit,  or  vegetable,  they  will 
bo  duped  loss  often.  When  any  one  calls  on 
you  «nd  pretends  that  he  has  something  new, 
that  our  regular  nurserymen  or  florists  do 
not  know  all  about,  *et  him  dowm  jt*  a  swin- 


-A 


Tax  on  Bow-  Cotton.  —  The  returns  at,  tho 
Treasury  Department  show  that  tho  amount  of 
lax  paid  into  tho  Treasury  on  raw  cotton 
amounts  to  $08, 073,388.  Of  this  amount  New 
York  paid  $887,013.68  tin  cotton  roccivod  in  bond ; 
Georgia  about  $11. 000, (XXI ;  Alabama  and  Loui¬ 
siana  eatli  mvit  £10,000.000 ;  Mississippi  over 
$8,000,000;  Tennessee  over  $7,000,000,  and  Texas 
over  $5,000,000.  This  tux  lias  been  declared  un¬ 
constitutional  by  a  decision  of  the  Supremo 
Court,  and  there  are  two  bills  before  Congress 
providing  for  refunding  tho  tax.  This  decision 
Is  a  sad  comment  upon  the  character  ©1  our 
legislttllon  and  the  wisdom  of  our  legislators. 
It  Is  to  be  hoped  that  if  this  tax  Is  refunded  it 
will  benefit  those  who  paid  It;  but  it  Is  to  bo 
feared  that  It  will  not— that  It  will  go  Into  tho 
hands  of  political  schemers  und  jobbers,  and 
load  to  regret  that  It  ever  went  out  of  the  United 
State*  Treasury. 


RURAL  BREVITIES 


Hop  farmer*  are  happy — 10  to  55  cents  per 
pound  for  their  product  makes  them  so. 

J  II.  M.,  Box  440,  Raleigh,  N.  C.,  wants  threo 
splendid  cows  in  full  flow  of  milk.  Who's  got 
'em ? 

W..  Plymouth,  Mich.,  will  probably  find  Phil¬ 
osophic,  al  and  Chemical  Apparatus  by  address¬ 
ing  lion  (check  &  Goebeleh,  4  Murray  street, 
N.  Y.  city. 

I>R,  M.  IV,  Philips  is  tho  Professor  of  Special 
Agriculture  in  tho  University  of  Mississippi, 
and  lias  charge  of  the  State  Experimental  Farm 
its  Superintendent. 

W.  F.  Child  requests  some  of  our  readers 
who  have  a  good  and  convenient  smoke-house 
to  furnish  the  Rural  New- Yorker  a  plan 
thereof  for  publication. 

C.  G.  Thompson  Is  Informed  that  wo  do  not 
know  where  Eticharls  A  tnazonha,  illustrated  in 
> ho  Rural  Oct,  Ml,  can  bo  obtained.  Wo  do  not 
know  that  it  haa  been  introduced  in  this 
country. 

We  see  It  stated  that  fully  three-fourths  of 
llic  jack  stock  of  Kentucky  have  died  from  the 
epizootic  influenza  which  lias  affiicted  the  horses 
of  the  country".  Other  States  where  mules  aro 
bred  have  *ullered  badly  also. 

The  New  York  State  A  gri  cultural  Society  will 
have  held  it*  annual  meeting  beforo  this  paper 
reaches  our  readers.  It  will  bo  lute-resting  uext 
week  to  note  whether  there  is  developed  auy 
regenerative  or  resurrective  power  in  it. 

Buyers  of  clover  seed  In  Michigan  aro  re¬ 
ported  by  tho  Farmer  to  bo  making  heavy  con¬ 
tracts  at  $5.15515.36,  and  are  “quietly  picking  up 
all  tho  lot*  they  can  get."  I*  clover »ued scarce? 
Lot  us  hear  about  it  and  prices  from  our  corre¬ 
spondents. 

It.  S.  V.  is  advised  to  purchase  and  road  Wil¬ 
lard’*  Practical  Dairy  Husbandry  if  ho  desires  to 
enter  upon  the  dairy  business  in  Spring  and  bus 
had  no  experience  In  It.  It  la  the  only  standard 
work  on  tills  subject  la  till*  country.  It  may  be 
obtained  at  I  his  office  by  remittin  $3. 

M.  M.  is  informed  that  we  shaL  be  glad  to  re¬ 
ceive  condensed  reports  of  practical  discus¬ 
sion*  by  Farmers'  Clubs.  We  arc  al  w  ay*  glad  to 
receive  whatever  will  help  our  readers  to  a  bet¬ 
ter  knowledge  of  what  to  do  and  how  to  do 
what  they  wan  to  do— no  mat  ter  from  whom 
or  wbtt  sect  1 01  of  country  it,  comes. 


SATURDAY,  JAN.  25,  1873. 


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pay  you  to  act  in  accordance  with  above  re¬ 
quests  and  suggestions. 


The  Vienna  Exposition  Bill,  which  appro- 
proprlutcs  $300,000  to  aid  American  exhibitors 
to  exhibit  their  wares  at  tho  Vienna  Exposition, 
and  pay  a  Commission  for  looking  after  their 
interests  there,  has  passed  tho  Senate,  and  wo 
believe  the  House  of  Congress.  This  Is  a  good 
thing  for  Commissioner  Van  Bn ren,  whose  zeal 
in  behalf  of  himself  has  been  rewarded.  As  wo 
have  sakl  before,  we  think  the  money  thus  ap¬ 
propriated  mis-upproprlaiod,  and  i  hat  American 
inventor*  who  arc  wiso,  will  be  careful  not  to 
send  their  Inventions  thither,  for  they  have  no 
protection  whatever  from  the  appropriation  of 
their  invention*,  wit  hout  royalty  or  reward,  by 
Austrian  artisan*.  Austria  i*  to  gain  and  Amer- 
caus  to  lose  tn  this  cute  game. 


TOO  MANY  FARMERS.” 


Lotteries  nnd  Slate  Fairs. — “For  the  relief 
of  the  Fair  Ground  Association”  of  Louisiana, 
it  la  announced  that  a  grand  lottery  and  distri¬ 
bution  of  prizes  amounting  to  $37,485,  Is  to 
“give  a  new  interest”  to  the  Louisiana  State 
Fair,  to  commence  April  23.  Why  not  lotteries 
at  State  Fair*  as  well  as  at  church  Fairs  ?  Who 
shall  declaim  against  it  7— especially  when  raf¬ 
fle*  arc  legitimate  so  long  as  the  object  is  n  good 
one?  We  commend  this  newfeaturo  of  Fairs  to 
peoplo  who  advocate  racing  at  agricultural 
Fairs,  and  yet  whose  virtue  would  not  permit 
them  to  attend  a  race  on  a  professional  race 
course ! 


We  now  hear  theory  “Too  many  farmers;” 
that  is,  production  ts  too  great  in  the  country; 
which  means  that  producers  ol  food  are  too  far 
from  the  consumers  of  it,  if  It  means  auyt hing  ; 
or,  that  the  consumers  of  it  who  aro  not  pro¬ 
ducers,  do  not  produce  for  exchange  what  the 
farmer  consumes.  Why  are  the  farmers  In  the 
power  of  tho  railroads?  Why  do  Illinois  and 
Iowa  farmers  complain  that  it  costs  so  much 
to  send  their  corn  to  the  seaboard  ?  Why  must 
the  corn  bo  sent  to  the  seaboard?  Because  it 
must  bo  consuinod  there,  or  shipped  abroad  for 
consumption.  Tho  effort  of  land  and  railway 
corporations  is  all  expended  in  securing  a  claBS 
of  Immigrants  who  want  and  will  pay  for  and 
cultivate  land.  They  do  not  oaro  for  the  Intro¬ 
duction  of  n  manufacturing  class  of  popula¬ 
tion  in  tho  country.  It  is  tho  interest,  of  the 
carry  log  trade  to  keep  producers  and  consumers 
as  far  apart  as  possible:  for  it  Is  out  of  tho  ne¬ 
cessities  of  both,  thus  separated,  that  these 
carrying  monopolies  fatten. 

There  arc  too  many  farmers  in  this  country 
now  In  proportion  to  the  manufacturing  popu¬ 
lation.  We  believe  In  a  protective  tariff,  be¬ 
cause  we  bcllovo  in  keeping  our  money  at  home 
and  circulating  hero.  Wo  do  not  believe  i  t  isuny 
gain  to  any  country  to  export  raw  material ;  we 
believe  that  ever  particle  of  labor  that  can  he 
expended  in  rendering  raw  material  ready  for 
use  to  the  consumer  should  bo  expended  upon 
It  at  home.  If  this  were  so  in  this  country, 
what  a  per  cent,  of  our  population  would  bo 


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Importing  Largely.  —  The  Imports  for  the 
Spring  trade  are  reported  to  he  very  heavy — 
which  means  that  wo  are  not  only  paying  man¬ 
ufacturers  abroud  their  own  prices  for  their 
goods,  but  sending  our  grai  a  thither  In  exchange 
at  their  own  prices,  with  which  to  feed  their 
operatives;  and  that  is  the  reason  why  our 
farmers  aro  burning  corn  ami  complaining  of 
high  freights.  If  we  consumed  only  tho  goods 
made  at  our  own  doors,  railroads  would  have  no 
chance  to  levy  toll  on  the  farmer’s  grain ;  he 
would  have  a  home  market.  To  secure  this 
should  be  the  aim  and  effort  of  producers. 


HORSE  EPIDEMIC 


A  physician,  tn  a  communication  to  a  Buffalo 
paper  about  ttie  Horse  Epidemic,  say* Exter¬ 
nally  I  used  nnd  would  recommend  T)r.  Trask’s  Mag¬ 
netic  Ointment  to  the  throat,  around  the  cars  and  on 
tho  forehead  This  ointment,  contains  tobacco  and 
lobelia,  and  operate  upon  the  mucous glands  of  the 
head  and  throat  by  causing  un  increased  flow  of  Becre 
tfon  from  them  at  the  same  umo  by  its  relaxing  effect 
removing  the  stricture  and  giving  almost  instant  re¬ 
lief  to  the  cough  und  breathing.”  Jt  Is  kept  by  all 
Druggists. 


Narrow  Gauge  Ilnilrond*  lor  Farmers.— gome 
years  ago,  in  Illinois,  an  attempt  was  made  to 
build  a  farmer’s  narrow  gauge  railway  through 
a  rich  farming  port  ion  of  that  State.  Whethoi 
it  was  ever  coflsummuL.  d  we  aro  not  informed  ; 


THE  WAKEFIELD  EARTH  CLOSET. 

Get  Descriptive  Pamphlet  ntJW  Dey  SL,  New  York, 


hundred  deputies;  tho  first  tribune  of  boxes 
and  cages  beyond  to  the  diplomacies  end  State 
and  foreign  officials ;  and tho  second  row  alone 
is  for  spectators  end  the  press.  At  half-past 
two  the  noise  begins— for  it  is  scarcely  more 
than  e  noise.  Seven  hundred  men  all  talking 
at  once,  gesticulat  ing,  attitudinising,  and  mov¬ 
ing  about,  form  a  most  distracting  scone.  The 
Assemble!'  chooses  e  President  every  throe 
months.  The  deputies  receive  a  salary  of  #2,!)00 
per  annum.  They  do  not  have  a  franking  privi¬ 
lege.  The  present  President,  Jules  Grew,  Is 
a  fine-looking  man ;  a  fair  type  of  a  blonde,  sc¬ 


our  foot  to  see  if  our  boots  were  clean.  Tic  him¬ 
self  had  on  a  spotless  white  apron,  a  snowy  nap¬ 
kin  in  one  hand,  soft  slippers  on  Ills  feet,  and 
as  ho  entered  the  sacred  chamber,  he  slipped  a 
piece  of  tapestry  under  each  <>f  his  feet  and  slid 
along  over  the  waxed  and  polished  floor  as 
noiselessly  as  a  fish  through  water.  With  ids 
napkin  he  opened  the  carriage  doors,  and  In 
subdued  tones  gave  us  the  history  of  each.  All 
around  in  glass  eases  hung  tho  royal  harnesses, 
morocco  fixtures  mounted  in  gold.  One  of  the 
carriages— the  one,  I  think,  In  which  Napoleon 
ITT,  rode  on  his  wedding  day,  and  which  carried 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 


OUR  EUROPEAN  LETTER 


Tin'  Wandering  Heir.  By  Charles  Ueadk. 

Boston :  James  H.  Osgood  ,v  Co. 

From  the  advance  sheets  f  ids  house  has  made 
a  handsome  little  volume  of  Charles  Reade’S 
latest  romance.  It  Is  a.  thrilling  historical  tale 
of  Irish  life  In  the  last  century,  and  as  it  Is  short, 
and  sells  for  one  dollar,  it 
will  doubtless  become  wide¬ 
ly  popular. 


A  Day  at  Versailles. 

Pauls,  Doe.  24, 1873. 

King  Louis,  the  Fourteenth,  grew  tired  of 
his  royal  residence  at  St.  Germain  one  day,  and 
enjoying  tho  delightful  freedom  of  command¬ 
ing  a  mint  of  money,  concluded  to  build  him  a 
new  palace  at  Versailles,  a 
famed  hunting  station.  Buy¬ 
ing  a  section  of  land  sixty 
miles  iu  circumference,  ho 
employed  the  best  artists  and 
artisans  of  ills  time  to  carry 
out  his  scheme.  The  moneys 
expended  by  him  amounted 
to  something  over  two  hun¬ 
dred  millions  of  dollars,  and 
as  much  more,  perhaps,  was 
expended  upon  it  by  succeed¬ 
ing  monarch*. 

It  is  an  hour’s  ride  from 
Paris,  which  tho  French  call 
the  “  hoad  of  France,”  and  is  /. 

of  all  Its  environs  probably 
tho  most  interesting  and  do-  /|| 

llghtful.  It  cannot  now  bo  /p|| 

called  a  thriving  city,  as  Its  /f  ill! 

population  lots  dwindled 
from  100, 000  to  30,000.  Being 
now  the  seat  of  the  French  ni|||||l| 

Assembly  adds  to  It  a  poltti-  ^|||||||| 

cal  Interest,  but  it  has  no 
need  of  the  life  of  to-day  to 
make  It  a  moat  attractive  /:|||||||||| 

spot.  The  Palace,  which  com- 
prises  also  the  Museum,  is 
not  imposing.  One  portion 
of  the  building  forms  the 
theater  of  tho  Assembleo  Na- 
tlonalo;  and  another,  the  1 11111111111 


Science  of  Hollglou,  with  pa¬ 
pers  oil  Build  hTsn>  tty  Prof. 
MlTLLER.  New  y  CUas. 
Scribner  &  Co. 

A  work  of  more  than  usu¬ 
al  interest,  by  a  learned  and 
well-known  writ  er.  None  of 
us  can  learn  too  much  about 
tho  religions  of  other  people, 
and  In  this  work  the  subject 
of  Buddhist  nihilism  is  ex¬ 
plained,  while  I  here  is  a 
translation  of  the  famous 
“  Path  of  Virtue.  "  The  book 
contains  four  lectures  on  tho 
science  of  religion,  and  will 
commend  Itself  to  all  think¬ 
ing  people.  It  makes  a  vol¬ 
ume  of  300  pages. 


Dinniond  I From  Uio 
lives  of  the  Biniond  faintly. 
By  N.  8.  it.  Beal,  Maoedon, 

A  strange  sort  of  a  book, 
half  story  and  half  history, 
by  a  gentleman  who  nails 
himself  an  old  bachelor,  and 
boasts  that  he  had  not  boon 
caught  in  the  matrimonial 
trap.  The  “  leaves  ”  will, 
doubtless,  have  interest  for 
people  living  In  tho  vicinity 
of  Lima,  N.  Y.  Tho  volume  In 
a  handsome  ono  of  384  pages. 


are  words,  *'  A  toutca  If*  gU)- 

run  <ic  la  France,”  (to  all  tho  llSllllliS 
glories  of  France,)  a  most  lit- 
ting  inscription  ;  and  as  tho 
glories  of  Franco  seem  to 
partake  largely  of  war  and  ^1|||||||1|| 

Intrigue  and  assassination, 
tho  pictures  are  scenes  on 
battle  Helds,  and  the  statues  Ǥ||||i 

those  of  soldiers.  A  guide  \§§||j||| 

attaches  himself  to  your  ser- 
vice,  and  in  each  apartment  \|||||| 

rattles  off  a  small  speech  to  \ij|| 

tho  effect  that  in  t  his  room  \y|| 

such-and-such  a  king  or  ^ 

queen  ate,  or  bathed,  or  suf-  > 

forod  decapitation ;  that  this 
is  tho  same  furniture ;  and 
lifting  tho  linen  or  dainty 
covers,  displays  tho  gilded 
satin  or  gorgeously-wrought 
tapestry  of  the  royal  uphol¬ 
stery- 

It  is  not  alonu  at  V crsallles, 
but  elsewhere,  that  one  real¬ 
izes,  as  never  before,  tho  im- 
press  made  and  loft  on 
France  by  Marie  Antoin¬ 
ette.  In  going  through  the 
Parks  you  are  pointed  out 
the  trees  she  planted,  tho 
bridges  and  cottages  sbo  built ;  tho  little  dairy 
where  she  went  for  milk  and  butter ;  lior  pavil¬ 
ions  and  boudoirs ;  tho  places  whore  she  used 
to  sit  and  read,  or  play  with  her  children.  In 
ono  of  her  salons  is  a  sofa  on  which  she  used  to 
repose,  the  mirrors  above  and  about  which  are 
so  arranged  in  la  calculus,  that  upon  looking  at 
yourself  at  a  certain  angle  you  see  yourself,  en¬ 
tire  in  perfect  proportions,  except  your  head. 
The  person  standing  by  your  aide,  or  behind  you, 
sees  you  as  you  really  are,  with  your  head  on; 
but  you  see  yourself  decapitated.  Tho  sensa¬ 
tion  of  seeing  yourself  headless  is  a  very  queer 


The  Yellow  Flag.  —  By 

Rom i  NO  Yates.  Boston: 

James  K.  Oagooil  &  Co.  Price, 

$1.25. 

Mn.  Yates  Is  well-known 
in  this  country  as  a  writer 
and  lecturer.  Ills  works  have 
long  been  popular,  and  this 
bids  fair  to  sustain  his  repu¬ 
tation. 


The  gltory  oflhe  Great  Fire. 

By  *•  Carletoa.”  Boston : 

Shepard  &  Gill. 

A  SMALL  book,  of  32  pages, 
tolling  tho  story  of  tho  burn¬ 
ing  of  Boston  In  a  graphic 
manner.  The  book  has  eight 
illustrations  by  Billings, 
taken  on  the  Bp  t. 


Tlic  Wind  aw  Gardener.— 

By  Edward  Sprague 
Rand,  Jr.  Boston:  Shep¬ 
ard  A  Util.  1872. 

Tnis  is  a.  handsome  littio 
volume  of  127  pages,  made  up 
by  using  109  page*  of  tho  au¬ 
thor’s  ”  Flowers  for  the  Par¬ 
lor  and  Garden,"  Issued  in 
1803.  The  author  appears  to 
have  given  up  his  old  habit 
of  copying  foreign  works 
without  credit,  and  now  starts  out  on  another 
lino  and  republishes  his  own  works,  giving  them 
new  titles.  Mr.  Rand’s  operations  in  book 
making  in  former  years  wore  jo  reckless  that 
we  should  not  bo  surprised  if  the  New  Testa¬ 
ment,  came  to  our  table  with  Ids  naino  upon  the 
title  page  as  author.  An  International  copy¬ 
right  law  would  have  boon  a  great  blow  to  this 
gentleman’s  fame  a*  an  author. 


rone  Englishman,  not  at  all  Frencny  In  his  look 
or  manner.  After  tho  session  is  fairly  opened, 
there  is  a  constant  succession  of  speech-making 
and  voting.  Tho  speech-maker  ascends  a  desk 
which  fronts  the  deputies,  and  unless  lie  bo 
ono  of  tho  ministers  or  very  distinguished  inem- 
bors,  he  cannot  be  heard  for  the  noise.  Tho 
President  strikes  the  bell,  and  a  general  shooh- 
ing  goes  through  the  house,  but  there  is  no 
abatement  in  the  tumult.  It  is  Bubrl  incarnate. 
Perhaps  tho  most  widely  known  deputy  is  Oam- 
betta,  tho  leader  ot  tho  Radicals.  lie  Is  a 
coarse,  gross,  common  looking  fellow,  with  full 
black  hair  and  beard,  and  with  one  eye  out. 
The  manner  In  which  ho  lost  his  eye  may  bo 
new  to  most  readers ;  I  heard  It  from  a  private 
source,  and  my  informant  declares  it  to  be  true : 
When  Gambetta  was  a  boy  and  in  school,  he  bo 
wearied  of  it  I  hat  on  Monday  he  wrote  to  his 
father:— ’*  t  iiless  you  come  and  take  me  away 
from  this  place,  I  will  send  you  on  Saturday,  in 
a  letter,  my  right  eye.”  His  father  did  hot  heed 
the  threat,  and  on  Saturday  tho  young  Gam¬ 
betta  gouged  out  his  right  eye  and  sent  it!  with 
the  additional  information  that  unless  his  father 
came  for  him  lie  would,  on  the  following  Satur¬ 
day,  send  him  hi*  left  eye.  It  need  hardly  he 
added  that  tho  father  came  ir  the  story  be 
true,  it  is  certainly  an  illustration,  incompara¬ 
ble,  of  combined  bravery  and  absurdity.  Oam- 
betta  i*  a  young  man  of  thirty-Uve  years,  and 
first  brought  himself  Into  notoriety  by  a  speech 
he  made  at  tho  grav©  of  Bait  din,  an  ancient 
representative,  In  the  cemetery  of  Montmartre, 
He  la  courageous,  bold  and  shrewd,  and  un¬ 
principled.  He  has  no  moral  character ,(>  speak 
of,  and  to  detail  ids  immorality  would  be  useless. 

Among  the  scores  of  men  in  tho  French  As¬ 
sembly  who  resemble  our  public  men  at  home, 
is  Edward  dk  Presseusr,  tho  well  known 
preacher  and  historian,  and  who  resemble-'  in  a 
marked  degree  the  Into  Horace  Greeley.  He 
1b  decorated  with  the  Legion  of  Honor,  and 
preaches  In  Paris  on  Sunday.  II©  Is  a  Protes¬ 
tant. 

There  Is  one  characteristic  of  the  French  Con¬ 
gress  I  very  much  like  Hie  brevity  and  pithi¬ 
ness  of  t  he  speeches.  I  doubt  if  a  long  speech, 
unless  very  remarkable,  would  be  tolerated. 
Every  one  speak©  clearly  conclusively,  anil  to 
tho  point.  There  is  no  circumlocution  and 
wasting  of  simply  line  phrases,  a.  a  e.  w. 


tho  Princo  Imperial  to  baptism,  cost  $200,000. 
It  was  built  for  the  coronation  of  Charles  XII. 

Versailles  Is  the  nearest  being  a  fairy  land  of  J 
any  place  I  have  yet  Been,  Its  walks  and  bodges, 
its  statues,  fountains  and  trees,  and  tho  almost 
bou  nil  less  extent  of  its  magnificence  are  almost 
Incredible.  Like  all  the  foolish  people  in  tho 
world  I  “  did”  Versailles  mostly  in  one  day,  and 
was  ill  for  days  after  from  the  fatigue.  1  pray 
all  who  have  not  yet  committed  the  similar 
folly  of  trying  to  swallow  Versailles  at  one  dose, 
to  take  warning  by  my  experience  and  devote  a 
full  week  to  its  wonderful  attractions. 

American  Youth  Abroad. 

In  traveling,  and  stopping  at  hotels,  one  Is 
very  apt  to  meet  young  men,  students,  who 
have  been  sent,  abroad  by  their  parents  or  guar¬ 
dians  to  “  finish.”  I  think  nothing  nan  be  more 
disastrous,  especially  If  tho  boy  lie  furnished 
with  plenty  of  money.  Tho  danger  that  may 
befall  him  does  not  so  often  come  from  the 
demimonde  ot  Paris  as  from  unprincipled  wo¬ 
men  of,  perhaps,  his  own  country.  1  would 
soouer  see  a  brother,  with  habits  and  principles 
unformed,  laid  away  under  the  sod,  t  han  sent 
off  t.o  France  or  Germany  alone,  to  seo  the 
world.  There  are,  undoubtedly,  a  groat  many 
things  In  Ufa  which  it  is  essential  for  a  young 
man  to  know ;  but  it  makes  all  the  difference  In 
the  world  how  he  learns  thorn  The  more  I  see 
ami  learn  of  life,  tho  more  I  am  impressed  with 
tho  superlative  value  of  a  clean  heart,  over  and 
above  all  the  external  at  tractions  of  cultivated 
and  elegant  manners.  1  have  been  twice  at 

The  Asaemblee  National©  The  French 
Congress. 

The  sessions,  thus  far,  have  been  of  a  very 
stormy  character,  and  the  unsettled  condition 
of  politics  lias  its  effect  upon  all  commercial 
transactions.  The  theater  in  which  the  Assem- 
blee  holds  its  sessions  la  very  small,  so  that  to 
obtain  admission  at  a  period  when  the  demand 
is  unprecedented,  is  very  difficult.  The  floor  of 
tho  theater  is  entirely  occupied  by  the  seven 


Modem  Genders.  By  JUSTIN  MCCARTHY.  New 
York  .  Sheldon  &  Company. 

Mr.  McCarthy’s  stylo  as  a  writer  is  well 
known  to  tho  reading  public.  lie  is  never  dull 
and  is  usually  fair  In  his  statements.  The  con¬ 
tents  of  tills  book  is  made  up  of  sketches  of 
people  contributed  to  The  Galaxy  magazine. 
They  embrace  biographical  notice.-,  of  Victoria, 
Louis  Napoleon,  Eugenic,  tho  Pince  of  Wales, 
tlio  King  of  Prussia,  the  King  Of  Italy,  Presi¬ 
dent  Thiers,  Prince  Napoleon,  the  Duke  of 
Cambridge,  Brigham  Young,  Geo.  Eliot,  Geo. 
Sand,  Lord  Lytton,  Archbishop  Manning,  John 
Ruslcin,  Charles  Rcadc,  Mr.  Fronde,  and  other 
people.  Tho  book  deserves  a  wide  circulation. 


Clirlstnin*  F.vc  and  Christina*  Day.— By  Ed¬ 
ward  E.  hale.  Boston  •  Robert*  Brothers. 

This  delightful  and  handsome  little  volume 
contains  ton  stories  from  the  famous  and  facile 
pen  of  Mr.  llxf.r.,  who  always  writes  In  an  en¬ 
tertaining  manner.  Some  of  the  stories  havo 
been  published  before,  but  tho  lir-t  ono  i3  new, 
as  well  as  an  essay  on  Christmas.  Wo  look  ppon 
this  as  ono  of  the  most  entertaining  volumes  for 
tho  season  yet  Issued. 


Mrs.  Skagas’*,  Husbands,  and  Other  Sketches. 

—By  Bret  Haute.  Boston  .luincs  It.  Osgood  &  Co. 

The  short,  readable  story  which  gives  the  title 
to  this  volume  is  a  new  and  characteristic  sketch 
from  one  of  our  best  story  tellers.  I’he  rest  of 
the  volume  Is  composed  of  a  large  number  of 
sketches,  some  of  which  are  now  while  others 
have  been  published. 


u 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  UEW-YOBMEII, 


3AM.  as 


MINNIE  CLAHE. 

HY  MARY  DUFF-CORDON. 

On,  I  loved  thee  long  and  dearly, 

Minnie  Clark. 

Life's  fttlreHt  dream  and  early 

Ungers  there 

'Round  that  sen-tower  ruined  and  niolci’ring,  the  sea- 
tower  old. 

When  thou  didst  hear  my  story  In  sweet  words  told, 

While  the  soft  moon  rose  up  slowly,  and  calmly  fell 
her  ray 

On  the  dancing,  sparkling  wavelets  that  rippled  oe'r 
the  bay. 

But  a  message  came  from  Heaven  and  bore  you  from 
me, 

Minnie  Clark, 

And  1  long  to  hear  the  angels  calling  me 
I'p  there. 

Sometimes,  In  the  hush  of  the  sad  and  solemn  night, 

A  spirit  stands  beside  me,  all  robed  in  living  white, 

Then  i  hear  the  soft  wings  tl utter  and  behold  a  glo¬ 
rious  sight, 

And  I  see  the  angels  floating  in  the  culm  and  holy 
light 

Then  you  break  upon  my  vision  like  u  morn  in  Para¬ 
dise, 

Minnie  Clare, 

And  X  fall  upon  my  knees  before  my  altar’s  sacrifice, 
Humbly  there, 

And  devoutly  bow  my  head,  as  1  worship  at  thy 
shrine, 

As  we  road  of  some  lone  pilgrim,  before  his  saint 
divine, 

Who  has  wandered  many  a  weary  mile  to  find,  at  last, 
his  goal— 

The  forgiveness  of  his  sins  and  salvation  of  IiIb  soul. 

And  brightest  ’mid  the  throng,  with  a  crown  upon 
thy  brow, 

Minnie  Clark, 

And  a  harp  within  thy  hand,  thou  art  a  seraph  now, 
Forever  there  I 

Ah,  the  glittering  pageant  fades  slowly,  like  starlight 
upon  the  ocean, 

While,  spell-hound,  1  stand  gazing,  in  statue-liko  de¬ 
votion, 

At  the  fairest  of  the  train,  and  my  poor  life  feels  Its 
loss, 

For  thou  hast  taken  the  Crown,  hut  left  forme  the 
Cross. 

’TIs  many  a  long  and  weary  year  since  last  wc  parted, 
Minnie  Clark, 

And  1  wander  lone  and  broken-hearted. 

Full  of  care. 

Hut  there  Is  still  one  dear  spot,  where  thy  fair  young 
form  lies  dreaming. 

With  the  violets  all  about  you,  beneath  the  moon¬ 
light  streaming ; 

Where  the  dews  of  morn  and  even  o’er  thy  grave  In 
sorrow  weep, 

And  the  pitying  stars  of  midnight  a  faithful  vigil 

keep. 

Fame  is  singing  syren  songs  to  my  lonely  heart, 
Minnie  Clark, 

But  I’m  sighing  for  the  dime  where  we'll  never  part, 
And  my  prayer 

Is  to  rest  where  thou  art  sleeping  a  last  and  quiet 
sleep, 

Where  the  hands  shall  toll  no  more,  and  the  eyes 
shall  never  weep.— 

To  walk  there  beside  you,  forever  ’mong  the  blest, 

Where  the  wicked  cease  from  troubling  und  tho  | 
weary  ure  at  rest. 


(Our 


NEW  YEAR’S  EYE  IN  A  STORM. 

BY  LILLI  IS  DBVKIIBUX  Ill.  A  KB. 

“What  a  tiroary  Now  Year’s  Eve  !”  exclaimed 
Bholto  Morton,  as  lie  pulled  the  collar  of  Ids 
overcoat  up  around  his  neck  and  turned  in  his 
solitary  promenade  on  the  deck  of  the  steamer. 

The  night  was  indeed  very  forlorn,  the  rain 
swooping;  down  with  n  steady,  continuous  rush, 
the  wind  howling  through  the  rigging,  and  the 
sea  heaving  and  dashing  in  blank  waves  around 
the  vessel,  it  was  only  the  Sound,  but  the 
weather  was  so  rough  that  half  (he  passengers 
were  seasick,  and,  disgusted  with  (  lie  close  air 
below,  BilOl/i'O  had  come  on  deck  for  a  breath 
of  purer  n(  tnosphere. 

He  was  on  his  way  from  New  Vorlc  to  New 
Haven  on  business  for  the  firm  in  which  he  was 
junior  partner,  and  as  ho  braved  tho  storm  there 
ho  thought  ruefully  of  last  Now  Year’s  Eve  and 
how  different  it  Jiail  been  to  this.  Then  lie  was 
id  a  gay  party,  given  to  see  tho  Old  Year  out  and 
i  he  New  Year  In.  As  the  clock  struck  twelve 
he  had  boon  seated  beside  I.t  i,u  Grafton  in  tho 
alcove  formed  by  a  big  bow  window. 

He  remembered  how  the  snow  on  the  window 
outside  had  sparkled  in  tho  moonlight,  how 
Lulu  had  complained  of  being  chilly,  and  he 
had  drawn  her  pretty  white  cloak  around  her; 
then,  shielded  by  the  curtains,  lie  had  taken  her 
hand  in  his,  her  pretty  head  had  drooped,  and 
lie  was  just,  about  to  avow  the  love  ho  had  long 
felt  for  her  when  the  great  cloc^  struck  twelve 
midnight,  and  an  instant  after  Mrs.  Grafton's 
voice  demanded  sharply : 

“  Where  is  Lulu?" 

At  this  awful  sound  tho  two  young  people 
catne  out  from  behind  tho  curtains,  looking 
doubtless  foolish  enough.  At  last  Mrs.  Graf¬ 
ton  glared  at  (hem  sharply,  as  if  sho  suspected 
their  secret,  and  since  that  unlucky  time 
SuoLTQ  had  never  been  Invited  to  her  house 
again. 

Lulu  was  half  orphan  and  an  heiress,  and 
Mrs.  Grai  ton  no  doubt  thought  that  Bhoi.to 
Morton,  who  was  only  a  clerk  then  and  not 
even  junior  part  ner,  was  no  fit  mutch  for  her 
handsome  and  wealthy  daughter.  Ho  was  cut 
dead  by  not  being  invited  to  the  grand  Grafton 


ball,  the  cards  for  which  were  sent  out  the  day 
after  Now  Year. 

Of  course  lie  could  not,  go  to  see  Lulu  any 
|  more.  He  could  only  catch  a  glimpse  of  her  on 
rare  occasions  on  the  street  or  at  the  theatre, 
and  very  soon  she,  too,  began  to  look  coldly  at 
him,  so  that  he  despaired  of  ever  winning  her, 

-  and,  though  he  loved  her  still,  resigned  himself 
to  t  he  hopelessness  of  his  passion. 

'•  I  la  walked  on  now  up  and  down,  up  and  down, 
until  he  began  to  feel  chilled,  and  the  wet 

r  seemed  to  creep  through  even  Ills  waterproof 
overcoat,  lie  had  forgotten  all  about,  tho  dis¬ 
comfort.  of  the  scene  as  he  thought,  of  how 

3  happy  lie  had  been  a  year  ago,  until  the  going 
out  of  his  cigar  recalled  him  to  himself,  and  he 
awoke  to  the  dreariness  of  the  surroundings 
with  a  shiver.  He  would  seek  some  shelter. 

,  He  could  not  go  into  the  cabin,  hut  perhaps  he 
could  find  a  comfortable  place  in  the  roofed 

■  duck  in  front  of  the  ladies'  saloon.  So  think¬ 
ing,  Morton  went  on  till  he  reached  a  door 
which  led  Into  this  retreat.  He  looked  in 
through  the  glass  to  see  if  ho  should  be  In- 

■  t, rudlng  on  any  women  who  might  have  taken 
possession  of  H.  The  plaeo  was  entirely  de¬ 
serted,  however,  and  he  stepped  In. 

It  was  a  gloomy  spot,  lit  Only  by  a  swaying 
lantern  that  hung  from  the  roof,  and  filled  up 
on  one  side  with  plies  of  freight  and  luggage. 
Still,  hero  Sholto  was  sheltered  from  the  wind 
and  rain,  and  as  there  was  a  long  settee  each 
side  «f  the  cabin  door,  he  sat  down  on  one  of 
them,  took  off  Ids  wet  overcoat,  and  prepared 
to  make  himself  os  comfortable  as  he  could 
until  ho  should  bo  so  sleepy  as  to  Insure  repose 
even  amid  the  disagreeables  below. 

He  had  been  there  but  a  few  moments  when 
the  door  beside  him  opened  and  a  lady  came 
out.  Bhe  was  wrapped  in  a  large,  dark  cloak 
and  hood.  Morton  could  not  see  her  face; 
hut  just  as  she  stepped  forth  tho  vessel  gave  a 
lurch.  The  deck  was  slippery,  and  she  would 
have  fallen  had  he  not  sprung  up  and  caught 
her  in  his  arms.  Sho  uttered  a  faint  cry  at  the 
sudden  clasp,  her  hood  fell  back,  and  he  saw 
win)  It  was. 

“Miss  Grafton!"  lie  gasped. 

Her  eyes  were  not  yet  fully  accustomed  to 
the  light,  but  some  subtle  instinct  seemed  to 
tell  her  who  it  was  that  held  her. 

“Oh, Mr.  Morton!”  sho  exclaimed. 

“  Let  mo  support,  you  a  moment  till  you  are 
sealed,"  said  Bhot.to,  and  so,  slid  with  his  arm 
about  her,  ho  guided  her  to  tho  sofa,  and  then 
could  do  no  less  t  han  si!  down  beside  her. 

For  a  moment  neither  of  them  spoke,  each 
was  too  much  overcome  with  the  suddenness 
of  the  encounter  easily  to  find  words.  At  last 
Morton  said : 

“This  is  a  very  unexpected  pleasure,  Miss 
Grafton.  I  had  no  t  hought  of  finding  you  as 
mv  fellow  voyager." 

“No,  I  had  no  idea  of  being  here  till  this 
morning,"  replied  Lui.tr.  But  mamma  received 
a  letter  at  breakfast  time  informing  her  that 
Frank  Is  111.  You  know  he  Is  the  cousin  mam¬ 
ma  has  lmd  charge  of  so  long ;  he  is  a  Freshman 
now  at  Yale  College;  and  so  mamma  at  once 
decided  to  go  to  him,  and  1  of  course  came  with 
her." 

“  And  I  am  going  to  New  Haven  on  business," 
explained  Bholto.  A  little  while  ago  I  was 
lamenting  tho  necessity  that  drove  me  out  on 
such  a  night  and  In  such  a  storm  ;  now  I  bless 
It!" 

Lulu  did  not  reply,  and  Bholto  presently 
asked  : 

“Where  Is  Mrs.  Grafton  now?” 

“She  is  asleep.  Four  mamma!  she  has  been 
dreadfully  sick, and  indeed,  it  was  so  close  in¬ 
side,  I  feared  I  might  be  111  too,  and  came  out 
here  for  pure  air," 

There  was  silence  again  for  some  moments, 
except  for  tho  angry  rush  of  tho  waves  outside, 
the  dash  of  the  rain  on  the  roof  above,  and  the 
war  of  the  wind. 

"Oh,  Mr.  Morton!  do  you  think  there  is  any 
danger  ?’’  asked  Lulu  at  last. 

“No,  I  believe  not;  but  you  arc  frightened," 
he  said,  looking  at  her  pale  faco  earnestly. 
“No  indeed,  1  don’t  think  there  is  any  cause  for 
alarm." 

The  desire  to  Clasp  tho  little  trembling  figure 
in  ids  arms  was  almost  irresistible. 

"It  is  a  horrible  night!"  she  said,  with  a 
shiver. 

“  Yes,  and  you  arc  chilly.  Lot  me  fasten  your 
cloak  better."  As  he  put  out  his  hand  to  draw 
tho  warm  foJds  around  her  he  recollected,  oh  !  so 
vividly,  the  moment  when  ho  had  clasped  the 
white  opera  cloak  about  her  throat  the  year 
before.  “Oh,  Miss  Lulu!"  be  exclaimed,  with 
an  overwhelming  impulse,  “do  you  remember  a 
year  ago  to-night  when  I  was  with  you  at  that 
party  ?" 

“Yes."  Lulu  Just,  whispered  the  word,  her 
fair  head  drooping  ns  it  had  done  a  year  ago. 

A  wild  desire  to  know  all— to  be  refused  if  he  j 
must  be,  but  at  least,  to  learn  his  fate  from  her  I 
lips— overcame  Bholto.  lie  felt  himself  in  a 
position  now  where  lie  could  honorably  woo 
her— the  ojiportunity  might  never  come  again— 
and  he  said,  suddenly : 

“  Can  you  guess  what  I  should  have  said  last 
New  Year's  Eve  if  your  mother  had  not  called 
you  ?" 

“No,"  faltered  Lulu.  But  didn’t  she  really 
know,  I  wonder? 

’’  1  should  have  told  you  that,  I  loved  you, 
that  I  adored  you,  that  I  worshipped  you  ;  but, 
then,  if  you  had  hoard  me,  I  should  not  have 
boon  nearly  so  worthy  of  your  acceptance  as  I 
am  now,  for  1  love  you  a  thousand  times  more 
now  than  I  did  then ;  1  believe  1  am  a  better 


'  man,  and,  what  your  mother  would  regard,  I 
arn  surely  a  richer  one.  Toll  me,  Lui.tr,  do  you 
like  me  well  enough  to  take  me  for  life?” 
i  He  had  stolon  his  arm  around  boras  bespoke, 
i  but  sho  did  not.  draw  away,  and  as  he  finished 
,  her  head  sank  on  his  shoulder,  with  some  faint 
,  murmured  words  that  Morton  certainly  inter¬ 
preted  to  signify  consent,  for  he  pressed  a  kiss 
on  tho  lips  that  uttered  them,  and  for  a  while 
there  was  between  them  the  silence  of  happi¬ 
ness. 

“  Oh,  Lull’,”  lie  said  at  last,  “  1  was  so  mis¬ 
erable  after  last  New  Years !’’ 

“  Why?" 

“  Because  I  could  not  see  you  any  more.*’ 
“But  why  couldn’t  you  see  me?  I’m  sure  I 
thought  ftvery  odd  you  never  came  to  the  house 
again." 

“How  could  I  when  you  ali  cut  me?” 

“Cut  you  !  I  don't  understand." 

“  Vos ;  you  sent  me  no  card  to  your  hall.  Of 
course,  after  that,  I  could  not  come  to  your 
house  again,  and  then  you  looked  coldly  at  me, 
and  1  thought  I  hod  lost  your  favor.” 

“  Of  course  I  looked  coldly  at  you,  sir.  I  never 
knew  you  were  not  invited  to  t  lie  hull.  Y’ou  did 
|  not  call,  and— and  I  was  very  unhappy.” 

“Then  you  loved  mo  all  the  time!”  cried 
Morton. 

“Certainly  I  did,  and  refused  two  offers  for 
your  sake;  but  1  never  meant  to  tell  you  so!" 
she  half  pout  ed. 

“And  I  never  hoped  to  tell  you  of  my  love, 
darling,  and  probably  never  should  if  J  had  not 
met  you  here.  But  what  will  your  mother  say  ?" 

“I  don't  think  she'll  oppose  us  much.  I  was 
twenty-one  last  birthday  and  can  do  as  1  please. 
Besides,  she  told  me  the  other  day  that  she  had 
heard  you  spoken  of  very  highly  lately,  and 
there  Is  a  card  for  you  I’m  sure  for  our  next 
hall,  if  wc  don’t  have  to  give  it  upon  account, 
of  Frank's  Illness.  I  don't  think  wo  shall, 
though.  He  Is  a  sort  of  spoiled  child,  and 
wanted  mamma  to  come  up  and  see  him  more 
than  anyt  hing  else,  I  fancy." 

“Then,  darling,  this  will  indeed  bo  a  happy 
New  Year !" 

■  ■■  ■  4  *  » 

OUB  NEW  OEGANIST, 

It  nearly  divided  tho  church.  The  pew-own¬ 
ers  weft*  Indignant,  the  deacons  protested. 
Parson  Mlldmay  poui'ecl  what,  little  oil  ho  had 
upon  the  troubled  water,  ami  the  choir  re¬ 
signed.  Tho  old  meeting-house  was  rocked  to 
its  foundations.  And  all  this  turmoil  because 
the  music  committee  had,  at  the  suggestion  of 
the  organist  ,  put  a  cornet-player  beside  the  or¬ 
gan  to  lead  the  congregat  ion. 

Dreadful  proposal,  was  it  not?  The  idea  of 
having  a  horn  in  church !  A  French  horn ! 
You  know  what,  wicked  people  the  French  ure. 
Think  of  having  the  same  instrument  they  use 
In  the  Jar— well,  you  know  as  well  as  I  that 
some  folks  are  no  hotter  than  they  ought  to  be. 
No  wonder  Deacon  Tipples  said  that  ttie  rising 
generation  was?  a  wayward  generation,  seeking 
after  ungodly  inventions. 

Now,  you  know  my  views.  I  don't  care  what 
Instrument  we  use  in  church,  provided  wo 
praise  God  musically  and  soberly,  as  wc  ought. 
If  a  horn  or  a  violin  will  help  us,  I  go  for  it. 
Deacon  Squuggles  said  I  ought  to  he  ashamed. 

1  laughed,  and  told  him  that,  if  I  read  tho 
Scriptures  right,  David  danced  before  the  Lord, 
and  advised  the  temple  choir  to  use  cymbals 
oven  the  loud  sounding  cymbals. 

Ho  shook  his  head  and  said  that  there  were 
grave  doubts  about  that  passage.  Perhaps  the 
word  translated  dance  meant  something  else. 

“  Hop,"  1  suggested. 

The  deacon  went  away  sorrowful,  and  said  I 
was  a  backslider. 

“  It’s  not  a  long  story.  Let  mo  tell  it  to  you. 

We  had  sal  under  n  Indy  organist,  for  years— 
sat  under,  in  a  figurative  sense.  Wo  had  groaned 
inwardly  under  her  weekly  Inflictions  for  a  long 
time.  She  was  short  (well,  how  can  I  tell  it?)— 
her  feet  did  not  touch  the  pedals. 

The  effect  was  peculiar.  The  organ  seemed 
ready  to  topple  over  every  Sunday.  Some  folks 
said  that  the  organ  had  no  bass  notes.  Biess 
you!  What  did  they  know  about  it?  They 
could  not  tell  one  tunc  from  another. 

She  (the  organist)  had  u  weakness  for  the 
reeds.  The  reed  stops,  as  you  know,  have  their 
little  weakness,  like  the  rest  of  us.  Their  par¬ 
ticular  weakness  is  to  get  out  of  tune.  “Never 
mind,”  said  she,  “they  are  sweetly  pretty  after 
the  long  prayer.  Make  you  think  of  angels  In 
long  clothes  singing  t  hrough  a  cloud." 

Her  voluntaries  were  remarkable.  She  har¬ 
assed  the  parson  and  kept  everybody  on  the 
alert  ,  for  M  ho  could  tell  when  she  was  going  <o 
stop.  Every  other  minute  we  said,  “This  is  the 
end— the  closing  chord  lias  come.”  But  no;  it 
had  not.  More  closing  chords  followed,  till  .we 
were  near  distracted  with  hope  deferred. 

At  last  some  benevolent  young  man  hud  the 
goodness  to  marry  her  and  take  her  away. 
Bless  him  1  How  heartily  we  congratulated  him 
— and  ourselves! 

We  could  not  blame  Jlenvcn  for  giving  her 
short  limbs;  but  then  sho  might,  at  least,  have 
played  something  besides  her  own  composi¬ 
tions,  and  could  have  safely  neglected  her  be¬ 
loved  trumpets  and  oboes. 

The  next  Sunday  the  man  came.  He  was  a 
stout  follow,  und  his  coat  had  very  long  sleeves, 
and  his  trousers  were  extra  large.  They  were 
none  too  long  to  be  becoming.  He  could  touch 
anything  in  the  shape  iff  keys,  stops,  or  pedal, 
manage  tho  swell,  draw  the  top  right-hand  stop, 
and  play  on  the  lower  bank  at  t  he  same  instant. 


!  Clever  man,  they  said ;  clever  In  both  the  Eng- 
\  Ji«h  and  American  senses. 

The  first  Sunday  he  presided  the  folks  said 
that  the  OOminltMo  had  repaired  the  i u  i'an.  It 
>  had  not  sounded  so  well  for  a  long  time,  It's 
deep  and  majestic  tones  shook  the  air,  pervaded 
the  church  with  solemn  harmonic*,  arid  made 
Deacon  Squ, aggies’  youngest  cry.  He  is  not  a 
precocious  child,  and  did  not  ask  to  see  the 
monkey. 

The  music  that  dav  was  a  revelation  to  most 
of  tho  people,  and  there  was  a  satisfied  buzz 
among  the  folks  on  tho  steps  when  the  church 
was  out.  Things  improved  from  work  to  week. 
One  or  two  who  had  backslid  of  late  returned, 
and  really  rnme  to  church  half  s  day— came  to 
hour  the  music.  Deacon  Bq Haggles  reproved 
their  motives  and  accepted  I  heir  renewed  pew- 
rent  complaisant  ly. 

About  the  fifth  Sunday  after  the  new  admin¬ 
istration  Parson  Mlldmay  announced  that  the 
last  hymn  would  be  sung  l>y  Ihc  congregation. 
With  fear  and  trembling  t  hey  listened  to  hear 
what  time  would  bo  given  our.  After  the  first, 
bar  their  fears  were  allayed.  There  was  no  mis¬ 
taking  the  melody  of  “Duke  Street"  played 
distinctly  and  .accurately  on  a  single  loud  stop. 
At  the  end  the  people  struggled  to  their  feet, 
and  the  singing  began  The  result  was  peculiar 
and  delightful.  Did  I  not  feel  sure  that  you 
know  all  about  it,  i  would  give  you  a  detailed 
description  of  it.  Congregational  noise!  You 
have  heard  It,.  Doesn’t  congregational  singing 
always  remind  you  of  I  huso  famous  Hues  con¬ 
cerning  the  little  girl  who 
“  When  (die  was  good,  she  wits  very,  very  good, 

And  when  sin  was  bad,  she  was  horrid.” 

The  sermon  was  lost  that  day.  The  people 
weut  home  to  their  dinners  dissatisfied,  and 
hoped  it  wouldn’t  be  tried  again. 

rho  next  Sunday  evening  brought  the  explo- 
;  sion.  It  was  announced  in  the  morning  that 
there  would  be  an  extra  service  of  song  at  half 
past  seven. 

At  seven  the  church  was  full;  at  half  past, 
crowded.  AVord  had  got  about  that  something 
peculiar  might  be  expected.  Many  backsliders 
and  others  cam e  in.  “To  scoff,"  Deacon  1*1  p— 
pics  said.  Would  they  remain  to  sing.  Per¬ 
haps  so. 

The  service  was  opened  by  reading,  and  a  set 
piece  by  tho  choir.  Then  Mr*  Jones,  Chairman 
of  the  Music  Committee,  rose,  and,  to  our 
amazement,  called  the  organist  from  Ids  seat 
and  introduced  him  to  us.  Our  organ  is  behiud 
tho  pulpit,  just  where  it  ought  to  be.  Every¬ 
body  woke  up,  and  you  might  have  heard  a  pin 
drop. 

The  young  limn  bowed  and  spoke  as  follows  : 

“  My  friends :  AYe  meet  here  every'  week  for 
prayer  and  praise,  AVe  come  to  lift  our  hearts 
to  Heaven  Fii.  thankfulness  and  joy.  For  music 
we  have  t  he  organ,  the  most  noble  instrument 
In  the  world,  in  all  our  churches,  and  trained 
choirs  sing  the  praise  of  the  Lord  with  the  best 
skill  and  art  the  world  has  discovered. 

“The  church  him  always  aimed  to  command 
the  best  mu  ale,  believing  that  the  best  Is  none 
too  good  for  God's  service.  In  this  pursuit  of 
art  there  is  great,  danger  of  going  to  extremes. 
The  trained  choir  should  ho  used  everywhere, 
lint  not  to  the  exclusion  <>f  the  people.  Tho  in¬ 
spired  command,  ‘Let all  the  people  praise  tho 
Lord,’  is  sadly- neglected  of  late. 

**  We  have,  HI  our  search  fur  high  art,  delegated 
our  pralsegtving  to  pahl  singers,  and  wo  praise 
God  by  proxy. 

” My  friends,  these  thing-;  ought  not  so  to  he. 
AAro  should  all  sing.  Let  the  choir  lead,  and  all 
join  them  In  the  solemn  psalm  or  cheerful  song 
of  thanksgiving.  1  am  aware  that  the  congre¬ 
gational  singing  is  view  ed  with  disgust  by  many. 

It  is  HomotliriOH  very  bad,  and  offends  more  than 
elevates.  This  need  not  be  so  if  one  or  two 
rules  are  observed.  Let  me  give  them  to  you. 

“Firstly.  Letallsing,  youngaml  old.  No  mat¬ 
ter  how  badly  It  sounds  to  you,  sing  with  confi¬ 
dence. 

“Secondly.  Do  not  attempt  to  sing  parts. 

1s  t  all  sing  the  melody.  Lot  those  who  think 
they  cun  sing  tenor;  alto,  or  bass,  give  up  their 
parts,  UUd  join  tho  soprano  In  singing  the  air  or 
melody.  Of  course,  tho  gentlemen  will  sing  it 
one  octavo  lower  than  the  ladies.  The  organ 
will  give  the  harmony,  the  voices  the  ,;  ng.  By 
the  aid  of  these  rule#,  our  winging  will  bo  easy 
and  effective.  ,  .  ,  , 

"Now.  to  help  you,  I  will  i,’vo  ,'UI  f1”'*0'*/ 
played  upon  a  cornet.  This  lustrum...  .  *9.  ’ 
penetrating,  and  easily  followed.  The  ,,,”iru- 
inoril  and  organ  will  play  the  time  over,  anu 
then,  after  an  instant's  pause,  all  Join  In  sing¬ 
ing/ 

If  a  thunderbolt  had  spilt  tho  gilded  cockerel 
on  the  steeple,  and  rung  the  fire  alarm  bell,  wo 
could  not  have  been  more  elect  rifled.  The  peo¬ 
ple  with  one  consent  sat  down  in  a  nuddlo  of 
discontent  and  horror.  Deucon  Bipiaggles  leaned 
Ids  head  on  his  hand  and  groaned  aloud.  Par- 
soil  Mlldmay  looked  dubious,  and  wo  were  vari¬ 
ously  much  shocked.  The  organ  and  the  c  ornet 
began.  It  sounded  well,  and  amue  of  us  were 
inwardly  set  up  with  much  joy.  Then  the  con¬ 
gregation  roBo  as  one  man,  resolved  to  extin¬ 
guish  ihc  desecrating  Instruments— resolved  to 
sing  the  thing  down. 

Wo  sang  Old  Hundred  through  twice.  Such  a 
tremendous  volume  of  tone  had  never  been 
hc.vi-d  in  the  church  before-  Tho  grand  old  tune 
fairly  shook  the  house.  When  it  wns  finished, 
wc  sal  down.  I  looked  round,  and  found  tho 
deacon's  wife  wiping  her  eyes  furtively.  Some 
Irreverent  person  rapped  on  tho  floor  with  u 
cane  just,  a  timid  little  rap,  but  applause,  cer¬ 
tainly.  Deacon  Pipples’  little  boy  said  audibly, 

“  Hurra ;  won’t  that  bu —  ”  Tho  last  word  was 
extinguished  by  a  fatherly  hand. 

The  Parson  read  two  verses  of  another  hymn. 
His  voice  trembled,  and  ho  seemed  peculiarly 
happy.  That  splendid  old  tune  of  Christman,  by 
Father  Handel,  was  played.  Handel  believed  in 
horns  and  trumpets.  Av  hen  thoglowlng  melody 
rang  bravely  through  theeluireh,  everybody  rose 
and  seized  their  hymn  books,  with  ardent  de¬ 
termination  t  o  do  their  beat. 

Everybody  sang.  Who  could  help  it?  The 
ringing  tones  of  the  trumpet  bore  everything 
along  with  it.  At  the  Interlude  between  the 
verses,  there  was  a  profound  hush-  The  people 
felt  that  at  last  they  were  really  praising  God 
with  heart  and  soul,  The  second  verse  was  even 
more  successful  than  the  first.  Everybody  felt 
warmed  up  to  the  work.  The  congregation  had 
ttuide  a  discovery.  It  could  sing. 

When  it  was  ov cr  parson  Mihimay  leaned  over 
the  desk  and  said  “  Brother  Bipiaggles,  let  us 
sing  all  the  verses." 

Wo  did.  From  that  night  congregational  sir g- 
ing  and  tho  cornet  player  were  a  fixed  part  of 
our  service.  A  t  first,  as  I  said,  it  nearly  split  tho 
church.  The  choir  resigned  (resignation  not 
accepted),  and  a  smalt  tempest  raged  for  two 
weeks  among  the  people.  The  church  was  di¬ 
vided  Into  comet  ists,  hut  anti-coriietisls  carried 
t  he  day’.  The  storm  cleared  away,  and  now  all 
1;  serene.  The  unsold  pews  found  n  market. 
Beats  in  the  church  became  scarce.  Even  the 
gallery  filled  up,  and  Parson  Mlldmay  i-  happy 
over  a  large  and  growing  congregation.  The  dear 
old  deacons  lament  the  cause,  but  rejoice  in  tho 
prosperity  of  the  church. 


JAW.  as 


00 RE’S  RURAL  HEW-YORKEB 


Xa dies'  jJortfoli 


AN  INTRUDER. 

Baby  has  been  hero,  it  s#ems- 
Baby  Annie,  on  the  wing— 

In  my  little  library, 

Plundering  and  rovoltng. 

Annie  dear,  the  darling  w  Itch- 
See  how  innocent  «he  looks— 

But  she  has  a  world  of  wiles 
When  she  gets  among  my  books. 

Half  the  time  I  own  she  seems 
Less  u  being  than  a  star  : 

Then  attain  I  cry  '•  My  books ; 

Aunle,  what  a  rogue  you  are !” 

“  No.  no—”  papa  cries  in  vain  ; 

Down  the  dainty  volumes  come ; 

“  Papa,  here  you  an;  no  king, 

X  am  queen  In  babydom.” 

Stately  Johnson  lies  In  grief 
Under  laughing  Habeluis 
Emerson  Is  flat  for  once ; 

Heine’s  thumbing  Tlmokcray. 

Whittier,  O  poet  rare  1 
Thou  hast  many  pages  less  ; 

But  If  all  wero  gono  hut  one. 

That  would  hold  und  charm  or  bless. 

Baby  with  the  double  crown, 

And  the  laughter-haunted  eyes, 

Papa's  sanctum,  volume  strewn, 

Is  to  theo  a  Paradise. 

1  forgive  thee  when  I  feel  • 

Breath  and  lips  upon  me  pressed. 

Sweet  as  any  nllen  air, 

Blown  from  harbors  of  the  blest. 

"  Papa,”  something  whispers  me, 

“  Better  every  laden  shelf 
Emptied  by  her  baby  hands 
Than  the  house  all  to  thyself.” 

[Hiram  Rich,  in  Scribner’*  for  December. 

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A  GIRL’S  IDEA  OF  MAN. 

“  Man’s  work  Is  done  from  sun  to  sun, 

But  woman’s  work  is  never  done.” 

Standing  elbow-deep  In  the  dish  water,  not 
many  days  since,  this  time-worn  saying  flushed 
Into  my  mlrul,  like  an  electric  shock,  causing 
mo  to  drop  tlm  dish  cloth,  while  an  emphatic 
“That’s  so !”  burst  from  my  lips.  My  mother's 
ejaculations  of  amazement  at  so  startling  an 
exhibition  restored  me  in  appearance  to  my 
wonted  equilibrium,  though  inwardly  my  Indig¬ 
nation  heat  a  thrilling  tattoo  to  the  flying  cups 
and  saucers  which,  ever  and  anon,  crashed  into 
the  cupboard!  And  girls,  whether  you  believe 
it  or  not,  the  short  space  of  Ilf  teen  minutes  saw 
my  dishes  all  out.  r.f  sight— skillets  and  frying 
pans  not  mentionabJc;  whereupon  I  calmly  and 
quietly  Bcated  myself  to  cool  off ;  hut  the  more 
I  tried,  the  more  angry  I  prow,  till  finally,  snap¬ 
ping  my  lingers  to  that  hypocritical  old  doc¬ 
trine  : 

“  Patience  and  Perseverance  uccompliHhutli  all 
things,” 

I  seized  the  broom  and  duster,  and  proceeded 
to  vent  my  spleen  upon  the  numerous  inoffen¬ 
sive  articles  nearest  my  energetic  grasp.  (  hairs 
flew  in  every  direction,  to  say  nothing  of  dust 
and  cobwebs,  and  with  every  dash  of  the  broom 
on  went  another  layer  of  indignation.  At  this 
rate,  then,  I  leave  you  to  judge  of  my  probable 
state  ol'  mind  when,  al.  the  expiration  of  half  an 
hour,  just  ns  1  had  seated  myself  to  rest  a  little 
from  my  arduous  labors,  In  walked  an  import¬ 
ant  representative  of  the  male  box,  making  an 
extremely  soothing  observation  something  after 
this  style:  “That  ho  wished  ho  had  nothing 
more  to  do  than  to  sit  in  the  house  from  morn¬ 
ing  till  night,  as  t  he  women  all  did.” 

Well !  it  would  bo  perfectly  useless  for  mo  to 
attempt  to  describe  my  sensations,  ns  every 
word  iu  Webster's  Dictionary  nil  strung  togeth¬ 
er  wouldn’t  bo  enough.  I  was  actually  dumb. 
My  tongue  Clove  to  the  roof  of  my  mouth.  All 
the  pont-up  Ideas  of  the  morning  crowded  into 
my  bruin  at  once  and  concentrated  in  my  eyes. 
Sparks  flew,  if  language  didn’t,  and  if  looks 
could  annihilate,  I  am  quite  certain  that  the 
aforementioned  individual  would  have  been 
stretched  at  my  foot.  He,  however,  fearing  per¬ 
haps  such  a  termination,  proceeded  to  take  his 
departure  with  all  necessary  dispatch  I  T,  mean- 
whi|e,  striving  to  gat  her  up  my  dead-and-alive 
energies  sufficiently  to  aim  at  his  retreating 
coat  skirts  a  parting  shot  with  the  broom. 

Men  are  selfish  creatures,  the  best  way  you 
can  make  it,  and  tho  more  you  humor  them  the 
worse  they  get.  They  have  been  so  long  accus-  1 
toinod  to  having  the  best  of  everything,  that 
they  have  naturally  come  to  expect  it.  There 
is  a  mouldy  piece  of  sentiment,  Ashed  up  from 
the  brain  of  some  old  twichclor  probably,  which 
always  did  disgust  me,  and  that  is  : 

“  Always  meet  your  husband  with  a  srnlle.” 

That  goes  a  lit  tic  beyond  my  powers  of  endur¬ 
ance.  Smiles  indeed!  Delightfully  consistent 
with  wash  tubs  and  gridirons.  No  a  woman 
must  slave  and  toil  In  the  kitchen,  from  morn¬ 
ing  till  night,  shut  in  from  all  communion,  with 
♦he  world  outside ;  must  broil,  and  bake,  and 
stew,  with  a  dozen  dirty  little  pinafores  cling¬ 
ing  to  her  skirts;  must,  sweep,  and  dust,  and 
darn,  and  sew ;  in  fact,  must  go  through  hor 
work,  more  dead  than  alive,  with  tho  over- pres¬ 
ent  idea  staring  her  in  tho  face  that  the  arrival 
of  her  husband  is  a  signal  for  her  to  scare  up  a 
smile,  to  greet  I  ho  poor,  dear  creature,  who  Is  so 
tired  and  harassed  with  business !  If  there  hap¬ 
pens  to  ho  a  tender  spot  in  the  steak  for  dinner. 
Why-  It  must  be  saved  for  father !  The  richest  ! 


bit  of  cream  is  reserved  for  father’s  coffee; 
father  must  have  tho  most  Comfortable  ehairin 
the  house  -the  largest  half  of  the  lamp.  Tho 
instant  you  hear  father  coming,  presto  i  change  1 
clear  the  track,  children  !  your  father  is  tired ; 
don't  disturb  1dm;  run  to  your  mother;  she 
will  attend  to  you.  Mother  mustn't  get  tired. 

Well,  come  !  Lot’s  have  tho  denouement. 

Father  plants  himself  in  the  only  rocking 
chair  tho  house  affords,  elevates  ids  heels  above 
the  level  of  his  nose,  and  remains  a  fixture  for 
the  rest  of  tho  evening.  Molher  comes  trot¬ 
ting  down  stairs,  from  hor  task  of  putting  the 
cherubs  to  bed,  with  an  undignified  sensation 
of  pleasure  at  the  bare  possibility  which  sug¬ 
gests  itself  to  her  mind  of  a  Boola!  chat  with 
her  husband  about,  the  occurrences  of  the  day, 
which  is  Just  what  she  needs,  after  tho  mon¬ 
strous  round  of  duties  which  she  dally  performs. 
Not  a  bit  of  it!  there  be  sits,  conning,  with  un¬ 
flinching  steadiness,  the  columns  of  that  odious 
paper,  informing  her  by  appearance,  if  not  by 
words,  that  "  Mum”  is  the  order  of  the  evening. 
So,  heaving  a  faint  little  nigh,  she  takes  her 
basket  of  stockings,  and  with  unswerving,  mar¬ 
tyr-like  devotion,  plies  her  needle  until  that 
man  gets  ready  to  speak  to  her!  which  will 
probably  he  when  bo  wants  a  dish  of  apples  or 
a  glass  of  eider. 

Yes,  sir!  my  mind  is  quite  made  up  on  this 
subject,  and  I  don’t  see  that  I  am  going  to  help 
it  any  either,  for : 

“  Mon  wiil  be  men  the  wide  world  through. 

And  women  can’t  help  it,  whatever  they  do.” 

Lou  M.  K  i.hSKV. 

- ♦-*-* - 

VISCOUNTESS  BEACONSFIELD. 

Thu  engraving  wo  present,  tilts  week,  on 
page  61,  of  Mary  Anne  Disra  m.i,  Viscount¬ 
ess  of  Beaconsflold,  who  recently  died  at  Hur- 
henden,  in  England,  is  from  a  portrait  which 
Mr.  DI8UAKLI  has  allowed  to  lie  copied.  Nho 
was  the  only  daughter  of  Captain  John  Viney 
Evans,  It.  N.,  of  Devonshire.  In  1815  she  mar¬ 
ried  Wyndham  Lewis,  Esq.,  M.  I*.,  who  died  in 
1838,  without  children,  in  1X31)  nho  married 
Benjamin  Disraeli,  Esq,  The  union  was  a 
very  happy  one.  On  more  than  one  occasion 
Mr.  Disraeli  has  testified  to  the  depth  of  his 
feeling  for  his  wife,  lie  dedicated  his  novel  of 
"Nybir’to  her.  in  1867,  in  a  public  speech  at 
Edinburgh,  lie  spoke  of  Ids  w  ife  ui  "  that  gra¬ 
cious  lady  to  whom  lie  owed  so  much  of  the 
happiness  and  success  of  bis  life."  In  1868  the 
Queen  raised  Mrs.  Disraeli  to  tho  peerage. 
At  the  t  ime  of  her  deatli  she  was  83,  while  Mr. 
Disraeli  is  some  twenty  years  younger.  Hy 
her  first  husband,  Mr.  Lewis,  she  came  into 
possession  of  an  immense  fortune.  Years  ago 
young  Disraeli  and  Mr.  Lewis  clubbed  togeth¬ 
er  to  represent  a  certain  double-seated  const  it- 
tienoy.  The  latter  furnished  the  money  and  the 
former  the  brains.  Mrs.  Lewis  used  to  speak 
disparagingly  or  her  husband's  intellectual  at¬ 
tainments,  while  aim  eulogized  Mr.  Disraeli 
to  t  he  skies  In  less  than  a  year  after  sho  be¬ 
came  a  widow  she  married  Mr.  Disraeli.  Mrs. 
D.  was  not  aide  to  leave  her  husband  any  money, 
and  rumor  says  that  ho  is  hopelessly  iu  debt. 
Ho  enjoys,  however,  a  government  pension  of 
$35,000. 

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SYMPTOMS  OF  MAIDENLY  CELIBACY. 

We  do  not  know  who  is  the  author  of  the  fol¬ 
lowing;  nor,  of  course,  do  we  know  whether 
the  symptoms  given  are  correct.  We  give  them 
place,  that  the  curious  In  such  matters  among 
our  readers  may  have  opportunity  to  verify 
them  by  observation,  i f  they  think  the  matter 
of  sufficient  Importance  to  them  : 

When  a  woman  begins  to  drink  her  tea  with¬ 
out  sugar  -that's  a  symptom. 

When  a  woman  begins  to  read  love  stories 
abed— that's  a  symptom. 

When  a  woman  gives  a  sigh  on  hearing  of  a 
wedding — that's  a  symptom. 

When  a  woman  begins  t  o  say  that  she's  re¬ 
fused  many  an  offer  that’s  a  symptom. 

When  a  woman  begins  to  talk  about  rheuma¬ 
tism  in  hor  knees  and  elbows— that’s  a  symp¬ 
tom. 

When  a  woman  begins  to  refuse  to  toll  her 
age — that's  a  symptom. 

When  a  woman  begins  to  find  fault  with  her 
looking  glass,  and  say  that  it  doesn’t  show  her 
features  right— that’*  a  symptom. 

When  a  woman  begins  talking  about  cold 
drafts,  and  stops  up  the  crevices  in  the  doors 
anil  windows— that  's  a  symptom. 

When  a  woman  begins  to  say  what  a  “  Dread¬ 
ful  set  of  creatures  men  are,  and  that  she 
wouldn’t  lie  bothered  with  0110  for  the  world”— 
that’s  a  symptom. 

When  a  woman  begins  to  change  her  shoes 
every  time  she  comes  into  the  house  after  a 
walk— that’s  a  symptom. 

When  a  woman  begins  to  have  a  little  dog 
trotting  after  her— that's  a  symptom. 

When  a  woman  begins  to  have  a  cat  at  iier 
elbow  at  meal  Mmo.  and  gives  it  sweetened 
milk  that’s  a  symptom. 

When  a  woman  begins  to  say  that  a  servant 
lias  no  business  with  a  sweetheart— that's  a 
symptom. 

When  a  woman  begins  to  rub  her  fingers  over 
chairs  and  table  ,  to  see  if  they  are  dusty— that’s 
a  symptom. 

When  a  woman  begins  to  go  to  bed  with  her 
stockings  und  a  llannel  nightcap  on— that's  a 
symptom. 

When  a  woman  begins  l«,  put  her  fingers  be¬ 
fore  her  mouth  when  talking  to  any  one,  lor 
fear  they  should  see  she’s  losing  her  teeth— 
that’s  a  symptom. 


Reading  for  the  fjoiutg. 


SLEEP,  BABY  DARLING. 

BY  MAJASA. 

Sleep,  bahy  darling, 

Close  your  blue  eyes, 

Fading  away 
Are  the  sunset  dyes. 

The  little  birdie 
Has  folded  Its  wing, 

No  more  sweet  songs 
To-night  will  it  sing. 

May  He  who  sees 
The  sparrow’s  fall, 

Our  God  who  watches 
Over  uh  nil 

Keep  you  safe,  darling, 

Till  the  dawning  light, 

Take  you  ut  lust 
Where  there  is  no  night. 

T - - - 

MRS.  BEAN-A  STORY  FOR  CHILDREN. 

BY  LAURA  SOUTHGATE, 

“Goon  morning,  Mrs.  Dean;  I  hope  you  are 
not  quite  so  cross  this  morning,”  said  tho  pert 
lit  tle  flower,  COLUM  rink,  shaking  out  hor  own 
pretty  leaves  In  rather  a  proud  way,  and  looking 
at  the  bean  vino. 

“Well,”  replied  Mrs.  Dean,  “  If  I,  am  not  cross 
it.  isn’t  because  there’B  anything  to  bo  cheerful 
about.” 

“Dear  me,  Mrs.  Bean!"  said  Mrs.  Rose, 
“  what  Is  It,  I  should  like  to  know,  that  troubles 
you  so  much  ?” 

“Troubles  me!  Yes,  T  should  say  so,  as  though 
Iliad  ever  had  one  minute's  comfort!  In  the 
first  place,  they  planted  1110  upahle  down." 

“  Upside  down  !  Oh  my !  that  must  have  been 
inconvenient." 

“Inconvenient!  That  doesn’t  express  it  at 
at  all ;  it  was  horrible!  I  sprouted  nicely,  and 
then  discovered  that  1  was  upside  down  ;  but 
which  way  to  find  daylight!  How  should  1 
know?  I  groped  about  two  whole  days  first  iu 
one  direction,  and  then  iu  anot  her,  t  ill  at  last  I 
saw  a  peep  of  light ;  but  just  then,  if  you  will 
believe  it,  that  dreadful  Tommy  came  along 
with  a  shovel  and  dug  down  after  me,  as  though 
1  was  not  coming  a.s  fast  as  I  could!  Well,  ho 
found  mo,  and  said  to  ids  little  sister  t bat  I  was 
growing  downwards,  as  though  I  did  not  know 
what  I  was  about ;  then  he  dragged  mo  out. 
Oh,  It  was  po  shocking !  And  then  he  set  me  on 
my  head  I  And  so  I  was  deep  down  in  tho 
ground  again  ;  and  then  such  an  effort  as  I  had 
to  make  !  Wriggling,  and  I  wisting,  and  bother¬ 
ing,  to  get  the  right,  direction  once  more;  but 
at  last  I  got  up  out  of  tho  ground;  and  tho  sun 
was  so  bright  and  the  air  so  good  I  quite  forgot 
all  my  troubles.  And  then  l  grew,  and  l  grew, 
and  1  was  quite  proud  of  myself.  But  I  soon 
began  to  find  I  was  awfully  weak  in  the  back. 
I  tried  though  with  all  my  might  to  hold  myself 
up;  for  the  idea  of  my  draggling  down  on  the 
ground  an  though  I  was  nobody  I  One  day,  just 
as  I  was  getting  out  of  all  patience,  Miss  Lucy 
came  along  with  a  little  stick  it  wasn't,  much 
of  an  affair,  but  it  gave  mo  some  support  and  J 
immediately  wound  myself  around  It. 

Then  I  began  right  off  making  plans  for  the 
future;  but,  oh  mercy!  in  the  night  a  horrid 
Wind  came,  rearing  round  and  round  tho  gar¬ 
den,  und  at  last  he  got  hold  of  me,  and  tho  litt  le 
stick  and  1  wont  over  together.  Oh  dear  me! 
if  only  I  had  had  a  good  stalk  of  my  own,  I’d 
allow  you  what's  what.  Yes,  that  was  my  plan, 
to  grow  up  very  tall  and  graceful  and  wave  my 
beautiful  green  loaves  about  a  while,  and  then 
I  expected  to  raise  a  family  of  daughters  to 
make  a  line  show  in  the  world.  I  meant  these 
Uowera  of  mine  should  bo  all  dressed  in  scarlet, 
and,  oil  my!  how  everyone  would  stare!  But 
here  it  Is  now.  [  have  to  slay  on  tho  ground. 

“Two  days  ago,  as  I  suppose  you  all  saw,  I 
tried  to  climb  up  on  Mrs.  Rose  here  hy  my  side. 
Nile  had  never  so  much  as  a  single  bud  of  hor 
own,  and  l  thought  sho  would  be  delighted  with 
tho  show  1  should  make  among  her  green  leaves. 
On  the  contrary,  she  gave  me  to  understand  1 
was  not  wanted.  In  truth.  If  I  must  tell  all  the 
rudeness  that  has  been  shown  me,  Miss  Lucy 
came  iu  tho  garden  and  Bald,  'Here,  Imre!  I 
can’t  have  this  old  bean  on  my  lovely  rose!’ 

“Now,  I  am  down  on  the  ground,  and  1  never 
shall  get  up  again.  Dear,  dear,  it  is  too  bad  !” 

Now,  when  all  tins  flowers  hoard  poor  Mrs. 
Dean’s  story  they  did  not  laugh  at  tier  misfor¬ 
tunes;  they  wero  all  very  sorry  and  wished  to 
help  her.  Pretty  Miss  Columbine  whs  hardly 
grown  enough  to  do  much,  bill  a  lull  Syringe 
and  a  beautiful  Lilac  tree  put  out  their 
branches  to  her.  Ho  she  took  heart  again  and 
caught  hold  hero  and  there,  and  at  last  she  got 
up  and  soon  began  10  grow  again;  then  she 
became  vary  handsome,  and  after  a  while  her 
daughters  came,  all  In  scarlet,  and  as  bright 
and  beautiful  as  Mrs.  Dean  could  wish. 


LETTERS  TO  YOUNG  RURALISTS.-No.  15. 

FROM  COUSIN  JOHNNIE. 

Have  any  of  my  older  cousins  ever  played  the 
game  of  “Twenty  Questions?”  If  not,  1  will 
t  ry  to  explain  and  illustrate  it  so  they  can  do  so 
in  future,  ami  1  am  sure  they  will  like  it.  The 
company  Is  divided  Into  two  parts,  half  going  to 
one  end  of  the  room  and  half  to  another,  and 


each  side  choosing  one  of  their  number  to  lie  its 
spokesman.  One  side  then  thinks  of  something 
about  which  tho  other  side  Is  allowed  to  ask 
twenty  questions  and  give  three  guesses.  To 
make  it  quite  plain  to  you,  l  will  tell  you  just 
how  a  party  of  us  played  it  tho  other  night. 
One  side  thought  of  the  palaco  of  ice  built  a 
great  many  years  ago  l iy  an  Empress  of  Russia, 
in  which,  you  may  remember,  there  were  many 
large  rooms  and  hulls;  ii.  was  also  very  hand¬ 
somely  furnished,  und  was  lighted  up  with  many 
hundreds  of  candies  and  colored  lamps.  Tho 
first  question  our  side  asked  about  it  wus, 
“  What  are  the  familiar  mimes  of  the  materials 
of  which  the  tiling  thought,  of  is  composed?” 
You  seo  It  is  necessary  to  lie  very  careful  in 
wording  the  questions,  or  the  twent  y  will  soon 
be  used  up  t.<»  no  purpose.  The  answer  was, 
"Oxygen,  hydrogen,  and  animal  matter,"  We 
knew  then  (since  they  are  obliged  lo  answer 
truthfully)  it  must  bo  water:  so  we  asked  next, 
“  Are  they  Combined  in  a  solid  or  liquid  form?" 
The  answer  was,  “Solid."  This  made  us  certain 
it  was  Ice ;  so  wo  next  naked  its  size.  Tho  other 
side  did  not  know  exactly,  but.  they  imagined  It 
was  about,  one  hundred  feet  lung,  fifty  feet 
wide,  and  four  feet  thick.  Tho  palace  of  lee 
was  immediately  thought  of  by  one  of  our  num¬ 
ber,  but  we  would  not  venture  a  guess  until  wo 
had  found  out  something  still  more  definite  ;  so 
wo  then  asked,  “  For  what,  wus  It  used?”  The 
answer  was,  “  As  an  ornament.”  You  see,  those 
answering  tho  questions  try  to  give  as  little  In¬ 
formation  as  possible.  The  next  question  was, 
“Who  used  this  thing  as  an  ornament?”  They 
said,  “  A.  great,  many  people  whose  names  they 
did  not  know.”  Then  wo  asked  for  the  exact 
locality  whore  this  thing  is,  or  was  to  boTound, 
and  they  answered,  “  Russia.”  Then  we  gave  a 
guess  that  it  was  the  palace  <>f  ice.  and  suro 
enough  it.  was  right.  This  game  is  very  inter¬ 
esting  ami  Improving  if  played  carefully,  but 
you  must  bo  cautious  not  to  ask  or  answer  any 
questions  without  consulting  together  (in  whis¬ 
pers,  remember,  lest  the  other  side  hear  you), 
and  lot.  your  spokesman  do  all  tho  talking.  It 
is  best  also  for  each  side  to  have  a  piece  of  paper 
on  which  to  write  the  questions  and  answers  as 
they  are  given. 

$he  |)  trader. 


MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA.— No.  2. 

I  am  composed  of  44  letters: 

My  33,  11,  30,  31, 19  is  the  name  of  an  editor. 

My  41,  31,  5,  16  Is  a  shelf  ornament. 

My  8,  3,  4,  39,  5,  43,  14,  10,  43  is  one  of  the  South¬ 
ern  States. 

My  1,  7,  5, 15  in  employment. 

My  39,  39,  30,  34, 33  la  not  burdensome. 

My  I),  37,  3fi,  17, 33, 31  Is  to  vacillate. 

My  30,  4,  44,  33,  39,  40,  7,  13,  28  is  to  buy  and  sell  at 
Fairs. 

My  3,  34,  13  Is  fiery. 

My  6,  34,  38  Is  a  tray  for  carrying  brick. 

My  18,  35, 19,  20,  14  is  a  quadruped. 

My  25,  43,  5,  37  is  an  animal  that  lives  in  water. 

My  whole  is  a  part,  of  0110  of  the  Ten  Com¬ 
mandments,  C.  xi.  A. 

ISB'’"  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

—  «»« - 

CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA -No.  3. 

My  first,  is  in  man  but  not  in  boy, 

My  second  is  in  elato  but  not  in  joy  ; 

My  third  is  In  early  but  not  in  late. 

My  fourth  is  in  Sarah  but  not  in  Kate; 

My  fifth  is  in  wheel  but  not  in  band, 

My  whole  is  a  species  of  low  land. 
iW~  Answer  in  two  weeks.  “  Buckeye.” 


PROBLEM.  No.  2. 

Determine,  by  equations  of  the  second  de¬ 
gree,  the  sides  of  two  dissimilar  triangles,  each 
containing  an  area  of  6  acres,  each  having  a 
perimeter  of  300  rods,  and  each  having  tho  rec¬ 
tangle  contained  by  one  of  its  sides  and  a  line  20 
rods  in  length,  equal  to  the  rectangle  contained 
by  the  other  two.  B.  F.  Burleson, 

;??/"  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - 

PUZZLE. -No.  3. 

I  have  live  letters.  1  begin  as  crooked  as  an  S. 
My  second  is  a  nut;  my  third  was  known  from 
the  beginning  of  letters.  These  three  make  a 
German  watering  place,  to  which  I  come,  and 
with  iny  last  make  suffering.  My  whole  is  a 
once  great  nation.  What  was  it? 

gsr  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- 4-*~* - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.  Jan.  11. 

I  Illustrated  Rebus  No.  2.  Malice  and  hatred 
are  very  fretting. 

Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  1.— The  love  of 
money  ts  the  root  of  all  evil. 

■  Puzzle  No.  1.— Eleven. 

Anagram  No.  1.— 

When  tilings  don’t  go  to  .suit  you. 

And  the  world  seem*  upside  down, 

Don’t  waste  your  tune  I11  fretting, 

But  drive  away  that  frown. 

Drop-Letter  Puzzle  No.  I.— 

lie  practised  every  pass  and  ward, 

To  thrust,  to  strike,  to  feint,  to  guard: 

Whllo  less  expert,  though  stronger  far, 

The  Gael  maintained  unequal  war. 


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CURRENT  TOPICS. 

Helping  Elect  Senators. 

Our  reader  —especially  fanners  —  who  are 
looking  to  combinations  to  help  them  to  throw 
off  tho  burdens  of  monopolies  created  by  cor¬ 
rupt  legislat  ion,  will  bo  interested  to  know  what 
they  have  got  to  light.  For  instance,  Thomas 
C.  Durant,  President  of  the  Credit  Mobiiier  and 
Vice-President  of  tho  Union  Pacific  Railroad, 
testified  that  he  contributed  $10,000  to  aid  in 
securing  t  he  election  of  Senator  Harlan  of  Iowa 
to  the  United  State.*,  Seriate.  Senator  Harlan 
denies  that  he  knew  at  tho  time  that  the  money 
was  subscribed  by  Mr.  Durant,  though  he  knew 
someone*  made  the  contribution:  but  Mr.  Du¬ 
rant  testifies  subsequently  that  tho  $10,000  was 
divided  into  two  $5,000  New  York  checks,  .signed 
by  him  and  sent  to  Hun.  Janies  Harlan.  Durant 
(judging  by  what  we  know  of  the  manner  in 
which  tho  election  of  certain  men  to  office  arc 
secured)  probably  speaks  the  truth.  Are  the 
farmers  of  the  country  going  to  contribute  $5,000 
and  $10,000  cheeks  to  elect  men  who  will  sub¬ 


serve  tlieir  interests  to  office,  or  are  they  going 
to  elect  such  men  without,  employing  such 
means?  If  so,  who  are  the  men? 

An  Innocent  Case  of  Incest. 

Strange  things  happen  in  actual  life,  stranger 
than  anything  fiction  affords.  There  is  an  aged 
couple— over  sixty  years  of  age— In  the  State 
Penitentiary  of  Iowa,  of  which  tho  following 
J  story  is  told:  A  boy  and  girl  lived  at.  the 
|  father’s  house  In  childhood.  The  boy,  when 
twelve  years  old,  left  home  to  seek  his  fortune, 
and  never  returned.  He  married,  hail  children, 
j  and  his  wife  died.  Meantime  the  sister  had 
married  and  gone  West,  where  her  husband 
died.  After  his  death  she  received  an  offer  of 
marriage  from  a  wealthy  widower,  with  chil¬ 
dren,  and  accepted  it.  One  of  her  new  hus¬ 
band's  sous  happened  one  day  to  be  looking 
j  over  his  stepmother’s  family  record,  and  dis¬ 
covered  that,  she  was  bis  father's  sister  as  well 
as  wife;  and  no.  as  Ills  father  refused  to  give 
him  the  bulk  of  his  property,  this  enterprising 
youth  complained  against  his  father  and  aunt- 
stepinother.  bringing  a  charge  of  incest.  They 
were  convicted  and  sentenced  to  prison  for  one 
year,  though  perfectly  innocent  of  intent  to 
commit  crime. 

Company  of  the  Bay  of  Samana  of  Santo 
Domingo. 

This  is  the  name  of  a  company  of  American 
citizens  which  have  made  a  treaty  with  the 
Government,  of  the  Dominican  Republic,  by 
which  it  acquires  extraordinary  privileges, 
rights,  and  power  from  that  Government  pre- 
j  cisely  the  same  in  fact  and  in  substance  which 
was  proposed  to  be  granted  to  the  United  States 
under  tho  treaty  which  was  rejected  by  the 
United  States  Senate.  Practically,  it  seems  an 
indirect  but.  equally  certain  mode  of  annexation 
to  tho  United  States.  The  treaty  Is  published 
in  t'jteuHo,  has  been  sanctioned  by  President 
Baez  and  ratified  by  the  Senate  of  the  Republic. 
We  shall  expect  to  boo  a  rush  for  Santo  Domingo 
now  by  men  who  are  "afloat."  Evidently  tills 
Company  of  the  Ray  of  Samana  have  a  good 
tiling,  being  practically  put  in  possession  of  a 
large  portion  of  tho  island,  with  unrestrained 
power  to  administer  its  affairs  according  to  the 
will  of  tho  Company's  Directory. 

The  Credit  MoblllerScandal  In  Congress. 

A  reporter  has  talked  with  Thomas  C.  Du-  [ 
rant,  President  of  the  Credit,  Muhiliir ,  who  put*  j 
tho  case,  so  far  as  Congressmen  are  concerned, 
in  this  concise  manner:  “If  the  Commission¬ 
ers  and  others  hod  not  tried  to  cover  il  up  in 
the  late  campaign,  and  had  come  out  frankly 
and  told  the  whole  truth,  the  public  would  have 
understood  it,  and  the  accused  could  have  stood 
on  their  right  to  buy,  pay  for  and  own  honest 
stocks  or  bonds  of  any  kind.  But  they  winced, 
made  up  pitiful  martyr  mouths,  prevaricated,  | 
and  1  ried  to  wriggle  out  of  It.  Now  they  are  wrig¬ 
gling  back,  and  have  to  explain  their  last  Sum¬ 
mer’s  explanations.  Their  great  error  was  lh 
making  any  effort  to  conceal  this  matter.  There 
Is  nothing  about  it  to  conceal."  .Mr.  Durant 
more  than  intimates  that  much  of  what  is 
charged  against  Congressmen  will  prove  true, 
blit  claims  that  their  transactions  were  legiti¬ 
mate— at  least  this  seems  to  us  the  drift  of  his 
remarks.  _ 

Rates  of  Postage. 

Thk  House  Post-Office  Committee  in  Congress 
are  alive.  It  has  decided,  eoutrarj  to  the  con- 
si  ruction  of  the  law  by  Postmaster-General 
Ckesswkll,  that  where  ono  full  rate  of  postage 
ha*  been  prepaid  on  letters,  etc,,  they  shall  be 
forwarded  to  their  destination  and  charged 
with  the  unpaid  rate  lu  be  collected  on  delivery, 
and  that  no  double  rate  of  postage  shall  be  col¬ 
lected  when  partial  prepayment  has  been  made. 
Tho  reduction  of  letter  postage  to  two  cent* 
per  half  ounce  is  favorably  reported  by  tho 
committee:  and  the  committee  recommend  tho 
prepayment  of  newspaper  postage  In  order  to 
avoid  the  transportation  of  large  quantities  of 
papers  which  are  never  paid  for  nor  taken  out 
of  the  office.  _ 

Tho  Colliers  of  South  Wales 

Have  struck  because  the  employers  have  de¬ 
cided  to  reduce  their  wages  ten  per  cent,  in  con¬ 
sequence  of  the  fall  In  tho  price  of  iron,  they  ' 
having  put  tho  wages  up  when  it  advanced. 
Thus  GO, 000  workmen  stop  work — 50,000  iron 
workers  and  10,(W0  miners— while  their  families 
suffer,  perhaps  starve,  unless  charity  conics  to 
their  relief.  This,  too,  in  Winter.  Who  shall 
say  that  they  are  wise?  Who  shall  assert  that 
cooperation  might  not  have  prevented  this  ? 
— 

Japanese  Chronology. 

Let  no  one  aver  that  the  Japanese  are  not 
progressive,  nor  that  they  are  either  too  igno¬ 
rant,  or  bigoted,  or  proud  to  Imitate  a  progress¬ 
ive  people.  They  have  adopted  the  American 
Calendar,  beginning  with  the  first  of  January. 
They  have  changed  the  names  of  the  days  and 
months  to  correspond  with  our  calendar,  but  do 
not  change  tho  names  of  their  years,  nor  tho 
numerals  thereof,  to  correspond.  Tho  present 
year  is  called  Iho  sixth  year  of  Meldl. 

- _ 

Electing  a  President  by  Direct  Vote. 

Senator  Morton  of  Indiana  is  in  favor  of 
abolition  uf  tin:  Electoral  College  and  of  a  direct 
vote  by  the  people  for  President.  lie  would 
elect  by  direct  vote  of  l  he  people  as  one  ivm- 
inunity,  regardless  of  State  laws,  as  the  aggre¬ 
gated  vote  of  a  State  elects  a  Governor,  regard¬ 
less  of  county  nnd  township  boundaries.  We 


regard  this  as  in  accord  with  the  spirit  of  our 
republic  and  far  preferable  to  the  cumbersome 
and  unnecessary  Electoral  College  method. 

The  Two  Louisiana  Senators, 

Elected  by  two  distinct  Louisiana  legislatures, 
arc  on  their  way  to  Washington  to  claim  and 
contest  the  vacant  seat  in  the  Senate  of  the  Uni¬ 
ted  States.  This  brings  upon  t  hat  body  the  re¬ 
sponsibility  of  deciding  which  ts  the  legal  legis¬ 
lature,  and  of  recognizing  one  or  tho  other  as 
such.  The  Investigation  this  will  involve  will 
hardly  be  ended  ere  the  dose  of  Congress. 

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THE  SEASON,  CROPS.  PRICES,  ETC. 

Warreuton,  Ga.,  Dec.  30.  At  this  time  it  i* 
cold,  with  sleet  and  a  little  -now  on  the  ground : 
thermometer  Si,  and  still  continues  cool.  Plant¬ 
ers  are  now  very  busy  employing  hands  and 
making  arrangements  for  another  year.  Some 
of  the  freedmen  work  fora  portion  of  the  crop 

say,  the  laborer  feeds  himself  and  gets  one- 
half  or  corn,  fodder,  and  peas,  and  one-third  of 
cotton;  others  gel  one-half  of  all  they  make.  | 
Those  who  hire  for  wages  gel  from  $10  to  $14 
per  monlb  ami  rations  (3'j  pounds  of  bacon  and 
one  peck  of  meal  a  week).  I, and  is  cheap.  Good 
land  from  $8  in  $12  per  acre,  with  improvement*. 
It  can  be  purchased  for  half  cash,  balance  In 
one  and  two  years,  with  Interest,  Some  dc-  | 
slrablc  tracts  with  extra  Improvement*  would 
bring  more.  The  tract  I  live  on  I  purchased  In 
1808  sold  off  27(1  acres  since,  and  have  now  000 
acres  at  a  cost  of  only  $500,  with  all  the  im¬ 
provements,  which  could  not  be  put  on  tho 
place  for  $5,000.  Crops  the  past  season  wen-  ex¬ 
cellent  in  this  county,  with  a  beautiful  Fall  for¬ 
gathering  cotton,  and  most  of  our  planters  who 
were  able  to  run  their  plantations  without  the 
aid  of  commission  merchants  or  money  lenders 
will  do  well;  but  where  they  have  to  pay  from 
10  to  30  per  cent,  for  advances,  with  a  lien  on  1 
their  crop  and  stock,  t  hey  find  “Jordan  a  hard 
road  to  travel."— N.  a. 

Rowan  l  ily,  Y.  .Inn.  H.  The  Winter  has 
been  very  severe  so  far.  Snow  and  sleet  that 
fell  Christmas  Day  is  not  all  gone  yet,  notwith¬ 
standing  we  have  had  considerable  rain  since. 
Crops  were  all  good  the  past  season ;  cotton  was 
unusually  good,  and,  as  prices  arc  good,  people 
are  going  to  plant  largely  next  year.  Some  have 
made 400  pounds  lint  to  the  acre;  get  it  picked 
out  for  50  cents  per  lot)  pounds  in  tlic  seed.  Com 
is  worth  00c.;  oats  -10c.:  wheat  $1.00  to  $1,05 ;  pork 
8c.,  net,  per  pound ;  butter  S3  and  30c.;  egg*  20e. 
We  can  raise  almost  anything  bore,  and  gen¬ 
erally  can  get  labor  when  wo  want  it  by  colored 
hands  at  from  $8  to  $12  per  month  and  board  : 
white  labor  is  worth  about  $15  per  month. - 
B.  A.  L. 

Ilentoiiville,  Vrk.,  Jan.  1.— Weather  cold; 
thermometer  below  zero;  light  snow  on  the 
ground  for  two  weeks.  Good  crops  last  year. 
Corn,  80e.;  oats,  25c.;  green  apples,  40c.  per 
bushel;  dried,  $1;  peaches,  $1;  wheat,  $1.35 ; 
pork,  5c.;  land  good — worth  $3  to  $50  per  acre  ; 
water  flue  and  plenty  of  it;  grass  of  every  va¬ 
riety  docs  well;  country  high  and  dry,  mostly 
rolling  prairie;  lumber,  dreecsiul  ready  for  use, 
$25  per  M.;  fencing  done  at  a  cost  of  40c.  per  rod  ; 
excellent  fruit  country.  The  Agricultural  So¬ 
ciety  reports  that  there  wa*  planted  an  orchard 
last  year  (1872)  of  1,500,000  apple  trees  in  Benton 
Co.  1  know  of  over  330  acres  of  apple  orchards 
within  one  mile  of  the  town  limits,  n.  n.  <j. 

Morgan  Co.,  44a.,  Jan.  I<».  Tho  weather  of 
this  county  Is  now  very  pleasant.  We  have  had 
l  wo  snows  aud  a  great  deal  of  wet  weather 
during  last  month.  The  thermometer  was  down 
to  10  above  zero  this  Winter.  Farm  labor 
wanted.  Corn  is  selling  at  $1  per  bushel ;  flour 
very  high  ;  cot  t  on  19-Vl  per  pound ;  meat  cheap ; 
butter  25c.;  eggs  !K)c.;  chickens  at  most  any 
price.  Farmers  are  now  beginning  for  the  new 
year.  A  good  opening  to  stock  raisers.  A  far¬ 
mer  has  just  imported  201  merino  sheep  from 
Ohio.— a. 

Pleasant  Mound,  Bond  Co.,  III.,  JDec.  31. 
Until  recently  tho  weather  has  been  very  cold. 
On  the  morning  of  (he  loth  Inst,  the  mercury 
stood  at  15°  below  zero.  Subsequently  it  has 
been  some  colder.  Last  night  it  rained  nearly 
all  night,  causing  the  snow,  which  had  lain  for 
several  weeks,  to  disappear  rapidly.  Up  to  the  j 
time  the  snow  fell  wheat  did  not  present  a 
thrifty  appearance;  some  late  sown  pieces  had 
not  come  up.  Wheat  is  worth  from  $1.20  to 
$1.00:  oats,  20c;;  corn,  25c.— w.  it.  a. 

Cherrylroo,  Pa.,  Jan.  7.— Have  had  any 
amount  of  snow:  tip-top  sleighing  since  first  of 
December:  the  ground  not  frozen  under  the 
snow.  Crops,  past,  season,  good,  and  sell  at  fair 
prices;  hay.  $1.25;  straw,  $1  per  ton  [.Can  this  bo 
so?— Eus.J;  corn,  75c.;  oats,  00c.;  potatoes,  75c.; 
beef,  bv  the  side.  7c.  per  pound ;  pork,  fl@7c. 
Horse  disease  has  almost  entirely  disappeared. 
— d.  A.  K. 

- - 

DOMESTIC  NEWS. 

_  • 

New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

The  contest  between  the  rival  Deputy 
Chamberlains  continue* — A  bill  of  oxcentiona 
in  the  Stokes  case  lias  been  prepared .  ^Hating 
has  been  unusually  fine  Tbo  great  public 
balls  of  i ho  season  urc  rapidly  taking  place. 

A  jury  has  been  obtained  for  the  Tweed  case, 
and  the  D  ial  is  proceeding  The  French  held 
Hieir  annual  hull  on  xhe  13tli.  And  Napoleon 
lay  dead  at  Chisel  hurst  I  —  Thu  Greeley  will 
case  has  been  up  again,  but  no  satisfactory  ar¬ 
rangement  has  been  made...  The  Cesnolo  col¬ 
lection  for  the  Metropolitan  Museum  lias  arriv¬ 
ed  The  Eric  Hoad  has  authorized  a  loan  of 
$10, (XX), ooo  Miss  Marin  Mitchell  has  lectured 
on  the  “Great  Bear." ....  Rev.  Joshua  Leavitt, 


D.  D.,  one  of  the  editors  of  the  Independent, 
died  on  tho  10th.  Ho  was 78 years  of  age  ...The 
great  hall  in  aid  of  the  Infant  Asylum  took 
place  on  the  Pith...  Mr.  Daly’s  new  theater 
opened  on  the  21st  The  case  of  Phelps  Dodge 
!  &  Co.,  barged  with  fraud,  attracts  much  atten¬ 
tion  Geo.  I'.  Train  still  remains  in  t.he  Tombs 

.  .Great  efforts  are  making  to  get  a  new  trial 
for  Stokes. 

Homo  Now*. 

Affairs  in  Louisiana  are  quiet,  with  two 
Legislatures  In  session  The  Credit  Mobiiier 
has  got  Into  tho  courts,  various  suits  having 
been  commenced  .Extreme  cold  weather  is 
reported  from  Maine  and  the  Nort  hwest  The 
Credit  Mobiiier  Investigation  ac  Washington 
occupies  a  good  share  uf  public  attention.  It 
now  appear*  that  5lr  Dawes  :md  Congress  mail 
Brook*  have  both  dabbled  in  it.  A  great  coal 
combination,  to  get  control  of  the  Pennsylvania 
mines,  is  talked  of  The  so-called  oil  combi¬ 
nation  has  been  biuketi  .Several  battles  with 
Indians  are  reported  from  California  Gov. 
Hendricks  of  Indiana  ha*  been  inaugurated 
An  attempt  lias  been  made  to  burn  the  Hotel 
Harrison,  in  Boston  .  Gen.  Garfield  has  made 
a  satisfactory  denial  of  ids  complicity  with 
Credit  Mobiiier  Tbo  Gill  lo  give  soldiers  land 
Is  spoken  of  as  a  gigantic  land  grab.  It  is 

thought  It,  will  take  XakOOO.QOO  acre? . Six  men 

were  Injured  at  Sou  Hi  Gin*  ten  bury.  Conn.,  by  a 
gas  explosion  on  tho  14th.  The  New  Jersey 
Legislature  is  in  session  Gov.  Straw  of  New 
Hampshire  has  been  re-nominated  Governor 
Pincnbnek  has  been  elected  Senator  from  Loul- 
u  hart  on  Is  on  t  rial  in  Baltlmoi  e, 
Md  .  .  A  bill  to  suppi'esi- gambling  ha$  been  In¬ 
troduced  at  Albany  . .  Gov  Warm oth  Ini*  been 
elected  Senator  from  Louisiana..  Col.  Bogy 

lias  been  elected  Senator  from  Missouri _ Over 

100  people  were  frozen  to  death  in  Minnesota 
during  the  last,  snow  storm.  Prof.  Win,  C. 
Cleveland  of  Cornell  University,  died  on  the 
Kith  .  The  steamship  Erie,  running  from  Now 
York  to  Rio  Janeiro,  was  burned  at  sea  on  tho 
2nd,  off  ri-rnambuco  the  passengers  and  crew 
were  saved,  Loss,  ver  ono  million  of  dollars. 

.The  National  Woman  Suffrage  Association 
is  in  session  In  Washington.  .  .  Very  cold  weather 
prevail*  In  Wisconsin  On  the  18th,  a  steam 
boll .  r  exploded  in  Martin,  Ohio,  killing  six  men, 

A  hill  in  tbo  Senate  proposes  to  endow 
agricultural  colleges  with  half  a  million  acres  of 
land  each —  It.  is  proposed  to  establish  evening 
schools  A  bill  to  repeal  Hie  iron-clad  oath 
lias  been  lost  iri  the  House  It  is  proposed  to 
add  $35,000,000  currency  to  the  South  and  West 

Till)  House  has  had  it  debate  over  I  he  Lou¬ 
isiana  complication*  Judge  tHiroU’*  actions 
In  Louisiana  arc  to  be  investigated  The  fw  u- 
ate  Finance  Committee  condemns  tho  lute  in¬ 
flation  of  the  currency. .  The  Mouse  has  pre¬ 
pared  a  joint  resolution  deciding  that  where 
one  full  rate  of  postago  has  been  paid  double 
rate*  cannot  be  charged.  ..Tho  Senate  ha.* 
natiHnd  the  Agricultural  College  bill  A  new 
Indian  territory  to  ho  called  “Oklahoma"  is 

proposed _ Senators  Wilson  and  Patterson 

nave  made  statements  of  their  connection  with 
Credit  Mobiiier. . .  Senat  or  Sherman  has  advo¬ 
cated  a  return  to  specie  payments. 

Fire*. 

On  the  12th  $20,000  worth  of  oil  at  Potrolia 
City,  Pa  On  the  12tli  seven  houses  In  Cen¬ 
tral  itt,  Pa-  Loss  $12,000  On  the  12th  a.  paper 
mill  ai  Amsterdam,  ,v.  Y.  Loss  $80,000  The 
Conrad  block  at  Ligonier,  Ind..  on  the  12th. 
Loss  $10.000. ..  .The  Gardner  block  at  Saratoga, 
N.  V.,  on  the  12th.  Loss  $3U,UXI  A  brick  build¬ 
ing  in  Newbutyport,  Mass,,  on  ttie  12th.  Loss 
$27,000  On  the  15tli  Edwin  Forrest  *  library  in 
Philadelphia.  Loss  $20,000  In  Cadiz,  Ohio,  on 
the  35th.  Loss  $40,000  Planing  mill  in  Alle¬ 
gheny  City  on  the  15t,h.  bow*  $10,000  Thirty 
houses  In  Greenville,  Pa.,  on  tho  loth  On  the 
Pith  a  dry  goods  house  on  Eighth  avenue  nnd  a 
building  In  Duane  street.  New  York,  were 
burned,  bos*  $l?y,txx)  ,On  the  )9th  a  fire  at 
Parker’s  Landing,  Pa.,  destroyed  the  Opera 
House,  several  hotels,  and  the  Transcript  office. 
Loss $100, (XX) — Glove  factories  in  Gloversvillc, 
N.  J.,  on  the  19th.  Loss  $50,000  Miller’s  block 
In  Pawtucket,  IC.  I.,  on  tho  19th.  Loss  $33, (XX). 

Crime*. 

Mus.  Sherman,  sentenced  to  prison  for  ,.G 
in  New  Haven,  confesses  to  having  poisoned 
eight  persons  —  Joseph  li.  Whitman  of  Boston 
Is  under  arrest,  for  a  forgery  of  $11), 0)0  Chas. 
Wenuian  was  murdered  at  Great  Bend,  N  Y., 
on  tho  9th.  by  one  Charles  Sutherland,  w  ho  him 
since  cheated  the  gallows  by  taking  strychnine*. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 


ffliscelluitnouii  Foreign  News, 

Large  subscriptions  are  being  made  in  1  taly 
for  monuments  to  Napoleon  France  will  al¬ 
low  tho  ex-Em peror  to  bo  burled  in  Paris 
The  King  of  Italy  and  the  Emperor  of  Russia 
have  sen  I  letters  of  condolence  to  i  he  Empress. 

Madrid  has  had  a  popular  demonstration  In 
favor  of  the  abolition  of  slavery  in  Porto  Jtieo. 

Carlhtl  troubles  continue  in  the  North  of 

Spain _ Be  lievers  In  Papal  Infallibility  will  be 

treated  in  Germany  as  a  new  sect.  The  ex- 
Em press  Eugenie  is  very  ill  Napoleon  was 
burled  on  the  14th,  in  the  uniform  of  u  Field 
Marshal  worn  by  him  at  Sedan.  Large  depot a- 
lions  from  Franco  went  to  C’htselluirsl ...  X<> 
demonstration  over  the  death  of  Napoleon  was 

allowed  lu  Paris _ Tho  town  of  Soonobur  in 

India  has  been  destroyed  by  un  cart  liquate  with 
tholossof  1,500  lives.  The  Pope  still  complain? 
of  lib  treatment  by  t  he  governments.  .  Several 
revolutions  ore  reported  in  progress  In  South 
America  Internationals  are  being  arrested  in 

Franco _ Victoria  will  Boon  visit  Eugenic 

Mr  Bchonck  wont  to  Napoleon’*  funeral 
Some  35,000  people  visited  the  remains  of  the 
ex-Emneror  while  lying  in  state  Italy  sent 
four  officer*  to  Napoleon's  funeral  Tho  Shah 
of  Persia  will  soon  make  the  tour  of  Europe 
Spain  ha*  sent  more  troops  to  Cuba  .  Her  Von 
Konigsmarck  Is  tho  new  Prussian  minister  of 

Agriculture .  Seven  persons  have  recently 

perished  in  a  fire  at  Litchfield,  England  .  War 
Is  imminent  between  Japan  and  Corea.  Great 
reforms  are  In  progress  fu  Japan  It  is  denied 
in  Spain  that,  any  dote  ha*  been  received  from 
Secretary  Fish  relative  to  the  abolition  of 


Secretary  Fish  relative  to  tho  abolition  of 

slavery  In  Cuba _ There  were  oO.Otx)  people  at 

Napoleon's  funeral  The  ship  Chi  Bingham 
Castle  has  been  wrecked  off  Malta,  and  20  lives 
lost, _ A  boiler  lias  exploded  at  Charleroi,  kill¬ 

ing  11  men,.  A  New  York  company  has  pur¬ 
chased  Samana  Bay  and  Peninsula  for  $2O,iXX),lX)0. 

There  were  800  mourners  in  carriages  al; 
Napoleon's  funeral  Furneral  services  have 
been  held  in  honor  of  Napoleon  In  Rome,  Milan, 
and  throughout  Bucharest.  The  Roumanian 
Court  goes  into  mourning  for  him  Tho  sup¬ 
plies  Stanley  forwarded  to  Dr.  Livingstone  have 
reached  him. 


□ 


Outa  ure  ia  active  trade  demand,  and  bring  U  gh  ai 
prices.  Hales  at  SOfflWc.  for  new  mixed  extra,  rx5@MJ<0.  w 
for  white  do.,  18®50Kc.  for  block  do.,  51®ft2c.  for  mixed  tl 
anil  poor  white  State  ;  old  at  62c,  for  mixed  Western  vi 
Instore.  “j1 

llay  nud  Sitruw.-Bales  have  been  moderate;  but  ol 
ns  stocks  have  received  only  light  additions,  full  late  tl 
prices  ani current.  „  ,  „  .  ,  m 

We  quote  new  shipping  hay  $L15<®1.20'  retail  do.  cl 
§1.40CfcU5*  salt.  do.  TOGWWe. ;  clover.  HtX^SOo.  Straw  at  f, 
*1.30®1.45  for  long  rye,  $1<8>1.20  for  short  ryer  80®UUc.  hl 
for  oat.  tt 

Hops.— Tlio  arrivals  from  abroad  have  been  large,  I" 
and  there  Is  a  dul l  feeling.  While  prices  are  without  t 
quotable  change,  there  Is  more  difficulty  experienced 
In  closing  out  other  than  smalltot*.  It, would  require 
steady  full  receipts  to  create  a  decided  break  In  prices,  et 
as  it  is  general ly  admitted  that  the  supply  of  Artier-  ft 
loftn  I,**  InaufflOlieOQtr  duotik  fititto  fit  |  Kft*-- 

ern,  I2®50o.  -  Western,  42®52e.*  Bavarian,  40<S#65o. 

Poultry  nud  tin  mi'. -The  market  for  dressed  (J 
poultry  has  ruled  low,  the  woathev  having  been  too  \ 
fmd  to  permit  a  apod  nitttll  lum^iimptlon.  Frozen  p 
Btoek  bad  sold  as  law  an  «®l2c;..  the  latter  for  drown 
Western  turkeys.  Tills  stylo  of  packing  should  he 
avoided.  The  market  Is  not  bo  crowded  with  goo  ho  OS  . 
formerly,  and  prices  uro  steady.  Hacks  are  In  do-  ' 
inand,  and  the  best  will  bring  80c.  Gd me  l»  dull,  and  ’’ 
the  very  low  prtoes  fail  to  spur  the  demand.  Retailors  r 
arc  rattier  In  fault  through  uot  following  the  decline 
in  the  wholesale  market,.  {, 

We  quote  prime  N.  J.  nod  Itlieks  Co.  turkey 8, 18®  tl 
17c.,  State  nml  Western,  piXir  to  best,  UUail/ic.  Clllpk-  ,| 
ens.  Western.  '.'ii{Hc. ;  state  and  near  points,  ukailiie.  p 
Geese,  BtSSUe.  UllCka,  ltkn,20c.  o' 

Game  quotations-  -  Venison,  whole,  hit 8c. ;  do.,  a 
saddle,  l'iw  14c.  Cauvas-back  ducks,  $l<Sd.25;  rod 
hands,  62c. :  mallard,  to  <3>  50c. ;  teal,  37c.  rabbits,  h 
25®80(M  bares,  quid).  *t®U'ft.  Prairie  chick¬ 

ens,  ftj®65«.;  partridges,  Slulc.  W)®70<>.:  eastern,  4Stu.Wa.i 
wild  turkeys,  22@23<r.  Bear,  48c.  c 

Pros  isious.  The  market  throughout  for  hog  pro-  $ 

ducts  bus  been  mure  In  the  Boiler’s  favor  Thu  prill-  h 

dual  business  has  bceu  lit  lanl  and  bacon,  b  or  lard  a  n 
largo  ’  short'’  interest  wus  developed  early  In  the  v 
week,  anil  prices  Were  soon  put  up  to  8>ic.  for  Western  n 
steam  ou  spot.  8Hc.  for  February, 8 He.  for  March,  and 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS 


Now  Is  the  Time.— It  la  always  the  ngnt  tunc 
to  do  a  good  act,  and  every  man  with  a  family 
should  regard  himself  short,  of  his  duty  until 
his  home  is  endowed  with  a  Wilson  Improved 
Underfeed  Sewing  Machine.  Let  it  ho  under¬ 
stood  that  thla  admirable  machine  captured 
the  p>!d  medal  at  the  Northern  Ohio  Pair, 
last  Fall,  and  has  everywhere  demonstrated  Its 
superiority  as  a  first-class  family  machine.  Add 
to  this  tho  fact  that  it  sells  for  $15  lo  t  than  any 
other  really  superior  machine,  and  you  have  an 
array  of  advantages  in  Its  favor  that  must  bo 
Irresistible.  Salesroom  at  TOY  Broadway,  Now 
York,  and  in  all  other  cities  In  the  United 
States.  The  Company  want  agents  in  country 


The  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Company 
now  Iiuh  in  full  operation,  with  regular  daily 
trains,  Til  mile*  of  road.  A  distance  of 
nearly  ’200  miles  more  is  constructed.  The 
IW iniicHOta  Section,  immediately  on  Its  com¬ 
pletion,  entered  upon  a  mitisfaetory  buninc**. 
Including  local  trafiic  and  the  largo  carrying- 
trade  of  the  Northwestern  Hi-itisli  Settle¬ 
ments  and  the  Hudson's  Buy  Company.  Tho 
recently  completed  suction  of  slxty-Uvo  miles,  on 
tho  Pacific  Coast,  at  once  commands  a  profltnb'n  busl- 
U08M  between  Puget  Sound  and  the  Columbia  River, 
heretofore  done  l»y  ooostwlso  steamers,  on  tho  open  • 
Ingot'  Spring,  with  more  than  AGO  miles  of  Road  In 
regular  operation,  tho  Company  will  control  tho  ex¬ 
tensive  anil  productive  trade  of  tho  Upper  Missouri, 
njueli  uf  Montana  and  the  Northwest.  The  earnings 
of  tho  Road  for  1.478  will  he  largo. 


Coughs  and  Colds  arc  often  overlooked  ;  a  con¬ 
tinuance  for  any  length  of  time  causes  Irritation 
of  tho  Lungs  or  some  chronic  Throat  Disease. 
“  Brown’s  Bronchial  Troches ”  arc  an  effectual 
Cough  Rkmkpy. 


Arrangements  for  pushing  construction  vigorously 
the  coming  your  are  progressing  satisfactorily. 


Of  tho  nearly  Ton  Million  acres  of  Hunt  accruing 
to  tho  Company  In  connection  with  the  portion  ot 
Rouil  now  virtually  constructed,  some  Two  Million 
acres,  of  excellent  average  quality,  uro  tn  market, 
and  their  sale  and  settlement  progressing.  Tho 
average  price  thus  fur  realized  la  SA.GG  per  acre 
which  Is  at  tho  rate  of  more  than  £>100,000  per 
mile  of  road  for  the  whole  grant. 


Clover  Rubbers  and  Cleaners.—' The  simplest 
and  best  in  market.  Price  $120.  Made  by  St. 
Johnsviulk  Aa’L  Works,  Mont.  Co.,  N.  Y. 


Advice.  -Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jonks 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


The  Company  has  already  begun  tho  process  of 
redeeming  and  cancelling  11s  First  Mortgage  Gold 
Ronds,  us  they  arc  tiow  being  received  at  1.10  In 
payment  and  exchange  for  the  Company's  T.anda. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 


With  these  accomplished  results  and  moat  favor¬ 
able  prospects,  the  Company  la  now  selling  Its  First 
Mortgage  7.81)  Ronds  for  the  purpose  of  completing 
lis  line  of  roud.  Wo  recommend  them  as  a  well  se¬ 
cured  and  unusually  profitable  investment.  They 
have  the  following  elements  of  strength  and  safety  : 
They  are  the  obligation  of  a  strong  corporation ; 
they  are  a  First  Mortgage  on  tho  Road,  its  Rights  of 
way,  Telegraph  line,  Equipments  and  Franchises,  and 
a  first  lien  on  its  Net  Earnings.  In  addition  to  this 
usually  sufficient,  security  there  is  pledged  for  the 
payment  of  principal  anil  Interest  a  l.and  Grunt  of 
112,800  acres  per  mile  of  road  through  tho  States 
and  ‘25,000  through  tho  Territories.  The  rate  of 
interest  (seven  and  throe-tenths  per  cent,  gold)  is 
equal  now  to  about  814  currency.  Uoltl  Checks  for 
llu  sem t-nnivunl  interest  ou  the  Registered  Ramis  are 
mailed  to  the  Pust-Bfle.e  address  of  the  owner. 


Flour  bbls .  4(1,100  Pork,  bids .  [,418 

Wheat,  bush.. .  185,100  Reel,  pkgs,.. . 

Corn  l>u rfli _  ]I0,W  Out  menu,  pllgBf..  n,J20 

0«.t ^  bUAh...> .  178*200  I *nxd,  pkuM* 

Grass  seed,  bush  .  0.7OU  Rutter,  pkgs -  'W 

Kve  hush  . ...  ..  375  Cheese,  pkgs. ... .  (>,180 

Barley  bush .  afi.tio  Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  1,01 

Malt  lush  .  UAOO  Eggs,  bbls .  1,980 

I  Soil  1 1  a  Vi  tS  a ' ! .  f, >40  Woof,  bales .  2.0311 

Corn  meal,  bbls —  .  . 

Corn  meal.  bags...  GX  I  ounuts,  bags .  l,iH0 

Cotton,  hales .  2o,1j0 

Broom  Corn.  -There  is  very  little  stock  selling.  Wo 
aiiou  He.  for  prime  hurl  f««70.  for  new  green  {to 
ll've  tor  old  do.;  ft®(ie.  for  old  mixed,  and  2®8c.  lor 
old  red.  Brooms  bring  $l.T5®4.60  per  tlo/.an  for  com¬ 
mon  to  best  house. 

Uniter  —  Everything  tends  In  sellers’  favor,  ro- 
i  ttgtit.  Interior  pitau  are  stilt,  and  a  good 
steady  demand  prevails  Imre.  All  useful  butter  is 
quoted  strong  at  outside  figures,  and  fancy  is  scarce 
nud  readily  placofl  lu  grocery  lot*  at  full  quotations. 
Pul i ,  uroppeil  tor  the  present  BO  few  coming,  und 

this  fact  gives  further  strength  to  choice  half  tubs. 
Western  rolls  aru  ahundunt  and  no  higher.  There 
lias  be.iui  considerable  speculative  buying  i  n  Canada, 
whether  for  licru  or  abroad  is  not  yet  determined; 
tho  chances,  however,  am  111  favor  of  the  other  side. 

Wa  quote  -Dallies  fine,  ooOyJOo. ;  dp„  fair  to  good 
■,  tine  hull  tuhs.  In  lots.  .mviOo. ;  selections  of 
halt  tabs,  42®t5c.j  Welsh  Fall,  SS®35e.:  do.,  common, 
23®:iOc. ;  ‘store  packed,  1.W20;  poor  to  fair,  State  dair- 
ii.«.  23r<u&lc.  *.  Western  rolls,  flno,  26Csi26Ho. ;  common  to 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


A  Positive  Kndieul  Cure  for  Rupture.— The 

Elastic  Truss  Company,  at  No.  083  Broadway,  New 
York,  will  send  their  Descriptive  Circulars  to  any 
person  afflicted  with  Hernia.  This  Truss  can  be  sent 
by  mall  to  any  part  of  the  country. 


Utw  mmtissmentj* 


A.  WEEKLY  MAGAZINE  OF  POPULAR 
HIGH-OLASS  LITERATURE 


E NLARGrET)  FOR  1873 


All  marketable  aecuritios  aro  received  In  exchange 
on  most  favorable  terms.  For  sale  by  Banks  and 
Bankers  generally. 


Apiu.fton'4’  Joints' a  r.  Is  now  enlarged  to  the  ex¬ 
tent  of  four  additional  reading-pages,  while  a  cover 
encloses  It.  In  this  form  It  takes  rnoro  definitely  Its 
place  us  u  weekly  household  magazine.  It  will  con¬ 
tinue  to  present  healthful,  sound,  Instructive  ami 
entertaining  literature.  It  will  contain  the  buslHliort 
stories  attainable:  give  picturesque  descriptions  of 
places,  and  stirring  narratives  of  travel  and  udvent- 
uru;  It  will  have  hlgnly  entertaining  papers  upon 
various  subjects  that  pertain  tu  the  pursuits  and 
recreations  of  the  people:  will  give  portraits  and 
sketches  of  pursuits  distinguished  lu  various  walks 
ofltfo;  will  present  lively,  social  sketches;  will  dis¬ 
cuss  the  more  Important  events  Of  tho  time,  and  the 
udvuiices  made  in  url,  literature  »Dd  science;  will 
endeavor  to  reflect  all  tho  Ideas,  movements  und  de¬ 
velopments  of  society.  It  will  employ  Illustration 
siilBctently  t.n  jrlve  varlnty  and  animation  to  Its 
pages. 

Frlee,  10  cents  per  number;  or  $1.00  per  annum  lu 
advance.  Subscriptions  received  for  Twelve  or  Six 
Moiltbs.  New  Subscribers  for  1873,  remitting  by  or 
before  January  1st,  will  receive  the  numbers  for 
December,  1872,  gratuitously.  Including  un  extra 
Christmas  number. 

Any  person  procuring  Kivk  Yearly  Subscriptions, 
for  weekly  numbers,  and  remitting  $20,  will  be  en¬ 
titled  to  tl  copy  for  one  year  gratis, 

B.  A 1* BRETON  &  C  O.,  Publisher.*, 

549  «fc  551  lirondwny,  N.  Y. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


IAV  C  OOKE  A  4  0 


fHnnancUiL  Agents  Kirrthem  Pacific,  it.  It,  Co. 
Fon  Salk  by  Banks  and  Bankers. 


Yield  Twenty  to  Forty  Bunhnls  per  aero  more 
than  other  kinds.  Weight,  3J8  lbs.  per  bush.  Price, 
A 1  per  bushel  of  33  lbs.  Send  two  stamps  for  sample 
and  description.  BUSSELL  &  SMITH, 

Rochester,  N.  V. 


THE  DUDLEY  SEED  FARM 


Wethersfield  Onion.  "Good  wine  needs  no 
bush.”  This  variety  needs  no  praise  I  supp  led 
hundreds  of  rov  Western  friends  last  seuHun.  They 
have  proved  It.  to  be  good,  1  will  forward  It,  free  by 
mull  or  express,  ot  fl.AJ  per  lb.  Order  early  Smv  as 
soon  as  the  ground  is  workable.  For  New  Vegeta¬ 
bles,  see  Catalogue,  sent  free.  G.  A.  LAW, 

Seed  Grower  Uosllmlttle.  near  Boston,  Mass. 

B2T  Late  Seedsman  td  F.  K.  phoenix. 


Finn  i— Is  coming  in  slowly,  and  supplies  are  stead¬ 
ily  decreasing.  Shipping,  trade  and  Minnesota  extra 
arc  ottered  sparingly,  and  the  general  market  Is  rul¬ 
ing  To  I  111!  seller'll  favor.  Shippers  art;  In  the  market 
for  larger  lines,  and  there  is  u  good  home  trade.  We 

Superfine  Stute.  . . .80  lots)  6  7o 

Common  extra  do . 7  20tjt  7  55 

Good  to  choice  do . 7  5.?GS  7  75 

Fancy  do . - . 7  HOfis  8  25 

SuperUno  Mlclugnn,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Iowa.,  (i  15®  li  75 

Extra  do . 7  15®  7  CO 

Choice  extra  do.-, .  7  75®  8  25 

Trade  brands  do . S  00®  9  7ft 

Good  to  choice  w  hite  wheut  extras .  8  35®  10  (A! 

Fair  to  very  choice  extra  Minnesota . 8  t»*«  13  25 

Common  to  fair  extra  St.  Louis.. .  - .  7  75®  0  00 

Good  to  choice  do . . . * . <{  00 

Southern,  comtnnn  to  choice . . . .  0  20^  8  50 

Family  do . .  ™ 

Rye,  common  to  tine . . .  f  ‘-ftp  *;  *'} 

Buckwheat  Hour . . ;}  /JXi#  ,i  75 

Cont  meal,  Brandywine . 3  DO®  I  00 

Fresh  Fruit*.— Export*  of  tipples  1,02ft  bbls.  The 
market  is  dull  for  tho  few  Items  idle  ring,  and  prices 
are  nominal.  Cranberries  in  few  hands  and  firm. 

The  canning  or  fruit  has  become  very  ,ueoessful,und 
the  abundant  crop  of  various  kinds  fast  year  has  nl- 
IowihI  prices  to  rule  that  cuts  off  a  great  deal  of  the 
old  winter  demand  1"r  green  stock.  The  local  dried 
peach  market  feels  this  fact  particularly. 

We  quote— Apples,  common,  $1.50@2.00 ;  do.  fair  to 
good,  $2® 2.50;  do.  fine.  $2.76®3.2ft.  Pears,  cooking, 
bbl.,  *5®8.  Cranberries,  prime,  crate,  $3.25®3.7Ci;  com. 
to  fair,  82.50®3;  bbls.,  ftka)  10.50;  choice  bids.,  *11®  12. 

Now  Virginia  peanuts,  f M0®  1.75.  Hickory  nuts,  $2. 

(irniit.-fiprlnggrades  of  wheut  aro  held  higher 

and  shipping  buslnciw  lacliocked,  winter  desertp-  . . . 

tion*  arc  scarce  and  firm.  WsQUOteat  Il^SWlinfor  but  come  to  have  warm, 
No,2bpring;  *1.70®  1.73  fur  No.  Ido.  lu  store  and  afloat  thickest  kind  of  fog,  that 

il.70odl.yo  ror  Winter  red  Western;  fl.HViit'f  fur  else  Is  detrimental  to  me 
amber  and  $1.45® $2. ! 5  for  white  Western.  Kyo  Is  most  of  tho  week,  and 
selling  slowly  at.  UUp®'<4!c.  for  car  lot*.  Western  hurley  taken  outof  the  market.  I 
sold  util.  Corn  meets  with  an  Improved  export  tie-  dressed sldca for  leas  tfinn 
mand  ntfviltf®8lc.  for  good  to  prime  old  mixed  me-  pork,  mutton  and  espeebt 
dium,  in  State,  03Ee.  for  ordinary  do.. for  ward  for  sale;  but.  more  t 
do.  ufioiil.  In  lots.  66MCjitjCc.  fur  now  mixed  Western,  ers  who  had  allowed  -due 
gfiout,  66® 67c.  for  yellow  do.,  67%e.  for  white  Western,  that  something  favorable 


Hand  hominy  ihii.l.  -oiuuc*  a  tjusn 

in  three  minutes.  Prlco  $12,  by  I*.  O.  Money  Order 
nr  Express,  Money  refunded  If  mill  does  not  give 
satisfaction.  ISAAC  STRAUB  A  CO., 

Cincinnati.  Ohio. 


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B  Double-refined  l'oudrette  ol  the  “  Lodi 
Manufacturing  C<>."  tor  sale  In  lots  to 
suit  purchasers.  ThU  article  Is  sold  for 
half  tlo,  price  ot  Other  fertilizers,  and  Is 
cheaper  for  Tobacco,  Cotton,  Corn  and 
Vegetables  than  any  other  tn  the  mark¬ 
et.  ItU  made  entirely  from  the  night 
soil,  offal.  Ac  .  of  New  York  city.  Price 
(delivered  on  hoard  In  New  York  city) 
Twenty-five  dollar*  pm  ton. 

1  «nk  attention  to  the  following  testimonials 
Wit.  B.  PnHKKGY  of  Unrttord  Co.,  Ct..  under  date 
Oct.  14  1872,  says  “  The  Doublo-qetlnoU  Poudrette  I 
used  on  Tnwieco,  testluu  It  with  Sea-fowl  If  l  A  NO. 
wilictl  eostllB  per  ton,  (using  llu)  saOiO  quantity  of 
On  el  i,)  and  found  It  ripened  earlier,  and  some  thought 
it  heavier  on  the  Poudrctfco  than  on  the  Guano.  It 
is  sure  to  give  u  soft,  silky  leaf,  which  Is  so  much  de¬ 
sired.  I  always  use  a  handful  In  each  hill.  1  had  the 
heaviest  tobacco  lever  raised.'’  .  .  ^  „ 

W.  F.  OtBKEN  of  Essex  Co.,  N.  Y  under  date  Oct. 
5, 1*72,  say*:—"  1  have  used  PO 1'  DltF.TT E  for  tho 

•  *  A  '  '  _  .  ...i  u  ..1 . .  fli..  L...it  diJiiBii  ties*  t  hi ' 


'Wf  ANTED.  A  1’AH.MKH,  in  Every  Town, 
V7  as  agent,  for  tho  t'olliii*  rtcerl  Plow*.  For 
terms,  Ac.,  address  COLLINS  &  CO.. 

212  Water  St..  New  York. 


Agent*  Wunieil.  Wo  will  guarantflo  Working 
Agentw,  cither  sex,  SI  0  to  850  per  Uav.  Send  for 
Circulars  to  BUSSELL  &  SMITH, 

Rochester,  N  Y 


1MTS  POSIT1VEL5  CURED.  The  worst 

case*,  of  longest  standing,  hy  using  DR.  Heij- 
bakd's  ft  hi:.  A  free  trial  bottle  sent  to  all  address¬ 
ing  T.  H.  SAYRE,  Druggist,  t.14  6th  Ave„  N  Y. 


AGENTS 

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Brionoli  Is  singing  in  Milan. 

Father  IJurke,  the  Irish  orator,  is  sick. 

Mrs.  Fremont  lias  grown  gray  and  stout. 
James  Mii.mork,  a  Boston  sculptor,  is  dead. 
Thomas  Ca Ri,Yr.K  is  in  full  vigor  and  spirits. 
Madame  Lucca  is  sick  ;  and  Miss  Kellogg  is 
home. 

Stanley  lias  had  a  brilliant  banquet  in  Wash¬ 
ington. 

Congressman  Cox  will  go  on  a  long  voyage 
next  year. 

Hon.  Gko.  P.  Marsh  is  to  be  called  home 
from  Home. 

Senator  Sumner  is  able  to  sit  up;  blit  lie  is 
pale  and  feeble. 

Jenny  Lind  recently  sang  in  the  American 
chapel  at  Florence. 

Minister  W  a siihurne declined  adinnerfrom 
the  solid  men  of  Boston. 

The  ladies  of  Boston  propose  to  give  Rev.  Geo, 
MacDonald  a  testimonial. 

Ben  Wade  has  a  sensible  daughter,  who  is 
about  to  marry  a  carpenter. 

M.  M.  Pomeroy’s  lirst,  wife  offers  the  La 
Crosse  Opera  House  for  sale. 

Mr.  IIkpwortii  Dlxon  recovered  one  farthing 
from  the  Pall  Mali  Gazette,  for  libel. 

The  Archduke  Francis  Charles  of  Austria  has 
lately  completed  his  seventieth  year. 

A  gold  spittoon  was  one  of  Queen  Victoria's 
recent  presents  to  the  King  of  Siam. 

Ben  Butler  had  hia  gold  watch  picked  from 
him  the  other  day  on  the  street  ears. 

Queen  Victoria's  signature  is  beautifully 
formed,  with  each  letter  clearly  cut. 

Madame  Hyacinths  is  “at  home ”  Saturday 
evenings  at  her  residence  in  Brussels. 

Miss  Lydia  A.  'Whitney  has  purchased  one- 
half  of  the  Presque  isle  (Me.)  Sunrise. 

The  Emperor  William  recently  called 
the  daughter  of  Hon.  John  Jay,  at  Berlin. 

Rev.  Du,  Eggleston  has  been  engaged  to 
write  the  life  of  the  late  Peter  Cartwright. 

M  ABA  ME  Thalbero  has  had  her  husband's 
body  embalmed  and  placed  in  a  glass  coffin. 

Senator  Patterson  has  been  offered  the 
Presiden 


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TEEMS,  &c.  FOR  MOOEE'8  RURAL  NEW-YORKER  FOR  1873.  1?  fa* 

TO  EVEI 

agricultural  machines, 

1-  Walter  A.  Wood's  New  iron  Mower 

2-  Excelsior  Lawn  Mower 

3 - American  Hay  Tedder,  (Ames’ Plow  Co.) . 

onox-s  C*st  Plow  (Ames  Plow 

5— Holbrook's  Premium  Horse  Hoe 

“  Regulator  Seed  Drill  "  7 . 

2  4  Hand  Cultivator*,  ,, 

.  Swivel  Plow .  . 

•—  Cahoon's  Hand  Broadcast  Seed  Sower”' 
l  10— Blanchard’s  Premium  Churn . " 

SEWING  AND  KNITTING  MACHINES. 

H— Weed  Sewing  Machine., 

12—  Lamb  Knitting  Machine . .'  . 

13—  Bickford  Knitting  Machine  .77  77777 .  . 

WASHING  MACHINES  AND  WHINGERS. 

14—  Continental  Washing  Machine 

15—  Universal  Wringer.. .  . . .  . 

16—  Novelty  “  . - . . 

1 7—  Colby  **  ’  *  * )  *  ’  ’  ’7777 . 

GOLD  AND  SILVER  WATCHES. 

,8_G°Jn  Hu?‘in9  Case,  (U.  S.  Watch  Co.’s  Make,)  Stem  Winder  ExDam 

..  ance-  15  Jewels,  stamped  “Rural  New-Yorker  a"’  °”  txPan- 

IJ-Cold  Watch,  Hunting  Case,  ,U.  S.  Watch  Co.,)  Stamped  “  Rural  New-Yorker 

21—  Silver  Watch,  4  oz.  Hunting  Case,  “  ** 

i*—  3  oz.  s  »  »t  „ 

23—  “  2  oz.  “  “  „ 

24—  “  2  oz.  “  “  ii  „ 

25— Udies' GoW  Watch,  “  Swiss,  (Giles,  Wales  &  Co..  Importers)  .. 

SILVER-PLATED  WARE  AND  GOLD  JEWELRY, 

27-°ne  Dozen  Double  Plated  Tea  Spoons,  (Reed  &  Barton) 

.  “  Table  Spoons.  >•  . 

2®— „  _  “  Dining  Forks,  “  . 

30— One  Silver  Plated  Castor,  >«  . 

. .  Cake  Basket,  «  . 

22—  _  M  ‘  Fruit  Stand,  ,  **  . 

33- One-haJC  Dozen  Silver  Plated  Napkin  Rinas.  “  . 

34—  Silver  Plated  Tea  Set.  C  Pieces,  “  . 

35—  _  “  Butter  Dish,  “  . 

36- One-hair  Dozen  Silver  Plated  Table  Knives.  “  . 

«-On« G„oId.  Fln9er  R,n9'  (Howard  &  Co.j  l*T..  . * . 

38—  Gold  Studs,  Set  of  Three.  “  hi  . 

39-  "  Initial  Sleeve  . 


ILLUSTRATED  CATALOGUE 

AND  FLORAL  CUIDE, 

In  English,  German  and  French,  mailed  Free 
TO  ALL  APPLICANT*. 


imif  iBr.3, 

WItli  Descriptive  Priced  Catalogue  of 
Seed*, 

now  ready,  and  will  be  mailed  free  to  all  applicants. 
Wholesale  Lists  on  application. 

Address  PLANT  SEED  COMPANY, 


St.  Louis,  Mo, 


HEIKES  TRIUMPHS 


si'caiingn,  la  large  oun  nt  tries  and  in  line  condition. 
Goods  will  be  carefully  packed,  and  can  be  shipped  at 
any  time.  Address  \V.  F.  H  EtKEA,  Dayton,  Ohio. 

To  Farmers  and  Marketmen. 

Yon  want  none  but  tbe  very  host,  of  seed,  grown 
from  carefully  selected  seed  stock.  With  the  money 
vou  have  to  Invest  In  manure,  help  and  glass,  you 
know  V»u  cannot,  afford  lu  use  am  I  oilier,  you  feel  very 
anxious  about,  it .  thy  mts  i..  Catalogues  free  to  nil. 
N.  II. -  Cull  In  the  spring  and  sic  whut  unions,  cab¬ 
bages,  &e.,  I  set  out  to  grow  seed  from. 

JAMES  J.  It.  GREGORY,  Marblehead,  Mass. 


IMPLEMENTS,  &c 


upon 


oy  of  the  Ohio  Agricultural  College. 

Senator  Corbet  and  Attorney-General  Wil¬ 
liams  were  losers  by  the  great  lire  in  Oregon. 

Poole,  I, ho  famous  London  tailor,  having 
made  $3,500,000,  is  about  to  retire  from  business. 

CvutTK  W.  Field’s  great  Thanksgiving  dinner 
in  England  was  not  given  on  Thanksgiving  day. 

Prof.  Tvndall  will  give  all  the  money  he 
makes  in  this  country  to  some  scientific  institu¬ 
tion. 

Bret  Harte,  according  to  the  Chicago  Jour¬ 
nal,  was  arrested  in  Boston  for  an  unpaid  tail¬ 
or’s  bill. 

Major  Pauline  Cushman,  one  of  the  hero¬ 
ines  of  the  rebellion,  is  lying  quite  sick  at  Vir¬ 
ginia  City,  Nevada  Territory. 

Dr.  Paul  ItEiNScir  of  Germany  has  sent  to 
the  Agricultural  Department  at  Washington, 
300  specimens  of  European  mosses. 

Edwin  Forrest  offered  Parton  $5,000  if  lie 
would  write  iiis  lire.  Mr.  Parton  declined. 
Doubtless  lie  remembered  Mr.  Forrest's  brutal 
assault  on  his  brother-in-law. 

Rev.  Robert  Collyek  is  busy  chocking  off 
his  long  list  of  lecture  engagements  He  has 
been  occupied  every  evening  during  the  past 
fortnight  in  New  York, Pennsylvania,  Connect¬ 
icut,  and  Massachusetts. 


J.  M.  TBORBURN  &  CO.’S 

Descriptive  Annual  Catalogue 

OF 

VEGETABLE,  AGRICULTURAL  AND  TREE  SEEDS 

For  1823,  ia  now  ready  for  mailing  to  applicants. 


LEE’S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES 


Wliolrsnie  nnd  General  Supply  Nun 

Annnmenne  etoek,  ol  superior  quality,  nt  low 
.  Fk®*1*****^.  this  la  the  moat  extensive  N 

In  the  est.  Bend  for  Price  Llat. 

,  ,  in. Ain  linos 

—  —  Lee's  Summit,  Jackson  Co. 


O  HURRAH,  NORTH  FAIR  FI  ELI),  O., 

•  Grower  and  Dealer  in  Carden,  t  leidand  Flower 
Seeds,  Bulbs,  Seed  Potatoes.  Sweet  Potato  and  other 
plants,  send  for  Catalogue.  State  you  saw  this  in 
the  Rural  New-Yorker. 


Seeds  at  Wholesale, 

OUR  ANNUAL 

TRADE  LIST  OF  SEEDS, 

in  all  the  various  departments,  is  now  ready  for  mail, 
ing  to  Dealers  only. 

M.  Til  ORB  URN  &  CO., 

15  John  Hi.,  Now  Fork. 


Buttons,  One  Pair,  (Howard  &  Co.) ^ 

GOLD  PENS,  GOLD  AND  SILVER  PENCIL  CASES, 

40 - Gold  Pen,  Ebony  Holder  &  Box,  for  Genis.  No.  6,  (Geo.  F.  Hawkes’)  m 

41 —  Sliver  Extension  Case  and  P^neir  “  ..  ’  K.-I . 

42 

43 


IttiStTllattTou.s 


cm  J  hu.  o,  (ueo.  r.  nawnes  i  * 

Silver  Extension  Case  and  Pencil,  “  “  .  V  . 

Ebony  Holder  and  Box,  for  Ladies1.  No.  4.  “  v  . 

. ,  _  . .  _  Gold  and  Ebony  Exiension  Holder.  “  “  *■! . 

44-  Gold  Paragon  Pencil  Case,  Chased,  »  v . 

“  with  Ivory  Slide.  “  V . 

“  for  Ladies'*,  “  [*■ 

HARDWARE,  CUTLERY,  &c. 

47— Sampson's  Portable  Platform  Scale,  on  Rollers,  14x22,  400  lbs. 

—  *fc  <7x25  1  000  41  . 

49— One  Dozen  Hard  Rubber  Handle  Table  Knives,  (Meriden  Cutlery  Co,)!... . 

Dv  *  44  Dessert  44  *' 

Rubbe'’  Handle  Carver,  Fork  and  Steel, 

Pooket  Knife,  4  Blades,  Tortoise  Shell  Handle,  tH.  W.  King  &  Co.)... . 

53— NoveIly  Knife  Tor  Girls  and  Boys,  Tortoise  Shell  Handle  [*] . . ..Y. 

MUSICAL  INSTRUMENTS. 

54—  Smith’s  American  Organ,  No.  2 . 

55—  Dunham  Piano . . . .7 .7 7  7  7  .  .  . 

AGRICULTURAL  BOOKS,  BIBLES,  DICTIONARIES,  &c, 

56—  Agricultural  Books,  to  be  Selected  from  our  List 

57— Practical  Dairy  Husbandry,  (by  X.  A.  Willard)  l>]7.'7"7' . 

38-  “  Shepherd,  (by  H.  S.  Randall)  [*]  .  ..  .  . 

59— People’s  Practical  Poultry  Book,  ibv  Wm  M  Leu/io  m  . 


HEALTH  AND  WEALTH.- 

1. units  ror  t  olontuH,  Groves,  Nurae- 
!  rloa,  Market  Ourdens,  Villa  Sites,  on 
Sanford's  Grant,  St.  John's  River. 
I'uwn  Lota  exehangod  for  Northern 
hinds.  L.  M.  MOO  UK,  1\  M„  San¬ 
ford.  Fla.,  Agt. 


Charm 


rr.LFPTRATED  WORK  for  January.  1873, 


now 

tojniynddrcss  by  mail  for  25  rente.  The  richest  and 
moetjngtructire  Uluetrated  and  Dfyonptive  FlornI 
Gnid^everjssue^^ou  will  mi "3  it  if  you  order 
gerds_bffore  seeing  Bbtocs  &  Pr.o.’g  QrABTERLY. 


ailengej-otnpnrison  on  quality  of  Sped  and 
and  sizes  of  packets.  Onr  “  C»t.v:spxr  Ad. 


tance  Sbyet  and  Price  List  tod  1873  "  sent  free. 


BRIGGS  &  BROTHER.  « 


llornrsTUB.  N.  Y. 


^tocH  nmt  |*0ultru 


flTRAVELiERW  TO  THE  SOUTHWEST  ] 

X  Tuke  t  he  “  BKB  LINK  ”-  Cleveland,  Colunjbus 
Cincinnati  and  Indianapolis  Railway— from  Cleveland' 
Ohio,  by  way  of  Crestllno,  UellefonUdne.  Indianapo¬ 
lis,  Terre  Haute,  St.  Louis,  etc.,  or  by  way  of  Colum¬ 
bus,  Cinginnutt,  Louisville,  etc.,  for  all  points  South 
or  West.  Palace  day  and  sleeping  Cars  from 
Cleveland  to  Columbus,  Cincinnati!,  Indianapolis  and 
Louisville,  without  change. 

K.  S.  FLINT,  General  Superintendent, 
Cleveland,  Ohio. 


66— Pearl  Mounted  Photograph  Album..'. .... _  .  .”77'77 .  5  12 

fZ~9a$*l?r's  Pateht  Portable  Book  Case  and  Writing  Desk,  Combined . 777  11  20 

68— Ladies' and  Misses’  Morocco  Belt  and  Bag .  .  . .....7777  6  15 

ESP1”  The  articles  designated  thus  [*]  are  sent  by  mail,  post-paid. 

PLEASE  NOTE  THE  TOliHOWIIffG,  PARTICULARLY. 

rti)wT!!f,,V>f,?In7UUoiffC.ecibe<1  h?  Agents  will  bo  selected  carefully,  and  no  charge  made  Icrr  hoxina 
C  ub  PaPere  directed  to  individuals,  and  sent  to  different  post-offices.- — As  our 
AD>VASCIi’  nanies  will  be  counted  toward  Premium  until  the  cash  is  received. 

tnenmmer.  A at  *** 0/ 


ATFNTS.— Jonx  AlcC.  Perkins  &  Co.,  613  7th 
Bt.  1  Washington,  D.  C.  Advice  and  pamphlet  free. 


jam.  as 


OBE9S  BUBAL  MEW-YORKEB 


NEWS  CONDENSER 


implements  nmt  ittacKinenj. 


gtew  ^ubUnttiw. 


^gentst  Wanted. 


—  Iowa  has  90  woolen  mills. 

—  Cotton  factories  are  building  in  Texas. 

—  Rochester  is  to  have  a  *235,000  City  Hall. 

—  Vienna  has  an  Exposition  for  dairy  produce. 

—  Central  New  Hampshire  lots  3  feet  of  snow. 

The  Income  tax  in  India  is  to  bo  abolished. 

A  great  poult  r\  show  is  In  progress  in  Bos¬ 
ton. 

A  grand  central  depot  is  to  lie  built  in  Bos¬ 
ton. 

—  St.  Louis  erected  1,500  new  buildings  last 
year. 

—  The  Maine  Agricultural  College  has  71  stu¬ 
dents. 

—  The 'new  chapel  for  Yale  College  is  to  cost 
*100,000. 

—  Brazil  is  the  best  customer  for  Newfound¬ 
land  codfish. 

—  The  American  church  in  Rome  lias  not 
yet  been  built. 

—  San  Francisco  has  made  7,000  kangaroo  hides 
into  (Inn  hoots. 

—  Zion's  Herald,  of  Boston,  has  celebrated  its 
fiftieth  birthday. 

—  Nova  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick  are  to  he 
connected  by  a  canal. 

—  The  ice  crop  on  the  Hudson  will  reach 
1,500,000  tons  this  season. 

The  Japanese  Embassy  was  received  with 
military  honors  at  Calais. 

—  A  letter  carrier  in  Cleveland,  O.,  received 
$027.75  on  New  Year's  Day. 

—  The  present  is  the  worst  hunting  season 
England  has  known  for  years. 

—  Some  500  horses  have  boon  clipped  by  ma¬ 
chinery  in  Boston  tins  Winter. 

—  Great  Britain  will  send  an  artisan  commis¬ 
sion  of  eighty; members  to  Vienna. 

—  The  number  of  emigrants  who  left  Liver¬ 
pool  for  America  in  1872  was  .101,000. 

—  British  subjects  in  Boston  held  a  special 
prayer  and  thanksgiving  service  on  New  Year’s 
for  the  royal  family. 

—Indiana  farmers  band  together  and  run 
saur  kraut  factories  on  the  same  principle  that 
cheese  factories  are  conducted. 

—  Frolicsome  columns  of  sand,  ten  feet 
through  and  ten  hundred  feet  high,  are  walt  zing 
about  Nevada  in  a  manner  that  Is,  to  say  the 
least,  quite  mazy.  The  twenty-two  mile  desert 
is  their  dancing  floor.  For  the  moat,  part,  they 
observe  the  most  platonic  demeanor  towards 
one  another,  and  trip  it  singly,  like  a  spinning 
Shaker  spinster. 

|U u.sicat  ^njstnunent#. 


Yea  WHY  wo  ran  sjdl 
Kint  Class  ?  Octavo  Pianos  fir 
$200?  Wo  answer— It  costa 

I .  tints  $300  to  make  any 

SCOO  Piano  sold  thronra 


sa.rJa$c  oo  Pn.no  *oid  through 
rTT^SsiAK  tub.  all  of  whom  make  I0O 
V  LJ  per  ct#  profit.  Wo  have  no 

n  ftMv'  "i . . 

S  J.  I?  He*  nt  I'aci 


Jj  I  |  'gtj*  iA  j/  Agent--,  lint  skip  direct,  to  futnl- 
V  kJ.  I>  lies  nt  Factory  price,  nml  warrant 

6  Years,  Send  for  illustrated  circular,  la  which  we  refer 
to  over  500  BuuIwm,  Merchant A  e.  ('some  of  whom 
you  may  know),  using  our  Pianos,  la  44  States  and 
Territories.  1’le.ue  rtate  where,  v-  n  saw  tht*  notice. 

U.  S.  Piano  Co.,  065  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


The 
ARION 
PIANO 
is  the 
BEST  ! 


SAVE  .MONEY  by  pur¬ 
chasing  the  best  Plano- 
Forte.  Do  not  decide  what 
make  to  get  until  you 
write  for  our  Illustrated 
Circular,  which  we  inaiL 
free.  The"  Arlou  Piano" 
contains  four  patented 
improvements  that  make 
it  oiorr  rln mbit  than  any 
Plano  tn  the  market. 
Write  for  Circular,  and 
mention  where  yon  saw 
this  notice.  Address  The 
Ariou  Pin  wo  •  Forte 
Co.,  .5  Fust  l  4 th  »i., 
New  York  City. 


—  NEW,  FULL-SIZE,  ROSI5- 

List,  wood,  carved  legs,  7-octave,  overstrung 
Plano  for  $275.  These  instruments  are  elegant  in 
tone  and  finish,  and  are  warranted  as  durable  us  any 
fioo  piano. 

@100. —Superb  solid  walnut,  5-octavc,  6  stops, 
douhle-reed,  beautifully  paneled  Organ,  only  $11)0. 
I  @75. — Elegant  solid  walnut,  5-octave  Organ,  pan¬ 
eled  case.  only  $75.  WM.  A.  POND  &  CO..  No.  517 
Broadway,  and  39  Union  Square,  New  York  City. 

MATIJtlClJCIf  The  most  durable  pianos. 

rV  I  nUOntn  The  most  powerful  tone. 
PUMft  IHPI!  f’fl  The  finest  touch  Auction. 
1 1  all  II  HNi,  I'll  The  purchasers  del  Igh  ted 
New  Haven,  Conn.  The  pamphlets  sent  free. 

DUNHAM  &  SONS, 

(Established  in  1834,) 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

PIANO-FORTES. 

Moose's  Rural  Nkw-Youkbii  of  November  18, 
1871,  says : 

“Having  used  one  of  their  instruments  in  our 
family  for  twenty  years,  we  can  confidently  commend 
them  to  our  readers  ns  being  first-class  In  every  re¬ 
spect.  Both,  professional  and  amateur  players  on  th 
piano  pronounce  our  Di  xiia.m  very  superior  in  tone. 
An  instrument,  that  has  retained  its  brilliancy  and 
sweetness  of  tone  for  a  score  of  yours  needs  no  fur¬ 
ther  commendation.” 

17  Union  Square, 

NSW  YORK. 


Solid  Cast  Steel  Drag  Teeth. 

A  set  nf  40  boxed  and  delivered  to  Express  or  it.  R.: 
%  ,11  in.  long,  about,  4  7  lbs.,  for  $t>.(K). 

•if  II  In.  ioug.  about  til  lbs.,  for  $8.50. 
Liberal  discount  to  the  Trade-  Address 

SWEET'S  AO..  Syna-i/Mc,  N.  Y. 

nTTvrrn  new  power  screw  press, 

I  • I  I  I  I •  II  HATUUKT-Hr.Ai)  *0  It  KWH,  iMPKOVKt) 

I  1 1  II  P  ll  Ott  vrr.ts,  Sufili  W  ASli  Kits,  and  forty 
UIJJJJlli  oilier  articles  for  Cider  Mid  land  vine¬ 
gar  Factories.  For  Circulars,  address  .1.  VV.  MOUNT, 
Median,  N.  Y. 

Farmers,  yon  rnu  buy,  fur  u  short  time,  at 
wholesale  PRICE,  the  most  valuable  and  labor- 
saving  implement  for  preparing  and  cultivating  soil. 
A  new  principle  that  must  become  universal.  Ad- 
i  dress  the  mauufacturor, 

G.  K.  riCTCHINHOX,  Cleveland,  O. 

Watch  Buyers  Attention 

— -  vtr--.  The  undersigned 

respectfully cuU the 
attention  of  persons 

SjS/L  ~r\L  \  conteinplutleg  the 
\i\  purchase  of  watch- 
.[  6  *'*  to  the  superiority 

if  * '  *  t  I'd  celebrated 

/V>.  TjgY-N j /  V*4  Tv  Mckle  Movements, 

texss-TSt/  ;i.  mail  u  fart  tired  by 

1  vSa aryx j _  .  Messrs.  80 URL  & 

l  !  COL  RVOlMKlt  of 

\  rtayiiMje'/'Nr  Nenelmtel.  Gents’ 

\  S  A \)7  ami, Ladies'  *i«*. 

\-\A ,  XAwM/.VjiaO  r '  /  keys  ami  ateuiwhid- 
\N  'iIjv — 11  -  /  ers,  quurtor-plule. 
\  *  f  <VA  id'  t/y  These  watches  have 
x.  -  ,7*/" — "  A,  S'  Equilibrium  oscapo- 
IIA'VnV^  menta.chronouieter 

- —  balunees,  exposed 


ruby  pallets  BregUOt  hair-springs  and  full  rgby- 
jeweled.und  combine  nil  modern  improvements  In 
watch-making. 

These  Watches  were  awarded  the  Grand  Prize  at 
tlid  Paris  Exposition  of  1887,  and  can  be  warranted 
to  perform  equal  to  those  of  thu  best  manufacturers. 

For  sale  by  dealers  throughout  the  United  8 tubes, 
and  by  QUlNCUEA  KRUULICK,  hole  Agents  for  tbe 
Manufacturer*.  Salesroom,  16  Maiden  Lane,  N  Y, 


Munnfaelurutl  hy  th»i  Florence  Sswhtjf  Milch.  Co.  Tho  Simplest, 
Chcapvftt  fiini  Lto*t  hi  iiw  !  Hus  but  bid*  lutctHii!  A  Child  am  Run 

u-  AGENTS  WANTED  IN  EVERY  TOWN.  Bund  for  Circular  And 
Samplti Mt4r.lt tun  t.i  lilN  Kl.RY  KNIT  TI.NU  MACH,  CO,»  Noth,  Me* 

Mi  BH  CloseTs 

AND  URINALS. 

OKKIOK  A N'L)  wakkkoomh: 

for.  Varick,  Vestry  ami  Canal  Sts., 
NEW  YORK. 

TAHTTSS  and  ivaii.s 

JL  of  every  variety,  in  pack¬ 

ages  TO  HU  IT,  sent  to 
any  address  by  AMERICAN  TACK  CO., 
Manufacturer*,  117  chambers  st..  n.  y. 

AMES  PLOW  COM  PAN  V. 

IMPLEMENTS  AND  MACHINES. 

63  Reekman  8t.,  New  York,  and  Quiucy  Hall,  Boston. 

/  1.\  R  II A  RT’M  PIIl.VI-.lt  IZI.NG  CULT1VA- 

V_z  TOR  has  more  practical  points  than  any  cultiva¬ 
tor  in  use.  and  laJndlspensaUle  as  a  farm  implement. 
Price,  $22.  C.  C.  BRADLEY  &  SON, 

Manufacturers,  Syrucuse,  N.  Y. 

“lightning  saws. 

Descriptive  Pamphlets  mailed  free. 

E.  M.  BOYNTON,  80  Beckin m n  5t.,  X.  Y.t  Sol.  Proprlater. 

till  rt/1  THE  NCRHERY.  A  Monthly 
•p  1  .<)'  r.  Maoazine  for  Younueht  Rkaokhs. 


ip  i  .*)'  1,  MAUAZ1.sk  for  Yoirxr.EHT  Ukaokus. 
Superbly  Illustrated.  CfySentl  stump  for  a  sample 
number.  JYOIV  uf  (he  I tinr  to  suhxt  rlht. 

JOHN  I..  SHORE Y, 

38  llroiu llelil  Si.,  Boston. 


38  llroiulleid  Si.,  BohIou. 

WHAT  NEXT  f  Tho  great  Juvenile  Magazine 
30 cents  a  your,  with  a  $1  Ohrouio  free;  Specimen,  3 
cents.  JOHN  B.  AUDEN,  Publisher,  Chicago. 


OUR  YOUNG  FOLKS 

FOR  FEBRUARY. 


Contents.— Doing  His  Best  (Part  II.),  by  .1.  T. 
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The  Chesapeake  and  Ohio,  the  Central  and  Western  Pacific  Bonds, 


The  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Six  Per  tent.  Bold  Bonds, 

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The  Central  Pacific  Six  Per  Cent.  Gold  Bonds 

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I  ,  A-  1  *!'y  recently  boon  Introduced  on  the  Stock  Exchange,  we  expect  to  see 
them  rapidly  rise  to  the  price  of  (  kntiiai.  Ta  tries,  being  HubHtuutlully  the  same  in  character  and  value. 

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THE  “LIGHT  RUNNING” 

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(Patented  IHarcIi  5,  1867.' 

Used  in  laving  streets,  roadways, sidewalks.  In  lining 
cellars,  cisterns,  vats,  and  in  the  manufacture  Of  Bew- 
ers  and  sewer-pipe,  water-pipe,  drain-pipe,  gas-pipe, 
roofing  and  architectural  ornaments. 

STREET*-!. 

Kagan’s  Improved  Macadam  pavement  for  streets 
is  destined  to  take  the  place  of  all  other  forms  of 
pavement,  for  the  reasons,  viz  : 

It  Is  cheaper,  more  durable,  more  easily  and  per¬ 
fectly  repaired,  is  impervious  to  water,  and  no  at¬ 
mospheric  change  will  ntfect  It. 

It  is  free  from  mild  and  dust,  and  is  noiseless. 

It  Is  smootn  without  being  slippery,  and  has  suf¬ 
ficient  elasticity  to  make  it  the  easiest  pavement 
known  for  animals  to  travel  over. 

DURABILITY. 

The  reason  a  Macadam  Toad  does  not  last  longer  Is 
because  the  stones  are  loose  and  rnbnnd  grind  upon 
each  other— dust  and  mud  is  the  result.  Eagan’s 
Composition  holds  the  rocks  firmly  together,  thus 
completely  remedying  this  evil,  ami  confining  t  e 
wear  of  Die  road  to  its  surface. 

SIDEWALKS. 

Kagan’s  Composition  is  peculiarly  adapted  for  side¬ 
walks  and  lawn  walks,  private  roadways,  gutters, 
etc.  It  can  ho  made  into  blocks  and  hilcf  In  s'  Pares 
or  diamond  form, or  made  tine  continuous  sheet,  rev¬ 
ering  arched  work  more  perfectly  than  the  largest 
ilagstone,  and  at  one-fourth,  the  expense. 

Walks  made  of  It.  have  a  smooth,  hard  and  even 
Hurl  arc,  pleasant  to  walk  upon,  always  clean  and  free 
oi  ice,  and  of  ns  m  eat  durability  as  if  made  of  the  best 
Ilagstone.  Sidewalks  made  under  Eagan's  puteut  cost 
but  little  If  any  more  than  if  made  of  plunk,  and  are 
n*  durable  as  rook. 

HOOFING, 

Made  of  tills  Composition,  Is  far  superior  to  the  com¬ 
mon  felt  roof*  that  lire  made  of  gravel,  felt,  coal-tar 
and  pitch.  The  latter  is  liable  to  run  In  warm  cli¬ 
mates  unit  to  crack  In  cold-  By  tbo  poefilhir  chem¬ 
ical  combinations  in  till*  composition  both  of  these 
objections  are  obviated,  arid  a  roof  produced  equal  to 
slate,  at  a  cost  of  about  one-third  a*  much  per  square. 

CELLAR  BOTTOMS  AND  SIDES, 

Lined  with  this  composition,  from  one  to  two  inches 
thick,  keep  perfectly  dry  and  warm  in  wlnterund  cool 
in  Hummer,  arid  are  rut  and  vermin  proof. 

FLOORS. 

Floors  mud  ft  of  it  may  ho  pnlnted  any  color:  and 
uro  as  pleasant  to  treud  upon  it*  n  made  of  wood. 

CISTERNS  AND  VATS. 

Kagan’s  Com  position  is  impervious  lo  wutor  and  in¬ 
soluble  in  acids,  making  it  just  the  thing  for  lining 
vats  in  breweries  and  inunufuctoncH  of  most  itinde. 
It.  la  equally  well  adapted  lor  cisterns,  much  better 
than  tbo  best  hydraulic  cements,  ami  nut  subject  to 
decay  from  any  cause. 

PIPING. 

Piping  made  Of  Kogan's  Composition  has  been  In  use 
for  five  years  in  Sun  Francisco  Cal.,  where  it  was  first 
invented.  It  has  given  entire  satisfaction,  almost 
entirely  superseding  all  other  kinds  ol  piping  for 
sewers  or  drains.  It  Is  easily  and  cheaply  made,  and 
has  the  advantage  of  being  made  at  any  place  with¬ 
out  a  great  outlay  of  money  lor  machinery,  tools, 
buildings  or  materials. 

Pipes  can  be  made  of  uuy  required  size,  are  cheaper, 
arid  will  sustain  a  greater  external  or  Internal  press- 
!  ure  than  any  other  kind  of  cement  pipe. 

CEMENT. 

As  tv  cement  it,  Is  ockrmw lodged,  by  scientific  men 
who  have  examined  it,  to  be  tbo  strongest  known. 
A  wall  built  or  brick  or  some,  and  this  cement  used 
us  a  mortar,  v>  -uld  be  perfectly  solid  as  if  made  of  a 
solid  rock. 

SEA  WALLS. 

Sea  walls  cun  be  built  with  this  mmerial  lu  combi¬ 
nation  with  broken  roc-k,  more  rapidly  and  cheaper 
than  In  any  Other  way 

DIPLOMAS. 

First  premiums  have  been  awarded  to  Kagan’s  Com¬ 
position  from  the  following  Fairs  : 

Calltornlu  State  Fair,  at  Sucramento,  Cal.,  1808. 
Mechanics’  Institute  f  air.  San  Francisco,  1808. 
Bouonni  County  Fair,  at  r’etaluma,  Cal.,  1809. 

8t.  Louis  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  Fair,  at  8t. 
Louis,  1809. 

New  Jersey  State  Fair,  1870. 

It  tuts  been  exhibited  at  no  other  Fairs. 


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Office  op  Union  Kailkoam  Company,  ) 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  25th  March,  1871.  { 
This  specimen  of  Pacific  Concrete,  i  Kogan’*  Patent,) 
whm  taken  from  the  Union  Street  Railroad  of  St.  Louis. 
Mo,,  where  It  lias  been  In  urn  sinew  Dixtem her,  1869. 
Since  that  date  the  team*  of  the  railroad  have  passed 
over  that  portion  of  ihe  irtbfck  where  the  Concrete  is 
used.  3tXI  time!  each  tUtfL  while  that  same  portion  of 
the  track  is  constantly  used  by  other  team,  and  vehi¬ 
cles  of  the  city.  This  pavement  Hu*  received  in,  re¬ 
pairs  whatever,  uiid  shows  hut  little  wear  after  con¬ 
stant  use  for  sixteen  months  innw  22  months).  In 
summer  It  I*  freo  from  dust,  and  in  winter  brings 
with  it  no  inconvenience  Ironi  snow  and  ice.  The 
MuraditniUdiik  al  either  end  Of  this  ulocfc  of  concrete 
is  renewed  three  times  each  year,  iw  soft  and  wet 
when  much  wutcr  is  used,  and  in  all  probability  will 
require  such  renewing  tor  sev  eral  years  to  come  be¬ 
fore  the  concrete  needs  repairing.  The  block  of  Pa¬ 
cific  Concrete  In  the  track  of  the  Union  Railroad  has 
given  entire  satisfaction.  VVM.  Stork,  Sup’t. 


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United  8 lutes  to  make  Macadamized  Pavements,  and 
will  guarantee  them  to  last  twenty  yearn,  and  keep 
them  In  repair  for  a  small  percentage.  Will  also 
supply  orders  for  Drain,  Sewer,  Water  and  Uas  Pipe. 
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lent  little  work  recently  published,  “  Every 
woman  her  owa  gardener,”  docs  not  help  in 
this  matter  very  much,  when  in  giving  advice 
to  inexperienced  women,  on  the  selection  of 
seeds  from  the  catalogue,  she  gives  i\  list  of 
flowers  ‘‘whose  beauties  are  familiar  to  her, 
and  whose  names  are  household  words, M  and 
it  contains  the  names  of  one  hundred  vani¬ 
ties  of  annuals  (bid,  strangely  omits  the  bust 
of  all— petunias)  and  about  seventy  biennials 
and  perennials.  On  tin-  subject  of  culture, 
and  floral  decoration  and  taste,  t  he  hook  is 
very  good,  as  far  as  it  goes,  and  would  be 
better  if  it  went'  further— omitting  the  veg¬ 
etables. 

SELECTION  OF  FLOWER  SEEDS  FROM  THE  CATALOGUES. 

Having  had  much  experience  with  flowers, 


of  these  publications  ;  and  now,  as  Spring  is 
approaching,  thousands  of  the  younger  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  households  are  spending  hours  in 
scanning  the  pictures  and  reading  the  long 
names  and  glowing  descriptions  of  flowers, 
and  calculating  how  many  varieties  their 
means  will  allow  them  to  send  for. 

All  who  have  read  the  charming  little  book 
for  children,  “Three  Little  Spades,”  pub¬ 
lished  by  the  Harpers,  N.  Y.,  186H,  will  remem¬ 
ber  the  “  terribly  hard  work”  which  Mr. 
May’s  three  little  girls  had  in  selecting  from 
the  catalogue  each  an  assortment  of  flowers 
to  cost  only  a  dollar — owing  to  their  not  being 
familiar  with  the  flowers,  and  having  no 
friend  of  experience  to  advise  them.  Mrs. 
Johnson,  (“  Daisy  Eye-Bright,”)  in  her  excel- 


and  understanding  pretty  well  the  tastes  of 
young  beginners  in  floriculture,  I  would  rec- 
commend  the  following  assortment  of  annu¬ 
als,  of  cosy  culture,  that  will  make  a  fine  dis¬ 
play  at  very  little  cost.  The  first  four  are  the 
best  selection  to  cost  only  fifty  cents,  and  the 
whole  for  one  dollar. 

Aster,  New  Rose  . 15  cts 

Balsam,  < 'amHIia-IIowered . 15  “ 

Petunia,  Fine  mixed . 10  “ 

Phlox  Druuimondll,  mixed . 10  “ 

Zinnia,  Double  mixed . 10  “ 

Tagetes,  Signata  nuinlla . 10  ‘ 

Pnrtulaeu,  mixed  .  5  " 

Mignonette...  . 5  “ 

Candytuft . .  5  “ 

Propeolum,  Dwarf  mixed .  5  “ 

Antirrhinum,  mixed . . . ...  5  “ 

Larksiiur  Dwarf  Rocket. . .  . .  5  “ 

Sweet  Peas,  mixed .  5  “ 

Sweet  Allvssuin . 5  “ 

These,  by  the  figures,  foot  up  $1,10,  but 
most  of  the  catalogues  offer  this  amount  for  a 
dollar,  or  an  assortment  of  $2.”.*)  for  $2.  For 
this  amount  I  would  add  to  the  above  list, 
one  or  two  of  the  newer  kinds  of.  Asters,  liner 
Petunias,  Pansies,  Japan  Pinks,  Ten  week 
Stocks,  Cypress  Viue,  and  a  few  everlasting 
flowers  and  ornamental  grasses  for  "Winter 
bouquets.  Most  of  the  new  and  high-priced 
varieties  are  really  no  better  than  the  older 
and  cheaper  ones,  and  should  be  left  for  those 
who  already  have  the  latter  and  desire  to  in¬ 
crease  their  assortments. — M.  B.  Batehait, 
Painesvilln,  O. 

It  is  proper  to  state  that  this  list  was  pre¬ 
pared  lust  year  but  unavoidably  omitted,  It 
is  just  as  good  now,  though  there  may  possi¬ 
bly  be  some  change  in  catalogue  figures  ;  but 
we  doubt  if  there  are — at  least  enough  to 
weaken  its  force  and  value. 


MUCINA  PRURIENS, 


Probably  there  are  few  persons  who  would 
not  gladly  be  exempt  from  all  further  expe¬ 
rience  with  plants  known  to  the  mateHu 
me  die  a ;  still  as  long  as  people  will  get  sick, 
natural  remedies  must  remain  popular.  A1 
most  every  one  has,  at  least,  heard  of  CoHh 
hage,  or  Cow-itch,  which  is  extensively  em¬ 
ployed  in  the  West  Indies  fie  a  vermifuge ; 
also  used  by  practitioners  itf  other  countries  ; 
but  we  do  not  suppose  that  everybody  knows 
anything  of  the  plant  that  produces  this 
drug,  There  are  several  species  of  plants 
that  produce  the  Cow-itch  of  commerce,  al¬ 
though  all  are  nearly  related  and  similar  In 
habit. 

We  give  herewith  an  illst  ration  of  the  leaf, 
flowers,  seed-pod  and  seed  of  a  remarkable 
and  beautiful  species,  viz. :  the  Mucina  pru¬ 
rient i,  which  is  a  native  of  the  West  Indies.  It 
is  a  rapid  growing,  twining  plant,  the  corolla 
about  half  the  length  of  the  keel,  varying  in 
color  from  a  dirty  white  to  pale  purple  ;  the 
wings  dark  violet-purple.  The  flowers  being 
produced  in  large  clusters,  are  very  showy 
and  beautiful.  The  leaves  and  seed-pods  are 
of  the  size  and  form  shown.  The  plant  is 
merely  u  giant  species  of  bean,  the  pods  being 
densely  covered  with  flue,  stinging  hairs, 
which  are  removed  und  become  the  Ca  w-itch 
of  commerce. 

A  Vo  do  not  know  whether  any  of  our  flor¬ 
ists  have  ever  cultivated  this  plant  or  not ; 
but  its  flowers  are  exceedingly  beautiful,  and 
almost  rival  the  well  known  Clkmthus  Dain- 
pieri  in  the  richness  of  color. 


ABOUT  ROSES, 


Mrs.  Polly  C.  We  do  not  know  of  uny 
Satin  Rose,  although  there  may  be  such  a 
variety.  The  term  “Satin  Rose”  is  often 
used  in  describing  the  colors  of  flowers,  par¬ 
ticularly  certain  varieties  of  the  Gladiolus ; 
and  it  is  probable  that  from  this  you  have 
obtained  the  idea  that  there  was  a  rose  in 
cultivation  by  that  name.  There  are  Moss 
Roses  which  bloom  more  than  once  in  a  sea¬ 
son,  the  following  being  choice  sortR  : — Alfred 
de  Dalmas,  Genl.  Druout,  James  Veitoli, 
Madam  Edward  Ory,  Saict,  Raphael.  They 
are  not  very  free  bloomers,  but  when  given 
good  or  extra  culture,  produce  flowers  at  va¬ 
rious  times  during  the  entire  Summer  and 
Autumn. 


THE  INCREASING  TASTE  FOR  FLOWERS 


SELECTION  OF  FLOWER  SEEDS  FOR  BEGINNERS. 

One  of  the  most  gratifying  evidences  of  im¬ 
provement  among  the  rural  population  of 
this  country  at  the  present  time  is  the  increas¬ 
ing  taste  for  flowers  and  their  culture,  as  a 
means  of  beautifying  country  homes  and  mak¬ 
ing  rural  life  more  attractive,  especially  for 
young  people.  Everywhere  among  the  bet¬ 
ter  class  of  farmers  an  observer  will  find  that 
the  number  of  dwellings  having  nice  flower 
beds  and  lawns  in  front,  has  increased  at  least 
three  fold  within  the  past  four  of  five  years. 
In  our  towns  and  cities,  also,  the  taste  for 
newel's  has  increased  quite  as  rapidly,  as  is 
manifested  in  the  gardens  and  door-yards  of 
the  people,  or  in  the  windows  and  balconies 
of  those  who  have  no  ground  ;  and  still  more 
in  the  increased  use  of  flowers  for  decoration 
at  parties,  weddings,  etc. 

It  is  not  unusual  for  five  hundred  or  u  thou¬ 
sand  dollars  to  be  expended  for  plants  and 
flowers  at  a  fashionable  party  ;  and  it  is  es¬ 
timated  that  the  amount  expended  for  plants 
and  flowers  in  the  City  of  New  York  is  not 
less  than  a  million  of  dollars  annually.  The 
credit  for  this  beneficial  movement  through¬ 
out  the  country  is  largely  due  to  the  cheap 
postage  law  ;  tliis  started  enterprising  seeds¬ 
men  and  florists,  like  Vick,  Bliss,  Hender¬ 
son,  Brigcjs  and  others,  in  the  business  of 
furnishing  flower  seeds  and  plants  by  mail, 
at  trifling  cost,  for  the  millions  in  all  parts  of 
the  Union  ;  and  in  their  laudable  competition 
vieing  with  each  other  in  printing  and  dis¬ 
tributing  attractive  catalogues,  or  “Floral 
Guides,”  giving  information  about  the  difter- 
ent  flowers  aud  their  culture ;  so  that  it  is 
rare  to  find  at  this  time  a  family  of  any  in¬ 
telligence  in  the  country  without  one  or  more 


PLANTS  IN  A  COLD  GREEN-HOUSE 


A  “Constant  Reader”  wants  to  know 
how  to  make  Camellias  and  Geraniums  bloom 
in  a  green-house  where  there  is  no  artificial 
heat  applied.  We  cannot  give  any  better  ad¬ 
vice  than  to  apply  artificial  heat,  for  it  is 
probably  for  the  want  of  this  that  the  said 
plants  fail  to  bloom.  The  same  writer  asks 
how  to  propagate  Hmilax  ;  whether  from 
cuttings,  or  division  of  the  roots.  It  can  be 
propagated  by  either  mode,  but  the  latter  is 
the  most  common.  After  the  vine  has  ri¬ 
pened  and  tried  down,  the  small  clumps  of 
tubers  may  be  divided  and  placed  in  sepa¬ 
rate  pots,  or  several  planted  in  one. 


SLUGS  AND  SNAILS, 


Mr.  Anderson,  of  Meadowbank,  informs 
The  Garden  that  slugs  and  snails,  with  com¬ 
mendable  taste,  devour  sweet-scented  plants 
and  flowers  first.  According  to  his  experience, 
if  there  is  one  such  plant  in  a  house,  it  is  at 
once  attacked. 


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FEEDING  COLTS 


®he  Horseman 


farm,  is  a  very  disagreeable  task  to  fanners’ 
sous,  or  the  hired  men  who  have  it  to  do.  But 
the  work  has  to  be  clone.  No  matter  how 
deep  the  mud,  or  how  difficult  the  job,  the 
cattle  must  have  their  daily  feed.  Although 
the  ground  may  be  so  soft  and  muggy  that  a 
team  can  scarcely  move  along  over  it  wit  hout 
a  load,  yot  the  cornfield  must  be  entered  and 
and,  after  it  has  been 


gj^dsmait 


A  correspondent  of  the  Maine  Fanner 
thus  gives  his  practice  I  give  colts  as  many 
oats  as  they  can  at  once  eat  up  clean,  feeding 
three  times  a  day.  They  manage  to  take 
good  care  of  about  the  following  quantities  in 
a  day  : 

lbs.  oats.  lbs.  hay. 

Weanlings .  4  8 

Yearlings,. .  5  10 

2  year  olds .  B  10 

8  year  olds, .  8  10 

Once  a  week  they  receive  a  warm  mash,  of 
bran  and  oats,  and  once  a  week  they  also 
have  three  or  four  pounds  of  potatoes  ;  each 
in  lieu  of  a  usual  feed.  They  would  get  other 
roots — preferably  carrots— if  I  had  them.  Of 
course  these  quantities  vary  slightly,  with  the 
animals,  but  they  show  the  average  feed.  -My 
farmer  neighbors  look  at  my  colts,  and  won¬ 
der  at  their  size,  power,  and  spirit,  when 
there  is  no  cause  for  wonder,  at  all.  They  not 
only  have  warm,  clean,  and  ample  boxes  to 
move  ubout  in,  but  they  are  carded  and  ex¬ 
ercised  every  day.  To  this  end  the  young¬ 
sters  are  daily  compelled  to  half-tm-hour’s  gal¬ 
lop  in  a  large  yard,  while  the  two  and  tliree 
year  olds  receive  regular  work  upon  the  road. 

They  are  all  handled  from  their  birth  It 
may  be  objected  that  the  fanner  cannot  af¬ 
ford  to  feed  so  highly.  I  reply  that  he  cannot 
afford  to  do  otherwise.  He  does  not  keep  his 
growing  boy  upon  a  short  allowance,  but  on 
the  contrary,  Is  in  a  state  of  chronic  astonish¬ 
ment  to  see  the  quantity  of  provender  the  ur¬ 
chin  can  stow  away  under  his  jacket.  We 
ail  know  that  children  eat  more  than  “grown” 
people.  Why  should  not  the  sume  truth  hold 
good  with  other  animate  1 
1  have  not  attempted  to  give  any  physiolo¬ 
gical  reasons  for  this  system,  although  they 
are  many.  A  common  belief  obtains  that 
colts  are  often  spoilt  by  graining  too  much. 
Indeed  I  have  been  advised  by  well  meaning 
friends  to  that  effect.  I  would  rather  have 
my  own  experience,  however,  limn  anybody's 
advice.  That  experience  tells  mo  that  extra 
colts  may  be  raised  with  extra  care.  If  I 
fastened  a  yearling  In  a  box  or  a  stall,  and 
kept  him  without  exercise  all  Winter,  I 
should  expect  Ids  legs  to  All  and  “stock?1’ 
but  I  should  attribute  the  disease  to  Us  proper 
cause,  and  not  to  the  oats.  In  conclusion  I 
would  say,  that  at  intervals  we  give  sheaf 
oats,  In  lieu  of  hay;  uxul  during  very  cold 
weather,  an  occasional  feed  of  corn  meal. 


HORSE  DYING  FROM  EATING  CORN 


WINTERING  CATTLE 


F.  W.  R.  (see  Rural,  Dec.  14,  1873,  page 
376)  inquires  what  more  could  have  been 
done  for  the  colt  after  he  had  eaten  the  corn 
when  they  had  given  lard,  linseed  oil,  and 
turpentine.  In  reply,  I  would  Bay  you  could 
have  given  your  colt  30  drops  tincture  of  ae- 
conite,  and  thirty  minutes  afterwards  given 
one  pound  of  gluuber  salts  with  one  ounce 
pulverized  caraway  seed,  to  hasten  the  oper¬ 
ation  of  the  physic,  and  kept  him  constantly 
on  the  move  in  order  to  get  a  quicker  move 
ment  of  the  bowel?.  Fifteen  drops  of  aconite 
is  a  fall  dose  for  a  horse  ;  but  when  a  beast 
haa  eaten  a  large  amount  of  corn  or  other 
grain  more  than  ordinary  doses  of  medicine 
mast  bo  given  One  pound  of  salts  is  ftii  or¬ 
dinary  doRe. 

The  horse  of  a  veterinary  surgeon  that  joins 
farms  with  me  got  loose  in  the  stable  and  ate 
all  the  com  he  wanted.  In  the  morning  the 
horee  was  found  rolling  and  tumbling  on  the 
floor  with  distress.  Forty  drops  of  the  tine- 
tdre  of  aconite  were  given,  followed  with 
one  pound  salts  and  one  ounce  of  caraway 
seed  half  an  hour  afterwards  and  a  lively  ex¬ 
ercise.  In  a  few  hours  ho  was  all  right.  Do 
not  ever  give  a  beast  any  more  than  half  of 
the  amount  of  the  extract  of  aconite  that  you 
would  give  of  the  tincture.  The  extract  is 
the  strongest ;  it  is  from  the  root,  aud  the 
tincture  from  the  leaves. 

Trenton,  N.  J.  F.  J.  Wolcott. 


The  individual  as  well  as  the  national  loss 
which  results  fnm  the  present  mode  of  feed¬ 
ing  cattle,  during  the  Winter  months,  in  u 
great  portion  of  oir  country,  is  almost  beyond 
belief,  yet  strange  to  say  no  attempt  is  being 
mado,  except  by  a  very  few  individuals,  to 
lmprovo  over  tlio  old  method  practiced  by 
our  fathers  from  the  earliest  history  of  our 
oountry.  But  wo  hope  th.it  the  time  is  not 
far  distant,  when  our  slumbering  population 
will  be  aroused  to  a  knowledge  of  the  impor¬ 
tance  of  true  economy  in  this  branch  of  rum! 
industry.  Since  the  legitimate  object  ot  every 
pursuit  or  calling  is  profit,  then  why  not  so 
manage  our  business  or  occupation  that  the 
greatest  amount  of  profit  will  be  realized  l  If 
we  do  not  do  this,  then  we  do  not  study  our 
interests  as  we  should,  and  loss  follows  as  a 
natural  consequence. 

While  all  the  care  necessary,  such  as  com¬ 
fortable  stablhtg,  liberal  foeding  on  the  best 
food,  dally  currying,  etc.,  is  bestowed  upon 
our  horses,  cur  cattle  of  every  grade  and  age 
—milch  cows  not  excepted—  are  suffered  to 
run  at  large  in  the  open  fields  all  Winter  with¬ 
out  any  protection  whatever  from  the  chil¬ 
ling  blasts,  the  cold  rains,  the  cutting  sleets, 
and  the  blinding  snow-storms,  incident  to  this 
season  of  the  year.  This  is  all  wrong,  and  the 
time  has  come  when  Americans  as  a  free  and 
prosperous  people,  blessed  with  a  soil  n ’id  cli 
mate,  and  facilities  surpassed  by  no  other  uu 
tion  or  poojjlo  on  the  globe,  should  throw 
aside  all  such  old  time  practices,  and  adopt 
someb8ttor  plan  that  is  calculated  to  advance 
their  financial  and  personal  interests,  fis  also 
the  interest  o!  them  common  country.  But 
how  is  t.bU  and  to  be  brought  about  f  How 
are  fanners  going  to  be  induced  to  adopt  new 
principles  or  change  their  present  mode  ot 
farm  management  ?  Of  course  we  cannot  ex 
pect  a  universal  adoption  of  a  new  idea  at 
once,  for  it  seems  to  be  human  nature  for  one 
person  to  wait  until  ho  sues  howanoi  he  i 
progressing  in  any  new  undertaking,  before 
he  starts  himself  ;  and  It  is  by  this  united  .v. 
manner,  that  we  must  oxpect  the  flu  d  con¬ 
summation  of  the  end  desired,  as  regard-  tin- 
more  humane  and  economical  manner  ot  keep¬ 
ing  jattlo  during  the  Winter  months 

la  many  portions  of  the  country  we  mid 
occasional  farmers,  whose  motto  Is  “  progress 
and  improvement,”  beginning  to  adopi  the 
plan  of  housing  their  cattle  during  the  h  s on 
they  are  to  be  fed  ;  and,  so  far  as  wo  h  ive 
been  able  to  ascortaiu  from  any  of  t  hem. 
either  by  correspondence  or  otherwise,  t  here 
seems  to  be  universal  satisfaction  exp;  --  sd 
as  to  the  value  of  the  improvement.  The  suc¬ 
cess  attending  the  efforts  of  these  individuals 
will,  in  a  short  time,  attract  the  attention  ol 
othor  formers  in  their  respective  neighbor¬ 
hoods,  who  will  be  influenced  to  try  it  also, 
which,  iu  our  judgment,  will  fully  convince 
them  of  its  great  value  and  practical  utility, 
and  finally  induce  then*  to  adopt  it  altogether. 
Aud,  as  from  one  to  another,  a  spirit  of  im¬ 
provement  in  this  branch  of  farm  husbaudry 
will  oventually  spread  itself  all  over  our 
broad  and  fertile  country,  utterly  abolishing 
the  foolish  and  absurd  ideas  which  at  present 
prevail  to  a  largo  extent,  and  in  times  past 
have  prevailed  among  our  farmers,  that  pro¬ 
tection  from  tlio  sudden  and  extreme  changes 
of  temperature,  and  tho  great  severity  of  our 
Winters,  ia  not  necessary  for  the  growth  and 
thrift  of  our  cattle.  It  is  true  that  cattle  have 
and  do  go  through  our  long  Winters  entirely 
unprotected  from  the  weather,  and  com*-  gut 
m  the  Spring  in  ordiuary  fair  condition  ;  but, 
it  is  to  bo  remembered  that,  to  do  this,  an  ex 
tmorcUnary  amount  of  feed  i*  required,  a*  a 
considerable  portion  of  it  is  demanded  to 
counteract  against  the  extreme  cold,  or  to 
keep  up  animal  heat,  and  therefore  amounts 
to  little  or  nothing  ao  far  as  laying  on  fat  is 
concerned.  As  near  aa  we  have  been  able  to 
ac certain,  wo  a vo  firmly  convinced  t  hat  about 
double  the  quantity  of  feed  is  required  to 
Winter  catclo  out-doors,  that  it  takes  if  sta¬ 
bled  In  a  properly  constructed  and  veutilat 
ed  building  ;  or,  in  other  word?,  tho  amount 
of  feed  necessary  to  keep  a  given  nu  moor  of 
cattle  in  a  thrifty  condition  out-doors,  will 
sustain  twice  the  number  as  well  when  com¬ 
fortably  housed.  Knowing  this  to  be  the  case, 
it  is  very  easily  soon  that  there  is  no  economy 
in,  or  profit  to  bo  derived  from  tlio  present 
manner  of  wintering  cattle,  compared  to  that 
which  is  the  result  of  proper  protection  of 
them,  from  the  cold  rains  and  general  disa¬ 
greeable  weather  of  the  Winter  season. 

During  the  mild  spells  of  Winter,  which  are 
often  accompanied  by  heavy  rains,  feeding 
cattle  in  the  pastures  or  woodlands  of  the 


fodder  hauled  out 
hauled  and  scattered  out  in  the  pastures,  not  I 
over  one-half  of  it  it*  consumed  by  the  cattle, 
as  they  run  over  it  and  tramp  it  under  foot, 
and  soon  get  It  so  muddy  that  it  is  left  uneaten, 
and  iB  a  total  waste,  bo  for  as  food  is  con¬ 
cerned.  Now  upon  a  well  regulated  farm, 
where  everything  is  managed  In  a  scientific 
manner,  there  is  no  trouble  attending  the  care 
of  cattle,  or  Indeed,  anything  else  tho  farmer 
has  during  the  Winter.  He  has  a  good  build¬ 
ing  sufficiently  large  to  house  all  his  cattle, 
including  grown  steers,  ready  to  be  fattened 
for  market,  calves,  yearlings,  etc.,  and  capa¬ 
ble  of  holding  all  the  feed  that  may  be  re¬ 
quired  for  them  to  eat  during  the  entire  feed¬ 
ing  season.  It  matters  not  with  him  liow 
much  it  rains  or  snows,  or  how  deep  the  mud 
gets,  he  has  everything  convenient  and  handy ; 
and,  instead  of  heing  tried  to  the  fullest  ex¬ 
tent  of  liis  patience,  by  being  compelled  to 
drag  his  feed  about  over  the  tick  band  through 
the  mud,  to  at  last  be  deposited  upon  the 
suit  ground,  where,  as  a  natural  consequence, 
it  will  be  run  over,  and  fully  as  much  of  it 
tramped  under  foot  and  wasted  as  is  con¬ 
sumed,  he  lias  it  carefully  titered  away  be¬ 
lies*  te  a  spacious  roof,  all  dry  and  in  good  or- 
f  i  where  it  is  a  pleasure  to  him,  instead  of  an 
aggravation,  to  ration  it  out  to  his  cattle. 

oume  farmers  provide,  troughs  and  racks 
iur  their  cattle,  where  they  depend  on  i’eed- 
in;.;  [.hem  out  doors,  but  during  rainy  weather 
v  Hen  they  are  the  moat  needed,  they  become 
m  «  great  degree  impracticable  on  account  of 
the  great  depth  of  mud  tramped  up  around 
them.  Ili  such  cases  the  only  remedy  ia,  to 
either  dispense  with  their  use  altogether,  or 
jtii.se.  move  them  occasionally  ;  which  last,  we 
'conclude,  is  but-  a  very  poor  remedy,  for  soon 
latter  their  removal  the  ground  about  them  is 
in  a-  bad  condition  as  it  was  at  first.  It  is 
agreed  by  a  great  many  that  on  small  farms 
where  but  lew  cattle  are  wintered,  It  won’t 
pay  to  stable  them,  aa  it  is  attended  with  too 
much  expense  and  extra  trouble.  Now,  bo 
far  us  this  is  concerned,  if  an  extensive  i'arm- 
ler  finds  it  profitable  to  keep  all  Iub  cattle 
;  noused  during  the  Winter,  so  t  wilS  be  found 
in  proportion  to  the  number  kept,  equally  as 
profitable  to  him  who  lias  but  few  ;  for,  if  a 
large  number  are  kept,  uu  extensive  building 
has  r.o  be  provided,  and  extra  help  employed 
( o  i  j.ke  care  of  the  stock  ;  but  if  only  u  few, 
a  small  building  is  sufficient,  and  no  help 
needed.  So  in  our  judgment  there  is  nothing 
iu  idi  argument  that  can  make  it  appear 
that  small  fanners  cannot  make  It  pay  by 
providing  comfortable  Winter  quarters  for 
tin  r  cattle. 

Again,  as  before  mentioned,  cattle  must 
have  their  daily  food,  and  every  one  who  has 
auv  knowledge  of  cattle-feeding  at  all,  must 
curt.amly  acknowledge  that  it  is  much 
easier  and  more  pleasant  to  feed  cattle  in  a 
budding,  where  all  the  hay,  fodder,  etc., 
winch  may  be  needed  for  them  to  oat  during 
the  whole' I  Vinter,  is  stored,  than  it  is  to  har¬ 
ness  up  a  team  daily,  whether  the  weather  be 
dry  or  wet,  pleasant  or  unpleasant,  and  haul 
It  tor  them  from  the  stack  or  shock  in  a  dis¬ 
tant  field.  During  mild  spells  it  is  best  for 
cattle  to  be  turned  out  and  allowed  to  roam 
about  a  portion  of  the  day  for  exercise  ;  but 
wnen  the  ground  is  very  soft,  or  the  weather 
cool  and  cloudy,  or  the  wind  blowing  high,  it 
is  advisable  to  keep  them  up  during  the  day 


BIT  FOR  UNGOVERNABLE  HORSES 


Some  time  ago,  Col.  F.  D,  Curtis,  Charlton, 
N,  Y,,  was  talking  with  us  about  the  man¬ 
agement  of  horses,  when  he  said  lie  had  in¬ 
vented  a  bit  with  which  he  could  manage  the 
most  ungovernable  horse  without  torturing 
him.  It  was  a  simple  arrangement  consist 


lug  simply  of  a  straight  bar  of  iron  three- 
eighths  of  an  inch  square  with  the  usual 
rings  in  the  end.  We  herewith  give  an  illus¬ 
tration  of  it,  which  is  scarcely  needed.  There 
is  no  patent  upon  it,  and  Col.  Ccrtis  advises 
every  horseman  with  a  liard-bitted  or  ungov¬ 
ernable  horse  to  use  it . 


RASPING  HORSES’  FEET 


A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  Canada  Farmer 
says  Rasping  down  the  feet  nicely,  as  they 
oall  it,  is  quite  u  passion  with  some  people. 
I  have  often  rasped  the  hoof,  and  the  owner 
of  the  home  standing  by  to  tell  when  it  would 
suit  him.  This  rasping  on  a  hoof  that  hap¬ 
pens  to  be  a  little  illshaped,  until  it  will 
spring  under  your  linger  is  far  to  dangerous 
a  plan  for  making  things  look  well.  1  have 
often  commenced  on  hoofs  that  tuui  a  beauti¬ 
ful  gloss  all  over,  and  given  them  a  thorough 
rasping ;  not  that  I  could  make  them  any 
better,  for  that  was  boyond  the  power  of 
human  hands,  but  they  had  to  be  rasped 
merely  because  the  owner’s  mind  was  a  slave 
to  fashion  or  fancy.  This  rasping  takes  the 
strong  surface  off  the*  hoof,  and  nature,  try¬ 
ing  all  she  cau  to  make  up  for  tho  evil  done 
by  judicious  hands,  forms  a  hard,  glo3sy  sur¬ 
face  to  protect  the  foot.  Tins  glossy  surface 
takes  the’ place  of  the  previous  tough  horu, 
and  at  tho  next  shoeing  the  foot  will  probably 
split  a  little  at  the  nails,  and  not  frequently 
the  nail  punches  a  piece  out  before  it. 


EMARE  WITH  SPRAINED  SHOULDER. 

I  have  a  young  mare  that  is  stiffened  in  the 
shoulder— done  by  hard  drawing.  I  think  it 
is  not  a  sweeuoy.  The  skin  is  loose,  und  the 
shoulder  is  full  and  does  not  seem  to  fall  in ; 
but  she  is  very  lame  by  spells.  Her  shoulder 
seems  quite  stiff  some  days,  and  then  in  a 
few  days  she  will  be  better,  or  not  much 
lame  nor  stiff  It  was  done  the  fore  part  of 
last  summer.  Can  you  tell  mo  what  to  do 
for  the  lameness  ?  Natt.  Martin. 

Wk  advise  you  to  sponge  the  parts  two  or 
three  times  a  day  with  diluted  tincture  of 
arnica,  and  give  the  mare  complete  rest — 
that  Is,  don’t  compel  her  to  work.  Feed 
Light  food  and  keep  the  bowels  open.  If  you 
cau  put  on  a  bandage  of  cold  water,  covering 
tho  bandage  this  cold  weather  with  dry 
cloths. 


JS  miVlNa-UiC  I'M  i-m-m  uuiiu^  Uiv  uov 

as  well  us  at  night.  At  all  times  their  stalls 
should  be  kept  clean  and  dry,  so  as  to  be  al¬ 
ways  comfortable,  and  their  feed  administer¬ 
ed  to  them  nt.  regular  hours,  while  they  must 
lx*  allowed  an  abundance  of  pure,  f  resh  water 
every  day. 

Wo  are  of  the  opinion  that  where  there  is 
plenty  of  room  it  is  best  to  allow  cattle  sepa¬ 
rate  stalls,  in  which  they  may  run  loose,  as 
it  ia  more  comfortable  for  them  to  be  free  to 
move  about  a  little  than  to  be  secur  ed  in  onu 
place  by  stanchions;  blit  if  they  must  bo 
fastened,  as  is  necessary  where  room  is 
scarce,  we  fully  recommeutl  the  Gifford 
swinging,  self-fastening  stanchion,  os  being 
much  superior  to  any  other  device  of  the 
kind  of  which  wo  have  any  knowledge,  as  it 
aoes  not  confine  cattle  so  rigidly  In  one  posi¬ 
tion  as  tho  old-fashioned  stanchion  but  allows 
thorn  a  slight  movement  backwards  or  for¬ 
wards  or  from  side  to  side.  This  stanchion 
lias  been  advertised  and  recommended 
through  the  Rural  New-Yorker  before, 
which  was  the  cause  of  our  securing  a  farm 
right,  to  give  it  a  trial.  For  milch  cows, 
wnich  should  be  fastened,  it  has  many  very 
superior  advantages  over  the  old-fashioned 
stanchion.  But,  to  conclude,  we  earnestly 
horro  that  all  who  may  peruse  this  article  will 
give  the  subject  duo  consideration,  and  if 
i, n e v  have  not  already  adopted  the  plan  of 
housing  their  cattle  during  the  Winter 
months,  we  think  alter  some  reflection  they 
will  be  induced  to  give  it  a  fair  trial,  which, 
iu  our  estimation,  will  be  certain  to  prove 
highly  satisfactory  to  them  in  every  respect. 

W.  A.  Graham. 

Flemingsburg,  Ky.,  Jan.  11. 


LEATHER  BITS  FOR  HORSES 


CASTOR  BEANS  FOR  HORSES 


Two  years  ago,  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
published  an  article  urging  farmers  to  substi¬ 
tute  leather  for  metallic  bits  in  Winter  as  a 
matter  of  humane  treatment.  A  lady  calls  our 
attention  again  to  that  article  and  urges  us  to 
repeat  the  advice,  and  protect  their  horses 
from  suffering,  and  the  owners  from  loss 
which  results  If  the  animals  month  is  made 
sore  by  frozen  bits.  Wo  hope  this  will  be  all 
the  reminder  needed.  The  harness  maker 
can  make  a  leather  bit  for  fifty  cents  that 
will  in  most  cases  serve  the  same  purpose  as 
an  iron  one  ;  and  every  man  with  any  regard 
for  liis  horee  will  see  to  it  that  his  animal  is 
protected  from  suffering  from  frozen  iron  bits. 


I  saw  an  item  in  the  Rural  New- Yorker, 
(Nov.  ie,)  headed  “Castor  Beans  Death  to 
Stock.”  I  fed  one  of  my  horses  a  dozen  in 
July  and  the  consequences  were  that  he  came 
near  dying.  I  had  to  raise  him  for  tliree 
weeks/  He  had  every  symptom  of  lung 
fever.  John  H.  O’Neil. 

Kearney,  Nebraska 


WOUND  ON  A  HORSE 


I  have  a  valuable  horse  that  haa  a  large 
excrescence  of  proud  flesh  on  one  of  his  hind 
feet  just  above  the  hoof,  caused  by  a  cut 
from  the  cork  of  the  shoo.  It  gives  no  lame¬ 
ness,  but  looks  bad.  and  I  wish  to  remove  it. 
Can  some  reader  of  the  Rural  suggest  the 
best  method  of  doing  so.  o.  H.  a. 

North  Conway,  N.  H. 


WEAK  JOINTS  IN  COLTS 


I  had  a  sucking  colt  that  walked  on  its 
ankle  Joints  till  it  wore  the  skm  off  and  left 
the  flesh  bare.  I  tried  everything  to  help  it, 
but  to  no  avail  until  I  tried  burnt  pulverized 
alum  and  the  white  of  an  egg  beaten  to  a 
froth  and  the  two  mixed  together,  rubbed  on 
the  parts,  heated  in  with  a  shovel  or  some 
other  article.  It  cured  the  colt,  which  is  now 
two  years  old,  strong  and  fat ;  have  never 
seen  anything  of  lameness  from  it  since. 

St.  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y.  Charles  Cowles 


TO  CORRESPONDENTS 


W.  S,  A.  Dickerson.  We  advise  you  to 
call  a  veterinary  surgeon  if  you  can  obtain  a 
good  one.  Your  horee  seems  badly  off ;  but 
a  prescription  without  seeing  him  might  do 
as  much  harm  as  good  He  is  too  valuable  a 
horee  to  take  risks  with. 


8200,  and  nothing  had  been  allowed  for  the 
services  of  husband  and  wife.  It  is  a  good 
farm  of  100  acres  that  produces  $1,000  an¬ 
nually.  % 

Mr.  Pottkk  lias  a  beautiful  farm  of  100 
acres  and  carries  a  dairy  of  30  cows.  The 
factory  season  commenced  May  2.  and  closed 
Oct  5.'  During  this  time  Mr.  Potter  fur¬ 
nished  58,400  pounds  of  milk  and  received  in 
dividends  $575. 1 1 .  Received  from  calves  and 
deacon  skins  $00.52  ;  for  butter  made  at  ftlrm 
$182.00;  making  total  receipts  of  $827.32,  or 
an  average  of  an  out  111  from  each  cow.  Re¬ 
ducing  the  005  pounds  of  butter  to  cheese  the 
total  product  or  cheese  was  7.015  pounds^  Mr. 
Potter’s  form,  he  said,  is  well  worth  *15,000. 
The  at, uck  and  tools  could  not.  be  less  than 
$2,000.  and  the  amount  expended  for  liired 
labor  was  about  $400.  It,  coat  more  than 
$1,440  to  produce  the  7.015  pounds  of  cheese 
made— or  at  the  rate  of  201  Jo  per  pound.  Some 
other  branches  of  agriculture  must  be  com¬ 
bined  with  cheese  and  butter  making  Lo  bal¬ 
ance  this  deficiency.  To  recommend  grain 
raising  to  til©  dairy  farmers  of  Central  New 
York  lie  said  would  arouse  ft  feeling  Of  indig¬ 
nation  ;  for  the  System  had  been  thoroughly 
tried  ami  found  wanting.  Still  we  must  keep 
some  llelds  under  the  plow  and  it  is  best  to 
raise  some  grain.  Every  farmer  should  strive 
to  raise  on  the  farm  all  that  is  needed  for 
consumption  and  especially  his  bread  stud’s. 
Mr.  .Jou.v  Osrounk.  on  a  farm  adjoining  Ids 
own,  grew  white  winter  w  heat  at  the  rate  of 
45  bushels  per  acre.  He  spoke  of  the  potato 
as  a  favorite  crop  and  one  t  hat  was  gen  rally 
remunerative.  From  175  to  200  bushels  per 
acre  may  generally  be  expected.  He  thought 
I  bushels  of  potatoes,  for  fattening  stock, 
equal  to  one  of  corn.  Onondaga  Co.  farmers 
recommend  tobacco  as  a  paying  crop.  They 
were  learning,  he  was  happy  to  say,  to  ap¬ 
preciate  the  dairy  in  connection  with  their 

'TY«ris!iala  mnlrp  ii  pth'iiI  PTfiTI.  Lilli  lulVflll— 


WATERING  TROUGH 


N.  Y.  STATE  DAIRYMEN’S  CONVENTION. 

Tuesday’s  Session. 

At  the  close  of  President  Willard  s  re¬ 
marks,  Mr.  T.  D.  Curtis  of  the  Utica  Herald 
was  introduced,  and  delivered  an  address  on 

COMBINATIONS  FOR  CONTROLLING  PRICES. 

The  farmers,  he  said,  have  been  content  to 
occupy  back  seats  in  the, political  synagogue, 
and  have  not  pushed  their  claims  as  men 
engaged  in  other  callings.  While  others  have 
organized  for  self-protection,  and  sometimes 
for  aggressive  purposes,  employing  special 
agents  to  urge  their  claims  iu  the  State  and 
national  halls  of  legislation,  the  farmers  have 
plodded  pat ieutly  along  and  accepted  what¬ 
ever  has  been  vouchsafed  to  them.  The  trou 
ble  is  not  that  fanning  does  not  pay,  but  that, 
many  other  occupations  are  paid  too  well, 
at  the  expense  of  the  former.  Industry  is 
robbed  in  many  ways.  It  is  robbed  by  high 
rates  of  interest ;  by  extortionate  freights  ; 
by  enormous  profits  on  tools,  machinery,  and 
manufactures ;  by  large  commissions  paid  to 
dealers ;  and  by  the  thousand  and  one  tricks 
of  agents  and  imposters.  The  farmer  pro¬ 
duces  whftt  every  one  must  have  ;  and  at 
everv  corner  some  one  lies  in  wait,  to  ile- 


1  see  in  a  late  Rural  New-Yorklr  that 
Mr.  D.  J.  Thornhill  wants  a  trough  In 
which  the  water  will  not  freeze  and  1111  up 
the  trough,  I  will  give  my  plan,  and  my 
trough  lias  uot  been  frozen  over  tills  Winter 
whon  full  of  water.  1  have  a  Mishawaka 
windmill  pump  which  gives  mo  all  the  water 
for  forty  head  of  cattle,  ton  head  of  horses 
and  three  hundred  sheep  ;  my  trough  is 
twelve  feet  long,  five  feet  wido  and  fourteen 
inches  deep,  made  of  two-inch  pine  plank, 
hold  together  with  bolts.  I  eot  it  on  brick 
underpinning,  one  foot  from  the  ground ;  set 
in  fence  posts  two  feet  from  the  trough  on 
both  sides  and  one  end,  then  nailed  on  boards 
to  t  he  posts  two  feet  1  uglier  than  the  top  of 
the  trough  ;  covered  the  trough  over  with 
Inch  board  except  the  end  that  I  did  not 
board  up  ;  left  a  space  a  foot  wide  the  width 
of  the  same.  L  then  took  the  sawdust  from 
my  ice-house  and  first  tilled  under  the  trough 
and  then  covered  it  over  with  the  dust  two 
feet  thick  and  filled  the  space  between  It  and 
the  boards  that  I  nailed  to  the  post  s  ;  the  end 
that  I  let  stick  out  1  encased  with  dust  by 
taking  six-inch  scantlings  and  nailing  boards 
to  them  and  then  filling  In  with  dust.  I  keep 
the  hole  for  the  stock  to  drink  out  of  covered 
over  with  a  board.  When  the  stock  are  not 
drinking,  I  let  my  windmill  fill  the  trough 
iu  the  evening  ;  when  full  I  etop  the  mill  and 
cover  the  trough.  Wo  have  had  very  cold 
weather,  with  the  mercury  twenty  degrees 
below  zero  ;  and  yet,  when  l  lift  the  lid,  the 
steam  will  raise  as  though  it  were  a  spring 
Rolling  Prairie,  Ind.  John  W.  Zeigler. 


tor  prices  than  now  obtains.  Mr.  Lewis  of 
Herkimer,  Mr.  Farrington  of  Yates,  Mr. 
Henderson  and  Major  Bidlejm  an  participa¬ 
ted  warmly  in  this  discussion,  but  our  space 
is  too  limited  to  give  it  in  detail. 

Evening  Session. 

The  President  stated  that  the  Correspond 
ing  Secretary,  Mr.  Shull,  had  received  a  dis¬ 
patch  from  i  I n < Don  announcing  the  illness  of 
Hon.  John  Stanton  Gould,  who  had  been 
engaged  to  deliver  the  annual  address  this 
evening.  As  Mr.  ( louLD  could  not  be  present 
it  was  proposed  to  have  a  short  evening  ses¬ 
sion  and  occupy  the  time  in  the  discussion  of 
some  topics.  Mr.  Lewis  of  Herkimer  moved 
that  the  next  annual  convention  be  held  in 
Chautauqua  Co.  The  question  elicited  a  very 
spirited  diseusssion.  Mr.  Burnham  of  Chau¬ 
tauqua,  offered  to  provide  a  hall  in  Sinclair 
ville  for  the  association,  if  the  convention 
could  bo  held  there.  Said  the  hall  had  ca¬ 
pacity  for  seating  1,400  persons,  and  he  would 
guarantee  that  it  should  be  tilled.  He  thought 
$500  could  bo  raised  to  meet  the  expenses  of 
the  convention.  The  resolution  was  dually 
modified  and  passed,  recommending  the  next 
convention  to  be  held  in  some  part  of  the 
Stat  e  other  than  Herkimer  Co.,  and  In  such 
locality  as  would  offer  the  best  inducements 
for  holding  said  convention. 

DUMMY  CHEESE. 

Mr.  S.  A.  Farrington  of  Yates  county, 
said  that  certain  cheeses  of  his  manufacture, 
when  about  six  weeks  old,  commence  to 
crack,  and  exude  a  gummy  liquid,  which 
subsided  In  about  a  week  to  ten  days.  The 
cheese  did  not  huff  ;  they  were  tine  in  tex¬ 
ture  and  in  flavor.  They  were  made  from 
grass  milk  and  on  the  Cheddar  process,  ilo 
was  unable  to  account  for  this  gummy  sub¬ 
stance,  and  had  never  seen  anything  similar 
except  last  Fall,  in  some  cheese  in  Canada. 

Air.  Lewis  thought  it  resulted  from  some 
j  peculiarity  in  cluing.  He  believed  that  ten 
times  as  much  bad  flavored  cheese  came 


Rants  in  the  United  States  only  twelve  mil 
lions  and  a  half  are  engaged  in  gainful  occu¬ 
pations.  Of  this  number  nearly  six  millions 
are  engaged  in  agriculture  ;  two  million  seven 
dundred  thousand  in  manufacturing,  muchau- 
icah  and  mining  pursuits ;  one  million  t  wo 
hundred  thousand  in  trade  and  transporta¬ 
tion  ;  and  nearly  two  million  seven  hundred 
thousand  are  rendering  professional  and  other 
personal  service  So  it  will  be  seen  that  ag¬ 
riculture  gives  employment  to  fully  one  half 
our  industrial  population.  The  capitalist ,  t  he 
railroader,  speculator  and  others,  fix  the  pri¬ 
ces  of  then  part  of  the  work,  which  is  done 
in  connection  with  farm  products,  but  the 
farmers  do  not  fix  the  prices  of  their  own 
commodities.  The  workingmen  combine  and 
advance  the  price  of  their  labor,  and  the  far¬ 
mer  pays  the  bill  in  the  increased  price  ol 
farm  implements.  Professional  men  fix  the 
rates  of  their  services.  But  what  shall  the 
farmers  do  I  Shall  they  combine  to  regulate 
prices  ?  If  they  did,  the  moment  the  prices 
of  the  products  of  the  farm  were  put  up,  all 
other  occupations  would  advance  their  prices 
because  of  the  increased  expense  of  living. 
It  would  be  simply  un  even  race,  and  end, 
when  it  did  end,  iu  u  draw  game.  The  rem¬ 
edy,  he  thought,  w  as  uot  in  a  combination  to 
put  up  prices,  but  In  a  combination  to  put 
down  combinations  for  extortion  and  other 
purposes  of  robbery".  You  must  strike 
through  the  ballot  box  to  secure  wholesome 
legislation.  Each  tradesman  and  mechanic 


CORN  COB  MEAL  FOR  STOCK 


I  beg  leave  to  say  a  word  iu  ans  wer  to  the 
inquiry  of  E.  O.  D.,  (page  27,)  on  the  corn 
cob  question.  Owning  four  oxen,  a  cow  and 
one  horse,  I  had,  quite  recently,  to  decide  for 
our  man,  whether  the  corn  should  be  ground 
cob  and  corn,  or  only  the  coni.  Before  giv¬ 
ing  the  order  I  consulted  a  farmer  of  many 
years’  experience,  and  I  learned  from  him. 
that  there  is  a  sharp  hull  which  lies  directly 
under  the  corn,  and  which  adheres  to  the  cob 
when  the  corn  is  shelled  ;  this  little  sharp 
substance  cannot  bo  ground,  it  being  very  flat 
and  thin,  remains  the  same  after  the  cob  is 
ground  as  before  ;  and  being  so  sharp,  It  cuts 
the  stomach  of  a  cow  or  an  ox,  almost  as  bad 
as  if  glass ;  that  if  fed  vo  a  cow  any  length 
of  time  every  day  it  will  so  cut  and  irritate 
the  stomach  of  t  he  animal  that  blood  will  be 
found  hi  the  droppings. 

My  friend  tells  me  mat  he  knows  this  to 
ho  a  fact,  and  he  farther  says  that  there  Is 
not  a  particle  of  nourishment  in  the  com 
cob.  “Why.”  -aid  he,  “leaving  out  the 
actual  injury  done  to  animals  by  feeding 
ground  cob,  1  would  much  rather  give  saw¬ 
dust.  mixed  in  the  meal.”  N.  W.  R 


grass  widen  rarmers  nave  snecieu  m  pasum-i 
and  meadows,  and  t  he  seeding  has  been  done 
with  only  two  kinds  of  seed,  Timothy  and 
clover.  Wo  condemned  this  practice,  and 
recommended  a  variety  of  seeds,  chief  of 
which,  tor  nutritive  value,  in  the  June  grass. 
Orchard  grass,  although  but  little  known,  is 
valuable,  and  is  next  to  June  grass.  Should 
the  summer  fallowing  system  lie  adopted,  by 
which  to  prepare  for  permanent  pastures,  he 
would  recommend  sowing  from  100  to  150 
pounds  of  plaster  per  acre,  as  early  as  the 
middle  of  May.  He  said  it  cost  more  money 
to  Hummer  Inc  dairies  iu  Herkimer  county 
than  it  docs  to  Winter  them.  The  excess  of 
capital  invested  in  lands  Used  for  pastures 
over  that  invested  in  mowing  lands  will,  if 
put  at  interest  at  seven  per  cent.,  pay  for  all 
the  necessary  labor  required  to  cut,  cure  and 
store  all  the  bay  for  the  Winter  food  of  our 
dairies.  lie  knew  some  dairymen  who  were 
using  five  acres  for  the  pasturage  of  each 
cow.  The  wintering  cost  much  less  than  the 
pasturage  of  our  cows,  and  this  difference 
was  mainly  owing  to  neglec  t  of  pastures.  I  f 
they  were  given  proper  attention,  it  would 
take  much  less  land  to  pasture  a  cow  than 


a  portion  of  the-  cream  could  be  removed 
from  the  milk  without  injury  to  the  cheese. 

Air.  Lewis  said  the  cream  which  visas  on 
the  night’s  milk  could  be  safely  removed  and 
made  into  butter.  He  had  practiced  this  in 
his  own  dairy  for  the  past  eighteen  years,  and 
no  buyer  ever  suspected  the  cheeses  were 
skimmed ;  and  indeed  they  were  not,  any 
more  than  at  the  factory,  where  the  agitator 
and  the  rake  worked  off  the  butter  into  the 
whey, 

Wednesday's  Session. 

The  Convention  was  called  to  order  at  11 
A.  M.,  and  Hon.  Josiah  SHULL  presented  a 
communication  from  the  Executive  Commit¬ 
tee  of  the  United  States  Centennial  Commis¬ 
sion  in  relation  to  the  International  Exhibi¬ 
tion  of  the  products  arts  and  Industries  of 
this  country,  to  be  held  iu  Philadelphia  in 
4876,  as  a  centennial  celebration  of  our  iude 
peu deuce,  the  exhibition  to  commence  in 
April  and  close  in  September.  The  commu¬ 
nication  invited  co-operation  of  the  Associa¬ 
tion.  On  motion,  the  following  committee 
was  appointed  to  consider  the  matter  of  co¬ 
operation  and  act  for  the  Society  Messrs. 
Skull  of  Herkimer,  Bi  iulam  of  Chautauqua, 


SH0ATS  IN  A  BARN  CELLAR 


produce  a  corner'  anu  control  prices  snouiu 
be  punished  severely. 

Farmers  must  act  independently — elect  men 
who  will  vote  in  Congress  or  Legislature  for 
measures  that  shall  reflect  the  views  of  those 
who  elected  them,  and  thus  the  object  sought 
may  be  attained. 

He  next  spoke  of  the  tyranny  of  trades 
unions,  and  denounced  them  as  among  the 
greatest  evils  of  the  times.  He  said  they 
were  outrages  on  employers  and  apprentices, 
and  by  interfering  with  the  rights  of  the  in¬ 
dividual  to  choose  what  occupation  lie  pleas¬ 
es,  or  employ  as  many  apprentices  as  he 
please3,  they  turn  many  worthy  young  men 
adrift  iu  the  ways  of  idleness  and  crime.  He 
was  in  favor  of  free  schools,  in  which  both 
boys  and  girls  may  fit  themselves  for  what¬ 
ever  occupation  they  please  and  pay  their 
way  as  they  go.  He  urged  the  establishment 
of  industrial  achools,  where  men  and  women 
could  be  educated  in  any  branch  of  industry 
and  in  the  shortest  possible  time.  In  conclu¬ 
sion  he  advised  the  establishing  of  fanners 
clubs  in  every  school  district  which  shall  be 
part  of  a  town  organization  of  the  same  char 
acter,  and  this  town  organization  shall  be  a 
branch  of  a  county  organization  which  shall 
have  a  regular  representation  in  some  State 
society  like  this  one  now  holding  its  annual 
meeting  at  Little  Falls.  Thus  organized  they 
could  act  for  their  best  interests  and  secure 
all  necessary  legislation  for  their  benefit,  and 
for  the  suppression  of  conspiracies.  He  could 


COAL  ASHES  FOR  SANDY  SOIL. 

I.  A.  Fries  asks  if  coal  ashes  are  of  any 
value  to  apply  on  yellow,  sandy  soil.  Very 
little,  we  think,  except  Ill  case  unformented 
manure  is  applied  with  them.  They  are  bet¬ 
ter  for  stiff  days,  where  the  object  is  to 
change  the  mechanical  texture  of  the  soil. 
They  are  useful  to  throw  into  privy  vaults  as 
deodorizers,  and  then  use  the  manure,  thus 
deodorized  with  the  ashci,  on  mi>  crop  de¬ 
sired.  They  are  excellent,  also,  as  an  appli¬ 
cation  to  grass  lands — especially  v  hero  top- 


Skull  of  Herkimer,  Bciulam  of  Chautauqua, 
F ARRINGTON  of  Yates,  Brown  and  Lewis  of 
Herkimer. 

BRANCHES  OF  fARMINQ  WORK  INTIMATELY  CONNECTED 
WITH  DAIRYING. 

Mr.  J.  V.  H.  Sco ville  of  Oneida  county 
gave  a  very  elaborate  and  excellent  address 
on  the  above.  He  -said  he  was  constrained  to 
believe  that  the  dairy  does  pay,  ami  pay  in 
the  same  way  that  economy  and  patient  in¬ 
dustry  always  rewards  earnest  effort  The 
idea,  however,  that  it  costs  the  farmer  but  a 
small  percentage  to  raise  his  product,  is  an 
erroneous  one.  Isolated  cases  of  flattering 
prollls  have  been  published,  but  the  ordinary 
experience  of  fanners  is  seldom  given.  He 
presented  some  statistics  of  two  farms  in  his 
section.  Mr,  Fouues  Head  conducts  a  care¬ 
fully  managed  butter  dairy  on  a  farm  of  100 
acres,  with  12  cows,  The  cows  yield,  on  an 
average,  225  pounds  ol'  butter  each,  or  2,700 
pounds.  Reckoning  interest  on  the  value  of 
the  farm,  etc.,  the  total  cost  of  the  2,700 
pounds  of  butter  would  lie  $1,2:10,  or  45c.  per 
pound,  whereas  $825  was  realized  from  the 
sale  of  2,500  pounds,  200  pounds  being  used 
for  the  liouse.  The  other  products  sold  for 


ESSENTIALS  IN  A  GRAIN  DRILL 

A  young  farmer  asks  us  to  catalogue  the 
essentials  to  be  considered  in  purchasing  a 
first-class  grain  drill.  Since  wo  do  not  use  a 
grain  drill,  we  shall  be  obliged  if  some  of  our 


readers  who  do,  and  who  know  what  is  most 
essential,  will  answer  our  correspondent. 


* 


SMorintltunil.i 


WINTER  PRUNING  OF  FRUIT  TREES. 

In  theory,  theorists  may  differ  very  widely 
in  their  ideas  touching  the  Winter  pruning  of 
fruit  trees  and  shrubs;  but  practical  men 
usually  begin  this  work  as  soon  as  convenient 
after  the  holidays.  There  is  no  use  of  boi 
rowing  trouble  about  the  frost  injuring  the 
exposed  wood  where  a  branch  has  been  cut 
off,  because  if  you  have  any  fears  on  this 
score  just  cover  the  wounds  with  a  little  gum 
sheila/.-,  dissolved  in  alcohol,  or  with  common 
paint ;  grafting  wax  will  also  answer  the 
purpose  os  well. 

But  never  prune  a  plant  just  for  the  sake 
of  pruning,  or  because  somebody  has  said  that 
trees  require  priming  annually.  The  size  and 
form  of  trees  may  be  controlled  at  will  by 
pruning,  and  fruitfulness  may  be  hastened  or 
retarded  by  the  same  process.  Vigorous 
growing  trees  should  be  preserved  with  care 
and  judgment,  the  operator  remembering 
that  the  more  wood  that  is  cut  away  the 
more  rapid  will  be  the  growth  the  following 
season  ;  and  if  a  tree  is  already  making  too 
much  wood,  no  more  should  be  allowed  than 
is  actually  necessaiy  to  bring  that  which  re¬ 
mains  into  proper  shape. 

This  principle  as  am*  guide,  we  prune  stunt¬ 
ed  trees  severely  ;  or  even  sickly  branches,  on 
an  otherwise  healthy  tree,  may  often  be  re¬ 
stored  to  health  by  the  use  of  the  pruning- 
knifo  alone.  If  the  trees  arc  largo  and 
branches  so  numerous  as  not  to  permit  the 
light  to  reach  the  center  of  the  tree,  cut  out 
a  portion,  and  give  all  parts  an  equal  chance 
for  development  and  health.  In  all  large,  old 
trees  there  must  naturally  occur  many  ex- 
hau-tod  branches  ;  and  in  cutting  these  away 
wre  give  the  others  an  opportunity  to  grow  ; 
and  if  a  few  fruit  spurs  are  destroyed,  those 
remaining  will  be  strengthened,  and  the  fruit 
produced  larger  and  of  a  better  quality.  Most 
fruit  cultivators  will  own  to  a  weakness  in 
leaving  too  much  bearing  wood  upon  their 
trees,  and  poor,  small  fruit  is  the  result. 

No  better  time  can  be-  selected  for  pruning 
understandingly  than  in  Winter,  for  at,  tldg 
season  one  can  readily  determine  the  charac¬ 
ter  of  each  bud,  spur  or  branch,  and  shorten, 
remove  entire,  or  allow  any  portion  to  remain 
intact,  as  the  conditions  may  indicate.  Ap¬ 
ple,  pear  and  plum  trees  may  bo  pruned  far- 
more  freely  than  the  cherry  ;  for  this  last- 
named  tree  is  rather  impatient  under  the 
knife,  although  it  may  Often  be  pruned  to 
advantage.  W  e  all  take  far  too  much  delight 
in  showing  our  fruit  trees  loaded  down  with 
a  greater  burden  than  they  can,  in  safety, 
carry  through  to  maturity,  lienee  the  neces¬ 
sity  of  severe  pruning  to  restore  vigor  to  ex¬ 
hausted  specimens. 

Next  to  fruit  trees,  grape  vines  are  allowed 
to  overbear  more  than  any  other  of  our  small 
fruits,  and  the  fur  too  common  great  prom¬ 
ise  in  the  early  part  of  the  season  ends  in 
a  lamentable  failure.  Green,  half -ripened 
grapes  are  usually  more  abundant  in  gardens 
and  vineyards  than  those  that  are  well  ma¬ 
tured  ;  and  a  failure  to  use  the  knife  is  very 
frequently  the  cause.  Gooseberries  are  very 
liable  to  mildew,  especially  upon  old,  neglected 
plants;  severe  pruning  by  cutting  out  the 
old  wood,  thinning  and  shortening  the  young,  c 
is  usually  beneficial.  But  with  varieties  that,  f 
are  subject  to  disease,  it  is  best  to  renew  the  j 
stock  frequently,  keeping  none  but  young  y 
plants.  t 

The  red  and  white  currants  of  our  gardens  ]  p 
require  more  pruning  than  t  he  majority  of  t 
persons  give  them  ;  and  annual  thinnings  of  n 
the  shoots  will  result  in  larger  and  better  t< 
fruit  than  if  allowed  to  grow  in  thick,  dense  tl 
clumps,  as  generally  seen  in  fanners’  gardens,  g 
Tlie  black  varieties  do  better,  and  bear  larger 
fruits  when  grown  in  a  miniature  tree  form, 
and  pruned  accordingly.  People,  as  a  rule, 
prune  off  the  outside  of  such  plants  instead 
of  cutting  out  the  inside,  just  as  some  will 
begin  at  the  base  of  a  tree  and  prune  upward  ol 
instead  of  beginning  at  the  top  and  prune  rc 
downward.  sc 

Raspberries,  blackberries  and  other  similar  & 
fruits  are  improved  by  pruning,  and  theoper-  gt 
ation  may  be  described  in  the  two  words,  c<- 
sliortening  and  thinning.  B. 

If  men  would  only  think  more  while  they 
work  and  notice  the  effects  of  certain  opera-  n« 
tions,  the  benefits  to  be  derived  from  judi¬ 
cious  pruning,  as  well  as  when  to  avoid  errors,  ! 
would  soon  be  learned. 


my  experience.  My  farm  has  belonged  in  my 
family  for  over  a  hundred  years,  and  I  have 
lived  on  it  for  thirty-five  years.  About 
thirty  years  ago  two  Madeira  nuts  were 
planted  in  the  garden  and  were  afterwards 
transplanted.  One  tree  bore  Madeira  nuts 


EARLY  BEATRICE  PEACH. 

ACCORDING  to  testimony  from  the  District 
of  Columbia  and  North  Carolina,  this  peach 
is  likely  to  take  the  lead  as  an  early  variety. 
A  North  Carolina  gentleman  has  stated  that 


|luntl  flrdiiterture. 


and  the  other,  which  now  stands  on  my  farm,  *u'  fl  quantity  of  this  Variety  fully  ripe 

lias  borne  fruit  different  times,  hut  the  fmit  Jimc  lo— t  wo  weeka  ahead  of  Hale’s  Early. 


has  borne  fruit  different  times,  but  the  fruit 
has  never  been  perfect.  The  tree  is  a  perfect 
Madeira  nut  in  bark,  wood  and  leaf.  The 
first  year  of  its  bearing  the  outside  rind  of  the 
fruit  was  like  the  Madeira  nut ;  the  inside, 
shell,  meat  and  flavor,  were  butternut.  Every 


Who,  among  our  readers,  lias  grown  it  and 
can  give  testimony  concerning  it,  pro  or  con  ? 

4  ♦-» - — 

CALIFORNIA  PEARS  IN  SCOTLAND. 

IV  E  notice  that  a  sale  of  Eastern  Beurre 


r  VAN  GEERT’S 

succeeding  year  the  fruit  has  been  the  same  pea. 
until  last  year  (1872),  when  the  fruit  more  re-  Glai 
sembled  the  Madeira  nut,  both  in  Rhell  and  not 
flavor.  How  do  you  account  for  this  “freak  - 
Am  I  likely  ever  to  have  a  perfect  Madeira 
nut  ?  B.  S.  Horton. 


v-XJTsT  PROTECTION. 

pears  from  California,  was  recently  made  in 
Glasgow,  Scotland.  The  prices  obtained  are 
not  given. 

<$he  jJmiltrj) 


UNLEACHED  ASHES  ABOUT  ORCHARD 
TREES. 

R.  S.  S.  asks  if  we  would  recommend  top 
dressing  orchards  with  unleached  ashes  '< 
Certainly,  especially  where  they  stand  in 
grass.  We  have  had  considerable  experience 
in  the  matter.  We  never  knew  ashes  to  hurt 
any  tree  unless  tlv-y  wore  piled  close  about 
the  body  of  the  tree  in  considerable  bulk.  It 
Is  no  place  for  them.  But  a  top-dressing  over 
the  rooln  of  the  trees  will  be  found  to  give 
most  gratifying  results.  We  have  known 
old,  moss-covered,  lousy  trees  stimulated  into 
a  new  life  by  such  application. 

- 

CALYCANTHUS  IN  WISCONSIN. 

Can  the  Calycanthus  be  cultivated  out  of 
doors  in  such  a  cold  country  as  the  center  of 
Wisconsin  i  Mrs.  P.  C.  C. 

Yes  ;  by  giving  slight  protection  in  Winter. 


homological. 


GREEN  NEWTOWN  PIPPIN. 

The  Green  Newtown  Pippin  has  been  raised 
on  my  farm  for  more  than  sixty  yeai-s.  My 
j  father  brought  the  trees  from  Conn.  The  ap¬ 
ple  has  never  flourished  well  here,  12  miles 
North  of  Utica  ;  the  seasons  are  too  short  for 
the  apples  to  mature.  I  have  not  grafted  or 
planted  any  of  this  variety  of  Pippins  within 
thirty  years;  but  some  of  the  old  stock  re¬ 
mains  on  the  homestead.  The  Green  New¬ 
town  Pippin  demands  a  warmer  climate,  and 
the  breezes  of  salt  water  are  congenial  to  its 
growth.  F.  J.  Wolcott. 

Trenton,  N.  J. 

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PROLIFIC  APPLE  TREES. 

My  father  gathered  from  one  tree,  the  top  I 
of  which  was  grafted  live  years  ago,  ten  bar¬ 
rels  of  apples  last  season  ;  if  they  had  been 
Sold  when  packed  they  would  have  brought 
$30.  A  neighbor,  David  Bangs,  Ogden,  N.  Y., 
gai  liored  iroru  two  trees  20  barrels  each.  They 
could  have  been  sold  at  S3  per  bbl. — Vernon 
Barker,  ChurdivUk,  N.  F. 

We  are  sorry  our  correspondent  did  not 
name  the  variety  of  fruit  thus  gathered. 

- - . 

APPLES  IN  NEBRASKA, 


GUINEA  FOWL  AND  TURKEY  HYBRID. 

I  have,  what  T  consider  a  curiosity,  in  my 
yard  in  the  shape  of  a  fowl.  Two  were 
brought  to  this  place  last  year,  one  of  which 
was  killed  by  a  dog,  the  other  I  now  have. 
A  farmer  from  one  of  the  lower  counties  in 
tills  State  gave  them  to  a  merchant  here,  and 
claimed  they  were  across  between  his  Guinea 
fowls  and  wild  turkey,  some  of  the  latter 
ranging  close  to  his  house.  One  of  the  two 
I  half-breed  fowls  laid  a  few  eggs  last  year 
without  any  attempt  at  hatching  being  made. 

The  fowl  I  have  is  very  much  larger  than 
the  largest  Guinea  fowl  I  have  seen  ;  weighs, 
gross,  between  t  and  .1  lbs. ;  legs  longer  than 
Guinea,  plumage  of  a  pure  white  color  with  a 
few,  so  far  as  color  is  concerned,  turkey  feath¬ 
ers  in  the  wings  and  on  the  body  ;  -while  its 
shape  and  action,  especially  when  frightened, 
shows  pure  Guinea  ;  its  head  is  not  all  like  it, 
nor  like  turkey,  so  far  as  t  he  fleshy  protuber¬ 
ances  peculiar  to  both  arc  concerned  ,  the 
fowl  has  more  of  them.  The  shape  of  its 
head  in  outline  like  turkey  and  very  thinly 
leathered  all  over ;  feathers  on  top  of  the 
head  stand  nearly  upright. 

Its  cry  when  startled  is  like  that  of  the 
Guinea  fowl  under  similar  circumstances  but 
not  so  harsh  ;  never  gives  voice  except  when 
frightened  ;  that  is,  it  never  uses  the  peculiar 
call  of  the  Guinea.  Do  not  know  whether  it 
is  male  or  female.  When  I  lirst  received  the 
iowj  it  was  very  wild,  now  it  feeds  with  my 
chickens  but  is  very  wary  still. 

Jackson,  Miss,  Geo.  C.  Eyrich. 


BUN  PROTECTORS  FOR  PLANTS. 

J.  Wright  writes  to  the  Cottage  Gardener 
concerning  Mr,  Charles  Van  Geert’s  nurs- 
1  eries  at  Ghent,  and  says  that,  unlike  other 
’  Continental  nurseries  they  do  not  contain  “a 
sea  of  glass.”  The.  clia racteristic  of  the  nurs¬ 
ery'  is  its  fine  collection  of  hardy  plants,  trees, 
ornamental  and  fruit -Lea ring  shrubs  and 
conifers.  “The  only  glass  structures  are  a 
splendid  vinery,  orangery'  and  a  long  range 
of  plain  span  roofs  which  are  principally  em¬ 
ployed  for  Wintering  Camellias,  Azaleas, 
Ferns,  Palms,  and  other  half-hardy  orna¬ 
mental  plants  located  in  the  open  air — or  in 
what  I  will  call,  for  want  of  a  better  name, 
Van  Geeht’h  wigwams — during  summer. 
These  erections  are  homely,  but  the  health  of 
the  endless  variety  of  plants  beneath  their 
shade  proves  them  to  be  excellently  adapted 
to  their  purpose.  They  are  found  much  bet¬ 
ter  than  glass,  in  being 
cool,  and  better  than  can¬ 
vas,  inasmuch  as  while 
they  exclude  the  sun  they 
admit  the  rain.  They  are 
simply  Bheds  on  posts,  with 
a  covering  of  split  bam¬ 
boo  caues  —  deal  laths 
would  do  as  well.  The 
canes  are  arranged  longi¬ 
tudinally  and  are  put  to¬ 
gether  with  a  stout  string, 
-  leaving  interstices  between 
each  cane  of  a  quarter  or 
half  an  inch,  formed  by 
the  twist  or  knot  of  the 
string  between  cane  and  cane.  They  are 
rolled  up  in  lengths  and  taken  in  in  Winter 
They'  last  for  years.  Mr.  Van  Geert  spoke 
highly  of  them,  as]  indeed  he  well  may,  for 
they  evidently  serve  him  well,  The  accom¬ 
panying  sketch  gives  an  idea  of  what  these 
“wigwams”  are  like.  The  open  path  be¬ 
tween  the  bamboo  affords  easy  access  to  the 
plants.” 

HARDY  AQUARIUMS. 

The  same  correspondent  notices  another 
feature  of  Mr.  Van  Geert’s  grounds,  and 
speaks  of  it  us  “giving  an  outline  idea  of 
what  may  be  carried  out  more  fully,  and 
which  may  ussist  to  make,  especially  little 
suburban  and  town  plots,  more  Interesting* 
At  the  ends  of  one  range  of  beds  is  a  miniu- 
'  ture  hardy  aquarium — I  mean  one  in  each 
bed.  It  is  simply  the  half  of  a  paraffin  cask 
sunk  to  the  level  of  the  ground  and  filled  with 
water.  These  tubs  were  occupied  with  named 
collections  of  hardy  aquatics,  and  by  their 
evident  health  would  quickly  establish  them¬ 
selves.  Around  the  tubs  were  ferns  and  sub- 
aquaties.  It  is  easy  to  see  that  by  a  little 
rock  work  and  suitable  plants  a  pleasing  varie¬ 
ty  may  be  provided  in  any  garden,  however 
small,  by  working  out,  according  to  taste, 
this  simple  idea.  The  only  thing  required  to 
keep  the  water  pure  and  the  plants  healthy 
is  to  pour  in  a  pailful  every'  morning  and  let 
it  flush  over  the  sides. 

—  ■  ■  - 

RED  AND  WHITE  BRICK  FARM  HOUSE. 


FOWLS  DYING. 

I  find  a  pullet  lying  partly  on  her  side  with 
her  head  and  neck  twisted  half-wnyT  around 
and  her  head  lying  on  her  back  between  her 
wings.  She  seems  unable  to  keep  her  head 
in  any  other  position,  even  when  1  straighten 
her  head  and  neck  into  its  natural  position  ; 
as  soon  as  I  let  go  of  it,  it  turns  immediately 
to  its  original  unusual  position.  This  con¬ 
tinues  for  48  hours,  nothing  having  been 
eaten,  because  of  the  pullet’s  inability'  to  eat, 
when  I  find  her  lying  dead. 

I  found  a  choice  Light  Brahma  hen  in 
precisely  the  same  situation  and  symptoms, 
wlfich  continues  for  Sfi  hours,  when  I  find 
her  with  her  head  and  neck  straightened  and 
getting  better,  eating,  etc.,  and  finally'  recov¬ 
ering  entirely'.  Now,  if  you  please,  what  is 
the  trouble,  cause  and  remedy  Y  w.  r.  b. 

Morristown,  N.  J. 


THAT  DOUBTFUL  FREAK. 

In  Rural  New-Yorker,  December  21, 
1S72,  I  noticed  an  article  entitled  “  A  Doubt¬ 
ful  Freak,”  which  you  seem  to  think  in¬ 
credible.  Now,  I  wish  to  tell  you  a  little  of 


In  the  discussions  of  the  Nebraska  Horti¬ 
cultural  Society,  we  notice  that  Red  Astra- 
chan,  Duchess  of  Oldenberg  and  Early  Har¬ 
vest  were  recommended  as  early  apples,  and 


BIG  EGG. 


I  HAiTt  seen  big  ej 
New-Yorker,  but 


js  noticed  in  the  Rural 
ave  not  seen  one  equal 


White  Winter Pearmain,  Janetting,  Winesap,  fhe,  one  I’ve  just  brought  in.  measuring  7% 

Roman  Beauty,  Ben  Davis,  Hubbardston  ^y  ^  inches,  single  y'olk— half  Spanish  and 
Nonsuch  and  Romanite  for  Winter  use.  Coos  Co.,  Oregon.  E‘  °’ 


I  intend  to  build  a  two  story  farm  house — 
the  groundwork  to  be  of  red  brick  ;  but  I 
wish  to  improve  its  appearance  by  variega¬ 
ting  it  with  white  brick.  Not  having  seen 
any  plan  that  pleases  me,  1  would  be  very 
glad  if  you  would  publish  one  that  would 
,  improve  the  appearance  of  such  a  building. 
D.  McK,,  Cold  Springs,  Out. 

Tehre  is  no  accounting  for  taste.  It  is  dif¬ 
ficult  for  any  one’s  standard  of  taste  to  suit 
till  classes.  Wo  know  of  no  method  of  varie¬ 
gating  a  red  brick  building  with  white  brick, 
that  will  add  at  ail  to  its  beauty.  Red  brick, 
carefully'  laid,  painted  brick  color,  penciled 
with  white  between  the  joints,  with  white 
stone  window  dressings,  corner  steps  and 
chimney  tops,  is  the  neatest  variegation  we 
know  of.  We  suppose  white  brick  might  be 
substituted  for  stone,  but  we  would  not  like 
it  as  well  Buch  a  building  would  look  ornate 
enough,  substantial  and  sensible.  Any  fancy 
that  would  intermix  wliite  brick  and  red,  in 
any  other  way,  we  should  think  in  bad  taste, 
- - 

HOW  THE  CHINESE  BUILD, 

In  China,  when  a  contractor  engages  to 
build  a  house,  he  encloses  the  premises  and 
sets  up  cooking  apparatus,  to  supply  his  hired 
workmen  with  regular  meals  at  the  most 
economical  rates.  Having  taken,  breakfast, 
they  work  until  noon,  rest  one  hour,  and 
leave  off  at  5  P.  M.,  and  return  to  their  homes. 
On  leaving,  each  takes  a  ticket  which  admits 
him  next  morning.  These  tickets  are  daily 
vouchers  of  the  artizau’s  presence.  Counted 
up  at  any  tune  a  true  account  is  rendered. 

A  man  on  the  ground  throws  several  bricks 
to  another  ten  feet  above,  and  he  to  another 
still  higher.  Thus  the  masons  are  supplied 
as  they  ascend  with  the  wall 


FEB,  4 


Mi 


FTJR-BEARING  ANIMALS— XII. 

THE  MINK. 

Putorlus  vlson.— LINN. 

The  Mink  is  a  constant  resident  of  nearly 
every  part  of  North  America.  Till  its  fur  be¬ 
came  so  fashionable  and  valuable  it  was  found 
in  greater  or  less  numbers  near  all  streams  of 
water.  There  was  hardly  a  brook  large 
enough  to  Uoat  a  minnow  that  was  not  haunt¬ 
ed  by  this  animal;  but  so  relentlessly  has  it 
been  trapped,  it  is  by  no  means  plenty  even 
in  the  depths  of  great  forests. 

The  Mink's  body  is  about  twelve  inches 
long,  its  tail  eight  .  Its  head  is  depressed  and 
small;  nose,  short,  flat  and  thick;  eyes,  small 
and  far  forward;  oars,  broad,  round,  short; 
neck  and  body,  long  and  slender;  legs,  short 
and  stout;  toes  somi-palmated ;  tail,  round 
and  thick  at,  the  mots,  tapering  toward  the 
end,  rather  bushy.  Two  brown -colored  glands  ‘ 
on  each  side  of  the  roots  of  the  tail  contain  a 
strong-  musky,  disagreeable  fluid.  The  coat 
is  composed  of  two  kinds  of  hair— a  very 
dense  down,  mixed  with  longer,  stronger 
hairs,  which  are  smooth  and  glossy,  and 
mostly  conceal  the  down;  they  are  shortest 
on  the  head  and  longest  on  the  back;  the  sur¬ 
face  of  the  fur  varies  from  a  chocolate  brown 
around  the  face  and  on  the  ears,  to  a  brown¬ 
ish-blank  on  the  body  and  tail.  Usually  there 
is  a  white  spot,  under  the  throat  and  a  white 
stripe  on  the  breast 

Thompson  says; — "Its  favorite  haunts  are 
along  the  banks  of  streams,  where  it  dwells 
in  holes  near  the  water,  or  In  the  ruins  of  old 
walls,  or  in  heaps  of  flood  wood,  or  in  piers 
and  abutments  of  bridges.”  Sometimes  it  j 
lives  in  the  burrows  of  muskrats,  having 
killed  and  dispossessed  the  owners.  It  feeds 
on  frogs,  lishes,  mussels,  and  also  upon  rats, 
mice  and  other  small  land  animals.  Young 
birds,  domestic  fowls  and  wounded  ducks 
often  become  its  prey.  It  is  an  expert  fisher, 
and  is  quite  apt  to  steal  fish  left  incautiously  ! 
lying  on  the  bank  by  anglers, 

Audubon  says  ' “This  species  has  a  good 
nose,  and  is  able  to  pursue  its  prey  like  a 
hound  following  a  deer.”  The  young  are 
produced  from  three  to  six  at  a  litter,  about 
the  last  of  April.  The  Mink  is  not  very  cun¬ 
ning  and  is  not  very  difficult  to  be  caught, 
though  more  so  than,  the  muskrat.  It  is 
caught  in  box-traps  and  dead -falls  ;  but  stool 
traps  are  much  the  best.  If  11101-6  are  any 
hollow  logs  near  tile  stream,  there  is  no  bel¬ 
ter  place  to  set  the  trap  than  in  one  of  these, 
as  Minks  have  a  particular  liking  for  running 
through  them.  The  bait  should  lie  suspended 
on  a  stick  over  the  trap,  high  enough  so  the 
animal  must  go  under  it,  to  reach  it.  The 
trap  should  be  lightly  covered  with  moss  and 
leaves  ;  it  may  also  be  set  at  the  mouth  of 
a  “  cubby -house,”  with  the  bait  beyond  it ; 
or  when  convenient,  in  water,  with  the  bait 
hung  over  it.  Different  kinds  of  fish  or  the 
beads  of  birds  may  be  used  for  bait,  but  the 
very  best  is  the  muskrat.  I,  once,  had  a  trap 
set  for  a  week,  baited  with  a  chicken’s  head, 
(as  I  was  unable  to  get  anything  better  at  the 
time)  in  a  place  1  knew  was  frequented  by  a 
Mink.  Having,  at  last,  procured  a  muskrat, 

I  rebaited  it  with  this.  Returning  that  way 
about  an  hour  later,  after  having  visited 
other  traps,  I  found  the  Mink  fast  in  my  trap, 
so  quickly  had  he  been  attracted  by  the  new 
bait.  It  takes  a  heavy  shot  to  kill  tiffs  ani¬ 
mal,  as  it  is  remarkably  tenacious  of  life.” 

Audubon  says  he  once  "  Found  one  still 
alive  under  a  dead  fall,  with  a  pole  lying 
across  its  body  pressed  down  by  a  weight  of 
150  pounds,  beneath  which  it  had  been  strug¬ 
gling  for  nearly  twenty-four  hours.”  The 
Mink  is  skinned  in  the  same  manner  as  the 
fox,  When  attacked,  this  species,  like  the 
skunk,  omits  an  offensive  odor. 

The  skins  are  now  very  valuable,  and  bring 
i  i  om  $5  to  $8  a  piece,  though  twenty-five 
yoars  ago  they  were  worth  loss  than  those  of 
the  muskrat ;  and  Richardson  says  they 
were  only  taken  by  the  traders  of  the  fur 
company  to  accommodate  the  Indians,  and 
were  afterwards  burned,  as  they  would  not 
pay  for  transportation. 

Minks,  when  taken  young,  become  gentle 
and  affectionate  j*as.  The  author  just  quoted 
saw  one  “  In  the  possession  of  a  Canadian 
woman,  that  passed  the  day  In  her  pocket, 
looking  out  occasionally,  when  its  attention 
was  roused  by  uny  unusual  noise.”  n, 

♦♦♦ - - - 

hair  snakes, 

I  HAVE  noticed  a  ^ddeal  said  in  the  Ru¬ 
ral  about  Hair  Snakes,”  I  would  like  w. 

doy  "ith  nrt.ndbi,™ 

O&h ,  stooping  down  for  something,  I  no¬ 


ticed  the  water  in  spots  seemed  alive  with  or  rind  we  had  a  tender,  succulent  stem,  and 
what  looked  like  minute  snakes,  and  they  prepared  as  asparagus  it  was  hardly  inferior 
were  squirming  around  lively  enough.  I  to  that  delicious  vegetable.  While  a  bed  of 
called  to  my  companion,  who  looked  at  them  ;  asparagus  requires  three  years  to  come  to 
as  we  had  seen  nothing  like  it  before,  we  perfection,  this  “ho  sung”  could  be  grown 
went  to  the  house  for  information  and  were  in  from  three  to  five  weeks.  I  used  to  be 
told  we  had  seen  “Hair  Snakes,”  made  from  very  fond  of  a  dish  of  it,  and  distributed 
hair  falling  off  the  cattle  Sn  drinking  at  the  several  hundred  packets  of  the  seed  to  appli- 
hrook.  My  friend  insisted  it  couldn’t  be,  cants.  Neglecting  to  grow  it  one  year,  the 
but  if  hairs  ever  did  turn  to  snakes,  she  was  next  year  the  seed  failed  to  grow,  and  thus 
bound  to  know  just  how  it  was  done.  She  lost  It. 

pulled  a  number  of  short  hairs  from  her  head,  I  very  much  desire  to  again  procure  seed, 

put  them  in  a  saucer  of  water  and  placed  the  and  as  none  of  the  seedsmen  have  it  in  thoir 


M 


THE  3YE  X  INT  , 


saucer  on  a  high  shelf  out  of  the  way.  A  few  I 
days  afterward,  as  l  was  passing  her  house, 

I  was  called  in  to  "look,”  and  what  do  you 
think  i  Every  hair  was  rushing  around  and 
across  that  saucer,  putting  one  in  miml  of  a 
flock  of  young  ducks,  some  hot  day,  in  pur¬ 
suit  of  a  swarm  of  flies.  A  great  many  exam¬ 
ined  the  "creatures ;”  they  seemed  as  per¬ 
fectly  formed  as  any  snakes,  the  roots  of  the 
hair  looking  like  heads,  My  friend  could  tell 
nothing  of  how  it  was  done,  she  had  come 
that  morning  os  usual  to  take  a  peep  into  the 
saucer,  when  site  found  in  it  snakes  instead  of 
hairs,  as  she  had  expected  to.  Now  this  is  a 
fact ;  no  living  person  knew  of  the  experi¬ 
ment  but  we  two,  for  fear  of  ridicule,  till  it 
was  tried,  in  case  she  failed.  M.  W. 


m  (banto. 


THE  SUPERIOR  PEA. 

I  wish  to  give  a  description  of  this  new  and 
invaluable  variety.  It  was  first  brought,  to 
this  country  by  a  friend  of  J.  F.  Solons,  of 
Clark  county,  Ohio,  in  his  hands  it  was 
placed,  and  acclimated.  After  a  trial  of  five 
years  Mr.  Solon  is  fully  convinced  that  it  is 
eight  days  earlier  than  any  other  variety  un¬ 
der  cultivation.  Last  Spring  I  procured  from 
Mr.  Solon  forty-five  peas,  planted  them  as 
soon  as  lira  weather  permitted,  with  several 
of  the  earliest  varieties.  The  Superior  was 
eight  days  earlier  than  any  of  the  rest.  It  is 
a  sugar  pea,  highly  flavored,  and  very  pro¬ 
ductive,  and  grows  three  feet  in  hight.  This 
variety  will  not  only  be  valuable  for  the  j 
kitchen  garden,  but  it  will  be  a  geat  favorite 
for  the  market  gardener. 

I  think,  after  a  trial  of  several  seasons,  this 
pea  will  be  universally  adopted  for  early 
market.  I  am  a  market  gardener  near  Day- 
ton,  I  intend  to  make  it  a  special  business  of 
raising  the  Superior  for  early  market, 

A  SUBSCRIBER, 
- - 

HO  SUNG. 

Some  fifteen  or  twenty  years  ago  we  had  a 
vegetable  under  t’ao  above  name.  It  was  a 
species  of  strong  growing  lettuce  from  China. 
Sowing  qUito  thin,  so  the  plants  would 
stand  three  or  four  inches  apart  each  way, 
the  stems,  on  shooting  up  to  flower,  would 
be  from  half  to  tliree-fourtlis  of  an  inch 
through,  and  about  two  feet  high.  On  cook¬ 
ing  the  stems  and  taking  off  the  outside  coat 


catalogues,  I  would  pe  pleased  to  have  the 
inquiry  In  the  Rural,  so  that  among  the 
thousands  of  readers  there  may  be  some  who 
yet  have  this  vegetable,  and  may  advertise 
the  seed,  or  give  some  information  where  the 
seed  can  be  procured  through  your  widely 
circulating  paper.  J.  B.  Garber. 

Columbia,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  Jan.  22, 1S73. 

...  ,  -  •»♦-» - 

THAT  SQUASH. 

Since  writing  and  describing  in  the  Rural 
of  a  new  squash  raised  by  me,  1  have  re¬ 
ceived  quite  a  number  of  letters  inquiring 
about  the  squash;  some  contained  money;  all 
wanting  seed;  some  of  the  letters  are  with¬ 
out  address.  Now,  what  1  want  to  say  to  the 
readers  of  the  Rural  New  Yorker  is  that  I 
did  not  intend  it  for  an  advertisement  at  all. 
But  l  am  williug  to  divide  my  seed  with  the 
readers  of  the  good  Rural.  If  they  will 
but  send  money  enough  to  pay  postage,  and 
their  address  plain,  I  will  send  seed  to  any  of 
the  subscribers  of  Moore’s  Rural  Nkw- 
Yorkkr  as  far  as  the  seed  will  go.  I  know  of 
no  name  as  yet  of  the  squash;  whenever  1 
know  the  name  I  will  give  it  through  the 
columns  of  the  Rural.— J.  F.  Haas,  Mead- 
tiiffc,  Pa. 

We  opine  that  this  will  be  the  last  time 
Mr.  Haas  will  make  such  an  offer— if  his  ex¬ 
perience  is  at  all  like  those  who  have  done  so. 

- +» - 

WHITE  APPLE  TOMATO. 

I  saw  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  Oct.  19, 
1872,  an  account  of  a  tomato  with  the  above 
name,  claiming  to  have  originated  South. 
The  description,  and  the  writer’s  opinion  of 
it,  coincides  with  mine  to  a  nicety.  In  regard 
to  its  origin  : — March  4,  1870,  Sanford  How¬ 
ard  (now  deceased),  Secretary  of  t  he  Michi¬ 
gan  Agricultural  College,  sent  me  four  pack¬ 
ages  of  tomato  seed  of  different  varieties, 
claiming  that  they  originated  at  the  College. 

I  carefully  tested  thorn  all,  and  retained  only 
the  Wliite  Apple.  In  curliness  it  is  between 
Trophy  and  Hubbard’s  Curl-leaf.  It  is  not  a 
great  producer,  but  as  a  table  tomato  I  have 
never  seen  its  equal. 

The  foregoing  comes  to  us  without  sigua 
tore  or  post-office  address;  but  inclosed  we 
find  two  packages  of  seed  Of  this  Tomato — 
one  for  the  Editor  and  the  other  for  “Daily 
Rural  Life.”  The  latter  will  be  forwarded. 

- - - 

LARGE  CABBAGE. 

I  this  year  exhibited  at  the  Fair  of  this 
county,  two  heads  of  the  Marblehead  Mam- 
I  moth  Cabbage— one  weighing  05  lbs.  and  the 
other  37  lbs.  Can  any  one  beat  this  ? — J.  F. 

1  H.,  Meadville,  Pa. 


EAST  VS.  WEST. 

To  say  that  I  was  surprised  by  the  state- 
mentof  the  Illinois  milk  man,  published  in  the 
“Prairie  Fanner”  and  republished  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker,  Nov.  16th,  in  the  ar¬ 
ticle  on  the  “  cost  of  producing  milk  at  the 
West,”  is  putting  it  soft.  I  have  always  had 
•in  idea  that  young  men  without  much  capi¬ 
tal  were  facing  in  the  wrong  direction,  when 
they  looked  Westward  for  the  most  profitable 
farming  regions,  and  every  article  like  the 
above  strengthens  me  in  my  belief.  It  is 
probable  that  milk-producing  is  the  best  use 
that  that  locality  can  be  put  to,  for,  if  it  is 
not,  a  man  with  sufficient  discernment  to 
discover  that  wo  “farmers  are  the  beasts  of 
burden  of  t  his  great  nation,”  would  have  cer¬ 
tainly  found  it  out  in  less  than  “  soventccn 
years”  and  gone,  into  something  else. 

Now,  if  “up  West  ”  is  really  so  inferior 
that  an  improved  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres,  valued  at  $10,400.00,  owned  and 
managed  by  “  a  man  capable  of  earning 
$1,000  per  annum  In  your  city,  or  anywhoro 
else  ”  (and  who,  also,  does  part  of  the  work,) 
with  $500.00  of  improved  implements,  and 
$690.00  paid  for  help  on  it,  falls  $150.00  short 
of  furnisliing  food  for  thirty  cows  and  three 
horses,  it  would  be  better  for  ua  to  at  least 
stay  where  wo  are,  if  we  do  nob  move  into 
the  N.  E.  corner  of  Maine. 

In  concluding  his  article  the  Rural  Editor 
compares  the  dairy  resources  of  the  East  and 
West,  and  says  that  “  the  main  advantage  of 
the  West  is  in  her  cheap  lands  and  cows  ;  and 
then  makes  a  very  fair  statement  of  what  we 
have  to  offset  it. 

Thero  are,  witliin  thirty  six  hours  of  the 
seaboard,  and  far  enough  North  so  that  good 
butter  and  cheese  can  be  made,  extensive  sec¬ 
tions  of  country  in  which  land  enough  to  keep 
thirty  cows  and  three  horses  in  fine  condition, 
without  the  aid  of  any  outside  feed,  can  be 
bought  for  less  than  half  of  $10,400.00.  For 
instance  ;  the  mountainous  part  of  Pennsyl¬ 
vania,  portions  of  the  Valley  of  Virginia,  and 
t  he  Greenbrier  Valley  of  that  State  ;  also  the 
Valley  of  the  Kanawha  ;  and  of  this  I  will 
speak  in  particular.  It  has  water  communi¬ 
cations  with  the  South  and  West,  railroad 
communications  with  the  EoSl,  and  will  be- 
ore  long  have  it,  also,  with  the  North,  via 
Pittsburg.  The  soil  is  not  unfertile,  but  it  is 
eminently  a  manufacturing  and  mining  dis- 
1  rice t.  ;  but  a  small  portion  of  the  capital  or 
brains,  off  the  river  being  devoted  to  agricul- 
ure. 

The  country  does  not  begin  to  produce  what 
it  consumes,  and  this  wiU  be  more  ami  more 
the  case  as  its  mineral  and  manufacturing  re¬ 
sources  are  further  developed,  and  it  becomes 
filled  with  miners  and  artisans.  The  lack  of 
good  butter  anil  cheese,  is  particularly  felt,  ns 
the  native  population  does  nob  know  how  to 
make  it,  and  it  is  difficult  to  get  it  from  the 
West.  Good  butter  sells  at  from  thirty  to 
larly-five  cents  a  pound,  and  quite  inferior 
cheese  brings  twenty-live, 

A  considerable  quantity  of  good  da/try  pro¬ 
duct  could  find  reaily  sale  at  remunerative 
prices,  at  the  door  of  the  consumer,  and  eon 
tracts  for  the  season  could  lie  readily  made 
it  more  than  the  retail  price,  giving  the  daix-y 
man  Ins  cash  every  week  ;  and  all  know  the 
advantage  of  this  over  either  submitting  to 
the  impositions  of  the  middle  men  on  market 
day,  or  only  getting  your  money  two  or  three 
times  a  year. 

I  know  of  one  woman  who  is  making  this 
her  sole  business.  She  knows  how  to  inula* 
good  butter,  and  delivers  what  she  agrees  to 
when  she  agrees  to.  Unfortunately  her  ac¬ 
counts  are  not  in  as  presentable  a  shape  as  are 

he  estimate  of  the  Illinois  man  ;  but  if  ap¬ 
parent  contentment  and  happiness,  and  an 
evident  and  rapid  improvement  mid  increase 
of  property,  and  a  general  appearance  of 
prosperity  can  indicate  that  a  business  is  not 
running  behind,  the  condition  of  this  woman’s 
affairs  docs  it  ,  and  proves  that  dairying  as 
far  East  as  this,  is,  at.  least,  moderately  profit¬ 
able. 

As  In  t  he  cheap  cows  : — The  DUnols  man 
rules  his  cows  at  $40.00.  It  is  a  pretty  poor 
$  10,00  cow*  East  or  West  that  will  not  at  the 
ordinary  rat  es  of  pasturing  produce  milk  dur¬ 
ing  the  six  Summer  months,  at  less  than 


twelve  and  one-half  cents  a  gallon. 
Kanawha  C.  H.,  West.  Va. 


a.  n.  k. 


FROM  STORY  CITY,  STORY  CO.,  IOWA. 

In  answer  to  A.  G.  C.  in  Rural  New- 
Yorker  of  Jan  4th,  I  would  say  that  m  this 
section  laud  can  be  had  (wild)  for  from  five  to 
ten  dollars  per  acre.  Stock  raising  Is  very 
profitable  here  and  can  be  commenced  with 
small  capital ;  and  any  one  who  is  willing  to 
work  and  to  team,  can  succeed  in  it  without 
the  previous  farm  appreuticeship  suggested 
by  the  Editor  of  Rural  New-Yorker,  though 
of  course  some  experience  would  be  better. 
Even  if  they  wished  to  loan  their  money,  it 
would  yield' them  a  better  Interest  here  than 
Government  bonds. 

Our  Winters  are  not  more  severe  than  in 
Central  New  York.  I  speak  from  fifteen 
years’  experience  here.  Farm  wages  are  from 
twelve  to  eighteen  Jollttrs  pet*  month,  L  sunlly 
less  snow  falls  during  the  Winter  than  with 
you,  W.  A,  W, 


©ORE'S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


Hrarg  of  a  |luraltst. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Centleman  near  New! 

York  City. 

&0UQUET8  Of  DRIED  ROWERS 

Jan.  15.— Almost  every  woman  who  loves 
flowers  (and  where  is  there  one  who  does  not  f) 
regrets  to  see  the  cold  of  Winter  destroy  the 
beautiful  pets  of  the  garden.  It  is  not  every 
house  that  is  sufficiently  warm  to  keep  house 
plants  during  Winter,  even  if  the  housewife 
or  her  daughters  feel  disposed  to  take  the 
trouble  of  nursing  a  few  choice  flowers 
through  the  cold  weather.  Stilly a  little  orna 
mentation  of  our  dwellings  even  with  the 
ghost  of  plants  is  far  better  than  nothing,  and 
often  adds  an  inexpressible  charm  to  a  room 
which,  without  such  decoration,  would  seem 
dreary  enough.  Everlasting  flowers  are  in 
great  request  for  this  purpose,  and  many  a 
lovely  Winter  bouquet  is  made  with  these 
charming  plants ;  but  the  ornament  al  grasses 
are  my  favorites,  as  their  delicate,  faded 
colors  and  graceful  forms  are  truthful  repre¬ 
sentatives  of  the  departed  glories  of  summer. 
If  ono  desires  to  make  them  appear  more 
natural,  a  little  oolor  might  be  added.  Among 
the  cultivated  species  the  Pampas  Grass 
(Gyntrium  argenteurn)  is  probably  the  most 
showy,  the  spikes  being  a  foot  and  a-lialt  in 
length,  and  w  hen  dried  are  of  a  brilliant  sil¬ 
very  white.  The  Erianlhus  Ravenna:  is  an¬ 
other  giant  among  ornamental  grasses,  the 
flower  stems  growing  ten  to  twelve  feet  high 
and  the  spikes  fully  two  feet  long,  and  a  mass 
of  fine,  feathery  spray  of  a  grayish -white 
color.  The  roots  are  perfectly  hardy,  re¬ 
quiring  no  protection  in  my  garden  ;  but  the 
Pampas  grass  is  quite  tender,  requiring  care¬ 
ful  protection  in  Whit  er.  To  make  up  a  good 
group  one  needs  to  add  a  few  of  the  Brizos, 
not  forgetting  the  little  Feather  Grass  (Stipa 
p ennata).  which  is  the  most  graceful  of  grasses 
though  quite  dwarf  in  habit.  Those  who 
have  not  the  means  with  which  to  purchase 
seeds  or  plants,  need  not  be  without  their 
phantom  bouquets,  for  our  woods,  fields  and 
swamps  abound  in  beautiful  grasses  which 
have  only" to  be  gathered  before  fully  ripe  in 
order  to  retain  their  beauty  through  Winter. 

But  I  did  not  intend  (so  talk  of  things  so 
well  known,  although  an  occasional  reminder 
of  this  kind  may  sometimes  be  useful ;  my 
object  in  writing  was  to  show  how  to  add 
another  charm  in  the  way  of  insects  to  grass 
boquets.  We  have  many  small,  brilliant-col¬ 
ored  beetles  that  are  readily  preserved  in  al¬ 
cohol,  or  by  mounting  in  the  usual  way.  In 
the  Eastern  States  the  little  Chryaoehm  au- 
ratus,  which  is  about  three-eighths  of  an 
Inch  long  and  as  brilliant-colored  as  polished 
gold,  is  a  most  valuable  specie*  for  producing 
a  fine  effect  when  worked  in  among  dried 
grasses  The  ChrysonieMdot  furnish  many 
Other  brilliant-colored  s ponies  which  can  be 
used  with  charming  effect,  appearing  Uke 
precious  stones  of  many  colors  when  inter¬ 
mingled  with  the  white  or  gray  plumes  of 
dried  grasses.  In  the  Southwestern  States, 
and  in  California,  the  Chrysochus  cobalt  anus 
is  abundant,  its  color  being  a  deep  cobalt 
blue,  while  the  0.  aurepennis  varies  in  color 
from  a  deep  green  to  a  light,  rich  bronze. 
There  are  also  many  other  larger  as  well  as 
smaller  beetles  with  brilliant  colors  that  may 
be  used  for  this  purpose.  They  have  only  to 
be  collected  in  Summer,  or  whenever  they 
appear,  and  preserved  in  spirits  until  wanted. 
By  mounting  upon  small  slender  pins  it  is  an 
easymattertofast.cn  them  in  among  either 
natural  or  artificial  flowers,  and  the  effect 
produced  in  the  evening,  when  a  room  is  well 
lighted,  is  certainly  most,  brilliant  as  well  as 
oharming. 

The  ladles  in  the  West  Indies  use  the  Fire¬ 
fly,  or  Cucvjo,  to  ornament  their  rooms  as 
well  as  their  persons  on  festive  occasions  ; 
and  tho  taste  displayed,  tind  effect  produced, 
are  well  worthy  of  imitation  by  their  sisters 
elsewhere  ;  and  although  we  have  not  the 
same  insect  in  our  cold  Northern  climate, 
still  there  are  others  which  might  be  used 
with  almost  as  brilliant  results. 

CINERARIAS  IN  WINTER. 

Jan.  16.— The  Cineraria  has  never  been  a 
very  popular  plant  In  this  country,  although 
extensively  cultivated  in  Europe,  and  Bold  by 
the  thousands  and  tens  of  thousands  in  the 
flower  markets  of  England  as  well  as  upon 
the  continent.  Perhaps  one  reason  why  our 
people  have  never  taken  a  fancy  to  this  plant 
is  owing  to  its  resemblance  to  many  of  the 
•wild  flowers  of  our  fields,  particularly  the 
Asters,  With  their  various  shades  of  blue  or 
purple.  The  Cinerarias,  however,  when  well 


grown  from  a  good  strain  of  seedlings,  or 
from  well  established  sorts,  are  very  showy 
plants  and  well  worthy  of  the  little  care  re¬ 
quired  In  culture.  Some  of  ray  largest  plants 
are  just  coming  into  bloom,  and  from  this 
time  forward  until  Spring  there  will  he  a 
constant  succession  of  flowers  of  almost,  every 
shade  of  color,  from  deep  purple,  blue  and 
white,  and  quite  frequcntl}'  all  combined  in 
one  variety.  If  one  produces  a  very  choice 
seedling  it  can  be  perpetuated  by  offsets,  but. 
the  most  usual  method  is  to  transplant  from 
seed  saved  from  the  best  sort-.  I  do  not  even 
take  the  t  rouble  to  save  seeds,  but  merely  set 
the  plant  or  plants  from  which  I  desire  seed¬ 
lings  in  a  half  shady  border  or  on  the  earth 
under  the  stage  of  my  greenhouse,  where  the 
seed  fall  and  grow  without  any  further 
trouble,  except  giving  a  little  water  occasion¬ 
ally.  In  the  autumn  I  pot  as  many  plant  -  as 
1  desire  and  throw  away  the  remainder. 
One  season  I  neglected  either  to  sow  seeds  or 
put  plants  in  a  proper  place  for  self-sowing, 
and  the.  result  was  1  had  to  pay  fit  per  dozen 
for  plants  just  before  the  holidays.  Since 
that  time  I  have  never  failed  to  have  plenty 
of  choice  varieties. 

A  DITTOS  FROM  KANSAS. 

Jan.  17.— Mr.  T.  B.  Ashton  of  Kansas  has 
sent  me.  a  box  of  very  handsome  insects, 
among  which  1  found  several  specimens  of 
that,  beautiful  beetle,  the  Clytus  chums  (8a.y) 
or  A  rhnpatvs  char  ns.  according  to  later  au¬ 
thorities.  Thomas  Say,  who  is  often  called 
the  “Father of  American  Entomology.”  de¬ 
scribed  this  handsome  insect  in  1S35,  and  said 
that  it  inhabited  Indiana  ;  but  as  we  pone 
irate  t  he  wilds  of  the  far  West,  the  geograph¬ 
ical  range  of  many  of  our  insects  is  ascer¬ 
tained  to  be  greater  than  our  earlier  ento 
mologists  supposed.  I  have  received  this 
species  of  Clytus  from  Northern  and  Western 
Texas,  and  for  aught  1  know,  it  may  have 
been  found  in  California.  The  larva  of  this 
fine  beetle  lives  in  some  kind  of  tree,  boring 

Mthe  stem  or  branches,  the  same 
us  the  Maple  borer,  and  scores 
of  other  beetles  belonging  to  the 
same  genus  or  family  ;  and  I 
_____  want  some  one  who  knows,  to 
i  ./  t-ell  me  the  name  of  the  tree  in- 

(,#1 wA  tested  by  t.liis  beetle.  1  send 
l  *5*?  /  .VO"  u  sketch  which  will  enable 
V  i  almost  any  one  to  identify  it 

/  \  when  found.  The  light  colored 

markings  in  the  sketch  are  deep  orange  yel¬ 
low  on  the  insect,  and  the  others  black,  as 
shown. 


^icltl  Gtrojis. 


PEANUT  CULTURE. 

0.  G.  Carmichael,  Independence,  Mo., 
furnishes  the  Editor  of  the  Western  Plan  tex¬ 
tile  following  facts  concerning  his  mode  of 
raising  t  his  crop  :— The  ground  was  prepared 
the  same  as  for  any  ordinary  Spring  crop, 
and  the  seed  was  planted  infurroirs  from  two 
to  four  inches  deep,  and  covered  even  with 
the  sui-face.  Some  of  the  seed  he  cracked 
the  hulls  before  planting,  and  the  balance  he 
planted  whole,  in  order  to  give  them  a  good 
test.  He  does  not  see  much  difference,  ex¬ 
cept  that  those  that  were  cracked  came  up 
first  and  had  more  time  to  mature  than  those 
that  were  planted  whole.  He  suffered  some 
loss  from  the  seed  rotting  instead  of  sprout¬ 
ing,  which,  wc  suggest,  might  have  been 
avoided  by  planting  in  ridges,  or  at  least  even 
with  the  surface  of  the  ground.  As  there 
was  some  difference  of  opinion  about  the  ad¬ 
vantage  of  covering  the  tops,  he  tried  both 
ways  and  finds  the  only  advantage  in  cover¬ 
ing  the  tops  is  perhaps  a  little  earlier  maturi¬ 
ty,  but  as  the  seasons  here  are  long  enough, 
when  planted  eurly,  to  enable  t  hem  to  mature 
well,  he  would  not  advise  covering,  aud  is 
also  opposed  to  planting  in  ridges  on  account 
of  the  greater  difficulty  of  the  stems  hi  reach¬ 
ing  the  ground. 

Mr.  Carmichael  raised  twenty-two  acres, 
on  which  he  planted  fifty-three  bushels  of 
seed  and  expects  to  gather  20,000  lbs.  as  the 
product,  which,  at  7  cents  per  pound,  which 
is  about  the  present  price,  w  ill  yield  a  hand¬ 
some  profit.  Besides  tins,  after  lie  had  gath¬ 
ered  them,  as  he  supposed  very  earefully,  he 
turned  his  hogs  into  the  field  and  they  fat¬ 
tened  very  rapidly  on  what  he  had  failed  to 
find. 

- - 

EXPEEIMENT  WITH  ALSIKE  CLOVER. 

— 

A  Saratoga,  N.  Y.  correspondent  of  the 
Country  Gentleman  gives  his  experience  with 
this  clover  as  follows  : — I  plowed  my  land 
about  the  first  of  May  last,  and  prepared  it 
as  usual  for  our  common  red  clover.  Land, 
sandy  loam  and  dry— not  rich,  just  fair  com¬ 


mon  land.  The  seed  came  up  finely,  and  con¬ 
tinued  to  grow  finely  until  I  harvested  the 
oats  ;  then  I  gave  it  a  dressing  of  plaster,  and 
in  three  wpeks  after  that  I  am  quite  sure  it 
would  cut  at  the  rate  of  one  ton  of  hay  to  the 
acre.  Not  wishing  to  mow  it  the  first  season, 

I  concluded  to  try  my  cows  on  it  and  see.  if  it 
was  palatable  to  them — also  thought  I  would 
see  how  my  thoroughbred  Berkshire  swine 
like  it ;  and  to  my  astonishment,  they  came 
vary  near  entirely  spoiling  it  in  a  short,  time, 
and  after  this  it  was  with  great  difficulty  I 
could  keep  them  from  it,  and  in  fact  they 
liked  it  so  much  that  T  could  not  keep  them 
in  sight  of  it  ;  notwithstanding  the  red  clover 
was  eight  inches  high  in  some  fields,  they  re¬ 
fused  to  cut  it  when  in  sight,  of  this.  I  am 
pleased  with  results  thus  far,  and  if  it  stands 
the  Winter  freezing  and  is  a  good  stand  in 
Spring,  I  shall  use  much  more  the  coming 
season.  1  sowed  at  the  rate  of  4  lbs.  per  acre, 
and  T  think  it  plenty  thick  enough.” 

- ♦-*-* - - 

THE  LATE  E0SE  POTATO. 

In  the  Rural  New  Yorker  of  Dec.  7  I 
noticed  an  inquiry  about  the  Late  Rose  Pota¬ 
to.  About  the  middle  of  May  I  sent  to  B.  K. 
Bliss  &  Sons  for  four  pounds  of  the  Late 
Rose  Potato.  I  weighed  off  one  pound  ;  I 
cut  it  into  forty- -five  sets,  only  cutting  one  eye 
in  each  set.  I  planted  them  in  sandy  soil 
previously  manured  with  good  barn -yard 
manure.  I  planted  one  set  in  each  hill  ;  they 
were  later  corning  up.  the  tops  remaining 
green  for  several  weeks  longer  than  the  Ear- 
ly.Rose.  When  ripe!  dug  them.  I  had  the 
enormous  yield  of  one  hundred  pounds  of 
marketable  potatoes  without  the  small  ones. 
In  quality  they  are  equal  to  the  Early  Rose. 
1  think  the  above  will  be  of  some  benefit  to 
those  wishing  to  know  something  about  the 
Late  Rose. — Walter  W.  Colenutt,  Huron 
Co.,  Ont. 

Our  correspondent  neglects  one  important 
item  in  the  above  statement.  Which  Late 
Rose  was  it — the  Campbell’s,  Thorburn’s,  or 
whose  t 

- +~*~* - 

ANIMATED  OATS. 

The  lire  oats  which  B.  F.  T.,  Brockport, 
N.  Y.,  sends  us  as  a  great  novelty,  with  a 
request  that  we  should  give  an  illustration 
1  and  description  of  the  same  in  the  Rural 
New-Yorker,  are  nothing  more  than  the  old 
and  well-known  “animated  oats”  ( Arina 
8terili8 ),  advertised  in  all  seedsmen’s  cata¬ 
logues. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

STORING  CORN  FODDER. 

At  Beacon  Farm,  conducted  by  Sir.  Cro- 
zier  for  its  proprietor,  twenty-five  acres  of 
corn  fodder  are  grown.  It.  is  cut  with  a  Clip¬ 
per  Mowing  Machine,  cured  in  the  field,  and 
then  stored  in  stacks  built  on  elevated  plat¬ 
forms  to  secure  ventilation  below  and  through 
the  stack. 

sMu'ejj  guskndrg. 


cross  of  blood  from  the  fine  wool  flocks  of 
New  South  Wales — basing  our  opinion  on  ex¬ 
amination  of  the  above  named  samples,  and 
reports  from  some  of  the  committees  who 
had  opportunities  of  making  examinations 
of  specimen  sheep. 

A  resolution  was  also  adopted  declaring 
that  it  would  be  expedient  for  the  sheep 
breeders  of  Ohio  to  take  initiatory  means 
toward  getting  upa  National  sheep  herd  book. 
A  committee  was  appointed  to  report  a  plan 
for  the  same  to  the  next  State  Wool  Growers’ 
meeting  at  Mansfield. 

The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the 
current  year  : — President. — J.  C.  Stevens  of 
Hurd  In  county.  Vice  President — John  Gur¬ 
ney  of  Licking.  Directors  S.  IIarmount  of 
i  Tuscarawas;  W.  N.  Chamberlin  of  Hardin; 

|  H.  L.  Reed  of  Licking;  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer— U.  C,  Deardorff  of  Tuscarawas  Co. 

Adjourned  to  meet  on  the  evening  of  the 
|  second  day  of  the  next  State  fair  at  Mansfield. 
- - - - 

WINTER  FEEDING  SHEEP. 

Dr.  Boynton  of  Vermont,  in  an  article  in 
the  Massachusetts  Ploughman,  says  it  is  a 
mistake  to  suppose  that  when  sheep  come  to 
the  barn  in  flue  order  in  early  Winter  they  do 
not.  need  grain.  He  adds: 

“  The  true  and  only  wise  course  is  to  feed  a 
little  grain  every  day  through  the  entire  Win¬ 
ter.  Whatever  extra  feed  in  the  form  of 
grain  you  propose  to  give  to  your  flock,  don't 
hold  it  back  till  February  or  March,  or  till 
your  sheep  begin  to  fail,  but  divide  it  into  as 
many  parcels  as  there  are  days  in  the  Winter 
feeding  time,  and  you  will  never  regret  the 
experiment.  One-half  bushel  of  oats  fed  to 
one  hundred  sheep  every  day  will  bring  them 
through  in  a  far  finer  condition.” 


TO  AVOID  RANK  FLAVOR  IN  MUTTON. 

A  Texas  Correspondent  of  the  Mobile  Reg¬ 
ister  says: — “Hang  the  slice])  by  the  heels 
and  cut  his  throat  thoroughly— windpipe, 
swallow,  jugular  vein  aud  all.  He  will  die 
very  quickly.  So  soon  as  life  is  extinct,  or 
motion  ceases,  remove  the  entrails  with  a 
sharp  knife,  opening  completely  from  tail  to 
tongue.  Tliis  job  1  generally  'get  through 
with  in  just,  about  half  a  minute.  I  am  satis¬ 
fied  that  the  peculiar  flavor  of  the  badly  liun- 
dled  mutton,  said  to  come  from  the  wool,  is 
due  the  entrails  lying  too  long  in  the  animal. 
I  pay  no  particular  attention  to  the  wool 
other  t  han  is  demanded  by  neatness.  On  the 
plan  above  named,  I  frequently  kill  sheep 
four  miles  from  home,  tie  them  to  my  saddle, 
take  them  home,  and  even  allow  them  to  re¬ 
main  over  night  without  skinning,  and  no 
woolly  flavor  results.  My  mutton  is  prover¬ 
bial  for  its  delicacy  and  sweetness,  and  now 
you  have  exactly  how  1  manage  it.” 

- - 

OHIO  WOOL  GROWERS. 

Several  leading  wool  growers  of  Ohio  and 
Western  Pennsylvania,  present  at  Columbus, 
held  an  informal  meeting  in  the  Agricultural 
Rooms  of  the  Capitol,  on  the  evening  pre¬ 
ceding  the  State  Agricultural  Convention. 
A  large  number  of  samples  of  Australian 
wools  being  upon  the  table  for  examination, 
a  committee  was  appointed  to  examine  and 
report  upon  the  same. 

The  committtee  introduced  the  following 
resolution  which  was  adopted;  Resolved, 
That  in  our  opinion  the  fine  wool  flocks  of 
Ohio  could  not  be  benefited  by  introducing  a 


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KILLING  HOGS  AT  KANSAS  CITY. 

Having  visited  several  of  the  pork-packing 
establishments  of  the  West,  I  will  state  some 
things  I  saw  in  one  in  the  suburbs  of  Kansas 
city.  The  building  was  about  one  hundred 
feet  Square  and  three  stories  high.  The  hogs 
are  driven  up  a  gang-way  to  a  plutform  op¬ 
posite  a  door  opening  into  the  third  story. 
They  are  here  struck  on  the  head  with  a 
“billy, ’’and  immediately  swung  up  by  one 
hind  leg  and  stuck  just  as  they  pass  through 
the  door,  are  pushed  on  to  the  scalding  vat, 
as  they  hang  on  an  iron  railing  over  head, 
and  in  about  two  minutes  are  dropped  into 
the  vat,  which  I  observed  had  nine  or  ten 
hogs  in  at  a  t  ime.  They  are  floated  along  by 
two  men  with  poles ;  a  third  man  jerks  a 
lever  and  throws  the  hog  out  at  the  other 
end  on  a  table,  where  some  dozen  men,  pull, 
roll  and  scrape  at.  the  hog  till  ho  reaches  the 
other  end  of  the  table.  A  gambrll  is  put  in, 
and  he  is  at  once  hung  up  by  a  hook  on  an¬ 
other  Iron  railing  and  the  entrails  taken  out ; 
is  washed  all  over  inside  and  out,  by  a  man 
with  hose  in  hand.  The  hog  is  then  passed 
to  the  hanging  place  and  hung  up. 

The  proprietor  told  me  tluit  this  company 
of  men  had  killed  and  dressed  1.400  hogs  the 
day  before  I  was  there.  I  then  took  out  my 
1  watch  and  found  they  then  were  killing  and 
dressing  hogs  at  the  rate  of  three  ft  minute, 
the  hogs  averaging  about  250  lbs.  1  also  ob- 
seiwed  in  another  appartment  one  set  of  men 
cut  up  the  hogs  at  the  rate  of  three  per  minute. 
The  hams  were  here  packed  in  barrels  holding 
300  lbs.  ;  one  gallon  of  good  sirup,  four  ozs. 
saltpetre,  and  strong  brine  enough  to  fill  the 
barrel  This  makes  what  is  called  sugar 
cured  hams.  At  this  place  they  will  pack 
about  80,000  hogs  this  season,  and  parties  in 
the  West  say  there  will  be  a  million  more 
hogs  packed  in  the  West,  than  there  was  last 
season.  1  also  saw  quite  a  large,  lot  of  buffalo 
meat,  (hind  quarters’,  lying  at  this  packing 
house.  It  is  brought  here  with  the  skin  on  the 
quarters.  I  thought  this  a  waste  as  I  believed 
the  hide  worth  more  than  the  meat. 

Doe  Run,  Pa.,  Jan  15. 1878.  Tnos.  Wood. 
- - - »♦»  ~  * 

LIME  FOR  HOG  CHOLERA. 

— 

A  Kansas  farmer  says  he  uses  au-  slaked 
lime  spread  upon  his  feed  lots  and  throws  his 
corn  upon  it.  This  disease  has  been  stopped 
by  this  means  in  herds  where  it  has  appeared, 
i  he  asserts. 

— - - - 

WEIGHT  OF  HOGS  BY  MEASUREMENT. 

Can  any  of  the  numerous  readers  of  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  tell  me  how  to  find  the 
live  or  dead  weight  of  fat  hogs  by  measure¬ 
ment  l  C.  H.  C. 

Cuyahoga  Co.,  Ohio. 


vinegar  or  nickles,  for  a  few  minutos  ;  let  it 
dry  in  the  sun,  and  it  will  assume  ths  color 
of  bright  copper.” 


THE  FIRST  UNITED  STATES  CENTS, 


DOUGHNUTS  WITHOUT  EGGS 


VESTS  FOR  LADIES, 


In  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  dated  Dec. 
7,  1872,  1  noticed  an  answer  to  a  former  ques¬ 
tion  ;  the  roply  stating  that  the  first  Ameri¬ 
can  Cents  were  coined  in  the  years  1791-8. 
Now,  1  beg  leave  to  differ  with  F.  S. ,  and  at 
the  same  time,  to  thank  him  for  attempting 
the  explanation,  and  say  that  American  centa 
were  coined  as  early  as  1783,  if  not  earlier, 
(hut  not  by  the  United  States,)  by  eoveral 
Stn tea,  mid  are  called  ‘ 4  Colonial  Cents.”  The 
first  cent  coined  by  tho  authority  of  the 
United  States  was  struck  at  the  New  Haven 
(Conn.)  Mint,  in  the  year  1787.  They  bore  on 
the  obverse  side  a  sun  dial,  with  the  sun 
above  it,  the  legend  “  Fugio,”  1737  ;  and  re¬ 
verse,  thirteen  circles  linked  around  a  small 
circle,  upon  which  aro  the  words  14  United 
States,”  and  in  tho  center,  “We  are  one,” 
and  beneath  tho  motto. 

Tins  coin  is  called  the 


In  Rural  New-Yorker  of  Jan.  18th.  I  see 
a  request  for  recipe  for  Doughnuts,  (no  eggs.) 
Put  into  a  large  dish  3  pints  of  flour,  mix 
with  this  \\i  teacups  sugar,  2  teaspoons 
cream  tartar,  a  little  salt  and  grated  nutmeg. 
Put  int  o  a  quart,  bowl  1  teaspoon  soda,  pour 
on  a  teacup  boiling  water,  a,  piece  of  butter 
size  of  a  small  walnut ;  when  melted  add  1 1 ' 
teacups  milk  and  pour  into  the  dry  part,  b 
rolled  out  and  cut,  in  stripsabout  an  inch  wide, 
and  then  twisted,  they  eoom  to  be  relished 
better  than  any  other  way.  Cook  in  hot  fat. 

Mrs.  J.  W  ayi,  A  NO. 


YotXNd  Indies  who  desire  to  look  well  at  lit¬ 
tle  expense  would  do  well  to  consider  t  he  pos¬ 
sibility  of  wealing  vests.  In  the  greater 
number  of  the  costumes  this  Winter,  vests  of 
silk  and  velvet  have  boeu  introduced  and 
have  attained  a  popularity  really  deserved, 
for  they  are  really  very  handsome  and  afford 
n  pleasing  contrast  in  material.  The  effort, 
is  now  made  to  introduce  vests  into  lighter 
costumes  and  for  full  dress.  We  give  a  few 
examples.  A  vest  of  blue  satin,  sleeveless,  is 
t  rimmed  with  white  blonde,  Valenciennes,  or 
point  applique  lace.  Tbe  lace  forms  a  bor 
dor,  composes  a  ruffle  about  the  neck  and  is 
laid  in  Jabot  form  down  the  front.  On  each 
side,  just" below  tho  waist,  arc  little  pockets 
edged  with  lace.  The  lace  is  also  used  around 
the  arm  holes.  The  vest  is  cut  to  set  easily. 
There  must  be  uo  suspicion  of  tight  fitting; 
perfect  ease  is  essential  to  the  beauty  of  the 
vest. 

A  similar  vest  is  made  of  rose-colored  satin 
and  trimmed  with  black  lace.  In  using  lace, 
it  is  bettor,  if  genuine  lace  is  too  expensive, 
to  use  either  black  or  bloude  ruches,  which 
are  very  pretty  and  even  more  becoming  than 
lace. 

There  is  another  form  of  vest  called  Mm 
Parure  Ophelea.  It  is  made  to  wear  over 
other  waists  and  is  not  connected  under  tho 
The  upper  part  of  tho  waist  and 


TO  CORRESPONDENTS 


Emma  P.— We  do  not  think  it  wise  to  sacri¬ 
fice  one's  health  for  the  sake  of  being  fash¬ 
ionable,  nor  to  gratify  fashionable  friends,  no 
matter  how  very  kind  they  may  have  been. 
It  is  better  and  wiser  to  be  sensible. 


SIMPLE  BOILED  INDIAN  PUDDING 


EFFECTS  OF  LIGHT  ON  FRESH  MEATS. 

Tile  preservation  of  fresh  meats  is  a  sub¬ 
ject  of  importance  to  every  family,  and 
therefore  interesting  to  tho  public,  and  the 
object  of  this  note  is  to  inquire  of  t  he  Rural 
New-Yorker  (a  prolific  source  of  useful 
knowledge),  whether  light  does 
not  effect  fresh  meat,  injuri- 
ously  ?  The  bad  effect  of  light  /y 
upon  potatoes  and  many  other  /}.-  -  •Jy*-" 
vegetables,  also  Upon  butter  W|||  wW'f* 
and  many  other  substances,  is  i  lwPf ;  ijl^  i 
well  known  to  all.  Did  probe  |  I: §(§:*.  '. 
bly  it,  is  not.  generally  known  |  M  j |K  : 
whether  fresh  meats,  ns  beef,  „  xii'frTiiliU Y 
oork  and  dressed  fowls,  will  )lp|BL™ 
keep  as  well  in  a  light  room  as 
in  a  dark  one,  when  the  atrnos- 
pheric  conditions  of  both  are 
|  the  same. 

From  some  recent  experiments  of  my  own 
I  I  am  inclined  to  believe  that  a  dark  room  is 
better,  or  that  light  in  some  degree  damages 
fresh  meat,— whether  it  bo  frozen  or  not. 

I  Perhaps  the  subject  has  previously  been  dis¬ 
cussed  In  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  but 
not  to  my  knowledge ;  and  if  the  editor  or 
any  of  his  scientific  correspondents,  will  an¬ 
swer  the  above  Inquiry  in  that  journal  a  ben 
efit  will  thereby  be  conferred  upon  the  public. 
— J.  W.  Taylor 

Doubtless  some  of  our  correspondents  have 
facts  that  will  throw  light,  upon  this  subject. 


One  pint  of  fine  Indian  meal  ;  half  a  pint  of 
wheat  lloui-  ;  two  ounces  of  butter ;  four 
eggs  ;  a.  little  salt.  Pot,  the  wheat,  Indian 
meal  and  butter  together,  and  pour  over  as 
much  warm  milk  as  will  make  a  thick  batter. 
Add  the  salt.  Whisk  the  eggs,  and  pour 


i,  “Mind  your  own 
business,”  This  coin  is  called  tho  44  Franklin 
Cent,”  I  believe,  because  of  tho  motto.  Amor- 
icon  cents  and  half  cents  were  struck  by  a 
number  of  the  States  regularly  between  the 
years  17S5  and  1783  ;  but  these  cannot  be 
called  United  States  cents,  because  struck  by 
individual  States,  and  aro  called  “Colonial 
Cents.” 

The  so-called  44  Washington  Cent,”  coined 
iu  1791-2,  were  merely  models  issued  by  pri¬ 
vate  persons  in  honor  of  Washington,  but 
not  by  the  United  States.  As  to  the  number 
coined,  F.  9.  stated  200,  which  Is  also  incor¬ 
rect,  as  thousands  have  been  struck  and  the 
dies  have  not  been  destroyed,  but  are  pre¬ 
served  by  the  Philadelphia  mint  at  present. 
The  coinage  of  1791  being  tho  first  of  the  reg¬ 
ular  series,  had  a  largo  number  of  varieties, 
(say  twenty-five  or  thirty)  or  changes  in  type 
and  dies  ;  1794  being  again  very  dissimilar  to 
the  coinage  of  tho  preceding  year,  cents  and 
half  cents  being  very  thick  and  having  let¬ 
tered  edges,  viz.  :  —  “Oae  Hundred  for  a 
Dollar.” 

In  the  latter  part  of  1790  a  great  change 
was  again  made  by  leaving  out  tho  Liberty 
caps  and  polo,  which  change  continued  the 
same  till  T808  ;  the  latter  part  of  this  year, 
too,  a  remarkable  change  was  made  by  plac¬ 
ing  a  Turban  Head  on  centa  and  tho  Head 
reversed  ;  the  figures,  1-100,  on  tho  reverse 
of  all  previous  cents  being  for  the  first  time 
omitted. 

In  regard  to  the  coinage  of  1720,  F.  S.  is 
again  mistaken,  as  there  was  a  largo  number 
coined  in  that  year  ;  but  the  number  in  cir¬ 
culation  was  small,  owing  to  tho  fact  of  a 
large  purchase  of  thorn  made  by  an  Eastern 
firm,  to  be  perforated  and  presented  to  the 
chiefs  of  African  tribes  in  exchange  for  slaves, 
the  coins  being  bright,  and  seldom  seen  by 
them  before,  were  prized  as  valuable  orna^ 
moots  ;  therefore,  the  coins  (not  the  negroes) 
wore  very  scarce,  and  at  present  tho  highest 
priced  cent  ever  issued. 


arms.  rue  upper  pare  n»u 
shoulders  is  cut  like  a  vest,  except  that  the 
front  is  surplus  with  rovers  of  velvet.  At  the 
waist  each  side  is  cut  away  in  long  points. 
Tlie  whole,  is  edged  with  laec. 

MUSLIN  VESTS 

For  colored  silks  or  summer  wear,  there  are 
nothing  prettier  than  muslin  vests.  They  are 
cut  easily  and  loosely  but  defining  the  figure  I 
nicely  Trim  them  first  with  a  band  of  in¬ 
serting,  then  with  a  ruffle  of  lace,  or  of  mus¬ 
lin  edged  with  lace.  They  may  have  either 
short  sleeves,  or  Marie  Antoinette  sleeves, 
finished  with  a  ruffle  and  ornamented  with  a 
knot  of  ribbon.  This  Is  simply  one  design. 
Every  lady  with  taste  and  ingenuity  cau  easily 
adapt  it  to  any  materials  she  may  desire  or 
may  have.  A  few  of  these  vests  prettily 
made  will  render  a  toilette  fresh  on  every  oc¬ 
casion. 

If  desired,  muslin  overskirts  may  be  made 
to  accompany  the  vests,  but  this  is  not  essen¬ 
tial  One  will  answer  for  full  dress  and  the 
overskirt  of  t.he  dress  be  worn  on  other  oc¬ 
casions. 

COSTUME  FOB  EARLY  SPRING 

We  have  just  seen  a  suitable  costume  for 
early  Spring.  It  is  made  of  dark,  olive-brown 
silk,  rather  dull  in  the  shade  but  coming  out 
rich  and  warm  in  the  sun.  or  by  gas-light 
The  skirt  is  walking  length,  trimmed  with 
three  bias  ruffles,  the  second  one  being  the 


them  into  the  batter.  Rinse  your  puddin" 
bag,  and  flour  it  well  inside.  Pour  in  the 
mixture  ;  leave  a  space  of  two  or  three  inches 
at  the  t-  p  to  allow  it  to  swell.  Tie  it  tightly  ; 
boil  it  two  hours.  Serve  it  with  butter  and 
molasses.  E-  n* 


COVERED  WOOD  BOX  OR  0HE3T. 

We  give  herewith  an  illustration  of  a,  chest 
or  box  of  oak  for  wood  or  other  uses.  It  is 
stuffed  on  top  and  at  the  aides,  and  uphol¬ 
stered  with  black  cloth,  scarlet,  blue,  green, 
or  purple  bands  worked  in  Mexican  embroid¬ 
ery  arc  added  above  tho  cloth.  Tho  present 
design  is  in  Louis  XIII.  style,  and  is  very 
fashionable.  While  doing  duty  ns  a  wood- 
box,  it  serves  also  for  a  seat,  and  remains  a 
handsome  piece  of  furniture. 


TO  COLOR  YELLOW  ON  COTTON. 

For  6  lbs.  of  goods,  dissolve  IK  lbs  sugar 
of  lead  in  hot  water ;  dissolve  in  a  tub  of 
cold  water  12  ounces  bichromate  of  potash  ; 
dip  tho  cloth  first,  into  tho  water  ;  wring  out; 
then  int  o  the  potash  and  wring  out  ;  clip  back 
and  forth  until  the  color  suits;  wash  thor¬ 
oughly  in  warm  water. 

To  color  orange,  dip  the  yellow,  while  wet, 
into  boiling  lime  water,  made  by  putting  a 
piece  of  st-ono  lime  the  size  of  a,  man’s  fist 
into  a  pint  of  water  ;  when  slaked  and  set- 
Med  turn  off  from  the  settlings  and  heat 


ITALIAN  CREAM 


Mrs.  Jennie  T.  sends  us  a  newspaper  slip 
containing  the  following,  which  she  says  she 
has  proved  good  : 

Boil  one  ounce  of  isinglass  in  one  pint  of 
water  until  reduced  one-half  ;  when  cool  stir 
it  into  one  quart  of  cream,  four  wineglasses 
of  Modcria,  one-half  pound  of  sugar,  the  juice 
of  one  lemon  ;  strain  it  and  pour  it  into 
molds.  This  will  make  one  large  or  two 


After  tho  year  1808  tho  Turban  Head  pre¬ 
vailed  on  our  cents  until  the  last  were  coined 
in  1814.  In  1815  there  was  no  copper  coinage  ; 
the  reason  assigned  was  that  the  agents  of 
the  United  States  noglected  to  send  any  cop¬ 
per  from  Europe,  hence  none  were  made  be¬ 
tween  1814-10,  whon  tho  typo  was  again 
oliangcd  to  what  is  known  as  tho  Fillet  Head, 
which  was  continued  with  but  few  variations 
until  the  early  part  of  1S57,  thus  making  18U5 
tbe  only  year  in  which  no  copper  was  coined- 
So  endeth  the  much-varied  tale  of  the  First 
American  cents. 

Bergen  Point,  N.  J.  E* 


bottom  of  the  waist  on  the  sides.  The  front  j 
has  a  brown,  olive-brown,  velvet  vest,  button¬ 
ing  down  to  the  bottom  of  the  basque.  On 
each  side  is  a  silk  ruffle  setting  out  and  at¬ 
tached  by  a  milliner’s  fold  to  the  vest.  The 
bottom  of  the  basque  has  a  facing  of  velvet, 
and  a  milliner’s  fold  of  silk.  The  sleeves  are 
coat-shaped,  with  a  velvet,  cuff  which  laps 
over  in  a  point,  on  tho  upper  side  and  is 
fastened  with  two  buttons,  the  points  edged 
with  two  milliner’s  folds.  Around  the  neck 
is  a  turn-down  velvet  collar.  The  buttons  are 
of  silk  with  crochetted  center.  The  costume 
is  simple,  tasteful  and  inexpensive. 

WAISTS  OF  ONE  MATERIAL  AND  SLEEVES  OF  ANOTHER. 

There  is  a  fashion  which  has  gained  ground, 
having  nothing  but  novelty  to  recommend  it ; 
we  refer  to  the  practice  of  making  waists  of 
one  material  and  sleeves  of  another.  Tho 
favorite  goods  are  silk  and  velvet.  1  he  waist 
of  velvet  and  sleeves  of  silk.  The  effect  is  al¬ 
ways  that  of  an  unfinished  garment,  and  in 
the  street  gives  an  uncomfortable  idea  of  the 
distribution  of  heat.  We  speak  of  this  lashion 
to  beg  you  not  to  follow  it, as  it  sets  at  variance 
so  many  fundamental  la  ws  in  the  matter  of 
dress,  and  because  there  is  nothing  whatever 
in  its  favor  except  that  it  is  t  he  fashion,  which 
is  not  reason  enough  for  adopting  any  style 
whatever. 

NOVELTIES. 

In  novelties  we  have  noticed  a  number  of 
new  trimmings  for  opera  cloaks  and  party 


|  cream  tartar  and  one  soda  ;  one  pint  sweet 
milk  ;  rub  nil  well  together,  except  the  milk 
mid  soda  ;  dissolve  the  soda  in  tho  milk  and 
wet  up ;  roll  them  thiu  and  cut  in  square 
I  with  a  knife ;  prick  them  well  with  a  fork 
and  bake  quick  ;  then  put  them  in  a  warm 
place  and  dry  for  two  or  three  hours,  until 
they  become  brittle.  They  will  be  found 
very  nice  to  eat  wiih  coffee. 

Mrs.  Minnie  Rose. 


UBE  SEASONED  WOOD 


IVe  put  up  a  new  heating  stove  about  six 
weeks  ago,  and  since  then  have  been  greatly 
tried  by  a  black  fluid  that  runs  down  the-' 


TO  COLOR  BLUE 


To  every  2  lbs.  goods,  take  alum,  5  ozs. ; 
cream  tartar,  3  ozs.;  boil  the  goods  hi  this, 
with  water  enough  to  cover  them,  for  one 
hour.  Take  them  out  and  put  them  into  a 
kettle  of  warm  water  and  boil,  adding  extract 
of  indigo  until  the  color  suits.  This  answers 
R.  Guthrie’s  inquiry  of  Jan.  18th.  J.  M. 


and  over  the  floor,  unles-  some  vessel  ia  kepb 
underneath.  There  aie  two  elbows  in  the 
stove  pipe.  What  is  tho  cause  ?  What  can 
we  do  to  prevent  this  annoyance  ?— f.  w. 

The  cause  is  due  to  the  condensation  of  the 
steam  in  the  pipe,  which  arises  from  using 
green  wood.  The  remedy  is  to  secure  a  more 
direct  draft,  or  use  well  seasoned  wood. 


TO  COLOR  PICKLES  BRIGHT  GREEN 


Clara  writes  the  Maine  Farmer  : — 4  Pur¬ 
chase  your  vinegar,  and  be  careful  to  see  that 
it  is  drawn  from  casks  with  painted  heads 
and  lettered  with  the  manufacturer’s  name  ; 
or  make  the  vinegar  yourself  with  sulphuric 
acid  (oil  of  vitriol)  and  water.  Steep  a  lot  of 
old  coppers  in  your  vinegar,  or  add  to  it  a 
tablespoonful  of  verdigris.  This  mixture  will 
cause  your  cucumbers  to  assume  a  bright 
green  color.  Use  them  freely,  and  in  a  few 


HOW  TO  KEEP  WORMS  OUT  OF  DRIED 
FRUIT. 

When  it,  is  stored,  after  drying,  put  be¬ 
tween  every  half  bushel  of  it  a  largo  handful 
of  bark  of  sassafras  and  strew  a  liberal  supply 
on  top.  I  will  insure  that  the  worms  will  not 
trouble  It. 


TO  WARM  TWO  ROOMS. 

I  wish  to  warm  two  rooms,  separated  by 
a  wall,  with,  one  stovo  ;  cun  any  of  the  Rural 
readers  tell  me  how  to  do  it  ?  I  thought  of 
making  a  miniature  furnace  by  inclosing  the 
stovo  in  sheet  iron  and  conveying  the  neat 
through  an  opening  in  t  he  wall  by  means  of 
a  pipe.  at.  &•  l* 


THE  FIRST  NICKEL  CENT 


I  see  some  one  asserts  in  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  that  the  first  nickel  penny  was 
struck  off  in  1857.  I  think  ho  is  mistaken— 
that  it  was  in  lcoo.  I  have  been  a  collector 
of  coins  for  over  ten  years.  Floyd  M 
Croton  Falls,  N.  Y. 


PROCRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT 


to  Government  will  be  vastly  increased;  for 
practically,  they  are  worth  nothing  now. 

While  we  are  opposed  to  land  grants  to  cor¬ 
porations,  and  to  the  disposal  of  the  public 
lands,  a*  they  have  hitherto  been  disposed  of, 
subsidies,  except  in  cases  where  there  Beema 
to  be  a  direct  ami  immediate  gain  from  their 
increased  development,  wo  see  no  reason  to  op¬ 
pose  this  magnificent  scheme ;  for  there  Is  to  bo 
no  monopoly  fastened  upon  settlers  which  shall 
hereafter  retard  their  progress,  or  repress  their 
enterprise,  or  defraud  them  of  the  fruits  of 
t  heir  industry.  These  treeless  plains  ought  t<» 
be  covered  or  studded  with  forests,  if  forests 
will  grow  upon  them.  The  risks  taken  by  this 
Association,  in  attempting  to  develop  thorn 
upon  those  terms,  may  or  may  not  be  great ;  but 
If  success  Is  certain,  we  know  of  no  cheaper  or 
more  certain  mode  of  enhancing  the  value  of 
these  millions  of  now  uninviting  lands. 

We  notice,  among  the  name  of  Directors,  Dr. 
Jom.n  A.  Warder  of  Ohio,  Rorert  Douglas 
of  Illinois,  and  S.  T.  K rosier  of  Kansas 


readers,  who  succeeds  the  late  Horace  Gree¬ 
ley  as  presiding  officer. 


He  is  reported  as  saying;— “My  instructions  to 
my  agents  In  Chicago  are.  never  to  putin  market 
for  me  a  package  of  my  fruit,  which  I  cannot 
warrant  In  good  condition:  fori  hold  myself 
personally  responsible  to  every  purchaser  that 
every  package  shall  be  what  It  purports  to  be- 
in  good  marketable  condition;  but,  as  yet,  I 
have  never  been  called  upon  to  refund  the 
money  on  a  single  package.” 


Study  the  Home  Market.— We  have  so  often 
answered  questions  as  to  what  we  would  advise 
people  to  cultivate,  that  it  almost  seems  a  work 
of  supererogation  to  repeat;  but  we  remember 
that  what  a  man  wants  to  knowta  just  as  im¬ 
portant  to  him  as  If  no  one  ever  knew  It  before, 
and  the  answer  Is  as  valuable  as  if  no  such  In¬ 
structions  or  suggestions  had  ever  been  made. 
We  give  this  general  rule,  which  will  answer  a 
half  dozen  Inquiries  on  our  table.  Learn  first 
what  your  soli  wili  produce,  and  then  study  the 
wants  of  the  market  upon  which  you  must  de¬ 
pend  for  the  sale  of  your  produce— and  the 
nearer  home  you  can  find  that  market  the  bet¬ 
ter  and  try  to  produce  the  best  of  its  class  of 
articles,  and  sell  them  as  cheaply  (retaining  a 
reasonable  profit)  as  any  one  else  can.  This  Is 
in  brief  the  law  which  should  govern  producers 
in  selecting  crops  to  cultivate,  or  stock  to  breed. 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


D.  D.  T.  MOORE, 

Conducting  Editor  and  Publisher 


A  8nd  Picture — A  correspondent  in  St.  Jo¬ 
seph  s  Co.,  Ind.,  remitting  Ids  subscription  for 
the  Rural  for  1873  writes I  am  an  Inhabitant 
of  Indiana.  A  farmer  ?  Tea — farming  in  the 
Northern  part  of  that  beautiful  snipe  of  coun¬ 
try  called  “St.  Jo.  County,"  almost  on  the  lino 
bordering  the  fertile  county  of  Stark.  Well,  I 
am  on  the  sand  knobs,  surrounded  by  marshes, 
infested  by  cranberries  and  fever  and  ague.  It 
wall  be  four  years  in  March  since  I  left  my  native 
State  with  my  family  (wife  and  two  children) 
and  $«00  in  pocket— old  York  State.  To-night 
finds  me  sitting  by  a  good  warm  fire  writing 
for  your  much  esteemed  Rural  New- York¬ 
er;  property  and  children  have  passed  away _ 

are  counted  among  l  ho  things  that  were.  I 
know  of  nothing  that  will  help  as  muqh  to 
cheer  the  broken  circle  ami  aid  in  cultivating 
this  poor,  light  soil,  as  your  paper.” 


CHAS.  D.  BRAGDON,  ANDREW  S.  FULLER, 

Associate  Editor*,. 

HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.  D.,  Cortland  Village,  N.  Y., 
Editor  ok  nut  Dri'*rtmb<(t  of  Siikkf  Husbandry. 

X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  Little  Falls,  N.  Y., 

Editor  cif  tiis  Dudartmrkt  of  Dairy  Husbandry. 

Col.  S.  D.  HARRIS,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 

COKRK*PC>M>l*a  l''DITOK. 


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other  successful  horticulturists. 


Obituary — Miss  Caroline  A.  Howard. _ \Vc 

learn  with  regret  from  the  State  Republican, 
Lansing,  Mich.,  of  the  death  of  Miss  Howard 
from  congestion  of  the  lungs,  January  13th,  the 
thirty-sixth  anniversary  of  her  birthday.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  the  late  Sanford  Howard, 
Secretary'  of  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture  of 
Michigan,  was  educated  at  the  New  York  state 
Normal  School  at  Albany,  and  was,  at  the  time 
of  her  death,  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  Superinten¬ 
dent  of  Public  Instruction  in  Michigan.  She 
was  talented  as  a  writer,  and  many  of  our  read¬ 
ers  will  remember  bar  contributions  to  the  Ru¬ 
ral  New-Yorker — both  of  poetry  and  prose. 
She  also  contributed  largely  to  many  other  first 
class  publications,  and  bad  won  u  worthy  dis¬ 
tinction  (us  a  poetess  and  story  writer.  The  Re¬ 
publican  says  of  her  personal  character : 

“Miss  Howard  was  of  a  refined,  sensitive, 
sympathetic  nature;  ambitious  to  benefit  the 
world  with  noble  Ideas,  deeply  religious  without 
cant  or  pretensions,  charming  In  conversation, 
and  one  of  those  cordial  but  unobtrusive  friends 
whom  vou  are  oh POj/S  glad  to  sec.  An  unfortu¬ 
nate  deafness,  caused  by  scarlet  fever  when  she 
was  a  little  child,  seemed  no  impediment  to  her 
acquisition  of  knowledge  or  her  ability  to  Im¬ 
part  it.  8ho  was  a  constant  sufferer  from  dis¬ 
ease,  yet  her  cheerful  spirits  would  preclude 
one  from  supposing  it.” 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


Heath  of  Luther  Tucker.— At  the  last  mo¬ 
ment,  before  going  to  press,  we  ieurn,  with  pro¬ 
found  regret,  of  the  death  of  Luther  Tucker, 
the  veteran  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Country 
Gentleman.  We  must  defer  notice  of  the  life 
and  services  of  Mr.  Tucker  until  our  next  issue. 


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City  Clerkships. 


A  young  man  writes  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  from  the  farm  as  fol¬ 
lows  “  I  am  not  satisfied  with  my  life  here.  I 
feel  that  1  am  worthy  of  something  better. 
What  do  you  think  of  the  chances  for  getting 
a  good  paying  position  in  some  good  mercantile 
house  in  your  city.  Please  answer.”  This 
young  man  evidently  expected  a  private  answer 
to  his  letter.  We  think  proper  to  answer  it.  here. 
The  “  chances  for  getting  a  good  paying  posi¬ 
tion  in  some  good  mercantile  house0  are  very 
few.  We  know  young  men  who  work  from  ten 
to  sixteen  hours  per  day  Tor  $10  or  $15  per  week, 
out  of  which  they  have  to  pay  from  $7  to $10  per 
week  for  board  if  they  get  it  in  a  decent  family 
or  boarding-house.  This  affords  but  -mall  mar 
gin  for  clothing,  which  the  necessities  of  Ihc 
case,  not  to  say  the  temptation  to  imitate  others, 
render  expensive.  Thus  young  men  are  tempted 
to  ruin  their  reputations,  acquire  habits  of  pec¬ 
ulation,  learn  to  be  unscrupulous,  and  end, 
finally,  with  becoming  adventurers,  if  not  crim¬ 
inals.  We  do  not.  assert  that  all  young  men 
drift,  info  dishonest  practices,  but  the  tempta¬ 
tion  is  very  strong ;  and  t.he  hope  deferred  for 
those  who  are  honest  makes  tin:  heart  sick,  and 
they  speedily  find  themselves  longing  for  t  he 
quiet,  peace  and  comfort,  of  the  country  homes 
they  have  left-  No  word  of  ours  shall  Induce 
a  young  man  to  leave  the  home  life  in  the  coun¬ 
try  for  city  life.  True,  many  have  done  so  and 
succeeded;  but  at  what  cost!  Were  they  any 
happier?  No!  Did  they  secure  a  position  which 
gave  them  richer  compensation  in  all  that 
makes  life  desirable?  No!  Were  they  more 
contented  and  belter  satisfied  with  their  ac¬ 
quirements  here  than  there?  No!  Wo  there- 


PUB LIGATION  OFFICES: 

No.  5  Beekman  Street,  New  York  City,  and  No.  82 
Buffalo  Street,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

WESTERN  BRANCH  OFFICE: 

No.  75  North  Side  01  the  Park,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 


t  utniogucM,  etc.,  Received. — Fro  in  Briggs  & 
Brother,  Rochester,  N.  V.,  a  gorgeously  got- 
ten-up  Quarterly  Illustrated  Seed  Catalogue  and 
Guide,  very  finely  illustrated  and  containing 
much  practical  Information  to  guide  those  who 
plant  seeds  and  cultivate  plants.  .  .  .  From 
Alfred  llitt  nr;  km  an  &  son,  New  York  City,  an¬ 
nual  descriptive  catalogue  of  vegetable,  flower 
and  field  seeds.  .  .  .  From  I’etkr.  Hknder- 
kon,  New  York  City,  Spring  plant  catalogue  for 
1873;  also  his  seed  catalogue. 


in  English  papers.  As  has  before  been  stated  in 
these  columns,  the  laborers  who  refused  during 
harvest  to  help  the  tenant  farmers  save  their 
crops  unless  their  wages  were  advanced  a  shil¬ 
ling  or  two  per  week,  are  now  being  paid  off  by 
tbeir  employers  in  the  same  coin.  In  other 
words,  the  farmers  have  struck,  and  discharged 
from  their  employ,  during  the  Winter  season, 
these  very  men,  who  were  dependent  upon  their 
weekly  wages  fur  their  own  and  their  families’ 
support.  Tiie  poorcrops  this  year  in  Great  Brit¬ 
ain,  the  great  losses  from  unfavorable  weather, 
and  the  action  of  the  laborers  during  harvest,  In 
some  sense  excuses  this  action,  if  we  take  into 
account  the  natural  resentments  of  human  na¬ 
ture.  One  paper  states  that  In  a  few  of  t  he  ru¬ 
ral  districts,  which  it  names,  “400 poor  wretches 
have  been  turned  adrift  to  starve  or  seek  parish 
aid.  I  hts  will  doubtless  teach  them,  as  the 
farmers  have  been  taught,  the  lesson  of  mutual 
dependence,  and  the  advantages  and  necessity 
of  co-operation  on  the  part  of  employers  and 
employed. 


Iona  Agricultural  College.— Suel  Foster, 
Muscatine,  Iowa,  who  is  known  to  the  agricul¬ 
tural  press  of  the  country  as  a  sort  of  chronic 
fault-finder  with  moat  sublunary  matters  relat¬ 
ing  to  agriculture  and  horticulture,  says  of  the 
above  named  college “It  is  surely  the  model 
Agricultural  College  of  tho  United  States.” 
That  f«  the  most  comprehensive  and  compli¬ 
mentary  sentence  we  ever  knew  our  honest 
friend  Foster  to  write.  It  must  mean  a  great 
deal,  and  awakens  »  groat  desire  on  our  part  to 
visit  that  college. 


SATURDAY,  FEB.  1,  1873. 


TO  ALL  OUR  READERS 


Agents,  Subscribers,  aud  indeed  ail  who  read 
this,  (u-e  reminded  that  the  present  is  a  most 
favorable  season  to  obtain  subscribers  for  the 
Rural  New-Yorker.  While  Agents  are  form- 
ing  or  adding  to  clubs,  we  hope  others— especial¬ 
ly  new  subscribers,  and  those  receiving  the  paper 
at  post-offices  where  but  one  or  two  copies  are 
taken — will  kindly  endeavor  to  augment  our 
circulation.  Many  of  our  readers  are  so  situated 
that  they  can  readily  form  or  add  to  clubs,  and 
wo  shall  be  prompt  in  recognizing  and  reward¬ 
ing  all  such  efforts. 

Rack  numbers  of  this  volume  supplied  to  new 
subscribers,  unless  otherwise  ordered,  but  sub-  1 
scriptions  can  begin  now  or  at  any  time.  Reader, 
ploase  refer  to  Publisher’s  Notices,  &o.,  (under 
heading  of  “  Publisher's  Desk,")  on  page  84,  and 
to  Premium  List,  (headed  “Good  Pay  for  Doing 
Good  1  ”)  on  page  80,  and  then  see  if  it  will  not 
pay  you  to  act  In  accordance  with  above  re¬ 
quests  and  suggestions. 


i  HiroiiH  01  iiu»hnn«iry  anil  Women. — Do  wo 

men  become  members  of  the  Order  of  Patrons 
of  Husbandry  <  Are  they  admitted  to  full  ineir- 

S'R.-mW.1  PKk.''  “  ”■ 1  “k°  to 

Yes.  they  are,  In  every  respect,  so  far  as  we 
have  knowledge  or  information,  placed  upon 
the  same  plane  as  regards  rights  and  privileges 
wlthm  the  organization,  as  men  ;  and  hundreds 
of  farmers’  wives  and  daughters  have  become 
members  of  the  Order. 


Amerirnn  Homological  Kociety 


The  next 

meeting  of  the  American  Pomologlcal  .Society, 
as  we  have  already  announced,  is  to  be  held  at 
Boston,  September  10th  to  13th ;  and  from  Mr. 
K.  R.  Elliott,  the  Secretary,  we  learn  that  ef¬ 
fective  measures  are  in  progress  to  bring  out  a 
vast  amount  of  intelligence  and  practical  in¬ 
formation,  as  well  as  inducements  for  a  grand 
exhibit  of  fruits.  Elegant  rooms  for  the  meet¬ 
ing,  its  discussions  and  display  of  fruits,  will  be 
furnished  by  the  Massachusetts  Horticultural 
Society;  and  a.s  Boston,  in  her  suburbs,  has  an 
abundance  of  gentlemen’s  places  where  money, 
art  and  taste  have  been  expended  in  the  growth 
and  blooming of  all  varieties  of  trees  and  plants, 
in  the  arrangement  of  groups,  the  massing  of 
Flora's  gems,  there  will  be  unusual  inducements 
to  Western  and  Southern  horticulturists  to  be 
present  at  the  coming  Fall  exhibition.  Mr. 
Elliott  has  recently  been  visiting  Boston! 
gathering  some  of  the  seductive  items  to  florists 
and  fruit  men,  perfecting  a  business  programme, 
preparing  requests  for  essays,  lists  of  premiums 
to  be  offered  by  the  liberal  Bostonians,  etc.,  etc., 
of  whieh  he  promises  us  a  word  or  moro  for  a 
future  number. 


me  Medium  for  Vdvertlslng.-BLAIR  Broth¬ 
ers,  Lee’s  Summit  Nurseries,  Lee’s  Summit,  Mo., 
write  us  under  date  of  Jan.  14, 1873 :— “  The  ben- 
eflts  resulting  from  our  advertising  in  the  Ru- 
nAL  New- Yorker  have  been  such  as  to  forbid 
us  withdrawing  our  card,  even  for  a  short  time. 
Me  hold  that  judicious  advertising  consists 
chiefly  in  the  superior  quality  of  the  medium 
chosen  for  tho  purpose.” 


Sanctum  PeftonnU.— We  are  glad  to  receive 
calls  from  our  Industrial  friends.  During  the 
past  week,  F.  R.  Elliott  of  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
has  Called  upon  us.  As  Secretary  of  the  Amer¬ 
ican  Fomologiual  Society,  he  is  East,  preparing 
programme  (as  elsewhere  noted)  for  tho  great, 
meeting  to  be  held  in  Boston  in  September. 
Ho  Inis  been  interviewing  the  pomologists, 
and  speaks  enthusiastically  of  the  prospects  for 
a  good  and  profitable  time  at  the  Society's 
Twenty-fifth  Anniversary — 1’.  T.  Quinn  has 


The  New  York  Fanner*’  (  luh  has  degener 
ated  into  an  axe-grinding  anti  hobby-riding  es 
mainly  kept  alive  by  the  agricul 
tural  editors  of  the  city  paper-  in  order  tha 
with  m?-v  stlifr  to  till  up  their  column: 

4nn  mi~llty  I>oor  It  is.  most  of  it.- 
Vermont  Farmer. 

DnAT  is  what  some-  of  the  Agricultural  Edit¬ 
ors  of  New  \  ork  City  think,  too.  Brother  Hos¬ 
kins  has  an  apparently  level  head ! 


GROWING  TREES  ON  THE  WESTERN 
PLAINS. 


There  is  organized  a  Western  Forest  Tree 
and  Hedge -Growing  Association  of  Kansas, 
which  has  secured  the  introduction  of  a  bill  in 
Congress,  which  bill,  if  adopted,  grants  one  sec¬ 
tion  of  land  for  each  mile  of  distance  between 
Fort  Dodge  in  Kansas,  and  Pueblo,  Colorado,  to 
tho  said  Association,  on  condition  that  it  shall 
grow  eighty  acres  in  forest  trees  on  each  and 
every  section  of  lund  so  granted,  and  shall  put 
into  cultivation  an  experimental  farm  of  not 
less  than  forty  acres  once  in  fifty  miles  between 
the  points  named,  and  cultivate  upon  said  farms 
all  the  varieties  of  seeds  and  grains  suitable  for 
that  climate,  and  shall  keep  n  correct  journal 
of  all  their  experiments  in  growing  seods  and 
grasses,  and  the  different 


BUSINESS  NOTICES 


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varieties  of  trees 
grown  by  them,  with  their  success  or  failure— 
a  copy  of  said  journal  to  be  furnished  the  De¬ 
partment  of  Agriculture  once  in  twelve  months. 

This  seems  to  us  to  be  one  nr  the  most  sensi¬ 
ble  efforts  to  get  a  subsidy  of  Government  land 
that  has  eoine  to  our  notice.  True,  tho  grant  of 
land  Is  large.  But  the  bulk  of  that  lund  Is  now 
worthless,  comparatively :  that  is,  it  Is  a  portion 
of  the  barren  plains  on  which  nothing  now 
grows.  If  this  Association  succeeds  in  develop¬ 
ing  forests  there,  and  in  establishing  the  fact 
that  grains  and  forests  can  be  profitably  grown 
on  those  lands— which  will  be  proven  or  other¬ 
wise  by  tho  experiment— the  value  of  those  lands 


A  PHYSICIAN,  in  a  communication  to  a  Buffalo 
paper  about  the  Horse  Epidemic,  says “  Exter¬ 
nally  1  used  and  would  recommend  Dr.  Trask’s  Mag¬ 
netic  Ointment  to  the  throat,  around  the  ears  and  on 
the  forehead.  This  ointment  contain#  tobacco  and 
lobelia,  and  operates  upon  the  mucous  glands  of  the 
head  and  throat  by  causing  an  increased  flow  of  secre¬ 
tion  from  them,  at  the  same  time  by  It#  relaxing  effect 
removing  the  stricture  and  giving  almost  instant  re¬ 
lief  to  the  cough  and  breathing.”  it  ts  kept  by  all 
Druggists.  * 

- ♦+• - 

THE  WAKEFIELD  EARTH  CLOSET. 

Get  Descriptive  Pamphlet  at  36  Dey  St.,  New  York. 


The  True  Principle  In  Marketing  Produce.- 
John  Clat,  a  fruit  grower  in  Southern  Illinois, 
has  got  hold  of  the  true  principle  for  a  producei 
to  adopt  and  live  up  to.  It  is  as  sure  as  sunrise 
that  the  man  who  adheres  to  it  will  prosner 


scqmlcher,  is  it  sacrilege  if  we,  too,  glance  down  ? 

Here  are  two  glimpses.  One  is  a  lady  moving 
gracefully  back  am]  forth  over  her  Wilton  car¬ 
pets,  glancing  admiringly  over  her  shoulder  at 
the  clumsy  camels*  hair  shawl  draped  about  her. 
“  W1W."  she  exclaimed,  “  it  was  bought  in  Paris 
for  a  mere  song— that  is,  compared  with  New 
\  ork  prices.  Ilero  it  would  have  cost  two  thou¬ 
sand  at  least.  Oh,  dear!"  sighing,  "Parts  is 
lovely :  and  here  we  are  shut  out  from  It  by  this 
provoking  war !  Do  look  at  these  folds  and  the 
fineness  of  the  thing!  Was  ever  anything  so 
elegant?"  * 

Just  through  the  folding-doors  is  another 
lady.  The  firelight  glows  across  her  earnest  face 


live  little  fists  to  their  five  little  hearts'  content 
the  great,  burly  man  watched  them  in  amused 
silence  ;  and  then  drew  a  paper  from  his  pocket 
and  settled  himself  to  read.  I  hoped  It  wouldn’t 
prove  a  “  Police  Gazette,"  No,  it  was  a  religious 
newspaper. 

One  day  I  wasreading  “John  Halifax,”  which 
had  somehow  fallen  into  my  hands  from  a  public 
library  I  was  absorbed  In  the  story  until,  sud¬ 
denly.  I  came  upon  traces  of  other  minds  that 
hud  traveled  the  same  way.  Never  did  "  Robin¬ 
son  Crusoe”  more  eagerly  examine  footprints  in 

the  sand  than  I  these  pencil  marks, 

"Who  has  been  here?"  I  demanded.  After 
these  words  of  Phine. 


one  peculiar  situation,  etches  on  my  mind  a 
glimpse  of  the  within.  Some  of  them  are  broad 
and  startling;  others  are  simple  enough  — mere 
straws  telling  the  way  the  wind  blows. 

Here  is  a  sunny,  Summer  afternoon  In  the 
country.  A  group  of  girls  Is  gathered  about  a 
tea-table,  at.  which  a  pleasant  -  faced  elderly 
woman  presides.  The  tea-cups  are  drained,  and 
spatted,  and  turned,  and  wished  over  by  the 
girls,  and  passed  to  the  hostess  t.o  road  their  fu¬ 
ture  in  them.  She  tells  what  she  knows  of  the 
love  affairs  of  each,  and  finally  turns  to  one 
with:  ’  Here  s  a  little  fellow  who  likes  you 
real  well  —  would  give  all  he’s  worth  for  a  little 


GLIMPSES  WITHIN 


BY  EMMA  BUTST. 


We  all  delight  to  linger  over  a  picture  that  Is 
faithfully  rendered,  and  drink  In  its  spirit; 
whether  that  spirit  be  simply  humorous ;  or  gro¬ 
tesque  ;  or  one  of  tna  rvclous  beauty,  or  of  sweet,, 
quaint  homeliness :  or  a  bit  of  pathos ;  or  a  wall 
nf  passion ;  or  a  commingling  of  many  spirits— 
as  the  strong  sweetness  that  reproaches  not, 
the  boundless  sorrow,  the 
physical  agony,  and  the  awful 
grandeur  of  an  "  Ecoe  Homo.”  ~  -  _M|  II 

But,  pleasurablo  as  are  these 
pictures,  they  do  not  satisfy. 

After  wo  have  drunk  thorn 
we  desire  the  wells 
whence 


f  demanded 

as  :  Thee  hast  found  the 
curse  of  man’s  life— woman,” 

Iwna  written:  — “Ton  true!'' 

While  underneath  It,  In  other 
1111  was  written:  — 

1  **  Poor*  Pitiful  cynic !  Where 

|  are  you?”  I  queried.  "What 
[I  are  you  doing  on  God’s  Earth 
il  l  without  faith  In  woman?  Do 
||  you  not.  find  it  a  Sahara  with¬ 
out  oases?  —  only  deadly  sl- 
I  "loons  sweeping  across  your 

I  I1  way, withering  the  ffowers  and 
III  sapping  tho  Juices  from  your 

I  And  you,  man,  who  gives 
I  the  “  Lie”  to  that  ‘‘Too true,” 

I  i  what  makes  you  so  Jealous  of 
the  honor  of  woman  ?  Have 
you  a  mother,  a  sister,  a  wife 
who  has  enriched  your  life?  I 
|  know  there  are  sweet  growths 
about  your  pathway. 

Oh.  Woman !  Thou  art  like  Man 
amt  "gold," 

“Good  and  bad  a  thousand  fold.” 

n  If  iMl  fl  A  child  had  been  scrubbing 

1|  I  ||  tho  flagging.  Her  fadod  cot- 

||i  |  |  ton  skirt  was  drabbled;  her 

M  l)  |  |  twine-  laced,  gaping- toed 

III  shoes  were  soaked.  Tho  day 

I  IJ  ||  |!  was  cold,  so  her  hands  and 

>  !  i  11080  wore  red.  Sho  leaned 

h  I  ;l  upon  her  broom,  and  looked 

Wl  |  absently  away  with  her  great, 

I  |  sorry  eyes. 

|“  What  are  you  thinking, 

j  j  "  1  am  wishing  r  was  sick.” 

I  “  ’Cause,  ftn  tired,  and  have 

|J  to  keep  a-going  every  day.  I 

|ys|g|\  wish  I  couldn’t  earn  ponnies  I 

I  wish  I  was  sick  an’  they’d 
|  dark  tho  room,  and  walk  soft, 

gH^Sal  and  tell  me  I  was  good,  and 

never  say 

”  ‘  Cross  patch 

ggggggjfB  Draw  the  latch.’  ” 

s|||||||jy  Poor  little  soul  crying  out 

HP  for  repose  and  love.  All  your 

|  life  long  with  water  and 

xli1  lj  ,i  broom,  waging  a  war  with  dirt, 

it  I  !!  Ill  I  /i  J  By-and-by  you  will  bo  pro- 

P»L,|  jP'1  ||  moted  to  the  wash-tub — still 
iH|  )  waging  the  war  with  dirt.  But 

1 1  you  are  nut  alone.  Others  arc 

f|A  |  sweeping  away  cobwebs  and 

bIh  clearing  away  rubldsh  from 

||reM  ,  highway  and  byway  ;  ami  are 

I  splashing  and  scrubbing  to 

,  J  I  cleanse.  They  are  often  weary 

.e-Ht  I1!  I"'1-  may  never  lie  down 

.  I®  1 1  and  bo  sick,  l’or  "the  night 

H  ]  eometh.”  They  may  never 

B  lean  upon  tho  broom,  for  tho 

iy  ,  air  is  full  of  dust  and  it,  (scon- 

B&j  stantly  and  insidiously  falling, 

falling,  ever  falling  upon  all. 

'  God  rests  not.  lie  is  forever 

Uln  willing  soil  from  souls  for  Die 

K|||  sake  of  Jksus.  Cannot  wo 

wipe  away  soil  all  the  day 
Jong  for  Jesus' sake? 

Ss|*3  Riding  in  a  street  car  through 

;  a  low  thoroughfare,  passing  a 

great,  silent  building,  tho 
shutters  of  a  window  vio- 
lently  rattled,  and  behind 
^^§Kss1skS|  them  appears  a  young  face— 
||!|i|Hfl^H  an  eager,  evil,  painted  face— 
with  eyes  gleaming  and 
searching  for  a  victim.  A 
shuddering,  shadowy  glimpse, 
this  I 

Here,  is  a  person,  graceful 
and  insinuating  In  manner;  charitable  in  word 
and  deed ;  ianguago  spotless.  One  day  an  acci¬ 
dent  reveals  him.  8o  small  a  thing  as  tho  fall¬ 
ing  of  a  photograph  from  the  pocket  gives  a 
glimpse  into  that  undercurrent  of  obscenity 
that  flows  around  our  world. 

Here  is  a  reckless,  mad-cap,  laughter-loving 
girl,  whom  most  persons  pronounco  superficial ; 
but  one  day  she  is  caught  giving,  with  faith  and 
simplicity,  tho  cup  of  “cold  water”  to  "one  of 
these  little  ones’*  fort  lie  sake  of  Him  who  bade 
her  do  it. 

Wo  apeak  of  Heaven,  wo  hear  of  It,  we  sing  of 
It.  Yet  how  little  do  wo  really  know  about  it. 

It  is  compared  to  gold,  and  jasper,  and  crystal, 
and  many  precious  stones— which  are  the  purest, 
choicest,  and  most  beautiful  things  nature  af¬ 
fords.  But  this  material  imagery,  which  might 
be  agreeable  to  ati  oriental  Imagination,  duos 
not  satisfy  us.  We  rest  in  tho  thought  that 
what  is  infinite  cannot  ho  expressed  in  the 
language  of  the  finite.  And  wo  cherish  these 
words:  — "Wc  shall  be  satisfied. ’*  And  theso: 


up 
from 

they  were  drawn. 
They  do  not  grow ; 

;  they  do  not 
surge  with  human  passion— 
tears  and  laughter  chasing, 
and  flashing  athwart  each 
other. 

Life  Is  a  word  that  draws  us 
away  from  dead  canvas.  It 
fascinates.  It  is  as  changeful 
as  the  Aurora  Borealis  that 
moves  in  ghostly  procession 
about  the  horizon,  and  flames 
Up  like  tho  spirit  of  the  Celes¬ 
tial  City  and  I  hon  transmutes 
itself  into  tissue-like,  star- 
strewn  draperies  gathered  at 
the  zenith  in  a  hand  of  flume. 

Life  Is  as  evanescent  as  the 
rainbow,  which  appears  with 
Its  grace  of  form  and  exquisite 
combination  of  color  —  then 
fades  into  the  nothingness 
from  whence  It  came. 

Life  is  cold  as  an  Alp;  hot 
as  a  volcano ;  terrible  as  a 
tidal  wave,  and  blessed  as  a 
soft,  silent  stream  of  Buniight. 

Yet  the  earnest  student 
never  rests  in  these  phenome¬ 
na.  He  seeks  more  that  ka¬ 
leidoscopic  change  than  mar¬ 
velous  beauty  —  some  thing 
beside  the  mere  Incident  of 
human  existence;  something 
truer  than  the  counterfeit 
passions  or  the  drama  and  the 
conventional  movements  of 
society ;  something  under¬ 
neath  the  idiosyncrasies  of 
individual  character. 

Mind  goes  beyond.  It  asks, 
"Why?  Whence?  To  what 
purpose? ”  This  Is  not  idle 
curiosity,  ft  is  God-given  in¬ 
quiry  ;  and  I  believe,  to  truth- 
seeking  souls,  a  part  of  the 
blessedness  of  the  hereafter 
will  be  revelation. 

Mind  also  advances.  This  is 
nvliy  ail  sorts  of  religious  In¬ 
quiry  is  aired  and  road  with 
avidity.  This  is  why  fiction, 
portraying  character  and  an¬ 
alysing  human  life,  is  growing 
in  favor,  and,  in  a  measure, 
superseding  the  romances  of 


they  do 


not  palpitate 


that  took  strong  hold  of  the 
hearts  of  men,  that  they  were 
not  curious  concerning  the 
personal  life  of  the  author? 

We  are  never  satisfied  to  drink 

the  healing  waters  and  be 

blessed.  We  must  go  to  work 

with  our  prunhig-hooks  and 

remorselessly  cut  away  the 

beautiful  wild  growths  of  privacy  and  trace  the 

stream  to  Its  spring  among  tho  rocks. 

Truth,  however,  is  not  revealed  for  the  mere 
asking.  We  must  ever  listen,  and  search,  and 
reflect.  “  To  know  another  perfectly  costs  the 
®  udy  of  a  lifetime ;  ’’  so  we  judge,  and  err,  arid 
correct,  and  re-correct  our  judgment. 

Indeed,  we  do  not  know  ourselves  any  too 
well  No  person,  until  he  is  tried,  discovers  the 
possibilities  of  weukneux  or  power  that  lie  within 


as  she  sits,  with  a  newspaper  In  her  lap,  and  is 
saying :— "All  wars  make  me  sick  at  heart.  Think 
of  the  suffering  and  the  crime;  think  of  the 
starving,  and  freezing,  and  homeless  multitudes. 
We  cannot  grasp  even  tho  hideous  thought  In  all 
its  length  and  breadth.  When  these  sad  things 
come  sweeping  Into  my  consciousness,  I  think 
how  much  suffering  half  these  things  we  use  so 
lightly  might  cure.”  And  she  glanced  at  the 
rich  surroundings  of  the  room  aud  then  at  the 
diamond  on  her  Unger. 

There  was  a  poorly-clad  woman  In  the  cars, 
with  five  little,  poorly-clad  children.  Evidently 
they  had  been  traveling  a  long  way.  Every  one 
of  them  was  t  easing,  arid  crying,  and  dragging 
upon  the  skirts  of  the  weary-faced  woman. 
Presently  a  man  entered.  He  had  a  full,  flushed 
face,  brimming  over  with  vitality  and  good 
humor.  He  flung  himself  for  a  moment  into  a 
seat  behind  this  group,  then  rushed  out,  and 
soon  returned  and  filled  the  children’s  hands 
with  candy.  A  surprised  and  grateful  look 
came  into  the  woman’s  face.  While  the  chil¬ 
dren  were  besmearing  their  live  little  faces  and 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


UNDER  THE  LINDEN  TREES. 

BY  SARAH  DYER  HOBABT. 

Under  the  linden  trees,  GENIE. 

When  the  taoon  bung  low  In  the  West, 

And  the  rose  trees  their  chalice  of  fragrance 
To  seed  low  on  the  earth's  dewy  breast. 

While  tho  whip-poor-will  sang  In  the  woodland, 
And  tho  wind  came  fresh  o'er  the  leas, 

We  sat  with  heart*  tilled  with  gladness. 

Under  the  t> right  linden  trees. 

Under  the  linden  trees,  Genie, 

To-night  I  stand  all  alone. 

Chill  comes  tho  wind  from  the  Westward, 

And  the.  whip-poor-will’s  song  Is  a  moan. 
Beyond  the  river,  my  darling. 

Through  nights  os  lonely  as  these, 

For  me  you’re  waiting  and  watching, 

’Neath  the  Heavenly  linden  trees ! 

©ur  £tori|.-®$tyr. 

TEN  YEAE’S  EXPERIENCE. 


BY  JULIA  DAY. 


In  tho  State  of  New  York,  within  sight  of  the  in 
Rutland  Hills,  on  a  small  hot  well  cultivated  |  so 
farm,  stands  a  very  humble  hut  neat-looking 
farm  house.  The  fronl  Is  nearly  covered  by  a  i» 
climbing  rose,  nod  beneath  a  few  small  trees  M 
there  arc  tall  lilies  growing  in  tho  grassy  yard. 

In  this  house,  one  pleasant  Summer  morning,  is 
ten  years  ago,  two  young  ladles  sat  by  the.  open  m 
window,  busily  conversing.  From  that  window  si 
were  seen,  not  the  road,  the  gate  and  the  lilies.  r< 
hut  the  well  sweep,  t  he  bee-hives,  t  he  meadows  01 
where  t  he?  heavy  grass  was  every  moment  falling 
before  the  sharp  scythe*  of  the  mowers,  and  ft 
woods  and  hills  in  the  distance.  |  n 

It  was  not  the  scenery  or  the  hay-making 
that  occupied  the  thoughts  of  the  two  friends,  n 
Lottie  Stevens  was  the  oldest,  ehild  of  the  tl 
farmer  whose  home  we  have  been  describing. 

She  had  always  been  a  thoughtful,  studious  girl,  ii 
and  having. Just  completed  the  course  of  study 
in  the  nearest  seminary,  was  expecting  soon  to  h 
leave  homo  again  for  one  of  the  Western  States,  « 
where  a  friend  had  procured  bora  situation  as  e 
teacher,  Louise  Clark,  her  visitor,  was  a  beau-  n 
Ilf ul  and  lively  girl  about  her  own  age.  Her  <• 
home  was  half  a  mile  dist  ant ;  her  fat  her,  Squire  |  , 
Clark  a*  ho  wax’  called,  owning  a  large  farm  ), 
upon  which  he  had  erected  much  the  finest  j  (, 
bouse  In  the  neighborhood.  Louise  had  also  j 
graduated  from  school  ;  though  not  so  well  l 
versed  in  some  things  which  require  hard  study,  j  * 
she  had  made  considerable  proficiency  In  what  , 
are  considered  ornamental  branches,  and  bad  a  ] 
better  knowledge  of  history  and  more  general  , 
information  than  many  girls  fresh  front  school,  i 
Lottie  and  Lou  be  had  been  intimate  from 
early  childhood ;  and  as  they  were  to  be  »epa-  j  , 
rated  for  some  time,  they  were  unfolding  to  i 
each  other  their  hopes  and  plan*  fur  the  future,  i  j 
Lottie  intended,  of  course,  to  bo  successful  us  ’ 
a  teacher :  she  hoped  to  assist  somewhat  In  the  i 
education -of  her  younger  brothers  and  sisters;  i 
but  that  was  by  no  means  the  whole  scope  of  ;  , 
her  ambition— she  was  determined  to  do  a  great  I  , 
work  somewhere ;  what, she.  hardly  knew.  Cali¬ 
fornia,  she  hod  heard,  was  the  Paradise  of 
teachers;  perhaps  she  might,  in  a  couple  of 
years,  cot  out  to  make  her  fortune  there,  open 
an  academy  of  her  own,  purchase  a  home  near 
one  of  its  growing  cities,  and  possess  a  library 
which  should  be  the  delight  of  her  heart  and 
the  admiration  or  her  friends,  while  her  school 
should  bo  ft  wonder  and  blessing  to  the  commu¬ 
nity;  or  she  might  teach  there  a  half-dozen  , 
years,  and  then  ret  urn  to  spend  a  period  of  lei¬ 
sure  and  study  in  one  of  our  Eastern  cities.  She  | 
had  some  dreams  of  authorship,  and  thought 
she  might,  by-and-by,  influence  more  minds 
through  the  press  than  by  her  efforts  in  the 
school  room.  “  Or,  I  may  do  something  bet  t  er,*' 
she  said ;  and  with  this  last  sentence,  there 
passed  before  her  mental  vision  the  picture  of  a 
group  on  board  a  small  steamship  Just  leaving 
port;  on  shore,  a  crowd  of  friends  with  tearful  j 
eyes,  waving  their  handkerchief*,  »nd  taking  a 
last  look  at  those  who  are  going  to  be  foreign  | 
missionaries.  Bhe  hesitated  to  speak  of  this, 
not  feeling  sure  that  her  piety  was  strong  enough 
for  such  a  resolution,  or  that  such  a  fancy  might 
not  seem  absurd  to  her  friend. 

LOUISE  would  never  have  guessed  such  a  pros¬ 
pect  from  the  words  “  something  better  ;*’  so, 
without  inquiring  further,  she  commenced  ex- 
pressing  her  own  day  dreams. 

u  Father  does  not  wish  ine  to  t  each,  and  I  am 
glad  of  it :  but  1  am  tired  of  Just  staying  at 

.  .  .  •  .11 _ 1.  I  Art 


sufferers;  next  came  a  few  months  of  rest  at 
home,  then  she  returned  South  to  teach  a  large 
school  among  the  freed  people  of  Tennessee,  j 
After  nearly  two  years’ work  in  this  field,  she 
came  North  to  at  tend  her  sist  er  s  wedding,  and  1 
finding  her  mother's  health  poor,  and  her  own 
presence  desirable  eon  eluded  to  remain  at  home. 

IiOUIsk  was  married  a  couple  of  years  after 
the  commencement  of  our  story.  She  had  re¬ 
sided  a  short  time  in  Philadelphia,  and  was  mak¬ 
ing  her  long  desired  tour  of  Europe  when  papers 
from  America  brought,  word  that  the  Great  Re¬ 
bellion  was  not  likely  “to  be  crushed"  so  soon 
as  loyal  men  had  prophesied,  hut  that  recent 

events  were  discouraging  t  o  the  friends  of  the  . 

old  flag.  Her  husband  decided  to  return  imme-  J 
dlately,  wishing  to  enter  his  country's  service, 
which  he  did,  and  was  thenceforth  known  as 
(.'apt.  Spencer.  He  served  a  year  in  the  army, 
was  compelled  t  o  resign  on  account  of  sickness, 
and  died  in  a  few  months. 

LOUISE  then  returned  t  o  her  mother's  house, 
(her  father  had  been  dead  several  years,)  and 
here,  in  the  home  of  her  childhood,  she  devoted  j 
her  time  mostly  to  the  care  of  her  little  son,  I 
without  whose  childish  mirth  the  old  house  ! 
would  have  been  indeed  lonely. 

Mrs.  SPENCER  has  come  to  spend  the  after¬ 
noon  with  her  friend,  and  they  ore  comfortably 
seated  in  the  little  parlor,  enjoying  a  nice  long 
chat,  like  those  of  olden  t  ime,  except  that  this 
1*  occasionally  Interrupted  by  some  remark  to 
Master  Harry  Upencek,  who  Is  scattering  his 
bouquet,  leaf  by  leaf,  upon  the  carpet.  Louise 
is  scarcely  changed,  except  that  her  counte¬ 
nance  has  a  more  thoughtful  and  earnest  expres¬ 
sion.  Lottie’s  cheeks  are  not.  so  Tull  nor  so 
rosy;  yet  she  is  quite  herself,  and  would  beat 
once  recognized  by  any  of  her  old  school  mates. 

“‘Unto  the  place  . .  v'leneo.  the  rivers 

came  thither  toe,  i-iUin  again,  and  we  have 
returned  like  tho  waters,’’  said  Louise, 

“  And  now,"  spoke  Lottie,  quite  teacher- 
like,  “  what  Is  the  host  lesson  you  have  learned, 
through  all  these  years?’’ 

“  To  appreciate  my  Imme,  and  he  content  with 
doing  WtU ■  things  when  l  know  they  are  duties.’’ 

“1  thought  you  always  did  appreciate  your 
home  and  your  work."  resumed  Louise.  "  I 
was  the  discontented  one,  always  anxious  to 
enter  upon  some  new  scheme,  looking  only  to 
my  own  enjoyment.  Those  sorrowful  yet  pre¬ 
cious  days  of  watching  in  the  Rick  room  have 
helped  me  somewhat  in  forgetting  sell ;  the 
lonely  hours  of  bereavement  have  turned  my 
thoughts  upon  the  past  rather  t  han  the  future ; 
'  and  now,"  she  cont  inued  in  a  lighter  tone,  look- 
tmr  noon  her  buy,  “  the  little  mischief  keeps  me 


so  the  Judge  wrote  a  note  to  the  constable  about 
as  follows: 

*•  Mr.  O  — :  Please  to  give  the  bearer  thirty- 
nine  lashes  and  charge  the  same  to  me.  r 

Judge  H. 

Calling  on  Uncle  Jake,  the  Judge  ordered  him 

to  carry  the  note  to  (5 - ,  who  would  give  him  l 

a  grubbing  hoe. 

Jake  started  off  up  town,  but  his  suspicion? 
were  aroused.  He  couldn't  understand  what 
the  Judge  wanted  with  a  grubbing  boe  at 
Christ  mas  time,  and  his  conscience  was  not  as 
door  as  it  might  have  been.  Tho  result  of  his  j 
suspicion  was  that  the  truth  suddenly  flashed 
upon  him— he  was  to  be  whipped.  Seeing  a 
school-boy  approaching,  he  took  the  note  and 
said: 

“  Massa  Bob  what  am  In  dis  note?  Got  so 
many  dl*  morning,  I  got  'em  mixed." 

The  boy  read  the  note  and  explained  Its  con-  | 
tents  to  Jake,  who  whistled  and  laughed  to  him¬ 
self,  ns  a  bright  Idea  struck  him.  Calling  a  ne¬ 
gro  buy,  who  was  near,  Jake  said  : 

“  Boy  does  you  want  to  make  a  quarter U' 

“  Of  course  I  does.” 

“  Well,  take  dis  note  down  dax  to  Massa  O - 

an'  git  a  grubben  hoe,  and  l  wait  here  till  you 
come  back,  and  den  l  give  you  a  quarter." 

The  boy  hurried  off  to  accomplish  his  errand,  j 

and  In  due  time  delivered  the  note  to  G - , 

who  took  him  Into  the  yard,  locked  the  gate, 
and  proceeded,  despite  the  hoys  protestations 
of  Innocence,  to  administer  the  desired  flog- 
I  glng,  while  Jake  hurried  off  home,  chuckling 
over  the  happy  result  of  what  might  have  been 
serious  1  nisi n css  for  him. 

That  evening  t  he  Judge  called  him  up,  and  in¬ 
quired  : 

“  Jake,  did  you  get  that  grubbing  boe  ?’’ 

“No,  massa  ;  I  give  a  hoy  a  quarter  to  fotch 
d-d  note  to  ">5-5  ••  U - ,  and  l  spec’  he  got  dat 

h(*  _ 

JOE  HAINE8’  READY  RESOURCES. 

Joe  Haines,  a  unec  famous  acter  in  England, 
was  a  man  frequent lv  Involved  In  trouble,  but  j 
of  ready  resources  in  cases  of  emergency  In 
making  a  tour  of  Franco  he  narrowly  escaped 
being  seized  and  sent  to  the  Hostile  for  persona¬ 
ting  an  English  peer,  and  running  3,000  livres  in 
debt;  but,  happily  landing  at  Hover,  he  went  to 
London.  However,  this  affair  spoiled  Joe'S  ex¬ 
piring  credit ;  for,  next  morning,  n  couple  of 
bailiffs  seized  him  lb  on  action  of  £20asthobish» 
op  of  El v  was  passing  by  In  his  coach.  Quoth 
JOB  to  the  bailiffs,  “Gentlemen,  here  is  my 
cousin,  the  Bishop  of  Ely.  going  into  his  house, 
let  me  but  speak  to  hint,  and  he’ll  pay  the  debt 
i  and  charges."  The  bailiffs  thought  they  might 
venture  that,  a?  they  were  wit  hin  throe  or  four 


Sabbath 


lng  upon  her  boy,  “  the  little  mlscmct  Keeps  me  oml  charges.  t  no  oaimm 

so  busy,  that  1  hardlv  know  whether  I  am  happy  venture  that,  os  they  were  within  three  or  four 
or  not  '.  Perhaps  1  am  like  BayaUD  TaylOh’B  yards  of  him.  So  up  goo?  Joe  to  the  coach,  pull- 
hcro,  when  he  had  attained  unto  wisdom.  ‘  not  1Sl,g  0ff  bis  lint,  and  got  close  to  it  J  be  Blsbop 
clamoring  for  over-human  tills?,  end  now  no  ordered  the  coach  to  slop,  while  Joe  close  to 
more  unhappy."  bis  ear.  said  softly,  “  My  hud,  hcreare  two  men 

••In  enrlv  life,  I  think,”  replied  Lottie,  "we  who  have  sue). groat ^  ^ru,d«  of  eonsclcncUI.at 

“  ££ !  LffSJBKT-. !  -« .» <-  ^  *» 

“‘The  angel  sought  iso  far  away  WTTW  A  gTiTMAUH 

I  welcome  ut  my  door/  **  A.  MAN  WITH  A 

“I  see,”  answered  Mrs.  RpencBB,  with  »  „aper  tells  the  following  story  > 

|  twinkle  in  her  eye  ;  “  and I  auppoxe  your  home  Afc  I*  ^  tPhere  dwelt  in  our  slater  city  c 
attracts  you  more  powerfully  Just  now,  since  worthy  but  rather  irritable  gentle  mar 

the  thrifty  farmer  who  calls  so  frequently  migh  Al  t  •  famous  hotel  then 

be  seriously  afflicted  should  you  return  to  your  who  trw  the  j  £ _  .  |jn  Numcrot 

former  view  s  and  leave  Mm  to  ,  it™",  dully  drew  II, dr  ration,  from  1,1,  HIM 

tor,  niWreee  In  the  new  holme  wh'cli  *•«”“»*•  ^“.tood  table,  and  not «  tew  vWton  fro, 

to  build.  Is  it  not  so  (  ...  H,,,  rural  districts  preferred  the  substantial  fm 

Lottie  laughed  and  blushed,  but  sata.  of  the  Franklin  House  to  the  more  preteritioi 

have  told  my  lesson  honestly  ;  you  may  suppose  Gf  the  Alton  House,  fine  day,  in  additic 

or  Infer  whatever  you  please,"  ...  oil  the  good  things  with  which  the  dinne 


nlssionarlcs.  «ne  nesuaieu  «>  «  >«»"■  FTOGGING  BY  PROXY 

yot  feeling  sure  that  her  piety  was  strong  enough  A  FLOGGING  BY  TitUAX. 

■or  .nr.,  .  ro-otnlfom J  Um.  .noh  .  tone,  eeltfit  ^  ^ ^ ^  la  ,  mtlo 

lot  seem  absurd  ,  ■  I  oountry  town  In  North  Alabama,  a  genial,  warm- 

LOUisw  would  never  have  guessed  such  a  pros-  heartod  old  gent]emau,  Judge  H - ,  well- 

fed  from  the  words  ‘  something  bette  ,  so,  j{nown  throughout  t. he  State,  us  well  for  his  dis- 
ivit  hout  inquiring  further,  she  commenced  ex-  tln„u|Bllftd  abjnty  „s  for  Ills  generosity  and  con- 
pressing  her  own  day  dreams.  genial  tv.  Among  his  chattel  possessions,  wa;-  a 

“  Father  does  not  wish  me  t  o  teach,  and  I  am  ^  named  .lake,  or,  os  he  was  more  familiarly 
glad  of  it ;  hut  I  am  tired  of  Just  staying  at  (,!l)led  unde  Jake,  and  there .never  lived  a  more 
home  In  this  dull  neighborhood!  As  (  oumii  j  Gngold  darkev:  for  I'nele  Jake  although 

At  n  r,  leeomUwV, «.  »»,.  I  hope  to  OnWI,  „1>  XSS  w  S  wo.kno.rr,,  and 
the  Bummer  very  mil;  »  ho  purtloularlj-  raonllese  of  truth. 


the  Summer  very  well;  will  go  to  town  fre-  j 

queutly  and  explore  tho  country,  and  have  gay  j  "”'  j  extent  In  fact,  that  occasionally  the 
times  if  possible.  Next  Winter  I  shall  spend  ‘Judg#  fonnd  St  necessary  to  punish 

with  my  aunt  In  Boston.  \  ou  may  expect  let-  .  ,,  W(1S  the  custrtm  In  those  days  for  the 

ters  flllodwlth  descriptions -of  my  new  acquaint-  q  constable  to  administer  a  flogging  for  a 

ance.  I’ll  *c»d  you  writlen  accounts  of  _  consideration,  whenever  the  masU'r  wasdisin- 
parties  I  attend,  and  printed  roport^of  the  let-  ,  #ljiied  fo  „mciat0i  „u,i  the  constable  of  this 

turns  I  bear.  I  hope  to  see  i  m  is,  .  witzorlan  particular  town  had  a  severe  reputation  for  pro- 
and  sunny  Italy  before  you  achieve  distinction  flcleuoy  amoiyj  the  darkies  who  had  been  so  un- 
as  a  teacher.” _ _  fortunate  as  to  come  under  his  hands. 

Ten  years  have  passed,  and  our  two  friends  Jake,  although  he  had  never  been  there,  was 
have  met  again  in  tho  Old  homestead  where  we  well  post  ed,  and  hod  a  great  repugnance 

S  tE  Lottie  has  been  busy;  touch-  Massa  - - who  was  the  incumbent  nt  that 

,  .,,l}e  ni  the  West ;  then,  going  South  to  at-  time.  On  one  occasion,  during  the  Christina 

tend  upon  her  oldest  brother,  who  was  for  some  days,  when  the  old  Judge  waa  quite  severely  t  - 
time  Sick  in  a  Southern  hospital,  she  remained  disposed.  Uncle  Jake  had  been  guilty  of  mi*  - 
al  ter  his  recovery  doing  what  she  could  for  ot  her  |  meaner,  and  punishment  was  deemed  ne<  t  a-»ai  y . 


\  t-T  Is  tun?  paper  tells  the  following  story :  t 

Once  on  a  time  there  dwelt  in  our  sister  city  of  ,  < 
Alton  a  worthy  but  rather  irritable  gentleman,  . 
who  was  the  host,  of  a  famous  hotel  there,  I 
known  as  the  Franklin  House.  Numerous  i 
citizen*  daily  drew  their  rations  from  his  liber¬ 
ally  furnished  table,  and  not  a  few  visit  ors  from 
l  he  rural  districts  preferred  the  substantial  fare 
of  the  Franklin  House  to  the  more  pretentious 
board  of  the  Alton  House.  One  day,  in  addition 
10  all  the  good  thing?  with  which  the  dinner- 

table  was  tomied,  there  was  at  the  lower  end  a 
nice  roast,  pig,  that  would  have  tickled  the 
palate  of  the  gentle  "  Ella,"  who  discourses  so 
eloquently  of  that  savory  viand.  At  the  con-  I 
elusion  or  the  meal  this  roust  pig  remained  in- 
I  act,  when  along  came  a  belated  drover,  who 
sat  down  beside  It.  and.  having  a  good,  whole¬ 
some  appetite,  soon  devoured  tho  whole  of  it.. 
The  lnod lord  looked  on  amazed,  and  was  puz¬ 
zled  to  see  where  hi?  pre^l  was  to  come  in  after 
deducting  a  dollar  and  u-half  pig  from  a  fifty- 
I  cent  dinner  ticket.  Giving  vent  to  his  disgust, 
he  said  very  sarcastically  to  the  drover.  “Isn’t 
t  here  something  die  you  would  like  to  be  helped 
to?”  “  Wa!  yus,"  drawled  out  the  drover,  “  1 
don’t  care  if  I  t  ake  another  of  them  little  hogs." 
This  was  too  much  for  the  equanimity  of  the 
landlord,  and  to  keep  himself  from  “spontan¬ 
eously  combusting,"  like  Dorothea, he  was  com- 
pelled  to  rush  out  in  the  open  air,  where  he 
could  give  vent  to  a  few  unorthodox  expressions 
without  being  overheard  by  the  elect,  of  which 
he  was  one. 

- ♦*-*> - • 

Jones  wagered  Brown  that  be  had  seen  a 
horse  galloping  at  n  great  speed  and  a  deg  sit¬ 
ting  on  his  tail.  It.  seems  an  impossible  feat  for 
a  dog  to  accomplish,  but  Jones  was  right,  and 
won  t  ho  money.  The  dog  was  sitting  on  fits  own 
tail. 


FAITH. 

BY  B.  P.  AUTiEE. 

Reigns  the  Lord,  the  Great  Jehovah ! 

The  Prince  of  Peace.  Prince  of  Love  I 

Ho  relgneth  on  tho  lovely  plain 

Where’?  naught  but  case— naught  but  gain,— 

Naught  but  gain 

Where  Peace  abides  the  soul  shall  rest. 

And  wear  the  phone— tho  holy  crest 
Of  conquered  evil  here  on  earth ; 

’Twere  lost  without— without  ’twore  dearth.— 

'Twere  dearth. 

O'ercomtng  sin  enn  only'  move 
The  God,  onr  hope,  the  King  of  Love. 

To  guide  our  spirits  hence  away 
Frem  esrGi  unto  the  perfect  day.- 
The  perfect  d?v. 

When  He  tho  wist  moves  from  afar. 

’Twill  the  gates  leave  wide  alnr. 

And  shew  us  rays  Of  burning  light.  - 
Ftreets  of  gold,  and  purest  white,— 

Purest  white 

A  vision  that  ’twere  worth  a  ltf“ 

.  Of  hope,  of  loll  and  holy  strife. 

To  pierce  the  vast  ethereal  blue, 

And  thu?  tokoow-that  all  Is  true.— 

All  Is  true. 

Already  Faith  bestows  tho  boon.  j 

A  hope  of  the  eternal  noon, 

Where  ’noath  the  shade  of  palm  and  yew. 

We'll  rest  In  peace,  FOREVER  too,— 

Forever  too ' 

- - ♦♦♦ - 

IF  WE  WOULD, 

BY  MRS  M.  A  HOLT 

“  If  we  would  but  cheek  tho  speaker 
Whi  r  he  spoils  a  neighbor's  fame; 

If  we  would  but  help  the  erring 
Ere  we  utter  words  of  blame— 
tf  we  would,  how  many  might  we 
Turn  from  path*  of  pin  andt  shame." 

There  is  »  grand  meaning  bidden  away  In 
these  words  "If  wo  would;"  but  wo  do  not 
generally  euro  to  understand  it.  It  wo  would, 
we  might  accomplish  a  grand  work  in  tho 
world;  but  It  would  cost  us  something,  and  so 
wo  turn  away  from  the  duties  and  responsibili¬ 
ties  that  meet  ua. 

AH  do  not  reason  alike  upon  this  grand  state 
of  existence  that  we  call  life.  Some  think  there 
is  nothing  to  do  but  to  muse  and  dream,  w  hile 
others  regard  the  world  as  n  vast  pleasure 
ground.  Each  reasons  to  suit  his  own  tastes 
and  desires;  but  If  he  would,  he  might  under- 
gland  life  rightly.  Human  beluga  have  tho 
power  t  o  embrace,  or  resist  tho  teachings  of  the 
spirit  of  trul h,  and  to  follow  or  leave  the  quiet 
path  of  duty.  True  happiness  and  false  huppl- 
no??  are  within  (he  reach  of  all,  and  we  choose 
ns  we  will.  Tho  world  would  bo  a  better  world 
if  Its  inhabitants  would  choose  rightly,  but  they 
do  not,  and  so  the  machinery  of  the  universe 
goes  wrong- 

“  Ah !  the  wrongs  that  might  bo  righted 

II  wo  would  hut  nee  the  way !  f 

Ah  the  pains  that  miuUt  bo  lightened 
Every  hour  and  every  day 
ff  wo  would  but  he  ir  tho  pleadings 
Of  dm  heart?  ‘hat  go  astray  ! 

There  are  broad  Held?  “white  and  ready  for 
the  harvest "  where  we  might  gather  many  a 
1  golden  sheaf  if  wo  would.  There  are  gleaming 
J  crown?  that  wc  might  gain,  and  gem?  of  unfad¬ 
ing  splendor  within  our  reach.  But  it  costs  an 
effort,  to  grasp  them,  and  60  we  drift  along- 
There  Isa  life  of  purity  and  love— unmeasured 
hv  the  march  of  years;  yet  we  must  face  the 
storms  and  billows  to  gain  It:  so  we  drop  the 
oar  and  glide  softly  along  upon  tho  surging  tide 
„l  wordliuess  We  can  grasp  tlio  bright  forever 
if  we  would  ;  but  we  will  not.  as  it  is  easier  to 
soil  on  the  smooth  waters  of  Indolence.  'v® 
might  him)  up  broken  hearts,  and  lift  the  fallen 
child  up  to  a  better  life-  Wo  might  stay  tho 
rushing  tide  of  sin,  1/  U>e  would. 

“  All,  how  blessed  !— ah,  how  blessed 
Earth  would  bo  If  we’d  but  try 
Thus  to  nld  and  t  ight  tho  weaker— 

Thus  to  check  ouch  brother’s  sigh— 

Thus  to  walk  in  duty's  pathway 
Tv  ,..»(/  bf/ler  If fr  on  Mflk." 


“  In  each  life,  however  lowly. 

There  are  seeds  of  mighty  good ; 
still  we  shrink  from  souls  appealing 
With  U  timid,  ‘If  we  could;  ’ 

But  God,  who  knowetb  all  things. 

Knows  the  truth  is, 1  Tf  wo  would.’  ” 

- - - 

THOUGHTFUL  PARAGRAPHS. 

Oun  life  is  a  sermon.  Our  birth  is  the  text 
from  which  we  start .  Vouth  Is  tho  introduction 
to  t  lie  discourse.  During  our  manhood  w  e  lay 
down  a  fnw  propositions  and  prove  them.  Some 
uf  the  passages  arc  dull,  ot her?  sprightly.  Then 
come  Inference?  and  applications.  At,  seventy 
years  wo  -ny  :  “  Fifthly  and  lastly."  Tho  doxol 
ogy  i»  suing.  The  hook  Is  closed.  It  is  getting 
cold.  Frost  on  the  window  pane.  Audience 
gone.  Shut  up  tho  Church.  Sexton  goes  home 
with  the  key  on  his  shoulder. 

Truth  Is  always  consistent  with  itself,  and 
needs  nothing  to  help  It  out;  it  is  always  near 
at  hand,  and  sits  upon  our  HpB,  and  is  ready  to 
drop  out  before  we  are  aware;  whereas  a  lie  is 
troublesome,  and  sets  a  man's  invention  upon 
the  rack ;  and  one  trick  needs  a  great  many 
more  to  make  It  good.  -Tillotson. 


FEB, 


MOORE’S  RURAL  fJEW-YOBKER 


MY  PLEA. 

BY  ANNIE  JENNIE. 

OH.  no,  I  really  ara  no  flirt , 

I  eurely  could  not  be, 

In  thought,  or  deed,  so  bad  a  girt. 

Or  make  myself  bo  free 
Tou  are  mistaken  very  much 
In  what  you  say  of  me. 

I  never  try  to  please,  or  blind. 

Or  dupe  in  any  way : 

AJJ  of  my  looks  and  actions  are 
As  open  a  s  t  he  day : 

Too  frank  and  honest,  If  you  knew. 

I  think  you’d  rntlicr  say  ! 

Why,  to  be  sure  I  like  my  friends— 

The  gents  and  ludies  too,— 

But  that  you  know  is  nothing  more 
Than  all  good  folks  should  do. 

And  If  I  follow  Christian  rules 
Who  can  mo  blame  *  rati  you? 

And  of  my  “  lovers,”  as  you  say, 

I’ll  freely  tell  you  all : 

The  one  with  eyes  so  soft  and  brown. 
And  hands  so  white  and  small,— 
fTp  looked  to  ntrr,  I  could  but  like 
Poor,  silly  Johnny  Haul. 

And  you  remember  sober  Ben,— 

Studied  from  morn  till  night— 

He  knew  so  much  I  wished  to  learn. 

I  tried  with  all  my  might, 

Till  I  liked  books  better  than  him— 

Ho  thought  It  good  and  right. 

.And  Billy  Blaze  could  sing  a  eonc 
In  voice  and  style  so  One— 

A.nd  read  so  well,  your  heart  would  melt 
At  "  Bingen  on  the  Rhine”— 

TUI  one  would  think  him  scarce  a  man. 
But  something  more  divine. 

And  HENKY  DOE  bad  heart  so  kind 
Ho  always  gave  the  poor ; 

His  kindly  words  nnd  gracious  wavs. 

Those  made  me  like  him  more, 

And  ’cause  he  was  so  full  of  Jokes 
Was  why  I  liked  Fred  Stowed. 

The  trouble  Is,  that  men  all  think 
A  girl  must,  be  In  love, 

If  she  but  act  her  natural  self. 

And  not  a  timid  dove, 

That  dare  not  raise  her  eyes  to  theirs 
For  fear  she'll  “  fall  In  love.” 

They  blame  us  for  deceit  and  airs. 

Pannier  and  waterfall  ;— 

If  we  professions  strive  to  learn 
Or  for  anything  at  all, 

Except  the  mind  and  manners  of 
A  senseless,  waxen  doll ! 


OLD  MAIDS  AGAIN. 

What  Ci  aiia  Jolikn  nays  of  “  Old  Maids  ”  in 
Rural  New-Yorker  of  Jail.  II,  reminds  me 
of  what  my  old  grandmother  used  to  any: 
“Girls,  no  one  is  to  blame  for  being  an  old 
maid;  but  it  is  your  own  fault  if  you  are  old- 
maidish."  Now  1  think  it  is  not  old  maids  as  a 
class  t hat  are  sneered  at,  but  only  the  okl- 
maidixh  ones.  For  instance,  who  ever  thinks 
of  calling  Florence  Niohtinoalk an  old  maid  ? 
Or  tbb  Oahy  sisters,  and  hundreds  of  others, 
not  talented  merely,  hut  t  he  gentle  and  loveable 
ones  that  quietly  (111  such  a  large  place  in  many 
homes,  taking  all  the  care  and  burdens  of  wife 
and  motherhood  without  any  of  their  sweet 
compensations ? 

Perhaps  Clara  is  right  In  saying  unhappy 
mothers  and  wives  sueer  at  single  women  be¬ 
cause.  they  envy  them  But.  it  does  not  fol¬ 
low  that  because  a  woman  has  four  or  “six 
handsome  children  ”  she  wishes  herself  unmar¬ 
ried,  not  even  though  she  has  seon  her “idol” 
turn  to  “clay,"  and  must  carry  through  life  a 
■oid  in  her  heart  which  should  be  filled  with 
li«>r  husband’s  love,  f  know  of  ntora  than  one 
such  woman,  who  yet  would  not,  if  she  could, 
blot  out  i  lie  fact,  and  live  a  single  life  instead. 
Motherhood  is  so  precious  a  boon  that  every 
true  woman  would  choose  it,  with  Its  cares  and 
heartaches,  rather  than  a  life  of  ease  without, 
it.  And  CLARA, “ when  1  hear  a  sfntflfl  woman 
making  sarcastic  remarks  concerning  "  married 
friends  who  are  “lied  to  cross  old  men  and 
troublesome  children,"  or  “  poor  sticks  of  men,” 
“I. always  Infer  that  she  is  not  perfectly  con¬ 
tented  with  fur  condition  In  life."  Is  not  the 
inference  as  just  in  one  case  as  the  other?  Is 
not  1  ho  truth  just  this:  there  are  women  who 
would  not  he  contented  or  beloved  In  any  con¬ 
dition  In  life?  The  fretful,  peevish  old  maid 
will  make  a  fretful,  discontented  wife  and 
mother.  Jt  is  yourself,  not  your  condition,  that 
makes  you  happy  and  beloved,  or  the  reverse. 
Many  a  true,  brave  woman  feels  a  void  in  iter 
life  and  a  yearning  In  her  heart  which  not  hing 
will  till  or  wif  i sf>  but  her  ow  n  baity  clasped  In 
her  arms.  But,  liko  Phkbe  Oaky,  that  only 
makes  her  more  patient,  more  lovable,  more 
helpful  to  other  hearts.  Those  who  are  sour 
and  bitter  would  he  so  in  spite  of  motherhood 
or  wifehood.  I  think  young  girls  should  re¬ 
member  this,  and  make  up  their  minds  to  be 
happy  any  how,  whether  married  or  single; 
they  can  be  if  they  have  the  love  of  One  who 
will  never  full  them. 

What  “  Ci-ara  ”  says  about  being  Independent 
is. quite  truo;  only  don't  be  tan  independent 
Clara,  so  that  no  one  will  feel  they  need  you, 
and  no  home  be  brighter  and  happier  when 
“Auntie"  comes.  Let.  disappointments  and 
inevitables  only  make  us  strong,  rich  and  mel¬ 
low-full  of  loving  kindness.  m.  s.  b. 


AN  OPINION  OF  WOMEN. 

Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  has  recorded  the 
following  as  his  opinion  of  women “  A  woman, 
notwithstanding  she  is  the  best,  of  listeners,  1 
knows  her  business,  and  It  Is  a  woman's  busi¬ 
ness  to  please.  I  don’t  say  that  It.  Is  not  her  [ 
business  to  vote,  but  Ido  say  that  the  woman 
who  does  not  please  is  a  false  note  In  the  har¬ 
monies  of  nature.  She  may  not  have  youth  or  1 
beauty,  or  even  manner,  but  slie  must  have 
something  in  her  voice  or  expression,  or  both, 
which  it  makes  you  reel  better  disposed  toward 
your  race  to  look  at  or  listen  to.  She  knows 
that  as  well  as  we  do;  and  her  first  question 
after  you  have  been  talking  your  soul  into  her 
consciousness  is,  *  Did  l  please?' 

“A  woman  never  forgets  her  sex.  8he  would 
rather  talk  with  a  man  than  an  angel  any  day. 
Womanly  women  are  very  kindly  critics,  except 
to  themselves,  and  now  and  then  to  their  own 
sex.  The  less  there  is  of  sex  about  a  woman, 
the  more  she  is  to  be  dreaded.  But  take  a 
real  woman  at  her  best  moment— well  dressed 
enough  to  be  pleased  with  herself,  not  sore- 
splendent,  as  to  be  a  show  and  a  sensation,  with 
the  varied  outside  influences  that,  set  vibrating 
the  harmonic  notes  of  her  nature  stirring  in  the 
air  about  her  nnd  what  lias  social  1  Ho  to  com¬ 
pare  with  one  of  those  vital  Interchanges  of 
thought  and  feeling  with  her  that  make  an  hour 
memorable? 

“What  can  equal  her  tact,  her  delicacy, her 
subtlety  of  apprehension,  her  quickness  to  feel 
the  changes  of  temperature  as  the  warm  and 
cool  currents  of  thought  blow  by  turns?  At 
one  moment  she  Is  microscopically  intellectual, 
critical,  scrupulous  in  judgment  as  an  analyst’s 
balance,  and  the  next  as  sympathetic  ns  the  open 
rose  that  sweetens  the  wind  from  whatever 
quarter  It  finds  Its  way  to  her  bosom.  It  is  in 
the  hospitable  soul  of  a  woman  that  a  man  for¬ 
gets  he  Is  a  stranger,  and  so  becomes  natural 
and  truthful,  at  the  same  time  t  hat  he  is  mes¬ 
merized  by  all  those  divine  differences  which 
make  her  a  mystery  and  a  bewilderment." 
- - - . 

HINTS  FOR  YOUNG  MOTHERS. 

The  three  requisites  for  babies  are  plenty  of 
sleep,  plenty  of  food  and  plenty  of  flannel.  The 
saying  that  man  is  a  bundle  of  habits  is  as  true 
of  babies,  as  it  is  of  grown  children.  If  an  Infant 
is  accustomed  from  Its  birth  to  sleep  from  tdx 
o’clock  at  night  until  daylight,  the  habit  of 
early  sleep  will  be  formed,  and  the  mother  may 
have  all  her  evenings  to  herself.  If  the  baby 
sloops  all  night,  a  long  morning  nap  will  mit’ir- 
ally  come  about  dinner  time,  after  which  the 
child,  except  when  very  young,  should  lie  kept 
awake  until  six  o’clock.  Perseverance  in  this 
routine  will  soon  result  in  securing  quiet  eve¬ 
nings  for  both  the  child  and  parent.  Some 
mothers  have  a  long  season  every  morning  and 
every  night  in  getting  the  baby  asleep.  They 
rock  them  and  sing  them  till  Morpheus  enfolds 
them.  Wit  h  most  children  this  is  entirely  un¬ 
necessary.  An  Infant  can  be  accustomed,  by  a 
few  days  training,  to  go  to  sleep  itself  for  a 
morning  nap  as  well  as  for  tho  longer  rest  at 
night. 

- ♦♦♦ - — 

TO  SECURE  MUTUAL  HAPPINESS. 

Happiness  between  husband  and  wife  can 
only  be  secured  by  that  constant  tenderness  and 
cure  of  the  parties  for  each  other  which  are 
based  upon  warm  and  demonstrative  love.  Tho 
heart  demands  that  the  man  shall  not  sit  reti¬ 
cent,  self-absorbed,  and  silent  in  the  midst  of 
his  family.  The  women  who  forgets  to  note 
and  provide  for  her  husband’s  tastes  and  wishes, 
renders  her  homo  undesirable  for  him.  In  a 
word,  ever  present  and  over-demonstrative  gen¬ 
tleness  must  reign,  or  else  the  heart  starves. 

MOTHERHOOD. 

Mus.  Harriet  Beecher  Stowe  speaks  of 
motherhoood  In  a  pretty  way,  when  she  says: 
“It  would  sometimes  seem  as  if  motherhood 
were  a  lovely  artifice  of  the  great  Father,  to 
wean  the  heart  from  selfishness  by  a  peaceful 
and  gradual  process.  The  babe  is  self  in  another 
form.  It  is  so  interwoven  and  Identified  with 
the  mother's  life  that  she  passes  by  almost  in¬ 
sensible  gradations  from  herself  to  it;  and  day 
by  day  the  instinctive  love  of  self  wanes  as  the 
child  love  waxes,  filling  the  heart  with  a  thou¬ 
sand  now  springs  of  tenderness.” 

- »♦» 

A  MAN  WHO  WILL  DISINHERIT  HIS  WIFE  be¬ 
cause  she  marries  again  bears  her  the  same  kind 
of  love  that  the  Turk  bears  toward  the  women 
of  bis  harem,  and  not  the  love  which  a  free,  true 
man  bears  toward  a  free,  true  woman.  If  he 
finds  happiness  in  a  married  life,  what  a  cruel 
brute  that  lie  should  deliberately  provide  that 
when  he  dies,  und  his  widow,  recalling  the  hap¬ 
py  days  of  her  married  life,  should  consent  to 
marry  again,  she  shall  be  deprived  of  tho  fortune 
which  he  leaves  her !  Such  men  were  married 
in  body,  but  never  In  soul.  -Ti.-Day, 

- - 

Miss  Emily  Faith  full,  the  printer  to  the 
Queen,  Is  suffering  from  the  asthma  to  such  an 
extent  that  she  fears  she  may  have  to  cut  her 
tour  In  America  short,  and  returns  to  England. 
She  has  met  with  a  warm  reception  in  tho  West, 
and  is  to  have  a  grand  reception  from  the  work¬ 
ing  women  of  New  York. 

- ♦♦♦ — - - 

The  poorest  education  that  teaches  self-con¬ 
trol  is  better  than  the  best  that  neglects  it. 


Heading  for  the  ftoung. 


BOYS  AGAIN. 

Old  boys,  and  truo,  l  send  you  greeting. 

“  Greeting?  from  whom,  and  whence?”  say  you  ; 
Brot  her  Dick  appoints  a  meeting, 

For  me,  and  you,  and  you,  and  you. 

“  A  meeting?  that  doesn’t  sound  like  Dick, 

He  always  wns  so  .lolly  I 
I  see !  It's  Just  an  old-time  trick,— 

Or  some  consummate  folly  1” 

No,  not  a  hit  I  no  words  aro  truer 
The  parson  speaks  op  Sunday ; 

(T  think  sometimes  If  there  were  fewer 
We’d  practice  more  on  Monday,! 

I  sat  upon  the  porch,  and  smoked— myself  a-dream- 
Ing,— 

We  all  were  hoys  again,  and  In  the  Helds  were  glean¬ 
ing,— 

We  gleaned,  and  played,  and  ate  choke-cherries ; 

We  laughed,  nnd  talked,  and  looked  for  berries ; 

And  then  i  mind  at,  Summer  noon. 

When  wo  wont  home  to  dinner, 

(Which  never  runic  a  whit  too  soon, 

So  hungry  ev’ry  sinner  t  -) 

How  mother  used  to  say,  “  My  boys, 

Now  gather  round  tho  table— 

T  do  not  wish  to  cheek  your  Joys, 

But  don't  make  homo  a  Babel." 

Then  mastered  Tom,  and  brae,  and  Bill  : 

And  JIM,  and  JO,  and  ANDY  i 
Aud  last,  emtio  trudging  up  the  hill, 

Tho  pot  and  baby  SANDY. 

Such  puddings  and  such  pies— 

1  vow  she  never  made  a  blunder 
(I  sometimes  think  I  taste  them  now. 

Just  as  I  did  when  younger  !) 

And  now  t  sny,  “  Let's  have  a  meeting, 

A  real  surprise  to  mother  1” 

It  is  for  this  1  Bond  a  greeting. 

To  each  anil  every  other. 

We’ll  leave  tho  titles  all  at  homo,— 

I5e  boys  to  one  another ; 

As  Tom,  aud  Dick,  and  Bill,  we’ll  com<v 
We’re  always  hoys  to  mother. 

There’s  Jim, -he  halls  from  Maine,  they  say  ; 

And  Jo’s  off  In  Australia,— 

And  brother  Bill,  he's  raising  cane. 

(.Just,  where ,  I  couldn't,  tell  you.) 

But  ho  is  one  who  o’en  can  dream 
When  any  fun  Is  coming, — 

So  he'll  turn  up,  1.  ween, 

A-whistling  or  a-drutuining : 

Then,  as  for  Andy,  why  It's  clear 
He’ll  march  along  from  Kansas ; 

And  brother  Tom  ’ll  bring  up  the  roar, 

A -walking  In  from  Congress. 


So,  here  we  are !  six  boys  1  ha  ha ! 
in tli  caues—yray  tmni»—an<l ,  olassn ! 

Why  Tom,  I  say,  don’t  this  beat  all, 

How  fast  through  Ill’ll  one  passes? 

Look  !  dost  shou  see  that  tall  tree  wave, 

Just  there  by  brother  Andy  / 

Beneath  It  I*  a  little  grave 
Of  darling  baby  SANDY  ;— 

We'll  gather  round,  and  Jim  will  pray 
That  we  may  greet  each  other 

Where  all  are  young  again,  they  say— 

Not  ati I y  boys  to  mother.  R.  K.  F. 

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LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

A  Finger  In  the  Pie. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor:— I  have  never  written  to 
your  paper,  but  I  ha  ve  felt  quite  anxious  to  have 
a  finger  in  when  I  have  read  pieces  from  so 
many  of  the  little  folks.  1  am  very  glad  you 
give  us  the  opport  unity,  If  ttdoes  not  amount  to 
much  to  the  greater  portion  of  your  readers.  I 
tell  you  it  does  us  good  we  like  attention  as 
well  as  grown  peoplo.  My  pa  is  a  farmer  in  the 
corporation  of  Glovorsvllle.  Wo  take  the  Ru¬ 
ral  and  I  like  it  very  much.  1  am  a  boy,  12 
years  old.  1  have  not  seen  any  letter  front 
Glovorstillo  in  your  paper ;  and.  as  our  village 
Is  not  in  the  background  in  other  respects,  I  do 
not,  wisli  It  to  bo  In  this.  There  are  0,000  inhabi¬ 
tants  In  our  village ;  we  have  a  graded  school  of 
800  scholars  and  a  number  of  dist  rict  schools  in 
the  suburbs— I  attend  the  latter.  There  are  1U0 
scholars  and  one  teacher,  but  he  Is  No.  1  I  assure 
you.  lie  has  taught  here  four  terms.  Now  1 
must  tell  you  about  our  Kabbatli  school  the 
dearest  of  all  places  to  me.  I  have  one  of  tho 
finest,  teachers.  He  takes  a  great  Interest  in  us. 
Our  Superintendent  is  Member  of  Assembly 
from  this  district,  I  only  wish  all  our  Assembly¬ 
men  were  Superintendents  of  Sabbath  schools, 

I  think  it  would  take  less  money  to  run  the  ma¬ 
chine.— v.  p.  s. 

Thoughts  About  an  Apple. 

Dkau  Rural  I  am  12  years  old.  I  love  your 
paper  and  have  tried  to  get  upaclub.but  have  not 
yet  succeeded.  I  shall  keep  trying,  and  perhaps 
succeed  yet.  I  love  to  read  Cousin  Johnnie’s 
letters,  and  all  the  girls’  and  boys’  also.  Al- 
vika,  you  and  1  are  both  Whites.  1  wish  you 
would  give  your  letter  address  In  your  next  let¬ 
ter.  Now  I  must  say  something  about  the  ap¬ 
ple;  but  I  hardly  believe  I  can  do  any  better 
than  Alviiia.  Apples  are  generally  called  fruit ; 
they  grow  on  trees,  as  we  all  know.  They  are 
Irregular  In  shape;  to  the  taste  they  are  nutrl- 
tlotiB,  also  delicious.  Some  are  aour.  Thore  are 
flowers  on  the  trees  in  the  Spring,  which  is  the 
commencement  of  the  apple ;  then  It  grows  to  | 
an  apple ;  and  then  what  becomes  of  the  flower,  | 


you  ask,  do  you  not?  Why,  Mile  flower  is  tho 
calyx  when  tho  apple  is  In  Its  growth;  so  tho 
calyx  is  the  seed  end.  They  have  also  a  stem, 
which  is  opposite  the  calyx.  When  you  pick  an 
apple  the  limb  breaks  off  about  half  an  inch 
from  t  he  apple,  which  is  like  a  joint.  If  you 
pull  the  stem  out  of  I  lie  apple  some  of  tho  skin 
and  apple  will  come  out  with  b  like  roots. 
Home  apples  are  mealy,  some  juicy ;  they  have 
different  colors;  theskin  gives  thorn  thelroolor; 
some  are  green  and  yellow,  uotue  are  green  aud 
red,  some  are  crimson.  Apples  have  also  a 
core,  which  is  divided  Into  four  or  six  parts; 
you  may  open  tlieae  places  and  find  some  dark 
brown  seeds  about  one-quarter  or  one-third  of 
an  inch  long.  The  core  is  situated  in  the  center 
of  the  apple.  Some  apples  have  tmt  little  core, 
some  considerable.  The  skin  is  usually  thiu. 
Berries  nnd  tomatoes  are  also  spccioa  of  fruit. 

I  will  mention  a  few  species  that  ArvinAdld 
not :—  There  are  Heek-no-Further,  Russets,  Or¬ 
ange  Pippins,  Fall  Pippins,  t'tah  Pippins  Found 
Sweets.  Twenty  Ounce.  A  crab  apple  is  '3  large 
as  a  walnut,  and  is  round;  color  is  yellow  and 
red.  They  have. skin,  core,  Becds,  stem,  calyx; 
some  mealy,  some  juicy,  like  ot  her  apples  Am 
I  not  right?  Dora  B.  White. 

- 

About  a  Hoy  Doll. 

Mr.  Moore:  As  I  saw  by  the  last  Rural 
that  some  lit  tie  girl  about  my  o"  n  age  had  writ¬ 
ten  a  piece  in  your  much-valued  newspaper.  I 
thought  1  would  write  a  piece,  and  T  hope  you 
will  think  it  worthy  of  publication.  1  go  to 
school  and  have  a  cross  teacher.  I  have  never 
been  healthy  until  last  Summer,  when  my  fat  her 
sent  me  to  tho  country  to  visit  tny  cotl&in  Skl- 
eka,  which  so  improved  my  health  that  now  I 
can  do  almost  any  kind  of  light  work  I  am 
knitting  my  mother  a  pair  of  blue  woolen  stock¬ 
ings  for  a  Christmas  present,  and  Lam  going  to 
give  my  father  a  tooth-brush.  When  ray  mother 
does  not  need  my  help,  I  make  fancy  work  I 
have  made  a  pair  of  slippers  and  a  pair  of  wool¬ 
en  mits  since  th”  first  of  November  1  ara  11 
years  Old  and  an  only  child.  I  have  dark  eves 
and  dark  brown  curls.  1  am  very  email  for  one 
of  my  age,  so  people  tell  me,  1  have  got  a  boy 
doll  ;  his  name  la  Henry.  Ho  has  got  a  green 
waist  and  a  pair  of  black  velvet  pants,  yellow 
shoes,  and  a  black  velvet  hat  with  a  yellow 
feather.  M.  Elhoka  Leslie,  Newburgh,  <> 

A  Boy’e  Idea  of  a  Farm. 

We  take  your  paper,  and  wo  like  it  very  well 
I  like  to  read  tin’  boys'  ami  girls’  letters.  I  live 
on  a  farm,  and  work  hard ;  I  like  it  very  well. 
One  of  the  Rural  boys  asked  fur  tho  opinion  of 
some  of  us  about  living  on  a  farm  or  going  to  a 
city  to  learn  a  trade.  I  say  live  on  a  farm,  where 
you  can  raise  hogs,  and  poultry,  and  catt  le,  and 
have  many  nice  pets  and  all  sorts  of  tilings  that 
are  nice.  I  used  to  live  in  a  city,  and  used  to 
like  it,  very  well,  but  since  wo  have  been  living 
on  a  farm  I  like  It  much  better.  We  lived  in 
Illinois,  but  we  wanted  to  live  on  a  farm,  so  wo 
moved  South,  to  Mississippi.  H.  Stuart. 

A  Nice  Picture. 

Dear  Editor:  1  am  a  girl  of  14,  aud  atn  at¬ 
tending  school.  My  pa  hast  been  taking  tho 
Rural  for  several  years,  i  like  to  read  the  boys’ 
and  girls’  letters  tho  best  of  all  Pa  has  sent  for 
the  Rural  and  Birt  h-Day  Morning,  which  we  ail 
think  will  fie  very  nice.—  M.  E.  H.,  Pa. 


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PUZZLE— No.  4. 

I  am  a  word  of  five  letters.  My  third  is  one- 
tenth  of  the  fifth.  My  fifth  is  onc-balf  of  the 
first.  My  second  and  fourth  stands  for  yourself. 
The  whole  Is  what  1  hope  you  till  aro. 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 

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ANAGRAM.-No.  2. 

A  whod  titly  noksep  si  kilo  saplop  fo  logd  nl 
truespie  fo  visler. 

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PUZZLER  ANSWERS-Jan.  18. 

Problem  No.  1.  Four  hours,  16  minutes  and 
52  seconds—  or  16  minutes  and  52  seconds  past  L 
o’clock,  P.  M. 

Cbosr-Wobo  Enigma  No.  2.  — Splderwort 
(TraslwantUx  Viryinica.) 

Illustrated  Rebus  No.  3.  To  thine  own  self 

be  true. 

Puzzle  No.  2.— Rome. 


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Den’s  of  the  tat  cell. 


A  Remarkable  Coincidence. 

Facts  of  t  bo  Class  to  which  tho  following  from 
the  Hanover  (Pa.)  Spectator  (&tnl  which  is 
vouched  for  as  true  in  every  particular,)  belong, 
are  not  nfroquonl ;  but  w  o  believe  are  yet,  to  be 
classed  among  unexplained  phenomena.  The 
paper  named  says  s  Ah  is  well  known  to  all  our 
citizens,  tho  wife  or  Mr.  Abraham  M.  Forrv, 
grocer,  on  Broad  way-avenue,  has  boon  a  helpless 
and  bedridden  invalid  for  tho  last  t  hirteeii  years. 
On  last  Thursday  ovening,  t  o  the  great,  surprise 
of  those  In  tho  room  with  her,  she  raised  up  sud¬ 
denly  in  bed,  us  if  under  great  mental  excite¬ 
ment,  and  stated  that  sho  was  positive  in  the 
belief  that  her  attendant  physician,  Dr.  A.  J. 
Snively,  was  in  imminent  peril  of  drowning.  Her 
attendants  quieted  her  fears,  assuring  her  that 
it  was  only  a  vision  or  dream.  Upon  the  doctor’s 
next  visit  she  was  st  art  led  to  learn  that  what 
sho  had  described  w  as  an  actual  fact  or  occur¬ 
rence,  the  doctor  having  made  a  very  narrow 
escape  from  drowning  at  that  very  hour,  while 
attempting  to  cross  Oonewago  Creek  on  the 
Frederick  road,  near  Bollinger’s  mill,  (formerly 
Kltzmiller’s.)  which  had  become  swollen  by  the 
thawing  and  breaking  up  of  the  ice. 


Miss  Emily  Fnlthfull. 

Tins  lady— an  English  lady— who  is  one  of  the 
great  representatives  and  advocates  of  the  high¬ 
er  industrial  and  educational  interests  of  wo¬ 
men,  has,  during  the  past  week,  been  tho  recip¬ 
ient  of  n  "  reception  "  by  the  women  of  New 
York,  at  Btalnway  Hall.  It  was  entirely  worthy, 
in  numbers  and  character,  the  noble  woman  to 
whom  it  was  given  ;  and  In  response  to  the  ad¬ 
dress  of  welcome,  Miss  Faith  full  delivered  a 
wonderfully  eloquent  extemporaneous  speech 


SVI00B£!S  BUBAL  WEW-Y0BKEB. 


C-, 


ori  tho  subject  of  the  recognition  of  woman’s 
right  to  labor  and  independence.  In  England, 
she  said,  there  are  now  over  2,500,000  women  de¬ 
pendent  on  their  own  exertions  for  their  sup¬ 
port.  This  fact,  Miss  Fa  Em  FULL  thought, 
showed  that  society  required  a  readjustment 
that  would  take  years  to  bring  about,  and  that 
tho  world  roust  yet  learn  that  while  work  Is  not 
dishonorable  in  man,  idleness  is  discreditable  to 
women.  Miss  Faith  full  entered  a  strong  pro¬ 
test  agidn  t  the  life  of  mere  pleasure  to  which 
the  young  women  of  the  day  are  bred,  and  be¬ 
lieved  that  if  women,  from  their  early  youth, 
were  trained  tip  to  useful  and  honorable  em¬ 
ployments,  tho  first  step  toward  the  solution  of 
tbo  delicate  problem  of  the  future  of  women 
would  be  achieved.  She  also  said  that  in  En¬ 
gland  it  was  a  common  belief  that,  if  women  re¬ 
ceived  the  opportunities  for  suitable  and  re¬ 
munerative  labor,  thnt  they  would  lose  the  de¬ 
sire  for  marriage.  This  she  ventured  to  contra¬ 
dict,  and  hoped  that  such  belief  did  not  exist  In 
America. 

Accepting  the  Pacific  R.  R. 

Oliver  Ambs  testifies  that,  $25,000  wore  paid 
to  Government  Director  Cornelius  Wendell,  t  o 
pursuade  hint  to  accept  a  certain  section  of  the 
road  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company. 
Then  tho  Directors  of  that  Company  had  there 
doubts— very  strong  ones  they  must  have  been— 
that  they  hud  not.  filled  their  contract,  with  tho 
Government  In  the  construction  of  that  road ; 
hence  they  attempted  to  swindle  tho  Govern¬ 
ment  by  buying  up  the  inspecting  directors  ap¬ 
pointed  to  examine  and  report  whether  Gov¬ 
ernment  should  accept  the  work  or  not.  One 
of  these  Directors  Is  reported  purchased.  How 
many  others  have  been  ?  And  how  many  hom-  t 
people  have  been  swindled  out  of  their  money 
by  tho  representations  of  t  hose  who  have  had 
the  selling  of  Union  Pacific  Railroad  bonds?  Tf 
there  ever  were  any  revelations  which  should 
eternally  condemn  this  business  of  special  leg¬ 
islation  in  Congress  or  State  Legislatures,  tve 
think  the  past  two  years  have  afforded  enough 
of  both. 

Work  of  the  Joint  Commission. 

A  Washington  dispatch  dated  Jan.  25th  says: 
The  number  of  British  claims  disposed  of  by 
the  United  States  and  British  Commission  is 
18-1 ;  number  of  British  claims  filed,  478;  the 
number  of  American  claims  disposed  of,  I  ;  num¬ 
ber  <>f  British  claims  disallowed,  103;  number 
of  American  claims  disallowed,  1;  number  of 
Brlttlsh  claims  dismissed  without  prejudice 
to  (  lie  prosecution  of  tho  claims  elsewhere,  21 ; 
number  of  British  claims  withdrawn  by  claim¬ 
ants,  5;  number  of  award*  to  British  claimants, 
54;  total  number  of  awards  to  British  claimants 
to  this  date,  $274,1)97  In  gold.  Tho  gentlemen 
connected  with  the  Commission  say  its  business 
will  be  finished  by  tho  28th  of  September, 
being  within  the  time  fixed  by  the  Treaty  of 
Washington. 


Boston  and  Crime. 

Tine  Chief  of  Police  of  Boston,  in  his  annual 
report,  has  enunciated  a  new  principle  as  gov¬ 
erning  tho  action  of  the  police  force  of  that  city. 
It  is,  “To  diminish  crime,  it  must  be  prevented." 
In  other  words,  the  mere  punishment  of  crime 
does  not  prevent  it,  any  more  than  a  steam  fire 
engine  diminishes  the  number  of  fires  that  are 
started.  The  detective  system  in  Boston  has 
been  ahull  lied.  If  crime  is  prevented,  there 
are  no  criminals  to  be  hunted  and  delected.  If 
there  is  on  influx  of  thieves  and  bruisers  into 
Boston  they  are  watched  from  the  start.  They 
are  not  let  alone  until  they  have  broken  into 
some  one’s  house,  and  committed  robbery  or 
murder,  and  then  hunted  1  they  are  marked,  and 
prevent  ed  from  perpetrating  their  depredations. 
This  is  police  wisdom ;  and  it  is  good  theory  and 
practice,  even  if  It  does  come  from  Bost  on. 


The  Franking  Privilege. 

Tub  Congress  of  the  United  States  has  passed 
the  foil  owing  bill  abolishing  tho  Franking  Privi¬ 
lege. 

Be  it  enacted,  clc,,  That  the  Franking  Privi¬ 
lege  lie  and  t  he  same  hereby  is  abolished  from 
and  after  the  first  day  of  July,  18743,  and  that 
thencefort  h  all  official  correspondence,  of  what¬ 
ever  nature,  and  other  mailable  matter  sent  from 
or  addressed  to  any  officer  of  the  Government, 
or  to  any  person  now  aut  horized  to  frank  such 
mutter,  shall  be  chargeable  with  the  saute  rates 
of  postage  as  may  be  lawfully  Imposed  upon  like 
matter  sent  by  or  addressed  to  other  persons: 
Provided,  That  no  compensation  or  allowance 
shall  now  or  hereafter  be  made  to  Senators, 
Members  and  Delegates  of  tho  House  of  Repre¬ 
sentatives  on  account  of  postage. 

- - 

THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 


Arcole,  Dougins  Co,,  III.,  Jan.  17, — Had  a 
beautiful  Fall  and  the  first  part  of  Winter;  the 
last  three  weeks  exceedingly  cold,  but  dry'  and 
nice.  Times  hard  and  money  scarce;  produce 
Of  all  kinds  very  low;  corn,  20c.;  oats,  llie.; 
wheat,  80e.(ffc$l ;  cattle,  8T(4c. ;  hops,  3c. ;  horses 
low.  Health  of  country  good.  Hag  dad, 
Ashland  Co.,  Ohio,  Jan  2  t tit.  We  ha vo  hud  a 
very  hard  Winter  so  far,  with  considerable  snow 
and  good  sleighing.  Feed  for  stock  is  getting 
scarce.  Long  may  the  banner  of  prosperity 
wave  over  tho  Rural  New-Yorker.-  -j.  n. 

Lee’s  summit,  Mo.,  .Inn.  1 1. — Our  Winter  is 
cold  and  continuous.  Wheat  is  in  good  condi¬ 
tion  ;  pouches  much  damaged;  finances  close; 

I  epizootic  gone  to  Texas  and  Colorado j.  A.  b. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS. 


IVew  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

Inspection  of  buildings  continues _ The 

Twenty-second  Regiment  gave  a  great  ball  on 
t  he  20th  ult _ The  Artists’  Fund  Societ  y  is  hav¬ 

ing  its  annual  exhibition  . . .Clarence  Lockwood 
was  shot  on  the  20th  tilt,  by  one  Marshal  Mac- 
gruder.  It  was  a  most  deliberate  and  awful  at¬ 
tempt  at  murder  Mrs.  Mary  Van  Horn  has 
left  half  a  million  dollars  to  various  charitable 
institutions  .  The  trial  of  Tweed  continues, 
with  some  remarkable  testimony  from  Garvey. 

Foster,  the  car-  hook  murderer.  Is  to  be 
hung  In  March _ TwO eteamahlna  of  the  Atlan¬ 

tic  Mail  Company  have  been  seized  for  debt 
it  is  proposed  to  add  another  story  to  the  new 
I v.sD office.  .The  contest  with  the  City  Cham¬ 
berlain  continues. . .  .Work  lias  commenced  upon 
tho  anchorage  towers  of  the  Brooklyn  bridge. 

Homo  News. 

The  January  thaw  of  the  17th  caused  exten¬ 
sive  freshets  In  Now  England  and  the  Middle 
States.  Much  damage  was  done  .  The  Presi¬ 
dent  has  issued  h  is ’order  to  the  purport  that 
Federal  office-holders  cannot  hold  Stale  or  mu¬ 
nicipal  offices  .  Uerebro-Spinal  Meningitis  is 

fatal  to  horses  in  many  parts  of  the  country _ 

Some  60  soldiers  of  Fort  Adams,  at  Newport, 
have  been  on  a  drunken  spree,  tight  lug,  etc  ... 
8,  W.  Dorsey  has  been  elected  Senator  from 
Arkansas  Tho  Western  Union  Telegraph  Co. 
has  reduced  its  rates  25  per  cent  .  The  beer 
and  insurance  questions  are  beingronslderad  In 
Massachusetts  The  ico  in  the  Hudson  has 
broken  up,  flooding  Albany  Great  ice  gorges 
have  occurred  in  the  Susquehanna  and  Potomac 
rivers  A  battle  was  taught  on  the  17th  with 
the  Modoc  Indians  In  Oregon.  The  U.  S.  forces 
were  defeated,  with  a  loss  of  40  killed  .  The 
Credit  Mobilier  investigation  continues  to  fur¬ 
nish  the  country  with  revelations  mure,  or  less 
startling  ..  .Cameron  has  been  elected  Senator 
from  Pennsylvania  John  P.  Jones  Is  the  new 

Senator  from  Nevada _ Timothy  O.  Howe  has 

been  made  Senator  from  ’Wisconsin  .  Roscoe 
Oonkling  was  re-elected  Senator  from  New 
York  on  the  23d  .R.  J.  Oglesby  luu»  been 

made  Senator  front  Illinois  Gen.  John  11. 
Gordon  ha.  boon  elected  Senator  from  Georgia 

_ The  National  Prison  Reform  Congress  lias 

been  in  session  in  Baltimore  ..Alex.  H.  Ste¬ 
phens  has  been  renominated  for  Congress.  He 
accepts.  .The  horse  disease  in  spreading  in 
Utah  Prof.  Tyndall  has  given  his  last  lecture 
in  America  A  great  snow  storm  commenced 
in  the  West  on  the  23d,  and  spread  all  over  the. 
Nort  h .  The  Credit  Mobilier  Investigation,  the 
Louisiana  investigation,  tho  Alabama  claims 
award,  and  the  Pacific  Railroad  Debt,  are  the 
prominent  questions  before  the  people,  no  con¬ 
clusion  having  been  readied  on  cither. 

Fire*. 

Springfield  horse-car  shops  at  Newark,  N. 
J,,  on  tho  17th.  Loss,  $10.0(1(1. .  Depot  at.  Inde¬ 
pendence,  Kansas,  on  the  171  h.  Loss,  $25,000  . . . 
Hotel  at  Cherokee,  Iowa,  on  the  171  h.  Loss 
018.000  ...  Planing  lilt) Is  in  Toledo,  O,,  on  the 
17th.  Loss,  $75,000  On  tho  20th  a  grocery  in 
Montreal.  Loss,  $35,000  .  The  business  part  of 
Oskaloosa,  Iowa,  on  the  10th.  Loss.  $45,000 
Banding  works  at  Cayuga  Lake,  N.  Y  .  on  the 
3  id.  Loss,  $20,000  .  Brewery  on  East  Fifty-ninth 

s' reel.  \.  Y„  (Hi  the  2sl.  Lo--.  Store 

on  Canal  st  reet,  N.  Y.,on  I  ho  22d.  Loss,  $10,000. 

Conic  »•«»**. 

Letter  postage  is  to  be  reduced  to  two 

cents _ The  Senate  is  investigating  the  oleetion 

of  Senator  Caldwell  of  Kansas.  The  House 
lias  voted  to  repeal  tho  National  bankruptcy 

act _ A  bill  In  the  Senate  authorizes  a  new 

steamship  line  to  Australia.  Tile  Secrotary  of 
tho  Navy  wishes  to  have  t  hree  of  the  aIoodh  of 
war  Iron-dad  . .  .The  Boston  relief  bill  has  been 
reported  upon  adversely  in  tho  Senate  Gen. 
Butler  has  reported  a  Genova  award  bill 
SholLabargcr’s  mil  to  encourage  commerce  meets 
with  much  opposition  .The  Banking  Commit¬ 
tee  has  agreed  to  repeal  the  usury  laws _ The 

Ways  and  Means  Committee  have  no  suggestions 
to  omki'to  Mr.  Boot  well  relative  to  the  nego¬ 
tiating  the  balance  of  tho  new  loan  .The  Sen¬ 
ate  has  agreed  to  abolish  the  franking  privilege. 

.The  .Senate  Jins  passed  I  In*  I/ill  to  abolish  t lie* 
offices  of  Admiral  and  Vice-Admiral  ...Tho 
House  lias  agreed  to  give  $200,000  for  the  Vienne 
Exposit  ion  .  ’Piie  House  has  passed  the  diplo¬ 
matic  appropriation  bill  The  proposition  to 
refund  t  lie  cotton  tax  la  likely  to  fail  It  will 
cost  $750,000  to  add  another  story  to  the  New 
Y ork  Post-Office. 

Dili  tiinrle*, 

EDWARD  Hm.wr.u  Lytton,  the  great  En¬ 
glish  author,  diod  on  the  18th  of  January,  in 
London,  aged  67  .  .The  Rev.  Baptist  W.  Noel,  a 
celebrated  theologian,  died  in  London  on  the 

19th.  He  was  born  in  1799 _ William  Hunger- 

ford,  the  oldest  lawyer  in  Connecticut,  on  the 
18th,  aged  86  Mrs.  Murv  A  .  Walker,  widow  of 
the  late  Hon.  Robert  J.  Walker,  In  Washlngt.nn. 
on  tin*  19th.  She  was  a  grand-daughter  of  Ben¬ 
jamin  Franklin  Mrs.  Harrison  Gray  Otis, aged 
70,  died  in  Boston  on  the  23ml.  She  was  famous 
for  her  devot  ton  t  o  Union  soldiers  lion.  Win. 
Cassidy,  editor  of  tho  Albany  Argus,  on  the  23U 
ult. 

- V*-* - 

FOREIGN  NEWS. 


MiMcellaiicoun  Foreign  Nciv*. 

A.  J.  Otway,  ox-Under  Secretary  of  State, 
says  England  was  morally  responsible  for  the 
Alabama  damages — Prince  Napoleon  will  ad¬ 
here  to  the  Republic  Trains  on  the  Northern 
Spanish  railway  have  been  suspended  on  account 
of  the  Cat  lists  8p  du  proposes  to  abolish  con¬ 
scription  in  the  naval  service  Last,  y.-ar  80, 'DO 
emigrants  loft  Bremen  for  the  United  States, 
while  59JXKI  left  Hamburg. ...  Russia  bus  boon 
unsuccessful  in  coining  to  an  agreement  with 
England  relative  to  tbo  Central  Asia  question. 

It.  is  proposed  to  suppress  In  Paris  a  play 

which  is  a  satire  upon  American  manners _ 

Marshall  Serrano  of  Spain  proposes  lo  retire  to 
private  life  .  The  Queen  has  sent  flowers  for 
Napoleon's  tomb  Gambetta  has  bronchitis. 

.  Italy  will  put  a  stop  to  frauds  upon  emi¬ 
grants —  .Prince  Arthur  is  in  Borne . The 

•strike  of  the  iron  miners  in  Wales  will  noon  end. 
—  A  sharp  competition  is  expected  at  Vienna 
between  British  in  d  American  mowers, reapers, 
etc.  .  .The  Prince  of  Egypt,  and  the  daughter  of 
II!  hi  ill  Pacha  are  to  be  married  Tho  French 
Assembly  hosapprovod  a  circular  on  ed ueationa) 
reform. ..  Three  more  Unmmunists  have  been 
shot  at  Batory  Tho  Prince  Imperial  is  to  be 

known  os  Count  Xrienefonds . Tlin  German 

Court  lias  gone  into  mourning  for  Napoleon 
Masses  for  i  bo  repose  of  Napoleon  nave  been 

been  said  in  the  Paris  churches _ Dr.  Posey  is 

ill  at  Genoa  ... German  colonists  of  Russia  are 
corning  to  America.  ..The  Grand  Duchess 
Helena  of  Russia  is  dead. ...  Persia  has  made  no 
secret  treat  y  with  Russia  On  tho  22d  I  he  c.mi-  | 
grant  ship  Northfleet,  bound  for  Australia  from 


London,  was  run  into  at,  midnight  bv  an  un¬ 
known  steamer,  In  the  English  Channel,  two 
miles  off  Dungene.xs,  and  sunk  ;  there  were  412 
passengers  on  board,  besides  the  crew;  only  97 
are  known  to  have,  escaped  Gen.  Von  Man- 
teuffel  has  defended  the  bravery  of  Marshal 
Bazaine  —  Tho  French  Assembly  has  passed  a 
bill  prescribing  severe  penalties  Tor  drunken¬ 
ness  Mr.  Onslow,  M.  J\,  has  been  arrested _ 

Lord  Lytton  was  buried  in  Westminster  Ab¬ 
bey  The  Dowager  Empress  of  Brazil  D  dead. 

Prin co  Arthur  has  visited  thcPopo _ Bir¬ 

mingham  has  held  a  great  anti-slavery  meeting. 

There  lias  been  a  groat  anti-slavery  meeting 
in  the  Royal  Theater  of  Madrid.  .  The  Span¬ 
ish  Court  goes  into  mourning  for  Napoleon. 


(Industrial  Societies. 

v y  L  ^  til 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 


New  York  State  Ag.  Soc, — 1 Tho  annual  meet¬ 
ing  of  this  Society  was  held  at.  Albany,  Jan.  22. 
The  Treasurer’s  report  showed  receipts  the  past 
year  to  have  been  $52,163 ;  expenditure:*,  $6), 170  ; 
cash  and  recurltles  on  hand,  less  $6, fill  due  on 
loans,  $17,4317.69.  A  Nominating  Commit  toe  re¬ 
ported  the  following  officer*. who  were  elected : 

I  •reel.  IJknj  v  At  in  F.  AnGkl.  Livingston  Co. 

I'lCA-PrrsVx.  -First,  John  D.Wlng,  Now  York; 
Second,  Edwin  Thome.  Dutchess;  Third,  Dan¬ 
iel  Doncaster.  Albany;  Fourth,  F.  D.  Curtis,  Sar¬ 
atoga;  Fifth,  James  Geddos,  Onondaga:  Sixth, 
Alexander  S.  Dlven,  Chemung:  Seventh,  R.  J. 
Storm,  Seneca ;  Eight h,  W rn.  II.  Purdy,  Orleans. 

O ir.  Sec.  Tli oh.  H.  Harrison.  St.  Lawrence. 

Rcc  Sec..-  Wm.  M.  Bogart,  C  ayuga. 

Trcas. — Lut her  If.  Tucker,  Albany. 

Hncullve  Onn.  First  District,  Isaac  8.  Cox, 
Queen*  ;  2d,  Honda  Lewis,  Herkimer;  3d,  John 
Manley,  Cattaraugus;  4th,  Charles  D.  M i Her, 
Ontario;  .5th  ;  Joseph  Jullnnd.  Chenango ;  6th, 
Win.  M.  Holmes,  Washington;  7th,  A  din  Thay¬ 
er,  Jr.,  Rensselaer;  8th,  Wheeler  II.  Bristol, 
Tioga. 

The  exhibition  was  not  large,  t  he  attendance 
small;  one  oi  two  papers  were  read.  Nothing 
extraordinary  that  wo  van  learn  was  done  or 
suggested. 


Western  New  York  llort.  Hoe.— At  the  re¬ 
cent  meeting  of  this  Society  nt  Geneva.  N.  Y., 
t lie  following  officers  were  elected  :  Prcs’t.—P. 


Barmy,  Rochester.  Vice -Pres’ts— J.  B.  Jones, 
Maced  cm ;  E.  A.  Bronson,  Geneva ;  G.  H.  Moody, 
Look port,  .Sec.  and  Trait.  W.  P.  BLssel,  Roch- 


Thoinas,  Charles  Downing.  Newburgh;  \V.  C. 
Harry*  Rooheatcr ;  George  8.  Conover  Geneva. 
Nomenclature-  Charles  Downing,  J,  J.  Thomas, 
T.  Barry.  I).  W.  Beadle, St,  Catharines,  Ontario; 
8.  1).  Willard,  Genova.  Entomology—  1L  T. 
Brook s,  Wyoming:  Dr.  E.  W.  Sylvester,  Lyons; 
E.  W.  Horcndeen,  Geneva ;  William  Saunders, 
Ontario.  Ornamental  Tret?,  mid  Plant* — George 
Ellwangcr,  E.  Frost,  Rochester;  T.  C.  Maxwell, 
Geneva;  G ,  Zimmerman.  Buffalo.  Uni-dcn 
Vegetables—  K.  S,  Hayward,  Rochester:  John 
Crone,  Lock  port  •  J.  w.  Gray,  Albion.  Coin,  on 
Quantity  at  Fruit  Shipped  from  Western  New 


f  dr/f— C.  L.  Hoag,  Lockport ;  E,  W.  Sylvester, 

W.  II. Coleman,  Geneva;  <’.  s.  Cole,  Spencer-  “ 
port  ;  E.  H.  Chapin,  East  Bloomfield.  tintnmol- 


4i(P.i  G.T.  Fish.  Rochester;  H.  T.  Brooks.  E.  W. 
Heroudoen.  Ilotany  W.  C.  Barry,  J.  J.  Thom¬ 
as .  D.  W.  Ucaillo,  G.  T.  Fish. 


Massachusetts  matt*  Poultry  See.  -At  the  re¬ 
cent  excellent  exhibition  of  this  Society  at  Bos¬ 
ton  the  following  officers  wore  elected  for  1873: 
Pres't.  Pn it. ANOEn W n. liams. Taunton.  Vice- 
Pres  ts. — W.  J.  Underwood,  Belmont;  Klbridge 
c.  Corney,  Quincy;  Henry  F.  Felch,  Natick; 
Edmund  Rodman,  New  Bedford;  George  JJ. 
Durfee,  Fall  River;  C.  Carroll  Lortng,  Boston ; 
John  H.  Moore.  Concord;  John  P.  Buzzoll, Clin¬ 
ton;  Charles  L.  Copeland,  Milton;  W.  Henry 
Brackett,  Boston.  Cor.  Sec.  Charles  E.  Tuttle, 
Boston,  Post-Office  Box  No. 2,725.  Her.  sec.  -W. 
B.  Atkinson,  Newbury  port.  Auditor  .J.  New¬ 
ton  Cady,  Bustim.  Treys.  Nathaniel  Fostor, 
Jr.,  Belmont.  Executive  Com.— Edwin  N.  Klee, 
<  Union  ;  Jacob  Graves,  Reading;  Mark  Pitman, 
North  Beverly ;  Col.  George  A.  Meaeham,  North 
Cambridge;  George  F,  (  hatupmau,  Taunton; 
Nathaniel  J.  Bachelier,  Lynn;  Gen.  Char.  A. 
Johnson,  Newburypmt :  T.‘L.  St  urtevam.  South 
Framingham :  Fred.  8.  Potter,  North  Dart¬ 
mouth  ;  Henry’  S.  Bail,  Shrewsbury. 

Worcester  Co.,  Mas*.,  West  Agricultural  So¬ 
ciety. — Officers  elect  for  1873:  Pres. — G f.o ftQ e  M. 
BrmtlCK  of  Barro  :  Vta>Pres't*  —  Moses  O. 
Ayres,  of  Oakham  and  Henry  S.  Minor  of  phil- 
lipstou;  Sec.  Charles  Brimnlecom  of  Barro; 
‘ Jreas James  W.  Jenkins  of  Bane;  Trustees— 
James  F.  Davis,  P.  il.  Babbitt,  Ethunan  Bates, 
Cyrus  Atwood.  Clark  Jameson,  Nelson  Laring 
and  Samuel  8.  Hamilton  .if  Bane,  It.  8.  Buggies 
and  (’.  W.  Mann  of  Hardwick,  Charles  Wilcox 
and  J.  I’.  Filey  of  New  Braintree,  A.  C.  Bullard 
of  Oakham,  Jam  oh  A.  Gorham  of  Dana,  M. 
Blanchard  and  Silas  Wheeler  of  Petersham, 
John  Miller  Of  Pliillipvcntt.  Charlcw  O.  Nowton 
of  Templet-on,  D.  R.  Woudm  of  North  Brook¬ 
field,  N.  15.  lteed  Of  Princeton,  Lyman  Green¬ 
wood  and  Danfort  h  Clark  of  IJubbardston. 

Worcester  Co.,  >lns».,  Vgrlculturul  Society. 

—Officers  elect  for  1873:  Pres.  Wm.  B.  Spoon kk 
of  Petersham  ;  Viee-Pres'ls  A.  G.  Stratton,  J. 
M,  Lee  and  D.  Aldrich  of  Athol,  C.  Sanderson, 
Philip  Stone,  B.  W.  Fay  of  New  Salem,  S\  Ivester 
Davis  of  Orange,  and  .8.  Fairbanks  of  Templeton ; 
See.— E.  T.  Lewis  of  Athol ;  Teens.  T.  Jl  Good- 
tjpceil  of  Athol;  Trustees — if.  W.  Spooner  of  Pe¬ 
tersham,  John  .Miller  of  Philllpstou,  H.  G.  Miner 
and  J.  P.  Estabrook  of  Royaiaton,  W.  H.  Frost 
and  A.  Dangs  of  Athol;  Auditor,  F.  F.  Fay. 

Kuox  Co.,  >b*.,  V;.  sue.— Officer*  elect  for 
1873:  Pras’i.— Timothy  Williams,  Ro.ikfand. 
V(C8-Pr«t’t«.— Oscar  DavD,  llo.  kland;  Geo.  8. 
Hall,  Thomaaton ;  A.  H.  Howard,  Camden  ;  L. 
8.  Fog] or,  Hope.  .S-av  F.  W.  Smith,  Rockland. 
TraUk— Sumner  Leach,  Warren.  Trustee*  Clms. 
Fogler,  Union;  It.  Harvey  Couuoe,  Thomar.ton ; 
E.  S.  Cnidon.  Camden ;  David  Ames,  Leander 
Weeks,  Rockland. 

North  Kennebec.  M<-.,  \g.  Sot*.— Officers  elect 
for  1873;  Prcs't  In  a  E.  Gktcjikll,  North  Vas- 
salhoro.  Vicc-Prcs'U.  -Joseph  Percivul,  N.  B. 
Boutclle,  Watervlllo.  Trustees— A.  J.  Libby, 
West  Wat orville ;  John  P.  Elli*,  Fairfield  ;  J  A. 
Vitmey, North  Vugbulboro ;  (1.  A.  Parker  Wa- 
terviile.  See.  Joseph  Poreival.  Treas.—lru  JI. 
Low.  Librarian  D.B.  Wing.  Agent— William 
Dyer. 

Androscoggin.  Me.,  Ag.  8oc.  Officers  for 
1873:  Prcs't.  Nelson  Ham.  Vice- Pres’ ts.— I). 
B.  Strout,  J.  B.  Puhsifor.  See.  Z.  A.  Gilbert. 
Trcas—  D.  Farrar.  Aucnt— Jas.  Clark.  Librari- 
an— E.  P,  Tobie,  Trustees— D.  Farrar,  E.  C.  Mil- 


4 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER 


lett,  Isaiah  Woodman,  C.  H.  Cobb,  J.  H.  Jordan, 
Tristram  Ilill.  It  was  voted  to  hold  the  next 
Show  and  Fair  at  Lewiston. 

Ingham  Co.,  Alich.,  V g.  Hoc. — At  the  annual 
meetincr  of  this  Society,  held  at  Mason,  Jan.  1U, 
the  follow  in  a  ofli  cere  for  the  ensiling  year  were 
elected:  ib'o't. — Ur.  W.  W,  Root.  Sec. — Geo. 
W.  Bristol,  Mason.  Prats.  — T.  Densntorc;  to¬ 
gether  with  three  Vtco- Presidents  and  six  Di¬ 
rectors.— u.  W.  b. 

Iliirn«tnhle  Co.,  Yin**,,  Agricultural  Hooiety. 

—Officers  elect  for  1873;  Urra.— Lev  i  L.  Good- 
speed  ;  l  i<< -Prcs'ts—E.  N.  Winslow,  Amos  Otis ; 
Sec. — Charles  P.  Swift ;  Tmt*.—  Walter  Chlpni.-m ; 
Member  <•/  the  Stale  Board  of  Ayriculture,  for 
three  years,  from  expiration  of  present  term — 
S.  B.  Phinney. 

SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 


Fifteen  to  Twenty  Dollars  Saved. — Any  one 
wishing  a  first-class  sewing  machine  can  save 
from  fifteen  to  twenty  dollars  by  the  simple 
strategy  of  choosing  a  Wilson  Improved  Under¬ 
feed  Machine,  one  of  the  most,  perfect  and  capa¬ 
ble  machines  ever  invented.  It  has  every  valu¬ 
able  improvement  that  can  he  named,  and,  as 
all  Its  friends  know,  works  with  equal  facility 
in  all  classes  of  work  and  on  all  kinds  of  goods. 
It  is  sold  for  the  people's  own  price,  and  it  s  pro¬ 
prietors  do  not  belong  to  any  combination  or¬ 
ganized  for  the  purpose  of  keeping  sewing  ma¬ 
chines  up  to  fancy  prices.  Salesroom  at.  707 
Broadway,  Now  York,  and  in  all  other  cities  in 
the  United  States.  The  Company  want  agents 
in  country  towns. 


Vegetable  and  Flower  Seed*.  — Mr.  J.  J.  II. 
Gueoort  of  Marblehead,  Mass.,  Is  well  known 
us  one  of  t  he  few  loading  seed  growers  in  this 
country.  lie  was  the  original  Introducer  of  t  he 
Hubbard  Squash,  the  Marblehead  Cabbages,  and 
many  other  of  our  new-  and  valuable  vegetables. 
All  seeds  from  his  establishment  are  sold  under 
throe spodal  warrants.  Hl»  Illustrated  Catalogue 
for  1873  will  l»e  sent  free  to  all  applicants. 


»♦« 


Watch  i Vo.  22ifi,  Stem  Winder  --  bearing 
Trade  Mark  “Fayette  Stratton,  Marion,  N.  J.,” 
—manufactured  by  United  States  Wateti  Co. 
(Giles,  Wales  &  Co.),  has  been  curried  by  me 
eight  months ;  its  total  variation  from  mean 
t  ime  being  only  ten  seconds  per  month. — Oscar 
M.  Sanford,  Utica,  N.  Y. 


Sudden  Changes  in  the  Weather  are  produc¬ 
tive  of  Throat  Diseases,  Coughs  and  Colds. 
There  Is  no  more  effectual  relief  to  be  found 
than  In  the  use  of  “  Brown V  Bronchial  Troches.” 


Advice. — Send  for  free  Price  Idst. 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


Jones 


DIED. 


believed.  The  exports  for  the  week  are  6,703  pack¬ 
ages.  We  quote  State  factor)',  prime  and  fancy,  15® 
luMc. i  do. good.,  14)v<sl&C. ;  do.  talr.  lie.  State  dairy, 
prune.  13','.  lie.;  do,  fair,  Dvl-V.  old.,  factory 
prime.  ll./.ltWc,  j  do.  good,  1.7® UJ4ft  Kngllsh  dairy, 
prime,  Ue.}  do.  good,  13$l3>ju. 

Dried  Fruit*.— There  1*  no  improvement  in  trade, 
ami  there  Is  a  very  unsatisfactory  feeling.  Prieto* 
throughout  arc  ruling  lower  than  at  the  same  time 
for  a  number  I.r  years  back,  and  the  trade  are  Mir 
prised  that  a  more  active  distribution  of  supplies 
does  not  follow.  There  Is  no  shipping  business,  and 
the  Jobbing  trade  buy  only  ns  they  have  occasion  to 
use.  The  low  prices  ruling  throw  trade  morn  in  tlm 
better  grides.  For  good  Southern  Sliced  apples  flw 
t.j.7o.  bus  been  paid.  Rest  lots  of  Wnxtern  apples  will 
not  bring  over  8to5Ue, ;  State  do..  tito.CMe.  Peaches 
are  selling  In  a  small  wav  at  Inside  prices. 

Southern  apples,  t's  I  SO.  J  do.,  spend,  ;to8e. ;  West- 
ern,  oRfosiX-i  atotu.  Cetu.qo..  Peeled  peaches  ut  14tol5c. 
for  Otti.  I  mIjc.  tor  \  it.,  and  for  North  Caro- 

Una.  In  peeled  peuchesnt  4  Ho.  for  quarters, und  5>4c. 
for  halves.  Cherries, '-\V22Ge.  Plums,  IK,  l.  c.  Black¬ 
berries,  8).c.  Raspberries,  Xf®3lc. 

Eggs.  The  market  hits  heen  greatly  excited.  St  ocks 
are  pretty  well  used  upot  fresh, RUd  shipments  for¬ 
ward  to  this  market.  lire  detained  by  thn  snow  storm. 
Sales  have  been  made  ns  liieli  as  17c.  i  In  fact,  almost 
aii v  price  is  paid  when  au  order  i«  urgent.  The  price 
will  range  from  42c.  to  17c.  (Anted  naturally  meet 
wilt!  au  Increased  trade  In  view  of  the  scarcity  of 
fresh,  and  with  supplies  reduced  prices  have' ad¬ 
vanced.  It  is  thought,  that,  current  prices  will  be 
sustained  for  several  days.  We  quote.  State  limed 
at  itatoSnc.,  and  Western  at.  HI®, 73m 

Flow r.— There  hns  been  considerable  excitement  In 
the  market  and  rapid  rise  In  values.  Shippers  have 
heen  in  thn  market,  for  large-  lines  for  tan  West  India 
and  Kngli.sh  market*,  and,  with  an  active  home  trade, 
thn  stocks  have  become  greatly  reduced.  The  arrivals 
are  unusuallyliglit,,  and  at  t  in  close  the  grades  most, 
desired,  more  particularly  shipping  and  trade  extras 
ns  au  perdue  brands,  .no  offered  with  reserve. 

Superfine  state. . . fo  35®  r  a, 

Common  extra  do .  7  3;k,-j  7  gfi 

timid  to  Ctlolee  vlo . ]  ...  7  ^  *  pj 

Fancy  do . a  Hk„,  *  60 

Super!)  im  Michigan,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Iowa.  .  6  20®  7  011 

Kilra  do......  . .  aty®  7  9,1 

Choice  extra  do . 8  IKbv  8  M) 

I  ntde  brand*  do.  .. .  8  lit,,  til  gf, 

Good  to  Choice  white  wheat  extras .  8  Mini  III  75 

f  air  to  very  choice  extra  Minnesota . 8  u>.,  18  f>0 

Commun  to  lair  extra  St.  Louis .  8  00  , <  ll  Ml 

Good  to  choice  do .  !)  60tolJ  SO 

Southern,  common  to  choice  .  1;  ,7n„„  .1  flu 

Family  . . ;i  ou„  1.1  •>:, 

llyo,  common  to  fine . . .  1  ?5to  i!  40 

Buckwheat  Hour.  ...  . 3  lik.p  3  45 

Corn  inoal,  Brandywine . 3  flflto  1  00 

Froall  Fruit*.  Export*  of  itpulos  past  week,  2,100 
“his.  there  it  scarcely  any  demand  and  prices  for 
ore  dee  tipple*  uro  about  KwiltSo.  off.  Poor  stock  en¬ 
tirely  nominal,  Cranberries  are  quiet  hut  linn, 

Wo  quote— Apples,  common,  8L60.«2.0i)i  do.  fair  to 
good,  fivs2.5fl|  do.  line,  MltSot ,,.00.  Pears,  cooking, 
bbl.,  < ’ran berries,  prime,  crate,  *:i.2V«.;i.7rq  cum. 

Ui  fair,  #2.Sflr»3:  btds,,  *9tol0.5tD  choice  bill*.,  *lltol2. 
Now  Va.peanui  .ifl.t'i,.  1.7;..  Hickory  nuts,  *1  75,j2. 

< I i'ii in,  -  Wheat  bus  been  advancing,  under  thn 
stimulus  ol  an  Increased  export  trade.  Wo  quote  nt 
SJ.tiltol.72  tor  No.  2  Hprlng;  i  1.77  Ron  J. Kit  for  No.  t  do.; 
*I.HIK&2  for  Winter  red  Western:  *l.9M'J,'2.lVi  for 
umber.  Rye  Is  quiet  at  HHwiflfle.  for  Western.  Barley 
Is  quiet]  small  lots  uf  Panada  West  have  been  sold  at 
M.«.  t  orn  Is  higher,  under  an  Increased  export  bu- 
1)11101**-  We  quote  at  1  tniiljM Re.  for  old  mixed  Western, 
hi  shire;  tW®67o. for  strictly  choice  do.,  afloat;  lit,1.*,, 
lomew  yellow  Western.  Oat*  are  in  good  trade 
iloniauil  ut  f,2®53Rc.  for  new  mixed  Western  alloat, 
50®52o.  for  new  black  do.,  ;Vt®57c.  for  new  white  do., 
and  52 Re.  for  old. 

Hay  and  St  nj  n-.— There  Is  n  good  trade  In  straw, 
With  but  very  little,  demand  for  bay. 

.W"  , quote  now  shipping  hay  #1.15,1. 'ill;  retail  do. 
Jl.lfli'iil.i  j;  suit  do,  70 tUOo. ;  olover,  HOigfllJc.  Straw  at 
H.:i0wl.l5  for  long  rye,  fiwl.20  for  short  rye;  HOw’JOr. 
for  nut. 


for  a  Jarpor  line  of  goods,  and  prohablv  a  fair  lot. 
eintiraclng  tho  Uctobor  make,  would  hoII  f**r  that 
figure, 

A  iiuinhor of  paeku go.?  or  butter  wore  on  delivery, 
ami  sales  wore  made  from  to  ;iOc\  A  good  iirtlefe 
iu‘lls  quickly  ut  the  last  figure- 

We  liu  road  vices  from  atmmd  for  tho  fin*twnolcln 
.ijinuary,  Our  London  correspondent  sav:»  A ru erl can 
cheese  is  stdndy.  as  I  <  also  English.  The  best  Amer¬ 
ican  sells  III  '!.*<.< ,  ,'S. ;  tine,  tMic.G,*.;  good.  fifleiMln*.  The 
tr  "V,  *,  ’’hoese  are  qiluf, ,,J  11*  follows; 


ci,..,,..,  in  mater,  line  is  scarce,  with 

au  Improved  demand  fur  nil  suits.  Clontnells.  l;ls«, : 
Forks,  Normandy  extra,  lUis.;  Ciinadtiiti,  mice 

tlm  corresponding  prlc.-s  lc.-.t  vetn-  w 
•toufl  8  butter,  1,1(1*.;  Corks  do.,  i:fes. ;  a 


Ills. 

<1 

clieese,  669. 

'File  early  part  of  tho  week  In  Herkimer,  N.  Y 
cold  and  stormy. 


6 

ere,  for 
American 


,  WU8 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 


New  Took,  Jan.  25. 1873. 

I'm)  principal  features  of  the  trade  during  the 
liimt  Week  have  been  poor  quality  of  «toek  and 
Irregular  arrivals,  owing  to  snows  ut  the  West.  With¬ 
out  any  blockade,  tho  facilities  of  the  roil  roads  are 
mote  Inadequate  to  bring  forward  nil  the  stock  offer- 
noil  dealers  frouiiently  restrict  thoif  Western 
purchase*  to  ju-t  what  they  know  cum  begot,  forward. 
Not.  u n frequently  do  tile  trains  arrive  i.lui  e  or  four 
days  behind  time,  thi  s  Incurring  heavv  expenses  In 
til,,  way  of  feed,  11  ml  -till  t.he  cattle  are  nil  tile  time 
losing  in  weight.  With  the  heat  of  cure  and  nil  (lie 
1111  anlrmil  will  cut,  11  of  large  size  and  fat  when 
started  I  roto  Ohio,  lie  Is  expected  lo  lose  fiDw  ,5  Ihs. 
from  Id*  home  \veiLdit.  Hog*  mid  sheep  also  shrink, 
tin, I  It  Is  a  part  ol  the  aeller'a  plan  here  to  give  them  11 
little  rest  with  all  the  food  they  will  eat  and  plenty  of 
water  Lo  drink  before  selling. 

RECEIPTS  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 

>1c 

CW»,  CitlviM,  l,u»nl>* 

752  25,771 

73  0112  22,511 
98  2,214  22,883 

lleeve*.  -  A  Her  the  Close  one  week  ago  cuttle 
earae  forward  lu  large  nun* bunt  for  Monday's  market, 
B,.  1 1  being  on  sale  Trade  was  heavy  unu  prices 
weak,  with  some  lots  left  over.  The  subsequent,  ar¬ 
rivals  were  light  and  very  Irregular  in  their  appeur- 
aueo  the  quality  averaging  poor,  gains  weru  slow 
imt.il  whi  n  t  ho  Ileuuinri  wfw  lotiii'r  hrttur 

and  prices  improved  11  little.  81111  there  Is  Loo  much 
ol  nyoryflitug  else  nn  sale  for  the  markets  to  lie  very 

good,  unless  tho  run  I-  liK),fc.  in  addition  . . . 

a  good  deal  ol  VVeatern-dresscd  I . f.  with  poultry 

and  ganni  birds  abundant  and  very  tow,  wo  ate  now 

getting  eons  durable  bum . neat  from  Kansu*  and 

1  OH I ratio-  I  III*  Ls  t.hn  nearest  iipproaell  to  beef  of 


Investment  Bonos. 


The  Northern  Fneille  Railroad  Company 
now  hn*  in  lull  opcrnrioi),  with  regular  dully 
train*,  321  miles  of  road.  A  dintnucc  ot 
nearly  200  nillea  more  l«  constructed.  Tho 
Minnesota  Section,  Ittimediutely  on  its  eoiu- 
pletion,  entered  upon  a  sutistnetory  business, 
ini  liiiling  local  1  i':i Hie  and  the  large  eurryiug- 
tmde  of  the  Northwestern  British  Settle* 
ments  and  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company-  Tho 
recently  completed  section  of  sixty-five  miles,  on 
the  Pacific  Coast,  at  once  commands  a  profitable  busi¬ 
ness  between  Puget  Sound  and  the  Columbia  River, 
heretofore  done  by  const  wise  rteauicrs.  On  the  open¬ 
ing  of  Spring,  with  more  than  .'SOD  miles  of  Road  In 
regular  operation,  tho  Company  will  control  the  ex¬ 
tensive  and  productive  trade  of  the  Upper  Missouri, 
milch  of  Montana  anil  the  Northwest.  The  earnings 
of  the  Road  for  IS73  will  bo  largo. 


TtonVira , 

Totals  this  week . i;,4;iti 

"  last  week . 7 .II2H 

Average  last  yeitr....8,J78 


Rot'*. 

35,81)0 

31,728 

311,075 


IN  New  York  City,  Jan.  20,  1373,  Mrs.  Anna  C. 
Flint,  mother  of  Mrs.  I>.  D,  T.  Muohk,  formerly  of 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 


THE  MARKETS. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 


New  York,  Monday,  Jan.  27,  1873. 
Receipts.— The  receipts  uf  tho  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  tlie  past  week  arc  as  follow*  : 


Flour,  bbl*.... 
Wheat,  bush....,,, 

Corn,  IiuhIi . 

Oats,  hush . 

Grass  seed,  bush.. 

Bye,  bush . 

Jlarley,  hush,...,.. 
Mult,  hush . 


41.100  Fork,  tibia .  3,910 


00,300  Beet,  pkgs. ...... ...  1,870 

7.7,100  Cut  moats,  pkgs. ..  17,500 

88,41)0  lavrri,  pkgs . .  10,000 

5,400  Ratter,  pkgs.. .  11,480 

Cheese,  pkgs .  y,54o 

14,000  I  tried  Fruits,  pkgB.  770 

. . .  10,100  Eggs,  bbl* .  1,780 

Beans,  bbls .  SOU  Wool,  bale* .  1,298 

Corn  uioal,  bbls —  1,189  Hops,  bales.  _ _ _  619 

Cora  meal,  bugs...  3,770  Fean  ate,  bugs .  2,095 

Cotton,  bales .  24.380 

Rearm  11  ml  Fra*.  -Stock*  Of  medium  beans  re¬ 
ceive  very  light  addition*,  aud  with  an  improved  in¬ 
quiry  front  the  jobbing  trade  there  is  a  steady  line  ol 
Prices  supported.  Thera  is  some  call  from  uut-of- 
tawn  parties.  Marrowfat*  are  rather  more  difficult 
to  sell.  Shippers  are  pretty  well  supplied  from  recent 
purchases.  There  I*  a  moderate  vale  to  the  home 
'ratio,  titock- are  not  exeevHlve,  unit  late  prices  are 
Sustained.  Canada  barreled  pea*  are  lu  larger  supply 
tiiuii  desired.  Green  pans  have  a  light  sale.  We 
quote  prime  mediums  at  #2.70'a,l.75:  prime  marrow- 
mt*,  f2.70  <  2.75 :  prime  kidneys, i-8 ;  Canada  peas,  free, 
bbls.,  (U.30®  1,55  ;  green  putts,  bush.,  91.9Q®2. 

Beeswax.— Thu  arrivals  arc  very  llglit,  cunipara- 
ovely,  but  trade  is  unusually  slow,  ami  late  prlcoH 
are  difficult  to  sustain.  Sales  of  Western  at  83 Go., 
and  Southern  at  34c. 

Briiuiii  Corn.  Small  lots  of  now  are  soiling.  We 
quote  ,^r.  lop  prime  hurl ;  fl:-s7e.  for  now  green ;  Oco 
t  ye.  for  old  do.,  5  •yOu.  for  old  mixed,  uml  2fui8e.  for 
old  re  1.  Brooms  bring  $l.75®4.i!0  per  dozen  foreom- 
uion  to  best  house. 

R n  tier. -There  arc  positive  indications  that  there 
is  to  he  an  unusually  scanty  supply  ol’  tine,  arid  for 
< nut  mutter  good  table  grades  of  butler,  sellers  do 
led  trike  r.hc  full  ad  van  tag*,  of  t.lo-  condition  of  trade, 
"It  for  the  present  allow  tile  regular  competition 
anuiri;  buyer*  to  stenrhly  place  quotations  In  owners’ 

;  '  '  °.r.„  Buyer*  *eetn  to  realize  that  reports  of  “  light 
Moek  rny-ui  more  than  a  price  lever,  and  are  work- 
I  i!1"  V,;P'  f ‘•♦-•■el  y  In  straight  dairies.  Very  few  parcels 
■  ai  e  selling  at  Inside  rate  e  Some  of  the  best  trade  ti.ro 
now  forced  to  draw  supplies  from  eucn  other.  The 
.  'bad, an  stock  1*  hu  ge,  but  there  is  thought  to  he  no 

I-iiiUgCi1  i,f  anythflig  mueh  above  shipping  quotation* 
teaching  ns;  in  fact,  If  there  e,  any  fine  to  spurn  we 
,  ’tiM  ‘uu  R  iu  conveniently  before  we  strike  new 
uuiier.  At  tile  close  there  Is  n  strong  feeling  in  tho 
under  grades  of  state.  “  a 

we  quote 


Hop*.— American  are  held  wtdl  up  to  late  ffgures 
under  -mall  arrivals.  lOngtlsh  are  lo  large  supply  arid 
difficult  to  place,  unless  ut,  marked  auacesatohs. 
which  ure  not  accopted.  Wc  quote  State  nt4fita&5u.; 
P, astern,  I  .'r».5:.'c. ;  Western.  42m .A’c. ;  Bavarian  40,,'  55c  - 
English, 

Poultry  and  (lame.— The  mrirUct  Is  not  largely 
supplied  and  the  late  snow  storm  will  be  apt  to  fur¬ 
ther  moderate  receipt*.  Price*  ore  not  doing  a*  well 
a*  the  small  offering  would  warrant,  and  with  the  ex¬ 
ception  of  a  few  small  turkeys  the  annexed  figures 
are  full  one*.  Rum*'  is -till  abundant  ami  low  prices 
continue  to  rule.  Quails  are  again  lower  and  venison 
la  almost  as  cncap  as  mutton. 

We  quote  prime  N.  and  Bucks  Co.  turkeys,  Iflffl; 
lie.,  State  and  Western,  prior  '(»  best,  Lift)  15c.  Chick¬ 
ens,  Western ,  3ctl4e.;  State  and  near  points,  124-dOc. 
Geese,  9to  1 1c.  Ducks,  IfigdJe. 

Game  quotations  Vonlson,  whole,  WJc.;  do., 
short  saddles,  i&rtdlo;  long  saddles,  Ikailo.  Buflit' 
lo  widdlcs,  7tigl'c.  Cauvtts-bttfile  ducks,  $l„vl.2A;  red 
head*,  life,  f  mallard.  40 1  - he.;  t.iail,  37c.;  rabbits 
2U ■ ;  luircs, 40,/i  15c. ;  quail. 87<  vM.75.  Pruirtcohlok-;’ 
ens,  .Vwfl5tf.;i»iirl ridges,  8H1U1.  i>i.,j»Juu.;  vuu»terfl,  I0(si55c. 
wild  tui'lcays,  224t23o.  Bear.  23c. 

l'rnvfHlnnn.  Prices  generally  uro  higher,  with 
light  applies.  Lard  Fife,  for  Western  steam  on  spot, 
7. v.  for  February,  8140.  tor  March,  »nd  8>,e.  for  a  prll 
Long  dear,  7j<c.:  -Iiortelenc,  sqo.;  short  rib,  7c.  .Vies* 
pork  ha*  been  sohl  to  a  100deruleextc11t.it  tl  I  for  spot 
delivery; *14  for  April;  Western  prime  tiles*  nominally 
*li.  Dressed  hogs,  city,  ,Vy  (U>  7c. ,  Western,  f Mti 
selling  at.  il.Hirtlle.  for  ‘ 


anything  WO  have,  lull  people  do  not,  yet,  take  kindly 
r,V ,  .  W  4i*a,‘  a}y  ''liming  forward  snarltigly, 

nost.ol  those  now  In  the  bunds  of  feeders  being  In- 
tended  lor  Biirlng,  1  here  m  iibutldcnce  of  corn  at, 
the  West ,  which  cau  mo.-t,  prcifilahl.v  he  sold  in  beef 
.ilill  pork.  It  lakes  Very  good  ivitile  to  rnnch  lie.,  two 
»8|  'rn  ^  grades  of  8H  ewt.  selling  ut  that 
L  1  lexan* 1  ot  ate  have  ran  butter  than  (he 

inlerloi  natives  and  sold  for  higher  prices.  Home  of 
them  went  at  lie.  while  thin,  little  AD  sonrl  steerii 

Weru  sold  at  j"'"- u . — 

go  at  a  Omit 


7.7  ""no  "on,  unit'  ,vii  moiii'I  si 
lll  wlORe.  Rough  Stale  aud  Western  t 
‘  i ‘om  all  tlm  accounts  which  1 


He.  Gut  meats  art* 

loose;  Ijtf eta.  for  nhouldera,  loose ;  V  (, v  s); 


hams, 
cts.  for 


11  '  1  y  ii  •  . .  '  .  •  :  *  ■*  viifft  mr 

plckltnl  IjujUmn,  1(?omi\  Hoxml  <Jry.»altv!.l  Hhoaj.iorM, 
5}.,'e.  Smokoil  meats tttl0.:-Jf«U (yu.  for  loose  bams,  llVdu 
Ic.  tor  loose  shoulder*.  Tallow  at  ;ie,  for  prime 
vtiiijk .  Boef  IB  selling  at  ?!)«,, It. 7 5  for  barreled  new 
plain  moss,  *  1 2<.t  1.7.59  for  extra  mess.  Ti.-rrod  tjuef  u|, 
WlSOu‘1'  lor  new  io'l,.,  ,  ,  .  3 1  I  for  new  extra  India, 

rness,  and  *2 1 0423  for  new  prime  me**. 

.^‘di-CIftyei'  IS  higher,  with  light  supplies.  Bales 
ut  93(0.  for  prime.  Timutuy  ut  I8,b0hj>(. 

Smut  lie*. -Honey  at  ivtfSOc.  for  dark  and  32tw35o. 
for  white,  lu  glass  lioxr-1  [  mixed  lots,  21ft.  Ghler  at 

(••doe.  a  gallon.  Feathers,  live  geese,  new,  line.  ft.. 
htkqihJC.;  do.  mixed,  liiw.vic.;  hen.  7  /9e.;  vinegar,  eider, 
t‘  gal.,  Sikt#2ftft;  do.  maKUfaoturud,  I5f.t20e.;  ruiwsim- 
pcr*.  41  ft.,  4fyj t.l-i,;  white  rags,  5®5><. 

Vegetable*.  -Onfohs  are  nnusnally  scarce,  and 
some  dealers  have  been  encouraged  by  the  prices  to 
order  some  from  Euglund  and  Scotland.  Fotatocs 
have  a  light  sale. 

Prueh  Blows  to  hulk,  *3"/,  3.25;  Kurly  Rose  do., 
82.75(ii:3  ;  Frlneo  Albert.  *2.Ti>w3  ;  Dyrignt,  1 1.75',/, 2  ; 
common,  81.  ;  sweet.  *4.50,, >4.  For  potatoes  In  ship¬ 

ping  order  add  c.  C  bbl.  Marrow  squash,  *1.50 
„ <1.75;  Onions,  red  and  yellow,  fWi ;  do,  white,  $6.50 
■(ti  ;  Russia  Turnips,  *Li.5f!ji2;  Cabbages,  C  IIXI,  *7®10. 

TV  hi  “Ivy  Is  offered  sparingly  ut  90c. 


cows 

•  -  -  . . .  accounts  which  have 

reached  us  we  find  plenty  of  entile  on  the  wuv  tq*  our 

‘harket, jmt  the  uncertainties  about  get 

tin.'  tlirqin;|i  art!  much  that  there  I*  ,10  counting  upon 
tae  actual  results.  Butchers  incline  to  keep  sumo 
11 11  killed  stock  on  hand,  us  there  is  danger  of  ahtock.ide 

out^me^Ve'to  kll?  n°l  1Ik0  to  ho  oai“{ht  wtth- 
'l'he  follow  lug  are  tae  closing  price*  Tor  tlio  week  In 

forX  welght  of  beef  :CattJ0  l’r0UKl't  ou‘'  'VOt'k  a«"- 
This  week. 

,  „  Cents. 

Choice  beeves,  T  ft . j;;y;  ^  u 

Good  to  prime . 12  W  ft)  13 

tJedhim .  . n>  (,;J  uif 

Fooreet  grade . 8  to  10)4 

Average  sales .  to  U34 

Hog*.  -The  tnoroiisfid  receipts  of  hoix*  do  not  nrc- 
vnm  an  iidviiticc  in  price.  In  addRiou  to  the  ;;,,Hiio 
ivctmi/s.durtng  tlie  week  just,  ended,  we  have  had 
evtern  dro*»ed.  These  Iasi,  -ell  at.  ae- 

cordl "gas  heavy  or  tight.  1  liy  dro.ed  varv  fia  in 
1 1  Ou v y .  to  <>' ; for  niedium  weights  and 
I!'  ^V.1'  Live  are  worth  I  ft.v a  rui 

lb.  <).  selling  at  84,9.5,  The  market  closes  strong. 

Mitch  Cow*. -Trade  has  been  dull  during  the 
pa  t  lew  days  and  cows  have  generally  declined  83, "5 
per  brad.  Quolutmn*  are  *4lk'(48f<,i  Ofdlnarv,  *55,."70 
i-r  go i  1  ig  nt'ifT V '-IJ1 '  U>  “r*  fhlesslstml  extra  mllk- 

Sheep.  -  Arrivals  uro  nn  the  Increase,  Init  the  de¬ 
mand  centime-,  good  and  the  rates  of  lest  week  .'ire 
sustained.  Very  f,w  sheep  ,„.|i  1  ,|,  ,w  tie  ,  ttm| 

1,1,111  v  ""derht.v  Many  tal  lots  ,,f  OatolliO  lbs,  have 
noen  received  of  late  and  were  sold  ut  7  ratSe..  u  few 
iciiclilng  H'nc.  micro  1.  now  und  then 
01  huntiM,  , me  hunch  of  87  In,  M,rh 
with  00 Canada  sheep,  138  |i>. 

7 J* c. ,  n  car  11211,.  Mich,  at  He  , 

athc.,  with  ,1  car  Coarse  rough  73)4  It-,.  Ir'id.  ut  5\e 
Something  very  hard  might  run  down  to  5',e. 

,t,1v‘!n,I  f  ’alve*.— A  ft  er  selling  ut  tho  old  rule  ,  nn  to 
rhiu-dav  a.  Iighi  run  pat  (ill  nuta  void*  up  to  lOqe 
with  fair  to  R.airj  at  ip, fa,  to,,.  Some  urns*  calves  were 
sold,  2  ,  at  kO-iH)  and  /  at  *7.76  each.  ITIme  liog-dres* 
ed  rcaohoil  I6e  yesterday,  the  market,  being  nearlv 
bare  of  them.  Only  decent  calves  went  at  13c?  Urass- 
ois  could  not  lie  advanced  above  fltote. 


Last  week. 
Cents. 

13  to  13)4 
1 1  V  i«)  12 

ii  («,  liy, 
81-4  to  III 

Uj*  to  — 


151 


a  Htisy  lot 
selling  at,  tu<e., 

»t  8|,n..  2  cm*  •  g  ||,.  o. 
,  and  a  lot  poor  80  lb.  o. 


Arrangcmenta  for  pushing  construction  vigorously 
the  coming  year  arc  progressing  satisfactorily. 

Of  the  nearly  Ton  Million  acre*  of  land  accruing 
to  the  Company  in  connection  with  the  portion  of 
Read  now  virtually  constructed,  some  Two  Million 
acres,  of  excellent  average  quality,  uro  In  market, 
and  their  sulo  and  settlement  progressing.  Tho 
average  price  thus  far  realized  Is  per  ucrc— 

which  is  at  tho  rate  of  more  than  Sfoo.ooo  per 
tulle  of  road  for  the  whole  grant. 

The  company  has  already  begun  the  process  of 
redeeming  and  cancelling  its  First  Mortgage  Gold 
Bonds,  ns  they  are  now  being  received  at  1.(0  tn 
payment  and  exchange  for  tho  Company’s  Lunds. 

With  those  accomplished  results  and  most  favor¬ 
able  prospects,  the  Company  ls  now  selling  Its  First 
Mortgage  7.30  Bonds  for  tho  purpose  of  completing 
Its  line  of  road.  We  recommend  them  as  a  wcll-ao- 
curod  and  unusually  profitable  investment.  They 
have  the  following  elements  of  strength  und  safety  : 

1  hey  are  tho  obligation  of  a.  strong  corporation; 
they  uro  a  First  Mortgage  on  tho  Road,  Its  Rights  of 
way. Telegraph  line,  Kqnjpntants  and  Franchises, and 
a  first  lien  on  Its  Net  Bantings.  In  addition  to  this 
usually  sufficient  security  there  ib  pledged  for  tho 
payment  of  principal  and  interest  a  Land  Grant  of 
IM.NOO  acres  per  nilleVof  road  through  the  States 
and  28,(1110  through  tho  Territories.  Tho  rate  of 
Interest  (seven  and  three-tenths  per  cent,  gold)  Is 
equal  now  to  about  8R  currency.  Voltl  Checks  /nr 
tlw  scnU-mnual  interest  on  the.  Uojhtned  Bonds  are 
nvtllrd  to  the  Post-Office  acUtrcss  of  the  owner. 

A  II  marketable  securities  are  received  In  exchange 
on  most  favorable  terms.  For  sale  by  Bunks  and 
Bankers  generally. 

JAY  COOKE  A  CO., 

Plnnancial  Agents  Northern  Pnclflc  It.  It.  Co. 
FViu  Bale  by  Banks  and  Bankers. 


FOB  ONLY  $10. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


A  Positive  Radical  Cure  for  Rupture.— The 

Elastic  Truss  Company,  at  No.  H83  Broadway,  New 
York,  will  send  their  Descriptive  Circulars  to  any 
person  afflicted  with  I  torn  la.  This  Truss  can  be  sent 
by  mall  to  any  part  of  the  country. 


meats. 


-  ; asp-si  miffiRK 

ill*,  iii1.  **r,,5d  ifjft  (oiiuerr  in  nKlof  tho 

‘,’,'Hy..  at  I -a  Bln,  Ky.,Turs- 

mttASirXih.  ttB.riiM.f'w.  '<• 

fers  *2,50,  Tin 


.  ','7)"*'  tb'kj  tH  i.f,  TuTlves.  *n,  quai- 
iv...  v'iu:„  *  •*  UI‘H  CoDiWt,  Ijo^  il.l,K  1,  (114(1  gncOlld 

hi  m  iwm-iI  lim?"1  *V,,  wlVi  "ri'Ht  '"R'l'osm  and  received 
LV,|  ...V,r  ;  “pl'l'"v,<|  i,  !•  the  xerupulous  Integrity  with 

•  .  ^  Ox  HJlllIf.'trd  H/ici  prom  |.lticH  Willi 

whl  gifts  Were  paid.  For  ticket*  and  fulltftfoma- 
tlOT.  address  Han.  Tho*.  R.  Ilraiiriette  A-'ent 

UouisvHkq'li.v!0  l'lbrUI'y  oi  K»"  Llbm,'y  Building, 


n.  ■  DuiflU'*.  flllcS  !  (1(1,.  fftlr  tu  1700(1 

1  h?U  tub*,  lu  lot*,  Hstoloc, ;  selection  J  of 

t  -  t  .'lbs.  42  ,'Jt.>e. ;  Welsh  Knll,  ®a35o.;  do.,  common, 
t.v-st'O;  poor  to  fair,  state  dulr- 
falr,  lyijs**  Western  rolls,  line, Kbtoaqic.;  common  to 

(•-madTbctter  23<,i28c.  for  common  to  medium  and 
<*®32c'  for  good  to  tine. 

thee^fn.V',  o1,’!"-*  *?“*-■  "f  ,h'-'  foreign  market,  with 
toM  .o-l  li'  ocean  freights,  hu*  enabled  shin- 
f  ,  >  for, t,u-' Iuw  lots  they  need,  but  there 

Held,  !",u  ’I'1  r"  ""T'1  *•”  any  extent  ut  this  price. 
for-ilfJoJS-ft  »e«ni  quite  wllUng  to  aueept  this  price 
trade  h  .t  f(  lcy  fa,;t,T,‘,H>  the  outlet  to  the  home 
isnVir»d  vbeeD  v<’rY  moderate.  In  a  Jobbing  wav,  Me. 
mvc  h  i.0ri  choice  factories.  The  arrTvala 

cessi ve ee> r expected,  although  not  r*. 
morn  !.he  Impression  now  prevail*  that  there  Is 
more  Western  stack  buck  than  Inu  boon  generally 


^;7TT»2Hk?rn  i»uiu;ri  4ikuj>*h\:  raiiiuinii)  pulled, 
Montevideo,  .'4t>^4?e,:  Bikimom  Avres,  utiwaKh- 
Ru.  Grande,  gold,  2(L>,.72c.;  Crtpe,  SStottc.; 

,1  .  ,  , ,  n  *  1  i'll,  .  dm.. 


30to52< 

ed,  8!)to4i)c.;  mu  i. ratine,  gc 
Australian,  47to7(lc.j  emu  Ling  wool,  iKitoBUft* 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 


Little  falls,  n.  Y„  Jan.  25,  1873. 

The  market  at  Little  Falls,  for  the  week  ending 
Jan.  25th,  showed  more  nctivitv  on  the  part  of  buyers 
than  for  some  time  pa-t.  though  the  delivery  was 
quite  limited.  The  farm  dairies  corning  forward  uro 
Inferior,  and  sales  were  made  at  Hot  lie.,  tmt  u  really 
good  thing  brings  more  money— one  lot,  good,  sefllng 
ror  14a.  In  factories,  some  “ends"  were  sola  ut  l:Um 
the  latter  price  being  paid  for  the  Bethel,  and 
1,1c.  for  the  1<  reonmtj.  We  heard  of  13c.  being  offured 


HR  K  INK  Cl,  ASS,  male  or  female. 
ut  'v,UL'*t  guaranteed.  Respectable  employment 

at  home,  day  or  evening;  no  capital  required  ■  13,17 
instructions  and  valuable)  package  of  goods  to'stnrt, 
wltli,  sent  free  by  mull.  Add res,  with  0  cent  return 
stamp,  M.  YOUNG  A.  CO.,  10 Cortlundl  St.,  New  York 

HOME 

INSURANCE  COMPANY 

OF 

NEW  YORK. 

OFFICE,  NO.  135  BROADWAY. 


SILL'S  NEW  FUNCHAL  TOMATO. 

1  be  earliest,  most  solid  and  productive  Tomato  ever 
Fro  wn.  Color,  bright  scarlet,  with  coiVlen  '  S  pZ 
WeJjarpkt.  iou.v  hill.  Cedar  Uifi.  Albany  Co.,  NVy® 


W, 


Capital  -  -  -  $2,500,000.00 
Assets  Ja».  1,  1873  -  4,416,858.78 
Liabilities-  -  -  -  590,914.19 

CI1AS.  J.  MARTIN,  Pres’t. 

J.  H.  WASHBURN,  Secy. 


iP.^  JALOCll 


r  J  '7!LS. tl"'  ,0r»t  to  Introduce  to  the  public  tho  Hub¬ 
bard  Squash,  American  Turban  Squash,  Marblehead 
Mammoth  rubb.qn,.  Mexican  Swe.lt  CormPh  nnly's 
Water-melon,  and  many  other  oy  0 

MEV/  ANO  VALUABLE  VEGETABLES. 

•mil vL.'an!  “  '‘,ow  ',"'1  .‘•veeodlngly  valuable 

-  MUmsIi,  imw  V.ii  lutif  -  nt  (•( i i’ll,  Llu’oc  | i/i<»  (Yiolons  and 

Other  oholce  new  vegetables  for  ,uy  eustme'ers  ’ 

antfon**toeS*t'  u,?.Ul'1'b  ’»wh,01  fM  <'r-v  farmer  ls 
anxious  to  get,  the  .  •  ru  hr.  t  of  vegetable  seed  r 

gro  w  a  hundred  and  fifty  kinds  on  my  foursecd  farms 
rlgl.t  under  rny  own  eye,  woHn^nnwnZt.Sd 

e*t  vnrietie* 
on  of  flower 
Iso  be  found  in 
nil  applicants. 


GOOD  PAY  FOR  DOING  GOOD 


l f  feeds’,  plant's!,  &r 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


CHARLOTTE  CUSHMAN  goes  to  Rome  in  • 

Miss  Lena  Clark  is  cashier  of  an  Iowa  bank. 

Lucca  and  Kellogg  are  both  singing  in  Bos¬ 
ton. 

Gen.  N.  P.  Banks  is  seeking  a  position  on  u 
railway. 

GORDON  L.  Ford  is  the  new  publisher  of  the 
Tribune. 

BiERSTADT  Is  studying  sunset  effects  at  San 
Francisco. 

NO  ladles  were  allowed  at  the  Stanley  dinner 
In  Washington. 

The  Dec  DE  Chartres  has  gone  to  rejoin  bis 
regiment  in  Africa. 

Senator  Lyman  Trumbull  has  returned  to 
the  practice  of  the  law. 

J.  K.  Doolittle  will  now  devote  himself 
wholly  to  Ills  profession. 

Mrs.  H.  B.  Stowe  has  purchased  u  new  resi¬ 
dence  In  Hartford,  Conn. 

NaI’OLEON  III.  is  now  called  the  great  Euro¬ 
pean  Tweed Funny,  very . 

The  death  la  announced  of  Father  Jandel,  the 
General  of  the  Dominicans. 

Jeremiah  Kino  of  New  Hampshire,  has  given 
$10,000  to  Dartmouth  College. 

Alfred  Wjltez,  Mayor  of  New  Orleans,  is  a 
creole,  twenty-six  years  of  age. 

Bayard  Taylor  is  writing  another  novel. 
He  has  already  written  severul  poor  ones. 

General  Troliiu  has  finished  a  work  with 
the  title  of  “Me*  Memoir®*  Mllltalres." 

Miss  Alice  M.  Wellington  Is  one  of  the 
raosl  promising  newspaper  writers  In  Boston. 

Janausciikk’s  diamond  jewels,  presented  her 
hr  ,  rownot!  European  heads,  arc  valued  at 


“  THE  OHIO  VARIETY.” 

Oar  lending  growers,  who  have  tested  this  new  kind, 
do  not  hesitate  to  give  it  the  highest  endorsement. 

It  produces  n-t  only  the  finest  and  broadest  leaf 
and  largest  crop  of  uuy  sort  r  et  grown  here,  hut  also 
command*  the  filgtis*  '  pi  icf  tor  tine  u  rappers  paid  in 
tbe  IlartfOrd  Hortet .  , 

We  have  a  fine  stock  m  this  seed,  saved  by  anoted 
Eu*t  Hartford  grower,  and  cultivators  will  consult 
tuelr  best,  inter,  st-'  by  ordering  a  supply  early,  to  pre¬ 
vent  disappointment,  as  th«  supply  is  limited  and  in 
great  demand.  Seat  by  mall  at  *1  per  ounce,  or  I 
oz.forfS. 

Boston  Hot-House  Lei  luce  Seed. 

Choice  Stork  and  best  variety  for  growing  under 
glass.  Her  packet.  10c. ;  75c.  per  ounce  M  mufl. 

—Our  New  1lln»t  rated  Cntnlngue  of  Choice  V  eg¬ 
etable  and  Agricultural  Seeds,  also  Agricultural  Im¬ 
plements  and  Machines,  for  1»T3,  sent  free  to  all  ap¬ 
plicants.  Address  K*  “•  HA  «  ' 

K  Hurt  lord.  Conn. 


MOORE'S  RURAL  STILL  AHEA0 

In  Liberality  to  both  Agents  and  Subscribers ! 

READ.  LEARN  AND  ACT! 


The  Rural  New-Yorker’s  Agent-Friends,  and  everybody  disposed  to  become  suen,  u 
over  the  Continent,  will  please  note  the  following  announcement  of  Unprecedented  Premiums 
for  both  Club  Agents  and  Subscribers : 

Observe,  firstly,  that  we  give  every  Yearly  Subscriber  wno  pays  $2-50  a  Splendid  Steel- 
Plate  Engraving.  This  Grand  Premium  is  sent  to  every  person  paying  I2.W)  lor  the  RURAL  one 

mly  $2.00  1  Note,  particularly, 

-  and  facility  than  ever  before. 
Offered  those  who  form  Clubs 

of  Articles,  ar.d  the  small 
_  located  in  a 

-  -  - — a  Premium  worth 

that  the  Presidential  Campaign  is 


Note,  secondly,  the  annexed  list  ol  Very  Liberal  Premu  ms 
for  1871),  or  for  one  year  from  any  date.  See  the  Name-*  and  Price* 
number  of  Subscribers  required  to  secure  a  V’aluable  Premium.  Almost  any  one 
locality  where  live,  reading  people  reside,  can,  by  a  Utile  timely  effort, ^secure 
from  $5  to  f  2<i0.  -You'  is  the  JitM  Time  to  Sturt  Club*,  lot*  now  l — -  —  — 
over  everybody  will  want  such  a  good,  useful  and  popular  paper  as  Moore's  Rural. 

Remember,  thirdly,  that  every  nrtlcle  wo  offer  as  a  Premium  Is  PYr*f-CWM»  and  O 
we  pm  ca oh  at  lowest  retail  price,  and  that,  t  he  names  of  manufacturers  or  dealers  (g 
cases)  Is  a  guarantee  of  good  quality,  etc.  Note,  also,  that  all  Club  Subscribers— w 
for  the  paper  only,  or  $2.50  for  Paper  mid  Engraving— eim  he  counted  by  Agents  for  Premiums, 

The  Tabic  below  specifics  the  Cash  Price  of  each  article  offered  ns  a  Premium,  and  the  number  ot 
subscribers  required  to  secure  it  at  $‘£,  (our  lowest  club  rate) — or  at  @2.50  with  ourl  rcmium  fcagra,  ,ng. 
Note  that  the  Premiums  are  ottered  without  any  condition  ns  to  whether  the  clubt  art  compoua  uj 
ntfo  or  old  tubscnbtri.  Canada  subscribers  must  add  20  cents  per  yearly  copy  lor  postage. 

SPECIFIC  PREMIUMS,  J  W0 

-i  **  ^ 

TERMS,  &c>  TOR  MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER  FOR  1873.  h  1% 

OL*EN  TO  EVI  JILYHODV.  1  3 »  - 

AGRICULTURAL  MACHINES,  IMPLEMENTS,  &c.  & 

1  Walter  A.  Wood's  New  Iron  Mower. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . . . -  *3! 

2  Excelsior  Liwn  Mower .  ““  90 

3  American  Hay  Tedder,  (Ames  Plow  Co.) .  25 

4  -Sessions  &  Knox's  Cast  Steel  Plow  (Ames  Plow  Co.) .  *”  20 

5  Holbrook’s  Premium  Horse  Hoe..  .  23 

6  ••  Regulator  Seed  Drill . . . . 

7—  “  Hand  Cultivator . .  J?  in 

8—  “  Swivel  Plow .  20 

9—  Cahoon’s  Hand  Broadcast  Seed  Sower . .  " 

10— Blanchard's  Premium  Churn... . . . . .  " 

SEWING  AND  KNITTING  MACHINES. 

H  -  Weed  Sewing  Machine  .  |{j  fS 

12—  Lamb  Knitting  Machine .  9-  3C 

13— Blcktbrd  Knitting  Machine .  .  . . 

WASHING  MACHINES  AND  WRINGERS. 

15  21 

14—  Continental  Washing  Machine .  „  ,1 

15—  Universal  Wringer .  9  y 

GOLD  AND  SILVER  WATCHES. 

18— Gold  Watch,  Hunting  Case,  (U.  S.  Watch  Co.’s  Make,)  Stem  Winder,  Expansion  Bat- 

ance,  15  Jewels,  Stamped  “  Rural  New-Yorker,  A”. . . . .  .......  • 

19  Gold  Watch,  Hunting  Case,  (U.  S.  Watch  Co.,)  Stamped  “Rural  New-Yorker,  E.  .  1-0  is 

!  21 -Silver  Watch,  4  oz.  Hunting  Case,  “  “  “  ?*’)**  Iq  ?' 

Ill-  ::  ::  :  ••  lx::.  8  * 

I  24Z  “  2  oz’.  “  “  "  “  G.”..  30  4 

1  25-Ladies’  Gold  Watch,  *‘  Swiss,  (Giles,  Wales  &  Co.,  importers)  .  85  i0 

1  26-  “  Silver  “  “  “  “  *•  .  M 

SILVER-PLATED  WARE  AND  GOLD  JEWELRY. 

27—  One  Dozen  Double  Plated  Tea  Spoons,  (Reed  &  Barton) . .  ®  \ 

28—  “  “  Table  Spoons.  “  . .  ]z  Z 

29_  “  “  Dining  Forks,  “  .  \\  i 

30- 0ne  Silver  Plated  Castor,  “  . . . 

31-  “  “  “  Cake  Basket,  .  Jr  ; 

32-  . Fruit  Stand,  “  .  *2  : 

33-  One-half  Dozen  Silver  Plated  Napkin  Rings,  ‘  .5  - 

34 - Silver  Plated  Tea  Set,  6  Pieces,  *  . .  . 

35-  “  Butter  Dish,  “  . .  °  . 

36 - One-half  Dozen  Silver  Plated  Table  Knives  “  ®  i 


ALFRED  ERIDGEMAN  Sc  SON, 

876  ltroadu'uy .  New  York, 

Growers,  Importers  and  Dealers  in 

Vegetable,  Field 

-AND- 


Garden  Tools  and  Horticultural  Books. 

Onr  annual  priced  Catalogues  arc  now  ready, 
and  mailed  free  to  all  applicants.  They  contain 
all  the  leading  and  most  popular  eorts  of 

Vogetable*  Field  and  Flower 
ScedSr  Including  nil  tbe  wont  desirable  Euro 
pean  novelties  of  the  past  season. 

■  REEVES  &  SIMONSON,  \ 

lu  Sceilxuim  and  Flori»t«,  L 

Q5S  Co  11 1  until  St.,  X.  V.  V  O.  Box  26(10.  j, 

Onr  Annual  Descriptive  catalogue-  of  Veg-  p 
r,i  etable,  Flower  and  Field  Reeds,  also  of  Hot- 
H  House,  Bedding  and  Vegetable  Plants,  will  l 
..  I  be  ready  In  January.  Sent  on  receipt  of  post-  ^ 
R  |  age  stamp. 


ILLUSTHAiEu  CATALOGUE 
AND  FLORAL  GUIDE, 

In  English.  German  and  French.  Mailed  Free 

lO  ALL  Aiml.lCANTS. _ 

To  Farmers  and  Marketmen. 

You  want  none  but  the  very  best  of  seed,  grown 
from  carefully  selected  seed  stock.  With  the  money 
von  have  to  invest  In  manure,  help  and  glass,  you 
/mow  1/0 u  cannot  «./)ord  to  u>r  an  u  “tin  r :  you  feel  very 
aurtous  about  It*  T n X  M nv  e.  Catalogues  free  to  all. 
N.  B.— Call  in  the  Spring  and  see  w hat  onions,  cab¬ 
bages,  cV-c.,  1  set  out  to  grow  soon  frmu. 


JHissccUnncouj)' 


•s,  iVc  .  1  set  onl  10  grow  seen  tram. 

"  '  JAM FH  J,  H.  GUI5GOKY,  Marblehead.  -Mass 

J.  M.  TIIORBUHN  8t  CO.’S 

Descriptive  Annual  Catalogue 

OF 

VEGETABLE  ACEICmUL  AS#  TEEL  SEEDS 

I’or  1S73.  Is  now  rondy  for  mailing  to  upuheants. 


SOUINBV  A  BOOT  will  send 
dtreular  and  price  list  to  all 
applicants.  §t.  Johnsvlllc. 
Montgomery  Co.,  Jv.  Y. 

HE  ALT  it  AND  WEA  J.TII.— 

Iginds  for  Colonic-s,  Groves.  Narse- 
riee.  Market  Gardens.  Villa  Sites,  on 
Ssmiord'8  Grant,  St.  Jolm's  Blver. 
Town  Lots  exchanged  for  Northern 
lands.  L.  M.  MooltK,  1‘.  M.,  Han¬ 
ford.  t'7o..  AgL  _ 

HANG*,  or  Soul  Chn ruling.” 

^  How  either  sex  may  fascinate  aud  gain  the 
"and  aifectious  of  r.iy  peison  they  ehoos®,  In- 
lv  ’J'his  simple  mental  acquirement  all  can 
Vs.  free,  bv  mail,  tor  25  ets. .  together  with  a 
,:.ge  Guide.  ICgyplian  Oracle,  Dreams,  Hints  to 
.  . . .  ^  Queer  book. 


FLORIDA 

ORANGE 

GROVES. 


LEE  S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES 


40— Gold  Pen,  Ebony  Holder  &.  Box,  lor  Gents,  no.  u,  (ueo.  r.  nawai 
4 1_  “  Silver  Extension  Case  and  Pencil,  “ 

42 _  *  Ebony  Holder  and  Box,  for  Ladies’,  No.  4, 

43-  “  Gold  and  Ebony  Extension  Holder, 

44—  Gold  Paragou  Pencil  Case,  Chased, 

45_  .•  *>  -  “  with  Ivory  Slide, 

46-  “  Charm  “  “  for  Udies , 

HARDWARE,  CUTLERY,  &e. 

47—  Sampson’s  Portable  Plattorm  Scale,  on  Rollers,  400  lbs 

_  *4  41  1  (XitU)  ljUw 

49 -One  Dozen  1 

5?— One  Hard  Rubber  Handle  Carver,  Fork  and  Steel,  ’* 

52- Pocket  Knffe,  4  Blades,  Tortoise  Shell  Handle,  (H.  W.  Kinc 

53 - Novelty  Knifa  for  Girls  and  Boys,  Tortoise  Shell  Handle  L*] 

MUSICAL  INSTRUMENTS 

54—  Smith’s  American  Organ,  No.  2 .  . 

55- Dunham  Plano..  . . 

AGRICULTURAL  BOOKS,  BIBLES.  DICTIONARIES,  &c. 

56—  Aaricultural  Books,  to  be  Selected  from  our  List, .  3  12 

57—  Practical  Dairy  Husbandry,  ibv  X.  A.  Willard)  [*] .  . .  ••  2 

StWc  IW'iWflrai  w.::::.:::::::::::::.:  5“  JJ 

««•«;  «  ft 

62— Webster’s  Pictorial  Dictionary  .  .  .  12  30 

G4— Conant’s  Patent ^e^wspaper  Binder,  (size  of  Rur*/  New-Yorker  for  1872,)  [*]  .  ...  1  25 

MISCELLANEOUS  ARTICLES. 

65— New  Horizontal  Toy  Steam  Engine,  (Colby  Bros.  &  Co.), .  .  .  |  50  i2 

67 - Gardner°U Patent^ VorPab^Book  Case  anil  Writing  Desk,  Combined .  ..  20 

68—  Ladies’  and  Misses’  Morocco  Belt  and  Bag .  . . .  . 

{glT*  The  articles  designated  thus  [*]  arc  sent  by  until,  post-paid. 

PLEASE  NOTE  THE  FOLLOWING,  PARTICULARLY* 

|  The  Premiums  specified  by  Agents  will  be 

!  and  shipping. - Club  papers  directed  to  individual*,  t ^  umH  the  cash  is  received. 

Terms  are  in  advancr,  no  names  wi  ll  be  counted  toward  Premium  v  ,  mode  at  the  risk  of 

&T Remittance*  by  Post-Ww  Money  ^  A>V  Vo?k 

•  Tht  PUhltehrr.  Address  all  orders  to  D.  D  T.  AlOORE,  5  Uc-eUman 


Wlioleattle  nml  Gmernl  Supply  Nil imrlea. 

An  Immense  stock,  of  superior  quulity,  at  low  prices. 

t»r  Denlera,  this  is  the  most  extensive  Nursery 
in  the  West.  Send  for  Price  List.  m  BR 

Smnintt,  .luck eon  Com  Mo. 

THE  DUDLEY  SEED  FARM. 

Wethersfield  Onion.- "Good  wine  needs  no 
i.ii.h  "  This  varletv  needs  no  praise.  I  supplied 


YbAilt,  Wedding  Night  Shirt,  Ac.  A  queer  book. 
AdcirvrS  T-  Wild.  I  AM  &  GO..  IMbllshcrs,  Flillu. 

MAPLEWOUn  iNSTM't'TT:  VOR  YOONO  1.AU1KS, 
Frixsiii'tf.  -Mass.— Known  to  patron*  lu  all 
pans  of  tho  Union  for  its  superior  facilities  and  rare 

»OT8ttSK»ahi. 

,1/1  YEAlt  ALMANAC.— For  50  Ci».  we 

!  (HI  send.  l>09T-PAin.  an  AJwunuc  giving  every 
Year,  Month  Week  and  Day  of  the  Century .  also  a 
r-o  ket  Calendar  for ’73.  Kxtra  inducemcnte  to  Agts. 
Add  less  GKORGE  A.  H  K  A  It  U  A  CO..  Boston,  Muss. 


Hard  Rubber  Handle  Table  Knives,  (Meriden  Cutlery  Co,) 
“  Dessert  “ 

T..1 _ I  “U-l, 

ie.  ^Blades,  Tortoise  Sheii  Handle,  (H.  W.  King  &  Co.).. 

IVx-  r;..le  a  nrl  Dnuc  TztrfniCA  ShP.ll  Handle  1*1. 


Market  Gardeners 


And  all  others  win,  want  r  ,.sr,  and  Ur  inane  Vegetable 
and  Flower  Seeds,  send  a  stamp  for  Ilreer’s  Gar- 
den  Oitlrndiir  lor  l.sTU.  with  prices,  directions 
and  Illustrations.  Address  .  .  tl 

It.  a,  DUKKU,  ,11  Chestnut  Ht„  Phliada.,  Pa. 


Send  a  stamp  for  l»r.M-v’»  t-urdeu  Calendar  tor 
1S7B  (HI8  pages),  with  illustrations,  practical  dtrec-  | 
tlon*,  price  list,  and  the  finest  selection  of  Seeds, 
Plaurs,  Bulbs,  add  every  requisite  for  the  Flower 
Garden,  Green-House,  Ac.  A,  u<  Plant*  mui  Seeds  a 

DUEER,  714  Chestnut  St.,  Phliada,, Fa. 


John  MCC.  Pkhkins  A  Co.,  flJ  rth 


\TFNTSt _ JVMt,  vr  a.  .... _ _ _ 

Kt..  W  ashtngtoi  “6. 0.'  Ad  Vice  and  pampln'et  free. 


^torh  :uul  ^oulUy 


For  sale  chfap.-fine  light  ani» 

Dark  Brahmas,  Buff  and  Partridge  Cochins.  Hatn- 
burgs.  Leghorns  and  Polands,  Aylesbury  and  Mus¬ 
covy  bucks.  BORDWELL  BROS..  Penn  Yan,  X.  \  . 

Gogh  a  jl>  v  i c  e.-send  stamp  for 

price  list  of  Honey  Loeusi  Seed  for  1ST-2. 
Also)  Fancy  Poultry  and  Egg  a.  Address  ROB  T 
oriwVTHLT,.  Honer  Locust  rarm  Poultry  Yards,  near 


An-iius,  all  of  »koui  make  IOO 
per  ct.  proli'.  We  Lave  no 
Ag-m«.  Iilit  ship  direct  to  tana- 


FES.  i 


NEWS  CONDENSER. 

— 

—  Vermout  haa  over  100,000  cows. 

—  Coolies  fetch  $000  per  head  In  Cuba. 

—  Concord,  X.  H..  has  110  manufactories. 

—  Boston  uses  50,000  hogsheads  of  molasses  a 
year. 

—  The  Swedish  colony  brought  $00,000  into 
Maine. 

—  Ohio  tobacco  sells  from  8  to  12  cents  per  j 
pound. 

—  Bath,  N.  Y.,  has  shipped  673,400  pounds  of  ! 
grapes. 

—  There  axe  1,000  American  girls  In  English 
schools. 

—  Up  to  Jan.  1, 1873,  the  Hoosac  tunnel  cost 
*9,300,000. 

—  The  Florida  Senate  has  passed  the  civil 
rights  bill- 

—  Swedish  servant  girls  are  being  employed 
in  Newport. 

—  Butler  Co.,  Kansas,  has  15,000  population 
and  no  church. 

—  Preserved  grasshoppers  are  to  be  sent  from 
Utah  to  China. 

—  A  holly-tree  coffee  house  has  been  opened 
in  New  Haven. 

—  Great  Britain  employs  800.000  men  In  her 
railway  service. 

—  St.  Albans,  Vt.,  shipped  8,436,802  pouuds  of 
butter  last  year. 

—  Philadelphia  has  raised  *205,000  for  the  Cen¬ 
tennial  Exhibition. 

—  Minnesota  Is  the  third  wheat-producing 
State  In  the  Union. 

—  The  United  States  raised  289,430,000  pounds 
of  tobacco  last  year. 

—  The  deaths  In  Minnesota  by  the  last  snow¬ 
storm  now  roach  800. 

—  Two  men  are  dally  at  work  pulling  down 
the  Boston  Coliseum. 

—  Fifty  acres  In  Ottumwa,  Kansas,  produced 
over  3,000  bushels  of  corn. 

—  Maine  has  19  large  tanneries  which  use  each 
year  110,000  cords  of  bark. 

—  South  Carolina  has  23,000  white  children 
who  do  not  attend  school. 

—  The  locomotives  of  this  country  consume 
600  acres  of  timber  each  day. 

—  The  poach-gTowers  of  Delaware  realized  $70 
per  acre  for  the  season  of  1872. 

—  The  boot  and  shoemakers  of  Condon  and 
Pari9  are  to  have  a  trial  of  skill. 

—  Geneva,  Switzerland,  Is  to  have  a  butcher’s 
shop  for  the  sale  of  horsc-desh. 

—  Two  thousand  live  hundred  people  died  of 
smallpox  in  Philadelphia  In  1872. 

—  The  "V  letui  i  Exposition  will  have  a  special 
department  for  ”  women’s  work.” 

—  The  tickets  to  Gen.  Grant’s  second  Inaugu¬ 
ration  bail  have  been  placed  at  $20  each. 

—  A  *30,000  boarding-house  for  women  has 
been  opened  In  Providence  by  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

—  The  new  Baxter  City  Mill  at  Fall  River, 
Mass.,  will  oootain  836  looms  and  87,020  sxiindles. 

—  Over  6, W0  men,  1,000  horses,  and  42  steam- 
engines  are  gathering  Ice  on  the  Hudson  River. 

—  Somers,  a  little  Connecticut  town,  has 
eleven  couples  ready  for  their  golden  weddings. 

—  There  are  662  convicts  In  the  Massachusetts 
State  Prison,  of  whom  344  are  under  thirty  years 
of  age. 

—  The  fruit  trees  and  crops  In  Minnesota  have 
been  damaged  millions  of  dollars  by  the  late 
cold  snap. 

—  Full  returns  from  all  the  States  of  the  vote 
for  Presidential  electors  give  Grant  3,592,984  and 
Greeley  2,833,847.  showing  a  popular  majority 
for  Grant  of  739,137,  which  is  larger  by  ‘419,549 
than  in  1808. 


SYoti  ask  WHY  wo  can  sell 
Fird  /'lass  7  Ottuve  i’iuiios  lur 
8200?  We  lister—  U  costs 
l  “i  lima  $300  to  make  any 
_ _  $000  PlaliO  Sold  through 


‘U  ImpUmentsi  ami  iUacluncvy. 


v.  ^  lie*  u  1'uctory  iulco.  Ai:u  vvuiryht 

0  Xears.  Srncl  far  lllunirntni  circular.  In  wMch  w»>  refer 
to  over  500  Banner*.  ilvrcliHiJla,  Jin’,  (sniw  or  whom 
you  may  know/,  itren,;  «>,r  Pi  I,.  44  Slates  aid 
Territories.  J'|e„v  -Me  where  ,..u  ,.iw  tl  i,  iiotici.-. 

U,  S,  Pir.no  Co.,  CG5  Gro.uiway,  N.  Y. 


The 
ARSON 
PIANO 
is  the 
BEST  I 


8 A  VK  MONEY  by  pur¬ 
chasing  the  best  Piuno- 
Porte.  Do  nut  decide  what 
make  to  get  until  you 
write  fur  our  Illustrated 
Circular,  which  w<*  mall 
free.  The  "Arlan  Plano” 
contains  tour  patented 
improvements  that  make 
it  more  itumlde  than  any 
Plano  in  the  market. 
Write  for  Cireutur,  and 
mention  where  you  saw 
this  notice  Addre.ss  The 
A  i  i  o  u  Piano-  Forte 
Co.,  J  East  1 4 tit  St., 
New  York  City. 


Solid  Cast  Steel  Drag  Teeth. 

A  act  of  40  boxed  and  delivered  to  Express  or  It.  K.: 
V6  o,  11  in.  lone,  about  45  lbs.,  for  fli.00. 

V  -  ,  11  m.  long.  about  61  Ihs.,  for  47.50. 
J.lberul  discount  to  the  Trade.  Address 

SWEET’S  MTH  CO.,  Hyrnoime,  N.  Y. 

The  Sugar  Mater’s  Friend 


to* canvass  and 
sell  Yon’s  Pat- 
i  _  tNT  Oai.vanixto  MmilO  tcH*A 
/J  8av  8ronT  and  Buoxrr  Haso*R. 
\Jg  Samples,  Circulars  und  Terms  sent  ou 
v/  receipt  of  50  cts.  to  pay  postage. 

C.  0.  POST.  Maaul'.  and  Patentee.  Burlington,  VW 


Farmers,  you  eun  buy,  for  a  short  time,  At 
WHOLESALE  PUtCit,  the  most  vuluable  und  labor- 
saving  Implement  for  preparing  and  cultivating  soli. 
A  new  principle  that  must  become  universal.  Ad¬ 
dress  the  manufacturer, 

O.  K.  Hutchinson',  Cleveland,  O. 

Watch  Buyers  Attention 

respectfully  call  the 
TrCZ; IHlenliou  Of  pei  soQe 

T',111  tl‘  tli  pill  1 1  |i  g  lilt' 

l<>  tb»  MUiorlorlty 
. ^n.' ' "t  tbe  celebrated 
Igy-s,  Ik’iT*’  4'-^  v  >  inkle  Mm  ome  id-. 

marini'iLCt-iired  by 
1  .  uBuit  Sjv JFXa  L  .>»  I  Messrs.  HO  It  Id.  .% 

\  COD ttVOIfc  1  KM  oi 

UevHa'ndsleni  uliiii- 

\  s  EqulUbrlfum ckfimc- 

mints, chronometer 
— -  — '  balance*,  exposed 

ruby  pallets  Hreguet  hair-spring*  und  full  ruby- 
jeweled,  und  combine  nil  modern  Improvements  in 
watch -making. 

These  Watches  were  awarded  the  lira  ml  Prize  at 
the  Purls  Exposition  ot  lain.  and  run  be  warranted 
to  perform  equal  to  those  of  the  best  manufacturers. 

For  sale  bv  dealers  throughout  the  United  States, 
and  07  Qt-IISCHK  A  K  ltUGLKU.  hole  A  gents  for  the 
Manufacturers.  Salesroom.  L5  Maiden  Tame,  N.  Y. 


■»U’u’  i’uliiicdtiijnb’. 

Thousands  of  Common  Schools 

are  about  to  adopt  and  sing  from 

CHEERFUL  VOICES ! ! 

Genial,  Beautiful,  Popular  .lUVFNll.fi 
SONG  BOOK.  By  L.  O.  Enter  ton,  ‘ 

Whole  armies  of  Teachem  und  Children  have  been 
delighted  with  the  same  uuthor's  ’Golden  Wreath’’ 
and  “  Merry  Chimes,”  and  cannot  do  better  than  to 
unite  thelv  with  our  "cheerful  vulettu”  In  Blnirinir 
from  the  new  book,  which  they  will  pronounce— 

Belter  than  the  Best  of  previous  Issues.  Price  50  cts. 


Wanted, 


A  rare  good  Song, 
MEETING . 


PITTSBURGH  PA 

Double,  Single.  Muzzle  and  Breech-Loading  Bides, 
Shot  Gnus.  Revolvers,  Pistols  Ac.,  of  every  kind, 
?s.  at  very  low  prices.  Guns,  43  to  $300 ; 


Shot  Grins.  Revolvers,  Pistols  Ac.,  of  every  kind, 
for  men  or  boys,  at  very  low  prices.  Guns,  43  to  $300 ; 
Pistols,  $1  to  $25. 


&  97^  —  NEW,  PPLI.-SIKE,  RONE* 

fiu*“  I  *- '  •  wood,  carved  legs,  7-octuve,  overstrung 
Plano  ror  4X76.  These  instruments  are  elegant  in 
tmie  and  dnlsh,  and  are  warranted  us  durable  as  tiny 
PXKJ  piano. 

$tlOO. —Superb  solid  walnut,  5-oetave.  6  stops, 
double-reed,  beautifully  paneled  Organ.  Only  4100 
*73.— Elegant  solid  walnut.  6-oetave  Orguo,  pan¬ 
eled  wise.  Only  $76.  WM.  A.  POND  A  CO..  No.  647  1 
Broudway,  and  39  Union  Square.  New  York  City. 


. Millard.  50 


TIIE  AUGRIC4\  TUNE  BOOK!! 

This  truly  National  Work  contains  V  THOUSAND 
1  I  NKS,  which,  utter  cureful  inspection,  500  compe¬ 
tent  musicians  decided  to  be  the  must  popular  ones 
published  during  the  last,  lull/  tend  try. 

All  the  well  proved  favorites  are  Included,  and 
none  omitted.  Price,  41.60. 

A  pathetic  and  beautiful  instrumental  piece, 

IT  IS  DONE . Poznanskl.  30 


The  above  books  and  pieces  sent,  post-paid,  on  re¬ 
ceipt,  of  retail  price. 

Ol.l  VKU  IMTSON  A  CO.,  (  HAS.  H.  DITSON  A  CO  . 
Boston.  711  B’dway,  New  York. 


TIM  C  Tkat  ”  HONESTY  Is  TH  E  best  POLICY.” 
J  1I!!C  On  this  principle  the  "Star  Spanuled 
\kj  i  i  I  IHnneii"  has  been  published  for  ten 
WILL  years.  1<  has  never  “  suspended  ”  nor 
TT!  I  -Old  out.”  It  bfts  done  .tt’ST  .vt  IT 
I  ELL  At.KKi  o  n>  no,  and  nd.OoO  subscribers 
prove  (ii.it  it  *  i  nurse  has  p.wn.  It  new  oners  a  new, 
leonine  l’nuilf  Dbronio.  A  Bony  It  lt  OF  AUTUMN 
Leaves, ”  und  tt-s  lO-eoluam, it-psigo.  I.edger-sJzu pa¬ 
ne  r,  1  A  mnnlha  for  only  ?l.  fivoi’y  number  expiisti* 
swinuiets  and  uitucka.  s.vtispAt'rto.N' m  «  iianthkp, 
3  months  for  16  cts.  j  sample  copy  II  clr,  Address 
STAB  *l’A\’G|.E|)  BANNER,  Hinsdale,  N.  H. 


^ISDONE 


An  IUnrtratfld  Book  of  84  that  «v«ry  oat  Bioald  have. 

S«atyv««  port  paid,  by  BOND,  BAHTIN  A  CO.  Sprlng(Uia,U»i. 


riN  A  CO.  SprlagfUld,  Uiii. 


MniiufuclnroH  by  tbe  Florence  Mn«  h,  Co.  Th*  Simpleet, 

,  CbvBinfiit  unit  Hijut  In  huh  I  Hum  but  »un»  npMiilt#!  A  Child  '  mu  Run 

S . S  K 

Goffs  BsorBent  Closets 

AND  URINALS. 

OFFICE  AND  W A  ItEHOUM.H  : 

Cor.  Variek,  Vontry  and  Canal  Sl»„ 
NEW  YOltK. 

m  A  flTfQ  mid  NAILS 

A  Aw  of  everv  variety.  In  puck- 


m  A  riT/e  and  NilIL$ 

i-T.  A 3.,  S  J  of  every  variety,  in  puck. 

ages  TO  HU  IT,  sent  t( 
any  address  by  41MEUH  AN  TACK  CO., 
Manu, fae.t art rs.  117  Chambers  Kt..  N.  Y. 

A  MBS  PLOW  COMKANV. 

IMPLEMENTS  AND  MACHINES. 

67  Heckman  Bt..  New  York,  and  Quincy  Hall.  Boston 

(  1AKHAHT’*  PULVERimil  CI  I  TIVA- 

V./  Toil  has  more  practical  points  than  any  cultiva¬ 
tor  in  use,  and  is  Indispensable  as  a  farm  implement. 
Price,  432.  C.  C.  BRADLEY  &  HON, 

Manufacturers,  Syracuse.  N.  Y. 

LIGHTNING  SAWsT 

Descriptive  Pamphlets  mailed  free. 

E.  M.  BOYNTON.  80  Ba.kman  8»..  N.  Y,,  Solo  Proprietor. 

•fcT,-**,  TlMlltOVKO  FOOT  LATHES, 
jp/'rx  J  With  Slide- Best  and  filuliigs.  Just 
;f‘  N  the  thing  for  the  Artisan  or  Amateur 
uJt*  ''A  Turner. 

Also,  ll.tNtl  PI.ANKUM. 
zmj  ”  Many  renders  •>!  tills  paper  have  one 

of  them.”  Helling  in  all  purls  of  the 
country,  Canada.  Cuba.  Europe,  Ac. 

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.STREETS, 

Eagan’s  Improved  Macadam  pavement  for  streets 
Is  destined  to  tnlco  the  place  of  all  other  forms  of 
pavement,  for  the  reasons,  viz  : 

It  is  cheaper,  more  durable,  more  easily  and  per¬ 
fectly  repaired.  Is  Impervious  to  water,  and  no  at¬ 
mospheric  change  Will  utlecl  it. 

It  ts  free  from  muai  and  dust,  and  Is  noiseless. 

It  Is  smooth  without  being  slippery,  and  has  suf¬ 
ficient  elasticity  to  make  it  the  easiest  pavement 
known  for  animals  to  travel  over. 

DURABILITY. 

The  reason  a  Macadam  road  does  not  last  longer  Is 
because  the  stones  are  loose  and  rub  and  grind  upon 
each  other  — dust  and  mud  Is  the  result.  Eagan’s 
Composition  holds  the  rocks  firmly  together,  thus 
completely  remedying  tills  evil,  and  confining  t  e 
wear  of  liie  road  to  it*  surface. 

KIDKWALKN. 

Eagan’s  Composition  Is  peculiarly  adapted  for  side¬ 
walks  and  lawn  walks,  private  roadways,  gutters, 
etc.  It  can  be  rnudu  into  blocks  and  lalu  In  sr  pares 
or  diamond  form, or  made  one  continuous  sheet,  cow¬ 
ering  arched  work  more  perfectly  than  the  largest 
Hags  tone,  and  at  one-fourth  the  expense. 

Walks  made  of  it  have  a  smooth,  hjird  and  even 
surface,  pleasant  to  walk  upon.alwnys  clean  and  free 
of  ice,  and  of  as  great  durability  as  if  made  of  the  best 
ting  ••tone.  idc  under  Eagan’s  patent  cost 

but  little  if  any  more  than  tl  made  of  plank,  and  are 
as  durable  as  rock. 

ROOFING, 

Made  of  this  composition,  Is  far  superior  to  the  com¬ 
mon  felt  roofs  that  are  ruade  of  gravel,  felt,  coal-tar 
and  pitch.  The  latter  Is  liable  to  run  In  warm  cli¬ 
mates  and  to  crack  In  cold.  By  the  peculiar  eiiem- 
lenl  combinations  in  this  composition  both  of  these 
objections  are  obviated, and  u  roof  produced  equal  to 
slate,  at  a  cost  of  about  ooe-tlurd  as  much  her  square. 

CELLAR  BOTTOMS  AND  SIDES, 

Lined  with  this  composition,  from  one  to  two  inches 
thick,  keep  perfectly  dry  and  warm  in  winter  and  cool 
in  summer,  and  are  rat  and  vermin  proof. 

FLOORS. 

Floors  made  of  It  may  be  painted  any  color;  and 
are  us  pleasant  to  tread  upon  a*  It  made  of  wood. 

CISTERNS  AND  VATS. 

Eagan’s  Composition  Is  impervious  to  water  and  in¬ 
soluble  in  aclus,  making  It  Just  the  thing  for  lining 
vats  in  breweries  and  manufactories  of  most  kinds. 
It.  Is  equally  well  adapted  for  cisterns,  much  better 
than  the  best  hydraulic  cements,  »nd  not  aubject  to 
decay  from  any  cause. 

PIPING. 

Piping  made  of  Kagan's  Composition  has  been  In  use 
for  five  veers  in  Sau  Francisco,  Cal.,  where  it  was  first 
Invented.  It  lias  given  entire  satisfaction,  almost 
entirely  superseding  all  other  kinds  of  piping  for 
sewers  or  drains.  It  is  easily  and  cheaply  made,  and 
has  the  advantage  of  being  made  at  any  place  with¬ 
out  a  great  outlay  of  money  for  machinery,  tools, 
buildings  or  materials. 

pipes  can  be  made  ol  any  required  sire,  are  cheaper, 
and  will  sustain  a  greater  external  or  Internal  press¬ 
ure  that]  any  other  kind  of  uement  pipe. 

CEMENT. 

As  a  cement  it  Is  acknowledged,  by  scientific  men 
who  have  examined  it,  to  be  the  strongest  known. 
A  wall  built  of  brick  or  stone,  and  this  cement  used 
as  a  mortar,  weuld  be  perfectly  solid  as  If  made  of  a 
solid  rock. 

-SEA  WA  LLH. 

Sea  walls  can  be  built  with  this  material  In  combi¬ 
nation  with  broken  rock,  more  rapidly  and  cheaper 
thau  In  any  other  way 

DIPLOMAS. 

First  premiums  have  been  awarded  to  Kagan’s  Com¬ 
position  from  the  f  ollowing  Fairs  : 

California  State  Fair,  at  Sacramento,  Cal,,  1868. 

Mechanics’  Institute  Fair.  Sun  Francisco.  1868. 

8om>ma  County  Fair,  at  Petaluma,  Cal.,  1869. 

St.  Louis  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  Fair,  at  St. 
Louts,  1869.  . 

New  Jersey  State  Fair,  1870. 

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crowded  and  populous  village  and  turn  up 
to  the  place  where  they  were  kept  the  pre¬ 
ceding  Winter,  of  their  own  accord,  as  or¬ 
derly  and  properly  as  a  person  of  high  degree. 

The  conclusion  to  be  drawn  from  the  facts 
I  have  given  is,  that  it  is  incumbent  upon  the 
human  race  to  exercise  almost  as  much  kind¬ 
ness,  care  and  caution  in  the  management  of 
the  brute  as  in  the  rearing  of  a  baby. 

R.  L.  Dorr. 


in  winter,  with  due  caution,  us  to  the  length 
of  the  lialter,  I  led  him  out  of  the  stable  to 
water.  He  proceeded  kindly,  and  while  ho 
was  drinking,  I  congratulated  myself  on  the. 
triumph  I  had  achieved,  when  in  a  Hash,  I 
found  myself  sailing  in  the  air  up  stream,  and 
remember  of  falling  exactly  on  my  back,  in 
the  middle  of  the  stream  !  I  remember  of 
crawling  out  upon  the  bank,  and  the  next  I 
remember  was  when  I  waked  in  a  house  not 
far  distant. 

Afterwards,  I  congratulated  myself  that  I 
had  demonstrated  the  fact,  that  the  vender’s 
caution  was  no  joke,,  and  also,  that  a  horse 
has  just  as  good  a  memory  as  that  of  any  hu¬ 
man  being  1 

I  That  was  the  first  horse  1  ever  owned.  1 
have  owned  several  since  and  own  some  now 
as  well  as  cows,  sheep,  etc.  1  have  watched 


After  the 


the  bargain  and  I  took  the  horse 
law  business  was  finished,  lie  took  me  aside,  j 
and  informed  me  that  what  he  had  stated  was 
strictly  true  ;  but  that  if  I  ever  led  him  out 
of  the  stable  without  a  bridle,  I  would  be 
killed  ! 

I  was  astonished  and  asked  him  what  he 
meaut.  I  mean,  said  he,  just  what  I  say — 
there  is  no  danger,  and  you  will  have  no 
trouble,  if  you  always  lead  him  out,  with  a 
bridle. 

The  more  I  used  that  horse  the  more  l  liked 
him,  for  Ids  exceeding  beauty,  kindness,  floet- 
ness  and  docility.  For  one  whole  year,  I 
faithfully  followed  the  injunctions  of  the 
seller,  and  put  a  bridle  on  his  head,  before 
leading  him  out  of  the  stable  ;  and  not  dis¬ 
cerning  the  least  disposition  to  vice,  in  any 
form,  I  became  strongly  suspicious,  that  the 
vender  had  practiced  an  iu/c na/nc  Joke,  upon 
me,  and  was  having  any  quantity  of  fun  at 
my  expense  ;  and  if  this  were  not  so,  the  horse 


THE  MEMORY  OF  BRUTES 


RHIN0CERO8  SUMATRANTJS 


■hic-h  they  were  The  lazy  and  careless  mother,  with  no  uppar- 
ive  acquired.  ent  apprehension  of  the  solicitude  with  which 
Spring  I  take  the  growth  of  her  offspring  was  watched, 
")  a  farm  about  overlaid  and  killed  it.  In  announcing  tins 
e  reside  during  sad  fact,  we  present  sympathetic  American 
.ud  those  horecs  readers  the  only  solace  wo  can  offer — a  por- 
i  up  to  the  gate  trait  of  the  pair — in  order  that  they  may 
;  so,  too,  in  the  the  better  understand  what  a  beautiful  ani- 
way  through  a  |  mal  the  British  public  lias  lost. 


known  of  the  so-failed  difference,  should 
have  called  them  all  the  same.  I  procured 
my  seed  from  Mr.  Geo.  Campbell  himself, 
so  there  could  uot  be  any  doubt  but  I  got  the 
genuine.  I  would  like  to  get  what  mine  have 
cost  me,  and  let  all  Late  Roses  in  future  go  by 
defualt.  1  will  say  that  I  have  tried  nearly 
all  the  new  sorts  of  potatoes,  and  have  been 


bt..l  bag  Peruvian  guano.  103  lbs.  at 

$O.Ui . 

Aug.  0, 187;?.— 6.  John  Moore,  191!  Front  St.,  1  bair 
guano,  loi  lbs.,  ^ 

Aug.  0,  1S73,— 7.  E.  A.  Reeves,  58  anti  00  Court- 
laudt  S^.^bag  No.  1  Peruvian  guano  JOT  lbs., 

July3&  JS73.— S.  JEt,  H.  Allen  &  Co.,  189  and  191 
t  i  1  hiXS  guano,  170  lbs.,  at  4c.,  *0.80. 

July  18t2.—  9.  Chapman  &  Van  AVyck,  170 
front  st.,  1  bag  No.  1  Peruvian  guano,  168 


to  compare  the  results  above -given,  and 
that  it  is  not  intended  by  your  committee 
to  assert  that  the  assumed  standard  of  values 
or  method  of  computation  is  correct — still  less 
that  the  figures  given  represent  the  true  or 
even  the  approximate  value.to  the  farmer  of 
the  several  samples. 

John  Stanton  Gould,  ) , 

Isaac  H.  Cocks,  j  t'om- 


WEIGHT  OF  PIGS, 


I  butchered,  on  Dec.  12,  five  pigs  (Chester 
stock)  that  averaged  186  pounds  net.  They 
came  on  the  loth  of  last  June,  which 
makes  them  180  days  old.  consequently  they 
have  gained  over  one  pound  per  day.  Can 
this  be  beat  *  A  Subscriber. 

Bridgeport,  O. 


THE  LATE  ROSE  POTATOES. 

I.v  the  Rural  New-Yorker  for  Jan.  11th 
you  publish  the  experiments  of  T,  C.  W.,  W. 
R.  Skeels  of  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  of  S. 
A.  Felton,  Sauk  Co.,  Wis.,  with  Campbell’s 
Late  Rose  potato.  Having  planted  4  lbs.,  or, 
rather,  what  Mr,  Campbell  sent  me  for  4 
lbs.,  (being  a  little  mure  than  3j<  lbs.  of  pota¬ 
toes,  the  balance  being  material  used  in  the 
package  in  which  they  were  sent,)  1  will  send 
you  my  success  with  them  and  their  table 
qualities  as  developed  on  my  soil,  etc.  They 
were  cut  to  single  eyes  nud  planted  In  the 
field  with  the.  other  sorts,  on  ground  that  had 
been  manured  broadcast  the  year  previous, 
and  planted  to  corn  ;  the  ground  was  conn 
parativeJy  new,  as  it  had  been  tile-drained  a 
few  years  since,  and  not  plowed  since  it  was 
cleared,  till  18.  >9,  when  a  crop  of  corn  was 
taken  off,  then  a,  crop  of  oats  and  wheat  fol¬ 
lowed  ;  since  then  it  had  laid  in  grass,  as  also 
previous.  .Since  it  was  cleared  all  the  crops 
mentioned  were  good,  and  some  of  them,  es¬ 
pecially  since  draining,  were  remarkably  so- 
so  much  so,  that  farmers  came  from  a  dis¬ 
tance  to  see  the  result,  which  was  astonishing, 
especially  the  corn  and  oat  crops,  and  also 
the  grass  <:  rops  that  followed.  The  corn  crop 
in  1871  was  a  heavy  one,  and  a  large  crop  ol 
potatoes  was  expected  tlie  year  past,  from 
the  condition  of  the  soil  and  previous  crops, 

Mr.  Campbell’s  statements  were  very  flat¬ 
tering  as  to  their  yield  und  quality,  In  re¬ 
gal’d  to  their  yielding  properties  he  said  they 
would  yield  twice  as  much  as  any  other  va¬ 
riety,  not  excepting  the  Peerless,  On  one 
side  of  them  I  planted  a  seedling  potato  sent 
me  by  Mr,  N.  1’.  Burpee  of  N.  B.  ;  on  the 
other  side  the  Lapstone  Kidney,  while  the 
Peerless  and  Thorburn’s  Late  Rose  were 
planted  adjacent,  in  a  plot  of  two  or  three 
acres.  In  regard  to  their  growth  I  think- 
nothing  will  stop  that  but  the  frost  in  this 
latitude,  as  the  tops  were  rank  and  green  till 
frost  killed  them  the  Kith  of  Oct.,  which  wus 
much  later  than  is  usual  here.  The  result 
was  i  had,  when  dug,  about  %  bushels  of 
the  meanest,  most  scraggy  potatoes  that  1 
ever  saw  dug,  and  1  have  seen  them  dug  and 
have  bundled  them  for  the  past  00  years  ; 
while  the  seedling  of  Mr.  Burpee  gave  me 
fully  double  of  fine,  smooth  potatoes ;  also 
the  Lapstone  Kidney  did  the  same. 

When  harvested,  then  comes  the  test  of 
eating  qualities.  From  what  was  said  of 
them  by  Mr.  Campbell,  1  supposed  that  they 
at  least  would  be  fair,  if  nothing  more  ;  but 
after  the  testing,  by  boiling,  we  (that  is,  all 
the  family,  including  hired  help)  decided  that 
the  quality  for  the  table  was  very  poor  ;  in 
fact,  they  are  absolutely  rank  to  the  taste. 
The  potatoes  are  highly  colored  on  the  out¬ 
side,  and  the  coloring  matter  pervades  the 
fleshy  part  of  the  potato,  so  much  that  it 
does  uod  disappear  in  the  cooking,  conse¬ 
quently  it  is  not  so  white  as  the  Peach  Blow, 
nor  nearly  so  good.  The  specimens  I  have 
grown  have  the  color,  only  darker,  that  the 
old  Merino  Potato  had  yearn  ago  when  that 
sort  was  common  ;  also  the  same  red  streaks 
through  the  potato  when  cooked,  us  also  the 
rank,  smarting  taste  of  that  variety,  and  I 
should  say  that,  if  it  is  a  seedling  of  the  Early 
Rose,  as  is  claimed  for  it,  that  it  must  have 
been  fertilized  by  some  rank,  late-growing 
sort  5  at  any  rate  the  deep  color,  and  lateness 
of  the  potato,  will  condemn  it  us  a  cropper, 
even  if  the  quality  should  improve,  as  1  do 
not  believe  it  will ;  and  my  advice  to  the 
readers  of  the  Rural  would  be,  to  give  | 
Campbell’s  Late  Rose  a  wide  berth,  as  1  be-  j 
lieve  it  to  be  another  bug  of  the  Ramsdell 
Norway  Oats  style. 

The  soil  was  a  clayey  loam,  with  clayey  j 
subsoil;  the  season  very  wet  and  warm,  j 
planted  on  ground  where  corn  had  been  grown 
the  previous  year,  well  manured  with  green 
manure  plowed  under  five  inches  deep ; 
plowed  eight  inches  deep  in  the  Spring  be-  C 
fore  planting  potatoes,  what  could  haveeaus-  ° 
ed  the  difference  in  yield,  and  especially  in  11 
quality  ?  T.  C.  W.  don’t  tell  us  the  soil  or  S 
when  he  grew  the  potatoes.  S.  A.  Pelton’s  £ 
soil  was  similar  to  mine,  but  the  result  wide-  -A 

ly  different.  . 

A 

Thorbum’s  Late  Rose  I  consider  vastly  su¬ 
perior  to  Campbell's  ;  in  fact,  Thorburn’s  and  A 
Early  Rose  were  so  near  alike  that  had  1  not  A 


very  often  disappointed,  no  one  of  them  fill¬ 
ing  the  advertiser’s  bill  as  to  yield  und  quali¬ 
ty.  The  Excelsior  stands  at  the  head  of  the 
list  as  a  table  potato  ;  it  has  some  defects. 
The  Early  Rose  is  the  best  yet  for  an  early 
potato,  taking  into  consideration  all  its  good 
qualities.  1  might  tell  of  thirty  or  forty  va¬ 
rieties  more  as  tested  by  me,  but  why  say 
more.  Jonathan  Talcott. 

Rome,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

ORCHARD  GRASS  AND  ALSIKE  CLOVER. 

In  answer  to  an  inquiry,  the  editor  of  the 
Mass.  Ploughman  says ♦. — We  have  tried 
orchard  grass  pretty  thoroughly  and  have 
come  to  this  conclusion.  If  most  of  the  other 
grasses  on  the  farm  are  late,  that  is  if  they 
are  mostly  Timothy,  red  top,  etc.,  we  would 
sow  orchard  grass,  because  it  is  desirable  to  j 
have  some  fields  that  can  be  cut  earlier  than 
others.  That  is  a  great  advantage  and  coun¬ 
terbalances  some  of  the  disadvantages  of 
orchard  grass,  such  as  its  tendency  to  grow 
in  bunches,  and  its  hard  and  wiry  nature,  if 
not  cut  early,  etc.  If  orchard  grass  is  sown 
alone,  or  only  with  clovers,  we  should  use  at 
least  two  bushels  of  seed  to  the  acre.  With 
timothy  and  other  grasses  that  ure  late,  it 
does  not  do  so  well,  because  it  is  lit  to  cut  at 
least  tliree  weeks  before  Timothy,  but  with 
clover  it  is  oven  better  than  Timothy.  If  we 
were  going  to  mix  any  natural  grass  with  it 
we  should  get  a  little  perennial  rye  grass. 
But  orchard  grass  may  be  sown  thickly  with 
red  and  alsike  clover,  say  five  pounds  of  red 
clover  seed  and  five  pounds  of  alsike.  If 
only  red  clover  seed  is  used  it  ought  to  be  at 
least  ten  pounds  to  the  acre,  and  fifteen  is  bet¬ 
ter.  But  alsike  seed  is  much  smaller  than 
mi  clover  seed  and  you  get  a  vastly  greater 
number  of  plants.  Alsike  will  not  show  a 
great  deal  the  first  Season.  If  you  sow  red 
cli iver  it  ought  to  give  a  fair  crop  the  first 
year  and  when  it  begins  to  disappear  the 
second  year  you  will  find  the  alsike.  The 
lat  ter  is  a  perennial,  and  it  will  last  some 
years  unless  it  is  killed  out  by  the  severity 
of  the  Winter.  Tt  does  not  seem  to  be  per¬ 
fectly  hardy.  Tt  will  sometimes  got  killed 
out,  but  it  ought  to  remain  several  years. 
Orchard  grass  will  bear  the  shade  and  a  rich 
soil.  It  grows  more  rapidly  after  being  cut 
or  led  off  than  any  other  grass  we  know,  but 
the  second  crop  does  not  send  up  dowering 
stalks,  and  does  not,  therefore,  grow  ,so  tall 
and  imposing  as  tin- first  crop,  but  it  grows 
tun  ic  and  makes  a  bulky,  though  not  so  very 
heavy  a  burden.  Sowing  it  very  thickly 
prevents  it  from  growing-  so  much  in  clumps 
and  gives  it  a  fiuer  grow  th.  Two  bushels  of 
seed  to  .the  acre  is  little  enough  and  more 
would  be  better.  With  orchard  grass,  clover 
and  alsike  the  cost  of  the  seed  will  be  rather 
greater  than  Timothy  and  red  top,  but  if  you 
have  never  grown  this  grass  we  advise  you  to 
try  it.  JSow  it  as  early  in  the  Spring  os  you 
can,  give  it  a  good  chance  and  you  will  see 
how  you  like  it.  But.  do  not  make  up  your 
mind  till  the  second  year,  when  you  will  like 
it,  we  think. 


dfiitjnt  (iq'oncmy. 


GUANO-AS  SOLD  IN  NEW  YORK, 

To  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  New  York 
Stale  Agricultural  Society: 

The  undersigned  having  been  appointed  a 
Chemical  Committee  under  the  resolution  of 
the  Executive  Committee  passed  May  4,  1872, 
and  instructed  to  obtain  samples  of  Guauos 
sold  at  retail  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and  to 
have,  them  analyzed  by  Mr,  William  M. 
Habirsuaw  (analyst  to  the  chemical  trade  of 
that  city),  who  had  offered  In's  services  to  the 
Society  for  this  investigation,  respectfully  re¬ 
port  : 

That  they  caused  to  be  purchased  of  each  of 
the  dealers  and  ii  ims  named  below,  one  bag 
of  guano  at  the  dates  and  prices  below  stated, 
and  numbered  the  same  as  below,  the  same 
numbers  being  referred  to  in  the  analyses 
given  in  this  report : 


Aug.  9, 1872—10.  George  E.  White,  160  Front  St., 
1  bag  No.  1  Peruvian  Chincha,  180  lbs.,  at  4c., 
$7.30. 

That  these  purchases  were  all  made  by  Mr. 
Cocks  of  your  committee,  and  shipped  to  his 
farm  at  Old  West  bury,  L.  T.,  by  railroad. 

That,  for  purposes  of  comparison,  your  com¬ 
mittee  obtained  of  Messrs.  Hobson,  Hurtado 
&  Co.,  the  agents  of  the  Peruvian  Govern¬ 
ment  in  New  York  City,  a  bag  of  Guanape 
Guano,  numbered  11,  and  of  the  Manhattan 
Manufacturing  and  Fertilizing  Company,  n 
bag  of  their  nitrogenized  superphosphate, 
sold  under  the  name  of  Phosphatic  Blood  Gu¬ 
ano,  numbered  12  in  this  report. 

That  the  severul  bags  so  purchased  were 
conveyed  to  t  he  residence  of  Mr.  Cocks  as 
speedily  and  directly  as  possible,  and  there 
carefully  sampled  by  your  committee,  the 
samples  put  into  sealed  glass  jars  and  num¬ 
bered  I  to  XU  (1  to  12),  as  above,  and  deliv¬ 
ered  to  Mi-.  IIabirshaw  for  analysis. 

That  on  t  he  21st  day  of  October  they  re¬ 
ceived  the  report,  and  analyses  of  the  said  12 
samples  from  Mr.  Habirshaw,  as  given  in  the 
accompanying  table,  dated  New  York  City, 
Oct.  10,  1872. 


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For  the  purpose  of  showing  how  largely  the 
several  samples  vary  in  value,  we  append  the 
following  results  of  a  computation  in  which  it 
was  assumed  that  the  vttlue  of  nitrogen  is  17 
cents  in  gold  per  lb.,  and  of  phosphoric  acid 
10  cents  in  gold  per  lb.,  and  that  no  other  con¬ 
stituents  should  be  taken  into  account.  The 
values  were  thus  computed  for  each  of  the 
samples  I  to  XI,  per  ton  of  2,000  lbs.,  and  are 
(in  gold)  as  follows  : 

No.  of  sample.  I  II  HI  IV  V  VI 

Value .... $32.97  $24.78  $83.28  $33.56  $69.00  $65.99 
No.  of  amnple,  VII  vm  IX  X  XI 

Value  ...  42.35  54.44  54.60  31.74  66.75 

We  desire  to  be  dearly  understood  that 
these  results,  as  regards  mauurial  values,  are 
given  merely  for  the  sake  of  enabling  persons 
who  may  take  an  interest  in  the  suhieet 


SUFFOLK  SWINE. 

The  Committee  on  Suffolks  made  the  fol¬ 
lowing  report  to  the  late  National  Swine 

I  Breeders’  Convention,  which  will  answer 
e  many  inquiries,  though  it  may  provoke  dis- 

II  sent  from  breeders.  The  Committee  reported 
a  as  follows : 

Mr.  Sidney  saj-s  ;  Yorkshire  stands  in  the 
1‘  first  rank  as  a  pig  breeding  county,  possessing 
the  largest  white  breed  in  England  as  well  as 
'  an  excellent  medium  and  small  breed,  all 
s  white,  the  last  of  which  transplanted  into  the 
‘‘  South,  has  figured  and  won  prizes  under  the 
*'  names  of  divers  nobleman  and  gentlemen,  and 
in  more  than  one  county.  The  Yorkshires 
are  closely  allied  with  the  Cumberland  breeds, 
and  have  been  so  much  intermixed  that  with 
-  the  except  ion  of  the  very  largest  breeds,  it  is 
~  difficult  to  tell  wheru  the  Cumberland  begins 
e  and  where  the  Yorkshire  ends.  It  will  be 
.  enough  to  say,  for  t  he  present,  that  the  mod¬ 
ern  Manchester  boar,  the  improved  Suffolk, 
the  improved  Middlesex,  the  Colt-shill,  and 
the  Prince  Albert  or  Windsor,  were  all  found¬ 
ed  on  Yorkshire-Ctunbcrland  stock,  and  some 
of  them  are  merely  pure  Yorkshire's  trans¬ 
planted  and  re-christened. 

Speaking  of  pigs  kept  in  the  daii-y  district, 
of  Cheshire,  he  says,  “  white  pigs  have  not 
found  favor  with  the  dairymen  of  Cheshire, 
and  the  white  ones  most  used  are  Manchester 
boars,  another  name  for  the  Yorkghire-Cum- 
berland  breed.”  He  says  in  another  place, 
and  all  the  authors  who  have  followed  him, 
down  to  the  latest  published  work  on  the  sub¬ 
ject,  occupy  space  in  describing  various  coun¬ 
ty  pigs,  which  have  long  ewu-cd  to  possess,  if 
ever  they  possessed,  any  merit  worthy  of  the 
attention  of  the  breeder.  Thus  the  Norfolk, 
the  Suffolk,  the  Bedford,  the  Cheshire,  have 
each  separate  notice,  not  one  of  which  except 
the  Suffolk,  is  wort  hy  of  cultivation,  and  the 
Suffolk  is  only  another  name  for  a  small 
Yorkshire  pig. 

Characteririicst.  — Head,  small,  very  short  ; 
cheeks,  prominent  and  full ;  face,  dished  ; 
snout  small  and  veiy  short ;  jowl,  flue  ;  ears,' 
short,  small,  thin,  upright,  soft  und  silky  ; 
neck,  very  short  and  thick,  the  head  appear¬ 
ing  almost  as  if  set  on  front  of  shoulders,  no 
arching  of  crest ;  chest,  wide  and  deep— el¬ 
bows  standing  out ;  brisket,  wide  but  not 
deep;  shoulders,  thick,  rather  upright,  round¬ 
ing  outwards  from  top  to  elbow  ;  crops,  wide 
and  full.  Sides  mul  flanks,  loug  ribs,  well 
arched  out  from  back,  good  length  between. 
Shoulders  and  hams,  llank  well  filled  out,  and 
coming  well  down  at  ham  ;  back,  broad,  level 
and  straight  from  crest  to  tail,  no  falling  off 
or  down  at  tail  ;  hams,  wide  and  full,  well 
rounded  out,  twist  very  wide  aud  fuff  all  the 
way  down  ;  legs  small  and  very  short,  stand¬ 
ing  wide  apart,  in  sows  just  keeping  belly 
from  the  ground ;  bone  fine ;  feet,  small, 
hoofs  rather  spreading  ;  tail,  small,  long  and 
tapering  ;  skin,  thin,  of  u  pinkish  shade,  free 
from  color ;  hair,  fine  and  silky,  not  too  thick  ; 
color  of  hail-  pale  yellowish  white,  perfectly 
free  from  any  spots  or  other  color  ;  size,  small 
to  medium. 

- ♦-*-* - - 

PIGS  DISEASED. 

I  have  a  fine  litter  of  pigs  about  five  weeks 
old.  Two  days  ago  I  noticed  one  of  them 
breathing  hard  ;  at  noon  it  was  worse,  and 
kept  getting  worse  ;  at  night  could  scarcely 
breathe  (could  hear  it  ten  rods  away)  ;  found 
it  dead  the  next  morning.  I  opened  it  and 
found  the  lungs  a  dark  color  and  quite  rot¬ 
ten  ;  also  some  pus  in  the  windpipe  close  to 
the  lungs.  To-day  had  another  one  taken 
the  same  wav  ;  it  was  so  near  dead  that  even¬ 
ing  that  I  killed  it,  opened  it,  and  found  about 
three-quarters  of  the  lungs  diseased  ;  the  oth¬ 
er  one-quarter  looked  healthy.  Am  afraid  I 
■shall  lose  all  of  them.  Have  beeu  looking 
over  my  old  Rural*  but  fail  to  find  any¬ 
thing  like  it.  Can  you  or  any  of  my  Rural 
friends  tell  me  what  ails  the  pigs  and  what  to 
do  for  them  t  e.  a.  s. 

Hudson,  O. 

- - ♦♦♦ - 

AHEAD  ON  PORKERS. 


I  THINK  Fulton  Co.,  N.  Y.,  is  ahead  on  pork¬ 
ers  ;  for  James  Hale  of  tins  County  fed  three 
pigs  one  year  old  and  butchered  them  in  Dec. 
last  which  weighed  as  follows  : — 78fi,  633  and 
572  lbs.  respectively  .  or  an  aggregate  of  1,935 
lbs.  The  breed  was  Chester  Whites  with  a 
cross  of  Suff  olk.  Who  can  beat  this  i 

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ivl ©ORE’S  BUBAL  WEW-Y0BKE1. 


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FEB,  8 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-¥0 


Alairii  Husbandri). 


HANDLING  MILK  FOR  BUTTER  MAKING. 

Experiments  in  butter  making  seem  to  bo 
camel  on  with  a  good  deal  of  system  and 
care  in  Sweden  at  the  present  time.  Dairy 
schools  have  been  organized  by  the  Govern¬ 
ment,  and,  through  the  influence  of  these 
schools,  material  improvements  in  cheese 
making  have  been  introduced,  so  that  the 
present  product  is  said  to  be  universally  ac¬ 
knowledged  as  of  superior  quality.  It  i»  prob¬ 
ably  through  this  organized  system  of  schools 
that  an  effort  is  being  made  to  reduce  butter 
making  to  a  science,  or  at  least  to  establish  eer 
tain  principles  in  regard  to  the  treatment  of 
milk  and  cream  which  heretofore  have  not 
been  fully  recognized  among  practical  butter 
makers. 

On  the  authority  of  M.  J whlin-Daunfelt, 
Superintendent  of  the  Royal  Agricultural 
College  at  Stockholm,  it  appears  that  by  long 
and  carefully -conducted  experiments  it  lias 
been  ascertained  that  the  more  speedily  the 
milk  is  cooled  down  after  being  drawn  from 
the  cow,  the  more  completely  is  the  cream 
separated  from  it.  The  water  system,  there¬ 
fore,  which  had  been  adopted  at  the  butter 
factories  has  been  somewhat  modified,  to  bet¬ 
ter  meet  the  requirements  of  the  above  prin¬ 
ciple.  The  pails  originally  used  in  the  pools 
for  setting  the  milk  were  18  inches  in  diame 
ter,  and  24  inches  deep  ;  and,  in  order  t  o  in¬ 
crease  their  capacity  for  cooling,  the  bottoms 
were  taken  out  and  the  sides  pressed  together, 
giving  the  pail  an  oval  shape,  with  a  small  di¬ 
ameter  of  seven  inches,  and  providing  them 
with  now  bottoms. 

But,  in  order  to  further  quicken  the  process 
of  eoling,  iced-water  instead  of  well-water 
lias  been  used  in  the  pools.  The  temperature 
of  spring- water  Ls  ordinarily  no  lower  than 
42  to  45  degs.  Fahr,,  whereas  the  temperature 
of  water  in  which  ice  chopped  in  small  pieces 
is  permitted  to  melt,  may  be  easily  reduced 
to  S5  to  39  degs.  Fahr.  When  the  water, 
therefore,  is  above  89  degs.,  the  ice-water 
method  is  adopted  for  cooling  the  milk.  The 
surplus  water  arising  from  the  melting  of  the 
ice  is  let  out  by  a  small  pipe  placed  at  the 
upper  edge  of  the  water  tank.  The  quantity 
of  ice  required  at  the  milk-house  is  calculated 
to  be  equal  in  measurement  to  the  quantity 
of  milk  for  the  cooling  of  which  it  is  intend¬ 
ed  ;  but,  with  proper  management,  two-tliirds 
ought  to  suffice.  The  ice  intended  for  the 
cooling-tanks  u  chopped  in  pieces  of  about 
three  to  four  inches  square.  Now,  this  prac¬ 
tice  differs  from  that  usually  adopted  iu  the 
butter  factories  of  America,  and  the  truth  of 
the  principle  announced  is  of  considerable 
importance  to  our  butter  makers.  If  it  Ls  a 
fact  that  more  butter  can  be  obtained  by 
cooling  the  milk  quickly  to  a  temperature  of 
35  to  39  dogs.,  then  it  is  important  that  our 
butter  makers  should  be  made  acquainted 
with  the  principle  and  adopt  it  in  their 
practice.  We  hope  some  carefully  conducted 
experiments  may  be  inaugurated  at  our  but¬ 
ter  factories  the  coming  season,  which  shall 
definitely  settle  the  point  in  question. 

Again,  the  Swedes  find  from  their  experi¬ 
ments  that  the  milk  should  be  delivered  as 
soon  as  possible  after  the  milking  is  done  and 
while  it  retains  as  much  as  possible  of  its 
original  heat.  Formerly  it  was  considered 
by  them  to  be  of  advantage  to  have  the  milk 
cooled  during  the  process  of  milking,  or  be¬ 
fore  being  delivered  at  the  factory.  But  now 
it  is  affirmed  that  the  more  the  original  heat 
is  retained  when  the  milk  arrives  at  the  fac¬ 
tory,  the  more  cream  will  it  yield.  The  rear 
son  given  is,  that  the  cream  begins  to  rise  as 
soon  as  the  milk  begins  to  get  cold,  and  the 
stirring  and  transportation  of  the  cool  milk 
causes  a  very  injurious  interruption  in  the 
rising  of  the  cream,  winch,  consequently, 
will  be  imperfect.  If  Hus  principle  is  correct, 
milk  should  not  be  carted  a  long  distance  to 
butter  factories,  and  only  such  patrons  a  s  arc 
favorably  located  for  delivering  milk  warm 
and  in  good  order  should  be  allowed. 

On  the  other  hand,  if  the  principle  is  cor¬ 
rect,  milk  designed  for  cheese  factories  should 
always  be  cooled  at  the  farm,  or  before  trans¬ 
porting  it  to  the  factory,  inasmuch  as  there 
would  be  less  ;loss  on  account  of  the  cream 
rising.  But  it  is  well  known  that,  by  cooling 
the  ruilk  a*  soon  as  it  is  drawn  at  the  farm,  it 
is  more  likely  to  reach  the  cheese  factory  in 
good  order,  as  warm  milk,  during  hot  weath¬ 
er,  when  closely  confined  in  the  cans,  not  un- 
frequently  decomposes  rapidly,  and  is  in  a 
tainted  condition  when  it  arrives  at  the  fac¬ 
tory.  It  is  stated,  however,  that  by  a  thor¬ 
ough  system  of  ventilation,  whereby  the 
milk  in  the  can  may  be  exposed  to  the  air 
during  its  transportation,  it  may  be  hauled  a 
long  distance  without  cooling,  and  yet  will 


arrive  at  the  factory  in  good  order.  Some 
have  suggested,  therefore,  that  by  simply  at¬ 
taching  a  bellows  to  the  carrying  can,  where¬ 
by  air  may  be  forced  through  the  milk  dur¬ 
ing  its  transit  to  the  factory,  would  suffice, 
for  all  practical  purposes,  in  holding  it  in  good 
order  while  going  to  the  factory.  It  is  evi¬ 
dent  to  those  who  have  paid  much  attention 
to  the  handling  of  milk  and  the  manufacture 
of  daily  products,  that  veiy  much  more 
knowledge  is  needed  on  the  subject  than  that 
which  now  obtains,  and  that  very  great  im¬ 
provement  is  yet  to  be  made  ui  the  economy 
of  dairy  practice.  The  reason  why  progress 
in  this  department  is  not  more  rapid,  is  be¬ 
cause  there  are  comparatively  few  dairymen 
who  know  how  to  conduct  an  experiment 
properly  and  get  the  exact  truth.  A  large 
part  of  tho  experiments  made  are  conducted 
so  loosely  that  the  result  obtained  amounts  to 
not!  and  thus  errors  are  inaugurated  in 
practice  which  are  most  difficult  of  eradica¬ 
tion.  We  have  seen  many  instances  of  per¬ 
sons  so  self-opinionated  that  no  argument 
could  convince,  and  who  still  preferred  to 
follow  their  own  beaten  track,  though  shown 
to  bo  wrong  by  plain,  practical  tests  worked 
out  in  their  presence. 

M.  Daunfelt  states  some  other  points  lu 
butter  daily  management  which  differs  from 
the  American  practice,  and  which  wo  shall 
allude  to  in  a  future  article.  If  tho  facts  giv¬ 
en  are  what  they  purport  to  be,  the  result  of 
numerous  and  exact  experiments  in  the  hand¬ 
ling  of  milk,  they  are  of  value,  and  we  urge 
our  dairymen  to  test  the  principles  an¬ 
nounced,  that  we  may  have  further  proof  of 
their  accuracy. 


TREATMENT  OF  NIGHT’S  MILK. 

* '  What  effect  has  removing  the  cream  from 
the  night’s  milk  upon  the  quality  and  quanti¬ 
ty  of  cheese  made  f”  was  discussed  by  the 
Jeff.  Go.,  N.  Y.,  Farmers’  Club,  at  its  meeting 
Jan.  t'.th,  eliciting  the  following  facts  One 
lb.  of  butter  can  bo  made  from  the  cream  of 
11)0  pounds  of  milk  set  over  night ;  that  after 
making  butter  from  the  cream  taken  from 
tho  night’s  milk,  it  required  9)i  pounds  of 
milk  to  make  1  pound  of  cheese  ;  that  if  the 
cream  ouCO  separates  from  the  milk,  it  passes 
through  chemical  changes  that  render  its  ab¬ 
sorption  by  the  caserne,  excepting  through 
cohesion,  impossible ;  that  in  a  majority  of 
cases  where  the  cream  is  returned  to  the  milk, 
it  became  incited  in  cooking  and  passed  off 
with  the.  whey  in  oil  ;  that  if  the  milk  is  kept 
in  motion  by  an  agitator,  or  other  means,  to 
prevent  the  cream  from  separating  from  the 
milk,  there  is  danger  of  churning,  and  thus 
losing  the  oil.  Where  cheese  is  made  from 
milk  thus  treated,  viz. ;  the  cream  from  the 
night’s  proportion  made  into  butter,  it  should 
not  be  cooked  us  high  and  should  remain  in 
the  whey  longer.  If  properly  made,  there  is 
no  perceptible  difference  between  this  cheese, 
and  that  iu  which  the  cream  has  been  re¬ 
turned.  Query  If  the  oil  is  retained  by  the 
oaseiue  by  cohesion,  is  it  not  liable  to  become 
rancid  and  cause  the  cheese  to  be  “off  flavor 
PREPARING  RENNET. 

The  Secretary  gave  Mr.  L.  Barnum’s 
method  of  preparing  rennet  as  follows  Put 
a  given  number  of  rennets  into  a  cask  of  suf¬ 
ficient  size  to  hold  the  liquor,  fill  the  cask 
one-half  full  of  water,  adding  all  salt  used  in 
curing  the  rennets  ;  let  them  souk  48  hours, 
rubbing  them  thoroughly  ;  take  the  skins  out 
into  a  pall  of  brine  ;  let  them  soak  in  tins  24 
hours,  rubbing  them  occasionally  •  test  this 
liquor,  if  it  will  coagulate  milk  readily  in  30 
minutes,  arid  it  to  liquor  in  the  cask,  putting 
the  skins  into  new  brine ;  repeat  this  opera¬ 
tion,  Carefully  testing  the  liquor  each  time;  as 
long  as  it.  will  coagulate  milk,  add  it  to  the 
liquor  in  the  cask  ;  when  all  the  strength  has 
been  extracted  from  the  skins,  throw  them 
away — bury  them.  You  now  have  a  cask  of 
prepared  rennet.  A  certain  number  of 
ounces  to  1.000  pounds  of  milk  will  coagulate 
it  in  from  20  to  25  minutes.  There  being  no 
skins  in  it,  it  will  keep  sweet  ns  long 'ax  pork 
or  beef  briue,  if  sufficient  salt  has  been  used. 
Enough  may  be  prepared  iu  the  Spring  to 
last  the  entire  season.  It.  is  a  great  sa  ving  of 
rennet,  as  the  exact  strength  is  til  ways  known ; 
no  more  need  be  used  than  is  necessary  to 
coagulate  the  milk.  It  also  extracts  the  en¬ 
tire  strength  from  the  skins,  which  is  not  apt 
to  be  the  case  when  the  skins  are  allowed  to 
remain  in  the  first  liquor,  and  new  skins  and 
whey  added  each  day. 

Watertown,  N.  V,  W.  R.  Skrelk,  Sea’y. 

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TROUBLE  IN  CHURNING. 


In  answer  to  a  farmer’s  daughter,  who  is 
puzzled  to  know  why  ereurn  will  not  always 
bring  butter  at  this  season  of  the  year,  I 
would  say  in  the  first  place,  don’t  let  the 
cream  remain  on  the  milk  too  long.  1  skim 
third  or  fourth  meal  ;Vhat  rises  after  that 
time  will  not  make  butter  ;  scald  the  churn, 
heating  the  cream  about  <‘<0°.  I  hare  followed 
the  above  plan  more  than  forty  years.  I  have 
given  directions  to  many,  all  of  whom  have 
adopted  it  with  success.  E.  h. 

Ban  e,  Mass., 


CLIMATIC  CONDITION  OF  THE  PACIFIC 
SLOPE, 

Compared  with  that  of  the  Atlantic  States 

During  the  Winter  Holidays  And  Some 

Other  Things. 

v ACAvir.i.E,  Cal.,  Jan.  1, 18T8. 9 

Friend  Mooke  Wishing  you  the  compli¬ 
ments  of  the  season,  it  has  seemed  to  me  that, 
as  once  upon  a  time  (first  of  January,  ISliO)  I 
wrote  you  from  my  Island  Home,  the  “Villa 
of  the  Banyans,”  in  the  Flowery  Kingdom, 
an  account  of  the  appearance  of  a  Winter 
garden  on  New  Year's  day,  in  that  Celestial 
Empire,  which  was  published  in  the  Rural 
of  June  30,  of  that  year,  your  readers  might 
perhaps  be  interested  in  a  brief  sketch  of  the 
appearance  of  the  vegetable  kingdom,  the 
climat  ic  influences  and  the  Winter  prospects 
for  the  coming  season  of  fruit  and  vegetable 
and  cereal,  on  the  Pacific  slope  of  the  Golden 
Htate;  arid  in  some  comparisons  (not.  wilfully 
insidious)  between  the  appearance  of  Lhe  face 
of  nature  here  mid  that  of  your  side  of  the 
Continent,  bordering  on  the  Atlantic  Ocean, 
in  this  Winter  holiday  season. 

On  Christmas  day,  in  the  bleak  regions  of 
New  Hampshire,  I  saw,  by  telegraphic  re¬ 
ports,  that  the  weather  gauge  indicated  80  to 
50  degrees  below  zero;  here  it  was  00  degrees 
above  zero  at  9  o’clock  in  the  morning;  at 
12  M.  at.  01  deg.,  and  at)  IS  P.  M.  and  12  mid- 
uight,  tho  mercury  indicated  ISO  above  zero; 
and  the  day  after  Christinas  it  was  04  deg.  at. 
meridian,  making  a  difference  of  only  114  de¬ 
grees  between  the  two  localities.  And  while, 
during  the  great  holiday  week,  your  railways 
and  thoroughfares  are  bunked  with  snow,  so 
as  to  Btop  travel,  and  avalanches  of  ice  and 
snow  iu  the.  vicinity  of  New  York  mid  Bos¬ 
ton,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore  and  Washing¬ 
ton,  are  doing  great  damage,  and  people  are 
1 1 cozing  to  death,  not  a  f$w,  here,  whence  I 
*iow  write,  in  a  quiet  little  village  nestled 
among  the  scattering  foot-hills  t  hat  stud  the 
base  of  the  last  coast  range  of  mountains,  on 
the  western  borders  of  the  groat  Sacramento 
Valley,  and  where  r  have  established  my 
home,  the  apple  and  the  peach  and  almond 
have  not  yet  put  off  their  summer  garb  of 
foliage;  roses,  hyacinths,  oleanders,  and  their 
kindred  companions,  are  in  bloom;  the  orange 
and  the  beautiful  drooping  pepper  tree  are 
looking  fresh  as  iu  spring  in  our  gardens.  In  this 
vicinity  may  be  seen  orange  trees  twelve  to  fif¬ 
teen  feet  high,  laden  with  then*  golden  fruit; 
the  fanners  have  their  gang-plows  in  motion, 
plowing  and  preparing  their  fields  for  grain 
and  Spring  crops;  lands  which  the  warm, 
genial  rains  have  made  mellow  and  friable, 
and  which  give  promise  of  fruitful  crops  the 
coming  season;  and  tne  fin  it  growers  are 
trimming  their  vines  and  orchards.  The 
landscapes  around  the  hills  and  vallics  are 
carpeted  with  the  gr  een  verdure  of  Spring, 
anil  the  gladsome  notes  of  the  song  birds 
swell  the  merry  Ch  ristmas  carols.  Theimom  - 
eterou  this  New  Year’s  day,  on  my  verandah, 
stands  at  58  deg.  above  zero.  Six  hundred 
acres  of  wheat  that  \  had  thoroughly  har¬ 
rowed,  in  October,  for  a  volunteer  crop,  are 
looking  fresh  and  green,  and  promise  an 
abundant  crop. 

This  matter  of  volunteering  a  grain  crop  in 
California  Ls  a  very  simple  and  inexpensive 
process.  It  will  not  succeed  well  on  land  foul 
with  weeds,  but  I  had  my  land  fed  off  clean 
by  sheep,  so  that  no  foul  stuff  was  left  and 
none  permitted  to  shed  its  seed,  then  sum¬ 
mer  -  fallowed  in  the  Spring ;  and,  lying 
through  our  long,  dry  Summers,  when  no 
vegetation  will  start  in  the  way  of  weeds,  if 
thus  killed  out,  so  that  1  had  only  wheat,  and 
that  very  clean,  lienee  I  considered  it  safe  to 
volunteer  my  land  for  this  one  season  only, 
which  costs  nothing  but  the  harrowing — 
about  fitty  cents  per  acre — not  requiring  any 
seeding  even,  as  the  .seed  scattered  over  the 
field  in  harvesting  is  generally  found  to  be 
abundant.  Sometimes  u  volunteer  crop  has 
been  found  to  excel  the  original  crop  ;  it  will 
depend  something  upon  the  season. 

The  farmers  of  our  State  are  now  sanguine 
of  a  fair  grain  crop  the  coming  season  ;  there 
has  already  been  a  rainfall  of  from  ten  to 
fifteen  inches  in  portions  of  the  State,  so  that 
with  the  ordinary  late  rains  a  full  crop  may 
reasonably  be  expected.  But  of  what  ad¬ 
vantage  are  good  crops  to  the  farmer  if  he 
allows  himself  to  be  done  out  of  all  his  profits, 
as  he  has  been  in  many  cases  tho  past  year, 
by  wheat  ring  sharps  and  railroad  an  ship¬ 
ping  monopolies.  Forewarned  is  to  t  fore¬ 
armed  ;  and  after  the  experience  of  t,  e  past 
season,  when  the  farmer’s  wheat  has  iad  ail 
embargo  put  upon  it— has  had  to  pay  £2 5  to 
$80  per  ton  freight  to  the  Liverpool  market 
when  it  should  not  have  been  over  $10,  but 


for  these  grain  rings,  these  “  Bread  Bucca¬ 
neers,”  these  ship  monopolists— if,  Isay,  after 
these  experiences  the  farmers  suffer  them¬ 
selves  to  he  swindled  out  of  their  hard-earned 
gains,  It  will  be  their  own  fault,  A  State 
Farmers’  Union  has  been  organized  for  the 
|  protection  of  the  farmers’  interests  and  to  aid 
j  in  extricating  them  from  the  clutches  of  those 
remorseless  mnnop< .lists  who,  while  wheat 
was  selling  for  over  $00  per  ton  in  Liverpool, 
only  paid  the  fanner  hero  $30  per  ton,  or 
ninety  cents  per  bushel,  because  these  rings 
had  monopolized  all  the  ships  and  could  com¬ 
mand  their  own  price  for  freights. 

■fun.  8. — Since  commencing  the  foregoing, 
1  have  been  to  San  Francisco  to  attend  a 
meeting  of  the  Executive  Board  of  the  Fann¬ 
ers’  Union.  We  have  not  got  our  organiza¬ 
tion  Into  very  effective  operation  as  yet,  but 
it  is  hoped  we  shall  be  able  to  do  something 
to  aid  the  farming  interest  and  to  prevent 
the  impositions  under  which  they  have  been 
suffering  the  past  few  years.  Resolutions 
were  passed  in  opposition  to  t  he  la  w  taxing 
the  farmer’s  growing  crops,  to  aid  the  farm¬ 
ers  in  obtaining  their  grain  sacks  at  first,  cost, 
and  to  guard  against  being  “cornered”  by 
another  grain  ring  the  coining  season,  and  to 
enable  them  to  borrow  money  when  neces¬ 
sary  with  which  to  harvest  and  move  their 
crops  to  market,  without  having  to  pay,  as 
now,  from  one  and  a-half  to  two  percent,  a 
month  for  the  use  of  money  when  these  very 
grain  rings  and  ship  monopolists  are  accom¬ 
modated  by  the  city  banks  and  capitalists 
with  what,  money  they  wa  rd  at  the  rate  of 
eight,  or  nine  per  cent,  per  annum. 

San  Francisco,  where  more  attention  is 
paid  to  the  cultivation  of  flowers  than  in  tho 
country,  is  all  aglow  with  floral  eluirms. 
Passing  along  her  streets  on  New  Year's  day, 
you  will  see  roses,  and  geraniums,  and  pinks, 
and  jasurnins,  and  honeysuckles,  and  callas, 
all  in  fresh  bloom,  with  almost  every  variety 
of  flowers.  And  passing  through  Snnsome 
street,  at  early  dawn,  you  will  see  both  sides 
of  the  street,  for  several  blocks,  lined  with 
market,  wagons,  loaded  down  and  heaped  up 
with  fresh,  green  vegetables,  such  as  cab¬ 
bages,  turnips,  onions,  celery,  beets,  et.e.,  etc., 
just,  taken  from  the  gardens  in  the  suburbs 
and  the  adjacent  country  ;  and  in  the  fruit 
markets  you  will  see  fresh  fruits  of  almost 
every  variety.  Verily,  I  often  have  to  stop 
and  think  what  season  of  the  year  it  is  ;  in 
fact,,  we  have  but  two  seasons,  Springtime 
commencing  about  December  and  ending 
with  May  ;  the  balance  of  the  year  is  our 
Summer. 

L  do  not  wish  it,  understood  that  we  have 
no  cold  weather  in  California,  for  we  do  have 
very  respectable  white  frosts,  sometimes,  and 
ice  as  thick  as  a  pane  of  window  glass  ;  we 
had  several  of  these  in  December,  with  the 
thermometer  down  to  30  dogs,  above — not 
below  zero  as  with  you.  We  had  this  iu  Ban 
Francisco,  as  well  as  In  this  garden  of  the 
Golden  State  ;  yet,  as  you  have  seen,  it  is  not 
severe  enough  to  destroy  or  hurt  our  vegeta¬ 
tion  materially.  1  have  seen  it  many  degrees 
colder  in  New  Orleans,  on  a  New  Year's  day, 
and  yet  the  oleanders  and  oranges  there,  as 
here,  held  up  their  heads,  as  brave  as  ever, 
after  a  few  days  of  sunshine. 

My  thermometer,  this  8th  Januai-y,  indi¬ 
cates  54  degs.  above  zero,  and  the  air  is  mild 
and  agreeable.  T.  Hart  Hyatt. 

- - . 

DEPARTMENT  OF  AG.  SEED  BUSINE8S. 

I  CANNOT  quite  agree  with  you  about  the 
Seed  Division  of  tin;  Department  of  Agricul¬ 
ture.  I  think  very  many  are  benefited  by 
seeds  sent  out  by  Unit  Department.  1  think 
I  have  been,  myself.  I  raised  oats  last  sea¬ 
son  that  yielded  eighty  bushels  per  acre, 
when  the  best  of  the  common  oats  only  went 
about  forty  bushels.  These  oats  were  the 
White  Bclieonan,  sent,  out  by  the  Department 
four  years  ago.  There  are  so  many  hum  bugs 
sent,  out  by  private  individuals  that  people 
are  afraid;  for  instance,  the  Norway  oats 
made  many  a  man  disgusted.  But  the  ques¬ 
tion  dors  arise,  Who  gets  them  from  the  De¬ 
partment  ?  1  am  sorry  to  say  it  is  the  few 
and  not  the  many;  and  often  those  who  do, 
do  not  make  good  use  of  them. — II.  P.  Band- 
ford,  (Maxed  Co.,  Kan. 

Orn  correspondent,  at  the  close  of  his  ar¬ 
ticle,  concedes  all,  nearly,  that  we  complain 
of.  The  few  are  occasionally  benefited,  but 
the  many,  who  receive  no  benefit,  have  to 
foot  the  bills.  Then  there  are  thousands  of 
packages  of  seed  of  common  vegetables  sent 
out— seed  which  may  be  obtained  at  any  of 
our  seed  stores— at  the  expense  of  the  public 
treasury,  which  fgo  into  the  hands  of  poli¬ 
ticians  and  their  satellites,  und  yield  no 
public  benefit  whatever.  It  would  be  strange 
indeed  if  occasionally  some  one  derived  no 
benefit  from  this  seed  distribution  ;  but  the 
question  is,  Does  it  benefit  the  whole  people 
what  it  costs  them,  i  We  have  no  evidence, 
and  do  not  believe  that  it  does.  On  the  con¬ 
trary,  we  believe  it  a  waste  of  public  money. 


4 


- 'XSS 


red  over  all  the  rest,  and  eaten  by  the  children 
without  satiety  when  they  have  lost  relish  for 
all  other  kinds.  This,  too,  is  found  to  be  the 
case  with  sick  persons  for  whom  grapes  have 
been  recommended  by  physicians.  And  to 
show  that  the  Iona  is  beginning  to  be  appre¬ 
ciated  in  the  markets,  I  will  state  that  the 
past  month  I  sent  about  a  ton  of  this  fruit  to 
Columbus  and  Pittsburg,  where  it  is  sold  free¬ 
ly  at  ten  cents  a  pound  when  Catawbas  would 
only  bring  eight  cents.” 

We  rejoice  at  Mr.  Bateham’s  success  with 
this  grape.  It  shows  either  a  superior  knowl¬ 
edge  of  culture  which  some  good  vignerons 
may  question,  or  a  peculiar  adaptation  of  his 
soil  to  the  vine.  The  general  record  on  all  of 
our  Lake  Shore,  however,  even  to  the  Berlin 
Heights,  the  supremacy  of  it  heretofore,  is 
that,  while  it  is  a  first  class  grape  when  well 
ripened,  it  does  not  as  a  rule  ripen  in  the  gen¬ 
erality  of  soils  and  ordinary  cultivation .  The 
Cleveland  market,  although  surrounded  with 
at  least  ten  thousaud  vines  of  beating  age,  of 
the  Iona,  have  hardly  had  a  thousand  pounds 
offered  for  sale,  and  so  far  as  we  have  met 
with  cultivators  who  paid  their  hundreds  of 
dollars  for  its  vines,  they  arc  disposed  to  erad 
ieate  it.  Wo  like  our  friend’s  enthusiasm  on 
this  variety,  for  it.  undoubtedly  once  paid  him 
well,  and  at  the  same  time  we  give  him  due 
credit  for  the  following  caution  taken  from 
his  article  in  the  Ohio  Farmer  -.—“The  vines 


by  shaded  lines,)  and  bolted  fast  to  the  same, 
allowing  the  reach  to  pass  between,  and  is 
secured  by  a  bolt  with  thin  nut  ;  thus  the 
space  between  the  sleds  can  be  shortened  or 
lengthened  in  a  moment’s  time. 

Perhaps  this  way  of  coupling  sleighs  is  fa¬ 
miliar  to  all,  but  I  hardly  think  so ;  and  if 
any  one  tries  this  method  and  is  disappointed 
in  its  working  to  perfect  satisfection,  they 
may  console  themselves  with  the  thought  that 
it  didn’t  cost  them  anything.  I  think  it  can¬ 
not  be  beat ;  if  it  can,  I  should  be  very  happy 
to  see  it. 

The  drawing  is  made  to  represent  tia- 
vois,”  a  kind  of  sled  universally  used  in  this 
section,  the  runners  being  about  five  inches 


tween  round  and  oval  in  shape,  and  red  in 
color  ;  it  was  distributed  very  evenly  on  the 
vines.'  A  correspondence  developed  the  fact 
that  the  gentleman  who  sent  it  had  for  the 
past  three  seasons  been  testing  it  side  by  side 
with  other  standard  varieties,  and  found  that 
it  ripened  six  to  ten  days  earlier.  This  fact 
may  be  in  part  accounted  for  by  its  having 
been  grown  for  years  in  a  Northern  latitude, 
while  the  utmost  care  had  always  been  used 
in  the  selecting  of  seed  stock. 


the;  trophy  tomato. 

■  ■- 

As  frequent  allusion  has  been  made  to  the 
Trophy  temato  as  being  a  late  variety,  and 
inclined  to  rot  before  the  fruit  was  fully  ripe, 

I  will  give  the  result  of  my  experiments  with 
it  the  past  season,  The  seed  was  purchased 
of  Geo.  E.  Waring,  aud  sown  thinly  in  boxes 
in  the  house  the  33d  of  February.  Seed  of 
the  Gen.  Grant  tomato  was  sown  at  the  same 
time,  the  soil  used  being  a  compost  prepared 
the  previous  Autumn,  of  about,  equal  parts  of 
garden  soil,  decayed  sods  and  leaf  mold  from 
the  woods,  together  with  a  small  quantity  of 
old  manure,  flue  as  powder,  and  a  few  hand¬ 
fuls  of  sand  ;  after  the  seeds  were  sown,  a 
piece  of  old  cotton  cloth  was  spread  over  the 
soil,  which  was  well  moistened  with  warm 
water,  the  boxes  covered  with  shingles  and 
placed  on  the  top  of  a  cupboard,  near  the 
kitchen  stove. 

In  a  week  nearly  every  seed  was  up  ;  the 
covering  was  removed,  und  the  boxes  placed 
in  a  south  window,  where  t  he  young  plants 
grew  apace  ;  the  Gen.  Grant  taking  the  lead 
at  first,  though  the  Trophy  made  a  vigorous 
growth  when  fairly  started. 

On  very  cold  nights  they  were  stored  in  a 
novel  greenhouse  (a  large  wash  boiler)  behind 
the  stove 


TRANSPLANTING  GARDEN  PLANTS. 

A  gardener  of  experience  says  : — In  trans¬ 
lating  tomatoes,  cabbages  and  tobacco 


They  were  transplanted  twice 
while  in  the  house,  setting  them  a  little  deeper 
each  time,  and  the  first  of  April  were  removed 
to  a  cold  frame  on  the  south  side  of  the  house. 
Here  they  were  inured  to  the  sun  and  air, 
and  by  the  10t,h  of  May  had  outgrown  the 
frame  so  that  the  sash  could  not  be  closed  at 
night,  bttt  the  weather  was  still  too  cold  to 
trust  them  in  the  open  ground  ;  so  the  sash 
was  raised  with  blocks,  while  the  friendly 
shield  of  an  old  quilt  kept  them  safely  on 
frosty  nights.  The  last,  of  May  a  dozen 
plants  were  set  out  in  the  garden,  two  inches 
deeper  than  they  grew  in  the  cold  frame. 
No  manure  was  used  in  the  hill,  the  ground 
having  been  well  mulched  the  previous  year  ; 
but  the  gravelly  loam  was  thoroughly  pulver¬ 
ized,  the  roots  of  the  plants  were  well  water¬ 
ed,  and  the  tops  tied  to  small  stakes.  Green 
hemlock  boughs  were  placed  entirely  around 
each  plant  to  protect  it,  for  a  few  days,  from 
the  sun  and  wind,  and  at  night  were  drawn 
together  at  the  top  bv  a  stout  cord,  forming 
a  good  protection  from  several  slight  l  rests. 
Not  a  leaf  w  ilted,  and  the  fibrous  stems  were 
soon  hardy  enough  to  be  trained  in  the  way 
they  were  to  go  through  the  Summer. 

Various  devices  were  used  to  support  the 
vines,  the  most  satisfactory  being  a  stout 
stake  from  the  woods,  with  several  branches 
left  on,  to  which  the  vines  are  tied.  The 
ground  was  hoed  often,  and  occasionally  sup¬ 
plied  with  water  left  in  the  barnyard  after  a 
rain.  If  the  weather  had  been  favorable  for 
transplanting  earlier  in  the  season,  1  think  J 
should  have  done  much  better  ;  but  the  first 
ripe  (Gen.  Grant)  tomatoes  were  picked  the 
2dt.il  of  July,  and  the  first  Trophy  the.  3d  of 
August,  aud  from  that  time  till  the  15th  of 
October,  we  had  an  abundant  supply  of  to¬ 
matoes  for  a  large  family,  besides  some  for 
less  fortunate  neighbors. 

The  Trophy  was  only  four  days  later  than 
the  Gen.  Grant,  and  until  late  in  the  season, 
bore  enormous  clusters  of  large,  smooth,  well 
ripened  fruit  ;  and  for  the  first  two  weeks,  if 
I  would  have  spared  them,  the  tomatoes 
would  have  readily  sold  for  fifty'  cents  per 
dozen  at  our  door.  The  largest  perfect  one 
only7  weighed  eighteen  ounces  ;  but  there 
were  very  few7  that  were  uot  entirely7  smooth 
and  line  to  the  stem.  Ruth  D. 


TO  PREVENT  CATTLE  FROM  HOOKING 
FENCES. 


Pt,  BOB  SLEDS, 
wide  and  one  and  a-quarter  thick  ;  undci 
side  of  this,  in  the  center,  is  a  strip  one  and  a- 
quarter  inches  wide  (or  one  inch,  just  as  wide 
as  the  iron  shoe  you  wish  to  attach)  and  one 
aud  a-half  inches  in  thickness.  This  tapers 
gradually,  and  terminates  at  B  ;  thus,  on 
well  trodden  roads,  this  only  comes  in  con¬ 
tact  with  the  snow  ;  but  it  roads  arc  soft, 
this  will  settle  It,  but  only  to  the  second  run¬ 
ner,  winch  is  plated  on  each  side  of  the  nar¬ 
row  strip  with  band  iron. 

Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y.  A.  G.  Miller. 


plants,  prepare  a  tub  of  manure  wutei ,  aim 
thicken  it  to  the  stiffness  of  mush  by  stirring 
in  rich  garden  mold  ;  dip  the root.  of  the  plant, 
in  this  paste  before  setting  in  the  ground  ; 
press  the  earth  firmly  around  the  l'oot,  anti 
sprinkle  with  manure  water. 


TriE  readers  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
will  find  the  mode  herewith  illustrated  a  sure 
cure  for  cattle  that  hook,  or  put  their  heads 
through  fence.  Take  a  >,-ineh  annealed  wire, 
ten  inches  long  ;  make  a  ring  in  one  end,  (an 
inch  and  a-half,)  grind  the  other  end  sharp, 
to  punch  through  the  gristle  in  the  nose.  The 
animal’s  head  has  to  be  fastened  securely  in 
the  stanchions,  in  order  to  bore  the  holes 
through  the  horns,  which  should  be  done 
with  a  ;  c-inch  bit ;  then  punch  the  wire 
through  and  make  the  same  sized  ring  in  the 
sharp  end  ;  now  take  a  cord  that  will  run 
easily  through  the  holes  in  the  horns,  und  tie 
one  end  to  the  ring  on  one  side  and  pass  the 
cord  through  the  holes  in  the  horns  to  the 
other  ring  ;  the  wire  should  be  bent  up  above 
the  nostrils  to  prevent  the  breath  from  rot¬ 
ting  the  cord  ;  the  cord  should  not  be  very 
tight  when  put  on,  for  the  reins  will  tighten 
it  enough. 

To  keep  a  bull  from  jumping  and  hooking 
fence,  put  ou  the  above,  and  a  poke  with  the 


MARBLEHEAD  SQUASH 


This  is  a  new  squash,  said  to  have  a  more 
flinty  shell  than  the  Ilubbard,  and  is  of  a  dif¬ 
ferent  color  and  shape,  being  flatter  at  the 
stem  end.  It  lias  greater  specific  gravity, 
combines  sweetness  aud  dryness  more,  and 
keeps  longer  than  the  Hubbard.  It  resem¬ 
bles  the  Hubbard  in  size  and  yield,  and  is  re¬ 
markable  for  its  purity. 


RACKING  WINE 


an  article  ou  Racking  Wine,  read  before  the 
Nauvoo  Wine  Growers’  Club.  It  contains 
some  good  advice,  and  some,  I  think,  will 
uot  hold  good.  Every7  person  knows  that 
has  handled  wine,  that  even  two  rackings  are 
uot  sufficient,  especially  such  wines  as  Dela¬ 
ware  and  Norton’s  Virginia,  as  they  contain 
even  more  lees  than  Ives,  Martha  and  Ca¬ 
tawba,  and  that  class  of  grapes,  i  he  article 
says,  “Never  rack  turbid  whies,  as  you  pre¬ 
pare  vourself  the  trouble  of  another  racking.” 
Now,"  my  experience  is,  nothing  will  clear  a 
turbid  wine  so  quick  as  bringing  it  in  contact 
with  the  air.  I  even  use  I).  Hennue’s  Patent 
Air  Treatment  on  obstinately  turbid  wines 
which  will  uot.  come  bright  and  clear  with 
any'  lining  that  1  can  use.  Again  ;  I  most  al- 
wavs  rack  nay  wine  within  two  weeks  aftei 


CANADA  VICTOR  TOMATO 


Mr.  James  J.  H.  Gregory  furnishes  us  the 
following  history' of  this  new  tomato  : — “Last 
season  a  gentleman  residing  in  Canada  sent 
me  a  glowing  description  of  a  new  tomato.  I 
wrote  asking  for  a  pinch  of  seed  that.  I  might 
test  it  in  my  experimental  garden.  I  planted 
these  on  my  ground,  anticipating  the  usual 
result,  a  tomato  with  some  very  good  char¬ 
acteristics,  but  on  the  whole  not  superior  to 
some  kinds  already  before  the  public.  About 
the  time  the  plants  were  put  out,  left  for 
Europe  ;  when  I  returned  my  foreman  called 
my  special  attention  to  this  new  tomato, 
which  had  ripened  its  fruit  several  day's  eai- 
lier  t  han  any  other  kind  of  the  twenty-fire 
varieties  1  was  growing  scattered  over  my 
different  farms.  On  examining  the  new  sort 
I  saw  at  n  glance  that,  hei-e  was  a  decided  ac¬ 
quisition.  The  fruit  was  not  only  the  earliest 
of  all,  but  of  large  size  and  exceedingly  sym¬ 
metrical  and  handsome,  while  in  x  ipening  it 
had  no  green  left  around  the  stem,  a  great 
fault  with  many  kinds  otherwise  good.  The 
fruit  was  heavy,  full-meated  and  rich,  be- 


sworil  or  arm  running  through  a  wire  i*ing  in 
the  nose,  long  enough  to  keep  the  arm  from 
bearing  ou  the  wire,  and  the  animal  is  at 
home  all  the  time.  No  patent,  but  true,  not¬ 
withstanding.  J.  G.  Lamson, 


COWS  FOR  DAIRIES 


I  would  advise  G.  E.  Blackburn,  ov  an 
means,  to  get  only  a  blooded  bull  of  Ayrshire 
and  cows  of  our  selected  common  stock,  with 
good  long  teats,  as  the  great  trouble  with 
Ayrshire  is  short  teats.  By  so  doing  he  will 
increase  the  size  of  his  cattle  and  very  much 
impi'ove  his  milkers.  Or  I  would  advise  a 
cross  with  Devons  in  preference  to  full-blood 
Ayrshire.  I  also  advise  him  to  go  to  the  man 
in  Watertown  that  you  named  for  his  bull,  tin 


VALUE  OF  THE  IONA  GRAPE. 

The  intelligent  and  capable  Secretary  of 
the  Ohio  State  Horticultural  Society7,  M.  B. 
Bateham,  once  an  editor,  now  a  quiet  fruit 
grower,  gives  in  the  Oliio  Farmer  the  state¬ 
ment  that  he  places  “the  Iona  at  the  head  of 
all  his  assortment  both  for  quality  and  profit  .  ’  ’ 
He  also  says : 

“  In  my  family  of  ten  persons,  it  is  prefer- 


FES.  $ 


jA\  ♦  .  ]4-»vit'vt  Ruth  went  on,  still  holding  the  kettle,  with 

rvjfl 1 0 1 1 C It  H U 1  HI*  the  spoilt  resting  on  the  sitting-room.  stove. 

■  “I’ve  let  them  get  as  dry  as  ashes  in  the 

—  -  ■  -  ■  — ■■■■  ■  -  -  Winter,  never  putting  on  a  drop  of  water 

SULPHUR  vs.  DEATH  TO  PLANTS.  j  from  Fall  till  Spring ;  I’ve  changed  and 

-  changed  them  to  smaller  pots,  till  I’m  tired 

At  the  Winter  meeting  of  the  Western  of  it  ;uld  not  a  flower  have  I  had  for  my 

.v _ . .  1  U-.ll  n .  .  ,  .  .  . 


New  York  Horticultm-al  Society,  held  in  Ge-  pains .  pil  try  this  last  thing,  and,  if  that 

nevit  January  8  and  9,  a  paper  was  read  by  don-t  do - o  She  finished  the  sentence  by 

Mj\  Hugh  T.  Brooks  of  Wyoming  Co.,  such  takitlg  the  tea-kettle  to  the  window  and 
paper  being  the  report  of  the  Entomological  rouring  the  smoking  conten  ts  in  the  pots.  A 
Committee  H.  I .  Brooks,  K.  are  Sylves-  neighbor  had  been  in  an  hour  before,  and 
ter,  and  J.  J.  Thokab.  A  number  of  news-  ,  sajd  g/,c  knew  of  a  cact  us  Unit  flowered 
papers  are  giving  the  report  ent  ire,  and  call-  ■  mediately  after  being,  treated  in  this  w, 
ing  the  attention  of  their  readers  to 
that  part,  treating  of  the  destruction  of 

insects  that  attack  house  plants,  etc.,  A 

etc.  The  Committee,  in  their  report,  jsQqY,  W§jh\\\  yVo'flK 

say :  —  “  An  eminent  florist,  and  a  mem-  1  vjfSjjii  '  1 

her  of  this  Society,  says  if  the  red  spi-  ||pyjdj^ -lV  'WlflW Mil! 

tier  comes,  it  shown  the,  plants  arc  in  '  i  ( T  tWHSiP 

too  dry  an  atmosphere.  Burn  a  littlo  ’«>  .  j^rFl 

sulphur  under  the  plants,  and  then  keep  \  I  d'i  ,1  ML 

the  stems  and  leaves  well  moistened,”  %  I  Mil 

I  am  surprised  that  any  one  claiming 

to  be  practical  can  recommend  sulphur  JR,\ 

to  bo  burnt  under ,  or  in  close  prox  unity  ,  IjljpW 

to,  plants,  as  a  more  destructive  and  itT-ir'i  ~iilliia  \  MM|®' 

deadly  agent  does  not,  in  my  experi-  r  PfflAr  1 

ence,  exist;  and  on  no  account  should  1  iMIiIMa'  i  ^4fiu|ni 

he  so  recommended.  In  burning  sul-  juju  . f 

phur,  sulphuric  acid  gas  is  evolved,  an  Wnfffljl  I  AStV/ 

agent  at  once  so  terrible  that  nothing  ■>  h  f  V  ^ 

else  can  be  found  to  illustrate  so  liorri-  w  if  'i1 '  ■  ifi.*  '■•‘m  •  vSsiNN 

bly  the  pains  and  tortures  of  the  doom-  xigb-''-  \  1  Hi  jj  X&'l 

cd  in  hell,  as  a  lake  of  burniny  brim-  \  . 

The  red  spider  is  a  very  small  insect,  \  fj  l|\l  /  rfjW* 

requiring  close  inspection  to  be  ob-  — rmi  V/4i 
served,  and  is  known  to  entomologists  |  ^  W*dy  \  ;  / 

under  the  name  of  Arams  telurius.  It  I 

first  makes  its  presence  known  by  the  y%>oC\vi,  \Wi§l .*" \  j  / 
leaves  infested  changing  to  a  gray  or  \  -  - . —  — 

brownish  appearance.  If  the  plants  \ Ui Sc?. vji 

infested  are  of  the  large-leaved  kinds,  \  £s.v  j  j  M  .  V  •  \ .  y\ 

such  as  Callao,  oranges,  etc.,  it  will  b©  y 

ough  washing,  rinse  the  plants  in  clean 

water.  If  any  of  the  different  forms  of  •  11  f|  \ 

scale  are  observed  on  plants,  they 

should  bo  washed  off  as  above  and  de-  r, 

It  has  been  the  custom,  for  years, 
with  practical  florists  and  gardeners,  to 

place  sulphur  on  the  hot-water  pipes  -.T| 

used  in  heating  their  glass-houses.  I 
liavc  likewise  used  it  in  whitewash  when 
the  house  has  been  heated  with  a  flue, 
whitewashing  the  same  with  good  re- 
suits,  as  fumes  of  the  sniphiu’  would  ho 
given  off  with  the  heat,  and  the  atmos¬ 
phere  would  be  at  times  impregnated  3VE_A.HA.lsr': 

with  sulphur,  and  highly  disagreeable  to  his  Let  the  earth  get  perfectly  dry,  then  pour 
red-coated  spidership.  Those  having  plants  boiling  water,  and  the  plants  will  throw 
affected  with  red  spider  may,  if  they  wish  to  buds  in  a  few  days, 
use  sulphur,  dip  their  plants  into  clean  water,  We  watched  our  scalded  friends,  to 
when,  holding  the  plants  downward,  sulphur  them  wilt  down,  but  we  were  disappoints 
may  bo  shook  over  the  same  from  a  muslin  c,ur  expectations.  After  a  good  many  d 
bag;  applied  this  way,  all  the  sulphur  will  be  Vvc  discovered— what  do  you  think  ?  "  Li 
on  the  under  sides  of  the  leaves,  which  is  al-  red,  dots  ah  over  the  Snake  Cactus,  and  roi 
ways  the  place  where  they  are  to  be  found,  'buds  occasionally  scattered  over  the  leave 

I  find,  in  my  practice,  that  there  is  nothing  the  other.  And  now -  Well,  I  have  c 

to  equal  cold  water  in  the  destruction  of  this  one  more  thing  to  say  :  —  You  should  see 
pest,  frequently  applied  with  the  syringe.  I  glory  with  which  our  little  shelf  is  filled  ! 
likewise  find  that  a  small  quantity  of  carbolic  f.  a.  j 

acid  added  to  a  pail  of  clean  water  will,  if  the  1  *** 

plants  are  occasionally  dipped  in  the  same,  FLORAL  QUERIES, 

keep  them  clean  and  free  from  almost  every 

kind  of  insect  that  affects  them.  POMEGRANATE  TREE  DOES  MOT  BLOOM. 

JOHN  CHARLTON,  Florist.  WE  CanDOt  teU  °'  H’  A'  wh>'  P° 

Rochester,  N.  Y.  granate  tree,  six  or  seven  years  old,  does 


little  water  until  they  have  commenced  to 
make  a  vigorous  growth.  Pot  the  remainder 
of  the.  bulbs  in  February  or  March.  Give 
water  regularly,  but  do  not  apply  too  much, 
and  syringe  tile  leaves  frequently  in  order  to 
keep  them  free  frdm  dust.  When  the  plants 
have  done  blooming  in  Summer,  set  them 
away  in  some  sheltered  place,  where  they 
will  gradually  go  lo  rest,  after  which,  all 
that  is  necessary  is  to  keep  them  in  a  dry, 
warm  room  until  the  time  arrives  for  re-pot-  I 
ting  and  starting  thegrowth.  By  withholding 


said  she  knew  of  a  cact  us  that  flowered  im-  water  during  this  period  of  rest,  we  prevent 
mediately  after  being,  treated  ih  tins  wray  :  decay  and  retard  growth.  You  have  prob- 


1VEA.HA.TSTTA-  VEITCHII. 


Let  the  earth  get  perfectly  dry,  then  pour  on 
boiling  water,  and  the  plants  will  throw  out 
buds  in  a  few  days. 

We  watched  our  scalded  friends,  to  see 
them  wilt  down,  but  we  were  disappointed  in 
our  expectations.  After  a  good  many  days 
we  discovered — what  do  you  think!  Tittle 
red  dots  all  over  the  Snake  Cactus,  and  round 
'buds  occasionally  scattered  over  the  leaves  of 

the  other.  And  now -  Well,  I  have  only 

one  more  thing  to  say  :  —  You  should  see  the 
glory  with  which  our  little  shelf  is  filled  ! 


F.  A.  B. 


FLORAL  QUERIES. 


HOT  WATER  FOR  CACTUS. 

“So  you  arc  really  going  to  do  it,”  I  ex¬ 
claimed,  as  she  came  in  with  the  tea-kettle. 
“  I  should  think  you  would  be  afraid,  I  know 
you’ll  kill  them,  and  it’s  too  bad,  after  hav¬ 
ing  them  so  long.  Let  me  see,  it  must  be  ten 
years  since  you  started  the  slips.” 

“Yes,  almost  eleven,  and  I’m  tired  of  see¬ 
ing  them  around.  I’ve  threatened  these  three 
years  to  throw  them  out,  and  now  I’ll  give 
them  just  one  more  trial.  If  it  kills  them,  I 
don't  care,”  and  the  steaming  kettle,  seemed 
to  sing  the  words  after  her,  in  a  spiteful  way 
— “  I  don’t  care  !  I  don’t  care  I” 

It  was  all  about  two  inoffensive  plants, 
standing  in  pots,  on  the  window  shelf.  They 
were  species  of  the  cactus,  one  a  Snake 
Cactus  and  the  other  a  beautiful  drooping 
plant,  that  somebody  had  said  bore  beautiful 
large  pink  flowers ;  but  Aunt  Ruth  did  not 
know.  Neither  of  the  plants  had  ever  blos¬ 
somed,  and  after  these  many  years  she  had 
resolved  to  give  them  up  as  not  worth  the 
room  they  occupied. 

“I’ve  tried  everything  but  this,”  Aunt 


POMEGRANATE  TREE  DOES  NOT  BLOOM. 

We  cannot  tell  G.  H.  A.  why  her  pome¬ 
granate  tree,  six  or  seven  years  old,  does  not 
bloom,  unless  it  is  kept  in  too  warm  a  cellar 
in  Winter,  where  the  flower  buds  arc  injured. 
We  have  known  plants  to  bloom  freely  in  the 
open  ground  in  the  suburbs  of  this  city,  only 
being  protected  in  Winter  with  a  covering  of 
straw.  Seedling  geraniums  usually  bloom 
when  about  a  year  old,  or  even  in  less  time, 
and  yours  must  be  a  rather  tardy  sort  to  re¬ 
main  barren  for  three  year’s.  Prune  it  se¬ 
verely  next  Spiing,  and  then  plant  it  in  the 
garden  during  the  Summer. 

QESNERIA  IEBRINA. 

Please  inform  me  the  name  of  the  plant 
from  which  the  inclosed  leaf  is  taken.  The 
flower  I  have  never  seen,  but  the  leaves  are 
magnificent  during  the  hot  Summer  months. 
The  root  is  a  furious,  scaly  bulb,  about  three 
inches  in  length.  W  hat  is  the  proper  treat¬ 
ment.— Subscriber. 

(Jesnerias  may  be  propagated  from  seed, 
cuttings  of  the  steins,  or  from  leaves.  A 
moist,  warm  place  is  necessary  to  make  the 
cuttings  strike  root,  for  in  a  cold  position 
they  soon  rot.  A  light,  fibrous  loam  or  leaf 
mold,  with  an  admixture  of  sand,  is  the  prop¬ 
er  soil  for  this  plant.  To  keep  up  a  succession 
of  bloom,  pot  a  portion  of  the  bulbs  in  Jan¬ 
uary,  place  them  in  a  warm  room,  giving  but 


ably  kept  your  plant  constantly  growing,  in¬ 
stead  of  allowing  It  a  period  of  rest — conse¬ 
quently,  no  flowers  have  appeared. 

- *♦♦ - - 

SAVING  FLOWERS. 

Rurxl,  dear  Rural,  “  how  can  I  give  up !  ” 

I  have  long  been  feeling  thus,  and  still  sup¬ 
posed  we  must  give  thee  up  about  New 
Year’s,  just  when  wo  wanted  and  expected 
the  most,  good  things.  I  finally  concluded  to 
tell  you  how  sorry  1  felt  about  it.  The  truth 
is,  I  have  been  fearing  I  could  not  get  the 
money  to  send  for  1873,  hut  if  God  sends  it  to 
me  I  think  I  shall  send  it  to  you.  If  not,  I 
shah  defer  the  good-by  as  long  os  I  can. 

If  I  toll  you,  too,  how  Jack  Frost,  that 
hoary  old  fellow,  came  slyly  around  here,  far 
more  merciless  than  many  a  blustering  yerms 
homo ,  mid  left  Ins  mark  on  a  stand  full  of 
rarely  beautiful  plants,  and  then  tell  you  how 
[  treated  them,  it  may  be  useful  to  some  of 
your  readers.  I  left  them  at  night,  quite  un¬ 
suspiciously,  not  thinking  an  enemy  was  bo 
near,  as  there  was  no  rumbling  of  carriage- 
wheels,  not  even  the  rumbling  of  old  Boreas, 
which  we  do  most  often  hear  in  these  parts. 
“Your  plants  are  all  frozen  !”  greeted  my 
unwilling  ears  this  morning.  I  was  obliged 
to  succumb  peacefully.  But,  said  I,  you  may 
take  them  down  cellar  and  sprinkle  water  on 
them,  and  see  if  thawing  in  the  dark  may  not 
save  them  yet.  An  hour  since  I  thought  I 
would  go  down  and  see  the  result  of  “  sprink¬ 
ling  ”  in  the  dark,  and  found  them,  all  but 
one,  in  good  health — fresh  mid  green,  A  ten¬ 
der  foliage  plant  did  not  revive.  More  when 
my  time  is  less  occupied.  Ann. 

- *>* - 

MARANTA  VEITCHII. 

Our  florists  will  be  glad  to  see  an  illustra¬ 
tion  of  this  beautiful  stove  plant,  which  is  re¬ 
garded  one  of,  if  not  the  finest  of.  the  Marari- 
t  as.  The  blade  of  the  leaf  is  upward  of  a  foot 
long,  with  a  foot-stalk  from  l‘l  to  18  inches  in 
length;  the  leaves  are  ovate  elliptic  In  shape, 
the  ground  color  a  deep,  shining  green,  with 
crescent-shaped  blotches  of  greenish-yellow, 
shaded  with  gray,  on  each  side  of  the  midrib; 
the  under  side  is  rosy  purple,  through  which 
the  marking*  on  the  upper  side  appear  with 
charming  effect.  Native  of  tropical  America. 


iThi'  floiiltijii  flanl. 


HOW  TO  MANAGE  POULTRY. 

I  am  one  of  many  who  not  only  believe,  but 
know  from  experience,  that  there  is  no  stock 
kept  by  the  farmer  that  will  pay  so  largo  a 
return,  for  money  expended,  as  a  well-man¬ 
aged  poultry -yard.  As  we  cannot  compete 
with  our  Western  farmers  hi  the  production 
of  pork,  with  grain  at  ten  cents  per  bushel, 
let  us  devote  more  attention  to  poultry,  that 
will  pay  us  five  hundred  per  cent, 
more  than  pork  ;  and  us  to  manure, 
will  produce,  “  for  each  bushel  of 
food,”  a  much  more  valuable  (judlUy 
of  manure.  Small  potatoes,  beets, 
pumpkins,  cabbages — in  fact  any  crop 
usually  fed  to  swine,  can  be  profitably 
dealt  out  to  the  fowls. 

Now  comes  the  question.  How  shall 
it  be  done?  Without  theorizing,  I  will 
give  rny  method  of  keeping.  8dect  200 
young  fowls,  Nov.  1st,  in  laying  condi¬ 
tion  ;  place  them  in  separate  coops, 
from  12  to  15  in  each  ;  at  night  put  one 
bushel  uf  small  potatoes,  beets,  or 
pumpkins  into  your  boiler,  “which 
should  bo  convenient,  to  the  coops,” 
i  jxrm  adding  one  qnart/of  onions  ;  boil  fifteen 
ggf  minutes ;  then  add  four  quarts  of  corn 
meal  ;  after  well  mixing,  CoVer  the 
mess,  and  in  the  morning  your  fowls 
■^Sn  will  enjoy  a  warm  breakfast  at  a  tri- 
y  fling  expense.  At  noon  feed  oats,  and 
at  night,  com,  taking  care  t  hat  they  are 
supplied  with  clean  water  and  plenty 
of  shell*.,  Halt  the  mess  occasionally, 
and  once  a  week  a  little  fresh  beef  is 
very  beneficial.  A  fleck  of  200  welt-fed 
fowls  can  lie  kept  at  an  expense  of  75 
to  80  cents  per  day.  My  Winter  eggs 
sell  at  the  door  at  40  to  50  cents  per 
dozen  ;  therefore  the  price  of  two  dozen 
eggs  feeds  my  flock ;  and  when  I  col¬ 
lect  from  eight  1,0  ten  dozens  per  day 
we  can  easily  figure  the  profits.  The 
manure  fully  compensates  for  the  care 
in  feeding,  etc. 

It  is  ns  necessary  for  the  farmer  to 
have  a  warm  room  to  start  his  early 
chicks  in  as  a  hot-bed  is  for  his  early 
vegetables.  Now  is  the  time  to  heat 
this  room.  Sit,  every  hen  you  can  get, 
so  that  March  1st  will  find  you  with 
200  or  300  chickens  ;  the  young  codes 
will  bring  $1  each  in  J  tine.  Here  comes 
in  your  profit,  as  the  same  cocks  would 
not  command  higher  prices  if  kept  all 
Summer  for  Thanksgiving,  and  your 
pullets  will  commence  laying  early  in 
the  Fall,  taking  the  place  of  the  200 
hens,  which  will  be  found  fat  and 
ready  for  Thanksgiving  market.  Hav¬ 
ing  experimented  with  nearly  every  known 
breed  I  unhesitatingly  pronounce  the  Light 
Brahmas  and  the  I’artridge  Cochins,  us  egg- 
producers  and  market  fowls,  far  surerior  to 
all  others.  J.  y,  iVes. 

Salem,  Mass. 

- - - 

SILVER  SPANGLED  POLANDS. 

We  are  requested  by  a  gentleman  in  War¬ 
ren,  Pa.,  to  give  our  opinion  of  Silver  Span¬ 
gled  Polands,  and  state  their  qualities  as  a 
farmer’s  fowl.  In  reply  we  would  say  that 
we  consider  them  a  very  desirable  acquisition 
to  any  poultry  yard.  W e  have  bred  them  for 
some  years  and  find  them  hardy,  small  eaters, 
and  everlasting  layers.  Wo  have  never  had 
one  manifest  the  least  desire  to  incubate,  and 
although  there  are  cases  on  record  of  then' 
rearing  chicks,  such  cases  are  isolated  and 
rare.  They  are  certainly  among  the  most 
beautiful  of  all  fowls  and  by  some  are  consid¬ 
ered  handsomer  than  the  Silver  Hamburg. 

In  lieu  of  the  broad,  red  comb  of  the  Ham¬ 
burg,  they  have  a  large  crest  sometimes  so 
large  as  to  almost  obstruct  their  vision  ;  this 
gives  them  a  kind  of  serio-comic  look  not 
possessed  by  the  Hamburg.  They  are  very 
tame  and  quiet  for  such  a  small  breed,  and 
easy  to  keep  at  home,  there  is  no  more  novel 
and  handsome  sight  than  a  fine  flock  of  Silver 
Spangled  Polands  with  their  large  crests  and 
beautiful  spangles.  They  rank  among  the 
first  as  egg  producers  and  although  t  heir  eggs 
are  not  quite  as  large  as  some  other  varieties, 
as  long  as  eggs  are  sold  by  count  instead  of 
weight,  them  eggs  will  bring  as  much  in  mar¬ 
ket  as  any  other  breed  ;  but  as  they  never  sit. 
no  person  who  could  only  keep  one  breed, 
and  desired  to  raise  chicks,  could  keep  them 
For  the  farmer  who  only  keeps  one  Inreed  for 
eggs  and  poultry  the  Polands  have  no  attrac¬ 
tions.  He  must  select  from  the  .Asiatics, 
either  Brahmas  or  Cochins  ;  and  although  we 
have  bred  the  Asiatics  for  some  time  it  would 
be  very  hard  for  us  to  select  the  best  one  va¬ 
riety.  E.  O.  Bordwell. 

Penn  Yan,  N.  Y. 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  WEW-YORKEB, 


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<§rarg  of  a  Jjtoralist 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Centleman  near  New 
York  City. 


AH  APOLOGY, 

Jan.  21, — A  few  week  since  I  mentioned 
the  fact  that  a  clergyman  had  sent  to  me  for 
a  “peanut-tree,"  appending  remarks  upon 
the  gentleman’s  ignorance  of  the  products  of 
tins  mundane  sphere,  particularly  that  por¬ 
tion  of  it  included  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey, 
Although  J  stated  that  peanuts  did  not  grow 
on  trees,  I  neglected  to  tell  how  They  did 
grow,  and  u  letter  just  received  from  L.  S., 
Erie  Co.,  Pa.,  reminds  me  of  the  oversight  on 
my  part,  and  1  hasten  to  offer  an  apology  for 
presumiug  that  ’any  body  knows  anything. 

One  of  the  first  lessons  my  old  instructor  in 
original  composition  tried  to  make  me  learn 
was  that  the  person  or  pci-sons  to  whom  I 
addressed  myself  were  ent  irely  ignorant  of 
the  subject  in  hand.  “Never  presume  upon 
the  intelligence  of  your  readers,  hut  carefully 
explain  everything  as  though  you  were  telling 
something  entirely  new  and  original."  I 
have  al  ways  endeavored  to  follow  his  advice, 
but  occasionally  I  become  careless,  as  in  this 
instance  about  the  peanut-tree,  and  then 
somebody  arises  and  desires  me  to  explain. 
But  the  road  is  not  always  smooth  to  him 
that  tries  t  o  be  very  explicit,  fur  there  are 
those  who  will  meet  the  careful  writer  with 
a  “What  fool  don’t  know  that  ?  ’’  and  sot  him 
down  as  au  egotist  for  endeavoring  to  give 
instruction  to  those  who  do  not  happen  to 
know  everything  about  the  subject  under 
consideration.  It  is  not  long  since  that  I  ex¬ 
plained  my  method  of  transplanting  trees 
from  the  forests,  and  hinted  that  residents  on 
the  prairies  might  do  well  by  adopting  a  sim¬ 
ilar  system,  but  the  Industrial  Agent  of  the 
Kansas  Pacific  Railroad  gave  me  a  terrible 
scolding  for  my  presumption  in  even  hinting 
that  everybody  iu  the  Western  States  did  not 
already  know  all  that  was  to  be  known  in 
relation  to  the  subject.  Of  course  we  are  all 
inclined  to  be  a  little  egotistical,  and  I  con¬ 
fess  to  be  slightly  inclined  that  way  myself, 
for  I  have  never  met  a  man  or  wnuian  to 
whom  1  could  not  tell  something  which  they 
did  not  know,  even  if  it  was  nothing  more 
than  the  age  of  Mrs.  Ritualist  or  my  eldest 
daughter.  At  the  same  time  the  most  igno¬ 
rant  person  among  niy  acquaintances  proba¬ 
bly  possesses  many  little  .scraps  of  knowledge, 
obtained  through  experience  or  study,  of 
which  I  am  entirely  destitute. 

This  much  in  the  way  of  an  apology  to  L. 
S.  aud  others  who  have  never  seen  a  planta¬ 
tion  of  peanuts,  or  read  a  description  of  the 
manner  of  growth. 

THE  PEANUT  OR  F.NDUR— ARACKIS  HVPOQEA. 

This  plant  is  also  known  as  the  ground  nut, 
and  is  a  native  of  South  America.  It  is  alow 
tx-ailing  annual,  belonging  to  the  pulse  or  pea 
family  ( Lcgnminaaot ),  the  flowers  smuli,  yel¬ 
low,  pea-shaped,  and  issue  from  the  stems 
near  the  ground,  and  after  being  fertilized, 
the  flower  stem  grows  six  to  eight  inches 
long,  and  grows  downward,  penetrating  the 
soil  where  the  seed-pod  is  formed.  It  Is  this 
peculiar  habit  of  the  peanut  which  gave  rise 
to  the  common  name  of  ground-nut.  It  may 
readily  be  understood  from  the  above  why  a 
loose,  light  and  friable  soil  is  necessary  in 
peanut  culture;  for  if  the  surface  becomes 
hard  and  baked  in  dry  weather,  the  flower 
stems  could  not  enter  it,  and  the  pods  would 
be  very  small  and  greatly  deformed.  In  light 
sand}-  soil,  a  moderate  crop  can  usually  be 
produced,  even  in  the  Northern  States,  by 
starting  the  plants  in  a  liot-bed,  and  then 
carefully  transplanting  when  the  weather  be¬ 
comes  warm.  The  best  way  is  to  plant  one 
seed  in  a  four  inch  pot,  and  plunge  these  in  the 
hot-bed;  then  the  plant  can  be  turned  out 
into  the  open  ground  without  disturbing  the 
roots. 

OLD-FASHIONED  ROSES. 

Jan.  22.— Mrs.  G.  H.  A.,  New  Haven  Conn., 
desires  me  to  tell  her  something  more  about 
the  old-fashioned  roses  which  I  mentioned  in 
my  Diary  last  Summer.  As  the  question  is 
not  explicit,  l  am  at  a  loss  to  know  how  to 
answer  it.  Perhaps  the  question  was  merely 
the  result  of  her  musings,  a3  thought  traveled 
back  to  the  old  garden  of  her  youth,  where 
the  fragrant  Lilac  and  Syringe  struggled  for 
supremacy  among  the  tangled  mass  of  Sweet 
Briars,  Cinnamon  and  Damask  Roses.  Such 
thoughts  will  occasionally  take  possession  of 
us,  and  then  we  go  back  to  the  time  when 
young  eyes,  and  light  hearts  to  aid  them,  saw 
beauty  in  everything.  A  note  on  my  table, 
from  a  lady  born  at  the  North,  but  now  a 


resident  of  Southern  Texas,  says,  “will  you 
try  and  send  me  a  small  plant  of  the  old 
Sweet  Briar  with  fragrant  leaves?" 

It  cannot  be  that  she  desires  that  plant  for 
the  beauty  of  its  pale-colored  single  flowers  ; 
but  there  must  be  something  beyond  and  be¬ 
hind  all  this  that. makes  her  cherish  this  old 
favorite  of  our  roadside  and  country  gardens. 
It  is  partly  due  to  some  such  feeling  that  T 
cherish  those  old  roses  ;  and  while  I  can  ad¬ 
mire  a  Madam  Victor  Verdier,  John  Hopper, 
and  General  Jacquimenot,  still  I  love  the  old 
Cabbage,  or  Provence,  rose  better.  Then 
there  are  many  interesting  little  scraps  of 
history  belonging  to  these  old  favorite  sorts 
which  one  cannot  help  remembering  as  we 
prune,  cultivate  or  gather  the  flowers.  The 
Madam  Plant  icr  is  certainly  a  beautiful  white 
rose,  and  so  is  the  old  Unique  Provence,  with 
the  additional  charm  of  that  little  story  of 
how  a  Mr.  Grim  wood,  in  1777,  found  it  in  the 
garden  of  Mr.  Richmond  in  Suffolk,  Eng.  ; 
and  how  Mr.  O,  asked  for  a  cutting  and  re¬ 
ceived  the  entire  plant,  with  a  “  You  are 
welcome,  sir,”  into  the  bargain.  Mr.  Qrim- 
WOOJP  was  so  well  pleased  with  his  present, 
and  so  successful  in  its  propagation,  that  the 
next  year  ho  presented  t  he  giver  with  a  beau¬ 
tiful  Rilver  cup,  upon  which  was  engraved  a 
figure  of  the  rose,  and  tins,  Mr.  Richmond, 
as  a  matter  of  course,  preserved  to  the  end 
of  his  days,  and  left  it  as  an  heir-cup  (not 
loom)  to  his  children. 

Then,  who  can  forget  Olir  Double  Pink  Moss 
rose,  the  oldest  and  om-  of  the  best  of  the 
mosses,  although  it  was  not  known  to  En¬ 
glish  ruse  cultivators  until  1590.  It.  is  not  yet 
out  of  fashion,  although  it  is  an  old  fash¬ 
ioned  sort.  What  changes  in  empires  and 
people  !  what,  wooing*  and  bickerings,  miser¬ 
ies  and  happiness,  this  old  rose  has  passed 
safely  through,  and  st  ill  the  bloom  of  youth 
remains  upon  its  petals  just  as  bright  as  it 
was  three  hundred  years  ago  ! 

Among  the  dark,  rich,  velvety  roses,  we  nil 
admire  Lion  des  Combats,  Le  Noir,  and  Car 
dinal  Pntrizzi  ;  but  old  George  the.  Fourth  is 
still  a  giant  among  the  pigmies,  even  if  ft 
does  not  bloom  but  once  a  year.  And  who 
can  read  the  history  of  this  variet  y  without 
feeling  that  it  has  had  a  wonderful  influence 
upon  the  rise  and  progress  of  horticult  ure.  I 
give  the  story  as  told  by  the  originator  iu 
1837 — Mr.  Thomas  Rivers.  the  veteran,  as 
well  as  one  of  the  greatest  horticult  urists  in 
the  world:— “One  morning  in  June  T  was 
looking  over  the  first  bed  of  roses  I  had  ever 
raised  from  seed,  and  searching  for  some¬ 
thing  new  among  them  with  all  the  ardor  of 
youth,  when  my  attention  was  attracted  to 
a  rose  in  the  center  of  the  bed.  not  in  bloom, 
but  growing  with  great  vigor,  its  shoots  offer¬ 
ing  a  remarkable  contrast  to  those  by  which 
it  was  surrounded,  in  their  crimson  purple 
tinge;  upon  this  plant  I  set  my  mark,  and 
the  following  Autumn  removed  to  a  pet  sit¬ 
uation.  It  did  not  bloom  in  perfection  the 
season  after  removal,  but  when  established, 
it  completely  eclipsed  all  the  dark  roses 
kuown.” 

Now,  who  will  pretend  to  tell  what  an  in¬ 
fluence  that  little  plant  lias  had  upon  Mr. 
Rivers’  life  and  character  ?  His  first  experi¬ 
ment  in  raising  new  roses  being  crowned 
with'great  results,  he  was  encouraged  to  pro¬ 
ceed  further,  and  soon  became  one  of  the 
greatest  rose  cultivators  in  Europe.  Success 
in  one  branch  of  horticulture  led  him  into 
others,  in  all  of  which  he  has  been  eminently 
successful  ;  for  he  still  lives,  although  a  very 
old  man.  to  enjoy  his  honestly-earned  honors. 
Who  shall  say  that  t  he  success  of  Mr.  Rivers 
in  producing  the  George  the  Fourth  did  not 
give  a  new  impetus  to  rose  growing  in 
Europe  ?  and  scores  of  the  celebrated  names 
which  have  since  been  known  in  this  branch 
of  floriculture  owe  their  honors,  in  part  at 
least,  to  that  little  rose  seed  planted  more 
than  fifty  .years  ago.  Whenever  this  olrl  rose 
lias  bloomed  in  my  garden,  during  the  past 
twenty  or  more  years,  its  history  has  been 
brought  to  mind,  and  1  enjoy  its  fragrance 
more  intensely  in  consequence.  These  are 
but  few  of  the  many  interesting  tales  that 
have  come  down  to  us  intermingled  with  the 
fragrance  and  beauty  of  old-fashioned  roses. 

WORMS  IN  FLOWER  POTS. 

Jan.  14. — I  have  often  heard  ladies,  and 
even  professional  gardenere,  complaining  of 
the  abundance  of  various  species  of  worms 
inhabiting  flower  pots,  thereby  injuring  the 
growth  of  plants  growing  therein.  If  a  little 
fresh  lime  is  dissolved  in  the  water  applied  to 
the  soil,  nearly  every  species  of  worm  that  is 
found  in  such  position  will  be  killed  and  the 
plants  not  injured.  Tobacco  will  also  destroy 
most  kinds  of  worms  ;  but  lime  is  preferable, 
because  it  aids  in  dissolving  the  plant  food  in 
the  soil,  thereby  stimulating  growth.  Water¬ 
ing  the  plants  with  lime  wat  er  once  a  week 
will  be  sufficient  to  kill  the  worms  in  the  soil, 
as  well  as  stimulate  growth. 


pricntijic  ami  Useful. 


THE  ECONOMY  OF  FUEL. 


Engineers  tell  us  that  in  performing  the 
same  amount  of  work  an  inferior  fireman 
will  consume  twice  the  quantity  of  fuel  that 
is  required  by  one  who  is  expert  at  iiis  busi¬ 
ness.  That  which  is  time  of  steam  engines 
and  furnaces  is  equally  true  of  our  household 
stoves  ;  and  one  housekeeper  will  manage  to 
get  along,  and  do  equally  as  good  work,  with 
from  one-half  to  one-fourth  less  fuel  than  is 
consumed  by  others.  Now,  the  faculty  which 
enables  some  to  economise  fuel  is,  iu  a  great 
measure,  an  art;  that  is  to  say,  it  depends 
upon  experience  and  the  skill  which  arises 
from  manual  dexterity  ;  but  it  is  also  a  xd- 
c.ncc.  and  may  be  acquired  by  careful  study 
of  the  principles  which  govern  combustion 
and  the  distribution  of  heat ;  and  these  are 
by  no  means  difficult  to  comprehend. 

An  import  ant  circumstance  connected  with 
fuel  in  relation  to  its  efficiency  is  its  condition 
as  regards  moisture,  aud  the  action  of  the 
atmosphere.  Coul  or  wood  that  has  absorbed 
moisture  is  not  only  disagreeable,  but  very 
inccouomical.  Numerous  carefully  conduct 
od  experiments  show  that  it  requires  one 
pound  of  coal  to  evaporate  fourteen  pounds 
of  water,  while  one  pound  of  wood  evapo¬ 
rates  seven  pounds  of  water.  If  therefore 
our  wood  pile,  or  our  coal  bin,  should  be  ex¬ 
posed  to  min  or  snow  so  as  to  absorb  mois¬ 
ture,  this  moisture  must  be  all  evaporated 
and  carried  up  the  chimney  as  steam  by  the 
heat  produced  by  the  burning  fuel,  and  this 
heat  is  of  course  just  so  much  wasted  that 
otherwise  might  be  made  useful. 

But  the  loss  arising  from  the  fact  that  to 
get  rid  of  ail  moist  ure  requires  heat,  is  not 
the  only  item  of  loss  arising  from  such  ex¬ 
posure.  It  has  now  been  very  fully  demon¬ 
strated  that  exposure  to  air  and  moisture 
causes,  in  both  coal  and  wood,  a  sort  of  slow 
combustion,  which  lessens  their  efficiency  by 
from  ten  to  thirty  per  cent.  One  of  the  first 
points  then  that  demands  our  attention  is  the 
careful  preservation  of  fuel  from  atmospheric 
influences.  To  ubo  it  in  a  damp  condition  in 
valves  great  wraste  ;  but  it  is  not  enough  that 
coal  and  wood  be  dry  at  the  time  they  are 
used — they  must  be  kept  constantly  dry  dur¬ 
ing  the  whole  period  of  their  storage.  This 
fact  is  fully  recognized  by  railway  com  jin¬ 
nies,  who  always  keep  their  wood  carefully 
covered,  and  jiurchasers  of  coal  and  wood 
would  do  well  to  see  that  the  fuel  which  they 
buy  has  been  properly  kept.  Coal  taken  from 
a  heap  that  has  been  exposed  for  months  to 
the  elements,  is  not  as  valuable,  weight  for 
weight,  as  coal  that  has  been  well  kept. 

Having  taken  proper  care  in  this  matter, 
the  nfext  point  is  to  see  that,  the  fuel  is  prop¬ 
erly  and  completely  burned,  We  do  not  by 
this  refer  to  the  mere  escape  of  a  few  cinders 
through  the  grate,  for  these  may  be  recov¬ 
ered  by  the  use  of  a  common  screen.  The 
loss  of  fuel  which  arises  from  that  imperfect 
combination  that  carries  our  coal  and  wood 
up  the  chimney  before  they  have  given  out 
more  than  half  the  heat  that  they  are  capa¬ 
ble  of  giving  out,  far  exceeds  any  small  loss 
occasioned  by  the  existence  of  cinders  in  the 
ash  heap  ;  and  among  those  who  arc  ignorant 
of  the  jihenomena  which  occur  during  the 
combustion  of  coal  the  source  of  this  loss  is 
never  so  much  as  suspected.  We  do  not  al¬ 
ways  remember  that  of  all  the  tons  of  coal 
and  cords  of  wood  that  we  buy,  the  entire 
quantity,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  pounds 
of  ashes  passes  up  the  chimney,  in  a  perfectly 
invisible  form.  The  small  amount  of  smoke 
that  we  see  forms  but  a  very  small  part  of 
the  fuel  that  is  actually  consumed,  and  may 
be  safely  left  out  of  the  calculation.  Coul 
and  wood  are  both  composed  of  charcoal  or 
coke  combined  with  certain  combustible 
gases — the  carbon  or  charcoal  forming,  how¬ 
ever,  the  largest  portion  of  our  fuel.  When 
this  carbon  is  fully  saturated  with  the  oxygen 
of  the  air  it  forms  a  dense,  invisible  gas,  gen¬ 
erally  known  as  carbonic  acid.  To  produce 
this  gas  there  are  required  six  pounds  of 
charcoal  and  sixteen  pounds  of  oxygen,  and 
to  furnish  this  amount  of  oxygen  not  less 
than  80  pounds  of  air  are  needed.  But  it  hap¬ 
pens  that  carbon  forms  another  compound 
containing  but  half  the  quantity  of  oxygen 
that  carbonic  acid  does.  This  is  known  as 
carbonic  oxide — an  invisible  gas  which  burns 
freely  -with  a  pale  blue  flame  that  is  often 
seen  flickering  over  the  bed  of  red-hot  coals 
in  our  stoves,  after  all  the  gas  that  was  origi¬ 
nally  contained  in  the  coal  has  been  driven 
off.  This  blue  flame  is  often  supposed  to  be 
the  flame  of  burning  sulphur  ;  but  in  almost 
all  cases  it  is  due  to  carbonic  oxide,  and  is  in 
reality  the  re-burning  of  half-burned  fuel. 


When  thus  re-bumed  the  fuel  gives  out  just 
as  much  heat  as  it  did  in  its  first  combustion  ; 
and  hence  if  we  allow  it  to  escape  in  a  half- 
burned  condition  we  incur  the  loss  of  just 
one-half  the  heat  that  we  ought  to  get.  And 
as  the  fuel  is  perfectly  invisible  while  in  this 
half-burned  condition  we  are.  very  ajit  to  let 
this  drain  proceed  without  our  noticing  it. 

The  proper  remedy  for  this  difficulty  is  the 
admission  of  a  full  supply  of  air  and  the  use 
of  thin  beds  of  fuel.  Where  the  fuel  lies  in 
deep  masses  through  which  the  air  lias  to 
force  its  way,  the  gases  continue  to  dissolve 
the  fuel  as  they  jiass  upwards  through  it,  and 
then  they  carry  it  off.  When  a  brisk  fire  is 
needed,  see  that  the  draught  is  free  und  that 
the  coal  is  evenly  disposed  in  a  thin  layer 
over  the  grate.  Where  it  is  absolutely  ne¬ 
cessary  to  have  a  deep  bed  of  coal,  economy 
demands  the  use  of  some  form  of  what  are 
known  as  gas-burning  stoves,  in  which  a 
stream  of  hot  air  is  poured  into  the  stove 
above  the  fuel,  and  thus  the  complete  com¬ 
bustion  of  the  half-burned  but  gaseous  coal  is 
insured. 

But  it  is  possible  to  commit  as  great  an 
error,  on  the  other  hand,  by  admitting  too 
much  air.  We  have  just  stated  that  six 
jxmnds  of  coal  require  eighty  pounds  of  air 
for  their  complete  combustion.  This  is  a 
large  quantity,  but  if  we  allow  twice  as  much 
air  to  juiss  in  as  is  needed,  then  for  every  six 
pounds  of  coal  that  wo  use,  wc  raise  eighty 
pounds  of  air  from  the  temperature  of  the 
room  to  about  100  degs,  and  then  let  it  go  off, 
carrying  all  this  heat  with  it.  This  is  just 
about  the  same  thing  as  if,  for  eveiy  six 
pounds  of  coal,  we  were  to  raise  ten  gallons 
of  water  to  the  boiling  point  and  then  throw 
it  out  doors.  The  proper  remedy  for  this  is 
to  see  that  the  coal  lies  in  a  compact  mass  on 
the  grate — no  large  sjiac  es  through  which  the 
air  can  pus*  being  allowed.  This  involves  the 
use  of  coal  as  small  as  is  consistent,  with  the 
securing  of  a  proper  draught.  A  popular 
error  in  this  respect,  is  the  using  of  coal  that 
is  larger  than  necessary.  The  smaller  the 
coal  the  fewer  will  be  the  chances  for  air  to 
{mss  through  and  get  heated  without  aiding 
in  the  production  of  heat. 

When  a  small  fire  Is  needed  in  a  large  stove, 
it  will  always  be  found  true  economy  to  cut 
off  part  of  the  grate  by  covering  it  either 
with  ashes  or  a  brick,  or  by  a  combination  of 
both.  A  common  brick  answers  very  well, 
and  is  convenient  from  the  fact  that  it  is  more 
easily  lifted  than  ashes.  In  t  b ' 3  way  we  pre¬ 
vent  the  upward  rush  of  a  large  quantity  of 
useless  air,  and  at  the  some  time  we  concen¬ 
trate  the  lire  upon  the  object  we  wish  to  heat. 

These  rules  are  simple  and  obvious  ;  but 
from  the  fact  that  the  principles  involved  are 
not  generally  understood,  housekeepers  are 
apt  to  neglect  or  overlook  them.  J.  p. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

A  CHEAP  EAT  TRAP. 

The  trap  consists  of  a.  hooked  stick  (fry.  1), 
a  piece  of  straight  stick  about  4  inches  long, 
with  one  end  chisel-pointed  and  a  slit  in  the 
other  end,  and  a  bender,  or  rod,  about  4  feet 
long,  not  too  stiff.  A  bit  of  string  is  tied  to 
one  cud  of  the  bender,  and  a  piece  of  fine  wire 
with  a  noose  is  attached  to  the  Btring  and 
mode  fast  to  the  chisel-jiointed  stick  about  an 
inch  from  the  slit  end. 

To  set  the  trap,  <  lie  hooked  stick  Ls  driven 
firmly  into  the  ground  about  9  inches  from 
the  rats’  run,  or  hole,  and  the  bender  is  driven 


into  the  ground  about  3  feet  from  it  on  the 
same  side  of  the  run,  or  hole.  The  bender  is 
then  drawn  down  to  the  hooked  stick,  and 
the  chisel-pointed  stack  is  put  under  the  hook 
and  fixed  in  the  notch,  as  shown  in  ftp,  2.  The 
wire  snare  is  put  in  the  slit  and  adjusted  in 
the  run  about  1  inch  from  the  ground.  There 
may  be  several  traps  set  on  the  same  run. 
Fig.  2  shows  the  trap  when  set..  When  the 
rat  is  caught  he  pulls  the  stick  out  of  the  hook 
and  is  immediately  suspended  in  the  air,  and 
is  soon  dead  and  out  of  the  way  of  the  next 
comer,  which  passes  on  to  the  next  trap,  and 
is  very  soon  suspended  likewise.  There  is  no 
fear  of  catching  game,  poultry,  or  cats  in  such 
traps,  as  is  the  cese  with  iron  o*es.  w. 


FEB.  8 


SVKJOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YOwK 


Diodes  and  fanners. 

FASHIONS  IN  FEBRUARY. 

February  is  the  month  to  shop.  Already 
there  are  hints  toward  Spring  in  the  putting 
forth  of  new  designs  and  material ;  but  above 
all,  goods  are  cheap.  Merchant®  are  prepar¬ 
ing  for  new  stoc  k  and  anxious  to  dispose  of 
that  on  hand.  At  such  times  prices  are  so 
reduced  that  the  temptation  is  to  be  more 
extravagant  than  ever  in  the  number  of  pur¬ 
chases.  At  present 

IRISH  POPIINS, 

In  the  newest  shades  and  of  superior  quality, 
are  offered  at  81.75  and  *3  a  yard,  and  Ly¬ 
ons  poplins  at  $1.50.  These,  when  made  up, 


I  It  is  expensive,  but  saves  a  great  deal  of 
I  trouble  in  making. 

A  pretty  design  hi  under  sleeves  is  a  fall  of 
Valenciennes  luce,  a  puff  between  inserting 
bands  and  a  standing  ruffle  of  lace. 

Bonnets  and  hats  are  made  of  silk  oftener 
than  of  velvet.  The  silk  used  is  of  rich,  heavy 
texture,  and  called  Sieillenue.  Two  colors 
are  generally  mingled.  One,  the  foundation 
of  the  shade  of  the  costume,  and  the  ribbons 
of  contrasting  color.  Olive-brown  and  pea- 
)  cock-blue,  or  sage-drab  and  pink,  or  light  blue, 
bronze  and  yellowish-green  are  the  prevailing 
contrasts.  Streamers  in  the  back  are  of  two 
shades,  tied  in  a  bow  on  the  chignon,  with 
the  lighter  color  to  fall  as  a  lining  to  the 
darker. 

Long  feathers  arc  not  worn.  Ostrich  tips 
are  the  favorite  ornament,  with  tea  roses, 


The  meal  should  be  all  ready  to  serve  as  soon  j 
os  the  steak  is  done. 

If  you  buy  steak  in  hot  weather,  which 
you  wish  to  keep  a  day  or  two,  never  sprinkle 
on  the  salt  and  allow  it  to  stand  in  that  way, 
as  it  is  sure  to  draw  out  the  juices,  and  hard¬ 
en  and  toughen  the  beef.  It  may  bo  c  ooked 
ready  to  turn,  then  set,  in  a  cool  place  and  re¬ 
main  a  day  or  two  without  taking  any  hurt ; 
when  wonted  heat,  quickly,  turn  find  linish 
cooking,  when  it  will  taste  fresh  and  new. 

a.  n.  it. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

BOX  FOR  DOME  TIC  USES, 

Last  week  we  gave  an  illustration  of  a 
wood-box  covered.  This  week  we  give  one  of 
a  box  of  different  shape.  It  is  stuffed,  covered 
with  black  cloth,  which  is  tufted  down  with 


are  the  most  substantial  of  costumes,  and  the  i  pr,-een  and  bronze  berries,  and  dark 

^  _ _ 1 _ J _  a...  n...«  * 


most  appropriate  of  home  dresses.  One  that 
we  have  just  seen  is  a  dark,  Bnuil-brown.  The 
underskirt,  is  in  box  plaits  to  the  knee.  The 
overskirt  is  short,  in  front,  draped  in  the 
back,  scallopped  and  finished  with  a  hand¬ 
some  silk  fringe  around  the  scallops.  The 
waist  is  a  basque  with  fronts  cut  away,  scal¬ 
loped  and  trimmed  with  fringe.  A  trinuuiug 
of  scallops  and  fringe  simulates  a  square  cape. 
The  neck  is  finished  with  collar  and  revers. 

SILKS. 

For  ladies  who  do  not  desire  to  be  strictly 
fashionable,  there  are  great  opportunities  in 
buying  silks.  Batins  with  silk  back,  in  the 
most  exquisite  of  shades,  as  ruby,  light  aud 
dark  brown,  pink,  gray,  arc  sold  at  83  a  yard. 
Moire  antiques,  rill  silk,  of  first-class  water, 
in  blue,  pink,  lavender,  gray,  wine  colors,  are 
sold  at  $2.50  a  yard.  They  make  beautiful 
costumes  for  full  dress,  and  dispense  with 
much  trimming.  They  are  especially  suita¬ 
ble,  in  the  darker  shades,  for  elderly  ladies. 
Black  and  white  silks  in  broken  stripes  are 
very  stylish.  The  handsomest,  of  good  width, 
cost  s  1.75.  The  lighter  qualities  at  81  and  81.25 
are  the  most  desirable  Spring  dresses.  They 
are  so  cool,  also,  that  they  can  be  worn 
throughout,  the  Summer. 

SATINES,  MOHAIRS,  ETC. 

Satines  are  somewhat,  coarser  in  grain,  lint 
very  lustrous,  and  in  any  color  ;  they  are  sold 
at  sixty  cents,  and  make  up  like  much  hand¬ 
somer  material.  Mohairs  are  of  beautiful 
quality,  especially  the  grays  and  browns. 
They  come  also  in  stripes.  Price  fifty  cents. 
Winseys  are  in  browns,  grays  and  plum 
color;  they  are  very  substantial  for  ordinary 
wear,  and  properly  made,  are  very  becoming. 
They  are  sold  at,  sixty  cents.  "Wool  delaines 
and  challles  are  seen  in  the  most  delicate  pat¬ 
terns.  The  prevailing  style  for  all  such  goods 
will  bo  polka  spots.  White  grounds,  with 
polka  spots  of  lavender,  blue  and  block,  are 
the  most,  desirable.  They  cost  twenty  cents 
a  yard.  The  trimming  should  be  silk  or  vel¬ 
vet  ribbon  of  the  color  of  the  spot. 

WHITE  GOODS. 

Although  the  snows  are  still  upon  the 
ground,  this  is  the  best  season  for  buying 
white  goods.  In  piques  there  are  several  new 
patterns.  One  is  fine  ribs,  with  squares 
marked  by  a  thin  satin  line,  and  interspersed 
with  polka  dots.  The  same  is  again  in  stripes, 
with  the  dots;  or  again  without  hars  or 
stripes,  but  with  polka  dots  on  a  ribbed 
ground.  They  arc  very  fine  in  texture,  aud 
cost  75  ets.  t,o  81  a  yard. 

In  Victoria  lawns  there  is  a  very  wide  goods, 
with  a  vine  at  intervals,  for  twenty  cents  a 
yard.  These  lawns  are  very  useful,  on  ac¬ 
count  of  doiug  up  so  well.  Dotted  muslins, 
thin  and  sheer,  are  in  all  varieties  ;  they  make 
up  in  the  soft,  fleecy  manner  of  the  present 
fashion,  and  are  sold  ut  fifty  cents  a  yard. 
French  cambrics  are  wide,  of  good  quality, 
but  of  the  same  old  Dolly  Varden  jxitterns, 
which,  it  is  safe  to  predict,  will  uot  be  in 
vogue  this  season.  They  are  cheap,  but  it  is 
better  to  wait  for  the  new  stock.  Percales 
are,  so  far,  seen  in  stripes — blue,  brown  and 
black.  A  pleasing  variety  is  bull,  with  a  laee- 
work  design  in  black. 

GRENADINES. 

Black  grenadines,  this  season  at  least,  will 
take  precedence  in  ordinary  promenade  cos¬ 
tumes.  The  prices  will  not  vary  from  last 
season.  It  must  be  remarked,  that  it  is  poor 
policy  to  buy  a  cheap  grenadine,  as  they  very 
soon  turn  brown.  Suitable  grenadine  e»n- 
not  be  bought  under  81.  A  novelty  in  party 
dresses  is  a  silk  grenadine  woven  in  leaves 
and  flowers.  It  is  very  thin,  comes  in  all 
light  shades,  and  is  to  be  made  over  silks  of 
the  same  color.  It  sells  at  82.50. 

NOVELTIES, 

A  very  handsome  trimming  comes  for  thin 
muslin  dresses.  It  is  a  raffle  of  Valenciennes 
inserting  and  rnuslin  in  alternate  strips  ;  the 
muslin  makes  a  box  plait ;  the  inserting  is 
plain  ;  on  the  edge  is  a  narrow  Valenciennes. 


leaves.  Young  ladies  wear  no  strings,  or  tie 
them  under  the  chignon. 

SKATING  COSTUME. 

The  skating  dress  (see  page  VI7)  consists  of  a 
polonaise  and  skirt,  made  of  waterproof 
tweed,  trimmed  witH'milltaiy  braid  ;  it  is  also 
worn  as  a  promenade  or  traveling  costume, 
and  can  be  made  of  a  variety  of  shades  in 
thin  wool  cloth.  Hat  of  black  felt,  trimmed 
with  black  velvet  and  ostrich  feather. 


Ulome.stic  Okoitomtr. 


WASHING  COMPOUND. 

I  noticed,  some  weeks  since  an  inquiry 
from  a  young  housekeeper,  for  a  recipe  for  i 
washing  compound,  and  have  not  seen  one 
yet  as  good  as  mine,  which  I  will  send: 
Three  tablespoonfuls  of  salts  of  tartar;  the 
same  of  common  saleratua ;  one  pound  of 
hard  soap,  or  a  quart  of  soft  soap  ;  one  and 
one-half  gallons  water  ;  boil  ail  together,  and 
when  cool  add  one  tablespoon  of  spirits  of 
ammonia.  One  pint  of  this  preparation  is 
sufficient  for  nearly  a  tub  of  white  clothes. 
Put  nearly  half  in  warm  water,  allow  the 
clothes  to  soak  over  night,  or  longer  if  conven¬ 
ient  ;  wring  out,  and  having  put  the  other 
half  pint  in  the  boiler,  place  the  clothes  in  it 
and  boil  twenty  minutes,  st  irring  most  of  the 
time  ;  take  out  and  suds  ;  then  let  them  soak 
in  a  tub  of  cold  water  while  the  colored 
clothes  are  rubbed  in  the  suds,  heating  it 
with  water  from  the  boiler;  or  a  still  better 
way  Is  to  scald  again  in  clear  water  in  the 
boiler,  then  blue  in  cold  water. 

APPLE  BUTTER. 

It  is  late  in  the  season  for  apple  butter  ma¬ 
king,  but  I  would  like  to  give  the  old  method, 
which  is  much  better  than  any  you  have  yet 
published.  It  Is  this  To  one  peck,  quar¬ 
tered  and  cored  sweet  apples,  use  two  quarts 
thick  boiled  eider  from  sour  apples,  and  two 
or  three  quarts  of  water ;  cook  in  a  large 
brass  kettle  until  very  soft,  placing  an  invert¬ 
ed  tin,  or  a  small  quantity  of  clean  straw, 
with  ail  the  leaves  stripped  off,  or  any  thing 
which  the  ingenuity  may  suggest,  to  prevent 
burning  to  the  bottom.  When  well  done, 
remove  from  the  kettle  and  rub  through  a 
colander.  This  may  be  done  while  hot,  with 
a  potato  tnasher.  Clean  the  kettle  immedi¬ 
ately,  before  using  again.  Return  to  the  ket¬ 
tle  and  cook  half  an  hour,  stirring  almost 
constantly  to  make  it  smooth  and  prevent 
burning.  Add  alspiee,  cloves  and  cinnamon 
to  the  taste  ;  if  it  remains  frozen  it  will  keep 
all  winter. 

THE  RIGHT  WAY  TO  FRY  A  BEEFSTEAK. 

Just  how  many  nice,  juicy  steaks  are  spoil¬ 
ed  by  the  cook  will  never  be  known  ;  yet  in¬ 
ferior  beef,  if  rightly  cooked,  is  a  savory  dish 
in  comparison.  Many  cooks  cover  a  steak 
while  frying,  thinking  if  it  steams  it  will  lie 
more  tender  and  juicy.  This  is  a  mistaken 
idea,  as  the  steam  condensed  by  the  cover 
falls  back  on  the  meat  and  must  he  boiled 
out  again,  giving  the  meat  a  taste  of  half 
boiled  beef,  which  is  very  insipid.  Never 
cover  a  beefsteak  while  cooking.  This  should 
be  pasted  Sn  plain  letters  in  the  cook  room, 
for  it  is  of  the  utmost  impartanee. 

Place  the  spider,  (or  for  a  large  steak,  a 
dripping  pan  is  better,)  on  the  stove  with 
some  fat  shreds  from  the  meat  and  a  gener¬ 
ous  piece  of  sweet  butter  ;  when  hot,  sprin¬ 
kle  over  half  the  salt  to  be  used  ;  have  a  care, 
however,  not  to  salt  too  much  ;  then,  having 
well  bruised,  and  with  a  sharp,  heavy  knife, 
hacked  the  tough  fibers  of  the  beef,  lay  It  In, 
add  the  other  half  of  the  salt,  a  little  pep¬ 
per,  and  allow  it  to  cook  rather  quickly  on 
one  side ;  then  turn  and  cook  the  other  a 
short  time  :  when  done  remove  to  a  hot  plat¬ 
ter,  dipping  over  it  part  of  the  gra  vy  ;  add  a 
little  flour,  water,  salt  and  pepper,  to  the  rest 
of  the  gravy,  and  scald,  to  eat  on  vegetables. 


buttons  of  various  colors  to  match  the  em¬ 
broidery  at  the  top.  The  valance  is  fastened 
to  the  chest,  not  the  lid.  It  is  of  cloth,  with 
appliques  embroidered  in  silk.  A  thick  cord 
is  sewn  above  the  valance,  and  finishes  the 

bottom  of  the  box. 

- - 

BEANS  AND  VINEGAR. 

1  see  Mrs.  North  is  unable  to  explain  why 
beans  were  put  into  eider  to  make  it  turn 
sour.  I  will  give  you  my  idea  about  it.  The 
principal  requisites  to  form  good  vinegar  arc 
1st,  contact  with  the  air;  2d,  a  temperature 
not  exceeding  77  dogs,  of  Fahrenheit ;  3d. 
the  addition  of  some  extraneous  vegetable 
matt  er  to  promote  the  acetous  fermentation  ; 
and  4th.  the  presence  of  alcohol.  Now  beans 
contain  a  very  acetous  vegetable  matter. 
Take  boiled  beans  in  warm  weather,  how 
quick  they  got  sour  !  This  will  show  you  that 
It  contains  acid.  Now  beans  put  into  eider 
will  soon  start  this  acetous  action  and  cause 
the  cider  to  turn  sour.  Put  .about  1  lbs.  of 
the  beat  brown  sugar  hi  a  laurel  of  cider  in 
addition  to  the  beaus  and;  it  will  get  sour 
much  faster,  and  keep  the^  cider  warm  to 
cause  it  to  work.  Beaus  are  used  because 
they  are  clean,  and  will  not  destroy  the  flavor 
of  the  vinegar  like  other  vegetable  matter. 
Meadville,  Pa.  J.  n.  f. 

- #-»-♦ - 

DOMESTIC  INQUIRIES. 

Mary  M.  Larance  asks  for  a  recipe  for 
making  fruit  jelly  with  the  use  of  gelatine, 
asserting  that  peaches,  strawberries,  and 
sweet  fruit  will  not  thicken  sufficiently  to 
turn  out  of  the  glass  and  stand  alone, 

Mrs.  Minnie  Rose  asks  some  one  to  t  ell  her 
how  to  make  a  pair  of  pants.  Site  lifts  a  good 
pattern  to  cut  them  by  und  a  machine  to 
make  them  with,  but  docs  uot  know  how  to 
go  to  work  to  make  them.  Ask  for  direc¬ 
tions  similar  to  those  given  in  Rural  Nevv- 
Yorker,  Dec.  31,  “how  to  make  a  coat.” 
- - 

INDIAN  PUDDING. 

Mrs.  R.  C.  C.  is  recommended  to  try  the 
following : 

One  pint  Indian  meal,  one-half  teaspoon  fill 
salt,  one  half  cup  molasses,— then  boil  water 
enough  lo  make  a  thin  batter,  add  one  tea- 
Hpoonfn]  soda,  one  cup  raisins  or  dried  apples, 
one-half  cup  suet  cut  in  fine  pieces.  Boil  two 
hours.  Splendid,  for  my  husband  says  so. 

Constant  Reader. 
- - 

JELLY  CAKE  WITHOUT  EGGS. 

One-half  cup  of  butter,  one-half  cup  of 
cream,  one-half  cup  of  buttermilk,  one-half 
cup  of  sweet  milk,  two  cups  of  sugar,  one 
teaspon  of  soda.  Spread  thin,  and  bake  on 
long  tins.  This  amount  makes  five  stories, 
and  many  prefer  it  to  cake  made  with  eggs. 

B.  c.  D. 


Hggfyraif  information. 


FAT  AND  LEAN. 

Meat  eaters  and  vegetarians  show  in  their 
persons  the  effects  of  the  diet.  The  first  man 
has  the  most  bmlu  force  and  nervous  energy. 
A  mixed  food  of  animal  and  vegetable  rat  ions 
developed  the  highest  Intellectual  powers.  A 
strictly  vegetable  living  ordinarily  gives  a 
fair  complexion,  and  amiability  and  extreme 
pugnacity  when  the  vegetarian’s  views  in 
regard  to  that  one  engrossing  thought  of  liis 
life  are  discussed.  Thoy  are  annual-meeting 
reformers  without  ever  setting  a  river  on  fire. 
Arabs  are  a  sober,  frugal  race,  rather  slender, 
not  tall,  conscientious  and  contentious  on 
religious  subjects.  They  largely  subsist  on 
rice,  pulse,  milk  and  keimac,  something  simi¬ 
lar  to  whipped  cream,  through  a  vast  region 
of  an  arid  country  where  they  arc  indigenous. 
They  are  not  destitute  of  mutton,  goats, 
camels  and  game  ;  but  they  manifest  no  dis¬ 
position  to  feed  upon  meats,  as  is  necessary 
in  temperate  zones  or  in  high  northern  lati¬ 
tudes.  An  intellectual  man,  one  of  their  kin¬ 
dred,  who  rises  to  distinction  by  the  grandeur 
of  his  mental  status,  is  extremely  rare.  The 
beer  and  ale  drinkers  expand  and  grow  fat, 
but  they  are  not  much  given  to  profound 
researches  in  Science. — Scientific-  A  merican. 

- ♦♦♦■ - 

CURE  FOR  THE  OPIUM  HABIT. 

In  a  recent  report  on  the  condition  of  the 
English  hospital  at  Pekin,  China,  the  attend¬ 
ing  physician  gives  a  formula  for  “anti-opium 
pills.”  This  remedy  is  composed  of  extract 
of  henbane,  extract  of  gentian,  camphor, 
quinine,  cayenne  pepper,  ginger  and  cinna¬ 
mon,  with  cnstile  soap  and  syrup  to  form  the 
coating.  The  efficacy  of  these  pills  in  over¬ 
coming  the  opium  habit,  and  in  ]  reventing 
the  suffering  on  giving  up  the  use  of  that 
poison,  is  stated  to  have  been  proved  in  nu¬ 
merous  cases.  The  native  remedies,  it  is  said, 
contain  opium  in  some  form,  and  most  fre¬ 
quently  the  ashes  of  opium  already  smoked, 
and  consequently  are  inefficacious — it  being 
as  difficult  to  discontinue  the  use  of  the  med¬ 
icine  as  of  the  drug  itself. 


PURIFYING  A  ROOM  WITH  A  PITCHER 
OF  WATER. 


TIDY 


COMFORTABLES. 


Take  a  breadth  of  light  cambric,  fold  it 
over  the  head  of  the  comfortable,  baste  it 
on;  when  soiled  take  it  off,  wash  it  and  put 
it  on  again.  The  Germans  fasten  the  upper 
sheet  to  the  comfortable.  It  is  a  good  plan. 
— Katy. 


It  having  been  stated  that  the  foul  air  in  a 
room  may  be  absorbed  by  a  pitcher  fit'  cold 
water  standing  in  it,  the  Editor  of  the  Scien¬ 
tific  American  says: — “It  would  lift  danger¬ 
ous  for  any  one  to  close  a  room  and  rely  upon 
a  pitcher  of  wuter  to  purify  the  sir.  *  1,1  * 
Good  ventilation  is  the  best  remedy  for  foul 
air  in  a  room.”  The  fact  that  water  in  a 
room  becomes  foul  does  not  prove  that  the 
air  is  purified  by  it,  by  any  means. 

- - - 

LAXATIVE  MIXTURE. 

Prof.  Lindsley  says  the  best  remedy  he 
has  ever  tried  in  habitual  constipation,  is  to 
take  a  half  dram  of  Epsom  salts,  dissolved  in 
half  a  pint  of  water — adding  ten  drops  of 
Elixir  of  vitriol — one  hour  before  lire ul, fact. 
The  smaller  the  dose  the  better,  provided  it 
will  operate,  it  may  be  taken  for  weeks  till 

a  cur  e  is  effected. 

■ - - 

AMMONIA  FOR  WHOOPING  COUGH. 

Since  it  has  been  shown  that  the  inhalation 
of  air  charged  with  the  vapors  of  ammonia 
is  beneficial  in  cases  of  whooping  cough,  M. 
Groatham  of  Paris  has  been  experimenting 
on  the  effects  of  boiling  strong  ammonia  in 
the  room  where  the  patient  was  with  decided 
success. 

- - 

CAKED  BREASTS  FOR  PERSON 3  OR 
BEASTS. 

Bathe  with  “white  lye,”  which  is  made 
by  pouring  boiling  water  over  half  to  three- 
fourths  its  bulk  of  wood  ashes.  Stir  and  let 
settle,  and  use  the  clear  liquor. 

POISON  IVY. 

Steep  pokeroot  in  water  and  bathe  the 
parts  affected  with  the  resulting  liquor.  H. 

- - - - 

REMEDY  FOR  STAMMERING. 

Do  uot  speak  or  attempt  to  speak  when 
inhaling  the  breath  ;  but  draw  as  much  air 
into  the  lungs  as  they  will  bold,  and  then 
speak  very  slow.  Repeat  the  opex  ation,  and 
by  patience  I  think  Willie  of  Michigan  will 
overcome  the  difficulty.  c.  h.  o. 

TO  CURE  DROPSY. 


We  see  it  asserted,  tho'igh  we  do  not  know 
upon  whose  authority,  that  a  tea  made  of 
encstnub  leaves  and  drank  in  the  place  of 
water,  will  cure  the  most  obstinate  case  of 
dropsy  in  a  few  days. 


PROCRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT.” 


sensitive,  courteous  and  .iust,  and  held  a  high 
place  In  their  cstcom  as  an  honorable  and  able 
Wnfrere.  As  a  man  and  friend  be  was  unnssum- 
ing.kindly,  generous  In  disposition,  and  tolerant. 

From  the  Country  Gentleman,  January  30, 
we  glean  the  following  chronological  facts  con¬ 
cerning  the  life  of  Luther  Tucker;  -lie  was 
born  in  Brandon,  Vt.,  May  7th,  1802.  At  the  age 
of  14  he  was  apprenticed  to  Timothy  C.  .Strong. 
a  printer  of  Mlddlebtiry,  who  removed  to  Pal¬ 
myra,  N.  Y.,  in  1817.  taking  the  young  apprentice 
with  him.  Two  years  later,  or  in  iH19,  Mr. 
Tuckek  entered  upon  t  he  life  of  a  journeyman 
printer,  visiting  various  points  North  and  East 
— Including  Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  Washing¬ 
ton  and  New  York.  In  JK25  he  entered  Into 
partnership  with  Henry  C.  Sleight,  at  Jamai¬ 
ca,  L.  I.,  whose  business  was  chiefly  the  publi¬ 
cation  of  standard  works  for  New-  York  bouses. 
Here  he  remained,  until  at  the  age  of  24  he  ro- 
vlsited  Rochester,  and  started  the  first  daily 
newspaper  published  west  of  Albany— the  Daily 
Advertiser,  now  the  Rochester  Union  and  Ad¬ 
vertiser- the  first  issue  of  which  appeared  Oct. 
27,  1SJ6.  January  1, 1831,  while  still  publishing 
t  lm  Daily  Advertiser,  he  Issued  the  first  number 
of  the  Genesee  Farmer.  In  183!)  he  sold  the 
Daily  Advertiser,  having  meantime  purchased  a 
farm,  with  the  object  of  devoting  his  attention 
entirely  to  his  farm  and  the  Genesee  Farmer; 
hul  in  that  year,  Judge  Bum,  f  lic  Editor  of  the 
Albany  Cultivator,  died,  and  Mr.  Tucker  con¬ 
solidated  the  two  papers  under  the  title  of  “The 
Cultivator:  a  consolidation  of  Bud’s  Cultivator 
and  the  Genesee  Farmer.’’ I  he  first,  issue  thereof 
appearing  Jan.  1,  1840.  lie  continued  to  publish 
the  Cultivator  monthly,  while  about,  twenty 
years  ago  he  commenced  the  publication,  week¬ 
ly,  of  the  Country  Gentleman,  continuing  the 
Cultivator  as  a  monthly  for  some  years,  hut 
finally  discontinuing  the  monthly  and  consoli¬ 
dating  it  with  the  Country  Gentleman  under 
the  present  title,  “  The  Cultivator  and  Country 
Gentleman.” 


Judge  Watts.  We  have  no  personal  objections 
to  him,  no  personal  interests  to  subserve  In 
saying  what  we  do  of  him  as  Commissioner  of 
Agriculture,  nor  any  personal  friends  whose 
Interests  we  desire  to  promote  thereby.  With 
us  it  Is  not  a  question  of  what  ho  is,  or  has 
been ;  but  what  he  does,  or  does  not  do 
that  ho  ought  to  do,  as  Commissioner  of 
Agriculture.  Is  ho  fitted  for  the  place?  Our 
own  impressions,  nml  the  impressions  of  all 
with  whom  we  have  talked  from  his  own  State 
—and  these  opinions  have  been  furnished  vol¬ 
untarily— arc.  that  if  the  Depart  ment  can  find  no 
better  qualified  man  to  spend  the  money  Con¬ 
gress  appropriates  for  the  use  of  the  Depart¬ 
ment,  It  would  he  wise  to  abolish  the  Depart¬ 
ment  altogether.  It  Is  proper  to  say,  however, 
that  we  know  how  difficult  it  Is  to  Induce  an> 
man  capable  of  managing  it  to  attempt,  to  do  so 
for  the  niggardly  salary  that  Congress  gives 
him.  For  a  man  who  Is  not  worth  $10,000  a  year 
in  almost  any  business,  now-a-days,  is  not  likely 
to  be  worth  much  in  a  Government  office;  and 
such  men  are  not  likely  to  assume  the  respon¬ 
sibilities  of  the  office  of  the  Commissioner  of 
Agriculture  for  the  sum  of  $3,000  a  year. 

We  shall  he  as  swift,  to  praise,  as  we  are  to 
censure,  when  we  see  that  the  present  Commis¬ 
sioner  Is  accomplishing  anything  worthy  of 
praise.  His  zcftlOUs  distribution  of  seeds,  and 
his  strong  commendation  to  Congress  of  this 
feature  of  his  work,  is  not  what  we  can  com¬ 
mend  in  any  sense,  in  any  one,  however. 


pay  his  full  fare  going  and  coming.  What  a 
revelation  of  independence  and  determination, 
what  a  miracle  of  self-denial  and  honesty  would 
a  farmers'  convention  be  in  which  every  man 
had  made  or  paid  his  own  transportation  I  ” 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


The  Now  \gricullnral  College  Bill  before 
Congress  Is  not  one  that  we  commend.  We 
have  got  tired  of  this  land  grant  business.  The 
manner  In  which  the  lands  appropriated  to  Ag¬ 
ricultural  colleges  have  been  used  Is  not  calcu¬ 
lated  to  stir  our  sympathies  In  behalf  of  further 
appropriations.  If  the  fanners  of  the  country 
want  their  sona  educated  In  the  sciences  adapt¬ 
ed  to  their  profession,  let  |thern  pay  for  it  as 
other  people  do.  We  have  come  to  the  conclu¬ 
sion  that  what  is  not  worth  paying  for  Is  not 
worth  having ;  and  that  what  can  be  got  without 
paying  for  Is  not  appreciated ;  and  what  people 
arc  willing  to  pay  for  can  always  he  obtained. 
Hence,  no  more  land  grants  for  those  colleges, 
say  we. 


Coiid-uotiiig  Editor  and  XJu'blislier, 


CHAS.  D.  BRAGDON,  ANDREW  8.  FULLER, 

Assooiftte  Editors. 

HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.  D.,  Cortland  Village,  N.  Y., 

Editor  6f  tiik  Driartmrnt  of  Sheep  Husbandry. 

X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  Little  Fails,  N.  Y., 

Editor  or  the  Diet*  aiitm  jcnt  of  Dairy  Husbandry. 

Col.  S.  D.  HARRIS,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 

CoBRe.ruKDisc  Krimn. 


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Benlh  of Cninninnilcr  Maury. — M.  F,  Maujcv, 
LL.  D.,  one  of  the  great  scientific  men  of  the  age, 
known  as  the  student,  of  nature,  the  ocean  pio¬ 
neer,  and  the  benefactor  of  seamen,  died  in 
Lexington,  Va.,  on  the  1st  inat.,  aged  67.  He 
became  a  midshipman  In  1825.  Soon  after  lie 
made  a  voyage  round  the  world,  commencing 
his  great  work  on  navigation.  He  was  known 
all  over  the  world  as  the  author  of  many  works 
of  scientific  value,  among  Others,  the  “  Physical 
Geography  of  the  Bea,"  “  Letters  on  the  Ama¬ 
zon  and  Atlantic  Slopes  of  South  America,’’ 
”  Astronomical  Observations,"  etc.  He  was  for 
a  long  time  In  charge  of  the  Hydrographical 
Office  in  Washington.  He  brought  about  the 
general  maritime  conference  at  Brussels  in  1853. 
He  short  onod  the  voyages  across  the  At  lantlc  and 
Pacific,  discovered  t lie  telegraphic  plateau  at 
I  be  bottom  of  the  ocean,  and  pointed  out  the 
good  whaling  grounds.  He  was  decorated  by 
kings,  and  was  a  member  of  the  jirincipal  scien¬ 
tific  societies  of  America  and  Europe,  lie 
joined  the  Confederacy  during  the  rebellion, 
becoming  Commodore  of  Its  navy.  Of  late  years 
lie  lias  been  Professor  of  Physics  In  the  Virginia 
Military  Institute. 


Oldtiinry  —  Thomas  llall  Fntlo, — We  have  an¬ 
nounced  the  death  of  this  gentleman  at  Nice, 
France,  whither  he  had  gone  to  recover  his 
health.  He  was  71  years  old.  Ho  was  a  mem¬ 
ber  of  the  Executive  Board  of  the  New  York 
State  Agricultural  Society  several  years  prior  to 
1868,  when  he  was  elected  President  of  the  So¬ 
ciety  and  continued  a  member,  c.r-oj/icio,  of  the 
Board  up  to  the  time  of  going  abroad.  He  was 
highly  esteemed,  known  fnr  his  unostentatious 
charity,  kindly  and  liberal  spirit,  and  was  be¬ 
loved  by  all  favored  with  his  personal  ac¬ 
quaintance. 


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WHY  ARE  TAXES  SO  HIGH  7 


Because  we  are  governed  too  much ;  because 
the  machinery  of  government  is  so  complex 
that  It  requires  a  large  army  of  non-producing 
office-holders  to  administer  Its  affairs,  who 
must  bo  supported  by  lho  bard  earnings  of  the 
people ;  because  these  office-holder*  have  found 
it  profitable  to  pay  large  prices  for  positions,  look¬ 
ing  to  the  office  and  i  he  opportunities  It  afford-. 
for  the  re-lmbursement  of  their  money  so  spent. 
Would  Pomeuoy  of  Kansas  have  spent  his  ho  is 
reported  to  have  done)  £100.000  in  behalf  of  his 
re-election  to  the  United  Btat.es  Senate,  uniesB 
ho  felt  sure  that  he  would  get  this  principal 
back, with  interest  7  Where  wo*  ho  to  get  it? 
From  his  Milan  as  United  States  Senator?  Cer¬ 
tainly  not!  Whore  from,  then  ?  From  sources 
similar  to  those  which  recent  investigations 
have  revealed  as  furnishing  the  Vice-President 
of  the  United  Stal  es  and  others  with  their  re¬ 
spective  incomes. 

We  are  too  much  governed.  We  have  too 
many  legislative  bodies.  We  are  not  sure  that 
it  would  not  be  wise  to  abolish  State  govern¬ 
ments.  We  do  not  assert  that  it  would  be.  But 
why  might  not  Congress  do  all  the  general  leg¬ 
islation  of  the  country  and  permit  the  people, 
in  their  respective  localities,  through  municipal 
and  supervisory  boards,  to  look  after  local  legis¬ 
lation  affecting  their  Immediate  local  Interests  ? 
Why  support;  thlrty-Beven  State  Governments 
to  do  what  may  be  better  done  by  one  central 
legislature,  whose  legislation  should  be  entirely 
confined  to  local  laws?  Then  there  would  be 
less  clashing  of  State  laws  and  interests,  and  a 
recognition  not  only  of  the  homogeneous  char¬ 
acter  of  the  people,  but  of  the  homogeneity  of 
their  Interests.  We  have  too  many  i a u  s ;  and 
one  reason  is  because  we  have  thirty-eight  legis¬ 
lative  mills  grinding  them  out,  in  place  of  one, 
beside  the  numerous  municipal  legislatures. 

Of  course,  these  are  only  suggestions,  that 
occur  to  us  In  the  light  of  t  he  events  which  have 
recently  transpired  and  are  transpiring— which 
come  to  us  wheneverwc  glance  at  the  labyrinths 
of  law  which  are  revealed  daily  in  our  State  and 
United  States  Courts,  through  which  a  skillful 
lawyer  is  almost  sure  to  lead  bis  client  away 
from  Justice,  no  matter  how  much  he  may 
merit  her  chastisement.  We  must  simplify  our 
methods  or  submit  to  be  more  and  more  heavily 
taxed  and  worse  and  worse  governed ;  and  we 
are  Inclined  to  believe  that  the  surest  and  sim¬ 
plest  mode  of  effecting  what  Is  an  apparent  ne¬ 
cessity.  is  to  adopt  a  federal  system  of  govern¬ 
ment,  completely  obliterating  State  lines.  Of 
course,  there  are  arguments  pro  and  con  In  this 
matter ;  but  we  look  to  see  the  issue  made. 


Sanctum  Personal. — We  have  received  a  call 
from  Prof.  8.  F.  Baird  of  the  Smithsonian  In¬ 
stitution  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  U.  S.  Com¬ 
missioner  of  Fisheries,  who  is  in  the  city  to  re¬ 
ceive  800,000  salmon  eggs  expected  here  daily 
by  the  steamer  America  from  Germany.  The 
activity  of  the  fish  culturists  of  the  country  in 
propagating  fish  In  our  waters  is  most  grati¬ 
fying. 


SATURDAY,  FEB.  8,  1873. 


Farmers  In  the  Minnesota  Legislature. — The 
Western  Farmer  says “  Of  the  41  members  of 
the  Minnesota  State  Senate,  13  are  farmers ;  of 
the  106  members  of  the  House  of  Representa¬ 
tives,  48  are  farmers,  with  the  occupations  of  9 
not  given— or  48  out  of  the  97  whose  business  is 
given  are  farmers.  Of  lawyers  there  are 3  in  the 
Senate  and  10  in  the  lower  House.” 


TO  ALL  OUR  READERS 


••  Fan' We  Agree  on  Wages  I  A  correspond¬ 
ent  asks  why  farmers  in  a  neighborhood  do  not 
unite  and  agree  upon  the  wages  they  will  pay 
hired  men  during  the  season  opening.  Wo  see 
some  practical  difficulties  in  the  way.  They 
might  agree,  perhaps,  upon  the  maximum  and 
minimum  rates ;  but  there  is  so  much  difference 
In  the  value  of  men  that  it  will  bo  difficult  to 
establish  an  arbitrary  rule.  This  is  the  fault 
we  have  to  find  with  Labor  Unions.  They  seek 
to  compel  the  employer  to  pay  t  he  same  wages 
to  an  unskilled  workman  that  he  does  to  the 
skilled;  and  they  force  him  to  employ  such 
workmen,  else  the  skilled  refuse  to  work— are 
compelled,  by  the  rules,  to  strike  ’at  the  option 
of  the  directory.  Thus,  the  rapid  and  skilled 
workman,  unless  he  works  by  the  piece.  Is 
brought  down  to  the  level  of  the  unskilled  and 
incompetent,  and  there  is  no  incentive  to  excel. 
Farmers  have  got  to  meet  this  question  of  labor 
and  the  price  of  farm  labor  in  some  way.  Its 
gravity  beeomes  every  year  greater.  It  is  a 
proper  subject  to  discuss  in  these  columns. 


Agents,  Subscribers,  and  Indeed  all  who  read 
this,  are  reminded  that  the  present  Is  a  most 
favorable  season  to  obtain  subscribers  for  the 
Rural  New-Yorker.  While  Agents  are  form¬ 
ing  or  adding  to  clubs,  we  hope  others— especial¬ 
ly  new  subsorl hers,  and  t  h oso  recel v| ng  t  lie  paper 
at  post-offices  where  but.  one  or  two  copies  are 
taken  — will  kindly  endeavor  to  augment  our 
circulation.  Many  of  our  readers  are  so  situated 
that  they  can  readily  form  or  add  to  clubs,  and 
we  shall  be  prompt  in  recognizing  and  reward¬ 
ing  all  such  efforts. 

Back  numbers  of  this  volume  supplied  to  new 
subscribers,  unless  otherwise  ordered,  but  sub¬ 
scriptions  can  begi  n  now  or  at  any  time.  Reader, 
please  refer  to  Publisher's  Notices,  &c.,  (under 
heading  of  “  Publisher’s  Desk,”)  on  page  100,  and 
to  Premium  List,  (headed  “  Good  Pay  for  Doing 
Good  !  ”)  on  page  86,  last  number,  and  then  see 
if  it  will  not  pay  you  to  act  In  accordance  with 
above  requests  and  suggestions. 


Too  Good! — A  Wisconsin  lady  writes  us  Jan. 
20,  :is  follows :— “  One  of  our  neighbors,  who  has 
taken  the  Rural  New-Yorker  many  years, 
says  It  has  only  one  fault ;  it  Is  too  good!  He 
says  it  is  like  sitting  down  to  a  dinner  and  hav¬ 
ing  every  good  thing  on  the  table  at  once.” 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC, 


Oregon,  Mo.,  Jan.  23— This  has  been  the 
hardest  Winter  known  in  thi6  country  for  thirty 
years.  Our  fruit  trees  have  burst,  in  some  in¬ 
stances,  from  the  ground  to  the  first  branch. 
Some  have  opened  so  that  a  half-lneli  board  can 
be  run  clear  through  the  tree.  It  has  caused 
much  alarm,  as  the  finest  fruit  trees  are  the 
worst  injured.  Will  some  oneinform  us  whether 
it  will  injure  the  trees;  If  so,  can't  it  be  reme¬ 
died;  if  it  can,  how?  It  is  also  thought  that 
nine-tenths  of  the  peach  trees  are  dead.  Snow 
ten  inches  deep  on  a  level.  Weather  now 
moderate.— w.  b. 

Lansinghurg,  IV.  C'.,  Jon.  21.  —Winter  mod- 
eratly  cold  and  wet ;  epizooty  and  small-pox 
nearly  gone;  laborers  very  scarce;  in  many 
places  not  to  be  had.  Emigrants  from  any 
quarter  would  be  hailed  with  joy.  Lands  fertile 
and  cheap.  Climate  very  healthy;  schools  and 
churches  abundant.— l. 


Amerlenn  Cat  Nulls  and  Spikes, — The  manu¬ 
facturers  of  American  cut  nails  and  spikes,  of 
t  he  Atlantic  States,  in  consequence  of  the  de¬ 
cline  in  price  of  English  pig  iron  and  abun¬ 
dance  of  cheap  coals,  have  reduced  their  whole¬ 
sale  prices  fifty  cents  per  keg.  The  following  Is 
a  schedule  of  prices  adopted 10-penny  to  00- 
penny,  common,  $5  per  keg ;  8  and  9-penny, $5,35  ; 
6  and  7-penny,  $5.50 ;  4  and  5-penny,  $5.75 ;  3-pen¬ 
ny,  $0.50:  2-penny  and  3-penny  fine,  $7.25;  cut 
spikes,  all  sizes,  $5.25.  The  prices  for  fencing 
and  sheathing  nails  are  the  same  as  heretofore. 
The  following  are  the  new  prices  for  finishing, 
flooring,  box,  cooper’s,  casing,  slating,  trunks 
and  tobacco  nails  per  keg 3-penny,  $7 ;  4  and 
5-penny,  $6.25 ;  6-penny,  $6 ;  8-penny,  $5.75 ;  10- 
penny  and  larger,  $5.50.  Clinch  nails,  2  and  S1* 
inches,  $7;  2*4  and  2j£.  $6.75;  3  inches  and 
longer,  $6.50.  For  half  kegs  the  prices  are  fifty 
cents  per  hundred  weight  more  than  the  above 
prices. 


THE  LATE  LUTHER  TUCKER 


Last  week,  as  we  were  going  to  press,  we  an¬ 
nounced  the  death  of  Luther  Tucker,  senior 
editor  and  proprietor  of  The  Cultivator  and 
Country  Gentleman  He  died  Sunday,  Jan.  26, 
being  at  the  time  of  his  death  nearly  seventy- 
one  years  of  age,  and  having  been  an  agricultu¬ 
ral  ed  itor  for  over  forty  years.  He  was  probably 
the  oldest  agricultural  journalist  In  the  coun¬ 
try.  His  death  is  a  loss  to  the  agricultural  in¬ 
terests  of  the  country  ;  for  while  he  was  In  no 
sense  ostentatious  or  aggressive  as  a  journalist, 
he  won  for  himself  the  confidence  and  friend¬ 
ship  of  a  large  number  of  our  best  farmers,  to 
whose  experiences  and  opinions  he  gave  ex¬ 
pression  through  the  medium  of  Ills  publica¬ 
tions.  He  was  a  most  industrious  and  consci¬ 
entious  journalist.,  supervising  the  details  of  his 
paper  with  the  greatest  vigilance  and  care;  and 
it  was  generally  sale  to  assume  that  every  line 
thereof  had  been  submitted  to  his  critical  no¬ 
tice.  This  was  the  case  until  of  late  years  his 
son  and  associate,  Luther  H.  Tucker,  relieved 
him,  to  some  extent,  of  this  care  and  lubor ;  and 
yet  ho  lost  none  of  his  interest  and  zeal  in  pro¬ 
moting  the  welfare  of  the  class  for  whom  be 
labored  and  with  whom  he  had  the  fullest  sym¬ 
pathy. 

As  a  contemporary  Mr.  Tucker  was  highly 
respected  and  honored  by  Ills  brethren  of  the 
Agricultural  Press ;  he  was  charitable,  though 


BUSINESS  NOTICES 


AGENTS 

May  learn  something  greatly  to  their  advantage  and 
obtain  specimens  and  full  particulars  free,  by  ad¬ 
dressing  WOOD'S  LITERARY  AND  ART  AGENCY, 
Newburgh,  N.  Y. 


THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  AGRICULTURE 


We  have,  from  a  Pennsylvania  correspond¬ 
ent,  one  who  says  he  has  no  selfish  object  in 
view,  who  has  not  received  a  package  of  seed 
from  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  nor 
•wants  any  office  from  him  or  Government .  and 
asserts  that  Mr.  Watts  did  not  solicit  the  posi¬ 
tion  of  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  that  he 
has  long  beon  an  Agricult  urist.,  President  of  the 
Pennsylvania  State  and  his  County  Agricultural 
Society  for  many  yearn,  the  leading  man  in  get¬ 
ting  up  the  Pennsylvania  Farmer’s  High  School 
and  looking  after  It,  has  spent  as  much  time  ns 
any  man  to  advance  Agriculture  without  any 
compensation,  Is  so  honest  that  not  a  man  in 
New  York  has  money  enough  to  buy  him  to  do 
a  dishonorable  act,  etc.,  etc. 

Now  we  are  willing  to  concede  all  this  to 


Formers’  Conventions  ami  Railroads.— Talk¬ 
ing  of  an  Illinois  Farmers’  Convention  to  devise 
ways  and  means  to  relieve  themselves  of  the 
oppression  of  railroad  monopolies,  an  Illinois 
correspondent  of  the  Country  Gentleman  thus 
expresses  his  doubts  of  t  he  utility  of  such  con¬ 
ventions,  which,  lie  says,  are  largely  composed 
“  of  those  influential  and  practical  gentlemen 
who  do  our  teaching  in  the  newspapers,  and 
who  ride  on  free  passes  and  divide  their  love 
equally  between  the  unfortunate  railroads  ou 
the  one  hand  and  the  oppressed  people  on  the- 
other.”  Ho  says “  I  have  little  or  no  faith  In 
such  conventions,  nor  shall  I  have  until  every 
man  who  atteuds  will  either  ride  or  walk,  or 


HORSE  EPIDEMIC 


A  PHYSICIAN,  in  a  communication  to  a  Buffalo 
paper  about  the  Horse  Epidemic,  says  :  — “  Exter¬ 
nally  X  used  and  would  recommend  Dr.  Trask’s  Mag¬ 
netic  Ointment  to  the.  throat,  around  the  ears  and  on 
the  forehead.  This  ointment  contains  tobacco  and 
lobelia,  and  operates  npon  the  mucous  glands  of  the 
houd  and  throat  by  causing  an  increased  tlowof  secre¬ 
tion  from  them,  at  the  same  time  by  iU  relaxing  effect 
removing  the  stricture  and  giving  almost  instant  re¬ 
lief  to  the  cough  aud  breathing."  It  is  kept  by  all 
Druggists. 


THE  WAKEFIELD  EARTH  CLOSET. 

Get  Descriptive  Pamphlet  at  36  Dey  St.,  New  York. 


YOBMEB. 


<a(m\  Studies. 


KINDNESS. 

BY  MBS.  M.  A.  HOLT. 

“  IF  we  knew  the  Baby  fingers. 

Pressed  against  the  window  pane. 

Would  bo  cold  and  stiff  to-morrow— 

Never  trouble  us  again— 

Would  the  bright  eyes  of  our  darling 
Catch  the  frown  upon  our  brow? 

Would  the  print,  of  rosy  fingers 
Vex  us  then  as  they  do  now  ? " 

I  think  but  few  human  beings  really  under¬ 
stand  the  power  of  kindness  in  this  world  of 
ours.  If  this  great  principle  of  love  and  gentle¬ 
ness  combinod  was  better  understood  by  people 
generally*  there  would  be  fewer  breaking  hearts 
and  tears  of  lonely  grief  in  this  bleak  old  world. 
Rut,  alas,  there  are  some  truths  that  human  be¬ 
ings  never  learn  until  they  are  just  ready  to  enter 
into  the  deat  h  valley ;  and  ho  the  lesson  that  they 
have  gleaned  by  living  is  received  too  late.  It  is 
strange  how  blind  people  are  to  the  workings 
and  results  of  certain  principles  of  right  and 
wrong.  I  cannot  just  understand  the  mystery 
of  this  seeing  and  yet  not  seeing. 

The  law  of  human  kindness  Is  a  strong  one, 
and  the  world,  with  all  Its  wickedness,  finds  It 
very  hard  to  resist  it.  Vico  and  evil  hide  away 
from  it,  while  folly  and  waywardness  are  wholly 
subdued  by  It*  gentle  Influences.  There issomo 
Invisible  charm  lingering  wherever  it  rules,  and 
peace  ami  quietness  dwell  in  the  serene  atmos¬ 
phere.  It  costs  but  a  littleeffort  toenforce  this 
law  that  regulates  so  gontly  the  conduct  of 
mankind.  It  save*  many  scenes  of  wild  com¬ 
motion,  and  leads  the  votaries  of  error  quickly 
upon  the  stepping-stones  of  right  and  truth. 
Yet  people  do  not  adopt  this  law  of  kindness 
very  generally,  although  it  is  such  a  grand  gov¬ 
erning  principle. 

The  fact  Is  that,  passion  and  tyranny  usually 
crush  out  from  the  soul  tills  little  germ  of  kind¬ 
ness  given  to  us  by  our  kiud,  Heavenly  Father. 
Wo  cannot  bear  the  Ills  and  vexations  of  life 
gently  and  patiently,  and  so  we  let  passion  con¬ 
trol  us,  which  is  usually  succeeded  by  a  desire 
to  force  wrong-doers  to  desist.  We  generally 
fall  to  regulate  the  conduct  of  those  who  trouble 
us,  in  a  satisfactory  way ;  and  so  we  are  discon¬ 
tented  uud  unhappy.  Alas,  wo  did  not  let  the 
sweet  principle  of  kindness  rule.  Lesson  after 
lesson  of  sorrow  wo  glean,  and  yet  we  do  not 
learn  the  hotter  way.  Wo  sow  and  reap  a  har¬ 
vest  of  tears  and  sorrows,  and  thus  journey 
along  through  life.  At  last  we  discover  our  sad 
mistake. 

“  Strange  we  never  prize  the  music 
’Till  the  sweet-toned  bird  is  llown ! 

Strange  that,  wo  should  slight  the  violets 
’Till  the  lovely  flowers  are  gone. 

Strango  that  Summer  skies  and  sunshine 
Never  seem  one-half  so  fair 
As  when  Winter’s  snowy  pinions 
Shake  the  white  down  in  the  air." 

Oh,  why  do  we  not  scatter  sunbeams  and  a 
flowers  along  our  life  path,  Instead  of  thorns  ^ 
and  brambles?  We  know  that  thoy  will  ^ 
bring  sorrow  and  pain  to  ot  hers,  and  yet  we 
scatter  them. 

A  word  of  kindness  and  a  look  of  sympa¬ 
thy  cost  but  little,  and  yet  we  frown 
and  condemn,  and  let  the  evil  principle  r 
govern  us.  The  love  of  the  sweet  child  is 
chilled,  and  friendship  robbod  of  its  sweet¬ 
ness,  by  deeds  of  unkindness. 

If  we  only  knew  and  understood  bow  to 
live  In  the  bright  valley  of  sunlight,  Instead 
of  wandering  out  upon  the  lowlands  of  mis¬ 
ery,  then  we  might  be  happy.  Let  us  try  to 
understand  better  thiB  grand  secret  of  hu¬ 
man  kindness. 

“  Let  us  gather  up  the  sunbeams 
Lying  all  around  our  path ; 

Let  us  keep  the  wheat  and  roses, 

Casting  out  the  thorns  and  chaff: 

Let  us  find  the  sweetest  comforts 
In  the  blessings  of  to-day,'; 

With  a  patient  hand  removing 
All  the  briers  from  the  way.” 


ness  from  some  great  orb  of  discontent  to  scat¬ 
ter  it  over  their  neighbors. 

If  the  husband  conies  home  from  his  busi¬ 
ness  in  the  evening  with  a  stnilo  on  his  face,  his 
appearance  will  be  the  moment  to  which  his 
wife  looks  forward  through  the  day.  But,  if  be 
comes  home  grumbling,  his  presence  will  only 
add  a  shade  to  the  burden  and  weariness  of  the 
day.  And  if  mothers  and  sisters  are  cross  and 
fretful  as  if  they  had  the  toot  hache,  they  will 
drive  all  happiness  from  their  home.  There  are 
a  great,  many  people  who  seem  to  think  that 
their  special  mission  in  this  world  is  to  grumblo 
and  find  fault  and  nutke  everybody  miserable. 
They  keep  their  mouths  puckered  up  all  the 


the  rich  richer,  or  in  any  way  to  improve  the 
condition  of  man.  On  the  contrary,  it  has  done 
plenty  of  hurra.  The  Israelites  murmured,  and 
God  sent  the  most  terrible  punishments  upon 
them.  They  found  fault  with  that  Providenco 
which  led  them  forth  from  Egyptian  slavery. 
But  It  only  made  their  forty  years'  wandering 
In  the  desert  the  worse.  A  nd  that,  is  a  type  of 
the  fruit  that  murmuring  always  bears,  it  is  a 
three-fold  sin,  toward  one’s  own  soul,  which  it, 
weakens,  towonl  one’s  neighbor,  whose  happi¬ 
ness  it  mars,  and  toward  God,  whom  it  insults. 
For  grumbling  implies  a  rebellion  against  God  s 
will.  A  person  who  is  all  the  time  complaining 
at  the  dealings  of  Providence,  cannot  offer  up 


SKATING  COSTTJME. -[See  3?age  95.] 


GRUMBLERS  TALKED  TO. 

In  almost  every  community  you  will  find  pro¬ 
fessional  grumblers.  Nothing  seems  to  agree 
■with  them.  Now  they  grumble  at  hard  times, 
and  now  at  their  neighbors ;  if  husbands,  they 
grumble  at  their  wives;  if  wives,  at  their  hus¬ 
bands.  They  grumble  at  the  church,  at  the  na¬ 
tion,  at  the  world  of  mankind,  at  other  grum¬ 
blers!  They  find  fault  at  the  allotments  of 
Providence,  and  blame  God  for  crosses  that  are 
placed  upon  them,  supposing  that  everybody 
has  a  lighter  cross  than  they  have.  Say  to  such 
a  person,  “  This  is  a  floe  morning,"  and  he  will 
answer,  “Yes,  sir,  but  I  shouldn't  wonder  If  it 
should  yet  turn  out  to  bo  a  disagreeable  day." 
“  You  have  a  fine-looking  field  of  wheat  over 
there?"  "Well,  it  luoks  so  now,  but  likely 
enough  the  rust  will  yet  ruin  It."  “  Our  church 
is  in  a  flourishing  condition."  "Ah,  but  no 
telling  how  long  it  will  last."  “  Our  new  neigh¬ 
bors  seem  to  be  very  good  Christiana."  “  Yes, 
sir,  but  nearly  everybody  now-a-days  is  dishon¬ 
est,  and  It  Is  not  likely  they  are  bettor  than 
other  people." 

Such  people  always  live  under  a  black  cloud, 
and  carry  darkness  and  gloom  wherever  they 
go.  The  moon  borrows  light  from  the  sun,  that 
It  may  shed  Its  rays  upon  the  earth.  But  these 
professional  grumblers  soem  to  borrow  dark- 


time,  as  if  they  were  determined  to  be  ready  at 
the  shortest  possihle  notice  to  grumble.  They 
seem  to  be  closely  allied  to  the  cuttle-fish.  This 
little  sea  animal  has  the  power  of  ejecting  from 
a  sack  around  ita  head  a  peculiar  liquid  of  a 
black  color,  by  means  of  which  It  can  so  blacken 
the  water  that  It  Is  as  effectually  concealed  as 
If  It  was  swimming  in  India  ink.  And  so  there 
are  a  great  many  people  who  have  the  power  of 
filling  any  home  with  darkness  and  misery. 
Man  has  been  defined  as  a  “  laughing  animal." 
But  so  seldom  is  a  smile  seen  on  a  grumbler’s 
face  that  we  are  almost  tempted  to  classify 
them  In  a  race  by  themselves.  A  real,  hearty, 
cheerful,  ringing  laugh  from  them  would  be  as 
astonishing  as  a  thunderclap  In  a  clear  sky. 
They  have  greater  power  of  vision  than  the  nat¬ 
uralist  aided  by  Ills  microscope,  for  they  can 
see  troubles  that  nevor  had  and  never  can  have 
any  existence.  Every  time  any  good  work  is 
proposed  or  begun,  they  predict  a  failure— a  go- 
dowu,  or  a  blow  up.  They  complain  at  what  is 
done  and  at  what  is  not  done.  And  when  they 
drive  every  one  from  them,  they  complain  of 
the  why  people  shun  them?  Thoy  are  as  touchy 
its  a  hair-trigger  gun. 

Now,  grumbling  does  no  good,  It  was  never 
known  to  dispel  a  dark,  overhanging  cloud,  it 
was  never  known  to  make  a  warm  day  cool,  ot¬ 
to  make  the  ugly  beautiful,  or  the  poor  rich,  or 


the  prayer,  “  Nevertheless,  not  my  will  but  thine 
be  done.”  These  may  bo  the  words  of  his 
mouth,  but  his  heart  refuses  to  give  them  utter¬ 
ance.  The  language  of  such  a  soul  is,  “  My  will, 
not  thine,  be  done.”— Net’.  J.  B.  Mitchell. 


HOME  INFLUENCE. 

Rev.  Dr.  Cutler  talks  in  this  wise If  the 
fathor  generally  talks  .money,  money'  at  home 
he  generally  rears  a  family  In  worship  of  the 
almighty  dollar.  If  ho  talks  mainly  horses, 
games  and  races,  he  breeds  a  batch  of  sports¬ 
men.  If  fashion  Is  the  family  altar,  then  the 
children  are  offered  up  as  victims  upon  the 
altar.  If  a  man  makes  his  own  fireside  attract¬ 
ive,  he  may  reasonably  hope  to  anchor  his  own 

children  around  it.  My  neighbor  Q - makes 

himself  the  constant  evening  companion  of  his 
boys.  The  result  is  that  his  boys  tire  never  found 
in  bad  places.  But  if  Uie  father  hears  the  clock 
Btriko  cloven  In  his  clijihouse  or  the  playhouse* 
bo  need  not  he  surprised  if  his  boys  hear  it  strike 
twelve  in  the  gaming  room  or  the  drinking 
saloon.  If  ho  puts  1  he  bottle  on  his  own  table, 
he  need  not  wonder  If  a  drunken  son  staggers 
in,  by-and-by,  at  his  front  door.  When  the  best 
friend  that  childhood  and  youth  ought  to  have 
becomes  their  foe,  the  homes  become  the ‘start¬ 
ing  post’  for  moral  ruin. 


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MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


ON  THE  HIGHT8. 


BY  CAROLINE  A.  nOWARI). 


[The  following  poem  was  contributed  by  the  lute 
Miss  Howard  to  Harper’s  Magazine  in  1805,  and  Is 
regarded  by  many  of  her  friends  the  best  poem  she 
ever  wrote.— Eds.  Item  a  l  New-Yorker.] 

1  stand  alone  upon  the  bights  of  years, 

As  stood  on  Sinai's  peak  of  old 
The  prophet,  while  as  If  unrolled 
l,ike  pictured  scroll  the  vale  appears. 


Far  down  the  rugged  slopes  by  worn  feet  trod 
Is  dimly  seen,  ’midst  shine  and  shade. 

The  glimmer  of  that  fairy  glade 
Which  bask*  forever  In  the  smile  of  God. 


And  nearer,  yet  still  far,  ’twlxt  II  and  me 
Ides,  golden  still.  th»t  fair  domain 
Whence  to  iny  listening  heart  again 
Is  borne  youth’s  unforgotten  melody. 


The  twilight  deepens,  and  the  morning  land 
With  silvery  streams,  the  fervent  noon, 
Memory’s  music,  all  must  soon 
Fade  in  the  gathering  night  so  near  at  hand. 


Yet,  as  stood  Moses  In  that  awful  gloom 
When  shone  Tliy  word  as  living  Are, 
While  all  his  rapt  soul  did  aspire 
To  Thee,  above  the  darkness  of  the  tomb, 


So  I— though  gazing  backward  tearfully 
Beholding  life’s  sweet  visions  fade. 

While  swiftly  falls  the  gathering  shade 
Ol’  Age— fear  not,  since  face  to  face  with  Thee 


My  God,  who  seomest  on  these  bights  of  years 
Nearer  than  in  life's  sunny  vales  ; 

Whose  strength  my  weakness  never  falls 
To  lift  from  out  the  dust  of  mortal  fears. 


Alone  !  ’Tis  well ;  for  thus  this  heart  of  mine 
Shall,  like  the  prophet's  table,  lie 
Hared  to  the  light ;  that  only  Thy 
Dear  name  be  graven  there,  the  love  divine. 


(Dur  , St orB- feller. 


RUTH  HENNESSEY  AT  FIFTY. 


BY  MARY  A.  E.  WAGER. 


wreck  the  happiness  and  faith  of  every  human 
bouI,  If  uncovered,  because  human  souls  do  not 
rise  to  t  he  higlit  of  unselfish  love. 

In  Ruth  Hennessey's  life  at  fifty  occurred 
two  episodes  such  as  wq/non  are  likely  to  re¬ 
member.  The  tlrat  had  its  origin  at  Cape  May, 
in  the  Summer  of  ISfiO.  Col.  Nelson  of  Arkan¬ 
sas,  and  his  wife,  were  stopping  at  I  he  same 
hotel  with  Mrs.  Hennessey.  Kuth  had  been 
introduced  by  a  mutual  acquaintance,  and  in  a 
few  days  the  two  ladles  became  much  attached 
to  each  other,  riding,  walking  and  bathing  to¬ 
gether.  One  day  Mrs.  Nelson  was  too  ill  to 
leave  her  room,  and,  as  Ruth  was  sitting  with 
her,  the  hour  for  bathing  arrived,  and  Col.  Nel¬ 
son  offered  his  escort,  which,  of  course,  was 
accepted;  and  at  evening  offered  himself  again 
for  the  usual  promenade.  Mrs.  Nelson  urged 


“  Worse,”  she  answered.  “A  human  heart  at 
I  my  feet." 

The  letter  was  from  Col.  Nelson— just  the 
kind  of  a  letter  one  might  have  expected  such  a 
1  man  to  write  to  such  a  woman,  and  yet  the  very 
*  sort  of  a  letter  which  such  a  woman  would 


did  her  heart  loosen  itself  from  the  dreadful 
fear. 

The  Winter  succeeding  the  war  she  again 
spent  In  Washington.  As  the  warm  Spring  days 
were  rising  over  the  capitol,  and  the  Avenue 
was  bright  with  lazy  proroenaders,  she  was 


bo  overwhelmed  with  surprise  upon  receiving,  startled  to  meet  one  day » lier  old  admirer,  Judge 


It  ran  thus: 

"Hear  Kuth  Hennessey : 


Gore.  Ho  seemed  older  by  ten  years  than  when 
she  had  last  seen  him,  on  that  to  bo  remembered 


"Hear  Kuth  Hennessey:—  II  has  been  ono  she  had  last  seen  him.  onthr.t  to  nciem«.uioereu 
year  since  1  held  your  hand  in  mine,  and  con-  day  when  he  hud  called  her  ”  Kuth." 
teased- because  T  had  no  power  to  withhold  It—  „  ii  v nntssky."  and  he  put  out  his  hand, 

that  those  three  Imperishable  days  had  taught  in' nnv.sslv  ,  ,  wh 

ine  the  meaning  of  life  and  answered  my  asp  i-  “•!  have  a  message  to  you  from  tin  d  ul. 


that  those  three  Imperishable  days  had  taught 
me  the  meaning  of  life  and  answered  my  aspi¬ 
rations  of  eternity.  I  know  t  he.  dishonor  and 
weakness  that  the  world  attaches  to  a  confes¬ 
sion  of  this  kind,  coming  from  a  married  man. 
My  wife  to  me  is  nil  today  t  hat  she  was  at  first. 
— a  loving,  sweet  and  loyal  soul-  a  woman  than 
whom  see  harmed  t  would  sooner  aacri lice  my 
life.  Up  to  the  time  I  met  you  I  dreamed  of 
nothing  better,  and,  therefore,  did  tint  desire  It. 


.  ,  „  T)  „  IICJl  I11I114  IJL'IW'J  •  iillljl,  1.11*1  III  "  II  1.  *  llltl  IIWFUIPH'' 

her  acceptance,  ?ui<],  nccuwtoinod  ns  Iujjh  lint,  you  taught  mo  what  I  believed  Death  could 
had  been  all  her  life  to  attention  from  gentle-  only  teach  -  ‘  tilings  deeper  than  all  love;’  and 


There  are  some  women  who  forever  spoil 
men  for  all  commonplace  women.  They  give 
them  such  glimpses,  such  radiant  visions  of 
what  womanhood  maybe,  ami  to  a  certain  de¬ 
gree  is,  that  the  ordinary  remlnlno  expressions 
seem  the  weariest  of  platitudes.  Such  a  woman 
was  Ruth  Hennessey.  To  describe  her  would 
cause  her  to  appear  like  some  ono  else  and 
make  you  think  you  hud  known  a  woman  like 
her  wlion  you  had  not;  for  there  is  but  one 
Ruth  Hennessey  to  a  generation.  Hhc  was  as 
strong  as  a  woman  could  be,  and  thoroughly 
feminine.  She  was  as  tender,  loving  and  sweet 
as  one  could  lie  without  being  weak.  She  was 
of  a  nature  so  deep  and  broad  that  she  felt  with 
an  Intensity  that  was  a  constant  matter  of  sur¬ 
prise  to  shallow  souls.  She  possessed  all  the 
elegancies  of  manner  that,  wore  her  dower  of 
birthright  from  a  long  lino  of  American  aristo¬ 
crats.  She  was  tall  in  figure,  symmetrical  in 
outline  us  a  statue,  with  a  Grecian  east,  of  fea¬ 
tures  and  a  mouth  the  like  of  which  no  artist 
ever  reproduced,  and  the  memory  of  which  cre¬ 
ated  a  perpetual  smile  in  I  he  soul.  In  addition 
to  these  personal  attractions  she  was  endowed 
with  tiie  power  of  expressing  fully  what  she 
t  hought  and  felt..  To  listen  to  her  conversat  ion 
was  to  experience  the  sense  of  exaltation.  Had 
she  taken  to  the  stage  or  to  authorship,  it  would 
have  been  difficult  to  define  a  limit  to  her  suc¬ 
cess.  She  never  knew  the  meaning  of  rivalry, 
standing  so  far  above  its  reach,  and  yet  so  full 
of  human  sympathy  as  to  draw  t  he  whole  social 
world  about  tier  in  the  dearest  of  fellowship. 
This  Is  what  site  was  at  fifty  yearn  of  age.  Had 
she  been  a  woman  around  whom  less  of  interest 
conten  d,  or  one  whom  nature  had  less  gener¬ 
ously  endowed,  what  use*  to  write  about  her? 
To  know  her  was  to  appreciate,  as  never  before, 
to  what  t  ranscendent  degree  a  woman  may  be 
an  honor  and  glory  to  her  Creator. 

At.  t  wenty  she  was  she  wife  of  a  man  of  great 
wealth,  the  mistress  of  a  luxurious  home,  the 
idol  of  her  husband,  whom  she— endured.  At 
forty  she  was  a  widow,  with  four  sons,  and  a 
broken  fortune,  from  the  wreck  of  which  she 
saved  for  herself  an  annual  income  sufficient  for 
her  support.  At.  fifty  her  sons  were  educated, 
settled  In  business,  and  she  herself  with  the 
freedom  of  the  bettor  part  of  her  life  before  her. 

During  her  married  life  she  had  never  failed 
in  any  duty  of  a  wife  and  mother.  What  it  had 
coat  her  none  but  herself  knew.  Never  by  word 
or  look  had  her  husband  dreamed  that  ho  failed 
to  satisfy  her  life.  And  never  by  word  or  look, 
or  that  still  more  subtle  communicant,  intu-  ] 
ltion,  had  he  dreamed  that,  another  man  hud 
shown  her  the  radiant  face  of  love,  thrilled  her 
being  to  its  depths  with  Its  music,  wild  and 
sweet,  and  made  her  feel  its  t.orrilde  but  en¬ 
trancing  power.  In  this  experience  hor  life 
blossomed  to  its  fullest  and  richest  beauty  and 
fragrance,  but  the  perfume  perished  In  her 
heart.,  softening  and  sweetening  it.  for  all  time. 
Sho  was  a  princess,  blameless  in  nil  truth,  and 
she  thanked  God  for  the  love,  what  it,  had 
brought  her  and  what  it  had  loft  with  her.  At 
fifty  that  episode  of  her  life  was  n  memory,  and 
for  us  who  read,  her  life  begins. 

To  most  women  the  romance  of  life  ends  at 
forty.  But  whenever  it  ceases,  then  has  ceased 
real  living.  This  Is  no  more  so  to  women  than 
perhaps  to  men.  Tho  privacy  of  the  human 
heart  k  hellers  enough  from  year  to  year  to  ship- 


men,  she  regarded  the  Colonel’s  courtesy  us 
nothing  more  than  merited  gallantry.  For  three 
days  the  bathing  and  <ho  promenading  con¬ 
tinued.  At  the  end  of  the  fourth,  her  allotted 
time  at.  Cape  May  expired,  and  sho  was  stop¬ 
ping  Into  her  carriage  to  go  to  the  depot.  Col. 
Nelson  handed  her  in,  holding  her  hand  a  mo¬ 
ment  and  saying,  in  a  low  but  distinct  and 
quietly  Impassioned  tone:— “These  three  days 
have  been  the  days  of  my  life.  Gon  bless  you  !” 

Ruth  laid  tho  remark  away  with  the  compli¬ 
ments  of  hor  existence  and  thought  nothing 
more  of  it.  The  man  had  been  to  bora  most 
grateful  companion.  Ho  was  refined,  gentle, 
and  with  mental  and  spiritual  endowments  pre¬ 
dominating  over  tho  physical,  in  refreshing 
contrast  to  tho  knowledge  of  aian  nature  she 
had  gained  in  her  married  life. 

The  following  Winter  she  spent  in  Washing¬ 
ton.  Ono  of  iter  friends  was  a  lady  of  the  Su¬ 
preme  Court,  to  use  Washington  parlance,  who 
was  then  famous  for  the  number  of  eminent 
men  who  were  always  l<>  be  found  at  her  morn¬ 
ing  receptions.  On  one  of  these  occasions  Itimi 
was  Introduced  to  a  long,  lank,  sallow,  sleepy  . 
eyed  Bostonian,  called  .lodge  Gore.  He  ac¬ 
knowledged  the  Introduction  by  a  careless  bow, 
hardly  taking  the  trouble  to  look  at  her.  Kuth 
was  a  woman  of  too  fine  presence,  <>t  too  dis¬ 
tinguished  manner,  of  too  positive  magnetic 
influence  ever  to  enter  a  room  without  com¬ 
manding  universal  attention.  Moreover,  as  Mrs. 
Hennessey,  she  was  widely  known,  and,  hav¬ 
ing  breathed  adulation  all  her  life,  she  felt  | 
piqued  at  this  man’s  Indifference.  Above  the  ' 
mantel  hung  »  very  fine  portrait  of  Napoleon 
I.  one  her  friend  had  purchased  in  Paris  and 
which  was  so  finely  executed  as  to  command 
much  critical  admiration.  Ruth  found  herself 
Standing  before  it,  and  in  her  enthusiastic 
abandon,  lmd  delivered  herself  of  her  own  ad¬ 
miration  most  earnestly  and  eloquently  before 
she  hardly  realized  what  she  was  doing.  Before 
idle  was  done  the  Judge's  sleepy  eyes  opened 
wide  and  wider,  fairly  ablaze  with  tight.  He 
drew  up  ids  loosely-jointed  body,  shook  out  his 
legs,  and  strode  up  by  the  side  of  Mrs.  Hennes¬ 
sey.  lie  looked  at  the  painting,  while  Kuth 
went  on  with  a  eulogy  upon  t lie  character  of 
NAPOLBOtnint.il  the  Judge  turned  his  gaze  upon 
t  he  eloquent  improvisatloe. 

“J  like  that,  madam;  Bonaparte  is  my 
ideal,"  he  said. 

“ But  not  mine  in  all  things,"  she  responded. 
“But,  Josephine  displayed  a  love  superhuman 
—divine.” 

“  But  could  you  not  be  capable  of  a  love  like 
that?"  he  asked. 

“  No ;  and  1  never  saw  a  woman  that  was. 
The  blot  on  Napoleon’s  character  lies  in  the 
weakness  of  that  hour  when  he  asked  a  sacrifice 
for  which  neither  life  nor  death  could  atone. 
He  had  lived  long  enough  to  learn  that  it  is 
Gon  and  not  man  who  disposes." 

Their  talk  was  too  earnest  and  vital  for  a 
Washington  drawing-room.  Nothing  so  much 
shocks  the  sense  of  fashionable  society  as  aln- 
exnresslons.  Mrs.  Hennessey  soon  with- 


to  sit  for  one  hour  again  by  your  side  J  would 
give  ten  years  of  my  life-  Time,  instead  of 
modifying  my  need  of  you,  enhances  it  .  I  do 
not  ask  your  love.  I  tin  not  offer  you  mine. 
There  are  tilings  honor  forbids ;  there  also  are 
needs  of  I  he  human  soul  that  rise  above  and  be¬ 
yond  the  human  code  of  right  and  wrong  needs 
God  implanted,  which  some  divinity  only  can 
discover,  and  which  a  divine  soul  can  only  sat¬ 
isfy.  As  you  value  t  lie  richest  blessing  Heaven 
grants  a  human  being,  I  beg  you  to  let  me  see 
you,  ir  but  for  one  hour.  Philip  Nelson." 

At  such  times  the  first  answer  of  tho  soul 
comes  from  Gon;  the  second  from  human 
weak  ness. 

“  No,  it  must  not  bo,"  she  said ;  and  then  the 
tempter  pleaded.  But,  with  all  the  kindness 
and  tenderness  of  her  nature,  she  had  a  keen 
sense  of  possibilities  that ,  never  taking  alarm  at 
what  startles  most  people,  clanged  sharp  mid 
clear  id  a  given  bight  and  it  was  in  that,  region 
where  Colonel  Nei-son'h  letter  made  its  pres¬ 
ence  felt . 


But  wlmt  a  sympathy  placed  her  in  accord 
wit  h  t  his  man  !  It  was  so  like  the  one  memory 
of  her  own  life,  when  Heaven  opened  before  her 
unveiled  eyes  and  the  music  of  its  spheres  rav¬ 
ished  her  soul;  when  tdiu  was  not  herself, but 
an  exalted  being,  tilled  with  the  consecrat  ion  of 
love.  But,  seeing  the.  radiancy  of  its  glory, 
breathing  the  perfume  of  Its  sweetness,  hearing 
the  entrancing  t  ones  of  a  voice  dearer  t  him  that 
of  a  child's,  clasping  for  one  brief  moment  a  [ 
band  that  elect  rified  every  nerve  with  a  bliss  too  i 
sad  for  joy,  but  precious  far  beyond  it;  all  Mils, 
and  yet  sho  had  entered  not  In.  The  vision  per- 
meatk-d  her  soul,  and  made  her  life,  which  had 
been  so  hard  to  bear,  a  gift  so  blessed  that  noth¬ 
in#  could  henceforth  be  a  burden.  Perhaps  mi 
hour  of  her  life  given  to  Philip  Nelson  would 
make  the  downward  way  higher,  and  perchance, 
better  and  nobler.  But  who  could  tell  ?  There 
u.re  so  many  tangles  in  life  that  only  the  fingers 
of  t  ime  can  free,  and  t  his  seemed  one  of  them. 
Day  after  day  passed  on,  and  the  letter  lay  un¬ 
answered,  the  question  it  involved  no  nearer 
solution. 

Just  before  tho  bombardment  of  Fort  Sumter, 
a  Southerner  spent  a  week  in  Now  York,  Inquir¬ 
ing  for  Mrs.  Hennessey.  She  was  at  the  Fifth 
Avenue  H  otel.  He  asked  for  her  t  here,  and  she 
had  just  left  for  some  town  up  the  Hudson 
River.  Ho  inquired  at  the  depot  where  her 
trunk  was  cheeked,  but  nobody  remembered 
her  destination.  He  tarried,  hoping  for  hor 
return,  and  meantime,  the  fierceness  of  the 
South  and  tho  loyalty  of  the  North  struck 
fire,  and  the  country  was  ablaze.  Ho  returned 
at  once  to  Arkansas,  and  joined  the  Confederate 
army. 

At  the  bat  tle  of  Cold  Harbor,  the  North  and 
the  South  mot  In  hand-to-hand  conflict,  Tho 
personal  struggle  of  the  war  reached  on  that 
ground  t  he  acme  of  sectional  bitterness.  From 
ono  hillock  to  another  leaned  forward  the  in¬ 
tense  face  of  the  Southerner,  with  pointed  dag¬ 
ger,  t<>  encount  er  the  same  opposite  Incarnated 
in  a  son  of  the  North.  And  as  the  two  crossed 
swords  in  life,  they  embraced  and  pardoned 
euch  other  In  death. 

After  the  battle,  a  N  ort.hern  officer  dismounted 


can  I  see  you?" 

She  looked  In  his  eyes,  nml  found  in  them  the 
same  old  light,  with  less  of  the  fire.  He  cer¬ 
tainly  was  in  his  right  mind,  whatever  his  words 

might  Imply.  .  A  ,  „  , 

“  Now,"  sho  replied,  “  this  is  my  hotel ,  and 

they  went  at  once  to  her  parlor. 

“At  tho  battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  a  dying  rebel 
officer  attracted  my  attention,  and  stopping  to 
give  him  aid,  he  Intrusted  mo  with  this  ring  for 
you.  It  looks  like  a  wedding  ring.  Ho  said  ids 
name  was  Philip  Nelson,  and  that  as  his  death 
wound  came,  came  also  your  presence,  and  that 
henceforth  and  forever  nothing  could  separate 
him  from  you,  and  then  ho  died. 

Ruth  received  the  message  In  silence,  but 
grew  pale  as  death.  Then  slipping  the  ring  on 
her  third  finger,  she  turned  it  round  end  round, 
speechless,  and  otherwise  motionless.  At  length, 
recovering  herself,  she  talked  about  tile  vsar, 
am)  resumed  much  of  her  old-time  earnestness. 
When  the  Colonel  arose  to  go,  she  invited  him 
to  call  again,  adding “Our  lives  are  too  much 
In  iho  past  to  desire  more  than  friendship,  each 
for  the  other.  But  I  know  of  no  reason  why  wo 
<  no  not  have  that  In  Its  fulness.’’  Ho  bowed  his 
tlinnks,  and  kissing  her  hand,  departed. 

Ab  the  warm  days  succeeded  each  other,  the 
I  desire  grew  In  Ruth’s  heart  to  visit  the  battle- 
field  of  Cold  Harbor,  and  who  should  be  her 
companion  but  1  lie  man  who  had  brought  her 
Pin  eip  Nelson's  dying  message !  The  arrange¬ 
ment  B  were  very  simple.  They  were  to  go  direct 
to  Richmond  and  ride  from  there  In  a  carriage. 

Already  tho  marks  of  war  had  lost  promi¬ 
nence.  Nature,  with  her  loving  hands,  was  fast 
wiping  out  the  blot  of  the  past.  They  walked 
through  I  he  trees  until  they  had  come  upon  the 
highest  place  in  the  ground.  The  Colonel  turn¬ 
ed  over  t  lie  dead  leaves  and  I  .ranches,  and  pick¬ 
ed  out  of  the  soil  a  bullet.  With  h Is  knife  ho 
drew  another  from  the  body  of  a  tree.  J  hey 
sat  down. 

“  It  was  near  here,  as  nearly  as  I  can  remem¬ 
ber,  that  I  found  Nelson,"  ho  said  quietly, 
pointing  to  a  rifle  pit  at  their  feet.  Its  surface 
was  one  bloom  of  forget-me-nots.  They  had 
sprung  up  all  over  the  battle  field,  and  told 
their  own  beaut ifulstory.  Leaving  his  compan¬ 
ion  a  moment,  ho  stooped  and  gat  lim  ed  a  ho- 
quet.  Regaining  hte  place,  ho  looked  Into  her 
face,  called  her  “  Kuth’’  again,  and  offered  her 
the  forget-me-nots.  Tears  came  into  her  eyes 
as  she  look  them  from  hi*  hand. 

“  You  may  call  me  Ruth,"  she  said. 


SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 


i-ere  expressions.  Mrs.  Hennessey  soon  with-  w*’- 

drew,  while  Judge  Gore  begged  to  bo  allowed  Aftcrthebattlo.aNorthernofficerdiamouiited 
to  see  her  to  hor  carriage  and  to  call  upon  her  i  by  a  wounded  soldier  in  gray,  with  stars  on  ills 
at,  her  hotel.  He  waa  a  well-known  man,  a  j  epaulettes,  lie  was  already  dying,  and  the  Yun- 


at  her  hotel.  He  waa  a  weii-unown  man,  a 
strong,  eccentric,  independent  character,  full 
of  fire  and  swift  strength— a  human  volcano, 
Inactive  and  quiet  and  then,  when  si  irred  to  the 
depths,  enjoying  t  ho  felicity  of  mi  eruption. 

For  the  ensuing  month  he  became  Mrs.  Hen¬ 
nessey's  escort  everywhere  sho  went.  From 
once  calling,  he  called  twice  a  day.  He  took 
her  almost  daily  to  the  Somite,  pointing  out  the 
members  and  dilating  upon  their  character¬ 
istic, s.  Upon  the  last  of  these  occasions,  in 
making  observations  across  the  Chamber,  ho 
said ; 

“  KUTn,  use  my  field-glass,”  handing  them  at 
the  same  moment. 

“  *  Kuth.’  Can  it  be  he  called  me  that?  ’’  she 
said,  to  herself,  feeling  that  her  ears  must  have 
deceived  her.  So  she  accepted  tho  use  of  the 
glass  without  comment.  Soon  lie  called  her 
Ruth  again. 

“  Bid  you  call  me  Ruth?  "  she  asked. 

“  Yes.  Do  you  object  ?  ” 

“Most  decidedly  !  "  she  replied,  with  vigor. 

“  May  I  never  call  you  ‘  Kuth  ?  ’  ”  he  pleaded. 

“Novor!"  she  replied.  He  bade  her  “good 
morning"  as  Mrs.  Hennessey  when  he  bad 
driven  her  home. 

The  next  Summer  Ruth  did  not  go  to  Cape 
May,  but  spent  the  early  Spring  and  Summer  in 
a  quiet  town  among  the  hills  of  New  Jersey, 
that  the  inhabitants  call  mountains.  One  day 
she  received  a  letter,  read  it,  leaned  back  in  ber 
chair  and  let  foil  her  hands. 

“  Has  n  comet  fallen  on  your  head  ?  ”  asked  a 
friend  who  waa  near  her. 


kee  could  do  nothing  for  him.  But  something 
Influenced  him  to  tarry ;  at  least,  to  make  an 
effort  to  make  him  more  comfortable.  Both 
men  were  in  the  full  prime  of  life,  and  some¬ 
thing  more,  perhaps,  in  a  land  where  men  are 
called  old  at  sixty. 

“  You  are  from  tho  North?"  the  dying  soldier 
asked. 

“  YeB,  my  friend.  Can  I  carry  any  one  a  mes¬ 
sage  for  you?"  and  he  reached  forth  his  hand  to 
that  of  t  he  other,  who  grasped  it  as  if  hoping  to 
wrench  from  it  a  moment  more  of  life. 

“  Perhaps,"  he  answered  feebly,  after  a  pause, 
“  i  f  you  know  her.  I i  cr  name  Is  Ruth  Hennes¬ 
sey— mine  is  Fhj  lip  Nelson.  Give  her  this;" 
and  he  slipped  a  band  of  gold  from  his  fingers. 
“  Toll  her  that  with  my  death  wound  came  the 
unspeakable  preciousness  of  her  presence,  and 
that  from  henceforth  nothing  can  separate  us. 
May  Gon  bless  you  to  find  her!”  Ho  never 
spoke  again. 

At  the  same  hour,  in  her  Northern  home,  with 
two  sons  in  (lie  Federal  army,  and  every  sensi¬ 
bility  alive  to  the  issues  of  the  war,  Ruth  Hen¬ 
nessey  stood  leaning  by  a  gate,  In  an  attitude 
of  expectancy  that. in  these  days  became  almost 
a  habit  with  wives  and  mothers.  So  great  was 
the  anxiety,  that  one  felt  that  even  the  wind 
might  be  bearing  messages  from  the  fields  of 
battle.  AH  at  once,  she  ut  tered  a  sharp  cry  and 
ran  into  the  bouse.  “Some  one  has  fallen!" 
she  exclaimed.  "He spoke  my  name  and  van¬ 
ished  !  I  felt  It  like  an  actual  presence!”  and 
not  until  tidings  came  of  the  safety  of  her  boys 


Domestic  mails— Married  men. 

Whaling  grounds— School  houses. 

A  chin  that's  never  shaved— An  urchin. 
“Weight  for  the  wagon,"  as  the  fat  lady  sang. 
When  the  rain  falls,  does  it  ever  rise  again? 
Yes,  in  dew  time. 

The  last  excuse  for  crinoline  is,  that  the 
“weaker  vessels  "  need  much  hooping. 

Why  1b  a  goose  like  an  elephant’s  trunk  ?  Be¬ 
cause  It  grows  down. 

Before  you  commit  suicide  take  a  cold  bath. 
What  people  term  despair  is  very  often  dirt. 

“If  all  the  world  were  blind,”  said  an  Irish, 
clergyman,  “what  a  melancholy  sight  it  would 
be." 

A  lady  asked  a  gentleman  how  old  lie  was. 
He  replied:— “What  you  do  in  everything. 
What  was  his  age?- XL. 

A  CHINESE  thief  having  stolen  a  missionary’s 
watch,  brought  It  back  to  him  the  next  day  to 
lie  shown  how  to  wind  it  up. 

A  Cincinnati  editor  asks,  “Are  we  fire-proof?” 
Probably  he  Is;  but  we  should  greatly  dislike 
to  see  him  put  a  lighted  match  to  that  nose. 

A  victim  of  sea-sickness  describes  t  he  sensa¬ 
tion  thus:— “The  first  hour  I  was  afraid  {should 
die;  and  the  second  I  was  afraid  I  shouldn’t.” 

There  is  a  chap  out  West  with  his  hair  sored 
that  when  he  goes  out  before  daylight  ho  is 
taken  for  sunrise,  and  the  cocks  begin  to  crow. 

A  Virginia  paper  describes  a.  fence  which  is 
made  of  such  crooked  mils,  that  every  time  a 
pig  crawls  through,  lie  comes  out  on  the  same 
side* 

Upon  the  marriage  of  Miss  Wheat  of  Virginia 
an  editor  hoped  that  her  path  might  be  flowery, 
and  that  she  might  never  be  thrashed  by  her 
husband. 

Chicago  lias  a  petrified  baby.  It  was  petrified 
with  astonishment  at  seeing  its  father  and 
mother  pass  one  day  without  quarreling  or 
threatening  a  divorce. 

A  YOUNG  writer  wishes  to  know  of  us  “  Which 
|  magazine  will  give  me  a  high  position  the  quick¬ 
est?"  We  reply,  a  powder  magazine,  if  you 
contribute  a  fiery  article. 

TBB  Venetian  gondoliers,  upon  their  arrival 
In  this  country,  take  kindly  to  the  wheelbarrow 
as  a  vehicular  nucleus  around  which  to  cluster 
the  romance  and  dreams  of  their  earlier  life. 


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THE  LADY’S  YES. 

“  YES !”  I  answered  yon  last  night ; 

“  No  !”  this  morning,  sir,  I  say  ; 

Colors,  seen  by  candle-light, 

Will  not  look  the  same  by  day. 

When  the  tabors  played  their  best— 

Camps  above  and  laughs  below— 

Cove  mo  sounded  like  a  jest, 

Fit  for  yps  or  tit  for  no. 

Call  me  false  or  call  me  free, 

Vow,  whatever  light  may  shine. 

No  man  on  thy  face  shall  see 
Any  grief  for  change  on  mine. 

Yet  the  sin  Is  on  us  both, 

Time  to  dance  Is  not  to  woo ; 

Wooer  light  makes  fickle  troth, 

Scorn  Of  n>o  recoils  on  you. 

Learn  to  win  a  lady’s  faith 
Nobly  us  the  thing  la  high  : 

Bravely,  as  for  life  or  death, 

With  a  loyal  gravity. 

Lead  her  from  the  festive  hoards, 

Point  her  to  the  starry  skies. 

Guard  her  by  your  faithful  words. 

Pure  from  courtship’s  flatteries. 

By  your  truth  she  shall  be  true— 

Ever  true,  as  wives  of  yore ; 

And  her  Yes,  once  said  to  you, 

Shall  be  Yes  forevermore. 

1  UliH'i-beth  Burnt l  Browniny. 

• - - 

BEAUTIFUL  WOMEN. 

As  I  ntu  a  man,  1  have  to  imagine  the  exquis¬ 
ite  Joy  which  a  beautiful  woman  must  expe¬ 
rience  In  the  consciousness  of  her  beauty.  The 
frequent  Inspection  of  her  own  imago  in  the 
mirror  is  more  than  pardonable,  and  not  to  bo 
attributed  so  much  to  a  weak  vanity  as  to  a  just 
admiration  and  a  proper  desire  to  fool  more  In¬ 
tensely  her  power  to  communicate  pleasure  to 
others  by  the  simple  swoetness  of  her  presence. 
8hc  has  a  Goo-given  right,  to  prize,  love,  adorn 
and  preserve  that  which  men  will  t  urn  from  the 
most  alluring  scene  or  object  In  inanimate  na¬ 
ture  to  behold,  which  they  never  tiro  of  behold¬ 
ing;  which  they  quite  or  almost  worship;  which 
transforms  their  harshness  and  brutality  into 
tender  and  attentive  reflnpimmt,  and  which  they 
self-forgetfully  risk  their  lives  to  protect.  It  Is 
a  rich  possession,  even  when  It  la  “only  skin- 
deep.”  Nothing  else  so  stimulates  the  Imagina¬ 
tion.  gives  such  a  foretaste  of  the  earthly  para¬ 
dise  of  solitary  reveries,  or  inspires  more  earnest 
efforts  to  make  life  a  success.  But  It  Is  danger¬ 
ous  also— dangerous  to  Its  possessor  and  the 
susceptible  man  on  whom  it  shines.  When  wo¬ 
man's  exterior  is  so  nicely  endowed,  she  is 
tempted  to  neglect  her  Inner  self— to  become 
capricious  and  narrow  and  exacting;  to  demand 
tlm  homage  and  attention  which  should  ho 
spontaneous  ;  to  wound  and  madden  by  selfish 
coquetry,  to  test  her  power,  regardless  of  con¬ 
sequences;  to  intrigue;  to  drive  men  to  reck¬ 
lessness  and  desperation ;  to  harden  her  heart 
against  sentiment  and  love;  and  at  last,  to  don 
the  scarlet,  and  descend  Into  the  depths. 

Yh,  fine  physical  beauty  is  incongruous  with 
baseness  ;  it  docs  not  harmonize  with  a  false  or 
a  h  rd  heart,  and  quickly  becomes  dimmed  In 
company  with  cither.  It  may  and  will  be  co¬ 
quettish  at  times,  and  delight  in  a  devotion 
which  cannot  be  rewarded,  and  love  the  little 
arts  of  manner,  management  and  dress  which 
increase  Its  attraction*;  but  if  it  would  well 
preserve  Itself  It  must  not  wish  to  harm,  nor  be 
happy  in  the  unhappiness  of  another.  It  should 
let  such  a  spirit  be  monopolized  by  mere  prottl-  j 
ness.  And  here  this  moralizing  ends.  But  do 
you  not  remember  aacorc  of  fair  beings  to  whom  ! 
it  might  be  applied? 

There  was  Celehtia.  Alt,  Robert!  your  | 
heart  is  in  a  tumult  again  at.  the  very  mention 
of  her  name,  although  she  long  ago  ceased  to  be 
the  aroma  of  your  life.  How  quickly  she  was 
transformed  from  charming  girlhood  into  a 
full-blown  loveliness  which  astonished  ail  who 
saw  her — even  herself,  1  fancy,  flow  sweetly 
her  comings  and  goings,  and  down-sittings  and 
up-rlslngs,  and  poetry  of  motion  and  voice  of 
music  pervaded  the  house  and  tho  neighbor¬ 
hood.  You  remember  how  the  very  servants 
would  make  pretexts  to  go  and  linger  where 
she  was,  that  they  might  look  at  her.  You  re-  ’ 
member  how  men  and  women  murmured  their 
admiration  and  praises  as  she  passed  by?  Do 
you  not  think  she  knew  all  tin's,  and  delighted 
in  it?  Do  yon  not  think  she  rejoiced  in  the  pic¬ 
ture  reflected  by  her  miraor  os  she  stood  before 
it,  and  with  dainty  touch  adjusted  her  drapery 
and  adorn  logs?  Do  you  not  believo  she  would 
sometimes  linger  there  long.  Just  to  enjoy  a 
beauty  which  she  saw  excelled  nowhere  else 
not  even  in  the  wonderful  Ideal  portrait  of  t  he. 
famous  Roman  woman  which  hung  upon  the 
wall?  Do  you  not  bclJeve  she  compared  the 
sparkle  of  her  diamonds  with  the  SOul-sparkle 
of  her  eyes?  Do  you  not  believe  she  saw  as 
clearly  as  we  did  how  much  fairer  and  sweeter 
a  flower  she  was  than  tho  fair,  sweet  rose  in  her 
hair?  How  could  she  help  almost  falling  In 
love  with  herself?  How  could  she  help  seeing 
that  she  was  a  creation  w  hich  must  compel  the 
love  of  others  ?  if  wc  could  find  out  those  un- 
lispcd  thoughts  of  hers  In  the  secrecy  of  her 
boudoir,  pc  haps  she  might  call  them  vanity 
and  folly ;  yet  knowing  what  she  was,  when  we 
considered,  could  we  understand  how  she  could 
suppress  them?  Well,  Robert,  she  innocently 


tilled  you  with  unutterable  longings.  You  hov- 
1  ored  near  her  as  if  she  were  your  only  hope  of 
heaven.  And  because  she  smiled  on  you,  and 
was  kind,  you  dared  to  think  it.  possible  that 
you  might  make  that,  wealth  of  beauty  all  your 
own.  How  could  she  dn  otherwise  than  smile, 
and  be  kind  when  she  was  so  happy  ?  It  was  a 
bitter  disappoint  ment,  when  she  gent  ly  refused 
to  give  herself  to  you;  hut  afterward  you  saw 
how  uncalculating  and  blind  you,  a  common 
mortal,  were  In  permitting  yourself  to  hope 
i  that  you  might  be  singled  out.  from  all  mankind 
to  possess  so  rare  and  brilliant  a  gem.  Yet.,  did 
you  know  that  t  he  next  Spring  sho  gave  herself 
away  to  a  common  mortal,  and  now  irradiates  a 
little  family  circle  of  her  own?  Him  went,  lo  a 
j  distant  place,  leaving  only  such  golden  merno- 
!  ries  as  move  my  hand  while  I  write  these  lines. 

That  was  a  milder  beauty  of  Fanny's.  It  did 
1  not,  dazzle  and  bewilder,  like  Cm.nvn  a  V,  but  it 
!  diffused  an  Influence  around  that  was  like  the 
soul  of  twilight  or  moonlight.  It  seemed  to 
!  steal  upon  us  gradually,  and  we  wished  it  would 
j  never  end.  She  was  far  from  being  an  angel; 
but  when  she  stood  before  ns,  it.  sometimes 
seemed  1 1 ko  an  angel’s  visit.  What  willowy 
grace  alio  had,  and  what  enchanting  ways! 

;  When  she  willed,  how  skilfully  she  sent  love- 
shafts  to  hearts  In  tho  arch  glances  of  her  eyes  ! 
A  big,  black -bearded  man  came  and  carried 
her  off. 

You,  John  White,  have  not  forgotten  the 
day  when  we  sat  on  the  side  of  the  mountain, 
and  the  lady  on  horseback  rode  pa.  t  us  up  the 
steep.  You  said,  afterslie  bad  disappeared.  Mint 
you  had  no  eyes  any  more  for  tho  lovely  land¬ 
scape  of  the  valley.  You  never  found  out 
whether  .she  was  of  seraphic  origin,  or  of  Mio 
earth,  earthy ;  but.  you  said  she  could  not  have 
boon  made  ol‘  common  clay.  1  found  her,  by 
chance,  a  year  ago.  Recognizing  her,  I  recalled 
the  mountain  meeting,  and  die  remembered  it. 
She  said  :— “What,  is  the  name  of  the  splendid- 
looking  man  who  was  with  you  V”  She  Is  a  de¬ 
lightful  maiden,  and  almost  us  beautiful  as  when 
she  threw  you  into  raptures.  I  could  direct  you 
to  her  home,  If  you  should  ever  wish  to  go  there. 

As  to  Former  Jones’s  daughter,  T  don’t  know. 
She  was  very,  very  fair;  but  lacked  some  of  the 
refinements  of  education  and  society.  Perhaps 
1  might  call  her  a  half-polished  diamond.  I 
fchlnk  she  had  power  to  break  hearts,  mid  I 
j  know  she  was  able  to  win  one. 

Of  this  womanly  beauty  there  are  as  many 
kinds  as  thorn  arc  beautiful  women,  though  not 
as  many  degrees.  And  this  reminds  me  that  if 
my  memories  were  loss  interesting  to  myself,  \ 

!  should  have  laid  down  my  pen  before  now  ;  and 
yet  they  are  insipid  in  comparison  w  ith  tho'pres- 
j  cnce  or  the  living,  breathing  bounty  Itseir. 

Gregg. 

- - - — 

WOMEN  PERSONALS. 

The  Alliance  (O.)  Monitor  Is  now  edited  by  a 
woman. 

Miss  Norah  Grant  is  running  as  an  inde¬ 
pendent  candidate  for  Recorder  of  Crawford 
county,  Iowa. 

I  v  a  woman  tells  more  than  tho  truth  in  speak¬ 
ing  of  a  rival’s  age,  she  will  probably  make  the 
thing  even  by  stat  ing  her  own. 

Mas.  John  Bauds,  of  Omaha,  has  left  Mr. 
•John  Baggs,  taking  t  he  money-bags,  and  leav¬ 
ing  John  to  hold  the  lit  tle  empty  Baggs. 

Miss  Saha  W.  Barton,  an  American  girl,  now 
studying  music  in  Florence,  Is  to  he  prima  donna 
or  opera  In  Warsaw,  Poland,  the  coming  Winter. 

Grace  Greenwood  (Mrs.  LIppIncott)  has 
purchased  a  lot  at  Manitou,  Colorado,  near  the 
Soda  Springs,  and  will  build  a  dwclling-bouae 
there  next  Hummer. 

Miss  Mary  Not.an  of  the  St,  Louis  Central 
Magazine,  has  applied  fora  patent  for  a  porta¬ 
ble  reservoir  of  her  own  invention,  which  la  to 
he  used  in  preventing  large.  Ores. 

Mrs.  Prescott  of  McGregor,  Iowa,  secured  ! 
the  premium  for  tho  finest,  baby  at  the  North¬ 
western  Iowa  Fair.  She  ts  twenty-five  years  old, 
and  her  sever,  months’  urchin  weighed  thirty- 
one  pounds. 


Hauling  for  the  f^rumj. 


EAST  AND  WEST. 

— 

BY  AUyCTA. 

13  V  the  play-room  Window  looking  Fast 
A  crioof  children  stand, 

And  trace  In  glee  on  the  frosty  pane 
'l’he  pictures  ol'  wonder-land  : 

A  fairy  queon  ’mid  fern  and  Howel¬ 
ls  holding  a  revel  gay  : 

From  a  castle  tower  a  Italy  smiles 
On  a  knight  who  rides  away  : 

A  winding  way  leads  up  the  bights 
To  the  shining  shrine  of  fume. 

On  whose  gleaming  front  I  'toy  flllloUly  trace 
The  letters  „f  Charlie's  name ; 

And  Klla  smiles  to  And  a  wreath 
Like  tlie  one  she  wore  In  May, 

And  dunces  away  In  dainty  grace 
For  she  will  he  queen  ulwuy. 

Across  tho  hall  In  the  western  room 
Their  grand-slre  sits  in  a  dream, 

And  wutolic#  the  pane  whore  frost  creeps  slow, 
And  the  slanting  sunbeams  gleam 
With  loving  light  on  his  silver  hair, 

Touch  gently  Ids  face  and  hand, 

Then  slip  away  ns  if  to  lead 
Ilim  on  to  the  sunset  land. 

They  rest  on  the  till!  where  evergrce.ns 
In  their  fadeless  beauty  keep 
A  changeless  guard  over  mosey  mounds 
Where  the  loved  of  Ills  manhood  Bleep ; 

They  touch  the  frosty  pane  again 
With  a  sudden  flash  of  light, 

The  old  man  reaches  a  trembling  hand 
To  be  led  through  gathering  night. 

The  firelight  gleams  on  the  e  us  torn  pane 
And  over  each  happy  face, 

While  prophecies  of  the  coming  years 
In  tin'  frost,  tho  children  trace. 

The  western  room  grows  dark  and  still 
And  the  old  man  sitsalono, 

Wlille  death  has  sealed  a  smile  of  peace 
On  Ups  where  the  sunset  shone. 

- - - 

PEPPERS. 

BY  SARAH  A.  aiBBS. 

Yon  will  wonder,  children,  that  any  one 
should  toil  you  a  story  about  such  common 
things’as  Poppers,  or  why  we  sometimes  smile 
when  we  see  little  folks  getting  angry  and  doing 
foolish  tilings,  that  in  the  end  punish  them¬ 
selves,  and  say,  “That  reminds  us  of  tho  girls 
and  the  poppers.” 

Eva  was  a  little  girl  of  some  six  Summers, 
wiio.se  home  was  in  Illinois.  She  was  a  quick, 
Intelligent  child,  always  busy,  but  very  apt, 
when  tilings  did  not  go  Just  right,  to  have  vio¬ 
lent  “storms."  While  those  storms  lasted,  thero 
was  but  little  fair  weather  anywhere  about,  tho 
house,  for  she  would  Jump  and  scream,  usually 
putting  her  hand  over  or  Into  her  mout  h  at  tho 
same  time.  At  the  lime  of  this  storv  she  was 
visiting  some  friends  in  Vermont,  and  had  been 
loft,  to  spend  a  fortnight  with  us,  while  her 
mother  visited  some  other  relatives. 

Several  days  passed  away  pleasantly.  She 
hu-ded  herself  about  tlm  bouse  or  with  her  dolls, 
and  if  any  little  clouds  came  up  across  her  sky. 
they  were  quickly  dispelled,  without  a  singio 
storm. 

Then  Ella  came  to  us  from  New  York,  and 
being  nearly  the  same  age  as  Eva,  we  thought 
the  little  girls  would  have  such  rare  times, 

“  In  the  fair  September  weather. 

Going  hand  in  hand  together.” 


FEMININE  FELICITIES. 

An  exchange,  in  announcing  the  death  of  a 
lady,  says  that  she  “  lived  fifty  years  with  her 
husband,  and  died  in  confident  hope  of  a  better 
life.” 

A  man  who  was  told  by  a  clergyman  to  re¬ 
member  Lot’s  wife,  replied  that  lie  had  trouble 
enough  with  his  own,  without  remembering 
other  men’s  wives. 

A  New  Orleans  paper  says  that  a  young 
widow  in  that  city,  who  writes  well.  “  is  train¬ 
ing  herself  for  an  editor.”  Who  is  the  editor 
she  is  training  for? 

That  was  a  delicate  compliment  given  by  a 
ragged  little  Irish  newsboy  to  the  pretty  girl 
who  bought  a  paper  of  him.  “Poor  little  fel¬ 
low!”  said  she,  “ain’t  you  very  cold?"  “I  was 
ma’am,  before  you  passed,"  ho  replied. 

There  was  once  an  old  woman  who,  in  answer 
to  a  visit  ing  almoner’s  inquiries  as  to  how  she  j 
did,  said “  Oh,  sir,  the  Lord  Is  very  good  to 
me;  I’ve  lost  my  husband  and  my  eldest  son, 
and  my  youngest  daughter,  and  I’m  half  blind, 
ami  I  can’t  sleep  or  move  about  for  t  he  rheu¬ 
matics;  but  I’ve  got  two  teeth  left  iq  my  head, 
and,  praise  and  bless  His  holy  name,  they’re 
opposite  each  other!”  It  has  been  said  that 
this  old  woman  was  thankful  for  small  mercies. 
—St.  Pavl'8. 


But,  there  was  one  drawback  to  their  perfect 
happiness— they  almost  invariably  wanted  to  do 
the  same  things  and  use  t  he  same  playthings. 
As  they  were  both  very  selfish,  noil  her  was  will¬ 
ing  to  give  up  to  tho  other,  and  so  t  here  were 
constant  quarrollngs ;  and  if  there  were  no 
“storms,”  the  weather  was  very  “  squally,”  to 
say  the  least. 

One  afternoon  Gilbert  remarked  that  there 
was  a  prospect  of  a  hard  frost  that  night,  and 
various  Uiings  from  tho  garden  must  bo  secured 
before  dark ;  among  the  rest,  was  abed  of  bright 
red  peppera,  whoso  brilliant  color  had  several 
times  tempted  the  busy  Ungers  of  the  little  girls 
to  pick  “just,  one,"  and  as  many  times  they  had 
boon  forbidden  to  meddle  with  i  Item  In  any  way. 

Now,  as  I  started  out  with  pan  and  shears  to 
gather  them  nil,  Ella  came  bounding  in  with 
hair  flying,  and  after  making  some  Inquiries 
about  the  business  in  band,  demanded  pan  and 
shears  for  herself. 

“She  could  cut  peppers  as  well  as  anybody; 
she  would  be  very  careful.  Oh,  yog;  she  wasn’t 
a  baby,  that  I  need  toll  her  not  to  put.  her  fingers 
to  her  mouth  or  eyes;’’  and  away  she  ran,  only 
falling  down  twice  In  getting  to  the  garden. 

Just,  then  Eva  came  In  with  a  great  cry  of  dis¬ 
tress,  and  a  little  questioning  revealed  the  fact 
that  “  I  wanted  to  cut  poppers  my  own  self,  and 
Ella  has  been  and  gone,  and  is  cutting  them  as 
fast  as  she  can  and  then  another  wall. 

Hhe  waa  provided  with  another  pair  of  Bhears 
and,  after  many  cautions,  was  allowed  to  go  and 
help,  For  a  wonder,  she  was  very  graciously 
received  by  Ella,  and  they  worked  together 
happily  until  the  task  was  completed.  Then 
they  wanted  some  needles  and  thread  to  string 
the  peppers,  and  another  hour  passed  pleasantly 
before  they  were  satisfied  with  the  result  of 
their  labor.  Of  course,  it  took  some  time  to 
decide  whether  they  looked  best  with  the  large 
ones  all  at  one  end  of  the  string,  and  the  small 
ones  at  the  other ;  or,  when  strung,  first  a  large 
one  and  then  a  small  one ;  and  they  had  to  be  I 


tried  each  way,  for  Eva  was  a  particular  little 
soul,  and  wanted  them  to  look  their  host. 

Ella  had  not  so  much  patience,  and  declared 
she  should  string  hers  “Anyhow,  just  as  she 
picked  them  up,”  to  tho  great  dismay  of  her 
primmer  neighbor. 

Before  they  finished  1  was  called  out  of  the 
room,  and  was  occupied  until  1  heard  a  great 
commotion  In  the  kitchen,  nnd  before  I  could 
reach  it,  angry  voices  and  screams  were  beard 
—  Mien  a  crash,  then  roans  of  pain.  When  I 
opened  the  door,  the  girls  stood  opposite  each 
other,  with  an  overturned  wash-basin  of  water 
between  them.  Eva’s  fingers  were  In  her  mouth, 
and  her  face  was  almost  purple  with  pain  and 
rage,  while  her  screams  could  have  been  heard 
half  a  mile  away. 

Eli. a  was  rubbing  tier  eyes  vigorously  with 
both  hands,  and  was  screaming  as  loud  us  Eva. 
After  a  moment’s  hesitation  I  comprehended 
tlie  nature  of  the  disaster,  nnd  commenced  ap¬ 
plying  cloths  wot.  In  milk  and  water  to  Eva’s 
mouth  and  Ella ’8  eyes ;  but  it  was  half  an  hour 
before  the  screams  were  stepped.  Their  linger 
was  cooled  entirely,  hut  pain  and  fright  were 
not  so  easily  quieted.  By  degrees,  between 
their  sobs  and  cries,  I  found  out  the  truth  of 
the  mat  ter. 

After  they  finished  tlieir  work,  Ei,i.a  rushed 
off  for  tho  wash-basin.  Of  course,  Eva  followed. 
Each  Insisted  upon  using  itflrat;  but  nflcr  a  few 
pulls  from  each  one,  tho  water  was  spilled,  and 
the  dish  on  tlie  floor. 

Ella  eoramanced.  rubbing  her  eyes,  and  the 
pepper  on  her  unwashed  bauds  made  them  feel 
as  if  they  were  on  (Ire;  yet,  in  her  fright  and 
pain,  she  kept  on  rubbing  them  as  vigorously  as 
ever. 

Eva's  fingers  had,  as  she  afterwards  expressed 
it,  “  Hot  her  mouth  all  on  lire  yet  it  was  with 
difficulty  that  I  kept  tlieir  hands  down,  while  I 
wont  rapidly  from  ono  to  the  other  with  soft 
cloths  and  cool  water. 

Ella's  eyes  were  red  all  (he  afternoon,  and 
Eva's  mouth  gave  her  a  great  deal  of  trouble  ; 
lml  they  both  saw  how  wic  ked  and  foolish  they 
had  been,  and  how  a  very  little  forbearance 
would  have  prevented  the  whole  mischief. 

I  roru  that  day  t  hoy  played  toget  her  quite  hap¬ 
pily.  If  there  was  any  danger  of  “storms,"  it 
was  only  necessary  to  remind  them  of  “Pep¬ 
pers"  to  restore  sunshine  to  their  sky. 

jJiiidrr. 


ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.-No.  5. 


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r?T  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - - 

MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA.— No.  3. 

1  am  composed  of  8  letters : 

My  1  is  used  to  denote  a  certain  number. 

My  2  is  a  personal  pronoun. 

My  .’t  is  a  body  of  water. 

My  4  is  a  kind  of  plant. 

My  5  Is  an  exclamation. 

My  6  is  a  verb. 

My  7  is  an  organ  of  tho  body. 

My  8  is  a  vowel. 

My  whole  Is  the  name  of  a  European  sov- 
J.  M.  Brainerd. 

|£s7"  Answer  In  two  weeks. 

•  ■  - - 

CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA.-No.  4. 

M  V  first  is  in  cold  but  not  in  warm  ; 

My  second  is  In  iron  but  not  in  load  ; 

My  third  is  in  black  but  not  in  white  ; 

My  fourth  is  in  flour  but  not  in  meal ; 

My  fifth  Is  In  April  but  not  in  May  ; 

My  sixth  la  In  ocean  but  not  in  shore ; 

My  seventh  la  In  old  but  not  in  young; 

My  eighth  is  In  four  but  not  in  five  ; 

My  whole  la  one  of  the  Territories  of  tho 
United  States.  Si  w  G 

i-&"  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


PROBLEM.— No,  3. 

What  Is  the  difference.  In  contents,  between 
a  vessel  four  inches  square  and  six  ln-brs  deep 
and  the  same  vessel  When  remodeled  into  a  cir¬ 
cular  one  sixteen  inches  In  circumference? 
Also,  what  is  the  difference  between  the  former 
and  one  of  the  same  depth  compressed  to  two 
inches  in  width;  length  six  Inches? 

Answer  In  two  weeks.  Scholium. 

♦  ♦♦ - - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.- Jan.  25. 

Problem  No.  2.— 

95.680536  rods,  j  \  87.6528  rods. 

80.807934  “  V  and  -  93.622-163  “ 

23.75153  “  1  1 18.724730  “ 

Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  2.  — Thou  shaJt 
not  take  the  name  of  the  Lord  thy  God  In  vain. 

Cross  -Word  Enigma  No.  3.  — Marsh. 

Puzzle  No.  3 —Spain , 


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York  bankers  want  the  tax  on  bankers  removed 
....  Washington  is  full  of  rumors  concerning  the 

Pacific  Railroads . The  House  has  sent  Mr. 

Stewart  to  jail  for  contempt  A  bill  to  sup- 
press  obscene  literature  is  talked  of. 

Fire**. 

PltATT’g  Oil  Works  in  Williamsburg,  N.  Y., 
on  the  35th  of  January.  Loss.  $50,000  •  Sixteen 

houses  in  New  Orleans  on  the  34th  ult.  Loss, 
$50,000  Jersey  street,  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  in  Buffalo  on  the  25th ult.  Loss,  $10, 000. 

...Stores  and  dwellings  in  Kingston. 8.  C\,  on 
the  37th  ult.  Loss,  $50,000. .  Manilla  paper  mill 
nt  Westfield,  Mass.,  on  the  20th  ult.  Loss,  $80,- 
000.. .  Brewery  ;*l  Madison,  Ind.,  on  the  37th  ult. 
Loss,  $35,000  ..  Hat  and  cap  manufactory  In 
Mercer  street,  N.  Y.  City,  on  the  30th  ult.  Loss, 
$22,000  . . .  Boat  shop  in  Barre,  Mas*.,  on  the  34th 
ult.  Loss,  *13.000  Martin's  distillery,  in  Phil¬ 
adelphia.  on  the  35th  nit.  Loss. $00,000.  Wagon 
factory  in  Hillsborough,  111.,  on  the  25th  ult. 
Loss.  $30,000  The  National  Theater  at  Wash¬ 
ington,  on  the  28th  ult.  Ujs*.  $125,000  Tan¬ 
nery  at  Norfolk,  Conn.,  on  the  27th  ult.  Loss, 
ibi.noo  Blin  k  of  stores  at  Green  Bay,  Wis„  on 
the 27th ult.  Los*. $137,000.  .Distillery  at  Nash¬ 
ville.  Tenn.,  on  the  28th  ult.  Loss,  $'.*2,000. ■  • 
Cnthii  works  in  Allegheny  City,  l’a.,  on  the  30th 
of  January.  Loss,  $3U,GW.  . . .Tannery  at  Lan- 
o aster,  O.,’  on  the  20th  ult.  Loss,  $41,000.  ... 
Thompson's  sugar  refiner)  ,utul  other  buildings. 
In  New  Orleans,  on  the  30th  of  January.  Loss, 
$500,000.  Stores  in  Jackson,  Tenn.,  on  the  29th 
ult.  Loss,  $100,000  .  .Wood  Brothers'  carriage 
factory,  corner  of  Broadway  ami  Eighth  street, 
New  York,  partially  destroyed  on  the  31st  ult.; 
loss,  $300,000. 


stations  an  officer  at  the  door  of  each  gambling 
house  with  Instructions  to  register  the  names  of 
all  persons  frequenting  it.  that  they  may  bo  sum¬ 
moned  as  witnesses  in  cases  where  Indictments 
against  the  keepers  of  these  houses  may  have 
been  or  may  hereafter  be  found.  Thus  it  is  pro¬ 
posed  to  supply  the  judicial  authorities  with 
evidence.  We  shall  be  surprised  if  this  dues  not 
produce  a  wholesome  effect  upon  men  of  “re¬ 
spectability”  with  gambling  propensities. 


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The  Spanish  Steamer  Mlrello 

Was  the  one  t  hat  ran  into  the  emigrant  ship 
Northflect  at  Dungencss,  Jan.  25,  sinking  it  and 
causing  the  loss  of  over  300  lives.  The  steamer 
lias  arrived  at  Cadiz  in  safety.  8he  was  little 
injured.  The  statements  of  her  officers  are  not 
made  public.  It  is  a  pity  that  they  cannot  be 
held  responsible  and  punished  if  there  Is  any 
fault  attaches  to  them.  Certainly  very  grave 
blame  must  attach  to  seamen  who  would  not 
stop  to  save  their  fellow  beings;  and  on  the 
ground'd  inhumanity  they  are  condemned  by 
public  opinion  to  an  infamy  worse  than  physi¬ 
cal  punishment. _ _ 

The  Louisiana  Wrangle. 

A  Washington  correspondent  asserts  that 
Gov.  Warmoth,  In  conversation,  states  that  he. 
has  been  in  consultation  with  many  of  the 
leading  Senators  and  Representatives,  and  ex¬ 
presses  his  belief  that  the  Senate  Committee  on 
Privileges  and  Elect  ions  will  report  a  measure 
giving  Louisiana  full  relief. 

If  it  doe*  it  will  give  the  people  of  Louisiana 
the  power  to  elect  their  officers  without  the  in¬ 
terference  of  political  jugglers. 

Condition  of  Senator  Sumner. 

A  Washington  dispatch  dated  Jan.  25tli 
say» “  Senator  Sumner,  although  able  to  sit 
up  most  of  the  time,  is  still  quite  feeble,  and  it 
Is  doubtful  If  he  will  appear  in  his  seat  in  the 
Sctmt©  again  1  his  session.  Hie  at  tending  physi¬ 
cian  still  visits  him  twice  dally,  his  last  call  being 
at  ten  o'clock,  P.  M.,  when  he  injects  morphine 
into  tli©  Senator's  arm  to  enable  him  to  sloop.” 


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policy  of  Jury  trials  and  confirms  the  faith  of 
those  who  believe  that  a  bench  of  Judges,  learn¬ 
ed  In  law,  critical  and  impartial  in  judgment, 
would  be  a  safer  means  of  securing  justice  than 
the  uncertain  mode  which  now  obt  ains  and  will 
obtain  so  long  as  a  man  must  know  and  think 
as  little  as  possible  In  order  to  be  an  eligible 

juryman.  _ 

The  Kansas  Senatorshtp. 

The  Kansas  Legislature  bits,  during  the  past 
week,  elected  a  United  States  Senator,  John  3. 
Ingalls,  In  place  of  8.  C.  Pomeroy.  Pomeroy 
was;*  candidate  for  re-elei  tlo  *.  and  had  been 
hard  at  work  to  secure  it.  it  was  reported  lu- 
had  spent  $100,000  to  secure  his  election.  The 
events  which  culminated  in  his  defeat,  seem  to 
warrant  us  in  believing  this  to  be  true;  for  Just 
before  the  vote  was  to  betaken  in  joint  session, 
Senator  York  sent  to  the  President  of  the  joint 
Convention  $7,000  in  currency,  which  lie  stated 
ho  had  received  from  Senator  Pomeroy  person¬ 
ally,  to  influence  his  vote  in  bis  (P.’s)  favor,  de¬ 
tailing  the  circumstances  under  which  this 
money  had  been  paid.  This,  of  course,  was  a 
deal  h  blow  to  Pomeroy,  and  his  f  Heads  deserted 
him  as  a  rat  deserts  a  sinking  ship,  and  Ingalls 
was  elected  by  a  large  majority.  Senator  Pom¬ 
eroy  was  arrested  on  the  charge  of  bribery,  and 
gave  bail  to  appear  last  Friday,  ne  did  not 
appear,  however,  the  telegraph  announcing  him 
very  sick  with  brain  fever. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 


IHIiicellancoiii*  Foreign 

There  is  considerable  uneasiness  In  England 
over  the  Central  Asia  question  ...The  Vox  dc 
Cuba  criticises  our  mode  of  light  ingt  lie  Indians. 

...The  new  King  of  Sweden  will  be  crowned  on 
the  21st  of  May -’...Bismarck  retires  from  the 
premiership  on  account  of  Ids  health  —  Russian 
nostililic  are  reported  to  have  commenced  in 
Central  Asia  The  Prince  of  Wales,  t  lie  Shah 
of  Persia,  the  Czar  of  Russia.  Emperor  William, 
the  llospodar  of  Montenegro,  Ithmarck,  and 
the  President  of  France,  will  visit  the  Vienna 
Exhibition . Rev.  Adam  Sodgcwirk,  an  En¬ 

glish  geologist,  is  dead  . .  The  Carllst  insurrec¬ 
tion  in  Spain  is  again  crushed  —  Tin*  State  has 
taken  possession  of  Hi  convents  in  Rome.  .. 
The  Portuguese  Court  goes  Into  mourning  for 
the  Empress  of  Brazil  ..The  yellow  fever  is 
raging  in  Uio...Huasln  proposes  a  mint  rnl  zone  in 

Central  Asia _ Tim  Spanish  Minister  of  War  is 

ill  Ku-»!;i  is  scmling  50.000  men  to  Central 
Asia  Atlantic  cable  tolls  are  to  be  reduced. 

_ The  ex-Em  press  Curlotta  is  again  reported 

dying _ The  Swiss  will  send  a  Secretary  of  Le¬ 
gation  to  Washington . The  Queen  of  Spain 

ha-  a  sen  . .  At  the  late  defeat  of  the  Curl  lata  at 
Santa  Cruz  47  rnen  were  killed.  .Madrid  has 
been  illuminated  in  honor  of  the  newPrinco  .. 
There  are  300, 0U0  slaves  in  Cuba— It  is  known 
that  the  Spanish  steamer  Mireullo  sank  the 
Northflect.  She  has  arrived  at  Cadiz. 


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DOMESTIC  NEWS. 


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New  Vork  City  and  Vlclulty. 

Nixon,  the  man  who  murdered  Chas.  Pfeifer, 
is  in  jail,  IDs  victim  has  been  buried  ...The 
new  charter  for  the  city  engages  much  atten¬ 
tion  at  Albany _ Tweed's  trial  is  ended;  the 

jury  could  not  agree  Charges  of  fraud  have 
been  made  against  the  managers  of  the  Ameri¬ 
can  Instil  ute  ...  The  20th  was  intensely  cold  In 
the  city  On  t he  30th  the  Union  League  Club 
held  a  great  reception.  The  Government  bus 
agreed  to  compromise  with  Phelps.  Dodge  &  to. 
for  $200,000  ...The  contest  over  Mr.  Groelev  a 
will  continues  The  Artists’  Fund  6ale  of  Pic¬ 
tures  realised  The  last J'Upnmn  *  Ball 

has  been  given  ...The  Pacific  Mail  btcamahlp 
Company  has  gone  Into  bankruptcy  A  monu¬ 
ment  t  o  the  Carey  sisters  ha-  been  completed  at 
Greenwood,  at  a  cost  of  $1,100  The  Seventh 
Regiment  is*  asking  for  u  new  armory  on  Reser¬ 
voir  Square.  ..  Two  English  embezzlers  have 
boon  arrested  on  the  Adriatic. .  ■ .  Fisher  &  Co,  * 
coffee  mill  on  Dunne  St.,  was  burned  on  the  31st 
ult.  Loss,  $34,000. 

Home  News. 

The  cashier  of  the  Granite  Bank  of  Exeter, 
N.  II. ,  has  stolen  $135,000  and  tied.  .. The  Gov¬ 
ernment  loses  $3,OOU,OUO  a  year  by  non-payment 
on  posCD{6..«.A  now  Japanese  minis  tor,  Mr* 
Wyeno,  Is  soon  expected  in  Washington  . .  Ter¬ 
rible  accounts  of  death  and  suffering  come  In 
from  the  recent  snow  storms  In  Iowa  and  Min¬ 
nesota..  .  .Gilmore  of  Boston,  will  have  charge 
of  the  music  for  the  Inauguration  ball.  I  he 
squaws  fight  Hi  the  Modoc  Indian  war.  Sena¬ 
tor  Sumner  is  very  feeble,  and  may  not  appear 
in  the  Senate  again.  ..There  i>  talk  of  making 
p  k  Gilmure  band-master  portent)  of  I  lie  army 
and  navy  Capt.  Kenney,  a  Washington  hotel 
keeper,  has  been  shot  and  killed,  being  mistaken 
for  a  burglar  .  It  is  announced  from  Philadel¬ 
phia  that  the  Centennial  Celebration  Is  now  a 
success. . .  .The  oxen  of  Utah  have  Uu*  epizootic. 

It  is  proposed  to  move  the  capital  or  Ken¬ 
tucky  to  Louisville.... There  is  a  flood  of  rail¬ 
road  bill*  in  the  New  Jersey  Legislature.  The 
Aldermen  of  Boston  have  directed  that  the 
Public  Library  be  opened  on  Sunday  ..  Peti¬ 
tions  against,  monopolies  are  pouring  into  the 
New  Jersey  Legislature  ,  The  price  pf  coal  has 
advanced  thirty  cents  per  t  on  John  J.  Ingalls 
has  been  elected  Senat  or  from  Kansas.  Senator 
Pomeroy  is  under  arrest  for  briber)’.  At  alt 

Whitman  Is  very  sick _ The  courts  sustain  the 

Republican  government  in  Louisiana.  Sixteen 
persoufc were  injured  by  u  railway  accidental 


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Credit  Moblller. 

The  developments  by  this  investigation  the 
past  week,  place  most  of  the  men  whoae  names 
were  at  first  mentioned  as  having  been  subsi¬ 
dized  by  the  distribution  of  Block,  in  a  worse  fix 
than  wc  ever  anticipated.  Colfax,  Patterson, 
Kelly,  etc.,  have  apparently  gone  to  t.hc  wall 
before  the  testimony  and  evidence  brought  for¬ 
ward.  If  we  were  politicians,  and  opposed  to 
these  men  politically*  it  would  be  a  source  of 
great  regret  and  of  humiliation  as  a  citizen  that 
such  evidence  as  has  boon  given,  could  ever  be 
brought,  against  the  Vice-President,  of  the  Uni¬ 
ted  States,  and  other  men  whom  we  have  always 
been  glad  to  believe  were  above  reproach.  The 
natural  question  for  the  American  people  to 
ask  is,  “  Whom  can  we  trust  ?” 


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RURAL  a  year,  and  a  pre-putd  copy  of  our  Premium 
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A  Most  Unefiil  Vriicle  In  every  household  Isa 
sewing  machine.  The  Wilson  Underfeed  Sewing 
Machine  combines  inevery  degree  the  most  per¬ 
fect  machine  yet,  Invented.  It  is  elegant  In  fin¬ 
ish,  simple  to  learn,  runs  smoothly  and  quietly, 
and  what  1b  more  important,  is  the  cheapest. 
The  Wilson  Machine  has  received  the  highest 
praise  from  alt  who  have  used  it,  and  stands  at 
the  head  of  all  sewing  machines.  Salesroom  at 
707  Broadway,  New  York,  and  in  all  other  cities 
in  the  United  States.  The  Company  want  agents 
in  country  towns. 


Watch  No.  2383,  Stem  Winder  —  bearing 
Trade  Mark  “Fayette  Stratton,  Marlon,  N.  J.," 
—manufactured  by  United  States  Watch  Co. 
(Giles,  Wales  it  Co.),  has  been  carried  by  mo 
twelve  months:  its  total  variation  from  mean 
time  being  fifteen  seconds. — S.  B.  Johnston,  83 
Nassau  St.,  N.  Y.  City. 


removing  tne  tax  on  raw  cm  ion.  lows  is  io  uc 
an  effort,  however,  to  push  Mr.  Beck's  bill 
through,  which  Is  based  upon  the  assumption 
that  two-thirds  of  the  cotton  produced  In  the 
years  In  which  the  tax  was  levied,  was  exported, 
ami  that  export,  taxes  being  prohibited  by  the 
Constitution,  two-thirds  of  ihe  amount  collect¬ 
ed  ought  to  be  refunded  to  the  producer.  The 
difficulty  will  be  to  find  what  producers  ex¬ 
ported  I  heir  cotton  on  which  they  paid  the  tax. 
In  our  opinion,  there  is  no  hope  for  the  bill,  and 
ought  not  to  be,  no  matter  how  unjust  the  tax 
was  In  the  first  place;  for  more  abuses  will 
grow  out  of  an  attempt  at  adjustment  than  can 
be  corrected  by  its  enforcement. 

The  Grand  Duke  Alexis, 

Who  at  last  accounts  was  in  Japan,  has  been 
directed  to  leave  his  ship  at  Nadlrostok,  East¬ 
ern  Siberia,  and  travel  overland  along  the  Onsu- 
ree  and  Amoor  rivers  to  Irkutsk,  the  capital  ol 
Eastern  Siberia,  thence  westward  through  Tras- 
nayarsk,  Tomsk,  Omsk  and  Taman  to  Ekoter- 
meburg,  where  he  will  cross  the  Ural  Mountains 
into  Europe ;  thence  through  Perm,  Kazan,  Nl- 
|ou  Novgorod  and  Moscow  to  St.  Petersburg— 
the  whole  distance  about  7,500  miles,  only  050 
miles  of  which  Is  by  rail.  This  is  a  tolerably 
heavy  task  for  the  young  Imperial  traveler,  but 
it  will  be  an  excellent  way  of  obtaining  knowl¬ 
edge  of  both  the  beauties  and  rigors  of  the  im¬ 
perial  domain,  and  of  the  people  who  contribute 
to  the  Imperial  power. 


An  Established  Remedy.— “  Brown's  Bronchial 
Troches  ”  are  widely  known  as  an  established 
remedy  for  Coughs,  Colds,  Bronchitis,  Hoarse¬ 
ness.  and  other  troubles  of  the  Throat  and  Lungs. 


CURRENT  TOPICS, 


Advice.— Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N,  Y. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS, 


did  come  from,  and  that  It  ala  not  come  irom 
Ames.  Mr.  Vice-President  Colfax  is  evidently 
feeling  grievously  the  weight  of  ignominy  in 
which  his  name  is  involved  by  these  recent  rev¬ 
elations;  for  he  very  foolishly  asked  the  Senate 
the  other  day  to  appoint  a  committee  to  inves¬ 
tigate  him.  Senator  Thurman  properly  remind¬ 
ed  him  that  the  Senate  had  no  jurisdiction  un¬ 
til  the  House  brought  articles  of  impeachment 
against  him,  which  It  is  to  be  hoped  the  House 
will  do,  provided  he  fails  to  give  evidence  be¬ 
fore  existing  committees,  where  these  charges 
have  been  made,  that  he  Is  as  innocent  as  Ma¬ 
ry’s  little  lamb.  Senator  Patterson  Is  In  a  worse 
fix  than  ever;  and  D&wes  and  Garfield  have  be¬ 
come  further  involved  by  recent,  testimony.  No 
matter  how  humiliating  it-  may  be  to  the  Amer¬ 
ican  people,  that  these  revelations  concerning 
the  character  of  men  in  whom  they  have  had 
faith  should  be  made,  every  honost  man  will 


partment  have  been  cut  down  Mr.  Sargent 
has  made  a  speech  in  favor  of  woman  suffrage 
James  L.  Benedict  has  been  named  for  the 
Surveyor  of  the  Port  of  New  York  The  abo¬ 
lition  of  the  franking  privilege  was  complete 
and  absolute.  The  hill  to  admit  Colorado  lias 
been  laid  on  the  table  -  It  is  now  proposed  to 
enlarge  the  bankrupt  law  instead  of  repealing 
it  A  hill  for  the  erection  and  regulation  of 
railway  companies  In  the  Territories  Is  proposed 
....Thecltj  ofWasbington  asks  for  a  large  ap¬ 
propriation  fur  improvements.  The  improve¬ 
ment.  or  the  outlet  of  Detroit  river  is  asked  for 
....Congress  proposes  to  complete  the  Wash¬ 
ington  Monument...  The  Senate  has  passed  the 
bill  to  refund  certain  dues  collected  on  I'rencn 
vessels  at  the  time  of  the  President's  proclama¬ 
tion  The  House  has  directed  that  Carpenter  e 
pioturo  of  “  The  First  Reading  of  t  he  Kmpanci- 
Datlon  Proclamation  "  be  purchased  for  $35-000 
.  ..Senator  Blair  has  taken  his  seat.  New 


Count  Plerrefonds. 

Napoleon  Ill  's  son,  the  Prince  Imperial,  Is  to 
bo  under  the  guardianship  of  the  ex-Empress 
Eugenie  and  Prince  Napoleon,  politically,  and 
will  not  be  called  Napoleon  IV.,  but  will  be 
known  by  the  name  at  the  head  of  this  article. 
He  has  adopted  as  his  motto,  “strength,  but  not 
impatience.”  No  manifesto  of  the  intentions  of 
the  Bonapartisis  is  to  be  issued.  They  are  evi¬ 
dently  going  to  bide  their  time. 


A  New  Way  of  Breaking  up  Gambling. 

Louisville  seems  to  be  adopting  the  same 
theory  relative  to  gambling  that  Bostou  does  re¬ 
lative  to  crime— that  is,  that  to  diminish  it,  we 
must  prevent  it.  Accordingly  the  Chief  of  Police 


3Uur  gutvcrti^mjcut.«i 


$2.7>5®3 ;  Prince  Albert,  $2.75@3  i  Dyright,  $1.75@2  ; 
common,  1 1.75;  sweet,  $3.  All.  04.  For  potatoes  in  ship- 
pine  order  add  25@lttr.  fi  hbl.  Marrow  squasli,  $1.50 
(«)  1  ,75 ;  Onions,  rod  and  vellow,  $6@6;  do.  white,  $5.50 
(soT;  Russia  Turnips,  fLYfc'W  i  Cabbages,  v  Hio,$7@l0. 

Av  ool.— There  Is  n.n  easier  feeline  in  the  market. 
There  Is  a  slow  trade  from  manufacturer*  on  account 
of  the  dull  market  for  goods.  Some  few  outside  lots 
are  Offering  at  lower  prices. 

X  to  XXX  fleece.  02@7oe. ;  No.  I  fleece,  C%ld8c. ;  No. 
2  fleece.  lilrtftSe.j  tuh-wiished  fleece,  r>s..o 7U c.;  Texas, 
eon  ran  to  extra  line,  2.V-t  1.5c. :  new  Mexlenn  fleece, 
iv.i’tue.;  (.til  I  Torn  In  spring  dip,  32o«47mv.  California.  full 
clip  and  lambs’.  28@88i'.:  extra  i  ml  led.  axiiiBc.;  super 
pulled,  fVkaWr  ;  No  I  nulled,  l.V./.V'e  ;  Western  pulled, 
aOsifiOe.i  Southern  pulled,  likcofle.;  California  pulled, 
80@52c.;  Montevideo,  36@47i\:  Buenos  Ayres.unwash- 
ed,  33 . rifle.;  Rio  (,’rande,  gold,  2fl@32c.;  Cape,  86@  130.; 
Australian,  4T@7l)c,;  combiner  wool,  (KleiSOe. 

Whisky— Is  lower,  but  closod  firm  at  94c. 


likely  wo  shall  run  out  clean  unless  we  have  art  unus¬ 
ually  early  Hpring.  and  that  relief  may  be  counted 
upon  to  some  extent  from  the  previous  experiences 
or  spring,  following  a  rigorous,  snowy  Winter.  Can¬ 
ada  Putter  arrives  to  some  decree  and  is  chiefly  taken 
for  eastern  use.  California  pastures  indicate  a  pros¬ 
perous  yield,  and  we  are  promised  a  good  share  of  the 
qualities  that  wo  sampled  last  Spring.  Extra  dairies 
Of  State  quoted  nt  the  close  40e. 

VVe  quote Dairies,  nne, HTtiiWc.;  do.,  fair  tn  good 
fKV.ftd.to, ;  tine  half  tubs,  in  lots,  38@4t)c. ;  selections  of 
half  tubs,  42®45e.;  Welsh  Kail,  30@38o. ;  do,,  common, 
ii  iii.700. ;  store  packed,  150110  j  poor  to  fair,  State  dair- 
lns,23c30e. ;  Western  rolls,  line,  20iS27o. ;  common  to 
fair,  2fl(aS8. 

(  annda  butter  2eti24o.  for  common  to  medium  and 
2;i@3Se.  for  good  to  tine. 

Cheese.— There  has  been  quite  an  excited  market 
for  fancy  factories.  The  orders  from  the  other 
side  hove  boon  more  liberal  for  this  class  of 
and  there  has  been  some  competition  among  ship¬ 
p'd.  was  i  reel  y  paid  early  In  the  week.,  but  at  the 
dose  lSJic.  Is  asked  for  round  lots,  with  ldkc.  realized 
from  tile  Jobbing  trade.  Very  little  stock  has  arrived. 
The  reports  from  the  Interior  indicate  very  little  dis¬ 
position  to  forward  supplies  at  the  moment.  The 
common  and  medium  grades  art*  ottering  freely  at 
current  figures,  Exports  for  tlm  week,  9,822  boxes. 
We  quote  state  factory-,  prime  and  fancy,  llkJ^UlWtid 
flo.  good,,  UKiiilfiMfe.;  do.  fair,  14<3IIHc.  Htute  dairy, 
prime,  nK@-c,;  do.  fair,  !2Wt.«i3o,  Ohio  ructory, 
prime,  I l)j@15o.  ;  do.  apod,  13@Uc.  English  dairy, 
prime,  Ho. ;  do.  good,  1&*  ISJjf, 

Dried  Fruit  s.— The  position  of  the  market  la  un¬ 
changed.  We  are  carrying  liberal  stocks,  with  scarce¬ 
ly  any  outlet  beyoud  the  lew  lots  required  by  the  job¬ 
bing  trade. 

Southern  apples,  lool'-fo. ;  do.,  sliced,  5@8o. :  West- 
orn,  MfW’H.;  State,  Ikaiutfc.  Pbolptl  poaches  at  I  to  15c. 
i  n  Oa.,  I;{  .cl.'ic.  ror  Vu.,  and  Iflyidlic..  for  North  Caro¬ 
lina..  Impeded  peaolics  nt  4^'c.  for  quarters, and  aUc. 
for  halves.  Cherries,  ,12<.f«uLe,  FI urns,  Ufa) 19c.  Black¬ 
berries,  8Hc.  Raepberries,  33®  34c. 

Cotton— Is  higher,  owing  tn  lighter  arrivals  at  the 
ports  and  an  active  export  trade.  Hales  for  forward 
delivery  are  at,  20  Il-I6e.  for  Fob.,  'Hike,  for  March, 
21  l-32e.  for  April,  21 .5-1  lie.  for  May. 

We  quote  for  spot  cotton : 

t’ plain!  *.  Abilaurui.  Nww  Orlusio.  Toxnx. 

Ordinary . . .  IH'-f  Uu  1H\-  io 

Good  Ordinary .  ID  Si  19 H  19M  20W 

Strict.  Good  Ordinary.  19  M-lti  20  1-10  20  5- 10  20  0-18 

Low  Middliug .  20‘4  20X  20V  21 

Middling .  21 S  21 S  2lK  22k! 

Good  Middling .  23!£  23X  23  X  23J6 

Egg*.— Price*  still  rale  high  and  very  irregular. 
The  arrivals  are  very  small.  Hales  of  fresh  have  been 
made  as  high  ns  52e.,  but  49@5flc.  are  about  the  general 
rtgnros.  Mnied  are  selling  higher;  State  bring  88® 
40c.,  and  Western  :sj**  We.  The  recent  suow  storms 
have  almost  cheeked  shipment-  forward,  aud  it  Is  the 
impression  that  the  arrivals  here  will  be  somewhat 
unimportant  for  suverul  (lays  to  come. 

Flour. —  There  has  been  less  excitement  In  the 
market  the'last  few  days.  The  high  prices  reached 
have  more  or  less  discouraged  shipment-.  Holders 
are  tally  as  firm  in  thotr  views  as  the  stocks  are  unu¬ 
sually  light,  especially  *u  of  shipping  extras  and  su¬ 
perfine  brands. 

Superfine  State . $0  715(5*  7  IX) 

Common  exlra  do . 7  tin®  7  85 

Good  to  choice  do . 7  90®  8  HI 

Fancy  do . 8  10®  H  00 

Hnperlino  Michigan,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Iowa.. .  it  20®  7  00 

■'■I  .  1  7  90 

Choice  extra  do . 8  ODyi  8  5(1 

Trade  brands  do . 8  10.,,.  10  lift 

Good  to  Choice  white  wheat  extras .  8  .Mltgiltl  7.5 

Fair  to  very  choice  extra  Minnesota . k  UK, via  .50 

i lomraon  t"  fait  extra  St  i ,ouls .  s  m  .  y  so 

Good  to  choice  do . . . .9  50®  13  .50 

Southern,  common  to  oliolee .  I)  50®  9  00 

Family  do .  9  0Q@13  2.5 

Ilye  common  to  line.. . . .  1  7 j(„j  li  111 

Buckwheat  flour .  ..........  3  10®  3  la 

Corn  meal,  Brandywine . .  ..  ..  3  90®  4  00 

Fresh  Fruit*.— Exports  of  apples  past  week,  2,375 
hbl-.  There  is  some  trade  In  apples  to  replenish  re- 
tallors,  but  no  large  business  will  result  before  Mu- 
weather  moderates,  when  Iota  ean  be  handled  safety. 
Cranberries  llrin,  and  In  few  hands.  The  stok  of  pea¬ 
nuts  Is  large,  and  receipts  are  very  liberal  for  the 
season. 

We  quote— Apples,  common,  91.5033.00;  do.  fair  to 
good  $2®  2.50;  do  (Inc,  $7.75' UK)  (Cranberries,  prune, 
crate,  $’.@3.50:  common  to  fair,  $2.50,a3.T6 ;  bids.,  $9 
fS»lO f  choice  hlds..  $IQ®11.  New  Wilmington  and 
Virgiuiu  peanuts,  $t@1.4,5.  Hickory  nuts,  $1.75(92. 

f« ruin.  —  Wheat  has  been  rather  quiet  but  Is  hold 
firmly  under  moderate  stocks.  Wq quota  at  $1,82(91. 
72!4  for  No.  ?  Spring,  $1  I.7S  for  No.  1  do.  In  -tore 
and  afloat,  $1.w92  for  Winter  ted  Western,  $3(92.05 


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To  those  having  IuiuIm  to  invest,  and  tlioso  who 
wish  to  increase  their  income  from  means  al¬ 
ready  invested  In  other  less  profitable  securities,  we 
recommend  the  Seven-Thirty  Gold  Ronds  of  the 
Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Company  ns  well  secured 
and  unusually  productive. 

The  bonds  are  ul  ways  convertible  at  Ton  percent, 
premium  (1.10)  Into  the  Company's  I.ands  at  Market 
Prices.  The  rate  of  Interest  (seven  arid  three-tenths 
per  cent,  gold)  Is  equal  now  to  about  8)4  currency- 
yielding  an  income  more  than  one-third  greater  than 
U.  S.  5-20s.  Gold  Checks  for  the  semi-annual  Inter¬ 
est  on  the  Registered  Ronds  are  mailed  to  the  Post- 
Office  address  of  the  owner.  All  marketable  stocks 
and  bonds  are  received  in  exchange  for  Northern 
Pacifies  ON  MOST  PAVORA1II.K  TERMS. 

JAY  COOKE  A  CO., 

new  York,  Piin.ADEi.pniA  and  AVAsniNGTON, 
Financial  Agent*  Northern  Pacific  R.  R.  Co. 
nr  FOR  Salic  by  Banks  and  Bankers. 


SIXTY  YOUNG  MEN  AND  I,ADlKS-To  place  in 
positions  where  they  will  acquire  a  thorough  and 
practical  knowledge  of  Telegraphy,  and  receive  a 
commission  while  practicing.  Address,  with  stamp, 
C.  A.  SHEARMAN,  Hup't  Union  Telegraph  Com¬ 
pany,  Oberliu,  Ohio. 


NOTICE  TO  INVESTORS 

Chicago  &  Canada 

SOUTHERN. 


ROClfKSTF.lt,  .Trin.  3 1 . —  Flour  steady.  $3.25® 
8., 50  for  Spring,  $9.50  amber  Winter,  and  $10.2.5', 010.50 
fur  white.  Wheat  quiet,  $l.t;.'Vv.l.8(l  for  red  Winter 
and  $1.1*  bt2.0fi  tor  white.  Corn  (®2e.  better— <'3@G8c. 
per  bushel.  Rye,  *;5e.  per  bush.  Other  grains  un¬ 
changed.  Dressed  hogs  higher,  $t;<a<;.‘i.5  per  owt.  Mut- 
ton,  8<a  So,  per  rt» .  Butter  25®33c.,  an  advance  of  2o. 
on  best.  Eggs  very  acaree,  K3@35e.  V  <lox.  Potatoes 
nominal.  Gk&TOo.  ft  bushel,  llav,  $ld»,2t  per  ton. 
Straw,  $10(412  i1  ton.  Clover  seed  In  better  demand, 
$5.75@u  bushel.  Won!  (piletaud  dull  at  unchanged 
prices.  Sheep  pelts,  $1.50G»2..50  each.  Chickeus,  14@l(!c. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


I.ittle  FA  i.r. s,  N.  AT.,  Feb.  1,  1873. 

TltB  market  at  I,irtlf.  Fulls,  for  the  week  ending 
Feb.  1st,  Is  without  material  change.  The  heavy 
fall  of  snow  last  week  and  on  Monday  of  tills  week 
has  filled  the  country  ruads  and  rendered  travel  dlf- 
tteult,  nod  ns  a  consequence  the  delivery  of  farm 
dairies  has  been  extremely  light.  The  quality  of 
farm  dairies  is  rather  Inferior,  and  prices  rungo  from 
90.  to  12)4o.,  but  a  good  nrtlolo,  full  of  meat  and  well 
cured,  Is  worth  more  money.  Good  factories,  having 
iiny  considerable  Quantity,  will  bring  loe.,  and  we  hear 

a  shade  more  for  extra  goods.  Butter  sells  from  25e. 
to  30c,,  according  to  quality,  and  fancy  30a<i33e.  for 
home  use.  We  continue  to  hear  of  more  eases  of 
abortion  among  the  herds,  hut  In  other  respocta  cows 
are  wintering  well. 


TO  FARMERS 


®  DOUBT, K  REFINED  POUDUETTE 

of  the  “  Dodl  Manufacturing  Co.”  for 
sale  in  lots  to  suit  customers.  This  arti¬ 
cle  Is  sold  for  HALE  TiTE  PIlll’K  of  other 

fertilizers,  and  Is  cheaper  for  Tobacco, 
Cotton,  Corn  and  Vegetables  than  any 
other  in  market.  It  is  made  entirely 
from  the  night  soil,  ufliil,  Ac.,  of  New 
York  City  Price  (delivered  on  board 
In  New  York  Pity)  Tyrerity-five  dollars 
per  Ion. 

1  ask  attention  to  the  following  testimonials : 
Henry  T.  ilourov,  Cheshire  Co.,  N.  II.,  writes: 
1  find,  from  exiasrlments  mudu  last  year,  the  Itoabtr- 
refined  Pomln-ttc  la  the  cheapest  fert  ilizer  to  use  on 
Tobacco.  I  put  it  lieskla  Peruvian  Guano  with  equal 
cost  of  hqth,  and  the  Tobacco  was  liO  per  cent,  better 
where  I  used  I'loidrette." 

l>,  Jt.  Hu  El. |io  v,  Hup’t  of  the  New  Jersey  State  Re¬ 
form  Heltool,  writes  :— *■  AVe  have  used  I'oudrclto  for 
several  years  upon  oar  farm  crops,  and  for  the  money 
invested  wo  have  found  nothing  that  lias  Mono  us  so 
much  servlon." 

W.  F.Gkkkin  of  Essex  Fo.,  N.  Y.,  writes  : — "  1  Have 
used  the  f),i,/W»»’crta«l  Po'bicrtlc  for  the  last  lire  m  o m, 
and  1  eomldcr  It  the  cheapest  fertilizer  I  can  buy- 
giving  the  best  results  for  the  cost,'’ 

Win.  S.  Pomeroy  of  Hartford  Go,.  Ft.,  writes “  I 
have  used  the  Doilhle-fellued  PoildrOttO  for  xcvcral 
iimc*  on  Tobatfo,  and  I  tfiluk  It  one  of  the  best  fertil¬ 
izers  made  for  this  crop." 

A  pamphlet  giving  full  directions,  &o.,  sent  free  on 
application  to  JAMES  T,  FOSTER, 

lid  < 'orl In iidl  S(.,  New  York. 


At  !M»  and  ACCRUED  INTEREST.  COUPON  AND 
REGISTERED.  INTEREST  PAYARI.E  IN(IOI.I), 
APR1I,  AND  OCTOBER. 

Wo  now  offer  these  Bonds  at  the  above  VERY 
LOW  PRICE. 

THE  CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Eastern  end 
of  tills  line,  whoso  Bonds  were  so  rapidly  sold  last 
Summer, 

Is  Now  Finished, 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


and  will  be  opened  for  business,  In  connection  with 
the  TOLEDO  AND  WABASH  and  other  Western 
roads,  nt  a  very  early  day.  The  CHICAGO  AM) 
CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Western  end  of  this  line.. 
Is  now  being  rapidly  built,  and  the  Company  expect 
It  to  bo  finished  during  the  present  year. 

THIS  GREAT  TRUNK  LINE,  when  completed 
through,  will  be  of  Immense  advantage  to  the  ship¬ 
ping  Interests  of  the  Great  Writ,  being  I  JO  VElc, 
STRAIGHT,  and  S3  miles  Shorter  thuu  any  other 
route.  Having  connections  with  all  the  lines  run¬ 
ning  Into  Buffalo  at  the  East,  and  Chicago  at  tlio 
West,  and  under  the  management  of  some  of  the 
most  experienced  rullrfmd  operators  of  the  country, 
its  success  is  rendered  a  certainty,  and  Its  boudn 
must  be  a  safe  and  profitable  investment.  It  luakcn 
the  shortest  and  best  connections  going  West,  bot.ln 
at  Toledo  and  Detroit,  and  Ls  I  lie  only  Seven  percent, 
Gold  Bond  on  any  through  Trunk  Lino  now  offered. 

Pamphlets  and  all  Information  furnished  by 


Nbw  York,  Feb.  1,  1873, 

Nearly  all  of  the  interest  of  the  livestock  trade 
for  the  past  week  has  centered  upon  sheep,  the  report 
having  gouu  out  that  thousands  of  diseased  animals 
were  sent  here  for  sale  each  week.  Some  parties  be¬ 
lieved  it,  ami  the  sheep  trade  lg  suffering  in  conse¬ 
quence.  The  majority  nr  our  Citizens,  however,  re¬ 
member  how  they  were  hoaxed  into  the  ulna  that, 
chickens  had  taken  the  horse  disease,  und  so  wont 
Without  tbelr  poultry  until  it  whs  proved  that,  they 
were  as  healthy  US  ever,  arid  they  uro  now  cautious 
about  adopting  or  giving  credence  to  the  sensation 
stories  some  penny-a-liner  manages  to  get  into  the 
papers.  The  real  fuels  are  that  hay  Is  very  high  at 
the  West,  and  more  corn  Is  fed  than  usual.  This  is 
heating  to  the  blood, and  the  slioep  ruh  and  bite  until 
they  get  BOiue  of  the  wool  off,  when  somebody  cries 
out, ‘‘Hcabby  sheup!”  Thera liuvo  boon  some  eases 
of  mange,  which  is  always  the  case  at  this  season  of 
the  year. 

RKCE1HT8  Olf  LIVE  STOCK. 

Shocp  A 

(F'iVrt.  tV'Wt.  Culvsc,  (.junto,  1  Inn . 

Totals  this  week . H,5H  111*,  873  24,09(1  40,229 

“  last  week,...,  (1,199  83  752  26,77  1  35,899 

Average  lust  year.. .  .8,17$  98  2.2H  22,883  38,975 

Reeves.  -Receipts are  much  larger  again,  hut  all 
the  stock  ls  wanted  to  make  up  for  the  deficiency  of 
the  previous  week.  Prices  arc  nearly  iinehangod,  lliq 
market  closing  somewhat  firm,  particularly  for  fat 
Cattle,  which  are  curee.  Texans  come  forward  spar¬ 
ingly,  the  stock  or  lust  year  having  been  pretty  well 
used  up.  We  notice  that  Texas  no sers  have  already 
started  Borne  droves  northward,  hut  they  travel  slow¬ 
ly,  grazing  by  the  way,  and  It  will  bo  weeks  before 
they  reach  Kansas,  even.  'I’bo  success  of  last  year's 
Texan  trade  will  douhtloss  Htlmulale  to  still  heavier 
transactions,  helped  along  by  the  extension  of  rail¬ 
roads  nearer  their  country,  thus  lessening  the  drive. 
The  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Hantu  Fo  Ruljra:p|  has  al¬ 
most  peuetruted  the  great  eul  tic-producing  country 
of  the  Soul h west.  It  Ik  hoped  that  experiments  wifi 
continue  to  he  Instituted  looking  toward  a  gradual 
conversion  of  these  long-horn  cattle  into  native  stock 
of  much  more  value.  Owing  tn  the  blocked  state  of 
the  railroads,  the  disabled  locomotives  and  thu  slip¬ 
pery  tracks  on  which  the  wheels  often  turn  without 
limiting  progress,  stock  has  arrived  very  irrcgularlv, 
and  rattle  Intended  for  a  portLouLor  sale  day  arc  often 
several  days  behind  time.  This  la  a  disappointment 
to  owners,  aud  often  a  serious  loss,  as  the  stock  is 
fulling  off  hi  flesh  all  of  the  time,  besides  the  extra 
cost  of  earing  for  and  feeding  them.  The  built  of  the 
'Pc .vans  are  now  selling  at  KiyilOUc.,  luivlng  been  fed 
on  corn.  Most  of  the  thin  to  medium  Illinois  steers 
go  at  lPidJc.,  with  good  at  I2)je.,  and  up  to  14e.  for  ex¬ 
tra*.  As  sample-,  wo  Instancy  34  Kentucky  cuttle  of 
7.'i  tnrt.  at,  l.’fel.T-e.:  34  Texans,  fly  owl.,  ut  10)^e  •  74 
Still-fed  State  bulls,  1,000  lbs.,  at  I  Wc.  *  lb  live  weight; 
a  ear  poor  old.  dry  cows,  at  $22  each,  and  a  car  mixed 
do.  at  $10,  withfl  ears  Illinois  steers,  UK  owt.,  at  12c.,  57 
lbs  per  Owt.,  and  12  fat  Ohio,  R 1 ,  OWL,  a  I  12o..<jHc. 

The  following  urn  (he  closing  prices  for  the  woek  in 
Comparison  with  what  cattle  brought,  one  week  ago, 
for  net  weight  of  beef: 

This  week.  Last  week. 

Cents.  Cents. 

Choice  beeves,  18  ».... . 13)4  (ft  M  13 14  (j,  14 

Good  to  primn . 12W  (0 1  13  12W  („i  |:( 

Medium . U)t  (jo  115f  ll)i  Cii  1 1  v 

Poorest  grade... . 8  o.t  IDS  $  @  low 

Average  sales . —  <«  11]!  @  11:V 

I  logs,  —  Resides  the  40,229  live  hogs,  there  we.ro 
8, 977  dressed  during  the  past  woek.  Arrivals  of  hex 
meats  are  very  heavy,  being  about  20,000  boxes  or  cut 
meats.  Lard  is  also  coming  in  troely  -12,(39  packages 
last  week.  Tenderloin*,  too,  am  plenty.  Anil  still 
live  and  dressed  hogs  have  1%  good  sale  at  better 
prices,  several  cars  live  going  at  5Rc.  They  un¬ 
quoted  at  5bir!,5Kc.  QuotuljOuB  of  Western  dressed 
nXtoCY e.  City  dressed  vary  from  (Kzli^'e.  for  heavy, 
toGRe.  f  r  medium  weights,  and  ?t'i,TKc.  for  pigs. 

Alil<  h  Cows, — 1 Them  has  been  more  iriquiry  for 
good  milkers,  generally  at,  $80(%70  each.  Milkmen  be¬ 
gin  to  buy  more  freely,  In  making  their  arrangements 
for  Spring.  A  pen  just  sold  at  $85  average,  varying 
from  $55  to  $71). 

SHeop.— The  excitement  of  a  few  davs  ago  about 
“Bcubby  sheep”  is  dying  away,  no  one  having  been 
made  slo.k  by  eating  mutton.  For  a  few  day*  It.  seri¬ 
ously  affected  trade,  and  oven  now  there  Is  a  dullness, 
but  prices  are  no  lower.  Certain  parties,  with  little 
knowledge  of  sheep,  thought  that  because  some  poor 
stock  was  sold  ut  I  V'"-3Se.  perlb.lt  must  be  unhealthy. 
On  the  Mime  ground  they  should  discard  the  thou¬ 
sands  ot  Texan  steers  which  sell  at  Doidlle,,  while 
grade  Durham*  are  worth  l&jj&Mc.  Among  the  latest 
sales  of  sheep  were  3C0  111.,  8s  lb*.,  fine  wool,  at  7 Wo.; 
353  do.,  si  11.*.,  rough,  at  hXc.;  Ohio,  good,  at  7Xe., 
and  74  Can  iotas,  129  lbs.,  at  K'fc. 

Yen!  ^’ulvcs.— Arrivals  Of  all  kinds  are  light,  and 
prices  rule  high.  It  is  difficult  to  send  them  forward, 
so  cri  wiled  are  the  lines  of  traffic.  Quotations  of  live 
are  IfiiOlle.  for  fnirto  good;  C@Ue.for  poor  to  medium  : 
hug-drcsaod,  7@9o.  for  grass,  und  12@18o.  for  milk 
veals, 


nn 


LEONARD,  SHELDON  &  FOSTER 

BANKERS, 

No.  10  WALL  ST.,  NIC VV  YORK. 

WINSLOW,  LANIER  &  €0., 

BANKERS, 

No.  27  PINIi  STREET,  NEIV  YORK 


I  was  the  first  to  Introduce  to  the  public  the  Hub- 
hard  Squash,  American  Turban  Squash,  Marblehead 
Mammoth  Cabbage,  Mexican  Sweet  Corn,  Phinnoy’s 
Water-melon,  and  tnuuy  Other 

NEW  AND  VALUABLE  VEGETABLES. 

This  season  i  have  a  now  ami  uxeeediugly  valuable 
squash,  now  varieties  ut  com,  three  lino  melons,  und 
other  choice  new  vegetables  lor  my  customers. 

My  business  is  to  supply,  what  every  good  fanner  Is 
anxious  to  got,  the  vccu  tw  of  vegetable  seed.  1 
grown  hundred  and  fifty  Kinds  <m  my  four  seed  farms, 
right  under  my  own  eye,  making  n>  w  iwjetablc*  a 
xjnxiultji,  besides  importing  their  choicest,  varieties 
from  European  growers.  A  fine  selection  of  flower 
seed,  home-grown  und  Imported,  will  uls,,  be  found  In 
invCataiogue,  which  will  bo  scot  free  to  all  applicants. 

Aagtated  In  iuy  Catalogue,  all  my  seed  is  sold  under 
three  warrants.  1st  :  i' hot  all  money  nail  ahull  reach 
■or.  2d  :  'That  all  wad  ordered  eluilt  reach  tic-  purchaxrr. 
.Ul :  That  mu  need*  ,\)ut It  be  fre»b  and  true  to  mini  .* 
JaMEh  .1.  h.  GREGORY,  Marblehead,  Mass. 


SEEDS 


OXJTL 

Illustrated  ^Catalogues 


KIDDER’S  PASTILLES. 

Price  10c.  by  mall.  HtOwell  &  Co.,  Charlestown,  Mas:] 


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PERSONAL  ITEMS. 

Wade  Hampton  has lectured  inSavannah,  Ga. 

The  Greeley  statue  will  be  placed  In  Central 
Park. 

The  Mayor  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  has  a  salary  of 

$20,000. 

Edwin  Forrest  left  $10,000  worth  of  dia- 
monds. 

Gen.  Dix  Is  the  oldest  Governor  In  the  United 
States. 

Louisa  M.  Alcott  makes  $10,000  a  year  with 
her  pen. 

Joaquin  Mi  bleu  is  again  being  lionized  in 
London. 

Mbs.  Lauua  I).  Fair  has  lectured  In  San 
Francisco. 

A  monument  to  Walter  Brown,  the  oarsman, 
is  proposed. 

Thornton,  the  English  Minister,  is  very  fond 
of  walking. 

Brigham  Young  is  said  to  be  the  father  of 
117  children. 

Rev.  II.  W.  IiEKcmiR  has  lectured  in  favor  of 
female  suffrage, 

Alex.  H.  Stephens  appears  as  the  hero  of  a 
Southern  novel. 

Robert  Dale  Owen  has  recently  married; 
also,  Rose  Terry. 

Charlotte  Cushman  got  $12,000  for  three 
weeks  in  Chicago. 

Stokes  thinks  ho  is  to  be  hung  because  of 
liis  social  position. 

J.  0.  Bancroft  Davis  is  the  now  Assistant 
Secretary  of  State. 

Gen.  Sherman  denies  that  he  shall  write  a 
book  about  Europe. 

A  SON  of  the  Viceroy  of  Egypt  will  make  a 
tour  in  tills  country. 

Spiritualists  claim  to  have  had  a  message 
from  Horace  Greeley. 

Gustave  Doue  bus  three  paintings  done  for 
the  London  exhibition. 

The  President’s  New  Year's  reception  con¬ 
tinued  for  seven  hours. 

The  Thomas  monument,  to  cost  $60,000,  will 
be  erected  In  Washington. 

Hamilton  Fish,  Jr.,  is  to  marry  a  daughter 
of  Senator  Frclinghuysen. 

Two  ex-Con gross  men  of  Wisconsin  are  chop¬ 
ping  wood  at  $30  a  month. 

Kaulbagh  is  painting  a  picture  of  the  deluge 
fertile  Vienna  Exposition. 

The  Shall  of  Persia  will  live  in  Buckingham 
Palace  while  in  Loudon. 

Six  of  the  signers  of  Jeff  Davis’s  bail  bond 
are  dead.  Mr.  Davis  still  lives. 

A  Greeley  professorship  of  journalism  is 
talked  of  for  Cornell  University. 

- - - 

THE  PEOPLES’  ATLAS. 

WHAT  IT  IS. 

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6i  rpilB  PEOPLES’  PICTORIAL  ATLAS" 
1  marks  a  new  departure  it)  the  way  of  a 
popular  al  ias.  Other  at lasea  have  attempted  to 
cover  Its  Held,  and  have  proved  very  useful  to 
the  great  body  of  bralu-workors ;  but  it  must  be 
conceded  that  this  one  is  popular  in  a  compre¬ 
hensive  sense  such  as  cannot  be  claimed  for  any 
of  its  predecessors. 

In  our  time,  when  men  arc  so  busy,  and  when 
each  individual  must  accomplish  so  much  in 
order  to  maintain  his  place  in  the  great  “strug¬ 
gle  for  existence,"  It  has  become  one  of  the 
necessaries  of  life  to  have  all  available  informa¬ 
tion  put  into  the  smallest  possible  space,  and 
furnished  at  the  smallest  possible  cost.  In  the 
special  field  of  t lie  cyclopaedia  this  has  been 
very  successfully  done,  and  especially  of  late 
years  many  and  great  improvements  have  been 
brought  about;  but  in  the  corresponding  field 
of  the  atlas,  owing  perhaps  to  the  great  cost  of 
maps,  no  such  progress  has  been  made,  and  the 
same  high  prices  and  cumbrous  methods  prevail 
which  characterized  the  same  works  a  dozen 
years  ago.  Yet  a  moment’s  reflection  will  con¬ 
vince  us  that  an  atlas,  to  the  vast  body  of  the 
people,  is  of  even  greater  Importance  than  a 
cyclopaedia.  No  one  can  read  a  history,  or  a 
book  of  travels,  or  even  the  daily  newspaper, 
without  fooling  constantly  the  need  of  an  atlas 
or  a  map ;  and  this  need  is  not  confined  to  edu¬ 
cated  men  and  professional  workers,  but  is  equal¬ 
ly  true  of  the  whole  reading  public  of  the  coun¬ 
try— perhaps  it  (seven  more  true  of  the  latter 
than  of  the  former.  Any  work,  therefore,  which 
meets  the  conditions  named,  and  which  i  fur¬ 
nished  at  ft  price  which  places  it  within  the 
reach  of  all,  is  a  work  of  incalculable  value ; 
and  it  is  justly  claimed  for  “  The  Peoples’ 
Atlas”  that  it  does  this  in  the  most  scientific 
and  ample  manner.  The  plan  on  which  it  hue 
been  prepared  has  been  t  o  describe  briefly  but. 
adequately  the  loading  physical  feat  ures  of  the 
various  countries  of  the  world :  their  climate, 
soil  and  productions ;  their  history  and  govern¬ 
ment;  the  manifold  industries  in  which  the 
people  are  engaged;  and  the  stage  of  civiliza¬ 
tion  they  have  reached  as  indicated  in  their 
schools,  religion  or  customs.  All  the  miscel¬ 


laneous  statist  ics  and  disconnected  facts  which 
usually  form  the  staple  of  the  popular  atlas, 
have  either  been  incorporated  with  the  general 
plan  of  the  work,  or  else  omitted  entirely,  as 
cumbering  the  important  and  really  valuable 
information  which  it  is  its  special  object  to 
impart. 

A  FULL  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  WORK. 

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should  apply  In  J.  Dadd  lFiMla.’(i«,  46  lit*  In  nan 
Sired,  New  York  l's>  Washington  stmt,  Boston 
-or  it*  So.  Omm  St.,  f?ifco>w,  Ills, 

IX) R  the  purpose  of  giving  si  definite  and  prac¬ 
tical  Idea  of  “  The  Peoples’  Atlas,”  let  us 
suppose  that  the  reader  has  been  wise  enough 
to  obtain  one  for  his  own  use.  Ho  will  find 
himself  possessed  of  a  handsome  volume,  20x14 
inches  in  size.  The  first  thing  which  will  strike 
him  on  opening  it  will  be  the  groat  number  and 
beauty  of  the  maps,  the  excellence  of  which 
is  guaranteed  by  the  names  of  such  eminent 
geographers  as  Alexander  Keith  Johnston, 
F.  It.  G.  8.;  Edward  Weller,  F.  It.  G.  S. ;  Pro¬ 
fessor  ii.  G.  Rogers  of  Boston;  and  .1.  Dower, 
F.  It,  G.  8.  The  next,  thing  to  challenge  his  at¬ 
tention  will  be  the  letterpress  of  descriptive 
matter,  arranged  In  broad,  open  pages,  with 
conspicuous  divisions  of  the  several  subjects. 
These  pages  are  printed  in  good-sized  type, 
leaded,  the  mere  look  of  which  is  beautiful  and 
Inviting  In  comparison  with  the  overcrowded 
columns  of  similar  works ;  and  a  closer  exami¬ 
nation  will  show  that  their  contents  are  ar¬ 
ranged  in  accordance  with  a  more  rigid  method 
than  is  customary  with  works  of  this  character. 
From  beginning  to  end,  and  in  all  its  parts,  it 
bus  been  under  the  direct,  supervision  of  one 
responsible  Editor,  and  the  result  of  this  is  evi¬ 
dent  in  the  logical,  orderly  and  uniform  arrange¬ 
ment  of  the  various  facts.  The  promiscuous 
medley  of  fact*,  without  method  or  sequence, 
which  renders  the  ordinary  alias  so  trouble¬ 
some  to  consult,  has  been  carefully  avoided; 
ami  the  reader  has  only  to  find  a  certain  kind  of 
Information  in  the  description  of  any  one  coun¬ 
try,  and  in  turning  to  any  other  lie  will  find  the 
same  information  in  the  same  place,  preceded 
and  followed  by  the  same  sort  of  facts  as  before. 
The  great  convenience  ol'  this  method  will  be 
appreciated  I  he  more  the  Atlas  is  used. 


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PPHE  most  valuable  feature  of  ‘‘The  Peoples’ 
2  Atlas,”  next  to  those  already  enumerated, 
is  Die  freshness  of  Its  statistics  and  the  largo 
space  devoted  to  history.  Within  the  lust.  lew- 
years  history  lias  been  increasing  her  tome*  with 
marvelous  rapidity.  Mighty  empires  have  been 
subverted  ;  ancient  dynasties  have  fallen  ;  great 
interests  have  been  uprooted  ;  the  most  ancient 
of  temporal  politics  lias  ceased  to  exist;  new 
nations  have  been  created ;  continental  railways 
have  been  constructed;  obstacles  to  maritime 
commerce  have  been  cut  through  or  removed  ; 
ami  remote  nations  liavc  been  broughl  Into  daily 
Intercourse  through  telegraphic  cables  that  lie 
at  the  bottom  of  sens  over  which  men  were  once 
afraid  to  sail.  H  istory,  as  being  more  interest¬ 
ing  and  more  suggestive  to  the  general  reader 
than  barren  statistics,  tills  a  much  larger  pro¬ 
portion  of  this  work  than  in  any  of  its  rivals: 
and  it  Is  not  only  WTitten  in  smooth,  agreeable 
and  popular  style,  but  is  brought  dow  n  to  a 
surprisingly  recent  period.  The  history  of  the 
United  States,  for  example,  brings  the  narrative 
down  to  the  second  eloction  of  General  Grant . 
That  of  France  brings  it  through  the  Franco- 
German  war,  and  the  capture  of  Paris  from  the 
Communists  to  the  establishment  of  the  Re¬ 
public  under  Thiers.  That  of  Germany  tells  of 
tho  late  wars  with  Austria  and  Franco  and  the 
re-establishment,  of  t  he  Empire  under  the  lead¬ 
ership  of  Prussia,  Those  of  Spain  and  Italy  are 
brought  respectively  to  the  accession  of  Victor 
Amadeus  to  tho  throne  of  the  former,  and  the 
removal  of  the  latter’s  capital  to  Rome.  In  the 
chapter  on  Africa,  u  complete  sketch  is  given  of 
African  exploration  from  t  lie  time  of  the  ancient 
Phoenician*  to  the  expedition  of  Mr.  Henry  M . 
Stanley;  and  the  bearing  of  Dr.  Livingstone’s 
recent  explorations  on  tho  famous  "  Nile  ques¬ 
tion  ’’  is  briefly  but  carefully  outlined.  And  so 
of  every*  Important  country,  the  history  is 
brought  down  to  the  time  of  writing, 


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—or  57  So.  trice 1 1  St.,  t'hieago,  Ills, 

\  NOTH  ER  feature,  or  t  lie  Atlas  w  hich  adds 
greatly  to  its  attractions,  is  tho  pictures 
which  are  found  in  both  the  from  and  back 
parts  nf  the  volume.  These  pictures  are  by  the 
best  artists,  fire  executed  In  the  most  artistic 
manner,  and  are  printed  on  beautiful  tinted  and 
heavily-laid  paper.  They  bear  a  direct  relation 
to  the  descriptive  text  In  tho  body  of  l  lie  Atlas, 
and  include  typical  scenes,  structures,  and  inci¬ 
dents  from  ail  parts  of  the  world. 


To  sum  up,  “  The  Peoples’  Pictorial  Atlas  ”  is 
the  most  compact,,  the  most  complete,  the  most 
readable,  and  tho  most  popular  in  tone,  while 
maintaining  scientific  precision  and  accuracy, 
that  has  ever  been  published.  It  will  prove  not 
less  useful  to  the  farmer,  the  mechanic,  and  I  be 
laborer,  than  to  students,  professional  men,  and 
merchants ;  and  it  should  be  in  the  library  or  in 
the  household  of  every  man  who  wishes  himself 
or  his  children  to  read  with  intelligence  the 
news  and  literature  of  the  day.  Not  only-  will  it 
assist  them  In  this,  but  there  are  few*  branches 
of  industry  the  workers  in  which  will  fail  in  find¬ 
ing  something  to  profit  as  well  as  interest  them 
in  the  pages  of  this  Atlas. 


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— or  67  So.  Breen  St.,  Chicago,  1  Us. 

A  ND  its  price  places  It  within  the  reach  of 
J  *  everybody.  While  other  Atlases  of  equal 
comprehensiveness  are  sold  at  $20  and  $25,  “  The 
Peoples' Atlas ”  is  sold  for  47.50!  Even  this, 
however,  does  nol  fully  show  the  marvelous 
cheapness  of  the  work.  Tho  letterpress  alone 
contains  seven  times  more  reading  matter  than 
one  of  the  ordinary  Him o  volumes  which  soil  at 
$1.00,  and  at  least  two  and  a  half  times  as  much 
as  t  he  average  subscription  hook  which  sells  lor 
$5.00.  And  besides  this  there  arc  fifty-t  wo  maps 
and  a  score  or  more  of  the  must  beautiful  en¬ 
gravings  ! 

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should  apply  to  J.  Iso  ld  IViUiams,  40  linkman 
Stud,  cm  York— lit)  Washington  Street,  Boston 

or  67  So.  Breen  SC,  Chicago,  /  II*. 

1 AF  course  at  such  a  price  only  an  immensely 
large  sale  can  prove  remunerative,  to  the 
Publisher— and  such  a  solo  the  Atlas  is  certain 
to  have.  Good  agents  have  never  had  such  an 
opportunity  of  making  a  largo  income  with  com¬ 
paratively  slight  effort;  for  It,  is  very  seldom 
that  a  work  of  general  utility  is  offered  which 
appeals  with  equal  force  to  all  classes  of  the 
community.  The  demand  for  such  a  work  is 
practically  unlimited ;  no  one  who  gives  it  an 
examination  will  hesitate  at  its  purchase. 


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We  have  a  tine  stock  of  this  seed,  saved  by*  a  noted 
Fast  Hartford  grower,  and  cultivators  will  consult 
their  heat  Intercuts  by  ordering  a  supply  early,  to  pre- 
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Reliable  Field  and  Garden  Seeds. 

BITS’  OP  THE  GROWER! 

Upon  receipt  of  25c.,  1  will  forward,  to  any  address, 
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some  localities  at.  the  rate  of  51  bushels  per  acre. 

Catalogue,  without  samples,  free.  Address 

H.  B.  FANNING, 
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An  immense  stock,  of  superior  quality,  at  low  prices. 

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VSDQEftl  A  ctcnc  Y  we  have  another 
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JAMES  J.  H.  GREGORY,  Marblehead,  Mass. 


THE  DUDLEY  SEED  FARM. 

Wethersfield  Onion.  —  “ Good  wine  needs  no 
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mail  or  express,  at  $1.50  per  lb.  Order  early.  Sow  as 
soon  as  the  ground  is  workable.  For  New  Vegeta¬ 
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riOnterofl  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  In  the  year  1373,  by  D.  D.  T.  Moom;,  i„  the  office  of  the  Librarian  of  CongresZ^WashinKt,,,,.  | 


ilurat  Architecture 


nut.  Walnut,  Hickory,  Persimmon  and  Mul¬ 
berry  trees,  1 X  acres  ;  garden, «•;  acre  ;  lawn, 
1  aero  ;  orchard,  a  acres,  which  is  protected 
by  (he  evergreen  windbreak  before  alluded 
to,  and  ia  planted  to  early  ami  late  varieties, 
thus  embracing  the  entire  season  of  all  the 
fruits  that  flourish  in  this  locality,  and  with¬ 
out  which  suburban  life  loses  half  its  attrac¬ 
tion. 

I  wish  to  say  that,  in  designing  this  resi¬ 
dence,  I  am  largely  indebted  to  the  Rural 
New-Yorker,  and  similar  papers,  for  hints 
in  its  arrangement  and  style,  end  would  ear¬ 
nestly  recommend  all  persons  (whether  ex 
pecting  some  time  to  build  or  not)  to  become 
constant  readers  of  that,  unexcelled  newspa¬ 
per,  as  the  domestic  and  rural  knowledge 
thus  gained  will  sooner  or  later  be  felt  and 
appreciated.  W.  G.  Wilson. 

Beverly,  Ohio. 


SUBURBAN  COTTAGE 


The  elevation  and  plan  of  cottage  herewith 
presented  was  designed  and  built  for  a  com¬ 
plete  village  suburban  residence,  affording 
ample  facilities  for  out-door  exercise,  and  en¬ 
joyment  of  fresh  air,  in  all  kinds  of  weather  ; 
and  a  three  years’  occupancy  warrants  mo  in 
saying  it  is  one  of  exceeding  comfort  and  con¬ 
venience. 

The  situation  is  on  an  elevated  piece  of 
ground  on  the  north  side  of  tlio  town,  giving 
very  fine  views  to  the  east  and  south  of  the 
villages  of  Beverly  and  Waterford,  and  the 
Muskingum  River  and  Valley, 


The  sun  visits 
each  room  in  the  course  of  the  day,  while  to 
the  north  and  west  there  are  but  few  open¬ 
ings  to  let  in  the  storms  and  cold  of  Winter. 
In  addition,  I  have  planted  screens  of  Norway 
Spruce  on  those  sides,  which,  in  a  few  years, 
will  interpose  a  barrier  to  the  sweep  of  the 
winds  from  that  quarter. 

From  the  front  piazza  the  hall  is  entered, 
giving  access  to  all  the  rooms  below,  and  by 
an  easy  flight  of  stairs  to  the  sleeping  apart¬ 
ments  above. 

llie  parlor,  with  its  octagon  bay  window 
on  tiie  south  side,  and  fireplace  directly  oppo¬ 
site,  is  particularly  sunny  and  cheerful  in 
Winter,  and  is  the  room  to  live  in.  If  you 
have  a  pleasant  room,  use  it.  The  dining¬ 
room  has  a  china  closet  between  it  and  the 
pantry,  and  steps  to  the  cellar  under  the  hall 
stairs. 

The  library  is  well 
adapted  for  a  bed¬ 
room,  and  especially 
in  case  of  sickness,  as 
it  has  a  closet  fitted  up  - 

with  a  wash  basin  and 

sink,  and  is  entirely  - - _____ 

cut  olf  from  the  noises 
of  other  parts  of  the 
house.  _ 

The  kitchen  lias  both 
doors  and  window  -  On 
opposite  aides,  afford¬ 
ing  ample  light  and 
ventilation.  Has  eu> \ 
access  to  chambers. 

is  lighted  by  a  window 
over  the  half  place  on 
Stairs,  contains  a  linen 
closet,  which  may  be 

approached  from  be-  • 

low,  or  from  the  prin 

cipal  bedrooms  above,  j 

through  another  apart- 

place,  and  the  others  ^zo'jWr! 

will  be  seen  that  the 
bedrooms  are  separat- 
ed  by  the  closets  and 
hall,  adding  greatly  to 
their  privacy ,  and  t  hat  ' 
children  crying,  or  oth¬ 
er  noise  in  one  room, 


CONSERVATORY  OR  A  WINTER-GARDEN 


The  attachment  of  a  conservatory  to  the 
dwelling-house  lias  been  advocated  so  often, 
and  bytso  many,  that  we  might  well  expect 
to  see  at  last  some  result.  But,  except  a  few 
paltry,  clumsy  attempts,  which  stand  rather 
us  a  warning  to  avoid  falling  into  the  same 
error,  we  have  yet  t  o  see  any  progress  in  that 
direction  towards  embellishing  and  adding 
attractions  to  our  houses. 

Unhappily  there  is  a  very  common  error 
standing  in  the  way,  into  which  so  many  of 
our  rich  people  are 


GROUND  PLAN  OP  SUBURBAN  COTTAGE. 

A,  Front  Verandah,  10l»y  10;  H,  Hall,  7  by  30;  C, 
Parlor,  13  by  is.  with  bay-window,  4  by  9;  I), 
Dining-room,  15 by  20;  B,  Library,  12 by  15,  with 
square  bay-window,  I  by  8;  F,  Kitchen,  11 
W"  1~;  G.  Pantry,  8  by  8;  If,  Store-room,  IQ  by 
12;  U  Coal-room,  7«i  by  8;  K,  Wash-room,  V % 
JY  a  5  U  V  erundab, «  by  16 ;  M,  V crandah,  1  by 
•10;  N,  Cistern.  H  feet  diameter;  O.  Well  ;  r.r, 
P  ’  »■>  8,  Shelves ;  b,  Bath;  /,  back  stairs; 
t,  Sink ;  /»,  Pump. 


CHAMBER  PLAN  OF  SUBURBAN  COTTAGE. 

A,  Hall,  7  feet  wide  ;  C,  C,  C,  C,  Closets  ;  D,  Lin¬ 
en  Closet;  E,  Attic  Stairs;  F,  Servant’s  Bed- 
room,  II  by  30 ;  G,  Garret:  B,  Bedroom,  15  by 
]•»;  H,  Bedroom,  13  by  15;  K,  Bedroom,  13 
by  18. 

will  not  disturb  the  occupants  of  the  others. 

The  grounds,  some  five  acres  in  extent,  are 
divided  into  pasture  lot,  bordered  with  Chest 


apt  to  fall,  especially 
those  whose  wealth  is  of  but  recent  date  ; 
that  is,  that  they  fancy  they  know  more  of 
everything  than  any  poor  fellow  who  lias  yet 

to  make  his  first  hun¬ 
dred  thousand.  They 
never  stop  to  ask  them- 
--  —  selves  where  and  when 

did  I  study  these  mat¬ 
ters,  and  thus  became 
competent  to  direct  in 
them  ?  Tfiis  is  mo3t 
frequently  the  Case 
~  ~  with  regard  to  gardens 

and  conservatories. 
They  suppose  that, 
having  spent  more 
money  for  theirs  than 
any  one  ever  did,  and 
given  a  “big  job”  to  a 
contractor  or  an  ar¬ 
chitect,  more  smart 
for  the  occasion  than 
)  -  competent  for  thb 

i  -fSik,  task,  it  ia  that  conceit 

ed  fool  of  a  gardener’s 
^  •  %.V  <j5K^v  i'aiilt  when  helms  not 

flowers  of  •* all  kinds” 
by  the  bushel  and  fruit 
ptfW '  by  the  cart  load  every 

-  -  -  day  ail  the  year  round. 

’  '•  To  show  that  the 
-y  .  blame  is  in  most  eases 
to  be  laid  to  none  but 
J  \W  the  enthusiastic  amo- 

•  ^  *.  lour  himself,  we  must 

'  stale  u  few  fumlameu- 

,  tid  principles  of  con- 

-  strutting  glass  houses 

for  the  cultivation  or 

_ _ the  temporary  maiti- 

g|gPig&ffgLg|pt^  t  tenance  of  plants. 
Rearing  plants  in  the 
, .  • J  r-  same  locality  in  which 

tL,'y  *»»’•'  lo  be  dia- 
played  for  effect,  to. 
gether  with  others  is, 
with  the  majority  of 


.talniiK  vans  agt 


MOOBE 


5  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


them,  almost  an  impossibility  ;  for  to  culti¬ 
vate  a  plant  and  prepare  it  for  exhibition  it 
must  receive  its  full  share  of  air,  light,  heat  1 
and  space,  which  can  never  be  given  with 
any  respect  for  the  tasteful  arrangement  of 
a  conservatory.  For  instance.  Camellias, 
Roses,  Pelargoniums,  Hyacinths,  Heliotropes, 
and  Orange  trees  may  well  be,  for  a  time, 
exhibited  together  in  a  beautifully-arranged 
group  ;  but  they  can  never  be  successfully 
cultivated  together  in  the  same  conservatory. 

From  this  fact  it  follows  that  an  “eminent 
amateur,”  conceiving  the  idea  of  having  a 
“flue  big  conservatory”  built,  must  first  be 
willing  to  have  some  small,  simple,  low  span- 
roofed  houses  erected,  such  as  our  profession¬ 
al  florists  and  nurserymen  use,  to  rear  and 
develop  the  specimens  for  the  ultimate  deco¬ 
ration  of  the  conservatory. 

This  may  assume  one  of  two,  however 
widely  differing,  characters.  One  is,  to  have 
it  form  part  of  the  residence,  a  kind  of  hail, 
in  which  also  statuary,  a  fountain  or  two, 
and  other  plastic  objects  might  find  a  place. 
In  this  case  its  outlines,  its  proportions  and 
general  design  will  of  course  be  purely  archi¬ 
tectural,  and  the  arrangement  of  the  plants 
be  a  mere  decorative  accessory  to  the  former. 
A  conservatory  of  that  description  may  be  of 
very  moderate  dimensions  and  still  add  con¬ 
siderably  to  the  charms  of  an  already  luxuri¬ 
ously  embellished  residence.  The  other  class, 
however,  would  not  form  an  integral  part  of 
“the  house,”  but  be  merely  connected  with 
it ;  and  while  the  former  would  be  more  ap¬ 
propriately  called  a  floral  hall,  the  latter 
would  rather  represent  a 

WINTER-GARDEN 

While  in  the  former  plants  and  flowers  are 
subservient  to  architecture,  sculpture  and 
general  design,  they  reign  supreme  in  this. 
The  superstructure,  i.  e.  the  roof — and  such  a 
thing  is  nothing  but  roof— ought  to  be  of  the 
lightest  and  simplest  construction,  without 
any  attempt  at  architectural  effect.  Even 
the  carpenter  will  do  well  to  keep  his  un¬ 
meaning,  light  stealing  and  insect-harboring 
moldings  out.  Nothing,  in  short,  that  might 
divert  the  visitor’s  attention  from  the  scene 
on  the  ground,  which  is  to  represent  a  pure 
abstract  form  of  nature,  though  somewhat 
modified,  ought  to  bo  tolerated.  Therefore 
is  the  heating  apparatus  also  hidden  from 
view,  ami  the  diversified  ground  covered  with 
a  green-sward  of  Lycopodiums  and  other  low 
or  creeping  plants  ;  also  rocks  judiciously  in 
terspersed,  not  large-sized  paving  stones, 
heaped  into  that  stupid  thing  truly  misnamed 
"  rock-work.”  The  plants  put  in  singly  or  in 
natural  clumps,  more  or  less  densely  grouped 
together,  and  at  the  same  time,  as  far  as  prac¬ 
ticable,  their  natural  associations,  their  geo¬ 
graphical  and  local  (topographical)  habita¬ 
tions  taken  into  account. 

For  example,  the  characteristic  African 
Euphorbia  must  not  be  mixod  up  with  the 
exclusive  American  Cactus ;  nor  the  Asiatic 
Camellia  and  Orange  tree  with  the  Ameri¬ 
can  Yucca,  Agave,  etc. ;  nor  the  Calla  JEthi- 
opica  surrounded  with  Acacias  or  Carnations. 
Plants  must  not  be  deprived  of  their  natural 
habit  by  pinching,  twisting  round  wire  forms 
or  a  number  of  sticks,  or  being  tied  upright 
to  some  support,  when  their  natural  habit  is 
to  creep  on  the  ground,  overhang  rocks  or 
steep  earth  banks.  The  rocks  to  be  selected 
must  be  such  as  a  painter  will  not  object  to, 
if  requested  to  copy  a  successfully -composed 
group.  Most  objectionable  are  slags  from 
foundries,  or  tufa,  both  of  which  appear  as 
if  they  had  been  afflicted  with  the  small-pox, 
which  is  about  all  the  supposed  “  pictureeque- 
ness  ”  about  them.  Instead  of  a  paltry  squirt, 
pretending  the  name  and  dignity  of  a  foun¬ 
tain,  have  an  artificial,  though  natural-look¬ 
ing  spring,  forming  a  diminutive  brook  or 
rivulet,  and  Anally  a  little  pond  in  which  in 
due  season  may’  be  exhibited  those  lovely 
Egyptian  water  lilies,  that  wonderful  Mada- 
gascarian  skeleton  plant.,  Uviandra  fenes- 
trata;  or,  if  the  extent  of  the  conservatory 
will  admit  of  it,  the  queen  of  the  water  lilies, 
the  Victoria  Regina. 

These  few  remarks  may'  suffice  for  the 
present  to  give  a  general  idea  of  what  is 
meant  by  a  “  garden  under  glass,”  or  winter- 
garden,  the  maintenance  of  which  will  un¬ 
doubtedly  be  a  rich  source  of  real  and  noble 
enjoyment,  to  a  thinking  mind  and  a  true 
friend  of  nature,  science  and  art.  F.  w.  p. 

- 

DRAINING  A  STABLE. 

J.  N.  T.,  Sharon,  Pa.,  is  informed  that  if 
there  is  not  fall  enough  from  his  stable  to 
take  the  water  off  by  digging  a  ditch— or  two 
or  three  of  them— under  the  stable  floor,  three 
feet  deep,  we  would  sink  a  well  or  cistern  some 
distance  from  the  barn  and  run  the  drains 
into  it.  We  have  seen  stables  so  drained, 
the  leakings  of  the  stable  thus  being  saved 
for  use  as  manure  on  garden  or  other  crops. , 


rdficld  (ttrojis. 


PROTECTING  WINTER  WHEAT. 

I  saw  a  request  in  the  Rural  New-Y  orxer 
that  some  one  would  state,  from  a  practical 
knowledge,  the  benefit  and  best  mode  of  ma¬ 
nuring  and  protecting  wheat  from  Winter  or 
Spring-killing.  My  experience  shows  me  that 
you  mayr  protect  wheat  by’  sowing  oats  with 
your  wheat  in  September,  or  spread  straw  on 
the  wheat  before  it.  comes  up  ;  or  spread  it 
on  late  after  the  ground  freezes  up,  or  in  the 
Winter,  when  there  is  noenow  on  the  ground; 
but  you  will  receive  the  best  results  from 
yard  manure  (if  rather  course)  spread  on  the 
wheat  before  it  comes  up.  When  the  wheat 
begins  to  show  itself,  stoj >.  If  you  should  have 
a  part  of  your  wheat  uncovered,  ns  soon  as 
the  ground  freezes  (aud  some  snow  will  do  no 
hurt)  spread  on  us  before. 

1  had  four  acres  of  flat  land,  rather  heavy’ ; 
but  being  flat  and  wet,  it  would  heave  bad  in 
the  Spring  und  the  wheat  would  die  out.  The 
last  crop  I  had  on  that  piece  I  spread  yard 
manure  on  about  hall  of  the  piece  before  the 
wheat  came  up.  1  resumed  the  spreading 
again  as  above-stated,  and  covered  the  bal¬ 
ance  of  the  piece,  except  about  two  rods  wide 
through  the  center  of  it ;  the  result,  was  sat¬ 
isfactory'.  If  there  was  any'  difference  in  the 
early  and  late  spreading,  it  was  •  in  favor  of 
the  early  spreading  ;  but  both  were  excellent. 

I  threw  my  cradle  on  the  wheat  in  a  good 
many  places,  und  it  did  not  go  to  the  ground. 
The  strip  through  the  center,  that  had  no 
manure,  was  mere  nothing,  a  little  wheat  and 
a  fair  crop  of  chess. 

Now,  Mr.  Editor,  should  you  have  doubts 
in  regard  to  this  statement,  your  doubts  may 
be  removed  by  try  ing  one  load  on  your  wheat ; 
don’t  put  it  on  the  best  ground  but  give  a 
fair  show,  I  receive  the  best  results  from  top- 
dressing  of  any  crop,  even  onions. 

1  will  mention  one  more  transaction  (as 
some  may  be  benefited)  in  a  parallel  case  : 
My  neighbor  drew  a  stack  of  straw  on  his 
summer  fallow  with  a  view  of  plowing  it  in. 
He  commenced,  but  soon  ended  with  some 
swearing  and  a  match,  which  soon  made  clean 
work.  The  result  was  remarkable.  Where 
the  straw  was  spread  and  burned,  the  wheat 
was  heavy.  One  foot  from  where  the  fire 
run,  the  wheat  was  not  more  than  half  the 
growth  of  the  other.  This  was  all  heavy  land. 
My  opinion  is,  that  people  that  sow  ashes  w i  th 
poor  results,  get  too  much  of  the  good  thing  ; 
what  say  you,  Mr.  Editor.  [We  did  not  know 
any  one  sowed  ashes  with  poor  results. — Eds.] 

Canastota,  N.  Y.  E.  Band. 

— - - - 

SWEET  POTATO  VINES  FOR  STOCK. 

A  Mississippi  correspondent  of  Our  Home 
Journal  says: — “As  the  general  opinion  in 
regard  to  the  curing  of  the  sweet  potato  vine 
for  hay,  or  feed  for  stock,  is  that  they  have 
to  be  dried  on  a  fence  or  rack,  and  not  on  the 
ground,  please  permit  me  to  give  my  mode  of 
curing  the  vines. 

“After  u  good  frost,  or  at  the  proper  dig- 
ing  time,  I  go  over  the  field  with  a  sharp  hoe 
and  cut  the  vines  loose  on  the  top  of  each 
row  ;  put  a  good,  stout  horse  or  mule  to  a 
turn-plow,  and  let  him  walk  in  the  furrow, 
gathering  all  the  vines  I  can  on  the  plow ; 
drive  to  the  end  of  the  row,  empty  my  load 
and  return  to  the  same  furrow  until  1  have 
obtained  all  the  vines,  and  so  on  until  the  field 
is  gone  over.  Shake  out.  the  vines  and  spread 
them  evenly  on  the  ground  ;  turn  them  over 
once  a  day,  and  if  you  have  good  sun  you 
can  take  them  in  on  the  third  day,  or  they 
may’  remain  out  until  the  fourth  day,  then 
house  them.  Milch  cows  will  give  more  and 
richer  milk  fed  upon  well  cured  potato  vines 
than  they’  will  fed  upon  the  same  bulk  of  the 
best  crab-grass  hay. 

“  I  have  cured  vines  in  this  way,  and  my 
cows  did  eat  them  as  well,  if  not  better,  than 
they’  did  the  best  farm  gross  hay. 

“  Let  some  of  your  readers  try  it,  and  I  do 
not  think  they  will  plow  in  the  vines  to  rot, 
again.  If  the  vines  are  cut  from  the  potatoes 
before  the  frost  descends  to  the  tubers,  there 
is  but  little  danger  from  the  frost  (the  vine 
being  cut  even  with  the  ground,  or  still  better, 
a  little  below  the  surface).” 

POTATOES  IN  ST.  LAWRENCE  CO.,  N.  Y. 

A  correspondent  of  the  N.  Y.  Times  says  : 
I  find  the  Peerless  potato  yields  a  heavy  crop 
here,  but  is  of  inferior  quality.  As  we  feed 
very  few  roots  of  any  kind  to  stock,  that  po 
|  tato  which  is  best  for  the  table,  and  product¬ 
ive  withal,  is  with  us  the  most  popular.  Con¬ 
sequently  the  Peerless  is  no  longer  sought,  for. 
The  Harlson  also,  for  the  same  reason,  has 
run  out.  The  varieties  tested,  and  almost 


everywhere  hereabouts  approved,  are  the 
Early  Rose  and  the  White  and  Red  Peach 
Blow.  These  seem  peculiarly  adapted  to  the 
soil  and  climate  of  the  West,  the  yield  being 
large  and  the  quality  good.  That  y’our 
Western  readers  may’  have  the  means  of 
comparing  notes  with  us,  1  transcribe  the 
following  farm  memoranda  now  before  us  : 

18?J— Oct.  6,  finished  digging  potatoes. 

Early  Rose,  a  bushel  to . 18  hills. 

White  Peach  Blow,  a  bushel  to . .....I8tf  hills. 

Had  Pen.cn  Blow,  a  bushel  to . . . U  hills. 

Harlson,  u  hash  el  to . ....UK  hills. 

1872— Oct,  12,  finished  digging  potatoes. 

Karty  Hose,  a  bushel  to. . . . 8  Hills. 

Peerless  n  bushel  to . 10K  hills. 

White  I'e-ich  Blow,  a  bushel  to . 10  hill*. 

Red  Pee.cn  Blow,  a  bushel  to . 11  hills. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

GUANO  IN  TOBACCO  CULTURE. 

A  Missouri  correspondent  say's  of  the  ad¬ 
vantages  of  using  guano  in  tobacco  culture  in 
Missouri  i — Wc  are  prepared  to  recommend 
guano  in  the  culture  of  tobacco  in  Missouri, 
to  remedy  the  disadvantage  of  our  climate 
and  season,  for  these  reasons  : — First,  it  is  a 
stimulant  to  the  soil,  warms  it  as  any  other 
manure,  and  in  a  multiplied  ratio,  as  its 
strength  surpasses  all  other  manures  ;  it  also 
supplies  the  young  plant  with  proper  nour¬ 
ishment,  and  also  enables  the  young  plant 
to  feed  from  the  soil  by  permeating  the  entire 
hill,  preparing  and  assimilating  the  necessary 
properties  of  the  soil  to  the  sustenance  and 
rapid  growth  of  the  plants,  which,  aided  by 
the  June  and  July  suns,  brings  forward  the 
plants  to  early  maturity,  well  ripened,  beau 
tifully  yellowed  and  of  good  size.  Second,  it 
gives  uniformity;  with  a  little  judgment  exer¬ 
cised  in  topping,  it  will  ripen  together. 
- ♦♦♦ 

WHITE  AUSTRALIAN  CORN. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Western  Farmer, 
at  Baraboo,  Wis.,  says  :— I  obtained  a  quarter 
of  a  pound  of  seed,  but  gave  a  little  of  that  to 
some  neighbors  and  planted  the  balance  on 
moderately  good  ground,  but  badly  shaded 
and  on  uneven  ground.  The  next  day  after  it 
was  planted  there  fell  a  very  heavy  rain  and 
washed  out  considerable  of  it,  so  I  do  not 
suppose  over  three-fourths  of  it  come  up.  It 
had  but  very  poor  attention  and  consequently 
I  had  not  as  large  a  yield  a?  I  might  have  hud, 
but  the  yield  was  very  satisfactory.  1  hud 
about  COO  pounds  in  the  ear  from  leas  than  a 
quarter  of  a  pound  of  seed  I  planted  two 
grains  to  the  hill,  four  feet  apart  one  way  and 
about  two  the  other  way.  1  had  u  good 
many  stalks  that  bore  six  tolerably  good  ears, 
and  scarcely  any  stalks  with  less  than  two 
ears.  I  think  it  the  best  corn  for  fodder  that 
I  know  of. 

ENGLISH  POTATOES  EXEMPT  FROM 
DISEASE. 

Tue  Garden  (London)  says  : — Potatoes  least 
affected  by  the  disease  in  Cambridgeshire  are 
Myatt’s  Ash-leaf  Kidney  and  Rivers’s  Royal 
Ash-leaf  Kidney.  These  have  gelded  crops 
containing  full  90  per  cent,,  of  good,  sound 

? oca  toes,  and  very  tine  samples  as  to  size. 

he  Nonpareil  Kidney  has  also  yielded  satis¬ 
factorily,  the  crop  being  prolific,  and  the 
effect  of  the  disease  positively  insignificant. 
Among  the  round  kinds  of  Potato  the  Rock 
has  produced  good  crops,  and  with  but  only 
a  small  share  of  disease  in  many  instances. 
All  other  kinds  of  potatoes  planted  for  use  in 
Winter,  whether  kidney  or  round,  have  been 
an  utter  failure. 

- +-*-* - - 

VITALITY  OF  WHEAT. 

An  Illinois  correspondent  of  the  German¬ 
town  ’Telegraph  asserts,  giving  details,  that  a 
smoke-house  was  built  in  Eastern  Pennsyl¬ 
vania  in  1790;  that  during  the  past  season,  in 
repairing  the  building,  a  head  of  wheat  w&s 
found  embedded  in  the  cap  of  the  gable;  that 
five  of  the  grains  thus  found  were  planted, 
and  four  of  them  grew  “in  bare  ground/’ 
after  having  been  embedded  in  mortar  82 
years!  Now  where  is  the  enterprising  seeds¬ 
man  who  will  get  hold  of  this  wheat  and 
bring  it,  out  as  a  new  variety  ? 

- +++ - 

SILVER-HULL  BUCKWHEAT. 

A  Jackson  Co.,  Iowa,  correspondent  of  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  says  this  variety 
of  buckwheat  sent  out  by  the  Department 
“has  proved  to  be  wonderful — seven  pounds 
of  seeu  yielding  thirty-five  bushels  of  beauti¬ 
ful  buckwheat,  the  weight  of  which  is  consid¬ 
erably  greater  than  that  of  the  kind  ordinari¬ 
ly  sown  here.”  Who  of  our  readers  got  any 
of  that  buckwheat  and  can  tell  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  any  tiling  about  its  merits? 


!  finin'-  'iicnl. 


CHANGING  SEED  POTATOES. 

In  answer  to  a  correspondent,  the  Cottage 
Gardener  says  Every  fourth  or  fifth  year 
we  consider  it  desirable  to  have  a  change  of 
seed  potatoes  ;  but  if  you  change  the  ground 
repeatedly,  and  that  very  considerably  ,  you 
will  gain  tittle,  if  anything,  by  ft  change  of 
seed,  for  you  obtain  the  benefit  of  it  annually, 
though  not  to  such  an  extent  as  if  you  were 
to  have  fresh  seed  from  a  distance. 


KIDNEY  WORMS  AND  CARBOLIC  ACID. 
— 

On  the  20th  day  of  February  last,  I  noticed 
that  one  of  my  hogs  {a  large  Chester  White 
sow)  was  a  little  weak  in  the  back.  On  ex¬ 
amining  her  I  found  that  it  was  with  great 
difficulty  that  she  raised  her  fore  feet  in  try¬ 
ing  to  walk.  As  I  have  had  very  little  expe¬ 
rience  in  raising  hogs,  I  at  once  consulted  a 
number  of  my  neighbors.  They  all  pro¬ 
nounced  it  kidney  worm,  and  of  course  each 
had  a  remedy.  Some  prescribed  soap  sud9, 
others  weak  lye,  copperas,  blue  vitriol,  tur¬ 
pentine,  etc.  I  gave  each  a  fair  trial  with  no 
good  result,  and  on  the  20th  of  March  she  laid 
flat  on  her  side,  unable  to  turn  over,  and  had 
not  been  on  her  feet  for  more  than  ten  days, 
when  my  father,  Dr.  Brown,  handed  me  a 
bottle  of  carbolic  acid  and  told  me  to  use  It  as 
follows  Ten  drops  once  a  day  in  drink,  then 
put  thirty  drops  in  one  gill  of  hot  vinegar  and 
bathe  the  back  over  the  kidneys  once  a  day. 

I  gave  her  the  first  dose  on  Thursday,  March 
21st.  On  Sunday,  the  24th,  when  1  went  out 
to  feed  she  raised  to  her  feet  and  took  two  or 
three  steps  to  meet  mo.  By  Saturday,  the 
30th,  she  was  as  well  and  sound  as  ever. 

The  same  remedy  is  equally  good  in  treat¬ 
ing  mange.  First  wash  the  hog  well  with 
soap  suds  ;  then  to  one  pint  of  lard  while  hot, 
add  one  ounce  of  carbolic  acid,  stirring  it  un¬ 
til  it  is  cool.  Rub  the  hog  two  or  three  times 
with  this  and  give  yourself  no  uneasiness 
about  the  mange.  Which  is  the  best  food  for 
sows  while  raising  pigs,  ground  corn  or  oats  ? 
How  old  should  pigs  be  to  wean  and  do  well 
without  milk  ? — American  Farm  Journal 
■+  ♦  ■  -  —  — 

PIGS  SCOURING. 

W hat  is  the  cause  of  my  pigs  scouring  and 
wliat  can  I  do  to  cure  them  ?  They  have 
been  scouring  by  times,  and  aflout  two  weeks 
ago  the  small  one  of  the  litter  died  ;  now  an¬ 
other  one  is  dead,  and  they  keep  scouring. 
They  have  a  warm  place  to  sleep  in,  and  run 
out  and  go  where  they  please.  Age,  two 
months  ;  feed,  new  milk  ;  sour  milk  that  has 
not  had  the  cream  taken  off ;  soulded  corn 
meal,  and  plenty  of  charcoal.  Of  late  I  give 
them  nothing  but  dry  corn  and  water.  Gave 
them  salt,  etc.  Tried  to  keep  them  well,'  and 
us  1  kept  others  that  weighed  200  pounds  at 
five  months  old.  I  never  had  other  pngs  that 
acted  in  the  same  way  these  do.  Pigs  weaned 
five  weeks  old.— Jefferson  W inship,  Butler 
Co.,  Neb.,  Jan.  27. 

One  of  our  correspondents  has  recommend¬ 
ed  strong  coffee,  rnude  as  for  breakfast,  only 
a  little  stronger,  fed  to  the  pigs.  Another 
has  saved  pigs  so  affected  by  feeding  black¬ 
berry  root  tea. 

- - 

HOW  TO  HANG  A  HOG  EASILY. 

A  Western  farmer  writes  the  Tribune : 
Take  the  hind  wheels  of  a  wagon,  with  the 
reach  in  ;  take  a  ladder  about  ten  feet  long  ; 
let  one  end  extend  about  two  feet  out  behind 
the  wheels ;  tie  it  with  a  rope  to  the  axletreo 
and  reach  ;  back  the  wheels  up  to  the  butch¬ 
ering  platform,  draw  the  hog  onto  the  ladder 
head  foremost,  letting  the  hind  parts  of  the 
hog  reach  as  far  back  as  the  ends  of  the  lad¬ 
der.  and  letting  the  hog  lie  on  his  back ;  then 
wheel  him  to  the  hanging-pole,  lower  the  end 
of  the  reach,  let  ting  his  legs  go  each  side  of 
the  hanging-pole,  putting  the  other  end  of  the 
gambrel  in  its  proper  place  ;  raise  up  the  for¬ 
ward  end  of  the  reach,  letting  the  hog  slide 
down  the  ladder ;  remove  the  wheels,  and 
you  will  find  that  the  thing  is  done  with  very 
little  lifting. 

- - - - 

PNEUMONIA  IN  PIGS- 

For  this  disease  a  writer  in  the  Prairie 
Farmer  recommends  to  give  fifteen  drops  of 
extract  of  gelsemium,  morning,  noon  and 
evening,  until  febrile  symptoms  disappear. 
Inflammation  of  the  lungs  of  pigs  runs  its 
course  rapidly,  and  may  be  considered  as  a 
disease  generally  fatal,  if  not  taken  in  hand 
as  soon  as  the  first  symptoms  appear,  such  as 
lined,  laborious  breathing,  shivering,  loss  of 
appetite,  cough,  etc.  Half  an  ounce  of  hypo¬ 
sulphite  of  soda,  or  two  drams  of  saltpeter, 
should  be  given  in  a  little  gruel  every  morn¬ 
ing,  and  the  animal  kept  warm,  dry  and 
comfortable :  with  access  to  green  food,  apples, 
cabbage,  carrots,  etc.,  and  fresh,  cold  water. 

- - 

KIDNEY  WORMS-REMEDY. 

A  correspondent  of  the  American  Farm 
Journal  says  -.—Put  the  diseased  hog  in  a  pen 
bv  itself.  The  pen  should  be  warm  and  fur- 
1  mslied  with  plenty  of  good,  dry  straw.  Give 
a  dram  of  pulverized  indigo  in  a  bran  mash 
each  day  until  it  affords  relief.  It  generally 
effects  a  cure  in  a  week  or  ten  days. 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  N E W- YOB KEB , 


40? 


gati'g  guatanirg^ 

THE  AMERICAN  DAIRYMEN’S  ASS’N. 

We  have  a  long  report  of  the  meeting  of 
this  organization,  from  Mr.  Willard,  which 
we  would  be  glad  to  print  entire ;  wo  may  do 
so,  in  instalments,  segregating  such  portions  of 
it  as  may  be  of  especial  interest.  But  we  have 
so  many  favors  from  our  correspondents,  nnd 
so  much  that  we  regard  of  more  direct  prac¬ 
tical  interest  to  them,  that  we  defer  the  re¬ 
port  and  give  place  to  other  matter  this  week. 

- 4  4  »  ■  — - “ 

ENGLISH  DAIRY  NOTES. 


CHESHIRE  FACTORY  CHEESE  MAKING.  ru 

Our  foreign  correspondent,  Mr.  Livehey  of 
Lancashire,  England,  sends  us  an  account  of  ac 
his  visit  to  a  Cheshire  cheese  factory,  where  at 
Cheshire  cheese  is  made.  The  manufacture 
of  Cheshire  cheese  differs  materially  in  some 
parts  of  the  process  from  Cheddar  manufac¬ 
ture,  and  it  may  be  of  interest  to  some  of  our  P1 
readers  to  know  how  tho  factory  system  Is  L  . 
adapted  to  this  kind  of  cheese.  The  best  Che-  0 
shire  cheese  sells  a  little  lower  than  best  Eng-  ^ 
lish  Cheddar,  but  is  generally  quoted  about  / 
8s.  to  10s.  higher  than  extra  American  in  the  ai 
London  uia  rkets.  When  well  made,  it  la  a  very  e 
nice  tasted  cheese,  being  what  is  termed  more 
“  open  meated”  than  Cheddar.  vv 

Mr.  Ljvesey  says :  — Talten  Ilall,  where  11 
the  Cheshire  cheese  factory  is  situated,  is  a 
village  about  six  miles  from  Chester  ;  It  is 
strikingly  clean  and  well  ordered,  and  can 
boast  of  many  large  and  genteel  residences  in 
addition  to  Talten  Hall,  which  is  a  fine  old 
mansionhouse.  The  farm  attached  includes  330  ^ 

acres,  and  is  the  property  of  Robert  Bar-  £ 
bouk,  Esq.,  of  Bolosworth  Castle.  Mr.  Jack- 
son,  the  occupier,  can  boast  of  the  best 
planned  farm  buildings  in  the  kingdom.  In 
the  akippons  the  cows  (nearly  100)  have  each  c 
a  trough  of  water  at  all  times  before  them,  o 
and  always  fresh,  a  stream  of  spring-water  a 
flowing  constantly  through  the  pipes,  which 
run  through  the  whole  of  the  stalls.  *' 
The  same  system  is  pursued  in  the  pig-  v 
gorios,  wliich  are  thus  made  self -feeding;  ' 
and  when  Mr.  JaCKSON  had  his  cheese  made  1 
in  the  house,  the  whey  was  ran  out  of  tho  ' 
whey  cisterns  into  a  pipe  which  passed  under  c 
a  portion  of  the  farm-yard,  and  then  up  each  1 
side  of  the  two  rows  of  styes,  leaving  a  range  1 
for  keeping  feeding  stuff,  which  was  easily  1 
added  to  the  whey  hi  the  self-supplying  < 
troughs. 

Mr.  Jackson  has  both  a  corn  mill  and  a 
malt  kiln  attached  to  his  farm,  and  it  is  the  ; 
latter  he  has  converted  into  a  cheese  factory  ; 
one  end  being  wider  tlian  the  other  has  enabled 
him  to  alter  the  widest  portion  for  a  cottage 
residence  for  his  manager  und  wife.  The 
building  is  fortunately  upon  a  stream  of 
water.  As  you  approach  the  factory  you 
first  notice  a  small,  newly-erected,  one-story 
out-building  which  contains  the  whey  cis¬ 
terns,  five  in  number ;  next  yon  come  to 
another  one-story  out-building,  which  has 
open  folding-doors,  and  it  is  here  you  enter 
the  factory.  This  out-building  is  used  for 
receiving  the  milk,  for  placing  the  utensils 
to  drain  and  dry,  and  for  various  other  pur¬ 
poses.  In  one  corner  is  the  boiler  for  heating 
water,  and  adjoining  this  is  a  hot-air  oven 
used  for  a  purpose  which  wdl  shortly  appear. 
At  the  next  to  the  dairy-room  is  a  turbine  of 
two-horse  power,  and  turned  by  the  mill 
stream.  Tills  supplies  power  for  pumping 
spring-water,  grinding  the  curd,  hoisting  the 
cheese  into  the  store  room,  etc.  The  first 
room  in  the  factory  proper  is  where  the 
cheese  is  made  ;  and  liefe  nearly  everything 
is  of  the  old-fashioned  sort,  ordinary  “  ironing 
tubs,”  “chessats,”  etc.:  and  so  in  the  press¬ 
room  which  adjoins,  and  where  there  are 
some  old  stone  presses,  and  others  of  the  most 
improved  modern  kind  of  iron,  with  levers. 
Over  the  dairy  and  press  room  is  the  room 
where  the  cheese  are  stored  for  ripening  in 
Summer,  there  being  a  room  over  the  kitch¬ 
en  of  the  manager’s  house  for  keeping  cheese 
during  the  cooler  months.  Around  the  room 
where  the  cheese  are  made,  are  hot  and  cold 
water  pipes,  and  the  same  in  the  press-room, 
for  tho  purpose  of  securing  regularity  of 
temperature,  also  for  heating  and  cooling  the 
milk,  and  for  a  variety  of  other  work. 

TREATMENT  Of  THE  MILK. 

The  evening’s  milk  being  received,  is  poured 
into  the  two  “ironing  tubs.”  Into  each  of 
these  tubs  is  placed  a  large  worm,  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  either  cooling  or  heating  the  milk. 
This  is  doing  inside  the  tub  what  is  done  at 
Derby,  with  the  American  vat,  outside. 
During  the  night,  cold  water  is  continually 
passing  through  the  worm,  and  in  the 
morning  the  milk  is  found  from  50*  to  54°, 
According  to  the  weather.  The  cream  is 


skimmed  off  into  a  tin  which  is  placed  ina  tl 
bath  of  hot  water,  where  it  becomes  dis-  f< 
solved,  and  is  afterward  added  to  the  heated  i  t' 
milk.  The  morning’s  milk  (which  averages,  t< 
when  received,  about  90°)  being  added  to  that  f 
in  the  tubs,  hot  water  Is  passed  through  the  a 
worms,  and  the  whole  heated,  in  Summer,  to  t 
from  76*  to  78°,  when  the  rennet  is  added.  a 

PREPARING  THE  RENNET.  b 

The  rennet  is  prepared  in  the  following  * 
manner  To  12  lemons,  cut  in  thin  slices,  I 
pour  on  12  quaits  of  boiling  water,  and  cover  s 
up  for  12  hours  ;  then  strain,  and  put  in  12  ' 

veils,  or  rennets,  and  let  ‘.it  stand  two  days,  s 
taking  care  to  see  tho  skins  are  kept  under  ® 
the  surface  of  the  liquid,  which  can  be  done  £ 
with  a  piece  of  slate.  During  the  two  days, 
rinse  the  skins  in  the  liquid  several  times, 
rubbing  them  with  the  hand.  Next,  add  7  lbs. 
of  salt,  2  ozs.  saltpeter,  and  2  ozs.  of  alum, 
and  when  the  whole  is  thoroughly  dissolved  : 
and  mixed,  the  rennet  is  fit  for  use. 

TIME  OF  COAGULATION,  CUTTING,  ETC. 

The  rennet  being  thoroughly  mixed,  the  I 
process  of  coagulation  occupies  from  IX  to 
\yt  hours — usually  the  former.  At  the  end 
of  that  time  the  curcl  is  cut  with  the  Ameri-  1 
can  curd-cutter,  leaving  the  cut  curds  in  lit¬ 
tle  dice-shaped  pieces.  The  curd  being  cut, 
sinks,  and  the  whey  is  drained  off  to  the  cis¬ 
terns.  After  about  half  an  hour  has  been 
occupied  in  getting  the  curds  clear  of  the 
whey,  the  curd  is  cut  into  lumps  about  six 
inches  square,  and  lifted  into  the  drainer  or 
sink.  The  time  occupied  in  getting  the  curd 
thoroughly  dry  In  the  sink  is  about  an  hour. 

It  is  then  lifted  up  in  the  cloth  on  which  it 
has  been  resting  in  the  drainer,  and  weighed, 
by  wliich  the  exact  quantity  of  salt  required 
is  ascertained.  The  curd  is  then  passed  twice 
through  a  curd-mill,  during  which  process 
the  salt  is  added. 

PUTTINO  THE  CHEESE  IN  THE  OVEN,  ETC. 

After  the  ground  curd  is  placed  iu  the 
cheese-hoop,  it  is  put  in  a  hot-air  chamber,  or 
oven,  and  kept  for  a  day  at  a  temperature  of 
about  90°,  during  which  time  it  drains  a  little. 
At  the  end  of  24  hours  tho  filled  hoop  is  placed 
for  an  equal  length  of  time  in  the  press-room, 
which  is  kept  at  about  05°.  No  weight  has 
been  applied  during  these  two  days,  but  on 
the  morning  of  the  third  day  it  Is  put  to  press 
in  the  usual  way,  and  kept  in  press  two  full 
days.  When  taken  out  of  the  hoop,  it  is 
greased  slightly  with  lard,  and  then  bandaged, 
and  a  cap  of  fine  calico  put  over  to  protect 
the  edges  and  from  flies.  This  done,  the 
choose  is  hoisted  into  the  store-room,  i n  which 
the  temperature  is  strict  ly  regulated  by  the 
t  thermometer,  no  overheating  being  allowed  ; 

.  nor  the  contrary. 

;  WHEY  BUTTER. 

I  The  whey  remains  in  the  cisterns  two  days, 
j  and  of  course  becomes  sour.  At  the  end  of 
j  the  second  day  it  is  skimmed,  and  the  cream 
[  thus  obtained  is  heated  in  a  hot-water  bath 

I  got  up  to  200°,  after  which  it  is  plunged  into 
j  oold  spring- water,  which  removes  the  im- 
-  purities.  It  is  now  churned  in  the  ordinary 
a  way,  and  the  result  is  whey  butter.  This  is 
s  the  only  account  we  have  seen  of  the  Cheshire 
r  factory  at  Tatten  Hall.  At  the  Derby  and 
r  Longford  factories  the  apparatus  and  process 
s  of  manufacture  are  ail  similar  to  our  own. 
•-  We  hare  condensed  and  rc-arrunged  some- 
g  what  the  account  given  by  Mr.  Livesey.  but 
a  our  readers,  we  think,  will  get  a  pretty  clear 
r.  insight  of  Cheshire  factory  cheese  making, 
>f  and  may  learn  from  it  that  all  good  cheese  is 

II  not  made  after  one  and  the  same  process. 


the  N.  Y.  State  Ag.  Society  for  1862.  W e  are  in¬ 
formed  that  Scott  took  out  his  patent  in  1866  ; 
that  he  claims  to  have  beeu  the  inventor,  and 
to  have  been  experimenting  with  the  device 
for  some  time  before  he  applied  for  a  patent. 
Suits  have  been  brought  against  certain  par¬ 
ties  in  Herkimer  Co.  for  using  this  device, 
and  testimony  is  now  being  token  (Jan.  20) 
in  LTtica  on  this  matter,  and  the  defendants 
feel  confident  the  patent  cannot  be  sustained. 
Eminent  counsel  is  employed  to  defend  the 
suit,  and  we  shall  probably  soon  know 
whether  the  patent  is  to  be  sustained.  Wo 
shall  announce  the  result  in  these  columns  ; 
and,  until  the  decision  is  made,  we  have  no 
advice  to  give  in  the  matter. 


Jtutusittiml  ©OjrifiS. 


SHALL  FARMERS  COMBINE. 


CHEESE-RACK  AND  TURNER. 


I  take  this  opportunity  of  asking  for  in¬ 
formation  in  regard  to  the  Scott's  patent  rail 
and  turner.  A  man  has  been  here  collecting 
for  infringements  ;  but  we  did  not  know 
whether  it  was  valid,  or  not,  so  did  not  pay.  i 
We  have  never  used  more  than  -150  turners  at 
a  time,  or  about  half  the  capacity  of  the  fac¬ 
tory,  and  intend  to  do  without  them  entirely 
hereafter  We  had  215  cows’  milk  the  past 
season.  When  he  was  here  he  offered  to  set¬ 
tle  for  $25  or  ?30,  but  now  wants  866. 
Had  we  better  settle,  or  see  what  he  will  do  ? 
Please  give  us  your  advice  at  your  earliest 
convemence,  and  greatly  oblige.  We  want  to 
avoid  going  to  law  if  possible. — A.  D.,  Wis. 

We  have  a  number  of  letters  of  similar 
import  to  the  above,  and  from  widely  sepa¬ 
rated  localities.  It  is  the  opinion  of  many 
that  Scott’s  patent  cannot  be  sustained,  inas¬ 
much  as  the  device  was  iu  use  for  some  time 
previous  to  the  granting  of  letters  patent. 
In  our  judgment  a  patent  ought  uot  to  have 
been  given  on  the  “  rail  and  turner,”  for  it  is 
one  of  those  simple  things  that  would  natu¬ 
rally  occur  to  any  dairyman  that  had  large 
cheese  to  handle.  We  do  not  know  when  it 
was  first  used,  but  in  1862  we  figured  the  mar 
chine  for  the  New  Yoi’k  State  Agricultural 
j  Society,  and  a  cut  was  made  to  accompany 
!  our  pamphlet  on  the  Associated  Dairies  of  N. 
Y.,  which  was  printed  in  the  Transactions  of 


Sir 

(Extract  from  a  paper  rcinl  before  tlie  Beloit,  VVU., 

Farmers’  Club,  by  C.  D.  Fox.)  ra 

Is  it  practicable  for  farmers  so  to  combine  111 
as  to  promote  their  especial  interest  i  No.  111 
Is  there  any  occasion  fur  such  a  combination  ™ 
for  such  a  purpose  if  it  were  practicable  1  No. 

In  view  of  the  best  interest  of  society,  as  a  dt 
whole,  of  which  the  farmer  is  but  a  purt,  is  ,v 
such  a  combination  l’orsuch  a  purpose  dosira-  111 
ble,  even  if  the  object  sought  could  be  accom-  n; 
plished  i  No.  Gentlemen,  I  have  trained  too  * 
long  iu  the  farmers’  ranks,  my  interests,  pro-  P‘ 
clivitiea  and  instincts  are  too  completely  wed-  S( 
ded  to  our  noble  calling  to  willingly  say  one  u 
word,  or  entertain  one  thought,  knowingly,  Cl 
to  the  prejudice  of  its  highest  interest  .  I  ex-  ” 
poet  to  live,  while  I  live,  and,  dying,  dio  a  ^ 
hard-fisted  yeoman ;  and  yet,  incongruous 
and  suicidal  as  it  may  seem  to  some  who  may  ^ 
listen  to  me  this  evening,  I  am  impelled  to  j1 
say  No  !  modestly,  yet  firmly,  to  this  whole  lj 
subject. 

It  is  not  practicable  so  to  combine  to  pro  " 
mote  our  own  especial  interest,  first,  because  1 
such  a  combination  for  sucli  a  purpose  is  I 
wrong  in  principle.  I  need  not  stop  long  to  s 
prove  this.  It  is  sufficient  to  be  reminded  ; 
that  we,  as  an  Industrial  class,  have  often  ' 
felt  and  now  feel  the  crashing  weight  of  mo-  ' 
nopoly.  Look  at  the  carrying  trade.  The  ° 
full  price  of  two  bushels  of  corn  required  to  f 
I  get  one  bushel  to  the  sea-board.  With  ono 
voice  we  say,  “It  is  wrong.”  If  it  is  wrong  - 
when  applied  to  an  interest  insignificant,  com 
paratively,  as  that  of  carrying  bread  to  mar-  1 
ket,  what  shall  we  say  of  a  monopoly  that 
lays  hold  of  bread  Itself.  1  refer  to  this  as  a 
representative  Instance.  We  instinctively 
stamp  “immp”  on  every  thing  of  the  kind. 
But  may  we  not  combine  in  self  defense  ? 
Two  wrongs  will  uot  make  one  right ;  be¬ 
sides,  the  remedy  would  be  more  fatal  than 
the  disease  in  a  great  majority  of  cases.  For 
be  it  remembered  time  is  necessary  to  the 
motion  of  great  bodies,  and  a  monopoly,  so 
huge  as  a  combination  of  all  the  farming  in¬ 
terests  of  the  nation,  would  require  so  much 
time  before  results  could  be  reached  that  the 
'  rank  and  file  would  bo  bankrupt,  while  the 
i  ahrewed  managers  feather  then’  nests,  just 
as  they  do  in  railroad  and  other  monopolies. 
Then,  it  is  wrong  in  principle.  And,  second, 
if  It  could  be  accomplished  it  would  be  worse 
l  in  practice.  If  such  a  combination  for  such  a 
purpose  is  feasible,  where  is  the  guaranty 
tliat  it  will  not  be  abused.  Such  a  movement 
5  anticipates  a  power  fearful  to  contemplate. 
This  power  is  supposed  to  be  In  the  hands  of 
a  soulless  monopoly.  Thc-y  ore  supposed  to 
have  power  to  secure  their  own  interest. 
They  are  themselves  to  be  the  judges  as  to 
I  when  that  Interest  is  reached.  Considering 

*  the  supreme  selfishness  of  poor  human  nature, 

v  would  such  a  delegation  of  unlimited  power  , 

*  be  safe  ?  To  come  nearer  home  ; — What 
would  be  the  price  of  wool,  year  by  year,  if 

y  a  few  of  us  could  liave  our  say  ?  What  would 
it  the  price  of  fuel  iu  this  city  be  to-day,  under 
■"  the  same  circumstances  ?  Nine  or  ten  dollars 
')  a  cord  seems  quite  steep  enough,  no  doubt, 
it  to  those  who  have  to  buy,  but  wliat  would 
o  be  the  price  if  wood  traffleers  could  combine  ? 

la  such  a  combination,  then,  safe  to  the  Corn- 
Lr  monwealth  i 

9r  Not  only  would  such  a  combination  be 
iy  wrong  in  principle  and  unsafe  in  practice,  but 
s-  there  is  no  occasion  for  such  a  combination 
ie  for  such  a  puipose.  First,  the  evils  necessa- 
;t.  rily  attached  to  our  calling  are  mostly  imagi¬ 
ne  nary,  not  real ;  and  the  real  evils  no  more 
is  numerous  or  irksome  or  insurmountable  by 
u-  personal  effort  than  those  that  our  brethren 
5e  of  other  callings  and  professions  have  to  face 
it  at  every  turn. 


“  The  fault  la  not  In  our  stars, 

But  in  vunclves,  that  we  are  underlings.” 

Go  where  you  may  in  the  country,  and 

every  now  and  then  you  will  come  across  a 


-  -  -  V  V 

desirable  home.  The  farm  is  well  kept ;  the 


house  and  surroundings  have  a  cheerful  coun¬ 
tenance  ;  the  out-buildings  are  ample,  con¬ 
venient  and  comfortable  ;  the  stock  of  all 
kinds  “  fat  and  sleek.”  Y’ou  enter  the  house. 

The  proprietor  Is  hale,  intelligent,  cheerful 
and  happy  ;  the  wife  ditto,  the  boys  ditto,  i 
tho  girls  ditto.  There  is  interest,  yea,  zeal, 
in  all  that  relates  to  the  prosperity  of  thoir 
home.  Nothing  is  done  by  way  of  drudgery, 
but  everything  with  a  will  ;  tho  kitchen  is 
large,  the  parlor  small,  and  each  appropriate¬ 
ly  furnished.  Useful  books,  magazines  and 
papers  are  not  wanting  ;  and  you  notice,  top, 
the  appliances  for  the  embellishment  of  life 
are  at  hand.  An  easy  independence,  a  gener¬ 
ous  hospitality  and  Christian  fidelity,  though 
unobtrusive,  arc  yet  well  defined.  And  you 
say  as  you  pass  on,  “1  wish  I  were  a  fanner.” 

You  say  this  is  a  picture.  Well,  here  is 
another  —  in  natural  advantages  of  soil  and 
climate  and  location,  as  desirable  as  the 
other  ;  but  what  a  difference  I  The  land  Is 
reduced  by  unskillful  hands  to  the  verge  of 
starvation.  Dilapidation  is  everywhere  ;  half- 
famished  stock  roam  at  large  over  bare  fields, 
or  seek  shelter  from  the  December  wind 
under  a  broken  wire  fence  —  hollow  horn, 
murrain,  glanders  and  epizoot— whatft  sight  1 
You  turn  in  at  the  front  gate,  that  creakB 
dolefully  on  one  hinge,  and  find  your  difficult 
way  through  thorns  end  thistles  and  mullin 
and  pigweed,  to  the  door  ;  you  knock  for  ad- 
!  mission  ;  a  vinegary  voice  bids  you  come  in. 

You  outer  a  desolate  place,  and  are  now  pre¬ 
pared  to  meet  the  peeviBh  dame  and  half  a 
score  or  more  of  children  of  all  ages,  with 
unwashed  faces  and  unkempt  hair,  from  old¬ 
est  to  youngest.  Catarrh,  whooping  cough, 
itch  and  filth  I  You  inquire  for  Mr.  SLOUCH. 

He  has  gone  to  town  to-day.  He  weut  yes¬ 
terday,  and  day  before,  and  five  days  in 
every’  seven  ever  since  ho  was  a  farmer,  and 
he  haB  been  seated  on  the  same  dry  goods 
’  box  whittling  the  same  shingle.  Some  call 
It  “loafing.”  You  turn  away,  and  toy  you 
are  glad  you  are  uot  a  farmur.  Well,  our 
.  friend  of  the  shingle  says,  “  Farming  don't 
'  pay.”  But  f aimer  No.  1  was  satisfied,  aud 
,  so  was  his  family  ;  but  No.  2  is  dissatisfied  ; 

1  says  he  “  Has  missed  bis  calling  ;  should  have 
turned  Ills  attention  to  law,  medicine,  or  di¬ 
vinity,  dry  goods,  grocery  or  a  saloon ;  In 
.  short,  anything  but  this  tedious,  monotonous 
farming.  And  Ills  amiable  spouse  is  sure  she 
J,  would  have  been  vastly  more  amiable  had 
"  she  married  a  prosperous  merchant  or  popu- 
4  lar  attorney.  It  may  be  so.  He  may  have 
..  found  his  depth  In  some  of  the  so-called 
j  learned  professions.  But  the  grand  proba- 
a  bility  is,  lie  would  not  have  succeeded  any 
better  at  any  calling.  Success  in  any  lauda- 
I  ble  calling  depends  not  so  much  on  wliat  a 
j  man  goes  at  as  how  he  goes  at  it,  and  how  he 
sticks  to  it. 

Again,  Second,  Neither  will  our  social  pros¬ 
perity  be  promoted  by  such  a  movement. 
n  Good  society,  though  exacting,  is  not  unjust. 
o  Men  must  qualify  to  be  admitted  to  her  pre- 
’  eincts  ;  but  the  mere  question  of  calling  has 
£  not  much  to  do  with  it.  If  good  society  is 
what  we  seek,  It  is  attainable  by  all  alike  ; 

*e  and  no  other  is  woi-tli  the  seeking.  G onerally , 
auy  one  may  take  their  choice  in  society  ; 
but  if  they  would  choose  the  best,  they  must 
j  shim  tlie  bad  or  low  or  commonplace,  qualify 
^  far  the  best,  and  bide  their  time.  T  am  aware 
b£l  that  there  is  a  class  of  small  minds,  male  and 
,  .  female,  that  are  governed  in  their  social  in- 
tercouree  by  less  worthy  motives.  With  some 
’tis  money  that  makes  the  man  ;  with  others, 

'  »  pride  of  birth  ;  and  others,  mere  learning  ; 
lo  and  others  still,  identity  of  calling.  It  is 
,t  natural  that  those  of  the  same  profession  or 
t  ‘  calling  should  seek  each  other  out  In  social 
life.  “Birds  of  a  feather  will  flock  together.” 
r(7  It  was  always  so,  and  always  will  be  so.  I 
.0j.  I  have  no  objection.  But  why  should  we  get 
.  “  pitchy* 1  about  that?  F.ven  in  this  respect 

we  are  on  an  equal  footing  with  the  rest.  The 
1  ”  best  society  mounts  above  all  accidents  or 
fid  ordinary  incidents  of  life,  and  has  to  do  with 
ler  real  merit.  In  that,  society  Washington  the 
Farmer,  Henry  the  Lawyer,  Hamilton  the 
r.  Soldier  and  Statesman,  Franklin  tlie  Printer, 
and  Whitfield  the  Divine,  met. 
fid  jt  may  bo  there  are  certain  small  minds  of 
ie  ?  a  certain  sniull  type,  that  look  down  on  you 
and  I  because  we  are  farmers,  What  of  it  ? 
u  I  All  1  have  to  say  about  that  is  this  If  any 
man  can  look  upon  me  as  a  farmer  with 
be  |  more  contempt  than  I  can  on  a  third-class 
out  lawyer,  a  quack  doctor,  a  sham  divine,  a  dis- 
honest,  merchant,  or  a  trickster  in  trade  of 
anv  kind,  together  with  that  whole  army 
isa~  of ’loafing,  itinerant  bloodsuckers  who  are 
igi-  -warming  all  over  this  fair  land,  trying  every 
ore  day  to  get  a  living  by  their  wits  only,  they 
,  are  welcome.  For  whoever  succeeds  in  lus 
y  business  on  his.  own  merit  and  commands  the 
ren  highest  respect  of  his  fellow  men,  whose  re- 
:ace  i  Spect  is  worth  having,  must  work— not  with 
brain  onlv,  but  as  you  and  I  work,  with  brain 
and  musele.  I  would  just  as  soon  perform 
the  manual  labor  that  I  do  on  my  farm  day 
,  by  dav,  month  by  month,  and  year  by  year, 
ancl  as  that  of  any  man  in  this  city  who  is  really 
ss  a  succeeding  in  his  business,  bene  banker,  mer- 
the  '  chant,  lawyer,  doctor  or  preacher. 


ADOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


RASPBERRIES  AND  THEIR  CULTURE. 

WITH  NOTES  ON  SOME  NEW  VARIETIES. 

Some  improvement  has  been  noticeable,  of 
late  years,  in  the  quality  of  the  raspberries  in 
our  city  markets,  us  well  as  an  increase  in 
quantity.  This  is  partly  owing  to  the  growth 
of  our  cities  in  population  and  wealth,  and 
the  increased  intelligence  of  the  people  re¬ 
specting  the  qualities  of  fruit,  so  that  they 
are  willing  to  pay  higher  prices  for  the  liner 
kinds  than  for  the  poorer  ones.  This,  of 
course,  stimulates  growers  to  plant  the  best 
varieties  and  give  them  good  culture  ;  and 
hence  wo  And  more  of  the  improved  Reds, 
and  what  are  called  Antwerp  varieties,  in 
place  of  native  Red*  and  Black  Cap*. 

Around  Cleveland,  and  in  all  this  lake-shore 
region,  the  Franconia  and  its  congener,  Na¬ 
omi,  have  withstood  the  Winters  perfectly 
for  many  years  past ;  but  it  is  possible  the 
extraordinary  cold  of  this  present  Whiter 
may  have  damaged  them.  I  am  not  able  to 
decide  a*  to  this  at  present.  Then 
the  Clarke  and  tlA?  Kirtland  have 
succeeded  well  in  nearly  all  parts  of 
the  State.  All  these  are  excellent 
both  for  home  use  and  for  market ; 
but  none  of  the  Red  varieties  are 
really  suitable  for  shipping  to  distant 
markets.  They  should  be  grown  near 
enough  to  the  cities  to  be  carried  to 
market  In  spring  wagons.  The 
Black-Caps  are  the  only  raspberries 
that  bear  shipping;  and  the  price  of 
these  is  commonly  too  low  to  afford 
a  fair  compensation  to  the  grower, 
after  paying  for  picking,  packing, 
transportation  and  commission.  If 
the  iiuer  kinds  are  generally  killed  by 
the  Winter  this  season,  the  Black¬ 
caps  may  bring  a  sufficient  price  to 
make  their  culture  proli table— espe¬ 
cially  if  the  blackberry  and  cherry 
crop*  also  fail,  as  they  are  likelv 
to  do. 


ped  a  great  distance  ;  in  our  Cincinnatti  mar¬ 
ket  it  sells  well,  but  dealers  will  not  buy  it 
for  re-shipment,  and  prefer  for  that  purpose 
the  common  Miami. 

Our  CMUicothe  friends  spoke  last  Winter 
very  highly  of  a  new  variety  called  the  Chap¬ 
man  ;  and  it  bus  all  the  good  qualities  of  the 
Mammoth  Cluster,  without  this  defect,  it 
should  be  planted  in  preference. 

I  received  sometime  ago,  from  Kentucky, 
the  Kentucky  Mammoth,  which  if  not  identi¬ 
cal  with  toe  Chapman,  may  prove  its  equal, 
being  a  strong  grower,  large,  firm  and  very 
productive. 

The  above  varieties  will  do  equally  well  for 
the  garden,  where  also  the  Miller  or  any  of 


grounds  did  I  make  my  notes  of  her.  The 
origin  of  this  pear  is  said  to  be  from  a  seed  of 
the  Marie  Louise  crossed  or  fertilized  with 
Gausel’s  Bergamot,  by  Rev.  John  TIuyshe, 
Clythedon,  England.  Its  value  here  is,  of 
course,  yet  questionable  ;  but  its  first  fruiting 
shows  so  well  that  I  hope,  and  doubt  not, 
many  an  amateur  will  procure  and  test  it. 

The  growth  of  the  tree  is  of  a  vigorous, 
rather  spreading  habit,  the  young  wood 
brownish  or  brownish-red.  The  fruit  is  of 
full  medium  size,  not  large,  a  roundish,  blunt, 
oval  form  ;  the  color  of  the  skin  a  greenish 
lemon-yellow,  with  blotches  of  einnainon- 
russet  and  an  abundance  of  minute  russet, 
dots.  The  stem  js  set  in  a  broad,  abrupt,  yet 


if  hi'  jJoitliri)  Har  d. 


ROUP  REMEDY. 


J  A  correspondent  of  the  Homestead  hav- 
j  hog  purchased  a  roupy  Houdau  cock  which 
was  put  among  his  other  fowls,  he  treated 
them  all  as  follows I  separated  the  Hon- 
dans  from  the  others,  putting  them  intoclean, 
warm  and  dry  quarters,  and  fed  first  on  raw 
onions  chopped  fine  and  mixed  with  scalded 
meal  in  the  morning  ;  pulverized  sulphur  and 
pepper  at  night,  with  now  and  then  a  little 
newly  burnt  charcoal  finely  pulverized  mixed 
with  the  sulphur  and  scalded  meal.  If  t  hey 
refused  to  cat,  I  put  down  two  or  thr  o  pel¬ 
lets  about  the  size  of  a  walnut,  eorap<«ed  of 
charcoal  three  parts,  sulphur  two  parts,  with 
a  little  pepper,  and  four  parts  .scalded  meal. 

I  sprinkled  finely  pulverized  asafetida  in  their 
water,  which  I  gave  u  lit, tie  warm.  When 
their  head*  and  eyes  were  badly  swollen,  I 
washed  with  soap  suds  made  of  Castile  soap 
or  warm  milk  and  water.  The  feathers 
mostly  fell  from  their  heads,  but  returned  in 
the  Spring.  The  first,  of  April  the 
three  iloudnn  pullets  began  to  lay 
and  gave  us  three  eggs  each  day 
(except  ten  days)  until  July,  and  t  vs  o 
egg*  a  day  nearly  all  of  those,  nore 
of  them  offering  to  set.  One  dozen 
of  their  eggs  would  weigh  twenty- 
nine  ounces,  They  have  been  very 
healthy  from  that  time  to  this,  and 
their  decendants  also.  We  fed  our 
other  fowls  freely  on  onions  chopped 
fine  and  mixed  with  their  meal,  daily, 
and  most  of  them  escaped,  or  with 
very  slight  attacks.  We  think  much 
of  onions  for  fowls  to  keep  them  in 
a  healthy  state  during  Winter.  We 
give  them  a  few  once  or  twice  a  week 
in  their  meal. 


lTUVfcsIIE’S  D*RlIsrCK  OB’ 


It  is  possible  that  such  improvement  may  |  the  Ohio  Everbearing  species  would  be  ap- 
yet  be  made  in  the  Black-Cap  raspberries  as  * 
will  iuereasu  the  demand  for  this  fruit,  aud 
render  its  culture  more  profitable. 


A  variety 

from  Ross  Ounty,  in  this  State,  recently 
brought  into  notice,  called  there  Chapman, 
seems  to  be  quite  a  step  in  that  direction.  We 
also  hope  for  something  valuable  from  the 
numerous  seedling*  of  the  finer  class  of  rasp¬ 
berries  now  being  produced  and  tested  in  our 
State.  Prominent  among  those  who  are  de¬ 
voting  themselves  to  the  improvement  of 
small  fruits  is  Mi-.  Louis  Rjtz  of  Hamilton 
Co.  Mi-.  R.  has  given  much  attention,  for 
ten  or  twelve  years  post,  to  collecting  and 
testing  ail  the  best  varieties  of  raspberries 
and  strawberries  that  he  could  find  in  this 
country  and  Europe,  and  also  to  raising  new 
varieties  from  seed.  His  best  seedling  st  raw¬ 
berry  has  been  tested  around  Cincinnati  for 
four  or  five  years  past,  and  is  very  highly 
commended  by  good  judges.  It  lias  been 
named  Dr.  Warder,  in  honor  of  the  worthy 
President  of  our  State  Horticultural  Society. 
We  think  it  will  prove  better,  for  our  State 
at  least,  than  the  famous  President  Wilder 
of  Boston.  But  experience  has  taught  us 
that  no  new  strawberry  can  safely  be  recom¬ 
mended  for  general  planting  until  after  it.  has 
been  well  tested  iu  various  parts  of  the  coun¬ 
try.  At  the  late  annual  meeting  of  our  State 
Horticultural  Society,  Mr.  Rrrz  was  called  ou 
to  tell  us  what  lie  knows  about  small  fruits, 
aud  the  following  is  the  portion  of  his  re¬ 
marks  relating  to  raspberries  : 


OUR  VARIETIES  OF  RASPBERRIES. 

Raspberries.  —Towards  the  end  of  the 
strawberry  season  raspberries  commence  to 
ripen,  and  if  the  best  and  most  productive 
kinds  arc  selected,  an  abundance  of  delicious 
fruit  will  Ik-  on  hand.  Some  growers  seem 
to  think  t  he  Black-  ap  more  profitable  than 
either  the  Purple  or  Antwerp  family  ;  with 
little  or  no  attention,  this  may  be  true,  but 
when  the  latter  at  e  raised  in  hilla,  the  num¬ 
ber  of  cones  limited  to  three  or  lour,  the  so.l 
kept  well  worked,  or  oetter  still,  mulched, 
the  suckers  hoed  off,  the  yield  of  both  is  about 
the  same,  aud  the  difference  in  price  about 
double. 

Of  all  the  Black-Cap  varieties  grown  for 
market,  the  Doolittle  for  early,  to  be  followed 
by  the  Mammoth  Cluster  or  large  Miami  are 
the  best ;  the  difference  in  earliness  between 
the  Davison’s,  Thornless  and  Doolittle  is  so 
slight,  and  the  production  of  the  latter  so 
much  larger,  that  1  hold  it  to  be  more  profit¬ 
able  of  the  two.  The  Mammoth  Cluster  I 
would  consider  the  queen  of  Black-Caps,  as 
it  stands  unsurpassed  for  size,  flavor  or  pro¬ 
ductiveness,  if  it  was  not  too  soft  to  be  ship- 


preniated. 

Of  red  raspberries  t  he  Philadelphia,  is  cer¬ 
tainly  the  most  productive  in  rich  soil  ;  of 
good  size,  but  rather  soft  and  deficient  in 
Mavor ;  its  greatest  defect,  however,  is  its 
d  trie,  dull,  color.  In  Borne  markets  color  may 
not  be  so  much  of  an  object,  but  in  Cincin¬ 
nati  the  Philadelphia  sells  well  only  if  no 
lighter  colored  berries  are  in  market,  other¬ 
wise  it  will  bring  no  more  than  Block-Caps, 
The  hardiest  of  the  Antwerp#  Avith  me  is 
the  Clarke,  which  stood  even  t  he  extremes 
of  la:  t  Winter  without  being  injured,  while 
the  Philadelphia  suffered  severely  for  the  first 
time.  It  is  a  strong,  rampant  grower,  and  on 
that  account  should  be  cut  back  during  the 
Summer,  very  large  and  productive,  of  fine 
color  and  high  flavored.  In  light  soils  the 
Clarke  does  not  seem  to  be  as  reliable  as  in 
strong  ones.  Then  Ave  have  the  Parnell,  not 
quite  as  hardy,  but  does  well  with  a  slight 
lielti  r  ;  and  I  may  here  state  that  both  rasp¬ 
berries  and  blackberries  seem  to  do  better  in 
young  orchards,  the  shade  being  beneficial 
and  trees  protecting  the  more  tender  kinds  in 
the  Winter. 


_ 

WALES  HEAR  AIST30  OUTLINE. 

shallow  depression  or  cavity ;  is  curved, 
about  one  inch  long,  and  largest  at  the  end 
with  which  it  is  attached  to  the  tree.  The 
calyx  lias  corrugated  segments,  short,  and 
half-open  in  a  broad,  shallow  basin.  The 
flesh  is  white  or  whitish,  buttery,  melting, 
juicy,  line  grained,  slightly  vinous,  and  really 
delicious.  The  core  is  distinctly  marked  as 
unique  in  its  form  (see  outline).  It  is  small, 
Avith  its  outer  line  of  a  coarse  fiber,  show¬ 
ing  the  character  of  the  Bergamot  in  its 
parentage, 

In  “  Hogg’*  British  Pomology  of  Fruits,” 
this  pear  is  classed  as  ripening  from  Novem¬ 
ber  to  January;  but  our  specimens  were  fully 
ripe  the  last  of  October.  F.  R.  Elliott. 


POINTS  OF  PILE  GAME  BANTAMS. 

An  English  journal  enumerates  them 
thus  :  —  Weight  of  cocks  under  ‘M  ozs.,  hons 
under  30  ozr.  Shape,  the  exact  miniature  ol 
the  (lame  fowl.  As  to  colors,  they  should  be 
us  distinct  ns  possible  in  the  cock*.  .Saddle 
and  Aving  heavily  splashed  with  the  darkest 
shade  of  color.  The  last  should  be  mixed, 
all  the  rest  of  (ho  body  should  bo  white. 
This  of  cock  birds.  The  hens  must  have  less 
white,  nearly  the  whole  plumage  should  be 
covered  with  a  rich  deep,  cream,  color,  white 
nowhere  predominating.  Legs,  yellow,  white 
or  willoAV. 


EGGS  OF  IMPROVED  FOWLS. 


For  the  garden,  the  Surpasse  Fastolff,  Ken- 
rvei  s  Giant  and  li tile  de  Pontenay  are  valua¬ 
ble  the  latter  yielded,  the  past  summer,  ber¬ 
ries  from  June  to  the  end  of  October. 

Unsurpassed  for  home  use  is  the  Surprise 
d'  A  ulomne,  bearing  two  crops,  each  equal 
to.  if  not  excelling  in  quantity,  the  Philadel¬ 
phia  ;  it  is  of  very  large  size,  of  the  most  del¬ 
icate  yellowish-wliite  tint,  and  in  flavor  the 
superior  of  Brinkle’s  Orange  or  Arnold’s 
seedling. 

The  Hcrstine  is  the  only  new  variety  of 
great  promise  ;  it  is  a  seedling  of  the  Phila¬ 
delphia,  and  will  be  the  berry  for  profit,  if 
only  one-half  the  praise  awarded  to  it  is  de- 
Ben-ed.  It  is  a  strong,  healthy  grower,  thus 
far  hardy  aud  quite  productive.  I  would  not 
say  more  from  my  own  observation,  as  1  have 
not.  tried  it  long  enough. 

From  actual  measurement  I  found  the  fol¬ 
lowing  varieties  to  yield  per  stool  in  1871  and 
1873  as  follows  : 


BITTER  ROT  IN  APPLES. 

There  are  hundreds  of  apple  orchards  in 
this  part  of  Indiana  that  are  almost  ruined 
by  the  apples  taking  the  bitter  or  dry  rot 
when  about  two-thirds  grown ;  and  it  is 
growing  worse  every  year.  What  is  the 
cause  of  it,  and  what  is  the  cure  if  any  ? — H. 
Fairbanks,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Entire  renovation  of  the  soil  by  ploAving, 
manuring,  and  applications  of  lime  and  ashes 
should  be  the  first  step,  followed  by  pruning 
the  trees,  scraping  the  old  bark  from  the 
stems,  and  any  other  means  of  restoring 
health  and  vigor.  This  is  the  only  remedy  ox- 
preventive  that  we  know  for  bitter  rot.  If 
any  of  our  readers  know  of  a  better  one,  let 
them  speak. 

- -  -  - 

SOUTHERN  SEEDLING  RASPBERRY 
WANTED. 


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1872. 

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HUYSHE’S  PRINCE  OF  WALES. 


To  my  knowledge  the  first  fruiting  of  this 
variety  was  in  the  grounds  of  Ellwanqer  & 
Barry,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  in  1871,  and  from 
them  came  my  specimens,  and  in  their 


A  southern  paper  say6  scarcely  any  of  the 
raspberries  “  cultivated  and  sold  in  the  Nort  h, 
give  satisfaction  South  for  more  than  a  few 
seasons,  wlxile  moat  of  them  disappoint  from 
the  outset.’’  Will  not  those  that  give  satis-  I 
faction  a  few  seasons  continue  to  do  so  if  re¬ 
newed— just  as  plantations  are  the  better  for  ’ 
renewing  in  the  North  ?  But  the  editor  above  | 
quoted  calls  for  a  Southern  seedling  raspberry 
and  we  advertise  the  fact. 


We  do  not  advise  our  correspondent  at  Co¬ 
lumbus,  Wis,,  to  eend  t  o  Europe  for  eggs  of 
improved  fowl*.  We  have  just  as  good  fowls 
here  as  thex-e.  But  since  he  does  not  name 
the  breeds  he  wants,  we  cannot  advise  him 
of  whom  to  purchase,  if  he  had  named 
them,  Ave  should  have  referred  him  to  our 
advei-tising  columns  ;  for  it  is  to  the  interest 
of  our  ad\rertisers  to  send  out  just  what  they 
represent  they  will.  If  they  do  not  do  so, 
Ave  shall  be  glad  to  know  it. 


(Entomological. 


BALDWIN  APPLES  IN  MAINE. 


£-e 


A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  Maine  Farmer, 
who  grow*  most  of  the  noted  apples  raised  in 
Maine,  says  that  among  all  the  Winter  varie¬ 
ties,  the  Baldwin  stands  at  the  head.  The  tree  ! 
is  hardy  and  prolific,  the  apple  fair  and  hand¬ 
some  and  of  the  right  size  ;  fine-grained  and 
solid,  and  no  buyer  in  market  objects  to  No.  1 
Baldwins.  He  gets  more  dollars  fi-om  a  Bald- 
win  tree  than  from  anv  other  kind. 


TO  GUARD  AGAINST  CUT-WORMS. 

As  it  is  now  drawing  toward*  Spring,  I  will 
tell  you  how  I  guard  against  the  ravages  of 
cut-woniis  and  chipmunks,  ox-  ground  squir¬ 
rels.  I  take  one-quaiter  pound  of  fine  cut 
cheAving  tobacco,  make  tea  of  it,  aud  soak 
one  bushel  of  seed  coni  fox-  twelve  or  twenty- 
four  hours,  as  it  suits  best.  I  have  done  so  for 
the  last  ten  years,  and  have  been  annoyed  but 
vex-y  little,  xvhen  the  pests  Avere  plenty. 

6.  C.  Richards. 
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WIRE  WORM  REMEDY. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Western  Rux-al 
has  practiced  the  following  for  eight  years  : 
“I  take  good,  sound  seed,  put  it  in  a  tub  or 
some  othei-  convenient  vessel,  take  one  and 
one-half  pounds  of  saltpeter  per  bushel,  dis¬ 
solve  it  and  pour  it  over  the  coin  ;  let  it  soak 
until  the  com  is  swelled  ready  to  sprout,  and 
then  plant.  The  worms  will  not  trouble  it.” 


DESTROYING  CANKER  WORMS. 

Suel  Foster  of  Iowa,  says  he  destroys 
canker  Avoi-ms  by  placing  stx-aw  under  the 
trees,  shaking  the  worms  down  into  the  sti-aw 
and  then  burning  it. 


secures  its  privacy.  But  the  road  runner,  be¬ 
tween  which  and  the  tarantula  a  deadly  en¬ 
mity  exists,  is  the  master,  as  an  incident 
which  we  are  about  to  relate  will  show. 

Professor  Agassiz,  during  his  recent  visit 
here,  exhibited  a  special  desire  to  be  supplied 
with  as  many  specimens  as  possible  of  the 
road  runner,  of  the  tarantula,  and  of  the  tar¬ 
antula  killer. 

e  are  not  advised  as  to  whether  he  was 
supplied  with  live  specimens  of  the  road-run¬ 
ner  bird.  It  is  about  the  size  of  a  pheasant  ; 
its  plumage  is  not  unlike  that  of  the  pheasant 


Carbon  Black  is  to  be  manufactured  from 
the  gas  wells  of  Western  New  York,  Penn¬ 
sylvania  and  Oluo — at  least,  a  patent  has 
been  issued  for  a  process  by  which  it  is  said 
this  may  be  economically  done. 

Artificial  Skins  for  Sa  usages  are  manufac¬ 
tured  in  Wurtcmberg,  which  are  sold  much 
cheaper  than  natural  ones,  arc  not  subject  to 
fermentation,  and  are  distinguished  for  their 
Cleanliness,  They  are  made  of  the  thickness 
of  ordinary  writing  paper,  and  sent  to  any 
address  through  the  post-oftlco. 

Preserving  Eggs. — A  Pa  risian  paper  recom¬ 
mends  the  following  method  for  preserving 
eggs  Dissolve  four  ounces  of  beeswax  in 
eight  ounces  of  warm  olive  oil ;  in  this  put 
the  tip  of  the  finger  and  anoint  the  egg  all 
round.  Ihe  oil  will  immediately  be  absorbed 
by  the  shell  and  the  pores  Ailed  up  by  the 
wax.  If  kept  in  a  cool  place,  the  eggs,  after 
two  years,  will  be  as  good  as  if  fresh  laid." 


FUR-BEARING  ANIMALS-XIII. 

PENNANT’S  MARTEN,  OR  FISHER 
Mussela  Canadensis  SCHREBER. 


SCIENTIFIC  TESTS  OF  PRAYER. 

A  good  deal  of  discussion  has  transpired  in 
scientific,  secular  and  religious  journals  upon 
this  sublect  in  consequence  of  Prof, Tyndall’s 
challenge  tor  a  test  of  prayer.  Discussing 
(  his  subject,  a  correspondent  of  the  American 
Artisan  makes  the  follow  ing statement  which 
he  says  *‘  clearly  demonst  rates  the  power  of 
prayer  and  the  interventtou  of  the  supernatu 


teen.  Its  head  looks  something  like  that,  of 
a  dog ;  it  is  broad,  round,  compact ;  nose, 
acute  ;  upper  canine  teeth,  long ;  cars,  oblique 
and  far  apart ;  body,  long  and  formed  tor 
agility  and  strength  ;  feet,  robust,  the  toes  on 
all  of  them  are  connected  by  a  short,  hairy 
web;  tail,  long  and  bushy,  diminishing  ton 
point  at  the  extremity ;  it  lias  -a  strong-, 
musky  odor.  It  is  covered  with  a  short,  flue 
down  next  the  ekin,  mixed  with  longer, 
evener  hairs,  short  on  the  head  but  increas¬ 
ing  in  length  towards  the  tail.  Fur  on  the 
head  and  shoulders  has  a  horny  appearance  ; 
the  back  Is  much  darker  ;  nose,  feet  and  tail, 
dark  brown. 

This  species,  never  very  plentiful,  is  rapidly 
becoming  extinct  in  the  older  regions,  On 
rare  occasions,  dogs  that  are  out  in  pursuit 
of  coons,  run  a-foul  of  a  Fisher.  Audubon 
.  ives  the  following  account  of  one  the  hounds 
had  treed  : 

I  he  animal  not  only  became  thoroughly 
frightened  but  seemed  furious.  He  leaped 


VITALITY  OF  ACORNS, 


The  tenacity  of  life  in  seeds,  and  their  pow¬ 
er  of  resisting  decay  under  what  may  be  con¬ 
sidered  unfavorable  circumstances,  has  long 
been  known,  and  was  thoroughly  proved  by 
the  germination  of  a  peculiar  variety  of 
wheat,  found  by  Belzont  in  the  wrappings 
of  a  mummy  which  had  been  placed  in  the 
Catacombs  of  Egypt  at  least  2,000  years  before 
bo  opened  it.  My  present  communication, 
therefore,  does  not  advance  anything  new-, 
but  merely  presents  facts  coming  under  tny 
own  observation  illustrative  of  that  tenacity. 

About  the  year  1830,  a  gentleman  in  Scot¬ 
land  succeeded  to  an  estate  which  had  been 
in  his  family  over  300  years.  On  this  estate 
t  here  was  a  large  marsh  or  hog  co  vering  over 
100  acres,  on  which  his  predecessors  had  una- 
vailingly  expended  large  sums,  in  the  hope 
of  draining  it,  and  thus  reclaiming  the  land 
for  agricultural  purposes.  The  bog  was  in 
the  form  of  a  basin,  surrounded  by  hilly  or 
rising  ground  of  the  hight  of  about  30  feet. 
From  one  part  of  this  rising  ground,  there 
was  a  rapid  descent,  after  passing  the  hill, 
and  my  friend  was  advised  to  cub  a  drain 
through  the  hill  at  this  particular  point,  and 
thus,  perhaps,  get  below  the  bottom  of  the 
marsh.  This  was  done  at*  considerable  ex¬ 
pense,  the  drain  being  some  40  feet  deep,  and 
rather  resembling  the  bed  of  a  river,  than  a 
drain  for  agricultural  purposes. 

The  experiment  was  a  perfect  success,  as 
the  drain  set  into  sandy  soil  below  the  level 
of  the  bottom  of  the  bog  and  completely 
drained  it,  But  the  peculiar  feature  of  the 
case,  which  I  wish  to  present  to  your  notice, 
is  tli  )  fact  that  on  the  surface  of  the  soil  ex¬ 
cavated  from  this  drain,  and  which  must  of 
oourse  have  formed  the  bottom  of  the  31  leet 
of  rising  ground  by  which  the  bog  was  sur¬ 
rounded,  is  that  a  quantity  of  Black  Oak 


HOW  TO  REPRODUCE  PINE  FORESTS. 


forests,  as  they  never  sprout  again  under 
ordinary  circumstances,  leads  us  to  inquire 
if  there  is  no  practical  way  of  avoiding  this 
coining  scarcity.  We.  are'  already  told  that 
within  Ave  years,  Williamsport,  the  great 
Pennsylvania  lumber  market,  will  as  such,  he 
uo  more.  The  pine  forests  wili  all  have  been 
cut  down  and  sawed  mto  lumber.  It  has 
occurred  to  me  that  a  fact  which  accidentally 
came  to  my  notice  might  be  of  use  to  you. 

A  party  of  hunters  from  Morristown,  while 
on  an  excursion  to  Pike  Co.,  Pa.,  a  few  weeks 

So,  were  telling  me  the  history  of  their  ex- 
jits,  and  among  other  things'  one  of  them, 
a  worker  in  wood,  mentioned  the  fact  that  iu 
all  instances  where  pine  forests  had  been  cut 
down  and  tilledj  If  but  once,  a  new  growth 
of  pines  immediately  sprang  up,  and  in  the 
ordinary  course  of  time  forests  of  pine,  equal 
to  the  old  original  growth  covered  the  ground. 
Now,  if  the  pine  forests  can  all  be  renewed 
by  once  plowing,  it  seems  to  me  a  thing 
which  should  be  generally  known  and  recoin 
mended.  If  you  desire,  l  can  ascertain  the 
names  of  parties  In  Pike  Co.,  who  personally 
will  vouch  for  these  facts. — Morristown, 
Our  own  observations  on  pine  lands  con¬ 
firm  this  statement.  Do  any  of  our  readers 
know  to  the  contrary  ? 


THE  TARANTULA  KILLER 

d  E  the  following  account  of  tl 


v-  --  — ;  wuiu  -gVj  UCU., 

"Hrl,  which  will  be  found  exceedingly  in¬ 
teresting  j—The  architectural  ingenuity,  or 
J  .ef  o ei  hits,  of  the  tarantula  is  a  fact  long 

lamuiar  to  naturalists.  This  insect  has  an  ex¬ 
ceptional  development  of  the  instinct  which 
^tracts  a,]  matures  which  are  not  protect- 
,  A  nature  with  a  warmth-engendering 
"Jr?.  ude  to  Properly  house  themselves.  The 
details  of  the  tarantula’s  dwelling,  down  even 
tne  matchless  mechanism  of  the  doors  of 
,  u  tice,  have  excited  the  wonder  of  all  in- 
ensted  in  natural  history.  The  most  elaho- 

hiirn  mvC1nJVous  locks  and  M*g<*  of  vaunted 
nan  skfilare  distanced  by  this  venomous 

ct  in  the  construction  of  the  door  which 


INFORMATION  IN  BRIEF. 

Kangaroo  Leather. — Seven  thousand  kan¬ 
garoo  hides  were  recently  brought  to  San 
Francisco  and  manufactured  into  a  delicate, 
soft  leather,  said  to  be  less  brittle  and  per¬ 
meable  to  water  than  calfskin. 

Artificial  Leather  is  made  in  accordance 
with  an  English  patent  by  a  mixture  of  one 
part  of  glycerine  to  three  of  glue.  If  flexi¬ 
bility  is  desired,  boiled  linseed  oil  is  added  ; 
if  elasticity,  a  solution  of  caoutchouc.  The 
mass  is  placed  on  a  fabric  and  pressed,  then 
washed  with  a  solution  of  chrome  alum. 


KILLING  SNAKES, 


A  sensible  correspondent  of  the  Maine 
Farmer  says  he  made  up  his  mind  years  ago 
that  evory  snake  that  is  killed  by  the  farmer 
is  money  out  of  the  pocket  of  the  snake  kill¬ 
er  ■  for  he  firmly  believes  that  when  the  snake 
is  looked  upon  in  its  true  light  iu  relation  to 
the  farmer,  the  conclusion  will  be  that  that 
individual  has  but  few  better  friends  than  the 
despised  snake. 


gmrjj  cf  a  iluralisit. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Centleman  near  Newl 
York  Olty.l 

flLUNO  AN  ICE-HOUSE. 

Jan.  as.— One  does  not  feel  like  bottling  up  ' 
such  weather  as  we  have  had,  for  use  next 
Summer ;  still,  a  little  ice  will  be  very  ac-  ; 
ceptable  next  July  and  August.  Ice  is  plen¬ 
tiful  enough  this  Winter,  and  one  can  choose  ] 
his  own  time  for  gathering  the  crop,  as  well 
as  select  any  thickness,  from  a  few  Inches  to 
as  many  feet.  My  men  aro  grumbling  be¬ 
cause  the  ice  is  too  thick  to  be  worked  con¬ 
veniently  ;  for  when  we  have  to  saw  through 
ice  eighteen  inches  to  two  feet  thick  it  is  slow 
work ;  besides,  packing  it  away  is  no  easy 
There  are  several  conditions  necessary 
for  preserving  ice ;  the  most  important  are, 
a  good  ice-house,  good  ice,  and  then  have  it 
well  packed.  If  the  blocks  are  sawed  crooked 
and  at  all  kinds  of  angles,  the  packing  be¬ 
comes  laborious  and  slow  work ;  for  unless 
all  the  interstices  are  carefully  filled,  the  ice 
will  not  keep  well.  Of  course  where  the  pre¬ 
serving  of  ice  Is  conducted  by  companies, 
such  as  supply  our  large  cities  and  villages 
with  this  very  necessary  article,  machines  are 
used  for  cutting  which  insure  regularity  in 
alze  and  form  of  the  blocks;  but  in  the  coun¬ 
try.  whore  there  aro  few  who  save  ice,  and 
all*  depend  upon  ordinary  hand  work  in  cut¬ 
ting.  there  is  little  uniformity  in  the  blocks ; 
and  we  have  to  do  the  best  we  can  under  the 
circumstances.  My  ice-house  is  rather  an  ex¬ 
pensive  affair,  brown  stone  front,  etc.,  costing 
several  hundred  dollars;  but  T  must  confess 
that  my  neighbors’  cheap  houses,  built  of 
wood,  beat  mine  in  preserving  ice.  Still,  by 
carefully  packing  away  twentv-flve  to  thirty 
tons  each  Winter,  I  manage  to  have  a  supply 
during  the  hot  Summer  months.  Ice  is  cer¬ 
tainly  a  great  luxury  In  the  Summer,  and 
every  farmer  should  have  an  ice-house,  and 
fill  it  for  his  own  use.  Of  course  1  am  now 
spooking  of  those  residing  in  cold  latitudes, 
where  WO  have  to  suffer  from  cold  in  Winter  ; 
consequently,  it  is  no  more  than  fair  that  we 
should  enjoy  n  little  of  it  in  Summer,  when 
we  can  appreciate  even  a  lump  of  ice.  If  ice 
from  a  pond  cannot  bo  obtained  handily,  then 
the  ice-house  can  be  tilled  with  snow,  a  little 
at  a  time,  wetting  down  each  layer,  and  al¬ 
lowing  it  to  freeze  solid  before  another  is  put 
on.  In  this  way  a  house  can  be  filled  with  a 
solid  cake  of  ice,  that  will  keep  as  well  as 
blocks  cut  from  a  pond. 

A  COLD  SURPRISE. 

Jan .  29.— A  ride  of  a  few  miles  last  even¬ 
ing  satisfied  me  that  we  were  having  some 
cold  weather,  and  upon  arriving  home  about 
11  o’clock  P.  M.,  Ilooked  at  the  thermometer 
ponging  upon  the  side  of  my  woodhouse,  but 
was  much  surprised  to  find  the  column  of 
mercury  out  of  sight.  It  had  all  sunk  into 
the  bulb,  and  it  was  evident  that  the  lowest 
mark,  16°  below  zero,  was  nowhere  for  this 
night.  Now,  this  same  instrument  has  served 
me  for  ten  years,  the  mercury  never  touch¬ 
ing  bottom  before.  I  immediately  made  a 
raid  upon  ray  stock  of  thermometers  in  the 
green-house,  to  find  one  that  was  long  enough 
for  the  occasion  ;  and  I  soon  had  one  hung 
up  where  it  might  show  me  what  old  Boreas 
meant  by  this  sudden  visit.  In  the  meantime 
my  men  had  gone  to  bed  leaving  the  usual 
fire  in  the  furnace  of  my  green-house,  which 
I  soon  discovered  was  not  going  to  answer 
for  this  night,  although  it  had  carried  the 
plants  safely  t  hrougb  many  others.  I  opened 
the  valves  and  let  on  all  steam  for  the  next 
two  hours,  increasing  the  temperature  about 
five  degrees  during  the  time,  and  at  1  o’clock 
A.  M.  the  thermometer  outside  showed  the 
unprecedented  cold  of  20"  below  zero.  I  went 
to  bed  and  got  up  agaiu  at  five  o’clock,  the 
mercury  then  stood  at  20"  below  zero,  which 
I  think  will  answer  very  well  for  New  Jer¬ 
sey,  and  ought  to  satisfy  the  most  ardent  ad¬ 
mirer  of  cool  climates.  I  suffered  no  loss  ol 
plants,  for  the  very  gooci  reason  that  I  did 
not  dopend  upon  somebody  else  to  attend  to 
the  fires,  or,  in  other  words,  was  not  caught 
napping.  I  have  always  endeavored  to  em¬ 
ploy  good  men,  and  pay  good  wages,  still,  I 
never  relax  my  vigilance,  knowing  from  long 
experience  that  if  laborers  possessed  the 
abilities  known  as  economy,  industry,  hon¬ 
esty  and  faithfulness  to  their  employers  we 
would  soon  have  to  do  our  own  work.  There¬ 
fore  instead  of  grumbling  because  our  work¬ 
men  are  often  careless,  indolent  and  indiffer¬ 
ent,  we  should  be  thankful  that  they  are  so, 
for  if  it  were  otherwise  laborers  would  be 
scarce. 

Every  night  before  going  to  bed  I  take  my 


lantern  and  go  to  the  barn,  green-house  and 
about  all  the  out-buildings  and  see  that  the 
animals  are  in  their  places  and  properly  cared 
for  ;  door?,  gates  and  bars  closod;  in  fact,  see 
that  everything  is  secure  and  my  workmen 
have  attended  to  their  business.  I  have  done 
this  ever  since  I  called  myself  a  man,  and  it 
has  become  a  babit  and  not  an  Irksome  task,  ® 
although  sometimes  a  growl  escapes  me  * 
when  the  animals  have  not  been  properly  ’ 
fed,  watered  and  bedded  down,  or  gates  have 
been  left  open  and  cows  or  other  animals  are 
found  in  the  garden  and  fields  of  grain.  My  1 
men  Boon  learn  that  **  the  owl,”  as  they  some¬ 
times  call  me,  among  themselves,  will  surely  * 
find  them  out  if  tilings  are  out  of  place.  It 
makes  no  difference  whether  I  have  one  man 
employed  or  forty  ;  my  habits  of  vigilance 
are  the  same  ;  therefore  losses  through  care¬ 
lessness  have  seldom  occanjed  on  my  prom .  ' 

ises. 

How  any  farmer  can  practice  what  some 
clo  in  the  way  of  talcing  care  of  their  animals 
is.  more  than  I  can  understand.  More  than 
one  man  feeds  his  stock  at  five  or  six  o’clock  1 
m  the  evening  during  the  coldest  weather, 
and  then  never  visits  them  again  until  eight 
the  next  morning  ;  and  usually  some  careless 
boy  or  stupid  workman  is  entrusted  with  this 
business ;  and  it  is  no  wonder  that  animals 
suffer  and  losses  are  frequent  occurrences. 

CAN  T  AFFORD  A  NEWSPAPER. 

Jan.  30.— A  Lady  relative  of  mine,  residing 
in  a  Western  State,  says  she  cannot  afford  to 
take  a  newspaper,  and  ftskR  Mrs.  Ritualist 
to  send  her  the  RURAL  New- Yorker  after 
we  have  read  our  copy.  Of  course  Mrs.  Ru- 
ralist  will  do  just  as  she  pleases  in  the  mat¬ 
ter,  but  I  protest  against  accommodating  any 
man  or  woman  who  will  not.  subscribe  for 
at  least  one  newspaper.  Now,  tills  lady  has 
a  husband  perfectly  able  to  work,  besides 
owning  a  good  farm  near  a  large  city,  and  is 
out  of  debt.  They  have  three  children,  all 
old  enough  to,  and  can,  read  ;  still  their  pa¬ 
rents  think  they  cannot  afford  to  take  a  news¬ 
paper.  I  think  such  a  disposition,  for  it  can¬ 
not  be  called  inability,  is  heathenish,  and  1 
won’t  spoil  a  story  nor  suppress  my  thoughts, 
even  if  it  is  found  among  my  own  blood  rela¬ 
tion  .  These  good  folks  call  themselves  Chris¬ 
tians,  and  contribute  to  the  Home  and  For 
eign  Missions,  and  cram  their  stomachs  from 
one  year's  end  to  another  with  rich  and  ex¬ 
pensive  food,  but  can’t  afford  a  newspaper  ! 
This  is  not  an  isolated  instance  by  anv  means; 
for  I  have  visited  many  hundreds  of  fanners’ 
families  who  were  in  the  same  condition.  Is 
it  any  wonder  that  such  people  find  it  hard 
work  to  make  a  living,  or  that  their  children 
grow  up  ignorant,  unmannerly  gawks,  know¬ 
ing  less,  if  possible,  than  their  parents,  be¬ 
coming  the  victims  of  those  who  do  read  and 
learn  wliut  is  going  on  in  the  world  ?  If  the 
children  ask  for  mental  food,  they  are.  given 
the  Bible  or  some  cheap  Sunday-school  book, 
not  because  the  parent  s  reverence  these  works 
anv  more  than  other  people,  but  they  are 
furnished  gratuitously  by  some  Christian 
Commission,  and  this  makes  a  wonderful  dif¬ 
ference.  How  are  men  and  women  to  learn 
j  the  ways  of  the  world  through  which  they 
are  obliged  to  pass  except  by  reading  what  is 
going  on  from  week  to  week  ? 

Innocence  and  ignorance  are  very  well 
where  all  are  in  the  same  boat ;  but  in  these 
go-ahead  times  men  and  women  must  com¬ 
mence  to  study  while  young,  and  continue 
persistently,  else  they  will  be  run  over  and 
left  behind.  A  family  had  far  better  di epense 
with  rich  and  unwholesome  food  than  with 
newspapers  ;  and  parents  who  deprive  their 
children  of  this  kind  of  reading  ought  to  be 
banished  to  the  land  of  the  Hottentots  at 
once  and  make  room  for  better  people.  There 
are  families  in  the  older  States  who  do  not 
take  a  newspaper,  as  well  as  in  the  new  ;  and 
L  can  count  a  few  even  in  ray  own  neighbor¬ 
hood  ;  and  their  farms,  stock,  children,  as 
well  as  parents,  show  plainly  the  shadow 
cast  upon  them,  and  nothing  short  of  a  men¬ 
tal  earthquake  will  ever  remove  this  pall  of 
darkness. 

But  to  subscribe  for  a  newspaper  and  read 
it  diligently  is  not  enough  :  for  a  journal  of 
geometry  or  geography  would  not  help  a  man 
much  in  raising  potatoes  ;  neither  are  the  re¬ 
ligious  papers  to  be  considered  the  all-impor¬ 
tant  guides  for  the  inhabitants  of  this  mun¬ 
dane  sphere.  A  farmer  must  take  papers 
and  read  books  which  instruct;  him  in  hi?  bus¬ 
iness,  just  as  the  lawyers,  merchants,  doctors, 
and  men  in  other  professions  seek  informa¬ 
tion  where  it  is  to  be  found.  If  you  cannot 
afford  but  one,  let  that  be  a  periodical  de¬ 
voted  to  rural  pursuits,  provided  you  get  a 
living  from  tilling  the  soil. 

- - - - 

"WHERE  18  THE  REMEDY V’ 

Tun  article  under  above  heading,  by  Dari¬ 
us  H.  Pingrey  of  Chillecothe,  Ill.,  suits  me 
exactly,  only  we  want  more  of  the  same.  I 
would  recommend  for  the  farmer  to  let  his 
land  he  still  one  year  for  a  remedy.  J.  G.  l. 


She  Norseman. 


TEETH  OF  YOUNG  HORSES. 


I  noticed  in  a  late  Rural  New-Yorker  an  7 
article  entitled  “  The  Teeth  of  Young  Horses.”  e 
Now,  as  I  am  a  true  friend  of  that  noble  an-  i 
final,  the.  horse,  and  fearing  some  unlucky  g 
beast  might  get  his  tusk;  knocked  out  through  c 
the  influence  of  the  above-named  article,  I  t 
intrude  upon  your  notice  at  this  time.  i 

I  am  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  have 
knocked  and  pulled  out  hundreds  of  wolf 
teeth  In  the  last  thirty  years  ;  and  I  must  say 
that  my  experience  differs  materially  from 
that  of  Mr.  She  ad.  Although  he  Bays  that 
he  Ifl  backed  by  the  bast  authority  in  this  : 
country  and  attaches  V.  S.  to  his  name,  yet  I  1 
think  you  will  say  (that  is  if  you  ever  saw  a 
wolf  tooth)  my  theory  is  nearer  right  than  1 
lfis.  As  I  am  wholly  unacquainted  with 
technical  terms,  and  with  writing  for  uews- 
pajjerc  (this  is  my  first  attempt),  I  shall  lie 
under  the  necessity  of  using  plain,  every-day 
language. 

In  the  first  place,  Mr.  S.  has  not  described 
a  wolf  tooth  at  all,  nor  located  it  in  the  right 
place,  7  never,  in  my  life,  yet  saw  a  wolf 
tooth  near  the  tusk,  but  always  near  the 
double  tooth  or  grinder,  and  often  so  close 
that  it  is  difficult  to  extract  it.  Again,  it 
is  my  opinion  they  are  not  colt  or  sucking 
teeth  ;  for  I  have  seen  them  in  horses  past 
ten  years  old.  I  must  beg  leave  to  differ 
from  Mr.  S.  in  regard  to  the  horse  being  more 
subject  to  them,  for  1  have  found  them  311st 
as  often  in  the  mouth  of  the  mare.  I  will  n/1 
mit  ,  however,  that  the  tusk  or  bridle  tooth  is 
more  natural  to  the  horse.  My  opinion  is, 
that  the  wolf-tooth  is  similar  to  what  we  call 
wisdom  teeth  in  a  person  ;  they  have  no  reg¬ 
ular  socket  in  the  jaw.  I  think  they  ought 
to  be  extracted  as  soon  as  discovered  ;  and  1 
will  give  you  my  reasons  for  this  opinion  : 

If  you  will  take  the  trouble  to  examine  the 
skull  of  the  horse,  you  will  observe  a  long 
crease  or  cavity  just  in  front  of  the  double 
tooth  or  molar  ;  and  it  is  said  by  those  who 
pretend  to  more  knowledge  of  anatomy  than 
I  do,  that  the  optic  nerve  extends  from  the 
eye  to  this  cavity.  Now,  if  these  wolf  teeth 
are  left  to  grow,  the  root  eventually  presses 
into  this  cavity,  causing  inflammation  in  the 
optic  nerve,  and  very  frequently  blindness. 

Some  one  may  ask  the  cause  of  the  wolf 
tooth  ;  the  anly  answer  I  can  give  is.  if  you 
will  give  the  reason  for  those  unnatural  teeth 
called  “  wisdom  teeth  ”  in  peraons,  1  will  tell 
you.  I  would  also  say  that  the  punch  and 
hammer  is  a  very  bad  way  of  extracting 
them ;  for  if  the  home  dodges  (and  he  gener¬ 
ally  will  when  you  strike),  you  are  in  danger 
of  loosening  the  grinder,  thereby  causing  se¬ 
rious  injury  to  the  horse.  In  my  opinion, 
Sir.  Smead  Is  right  in  just  one  point  in  Iris 
artiele,  and  that  is,  a  horse’s  tusks  or  bridle 
teeth  should  never  be  knocked  out,  whether 
large  or  small.  Chas.  Graves. 

Brandon,  Vt, 

— - - - 

TO  HALTER  AND  BREAK  A  COLT. 

Get  the  colt  into  a  small  yard  or  on  a  barn 
floor,  with  as  little  excitement  as  possible; 
take  a  whip  with  a  long  lash,  and  give  him  a 
few  sharp  cuts  around  the  hind  legs,  never 
striking  him  forward.  As  soon  as  he  turns 

his  head  towards  you,  go  towards  him,  talk¬ 
ing  to  him  gently;  if  he  turns  from  you,  a;>- 
ply  the  lash;  in  a  short  time  he  will  follow 
you  and  let  you  handle  him.  Then  take  a 
strong  cord  about  ion  feet  long,  fasten  one 
end  around  his  under  jaw,  as  you  would  a- 
round  a  cow’s  horns,  so  that  it  will  not  slip ; 
pass  the  other  end  over  his  neck  on  the  off 
side  and  down  through  the  loop  around  his 
jaw,  on  the  side  next  to  you;  take  the  cord, 
step  to  one  side,  give  him  a  sharp  pull;  he 
may  go  the  other  way  the  first  time;  do  not 
try"t.o  bold  him;  go  up  to  him  and  pat  him 
and  try  him  again,  saying,  "Come  here !” 
When  he  turns  his  head  or  steps  towards  you 
pet  him,  to  let  him  know  that  he  is  doing 
right;  never  try  to  drag  him  forward  by  main 
force.  When  he  will  not  come  give  him  a 
pull  sideways,  slacking  the  cord  as  soon  as 
you  give  him  the  pulL  If  the  colt  is  about  to 
lose  his  temper  let  him  rest  for  an  hour  or 
two.  Never  lose  your  temper;  be  gentle  but 
firm.  As  soon  as  he  will  follow  you  any 
!  -where,  put  on  a  well-fitting  strap-halter  and 
hitch  him  in  the  stable.  If  he  is  a  small  colt 
you  can  use  a  halter  instead  of  a  cord. 

’  Alfred.  N.  Y.  E.  A.  C. 

- — ■*-*•-*• - — 

SWEET  CORN  FOR  HORSES. 

•  Will  you,  or  some  of  your  readers  who 
;  have  had  experience  in  feeding  sweet  corn  to 
horses  and  fowls,  give  me  some  information, 


through  your  valuable  Rural  New-\  orker, 
as  to  the  relative  qualities  of  sweet  corn  com¬ 
pared  with  common  field  com  ’  I  raised 
some  three  acres  of  the  large  Asylum  com 
for  the  Boston  market,  but  it  matured  when 
the  market  was  glutted,  and  sold  as  low  as 
75c.  to  SI  per  barrel.  My  idea  was  that  farm¬ 
ers  were  unwise  to  sell  at  such  prices, — that 
it  was  worth  more  to  feed  out  to  stock.  It  is 
said  the  fodder  is  worth  more,  and  If  it  will 
do  to  feed  to  horses  and  fowls,  why  is  it  not 
better  to  raise  this  than  common  field  com, 
as  I  have  more  bushels  to  the  acre  ? 

Bridgewater,  Mass.  D-  8- 


KICKING  MARE. 

Charles  D.  Mora  asks  how  to  cure  a 
mare  of  the  bad  habit  of  kicking.  Fasten  a 
cord  to  the  end  of  her  tail,  pass  it  between 
her  legs  and  fasten  to  the  lower  part  of  the 
collar  ;  draw  tight.  Treat  the  mare  kindly. 

- ♦♦+» - — — 

HORSE  SHEDDING  TAIL  HAIR. 

1  would  like  to  inquire  if  there  is  any  pre¬ 
ventive  for  a  horse  shedding  the  hair  from 
his  tail  every  Summer,— b. 

We  know  of  none,  and  never  knew  a  horse 
did  it. 

- -»■»■»- - 

TREATMENT  OF  CURB. 

Will  some  one  be  kind  enough  to  inform 
a  reader  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  if  a 
curb  on  a  horse’s  hind  leg  may  be  treated  the 
same  as  a  bone  spavin,  and  with  good  results  ? 

Bedford. 


SHEEP  FOR  THE  SOUTH. 

Will  you  please  answer  in  Rural  New- 
Yorker  whether  you  know  of  any  wealthy 
Northern  farmers  who,  having  more  good 
sheep  than  t  hey  can  accommodate,  would  bo 
willing  to  send,  aay  one  or  two  hundred,  to 
South  Carolina,  to  some  planter  to  tend  and 
raise  on  shares,  to  be  agreed  upon  between 
them,  after  being  satisfied  of  the  planter’s 
capability  and  ’reliability  to  do  bu  1  If  not, 
will  you  cal!  attention  to  the  subject  in  your 
valuable  paper;  for  I  think  it  one  which 
might  be  of  great  profit  to  both  a  Northern 
and  Southern  planter,  as  sheep  and  cattle  are 
so  easily'  raised  with  us  without  any  atten¬ 
tion  in  the  way  of  feeding  ;  but  if  you  attend' 
to  them,  and  feed  them  a  little  in  February 
and  March,  it  is  a  very  profitable  business. 

I  have  a  large  place  of  1,500  acres,  on  the 
banks  of  the  Congaree  River,  20  miles  from 
Columbia,  S.  C.,  with  swamp  land  in  which 
the  cattle  keep  fat  Winter  and  Summer 
without  one  grain  of  feed  ;  and  also  high 
rolling  hills  from  the  top  of  which  you  can 
look  15  miles,  and  all  around  mo  miles  and 
miles  of  unfenced  timber  lands  and  unculti 
vated  fields.  Don’t  you  think  that  is  a  good 
range  for  a  flock,  with  a  herdsman  to  follow 
them?  Rye,  oats,  turnips,  hay,  etc.,  are 
easily  raised  with  us,  and  apart  from  that, 
when  our  corn  and  cotton  fields  are  open 
first  of  November,  cattle  and  sheep  luxuriate 
for  months,  with  no  snow  and  ice  to  starve 
theim  Common  sheep  can  be  bought  here 
for  $2,  and  could  soon  be  much  improved  by 
crossing  on  the  Merinos,  which  cost  too  much 
when  single  animals  are  sent  from  the  North. 

T.  K.  Legare. 

Fort  Motte,  Orangeburg  Co.,  S.  C. 

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WATER-GLASS  IN  WASHING  WOOL. 

Among  the  many  practical  applications  of 
water-glass,  or  the  silicate  of  potash  and  soda, 
its  use  in  the  washing  of  wool  is  said  to  be 
not  the  least,  important.  For  this  purpose 
one  part  of  the  water-glass  is  to  be  dissolved 
in  forty  of  warm  water,  and  the  wool  placed 
in  it  for  a  minute,  and  stirred  around  a  little 
with  the  hand.  It  is  to  be  taken  out  and 
rinsed  in  cold,  or  luke-warm  water,  when  it 
will  be  quite  entirely  free  from  smelL  After 
this  treatment  the  wool  is  said  to  remain 
perfectly  soft,  and  is  not  affected  ip.  the  slight¬ 
est  degree,  even  if  allowed  to  remain  for 
several  days  in  the  solution,  and  then  rinsed 
out  with  warm  water.  Wool  may  ue  washed 
very  rapidly  in  this  way,  and  in  large  quan¬ 
tity,  by  inclosing  it  in  baskets  or  nets,  im¬ 
mersing  it  in  the  solution,  and  treating  it  a* 
above  mentioned.  Even  the  sheep  can  be 
rendered  of  snowy  whiteness  very  quickly,  U 
immersed  for  a  minute  in  a  vessel  oontairur.t 
the  above  solution,  at  a  temperature  of  1W 
to  120',  and  then  rinsed  in  pure  water,  in 
tins  case  it  may  be  necessary  to  take  aom® 
precaution  to  prevent  the  introduction  of  trie 
solution  into  the  eyes  of  the  sheep,  whienra ; 
bu  done  by  fastening  the  legs  securely  to  pre¬ 
vent  struggling,  and,  perhaps,  enveloping  me 
head  for  the  time  in  cloth. 


flour.  Stir  it  until  it  boils  to  prevent  burn¬ 
ing  ;  then  remove  from  the  Are  and  let  it 
stand  until  lukewarm,  then  put  in  a  teacup 
of  good  yeast  and  keep  it  moderately  warm 
until  it  rises. 

For  the  yeaBt  cukes  : — Take  the  yeast  when 
light,  and  stir  in  nice  Indian  meal  until  it  can 
be  handled  without  sticking  to  the  hands. 
Scatter  a  handful  of  meal  on  your  cake- 
board  and  scrape  the  dough  out  of  the  dish 
on  that ;  with  the  hands  shape  it  into  a 
mound.  (Do  not  on  any  account  mold  the 
dough  and  roll  out  with  a  rolling-pin.)  Slice 
off  the  cakes  with  a  knife,  and  lay  them  on  a 
suitable  board  to  bo  dried  by  the  stove,  or  in 
the  shade  any  way,  as  tho  sun  is  apt  to  fer¬ 
ment.  them.  They  should  be  turned  often 
while  drying.  After  the  cakes  are  entirely 
dry  they  should  be  wrapped  iu  several  thick¬ 
nesses  of  paper  and  kept  from  the  air.  Some 
people  prefer  soft  yeast  for  bread  as  most 
convenient,  making  it.  often,  but  using  the 
cakes  to  raise  it  with.  Cakes  made  in  this 
way  will  keep  three  months  or  more. 

b.  0.  D. 


fashionable.  They  are  very  large,  round  or 
oval,  with  dogs’  or  horses’  heads  in  bold  re¬ 
lief,  or  in  imitation  of  the  antique. 


Modes  and  painters 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 


DRESS  GOODS. 

A  new  material  for  Spring  wear,  is  India 
crape  cloth.  It  is  the  width  of  satine,  very 
durable,  soft  in  its  folds,  comes  in  the  cloth 
shades,  and  is  sold  for  75  cents  a  yard.  It  13 
particularly  to  be  commended  for  elderly 
ladies. 

Rubais  poplin  is  a  cheap,  substantial  mix¬ 
ture  that  will  not.  shrink  ;  it  is  suitable  for 
home  dresses ;  price,  35  cents. 

Foulards  are  the  best  material  for  derni- 
toilette,  although  there  Is  a  certain  risk  in 
buying  them.  They  may  prove  good  for 
several  seasons,  or  they  may  fray  and  actual¬ 
ly  fall  in  pieces.  It  is  well  to  choose  those 
that  are  soft  to  the  touch  ;  the  crispy  and 
stiff  varieties  are  not  durable.  The  patterns 
are  especially  pretty  this  season.  The  grounds 
are  light  Subdued  tints  with  polka  spots,  stars, 
little  sprigs  and  lozenges,  always  small  and 
delicate.  They  are  trimmed  with  silk  the 
color  of  the  figure,  or  with  black  velvet  rib¬ 
bon.  They  cost  ?  1.  *35  and  t  ip  wards. 

Japanese  silks  for  evening 
grounds, 
same  shade 
chase,  however 


CHINESE  FASHIONS  IN  HAIR 


Unmarried  women  in  Chinn  can  always  bo 
distinguished  from  matrons,  as  the  hair  is  al¬ 
lowed  to  fall  over  the  back  in  long  tresses  or 
in  the  form  of  a  queue,  or  caught,  up  at  the 
hack  in  a  simple  bow,  fastened  with  silk  cord. 
In  Canton  It  takes  the  form  of  a  plaited  tail 
at  the  back,  and  a  fringe  of  hair  over  the 
forehead.  After  marriage  it  is  taken  up  and 
dressed  into  tho  form  of  a  tea-pot,  having  its 
handle  above  the  head.  InSwatow  it  is  made 
to  resemble  a  bird  resting  on  the  crown  of  the 
head,  or  a  horn  bent  backward,  and  rising 
from  the  back  of  the  head.  The  Manchtt  or 
Tartar  matron  parts  her  hair  in  front,  ns  our 
ladies  do.  while  the  back  hair  is  done,  up  in  a 
huge  bow  adorned  with  flowers.  Hair-dves 
are  unknown,  as  hair  is  uniformly  black,  be¬ 
coming  gray  only  in  extreme  old  age. 


HOME-MADE  BRACKETS 


The  brackets  shown  in  the  accompanying 
sketches  are  easily  made,  and  quite  orna¬ 
mental.  The  shelf  of  the  first  is  the  fungus 


•  wear  are  solid 
with  stripes  of  blue,  red,  or  of  the 
they  are  not  a  judicious  pur- 
r,  and  coat  as  much  as  foulard. 

The  prevailing  hue  for  early  Spring,  except- 
ing  black,  which  is  after  all  the  most  worn, 
is  olive  browu.  There  are  numbers  of  these 
shades,  from  grave  to  gay,  and  the  costume  ^ 
may  be  as  fashionable  or  as  plain  as  tho  taste 
of  tho  wearer  may  dictate.  We  saw  one  ( 
co3 turns  which  was  distinguished  for  its  f 
plainness  ;  the  under-skirt  was  brown  silk,  . 
with  one  ruffle  put  on  in  box  plaits  at  iut.er-  ( 
vab.  The  polonaise  was  very  deep  in  tho 
back,  draped  and  hung  open  in  front,  slightly  ( 
drawn  back.  At  one  side  of  what  we  may 
term  the  panier  in  a  very  modified  form,  was 
a  brown  silk  sash  and  ends  simply  fringed. 

The  waist  was  perfectly  plain,  and  a  little 
round  cape  covered  the  shoulders.  The  bon¬ 
net  was  of  brown  silk  plush,  with  standing 
front  of  velvet;  and  trimmed  with  brown 
ribbon  aud  abrown  wing  with  a  b1  i£ht  crim¬ 
son  head. 

COSTUMES. 

A  black  silk  costume  equally  plain,  was 
even  richer,  Tho  silk  was  the  most  lustrous 
of  bonuet ;  that  kind  with  a  bloom  on  it  such 
as  we  rarely  sea  in  the  shops  on  this  side  of 
the  water.  The  underskirt  had  a  flounce 
headed  with  three  folds  ;  tho  back  width  hav¬ 
ing  a  smaller  flower  similarly  headed  above 
the  lower.  The  polonaise  was  perfectly  plain. 

The  front  parted,  and  with  a  little  draping  at 
the  sides,  hung  in  the  manner  we  have  at¬ 
tempted  to  describe  above.  On  each  side, 
tho  front  was  a  bias  piece,  edged  with  nar¬ 
row  folds ;  on  this,  at  intervals,  were  large 
buttons  covered  with  silk.  Two  large  pock¬ 
ets  were  trimmed  in  the  same  manner.  In 
the  back  the  polonaise  was  gathered  up  iu 
two  puffs,  lifting  it  entirely  from  the  skirt, 
the  edge  of  wliich  Is  simply  hemmed,  not 
appearing.  The  waist  is  untrimmed.  Coat 
sleeves  with  deep  cuffs  trimmed  with  buttons. 

Most  Spring  suits  are  made  with  rolling 
collar  and  rovers,  to  be  worn  over  a  habit 
skirt.  On  dinner  toilets  large  puffs  at  the 
arm-hqles  are  seen,  especially  in  the  richer 
materials.  All  manner  of  Valenciennes  waists 
are  worn  by  young  ladies.  Muslin  waists, 
with  Valenciennes  strips  of  inserting  and 
embroidery,  are  set  in  in  any  way  that  may¬ 
be  becoming  to  the  form.  They  are  either 
with  or  without  sleeves. 

Scarfs  of  soft  silk,  like  that  of  which  ties 
are  made,  fringed  and  knotted  at  the  end, 
are  worn  around  the  shoulders  and  tied  in 
one  loop  in  front.  By-the-way,  in  making 
sashes,  either  for  costumes  or  of  fancy  silks, 
it  is  desirable  to  have  them  fringed ;  in  doing 
this  it  is  better,  if  possible,  to  take  it  to  an 
establishment  where  sashes  are  made.  The 
silk  can  then  be  accurately  matched,  and  it 
will  be  done  cheaper  than  in  any  other  way. 

EOS  GENTLEMEN. 

Gentlemen  wear  about  their  necks  large 
silk  handkerchiefs.  They  come  in  all  pos¬ 
sible  colors  ;  but  white  are  the  most  desirable. 

They  are  worn  inside  the  coat,  and  crossed 
under  the  chin.  They  protect  the  collar  from 
being  soiled  by  the  overcoat.  For  mourning, 
handkerchief  a  in  large  black  and  white  solid 
chocks  are  used. 

A  new  handkerchief  for  ordinary  use  is  of 
yellow,  raw  silk,  edged  with  a  border  of 
white  silk  and  black  polka  dots.  or  three  months 

Scarfs  are  straight  and  long,  of  the  heaviest  ;  take  half  a  dozei 
varieties  of  ribbed  silk,  in  dark  ruby,  plum  hops  ;  boil  them 
green  and  purples.  They  are  folded,  and  in  a  cloth.  Ren 
fastened  with  scarf  rings,  which  come  in  any  potatoes  line  ;  s< 
possible  device.  the  liquor  with  ] 

Oxydized  silver  sleeve  buttons  are  very  thicken  it  with  1 


MY  MODE  OF  WASHING 


cover  the  clothes  ;  but  I  get  the  water  all 
ready  first,  by  putting  half  a  teaoupl'ul  of 
the  fluid  and  a  pint  of  soft  soap  in  it,  then  all 
body  clothes.  Tliis  l  do  on  Friday  afternoon, 
uear  night ;  let  them  stand  and  boil  till  the 
fire  goes  out ;  then  put  them  on  again  in  the 
morning  while  we  eat  breakfast ;  then  pour 
all  out  of  tiro  boiler  into  a  tub  and  Ux  it  again 
and  add  all  the  other  white  clothes  and  let 
them  boil  while  washing  out  the  others.  The 
first  clothes  will  need  scalding  again  in  clean 
water  and  soap.  Then  pass  them  through 
the  water  tho  usual  way.  The  other  pieces 
will  not  need  much  rubbing  ;  then  rinse,  hang 
up.  Now,  this  water  will  do  for  calicoes,  and 
is  very  good  for  plants  and  scrubbing  aud  all 
the  cleaning  that  comes  on  Saturday.  We 
are  almost  always  through  with  our  work  by 
twelve  o’clock,  not  including  dinner.  We 
number  seven  in  family,  have  a  large  house 
to  take  care  of,  and  this  Winter  keep  no  help. 

I  have  taken  Saturday  for  wash-day  for 
two  or  three  reasons  ;  one  is,  in  Winter  you 
have  all  day  Sunday  to  dry  your  clothes  and 
rest ;  another,  it  gives  more  of  the  full  week 
for  other  purposes,  as  we  are  obliged  to  be 
around  on  Saturday  baking  and  cleaning,  ’tis 
just  os  well  to  do  it  all  at  the  same  time.  I 
find  a  good  many  have  changed  from  Mon¬ 
day  to  Saturday,  and  like  the  change  very 
much. 

When  I  make  soft  soap,  I  add  salts  of  am¬ 
monia  and  borax — twenty-five  cents  worth 
of  each  to  the  barrel.  Mrs.  L.  A  O. 

Milton-on-the-Hudson. 


1873 :  Pres-  D.  L.  Pope,  Geauga.  Pice-Pm.— 
b.  Gould,  Geauga;  B.  L.  Barden,  Pulton ;  M.  D. 
Call.  I /like;  A.  D.  Rawlins,  Cuyahoga;  G.  W. 
Crosier,  Lorain;  W.  II.  will  lama,  Medina;  8. 
Free  man,  Portage ;  C.  T.  King,  Huron  ;  R.  Ba¬ 
ker,  Michigan ;  T.  B.  Wire,  Ashtabula.  Sec.  and 
Treat.-  -8,  D.  Harris,  Cleveland.  Cor.  Sec.— L. 
Bartlett,  Chester  Cross  Roads,  Geauga.  The  next 
meeting  Is  to  be  held  In  Clevelatidon  the  fourth 
Wednesday  and  Thursday  Iri  January-,  1874. 

Northwestern  Unlrvmrn'*  A«»’n.  -  Officers 
elect  for  1873 ;  Prce.  '8.  FAvn.rvE,  Lake  Mills, 
Wis.  P  tee- Prat'*  —  C,  II.  Wilder,  Evansville, 
Wis.;  N.  Kldred,  Iowa  Falls,  Iowa.;  D.  Turner, 
Crown  Point,  Ind.;  J.  Tuttle,  Salem,  Wls.;  J.  R. 
McLean,  Elgin,  Ill.;  C.  W.  Gould,  Elgin,  III.;  H. 
W.  Mend.  Hebron,  Wls.;  H.  Smith,  Sheboygan, 
Wls.;  E.  H,  Seward,  Marengo,  111.  Sec,— G.  E. 
Morrow,  Madison,  Win.  dss't  Sec.  — W.  H.  Stew¬ 
art,  Hebron,  III.  Treat.— R. R.  Stone,  Elgin,  Ill. 

Northern  IlllnoU  flori.  Hoc.  -Officers  elect 
for  1873:  Pra.— S.  G.  Mi.tiilkk,  Kendall  Co. 
Flee- PraFto.— Robert  Douglass,  Lake  Co.;  Sam¬ 
uel  F/dvvards,  Bureau  Co.;  L.  Montague,  Stephen¬ 
son  Co.;  Captain  Edward  H.  Beebe,  Kane  Co. 
Cor.  Sec.— D.  W.  Scott,  Galena.  Secretaries.— 
Robert  Little  and  Tl  If.  McAfee,  Freeport. 
Treat.  L.  Woodward,  Marengo. 

Iowa  State  Ag-  Soc.—  Officors  oleot  for  1873: 
Pra’t.— JOHN  SCOTT,  Story  Co.  Vice-Pres't.—'E. 
Smith,  Davenport.  See.— J.  M.  Shaffer,  Fairfield. 
Treat.— w.  U.  Leach,  Cedar  Rapids.  Directors 
— f.  L.  Downing,  Okaloosa;  John  Grlnnell, 
Clayton;  0.  F.  Davis,  Korku k ;  Johxi  Porter, 
Iowa  City;  S.  Ii.  Hewitt,  Eagle  Grove,  Wright 
county. 

Northern  Wls.  Ag.  Snc.— Tlit-i  Society  met  at 
Oshkosh,  Jan.  14,  and  elected  the  following  offi¬ 
cers  for  1873;  Fra—  A.  M.  Skbels,  Rlpon.  Sec. 
~R.  D.  Torry,  Oshkosh.  Treat—  Jaa.  H.  Jones, 
Oshkosh-  Vtco-Presideots,  representing  nine¬ 
teen  counties,  were  elected,  who  constitute  the 
Executive  Committee. 

West  Richfield,  Medina  Co.,  O.,  Ag.  and 
Mecb.  A ss’». — Pres, — C.  G.  Hale.  Vlce-Frestt  — 
S.  H.  Edgertoti,  J.  Comstock,  G.  W.  Woodruff, 
J.  B.  Porter,  Geo.  Kirk.  15.  Vlall.  W.  Burt. 


commonly  called  “touch-wood,”  found  grow¬ 
ing  in  the  woods  c-n  hard  wood  trees.  The 
brace  Is  a  piece  of  bittersweet  vino,  that  has 
gained  its  spiral  form  by  growing  around  a 
sapling,  such  pieces  being  easily  found  where 
bittersweet  abounds.  The  upright  is  made' 
of  a  straight  piece  of  vine,  or  any  wood  of 
the  proper  size  having  similar  bark,  sawed  in- 
two  lengthwise,  and  the  bark  left  on.  If  the 
joints  show  they  can  be  covered  with  any 
pretty  tree-moss. 


SOMETHING  GREEN 


We  all  like  the  sight  of  green  in  the  late  | 
Winter  and  early  Spring  days,  before  muoh 
green  is  to  he  seem  So  simple  a  thing  as  a 
carrot  with  a  little  attention  may  be  made  to 
yield  much  pleasure.  Scoop  out  much  of  the 
inside  from  the  bottom,  cutting  off  the  end 
of  the  root.  Make  two  holes  by  which  a  cord 
may  be  inserted  to  hang  it  up,  and  after  in¬ 
serting  one,  seal  over  the  openings  with  wax. 
Fill  the  hollow  with  water  and  hang  in  the 
window.  Change  the  water  daily.  The  head 
end  hanging  down  will  grow  rapidly  and 
luxuriously,  soon  formiug  a  beautiful  cluster 
of  fresh,  bright  leaves. 

A  sweet  potato  suspended  In  a  glass  jar  in 
which  there  is  water  and  placed  in  a  window 
will  put  forth  shoots  and  soon  produce  a  very 
beautiful  vine.  Flax  seed  sprinkled  in  the 
hollow  of  a  pine  cone  and  kept  moistened 
(place  in  a  glass  jar  of  water)  will  soon  be¬ 
come  a  mass  of  green  within  the  jar  or  vase. 


The  other  bracket  is  made  of  wild  grape¬ 
vine,  the  joints  fastened  with  pins  and  bound 
with  the  tendrils  of  the  vine,  made  pliable 
by  soaking  in  hot  water.  B- 


WA3HING  MADE  EASY. 

If  Mollte  P.  G.  wishes  her  washing  made 
easy,  tell  her  to  go  to  the  druggist’s  and  buy 
one  pound  of  soda  ash  and  one-half  pound  of 
eastern  lime,  put  it  in  two  gallons  of  soft  wa. 
ter;  bring  it  to  aboil;  then  strain.  Put.  it 
in  a  stone  jar  and  set  away  for  use,  I  or  a 
medium  sized  washing,  use  one  pint  to  two 
or  three  pails  of  water,  boiling  the  clothes  one 
hour  before  rubbing.  Be  particular  in  rins¬ 
ing.  The  expense  of  the  above  preparation 
is  thirteen  cents.  Mrs.  H.  J.  H. 

Auburn,  N.  Y. 


YEAST  CAKES 


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FEB,  15 


“PROGRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT.” 

MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 

A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 

HU Mli,  LITKRAIlf  AMI  KAHILI  BKWSPAPBIt. 


So  much  preliminary,  or  recapitulatory.  Now, 
from  letter*  recently  received  from  agents  and 
others,  It  seems  that  some  people  arc  nowise,  I 


RUEAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

The  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  don’t  wnnl 


men  of  any  other  calling,  and  upon  the  various 
theories  advanced  explaining  the  phenomenon, 
a  recent  writer  thinks  the  fact  can  he  explained 


m  nlhnu'mr ,  as  to  refuse  to  renew  their  sub-  another  Convention  nf  Agriculturists  Convened  by  the  answer  to  the  sheep  conundrum "  Why 
sfrlptionx  in  the  Rural  heeaitso  they  received  at  Washington,  evidently.  It  will  be  remem-  1  d°  white  sheep  eat  more  than  black  ones?" 


D.  D.  T.  MOORE, 

Conducting  Kditor  and  FMablinher. 

CHAS.  D.  BRAGDON,  ANDREW  S.  FULLER, 

A *»oc'iato  JCditor*. 

HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.  D.,  Cortland  Village,  N.  Y., 

Eimtos  os  t«*  D»)'ai:T' I r , ,  op  S»K*r  J [uui., okv. 

X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  Little  Falls,  N.  Y., 

Eumm  01’  m  Dkiaki-urvt  or  l>> iky  Hcsiusonv. 

Col.  S.  D.  HARRIS,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 

Corii sr i‘" ■  L'Iyo  ,  ICoiToit, 


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“STRIKE,  BUT  HEAR!” 

In  the  Rural  of  Dec.  31, 1873,  under  the  head¬ 
ing  of  “A  Surreptitious  Swindle,'’  wo  published 
a  letter  from  tin  Agent  in  Western  Now  York, 
staling  that  all  our  subscribers  in  that  town 
(over  fift  y)  had  received  a  certain  circular,  a  copy 
of  which  he  inclosed  to  us,  and  which  we  char¬ 
acterized  as  that  of  a  swindler — "one  of  those 
generous  geniuses  who  propose  to  furnish  coun¬ 
terfeit  giean  backs  fora  trilling  amount  of  the 
genuine  article."  We  furl  hermore affirmed  that 
the  Rural's  list  of  name*  had  never  been  sold 
to  any  party,  and  that  if  swindlers  had  got  pos¬ 
session  of  it,  the  "operation"  had  beon  a  sur¬ 
reptitious  one  and  offered  $600  for  tho  arrest 
and  conviction  of  the  party  er  parties  who  per¬ 
petrated  the  larceny.  Our  Western  Now  York 
Agent,  after  seeing  t  his  reply,  wrote  us  t  hat  the 
subscribers  of  other  papers  besides  the  Rural 
had  been  furnished  the  .swindling  circular,  and 


scriptioris  to  the  Rural  because  they  received 
,  the  aforementioned  circular !  This  seems  sin- 
•  gul  or,  after  our  explanation,  but  “what  can’t 
bo  cured  must  be  endured/'  and  as  our  over- 
virtuous  and  suspicious  friends  and  t  heir  fami¬ 
lies  are  the  greatest  losers,  wc  will  endeaver  to 
j  bear  the  infliction  with  bee  win  (rig  fortitude. 
Among  the  epistles  we  have  been  favored  with 
on  t  he  subject  is  the  following,  from  Edwin  M. 
-  Crowell,  of  Columbiana  Co.,  Ohio : 

,  “1  have  just  found  out  why  your  paper  hue 

not  as  large  a  circulation  in  this  neighborhood 
as  formerly.  Late  this  last  Fall  the  Rural 
readers,  with  but  very  few  exceptions,  received 
circulars  from  a  swindling  operation,  proposing 
to  send  counterfeit  money  for  genuine,  and 
claiming  that  they  would  be  revenged  if  the 
people  done  anything  to  expose  him  in  his  busi¬ 
ness.  One  man  did  not  know  what  to  do.  They 
claim  you  are  the  only  publisher  In  New  York 
that  hare  their  mimes.  *  *  *  l  only  write  this 
to  tell  vou  how  It  cornea  my  club  is  bo  small." 

Now,  the  fact,  is,  aa  we  have  already  stated, 

I  hat  no  list  of  Kura  r.  subscribers  has  ever  been 
2  sold,  with  our  knowledge  and  consent,  and  if 
i  any  has  been  procured  It  has  been  by  theft,  or 
■  through  connivance  with  an  employe— which 
7  latter  we  do  not  believe  probable,  albeit  possi- 
‘  ble.  As  stated  In  our  former  article,  (Dec.  21,1 
[  “  Our  lists  arc  kept  under  lock  and  key  by  night, 

.  and  carefully  guarded  at  other  times  yet  a 
copy  of  our  mail  list  was  stolen  (by  a  former 
employe)  some  two  years  ago.  though  soon  re¬ 
covered  and  it  Is  possible  such  a  thing  may 
have  occurred  (less  the  detection  and  recovery) 

.  again.  Rut  no  copy  bus  boon  sold,  and  never 
will  be,  to  swindlers,  while  the  Rural  Nkw- 
Yorkicr  Is  under  lt.s  present  management.’’ 

Our  present  Impression  is  that  the  list  stolen 
two  years  ago  may  have  been  copied  before  its 
recovery— and  if  so,  we  can  easily  account  for 
its  use  by  swindlers,  for  the  thief  would  readily 
dispose  of  it  to  any  one,  "fora  consideration.'' 

,  Such  being  the  facts,  will  not  our  readers,  so 
far  as  they  may.  state  the  case  properly  lo  those 
who  feel  themselves  aggrieved?  It  Is  unpleas¬ 
ant  to  be  iitulcr  suspicion,  and  suffer  even  slight 
martyrdom,  when  Innocent,  of  wrong  doing. 

■  — 

CASTLE  GEYSER  AND  HOT  SPRING  IN 
MONTANA. 

Tu  k  illustration  given  on  next  page  is  of  one  of 
the  numerous  geyser  and  hot  springs  in  Mon¬ 
tana.  A  few  miles  above  the  lower  fall  of  the 
Yellowstone  river,  which  is  400  feet  in  bight  and 
100  feet  wide,  and  near  Crater  Hills  are  a  num¬ 
ber  of  hot  springs.  Some  of  these  are  mud 
springs,  most  of  them  impregnated  with  alum. 
One,  13  feet  In  diameter,  resembles  a  huge  boil¬ 
ing  caldron,  the  water  being  thrown  tothehlght 
of  three  feet.  It  Is  surrounded  by  a  collor-Ukc 
rim,  which  Is  Inrrusted  with  n  bead-like  forma¬ 
tion.  In  the  steam  running  from  it  is  ana  l>u  ad¬ 
mit  deposit  i jf  sulphur.  The  water contalnssiil- 
phtir,  alumina,  lime  and  iron.  Near  this  spring 
arc  some  steam  jots,  which  by  the  noise  they 
make  resemble  a  locomotive  engine. 

The  geyser-fleld  Includes  two  basins,  each 
covering  about  ten  square  miles,  and  tilled  with 
innumerable  hot  springs  and  geysers.  The 
cones  of  the  latter  are  ol  various  shapes,  arid 
are  composed  of  silicious  material  identical 
*vith  that  found  around  I  he  geysers  of  Iceland. 
This  geyser-fleld,  however,  fa r  exceeds  that  of 
Iceland,  both  in  the  number  of  springs  and  I  lie 
bight  to  which  the  boiling  water  is  thrown.  In 
the  "Great  Geyser"  of  Iceland  the  water  is  pro¬ 
jected  to  the  bight  of  90  feet;  w  hile  here  the 
largest  geyser  throws  a  column  of  water  to  the 
enormous  bight  of  3(H)  feet  ;  and  in  a  number  of 
others  It  Is  thrown  from  50  feet  to  150  feet. 
About,  forty  miles  below  Yellowstone  Luke,  on 
Gardiner’s  River,  one  of  t  he  tributaries  «»r  the 
Yellowstone  lllvor,  is  a  remarkable  hot-sprlng 
formation,  resembling  very  much  one  existing 
In  Now  Zealand.  Here,  however,  the  material 
composing  it  contains  a  considerable  percent¬ 
age  of  lime;  while  in  New  Zealand  it  is  mainly 
silicious. 

The  Cast  lo  Geyser,  which  wo  show,  is  situated 
in  the  center  of  a  gently-sloping  mound  of  the 
silicious  deposit,  above  which  Its  crater  rises 
about,  J5  feet,  fashioned  like  turrets,  many  of 
which  are  broken  down,  as  though  the  Castle 
had  been  subjected  to  a  bombardment.  It  is 
about  CO  feet  tn  length,  nnd  Is  Inrrusted  with  a 
beautiful  boad-liko  formation .  The  water  gush¬ 
es  from  It  every  few  hours,  makings  grout  noise. 

These  are  but  a  few  of  t  he  many  geysers  w'hlch 
exist  in  t  his  region.  Wc  also  show  ono  of  the 
numerous  hot  springs— one  In  front  of  Castle 
Geyser,  which  Lx  seen  In  the  distance.  These 
hot  springs  are  ol  all  diameters,  reaching  even 
400  feet,  Tbclr  depth  Is  unfathomable.  Tho 
edge  of  the  spring  is  a  series  of  regular  scallops, 
and  tho  sides  are  beautifully  corrugated  and  la- 
crusted.  Looking  Into  oneof  theBe  caverns,  the 
tint  seen  in  a  most  Intense  blue,  resembling  > 
that  of  the  turquoise.  Tho  water  varies  In  tern-  i 
pc  ret  ure  from  110°  Fahrenheit  to  the  boiling  « 
point,  which,  in  this  elevated  region,  is  only  198". 


bered  that  last,  year  such  a  Convent  Ion  was  hold 
in  accordance  with  a  call  issued  by  the  (Com¬ 
missioner.  He  sought,  to  control  that  Conven¬ 
tion  and  failed.  He  took  occasion  to  tell  that 
Convention  what  foolish  things  he  thought  they 
had  done  and  got  severely  rebuked  for  temerity. 
He  t  ried  to  avoid  printing  the  report  of  its  pro¬ 
ceedings  tint  tho  Convention  got  Congress  to 
provide  for  doing  so;  and,  whereas,  It  was  ap¬ 
parent  that  he  expected  the  men  ho  had  hon¬ 
ored  with  an  invitation  to  meet  him  in  Conven 
tlon  would  be  Ids  most  obedient  servants,  he 
found  himself  snubbed,  ignored  almost,  and 
has  since  learned  t  hat,  distance  alone  lends  e.n- 
chantment  to  the  public’s  view  of  his  ability  to 
manage  the  department  with  credit  to  the 
country.  For  the  Convention  of  last  year  ap¬ 
pointed  a  (  ommlttee  to  call  another  Conven 
l  ion  t  in-  present  year.  We  believe  t  he  presiding 
officer  of  las l  year’s  Convention,  (Dr.  Lorjno,  of 
Moss,),  was  the  Chairman  of  t  he  Committee. 
No  Convention  has  been  called  and  the  reason 
therefor  is  explained  by  the  following  ex¬ 
tract  from  a  recant  speech  by  Dr.  I,., 
who  says:— "The  Convention  (of  last 

year)  was  useful  and  encouraging,  ami 
should  be  repeated  ;  nnd  I  can  only  regret  that 
all  the  efforts  of  a  committee  appointed  to  call 
together  u  fllmlllar  body  in  Washington  during 
t  he  present  month,  have  utterly  foiled,  on  ac¬ 
count  of  the  refusal  of  the  Commissioner  of 
Agriculture  either  to  unite  with  the  Committee 
in  the  call,  as  Instructed,  or  to  allow  tho  Con¬ 
vention  to  assemble  within  the  walls  of  the  Agri¬ 
cultural  Department, 


Mending  Dressed  Beef  from  Hie  West.-  Mr.  P. 
Clark,  Clayton  Co.,  Iowa,  is  informed  that  we 
are  receiving,  in  Now  York,  about  a  car-load  of 
dressed  beef  from  Chicago  per  day.  it.  comes 
t  hrough  in  good  order,  packed  loose  In  the  ear, 
and  sells  at  7(T/.9e,  per  pound  for  sides  that  is,  a 
fore  and  a  hind  quarter.  Yours  can  come  in 
the  same  way,  not  by  express,  which  will  cost, 
too  much,  but  by  regular  freight,  getting  It  off 
so  as  to  reach  here  before  warm  weather.  Where 
a  few  quarters  are  sent,  it  Is  a  good  plan  to  wrap 
each  one  in  sacking  or  sheeting,  or  something 
of  the  sort,  to  keep  t  lie  meat  clean.  Of  course, 
you  want,  to  send  it  to  some  trust)  commission 
merchant  to  sell,  and  t  he  names  of  such  ought 
to  be  found  In  our  advertising  columns.  We 
cr.n  commend  to  you  .1.  II.  Hki.fricii,  92  Bar- 
clay  street,  nr  DANIEL  E.  Burrows  A  Co.,  130 
Center  Row,  West  Washington  Market,  New' 
York  City. 

«»«  - - 

Steam  Plows.—  R.  R.  8.  Is  informed  that  no 
small  farmer  ean  afford  to  own  a  steam  plow 
for  his  own  uso  alone ;  but  if  ho  can  find  one 
that  is  practical,  and  ho  can  get  work  enough  of 
his  neighbors  to  do,  and  can  do  It  so  much 
Letter,  quicker  and  cheaper  than  they  can  with 
tb'lr  own  teams  ns  to  render  It  profitable  to 
t  horn  to  employ  him,  then  one  stcaru  plow  in  a 
nelghbothond  may  prove  a  good  investment. 
It  is  a  question  of  dollars  and  cents;  and  the 
problem  of  prollt  is  not,  yet.  solved,  except  in 
certain  localities  and  under  peculiar  circum¬ 
stances.  With  different  ideas  of  the  Importance 
of  thorough  and  deep  preparation  of  soil  for 
crops  than  those  which  now  obtain.  It  may  bo 
less  difficult  to  determine  the  prollt  of  a  steam 
plow  In  a  neighborhood. 

- - 

“  4’nu't  Afford  It.” — An  Agent  suys  “there  are 
lots  of  people  who  consume  at  least  fifty  dol¬ 
lars  worth  of  liquor  nnd  tobacco  par  year,  who 
can't  possibly  afford  to  take  the  Rural!  the 
times  are  so  hard !  One  man,  while  smoking  his 
third  cigar  for  the  day,  complained  that  he 
could  not  Bavo  money  enough  to  subscribe, 
though  his  family  wanted  the  Rural.  Poor 
man !  He  spends  from  30  to  50  cent  s  a  day  say  at 
least  $100  a  year— for  cigars  alone,  and  yet-  can¬ 
not  afford  to  pay  $2.50  for  a  first-class  Agricul¬ 
tural  and  Family  Weekly.  Let  us  pity  and  pray 
for  him,  his  wife  and  children !  " 

—  ■  S4»-  —  — 

Catalogues,  Etc.,  Received.— A  beautiful  and 
complete  catalogue  Is  that  just  received  from 
B.  K.  Bliss  &  Ho.\  (33  Park  Place,  New  York 
City,)  for  the  Spring  of  1873,  embracing  an 

"  Amateur's  Guide  to  the  Flower  Garden" - 

From  James  Fleming,  (57  Nassau  street,  New 
York  City,  his  Descript  ive  Catalogue  of  Seeds, 
Garden  Implements,  &c.— From  Reeves  & 
Simonson,  58  Oortlandt  8t.,  their  Descriptive 
Catalogue  of  Heeds  and  Plants  for  1873. 

—  »♦» 

The  Rural  for  IH73  is  giving  great,  satisfac¬ 
tion,  evidently,  judging  from  the  encomiums  it 
is  receiving  from  both  People  and  Press.  The 
fact  that  we  devote  less  space  to  advertising  is 
notably  cited  as  an  improvement.  We  appreci¬ 
ate  and  shall  strive  to  continuously  merit,  the 
good  opinions  expressed  by  our  subscribers  and 
exohangea. 


Answer "  Because  there  are  more  of  them.” 
Wo  think  It  a  good  explanation. 

«♦» - 

Farmers  Having  by  Purchasing  Agents.  — A 

statement  is  made  by  a  member  of  a  Farmers' 
Club  at  Avon,  111.,  that  the  Club  employs  a  pur¬ 
chasing  agent,  who  contracts  with  tnanufactur- 
'  ere  of  agricultural  implements  of  all  kinds,  and 
J  to  some  extent,  for  a  supply  of  groceries,  etc.,  at 
wholesale  rates,  the  Club  allowing  him  3  per 
cent,  on  all  purchases.  The  saving  to  the  Club 
on  purchases  in  1872,  was  $3,000. 

Look  Out  for  llQmbugM.— Let  our  readers  re¬ 
solve  not  to  got  sold  by  the  pretences  of  men 
who  make  a  living  some  of  them  fortunes— by 
advertising  something  new  nnd  that  will  enrich 
the  man  who  purchases.  Buy  new  things  only 
of  men  who  have  an  established  business  repu¬ 
tation  to  lose;  It,  is  the  safes!  rule  to  adopt — not 
of  adventurerors. 

•  -  . 

The  Spring  Business  among  seedsmen  and 
nurserymen  is  beginning  to  open.  The  indica¬ 
tions  arc  that  it  will  bo  one  of  unusual  activity, 
notwithstanding  tho  closeness  of  tho  money 
market. 

The  Rural  Cl  lib’s  Second  Anniversary  Dinner 

is  to  occur  at  Delrnonlco’s,  Friday  evening,  Feb¬ 
ruary  28.  A  large  attendance  of  members  and 
their  ladies  Is  expected. 

■■  ♦»» 

MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY. 

So  extraordinary  and  remarkable  a  statement 
as  that  of  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company, 
of  this  city,  which  w-e  publish  elsewhere,  should 
at  once  arroet  tho  attention  of  all  people  con¬ 
templating  insuring  their  Jives.  To  begin  with, 
the  gross  assots  of  t  his  great  company  amounted 
to  $>58,550,089,42  on  the  31st  day  of  last  December, 
an  Increase  during  the  year,  in  net  assets,  to  tho 
amount  of  $8,809,913.14.  The  Invest  monts  of  this 
Company,  ns  those  who  look  over  tho  published 
summary  will  discover,  are  or  the  safest  possi¬ 
ble  kind,  no  less  than  $17,000,000  being  secured 
by  bonds  and  mortgages.  Of  the  the  gross  assets, 
It  will  also  be  seen  that  $52,13,702.70  are  held  as 
a  reserve  for  nil  policies  and  additions  tu  force— 
a  fund  sufficiently  large  to  secure  every  policy 
holder  against  the  possibility  of  low.  For  the 
year  1873  there  Is  an  undivided  surplus  fur  divi¬ 
dend  of  $3,286,070.73.  The  number  of  policies  In 
force  at  the  close  of  last  December,  was  78,140, 
an  increase  during  the  year  of  I  *  Wii.  The  re¬ 
ceipts  for  the  year  were  $17,710,094.54.  The  ratio 
of  expenses  In  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com¬ 
pany  during  the  piud.  year  hos  been  lower  than 
at  any  time  during  Its  organization,  since  1&I3— 
viz.,  6.S8  per  cent.  With  such  a  magnificent 
statement  as  this,  it  Is  needless  to  call  further  at¬ 
tention  to  tho  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company. 

•  ■  ■  ■  <♦♦-» - 

RURAL  BREVITIES. 

Mrs.  Minnie  Rohe.— We  do  not  publish  a 
German  edit  ion  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker. 

R.  F.  G.,  Sparta,  Georgia,  is  Informed  that  we 
do  not  know  which  is  “the  simplest  and  most 
practicable  patent  bee  hive;"  nor  do  we  know 
anything,  practically,  of  the  hive  to  which  she 
refers. 

Dr.  Parry,  late  Botanist  of  the  Department 
of  Agriculture,  has  been  appointed  Botanist  to 
a  Government  expedition,  which  leaves  Fort 
Hncllliig  for  tho  headwaters  of  the  Yellowstone 
river  In  .Tune  next. 

The  outhorof  "  Dr.  Miunphrcy's  Ward  "  must 
send  us  his  or  her  real  name  and  address  before 
we  can  attempt  to  read  the  story.  We  want  it 
m  evidence  of  good  faith-  not  for  publication. 
The  Mine  remark  applies  to  "Sarctte." 

J.  A.  Reynolds,  editor  of  the  Farmers'  Homo 
Journal,  Lexington,  Ky.. and  Lawrence  Youno, 
formerly  editor  of  the  Western  Rural  1st,  and  late 
Bornological  Editor  of  the  Southern  Agricul¬ 
turist.,  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  have  recently  died. 

Enos  Frelywg  hyson  is  In  formed  that  there 
are  seed  drllla  manufactured  whjeh  sow  both 
plaster  and  lime;  and  there  are  broadcast  sow¬ 
ers  which  do  the  same  work.  Our  advertising 
columns  should  (if  they  do  nol)  tell  where  they 
may  be  found. 

Mrs.  Jane  P.  Coomus  is  informed  that  we 
huvatn  former  volume*  (see  Rural  New- York¬ 
er  of  June  11.1870,  page  383,)  Illustrated  the 
host  butter  wmrker  wo  know  of,  and  which  her 
husband  can  make;  we  do  not  know  where  they 
can  be  bought. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


4j,ni  1.,  it  ,  it...,  '  Tvniivsgjf  »'i  uiia  uiDVitbUM  rrifmn,  m  oniy  . 

J  Wi'*  wr?n*  »•  ««<•,.  from  the  spring  Um.  water  de- 


doing  —or  language  to  that  purport  -adding  that 
he  should  do  all  he  could  to  maintain  and  aug¬ 
ment  our  circulation.  And  on  application, 
shortly  after,  at.  Police  headquarters  In  Now 
York  City,  we  wore  advised  that  It  was  useless 
to  spend  time  and  money  In  pursuing  the  mat¬ 
ter — that  the.  lists  of  other  papers  had  alBo  been 
surreptitiously  obtained  and  used— and,  finally, 
that  there  was  no  law  by  which  the  swindlers 
could  bo  punished  for  .^ending  such  circulars. 


posits  Iron,  the  bright  color  of  which  contrasts 
strongly  w  ith  the  white  of  the  deposit  and  the 
blue  of  the  spring  itself. 

The  United  States  Government  intend  setting 
aside,  as  a  public  laud  reserve  or  national  park, 
all  that  portion  of  country  containing  these 
springs  and  geysers.  When  the  Northern  Pacific 
Railroad  is  constructed,  it  will  pass  within  a 
short  distance  of  this  region,  which  will  thus 
become  accessible  to  travelers. 


Too  Much  Advertising.  Wo  are  this  week 
compelled  to  leave  out  a  column  and  a-hnlf  of 
advertising  In  Order  to  keep  our  pledge  good 
not  to  Infringe  on  our  reading  departments 
therewith.  Advertisers  who  want  to  use  our  col¬ 
umns  must  send  tn  their  announcements  curly- 
“  first  come  first  served." 

- HI - 

Insanity  Among  Farmers.— Commenting  upon 
the  reports  of  Insane  Asylums,  that  more  farm¬ 
ers  are  found  among  the  lists  of  inmates  than  I 


AGENTS 

May  learn  something  greatly  to  their  advantage  and 
obtain  specimens  amt  lull  particulars  free,  by  ad¬ 
dressing  WOOD’S  LITERARY  AND  ART  AGENCY  , 
Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

«♦«  1 — 

HORSE  EPIDEMIC. 

A  physician,  in  a  communication  to  n  Buffalo 
paper  about  the  Horse  Epidemic,  says “  Exter¬ 
nally  I  used  and  would  recommend  Dr.  Trask's  Mag¬ 
netic  Ointment,  to  the  throat,  around  Hie  ours  and  on 
lliu  forehead.  This  ointment  contains  tobacco  amt 
lobelia,  uud  operates  upon  the  mucous  glands  of  the 
head  and  throat  by  causing  an  increased  flow  ol  secre¬ 
tion  from  them,  at  the  same  time  by  its  relaxing  effect 
removing  tho  stricture  and  giving  almost  Instant  re¬ 
lief  to  the  cough  and  breathing.”  It  is  kept  by  all 
Druggists. 

- - 

THE  WAKEFIELD  EARTH  CLOSET. 

Get  Descriptive  Pamphlet  at  38  Dey  St.,  New  York. 


one  bearing  n.  richly  ornamented  robe,  upon  the 
end  of  the  long,  lappet-like  collar  of  which  wan 
a  “relic  "  of  the  Saint, which  everybody  kissed. 
The  duly  of  the  other  priest  was  to  dip  rings, 
medallions,  or  whatever  little  trinket  one  was 
pleased  to  present,  in  holy  water,  which  act  con¬ 
secrated  them,  and  Insured  to  t  tie  wearer  the 
protect  ion  of  Saint  Genevieve.  A  gentleman 
who  was  with  me  said  : — “  (rive  mo  your  ring 
and  1  will  take  it  up  to  be  sanctified  in  holy  wa¬ 
ter."  1  slipped  It  cautiously  off  my  linger,  and 
to  my  surprise  he  marched  off  with  It,  and  I  hail 
the  “felicity”  to  see  it,  from  my  chair,  dipped 
and  blessed  in  the  holy  water.  I  also  observed 
that  ho  gavo  the  priest  a  half-franc  for  the  sor- 


tasto.  Of  course,  the  sale  brought  together  a 
groat  many  of  his  friends,  among  whom  was 
Ar.no  Nr,  the  Mori  pi  iso  do  Napoli,  world-famed 
a  few  years  ago  as  a  marvelous  eantatrlco.  Her 
voice  was  of  ttio  contralto  order,  of  an  almost 
incredible  range  and  richness.  She  Is  now  nearly 
fifty  years  of  ago,  and  sings  no  more  In  public 
unless  It  be  for  some  special  charity.  There  is 
a  marked  resemblance  between  her  physique 
and  that  oT  I'aiikca-Rosa,  she  being  Immense 
In  size,  and  seems  to  be  overflowing,  like  that 
dlvino”  singer,  with  pleasantry  and  good  nut  ore. 
But  At.uoNi's  face  is  no  longer  pleasing,  being 
gross  and  heavy.  She  lives  in  a  handsome  house 
in  the  Champs  Elysees. 


Itizo  Rano.vub.  lie  Is  a  poet  of  high  rank,  a 
distinguished  archeologist  and  a  widely  known 
litterateur,  writing  in  French  as  well  aH  Creek, 
which  latter  language  be  declared,  in  most  ex¬ 
cellent  English,  to  bo  the  richest  and  most 
beautiful  language  of  the  world,  Greece  seems 
a  land  so  far  away  from  us,  and  the  glories  of 
It  belonging  so  almost  entirely  to  Its  past,  and 
its  language  >n  Homeric  and  Demosthenic,  that 
little  actual  sympat  hy  seemed  to  oxlsl.  between 
It  and  America.  It  was  like  uniting  the  old  and 
the  new.  But  tho  Greeks  as  I  find  them  at 
Paris— and  somo  of  tho  pleasantest  acquaint¬ 
ances  of  my  life  T  have  found  among  them  here 
—persons  of  very  superior  educational  attnin- 


OUR  EUROPEAN  LETTER 


Paris,  Jan.  t«,  \m. 

H  a  n  I  net  or  seen  Paris  except  since  Christmas 
day,  I  should  call  its  climate  the  most  superb  in 
the  world.  While  snow  has  been  covering  the 
house-tops  and  fences  in  far-away  New  York, 
the  air  hero  has  been  balmy  as  Spring;  (lowers 
standing  everywhere  in  the  open  air,  fountains 
playing,  the  streets  and  boulevards  and  Champs 
Elysees  tilled  with  careless  people,  sauntering 


The  Death  of  Napoleon  the  Third 

has  not,  to  ail  external  appearances,  caused  any 
more  effect  in  Franco  than  elsewhere.  The 
Journals  two  or  three  went  Into  black  lines 
have  ohil.uarized  him,  historically,  morally  and 
heart  fully.  Death  softens  the  hi I  I  crest  of  ani¬ 
mosities.  From  the  various  comments  I  havo 
road,  I  am  inclined  tq  think  the  French  less 
given  to  glossing  over  n  dead  man’s  memory 
than  Americans,  ft.  Is  a  very  sorry  reflection  to 
entertain  that  wc  arc  only  to  have  Justice  ac¬ 
corded  to  us  when  dead.  For  my  part,  I  should 
appreciate  pont.-tiwrt.em  comments  not  at  all. 
Ugly  words  could  no  longer  reach  me,  and  ns 
for  the  good  ones— I  prefer  them  Lhla  side  of 
death.  Politically,  the  ox-Emperor's  death  will 
undoubtedly  havo  a  soothing  effect  upon  the 
country.  The  Legitimists,  Orlonnlsts  and  llo- 
napartlsts  will  have  one  less  bone  to  quarrel 
over.  It  is  a  little  droll  to  listen  to  the  quarrels 
between  tho  Republicans  and  tho  Bonupartistn. 
The  former  can  never  forgive  Napoleon  for  his 
assumption  of  power,  while  the  latter  accuse 
the  former  <>f  the  very  same  thing.  Tho  people 
elected  the  present  deputies  to  form  a  legisla¬ 
tive  power  to  act  in  regard  to  the  peace  treaty 
between  France  and  Germany  after  iheFraneo- 
Prusshm  war.  But  Instead  of  ret  urning  to  their 
homes  when  that  business  was  transacted,  they 
persisted  In  remaining  elected,  electing  a  Presi¬ 
dent  and  making  of  themselves  a  Government. 

One  rather  odd  paragraph  on  the  death  of 
Louis  Napoleon  is  tho  following  algebraic 
problem,  by  which  a  bright  journal  foretold  Ids 
death  Napoleon  the  First,  born  the  Pith  of 
August  ,  17(19,  was,  when  he  ascended  tho  throne, 
<59  years  and  9  months  old,  or  117  full  months. 
He  died  1  he  5th  of  May,  1821,  aged  fit  years  and 
8  months,  or  820  full  months.  Napoleon  the 
Third,  born  the  80th  of  April,  1808,  was  at  tho 
epoch  of  Ills  accession  to  tho  throne  (gist  of 
December,  1863,)  411  years  and  seven  months  old, 
or  523  full  months.  Let  us  call  X  the  duration 
of  the  life  of  Napoleon  tho  Third,  and  wo  ob¬ 
tain  the  following  proportion : 

417  months.  528  mouths. 

620  months.  X 

From  which  417  X  020  >  523, 

or  X 


along  as  in  midsummer.  It  is  just  chilly  enough 
to  havo  a  little  fire  in  the  open  grate,  and  open 
fires  abound.  Stoves  are  sometimes  seen  in 
apartments,  hut  as  I, hoy  are  like  a  large,  oblong 
box  stood  on  end  and  sheathed  In  white  eart  h¬ 
enware,  they  bear  no  resemblance  to  the  ortho¬ 
dox  A  morlcan  heaters.  1  rode  entirely  around 
I’aris,  tho  other  day,  In  what  is  called  the  Ceil) 
t  uro  railway.  It  Is  really  quite  a  voyage,  and  a 
most  interesting  ono,  as  the  traveler  has  an  op¬ 
portunity  of  seeing  Paris  from  every  “  point,  of 
view."  What  most,  interested  me  were  the  ATog- 
e table  gardens,  In  which  the  growing  plants 
some  protected  by  glass  covers,  ami  others  not 
looked  like  Northern  United  States  gardens  in 
June.  I  am  afraid  I  am  becoming  in  love  with 
Paris!  it  certainly  Improves  upon  acquaint¬ 
ance.  The  organization  of  the  city  arrange¬ 
ments  Is  very  complicated,  which,  at  first,  is 
w  orrisome  to  strangers. 

The  French  Aro  a  Sentimental  Race. 

This  has  been  verified  In  the  recent  nine  days' 
devotion  to  Saint  Genevieve,  who  is  the  patron 
saint  of  Paris.  She  lived,  many  years  ago,  in  the 
Sixth  Century,  at,  Nanterre;  she  was  a  modest 
shepherdess,  and  the  pictures  of  tier  represent  a 
young  girl,  with  a  distaff  In  her  hand,  a  halo 
about  tier  head  mid  a  lamb  lying  at  her  feet.  To 
the  French  Catholics  she  is  a  “great  saint,  upon 
whom  the  Loan  was  pleased  to  shed  tho  moat 
eminent,  gifts  of  hio  grace,"  and  several  miracles 
wore  claimed  to  havo  boon  wrought  through 
her  intercession  during  those  devotional  clays; 
one,  that  of  a  lame  man  who  entered  the  Pan¬ 
theon— one  of  the  churches  used  for  the  purpose 
—and  left  It,  restored  to  full  strength  and  vigor. 
The  number  of  pilgrims  who  visited  tho tomb  of 
Saint  Genevieve  In  the  Church  St.  Etienne-du- 
Mont,  was,  during  each  of  the  nine  days, aLvt y 
thousand!  The  number  who  presented  them¬ 
selves  eaoh  day  at  the  Pantheon,  to  touch  some 
of  t.hc  religious  relics  of  tin*  Saint,  or  to  implore 
her  blessing  on  their  children,  was  tort/y-Jlvc 
thousand.!  Thirty  police  wero  oil  duty  in  and 
about  the  churches. 

I  went,  ou  tho  last  day,  to  tho  Pantheon,  to 
sit  a  while  and  look  at  this  modern  pilgrimage 
in  memory  of  a  pious  little  woman  who  lived 
twelve  hundred  years  ago.  There  were  banners 
and  canopies  in  blue  sat  in  decorating  tho  inte¬ 
rior,  bearing  the  gold  monogram  of  tho  Saint. 
Under  one  canopy,  erected  over  a  sort  of  ros¬ 
trum,  was  a  place  which  seemed  to  bo  conse¬ 
crated  to  tlio  Saint.  In  this  stood  two  nrieats. 


vice  rendered.  Ho  brought  it  buck  with  a  grave 
air,  saying:— “Remember  that  your  ring  is  sa¬ 
cred  now,  and  consecrates  your  hand.”  How¬ 
ever,  it  lias  riot,  yet  brought  about  any  such  re¬ 
markable  results  as  did  ono  some  ono  has  writ¬ 
ten  about,  that  “over since  grew  more  clour  and 
white  "  meaning  tho  hand.  It  was  really  “as¬ 
tonishing"  to  watch  the  pilgrims;  a  steady 
stream  of  men,  women  and  children  of  all  class¬ 
es  from  nobles  down  t.i>  peasants,  and  each  and 
all  regarding  the  affair  with  the  most  profound 
seriousness.  Women,  in  one  way  or  another, 
have,  In  all  ages,  been  the  salvation  and  glory  of 
France,  and  the  French  have  neither  been  slow 
nor  ungenerous  in  conserving  and  consecrating 
their  memory.  But  so  far  as  women's  “  rights  ” 
arc  concerned,  they  don't  have  any  in  France, 
except  to  engage  in  all  sorts  of  business,  and 
earn  money  enough  to  support  their  husbands, 
providing  that  their  marriage  dot  he  not  ample 
enough  for  that  purpose.  They  have  not  even 
the  blissful  right  of  Biilng  for  breach  of  prom¬ 
ise.  A  man  may  engage  himself  to  ten  women 
a  week,  and  none  of  them  find  any  redress  in 
the  law.  Ono  of  the  events  of  the  past  fortnight 
lias  boon 

The  Preaching  of  Pero  Hyr.otnthe, 

(Monsieur  Loyhon),  and  another  tho  sale  of  the 
pictures,  0 Itjr.ts  d'  Arts,  of  the  late  popular 
French  writer,  Thkophilk  Gautier.  Tho 
Catholic  journals,  in  their  attempts  to  ridicule 
Loykon,  only  bring  ridicule  upon  themselves, 
a m  they  ore  bound  to  confess  tint  tho  “rene¬ 
gade,”  as  they  call  him,  Isa  very  handsome  man, 
possesses  a  marvelously  entrancing  voice  and 
gesticulates  well.  After  admitting  so  much, 
they  proceed  to  make  fu  u  of  the  Protestanl 
churches  Tor  he  preached  in  a  Protestant 
chapel  -on  account  of  their  plainness ;  but.  above 
all,  to  ridicule  the  l’erc’s  costume,  which  was 
tho  ordinary  black  suit  worn  by  American  cler¬ 
gymen  That  a  man  who  had  once  shone  resplen¬ 
dent  in  French  ecclesiastical  robes  should  stoop 
to  officiate  in  black  broadcloth  was  inexpli¬ 
cable. 

It  must  be  confessed  that  tho  I'ero’s  position 
is  equivocal.  The  Protestants  claim  that  there 
Is  but  one  way  for  him  now  their  own  way; 
but  he  still  adheres  to  Catholicism,  and  dreams 
of  uniting  the  two  factions.  Which  Is  quite  as 
probable  as  the  fusion  of  the  sun  and  moon. 

Theophlle  Cuutlor’a  Pictures 
wero  a  remarkably  beautiful  collection!— noth¬ 
ing  pretentious,  but  exhibiting  an  exquisite 


777  full  months  and  a  fraction 

of  a  month  64  years  and  some  months  the 
age  of  Napoleon  ill  at  death. 

Among  tho  “  Notable”  People 
I  have  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  a  number  of 
times,  la  the  Greek  Ambassadeur,  Alkxandue- 


Mng.  Edwin  Forest,  the  widow  of  the  actor, 
from  whom  sho  never  was  divorced,  lias  given 
notice  to  tho  executors  of  tier  husband’s  estate, 
that  she  will  apply  for  her  legal  dower  therein. 
She  is  likely  to  got  it. 


m 


flOORE’S  RURAL  ^IW-YORKET! 


FES, IS 


FEBRUARY. 


BY  K.  B.  DAVENPOF.T. 


Once  more  the  murmurous  stream  of  time 
Is  rippled  by  a  colder  breath  j 
Onco  more  the  nameless,  saddened  rhyme 
Of  voiceless  muBlc  whispers— death ! 

Within  the  clouds  that  darkly  move 
With  gathered  gloom  low  down  to  earth, 
WUd  azures  point,  with  naught  of  love. 

To  ail  its  frozen,  bitter  dearth. 

O'er  lifeless  t-.irf-and  leafless  stalks 
Of  blossoms  onco  so  sweet  and  fair, 

The  sadness  glooms  accustomed  walks 
Through  frozen  meadow*  brown  and  bare. 

Far  down  into  the  quiet  dell 
Where  roving  blackbirds  used  to  6lng, 

And  orioles  were  wont  to  dwell. 

When  first  awoke  th’  Impatient  Spring, 

I  slowly  go  i  and  In  the  wood, 

And  through  the  brakes  now  dry  and  dead. 
There’s  naught  but  death  and  solitude ; 

And  Summer’s  beauty  oil  Is  lied. 

Beyond  the  stream,  the  daisies  grew. 

With  tacos  turned  unto  the  sky, 

’Mid  greenest  grass  j  and  sparrows  flew 
To  greet  the  morn  with  mellow  cry ; 

And  bobolinks,  In  mild  delight, 

Thrilled  all  the  »lr  with  laughing  bods 
From  morning  to  the  dewy  night, 

Whose  Summer  calmness  lingered  long. 

And  of  1 1  ley  among  the  gross. 

While  stars  smiled  through  the  Summer  ovo 
But  now  the  north  winds  madly  pass 
O’er  black,  dead  blades  oud  mildly  grieve. 


<0«r  Storjr- teller. 


VALENTINE  CONSPIRACY. 


A  MASQUERADE  AND  WHAT  CAME  OF  IT. 


We  were  siiil  lingering  around  the  tahle  in 
Aunt  Eloanor  s  broekfast-room,  discussing  our 
quails  ami  last  night’s  opera  alternately.  By 
we,  1  mean  Aunt  Eleanor,  Uncle  Roger  Leroy, 
theirchildrcn,  Mabel  and  Eugene,  and  myself.  I 
must  mention  here  that  I  vug  the  only  child  of 
Aunt  Eloanor’o  t  win  sister.  My  mother  died 
when  I  was  but  twelve  years  of  ago,  and  my 
father,  finding  the  old  home  assoei, -it  Ions  pain¬ 
ful  to  him,  went  abroad,  taking  me  and  placing 
me  at  a  boarding-school  in  France.  I  remained 
there  until  I  graduated,  then  for  two  years 
traveled  with  father.  Aunt  Eleanor  had  always 
corresponded  with  my  father,  and  at  the  Olid  of 
two  years  he  yielded  to  her  request  and  brought 
me  back  to  New'  York,  promising  hor  that  r,bo 
should  have  possession  of  mo  for  the  Winter  at 
least.  I  was  warmly  welcomed  to  their  homo 
and  hearts,  and  Aunt  Eleanor  a  nd  Uncle  Roger 
seemed  to  consider  mo  as  another  daughter,  and 
no  sister  could  have  been  dearer  to  me  than 
Mabel. 

We  finished  our  late  breakfast  at  last  and  wore 
leaving  the  table,  when  Aunt  Eleanor  said,  sud¬ 
denly  :  — “  By-tlio-way,  my  dears,  I  had  nearly 
forgotten  to  tell  you  that  while  yon  were  out 
driving  yesterday  afternoon,  the  Montelth  car¬ 
riage  called  and  some  one  left  Invitations  for 
yon.  1  was  engaged  at  tho  time,  so  they  had 
nearly  escaped  my  memory*  My  son,  will  you 
got  them  lor  the  girls  ?  I  believe  there  is  a  card 
for  you  also.” 

Mabel  and  I  had  made  our  debut  together  this 
Winter,  and  in  the  giddy  whirl  of  parties,  soi¬ 
rees,  receptions,  etc.,  that  followed,  we  had 
been  termer!  tho  rival  belles.  Already  gossiping 
society  bad  decided  upon  the  gentlemen  it  de¬ 
clared  imd  proved  to  be  matches  for  the  “golden 
haired  beauties,"  as  somo  sentimentally  styled 
us ;  whether  they  were  right  or  riot  we  shall  see. 

Eugene  soon  returned  to  the  breakfast-room 
and  handed  the  cards  to  Mabel  and  myself.  1 
uttered  an  exclamation  of  pleasure  as  J,  opened 
mine— “  Oh,  a  masquerade !  That  will  be  splen¬ 
did  ;  and  on  tho  llth,  too— that  iH  St.  Valentine’s 
Day." 

“  Yes,"  said  Mabel,  gleefully,  “  and  Mrs.  Mon- 
toltb’a  entertainments  arc  always  delightful 
affairs ;  she  is  such  u  charming  hostess.” 

“And  what  about  the  host,  Petite,  Is  ho  not 
charming  also? ”  I  naked,  laughingly,  as  tho 
color  mounted  to  Mabel’s  face,  for  the  host  re¬ 
ferred  to  was  Mr.  Raymond,  the  gentleman 
society  said  was  my  fair  cousin's  moat  favored 
suitor.  Mrs.  Monteith  was  a  gay  widow,  and 
Mr.  Raymond,  her  single  brother,  who  always 
played  the  part  of  host  nt  his  sister's  entertain¬ 
ments.  Mabel  did  not  care  to  answer  my  ques¬ 
tion,  so  she  went  off  to  her  room  to  talk,  girl- 
lash  ton,  of  tho  '  mportant  question— wlpd  to 
wear. 

“I  wish  we  could  get  up  something  new," 
said  she,  after  a  pause.  “  Flower-girls,  peasants, 
gypsies,  and  the  like,  are  worn  and  threadbare." 

I  had  been  thinking  deeply  for  some  time,  and 
exclaimed,  suddenly :— “Mabel,  I've  thought  of 
something  capital,  If  you  will  consent.  Thecos- 
tume  will  be  somewhat,  unique,  and  we  can 
have  any  amount  of  fun.” 

“Do  tell  mo  what  it  Is.  I'm  all  attention,"  she 


“Nothing  to  resemble  It,  perhaps,”  I  an¬ 
swered;  but  something  to  represent  Its  silver 
gauze,  I  mean.” 

“ But  what  are  they  to  be  alike  for?”  asked 
Mabel ;  and  I  responded  : 

“  Don’t  interrupt  me  any  more,  and  I  will  tell 
you  all  about  it.  In  addition  to  the  drosses,  wo 
must  have  one  long,  silver  gauze  veil,  and  1  will 
have  that  pink  silkof  mine  made  Into  a  domino. 
That  silk  has  lain  these  three  months  now,  and 
I  don’t  believe  I  shall  ever  have  it  made  up,  so 
we  might  ns  well  take  It  for  this  purpose.  Now, 

I  propose  that  one  of  us-  say  myself— shall  wear 
the  veil;  you  must  arrange  your  hair  just  like 
mine,  wear  your  ‘moonlight’  dress,  and  over 
that  don  the  domino,”  I  saw  Mabel  was  begin¬ 
ning  to  understand  me  by  the  way  her  eyes 
.-park led.  “  Wo  will  enter  the  room  separately, 
and  take  no  particular  pains  to  disguise  our¬ 
selves.  After  it  becomes  pretty  generally  known 
who  wo  are,  we  will  ascend  to  the  dressing- 
room,  change  the  veil  and  domino,  and  descend 
again;  then  the  fun  will  begin.  Everything  is 
favorable  for  ub  —  we  are  about  the  same  bight, 
our  forms  arc  much  alike  and  our  hair  exactly 
the  same  color,  thanks  to  our  mothers  being 
twins  and  perfect  picture*  of  each  other;  alto¬ 
gether  I  anticipate  plenty  of  fun  by  our  double 
masquerading.  What  do  you  say  to  it?  ” 

The  room  fairly  echoed  with  Mabel’s  merry 
laughter  as  she  exclaimed:  — Eo line  Early,  I 
never  heard  of  anything  so  delightful ;  if  I  were 
Eugene,  I  should  call  you  a  trump,  but,  as  it  is, 

I  can  only  say  you  are  a  perfect  darling."  And 
she  gave  me  an  enthusiastic  hug.  “Are  we  to 
toll  mamma  about  i  his  ?  “ 

“  No,”  I  answered.  “  I  want  Eleanor  to  give  ub 
a  curie  blanche  in  this  matter.  I  want  to  sur¬ 
prise  her  also. 

Mabel  consulted  her  mother,  and  returned, 
saying  we  could  do  just  as  we  liked,  only  we 
must  not  be  too  extra™  "sM,  "Very  well,"  I 
answered,  “  we  had  better  do  our  shopping  this 
morning,  and  go  to  Madame  Dumont  s ;  she  will 
be  busy  after  to-day  with  others.” 

Mabel  ordered  tho  carriage,  and  we  spent  the 
rest  of  tho  morning  in  selecting  our  dresses 
from  the  quantity  of  fHiry  fabrics  polite  eales- 
men  displayed  to  us,  then  called  at  Dumont’s  to 
leave  our  orders.  Madame  had  to  be  told  our 
secret,  and  she  entered  quite  hourtlly  into  It, 
promising  to  make  tho  dresses  aa  lovely  afi 
possible.  Eugene  Obligingly  informed  us  he 
was  (o  attend  “Queen  Elizabeth”  as  the  “Earl 
of  Essex.”  and  his  look  of  grieved  astonishment 
—when  wc  refused  to  reveal  our  character  in 
t  urn-  was  comical.  “  I  suppose  you  really  think 
you  can  disguise  yourself  so  that  I  cannot  rec¬ 
ognize  you '!"  be  said,  with  an  Incredulous  smile, 
and  1  answered,  “You  shall  see." 

Mabel  and  I  were  in  our  pleasant  altting-room 
on  the  afternoon  of  St.  Valentine’s  Day,  indulg¬ 
ing  in  a  little  good-natured  gossip  about  our 
visitors  of  the  previous  evening,  bhe  was  deep 
in  the  mysteries  of  her  crotchet,  and  I  sat  list¬ 
lessly  turning  tho  leaves  of  tho  book  1  had  been 
reading,  when  the  door  opened  and  Eugene  en¬ 
tered,  bearing  two  superb  bouquet*.  “Oh,  how 
exquisite !’’  Mabel  and  I  exclaimed,  in  a  breath. 

“I  met  John  bringing  them  up,"  and  took 
them  from  him,"  Eugene  answered,  handing 
one  to  each  of  ub;  "they  are  from  Tristan’s 
greenhouse,  I  think."  Simultaneously,  each 
drew  from  its  hiding-place  a  dainty  card,  and 
each  colored  ns  oho  read  upon  her  card,  "  Com¬ 
pliments  of  SI..  Valentine,”  and  recognized  the 
handwriting.  “Of  course  you  have  not  the 
most  remote  idea  where  they  come  from,"  Eu¬ 
gene  said,  with  a  roguish  twinkle  in  his  hazel 
eyes.  I  buried  my  face  in  my  flowers  to  hide  my 
flushed  cheeks  as  I  answered:  — “Why,  how 
could  wc?  ‘Compliments  of  St.  Valentine’ is 
not  very  definite.  I  think.” 

Eugene  laughed  outright  as  he  exclaimed: 

“  Oh,  you  girls  are  Innocence  personified 
“  I  think  very  likely  you  brought,  them  to  us 
yourself,"  said  Mabel. 

“  Indeed  I  did  not.  I  sent  bouquets  to  two  of 
my  most  ardent  admirers,  accompanying  each 
with  a  charming  sent  iment  that,  will  make  each 
lady  think  tiers  is  the  brightest  prospect  for 
obtaining  my  fair  hand.”  Eugene  answered  com¬ 
placently. 

“  Well,  really,  Eugene,  your  self-conceit  is 
absolutely  astonishing,"  said  his  sister. 

“  I  can't  help  It,  toy  dear.  I  suppose  T  had  to 
resemble  you  in  something,  and  as  that  is  your 
most  prominent  quality - be  ended  his  sen¬ 

tence  abruptly,  and  left  the  room  just  in  time 
to  escape  the  ball  of  zephyr  Mabel  hurled  at  his 
head. 

Madame  Dumont  fulfilled  Iter  promise  well, 
and  the  dresses  were  lovely  indeed,  as  standing 
before  our  mirrors  that  evening,  we  gave  the 
finishing  touches  to  our  toilettes,  then  went  to 
Aunt  Eleanor’s  room  for  her  Inspection.  She 
was  charmed,  and  declared  nothing  could  have 
been  more  lovely;  but  asked  why  they  were 
alike.  Mabel  explained,  and  as  T  gave  her  a  sig¬ 
nificant  look,  added :  “Now,  mamma,  I  will  go 
and  put  on  my  mask  and  veil,  then  go  down  to 
the  library,  to  let  papa  see  my  costume;  when 
Eoliue  gets  on  the  domino  she  will  follow." 

Aunt  Eleanor  went  to  tho  library,  to  wait  for 
us,  and  returning  to  our  room,  I  donned  the 
veil ;  then,  with  a  parting  injunction  from  Mabel 
not  to  laugh,  descended  the  stall's.  Entering 
the  library  .1  said,  a  la  Mabel Well,  papa. 


eaid,  eagerly. 

“Well,  I  propose,  in  the  first  place,  that  we 
hat  :•  dresses  made  exactly  alike,  for  the  charac¬ 
ter  of  ‘  Moonlight.’  " 

Mabel  looked  puzzled.  “  I  don't  see  what  we 
could  get  that  would  resemble  moonlight,"  she 
said. 


how  do  1  look 

Uncle  Roger  eyed  me  a  moment  ,  then  said ; 
“  Bless  me,  Mab !  you  fairly  dazzle  my  old  eyes ! 
I  thought  It  was  Luna  herself.  That  is  Eoli tie’s 
diamond  cornet  your  veil  is  fastened  with,  isn’t 
it?  Those  gems  are  superb ;  they  are  the  finest 
I  ever  saw." 


They  eyed  me  with  such  glances  of  satisfac¬ 
tion  that  It  was  hard  to  control  my  mirth,  and  T 
coughed  so  energetically  that  Aunt  Eleanor 
was  quite  alarmed,  and  asked  anxiously  If  my 
lungs  were  troubling  me  again.  Then  I  caught 
sight  of  a  pink  domino  in  the  hall,  and  I  gave 
way  entirely,  and  the  room  falrlv  rang  with  our 
laughter,  as  the  door  opened  and  Mabel  stood 
upon  the  threshold  For  a  moment  her  parent’s 
faces  were  a  study:  then  they  joined  In  the 
laugh,  and  declared  the  disguise  perfect. 

Uncle  Roger  was  to  accompany  us  to  our  place 
of  destination,— we  preferred  to  have  no  other 
escort— and  our  private  carriage  would  come 
for  us  when  we  wished  to  return.  Mabel  pre¬ 
ceded  me,  and  when  1  entered  short  ly  after, 
taking  the  flint  arm  offered— which  happened 
to  beffbat  of  Ivanhoe— I  could  not  help  hearing 
the  exclamations:  “How  lovely?"  "  Who  is 
she?"  “What,  an  exquisite  costume!"  and  many 
others  which  were  uttered  near  me.  Shortly 
after  my  entrance,  a  Hill  figure  In  the  dress  of 
"  Hamlet”  approached  me  and  offered  his  arui, 
which  I  carelessly  accepted.  I  could  not  repress 
a  start  as  my  companion  bent  down  and  said  in 
a  low  tone:— “Did  you  fancy  you  could  deceive 
mo  by  any  amount  of  disguise,  and  that,  in  the 
radiant  dress  of  *  Moonlight’  I  would  fail  to  rec¬ 
ognize  my  friend,  Miss  Earle  ?” 

I  glanced  up  and  met  the  dark  eyes  that  had 
looked  into  mine  so  often  this  Winter,  as  I  an¬ 
swered  “  Yes,  I  believe  I  had  fancied  myself 
well  disguised  ;  but  I  think  my  eyes  are  as  pen- 
trating  as  your  own,  and  In  4  Hamlet'  I  recognize 
Captain  Richmond." 

He  gave  his  low,  musical  laugh  that  was  always 
so  pleasant  to  my  ears,  and  said  .—“Then  suppose 
we  forget  ‘Moonlight’  and  ‘Hamlet,’  and  bo 
Miss  Earle  and  Captain  Richmond  for  a  while 
at  least." 

M  r.  Raymond  was  not  masked,  and  seeing  h  i  m 
by  Mabel’s  side  as  of*cr>  r*s  his  duty  of  host 
would  permit,  I  knew  fiu  had  recognized  her. 
Half  an  hour  passed  rapidly,  and  I  had  just  dis¬ 
missed  Ilamlct,  when  Mabel  brushed  by  me, 
saying  hurriedly “  Everybody  has  discovered 
u.*  now;  I'm  going  up  stairs— follow  me."  A 
few  moments  after,  I  ascended  aback  stairway, 
and  found  Mabel  waiting  for  me.  The  dressing- 
room  was,  us  wo  expected,  ent  irely  deserted ; 
and  as  we  made  our  hasty  exchange  Mabel  said : 

“  Eugene  has  spoken  to  me ;  he  says  be  is  deter¬ 
mined  to  discover  you,  so  look  out  for  him. 
There,  hand  me  your  fan ;  then  I  am  ready." 

She  turned  as  she  reached  the  door,  saying; 
“There  Is  a  quadrille  forming  now ;  f  promised 
tho  next  waltz  to  Mr.  Raymond." 

“Very  well.  Petite;  i  will  fill  your  place  to 
the  beat  of  my  ability,”  I  answered,  and  she 
left  me.  As  I  entered  the  saloon  soon  after, 
somo  one  claimed  my  haud  for  the  quadrille, 
arid  I  could  not  help  smiling  as  1  saw  Hamlet, 
approach  Mabel  and.  bending  over  her,  evidently 
make  some  request.  She  mimicked  to  perfec¬ 
tion  my  fashion  of  playing  with  my  fan,  then 
finally  accepted  his  arm.  and  tonic  her  place 
among  the  dancers.  When  the  quadrille  was 
finished,  1  pleaded  fatigue  as  an  excuse  for  de¬ 
clining  a  promenade,  and  had  just  dismissed 
my  partner,  when  Eugene  came  to  tnc  and  sold 
triumphantly I’ve  found  out  Eoline ;  she  is 
superb  to-night.”  Then,  as  the  band  struck  up 
“The  Blue  Danube,"  “I  mean  to  ask  her  for 
(his  waltz." 

I  saw  him  go  to  Mabel  and  speak  to  her.  She 
shook  her  head,  and,  with  a  gesture  evidently 
expressing  a  previous  engagement,  placed  her 
band  in  that  of  Hamlet,  and  (lie  next  moment 
they  w  hirled  past  me,  just  as  Mr.  Raymond  bent 
over  me,  saying,  “  You  have  not  forgotten  your 
promise.  Miss  Mabel,  I  am  to  have  this  waltz?" 

I  thought  I  certainly  did  not  remember  making 
any  such  promise,  but  kept  it.  nevertheless.  I  was 
tired  dancing,  and,  after  the  first  few  turns,  was 
obliged  to  confess  it.  Mr.  Raymond  said  noth¬ 
ing,  but  quietly  drew  me  from  the  daucing  sa¬ 
loon,  through  the  long  hall  and  into  t  he  con¬ 
servatory.  The  place  seemed  like  fairy  land. 
With  Its  pretty  fountains,  whose  jets  of  water 
pattered  into  tho  marble  basin  with  a  low,  musi¬ 
cal  sound:  the  air  was  fragrant  with  the  breath 
of  the  rich,  tropical  plants,  and  over  all  fell  the 
soft,  subdued  light  of  the  astral  lamps  that  were 
swinging  from  the  ceiling  like  Imprisoned 
moons.  With  a  .sigh  of  relief,  I  sank  into 
an  easy  chair  within  a  sort-  of  bower  formed 
of  cedar  and  flow  ers,  while  Mr.  Raymond  leaned 
against  a  marble  pillar  that  supported  a  statue 
and  looked  down  at  ino. 

“Have  yon  been  enjoying  yourself?”  he 
asked, at  length. 

“Ob,  very  much,"  I  answered.  “I  think 
masquerades  arc  charming." 

“  I  detest  i  hem,"  be  responded.  Impatiently. 
“I  have  not  bad  a  glimpse  of  your  face  for  an 
age.  Mibb  Leroy,  remove  your  mask  for  a  little 
while  ;  almost  every  one’s  dancing  now,  and  we 
are  entirely  alone.  I  want  to  see  your  face  when 
I  talk  t  o  you,  and  your  mask  is  tantalizing.” 

He  made  a  motion  as  if  to  remove  it,  but  I 
drew  back.  Baying:— "No,  I  cannot;  some  one 
else  might  see  me,  and  that  would  spoil  all,  you 
know."  The  next  moment,  before  I  could  ut¬ 
ter  a  word,  ho  had  caught  both  my  hands  in  his, 
and,  in  a  few  passionate  words,  told  the  story  of 
his  love.  I  was  so  frightened  for  a  moment 
that  I  could  not  command  my  voice,  and  then, 
with  almost  a  cry,  I  snatched  my  hands  from 
hlru,  exclaiming:  —  “Oh,  Mr.  Raymond,  forgive 
me!  1  did  not  dream  of  a  mistake  like  this.  I 
would  do  anything  to  have  spared  you  this.  I 

am  not.  Mabel,  but - ”  1  could  not  finish,  but 

drew'  aside  my  mask.  He  gave  a  single  glance, 
then  sprang  to  his  feet,  with  the  exclamation, 
i  “  Great  heavens— Miss  Earle !  ” 


The  next  moment  I  was  alone.  I  sat  for  an 
Instant,  powerless  to  move,  blaming  myself  for 
ever  having  proposed  this  change,  and  wonder¬ 
ing  what  T  had  better  do.  I  arose  at  last  and 
went  to  fulfil  an  engagement  for  the  “Lancers,” 
though  I  felt  In  no  mood  for  further  enjoyment. 
The  words  T  had  bean!  troubled  me,  and  I 
wished  I  could  do  something  to  set  matters 
right,  I  saw  Mr.  Raymond  re-enter  the  saloon, 
and,  though  he  mingled  with  the  guesi3  as  be¬ 
fore,  he  was  a  trifle  paler  and  I  was  sorry  he 
was  not  a  guest,  eo  that  he  might  leave  the 
house,  as  I  knew  he  was  wishing  to  do.  He 
avoided  me,  but  did  not,  as  I  hoped  he  would, 
seek  Mabel.  Hamlet  seemed  to  be  the  shadow', 
and  I  smiled  when  I  thought  of  Captain  Rich¬ 
mond’s  surprise  when  ho  should  discover  hla 
mistake. 

I  was  standing  talking  to  an  Intensely  stupid 
man,  and  wondering  how  1  should  get  rid  of 
him,  when  Mabel  brushed  by  mo  and  whispered, 
“Come  to  the  dressing-room,  quick;  I  watt 
you."  She  seemed. in  a  sort  of  nervous  haate, 
and,  excusing  myself,  I  followed  her.  She  ex¬ 
claimed,  hastily,  as  1  entered  the  room:—"  Give 
me  your  domino  and  put  on  this  veil,  quick; 
then  go  down  to  the  conservatory ;  there’s  some 
one  waiting  for  you  there.” 

“  But,  Mabel,  I  don’t  understand,"  I  began, 
when  she  interrupted  me  ; 

“Nevermind  understanding  anything.  It  is 
Captain  Richmond.  Ho  has  made  a  dreadful 
mistake,  and— but,  I  cannot  tell  you ;  go  down 
and  you  will  understand." 

She  was  very  much  agitated,  and  in  a  moment 
the  truth  flashed  through  my  mind;  tho  mis¬ 
take  of  an  hour  ago  had  been  repeated.  “  Oh, 
this  dreadful  masquerade  1"  I  said,  with  some¬ 
thing  like  a  sob,  as  I  fastened  tho  veil,  with 
trembling  fingers. 

“I  told  him  I  would  return  In  a  moment,  so 
be  quick,"  said  Mabel ;  and,  with  nervous  troad, 
scarce  knowing  what  I  dkl,  I  entered  the  con¬ 
servatory.  It  was  ball  an  hour  before  I  left  It,  and 
I  canno!  possibly  tell  what  transpired  during 
that  timo.  Suffice  it  to  soy  that  nt  its  end  the 
old,  old  story  had  been  once  more  repeated,  tho 
question  so  old,  yet  ever  new,  asked  again.  The 
answer  proved  satisfactory,  for  when  I  again 
entered  the  saloon  I  was  conscious  that  I  was 
free  no  longer,  for  I  had  given  my  llfo  into  tho 
keeping  of  another. 

When  the  timo  came  for  unmasking,  Mabel 
and  I  again  met  In  the  dressing-room  and  laid 
aside  the  domino  and  veil.  I  think  tuy  face  told 
Mabel  something,  for  she  smiled  knowingly, 
but  said  nothing.  I  descended  tho  stairs  In  ad¬ 
vance,  and,  catching  a  glimpse  of  Mr.  Raymond 
standing  alono,  I  went  to  him  and  said,  frankly, 

“  Mr.  Raymond,  I  want  to  a^k  you  to  foiglva  mo 
for  something  that  happened  this  evening; 
and—”  my  voice  faltering  a  little  In  my  earnest¬ 
ness—"  will  you  please  promise  to  forget  ?  "  Wo 
understood  each  other,  and  with  a  flush  coming 
into  his  face,  he  said “  And  you  will  keep  my 
secret?” 

“  Gladly,"  I  answered,  and  I  knew  all  trouble 
was  over  as  I  saw  him  lending  Mabel  into  sup¬ 
per,  Just-  as  Captain  Richmond,  with  on  air 
of  quiet  authority  which  amused  me,  drew  my 
baud  through  bis  arm  and  followed. 

Many  glances  of  perplexity  and  surprise  were 
cast  at  us  as  Mabel  and  I  happened  to  be  stand¬ 
ing  near  each  other.  Several  gentlemen  ap¬ 
proached  us,  and  one  of  them— Mr.  St.  John  by 
name- asked,  with  a  puzzled  look Really, 
Miss  Earle,  I’ in  afraid  some  of  ua  have  been 
making  mistakes  this  evening ;  may  I  ask  which 
ouo  of  you  ladles  has  been  personating  1  Moon¬ 
light’  this  evening?  " 

“  Both  of  us,"  1  answered,  with  a  smile, 
lie  looked  atlli  more  puzzled,  and  said:— “I 
don’t  think  I  put  toy  question  right.  Which  of 
you  wore  the  pink  domino?" 

Mable  answered  as  I  hod  done— “  Both  of  us." 
Mr.  8t.  John  gave  up  in  despair,  while  another 
gentleman  sold ;  —  “  St.  Joint,  you  have  not  put 
the  question  right  yet.  I’ll  solve  the  mystery 
for  you.  Silas  Eoline,  which  wore  the  domino 
first,  and  last?" 

“Tho  same  one,”  I  answered;  and,  in  the 
laugh  that  followed,  he  declared  he  gave  It  up, 
it  was  no  use  trying  to  find  out  anything  a  lady 
wished  to  conceal- 

The  next  day  a  gentleman  sought  an  Inter¬ 
view  with  ray  father,  and  another  called  upon 
Uncle  Roger.  The  business  must  have  proved 
satisfactory,  for  in  the  following  May  a  bridal 
party  embarked  upon  a  vessel  bound  from  New 
York  to  Liverpool.  I  need  scarcely  tell  of  whom 
this  party  consisted,  as  1  think  my  readers  have 
sufficient  discrimination  to  render  that  un¬ 
necessary. 

- 4-»~* - 

SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 

Sic  transit— that  across  the  ocean. 
a  pealed  proposal— t  he  engagement  kiss. 

A  ntg  for  your  bill  of  faro— show  mo  your  bill 
of  company.— [Swift. 

“A  BCMPEiiat  parting,"  as  tho  drunken  man 
said  when  he  ran  up  against  the  post. 

The  popular  notion  of  genius  is— of  one  who 
can  do  almost  everything— except  make  a  living. 

It  l.i  one  of  the  curiosities  of  Natural  History 
that  a  horse  eats  beat  when  lie  has  not  a  bit  in 
his  mouth. 

Tan  latest  definition  of  a  gentleman  ifi  a  man 
wiio  can  put  on  a  clean  collar  without  being 
conspicuous. 

Why  is  a  ballet-dancer  a  most  inhuman  crea¬ 
ture?  Because  her  greatest  delight  is  to  exe¬ 
cute  her  grand  pas. 


think  It  Is  a  very  nice  on e.  I  am  very  well 
acquainted  with  Cousin  Johnnie  ;  she  la  my 
Sunday  School  teacher ;  she  always  la  so  kind 
and  explains  my  lessons  so  nicely.  She  lives  in 
the  samo  village  that  I  do,  so  I  see  her  almost 
every  day.  I  should  think  tho  game  called 
“  Twenty  Questions,’'  of  which  Cousin  Johnnie 
has  ,)ust  been  telling  us  in  tho  last  paper,  must 
be  a  very  interesting  one;  1  would  like  very 
much  to  learn  how  to  play  It.  Last  Winter  wo 
had  several  parties  at  Cousin  Johnnies,  and 
we  had  some  this  Winter,  and  all  of  us  who 
were  there  enjoyed  ourselves  greatly.  We 
played  ever  so  many  different  kinds  of  games, 
and  had  music  and  dancing,  and  wo  were  all 
loth  to  part,  because  wo  had  such  a  nice  time. 
We  have  had  any  quantity  of  mow  hero  this 
Winter,  and  wo  have  had  real  merry  times  going 
sleigh-riding.  I  havo  taken  up  space  enough 
this  time  so  I  will  close,  wishing  good  times  to 
all  my  little  friends.  Your  friend, 

Mattuwan,  N.  J.  Maooie  6. 


spread ;  they  are  all  soaked  up  and  reddened, 
and  after  a  period  of  excessive  hard  work  they 
cease  to  be  pretty,  and  her  husband  knows  it. 
She  may  dress  herself  neatly  when  her  task  is 
done,  and  have  on  her  face  that  pleasant  look 
which  the  consciousness  of  a  hard  job  complet¬ 
ed  tends  to  give;  but  she  is  tired,  worn  and 
Jaded.  She  cannot  be  bright,  JoyouB  and  vi¬ 
vacious;  and,  unless  6he  has  an  uncommon 
amount  of  spirit  and  independence,  a  few  years 
of  this  round  of  work  drags  her  down  to  what, 
her  husband,  in  thought,  comes  to  regard  as— 
the  old  woman. 

“There  are  so  many  things  that  she  can  do  to 
save  expense.  House-cleaning  and  papering, 
and  stove  blacking,  and  whitewashing evon,  and 
all  the  sewing,  of  course,  that,  she  can  hardly 
bring  the  week’s  work  within  the  week,  seldom 
finding  time  for  those  artistic  arrangements  of 
dress  and  hair  which  all  admire,  whatever  they 
may  say;  and  her  husband,  unconsciously  per¬ 
haps,  draws  contrasts  between  her  and  the 
lively,  sprightly  beings  he  meets  here  and  there, 
who  are  not  worn  down  with  work  and  care  be¬ 
cause  they  have  mothers  to  look  out  for  them ; 
while,  alas!  In  too  many  rases,  the  wife  of  the 
farmer  lias  no  one  to  look  out  fof  her. 

“  It  vexes  one  to  hear  women,  as  a  class,  talked 
to  as  though  they  did  nothing.  Does  a  woman 
who  rears  a  family  of  children  do  nothing?  The 
wide  country  Is  covered  with  farmers’  homes. 
Some  of  the  wives  are  strong  and  hearty,  able  to 
walk  under  their  burdens ;  nevertheless,  it 
would  be  fearful  to  count  up  the  farmers'  wives 
who  are  lit  orally  worked  to  death.  Home,  who 
have  no  ambition  beyond  the  round  of  house¬ 
work,  may  live  and  thrive;  but  the  ilriely  organ¬ 
ized  woman,  who  inis  delicate  tastes  and  In¬ 
herent  strivings  aftor  better  things,  must  look 
to  herself,  or  she  will  wear  rapidly  under  the 
the  farming regime.  Why  is  this  so  with  farm¬ 
ing  more  than  with  other  businesses? 

“  But  tho  saddest,  part  is  tile  matter-of-course 
way  in  which  the  husband  views  It  all.  It  Is  a 
matter  of  course  that  his  wife  should  do  all  she 
can;  that,  she  should  be  delicate  and  sensitive 
and  tired  out  all  tbo  time;  that  she  should  be 
constantly  at  work,  never  finding  l  ime  for  re¬ 
creation.  A  matter  of  course  that  she  should 
grow  weaker  and  weaker ;  less  and  Ipss  efficient 
and  should  ffinally  leave  him  free  again.  It  is 
not  often  that  the  husband  of  the  woman  who 
has  worked  herself  to  death  is  guilty  of  repin¬ 
ing  long  for  her  loss.  ‘The  great  march  of 
events  ’  must  go  right  on,  and  a  fresh  helpmeet 
is  soon  installed.  The  children— ah,  well !  to  bo 
sure  in  all  the  wide  world  they  eau  have  but  one 
mother. 

“But  now  to  this  day's  work.  T  must  hurry 
to  get  It  done  before  I  am  too  tired.” 

Tho  fire  was  burning  nicely  now.  Mrs.  Faum 
|  had  boon  thinking  and  talking  whilo  warming 
her  lingers  and  lacing  her  shoes,  so  there  had 
been  no  time  wasted.  Ilor  journal  at  night 
will  show  whether  she  finished  her  day’s  work 
without  getting  too  tired.  Persie  Veue. 


THE  SAND  MAN 


LOVE’S  LIFE 


Two  little  boots  I've  ou  my  feet, 

With  little  solos  so  soft  and  neat; 

With  a  little  sack  on  my  back  I  skip. 

Anti,  hush  now !  op  ^ho  Steps  I  trip ; 

And  when  I  enter  tho  chamber,  there 
Tho  children  are  saying  their  evening  prayer. 

Two  little  grains  of  my  very  line  sand 
1  tling  In  their  eyes  with  my  gentle  hand ; 

Then  they  go  to  sleep,  and  they  sleep  all  night, 
Safe  in  the  watchful  Father's  sight. 

Two  little  grain?  of  toy  very  fine  sand 
I  strew  lu  their  eyes  with  my  gentle  hand, 

And  very  short  tin;  night  shall  seem 
To  the  good  little  child  In  his  happy  dream. 

Now  sweetly,  softly,  with  staff  and  sack, 

Down  stairs  again  I  must  hurry  back  I 
1  cannot.  Idle  ray  tlino  away, 

I’ve  many  more  oliildren  to  see  to-day ; 

They’re  nodding  now;  in  their  dreams  they  smile, 
And  yet  I’ve  scarce  opened  my  bag  tho  while. 

From  the  German. 


Did  you  ever  hury  a  love,  my  dear. 

And  put  it  out  of  sight, 

In  the  stillness  of  the  night. 

As  something  dead,  and  forever  gone,— 
Something  dead  which  you  might  not  mourn 
Something  you  were  above,  my  dear?— 
Something  you  were  above? 

And  then  has  It  ever  passed,  my  dear, 

From  out  of  its  narrow  town— 

From  out  of  surrounding  gloom, 

And  glided  along  to  your  soul  once  more? 
With  never  a  sound  has  It  loosed  the  door 
You  barred  and  bolted  fast,  ray  dear,— 
Barrud  and  bolted  fast  ? 

T  burled  a  love  one  night,  my  dear.— 

Burled  it  down  below, 

One  night,  long  years  ago,— 

And  covered  It  up  with  the  sod. 

And  over  lt3  ashes  I  trod 

Till  all  was  firm  and  tight,  my  dear— 

TUI  all  was  firm  and  tight. 

And  then  I  left  it  alone,  roy  dear ! 

What  use  to  guard  a  spot 
Where  life  and  hope  were  not? 

But.  graves  where  love  is  laid  away 
Must  e’en  bo  guarded  night  and  day ; 

And  hearts  must  bo  their  stone,  my  dear,— 
Hearts  must  be  their  stone. 

But  I  left  the  old  for  the  new.  my  dear,— 
Turned  away  from  my  dead. 

With  weary,  silent  tread. 

Of  what  avail  ?  There  has  followed  me 
lu  all  my  Journeys,  o’er  land  and  sea. 

The  ghost  of  my  love  for  you,  my  dear,— 
Tho  ghost  of  my  love  for  you. 

And  we  have  met  again,  my  dear ! 

You  crossed  my  weary  wny. 

For  the  first  time  since— to-day. 

Your  3mile  grew  sad  as  It  met  my  eye. 

And  mine  grow  wistful— do  you  know  why  1 
That  both  had  suffered,  was  plain,  my  dear, 
That  both  had  suffered  was  plain. 

Upon  my  heart  Is  your  head,  my  dear, 

And  o’er  tho  troubled  past 
Fall  rest  and  peace  at  lust. 

And  us  for  tho  love  that  I  burled  below, 

In  silent  sorrow,  long  years  ago, 

I  hardly  think  It  was  dead,  my  dear,— 
Hardly  think  It  was  dead. 


A  NEW  GAME-BLOWING  COTTON 


“  Bi-Owtno  Cotton  ’’  Is  a  sitting-room  gmr.o  of 
the  jolliest  sort.  Let  aa  many  as  may,  be  seated 
around  the  table,  with  hands  folded  and  arms 
extended  along  the  edge  of  the  table,  each  tier- 
son  touching  elbows  with  his  neighbor  on  each 
side  of  him.  Take  a  small  piece  of  common 
cotton  batting,  picked  up  so  as  to  bo  made  as 
light,  and  airy  as  possible.  Put  this  in  the  cen¬ 
ter  of  the  table.  Let  some  one  count  “  one, 
two,  three,"  and  then  let  each  one  blow  best  to 
keep  the  cotton  away  from  himself,  and  drive 
it  upon  some  one  else.  No  one  must  take  up 
his  arm  to  escape  the  cotton.  When  It  alights, 
take  if  up  and  start  anew.  It  will  be  a  very 
sober  set  Indeed,  who  can  play  two  or  three 
rounds,  without  Indulging  In  the  healthiest  sort 
of  uproarious  laughter. 


A  CHICKEN’S  STORY 


The  first  recollection  I  have  of  myself.  I  was 
shut  up  in  a  little  dark  prison  house.  I  didn’t 
like  it,  and  I  peeked  very  hard  at  the  walls,  and 
somehow,  I  hardly  know./iwt  how,  I,  by-and-by, 
found  myself  free.  I  soon  discovered  that,  1  was 
a  very  queer  little  fellow,  with  two  nice  legs,  and 
two  really  elegant,  little  wings.  I  had  a  very 
sharp  little  bill,  too,  and  such  cunning  little 
feathers  all  over  mo.  That  was  ail  I  made  out 
distinctly,  though  I  nearly  broke  my  nock  and 
quite,  lost  my  balance  trying  to  see  what  was  on 
the  top  of  my  head.  I  didn't  find  out;  never 
have  seen  it,  in  fact,  but  I  know  there’s  some¬ 
thing  there. 

I  had  five  little  brothers  and  sisters,  and  such 
a  nice,  warm  mother.  I  do  wish  you  wore  ac¬ 
quainted  with  my  mother ;  I  am  sure  you  would 
say  you  had  never  seen  such  a  oozy  little  mother 
as  she  is.  Two  of  my  brothers  were  black,  and 
one  was  white.  I  had  a  little  yellow  sister,  and 
a  speckled  one  and  I  am  sure  I  don’t  know 
wlrat  color  I  was;  but  my  mother  called  mo 
“Top-knot.”  How  wo  used  to  run  around  in 
the  nice  dirt,  and  under  the  leaves  and  bushes  1 
And  didn't  our  mother  scratch  for  us?  How 
she  would  find,  the  worms  and  bugs,  and  the 
little  seeds  for  us  I  When  she  called,  “Come 
quick,  come  quick,"  how  we  would  all  scamper ! 
Jot  was  a  greedy  little  fcUow,  and  got  more  thau 
his  share;  but,  our  mother  was  an  Industrious 
old  hen,  and  none  of  us  went  hungry. 

Every  night  she  cuddled  us  under  her  dear, 
warm  wings,  and  wo  wasn’t  at  nil  afraid.  But 
it  was  only  a  fence  Corner  where  wo  slept,  and 
one  night,  a  rat,  or  a  something  dreadful,  and  I 
do  know  what,  ctimo  and  most  frightened  us 
into  spasms.  He  actually  did  carry  off  my  little 
screaming  brother  Jet,  though  ray  poor  mother 
lost  every  one  of  her  tall  feathers  in  our  defense. 
I  just  wish  that  old  rat  or  something  had  all  his 
tail  feathers  pulled  out  1  But  Jot  was  a  most 
awful  greedy  chicken !  Mother  said  wo  must, 
sloop  in  the  hen-house  after  that.  T  am  now  a 
very  fine  chicken— can  scratch  for  myself  pretty 
well,  and  lu  many  ways  muko  rnyseif  useful  to 
the  family ;  but  I  shall  never  forget  that  dread¬ 
ful  night !  Tof-knot. 


ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.— No.  6 


MRS.  FARM  TALKS  TO  HERSELF 


“Tata  Is  very  near  savage  life,  very,”  Mrs. 
FARM  said,  aloud,  to  herself,  between  two  puffs 
at  the  obstinate  lire.  ”  When  will  I  learn  to 
look  out  for  myself  ?  It  is  just  aa  mother  used 
to  tell  me,  exactly.”  Mrs.  FARM  wus  thinking 
now,  fussing  with  the  fire  meanwhile,  putting 
tho  half-burnt  silvers  togothcr,  and  herding  up 
tho  dim  coals;  but  It.  would  not  burn.  So  she 
took  an  old  pan  and  ran  out  Into  tho  shed,  half- 
drossed  as  she  was,  to  pick  up  chips.  The  shed 
wasopen,  and  the  Winterwlnd  made  her  shiver. 
It  Is  strange  how  much  one  can  think  over  in  a 
brief  space.  She  saw,  while  hastily  scratching 
up  tho  chips,  u  picture  of  herself,  away  back  in 
the  old  home,  making  the  lire  one  cold  Winter 
morning,  wbilo  hor  mother’s  voice  from  the 
ourtained  bod  at  the  other  end  of  the  room  was 
saying,  “Why  don't  you  lio  abod  till  some  of 
tho  men  folks  make  the  lire?  I  see  this  Is  the 
way  you  will  always  do." 

Then  she  had  answered,  In  perfect  trust,  “No 
indeed  1  If  ever  I'm  married  and  have  a  house 
of  my  own,  the  morning  (ires  will  go  unmade  all 
day  If  they  wait  for  me  to  make  them.”  “How 
is  it  now  ?  ”  (She  wont  on  putting  her  chips  on 
the  hie.)  “  Thoro  arc  two  fires  to  make  this 
morning,  and  t,  alas!  am  making  them  both, 
while  ho  is  In  bed.  Why  haven't  I  common 
sense  enough  to  know  that  most  men  will  take 
what  eaae  they  can  get?  Oh)  why  am  r  not 
wiser?  I  am  not  tit  to  do  such  rough  work,  and 
vet  1  keep  on  doing  It  bocauso  nobody  does  it 
for  me;  and  I  have  about,  come  to  the  con¬ 
clusion  that  I  ?hall  be  allowed  to  do  It  as  long  as 
I  can.  These  are  hard  thoughts,  but  I  can't  help 
them.  I  shall  keep  them  to  myself,  certainly. 
I  should  bo  extremely  mortified  to  have  these 
things  known.  I  can  only  tell  It  all  over  to  my¬ 
self  to  free  my  mind. 

“  If  wives  did  not  come  so  easily,  these  fann¬ 
ing  men  would  be  more  careful  of  those  they 
have.  I  wlBh  I  could  legislate  on  this  subject 
for  them.  ’Ah!’  they  say,  exultlngly,  ’  'Ms 
hard,  surely,  to  find  a  hired  girl ;  but  If  you  say 
“  wife,"  &  dozen  women  aro  ready  to  bind  them¬ 
selves  unconditionally.'  Oh!  I  can't  help  con¬ 
fessing  to  myself,  with  bitterness,  that  there  is 
truth  In  what  my  mother  used  to  tell  me— ’If 
you  work  yourself  .to  death,  you'll  never  get 
“  thank  you  ”  for  it.’  I  feel,  ju3t  how,  like  lay¬ 
ing  this  down  as  an  axiom :  —  Tho  harder  a  wife 
work3  the  less  her  husband  loves  her. 

“And  why  should  he  not  love  her  less?  To 
be  suro  it  may  be  to  save  expense,  and  to  make 
himself  and  the  children  more  comfortable, 
that  she  overtaxes  and  burdens  herself.  She 
may  rise  early  on  Monday  morning,  make  fires, 
get  breakfast,  and  have  her  wash  water  over, 
before  her  husband  la  ready  to  get  up — do  It  all 
under  a  silent  protest,  too,  because  It  must  be 
done ;  and  it  Is  so  much  better  to  havo  all  the 
mussing  and  cleaning  out  of  the  way  early,  for 
the  comfort  of  the  family,  and  to  give  time  for 
the  sewing  and  knitting.  But,  In  making  fires, 
she  blackens  and  burns  her  hands,  may  be,  and 
in  washing,  the  skin  is  rubbed  off  and  the  joints 


M 

Answer  In  two  weeks. 


A  FACTORY  GIRL’S  FORTUNE 


BIOGRAPHICAL  ENIGMA.— No.  1 


Sauaii  But.ii.lon,  a  factory  girl  of  New  Hamp¬ 
shire,  has  had  a  fairy  history.  In  a  newspaper 
she  accidentally  saw  the  name  of  a  Mr.  Bmi.- 
lon  of  Natchitoches,  who  had  taken  part  111 
some  public  demonstration.  The  name  being 
quite  uncommon,  Sabah  wrote  a  modest  letter 
of  inquiry,  giving  hor  own  genealogy,  and  sug¬ 
gesting  that  there  might  be  some  relationship. 
In  a  fortnight  came  an  answer,  cheerfully  writ¬ 
ten,  In  which  a  distant  relationship,  was  demon¬ 
strated.  Tho  Southerner  added  that  he  was  old, 
without  family,  and  had  few  friends,  and  earn¬ 
estly  hoped  forncontinuatlon  of  the  correspond¬ 
ence.  Agreed  to,  and  kept  up  for  throe  years ; 
but  her  last  letter  remained  unanswered  for 
three  months,  when  came  a  message  from  Mr. 
Butu. lon’s  lawyer,  informing  her  that  ihe  dour 
old  man  had  left,  her  his  whole  property, 
amounting  to  over  $400,000.  Sarah,  by-the-way, 
Just  before  receiving  the  news,  had  married  a 
young  man  of  her  own  rank,  and  now  they  have 
gone  down  to  Natchitoches  to  look  after  their 
assets. 


1  am  composed  of  65  letters : 

My  16, 13,  2,  5, 13,  25,  10,  4,  I  t,  34,  22.  3,  10,  44,  42,  10, 
41, 6, 14, 32, 50  was  a  celebrated  English  poet. 

My  I,  53,  50, 26,  20.  58, 10,  68, 1?,  41,  65,  05,  01,  12,  79, 
68  Is  a  famous  minister  lu  Now  Yorlt. 

My  84, 21. 31, 15,  84,  84,  56, 87. 14, 47,  6.  7, 68,  49,  5, 
17, 10  is  an  American  novelist. 

My  9,  29, 33,  33,  9,  85,  H,  36  is  noted  for  her  lively 
sketches. 

My  78, 55,  37, 24,  18,  60  was  a  Persian  Queen. 

My  37,  67,  61,  11,  55,  23,  85.  37  was  an  Athenian 
Philosopher. 

My  73,  68, 39,  45,  27  was  one  of  the  nominees  for 
President. 

My  37,  29,  68,  39,  28,  37,  78,  57,  57,  67,  45,  37  was  an 
English  actress. 

My  21,  77, 64, 31,  44,  50  was  an  English  poet. 

My  21,  22,  74,  38,  35,  37,  38,  74,  71,  68,  84  was  a  dis¬ 
tinguished  Irish  poet. 

My  52,  74, 68. 89.  61,  79,  70,  63,  42,  42,  06,  36  was  an 
editor  iu  New  York  City. 

My  68, 67, 37,  55,  41,  74,  45,  50,  42,  47,  68  is  a  French 
artist. 

My  55,  06,  77,  61,  13,  61 ,  55,  5,  66, 49  was  an  Ameri¬ 
can  poetess. 

My  60,  66,  6-4,  64,  46,  58,  72,  45,  45  was  a  favorite  of 
King  Charles  the  Second. 

My  48,  74,  48,  79  was  an  English  poet. 

My  5, 4,  11,  42,  68,  51,  41, 47, 68,  56,  37  was  a  Scotch 
poet. 

My  62,  74,  38,  79,  68  was  a  Grecian  poet. 

My  63,  58, 65,  65,  69  was  a  mombor  of  the  Tara- 
tq^ny  Ring. 

My  70.  64,  07,  88, 55,  37,  71,  74.  74,  75  was  the  author 
of  The  Song  of  the  Shirt. 

My  81.  65,  68,  66,  78,  79,  80,  41,  65,  65,  01,  83,  65,  5,  87, 
82,  74,  58,  25  Is  an  American  authoress. 

My  whole  is  a  Bible  command. 

X-kf"  Answer  in  two  weeks.  Mary  Waldo. 


TO  THE  BOYS 


Some  time  before  planting  time  comes,  next 
Spring,  make  arrangements  with  your  father  to 
lot  you  have  a  small  plot  of  ground  somewhere 
near  the  house,  so  that  you  can  run  to  it  quickly 
whenever  you  have  a  few  spare  moments.  Early 
in  the  Spring  spade  your  plat  thoroughly  13  or  18 
Inches  deep,  adding  a  good  quantity  of  well 
rotted  manure,  mixing  It  well  with  the  soil  as 
tho  spading  proceeds.  Use  a  spade-fork  to  do 
the  work,  as  it  Is  far  ahead  of  tho  old-fashioned 
steel  spade,  which  some  persons  still  continue 
to  use,  despite  its  awkward  and  bungling  man¬ 
ner  of  doing  its  work,  when  compared  with  a 
good  spade-fork. 

Decide  beforehand  what  varieties  of  vege¬ 
tables  you  Intend  growing,  arid  buy  your  seeds, 
so  that  when  ihe  time  of  planting  arrives  you 
will  not  have  to  wait  two  or  throe  weeks  for 
your  seeds  to  come.  Plant,  according  to  the  di¬ 
rections  given  in  the  catalogue.-;  of  seed  mer¬ 
chants  or  some  good  work  on  gardening  which 
your  father  may  havo.  After  your  seeds  have 
come  up  am  i  made  some  growth,  thin  the  plants 
out  carefully  ami  keep  every  weed  hoed  out 
during  tho  whole  season.  Don’t  let  a  weed  be 
seen  In  your  garden  from  the  time  you  plant 
your  seeds  till  you  gather  your  crop  in  the  Fall. 
Plant  in  straight  rows  and  far  enough  apart  to 
give  you  plenty  of  room  to  work.  If  you  want 
“big  "  vegetables,  you  must  give  thorn  room  to 
grow.  If  you  follow  these  directions,  next  Fall 
you  will  be  likely  to  get  the  first  premium  at 
your  county  Fair  lor  the  best,  or  rather  largest, 
dozen  of  beets,  carrots,  onions,  parsnips,  etc.,  if 
you  choose  to  exhibit  them.  Boys,  try  it. 

Ransom,  Pa.  p.  8. 


HOW  RUSSIAN  GIRLS  GET  HUSBANDS. 


In  the  Ukraine  (Russia)  the  women  court  more 
generally  than  the  nieo.  When  a  young  woman 
falls  in  love  with  a  man  she  is  not  in  tho  least 
ashamed  to  go  to  his  fathor's  house  and  reveal 
her  passion  In  the  most  tender  and  pathetic 
manner,  and  to  promise  t,he  most  submissive 
obedience  If  be  will  accept  her  as  a  wife.  Should 
the  insensible  man  pretend  any  exuc-e.  she  tolls 
him  she  Is  resolved  never  to  go  out  of  tho  house 
tillho  gives  his  consent.,and  accordingly, taking 
up  her  lodgings,  remains  there.  If  he  still  ob¬ 
stinately  refuses  her,  his  case  becomes  exceed¬ 
ingly  distressing.  Tho  church  is  commonly  ou 
her  side,  and  to  turn  her  out  would  provoke  her 
kindred  to  revenge  her  honor,  so  that  he  has  no 
method  left  butto  betake  himself  to  flight  till 
he  is  otherwise  disposed  of. 


ARITHMETICAL  PUZZLE -No.  I 


TRUE  MODESTY. 


Express  exactly  one  hundred  with  four  figure 
nines.  V. 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 


Nothino  la  more  amiable  than  true  modesty 
and  nothing  more  contemptible  than  that  which 
is  false ;  the  one  guards  virtue,  the  other  betrays 
it.  True  modesty  is  ashamed  to  do  anything 
that  is  repugnant  to  right  reason;  false  modes!  y 
is  ashamed  to  do  anything  that  is  opposite  to 
the  humor  of  those  with  whom  the  party  con¬ 
verses.  True  modesty  avoids  everything  that  is 
criminal;  false  modesty  everything  that  la  un¬ 
fashionable.  The  latter  la  only  a  general,  unde 
termined  Instinct ;  the  former  is  that  instinct 
limited  and  circumscribed  by  the  rules  of  pru¬ 
dence. 


PUZZLER  ANSWERS -Feb.  1 


A  LETTER  TO  YOUNG  RURALISTS 


Illustrated  Rebcs  No.  4.— Never  faint  nor 
falter. 

Anagram  No.  2.— A  word  fitly  spoken  is  like 
apples  of  gold  in  pictures  of  silver. 

Puzzle  No.  4.— Civil. 


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CURRENT  TOPICS. 

The  Speech  from  the  British  Throne. 

Quern  Victoria  lias  made  another  speech 
from  the  Throne,  by  ltoyal  Commission,  tin?  sa¬ 
lient  features  of  which  are  that  she  calls  atten¬ 
tion  to  the  slave  trade  on  the  East  Conet  of 
Africa,  and  status  that  steps  have  been  taken  to 
deal  more  effectively  with  it,  with  a  view  to  its 
suppression.  8bo  speaks  of  the  Emperor  of 
Germany  as  her  ally,  and  states  that  in  conse¬ 
quence  of  his  decision  relative  to  the  San  Juan 
boundary  question,  “  1  have  thought  it  a  course 
most  befitting  the  spirit  of  international  friend-  , 
ship  and  the  dignity  of  the  country,  to  give  im¬ 
mediate  execution  to  the  award  by  withdrawing 
promptly  Irani  my  partial  occupation  of  the 
island  of  San  Juan.”  She  also  Informs  Far  1  la-  ! 
ment  that  It  “  Will,  in  due  course  of  lima,  be  j 
asked  to  provide  for  the  payment  of  the  sum  i 
coming  due"  under  the  award  at.  Geneva,  and  1 
thanks  the  Arbitrators  for  the  pains  and  cure  ) 
bestowed  by  them  on  the  peaceful  adjustment 
of  controversies.  She  hopes  for  the  speedy  ad¬ 
justment  of  a  commercial  treaty  with  France,  : 
and  alludes  slightly  to  the  relations  of  Great  , 
Britain  to  Russia  in  relation  to  the  line  which  i 
describes  the  Northern  frontier  of  the  IJomin-  < 
ion  of  Afghanistan  ;  she  also  states  that  a  meas-  j 
ure  will  be  submitted  to  Parliament  at  an  early  j 
day  for  settling  the  question  of  University  edu-  1 
cation  in  Ireland.  ] 

The  Car-Hook  Murderer. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  William  Foster 
murdered  Avery  D.  Putnam  as  he  was  getting 
off  a  car  in  this  city,  April  20, 1871.  There  was  < 
no  excuse  for  the  attack.  It  was  an  exhibition  J 
of  ruffianism  too  common  in  this  city.  He  was  , 
convicted  of  murder  and  sentenced  to  be  hung  ' 


the  following  month  ;  the  case  waa  carried  to 
the  Court  of  Appeals,  which  confirmed  the  judg¬ 
ment  of  the  inferior  Court  and  direct  ed  the  sen¬ 
tence  to  be  executed.  Accordingly  Foster  has 
been  sentenced  to  be  hanged  in  March.  No  one 
in  this  city  doubts  both  the  policy  and  necessity 
of  such  execution. 

Strike  Among  Ohio  Coal  Miners. 

There  are  nearly  7,500  coal  miners  In  the  Tus- 
carowas  Valley  and  near  Youngstown,  O.,  on  a 
strike.  Tn  consequence  of  I  hi.--  strike  many  of  the 
iron  workers  have  been  compelled  to  suspend 
operations,  and  this  swells  the  number  of  idle 
men  and  hungry  families.  The  poor  dupes  of 
j  irresponsible  and  unscrupulous  rascals  who  thus 
lead  them  away  from  business  arc  to  be  pitied 
especially  their  families. 

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THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 

Erie,  Erie  Co.,  Pa.,  Jon.  3 1  .—The  Winter  has 
been  unvsually  severe,  the  thermometer  being 
down  to  24  below  zero  once,  and  ns  low  as  15 
several  times.  There  has  been  extra good  sleigh¬ 
ing  thus  far;  along  tin  Lake  Shore  an  average 
of  one-half  the  time,  while  30  miles  back  from 
the  Lake  there  htu*  been  good  sleighing  since 
November,  the  snow  being  throe  feet  deep  there 
at  present,  while  here  it  is  but  eight  Inches 
deep.  The  Lake  8boro  country  is,  perhaps,  t  he 
finest  In  Pennsylvania;  the  soil  is  gravel  and 
black  walnut  loam.  Land  sells  at  $125>v.t00  per 
acre.  The  lake  breeze  keeps  early  frosts  off.  so 
it  is  very  desirable  for  farmors.  Hay  Is  worth 
^lOtf/Sfi  per  ton  ;  straw,  per  load.  Wheat,  I 
$1-85(8  1.00  per  bush.;  barley,  80i?90c.  pet  bush.; 
corn  in  the  ear,  87c.;  oats,  fiOrufik'.;  rye,  75c.; 
beans,  $2C<(.2.fiO ;  potatoes,  00376c.;  beets,  75c.  per 
bush.;  onions,  75c.;  apples,  75c.@$l  per  bush.; 
eggs,  25(”.'t0c.  per  doz.;  butl  er,  per  lb.; 

fat  cattle  selling  at  »ti-r>’4c.  per  lb.,  live  weight ; 
mutton,  5(35 '4c.  per  lb.;  veal,  3c.  per  lb.;  lamb, 
#2.50(34  per  head;  pork,  4®4‘4c.  per  lb.  There 
is  but  little  clover  seed  In  this  vicinity;  general 
price,  $6(3iO-50;  these  are  buying  prices.  All 
crops  were  good,  and  business  lively,  a.  n.  n. 

Massillon,  Stark  Co.,  O.,  Jan.  31,— Winter 
sot  In  the  Hth  of  November,  and  lias  been  snug 
Winter  weather  ever  since,  with  the  exception 
of  a  few  days.  A  good  ileal  of  unhusked  corn 
out  yet.  On  the  32d  of  December  we  had  an 
extremely  cold  snap  for  those  parts;  but  the 
last  few  days  were  ahead  of  anything  1  recollect 
of  seeing  hero,  and  1  have  been  here  46  years. 
On  the  29th,  7  A.  M.,  mercury  fell  t-o  32°  below 
zero,  and  stood  at  zero  at  11  A.  M.;  the  same  at 
sundown;  the  30th,  7  A.  M.,28°  below;  20th,  7 
A.  M..  zero.  Crops  were  good  here  last  season, 
notwithstanding  the  drout  h.  It  is  now  nearly 
three  years  since  we  had  high  waters.  Wheat, 
#1.653 L76 per  bush.;  corn,  40c.;  oats,  33c.;  pota¬ 
toes,  60c.— S.  C.  R. 

Iiuardmap,  O.,  Kelt.  1. — Good  sleighing;  cold  !  • 
weather  this  week ;  at  6  A.  M„ 29th  ult.,  weal  her 
clear  and  mercury  24  below  zero  ;  at  12  M.,  10° 
above  zero ;  at  6  P.  M.,  .V  below,  and  clear  and 
calm;  (he  30th  ult.,  at  6  A.  M.,  17°  below  zero; 

12  M.,  12  above ;  6  P.  M.,  20»  above  ;  Feb.  1,  6  A. 


South  Hon.  TL  P.  Haven  lias  been  nomina¬ 
ted  for  Gov.  of  Conn,  by  the  Republicans.  .  .The 
Kansas  House  asks  Senator  Pomeroy  to  resign 

It  is  charged  that  $10,000  were  Used  to  elect 
senator  Harlan  from  Iowa  The  trial  of  Leavitt 
Alley,  for  the  murder  of  Abijab  Ellis,  is  in  pro¬ 
gress  in  Boston  . .  The  contest  for  the  Massa¬ 
chusetts  benatorshin  Ilea  l-ei  '.veen  Secretary 
i tout  well  and  Mr.  Dawes.  Gov.  DIx  denies 
that  he  has  had  anything  to  do  with  Credit  Mo- 
bilier  Evans,  the  Northwood  murderer,  has 

been  convicted  at  Exeter,  N.  IT _ Philadelphia 

bn-  appropriated  half  a  million  dollars  for  I  lie 
Centennial  exhibition  Tt  Is  said  there  is  no 
chance  of  repealing  the  usury  laws  of  New  York 
....The  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  con¬ 
trols  16,000  miles  of  lines  valued  at  ?L7(M«X),ouo 

Some  7.500  coal  miners  are  on  a  strike  in  Hie 
Tuscarawas  Valley,  Ohio  tt  is  proposed  to 
ask  Congress  to  turn  the  Colorado  river  into  the  I 
|  Colorado  desert  and  form  a  lake  .  .  .The  Presi¬ 
dent  lias  had  a  groat  reception  in  Wilmington, 
Del  ...Twooftlie  Ku-Kliix  at  Alhany  bavebeen 
pardoned  by  t  he  President  It  Is  reported  t  hat 
all  the  troops  in  the  South  will  be  sent  to  Utah 
■  Henry  McNulty  has  been  execoi  cd  In  Peoria, 
Ill.,  for  wife-murder — Evans,  the  murderer, 
has  made  a  confe-a-ion.  He  claims  to  have  killed 
a  large  number  of  people  in  New  England. 

Fires. 

Factory  at  Norihfleld,  Vt.,  on  the  31at  ult. 
Loss,  $30, 000  Bakery  at  Waterbary.  Conn.,  on 
the  1st.  Loss,  $30,000  . ... No.  807  Fulton  street.,  | 
Brooklyn,  L.  I.,  on  the  2d.  Loss,  $30,000  . .  Ktark 
knitting  mil]  at  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  on  the  1st.  Loss. 
$40,000  ..Warehouses  at  Hilkman.  Kv.,  on  the 
30U)  ult-  Loss,  $25,000  . .  .Twelve  houses  In  Kirk-  I 
vtlle.  Mo., on  the  1st.  Loss,  $50,000.  ..Planing 
mills  In  Omaha  on  the  1st.  Los  .  $20,000  The 
court,  house  and  luw  libra  17  in  Quebec  war  des¬ 
troyed  on  the  2d  ...Three  stores  in  Uxbridge, 
Ont.,  on  the  3d.  Loss,  $30,000  .  Globe  rolling 
mill.-,  in  Cincinnati,  on  the  fib.  Loss, $70,000 
Clothing  store  In  Fitchburg,  Ma  on  the  1st. 
Loaa,  $17.0U0  A  block  in  Lafayette.  Ind.,  on 
the  Ufh.  Loss,  #50,000  ...Table  manufactory  In 
Baltimore  on  the  5th.  bins,  $15,000  On  the 
0th,  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  the  Mutual  Life  Ins. 
Co.  a  building.  Lose,  $75,000  At  Boone.  Iowa, 
on  t  he  4  t  h.  a  store.  Los-,  *18,000  Four  houses 
in  Brookfield,  Mo.,  on  1  he  2d.  L06S  $30,00(1. 

Disasters,  Accident*,  ICte. 

On  the  3d  inst  ,,  four  boilers  in  the  American 
Iron  Works  ut  Pittsburgh,  l'a.,  exploded.  Seven 
men  were  killed  and  a  large  number  wounded. 
...  A  boiler  in  W ood’s  foundry.  Conshohoeken, 
Pa.,  exploded  on  the  3d,  killing  8  men  and 
wounding  17  ..On  the  same  day  a  boiler  in 
Geddea'  rolling  mill,  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  explod¬ 
ed,  wounding  several  men.  A  torpedo  exploded 
in  Titusville,  Pa.,  on  the  5t  h,  killing  a  man,  his 
wife  and  child. 


The  advantages  of  this  line  are  G)  a  short 
route,  (2)  cheap  working  capacity,  (31  free  water¬ 
course  connections,  ana  (4)  unrivalled  mineral 
wealth  along  Its  route.  It  is  contended  that 
the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  will,  in  a  short  time 
bn  the  shortest,  pleasantest,  and  most  pictur¬ 
esque  route  Of  travel  between  Washington  Cirv 
and  the  great  middle  belt  of  Cities— Cincinnati, 
Louisvillo  trad  Saint  Louis;  and  one  of  the  best 
routes  for  freight  from  these  as  well  as  from 
the  southwestern  cities.  The  surplus  produce 
of  t  lie  WcjsUjm  States  has  grown  to  such  dimen¬ 
sions  (lint  all  the  ex  El  iug  roads,  with  the  canal 
in  addition,  have  been  gorged  n  it h  freight. 

High  rates  are  a  necessary  sequence.  Hence 
the  advent  of  a  newline,  posse-dng  all  the  ele¬ 
ments  for  cheat)  transportation,  is  to  be  bailed 
as  a  benefit  both  to  the  producer  at  the  West 
and  the  consumer  on  the  seaboard. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 


ffXlMcellaneouM  Foreign  News, 

A  large  spinning  mill  in  Glasgow  has  been 
destroyed  The  mails  between  Paris  and  Spain 
have  been  Interrupted  by  the  Carlists  .  A  se¬ 
vere  snow  storm  has  visited  England,  witli  six 
Inches  in  London  A  portion  of  the  Military 
Academy  at  Woolwich  has  been  destroyed  . 
The  Sultan  will  go  to  Vienna.  A  hurricane 
lute  visited  Aspinwnll,  doing  damage  toshipping 
to  the  extent  of  half  n  million  of  dollars  Ar¬ 
range  mem*  have  been  completed  for  building 
the  Canada  Pacific  Railroad  The  now  f.’.S. 
,loan  promises  to  be  a  great  success  tn  London. 

A  destructive  earthquake!  has  occurred  in 
the  Island  of  Samos  ..The  Captain  of  the  Mu¬ 
rillo  steamship,  which  sunk  tbe  Northtleet.  was 
appealed  to  by  his  passengers  to  go  t  o  1  ho  assist¬ 
ance  of  the  Northtleet,  but  lie  refused  The 
Catholics  demand  sectarian  education  In  Ire- 
luud  ..The  new  King  of  Hawaii  ha*  appointed 


.<3  above,  ihisia  die  coldest  weather  ever  his  cabinet.  It  is  .  imposed  mostly  of  Atneri- 
known  in  Eastern  Ohio.— 1.  s.  cans  .  On  the  4th,  a  week  s  mails  from  Spain 

was  due  In  Paris  —  The  owners  of  coal  mines  in 
Sniiiliisliy,  O.,  Jan.  31.— We  arc  having  good  South  Wale*  propose  to  employ  Chinese 
sleigliing  here ;  very  cold.  Thermometer  stood  !  Robert.  Bowles  has  had  another  trial  in  Lou- 
on  tl.o  S8U1  nt  21*  below  zero ;  stock  »,l . .  j  Sj 

are  doing  well :  feed  is  short;  bay  worth  $15  to  |  interior  of  Africa  on  cite  I8M1  of  August. .  ..One 
$20  per  ton;  corn,  25e.  per  bush.,  in  ear ;  shelled,  hundred  persons  have  been  frozen  to  death  in 

(Me.;  oats.  32c.;  wheat.  $1.70;  potatoes  moving  I  V,1'11* 

.  .  ,  ,  , .  ’  *  .  .7  1 1  nyi?  suspended  work  I  lie  Republican*  of 

.  lonlj.  1  ba\<  sold  my  crop  of  400  bushel*  of  the  French  Assembly  have  Issued  an  address  of 

Early  Rose  for  50c.;  Peach  Blows,  65c.  to  «0c,  sympathy  for  Garibaldi ....  Robert  Bowles,  the 
The  directors  of  our  Erie  County  (Fair)  Society  American  banker,  has  been  acquitted  m  Lon- 

have  J,  hold  ttcIrWon  .-.pt.  300.  ffif 5®. ' fgf  ’iSSTSS 

and  Oct.  1st,  2d  and  3d  -four  days.— c.  w.  t.  very  satisfactory  and  p.  eful  Two  hundred 

Hudson,  Midi.  Keb.  3— Weather  very  cold  Carllsta  have  beon  killed  in  a  recent  battle  in 

,  .  ...  .  . .  T  4  w*  .  .  y  ■’  Hpmn ....  A  discussion  on  the  Alabama  claims 

mth  good  sleighing.  Last  Wednesday  morning  award  lias  been  had  In  Parliament  .Mr.  Dis- 
tlie  thermometer  ranged  from  OF  to  30'  below,  raell  Is  filled  with  alarm  at  t  he  Queen’s  speech. 
Markets  dull.  Wheat,  $1.75;  oats,  28  to  30c.;  :  •’'■esldenl  Thiers  and  the  Committee  of 

nork  70  to  4,4  85  ■  huttfr  .  ■  •  m.n,  ^ ,  .i f  lnrl\  hu  t  e  co  me  loan  agree  merit  .  .Bills  have 
pork,  $d.i0  to  4-i.So,  butter. -4c..  eggs, 24c  ,  dried  been  Introduced  into  the  English  House  for  the 

apples,  5@8c.—t.  w.  v.  abolition  of  capital  punishment,  for  a  protecto- 

- 4--S-+ -  rate  over  the  Feejee  Islands,  and  for  the  pur¬ 
chase  of  English  railways  by  the  Government 
DOMESTIC  NEWS.  Preparations  arc  being  made  at  St.  Petersburg 

_  for  the  Shah  of  Persia  —  The  Committee  ot 

_ _  Thirty  in  J'rancu  is  at  work  upon  the  detail  of 

New  York  City  and  A  ielnlty.  the  Constitution  ..Railway  travel  is  still  sus- 

It  Is  proposed  to  unite  Brooklyn  and  New  Pended  iu  Spain,  and  business  is  interrupted. 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

It  is  proposed  to  unite  Brooklyn  and  New 
York  —  It  is  6aid  there  waa  an  ex-convict,  nud 
a  mock  auctioneer,  on  the  Jury  which  tried  Wm. 
M.  Tweed — Chamberlain  Palmer  is  charged 
with  retaining  $30,000  which  does  not  belong  to 
him...  A  grand  banquet  was  given  to  Prof. 
Tyndall  on  the  4th  ...The  Charity  Ball  took 
place  the  samo  evening  .The  water  color  ex¬ 
hibition  opened  on  the  5tb.  The  contest  over 
Horace  Greeley's  will  has  ended,  ills  last  will 
is  set  aside.  His  estate  is  valued  at  $225,000  . . . 
A  speedy  trial  of  the  murderers  in  tie  Tombs 
Is  promised.  .  The  French  cooks  have  held  a 
great  ball  at  Irving  Hail  A  man  named 
Schaeffer  killed  his  wife  and  himself  at  a  house 
ofill-reputo  iu  Bicocker  street,  on  the  6th.. 
The  Coroner’s  Jury  justified  Simmons  in  killing 
Duryea  the  lottery  dealer,  but  the  Grand  Jurv 
liiw  held  him  for  murder  in  the  first  degree  . .’. 
Seven  murderers  were  arraigned  on  the  till. 
Each  pleaded  not  guilty  .The  Charity  Ball 
netted  $15,000.  Three  men  have  been  arrested 
in  Brooklyn  for  arson — Vicar-General  Starrs 
died  at  St.  Patrick’s  Cathedral  on  t  he  6th 
Prof.  Tyndall  has  sailed  for  home. ...  Yale  Col¬ 
lege  alumni  have  held  a  dinner _ Wm.  C.  Mur¬ 

ray,  the  bank  cashier  who  ran  away  with  $5,800, 
has  been  committed  to  the  Tombs. 

Home  New*. 

The  public  debr  increased  during  January 
.....Tho  jury  in  the  case  of  Mrs.  Wharton, 
on  Inal  for  murder,  disagreed  Gov.  Dix  of 
New  York  Is  for  hanging  murderers. . .  Minister 
Orr  has  sailed  for  Russia  . .  Pro-s poets  of  peace 
with  the  Modoc  Indians  have  vanished.  It  is 
flatly  denied  that  Thaddeus  Slovens  ever  re¬ 
ceived  $8(1, 000  worth  of  Credit  Mobilieratock. . 
The  President  proposes  making  a  tour  of  the 


ANOTHER  BAIL  LINE 


WEST. 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

The  Way  to  Save  Money  ami  llenlth.— The 
hot  weather  of  Summer  Is  a  sore  trial  to  the 
.wives  and  mothers  who  have  n  family  to  sew 
for  anil  no  sewing  machine  to  do  it  with.  There 
is  no  excuse,  however,  for  any  family,  however 
poor,  remaining  long  without  a  sewing  machine 
when  the  Improved  Wilson  Is  for  sale  so  cheap, 
and  on  such  easy  terms.  Let  it  bo  clearly  un- 
!  derstood  that  the  Wilson  is  tn  every  respect  a 
first-class  machine,  but  being  made  by  a  com¬ 
pany  not  in  the  great  “  Ring,"  it  is  sold  at  i  fair 
I  price,  which  every  one  who  needs  a  machine 
I  can  afford  to  pay.  Salesroom  at  707  Broadway, 
New  York,  and  in  all  other  cities  in  the  United 
States.  The  Company  want  agents  In  country 
towns. 

»♦» 

Watch  No.  loci,  Stem  Winder  —  bearing 
Trade  Mark  “Frederick  Atherton  A  Co.,  Marlon, 
N.  J." — manufactured  by  United  States  Watch 
Co.,  (Giles,  Wales  &  Co.),  has  been  carried  by  me 
fifteen  months;  its  total  variation  from  mean 
time  being  only  fifteen  seconds.  —  Willard 
Derby,  of  Derby,  Snow  &  Prentiss,  Jersey  City, 
N.  J. 

- »♦« 

For  Coughs  Colds  and  Throat  Disorders,  use 

"  Jiroim'H  Bronchial  Troches ,”  having  proved 
their  efficacy  by  a  test  of  many  years. 

• - «♦# - 

Advice — Send  for  freo  Price  List.  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

THE  MARKETS. 

PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

New  Yobk,  Monday,  Feb.  10, 1873. 

Receipts.— The  receipt*  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  as  follow*  : 


Flour,  bids . 

Wheat,  bush....... 

Corn,  bush . 


30,100  Pork,  bbl* .  8,301} 

60.1UI  lied,  pligs .  243 

68,9 K)  Cut  moot*,  pkgs...  27,495 


oats,  hush .  102,11*1  Lara,  pkv:« _ ...... 


liruift  seed,  bueli.. 

Ilya,  hush . 

Hurley,  bush . 

.'l.nt ,  lui  . . .... 

liouus,  Obis .  -i'i  Wool,  bales .  y;;vo 

Corn  meat  bbl », . . .  3J\XJ  Hop.-,  laUe* . .  .VO 

Com  weal,  buys...  7.395  Peanuts,  imiks . .  1,913 

Cotton .  bale* ......  29, 4SO 

Rotter.— The  supply  during  the  last  fortnight  was 
nomothtna  larger  than  for  same  period  lust  year,  but 
the  receipts  were  fight  fora  long  lisno  provibn*  and 
tile  Increase  "  III  only  be  temporary,  having  received 
extra  stimulation  0’".ik  lo  tins  strong  market  timl 
had  ruled.  More  liberal  supplies  during  tlio  past 
tew  nays  have  in  some  degree  allayed  the  exon  ament 
aqd  buyers  have,  purchased  with  mure  tnod.  ratlon. 
An  enlarged  ottering,  however,  does  not  vary  quota¬ 
tions;  In  lhet,  ro  |  .r  a?  Gne  and  fancy  stock  l»enn. 
corned,  we  are  very  little  better  otr  than  before .  the 
new  lots  running  tittle  above  median).  Fine  dairies 
have  almost  a  separate  market,  end  tun.  is  frequently 
quoted  In  it!!  wholesale  sections  of  the  city, 
anil  there  me  isoroo  lots  of  selected  for  which 
it  a  fraction  hclow  tic.  Is  offered,  the  dealer  only  re¬ 
sponds  by  I'Unging  Ui)  the  fryer  without  sampling. 
A  good  many  lots  of  late  bought  stock  will  have  to 
sell  even  above  tlml  figure  to  let  owners  oul.  The 
medium  and  good  grade  arc  doing  weil  an  i  for  tho 
present  sollcrs  do  not  make  uuy  material  addition  to 


»;,Ml  Rutter,  pi'S* . 


Choc»M.-,  i  kas .  12,130 

i.tiVI  Dried  Fruits,  pirns.  .  l,v;t) 
9,0.15  bbh. . 2,41(1 


present  sellers  ho  not  make  uuy  material  addition  to 
prices.  Tho  present  supply  include*  considerable 
Canada  butter  which  Issiiif  uaedby  tho  medium  trade 
here,  and  has  an  Eastern  outlet. 

We  quote  Dairies,  Hue,  lltPslOe. ;  do.,  fair  to  good, 
3&a}36a.-.  line  half  tubs.  In  lota,  4iMI2e. ;  selection*  or 
hiuf  tubs,  45 •idle. ;  Welsh  K  ill,  HV-jHso. ;  do.,  common, 
SihsSUe. ;  store  p  icked,  l.VMUe. ;  poor  to  fair,  State  dutr- 
iv-s, 2.'t .y;iUc. ;  Western  rolls,  fine,  20@27e. :  common  to 
fair.  2b.-.  .’oc. 

Canada  butter  23  l?e.  for  common  to  medium  and 
23<£fr3;)e.  for  good  to  tine. 

Beans  un«l  IVu*.  -Marrowfat  beans  moot  with 
some  little  shipping  Impilrj'.  with  a  number  ot  lots 
changing  hand-  among  dealer*.  I'rioes  ure  a  trill* 
better.  We  hear  of  a  number  of  sales  iit#&W4.&jfor 
prime.  Mediums  are  iu  small  receipt,  and  with  u 
moderate  jobbing  inquiry  prices  are  rather  more  In 
the  sellers'  later,  Canada  pen*  are  slow  of  ale. 
Green  poas meet  a  light  Jobb  uu  Inquiry. 


The  telegraph  announces  the  completion  of 
the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio,  furnishing  another 
through  line  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  West. 
Tlie  importance  of  this  announcement  is  found  1 
in  the  fact  that  during  the  past  thirty  years, 
while  the  railroads  of  tho  Mississippi  AvalJey 
have  rapidly  expanded  and  grown  into  a  vast 
network;  covering  500,000  square  miles,  minister¬ 
ing  to  20,000,000  of  people,  there  have  been  built 
hut  four  great  connecting  lines  reaching  from 
the  seaboard  to  the  Western  system. 

The  fifth  line,  just  opened,’  differs  from  the 
earlier  ones  in  the  fart  that  it  strikes  ihe  Ohio 
at  a  point  much  further  west  than  the  others  on 
the  otic  hand,  mid  on  the  other  reaches  the  mag¬ 
nificent  harbor  of  the  Chesapeake,  where  navi¬ 
gation  can  never  lie  interrupted  by  ica  nor  by 
tho  inclemency  of  Winter ;  as  also  t  he  fact  that 
it  overcomes  the  mountain  elevation  b\  grades 
exceedingly  light. 

i  ..s  The  length  of  the  present  line  from  Richmond 
to  the  Ohio  at  the  northwest  boundary  of  the 
State  of  Kentucky  i-  427  miles.  The  company 
have  intimated  their  intention  of  building,  ulti¬ 
mately,  an  extension  of  their  line  to  some  point 
on  the  open  waters  of  the  Chesapeake,  so  as  to 
be  able  to  transfer  the  cotton,  tobacco,  provis¬ 
ions  and  breadstuffs  of  the  West  direct  to  the 
largest  European  ami  coastwise  sailing  and 
steam  vessels.  The  cost  of  the  work  is  upwards 
of  #35,000,000.  The  company  begins  it  Through 
operations,  however,  wit  h  a  comparatively  light 
burden  of  debt :— Only  #J 5, 000, IX* I  of  Firai’ Mort¬ 
gage  Bonds.  1 


Green  poos  meet  a  light  jobbuu  Inquiry. 

Wo  q  u ote  ni  l  me  mod  I  n ui i  J.lafyljQ  •  crime  mn  rrenv- 
fats,  *2.80(42.35 j  prime  kidneys,  $5;  Canada  peas,  tree, 
bhls.,  ;  green  peas,  bush.,  $1.9002. 

Beeswax.— Then;  is  sufficient  trsdefroiu  shippers 
to  keep  price*  steady.  Sales  at  83>4@34Ke.  for  West¬ 
ern  and  Southern. 

Broom  Corn.— There  has  been  more  trade,  in 
new  at  steady  prices. 

We  quote  Txc.  lor  prime  hurl;  6@7c.  for  new  green; 
i>@6J4c.  for  old  do,,  .’xjy'ic.  for  old  mixed,  and  ikgj 3c.  for 
old  red.  Brooms  bring  $1.7534.30  per  do^en  for  com¬ 
mon  to  best  house. 

Cheese.— The  snipping  demand  tms  b8en  less  ur¬ 
gent,  but  there  lias  been  a  steady,  fair  home  trade  a 
number  of  lots  strictly  choice  factory  have  been  sold 
atl8Hc,.  but  ut  thcclosc  this  figure  la  an  extreme,  and 
only  now  and  then  obtainable  lor  email  lots.  Shippers 
will  pay  about  lfiKc,  for  the  best  lot*.  The  receipts 
arc  tr  ue,!  larger  than  last  week,  but  they  ure  in  good 
part  made  up  of  direct  consignments  abroad.  Ou  the 
common  and  medium  gradcs'of  stock  the  re  is  perhaps 
rather  more  dispoaition  to  realize.  Exports  for  the 
week,  14,1118  pkgs. 

Wo  quote  Slate  factory,  prime  uudfancy.  llkAlUke.; 
do.  good.,  KfciM  do.  fair.  l%14Kc.  State'  dairy, 
prime,  11  '-iw— c. ;  do.  fair,  12MS18C.  Ohio  factory, 
prime,  14>i®  13c.  i  do.  good.  l.V^He.  English  dairy, 
prime,  X{o.;  do.  good,  Pk.vli  kC. 

Dried  Kralto.— The  low  prices  ruling  for  apples 
begin  to  take  the  attention  of  consumers,  mid  we 
liuve  had  comparatively  a  very  fair  trade.  On  the 
best  grades  a  very  steady  range  of  prices  is  ruling,  but 
for  common  sorts  prices  rule  irregular  under  great 
anxiety  to  realize.  Peeled  peitcbee  an-  hard  to  sell 
and  prices  are  lower,  with  outside  prices  difficult  to 
obtain,  except  for  strictly  choice  lots.  L  n peeled 
poaches  sold  freely  early  in  the  wool;  at  ubout31<@40 
for  common  iimutoie,  but  they  close  dull  at  these 
figures,  Blackberries  are  neglected. 


Ii na.  V npeeled  peaches,  8ji®4c.  for  quarters,  und  5WO 
5 tie.  for  halves.  Cherries,  22@22)iC.  Hums,  lifeDc 
Blackberries,  SKc.  Raspberries,  3S@34c. 


selling  tlio  thawed  out  Western  meats, 
tin?  live  stock  tirade  closoa  iu  a  very  \ 
condition. 

RECEIPTS  OF  LIVE  STOCK, 

Totals  this  weett . 8,29fi  7.8  683  '  S». a®' 

.  last  week . 8,644  1U5  (17  !  24,1198 

Average  last  year..  ..b.tTS  98  S;2H  22,683 

Beeves.— "I. . 

wSv^*i  BUPPv  “*  **•-•'  io at  wrK|,  ;imj 

wi  nit vo  nearly  ,is  many,  while  some  2.000  head 
slaughtered  at  the  West  nml  sem.  i,, 
i  hero  i»  a  company  being  formed  for 

poultry,  etc.,  through  at  all  t., . . 

ears,  an, I  they  ace  pushing  the  thing 
stork  hi  the  company,  V.” 
car  to  keep  out  hunt,  in  Summer, 
to  lump  file  cold  out  in  Winter 


Cow.,  evict,  I.H.IIU,  Hon. 

34,384 
40,229 
36.9T3 

Thera  are  quite  too  many  cattle  lor  the 
“,”'ily  was  large  last  week,  and  now 

. .  -  77_.  ! - 1  were 

sent.  In  ready  dressed. 
.0?  sending  heef, 
seasons,  in  refrigerator 
•-  •  now,  so  us  to  sell 
What  serves  as  a  refrigerator 
■ini'rjrr,  , mowers  equally  well 

fees'll  kn|ll''|U'l!l'ln|'  ^ro**' 1 1 .  a  nd^seVlVriaiu  t'  *!!  swell  as 
-  ‘  V  ! " 1  11  n  1  m ;  1 1  “  ■  Sauna  ot  tilt*  comtnon  Western 
lr  l'na  down  to  Slade.  i<  U, „  being  poor, 

frozen  and  very  dirt  v.  ’  *  pooi, 

’l  lie  arriv-als  of  liVl,  anhnals  last  Monday  were  137 
rar  loads  at  One  Hundredth  street,  121  at  Couununt- 
paw,  and  17  ears  at  Weelmwkcn,  making  .1,1311  head  on 
sa'c.  or  What  was  a  full  WetV*  supply  a  few  vear" 
ago.  trade  wa-i  dull  then  ami  ori re-  fofi  off  a  Tittle 
Vr!.te  IiT.clTt‘u  running  down  ever  since,  with 

*ipls.  an  id  now  thin— and  tliere  are  few  others 
have  secured  1.  .  per  lb.  The  supply  of  fat  stork  Is 

?hn  koopat  tin;  <>hl  rates.  Some  of 

the  laie  stilus  as  samples  are,  4  eases  Chnrokoefl  1  U’,0 
gross  ul  .ICje lbs.  per  cwt.l  (I  cars  Texans  1  ’Ml 
|  *!'•*  at  8>J(,c9c.:  8  ears  Michigan  <- leers,  1,1  St  Ills.'  at 
l  litilVho  C5f?  Illinois,  1,250  lbs.,  ll'.jll  Sfci.-  4  ears  nulls, 
Ohio  nt;i2^,,^.'b'  Sr°  3  «*«  8  «wt: 

1'he  following  are  the  closing  prices  for  the  week  In 

fo?lmTwmght,5f^f:0aUle  ^<mgbt  oue,T<*k 

This  week.  lgwl  week. 
Choice  heeves,  p  it, . u  lau?®"'* 

ttr1::; . fiSStfS  gH§  L 

poorest  gmde. ;:'s  ‘  $ 4*  <§ 
Average  sales . .  $  3  g 

Besides  tile  31,361  live  hogs,  there  worn 
L0..fri  dressed  during  the  past  week.  These  are  by 
.artho  largest!  receipts  of  dressed  hogs,  and  there  Is 
rakh,werr<''“\°.  "  SUt  TnK  lj‘i-d,ete.,so  I  hut  hogs 
n*M0tTt‘.n^n  ,U  ’  "f  C.ut  nX,‘,ltM  last  Week,  27,^1 
rrat  hugs  are  quoted  at  1®5>to.  (.mutations 

Io  5£«wojl  ''Hi',. tie.  City  dressed  vurv  from 

e"  for  *«"»■*«<***  for  medium  weights,  and 

Milch  Cow*.— Trade  Is  extremely  dull,  oven  with 
he  moderate  receipts.  Milk  is  plmifir and  low.  while 
(,2J  ''ocf  can  scarcely  be  sola  ul  any  price.  Common 
(jtv>4  ii.rts  miotflil  ?1L  $  J0r&  jO ;  fair  it.  jCk!  at 


Healthful  Climate,  Free  Homes,  Good  Markets, 


To  those  h living  funds  to  invest,  and  those  who 
wish  to  increase  their  income  from  means  al¬ 
ready  Invested  In  other  less  profitable  securities,  we 
recommend  the  Seven-Thirty  Gold  Bonds  of  the 
Northern  Pacific  Uni  I  road  Company  as  well  secured 
and  unusually  productive. 

The  bonds  arc  always  convertible  ut  Ten  per  cent, 
premium  (1.10)  Into  the  Company's  Lands  at  Market 
Prices.  The  rate  of  Interest  (seven  and  three-tenths 
per  cent,  gold)  Is  equal  now  to  about  8 K  currency- 
yielding  an  Income  more  than  one-third  greater  than 
IT.  S.  6-20s.  Gold  Checks  for  the  semi-annual  Inter¬ 
est  on  the  Registered  Bonds  are  mulled  to  the  Post- 
Olhce  address  of  tho  Owner.  All  marketable  stocks 
and  bonds  are  received  in  exchange  for  Northern 
Pacifies  ON  MOST  FAVORABLE  TERMS. 

.1%%  COOKE  Sc  CO„ 

new  York,  Philadelphia  and  Washington, 
Financial  Ayenle  Northern  Pacific  It.  n.  Co 
J3f  For  sale  by  Banks  and  Bankers. 


■  AOIMIllin  PACIFIC 

■5  %  1 1  .It  O  A  l>  offers  for  sale  Its  Lauds  in 
(  eitlral  sum!  Western  Minuesetii, 

embracing:  1.  The  best  of  Wheat  Land;  2.  Excol- 
hmt  Timber  for  the  Mill,  the  Farm  and  the  Fire;  3. 
Kiel,  i  mine  Pasturage  and  Natural  Meadow,  watered 
by  clear  Lakes  and  running  streams—  In  a  Healthful 
<  'Innate,  where  Fern-  and  Ague  U  unknown. 

*i*'“*"  Cl“1  bf?  shihpert  hence  by  lake  to  market 
ttM  1,Y>m  ICustoru  Iowa  or  Central  illirmis 

«  ars  now  run  - . ugh  these  TAnds Vr«m  like 

I  rice  of  land  close  to  track  44  tn 
ier  away,  $2.so  to  $i.  Seven 
Warranted  Deeds!  Northern 


par  acre 

Ve:uV  4 

Pacific  7_;| 

pr,;:;.,  w««ttier.Tcoupiea  L,ln,ls 

t'KS  under  the  New  Law  iMareh 
near  the  ral,r";l"’  ** 

'rK  nspottXATioiv  at  re. 

KATES  furnished  from  nil  prln- 

aml  to  SeUle^  l°  .ourolmsern  ,.f  Railroad  Lands, 
Settlers  on  Government  Homesteads.  Pur- 
masers,  their  wives  and  children  earried  O-ee 

Sottlura  S"W  18  th«  time  for 

Government  Homestead^  close  to  "tetUZ?**  UU“ 

S^S^^2»JK1KSS 

l»BrARXMP:NT,  NORTHERN  PACIFIC 
ItAILROAD.  S'l\  Pa ITL  viivv 
°U  28  FIFTH  AVENU«.  COR.  NINTH  STREET 
_  new  YORK. 


iron.  iV/’V-ji  ‘ 'i'l'p’s.  winiaon,  $1., -0(42.(30;  do.  fair  to 
f£S,‘  5®®'  UK).  Cranberries,  prime. 

Cl;  If,  83(48,.50 ;  common  (■>  fair,  *2.50(42.76:  bbls..  ij 
.Y.i )  v  choice  bills.,  *10  i  It.  New  Wilmington  and 
mirt’!^!1118'  T,'n'1-  lIx>'  '  itiekoo- 

- Wlicat  i*  lower  and  very  dull.  We  quote 

V  T  .  t'  r°/  s"-  '•'  Bprlnc,  •H.78.i1,k->  for 

No.  1  do.,  tl.90>c2  for  Winter  red  Western,  $'JC2,0j  for 
I  for  mmmon  to  choice,  while 

-  '■"Ti  bra  ,1  rifle  easier  with  less  dema  ml.  Sales 

Kii  r!i1i,i  '!ve!f  f  to  good  old  mixed  Western  in 
store,  i  wiAhc,  for  good  to  prime  do.  afloat,  (AS'i.Olw 
tor  new  mired  Western.  Oats  are  qntet  at  .iSvM 1  sc  '•  for 
ftk}'vr1(nrwra“s!rn "for  new  Pl'i^k  'do.; 
Io  store  r  lC  d°'!  •a^oiQ- toT  t'ld  mixed  Western 

Hops.— Foreign  are  offering  freely  at  Irregular 
prices.  Domestic  are  In  moderate  demand  from 
lu  Hrlee..  Exports  tor  the 

week,  1,148  bales  to  London. 

Wo  quote  rjtaUt  at  kVipMc.  ;  Eastern,  42®52c. ;  West- 

Knglish,  Lilac;  Bei- 
gl  in,  35®10ti.;  Culltomian,  AViCtiOc. 

T ii’o? viri® ? -Po.rlf J  ’  lUgher,  with  limited  ar- 

1  ^  M  trltln  uUsior.  with  lar^nr  urrlvala 
Lung  Clear  bacon  Is  a  trifle  lower;  short  cloar  do 

'lc;uuiui1  end  ruUnc  arm  Lard,  t".,c.  fur 
\  <  .a  n,  Btomii  on  spot,  <S!m‘.  foi*  l'»*l»ruury,  h t'oi> 
clonr  W14tl‘-  •Ju'^pril.  '‘OUg  clear, (ihwirc.;  short 
.ilmv’ iVt  ‘,'i  V ‘‘ b»' 7lV.  ?!;•'*•*  Peek  at  HiM  for  spot 
nn  K'  /ft'  *  a  ;  Western  prime  uiess  uimd. 

n  Ijji  $11.  Dtc-aed  hogs,  city,  tlffltlRe. ;  Western,  ,v  ;„ji 

h^'.-  V"S JfT.u;  ar,:i  *el,lku‘>'  ii'istU".  tor  hams, 

.  ,  ’  ,  ^<J‘  Jor  shoulders,  loose;  7  S'.,  f,,r 

mikled  bullies,  loose.  Boxed  drv-siiitcd  Mhouldcra 

2  ;*  *‘t'W'%tJ;-S'W,  for  loose  hams,  cvi 

.  •  tm  loose  nhouldera.  Tallow  at  8  ll-Rlc.  tor  prime 
stock.  Boot  is  selling  ut  $.i  '(11.76  for  barreled  new 

®l3'gl8;c0for  cxint  men.  Tiercel  iiocr  ,'lt 
for  now  IuiJiii  tnevs.  for  new  oxtrn 

menu,  ami  *21023  tor  now  prime?  iwosb. 

AHd  .H™ 'Me.— Dressed  has  been  plenty 
Pill-7  several  warm  days  the  market  iioa  quoted 
lower,  to-day  there  la  a  cold  map  and  Prices  urn 
rather  stronger,  Tim  receipts  include  too  manv  bir'e 
turkeys  for  the  end  Of  the  season.  Ducks  are  not 
Plenty  and  sell  quickly  m  full  figures.  Wh, In  the 
market  I-.  Irregularly  supplied  with  dressed  ►tori,  and 
largely  compote,  d  of  frozen  .•■tutr,  jive 
poultry  has  a  good  sell  at  1'-'  l-o.  for  prime  fowls  and 
w^J8’  tor  Western,  $'i  •  ;  for  New 

Jir»"y.  Duck*  mc.</j>$l forWc-tern,  $1®  1.2(1  for  N.  .1. 

S-.!-  SS™'  SiSviSSSS.1""1 

i  a  <fyu1  doiimud  for  game  with  quail  doing 

better  though  plenty,  arouse  st>ll  well  ns  before. 

plJ}yigf  lla'  about  stopped  and  they  are 

keip  lt  nlovlng  V  i!*  HiMO'-xJ-  demand,  low  prices 

Game  quotations: -Venison,  whole,  6®8e, :  do 
Smtu""  ic,'i  I'd-,''":  long  widaiee,  Vine.  Buiia- 
lo  saddles,  ea JC.  Can vas-lmck  ducks.  M,.Vfci2 •  red 
lb  W  Ale;  teal,  37c  ;  rabbits, 
aY4d0c„-  hare#, N.bitOo.i  otiaii.  fl..virai.7,v  I'mirii.i.i, S  1 


SliKntsi  Wuntotl 


CANVASSING  HOOKS  SENT  FREE  FOR 


I  niatle  from  60e.  Call  and  cxuniinc,  or  I 
plea  sent  most  free)  fur  .Vie,  that  rerail 
‘  C.  WOLCOTT,  181  Chatham  Square 

,***??*  K  and  expenses  paid.  We 

ii i  reliable  Agent  In  every  County  tn  tin 
Address  UiiiImoii  River  Wire  Co 
Maiden  Lane,  N.  Y-,  or  Chleaco.  ill. 


JOHN  SAUL, 


dr.  Ndracjt-a 

PHYSICAL  LIFE  OF’WOMAN 


HORSE  HOE 


yefc  cnlu^Jo^SS^y  W  ZT  “SkilfiBK 

ONClf  Hgft  'rrtnln'ouy 

t-ubllshed  solely  bv  J.  G  IHlRG'l' sT  CO.', 
_  MO*  Sl„  I'liilntlclphiii. 

ACl.NTS  Rf.AU  TIGS  A  MISTAKi:  CORRECTED. 


RAKE  P,1'VerlzpH  MTdwwfcX 

c,,,,p  Att.*ch  1  workca  the  weeds  out,  bus  H 
^wtP’sm.mn  SILVER  MEDAL  Maw  Eng^d 

EAGLE  SEED  SO  WER.  nantH  in  IT: 

curpE»5«6tte«^M 

AddrcBt  E.  D.  *  O.  B.REVno 

(Circulars  Free.)  Noutii  Biut.okwa'j 

WANTED.  A  FARMER,  in  Eve, 

U-i  ni«a*HJtellf^0r  t,l°  Steel  l*|( 

ufi  oi8,  A.C.,  uddresa  COLr,iftf« 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


Hew  3Uvcvtv,o'emeut,$ 


“ ECOSOIT  is  in;  i  till," .  FIHSKtjy 

PCPPlo  pay  (,.30  or  fnoro  for  a  ftswrvc  vr  \ 

*!u.  J  /.fi.cilh'^^'^Fo^CRculara^om  7 


Yield  Twenty  to  Forty  Bushels  n«> 
urn  other  kinds,  WcIghLSS  lbs  ner  b 

nllth!scrh,H<l!10f  33  lh*  Send  ,W(I  '‘tanipi 

*d  description.  RUSSELL  & 


Hon  I  Cliurinlng.” 

ni,iy  fascinate  and  gain  the 
coy  pat  son  thov  choose,  ln- 
mental  acquirement,  ull  can 
toL‘ ether  with  a 


OSAGE  ORANGE  SEED  kidoer  $  pastilles 

- ).t  Charlestown, . 

POULTRY  WORLD 


i  U'hIi.  Also,  Apple  mill  Rear  Seed.  Also  a  com  I  rice  40c.  by  miu  l.  Stow  ull  &  Co, 
pletc  assortment  of  all  klnde  of  sVieda.  f.ir  sah?  iVj 
the  package,  pound,  ounce  or  bushel,  by  ~  -v 

FLANT  SEED  CO..  Sr.  Louie,  ,Uo. 

^Established  tn  iki,-,.  |  incorporated  in  1872. 

A  }  I'll1  I  L  HOAIE  !— About  19  acres  Mil 

v  e  li?,fll'5'  Coovunicnt  to  Depot,  Churches 
Schools,  Ac.  Fruit  in  groat  variety;  buildings  mim’ 
mod  tons ;  aea  food  abundant;  delightful  t-hmute  and 
a  sneciflc  for  al  uug  diseases,  rheutnitism  Am  f>r“e 
fa, 090. _ Address  R.  it.  PHELRs,  Milford  Del. 


nual  descriptive  Catalogue  ot  i.i, ....... 

g'S/MnS1 

to  «-^M0gue. 

15  .loliu  Sh,  New  York. 


A  MONTH  to  good 


LEE’S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES 


a  mom  u  to  good  Canvas  gent 
new  and  u»  gta.ple  as  Hour.  Smti 
C.  M.  LINlNGTON,  i 


T  ,  0  KI.AlIt  HR  OS., 

Lae  s  SBmiult,  Jackson  m„, 

THE  LADD  PATENT 

STIFFENED 

COLD  WATCH  CASES, 

For  Movements  of  American  Manufacture’ 

in  Ladies’,  (tENTLEmicn’’8  and  Boys'  hi/es  nnH 
^?JA?SA?,D’  "OMf:  'kn,t  flat  tftzas  The  most  S 

durable,  populiir,  aiul  the 

BEST  GOT, Ii  WATOU  CASES 
ever  made  for  so  llttlu  money.  For  suit:  bv  b-mllne 
Jewelers  throughout  th.;  I'nUed  states  and  New  V>o- 
mitilou.  pe-stTditlve  Circulars  sent  on  application  hv 
the  manuiactiSrera,  .1 .  a.  b R(»WNPSfc  f  o  y 

1  I  iluhlru  Lane,  New  York. 

( t  (  K  R  "  ®®k  can  be  made  by  any  Lady  or  Gen. 
*  *  ti  i  tlL"‘'rin  aoimg  us  agent  for  our  l’roteau  Rut- 

tOU-Holtf  L/iUCUt,  Nt*(Jdlc  Tbrcitdiniy  ^,^OTr^>  i 

25  cts-  Morocai  Needle  Casket,  contatnfng  ti  lur'-i: 
lift  .aja,\ a  iJUe.  8am pies  mailed  on  rocidpt 

OI  Ub(J?e  PriCUH.  COVX Cfwrifrrrr  Vmrtrrmtr  n«r^..  HL 


A  irfintq 

1 72 

A  ffilv  , nedle'!i?  :,rf • 1  ul,*-st  1111(1 

ed,  HKAI.ru  AT  llOMK  y  WHr,  1  b,""k, ,'!V r“>li.-D- 
Dr.  llAbbut  Journal  of  Iteiii/b  D  il3y  'ho  eefeljrated 
Jecta  delicately  and  exhaust  ivelv  rieeio  w  1,1  "H  sub- 

dross  8.  M.  Belts  A  ^  ^SS!!^  AH* 


‘  article  by  ordering  them  now 

I  o  John  St.,  New  York 


OUR  catalogue 


or  omail  ruit^,  Bulbs,  8eede,  PotatOua  etc*  win  h 
mailed  free  to  all  applicants.  Address  ’  ’  1  b 

REIsiG  A-  IIEXAMER. 
New  Castle,  Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y. 

VI  OHM  ON  iti:vE[,ATio\s  sent  FRu. 

’ I  Address  A.  UFNI.fv  ibihiui.m. 


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LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


"  Vddreijs  A.  IIKN  I* icy ,  i»n pi isber,  Omalia,  Neb' 

WHITE  PROBSTBIBH  OATS 

Have  produced  417  bushels  on  f„ur  acre* 
strong;  not.  Utthlti  to  Itiflij*.  Hull*  thin  WAtofit  <w 
Ihs  per  bush  Price,  *1.«  per  hush  ,h'so,  kSio^ 
pats,  hoed  Coni,  Rotator  s  and  Garden  Sends  send 
two  stamps  for  Circular  ami  samples  of  oate.  BerSS 
shire  Pigs,  froiu  Imported  stock,  for  SS*  In  thn 
Spring.  v\  .M  NBWton,  Henrietta,  Alonrue  Co.,  y. 

Pniloymitm  that  Pay*,— Wearem  n  ,  nm,,,-  , 

for  ?  SaiuploM  tor  *t  by  mail  wiitoh  retafe 

;.^r  Satisfaction  kmM.ram<!P<|.  Aid..  Arru  lf.OVQtilrtid 


$200  per  month 
made  selling 
OUR  NEW 

IT.  S.  nut]  State 

Maps,  Charts, 

ETC. 


Salable  A  pro. 
Stable.  Send 
for  Catalogue  to 
E.  C.  HR1DG- 
M  A  N,  5  Barclay 
St.,  Now  York. 


1  •  v  wn,  *■  ti/.  (i,  koto, 

MVK  stock  dealers,  and  especially  owners,  have  had 
a  hard  time  during  the  past  week;  operating  nnoua 
oi  Thero  seemed  to  he  a  eombmatfon 

fiaht  SfSce  all  working  against  the  trade  The 

of  sheen  f.,oSVnSerd  n,uli"r'  u  ''1' large  uuraho? 

p  u}  *ov  SMle»  caiiBed  limivy  Iossch  to 

»  1(11,1  ca« le  did  little  better, some  -h-oves  sink- 
lng  per  head,  There  Is  a  good  deal  of  dressed 

arrivhra1  GmSf  J5A^nt,tIea  of  Western  dressed  hogs 
J Chicago,  whlcl‘  sell  low  nml  tlius  •U  - 
t'1  1,le  hnces  of  fresh  killed  animals.  The  weather 

hasgenerully  been  warm. with  rain.wbicu  neoesaitated 


:e  fnruished. 
.  Alfred,  Ale. 


GARDEN 


(Trfcs,  , Cecils, 


PEESONAL  ITEMS, 


Bancroft  is  traveling  in  Egypt. 

Blondin  Is  performing  In  London. 

Matilda  Heron  has  become  insane. 

Edwin  Booth  1«  playing  in  the  West. 

BniQNOLi  has  failed  as  a  singer  at  Milan. 
Ex-Gov.  Seymour  Will  winter  In  Florida. 

MRS.  H.  B.  Stowe's  husband  Is  recovering. 
JOHN  Owens  will  build  a  thouler  in  Baltimore. 
The  American  Club  in  Paris  has  100  members. 
Gen.  Kilpatrick  is  now  lecturing  |on  Gen. 
Grant. 

Seward’s  new  book  has  already  sold  50,000 
copies. 

Jeff  Davis  Is  In  good  health  and  making 
money. 

Edmund  Yates  will  go  on  a  tour  through 
Canada. 

Mrs.  Walsd,  daughter  of  Gen.  Dix,  Is  living 
In  Paris. 

The  Illinois  State  Penitentiary  ha8  39  life 
oonvlcts. 

Parepa  has  been  to  the  top  of  the  Pyramid 
of  Cheops. 

J.  M.  Bellow,  the  great  English  reader,  has 
white  hair. 

MR.  JEFFERSON  took  *6,000  for  four  nights  in 
Baltimore. 

Prof.  Tyndall  gives  $1,500  to  Y.  M.  C.  A.  ol 
Washington. 

Lee's  blrtb-day  has  been  celebrated  with  great 
eclat  In  Georgia. 

The  now  Senator  from  Kansas  was  born  In 
Haverhill,  Moss. 

The  Infant  Prince  of  Spain  Is  called  Louis 
Amedeo  Fernando. 

Cyrus  JJ.  McCormick  has  bought  the  Interior 
newspaper  of  Chicago. 

flEV.  Mr.  Hepwoutii  and  Rev.  Dr.  Tyng  are 
editing  the  Working  ChrlBtlan. 

GEN.  WM.  H.  MOIUU8,  of  Gov.  Dix’s  staff,  has 
become  Editor  of  the  New  York  Era. 

Congressman  Palmer  of  Iowa,  will  become 
an  editor  of  tho  Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 

John  A.  Brown,  a  late  Philadelphia  banker, 
gave  away  ovor  half  a  mllllou  of  dollars. 

Miss  Kate  Fox,  one  of  the  Rochester  rap¬ 
ping  sisters,  has  just  married  an  Englishman. 


144  &  146  Broadway. 

for  THE  YEAR  ENDING  DECKiVIBER  31? 


NET  ASSETS*,  Jaunnry  1,  1872 


RECEIPTS  DARING 


For  Premiums  and  policy  Fees: 

Original  Premiums . 

Renewal  Premiums . 

Annuities . . . 

For  Interest  on 

Bonds  and  Mortgages . 

•• 

Banks.  Trust  Companies,  etc. 
Promlum  on  Gold . 

For  Office  Bolldtng  Rents . 


Vv»«.v 


uiiyo  wr  wv  sum  ro.ujv  ■  ■?,  ••• —  —  --  -  -  ---  --  .  - 

cost.  Those  Who  afterwards  '-end  money  to  the 
amount  of  One  Jm)Uu  or  more  for  Sends  may  also  or¬ 
der  Twenty-lire  Cent*’  worth  extra -the  price  paid  lor 

l,Tht?U  hoiimn,  Sowthir  B  heuutif ill.  giving  ninnsfor 
making  Iturnl  Horne*.  Designs  fur  Dining  1  nhlr 
Decoration*,  Window  Garden*.  Ac.,  arid  con¬ 
taining  a  mass  of  Information  invaluable  to  the  lover 

of  flowers. - One  Hundred  and  Fifty  pages,  on  fine 

tinted  paper,  some  Five  Hundred  Engravings  and  a 
superb  Colored  Plato  and  Chrowo  Cover.  - 
The  First,  Edition  of  Two  Hundred  Thousand 
just  printed  la  English  nnd  German,  and  ready  to 

send  out  jAJHES  VICK,  Rochester,  N."Y. 


DISBURSEMENTS 


*2,203,667  90 
386  340  U 
69,650  00 
15,591  63 
7,417  08 
2,843,727  92 
1,553,068  72 
2,416,477  22 
17,540  02 
333,015  29 
332,448  46 

155,600  07 
90,489  47 
38.506  80 
268,702  20 
28,965  33 
54,214  50 
121,509  89 
2,108  55 
24,149  40 


Claim*  by  death . . . . 

Additions  to  same,  being  Dividends... . 

Matured  Endowments . 

Additions  to  same .  . * . 

j  j  fv!  d  «*  d*a  f°Ja  rmnry  *1™  1872,  applied  to  purchase  paid-up  Insurance 

Surrendered  Policies . . . V'iiLl' 51Y..YU5 . . . 

Surrendered  Additions  used  in  payment  of  Premiums . 

Annuities . . . . . . 

Commissions  to  Agents . . . . . 

Commutation  of  future  Commissions . 

Expenses : 

Advertising.. . .  •  •  •  <; . . 

Taxes  on  business  In  other  Slates . 

Medical  Examinations . . . . . 

Salaries . . - . . . . 

Law-.-... . . . . . 

Printing  and  Htattojnury . «•••„ . v.M . 

Sundry  Expenses,  Exchange,  Postage,  etc . * . 

Office  Furniture  and  Profit  and  Loss . 

Taxes  on  Real  Estate . . . 

Net  Asset*  December  31,  187‘J . 

SUMMARY  OF  INVESTMENTS  : 

Cash  In  Bunks  and  Trust  Companies  at  Interest . 

Bonds  nnd  Mortgages . . . * . ;■ 

C nlted  Sta t c»  Stocks . i •  R.V  •  . '.'.'.'..'.'.V, 

New  York  State.  Town  and  City  Stocks . 

Real  Estate..... . . . * . . 

Balances  due  from  Agents . . . 

ADD:  . . 

Freud  unis— Deferred,  Scmt-auuuai,  nnd  Quarterly . . 

Premiums  In  Course  of  Transmission . 

.Market  Value  of  Stocks  In  excess  of  cost . 

Cross  December  31,1872 . 

Increase  In  Net  Assets  for  tho  Your . . . * 

1  have  carefully  examined  tlio  foregoing  statement,  and  find  the  ^LOYDi  AliditoT 


IE!  10£; 

OWEH  AND  VEGETABLE 


Elegast  Eao'aa  oa  VTisScw  Girdoaiaj,  etc, 

S AWAY 


as  premiums  to  our  eiisionier*.  Bpo  our  rb’iil 
lliimtrate-i.llntf.!  '  ,«i:iln"iie  !■  r  1873, now  read 

Free  io  all.  WOOD  &  HALL,  Geneva,  N.Y 


856,074,484  31 


SIS®® 


SMB® 


$753,679  2-1 
1,035,158  « 
118X41  43 
672,696  00 


I  was  the  first  to  introduce  to  tho  public  tne  ttuo- 
bard  Squash,  American  Turban  Squash,  Marblehead 
Mammoth  Cabbage,  Mexican  Sweet  Corn,  1  hlnnoy  * 
Water-melon,  and  many  other 

NEW  AND  VALUABLE  VEGETABLES. 

This  season  l  have  a  new  and  exceedingly 
squash,  new  varieties  ol  corn,  three  j  no  melons,  and 

other  claoiee  new  for  my  enstomm. 


the  ASSETS  ARE  THUS  APPROPRIATED! 
Gross  Asset-,  December  31,  1S7A . id ABIUTl‘E8V 

Reserve  for  all  Policies  and  Additions  In  force  (American  Tib,e  4  .Per.oe.nt'.^2,331,7 

Raserve6 for1  Annuities  and  'Reductions  of  Premium's/.'.'.'.  .'. . .  •  •  • 

Claim#  by  Doutb  nut  yet  due . *’/’ .  24,' 

pnut-mortem  Dividend® . . . . . * . 

DuringVh*  veur  1372  an  extra  Dividend  has  been  computed,  adjusting  the  Divlsloi 

Ml  fei  2iT«ofw°« 

,8,he  disposition  of  suhplus. 

Total  surplus  a»  above.... . .  . . . . . 

Extra  Dividend  of  1B72 . . . * . * . . 

Undivided  Surplus,  for  Dividend  of  1873 . . *V"' 

From  this  sum  u  Dividend  will  be  apportioned  to  each  Policy  which 

versary  in  1873.  POLICY  AND  RISK  ACCOUNT 

Policies  In  force,  January  1st,  1872 . 

Issued  uud  restored  during  the  year . 

Deduct : 

Cancelled . . . * . 

Forfeited . * . 

Dead . * . 

Matured . . . .  . . 

In  force,  Dec.  31st.  1872 . . . . . 

Increase  during  the  year . . . . 

Xoxr  -Cancelled  Policies  are  those  upon  which  no 
of  the  Forfelt-d  Policies  a  surrender  value  was  paid  el 
The  Amount  of  Dividend  Additions  to  Policies  is  a 


irort  1973, 

Wlili  Descriptive  Priced  Catalogue  ol 
Seed*, 

now  ready,  and  will  be  mailed  free  to  all  applicants. 
Wholesale  Lists  on  application. 

Address  PLANT  SEED  COMPANY  , 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

3VTJRSBRV 

600  Aorca.  13  Greon-Housas.  22d  Year. 

KoS  fflWd-pVr  1,009,  12  to  14  It-  $00;  1.  to  20  ^  ^ 

sSfeiffilSp8®®  8  8 

jl.ule  Rose  I'otuioe*  (Campb<  b  )  l  >•  '  ’  20  00 

■Fl»»\vt-r"  Veg eiubie’  and  Tree  Seeds.  ¥ 

Cofored  finite  of  i  run-  and  Flowers,  5  samples  l  00 
Four  Catalogue's  for  Bloomlngt0n,  HI. 


Amount. 

$228,770,867 

31,327,775 


Number. 

73361 

12,181 


161  3,200,305 

079  18,053,596 

7vS  2’54,’So  2,899  23X60,325 

.  .  78,146  $210,047X17 

4,232  11,277,250 

nlum  was  ever  paid.  For  a  large  proportion 
In  Cash  or  in  Paid-up  Insurance. 

.  $23,000,000 


Consumed  in  Current  Expenses..  .  *> 

Paid  In  Taxes  in  the  dltlcrent  States...,. . . . . 

Ratio  of  Expenses  to  Receipts  In  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  Yor 
since  its  organization:  P„  rt.  Y,*r.  P«  Ct. 

Mf,  t=i  mt  §==«  p=i 

88 :::‘Ss  fe  ft  m. :  «» « 

^  ft'SBffliSS&ISSrffiSK 


ILLUSTRATED  CATAliO&UE 

AND  FLORAL  CUIDE, 

In  English,  German  and  French,  mailed  puke 
TO  ALL  APPLICANTS. 


If  to  the  surplus  now  In 
and  the  sum  C  ' 

or  buii-'iuo  «.»a  p*  *-»^*«  , - 

six  hundred  and  sixty-four 

064.254  84). 

BOARD 

V.V  PRUySN'  IaMUEL  M.CORNEL1 

ROBERT  H-  McCURbT,  J ;rU CJkhT H°B RO W N ’ 

FREDERICK  S 
RICHARD  A.  L- 

JohM  M.  Stuart.  Secretary.  J 

O-  E  3ST  E  JFt  -A.  Ij  AGENTS 
.  jir-Ri»EI,L.  General  Agent  for  Michigan,  Indiana,  llllnot 
Ylerrell  A  Ferguson,  Detroit,  Mich. 

ENCEK  GOBJ.L.  General  Agent  for  New  Jersey 
FORBES,  Generul  Agent  iur  PacWe 

. .  e,  General  Agent  for  Vlxgtnm.  Meat  mi, 

ee.  interior  of  the  Carol Inas,  Georgia  and  A 
JENNINGS.  General  Agent  for  Oh  to  »■ 

BO  AR  OMAN.  General  Agent  for - 

mTTLe' General  Agent  for  Southern  New 
"  ' i  1 OLS.  General  AgeDt  for  Connecticut.,  -vow 

1  h Hi  iNS'N  General  Agent  for  Vermont,  uml 
i  jviiv****  *'•*,'  i  « •  *-*  ->  rwiidmaivt  T'.mnmp. 

Putnam,  Westchester,  Rockland,  I - 

for  Rhode  Island,  Providence 
General  Agent  for  Missouri,  Kansas. 

gent  for  Maine  and  New  Hampshire,  I  ovtland,  Me. 
f  Agent  for  Pennsylvania  and  Delaware.  Addrc- 


Market  Gardeners 


^end  a  stamp  for  Dreer's  (Jnrdcu  Culendar  lof 
IS}  ■}  1I68  luipcs),  with  Illustrations,  pmottcaldlreo- 
t lorfsT  price  lift,  and  the  finest  selection  of 
i*in  ,1 1 L  Hu  lb*,  and  every  requisite  for  the  rlowe: 
Garden GTeeh-YlOUse? Ac/ .sl\a  Hants  und  S.vts  a 

ll'1  A.  DEEER,  711  Chestnut  St.,  Philada.,  Pu. 

To  Farmers  and  Marketmen. 

Ymvi  want  none  but  the  very  best  of  seed,  grown 
from  carefully  selected  seed  stock.  With  the  money 
yon  liuve  to  Invest  in  manure,  help  Knil  gluss  yijH 

. . .  cannot  nEoixi  to  on<  ut in’  •'  you  tool  texy 

an  •  toils  about  it :  thy  wtnb.  Cat* logues  free  to  aU. 
N.  B,  -Cii11  in  the  Spring  and  see  what  onions,  cab- 

baL'CJAMES  ^^GRaGORY^Marbieliead,  Muss. 

jTih.  THORBUHN  &  CO.'S 

Descriptive  Annual  Catalogue 

A  OP 

VEGETABLE,  AGRICULTURU  ASD  TREE  SKEllS 

For  1S73.  is  nown'Hlj^tointoiin^  to  applicants. 

j 5  John  St.,  New  York. 

THE  DUDLEY  SEED  FARM. 

liuntlrcU  of  nrv  Western  Crionds  last  season.  They 
lmve  proved  B  to  he  good,  r  will  forward  It,  free  to 
mail  or  express,  at  41-6  per  lb.  Oroer  early-  *.ow  as 
soon  as  the  ground  L  workable-  t  or  New  \  egeta- 
nle*  see  Catalogue,  sent  free  G.  A.  LAW, 

Seed  Grower,  Rosltnda.le.  near  Boston,  Atass. 
i-y  Lute  Seedsman  to  F  K-  Phoenix. 


-  “I  OJF  TRUSTEES 

*.  *™QP_W. 

HENRY  A.  SMYTH E, 
WILLIAM  E.  DODGE, 

PAT  Rick  i  GEORGE  8.  COE, 

POPUjIm,  WM.  M.  VERM IL YE, 
r-  -  JOHN  E.  DEV  KLIN, 

LEK,  ALON ZO  (TULD, 

HCSTED,  HENRY  E-  DAVIES, 

3  WINSTON,  President. 
McCURDY.  Vicd-Fres’t. 


And  all  others  who  want 

nnH  irinwHi*  Seed*,  sond  a  stamp  ror  JLtrrt  i  »»•*** 
deu  Cmiondar  lor  1873,  with  prices,  directions 

aQ  if  U A '  dREE R.' 711 ' Chestnut  St.,  Phtladn.,  1'a- 


FRANCIS  SK1DDY, 

J.  ELLIOTT  CONDICT, 
JAMES  C.  nOLLJEN, 
HERMAN  C.  VON  POST, 
GEO.  C.  RICUABDSON, 
ALEXANDER  H.  RICE, 
W.  T.  BABCOCK.  *  „ 

F.  RATCUFORD  STARE 


ALFRED  BRIDGEM:'  IT  &  rC!T, 

87G  Jiroadwny,  -Vr.c  Xm  ii. 

Growers,  Importers  and  Dealers  in 

Vegetable,  Field 

— AND- 

Garden  Tools  and  Horticultural  Books. 

Onr  annual  priced  Catalogues  are  now  read; 
and  mailed  free  to  all  applicants.  They  contai 
all  the  leading  and  most  popular  sorts  < 
Vegetable,  Field  and  Flowe 
Seeds*  including  all  ihemost  desirable  Lur 
ravin  novelties  of  the  past  season. 


Actuary 


Is,  Wisconsin,  Iowa  and  Minnesota. 
St.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

rlnUi^Lnstrlct  of  Columbia,  Maryland,  Kentucky, 
nrclu  and  Alabama  15  south  St.,  Baltimore,  MS. 
nfiio  Addr«s!>  J  oil  rdn^s,  Hiy:^ins  &  Bi*uuk5,  Cleveland,  O. 
r  Novthoro  ttnd  Western  Xeiv  York.  Address  Christie  u 

u.  lux  wmjro^  Xew  York. 

;ent  for  Connect. cut,  IWw  U  (  Dutchess,  Ulster,  Orange, 

1  Sul  1  Ivan  l  ^  D  el  a  w' aVJT  lir  o  ome ,  Tioga  and  Chemung,  in  State  Of  New  York, 

i,  R.  L,  and  Massachusetts,  Boston, 

—  — g  Xebr.iska,  Colorado  and  Western  Arkansas, 

Address  h'tsk  &  Eland,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
f.  "—‘land,  3Ie. 

leiaware.  Addi'ess  Vanuxcm,  Bates  &  Lam- 


H.  B.  MERKELL. 

Address  M «»••«* 

L.  SPENCER, GOB  LE.  Gel 

A.  E*  IT. -■  •  — • ,  — - r  . 

O.  F.  BREESE,  General  a 
East  Tennessee.  I  ' 

JOHN  G.  J’ 

DERICK  L. 

Boardmuu.  Tro; 

JOHN  A.  J.n  i  i.c.,  utiwiw 
JOHN  W.  NICHOLS,  General  A 

FAYETTE  P, - -  '  ' 

Putnam,  V.G-'.: 

VuS&lin,  3d,  General  Agent 
Mass. 

CLINTON  B.  FISK,  . 

and  Montana,  Dakota  and  Wyoming  -  -- 

W.  u.  LITTLE,  General  Agent  for  Maine 
F.  W.  VANUXiiM,  General  Agent 
bert,  100  Walnut  8t..  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


NORTH  FAIRFIELD.  <»•. 

I'ulev  in  Garden,  I*  mid  and  1;  lower 
i,  Sweet  Potato  and  other 
State  you  saw  this  in 


OllCU  UAH 

-  Growcraud  uj-»n»  ■ 
Seeds.  Bulbs.  Seed  Potatoes. 
plapiB  Send  fur  Catalogue 
the  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


FOR  THE 


;»il  of  "  liuHi  tnak*.  too 

.  profit.  Vi  e  have  no 
ti\ir  zttklp  dircot.  lo  ftmii- 


NEWS  CONDENSER. 

—  The  population  of  France  is  88,000,000. 

—  The  Troy,  If.  Y.,  jail  ha3  88  female  prisoners.  j 

—  The  cold  weather  has  sent  up  the  price  of 
eggs, 

—  Crops  were  never  better  in  California  than 
now. 

—  Venison  la  four  cents  a  pound  in  Bangor, 
Maine. 

—The  Unitarians  are  to  buiid  a  £50,000  hall  in 
London. 

—  Ohio  has  its  first  lodge  of  Orangemen  at 
Cleveland. 

—  Illegitimate  births  in  Berlin  have  reached  j 
17  per  cent. 

—  Colored  miners  are  being  employed  at  New 
Lisbon,  Ohio. 

—  Boston  is  the  Beoond  sugar  market  in  the 
United  States. 

—  North  Adams,  Mass.,  is  to  have  a  10,000 
pound  ohlme  of  bells. 

—  It  took  4,000  kegs  of  powder  to  blast  the 
Cayuga  Lake  Railroad. 

—  Large  quantities  of  cheese  have  been  badly 
frozen  in  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y. 

—  The  Mlohtgaa  Legislature  will  punish  per¬ 
sons  guilty  of  adulterating  milk. 

—  The  West  Point  Cadets  will  go  to  Washing¬ 
ton,  March  4th,  at  a  cost  of  $10,000. 

—  Tae  Willard  Asylum  at  Ovid,  N.  Y.,  has  al¬ 
ready  coat  over  one  million  of  dollars. 


gfwiitcment.3  ami  lUacItiitcvy, 

CJAHOON’S 

BROADCAST  SEED  SOWER. 


Sows  all  kinds  of  Grain  ami  Grass  Seed.  On©  man 
oan  do  a1'  touch  work  with  the  Hand  llaohLne  as  live 
mon  can  do  without  it.  Price  cii  Ilutul  Machine,  $10. 
I  have  agents  la  all  parts  of  tho  country,  send  stamp 
for  Circular.  D.  U.  GOdDELl, 

Solo  Manufacturer,  Antrim,  N.  H. 

9200  GIVEN  IN  PREMIUMS. 

fPElYS^SBTOR. - 7  io  f 


For  Illustrated  Circular  of  Scarifier  and  Perry’s 
Combined  Garden-Drill  and  Haucl-Hoe. 


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ffl  lift,  H.  ff-Aiuu,  H3  vTaih- 

for  I  ,  st-,  Kotton. 

Mr-™, 


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A  sot  of  40  boxed  and  delivered  to  Express  or  R.  R. 
%  r- ,  H  to.  lone,  about  45  lbs.,  for  $«.(». 

U  In.  long.  about  Cl  lbs.,  for  $750. 
Llojnil  discount  to  the  Trade.  Address 

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EstaLliBlirid.  184-6. 

SEND  FOR  ILLUSTRATED  CATALOGUE. 


Ye\l  tide  WHY  we  can  sdl 
Fir,  i  Class  7  Octave  Pianos  lor 
$200?  We  answer — It  costs 
I'P’M  i  kail  $300  to  nmke  uny 
S6O0  Piano  sr-al  through 


\-J, —  *.y.  Ii.  -  at  r  aciory  nricv,  mm  warrutu 
6  Yeara  Scud  for  1 1  lost  rut  oil  circular.  In  whtvh  wc  refer 
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present  noble  proportion*  and  repre  ;eir.  u  .  .-©  chr.  nc- 
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year;  proving  that  the  American  public  icluvOi.'le, 
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interest:  avoiding  aueli  as  huvo  hecuar:  f'-juAUtr, 
through  photographs,  or  copies  of  any  kind. 

The  aniliterly  tinted  pllltas,  for  l-v.l  va.i  repro'lnco 
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scription. 

The  popular  f  •aturu  oil  a  copiously  illustrated 
“  Christmas  ”  no  •••her  will  ho  continued. 

To  possets  Biiclx  a  valuable  epito  as  of  the  art  world, 
at  a  cost  so  trilling.  Will  command '.hern.  ;  tioupox 
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THE  OLDEST  OAK  IN  ENGLAND. 


England  has  many  grand  old  oaks — grand 
as  to  size  and  in  historical  association  ;  hut 
we  illustrate  one  known  as  the  noble  “Oak 
of  Cowthorpe,”  winch,  while  it  is  rich  in  the 
associations  which  antiquity  gives,  has  higher 
claims  than  any  other  English  tree l’or  notice, 
because  of  its  size  and  grandeu  r.  A  recent 
English  writer  saj  9  of  it  :  -It  tg  not  Only  a 
remnant  of  the  forests  of  ancient  Brittain, 
but  the  monarch  amongst  the  kings  of  trees. 
Not  only  has  it  outlived  all  Its  contempora¬ 
ries,  but  it  has  outgrown  them  ;  and  in  it  we 
possibly  see  the  oldest  living  orgctniitm,  as  well 
as  the  largest  oak.  in  England. 

For  upwards  of  1,000  years  it  has  kept  alive 
the  vital  spark  ;  it  lias  ate  and  drank  of  tin- 
plant  pabulum  in  the  soil  through  the  same 
roots,  atul  has  returned  the  sap  to  the  roots, 
through  the  same  vessels.  1 3  there  any  other 
created  structure  that  has  performed  the 
functions  of  this  vitality  for  that  time  ?  Five 
times  has  York  Minster— man’s  work— fallen 
in  half  the  time.  Annually  it  has  put  forth 
its  buds,  its  leaves,  it*  blossoms,  and  its 
branches  ;  and,  despite  all  that  storm,  tem¬ 


pest  and  sacrilegious  hands  have  done  at  its 
main  lateral  branches — which  once  reached 
100  yards  from  its  trunk,  and  covered  half 
an  acre  of  ground— it  still  is  not,  what  Shak- 
S pe are  terms 

An  oak  with  one  green  leaf, 
but  at  this  moment  is  crowned  with  a  coronet 
of  verdant  foliage.  Allen,  the  Yorkshire 
historian,  describes  the  tree  as  follows “  The 
circumference  is  upwards  Of  DO  feet,  and  its 
principal  limb  extends  50  foot  from  the  bole. 
Tradition  speaks  of  it,  being  in  decay  for  many 
generations.  The  intermixture  of  foliage 
among  the  dead  branches  shows  how  sternly 
this  giant  struggles  for  life,  and  how  reluc¬ 
tantly  it  surrenders  to  all-conquering  Time.” 
“Compared  with  this,"  says  Dr.  Hunter  in 
“ Evelyn’s  Silva,”  “all  other  trees  are  chil¬ 
dren  of  the  Forest.  ” 

Wil  li  reference  to  the  size,  it  measured  at 
the  base  about  00  feet,  and  the  hollow  in  its  1 
center  is  the  frustum  of  a  cone  14  feet,  in 
diameter.  Forty  years  ago  it  was  used  as  a  j 
calf-house,  but  this  was  in  the  Georgian  peri¬ 
od,  when  churches  were  whi  washed  ;  and 
now  if,  is  preserved— arid  properly  so— as  the 
owner  011  the  whole  of  his  immense  estates 
lias  no  other  object  of  equal  interest. 

“  In  the  days  we  went  o-gypsying,  a  long 
time  ago,”  we  liave  picnicked  under  its 
branches,  and  walked  through  a  quadrille  in 


its  trunk.  A  year  or  two  ago  sixty  Sunday 
scholars  of  the  neighboring  market-town, 
Wetherby,  held  their  holiday  gala  under  its 
shade,  and  sang  “God  save  the  Queen,”  in 
the  hollow  of  its  ribs. 

In  assigning  an  age  of  more  than  1,000  years 
to  tl  1  is  tree  we  are  not  going  beyond  the  au¬ 
thority  of  reason  and  of  precedent.  Five 
hundred  years  is  the  period  that  can  be  as¬ 
signed  for  such  a  growth  of  oak,  which  is 
solid,  durable,  and  of  slow  formation.  For 
500  years  it  would  maintain  its  vigor  un¬ 
diminished,  while  500  years  would  be  re¬ 
quired  to  destroy  it,  if  we  estimate  by  its 
slow  decay  during  the  last  200  year*.  During 
the  whole  of  this  time,  of  which  we  have 
record,  it  has  been  decaying,  and  for  how 
long  before,  we  know  not.  This  estimate  of 
the  age  of  the  oak  is  not  unprecedented.  Pliny 
names  trees  believed  to  be  1,300  years  old  ; 
and  amongst  the  oaks  of  Welbeck  Park  men¬ 
tion  is  made  of  one  which,  in  1790,  was  sup¬ 
posed  t.o  be  1,000  years  old  ;  it  being  stated 
that  i"  the  same  park  there  "were  several 
other  tine  oaks  in  full  vigor  which  are  above 
500  years  old  ;  the  time  of  their  planting  be¬ 
ing  ascertained  from  old  writings  in  the 
Duke., of  Port  land’s  possession.” 

GW^Jurpe,  where  the  fine  old  oak  grows, 
ia  a  small,  retired  village  two  miles  east  of 
the  great  north  road  between  Wetherby  and 


Borobridge,  mid  only  three  miles  distant  from 
the  former  place.  It  is  situated  on  the  banks 
of  the  river  Nidd  a  few  miles  before  it  joins 
the  Ouse.  The  highway  only  just  touches 
the  village,  which  runs  oil'  at  right  angles 
ami  forms  a  cul  tie  sac,  at  the  very  end  of 
which  is  the  Church,  the  Old  Hull,  and  the 
Great  Oak,  all  of  which  are  on  the  same  fer¬ 
tile  meadow,  half  encircled  by  the  river. 


PEACH  TREES  KILLED  BY  COLD. 

It  is  believed  that  very  many  of  the  peach 
orchards  in  this  region  are  ruined  by  the  ex¬ 
treme  cold  of  Doc.  39th,  when  the  thermom¬ 
eter  was  86“  to  28“  below  zero.  On  cutting 
through  the  bark  of  the  trunks  and  limbs  of 
the  trees  the  color  is  quite  brown  or  reddish 
— and  seeing  this  many  persons  suppose  they 
are  surely  killed,  and  may  oa  well  be  cut 
down  at  once,  and  used  for  stove-wood. 

My  advice  to  all  such  persons  is  to  let  thorn 
alone  till  the  time  for  the  buds  to  start  in  the 
Spring,  ft) id  then  if  the  bark  itself  is  not  dead 
the  trees  will  be  very  opt  to  recover,  especial¬ 
ly  if  they  are  then  cut  back  severely,  remov¬ 
ing  the  greater  part  of  the  tops,  say  to  the 
second  or  third  fork,  according  Lo_  the  age 
and  size  of  the  trees.  But  if  the  trees  are 
quite  old  and  have  been  weakened  by  over¬ 
bearing,  as  most  trees  have  in  these  parts,  it 


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is  cheaper  to  cut  them  down  at  once  and 
plant  anew. 

Young  trees  are  more  likely  to  recover 
from  the  injury  by  the  winter  than  old  ones, 
but  they  also  may  be  cut  back  severely,  and 
so  form  new  tops. 

Some  kinds  of  pear  and  cherry  trees  are 
also  badly  injured,  if  not  destroyed.  It  is 
too  soon,  as  yet,  to  discover  the  full  extent 
of  the  damage.  Black  cherry  bushes  are,  I 
think,  all  killed,  and  the  finer  kinds  of  rasp¬ 
berries.  Most  kinds  of  grape  vines  are  in¬ 
jured-some  quite  badly — but  they  will  no 
doubt  recover,  after  severe  pruning,  with 
only  the  loss  of  the  season’s  crop. 

PalnesvIUe,  0.,  Feb.  10.  M.  B.  Bateham. 


Jjield  dJrqjB. 


FE®. 


JUDSON’8  AND  COOLEY’S  COEN. 

In  your  issue  for  Oct.  8th,  1870,  you  have  a 
cut  of  a  stalk  of  com  raised  by  a  Mr.  J udson, 
also  an  ear  of  natural  size.  The  stalk  is  rep¬ 
resented  with  six  cars,  and  all,  or  nearly  all, 
are  represented  of  full  size  ;  also  you  say  : 
“  This  Is  not  a  fanciful  representation  of  an  ac¬ 
cidental  specimen,  but  whole  fields  of  stalks 
just  like  it  have  bocn  grown  the  past  season  ; 
and  we  have  grown  iu  our  own  garden  sev¬ 
eral  hundred  stalks,  none  of  which  have  pro¬ 
duced  less  t  han  four  ears,  and  from  that  num¬ 
ber  up  to  seven  or  eight.”  Also,  you  say  that 
“Mr.  Judson  has  three  varieties,  all  of  the 
same  habit,  and  we  have  not  the  least  hesitan¬ 
cy  in  saying  that  every  farmer  can  change  the 
sorts  he  now  cultivates  into  a  branching  va¬ 
riety  in  a  few  years  if  he  will  take  the  trouble 
of  always  selecting  his  seed  corn  from  the 
stalks  producing  the  greatest  number  of  ears.  ’  ’ 

Having  cultivated  one  of  Mr.  Judbon’s  va¬ 
rieties  that  year,  and  not  with  such  success 
as  you  have  represented  in  the  above  quotas 
tion,  thought  it  best  to  say  nothing  about  it 
till  I  had  had  more  experience,  remembering 
that  when  I  first  tried  to  warn  the  farmers 
that  the  so-called  Norway  oats,  of  Ramsdell 
notoriety,  were  not  what  he  represented  them 
to  be,  that  I  was  selected  as  the  person  for 
all  of  his  clique  to  vent  their  spleen  upon  as 
not  knowing  anything  about  them  ;  not  hav 
ing  the  genuine  sort,  etc.  Having  now  tested 
Mr.  Judson1  a  corn  for  three  years,  I  feel  com¬ 
petent  to  form  an  opinion  so  far  as  my  own 
farming  operations  teach  mo,  also  the  ob¬ 
servations  and  experiments  of  some  of  in}’ 
neighbors,  which  have  passed  under  my  no¬ 
tice. 

First,  I  have  never  grown  a  stalk  that  had 
six  ears  of  com  on  of  fair  average  size  ;  I 
have  seen  that  number  on  the  branching  pop¬ 
corn,  in  rare  instances,  but  never  with  the 
sweet  or  field  com  have  I  seen  more  than 
three  ears,  and  not  more  than  two  of  them  of 
more  than  moderate  size  ;  while  with  me  the 
pop  and  field  varieties  have  grown  extra 
large  stalks  with  an  abundance  of  suckers, 
which  are  not  desirable  to  grow,  as  the  best 
ears  of  com  I  have  ever  grown  were  grown 
on  stalks  without  suckers.  I  think  the  finest 
ears  1  have  ever  noticed  were  grown  on  a 
rather  small  stalk  the  past  season,  but  them 
were  but  two  ears  on  the  stalk  ,  yet  if  1  would 
grow  a  field  of  com  like  it  with  three  or  four 
stalks  in  a  hill  the  yield  would  be  marvelous. 

I  have  saved  the  cars  for  seed,  and  if  your 
theoiy  is  correct,  shall  hope  to  increase  my 
com  crop  in  a  few  yearn  by  continuous  selec¬ 
tions  from  this  same  seed  saved  ;  as,  unless 
the  selections  be  from  the  most  prolific  stalks, 
and  continued  from  year  to  year,  all  would 
be  at  hap-hazard,  and,  therefore,  nothing  of 
value  in  the  way  of  orlra  ears  to  the  stalk 
would  be  gained.  I  have  no  doubt  that  great 
advantage  can  thus  be  attained  by  the  careful 
farmer ;  but  that  whole  fields  can  be  raised 
with  six  or  eight  earn  of  full  or  medium  size 
to  the  stalk,  I  cannot  yet  believe  has  been 
done  by  Mr.  J  udson  or  any  other  person. 

I  should  Judge,  from  what  I  have  learned 
by  my  own  experience  with  the  Judson  corn, 
and  from  the  different  reports  given  of  it, 
that  it  has,  like  the  Ramsdell  Norway  oats, 
proved  of  no  particular  value  to  the  ordinary 
farmer  or  the  country  at  large  ;  also,  1  Judge 
that  the  call  for  seed  was  such  that  Mr.  Jud- 
bon  sent  out  seed  that  was  inferior,  and  there¬ 
fore  injured  his  reputation,  as  well  as  the 
public,  so  that  no  good  has  been  attained  by 
the  Judson  branching  corn  to  the  country  at 
large.  If  I  am  mistaken  in  my  views  in  re¬ 
gard  to  the  Judson  corn,  it  cannot  be,  so  far 
as  my  own  experience  teaches  me;  but  I  may 
be  in  error  in  regard  to  the  public  at  large. 

I  wish  to  tell  the  readers  of  the  Rural  to 
give  C.  Cooley’ 6  early  field  com  a  wide  berth, 
unless  they  live  in  a  warmer  latitude  than 
Oneida  Co.  Seeing  his  advertisement  last 
year,  of  his  extra  early  field  com,  detailing 


its  great  yielding  properties,  I  was  induced 
to  try  a  peck  of  it,  direct  from  Mr.  Cooley 
himself,  so  as  to  be  sure  to  get  the  genuine  ar¬ 
ticle.  It  proved  to  be  a  Dent  com,  growing 
12  to  15  feet  in  hight,  and,  with  a  very  warm 
season,  did  not  ripen  at  all  in  this  latitude, 
was  perfectly  green  the  16th  of  Oct.,  when  our 
first  frost  came  ;  ears  12  to  16  rows,  about  8 
or  9  inches  long  ;  a  perfect  humbug  to  try  to 
grow  such  com  in  this  county,  or  any  part 
as  far  North  as  this.  I  notice  one  f aimer  says 
his  was  8- rowed  mostly  ;  if  so,  Mr,  Cooley 
probably  sent  out  such  com  as  he  could  get, 
without  regal'd  to  earliness  or  honesty.  As 
I  have  been  very  particular  with  mine,  and 
have  never  seen  an  ear  less  than  12  rows  of 
kernels,  14  to  16  quite  common,  have  fed  it 
mostly  out  to  get  rid  of  it,  as  the  experiment 
cost  me  nearly  $40,  so  that,  my  advice  is,  to  let 
the  C.  C.  Cooley’s  early  field  com  alone,  as 
it  is  a  failure.  Jonathan  Talcott. 

Rome,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.,  1873. 

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A  SORREL  FARM. 

I  have  charge  of  a  farm  of  240  acres,  in  Kent 
Co.,  this  State  ;  about  three-fourths  of  which 
is  under  cultivation.  The  soil  is  sandy  and 
has  been  badly  “  run”  for  several  years.  The 
sorrel  last  Summer  was  rank  enough  to  “turn 
a  good  Bwath,”  on  a  portion  of  it.  What  is 
the  most  economical  method  of  fertilizing 
such  land  i  It.  lies  too  far  from  any  city  to 
bring  stable  manure.  Plaster  can  be  bod 
near  here  at  $4,50  per  ton.  I^ast  year  some 
thirty  acres  were  well  seeded  to  clover,  and 
plastered  at  the  rate  of  100  pounds  per  acre, 
with  the  view  of  plowing  under  the  clover 
crop,  when  the  proper  time  came.  The  seed 
germinated  well,  but  for  want  of  sufficient 
strength  of  soil,  or  from  some  other  cause,  it 
died  out  before  August. 

In  cases  where  land  is  too  poor  to  produce 
clover,  it  lias  been  said  to  be  a  better  prac¬ 
tice  to  sow  buckwheat  instead  of  clover  for 
that  purpose.  Before  experimenting  on  a 
large  scale,  I  would  like  the  opinion  of  those 
better  informed  in  this  matter. — J.  M.  C., 
Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

If  you  could  put  50  or  100  bushels  of  lime 
per  acre  on  that  land  it  would  benefit  it ;  and 
if  you  cannot  get  stable  manure  you  can  per¬ 
haps  get  peat  or  muck  from  swamps  or  sunk¬ 
en  places.  Even  clay,  soil  or  stiff  loam  would 
be  better  than  nothing.  Bandy  soils  must  be 
fed.  They  manufacture  the  food  given  them, 
quickly  iuio  plants  ;  the  supply  must  kept 
up.  Clover  cauuot  be  produced  unless  there 
is  the  material  for  clover  in  the  sofi.  Cannot 
you  buy  straw  cheap  ?  or  obtain  leaves,  or 
decayed  wood  ?  You  must  obtain  organic 
material  for  it  in  some  way.  Peas,  buck¬ 
wheat  and  clover  will  help  furnish  it. 

- -*-•-* - 

PREPARING  LAND  FOE  T0BACC0,PLANTS. 

A  Virginia  Fanner’s  Club  adopted  the  fol¬ 
lowing  as  the  sentiment  of  the  Club  on  this 
subject:— That,  as  a  matter  of  economy,  burn¬ 
ing  should  be  dispensed  with,  except  on  such 
land  as  actually  required  it;  not  that  burning 
was  of  no  use,  but  not  necessary,  and  by 
omitting  it  much  wood  and  labor  would  be 
saved.  The  following  plan,  without  burning, 
had  long  been  successfully  practiced  by  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  Club  Select  a  place  In  woods  of 
original  growth,  as  far  as  possible  from  ara¬ 
ble  lands  and  old  plant  beds ;  grub,  and  clean 
off  all  leaves  and  trash,  then  coulter  the  bed 
deep  and  well,  turning  as  little  of  the  surface 
soil  as  possible.  Sow  1,000  lbs.  of  guano  per 
acre,  and  rake  it  in,  leaving  the  surface  of  the 
bed  leveL  Sow  the  seed,  one  pipeful  to  every 
ten  square  yards,  tread  them  in  and  cover 
well,  first  with  stable  manure,  then  with 
brush.  Would  resow  tint  first  of  March,  and 
hasteu  (if  necessary)  the  plants  by  frequent 
applications  of  fertilizers.  Would  not  select 
very  moist  places  for  plant-beds,  relying  on 
deep  cultivation  for  moisture.  To  prevent 
fly,  would  use  kerosene  mixed  with  lime  and 
guano.  Fly  would  not  injure  plants  while  in 
a  rapidly-growing  condition, 

- - 

PLANTING  POTATOES  UNDER  STRAW. 

I  planted  some  last  year,  alongside  others 
covered  in  the  usual  way.  The  result  was 
very  small  potatoes  and  few  of  them  under 
the  straw,  while  the  adjoining  rows  gave  a 
fine  yield.  As  we  have  to  raise  all  our  crops 
by  irrigating,  and  the  straw  will  not  absorb 
much  moisture  from  the  ground  underneath, 
the  seed  and  young  tubers  were  dry  nearly 
all  the  time  ;  hence  the  result.  The  plan  may 
work  in  sections  where  rain  can  be  depended 
upon  ty  w,et  the  straw  from  the  top  down  ; 
but  I  would  pot  advise  any  one  to  plant  po¬ 
tatoes  in  this  manner  where  irrigation  is  prac¬ 
ticed.  . N.  K.  Shelburn. 

1  Nfvsda. 


Jhrm  tfroramtg. 


8UGAR  MAKING  IN  VERMONT. 

There  is  at  present  an  ebb  tide  in  V ermont 
fanning.  Farm  help  is  scarcer,  and  its  cost 
is  high,  and  there  is  a  growing  disposition 
among  farm  laborers  to  give  leas  work  in  a 
day  than  formerly.  Taxes  are  high.  I  could 
name  towns  where  the  cost  of  doing  the  town 
business  has  increased  five  hundred  per  cent, 
in  ten  years,  with  but  little  increase  in  the 
amount  of  business.  At  the  same  time,  the 
price  of  «ill  farm  crops  is  low.  There  has 
been  a  little  spurt  in  wool  trade,  and  farmers 
have  realized  55  to  60  cents  for  good  lots  ;  but 
there  is  an  or  ganized  and  resolute  determina¬ 
tion  on  the  jiart  of  manufacturers  and  dealers 
to  crowd  price*  down  again.  There  is  a  gen¬ 
eral  complaint  that  farming  does  not  pay  any 
income  on  capital  invested,  and  much  de¬ 
spondency  exists  among  farm  ere. 

The  only  farm  crop  common  to  the  whole 
State,  and  uniformly  profitable,  is  maple 
sugar.  1  propose  to  give  the  thousands  of 
farmers  who  read  your  excellent  paper  some 
hints,  based  on  the  experience  of  our  most 
successful  sugar  makers.  There  are  a  few 
simple  rules,  the  observance  of  which  will  in¬ 
sure  success.  They  are  plalu  and  easily  un¬ 
derstood,  and  aim  to  economize  labor  and 
fuel,  and  secure  absolute  cleanliness  and  free¬ 
dom  from  foreign  substances,  to  obtain  the 
greatest  possible  quantity  of  sap  with  the 
least  injury  to  the  tree,  and  to  reduce  it  to 
syrup  or  sugar  with  all  possible  dispatch. 

There  should  be  a  sugar  house  for  boiling, 
large  enough  for  the  evaporator  and  for  stor¬ 
ing  all  the  buckets  and  fixtures,  with  a  wide 
door,  that  will  admit  the  entrance  of  the 
gathering  tubs  at  the  end  of  the  season,  and 
which  should  not  be  used  as  a  hog  pen,  or 
for  any  other  base  purpose.  (Sap,  like  milk, 
is  very  sensitive,  and  impurities  in  the  atmos¬ 
phere  or  the  sugaring  utensils  are  quickly  im¬ 
parted  to  it,  destroying  the  delicious  maple 
flavor,  which  is  its  peculiar  charm.)  The 
farmer  can  put.  up  a  suitable  building  at  a 
cost  of  $50.  It  should  stand  on  a  side  Mil,  or 
have  an  artificial  elevation  at  one  side  of  three 
feet,  to  give  head  for  the  flow  of  sap  from  the 
gathering  tub  to  the  evaporator.  A  wood 
shed,  or  at  least  a  roof  over  the  wood  pile, 
should  be  adjacent,  but  so  placed  that  the 
steam  will  not  escape  through  it.  The  evap¬ 
orator  or  pans  should  be  set  on  brick,  with 
iron  grate  and  door,  and  a  damper  in  the 
chimney  to  regulate  the  draft.  If  the  bars  of 
the  grate  are  concave  on  the  upper  surface, 
they  will  fill  with  ashes,  and  not  warp  or 
burn  out,  OS  solid  bars  will  do  in  the  intense 
heat.  Fuel  should  be  provided  in  the  Fall, 
well  worked  up  and  thoroughly  seasoned. 
No  good  sugar  maker  keep*  his  sap  simmer¬ 
ing  over  a  sputtering  lire. 

All  the  utensils  should  be  scrupulously  clean 
and  sweet.  Old  barrels  with  the  pores  of  the 
wood  impregnated  with  West  India  molasses, 
or  anything  else,  are  not  fit  for  gathering  or 
storing  Bap.  Gathering  tubs  should  be  made 
of  clean,  sound  timber,  and  should  be  kept 
sweet.  The  buckets  should  be  of  tin  and  the 
spouts  of  metal.  Mr.  C.  C.  Post  lias  invent¬ 
ed  several  valuable  Improvements  in  spouts 
and  buckets  which  are  regarded  as  superior 
to  all  others.  I  have  seen  them  advertised  in 
the  Rural  New-Yorker.  They  are  worthy 
of  a  full  description  in  this  place. 

The  Eureka  sap  spout  and  bucket  hunger 
is  of  galvanized  iron.  Three  thin  flanges  on¬ 
ly  enter  the  hole  in  the  tree  half  an  inch,  and 
while  they  hold  the  spout  firmly  in  place  and 
support  the  bucket,  do  not  obstruct  the  flow 
of  sap.  A  collar  or  oblique  shoulder  fits 
againsf  the  external  bark  and  prevents  the 
escape  of  sap,  and  also  excludes  water  from 
ruin  and  melting  snow  which  frequently  runs 
down  on  the  tin,  and  would  color  the  sap  and 
spoil  its  fine  flavor  if  it  got  into  the  bucket. 
The  aperture  for  the  escape  of  the  sap  is  such 
as  to  exclude  the  ah’,  which  would  dry  up 
the  pores  and  stop  the  flow.  There  is  a  hook 
attached  to  hang  the  bucket  on.  My  own 
experience  and  that  or  my  neighbors  who 
use  these  spouts  demonstrates  that  the  sap 
starts  earlier  in  the  morning  and  runs  faster 
and  continues  longer  in  the  season  than  with 
auy  wood  spouts,  while  the  hole  does  pot  firy 
up  and  require  to  be  reamed  out  as  with  tip 
spouts,  which  are  the  next  best  thing.  The 
tin  spouts  are  apt  to  cut  the  bark  or  to  fit  im- 
!  perfectly,  causing  leakage,  and  the  wood 
spouts  plug  up  the  pores.  The  nails,  which, 
injure  the  grain  of  the  tree,  break  off  and 
spill  the  sap,  and  often  stick  in  the  tree  so 
they  cannot  be  drawn,  are  superseded. 

It  is  important  that  the  tapping  should  be 
done  by  a  skillful  hand,  that  the  tree  be  not 
injured  by  too  deep  boring,  or  otherwise. 


The  sap  flows  close  to  the  bark,  and  a  hole  an 
inch  deep  is  sufficient. 

The  “  common  sense  ”  bucket,  contrived  by 
the  same  inventor,  is  of  tin,  conical,  indent¬ 
ed  on  one  side  to  fit  the  tree,  so  that  it  re¬ 
tains  its  upright  position,  and  has  a  tin  cover 
wliich  is  attached  to  the  top  of  the  spout, 
effectually  excluding  rain,  snow  and  falling 
bark,  leaves,  dirt  and  Insects.  The  entrance 
of  either  of  these  foreigu  substances  affects 
the  flavor  of  the  product.  The  cover  is  not 
attached  to  the  bucket  and  does  not  interfere 
with  gathering. 

A  half  inch  hole,  an  inch  deep,  soon  heals 
over,  and  causes  but  slight  injury  to  the  tree. 

The  sap  should  be  gathered  frequently,  and 
boiled  immediately.  Fermentation  begins 
very  soon,  if  not  instantly  on  the  sap  leaving 
the  tree,  although  it  may  not  be  at  once  per¬ 
ceptible  to  the  casual  observer.  It  is  certain 
that  the  delicious  maple  flavor,  so  agreeable 
to  the  palate,  is  best  preserved  by  a  speedy 
removal  of  the  water  by  evaporation. 

There  are  several  devices  for  evaporating. 
The  best  in  use  is  the  Cory  Evaporator.  It 
is  of  galvanized  iron,  with  ledges  or  groove- 
in  the  bottom,  which  give  double  the  heat  ing 
surface,  and  cause  a  current  from  side  to 
side  as  the  sap  flows  from  end  to  end.  A 
monitor  gauge  regulates  the  flow  and  depth 
of  sap,  and  a  faucet  draws  off  the  sirup  as 
fast  as  it  is  thick  enough.  The  injury  to  the 
flavor  and  color,  which  is  caused  by  keeping 
the  sirup  over  the  fire  hour  after  hour,  is  all 
avoided,  as  it  is  reduced  to  sirup  and  drawn 
off  in  half  an  hour.  The  evaporation  is  so 
rapid  that  holdere  for  storing  are  unnecessary. 

I  have  no  difficulty  in  evaporating  a  ban-el  of 
23  gallons  an  hour  in  a  seven-foot  evaporator. 
One  of  twelve  feet  will  take  care  of  it  as  fast 
as  produced  by  a  very  lurge  sugar  lot. 

A  gutta  percha  pipe  from  the  gathering 
tub  to  the  evaporator  saves  all  lifting  and 
storing.  Felt  strainers  are  used  for  removing 
lime  and  motes  from  the  sirup.  By  the  use 
of  such  apparatus  as  above  described,  1  make 
sirup  wMch  finds  a  ready  market  in  our  vil¬ 
lage  at  $2  a  gallon  (equivalent  to  22  cents  a 
pound  for  sugar).  Everything  should  be  iu 
readiness  to  tap  the  trees  at  a  moment’s  no¬ 
tice.  The  “first  run”  is  the  best.  In  the 
Spring  of  1871  the  sugar  season  was  nearly 
over  before  many  farmers  were  ready. 

I  am  a  farmer,  and  have  no  interest  in  the 
introduction  of  any  sugar-making  fixtures. 

Springfield,  Vt.  C.  Horace  Hubbard. 
- - 

rt  GUANO -AS  SOLD  IN  NEW  YORK.” 

In  a  recent  issue  of  the  Rural  New-York¬ 
er  is  an  an  article  on  “Guano — As  Sold  in 
New  York,”  with  a  table  prepared  by  Mr. 
Habirshaw,  a  chemist,  which  is  calculated 
to  injure  my  reputation  and  business,  and  1 
beg  you  will  let  me  say  that  in  the  past  twen¬ 
ty-five  years,  during  which  time  I  have 
bought  Peruvian  Guano  and  sold  it  to  my 
customers,  I  have  never  adulterated  any  of 
it  or  caused  any  of  it  to  be  adulterated  or  in 
any  way  tampered  with  auy  of  it. 

Conclusive  proof  of  this,  so  far  as  it  refers 
to  three-quarters— perhaps  nine-tenths— of 
my  sales,  can  be  given  by  showing,  as  1  am 
able  to  do,  that  in  this  proportion  I  make  de¬ 
liveries  by  handing  to  the  buyers  orders  on 
the  Brooklyn  warehouse,  which  is  employed 
by  the  Peruvian  Government. 

For  the  rest  you  have  my  statement,  back¬ 
ed  by  the  probabilities  involved  in  a  reply  to 
the  question  whether  any  man  of  ordinary 
intelligence  would  risk,  in  a  petty  sale  as  de¬ 
scribed  by  Mr.  Cocks,  h  character  acquired 
by  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  of  hon¬ 
est  endeavor  to  properly  serve  the  interests 
of  his  customers. 

Assuming  that  the  intentions  of  the  per¬ 
sons  engaged  in  making  this  “report”  (see 
page  90)  were  honest,  and  the  motive  none 
other  than  what  shows  on  the  face  of  it,  it  is 
proper  to  explain  to  them  that  no  bag  of  Pe¬ 
ruvian  guano  is  of  uniform  quality  through 
its  whole  bulk.  The  lumps  contain  twelve  to 
fifteen,  and  sometimes  more  thau  twenty,  per 
centum  of  ammonia,  while  in  the  finer  por¬ 
tions,  especially  in  the  later  cargoes  of  Chin- 
cha  Peruvian,  there  have  been  some  small 
stones,  any  ope  of  which,  being  taken  in  the 
I  portion  used  for  analysis,  would  make  it  show 
a  large  percentage  of  silica  or  other  insol¬ 
uble  matter,  and,  of  course,  a  smaller  per 
1  cent,  of  amMOUia.  The  person  who  selected 
the  samples  ought  tp  have  been  well  informed 
on  the  subject  before  he  took  it  upon  himself 
to  destroy  or  establish  reputations, 

I  am  respectfully  yours, 

Geo.  E.  White. 

Poatcript. — There  are  some  facts  connected 
with  the  appointment  of  Messrs.  Cocks  and 
Gould  for  the  work  which  they  have  done, 
ostensibly  for  the  interests  of  the  farmers  and 


the  State  Agricultural  Society,  which  I  ask 
you  to  let  me  state. 

You  will  notice  that  one,  and  only  one,  arti¬ 
ficial  fertilizer  is  brought  forward  in  Mr. 
Habieshaw  's  table;  anil  when  you  have  been 
asked  to  correct  and  have  corrected  an  error 
in  the  printing,  you  will  find  that  this  one 
manufactured  fertilizer  is  made  to  appear 
cheaper  and  better  for  farmers  than  any  oth¬ 
er  guano.  Then,  this  manure  will  hare  the 
valuable  indorsement  of  the  State  Agricultu¬ 
ral  Society,  When  this  occurs,  will  it  have 
any  connection  with,  or  relation  to,  the  fol¬ 
lowing  facta  f 

Mr.  J.  D.  Wing,  a  broker,  tiow  or  formerly 
doing  business  at  74  Beaver  street,  is  Vice- 
President  of  the  New  York  State  Agricultu¬ 
ral  Society,  and  is  President  of,  and  a  stock¬ 
holder  in,  the  Manhattan  Manufacturing  and 
Fertilizing  Co,  Mr.  T.  H.  Faii.k,  grocer,  130 
Water  street,  was  recently  Vice-President  of 
the  State  Agricult  ural  Society,  and  is  a  stock¬ 
holder  and  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Man¬ 
hattan  Manufacturing  and  Fertilizing  Co. 
Mr.  riAXD,  the  business  manager  of  the  Man¬ 
hattan  Manufacturing  and  Fertilizing  Co.,  is 
an  active  and  prominent  member  of  the  State 
Agricultural  Society.  This  Manhattan  Fer¬ 
tilizing  Co.  makes  the  “  Fhosphatic  Blood 
Guano,”  which  by  some  chance  is  the  only 
manufactured  manure  reported  upon.  Mr. 
Habibsuaw,  the  chemist  who  makes  the  re¬ 
port,  is  an  intimate  personal  friend  of  Mr. 
Hand,  and  is  also  the  chemist  for  this  same 
fertilizing  company,  sometimes  making  pur¬ 
chases  for  it  and  receiving  a  salary  or  foes 
from  it.  I  do  not  yet  know  whether  Mr. 
Cocks  or  Mr.  Gocld  are  stock  holders  in  the 
Fertilizing  Co.,  but  they  are  the  familiar  ac¬ 
quaintances  and  friends  of  those  gentlemen 
who  are  stock-holders.  Is  not  there  excuse 
for  the  thought  that  the  beat  portions  of  the 
bugs  of  guano  might  not  have  been  looked  for 
to  be  used  in  comparison  with  the  product  of 
the  Manhattan  Fertilizing  Co.  ?  G.  e.  w. 

- - 

VALUE  OF  CITY  WASTES. 

Mb.  Leppmann,  director  of  the  Central  Sta¬ 
tion  in  Bavaria,  speaks  of  the  loss  of  fertili¬ 
zers  in  the  wastes  of  tire  city  of  Munich,  which 
he  est  i  mates  as  containing  a  population  of  177,- 
000.  The  amount  of  available  nitrogen  yearly 
lost  in  the  human  excrements,  fluid  and  solid, 
of  that  city,  hu  places  at  1,807,714  pounds  ;  to 
which  he  gives  a  value  (reduced  to  our  cur¬ 
rency)  of  £433,407,  This  gives  au  aggregate 
loss  of  nearly  half  a  million  of  dollars.  While 
this  waste  is  being  suffered  the  German  fields 
are  enriched  by  an  annual  importation  of 
1,000,000  hundred  weight  of  Peruvian  guano, 
at  a  cost  of  about  three  millions  of  dollars. 
Munich,  however,  is  but  one  of  a  number  of 
German  cities  whose  wastes,  if  calculated  at 
the  same  ratio,  would  be  equal  in  value  to  the 
fertilizers  impui-ted.  Mr.  Leppmann  proposes 
that  tills  waste  be  saved.  American  cities 
are  even  more  wasteful  of  this  element  in  the 
productiveness  of  the  soil  than  the  European. 
There  is  a  good  opportunity  for  some  one  to 
mike  equally  startling  figures  here,  and  to 
invent  some  system  of  saving  our  wastes  and 
utilizing  it  and  make  money  by  doing  so. 
- - . 

TO  PRESERVE  FENCE  POSTS. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorkeh  says  : — "We  have,  in  Wisconsin,  a 
simple  preparation  that  .will  make  a  Bass¬ 
wood  fence  post  as  good  to  last  as  Rod  Cedar, 
at  a  cost  of  2%  ets.  per  post.  It  is  claimed 
that  the  post,  after  it  is  saturated,  will  never 
rot  any  more.  An  experiment  of  eight  years 
with  some  of  our  frailest  timber  seems  to 
prove  the  assertion.  1  mention  it  and  give 
you  the  recipe  if  you  are  interested  in  mak¬ 
ing  any  fence  : — 1  part  corrosive  sublimate; 
0  parts  arsenic  ;  Vi  parts  salt ;  %  lb.  to  a  post. 
Bore  three  holes  with  an  inch  auger,  equal 
distance,  so  as  to  leave  four  equal  spaces  in 
the  post;  plug  the  hole  with  a  com  cob ;  don’t 
go  to  whittling  out  pine  plugs.  If  your  corn 
is  too  small  import  some  from  Wisconsin.” 
- - — 

COLLINS  AND  CO.’S  STEEL  PLOWS. 

Do  you  or  any  of  your  readers  know,  by 
experience,  of  the  merits  of  the  Collins  and 
Co.’s  Steel  Plows/  In  their  circular  to  me 
they  are  recommended  as  a  superior  plow  ; 
but  I  should  like  to  know  of  some  one  who 
hag  used  them  whether  their  work  in  the 
field  w ill  sustain  their  recommend.  Believing 
the  plow  to  be  the  farmer’s  starting  point 
toward  success,  I  wish  to  obtain  the  best  that 
ls  made.  C.  B.  Van  Slyke, 

- - - - 

POLISHING  PLOWS, 

A  correspondent  informs  the  Practical 
l  armer  that  he  cleans  and  polishes  his  plows 
with  muriatic  acid.  Tins  searching  stun  does 
the  work  in  short  meter,  but  it  should  not  be 
allowed  to  remain  on  the  metal. 


Jttdus5tt[ial  ©crjitcfi. 


THE  SITUATION  IN  THE  WEST. 

Ha  vino  made  a  journey  from  the  rugged 
hills  of  the  “  old  Granite  ”  to  this  State,  stop¬ 
ping  at  various  places  in  the  most  important 
agricultural  localities,  it  may  be  interesting 
to  your  readers  to  know  the  actual  condition 
of  the  farmers  compared  to  that  of  those 
“  Down  East.” 

ILLINOIS  WINTERS. 

As  Illinois  was  the  first  place  where  I 
stopped  long  enough,  in  the  various  sections, 
to  get  a  knowledge  of  the  actual  condition  of 
the  farmer’s  finances  and  prosperity,  it  will 
be  first  on  the  list  of  States. 

My  inquiries  drew  forth  statements  that 
so  nearly  corroborate  that  of  a  contributor  to 
a  leading  agricultural  journal,  that  the  pith 
of  his  statement  is  adduced  in  the  following 
quotation.  After  speaking  of  the  severity  of 
the  present  Winter's  weather,  which  is  said 
to  be  greater  than  that  of  the  average,  he 
says  :  —  “  I  have  uover  seen  so  much  gloom, 
so  much  dullness,  so  much  doubt  and  so  much 
anxiety,  among  farmers  and  business  men,  as 
at  the  present  time.  The  great  Wiutor  fes¬ 
tivals  have  passed  by  with  scarce  a  tenth  the 
recognition  of  former  times.  A  great  many 
of  us  are  beginning  to  see  and  understand 
that  we,  for  the  last  five  or  six  years,  have 
been  growing  poor  year  by  year  ;  and  we 
begin  to  see,  too,  if  we  do  not  arrest  this 
downward  tendency,  we  shall  arrive  at  bank 
ruptcy  and  poverty  In  a  few  years  more.  To 
liquidate  our  debts  and  so  pay  our  taxes  now 
is  our  great  aim  and  object ;  and,  os  hard  as 
the  lesson  rnay  be,  we  are  about  ready  to 
own  and  acknowledge  that  we  and  our  fami 
lies  must  submit  to  general  privation  to  suc¬ 
ceed.  We  have  been  borrowing  money 
privately  and  voting  taxes  publicly  in  order 
to  get  out  of  debt ;  and,  contrary  to  our  ex 
pectations,  we  are  on  the  verge  of  min.  1 
should  be  glad  to  believe  that  wa  had  reached 
the  bottom— “that  things  could  be  no  worse, 
and,  therefore,  they  must  mend ;  but  I 
doubt  it.” 

Further  on  in  his  letter,  he  speaks  of  the 
com  crop  by  saying  that  “so  early  in  the 
season,  I  may  say  that  there  is  already  a 
strong  sentiment  abroad  among  farmers  that 
the  crops  of  com  of  >72  is  the  last  crop  they 
Intend  or  mean  to  moke  and  sell  at  20  to  S45 
cents  per  bushel.” 

As  this  contributor  has  introduced  the 
"king  crop,”  it  may  be  well,  here  and  now, 
to  make  use  of  some  facts  collected  concern¬ 
ing  the  prices  of  com  at  the  farmers’  cribs 
and  the  same  when  it  reaches  its  great  whole¬ 
saling  market,  and  the  great  variances  of 
the  two  as  caused  by  the  king  of  all  monopo¬ 
lies  the  railroads.  Their  present  rates  for 
carrying  a  hundred  pounds  of  freight  from 
Central  Illinois  to  New  York  is  seventy- 
five  cents,  varying  above  or  below  this  to 
other  markets,  according  to  distance  or 
competition  with  other  lines.  Com  be¬ 
ing  worth— I  will  write  “sells for”  instead, 
for  that  word  is  a  misinterpreter  —  only 
twenty  cents,  and  it  takes  two  and  one-fourth 
bushels  at  this  price  to  get  one  to  New  York. 
If  the  grain  is  sent  to  a  “shipping,”  or  mid¬ 
dle,  man  it  takes  another  half  of  a  bushel,  so 
that  ordinarily  it  takes  all  of  three  to  get  one 
bushel  of  corn  to  the  New  York  market.  This 
state  of  things  is  terrible  to  the  producers  and 
an  outrage  on  the  consumers  ;  but  what  can 
be  done  ?  It  is  simply  money  antagonistic 
to  muscles  and  brains  ;  and  facts  now  being 
developed  in  every  station  occupied  by  man, 
from  the  Senate  down  to  the  church  warden 
and  country  school  committee,  seem  to  indi¬ 
cate  that  the  great  object  of  universal  devo¬ 
tion— the  almighty  dollar— is  more  than  a 
match,  an  even  match,  for  ail  opposition, 
whether  in  the  representatives  of  the  pulpit, 
forum,  field  or  workshop.  The  fanner,  the 
working  and  the  professional  man— ip  fact 
every  one  whose  viscera  has  qot  become 
enormously  extended  on  the  spoils  of  the 
railroad  monopolies— are  demanding  a  change 
in  [this  state  cf  affaire,  and  the  firet-named 
class  are  holding  monster  meetings  in  many 
parts  of  the  State  for  the  agination  of  this 
appalling  subject,  then  and  there  to  speak 
with  vehemence  on,  this  topic.  A  few*  meet- 
ings  are  held,  a  great  excitement  is  gotten 
up,  when  all  at  once  there  is  a  lag  in  the  pro¬ 
ceedings  of  some  expected  oxoiting  gather¬ 
ing.  The  most  loquacious  debater  grows 
more  calm  over  the  subject,  to  the  surprise 
and  regret  of  the  interested  but  stage-mute 
listeners.  This  is  a  “wet  blanket”  on  the 
whole  proceeding  ;  no  one  can  explain  (!). 
But  I  have  the  reason  from  a  supposed  reli¬ 
able  source,  whiehis  to  the  effect  that  Esquire 
Loquacity  has  been  gratuitously  furnished 


with  a  free  return  railway  ticket  that  very 
morning,  on  which  to  visit  the  enormous 
gathering.  Farmer  Garrulousness,  from  an¬ 
other  point,  has  a  free  pass,  “good  for  a  year 
on  his  local  railroad,”  in  his  vest  pocket ;  and 
these  are  the  reasons — some  of  them — why 
these  monster  gatherings  work  so  little,  good 
as  a  remedy  against  these  evils  to  the  farm¬ 
er’s  prosperity. 

But  enough  of  this  !  “  ’Tis  true,  ’tis  pity  ; 
and  pity ’tis,  ’tis  true.”  The ’general  condi¬ 
tion  of  farmers  here  is  bad,  with  a  tendency 
to  despondency.  Crops  were  generally  good, 
wheat,  perhaps,  being  an  exception ;  but  prices 
are  low— alarmingly  so  ;  fuel  and  taxes  are 
high.  This,  linked  w ith  the  fact  thut  many  far¬ 
mers  got  aristocratic  ideas  on  dress  and  living 
during  the  better  times,  it  is  hard  to  return  from 
the  verge  of  luxury  to  that  of  poverty.  Days 
and  times  like  these  cannot  always  last ;  the 
somber  clouds  will  soon  be  dispelled  ;  the  sun 
of  luxury  will  soon  make  his  appearance,  and 
the  good  times  of  old  will  again  come  back, 
and  he  who  has  good  cheer,  a  good  companion 
to  drive  away  gloom,  cultivates  deeply  and 
thoroughly,  raises  good  stock,  feeds  it  well, 
constantly,  uniformly,  and  improves,  instead 
of  exhausting,  his  soil,  saves  what  crops  he  is 
not  now  obliged  to  sell,  will  be  prepared  for 
better  times,  and  ready  for  a  good  opening 
when  it  does  come. 

IN  CENTRAL  IOWA 

the  condition  of  the  farmers  is  similar,  ex¬ 
cepting  that  it  is  a  little  more  favorable  ;  but 
the  outlook  is  not  very  auspicious.  ’Tis  true, 
taxes  are  not  so  high  as  in  Illinois  ;  the  crops 
were  all  good,  but  the  prices  verge  on  starva¬ 
tion  to  tile  producer.  Wheat  sells  for  one 
dollar  and  five  cents,  and  is  the  only  paying 
crop  harvested  In  1872.  The  farmers  are  put¬ 
ting  all  their  surplus  wheat  on  the  market, 
but  all  who  are  not  obliged  to  do  otherwise 
are  holding  all  of  their  other  crops.  More 
particularly  is  this  tine  of  com,  for  more  re 
munerative  prices.  Where  the  average  acre 
ago  yield  approximates  forty-five  bushels,  the 
cost  of  producing  eacli  of  the  forty-five  is  fif¬ 
teen  cents — just  the  figure  it  sells  for  in  the 
market.  This  computation  is  made  with 
manual  labor  reckoned  at  twenty  dollars  per 
month.  Oats  are  selling  in  the  same  priced 
notch  ;  barley  and  potatoes  are  worth  about 
two  New  England  shillings,  potatoes  occa¬ 
sionally  dropping  off  two  or  throe  cents,  so 
the  certain  price  could  not  be  definitely  fixed 
at  much  abovo  thirty  cents.  However,  the 
intense  severity  of  the  past  Winter  may  have 
frozen  some  of  those  not  well  protected,  which 
may  give  prices  on  upward  tendency.  One 
of  the  greatest  banes  to  farmers,  not  only  in 
Iowa  but  In  all  of  the  Western  States,  is  the 
indifference  they  have  about  running  into 
debt.  It  is  very  rare  to  find  an  apparently 
well-to-do  farmer  that  is  not  owing  from 
one-tenth  to  one-half  the  value  of  his  proper¬ 
ty.  The  less  fortunate  ones  are  paying  ten, 
twelve,  or  fifteen  per  cent,  on  from  one-hall' 
to  four-fifths  the  value  of  their  property.  And 
unless  a  fuvorable  change  in  the  tide  of  affairs 
soon  comes,  their  foredoom  is  bankruptcy. 
And  this,  to  a  New  England  funner,  seems 
to  be  largely  brought  about  by  shiftlessness 
or  indifference.  When  prices  are  good,  and 
the  times  easy,  they  “five  in  clover,”  and 
when  the  reverse  of  luxury  comes,  they  live 
as  best  they  can.  A  splendid  institution  for 
farmers  is 

THE  PATRONS  OF  HUSBANDRY. 

Go  into  any  small  town  or  village  in  Iowa, 
and  you  are  almost  as  sure  to  find  a  Grange 
of  this  order  aa  you  are  eertain  of  seeing  a 
meeting  or  a  school  house.  These  societies 
not  only  develop  agricultural  facts,  but  allow 
the  members  to  obtain  their  groceries,  agricul¬ 
tural  implements,  and  clothing  at  a  general 
discount  of  ten  per  cent,,  with  the  provision, 
however,  that  the  Grange  make  tliis  arrange¬ 
ment  with  the  dealers,  and  the  trade  is  a  cash 
one.  This  last  proviso  will  have  a  tendency 
to  break  up  the  universal  habit  of  buying, 
selling  and  dealing  “  on  time.”  If  a  farmer 
once  gets  into  this  unfortunate  habit,  it  cre¬ 
ates  a  financial  laxity,  and  is  usually  a  death- 
token  to  his  prosperity. 

To  speak  of  the  meteorological  history  of 
the  present  Winter  in  Iowa,  would  be  to  say 
that  there  has  been  an  usual  quantity  of 
both  snow  and  intensely  cold  weather,  which 
has  made  sleighing  in  this  State  of  a  very  un¬ 
usual  length  of  time.  It  is  a  fact  oftentimes 
mentioned  by  those  most  conversant  on  the 
weather  topic,  that  the  Winters  are  growing, 
annually,  more  lengthy  and  severe,  and,  the 
snow-fall  is  also  yearly  increasing 

Having  now  spoken  of  the  formers’  circum¬ 
stances  in  two  of  the  most  important  of  the 
Western  States,  Uext  in  order  will  be  viewed 
that  of 

KANSAS, 

known  politically,  agriculturally,  and  poetic¬ 
ally,  as  “bleeding,”  “droughty”  Kansas, 


and  the  “Paradise  of  the  World,”  Slavery 
questions,  dry  seasons,  and  editorial  excur¬ 
sions,  have  each  been  the  source  of  these  epi¬ 
thets  ;  but  it  is  hoped  the  two  first-named  are 
issues  of  the  past,  while  the  last,  or  third,  is 
the  only  one  up  for  discussion.  Although  a 
recent  arrival  here,  1  cannot  correctly  deter¬ 
mine  the  veracity  or  untruthfulneaa  of  the 
various  statements  made  concerning  this  as 
an  agricultural  section  of  our  “  broad  do¬ 
main  ;”  yet  it  is  opined  that  those  genial 
editors  who  visited  it  last,  and  at  previous 
Summers,  feeling  so  good  while  relaxed  from 
the  arduous  duties  of  their  respective  sanc¬ 
tums,  could  scarcely  refrain  from  expressing 
their  joy  at  their  relief,  and  hence  were  in¬ 
clined  to  make  this  State  the  recipient  of 
their  uneontrolable  joy,  that  must  have  some 
subject  on  which  to  vent  itself.  Hence,  they 
are  excusable  ;  but  only  to  a  certain  extent, 
for  I  my  BO  If  believe  that  this  State  has  some 
advantages  in  the  form  of  fertile  soil,  climate, 
and  sanitary  conditions  not  to  be  boasted  of 
by  other  regions  ;  but  even  then  tiie  subject 
can  be  overdone, 

\  i siting  this  and  other  regions  of  the  West, 
wit!)  no  pecuniary  object  in  view,  and  in  the 
interest  of  no  land  swindling  or  co-operative 
humbug,  owning  no  land,  and  making  no  ex¬ 
pectation  of  purchasing  any  here,  but  being 
here  simply  to  visit  friends  and  obtain  an 
unbiased  opinion  of  its  advantages  and  dis¬ 
advantages  to  a  settler,  I  think  my  opinion 
of  it  will  be  entitled  to  the  credit  for  candor 
which  a  disinterested  man  is  entitled  to. 

In  the  adaptability  to  different,  pursuits, 
Kansas  seems  to  take  first  rank  among  all  of 
the  Western  States.  The  bottom  lands  are 
excellently  adapted  to  corn  culture,  the  sec¬ 
ond  bottoms  to  wheat,  aud  the  high  prairie, 
rolling  as  it  is,  seems  to  be  well  adapted  to 
stock  grazing.  The  bottoms  are  so  narrow 
that  a  person  can  have  under  his  supervision 
a  tract  of  lund  not  immensely  large,  and  yet 
have  a  soil  adapted  to  all  the  requisites  of  a 
mixed  system  of  farmuig  ,  but  more  espe¬ 
cially  stock  raising.  To  settle  here  m  times 
like  the  present,  one  must  have  considerable 
pluck,  or  a  large  amount  of  money,  to  make 
a  handsome  living.  With  all  the  candor  that 
is  due  to  any  one  desiring  to  settle  here,  1  say 
tlio  times  are  blue— terribly  so — here  now  ; 
but  I  believe  it  to  be  a  golden  opportunity 
for  any  one  desiring  to  settle  here  who  has 
money  to  invest  largely,  for  there  must  be 
better  times  soon,  and  than  the  price  of  land 
will  go  a-ldting  upward,  Then  those  who 
have  lived  economically,  kept  their  cultivated 
laud  free  from  weeds,  aud  hourdod  the  crops 
not  compelled  to  sell  during  this  dull  time, 
will  receive  the  reward  of  their  economy, 
diligence  and  patience. 

On  the  contrary,  those  who  have  despond- 
ingly  given  up,  will  lose  their  foot-hold,  and 
when  this  good  sailing  does  come,  they  will 
be  breaking  the  waves  without  rudder  and 
by  a  broken  compass.  To  those  who  are 
about  to  give  up  in  despair,  let  mo  tell  them 
to  keep  up  their  courage,  for  the  bottom  is  not 
kicked  out  of  farming  ■  that  the  forty  mil¬ 
lions  of  active  and  industrious  people  must 
havo  vegetables,  aud  there  must  be  a  bottom 
for  this  state  of  affaire.  In  tliis  and  all  sec¬ 
tions  of  the  West, 

THE  FUEL  QUESTION 

is  becoming  a  very  important  one,  on  account 
of  the  scarcity  of  wood.  Some  are  burning 
corn,  and  advocate  it  to  be  the  cheapest  fuel. 
At  the  present  prices  of  com,  coal  and  wood, 
there  Is  little  chance  for  argument  against 
the  sinful  practice  (to  a  N.  H.  man)  of  burn¬ 
ing  the  king  of  cereal  grains,  which  sells  for 
twenty  cents  per  bushel,  and  it  takes  two  to 
purchase  one  of  coal.  In  this  vicinity  but 
little  is  burned,  but  iu  tliat  part  of  lowa 
where  my  principal  stay  was  made,  corn  was 
generally  the  only  article  of  fuel  ;  but  1  think 
not  wisely  so,  for  a  bushel  of  coal  was  an 
even  exchange  for  one  of  corn. 

During  my  short  visit  hero,  it  has  been  my 
good  fortune  to  attend  the  meetings  of  sev¬ 
eral  farmers’  clubs,  and  it  is  a  rare  tiling  to 
find  so  much  intelligence  displayed  in  similar 
clubs  of  the  same  size  in  other  places  that  I 
have  visited.  The  members  are  making 
propositions  to  grocers,  clothiers  and  dealers 
generally  to  effect,  the  same  arrangements  as 
made  by  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry  Granges 
in  Iowa.  That  State  has  754  out  of  the  1,338 
Granges  in  the  Union.  G.  r.  d. 

PUay,  Saline  Co.,  Kansas,  Feb.  7. 

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ROTTED  CORN  AND  OATS  FOR  MANURE. 

T.  V.  A.  asks  what  is  the  Value  of  rotten 
corn  and  oats  for  manure  composed  with 
horse  manure.  We  havo  no  data  by  which 
an  accurate  comparison  and  estimate  of  value 
can  be  made  ;  but  we  should  regard  it  as  valu¬ 
able,  especially  if  composted  with  other 
manures. 


a  case  the  post  and  crossbeam  may  of  course 
be  dispensed  with,  and  the  rope  be  suspended 
from  the  roof. 

MODE  OF  PLAY. 

We  will  suppose  A.  and  B.  opposed  to  one 
another,  with  or  without  partners  ;  any  rea¬ 
sonable  number  may  join ;  the  game  to  be 
100  tip,  or  more.  A.,  having  won  the  toss, 
has  the  choice  of  commencing  or  putting  the 
adversary  in,  each  player  to  have  the  same 
number  of  shots  from  beginning  to  end.  Pre¬ 
suming  that  A.  has  scored  105  in  a  given  num¬ 
ber  of  shots,  and  B.  has  his  turn  afterwards, 
and  succeeds  in  a  like  number  of  shots  in 
scoring  100  or  more,  he  wins.  I  recommend 
two  shots  each  if  with  partners,  and  three  if 
single-handed.  If  with  partners,  and  the  first 
player  does  not  knock  all  the  pinB  down,  the 
other  partners  must  continue  to  play  at  those 
standing.  When  all  are  knocked  down,  or 
the  side  has  had  all  its  strokes,  the  pins  are 
replaced.  If  the  center  pin  for  king  as  he  is 
termed)  is  knocked  down,  and  no  other  pins 
fall,  the  score  is  48,  and  he  is  replaced.  I 
have  seen  the  kiug  knocked  down  three  con¬ 
secutive  shots,  scoring  144,  and  winning  the 
game  olf-hxuid  ;  but  this  seldom  happens.  To 
knock  all  the  pins  clown,  excepting  the  king, 
scores  24.  To  knock  the  whole  nine  pins  down 
ut  one  shot,  18.  To  knock  down  the  three 
center  pins  facing  the  player  scores  6.  One 
only  is  scored  for  each  of  the  other  pins 
knocked  down. 

If  either  the  ball  or  the  rope  strikes  the 
post,  whether  in  the  forward  or  the  back¬ 
ward  movement,  that  stroke  is  lost,  and  any 
pin  which  may  have  been  knocked  down 
must,  be  replaced.  Should  the  ball  (after 
passing  the  diamond-shaped  stand)  upset  any 
pin  or  pins  on  its  return,  they  must  be  re¬ 
placed  ;  and  in  like  manner,  when  any  pins 
are  fairly  knocked  down  in  the  forward  mo¬ 
tion  of  Hie  ball,  and  others  are  upset  initsre- 
t.urr),  the  latter  must  be  replaced. 

The  player  may  stand  with  either  one  or 
both  feet  on  the  foot-stand. 


pleased  to  find  that  both  English  and  foreign 
ladies  of  the  highest  rank  are  in  the  habit  of 
joining  in  the  game.  The  most  delicate  ladies 
or  gentlemen,  old  or  young,  can  play  it,  al¬ 
though,  as  in  the  game  of  croquet,  to  play  in 
the  first  class  requires  great  skill  and  pa¬ 
tience.  In  some  respects  it  resembles  a  mod¬ 
ification  of  nine-pins  which  has  long  been 
known  in  this  country,  and  in  which  a  hang¬ 
ing  ball  is  also  employed.  It  differs,  however, 


crop  of  ague  is  produced  here  in  August  and 
September  of  any  town  in  these  1,000  miles. 

I  have  just  been  able  to  gather  the  follow¬ 
ing  statistics.  There  are  brought  into  this 
market,  annuuly,  about  270,000  lbs.  dressed 
hogs  ;  50,000  bushels  potatoes  ;  1,500  bushels 
cranberries ;  2.500  bushels  whortleberries ; 
18,900  bushels  corn ;  5,000  bushels  oats ; 
75,000  bushels  wheat.  The  above  articles  are 
brought  in,  you  will  6ee,  pretty  heavily  for  a 


VIRGINIA  LANDS 


TO,  REMOVE  SKUNKS’  HIDES, 


Figure  2. 

place  of  this  size.  The  wheat  is  mostly  ship-  in  one  point,  which  altogether  remodels  the 
pod  to  Philadelphia,  and  the  balance  of  the  game,  and  renders  it  far  more  difficult.  This 
shipments  to  Chicago  and  the  South.  We  consists  in  the  player  being  compelled  to 
have  every  facility  for  shipping  as  we  arc  on  bring  back  the  ball  round  the  post  placed  in 
the  P.  F.  W,  and  C.  R.  K,(  and  also  on  the  the  ground  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  pins. 
Chicago,  Indianapolis  and  Louisville  R.  R.  In  doing  this  great  nicety  is  required  before 
Now  i*  our  busy  time  for  the  pork  trade,  and  the  king  can  be  brought  down  without  the 
they  are  coming  hi  quite  lively',  averaging  in  ball  touching  any  of  the  other  men,  which  is 
weight  from  S50  to  500  lbs. ;  Borne  run  to  650  necessary  in  order  to  produce  the  highest 
lbs.;  but  these  are  not  considered  so  desiraiiF*  score  ;  but  even  this  amount  of  skill  is  soon 
for  the  Cliicago  market  as  those  of  about  350  developed  in  a  persevering  player  of  more 
to  400  lbs. ;  price  this  day  84.00.  than  average  powers. 

C.  S.  S.  Todd.  The  post;  A.  and  crossbeam  B.  (Fig  l)should 
■  ■  1  ■  i  -  —  at  least  six  inches  Bquare  ;  A.  12  ft.  0  in. 

high  ;  B.  7  ft.  G  in.  long,  with  a  galvanized 


Will  some  experienced  sportsman  tell  me 
how  to  remove  a  skunk’s  hide  withoutgetting 
perfumed  thereby  ;  also  how  to  keep  the 
skunk.  Frank  J. 


LI8T  OF  PEAS  WANTED. 

Will  not  those  of  your  readers  who  grow 
early  peas  for  market,  give,  through  the 
Rural  New  Yorker,  their  votes  as  to  the 
curliest,  best  (as  to  quality)  and  most  profita¬ 
ble  peas  to  grow  ;  also  name  the  best  (tanning 
pea.  Similar  lists  of  other  early  and  market 
vegetables  would  be  interesting,  and  I  am 
sure  you  would  gladly  publish  such  notes  of 
this  sort  as  you  might  receive.  s.  f.  i\ 
Yes,  gladly.  Let  us  have  them,  and  the 
sooner  the  better,  for  the  season  is  already 
opening. 


8CHLEUDERKEGELBAHN 


This  is  the  name  of  an  old  Flemish  pastime,  I 
or  “  slinging  nine-pins,”  which  we  give  here, 
as  furnished  by  a  correspondent  of  an  English  | 
paper,  because  it  is  something  that  that  class  j 


CUCUMBERS  ON  TRELLISES, 


The  Gardener’s  Monthly  says  no  one  who 
has  not  tried  it,  can  have  any  idea  of  the  lux¬ 
urious  growth  of  a  cucumber,  when  trained 
to  a  stake,  which  has  a  set  of  stubby  side- 
branches  left  along  its  length  ;  and  the  crop 
on  some  the  writer  saw  so  trained  was  enor¬ 
mous.  By  this  plan  the  vines  occupy  less 
ground,  audit  is  the  natural  habit  of  the  cu¬ 
cumber  to  climb  instead  of  trailing  on  the 
ground.  This  is  a  hint  worth  remembering, 
especially  by  those  who  have  small  gardens. 


TO  KEEP  BIRDS  FROM  8TRAWBERRY 
BEDS. 


An  English  correspondent  of  the  Gardener’s 
Chronicle  lias  Ids  plants  growing  in  long,  nar¬ 
row  beds.  He  has  a  post  at  each  end,  a  wire 
stret  ched  to  each,  u  l  ing  on  the  wire,  a  string 
or  light  rope  on  the  ring,  and  a  cat  on  the 
other  end  of  the  rope.  Pussy  can  walk  up 
and  down  the  bed  but  nowhere  else.  The 
birds  decrease  in  numbers,  and  pussy  likes 
the  job. 

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WHITE  APPLE  TOMATO. 

I  grew  this  tomato  four  years  since— prob¬ 
ably  one  of  the  very  first  of  its  growers. 
While  it  is  of  fair  size,  smooth,  half-oval  in 
form,  of  a  pale  lemon  or  milk-white,  it  has  no 
richness  in  the  quality  of  its  flesh  and  is  of  no 
value,  beyond  that  of  being  a  simple  curiosity, 
for  edible  use.  f.  r.  e. 


SCALE 

5  -|  FEFT 


Figure  3. 

pins,  all  of  which  are  of  beech,  are  of  the 
following  dimensions,  viz. :  ball,  7  in.  in  diam¬ 
eter  ;  king  pin,  18  in.  by  5  in. ;  others  16  in. 
by  5  in.  The  game  is  usually  played  out  of 
doore,  but  I  recommend  a  covered  shed,  with 
open  sides  to  admit  plenty  of  light.  In  such 


Figure  1. 

of  our  re  ad  ere  who  indulge  in  croquet  may 
substitute  for  it ;  and  because  country  life 
may  often  be  relieved  of  its  monotony  by 
just  such  innocent  amusements.  The  corre¬ 
spondent  referred  to  says  “  It  attracted  my 
attention  in  Germany  last  season,  and  I  was 


FROM  PLYMOUTH,  IND 


Garden  Work  is  at  hand.  Get  the  seeds, 
make  the  hot-beds,  prepare  for  business. 
Much  preliminary  work  can  be  done  before 
the  snow  goes. 


We  have  8,000  inhabitants,  the  handsomest 
Court  House  in  the  State,  gave  500  majority 
for  Hendricks  for  Govenor,  and  the  largest 


comm  - -  -  .  . - 

1,0  ^yn  tauTfc  of  our  grape  growers),  and  by 
-^ftg  fertilizers.  My  last  shipment  of  Iona 
griipes  this  fall  to  Chicago  sold  for  15  to  20 
cents  per  pound,  when  good  Catawbas 
brought  only  10  to  13.  I  am  Ann  in  the  be- 


eate  hands.  So,  health  and  fashion  being  on 
our  side,  we  kept  secretly  at  work  till  the 
pleasant  task  was  done ;  and  returned  to  the 
realm  of  kettles  and  stew-pans,  resolved,  in 
some  future  leisure  hour,  to  urge  such  of  our 
Rural  sisters  as  are  not  already  the  happy 
owners  of  (lower  gardens  to  devote  a  part  of 
their  time  to  the  cultivation  of  such  (lowers 
us  require  hut  little  extra  cure. 

Don’t  say  you  have  no  time.  Leave  off  a 
ruffle  on  Susie’s  apron,  or  the  rows  of  braid 
on  Tommy’s  jacket.  If  the  kitchen  floor  be 
not  daily  polished  to  whiteness,  your  husband 


SUCCESS  WITH  THE  IONA  GR* 


In  the  Rural  New-York*- 
an  article  by  Mr.  Ellio-  of  Feb.  8,  is 

Cleveland  Herald,  r  *'C  copied  from  the 
cess  of  Mr.  Bat-  commenting  on  the  suc- 
Herald.  -juHAK’s  reply  as  given  in  the 

In  the 

tun*’  '  “era*d  of  last  week,  the  horticul- 
m  contributor,  Add l,  Mr.  Elliott,  speaks 


GRASS  AMONG  GRAPES 


Pennsylvania  is  partial  to  grass.  Thomas 
Meehan  advocates  grass  for  peal's,  and  now 
we  have  a  Mr.  Meuckkon  of  Catawissa,  Pa., 
asserting  that  a  seven  years’  oxporienceiu  not 
stirring  the  ground,  but.  growing  grass  be¬ 
tween  his  grape  vinca,  had  proved  it  to  be  the 
best  plan.  He  does  not  inform  us  whether 
he  mulches,  or  manures  his  vines  in  any  way. 
Doubtless  he  does. 


GRAPES  FOR  KANSAS. 

Dr.  J .  Steoman  of  Kansas,  a  close  observer 
and  practical  man,  recommends  but  two 
grapes  for  general  cultivation  in  that  State— 
the  Concord  and  Ives. 


AN  EFFECTIVE  FUMIGATOR 


We  notice  that  the  Board  of  Health  of 
Chelsa  are  using  free  chlorine,  or  rather  hypo- 
chlorous  acid,  as  a  disinfectant  for  bedding, 
furniture,  and  apartments,.  They  use  about 
ono  pound  of  chloride  of  lime  to  two  ounces 
of  muriatic  acid.  This  is  an  excellent  disin 
foctant,  but  requires  to  be  used  with  great 
caution,  as  tho  chlorine  and  hypochiorous 
acid  set  free  will  attack  powerfully  any  veg¬ 
etable  colors  that  may  be  exposed  to  them. 
They  will  also  destroy  any  fabric  that  may 
be  submitted  to  thoir  fumes,  and  will  cause 
all  iron  articles  to  rust  rapidly,  A  much 
•safer,  and  more  pleasant  article  for  the  pur¬ 
pose,  is  a  little  carbolic  acid  volatilized  by  be¬ 
ing  poured  upon  a  bob  shovel.  This,  with  a 
plentiful  use  of  carbolate  of  lime  about  the 
premises,  will  be  all-sufflcient.  Carbolic  acid 
stands  at  the  head  of  the  list  of  known  disin¬ 
fectants,  being  superior  to  every  other  article 
that  lias  been  tried,  with  the  single  exception 
of  hyponitrous  acid,  which  is  produced  by 
pouring  nitric  acid  upon  copper,  ami  heating 
the  solution.  This,  however,  is  not  available 
for  most  purposes,  on  account  of  its  c  xtremely 
corrosive  action.  -  Boston  Journal  of  Churn. 


SELF  PURIFICATION  OF  FLOWING 
WATER. 


Concerning  the  rapidity  with  which  con¬ 
taminations  are  got  rid  of  by  flowing  water, 
Dr.  Letueby  asserts  that  sewage  impurities 
will  entirely  disappear  in  a  flow  of  a  dozen 
miles.  If,  ho  says,  ordinary  sewage,  contain¬ 
ing  say  one  hundred  grains  of  solid  matter  to 
the  gallon,  of  which  solid  matter  probably 
something  like  fourteen  or  fifteen  grains  will 
he  organic,  be  mixed  with  twenty  times  its 
bulk  of  ordinary  river  water,  it  will  not  con¬ 
tain,  after  a  flow  of  ten  or  twelve  miles,  a 
particle  of  that  sewage  discoverable  by  any 
chemical  process.  Dr.  Parkbk  also  behoves 
that  flowing  water  thus  purifies  itself,  but  he 
does  not  undertake  to  say  how  far  it  must 
run  to  make  the  process  of  purification  com¬ 
plete. 


derful  plants, 


nepenthes 

and  his  troop  of  hungry  men  will  not  mind 
it  ;  so,  just  get  things  in  train  for  dinner,  and 
steal  tho  time  for  some  pleasant  work  in  the 
garden  every  day.  Pay  no  regard  to  John’s 
sly  hint  that  a  lively  race  with  him  down 
through  the  potato  patch,  hoc  in  hand,  would 
do  just  as  well;  but  coax  or  hire  somebody 
to  spade  a  little  plot  of  ground,  and  the  work 
of  planting  and  weeding  will  be  a  panacea  for 
numerous  physical  ills.  A  sun  bath  in  your 
own  door  yard  might  be  just  as  potent,  and 
certainly,  less  costly  than  if  prescribed  by  a 
physician  to  be  taken  on  fho  hillside,  at  some 
fashionable  water  cure.  Try  it,  ye  worn  and 
exhausted  toilers,  who,  in  the  never-ending 
round  of  household  labor,  are  fast  losing  that 
buoyancy  of  spirit  which  is  such  a  powerful 
lever  In  lifting  heavy  burdens. 

Ruth  Dana. 


hafflesiana. 

I  of  my  success  with  the  Iona 


WOMAN’S  WORK  IN  THE  GARDEN 


i  WOULD  not  dig  like  that  if  I  never  had  a 
flower,”  came  floating  in  no  very  goiitlo  tones 
across  the  garden  to  our  cars  ;  and  the  lady, 
in  silken  array ,  leaned  back  in  her  carriage, 
to  cast  another  contemptuous  glance  on  us 
and  our  hoe,  just  as  we  wore  making  vigorous 
assaults  on  a  few  weeds  among  the  flower 
beds  ;  and  then,  the  showy  equipage  with  its 
city -bred  occupants  dashed  out  of  sight. 

Were  we  disturbed  by  this  comment  ?  Not 
i  whit.  That  Summer  morning,  we  had  gone 
out  of  the  stifling  an- of  our  kitchen  into  tho 
blessed  sunshine,  weary  and  discouraged  with 
the  mountain  of  indoor  work  before  us,  know¬ 
ing  full  well,  that  wc  should  go  back  in  an 
hour,  refreshed  in  body  and  light  of  heart 
from  inhaling  the  breath  of  the  soil,  and  the 
sight  of  our  floral  treasures  ;  so,  one  little 
whiff  of  ridicule  should  not  rob  us  of  this 


HOW  TO  PRESERVE  FUNGI 


It  is  sometimes  desirable  to  preserve  speci¬ 
mens  of  fungi  for  future  or  more  convenient 
examination.  For  such  purpose  the  follow¬ 
ing  mixture  has  been  recommended :  sul¬ 
phuric  acid,  2  pints  ;  water,  8  pints  ;  mix  and 
add  creosote,  1  pint.  Bottle  the  fungi  in  this 
and  cork  tightly,  it  is  said  to  preserve  them 
perfectly,  without  change  of  color.  Fungi 
may  be  preserved  by  drying,  by  bedding 
them  in  silver  sand,  gills  upward,  in  tin  box¬ 
es,  and  placing  them  in  a  slow  oven  for  two 
or  three  hours. 


THE  BEST  TWELVE  TEA  ROSES. 

The  editor  of  the  London,  Eng.,  Garden, 
having  been  requested  to  name  the  best  12 
tea  roses  names  the  following  : — Devoniensis, 
Marechal  Kiel,  Gloire  de  Dijon,  Souvenir  d’un 
Ami,  Souvenir  d’Elisc,  Madame  VVOlermoz, 
Triomphe  dc  Rennes,  Niphetos,  Celine  Forcs- 
tior,  Madame  Margottin,  Belle  Lyonnaiso 
Adam. 


THE  CENT  OF  1799 


WillD.  P,,  Bergen  Point,  N.  J.,  explain 
more  fully,  in  Moore’s  Rural  New-Yorker, 
in  relation  to  the  manufacture  of  the  Ameri¬ 
can  cent  in  the  year  1799,  as  to  design  and 
other  particulars,  the  subscriber  having  a 
cent  with  date  somewhat  defaced,  but  thinks 
it  to  be  of  that  date.  p 


A  CALLA  LILY 


42S 


Uairjr  Xnusbattdm. 


MANAGING  THE  MILK  BUSINES8, 


_ .  L_  «  j  .  .  v  ^  »  -v  .  uMi.wMn  iu  i/a * uw  ai kt-i  x  1/9  na  1  ivan  ill 

of  land,  of  a  °dScfipt?on  such™  '  th*city*  The  city  ml]k  wagonn  unload  the 


As  a  subscriber  and  attentive  reader  of 
your  book  on  Practical  Dairy  Husbandry,  I 
take  the  liberty  of  addressing  you.  I  farm 
1,000  acres  of  land,  of  a  description  such  as 
you  recommend  us  well  suited  rot  dairy  pur¬ 
poses,  being  fifty  miles  east  of  Ogdensbueg 
and  on  the  St.  Lawrence.  T  have  150  head 
of  cattle,  which  I  purpose  increasing  to  800. 
I  have,  to  f  ills  time,  been  making  cheese,  but 
a  new  avenue  of  greater  profit,  offers  itself  in 
the  sale  of  the  milk  at  Montreal,  from  which 
city  I  am  three  (3)  mi  I  ok  by  railroad,  and 
three  (3)  miles  from  the  depot, ;  that  is,  would 
have  to  cart  throe  (3)  miles  from  farm  to 
depot.  Now,  what.  I  desire  to  have  your  ex¬ 
perience  and  advice  upon,  Is  the  modus  ope 
randi  in  which  I  should  go  into  the  business. 
I  have  read  your  views  upon  the  subject,  but 
os  many  are  presented  feel  tlmt  a  corres¬ 
pondence  with  you  would  load  to  my  receiv¬ 
ing  valuable  information  as  to  mode  of  ex. 
trading  of  animal  heat  from  milk  at  farm, 
size  and  description  of  can  rnoBt  desirable, 
and  the  many  points  that  will  occur  to  yon 
but.  not  present  themselves  to  me,  and  which 
it  is  indispensable  I  should  be  posted  upon. 

Trains  by  which  T  could  ship  leave  at  «  A. 
M.  and  6  P,  M. ;  would  it  be  well  to  ship  once 

f  I  *«  A-  %  MM  M  A  A  n  A  A  .t  ? _  fi.1 _  . 


quite  full,  the  milk  dealers  instruct  their 
patrons  to  add  water,  if  necessary,  to  the 
last  can. 

The  shipping,  during  warm  weather,  should 
always  be  done  in  refrigerator  cars,  in  order 
that  the  temperature  of  the  milk  may  be 
.  kept  low  during  it*  transit  and  during  the 
time  it  remain*  In  the  car  after  its  arrival  in 


Jiarg  of  a  pluralist. 


l  milk  car*  in  New  York  at  an  early  hour  in 
the  morning,  and  our  correspondent  should 
moke  arrangement*  for  the  disposal  of  hi* 
milk  in  a  similar  way. 

Success  in  the  milk  business  requires  great 
attention  to  cleanliness  in  every  branch  of 
management.  There  must  bo  eternal  vigi 
lance,  that  everything  about  the  dairy  be 
kept  sweet,  that  every  pail,  can  or  milk  vessel 
be  thoroughly  cleansed  from  day  to  day,  and 
that  they  be  aired  and  exposed' to  the  sun’s 
rays  after  cleansing.  A  little  part  icle  of  old 
milk  left  in  the  seams  of  the  pails  or  cans,  and 
coming  in  contact  with  the  new  milk,  will 
not  unfrequently  do  great  mischief.  They 
am  the  germs  of  decomposition  which,  under 
orable  temperature*,  multiply  at.  a  fearful 
rate,  and  unless  care  is  taken  to  exclude  them 
from  the  milk  by  careful  cleaning — scalding 
with  boiling  water-  the  milk  will  not.  be 
likely  to  keep,  and  will  in  all  probability  turn 
out  bad  The  milk  vessels  should  be  washed 
in  a  solution  of  6al  soda,  boiling  water  should 
bo  freely  used,  and  what  is  better,  the  several 


or  twice  a  day  1  and.  m  either  case,  send  part*  of  the  vessel  should  be  treated  with  a 
morning’s  milk  by  evening's  train  and  vice  jet  of  hot  steam. 


. . 'Cl  >a  iu  cm/i.  <*uu 

versa,  or  must  morning’s  milk  be  distributed 
in  the  evening  and  the  latter  in  the  morning  ? 
or  could  the  morning’s  milk  be  kept  all  day 
at  the  farm,  and  mixed  with  and  sent  down 
with  the,  evening’s  milk  at  6  P.  M.  for  deliv- 
ery  the  following  morning  ?  What,  I  wont  to 
reach  is,  how  is  the  milk  to  be  kept  sweet 
and  pure  for  twenty-four  hours  ? 

C.  B.  Macdonald. 

Gray’s  Creek  Dairy  Farm, Cornwallis,  Ontario. 

When  milk  is  sent,  by  rail  to  the  city  for 
consumption,  it.  must  be  properly  “cured” 
at  the  farm  before  canning.  The  curing 
consists  in  thoroughly  cooling  the  milk  by 
means  of  cold  spring  water,  and  the  process 
of  taking  out  the  animal  bent  should  be  ac¬ 
complished  within  an  hour  after  drawing  the 
milk  from  the  cows,  As  milk  is  usually  dis¬ 
tributed  in  the  city  in  the  morning  or  during 
the  early  part  of  the  day,  it  would  not  be 
practicable  to  ship  the  milk  twice  a  day.  In 
order  to  do  this,  the  milking  in  the  morning 
would  have  to  be  done  at  a  very  early  hour 
— at  least  by  4  o’clock,  A.  M.  Then  say  that 
an  hour  was  ■-per it  in  cooling  the  milk  and  an 
hour  in  hauling  tho  milk  to  the  train,  it  would 
be  U  o’clock  before  the  train  arrived  at  the 
city,  and  the  teams  would  not  get  fairly 
under  way  in  furnishing  customers  until  10 
A.  M.  Again,  if  the  night’s  milk  was  to  be 
taken  to  the  train,  the  milking  must  be  com- 


With  due  attention  to  health  of  cows  and 
their  management,  good  feed,  good  water, 
cleanliness  in  milking,  and  in  all  the  details 
of  handling  milk,  it  will  remain  sound  for 
the  time  we  have  named,  and  give  good  sat¬ 
isfaction  to  consumers. 

■  ♦ - 

U8E8  OF  THE  MICROSCOPE. 

We  copy  from  Mr.  Willard’s  report  of 
the  American  Dairymen’s  Association,  the 
following  abstract  from  ex-Gov.  Seymour’s 
address  :  —Governor  Seymour’s  address  in  re¬ 
lation  to  the  uses  of  the  microscope  was  time¬ 
ly  and  suggestive.  He  urged  that  farmers 
could  employ  this  instrument  to  advantage 
in  the  various  branches  of  their  calling  and 
not,  only  Increase  their  knowledge  but  it 
would  at  the  same  time  afford  a  vast  amount 
of  pleasure  to  every  member  of  the  family. 
Human  sight  is  dull  and  weak.  Out  of  the 
many  objects  and  movements  around  us  we 
see  but  few,  The  air  and  water  are  tilled 
with  animal  and  vegetable  organisms  invisi¬ 
ble  to  the  unaided  eye.  Plants  change  and 
grow,  but  wo  do  not  see  the  processes ;  even 
large  objects  are  viewed  in  mere  outlines  and 
wit.li  our  f e ehl o  visions  we  do  not  learn  their 
texture  or  real  nature.  W e  know  nothing  of 
the  st  ructure  of  the  skin  upon  our  hands,  or 
the  hair  upon  our  heads,  until  they  are  sly>wn 
to  us  by  artificial  helps.  In  truth  wo  iicif  m 
a  dim  twilight,  on  the  outer  edge  as  it  were  of 
the  swarming  active  life  which  fills  the  earth, 
but  which  with  our  unaided  senses  we  can 
not  detect.  He  did  not  doubt  but  that  this 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  Newt 
York  City. 

KEEPINO  NEWSPAPERS. 

Feb.  4. — Few  persons  appear  to  value  a 
newspaper  after  it  has  once  been  read 
through.  Of  course,  if  one  takes  several  pa¬ 
pers  and  endeavors  to  keep  them  all  filed 
I  away,  it  will  require  considerable  room  for 
I  storage.  But  if  a  few  of  the  very  best,  and 
I  those  of  a  convenient  form  for  binding,  be 
reserved,  such,  for  instance,  as  the  Rural 
New  Yorker,  a  library  for  reference,  if 
nothing  more,  will  very  soon  be  accumulated. 
Think,  for  a  moment,  what  a  fund  of  Infor¬ 
mation  there  is  in  fifty-two  numbers  of  such 
a  paper ;  and  when  an  index  accompanies 
them,  how  readily  one  can  turn  to  any  arti¬ 
cle  that,  has  appeared  during  the  year.  Now, 
the  difference  between  keeping  every  num¬ 
ber  of  such  a  paper  where  it  can  be  reached 
at  any  moment,  when  it  is  desirable  to  do  so, 
or  not,  is  as  great  as  between  a  person  who 
reads  for  amusement,  and  forgets  everything 
the  next  moment,  or  one  who  reads  to  learn 
and  remembers  what  is  read.  One  is  a  bun¬ 
dle  of  useful  knowledge,  and  the  other  an 
empty  shell.  One  person  accumulates  knowl¬ 
edge  for  a  time  of  need,  another  sows  as  fast 
as  it  is  reaped,  consequently  his  brain  is  a 
barren  field  that  shallow  culture  ha*  render¬ 
ed  unfit  to  produce  a  bountiful  crop. 

I  have  often  heard  people  remark,  when 
speaking  of  certain  persons,  “  What,  a  fund 
of  information  that  man  or  woman  possess¬ 
es  !  There  seems  to  be  no  subject  upon 
which  they  are  not  well  informed  J”  Now, 
when  I  meet  such  a  person  I  always  suspect 
that  they  have  a  habit  of  filing  away  their 
old  newspapers,  or  of  making  scrap-books  of 
the  best  articles  cut  therefrom.  Perhaps  it 
is  u  good  thing  that  everybody  does  not  save 
their  old  newspapers,  or  remember  what  they 
read ;  for  if  it  were  so,  they  would  demand 
more  originality  in  writers,  and  now  discov¬ 
eries,  after  being  repeated  an  indefinite  num¬ 
ber  of  times,  might  cloy  the  mcnlul  appetite 
of  readers. 

I  luvve  had  a  habit  of  preserving  a  few  of 
the  best  magazines  and  newspapers  and  ob¬ 
taining  complete  sets  of  the  same  when  prac¬ 
ticable  ;  and  I  am  often  amused,  in  looking 
over  the  old  volumes,  to  see  how  closely  each 


7  1  l,uuus  do  com-  not  aereci.  11c  mu  urn  aoupt  out  tnat  tins  l  generation  of  writers  follow  those  who  pre- 

menced  very  early  in  the  afternoon  ;  but  it  1*  wisely  ordered  and  that  it  is,  in  the  main,  1  It  ,, 

would  arrive  in  the  city  at  <1  o’clock  in  the  for  man’a  well-being  when  we  take  into  «dethem-  It  is  the  san  e  great  scroll,  con- 
Bvml„  „ , ,  ,  ,  lf.  1  '  '  ,  ”  7®  account  the  fact  that  lie  is  gifted  with  facili-  denting  and  becoming  a  little  ti. ranger  with 

evening,  ana  lying  in  the  car  during  the  ties  which  enable  him  in  a  good  degree  to  each  successive  turn ;  but  still  the  same,  and 
night,  would  be  ready  for  distribution  early  overcome  the  evils  of  feeble  vision.  If  eyes  go  uear  alike  in  all  its  port*  that  one  needs  to 

in  the  following  morning.  were  microscopic  he  would  see  too  much  for  ~  .  -.  .. _ . .  .  , 

rr,  1 _ „  moral  and  mental  strength.  Enough  is  done  be  a  close,  observer  to  find  distinctive  marks 

I  he  more  .  eatible  way,  perhaps,  would  be  for  us  when  we  are  put  in  the  way  of  finding  of  advancement.  To-day  I  have  heen  arrang- 
to  adopt  the  plan  practiced  by  the  milk  pro-  out  matter  for  ourselves  and  when,  above  a  11,  ing  and  putting  aside  my  accumulations  of 
ducers  of  New  York  and  Connecticut,  who  we  are  endowed  with  the  power  which  ena  1873  where  I  can  have  them  at  hand  for  com- 
furnish  New  York  city  with  this  article.  The  Slentehfw.  Parison  with  those  of  1873.  The  questions 

night’s  milk  is  kept  over  at  the  farm  until  after-  u'djB  a  crime  against  the  laws  of  our  being.  that  will  be  asked  and  answered  this  year  in 
noon  of  the  next  day,  and  the  morning’s  milk  He  referred  to  the  high  degree  of  perfection  our  periodicals  may  vary  somewhat  from 
is  kept  until  afternoon  of  the  same  day.  when  to  which  magnifying  glasses  have  been  those  of  last,  but  the  difference,  must  neces- 

S;7“ ■«* ’* vf 

mg  ti  am,  and  the  whole  is  ready  for  distnbu  the  laws  of  human  life.  In  physic,  in  surgery'  and  new  subscribers  are  educated  m  the  same 
tdon  in  the  city  early  the  following  morning,  in  the  workshop  and  in  the  factory,  it  lias  be  school  as  their  predecessors.  Ongcan  scarcely 
Under  this  plan  one-half  of  the  milk  is  thirty-  come  a  great,  practical  instrument,  and  those  pick  up  an  old  volume  of  any  periodical  in 
six  hours  and  the  other  half  twenty -four  Jj8®  * t  have  a  great  advantage  over  those  which  he  will  not  find  articles  giving  the 

hours  old  when  it  goes  to  the  city  milkman’s  "  Referring  to  the  manner  in  which  the  mi  kind  of  information  as  those  published 

cart.  There  is  no  troublo  in  keeping  the  milk  croscopc  would  be  likely  to  aid  the  dairy  to-day.  Novelties  of  to-day  were,  in  many 
sweet  for  this  length  of  time  if  everything  at  farmer,  he  said  men  can  never  be  converted  instances, novelties  a  half  century  or  more  ago. 

the  dairy  and  in  the  shipping  be  properly  from  ways  until  they  get  clear  ideas  of  y0  illustrate  this,  I  will  open  anv  of  my  old 

wrong  doing.  It  is  hard  to  carry  out.  a  shad-  ,  .  ,  .  .  - 

,  owy.  Indefinite  idea  ;  it  is  hard  to  resist  one  volumes  of  magazines  ;  for  instance,  here  m 

At  the  farm  a  milk  house  with  cold  water  that  is  clear,  strong,  and  clean  cut.  A  good  the  first  one  taken  down  from  the  shelf,  1 
tanks  or  pools  will  be  required.  The  pools  microscope  in  each  cheese  factory  in  the  see,  upon  page  11,  an  article  headed,  “New' 
should  be  about  twenty  inches  deep,  and  the  hands  of  one  who  could  use  it.  and  who  would  Zealand  Flax:”  but  really,  thin  cannot  be 
flow  of  water  should  be  sufficient  to  divest  fect°2i£ ’iw  th^trons  the  **"'*  Plant  whiph  is  attracting  so  much 

the  milk  of  Its  animal  heat  iu  an  hour — cool-  an  easy,  cheap  way  work  out,  most  of  the  ro  attention  at  the  present  time,  and  the  one 
ing  it  down  to  about  58‘  Fahr.  The  milk,  as  forms ‘at,  which  we  aim  on  the  part  of  our  that  is  being  nursed,  at  great  expense,  in  our 
it  is  drawn  from  the  cow.  is  strained,  and  fanners.  We  should  see  with  the  instrument,  Government  Experimental  Garden  at  Wash- 
tamed  into  tin  pall*  eight  Inches  In  diameter  "‘?wn  '  thinly  it  to-the  genuine  Phor- 

oy  about  twenty  inches  long,  and  the  pails  they  drink  from  stagnant  pools.  We  should  rnium  ttnax,  or  New  Zealand  Flax,  and  is 
are  immediately  placed  in  the  water  pools,  see  the  germs  of  poisononslife  floating  in  the  described  in  the  First.  Volume  of  the  Farm- 
care  being  taken  to  have  tho  water  come  up  air  decaying  animal  and  vegetable  mat-  ers>  anc}  Mechanics'  Magazine,  published  in 

r-  f  9t  i  **  *«*.  >**  ^  » 

la  of  tri©  mule.  It  i>  usual  to  fill  the  pails  port  in  irund.  lie  thought  th©  microscope  more  interesting  to  those  who  think  they  are 
within  three  inches  of  the  top,  giving  a  depth  should  be  a  farm  tool.  among  the  first  to  introduce  and  cultivate 

of  milk  say  about  seventeen  inches.  Here  Insects,  rusts  and  blight  are  great  enemies  this  plant  in  AjnericA,  the  notice  referred  to 

™tSita*T7,Tnl"1<’  7““"'  *7to*  JiSflT  sem' ’S/Tl  “SjdTm1 ‘‘itTs’ t  ,  «|x>™  15  ■«»  »  defirriptlon  of  the  plant 

out  oi  tue  pools  in  a  continuous  stream)  until  great  point  guinea  to  be  able  to  see  what  how  to  extract  its  valuable  fiber,  but  it 
the  time  for  carting  to  the  train.  vour  enemy  is  and  what  he  is  doing.  We  also  informs  the  public  that  Mr.  Michael 

The  New  York  milk  cane  hold  about  forty  nave  also  numerous  armies  of  friends'  in  in-  pL0Y  of  Harlem,  has  the  plants  growing  at 

'“"’■I.!**1*  !  lus  nuwery.  Perhaps  soma  of  the  old  New. 

cans.  They  are  provided  with  a  close-fitting  p.S)  but' we  can  only  do  so  by  the  aid  of  mag-  Yorkers  remember  Mr.  Floy  and  the  many 
cover,  so  as  to  avoid  all  leakage  or  spilling  of  nifviiig  glasses.  choice  trees  and  plants  he  introduced  into 

milk  during  transit.  Warm  and  cold  milk  I,;  is  one  of  the  greatest  mistakes  of  the  this  country.  Some  of  the  old  Magnolias  and 

b“<^  •*  •***« 
is  no  objection  in  mingling  the  mornings  farm  products  than  is  known  by  those  whoso  but  the  encroachments  of  the  city  are  fast 

atul  evening’s  mess  of  milk  together  when  labor  makes  them.  The  buyer  has  tests  blotting  out  those  beautiful  monuments  of  a 

both  have  been  thoroughly  cooled,  as  above  which  the  farmer  does  not  have.  The  wool  departed  horticulturist’s  skill.  Well,  I  must 

described.  look  no  further  in  these  old  volumes,  else  I 

In  shipping,  the  cans  must  be  completely  products,  and  the  mm.  wiio  knows^the  most  wdl  lotting  out  secrets  which  had  better 

tilled,  aud  x'ather  than  have  a  can  go  out  not  always  gets  the  best  bargain.  be  kept. 


_  densing  and  becoming  a  little  st  ronger  with 
5  each  successive  turn  ;  but  still  the  same,  and 

*  so  near  alike  in  all  its  part*  that  one  needs  to 
[  be  a  close,  observer  to  find  distinctive  marks 
j  of  advancement.  To-day  I  have  heen  arrang- 
,  ing  and  putting  aside  my  accumulations  of 

*  1872  where  I  can  have  them  at  hand  for  com- 
pai-ison  with  thoso  of  1873.  Tiie  questions 
that  will  be  asked  and  answered  this  year  in 

1  our  periodicals  may  vary  somewhat  from 
1  those  of  last,  but  the  difference  must  neces- 
J  earily  be  very  slight,  because  the  new  readers 
and  new  subscribers  are  educated  in  the  same 
S'  1 1 ool  a*  t  heir  predecessors.  On§  can  scarcely 
pick  up  an  old  volume  of  any  periodical  in 
which  he  will  not  find  articles  giving  the 
same  kind  of  information  as  those  published 
to-day.  Novelties  of  to-day  were,  in  many 
instances,  novelties  a  half  century  or  more  ago. 

To  illustrate  this,  I  will  open  any  of  my  old 
volumes  of  magazines  ;  for  instance,  here  in 
the  first  one  taken  down  from  the  shelf,  1 
see,  upon  page  11,  an  article  headed,  “New 
Zealand  Flax  but  really,  this  cannot  be 
the  same  plant  which  is  attracting  so  much 
attention  ar.  the.  present  time,  and  the  one 
that  is  being  nursed,  at  great  expense,  in  our 
Government  Experimental  Garden  at  Wash¬ 
ington  !  Certainly  it  is— the  genuine  Phor- 
m/urn  ttnax,  or  New  Zealand  Flax,  and  is 
described  in  the  First,  Volume  of  the  Fann¬ 
ers’  and  Mechanics’  Magazine,  published  in 
i  New  York,  March,  1826.  And,  what  may  be 
more  interesting  to  those  who  think  they  are 
among  the  first  to  introduce  and  cultivate 
this  plant  in  America,  the  notice  referred  to 
above  is  not  only  a  description  of  the  plant 
and  how  to  extract  Its  valuable  fiber,  but  it 
also  informs  the  public  that  Mr.  Michael 
Floy  of  Harlem,  has  the  plants  growing  at 
his  nursery.  Perhaps  some  of  the  old  New- 
Yorkers  remember  Mr.  Floy  and  the  many 
choice  trees  and  plants  he  introduced  into 
this  country.  Some  of  the  old  Magnolias  and 
other  trees  which  he  planted  still  survive  ; 
but  the  encroachments  of  the  city  are  fast 
blotting  out  those  beautiful  monuments  of  a 
departed  horticulturist’s  skill.  Well,  I  must 
look  no  further  in  these  old  volumes,  else  I 
will  bo  letting  out  secrets  which  had  better 
be  kept. 


MY  PET  CHICKAREE. 

Feb.  5.— The  bright  warm  sun  to-day 
brought  out  my  pet  chickaree,  or  red  squir- 

-  rel,  (Sciurus  Hudaonius ,  Pallas,)  which  has 
been  snowed  under  for  the  past  two  months. 
He  has  lived  in  the  rocks  or  in  the  roof  of  my 

I  ice-house  for  the  past  three  or  four  years,  and 
I  crack  nuts  for  him  wherever  he  appears 
during  tho  Winter.  The  heavy  snow*  in  De¬ 
cember  buried  his  nest  and  home  completely, 
a  and  he  has  not  been  seen  since.  I  began  to 
j  fear  for  his  safety.  Most  of  our  naturalists 
r  say  that  this  squ  Irrel  1  ays  up  no  food  for  W in- 
3  ter,  but  depends  upon  gathering  it  whenever 
r  wanted.  Perhaps  my  pet  chickaree  is  an  ex- 
1  crption  to  the  general  rule,  or  he  has  become 
so  far  advanced  in  education  a s  to  know  when 
i.  lie  is  likedy  to  be  snowed  under  ;  but  there  is 
f  one  thing  certain,  he  did  lay  up  a  good  store 
.  of  uuts  last  Fall.  For,  several  days  before  the 

-  coldest  weather  came,  he  was  very  busy  lay- 
1  ing  up  hickory  nuts,  and  would  ascend  a  tree 
3  fifty  or  more  feet  high,  take  a  nut  in  his 

-  j  mouth  and  carry  it  to  his  storehouse,  and 
,  j  return  in  less  than  a  minute.  He  would  work 

an  hour  or  more  at  a  time,  then  rest  for  two 
1  hours  or  more  before  returning  to  hi3  labor. 

,  If  he  happens  to  get  out  of  food,  as  he  did 
j  two  years  ago,  he  is  sure  to  let  me  know  it 
;  ;  by  coming  near,  but  always  keeping  at  a  safe 
1  distance  and  sounding  his  welcome  “chicka¬ 
ree.”  He  will  sit  upon  a  branch  a  few  feet 
1  above  my  head  and  watch  me  while  I  crack 
a  few  nut*  for  him  ;  and  as  soon  as  I  step 
,  away  he  will  come  down  and  take  nil  t  hat  he 
,,  can  carry,  returning  for  more  until  the  last 
kernel  is  removed.  This  poor  fellow  is  the 
last  of  five  which  once  made  their  homes  near 
my  office,  the  others  having  been  shot  by 
my  good  Christian  neighbors,  who  believe 
that  man  is  the  only  animal  on  this  earth  that 
possesses  the  “  inalienable  right  to  life,  liber¬ 
ty  and  the  pursuit  of  happiness.”  Perhaps  it 
is  ray  old  fogy  notions  which  prevent  me 
from  seeing  tilings  in  just  that  light,  for  I 
cannot  and  don’t  want  to  believe  such  doc¬ 
trines,  110  matter  from  whence  they  are  de¬ 
rived. 

HYACINTHS  IN  WINTER. 

Feb.  6. — My  Hyacinths  are  now  coining  in¬ 
to  bloom  ;  at  least  thoso  that  were  potted  in 
December.  There  are  few  bulbs  which  make 
a  better  show  or  give  more  satisfaction  for 
their  cost  than  the  Hyacinth.  I  usually  put 
them  into  five  or  six-inch  pots,  with  rich  soil, 
placing  them  just  deep  enough  to  cover  the 
bulb,  and  then,  by  giving  plenty  of  water, 
there  is  little  danger  of  failure.  Bulbs  treat¬ 
ed  in  this  way  may  be  turned  out,  of  the  pots 
in  Spring  into  good  soil,  and  most,  if  not  all, 
will  bloom  again  the  following  season.  I 
have  always  had  better  success  in  blooming 
the  bulbs  in  soil  than  in  water,  for  usually 
when  soil  is  used  the  flowers  have  more 
substance  and  seem  to  retain  their  form  and 
color  longer.  By  planting  a  few  bulbs  at 
different  times  during  the  Fall  and  Winter,  a 
succession  of  blooms  is  secured. 

®hc  f  miltiiir  £Jat[d. 

WHITE  BRAHMA  FOWLS. 

Is  there  such  a  fowl  as  a  pure  White  Brah 
ma.  and  what  kind  of  bird  are  they  to  keep 
for  eggs,  and  mot  here  ?  Is  our  Northern  clime 
too  cold  for  them  '.  I  purchased  eggs  for  pure 
White  Brahma,  set  them,  aud  raised  three 
pullet*  from  them.  They  are  the  same  build 
as  the  Light  Brahma  and  have  very  yellow 
legs  and  skin  ;  their  feathers  arc  of  a  pure 
white,  tine  and  soft.  They  are  a  handsome 
fowl ;  their  body  is  very  thick,  and  large 
frame,  considering  their  short  legs;  I  don’t 
think  their  legs  as  long  as  a  Light  Brahma. 
Will  you  please  give  us  your  opinion  and  de¬ 
scription  of  them.  I  like  them  rather  better 
than  t.he  Light  or  Dark  Brahmas,  — 0.  II.  M., 
Alfred ,  N.  Y. 

W k  never  saw  a,  fine  White  Brahma,  and 
therefore,  cau  give  our  correspondent  no  in¬ 
formation.  Nor  do  we  remember  ever  to 
have  heard  of  one  before. 

- . 

PREVENTING  EGGS  FROM  HATCHING. 

An  Englishman  having  unscrupulous  neigh¬ 
bors  who  steal  his  eggs,  evidently,  is  advised 
by  an  English  poultry  journal  os  follows  : 
“Thrust  a  needle  through  the  shell  at  one 
end  of  the  egg,  and  so  deeply  as  to  pass 
through  the  yolk,  but  not  through  the  shell 
at  the  other  end.  Your  unscrupulous  neigh¬ 
bors  will  then  be  foiled. 


ANOTHER  BIG  EGG. 

In  Rural  New-Yorker,  Feb.  1,  page  76, 
we  gave  the  measurement  of  a  big  egg.  Now 
Robert  Criswell,  Honey  Locust  Farm 
Poultry  Yards,  near  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  sends  us 
an  egg  which  measures  8  by  6^  inches,  with  a 
little  to  allow.  He  thinks  it.  a  Dominique 
egg.  Our  correspondent  (J.  E.  G.  must  try 
again. 


GOOD  WORDS  FROM  RURALX8TS 


Ion  are  best;  then  make  the  sausage  up  in 
cakes,  like  you  make  it  for  breakfast,  when 
fresh  ;  then  fry  them,  only  a  little — not  moro 
than  half  done  ;  then  put  them  iu  the  jar, 
and  pour  melted  lard  ovor  them  until  the  jar 
is  full.  They  are  nice  any  time,  and  are  just 
as  good  as  when  first  put  up  ;  will  keep  for 
two  or  three  years— as  long  as  nice  lard  will. 

Mrs.  D. 


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llrldKcniait’s  Gardener’*  Assistant .  3  mi 

Biiist’s  Family  (Kitchen  Hardener .  {  on 

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COOKING  APPLE  BUTTER. 

From  a  perusal  of  your  columns  it  seems  as 
if  apple  butter  cooking  wus  not  universally 
understood.  I  thought  everybody  in  the 
country  would  know  how  to  prepare  that 
article ;  but  it  is  not  always  what  one  knows 
that  another  must  know  also.  Our  mode, 
known  from  my  youth  up,  to  do  it  was  this  : 
First,  the  nicest  apples  wore  gathered  and 
taken  home,  for  paring  and  quartering  ;  after¬ 
wards  the  others 
sweet,  if  wc  had  them 
slightly  pour  too ; 

c - - , 

the  apples  were 
trough  ;  let  st 


RE-FITTING  OLD  CHAIRS 


Herewith  is  given  a  design  for  re -fitting 
old  chairs,  and  can  be  accomplished  by  any 
skillful  housewife.  In  the  illustration  the 
frame  is  ebonized  and  picked  out  with  gold. 
The  center  strap  of  the  seat  may  be  leather 


wore  gathered  also,  an 
i ;  if  not,  we  took  some 
these  were  taken  to  the 
cider  mill  (one  of  the  old-fashioned  is  best), 
ground  to  pomace  in  a 
and  there  awhile,  to  bo  mixed 
with  air ;  then  the  pomace  was  set  on  the 
press  with  layers  of  straw  and  pressed  as 
hard  as  we  could  ;  the  cider  was  then  put  in 
barrels,  taken  home,  where  the  women  had 
two  copper  barrel-kettles,  cleaned  with  a 
little  vinegar  and  a  handfull  of  salt.  The 
kettles  were  set  over  the  fire  and  both  filled 
with  cider ;  the  cider  was  then  cooked  till  no 
scum  rose  to  the  surface  any  more,  which 
must  he  taken  off  as  soon  as  it  came  on  the 
surface  ;  meanwhile,  the  nice  and  large  .apples 
were  pared  and  quartered,  the  cores  and  all 
the  foreign  matter  taken  out.  The  cider  was 
skimmed  of  its  scum,  the  apples  were  meas¬ 
ured  in  the  kettle  gradually,  by  a  bucket  hold¬ 
ing  about  two  and  a  half  gallons,  till  we  had 
ten  bucketfuls  in  the  kettle,  and  cider  from 
the  other  kettle  also  added  with  the  apples 
till  all  the  cider  was  in  tho  kettle  with  the 
apples,  and  the  mass  cooked  down  to  the 
thick  ness  required. 

When  you  commence  putting  in  the  apples, 
the  wholo  mass  must  be  agitated  till  it  is 
done,  to  prevent  from  burning  to  the  kettle ; 
the  agitating  is  done  with  a  machine  made 
for  that  purpose  put  In  the  kettle,  or  with  a 
large  wooden  ladle  with  a  long  handle.  When 
the  apple  butter  has  attained  its  desired  thick  - 
ness,  which  is  about,  twenty  or  twenty-four 
hours  from  the  beginning  of  the  cooking  of 
the  cider,  the  apple  butter  will  then  be  taken 
out  of  the  kettle,  while  hot,  m  good  glazed 
and  bnrned  earthen  pots  or  jars,  and  when 
cold,  tied  up  and  put  away  for  future  use. 

Hereford,  Pa.,  Jan.  22.  h.  e.  e.  r. 


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Flailing  In  American  Waters  (Bcott) .  3  50 

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l.ewirt’  Arueiicun  gporlaiuun  . . ■■■■ .  -  * 

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by  John  PMtl . , .  * 

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Meclinnlea  foT  MillwuKhtr  .  Mu.(  hlnl«tn  and  others  1  f 
M Ilea  on  Horae-'a  Foot  (cloth). . ■  ••  •  •  •  •  1 


canvas  work,  or  a  band  of  cloth  ornamented 
with  appliques  and  Mexican  embroidery. 
This  pattern  is  in  scarlet,  appliques,  on  a  blue 
ground.  The  seat  is  upholstered  with  blue. 
The  material  may  be  cloth,  rep  or  satin. 


HOW  TO  BOIL  CORNED  BEEF 


Mas.  G-  W  ,  a  young  bride  or  Dates  co„  i>.  < 
thus  compliments  the  ltiruAi.:  ‘•Inclosed  you 
will  find  #3.60,  for  which  please  send  your  Rural 
Ni«A>'rRKKU  for  twelve  months.  I  have  but 
recently  assumed  the  position  of  house-koepor, 
or  woman  of  the  house,  and  think  no  paper  *0 
hcneflclal  as  your  Rural.  Please  send  It  on 
immediatdy.  for  a  newly-married  woman  re¬ 
quires  such  instruction  as  your  valuable  paper 
contains.” 

John  M.  Robb,  Madison  C'o.,  III.,  fiends  $2.50 
and  thin  invitation:  “Dkar  Kttral  I  was  so 
foolish,  because  1  was  a  little  Indebted  and  did 
not  have  the  money  In  my  pookot,  that  1  was 
about,  not,  writing  you  to  visit  mo  this  year ;  hut. 
when  you  related  to  me  the  argument,  of  Mrs. 
‘Can  I  Afford  to  Do  Without  It.,’  with  Mr.  ‘Can 
I  Afford  It,'  I  resolved  to  write  you  to  visit  me 
at  once,  and  borrow  tho  money  to  pay  your 
expenses.” 

A.  C.  Moseley,  Branch  Co.,  Mich.,  writes: 
“Please  find  Inclosed  $3.50,  for  Rural  New- 
Yorker  for  187.3.  Early  in  Dec.  I  gave  to  the 
Club  Agent  of  this  place  $2  to  renew,  but.  the 
papers  have  failed  to  come.  1  find  on  Inquiry  at 
post-office  that  the  names  have  not  yet  been 
sent.  Have  taken  your  paper  since  its  first, 
issue  In  18.50;  think  it  the  best  agricultural 
paper  printed,  and  don’t  know  how  to  get  along 
one  week  without  it." 

Mrs.  J.  H.  Hart,  Cherokee  Co.,  Kansas,  thus 
expresses  her  view  of  the  situation “My  hus¬ 
band  says  *  times  are  too  hard  ;  cannot,  take  Hie 
Rural;  have  four  others ;  must  try  to  do  with¬ 
out  tt  1 '  Now,  wo  have  taken  the  Rural  for 
fourteen  years,  or  more,  when  wo  have  been 
living  on  a  farm,  and  T  do  not  feel  as  If  I  could 
do  without  It.  If  we  farm  to  any  advantage.  I 
have  Just  sold  $30  worth  of  turkeys;  send  you 
$2,60 ;  please  send  tho  Rural  and  premium  for 


The  Boston  Journal  of  Chemistry  says  : 
The  rule  lias  a  Hibernian  sound  :  don’t  boil 
it,  for  corned  beef  should  never  be  boiled. 
It  should  only  simmer,  being  placed  on  apart 
of  tho  range  or  stove  where  this  process  may 
go  on  uninterruptedly  from  four  to  six  hours, 
according  to  the  size  of  the  piece.  If  it  is  to 
be  served  cold,  let  the  meat  remain  in  the 
liquor  until  cold.  Tough  meat  can  be  made 
tender  by  letting  it  remain  in  the  liquor  until 
the  next  day,  and  then  bringing  it  to  the 
boiling  point  just  before  serving. 


ANSWERS  TO  INQUIRIES 


In  answer  to  inquiries  of  “  Constant  Read¬ 
er,”  and  others,  on  page  30,  of  Jan.  11  : 

To  clean  a  browned  porcelain  kettle,  boil  in 
it  strong  soda  water. 

To  clean  silver  plate,  rub  it  lightly  over 
with  kerosene,  then  polish  with  fine  whiting 
and  chamois  skin. 

To  p  re  pure  citron,  cut,  boil  in  thin  sirup 
till  fully  penetrated,  sift  white  sugar  over  it, 
and  dry  either  in  sun  or  a  moderate  oven. 

How  to  make  suet  pudding  without  nags 
(“brown  pudding):— One  cup  molasses,  one 
cup  milk,  one  cop  suet,  chopped  fine,  one  cup 
raisins,  or  any  other  fruit  (dried  apples  or 
peaches  soaked  in  warm  water  an  hour,  and 
cut  up  with  scissors,  will  answer  an  every-day 
purpose),  three  cups  flour,  one  teaspoon  soda, 
one  do.  cloves,  one  do.  cinnamon,  or  any 
spices  liked.  Boil  three  hours.  Sauce :— One 
cup  sugar,  half-cup  butter,  one  cup  boiling 
water  ;  brandy  and  nutmeg  to  taste. 

Birdfleld,  Dei.  Kate  Jacobs. 


TO  PICKLE  ONIONS 


The  following  mode  is  a  good  one  : — Take 
those  that  are  small,  peel  them,  put  them  in 
cold  water,  changing  them  twice  a  day  for 
two  days  ;  then  put  them  in  salt  and  water 
for  two  days,  changing  them  twice  a  day ; 
drain  them  well  ;  take  off  the  next  skin  ; 
put  them  in  jars,  and  spice  and  pepper  them 
as  for  other  pickles ;  then  boil  vinegar  and 
pour  it,  hot,  over  them.  Put  a  small  piece  of 
alum  in  the  vinegar,  which  makes  them  firm. 
If  you  like  them  red,  add  cochineal  or  whit© 
distilled  vinegar.  Mary  Burnham. 


BOILED  INDIAN  PUDDING 


Went  Va. 


SUET  PUDDING  WITHOUT  EGGS 


The  old-fashioned  way  was  to  stir  meal 
into  new  milk  until  it  was  thick  enough  to 
put  into  a  cloth  bag  without  soaking  through 
much.  Halt  it,  of  course,  and  put  in  a  hand¬ 
ful  of  dried  raspberries  ;  tie  the)  bag,  leaving 
room  for  the  meal  to  swell  one-half.  Put  it 
over  to  boil  at  eight  o’clock  in  the  morning, 
and  boil  until  noon,  adding  boiling  water  as 
ne  ■  ’  ;d.  It  should  be  eaten,  if  possible,  with 
maple  molasses. 

The  best  way,  however,  to  make  a  boiled 
pudding  is  to  steam  it.  Take  equal  parts  of 
rich  buttermilk  and  sweet  skim-milk,  two 
eggs,  a  large  teaspoon  of  soda,  and  stir  in 
meal  to  make  a  rather  thin  batter.  Have 
enough,  when  done,  to  make  n  two-quart  pan 
two-thirds  full,  Put  this  in  the  pan  in  a 
steamer,  cover  tight,  and  steam  an  hour  and 
a-half,  and  it  will  be  nicer  and  lighter  than  a 
boiled  pudding.  B.  c.  D. 


Allow  an  old  and  experienced  house¬ 
keeper  the  privilege  of  sending  tho  following 
well-tried  recipe  for  making  suet  pudding 
without  egos One  quart  of  flour;  one  pint 
of  milk  ;  one  cup  of  chopped  raisins  ;  «ono  and 
a-half  cups  Of  sugar  ;  two  cups  suet ;  one 
teaspoon ful  of  soda ;  nutmeg.  Mix  all  well 
together  ;  put  in  a  basin,  tie  a  cloth  ovor  it 
tight  and  steam  th  ree  hours.  Serve  with  pud¬ 
ding  sauce.  Eliza  S.  ICnaur. 


Tho  l»"K  (IjY  innUs,  Muyliew  and  Hutchinson)..  3  nn 

The  note  (new) . •  . .  .  5 "5 

Tho  Horan  (Stonehenge),  hvo., 622  i>n..  . .  3  51) 

The  Mom  iRlloy)-A  TreiUlao  on  too  Breeding, 
Training  am!  naea  to  wlileli  ho  nmy  he  put ....  15) 

Tho  I'eOple’B  UrucUos)  Poultry  Bonk  .............  1  50 

Thorna#'  Am.  FruU  Gulturlai  HSU  llluatrallon#) .  3  ml 

Trainier’a  Guide  iNowhoU’-n) . .  2  U0 

Truut  Culture (S»ith  Green)  . .  100 

Trowhritlge'a  (Mra.  Laura)  Excelsior  Coolt  Book 

and  Houaekeeper’x  Aid . . .  J  —j 

Warder'"  Hodges  end  Kvergronna .  1  aO 

Warmg's  Kleiuenl*  ol  Agriculture .  1  uu 

Wntson’a  American  Home  Gulden . .  .  2  1)0 

Wax  Flo  were,  mnl  How  In  Moke  'I'heui .  .!  UU 

We# torn  Fruit  Grnwoia’ Guide  (UJlioll) . .  1  50 

Wlieeler’a  ItQloca  for  tho  People . .  3  JO 

Do.  Rural  Llomea . . . .  2  00 

Window  GardeuUiK  (H.  T.  Will  buna) .......  . .  1 

Woodruff’s  Trotting  Horae  of  A  merlon..  .  i  25 

Woudwurd'3  Graperies  and  Uort.'l  Bulldlnga -  1  00 

Do.  Country  Home* . .  1  o0 

Do.  Uottugea  and  Fane  Uouaoa .  .  1  •") 

Do.  Suburban  nnd  Country  Momma .  1  M 

Youalt  und  Hpooncr  on  the  llorao . .  I  50 

Youutt  and  Martin  on  Cut  tie . . .  .  ]  •*) 

Yoimtt  and  Martin  on  the  Hog . . .  '  uu 

Youutt  on  Sheep, . ••••••  —  ••••  J 'JO 

Youtuan’e  Hand-Book  of  Household  Science.. ..  1  75 
Address  all  orders  to 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  5  Beekman  St.,  New  York 
tv~  Any  Book*  dneired.  not  named  in  this  List 
will  be  furnished  on  receipt  of  price. 


DOMESTIC  INQUIRIES 


Will  some  one,  through  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  tell  how  to  can  green  corn,  string- 
beans,  tomatoes  and  small  fruits  for  the  mar¬ 
ket,  in  tin  cans,  giving  mode  of  putting  in 
fruit,  sealing  cans,  and  all  other  items  of  im¬ 
portance,  and  greatly  oblige 

A  Nebraska  Reader. 


KEEPING  SAUSAGE 


SPONGE  JELLY  CAKE 


I  have  a  very  good  receipe  for  keeping 
sausage  without  diying,  which,  perhaps, 
some  of  the  readers  of  the  Rrual  New- 
Yorker  have  not  seen.  Get  some  nice,  small 
stone  jars — those  that  will  hold  about  a  gal- 


Take  three  eggs,  one  cup  of  sugar,  one  cup 
of  flouu,  two  teaspoonfuls  of  baking  pow 
der,  and  three  tablespoonfuls  of  boiling 
water.  It  makes  an  excellent  cake.  Sarah. 


PROGRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT 


are  responsible  for  the  amount.  Agents  taking 
charge  of  goods  incur  t  he  same  responsibility. 
Discrepancies  between  the  contents  of  packages 
and  the  det  ailed  list,  and  the  unaut  horised  re¬ 
moval  and  sale  of  goods,  will  be  dealt  with  ac¬ 
cording  to  law.  Tobacco  and  goods  manufac¬ 
tured  thereof  are  not  permitted  to  be  sold  in 
the  exhibition,  nor  to  be  brought  away  for  such 
purpose.  Goods  not  entered  tor  exportation 
three  months  after  the  close  of  the  exhibition 
are  liable  to  import  duty. 


to  concentrate  the  staple  produced  at  one  point 
with  a  view  of  opening  a  market  and  determin¬ 
ing  the  profit  that  mav  result  from  this  branch 
of  husbandry.  We  suggest  that,  the  same  effort 
might  result  profitably  to  those  this  side  the 
Rooky  Mountains  who  may  have  been  so  unfor¬ 
tunate  (or  fortunate)  as  to  have  invested  capital 
in  this  stock,  it  seems  to  us  the  only  practica¬ 
ble  way  of  determining  whether  it  will  pay  to 
breed  these  goats  here. 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


Conducting  Editor  and  (Publisher 


CHA8.  D.  BRAGDON,  ANDREW  S.  FULLER, 

.Associate  Editor*. 

HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.  D.,  Cortland  Village,  N.  Y., 

Editor  ok  th«  Dm-Aa*UJt.vT  Siimr  Hcsbandev. 

X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  Little  Fails,  N.  Y., 

Editor  or  ins  DirriMMEN 


The  Cattle  Breeder#  of  California  have  organ- 
ized  under  the  name  of  the  California  Thorough¬ 
bred  Cattle  Association,  We  mention  this  fact 
in  order  to  say  that  we  learn,  through  the  pa¬ 
pers  and  from  breeders  of  fine  stock  here  in  the 
East,  that  there  Is  Increased  attention  being 
paid  lo  the.  introduction  of  thoroughbred  stock 
of  various  kinds  into  that  State,  and  some  of 
our  breeders  are  preparing  to  send  forward  car¬ 
loads  of  cattle,  horses  and  sheep  in  the  early 
Spring.  A  new  and  rich  field  seems  to  be  open¬ 
ing  for  those  among  breeders  who  have  the  en¬ 
terprise  to  occupy  It. 


“Good  Books  for  Rurallsts.”  —  Under  this 
heading  we  give,  on  preceding  page,  a  column 
list  of  works  on  Agriculture,  Horticulture,  Gar¬ 
dening,  Rural  and  Domestic  Economy,  etc.,  etc., 
which  arc  kept  on  sale  at  this  Office,  and  sent 
by  mail  post-paid  on  receipt  of  price.  Tins  list 
includes  our  own  publications  such  as  Wit,- 
lard’s  Practical  Dairy  Husbandry.  Randall's 
Practical  Shepherd,  the  People's  Practical  Poul¬ 
try  Rook,  Ac.,  and  numerous  other  works  of 
great  value  which  ought  to  be  widely  read,  and 
oven  studied. 

Those  in  want  of  treatises  on  any  special  sub¬ 
ject  connected  with  Rural  Affairs  will  do  well 
to  look  over  our  list  and  make  their  selections. 
Our  readers  at  a  distance,  who  are  remote  from 
towns  where  such  works  as  we  offer  arc  obtain¬ 
able,  can  have  their  orders  filled  by  mail  with¬ 
out  extra  cost  for  postage.  The  books  usually 
reach  their  destination  saTcly  and  uninjured, 
however  great  the  distance— a  great  conveni¬ 
ence  and  advantage  to  distant,  purchasers. 


it  of  Dairy  Husbandry. 

Col.  S.  D.  HARRIS,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 

CoBRMPoapfMG  ,  Editor, 


“Shall  I  Go  (mo  Sheep  t”— So  asks  “A  Young 
Farmer"  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker.  In  an¬ 
swer,  we  say  that  we  believe  it  a  good  time  to 
"go  in”  if  t  lie  sheep  can  lie  obtained  at  reason¬ 
able  prices,  and  you  know  how  to  handle  them. 
But  If  you  are  ignorant  or  the  how  to  take  care 
of  them  and  do  know  w  ell  any  specialty  in  hus¬ 
bandry,  we  do  not  advise  a  change.  In  our  opin¬ 
ion,  wool  is  to  be  higher  than  it  is,  and  sheep 
more  valuable.  I  f  that  is  what  our  correspond¬ 
ent  desires  to  know,  he  has  our  opinion. 


Co •  operation  Among  Farmers.  We  have 
from  S.  M.  Smith.  Eewanee,  ill.,  Secretary  of 
the  State  Farmers’  Association  of  Illinois,  a 
circular  announcing  its  organization  and  asking 
the  co-operation  of  the  farmers  of  other  States 
in  its  objects.  He  says:— “We  earnestly  Invite 
correspondence  from  the  different  States  with 
a  view  to  their  Immediately  holding  Conven¬ 
tions  and  forming  Associations  similar  to  ours, 
that  while  their  Legislatures  are  in  session  they 
may  call  for  necessary  legislation  in  reforming 
abuses,  and  regulating,’  by  proper  laws,  Hie 
rates  of  fare  and  freight  upon  the  railroads  of 
their  respective  States.  ’  Ho  invite-s  correspond¬ 
ence,  and  announces  a  pamphlet  containing  the 
proceedings  of  the  organizing  Convention,  with 
the  addresses  made  thereat,  full  of  valuable  in¬ 
formation  to  every  farmer,  which  will  be  for¬ 
warded  on  receipt  of  postage  stamps  to  pay 
postage. 


fndinnn  Slntc  Board  of  Agriculture. — From 
Alexander  Heron,  Secretary,  we  have  the 
Fourteenth  Annual  Report  of  this  Board,  to¬ 
gether  with  the  Report,  of  7‘rof.  E.  T.  Cox,  State 
Geologist,  including  elaborate  geological  maps. 
These  reports  are  embraced  in  a  volume  of  near 
WW  pages,  and  Include  much  that  is  of  interest 
Ho  Indiana  farmers  especially,  as  well  as  to  those 
who  desire  to  keep  Informed  in  the  progress  of 
agriculture  and  the  development  of  industrial 
Interests  in  other  States  than  their  own. 


Cheese  au  Army  Ration.  We  arc  glad  to  no¬ 
tice  the  assertion  that  ex-Oov.  Seymour,  Presi¬ 
dent  of  the  American  Dairymen’s  Association, 
is  urging  Congress  to  make  cheese  an  army  ra¬ 
tion.  As  a  matter  of  economy,  and  as  a  con¬ 
densed,  nutritious  article  of  food,  cheese  has 
claims  for  such  recognition  which  few  articles 
of  diet  possess. 


PRIZES  AT  COUNTRY  FAIRS 


It  sounds  and  reads  large:  -  "Competition 
open  to  the  world  1'*  We  are  inclined  to  think 
it  a  foolish  bit  of  vanity,  however,  as  a  rule. 
County  ami  township  societies  aim.  we  suppose 
(though  that  is  uncertain),  to  encourage  local  in¬ 
dustry.  To  do  this,  they  must  be  at  least  just  to 
their  own.  It  la  not,  therefore,  fair  nor  just  to 
open  these  exhibitions  to  the  large  class  of  men 
who  now  make  a  business  of  (raveling  around 
among  the  Fairs  with  a  herd  of  cattle,  she./  nr 
swine,  or  with  a  set  of  farm  implements  and 
machinery,  or  with  a  few  samples  of  butter, 
cheese,  vegetables,  grains,  or  specimens  of 


SATURDAY.  FEB.  22,  1873. 


A  Prize  to  Offer  Farmers.— We  suggest  to  Ag¬ 
ricultural  Societies  the  propriety  of  offering 
prizes  for  the  farm  which  carries  the  most  stock 
and  produces  the  most  grass  and  grain,  in  one 
year,  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  acres— 
said  stock  lo  In)  fed  on  the  farm,  and  an  ac¬ 
curate  account  kept  of  the  food  (if  any)  pur¬ 
chased,  and  that  deducted  from  the  gross 
amount  produced.  There  is  a  false  notion  ob¬ 
taining  among  many  farmers  that  the  grain 
and  grass  product  on  a  given  number  of  acres 
must  necessarily  diminish  in  proportion  as  the 
amount  of  stock  Is  increased.  Where  this  Is 
t  he  case,  it  Is  generally  due  to  bad  management : 
and  bad  management  ought  to  be  discouraged. 


Broccoli  In  England. — The  Garden  announces 
(hat  during  the  six  weeks  ending  January  12, 
'/HI  tons  of  Broccoli,  grown  at  West  Cornwall, 
woro  conveyed  to  L<  ndon  and  elsewhere  by 
fail.  Last,  year,  during  the  same  period,  but  108 
tons  were  sent.  The  absence  of  frost,  this  year, 
is  assigned  as  the  cause  of  the  increased  product. 


It  is  Pleasant  and  Profitable 

TO  FORM  CLUBS  FOR 


grains, 

fowls,  for  the  purpose  of  taking  prizes  and  ad¬ 
vertising  themselves.  We  would  not  deny  such 
men  the  privilege  of  exhibiting,  IT  they  choose, 
but  we  would  not  permit  professional  showmen 
and  Fair  itinerants  to  compete  with  men  of 
more  modest  means  and  ambition  at  home. 
Ther©  is  no  justice  in  it.  It  does  not  stimulate ; 
it  depresses  the  local  Impulse  to  excel. 

In  nine  eases  out  of  ten,  these  itinerant  show 
animals  are  fed  for  show,  and  in  many  cases  are 
worthless  for  any  other  purpose.  They  are  fed 
as  no  ordinary  fanner  can  afford  to  feed  and 
groom  them,  even  if  it  were  desirable.  It  be¬ 
gets  false  notions,  and  gives  false  Impressions  of 
breeds  that  are  really  valuable  and  beautiful, 
and  yet  of  which  these  animals  cannot  safely  be 
regarded  an  average  type.  It  breeds  unhealth- 
ful  speculation,  and  often  results  in  disastrous 
investments  by  men  who  fail  both  from  igno¬ 
rance  of  methods,  and  want  of  the  means  to 
adopt  the  same  in  order  to  keep  animals  op  to 
the  standard  such  examples  fix  in  their  minds. 

These  may  be  called  secondary  objections; 
the  primary  ones  are,  that  the  farmers  of 


More  Testimony.— “The  Rural  Nkw-\torker 
paid  me,  as  an  advertising  medium,  last  year, 
better  than  any  other  paper  or  magazine.  So, 
therefore,  I  will  try  it  again  this  year.  I  inclose 

my  “ad."— J.  T.  Farrington,  Publisher  of  the 
Omnium  Ctathemm, 


EXTRA  INDUCEMENTS 


Sanetnni  I’crsouuN.—  8.  B.  P ARSONS,  President 
of  the  New  York  Rural  Club,  was  in  our  office, 
the  other  day,  cn  route  for  Florida,  where  he 
expects  to  spend  n  month.  He  lias  left,  as  an 
excuse  for  his  absence  from  the  anniversary 
meeting  of  the  Club,  an  interesting  and  sug¬ 
gestive  paper,  which  w  ill  be  read  and  discussed 
thereat.  Our  readers  may  hope  to  hear  some¬ 
thing  uf  what  he  sees  in  Florida - Mr.  Smith. 

a  representative  of  the  Atlanta  (Ga.)  Sun,  has 
called  upon  us  during  the  week.  The  Sun  is 
owned  by  Alex.  U.  Stephens.  The  former  Ag¬ 
ricultural  Editor  of  the  Rural  Southerner.  Sam. 
A.  Echols,  is  Associate  Editor  and  Business 
Manager,  Atlanta  is  a  live  place,  a  commercial 
center,  and  the  Sun  Is  a  live  illustration  of  local 
enterprise,  so  far  as  its  local  columns  arc  con¬ 
cerned. 


A  PREMIUM  OR  CASH  COMMIS 
SION  TO  EVERY  AGENT  ! 


Lottery  Ticket* — Mrs.  W.  S.  J.  is  informed 
that  we  know  nothing  whatever  of  “  the  Mount 
Florence  Prize  Estate  and  Cash  Fund,  valued  at 
■1*350,000.”  It  is,  probably,  much  like  most  such 
schemes— something  to  let  severely  alone. 


From  Feb,  22, 1873,  and  during  the  Rural’s 
Spring  Campaign,  (if  not  lunger,)  Leery  Agent 
can  have  either  a  Premium  or  Liberal  Cash 
Commission,  an  ,  referred.  Send  for  Supple¬ 
ment  containing  lull  particulars  ns  to  both 
Premiums  and  Cash  Commissions. 

Post- M(t  st  e  rs.  Mm  'll  mds,  M  a  nnfnct  u  re  rs , 
Mechanics,  Clerks,  and  indeed  most  persons 
engaged  in  Stan  s,  Offices.  Factories,  Shops . 
Ac.,  can  easily  form  clubs  without  leaving 
their  places  of  business  —  while  Farmers, 
Clergymen,  Teachers,  Pupils,  (both  Girls  and 
Pays,)  ami  many  others,  can  make  it  pay  to 
canvass  their  towns  or  neighborhoods. 

SEND  FOR  THE  DOCUMENTS  ! 


PUBLISHER’S  NOTICES, 


“Good  Pny  for  Doing  Good  1”— All  who  form 
club*  for  the  Kurai.  New-Yorker  are  liberally 
rewarded.  Our  Premium  List  (to  be  found  on  page 
Sti;  comprises  a  large  number  of  ornamental,  useful 
and  valuable  articles,— including  Silver  iind  Plated 
Ware,  Cutlery.  Sewing  and  Knitting  Machines, 
Wringers  and  Washers,  Farm  Implements,  Gold  and 
Stiver  Watches,  Ac.,  Ac.  Dow  mnuy  of  the  thousands 
of  non-subscribers  to  whom  we  send  this  number  of 
the  Rural  are  disposed  to  send  for  Premium  List, 
Show-Bills,  Ac*.,  and  then  secure  a  portion  of  our 
“Good  Pay  for  Doing  Good  ”  by  forming  a  Club? 


a  coun¬ 
ty  or  a  township  should  make  the  show  and  re¬ 
ceive  the  credit  of  it  as  illustrating  their  Local 
resources,  industry,  enterprise  and  skill ;  or  bear 
the  shame  which  the  absence  of  such  illustra¬ 
tion  involves.  We  commend  this  matter  to  the 
attention  of  the  managers  of  Fairs  who  are  now 
preparing  premium  lists  for  the  opening  season’s 
competition.  These  lists  are  usually  too  long 
delayed— delayed  until  after  the  season  is  so  far 
progressed  that  local  preparation  for  competi¬ 
tion  cannot  be  planned  and  made. 


Officers  Accepting  Free  Passes.  The  Bloom¬ 
ington,  1 II.,  Farmers’  Convention  recently  adopt¬ 
ed  a  resolution  recommending  a  law  making  it 
a  misdemeanor  for  any  State  and  County  officer 
to  accept  a  free  pass  from  any  railway,  it  is 
only  because  free  passes  are  the  cheapest  way 
of  buying  the  silence,  if  nothing  more,  of  legis¬ 
lators.  thqt  they  are  issued  at  all.  The  statistics 
of  the  free  pas&  system  would  astonish  some 
people.  If  every  man,  woman  and  child  were 
compelled  to  pay  fare,  the  passenger  tariff  rates 
might  be  reduced  33  per  cent,  at  least,  and  yet 
yield  railway  stockholders  as  much  profit  as 
now.  Such  is  our  belief. 


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WHAT  WILL  YOU  LEAVE  BEHIND? 


Talking  with  an  old  farmer  once,  he  said : — 
“  When  I  die,  I  am  going  to  leave  behind  me,  as 
a  heritage  for  my  children,  the  home  where 
they  were  born,  made  as  beautiful  as  my  means 
and  Uneducated  taste  will  allow,  pleasant  mem¬ 
ories  of  the  home  fireside  and  of  the  sunny 
Summer  days,  and  a  true  regard  for  the  dignity 
and  worthiness  of  the  calling  which  tbuJr father 
followed."  The  old  man  was  so  full  of  emotion 
when  lie  talked  in  till.-,  wise,  that  he  lmd  to  use 
his  handkerchief  to  prevent  the  tears  telliug 
their  tide  of  manly  sensitiveness.  His  boys 
"  ere  widely  scattered,  having  a  varied  experi¬ 
ence  in  li fe ;  but  t  here  was  not  one  of  them  who 
did  not  honor  the  old  farmer  they  called  (and 
reverently,  too)  "Father;”  nor  one  of  them 
who  was  not  glad  to  visit  the  old  homestead 
once  a  year. 

Now.  wc  repeat  the  question,  “What  will  you 
leave  behind?”  Money?  It  will  do  your  chil¬ 
dren  little  good,  comparatively.  Money  is 
easily  obtained.  But  homes  are  scarce,  The 
association.'  which  the  men  of  the  world  value 
most  are  the  associations  with  their  early 
homes.  No  man,  no  matter  what  his  position, 
circumstances  or  relations  in  life,  who  has  had 
a  happy  and  pleasant  home  in  his  youth,  fails  to  I 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


BUSINESS  NOTICES 


To  Exhibitors  at  the  Vienna  Universal  Ex¬ 
position.— The  following  is  an  abstract  of  the 
Cutstom-houso  regulations  to  be  observed  In  re¬ 
spect  of  goods  sent  from  foreign  countries  to 
the  Vienna  Universal  Exhibition.  The  frontier 
Custom-houses  will  direct  goods  (without  open¬ 
ing  the  packing-cases  and  parcels  (to  the  chief 
Custom-house  in  the  exhibition.  Detailed  list 
of  contents  of  packing-cases  must  accompany 
each  consignment.  The  chief  Custom-house 
office  examines  goods,  and  books  t lie  detailed 
lists.  Foreign  commissions  must  keep  an  ac¬ 
count  of  the  goods  received.  Detailed  list  of 
contents  has  only  to  specify  goods  according  to 
commercial  denomination  as  to  kind  and  quan¬ 
tity.  No  goods  will  be  allowed  to  be  taken  away 
without  a  permit.  Goods  going  back  will  be 
directed  by  the  chief  Custom-house  to  the  re¬ 
spective  frontier  Custom-houses.  Goods  re¬ 
maining  in  Austria  or  Hungary  are  liable  to  Im¬ 
port  duty.  Goods,  owners  and  commissions, 


AGENTS 

May  learn  something  greatly  to  their  advantage  and 
obtain  specimens  and  full  particulars  free,  by  ad¬ 
dressing  WOOD’S  LITERARY  AND  ART  AGENCY  , 
Newburgh,  N.  Y. 


Woolen  Mills  Exempt  from  Tnxation. —  M.  S. 

is  informed  that  Georgia  has  a  law  which  ex¬ 
empts  from  all  State  taxation  all  woolen  (and 
we  do  not  know  but  cotton;  If  it  don’t,  it  ought 
to)  mills  that  may  be  built  in  that  State  for  a 
period  of  ten  years.  If  any  other  States  have 
similar  laws,  we  do  not  know  it.  But  the  far¬ 
mers  of  any  neighborhood  can  afford  to  unite  to 
pay  Die  taxes  for  ten  years  upon  any  manufac¬ 
turing  industry  that  will  consume  their  products 
in  consideration  of  its  establishment  in  their 
midst.  It  seems  to  us  a  wise  law  to  be  enacted, 
especially  in  the  new  food  arid  fiber  producing 
States, 


HORSE  EPIDEMIC 


a  physician.  In  a  communication  to  a  Buffalo 
paper  about  the  Horse  Epidemic,  says “  Exter¬ 
nally  I  used  and  would  recommend  Dr.  Trask’s  Mag¬ 
netic  Ointment  to  the  throat,  around  the  ears  and  on 
the  forehead.  This  ointment  contains  tobacco  and 
lobelia,  and  operates  upon  the  mucous  glands  of  the 
li  cud  and  throat  by  causing  an  increased  flow  of  secre¬ 
tion  from  them,  at  the  same  time  by  its  relaxing  effect 
removing  the  stricture  and  giving  almost  Instant  re¬ 
lief  to  the  cough  and  breathing.”  It  Is  kept  by  all 
Druggists, 


Angora  Goats  have  not  so  far  succeeded  in 
this  country  as  to  establish  here  a  market  for 
the  fleece.  In  California  an  effort  is  being  made 


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EX-EMPRESS  EUGENIE. 

The  readers  of  the  Rural  \kw-Voiikeh  are 
familiar  with  t  he  life  and  biography  of  the  ex- 
Empress;  but  an  especial  interest  attaches  to 
her  and  her  son  just  now,  because  of  the  death 
of  her  Imperial  consort ;  besides,  our  engraving 
is  from  a  recent  photograph,  and  shows  that 
age  lias  not  destroyed  the  Imperial  beauty  of 
one  of  the  moat  beautiful  women  Europe  lias 
produced.  Our  readers  will  remember  that  this 
lady  was  born  May  5,  lftM,  and  Is,  therefore, 
nearly  17  years  of  age.  Iter  maternal  grand¬ 
father  was  Mr.  Kirkpatrick,  nf  an  ancient  and 
honorable  Scottish  family,  and  British  Consul 
at  Malaga.  Her  father  was  Count  he  MO.sm.jos, 
who  belonged  to  one  of  the  most,  noble  lineages 
of  Spain.  She  was,  In  part,  educated  in  England, 
and  her  education  was  very  superior  to  that 
usually  giveu  Spanish  women.  The  fact  that 
she  had  on  the  maternal  side  British  ancestry, 
and  that  she  was  educated  In  England,  may 
have  had  something  to  do  with  the  kindness 
and  sympathy  bestowed  upon  her  in  Great 


Britain.  In  1851  her  mother  and  herself  paid  a 
visit  to  Paris,  where  her  personal  and  mental 
charms  attracted  general  attention  and  unusual 
admiration,  Napoleon  bclug  counted  among 
her  admirers.  Two  years  later  she  became  the 
bride  of  Napoleon  III,,  the  marriage  ceremony 
being  celebrated  at  Notre  Dame.  In  1858  her 
only  child,  the  Prince  Imperial,  now  and  here¬ 
after  to  be  known  as  Count  Pierrkfonds,  was 
born. 

Wo  need  not.  detail  the  record  of  her  life  as 
Imperial  Mistress  of  France,  nor  the  part  she 
took  in  the  late  Franco-German  difficulties ;  nor 
what,  a  narrow  eseapo  she  had  from  France  after 
the  surrender  of  Na.pot.kon  III.  at  Sedan,  Had 
she  not  escaped,  it  is  probable  her  life  would 
have  been  sacrificed  as  a  penalty  for  what,  In 
France,  was  regarded  as  her  husband’s  perfidy. 
Beaching  England,  she  has  quietly  lived  «t 
Chisel  hurst  with  her  husband,  beloved  by  all 
who  had  opport  unity  to  become  attached  to  her. 

- - - 

MEN  PERSONALS. 

CoiAiNBi.  Lewis  Vital  Boar, the  new  United 
States  Senator  from  Missouri,  is  fifty-nine  years 
or  age.  iris  father  was  private  Secretary  to  Gov¬ 
ernor  Morales  while  Missouri  was  under  the 


!  Spanish  domination.  Afterward  h©  was  a  mem- 
i  her  of  the  State  Legislature,  and  cashier  of  the 
old  Bank  of  Missouri  at  Sto.  Genevieve.  From 
his  earliest  youth  he  was  studious,  and  while 
clerk  iu  a  store  acquired  a  knowledge  of  Latin. 
Subsequently  he  went  to  Transylvania  Univer¬ 
sity,  Kentucky,  where,  after  teaching  school 
and  struggling  hard,  he  got  money  enough  to 
enable  him  to  complete  his  course.  Returning 
to  St.  Louis,  he  commenced  to  practlco  law,  and 
served  a  few  sessions  In  the  State  Legislature. 
In  1817  he  become  Interested  In,  nmisubsequrnt- 
*>'  purchased.  Pilot  Knob,  the  great  Iron  deposit 
of  Missouri,  out  of  which  he  has  realized  a  for¬ 
tune.  He  has  filled  various  financial  and  public 

stations  of  responsibility. 

Prince  N.\  poleon  was  regarded  with  a  degree 
I  of  disfavor  by  the  late  Emperor  which  the  Em¬ 
press  labored  to  increase.  During  what  was 
probably  the  last  visit  of  the  Prince  to  the  Im¬ 
perial  exile  at  Chlselhurat  he  spoke  harshly  of 
the  different  ministries  or  the  last  month  of  the 
Empire,  and  went  so  far  as  to  pronounce  one  of 
them  a  Ministry  of  Idiots.  This  provoked  a 
sharp  reply  from  the  Empress.  “I  know  not," 
she  said,  "what  you  mean  by  a  Ministry  of 
idiots,  but  what  I  do  know  Is,  that  down  to  the 
|  l#fct  moment  the  Emperor  was  served  by  devoted 


and  faithful  friends.  For  the  last  18  years  you 
have  opposed  the  empire.  You  and  those  about 
you  have  never  ceased  to  undermine  it,  and 
to-day  when  t  he  Emperor  has  fallen,  you  pursue 
him  still.  Had  you  been  nt  Paris  on  the  4th  of 
September, you  might,  have  been  able  to  give  us 
good  advice,  but  you  were  absent,  as  you  have 
so  often  happened  to  be  at  I  he  moment  of  dan¬ 
ger,  or  course  to  your  great  regret,  as  I  do  not 
doubt."  Jerome  Napoleon  took  up  Ills  bat  and 
left  the  room.  These  exchanges  of  cousinly  re¬ 
gard  were  of  frequent  occurrence  between  the 
two. 

The  now  President  of  the  Swiss  Republic  is 
PAUL  (errsole,  who  is  only  forty  years  of  age. 
Hols  the  son  of  a  clergyman  of  the  Reformed 
Church,  and  has  six  brothers,  all  of  whom  have 
In  some  way  distuinguishod  themselves.  He  is 
a  lawyer,  ami  inis  been  In  active  practice  at 
Vovay  since  1858.  Tho  press  of  Switzerland 
speaks  warmly  of  hla  character  and  abilities. 

An  enterprising  phrenologist,  once  wrote  a 
note  In  I  hc  late  Charles  Dickens,  asking  permis¬ 
sion  to  make  an  examination  of  Ida  cranium. 
Dickens  replied:-"  Dear  sir:  At.  this  time  I  re¬ 
quire  tlie  use  of  my  skull,  but  as  soon  as  it  shall 
be  at  leisure  I  will  willingly  place  it  at  your  dis¬ 
posal." 


EUGENIE, 


L  A.T  B 


EMPRESS 


OF 


THE 


FRENCH, 


430 


OOBE’B  BUBAL  WEW-YOBKIB 


feb  aa, 


WHEN  THE  WIND  BLOWi. 

O  the  dancing  of  the  leaves. 

When  the  wind  blows ! 

And  the  rushing  noise  of  trees. 

Shouting,  shrinking  on  the  leas, 

Like  the  sound  of  seething  seas, 

When  the  wind  blows  1 

O  the  bending  of  tho  boughs. 

When  the  wind  blows ! 

The  quaver  and  the  quiver 
Of  reeds  along  the  river— 

The  shudder  and  the  shiver— 

When  tho  wind  blows ! 

O  the  shifting  of  the  clouds. 

When  the  wind  blows ! 

Sailing  swiftly  on  between 
The.  wide  blue  world  and  the  green. 
Casting  stripes  of  shade  and  sheen. 
When  the  wind  blows ! 

O  tho  drifting  of  the  snow, 

When  the  wind  blows ! 

Showing  In  the  oold  moonlight 
Fallen  trees  hid  under  white. 

Like,  groat  ghosts  In  bed  at  ntgbt. 

Whon  the  wind  blows ! 

O  the  comfort  of  the  Are, 

When  the  wind  blows ! 

To  hear  the  Bong  and  the  chat 
Of  the  kettle  and  the  cat. 

And  the  cricket  on  the  mat, 

When  the  wind  blows ! 

[Guy  Ronlyv. 


€hir  ^torg-SMlip. 


THE  MOTE  CHILD. 


BT  ANNIE  BARNARD. 


[THE  writer  of  tho  following  story  Is  not  Its  heroine ; 
but  sho  Is  a  deaf  mute  and  a  teacher  in  a  deaf  mute 
institution.  The  story  Is  not  fiction ;  and  we  know  It 
will  add  to  the  Interest  with  which  it  will  be  read  to 
team  these  facto  concerning  Its  author.— EDS.  RURAL 
NE\v-YouKr.n.] 

The  last  rays  of  the  setting  sun  threw  a  flood 
of  mellow  splendor  over  a  landscape  rich  with 
green  meadow  land  and  fields  of  waving  grain. 

It,  touched  the  old  woods  In  tho  distance!  shone 
across  brooks  and  streamlets,  making  their 
rippling  water  sparkle  like  gold,  and  poured 
into  the  open  windows  of  a  vine-covered  farm¬ 
house.  The  scene  was  very  beautiful ;  but  those 
within  that  farm-house  saw  nothing  of  the 
beauty  and  gladness  without.  The  bright  sun¬ 
light, the  soft  Summer  breeze,  and  the  song  of 
birds  were  all  forgotten  In  tho  shadow  of  the 
dark  angel’s  wing,  which  seemed  hovering,  over 
them.  All  was  still  within  the  farm-house  save 
the  echo  of  hurried  footsteps  and  the  faint 
sound  of  whispering  voices;  for  In  a  room, 
through  whoso  closed  bllndatho sunlight  strove 
in  vain  to  piorce,  a  little  child  lay  dying— a  girl 
baby,  whom  God  had  given  to  cheer  tho  heart 
of  her  parents  for  two  short  years,  mid  now  It 
seemed  Ho  would  take  her  from  them  forever. 

“There  is  no  hope,"  said  the  gray-haired 
doctor,  sadly  ;  and  the  mother  bowed  her  head. 
The  father  stood  apart,  pale  but  tearless,  look¬ 
ing  at  his  darling.  These  three  sat  watching  at 
the  bedside  to  see  tho  frail  little  life  go  out, 
until  tho  pale  rays  of  t  he  moon  shone  over  the 
scones  late  Illumed  by  the  sunset's  splendor. 
But  still  the  unconscious  babe  lingered  on  ;  and 
at  last,  ns  the  first  streaks  of  dawn  shone  in  the 
East,  the  brown  eyes  slowly  unclosed.  Then 
the  doctor  turned  and  said  to  the  father : 

“Tho  change  is  for  the  better;  sho  may  live 
yet." 

The  mother’s  quick  ear  caught  the  words, 
and,  with  a  low  “Thank  God  !  "  she  bent  to  kiss 
her  child. 

The  babe  did  live.  Each  day  brought  signs  of 
returning  health ;  but  instead  of  the  old  merry 
light,  the  brown  eves  had  a  wistful  look.  No 
baby-voice  responded  to  the  mother's  fond 
words,  or  childish  prattle  greeted  the  father. 
This  they  did  not  understand  at  first,,  but  one 
day  the  t  ruth  dawned  on  them  with  the  words 
of  the  old  doctor ; 

“God  lias  spared  your  child,"  ho  said;  “but 
he  has  sealed  her  ears  from  the  sounds  of  the 
world  and  her  lips  from  framing  her  thoughts 
Into  words.  That  is,  your  child  will  never  hear 
or  speak  again." 

Words  cannot  tell  the  mother’s  feelings  at 
this  news.  What,  was  sho  never  again  to  hear 
those  baby  lips  call  her  mother !— never  hear 
that  merry  voice  make  musical  her  silent  home? 
It  seemed  almost  too  much;  but  the  mother- 
love  in  her  heart  grew  stronger  than  before. 
She  became,  if  possible,  more  gentle  and  tender 
with  her  darling;  but  her  heart  would  ache 
Avhen  she  caught  the  gaze  of  those  wistful 
brown  eyes,  and  strove  to  read  the  meaning 
conveyed  In  her  child’s  mute  gestures. 

So  time  passed  ou,  and  brought  back  health 
and  strengt  h  to  the  little  Li  r/r.  Once  more  sho 
went  about  tlic  house  and  mingled  with  her 
Utile  playmates ;  but  her  voice  and  laughter 
were  no  longer  heard,  and  sho  seemed  atone 
among  her  playmates.  In  thelrromps  and  merry 
games  she  seldom  Joined,  lion,  in  sealing  her 
ears  and  lips,  seemed  to  have  Isolated  her  from 
everything  in  the  world  around  her.  She  had 
no  means  of  sharing  lier  childish  joys  and  sor- 


swift  and  varying  expression  of  her  face  and  c 
every  glance  of  her  eye.  Thus,  living  In  silence,  g 
unbroken  save  (It  may  be)  by  the  sound  of  angel 
voices,  little  I/ILY  passed  the  years  of  her  child-  h 
hood.  She  was  very  beautiful ;  but  with  a  beauty  p 
seldom  found  In  children.  The  chief  attraction  t 
of  her  face  was  her  eyes— large,  dark  and  deep.  u 
They  spoke.  In  a  measure,  the  language  which 
her  lip*  could  not  frame,  and  gave  a  meaning  to  a 
those  sign*  and  gestures  by  which  she  tried  to 
convey  her  thoughts  to  others.  People  who  t 
met  her  said,  pityingly It  it  sad  that  one 
so  lovely  should  be  shut  out  from  all  which 
makes  life  beautiful.”  a 

But  It  never  ocourod  to  them  that  a  means  t 
might  be  found  by  which  to  remove  the  barrier  , 
that  separated  her  from  the  world,  and  bringhcr 
into  free  communication  with  those  around  her.  f 
Tho  village  near  the  farm-house,  owing  to  the 
beauty  of  Its  surrounding  scenery,  bad  become  r 
a  popular  Summer  resort.  Each  Summer  people  ^ 
from  the  city  came  hither  to  find  rest  and  reo-  ( 
reatlon  among  tlic  hills,  woods  and  fields,  and  j 
inhale  t bo  fresh  country  air.  In  their  walk*  and  t 
drives  llio6.e  people  often  passed  the  farm-house,  ^ 
and  whenever  they  saw  Lily  at  the  door,  they 
gave  a  socond  glance  ere  they  wont  by.  . 

One  day.  eight  Summers  since  the  time  our  ,, 
story  opens,  a  lady  from  the  village,  in  one  of 
her  rambles  through  the  country  fields,  mot  t 
Lily,  and  paused— as  many  others  had  done  ) 
before  her  -at  sight  of  thcchlld'a  beautiful  face,  j 
“What  Is  your  name,  little  one?"  she  inquired,  j 
Lilt  shook  her  head,  and  raised  one  hand  to  , 
her  ear,  while  the  expression  of  her  eyes  showed 
that  the  question  was  not  understood.  , 

The  lady  tried  again,  but  with  the  same  result,  , 
“She  cannot  hear,”  thought  the  lady  at  last,  j 
“and  Is  mute,  too.  But  1  must  know'  more  of  , 
her.  Such  a  bright  little  thing!  Where  does  i 
she  live,  I  wonder?  Can  It  b«  <r»  tb^f Arm-house  , 
yonder?"  i 

Then  she  raised  her  Anger  and  pointed  t  oward 
the  house,  her  eyes  asking  that  question.  The  , 
child  understood  her  In  an  instant  and  nodded, 
her  face  lighting  up  with  a  smile.  Then,  per-  i 
oetvlng  she  would  go  there,  Lilt  led  the  way 
through  the  fields,  the  lady,  meanwhile,  1  tying 
to  converse  with  her  In  signs.  At  the  farm- 
liouso  tho  st  ranger  saw  Lily’s  parents,  and  from 
them  learned  what  she  desired  of  her.  TIiIr 
served  to  increase  hor  interest  in  the  child,  and 
her  first  visit  was  followed  by  another  and  an¬ 
other.  She  learned  to  love  the  route  child  dear¬ 
ly,  and  Lilt  seemed  to  return  that  sentiment. 
One  day  she  came,  and  said  to  Lily’s  mother : 

“What  would  you  do  to  havo  your  child's 
voice  restored  to  her  again  ?" 

“What  would  I  not  do!"  exclaimed  the  moth¬ 
er;  “  but,  she  added,  sadly,  “why  speak  of  things 
that  are  impossible?” 

“  Yet,  at  least,  your  daughter  can  be  taught 
like  other  children.  She  is  a  child  of  uncom¬ 
mon  intelligence.  I  cannot  be  mistaken  in  that. 
Let  me  take  her  away  with  me,  and  do  what  I 
think  can  be  done  for  her  ?’’ 

“  What  Is  It  you  can  do  for  her  ?” 

“This you  will  see  when  I  bring  her  back  to 
you,”  answered  the  lady. 

“  But  will  she  be  cared  for  as  she  is  at  home  ? 
How  can  I  let  her  go  ?" 

“  You  have  my  assurance  that  she  will  be  ten¬ 
derly  eared  for.  And  if  you  really  desire  your 
daughter’s  good,  you  can  bear  a  few  years’  sepa¬ 
ration  from  her." 

After  a  time,  It  was  arranged  that  Lily  should 
go  away  with  her  new  friend.  And  one  day, 
when  tho  leaves  of  tho  maple  and  beeches  were 
deepening  into  the  Autumnal  pomp  of  gold  and 
scarlet,  she  left  the  farm-house. 

It  was  lonely  there  after  she  was  gone— lonely 
for  the  mother,  to  whom  the  silent  child  had  be¬ 
come  dearer  than  any  one  else  in  the  world ;  and 
for  the  father,  who  missed  her  kiss  In  the  morn¬ 
ing,  and  her  silent  t  hough  glad  greeting  when  he 
came  back  from  the  fields  at  evening.  They 
never  had  n  child  save  Lilt,  and  so  they  were 
alone  when  she  was  gone.  Letters  camo  from 
their  friend.  She  wrote  that  Lily  was  well  and 
happy;  but. that  was  all,  and  her  parents  were 
forced  to  be  content. 

So  time  went  on  unt  il  four  years  were  gone  by. 
And  one  day,  when  the  mother  felt  that  she 
could  endure  tho  separation  from  her  darling  1 
no  longer, a  letter  came “  Your  Lily  is  coming  | 
home,"  it  said,  “  and  with  her  coming  a  joyous 
surprise  awaits  you." 

The  mother  wondered  what  it  could  be,  and 
anxiously  counted  the  days  till  the  appointed 
one  came.  It  wasasoft  Juneday, andthesplen- 
dors  of  sunset  were  illuminating  tho  landscape 
when  she  stood  at  the  gate  waiting  for  the  car¬ 
riage  that  would  bring  her  child.  It  came  at 
last,  and  as  it  stopped  at  the  gate  a  light  form 
sprang  into  her  arms. 

“Dear  mother!"  said  a  soft  voice  in  hercar. 
She  started.  It  surely  could  not  be  her  child 
that  spoke;  but  again  the  voice  asked : 

“  Mother,  arc  you  glad  to  see  mo  ?" 

Before  she  could  answer,  Lily's  friend  came 
up  and  said “  I  havo  brought  your  child  back 
to  you.  Do  you  feel  repaid  for  tho  years  of  sep¬ 
aration  from  her?" 

“My  child  !"  said  the  bewildered  mother. 
“She  looks  like  my  Lily;  but  she  could  not 
apeak.  Is  this  a  miracle?  No;  the  days  of  mlr- 
[  acles  are  gone  by.” 

“ Lily,"  said  the  lady,  turning  to  her,  “tell 


caused  this  change.  I  only  know  that  you  have 
gratified  the  dearest  wish  of  my  life.” 

“  But  this  is  not  all,"  the  lady  went  on  ;  “you 
know  nothing  ran  restore  her  lostsense  of  hear¬ 
ing;  but  a  means  has  been  found  of  supplying 
this  want.  Speak  to  her  yourself.  She  will  J 
understand  you." 

“Are  you  happy  now,  Lily?"  the  mother 
asked. 

Again  Lilt  watched  the  motion  of  the  lips 
that  spoke,  and  then  answered  : 

“  Yes,  dear  mother ;  I  am  so  very  happy.” 

The  father,  who  had  been  watching  them  in 
silence,  but  not  unmoved,  now  took  his  child  In 
hi*  arms  and  spoke  to  her.  She  answered  him 
with  the  same  readiness. 

“It  is  you,  kind  friend,  whom  we  have  to  thank 
for  this  happy  change,"  he  said,  to  the  lady. 

“I  may  have  had  a  share  In  aiding  her.  I  did 
not  say  before  that  I  was  a  teacher  of  a  school 
where  others  like  her  are  taught  to  speak  and 
underst  and  speech  from  tho  motions  of  the  lips. 

I  placed  her  In  that  school ;  and  I  thought  that 
by  keeping  t  his  a  secret  for  a  time,  I  might  give 
you  a  pleasant  surprise." 

“  A  happier  surprise  wa*  never  thought  of ; 
and  for  what  you  have  done  we  can  never  thank 
you  sufficiently." 

Then,  together  they  went  into  the  house ;  and 
the  sun  slowly  sank  to  rest  behind  the  western 
hills.  One  by  one  tho  stars  came  out,  and  t  he 
pale  moon  shone  over  a  silent  world ;  but  It 
looked  down  upon  no  happier  hearts  than  those 
within  the  old  farm-house. 

Kind  reader,  the  story  I  have  related  is  no  fic¬ 
tion.  Lily  la  living  still  ;  but  she  has  grown  to 
womanhood,  with  a  woman’s  thoughts  and  feel¬ 
ings— and  more,  sho  is  a  happy  wife  and  mother 
now.  The  barrier  that  her  misfortune  raised 
between  her  and  the  outside  world  has  long 
since  been  removed.  True,  the  world  is  still  a 
silent,  one  to  her;  but  her  lips  are  no  longer 
mute,  and  by  her  art  of  reading  on  the  lips,  she 
can  bold  free  Intercourse  with  those  around  her, 
while  she  enjoys  all  the  advantage*  education 
brings. 

But  there  are  many  other  mute  little  ones 
among  us,  some  whom  it  may  be  your  lot  to 
meot;  and  it  is  possible  that  their  condition 
rnay  be  alleviated  in  the  same  way,  even  to  an 
extent  which,  in  days  of  old,  would  have  been 
considered  a  miracle. 


v' - ” "  -  -  -  ,  n 

rows  with  those  she  loved  the  most.  The  sweet  your  mother  who  you  are. 
tones  of  human  sympathy,  the  melody  of  sing-  Lily  watched  the  quick  motion  of  the  lady’s 
ing  birds  and  the  glad  sounds  of  the  happy  lips,  and  then  exclaimed : 

world,  were  all  unknown  to  her.  Yet  sho  had  “Do  you  know  me.  mother?  I  am  your  Lily.” 
her  thoughts,  though  her  mute  lips  could  not  The  mother  folded  her  child  in  her  arms.  “I 
give  thorn  utterance.  They  might  be  seen  in  the  do  not  ask,”  she  said  to  the  lady,  “  what  has 


SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS.  , 

Texts  for  sinners— pretexts. 

The  array  does  not  always  fly  when  it  extend# 
it*  wings. 

The  increase  of  the  corn  crop  this  year  is  a- 
maizo-ing. 

Mean  temperature— the  thermometer  at  40® 
below  zero. 

Currant  events  generally  occur  during  the 
tart  and  jam  periods. 

It  is  true,  but  odd,  that,  after  canal  boats  go 
down,  they  lock  them  up. 

March  is  said  to  be  a  good  time  for  riding, 
there  are  so  many  driving  rains  during  that 
month. 

Talk  about  the  modern  falling  off  of  home 
affections !  Our  wives  are  becoming  dearer 
every  day. 

A  poetic  Hibernian  explains  that  love  1s  com¬ 
monly  spoken  of  as  a  “  flame”  because  it’s  a  tin¬ 
der  sontiraent. 

Spicer,  who  has  recontly  been  newly  shod, 
says  his  now  foot-coverings  are  not  street  shoes, 
but  oHe//- (/fitters. 

ANSWER,  to  a  correspondent— Dog's  tails  In¬ 
cline  to  the  left,  because  that  is  the  tip  of  the 
fashion  in  dog  society. 

An  Omaha  bride  was  married  barefoot  because 
her  lover’s  kinfolks  dressed  that  way,  and  she 
did  not  wish  to  seem  proud. 

What  Is  the  difference  between  a  plan  of  a 
battle-field  and  a  roasted  pippin  ?  One  is  a  war- 
map,  the  other  a  warm  apple. 

What  cord  is  that  which  Is  full  of  knots, 
which  no  one  can  untie,  and  in  which  no  one 
can  tie  another?  A  cord  of  wood. 

Ir  your  neighbor’s  hens  are  troublesome  and 
steal  across  the  way,  don’t  let  your  angry  pas¬ 
sions  rise,  but  (lx  n  place  for  them  to  lay. 

Which  is  the  oldest.  Miss  Antiquity,  old 
Aunty  Deluvlan,  Miss  Ann  TeriOr,  Miss  Ann 
Cestnr,  Miss  Ann  T.  Mundane,  or  Miss  Ann  T. 
Cedent? 

A  WAGGISH  friend  of  ours,  says  the  Worces¬ 
ter,  Mass.,  Budget,  attempted  to  count  the 
sleepy-heads  in  tho  church.  He  reached  as  far 
as  fifty,  and— fell  asleep  himself. 

An  independent  old  lady,  speaking  of  Adam’s 
\  naming  all  the  animals,  said  she  didn’t  "Think 
he  deserved  any  credit  for  naming  the  pig— any 
one  would  know  what  to  call  him.” 

“  A  rt,  Mr.  Simpkins,  we  have  not  chairs  enough 
for  our  company,  said  a  gay  wife  to  her  frugal 
husband.  “Plenty  of  chairs.  Mrs.  Simpkins,” 
he  replied,  “but  too  much  company.” 

“Tom,"  said  a  man  to  his  friend,  “  I  think  it 
j  hlghlydangeroustokeepthebillsofsmall  banks 
on  hand  now-a-days."  “Tim,”  said  the  other, 
“I  find  it  far  more  difficult  than  dangerous." 

“  Murder  Is  a  very  serious  thing,  sir,"  said  an 
Arkansas  Judge  to  a  convicted  prisoner ;  “  it  is 
next  to  stealing  a  horse  or  a  mule,  sir,  and  I 
shall  send  you  to  the  State  Prison  for  six  years, 


“AT  EVENING  TIME  IT  SHALL  BE 
LIGHT." 

BY  A.  CLEAYELAND  PRINDLE. 

Light  at  evening  (—blessed  promise 
That  life’s  darkest  storms  shall  flee,— 

That  each  bitter  eloud  of  sorrow 
Shall  but  bright  reflectors  he 
Of  the  radiance  which  shall  hover 
Bound  the  spirit’s  evening  time. 

Singing  lullabya  of  heaven 
Which  with  angel  harplngs  chime. 

In  the  morn  of  life  the  sunbeams 
Flooded  all  out  path  with  light. 

But  the  noontime  found  the  tempest 
Clothing  the  same  path  In  night. 

Then,  amkl  the  muttering  thunders, 

Lo,  a  gentle  voice  we  hear : 

“  Hope  and  trust  — beyond  these  shadows 
Shall  tho  evening  light  appear.” 

Half  way  o’er  our  pilgrim  Journey. 

Half  life’s  storms  and  sorrows  o'er. 

Wistfully  we  watch  the  shadows 
Which  above  our  spirit  soar,— 

Watching  for  the  golden  glimmer 
Which  will  banish  sorrow’s  night,— 

Waiting  for  the  blessed  promise, 

“  Lo  at  evening  cometb  light." 

- - 

AN  ELOQUENT  PASSAGE. 

It  cannot  be  that  eart  h  is  man’s  only  abiding 
place.  It  cannot  be  that  our  life  is  a  bubble 
cast,  up  by  the  ocean  of  eternity  t  o  float  a  mo¬ 
ment  upon  Its  waves,  ami  sink  into  nothingness. 
Else,  why  these  high  and  glorious  aspirations 
which  leap  like  angels  from  the  temple  of  our 
hearts,  forever  wandering  unsatisfied?  Why  la 
It  t  hat  the  rainbow  and  cloud  come  over  us  with 
a  beauty  that  is  not  of  eart  h,  and  then  pass  off 
to  leave  us  to  muse  on  their  loveliness  ?  Why  is 
it  that  atarB  w  hich  hold  their  festival  around  the 
midnight  throne,  are  set  above  tho  grasp  of  our 
limited  faculties,  forever  mocklDg  us  with  their 
unapproachable  glory?  And,  finally,  why  Is  It 
that  the  bright  forms  of  human  beauty  are  pre¬ 
sented  to  our  view  and  taken  from  us,  leaving 
the  thousand  streams  of  our  affections  to  flow 
back  in  Alpine  torrents  upon  our  hearts?  We 
were  born  for  a  higher  destiny  than  earth. 
There  la  a  realm  where  t  he  rainbow  never  fades, 
where  the  stars  will  he  spread  out  before  us  like 
the  islands  that  slumber  on  tho  ocean,  and 
where  the  beautiful  beings  that  pass  before  us 
like  shadows,  will  stay  forever  in  our  presence.” 

— G.  D.  Prentice. 

- - «♦»  - - 

^THOUGHTFUL  PARAGRAPHS. 

When  the  sun  rises  there  is  light.  Why,  I  do 
not  knowr.  There  might  have  been  light  with 
out  the  sun,  and  there  might  have  been  sun  that, 
gave  no  light,  but  God  has  been  pleased  to  put 
these  two  things  t  ogether — sunrise  and  light.  So 
w’hcnever  (here  is  prayer,  there  is  a  blessing.  1 
do  not  know  why.  There  might  have  been  pray¬ 
er  without  a  blessing,  for  there  Is  in  the  world 
of  wrath  ;  and  there  might  have  boon  a  blessing 
without  prayer,  for  It  often  is  sent  to  some  who 
sought  It  not.  But  God  has  been  pleased  to 
make  this  a  rule  for  the  government  of  the  mor¬ 
al  and  spiritual  unlverso,  that  there  shall  be  the 
answer  to  prayer.— Spurgeon. 

Being  a  Christian  is  not,  being  faultless;  it  is 
not  being  in  a  state  in  which  you  will  not  stum¬ 
ble  nor  fall ;  it  is  being  In  that  state  in  which  you 
recognise  the  hatofulnoss  of  sin  and  seek  to 
overcome  it.  Taking  the  soil,  uncultivated  as 
it  is,  and  putting  in  the  right  kind  of  seed,  and 
giving  it  the  right  tillage,  and  then  waiting  pa¬ 
tiently  for  the  harvest— that  Is  what  makes  you 
one  of  Christ's  husbandmen.  -  limiter. 

Don’t  tremble  at  the  thought  of  death  ;  don’t 
think  of  the  parting,  when  human  ties  are 
broken,  and  therefore  separation  must  take 
place;  think  of  the  meeting;  think  of  the  re¬ 
ception;  think  of  the  Master,  of  the  glory; 
think  of  the  bourne  to  which  you  are  going,  and 
of  the  now  ties  and  hopes  and  loves  the  joys 
and  delights  that  are  treasured  for  you  there. 

The  spirit  of  true  religion  breathes  gentleness 
and  affability ;  it  is  social,  kind  and  cheerful- 
far  removed  from  gloomy,  illiberal  superstition 
and  bigotry,  which  cloud  the  brow,  sour  the 
tamper,  deject  the  spirit  and  impress  morose¬ 
ness  on  the  manners. 

Patiently  suffer  that,  from  others  which  thou 
canst  not  mend  In  them ;  until  God  please  to  do 
it  for  thee ;  and  remember  that  thou  mend  thy¬ 
self,  since  thou  art  so  willing  that  others  should 
not  offend  in  anything.  Isaac  Taylor. 

Let  thy  thoughts  be  such  to  thyself  as  thou 
art  not  ashamed  to  havo  God  know  them  ;  and 
l  bat  if  It  should  be  suddenly  asked,  “  what  thou 
thinkest  on,"  thou  mlghtest  not  blush  to  toll.— 
Jeremy  Taylor. 

In  all  good  things,  give  tho  eye  and  the  ear  full 
scope,  for  they  let  Into  the  mind  ;  restrain  the 
1  tongue,  for  it  is  »  spender;  few  men  have  re¬ 
pented  of  silence— Bishop  Hall. 

Repentance  is  the  greatest  business  wo  have 
t  to  do  In  this  world,  ^nd  the  only  harbinger  we 
i  can  send  to  provide  for  our  accommodation  in 
,  the  next.— Clarendon, 

Every  man  hath  not  only  a  talent  of  time, 
j  but  a  talent  of  opportunity  to  improve  his  talent 
5  !  in  some  measure,  put  into  his  hand.— Sir 
I  Matthew  Hale. 

,  A  straight  line  is  the  shortest  in  morals  as  in 
geometry.— Rahcl. 


REMEMBER. 


BY  A.  O.  G. 


Where  Is  the  white  rose  dear  to  me. 

And  the  Jasmine's  snowy  spray? 

The  Uly  pure  ns  angel's  wing 
Who  sings  by  the  “  River  of  Light  ”  to-day? 

The  moeletng-bird  has  sung  "  good-by ; " 

The  dove  Is  sheltered  far  away ; 

Thore’s  nothing  left  but  sullen  green 
And  barren  oaks  with  moss  so  gray. 

The  wind-sprites  wall  and  shriek 
Like  Grief  made  frantic  with  despair : 

They  tear  the  fragile  willow  bows 
As  a  maddened  woman  tears  her  hair ! 

Summer  skies  will  soothe  the  wind, 

Caressing  sunbeams  kiss  the  leaves, 

The  pale  magnolias  bloom  In  dells 
Where  fairies  trill  their  moonlight  glees— 

The’re  wilder  storms  to  wreck  a  life 
Than  ever  Sea-kings  braved,— 

More  scorohlng  blasts  than  blight  the  path 
Through  torrid  deserts  made  ;— 

For  learn  'Us  Sin  that  makes  man  mourn — 

A  Christian's  heart  bewails  no  loss ; 

Did  God  the  Father  spare  his  Son  ? 
Remember,  man,  that  prayer-thnt  Cross ! 


A  MOTHER'S  LOVE. 


The  pure,  unbiased  love  of  any  being,  no 
matter  kow  lowly,  is  a  sacred  thing.  I  have 
seen  affection  welling  from  the  dark  eye  of 
brutes,  for  which  I  thanked  tholr  maker ;  but 
next  to  the  line  of  “Our  Father  which  art  In 
heaven,"  there  la  nothing  on  earth  purer,  holler, 
more  lasting,  than  a  true,  virtuous  mother’s 
love.  No  motive  of  self-interest  can  push  It 
aside;  no  distance  can  dim  It;  no  prime,  no 
degradation,  no  Ingratitude  can  quench  it. 
Though  the  child  of  her  affection  go  down' to 
the  lowest  depths  of  immorality;  though  it 
become  a  thing  spurned,  despised  and  con¬ 
demned  by  Its  fellow-beings,  yet  the  mother's 
love  clings  to  It ;  still  her  voice  Is  heard  en¬ 
deavoring  to  bring  tho  lost  one  up  from  the 
depths  of  sin  and  misery;  still  her  tears  are 
shed,  her  prayers  uttered  that  her  child  may  bo 
saved.  Though  her  love  be  repaid  with  un¬ 
gratefulness  or  careless  indifference,  still  she 
loves  on. 

Who  can  estimate  It?  Who  cotlld  tell  Its 
priceless  worth  as  they  havo  felt  It  shielding 
them  from  the  cold,  unfeeling,  calculating 
world?— aa  they  have  felt  whe  amoug  stran- 
erswho  neither  knew  nor  cared  for  them,  who 
looked  upon  them  with  an  unsympathetic  eye, 
that  a  mother’s  lore  was  watching  over  them 
wit  h  a  careful  anxiety  sympathising  with  them 
in  their  loneliness  and  heart -struggles?  — as 
they  have  felt  Its  cheering  w;irrnth  when  friends 
grew  cold,  when  others  blamed  and  shunned  ! 
Yet  how  many  treat  lightly  a  mother's  love, 
looking  upon  it  as  a  thing  of  earth  Instead  of  a 
girt  from  Heaven,  leaving  It  unrequited  until 
the  dark  grave  forever  shuts  it  out  from  them, 
and,  when  they  feel  how  cold  and  Indifferent  Is 
all  human  sympathy  In  comparison,  then  come 
bitter  replnlnga  and  unavailing  regrets ! 

Geraldine  Germane. 
- **■*  . 

ENGLISH  NEEDLE-WOMEN, 


TrtR  needle-women  of  Liverpool  have  been 
holding  meetings  for  the  purpose  of  procuring 
an  Increase  of  pay  for  their  hard  labor.  A  Mr. 
Stiinson,  who  takes  a  great  interest  in  the  work¬ 
ing  classes,  presides  at  their  assemblies,  and  the 
facts  brought  to  light  show  that  the  condition 
of  the  English  needle-women  is,  indeed,  deplor¬ 
able.  One  woman,  a  mantle  maker,  stated  that 
she  worked  twelve  hours  a  day,  with  an  allow¬ 
ance  of  an  hour  and  a-haif  for  meals.  When 
the  inspector  came  to  visit  the  workroom  the 
employer  represented  that  there  were  fewer 
people  in  the  house  than  there  usually  were,  her 
object  being  to  get  the  establishment  under  the 
Workshop  Act  Instead  of  the  Factory  Act,  soaa 
to  be  able  to  keep  her  work-women  to  a  later 
hour.  The  wages  ranged  from  five  shillings  to 
twelve  shillings  a  week,  and  for  these  sums  the 
women  had  to  keep  themselves. 

The  mantle  makers,  however,  would  seem  to 
be  much  better  paid  than  the  plain  sowers.  One 
young  woman,  a  plain  sewer,  said  she  worked 
eleven  hours  s  day  and  received  a  permanent 
salary  of  seven  shillings  a  week,  and  she  was  the 
best  machinist  In  the  room.  If  this  Is  the  wa¬ 
ges  of  the  best,  It  maybe  Imagined  what  the  bad 
machinists  receive.  One  old  woman,  who  said 
she  had  been  forty  years  a  plain  sewer,  actually 
asserted  that  she  had  worked  live  days  for 
eighteen  pence.  A  middle-aged  womausald  she 
had  worked  at  sack-making  from  half-past  sev¬ 
en  In  the  morning  till  six  In  the  evening,  with 
half  an  hour  for  dinner,  and  she  got  four  shil¬ 
lings  a  week.  A  young  woman  said  she  was 
a  machinist,  and  made  youth's  single  jackets, 
for  which  she  was  paid  at  the  rate  of  five  pence 
for  four.  It  took  her  half  of  the  day  to  make 
the  four,  When  she  came  out  at  night  she  add¬ 
ed.  after  working  a  heavy  machine  all  day,  she 
could  hardly  stand  on  her  feet. 

But  even  this  statement  is  surpassed  hy  that 
of  another  machinist,  who  makes  gentlemen’s 
trousers,  and  who  said  sho  was  paid  three  shil¬ 
lings  a  dozen,  or  for  tho  very  best  four  shillings. 

If  we  worked,"  she  explained,  “  from  six 
o'clock  in  the  morning  until  twelve  at  night. 


we  might  manage,  with  the  assistance  of  a  bast- 
er,  to  make  half  a  dozen."  “That  Is,"  asked 
Mr.  Stimpson,  “two  shillings  for  working  eigh¬ 
teen  hours,  and  out  of  that  sum  yon  find  your 
own  thread  and  silk?"  To  which  she  replied, 
“Ye*." 

Another  young  women  said  she  got  throe  half¬ 
pence  a  dozen  for  making  linen  cuffs  and  collars. 
She  could  earn  flvepence  a  day  by  working  from 
nine  to  seven.  That  was  as  much  as  others 
earned.  A  correspondent  of  the  Liverpool  Al¬ 
bion,  who  has  been  Investigating  the  matter, 
confirms  many  of  the  above  statements. 

The  following  fs  a  description  of  one  of  the 
above  establishments  visited  by  him:— “The 
workrooms  are  two  cellars,  each  fifteen  feet  by 
eighteen,  the  floors  being  nine  feet  six  Inches 
beneath  the  level  of  the  road way.  An  opening 
has  been  made  In  the  partition  wall  so  as  to 
connect  the  two  cellars,  Workshops  less  likely 
to  fulfill  the  conditions  of  health  It  would  be 
rather  difficult  to  conceive.  One  of  the  cellars 
contained  five  machines  and  the  other  three. 
The  proprietor  Informed  us  that,  he  employed 
sixteen  or  seventeen  ‘hands,’  including  his 
wife  and  himself,  but,  at.  the  time  of  our  visit 
there  was  no  work  going  on  In  one  of  tho  cellars. 
In  the  other  there  were  nine  girls  and  women, 
some  at  work  and  Others  taking  a  ‘tea dinner.’ 
The  countenance  of  all — proprietor  and  pro¬ 
prietor’s  wife,  women  and  girts — bore  sallow 
evidence  of  tHo  effects  of  spending  many  hours 
a  day ‘In  a  close  place,’  It  Is  but  fair  to  add 
that  the  profits  of  the  ‘sweater’  appear  to  be 
anything  but  excessive.  lie  Is,  In  fact,  but  a 
contractor  for  the  shops,  and  is  himself  nearly 
as  poor  as  those  he  employs." 

- *•♦-* - 

ALICE  AND  PHGSBE  CARY. 


Reviewing  a  memorial  work  upon  the  Cary 
Sisters,  by  Mrs.  Ames,  the  Editor  of  the  Aldtne 
says  :— “Mrs.  Ames  complains  of  a  lack  of  ma¬ 
terial,  but  surely  if  tho  Garys  were  the  notable 
women  she  Imagines,  the  lacking  material  ex¬ 
ists.  Their  light  was  not  shod  under  a  bushel, 
but  In  the  greatest  city  of  America,  where  they 
resided  for  upward  nf  twenty  years,  and  where 
they  were  the  center  of  a  lltorary  circle.  It 
ought  not  to  be  difficult  to  fill  up  the  outlines 
of  their  life  In  New  York,  There  are  scores  of 
tholr  friends  who  could  have  assisted  Mrs.  Ames 
In  her  loving  task.  The  present  writer  knew 
them  well  from  the  beginning  of  their  career. 
Alice  came  here  first,  and  at  tho  Instigation  of 
Dr.  Griswold,  who  was  the  means  of  bringing 
out  the  first  collection  of  verse  In  which  sho 
and  Phcebe  figured,  and  who  greatly  admired 
her  genius.  Always  an  enthusiast  or  an  Icono¬ 
clast,  lie  set.  her  above  all  tho  female  poets  of 
the  day,  and  waa  ready  to  strike  down  every  one 
who  disputed  her  pre-eminence.  His  violent 
friendship  made  her  enemies  among  those  who 
did  not  know  her.  When  they  canto  to  know 
her,  they  were  at.  once  her  friends.  Phoche  soon 
followed  ALICE  hither,  with  n  younger  sister 
named  Klmina,  who  was  very  beautiful,  and 
who  wrote  beautiful  poetry,  which  was  like 
Alice’s,  but  more  Immature.  Phiebk  was  much 
that  Alice  was  not.  She  was  sunny  aud  Jolly, 
and  running  over  wii.h  wit  and  humor.  She 
wrote  parodies,  one  of  which,  a  burlesque  of, 
Bayard  Taylor’s  ballad  of  “ Manuola,"  was 
ns  good  as  the  ballad  it  burlesqued.  Thoy  were 
all  clover,  but  not  hard  to  do,  we  imagine, -cer¬ 
tainly  not  so  hard  as  the  parodies  of  Mr.  Cal- 
verley.  Her  serious  pootry  was  like  Alice’9; 
Its  finish  was  better,  but  Its  poetic  value  was 
less.  What  value  will  ultimately  be  sot  upon 
the  poetry  of  both,  posterity  will  decide,— as  it 
has  already  done  In  the  case  of  Mrs.  Hbmans 
and  Miss  Lanpon,  and  is  now-  doing  in  the  case 
of  Mrs.  Browning.  It  is  certainly  poetry,  and 
of  a  kind  that  is  their  own.  Its  prevailing  tone 
is  that  of  sorrow,  which  is  very  sweetly  ex¬ 
pressed." 

WOMAN  PERSONALS. 

At  Carllnvllle,  III.,  a  young,  divorced  woman 
became  engaged  to  a  gontleman  who,  after 
overcoming  many  family  objections  to  his  pur¬ 
suit  of  happiness,  visited  the  Clerk's  ofll«e  for 
the  purpose  of  procuring  the  documents  re¬ 
quired  by  law  to  make  him  the  possessor  of  tho 
treasure.  While  on  his  errand,  the  quondam 
husband  unexpectedly  returned,  confessed  his 
faults,  was  forgiven,  faded  affection  was  re¬ 
stored,  the  marriage  ceremony  was  again  per¬ 
formed,  and  the  re-united  couple  left  the  village 
an*d  “  no  cards  "  for  the  disappointed  suitor. 

There  Is  a  Miss  Fay,  a  missionary,  traveling 
In  the  West,  who  can  take  care  of  herself  under 
all  circumstances.  The  other  day,  while  pass¬ 
ing  along  a  very  narrow  sidewalk  in  Chicago, 
she  saw  before  her  a  great  lout  of  a  fellow  who 
had  “  made  a  back  "  for  “  leap-frog,"  and  not 
wishing  to  step  Into  the  muddy  street,  sho  made 
a  short  run  and  took  the  leap  In  regular  boy 
style,  landing  some  distance  beyond  the  human 
obstruction.  This  done,  she  moved  gracefully 
away  amid  the  applause  of  (he  spectators. 

One  day  recently,  near  Marysville,  Cal.,  a 
thirty -pound  wildcat  robbed  Miss  Leonore 
Methuen  (aged  sixteen)  of  a  pet  lamb,  when 
that  heroic  young  lady  buckled  on  her  little 
pistol  and  pursued  the  cruel  monster,  and  with 
the  assistance  of  a  dog,  treed  the  animal  In  a 
live  oak,  when  sho  scientifically  shot  him 
through  the  head.  Who  will  say  after  this  that 
California  girls  can't  shoot? 

Miss  Lena  Clark,  is  cashier  of  an  Iowa  bank. 
Recently  she  missed  a  train,  and,  determined  to 
fill  an  appointment,  walked  seven  miles  when 
the  mercury  was  thirty  degrees  below  zero. 


ending  for  the  fgmmg. 


THE  6T0RY  OF  THE  EARTHEN  POT, 

And  the  Iron  Pot, 

FROM  THE  FRENCH  OF  LA  FONTAINE. 

An  iron  pot  a  proposition  once  did  make 
Unto  his  friend,  tho  earthon  pot. 

That  thoy.  In  company,  a  trip  should  take 
To  sec  the  stghts. 

And  all  dellghte 

That  men  go  round  the  world  to  see. 

The  earthen  pot  wan  much  obliged,  but  said 
It  was  not  best  for  him  to  go, 

Becauso  his  ware  was  brittle,  and  his  painted  head 
Would  fall  to  bits, 

And  he  be  minus  nil  Ills  wits, 

If  anything  should  hit  him,  so  he’d  quiot  be. 

“If  we  pass  anything  that’s  hard,  I  promise  you 
the  wall,” 

The  Iron  pot  replied ; 

“  When  anything  shall  threaten  to  befall, 

Before  you  I  will  go, 

Aud  will  avert  tho  blow 

From  off  your  painted  head.  To  go  pray  do 
decide.” 

The  earthon  pot  consented.  They  started  the  next 
day 

In  search  of  sights; 

Rolling  on  three  feet  along  tho  stony  way. 
Babbling,  as  they  wont. 

Fast  after  pleasure  bent. 

When  crash  !— the  Iron  pot  fell  'gainst  the  brlttlo 
side 

Of  his  companion.  Now  by  the  roadside  lay 
The  silly,  earthen  pot, 

A  heap  of  useless  fragments.  The  Journey  didn’t 

P»7. 

All  pots  that  easy  break, 

Their  Iron  friends  had  best  not  take 
When  they  a  pleasure  trip  would  make. 

Elizabeth  Cummings. 


THE  RAINY  DAY. 

by  xena. 


“I  do  wish  it  wouldn’t  rain,"  said  Jcjhn,  a 
very  discontented,  unhappy  expression  coming 
over  hia  face.  John  really  seemed  to  think  it 
was  a  personal  matter,  and  felt  grieved  accord¬ 
ingly. 

“  When  I  wanted  to  go  with  Edwin  to  see  his 
cousin,  it  bad  to  rain.  Uncle  James  promised 
me  a  ride,  of  course  it  rained.  It  always  does 
when  I  want  to  go  anywhere.” 

“John,  come  here,  I  want  to  talk  with  you," 
said  his  mother,  Imoklug  up  from  her  work. 

John  got  up  slowly  from  his  scat,  looking 
very  -ro**,  and  coming  to  his  mother,  stood  by 
hercmtlr. 

It  was  Saturday  afternoon.  All  tho  week 
John  had  looked  forward  to  this  day.  His 
mind  would  wander  from  bis  lessons  thinking 
of  it,  and  several  times  he  had  looked  so  absent- 
minded  In  his  class,  that,  the  teacher  had  to 
apeak  quite  loud  to  him,  and  once  he  went 
down  to  the  foot,  when  he  knew  the  answer 
perfectly.  He  felt  very  sorry,  for  he  was  an  am¬ 
bitious  boy,  and  liked  to  stand  well  in  the  class. 

“  It's  too  bad,’’  be  said,  to  himself.  “  But  I’ll 
get  up  again,  and  Saturday  I’ll  have  such  fun.’’ 

And  now  the  long-looknd-for  day  had  come, 
tho  rain  was  falling,  the  sky  was  dull  and  gray, 
with  not.  oven  a  passing  glimpse  of  sunshine. 

Edwahp  and  Harry,  hie  two  cousins,  had 
promised  to  come  and  see  him,  if  It  was  pleas¬ 
ant,  and  they  wore  all  to  go  down  to  their 
father's  office  and  have  a  treat  of  oranges  and 
nuts.  A  long-promised  ball,  gaily  colored,  with 
hounding  abilities  of  marvelous  pretensions, 
was  to  be  purchased,  too,  with  the  advice  and 
counsel  of  Edward  and  Harry.  Uncle  James 
had  promised  tho  boys  that  the  one  who  could 
answer  the  most  questions,  without  missing,  in 
geography,  should  have  a  new  book. 

JortN  felt  certain  he  would  obtain  tho  prize, 
and  was  not  a  little  proud  that  he  was  going  to 
have  a  chance  to  let  his  uncle  know  how  smart 
he  was.  And  here  it  was  raining  — all  that  fun 
spoiled. 

“Johnnie,  your  shoes  are  very  nice,"  said  his 
mother. 

John  looked  down  to  his  feet,  pouting;  he 
could  not  get  over  Hie  idea  that  the  rain  had 
Injured  him. 

“  You  could  walk  out  in  all  this  rain  and  you 
wouldn't  get  your  feet  wet.  Your  coat,  too.  Is 
thick  and  warm.  Did  yon  have  a  good  break¬ 
fast  this  morning?  " 

John  nodded  his  head  and  said,  “Yes, 
ma'am,"  very  dolefully,  however. 

“Look  out  and  tell  me  if  it  is  raining  hard." 
John  went  to  the  window,  and  answered: 

“  Yes,  ma’am,  it  is  raining,  but  it  is  a  little,  fine 
rain.  You  don't  think  Eddie  and  Harry  will 
cotne,  do  you,  mother?  "  with  a  half  sob. 

“  No ;  but  I  would  like  to  have  you  go  out 
with  me  awhile." 

John  watched  hia  mother  as  she  folded  and 
put  away  her  sewing.  She  left  tho  room  and 
returned  shortly,  dressed  for  a  walk,  and,  hand¬ 
ing  him  a  large  basket,  said  : 

“  You  may  carry  this." 

“  What  for,  mother  ?  ” 

“  I  will  tell  you  soon.  Now  let  us  go.” 

They  passed  down  the  street  they  lived  In, 
thon  turned  down  another  street— on,  on  they 
wal  ketl .  The  streets  grew  narrower,  the  houses 
were  old,  and  the  doorways  crowded  with  chil¬ 
dren.  At  one  of  these  houses  they  stopped  and 
went  in.  They  passed  UP  a  narrow,  dark  stair¬ 
way,  through  a  long  hall,  and  finally  came  to  a 
door,  knocl^d  and  went  in. 


0,  such  a  troop  of  children ;  not  dean  and 
nice,  but  ragged  and  dirty  little  children.  They 
stoppod  in  their  piny  to  stare  at  tho  visitors. 
On  a  chair  by  the  fire-place  was  a  woman,  very 
pale  and  slck-looklng,  sewing  on  some  coarse 
cloth. 

John's  mother  went  to  her  and  shook  hands, 
and  asked  her  how  she  was,  then  tho  door 
opened  and  In  cams  a  poor,  delicate  little  fellow 
hobbling  along  on  a  crutch. 

“  How  arc  you  to-day,  I’eter  ?  I  have  brought 
nay  littlo  boy  to  see  you.” 

I’f.teh  looked  upsearchingly  Into  tho  visitor’s 
face,  but  Johnnie  shrank  back — he  didn't  want 
any  acquaintances  like  that. 

“Johnnie,"  -«ald  his  rnnther,  “littlo  Peter 
here  has  been  making  the  most,  wonderful  boat 
you  ever  saw." 

"  It  la  not  finished  yet,"  said  Peter's  mother. 

‘lie  was  going  out  to-day  to  try  and  get  some 
paint,  hut  I  was  afraid  ho  might  get  cold.  And 
thank  you  a  thousand  times  for  I  In*  good  things 
you  havo  sent  me;  we  would  have  suffered  very 
much  if  it  bad  not  becij  for  you." 

Peter  brought  out  bis  boat  from  another 
room.  John  began  to  grow  interested.  It  was 
a  marvel  of  skill,  and  showed  wonderful  ability. 

"Why,  did  you  do  this?"  said  .JonN,  with 
genuine  admiration. 

“  0  yes,"  said  Peter,  proudly. 

“  My  I  I  wish  1  could  make  such  a  boat,"  said 
John 

"  you  ever  try,"  said  hia  mother,  softly. 

No,  mother;  you  know  I  couldn't.  1  wish 
Edward  and  Harry  could  see  this,  and  they 
think  they  arc  smart." 

“How  did  you  hurt,  yourself?”  3ald  John's 
mother,  kindly,  to  the  little  boy. 

“  1  was  sweeping  the  crossings,  ma’am,  and  a 
carriage  wheel  went  over  my  loot  ;  then  I  was 
sick  with  fever,  and  they  thought  l  was  going 
to  die;  but  I  didn't." 

“  H  was  because  of  the  clolhes  and  medicine 
you  sent  him.  ma'am,"  said  Peter's  mother. 

They  left  the  basket ;  it  was  full  of  nice  things, 
aud  the  family  had  a  real  feast,  after  the  visitors 
were  gone.  As  they  walked  along,  John  said: 

"  Mot  her,  I  wish  I  could  help  Peter  !  ” 

“You  can,"  said  his  mother. 

“How?" 

“Think.” 

“  Well,  I  can  give  him  some  of  my  old  clothes 
and  shoes." 

“  Yes." 

(After  a  alienee)—"  I  wonder  If  ho  Knows  how 
to  read?" 

"  No,  I  think  not." 

“  I  think  he  U  a  smart  boy,  don't  you,  mother? 
That  boat  was  splendid  !  " 

“  Yes." 

“  Mother,  see  hero  ;  If  you  will  let  me,  I’ll  toll 
you  what  I'd  like  to  do.  I'd  go  every  Saturday 
afternoon  and  teach  that  hoy  to  rend.  That 
boat  was  splendid!  There  isn't  a  boy  in  our 
school  could  muko  one  like  It." 

When  they  got  home,  John's  mother  called 
him  to  her  and  said  (sho  hud  given  him  time  to 
think  about.  It) : 

"  Johnnie,  were  you  In  earnest  about  teaching 
Peter  to  read  ?  " 

"  Yea,  H  you  think  I  could,"  boeilntingly. 

“Do  you  think  you  could?  You  know  it 
won't  be  very  pleasant  to  go  there  Saturday. 
Some  :1. .)  s  it  miirht  rain,  and  It  is  quite  a  long 
distance,  too.  Peter  may  be  very  dull  about 
learning." 

“  Mother,  I’ll  tell  you  what  we  will  do.  If 
you  will  lot  me,  I  could  give  Peter  some 
clothes,  and  w«  will  dress  him  up  ami  lot  him 
come  hero  every  Saturday,  and  I'll  teach  him." 

“  Will  you  toll  Peter  that,  when  he  comes  to 
bring  home  the  bosket?  Saturday  comes  every 
week,  and  Peter  would  get  discouraged  if  he 
cotne  for  his  lessons  and  you  were  not  here." 

“No,  mother;  I’ve  thought  all  about  it,  and 
made  up  my  mind  I  want  him  to  come." 

Pkti.r  was  delighted  when  he  heard  the  good 
news.  Ho  rauio  every  Saturday,  and  John  gave 
him  a  lesson. 

After  a  few  weeks,  John’s  father,  rearing  that 
he  might  grow  weary  of  his  good  work,  sent 
I*ktbr  to  school.  And  when  Summer  carno  and 
tho  family  weut  into  t he  country,  Peter  came 
with  his  boat,  and  all  the  boys-  U.mmiy  and 
Eddie  and  John,  and  a  score  of  others  —  had  a 
grand  celebration  and  launched  the  boat  on  the 
pond  ;  and  John  felt,  not  a  littlo  proud  when  ho 
looked  at.  the  hoaf  christened  “Happy  Hours” 
-  to  know  that  Peter  had  given  It  that  name  in 
memory  of  the  pleasant  hours  they  had  had 
passed  together,  and  that  lie  hod  been  the  first 
one  to  teach  the  little  architect,  to  read. 

So  you  see  how  much  good  a  little  boy  can  do 
if  he  tries. 


®hc  flutter. 


WORD  AND  PHRASE  PUZZLE.-No.  2. 


Mr.  Cave  ney  was  total  mould  by  Mr.  Not  old 
the  oriuity  of  concord  to  15  inches  what  ho 
horned  horse  about  the  partial  engagement  of 
came 

troops.  He  the  to  attest  not  to  procoed,  and 
said  he  did  to  entangle  a  province  of  an  arch¬ 
bishop  the  to  cavil  eo  could  to  relate  no  value 
only  from  rumor,  so  was  permitted  to  depart, 
ar  Answer  In  two  weeks.  f.  m.  r. 

- ♦«-« - 

ANAGRAMS  OF  ANIMALS. -No.  1. 


birds.  4.  Low  laws.  5.  Do  keep  crow.  fl.  Bird 
red  car.  T.  A  corner  C.  K.  8.  G.  tub  inn.  9. 
I’d  (lee  far.  10.  Leg  saul.  11.  I  can  mire  a 
Sherk.  12.  The  asp  an.  KJ.  No  cord. 

{37”  Answer  in  two  weeks.  j.  m.  s. 


PROBLEM.  No.  4. 

From  a  point,  within  an  equilateral  triangle 
let  fall  three  perpendiculars  whose  lengths  are 
respectively  20,  .'to  and  forty  rods,  intersecting 
tho  sides.  What  is  the  area  of  the  triangle 
formed  by  connecting  the  points  or  Intersection. 

Answer  in  two  weeks.  8.  o.  c. 


PUZZLER  ANSWERS. -Feb.  8. 


Illustrated  Rebus  No.  5.  — Sawdust  pills 
cure  many  diseases. 

Problem  No.  3.— 1st,  26,2152  cubic  inches: 
2d,  24  cubic  inches. 

Cross- W  oitu  Enigma  No.  4. — Colorado. 
Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  3. —  Victoria. 


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PUBLISHER’S  DESK 


organ  is  beligerent  and  calls  upon  cowards  to. 
get  out  of  the  way. 


—really  Spring-like— a  change  from  40°  below 
zero  to  40°  above  in  48  hours  time !  The  Winter 
has  been  extremely  cold,  with  an  unusual  depth 
of  snow,— i,  w.  s. 


30,000  cases  of  coal  oil,  and  a  warehouse  In  San 
Francisco  .  ..Cooper  shop  at  Evansville, lnd.,  on 
the  11th;  loss,  $35,000 — Factory  and  house  in 

Brooklyn,  on  the  11th  ;  loss,  $84,000 _ Building 

on  Central  Wharf,  Norwich,  Conn.,  on  the  12th ; 
loss,  $35,000  Tannery  at  Tyrone.  N.  V.,  on  the 
12th ;  loss,  $00.1X4)  Clot b  factory  at  Peterboro, 
Ont„  on  the  12th;  loss,  $10,000 _ Carriage  fac¬ 

tory  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  on  the  12th  ;  loss, 
815,000  .  Wooden  ware  factory  In  St .  Louis,  on 
the  14th ;  loss,  $30,0000  .  Clav  retort  factory'  In 
Baltimore,  on  the  13th  ;  loss,  $RO.(X)0. . .  Erie  Knit¬ 
ting  Mill,  at  Cohoes.  N.  1.,  on  the  14th;  loss, 


Secretary  Boutwell  has  Resigned. 

There  are  many  who  do  not  approve  Secre¬ 
tary  Bout  well's  financial  policy  or  policies; 
these  will  be  gratified  to  know  that  on  Feb.  3  he 
wrote  a  letter  to  the  President  resigning  the 
Secretaryship,  his  resignation  to  take  effect  Feb. 
13.  That  resignation,  it  is  asserted,  has  not  been 
withdrawn,  but  has  been  verbally  modified,  at 
the  request  of  the  President,  so  as  to  take  effect, 
without  condition,  March  4.  Hence,  we  are  to 
have  a  new  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS, 


NOW  IS  THE  TIME  TO  SECURE 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

A  small  explosion  of  fireworks  has  taken 
place  in  Dey street  ..A  boy  was  whipped  to 
death  In  Brooklyn  on  the  8th  ... Thousand*  of 
people  visited  the  remains  of  Vicar-General 
Starrs  on  the  fith...  A  Miss  Brontell  was  burned 
to  dnntli  on  t he  8th  . .  .The  7th  Rogt.  is  making 

freat  exertions  to  secure  a  new  armory.  Dr. 
I  ugh  Williamson  was  shot  nn  the  fith  by  a 
Swede  and  fatally  wounded.  Jealousy'  the 
cause  . ..The  trial  of  John  Soaimcll  for  murder 
has  commenced  ...  A  parade  ground  of  80  acres 
In  extent.  North  of  Port  George,  has  been  de¬ 
cided  upon  Proposals  for  the  Greenwood 
statue  of  Greeley  are  advertised  .The  Wo¬ 
men's  Protective  Cnlon  held  a  great  meeting  on 
the  11th  —  Anna  Dickinson  has  lectured  before 
a  small  audience  on  “  What's  to  Hinder.”.  The 

great  Arirm  ball  was  held  on  the  13th Soros  is 

held  a  banquet,  on  the  !4th  Stokes  has  been 
denied*  new  trial.  He  lstobe  lumgr.n  the  28th 
.  Clergymen  are  signing  a  petition  in  favor  of 
the  murderer.  Foster  . . .  A  jury  for  the  trial  of 
KcanneM  has  been  obtained  ...The  New  Haven 
freight  depot  on  Center  street  waa  burned  to  the 
extent  of  $07,000  on  t  he  14th. 

Home  Newt*. 

There  are  the  usual  rumors  of  changes  in 
the  foreign  missions. .  At  lantic  cable  tolls  have 
been  reduced  to  75  cents  a  word Senator  Sum¬ 
ner's  health  Is  improving..  ..One  James  Graham 
has  been  brutally  murdered  at  Little  Neck,  L. 
I  Prof.  Tyndall  has  returned  to  England 
Secretary  Boutwell  recommends  the  adoption 
of  an  international  signal  code  for  merchant 
vessels  The  defeat  of  t  he  air  line  railroad  in 
New  Jersey  has  greatly  displeased  the  people 
.The  New  Jersey  Legislature  has  indignantly 
refused  to  accept  passes  from  the  Erie  Railway 
. . .  The  antl-ninnopoly  feeling  is  on  t  he  increase 
in  New  Jersey. . .  Our  Minister  to  Mexico  Is  to 


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On  the  fith,  a  threatened  rupture  between 
the  President  and  the  Coinmitteo  of  Thirty, 

caused  much  excitement  In  Paris _ TheOariist. 

Insurrection  is  again  aetive  in  Spain _ Austria 

consents  to  an  International  Congress  to  sit  at 
Vienna  during  the  exhibition,  for  the  purpose 
of  encouraging  useful  Inventions.  France  has 
dosed  the  medical  school  at  Montpelier  A 
collision  took  place  at.  Dunbar,  25  miles  from 
EdlnburLdi,  on  t  he  8th,  Nine  people  were  killed. 

The  North  of  France  has  had  a  heavy  snow 
storm,  which  stopped  the  trains  for  Ihrec  days. 

The  bill  for  the  abolition  of  slavery  In  Porto 
Rico  is  being  discussed  In  the  Spanish  Congress. 
—  An  Insurrection  atTeplc,  Mexico,  is  assum¬ 
ing  formidable  proportions  The  insurrection 

In  Spain  daily  gains  strength _ The  King  of 

Spain  abdicated  his  throne  on  the  loth.  The 
act  caused  n  profound  sensation  throughout 
Europe.  The  Cories  at  once  went  Into  a  perma¬ 
nent  session,  and  a  Republic  was  voted  the  same 
evening,  the  vote  standing 2159  to 32...  The  House 
of  Lords  has  been  discussing  the  San  Juan  boun¬ 
dary  question..  Tlic  abdication  of  King  Ama¬ 
deus  was  accented  wit  hout  discussion _ Figue- 

ras  has  been  elected  President  of  1  he  new  Span¬ 
ish  Council;  CaateJar  is  the  Minister  of  Foreign 
Affairs  —  A  man-of-war  lias  gone  from  Italy  to 
t.’.ke  home  the  ex  King  European  Commun¬ 
ists  arc  said  to  be  fine  king  to  Madrid.  The 
President  of  France  will  recognize  the  Spanish 
Republic..  ben  or  M  art  os  has  been  elected 
permanent  President  of  the  Spanish  Assembly. 

Ex-Queen  Isabella  isgoing In  Madrid.  The 
Duke  de  Mont  pansier  will  operate  ngnlnst  the 
Republic  —  The  Spanish  army  Is  divided  reln- 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC, 


Holland,  Ottawa  Go.,  JVIlch.,  Feh.  12.  —  We 

have  had  a  very  cold  and  stormy  Winter—  the 
coldest  known  in  many  years.  Hay  is  $12  per 
ton;  corn,  shelled,  45c.;  oats,  32c.;  wheat,  $1.75; 
potatoes,  80c.;  eggs,  22c.;  hard  maple  cord  wood, 
$4.50 ;  beech,  $3.50.  Labor  is  dear,  $1.50  per  day 
of  t  en  hours,  without  board.  Money  1b  scarce ; 
street  Interest  Is  from  24  to  30  per  cent.  Busi¬ 
ness  Is  dull;  farmers  have  not  much  money  to 
buy  things  with,  owing  to  low  prices  of  farm 
products.  About  eiery  tenth  man  wants  to  sell 
out  and  move  elsewhere.  Splendid  opening 
here  for  capitalists,  especially  for  money  lend¬ 
ers.  Splendid  climate:  In  Summer  cool  breezes 
front  the  Lake  almost  every  day,  and  our  Win¬ 
ters  are.  as  a  general  thing,  very  mild.  Good 
country  for  fruit;  much  fruit  land  for  sale  at 
very  low  prices.  Farmer. 

Wood  Go.,  «.,  I'cb.  «.  Have  had  the  coldest 
weather  ever  known  here  this  Winter.  The 
29th  ult.,  mercury  stood  .'50c  below  zero ;  more 
snow  and  severer  storms  than  for  many  years. 
Apples  and  potatoes  froze  in  t.hc  cellars  and  al¬ 
most  all  froze  that  were  kept,  in  pits.  Seed 
potatoes  will  be  scarce.  Stock  of  all  kinds  look 
well.  If  the  Winter  continues  late  and  severe, 
feed  will  lie  rather  scarce,  except,  corn,  which  Is 
very  plenty;  much  of  it  Is  not  busked.  Wheat 
looks  promising ;  the  snow  has  protected  it 
completely  from  the  cold ;  also  clover.  Dressed 
pork  Is  worth  $5  per  ewt.;  clover  seed,  $5.15  per 
bu.;  wheat,  $1.40;  corn,  85c.;  oats,  80c.;  green 
apples.  50 c.  to  (JOc.;  eggs,  25c;.;  butter,  20c.— n.  w. 

>1, HianlcsloM  n,  Frederick  Go.,  Md.,  Jan.  31. 

Weather  colder  than  for  many  years — down  to 
11"  below  zero  yesterday  morning,  and  it  seldom 
goes  below  zero  here.  Snow  12  inches  deep; 
good  sleighing  since  before  Christmas.  Times 
hard;  money  scarce;  also  hay  and  straw.  Hay, 
$25',’ .'10  per  I, on  ;  wheat,  L80  per  bu. ;  corn, 

5lc. ;  oats,  40c. ;  labor,  by  the  day,  50e.<?A$l ; 
horse's,  $  15X5 351 ;  cows,  $J0@40 ;  pine  lumber, 
$30®<V) ;  oak  lumber,  $256/30  per  M  ; 

50  per  acre,  barge  crop  of  fruit  last  year ;  chin¬ 
nier  apples  plenty  yet  .  at  50c.  per  bush.  Wheat 
a  poor  crop ;  corn  good ;  hay  poor.-.!,  i.. 

I  >  ii  ii  I  it  l> ,  llurrison  Cii.,  lawn,  Feh.  3.  We  arc 
having  the  hardest  Winter  in  tills  country  1 
have  seen,  and  1  have  now  been  here  eight 
years ;  thermometer  at,  10",  10",  30°  and  27"  below 
zero  for  days.  Not.  imicli  snow ;  ground  frozen 
about  live  l'eet;  all  little  streams  nearly  solid, 
and  the  river  from  three  to  four  feet  of  Ice,  and 
almost  impossible  to  water  stuck.  Horses  are 
word)  from  $100  to  $200;  oxen.  $90 to $100;  cows, 
$20  to  $30;  pork,  $3.50;  live  hogs,  $3;  wheat. 
95c.;  oats,  115c.;  barley.  51c.;  corn,  15c.;  eggs,  35c.; 
butt  or,  25c.;  chickens,  Sc.  per  lb.— it.  b.  it. 

>\  imtsor  Go.,  1 1.,  Feb.  7.  We  have  had  four 
feet  of  snow;  now  fully  three  feet;  very  dry 
and  ”  mealy;"  does  not  pack  well,  mid  business 
is  greatly  delayed.  Temperature  extremes  rang¬ 
ing  from  zero  to 40";  no  frost  in  the  ground; 
water  abundant.  A  year  ago  the  earth  waa  fro¬ 
zen  four  feet  deep,  and  water  very  scarce.  Hay 
plenty,  $15  a  ton ;  corn  meal,  $30  a  ton ;  oats. 
50c.;  wheat,  $3;  potatoes,  00c.  Live  stock  was 
reduced  in  1871  and  1872,  and  is  somewhat  scarce. 
Sheep.  $3  to  $3.  Young  cattle  bring  good  pri¬ 
me— c.  H.  it. 

Madrid,  St.  Lawrence  Go.,  Feb,  2. —  Large  fall 
of  snow  in  early  Winter;  January  thaw  used  it 
wp;  now  0  or  7  inches,  good  sleighing;  ground 
not.  frozen.  Lumbermen  doing  little  t  he  ground 
is  so  soft.  Crops  the  past  season  a  lit  tle  above 
average  yield,  except  hay,  which  was  below  av¬ 
erage.  Prices :  Straw, $ty<t 9 ;  buy,  £15&18 ;  wheat, 
-1.50;  corn,  75c.;  oats,  45c.;  barley,  70c.;  pota¬ 
toes.  UV”50c.;  horses,  £100®  150;  cows.  $30®  40; 
sheep,  $5,  ami  very  scarce;  lambs  and  wool  in 
good  demand;  land  scarce  at  $00, average  price. 
— w.  p.  it.  M. 

Mullock,  Peoria  Go.,  III.,  Feb.  II.— Wo  have 
had  a  very  cold  Winter;  the  ground  froze  up 
the  13th  of  Nov.  last,  and  has  been  going  down 
nil  of  the  time  since.  Wednesday,  29th  of  Jan., 
3fi  below  i  good  sleighing  that  week. 
Wheat.  $1Q?  1.10;  corn, 25c. ;  oats,  24c. ;  pork,  $46?, 
•1.25,  dressed,  per  WO  lbs,  Wc  are  in  for  a  ship 
canal  to  Chicago,  and  one  around  Niagara  Falls. 
— j.  Y. 

Kent,  Portage  Go.,  Ohio.,  Feb.  It. — Corn,  In 
ear,  30c.  per  bush. ;  oats,  35c. ;  red  wheat.  $1.70 ; 
potatoes,  C5f(>i70c.,  with  butJittle activity.  Good 
potato  raising  country;  150,000  bushels  shipped 
from  this  poi lit  last  Fall,  at  45? ’,50c.  Hay.  $15®  18 
per  ton  ;  straw,  $8. — c.  n. 

Ghorry  Tree,  Venango  Go.,  Pn.,  Fell.  lO. — 
Hay  here  Is  $1.25  and  straw  $  I  per  ewt.,  not  per 
(»ii,  as  announced  in  your  Issue  of  Jan.  7. — D.  K. 

lied  Gloud,  Neb.,  .Ian.  30. — We  have  had  u 
line,  open  winter ;  not  over  one  inch  of  snow  at 
any  one  time,  in  all  about  three  Inches— it.  n.  c. 

Lyndonville,  Goledonia  Go.,  Vt.,  Feb.  7.— For 
three  days  past  the  weather  has  been  delightful 


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CURRENT  TOPICS, 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


Spain  a  Republic. 

Since  our  last  issue,  King  Amadeus  has  vol¬ 
untarily  abdicated  the  throne  of  Spain  and  de¬ 
parted  for  Italy.  A  Republic  was  immediately 
proclaimed,  and  the  work  of  orgunizal  ion  has 
been  both  rapid  and  attended  with  remarkable 
liberality  and  wisdom.  Senor  Castelar  seems  to 
be  the  moving  and  .miniat  ing  spirit .  He  is  well 
known  to  tile  world  as  an  active  Republican  ot 
the  same  typo  as  Mazzlni,  G  aribaldi  and  Victor 
Hugo,  though  a  more  I  borough  statesman,  per¬ 
haps,  than  any  of  those  named.  Soma  may  hope 
that,  now  that  Spain  Is  a  Republic,  Cuban  inde¬ 
pendence  will  lie  recognized.  We  do  not  hope 
this;  for  Senor  Castelar  once  said,  “I  am  a  Re¬ 
publican,  but  1  tiui  a  Spaniard  first”— which 
means  that  while  he  desires  a  republican  form 
of  government  for  Spain,  he  is  not  willing  to  re¬ 
linquish  the  rights  of  Spain  to  her  legitimately 
acquired  possessions.  There  may  be  a  more 
liberal  government  for  Cuba,  under  the  Repub¬ 
lic,  but  there  will  be  no  relaxation  of  effort  to 
retain  possession  of  that  island. 

Utah  in  Ferment. 

Pains  have  boon  taken  to  advertise  the  fact 
that  the  Presidenl  lots  set  hie  foot  down  relative 
to  the  enforcement  of  United  States  laws  in 
Utah,  anti  proposes  to  do  it  if  it  takes  all  the 
available  military  force  of  tho  country  to  sus¬ 
tain  the  civil  authorities  there.  Gen.  Sheridan 
has  been  summoned  to  Washington  to  give 
military  advice,  and  it  is  announced  that  all  the 
troops  in  tho  Southern  States  that  can  be  spared 
are  to  be  sent  to  Utah.  Whereupon  the  Mor¬ 
mons  are  in  ferment,  and  Briglmm  Young’s 


New  York,  Monday,  Feb.  17, 1873. 

Receipt*. -The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  as  follows : 

Flour,  bbls .  47,100  Pork,  bbls .  2,200 

Wheat,  bush .  15,100  Beef,  pkg* .  702 

Corn,  bush.  .  73,800  Gut  meats,  pk«8...  24,850 

Out*,  bush .  91.41X1  I  Aril,  pki’.s.  .  10,802 

Grass  seed, bush..  18,100  Butter,  pkgs .  10,200 

Rye,  bush .  150  Cheese,  pkgit- .  12,8u0 

Barley,  bush .  13,450  Dried  fruits,  pkgs.  1,370 

Moll,  bush .  18,580  Eggs,  bbln . .  2  159 

Beans,  bbls .  1,056  Wool,  bales .  3,100 

Oornrueal  bbls —  3.100  Hops,  bales .  49ft 

Com  meal.  bags...  10,4*0  Peanut*,  bags .  4,050 

Cotton,  bales .  28.000 

Beaus  nud  Peas.  -  Receipts  have  been  larger, 
and  the  stocks  have  further  accumulated.  Mediums 
are  ruling  more  in  the  buyer’s  favor,  hut  marrowfats 
are  steadily  held. 

We  quote  prime  mediums,  $2,75042.80 ;  prime  marrow, 
fats,  $2.80@2.8d :  prime  kidneys,  *3 ;  Canada  peas,  free, 
bbls.,  $1.30@L85;  green  peas,  bush.,  i  1.90®  2. 

Beeswax.— Supplies  are  promptly  placed  at  from 
34(5)34>fo.  for  Western  and  Southern. 

Broom  Corn,  The  trade  has  been  limited  to 
small  lots  at  steady  prices. 

We  quote  7Kc.  for  prime  hurl ;  (i®7c.  for  new  green  ; 
(ifeOKc.  for  old  do.,  0®0e.  for  old  mixed,  and  2@3c.  for 
old  red-  Brooms  bring  $1.7.v;i  4.50  per  dozen  for  com¬ 
mon  to  best  house. 

Butler.— There  have  been  very  heavy  receipts  of 
Canada,  and  for  tho  moment  there  is  less  buoyant 
feeling  on  the  part  of  some  dealers,  us  buyers  are  ap¬ 
parently  hold  I  off,  to  see  what  effect  the  forded  lots 
will  have.  Wo  should  remark  thnt  fine  butter  is  not 
affected  a  particle  through  the  enlarged  supply,  and 
with  the  euultdeiice  that  trustworthy  opinion*  given 
by  informants  we  have  relied  On  for  years  without 
mistake  inspire,  we  think  that,  prices  for  the  interme¬ 
diate;  good*  will  stretch  back  to  their  recent  firm¬ 
ness.  Dairies  of  One  Stats'  nre  selling  at  fully  lute 
prices.  There  Is,  however,  less  disposition  to  sell 
lines  of  tills  grade,  us  holders  feel  tlmt  the  ohaneo  is 
coming  to  break  them  up  profitably,  Canada  butter 
ranges  at  336360.  for  good  to  tine,  and  20f*3fle.  for  good 
to  fair,  which  Is  higher.  Hull  a  ure  uol  running  good. 

We  quote  (—Dairies,  fine,  38®40c. :  do.,  fair  to  good, 
32@36c. ;  fine  half  tubs,  in  lots,  40@42c, ;  selections  of 


lo.  mixed 


(00c.,  ben,  7<§>9c.;  vinegar,  cider, 
mnntaetured.  15@20c.;  newspa- 


half  tubs,  456t47e. ;  Welsh  Fall,  36@3Rc. ;  do.,  common, 
23c^30c. ;  store  packed,  15®20c. ;  poor  to  fair,  State  dair¬ 
ies,  23 -'.tic. :  Western  rolls,  Hue,  26<327c.;  common  to 

fair.  S5a«8c. 

Cheese.  The  movement  lias  been  quite  liberal  In 
the  low  and  medium  grades,  at  prices  ranging  from 
10c.  to  13c.,  with  some  few  small  lots  at  8c.  Shippers 
refuse  to  moot  the  views  of  holders  In  best  grades. 
There  is  fnlly  a*  confident  n  tone  tn  the  market,  and 
the  t  rade  believe  that  the  supplies  will  nil  be  needed. 
Exports  for  the  week,  '•.'6,393  pkg*. 

Wo  quote  State  factory,  prime  and  fancy,  Ifl  if® 
l*lHco  with  Jobbing  sales.  l6Y<ctl7o.;  do.  good,, 

15Se  :do.  fair.  lt/MltRo.  State  dairy  prime,  It <*.; 
do.  fair,  12 !4®13c.  Ohio  factory,  prime,  llni'i  150. ; 
do.  good,  13(@Uc.  English  dairy,  prime.  Me.:  do. 
good.  hWfilSXc. 


English  dairy,  prime 


Cotton.— The  arrivals  at  the  ports  have  been  liberal 
and  prices  are  lower.  For  forward  delivery  sales  on 
the  basis  of  low  middling  for  future  delivery  are  at 
211  Yc.  for  Feb., 20!-jo.  for  March,  20  18-lfie.  for  April, 
2)  kc.  for  May.  2t>je.  for  June.  Wo  quote  for  spot 
cotton : 

opliunh.  AUbii’flt.  S' ,,'v  Or Tons 

Ordinary .  17K  V%  1T:V  17Y 

Good  Ordinary .  18«  18V  lit  19.k{ 

Strict  Good  Ordinary.  19tf  197-16  1911-16  19 Y 

Low  Middling .  19X  20&  W%  20X 

Middling .  21 

Good  Middling .  23 


Pried  Frail*.—1 The  low  prices  ruling  for  apples 
brgiu  to  attract  attention  or  consumers,  and  there 
Is  (simpurUt1  vely  a  very  fair  business  in  all  grades. 
Peaches  remain  quiet,  most  parties  waiting  to  hear 
from  the  country  something  definite  in  regard  to  the 
rei«>rt  >  of  damage  t.u  the  t  roe-.  From  the  tone  of  the 
letters  received  here,  It  Is  believed  that  there  is  some 
cause  for  alarm. 

Southern  apples.  idlKo,|  do.,  sliced,  ,V-9Se. ;  WosC 
ern.nttiif.Vilc.;  state,  f*<ifl&c.  Pealed  peaches  ut  Mfiileo. 
for  Ga.,  ti  id  ic.  for  Vu...  and  Iniivlile.  for  North  Caro¬ 
lina.  impeded  peaches,  3y;<a4c.  for  quarters, and  5N(5Ji 
5XC.  for  halves,  Cherries,  22(5)22)40.  Plums,  I4®l9c. 
Blackberries,  8Kc.  Raspberries,  3.W"de. 

F.ggu.  Prices  deeltned  to  about.  XHe.,  but  with  the 
coin  weather  prices  soon  reacted,  and  for  best  marks 
of  fresh  at  the  dose  40c.  is  asked,  with  ordinary  lots 
Xalilt-ie.  !, lined  are  scarce,  and  held  at  liOtraSSe.  At 
these  figures  there  Is  scarcely  any  business. 

Flour.  -  The  market  Is  ruling  weak.  The  arrivals 
are  larger  and  the  shipping  demand  is  very  small. 

Superfine  State . . Ifl  35®  7  oo 

Common  extra  do . 7  KV<»!  7  75 

Good  to  choice  do . 7  80(5)  7  90 

. . .  do  .  . 8  09®  8  1(1 

Superfine  Michigan,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Iuwa...  6  20(9/  7  00 

Extra  do. . . .  7  25$  7  00 

Choice  extra  do.. . 7  t’fxrti  8  85 

Trade  brands  do . . 8  lOiflO  50 

Good  to  choice  white  wheat,  extras . H  a*<ilO  50 

Fair  to  very  choice  extra  .Minnesota .  8  00®  lo  Ml 

Common  to  fair  extra  St.  Louis .  8  00®  9  50 

Good  to  choice  do .  9  60®13  f>0 

Southern,  common  to  choice .  6  60®  9  OO 

Family  do .  9  00®  13  25 

Rye,  eo  turnon  to  fine . . . i  75et»  6  in 

Buckwheat  hour  . 3  Oikji  3  26 

Corn  tuoftl,  Brandywine.. ,  .  3  9064  4  00 

Fresh  Fruit*.— Exports  of  apples  500  hhls.  Fine 
sort*  of  apples  are  firmer,  but.  a  retail  or  small  load 
business  is  all  that,  can  bo  noted,  (’ran berries  dull, 
but  firmly  field.  Nuts  have  only  a  moderate  call. 

Wt*  quote— Apples,  common,  $lJiftu.'2.00 ;  do.  fair  to 
good.  t'2ijo2.50 ,  do.  tine,  $2.?,V..i;UKl.  Cranberries,  prime, 
crutc,  $3®;l.50;  common  to  fair.  f2.A0iai2.7fi  ;  bids.,  $9 
64 10 ;  choice  hhis..  ftll'Hill.  New  Wilmington  and 
"Virginia  peanuts,  $lr<«1,45,  I’ehn.  do,  fih'ad.I.K  Hickory 
nuts  $l.i5t*2. 

Furs  n  mi  S).  I  us.  The  catch  has  boon  small,  and 
the  prospect  Is  that  firm  prices  will  rule  from  this 
time  forth.  There  Inis  been  a  large  drain  upon  manu¬ 
factured  goods  here  and  abroad.  The  following  quo¬ 
tations  arc  ruling  for  parcel  lots :— Oltcr,  each,  $7®lflj 
Fox,  tiO-i'fie.  for  gray ,  f  1.20":  1.75  for  Rod  Mink;  $1,50 
®9.(M  for  pain;  $3®  6  for  dark ;  Musk  n»t,  11(3)1 6c.  for 
Fail  and  I.v«ri2e.  for  Winter;  Skunk,  40®wc.,  for 
striped,  IW.’ile  for  white,  title .®$1.1(|  for  black ;  (lpos- 
Butn  10®  15c.;  Raccoon,  80<.>70e. 

Grain.— For  wheat,  prices  are  entirely  nominal. 
The  foreign  markets  are  Pretty  well  supplied  at  tlie 
moment.  Wo  quote  at  fil.rt'Lu  1,73  for  No.  2  Spring. 
$l-?!>  ci.82H  /or  ho.  I  do..  tl.90yj|ii.95  for  Winter  red 
Western.  $1.90®2  for  iimbur,  and  $l,90.<)2.iX)Jfor  white 
Western.  Corn  1- dull  aitUlcwIGHc.  for  old  mixed  Wcst- 
oi  n  afloat,  tUI/c.  for  ilo.  in  store,  0  > 1 for  new  - 
car  lots,  nft(v6tH»i<o.  ror  yellow  do.  oats  sell  slowly  ut 
64®K»c,  tor  new  rnive.t  Western  ;  K@54o.  for  new  black 
do.:  VLt  'de.fornew  while  do.;  51c,  for  old  mixed  West¬ 
ern  instore;  53o  for  mixed  Stale;  36c.  for  white  State. 

Hay  noil  St  raw.  —  There  Is  not  much  bay  re¬ 
ceived,  and  prloes  are  steadily  held.  We  quote  North 
River  at  $1.15  from  store.  Retail  qualities  at  $1.30® 
1.70;  NOVr-r  at,  95o.Mifl<  and  salt  at  B05uSe.  Straw,  long 
r v .v  at  $1.30*1. 41)  r  short  do.  at  $  p.ojjf, ;  oat  at  90c.@$l, 
add  wheat  nt77>c.  The  following  prices  are  obtained 
at  the  railroad  depots:  -  Retail  qualities,  good  to 
prime,  $1.50(31.(15;  do,,  medium  to  fair,  fitl.20ujxl.70;  ship¬ 
pers'  grades,  fil.lt) ;  clover,  mixed,  $1.10(41.20;  el  Over, 
70  "/Klc,;  long  rye  straw,  $1.30;  short  do.,  OOo/a/fl ;  oat, 
85®90c.;  wheat.  65c. 

flops.  Buyers  refuse  to  purchase  other  than  small 
lots,  to  go  Into  immediate  consumption,  and  with 
stocks  steadily  accumulating  of  both  foreign  and  do¬ 
mestic,  prices  are  ruling  lower. 

Wo  quote  State  ut  42<SiJ>2c.;  Eastern,  40@S0e.;  West¬ 
ern.  I0  ;4, Vie. ,  Bavarian,  iflkaiWo.;:  English,  36®45o.;  Bel- 


Tobacco.— Trade  Is  light,  as  there  Is  an  absence  of 
desirable  stock. 

QUOTATIONS — MEW  CHOP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

Lugs . . .  9V<S  10 cjc.  10  (3)  10MC. 

Common  to  medium  leaf. 10  H  e.  10V<®  tlRo. 
Good  do.  .  .IDv-.u  12  o,  11 12  He. 

Fine  do.  . .  I2>4<i  I3>y0.  18  @11  c. 

Selections . M  @  li 15  @16  o. 

Vegetables.— Exports  of  2,200  bbls.  of  potatoes ;  of 
onions,  SO  bbls.  The  market  Is  firm  for  potatoes, 
though  the  trade  docs  not  Include  much  wholesale 
buying.  The  long  Winter  has  almost  run  out.  the 
variety  of  garden  truck.  A  (few  marrow  squash  are 
quoted  as  nigh  »*  $4.50.  Boston  has  taken  most  Of 
them  ofi"  Cabbages  are  very  scarce. 

Peacb  Blows  In  bulk.  $8  @3.25;  Enrlv  Hose  do.. 
$2.7503;  Prince  Albert.  $2  7503;  Dyrtglit,  *l.75(;.u2; 
common  $1.75;  sweet,  fit.WLo  l  For  potatoes  In  ah  lu¬ 
pine  order  a(ld  25@37f.  V  bbl.  Marrow  squash,  fil.JQ 
@1.75;  Onions,  reif  and  yellow,  $5<,.(ifl ;  do.  white,  $5, 50 
@ 7;  Russia  Turnips,  $1.75(i(i2 ;  Cabbages,  IS  100,  $7@1U. 

\\  ool,  -There  Is  no  improvement,  in  trade.  Manu¬ 
facturers  will  not  buy  at  present  prices,  as  the  goods 
market  is  very  dull. 

X  to  XXX  fleece,  fill .''7’c. ;  No.  1  fleece.  flft'.Vififlc. :  No. 
2  fleece,  G0@0fl<v.  tub-wiivhcd  fleece,  56i-$7Ut.;  Texas, 
coarse  t,o  extra  line.  O*  hr.;  new  Mexican  fleece. 
2A@40c.;  California  -primr  clip,  K.Y"  loc.;  California  tail 
clip  nnd  lambs',  Kt"  He.;  extra  pulled,  \v;,ii;‘Jc.'  Mlppr 
pulled, Wk&iNo.;  No.  I  nulied,  r>  . 02e,;  Western pn  11  nd, 
dfojiiOc.;  Southern  prtilcd.  I(k".)0c  Caltfornla  pulled, 
Jl)(«l52o.;  Montevideo,  >!i(.o47c.;  Buenos  Ayres,  unwu»h- 
ed,  SSqtdtV.;  Rio  Grande,  gold,  2(V,oX!o.;  t’atH',  .'Kk.iH.le.; 
Australian,  L@70e.;  combing  wool,  Bfl@80o. 

KflClIEiiTER,  Feb.  li.-Flour  market  Is  steady 
at  unchanged  prices.  Wheal  dull,  with  downward 
tendency,  fil.t’Aiijl.SO  for  red  and  $l.ut>j*2.l6  for  white. 
Oorn  dull  ntti3@G5c.  Rye,  85c.  Oat«. T2o.  Barley, 75c. 
for  two-rowed,  9rt@95tj.  for  f  our-rowed.  IKessed  hogs 
higher,  fiii.Ni  fur  heavy  and  |6.75@7  for  light  weights. 
Beef,  yds t  F  cwt.  Mutton.  iWo'e,  c  tr.  l'otatoes,  60@ 
70c.  ?'  bushel.  Apples,  Tar(«"4$l  do.  Butter  firm  at  4) 
@32c.  for  good.  Cheese.  H@lfic.  Eggs  scarce  hut 
lower,  |3i@36e.  per  dozen.  Wool  Is  nominal,  and 
market  very  dull  at  SOotCtlc.  F  If,  the  hitter  price  for 
course.  Clover  Bced  $t>  for  medium  and  $7@7.25  for 
large.  Hay  in  good  supply  ut.  $£16® 24  T  ton.  Straw, 
$12®  13  ton. 

- - - 

LIVE  STOCK  MAKKETS. 

NEW  YORK.  Fab.  L5. 1873. 

ArrRR  vi'rv  unsatlafantory  markets,  in  which  cattle 
and  sheep  dealers  lost  heavily,  they  have  now  begun 
the  hold-hack  game,  with  a  view  to  advancing  the 
rates  again,  if  they  follow  It  Up  steadily,  they  will 
doubtless  accomplish  their  object,  hut  it  will  take  a 
little  time,  for  the  dead  meat  marketa  are  Cull  of  beef 
and  mutton.  Thfi  Chicago  ROOuli*  art*  killing  a  grout 
many  cattle  there  for  till*  and  other  Eastern  mar¬ 
kets,  the  freight  being  about  one-half  what  It  is  on 
live  cattle,  to  «ay  nothing  of  the  absence  of  care  and 
feed.  Western  dressed  hogs  are  also  coming  forward 
us  never  before,  and  give  good  satisfaction  to  pack¬ 
ers.  Tlie  fresh  trade  prefer  those  killed  bore,  and 
make  about  Me.  dliTeivuoo  in  their  favor.  Game  con  - 
tinucM  abundant  and  cheap,  buffalo  mont  selling  bet¬ 
tor  than  in  former  years. 

RECEIPTS  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 

3b  mi  p  A 

B«ov,.-t  Cowl,  Ciil.o*,  bsMiloi,  Itosrn, 

Totals  this  week . 7,1)63  1H7  753  22,027  88,1.87 

"  last  week . 8,296  73  583  27,685  34,;ill4 

Average  last  year...  .8,178  98  2,211  23,683  36,975 

Beeves.— With  u  falling  otr  of  1,200  cattle  for  the 

week,  we  ciinnot  quote  much  decline.  The  fact  Is 
the  run  has  heretofore  boon  so  heavy,  and  butchers 
stocked  up  so  largely  for  rear  of  snow  blockades,  that 
we  can  well  stand  a  lighter  -upply.  One  thing  they 
do  want,  however,  and  Unit  Is  a  better  quality  of  cat¬ 
tle,  hut  from  what  we  hear  of  stock  on  tlie  way,  there 
is  not  uiuoli  prospect  of  an  improvement  at  present. 
It  Is  difficult  to  account  for  so  much  trash,  whan 
Western  men  well  know  the  crowded  state  of  our 
market*  and  tlie  low  prices  for  thin  stock,  and  they 
have  such  an  abundance  of  corn  with  which  to  better 
tlnlr  ooiidltioii.  It  Is  probable  that  they  want  money, 
aud  so  sell  off  their  poorest,  cattle,  knowing  that  corn 
pays  best  when  tod  to  thrifty,  growing  Nteors.  Most 
of  tlie  Texans  are  being  slaughtered  at  the  W  est,  and 
either  packed  there  or  sent  here  ready  dressed.  This 
explains  tho  small  receipts  of  “lung-horns'’  tn  the 
yards— only  s  ear  load  3  (pi  Monday,  out  of  5,3(10  boeveit 
on  sale*,— 165  oar  loadj  ut  One  Hundredth  st„  91  at 
Communipuw  and  80  at,  Woohawken.  Trade  was  dull 
then,  mid  arrivals  have  beult  very  irregular  since, 
owing  to  snows  at  the  West.  The  feeling  Is  rat  her 
stronger  lit  the  close,  but  price*  of  ordinary  cattle 
are  still  low,  as  will  be  seen  by  a  few  note*  of  (troves, 
VtlS.,  G  oars  111.  steers,  1,025  lb*,  gross,  sold  at  I0XC.,  56 
I bs.  per  cwt. ;  7  cu rs,  by,  ewt.,  at  1 1@]  I  '^c. ;  a  mixed  Jut 
of  Ohio  ut  9@l2Kc. ;  2  ears  good  Texans,  6  cwt.,  at, 
OSfC.t  3  ear*  Mo.,5 CWt,,  9ifc. ;  2  cars,  8  cwt..  111.  coarse, 
at.  UX®13<!.  A  few  fat  cattle,  as  some  H  cwt.  (Ihlo 
grades,  sold  at  Me. 

The  following  are  the  closing  prices  for  the  week  In 
eomparlHon  with  what,  cattle  brought  one  woek  ago, 
for  net  weight  of  beef : 

This  week.  Last  week. 

.  „  Cents.  Cents. 

Choice  beeves,  V  !b . 18  Vj  @  14  13)<  @  M 

Good  to  prime .  11  Jf  @  L3>4  12V4  ®  13 

Medium .  11  @  11  j*  11?<  @  11W 

Poorest  grade.  .  .  8  @  10  8  @  10 

Average  sales . —  @  U'-f  @  11)<( 


» 7  la  <|  IJ»  IL(.  rtlilU-  Ht  T»r*is*y.K*,  J  W  HOlIMt — till)  llvi>  llOL'H  IfiVLitl  IlhnVP  urn  ItfLfl 

ImVi Ci*l-  iln'MM(‘d  fiunng  the  week,  fljls,  with 

gian,  •t6@40<..,  l.allfornlan,  62/<oiS.i7>40.  very  large  reeeluts  of  hox  meats  from  the  West, 


Poultry  nnd  Runic,  The  market  is  fairly  sup¬ 
plied,  and  the  demand  doe*  not  warrant  any  material 
Increase  or  receipts.  Turkeys  sell  the  best,  but  must, 
not  overrun  ui@]2l»s.  Mucks  are  in  demand;  few 
wild  ones  are  on  sale.  Live  poultry  soil*  fairly.  (Juall 
arc  abundant,  but  the  .stock  include*  a  good  many 
soft  birds,  which  are  offered  low.  Venison  can  run 
only  until  Much  Ut,  and  the  liberal  stock  keeps  prices 
extremely  cheap,  Rabbits  are  pressed  for  sale,  and 
lownr.  we  quote  live  poultry  at  16® Wo.  for  prime 
fowl*  and  turkeys.  Geese.  $l.75@.2  for  Western.  $2m.:i 
for  Vow  Jersey.  Duck*— 75cJ®f  1  f or  W  ((stern,  $1@120 
for  N.  J. 

Wo  nuote  dressed  prime  N.  .1.  and  Bucks  Go.  tur¬ 
key*,  lK@19i\.  State  and  Western,  poor  to  best,  12®17c, 
Chickens,  Western.  I0@15e. ;  State  and  near  points, 
ll@13c.  Geese,  9®15c.  Ducks,  It!® 22c. 

Game  quotation*  ■  -Venison,  whole,  ft@7c. ;  do,, 
short  saddles,  8®  10c ;  long  saddles,  7@He.  Buffa¬ 
lo  saddles,  7@9C.  Canvas-buck  ducks,  $1.50@2 ;  red 
heads,  $1.25;  mallard,  40  @  500. :  teal,  37c,;  rabbits, 
he.!  niMdl,  (l.,V.kvl. 75  for  choice,  and 
$l<"'.t.TQ  for  poor.  I*rnlrfechlekens,75(.v85c.;  partridge*, 
State,  (KJOlktc.;  eastern,  020750.;  wild  turkeys,  22®3«c. 

ProrfulouB.  —  PorF  seems  to  be  almost  out,  of 
market  this  season ;  the  offering  Is  very  «m»ll,  and 
perfective  receipts  are  uulmpoctant.  Boxed  meal* 
have,  this  year,  absorbed  a  large  part  of  the  crop  that 
tn  nrevioUB  years  was  barreled.  The  foreign  wants 
of  bacon  are  Immense,  and  the  heavy  cutting*  have 
gone  abroad  about  a*  Last  as  they  could  ho  tranship¬ 
ped.  Lard  is  offered  sparingly,  and  the  bolding  for  a 
rise  has  thus  far,  this  week,  been  attended  with  suc¬ 
cess.  Beef  hams  are  saluhln;  choice  Western,  fi30®33; 
Te.xas  prime,  $30 ;  other  lot*  of  Texiw are  largel v sour 
and  Irregular  In  price*.  Beef  wn-  sold  to  some  extent 
for  export  at  the  old  ranges  Lard,  8)<c.  for 
Western  steam  Oil  spot.  8fcc.  for  February,  WMc.  for 
March,  and  8500.  for  April  Long  elcnr,  The,;  dn.rt 
clear,  >^c.:  short  rib,  T.Vie.  Mens  pork  ut  >M.62K  for  spot 


delivery;  *11.75  for  April;  Western  prime  hlees  nomi¬ 
nally  filL2o.  Dressed  hog.*,  Clty,6)*W Xc,;  Wi  *tcrn,  5W 
@3  ,0.  Cut  moat s  are  selling  at  9Ji  @lle.  for  hams, 
loose;  BMroaJtc.  for  shoulders,  loose ;  7  @  s;<  cts.  for 
pickled  bel'les,  loose.  Boxed  (!ry-*alt.ed  shoulders, 
5c.  Smoked  meats  ut  IflMiijilSXo.  for  loose  ham*.  (lY® 
(C.  tor  loose  sltoubicrs.  Titllnw  at  5  15-ICe.  fur  prime 
sbjelt.  Beef  in  Milling  at  $9011.75  for  barreled  new 
Plain  my-B,  $12®18.50  for  extra  mess.  Tierced  beef  at 
£2.v.i/,2o  for  new  India  mess,  $30031  for  new  extra  India 
mess,  and  $21023  for  new  prime  mess. 

Seed.— Clover  Is  Helling  quite  freely  at  9X@9Vc.  for 
15®?**'  W  th  cll0lc'i  lots  ut  1Uc'  I’i  Ujljthy  brings  $3,- 

Snudi-icM.-IIuncy  at,  28@S0e.  for  dark  and  32(5j35c. 
«CTi(v.h5ueJ  boxes;  mixed  lots,  21c.  Cider  at 


Z  «*3i-'nc.  oo.  trmnmactured. 
Per*.  $<  ft.,  4@4>4.;  white  rags.  5@5>;. 


very  large  receipt*  of  box  meats  from  the  West, 
makes  the  falling  off  lu  live  hogs  Of  late.  The  murkef 
has  been  somewhat  uniform,  (.'losing  strong  ut  a 
trifling advance.  Arrlvalsof  cut  meats  last  week,  23,718 
buxes.  I, Ivu  hog*  are  quoted  ut  5)4@5)4c.  Quotations 
Of  Western  dressed  5  k/(<s|IHc.  City  dressed  vary  from 
go.  for  heavy,  to  ll>|@6\o.  ror  medium  weight*,  mid 
7o.  lor  pig*. 

Jlileli  Cow*.— With  heavy  arrivals  on  top  of  a 
very  dull  market,  matter*  are  rendered  still  worse, 
and  there  is  almost  no  trade,  and  prices  are  entirely 
nominal.  Milkmen  were  only  Offering  $40  for  fair- 
looking  cows,  Common  cows  urn  quoted  at.  $AVu45 ; 
tali'  to  good  at  fio5(.jJH. 

Sheep,  These  are  coming  forward  more  sparingly 
now  UuR  owners  lose  money  on  them.  And  still  only 
pel rpe  lota  are  advanced,  and  they,  scarcely  enough  to 
take  eogdlxtmw.  Of.  Most  of  the  sheep  are  thin,  and 
generally  sold  at  5J<(&0Kc.  Soule  very  poor  went  at 
iM@5e.,.»nd  prime  at  7<<mi7Hc.,  extras  roaehtng7:k@8c., 
one  lot  of  Mo  Canadas.  Iff!  tbs.,  going  at  7c.;  168  Mieh., 
168  tbs.,  at  6c.:  26  Caaauaa,  1;!4  it's.,  at  HVfe.;  a  lot  74  It. 
Ky.,  at  5*0.;  2m  iUeh.,  1(«  fts.,at8e.;  Sb  Ky.,82  i»h.,5c. 

Veal  Otilvt**,— Live  calve*  aye  m  good  demand  ut 
former  quotation*,  while  fat.  hog-dressed  are  scarce 
and  higher.  A  few  very  choice  reached  16c.  In  the 
bans  market  of  Friday.  Most  calves  still  come  )U 
dressed.  I, ive  calves  are  quoted  ut  ft<)@1:i  each  for 
grasser*,  uiwl  8@llV$o.  for  thin  to  jirlme  milk  veal*, 
dressed  selling  at  6@9c.  for  grass  calves,  and  12@15Jsc., 
for  ordinary  to  choice  milk  veals. 

SPECIAL  NOTICES, 

A  i’oMltive  Katlieul  Cure  for  Rupture.— The 

Elastic  Truss  Company,  at  No.  6&3  Broadway,  New 
York,  will  send  their  Descriptive  Circulars  to  any 
person  afflicted  with  Hernia.  This  Truss  can  be  sent 
by  mail  to  any  part  of  the  country. 

£leur  '^rtvevtisifmfnt.o. 

“  HEIKES  TRIUMPHS 

Over  the  Seasons.’1  He  offer*  from  Ills  extensive  cel¬ 
lar  a  general  assortment  of  Trees,  Flams,  Vines  aud 
Seedlings,  in  In rge  quunlitie*  and  in  fine  condi¬ 
tion.  Goods  w  ill  he  carefully  packed,  and  cun  be  ship¬ 
ped  at  anytime.  Address  \V.  l'\  HE  IKES,  Dayton,  ('». 

0PIU1I-E  A  TING  ANTIDOTE  Discovered  and  com- 

otiuiu  leiiinu  i.t  i  lout  ljp0i,nde(l  by  a  sufferer 
Send  stamp  for  treatise" On  Opium-Eating  and  its 
Cure”  to  W.  B.  SQUIRE,  M.  D.,  Worthington,  1ml. 


To  Investors. 

To  those  having  Hind*  to  Invest,  and  those  who 
wish  to  increase  their  Income  from  means  al¬ 
ready  Invested  In  other  less  profitable  securities,  we 
recommend  the  Seven-Thirty  Gold  Bonds  of  the 
Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Company  aa  well  secured 
and  unusually  productive. 

The  bonds  are  ulwuys  convertible  at  Ten  per  cent, 
premium  ;1.10)  into  the  Company's  Lands  at  Market 
Prices.  The  rate  of  interest  (seven  and  three-tenths 
per  cent,  gold)  is  equal  now  to  about  8)4  currency— 
yielding  an  Income  more  than  one-third  grouter  than 
U.  S.  6-20s.  Gold  Chock*  for  the  semi-annual  inter¬ 
est  on  the  Registered  Bonds  are  mailed  to  the  Post- 
Office  address  of  the  owner.  All  marketable  stocks 
and  bonds  are  rooolved  In  exchange  for  Northern 
Pacifica  on  mo6t  r  v  von  a  m. K  T  ten. ms. 

.m  COOKE  Sc  to  , 

new  York,  Philadelphia  and  Washington, 
Financial  Agents  Northern  Pacific  It.  It-  Co 

jy  Foh  Salk  by  banks  and  bankers. 

OUR  YOUNG  FOLKS 

FOR  MARCH. 

CONTENT8 : 

Doing  His  Best  (Part  ML),  by  J.  T.  Trowbridge. 

The  Ugly  Old  TOAD,  by  C.  D,  Gardette. 

A  Talk  about  Blectru  itv,  by  N.  A.  Eliot. 

The  Story  of  Florinda,  by  Mrs.  Abby  Morton 
Daiz. 

The  Fall  ok  a  “  Rock ino -Stone,"  by  c.  A. 
Stephen*. 

And  other  Interesting  stories,  with  numerous  illus¬ 
trations,  rebuses,  enigma*,  correspondence,  Ac. 

For  Sain  bu  alt  llookstllcn  and  Newsdealers. 

JAS.  R.  OSGOOD  &  GO.,  Publishers,  Boston, 

TOALLHAVINGSPARETim. 

AND  UPWARD 

EARNED 
WEEKLY 

WITHOUT  R1*K. 

1.0(  ii  I  A  gem  m  wonted 
fV(  n/11>ftw  Jor  III,  PEOPt  EM* 
PrcrtlRIAI.  ATI  AH.  Just 
published,  N«w  i*  the 
time  In  secure  first 
choice  of  territory,  ft 
contains  52  Inn/,:  Steel  Piute) 
Afdjur,  2UxLi  indies  hi  sun. 
II  t/li'iwa  complete  lasinrynf 
llts  vaiiiiwi  countries  at  the 
'll  ifl  hi  t bi  le  rlltnate ,  uni)  and 
pindntl  tons  ;  their  hist  or  tj 
and.  uorernvitnl  ;  the  mani- 
fohl  Industries  in  ‘which  the 
peoples  o  re  rngaoed  ;  and  Hu, 
stage  of  civ dUu Item  they  hare 
reached,  ns  indicated  In  their 
.  schnols,  reth/lrin  and  ttuhmiK. 

uZr  /  hi.  Atlas  is  at.  once  the  most-  vahta l.lc  and  line 
void  success, till  subscription  Imok  ever  published.  S/nd. 
f.,r(  a'^il'ir  eimliiiniti'j jmi  instruction*.  J.  DAVID 
\\  [JiLIAMH,  If,  Ur, •kinan  St.,  New  York;  179  Wash*. 
iiujton  St.,  Huston  ;  or  Id  Smith  Ore,  g  .*7_  (liicuyo. 

Farm  for  Sale— $100  per  Acre. 

I  will  sell  ray  Farm,  composed  of  Uto  two,  known  as 
the  Goo.  A .  Vurrney  and  Abram  Jthii.irt  fimus,  situate 
one-lmlf  mile  from  the  Railroad  Depot.,  lathe  village 
of  Hnneoye  Falls,  ou  the  main  highway  leading  from 
there  to  the  city  of  UouhoHter  Said  farm  contains 
i,., acres,  with  two  dwelling* and  i  wo  foil  Mrt*  .,t  farm 
buildings,  for  grain,  *tock,  Ac.,  and  tn  good  order. 

Them  is  no  better  wheat  laud  in  thn  conn  try,  and  it 
1*  well  adapted  to  all  crops ;  I*  tn  a  good  shite  of  cul¬ 
tivation  ;  Is  well  watered,  well  fenced  ;  has  15  uctei  of 
If  now  to  wheat.  Them  are  H  acres  of  wood  land,  two 
apple  and  one  pear  orchard  producing  choice  fruit, 
auu  Is  our  of  the  finest  locations  to  t«,  found  in  Wes¬ 
tern  New  Vork. 

1  will  make  terms  eu»y,  and  will  *ell  a*  a  whole  or  in 
parcel*. 

Gall  on  mo  on  the  farm,  14  miles  *o«th  of  the  city  of 
Rochester,  on  the  main  road  to  Uouooye  Fulls,  or  ad¬ 
dress  me  through  the  mall  at  Iloueove  Fall*,  Monroe 
County,  New  York,  Post  Office  llox  No.  93. 

A.  PA  UK  1 1 UUST,  Jr. 


$100 

t  PREMIUM 

For  1873! 

^  Wo  ofl’or  $100  for  the 
W  host  spoelmon  of  Trophy 
’  Tomuto  grown  from  seed 
bought  of  us  t  his  year. 

I\A  a  D  Send  for  Circular  glv- 

^  Ing  particulars. 

Seedsmen,  35  Cortlandt  Street,  N.  Y. 

Plants  by  the  Million 

7>)  Florists,  Clubs  or  others  buying  In  quantity,  my 
Monthly  Wholesale  Circular  of  HOSES,  IUJLBS, 
miscellaneous  GREEK-HOUSE  and  BEDDING 
PLANTS,  will  be  sent  free  on  application. 

M/mT^/cTzc/etJ 

35  Cortlandt  Street,  N.  Y. 


mm 


OUR 

Illustrated  i Catalogues 


k.1  FOR  1873,  |*| 

Numbering  175  puges,  and  con-  |IM 
taiuing  2  Colored  Mates 
mailed  on  receipt  of  25  cents. 


\ll  jmi'eliuMei'M  of  one  liooli* 


**  fJti  i’deniiur  lor  I'roflt”  or  “  Prac¬ 
tical  FlorieuUii re,”  price  SI. 5!)  rncli,  (pre¬ 
paid  by  mull,)  ore  entitled  (o  receive  above 
f'ntnlogue*  free  iiuiuiully. 

Seedsmen,  35  Cortlandt  Street,  New  York.  | 

— ^ ■ 

IJIKIS  FOR  HATCHING. — I  will  now  book  or- 
I  J  dors  foreggH  from  my  well  known  strain*  of  Fan¬ 
cy  Poultry,  ineluding  ov(‘r  20  vnrietlv*  of  Fowls  and 
Ducks,  to  be  shipped  a*  Boon  n*  the  wi.athev  'rill  Per¬ 
mit.  inclose  stamp,  and  write  for  what  vou  want  to 
C.  N.  BROWN.  Lnadillti  Fork*,  Otsego' Co.,  N.  Y. 

WANTED.-A  FARMER,  in  Every  Town, 
us  agent  for  the  Collin*  Steel  Plow*.  For 
terms,  Ac.,  address  COl.IJN'S  A  CO., 

212  Water  8t...  New  York. 

O  t  C  in  another  column,  advertise  mont  about 

wCCj  Jowu  uud  NebrusUu  Luudu. 

WHITE  PROBESTEIER  mi 

Yield  Twenty  to  Forty  15usliel«  per  acre  more 
than  other  kind*.  W  eight,  38  lb*,  per  hush.  Price, 
l<  1  per  btiHliel  of  32  lbs.  Send  two  stamp*  for  sample 
And  description.  RUSSELL  A  SMITH. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

NOT  BUR.IXr33ID  OUT ! 


f  f  I 7  'i  T 

To  (lie  FlflwerjM  Kitchen  Garfleu. 

\J7lh  Edition  now  ready,  enlarged  nnd  Improved, 
aud  Containing  a  nmgnlfleent  NEW  COLORED 
(lltOUP  OF  FLOW  ED liosldos  hundred*  of 
eingrnvlng*,  descritttlve  price  list  or  3,000  vnrir- 
t/i(<N  ol  Choice  Mower  uud  Vrgeint.lr  Seed-, 
Lure  Gladioliin,  Lilies,  Tuberoses,  Arc.,  with 
toll  directioim  for  their  culture.  Tlie  most  perfect 
w  ork  of  the  kind  before  the  public.  Cir*  Sent  free 
upon  receipt  of  two  stump*.  Address 

WA8IIUURN  A  CO..  Host  on,  Mass. 


WANTED  •—Student,*  to  lenrn  and  engage  in  Tel- 
m.Vn  fHTT  TH  1.1  1 1  O  '  cKntpb  business.  Situation*  supuHed.  Send  for 

X  Ti  K,  X  1  I  4  1  R  n.ST  Circular.  N.  w.  Telegraph  Inst.,  Janesville,  Wls. 


Dissolved  Hones,  guaranteed  to  contain  twelve 
(12)  per  ermt.  of  Soluble  Phospliorle  Acid,  but,  no  Am¬ 
monia.  Price,  $45  per  ton  of  2JX10  lbs. 

Amniouiuted  8it|»rrpliu*j>ha(e,  guaranteed  to 
I  yield  Eight  (8)  per  cent.  Soluble  Phosphoric  Acid  and 
Three (3)  per  cent.  Ammonia.  Price,  file  per  ton.  This 
Superphosphate  contains  some  Nitrate  of  Sotlu  and  n. 
small  percentage  of  Potash. 

No.  I  Peruvian  Cinunnpe  Grin  no.— $67  per  ton 

V/I  I  1 18* 

Gernmn  PoiumIi  Holts.  $35  per  ton,  or  $2  per 
hundred  lbs,  when  a  single  bug  is  taken;  weight  of 
bags.  230  lbs.  to  240  lbs.  For  sale  by 

GEO.  E.  WHITE,  1  GO  Front  St.,  New  York. 

WARREN  HOE. 

A  20,000  sold  last  year.  Upwards  of 

(r\f&k  50,000  sold  for  1873.  Shnw  this  to 

your  merchant;  ask  him  to  lot  you 
try  one.  You  will  not  part  with  It 
vBSti  "•  for  twice  Its  Cost.  Made  only  by 

PETERS  BROTHERS’  MANif- 
FACTUR1NG  COJIPANY,  Mnr- 
shall,  Mloli. 

AGRICULTURAL  C HEMICALS. 

Snlphote  of  Ammonia;  Sulphate  of  Potash;  Sul¬ 
phate  of  Soda;  Sulphate  of  Lltue;  Sulphuric  Acid: 
Nitrate  of  Soda;  Nitrate  Of  Potash  ;  Ill-phosphate  or 
LLtne  ( Acid  Phosphate):  .Muriate  of  Potash,  Ac.,  for 
sale  in  nuamiUes,  as  required,  by 

GEO.  E.  WHITE,  160  Front  Ht.,  New  York. 

ALL  FOR  $0  AT  ALL! 

I  send  two  packets  flower  seeds  free  to  any  one  send¬ 
ing  apost-paid  envelope. 

W.  B.  D1MON,  Jr.,  Seedsman,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Q  4  ;)*?  a  Month  I  Horse  and  carriage  furnished. 

Expenses  paid.  II.  B.  SHAW,  Alfred,  Me. 


SIXTY  YOUNG  MEN  AND  LA  DIES— Th  place  in 
positdons  where  they  Will  acquire  a  thorough  and 
practical  knowledge  of  Telegraphy,  and  receive  a 
commission  while  practicing.  Address,  with  stamp, 
(>.  A.  HMKARMAN,  Sup't  Union  Telegraph  Com¬ 
pany,  Oberlln.  Ohio. 

THE  LADD  PATENT 

STIFFENED 

COLD  WATCH  CASES, 

For  iHovcim-nt*  of  American  Ain  nil  In ctu  re. 

In  Ladies’,  Gkntlkmbn’b  and  Boys’  Sizes,  and 
m  Mans  a  nn.  Dome  aud  Flat  Sizes.  Thu  most  ele¬ 
gant,  durable,  popular,  and  the 

BE8T  GOLD  WATCH  GASES 

ever  made  for  so  little  money  For  sole  by  leading 
Jewelers  throughout  the  United  States  and  New  Do¬ 
minion.  Descriptive  Circular*  sent  on  application  by 

the  manufacturer*.  .1.  A.  KROWN  A  CO., 

1  I  IHnidrn  Lane,  New  York. 

0 BERLIN  BUSINESS  COLLEGE.  SITUATIONS 
as  Bookkeeper*,  Salesmen,  Prots.  of  Penmanship, 
guaranteed  to  grad  mite*.  For  full  Information, 
address  M.  W.  COBB,  Pres.,  Oberlin,  O. 

1  DA  YEAH  ALMANAC.  For  30  (Its,  we 

IUH  Bend,  POHT-I'A ID,  an  Alumnae  giving  every 
Year,  Month  Week  and  Day  or  the  Century,  also  a 
Pocket  Calendar  for  '73.  Extra  Inducement.*  to  Agts. 
Address  GEORGE  A.  HEARD  A  CO.,  Boston,  Mass. 

50,000  VILLAGERS  &  FARMERS 

Need  the  Planet  Combined.  Garden  Drill,  Wheel  Hoe, 
Plow  aud  Subaoiler ;  three  other  style*  for  seed  plunt- 
iiuj,  sowing  fertilizers,  and  double  quick  hand  hoeing. 
Circular*  of  S.  L.  ALLEN  A  CO.,  119  S.  1th  St.,  Phila. 


Wanted 


PERSONAL  ITEMS. 


TWENTY-EIGHTH  ANNUAL  REPORT 


Geo.  Francis  Train  Is  still  in  the  Tombs. 

The  Misses  Greeley  will  summer  at  Chappaqua. 

Henry  Ward  Beecher  Is  lecturing  in  the 
West. 

Napoleon’s  last  words:— “Were  you  at  Se¬ 
dan?” 

Georoe  Eliot  made  $40,000  by  her  Middle- 
march. 

Senator  Sumner  says  he  is  hopeful  of  his 
health. 

Tom  Hood,  Jr.,  is  coming  to  this  country  to 
lecture. 

Mark  Twain  will  build  a  new  house  in  Hart¬ 
ford,  Conn. 

Alexander  Winchell,  LL.  D.,  has  been  in¬ 
stalled  as  the  new  Chancellor  of  the  Syracuse 
University. 

David  Q.  Croly  will  be  the  editor  of  the  new 
daily  In  New  York. 

Senator  Caldwell  of  Kansas  gave  a  rival 
$15,000  to  buy  him  off. 

Bishop  Mermii.lod  Is  to  be  expelled  from  the 
Swiss  Canton  of  Geneva. 

A  man  in  Boston  has  39  medals  struck  in 
honor  of  Ueuj,  Franklin. 

Miss  Emily  Faithfull  has  recently  lectured 
with  great  success  in  Boston. 

Alley,  charged  with  the  murder  of  Ellis  in 
Boston,  has  been  found  not  guilty. 

The  Emperor  of  China  assumes  the  control  of 
his  Empire  on  the  34th  of  February. 

Mr.  Whitelaw  Beid  will  edit  for  publication 
a  volume  of  Horace  Greeley's  letters. 

A  man  named  Faust  has  sued  the  city  of  Cleve¬ 
land  for  $5,000  for  catching  the  small-pox. 


AGENTS  READ  THIS  — A  MISTAKE  CORRECTED. 


OF  THE 


contains  80  Instead  of  60  full-page  engravings,  as  ad¬ 
vertised.  It  Is  the  book  to  sell.  Agents  make  from 
|10  to  >3)  per  day.  It  Is  the  only  book  that  contains 
the  whole  story.  Don’t  b*  humbugged  Into  selling 
any  other.  Agents  supplied  with  book  from  branch 
offices  near  them .  Circulars  free.  Address 

MUTUAL  PUBLISHING  00.,  Hartford,  Conn. 


OFFICE:  Nos.  346  and  348  BROADWAY 

January  1,  1873. 


Amount  of  Net  Cash  Assets,  Jan.  1,  1872. 


(  f  i  \  a  IV  *>ek  can  be  made  by  any  Lady  or  Gen- 
QjJ  lit  r  Homan  noting  us  agent  for  our  Protean  But- 
ton-Holn  Lanoot,  25c.  Needle  Threading  Thimble, 
26  cte.  Morocco  Needle  Casket,  containing  6  large 
Needles  and  6  Papers,  50c.  Samples  mailed  on  receipt 
of  above  prices.  Connecticut  Novelty  Works, 
W9  Broadway.  N.  Y.. 


Premiums  and  Annuities . 

Interest  received  aud  accrued 


DIKUCRS F. IH  F\TS  : 

Losses  by  Death . . . . . 

Dividends,  and  Return  Premiums  on  Cancelled  Policies... . 

Life  Annuities  Matured,  Endowments  anil  Reinsurance . 

Commissions,  Brokerage*  and  Agency  Expenses . . . 

Advertising  and  Physicians’  Fees . . . 

Taxes,  Office  and  Law  Expensed,  Salaries,  Printing,  Revenue  Stamps,  &c. 


1IO  THE  W  GKKINU  4'LAHH,  inulcorferoate. 

♦CUn^weok  guaranteed.  Respectable  employment 
at  home,  day  or  evening;  no  capital  required;  full 
Instructions  and  valuable  package  of  goods  to  start 
with,  sent  free  by  mall.  Addres.  with  6  cent  return 
stamp,  M.  YOUNG  A  CO.,  lii  Cortlaudt  St.,  New  York. 


AGENT.**  WANTED  fur  the  Foot-Prints  of 


ASSETS i 

Cosh  In  Trust  Co.,  In  Rank  and  on  band . . .  2,242,740  64 

Invested  in  United  states,  New  York  State  and  Other  Stocks  (market  value  *4,227,- 

397  8S)  cost. ...  . .  4,140,518  86 

Invested  In  New  \ork  City  Bank  Stocks  (market  value  $40^27  30),  cost .  41,548  00 

Real  Estate..  . .  1,768,174  14 

Bonds  and  Mortgages  (secured  by  real  estate  valued  at  826,000,1)00  00,  buildings 
thereon  Insured  for  over  111, 090,(00  00,  and  the  policies  assigned  to  the  Com- 

puny  as  additional  collateral  security). . . 11,300,534  28 

Loans  on  existing  policies  (the  reserve  held  by  tho  Company  on  these  policies 

amounts  to  ft.noi.SWI  51) . .  986, 244  OS 

Quarterly  and  Semi-annual  Premiums,  due  subsequent  to  Jan.  1.  1873  .  591,405  51 

Premiums  on  existing  policies  in  course  of  transmission  and  collection  (estimated 

rcsorvo  on  tbeae  policlo*.  $600^t.w,  included  in  liabilities) .  272,484  75 

Amounts  due  from  Agents . . .  29,033  08 

Interest  accrued  to  Jon.  1,  1*78..  . .  112,152  33-21,674,842  76 

Add— Excess  of  market  value  of  securities  over  cost .  92,157  38 

Cnah  Asset.,  Jan.  1.  1873 .  821,667,000  14 

Al»l*KOI*ltIATi:i>  AS  FOLLOWS  : 

Amount  of  Adjusted  Losses  due  subsequent  to  Junnnry  1,  1873 .  *281.542  00 

Amount  of  Reported  Losses  awaiting  proof,  Ac .  192,670  00 

Amount  reserved  for  Reinsurance  on  existing  policies  Insuring  1117, 621, 753  21  par¬ 
ticipating  Insurance  (at  4  per  cent.  Carlisle  net  premium),  *1,000,852  65  non-par- 

ttclpatlng  (at  5  per  cent.  Carlisle  net  premium) .  131,436  73 

Balance  of  Return  Premium  of  1872,  payable  during  the  year  1873 .  131,436  76-20,024,675  22 

Divisible  Surplus  .  $1,642,424  92 


In  History  :  a  new  book  :  by  Rev.  Hollis  Road,  A. 
author  of”  God  in  History."  Illustrated  from  de- 
algns  by  Bore,  Nuxt  of  Harper's  Weekly  and  others. 
Nothing  like  It.  ever  before  seen  or  hoard  of,  and  sells 
at  sight.  K.  IS.  TREAT.  Pub'r.  800  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


may  learn  something  greatly  to  their 
advantage,  obtain  specimens  und  full 
particulars  free,  by  addressing  (Food's 
Literary  A  Art  Agency ,  N'ewtiUrg,  N.  Y 


I  WEEK  Agents  wonted.  Business 
late.  J .  WORTH,  Si.  Louis.  Mo. 


Til  451ft  P'r  dll>  !  Aie-nts  wnnttd  1  All  duu>«  of  worMng 
IV  e\ca  people,  of  vitlwr  MX,  young  eruld,  tusks  mar*  uiuiiev 

at  work  for  us  In  thmr  »|-u*  v  nioiuenUcr  nil  tli*  than  «t  fttiy  tiling 
•Im  Purliruliu*  Iren.  Artdre,,  <4.  Stlntoij  &  Co.,  1'ortlsDd,  Maiuc 


*200  per  month 
made  selling 
OUR  NEW 

F.  S.  and  State 

Maps,  Charts, 

Etc. 


Salable  &  pro* 
Stable.  Send 
for  Catalogue  to 
B.  C.  BRIDG¬ 
MAN,  6  Barclay 
St.,  New  York. 


From  the  undivided  surplus  of  *1,642,424  92  the  Board  of  Trustees  has  declared  a  reversionary  Divi- 
dend,  available  on  settlement  of  next  annual  premium,  to  participating  policies,  proportioned  to  their 
Contribution  to  Surplus.  The  cash  value  of  such  reversion  may  be  used  on  settlement  of  premiums.  If 
the  policy-holder  so  elect. 

During  the  year  8,910  Policies  have  been  Issued,  insuring  *27,096,273  61. 


&vcc0, 


TRUSTEES. 

. . . President  of  the  New  York  Life  Insurance  Co. 

. (David  Dows  &  Co..  Flour  Merchants),  20  South  St. 

. (Merchant),  Union  Buildings,  corner  Willlum  and  Pine. 

. (Late  Dater.  Miller  A  Co..  Grocers). 

. . . . ....... .(Bogert  A  Knee-land),  49  William  St. 

. . . . . (Merchant)  20  South  St. 

. (Appleton  &  Co.,  Publishers).  549  and  Ml  Broadway. 

. (Collins  A  Brothers,  StuttonerM,  870  Brondwav. 

. (Banker),  R3  Wall  St. 

. (Booth  A  Edgar).  100  Wall  St. 

. . .  (Banker),  36  Broad  St. 

. (Banker),  80  Broad  St. 

. (Anthony  A  Hall,  Dry  Goods),  01  Ixsonsrd  St. 

. President  Eagle  Fire  Insurunee  Co.,  71  Walt  St. 

. (Crsgin  A  Co-,  Provisions),  40u  West  Twelfth  St. 

. (Hoyt,  Spragues  A  Co.,  Dry  Goods),  100  Franklin  St. 

. (H.  B.  ClttiUu  a  Co-,  Dry  Goods),  corner  Church  and  Worth  Sta. 

. ...(J.  F .  Seymour  A  Co.),  n  WnrTen  St. 

. . . .  . . . . 8  Si.  Murks  Place. 

. Vice-President  of  the  New  York  Life  Insurance  Company 


MORRIS  FRANKLIN 

DAVID  DOWS . 

ISAAC  C.  KENDALL 
DANIEL  S-  MILLER. 


:V,P.UOUWM 

Riftji-fSEE  DSME  Njf 


HENRY  K.  BOGKRT . 

JOHN  MA1RS . 

WM.  H.  APPLETON . 

ROBERT  B.  COf. LINS . . 

WILLIAM  BARTON . 

wm.  a.  Booth...  . 

GEORGE  A.  OSGOOD . 

HENRY  BOWERS . 

CHAS.  L.  ANTHONY . 

SANFORD  COBB . 

EDWARD  MARTIN . . . 

EDWIN  HOYT . 

II.  B.  CLAFTAN . . 

J.  F.  SEYMOUR . 

OOKNELILH  K.  BOGERT,  M.  D. 
WILLIAM  H.  BEERS . 


ileal  (JBsrtatr 


W  Our  SPRING  CATALOGUE  la  now  ready,  FREE 
to  all  on  application. 


AVI  LL  PURCHASE  15 
acre*,  or$30,l)t>U  about  70  acres, 


SEED  POTATOES 


1 J  •  ■  •  V  r-’  V*  «<*UtIIUU  4FUUIU  /  v  uuva, 

choicest  gardening  land,  uittA  huUdinyn  thereon  worth 
tlus  whole  price.  Just  outside  dty  limit*,  uad  within 
10  minutes’  drive  of  Post-Oflloa  of  Rochester  N.  Y. 
Or  will  exchange  for  a  large  larm  or  other  property. 
For  further  information,  cull  on  or  address 

U.  L.  CORSON, 

12  Exchungo  Place,  Rochester,  N.  A'. 


Buy  direct  from  the  grower,— Early  Rate.CTH 
per  bul. ;  Late  Rose,  *4 ;  Peerless,  *2.76. 

ONION  SEED.— Growth  of  1872,  fresh  and  genu¬ 
ine,  from  aeleoted  onions;  >m  tUmt  need.  Large 
Red  W ethersfleld.  Early  Round.  Red  and  Yellow 
Danvers,  each  *2  V  ft., by  mall,  post-paid)  Xlb.,*1.2C. 

SEE  my  offer  in  Rural  New-Yorker,  page  102, 
No.  6,  of  seeds  given  awuy  for  trial. 

Bend  for  Catalogue.  Address 

8.  B,  FANNING,  Jniueapuri,  N.  Y. 


GRAIN  AND  FRUIT  FARM 

FOR  BALE, 

Situated  3  miles  west  of  the  thriving  village  of  Mace- 
don.  Wayne  Co..  N.  Y.j  16  miles  eust  of  Rochester; 
neur  the  line  or  the  N.  X.  C.  R.  R.  and  Erie  Canal ; 
containing  67 N  Acres  ;  cultivated  In  part  us  a 
Small  Fruit  Nursery,  having  4  acres  Grapes, 
5  acres  Blackberries,  It usplierries  and  Straw* 
berries,  aud  a  stock  of  plants  of  each— over  40 
choice  varieties.  Good  tu’o-Morg  frame  dwelling, 
with  pleasant  grounds.  Thin  U  a  ran  Opportunity  for 
securing  out  of  the  mo.it  all  met  iir  and  y  lea  mint  Home » 
to  be  found  lo  soy  rural  district— the  health  of  the 


MORRIS  FRANKLIN,  Preftldent. 

WII.,1^1  A.71  II.  KLEES,  Vice-President  and  Actua 

THEODORE  M.  BANTA,  Cashier. 

D.  O'DELL,  Superintendent  ol' Agencies. 

CORNELIUS  U.  BOGERT,  I>1,  D„  (  „ 

GEORGE  WILKES,  M.  D„  f  Medical  Examiners. 

CHAULFH  WRIGHT,  M*  D.,  Assistant  Medical  Examiner. 


t/ERBENA  SEEDS  IJMSTSttS 

W  of  this  beautiful  flower,  saved  from  our  largo 
■  collection  ■  t  more  than  10(1  varieties  ,  25c  per  pkt, 
6  pkta  *1.  J.  T.  SMITH  &  SONS.  Brentwood,  N.  H. 


Sue?;,  £cetb,  gUintat,  &r 


glmfyi. 


HUST  frMRn  IN  t  KNTU  t  L  ILLI¬ 
NOIS  FOR  SALE. -Situated  at  Tolona,  Cham- 
palgu  Co.,  at  crossing  of  til.  Ceut.  and  Toledo.  Wa¬ 
bash  und  Western  Railroad.*.  720  acre*.  Improve¬ 
ments  In  every  respect  lirst-euat.  Can  be  conven¬ 
iently  divided  Into  three  farms.  Also,  60  Horses 
and  Colts,  mostly  Kentucky  bred  and  Mambrluo 
stock.  Send  for  Circulars,  giving  lull  particulars,  to 
C.  B.  CARPENTER,  Tolona,  Ill., 
or  GEO.  D.  CARPENTER,  Chicago,  Ill. 


To  Plant  F  arm,  Garden  and  Flower  Seeds ;  what  they 
will  cost,  and  other  desirable  Information  In  our 


FOR  LS73, 

Willi  Descriptive  Priced  Catalogue  of 
Seeds. 

now  ready,  and  will  be  mailed  free  to  all  applicants. 
Wholesale  Llst9  on  application. 

Address  PLANT  SEED  COMPANY, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 


Hand-Book  for  1873, 


in  uuother  column,  advertisement  about 

Iowa  aud  Nebraska  Lands. 


ILLUSTRATED  CATALOGUE 

AND  FLORAL  GUIDE, 

In  English,  German  and  French,  Mailed  Free 

TO  ALL  APPLICANTS. 


Containing  a  Beautifully  Colored  Chrouio. 
Sent  to  all  applicants,  post-paid,  on  receipt  of  I0e.,  by 
JAMES  FLEMING,  Seedsman, 

67  Nassau  Sst„  New  York. 


Agents  W it nu it 


OSAGE  ORANGE  SEED 


600  Acres.  13  Green-Houses.  22d  Year. 
Apples— 1st olasa,  V  1.000. 6 to 7 ft-,  ISO;  4  to C  ft., $10  00 
r'  Rootgraf  U.  i  ,0U),  *6 ;  10,000,  *50 ;  100,000,  4U0  00 
Raspberries— Doolittle  and  Clark,  per  1,000...  6  00 

Herstine,  per  100 .  20  00 

Blackberries- Kittutlmiy.  per  1.000 .  6  00 

Asparagus— 2 yT8.,  V  l.tkXl, Giant., it:  Conover's  6  00 
ttofl  Manic— per  1,000,  12  to  14  ft.,  *00;  14  to  2U 

ft. .  *80}  1  to  2  ft. . . .  1  DO 


FYcsb.  Also,  Apple  und  Pear  Seed.  Also,  u  com¬ 
plete  assortment  of  all  hinds  of  Seeds,  for  sale  by 
the  package,  pound,  ounce  or  bushel,  by 

PLANT  SEED  CO.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Established  in  1845.  |  Lvcorporated  in  1872, 


CANVASSING  BOOKS  SENT  FREE  FOR 


J.  OT.  THORBURN  &  CO.’S 

Descriptive  Annual  Catalogue 


On  Manhood, Womanhood,  And  ihelr  Mutual 
I iiier-reliul,iiit.|  Love,  Its  Lsitva.  Power,  eic. 
Agents  are  selling  from  29  to  30  «•  pies  of  this  work  u 
day,  und  we  send  u  canvassing  hi-  .k  free  to  any  book 
agent.  Address,  stating  exnr  rlei.ee.  etc., 

NATIONAL  PUBLISHING  CO„  Philo.,  Pa. 


DR.  NAPH7.  K’S 

PHYSICAL  LIFE  Or  ^OMAN 


1  wag  the  first  to  introduce  to  the  public  the  Hub¬ 
bard  Squash,  American  Turban  Squash,  Marblehead 
Mammoth  Cabbage,  Mexican  Sweet  Corn,  Pnluney’a 
Water-melon,  and  many  other 

NEW  AND  VALUABLE  VEGETABLES. 

Till*  Season  I  have  a  new  and  exceedingly  valuable 
squa.h.  new  varieties  of  corn,  three  fine  melons,  and 
other  ehnter,  new  vegetables  for  my  customers. 

My  b urine**  I*  to  supply,  w  hut  every  good  farmer  Is 
anxious  to  get,  the  ecru  hr  it  of  vegetable  sued.  I 
grow  a  hundred  and  fifty  kinds  on  my  four  seed  farina, 
right  under  my  own  eye,  making  tiro'  'iigrthbUr  a 
spectatin' ,  beside*  Importing  their  choicest  varieties 
from  European  growers.  A  flue  selection  of  flower 
seed,  home- grow  u  and  Imported,  will  alio  be  found  in 
my  Catalogue,  which  will  be  sent  Jrt*  to  all  applicants. 

As  stuted  In  my  Catalogue,  all  my  seed  is  sold  under 
three  warrants.  1st  :  That  all  u>on*y  ttnt  ntutll  reuch  anxious  about  It 
v/w.  2d  i  That  all  mml  ordered  shell  reach  the  jnvrchuner.  ,  N.  B.— Call  In  th 
3d  :  That  mu  icedn  iluill  bt  frenh  aiul  true  to  nam  -C  ,  bates,  Ac.,  I  set  < 

JAMES  J.  H.  GREGORY,  Murblchoad,  Mass.  JAMJ&9  J.  I 


LEE’S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES 


In  another  column,  advertisement  about 

j  Iowa  aud  Nebraska  Lunds. 


Wboleunle  aud  Geuerul  Supply  Nut-iterieH. 
An  Immense  etnek.  of  superior  quality,  at  low  prices. 

fy  Osage  Hedge  I'luntn  by  tlie  1,000  or 
1,000,000.  Seud  for  Price  List. 

BLAIR  BROS., 
Lee's  Summit,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 


i  Ann  nnn  EB®,r  ANn  okna- 

l.UUU.UUU  MENTAL  TREES,  for  the 

Spring  Trade.  Standard  Pears.  Apples,  Plums,  Cher¬ 
ries,  Peaches,  and  a  general  line  of  Nursery  Stock. 
££r  Standard  and  dwahe  Pkae  Trio  a  ouu  Spe¬ 
cialty.  Local  and  Traveliim  Agents  wanted. 
_ E-  -MOODY  A  SONS,  Lockport,  N.  Y. 

nrtHE  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  saved 


OUR  NEEDLE-CASE  Is  the  lieai,  bells  fast¬ 
est,  pays  best.  Send50cts.  for  sample.  Agents 
wanted.  II.  N.  MCKINNEY  a  CO.,  Philadelphia. 


me  two  hundred  dollars  on  my  huy  lust  season. 


GENTS  WANTED  for  the  clearest,  fullest  and 
most  effective  family  medical  book  ever  publish¬ 


ed,  Health  at  Home.  Written  by  the  celebrated  Dr. 
Hall  of  Journal  of  Henlib.  Deals  with  ull  subjects 
delicately  and  exhaustively.  Circulars  sent.  Address 
S.  M.  Betts  A  Co.,  Hartford,  Ct.,  or  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


FOR  THE 


iAUPlBS, 


$100  cash  for  double-reed,  six 
toned  Organs.  Warranted  the  best. 
7-octuvo,  rosewood,  curved  leg, 


stops,  powerful- 
$%J75  cash  for 


NEWS  CONDENSER, 

—  Rhode  Island  has  3,000  militia. 

—  London  covers  117  square  miles. 

—  Moose  hunting  Is  now  good  in  Maine. 

—  Hay  sells  for  $15  a  ton  In  Haverhill,  N.  H. 

—  Smoke  still  ascends  from  the  Boston  ruins. 

—  The  exhibition  building  at  Vienna  Is  done. 

—  The  value  of  stock  in  Colorado  is  $4,400,000. 

—  Texas  pastured  4.615,316  cattle  in  the  year 
1872. 

—  New  Bedford  expects  36  whalers  homo  this 
year. 

—  Sitka  has  a  debt  of  $150,  and  70  cents  on 
hand. 

—  Snow  is  four  feet  deep  in  the  forests  of 
Maine. 

—  The  standard  of  admission  to  Yale  College 
Is  to  be  raised. 

—  The  recent  flood  on  the  Delaware  River  did 
great  damage. 

—  Boston  has  an  association  for  the  protec¬ 
tion  of  smelts. 

—  A  grand  ball  has  recently  been  given  at  the 
Quirinal  In  Rome. 

—  Trinity  Church.  N.  Y.,  gives  $40,000  a  year 
to  other  churches. 

—  Montana  is  the  best  watered  region  west  of 
the  Mississippi  river. 

—  The  old  South  Church  In  Boston  makes  an 
excellent  poat-ofllce. 

—  The  steamship  Alaska,  long  over-due,  has 
arrived  at  Yokohama. 

—  Peach  buds  are  killed  in  the  neighbor¬ 
hood  of  Clinton,  Ohio. 

—  There  are  1,000  alligators  In  a  hole  on  James 
Island,  near  Charleston,  S.  C. 

—  The  remains  of  117  steamboats  lie  on  the 
bottom  of  the  Arkansas  river. 

—  Ohio  has  three  million  acres  more  of  culti¬ 
vated  land  than  Pennsylvania. 

Congress  has  prohibited  gift  photographic 
establishments  in  Washington. 

—  Eighteen  Cadets  at  West  Point  are  to  be 
discharged,  having  failed  to  pass. 

—  Philadelphia  has  contributed  a  block  of 
marble  for  the  Washington  monument. 


Kmpteinent#  and  machinery. 

CAHOON’S 

BROADCAST  SEED  SOWER. 


fi  ■ 


Sows  all  kinds  of  Grain  and  Grass  Seed.  One  man 
can  do  as  much  work  with  the  Hand  Machine  as  tlvo 
men  can  do  without  It.  Price  of  Hand  Machine,  $10. 
I  have  agents  in  all  parts  of  the  country.  Send  stamp 
for  Circular.  I).  H.  GOODELL, 

hole  Manufacturer,  Antrim,  N.  H. 


GOItUAM’S 

BpP.Sitrtfr  Jaljtuii  Mnrkor 
*♦"<»  Cartl  PrtflC,  with 
rum  of  type,  for  murk  in* 
J-hicii,  C-upIh,  Envelope*, 
’I  «(f •,  Ac.  1 1 U  buiiulifully 
t  hxavil  an«l  heavily  Silver 
I'Uud.  I’ui  up  nml  *cnt, 
nil  co/ilpletf,  i«r 
(without  Cl-*?  |1.26.)  My 
,  mu  I  VS  eitlt-f  citrft.  Vv. 
L  U.  (Su&iiam,  M  l  WfUih- 
A  ln^tou  Bt. ,  Ronton, 


MOOSE’S  BUBAL  flEW-Y 0BKIB. 


435 


State  you  saw  this  in  the  lUmAb  Nkw-Vorkkr. 

run  Tin  NEW  power  screw  PR  esh, 

1  1  II  I  Ij  U  HATCH BT-H LA U  SCREWS.  IMPROVED 
IP. II  Grater,  Seed  Washers,  and  forty 
U I L)  Lilli  other  ai  tides  for  Cider  Mills  and  Vine¬ 
gar  Factories.  For  Circulars,  address  J.  W.  MOUNT, 
Medina,  N.  Y. 

PAIOIER*,  HE  SIRE  AND  EXAMINE 

1  tin)  superior  Hay  Sprpndef}  it  Is  the  cheapest, 
most  complete  and  most,  durable  Hay  Tender  ever  put 
into  the  held.  Head  a  few  of  the  comments  received.* 
semi  for  circular  and  description  to  HIGGANTJM 
M  F'G  CO.,  Hlgganum,  Ct. 


implement#  and  Jttnrhiitmi. 

TO  FARMERS. 

8  DOUBLE  REFINED  PO U DUETT E 
of  the  “  Lodi  Manufacturing  05."  for 
sale  iu  lots  to  suit  customers.  This  artl- 
elo  is  sold  for  UAJ.F  THE  FRICK  of  other 
fertilizers,  and  is  cheaper  for  Tobacco, 
Cotton.  Corn  and  Vegetables  than  any 
other  (n  market,  it  Is  tnudn  entirely 
from  the  night  soil,  oflkl,  Ac.,  of  New 
York  City.  Price  (delivered  on  board 
in  New  York  City)  Twenty-live  dollars 

I  ask  attention  to  the  following  testimonials : 
IlEXRY  T.  HiiHTON,  Cheshire  Co.,  N.  Ii.,  writes: 
1  find,  from  experiments  made  last  year,  the  Lkiuble- 
rctlnrt  Paudreftt  is  the  cheapest  fertilizer  to  use  on 
Tobacco.  I  put  It  beside  Peruvian  Guano  with  equal 
cost  of  both,  and  the  Tobacco  was  HO  per  cent,  better 
where  l  used  Fuudrette."  _ 

L.  U.  Sheldon,  Sup’t  of  the  New  Jersey  State  Re¬ 
form  School,  writes "  We  have  used  Poudretto  for 
several  years  upon  our  farm  crops,  ami  for  Hie  money 
invested  wo  have  found  notlilnc  that  haw  done  us  so 
much  service.” 

VV.  V.  GkRKIX  of  Esso*  Co..  N.  Y-,  WJitcc  :  ”  1  havo 
used  the  DoubU-reJlned  Poudrette  tor  the  Instill'*  yean, 
and  I  consider  It  the  cheapest  fertilizer  I  eau  buy— 
giving  the  best  results  for  the  cost,” 

Wm,  S,  Pomeroy  of  Hartford  Co.,  Ct.,  writes:—'’  I 
have  used  the  Double-rcflnud  Potturotte  for  several 
year s  on  Tobacco,  and  I  think  It  one  uf  the  best  fertil¬ 
izer.  made  for  this  crop." 

A  pamphlet  giving  full  directions,  &e..  sent  free  on 
application  to  JAMES  T*  POSTER, 

60  Con  In  mil  Si.,  New  York. 

miiE  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  can- 
X  not  be  surpassed  tor  Workmanship,  Durability 
and  Lightness  of  Draft. 

Watch  Buyers  Attention 

respectfully  cull  the 
atuintioii  of  persons 

purchase  of  V&itch- 
’SVvtJII  io  the  superiority 

Mickle  Movements, 

.  yTS:  i  rnsligfuctuieil  Ov 

i  ^%!Sdtiy^N6lT~v:  -J^>K  I  Messrs.  BO  It  EL  A 

\  Nelicbutel.  Gents’ 

\  "  ®  7  and  L a d  I  e  s'  sizes. 

''s  W^lnd- 

nieiiis.chroiiomoior 
J  bsluncM,  exposed 

ruby  pallets  Ureguet  liair-Riirlngs  and  full  ruby- 
Jewelod.and  combine  all  modem  Improvements  in 
watch  •making. 

These  Wntenuw  wen*  awarded  tho  Grand  Prize  at 
thp  Purls  Exposition  of  1WS7,  and  can  ha  warranted 
to  perform  equal  to  those  of  the  best  manufacturers. 

For  sale  by  dealers  throughout  the  United  States, 
and  by  tjUINCUE  Sl  KItUGLHU,  Solo  Agents rorthe 
Manufacturers.  Salesroom,  15  Malden  lame,  N.  Y. 

(Ms  Absorbent  Closets 

AND  URINALS. 

OFFICE  AND  WAREHOOMS: 

Cor.  Varlck,  Vestry  and  Canal  Sts., 
NEW  YORK. 

A  FTF.R  ONE  DAY’S  USE  OF  THE  SU- 
1\  PERTOR  HAY  SPREADER  no  farmer  will 


Solid  Cast  Steel  Drag  Teeth. 

A  set  of  4d  boxed  and  delivered  to  Express  or  R.  R-; 
H  n,  XI  In.  long,  about  45  lbs.,  for  $0.00. 

£  u,  ll  in.  long,  about  01  lbs.,  for  $7.50. 
Liberal  discount  to  the  Trade.  Address 

SWEET’S  JI’F’G  CO..  Syracuse,  N.  Y, 


SEYMOURS  SHtAKS  H  SCISSORS. 

‘‘The  llest  are  the  Cheapest.”  2-~  ^ 

£xtra  Quality.  Crocus  Polish.  o„ 


$Uut  ^ublifationsi. 

A  NSW  VOLUME  COMMENCED  JANUARY,  1873. 

FIRST-CLASS  ILLUSTRATED  GARDENING  PERIODICAL. 

Published  Weekly,  prlcn  3d.;  free  to  America,  4d. 

THE  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE, 

Cottage  (harden cv,  ami  (Countvy  dJJjrntlematt. 

A  CHRONICLE  OF  THE  HOMESTEAD,  POILTRY-Y4R1),  APIARY  AM)  DOVECOT. 

CONDUCTED  BY  G.  W.  JOHNSON,  F.K.H.8.,  A  tiOBKKT  HOGG.  LL.D.,  F.L.9., 

Assisted  by  a  Staff  of  tho  best  Writers  on  Practical  Gardening,  and  other  Rural  Pursuits  connected 

with  the  Household. 

This  long  established  and  widely  circulating  Journal  consists  of  Thirty-two  Pages  of  Letterpress,  with 
occasional  Supplements  of  Eight  additional  Pages;  and  is  richly  Illustrated  wltli  Wood  Hlugravlngs  in 
the  highest  stylo  of  tho  art. 

The  subjects  treated  ou  embrace  every  Department  of  Gardening  and  Rural  and  Domestic  Economy, 
the  lending  object  being  to  render  this  Journal  u  welcome  girted  In  every  country  homo. 

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on,  and  embrace  Zoology,  Geology,  Mineralogy,  -Meteorology,  aud  Physiological,  Structural,  Systematic 
and  Popular  Botany. 

Biographies  and  Portraits  of  the  most  celebrated  Horticulturists. 

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Part  1st.  Mathematical  Instruments...  153  pages. 

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are  now  everywhere  recognized  a*  the  best.  For  tine 
and  HVMpATiirncToNB,  for  thorough  workmanship, 
and  the  greatest  possible  DrjtAJftLiTY  they  are 
wholly  unrivaled.  The  stkck  Cauinkt Ur  Upkight 
Plano,  combining  several  most  Important  Improve¬ 
ments,  PATB.vrci).  is  pronounced  by  all  competent 
judges  the  M<MT  Kunrucr  Plano  of  this  chiss  ever 
produced.  Every  instrument  we  minted  furtive  yenrs. 
NEW  W  A  It  KltOtOtN,  it.1  East  14th  St.,  N.  Y. 

TUNT  WHAT  W  AS  EXPECTED  !— All  the 

*J  people  want  good 

CABIjK  screw  wire 

Boots  and  Shoes. 

AVIIAT  IN  THE  Ini  OK  KEYING  AN 
M  expensive  Shoe  without  a 

SILVER  TIP  ? 

They  will  lie  tit  rough  at  I  he  toe  while  the  remainder 
of  tho  shoe  Is  perfectly  good. 

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Ir  I  II  i: ATI! ins  Positively  the  Best  tri  Use— and  many 


’fly  the  Best  in  Use— nod  many 
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itnd  Dairy  Utensils.  Mend  for  Illustrated  Circulars 


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FOR 

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In  this  Price  List. 

WK  SEND  SINGLE  WATCHES  TO  ANY  PLACE 
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FACTION,  THE  MONEY  WILL  BE  PROMPTLY 
REFUNDED. 

Write  for  the  Price  List,  and  please  mention  that 
you  saw  this  advertisement  In  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker.  Address 

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iy  Extra  Heavy  Gold  and  Silver  Cases  always  on 
hand. 

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made,  mums 

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GREAT  REDUCTION. 


Cleese  Factory  Apratos 

Manufactured  by  JONES,  FAULKNER  &  CO..  Utica, 
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MADE  IN 

3  I  DAYS! 


By  one  A  gent  selling  Silvers  Patent 

It  room.  Recommended  by  the  late  T  IT  A  C  A  M  E?  t  r  C  O 

Horace  Greeley,  Am.  Agrlnulturlst,  *  tHO  AI1U  wUr  I  CEO 

and  I  OO.tMIO  "Families  using  l  item.  .  „ 

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*  rate  of  one  lb.  per  minute.  Works  extremely  _ ” ~~ _ — — - 

Price  83.  Samples  to  Dealers,  82.50.  Address  3 O M  ET H I N  G P  RETT  Y  FO Ft  N OTH I  N  G . 
D.  U.  WHITTEMORE,  Worcester,  Mars.  Address  HAPPY  HOURS  CO.  22  Ann  St.  New  York. 


Dll.  WHITTEMORB’S  MEAT  GUTTER 

•  cuts  raw  or  cuokod  meat,  hash,  vegetable*,  Ac., 
at  the  rate  of  one  lb.  per  minute.  Works  extremely 
easy.  Price  83.  Samples  to  Dealers,  82.50.  Address 
D.  H.  WHITTEMORE,  Worcester,  Mars. 


THE  BICKFORD  IMPROVED 

FAMILY  KNITTING  MACHINE 


PATENTED  Ml  will  knl!  !JO,OOfl 

Sept.  10,  1867 . No.  68,696 

July  7,  1868  .  “  79,787  of  perfect  work  per  i 

*  “  21,1868 .  “  80,121  ,  ...  . 

“  21,  1868 .  “  80,122  w,b>  ,r,,h  ®« 

Dec.  1,  1868 . “  8iiW72  kind*  of  tubular  and 

“  1,  1868 .  “  84,473 

July  6,  1869 . “  92.166  ton,  icoolen ,  linen  or 

The  great  popularity  which  has  attended  n 

the  recent  improvements  of  these  machines  *“*3 

has  compelled  Mr.  Bickford  to  obtain  Increas¬ 
ed  facilities  for  their  manufacture  and  intro-  fi 

ductlon.  For  these  purposes  he  hius  recently  I 

organized  the  new  Bickford  Knitting  Machine  M. 

Oo.,  of  which  iie  is  President  and  Business 

The  now  and  improved  machine  now  being  siliMV 

made  by  this  Company  exhibits  the  very-  finest  jfljlllff+y.U 

workmanship,  and  is  designed  to  meet  every 
want  of  the  household.  Every  known  im-  r-j|| 

provenient  is  embodied  In  it  at.  present,  mak-  III 

ing  the  most  simple,  durable  and  efficient 

Knitting  Machine  ever  placed  in  market.  '  II  rh  * 

Tlji.s  machine  is  very  simple  in  construction  ^P|  || 

and  case  of  operation,  besides  doing  a  much 

greater  variety  of  work  than  can  possibly  be  ■W.™ 

made  on  any  other  Knitting  Machine,  even  of  ^ 

much  higher  price,  U  jsi 

It  will  complete  socks  and  stockings  of  any 
size,  with  citlior  a  square  or  round  heel,  as  the  PMrjL 
needles  can  be  drawn  up  out  of  action,  and  'Y/;1fLi  A  fig 
held  there  by  a  little  notch  in  tbe  body  or  wfesT? 

front,  part  of  the  needle,  allowing  you  to  knit 
on  as  few  or  as  many  needles  as  you  like,  ft  C 
can  also  he  made  to  knit  or  not,  at  the  will  TMto 

of  the  operator,  as  the  cams  can  he  thrown  fe-  i  w  LjB 
entirely  out  of  aetiou,  so  tiiat  the  machine  ■NjT  ‘ 
can  be  turned  forwards  and  backwards  wit h- 

out  forming  a  stitch,  then,  in  n  moment's  time,  ■'>'  ?>J'~ 

it  can  ho  thrown  into  action  again  ;  thus,  if  a 

lady  wishes  to  leave  her  work,  there  will  be  no  danger  of  its  being 
thrown  off;  and  you  will  see  that  a  machine  constructed  in  this  man¬ 
ner,  and  capable  of  being  adjusted  at  will,  cannot  but  do  precisely  what 
the  operator  wishes  of  it 


Ml  will  knit  140,000  S/Br/tf*,  or  21 i  Inches 
of  perfect  work  per  tnlnule .  //  knits  a  Hal 

t ceb)  tcith  selvag-e  on  both  edg-es^  and  all 
kinds  of  tubular  and  fancy  work ,  from  cols 
ton,  woolen ,  linen  or  silk  thread. 


PATENTED 

July  6,  1869 .  No. 

Nov.  2,  1869 .  » 

Sept.  17,  1872 .  « 

a  17,  1872 . “ 

“  17,1872 .  “ 

Oct.  irtiy  1872  « 


92,147 

96,531 

131.386 

131.387 

131.388 
132,382 


No.  1,  Improved  Family 
No.  3,  “  “ 

Extra  fine  cylinders  or 
Circulars  and  particulars, 


We  guarantee  our  machine  to  do  everything 
claimed  for  it  in  any  and  all  of  our  printed 
matter,  and  wo  sluke  our  reputation  upon  it. 

All  under-garments  can  he  made,  also  table 
and  bed-spreads,  with  beautiful  fancy  borders 
knit  on  them,  and  every  possible  kind  of  knit¬ 
ted  work  required,  which  make  tbe  machine 
so  necessary  thut  every  family  will  have  one, 
and  it  will  soon  take  the  place  entirely  of  the 
old  tedious  process  of  liand-knitt  ing  and  the 
hand-loom  in  forming  yarns  Into  fabrics  and 
garments. 

Our  Knitting  Machine  Is  covered,  in  this 
country,  by  more  than  seventy-five  direct 
claims,  besides  a  large  nu miter  of  combina¬ 
tions;  also  patented  in  Great  Britain,  Prussia, 
France,  Belgium,  Austria,  Saxony,  Wurtem- 
berg  and  Bavaria.  In  addition  to  which  we 
have  a  great  number  of  pending  applications 
before  the  U.  S.  Patent  Office  and  in  different 
countries,  so  you  can  see  how  Impossible  it 
would  be  for  any  one  to  build  a  similar  ma¬ 
chine  without  Infringing  upon  our  rights ; 
and  we  hereby  warn  every  one  accordingly, 
and  forbid  them  making  or  using  such  ma¬ 
chines,  as  our  work  is  pat  ented  as  well  as  the 
machine:  and  wo  propose  to  close  up  all  the 
parties  infringing  upon  us,  and  have  already 
done  so  with  the  New  Haven  Family  Knitting 
Muchiue  Co.,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.;  The  Bick¬ 
ford  Spinner  and  Knitting  Machine  Co.,  of 
Boston,  Mass.,  and  some  others. 

Machine,  with  course  cylinder . 830  00 

“  coarse  and  line  cylinder  40  00 

manufacturing  machines  to  order.  Write  for 
also  illustrated  books  and  instructions. 


23P"  Aleuts  wanted  everywhere.  Good,  active  men  may  earn  $50  per  week  and  expenses. 

DANA  BICKFORD,  President  and  Superintendent. 

Office  ui  Salesroom, .  689  Broadway,  New  York. 


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PRICE  SIX  CENTS, 
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made  in  sections,  it  can  be  easily  taken  to 
pieces  for  packing  in  a  small  space. 


POULTRY  BREVITIES, 


Do  Unimpreynnted  Eygx  Keep  Best  f— This 
question  is  suggested  by  a  recent  writer,  and 
it  is  asked  if  ever  anyone  lias  tried  the  ex¬ 
periment  of  producing  eggs  for  market  with¬ 
out  allowing  the  male  to  run  with  the  hens  ; 
if  so,  what  is  the  relative  keeping  quality  of 


PORTABLE  OCTAGON  AVIARY 


POULTRY  STATEMENT  FOR  1872 


In  an  English  paper  we  find  the  accompany¬ 
ing  illustration  of  a  portable  aviary.  The 
editor  says  of  it:— We  know  of  one  that  is 


As  the  Poultry  Department  in  your  paper 
is  very  interesting  to  me,  and  hoping  to  call 
out  more  items  n  pon  the  subject,  I  send  my 
poultry  account  for  1872  : 

Da. 

January  1.— To  80  lions  on  hand,  at  75o . *  fiO  00 

„  ,  ‘  ‘1  turkeys .  9  50 

March  “  K  chicks,  bought  at  75c .  31  50 

*  5  turkuys,  “  “ .  ts  ,59 

April  “  “  73  Chicks,  "  “ .  55  95 

Dec.  “  “  8  turkeys,  “  “ .  24  33 

feed,  1-i.T.HT  bushels  corn .  IOC  92 

r  900  His.  incnl .  11  55 

“  wheat  and  buckwheat, .  11  42 

meat . . .  1  in 

Eggs  set. .  4  90 


from  four  to  six  or  eight  weeks  old,  under 
similar  circumstances,  if  I  judge  rightly  from 
E.  A.  S.’s  letter  to  the  Rural.  Mine  would 
get  very  fat  and  choke  up  for  lack  of  room 
for  breathing  ;  and  whciuleath  relieved  them 
their  lungs  had  the  appearance  of  those  of 
the  pigs  of  E.  A.  S.  My  theory,  from  obser¬ 
vation  and  experience  is,  that  the  pigs  in  such 
eases  become  very  fat ;  the  difficulty  of 
breathing  arises  from  want  of  room  for  the 
play  of  the  lungs,  also  the  windpipe  is  so  com¬ 
pressed  by  the  accumulation  of  fat,  Unit  the 
lungs  are  literally  burned  up  by  excessive 
heat,  caused  by  being  so  closely  compressed 
and  the  difficulty  of  breathing,  and  death  is 
caused  thereby. 

The  remedy  I  have  found  effectual  is  plenty 
of  exercise  while  young,  and  less  feed  given 
to  tin:  sow  till  the  pigs  arc  six  or  eight  weeks 
old  ;  after  that  age,  with  plenty  of  exercise, 
there  is  little  danger  of  overfeeding  if  the  pig 
is  designed  for  the  pork  barrel  the  lirat  sea¬ 
son,  which  is  the  best  place  for  them,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  writer,  ff  they  are  to  be  kept 
for  breeding  stock,  1  would  not  feed  so  highly, 
but  give  a  good  range  to  develop  their  form  ; 
also  not  to  impair  their  usefulness  as  breeders 
by  too  much  fat  in  their  youth.  This  caution 
is  perhaps  not  needed  by  the  masses,  as  more 
pigs  are  hurt  by  too  little  feed  than  by  over¬ 
feeding  while  young.  I  judge  E.  A.  S.’s  sow 
was  a  good  one,  and  well  fed,  hence  the  re¬ 
sult.  1  have  given  my  experience  and  hope, 
it  may  benefit  someone  in  like  circumstances. 
Give,  plenty  of  exercise  to  the  pigs,  and  less 
feed  to  the  sow  for  the  first  eight  weeks,  in 
like  cases,  and  note  the  result. 

Will  D.  A.  M.  tell  when  the  three  pigs  he 
speaks  Of  were  one  year  old  ?  (  Ruha  r.of  Feb. 
8,  page  00,)  evidently  not  on  the  day  they 
were  slaughtered  ;  also  their  mamierof  keep, 
etc.  Same  page  aud  date  of  Rural,  “  A  Sub¬ 
scriber  ”  has  given  the  weight, and  ago  of  five 
pigs ;  if  he  had  told  how  they  were  fed,  I 
should  consider  it  a  model  paper  ;  when  will 
farmers  give  particulars,  soil,  culture,  etc., 
of  the.  crops,  seeds,  etc.,  also  the  exact  age, 
breed,  and  manner  of  feeding  their  animals,  as 
well  as  result ;  then  a  pretty  correct  estimate 
could  be  reached  by  the  readers  of  the  Rural 
of  the  experiments  reported. 

Rome,  N.  Y.  Jonathan  Talcott. 


Cr. 

By  731  11-12  dozen  (in (w . *253  82 

<51  chicks  sold .  123  15 

chickens,  dressed . . 90  70 

“  42  turkeys,  “  121  30 

"  premiums  on  White  Leghorns .  15  00 

78  Rons  on  hand,  at  80c .  02  40 

turkeys  on  liuud .  15  00 

Dr.  Acc’t.. .  822  88 

8304  03 

My  plan  is  to  breed  nothing  but  pure  White 
Leghorns  ;  but  iu  the  Spring  I  buy  about  a 
hundred  hens,  as  layers ;  feed  them  high  ; 
get  itll  the  eggs  from  them  that  I  can,  and 
kill  them  off  before  they  commence  to  molt, 
as  I  find  that  most  of  the  profit  on  common 
fowls  is  in  eggs  from  March  to  July.  By  that 
timo  I  have  a  nice  large  flock  of  White  Leg¬ 
horn  chicks  that  are  about  ready  to  sell  for 
somewhat  higher  prices  than  they  would 
bring  dressed,  as  may  be  seen  in  my  account 
— «1  for  *123.15. 

I  give  my  fowls  their  liberty,  and  they 
have  all  the  run  they  want,  except  my  breed¬ 
ing  stock  of  Leghorns,  which  are  kept  in 
yards,  by  themselves,  from  December  until 
al  tor  the  season  for  setting  eggs  Is  over ;  then 
all  run  together  ;  and  1  assure  you  a  flock  of 
from  100  to  200  pure  white  fovvis  looks  very 
handsome  in  the  Fall  after  I  have  killed  oil' 
all  the  common  kinds  and  have  nothing  but 
white  ones  left. 

I  have  a  building  15  by  30,  with  roosting, 
laying  and  sitting  rooms.  Under  the  roosts  I 
have  several  inches  of  dry  dirt  ;  all  of  the 
droppings  I  rake  off  about  every  morning 
and  take  them  out  of  the  room,  for  I  am  fully 
satisfied  that,  there  is  no  surer  way  to  bring 
disease,  lice  and  death  among  fowls,  than  to 
allow  the  droppings  to  accumulate  and  re¬ 
main  under  the  roosts.  I  have  the  buildilig 
well  ventilated,  whitewashed  all  over  inside, 
the  roosts  well  covered  with  kerosene  oil 
often.  I  give  the  fowls  a  nice,  sunny  place, 
with  plenty  of  dry  dirt  aud  wood  ashes, 
mixed,  for  a  dust  bath  ;  keep  all  the  rooms 
clean  and  sweet,  give  plenty  of  feed,  pure 
water  always  before  them,  and  they  cannot 
help  but  well  pay  for  oue’s  trouble,  and 
leave  a  good  margin  as  profit. 

E.  J.  Crawford. 


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sometimes  on  the  lawn  and  sometimes  in  the 
plantations,  and,  although  always  ornamen¬ 
tal,  it  is  never  so  much  so  as  when  within  a 
group  of  three  Firs. 

The  wires  are  half  an  inch  apart,  therefore 
suitable  for  the  smallest  or  any  other  sized 
cage  birds.  It  is  made  of  metal,  galvanized 
or  japanned  in  any  colors,  is  quite  portable, 
and,  being  made  in  sections,  is  readily  packed 
or  removed.  It  has  a  seed-pan  and  sanitary 
drinking  fountain. 


a.vi-ajr.'x-. 

such  eggs  compared  with  impregnated  ones  ? 
Perhaps  some  of  our  readers  are  posted. 

“  Do  Brown  Leghorns  have  White  Earn  ?  ” 
So  asks  M.  R.  F.  There  are  some  breeders 
who  claim  that  a  Brown  Leghorn  that  lias 
not  got  white  ears  is  defective ;  and  vice 
verm.  We  go  for  white  oar  lobes.  We  don’t 
know  that  those  that  have  red  ears  are  de¬ 
fective,  but,  we  think  so. 

A  Remedy  for  Staggers  such  as  P.  P.  C, 
describes,  where  the  fowls’  necks  arc  twisted 


MOVABLE  POULTRY  HOUSE 


RHEUMATISM  IN  HOGS 


Those  who  have  tried  movable  poultry 
houses,  regard  them  as  exceedingly  profitable 
arrangements  and  very  desirable.  We  give, 
as  a  suggestion  to  our  readers,  an  illustration 
of  one  in  use  iu  England,  which  is  mounted 
on  wheels,  with  a  floor  raised  high  above 
giound  to  form  a  dry  run,  has  a  set  of  movn- 


In  answer  to  a  correspondent,  the  Prairie 
Farmer  says  : — Keep  the  hogs  in  a  dry,  warm, 
well-littered  place,  and  feed  soft  food,  such 
as  cooked  potatoes,  mashes,  etc.  Give  once 
a  week  a  vomitive,  such  as  the  following, 
mixed  and  thrown  dry  on  the  root  of  the 
hog's  tongue  : — Ten  grain*  of  the  powdered 
root  of  white  hellebore,  and  ten  grains  of  tar¬ 
tar  emetic.  The  back  and  loins  should  be 
rubbed  twice  daily  with  a  mixture  of  oil  of 
turpentine  and  spirits  of  camphor,  equal 
parts.  If  costive,  give  warm  linseed  tea. 


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HOW  TO  GEOW  CAREOTS. 


Plow  early  in  Spring,  four  inches  deep. 
Harrow  well  and  roll  or  bush  down  ;  let  the 
ground  lie  till  after  the  middle  of  May  ;  plow 
again  as  deep  as  your  team  Is  able  to  draw 
the  plow.  Harrow  and  roll  as  before.  Have 
the  ground  in  perfect  order,  no  lumps  and  as 
few  rt>ne3  as  possible.  About  the  20th  of 
May,  la  y  out  your  Held  in  drills,  '2%  feet  apart, 
straight  and  uniform .  Use  a  small,  oue-horso 
plow  ;  four  inches  is  deep  enough.  Spread  in 
the  drill  a  small  quantity  of  well-rotted  mar 
nure,  or  other  fertilizer ;  close  your  drill -with 
a  coveror,  or  plow,  leaving  a  mound  with  a 
level  surflce  ready  for  the  seed-sower.  Reg¬ 
ulate  the  seed-sower  so  as  to  drop  the  seed 
from  oae-half  to  one  Inch  apart ;  one-half  lb. 
of  seed  is  enough  for  an  aurc. 

Before  starting  tire  sowing,  spread  a  little 
guano  or  phosphate  on  the  top  of  the  drill, 
very  light  in  the  center  where  the  sower  will 
come,  and  the  seed  will  find  it  early.  With  a 
oareful  hand,  proceed  with  the  sowing,  ob¬ 
serving  at  each  end  if  the  drill  drops  the  seed. 
When  up,  so  that  the  rows  can  be  seen— say 
one-half  an  inch  high~go  into  the  field  with 
a  steady  horse,  that  will  go  slow  attached  to 
a  horse-hoe  or  cultivator  ;  run  light  and  very 
close.  If  the  machine  don’t  work  well,  alter 
it  in  some  way  so  that  it  will.  Bend  a  point 
of  an  old  scythe  or  a  stout  hoop-iron,  turd  put 
it  In  place  of  the  share,  so  that  you  can  go 
clo-e  to  the  row  and  not  cover  the  small 
plants.  Before  the  weeds  get  too  much  start¬ 
ed,  go  through  them  again  ;  os  they  get  larg¬ 
er,  cultivate  deeper. 

I  never  hoe,  thin  nor  weed.  When  the 
plants  are  a  fair  size— say  one  inch  through — 
give  them  a  deep  plowing  with  a  small  sub¬ 
soil  plow  aud  with  two  horses.  Let  them 
remain  till  late,  in  the  ground.  Clip  off  the 
tops  with  a  sharp  hoe.  Run  a  subsoil  plow 
directly  uuder  the  carrots  and  throw  them 
out  with  a  single  furrow. 

Pit  or  protect  them  on  the  field.  Cover 
them  ac  first  with  the  tops.  After  a  few  days 
remove  the  tops,  and  secure  them  well  with 
earth ;  never  use  straw  or  litter.  They  al¬ 
ways  keep  good  in  tills  way,  and  never  rot. 

For  a  number  of  years  I  have  had  no  diffi¬ 
culty  in  raising  an  abundance  of  carrots  in 
this  way.  It  requires  a  little  patience  and 
perseverance.  The  labor  is  light  and  cheap. 
On  ordinary  land  carrots  want  but  little  ma¬ 
nure.  I  think  the  top-dressing  before  sowing 
almost  necossury  to  insure  a  crop.  My  best 
crops  have  been  on  potato  ground,  and 
where  carrots  have  been  grown  several  years 
in  succession,  My  yield  is  generally  about  16 
tons  per  acre.  They  will  always  pay  better 
than  potatoes,  and  can  be  raised  and  handled 
with  less  expense ;  and  if  our  horses  could 
speak,  we  should  receive  more  thanks  for 
raising  them. 

Use  long  orange  seed  ;  and  if  you  are  not 
sure  of  getting  good  new  seed  any  handier, 
send  to  Gregory  xor  it.  t.  v.  a. 

- - — - — 

POTATOES-CAMPBELL’S  LATE  EOSE,  ETC. 

I  see  the  subscribers  to  the  Rural  are  giv¬ 
ing  their  experience  with  Campbell’s  Late-. 
Rose  potato.  I  saw  Mr.  C.’s  advertisement 
last  Winter,  and  wroto  to  him  for  one  pound 
of  his  potatoes,  telling  him,  at  the  same  time, 
that  I  supposed  I  world  be  “humbugged,” 
as  I  generally  was  with  such  thiugs.  Iu  due 
time  I  received  ft  letter  from  him,  stating 
that  my  mouey  hud  beeu  received,  and  say¬ 
ing  that  he  did  not  think  there  was  much 
chance  of  iny  being  humbugged  this  time. 

Now  for  the  result The  potatoes  were  re¬ 
ceived  (G  small  ones),  cut  hi  small  pieces,  aud 
planted  by  the  side  of  Peerless,  on  rather  dry, 
gravelly  loam.  They  grew  well— that  is,  the 
tips  did,  and  bald  green  until  late  in  the  Fall, 
long  after  the  Peerless  were  dead.  When 
they  wore  dug,  there  was  somewhere  near  a 
half  bushel  of  very  poor-looking  potatoes,  and 
of  very  small  size — not  near  as  large  as  the 
Peerless,  right  along  side ;  treatment  the 
same.  How  they  will  cook  I  do  not  know  ; 
but  I  w  •  uld  lice  to  take  one  dollar  for  the 
lot,  which  ia  about  four  times  what  they  are 
worth.  I  know  some  parties  who  bought  a 
bushel  of  Campbell’s  Late  Rose  who  think 
they  are  a  humbug.  When  I  saw  the  men 
last,  they  had  not  tried  them  to  see  how  they 
cooked,  but  they  said  if  they  did  not  cook  up 
good  they  should  not  say  anything  about 
them.  I  suppose  they  bought  them  with  the 
idea  of  raising  them  to  sell  for  seed,  I  do 
not  know  what  their  yield  was.  but  believe 
they  had  a  good  crop. 

There  Is  considerable  complaint  in  regard 
to  the  Early  Rose  this  year  ;  their  quality  Is 


not  good,  they  being  watery  and  strong. 
The  Peerless  are  very  good,  but  people  are 
very  much  prejudiced  against  them,  because 
last  year  they  were  rather  strong. 

I  wish  some  one  would  explain  to  us  why 
it  Is  that  all  potatoes  run  out  in  a  year  or  two 
after  they  are  brought  into  a  place.  It  is  so 
with  nearly  every  kind  that  I  am  acquainted 
with.  When  they  are  first  brought  to  us, 
they  yield  enormously  for  a  year  or  two,  but 
the  quality  is  generally  poor  ;  after  they  hav  o 
been  planted  about  t  wo  years  the  crop  begins 
to  fall  off  in  yield,  but  the  quality  improves, 
and  they  will  yield  less  and  less,  until  they 
are  hardly  worth  growing.  The  Rose  was 
very  good  iu  quality  when  it  first  came,  but  it 
appears  to  be  diminishing  as  to  yield,  and  de¬ 
teriorating  il  quality.  From  what  I  have 
seen  and  heard,  I  consider  the  Rose  a  very 
tender  potato,  and  more  easiljT  affected  than 
most  ot  her  varieties  by  wet  and  dry  weather. 

Westport,  Conn.  A.  8.  Nash. 


Jiulustijial  ®o]iic<s. 


ESTHETICS  AND  AGRICULTURE. 


These  words,  when  coupled  together,  pre 
sent  a  very  strange  appearance.  There 
seems  to  be  no  affinity  between  them.  The 
one  suggests  thoughts  of  studies,  statues, 
painting,  music  and  poetry,  while  the  other 
is  suggestive  of  patent  fertilizers,  cumbrous 
machinery,  callous  hands  and  brawny  arms. 
It  is  the  popular  opinion  that  they  are  so 
widely  separate  that  a  conjunction  can  never 
be  consummated  ;  and  the  idea  is  quite  preva¬ 
lent  that  if  a  young  man  chooses  agriculture  as 
a  profession,  he  must  necessarily  smother  ail 
aspirations  pointing  toward  the  possession  of 
a  refined,  cultivated  brain  and  heart,  and  be 
content  to  discharge  his  daily  duties,  with 
thoughts  scarcely  raised  above  the  level  of 
his  furrows. 

In  other  words,  there  is  in  the  minds  of 
many  the  thought  that  it  is  practically  im¬ 
possible  for  one  to  acquire  a  symmetrical 
character,  a  true  and  comprehensive  culture, 
that  shall  enable  the  possessor  to  successfully 
encounter  tins  varied  experiences  of  life,  and 
give  him  a  conscious  power  and  dignity 
among  his  fellows,  and  at  the  same  time  be 
closely  identified  with  the  producers  of_/bc 
country.  It  is  undeniably  true,  that  even  a 
superficial  acquaintance  with  the  social  life, 
and  habits  of  thought  of  many,  too  many,  ag¬ 
riculturists,  would  almost  inevitably  lead  to 
this  conclusion.  The  average  farmer  is  so 
completely  absorbed  iu  devising  and  exe¬ 
cuting  measures  that  shall  swell  his  income, 
and  givu  him  a  reputation  for  financial  acu¬ 
men,  that  neither  time  nor  disposition  is  found 
for  the  development  of  any  faculty  or  per¬ 
ception  he  may  possess,  unless  he  is  assured 
that  he  can  utilize  it  and  compel  it  to  minister 
to  bis  passion  for  money -getting.  His  home 
foitltfully  mirrors  the  character  of  its  occu¬ 
pant.  It  furnishes  aliment  for  his  physical 
nature,  shelter  and  warmth,  a  place  of  abode 
where  he  may  recuperate  Jiis  exhausted  ener¬ 
gies,  and  fit  himself  for  his  daily  toll ;  but 
beyond  this  there  is  an  absolute  dearth  ; 
nothing  comparatively  to  contribute  to  intel¬ 
lectual  growth,  or  aid  in  developing  a  re¬ 
refined  taste.  The  magnificent  sunsets  that 
so  frequently  greet  his  vision,  burnishing 
the  western  clouds,  and  transforming  them 
into  mountains  of  gold,  are  unnoticed  by  him, 
save  as  they  afford  fancied  data  on  which 
to  hn.Tig  a  prediction  in  regard  to  the  weather 
of  the  morrow.  Thus  he  passes  through  life 
with  eyes  blinded,  and  mind  contracted  and 
dwarfed,  ignoring  the  claims  of  his  estbetical 
nature,  and  wilfully  neglecting  opportunities, 
which  if  rightly  improved  would  bring  him 
up  to  a  higher  social  position  and  enrich  his 
life  with  new  and  inspiring  thoughts. 

I  very  gladly  admit  that  there  are  many 
farmers  to  whom  this  language  is  in  no  sense 
applicable ;  men  who  are  an  honor  to  the 
profession  of  their  choice  ;  men  of  large 
scope  and  elevated  tastes  :  but  why  are  they 
in  the  minority  ?  There  Is  nothing  in  agricul¬ 
ture,  per  se,  to  restrict  those  who  are  engaged 
in  it  to  a  condition  of  intellectual  mediocrity ; 
on  the  contrary  it  offers  advantages  for  self-  I 
culture  that  are  pre-eminently  superior  to 
those  connected  with  many  of  the  equally 
active  vocations.  He  who  so  desires,  can  find 
much  in  the  varied  and  marvelous  beauties 
disclosed  with  each  changing  season,  to  ex¬ 
pand  the  heart  and  fill  the  soul  with  new 
and  joyous  emotions  ;  while  the  ever-recur¬ 
ring  and  mysterious  phenomena  revealed  in 
vegetable  and  insect  life,  stimulate  the  dili¬ 
gent  student  to  more  active  research,  and 
lead  him  on  to  fresh  acquirements. 

Oakfleld,  Wis.,  1B72.  “  F.B.J.  1 


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HOW  TO  SPAY  HEIFERS. 


Wk  have  had  repeated  requests  to  publish, 
in  detail,  directions  for  this  operation,  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker.  We  have  never  seen 
directions  that  we  thought  specific  and  clear 
enough  until  the  following,  which  are  given 
by  a  Kentucky  correspondent  of  the  Farmer’s 
Home  Journal First,  as  to  the  proper  age  ; 
second,  as  to  the  weather  ;  third,  as  to  condi¬ 
tion  and  placing  in  position  ;  and,  lastly,  as 
to  the  surgical  part  of  the  operation. 

A  good  age  is  from  six  to  nine  months.  I 
have  repeatedly  operated  upon  them  success¬ 
fully  a  month  or  two  younger,  but  it  is  ad¬ 
visable  that  those  without  experience  should 
not  attempt  it  before  the  heifer  Is  eight  cr 
nine  months  old.  The  ovaria  are  not  suffi¬ 
ciently  developed  to  be  readily  found  and  the 
parts  to  which  they  are  attached  are  tender 
and  easily  lacerated.  I  have  operated  upon 
cows  eight  or  ten  yews  old  ;  but  it  should 
never  bo  done  while  In  calf. 

The  Spring  or  Fall  is  the  proper  season  of 
the  year,  say  from  the  20th  of  April  to  the 
20th  of  May,  and  from  the  first,  of  October  to 
the  middle  of  November.  It  is  not  always 
necessary  to  be  confined  to  specified  time,  if 
the  weather  is  good.  I  have  never  paid  any 
attention  to  1  unary  or  the  signs  of  the  zodiac. 

An  animal,  to  be  in  condition  for  the  opera¬ 
tion,  should  be  kept  from  food  and  water  at 
least,  twenty-four  hours,  where  they  will  be 
comfortable  and  can  have  protection  from  the 
sun.  Its  food,  previously,  should  be  of  such  a 
character  that  the  bowels  will  not  be  const  ipa¬ 
ted.  Before  the  tying  commences,  the  heifer 
should  be  confined  in  a  smull  stable  or  pen, 
and  fatigued  as  little  as  possible.  A  rope  with 
a  noose  may  be  placed  over  the  horns,  and 
the  animal  east  on  the  ground.  Fasten  a  flat¬ 
tened  pole,  or  piece  of  lumber  with  the  edges 
taken  off,  two  and  a-half  by  three  inches, 
above  the  points  of  the  hocks  with  strong 
bandages,  passing  around  each  repeatedly  and 
crossing  each  tunc.  (Soft  leather  straps,  or 
good  hemp  slightly  twisted,  will  answer  the 
purpose).  The  legs  should  be  spread,  but  not 
strained,  apart.  Before  elevating  animals 
with  a  good  coat,  it  is  best  to  remove  that 
portion  of  the  hair  where  the  orifice  is  to  be 
made.  Now  raise  it  partly  off  the  ground, 
leaving  only  the  head,  neck  and  point  of  the 
right  shoulder  resting  on  the  ground,  in  any 
way  that  may  be  most  convenient.  The  most 
common  way  is  to  slide  it  up  on  a  pair  of 
skids  twelve  or  fourteen  feet  long.  If  this 
mode  is  selected,  it  will  be  convenient,  to  have 
the  gammon  pole  about  eight  feet  long. 

Now  as  to  the  surgical  part  of  the  opera¬ 
tion  It  is  necessary  to  have  a  good,  sharp- 
pointed  knife,  with  the  edge  straight,  and 
about  four  inches  iu  length.  The  point  should 
be  blunted,  or  whittled  off,  as  well  as  about 
one  fourth  of  an  inch  of  the  keen  edge  at  the 
point ;  also  u  needle  six  inches  long,  curved 
towards  the  Cud,  sufficiently  large  to  carry  a 
soft,  twisted  string  the  Bize  of  a  common  oat 
straw  (I  prefer  shoe  thread).  Place  the  point 
of  the  knife,  with  tliu  back  down,  from  one- 
half  of  an  inch  to  the  right  of  the  middle  line 
or  scam  in  the  abdomen,  and  immediately  iu 
contact  with  the  forward  part  of  the  udder. 
Press  It  with  the  right  hand  into  the  cavity 
of  the  body,  usiug  the  left  hand  to  steady  It ; 
when  through,  cut  up  into' the  udder  three- 
fourths  of  an  inch,  with  the  point  of  the  knife 
slightly  elevated ;  reverse  the  edge  of  the 
knife  and  cut  in  the  direction  of  the  brisket, 
with  the  point  of  the  knife  slightly  depressed, 
so  as  to  make  the  orifice  about  four  inches 
long.  Elevating  and  depressing  the  point  of 
the  knife  as  directed,  is  to  insure  the  incision 
being  a  little  longer  in  the  peritoneum  or 
“striffing,”  than  it  is  in  the  balance  of  the 
orifice.  There  are  two  good  reasons  for  this, 
one  of  which  is,  this  is  the  point  at  wluch 
inflammation  ia  most  likely  to  set  up,  and  it 
should  be  strained  or  irritated  us  little  as  pos¬ 
sible.  The  left  hand  is  now  to  be  inserted 
(the  orifice  should  be  large  enough  to  admit  it 
with  little  pressure,  if  any)  and  search  made 
for  the  ovary,  or  “pride,”  which  is  found 
swinging  or  floating,  as  it  were,  between  the 
lower  end  of  the  orifice  and  the  back  of  the 
animal.  They  vary  in  size  according  to 
age  ;  some  being  as  small  as  a  corn-field  bean, 
and  others  os  large  as  an  English  walnut,  and 
feel  soft  and  pulpy  to  the  touch.  When  one 
is  found,  place  the  ovarian  ligament,  which 
is  about  one-third  of  an  inch  iu  length,  be¬ 
tween  the  end  of  the  thumb  and  the  first 
joint  of  the  fore  finger,  and  draw  it  carefully 
and  steadily  to  the  inner  edge  of  the  orifice, 
and  with  a  knife,  or  crooked  scissors,  detach 
the  ovary,  by  cutting  the  ligament,  find  take 
it  out  (no  ligature  will  be  necessary).  While 
ft  is  being  drawn  into  the  orifice,  you  may 


expect  the  anirual  to  struggle,  and  if  so,  let 
the  hand  give  way,  but  not  your  hold  of  liga 
merit.  Proceed  in  the  same  way  with  the 
other.  The  membranes  which  envelope  the 
ovaria  arc  thin  and  gauze  like,  and  scarcely 
ever  drawn  to  the  orifice  without  being 
lacerated.  I  prefer  cutting  them  off,  but  if 
not  removed,  they  waste  away.  Should  the 
operator  not  be  successful  in  finding  the  ova¬ 
ria  as  directed,  lie  has  only  to  draw  one  prong, 
or  fork,  of  the  womb  out,  and  by  slipping  it 
through  his  fingers  to  t  he  lower  end,  it  will 
certainly  be  found  ;  these  prongs  are  alike, 
each  about,  six  or  seven  inches  long  and  taper 
to  a  point ;  after  removing  the  ovary,  return 
this  prong  to  its  place  and  proceed  in  the 
same  way  with  the  other  prong. 

The  orifice  should  be  closed  by  three  inter¬ 
rupted  sutures,  barely  bringing  the  edges  in 
I  contact  with  each  other.  Draw  the  thread 
in  the  needle  through  a  wet  hand  several 
1  times,  to  smooth  it.  One  half  of  an  inch  to 
the  right  Bide  of  the  orifice,  stick  the  needle 
through  the  skin,  flesh  and  peritoneum,  with 
the  fingers  of  the  left  hand  supporting  the 
peritoneum  ;  reversing  the  direction  of  the 
needle,  pass  it  through  the  opposite  lip  of  the 
wound.  Clip  the  thread,  leaving  each  end 
six  inches  long.  Take  two  other  stitches  in 
like  manner,  cutting  the  thread  each  time 
the  same  length.  This  done,  proceed  to  the 
end,  each  string  separate  and  apart  from  the 
others,  the  middle  one  lost  ;  draw  all  the 
knots  to  the  right  side  and  leave  the  ends 
hanging  ;  release  the  annual  nnd  let  her  get 
up  at  her  pleasure.  At  the  end  of  a  week, 
confine  the  animal  in  a  very  small  enclosure, 
and  cut  the  cords  and  draw  them  up. 

I  have  never  known  a  cow  or  heifer  to  die 
from  the  operation  ;  and  if  the  thousands  that 
are  annually  brought  to  the  blue  grass  coun¬ 
ties  and  sold,  were  all  spayed,  it  .would  be  a 
sour  ce  of  immense  income  to  Kentucky. 

It  is  hardly  necessaiy  to  add  that  the  hands 
and  knife  should  be  washed  between  each 
operation. 


TO  PREVENT  CATTLE  HOOKING 
FENCES. 


1  live  on  a  village  corporation,  have  but  a 
few  acres  of  land  and  keep  a  cow  which  runs 
in  a  lot  entirely  alone  ;  and  she  has  for  years, 
(notwithstanding  my  effort  to  the  contrary,) 
been  gradually  getting  into  the  habit  of  root¬ 
ing  or  hooking  rails  off  the  fence.  1  have 
tried  a  board  over  lrcr  face  ;  but  she  learned 
to  do  it  with  that  on.  A  friend  suggested  to 
me  a  plan  similar  to  the  one  figured  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker,  of  Feb.  8th,  but  with 
this  difference,  instead  of  making  a  hole 
through  the  nos©  of  the  cow,  I  took  a  wire, 
one-fourth  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  and  about 
inches  long,  and  bent  it  to  an  oval  shaped 
ring  ;  and  leaving  the  ends  about  five-eighths 
of  an  inch  apart,  and  by  a  twisting  move¬ 
ment  pressing  the  dividing  gristle  of  the 
cow’s  nose  through  the  five-eighth  inch  space 
in  the  ring,  left  the  r  ing  hanging  loosely  in 
the  nostrils.  1  then  securely  twisted  one  end 
of  an  annealed  wire  about  the  size  of  a  large 
knitting  needle  to  the  ring,  and  long  enough 
to  pass  up  t  hrough  a  hole  in  the  horn  above, 
from  that  through  a  hole  in  the  other  horn, 
and  from  that  down  to  the  ring,  fastening 
that  end  also  around  the  ring,  bringing  the 
ring  close  to  the  nose,  with  the  wire  through 
the  horns  drawn  tight. 

This  plan  proved  entirely  successful.  I  tried 
a  cord  instead  of  a  long  wire,  but  it  did  net 
work  well  ou  account  of  the  wetting  and 
drying,  tightening  and  slackening  of  the 
cord.  Avery  T.  Northup. 

Delaware  Co.,  N.  Y. 

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TO  PREVENT  COWS  KICKING. 


There  may  be  some  of  the  readers  of  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  who  hu\  o  kicking  cows 
to  milk  and  do  not  know  this  remedy,  which 
I  have  tried  myself  this  Winter.  I  had  a  cow 
that  it  was  almost  impossible  to  milk  with¬ 
out  it.  I  took  a  strap  and  buckled  it  around 
the  body  of  the  cow  right  iu  front  of  the  bag. 
Iu  this  way  I  could  milk  her  as  well  as  any 
cow.  J.  O.  Wadsworth. 

Wayne  Co.,  N.  Y. 


BLOODY  MURRAIN  REMEDY. 


Mr.  C.  R.  Moore,  Johnstown,  Va.,  states 
that  one  of  his  neighbors  lost  four  out  of  six 
head  of  cattle  from  bloody  urinary  dis¬ 
charges.  All  the  six  were  attacked,  and  he 
saved  the  other  two  by  pouring  a  pint  of  pe¬ 
troleum,  such  as  he  burned,  down  each  of 
their  throats,  and  they  recovered. 


To  Kill  Lice  on  Cattle,  dust  the  ani¬ 
mal  thoroughly  with  plaster  or  gypsum  ;  or 
with  dry  water  lime.  But  if  this  is  done, 
do  not  let  the  animal  get  wet  until  the  lime 
is  out  of  the  hair  This  answers  P.  F.  M. 


: 


MARCH  \ 


MOOSE’S  RURAL  ^IW-YOR^ER. 


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139 


CANADIAN  DAIEYHEN’S  ASSOCIATION. 


One  of  the  largest  and  most  enthusiastic 
agricultural  conventions  ever  held  in  Canada 
•was  that  of  the  Canadian  dairymen,  in  their 
two  days’  session  at  Ingersoll,  Feb.  1  and  6, 
about  COO  delegates  being  present.  The  Pres¬ 
ident,  Mr.  Ballantyne,  in  his  opening  ad¬ 
dress,  congratulated  the  Association  on  the 
success  which  had  attended  its  efforts  in  pro¬ 
moting  the  best  interests  of  dairying  in  Can¬ 
ada.  He  attributed  the  prosperity  of  this  | 
branch  of  agriculture  largely  to  the  discrim¬ 
ination  of  knowledge  which  the  society  had 
inaugurated  by  its  annual  conventions  and 
its  printed  reports.  Ho  referred,  at  Borne 
length,  to  the  benefits  that,  would  arise  from 
incorporation,  and  the  willingness  of  the  Gov¬ 
ernment  to  render  assistance  in  carrying  out 
the  objects  of  the  Association.  There  had 
been  some  difficulty  in  harmonizing  dift'erent 
interests,  since  an  association  had  been 
formed  at  Bellville  similar  to  this,  which  also 
sought  assistance  from  the  Government. 
That  association  had  received  a  grant,  the 
past  year,  of  $500,  which  had  been  appropri¬ 
ated  in  prizes  at  their  cheese  fair.  The  Min¬ 
ister  of  Agriculture  had  recommended  that 
the  two  associations  become  united,  and  he 
was  unwilling  to  grunt  further  aid  unless  this 
end  was  brought  about.  A  bads  of  agree¬ 
ment  had  been  drawn  up  and  signed  by  the 
committee  for  that  purpose,  subject  to  the 
ratification  of  the  Executive.  That  basis  was 
upon  the  principle  that  the  two  meetings  of 
the  Convention  should  be  held  at  Ingersoll,  for 
one  at  Bellville,  and  that  Belleville  should  be 
represented  in  the  Executive  by  one-third  of 
its  entire  number.  He  was  was  happy  to  say 
that  the  Government  was  alive  to  the  inter¬ 
ests  of  the  Association,  and  he  hoped  that 
the  proposed  union  would  be  satisfactorily 
brought  about,  tuid  that  the  assistance  to  be 
derived  from  the  Government  should  be  ap¬ 
plied  to  the  dissemination  of  such  information 
as  would  tend  to  the  furtherance  of  the  ob¬ 
jects  of  the  Association.  lie  then  introduced 
Prof.  Bell  of  Bellville,  who  gave  an  address 
upon 

THE  CHEMICAL  CRMPOSITION  OF  MILK  ANO  CHEESE. 

The  address  was  a  well-written  production, 
and  was  forcibly  delivered,  but  contained  no 
now  matter,  the  tojfics  treated  being  such  as 
have  been  pretty  thoroughly  discussed  at  the 
various  dairymen’s  meetings  for  some  years 
past. 

MARKETING  CHEESE. 

Quite  a  spirited  discussion  was  had  on  the 
above  question.  Mr.  Caswell  of  Ingersoll 
advocated  the  marketing  of  cheese  at  fre¬ 
quent  intervals.  He  said  it  was  a  great  mis¬ 
take  to  hold  cheese  in  anticipation  of  rising 
prices,  as  was  too  frequently  done  in  Canada, 
and  he  warmly  approved  of  early  and  fre¬ 
quent  sales.  He  instanced  the  reports  of 
those  who  had  thus  sold,  and  thought  their 
sales  would  compare  favorably  with  those 
who  held  longer.  The  character  of  cheese 
deteriorated,  often,  after  being  kept,  and  it 
became  unfit  for  the  English  market,  which 
now  demanded  a  mild,  clean-flavored  article. 

Mr.  D.  H.  Burrell  of  Herkimer,  N.  Y., 
said  that  cheese  was  marketed  in  the  central 
counties  of  New  York  weekly,  or  at  least 
semi-monthly,  and  he  believed  good  results 
came  from  putting  cheese  before  consumers 
as  early  as  it  was  fit  or  ripe  for  the  market. 
One  great  object  in  i nuking  early  sales  was 
to  avoid  shrinkage  in  weight,  while  at  the 
same  time  a  vast  amount  of  labor  was  saved 
in  the  care  ol’  cheese,  and  possibly  losses  from 
deterioration.  He  said  buyers  visited  the 
factories  from  time  to  time,  and  were  pre¬ 
pared  to  make  an  offer,  or  purchase  the 
goods  at  the  market  at  Little  Falls  from 
week  to  week. 

Mr.  Farrington  of  Canada  could  not 
wholly  ugree  with  the  two  previous  speak¬ 
ers.  He  would  sell  goods  early  and  frequent¬ 
ly,  if  they  would  command  a  good  price,  but 
he  would  recommend  manufacturers  to  make 
a  cheese  that  would  keep.  It  should  remain 
sound  and  in  good  flavor  whether  twenty 
days  old,  or  if  kept  for  two  to  six  months 
longer.  If  it  could  be  sold  early,  good  and 
well,  but  let  it  be  of  such  a  character  as  not 
to  deteriorate  by  being  kept.  If  prices  were 
below  the  cost  of  production,  it  might  be 
good  economy  to  hold  back  the  cheese,  and 
if  the  cheese  was  so  made  as  not  to  lose 
flavor  by  holding,  advantage  could  be  taken 
of  the  markets  and  bettor  prices  obtained 
than  to  follow  the  rule  of  selling  early  at  any 
price  The  President,  Mr.  Ballantyne,  be¬ 
ing  called  upon  for  his  opinion,  recommend¬ 
ed  early  sales,  and  felt  certain  that  the  ex¬ 
perience  of  those  who  sold  every  month 


would  go  to  prove  that  they  had  profited 
thereby, 

Mr.  Hopkins  also  urged  the  point  of  selling 
regularly  and  frequently.  He  instanced  the 
practice  of  the  Brownsville  factory,  which 
had  made  monthly  sales,  and  invariably  to 
advantage.  The  prices  for  the  year  had  va¬ 
ried  from  i)c.  to  LU'c.,  the  average  for  the 
season  being  1  lc.  He  was  quite  positive  that 
early  sales  were  more  profitable,  and  he  de¬ 
precated  the  practice  of  holding  for  high 
prices. 

FLOATING  CURDS. 

Mr.  Belmont  said  that  floating  curds  might 
be  attributed,  for  the  most  part,  to  want  of 
care  on  the  part  of  patrons— such  as  stagnant 
water,  uncleanlinesa  in  milking,  and  improper 
handling  of  the  milk  before  its  delivery  bo  the 
factory.  When  the  milk  was  imperfect,  and 
was  likely  to  result  in  a  floating  curd,  he  in¬ 
creased  the  temperature,  and  used  more 
rennet.  Mr.  Webb  said,  in  searching  for 
the  cause  of  floating  curds,  he  found  that 
cows  which  were  allowed  to  wade  through 
stagnant  water  and  mud  got  bospattered 
with  this  filth,  which  was  conveyed  to 
the  milk  during  the  milking.  Mr.  ItiMPri 
said  he  had  been  making  cheese  from  160 
cows,  which  were  allowed  to  drink  stagnant 
water  at  will,  and  yet  he  had  novel-  seen  a 
floating  curd.  He  said  the  milk  was  not  car¬ 
ried  far— not  over  one-half  a  mile — and  he 
took  pains  to  thoroughly  cool  and  air  it  dur¬ 
ing  the  night. 

Evening  Session. 

The  whole  of  the  evening  session  was  taken 
up  in  the  annual  address,  delivered  by  Mr. 
X.  A.  Willard  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker, 
but  we  have  no  space  to  give  a  synopsis  of 
the  speech. 

Sooond  Day’s  Session. 

Considerable  discussion  was  had,  during 
the  morning  session,  in  regard  to  the  estab¬ 
lishment  of  a  market  day  at  Ingersoll.  Sev¬ 
eral  places  were  named  us  good  points,  but 
the  Convention  finally  settled  down  upon  In¬ 
gersoll  as  the  best,  and  a  resolution  to  that 
effect  was  carried. 

INCORPORATION  OF  THE  TWO  SOCIETIES. 

The  Committee  reported  as  the  basis  of  in¬ 
corporation  that  the  Association  retain  its 
present  name  —  the  Canadian  Dairymen’s 
Association .  That  the  management  be  vested 
in  a  Board  of  nine  Directors,  the  officers  to  be 
a  President,  Vice-President,  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  to  be  elected  annually  by  the  Direc¬ 
tors,  and  the  President,,  Vice-President  and 
Treasurer  to  be  from  their  own  number— the 
directors  to  hold  office  for  three  years,  three 
of  them  t.o  retire  in  turn  ever}'  year  and  their 
places  to  be  illled  upon  a  vote  at  the  regular 
annual  meetings  of  the  Association.  The 
Provisional  Directors  to  be  Messrs.  K. 
Graham,  M.  P.  P.,  B.  Hopkins,  J.  Noxon, 
T.  Ballan’tynk.  E,  Chadwick  and  E.  Cas¬ 
well,  who  will  hold  office  until  their  suc¬ 
cessors  are  appointed.  The  Director  to  re¬ 
tire  in  the  order  they  are  named.  The  Asso¬ 
ciation  to  hold  a  general  annual  meeting  In 
each  year,  said  meetings  to  be  held  two  years 
in  succession  at  Ingersoll,  and  every  third 
year  at  Bellville.  The  annual  meeting  of 
1874  to  be  held  at  Bellville.  Money  granted 
by  the  Government  to  be  applied  to  the  col¬ 
lection  and  dissemination  of  practical  and 
scientific  knowledge  relating  to  the  products 
of  the  dairy.  The  President  of  the  Associa¬ 
tion,  for  the  time  being,  to  be  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Agriculture.  After  a  long  dis¬ 
cussion,  the  report  was  finally  adopted,  as 
above. 

TAINTED  MILK. 

Professor  Geo. 

University,  N.  Y. 
delivered  an  able  address  on  the  causes  of 
tainted  milk,  with  a  very  clear  exposition  of 
the  fungi  theory.  The  address  was  similar 
in  character  to  that  delivered  by  the  Profes¬ 
sor  before  the  American  Dairymen's  Associa¬ 
tion  some  three  years  ago,  and  which  at  the 
time  was  veiy  fully  reported  in  these  columns. 
Afternoon  Session. 

The  question  of  best  pastures  for  dairy 
stock  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Farrington, 
Butler,  Harris,  and  others. 

BUTTER. 

In  the  talk  on  butter  Mr.  Webb  spoke  of 
the  manner  in  which  butter  was  treated  on 
the  continent  of  Europe  The  fanners,  he 
said,  did  not  pack  the  butter  themselves,  but 
sold  it  to  men  who  made  a  regular  trade  of 
packing.  The  principal  opposition  to  Cana¬ 
dian  butter  in  the  English  market  came  from 
France,  Russia  and  Finland.  Kiel  butter 
sold  in  the  English  market  for  about  130  shil¬ 
lings  ;  Normandy  butter  14G  shillings,  and 
Canadian  at  SO  shillings. 

Mr.  Oobnki  l  was  certain  that  the  lands  in 
Canada  were  equal  for  the  production  of 
good  butter,  but  it  was  spoiled  Jn  the  hand¬ 
ling  He  said  Canadian  butter  had  come  to 
be  a  nuisance  In  the  British  market.  The 


C.  Caldwell  of  Cornell 
,  was  now  introduced,  and 


packing  was  bad,  and  the  salting  still  worse. 
He  advocated  the  appointment  of  an  inspect¬ 
or  of  butter,  and  he  understood  Bueh  an  office 
was  Boon  to  be  made.  There  were  several 
other  topics  of  interest  discussed,  but  our 
space  is  too  limited  to  refer  to  them  in  this 
connection. 

The  officers  of  the  Association  for  the  en¬ 
suing  year  are  as  follows  :  President — Tuos. 
Ballantyne.  Vice  -President  —  Benjamin 
Hopkins,  Secretary— J.  C.  Hayles.  Treas¬ 
urer — E.  C.  Chadwick.  Executive  Committee 
— Messrs.  Noxon,  Chadwick,  Caswell,  Ham¬ 
ilton,  Yates,  Osborn,  Farrington  and  Van- 
dewater. 

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OHIO  DAIRYMEN’S  CONVENTION. 


The  ninth  annual  meeting  of  the  Ohio 
Dairymen’s  Association  was  held  m  Cleve¬ 
land  on  the  22d  and  23d  days  of  January, 
1873.  D.  L.  Pope,  President,  and  S.  D.  Har¬ 
ris,  Secretary. 

A  committee  on  business  for  the  Conven¬ 
tion  reported  topics  for  discussion,  and  the 
talk  began. 

1.  Best  Breed  of  Cows  and  Their  Manage¬ 
ment — Most  of  the  old  dairymen  did  not  core 
bo  much  for  the  breed  of  cows  as  for  the 
quality  of  those  they  used.  Selected  com¬ 
mon  stock  was  most  satisfactory  as  to  cost 
and  quality.  Any  cow  which  will  not  give  a 
yield  of  500  pounds  of  cheese  and  .10  pounds 
of  butter  in  a  season  had  best  be  sent  to  the 
butcher.  In  the  management  of  cows  there 
should  be  quiet  in  the  milking  yards  or 
stables,  and  gentle  treatment  at  all  times. 
Cows  should  always  have  access  to  pure  wa¬ 
ter.  The  best  grasses  for  cows  are  Kentucky 
blue  grass,  orchai-d  grass,  white  and  red 
clovers.  Red  clover  is  the  best  crop  for  a 
drouth,  and  next  tp  this,  sowed  corn. 

In  Winter,  feed  a  variety  of  dry  fodder, 
with  ground  feed  ;  water  and  card  the  cows 
regularly.  More  depends  upon  the  manage¬ 
ment  than  the  breed  of  the  cow. 

The  weight  of  testimony  was  opposed  to 
high  feeding,  us  it  tends  to  shorten  the  life  of 
the  cow  for  daily  uses.  The  feeding  of  whey 
to  cows  was  condemned,  as  it  ultimately 
leads  to  the  demoralization  of  the  cow  for 
dairy  uses,  and  tends  to  beef. 

2  Milking  Cows  and  Care  of  Milk.— Cows 
should  be  milked  at  Just  such  a  time  of  day, 
dividing  the  time  as  equally  as  possible,  say, 
in  Summer,  at  5  o’clock  A.  M.,  and  5  P.  M. 
Whan  you  begin  to  milk  a  cow,  do  not  dully 
to  talk,  but  keep  right  on  till  you  finish. 
When  you  commence  on  a  cow,  she  “  gives 
down,”  and  the  milking  should  go  right  along. 
No  particular  objection  to  singing  or  whistling 
while  milking,  if  cows  are  not  disturbed. 

In  the  care  of  milk,  use  a  cooler  as  soon  as 
milk  ia  drawn  from  cow.  Do  not  fasten 
strainer  over  the  entire  top  of  the  can,  but 
leave  partly  open  for  heat  and  odors  to  es¬ 
cape.  Cooler  should  float,  on  top  of  milk  so 
as  to  cool  surface,  where  heat  is  ;  cool  milk 
will  settle  to  bottom,  and  so  keep  up  a  motion 
of  its  own,  without  being  stirred  by  hand. 
Warm  milk  shut  up  in  can,  and  taken  to  fac¬ 
tory,  is  apt  to  be  damaged  before  it  con  be 
delivered. 

3.  Should  Milk  be  Delivered  Once  or  Twice 
u  Day  in  Hot  Weather  ? — It  is  a  great  econ¬ 
omy  of  labor  to  deliver  but  once  a  day,  and 
the  most  safe,  if  night’s  milk  is  properly 
cooled  at  home.  A  long  and  spirited  discus- 
sion  was  had  on  this  proposition,  all  the 
smaller  factories  contending  for  once  a  day, 
while  some  of  the  large  factories,  where  cool 
water  is  scarce,  preferred  to  take  milk  twice 
a  day.  It  was  finally  voted  that  each  factory 
must  determine  the  matter  for  itself,  accord¬ 
ing  to  circumstances. 

4.  Management  of  Tainted  Milk.  —  One 
says  :  —  “  Don’t  take  it  ?  ”  But  we  must  do 
something  with  it  when  we  get  it  on  our 
hands.  It  can  be  helped  a  little  by  the  use  of 
an  alkali  and  carbolic  acid.  Best  way  is  to 
hurry  it  up— heat  fast  and  high,  salt  heavy 
and  work  it  off  as  quickly  as  possible.  A 
curd-mill  is  good  in  such  a  case.  Some  opera¬ 
tors  press  lightly,  and  the  next  day  break  up 
the  cheese  and  press  again.  Some  use  cold 
water  after  draining  off  whey,  6alt  heavy  and 
press  three  days,  till  it  will  stay. 

5.  Marketing  Dairy  Products  —  Factories 
should  have  better  curing-houses,  so  they  can 
hold  cheese  till  market  is  right.  It  was  ad¬ 
vised  to  sell  when  the  cheese  is  ready,  and 
deal  only  with  reliable  houses. 

0.  Construction  of  Curing-Houses.— Most 
curing  houses  are  made  too  cheaply — only 
boarded  and  battened.  They  should  be  ceiled 
inside  and  perhaps  the  space  filled  in  with 
shavings,  sawdust,  or,  best  of  all,  with  broken 
charcoal ;  the  rooms  well  ventilated,  Some 
advise  an  open  air-passage  up  from  bottom 
through  the  roof.  Some  would  ventilate  with 
a  blower  operated  by  the  engine.  Must  guard 


against  both  extremes  of  heat  and  cold,  for 
Summer  and  Winter.  A  good  plan  to  have 
double  windows.  Best  temperature  for  a 
curing-room  is  70%  If  temperature  is  too 
low,  the  cheese  retains  moisture  and  loses 
flavor.  The  upper  floor  ia  best  for  Winter. 
Curing-house  should  be  separate  fttid  removed 
from  manufacturing-house.  Light  and  heat 
are  prime  requisites  in  a  curing-room. 

7.  Is  it  Expedient  to  use  Buttei'mill:  with 
Milk  in  Making  Cheese  f— AH  said  No  I 

8.  Are  Curd  Mills  Beneficial  in  the  Making 
of  Cheese  t—  Nearly  all  who  spoke  upon  this 
topic  wore  in  favor  of  using  curd  mills.  The 
discussion  of  tho  above  topics  occupied  the 
Convention  during  the  two  days’  sessions. 
The  meeting  was  the  most  largely  attended 
by  practical  dairymen  of  any  yet  held  by  the 
Association.  At  the  evening  session  of  the 
first  day  the  Secretary  read  a  paper  on  "  The 
Early  Dairy  Business  in  Ohio,”  as  it  existed 
from  thirty  to  fifty  years  ago. 

At  an  election  for  officers  the  ensuing  year, 
the  following  gentlemen  were  chosen  :  Pres¬ 
ident—  D.  L.  Pope  of  Geauga.  Vice-Presi¬ 
dents — L.  Gould,  Geauga  ;  B.  L.  Barden,  Ful¬ 
ton  ;  M.  D,  Cull,  Summit ;  S.  F-.  Carter,  Lake; 
A.  D.  Rawlins,  Cuyahoga ;  G.  W.  Crosier, 
Lorain  ;  W.  H,  Williams,  Medina ;  S.  Free¬ 
man,  Portage ;  C.  T,  King,  Huron  T,  B. 
Wire,  Ashtabula  ;  R.  Baker,  Mich.  Secretary 
and  Treasurer— 8.  D.  Harris,  Cleveland.  Cor. 
Secretary— L.  Bartlett,  Chester  Cross  Roads, 
Geauga  Co.  The  next  annual  meeting  was 
appointed  at  Cleveland,  on  the  fourth  Wed¬ 
nesday  and  Thursday  in  Jan.,  1874.— s.  D.  H. 

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“  TROUBLE  IN  CHURNING.” 


In  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  tliellth  ult. 
I  noticed  an  article  entitled  “Trouble  in 
Churning,”  from  Electa  M.  Taylor  I 
would  Uke  to  say,  for  her  benefit,  that  scald¬ 
ing  the  milk  at  the  time  of  straining  will  re¬ 
move  litis  difficulty.  Care  should  be  taken 
not  to  let  the  milk  boil.  Skim  as  often  a.-i  in 
Summer,  and  take  off  the  cream  a3  dry  as 
possible.'  Of  course,  the  milk  will  not  get 
sour  before  it  is  time  to  ski  to.  Warm  the 
cream  before  churning,  and  have  the  churn 
thoroughly  warm  also.  We  have  brought 
butter  in  Live  minutes  by  following  the  above 
directions.—  L.  H.,  Home,  N.  Y. 

Another  correspondent  says:— “Tell  her 
to  dissolve  one  table-spoonful  of  alum  in  hot 
water,  to  one  pail  of  cream,  and  put  it  in  be¬ 
fore  churning,  and  she  will  have  no  trouble. 
Her  cream  should  be  of  the  right  tempera¬ 
ture— 00°  or  62’.  In  Fall  or  Winter,  alum 
sweetens  the  cream  and  improves  the  butter. 
We  have  adopted  this  practice  for  many  years 
and  never  fail.” 


USE  FULL-BLOOD  RAMS. 


A  correspondent  of  the  Agricutural  Com¬ 
monwealth  makes  the  following  suggestions , 
Perhaps  the  most  important  step  in  securing 
and  maintaining  a  good  flock  of  sheep  is  the 
seeming  of  males  that  are  the  perfect  typo  of 
wliat  you  wish  your  flock  to  be.  As  to  what 
a  male  should  be,  I  would  say,  first,  let  them 
be  thorough-bred.  No  grade  buck  should 
ever  be  used  when  there  is  a  desire  to  improve, 
or  even  keep  up  the  quality  of  the  flock,  even 
though  he  may  bo  tho  most  desirable  In  ap¬ 
pearance  of  the  whole  flock.  The  chances 
are  against  the  transmission  of  hi.-;  desirable 
qualities  ;  it  is  probable  he  will  transmit  un¬ 
desirable  qualities  of  his  ancestors  that  are 
conccaJed  in  him.  A  thorough-bred  male  can 
be  relied  on  to  reproduce  himself  in  his  off¬ 
spring,  but  such  is  not  tho  case  with  a  grade, 
however  perfect  he  may  be  in  form.  Second, 
I  would  say  lot  him  be  a  good  specimen  of 
the  brood  (whatever  that  brood  may  be.) 
Among  the  best  of  flocks  there  will  bo  a  dif¬ 
ference.  While  all  may  be  good,  some  may 
be  better  and  others  best.  I  would  say  get 
the  best  at  any  price,  in  selecting  males.  Be 
sure  he  has  an  eminent  degree  of  all  the  es¬ 
sential  points  of  the  breed  in  size,  make, 
characteristics  of  wool,  etc.  Again,  let  him 
be  sound  in  constitution  and  limb.  It  is 
found  that  defects  and  disease  are  more  cosily 
communicated  to  offspring  than  more  de-ira- 
blc  qualities.  Hence  everyth ing  of  this  kind 
should  be  avoided  with  scrapulou s  care  The 
character  of  the  female  is  or  Jess  importance. 
Tree,  if  a  man  has  a  flock  of  thorough-bred 
ewes  to  begin  with,  all  the  better,  his  work  is 
half  done  ;  but  if  lie  has  a  flock  of  grades  or 
scrubs  he  need  not-  go  to  the  expense  of  buy¬ 
ing  a  full-blooded  stock  to  build  up  a  flock 
with.  With  proper  care  in  the  selection  of 
bucks,  a  flock  can  soon  be  built  up  to  a  high 
point  of  excellence  with  only  common  ewes 
to  start  with  With  the  faefities  now  offered 
for  securing  choice  bucks,  there  is  no  excuse 
for  the  man  who  continues  to  propagate  the 
scrub  stock  of  the  country.  Let  none  but 
the  first  class  males  be  used,  and  soon  all  our 
flocks  will  become  first  class  flocks 


place,  while  the  wood  is  dragged  by  their 
teeth.  Their  work  is  done  entirely  at  night, 
and  with  great  rapidity.  When  undisturbed, 
they  continue  to  live  in  the  same  houses  year 
after  year.  “  When  they  are  to  erect  a  new 
habitation,  they  cut  the  timber  for  it  in  the 
Spring,  but  do  not  begin  to  build  till  August, 
and  never  complete  it  till  cold  weather  be¬ 
gins.”  Then  old  and  new  houses  are  covered 
with  a  hirer  of  mud,  which,  freezing,  becomes 

J WSfc : '  4 


then  return  to  their  lodge.  The  Beavers  in 
the  other  lodge,  scenting  this,  repair  to  the 
same  spot,  cover  it  over  with  earth,  and  then 
make  a  similar  deposit  on  the  top.  This  op¬ 
eration  is  repeated  by  each  part  y,  alternate¬ 
ly,  until  quite  a  mound  is  raised,  sometimes 
to  the  hight  of  five  feet.” 

During  Winter  Beavers  are  caught  by  cub 
ting  a  hole  through  the  ice  near  the  entrance 
to  the  lodge  and  setting  a  trap  here  baited 


Jim'icultnral 


FUR-BEARING  ANIMALS-XIV 


TALK  ABOUT  FLOWERS, 


I  would  advise  Rose  Geranium  to  pur¬ 
chase  some  higher  priced  seeds,  if  she  wishes 
to  not  be  “exquisitely  disappointed ”  with 
her  annuals  another  your  ;  if  she  will  procure 
some  seeds  ofthe  Abronia  armaria,  Balsams, 
Dianthus,  Nasturtiums,  Pansies,  Petunias, 
Verbenas,  and  cultivate  these  varieties,  she 
will  be  amply  repaid  for  all  her  care,  if  her 
judgment,  of  flowers  is  anything  similar  to 
mine  ;  but  I  fear  we  widely  differ  in  our 
opinion,  for  she  says  she  esteems  “the  Pha- 
celia  a  perfect  treasure,”  while  I  look  upon  it 
as  not  worthy  attention.  She  asks  “why  is 
it  that  the  Everlastings  are  so  neglected?”  I 
will  answer  they  are  not  neglected  ;  and  I 
think  it  must  be  a  very  ignorant  class  of  indi¬ 
viduals  who  visit  her  home  and  “  have  to  be 
astonished  and  enlightened  by  the  ‘  fadeless 
flowers’  that  adorn  our  vases.”  I  do  not 
wonder  at  Rose  becoming  disgusted  at  the 
“many  burr-bug-stick-and-glue-things”  when 
the  hight  of  her  ambition  in  that  line  has 
attained  to  the  making  of  flowers  out  of  the 
pith  of  rushes  and  sticking  them  together 
with  wax.  Rose  you  have  been  writing  of 
many  different  varieties  of  flowers  you  have 
under  your  care,  but  there  is  ouc  flower,  I 
am  aware  you  have  in  your  possession,  that 
I  have  never  been  so  fortunate  as  to  see  ;  now 
if  you  will  give  a  description  of  it,  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker,  I  will  thank  you,  I  do 
not  know  the  botanical  name  of  this  flower 
but  will  call  it  the  Fury  flower. 

A  Constant  Rural  Reader. 


THE  COMMON  BEAVER 


Castor  fiber— LINN. 

The  Beaver,  doubtless,  existed  at  one  time 
throughout  the  United  States  and  British 
America,  as  vestige*  of  Its  labors  arc  found 
in  the  “  beaver  meadows”  in  all  parts  of  the 
country,  but  it  has  slowly  decreased  in  num¬ 
bers  and  now  is  rarely  found,  and  only  in 
wild  and  uncultivated  regions.  A  common 
length  of  the  Beaver's  body  U  thirty  inches  ; 
of  its  tail,  ten,  the  width  of  which  in  the 
broadest  pail  is  six  inches.  The  body  resem¬ 
bles  the  muskrat,  though  much  larger  ;  it  is 
thick  and  clumsy,  gradually  enlarging  to¬ 
wards  the  hips  and  then  rounding  off  some¬ 
what  abruptly  to  the  root  of  the  tail ;  nose, 
obtuse,  divided  ;  eyes,  small ;  ears,  rounded  ; 
neck,  short ;  fore  logs  short  and  small ;  toes, 
well  separated  and  very  flexible  ;  the  fore 
feet  are  used  like,  hands  for  conveying  food 
to  the  month  ;  hind  feet  with  hard  and  cal¬ 
lous  soles  and  loug  toes,  connected  by  a  web  ; 
palms  and  soles,  naked  ;  when  walking,  the 
whole  heel  touches  the  ground  ;  the  Beaver 
is  accustomed  to  rest  itself  on  its  hind  feet 
and  tail.  The  tail  is  broad  and  flat,  tongue- 
sbaped,  oval  and  covered  with  scales ;  a 
musky,  unctuous  substance,  called  castoreum, 
is  secreted  in  a  pouch  near  the  root  of  the 
tail. 

The  fur  is  of  two  kinds,  one,  long,  coarse, 
smooth  and  glossy,  and  of  a  chestnut  color  on 
the  upper  surface  ;  lighter  below  ;  the  other, 
shorter,  very  law,  deuse,  soft  and  silky,  of  a 
smoky,  or  si J  very-gray  ;  there  Is  an  occasiona  l 
variety,  some  being  black,  others  nearly 
white. 

The  sagacity  and  instinct  of  the  Beaver 
have  long  been  the  subject  of  admiration  and 
wonder  ;  but  by  many  naturalists  it  has 
been  greatly  overrated,  as  the  fox  far  exceeds 
it  in  intelligence  and  cunning,  and  the  musk¬ 
rat  nearly  equals  it  in  sagacity  and  architect¬ 
ural  skill,  IIeaune,  who  studied  the  habits 
of  this  animal  for  twenty  years,  says : 
“Wnen  Beavers  are  numerous,  they  con¬ 
struct  their  habitations  upon  the  bunks  of 
lakes,  ponds,  rivers  and  small  streams  ;  but 
when  they  are  at  liberty  to  choose,  they 
always  select  places  where  there  is  sufficient 
current  to  facilitate  tko  transportation  ol 
wood  and  other  necessaries  to  their  dwell¬ 
ings,  and  where  the  water  is  so  deep  as  not  to 
be  frozen  to  the  bottom  during  Winter.  The 
Beavers  that  build  their  houses  in  small  riv¬ 
ers  and  creeks,  in  which  water  is  liable  to  be 
drained  oil’,  when  the  back  supplies  are  dried 
up  by  frost,  provide  aguinst  that  evil  by 
making  a  dam  quite  across  the  stream  at  a 
convenient  distance  from  their  houses.  The 
dams  differ  in  shape,  according  to  the  nature 
of  the  place  in  which  they  are  built.  If  the 
water  in  the  stream  lias  but  little  motion, 
the  dam  is  almost  straight 


ORNAMENTAL  LEAVES  FOR  BOUQUETS 


R.  M.  in  the  Gardener's  Chronicle,  quoted 
in  November  Gardener's  Monthly,  recom¬ 
mends  Berberls  aquifollutn  as  a  border  for 
bouquets.  I  have  for ears  used  these  leaves 
for  bouquets,  and  consider  them  equal  to  any¬ 
thing  I  know  of.  The  evergreen  fern,  com¬ 
mon  about  Germantown,  is  also  a  fine  bor¬ 
dering,  giving  the  bouquet  a  star-like  look. 
In  the  late  Spring  and  early  Summer  months. 
I  make  great  use  of  the  young  shoots  of  the 
Hornbeam.  Their  pleasing  redish  brown  hue 
and  beautiful  crimped  leaves,  have  a  fine  ef¬ 
fect  in  bouquets.  The  leaves  of  nearly  all 
the  Begonias  can  be  used.  They  are  striking 
and  unique  in  bouquets.  Few  persons  seem 
to  be  aware  of  the  great  beauty  of  leaves  and 
their  value  in  floral  decoration.  1  make 
great  use  of  lea  ves  ;  have  even  at  times  used 
successfully  the  blades  of  our  ordinary  road¬ 
side  grasses. 


THE  COISZLNAOJNi  Hi 

as  hard  as  stone.  They  frequently  walk  over  with  a  green  stick,  and  also  at  their  feeding 
their  work,  often  giving  it  a  slap  with  their  places  they  are  caught  in  u  like  manner, 
tails,  so  that  the  outside  at  length  is  as  smooth  \  Traps  are  sometimes  placed  near  the  shore 
as  if  finished  with  a  trowel.  The  interior  of  and  fastened  firmly  to  it  by  a  chain  long 
the  larger  lodges  is  often  seven  feet  in  uiame-  enough  to  reach  out  to  deep  water  ;  a  good 
ter  and  three  high,  and  the  walls  become  of  way  is  to  make  a  breach  in  the  dam  and  place 
such  thickness  that  the  outside  is  eight  feet  the  trap  there.  It  must  always  be  heavily 
high  and  sixty  in  circumference.  Their  Bleep 
ing  places  are  separate  beds  around  the  in¬ 
terior  wall  of  the  lodge,  made  of  grass  or 
tender  bark,  tire  center  being  unoccupied, 
and  probably  here  is  the  principal  opening 
into  the  water.  The  Beavers  cut  a  broad 
ditch  around  their  lodges  if  the  water  be  not 
deep  enough  otherwise,  and  into  this  are 
numerous  small  entrances,  through  which 
they  pass  with  their  food. 

During  the  Fall,  the  Beavers  cut  down  and 
drag  Into  the  water  opposite  their  lodgps 
birch,  poplar  and  willow  trees,  seldom  foil¬ 
ing  any  over  six  inches  in  diameter,  though 
logs  twenty  inches  through  are  sometimes 
cutoff  and  removed  from  the  trenches.  They 
always  leave  the  top  of  the  stump  in  the 
shape  of  a  cone,  aud  gnaw  lengthwise  of  the 
grain  of  the  wood.  This  store  they  heap  to¬ 
gether  aud  fasten  to  the  shore,  under  water. 

Besides  feeding  on  the  bark  of  these  articles 
during  Winter,  they  dig  up  and  eat  the  roots 
of  the  water  lily  and  other  water-plants,  In 
Summer  they  rove  about  and  eat  berries  and 
leaves. 

The  young  are  produced  in  the  lodges,  from 
four  to  eight  in  a  litter  ;  their  eyes  are  open 
when  born  ;  they  remain  with  their  mother 
for  a  year,  at  least,  often  two  veal's.  Audu¬ 
bon  says  : — “It  is  a  curious  fact  that  among 
the  Beavers  there  are  some  that  are  lazy  and 
will  not  work  at  all,  cither  to  assist  in  build¬ 
ing  lodges  or  darns,  or  to  cut  down  wood  for 
their  TV  inter  stock.  The  industrious  ones 
beat  these  idle  follows,  aud  drive  them  away, 
sometimes  cutting  off  a  part  of  their  tail,  and 
otherwise  injuring  them.  They  only  dig  a 
hole  from  the  water,  runniug  obliquely  to¬ 
ward  the  surface  of  the  ground,  twenty-five 
or  thirty  feet,  from  which  they  emerge  when 
hungry,  to  obtain  food,  returning  with  the 
wood  they  procure  to  eat  the  bark.  They 
never  form  dams,  aud  sometimes  five  or  seven 
live  together.  They  are  all  males,  and  are 
more  easily  caught  in  traps  than  others.”  On 
the  contrary,  the  working  Beavers,  male,  fe¬ 
male  and  young,  work  and  live  together. 

Beavers  usually  visit  their  dam  every  night 
to  see  if  repairs  are  needed,  and  also  to  de¬ 
posit  their  ordure  there,  or  in  the  water  some 
distance  from  their  lodges. 

The  author  just  quoted  describesa  singular 
habit  of  the  Beaver: — “When  two  Beaver 
lodges  are  in  the  vicinity  of  each  other,  the 
animals  proceed  from  one  of  them  at  night  to 
a  certain  spot,  deposit  their  castoreum,  and 


PRESERVING  FLOWERS  IN  ALCOHOL 


A  friend  of  ours  says  that  an  excellent 
way  to  preserve  the  form  and  color  of  flow¬ 
ers  that  it  is  desirable  to  transport  long  dis¬ 
tances,  is  to  immerse  them  in  a  jar  of  alcohol. 
A  sea  captain  who  sails  between  this  port 
and  tropical  countries,  frequently  gratifies 
his  friends  by  bringing  them  specimens  of 
tropical  flowers  in  this  way.  It  does  not  an¬ 
swer,  however,  to  remove  them  from  the  al¬ 
cohol  ;  if  this  is  done,  they  lose  color  and  form 
at  once. 


but  when  the 
current  is  rapidit  is  ahvays  made  with  a  con¬ 
siderable  curve  convex  towards  the  stream. 
Tlie  materials  made  use  of  arc  drift  wood, 
green  willows,  birch  and  poplars,  if  they  can 
be  got ;  also  mad  and  atones,  intermixed  in 
such  a  maimer,  as  must  evidently  contribute 
to  the  strength  of  the  dam  ;  but  there  is  no 
order  or  method  observed  in  the  dams  except 
that  of  the  work  being  carried  on  with  a  reg¬ 
ular  sweep,  aud  ail  the  parts  being  made  of 
equal  strength.  In  places  which  have  been 
long  frequented  by  Beavers  undisturbed,  their 
dam.-,  by  frequent  repairings,  become  a  solid 
b  ink,  capable  of  resisting  a  great  force  both 
of  water  and  ice  ;  and  as  the  willow,  poplar 
and  birch,  generally  take  root  aud  shoot  up, 
they  by  degrees  form  a  kind  of  regular  plant¬ 
ed  hedge,  which  I  have  seen  in  some  places 
s  j  tall  that  birds  have  built  their  nests  among 
the  branches.” 

Tu  3  dams  are  sometimes  eight  feet  high 
and  twelve  wide  at  tue  bottom,  with  sides 
inclining  toward  each  other,  and  3011  yard-, 
long.  Often  they  extend  beyond  the  stream 
ia  a  circular  form,  so  as  to  overflow  the  tim¬ 
ber  near  the  margin. 

r.ieir  houses,  proportioned  to  the  number 
of  inmates,  are  built  of  the  same  materials  as 
the  dams,  but  of  much  ruder  structure,  their 
chief  aim  being  to  have  a  dry  place  to  live 
iu.  Some  ol  them,  containing  several  fami¬ 
lies,  are  divided  by  partition-like  supports  to 
the  roof.  Frequently,  in  such  cases,  the 
apartments  have  no  communication  with 
each  other  but  by  water.  The  whole,  from 
the  foundation,  is  a  mass  of  mud  and  wood 
mixed  with  stones,  if  they  can  be  procured. 
The  mud  is  taken  from  the  edge  of  the  bank 
cr  the  bottom  of  the  creek  or  pond  before 
the  house,  and,  held  close  up  under  the  chin 
by  the  fore  paws,  is  carried  to  its  destined 


GRAPHALIUM  LANATUM  VARIEGATUM 


We  are  indebted  to  Henry.  E.  Chitty,  of 
the  Bellvue  Nurseries,  for  a  specimen  of  this 
new  variegated  leaved-plant.  It  is  a  variety 
of  our  old  Q.  lanatum,  with  leaves  distinctly 
variegated  with  green  and  white.  It  is  said 
to  be  a  strong  and  vigorous  grower,  and  will 
no  doubt  become  a  favorite  with  those  who 
are  seeking  for  novelties  among  handsome 
foliage  plants. 


CROSSING  GOLDFINCH  AND  CANARY 


I  was  bom  in  the  land  of  the  Goldfinch, 
and  I  wish  to  inform  E.  H,  of  Ohio,  that  we 
had  no  sweeter  singer  than  the  Bullfinch  (a 
cross  between  the  Goldfinch  and  Canary) ;  its 
singing  far  surpasses  either  of  those  birds. 
W e  always  mated  them  in  March.  Have  a 
small  basket  to  form  a  nest,  a  little  wool, 
hair,  featnerB  or  anything  you  think  of  to 
build  their  nest  with  ;  put  your  basket  at  the 
back  of  your  cage,  so  you  wifi  not  disturb  the 
lady  bird ;  while  sitting,  you  must  put  the 
cage  in  some  quiet  place,  and  no  person  at¬ 
tend  to  them  but  yourself.  The  basket  must 
be  tied  up  high  to  the  wire  ;  so  that  you  will 
not  disturb  it  while  cleaning  the  cage  ;  above 
all,  I  caution  you  against  looking  iu  the  nest, 
as  your  breath  will  spoil  the  eggs  and  prevent 
them  from  hatching  ;  in  a  word,  disturb  them 
as  little  as  possible.  Feed  the  young  birds  on 
hard  boiled  egg,  cracker,  sponge  cake,  hemp- 
seed,  canary  seed,  with  a  sprig  of  plantain  seed 
and  lettuce  ;  keep  them  clean,  and  all  is  well. 

The  Wild  Irish  Girl. 


THE  FLOWER  OF  EDEN 


The  double  white  Pink  Flower  of  Eden  now 
coming  into  flower  in  warm  greenhouses  is  a 
remarkably  valuable  plant.  It  opens  at  first 
somewhat  greenish,  but  soon  unfolds  into  a 
largo  and  beautiful  double  flower.  Mr.  An¬ 
drew  Henderson  considers  it  more  valuable 
for  cutting  than  any  of  the  Carnations,  and  it 
flowers  profusely. — Garden. 


FLORA L  BREVITIES 


Wild  Sweet  Violets  were  the  adopted  floral 
feature  on  the  occasion  of  the  funeral  of  ex- 
Emperor  Napoleon.  Cart-loads  were  gath¬ 
ered,  and  disposed  of  in  a  few  hours  at  6d. 
aud  Is.  pel’  bunch. 

The  Tufts  of  Pampas  Grass,  it  is  recom¬ 
mended  by  a  French  gardener,  should  be 
burned  in  Autumn  and  left  alone  ;  in  Spring 
they  wifi  push  up  earlier  and  better  than  if 
protected  with  mats,  or  otherwise. 


Nests  for  Canaries.  —  Will  not  some  of 
your  yeaders,  having  experience,  name  the 
best  material  for  nests  for  canaries  ? — L.  B. 


,.<y\  , 


4 


MARSH 


OOBE’S  RURAL  HIW-YORKER, 


~d? 


§  ffinalogiral. 


HUYSHE’8  PRINCE  CONSORT. 


My  specimens,  from  which  I  have  made 
my  drawings  and  descriptions  of  this  new 
pear,  were  obtained  from  trees  in  the  grounds 
of  Messrs.  Ellwanger  &  Barry,  ond  I  think 
they  are  the  first  specimens  of  the  variety 
fruited  in  this  country.  There  is  in  this 
pear  much  of  the  Passe  Colmar,  which, 
it  is  claimed,  was  the  male  or  fertilizing 
plant  of  this  variety,  which  the  Beurre 
d’  Aremburg  was  the  mother,  and  the 
artificial  production  the  work  of  John 
Huyshe,  Clytherdon,  England.  The 
tree  is  a  vigorous  grower,  with  dark, 
brownish-red  shoots,  having  indistinct, 
whitish  specks,  and  rather  short  joinc- 
ed.  There  is  in  its  fruit  quite  a  promise 
of  value ;  but  I  fear  that  our  climate 
will  ripen  it  much  earlier  than  its 
foreigfi  description  assigns  it.  It  is,  in 
Hogg,  described  as  ripening  during 
November,  while  the  specimens  had  by 
me  the  past  Fall  were  mature  in  Octo¬ 
ber  ;  but  it  will  be  remembered  that  all 
our  pears  ripened  earlier  the  past  season 
than  usual. 

The  size  of  the  fruit,  according  to  my 
specimens,  is  medium  ;  but  Hogg  de¬ 
scribes  it  as  large;  and,  probably,  when 
the  trees  which  bore  the  specimens 
from  which  I  make  my  items  attain 
full  vigor,  the  size  of  the  fruit  will  be 
increased.  The  form  is  oblong  pyri¬ 
form,  broken  in  outline,  or  depressed 
on  one  side.  In  color  it  is  a  dull  green¬ 
ish,  with  more  or  loss  of  russet  dots, 
blotches  and  specks,  becoming  bronzy 
in  the  sun.  In  appearance  It  is  not  at¬ 
tractive,  and  probably  on  tbat  account 
will  not  soon  become  a  market  fruit. 

The  stem  is  stout,  largest  at  the  end 
connecting  with  the  tree.  In  its  connec¬ 
tion  with  the  fruit  it  is  abrupt,  and 
without  cavity.  The  calyx  small,  and 
set  in  a  very  deep,  abrupt  basin,  russetty, 
but  otherwise  smooth.  The  flesh  is  of  a 
greenish-white,  very  juicy  and  meltiug,  with 
a  rich,  musky,  vinous,  aromatic,  sugary  char¬ 
acter  of  really  surpassing1  excellence.  The 
core  is  very  small,  and  situated  near  the  calyx. 

F.  R.  e. 

- *■-*-•* - 

NEW  SEEDLING!  CALIFORNIA  PEARS. 

We  learn  from  one  of  our  fruit  cultivators 
that  Mr.  Fox  of  San  Jose,  California,  some 
four  or  five  years  since,  planted  a  large  quan¬ 
tity  of  Belle  Lucrative  pear  seed,  and  from 
hundreds  of  trees  grown  he  has  the  past  two 
seasons  been  gathering  pears,  such  is  the 
prollfleness  and  early  maturity  of  trees  in 
California.  From  these  trees  Mr.  Fox  has 
been  gathering  fruit  and  sending  samples  to 
our  leading  pomologists  hereabouts ;  and 
while  Mr.  Fox  does  not  offer  any  for  sale,  nor 
desire  notice,  we  feel  that  his  experiments 
and  results  are  worthy  notice.  We  have, 
the/eiorc,  obtained  a  drawing  and  descrip¬ 
tion  of  one  of  the  seedlings,  which  is  said  t,o 
be  as  large  as  any,  and  while  of  fine  quality, 
not  equal  to  some  other  numbers.  As  we 
learn,  nearly  all  these  seedlings  have  a  rich, 
yellow,  russetty  skin  all  unlike  the  Belle 
Lucrative,  while  the  forms  and  qualities  sport 
indefinitely.  The  pear  numbered  3,  which 
we  now  figure  and  describe,  we  believe  was 
sent  to  the  editor  of  the  Gardener’s  Monthly 
in  the  Spring  of  1872,  showing  it  a  fine  keeper. 
It  has  the  general  shape  and  form  of  Duchesse 
D’Angouleme,  is  of  large  size,  oblong,  obo- 
vats,  obtuse  pyriform.  Skin,  rough,  russetty- 
yellow ;  stern,  half  an  inch  long,  moderately 
stout,  set  in  a  half-depressed,  wrinkled  cav¬ 
ity  ;  calyx  with  five  half-curved,  divided, 
siitf,  erect  segments  set  in  a  shallow,  irregu¬ 
lar,  inconspicuous  basin ;  flesh,  yellowish, 
coarse,  granular,  juicy,  sweel,  ai-omatic,  with  i 
a  decided  coarse  granular  surrounding  of  the 
core  ;  core,  medium  size,  set  near  the  calyx 
and  surrounded  or  composed  of  a  far  finer 
texture  than  the  general  character  of  the 
balance  of  flesh  ;  seeds,  large,  oval,  oblong, 
sharp  edges,  blackish-brown. 


orchard,  the  habit  of  the  Green  Newtown 
Pippin,  or  true  Newtown  Pippin,  is  more 
erect  ond  filled  with  spray  than  is  that  of  the 
Yellow  ;  and  when  the  trees  come  into  fruit, 
it  is  rare  that  a  yellow  skin  or  a  short,  thick 
stem  can  be  found  in  the  Green,  while  the 
yellow  skin  and  short,  thick  stem  are  almost 
part  and  parcel  of  the  Yellow  Newtown 
Pippin. 

Again,  the  Yellow  has  almost  always  an 


FRUITS  FOR  OHIO. 

We  have  looked  over  “  A  Reader’s”  list  of 
fruits  which  he  proposes  to  plant  in  Guernsey 
Co.,  0.,  and  think  it  a  very  good  one.  You 
might  add  the  400  Orange  quince  trees  to 
your  collection,  with  a  fair  prospect  of  a,  good 
return  on  the  investment.  If  the  ourculio 
destroys  your  Damson  plums,  they  will  prob¬ 
ably  attack  the.  Wild  Goose  plum.  Plant 
potatoes,  or  sorno  other  low-growing  crops 


(U. 


liU'i  ^HE’S  PRINCE  CC'NSfORT  AND  OUTLINE. 


oblique,  or  one-sided,  flattened  form,  while 
the  Green  is  almost  invariably  roundish,  reg 
ular,  and  slightly  conical.  When,  for  many 
years,  I  was  examining  apples  and  other 
fruits,  relative  to  obtaining  truth  for  publica¬ 
tion  in  “The  Fruit  Growers’  Guide,”  1  occu 
pied  many  days  in  travel  and  observation  on 
this  particular  point,  ;  and  all  who  have  copies 
of  my  first  edition  will  find  I  figured  a  true 
Green  Newtown  Pippin,  a  Yellow  Newtown 
Pippin,  and  a  Yellow  Newtown  Pippin  of 
Lewis  Saunders  of  Kentucky.  Now,  tins 
latter  was  doubtless  a  seedling  of  the.  Yellow 
Newtown  Pippin  ;  but  it  has  been  so  much 
disseminated,  and  so  irregularly  named,  and 
is  so  like  its  parent,  that  it  would  be  almost 
impossible  to  detect  the  fruit  of  it  from  its 
parent. 

Further  in  this  matter,  I  will  say  that  if 
any  man  doubts  my  word,  or  the  fact  of  there 
being  two  or  more  distinct  Newtown  Pippins, 
and  is  willing  to  visit  the  trees  the  coming 
season,  1  am  ready  to  give  him  the 
positions  of  the  same. 

As  to  the  origin  of  these  varieties, 

I  confess  that,  asidefrom  Newtown, 

L.  I.,  from  whence  we  have  it,  came 
the  Green  variety,  the  history  is  like 
that  of  hundreds  of  others  of  our 
fruits — beyond  the  knowledge  of  any 
known  man.  If  any  of  your  readers 
pretends  to  know  the  origin  of  all 
our  native  fruits,  I  wish  he  would 
give  his  name,  for  I  should  like,  not 
to  see  him,  but  his  name,  recorded 
as  a  humbug  bigger  than  Barnum 
ever  conceived.  F.  R.  Elliott. 


which  require  hoeing,  among  your  trees  until 
they  come  into  bearing.  The  length  of  time 
required  for  this  will  depend  upon  the  kinds 
of  fruit  cultivated  and  the  care  bestowed 
upon  them. 


BARRELING  APPLES. 


A  Mr.  Calkins  of  Iowa,  says  in  barreling 
apples  the  barrels  should  not  be  allowed  to 
stand  in  the  hot  aun,  as  this  will  induce  sweat¬ 
ing,  which  quickly  causes  rot  and  otherwise 
damages  the  quality  of  the  fruit. 


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P0M0L0GICAL  GOSSIP. 


American  Blackberries  are  offered  in  some 
of  the  English  nursery  catalogues,  an  English 
paper  saying  they  “  Are  entirely  distinct 
from  and  superior  to  our  own  blackberries.” 
Lawton,  Wilson’s  Early  and  Kittatinny  are 
1  the  sorts  most  advertised  there. 


FRUITS  FOR  PENNSYLVANIA. 


THE  NEWTOWN  PIPPIN. 


I  notice  conflicting  opinions  relative  to  the 
point  as  to  whether  there  is  more  than  one 
variety  of  Newtown  Pippin.  Without  as¬ 
suming  knowledge  upon  the  subject,  I  desire 
simply  to  say  that  a  thirty  years,  or  more, 
of  knowledge  of  the  apples  known  as  New¬ 
town  Pippins  convinces  me  that  there  are 
two  distinct  fruits  under  that  name.  The 
trees  of  both  varieties  are  almost  identical  in 
etc*.,  while  quite  young,  or  growing  in 
the  nursery;  but  after  being  planted  in  the 


At  the  late  meeting  of  the  Penn 
Fruit  Growers’  Society,  the  voting  [ 
indicated  the  following  fruits  most 
in  favor: — Apples  —  Smokehouse,  \ 
Smith’s  Cider  and  Falla  water.  Pears  \ 

—  Bartlett,  Lawrence  and  Seckel. 

Peaches — Crawford’s  Early,  Craw¬ 
ford’s  Late,  Old  mixon  and  Smock.  \ 
Strawberries — Wilson’s  Albany  and  x 
Triomphe  de  Gaud.  Or  apes— Con¬ 
cord.  Mr.  Tobias  Martin  of  Mere 
cersburg,  read  a  paper  upon  im 
proved  Apples  and  Pears,  in  which 
he  said  the  Summer  Rambo  was 
the  beat  Summer  apple  for  Penn¬ 
sylvania,  and  added  the  following  list  as 
the  most  desirable  : — Smith’s  Cider,  Imperial 
Russet,  York  Imperial  and  Hubbardson’s 
Nonsuch.  Of  pears  he  recommended  as 
among  the  best,  Tyson,  Brandywine,  King- 
sessing,  Dana’s  Hovey,  Dix,  Glout  Morceau 
and  Lawrence. 


Fox’s  Seedling,  No.  3. 

The  Colfax  Strawberry  is  stated,  by  an  Dli- 
noisan,  to  be  such  a  rampant  grower  that  it 
kills  all  the  weeds  and  takes  care  of  itself  ; 
but  what  is  it  good  for  ? 

The  Doyenne  <V  Klc  Pear  ripens  at  Norfolk, 
V a. ,  the  latter  part  of  J une.  Pears  and  straw- 
berries  at  the  same  time  are  not  unwholesome. 


TO  GET  TEN  ACRES  IN  FOREST. 

I  send  you  a  small  sketch,  showing  how 
my  woods  cuts  off  about  ton  acres  of  my  pas¬ 
ture  from  the  balance  of  tho  farm,  I  have 
improvements  enough  without  it,  and  want 
to  restore  it  to  it  s  primeval  condition  again, 
as  it  was  before  the  woodman  saw  it. 
I  do  not  want  my  cattle  running  in 
the  woods,  and  I  want  to  take  away  the 
fence  from  along  the  road. 

Tho  restoration  of  forests,  and  the 
cost  of  fencing,  are  subjects  largely 
considered  of  late  ;  and,  as  my  wishes 
have  in  view  both  those  subjects,  may 
I  not  ask  advice  in  what  manner  1  can 
best  cover  the  said  ten  acres  with 
woods  again  ? 

I  will  simply  say  that  I  have  thought 
of  cropping  it  one  or  two  years,  and 
then  hauling  in  the  loaves  and  seeds  of 
tho  adjoining  woods  and  dragging 
them  in  at  the  proper  season  ;  also,  of 
obtaining  such  other  seeds  as  may  not 
be  found  near  by.  Under  our  laws, 
cattle,  may  be  kept  from  the  highways. 
Yet  I  am  in  no  hurry  to  take  away  tho 
fence,  and  have  thought  it  would  pay  to 
reap  the  benefit  of  a  couple  of  crops  and 
start  the  young  trees  before  doing  so. 
But  I  ask  counsel.—  N.  Eggleston,  Por- 
tape  Co.,  O. 

Oirn  advice  is,  plow  up  and  culti¬ 
vate  the  ten  acres  hi  some  hoed  crop 
the  coming  season,  Get  it  in  good  tilth. 
The  crop  you  will  got  from  it  in  1873 
ought  to  pay  for  all  tho  trees  you  will 
want  to  plant  upon  it  in  the  Spring  of 
1874.  We  do  not  advise  tho  make -shift 
way  of  planting  you  propose.  You  had 
better  set  apart  an  acre  or  two  of 
your  cultivated  laud  for  a  nursery, 
and  commence  growing  the  trees 
you  want  to  plant  at  once,  meantime 
preparing  tho  ton  acres  to  receive 
the  nursery-grown  trees  in  a  year  or  two. 
One  or  two  acres  in  nursery,  will  produce  all 
tho  trees  you  will  want  to  plant  on  the  ten 
acres,  Many  kinds  of  trees  you  can  grow 
cheaper  than  you  can  buy  them.  Whether 
it  is  best  to  buy  or  grow,  must  depend  upon 
the  kinds  you  desire  to  plant,  and  upon  your 
knowledge  and  skill  in  cultivating.  For  in¬ 
stance,  if  hoop  poles  are  valuable  with  you, 
you  will  find  it  profitable  to  grow  the  hickory 
(planted  thickly,  they  can  be  thinned,  you 
know)  ;  but  you  could  buy  this  tree,  prob¬ 
ably,  as  cheaply  as  you  can  grow  it  in  a 
nursery  and  transplant  it  to  the  field  when 
one  year  old,  Chestnuts  you  can  probably 
buy,  at  Painesville,  O.,  cheaper  than  you  can 
grow  them.  If  you  desire  larch,  or  the  ever¬ 
greens,  tho  best  way  is  to  purchase  ;  but  the 
white  ash,  elm,  maples,  and  other  deciduous 
trees,  you  can  produce,  if  you  have  the  -cod. 
In  no  case  would  we  recommend  relying  upon 
scattering  seed  as  you  propose,  if  you  desire 
to  reach  the  best  results  and  in  the  shortest 
time.  It  will  pay  better  to  go  systematically 
to  work. 

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ARBORICULTURAL  ITEMS. 


Pear  Bligh  t  Fungus,  an  old  gardener  says, 
may  bo  destroyed  by  sprinkling  from  half  a 
peck  to  a  peck  of  a  mixture  of  air-slaked 
lime,  wood  ashes  and  common  salt  about  tho 
tree,  to  be  applied  by  removing  the  soil 
around  the  t  rees  to  the  depth  of  four  or  five 
inches,  as  far  as  the  roots  extend.  It  should 
be  applied  once  <»r  twice  a  year.  He  don’t 
tell  us  when  is  the  best  time. 

Ashes  ami  the  liorer  about  fruit  trees  do 
not  agree,  according  to  D.  W,  Kauffman  of 
Iowa,  who  says  that  during  fifteen  years’  ex¬ 
perience  he  lias  never  seen  the  borer  in  fruit 
trees  where  ashes  were  freely  used,  and  that 
he  considers  them  worth  $1  per  bushel  for 
putting  around  trees  alone. 

Woolen  Pag  Manure  was  used  by  a 
Frenchman  in  Campino,  when  planting  out 
his  fruit  trees  on  poor  land,  each  tree  receiv¬ 
ing  20  to  24  pounds  of  it  at  the  time  of  plant¬ 
ing.  This  manure  is  very  rich  in  azote,  and 
is  said  to  have  produced  wonderful  results. 

Mulching  Pear  Trees  with  salt  hay  is 
recommended  by  a  correspondent  of  the 
Tribune,  he  applying  it  to  the  whole  surface 
in  June  and  raking  it  up  in  November.  This 
gives  fine  crops  and  protects  the  fallen  fruit. 

Lime  for  Apple  Trees ,  scattered  in  a 
powdered  state,  over  the  soil  late  in  Fall  or 
early  Spring,  at  the  rate  of  one  peri:  per 
square  rod,  is  said,  by  a  writer  in  the  West¬ 
ern  Rural,  to  be  most  beneficial. 

The  Mndrona  Tree  (Arbutus  Menriesii) 
is  a  California  evergreen  which,  as  an  orna¬ 
mental  forest  tree,  is  said  to  be  ”  unsurpassed 
for  grandeur  and  varied  beauty.” 


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him  with  hen’s  feathers,  lamb’s  wool,  linen 
rags,  English  resin,  asafetida,  all  in  a  pan  to¬ 
gether.  In  three  days  he  will  be  well. 
Pittsvllle,  Texas.  Peter  Jones. 


lished  in  this  country.  The  two  volumes  of 
the  “American  Entomologist,”  published  at 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  edited  by  Char.  V.  Riley, 
are  valuable  additions  to  any  student’s  libra¬ 
ry,  containing,  as  they  do,  descriptions  and 
illustrations  of  many  hundreds  of  our  com¬ 
mon  insects.  By  the  time  one  has  become 
familiar  with  the  contents  of  these  works,  he 
will  want  to  become  a  member  of  the  Ameri¬ 
can  Entomological  Society  of  Philadelphia, 
and  procure  its  volumes  of  proceedings,  also 
the  publications  of  the  Smithsonian  Institute 
at  Washington—  at  least,  all  that  pertains  to 
Entomology.  “Morris’  Lepidoptera  of  North 
America"  will  be  found  very  useful  in  Iden¬ 
tifying  butterflies  and  moths.  “  Lecontes’ 
Classification  of  the  Coleoptera  of  North 
America,"  and  several  other  similar  works 
published  by  the  same  Institution,  will  be 
found  indispensable  as  one  progresses.  But 
during  all  this  time  the  cabinet  must  not  be 
neglected ;  for  a  person  to  remember  the 
names  of  all  the  insects  found,  or  be  able  to 
determine,  the  closely  -  allied  species,  must 
have  carefully-determined  types  for  compari¬ 
son.  Begin  with  the  most,  common  species, 
and  when  the  name  has  been  found,  label  it, 
and  put  away  in  cabinet.  The  new  beginner 
will  find  himself  sorely  puzzled  at  first  to  dis¬ 
tinguish  species  even  by  the  aid  of  the  most 
minute  and  careful  description  ;  but  he  can 
usually  And  those  that  are  further  advanced 
in  the  same  field  that  will  assist  him  in  this. 
In  fact,  there  is  really  no  end  to  the  aid  a  man 
will  receive  in  the  pursuit  of  knowledge  if 
he  goes  to  work  with  a  determination  to  suc¬ 
ceed,  and  proves  by  his  labors  that  he  is  no 
sluggard.  You  will  probably  find  many  in¬ 
sects  that  are  named,  but  not  described  ;  for 
some  of  our  greatest  Entomologists  have 
taken  it  upon  themselves  to  give  names  to 
certain  species  and  then  put  them  away  in 
their  cabinets  without  publishing  a  descrip¬ 
tion.  In  instances  of  this  kind,  we  are  com¬ 
pelled  to  visit  in  person,  or  send  specimens 
to,  these  autocrats  of  science  for  identifica¬ 
tion.  The  little  fish  must  go  to  the  next  big 
fish  above  him  for  aid,  and  so  on  up  to  the 
highest  authority.  As  a  rule,  however,  Ento¬ 
mologists  are  very  accommodating,  and  glad¬ 
ly  aid  those  who  try  to  learn. 

GIANT  CALIFORNIA  BEETLE 

Feb.  12. — I  send  you  a  sketch  of  a  giant 
California  beetle  sent  mo  by  seme  one  who 


ommatt 


DEAL  GENTLY  WITH  THE  HORSES 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE, 


CATARRH  IN  HORSES 


“Oo’lang!  2:40  on  the  plank  road!”  are 
words  lightly  uttered  by  excited  drivers  of 
livery  horses  ;  but  like  the  application  of  the 
fable  of  the  boys  and  the  frogs,  though  it  may 
be  fun  for  the  drivers,  it  is  death  to  the  horses. 
When  the  carriage  wheels  roll  smoothly  over 
the  planks  or  the  Nicholson,  drivers  are  apt 
to  crowd  the  paces  of  the  team  much  more 
than  they  would  think  of  doing  if  they  were 
driving  on  cobble  stone  pavements  or  heavy 
country  roads. 

But  the  application  which  I  desire  to  make 
of  this  matter  is  this  Whereas,  during  the 
last  Autumn  and  beginning  of  Winter,  the 
homes  all  over  the  country  were  utterly  de¬ 
moralized  in  their  bodily  forces  by  the  pre¬ 
vailing  epidemic,  and  the  close  bandaging  of 
nock  and  legs  and  blanket  ing  of  the  whole 
body,  made  them  as  tender  as  house  plants. 
Then,  as  soon  as  they  were  fit  for  the  lightest 
business,  tho  great  accumulation  of  work  had 
to  be  cleared  off  as  fast  as  possible,  which  in 
many  cases  brought  on  a  relapse  or  supple¬ 
mentary  disease,  by  which  many  valuable 
horses  were  used  up. 

Now,  we  have  had  the  most  elegant  sleigh¬ 
ing  the  country  ever  saw,  all  over,  ever  since 
Christmas,  and  ovoryttiing  in  the  shape  of  a 
sleigh,  cutter,  jumper,  or  Umber-Peter,  bns 
been  in  constant  requisition,  and  tho  2:40  boys 
have  held  a  two  month’s  carnival  of  fast  driv¬ 
ing.  And  fast  driving  to  a  sleigh  means  a 
good  deal  more  than  any  other  fast  driving, 
The  air  is  bracing,  the  way  is  smooth,  the 
sleigh  glides  on  so  neatly,  and  the  hells  ring 
so  merrily  thut  people  do  not  consider  how 
fast  they  do  crowd  the  team,  until  at,  the  end 
of  a  long  drive  they  find  them  out  of  wind 
and  all  a-foam  with  over-exertion. 

This  is  very  mischievous.  Let  one  of  these 
excited  drivers  take  a  foot  race,  with  the 
thermometer  at  zero,  and  keep  up  to  the  top 
of  his  speed  for  only  half  a  mile,  and  he 
would  think  himself  inhaling  needles  a  nd  pins 
and  caustics.  How  much  more  painful  and 
disastrous  to  horses  just  recovered  from  the 
late  terrible  catarrh,  to  be  pushed  for  hours 
at  the  top  of  their  gait ! 

Perhaps  the  fine  sleighing  is  over  for  this 
season  ;  if  not,  I  think  the  horses  ought,  to 
hold  “A  Week  of  Prayer,”  to  petition  that  it 
may  be.  But  the.  Spring  work  will  soon  be 
on,  and  what  with  epizootic  in  the  Fall,  and 
Jehu-driving  in  the  Winter,  the  poor  beasts 
will  be  in  bad  order  for  the  labors  of  the 
Spring,  which  always  tax  the  vital  powers  to 
a  great  extent. 

Now,  put  the  horses  on  good,  generous 
feed,  and  give  them  rest,  with  light  exercise, 
until  they  are  fit  for  the  heavy  work  of  the 
coming  season. — s.  n.  n. 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  Newl 
York  City. 

ABOUT  GRAFTIHO  WAX. 

Feb.  10, — A  correspondent  asks  me  to  tell 
howl  make  grafting  wax,  and  give  the  exact 
quantity  of  each  ingredient.  He  says  that 
he  has  not  been  able  to  find  two  persons  who 
give  the  same  directions  for  making  this  very 
useful  article.  Last  season  he  had  some  trees 
grafted  by  a  man  who  prete.nded  to  know  all 
about  grafting,  but  in  three  or  four  weeks 
the  wax  melted  and  ran  off,  and  then  the 
grafts  died.  Now  this  reminds  me  of  an  in¬ 
cident  in  ray  own  experience,  and  although 
it  happened  more  than  twenty  years  ago,  it 
always  comes  to  mind  whenever  1  so  -  a  recipe 
given  for  making  grafting  wax  A  neighbor 
who  was  having  a  large  number  of  trees 
grafted,  ran  short  of  wax,  and  knowing  that 
I  usually  kept  a  quantity  on  hand,  he  called 
and  borrowed  enough  to  keep  his  men  at 
work  until  some  could  be  made.  A  few  days 
after  he  returned  an  equal  quantity  of  wax 
of  his  own  make,  and  as  it  appeared  to  be 
of  excellent  quality,  I  proceeded  to  use  it  in 
grafting  between  twelve  and  thirteen  hun¬ 
dred  stocks,  The  results  were,  that  not  only 
did  the  wax  kill  every  cion,  but  the  stocks 
were  badly  injured  wherever  the  poisonous 
compound  touched  them.  Upon  inquiry,  I 
found  that,  my  neighbor  had  made  his  wax 
in  accordance  with  a  new  recipe,  wherein 
some  kind  of  oil  was  used  in  place  of  the 
good  old  homely  tallow.  Ever  since  that 
little  bit  of  experience,  I  have  made  ray  own 
grafting  wax,  never  borrowing  nor  lending  ; 
but  if  asked  to  do  the  latter,  It  becomes  a 
gift  or  nothing.  Now  this  grafting  wax 
question  reminds  me  that  there  is  one  thing 
which  I  have  never  had  occasion  to  change 
or  try  to  improve,  being  content  to  let  well 
enough  alone.  This  Is  the  recipe  Two  lbs. 
rosin,  one  lb.  beeswax,  one  half  lb.  tallow, 
or  in  these  proportions  for  larger  or  smaller 
quantities  ;  if  to  be  used  in  the  open  air,  in 
cool  -weather,  add  a  little  more  tallow  ;  melt 
all  together  and  manipulate  well  with  the 
hands  as  it  becomes  cool  ;  make  up  into  small 
rolls  and  inclose  in  greased  or  oi  led  paper  any 
surplus  not  wanted  for  immediate  use,  and 
put  it  away  in  a  collar  or  cool  room. 

There  are,  no  doubt,  many  other  recipes 
for  making  a  good  grafting  wax  ;  in  fact,  l 
know  that  many  of  our  nurserymen  use  a 
different  composition  from  the  one  named 
above  ;  but  as  this  has  never  failed  to  satisfy 
me,  I  give  it  with  confidence. 

HOW  TO  STUDY  ENTOMOLOGY. 

Feb.  11.— The  following  letter  is  but  one 
among  the  many  that  1  have  received  asking 
for  information  on  this  subject : 

In  studying  Entomology,  what  works  is  it 
necessary  to  procure  in  order  to  make  a  be¬ 
ginning  ?  Such  directions  os  “Procure  some 
elementai-y  work  on  this  subject,"  do  not 
suggest  the  right  thing.  Wo  want  to  know 
wliat  particular  work  is  best  calculated  to 
assist  us.  Can  Entomology  be  successfully 
pursued  without  other  instruction  than  our 
elementary  work  ia  likely  to  give  u?  i  So 
much  depends  on  escaping  a  false  start  when 
there  is  no  one  to  point  out  errors,  and  to 
put  the  student  on  the  beaten  path,  that  one 
tears  being  misled.—  Moet  Perkins,  Wood¬ 
cock,  Pa. 

If  a  man  aspires  to  become  a  thorough  sci¬ 
entific  entomologist,  he  must  begin  in  his 
youth,  and  devote  his  entire  life  to  study  ; 
and  then,  should  he  live  to  be  three  score  and 
ten,  the  chances  are  that  he  will  die  a  very 
ignorant  man, — at  least  in  his  own  opinion, 
although  the  world  may  honor  him  for  his 
great  achievements  and  profound  wisdom. 
But  almost  any  one  who  desires  to  know 
something  of  life  as  seen  in  the  insect  world, 
may  acquire  sufficient  knowledge  of  Ento¬ 
mology  to  recognize  our  common  insects  by 
studying  the  works  on  the  subject  published 
in  this  country  and  in  our  own  language. 
To  begin,  a  man  may  take  “Harris’  Insects 
Injurious  to  Vegetation,"  a  work  written  in 
a  popular,  easy  style,  with  just  enough  scien¬ 
tific  terms  sandwiched  among  the  descrip¬ 
tions  to  familiarize  them  to  the  ordinary,  un¬ 
scientific  reader.  The  work  also  contains  a 
sufficient  number  of  illustrations  to  enable 
the  novice  to  kuow  the  difference  between 
bugs  and  beetles,  butterflies  and  moths ;  in 
fact,  get  a  pretty  clear  idea  of  the  forms  and 
habits  of  the  various  orders  and  families 
with  which  he  is  likely  to  come  in  contact. 
When  this  work  has  been  so  thoroughly  stud¬ 
ied  that  a  desire  for  something  deeper  is 
created,  obtain  “Packard’s  Guide  to  the 
Study  of  Insects  and  although  this  work 
is  really  too  scientific  for  the  new  beginner, 
still  it  is  an  aid,  and  the  best  of  its  kind  pub¬ 


The  Agriculturist  has  this : — T.  Gordon, 
Kittrell,  N.  writes  that  he  has  a  horse 
troubled  with  a  running  at  the  nose,  accom¬ 
panied  by  a  film,  which  grows  over  the  eyes 
and  causes  temporary  blindness.  It  is  doubt¬ 
less  a  catarrhal  affection,  and  the  trouble 
with  the  eyes  is  sympathetic.  Feed  warm 
bran-mashes  and  scalded  oats,  give  powdered 
gentian  root  and  sulphur  in  the  feed,  and 
wash  the  nostrils  and  bathe  the  eyes  with  a 
weak  solution  of  sulphate  of  zinc.  Keep  the 
horse  in  a  warm,  well  ventilated  stable,  free 
from  drafts. 


AMERICAN  FISH  CULTURISTS’  ASS’N 


This  Association  met  in  New  York  City, 
Tuesday,  Feb.  11,  as  previously  announced. 
The  following  gentlemen  were  present  : 
George  Shepherd  Page,  Stanly,  N.  «J.;  Wm. 
Clift,  Mystic  Bridge,  Conn. ;  A.  S.  Collins, 
Caledonia,  N.  Y. ;  B.  F.  Bowles,  Springfield, 
Mass.;  M.  C.  Edmunds,  Weston,  Vt. ;  A.  P. 
Ruck  wood,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.;  G.  W. 
Crysler,  Kindcrhook,  N.  Y. ;  E.  B.  l’axton, 
Detroit,  Mich.;  Win.  G.  Sond,  Newark,  N.  J.; 
Garret  Van  Clove,  Corona,  N.  J.;  John  H. 
Barden.  Rhode  Island. ;  P.  Brasher,  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. ;  Thaddeus  Norris,  Philadelphia,  Penn. ; 
W.  A,  Fitzhugh,  Geneseo,  N.  Y.;  B.  B.  Por 
ter,  Baltimore,  Md. :  Joseph  Vuu  Clove,  New¬ 
ark,  N.  J. ;  and  A,  Beaumont,  New  Hope, 
Penn. 

After  the  presentation  of  the  usual  reports, 
the  President,  the  Rev,  William  Clift,  de¬ 
livered  the  annual  address.  Mr.  Cun.  who 
is  largely  interested  in  the  culture  and  propa¬ 
gation  o'f  fish,  recounted  the  progress  of  the 
past  year  in  Pisciculture  throughout  the 
United  States.  Among  the  papers  which 
had  been  promised  was  one  by  Prof.  Spencer 
F.  Baird,  the  L’nited  States  Fish  Commis¬ 
sioner,  on  “  Deep-Sea  Dredging,”  but  it  was 
not  read,  aa  the  recent  importation  of  salmon 
spawn  from  Germany  bus  occupied  his  time. 
George  Shepard  Paoe  read  his  “Notes  on 
Fish  Culture  Abroad.”  Mr.  Page  referred 
to  the  culture  of  fish  iu  China,  which  is  of 
ancient  origin,  and  is  principally  carried  on  in 
submerged  rice  fields,  fagots  being  placed  so 
ns  to  catch  the  spawn  ot  fish.  lie  spoke 
also  of  tho  early  practice  of  the  Romans  in 
conducting  fish  by-  means  of  canals  from  the 
sea  to  the  Interior — a  method  which  has  been 
followed  in  Great,  Britain  and  Norway.  In 
France  the  Government  erected  the  first  pis- 
cicultural  establishment,  at  llouiugue,  in  IMfi 
The  establishment  has  been  conducted  on  a 
larger  scale  by  the  German  Government 
since  the  conquest  of  Alsace  and  Loraiue,  (u 
Russia  the  system  of  dry  impregnation  pre¬ 
vails.  in  England,  Ireland,  and  Scotland  25 
years  ago  salmon  uad  become  almost  exter¬ 
minated.  The  rivers  of  those  countries  are 
now  bountifully-  re  stocked.  On  the  Tay 
River,  at  the.  Stormolitficld  Works,  850,0(iVi 
salmon  eggs  are  hatched  annually,  and  tho 
rental  oi  tho  Tay  fisheries  is  ?  75,000  per 
annum. 

A  paper  by  Fred.  Mather,  on  “  Natural 
versus  Artificial  Culture  in  the  Breeding  of 
Brook  Trout,”  was  reud.  lie]  advocated  the 
natural  impregnation  of  eggs.  Mr.  Collins 


MARE  WITH  SPRAINED  SHOULDER, 


Having  noticed  the  inquiry  of  Natt  Mar¬ 
tin,  in  Rural  New-Yorker,  Feb.  1,  (page 
74,)  I  give  the  following  recipe,  which  has 
proved  a  perfect  cure  in  every  case  under  my 
observation  the  past  forty  year*:— Make  a 
small  incision  in  the  skin  at  the  top  of  the 
shoulder  blade  ;  loosen  the  skin  from  the 
flesh  around  the  incision  with  a  smooth  stick, 
about  one  inch  around  the  hole ;  place  the 
mouth  to  the  hole  in  a  position  that  will  force 
the  wind  through  the  hole  under  the  skin. 
Blow  until  the  skin  is  raised  from  the  flesh, 
which  will  leave  the  skin  puffed  up  by  the 
wind.  Take  a  round  piece  of  soft  common 
upper  leather,  twice  the  size  of  the  hole  in  the 
skin,  with  three-eighth6  hole  in  the  center ; 
place  the  leather  under  the  skin  and  a  stick 
over  the  leather  through  the  skin  on  each 
side  ;  tie  with  a  thread,  leaving  the  opening 
over  the  leather  half  an  inch  for  the  discharge 
of  matter.  -The  effect  of  a.  shoulder  sprain  is 
clotted  blood  under  the  shoulder  blade  t  the 
above  described  seton  will  remove  the  clotted 
blood  and  effect  a  cure.  T.  F  Petrie. 


excepted  to  Mr.  Mather’s  view,  and  insisted 
that  the  artificial  method,  by  pressure  or 
“strippings,"  was  the  better  one.  The  fol¬ 
lowing  papers  we.ru  also  read  :— A.  P.  Rock- 
wood’s  on  the  “Native  Fish  of  Utah,”  and 
Charles  Bell’s  on  the  “Zoosperm  of  Fish 
A  communication  from  Col.  James  Worrall 
on  the  fish  restoration  movement  in  Pennsyl¬ 
vania  during  1872,  ,-liuwed  that  by  the  Gov- 
enor’s  veto  of  the  legislative  appropriation  of 
$73,000  very  little  nod  been  done  in  that 
State,  although  he  was  still  hopeful.  He  has 
7,000  Sacramento,  Cal.,  salmon  and  0,U00 
salmon  trout  from  Seth  Green’s  hatching 
establishment,  which  arc  to  bo  placed  in  tho 
Susquehanua  River. 

A  paper,  read  bv  George  R.  Dykeman,  on 
the  “  Unsuccessful  Taking  and  Impregnation 
of  Trout  Eggs,”  elicited  discussion,  in  which 
the  sentiment  of  the  majority  of  the  mem¬ 
bers  seemed  to  incline  to  the  belief  that  the 
want,  of  success  is  due  to  inexperience.  Mr 
Paxton  of  Michigan  referred  to  the  great 
diminution  of  whitefish  in  Lakes  Erie  and 
Michigan.  Six  or  eight  years  ago  he  caught 
GO, 000  fish  iu  a  locality  where  he  only  caught 
20  last  season.  He  was  contemplating  start¬ 
ing  a  breeding  establishment  for  whitefish 
at  Windsor,  Canada,  where  the  authorities 
have  oil erecl  water  facilities  at  little  cost,  and 
for  the  support  of  which  an  appropriation 
from  the  Canadian  Government  is  expected. 

Some  discussion  was  had  os  to  the  number 
of  eggs  to  be  procured  from  trout,  and  a  dif¬ 
ference  of  opinion  seemed  to  exist.  It  was 
claimed  that  a  trout  of  one  pound  weight 
would  not  produce  more  than  500  eggs,  and 
this  was  met  by  an  assertion  that  the  yield 
would  be  double.  The  following  officers 
were  re-elected : 

President,  William  Clift  ;  Secretary,  A. 
G.  Collins  ;  Treasurer,  B.  F.  Bowles  ;  Ex¬ 
ecutive  Committee,  Seth  Green,  E.  A. 
Brackett,  M.  C.  Edmunds. 

The  Association,  after  an  informal  discus¬ 
sion,  adjourned  to  meet  in  New  York  City  on 
the  second  Monday  of  February,  1874. 


reads  my  Diary  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker. 
Its  scientific  name  is  Eroate*  spiculatm, 
Leg,  and  it  belongs  to  that  immense  family 
of  beetles  known  as  LongicornB,  the  larvse  of 
which  live  in  trees  and  shrubs,  and  are  called 
wood  borers.  Of  course,  I  have  no  means  of 
knowing  anything  further  in  relation  to  the 
history  of  this  fine  insect,  but  hope  some  one 
of  the  many  readers  of  your  paper  who  re¬ 
side  in  California  will  give  us  some  informa¬ 
tion  i n  regard  to  its  habits.  Its  color  is  a  dark 
brown,  the  ontennie  almost  black,  smooth 
and  glossy.  To  receive  such  splendid  speci¬ 
mens  almost  gives  me  the  California  fever, 
and  I  fear  that)  a  few  more  such  entomologi¬ 
cal  collections  as  I  have  received  of  late  from 
there  will  carry  me  off. 


DAHLIAS  FROM  SEED 


R.  E.  Q.  of  Askew,  Ark.,  asks  how  to  grow 
Dahlias  from  seed.  In  our  Northern  climate 
we  usually  sow  Dahlia  seed  in  hot-beds,  or  in 
a  green-house,  as  early  as  March,  in  order  to 
make  them  bloom  the  first  seasou.  This 
early  planting  would  probably  not  be  neces¬ 
sary  iu  Arkansas  ;  but  we  would  advise  sow¬ 
ing  as  early  as  the  weather  would  permit  in 
Spring.  Sow  the  seed  in  frames  or  boxes, 
covering  with  fine,  rich  mold,  not  more  than 
a  quarter  of  an  inch  deep.  Give  plenty  of 
water,  and  as  soon  as  the  plants  have  pro¬ 
duced  two  ot  three  leaves,  transplant  into 
small  pots,  or  into  shallow  boxes,  and  keep 
them  protected  from  drying  winds  and  heavy 
rains.  As  soon  aa  the  plants  are  a  few  inches 
high,  and  stocky,  transplant  to  the  open  bor¬ 
der,  watering  them  thoroughly  at  the  time. 


THE  POWERLESS  TAIL 


Mr.  Editor — Sir:  I  have  had  a  great  deal 
of  experience  with  horses  during  the  epizoot¬ 
ic.  It  affects  them  different  ways.  Some 
are  stiff  in  the  back,  and  take  dropsy  in  the 
legs  ;  some  lose  the  use  of  the  tail.  One  of 
your  subscribers  asked  for  light  on  this  sub¬ 
ject.  He  said  his  horse’s  tail  was  powerless, 
For  that,  take  a  dozen  9trands  of  loose  twisted 
yam  ;  wet  it  well  with  spirits  of  turpentine, 
and  tie  it  round  his  tail  close  to  his  backbone  ; 
also  take  a  pod  of  red  pepper,  turn  it  wrong 
Bide  out,  and  give  him  an  injection  with  it. 
In  two  hours  give  Iran  another  with  castile 
soapsuds.  If  his  throat  is  swelled,  smoke 


GOBI’S  BUBAL  MEW-YOBKEB 


Bamestiq  (Bjpnomg. 


OUR  HOME. 


THE  D1HINQ-R00M.  1  oni. 

After  all,  the  groat  portion  of  our  pleasure  Sele 
in  life  is  found  in  the  dining-room.  It  is  a  9i)v 
fact  of  which,  we  have  no  reason  to  be  car 
ashamed  ;  rather  let  us  exalt  it  and  make  it  |  a  t: 
bear  for  us  all  the  fair  fruit  of  happiness  that.  iea, 
it  can.  In  most  households  the  table  is  the  gUg 
center  of  family  life— around  it  is  held  the  -j 
family  reunion.  The  father  cornea  from  his  <juc 
labor  or  business,  the  mother  lays  down  her  tyic 
household  cares,  the  children  are  home,  from  gti 
school,  and  the  family  circle  is  complete,  ^ 
Here,  if  ever,  do  we  realize  what  Rome  m;, 
means,  seated  about  the  steaming  urn  in  lov- 
ing,  familiar  intercourse.  gla 

Now,  what  shall  we  do  to  make  our  table  all 
something  more  than  the  mere  purveyor  to  th< 
our  appetites  —  the  place  where  we  satisfy  th< 
our  hunger  t  Physicians  say  there  is  no  bet¬ 
ter  promoter  of  digestion,  no  greater  enemy  fo< 
to  indigestion,  than  cheerful  conversation  tin 
while  eating.  Wearying  cares  must  be  laid  jn) 
aside  aud  our  minds  and  bodies  kept  in  liar-  bo 
monions  action.  Now,  we  believe  lirinly  in  yo 
t  he  bracing  tonic  of  cheerful,  brightextemals.  an 
So  we  will  select  for  our  dining-room  a  bright.  A11 
airy  appartmeut,  well  lighted,  and  preserved  V>c 
from  the  steaming  fumes  of  the  kitchen.  It  Vv 
shall  be  devoted  exclusively  to  the  purpose  ;u; 
of  our  reunions  about  tho  table,  for  we  will 
sit  in  our  parlor  aud  we  will  find  the  fresh 
air  and  cheerful  order  of  our  dining-room  in 
itself  appetizing.  It  must  have,  if  possible, 
three  windows,  and  one  of  those  looking  oJ 
east.  The  walls  shall  be  papered  with  a  neat-  ^ 
figured  paper,  or,  what  is  much  better,  with  ^ 
panels  in  imitation  of  oak.  Whatever  the  ^ 
paper,  the  carpet  shall  harmonize  with  it,  and  ^ 
bo  a  small  pattern,  thickly  interwoven  with  ^ 
a  dash  of  blue,  green  or  crimson. 

Tho  table  must  be  on  extension,  of  solid  0] 
oak,  or  walnut,  if  possible,  for  then,  with  a 
proper  care,  it  will  last  a  life  time.  When  a 
not  in  use,  we  will  cover  it  with  a  gray  table-  a 
cover.  As  for  furniture,  we  want  only  that  ^ 
which  is  necessary  ;  chairs  of  walnut,  ash  or 
oak.  If  we  could  afford  it,  they  should  be 
covered  with  brown  leather,  and  studded  with 
brass  nails  ;  but  that  is  probably  too  ambi¬ 
tious  for  our  modest  establishment,  so  we 
will  be  content  with  substantial  cane  seats,  t 
A  bullet  it  really  a  necessity;  tho  corner  cup-  f 
hoard  would  answer  every  purpose  if  we  did  s 
not  believe  in  tho  power  of  beauty.  As  we  c 
are  considering  externals  now,  wo  insist  on  I 
a  plain,  tasteful  sideboard,  with  brackets  for  / 
the  silver  and  glass,  a  marble  slab  for  the  c 
dessert,  and  shelves  for  dishes,  drawers  for  I 
table  linen,  and  drawers  for  the  knives,  forks  I 
and  spoons,  where  everything  will  be  in  i 
readiness  for  the  table.  We  don’t  care  about  i 
itB  carving  and  mirrors,  but  shall  stipulate  t 
that  it  be  of  solid  wood,  i 

We  can  do  nicely  with  no  more  furniture 
in  the  room.  On  the  walls  we  will  like  a  few 
pictures.  An  engraving  of  one  of  Land¬ 
seer's  paintings,  or  Rosa  Bonkeur’s,  a  piece 
of  dead  game,  or  a  good  fruit  piece  ;  for  we 
will  adapt  our  pictures  to  our  rooms.  W e  do 
not  want  a  Little  Samuel  in  the  dining-room,  j 
aud  a  stag  hunt  in  the  spare  chamber.  Final¬ 
ly,  in  Winter,  we  insist  that  the  room  be 
warm.  Of  all  abominations,  eating  with 
chattering  teeth  aud  blue  noses  is  t  he  worst, 
and  is  the  worst  possible  tiling  for  the  health. 
Cold  food  from  cold  dishes  is  as  digestible  as 
cold  lead. 

If  our  room  should  be  bright,  cheerful  and 
warm,  what  should  our  table  be  ?  There  is 
virtue  in  spotless  table  linen.  Half  the 
charms  of  French  cooking  are  in  the  snowy  I 
cloth,  fresh  napkins  and  manner  of  serving. 

Let  us  be  a  little  extravagant  in  our  fresh 
table  cloths,  when  soap,  water  and  a  little 
labor  are  all  we  have  to  pay.  And  now  we 
must  decide,  shall  we  have  any  best  china,  and 
do  with  dclf  for  every  day  ?  or  shall  we  pay 
ourselves  t  he  respect  usually  reserved  for  com¬ 
pany  ?  Clearly,  we  are  the  persons  to  whom 
it  is  of  the  most  Importance.  Shall  we  sit 
down  to  odd  plutes  and  cracked  saucers  six 
days  that,  we  may  enjoy,  gilded  china  tho  sev¬ 
enth  ?  By  no  means.  We  will  liavo  plain, 
white  French  china,  which  can  always  be 
matched  when  broken,  and  we  will  set  down 
to  it  every  day.  In  the  same  way  we  will 
bring  out  the  plated  knives  and  silver  forks, 
and  partake,  of  our  food  with  a  sense  of  our 
own  deserts.  We  shall  feel  increased  respect 
for  ourselves,  also,  with  napkins  and  butter 
plates  ;  so  those  we  will  have. 

In  the  setting  of  table,  it  is  possible  to  exer¬ 
cise  veal  artistic  ability,  and  with  general 
uniformity,  to  introduce  special  features  very 
pleasing.  W e  may  mention  the  carved  wood¬ 
en  bread  trays,  or  the  wooden  plate  and 


knife.  In  butter-dishes  there  are  many  sim¬ 
ple  designs  much  to  be  preferred  to  silver. 
There  is  the  wooden  plate  with  the  cut-glass 
cover  ;  or  a  rustic  frame  holding  the  glass 
dish.  A  very  cunning  design  is  a  yellow- 
ware,  fashioned  like  a  straw  hat  These  oust  j 
only  one,  two  and  three  dollars,  and  we  will 
select  one  in  preference  to  more,  expensive 
silver.  There  .are  pretty  salad  dishes,  with 
carved  fork  and  spoon,  which  wc  can  buy  for 
a  trifle ;  jelly  dishes  in  the  form  of  grape 
leaves,  and  beautiful  glass  berry  dishes,  with 
sugar-pot  and  creamer. 

These  fancy  dishes  can  be  so  prettily  intro¬ 
duced  with  the  white  china,  until  we  fancy 
they  have  added  finer  flavor  to  the  contents, 
Still,  in  addition,  if  there  is  a  blooming  bud 
shining  amid  its  green  leaves,  a  bunch  of 
mignonette,  a  purple  bit  of  heliotrope,  or 
English  violet  in  a  long-stemmed,  solitaire 
glass,  it  will  sweeten  a  whole  meal.  Above 
all  is  cleanliness.  The  silver  must  be  shining, 
the  glass  like  crystal,  tho  china  polished  to 
the  last  degree,  the  linen  spotless. 

Now  bring  in  the  stoamiug,  well-cooked 
food :  let  in  the  floods  of  light ;  throw  open 
the  doors  aud  enter  with  merry  hearts,  leav¬ 
ing  care,  sorrow  and  vexation  at  the  thres¬ 
hold.  Bring  with  you  your  cheeriest  laugh, 
your  brightest  wit,  your  most  genial  humor, 
and  your  most  gracious  manner.  Do  all  this, 
and  you  will  receive  food  for  mind,  heart  and 
Vidy,  which  will  support  and  nourish  you 
when  you  have  again  taken  up  the  burden 
I  and  heat  of  the  day. 


Jttdustpt  Societies.  RllRAl  ANR  0THER  RR0D  B00KS’ 

v — /  l  Ly  ILL  For  sale  at  the  Rural  New. Yorker  Office,  No.  5 


APPLE  BUTTER. 

1  take  pleasure  in  giving  you  our  method 
of  making  apple  butter,  which  differs  materi¬ 
ally  from  that  in  Rural  New-Yorker  of 
Dec.  7.  Wo  first  boil  our  cider  (forty  gallons) 
down  to  the  consistency  of  sirup  ;  then  take 
three  bushels  of  apples,  pare  and  core  them, 
stew  them  down  in  raw  cider  until  they  are 
perfectly  soft,  then  put  them  in  a  churn  and 
churn  them  thoroughly,  after  which  put  the 
apples  and  sirup  in  a  large  copper  kettle  over 
a  brisk  fire  ;  keep  stirring  constantly  until  the 
apples  have  taken  up  the  sirup  (about  two 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 

Pn.  Slate  Ag.  goo.  —  Officers  elect  for  1873: 
Pm.— J.  R,  Eby.  Vice-Pres'ts.— 1.  James  A.  Mo- 
Crea;2,  Geo.  Blight;  3,  Paschali  Morris;  4.  A. 

D.  Levering;  5,  Jesse  VT,  Knight;  fi,  Wm.  H. 
Holstein;  7,  David  H.  Branson;  8,  Tobi;i.-i  Bar- 
tot  3,  Wm.  L.  Pelper;  10,  Wm,  C.  Freeman;  11, 
Daniel  H.  Nioinau;  12.  Ira  Tripp;  13,  George 
Hcott;  Ik  John  A.  Small;  15,  Wm.  M.  Watts:  I 
Iti.  Geo.  11.  Wieatling ;  17,  John  S.  Miller;  18, 
John  I.  Thompson;  ll),  X.  w.  Russell :  20,  J.  D. 
Kirkpatrick;  21,  G. Boy ;  22,  Wra,  8.  Uissell;  28, 
John  Murdoch,  Jr.;  3t.  Jaa.  C.  Shaw.  At  large 

J.  W.  Hammond,  wm.  Taylor,  .1.  It.  Potter. 

E. r.  Com.  Bcnj.  G.  Peters,  George  Tiorgnor,  Ab¬ 
ner  Rutherford.  A.  Wilhelm.  Michael  C.  Trout. 
Frederick  Watts,  (ex  President,)  David  Taggart. 
(ex-ProsidantJ  J.-ittiih  S.  Hiildeman,  (ox-lTest- 
dent.i  Thomas  P.  Knox,  (ox-Presldcot  j  A.  Iloyd 
Hamilton,  (ex- President,)  Amos  E.  Kapp,  mx- 
Prec-ident,)  John  C.  Mortis,  (ex-Presldent).  Cor. 
Sue. — Elbrldgo  MeConkey.  Chemist  aud  Geolo¬ 
gist.  Samuel  $.  Haldeman.  Assistant  Cheat tet 
and  Ceologigt.-  Hugh  Hamilton.  lUnarlan.- 
Wm.H.Ealc.  The  next  annual  exhibition  will 
be  held  at  Uric.  Pa.,  commencing  on  Tuesday, 
Sopt.  153. 

Addison  Co.,  Vt..  Vr.  Soc.— Officers  for  1873 : 
Prcs'L— George  IIammond,  Mlddlebury.  let, 
Vir.e-Prrs't — N.  J.  Alien,  Eorrisburg.  2d,  Vice- 
Prctt.— Charles  Sanford,  Orwell.  Sec.— Albert 
Chapman,  Mlddlebury.  Trea#.— N.  P.  Barbour, 
Middlobury.  Dlrtictori)  8.  It.  M.  Cow  lea,  Now 
Haven ;  T.  Bailey.  Brldport :  E.  J.  Mathews, 
Mlddlebury;  E.  S.  W rigid.  We  y  bridge ;  Frank 
D.  Barton,  Waltham.  T<m  u  Managers.— G.  TV . 
Whitford  ;  Brldport,  Byron  W.  Crane;  Bristol, 
Hiram  Sumner ;  Cornwall,  Albert  Sperry  jl'Vr- 
ritdtttrgh,  Ovd  Stowe;  Goshen,  Henry  Syrn- 
ouda;  Granville,  13.  II.  Hubbard;  Hancock,  C. 
M.  Robbins; Leicester,  John  Preston  ;  Lincoln, 
C.  Varney;  Mlddlebury,  Henry  Branch  ;  Monk- 
ton,  Henry  Baldwin  ;  New  Haven,  Edson  Doud  ; 
Orwell,  Hlland  Young;  Pnnton,  H.  Guinea; 
lUptoti,  Joseph  Battoll;  Shoreh/im,  L.  Mooro; 
Salisbury,  R.  D.  Hodden ;  Stark vboro,  C.  Bald- 


For  sal«  at  the  Rural  New-Yorker  Office,  No.  5 
Ilexltman  8t..  Nov*  York,  or  sent  by  mall,  post¬ 
paid.  on  reewpt  of  price : 

Willard’*  Practical  Dairy  Himlwnilty 
finer  I  mu  u  vd) . . *3  00 

Allen's  (L.  F.)  American  Cattle.. . . . .  2  00 

Do.  Now  American  Farm  Book .  2  60 

I)n,  Diseases  of  Ponic.Ulc  Anlrunls .  lW 

Do.  Rural  Architecture .  1  60 

American  Bird  Fancier  .  ....  .  „  30 

American  Pomology  (3C0  I :  l  initiations) Warder.  <  8  00 

Aiaurlcun  Practical  Cookery... .  .  176 

American  1lo*e  Culturtst .  .  30 

American  Standard  of  Excellence  In  Poultry.,  50 

American  Wheat  (’ttlturlR  iTodd) .  2  fiO 

Arohitectnro,  National  (U6n.  K  Woodward) . 13  00 

Atwood’*  Country  and  Suburban  nausea .  160 

Barry's  Fruit  fpirdun  mow  edition) .  “  :>0 

Bee  Keepers’ Text  Kook,  Paper.  40o.;  Cloth .  io 

Beni  ent’a  Rabbi  I  S'nnoler...  . .  30 

BieknelPa  Village  Bull. lor  (f*  Plates,  showing 

Now  nml  Practical  Deriunsi..  . . .  I0w 

Rommor*  Method  of  Maktny  Manures . .  25 

Brack's  Book  of  FIowiiih  (now) .  1  75 

Bridget')  in'*  Gardener's  Assistant. .  2  >0 

Bttist’a  FjtniJV-  E'tohon  (Jurdeiief..,  .  1  00 

Do.  Flower  Garden. . . .  . J  50 

Carpentry  Made  JC-iy  (new) .  5  00 

OhentlstTj  of  the  Farm  (Nlch"lp),,, . .  125 

I  r.iiorlt.on'x  Grape  Grower  s  Guide. .. . . .  75 

Older  Maker's  SUimial.  . .  1  a0 

Outer’ll  New  in.  Cattle  Doctor,  col  wed  plates...  6  00 

(Vibheit’s  Amorfcan  Omdener . .  75 

|  Cole's  American  Fruit  Book .  ...  •  Ta 

Cole  s  American  Yoterlnnriun . . .  ,  75 

;  Cotton  t’ultiire  (Lyman's,) . . . . .  }  ->0 

Crack  Shut  (Burlier) . . .  175 

Cranberry  Culture  (.1,  J,  v/hits) .  125 

Dadd’s  American  i  .ittlo  Doctor .  I  aO 

Dt)  Modern  Boise  Doctor. . . . .  1  60 

‘  lianx'H  Mnek  Manual ...  . .  1-5 

Darwin’s  VarlitLionn  uf  Animal*  and  Plants .  6  00 

Dead  Bhot :  or.  Huortoian'B Comt'lcie  <« hide.  1 
Do  »  onff'a  Fruits  und  Fruit  Trees  uf  America, 

(lion  i>p.)  .  6  TO 

•  Do.  Rural  Essays .  . .  ...  350 

Dnn migo  for  Protlt  and  Health . .  J  »0 

|  j)vor  unci  t.’olor  Maker's  t'oinpnnlon . .  125 

i  Fust. iv ood's Cranberry  Culture.. . .  76 

Elliot's  hew  n  and  Bhnilu  'Tree:*. . . . .  1  50 

Everybody  'a  Lawyer . .  .  2  00 

F.vcry  Woman  Her  Own  Flower  Gardener  (new), 

paper.  60c.:  . . .  100 

Fiirni  Drainage  (U.  !<’.  French i .  1  5n 

Farm  iundeinwiUi  and  Machinery  (J.  .1- 'ThnnutRl  1  w 

Field'#  Pear  Culture  .  ■  . .  .  1  ™ 

:  Fishing  In  American  Waters  (Scott) . t  f« 


Flint  on  tlrasres. 


Jttptoil,  jiisnpii  isniiwit ;  on  ijrt mi  in,  o.  si  uwu,  . . .  .  .......  .  . . 

Salisbury,  B.  D.  notUlon  ;  Stnrksboro,  C.  Bald-  ;  go.  MI'Ah  ':0TA“",1nR . .  . . * . 

win  ;  Verge., nes,  Dr.  C.  W  B  Kiil.ler;  Waltham,  Vmn'U (2  VoVsVb. 

Henry  Jackman ;  Wcybrldgc,  L.  B.  Uoage,  I  p,,.  m»1i  uml  KJ.Hi.ir.g  (Hki  oneruvingt*) . . . 

WThltlng,  Ashoal  Hubbard.  Do.  Manual  for  Young  Sportnmcn . . 


Hotlnml  Co.,  Vt,,  \g,  Sor.  -Odlcerseloctod for  | 
1873:  Prrs.-H.  F.  Laturop.  Vicc-Prt'M's.— J. 
M.  Benedict,  Cast  lot  mi ;  Horace  H.  Dyer,  Kut-  | 
land.  Ser.—  Miner  Hilliard,  Rutland.  Tims.—  I 
Jesse  E.  Billings.  Auditors.— Lonsoy  Round, 
fli.irendoii :  N.  T.  Sprague,  .!)■.,  Brandon  ;  H.  <  . 
GtooAon,  Shrewsbury.  Trustee#.—  Franklin  Bil¬ 
lings,  Rutland:  1’ortor  Rcn-.on,  Clarendon;  J. 
W.  Crampton,  Rut  land.  Idicrtom.—  Benson,  L. 
Howard  Kellogg;  Brandon,  N.  T-  Sprague,  Jr., 
Cnstloton,  L.  W.  Preston :  Clarendon,  Geo.  W. 
Orossman;  Chittondeu,  W.O.  Harrison  :  Dan  by, 
A.  D. Smith;  Fairhaven,  D  P.  Wivd.cott ;  Huo- 
bardton,  Seneca  Root;  Irn,  Lester  Fish  ;  Middle- 
ton,  E.  W  Gray;  Mfc.  Tabor.  L.  P.  Howo;  Mt. 


hours)  and  the  result  is  a  first-class  butter.  PlttafleTd,  C.  W.lKi 

C.  M.  s.  pittsford,  In 3.  Hall ;  Paw  let,  W.  IluloU;  Poult-  H  2i,  Fnr 
— - *■*“*  ney.  D.  Culver ; Rutland. 0. Thomas; Sherburne,  uoby'd  > 


DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 

A  Good  Way  to  Use  Dry  Bread. —Make  a 
batter  of  wheat  flour,  not  quite  so  thick  as 
for  pancakes,  using  equal  parts  of  sweet  and 
sour  milk  for  the  wetting,  one  tablespoouful 
of  corn  meal,  and  one  teaspoonful  of  salt. 
Now  cut  very  dry  bread  into  thin  slices,  dip 
ns  many  into  the  batter  as  can  be  fried  at 
once,  being  careful  to  cover  both  sides  of  the 
bread,  and  fry  immediately  on  a  well-but¬ 
tered  griddle,  just  hot  enough  to  brown  them 
nicely .  When  done,  butter  the  slices,  place 
them  in  layers  and  bring  to  the  table  at  once, 
as  a  half  hour’s  steaming  on  the  stove  would 
spoil  this  dish  that  is  excellent,  aud  more 
wholesome  than  the  ordinary  wheat  pan¬ 
cake. — Anon. 

,S teamed  Indian  Pudding. — Take  ttvo  cups 
of  meal,  one  cup  of  Hour,  one  cup  of  suet, 
one  cup  of  molasses,  one  cup  chopped  raisins, 
one  cup  Zanto  currants,  one  cup  sweet  milk, 
one-half  teaspoonful  soda,  a  pinch  of  salt ; 
mix  well ;  put  into  a  two-quart  basin,  steam 
three  hours,  To  be  eaten  with  dressing  made 
of  one  cup  of  sugar,  one-half  cup  of  but¬ 
ter  put  iu  a  basin,  and  pour  on  a  pint  of  boil¬ 
ing  water ;  set  on  the  stove ;  take  a  table¬ 
spoon  of  flour,  mix  in  a  little  water  so  that  it 
will  not  be  lumpy,  and  stir  into  the  gravy, 
stirring  it  until  it  boils ;  season  with  nutmeg 
or  lemon  extract.— Mas.  E.  K. 

Boiled  Indian  Pudding. — Take  one  quart 
of  Bweet  milk,  thicken  with  meal  about  as 
thick  or  a  little  thicker  than  for  griddle  cakes; 
add  a  tablespoonful  of  flour ;  boil  (or  steam) 
five  hours — the  longer  the  better.  1  somo- 


D.  W.  Taylor:  Shrewsbury,  C.  C  Holden;  Sud¬ 
bury,  J.  M.  Krti.hurn ;  Tlruuouth,  D.  Baxter; 
Wells.  W.  Rowe;  Wallingford,  J.  S  Emery: 
West,  Haven,  R.  0.  Abell. 

Fruit  firowrr*'  Am.v’u  of  Loul*lonn. — Officers 
■  I  mt  for  1873:  Era*.  —  Dr.  R,  H.  DAY,  Baton 
Rouge.  Ytcc-Pres.— H.  w.  L.  Lewie,  Osykrv,  M iss. 


bn.  Manual  for  Yotitiu  Si  •  irtiuncn . . .  3  Dl 

Fuller's  I  ll  nut  ruled  SDn»  berry  Cult,  urtst . .  a 

Do.  Forest  Trot'  t  nllurlat .  1  50 

Do.  Small  Frill*.*  (lllio.truu'F . —  1  o0 

Fulton’s  Pewit  Culture.  A  IIund-Book  and 

Guide  to  Every  Plan  tor.  .  J  60 

Gariliuiintf  for  Profit  P.  Henderson) .  1  »0 

Bimlonlnv  for  the  Soul  It  tWImo'sl .  2  00 

«rnpo  ('ulturUt  (  *  8.  I'ullei  ) . .  1  60 

Gray’#  Manual  Of  Borin',  mil  l.e#*nu‘..  •  . >00 

Do.  School  and  Field  It-ok  of  Bottinv  ....  ....  2  50 

Do.  How  Plu.nl-  Grow  (C001llni.Uat.ions) . .  1  12 

l)o.  Ini  rodue.tion  to  Stroei  ural  and  Systetnatio 
Uotu.li  v  and  V.--i;et:iblu  l*liyslolo«y  (l.ll'.XMlhi#.),  3  u0 

(IU0MOU  On  iVIUeii  Crra  n  . . .  I® 

Dun,  l(i at  and  Slid  it le . . . .  >  “0 

ICaroey  *  Rarns.  OullAlillilnaa  am)  1  eUCCs, . 10  00 

Hau  l*  rio  Linnet-.. . . 1  VV. 

Do.  on  Ilia  PR'  Breeding  Mrinnsvineuit.  AO .  150 

Hattlrlil’i  Anmrlcuti  I  louse  (  uremiter .  n  oO 

Hon, *  to  Horse  Keepers  ! Herbert's) .  •••  1  <5 

lliuii  Fttvannv  witliout  Manure .  ™> 

iloily’*  Art  nf  Haw-FllluE  . .  .  76 

Holly's  CHt-iienter’s  Hand  Book  (new) .  7a 

Hooper  s  Dok  and  Gun . . ••  -*o 

Uoopus'  Hook  of  ICversrccnr .  »  wi 

hop  Culture .  ,  IS 

How  t'rop*  Grow  . . .  .  •  - . .  •  •  •  *  JJV 

Hunter  and  Tni|iper . .  J  y' 

Hiooe.iinn's  Grape*  and  Wipe . .  •  .  }  VS 

Indian  Horn  :  Its  ValilO.  Culture  and  use# .  1  W 

Jenioiiy*  cm  Cuttle  and  tlielr  DisoaBes .  i  *6 

I,,.  Ill,, aial  hi*  Disease* .  . .  I  76 


Redmond,  W.  A.  Whitfield,  R.  D.  Manard.  Re-  \ 
vision  of  Catalogue..—  Dr.  H.  A.  thvascy,  D.  Red¬ 
mond.  A.  L.  Hatch.  Entomoloou  and  Dl6ce*f.<  of 
Fruit  Trees. — 18.  S.  Connor,  Roburt  Lynne,  S.  M. 
Wiggins,  and  Dr.  R.  H.  Day  added  ns  Chairman. 
Art  Interim  Committee  to  examine  and  report  on 
such  fruits  as  may  be  submitted  t  o  them  during 
the  season— Daniel  Dennett,,  A.  VV.  Roundtreo, 

E.  K.  Manard. 

Northern  Ohio  Fair  A»*'n.—  In  our  issue  of 
Jan.  2{>,  wc  gave*  a  report  of  tho  annual  meeting 
of  this  Association.  A1  a  subsequent  meeting 
of  the  Directors,  tho  time  of  holding  tho  Fair 
was  changed  to  Sept.  211- Oct.  4,  and  the  follow¬ 
ing  officers  were  elected  ;  Pres. — J.  P.  Robison. 
Vicc-Prcs'ts.  -  Stillman  Witt,  and  G.  H.  Burt, 
Treas.— S.  T.  Everett.  £!«.— Sato.  Briggs.  Ex- 
Pom.  J.  P.  Robison,  S-  Witt,  G  H.  Burt,  Win. 
Edwards,  H.  C.  Brock  way,  C.  LL  PottenglU  and 
W.  S.  SI.rca.tor.  Directors.  1871— H.  C.  Brook  way , 
L.  L.  Hickox.  H.  B.  Fay  no,  J-  P.  Robison,  D.  V- 
Rhodes,  A.  W.  Falrhanke,  .T.  R.  Tluehtel;  1876 
C.  B.  PoUongill,  Stillman  Witt,  G .  W.  ltowe,  H. 

F,  Clark,  E.  Cowlc.-s  P.  O-  Watmough,  O.  A. 
Childs,  II.  Nottingham;  187C -W.  Edwards,  W. 
S.  S  treat  hr,  J.  H.  Oasomeiit.  W.  G.  McKlunin,  (i. 
A.  Baker,  G.  H.  Burt,  W.  W.  Armstrong,  John 
Tod. 

Wlinlham  Co.,  Vt..  A*.  8oe—  Pres—  Henry 
Winslow,  Putney.  Vice-l’rest.'s  —Col.  A.  B. 
Franklin,  Newfane;  MaJ.  W.  H.  II-  Holton, 
Jamaica.  Sec—J.  H.  Merrlflelil,  Newfane, 
Treas.— F.  O,  Burdett  ,  Newfane.  Board  of  Man¬ 
agers.— S.  I).  Conant,  Grafton  ;  D.  Gatos,  hum- 
meratoD  ;  D.  E.  Robbins,  Windham ;  W.  Cushing, 
Wardaboro;  S.  Perry,  Rockingham  ;  I*.  H.  Rut- 
i  ter,  Townshcnd;  J.  Muzzy,  Jamaica ;  8.  W. 

Bowkor,  Newfane ;  L.  Jones,  Dovor ;  F.  R. 
|  Smith,  Brattleboro;  L.  Vail.  Londonderry;  J. 


j, owls’  Aojerlntin  Spoil  lo.tm . . . 

Lightning  Hods,  and  liow  to  Cci»*tnut  Them, 

by  John  PklD.... . .  ••• . 

Muininl  on  i-  (U.A  uml  Hemp  Culture . . 

Mu  moil  of  TnbUL-iu,  t  oliure. . .  . 

Mason’s  li.irrlnrand  Mini  Book .  . ••••• 


.  -  .  ]  •  t  |  OHM  I  I  I  |  WtltlllOUViU  |  Ai.  I  “  ’ 

times  add  a  few  sweet  apples,  fresh  or  dried.  Holden,  Westminster ;  J.  B.  Stobbins,  Brooklyn; 


Salt  wolL — P. 

Steamed  Apples.  —  Pare  and  halve  good, 
sour  apples,  remove  the  cores,  and  place 
them  in  a  steamer  over  a  kettle  of  boiling 
water:  when  tender,  serve  with  sugar  and 
cream,  and  imagine  they  are  peaches  ! — b. 

An  Error  Corrected.— Please  allow  me  to 
correct  an  error  in  the  article  of  Beans  and  i 
Vinegar,  in  llCRAL  of  Jan.  11,  where  it  says 
“  added  a  few  leaves  ;  ”  it  should  be  beans. — 
Novice. 

PncMing  Eygs  in  Salt.— I  wish  some  one 
■would  tell  me  if  eggs  packed  in  salt  can  be 
:  kept  safely  and  well  any  length  of  time.  Let 
j  those  who  have  experience  answer. — h.  c.  p. 

Rye  Johnny  Cake.— One  quart  rye  flour ; 
one  teacup  molasses  ;  one  teaspoonful  of  salt ; 
one  teaspoonful  of  soda  ;  one  pint  sour  milk ; 
one-half  cup  shortening. — H.  S.  Brown. 


A.  Wyman,  A  Huron:  IT.  B.  Ballou,  Whltlnghmn, 

Cnh-douSn  Co.,Yt.,  \g.  Boc.— At  the  lato  annu¬ 
al  mei  tlng  of  this  Society,  t  he  following  officers 
wore  clotted  for  the  year  ensuing:  Pres.— Chab. 
A.  Svlvms'iek,  fit.  Jiihtisbury.  Vice- 1 'res' ts.  - 
Calvin  Morrill,  Sfc.  Johnoburv ;  Joshua  Bernis, 
Lyndon.  Secritfarfe*.— L  W.  Sanborn,  Lyndou- 
viile;  IT.  C.  ll.nittnge  and  N.  M.  Johnson,  St. 
Johnsbury ;  Chos.  D.Brainord,  Danville.  Treas. 
— C.  M.  Stone,  St.  Johnsbury.  Tho  next  annual 
exhibition  Is  to  be  held  r  t  St.  Johnabury,  Sep¬ 
tember  23-85. 

M-.ilin'  St  *  to  An.  Son.— Officers  elect  for  1873: 
Pre8—  Rrirtrs  Prixcb of  Turner.  Sec.— Samuel 
Wasson  or  lilt, worth.  Treas.— Vt.  p.  Hubbard 
of  Bangor.  Trustees— Warren  Percival,  R.  E. 
Hamilton.  S.  F.  Raymond.  Seward  Dill,  W.  P. 
Wingate,  Pet  er  Wagner.  Tho  next  annual  exhl- 
bitJonwill  be  held  at  Bangor  next  September. 

The  Yew  Knaland  Poultry  Club  holds  I  to  Otli 
annual  exhibition  at  Worcester,  Ma-  s.,  March 
t-C,.  About  $2,003  lu  prizes  are  offered. 

Sheboygan  Co.,  Wls.,  Ag.  Soe.— Officers  for 
1873:  Pres—  Enos  Eastman.  Sec.— J.  E.  Thomas. 

The  Franklin  Co.,  O.,  Ag.  Soc.  is  to  hold  its 
next  Fair  Sept.  10-19, 1873. 


Muynew’0  tliustrutiul  llnK*«  Mm.ngmitaut .  3  oo 

Do.  llUiBtrtttflfl  Horn!  Diieior. . .  .  3  t» 

Meclunlc'a  f’oinuanlnn  (Wlrliolsiiu) . 7  ”” 

Mechuntn*  for  Millwrights,  Muohunbts  uml  others  1  50 

Miles  on  Horse’s  Fool  (i-tot.li) .  .......  7a 

Modern  Conkury  (by  Miss  Acton  anil  Mrs.  B.  J. 

Hultt)  .  ............  1  . . .  .  .  I  7n 

McClure's  Dlseiises  ol  llorse,  Cattle  and  Sheep.  2  00 

Money  In  the  Gtudeii,  by  P- T.  Quinn.. . . .  j  $v 

Noma' Fish  Culture . .  . .  1  JS 

Norton's  Kin  iiunits  Sclent' 110  Agrlmilturo .  m 

Onton  Culture . . .  . .  “2 

Our  Farm  of  Four  Acres  . .  . .  ■  . 

Furdee  on  Strawberry  Culture .  .  *•? 

Pm  rsoii*  on  the  Rose  . . . .  ■  *? 

Pear  Cultine  for  I’-oBt  (P-  f.  Qin-  id  .  1  ^ 

Practical  and  Sclent  111 c  irult  <  ulmm  (linker).. .  4  Ol 

Practical  H  irimilture  (F.  Houdurson) .  J  5U 

Pi-actWul  Poultry  Knem-r  it..  \\  rigliti. .  2  w, 

Prnellonl  Hhnpliorrt  I  Bub  dull) .  .  .  2  (X) 

QtlinhV's  Mysteries  of  Hue  Keeping . . .  J  p'' 

Qutmiy  on  nailtiig  Cattle — . . .  J 

HaiiitiiH's  Floe  Wool  hluieo  Husbundry .  ...  j  <«' 

Do.  slump  llustMiiiii-v  In  the  Sou  Hi . .  1  6" 

lUohiirdsiin  on  lln*  Dog . .  .  •’J] 

Hamid ers  DoWMiliO  Pnolm .  J1’ 

Bchonck's  Giirdem-r.s'  Text-Book . .  ij 

Retkbnor's  Produce Tiibles  . . .  si 

Do.  tteaitv  Ifeekoner  and  bog  Book .  . . >1) 

SUnosoii's  Korea  Portraiture  -  Breeding,  I*.car- 

imr  mm  Training  Trotters . . . 2  mi 

HlxHumircd  Hncipen .  . .  '  iV 

Skeleton  1  eaves .  -  VV 

Slack’*  Trout  culture  (now) . .  1  50 

fltewart’s  (John)  StMlile  Book . .  1  Ml 

Tcgui  lueler  *  Poultry  Book  (colorod  pliitr-s) .  (1  00 

Tegatmeler’e  Pigeon  Hook  (colored  plui.es) .  :>  00 

Ten  Acres  ICnougii.... . . . .  1  ’j 

The  Bouton  Machinist  U'  itzgerald) .  76 

T'lie  Dog  (by  Dinks,  Mh>  lie  w  tun!  li  ntehinuon). .  Bill 

Tins  1»k  (new) .  •  .  :.9 

Thu  Horse  (StoneHengid  Bvc.,t>.R  pn .  J  oO 

The  Mule  (Rlley)-A  Treatise  on  Ihe  Bleeding, 
Tntlnlmr  uml  u h  t<*  hr  tmiy  l»t'  pwi  . ...  I  54 J 

The  Pennlc's  Pruetical  Pnnltry  Book .  1  50 

Thomas’  Am.  Fruit  fulHirim.  WtKi  Hlnstratluna) .  3  M 

T’raoiMsrV  liuidc  ( Ne-whou -e)... .  2  00 

Trout  Culture  (Seth  t*r.-<on . . . . .  1  W 

Trowbridge's  (Mrs.  I.tior-*)  Kxi  olsior  book  Book 

wild  HousekeeptT’n  A  Id . .  .  ]  25 

Warder’s  Hedges  aim’  . . .  '  •''' 

I  W firing's  Elements  of  Agriculture .  l  ' o 

|  Wtnsoo’*  American  Hopm *  Garden .  2  oil 

Wax  Flowers, and  How  D>  M  'Id-  Then!.  .  2  M) 

i  Western  Fruit  liro  ipr*' Gnldi- '  l-JImtt) .  1  5[| 

Wheeler’s  Homos  for  the  t  eoplo . . .  ‘/J 

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SATURDAY,  MARCH  1,  1873. 


THE  RURAL’S  SPRING  CAMPAIGN! 

It  is  Pleasant  and  Profitable 

TO  FORM  CLUBS  FOR 


tion  ;  and  aggressive  action  with  the  purpose 
of  righting  a  wrong  is  always  a  defensive  act. 
We  are  not  sorry,  therefore,  to  see  combination 
among  farmers,  We  believe  In  it.  We  need  to 
have  developed  a  more  intelligent  sympathy 
and  fraternity  of  feeling  and  harmony  of  action 
among  ourselves.  We  want  to  learn  of  each 
other.  The  wisdom  that  the  best  of  the  profes¬ 
sion  possess  should  become  the  common  prop¬ 
erty  of  the  whole.  If  we  lack  knowledge  we 
want  the  most  enlightened  instruction  from 
men  who  appreciate  and  sympathize  with  our 
position  that  we  can  obtain.  Rut.  beware  of 
demagogues!  They  will  bo  found  among  farm¬ 
er*  us  everywhere  else.  They  will  seek  the 
power  which  the  united  confidence  of  the  farmer 
bestows.  Smooth-tongued  and  oily,  they  will 
not  hesitate  to  profess  lobe  the  farmer’s  friends 
for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  something  they  may 
sell  to  the  highest  bidder  among  bis  enemies. 

Combine  in  self  defense!  Combine  to  diffuse 
intelligent  knowledge  of  wlmt  will  elevate  the 
whole  claw  I  Combine  to  protect  each  other! 
It  Is  legitimate  and  proper.  To  know  what  is 
best  to  do  involves  the  necessity  for  combina¬ 
tion.  There  must  be  conference  with  each 
other.  There  must  be  mutual  concessions,  for 
the  purpose  of  agreement  upon  action  that  shall 
promote  the  common  interest  and  highest,  wel¬ 
fare  of  all. 

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RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

Agricultural  Conventions  In  JVcw  York  State. 
—An  effort  was  made  at  the  late  meeting  of  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  Now  York  State 
Agricultural  Society  to  Inaugurate  a  series  of 
Farmers'  Conventions  in  different  part*  of  the 
State,  under  the  auspices  of  t  he  Society  to  do 
something  to  awaken  a  more  direct  interest  in 
the  Society,  and  to  establish  more  intimate 
relations  with  the  farmers  of  the  State.  Hut 
there  happened  to  be  uJd  fogies  enough  left  In 
the  Hoard  to  defeat  any  such  project— modest 
men,  who  distrusted  the  power  of  the  State 
Society  to  instruct  or  enlighten  farmers  in  llieir 
vocation.  We  will  venture  to  say  that  these 
very  modest  men,  so  far  a*  they  individually 
are  concerned,  were  right;  but  it.  is  very  unfor¬ 
tunate  for  the  State  Society  that  it  has  so  many 
such  men  members  or  the  Executive  Commit¬ 
tee.  Probably  none  of  I  hem  ever  attended 
meetings  of  t  he  State  and  American  Dairymen’s 
Association,  nor  any  of  the  live  Farmers’  Club* 
and  Horticultural  Societies  in  the  Stale.  Then 
iliey  must  have  failed  to  see  (  he  real  object  of 
such  a  movement.  It  could  not  have  been  pro¬ 
posed  with  any  hope  that  the  State  Society 
would  be  able  to  enlighten  the  farmers,  but 
that  the  farmers  might  possibly  galvanize  the 
State  Society  and  Its  management  into  a  condi¬ 
tion  a  little  less  like  that  of  the  hibernating 
bear.  We  imagine  these  modest  men  would  lose 
none  of  their  modesty  by  such  contact  with 
the  farmers  of  the  State  ;  and  they  might  po*^. 
sibly  absorb  a  new  and  progressive  idea  or  two, 
of  which  there  is  not  now  too  great  a  surplus 
stock  among  them. 


their  resolutions  to  build  up  home  markets  by  Heed  and  Implement  list  for  1873— From  Wash- 
encouraging  home  manufactures.  It  is  the  minx  &  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.,  their  Amateur’s 
swiftest  and  surest  way  to  independence  of  Guido  to  the  Flower  Garden  for  1873— very  elab- 
freight  monopolies.  orate  and  complete. —  From  It.  H.  Allen  & 

**•  (Jo.,  189  and  191  Water  street,  New  York  City, 

A  National  Hallway  Exclusively  for  Freight  Descriptive  Catalogue  of  Seeds  and  Grains. - 

j  is  now  proposed  between  the  West  and  the  From  M  assey  &  Hudson,  Chestertown,  Md., 
J  East.  Of  course,  It  is  intended  to  be  under  the  PHca  List  of  Now  Plants  for  1873. — FromCnos- 
control  of  the  Government,  If  (his  were  not  a  j  MAX  Brothers,  Rochester,  N.  V„  Catalogue 
representative  government,  we  should  be  op-  an<i  Guide  to  the  Vegetable  and  Flower  Garden 

posed  to  it ;  but  since  the  people  are  the  sever-  r°r  - From  R.  D.  Haw  lev,  Hartford,  Ct., 

eigns,  and  it  is  to  be  built  for  the  people,  whose  ,’rire  List  of  Seed  and  Implement  Catalogue. — 
government  Is  little  else  than  a  corporation  In  *'rnm  G.  A.  Law,  Rosllndaie,  near  Ihmton,  Mass., 
which  all  are  stockholder*  and  have  a  voice  ip  I'-atalogue  of  Seeds,  Bulbs  and  Plants.  —  From 
its  management,  wo  see  little  objection  to  it,  Luther  Holmes,  See.  and  Trcm.,  Schedule  of 
although  there  are  many  who  think  we  have  Premiums  of  Mechanics’  and  Ag'l  Fair  Asso- 
“too  much  government”  now.  On  the  contra-  ^Dition  of  Louisiana;  Fair  commences  April  23. 
ry,  we  think  we  have  too  little, and  that  private  ri10  va®ue  Purdy’s  Smai.i,  Fruit  In- 

corporations  control  that  little  too  effectually.  ^truoto  tt,  advertised  in  our  columns,  maybe 
-  The  above  proposition  is  not  new,  however.  iudf  .d  fr°"'  1  he  ^Bowing  subjects  which  it 
Tor  we  published  an  aide  communication  on  the  ^ in*:-?maU  1  r,‘"  for  >’,'»niiy ;  Advice 

subject  in  the  RURAL  of  March  5.  1870.  and  in  '  !Sfiw '’C(!ln“ere;  "  bat  w  e  AV  ould  do  w  ith  Ten 

commenting  I  hereupon  said The  arguments  |  ,V°r°.! :  J  ‘®.  H,’rnc5  ot  th®  *  “rnicr !  Profits  of 
adduced  will,  we  think,  lead  many  of  our  read-  '  ,m'!.  *ru f'“’  in  Making  Small  Fruits 

era  to  coincide  In  the  views  expressed  and  con-  Marketing  FTuits;  Gathering  the 

elusion  arrived  at  by  the  writer,  and  tr>  fa  vr>rrli/»  I  !:ruJt  \  l  run  flint  I  »  riches  Quickly, 


ers  to  coincide  in  the  views  expressed  and  con¬ 
clusion  arrived  at  by  the  WTiter,  and  to  favor  flic 
construction  of  at  least  one  great,  double-track 
Freight  Road  between  t he  West,  and  tide-water, 
as  a  means  of  speodily  and  cheaply  transporting 
the  immense  produce  of  our  AV  astern  States  to  t 
Eastern  and  Foreign  Markets.” 

The  Relative  Nutrition  of  Bean*  and  Pens.— 

“ Many  interested  ”  ask  us  to  decide  which  are 
the  more  nutritious  food  beans  or  peas.  It  is 
not  an  uasy  question  to  decide.  Some  beans 
are  richer  than  pens  in  nutritious  substance, 
and  I'tec  verm.  They  arc  so  nearly  akin  in  value 
in  this  respect,  that  some  chemists  class  them 
together  In  their  descriptive  analyses,  Just  as 
botanists  put  them  in  the  same  family.  The 
difference  in  nutrition  depends  upon  variety, 
soil,  culture,  and  local  and  climatic  circum¬ 
stance*.  We  du  nut  know  of  any  analyse*  made 
where  the  circumstances  of  soil,  culture,  &c„ 
were  the  same,  with  a  view  to  determine  the 
comparative  nutrition.  A  n  examination  of  sev¬ 
eral  analyses,  however,  shows  that,  In  a  major¬ 
ity  of  CMOS,  peas  exhibit  more  nutritive  ele¬ 
ments  than  beans;  but  the  fact  Is,  that  certain 
varieties  of  beaus  are  found  to  yield  more  nu¬ 
tritive  substance  than  certain  varieties  of  peas. 
Hence,  we  must  take  the  general  average  of 
analyses  in  deciding  It)  favor  of  peas.  Peas,  as 
n  rule,  have  loss  husk,  less  water,  more  legumin, 
albumen,  &c.,  much  starch,  more  sugar  and 
more  oil. 


EXTRA  INDUCEMENTS 

A  PREMIUM  OR  CASH  COMMIS¬ 
SION  TO  EVERY  ACENT ! 

From  Feb.  22, 1873,  and  during  the.  Rural’s 
Spring  Campaign,  (if  not  longer,)  Every  Agent 
can  have,  either  a  Premium  or  Liberal  Cash 
Commission,  as  preferred.  Send  for  Supple 
me.nt  containing  full  particulars  as  to  both 
premiums  and  Cash  Commissions. 

Fast- ,7 1  asters,  M c.  rch  a  n  Is,  Ma  n ufa ct  u rers, 
Mechanics,  Clerks,  and  indeed,  most  persons 
engaged  in  Stores,  Offices,  Factories,  Shops, 
Ac.,  can  easily  form  clubs  without  leaving 
their  places  of  business  —  while  Farmers, 
Clergymen,  Teachers,  Pupils,  (both  O iris  and  i 
Boys,)  and  many  others,  can  make  it  pay  to 
canvass  their  towns  or  neighborhoods. 

SEND  FOR  THE  DOCUMENTS  ! 

FARMERS,  COMBINE! 

A  correspondent  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  asks:  — “Do  you  advise  farmers  to 
combine  ?  ”  That’s  all  he  asks.  If  he  had  speci¬ 
fied  the  object  of  the  combination,  we  might 
give,  perhaps,  a  more  satisfactory  answer.  We 
are,  however,  in  favor  of  farmers  combining.  It 
seems  to  us  the  only  hope  for  them.  We  do  not 
mean,  thereby,  that  any  fanner  should  lose  In¬ 
dividuality  or  surrender  his  Independence ;  but 
that  he  should  combine  with  his  brethren  to 
co-operate  for  mutual  protection  and  profit. 
There  is  the  same  necessity  for  it  there  is  for 
the  massing  of  on©  army  against  another—  for 
defense  or. aggression.  The  weaker  must  suc¬ 
cumb  to  the  stronger.  The  numerical  strength 
in  with  the  farmers  of  the  country;  but  the 
compact  organization  is  always  more  powerful 
in  proportion  to  its  unity.  Ton  men  are  often 
better  than  fifty  provided  the  ten  are  united 
and  the  fifty  are  fighting  without  direction  and 
each  on  his  own  hook. 

We  have  before  said,  in  these  columns,  that 
we  do  not  advocate  combinations  for  aggressive 
action,  except  to  right  a  wrong.  We  do  advo¬ 
cate  combination  in  self  defense — for  protec¬ 


An  Indignant  Contributor.— You  should  have 
seen  him  I— our  veteran  old  “  Daily  Rural  Life” 
—as  he  came  rushing  into  our  sanetum  the  other 
morning,  his  wide-rimmed  felt  hat  looking  as 
if  he  had  just  emerged  from  a  whirlwind,  his 
long  white  iiair  (of  seventy  summer*)  and  ven¬ 
erable  beard  looking  like  old  Boreas  himself. 
There  lie  stood,  with  his  eyes  (lashing  like  phos¬ 
phorescent  lire,  and  grasping  ;i  wonderfully 
beautiful  bouquet.  ‘‘There, sir !"  said  he, “read 
that  letter!  somebody  think*  me  an  arrant,  old 
humbug  that.  I  cannot  and  never  did  grow  a 
flower.  Mra. ‘Dally  Rural  Life’ Is  in  hysterics. 

I  can’t  and  won’t  standfsnoh  an  Imputation  on 
my  character.  I’m  too  old  not  to  know  what  I 
write  about,  and  have  lived  too  Jong  In  l  ids 
wicked  world  not  to  be  able,  to  do  all  I  say  1  do. 
Mrs.  ‘Dally  Rural  Life’  send*  you  these  (lowers, 
with  her  Indignant  compliments  to  that  infernal 
Doubting  Thomas  ;  and  she  wants  you  to  print, 
’em.  Will  you  do  it,  sir  ?”  Of  course  wo  would; 
and  the  old  Hurricane  thrust  under  our  deli¬ 
cate  |n wo  a  hunch  of  Saffrnno  rose  buds,  Le 
Purit.S  and  Dr  Grmnv  carnation*.  Zonule  Gera¬ 
niums,  Begonia  Fuchslauldes,  Cupheas,  etc. 
How  could  we  resist  him  and  withhold  the  evi¬ 
dence  of  hi*  Inmost  industry  and  good  faith 
with  our  readers?  The  fact  is,  we  feared  the 
venerable  old  fellow  would  out  our  and  our 
readers'  acquaintance  if  we  didn't  apologize, 
which  we  now  most  humbly  do— though  for  the 
life  of  us,  we  don't  know  why ! 

Cheap  Transport  a  ( ion  to  Tide-Water  by  rail 
is  loudly  called  for  by  Western  farmers,  and  the 
States  intermediate  between  Illinois  and  the 
seaboard  are  called  upon  to  pass  laws  fixing  rea¬ 
sonable  maximum  rates  for  transportation  of 
freight  and  passengers,  so  that  Western  farm 
products  may  reach  Eastern  markets  at  a  price 
not  five  times  the  cost  to  railways  for  the  ser¬ 
vice.  Then  it  is  urged  upon  Western  farmers 
to  support  home  trade*  and  home  manufac¬ 
tures.  If  the  high  rates  of  transportation  of 
grain  to  the  seaboard  only  result  in  turning  the 
attention  of  Western  farmers  to  building  up 
home  markets  hy  diversifying  their  industries, 
some  of  them  will  live  to  thank  railway  monopo¬ 
lies  for  the  protection  of  high  freight  torjffs; 
hut  railways  are  so  much  interested  in  securing 
traffic  that  It  is  to  their  interest  to  crush  out 
home  manufactures  by  affording  remote  manu¬ 
facturers  cheap  facilities  for  putting  their  goods 
in  competition  therewith.  We  hope  Western 
farmers  have  hack-bone  enough  to  adhere  to  : 


Haw  Sugar  Full  ol  Aonri  SaccharL— Prof. 

’  Cameron  of  Dublin  and  Dr.  Hass  all  of  Lon¬ 
don  assert  that  one  of  the  components  of  raw 
sugar  1»  the  A  cart  sarchari,  an  insect  of  which 
'  Prof.  Cameron  asserts  he  found  in  ten  grains 
1  weight  of  sugar  no  fewer  than  500,  many  of 
:  which  were  large  enough  to  he  visible  to  the 
naked  eye.  Ha  say*  It  I*  no  exaggeration  to 
affirm  that  there  cannot  bo  less  than  100,000  of 
these  insect©  in  every  pound  of  raw  sugar.  Dr. 
Hashall  found  considerably  over  100  living  in¬ 
sects  in  15  grain*  weight  of  sugar,  or  at  the  rate 
of  42,000  per  pound, and  a  Dr.  Barker  estimated 
L700  in  45  grain*  weight,  or  at  the  rate  of  208,000 
per  pound.  It  will  lie  a  gratification  to  sugar 
consumers,  however,  to  know  that  refined 
sugar*  do  not  contain  these  Insects,  since  they 
cannot  pass  through  the  charcoal  filters  in  the 
refilling  process,  and  because  refined  sugar*  do 
n»t  contain  any  nitrogenous  substance  upon 
•which  they  can  feed.  It  is  also  a  satisfaction  lo 
know  that  they  are  absent  from  maple  sugar. 

—  ■  mi - — 

Statistician  Dodge  „f  the  Department  of  Agri¬ 
culture  called  upon  us  the  other  day.  He  is 
(though  a  young  and  handsome  man  yet)  grow¬ 
ing  grey  in  the  service  of  the  Department.  We 
didn't  get  much  out  of  him  concerning  the  De¬ 
partment  matters;  nor  did  he  suggest  to  us 
that  he  was  the  fittest  man  on  the  footstool  to 
fill  the  office  of  Commissioner  of  Agriculture. 
Indeed,  1m  didn't  Ultimate  that  he  would  be 
happy  at  all  if  ho  was  deprived  of  Ids  regular 
daily  diet  of  figures  and  facts.  Hut  since  he  has 
gone,  we  have  heed  thinking  whether  it  would 
not  be  a  good  plan  for  Judge  Watts  to  resign, 
and  allow  President  Grant  to  apply  the  Civil 
Service  Reform  to  that  Department,  and  pro¬ 
mote  Mr.  Doduk  to  the  position  of  Commis¬ 
sioner.  Fact  is,  we  don’t  happen  to  know  any 
j  better  man  who  islwailable.  We  make  the  sug- 
|  gestion  to  Judge  Watts,  most  respectfully ;  and 
we  want  it  distinctly  understood  that  Mr. 
Dodoe,  nor  his  friends,  nor  his  friends*  friends, 
over  gave  us  an  intimation  that  lie  ever  thought 
of  desiring  such  an  infliction  of  responsibility. 
- - 

Western  v».  Eastern  Butter.— P.  W.  F.  is  in¬ 
formed  that,  so  far  as  we  know,  there  is  lit-  < 
tie,  if  any,  distinction  made  in  the  price  paid  1 
by  grocers  and  consumers  for  good  butter,  1 
no  matter  whether  it  come*  from  the  West  or 
the  East.  Doubtless  much  Western  butter  is 
bought  of  commission  men  under  an  invidious 
classification,  and  again  sold  as  Eastern  butter 
on  its  merits.  There  is  no  good  reason  why  a  { 
good  article  of  Western  hotter  should  not  bring  , 
as  much  par  pound  in  this  city  as  State  butter  ( 
of  no  better  quality;  and  it  probably  does,  as  a  l 

rule— the  commission  men  alone  being  Interest-  1 


I3l»c oi  Shipping  Crates;  A  Plan  for  Laying  out 
1 1  Fruit  and  Vegetable  Garden  of  Twenty  Acres ; 
.A  Plan  for  Laying  out  a  Small  Family  Garden  ; 
Stands  for  Gathering  Fruit;  Protection  from 
Wind;  Raising  New  Sorts;  Manures;  Liquid 
Manures;  reparation  or  Soil  for  Strawberries, 
and  Different  Methods  of  Growing— same  for 
Raspberries,  Blackberries,  Currants  and  Grapes ; 
Fig  Culture;  Plan  of  a  Fruit  Drying  House; 
Fruit  Boxes ;  Packing  Cases,  &<•.,  &e. 

- - 44* - - 

Stamp  Tax  on  .Medicine*. — A  correspondent 
tusks  if  a  revenue  stamp  is  necessary  upon  med¬ 
icines  that  are  not  patented.  We  reply No 
stamp  tax  is  charged  upon  medicines  com¬ 
pounded  according  to  the  United  States  or 
National  Pharmacopoeia,  or  any  formula;  nor 
upon  any  medicine  prepared  according  to  the 
prescription  of  a  physician  or  surgeon,  unless 
such  compounds  are  sold  os  proprietary  medi¬ 
cines.  If  proprietary  medicines,  perfumery, 
\c.,  are  stamped  according  to  their  retail  value 
in  the  vicinity  of  the  place  of  manufacture,  no 
further  stamps  are  necessary. 

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by  the  number  of  inquiries  we  get,  asking  where 
certain  seeds  &o.  can  bo  obtained,  all  of  our 
readers  do  not  take  pains  to  obtain  the  very 
complete,  elaborate  and  instruct  ive  oced,  imple¬ 
ment,  plant  and  nursery  catalogue*  which  are 
now  issued  by  every  prominent  firm  In  the  coun¬ 
try.  The  small  price  asked  for  theHe  secures 
the  possessor  thereof  a  vast  amount  Of  interest¬ 
ing  und  practical  Information.  Send  for  them. 

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Hop  Culture  the  Present  Season ,  —  A  corre¬ 
spondent  asks:  “What  do  you  tit  ink  of  the 
prospect  to  hop  growers  the  corning  season  ? 
Can’t  you  tell  u»?”  Yes.  Wo  think  It  is  a  good 
prospect,  provided  everybody  who  grows  them 
gets  a  crop  of  good  quality.  The  stock  left  in 
hand  at  the  close  of  the  season  will  bo  small, 
and  hops  must  bring  good  prices  unless  an  ex¬ 
traordinary  crop  is  produced. 


RURAL  BREVITIES. 

WE  have  inquiries  for  pure  Cotswold  sheep. 
>v  ho  has  them  for  sale? 

H.  W.  WATSON  is  informed  that  we  do  not 
know  t lie  uudross  of  the  parties  he  names. 

We  have  inquiries  for  Silver-Spangled  Poland 
fowls  or  their  eggs.  Who  has  them  for  sale  ? 

P.  N.  V.  Is  informed  that  we  do  not  know 
where  he  can  purchase  a  good  Percheron  stal¬ 
lion. 

Lord  Dun  moke  of  Scotland  ha*  recently  im¬ 
ported  three  Short-Horn  heifers  from  Ken¬ 
tucky. 

\V.  B.  R.  is  informed  that,  we  learn  the  Ameri¬ 
can  Vienna  Exposition  Commission  is  to  leave 
here  the  middle  of  March. 

B.  K.  Bliss  &  Son.  seedsmen  in  (his  city,  offer 
large  prizes  for  tlie  best  crops  of  certain  varie¬ 
ties  or  potatoes.  Send  for  a  premium  list. 

It  is  asserted  that  from  S.OOOJXX)  to  10,000,000 
sheep  are  boiled  down  for  their  tallow,  in 
Bueno*  Ayrea,  annually  wool  and  hide*  being 
a  secondary  consideration. 

New  Jersey  has  State  Poultry  Society, 
chartered  by  the  Legislature,  of  which  Jacob 
Pent/,  is  President,  Charles  Ayers  Secretary, 
and  Henry  R-  Howe  Treasurer.  This  answers 
1  •  I  «  c« 


BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


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HORSE  EPIDEMIC. 

A  physician.  In  a  communication  to  a  Buffalo 
paper  about  the  Horse  Epidemic,  says “  Exter¬ 
nally  I  used  and  would  recommend  Dr.  Trask’s  Mag¬ 
netic  Ointment  to  the  throat,  around  the  ears  and  on 
the  forehead.  Tin*  ointment  contains  tobacco  and 
lobelia,  and  operates  upon  the  mucous  glands  of  the 
head  and  throat  by  causing  an  increased  fiowof  seere- 


ed  in  perpetuating  a  classification  which  orig-  tlon  from  them,  at  the  same  time  by  its  relaxing  effect 
i Dated  in  time*  when  most  Western  butter  re-  removing  the  stricture  and  giving  almost  instant  re¬ 


ceived  hero  was  only  “  grease.” 

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Catalogues,  «Scc.,  Received. — From  VANDER¬ 
BILT  Brothers,  23  Fulton  street,  N.  Y.,  their 


Her  to  the  cough  and  breathing.”  it  is  kept  by  all 
Druggists. 

■ - IX - 

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t  he  cuisine  (kitchen)  is  in  the  middle,  and  oper 
Of  course,  it.  is  u  model  of  neat 
There  are  groat  caul 


For  Educational  Purposes 

It  Is  almost  incomparable.  There  are  lectures 
upon  almost  every  conceivable  topic,  by  the 
most  eminent  of  men,  and  free.  Hut  I  am 
sorry  to  say  that  women  arc  not  admitted  to 
all,  that  men  are.  For  Instance,  I  had  a  very 
lively  desire  to  soe  and  hear  IThnhv  Tainb,  the 
eminent  essayist,  and  applied  for  a  ticket  of 
admfssion  to  his  lectures  in  the  Boole  des  Beaux 
Arts  (School  of  Fine  Arts).  But  the  director 
told  me  women  were  not  admitted.  The  room 
in  Which  the  lectures  were  ordinarily  held  con. 


inu  over  the  bannisters  of  the  gallery.  .\3 
institution,  the  Bourse  Is  the  most  complete 
developer  of  the  total  depravity,  the  ferocious 
passions,  the  demonlsh  characteristics  or  men 
to  ho  Imagined.  The  struggling  for  flnancial 
success  or  financial  salvation  in  that  buying  and 
selling  and  gambling  sort 
Imagine  a  thousand  or 


to  full  view 

ness  and  arrangement  _ _ 

drons  of  soup  and  of  vegetables;  jars  of  con- 
served  fruits ;  inclosed  ranges  for  broiling  meats, 
and  rows  and  rows  of  cutlery  and  crockery,  with 
stacks  of  napkins.  The  interior  of  this  estab¬ 
lishment  is  very  pleasing.  The  roof  is  hand¬ 
somely  frescoed ;  there  are  large  mirrors  by 
every  table;  there  is  a  gallery  running  entirely 
around,  where  you  may  dine  and  look  down 
upon  the  people  below;  pots  of  Parisian  llowers 


OUR  EUROPEAN  LETTER 


Paris,  Feb.  9, 1873. 

Co-opcrnttve  Housekeeping 

Is  almost  realized  in  I  he  extensive  organization 
of  eating  houses  in  Paris,  of  hotels,  there  are 
nearly  ;5,(XHi;  of  restaurants,  1,000;  of  cafes,  be¬ 
tween  2,000  and 8,000 ;  of  establishments  Of  bouil¬ 
lon,  05  Or  70  j  and  of  cafe  concerts,  upwards  of 
to.  As  1  have  breakfasted  or  dined  In  twenty 
or  thirty  different  establishments,  I  feci  “in¬ 
formed"  on  the  subject  of  eat  ing,  and  as  appar¬ 
ently  “all  the  world”  In  Paris  dine  in  restau¬ 
rants  or  cafes,  it  1s  a  matter  of  positive  interest, 
at  least  to  Parisians.  Even  the  poorer  classes 
the  working  people,  take  their  families  every 
Sunday,  at  least,  to  “dine  out."  And  one  great 
beauty  of  these  cafes  and  restaurants  Is  that, 
nearly  all,  down  to  the  fourth  class,  arc  respect¬ 
able. 

The  expense  of  dining  varies  from  two  francs 
(1(1  cents)  to  eight  francs  for  table  d'hote.  Table 
d’hote  Is  at  six  o’clock,  and  the  tables  are  usual¬ 
ly  very  long.  One  Is  served  first  to  soup,  then 
fish,  various  courses  of  meats  and  fowl,  vege¬ 
tables,  snlade  dessert  and  vln ordinaire  (the  ordi¬ 
nary  wine  Of  France).  In  I  he  restaurants,  where 
there  is  a  fixed  price  for  dinner  and  one  can 
dine  exceedingly  well  for  two  francs  and  a  hair 
—you  are  furnished  a  bill  of  fare  from  which 
you  can  choose  soup,  meat,  fowl,  vegetable,  snl¬ 
ade.  and  dessert,  with  wine  or  beer  included. 
You  always  have  a  large,  clean  napkin,  clean 
cutlery,  china  warmed,  and  a  little  wooden  stool 
for  your  feet.  While  wait  ing  for  your  dinner, 
you  are  furnished  with  a  Journal  to  read  ir  you 
like.  In  addition  to  the  price  you  pay  for  your 
dinner,  you  are  expected  to  give  to  the  waiter 
who  serves  yon  from  three  to  six  sous  (one  .sou 
is  equal  to  a  penny).  The  waiters  receive  no 
other  compensation  than  these  gratuities.  These 
sous  are  all  deposited  in  one  common  Hind,  and 
at  the  end  of  each  day  or  week  an  equal  divis¬ 
ion  is  made  among  the  waiters,  tin*  proprietor 
himself  coming  In  fora  share.  The  only  restau¬ 
rant  in  which  I  have  boon  where  fees  were  not 
expected,  was  where  a  table  d'hote  dinner  was 
served  for  two  francs,  and  where  the  waiters 
wore  all  women. 

As  a  general  ride,  table  waiters  and  chamber 
“  maids"  are  men.  In  one  hotel  where  1  stm>- 


of  a  way,  Is  fearful, 
more  men  in  one  room, 
packed  close  as  matches  in  an  unbroken  box, 
all  clamoring,  yelling,  red,  angry  and  excited  to 
the  utmost  tension,  and  the  whole  mass  sway¬ 
ing  and  surging, at  limes  crushing  a  man  nearly 
lifeless,  and  you  may  form  some  Idea  of  the 
Bourse,  which  regulates  values,  and  the  pro¬ 
ceedings  of  which  are  telegraphed  every  ten 
minutes  all  over  France. 

I  went,  a  few  clays  since,  to  hear 

Ernest  Renan 

discourse  In  the  College  of  France.  He  is  one 
of  the  professors  In  the  college,  and  on  this  oc¬ 
casion  spent,  an  hour  in  making  explanations 
on  one  of  the  chapters  In  I  lie  book  of  Job,  and 
in  drawing  comparisons  between  the  Hebraic, 
Chaldato  and  Syriac  texts.  He  Is  very  learned 
in  ancient  tongues,  and  although  lie  does  not 
accept  the  deity  of  Christ,  his  Scriptural  his¬ 
tories  have  a  high  value.  Ho  Is  a  short,  stout 
figure,  with  a,  Teutonic  face,  an  immense  nose, 
a  large  mouth,  (lorid  complexion,  bright  blue 
eyes,  and  light  brown  hair  a  lilt  I,,  gray;  he  has 
handsome  hands,  gesticulates  constantly,  and 
is  Intensely  repressive  and  dramatic  in  his  man¬ 
ner.  There  wore  about  twenty-live  men  present 
(mostly  savants)  to  hear  him,  and  three  women. 
He  teaches  conversationally,  and  Is  very  cordial 


CHINESE  LIFE 


CHINESE  "WIXsTISrc 

are  well  arranged  in  various  places,  and  when 
the  great  salle  is  lighted  at  night,  the  scone  Is 
very  brilliant. 

In  all  the  cafes  a  small  bottle,  of  cognac  Is 
served  with  the  coffee.  There  are  establish¬ 
ments  where  you  can  buy  chickens,  turkeys, 
geese,  all  kinds  of  fowl  dressed  and  stuffed, 
ready  lu  roast,  or  buy  them  already  roasted; 
sometimes  t  hey  are  most  deliciously  prepared. 
One  of  the  latest  French  dishes  in  which  I  have 
indulged  was  a  dozen  snails;  dressed  and  cook¬ 
ed,  i  hey  cost  but  a  sou  each.  I  found  them  de¬ 
licious  not  so  much  so  as  oysters,  but,  exceed¬ 
ingly  palatable. 

The  Cnfe  Concerts 

give,  usually,  gratuitous  admission  ;  but  when 
an  admission  fee  is  demanded,  you  are  entitled 
to  a  glass  of  beer  or  coffee.  Qt  horwlse,  you  pay 
Tor  your  refresh ments  aftcnvnrd.  The  seats  aro 
arranged  as  I'nr  a  concert,  except  that,  a  shelf 
fashioned  at  the  back  of  each  row  of  seats 
forms  a  sort  of  table  for  your  boor  or  coffee, 
for  matches  and  cigars  if  yon  are  a  smoker. 
The  singing  commences  about  half-past  seven 
and  continues  until  eleven.  Everybody  comes 
and  goes  as  ho  pleases.  The  performance  con¬ 


tained  a  small  gallery  shut,  off  by  a  grating,  and 
behind  this  grating  women  were  sometimes  ad¬ 
mitted.  But  this  room  was  undergoing  repairs, 
and  even  the  Immense  privilege  of  peering 
through  iron  bars  Into  Paradise  could  not  at 
present  be  granted.  However,  I  concluded  to 
appeal  to  Monsieur  Taink  himself,  and  he 
wrote  mo  a  charming  letter,  full  of  regret  at 
his  Inability  to  grant  me  admission,  Tor  as  ho 
declared,  the  presence  of  one  lady  would  de¬ 
moralize  I  ho  entire  class;  they  would  hear 
nothing  of  the  lecture  ! 

The  Paris  Bourse. 

^Aifopos  to  this,  was  a  visit  r  paid  one  day  to 
r  ue  Bourse-  the  Wall  streot  Exchange  of  Paris. 
I'horo  is  a  wide  gallery  surrounding  the  three 
sides  of  this  Pandemonium,  which  is  open  to 
women  as  well  as  men  spectators.  1  went  In 
with  a  gentleman,  and  he  led  me  cautiously 
around  until  lie  found  a  vacant  place  under  the 
shelter  of  a  pillar,  whore  he  installed  tru*,  stand¬ 
ing  immediately  hack  of  me,  as  if  to  secure  me 
from  observation.  It  struck  mo  as  being  droll, 
and  I  asked  what,  ho  was  afraid  of.  “Simply 
this,  he  said,  “if  a  policeman  sees  you  looking 
on  at  the  men  holow,  ho  will  march  you  away ;” 


A  (.HINK8E  traveler  says  it  is  difficult  to  say 
what  wo  have  borrowed  from  the  Chinese.  The 
traveler  In  China  cannot,  fail  to  observe  many 
contrivances  In  use  which  are  considered  new 
with  US,  and  may  be  as  old  as  ChinoBe  civiliza¬ 
tion.  Agriculture  was  one  of  the  earliest,  arts 
practiced  in  China.  When  we  look  at  the  im¬ 
plements  used,  anti  notice  their  close  rorsern- 
h lance,  or  even  Identity  with  our  own,  wo  aro 
forotid  to  own  that  wo  owe  something  of  our 
*  iviii/.utioh  and  our  appliances  to  these  rnuch- 
dcsplsed  Celestials,  who  in  t  heir  turn  owe  the 
idea  of  their  tails  to  our  common  ancestors. 

I  heir  plow,  the  mode  of  thro  thing  grain,  and 
winnowing  (see  Illustration),  nil  resemble  what 
were  in  use  among  ourselves  half  a  century  ago. 

Trades  of  all  kinds  are  practiced  In  the  open 
streets  in  China.  There  are  traveling  black¬ 
smiths,  hatters,  joiners,  umbrella  makers,  tink¬ 
ers,  tinsmiths,  cooks,  confectioners,  lapidaries, 
barbers,  doctors,  dentists,  Jewelers,  clothiers, 
and  cobblers,  like  the  one  In  our  sketch.  They 
all  carry  their  shops  about  with  them.  If  a  cus¬ 
tomer  wants  IdB  shoes  mended,  ho  will  lied  his 
man  at  the  first  street,  corner  (see  Illustration), 
strike  a  bargain,  lake  olf  his  lines,  smoke  the 
cobbler’s  pipe,  and  wait  patiently  till  he  has 
finished.  A  few  steps  further  ho  may  doff  his 
coat,  and  hand  il  for  repair  to  a  street  tailor  or 
tailoresn.  Should  he  be  afflicted  with  toothache 
while  he  waits  for  his  coat,  lie  may  have  Ids 
tooth  extracted  by  some  traveling  dentist,  who 
will  place  a  little  powder  in  the  decayed  tooth, 
cause  his  patient  to  sneeze,  and  it  will  drop  out ; 
or,  If  desired,  the  dent  ist  will  fix  in  a  new*  fang 
for  about  sixpence  of  our  money. 


i"'  ’"i  ■  * ;  i  ( i 


POWERS  AND  TWO  ENGLISH  WOMEN 


Soon  afterward  the  ill-bred  women  paused  be¬ 
fore  the  bust  of  a  lady,  and  the  following  com¬ 
ments  were  uttered  : 

“  What  an  ugly  face  J” 

“  What  a  mean  expression  about  the  mouth !” 

“  Isn’t  It  'orrlblo?” 

W  hose  is  It  ?  asked  one  of  them,  addressing 

Mr.  Powers. 

“  That  is  a  portrait  of  my  wife,”  said  the  artist, 
modestly. 

“  V  our  wife !"  repeated  one  of  the  women,  and 
then,  nothing  abashed,  added,  “  Who  are  you  ?” 

“My  name  Is  Powers,  madam,”  he  answered, 
very  politely. 

This  discovery  evidently  disconcerted  the  im¬ 
pudence  oven  of  these  visitors,  and  they  Imme¬ 
diately  loft  the  studio. 


CHIN  E  S  E  STB 

slsts  of  ballad  singing,  the  playing  of  a  little 
comedy,  some  gymnastic  or  trapeze  exhibition, 
and  the  like.  There  are  from  half  a  dozen  to  a 
dozen  singers  and  players,  and  one  sometimes 
hears  singing  more  pleasing,  if  riot,  so  artistic, 
than  at,  the  opera.  It  Is  in  these  numberless 
things,  and  the  free  and  independent  way  of 


BET  COBBLER. 

aud  almost  Immediately  I  felt  a  slight  touch 
upon  oiy  shoulder,  with,  “I  regret,  madame, 
that  it  Is  not  allowable  here  for  ladies  to  stand 
by  t  he  railing.”  It  was  too  ridiculous  to  be  of¬ 
fensive- the  women  being  allowed  to  enter,  to 
talk  and  promenade,  but  not  to  look !  However, 
we  eluded  the  gens  d’armes,  and  I  looked  as 
long  as  1  liked  ;  but  tiro  most  amusing  thing  of 
all  was  to  see  the  poor  policeman  walking  and 
spying  to  and  fro,  in  search  of  a  woman  look- 


CORE'S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


MAR8H  h 


<©itr  Jstorn- teller. 


THE  COMPLIMENTS  OF  THE  SEASON. 

-  I  c 

CHAPTER  I. 

A  servant  entered  the  bright,  warm  and  fra-  I 
grant  library  of  Clavering  Castle,  and  said : 

“  Any  more  letters  for  the  post,  my  lady  ?"  } 

The  lady  never  looked  up  from  her  knitting.  t 
The  answer  cam©  from  Lord  CJavwing,  who  wm  j 
seated  at  ;i  writing-table.  "The  letter*  are  ^ 
there" — indicating  the  place  by  u  nod  of  a  not  ( 
very  youthful,  but  yet  very  handsome  head.  Still  |  f 
the  lady  went  on  with  her  knitting.  Click,  click  !  ( 

the  little  noise  marked  a  great  alienee  mi  ob¬ 
stinate  si len eo,  a  silence  of  the  soul—  enforced,  i  , 
and  requiring  a  strong  power  for  that  end;  i 
there  was  a  sort  of  spirit  about  the  dick  of  the  i  ^ 
bright  pin*,  which  told  very  plainly  that  words  } 
would  have  been  plentiful,  if  words  could  have 
been  of  any  use.  Then  the  door  closed  on  the  j 
servant  and  the  handful  of  letters,  and  most  vig¬ 
orously  even  with  the  vigor  of  rlc&pcration  -  ,  , 
went  the  knitting  pins;  and  the  diamond-ring  ( 
on  a  very  pretty  little  white  hand  flashed,  and  a  , 
beautiful  foot  gave  a  nervous  jerk  to  the  foot¬ 
stool,  which  lilt  the  fender,  and  then  down  came 
the  llre-irons  all  together  with  a  terrible  sound : 
and  the  fair  culprit  shrieked,  and  dropped  the 
knitting,  mid  jumped  up  with  a  white  face  and 
eyes  full  of  tears;  mid  the  gentleman  rung  the 
bell  violently,  and  went  to  the  door,  which  had 
scarcely  closed  on  the  servant,  who  now  re- 
crossed  the  hall,  still  with  letters  in  his  hand. 

His  master  took  the  letters  from  him,  kept 
back  one,  returned  the  others,  with  the  words, 
"That.  Is  all ! "  and  throwing  it  dexterously  into 
the  lady's  lap- for  she  had  again  sat  down  he 
said ; — 

“For  heaven's  sake,  manage  it  your  own  way.” 

“  Herbert,  it  is  no  use  my  doing  anything.  If 
anything  is  to  be  done,  you  must  do  it ! " 

“  And  I'll  seethe  wholeof  them  at  Jericho  be¬ 
fore  I  will  do  anything." 

"I  cannot— I  never  could— understand  this 
continued,  tills  undying  Idea,  that,  they  have  of¬ 
fended  you." 

“  it  is  not  offense ;  it  is  injury.  Every  Christ¬ 
mas  I  wrote  to  his  father,  and  told  him  why  I 
could  not  have  him  hero,  and  said  that  I  bore 
him  no  malice.  1  did  this  the  first  year  of  my 
coming  hero ;  the  year  of  my  father's  death,  the 
year  of  our  marriage.  Now  that  Richard  Hunt- 
ly  is  dead,  I  write  to  his  son.  Why  should  not 
I  ?  What  would  you  do  ?  " 

"I  would  ask  him  hero." 

"  How  could  he  enter  a  house,  when  the  en¬ 
trance  to  that  house  was  forbidden  to  his 
father? " 

“Then  I  would  say  to  him  that  I  was  sorry  it 
had  been  forbidden." 

"Which  would  bo  a  falsehood." 

“  Make  It  a  truth,  then.” 

“  it’s  no  use  being  superhuman,  Julia.” 

"  I  can't  agroo  with  you." 

"  Then  I  can  only  repeat  my  words— for  heav¬ 
en’s  sako,  manage  it  your  own  way." 

"  For  heaven’s  sake,  using  the  words  wit  h  a 
meaning,  I  coaid  do  It." 

“How?" 

“I'll  show  you." 

Lady  Clavering  wont  to  the  writing-table  and 
began  to  write.  Presently  she  read  aloud  as 
follows 

"Deaii  Mn.  IIrNTLY,-I  write  myself;  for  I 
can  write  on  what  i»  to  be  the  subject  of  tb  s 
note  more  easily  than  Lord  Clavering.  'our 
father  and  Lord  Clavering  wore  long  separated 
— vou  must  know  that ;  and  you  probably  know 
the  cause— It  was  a  cause  with  which  you  never 
had  any  concern.  Your  father  has  been  dead 
nearly  a  year.  Christmas  has  almost  come.  Vtill 
vou  join  our  Christmas  gathering,  as  in  former 
years  your  father  always  joined  it,  in  his  uncle  s 
house,  though  never  In  his  cousins?  That, 
cousin,  however,  will  be  glad  to  let  old  troubles 
die.  I  hope  you  will  not,  by  refusing  our  invi¬ 
tation,  decide  that  they  are  to  live. 


had  been  disappointed  in  bis  expectation  of  to  England  again,  the  first  friend  I  sought  out 
honoy-moon-hsrmonvi  for  she  had  fought  Mr.  was  Huntly.  At  another  Christmas  gathering, 
Huntly’s  battle  unasked  and  unassisted,  and  en-  the  last  the  old  earl  gave  In  this  place,  we  met, 
tlroly.o*  it  seemed,  at  the  suggestion  of  her  own  and  our  boys,  and  Lady  Mary-  My  father,  too- 
etrong  common  sense  and  real  good-feeling.  a  perfect  specimen  of  a  poor,  high-minded  gen-  , 
"Now,  if  Richard  HuntJy  should  refuse  to  tleman. 

„  “Of  course,  I  remember  him,  interrupted 

“  He  has  a  right  to  refuse.  And  be  can,  1/ he  Lady  <  layering, 
pleases,  I  have  no  anxiety  about  that,"  she  said.  “  There  was  a  girl  staying  here  whom  I  had 
“It  will  feel  awkward,  though."  known  all  her  life  nearly.  Her  mother,  who 

“Not,  at  all;  the  only  possible  awkwardness  was  a  widow,  had  always  wished  me  to  marry 
has  been  avoided.  It  would  have  been,  to  say  her  daughter.  Kate  Latimer  must  have  been 
the  least,  awkward  to  have  made  Richard  Hunt-  twenty-five  about  that  time.  She  had  been  a 

ly  suffer  for  his  father.  It  is  no  crime  to  bo  one's  mere  child  when  first,  the.  wish  arose  In  her 

fat  bar's  son.  But  I  suspect  that  a  discourtesy  mother's  mind;  and  her  mother  had  told  me 
or  an  unklndnoss,  if  persevered  In  and  perpetu-  how  much  she  had  wished  It;  how  she  had  even 
alJv  repeated,  might  become  some  sort  of  a  spoken  of  it  to  ray  mother,  and  how  well  off 
crime  •  and  that  possibility  I  do  wish  to  avoid.”  Kate  would  be  with  her  savings  made  in  that 
"You  would  shift  the  crime  to  Richard’s  hope,  in  addition  to  wbat  she  would  inherit 
shoulders?”  under  her  father's  will.  You  see,  to  think  Of  I 

“Oli  no!  He  has  a  right  to  do  as  he  pleases,  her  for  ray  second  wife  was  the  most  natural 
If  he  does  not  wish  to  increase  his  acquaint-  thing  in  the  world.  I  had  in  my  absence  won 
ance  he  can  say  so."  1  more  glory  ihan  gold.  Fred  was  beginning  to 

“Perhaps  he  will  say  that,  as  I  disliked  his  be  expensive,  I  had  nothing  to  do  but  to  marry; 
father,  he  refuses  to  visit  mo.”  and  I  made  love  to  Kate  under  the  best  possible 

“He  may  say  so.  He  has  his  right,  and  can  auspices,  and  with  a  certainty  of  success.  She 
feel  as  ho  likes  and  say  what  he  pleases.  I  think  was  very  pleasant,  very  fond  of  me-shc  was,  I 

that  he  can  say  so  without  any  harm;  but  I  feel  know  she  was,"  said  the  gentleman,  with 

that  It.  would  iiave  been  harm  If  wo  bad  perpet-  1  energy.  ^  ^ 

uated  the  estrangement.  Herbert,  what  had  "  I  don’t  believe  it,"  said  Lady  Clavering 
you  said  to  him  ? ”  “  Well,  then,  she  was  the  greatost 

a Botid  It/’  **  Nt>i  no !  Go  on. 

She  read,  and  laughed.  “  Oh  how  like  a  man  !  “I  made  the  result  sure,  os  r  thought;  but 
Oli  what  .1  new  way  of  keeping  Christmas!"  what  with  the  dancing,  the  feasting,  the  renew- 
Then  she  read  aloud  in  a  voice  trembling  with  als  of  friendship,  and  all  the  good-will  of  every 
amusement:  P°S6ibl«  kiud  thal  flowed  Christmas  and 

.  _  _  .  brought  In  the  new  year,  I  really  had  not  had  a 

“Sin— Your  father  and  I  were  first  cousins,  ,.hance  of  lUe  thlDg .  ttod  then  I  got  so 

we  Sri  befriends.  I  have  for  twelve  years  suddenly  recalled,  that  I  was  obliged  to  write  to 
written  to  him  at  this  season  to  sav,  that  though  hcr.  1  wroto  to  her  from  myquartcrs.  Huntly 
I  never  desired  to  see  him  again,  1  bore  him  no  WJM  wj^  m  ftr„j  he  was  to  return  here.  I  did 

'...I. .«*  loll  U«  wl*t  «*,  contained  i  I  only 
nines*  and  success,  with  which  my  Christmas  said  to  him  these  words,  1  could  swear  to  the 
communications  will  naturally  cease.  If  Lady  wordrtf_‘  1  am  thinklngof  marrying  again.  Will 

you  civ.  thin  to  K«t«  l.atlmef  ?'  Th.i not.  »» 
ailments  to  her.  contained  in  a  parcel  of  gloves  which  I  thought 

Your  obedient  servant.  Ci.AVERlnt, she  had  won  of  me.  You  must  rememher  1  was 

“Whv  I  call  It  a  very  good  letter,”  said  his  very  poor,  and  Huntly  was  rich.  Well  Huntly 
vvny,  1  ■  gave  her  the  pared;  and  he  said,  as  he  put  it 

iordsh  p  ...  .  irt  into  her  hand,  4  Will  you  bo  my  wife,  MtesLatl- 

.. Then  mit°on  nii'l'como  wltt.  mo  to  mer r  She  .«...«d.  Til  tUUik  of  It/  She 

,  1 .1.  Y  ■«.„  *1,1  it  ourselves  "  was  going  up  stairs  to  dress  for  dinner.  This  is 

lhlT  h  ey  mere  wljhlng  to  li.o  vllloee,  I.ody  l,»  -  stiHT,  told  with  overf  putlenlnr  tome. 

^ISu’on'lm  ami  to  tolh'of  'anythlne  thought.'  .he  repeated,  and  walked  out  into  the 

analn  =.|  you  know 

dear  Mends.  I  think  hi™  «»<»•«*“>-•  ,  ,  |iad  hotter  send  hack  thoitlovs.  I 

inv  senior.  He  war.  an  only  son ;  no  was  I.  He  mm.  11 . . . 


Clavering  station.  I  think  of  nothing  else.  All 
I  know  Is,  we  wuet  be  happy.  J-  C. 


pliments  to  her. 

Your  obedient  servant. 


Ci.aveulng.” 


“  Why,  I  call  It  a  very  good  letter,”  said  his 
lordship  testily. 

“  Only  mine  Is  bettor ! "  she  said. 

"Then  put  on  your  hat,  and  come  with  mo  to 
the  village— wo  will  post  it  ourselves.” 

As  they  were  walking  to  the  village,  Lady 
Clavoring  resumed  the  subject.  “  Stilly  Her¬ 
bert,  I  never  can  see  bow  you  arc  injured."  She 
had  an  instinct  t  hat  it.  was  good  for  her  husband 
to  talk  over  the  matter.  Besides,  her  own  mind 
was  full  of  the  subject,  and  to  talk  of  anything 
else  just  then  would  have  been  difficult. 

“ How  could  any  man  have  been  mope  grossly 
injured  in  such  a  matter?  " 

“  Well,  hut  tell  me  again,  dearest ;  you  know 
I  hnve.  always  fatled  to  understand." 

‘‘  Huntly  and  I  were  friends  and  cousuie.--^ 


Having  read  this,  she  said : 

44  Now  add  a  postscript." 

“  And  what  am  1 10  say  ?  " 

“That,  you  agree  to  what  I  have  written.” 

80  Lord  C'hivcring  took  the  pen  from  his  wife's 
hand,  and  wrote : 

“I  agree  in  taking  Lady  Clavering’s  view  of 
the  matter.  If  you  too  accept  her  guidance, 
you  will  not.  repent,  I  think— anyhow,  not  il  1 

can  help  it." 

44  Very  pretty,"  said  his  wife  ;  and  she  held  tip 
her  face  to  be  kissed  ;  and  her  husband  obeyed 
the  suggestion  with  readiness  and  cordiality. 

“  But  It  will  he  a  great  bore  if  you  always  get 
your  own  way  though." 

“  O  Herbert.,  after  twelve  years !  ” 

He  could  only  laugh  and  kiss  her  again. 

The  truth  was,  that  no  woman  ever  loved  her 
own  way  less  than  Lady  Clavering ;  but  a  great  I 
puzzle  had  got  Into  her  life ;  and  an  aversion  of 
many  years*  standing  on  her  husband  s  part  was 
making  a  difficult  time  of  the  closely  coming 
Christmas.  Khe  was  a  very  charming  woman; 
she  was  still  young,  being,  in  fact,  not  within  six 
months  of  thirty.  She  had  married  Immediately 
oncoming  out- the  great,  match  of  the  season— 
a  widower  aged  thirty-four,  with  a  boy  of  ten 
years  old.  This  boy  was  now  returning  from 
Italy,  not  intending,  however,  to  spend  Christ¬ 
mas  at  home  ;  but  their  two  lovely  little  girls 
were  to  come  back,  bringing  with  them  Lady 
Clavering’s  mother— in  whose  house  at  St.  Leon¬ 
ard’s  they  had  been  st  aying— the  next  day. 

Lord  Clavoring  enjoyed  nothing  more  than  a 
season  of  occasional  loneliness  with  this  very 
charming  wife.  They  always  became,  for  the 
time,  young  lovers  again.  Only  this  Winter  he 


my  senior.  He  was  an  only  son ;  so  was  1.  ne  “ 
had  married  early,  being  a  rich  man.  and  to  be  t 
a  richer;  but  1  was  a  poor  man,  and  then  never 
t  hinking  of  riches  nor  expecting  rank .  I  was  a  c 
youth,  a  lieutenant;  nnd  married  poor  Clara- 
she  w  as  the  prettiest  lit  He  thing.  Of  course  my  5 
father  was  angry,  or  disappointed.  Ho  too,  you  1 
know,  was  in  the  army,  and  he  had  a  good  ap-  1 
point ment;  hut  we  had  not  three  hundred  a  1 
year  beyond  our  earnings  between  us.  Then 
Huntly  married.  Wiser,  richer  and  older,  he  did  (  « 
the  right  thing,  and  the  woman  was  educated, 
plain,  sensible,  with  a  fortune.  She  had  half  I 
a  dozen  bridesmaids,  and  a  bishop  tied  the 
knot,  1  remember  she  had  some  wonderful  w  ay  ' 
of  doing  her  hair,  and  how  my  poor  little  Clara 
used  to  laugh  at  it.  Lord  Clavering,  my  father’s 
first  cousin,  asked  us  here  to  the  great  custom¬ 
ary  Christmas  gathering:  and  the  two  brides 
met,  and  Huntly  and  I.  There  had  been  a  deal 
of  management,  to  get  money  enough  to  buy  my 
Clara  a  white  ball-dress,  and  site  had  to  sew 
holly-loaves  on  a  string  to  loop  up  her  skirt ; 
but,  wo  were  very  happy,  poor  lit  t  ie  pet ! "  and 
Lord  Clavering  sighed. 

His  w  ife  pressed  his  arm  lovingly.  4‘  I  so  like 
to  hear  of  h«r,"  she  said;  "pray  goon.  I  like 
the  way  you  speak  of  her  very  much." 

“My  darling,"  he  said, 44  we  were  not  much 
more  than  boy  and  girl;  hut  we  loved  well.  And 
she  died  without  any  rude  waiving,  such  as  fa¬ 
tigue  in  India,  poverty  and  a  dozen  children 
might  have  given  us.  She  might  have  suffered 
a  great  deal  in  the  years  or  strife  that,  had  to  be  1 
lived  through,  before  the  death  of  Lord  Claver¬ 
ing  and  his  two  sons  without  children  gave  the 

title  and  estates  to  you  and  me.  But  to  go  on,  | 
Hunt  ly  was  prodigiously  handsome  and  rich. 
His  well-dowered  wife  looked  down  on  Clara 
with  some  condescension,  but  not.  unkindly;  j 
Huntly  and  I  were  glad  to  meet.  Our  insopara- 
hie  ways  began  again;  and  1  am  sure  men  have 
seldom  felt  greater  mutual  trust  than  we  did. 
We  parted,  he  telling  me  to  apply  to  him  if  I 
ever  wanted  a  friend.  It  was  a  splendid  party 
here.  'Ye  may  do  our  best,  Julia ;  but  the  gray 
hairs  are  wanting." 

44  Yes,"  said  Lady  Clavering,  softly;  "but  we 
giow  gray  ourselves,  Herbert.  Go  cm,  if  you 
please. 

“Within  a  year  I  had  aeon,  and  I  had  lost  a 
wife.  She  lived  three  months  after  our  boy 
was  born— Oh,  such  a  beautiful,  angelic,  child¬ 
like  creature  !  and  she  sighed  out  her  life  In  my 
arms.  Then  I  wrote  to  Huntly,  and  made  him 
Fred’s  guardian,  and  I  went  out  to  India.  The 
.  first,  letter  I  got  in  India  told  me  of  Mrs.  Hunt- 
•  ]y's  death.  Their  boy  was  a  few  months  older 
>  than  mine.  Lady  Mary,  my  aunt,  took  both 
»  ren,  and  brought  them  up.  When  I  came 


1  gave  In  this  place,  we  met,  And  that  night  Lord  Clavering  with  a  white 
Lady  Man-*  My  father,  too—  face,  said,  “  Don't  press  me  too  far.  Julia.  You 
of  a  poor,  high-minded  gen-  j  said  some  Joking  things  about  that  woman— 

I  about  Mrs.  Huntly  and  her  daughter.  I  can’t 
©member  him,”  interrupted  do  that.  Do  you  understahd  1—lhat  will  never 

tie,  that  need  never  be.  We  can't  help  feeling 
rl  staying  here  whom  I  had  wounds,  though  we  may  forgive  the  hands  that 
e  nearly.  Her  mother,  who  gave  them." 

always  wished  me  to  marry  She  looked  up  into  his  face  very  tearfully, 
ite  Latimer  must  have  been  “Never  mind,  dear.  Goodnight.” 

that  time.  She  had  been  a  - 

first  the  wish  arose  In  her  CHATTER  II. 

ml  her  mother  had  f  old  me  Something  of  the  supernatural  there  certainly 
wished  It;  how  she  had  even  was  In  Lady  Clavering.  Then,  too,  a  good  geni- 
ly  mother,  and  how  well  off  1  us  had  arrived  in  the  person  of  her  mother,  Mrs- 
h  her  savings  made  in  that  Beaumont,  (Did  the  space  allowed  permit  of  a 
to  what  she  would  inherit  long  parenthesis,  it  would  be  placed  here  in 
;  will.  You  see,  to  think  of  I  praise  of  that  best  and,  for  her  age,  most  beau- 
1  wife  was  the  most  natural  I  Uful  of  women.)  And  certainly  two  fairies 
.  I  had  In  my  absence  won  wore  added  to  the  council  of  peace  in  the  little 
old.  Fred  was  beginning  id  ladies.  Muriel  and  Anna,  who  arrived,  the  per- 
1  nothing  to  do  but  to  marry;  feet  Impersonal  ion*  of  love  and  gladness,  with 
i  Kate  under  lho  best  possible  heads  and  hands  full  of  sweetmeats,  lllumi- 

I  a  certainty  of  success.  She  nated  let  ters,  plum-cakes  of  all  sizes,  garments 
very  fond  of  me— she  was,  I  of  innumerable  devices,  an  Inconceivable  varie- 
said  the  gentleman,  with  ty  of  German  toys  and  an  alarming  selection  of 

fireworks. 

it,"  said  Lady  Clavering.  The  young  have  their  rights  at  Christmas— 

i  was  the  greatost  their  happy,  glorious,  undisputed  rights.  Wo 

bare  our  heads  and  how  the  knoo  to  child-life. 
>8ii It  sure,  as  I  thought;  but  o  Christmas!  Come  ye  young  ones,  come  chlld- 
iclng,  the  feasting,  the  renew-  hood,  como  youth.  Learn  to  love,  to  obey,  to 
and  all  the  good-will  of  every  suffer,  to  endure;  learn  humility,  patience,  vir- 
nt  followed  Christmas  and  tue ;  and  wo  to  whom  childhood  and  youth  are 
w  year,  T  really  had  not  had  a  memories— will  si  rive  to  make  your  joys  inno- 
the  tiling;  and  then  I  got  so  cent  and  your  cares  and  troubles  few. 

,  that  I  was  obliged  to  write  to  A  pure  and  holy  at  rnosphere  rose  about  Clav- 

cr  from  my  quarters.  Huntly  ©ring  Castlo  at  Christina*.  Everybody  worked 
he  was  to  return  here.  I  did  with  one  heart  for  one  purpose ;  everybody  felt 
,t  my  note  contained;  I  only  that,  the  smallest  things  were  parts  of  one  great 
c  words,  1  could  hwcnr  to  the  whole;  timl  it  was  not  the  mere  carouse,  the 
nking  of  marrying  again.  Will  jollity,  the  idleness,  the  temporary  gone-mad- 
ate  Latimer?'  The  note  was  dish  ness,  which  it.  is  in  some  places,  but  a  time 
reel  of  gloves  which  I  thought  when  the  body  and  brain  arc  to  rejoice  with  the 
c.  You  must  remember  1  was  goul,  which  at  this  great  Christmas  has  so  sul> 
jntly  was  rich.  Well  Huntly  lime  a  cause  for  happiness. 
iel;  and  ho  said,  as  he  put  it  One®  a  year  ail  round  Clavering  Castle  the 
iVtll  you  bo  my  wife,  MiasLatl-  people  rose,  and,  as  It  were,  In  their  hearts  cm, 
ered,  ‘I’ll  think  of  it.’  8bo  braced  each  other  with  a  great  affection  In  hon- 
rato  dress  for  dinner.  This  la  or  of  this  great  day;  and  many  and  rich  .were 
d  with  every  particular  to  me.  the  gifts  that  passed  from  hand  to  band,  and, 
>or  for  her  to  leave  the  room,  beat  of  all,  from  heart  to  heart .  Injuries  forgiv- 

II  tell  me  what  Herbert  wiys  cn,  restitutions  made,  anger  subdued, lli-wlshes 
s?’  She  replied,  ‘Perhaps.’  changed  to  good,  and  jealousios  laid  aside  for- 
e  thought?’  ‘When  1  have  ever;  these  were  gifts  and  offerings  fit  to  be 
eated,  and  walked  out  into  the  placed  by  the  side  of  the  gold  and  frankincense 

—  those  were  t  hings  not  ill-done,  nor  unlikely 
e  her  again  till  they  met  in  the  to  lie  resolved  upon,iu  the  midst  of  merriment, 
He  took  her  in  to  dinner.  As  tolhe  sound  of  music  and  the  Jubilant  patter 
ng  through  the  library— you  of  dancing  feet.  And  some  such  gifts  Lady 
done  In  this  house— lie  said.  Clavering  had  determined  should  pass  thiscom- 
ight  ?’  And  she  said,  ‘Yes.’  ing  day  among  themselves  in  this  grand  old  En- 
ho  asked.  ‘Yes,'  she  replied  glish  ancestral  home. 

I  better  send  hack  the  gloves.  I  The  morning  came  when  they  thought  they 
think.'  80  she  did  send  back  the  glove*.  should  hnvo  heard  from  Richard  Huntly;  but 

“*1  he  bet  had  been,  that  she  would  have  an  there  was  no  letter.  It  disturbed  them.  Lord 
offer  of  marriage  within  fort  y-eight  hours.”  Clavering  had  overcome  a  proud  spirit,  and  cn 
44  She  wrote,  *1  have  lost  my  bet,  in  spite  of  one  point,  though  he  disguised  t  lie  fact  from 
your  nattering  note.  I  have  had  1  U'O  offers  of  himself,  -an  angry  heart.  Jlut  t  he  evening 
marriage  within  the  prescribed  limit,  and  I  am  brought  them  ;t  note  from  Lady  Mary, 
engaged  to  Mr.  Huntly.  What  a  merry  Christ-  “How  odd."  she  wrote,  “that  you  should 
nms  it  has  been— for  me!'  There  was  a  cool  know  so  little  of  our  movement*!”  Bhehadso 
no,,."  And  Lord  C,»veMW  looked 

belonged  to  her:— “Dick  is  at  Dresden.  Of 
ire  not  injured;  she  could  not  course  1  am  hero.  Kate  is  bo  seldom  equal  to 
and  you  were  married  to  me.”  exertion,  that  I  don’t  know  what  Man-  would 

tv, if  ifi  the  best  hit  of  good  «1<*  without  me.  My  dear  Herbert,  your  wife  •' 
,  that  is  t  he  best  ml  or  gjoo  was  a  Vflry  sensible  letter,  and  yours  not  a  bad 

:ho  old  acres  and  the  old  name,  postscript.  Of  course  your  compliments  meant 
Huntly  because  he  was  rich;  those  of  the  season.  As  such  I  accept  ttyem. 


“Still  "you  were  not  injured;  she  could  not  ( 
have  loved  you ;  aud  you  were  married  to  me.”  t 
44  My  dear  one,  that  is  the  best  hit  of  good  ‘ 
that  came  with  the  old  acres  and  the  old  name. 
But.  she  married  Huntly  because  he  was  rich; 
and  Huntly  took  an  unfair  advantage  of  me,  and 
1  never  spoke  to  him  again.  In  fact,  1  never 
met  him;  he  wont  out  of  life,  and  I  went  into 
it.  My  luck  parted  ua.  He  and  Kate  were  re¬ 
ported  as  being  desperately  happy.  They  had  a  j 
daughter  why,  that  child  must  bo  nearly  eight¬ 
een.  Lady  Mary  is  forever  with  them.  But  I 
lived  a  horrid  lire  for  five  years,  I  think,  and 
hated  every  body  till  I  loved  you.  You  need 
not  look  unbelieving.  1  lived  a  miserable  life; 
taking  mo  oi^t  of  it  was  the  best  t  hing  for  me  in 
the  world.  If  I  had  not  been  placed  suddenly 
where  I  am,  1  don’t  know  what  might,  have  be¬ 
come  of  me.  My  anger  enslaved  me.  Well, 
after  1  loved  you,  and  we,  in  our  turn,  had  to 
keep  Christmas  here,  I  used  to  write  to  Huntly, 
and  say  I  bore  htm  no  ill-will,  and  wished  him 
happy  every  Christmas.  But  our  lives  had  1 
'  drifted  apart,  and  I  could  not  wish  to  see  him. 
Now,  this  year,  if  his  son  comes,  it  will  all  got 
right.  I  believe  you  have  made  mo  do  the  right 
I  thing,  Julia." 

“  Only  wo  ought  to  have  asked  Mrs.  Huntly.” 

“  Whist,  Kate  1" 

|  “  Yes ;  what  do  we  cure  tor  Kate?”  said  Lady 

1  Clavoring.  “I  am  sure  she  ought  to  come. 
Nov.  If  Richard  Huntly  says  he  will  come,  we 
will  ask  1 1  is  step-mother  and  Mary— fancy  her 
being  grown-up  nearly  eighteen,  did  you  say? 
—nnd  Lady  Mary  too.  Yes,  indeed  we  will.  I 
shall  have,  our  dances  done  on  the  most  forgive- 
ness-of-i n juries  principles ;  wc  will  sing  in  our 
hearts,  *  Begone  dull  earn !’  to  one  tune  after 
another;  we  will  all  embrace  In  private  theatri¬ 
cals,  and  welcome  in  the  new  year  to  a  chorus 
of  4  Hearts  and  Homes.'  Now  let  us  walk  back 
to  the  fairy-bower.  1  don't  want  to  have  any 
holly  cut  there  if  I  can  help  it." 

That,  night  Lady  Clavoring  sent  one  more  let- 
t er  to  the  post.  Here  It  1b  : — 

I  , 

My  dear,  dear,  dear  boy Be  ready,  but  don't 
come.  When  vou  get  a  telegram  front  mo  with 
these  words.  jHu  compliments  of  the  season— 

1  then  come,  and  don't  mind  money.  A  special 
1  (rain,  if  needful.  There  will  be  a  carriage  at  the 


those  of  the  season.  As  such  I  accept  t^em. 
The  same  to  you. 

“  Your  affectionate  Aunt  Mary. 

“  1*.  8.— I  open  ids  letters  when  he  is  away.” 

On  the  arrival  of  Mrs.  Beaumont  it  had  been 
a  sight  to  see  how  Muriel  aud  Ann  were  re¬ 
ceived  by  their  father.  Muriel  at  ten  years  of 
age  was  a  wonder  of  lady-liko  pehtleness  of 
mind  aud  propriety  of  demeanor.  She  was 
sweet-voloed,  fair,  timid,  small,  with  great  soft 
brown  eyes,  dark  eyelashes  and  eyebrows,  and 
almost  golden  hair.  A  beauty  to  marvel  at  was 
Lady  Muriel.  And  Anna  also  was  a  beauty, 
even  at  nine  years  old,  to  study  and  admire. 
Painters  liked  to  try  their  colors  on  the  gipsy¬ 
looking  girl,  who  was  as  tall  as  her  sister,  and 
full  of  a  courage  which  was  seen  In  action,  atti¬ 
tude,  quick  eye  and  steady  speech.  In  their 
different  ways  they  worshipped  Lord  Claveriug ; 
and  he  gave  all  his  attention  first  to  the  ono  aud 
then  to  the  other,  till,  seated  between  them  at 
five  o’clock  tea,  It  was  seen  that  ho  had  no  life 

or  thought  for  any  one  else.  So  Lady  Clavering 
left  them,  and  walked  upstairs  with  hermother. 

She  walked  silently  through  the  great  hall, 
where  wreaths  hung  in  gav  festoons,  and  lad¬ 
ders  were  leaned  up  to  the  walls,  arnl  pretty 
faces  smiled  out.  of  pictures  crowned  with  mls- 

1 1(”Th'e  effect  of  thru  crimson  damask  drapery 
is  very  wood,'1  nj-WJ  Sirs  Beaumont*  **  I  bo 
in  front  will  warm  up  the  corners;  though  i 
like  corner*  to  bo  a  lit!  1<-  mysterious  too. 

“  Ob,  there  will  be  plenty  of  mystery  Doyond— 
there,  where  the  orange  trees  arc  to  be;  and 
don't  talk  of  mystery.  1  feel  quite  ill. 

“Nonsense,  dear.  You  never  were  ill  when 
the  world  of  a  pood  home  wanted  you  to  be 
well.  The  mystery  1b  not  of  your  making-  H0« 
thoroughly  lovely  thl*  staircase  is!  Those  mag¬ 
nificent,  old  mirrors  arc  grand  on  the  landing, 

-  and  that  full-length,  of  a  King  Charles  beauty 
hanging  between  them  must  have  seen  her  in¬ 
flection  in  t  heir  brightness  often.  I  always  ffs  < 

-  as  if  old  historical  looking-giasaas— narrow , 
high,  placed  between  wreaths  of  mintf  a  uow- 
ers,  as  those  ore— must  be,  somehow,  alive.  1 

t.  admire  no  place  ns  much  as  Clavering  Lastie. 

1  Am  I  to  be  In  my  usual  room?" 

44  Yea,  this  way ;  we  have  had  an  outer  doot 

1  put  un.  Herbert  feared  it  was  too  drafty. 

e  [Concluded  next  week. 


L-ept  them. 


fWABCH  4 


9 


FRED. 


BY  ALIQUA. 


ICY  and  dark  Bows  the  volley  river, 

Circling  the  hill  In  Its  tireless  sweep,— 

The  hill  where  evergreens  darkly  ever 
Murmur  and  sigh  o’er  our  loved  ones’  sleep, 
Whero  gleaming  marbles  the  records  keep, 
And  snow  lies  deep. 

Wildly  the  wind  sweeps  hillside  and  meadow. 
Over  the  mounds  the  snow  Uelli  cold, 

Silent  and  still  in  the  grove's  dark  shadow 
Slumbers  tlio  form  that  we  loved  of  old,— 
Soft  little  Ungers  that  slipped  our  hold 
Turning  to  mold. 

Soft  little  hands  that,  led  ns  while  guiding, 
Drawing  over  away  rrom  the  wrong, 

Dark  eyes  that  ever  all  sin  seemed  chiding, 
Naught  can  arouse  from  rest  deep  and  long,— 
Wind  of  the  winter,  restless  and  strong, 

Nor  spring  birds'  song. 

Waiting,  we  stand  in  evergreen  shadows, 

While  ho  with  his  own  In  Death's  cold  hand 
Has  orossed  to  the  distant,  blooming  meadows, 
Over  a  stream  by  soft  breezes  fanned, 

And  waits  for  us  on  the  golden  strand 
Of  God’s  fair  land, 


WOMAN’S  INFLUENCE  OVER  MAN. 


Will  Lou.  M.  Kelsey  allow  me  to  say  a  few 
words  to  her  In  regard  to  her  “Essay  on  Man,” 
contained  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  Jan. 
2oth?  The.  ideas  and  manner  in  which  they 
were  expressed  are,  I  admit,  most  painfully 
true  to  nature.  How  often  have,  f  witnessed  the 
selfishness  she  depicts  within  the  snored  pre¬ 
cincts  of  the  home  oirdo.  Aye,  more  exclu¬ 
sively  there  than  elsewhere,  for  lot  a  stranger 
but  Intrude  ills  or  her  presence  within  the 
charmed  radius  of  the  home  firelight,  and  how 
quickly  the  dark  cloud  of  selfishness  will  assume 
a  roseate  hue  !  With  what  grace  our  lord  and 
master  will  rise  from  the  “old  arm-chair,” 
and  press  the  welcome  guest  into  t  lie  “sleepy 
hollow!”  How  eagerly  he  searches  Ills  brain, 
that  Its  richest  resources  may  be  brought  fort  h 
for  the  stranger  at  his  hearth,  never  once  think¬ 
ing  how  many  a  woary  hour  at  the  close  of  day 
might  be  made  bright  and  restful  to  the  worn, 
jaded  wife,  were  one-half  the  pains  taken,  or 
one  titho  of  the  cheerful  conversation  engaged 
In  with  the  thoughtful  motive  of  obliterating 
from  hor  mind,  for  a  short  time,  the  harassing 
cares  of  a  wife’s  and  a  mother’s  dally  toll.  Hut, 
alas,  not  so!  When  alone,  “Mum"  is  Indeed 
too  often  the  order  of  thy  evening. 

Now  this  Is  all  effect.  What  is  the  cause? 
Has  it  never  occurred  to  you  that  woman  might 
be,  In  a  measure,  the  arbiter  of  her  own  fate? 
Have  you  never  felt  a  grain  of  pity,  mingled 
with  just  contempt,  when  you  looked  upon 
some  king  of  creation  and  seen  intellect  de¬ 
picted  in  each  lineament  of  the  noble  face  and 
power  stamped  on  every  limb  of  that  muscular 
form,  but  beheld  all  cloaked  and  veiled  beneath 
the  covering  of  supremo  Indifference  and  selfish¬ 
ness  ?  I  invariably  turn  to  gaze  upon  the  woman 
who  has  done  all  this,  although  I  may  have  to 
glance  further  back  than  the  wife,  and  in  the 
dim  distance  sec  the  pale,  haggard  face  of  a 
worn-out  mother. 

The  present  treatment  of  two-thirds  of  the 
wives  now  existing  within  a  civilized  commun¬ 
ity  is  most  strongly  tinctured  with  the  barbar¬ 
ism  of  the  aborigines.  Do  not  mistake  me. 
There  aro  no  lashes  Inflicted;  no  forcing  of 
masculine  labor  upon  their  slender  shoulders ; 
but  there  is  a  weight  of  oarc  and  anxiety,  an 
unaccountable  number  of  unnecessary  steps,  a 
tacit  forcing  of  obedience  toman’s  whims  and 
caprices,  together  with  a  selfish  disregard  to 
their  comforts,  that  crush  the  very  soul  within 
a  sensitive,  loving  woman,  and  subject  mind 
and  body  to  an  unholy  bondage. 

Is  this  all  necessary  ?  Were  the  young  wife, 
when  first  entering  upon  her  home  duties,  more 
in  the  habit  of  not  running  her  pretty  feet  off 
just  for  the  pleasure  of  giving  vent  totbo  wealth 
of  love  woliing  up  In  her  heart  -  wore  she  to 
let  It  find  some  other  source  more  rational  and 
less  exhaustive — think  you  not  that  his  affection 
would  be  as  readily  secured  and  longer  retain¬ 
ed  ?  True,  slippers  and  gown  are  pleasant  things 
to  greet  a  weary  man  upon  his  return  homo,- 
but  just  suppose,  after  a  hard  day's  work,  you 
forgo  the  pleasure  of  getting  in  wood,  water, 
kindling,  &c„  (T  have  seen  many  a  woman  un¬ 
necessarily  <|o  mor%  than  this,)  you  meet  him 
at  the  door  with  a  cheerful  word  and  kiss,  sug-  j 
casting,  as  a  matter  of  course,  that  by  the  l  ime 
those  trilling  duties  are  attended  to,  his  slippers 
and  gown  will  be  well  aired,  and  supper  wait-  I 
ing.  Ten  ohatiQc*  to  one,  tho  change  from  the 
occupation  In  which  lie  bus  t  een  engaged  nil 
day  (and  the  task  must  necessarily  be  very  light, 
or  he  would  never  expect  to  impose  it  upon  a 
woman,)  will  rest  him.  Do  not  entertain  him  at 
supper  with  a  detailed  account  of  all  your  trials 
during  tho  day,  but  try  to  select  such  topics  as 
will  not  only  interest  him  but  improve  your  i 
own  mind  j  and  it  is  not  necessary  to  converse 
at  large  upon  Metaphysics  and  Philosophy  to  do 
this.  I  do  not  wonder  that  half  the  husbands 
find  silence  ami  retreat  behind  a  newspaper 
preferable  to  the  tide  of  small  talk  they  are 
often  deluged  with.  Seek  to  understand  and 
converse  rationally  upon  the  topics  relating  to 
tht  lr  business.  That  cannot  fall  to  Interest  and 
gratify  them ;  and  no  man  is  so  totally  saltish 
that  some  responding  interest  will  not  find  an 


echo  In  his  heart  concerning  your  homo  pleas¬ 
ures  and  duties ;  and  If  be  will  read  In  silence— 
bah !  aro  you  a  woman,  and  allow  him  to  do  It? 
Talk  tohLm.  What  if  his  royal  highness  does 
prefer  silence  always,  must  you  become  a  mute 
automaton  to  suit,  his  pleasure?  Again  I  say, 
talk  to  kltn,  talk  at  him,  t  hrough  him  and  around 
him  until,  at  your  suggestion,  (bless  his  heart! 
he  would  never  think  of  it  alone,)  he  Is  glad  to 
purchase  your  silence  at  any  price,  even  by  read¬ 
ing  aloud— just  what  you  want.  Teach  him  to 
study  your  comforts,  for  I  doubt,  not  he  must 
be  taught  as  a  child. 

“  Heart*  don’t  change  muoh  after  all. 

Men  are  only  boys  grown  tall.” 

If  your  feet  ache  for  slippers  after  a  toilsome 
day,  which  is  the  easier,  to  wearily  drag  those 
swollen  members  up  n.  flight,  of  long  stairs  and 
back  again,  or  to  suggest  to  your  dear  husband 
the  idea  of  taking  a  few  of  his  long  strides  up 
said  stairs  in  pursuit,  of  tho  required  article? 
My  word  for  it,  a  kiss  and  a  warm  “  t  hank  you" 
will  amply  repay  him  If  he  possesses  a  tenth 
part  of  manhood.  If  not,  why,  healthy  exer¬ 
cise  is  good  for  all  brute  creation. 

When  he  is  snugly  ensconced  beside  tho  glow¬ 
ing  hearih.  appropriating  two-thirds  to  his  ex¬ 
clusive  use,  Just  ment  ion  how  tired  and  chilly 
you  are,  and  remark  that  It  will  be  no  detriment 
to  his  comfort  or  dignity  If  he  will  wheel  the 
sofa  before  the  grain,  which  will  comfortably 
accommodate  you  both,  and  whereby  you  may 
each  enjoy  the  mellow  light,  of  the  softly-shaded 
lamp.  In  a  word,  teach  him  to  feel  that,  you  are 
an  equal  partner  In  the  comforts  its.  well  as  the 
cares  of  daily  life;  and  when,  In  after  years, 
little  ones  add  f.iioir  bright  links  to  the  spark¬ 
ling  home-chain,  do  not,  let  them  feel  that 
mother  is  their  “born  slave,"  subject  to  their 
capricious  wills,  but  rather  demaud  of  them 
such  service  as  their  feeble  hands  can  readily 
perform  ;  and  when  accomplished,  mete  out  to 
them  their  reward  in  words  of  commendation, 
loving  smiles  and  caresses.  Above  all  things, 
toach  them  to  wait  upon  themselves,  to  supply 
their  own  little  wants  in  a  measure.  Oh,  the 
numerous  unnecessary  steps  which  mothers 
take  for  drinks  of  water,  cookies,  pieces  of 
broad  and  butter,  pin*,  (fee.,  Are.  Let  that  merry 
lit  tle  follow  at  your  side  get  Ids  own  drink,  he 
will  be  healthier  and  happier  for  it,. 

“Oh,”  you  say,  “  he  will  spill  It  all  over  the 
floor,  and  make  me  more  trouble  In  the  end." 
What  it  lie  docs  spill  it  a  few  times?  Loving 
words,  gently  spoken,  will,  ero  long,  guide  the 
glass  to  his  lips  more  steadily,  particularly  if  he 
Is  made  to  see  t  he  extra  labor  he  has  caused 
poor,  dear  mamma.  This  cup  of  water  Is  but,  a 
trilling  thing,  though  It  is  the  commencing  cord 
in  a  cable  t  hat  will  grow  heavier  and  longer, 
until  it  binds,  In  thraldom,  not  only  the  mother 
but  tho  future  wife. 

Yes,  mothers,  pause  to  think.  Aro  you  doing 
your  duty  to;  future  generations,  when  you  al¬ 
low  your  child  to  grow  up  with  »r>  little  regard 
for  your  personal  comfort?  Kemoitiber,  os  the 
“twig  Is  bent,  so  tho  tree  Inclines."  Which 
will  the  son  love  best,:  A  mother,  should  she 
chance  to  survive,  who  will  be,  must  be,  a  worn, 
nervous,  d ragged-out,  ahftdowy^phantorn  of  her 
former  self,  ora  woman  In  hor  prime,  youthful, 
fresh,  vigorous,  and  kept  so  by  hor  husband’s 
and  children's  loving  care?  indeed,  we  noed 
not  wonder  at  tins  scarcity  of  grandmothers  In 
this  present  generation. 

Let  me  say,  in  conclusion,  place  yourself  high 
in  tho  home  circle,  and  the  higher  you  place 
yourself,  the  higher  those  surrounding  you  will 
place  you;  and  then,  I  think,  we  can  say,  in¬ 
stead  of 

"Men  will  be  men,  the  wide  world  throngh. 

And  women  oan’t  help  It,  whate’er  they  do;" 

”  We  will  have  such  men  the  wldo  world  through, 

As  women  have  made  them,  by  what  they  do.” 

Denver,  Col.  Ter.  Mrs.  F.  T.  Rush  more. 

■ - - 

HOUSE  ORNAMENT. 


by  A.  KKUKR  SLOAN. 


When  the  lessons  and  tasks  are  all  ended. 

And  the  school  for  the  (lay  Is  dismissed. 

The  scholars  all  gather  around  mo, 

To  bid  inqgood  night  and  bo  kissed. 

To  be  kissed  by  me,  their  d6ar  teaoheri 
By  wo  held  In  loving  eulhracC, 

Clasping  each  little  form  to  my  bosom, 

As  my  Ups  press  each  beautiful  face. 

They  throw  their  arms  gently  around  me— 

I  can  feel  their  soft  touch  on  my  heart. 

Ah !  the  happiness -ponce  of  the  present 
Makes  It  hard  that  the  dear  ones  should  part. 

They  silently  puss  down  tho  stairway, 

The  door  has  closed  on  the  lust  one; 

They  have  none  to  make  many  homes  brighter, 
And  loft  me  behind  them  alone. 

The  Hood-gates  of  mOntofy  open, 

And  Future  Is  engulfed  In  the  tide ; 

I  remember  when  I  like  those  children— 

Stood  by  my  dear  teacher’s  side. 

I’ll  not  sec  her  again,  till  in  Heaven 
We  meet  to  be  parted  no  more  ; 

Then  the  difficult,  tanks  will  he  ended— 
Recitations  will  surely  be  o'er. 

- - 

A  QUEER  STORY  FOR  CHILDREN  : 

How  tho  Horse  Wont  to  Seek  Lodgings  for 
the  Night. 

TRANSLATED  FROM  THE  SWEDISH,  BY  SELMA 
BORG  AND  MARIE  A.  BROWN. 


The  ornament  of  a  house  is  the  friends  who 
frequent  it.  There  Ls  no  event,  greater  In  life 
than  the  appearance  of  new  .persons  about  our 
hearth,  unless  it  be  the  progress  of  the  charac¬ 
ter  which  draws  them.  It  has  been  finely  added 
by  Landor  to  his  definition  of  tho  great  man, 
“It  is  he  who  can  call  together  the  most  select 
company  when  it  pleases  him.”  It  Is  thehappl- 
ncss  which,  where  it  [»  truly  known,  post¬ 
pones  all  other  satisfactions,  and  makes  politics 
and  commerce  and  churches  cheap.  For  we 
figure  to  ourselves— do  we  not?— that  when  men 
shall  moot  as  they  should,  as  states  meet,— each 
a  benefactor,  a  shower  of  falling  stare,  so  rich 
with  deeds,  with  thoughts,  with  so  much  accom¬ 
plishment  it  shall  be  tho  festival  of  nature, 
which  all  things  symbolize,  and  perhaps  love  is 
only  tho  highest  symbol  of  friendship,  as  all 
other  things  seem  symbols  of  love.  In  the  pro¬ 
gress  of  each  man's  character,  his  relations  to 
the  best  men,  which  at  first  seem  only  the  ro¬ 
mances  of  youth,  acquire  a.  graver  Importance, 
and  he  will  have  learned  the  lessons  of  life  who 
is  skillful  in  the  ethica  of  frendship,  R.  W. 
Emerson. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

The  Empress  Eugenie,  supposing  that  the 
Prince  Imperial  evinced  a  marked  taste  for 
music,  invited  a  teacher  to  tho  Tuileries.  When 
Napoleon  learned  from  her  who  the  visitor  was 
he  said:— “Send  him  away;  one  troubadour 
King  is  enough  for  Europe”— alluding  to  the 
King  of  Bavaria,  whose  passionate  love  for 
music  is  well  known. 

- ++> - 

Mrs.  Bareness,  of  Spurgeon’s  congregation 
in  London,  teaches  a  Bible-cfass  of  000  women. 


The  horse  once  went  to  seek  lodgings  for  tho 
night.  He  was  brown,  and  had  a  white  spot  on 
his  brow.  The  whole  day  ho  had  grazed  alone 
In  the  field,  but  towards  evening  ho  had  got 
tired  and  lonesome,  and  jumped  over  the  fence. 
He  now  went  slowly  down  the  road,  to  see 
where  he  could  ••porui  the  night.  An  ho  walked 
along,  he  met  a  dog. 

“Whore  aro  you  going  so  late,  comrado?” 
asked  the  horse. 

“To  seek  lodgings  for  the  night,"  answered 
tho  dog. 

“  Then  wo  can  koep  company,”  said  t  he  horse. 

“  Yes,  why  not?”  replied  tho  dog. 

And  so  the  horse  went  first,  and  the  dog  fol¬ 
lowed.  When  they  had  gone  a  little  distance, 
they  met  a  cat. 

“Where  aro  you  going  so  late,  comrade?” 
asked  the  horse. 

"To  seek  lodgings  for  the  night,"  answered 
the  cat. 

i  “  Then  we  can  keep  company,”  said  the  horse. 
—  “  Yes,  why  not?"  replied  the  oat. 

And  (list  Wont  the  horse,  and  then  the  dog, 
and  then  came  the  cat.  When  they  had  gone  a 
little  dlstanco,  they  met  a  pair  of  geese. 

“Where  arc  you  going  so  late,  good  folks?" 
asked  the  horse. 

“To  soek  quarters  for  the  night,”  answered 
the  geese. 

“  Then  we  can  keep  company,"  said  the  horse. 

“  Yes,  why  not?"  replied  the  geese. 

And  first  went  the  horse,  and  then  the  dog, 
and  then  tho  oat,  and  then  came  the  geese. 
After  they  had  gone  a  little  dlstanco,  they  met 
a  cock  and  a  hen. 

“  Where  are  you  going  so  late,  good  people  ?" 
asked  tho  horse. 

“To  sock  quarters  for  the  night,"  answered 
the  hen. 

“Then  we  can  keep  company,”  said  the  horse. 

“  Yes,  why  not  ?"  replied  the  hen. 

And  first  wont  tho  horse,  and  then  the  dog, 
and  then  the  cat,  and  then  came  tho  geese,  and 
last  tripped  the  cock  and  hen.  It  now  began  to 
grow  dark.  Great,  heavy  clouds  hung  in  tho 
sky,  and  threatened  rain.  Then  a  little  squirrel 
came  running  along  the  hranch  of  a  tree  at  the 
side  of  the  road. 

“Where  are  you  going  in  such  haste,  com¬ 
rado  ?”  asked  tho  horee. 

“To  seek  lodgings  for  the  night,"  answered 
tho  squirrel. 

“  Then  we  can  koop  company,”  said  the  horse. 

“  Yes,  why  not?"  replied  the  squirrel. 

And  first  went  the  horee,  and  tl^i  the  dog, 
and  then  the  cat,  and  then  came  and 

then  the  cock  and  hen,  and  last  hupped  the 
squirrel.  Tho  way  led  over  a  desolate  heath. 
At  the  ond  of  the  heath  lav  a  village.  Hero  the 
horse  went  into  the  first  yard  and  inquired  if  ho 
and  hla  companions  could  have  lodgings  for  the 
night, 

"No,  there  aro  no  lodgings  to  bo  had  bore. 
Go  the  neighbor's !”  was  the  answer. 

But  when  they  came  there,  the  people  an¬ 
swered  in  the  same  way : 

“No,  there  are  no  lodgings  to  bo  had  here. 
Go  to  the  neighbor’s  I” 

And  the  name  answer  was  given  them  by  the 
whole  row.  No  one  wished  to  harbor  them. 
Finally,  the  master  of  tho  last  house  said  : 

“  In  tho  village  there  is  no  room  for  you.  But 
over  there,  at  the  edge  of  the  wood,  stands  a 
lonely,  dilapidated  hut.  In  tho  hut  lives  a  wiz¬ 
ard,  and  there  you  can  house  yourself  just  to 
your  notion,  for  he  Is  seldom  home." 

It  was  now  quite  dark,  and  a  few  drops  of 
rain  began  to  fall.  The  cat  was  afraid  of  get¬ 
ting  his  feet  wet,  and  tho  cock  was  afraid  of 
being  hoarse  at  dawn.  There  was  no  other  way 
but  to  go  and  see  If  they  could  got.  a  roof  over 
their  heads  in  the  dilapidated  hut  at  the  edge 
of  the  woods.  When  the  horse  and  his  com¬ 


panions  arrived  there,  they  found  tho  window 
shutters  closed  and  the  door  latched. 

"There  is  no  one  at  homo,  hero  we  will  stay," 
said  the  horse  and  raised  the  latch  with  his 
nose. 

Thfiy  stepped  in,  quit©  pleased,  and  each  one 
made  it  as  comfortable  for  himself  as  possible. 
The  cat  crawled  into  t  he  fireplace,  and  covered 
himself  up  in  the  soft  ash©*;  the  geese  took 
their  places  under  the  tabic ;  the  squirrel  hop- 
pod  up  on  the  hook  over  tho  bench  ;  the  cock 
and  hen  flew  and  seated  themselves  on  the  bar 
between  the  rafters  In  the  roof  ;  the  dog  lay 
down  by  tho  door;  and  the  horse  went  out  in 
the  entry  and  Stretched  himself  there,  so  that 
tho  others  should  not  tramp  on  his  foet,  as  ho 
said. 

In  the  middle  of  the  night,  when  all  except 
the  oat  were  asleep,  tlio  wizard  cam©  homo.  It. 
was  terrible  weather  out  side.  It  was  pitch  dark. 
Tho  wind  howled  and  the  rulnlasbed  thosurfaoe 
of  the  brook.  He  had  been  out  pract  Ling  magic, 
and  had  no  Idea,  that  the  house  was  full  of 
company. 

Quite  silently  he  stopped  In  through  the  back 
door  and  went  to  the  flre-plnco,  where  ho  saw 
the  cat’s  eyes  shining  in  the  darkness.  Ho  sup¬ 
posed  that  it  was  two  coals  of  fire,  and  loaned 
down  and  blew  on  them  in  order  to  light  the  can¬ 
dle;  but.  the  cut  spit  and  hissed,  anil  scratched 
him  in  the  face.  -<n  rh.il  lm  drew  bock  frighten¬ 
ed,  and  believed  that  it  washls  old  grandmother, 
who  had  risen  from  her  grave  because  he  had 
tormented  and  irritated  (lie  old  woman  in  every 
conceivable  way  during  her  lifetime. 

With  a  gloomy  mind  Tic  sat  down  on  the  bench 
and  stuck  his  leg*  und  r  the  table.  But  then 
tho  geese  woko  up  and  peeked  him  In  thocalvos, 
so  that  he  thought  It  was  t  he  t  ailor,  who  had 
hidden  Uiawolf  under  t  he  table  and  nipped  him 
with  his  scissors,  because  h©  Tina  fcold  that  tho 
tailor  used  to  row  up  the  people  of  tho  parish. 

Much  depressed,  be  moved  to  tlio  end  of  the 
bench  under  the  hook.  llut.  then  tho  squirrel 
bit  him  In  the  ear,  so  that  lie  sprang  up,  ami 
thought,  that  It,  was  tho  shoemaker,  who  had 
stuck  hi*  awl  in  him  hr  cans''  he  had  said  that 
tho  shoomnkcr  used  to  cut  too  wide  3trips  from 
Ot  her  people's  leather. 

Crestfallen,  he  t  ried  to  steal  to  the  door;  but 
when  Im  reached  the  threshold,  the  dog  caught 
him  in  tho  small  of  Ids  log,  ao  that  he  thought 
that,  it  was  the  officers  of  justice,  who  had 
clutched  him  on  account  of  bl3  many  Impos¬ 
tures. 

He  rushed  headlong  into  t  he  entry.  But  hero 
the  horse  kicked  him  so  violently  that  ho 
thought  that  it  was  his  worthy  old  father,  who 
struck  him  on  tho  back  with  a  dub  because  the 
son  did  not  wl  h  to  live  honestly  and  cal  plain 
food,  rather  than  live  daintily  by  witchcraft. 

Now  the  !) fin  also  awoke,  and  t  lie  cock  flapped 
his  wing,-,  and  crowed.  But  in  bin  agony  the 
wizard  fancied,  when  he  sprang  down  t  lie  steps, 
that,  it  was  the  exccut loner,  ivl::; !  ;..rUr  him  ; 

“  Put  him  on  t  he  block  I  Cut  oti  his  head  1" 

Anil  with  iiis  heart  in  Ills  throat,  he  ran  os  fast 
an  he  could  to  the  village,  and  related  what  had 
happened.  But  the  people  only  laughed  at  him, 
and  said  that  it  ?arved  him  lust  right. 

He  never  dar^d  to  go  to  the  hut  again ;  and  if 
was  all  over  with  ids  conjuring. 

But  the  horse,  and  the  dog,  and  tho  cat,  and 
the  goose,  and  the  cock  and  lien,  and  f  ile  squir¬ 
rel,  were  so  contented  with  their  lodgings  that 
they  resolved  to  repair  the  hut  anu  make  it 
their  headquarters.  And  they  live  t  Imre  as  good 
friends  yet,  to  this  day.  Any  one  who  docs  not 
believe  it,  can  go  m,d  see  them.  It  I?,  easy  to 
find  tho  way.  First  go  to  the  right,  ami  then  to 
tho  left,  ami  then  straight  ahead.  You  will 
know  tho  cottage  as  soon  ns  you  see  it.  It  Is 
gray,  with  white  window  caging*  and  a  red  door. 
Close  by  it  grows  a  pine.  In  the  window  sits 
theent;  on  the  stoop  lies  tho  doe;  on  the  side 
or  the  hill  browses  the  horse ;  the  geese  keep 
by  tho  edge  of  the  ditch;  the  squirrel  climbs 
about  in  tho  top  of  tho  tree,  and  the  cock  and 
hen  scratch  in  the  dunghill. 


ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.-No.  7. 


tST"  Answer  In  two  weeks. 


RIDDLE.— No.  1. 


In  ether  above,  my  first  Is  found ; 

In  Heaven  above,  my  second ; 

My  third's  in  dens  oft  underground, 

My  fourth's  a  letter  reckoned. 

Of  “  Lady  Clare  "  my  fifth'*  a  part, 

Of  Theta,  unlucky,  my  next; 

My  seventh’s  In  gloom,  oft  pressing  tho  heart, 
My  eighth’s  surely  found  in  my  text. 

My  ninth  is  in  lofty,  ray  tenth's  everywhere, 
My  whole’s  in  the  Bible.  What  is  it,  and 
where? 


Answer  in  two  weeks. 


Fourteen. 


PROBLEM.— No.  5. 

How  many  acres  of  land  must  a  field  contain, 
if  laid  out  In  a  square  form  and  fenced  with  a 
rail  fence,  six  rails  high,  two  lengths  to  the  rod, 
so  that  each  rail  will  fence  an  aero. 

J39”  Answer  in  two  weeks.  Lh  Roy  R. 


PUZZLER  ANSWERS.  Feb.  15. 


Biographical  Enigma  No.  1.-  Honor  thy 
father  and  thy  mother,  that  thy  days  may  bo 
long  upon  the  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
glveth  thee. 

Illustrated  Rebus  No.  6.  —  Can  a  woman 
forget  her  sucking  child  ? 

Arithmetical  Puzzle  No.  1.— 01)9-9. 


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CURRENT  TOPICS. 

The  Louisiana  Election. 

The  reports  of  ihe  Louisiana  Investigating 
Committee  have  been  made  to  the  Senate. 
There  were  four  reports  made.  The  majority  of 
tlie  Committee  recommend  the  adoption  of  a 
resolution  proclaiming  Hint  there  Is  no  State 
Government  in  Louisiana,  and  that  neither 
John  Ray  nor  W.  L.  McMullan,  Is  entitled  to  a 
seat  In  the  Senate,  neither  having  been  elected 
by  tlie  Legislature.  To  t  Ids  report  Senators  Car¬ 
penter,  Logan.  Anthony  and  Alcorn  subscribe. 
Senator  Trumbull  presents  a  minority  report  in 
which  he  recommends  the  recognition  of  the 
MeEvery  Legislat  ure  as  tlie  legitimate  Legisla¬ 
ture  of  the  State  and  the  admission  of  McMullan 
as  Senator.  Senator  Mori  on  holds  that  Congress 
cannot  go  behind  tlie  Supreme  Court  of  the 
State  sustaining  the  Kellogg  Government.  Sen¬ 
ator  Hill  recommends  that  the  members  of  the 
Legislature  declared  elected  by  both  returning 
hoards  he  called  together  as  the  Legislature  of 
the  State,  proceed  to  count  the  election  returns 
and  declare  who  are  the  State  officers.  This  is 
the  way  the  Committee  return  the  subject  to 
the  Senate. 

VIoe-President  Colfax. 

No  more  humiliating  exhibition  has  ever  been 
made  than  that  by  Vice-President  Colfax  during 
the  past  six  months— humiliating  to  the  Amer¬ 
ican  people,  who  have  honored  and  trusted  this 
man.  His  attempts  to  explain  matters  have 
resulted  successively  in  plunging  him  lower  and 
lower  In  public  estimation.  The  foot  that  he 
has  received  several  thousand  dollars  from  GRO. 
F.  Nesbitt,  a  contractor  with  the  Government 
for  the  manufacture  of  postage  stamps  has  not, 
in  the  least  degree,  reassured  the  people  that 
their  trust  has  been  well  placed.  Finally,  the 


Judiciary  Committee  of  the  House  has  been 
instructed  to  ascertain  ■whether  ihe  testimony 
before  the  Poland  Committee  warrants  bring-  j 
ing  articles  of  impeachment  against  him.  A 
resolution  directing  this  committee  to  bring 
articles  of  Impeachment  was  voted  down.  It  is 
not  probable  that  Vice-President  Colfax  will  be 
impeached  formally;  but  ho  stands  impeached 
by  the  people  and  forever  disgraced. 

Buying  Chicago  Lots. 

Illustrating  the  utter  folly  of  buying  what 
one  lias  not  seen,  and  the  mnnneffin  which  for¬ 
tunes  have  been  made  by  the  few  In  tlie  Went 
at  the  expense  of  the  many,  Is  the  recent  expose 
of  a  gigantic  swindle  in  Chicago.  It  seems  that 
one  G.  W.  Scott,  purchased  a  quantity  of  swamp 
land  twenty  miles  from  the  Chicago  Court 
House  at.  $9  per  acre  and  sub-divided  It  into 
lots,  dubbing  it  the  boulevard  sub-division. 
Those  lots  he  has  sold  at  $200  each  to  hundreds 
of  people  in  Chicago  (nnd  probably  elsewhere) 
the  Tribune  publishing  a  list  of  over  LOOO  pur¬ 
chasers.  An  examination  of  the  pint  of  litis 
“ boulevard  sub-division,”  shows  the  lots  to 
range  in  size  from  15  by  35  to  9  by  20  feet,  the 
streets  averaging  six  feet  in  width  and  the  alleys 
13  Inches!  The  lands  are  good  for  nothing  any 
way ! 

-  -♦♦♦• 

THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 

Plymouth,  Mnrshnll  Co.,  Inti. — Agreeable  to 
ray  promise,  I  send  you  weekly  statement  of  the 
weather:  Feb.  10,  8  o’clock  A.  M.,  pleasant;  In¬ 
dications  of  a  fine  day;  mercury,  30®;  noon, 
beautiful  and  melting;  mercury,  36  ;  6  P.  M., 
warm  and  melting;  mercury,  40  .  Feb.  11,  about, 
the  same  as  tlie  day  before.  Feb.  13.  Moder¬ 
ately  cool  this  morning,  but.  prospects  of  a  fine 
day.  Mercury,  at  8  A.  M.,  ;  noon,  40  ;  (I  P.  M., 

46°,  which  Indicates  to  mo  that  Spring  is  com¬ 
ing.  Feb.  13,  pleasant  and  agreeable.  I  lie  mer¬ 
cury  at  noon  standing  at  88°.  Feb.  14.  Pretty 
cold  again  this  morning;  the  mercury  fell  dur-  , 
ing  last  night  to  18°,  and  that  w a»  the  indication 
at 8  A.M..  At  noon  it  was  much  warmer,  the  I 
mercury  standing  at.  34® ;  at.  10  P,  M„  about  the 
same.  Fell.  IS.  About  t  he  same  this  morning  as 
yesterday,  the  mercury  standing  at  18°  at  8  A.  M. ; 
noon  much  warmer  and  raining;  ft  P.  M„  rain¬ 
ing,  and  a  warm  snow  connected  with  it,  melt¬ 
ing  as  fast  as  it  came  down.  c.  w.  s.  t. 

Han  Diego,  Han  Diego  Co.,  Cal,,  Feb,  3.— This 
evening  we  had  ripe  tomatoes  for  toa,  fresh 
from  the  vines,  picked  to-day.  Last  week  we 
had  t  he  first  new  ripe  strawberries.  We  have 
freslt  vegetable#  of  all  kinds;  also  verbenas, 
petunias,  geraniums,  nasturtiums,  phlox,  &c., 
&c„  all  in  full  bloom.  One  or  two  light  frosts 
In  October  killed  sweet  potato  vines,  nnd  one 
the  last  of  January  froze  ice  In  a.  tub  set  ting  on 
the  stoop.  The  groat  want  of  this  part  of  the 
country  is  ruin,  The  ground  I-  wetter  now  than-“ 
it  Ims  been  the  last  three  years,  and  is  moist 
only  about  ten  inches  deep.  It  lots  rained  the 
past  three  nights ;  rain  cornea  mostly  in  the 
night  time.  We  raise  water  for  irrigating  by 
wind  power,  whtoh  is  as  steady  as  clock-work 
most,  of  t  he  year.  Water  Is  found  from  JO  to  1U0 
feet  from  the  surface.— 8.  w. 

Clinton,  Lennwee  Co.,  Mich.,  Fell.  21.  Wo 
have  had  several  cold  terms  this  Winter,  at  one 
time  the  mercury  reaching  30*  below  zero. 
Stock  is  wintering  well,  the  crisp,  dry  weather 
being  favorable.  Fodder  reasonably  abundant. 
Many  wells  dry.  Had  two  feet  of  snow  at  one 
time— mostly  gone  now.  Low  places  in  wheat 
fields  covered  with  ice.  We  expect  the  next 
crop  will  be  spotted  In  consequence.  Wheat 
had  a  fair  start  in  the  Fall.  More  east  wind 
lately  than  usual.  Rheumatism  and  catarrhal 
fever  prevalent.  It  has  frozen  in  many  cellars 
where  frost  never  got,  before.  I  think  this  an¬ 
other  hard  W  inter  on  evergreens.  One  of  mine, 

I  know,  is  dead,  and  several  others  look  bad 
February  has  been  rather  mild.— f.  h.  g. 

Portland,  Multnomah  CO.,  Oregon,  Jail.  29. — 
The  general  temperature  now,  with  us,  is  65®. 
Roses  which  have  stood  in  the  open  air  all  Win¬ 
ter  are  in  bloom ;  buds  of  alder,  maple,  and 
other  tree*  and  shrubs  arc  swelling,  and  in  some 
places  opening  to  the  sun:  grass  has,  tn  many 
places,  attained  a  growth  of  several  inches.  Ice 
lias  nowhere  formed  to  the  thickness  of  one- 
fourth  inch.  Cattle  require  shelter  only  when 
it  rains.  A  very  little  snow  has  fullen,  but  re¬ 
mained  bu(.  a  few  hours.  Extremes  of  heat  and 
cold  are  unknown,  and  the  nights  of  Summer 
are  always  cool,  and  afford  refreshing  sleep.— 

C.  P.  F, 


DOMESTIC  NEWS. 

New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

On  the  16th,  the  N.  V.  Presbyterian  Church, 
corner  of  Houston  and  Thompson  streets,  felt 
in.  No  one  was  hurt _ Mayor  Havemeyer  pro¬ 

tests  against  the  proposed  new  city  charter  as 
doubling  the  burdens  of  taxpayers  and  wasting 
the  fruits  of  reform  ...  A  mass  meet  ing  in  favor 
of  rapid  transit  has  been  held  .  The  streets 
are  in  a  fearful  condition  A  tenement  house 
in  Brooklyn  was  burned  on  the  16th.  Two  chil¬ 
dren  and  ii  womau  were  killed.  The  steamer 
Norwich  was  lost  off  Sandy  Hook  on  i  he  17th 
Father  Preston  ha#  become  l  lie  new  Viear-Gon- 
eral  The  work  on  a  history  of  New  Amster¬ 
dam,  to  comprise  60  octavo  volumes,  at.  a  cost, 
of  $2,000,000,  has  been  suspended  ...The  Even¬ 
ing  Post  will  build  a  grand  new  office  on  Broad¬ 
way.  .  .New  indict  merits  have  been  found  against 
the  leaders  of  tho  Tammany  Ring  ...The  fa¬ 
mous  .Tuniel  case  has  ended,  with  a  verdict 
against  the  claimant  —  “  Mental  irresponsibil¬ 
ity”  is  the  plea  in  the  case  of  Sean  riel,  who  mur¬ 
dered  Donohue  .  .According  to  the  papers,  an¬ 
other  ”  King”  is  in  operation.  The  movement 
for  uunexing  Brooklyn  is  active _ Judge  Davis 


has  granted  a  stay  of  proceedings  in  t  he  Stokes 
case  ..There  Is  great  opposition  to  the  build¬ 
ing  of  ati  armory  on  Reservoir  Square,  for  tlie 
Seventh  Regiment,  . .  More  mass  meet  ings  in  fa¬ 
vor  of  reform  are  to  be  held  The  N.  Y.  Uni¬ 
versity  Medical  College  has  held  its  commence¬ 
ment,  with  68  graduate*  The  Howard  Club 
held  a  re-unlon  on  the  21st  Incendiarism  is 

on  the  Increase  In  Brookl)  n _ The  Grand  Jurj 

has  made  a  present  ment  against  ex-Controller 
Hubbard.  .  James  II.  Ingersoll  has  given  bail 

on  new  indictments _ Peter  Cooper  is  opposed 

to  the  new  charter. 

Home  Neww. 

The  Government  is  strengthening  all  its 
coast  defenses  The  new  hail  in  Washington 
for  t  lie  grand  inauguration  bail  is  335  feet  by  160 
.  Ten  thousand  people  attended  Gatfnr.y’s 
funeral  In  Buffalo.. .  .Charges  against  the  Erie 
Railway  are  to  he  investigated.  ..The  Maine 
Housoftas  passed  a  resolut  ion  in  favor  of  woman 
suffrage  Macon,  Ga.,  hus  Invited  President 
Grant  to  visit  that  city ,  .  Win.  J.  Wallace,  Bo- 
publican,  is  the  new  Mayor  of  Syracuse. 
Washington’s  Birthday  was  observed  In  nxanj 
parts  of  the  country. .  An  Indian  Museum  is  to 
no  established  at  Washington  ,  The  Florida 
Legislature  has  adjourned  Geo.  Driver  is  to 

be  hanged  In  rhicugo,  March  Htli .  Lake 

Michigan  is  bridged  over  with  ice...  The  Maine 
House  has  passed  an  net  for  free  high-schools 

_ There  lias  been  a  great  flood  at  Pittsburgh, 

and  many  boats  swept,  away..  There  is  a  great 
fight  at  Albany  over  the  charter  for  New  York 
City.  .A  civil  rights  Mil  has  been  introduced 
Into  i  he  N «  w  Jerst  y  Legisia 
road  war  Is  in  progress  in  New  Jersey  "Oiir- 
ty  military  organizations  will  attend  the  Pres¬ 
ident’s  inauguration _ The  President  lias  post  ¬ 

poned  his  Southern  tour,  owing  to  pressure  of 
business  .The  new  charter  lor  New  York  is 

being  worked  through  at  Albany _ Tlie  editors 

of  the  World  are  to  tell  what  they  know  of 
Credit  Mobilior...  Mr.  Oakes  Ames ‘is  to  make 
a  statement.  Floods  In  Pennsylvania  arc  do¬ 
ing  much  damage _ Another  body  has  been 

found  in  the  Boston  ruins...  The  Erie  Railway 
has  commenced  foreclosure,  proceedings  against 

tho  Boston,  Hartford  and  Erie  Railway _ Pleu- 

ro-pmujtnonia  is  rapidly  spreading  among  the 
cattle  in  New  Jersey. 

Disasters,  Accidents,  Etc. 

On  the  15th  the  steamer  H.  A.  Jones  wn- 
burned  in  Galveston  Bay,  with  a  loss  of  21  lives 
—  On  the  18th  an  accident  took  place  near 
Hastings,  N.  IT,,  on  the  Hudson  River  Railroad. 
Two  men  were  killed,  .On  the  lath  an  accident 
occurred  on  the  Fort.  Smith  R.  It.,  In  Arkansas, 
near  Plummer’s  Station.  A  ear  leaped  the 
track,  wounding  24  perocns,  killing  one. 

Fire*. 

On  the  18th  a  shoddy  mill  In  Philadelphia  ; 
loss,  *20,000.  .Jacob’s  Building,  In  ShiYvcport, 
La.,  on  the  18th ;  loss,  $500,000.  Clock  factory. 
In  Fores tvi lie.  Conn.,  on  the  16th;  loss,  540,000 
..Steam  mill  at  Greensborough,  Vt„  on  the 
19th;  loss.  $30,000.  Enamel  doth  factory,  at 

Newark,  N.  J.,  the  16th  ;  loss,  $15,000 . Central 

Club  House,  Boston,  on  the  10th ;  loss,  $12,000. 


which  would  yield  to  a  mild  remedy,  if  neglect¬ 
ed  often  attacks  t  he  lungs.  “  Brown's  Bronchial 
Troches"  give  sure  and  almost  immediate  relief. 

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Advice.— Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jones 
|  Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


THE  MARKETS. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

New  York.  Monday,  Feb.'2-t, 1873. 

Ucans  and  Pens.  The  arrivals  of  mediums  and 
marrowfats  are  larger,  and  prices  are  lower.  There 
are  more  marrowfats  coming  tn  than  usual  at  this 
period. 

\\  e  quote  prime  mediums,  f7.75rrf.2.?0;  prime  marrow¬ 
fats,  $2.  T.'®  5.80 j  prime  kidneys, $4:  Canada  peas, free, 
bW#-,t1.3w*han|  ween  pen*,  hush.,  $I.ft)®2. 

Bi  rswa.x, — Prime  Southern  is  scarce  and  wanted 
at  Ordinary  lots  of  Western  are  plenty,  and 
offering  at  3le, 

Broom  Coin.  -There  is  more  inquiry  from  manu¬ 
facturers,  at  steady  prices. 

We  quote  7  w,  lor  prime  hurl ;  6@7c.  for  now  green ; 
le'b'.Hr.  lor  old  do.,  5®  tie.  for  old  mixed,  and  2@ce.  for 
old  rcri.  Brooms  bring  $1.75© 4.50  per  dozen  for  com¬ 
mon  to  best  bouse. 

Buffer.  -There  Is  Mill  n  lull  in  the  demand  for 
medium  grade*  of  stock,  rot  the  confidence  of  sellers 
is  not  redly  Impaired,  although  there  is  quite  an  nc- 
i  um illation  of  CiuxadaMi  In  the  cellars.  The  situa¬ 
te  Ti  of  butter  is  not  noticeably  altered;  the  past 
week  would  naturally  have  some  dull  features,  being 
attended,  u*  it  wus,  by  stormy  weather  und  quite  a 
recognised  holiday.  Hellers  have  a  good  bottom  for 
holding  the  course  they  have  uikeu,  me  tho  expres¬ 
sion  of  satisfaction  at  tho  profits  of  this  v  inter  is 
quite  f  roquet  illy  heard  (broncho  tit  the  market.  ]•  Ine 
and  funoy  State  butter  is  quoted  fully  as  strong  as 
before,  and  the  temporary  lin  k  of  demand  will  not 
leave  any  surplus.  Canadian  stock  is  not  quoted  so 
high  ns  before,  but  If  wo  had  Die  quality  that  early 
receipt0  contained  roe»:-ut  rates  would  probably  bo 
realized.  Canada  butter  rat-ire* Ml  KbySte.  for  good  to 
fine,  and  it k  («.  for  good  to  fair,  which  is  higher. 
Kells  nre  of  only  medium  quality. 

Wo  quote:  -  Dairies,  line,  38®t0e.!  <1o.,  fair  to  good, 
Uffc. ;  fine  half  tubs.  In  lots,  40®  42c. ;  selections  of 
half  tubs,  4.VM"c,s  Welsh  Fall,  ;t6®;t8c.;do.,  common, 
23'.?;30e. ;  store  packed,  15r"  ?0c. ;  poor  to  fair,  State  dair- 
le-.2''-/uTii'. ;  Western  rolls,  Dae,  jje&iTe. :  common  to 
fair.  21323c. 

Cotton.  The.  market  has  been  very  weak,  nnd 
nomlnnl  for  spot  deliveries,  on  account  of  depressed 
foreign  markets  and  liberal  receipts  at  tlie  ports.  For 
forward  delivery  latest  tales  am  ut  SOKf.  for  Feb., 
2.m-16c.  for  March,  Sflhe.  for  April,  21  <f-16c.  for  May, 
21  :e.  for  June,  21  13-K'o.  for  July.  We  quote  for  spot 
cotton : 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 

JTVfacellauoouM  Foreign  New* 

Amnesty  will  be  granted  to  the  Carllst.  in¬ 
surgents  in  Spain.  .French  Republicans  have 
t'Aused  to  send  an  address  pi  congratulation  to 

Spain . Austria  will  recognize  the  Spanish 

Republic _ Forty  miners  were  killed  by  an  ex¬ 

plosion  in  Staffordshire.  England,  on  the  18th.  .. 
The  expenses  of  tlie  British  tinny  for  1873  arc 
estimated  at  $66,150,000 _ The  French  Commit¬ 

tee  of  Thirty  has  agreed  to  have  a  Second 
Chamber  a  triumph  for  M.  Thiers  Intoxica¬ 
tion  is  now  punished  In  Paris  .The  people  of 

Spain  are  being  armed _ Tin*  Conservatives  in 

Spain  w  ill  not  oppose  ihe  Government  .  Re¬ 
publican  prisoners  have  been  set  free  In  Spain, 

with  great  rejoicing . \  cafe  in  Smyrna,  on  I  tie 

shore  of  the  gulf,  fell  into  the  water,  and  200 
Greeks  were  drowned  .  For  tlie  present  the 
United  States  will  not  remonstrate  with  Spain 

about  Cuba . Republicans  have  held  n  grand 

celebration  at  Saragossa.  The  Spanish  Assem¬ 
bly  will  adjourn  In  six  weeks _ Church  and 

State  will  bo  separated  in  Spain  .Cuba  gives 
Its  adhesion  to  tlie  Republic. .  .Portugal  baa 
called  out  an  arrn)  ol'  9,00(1  men,  to  act  on  the 
frontier  ..A  British  squadron  has  been  placed 
at  the  disposal  of  ex-klng  Amadeus.  Tim  ex- 
Queen  of  Spain  Is  enuUu.  d  to  iter  bed.  .Great 
preparat  ions  are  being  made  for  i  he  coronation 
of  the  Emperor  of  China.. .  .  .Japan  will  send  a 
line  collection  of  art i ales  to  Vienna . .Yoko¬ 

hama  is  to  tic  lighted  wit  h  gas.  . .  ,In  the  event 
of  Japan  being  at  war,  young  men  of  all  ages 
will  be  nailed  out .  Bismarck  is  quite  HI.  A 
rupture  has  occurred  between  the  Right  and 
Right  Center  In  the  French  Assembly  .  .The 
Legitimists  and  Orient  risks  are  quarreling.. 
Emancipation  of  the  slaves  in  the  dominion  of 
Spain  i»  advocated. ..  .Don  Carlos  has  entered 
Spain  ...Free  suffrage  is  to  be  adopted  In  the 
Sandwich  Islands  .  Minister  Washburne  gave 
a  dinner  in  Paris  on  tlie  22d. 

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SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

Still  the  cry  is  for  the  Wilson  Underfeed  Sew¬ 
ing  Machine.  And  why?  Because  it  is  the 
most  perfect  and  desirable  Sewing  Machine  for 
family  use  yet  invented,  and  is  the  cheapest. 
The  constant  demand  lor  this  valuable  machine 
has  made  it  almost  impossible  for  the  manu¬ 
facturers  to  supply  the  demand.  Salesroom  at 
707  Broadway,  New  York,  and  in  all  other  cities 
in  the  United  States.  The  Company  want  agents 
in  country  towns. 

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Watch  No.  1251,  Stem  Winder  —  bearing 
Trade  Mark  "Frederick  Atherton  <&  Co.,  Marion, 
N.  J."— manufactured  by  United  States  Watch 
Co.,  (Giles,  Wales  &  Co.),  has  been  carried  by  me 
four  months;  its  total  variation  from  mean  time 
being  only  five  seconds  per  month. — F.  A.  Has¬ 
kell,  Conductor  Hudson  River  R.  R. 

Delaware:  “The  Invalid’s  Land  of  Promise 
and  the  Garden  of  America."  Send  for  a  pam¬ 
phlet  containing  letters  from  farmers,  physi¬ 
cians  and  former  invalids,  who  have  been  cured 
of  Pulmonary  and  Bronchial  Complaints,  to 
M.  B.  Hillyard,  Dover,  Del.  Price  25  cents. 
- < »»  —  — 

“A  Slight  Cold,”  Coughs,— Few  are  aware  of  the 
importance  of  checking  a  cough,  or  slight  cold, 


Ordinary .  17«  17K  J7&  173f 

Good  Ordinary .  ik«  i«j<  id 

Sudd  Good  ordinary.  Ms  15  5-16  19  vt-iti  lfljf 

Low  Middling . .  19V  20  2flX  2()X 

Middling .  20.X  2IX  21 X  21V5 

Good  Middling .  22 X  23X  23«  ?d% 

Cheese.— Tho  market  ba»  been  in  a  better  posi¬ 
tion.  The  trade  from  shippers  has  been  very  fair, 
largely  tn  common  and  medium  grades,  which  tiro 
relatively  cheaper  than  line.  but.  sufficient  in  tlie  fine 

Snides  id  create  very  sternly  prices.  The  stocks  of 
cbi  grades  are  only  moderate,  and  steadily  decreas¬ 
in'.:.  Holders  are  offering  their  supplies  freely  at 
late  prices.  The  feeling  here  is.  that  current  prices 
will  bo  curried  along.  Tho  borne  trade  Is  fair,  with 
wiles  it*  nos  direction  at  17c.  Shippers  will  not  pay 
over  lfiVe. 

We  quote  State  factory,  prime  and  fancy,  IP K3 
lP  k'i’ls.:  nilli  lobbing  sales  uL  17c.;  do.  good.,  ltfc.; 
do.  fair.  14  ut  11.! kO- ;  Slate  «lu!ry,  prime,  15c. :  do 
f  ur,  ilek.  Ohio  factor*,  prime,  MB  4 15c.; 

do.  good,  1  Tt I4c.  English  dulry,  prime,  lie.;  do. 
good.  KV.S)13XC. 

Dried  Fruits. — For  apples  there  ts  more  Jobbing 
demand  /or  all  grades,  and  late  price*  ere  tdeadiiy 
hold.  OUtor  kinds  are  neglected  here.  The  reporta 
of  damage  to  the  peach  trees  by  the  severe  Winter 
have  failed  to  start  uny  demand  here.  In  Philadel¬ 
phia  we  learn  that  a  lot  of  vytjOKJljble.  anpi  elcd  halves 
were  taken  on  spc.cn lotion. 

Southern  apples,  8J<®  h’. ;  do.,  sliced,  5®  6  c-  ;  West¬ 
ern,  r>!*'S' State.  t!(«6Ku.  Peeled  reaches  at  143160. 
for  Go..  13oi  15e.  for  Va., and  1  fit. -I He.  for  North  Caro- 
I ma.  t  nneelcd  peaches,  3Rfi:4c.  for  quarters,  and  5X@ 
r-uo.  for  halves.  Oherriiw,  22’  :r,  ■.  pjuuis,  14@]!ic. 

Blackberries,  $Kc-  Raspberries,  H  -  le. 

Keg*.—' The  market  lias  been  Rioter  supplied,  nnd, 
with  reports  that  supplies  have  tn  .  u  coming  in  more 
freely  at  interior  point*  for  shipment  to  this  market, 
prices  have  been  steadi  ly  declining,  with  considerable 
of  a  disposition  to  real  In  We  quote  fresh  Jersey, 
State  and  Pennsylvania,  24c.;  u...  Western,  52334c. 
I, trued  at  23330c.  fur  State,  und  2 7@2Dc.  for  Western. 

FI011 1%  There  Is  very  little  business.  The  foreign 
markets  ore  reported  nxelly  well  supplied,  and  ship¬ 
per-  are  about  out  of  the  market,.  The  weather  Is 
against  trade  sales.  The  arrivals  are  liberal  for  the 
season,  und  supplies  nre.  steadily  accumulating. 
Buckwheat  (lour  hits  boon  comparatively  neglected 
this  Winter,  and  at  the  close  supplies  arc  offering  at 
very  low  prices. 

Hiipcrtlne  State . $fi  oo@  7  75 

Common  extra  do . . . 7  ioe/,  7  50 

Good  to  choice  do,. .  7  56@  7  05 

Fancy  do. . . 7  75®  8  15 

Superum-  Michigan,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Iowa...  0  00®  6  75 

Extra  do .  7  00®  7  40 

Choice  extra  do . 7  J5@  s  jq 

Trade  brand#  do .  7  95@io  25 

Good  to  choice  white  wheat  extras . .  , . .  8  25® Uj  25 

Fair  to  very  choice  extra  Minnesota .  7  76® u  00 

Common  to  r.ur  extra  81..  Louis .  8  00®  9  50 

Good  to  choice  do, . .  0  60®13  50 

Southern,  common  to  choice .  6  20®  8  60 

Family  do .  6  60®  13  00 

liye,  common  tn  tine . .  . .  3  DO®  0  25 

Corn  meal.  Brandywine .  3  80®  3  90 

Fresh  Fruit*.—  Htocpori*  of  apples  2,000  bbls.  Re¬ 
cent  odes  of  American  apple*,  abroad  have  not  bec-n 
profitable  to  owners.  The  local  trnde  In  apples  is 
dnlJ;  even  the  best  fancy  table  will  not  bring  above 
$3.  Cranberries  begin  to  feel  the  neglect  of  purchase, 
and  arc  tending  caster.  Nuts  unchanged. 

We  Quote  Apples,  common,  fl.50ffi2.00;  do.  fair  to 
good,  $2®X.50 :  do.  fine, $2. 75®. COO.  Cranberries,  prime, 
crate.  r-  .AH.50:  common  to  fair.  $2,00®.','. 75 ;  bbls.,  $9 
®  I0;  choice  bbls.,  $10®11.  New  Wilmington  and 
Virginia  peanuts,  flw  1,45.  Term.  do.  $1®  1.08.  Hickory 
nuts  $Li5t<i'.‘, 

P'nr*  nnd  rikliu»4— There  Ts  considerable  compe¬ 
tition  iiiTtopg  manufacturer#  to  obtain  select  Ions  of  the 
small  stock,  and  prices  are  ilrnff  The  following  quo¬ 
tation#  are  ruling  for  parcel  lot- :  Otter,  each,  $7®  10; 
Fox.  00--, 75c.  for  gray ;  $l.20ffil.76  for  Bed  Mink ;  $1.50 
(AH.Oq  for  polo;  $S®fi  tor  dark;  Musk  rat.  II®  18c.  for 
Full  and  is®®;-,  for  Winter;  Skunk,  40®S)c.,  for 
striped,  I.Vasoc.  for  white,  y0o.@$l,io for  black;  Opos¬ 
sum  10®  15c. ;  Raccoon,  00®70o. 

Grain.— Wlicut  has  been  depressed,  under  limited 
sales,  almost  entirely  to  millers.  No. 2  Milwaukee 
quoted  at  vl.tio®  1.08;  No.  2  Chicago  and  Northwest,  in 
Ktore  and  aOoat,  $1.53®1.08.  Prime  red  Canada  Win¬ 
ter  uold  ut  $1.98.  Corn  has  been  offering  ut  lower 
prices,  with  slow  sate# ;  old  mixed  Western,  tT&lGfi'ic, 
afloat,  ivte.  for  do.  in  store,  and  65(3*600.  for  new  mixed 
and  Western  yellow.  Oat*  are  more  In  t  he  buyers' 
favor  tinder  larger  arrivals;  sales  at  M2k(5:6le.  for  or¬ 
dinary  to  choice  new  mixed  Western  :  63ke.  toroid  do. 
in  ,-t"rc ;  52&58e.  for  new  black  do.:68®S5e.  tor  white 
Western  and  State. 

flay  nnd  Hr  raw.— There  ts  very  little  trade.  North 
River  ut  $1.15  from  store.  Retail  qualities  ot  *1.30® 


at  the  railroad  depots Ratal  1  qualities  good  to 
prime,  *1.50sL65j  do.,  medium  to  fair.  $1.20®  1,40;  ship¬ 
pers’  grades.  $1.10;  clover,  mixed,  $1.10®  1.20;  clover, 
iDffiiflOo.;  long  rye  straw,  $1.30;  short  do.,  90c.ffi*4  ;  oat, 
85® 50c.:  wheat,  65c. 

llop».— For  best  lots  of  domestic  better  prices  are 
realized.  Other  grades  are  weak  under  liberal  sup¬ 
plies. 


ESTABLISH  ED  I854£2 


i  WEST  CHE'S-TtR.P® 


We  quote  State  at  l.VaiVc.;  Eastern,  tOffi'iOo.;  West¬ 
ern,  lOt&oOe. :  Ruvuriu*\  4oa>ii)o.;  English,  ;V,3I,V.;  Bel¬ 
gian,  36a«ta.:  CullforrUsn,  52M<aOTHc, 

Poultry  und  Home.— With  n  moderate  supply, 
prices  have  ruled  quite  steady.  The  time  iB  over  for 
ibis  yenv  for  any  good  speculative  trade, and  shippers 
must  bo  content  to  hist  I!  II  the  regular  wants  of  trade, 
and  should  consign  accordingly.  Small  turkeys  nro 
beM  Milling  one*,  unit  frcqiie.ui  ly  quulr  2llc.  Prime 
flacks  lire  In  demand,  and  about  the  only  kind  wanted. 
Chlekens  lire  sbnndaut,  and  Weatoro  are  genera  I  ly  In 
buvor's  favor,  r,ivo  poultry  Is  plenty  and  lower. 
We  quote  live  poultry  at  U-jdiTo.  tor  prime  fowls  and 
turkeys.  Geese. f  l.?5j42  for  Western,  S;;u:3Ior  New 
Jersey.  Ducks — fikvkU  forWostcrn,  *1  ol.'Jfl  for  N.  J. 

Wo  quote  dresiual  prl in  ■  N .  .1.  and  Buck*  On.  tur¬ 
key*.  iSisl&e..  St-itcund  Western,  poor  to  host,  ISb  lie, 
Olilukens,  vveMem.  Ii.tnlvi. ;  St.  it  a  and  near  points, 
1  lrratSo.  ueeso,  UhJic.  Ducks,  10<ra'.’2e. 

Oiuno  Is  ir>  good  "apply,  venison  offered  freely  at 
anot.utloin,  »a  the  1st  of  March  winds  up  the  limit. 
Quail,  partridge  an  grouse  will  also  bo  outlawed  on 
that  date,  but  the  stock  Is  not  oppressive.  Grouse  in 
poor  order,  quoted  at  80® We, 

Gatno  quotations:  Venison,  whole.  fkniTc. :  (lo., 
short  saddles,  8310c;  Ions:  saddles,  Tujifje.  Buffa¬ 
lo  saddles,  I!  i)sc.  rabbits,  l-S  q'T'e.;  Imres, 20vWe.:  quail, 
Sl.W  §>1.75  for  choice,  and  S  1.25311.50  for  poor.  Prairie 
'■hlekena,  50:a'G0o.;  partridges,  state.  903£D6a.!  eastern. 
0JST5C. 

Provisions.— There  Isa  liberal bmdneHs  in  bacon, 
ttnd  the  large  arrivals  arc  taken  promptly  at  better 
prices.  Pork  Is  higher,  with  light  arrivals,  hard  Is 
advancing.  Beef  hams  are  salable;  choice  Western, 
E.'T  i -d,  Texas  prime,  3W.  hard,  H  7 -hie.  for  West¬ 
ern  steam  on  spot,  6><o.  for  February,  SJjo.  for 
March,  and  3 'Ye.  for  April.  Long  clear,  itji'.;  short 
Clear,  Hr.;  short  rib.  7  Yc.  Mens  pork  at  $U>7  Vt  for  spot 
delivery;  $14.75  for  April  t  Western  prime  mess  nomi¬ 
nally  fl  1.2,1.  Dressed  bog*.  elty.lifYiap'  iC.;  Western,  fi'-s 
<^5Ssc.  Cat  meats  nrp  selling  at  u« itfille.  for  hams, 
loose;  7c.  tor  shoulders,  loose;  7  i»i  Hjs  cents  for 

Stekled  bellies,  loose  Boxed  dry-sulteu  shoulders, 
e.  Smoked  meat 3  at  I  i  LJi-fe,  for  loose  hams,  3 
for  loose  shoulders.  Tallow  at  8  li-lt’o.  for  prime 
stock.  Boef  is  ell  lug  at  011.75  for  barreled  new 
plain  me  vi,  $12v3I.1.M  for  extra  moss.  Tlorcad  boef  at 
¥23 '523  for  new  India  mess,  f'W.A'd  ror new  extra  India 
hums,  and  <wi®3>  for  now  prime  moss. 

8oed.  -Clover  him  been  arriving  freely,  and  prices 
are  lower.  Sales  at  'J&WxO,  for  fair  I o  prime  lots. 
Timothy  Is  sidling  lu  a  small  way  at  $8,T5®L 

Sundries. -floney  at  WiiSQQ.  for  dark  and  32(®.n»"e. 
for  white,  in  glass  boxes;  mixed  lota.  21c.  Cider  at 
H'SilOo.  t*  gallon.  Feathers, live  geese,  new,  tine,  d  lb., 
•T'i.iTile.;  do.  mixed,  tnjiufle.:  hen,  7i49e.:  vinegar,  elder, 
•/'  gal..  Soa'l'ie.;  do.  manufaoturnd,  liT$)20c.;  nows  pa¬ 
pers,  it  lb.,  I  UU<.;  white  rags.  6®SK. 

Tobacco, —Supplies  of  desirable  grad  , '8  are  small. 
The  demand  Is  ■  uuolng  on  lugs  and  common  to  medi¬ 
um  loaf. 

QUOTATION'S— NEW  CHOP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

Lugs .  9 Yei  lOXtl.  10  ®  10  ‘fc. 

Common  to  medium  leaf. Km®  11  c.  lOY'S  llWo. 

Good  do.  ,.11 L!  c.  1U5(S»  12ko. 

Fine  do.  ,.12H®  ll’Yo.  Iff  &  H  c. 


Fat  cattle  soil  much  the  best,  hut  there  arc  few  good 
enough  to  bo  over  13e.  Bolls  sell  at  lev! Ho.  V  ft,  live 
weight,  and  old  dry  cows  at  each. 

The  following  are  the  closing  prices  for  the  week  in 
comparison  with  what  cattle  brought  one  week  ago, 
for  net  weight  of  beef : 

This  week.  Last  week. 

Cents.  Cents. 

Choice  beeves,  ft . 13  «s  I3K  ISH  ®  it 

Good  to  prl  rue . 1 1 H  at)  12';  1 1  {  Ci  12H 

Medium . . II  to  I1Q  U  (si  UH 

Poorest  grade . .  8  a  m  8  (Si  10 

Average  sales .  —  oil  ll.1*  <a>  11H 

I  logs.  Besides  the  Uvo  hogs  given  above,  we  had 
10.347  Western  dressed  during  the  week,  being  by  far 
the  largest  arrivals  of  the  season.  Other  hog  pro¬ 
duct .  are  coining  for  ward  inlurgonunibora,  especially 
out  meats,  of  which  there  were  2l,!IUti  boxes  during 
the  week.  After  a  little  dullness  and  weaker  prices, 
hogs  are  rallying  again,  and  the  market  closes  strong 
at  iv’j.  ■  ,v,r.  tor  live,  with  good  reports  from  Chicago. 
Quotations  of  Western  dressed  5  VocS'ie.  City  dressed 
vary  troniflK($8Mu.  fur  heavy,  to  iJ  YfiiioHc.  for  medium 


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weights,  ami  d&TMe.  for  pigs. 

Hilcli  Cow*,— TUft  supply  Is  still  In  croons  of  the 
demand,  and  trade  dull  at  moderate  prices.  There  Is 
notlil’ig  to  uucourage  sending  aows  Imre  for  sale,  or¬ 
dinary  going  at  $;>l  'i.XI,  and  fair  to  good  at  »iHWU. 

fslicep.— Arrivals  are  light.,  and  the  markets  are 
strengthening,  especially  for  good  stock,  and  the 
quality  la  Improving.  Few  sheep  now  aell  down  lo5o. 
ivhllu  fair  to  good  are  worth  il'  .aii'lic.,  and  prime  to 
extras  at  T ono  ear  fat  117  lb.  State  re  tching 
S’pv,  a  ear  !(7  a,.  Ohio  Be.,  atm  a  car  93  ft.  111.  that 
State  charged  with  sending  only  diseased  sheep,  but 
now  vindicated— at  7 No.  The  average  of  2, •IW  sheep 
was  $flJI7  each,  while  li,!3J  largely  fat  stock  averaged 
?').  A’. 

Vent  tliilven.— Trade  is  somewhat  steady  at  last 
quotations,  prime  live  calves  being  scarce,  it  would 
seem  that  farmers  are  more  and  more  Inclined  to  kill 
their  Calves  in  com  weather  and  send  them  in  hng- 
dresso'l  —  that  Is,  with  head,  feet  and  entrails  re¬ 
moved,  hot.  with  sit  In  on  to  protect  the  moat.  Live 
sell  nt  H&lHfo.  for  ordinary  to  prime;  what,  are  known 
ns  hay  or  crass  calves  nearly  all  coming  In  dressed, 


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Need  the  Planet  OcmihUioi  Garden  Drill,  Wheel  Hoe, 
Plow  and  Huhsoller,  three  other  styles  l'or  seed plant- 
witf,  mMirinyferWIiier*,  and  double  quick  hand /wring. 
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No.  3.  Wholesale  Trade  List  for  Dealers,  pp.  16. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


LlOTT.Ii  F,u,t.s,  N.  V.,  Feb.  22,  1873. 

The  market  at  Little  Falls,  fur  the  week  ending 
Feb.  22,  was  brisk,  though  but  lit, tie  cheese  was  de¬ 
livered.  Farm  dairies  sold,  according  to  quality, 
from  12c.  to  He.  The  highest  plica  pa  i  1  ior  factories 
was  for  the  Herkimer,  which  brought  liJ4o.  Offer¬ 
ings  from  other  factories  worn  made  lit  hie.,  but,  we 
did  not  hear  of  any  sales  at  that  tigurc.  Butter  may 
bo  quoted  at  SOTgiic. 

wo  have  advices  from  abroad  for  the  Hist  week 
lu  February.  Liar  London  correspondent  says  that 
ehe-sy  la  in  good  demand,  at  i2:s),'ls.  for  extra  Aroer- 
loftpl  fine,  i!8:ia7rts.;  good,  .S'-sHiis.  Thn  other  descrip¬ 
tions  soil  as  follows:  English  Chuddar,  7l<<o78s, ; 
'Wiltshire  rtonhlo, /U®Tfte.;  Cheshire  mofllnm,  Ht’,(Si72s,; 
Hue.  Is,;  BcQtob,  70®7iIm.  Dutch  Cheese—  Edams, 
HOA'Hs.:  GOielaS,  WiflOrt.;  Derby  shape,  Mg£>62s.  But¬ 
ter  U  In  demand  at  odrnueed  prices,  cloniuolls  sells 
at  tin, ill  Corks.  138*.!  Dorset*,  130*,;  Normandy 
nxt.rA,  150s.;  Canadiao,  .v.v.yi i The  corresponding 

F flees  last  year  were,  for  American  cheese,  67s.;  and 
or  Clou  mulls  butter,  136*.;  Corks,  l3?2y{d3tSs. 

The  weather  in  H*irklmnr  was  mild  and  pleasant 
luring  the  early  purt  of  the  week,  but  the  snow  Is 
deep. 


\\7  A NTIill.  By  u  gont.lcman,  a.  position  as  Florist 
vv  and  Seedsman ,  is  a  good  Salesman.  Good  ref¬ 
erence:,.  No  objection  to  go  West.  Address  C.  A. 
DADDS,  4UI  Fifth  avenue,  Now  York  City. 


1710 R.  SALK-  IN  NEOSHO  (!0„  MOUTII- 
1  ern  Knnsaa,  ADO  Cattlo,  with  2,000  acres  of  land 
improvement-,  Ac,  IN  mile  N.  W.  of  Tluiuer  Station 
on  t-ho  L.  I„  &  (L  Railway.  Apply  to  A  LEX  McDON- 
A  LD,  on  tho  premises. 


To  those  having  lundn  to  iuveat,  and  those  who 
wish  to  increase  their  Income  from  means  al¬ 
ready  Invested  In  other  less  profitable  securities,  wo 
recommend  the  Seven-Thirty  Gold  Bonds  of  the 
Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Company  as -.yell  secured 
tmO  unusually  productive. 

The  bonds  arc  always  convertible  at  Ten  percent, 
premium  (1.10)  Into  the  Company’s  Lands  at  Market 
Prices.  The  rate  of  Interest  (seven  and  throe-tenths 
S<er  cent,  gold)  Is  equal  now  to  about  K‘i  currency — 
yielding  an  income  moro  than  one-third  greater  than 
U.  8. 5-20s.  Gold  Checks  for  tho  semi-annual  inter¬ 
est  on  tho  Registered  Bonds  are  mailed  to  the  Post- 
Office  address  of  the  owner.  All  marketable  stocks 
and  bonds  are  received  in  exchange  for  Northern 
Pacifica  ON  MOST  FA. VOn A  I1LE  TERMS. 


$*sl  Estate 


WESTERN  HOMES, 

WITH  EDUCATIONAL  FACILITIES*. 

TH  AYER  COLLEGE),  S.  D.COOHHAW,  D.  D.,  Pros’t, 
at  Kidder,  Missouri,  on  the  M.  A  Ht.  Jos.  It.  It.,  is  now 
open.  Farmers,  Meohunics,  Tradesmen,  und  others, 
secure  a  homestead,  early,  at  low  prices,  where  your 
children  can  he  well  educated,  and  whore  a  fine, 
healthy  climate  and  very  fertile  soli  will  enable  you 
soon  to  gain  a  com  patency.  Address  A.  METZ. 

A  inttif  Vnnr  ll'nolnrifl  f  ' .  .  I ,  ,  r,  u  L"  1/1,1 ..  ■.  .  . 


O.  DITsuON  &  CO.  offer  these  new,  fresh,  gonial 
Juvenile  8ong  Rooks  to  the  publlu,  believing  they 

jl  1-  w  1  K/RI  bear  cnini/arison  with 

V/XLC/C/I.  i  111  anV  others.  “  CftKkRFUL 
Voices,”  by  that  most 

successful  and  popular  Compo-  TT^  * 

ser,  Mr.  L.  0.  Emerson,  is  for  Y  OlC0St 

Common  Schools,  and  as  SIX),- 
000  teachers  and  pupils  are  already  familiar  with  his 
previous  School  Song  Books,  they  will  need  no  urg¬ 
ing  to  try  this. 


Farm  for  Sale  -  SI 00  per  Acre 


I  will  sell  my  Farm,  composed  of  the  t  wo,  known  ns 
the  Geo.  A.  Vurrmiy  und  Abram  Bhuart  farms,  situate 
one-half  mile  from  the  Railroad  Depot,  in  the  village 
of  Honeoyu  Falls,  on  the  rnatu  highway  leading  from 
there  to  the  city  of  Rochester.  Said  farm  contains 
175  acres,  with  two  dwellings  and  two  full  seta  of  farm 
buildings,  fur  grain,  stork,  Ate.,  and  In  good  order. 

There  is  no  hotter  wheat  land  In  the  country,  and  It 
Is  well  adapted  to  all  crops ;  is  in  a  good  state  of  cul¬ 
tivation  ;  Is  well  watered,  well  fenced ;  has  15  acres  of 
It  now  to  wheat.  There  ares  acres  of  wood  laud,  two 
apple  and  one  pear  orchard  producing  choice  fruit, 
und  Is  one  of  the  finest  locations  to  be  found  In  Wes¬ 
tern  New  York. 

1  will  make  terms  easy,  and  will  soil  as  a  whole  or  In 
parcels. 

Call  on  me  on  the  farm,  14  miles  south  of  the  city  of 
Rochester,  on  the  main  road  to  Uoncoye  Falls,  or  ad¬ 
dress  me  through  the  mall  at  Honeoye  Falls,  Monroe 
County,  Now  York,  Post  Office  Box  No.  U3. 

A.  PARK  HURST,  Jr. 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


New  York,  Feb.  22, 1873. 

The  Increased  supply  of  cattle  has  injured  that 
trade,  while  shenp  and  hogs  are  not  6a  plenty, and 
prices  are  firm.  The  trade,  generally,  lias  been  dull, 
tho  dead  meat  markets  being  overstocked,  u  nd  West¬ 
ern  box  meats,  dressed  hogs  and  beef  coming  ill  very 
frculy.  The  near  approach  of  Lent  warn*  butchers 
that  the  call  for  moat  will  ho  lighter  next,  week,  hence 
they  arc  baying  sparingly,  and  It  Is  expected  that,  the 
business  Will  suffer  for  a  few  weeks.  Eggs  hegtn  to 
cheapen,  itud  they  will  enter  largely  into  consump¬ 
tion,  while  the  Southern  rivers  arc  giving  us  shad  and 
herrings. 

RECEIPTS  or  LIVE  STOCK. 

SWp  ,v. 

Cow*,  Cxlvm,  t.itmbu,  Hocr«» 

Totals  this  week . 8,63 1  Till  «:»  10,033  37,403 

“  last  week . 7.053  167  753  22,627  30,487 

Average  last  year.... 8,178  98  2,2H  22,633  30,1175 

Beeves.— An  Increase  of  nearly  2,ooo  beeves  over 
the  rood p!s  <>f  t.he  previous  week  is  enough  to  pro- 
uace  a  decline  of  Itself,  without,  taking  into  account 
t'i  fact  thar.  Lout  (s  close  at,  hand,  lu  point  of  qual¬ 
ity,  there  fia-  been  a  little  improvement  of  late,  bnt. 
there  is  chance  for  morn.  Western  feeders  say  t  hat 
the  iiot  weather  of  last,  season  produced  such  a  hard 
and  thickly  glazed  crop  of  corn  that  the  cattle  do  n-t 
gel  their  usual  nourUlimciH  from  It  when  i'cl  whole, 
u:i  it  nearly  always  Is  at  the  West.  Much  of  It  passes 
through  the  animals  whole.  This  i*u  an  m.dlUonal  ar- 
gument  In  favor  of  steaming  or  grinding. 

After  the  close,  one  week  ago,  there  Were  5,013  cat¬ 
tle  on  Monday-  I’d  curs  at  lUHh  street,  132  at  Ootnmu- 
in  paw,  anil  M  at.  Wci-lmwlu-u.  A  Tier  a  moderate  lv 
active  market,  a  few  lots  were  left  over,  and  Ollier 
orov *■:  continued  to  come  forward,  ii  mounting  to  over 
e  head,  out  prior.'  gradually  gave  way,  closing  a 
rull  ,‘-icr.  below  the  prices  of  last  weak.  Few  Texans 
worn  among  them,  and  some  of  them  so  good  that 
they  reached  lie.,  while  the  poorer  lots  went  at  8@8Qo. 
Common  natives  run  down  to  U>Fo»10Xc„  and  pretty 
fall-  steers  were  sold  at  lie.  Drovers  were  not  inclined 
to  hold  on  to  their  cattle,  for  quite  enongh  arc  on  tho 
way  ior  the  oombig  week.  In  fact,  wo  look  for  a  dull 


Sri  a  v>lr  I  in  A,U(1 88  for  our  Sab- 

O  II (1,1  K  Mill  M  hath  School  Song  Book 
A-  O  whose  glittering  tttle 

aptly  describes  the  brightness  TO  —  —  Vs** 
of  its  contents:  read  the  fol-  Bl.11  IjlGSt 
lowing  extracts  from  commen¬ 
datory  letters.  Superintendent.*  say ;  -‘‘The  more  we 
use  It  the  bettor  we  like  It.”  *•  The  music  1ms a  fresh¬ 
ness  and  beauty  u at-ur passed  by  any  book  I  have 
seen.”  C7ion stars  say—' *•  A  (work  of  sterling  merit.” 
“  Far  excelling  Sabbath  8ohoo)  Music  of  the  many 
books  1  have  had  the  pleasure  to  use,”  &c. 

Price  of  Cheerf  ul.  Voices .  51)  eta. 

Price  of  Sparkling  Rubies . .  s5cts. 

Specimen  copies  mailed,  post-paid,  for  the  above 
prices. 

OLIVER  DITSON  &  CO., 
Boston. 

CHAS.  H.  DITSON  &  CO., 

711  Broadway,  New  York. 


JAY  €»OUI]  Jk  CO., 

new  York,  Philadelphia  and  Washington, 
Financial  Agents  Northern  Pacific  It.  It.  Co 
ty  For  Sale  by  Banks  and  bankers. 


In  another  column,  advertisement  about 

J  Iowa  and  Nebraska  Lands. 


W  I  LL  I'  U  It  <7  II  A  S  Ii  15 

acres,  or  $30,000  about  70  acres, 


Choiuest  gardening  land,  with-  buildings  thereon  worth 
the  wlujln  price.  Just  outside  city  limits,  llod  within 
10  minutes'  drive  of  POst-Oltloo  of  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Dr  will  exchange  fora  largo  farm  or  other  property. 
For  further  Information,  call  ou  or  address 

II.  F.  COR8DN, 

12  Exchange  Place,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


For  Spring  of  1873 


(  .loli ii  Himl'ii  Ciitniogue  of  Now  and  Beautiful 
Plants  will  be  ready  In  February,  containing  a  beau¬ 
tiful  colored  plate  of  tho  “Queen  of  Primroses” 
t  (Primula  Japonicai,  mailed  free  to  all  my  customers; 
Ad-  i  t|J  others,  price  10  eta.  A  plain  uopy  to  all  applicants 
J-  ]  free. 

—  t  JOHN  SAUL, 

iS  Wasliingioii  City,  D.  C. 


GRAIN  AND  FRUIT  FARM 
ron  sale, 

Situated  3  miles  west  of  tho  thriving  village  of  Mace- 
don,  Wayne  Co.,  N.  Y.;  16  miles  east  of  Rochester; 
near  thR  Una  of  the  N.  Y.  C.  R.  R.  and  Erie  Canul ; 
containing  «7$  Acres  i  cultivated  in  part  as  a 
fMimll  I'ruii  Nuracry,  having  4  acres  Grapes, 
5  seres  Hliieliherriew,  Raspliei  rics  arid  Slrnw- 
berries,  und  u.  stock  of  plants  of  each  over  40 
choice  varieties.  Good,  twostbfi/  frame  dweUinii, 
with  pleasant  grounds.  This  is  a  rare  opportunity  for 
sncurlng  one  of  the  most  attractive  and  pleasant  homes 
to  be  found  In  any  rural  district— the  health  of  the 
proprietor  obliging  him  to  quit  business. 

Address  m.  N.  WH.SON, 

Mauedou,  Wayun  Co.,  N.  Y. 


T^TnifN  ln  small  quantities,  at 
w*  H  ,  fJk  l\J  ■  wholesale  rates.  New 

JL  JUAJLAj  JL  !  J  Annual  Cutaloguc  now 

ready,  sent  free.  Ad¬ 
dress  W.  B.  WOODRUFF,  Florist,  Westfield,  N.  J. 


5  told  Twenty  to  Forty  Bushels  per  acre  more 
than  other  kinds.  Weight,  38  lbs.  per  bush.  Price, 
S<  I  per  bushel  of  32  lbs.  Bend  two  stamps  for  sample 
and  description.  RUSSELL  x  SMITH, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 


f  Iff  WO  MILLION  Forest  Trees  und  Seedlings. 

I.  Tulip,  I.inden,  Magnolia,  W.  A  -ih,  Am.  Chestnut, 
Sugar  Maple.  Trees  only  $6  ner  1,000:  Seedlings  very 
low.  Sample  1U0,  pre-pald,  50c.  Catalogue  free.  Ad¬ 
dress  J.  JENKINS,  Box  4o,  Winona,  Cot  Co.,  Ohio. 


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Agent*  wnnted  for  the  new  and  startling  hook,  The 
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“PHYSICAL  LIFE  OF  WOMAN." 

New  Stereotype  Edition  ;  rc-writteu  and  en¬ 
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This  universally  popular  book  (iju.bOO  so' J  In  three 
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PERSONAL  ITEMS. 

Darwin  Is  64  years  of  age. 

Bulwer  wrote  the  “  Coming  Race.” 

Prof.  Seeley  of  Amherst  Is  now  In  Egypt. 

The  ex-Empress  Eugenie's  Income  is  $60,000  a 
year. 

Theresa,  the  singer,  has  bought  a  158,000-franc 
palace. 

Geo.  A.  Clark  of  Newark  Is  dead,  leaving 
$3,000,000. 

Walt  Whitman,  the  poet,  is  quite  low  with 
paralysis. 

Mrs.  Lacra  Fair  Is  lecturing  with  success  in 
Sacramento. 

Chas.  C.  Clark,  Jr.,  editor  of  the  Troy,  N.  Y.,  j 
Press,  Is  dead. 

The  King  of  Sweden  has  bought  an  American 
sewing  machine. 

Gfo.  Wm.  Curtis  has  been  making  a  tour  of 
Chicago  with  the  Mayor. 

Gen.  Badeau's  life  of  Gen.  Grant  has  been 
translated  Into  German. 

COMMODORE  Vanderbilt  Is  reported  to  have 
given  $5,000  to  the  Greeley  sisters. 

Edwin  Booth,  in  playing  Hamlet,  uses  the 
skull  of  a  horse  thief  named  Glover. 

Anna  Dickinson,  Ell  Perkins  and  Dr.  J.  G. 
Hollaud  have  been  lecturing  in  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

Francis  Warden,  A.  T.  Stewart’s  partner, 
who  recently  died  In  Paris,  left  a  fortune  of 
$10,000,000 


Wxttfi,  £te&#,  giants,  &c. 

ROSES  AND  BEDDING  PLANTS 

33  Y  3VE  AILj. 

We  will  Bend  by  mall,  prist-pntd,  ntiv  one  of  the  fol¬ 
lowing  ".election*  for  ONE  DOLLAR: 

No.  1—7  Monthly  Roses,  5  Verbenas. 

No.  2—6  Rosea,  5  V erbenas,  2  Zonal  Geraniums. 

No.  S— 5  Roses,  5  Verbenas,  2  Zonal  Geraniums,  1 
Double  Geranium. 

No.  4-4  Ibises,  l  Verbenas,  2  Zonal  Geraniums,  1 
Double  Geranium.  1  Stnllax. 

No.  6—3  Roses,  5  Verbenas.  2  Zonal  Geraniums,  1 
Double  Geranium,  1  Smllax,  1  Fuchsia. 

No.  6—2  Itoses,  6  Verbenas,  2  Zonal  Geraniums,  1 
Double  Geranium,  1  Smllax,  1  Fuchsia, 2  Car¬ 
nations. 

For  Ft  v  k  DOLL  A  Its,  we  will  send  the  Most  Com¬ 
plete  Assortment  ever  offered  for  the  money,  as 
follows ; 

Five  Kverbloomtng  Roses,  JO  Verbenas,  2  Zonal  Ge¬ 
raniums,  2  Scented  Geraniums,  1  Double  Geranium,  2 
Fuchsias,  2  Carnations,  3  Altornantherus,  1  Begonia, 
1  Scarlet  negc.SClKar  l'  iowi  rr".  1  Heliotrope,  1  Smllax, 
1  Lophosp.  ririnrn.  J  Miurandln,  !  AbutUon,  1  Mosorn- 
bryantheimnu,  1  Coleus,  1  Achryanthus,  1  Ageratum, 
1  Mahunla  OdorotH.  1  Pansy,  1  Double  Violet,  2  Pllea 
Serpaofolla.  1  Tradeseantla,  l  Veroulca,  1  Torrenla 
Asiatica,  2  Punicuta  Variegatuin.  1  Gnaiihallum  La- 
natum -making  the  most  complete  outfit  for  Flower- 
Beds  and  Hanging  Basket*. 

AH  ordors  shipped  in  order  of  their  reception.  Wo 
can  make  no  changes  in  the  above  collections,  and 
would  refer  those  who  do  not  wish  plants  as  8bove  to 
our  Price  List,  which  will  be  sent  free  to  all  appli¬ 
cants.  Z*T  We  cannot  send  leas  than  *1  worth  of 
plants  by  mall. 

MASSEY  «fc  HUDSON, 
Chealertovvn,  Kent  Co.,  Mil. 


SM  Aim  FRUIT.I 

•INSTRUCTOR. 


Sixty -four  pages,  price  25  ct*..  post-paid.  Tells  how 
to  plant  and  grow  all  kinds  of  Sninll  Fruit  success¬ 
fully.  both  for  market  nnd  homo  garden,  John  J. 
Thomas,  Henry  Ward  Beecher,  Judge  I.  S.  Harris  or 
Ga.,  and  others,  say  it  Is  one  of  the  timet  complete 
and  practical  works  ever  printed.  t3T  Price  List  of 
Plants,  retail  or  wholesale,  Free  to  all  applicants. 
Address 

A-  M.  PURDY,  Palmyra,  N.  Y. 

Or,  PURDY  &  FIANCE,  South  Rend,  Ind. 

ODESSA  SPRING  WTTF.AT.  I*  tlie  best, 

yields  large  crops  whom  other  varieties  fall. 
Funner*,  fry  It.  4  lb*.,  by  mail. 7 1 ctB.J  1  bush., *3;  per 
sack,  2,14  bush.,  *4.  sent  promptly ;  bags  free. 
Address  GEO.  WHITE,  Box  24.  Durand,  Ill. 

^MASSACHUSETTS  SEED 

Of  my  own  growing.  Hend  formyLlstof  Feeds, 
and  not  be  disappointed  by  sowing  old  and  worthless 
seed.  JOHN  8.  IVES,  Sulem,  Muss. 


TWENTY-EIGHTH  ANNUAL  REPORT 


OF  THE 


New  York  Life  Insurance  Company. 

OFFICE:  Nos.  346  and  348  BROADWAY, 

January  1,  1873. 

Amount  of  Net  C'aah  Assets,  Jan.  1,  1822 . @18,689,747  36 

INCOME  : 

Premiums  and  Annuities . . . . . $6,308,000  62 

Interest  received  and  accrued . . .  1,206,606  43 —  7,515,407  05 

826,205,154  41 

DISItlRSEMENTS  : 

T.o»seB  by  Death .  1JCK819  87 

Dividends,  and  Return  Premiums  on  Cancelled  Policies .  2,263,502  t/? 

Life  AnnuiLie*  Matured,  Endowments  and  Reinsurance . .  50,606  5u 


Commissions,  Brokerage*  and  Agency  Expenses .  540,975  96 

Advertising  und  Physicians’  Fees .  .  HUSO  71 

Tuxes,  Office  and  law  Expenses,  Salaries,  Printing,  Revenue  Stamps,  &c .  2o6,18o  43—  4,630,311  op 

§21,574,842  76 

A*SliTfc  : 

Cash  lu  Trust  Co.,  In  Bank  and  on  hand . . .  2,242,740  64 

Invested  in  United  States,  New  York  State  and  other  Stocks  (market  value  *4,227,- 

307  83),  cost . . . . . . .  . .  4,140,518  96 

Invested  in  New  York  City  Bauk  Slocks  (market  value  $46,827  60),  cost .  41,519  00 

Real  Estate . . . . . . ! . 1,768,174  14 

Bonds  and  Mortgages  (secured  by  real  estate  valued  at  *26,000,000  00,  buildings 
thereon  Insured  for  over  *11,(100,000  Op,  and  the  policies  assigned  to  the  Com¬ 
pany  as  additional  collateral  security) .  — 13,890,534  28 

Louns  on  existing  policies  fthe  reserve  held  by  the  Company  on  these  policies 

umount*  to  $4,(KW,ljyi  51) . . .  .  986,244  08 

Quarterly  and  Semi-annual  Premiums,  due  subsequent  to  Jon.  1,  1873  .  591,406  51 

Premiums  on  existing  policies  In  course  of  transmission  and  collection  (estimated 

reserve  on  these  policies,  *800, Otf),  Included  lu  liabilities) . . . . .  272,484  75 

Amounts  due  from  Agents . .  29,033  08 

Interest  accrued  to  Jun.  1.  1873  .  112,162  33— 21,o74,842  16 

Add— Exec**  of  market  value  of  securities  over  cost  . .  92,Io7  o8 

Cash  Assets,  Jnu.  1,  1873....- . . . .  821,667,000  14 

APPROPRIATED  AS  FOLLOWS: 

Amount  of  Adjusted  Losses  due  subsequent  to  January  1,  1873 .  *281,642  00 

Amount  of  Reported  Losses  aw  ulting  proof,  &c .  192,670  00 

Amount  reserved  for  Reinsurance  on  existing  policies  insuring  $117,621,753  21  par¬ 
ticipating  insurance  (at  4  per  cent.  Carl  laic  net  premium),  *1,000,852  05  non-par¬ 
ticipating  (at  6  per  cent.  Carlisle  net  premium) . . .  131,4*6  73 

Balance  of  Return  Premium  of  1872,  payable  during  the  yeur  1873 .  131,436  76—20,024,575  22 


m  rL0WE:R  AND  vegetable, 

■  «  Elegant  Bocks  os  Window  Gardening,  ct:. 

U  Givfciisr  AWAY  'UP 

as  premiums  to  our  customers.  See  our  richly 
Illustrated,  tinted  Catalogue  for  1878,  now  readj- 
Free  to  all.  WOOD  &  HALL,  Geneva,  N.Y. 


GARDEN  SEEDS. 


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Vegetable;  Field  and  Flower 
Seeds-  Including  till  the  most  definable  Euro¬ 
pean  novelties  of  the  past  season. 

POur  SPRING  CATALOGUE  Is  now  ready,  FREE 
to  all  on  application. 

SEED  POTATOES 


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, , tt*  Bed  Wethersfield,  Early  Round,  Red  and  Yellow 

A  Danvers,  each  *2 P  tt.,by  mull,  post-paid;  H  lb., $1.26. 

_  __  __  ^  m  m  m  SEE  my  offer  In  Rural  New-Yorker,  page  102, 

UlScdSc  No.  6,  of  seeds  given  away  for  trial. 

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25  cts.  Morocco  Needle  Casket.  OOntalnmg  6  large 
Needles  nnd  5  Papers,  POc.  Baraples  mulled  on  receipt 
of  above  prices.  CONNECTICUT  NoVEi.i  V  WORKS, 
699  Broadway,  N,  Y. 

i  1_  may  lcitrn  something  g really  to  tbetr 

A  linnTCl  advuntaae,  obtain  specimen*  anil  full 

Apuio  — . — m 


n  U  II II  111  particulars  free,  by  addressing  H'ood’u 
Il^UH  ID  Literary  A  Art  Ayrucy,  Newhurg,  N.  V. 

«:  run  porrlnvl  Agenu  wnuted  !  Ail  tlns»c»  nf  wotliiag 

V  II’  v  - ^  poosD,  of  ellbar  tex,  young  or  al.l,  nmkc  aiora  inuasy 
At  work  tor  us  in  thtor  spuru  inoiiiclittor  till  the  l\tue  llnut  ul  nny tiling 
<rlso.  Particulfirs  freu.  AdJic 69  (i.  Stinson  4;  Cu.t  Portluml,  Muiuo 

LI  AGENTS  I  I  WANTED.!  T 


$200  per  month 
made  selling 
OUR  NEW 

C.  S.  nutl  State 
Maps,  Charts, 
Etc. 


Salable  &  pro¬ 
fitable.  Send 
for  Catalogue  to 
E.  C.  BRIDG¬ 
MAN,  5  Barclay 
St.,  New  York. 


I  was  the  first  to  introduce  to  the  public  the  Hub¬ 
bard  Squash,  American  Turban  8quash,  Marblehead 
Mammoth  Cabbage,  Mexican  Sweet  Corn,  Phinney’s 
Wuter-molon,  anil  many  other 

NEW  AND  VALUABLE  VEGETABLES. 
This  season  I  have  it  new  and  exceedingly  valuable 
squusb.  new  varieties  of  corn,  three  fine  melons,  and 
other  choice-  now  vegetables  for  my  customers. 

My  business  Is  to  supply,  what  every  good  fanner  Is 
anxious  to  get,  the  iwu  test  of  vegetable  seed.  I 
grow  u  hundred  and  fifty  kinds  on  my  four  seed  farms, 
right,  under  my  own  eye,  mahiuy  new  > tg.(aw,«  a 
apt ■fialiy,  lu-vidi  -  importing  their  choicest  varieties 
from  European  grower*.  A  Am.-  selection  of  flower 
seed,  horn  e-grrown  nrm  Import  ed,  will  also  be  found  In 
my  Catalogue,  whtcli  will  be  Kent  fret  to  nil  applicants. 

As  stated  In  my  Catalogue,  alt  my  seed  is  sold  under 
three  warrants .  1st :  V  luif  all  mttney  sent  shall  reach 
me.  2d  :  That  all  seed  ordered  idwU  reach  the  purchaser. 
Sd :  1  hat  tuu seeds  shall  br  f/»* h  ana  true  to  nam  -j 
JAMES  J.  H.  GREGORY.  Marblehead,  Mass, 


Divisible  hurplus. 


$1,642,424  02 


&m.s,  plants:,  &c. 


FOR  1B73, 

With  Descriptive  Priced  Uatalo»uc  of 
Scud*, 

new  ready,  and  will  be  mailed  free  to  all  applicants. 
Wholesale  Lists  on  application. 

Address  PLANT  SEED  COMPANY, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

BLOOMINGTON  NURSERY 

600  AcreB.  13  Green-Houses.  22d  Year. 
Apples— 1st  class,  V  1.000,5  to  7  ft..  *50 j  4to6ft.,*40  00 
*'  Roots lafts,  1 ,000,  $6 ;  10,000,  *50 ;  100,000, 400  00 

Raspberrie*—  Doolittle  and  Clark,  per  1,000...  6  00 

Htrstine,  per  100 . .  20  00 

Blackberries— Klttatlnny.  per  1,0(D.  •  .  6  00 

.\spuragus--2yrs.,  v  1,000, Glunt.fl;  Conover’s  6  00 
Soft  Maple— per  1,000, 12  to  14  ft.,  *60;  11  to  20 

ft.,  *80;  1  to 2 ft . .  100 

Black  Wnlnnt-por  100, 8tol0ft,.*12;  10 to  12 It  16  00 
Osage  Orange  Plants— 1st  das*,  1  yr.,  10,000.  20  00 
Lute  Hose  PoUiloce  (CampbLdl’s)— Peck,  *3; 

bush,,  *10i  bid . . . . .  20  00 

Flower,  Vegetable  nud  Tree  Seeds, 

Colored  Plutes  of  limits  and  8  lowers,  6  samples  1  00 
Four  Catalogues  for  20  cents. 

F.  K.  PHOENIX,  Bloomington,  Ill. 

Tets  summit  nurseries. 

Wholesale  nnd  deueral  Supply  Nurseries. 
An  Immense  stock,  of  superior  qualitv,  at  low  prices. 

IPP“  Osage  Hedge  Plants  by  the  1,U00  or 
1,000, OOO.  Send  for  Price  List. 

BLAIR  BROS.* 

Lee’s  Summit,  JackBon  Co.,  Mo. 

To  Farmers  and  Marketnien. 

You  want  none  but  the  very  best  of  seed,  grown 
from  carefully  selected  seed  stock  With  the  money 
you  have  to  invest  In  manure,  help  and  glass,  -you 
fern/ te  you  cannot  afford  to  use  any  other:  yon  feel  very 
anxious  about  it :  thy  mine.  Catalogues  free  to  all. 
N.  B.— Call  In  the  Spring  and  »ee  what  oulons,  cab¬ 
bages,  &c..  I  set  out  to  grow  seed  from. 

JAMES  J.  H.  GREGORY,  Marblehead,  Mass. 


From  the  undivided  surplus  of  *1, 642,424  92  the  Board  of  Trustees  has  declared  a  reversionary  Divi¬ 
dend,  available  on  settlement  of  next  annual  premium,  to  participating  policies,  proportioned  to  their 
Contribution  to  Surplus.  The  cash  value  uf  such  reversion  mav  be  used  on  settlement  of  premiums,  If 
the  policy-holder  so  elect. 

During  the  year  8,910  Policies  have  been  issued,  insuring  *27,096,273  61, 

TRUSTEES. 

MORRIS  FRANKLIN . President  of  the  New  York  Life  Insurance  Co. 

DAVID  DOWS . . . . . (David  Dows  &  Co.,  Flour  Merchants),  20  South  St. 

ISAAC  C  KENDALL . . . (Merchant),  Union  Buildings,  corner  William  bud  Pine. 

DANIEL  S.  MILLER . (Late  Later,  Miller  A  Co.,  Grocers). 

HENRY  K.  BOQKRT . (Bogcrt  &  Knee-laud),  )  *  William  St. 

JOHN  MAIRH . (Merchant)  20  South  St. 

WM.  H.  APPLETON . (Appleton  &  Co.,  Publishers).  ;49  and  S5I  Broadway. 

ROBERT  ft.  COLLINS .  (Collins  &  Brothers,  Stationer*),  370  Broadway. 

WILLIAM  BARTON .  ....  i  Banker),  33  Wall  8t. 

WM.  A.  BOOTH . .  (Booth  A  Edgar),  KM  Wall  St. 

GEORGE  A.  OSGOOD .  . . (Banker),  75  Broad  St. 

HENRY  BOWERS . . . . . (Banker).  36  Broad  St. 

OH.ts.  i..  ANTHONY . . (Anthony  A  Hall,  Dry  Good*),  61  Leonard  St. 

SANFORD  COBB . President  Eagle  Fire  Insurance  Co  ,  71  Wall  St. 

EDWARD  MARTIN. . (Cragln  A  Co.,  Provisions),  4(0  West  Twelfth  8t. 

EDWIN  HOYT . . (Hoyt.  Spranues  &  Co..  Dry  Goods),  Uo  Franklin  St. 

ll.  B.  Cl. A KMN . (H.  B,  Claflin  Sc  Co.,  Dry  Goods),  corner  Church  nnd  Worth  Sts. 

J.  Y  SEYMOUR . .  (J.  F,  Seymour  &  Co,).  7«  Warren  St. 

CORNELIUS  II.  UOGERT,  M.  D . . . 8  St.  Marks  Place. 

WILLIAM  H.  BEERS. . ...Vice-President  of  the  New  York  Llfo  Insurance  Company. 

MOIEIHS  FRANKI/I*,  l*n>iilcnt. 

WIU.I4N  11.  HCU.ItS,  Vice-I»resident  und  Actuary. 
THEODORE  M.  BAXTA,  Cashier. 

D.  O’DELL,  Supcrintemlcnt  of  Agencies. 

CORNELIUS  R.  BOGEKT,  M.  D.,  I  „  .  „  .  . 

GEORGE  WILKES,  M.  D.,  (  Medlcal  Examiners. 

CHARLES  WRIGHT,  M.  D.,  Assistant  Medical  Examiner. 


.  Ertts,  Sails,  flimls,  he. 

ALL  FOR  $0  AT  ALL! 

I  send  two  packets  flower  seeds  free  to  any  one  send¬ 
ing  a  post-paid  envelope. 

w.  B.  DlMON.  Jr.,  Seedsman,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

TIIOIIBIJWN’S 

FLOWER  SEEDS. 

Our  annual  descriptive  Catalogue  ot  Flower 
Seeds,  containing  all  the  Novelties,  also  Hybrid 
Gladiolus  and  Spring  Bulbs.  1b  now  ready  for 
mailing  free  to  applicants ;  also.  Tree  Seed  Catalogue. 


THOEBURN’S 

LATE  ROSE  POTATOES. 

Secure  the  Pennine  article  by  ordering  them  now. 
Price  per  barrel,  *5.50;  per  bushel.  *2.  GO,  or  4  lbB.  by 
mall  for  *1.  J .  Jit.  THORBURN  A:  CO., 

15  John  8t«,  Now  York. 

We  catalogue 

of  Small  Fruits,  Bulbs,  Seeds,  Potatoes,  etc.,  will  be 
mailed  free  to  all  applicants.  Address 

liEJi-iG  &.  II  EX  AUER, 
New  Castle,  Westchester  Co.,  N.Y. 

WHITE  PROBSTEIBR  OATS 

Have  produced  417  bushels  on  four  acres.  Straw 
strong;  not  liable,  to  loiter.  Hulls  thin.  Weight,  38 
lbs.  per  bush.  Price, *1,S0  per  busb.  Also.  Excelsior 
Oats,  Seed  Corn,  Potatoes  nm.l  Garden  Seeds.  Send 
two  stamps  for  Circular  and  sum  pies  of  oats.  Berk- 
sliire  l’igs>,  from  imported  stuck,  for  sale  In  tlie 
Spring.  Wm.  N  javto-V,  Henrietta,  Monroe  Co.,  N.Y, 

OSAGE OEANGE SEEP 

Fresh.  Also,  Apple  und  F.*ar  Seed.  Also,  a  com- 

Slete  assortment  of  all  kind*  of  Seed*,  for  sale  by 
re  package,  pound,  ounce  or  bushel,  by 

PLANT  SEED  CO.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Established  ik  1545.  I  Incorporated  in  1872. 

ere  In  another  column,  advertisement  about 

OCCj  Iowa  and  Nebraska  Lands. 

4  A  A  A  AAA  fruit  and  OKNA- 
I  .UUUJMJU  MENTAL  TREES,  for  the 

Spring  Trade.  Standard  Ptjars.  Apples,  Flutns,  Cher¬ 
ries.  Peaches,  and  a  general  hne  of  Nursery  Stock- 
car  STAND  A  HD  AND  DWAUI-  PEAR  THEKS  ODB  SPE¬ 
CIALTY.  Local  and  TrnreffUat  Ayents  wanted. 

£.  MOODY  &  SONS,  Lockport,  N.  Y. 

THE  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  saved 
me  two  hundred  dollars  on  my  nay  last  season. 


I 


NEWS  CONDENSES, 


§t<W  Rustication: <t 


fmptcmcnto  and  |Uachincvy 


—  Ohio  has  5,000  paupers, 

—  New  Orleans  has  had  zero  weather. 

—  Paris  makes  2,400,000  drums  each  year. 

—  Illinois  advocates  compulsory  education. 

—  Peach  buds  ore  Wlnter-killod  in  New  Jersey. 

—  A  seat  in  the  N.  Y.  Gold  Boom  costs  $1,500. 

—  Chicago  proposes  letter-boxes  on  the  street¬ 
cars. 

—  International  copyright  has  been  reported 
against. 

—  Minnesota  will  open  Its  public  libraries  on 
Sunday. 

—  South  Bend,  Ind.,  has  150  industrial  estab¬ 
lishments. 

—  The  mountains  in  Colorado  cover  70,000 
square  miles. 

—  Concord,  N.  H.,  has  110  manufacturing  es¬ 
tablishments. 

—  There  are  27  farmers  and  5  gentlemen  in  the 
N.  Y.  Assembly. 

—  There  is  talk  in  Washington  of  building  a 
new  White  House. 

—  Vast  bods  of  marble  have  been  discovered 
on  Lake  Champlain. 

—  Parisian  play-houses  are  being  furnished 
with  smoking  rooms. 

—  The  French  census  gives  31,586  more  mar¬ 
ried  men  than  women. 

—  Christian  Union  Coffee  Rooms  in  Boston 
have  proved  a  success. 

—  Snow  Is  drifted  above  the  tops  of  the  cars  on 
New  England  railroads. 

—  Farmers  In  Michigan,  Illinois,  Missouri, 
Wisconsin,  Iowa  and.  Minnesota  are  uniting 
against  railroad  monopolies. 


$200  GIVEN  IN  PREMIUMS 

f  PERRYS*  TSCA-Uia... - r  r 


FIRST-CUSS  ILLUSTRATED  GARDENING  PERIODICAL 


Published  Weekly,  price  M. ;  free  to  Amorlea,  Id- 


THE  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE 


(fiottane  Ckvdntev,  and  (Hountvy  (CeutUman. 

A  CHRONICLE  OF  TIIK  HOMESTEAD,  POULTRY- YARD,  APIARY  AND  DOVECOT. 

CONDUCTED  BY  G.  W.  JOHNSON,  F.R.H.S.,  A  ROBERT  HOGG,  LL.D.,  F.L.S., 

Assisted  by  a  Stair  of  the  best  Writers  on  Piaetlou.1  Gardening,  and  other  Rural  Pursuit*  connected 

with  the  Household, 


,L,PE8Rii^tMhiWGIJA>; 


l*'or  illustrated  Circular  of  Scarifier  and  Perry’s 

Combined  Gn nlcn- Drill  and  Maud-Hoe. 


This  long  established  and  widely  circulating  Journal  consists  of  Thirty-two  rages  Of  Letterpress,  with 
occasional  supplements  of  Fight  additional  Pages;  and  Is  richly  illustrated  with  Wood  Engravings  in 
the  highest  stylo  of  the  art. 

The  subjects  treated  on  embrace  every  Department  of  Gardening  and  Rural  and  Domestic  Economy, 
the  loading  object  being  to  render  this  Journul  u  welcome  guest  In  every  country  home. 

Natural  History  anil  Botany,  so  tar  as  they  relate  to  Gardening  uu<l  Husbandry,  are  amply  treated 
oft,  and  embrace  Zoology,  Geology,  Mineralogy,  Meteorology,  and  Physloloi  cal,  Structural,  bystomatle 
and  Popular  Botany. 

Biographic*  and  Portraits  of  the  most  celebrated  Horticulturists. 

Reviews  of  New  Books  relat  ing  to  the  above  subjects  :  Reports  of  Horticultural  and  Poultry  Socie¬ 
ties'  Meetings  throughout,  the  country;  and  Scientific  Notices. 

To  Advertisers  the  "Journal  of  Horticulture  "  will  be  found  «  valuable  and  effective  medium,  from 
Its  extensive  circulation  among  the  middle  and  upper  classes.  \  Specimen  Number  sent  by  post  tor  Id. 
THIS  JOURNAL  HAS  TUB  LaRuEST  CIRCULATION  Of  ANY  UORTICULTURAX,  PERIODICAL 


Mallory  &  Sanford  Flax  Machine  Co’s  new  and  Im¬ 
proved  Flax  Brakes  are  the  best  In  any  market..  Easily 
worked,  strong,  and  very  desirable.  Also.  Hemp 
Brakes.  Send  Tor  Circular  to  .1  OH  N  W.tJIIMIl  . 
Treiis.,  08  11  illiani  si.,  New  York. 


Writ*  Tor  Large  Illustrated  Descriptive  Price  List  to 


PITTSBURGH  PA 

Doubli,  Single.  Mussie  and  Breech-Loading  ItlUes 
Shot  Gana,  Revolvers,  Pistols.  Ac.,  of  every  kind, 
for  men  or  boys,  at  very  low  prices,  (inns.  Off  to  T300; 
Pistols.  $1  to  *35. 


Kmpljcmietrt^  ami  iUnchmcry 


Watch  Buyers  Attention 


f|1II»IE,  MONEY  AND  STRENGTH  8AVED 
L  by  using  C'lat'k’s  Piilcnt  Tobacco  Kidgcr 
and  llilling  Plow.  The  most  complete  implement 
ever  put  Into  the  bauds  of  the  Farmer.  It  Is  the  sim¬ 
plest,  easiest  handled,  and  takes  up  no  more  room 
than  an  ordinary  plow .  It  combines  four  of  the  most 
valuable  tools  In  one,  und  with  One  Horaeaud  Boy  will 
do  more  work  than  ten  men.  Asa  Tobacco  Rtdgcr It 
has  do  equal.  Asa  Hilling  Plow  It  stands  unrivaled. 
Asn  cultivator  of  all  crops  that  require  hilling  It  Is 
unsurpassed.  AsaUorsc  HoenotUlngcompureswlth 
It.  Send  for  Circular,  and  cot  description  of  the  best 
Hue  of  tools  ever  put  Into  the  bunds  of  the  Farmer. 

HlGGANl,  M  M'lT’O  CO.,  tDgguiium,  Conn. 


respectfully  eaU  tliu 
attention  or  persons 

purchase  of  Watch - 
fl*  to  the  superiority 

.’,,51 .  \  N  Ickle  Movements, 

i  man  u  fa  ctured  by 
,  ...  rSrtfTXJ  j  yiessrs.  BOHEL  & 

l'‘L*whu*Qr  ™1Ntg®y(’oirRvojbiEtr  of 

\  ^iWff>>nau3aUit,vaLjj^W  Nelielmtel.  Gents.’ 
\  USfh‘  "  7  and  Ladles'  sizes , 

kPv*und  stem  whi^d- 

n'lents.ehronouieter 
'  —  balances,  exposed 

ruby  pallets  Breguot  hair-springs  and  full  rtiby- 
Jqwcled,  and  combine  all  modern  Improvements  in 
watch -making. 

The.'*'  Wat'  lies  were  awarded  the  Grand  Prize  at 
the  Paris  Exposition  of  1.WIT.  and  can  be.  warranted 
to  perform  equal  to  thoso  of  the  best  manufacturers. 

Fur  sale  by  dealers  throughout  the  United  States, 
and  by  QUINOHE  Jfc  K  BUGLER  Bole  Agents  for  the 
Manufacturers.  Salesroom,  15  Malden  Lane.  N.  Y. 


TUE  A II I  V  American  Musical  Instruments  of 
I  DC  UnLl  such  extraordinary  uml  recognized 
excellence  as  to  command  a  wide  rale  in  Europe,  not¬ 
withstanding  Competition  there  with  products  of 
cheap  labor. 

A  I  Ui  A  VO  awarded  highest  premiums,  Including 
f\l»7VHi(d  the  Medal  ui,  tlio  l’url*  Exposition.  Of 
hundreds  of  Industrial  Exhibitions, there  have  not 
boon  nix  in  uli  where  any  other  organ  *  have  been  pre¬ 
ferred  to  those. 

IIUIUCDCAi  I  V  recommended  by  eminent 
UflIVCiitvHbLI  musicians  as  possessing  ex¬ 
cellencies  hot  attained  in  uuy  others,  boo  opinions 
of  ONE  THOUSAND  In  Testimonial  Circular, 
rvpi  IICIUCI  V  employing  several  Important 
CAuLUOliCLI  inventions  and  embracing 
every  real  lmprovemout. 

THE  MOST  EXTENSIVE  Kh0?.”: 


SHbtrllmitmis 


Send  25c.  for  the  new  self-adjust¬ 
ing  Cigarette  and  Cigar-holder,  or 
2  for  60c.  M.  R.  HO B E RTS  &  CO., 
1715  Broadway,  Now  York. 


tortes  tn  the  world,  producing  bettor  work  at  less 
cost  than  otherwise  possible. 
nniPCO  riven  and  as  low  as  consistent 
r  nlbCO  MAK.il  with  scrupulous  ornploy- 
muut  of  ODly  boat  material  and  workmanship. 

ILLUSTRATED  CIRCULAR  AND  TESTI¬ 
MONIAL  CIRCULAR,  WITH  IMPORTANT  INFORMA¬ 
TION  ABOUT  ORGANS  WHICH  MAY  SAVE  PURCHASERS  FROM 
DISAPPOINTMENT  IN  PURCHASE  OF  INFERIOR  OR  WORTHLESS 
INSTRUMENTS  OR  PAYMENT  Of  HIGH  PRICES,  SENT  FREE, 

MASON  &  HAMLIN  ORGAN  CO., 

154  Tremont  St.,  Boston  :  25  Union  Square,  New 
YORK  ;  80  AND  82  ADAMS  ST.,  CHICAGO. 


In  the  world  Is  obtained,  without,  cost,  by  using 
Goux’s  Absorbent  Closet  tiud  Urinal.  Ware- 
rooms,  cor.  Varlck,  Vostry  and  Canal  Sts.,  New  York. 


HARRINGTON ’.N  1*  AT  HAT 

The  only  com¬ 
bined  Seed 
Sower  and 
Cultivator, 

Mado  only  by 

Ames  Plow  Co. 

53  Beckman 
St.  New  York. 


Send  tor 
Circular^ 


TEN THOUSAND  CASH  GIFT’S,  aggregat¬ 
ing  8500,000,  will  bo  distributed  by  lot  to  patrons 
Of  the  Third  Grand  Gift  Concert  In  aid  of  the 
Public  Library  of  Ky.,  at  Louisville,  Ky-,  Tues¬ 
day  .April  8,  lK/ii.  Gifts  range  from  SlO  lo  $IOO,- 
000,  all  cash.  Whole  tickets  #10,  halves,  *b,  quar¬ 
ter*  *2.50.  The  first.  Concert,  Doc.  Id,  1871, and  second, 
XW'%  7, 18T2,  went  oil'  with  great  success  and  received 
universal  approval  for  the  sorupulnus  Integrity  with 
vrtuch  thoy  were  conducted  and  promptness  With 
wblob  gifts  were  paid.  For  ticket*  and  full  Informa¬ 
tion.  address  lion.  Tims.  K.  Urn llllctfe,  Agent 
for  Trustees  Public  Library  of  fty,,  Library  Building, 
Louisville,  Ky. 


4  FT  Kit  ONE  DAY’S  USE  OF  THE  SU- 
.\  PEItlOU  HA  V  SPREADER  uo farmer  will 
ever  part  with  It. 


TIMI  ROVED  FOOT  LATHES, 
jV’r'K  Jl  With  Sllde-lt'JHt  mut  Fitting*,  .lust 
/sl\  X  the  tiling  for  the  Artisan  or  Amateur 
O-'AJ  IV  Turner, 

K&-4A  Also.  HAND  PLANERS. 

n*J  *’ Many  rouCcrs  uf  this  paper  have  One 

of  them."  Selling  tn  ull  parts  of  the 
country,  Canada,  Cuba,  Km  ope,  Ac. 

Send  lor  descriptive  Ciitalucue. 

N.  II.  BALDWIN,  Laconia,  N.  11. 


8100  cash  for  double-roed,  six  stops,  powerful- 
turned  Organs.  Warranted  the  bust.  cash  for 

7-0 crave,  rosewood,  carved  leg,  fully  warranted 
Pianos.  WM.  A.  POND  St  CO., 

No.  547  Broadway,  New  York. 


Sows  all  kinds  of  Grain  and  Grass  Seed.  One  man 
can  do  as  much  work  with  the  Hand  Ilachine  us  five 
men  can  do  without  It.  Price  of  Hand  Machine,  til). 
1  have  agents  tn  all  parts  of  the  country.  Sued  stamp 
for  Circular.  D.  H.  GOOPKLL, 

Hole  Manufacturer,  Antrim.  N.  II. 


KIDDER’S  PASTILLES  •  for  Asthma. 

Price  40c.  byrnall.  8TO  WEI.L  &  CO..  Charlestown,  Musa. 


Largest  Organ  Establishment  in  the  World ! 

7  Extensive  Factories. 

J.  ESTEY  Sc  COMPANY 

Brattloboro,  Vt.,  U.  8.  A. 

THE  CELEBRATED 


unit  Attach  in  mi 


riWQ  and  IV AILS 

LJAmIw  of  every  variety.  In  puck- 
ages  TO  SUIT,  sent  to 
a  by  AMERICAN  TALK  CO., 
Manufacture rn,  117  Chambers  St.,  N.  Y. 


FARMERS,  DAIRYMEN  &  BUTTER  BUYERS  ! 

PACK  YOUH  BUTTER  IN 

WESTCOTT’S 

RETURN  BUTTER  PAIL 

Approved  and  recommended  by  the  leading  author¬ 
ities  of  our  country  on  dairying,  and  acknowledged  by 
all  butter  dealers  to  ho  the  very  best  package  In  use. 

Butter  packed  lu  this  Full  brings  5  to  10  ceuta 
more  a  pound  In  the  New  York  City  market  than  the 
tamo  quality  in  any  other  package. 


/■YAR HART’S  PULVERIZING  CULTIVA- 

Yy'  Toil  has  more  practical  points  than  any  cultiva¬ 
tor  In  use.  and  !h  indispensable  as  a  farm  tmolomenl 
Price,  *22.  0.  C.  BRADLEY  St  H(fN. 

Manufacturers,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


The  latest  and  best  Improvements.  Everything  that 
Is  new  and  novel.  The  leading  Improvements  In 
Organs  were  Introduced  first  In  this  establishment. 

KstablisYtecI  13-4^6. 

SEND  FOR  ILLUSTRATED  CATALOGUE. 


WE  WOULD  NOT  HELL  OUR  SIPE- 
11  l-lor  Huy  Siircndrr  for  live  times  its  cost  If 
we  could  not  obtain  another. 


For  E.  M.  BOYNTON’S  PAT.  LIGHT¬ 
NING  SAWS,  U'Mivti  80  BwektiiAH  Slr*d,  N*.  Y. 

Bowiin:  of  iulrlogomeMf.  Grmilno  will  cut  three  lime* 
•i,  fu.t  iv  nn  mo.  A  fi  ft  (TO***  cot,  $!*•  Send  fur  iu. 
lll'UlrAlcti  Ciiuiloguu,  mullvtl  free. 


C£-TUqu:-Ar».- .  You  ask  WHY  we  ran  soil 

TkmpSWK'Jbilllm  Klr-t  ( llaja  7  Octavo  I’buios  tor 
$390?  Wo  answer— It  costs 
{ "  ''hrri'fTyi-YtSt?  •wflffll  i*-'-*  'ball  $300  l"  «ua«e  anr 
i$0  0  0  Fiiino  sold  through 
Bjgw'V’V' rTlWM''1'1*,  all  of  whom  make  100 
Wi  I  fflv  U  r-t.  prof)!.  5V«  have  no 

3|v  I  la.  tliip  ulniCt  to  faml- 

Y  U,  kJ,  W  ll<  *»  ttt  FftCfory  ImUms  nrui  warrant 
C  Yenru.  g*nd  for  iHuMlmrcil  circular.  In  which  we  refer 
to  over  000  B4L0lCtr»»,  Si •*.  .ftoijiC  Of  whoni 

you  muy  luiow),  uniiipl  oti r  J'l.inw.  4^  Stntei  tuiu 
Terrlloiien.  Pleune  Hniv  whore  vnu  ww  thh  notice. 

U.  S.  Piano  Co.,  GOG  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


This  MftcMft*  with  prewjnt  Iroprovoim-.m  .  i .  ^uarwitectl  vu  u.«ut 
every  want  .of  th o  bomflU*hl,  fur  etcher  r.*Ula  or  fancy  wink.  It 
kniU  all  t'ixw  itf  d locking*  Auu  ftocki,  wltn  bwl  and  too  complete, 
a:i. I  i  1  :*  uev.r-audtog  mures  of  »m"«nnrt't  to  I  n.llus  ol  leisure,  a, 
well  in  prollt  unJ  r'l.v  siqiport  tn  llM  that  require  It. 

Agcuta  wanted  every  where  by  the  Bickfoiu* 
Kxii-riso  M.schjvk  LoMFAN v.  I)ana.  liiCKroiin, 
President  uml  General  liusmcss  Supt.,689  Broad¬ 
way,  New  York. 


Descriptive  .sent  fret' 

PENNOOK  MANUPAOTURING  00., 

Kenuetl  Square,  Chester  Co.,  t*a. 


FERTILIZERS 


Dissolved  ilouen.  guaranteed  to  contain  twelve 
(12)  per  cent,  of  Soluble  Phosphoric  Add,  but  no  Am¬ 
monia.  Prise,  US  j'Cr  ton  Ot  2,000  lbs. 

Aimiionin.lcd  Hupei  idiosulmle,  guaranteed  to 
yield  Eight  (S)  per  cent.  Soluble  PljOBphorlo  Acid  and 
Three  (3)  per  cunt.  Ammonia.  Price,  (45  per  ton,  This 
Superphosphate  contains  some  Nitrate  of  Soda  and  a 
small  percentage  of  Potash. 

No.  I  Peruvian  Gununpe  Guano,— #67  perton 
Of  2,000  lbs. 

German  Potash  sail*.—  &5  per  ton,  or  52  per 
hundred  lb*,  when  n  single  bag  la  taken;  weight  of 
bags,  230  lbs.  to  240  lh«.  For  aulc  by 

GEO.  E.  WHITE,  lfiO  Front  St.,  New  York. 


^tach  uml  I’oultvy 


Dairymen,  send  for  •  Uiroularl  Dealers,  send  for 
.  Price  List!  We  are  the  sole  manufacturers  of 
WestcotPs  Itoiarc  flutter  Pail,  and  also  manu¬ 
facture  very  extensively  Butter  Ftrkius,  Haif-Flrkln 
Tubs,  25-pound  Butter  Palls,  Well  Buckets.  Ac.,  Ac. 
Our  goods  are  marked  with  our  muse,  aud  are  for 
sale  by  all  first-class  dealers. 

H1LHI1Y  OR 08., 
Helmnnt,  Allegany  GO.,  N.  Y. 

Principal  w«rcbon»e,  Uiaghauitou,  N.  Y. 


SEYMOUR’S  fcHEAKS  &  SCISSORS 


‘•The  Host  are  the  Cheapest. 

Extra.  Quality.  Crocus  Polish , 


:s  for  Hatching.  Address 
'estfleld.  Union  Co.,  N.  J. 


Of  Fancy  Fowls  and  K| 
D.  B.  COREY. 


MY  ILLUSTRATED  POULTRY  CATAX.OGUE. 

Scud  for  my  Descriptive  List  of  tbe  heat,  varie¬ 
ties  of  Poultry  known.  JOHN  8.  IVES,  Salem,  Mass. 


Family  Size,  - 
Ladies’  Scissors, 
liy  mail ,  prepaid. 


-  ^lioo  ^-ram  =§S 

Sew!  P.  O.  Order  or  Draft.  acc>e 


F|1HE  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  t«n- 
A,  not  be  surpassed  for  Workmanship,  Durability 
and  Lightness  of  Draft. 


IPGGS  FOR  HATCHING.— I  will  now  book  or- 
li  .lor?  for  eggs  from  my  well  known  strains  of  Fan¬ 
cy  Poultry, including  over  20  varieties  of  FowD  and 
Ducks,  to  be  shipped  as  soon  as  the  weather  will  per¬ 
mit.  inclose  stamp,  and  write  for  what  you  want  to 
C,  N.  BROWN,  l  cedilla  Forks,  Otsego  Co.  N.  Y. 


VRMERS,  BE 


„  _  SURE  AND  EX  A  JUNE 

•  the  superior  Hay  bureiulcr  5  it  is  the  cheapest, 
post  completennd  most  durable  llay  'f  ender  ever  put 
into  the  field.  Read  a  few  of  the  comments  received. 
*fnd  fur  circular  ana  description  to  HIGGANUM 
M  F’G  CO.,  Higganu  m ,  Ct. 


Wanted  for  the  West  Oust 
Plow— Best  Steel  Cultivator 
West  Pulverizing  Harrow. 
NEW  YORK  PLOW  CO., 
!M  Iteekumu  St.,  New  York. 


20,000  sold  last  year.  Upwards  0/ 
50,0)0  sold  for  1873.  Show  this  to 
yourmerehuni ;  ask  him  to  let  you 
try  one.  You  will  not  part  with  It 
for  twice  Its  cost.  Made  only  by 
PETERS  BROTHERS’  MANU¬ 
FACTURING  COMPANY,  Mar¬ 
shall,  Mich. 


P0ULTKY  WORLD 


A  Splendid  lllnstratod  Monthly,  devoted  entirely  to 
'onttri/.  *1.25  a  year.  Send  10  cts.  for  a  specimen 
_>py.  Address,  POULTRY  WOULD,  Hartford,  a. 


Farmers,  you  an  buy,  for  a  short  time,  at 
W»CU,KSALE  PRICK-  the  most  valuable  and  labor- 
saving  implement  for  preparing  and  cultivating  soil. 
A  new  principle  that  must  become  universal.  Ad¬ 
dress  the  manufacturer, 

G.  E.  HUTCHINSON)  Cleveland,  O. 


nSYCHOMAXC V,  or  Soul  Clmrming.” 

X  Row  either  -ex  may  lusclnat.u  ami  gain  the 
love  and  affect  Ion*  of  ruy  person  they  choose,  in¬ 
stantly.  This  simple  mental  acquirement  all  cun 
posso-v  tree,  by  mall,  for  25  cts..  together  with  a 
Marriage  Guide,  Egyptian  Orach-,  Dreams,  Dints  to 
LudM)».  Wedding  Night  Shirt,  Ac.  A  queer  book. 
Address  W  T.  WILLIAM  St  CO..  Publishers,  Phlla. 


AGRICULTURAL  CHEMICALS 


Sulphate  of  Ammonia,  Sulphate  of  Potash;  Sut- 

Shate  of  Sodai  Sulphate  of  Lime;  Sulphuric  Acid; 

itrate  of  Soda ;  Nitrate  of  Potash  ;  Bl-phosphato  of 
Lime  (Acid  Phosphate);  Muriate  of  Potash,  &c.,  for 
sale  in  ouamltle?,  as  required,  by 

v  wurffir  ItVc.ni  Vnrlr. 


A  set  of  40  boxed  and  delivered  to  Express  or  R.  R. 

H  c,  11  In.  long,  about  45  lbs...  for  *0.00. 

,  y  •  11  iu.  long,  about  61  lbs.,  for  *7.50. 
Liberal.diseouin  to  the  Trade.  Address 

HVlEET’S  .11’ F’G  CO.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


ATENTH.— John  McC.  Pkrkins  7k  Co., 513  7th 
8t.,WashlnKton,D.C.  Advlceand  pamphlet  free. 


O  Brim  AH.  NORTH  FAIRFIELD, 

•  Grower  and  Dealer  in  Garden,  Meld  and  Flower 
Seeds,  Bulbs,  Hood  Potatoes,  Sweet  Potato  and  other 
plants.  Send  for  Catalogue.  State  you  saw  this  in 
the  UlTItAI.  New-Yobkkb. 


Manufactured  by  JONES.  FAULKNER  &  CO.,  Utica. 
N.  Y.  New  Self-Heating  Vat,  Steam  Engines  ana 
Boilers  of  nil  descriptions.  Wholesale  and  retail 
dealers  in  all  kinds  of  Dairy  Furnishing  Goods.  Send 
for  Illustrated  Circular. 


TRAVELERS 

INSURANCE 


MAGIC  i;HOTOGRAPH8.-The  Wonders  of 
the  World.  £,c.  a  package.  5  assorted  packages 
for  »1.  Send  to  W.  C.  WEMYSS,  730  Broadway,  N.  Y 


By  one  Agent  selling  Silvers  Patent 
\  Broom.  Recommended  by  l-lie  late 
Horn  r  e  Croeloy,  Am.  Agrieulturist, 
and  1  00.000  Kninllle*  using  them. 
One  county  for  each  Agent.  Success 
U.  A.  CLEGG  --  CO.. 

•Ill  Cortlaiult  8t.,  N.  Y. 


OF  HARTFORD,  CONN, 


Dll.  WHITTBMORt'H  HEAT  CUTTER 

•  cuts  raw  or  cooked  meat,  bash.  vegetables,  dec., 
at  the  rate  of  one  lb.  per  minute,  Works  extremely 
easy.  Price  $3.  Samples  to  Dealers,  ¥2.50.  Address 
D.  H.  WUITTEMORE.  Worcester,  Mass. 


The  Travelers  is  the  only  compauy  in  Amer¬ 
ica  writing  yearly  or  monthly  policies  of  in¬ 
surance  against  general  accidents. 

The  Travelers  has  written  upwards  of  270,000 
general  accident  policies,  of  which  32,418  were 
written  last  year. 

The  Travelers  Insures  men  of  all  t  rades,  occu¬ 
pations  and  professions,  between  the  ages  of 
18  and  05,  at  a  yearly  cost  of  <5  to  $10  per  $1,000, 
for  risks  not  specially  hazardous. 

In  these  days  of  accidents,  every  business  man, 
working  man,  professional  man,  or  any  other 
man,  should  have  an  accident  policy.  It  can 
be  procured  at  little  trouble  and  small  cost. 

TnE  Travelers  also  grants  all  forms  of  full 
Life  and  Endowment  Insurance,  and  offers 
peculiar  Inducements  In  its  sensible  all-cash 
plan,  its  definite,  straight-forward  contract, 
its  ample  security,  its  low  premiums,  and  its 
good  management. 

The  Travelers  has  paid  over  Two  Millions 
cash  in  direct  bonolIU  to  policy-holders,  for 
death  or  Injury,  disbursing  among  10,710  claim¬ 
ants  a  sum  averaging  SEVEN  HUNDRED  AND 
FIFTY  DOLLARS  A  DAY  for  every  working  day 
since  the  company  began  business. 

The  Travelers  1ms  Cash  Assets  of  $2,259,- 
IM5.48,  affording  a  net  surplus,  as  to  policy¬ 
holders,  over  and  above  re-insurance  reserve 
and  all  liabilities,  of  $705,371.58. 

For  insurance,  apply  to  any  agent,  or  write  to 
the  company.  N.  Y.  Office,  207  Broadway. 


GREAT  REDUCTION 


Increased  Fncllltie*  to  Club  Organizer*, 
Send  tor  New  Price  List. 

THE  GREAT  AMERICAN  TEA  CO. 

(P.  0.  Box  5643.)  81  &  38  Vesey  St.,  New  York, 


[U8T  WHAT  WAS  EXPECTED  1-All  the 

people  want  good 

CAKliK  SCRKW  WIRE 

Boots  and  Shoes. 


WHAT  IS  THE  USE  OF  BUYING  AN 
I  T  expensive  Shoe  without  a 

SIL.VJJ  It  TIP  ? 

They  will  be  through  at  the  toe  while  the  remainder 
of  the  shoe  Is  perfectly  good. 


ORUEL1 

“Be  careful,  Jimmy  ;  that  cigar  is  getting  dangerous  !’’ 
“Eh?  What?  How  so  i” 

“Why,  it  will  be  burning  your  moustache  in  a  minute  ! ” 


MILLAR’S  PATENT  CIIEESE  VATS  and 

Heaters  Positively  the  Bern  In  Use— and  many 
other  now  and  great  Improvements  In  Cheese.  Factory 
and  Dairy  Utensils,  bend  for  Illustrated  Circulars 
and  Price  List.  Charles  Millar  ,<•  fo.n,  uticu,  is.  Y. 


8500  IN  PUKMIIJM8 


MILLIONS  OF  ACRES 


j-'o/t  s.ij.ic  n  i"  run 

Burlington  and  Mo,  River  R.  R,  Co, 

On  Ten  Year*’  Credit  at  6  per  cent.  Interest. 

Product*  will  nay  for  the  land  and  improvements 
much  within  the  Hints  Of  this  generous  credit.  Bet¬ 
ter  terms  ure  not  offered,  and  probably  never  will  he. 

Circulars,  giving  full  particular*,  gratis ;  call  for 
all  that  arc  wanted  to  circulate. 

Come  West  and  thrive,  Friends  will  follow. 

A  Sectional  Map.  showing  the  exact  location  of 
Iowa  lands,  is  sold  at  .10  com  ,,  and  of  Nebraska  lands 
at  same  price.  For  Circulars  and  Maps  apply  to 

GEO.  S.  H -VICKIS, 

I, and  Commissioner,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

t3T  And  plfiMiA  u.iy  in  what  Papnr  tills  ndvcrtUuraent  Wft*  sewn. 


NEW  AND  CHOICE  VEGETABLES 

IMPORTANT  TO  POTATO  GROWERS. 

TWO  NEW  POTATOES ! 


EXTRA  EARLY  VEttMOUfT.  —  Knrllest  Potato  Known. 

■mVT,!',"  < ®  Ten  Day*  Earlier  than  the  celebrated  Early  Rose.  Enormously  Productive,  and  of 
flavor.  1  tier,  $1  per  pound;  four-jxnnul  parkath ,  $:<— bp  nuith  port-paid. 

COMPTON’S  SI  lCPICISi:.  -  H2<1  f„  ,Uo  Acre! 

All  Enormous  Cropper,  of  Fine  t{nnlir>,  ripening  a  few  days  latorthan  the  Early  Rose.  Yielded 
,...,inary  1)(,  j  citnre,  nt  the  rate  of  8*20  BiinIh-Ih  to  the  Acre  5 


ENTITLED 


A  BRAVE  BOY’S 
FORTUNE. 


the  past  season,  with  ordh  ion  j  unu  unit lU’Uj  _  _ 

Ztf~  Price.  43  per  pmmii—by  mail,  postpaid. 

Orders  fur  either  of  the  above  varieties,  nccnmpiinird  by  tic  rush,  will  he  booked  as  sOuu  us  received, 
and  exucutcil  iii  rotation  while  the  Mock  Him*,  us  goon  as  the  weather  will  permit, 
miiv  S&*SS«8Sew »  Ji&T  varietur  “>  Potatoes  offered  by  tix  this  Spring, 

El'&tfsVTPA  fcARLY  VKtt.UONT  and  COMPTON’S  SURPRISE,  we  hereby  offer  the  follow- 
ing  prices  to  lucre  whu  shall  grow  the  largest  quantity  horn  <>uc  pom., I  of  the  Seed  Durchit*etl 
from  ii*,  with  ordinary  in  rat  culture.  1 

Fr.i  the  Int  gCNi  qontilliy  of  EXTRA  KA  KEY  VERMONT  . . one  pound  of  Seed.  *11)0  00 

For  the  second  large*! . . .  »? 

For  the  ihicd  lingo*! . .  .  iA  J:), 

For  the  fourth  litrgeM . .  .  on 

For  the  largo*!  uuneiliy  of  COMPTONS  si  It  Pit  ISE  irotii  oiie  pouiui  of  Seed..*.*.'#  1  00  OO 

For  the  tollith  luigoHl . . . *2.”  00 

11'1‘1-  STKATED  CIROULA  KH,  giving  a  description  of  the  above,  and  stating  what  will  be  required 
of  those  competing  for  premiums,  will  he  mailed  to  all  applicants.  1 


In  A’o.  281  of  llie 

New  York 
Fireside 

Companion. 

Out  on  Monday,  March  3d. 

For  Sale  by  All  News  Dealers. 

TE  It  MS— One  Copy,  One  Year  ...  *3  00 
Two  Copies,  One  Year..  5  00 

Address 

GEORGE  MEMO,  New  Vork  Fireside  Companion, 

84  BEE  KM  AN  STREET,  NEW  YORK. 


HHWEtillch 


Presents  a  re¬ 
cord  of  snooens 
unparalleled  in 
the  history  of 
Sewing  Ma¬ 
chines.  Send 
for  Illustrated 
Price  List. 

Agents  wanted 
everywhere. 


A  New  Tomato} 

“THE  ARLINGTON.” 


Collpctimix  of  Flower  Seed*  by  Mail. 

The  following  collections  contain  the  most  showv 
varieties  In  our  large  assortment,  with  full  direction’s 
for  culture.  Each  packet  contain*  a  mixture  of  the 
different  colors  and  varieties  of  It*  species,  so  that  u 
greater  display  can  he  made  at  n  much  less  price  than 
when  ordered  In  separate  packets.  Those  unacquaint¬ 
ed  with  flowers,  as  well  a*  the  experienced  cultivator, 
may  order  without  feur  of  disappointment. 

Coll.  A — contains  twenty  choice  varieties  of  An¬ 
nuals  . . . . $1  oo 

Coll.  B— centum*  twenty  choice  varieties  of  Bien¬ 
nials  and  Perennials .  1  00 

Coll.  C— contains  ten  extra  varieties  of  Annuals 
and  Perennials,  embracing  muny  of  the 

new  und  choicest  In  cultivation .  1  00 

Foil.  D— contains  five  very  choice  varieties,  se¬ 
lected  rrom  Hvue  FUne/rr,  of  English 
Pansies,  German,  Carnation, and  Ptootee 
Pinks,  Verbenas,  Truffaut's  French  As¬ 
ters,  Double  Hollyhocks . .  1  00 

Any  one  remitting  $3.00  will  receive  the  four  assort¬ 
ments,  postage  free. 

Collect  inn*  of  Kitchen-Garden  Seed*. 

A  Cumphte  AsSortiiwntoJ  Vegetable.  Needs  fuel  me  Year's 
Supply,  fur  a  Largo  nr  Small  Garde,.. 

The  following  Collections  are  made  up  in  the  most 
liberal  manner,  care  being  taken  to  give  u  sufficient 
quantity  of  all  the  Quest  varieties  ami  most,  useful 
sorts  ot  Vegetables  required  In  the  Kitchen-Garden. 

Assortment  No.  5  contain*  f<0  varieties,  $3  50 
No.  (1  contains  40  varieties,  2  IN) 

No.  7  contains  20  varieties,  1  00 
The  above  are  prepared  expressly  tor  sending  by 
mail,  ii nd  will  bu  sent  post-paid  upon  receipt  of  prices 
annexed. 

Larger  Collections,  which  con  be  safely  sent  by  ex¬ 
press  (freight  paid  by  purchaser),  to  any  part  of  the 
country,  as  follows : 


Address 

DOMESTIC”  S.M.  Co.,  Now  York 


AGENTS  WANTED  FOIt 


MEN  and  WOMEN  WANTED  Every¬ 
where  to  lake  the  money  for  our  PAT,  HUT- 
TON-HGI.E  CUTTER,  with  Silver  Case.  2oct». 
Cuts  24  Sizes,  yells  at  sight.  PAT.  FOUNTAIN 
PEN  and  YOS SMITE  A  A  GOLD  PENS.  Sam¬ 
ples  of  all,  with  Circulars,  post-paid,  for  25  ms. 
Also,  'III 111  LADIES'  CASKET,  nnd  other  arti¬ 
cles.  Address  CITY  NOVELTY’  CO., 

401  Library  Si,,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


OVER  ONE  THOUSAND  ILLUSTRATIONS. 
The  largest,  best  soiling  and  most  attractive  sub¬ 
scription  bool:  over  published.  Send  for  Circulars, 
with  terms,  at  once.  Address 

UNITED  STATES  PUBLISHING  CO., 
Ill  Broome  St.,  New  \  orb. 


WOOD,  TABER  &  MORSE, 

EA'l’OV,  1UDMUS  CO.,  1».  V 

MANOFACTtTRKRS  OF 


Early,  Solid,  nud  Enormously  Productive. 

Originated  by  H.  Dwight  Smith,  Esq.,  of  Arlington, 

Va.,  and  is  a  cross  between  tho  Early  Smooth  lied  and 
E.rjee,  Fruit  of  perfect  form,  smooth,  bright  red  col¬ 
or,  very  solid,  haying  small  seed  cells,  mid  no  hard 
core  at  the  center,  being  of  the  same  delicate 
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macro  duchy  a,  Scut  (curia  Stcclil,  Renan  thera 
coccinea,  Vanilla  planifolitt,  and  a  Stan* 
hopea  or  two  complete  the  group.  The  water 
below  might  have  been  utilized  by  the  cul¬ 
ture  of  some  of  the  smaller  N  yrttphems,  or 
other  aquatic  plants.  In  houses  of  this  kind 
suitable,  openings  could  be  left  in  the  rock- 
work,  so  as  to  introduce  pots  containing 
flowering  plants  as  they  come  into  bloom  ; 
and  by  adopting  this  system,  a  naturally 
arranged  house  might  always  be  kept  gay 
with  choice  exotics,  while  Ferns,  Selaginel 
las  and  Mosses,  together  with  a  few  trailing 
plants,  would  form  an  appropriate  back 
ground  to  the  delicate  colors  of  the  fragrant, 
dowel’s. 


brass,  and  gkized  with  the  very  best  flattened 
crown  glass.  The  brass  astragals  are  grooved 
for  the  reception  of  the  glass,  and  not  re¬ 
bated,  as  iu  ordinary  glazing.  Eyed  studs 
are  cast  on  the  inner  side  of  the  ridge  astra¬ 
gal,  about  half  an  inch  in  length,  for  the 
purpose  of  suspending  small  Orchids  or 
Ferns  from  the  roof.  The  inside  of  the  box 
is  lined  with  zinc,  and  at  one  of  tlio  corners 
an  aperture  is  formed  into  which  a  copper 
tube,  2  inches  long,  is  inserted,  and  furnished 
with  a  cock  for  withdrawing  any  superfluous 
water  that  may  at  any  time  accumulate 
within  the  box.  One  of  the  panes  is  made  to 
takeout — Mils  provision  is  necessary  for  the 
occasional  arrangement  and  airing  of  the 
plants,  but  the  general  arrangement  is  made 
by  lifting  the  top  oil'  entirely.” 


there,  that  the  idea  of  such  a  hedge  origi¬ 
nated  with  Lady  Middleton,  and  that  the 
idea  was  no  sooner  entertained  than  it  was 
carried  out ;  hence  the  result.  Lady  Middle- 
ton  has  also  had  a  hedge  of  Sonuteur  Valsse 
planted  to  the  same  extent  as  Gloira  de  Di¬ 
jon,  but  more  recently  ;  consequently  the 
plants  have  not  the  same  line  appearance  as 
the  others.  Those  hedges  ure  planted  as 
screens  to  the  kitchen  garden,  and  nothing 
could  be  more  appropriate ;  and,  as  Mr. 
Wn itelaw  remarked,  there  was  no  end  of 
cutting  Roses  from  them,  which  is  another 
matter  worthy  of  consideration  where  quan¬ 
tities  of  flowers  are  required.  1  may  mention 
that  before  those  hedges  were  planted  a  neat 
wire  fence  was  put  up,  with  five  strands,  and 
after  the  plants  were  put,  in  they  were  Lis¬ 
tened  to  the  wires.  As  they  grew,  the  shoots 
were  intertwined  in  and  out  until  they 
reached  the  top.  By  this  means  they  are 
quite  compact,  and  independent  of  any  other 
fastening  to  the  wires.” 


AN  ORCHID-HOUSE 


Many  American  amateurs  have  a  passion 
for  Orchids.  A  good  many  are  grown  in  this 
country  in  private  conservatories,  and  found 
where  least  expected.  More  than  one  New 
York  gentleman  whose  house  we  have  visit¬ 
ed  has  unostentatiously  revealed  his  partiali¬ 
ty  for  those  singular  and  beautiful  plants,  by 
taking  ua  into  his  conservatory,  adjoining 
and  opening  into  his  library,  where  we  have 
found  scores  of  Orchids  in  all  positions  and 
stages  of  growth.  It  is  for  this  class  that  we 
copy  the  accompanying  illustration  of  “  An 
Orchid- House  in  Natural  Style”  from  The 
Garden.  Orchids,  as  grown  in  this  country, 
are  in  no  wise  arranged  with  a  view  to  sim¬ 
ulate  nature,  indeed,  it  is  to  be  doubted  if 
many  who  cultivate  them  have  ever  seen 
them  in  their  native  habitat.  The  English 
writer,  whose  article  accompanies  the  illus¬ 
tration,  says  : 

"To  the  professional  Orchid  grower  or  en¬ 
thusiastic  amateur,  there  is  a  certain  attrac¬ 
tive  beauty  in  the  strong  growths,  fresh  fob 
age,  or  plump  pseudo-bulbs,  but  an  ordinary 
visitor  overlooks  these  minute  details,  the 
general  affect  of  the  whole  only  being  taken 
into  consideration.  Some  Orchids,  however, 
have  a  graceful  habit,  as  Aerides,  Vandas, 
ami  a  few  others,  but  in  general  they  are  un¬ 
attractive  when  notin  bloom.  We  get  a  step 
nearer  to  natural  arrangement,  and  see  a  lit¬ 
tle  more  of  its  beauty,  when  we  group  grace¬ 
fully  -habited  Furus  and  Palms  along  with  our 
Orchids.  Orchids  grow  luxuriantly,  in  their 
native  habitats,  in  close  contiguity  with 
Ferns,  Mclastomads,  Grasses  and  Palms,  and 
it  is  possible  to  follow  nature,  to  a  certain  ex¬ 
tent,  in  the  way  of  natural  arrangement, 
here  in  our  Orchid-houses  at  home.  1  am 
quite  well  aware  of  the  practical  dilftculties 
that  present  themselves  to  our  notice,  and 
know  that  these,  in  some  cases,  are  amply 
sufficient  to  preclude  the  possibility  of  the 
natural  system  being  attempted  ;  but  there 
are  cases  in  which  this  plan  may  be  followed 
out  judiciously,  and  with  the  best  possible 
results. 

“Terrestrial  Orchids,  in  pots,  are  portable 
and  more  convenient,  for  many  reasons,  than 
when  planted  out,  though  I  very  much  doubt 
whether  they  ever  grow  so  luxuriantly  as 
they  would  if  planted  out  in  a  suitable  struc¬ 
ture.  In  a  state  of  nature,  Orchids  grow  with 
a  wild  luxuriance  quite  unknown  to  us,  their 
aerial  roots  extending  m  all  directions  in 
quest  of  food  and  moisture  ;  and  they  would 
grow  more  vigorously  in  our  plant-houses  if 
planted  out  in  suitable  composts,  though,  as 
a  matter  of  course,  this  plan  could  only  be 
adopted  iu  places  where  there  was  no  proba¬ 
bility  of  their  having  to  be  removed.  All 
Oreliids  are  not  adapted  for  planting  out,  but 
there  are  some  that  are  specially  amenable  to 
this  course  of  treatment.” 

Our  illustration,  which  represents  an  Or- 
chid -house  arranged  in  a  picturesque  man¬ 
ner,  shows  what  ihe  idea  is  when  properly 
carried  out.  The  pipe  carrying  the  water 
for  the  cascade  passes  round  the  boiler.  The 
plants  have  a  graceful  appearance,  and  the 
tout  ensemble  is  considerably  heightened  by 
the  little  cascade  tumbling  from  the  partly- 
hidden  rockwork.  It  is  easy  to  recognise 
such  plants  as  Peristeria  elata  (Dove  plant), 
some  species  of  Oncidnvm  and  Cycnoches 
Loddigesii  in  the  foreground,  while  Cedi  a 


ORNAMENTAL  WARDIAN  CASE 


AN  ENGLISH  ROSE  HEDGE 


struction  of  which  is  specified  fus  follows:  A  correspondent  of  the  Cottage  Gardener 

“  The  sides  of  the  box  are  of  mahogany,  1  thus  describes  a  rose  hedge  he  has  seen  : — “  On 
inch  in  thickness,  and  the  bottom  of  deal,  U<£  visiting  the  gardens  ol'  the  Right  Hon.  Lord 
inch  thick,  well  framed  and  dovetailed  to-  Middleton  of  Applecross,  about  the  flist  week 
gether,  and  strengthened  with  brass  bands,  in  August,  I  was  much  astonished  to  find  a 
and  with  two  cross-bars  beneath.  The  upper  hedge  of  the  Ololre  de  Dijon  Rose  over  800 
edge  of  the  box  is  furnished  with  a  groove  feet  long,  and  nearly  5  feet  in  hight,  and  in 
for  the  reception  of  the  glass  roof,  and  this  the  Jjart  possible  health,  and  one  sheet  of 
groove  is  lined  with  brass,  to  prevent  the  I  flowers— and  such  flowers !  I  was  told  by 
wood  from  rotting.  The  roof  is  composed  of  Mr.  Wuitklaw,  the  intelligent  gardener 


MARECHAL  NIEL  ROSE  AS  A  WEEPER 


1  have  a  magnificent  specimen  of  this  bud¬ 
ded  on  the  Dog  Rose  and  trained  as  a  “  weep¬ 
er.”  It  is  planted  in  the  open  air,  and  pro¬ 
tected  from  the  north  and  east  winds  by 
matting.  It  has  now  more  than  twenty 
bloom  buds,  but  little  foliage.  Can  you  ad¬ 
vise  me  as  to  the  best  treatment  ?  1  fear  none 
of  the  buds  will  come  to  anything,  and  the 
whole  strength  of  the  plant  seems  concentra¬ 
ted  in  them,  and  not  in  making  foliage  or 
wood.  I  have  little  or  noHoft  water.  Ls  hard 
water  injurious  to  plants  ?  and,  if  so,  are  there 
any  means  whereby  its  hardness  maybe  tem¬ 
pered  ?— Hkrijkrt  Millington.  (Mr.  George 
Paul  of  Cheshunt,  to  whom  your  query  has 
been  sent,  says  : — If  there  are  plenty  of  un¬ 
broken  eyes  left  in  the  shoots  upon  which  the 
bloom  buds  are,  the  better  way  would  be  to 
prune  back  to  one,  and  let  the  plant  break 
afresh  from  the  dormant  or  unshot  eyes. 
Hard  water  should  be  exposed  twenty-four 
hours  to  the  atmosphere  before  it  is  used. 
Have  two  large  tubs  filled  on  alternate  days, 
and  always  use  that  filled  the  day  previously.] 
—Oardm. 


•-  •  ■ 


POND  LILIES  FROM  SEED 


I  have  a  pond  In  which  I  wish  to  grow 
Pond  Lilies.  Last  Full,  vvlule  on  a  fishing 
excursion,  I  gathered  some  seed  from  lilies 
I  found  growing  iu  the  river.  I  wish  to 
know  how  I  am  to  propagate  them  from  seed 
and  introduce  them  into  my  pond  ;  the  water 
in  the  pond  varies  from  two  to  four  feet.—  p. 

You  have  only  to  throw  the  seed  into  the 
pond,  when  they  will  sink  to  the  bottom  and 
take  root  in  the  mud.  You  should  have  sown 
the  seed  as  soon  as  they  were  gathered,  al¬ 
though  it  may  not  be  too  late  even  now. 
The  seeds  of  water  plants  usually  fail  if  kept 
until  once  thoroughly  dried. 


SNUFF  FOR  GREEN  FLY 


Gardeners  who  have  tried  snuff  to  kill  the 
green  fly,  or  aphis,  on  house-plants  say  that 
it  works  well  if  properly  applied.  The  plants 
should  either  be  dipped  in  water  or  thorough¬ 
ly  wetted  in  some  other  manner,  then  the 
snuff  may  be  blown  upon  the  plants  through 
a  pipe  tube,  sulphur  bellows,  or  in  any  way 
to  have  it  reach  every  portion  of  the  stems 
and  leaves.  Of  course  the  snuff  must  be  very 
dry,  and  the  following  day  wash  it  off  with  a 
syringe,  or  by  again  dipping  the  plants. 


MOORE’S  RURAL  flEW-YORKER. 


(3>ro|!3. 


POTATO  EXPERIMENTS  AT  COBNELL 
UNIVERSITY. 


In  the  Winter  of  1871,  Dr.  Hexamer  deliv¬ 
ered  a  course  of  lectures  on  the  potato,  before 
the  Agricultural  College  of  Cornell  Universi¬ 
ty.  He  brought  with  him  1  '10  different  varie¬ 
ties  as  illustrations  of  the  lectures,  and  when 
he  closed  he  left  them  with  Mr.  A.  B.  Ben- 
ham,  the  energetic  manager  of  the  University 
farm,  by  whom  they  were  planted  on  the 
13th  of  May,  1871,  and  were  dug  on  the  21st 
of  October.  One  potato  was  planted  of  each 
kind,  care  being  taken  to  select  them  as  near¬ 
ly  of  the  Bame  state  as  possible,  and  each  po¬ 
tato  was  divided  among  three  bills.  The  soil 
was  a  light,  sandy  loam  sloping  towards  the 
west,  and  on  a  clover  lay. 

In  the  year  1872  they  were  all  replanted  on 
a  plot  of  ground  about  100  rods  north  of  their 
position  in  1871.  The  soil  had  been  better 
manured,  a  little  more  gravelly,  but  about  the 
same  altitude  and  the  same  slope  towards 
the  west.  They  were  planted  on  the  23d 
day  of  April,  and  dug  on  the  80th  day  of  Oct. 

The  results  of  each  year's  planting  are  given 
in  the  accompanying  t  able,  which  shows  the 
weight  of  potatoes  produced  in  each  year,  and 
the  rank  in  productiveness  held  by  each  in 
the  year  1872. 

In  the  previous  year  these  potatoes  were 
planted  in  9  hills,  in  order  to  compare  the 
products  of  the  two  years,  I  have,  therefore, 
multiplied  the  production  of  1871  by  3  in  the 
table.  I  do  not  think  that  the  experiments 
throw  much  light  upon  the  relative  value  of 
the  different  varieties  ;  but  they  do  show 
much  that  is  instructive  respecting  their 
adaptations  to  different  soils  and  conditions. 
For  example,  “  Granite  State,"  which  aver¬ 
ages  200  to  250  bushels  to  the  aero  in  the  gran¬ 
itic  sands  of  New  England,  yielded  %  lb.  in 
1871  and  utterly  failed  to  produce  anything 
in  1872.  i'he  hills  were  2  by  3  feet  apart,  and 
there  wei-e,  therefore,  7,260  hills  on  an  acre, 
and  the  yield  per  acre  was,  therefore,  only 
80  bushels  in  1871,  This  variety  is  a  very 
healthy  one,  a  vigorous  grower,  is  very  mealy, 
and  requires  less  boiling  than  any  other  va¬ 
riety  that  1  have  met  with  ;  the  only  objec¬ 
tion  to  it  is,  that  there  is  a  core  running 
through  its  longer  axis,  about  the  size  of  a 
lead  pencil,  which  does  not  cook  like  t  he  rest, 
but  remains  hard  and  clammy.  Yet  tins  po¬ 
tato,  which  in  New  England  is  so  valuable, 
seems  to  be  utterly  worthless  in  the  region  of 
Ithaca.  Several  other  specimens  showed 
their  want  of  adaptation  to  the  soil  of  Ithaca 
by  dying  out  between  1871  and  ’72.  These 
were  No.  14,  Poach  Blow,  which  weighed  42 
lbs.  in  1671,  yielded  nothing  in  18?2 .  No.  84, 
White  Poach  Blow,  weighed  48  lbs.  in  1871  ; 
No.  86,  London  White,  weighed  12  lbs.  in  1871 ; 
No.  95,  Mexican,  weighed  45  lbs.  in  1871  ;  No. 
27,  Early  Snowball,  which  weighed  12  lbs.  in 
1871. 

In  1871  the  average  weight  of  the  139  varie¬ 
ties  planted,  was  25  lbs.  ;  the  134  varieties 
planted  in  1872  averaged  12. 6  lbs.  t  think  we 
may  safely  account  for  this  deterioration  in 
the  main,  by  the  neglect  of  their  culture.  Mr. 
Benham's  time  was  much  occupied  in  1872, 
and  the  man  to  whose  charge  lie  committed 
them,  neglected  them,  so  that  when  they 
were  dug  they  were  almost  smothered  in 
weeds ;  but  how  shall  we  account  for  the 
gain  of  certain  varieties  notwithstanding  this 
gross  neglect  ? 

An  inspection  of  the  table  shows  that  Early 
Rose  was  the  first  in  rank  in  1872,  weighing 
38  lbs.,  which  was  7  lbs.  in  excess  of  all  other 
varieties  ;  in  1871  it  weighed  27  lbs.  ,  and  was 
exceeded  in  productiveness  by  66  varieties. 
It  would  be  exceedingly  instructive  to  know 
the  exact  causes  that  produced  that  change. 
Besides  the  Early  Rose,  the  following  varie¬ 
ties  improved  in  productiveness  in  1872  No. 
13,  seedling  of  Mercer,  gained  1  lb.  ;  No.  17, 
Royal  Ashland  Kidney,  gained  3%  lbs.  ;  No. 
18,  Early  Goodrich,  gained  3}^  lbs.  ;  No.  20, 
Carter,  gained  9  lbs. :  No.  21,  Ash  Leaf  Kid¬ 
ney,  4  lbs.  ;  No.  54.  Nutmeg,  gained  8 ‘-7  lbs.  ; 
No.  65,  extra  Early  White,  5  lbs.  ;  No.  98, 
Early  Shaw,  7y,  lbs.  ;  No.  106,  Jones'  Seed¬ 
ling,  9>£  lbs.  ;  No.  107,  Mercer,  5l4  lbs.  ;  No. 
108,  Early  Golden,  5  lbs.;  No.  113,  Breeze’s 
Proliiic,  10  lbs. ;  No.  125,  Coppermint,  lbs. ; 
No.  126,  Amazon,  Tibs. ;  No.  181,  Early  Queen, 
3  lbs. ;  No.  183,  Philbrick’s  Early  White,  7  lbs. ; 
No.  136,  Mereen’s  Seedling,  2%  lbs.  There  is 
nothing  capricious  in  the  works  of  nature ; 
every  thing,  both  great  and  small,  is  governed 
by  fixed  and  unalterable  laws.  It  would  be 
very  interesting  to  learn  the  nature  of  the 
laws  by  which  the  increased  production  of 
these  varieties  was  effected,  while  the  largest 
number  deteriorated,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped 


that  the  experiments  of  1873  will  throw  much 
light  upon  this  most  interesting  question. 

The  gross  weight  of  the  potatoes  from  No. 
1  to  No.  85,  In  1872,  was  259‘<  lbs.;  No.  36  to 
No.  69,  362  lbs. ;  No.  70  to  No.  103,  491 4  lbs.; 
No.  103  to  No.  130,  503  lbs. ;  No.  107  to  No.  140, 
72  lbs. 

They  were  planted  in  rows  in  the  order  of 
the  numbers,  and  this  progressive  increase  in 
productiveness  as  the  numbers  advance  seems 
to  indicate  an  increasing  fertility  of  the  soil 
from  north  to  south,  though  nothing  of  the 
kind  ws*  indicated  to  the  eye. 

If  this  table  is  without  value  in  all  other 
respects,  I  think  it  will  be  admitted  by  all 
that  it  discloses  our  ignorance  of  the  subtle 
laws  which  regulate  tile  growth  of  potatoes, 
and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  study  or  it  by 
philosophical  farmers  will  lead  to  experi¬ 
ments  and  discoveries  which  will  cast  a  broad 
and  steady  light,  upon  our  future  practice. 

It  is,  perhaps,  proper  to  ment  ion  that  there 
were  two  hickory  trees  on  the  plot  between 
Nos.  1  and  35,  which  probably  diminished  the 
yield.  c- 

Table  showing  the  Weights  of  various  kinds  of  Potatoes 
in  the  years  1871  and  1872,  and  their  Productive  Rqrik 
in  1872,  and  the  University  number  of  each, 

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Klutf  ot  Potatoes . . .  * 

Bruuse’s  Prolific .  8 

Cuxco .  4 

Early  INirplu .  » 

Black  Diamond .  5 

Red  St.re-.nlc .  J} 

Concord .  7 

Monitor.... .  7 

Qultutiy’i  Seedling .  7 

Emu;  Pinkeye . 7 

Early  Prince .  ••••  7 

Extra  Early  White .  8 

White  Chili .  8 

Slacker  Kuaset..... .  9 

A  ndec .  JO 

Nova  Scotia .  10 

72  Early  Stove  os..... .  12 

80  Pigeon  Eye..... . 12 

91  milklp.v  '*  Seedling. .  12 

28  New  Jersey  Monitor . 18 

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88  Climax . Ja 

126  Copper  Mine, . . 13 

1K>  Wnlto  Mercer... .  13 

76  WorWHieT  Seedling .  14 

77  Fonunuilrn  Rod... . .  14 

82  Wild  South  American .  14 

120  Am8*OD  .  14 

0  Lapstoac  Kidney .  i; 

79  Pnt4'r»oU’s>  Albert, .  14 

120  Oalia* .  I? 

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110  King  or  the  Barites . 

68  Blue  Pinkeye . 

116  l’eerH>»» . . . 

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25  Early  Henry . 

66  Kiisipberry  Leaf . . 

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69  Early  Peach  Blow... . 

188  Nauaetnond . 

h  Western  Prince  Albert . 

11  Merino...  . 

10  body  Finger . 

81  Hough  and  Beady . 

78  Prairie  Flower . 

U  Calico . . . 

68  Burly  Victor . 

Snowball . . . 

Carter.  . . 

New  Kidney., . 

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Chili  No.  2 . . . 

.luokeon  White . 

Burly  queen . . 

Burly  Wendell . . 

New  Hartford. . . . 

Willard . . 

.1  ones'  seed  ling . . . . 

Uulkloy'a  Monitor . 

Early  Shaw . 

Seedling  of  Mercer . 

Aab  Leaf  Kidney . 

Bermuda . . . 

Burly  .tune . . 

Buckeye . 

Purple  Mercer . . . 

Gleawn.... . . . 

Phllbrlclc  s  Early  White . 

While  Hock . 

No  Blow . 

Early  Sovereign . 

Grout  Wpstom . 

Rochester  Seedling . 

nbuuatigo . . 

lliiri.iou . . . 

Early  IXandBworth . 

Moreen'®  Seedling . 

White  Apple . 

Burly  Pinkeye . -••• 

V  under  veer's  Mnnhasset . 

Chonery.  . 

Peach  Blow... . . . 

Michigan  Peach  Blow.. . 

Cow  Horn . . 

Old  Red . 

Blanche... . 

Seedling  Rook.......... . 

Nutmeg . . . 

New  Jersey  Monitor. . 

Royal  Ashland  Kidney . 

Early  Mohawk . 

Prince  of  W ales. . . 

Shaw . - . 

Early  Goodrich . 

We uterrt  Chief . 

Black  Kidney . . 

Dover . 

Chill  No.  2 . . . 

Momi’e  Pride . 

Pinkeye  Rusty  Coat . 

Ohio  Mercer . 

Lincoln  Hod . . . 

Cherry  Blow . 

Michigan  White  Sprout . . 

Sen  Beach. . 

Goodrich  Seedling . 

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Mountain  Pine  Pinkeye . 

Early  Indiana . 

Imported  Ashland  Ktdney . . . 

Holbrook . . . 

Dana's  Seedling. . . . . 

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3 

S.  B.  Parsons,  President  of  the  Rural  j 
Club,  being  unable  to  attend  the  anniversary  j 
Dinner  at  Dklmonico’s,  Feb.  26,  forwarded 
the  presiding  officer  the  following  communi-  : 
cation,  which  is  wort  h  reading  : 

I  much  regret  that  iny  unavoidable  absence 
in  Florida  will  prevent  my  being  with  you  , 
on  the  28th,  to  recognize  personally  the  honor 
you  have  bestowed  upon  me.  1  cheerfully, 
however,  comply  with  your  request  to  leave 
with  you  some  subject  for  discussion,  and  in 
its  results  I  know  uf  nothing  more  important 
than  Horticultural  Education. 

The  object  of  our  Club  in  its  frequent 
meetings  is  to  gather  within  the  circle  of  our 
social  influence  all  earnest  love  is  of  rural  life 
and  work  Our  whole  city  is  full  of  such 
lovers— of  old  men  and  young  men — whose 
hearts  daily  grow  lighter  as  they  leave  the 
cares  and  anxieties  of  city  life  for  the  bright 
and  quiet  freshness  of  country  homes.  And 
those,  too,  who  rarely  go  to  the  country,  are 
being  educated  into  a  desire  for  country  life 
by  the  flowers,  which  to  the  amount  of  mil¬ 
lions  are  annually  sold  in  the  city.  T  have 
known  an  intelligent  city  lawyer  call  a 
Dahlia  a  Rose  ;  but  I  will  venture  to  assert 
that  not  one  of  the  young  men  who  pur¬ 
chase,  or  the  maidens  who  receive  the  beau¬ 
tiful  flowers,  sold  in  our  shops  or  on  our 
streets,  can  be  found  who  cannot  name  them 
all,  and  often  discuss  eloquently  upon  their 
charms. 

To  gather  these  together  under  the  genial 
influence  of  a  social  dinner  is  the  object  of 
our  Club  ;  and  we  have,  I  believe,  the  honor 
to  be  the  pioneers  of  a  new  movement 
among  all  the  Clubs ;  our  table  alone  is 
graced  by  the  presence  of  fair  and  cultured 
women,  and  by  that  grace  must  succeed. 

It  has  always  been  a  matter  of  great  sur¬ 
prise  that  while  Boston  and  Philadelphia 
have  their  successful  horticultural  society, 
New  York  lifts  been  unable  to  sustain  any 
association  for  the  encouragement  of  rural 
art  and  taste,  and  this  with  thousands  of  our 
business  men  in  possession  of  country  homes. 

I  conceive  this  to  be  owing  to  two  causes — 
one,  the  engrossing  nature  ol'  active  business, 
which  will  allow  little  thought  to  lie  given  to 
fruits  and  flowers  ;  and  the  other,  the  great 
scarcity  of  intelligent  gardeners.  The  whole 
country  is  flooded  with  laborers  who  profess 
to  be  gardeners,  without  the  least  knowledge 
of  horticulture.  My  occupation  bus  brought 
me  frequently  in  contact  with  such,  and  I 
am  often  amazed  that  employers  are  so  blind 
to  their  ignorance.  On  the  other  band  there 
are  men  who  thoroughly  understand  their 
profession  and  who  are  dally  hurt  by  the 
knowledge  that  their  skill  is  not  appreciated. 
If  you  will  allow  me  this  opportunity  1 
would  like  to  put  in  a  plea  for  this  class,  for 
1  cannot  help  hopiug  that  it  is  reserved  for 
our  Club  to  bring  in  a  higher  civilization,  to 
imitate  nature  by  developing  art,  to  cultivate 
the  esthetic  elements  of  country  life,  and  to 
surround  country  homes  with  the  highest 
constituents  of  natural  beauty. 

I  think  it  is  safe  to  assert  that  as  an  art 
gardening  is  higher  than  either  painting  or 
sculpture.  The  sculptor  must  have  a  quick 
perception  of  form,  u  knowledge  of  anatomy, 
and  a  power  to  throw  his  ideal  into  material 
forms.  The  painter  needs  these  with  an 
added  appreciation  of  the  effect  of  colors. 
The  gardener  needs  them  all,  with  the  excep¬ 
tion  of  anatomy,  and  also  needs  much  more. 
He  must  have  an  intimate  acquaintance 
with  ail  known  trees  and  shrubs  and  flowers ; 
must  be  familiar  with  their  forms  at  full  age 
and  with  the  shades  of  color  in  their  foliage, 
must  know  whether  then-  roots  grow  on  the 
surface,  like  the  Elm,  or  deeply,  like  the 
Hickory  ;  aud  must  know,  also,  tbe  nature  of 
the  soil  which  they  require.  He  must  be, 
also,  a  good  surveyor,  understand  thoroagh- 
ly  the  principles  of  drainage,  and  have  a 
sufficient  acquaintance  with  vegetable  phys¬ 
iology. 

He  should  also  know,  like  the  sculptor, 
how  to  materialize  his  ideal— how  to  make  a 
gay,  charming  [jlace,  a  quiet,  subdued  one, 
or  a  park  of  baronial  pretensions.  He 
should  have  a  quick  eye  for  natural  beauty, 
and  an  ability  to  harmonize  his  plans  with 
the  general  features  of  the  country  in  which 
they  are  executed.  He  should  also  have  a 
quick  imagination,  and  a  readiness  to  look 
forward  into  the  vista  of  half  a  century  and 
see  what  then  will  be  the  development  of  his 
plans  ;  what  forms  his  groups  will  then  have 
assumed,  and  what  then  the  shape  of  the 
noble  trees  which  he  planted  when  saplings. 

A  gardener  should  also  be  a  rural  archi¬ 
tect  ;  for  it  is  essential  that  entire  harmony 


should  exist  between  the  dwelling  and  the 
grounds,  and  that  the  plans  for  each  should 
come  out  of  the  same  brain.  He  should 
know  the  relative  strength  of  different  woods 
and  stone  aud  brick  and  Iron,  and  should  be 
familiar  with  all  the  appliances  of  luxury 
which  science  has  unfolded  for  man’s  pleas¬ 
ure. 

He  should  be  able  to  take  the  cream  from 
all  science  and,  uniting  it  with  the  highest 
kind  of  art,  make  himself  an  artist  as  much 
superior  to  the  painter  or  the  sculptor,  as  the 
majestic  tree,  or  budding  loaf,  or  brilliant 
flower,  are  superior  to  the  pigments  or 
marble  wit  h  which  they  work.  These  rnate- 
rialze  their  ideal  through  dead  matter  ;  our 
artist  does  the  same  through  living,  growing, 
vital  forms.  The  work  of  one  remains  the 
same  through  centuries,  that  of  the  other 
develops  new  beauty  every  year. 

The  year  before  Columbus  discovered 
America,  he  walked  about,  the  Escurial 
gazing  upon  its  beautiful  pictures.  In  the 
country  of  his  discovery  a  young  oak  was 
there  lift  ing  up  its  forehead  to  the  sun.  The 
pictures  are  now  the  same  that  they  were, 
or  have  grown  dim  by  age,  while  the  young 
oak  has  budded  and  grown  year  by  year  into 
a  sturdy  tree  whose  wide-spreading  branches 
cover  my  grounds  with  their  pleasant  shad¬ 
ows.  Is  not  he  the  highest  artist  who  works 
with  these  living,  growing,  vital  materials  ? 
You  will  say,  “Who  is  sufficient  for  these 
things  ?  and  where  will  you  find  these  artist- 
gardeners?”  I  know  more  than  one  who 
approaches  my  ideal  very  closely,  and  many 
more  young  men  who  would  prepare  them¬ 
selves  thoroughly  for  this  kind  of  garden  art 
if  they  could  meet  with  encouragement.  But 
what  are  the  facts  i  Gentlemen  of  large  in¬ 
come,  with  country  places,  the  proper  man¬ 
agement  of  which  would  give  more  pleasure 
to  a  whole  family  than  anything  else,  are 
unwilling  to  pay  more  than  $80U  or  $1,000  per 
year  for  a  good  gardener,  whose  knowledge 
is  the  work  of  half  a  lifetimo.  They  will  give 
$3,000  to  a  bookkeeper,  whoso  knowledge  can 
be  acquired  in  a  year  ;  they  will  expend  one 
to  five  thousand  dollars  in  a  camels’  hair 
shawl  or  a  pair  of  horses,  and  yet  would 
think  themselves  very  extravagant  if  they 
gave  $2,000  per  year  to  a  skillful  gardener, 
who  could  produce  for  their  use  Muscat 
grapes  and  all  other  luscious  fruits,  and  who 
could  make  their  grounds  aud  gardens  like  a 
veritable  paradise. 

Once  establish  the  fuot,  that  a  skillful  gar¬ 
dener  can  be  sure  of  000  or  $3,000  per  year, 
and  numerous  young  men  would  give  their 
education  that,  direction.  Wealthy  men,  also, 
who  expect  to  leave  their  sons  large  fortunes, 
would  give  their  sons  u  horticultural  educa¬ 
tion,  both  as  a  means  of  producing  enjoy¬ 
ment  for  themselves  and  as  a  profession  upon 
which  to  fall  back  in  case  of  disaster.  Young 
men  so  educated,  will  never  become  6/cise; 
the  world  is  for  them  too  full  of  delightful 
capabilities. 

But  you  will  say,  “  How  is  this  education 
to  be  obtained  ?  What  course  shall  be  adopt¬ 
ed  ?  ”  If  1  had  the  time  of  a  boy  at  my  con¬ 
trol,  between  the  ages  of  fifteen  and  twenty- 
five,  and  assuming  that  at  fifteen  he  has 
enough  of  Latin  to  read  Virgil  and  enough 
of  Greek  to  read  Homer,  I  would  place  him 
for  two  years  at  chemistry  and  kindred  sci¬ 
ences,  in  some  scientific  school,  connecting 
with  it  the  modern  languages.  His  third  and 
fourth  year  should  be  occupied  by  the  gen¬ 
eral  course  in  the  same  scientific  school,  where 
he  would  obtain  u  good  knowledge  of  sur¬ 
veying,  of  architectural  drawing,  including 
linear  perspective,  or  botany,  mineralogy, 
geology,  and  civil  engineering  — all  of  which 
would  be  of  great  aid  in  his  profession.  For 
the  fifth  year  1  would  place  him  with  a  skill¬ 
ful  architect,  where  he  could  more  thorough¬ 
ly  apply  the  instructions  he  had  received  at 
the  scientific  school. 

The  sixth  and  seventh  years  should  be 
passed  in  some  nursery  establishment,  where 
the  variety  is  as  large  as  possible  and  where 
his  eye  would  be  thoroughly  educated  to  the 
peculiarities  of  each  tree  or  shrub.  This 
period  should  be  marked  by  close  reading 
and  study  in  vegetable  physiology,  arbori¬ 
culture,  and  kindred  subjects.  The  Winter 
half  of  tbe  eighth  year  l  would  send  him  to 
the  tropics,  to  the  shores  of  the  Amazon,  to 
the  Valley  of  Caraeeas,  to  the  Passes  of  the 
Cordilleras,  or  to  Central  America,  where  he 
can  see  nature  in  the  finest  combination  of 
grandeur  and  beauty.  No  one  can  thorough¬ 
ly  appreciate  the  capabilities  of  plants  un¬ 
less  he  has  seen  the  wonderful  luxuriance  of 
tropical  v  egetation.  No  sight  of  my  earlier 
days  dwells  so  vividly  in  my  memory  as  that 
of  some  of  these  scenes.  The  Summer  half 
of  the  eighth  year  could  be  usefully  occupied 
with  the  lectures  at  Edinburg  on  vegetable 
physiology.  There  is  an  excellent  botanic 
garden,  and  the  students  have  the  oppor- 


9 


tunity  of  study  from  living  specimens  and 
listening  to  lectures  illustrated  by  numerous 
diagrams. 

The  ninth  and  tenth  years  could  be  profit¬ 
ably  occupied  in  traveling.  A  rapid  trip  to 
the  East  would  give  a  knowledge  of  the  pe¬ 
culiar  yet  beautiful  architecture  of  those 
countries.  A  Winter  in  Italy  and  Greece 
would  be  essential  to  the  formation  of  correct 
horticultural  and  architectural  taste  ;  a  few 
months  would  be  sufficient  for  the  rest  of 
Continental  Europe,  and  not  leas  than  six 
months  for  England.  For  the  liigliest  exist 
iug  development  of  art,  in  the  imitation  of 
nature,  England  surpasses  all  else,  and  is  an 
epitome  of  the  whole  world.  Here  the  gar¬ 
dener  has  the  finest  study  possible  under 
every  beautiful  phase  which  the  combination 
of  taste  and  wealth  can  furnish. 

Two  or  three  Summers  could  be  very  profit¬ 
ably  spent  there  in  studying  t  he  finest  places. 
Our  student,  however,  is  desirous  of  speedy 
practice  in  liis  profession,  and  cannot  spare 
these  three  Summers.  His  taste,  however, 
can  be  further  cultivated  by  devoting  his 
seasons  of  recreation  in  each  year  to  travel¬ 
ing  in  the  most  beautiful  parts  of  our  own 
country,  and  thus  making  himself  familiar 
with  Nature  in  all  her  forms.  Mount  Desert, 
the  Adirondack-;,  the  Alleghaniea,  the  prairies 
and  oak  openings  of  the  West.,  each  afford  a 
different  and  attractive  study. 

Now,  you  will  doubtless  say  that  few  men 
are  sufficient  for  these  things— that  few  men 
can  afford  to  sustain  u  son  in  such  a  course  of 
study  for  ten  years.  Except  the  traveling, 
however,  it  is  no  more  expensive,  nor  does  it 
require  more  time,  than  the  study  of  the  law. 
He  will  come  out  of  tills  training  a  thorough¬ 
ly  well-skilled  man  in  all  the  requisites  of  his 
profession  ;  and  if  wealthy  gentlemen  could 
be  made  to  appreciate  such  ability,  his  pro¬ 
fession  would  be  remunerative. 

Their  success  and  their  zeal  would  go  to¬ 
gether,  and  their  earnestness  would,  in  time, 
so  infect  their  employers  that  these  would 
feel  a  recognition  of  something  higher  and 
better  than  merchandize  or  stocks. 

Men  now  who  have  spent  their  best  years 
in  trade,  have  no  scales  wherewith  to  weigh 
such  improvements,  and  they  cannot  under¬ 
stand  their  value.  With  a  skilled  gardener, 
however,  acting  under  their  notice  and  furn¬ 
ishing,  daily,  evidence  of  his  skill,  each  em¬ 
ployer,  however  iguorant,  would  find  himself 
insensibly  educated,  and  would  soon  desire  to 
take  an  active  part  in  Horticultural  Societies 
and  Rural  Clubs.  Thus  we,  with  them,  would 
find  our  ranks  filled  with  active  and  intelli 
gent  men. 

I  intended,  when  commencing,  simply  to 
suggest  a  subject  for  discussion,  and  1  know 
of  none  more  important  in  its  results,  and  in 
connection  with  the  object  of  our  Club,  than 
the  education  of  gardeners.  There  is  a  wide 
field  for  discussion  ;  and,  trusting  that  it  may 
be  amply  filled  by  those  at  your  table,  I  re¬ 
main  Yours  very  truly, 

S.  B.  Parsons. 


Horseman, 


“TO  HALTER  AND  BREAK  A  COLT.” 

Being  a  subscriber  to  your  valuable  paper 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  profiting  by  the 
many  good  things  contained  therein,  which, 
on  the  whole,  are  generally'  solid  facts,  I  was 
taken  a  little  aback  on  perusing  an  article  en¬ 
titled,  -  To  Halter  and  Break  a  Coll.”  There 
are  many  persons  owning  colts  who  do  not 
know  how  to  teach  otheis  to  break  them,  let 
alone  the  idea  of  knowing  the  process  them¬ 
selves.  Your  correspondent  on  the  above 
subject,  ill  Rural.  Feb.  15,  over  the  signa¬ 
ture  ot  E.  A,  C.,  after  getting  his  colt  in  a 
suitable  enclosure,  provides  himself  with  “a 
whip  with  a  long  lash,”  and  gives  him  a  few 
sharp  cuts  around  the  hind  legs  to  begin  with. 

Now,  what,  iu  the  name  of  common  seme 
does  E.  A.  C.  do  that  for  ?— unless  ho  wishes 
to  teach  him  to  kick  ;  for  that  wouid  be 
the  proper  method  to  inaugurate  that  per¬ 
formance.  Says  E,  A.  C.,  as  soon  as  he  turns 
his  head  toward  you,  go  toward  him,  talking 
to  him  gently;  if  he  turns  from  you,  apply 
the  lash  ;  in  a  short  time  he  will  follow  you 
and  let  you  handle  him.  What  nonsense  I 
Imagine  a  colt  put  into  a  small  enclosure,  and 
ashed  around  as  E,  A.  C.  advises  ;  would  you 
expect  him  to  be  humbled,  become  docile,  and 
approach  you  to  be  fondled  f  Not  a  bit  of  it  ! 
Instead  of  being  rendered  docile,  lie  would 
become  more  shy  or  spirited  (and  sometimes 
even  stubborn) ;  in  the  former  case,  he  would 
make  his  best  endeavor  to  get  the  other  way. 
So  much  for  E.  A.  C.’s  doctrine. 

Next,  E.  A.  C.  would  take  a  strong  cord, 
a  jout  ten  feet  long,  and  fasten  one  end 
around  his  (the  colt’s)  under  jaw,  as  you 


would  around  a  cow’s  horns,  so  that  it  will 
not  slip,  so  as  to  form  a  halter,  &c.  One 
would  think,  from  the  above  stylo  of  halter¬ 
ing  a  colt,  that  E.  A.  C.  had  been  used  to 
roping  swine.  Surely  this  is  getting  along 
admirably  [  Should  Mr.  Be  nun  be  on  hand, 
E.  A.  C.  would  be  relieved  from  inflicting 
needless  and  further  cruelty.  But  Mr.  Beroii 
not  being  present,  E.  A.  C.  steps  to  one  side 
and  gives  a  sharp  pull  on  the  rope,  and  says, 
the  colt  may  go  the  other  way  the  first 
time”  (I  think  he  would)  ;  “  do  not  try  to  hold 
him  ;  go  up  to  him  and  pat  him,  and  try  him 
again,  saying,  ‘come  here  !’  ”  &e. 

Now,  all  this  sounds  “fine”  to  E.  A.  C.,  no 
doubt. ;  but  I  would  like  to  sec  any  one  get. 
his  hand  on  the  animal  now,  whipped  mid 
abused  as  he  haa  been,  with  a  rope  around 
his  jaw,  and  find  him  anyway  broken  or  sub¬ 
dued  to  gent  leness.  The  colt  is  knocked  about 
iu  this  manner  for  some  time;  then  E.  A.  C. 
says :  —  “  When  he  wifi  follow  you  any¬ 
where,”  (which  [  am  positive  he  will  not,  hal¬ 
tered  in  the  manner  described)  “put  on  a 
well-fit  ting  strap-halter,  and  hitch  him  in  the 
stable.”  Well,  well  !  the  last  act  caps  the 
climax  !  Hitch  a  colt  up  in  a  stable  when 
he  is  not  as  yet  halter-broken  '  The  very 
idea  is  preposterous,  let  alone  the  act.  But 
perhaps  he  would  be  broken  according  to 
1'-.  A.  C.  s  notion  of  it ;  for  he  would  surely' 
hang  himself— I  mean  the  colt. 

A  Lover  of  the  Horse. 

— - ♦♦♦ - - 

A  KNEE-SPRUNG  HORSE. 

M.  asks  “how  to  treat  a  young  horse 
whose  knees  are  a  little  bent,  or  sprung.”  In 
response,  we  give  the  opinion  of  Rc^ert  Jen- 
rtiNOs,  V.  8.,  who  says  “  This  trouble  does 
not  always  result  from  an  injury  of  the  leg 
or  strain  of  the  tendons  ;  it  is  more  often 
found  In  horses  that  have  bad  corns  on  the 
teot,  or  are  troubled  with  navicular  diseases, 
than  any  others.  The  animal  raising  his 
heels  to  prevent,  pressure  upon  the  tender 
parts,  bends  the  knee,  which  bonding  be¬ 
comes,  finally,  from  the  altered  position  of 
the  limbs,  a  permanent,  deformity.  Horses 
with  sprung  knees  arc  unsafe  for  saddle  pur 
purposes,  owing  to  their  consequent  liability 
to  stumble. 

“Respecting  the  treatment,  it  may  lie  said 
that  six  out  of  every  ten  knee-sprung  horses 
will  be  found  to  have  corns.  If  these  be  of 
recent  growth,  there  is  u  fair  prospect  of 
straightening  the  limbs  by  removing  the 
corns.  By  the  removal  of  these,  the  heels 
are  brought  to  the  ground  and  the  limbs  be¬ 
come  straight,  finder  any  other  eircum 
stances,  all  treatment  proves  useless. 

“  To  remove  the  corns,  the  hoof  around  the 
corn  should  be  cut,  away,  so  as  to  prevent 
pressure  from  the  shoe  ;  the  corn  (which  any 
educated  farrier  can  find)  should  be  well  cut 
out,  and  burnt  with  a  hot  iron,  butter  of  an¬ 
timony’,  muriatic  acid,  caustic  silver,  or  the 
permanganate  of  potash.  The  horse  should 
then  be  carefully  shod,  and,  if  the  frog  is 
elastic,  a  bar  .-dice,  nicely  fitted,  with  a  per¬ 
fectly  level  bearing,  would  be  beat ;  if,  how¬ 
ever,  the  frog  is  hard  and  unyielding,  such  a 
shoe  may  prove  injurious.  Flaxseed  poultices 
frequently  applied  to  the  feet,  together  with 
the  use  of  hoof  ointment,  will  be  found  effec¬ 
tual  ;  a  run  at  grass,  without  shoes,  will  also 
prove  beneficial.” 

- ••”*--* - 

CHANGING  A  HORSE’S  GAIT. 

In  Barbary,  pacing  horses  are  held  in  such 
high  estimation  that  the  method  of  making  a 
spirited  trotter  shackle  like  a  boat  in  a  chop 
sea  is  reduced  to  a  science.  To  make  him 
rack  easily,  a  ring  of  lead,  covered  with  leath¬ 
er,  is  put  m  ound  each  hoof  ;  a  cord  from  each 
weight  ascends,  and  Is  fastened  to  the  saddle, 
front  and  rear  ;  next,  a  strap  runs  horizontally' 
from  the  fore  to  the  hind  foot  on  both  sides. 
Being  rather  short,  it  is  impossible  to  make  a 
long  step.  Restraint  compels  the  animal  to 
practice  anew  gait  to  progress  at  all.  As 
soon  as  a  habit  is  established  of  going  ahead 
thus  tethered,  the  desired  amble  is  fully  and 
permanently  accomplished. 

- ♦-*-♦ - 

PROUD  FLESH  ON  A  HORSE. 


<§aii[!|  Huskwlrg. 


CHARCOAL  FOR  RENNET -FACTORY  DIS¬ 
INFECTANTS. 


Please  inform  G.  H.  A.  (page  74)  of  North 
Conway,  N.  11.,  that  if  lie  will  apply  common 
soft  soap  to  the  proud  flesh  on  ins  horse’s 
foot,  he  will  find  relief  after  a  few  applica¬ 
tions.  I  know  from  experience  of  twenty- 
five  years.— I.  Gould,  Cayuga  Co.,  N.  V. 

G.  H.  II.,  North  Conway-,  N.  II.,  says  he 
lias  a  valuable  horse  with  a  bad  wound  on 
one  hind  foot  with  proud  flesh  in  it.  Coperas 
and  gunpowder,  equal  parts  in  a  little  water 
will  cure  it.  Wet  the  wound  as  often  as  he 
thinks  proper  with  this  ;  it  will  take  out  the 
proud  flesh  and  heal  the  wound  very  soon. — x. 


At  the  late  session  of  the  American  Daiiy- 
men’s  Association,  I  noticed  a  suggestion 
made  by  a  member,  ttiat  a  small  bag  of  char¬ 
coal  in  a  rennet-jar  would  keep  it  free  from 
any  unpleasant  smell.  1  am  not  troubled 
much  in  that  way,  still  I  would  like  to  adopt, 
anything  that  is  a  real  improvement.  Allow 
me  to  ask  you  if  you  deem  it.  would  be  bene¬ 
ficial  ;  also,  would  there  be  auy  harm  result¬ 
ing  from  its  use  iu  that  way  to  the  cheese  i 
How  often  do  you  think  it  would  be  necessity 
to  change  the  coal  '(  What  do  you  think 
would  be  the  cheapest  and  best  article  to  use 
about  the  factory  as  a  disinfectant  ?  I  use 
lime  a  good  deal,  but  cannot,  of  course,  put. 
it  into  the  whey  spouts  and  conductors  ;  at 
least  I  have  not  felt  as  though  I  ought  to,  as 
it  would  hurt  the  hogs.— F.  A.  Morrison, 
Craigs  Mills,  N.  T. 

Charcoal  flit e is  have  been  recommeuded 
for  purifying  bad  rennet,  and  small  bags 
containing  charcoal  for  keeping  rennet-jars 
sweet  aud  the  rennet  in  good  order;  and 
although  those  suggestions  have  been  urged 
by  some,  we  regard  them— or  at  least  that 
for  restoring  putrid  rennet— as  of  doubtful 
utility.  The  use  of  charcoal  bags  for  the  ren¬ 
net-jar,  in  tho  way  proposed,  can  have  no  in¬ 
jurious  effect  upon  the  coagulating  principle 
of  rennet,  and  doubtless  may  act  u~s  a  deodor¬ 
izer  to  some  extent ;  but  what  seems  to  us  to 
be  the  most  practical  course  to  be  recom¬ 
mended  is  the  employment  of  good,  sweet 
rennet  in  the  first  instance,  and  afterward 
such  attention  to  steeping  and  keeping,  or  its 
preparation  for  cheese  making,  as  will  insure 
all  freedom  from  objectionable  taint.  In 
line,  we  do  not  believe  in  the  practice  of  doc¬ 
toring  up  putrid  and  rotten  rennets  so  they 
will  not  stink,  and  then  using  t  hem  for  man¬ 
ufacturing  a  palatable  and  healthy  article  of 
food.  We  know  of  no  long  and  well  con 
ducted  experiments  in  the  use  of  such  deodor 
ized  or  restored  rennet  for  cheese  making 
that  prove  it  to  be  perfectly  harmless ;  and 
we  should  not  care  to  run  the  risk  of  making 
a  large  quantity  of  cheese  with  such  rennet. 

Granting  that  putrid  rennet  can  be  deodor¬ 
ized,  or  restored  in  the  way  suggested,  and 
that  such  rennet  coagulates  the  milk,  and 
lias,  apparently,  no  immediate  effect  in  doing 
injury  to  the  curds,  is  it  not  more  reasonable 
to  suppose  that  the  use  of  good,  sweet, 
healthy  rennet  would  be  likely  to  produce 
the  most  desirable  results  ?  Would  not  tho 
putrid  rennet,  though  apparently  restored, 
have  an  ultimate  effect  upon  the  keeping 
qualities  of  the  cheese,  rendering  it  short¬ 
lived  and  liable  to  lose  in  flavor  i  These  are 
questions  which  we  have  not  as  yet  seen  sat¬ 
isfactorily  answered  by  those  who  advocate 
tho  theory, 

Theoretical  cheese  making  may  all  be  very 
fine,  but  in  real  work  we  must  all  get  down 
to  the  solid,  rugged  principles  that,  will  stand 
the  test  of  practice.  We  do  not  say  but  that 
it.  may  be  possible  to  restore  slightly  tainted 
rennet  so  that  its  use  may  be  admissible  in 
cheese  making  ;  but  we  cannot  recommend 
it ;  and  no  word  of  ours  shall  be  given  to  in 
duce  dairymen  to  slacken  their  vigilance  in 
the  curing  and  preparation  of  rennet,  under 
the  impression  that  putrid  taints  may  be  de 
stroyed,  and  the  article  made  sweet  and 
healthy.  Putrid  rennet  is  often  in  the  market, 
and  has  not  unfrequently  been  the  means  of 
heavy  losses  when  used  for  cheese  malting. 
The  place  for  such  rennet  is  in  the  compost 
heap,  and  not  on  the  cheese  vats.  Wo  know 
that-  good,  healthy  rennet  will  make  good, 
healthy  cheese.  We  know  that  good,  sweet 
rennet,  properly  prepared  and  cared  for,  can 
be  kept  sweet  and  free  from  putrid  taints, 
and  we  deem  it  better  to  adhere  to  first  prin¬ 
ciples  and  accept  a  certainty,  than  to  fall 
into  evil  practices  and  then  attempt  to  rem¬ 
edy  neglect  by  doctoring  up  rotten  rennet 
and  putrid  taints  by  charcoal  filters. 

This  is  a  common-sense  view  of  the  matter, 
and  we  must  await  further  developments  in 
science  and  further  experiments  with  rennet 
before  adopting  other  views. 

The  great  remedy  to  be  relied  on  in  the 
dairy  for  the  prevention  of  foul  odors  is  at¬ 
tention  to  cleanliness  iu  every  department— 
the  free  use  of  boiling  water,  scrubbing-brush 
and  broom,  vigorously  applied  ;  lime  can 
often  be  used  to  good  advantage.  Somewhat 
recently  w  e  hear  of  chloralum  as  one  of  the 
best  articles  for  cleansing  and  purifying  all 
agents  to  which  decomposing  matters  may 
adhere.  It  is  highly  recommended  for  the 
dairy.  We  have  made  no  direct  tests  with 


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this  article,  but  are  informed  by  those  who 
have  had  it  in  use  during  the  past,  season, 
that  it  gives  a  freshness  and  HW’eotness  to  the 
air,  and  insures  a  more  complete  purifleation 
than  many  other  disinfectants,  which  charge 
the  air  iu  such  a  way  as  to  create  discomfort. 
If  we  mistake  not,  this  preparation  is  of 
English  origin,  but  is  now  manufactured  in 
this  country,  or  at  least  furnished  by  our 
leading  druggists. 

- 

BUTTER  MAKING,  ETC. 

We  have  a  letter  from  Mr.  8.  Wheat,  in 
which  he  attempts  to  tell  us  why  butter  is 
sometimes  long  in  churning.  In  referring  to 
some  remarks  of  ours  on  the  subject  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  of  Jan.  llth,  he  says  : 
“  Tho  doctrine  that  butter  cannot  be  made 
from  the  milk  of  cows  kept  on  corn  stalks, 
frost-bitten  grass,  &c,,  &c.,  amounts  to  pre¬ 
cisely  nothing.  Mere  theory  is  unsafe  coun¬ 
sel.  Butter  of  good  quality  and  color  can  be 
made  from  cows  fed  on  corn  fodder  at  any 
season  of  the  year  when  they  need  fodder  ; 
but  coni  fodder  may  be  so  damaged  as  to 
seriously  injure  the  flavor  of  the  butter,  but 
the  cream  can  be  churned  and  butter  made 
from  it,”  &e.,  &e. 

Our  correspondent  must  have  read  very 
carelessly,  or  else  he  draws  his  inferences 
“  with  a  pretty  long  bow.”  We  did  not  ad¬ 
vocate  “  the  doctrine  that  but  tor  cannot  bo 
made  from  the  milk  of  cows  kept  on  core 
stalks,”  &c.  The  only  allusion  made  to  com 
stalks  in  tho  article  referred  to  was  us  fol¬ 
lows  : — “  In  the  Fall,  when  cowb  are  eating 
frozen  grass  from  the  pasture,  supplemented 
with  core  stalks  or  other  coarse  fodder,  the 
cream  sometimes  is  of  a  character  that  will 
not  be  readily  converted  into  butter.” 

Frozen  grass  and  moonshine,  with  a  spar¬ 
ing  bite  of  blcached-out  corn  stalks,  given  to 
cowb  occasionally,  late  in  Fall  or  just  before 
cows  go  into  Winter  quarters,  as  la  practiced 
by  some,  wo  do  not  regard  as  t  he  best  kind 
of  food  for  producing  butter.  We  do  not 
wish  to  undervalue  the  merits  of  good  core 
fodder  when  cut,  cured  and  stored  in  a  proper 
time  and  manner  ;  and  we  arc  glad  our  cor¬ 
respondent  has  a  due  appreciation  of  this 
kind  of  food,  and  can  give  his  testimony  that 
he  can  make  “  butl  er  of  good  quality  and 
good  color”  from  it  ;  and  more  especially  at 
this  time,  when  some  people  are  talking  ex¬ 
travagantly  against  corn  fodder  as  an  almost 
worthies-  kind  of  food.  Subjoined  is  Mr. 
YWs  statement  of  his  procedure  in  churning, 
which  we  give  in  lull,  except  the  name  of 
the  patent  churn  thermometer,  which  cannot 
have  a  free  advertisement,  in  these  columns, 
but  should  appear  in  its  proper  place  on  the 
advertising  pages  of  the  paper.  He  says  : 
“The  temperature  of  the  cream  in  warm 
weather  should  be  58”  to  CO*  never  more 
than  (JO*;  in  Winter,  62*  to  68*.  I  have  the 
misfortune  to  be  making  butter  this  Winter. 
By  putting  the  cream  on  these  figures,  I  do 
a  churning  inside  of  an  hour.  A  few  days 
ago,  by  neglecting  the  cream  while  wanning, 
it  reached  65’.  1  knew  my  best  way  was  not 
to  cool  it,  but  churn  it  in  that,  condition.  I 
had  butter  in  forty  minutes ;  but  it  wus  a 
trifle  paler,  and  I  think  a  little  less  in  quan¬ 
tity  than  if  it  had  been  churned  at  62*  or  88*. 

“Great  care  and  caution  are  all  important 
in  tempering  tho  cream,  for  without  them 
much  is  lost  and  much  hard  labor  thrown 
away.  Cream  should  bo  wanned  in  tin  ves¬ 
sels  by  the  stove,  or  by  use  of  warm  water, 
(externally  applied,)  as  most  convenient.  But 
during  the  process  of  warming,  it  should  be 
constantly  stirred,  and  the  thermometer  ap¬ 
plied  as  often  as  necessary.  While  churning, 

I  preserve  the  same  temperature  through  the 
entil  e  process.  For  this  purpose  I  use  a  cheese 
thermometer,  which  is  fastened  in  tho  cover, 
and  will  give  the  temperature  at  any  mo¬ 
ment  while  churning.  Butter  may  be  dam¬ 
aged  in  Winter  by  tho  milk  getting  too  cold 
while  set  for  cream.  It  should  be  sot  not  far 
from  a  coal  stove,  or  one  that  will  keep  fire 
through  the  night.” 

- •--*-♦ - 

“CREAM  GATHERER.” 

Having  heard  my  neighbors  speak  of  an 
invention  called  a  “Cream  Still,”  or  “Port¬ 
able  Cream  Gatherer,”  which,  report  states, 
half  as  much  more  cream  can  be  collected  by 
it  during  the  year,  from  the  same  quam.it  v 
and  quality  of  milk  than  ordinarily,  I  am 
naturally  anxious  to  hear,  through  the  me¬ 
dium  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  from  those 
W'ho  have  given  this  invention  a  fair  trial, 
whether  the  above  statement  is  overdrawn 
or  not.  If  it  be  true  that  by  this  process  an 
equal  quantity  of  cream  can  be  got  from 
four  cows  as  from  six  in  the  usual  way,  the 
advantage  to  butter  manufacturers  and  per¬ 
sons  requiring  cream  must  be  incalculable. 

C.  J.  Laws®n. 


familar  species  we  can  make  u  very  close 
guess.  The  eggs  sent  resemble  those  of  our 
common  .Ermine-Moth  (>Spf losOTtWl T'  irgin  icu), 
and  probably  are  of  some  nearly  related  spe¬ 
cies.  You  have  a  good  opportunit  y  of  adding 
something  to  our  entomology,  by  watching 
the  eggs  when  they  hatch,  observing  the 
changes  and  progress  of  the  larva?,  rioting 
how  many  times  t  hey  change  their  skins,  the 
plant  or  plants  upon  which  they  feed,  and 
finally  their  chrysalids.  Then,  if  you  will 
gather  some  of  these,  and  send  them  to  us, 
we  will  endeavor  to  produce  the  moths  and 
give  you  the  name,  if  the  species  has  one  ;  if 
not,  wo  will  have  a  name  given  it.  We  shall 
try  to  preserve  and  hatch  the  eggs  sent  us, 
but  not  knowing  what  food  to  give  the  cater¬ 
pillars,  we  shall  probably  fail  to  rear  them. 

We  hope  every  reader  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  will  try,  the  coming  Summer,  to  ob¬ 
serve  what  is  going  on  about  him  or  her  iu 
the  insect  world,  and  send  us  any  facts  or 


greater  part  might  be  saved  if  the  masses 
knew  anything  of  the  life  about  them,  as 
seen  in  the  insect  world. 

Agricultural  and  horticultural  societies  me 
now,  or  soon  will  be,  making  up  their  lists  of 
premiums  for  the  coming  season  of  Fairs, 
and  we.  hope  their  officers  who  have  this  de¬ 
partment  in  charge  will  see  that  liberal  pre- 
miurns  are  offered  for  collections  of  insects. 
Let  this  thing  once  be  fairly  begun  and  we 


of  tearing  the  most  tender  chick.  I 
attemps  to  flap,  you  can  have  him  a 
the  day  he  came  out  of  the  egg. 
Tribune. 


POULTRY  BREVITIES, 


Wm.  M.  Lewis,  author  of  the  “  People’s 
Practical  Poultry  Book,”  Bends  us  the  follow¬ 
ing  as  his  experience  with  thishreed.  He  says  : 

We  were  repeatedly  asked  in  1870  and  lb?l 
our  opinion  of  White  Leghorn  Fowls,  as  to 
their  qualities  for  laying,  hardiness,  &c.  Not 
at  that  time  having  had  any  experience  with 
them,  we  could  give  no  opinion,  except  from 
hearsay. 

In  the  Bummer  of '.1871  we  procured  one 
dozen  eggs  from  J.  Y.  Hick  s  ell,  and  set 
them,  from  which  we  reared  six  fowls— five 
cockerels  aud  one  pullet.  We  procured  from 
the  same  gentleman  two  nice  pullets.  We 
then  took  the  best  young  cockerel  and  three 
pullets  aud  put  them  in  a  pen  with  a  runway 
attached,  six  by  fourteen  feet.  We  think 
the  chickens  were  hatched  the  latter  part 
of  July,  1871.  March  10th,  1872,  we  got  our 
first,  egg  from  those  pullots  ;  on  the  Hitb,  ol’ 
the  same  month  wo  received  three  eggs  per 
day,  and  they  cont  inued  to  lay  at  that  rate, 
with  few  exceptions,  up  to  Sept.  2d,  at  which 
time  they  began  to  fall  olT.  Borne  days  we 
would  get  two,  and  on  other  days  three  eggs. 
On  the  8th  of  October  they  ceased  laying  al¬ 
together.  The  molting  season  seemed  to  last 
them  a  very  short  time.  They  feathered  up 
quickly  aud  showed  no  signs  of  weakness  or 
sickness  during  the  whole  time.  These  three 
pullets  have  laid,  by  actual  count : 

March  i«th  to  31st . «  e*p 

April . “  » 

May . "a 

July . F7.  « 

August  _ . "V. 

tteprember .  „ 

October . 

Total . 590  “ 

0 

Iu  about  215  days  those  three  pullets  have 
laid  590  eggs.  During  the  time,  they  have 


SWALLOWING  A  BOA-CONSTRICTOR. 

Mb,  Frank  Buckland  describes  in  Lund 
and  Water  the  swallowing  by  a  python  of  a 
boa-constrictor  “  A  few  days  since  a  rabbit, 
was,  in  due  course  of  tiling*,  put  iiilo  a  cage 
occupied  by  two  or  three  boa-constrictors 
and  pythons  at  the  Zoological  Gardens. 
Shortly  afterward,  Holland,  the  Intelligent 
and  obliging  keeper  of  the  snake  house,  was 
made  aware,  by  the  excitement  of  the  visit¬ 
ors.  that  something  unusual  was  going  on. 
Running  round  the  back  of  the  cage,  he  saw 
in  a  minute  what  had  happened— otic  of  the 
largest  of  the  snakes  had  swallowed  down, 
whole,  one  of  his  comrades.  Holland  was 
only  just  In  time,  as  the  smaller  snake  had 
almost  disappeared  down  the  throat  of  the 
larger  snake,  there  being  only  three  or  four 
inches  of  his  tail  hanging  out  of  one  side  of 
the  mouth  of  this  voracious  snake-cannibal. 
Jumping  immediately  into  the  cage  in  a  most 
plucky  manner,  Holland  seized  the  cannibal 
tightly  by  the  throat  The  brute  at  once 
opened  his  great  wide  mouth,  and  out.  drop¬ 
ped  the  rabbit — dead,  of  court  e.  \\  hy  the 
rabbit  should  come  out  first,  i  cannot  under¬ 
stand  ;  but  it  did.  Holland  then,  seeing  the 
make  number  two  writhing  and  kicking 
about  inside  snake  number  one,  seized  hold 


OASK.  [See  Ba«o  103.] 

will  soon  see  splendid  exhibitions  of  ento¬ 
mological  specimens,  and  our  ladies  aud  gen¬ 
tlemen  will  not  be  calling  every  little  fly, 

beetle,  grasshopper  or  spider  a  “bug. 


answers  the  description  of  C.  H.  M  s.  w  nue 
Brahma  exactly. — W.  R.  8.,  Morristown,  A. 

Canary  and  Goldfinch.  —  One  of  our  eoi- 
respondents  writes  : — E.  K.,  Ohio,  is  informed 
that  a  male  goldfinch  can  be  mated  with  a 
female  canary  {dark  color  preferred)  in 
March,  and  raise  superior  songsters. 

When  to  fair  Canaries. —J.  H.,  Wv*eee- 
♦  •  —  You  can  oair  vour  canaries  In 


FROM  AND  TO  CORRESPONDENTS 


HOT  AH  AMBLYCHIIA. 

W.  B.  J.  of  Egypt  Depot,  N.  O,,  is  informed 
that  the  beetles  sent  are  not  the  much-desired 
Amblychila  eylindri/ormis ,  but  the  very 
common  Horned  Passaluu,  an  insect  found 
iu  or  under  almost  every  old  rotten  log,  from 
the  Gulf  of  Mexico  to  New  York.  We  have 
stated  several  times,  but  will  repeat  it  again, 
that  no  Amblychila  has  ever  been  found  East 
of  the  Mississippi  River,  and  there  is  little  use 
for  any  one  expecting  to  find  them,  except 
near  the  base  of  the  Rocky  Mountains, 

We  reprint  from  the  Rural.  New-\  ohklk 
Jan.  27,  1872,  Puge  CO,  figures  of  the  V attnal «» 
eornutm ,  FaBR.,  its  larva  and  pupa,  iu  order 
that  our  readers  may  be  able  to  distinguish 
this  very  common  beetle  which  inhabits  old 
rotten  or  half-rotten  wood  ;  a,  larva  or  grub; 
b,  pupa  ;  c,  the  beetle  ;  <1,  the  third  or  nidi- 
mentary  legs,  which  are  additional  to  those 
shown  in  a,  showing  that  the  larva  has 
three  pairs  of  legs,  although  only  two  are 
fully  developed.  Those  having  the  volume 
of  1872  will  find  this  beetle  and  its  habits 


INSECTS  AT  FAIRS 


Ik  there  is  any  one  branch  of  natural  sci¬ 
ence  of  which  the  cultivators  of  the  soil  ai  e 
more  destitute  of  knowledge  on  than  anoth¬ 
er,  it  is  that,  of  Entomology.  We  doubt  if 
one  man  in  a  hundred  knows  that  t  he  white 
grub  which  works  such  sad  devastation  to 
meadows  aud  gardens,  and  the  common 
large  May  Beetle  which  flies  into  our  rooms 
during  the  early  part  of  the  Summer,  is  one 
and  the  same  insect,  only  in  different  stages 
of  existence  ;  and  the  same  rule  will  hold * 
good  ail  t  hrough  the  catalogue  of  our  injuri  a 
ous  and  beneficial  insects.  We  have  hud 
books  written  iu  goodly  number  which  give 
valuable  and  interesting  information  in  re¬ 
gard  to  the  habits  of  our  common  insects  ; 
but  they  are  necessarily  expensive,  and  very 
lew  persons  will  buy  and  lead  them,  even  if 
they  are  able  to,  and  have  leisure  for  study. 
We  must  devise  some  •other  method  of  at 
trading  the  attention  to  the  subject  of  insect 
life.  We  do  not  know  a  better  plan  than  to 
offer  prizes  for  insects  to  be  shown  at  every 
town,  county  and  State  Fair.  If  young  per 
sons  could  once  see  even  a  small  collodion  of 
insects  coiroctly  named,  it  would  attract 
their  attention,  and  wo  should  soon  have 
hundreds  and  thousands  of  observers  in  this 
great  and  almost  unexplored  hold  of  science. 
A  few  men,  here  and  there,  arc  doing  an  im 
mouse  amount  of  work  In  this  field,  but  their 
labors  are  not  appreciated  owing  to  the  iguo 
ranee  of  the  masses.  Three  States  of  the 
forty  do  pretend  to  pay  an  Entomologist  a 


BIRDS  AND  WHITE  GRUBS 


We  find  the  following  signed  “  H.  T.”  in 
the  Oneida  Circular  There  is  a  certain  spot 
on  oui*  lawn  which  is  infested  with  this  pest, 
to  its  great  injury.  The  grubs  have  complete¬ 
ly  severed  the  grass  roots,  so  that  the  turf 
loses  its  color  and  may  be  rolled  up  like  u 
►sheep  skin,  disclosing  quarts  of  the  larvte. 
The  robins  have  found  out  the  peculiarities  of 
this  spot,  and  l  have  often  amused  myself  by 
watching  their  operations  and  observing  the 
manner  in  which  they  feed,  morning  and 
evening,  on  the  shiny  fat  worms.  Frequently 
two  or  three  dozen  birds  ut  a  time  may  be 
seen  sUlkmg  over  the  spot,  occasionally  turn¬ 
ing  their  heads  to  oue  side  as  if  listening  in¬ 
tently,  then  suddenly  plunging  their  beaks 
into  the  turf  and  tearing  away  like  mad  until 
they  drag  forth  the  grubs,  which  they  then 
eagerly  devour.  The  robin  does  not,  howcv 
cr  appear  to  bo  well  adapted  to  this  kind  ot 
work.  The  turf  being  rather  tough,  he  docs 
not  always  succeed,  pull  as  stoutly  ms  lie  may. 
If  he  fails,  lie  deliberately  turns  aside  and 
tries  another  spot.  The  crow,  with  his  strong, 
sharp  pointed  dibble,  is  much  better  fitted  to 
be  successful  in  this  business  of  grub  catching. 
When  we  see  him  sauntering  about  in  the 
pastures  or  meadows  in  his  leisurely  way,  we 
must  be  sur<  not  to  disturb  him.  for  he  L-;  dO 
ing  the  farmer  good  service.  He  is  such  a 
gluttonous  fruit  eater  tlrnt,  were  it  not  tor 
this  propensity  to  catch  insects,  we  should 
regard  his  presence  us  an  unmitigated  misfor¬ 
tune,  despite  the  sentimental  fondness  for 
“robin  redbreast”  inculcated  in  our  childhood. 


HOW  TO  PLUCK  POULTRY 


I  have  known  persons  on  market  day  to 
go  out  and  kill  twelve  or  fifteen  fowls,  and 
bring  them  into  a  room  where  there  would 
be  half  a  dozen  women  and  boys  pulling  a 
few  feathers  ut  a  time,  between  thumb  and 
forefinger  to  prevent  tearing  them.  Now, 
for  the  benefit  of  such,  I  give  our  plan  Hang 
the  fowl  by  the  feet  by  a  small  cord  ;  then 
with  a  small  knife  give  one  cut  across  the 
upper  jaw,  opposite  the  corners  of  the  mouth; 
after  the  blood  has  stopped  ruiming  a  stream, 
place  the  point  of  the  knife  in  the  groove  in 
the  upper  part  of  the  mouth,  run  the  blade 
up  into  the  buck  part  of  the  head,  which  will 
cause  a  quivering  arid  twisting  of  the  mus¬ 
cles.  Now  is  your  time,  for  every  feather 
yields  as  if  by  magic,  and  there  is  no  danger 


a  few  days  since,  containing  a  number  or 
these  beetles.  He  will  probably  be  able  to 
recognize  it  iu  future, 

INSECT  EGOS  FROM  HEW  MEXICO. 

Inclosed  I  send  vou  the  larva?  of  some  in¬ 
sects.  There  are  thousands  of  them  in  this 
neighborhood.  Are  they  likely  to  do  any 
damage  to  crops  in  the  Spring  ■  W  hat  struck 
me  a.-,  remarkable  is  that  all  f  have  seen  were 
upon  u  species  of  grass  that  no  ammul  will 
cat  during  Winter,  Other  kinds  of  grass  in 
fin*  Immediate  vicinitv  had  none,  wlnle  on 


•MARCH  S 


MOOBE’S  1  BUBAL  -NEW-YOBSCEB. 


!  ' 


u 

<V 


Ipomotogical. 


and  hardy  tree,  the  fruit  d'  which  is  excel¬ 
lent  as  a  Winter  apple,  being  a  good  keeper. 


THE  BUFFALO  BERRY. 


THE  GERMANTOWN  SEEDLING  PEAR. 


(Shepherdln  argentea.i 

From  the  report  of  the  late  annual  meeting 
of  the  Minnesota  State  Horticultural  Society 
we  clip  the  following  ; 

Col.  Stevens  said  that  a  few  weeks  since, 
Col.  Sweet,  of  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad, 
handed  him  a  specimen  of  fruit,  and  as  Col. 
Sweet  was  here  present,  he  should  like  to 
hear  from  him.  The  fruit  was  to  him  entire¬ 
ly  new.  Col.  Sweet  said  it  was  a  shrub  that 
grew  up  on  the  Missouri  river,  in  great  pro¬ 
fusion  a  nd  in  clusters.  The  berry,  resembling 
red  currants,  remained  on  the.  twigs  until 
February.  The  tree,  or  hush,  was  thorny.  It 
grows  mostly  on  the  bottoms,  but  to  some 
extent  on  the  bluffs.  It  is  called  the  bull  ber¬ 
ry.  It  is  hard,  evidently.  The  berry  has  been 
used  for  jellies  and  pic  -,’  and  makes  very  good 
ones.  The  shrub  would  make  an  excellent 
hedge  plant.  They  his  wife  and  others — 
used  it  regularly  for  pies,  and  it  is  sub-acid 
in  taste.  The  Indians  use  them  to  a  consid¬ 
erable  extent,  also,  and  travelers  along  that 
route  used  them  sometimes.  Borne,  of  the 
jelly  was  on  the  table,  and  could  speak  for 
itself  aa  to  quality.  He  was  satisfied  that  it 
was  a  valuable  plant.  He  believed  that  from 
a  single  quarter  section,  '-',000  bushels  might 
have  been  gathered.  They  commence  ripen¬ 
ing  the  1st  of  August,  and  stay  on  the  tree 
until  the  1st  of  February.  The  soil  was  of 
various  kinds  where  they  grew. 

Mr.  Crimes  said  that  the  plant  was  known 
to  horticulturists  as  the  Buffalo  berry.  Col. 
Stevens  said  it  was  a  mistake  that  it  had 
been  pronounced  upon  by  Haste ru  horticul¬ 
turists,  who  could  not  place  it  as  yet.  One- 
half  of  t  he  shrubs  produced  alternate  years. 
Judge  Baker  suggested  that  a  committee  bo 
appointed  to  look  into  this  matter. 

Wjs  do  not  hesitat  e  to  inform  the  gentle¬ 
men  whose  names  appear  in  the  above  re¬ 
port,  that  the  plant  under  consideration  is 
the  old  and  well  known  ShepheriMa  argentea, 
a  shrub  named  in  honor  of  John  Shepherd, 
formerly  curator  of  the  Liverpool  Botanic 
Garden.  It  has  been  known  and  cultivated 
by  Eastern  nurserymen  for  the  past,  fifty 
years,  and  we  have  often  called  the  attention 
of  our  Western  readers  to  this  shrub  as  one 
likel)-  to  be  valuable  for  hedges,  'five  follow¬ 
ing  is  a  portion  of  a  paragraph  we  wrote  nine 
years  ago,  about  this  shrub  : 

“This  is  a  small  tree,  a  native  of  the  far 
West,  being  found  on  the  eastern  slopes  of 
the  Rocky  Mountains,  chiefly  on  the  upper 
Missouri  and  its  tributaries.  Its  leaves  are 
small  and  long,  of  a  gray,  silvery  color  ou  both 
sides  ;  young  branches  arc  also  of  a  grayish 
color.  It  is  quite  ornamental  in  appearance, 
especially  in  Autumn,  when  loaded  with  its 
email,  red,  currant-likc  fruit,  which  is  acid 
and  quite  agreeable.  They  are  highly  priced 
by  many  persons  for  tarts,  pies,  &c.,  The 
Shepherd ias  are  what  is  termed  by  botanists 
dioecious  plants — that  is,  one  tree  bears  pis¬ 
tillate  flowers  aiul  produces  fruit  ;  the  other 
staminate  flowers,  and  bears  no  fruit,  but  fer¬ 
tilizes  the  pistillate  flowers  ;  therefore,  to 
have  trees  produce  fruit,  it  is  necessary  to 
have  the  two  kinds  in  the  same  garden  w,nd 
if  in  close  proximity,  all  the  better.  " 

We  have  old  plants  in  our  garden  at  this 
moment,  Feb.  20,  loaded  with  Hhephertlia 
berries.  Col.  Stevens  is  mistaken  in  sup¬ 
posing  that  this  shrub  has  not  been  pro¬ 
nounced  upon  by  Eastern  horticulturists.  He 
is  also  in  error  in  saying  that  one-half  of  the 
plants  produce  in  alternate  years.  He.  prob¬ 
ably  noticed  that  a  portion  of  the  plants 
had  no  fruit  upon  them,  and  not.  knowing 
this  dioecious  character,  he  might  readily 
j ump  at  the  conclusion  that  they  only  pro¬ 
duced  fruit  in  alternate  years. 

We  hope  our  Western  readers,  particularly 
those  residing  in  the  frigid  regions  of  the 
North,  will  try  the  ShepherdJa  as  a  hedge 
plant,  for  it  has  many  good  points  to  recom¬ 
mend  it,  especially  those  that  terminate  its 
small  branches. 

- ♦-*-* - 

P0M0L0GICAL  GOSSIP. 


The  Kittalinny  Blackberry  is  thus  com¬ 
mended  by  a  gentleman  who  has  had  experi¬ 
ence  growing  it  as  a  market  fruit  at  Normal, 
Ill.  Were  1  going  to  set  out  blackberries,  I 
should  prefer  the  Kittatiny  to  any  variety  I 
have  seen  yet.  For  hardiness,  flavor  and 
productiveness,  and  for  a  market  berry,  I  be¬ 
lieve  they  have  no  equal. 

I'lumb' a  Qiiler  Apple  is  by  some  said  to  be 
identical  with  Smith’s  Cider.  Some  assert 
the  trees  of  the  two  arc  distinct  in  habit  ; 
but  Plumb’s  pricelist  calls  his  Cider,  “for¬ 
merly  Smith’s  Cider"  and  asserts  that  it 
received  its  present  name  by  vote  of  the  Wis¬ 
consin  Horticultural  Society  in  1869.  But 
what  right  had  that  society  to  do  such  a 
foolish  thing  ? 

The  Mason  Stranger  Apple,  is  highly  re¬ 
commended  by  Virginians,  as  a  productive 


January  26,  Rural  New  Yorker,  page  GO, 
we  published  an  engraving  of  a  new'  pear, 
crediting  it  to  Germantown,  Pa.  Mr.  Geo.  E. 
Lasher  writes  us  that  it  is  a  Germantown,  N. 
Y.,  seedling.  We  stand  corrected  ;  but  the 
fault  is  not  ours  in  this  instance,  no  State  ap 
pearing  on  the  letter.  He  adds  concerning 
this  seedling : — “  I  should  call  it  a  late  fall 
pear,  as  they  were  No.  1,  in  October.  They 
will  keep  two  months  after  fully  ripe.  Those 
I  sent  you  had  been  picked  over  three 
months. 


^[kriailtural. 

FREAK  among  larch  cones. 


I  have  a  European  Larch  now  full  of  cones 
and  each  cone  lias  a  sprout  or  limb  growing 

JA/  through  the  center  of  it. 

The  growth  commenced 
in  the  latter  part  of  the 
Summer,  about  the  time 
\M  the  cones  commenced 

/%  ripening.  Indotcd  find 

cones  taken  from  the 
j w  tree.  Is  it  n  mammon  oe- 

fk  currcnca  with  the  Larch  ? 

c — P.,  Finding,  O. 

We  give  herewith  an 
dJT  illustration  of  one  of  the 

■cones,  and  although  such 
1 J  freaks  have  been  observ- 

l.ft  cd  by  almost  every  per- 

i$L  son  who  lias  studied  the 

if  Larch  and  its  structure, 

still  it  is  not  every  one. 
tyXt  who  understands  why 

these  variations  occur. 
Now,  to  account  satissfac- 
V- '  torily  and,  perhaps  we 

may  be  allowed  to  say, 
scientifically,  for  this  hoc- 
ondary  growth,  wo  must 
consider  the  cone  as  only 
a  branch  arrested  in  its 
growth,  the  green  leaves 
becoming  scales,  within 
which  the  organs,  or  at 
least  one  sex  is  developed. 
The  cone,  therefore,  being 
only  a  modified  branch, 
it  follows  that  any  change 


in  the  weather  which 
would  excite  or  force  the  tree  to  make  a 


second  growth  in  Autumn  would  tend  to 
force  the  rachis  to  elongate,  as  shown  in  these 
specimens.  Such  freaks  and  variations  from 
the  usual  types  arc  often  the  principal  facts 
from  which  theories  regarding  the  formation 
and  the  true  structure  of  plants  are  deduced. 


“HOW  TO  REPRODUCE  PINE  FORESTS." 

In  the  Rural  New-Yorker.  Feb.  16,  I  find 
an  article  with  the  above  caption,  over  the 
signature  of  “Morristown,”  when  it  struck 
me  that  the  writer  might  find  a  more  expedi¬ 
tious  mode  of  procuring  pine,  for  at.  least  a 
cehtttry  to  conic,  than  to  sit  down  and  wait 
for  old  field')  to  furnish  a  supply,  unless  (line 
trees  can  be  “reproduced"  in  Pennsylvania 
like  mushrooms,  and  spring  up  in  a  night. 
VVc  think  they  grow  fast  enough  in  this  lati¬ 
tude,  and  find  more  difficult!  in  eradicating 
them  from  the  soil  than  in  reproducing. 
You  have  only  to  cease  cultivating  the  land 
to  have  an  abundant  crop  of  young  [lines; 
and  if  any  of  your  readers  will  comedown 
South,  1  will  show  them  hundreds  of  acres  of 
young  [>ino  forests,  where  cotton  flourished 
less  than  ten  years  ago,  which,  in  a  great 
measure,  accounts  for  the  cheapness  of  our 
arable  lands.  Whatever  may  be  our  suffer¬ 
ing  in  the  future,  we  have  no  fear  of  a  pine 
famine ;  and  if  any  Pennsylvania  gentleman 
would  like  to  invest  in  extensive  pine  forests, 
as  fine  as  any  in  the  world,  I  can  put.  him  in 
the  way  of  purchasing  one  hundred  thousand 
acres  of  as  heavy  pine  timber  as  he  ever  saw, 
at  less  than  fifty  cents  an  acre,  well  located 
along  a  line  of  railroads,  near  several  South¬ 
ern  seaports,  and  every  facility  for  transpor¬ 
tation  to  Philadelphia,  New  York,  or  any 
European  port,  without  any  difficulty  what¬ 
ever  ;  and  what  may  astonish  you  still  more, 
these  lands,  when  cleared  of  the  timber,  will 
produce  good  crops  of  com,  cotton,  sugar 
and  vegetables.  These  are  facts  which  can 
be  clearly  demonstrated  to  the  satisfaction  of 
any  candid  inquirer  ;  arid  to  us,  who  are  fa¬ 
miliar  with  them,  it  appears  strange  that 
men  should  talk  about  cultivating  pine  trees, 
as  though  they  were  sugar  cane,  to  be  cut 
down  and  used  every  season.  T  w  c. 

Augusta,  Git.,  Fob,  I'll. 


TO  PREVENT  SOWS  DEVOURING  YOUNG. 


A  Scotch  farmer  writes  : — 1  noticed  some 
t  ime  ago  a  method  for  preventing  sows  from 
devouring  their  young,  which  they  will  do  at 
times,  and  sometimes  they  won’t  let  down 
their  milk.  When  this  state  of  things  is  not 
caused  by  a  diseased  condition  of  the  uterus, 
it  is  said  that  the  sow  can  be  brought  to 
terms  by  pouring  a  mixture  of  ten  to  twenty 
grains  of  spirits  of  camphor  with  one  to  three 
of  tincture  of  opium.  Into  the  car.  The  sow 
will  immediately  lie  down  on  the  side  of  the 
ear  to  which  the  application  was  made,  and 
remain  quiet  for  several  hours  In  this  position, 
without  interfering  wit  h  her  pigs  ;  and  on  re¬ 
covery  from  the  stupor  w  ill  have  lost  her  ir¬ 
ritability  in  regard  to  them,  The  experiment 
has  been  tried  in  Germany  hundreds  of  times, 
according  to  one  of  the  agricultural  journals, 
without  any  injurious  effects.  It  is  also  said 
that  the  eating  of  pigs  by  the  parent  sow  can 
ho  readily  prevented  by  nibbing  them  all 
over  with  brandy,  and  making  the  same  ap¬ 
plication  about  the  nose  of  the  sow  herself. 
♦♦♦ 

PIG-PEN  PARAGRAPHS. 

To  Make  a  Young  Sow  Breed. — D.  Kraut 
has  a  young  Chester  White  sow  which  shows 
no  disposition  to  receive,  service  from  the 
male,  asks  how  it  can  be  remedied.  He  keeps 
her  in  a  close  pen  anil  well  fed.  Probably 
she  is  kept  too  well  and  too  close. 

Crossing  Magic  and  Chester  Whites. — A 
correspondent,  asks  if  any  of  our  readers  have 
crossed  the  Chester  Wliito  with  Magie  hogs  ; 
if  so,  is  a  better  hog  produced  than  t  he  pure 
Chester  White. 

The  Report  of  the  Swine,  Breeder' s  Conven¬ 
tion. — A  correspondent  who  says  he  contrib¬ 
uted  towards  the  publication  of  the  report  of 
the  proceedings  of  this  Convention  in  pamph¬ 
let  form,  writes  us  lie  lias  not  received  it  and 
wonders  why,  VVe  do  not  know.  Perhaps 
Messrs.  Rust  and  Emery  will  answ'er.  It 
was  given  in  their  charge. 

Suffolk  Su'ine. — We  notice  “Long John" 
Wentworth  is  criticising  the  report  upon 
the  characteristic*  of  Suffolk#  mode  at  the 
late  National  Convention.  Since  lie  was  put 
on  the  Suffolk  Committee  and  notified  of  the 
i a >t,  he  should  have  seen  to  it  that  his  ideas 
were  expressed  and  discussed  before,  that  re¬ 
port  was  adopted. 


S' he 


HOW  TO  PADDLE  A  BOAT. 

To  paddle  a  boat  swiftly,  straight  and  with¬ 
out  changing  the  paddle  from  side  to  side,  is 
something  well  worth  knowing  to  any  one 
who  hunts  or  traps  by  water,  and  may  be 


Figure  1. 

easily  learned  by  putting  in  practice  the  di¬ 
rections  here  given  and  illustrated. 

If  you  make  your  strokes  with  the  blade  of 
the  paddle  (A,  Fig.  1,)  at  a  right  angle  with  a 
liue(B)  drawn  through  the  center  of  the  boat 


Figure  3. 

from  stem  to  stem,  your  course  will  be  in  a 
circle,  the  outside  being  that  side  on  which 
yon  paddle,  and  to  correct  this  the  unskillful 
paddlor  constantly  shifts  his  paddle  from  one 
side  to  the  other.  But  make  your  strokes 


Figure  3.  <■ 

with  the  outward  edge  of  the  paddle  (A,  Fig. 
j,)  a  little  fur  ward,  and  you  have  a  pressure 
against  the  stern  sidewise,  which  counteracts 
the  tendency  of  the  pressure  which  sends  the 
boat  ahead,  to  throw  the  bow-  to  the  right. 
Or,  make  the  stroke  with  the  paddle  blade  at 


3,  and  then  at  tho  end  of  the  stroke  turn  the 
paddle  nearly  parallel  with  the  line  B,  as  at 
C,  and  steer  for  a  second,  just  etiough  to  re¬ 
cover  your  direct  course.  You  can  paddle 


faster  in  this  way,  as  all  the  power  of  the 
stroke  is  applied  to  propelling  the  boat  for¬ 
ward  ;  but  there  is  a  continual  yawing  of  t  he 
bow  as  it  is  thrown  slightly'  off  the  course  by 


Figure  5. 

the  stroke,  and  brought  on  again  by  the 
touch  of  steering,  which  is  not  admissible  In 
case  you  are  working  up  to  a  wild 
duck  with  nothing  between  you  and 
him  but  a  single  tuft  of  rushes.  By 
the  first,  method  you  can  send  your 
boat  as  straight  to  a  .raven  point  as 
It  could  be  drawn  to  it,  by  a  line. 

To  avoid  splashing,  strike  your 
paddle  perpendicularly  into  the 
water  (Fig.  4)  anti  turn  it  edgwise 
as  you  take  it  out ;  or,  if  you  must, 
paddle  crouching  low  and  with  the 
least  possible  motion,  do  not  take 
the  paddle  from  the  water  at  all, 
but  at  the  end  of  tho  stroke  turn 
the  blade  parallel  with  the  line  B, 
and  so  move  it  forward  for  the  next 
stroke,  as  in  Fig.  5. 

Tho  advantages  of  paddling  over 
rowing  arc,  that  your  face  is  set  in 
the  direction  you  are  going,  and 
that  you  can  move  so  silently.  The 
proper  craft  for  paddling  is.  a  canoe, 
birch  or  log.  or  a  light,  shaRp-ste tried 
skiff.  A  very  heavy  or  a  wide- 
sterned  boat  is  quite  unsuitable  for 
this  mode  of  propulsion.  A  good 
model  for  a  paddle  is  given  in 
figure  0.  a.  fig.  0. 


Apiarian. 


VENTILATING  BEE  HIVES  IN  WINTER. 

Too  much  ventilation  chills  bees  ;  too  little 
destroys  them  by  causing  an  accumulation 
of  ice  from  the  moisture  generated.  A  recent 
writ  er  says  the  right  way  is  to  have  the  hive 
so  arranged  that  there  will  be  a  slow  move¬ 
ment  of  the  air  upward —just  enough  to  allow 
the  moist  air  to  pass  out  of  tho  hive,  instead 
of  lodging  on  the  combs  and  sides  of  the  hive 
or  freezing  up  the  entrance  and  smothering 
the  bees.  He  accomplishes  this  by  removing 
the  heavy  board  and  filling  the  cap  of  this 
hive  with  clean  cobs.  There  are  four  half- 
inch  auger  holes  in  the  edge  of  the  cap  under 
the  cover,  so  as  to  be  out  of  the  way  of  the 
storms,  and  covered  on  the  inside  with  wire 
cloth  to  keep  out  robbers,  moths,  etc. 
- ->♦» 

DEGENERATION  OF  BEES. 


A  gentleman  who  has  been  a  breeder  of 
Italian  bees  in  Germany,  Italy  and  America 
for  seventeen  years,  says  ho  has  invariably 
found  that  to  raise  queens  and  drones  from 
the  same  queen,  or  even  the  same  blood  for  a 
few  generations,  results  in  the  size  and  physi¬ 
cal  strength  of  the  progeny  becoming  re¬ 
duced.  Even  in  their  native  land  they  ai 
smaller  than  those  that  are  crossed  for  one  or 

drones  of  differ- 


moro  gemmations  witli  pure 
a  right  angle  with  the  line  B,  as  at.  A,  A,  Fig.  1  cut  blood, 


I 


at  the  same  time  the  public  are  not  wronged 
out  of  a  penny— notwithstanding  they  may 
think  otherwise.  It  is  an  indisputable  fact 
that  our  elaas  of  manufactures,  which  re¬ 
quires  the  most,  carefully  constructed  combi¬ 
nations  and  workmanship  of  any  articles 
used  by  the  farmer — L  say  it  Is  indisputable 
that  our  goods  have  been  sold  at  less  prices, 
by  almost  one-half,  than  any  other  class  of 
machines  or  implements  used  by  the  farmer. 
A  farm  wagon,  by  the  pound,  with  less  iron 
or  work  on  it.  commands  12  to  1  o  cts, ;  a  mow¬ 
er  or  reaper  also  (with  leas  work  per  pound), 
30  to  40  eta. ;  plows  (■very  little  machinery  in 
them),  15  to  20  cts  ;  harrows  (no  machine 
work),  15  to  20  eta.  While  horse-powers,  the 
most  costly  stock  and  most  machinery  labor, 
have  been  selling  at  8  to  10  eta  per  pound. 

Albany,  N.  T.  HORACE  L.  Emkht. 


country,  I  wonder  in  how  many  we  would 
find  the  Summer  fire  wood  prepared  or  in 
progress  of  preparation  (  Perhaps  some 
would  excuse  themselves  for  not  having  any 
on  hand  by  saying  that  they  burn  coal.  Of 
course,  this  is  a  good  reason  for  not  preparing 
a  large  quantity  of  wood  ;  but  even  when 
one  burns  coal,  a  little  wood  is  necessary  to 
start,  it  with  :  besides,  a  coal  fire  is  some¬ 
times  a  slow  assistant  to  a  hurried  breakfast, 
especially  when  a  man  has  several  workmen 


LOUDEN  HAY  CARRIER 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE, 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  Newl 
York  City. 


The  severe  and  hurrying  work  of  the  hay- 
field  demand  the  employment,  of  implements 
to  facilitate  operations  and  ease  the  strain 
which  must,  otherwise  come  upon  human 
muscle. 


LET  THAT  ALONE. 

Feb.  18. — Let  what  alone  ?  Why,  subjects 
of  which  you  know  nothing  and  have  no  time 
or  inclination  to  investigate.  Of  course,  1 
own  up  to  ignorance  myself ;  but  wiien  I 
meet  a  man  a  little  more  ignorant,  I  feel  like 
opening  in}'  sympathetic  heart  and  saying, 
“Poor  follow,  you’re  to  be  pitied.”  Now, 
we  have,  a  very  good  and  wise  parson  at  our 
church ;  but  he’s  like  too  many  of  the  cloth 
in  these  times,  and  is  given  to  showing  off  his 
learning  instead  of  confining  himself  to  the 
plain  Scriptures.  I  have  often  told  him  so  ; 
but  he  knows  more  than  I  do,  because  he  was 
educated  at  a  theological  seminary  and  reads 
Greek  and  Hebrew,  while  I  don’t  go  further 
than  Latin.  Of  course,  1  am  ready  to  give  in 
to  him  on  the  Scriptures  ;  but  when  he  gets 
off  from  that  line  and  talks  about  farming, 
botany  and  similar  subjects,  1  usually  wake 
up  and  listen.  Now,  lust  Sunday,  when  in 
the  course  of  his  sermon  he  referred  to  the 
parable  of  the  mustard  seed,  I  waked  up  in¬ 
stantly,  because  I  can  always  understand 
these  passages  better  than  some  others,  ns 
they  seem  to  come  home  to  me  ;  for  I  have 
raised  lots  of  mustard  seed  in  my  time  a  nd 
some  years  sold  It  for  a  good  price.  Resides, 
I  was  a  little  interested  to  know  which  ver 
sion  of  the  story  our  minister  liked  best-  St. 
Matthew’s,  St.  Mark’s  or  St.  Luke’s  ;  but 
he  read  St.  Matthew  s,  xrn :  81,  and  after 
reading  the  two  verses  through,  he  looked 
down  at  me  (for  my  seat  is  in  the  second 
pew  right  in  front  of  the  pulpit),  and,  seeing 
that  I  was  awake,  he  explained  the  line, 
“Which  indeed  is  the  least  of  all  seeds,”  by 
saying  that  the  mustard  seed  of  Palestine  is 
much  smaller  than  our  common  sorts.  Now, 
if  I  ever  wanted  to  speak  right  out  in  meet¬ 
ing  it  was  then,  and  tell  our  parson  to  “let 
that  part  alone.”  Just  as  though  we  did  not 
know  all  about  the  wild  mustards  of  the 
Holy  I^and,  and  had  not  found  seeds  wit  h  our 
improved  microscopes  to  which  the  smallest 
mustard  seeds  were  like  pumpkins  in  com¬ 
parison.  The  Scriptures  are  all  right,  if  our 
learned  j (arsons  would  just  let  them  alone  and 
not  try  to  put  figurative  speech  to  a  practi¬ 
cal  and  litoral  test.  Whenever  they  try  to 
do  this,  the  whole  story  is  spoiled,  and  it  Is 
best  to  lot  it  alone. 

I  have  hoard  Parson  Beecher  of  Brooklyn 
preach  a  pretty  good  sermon  without  touch¬ 
ing  the  Scriptures  ;  but  then  he  is  an  excep¬ 
tion  to  the  general  rule,  and  knows  some¬ 
thing  about  "  Fruits,  Flowers  and  Farming,” 
else  he  would  never  have  written  a  book 
with  this  title.  Then  there  is  another  cele¬ 
brated  parson  who  preaches  at  an  up  town 
church  in  New  York,  who  delights  in  show¬ 
ing  off  his  knowledge  of  natural  things  in 
general  ;  but  his  explanation  of  how  the 
evergreens  were  killed  last  Winter  ought  to 
have  been  patented.  He  said  that  the  ice 
which  formed  on  the  leaves  and  branches 
during  cold  rains  became  little  lenses,  which 
concentrated  the  rays  of  the  sun.  burning 
the  leaves  the  same  as  boys  do  a  piece  of 
paper  with  a  common  sun-glass,  or  lens. 
Burning  leaves  and  wood,  inclosed  in  ice, 
without  melting  the  ice,  is  a  little  ahead  of 
anything  that  Prof.  Tyndall  gave  us  in  his 
very  interesting  lectures  on  light  and  heat, 

BURSTING  OF  THE  STEMS  OF  TREES. 

Feb.  19. — I  have  just  discovered  that  the 
bark  upon  some  of  my  large  Morello  cherry 
trees  has  burst  open  from  the  branches 
down  to  the  ground.  This  is  the  first,  time 
such  a  disaster  has  befallen  trees  in  my 
grounds,  although  it  is  no  uncommon  thing 
in  the  Western  States  to  see  the  stems  of 
fruit  trees  splitting  open  to  the  very  center  i 
during  severe  Winter.  The  openings  usually 
occur  on  the  south  side  of  the  stem,  showing 
that  the  sun  has  something  to  do  with  it, 
probably  by  softening  the  frozen  fibers  at' 
that  point,  allowing  them  to 


Although  Mr.  Emery’s  letter  was  not 
designed,  evidently,  for  publication,'  we  have 
thought  proper  to  introduce  the  article, 
referred  to  in  il.  from  the  Albany  Argus,  by 
publisliing  it.  The.  following  is  the  article 
referred  to : 

At  a  meeting  field  at  the  Delavan  House, 
February  18th.  1873,  of  the  principal  manu¬ 
facturers  of  Horse-Power  Threshers  and 
other  agricultural  machinery  and  imple¬ 
ments.  lor  the  consideration  of  the  state  of 
business,  the  following  establishments  were 
represented  : 

The  State  Agricultural  Works,  Albany  N. 
Y..  by  Wheeler  Mellick  &  (To. 

The  Albany  Agricultural  Works,  Albany, 
N.  Y.,  by  H.  L.  Finely  &  Sons. 

The  Schenectady  Agricultural  Works, 
Schenectady,  N.  Y..  by  Geo.  Westinghouse  & 
Co. 

The  Empire  Agricultural  Works,  Cobles- 
kill,  N.  Y.,  by  M.  Harder. 

The  Trenton  Agricultural  Works,  Trenton, 
N.  J.,  B.  Gill,  President,  and  others  by  cor¬ 
respondence,  who  were  unable  to  attend. 

The  subjects  considered  and  comparisons 
made,  related  to  the  costs,  credits,  commis¬ 
sions,  prices  and  profits  of  the  business,  and, 
after  a  careful  canvass,  all  present  were,  u  mini 
mous  in  their  opinion  that  in  consequence  of 
the  increased  costs  attend. ng  their  manufac¬ 
ture.  that  an  advance  in  their  price  lists  hod 
become  absolutely  necessary  tor  the  welfare 
of  oil  concerned,  as  also  to  avoid  on  some 
articles  actual  losses. 

Since  the  present  lists  of  prices  were  adopted, 
some  six  or  seven  years  ago,  when  they  af¬ 
forded  fair  profit  returns  upon  the  capital 
invested,  the  advance  of  prices  for  all  mate¬ 
rial  and  labor  has  greatly  increased  the  cost 
of  production — so  much  'so,  that  with  many 
leading  articles  this  profit  margin  is  wholly 
wiped  out.  In  the  one  article  of  iron,  in  all 
its  varied  forms,  and  which  enters  largely 
into  these  machines,  the  advance  within  the 
past  twelve  months  has  been  from  forty  to 
sixty  per  cent,,  and  oilier  items  in  a  J  most  the 
same  ratio,  thus  entailing  an  increase  of  cost 
for  the  completed  machines  of  from  fifteen 
to  twenty-five  per  cent  . 

After  a  careful  consultation  of  all  the  bear 
ings  and  revising  of  prices  of  the  several 
manufacturers,  it  was  unanimously  resolved 
to  advance  their  list  of  prices  from  ten  to 
twenty  per  cent,  on  different  machines,  also 
to  lessen  the  commissions  and  time  credits  to 
dealers  and  farmers. 


LIQUID  EXCREMENT 


How  strangely  we  overlook  the  value  of 
the  liquid  excrement  of  our  animals  1  A  cow 
under  ordinary  feeding,  furnishes  in  a  year 
20.000  pounds  of  solid  excrement,  and  about 
8,000  pounds  of  liquid.  The  comparative 
money  value  of  the  two  is  but  slightly  in  fa¬ 
vor  of  the  solid.  This  statement  has  been 
verified  as  truth,  over  and  over  again.  The 
urine  of  herbivorous  animals  holds  nearly  all 
the  secretions  of  the  body  which  are  capable 
of  producing- the  rich  nitrogenous  compounds 
so  essential  as  forcing  or  leuf-forming  agents 
in  the  growth  of  plants.  The  solids  hold  the 
phosphoric  acid,  the  lime,  and  magnesia, 
which  go  to  the  seeds  principally ;  but  the 
liquid,  holding  nitrogen,  potash,  and  soda,  is 
needed  in  forming  the  stalk  and  leaves.  The 
two  forms  of  plant  nutriment  should  never 
be  separated  or  allowed  to  be  wasted  by  neg¬ 
lect.  Tiie  farmer  who  saves  all  the  Urine  of 
his  animals,  doubles  his  mammal  resources 
every  year.  Good  seasoned  peut  is  of  im¬ 
mense  service  to  farmers,  when  used  as  an 
absorbent,  and  the  stalls  lor  animals  should 
be  so  constructed  as  to  admit  of  a  wide  pas¬ 
sage  in  the  rear,  with  generous  room  for 
peat,  to  be  used  daily  for  the  excrement. — 
Boston  Journal  of  Chemistry. 


ADVANCE  IN  PRICE  OF  HORSE-POWERS 


Editor  Rural  New-Yorker  I  inclose  a 
clipping  from  our  “Albany  Argus” 


newspa- 

j  per,  containing  notice  of  a  meeting  held  by 
several  manufacturers  for  the  discussion  of 
the  state  of  the  business  of  making  and  sell- 
1  ing  the  leading  machines  used  by  farmers 
and  planters.  As  an  item  of  interest  to  your 
readers,  I  think  you  will  copy  it,  with  such 
remarks,  if  any  are  needed,  as  you  deem  de¬ 
sirable.  The  great  fact,  seems  to  be  finally 
getting  through  the  brains  of  some  of  our 
manufacturers  and  competitors  in  our  special 
lines,  that  they  have  been  doing  business  for 
nothing,  and  on  several  of  their  heaviest  and 
most  expensive  articles,  have  done  business 
for  less  than  nothing,  or  actually  at  loss. 
Our  own  prices  have  always  been  based 
on  known  costs,  and  when  adopted  have 
been  satisfactory.  But  for  some  time  back 
the  costs  have  increased  as  well  as  expenses, 
while  our  competitors,  with  lower  price  fists, 
have  been  actually  increasing  their  rates  of 
discount,  and  commissions  from  10  to  15,  20, 
25  and  5  off  the  cost ;  also  giving  increased 
time  credits  of  from  four  and  six  to  sixteen 
months,  until  the  time  has  come  when  all 
must  stop  tills  business  to  seek  something 
else,  or  on  the  other  hand  must  advance  our 
price  lists  to  cover  the.  necessary  require¬ 
ments  of  the  same. 

This  move  has  been  urged  by  me  for  years, 
but  not  heeded,  until  now  the  inquiry  has 
come  spontaneously  from  all  sides,  and,  for 
the  first  time  in  my  experience  in  business  in 
this  city,  there  has  appeared  a  disposition  to 
unite  in  the  adoption  of  some  mutually-es¬ 
tablished  basis  for  prices,  so  the  capital  in¬ 
vested  can  have  a  fair  share  of  profits,  -while 


IRRIGATION 


give  away, 
while  tin*  remainder  of  the  tree  is  frozen. 
Sometimes  only  the  bark  is  split,  and  tins 
separates  from  the  wood  entirely  around  the 
stem,  like  a  broken  hoop  from  around  a 
barrel  of  dee.  Trees  injured  in  this  manner 
may  usually  be  saved  for  a.  few  years,  if  not 
entirely  restored  to  health,  by  filling  the 
cracks  with  wax  or  grafting-clay,  and  then 
carefully  winding  the  stems  with  cloth,  the 
object  being  to  keep  out  the  air  and  water 
until  the  wound  heals. 

DRY  WOOD  FOR  SUMMER. 

Feb.  20. — If  one  could  only  take  a  peep  into 
every  farmer’s  wood-yard  or  house  in  the 


Can  you  or  any  of  your  correspondents  in 
form  me  how  water  can  be  distributed  over 
plowed  land,  for  irrigation,  without  washing 
away  the.  soil,  the  surface  being  undulating 
and  so  situated  that  water  can  be  easily  led 
to  the  highest  parts  of  the  field  i  1  under¬ 
stand  liow  grass  land  may  be  irrigated  by  a 
svstem  of  mains  and  catch  drains.  Would 
tile  same  method  answer  for  grain  and  hoed 
crops?  Js  there  any  practical  treatise  on  ir¬ 
rigation  ? — C,  M.  D.,  Warsaw,  N.  Y. 

We  know  of  no  practical  treatise  on  irriga¬ 
tion  ;  but  the  water  applied  to  plowed  land  is 
so  distributed  that  it  filters  through  the  soil- 
does  not  wash  it.  We  shall  be  glad  to  receive 
communications  from  those  having  experi¬ 
ence,  relative  to  the  best  mode  of  irrigating 
plowed  fields. 


MABBH  $ 


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odes  and  Manners. 


MOURNING  GOODS. 

The  chief  feature  of  mourning  should  be 
its  simplicity.  Now  that,  black  dresses  are  so 
generally  worn,  the  distinction  between 
mourning  and  the  ordinary  costume  is  some-  | 
what  lessened,  and  for  this  reason,  if  for  no  i 
other,  elaborate  trimmings  are  out  of  place. 
Bombazine  still  holds  its  place  for  deep 
mourning,  though  there  are  many  ot  her  fab¬ 
rics  that,  are  preferable.  Of  these,  Henrietta, 
a  materia, 1  resembling  cashmere,  but  with 
silk  warp,  is  in  great  demand.  It  is  double 
fold,  and  SI. 65  a  yard.  Lighter  than  this  is 
Drap  de  Paris,  a,  very  line,  pliable  goods,  soft, 
and  of  a,  faint  luster;  price,  81.10  to  *1.25. 
Tn  addition,  there  are  merinos,  cashmeres, 
empress  cloths  and  other  goods.  Foulard  for 
second  mourning  conies  in  purple  sprays  and 
white  polka  spots,  at  $1.25  a  yard.  Silver- 
gray  pongees  are  $1  a  yard,  but  they  spot, 
and  are  not  profitable.  Grenadines  still  re¬ 
tain  favor.  They  range  from  00c.  to  $1.75. 
The  satin-striped  grenadines  are  very  beauti¬ 
ful  ;  the  stripe-,  are  watered  and  in  broken 
lines.  For  lighter  mourning  they  are  striped 
with  white,  with  a  black-checkered  edge. 
Wire  grenadines,  with  white  stripes,  are  sold 
at  28c.  and  50c.  They  make  up  very  prettily, 
and  are  very  cool  for  Summer  wear. 

Of  other  good.-,  Japanese  silks  are  reduced 
to  50  cents,  and  Japanese  poplins  are  but  55 
cents.  These  lost,  in  steel-gray,  with  vines 
and  black  stripes,  are  very  pretty.  The  ma¬ 
terial  is  line  and  light,  and  costumes  or  home 
dresses  made  of  this,  for  ordinary  wear,  arc 
very  suitable. 

In  making  mourning  dresses,  crape  vests 
are  largely  used.  The  trimming  is  put  on  in 
plain  folds,  with  here  and  there  a  rosette 
decorated  with  jet.  For  second  mourning 
the  trimming  is  replaced  by  bands  of  silk 
and  jet. 

Crape  vests  are  in  vogue,  for  other  toilets. 
Those  of  mauve,  pink  and  blue  are  very 
suitable,  and  freshen  a  black  silk  fordemi- 
toilette. 

SPRING  GOODS. 

» 

Batistes  are  everywhere.  The  plain  goods 
can  be  bought  for  66  cents.  In  white  stripes 
and  stripes  of  the  same  color,  it  is  sold  from 
60  cents  to  $1.  A  new  variety,  called  Chenille 
Batiste,  is  very  handsome.  Very  large  spots 
of  cut  chenille,  in  black,  blue,  brown,  green, 
on  batiste  ground,  constitutes  the  novelty ; 
it  is  a  very  handsome  material  and  will 
make  up  stylishly  in  costumes.  Price,  $1.65. 

Grenadines,  all  wool,  in  shades  of  brown, 
for  Summer  costumes,  cost.  40  cents  ;  with 
stripes,  75  cents  aud  $1.  Silk  grenadines  are 
seen  in  the  stores,  and  though  beautiful  in 
the  material,  it  is  doubtful  whether  it  will  be 
much  worn.  The  goods  are  so  thin  that  a 
great  deal  of  extra  care  must  be  taken  in 
making,  and  they  require  silk  underneath. 
In  the  Dolly  Vardeu  patterns  they  are.  sold  at 
$1,  other  designs  are  $1.50. 

A  new  material,  all  silk,  in  alternate  thick 
and  thin  bars,  is  called  Mozaia.  The  ground 
is  white,  interspersed  with  flowers  in  sprays. 
It  is  not  pretty,  and  costs  $2.  Another 
variety,  called  by  the  same  name  (which, 
we  believe,  is  the  name  of  the  maker,  though 
it.  is  more  properly  known  as  Algerine),  is  for 
polonaises.  It  is  all  silk,  with  wide  spaces 
hairy  and  rough  as  camels’  hair  cloth,  and 
alternate  thinner  ones  crossed  by  black  hair 
stripes.  The  price  is  $4,  the  goods  a  yard 
and  a-lialf  wide.  Another  variety  is  in 
stripes,  and  costs  85  a  yard.  It  will  be  popu¬ 
lar,  as  Fashion  dictates  heavy,  rough  ma¬ 
terials — the  coarser  the  more  fashionable. 

The  camels’  hair  cloth  is  introduced  in  light¬ 
er  qualities  for  Spring.  The  very  light  shade 
of  brown  is  $4  ;  the  darker,  83.50  and  83. 
There  are  many  very  delicate  shinies  which 
are  very  suitable  for  Spring.  When  embroid¬ 
ered,  they  are  very  elegant  and  expensive. 
There  are  no  Spring  wraps  which  compare 
with  these  in  style  and  comfort.  They  arc 
made  in  many  styles.  One  of  the  prettiest  is 
a  half  loose  front  aud  belted  back,  with  silk 
sash.  Others  are  in  the  form  of  redingotes, 
with  great  pockets  and  large,  flat  buttons. 
When  made  absolutely  plain,  and  stylishly 
draped,  they  make  a  handsome  wrap  for 
promenade,  visiting  and  church  wear.  Five 
yards  is  all-suliieient  for  a  polonaise  of  the 
most  ample  description..  There  are  many 
goods  in  imitation  of  t  he  camels'  hair  cloth, 
at  §2  a  yard,  which  look  very  well,  as,  in¬ 
deed,  does  ladles  cloth,  or  any  of  the  rough 
materials  now  so  common. 

Among  the  goods  for  early  Spring,  while 
the  dull  is  In  the  air,  is  a  new  worsted  fabric 
in  soft  grays,  called  Vivogne.  It  is  lightei 
and  cheaper  than  camels’  hair  cloth  ;  the  lat¬ 


ter,  however,  is  more  stylish.  There  is  a 
French  poplin  for  this  season,  with  alternate 
stripes  of  solid  color  and  a  black  and  white 
open  work.  In  light  blue  it  iR  a  beautiful 
material,  but  the  grays  and  browns  only  are 
suitable  for  the  street.  The  price  is  75  cents 
a  yard.  Poulards,  aside  from  the  very  popu¬ 
lar  polka  spot,  come  iu  corn,  light  bull,  gray, 
brown,  and  tue  new  shades.  The  light  vel 
lows  are  especially  beautiful  for  Summer  pol 
onaisea,  trimmed  with  black  velvet  or  the 
liner  varieties  of  yellow  guipure.  There,  is 
another  variety,  very  new  and  unique  ;  it 
consists  of  alternate  twilled  stripes  of  green 
and  blue-black.  They  are  $1.50  a  yard. 

From  the  quantity  of  striped  materials,  it 
is  safe  to  assert  that  polonaises  will  be  quite 
as  popular  t  his  season  as  last ;  but  there  will 
be  infinite  variety  in  their  making.  The  old 
form  of  t  he  Marguerite,  with  its  sloping  back 
and  bows,  is  entirely  passe.  The  fullness  is 
gathered  into  the  waist,  and  a  belt,  aud  sash 
are  always  worn.  Often  the  polonaise  is  full, 
a  belt  confining  the  back,  while  the  front 
hangs  loose. 

A  favorite  fashion  is  the  redingote,  but¬ 
toned  entirely  down  the  front  with  largo 
buttons,  and  groat  pockets  at  the  sides,  or 
gathered  back,  with  only  a  few  buttons  be¬ 
low  the  waist  fastened.  An  apron  front  may 
be  short  and  jaunty,  t  hough  this  is  hardly  in 
keeping  with  the  style  of  garment,  or  it  may 
reach  nearly  to  the  bottom  of  the  dress.  The 
back  may  be  simply  two  long  breadths,  left 
open,  trimmed  with  fiat  folds,  and  caught 
in  the  back  with  a  bow.  Great  variety  is 
also  given  to  the  back  of  the  polonaise  by  the 
mariner  of  wearing  the  sash.  Generally  it  is 
fastened  at  the  sides,  and  is  of  moderate  di¬ 
mensions  ;  but  again  it  extends  from  one 
side,  catching  up  the  back  in  a  puff,  is  fast¬ 
ened  half  way  down  on  the  other  side.  All 
looping  and  draping  can  best,  be  done  accord 
ing  to  the  taste  of  the  wearer. 

TO  CORRESPONDENTS. 

R.  A.  M.  will  find  the  answer  to  her  first 
question  in  the  remarks  just  made  on  camels’ 
hair  wraps.  Aside  from  these,  the  wraps 
should  be  of  the.  same  material  as  the  cos¬ 
tume.  It  is  very  easy  to  have  an  extra  wrap 
lined  warmly,  or  to  have  the  basque  or  polo¬ 
naise  made  sufficiently  loose  to  wear  a  wad 
tied  waist  underneath.  Trim  your  blue  silk 
with  bias  folds  of  velvet  the  same  shade, 
finished  with  blue  croped  fringe. 

Your  gray  poplin  make  with  deep  kilt 
plaits,  from  the  knee  down  ;  or,  what  is  bet¬ 
ter,  hox-plaits  two  inches  wide  and  two 
Inches  apart,  short  apron-front  looped  high 
oil  the  sides,  faced  with  gray  silk,  trimmed 
with  fringe,  and  with  full  draped  back. 
Make  the  basque  with  vest  of  gray  silk,  buL- 
toned  all  the  way  down.  Deep  cuffs  of  silk  on 
coat  sleeves;  embroidered  buttons  of  gray  silk. 

White  Swiss  muslin  is  very  suitable  for  a 
bride.  Make  it  with  graduated  series  of 
fluted  mffles,  with  short,  apron  only  in  the 
front.  Wear  wide  white  sash,  looped  at  the 
side.  Full  corsage,  with  Marie  Antoinette 
sleeves,  and  knots  of  white  ribbon. 

LAWNS 

Linen  lawns  come  i  a  white  grounds,  sprink¬ 
led  over  with  smn.ll  sprigs  of  lavender,  pink, 
purple  and  green,  or  in  polka  dots.  They 
are  very  neat  and  pretty,  and  commend 
themselves  by  their  durability  and  the  ad¬ 
mirable  manner  in  which  they  do  up.  They 
are  sold  at  35  cents  a  yard.  Ordinary  lawns 
are  chiefly  in  stripes,  solid  colors  alternating 
with  white  or  in  broken  stripes.  Blue  and 
white  and  black  and  white  are  the  most 
tasteful  when  made  up.  Organdies  are  in 
♦lowers  and  vines  of  all  colors  ;  they  are 
very  beautiful  in  the  piece  and  inexpensive, 
but  they  lose  their  freshness  and  beauty  , 
when  once  washed.  We  would  advise,  in ' 
their  stead,  some  of  the  numerous  varieties 
of  white  goods,  as  Victoria  lawns,  muslins, 
Nausooks  and  Swiss  muslin,  of  which  the 
shops  are  so  amply  stocked. 

For  trimmings  and  flounces  for  white  dress¬ 
es,  there  can  be  bought  now  six  strips  of 
Hamburg  work,  consisting  of  embroidery,  a 
finger's  length  deep,  with  hand-embroidered 
edge,  twelve  yards  and  a  half  in  all,  for  $3.50, 
$4  and  $5.  The  work  is  really  very  beauti¬ 
ful,  and  will  wash  aud  wear  well.  French 
work,  very  handsome  indeed,  six  inches  in 
depth,  with  clot  h  above  for  a  flounce  a  Loot 
in  depth,  can  be  bought  for  $10  and  $12. 
These  embroideries,  which  cun  rtill  bo  used 
'  after  a  dress  is  worn  out,  greatly  simplifying 
dressmaking,  and  will  enable  skillful  needle¬ 
women  to  dispense  with  the  service  of  a  dress¬ 
maker.  Heavier  work,  on  courser  muslin,  is 
sold  for  skirls.  It  is  lighter  than  tucks,  and 
is  no  more  trouble  to  iron.  Linen  for  Frcuch 
waists  comes  in  white  grounds,  with  blue, 
black,  brown  and  purple  stripes.  Price, 

■  '  65  cents  a  yard. 


^nonantg. 


BOILING  MEATS,  ETC. 

I  am  much  interested  in  the  “  Domestic 
Economy”  department  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  and  as  there  is  being  considerable 
interest  manifested  in  the  manner  of  boiling 
meats,  making  and  boiling  pudding,  &c.,  I 
would  like  to  state  a  few  facts  in  relation  to 
cookery,  founded  on  chemistry  and  common 
sense.  In  cooking  fresh  moats,  the  pores 
should  be  closed  as  soon  as  possible,  m  order 
to  retain  the  juices  and  nutriment  ;  t  here¬ 
fore,  iu  putting  them  on  to  cock,  boiling  wa¬ 
ter  should  be  used.  Sail  moats,  the  pores  be¬ 
ing  already  closed,  and  some  -urface  freshen 
ing  usually  being  needed,  should  bo  put  on 
with  cold  water,  and  with  larger  quantity. 
The  rapid  boiling  Of  meats  renders  them  hard 
and  unsavory,  much  the  salts  and  juices 
being  extracted  by  the  water,  and  not  a  lit¬ 
tle  passing  off  with  the  rising  vapor,  causing 
unpleasant,  odors  and  greasy  deposits.  “How 
to  Boil  Com  Beef,”  in  the  Rural,  Feb. 
22d,  applies  alike  to  all  kinds  of  meats.  All 
meats  for  soups  and  stows  should  be  put  on 
with  cold  water,  and  never  allowed  to  more 
than  simmer  after  coming  to  a  boil.  Pud¬ 
dings,  improperly  boiled,  are  either  pasty  or 
heavy,  unsatisfactory  and  unwholesome  ;  but 
when  properly  ma  de, and  boiled  us  they  should 
be,  none  are  more  desirable  nor  more  whole¬ 
some. 

Convinced  of  the  foregoing  facts,  our  boil¬ 
ing  of  meats,  soups,  stews,  &c.,  has  for  sever¬ 
al  years  past  been  done  at  two  or  three  de¬ 
grees  below  the  boiliug  point  of  water.  Our 
puddings  are  boiled  in  a  bath  ;  they  novey 
fail  ;  and  l  might,  say  t  he  same  of  our  coffee 
(which  is  one  of  the  most,  sensitive  articles  to 
prepare,  and  I  think  least  understood  by  the 
masses).  Now,  don’t  imagine  that  we  slant) 
by  the  kettle  with  thermometer  in  hand,  Id 
keep  tho  heat  just  right,  for  wo  don’t ;  in 
fact  we  could  leave  it  for  hours  aud  know 
just,  what,  it  was  doing,  provided  the  fire  did 
not  get  too  low  td  boil  water  ;  aud  we  have 
attained  this  comfort,  convenience  and  econ¬ 
omy  by  simply  having  our  pots  and  pans 
made  in  a  sensible  way,  adapting  them  to  the 
duties  they  are  severally  required  to  perform! 
They  are  entirely  simple  and  inexpensive  ;  t 
think  ten  dollars  would  pay  the  cost  of  then) 
all  from  tea-kettle  down  to  tea-infuser. 

The  science  of  cookery  is  progressing.  A 
knowledge  of  chemistry  is  rooting  out  old  no) 
lions,  and  when  we  shall  make  the  most  of 
all  the  knowledge  we  have,  or  may  have,  it) 
preparing  the  food  from  which  we  derive  out 
strength  of  body  and  mind,  we  shall  probably 
live  longer  and  more  comfortably. 

B.  W.  Dunning. 

•  ♦♦♦ - 

CONVENIENT  CLOTHES  BAR3. 


We  often  ha  ve  requests  to  republish  some) 
thing  which  appeared  in  the  Rural  New) 
Yorker  “several  years  ago,”  but  the  specif 
fioations  are  not  always  such  as  to  enable 
us  to  determine  just  what,  our  correspond¬ 
ents  want.  For  Instance,  a  lady  asks  us  to 
republish  a  cut  “  of  some  clothes  bars  that 
we  published  a  few  years  ago,”  but  she  rail 
neither  tell  us  tho  number  nor  the  year  in 
which  they  wore  printed  ;  and  since  we  hav(> 
published  several  forms  we  are  in  doubt 


hang  a  washing  on.  A  three-fourths  inch 
auger  should  be  used  in  making.  Any  one 
who  can  use  a  plane  and  auger  can  make 
them. 

- 4~«~* - 

“WASHING  MADE  EASY.” 

This  seems  to  be  considerably  discussed  in 
the  “  Domestic  ”  columns  of  the  Rural  just 
now.  Mrs.  James  Saxton  gives  as  good  a 
thing  as  I  am  acquainted  with  (and  I  have 
tried  several),  except  the  little  steaming  ap¬ 
paratus,  fitted  to  any  common  wash  boiler, 
and  invented  by  Charles  Beach,  and  costing 
bul  three  dollars.  Tlds  saves  half  the  labor, 
time  and  wear  of  clothing,  ns  a  trial  of  six 
months  has  abundantly  proved.  My  laun¬ 
dress  thinks  it  a  great  advantage  in  her  work, 
which  She  could  not  say  of  many  of  the  cum¬ 
bersome  contrivances  invented  by  men  for 
women  to  wash  with.  Mrs.  8.  C.  C. 

Penn  Yan,  N.  Y. 

- *-*--* - 

DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 

Bread-Cutler. — Herewith  we  give  an  illus¬ 
tration  of  a  cheap  and  certainly  very  con¬ 
venient  bread-cutter,  which  scarcely  needs 


which  one  is  mount.  We  venture,  however, 
to  give  the  accompanying,  with  .  tho  descrip¬ 
tion,  hoping  it  may  be  just  what. she  means  : 

The -bars  are  two  inches  wide  by  one.  inch 
thick.  Four  bars  are  3  foci.  11  inches  long, 
and  four  are  1  foot  11  inches.  The  rods  are 
dressed  out  one  inch  square,  and  of  the  fol¬ 
lowing  lengths Four  rods  4  feet  long  ;  two 
rods  I  feet.  3  inches  long  ;  t  wo  rods  3  foot  10 
inches  long  ;  one  rod  4  feet  3  inches  long  for 
the  center,  to  project  three  inches  at  one  end; 
another  rod,  for  the  top,  4  feet  4  inches  long, 
and  to  project  two  inches  in  order  to  receive 
the  piece  shown  in  the  engraving,  to  regulate 
the  bight.  It  can  be  shut  so  as  not  to  occupy 
more  than  a  foot  in  width,  or  spread  so  as  to 


explanation.  It  consists  of  a  well-planed 
maple  plank,  with  a  long,  thin,  steel  knife 
fastened  to  the  plank  at  one  end,  as  shown. 
Those  who  havo  usod  it  will  not  do  without  it. 

Inquiries.  —  “A  Subscriber”  wants  to 
know  how  to  color  scarlet  with  cochineal ; 
also,  how  to  make  a  good  fruit-cake — such  as 

is  obtained  at  the  confectioners. - W.  R.  C. 

asks  how  to  make  indelible  ink. - Will 

some  one  please  inform  me  of  some  easy 
and -pretty  way  of  knitting  a  tidy  for  a  rock¬ 
ing-  choir  ?— Constance. 

Delicate  Cake. — One  cup  of  flour,  one  cup 
white  sugar,  half  cup  butter  (stirred  to  a 
cream  with  the  sugar  before  using),  whites 
of  three  or  four  eggs  stirred  in  last,  flavor 
with  lemon. — j.  m. 

Hard  Gingerbread.  —Quarter  pound  butter, 
two  quarts  molasses,  one  cup  sugar,  two 
tablespoons  ginger,  and  flour  sufficient  to 
knead ;  pound  well,  and  bake  in  a  quick 
oven.—  J.  M.  w. 


S)i)f|icirii|  Jttflormatitrn. 


A  CHEAP  AND  GOOD  SALVE. 

Take  two  or  three  good-sized  onions,  slice 
them  up  thin,  put  about,  half  a  pound  of  lard 
into  a  spider,  put  it  over  the  fire  and  put  the 
onions  into  it.  Cook  it.  until  the  onions  are 
pretty  well  fried  ;  take  it  off  the  Are  and 
pour  it  into  a  cloth  and  strain  into  cups,  or 
whatever  you  wish  to  keep  it  in.  If  you  do 
not  squeeze  the  scraps  too  hard  it,  will  look 
just,  like  clean  lard  when  it  gets  cold.  When 
it  is  ready  for  use  it  is  about  the  best  thing 
that  can  be  found  for  sores  of  almost  every 
kind,  such  as  bruises  cuts,  etc.,  etc.  The  only 
objection  to  it  is  the  smell  of  the  onion. 

I  wish  some  of  the  readers  of  the  Rural 
New-Yorker,  who  may  see  this,  that  have 
bad  sores,  would  try  it,  and  report  the  result 
in  the  Rural.  We  have  used  it  for  years, 
and  expect  to  always  have  a  supply  on  hand. 

Farmer. 

- ■»»»  -  — 

TO  CURE  CROUP. 

Just  before  going  to  bed  grease  the  breast 
thoroughly  with  goose  grease,  and  lay  on  it 
a  double  thickness  of  flannel.  If  the  strang¬ 
ling  comes  on  suddenly,  mix  Scotch  snuff  and 
lard  together,  put  on  a  piece  of  brown  paper, 
aud  apply  instantly  to  the  breast,  nibbing 
^  the  throat  meanwhile  with  liot  grease,  or 
"  lard,  or  oil  Or  you  can  do  this  :  Dip  a  flan¬ 
nel  in  water,  as  hot  as  it  can  be  horne,  lay  it 
[  on  the- breast,  take  suit  butter,  spread  on  a 
piece  of  brown  paper,  and  apply  tothe  breast 
and  throat.  Salty  butter  rubbed  on  the 
i  throat  and’  chest,  just  before  going  to  bed,  is 
a  most  excellent  remedy  for  sore  throat, 
two  or  three  applications  being  enough  to 

.effect  a  cure,.  ' 

- - - 

MOUTH  WASH. 

The  following  is  indorsed  by  good  authori¬ 
ty  as  excellent  for  the  treatment  of  flabby, 
soft  gums  that  bleed  easily  Tinct.  of  nut- 
galls,  from  dr.  ii.  to  oz.  ss ;  Water  O.  j. 

An  ounce  of  tincture  of  orange-peel  will 
improve  the  taste. 


of  1873.  Whether  England  and  Germany  com¬ 
bined  can  spare  us  this  amount  or  hops  is  a 
question  we  are.  unable  to  determine,  though 
we  arc  inclined  to  think  they  can  ;  if  not.  there 
yet  remains  a  stock  of  old,  In  this  market,  of 
13,000  bales  for  our  brewors  to  fall  back  upon. 
With  these  figures  staring  us  in  the  face,  who 
believes  we  shall  have  a  hop  famine  here  next 
summer,  or  that  there  will  be  a.  material  im¬ 
provement  on  present  prices?” 


OUR  PORTRAITS  THIS  WEEK 


faction  to  his  constituents.  As  Secretary  of 
the  Illinois  State  Agricultural  Society  (lie  is 
now  President  of  the  Illinois  State  Hoard  of 
Agriculture)  he  won  the  regard  of  all  with 
whom  he  came  in  contact ;  and  as  Illinois  Com¬ 
missioner  to  the  Paris  Exposition  a  few  years 
since,  he  won  great  applause  at  home  and 
abroad.  The  only  thing  wc  ever  heard  of  him 
tending  to  disqualify  him,  is  that  ho  lacks 
energy  that  vital  force  an  1  vim  which  Ameri¬ 
cans  think  essential  to  success.  We  should 
waive  that,  and  heartily  indorse  Mr.  Reynolds 


“PROCRES8  AND  IMPROVEMENT 


Herewith  we  give  portraits  of  Kamehameha 
V.,  the  late  King  of  the  Sandwich  Islands:  his 
sister-in-law,  the  Dowager  Queen  Emma,  widow 
of  Kamehami.ua  TV.,  and  of  Prince  Lowalilo, 
lately  chosen  King  tosuccccd  Kamehameiia  V. 
The  newly  chosen  King.  Prince  Wili.tam  C. 
LTJNALIlO,  is  37  years  of  age,  and  the  descendant 
of  an  ancient  line  of  kings.  He  is  the  son  of 
Charles  Kanain  a,  who  was  Privy  Councilor  of 
Nobles  under  Kamehameha  III.,  IV.  and  V. 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


Coii<lvietiu-K  Editor  and  Eublitdier 


Another  Vclcrnn  AgricuUnrnl  Editor  Gone. 

—We  regret  to  learn,  as  we  do  from  the  New 
England  Farmer  of  March  1st.  that  Hie  Hon.  Si¬ 
mon  Brown,  senior  editor  of  t  hst  paper,  is  dead. 
Mr.  B.  died  at  his  residence  at  Concord,  Mass., 
on  Wednesday  morning,  Feb.  a).  lie  had  been 
ill  about  ten  days  of  typhoid  fever.  He  was 
about  72  years  of  age,  and  leaves  a  wife  and  one 
daughter.  Mr.  Bhown  has  been  a  most  useful 
and  conscientious  journalist,  highly  respected 
by  his  contemporaries.  He  has  always  worked 
wisely  and  well,  and  It  saddens  us  thal  we  uro 
compelled  to  add  his  name  to  the  Hst  of  those 
who  have  “  gone  before.”  In  our  next  issue  we 
hope  to  be  able  to  give  more  specific  biographi¬ 
cal  data  concerning  him  and  lits  labors. 


CHA8.  D.  BRAGDON,  ANDREW  S.  FULLER, 

AHSooiato  Editors. 

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Editob  ok  oik  Dki-artmbnt  or  Shkkp  Husbandry . 

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Editor  or  ths  DbI'Artmrst  or  Daibv  Husbandry. 

Col.  S.  D.  HARRIS,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 

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The  Iniquitous  Agricultural  College  Bill  lias, 
judging  by  the  latest  news  from  Washington, 
been  defeated  in  the  Senate.  Wc  rejoice,  and 
all  thoughtful  pcojile  who  arc  not  interested  in 
the  “steal”  will  do  so.  Be  sure,  however,  that 
the  next  Congress  will  have  to  act  upon  It. 
There  is  too  much  money  In  it  for  Hie  heads  of 
Agricultural  Colleges,  to  warrant  any  hope  that 
they  will  cease  Importuning  Congress  for  its 
passage,  unless  public  opinion  reaches  them  in 
such  form  as  to  induce  them  to  “  call  a  halt.” 
It  is  our  opinion  the  necessary  public  opinion 
will  be  forthcoming. 


for  the  position  if,  by  any  means,  he  could  Do 
induced  to  accept  it,  with  its  cares  and  respon¬ 
sibilities,  for  the  meager  compensation  (nomi¬ 
nally  ;  for  we  do  not  know  bow  good  a  chance  to 
“steal"  there  is)  which  Congress  deigns  to  offer. 

Mr.  Saunders  is  an  excellent  horticulturist, 
and  a  gentleman  whom  we  delight  to  c;dl  our 
friend.  He  is  in  precisely  the  position  where  lie 
belongs  In  the  Department.  We  should  dislike 
to  sec  him  removed  from  it  to  take  t  hat  of  Com¬ 
missioner.  We  think  he  can  be  more  useful 
where  he  is.  If  there  were  no  other  objection  to 
his  appointment  as  Commissioner,  the  fact  that 
he  is  Grand  Master  of  the  Order  of  Patrons  of 
Husbandry  would,  in  our  judgment,  be  suffi¬ 
cient.  So  far  as  we  havo  knowledge  of  the  pur¬ 
pose  and  work  of  that  Order,  we  have  no  fault, 
to  find  with  It;  but  we  object  to  its  Chief  Officer 
being  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  on  the 
ground  of  public  policy.  There  are  very  many 
agriculturists  who  are  conscientiously  opposed 
to  secret  organizations  of  whatever  character 
(we  do  not  happen  to  belong  to  that  class),  and 
who  would  look  with  distrust  upon  any  public 
officer  known  to  be  a  partisan  in  such  an  or¬ 
ganization.  Mr.  Saunders’  appointment  would, 
therefore,  hi  our  judgment.,  weaken  the  Depart  ¬ 
ment,  by  creating  disharmony  among  agricul¬ 
turists  and  horticulturists  in  relation  thereto. 
Wc  understand  all  the  influence  of  the  Order  of 
which  he  is  Chief  is  being  brought  to  bear  to  se¬ 
cure.  to  him  the  position.  We  are  sorry— not  be¬ 
cause  we  distrust  his  ability  so  much,  though 
we  believe  him  better  fitted  for  his  present  po¬ 
sition-hut  because  we  doubt  the  wisdom  of 
such  an  appointment. 

Concerning  Mr.  Dodge,  we  have  this  to  say  : 
Since  the  creation  of  the  Department  he  has, 
we  believe,  been  connected  with  it.  Perhaps 
there  has  been  no  Chief  of  any  Division  thereof 
who  has  quietly  and  unostentatiously  and  con¬ 
scientiously  done  more  to  bring  it  into  good 
repute.  We  know  that  his  influence  has  been 
exerted  and  felt  in  all  the  Divisions  of  the  De¬ 
partment.  He  is  familiar  with  its  details,  with 
the  demands  which  have  been  and  are  made 
upon  it.  More  intimately  than  any  other  has 
he  been  brought  in  contact,  by  correspondence 
and  travel,  with  the  agriculturists  of  the  whole 
country.  He  knows  the  wants  of  the  whole 
country  and  its  capabilities,  perhaps,  as  well  or 
better  than  any  man  ever  connected  with  the 
Department,  whether  as  Commissioner  or  other¬ 
wise.  He  is  not  an  old  fogy,  nor  does  he  hold 
official  relations  to  any  organization  which  ren¬ 
ders  him  an  objectionable  candidate  on  that 
score.  He  i$,  perhaps,  as  well,  or  better  quali¬ 
fied  to  assume  the  responsibilities  of  the  posi¬ 
tion  as  any  available  man  outside  the  Depart¬ 
ment  ;  and  for  that  reason  his  claims  to  it  (if  it 
is  worth  claiming)  are  superior  to,  and  should 
be  considered  before,  all  others— especially  since 
Civil  Service  Reform  is  the  policy  of  the  Ad¬ 
ministration.  We  hope  he  will  be  appointed; 
we  hope  bo  because  wo  think  his  services  in  the 
Department  give  him  claims  to  the  position,  if 
he  is  qualified ;  and  because  wc  believe  him  to 
possess  the  qualifications  requisite.  We  know 
he  will  pot  join  in  the  scramble  for  this  office, 
which  fact  is  a  recommendation. 


SATURDAY,  MARCH  8,  1873. 


THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  AGRICULTURE 


Last  week  we  suggested  ,7.  It.  Dodge,  the 
present  Statistician  of  the  Department  of  Agri¬ 
culture,  to  succeed  Judge  Watts  as  Commis¬ 
sioner  of  Agriculture,  Tito  New  York  Times, 
noticing  tliis  suggestion,  says : 

The  Rural  New-Yorker  proposes  the  name 
of  Mr.  J.  It.  Dodge,  the  well-known  and  able 
statistician,  for  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  ns 
a  successor  to  the  present  incumbent.,  Judge 
Watts.  Mr.  Dodge  is  well  known  as  being  as 
near  perfect  in  hla  department  of  the  Agricul¬ 
tural  Bureau  as  is  possible,  and  lie  Is,  perhaps, 
the  oldest  official  now  connected  with  that  bu¬ 
reau.  We  are  not  prepared  to  say  what  may  be 
his  qualifications  for  the  position  at  its  head. 
Having  no  personal  acquaintance  with  Mr. 
Dodge,  we  can  only  judge  of  him  by  the  work 
lie  has  done;  and  that,  certainly,  has  been  of 
the  best  character  in  its  special  line.  At  the 
same  time,  while  heing  a  very  superior  statisti¬ 
cian,  he  might  make  a  failure  as  (’ommifisioner; 
and  again,  like  a  certain  General  of  our  army, 
he  might  no  equal  to  any  place,  though,  when 
commanding  a  brigade,  many  said  lie  would  fail 
as  a  division  commander,  while  there,  and  even 
in  a  higher  position,  he  was  a  signal  success. 
While  our  aide  contemporary  thus  nominates 
Mr.  Dodge,  n  voice  comes  from  Nebraska  urg¬ 
ing  the  claim?  of  ItoRKRT  W.  Furnam,  I  ho  pres¬ 
ent  Govetmr  of  that  State,  and  a  gentleman  who 
has  paid  great  attention  to  the  agriculture  of 
the  whole  B  est ;  again,  Illinois  claims  that  her 
well-informed  stock-broader,  Hon.  John  P. 
Reynolds,  ah  all  have  his  claims  advanced,  and 
last,  but  not  least  in  the  Influence  he  wields, 
comes  Mr.  William  Saunders  of  Iowa,  at 
present  the  head  of  the  wide-spread  organiza¬ 
tion  known  as  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 

We  have  learned,  since  making  our  sugges¬ 
tion  last  week,  that  there  Is  little  room  for 
doubt  that  President  Grant  has  decided  upon 
making  achongo  the  fourth  of  March— in  other 
words,  that  Judge  Watts  is  likely  to  hare  op¬ 
portunity  to  resign,  or  to  go  without  resigning. 
Meantime,  the  friends  of  the  candidates  (with 
the  exception  of  Mr.  Dodge)  above-named  by 
The  Times,  are  actively  at  work  pressing  the 
claims  of  their  respective  candidates.  Of  Mr. 
Furnas  we  know  little,  except  that  ho  has  been 
a  prominent  and  active  horticulturist  in  Ne¬ 
braska.  What  his  qualifications  are  for  the 
position  of  Commissioner  of  Agriculture— 
whether  there  is  breadth  enough  to  his  concep¬ 
tion  of  Its  duties,  and  whether  he  possesses 
general  and  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the 
varied  interests  of  the  whole  country’  to  be 
promoted  through  the  Department— we  do  not 
know. 

John  P.  Reynolds  is  an  excellent  man  for 
the  place.  He  is  a  liberal,  systematic  and  well 
educated  gentleman,  thoroughly  familiar  with 
the  agriculture  and  horticulture  of  the  country 
and  in  full  sympathy  therewith.  He  is  a  man 
who  will  win  the  sympathy,  confidence  and  re- 
spect  of  those  with  w  hom  he  comes  in  contact. 
He  is  progressive,  and  yet  conservative  enough 
not  to  do  rash  things.  He  is  politic  and  judi¬ 
cial  in  his  judgments.  He  has  held  public 
position  with  great  credit  to  himself  and  satis- 


RURAL  ROTES  AND  QUERIES. 


<  «talogur»  KecelveH.  —  From  OLM  BuOTn- 
F.RS,  Newark,  N.  J.,  their  Annual  Plant  Cata¬ 
logue  for  1873—  From  KBIKIG  &  Hexamkh,  Now 
Castle,  N.  Y.,  Catalogue  of  Small  Fruits,  Seed 
Potatoes,  Seeds,  &o. — From  the  Dingkk  &  Co- 
nard  Co.,  West  Grove,  Pa.,  Descriptive  Cata¬ 
logue  of  New  Hoses. — From  (.’has.  A.  Rekser, 
Pleaaantvllle.  Venango  Co.,  Pa.,  Illustrated 
Catalogue  of  Plants  and  Seeds  for  1873.— From 
D.  B.  Cokey,  Westfield.  N.  J.,  Illustrated  and 
Descriptive  Catalogue  of  Fancy  Fowls.— From 
Gardner  B.  Weeks,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Tilustra- 


The  K  urn  I  Club  of  New  York  held  its  second 
anniversary  meeting  and  dinner  at  Delmoni- 
co’9,  Friday’  evening,  February  28.  There  were 
present  about  fifty  ladies  and  gentlemen.  The 
tables  were  ornamented  with  beautiful  flowers, 
the  dinner  was  excellent,  and  a  charming  social 
spirit  inspired  all  present.  8.  B.  Parsons,  the 
President  elect,  was  absent,  but  sent  an  exceed¬ 
ingly  suggestive  letter,  whlflll  is  elsewhere  pub¬ 
lished,  The  First  Vice-President,  Dr.  F.  M. 
Hkxamer,  presided,  assisted  by  the  Third  Vice- 
President,  C.  T.  HuiOJJURD.  After  the  cloth 
was  removed,  the  President’s  letter  was  read 
and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Hvhliiuhd,  Fuller, 
Williams,  Curtis,  Quinn,  Such,  Dodge,  Dick¬ 
inson  and  Bragdon.  This  discussion  was  one 
of  the  best,  considered,  most  thoughtful,  and 
yet  the  liveliest  that  has  transpired  since  the 
organization  of  the  Society.  At  its  close,  the 
Club  was  adjourned,  and  an  hour  or  two  was 
spent  in  social  intercourse.  Every  successive 
meeting  aids  in  proving  the  necessity  for  such 
an  organization  in  this  city,  and  that  it  will 
more  and  more  fully  realize  the  purpose  and 
highest  aims  of  its  projectors.  It  fills  ahitherto 
unoccupied  place  among  those  employed,  or 
interested,  in  Rural  pursuits  in  this  city  and  its 
suburbs.  It  meets  a  social  want  that  has  long 
existed.  Its  promise  of  usefulness  and  of  pleas- 


RURAL  BREVITIES 


Nearly  half  of  those  engaged  in  productive 
industry  in  this  country’  *re  farmers. 

We  have  correspondents  who  desire  to  know 
where  they  can  purchase  Dorking  and  Houdan 
fowls.  Our  advertising  columns  should  answer 
such  questions. 

D.  A.  W„  Michigan  City,  lad.,  is  informed 
that  there  is  such  a  man  here  as  Dr.  John  B. 
Ogden  ;  but  we  know  nothing  of  his  standing 
as  a  physician. 

Henry  Bacon  is  informed  that  the  “  Guido  " 
of  which  lie  speaks  can  be  obtained  by  address¬ 
ing  W.  Weston,  Box  921,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Price,  75  cents. 

M.  E.  P.  is  informed  that  we  do  not  know  t  hat 
the  Avert II  Chemical  Paint  Company  has  gone 
out  of  business,  and  presume  it  has  not.  At 
any  rate,  the  paint  is  too  valuable,  intrinsically, 
and  profitable  an  article  of  manufacture  to  go 
out  of  the  market. 


The  Stagnation  In  the  Hop  Trade,  and  the 

future  prospects  thereof,  are  thus  described  by 
Emmet  Wells,  in  his  last  Circular “  The  late 
heavy  importations  have  enabled  a  large  pro¬ 
portion  of  our  brewers  to  secure  supplies  for 
their  winter’s  brewing,  and  they  will,  therefore, 
not  be  compelled  to  come  into  market  again 
before  the  summer  months.  Although  it  will 
be  six  months  before  another  crop  can  be  har¬ 
vested,  fully  three-quarters  of  the  brewing  de¬ 
mand  may  be  said  to  have  already  passed. 
Assuming  that  brewers  held  little  or  no  stock 
of  old  at  the  beginning  of  the  season,  the 
consumptive  requirement  is  110,000  bales  per 
annum  ;  down  to  the  present  time  they  have 
taken  80,000  bales  of  new,  a  very  large  propor¬ 
tion  of  which  has  been  furnished  them  direct 
by  growers  and  country  dealers ;  ii  will,  there¬ 
fore,  yet  require  30,000  bales  to  carry  them 
through.  The  stock  in  this  city  foots  up  7,500 
bales:  as  many  more  can  probably  be  counted 
up  in  handH  of  growers  and  country  dealers,  so 
that  only  15,000  bales  more  will  be  required 
from  abroad  to  carry  us  down  to  the  new  crop 


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Newburgh,  N.  Y. 


HORSE  EPIDEMIC 


A  physician,  in  a  communication  to  a  Buffalo 
paper  about  the  Horse  Epidemic,  says “  Exter¬ 
nally  I  used  and  would  recommend  Dr.  Trask’s  Mag¬ 
netic  Ointment  to  the  throat,  around  the  ears  and  On 
the  forehead.  This  ointment  contains  tobacco  and 
lobelia,  and  operates  upon  the  mucous  glands  of  the 
bead  and  throat  by  causing  an  increaaed  Bow  of  secre¬ 
tion  from  them,  at  the  same  time  by  its  relaxing  effect 
removing  the  stricture  and  giving  almost  instant  re¬ 
lief  to  the  cough  and  breathing.”  It  is  kept  by  ull 
Druggists.  _ _ 

THE  WAKEFIELD  EARTH  CLOSET. 

Get  Descriptive  Pamphlet  at  3ti  Dey  Sc.,  New  York. 


for  if-  How  grateful  such  as  these  are  for  en¬ 
couragement  and  sympathy,  though  only  man¬ 
ifested  it  may  be  by  a  word  or  a  tone,  nr  in  some 
unostentatious  way,  in  which  the  left  hand 
knoweth  not  what  the  right  hand  doeth.  He 
who  in  this  way  bolsters  up  a  failing  hope,  re¬ 
vives  energies  that  were  almost  baffled,  and 
leads  a  soul  out  into  Intellectual  life  and  vigor, 
must  feel  a  satisfaction  that  the  votaries  of 
worldly  pleasure  are  ever  ignorant  of.  We  can 
all  do  some  of  this  kind  of  work.  Wo  can  ail 
find  some  way  to  respond  to  the  Macedonian 


asmuch  as  ye  did  it  unto  the  least  of  these 
did  it  unto  mo.” 


BLUE  COLOR  OF  THE  SKY 


GOING  AWAY 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS, 


M.  Collas  of  Paris  comments,  in  hrsMomlcs 
of  December  12,  on  M.  A.  Lali.kmande'm  paper 
on  the  blue  color  of  the  atmosphere,  In  which  it 
was  attributed  to  a  change  of  refrangibility  duo 
to  a  partial  absorption  of  the  chemical  or  ultra 
violet  rays.  To  1.870  M.  Com,, vs,  in  an  article  In 


Do  not  l>e  angry  with  mo 
For  an  idle  word  I  say : 

Do  not  be  angry,  father, 

Because  I  am  going  away. 

Have  patience  with  mo,  my  mother. 
Though  t  may  have  none  with  you; 
But  I  love  you,  I  love  you,  mother, 
Whatever  1  say  or  do. 

Look  kindly  upon  me,  sister. 

You  are  beautiful  and  gay : 

Your  days  will  be  long  and  happy. 

But  I  arn  going  away. 

With  mr,  if  you  could  but  read  it. 
Clear  written  on  cheek  and  brow, 
There  is  no  past  no  future,— 

Only  a  brief  calm  Now  : 

A  little  space  to  be  glad  in— 

A  lesser  space  to  grieve ; 

And  life’s  whole  scene  fades  from  me, 
As  the  landscape  fades  at  eve. 
Except— that  eve  I  shall  see  not, 

My  day  is  ended  at  noon  ; 

And  the  saddest  bit  of  the  story 
Is— It  does  not  end  too  soon. 

I  am  so  weary,  weary  ! 

I  could  turn  my  face  to  the  wall ; 
bike  a  sick  child,  long  before  bed-time 
Drop  asleep  among  you  all : 

Soiled  that  lessons  are  over ; 

Still  gladder  that  play  is  done ; 

And  a  dusky  curtain  stretches 
Between  me  and  the  sun. 


Livingstone  Lost  » ml  Found.  - By  Rev.  Josiah 
Tvi.kii.  Hartford,  Conn.:  Mutual  Publishing 
Company. 

AFTBR  a  careful  examination  of  this  exceed¬ 
ingly  handsome  and  immense  volume,  of  782 
pages,  wc  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  no 
bettor  book  of  Africa  and  its  explorations,  of  Dr. 
David  Livingstone  and  his  work,  of  Henry 
M.  Stanley  and  his  expedition,  lias  yet  been 
published.  It  comprises  the  material  of  half  a 
dozen  other  volumes,  and  has  more  than  one 
hundred  full-page  illustrations  and  maps.  This 
volume  is  no  catch-penny  affair,  but  is  a  manual 
of  facts,  of  exciting  narratives  and  of  enter¬ 
prise,  bringing  the  subject  down  to  the  latest, 
moment.  The  work  contains  excellent  por¬ 
traits,  ami  is  sure  of  an  Immense  popularity. 


The  Life  of  Abra tin m  Lincoln,  From  his  Birth 
to  his  Inauguration  as  President  By  Ward  U. 
I < a mon.  Illustrated.  Boston  ;  .lames  It.  Osgood 
&  Company. 

A  LARGE  and  remarkable  work,  full  of  the 
details  of  the  life  of  a  great  man  about  whom 
Americans  can  never  learn  too  much.  It  should 
he  in  the  library  of  every  American.  A  father 
could  hardly  better  employ  ids  time  than  in 
reading  this  book  aloud  to  Ids  family.  While  it 
contains  much  which  lias  been  severely  criti¬ 
cised,  as  a  whole  we  regard  It  one  of  the  great 
works  of  the  year  lfi“2.  It  Is  full  of  anecdotes 
and  incidents,  holding  I  be  Interest,  of  I  he  reader 
like  a  romance.  It  has  about  650  pages,  and 
contains  many  line  portraits. 


Good-by,  my  father  and  mother! 

Two  of  you— and  hut  one  of  me ! 

And,  sister,  you'll  Had  some  stranger 
Much  closer  than  t  could  be: 

One  more— but  death’s  rjtiiet  teaching 
Is  making  me  slowly  wise : 

My  heart,  too  poor  for  his  keeping— 
Thou,  God,  Thou  wilt  not  despise  : 

My  soul,  too  weak  for  earth's  battle, 
Thou  wilt,  gird  up  anew ; 

And  the  angels  shall  sea  me  doing 
The  work  I  was  meant  to  do : 

The  work  that  I  ever  failed  in, 

And  wept  o’er  and  tried  again, 

Till  brnn  and  body  and  spirit 
Snapped  under  the  cruel  strain. 


The  Revision  of  the  English  Version  of  tlse 
New  Test  n  incut .  New  York:  Harper  ft  Broth¬ 
ers.  1878. 

A  large  and  beautiful  volume,  valuable  to 
all  interested  in  this  important  subject,  which 
consists  of  a  republlcatlon  of  the  recent  treat¬ 
ises  of  Archbishop  Trench,  Bishop  Kllicott 
and  Prof.  LimiTPOOT,  with  an  elaborate  intro¬ 
duction  by  Prof.  Pm i, ip  Scu.u  r.  These  emi¬ 
nent  men  discuss  this  subject  with  much  learn¬ 
ing,  and  rather  prepare  the  way  for  the  act  ual 
revision.  Each  essay  treats  t  he  subject,  from  a 
different  st  andpoint,  and  points  out  many  errors 
existing  In  the  authorized  version.  All  schol¬ 
ars  will  welcome  the  book,  Every  clergyman 
should  have  a  copy. 


That  is  over.  So  none  need  be  sorry 
You  rather  ought  to  rejoice, 

And  sing  my  mile  h>  pneem 
Without  n  break  In  your  voice ; 
And  let  me  depart  contented. 
Before  the  heat  of  the  day : 

For  I  shall  be  still  God’s  servant. 
Although  !  have  gone  away ! 


THE  LATE  KAMEHAMEHA  V.,  KING  OF  THE  SANDWICH  ISLANDS. 

cry  that  is  rising  up  from  hearts  that  arc  hoping  .  Lcs  .Uoitibx,  al  I  ributed  tlm  blue  color  of  the  Lake 
against  hope  and  struggling  against  despair  all  of  Geneva  and  other  waters  to  the  quantity 
around  us.  of  silex  held  In  solution,  which  is  brought  down 

For  this  work  woman  seems  peculiarly  fitted,  by  the  tributary  streams  from  the  strata  through 
Especially  those  fortunate  ones  who  have  rich  which  t  hey  pass.  Numerous  observations  since 
and  tasteful  homos—  homes  that,  are  adorned  have  induced  him  to  believe  that  the  blue 
with  the  creations  of  genius,  that  arc  decorated  color  of  all  the  water  of  tho  globe  is  due  to  the 
and  made  beautiful  by  the  skill  of  the  artist  in  ;a  pc  cause.  The  air  everywhere  always  c?n- 
a  thousand  different  ways.  Tho  mere  sight  of  tains  more  or  less  moisture  due  to  evaporation 
these  things,  shown  without  an  exhibition  from  the  water  of  the  earth:  the  water  thus 
either  of  condescension  or  superciliousness,  is  evaporated  always  contains  a  greater  or  less 
often  a  feast  to  tho  soul  that  the  keenest  of  all  quantity  of  extremely  fine  insoluble  particles, 
tho  enjoyments  of  sense  bear  no  comparison  to.  Silex,  says  M.  Collas,  is  one  of  the  most  com- 


The  Lak«>  Regions  of  font  rnl  A I  ricn.— Com¬ 
piled  and  arranged  by  Bayard  Tavi.or.  New 
York  :  Scribner,  Armstrong  &  Co.  1873. 

A  WELL-W bitten  and  interesting  narrative, 
drawn  from  the  writings  of  Burton,  Splice  and 
Baker, giving  us  much  information  concerning 
that  mysterious  country  about  which  so  little  is 
known.  The  book  is  finely  Illustrated,  and  has 
good  maps,  It.  forms  another  volume  of  the  il¬ 
lustrated  library  of  travel,  exploration  and  ad¬ 
venture,  coming  from  tho  press  of  this  cele¬ 
brated  publishing  house.  Price,  $1.50. 


HUMANITY  NEEDS  HELP 


BY  MRS.  C.  A,  STEWART, 


The  words  were  uttered  by  a  dearly  loved 
friend  in  the  course  of  a  morning  call,  and  they 
ha,V0  burst  in  upon  my  t  houghts  and  rung  In  my 
ears  many  times  since.  She  had  hoen  speaking 
of  tho  needy,  of  little  children  shivering  with 
cold  and  pinched  with  hunger,  while  idle,  im¬ 
provident  and  dissolute  parents  paid  little  heed 
to  their  physical  wants,  and  none  at  all  to  their 
intellectual  and  spiritual  ones.  ’‘They  have  no 
agency  in  getting  into  this  terrible  Avorld,”  she 
went  on  to  say ;  ••  they  only  meet,  with  want  and 
abuse  through  the  tender  years  of  childhood  ; 
the  evil  in  their  natures  is  cultivated  instead  of 
the  good  ;  wicked  habits  are  riveted  upon  them, 
till  in  mature  age  Avecan  only  expect  them  to  re¬ 
semble  their  parents,  or  worse  still,  furnish  re¬ 
cruits  to  fill  up  our  prisons  and  penitentiaries  ;  ” 
and  aa  the  dark,  broad  view  of  the  hapless  mul¬ 
titude  seemed  to  rise  before  her  miud,  she  de¬ 
spairingly  exclaimed,  “Oh,  humanity  needs 
help !  I  know  they  might  go  to  the  Saviour,” 
she  added,  “and  find  a  balm  for  every  woe,  but 
they  don't  do  it,  and  they  will  not  do  it,  and 
their  stupidity  and  insensibility  to  their  condi¬ 
tion  make  It  all  the  worse."  • 

T  then  spoke  of  our  benevolent  institutions 
and  societies,  and  of  the  pains  taken  in  these 
years  to  seek  out  and  relievo  Buffering  and  des¬ 
titution,  especially  among  the  virtuous  poor; 
and  of  our  free  schools,  where  all  can,  to  a  de¬ 
gree,  be  educated;  but  we  agreed  that  the  for¬ 
mer  cover  only  a  small  portion  of  the  ground, 
while  the  latter  are  of  no  use  except  to  such  as 
avail  themselves  of  them.  As  I  left  my  friend 
and  walked  away,  I  asked  myself  the  question, 
“Is  there  not  a  stratum  of  human  nature  just 
above  the  one  of  which  we  had  been  speaking 
that  is  still  more  deserving  of  pity  and  thought¬ 
ful  attention?”  I  thought  of  those  who  are 
reaching  out,  however  feebly,  after  something 
to  satisfy  the  cravings  of  their  higher  natures ; 
those  that  are  struggling  upward,  ever  so  little, 
and  have  a  perception,  though  a  dim  one,  of  a 
higher  life.  I  thought  of  the  wants  of  the  heart, 
appreciation,  sympathy,  encouragement  and 
forbearance,  to  draw  aside,  if  possible,  the  dark 
curtain  which  enshrouds  so  many  lives.  Is  the 
girl  in  our  kitchen,  whose  intemperate  father 
claims  all  her  wages,  spends  them  for  the  soul- 
devouring  fire-water,  and  then  abuses  his  fami¬ 
ly,  anymore  to  be  pitied  than  the  one  who,  with 
desperately  narrow  means,  is  striving  to  procure 
an  education  in  our  Academy?  As  the  latter 
walks  beside  the  daughters  of  wealth,  she  feels 
the  obtrusion  of  a  thousand  wants  that  must  go 
unsatisfied  ;  she  must  be  content  sometimes  to 
see  favoritism  stand  before  attainments,  and 
keenly  sensitive  to  every  look  that  can  interpret 
as  betraying  a  knowledge  of  her  state  of  want; 
she  bravely  struggles  ou,  often  choking  down 
the  tears,  that  she  may  “  feed  her  soul,"  its  Cor¬ 
reggio  said,  even  if  she  did  have  to  go  hungry 


firn.  I*.  Rowell  it  Co.’s  Gazetteer,— Now  York  : 
Geo.  f*.  Rowell  A  Co.,  Publishers,  No.  U  Parle 
How.  1873. 

This  large  and  handsome  volume  of  250  pages, 
tinted  paper,  contains  a  statement  of  the  in¬ 
dustries,  characteristics,  population  and  loca¬ 
tion  of  nil  towns  in  the  Hutted  States  and 
British  America,  in  which  newspapers  are  pub¬ 
lished.  As  such,  It  Is  an  invaluable  compendium 
for  the  advertiser.  This  book  is  original,  and 
composed  of  the  latest  reliable  Intelligence. 


Homes  and  HospitnU:  Or,  Two  Phases  of  Wo¬ 
man’s  Work.  Published  by  the  American  Truct 
Society.  1878. 

Many  will  find  encouragement  and  incentives 
to  now  endeavor  in  this  handsome  volume, 
which  records  the  experiences  of  the  labors 
among  the  poor  nnd  sick  of  England  by  Amy 
Dutton  and  Agnes  E.  Jones.  The  Church  may 
wield  great  I  nil  nonce  by  employing  women  to 
devote  themselves  to  this  work  where  they  feel 
called  upon  to  do  so. 


A  Souvenir  of  the  Anchor  Line  Agents’  Ex¬ 
cursion  on  the  Steamer  California,  August 
14,  1873. 

This  volume  is  a  large  one  of  over  100  pages, 
compiled  of  extracts  from  the  papers  relative 
to  the  excursion  and  the  steamship  In  question. 
It  also  contains  a  history  of  Bteam  navigation, 
handsomely  Illustrated.  A  sketch  of  locomo¬ 
tives  and  the  telegraph  Is  also  given.  The 
whole  forms  a  valuable  and  Interesting  work. 


Cheerful  Voices.  L.  O.  Emerson.  Boston:  Oli¬ 
ver  Ditsou  &  Co. 

Cheerful  Voices  is  a  book  of  some  200  pages. 
00  pages  of  which  contain  t  he  Elements,  or  as 
old  teachers  call  them,  the  ”  Rudiments,”  about 
125  pages  the  merry  songs,  and  about  twenty 
pages  sacred  tunes  for  opening  and  closing 
school.  It  is  substantially  bound,  and  promises 
to  be  popular.  _ 

Music  Received. 

“  Jom.y  Life,"  a  bright  and  sparkling  Galop, 
by  Elias  Schilling,  the  leader  of  the  famous 
New  York  orchestra.  Published  by  Horace 
Waters,  for  39  cents,  at  481  Broadway. 

“  Happy  Memories  a  Mazurka,  by  L.  M. 
Wheeler.  Price,  25 cents.  Horace  Wat  ere,  pub¬ 
lisher.  Easy  and  pleasing. 


EMMA,  QUEEN  CONSORT  TO  THE  LATE  KAMEHAMEHA  IV 

Gifted  women,  too,  who  from  the  forum  and 
pulpit  are  proclaiming  the  genius  and  capabili¬ 
ties  of  their  sex,  and  insist  that  we  have  never 
had  a  proper  field  for  displaying  our  talents,  and 
who  are  demanding  for  us  greater  privileges,  It 
seems  to  me  ought  to  seek  after  something 
practical  that  can  be  used  as  a  power  to  level 
upward  the  broad  platform  on  which  ail  hu¬ 
manity  stands.  And  will  It  not  he  a  greater 
plaesure  to  present  one  sparkling  draught  to  a 
thirsty  Soul  than  call  be  bestowed  by  the  accla¬ 
mations  of  a  multitude;  if  not  here,  it  surely 
will  be  in  that  world  where  it  will  be  said,  “In- 


mon  insoluble  substances  in  nature,  and, 
through  evaporation,  performs  the  same  func¬ 
tion  in  the  blue  sky  that  he  believes  it  does  In 
the  blue  waters  of  the  earth.  He  beliovos  his 
theory  is  confirmed  by  the  intense  blue  of 
southern  skies,  where  evaporation  is  so  much 
greater  than  in  the  colder  North. 


Ha  rry  Coverdnle’s  Courtship  a  ml  Marriage. 

By  Frank  E.  H.mkoi.ey.  Philadelphia:  T.  B. 
Peterson  A  Brothers. 

An  old  sensation  romance  of  English  life,  put 
between  modern  covers. 


“A  Nashville  negro,  applying  to  the  recorder 
for  a  marriage  license,  and  learning  that  it 
would  cost  him  $10,  left  the  room  sadly,  remark¬ 
ing  “Dat’s  a  mighty  square  price,  boss.” 


MARCH  B 


CORE’S  RURAL 


R  XER , 


to  nr- 


THE  COMPLIMENTS  OF  THE  SEASON, 


[Concluded  from  page  146,  last  number, J 
Then  they  emerged  from  this  darkened  en¬ 
trance  into  a  room  glowing  with  old  glided  arm¬ 
chairs  with  ruby-velvet  cushions— a  dancing, 
crackling,  joy-making  wood  Are- and  lights  in 
candlesticks  ot  Ilattersea  enamel, 

Bui  had  stranger  eyes  seen  that  brightness  for 
the  first  lime,  and  felt  for  the  first  time  the  rich 
warmth  of  both  atmosphere  and  surroundings, 
they  would  yet  have  rested  on  one  tiling — ohe 
thing  only;  one  placidly-seated  girl  in  the  mid¬ 
dle  of  the  room,  with  the  firelight  In  a  glow  all 
over  her  face,  and  with  largo,  violet  eves  fixed 
on  them  as  those  two  women  walked  in. 

Lady  Clavering  gave  a  lillle  scream,  and  fell 
upon  her  knees,  hiding  her  face  (n  her  hands. 

“Oil  mother,  mother,"  she  cried,  “you  have 
done  It — done  it  !  O  mother,  mother !"  and  she 
stretched  forth  her  hands  towards  the  beautiful 
apparition,  who  sitt  still  on  a  velvet  ottoman, 
and  who  \va»  looking  at  her  intently. 

•'  Is  it  Lady  Havering,  b  it  V"  said  the  appari¬ 
tion,  calmly,  addressing  Mrs.  Beaumont:  “,\o 
one  else,  .1  suppose,. would  call  you  mother." 
Then,  she  got  up,  and,  taking  Lady  Havering  in 
her  arms,  helped  Iter  to  a  chair;  and  stooping 
over  hot,  kb-ed  her  twice,  and  said,  “Is  Lord 
('layering  so  very  cruel  and  wicked  and  wlllu) 
and  unforgiving?  ft  ought  to  he  very  easy  to 
forgive,  when  the  injury  if  a  mere  fanciful  vex¬ 
ation,  a  bit  of  bruised  pride,  or  an  obstinate 
adherence  to  his  own  view  of  a  t  hing  in-  knew 
nothing  about.  Oil,  please  don't  look  so  scared  ! 
I  have  known  him  for  a  dozen  years  insult  a 
relation  as  a  Christina*  gift  In  t  ho  most,  virtuous 
manner,  quite  like  a  good  Christian.  Last  year 
he  was  too  ill  to  read  the  yearly  offering  of  Lord 
Clavering's  continued  evil  judgment!  and  ftome 
one  told  a  fib,  and  said  my  Lord  had  written 
kindly;  and  he  was  very  glad,  and  hoped  that 
all  belonging  to  him  would  do  their  best  to 
make  peace;  and  so  I  have.  II  is  the  best  I 
could  do;  and  I  have  done  it,  thanks  to  Mrs. 
Beaumont.  1  believe  the  children  think  I  am  a 
newly  import  ed  sort  of  a  maid  ;  and  I  have  un¬ 
locked  all  the  boxes,  and  pulled  out  gowns  and 
caps,  and  been  asked  to  the  housekeeper's  room 
to  tea,  and  said-  ‘Good  graciou  ,  hot’  fn  a  w.-t v 
that  I  am  afraid  sen!  your  maid  Into  hysterics." 

And  then  the  loveliest  woman  in  the  world,  as 
many  might  have  called  her.  burst  out  laughing ; 
and  it  seemed  as  if  silver  bells  and  musical 
glasses  were  having  a  duet  together  of  the 
nature  of  A  happy  Christmas  to  you ,  and  three 
times  three  (hear,  ami  one  chef)  more. 

“Is  the  door  locked?"  said  Lady  Clavering. 
And  then  she  w  iped  her  eyes,  and  taking  the 
stranger’s  hand,  she  kissed  a  certain  linger, 
which  wore  a  certain  ring. 

“Oh,  you  remember!  I  take  that  as  very  kind 
of  you;  but  I  should  like  to  hear  you  say  a  word 
of  praise  or  encouragement,  if  you  can't  say  a 
word  of  love.  I  have  twenty  thousand  pounds, 
and  many  people  think  me  pretty,  ”  -this  was 
said  with  such  ridiculous  business-like  gravity, 
that  Lady  Clavering  In  spite  of  feaiqmd  nervous¬ 
ness,  laughed  so  heartily  os  to  alarm  herself; 
on  which  the  wonderful  stranger,  imviug  walk¬ 
ed  to  the  toilette  .mil  back,  presented  to  Iter  a 
(lose  of  »al-vol  itlle,  which  her  ladyship  drank 


ring  to  the  beautiful  lips  the 


evasion  required  to  finish  ilte  SPjibmoo  demurfi- 
r  with  the  words,- having  a  uetIdSd  gift  for 


“  I  shall  not  dine  with  you,”  said  the  stranger, 

“And  then,"  went  on  Lady  Clavering,  with  a 
smile  and  a  sigh,  “  to-morrow  is  the  Usual  great 
hunting  meet  at  Claydown  Cross,  and  at  twelve 
o’clock  the  poorer  tenantry  come  for  their  gifts, 
money  and  meat  as  usual.  You,  mother,  were 
to  help  me  in  the  entertainment  of  them.  The 
women  come  into  the  great  hall ;  the  men,  if 
any  are  here  and  not  S»t  the  meet,  have  a  glass 
of  beer  outside  t  ho  door.  There  is  ;•  great  see¬ 
ing  of  the  gardens  and  a  three  o'clock  tea  for 
the  women  In  the  long  conservatory  which  joins 
on  to  the  orchard  house.  By  the  time  every¬ 
body  is  n  im  home  and  none  home  the  decora¬ 
tions  of  the  great  rooms  will  be  finished  and 
dinner  will  be  ready.  The  day  after  to-morrow 
beliig  Chiis'1  mas.  day.  we  have,  our  homo  ball. 
This  afternoon  is  gcnl-raily  taken  up  with  the 
children’s  entertainment  in  the  village  school¬ 
rooms.  The  teachers  come  to  our  ball.  Every¬ 
body  dan  com.  It  ts  necessarily  late,  because  the 
duties  and  work  of  the  day  make  it  so.  But. 
somehow  everybody  Is  ready  and  the  eatables 
laid  out,  ami  the  dear  old  rrspcc tables  from  t  he 
\ Hinge  get  In  as  supernumeraries  to  help  the 
servants  and  look  <m  at  the  fun  by  nine  o'clock  ; 
..ml  then  dancing,  slnginv,  a  cllldren's  play- 
'The  Babes  In  the  Wood  ’  It  la  to  be  this  year— 
actually  last  till,  at  the  earliest,  two  o’clock  in 
the  morning." 

“I  shall  appear  at  that,"  said  the  stranger 
decidedly. 

“  And  then,”  continued  Lady  Clavering,  “the 
next  day  we  rest ;  and  the  day  after,  the  twenty- 
seventh,  all  our  neighbors,  having  kept  Christ¬ 
mas  day  and  hud  t  heir  rest  at  home,  come  to 
our  great  ball.  We  fill  the  house  with  distant 
friends.  Jt  is  the  business  of  the  day  to  receive 
thorn.  We  dine  ut  eight— as  many  as  we  can 
collect.  The  dancers  come  about  half-past 
nine;  and  we  have  generally  Had  ,i  f  •  tableaux 
first  of  all;  but  I  don't  l. no.,  how  wcshnll man¬ 
age  that  this  year.  1  am  provided  with  two. 
The  Shorts  and  the  Grayson*  gave  me  a  re¬ 
hearsal  of  thorn,  and  they  are  very  good  '  Lucy 
Ashton,'  and  a  scene  with  ‘  Mary  Quoon  of  Scots' 
In  it,  where  Mary  Greyson  looks  splendid.  But 
two  arc  not  enough,  I  am  afraid.”  And  Lady 
Clavering  stopped  with  a  helpless  look  on  her 
race. 

But  her  mother  was  all  attention.  “Throe 
would  be  enough,"  she  said,  looking  at  the 
lovely  stranger  with  a  glance  of  Inquiry. 

“  Yes,"  murmured  a  sweet  voice,  which  told 


of  a  considering  mind,  “yes;  Maclise’s  picture, 


nc 

ly 

the  useful  In  necessitous  circumstances,  you 
see." 

But  here  Mrs.  Beaumont  Interfered.  “  I  think 
we  must  not  waste  time.  Melanie,  my  maid, 
will  he  hero  directly,  Julia.  She  and  the  man 
were  left  with  thd  luggage  Everybody  could 
not  come  in  that  carriage,  and  Melanie  knows 
everything.  1  )o  order  a  chair-bed  t  o  be  pn t  into 
this  dressing-room ;  I  suppose  I  am  to  have  it 
as  usual.  She" -  pointing  to  the  stranger— “can 
sleep  there,  » lid  now  w hat  is  the  programme  ? 
How  aird  when  and  where  are  we  to  tell  Lord 
Clavcring  J  What  will  he  think  of  her?  SVhat.ls 
she  to  say 

“He  can  only  think  one  thing,”  said  the 
stranger;  "  and  as  to  what  !  am  to  say,  I  shall 
say  that  1  have  done  it  for  his  good  j  add  it  is 
all  for  his  good  that  1  have  done  it.  But  we  had 
better  know  what  is  going  forward.  Is  there 
anything  to  happen  to-night  ?" 

Tliis  beautiful  girl  while  saying  this  was  look¬ 
ing  at  L;td>  ('layering  with  eyes  full  of  interest, 
and  her  pretty  mout  h  had  such  a  clear,  coura¬ 
geous  way  of  uttering  her  business-like  asser¬ 
tions  ami  inquiries  that  even  that  surprised 
lady  found  it  difficult,  to  refuse  belief  in  the 
young  beauty’s  power.  But  before  site  could 
answer.  Mrs  Beaumont’s  maid  Melanie  walked 
in. 

“  Oh,  you  are  come  I"  was  exclaimed  generally. 
Then  from  Mrs.  Beaumont  came  a  rush  of  words 
to  her  daughter. 

“Julia  toll  us  quickly  what  has  been  settled 
as  to  those  Christmas  festivities.  As  you  said 
just  now,  I  have  done  it;  and  now  it  must  be 
carried  through-  Lord  Havering  must  see  her 
soon.  When?  How?  Where?  Wo  have  not  long 
to  decide  in." 

"  Let  chance  decide,”  said  the  stranger. 

“  No,  no,  madume.”  whispered  Melanie. 
“Well  "  said  Lady  Clavering,  “  to  day  we  have 
the  west  wing,  where  the  bachelors’  rooms  are, 
almost  filled.  A  dinner  party  of  about  twenty, 
and  more  than  a  dozen  sleep  in  the  house.” 


i tic  MabHago  of  Strbngbow-  we  did  It  once- 
and  then—'* 

“  A  master-stroke,  if  you  can  do  it,"  said  Mrs. 
Beaumont,  eagerly. 

“When  does  the  post  go  out?"  asked  the 
stranger.  “  Lady  Clavering,  wo  must  have  Lord 
Havering's  son  here." 

y  Wliiit'i"  -> — 

“  We  must  have— I  must  have— Lord  Dayuhani 
here.  I  can  write.  Melanin  can  go  to  the  post. 
Of  course  you  know  the  way?" 

"Oh  yes,  madam©  1” 

“  It  will  reach  him  In  time?" 

“  If  you  telegraph  to  him  in  incso  words  from 
me  -the  compliment 6  of  the  season— he  will 
come,"  said  Lady  Havering.  “  But—” 

She  ceased  speaking.  It  was  quite  evident 
that  the  beautiful  lady  was  to  have  her  own 
way.  She  was  already  giving  Melanie  the 
money,  and  sayingshe  was  glad  the  night  looked 
so  bright,  and  “What  a  blessing  a  full  moon  is 
sometimes. 

"I  could  not;  it  would  not  be  right  note  tor 
me  to  interfere,”  began  Lady  Clavcring  again; 
“  my  mother  has  brought  you  " 

“Yes,  1  am  here,  and  facts  are  stubborn 
things.  Kiss  me  oiite  fiiorc.  dc-ar  Lady  Haver¬ 
ing.  AJi  will  go  well:  You  have  been— you  ate 
so  good ;  but  I  must  rule  now.  Sometimes  it  is 
safer  to  be  o\  er-ruled.  I  assure  you." 

"  It  is  t  errifying,  though." 

“  Perhaps  ;  but  I  w  ish  vou  would  not  be  ner¬ 
vous.  1  hFaf  hammering  in  the  hall.  Is  that 
Lord  Clavering’s  voice  7  Me  is  instructing  the 
workmen,  and  I  thought  Just  now  th.'it  the 
wreath  wanted  while ;  white  will  brighten  up 
the  holly  :  green  and  red  arc  dingy  out  of  the 
sunshine,  in  spite  of  associations.  J  am  going 
to  help.  1  always  talk  German  to  l  he  children, 
so  Lord  Havering  can  think  I’m  a  new  govern¬ 
ess." 

She  walked  out  of  the  room,  gathering  up 
black  silk  dress,  and  holding  close  the 


“  Is  It  Madame  who  is  advising  papa  to  have 
the  white  chrysanthemums?” 

“Yes,  and  the  lamps  are  not  to  be  colored, 
but  white,  all  alike." 

“Do  you  like  it?"  called  out  Lord  Clavering. 

“Our  new  friend  has  a  fine  taste  in  these  mat¬ 
ters." 

“  Madame  is  sure  to  be  right." 

"  We  are  going  to  rehearse  our  play  with  Mad¬ 
ame  to-night,  and  the  end  of  the  gallery  is  to  be 
lighted  on  purpose  ;  but  ohly  grandmama  is  to 
see  us,'  cticii  Anna 

It  was  q  die  evident  already  that  the  beauti¬ 
ful  stranger  bad  begun  to  rule  the  house. 

The  next  day  came.  Every  old  pensioner, 
every  pour  woman,  every  curious  child,  had 
seen,  and  admired,  and  wondered  over  that 
miracle  of  beauty  and  grace,  that  marvel  of 
kindness  and  cleverness,  the  sweet -voiced,  for- 
eign-tongmid  Madame.  And  then  toward  eve¬ 
ning  she  disappeared ;  ami  being  away  and  out 
of  sight.  Lord  Havering,  after  the  great  nxer- 
1 1  ons  of  the  day,  including  a  matchles-  run  with 
his  beloved  foxhounds,  never  spoke  to  her  till 
quite  lap' at  night.  Then. 

“  My  dear  Julia.  X  never  saw  anything  so  ex¬ 
quisitely  lovely  in  all  my  life;" 

“  Nor  did  I,"  said  her  ladyship  quietly.- 
Receiving  no  answer,  she  looked  up  in  some 
surprise ;  his  lordship  was  sound  asleep. 


CHAPTER  III. 

The  festivit  ies  went  on  just  as  Lady  Clavcring 
had  described.  Everywhere,  somehow,  was  felt 
the  spirit  and  the  presence  of  I  hrt  beautiful  lady. 
The  weather  w  as  bright,  cold,  crisp  and  frosty ; 


the  laurels  making  diamonds  everyw  here.  Out 
tn  the  bright  ,  cold,  clear  silence  stood  the  beau¬ 
tiful  lady.  Fhe  had  alwaj'9  seemed  to  know  her 
way  everywhere,  both  In  the  house  and  out  of 
it.  The  people  also  had  felt  that  she  knew 
them  ;  and  she  bad  called  the  servants  at  once 
by  their  proper  names. 

There  she  stood,  nearly  a  mile  from  the  house, 
In  the  shadow  of  the  spreading  limbs  of  a  huge 
oak-tree;  and  there  she  listened— listened  as  If 
life  or  death  depended  on  what,  she  might  hear. 
It  came  at  last— the  carriage  that  bad  been  sent 
to  the  Havering  station  for  Lord  Daynham ; 
and  there,  sending  forth  the  fragrance  of  some 
vary  tine  tobacco  on  the  air.  by  the  side  of  the 
groom  he  sat. 

Five  minutes  afterwards  the  beautiful  lady 
was  In  the  great  hail,  ami  shading  her  eyes  with 
her  hand,  as  it  were  to  avoid  the  streams  of 
brilliant  ligh*  that  made  the  interior  of  the 
house  the  greatest  imaginable  contrast  to  the 
pure,  pale,  clear  brilliance  of  the  solemn  waiting 
world  outnide.  she  said  to  a  servant  who  hap¬ 
pened  to  be  passing. "  W here  ts  Lord  Havering  7" 

"lie  Is  In  the  library,  madume.  1  have  just 
left  him  t  here." 

Then  the  lady  went  to  the  door  of  that  room 
where  the  reader  first  saw  the  master  and  the 
mistress  of  the  house,  and  knocked.  On  being 
told  to  com«-  in,  she  entered  and  walked  quietly 
up  to  Lord  Clavering,  who  was  at  his  table  writ¬ 
ing.  lie  rose  to  meet  her  with  an  air  of  admir¬ 
ing  respect.  ,  _ 

She  said,  "Lord  Daynham  is  arrived.  He  is 
with  Lady  Havering  in  her  sitting  room.  Direc¬ 
tions  were  sent  to  him  by  the  groom  who  met 
him  at  the  station  this!  be  was  to  go  there  first. 
Lord  Havering.  I  am  his  wife ! " 

He  started,  and  almost  jumped  away  from 

“  Wo  were  married  two  month*  ago  at  Flor¬ 
ence.  I  was  there  with  m  v  aunt,  Lady  Mary.  I 
aui  thedaugbter  of  your  cousin.  My  lather  was 
the  husband  of  a  lady  you  once  wished  to  marry, 
ami  you  have  never  forgotten  the  way  in  which 
he  succeeded  with  her.  ’ 

“Mary  Huntly,  1  ought  to  have  been  asked. 
You  have  robbed  me  of  my  son  s  duty.  What 


not  to<>  cold,  for  there  was  peace  in  the  air.  it,  - -  .  . .  ..  ,  ,. 

«•  «>  'f  whole  ««*"».  win.  retail.,*.  foMTSS 
hearts  and  boisterous  winds,  had  become  a,,»Hlv. 


bet' 


folds  of  a  scarlet  cash  mere  round  her  shoulders. 

The  t  wo  ladies  gazed  Into  each  others*  faces 
and  then  Mrs.  Beaumont  laughed  aloud. 

“My  dear  Julia,”  slic  said,  as  soon  as  her  voice 
was  steady,  “she  will  succeed.  No  man  on 
earth  has  any  choice  against  her.  For  my  part 
j  will  stay  here  till  you  come  out  from  dinner- 
say  1  am  exhausted  ;  il  is  quite  true,  for  I  can't 
imagine  what  is  to  happen  next,  and  Lord 
Clavering  might  quest  ion  me.  Now  go  out  ou 
l  landing  and  see  how  Madame  is  conducting 
herself.'* 

Speechlessly  did  Lady  Havering  rise  and  go 
forth  ;  and  as  she  looked  down  on  the  scene  in 
the  hall  she  could  not  do  other  than  wonder 
and  admire.  Madame  was  there,  her  Imauty 
making  the  place  radiant,  and  Lord  Havering 
talking  to  her  with  an  air  of  undisguised  admir¬ 
ation. 

“  Mamma.”  said  Muriel,  running  up  stairs  and 
seizing  hold  of  Lady  Havering's  hand.  "  Anna 
and  I  did  not  exactly  know  what  to  say  when 
papa  asked  who  madarne  was ;  we  did  not  know 
quite.  We  said  she  was  granny's  friend;  that 

she  had  done  our  German  exercises  with  us  for 

a  week.  Was  that  right  ?" 

“  Quite  right,  darling ;  she  is  your  friend,  too.” 


hushed  *>''*  Christ r’ "  -  ■  “■  •dlo  In  Havering  Gas- 
tie  little  suspected,  a  story  was  working  Itself 
out  to  the  end.  The  beaut  if  u  I  et  ranger  was  the 
center  of  everything.  How  it  had  so  suddenly 
grown  to  be  so,  no  one  knew.  She  never  sat  at. 
their  tables ;  she  had  never  been  seen  to  eat  or 
drink;  she  always  wore.!  he  flowing  black  dress ; 
and  she  was  always  wrapped  In  the  cashmere 
shawl.  Everything  that  had  been  done  had  ' 
owed  a  something  to  her  doing:  everything 
that  she  said  was  felt  instant  ly  to  be  right ;  ev- 
erythtng  she  touched  appeared  immediately  to 
put  on  a  new  beauty.  It.  was  a  power  so  hint  ant  tv 
felt  ami  so  unhesitatingly  recognized,  that  the 
inmates  of  t  he  house  sought  after  her  for  help, 
for  advice,  for  linn!  approval,  for  courage  and 
strength-  Even  the  very  enjoyment  seem  to 
grow  greater  from  her  presence.  In  the  adven¬ 
tures  of  the  great  ball  her  words  worked  magic¬ 
ally.  She  stood  at  the  top  of  the  great  room, 
and  led  off  the  dance  with  Lord  Havering; 
but  when  the  end  came,  everybody  ffcH  that 
.  adi  hud  had  ;i  full f  hare  «>f  personal  grot  Men¬ 
tion;  everybody's  ambition  seemed  to  have 
been  fulfilled,  everybody’s  hope*  gratified. 

After  the  first  few  mito/fts  (he  beautiful  lady 
had  not  been  seen  t  o  dam  e  any  longer,  and  had 
only  aguin  been  visible  when  the  help  of  some 
wiser  head  or  more  cunning  hand  was  wanted. 

Everything  was  successful.  Everything  was 
so  absorbing  that  t  here  was  no  time  to  stand 
still  and  wonder  over  the  new  inmate  who  had 
come  so  strangely  to  the  castle;  but  everybody 
felt  the  bright,  influence,  and  some  found  time 
to  whisper  that,  anyhow,  she  had  come  for 
good. 

But  «  slight  vet  distinct  change  had  eomc  on 
Lady  Havering.  She  whose  rule  had  been 
perfect  and  indisputable,  because  gentle  and 
good,  ruled  no  more.  It  Was  felt  In  some  way 
quite  Impossible  to  describe,  that  she  waited 
and  obeyed. 

Thu*  the  day  runic  for  the  great  county  ball, 
whlob  n  time-honored  custom  had  caused  to  be 
held  at  the  castle.  The  !?horts  and  the  Grey- 
sons  were  ready  with  their  tableaux;  and  per¬ 
fect  in  their  parts.  All  the  necessary  machin¬ 
ery  was  fixed,  and  there  was  to  be  a  final  re¬ 
hearsal  of  the  new  one  suggested  by  Madame, 
and  eagerly  indorsed  ou  all  sides.— The  Mar- 
riavc  of  Strotmhmr.  The  genius  displayed  in 
the  arrangement  of  scenery  was  a  match  for  all 
the  rest.  No  one  felt  any  doubt  :  everyone 
admired  and  applauded  and  longed  for  the  final 
show,  t  he  prostrate  warriors,  the  gravely-clad 
monks,  the  exulting  bystanders,  the  troop  of 
beaut  iful  maidens.  It  was  a  must  popular  idea, 
this  Moirfoi/e  of  Stnniylnni'.  It  took  all  the 
pretty  girls  In  the  house,  who  had  nothing  to  do 
but  stand  still  ami  look  beautiful,  which  every¬ 
one  of  them  in  their  soever  hearts  felt  them¬ 
selves  unquestionably  capable  of  doing.  But 
the  bride  was  to  be  Madame ;  crowned  and  Clad 
in  pure  white  she  was  to  be  ;  and  whet  her  any¬ 
one  there  could  look  lovely  by  her  side  was  a 
very  doubtful  mutter  in  Lady  Havering's  mind- 
And  then  came  the  question,  who  was  to  be 
Strougbow  ?  Lord  Havering?  Madame  would 
have  no  one  else.  Her  lips  had  spoken  it ;  and 
though  Lord  Clavcring  trembled  he  obeyed. 
Never  was  there  such  a  rehearsal  oa  the  List  and 
the  full-dressed  one,  in  the  room  darkened  tor 
the  purpose.  How  Madame  fixed  her  Strong- 
bow  with  her  half-fearful,  asking,  modest  glit¬ 
tering  eve  !  It  was  not  the  mere  nervousness  of 
acting  that  made  the  strong  man  quiver  in 
every  nerve. 

Then  it  was  over,  and  people  said  that  It 
would  dn  perfectly!— that  it.  was  the  grandest 
idea  and  the  finest  tableau  that  had  ever  been 
seen. 

Some  of  them  wished  to  discuss  the  matter 
with  Madame,  but  she  was  gone,  not  to  be 
found,  at  least  for  the  present— lost. 

It  was  a  night  full  of  stars,  with  the  moon  on 


angrily. 

“I  name  to  ask  you  to  give  me  cack  my  moth¬ 
er,"  she  said,  making  with  emotion  and  with 
tier  wonderfully  beautiful  face  agonized  sud¬ 
denly  with  tea ni.  “Lord  Daynham,  my  hus¬ 
band,  before  our  marriage,  wrote  to  Lady  C'l&v- 
erlng,  and  ahe  promised  to  try  to  chunge  your 
state  of  feeling;  towards  us,  but  assured  him  to 
got  anything  but  a  refusal  from  you  at  that  mo¬ 
ment  would  be  quite  Impossible.  Lord  Dayn- 
ham  would  uot  have  married  me  tn  the  face  of 
your  refusal,  lie  would  not,  therefore,  run  the 
risk  of  asking  you.  We  asked  no  one— not  even 
my  mother.  \Vc  loved ;  wo  were  both  of  us  good 
and  true.  I  was  his  equal,  and  there  was  no 
reasonable  objection  to  our  marriage ;  therefore 
we  married.  And  now,  now— turn  us  out  if 
you  please.  I  care  for  nothing,  dread  nothing; 
and  1  only  want  one  thing;  that  tiling  I  am  here 
to  get,  (the  me  InJch  my  moth  or! " 

She  uttered  the  words  with  a  cry,  a  wail  so 
subduing  that  it  seemed  to  pierce  Lord  Haver¬ 
ing’s  soul.  She  trembled  Lorn  head  to  foot, 
the  tears  courted  down  her  Hushed  cheeks  in 
stream*.  “I  can't  live  without,  my  mother. 
Give  me  back  my  mother !"  and  the  moisture 
rose  to  Lord  Havering’s  eyes  as  he  saw  and 
heard  h-i 

“  You  must  explain  yourself,"  lie  said,  making 
her  fit  down  by  him.  "  What  have  1  to  do  with 
yottr  mother?’’ 

“  She  refuses  to  sec  me,”  sobbed  Lady  Dnyn- 
ham.  “My  dear  mother,  the  great  blessing  of 
my  life.  mV  darling,  mv  darling  «h©  won't  see 
me  because  l  have  married  your  son.  she  says 
you  embittered  her  husband'd  life;  that  you 
can’t  think  anything  but  evil  of  t  he  dead :  that 
you  have  allowed  a  ridiculous  idea  of  having 
suffered  injustice  to  disgrace  your  life ;  uudthat 
my  marrving  the  son  ol  rueti  a  man  separates  me 
from  her  forever,  <».  ut  least  ,  till  you  conic  to 
your  senses,  and  her  to  forgive  you,  and  re¬ 
ceive  me  back.  0  Lord  Havering!  a  small  tiling, 
us  vou  thougut  it  -only  a  resolution  never  to 
sen  or  to  think  well  of  one  fellow-creature— ha* 
been  persevered  tn  till  it  has  lost  you  a  son’s 
obedience,  and  broken  my  heart  almost,  i  can¬ 
not  live  with  an  angry  mother;  I  cannot  endure 
life  apart  from  her.  i  love  her— I  cling  to  her— 
i  long  for  her!  she  ha,-;  always  been  the  t-ender- 
est  mother  alive,  and  now— now!  GItp  her  back 
to  me.  ii  all  depends  on  you.’ 

“Then  iell  me  what  I  shall  do,"  be  said  with 
cast-down  eyes,  and  speaking  gently.  “I  did 
not  know— I  did  not  think.  But  to  have  my 
8iin  married  -without  my  knowledge— ia  there 
no  mortification  to  ms,  do  you  suppose,  in  hav¬ 
ing  the  world  made  acquainted  with  so  degrad¬ 
ing  a  fact t " 

“It  was  ail  your  own  fault.  How  could  we 
help  it?  I  am  In  every  way  fit  tn  lie  his  wife. 
Ho  bad  a  rigid  *»>  choose  me.  I  have  come  here 
to  make  things  right.  Chance  ha*  favored  me. 
The  btrougbov.  ol  to  night  must  be  Lord  Dayn¬ 
ham.  You  must  immediately  tell  all  the  world 
assembled  here  the  tact  of  our  marriage,  and 
you  must  tell  the  truth— say  who  I  am,  and  why 
wc  married  without  your  knowledge.  All  the 
people  in  the  county  who  have  readied  middle 
age  remember  my  father,  and  know  of  your 
quarrel  with  him.  Nothing  but  truth  can  help 
us.  And  go  t< “morrow  to  Huntly,  and  get  me 
;  back  m>  mother,” 

Once  more  the  violence  of  her  emotion 
seemed  to  overcome  her,  and  she  sank  on  her 
knees  at  Lord  <  jav. -ring's  feet. 

That  night,  when  Lord  Daynham  appeared  as 
Strongbow,  there  was  a  sound  like  the  hushed 
bream  of  h  multit  ude  surprised,  wonder-struck. 
Tin,  bride  (Ire.-. -ted  with  a  most  wonderful  beau¬ 
ty,  a  real  bride,  with  the  young  slaters  of  her 
husband  close  to  her  silvery  '  ~ 


_  - - .  train.  One  more 

figure— Lord  Havering  by  tils  son's  side— ami 
theii  the  curtain  dropped,  and  people  breathed 
again,  and  were  oidy  (stopped  in  their  applause 
bv  Lord  Havering  appearing  In  ill*  mock  armor, 
and  saying.  "11  i*  nil  hi  v  How  i  hoy  all  talk¬ 
ed  !  how  t  hey  cried  out,  “  Once  more The  pre¬ 
ceding  tableaux  had  all  bad  their  appearance*. 
But  no !  Lady  Daynham  was om bracing  her  hus¬ 
band  in  a  safe  place,  behind  the  scenes,  ami 
they  only  appeared  hi  lime  to  open  the  ball. 
The  good  old  county  gossips  remembered  all 
about  the  quarrel,  and  those  angry, d Isa ppointed 
years  which  had  followed  On  Mr.  Huntly  mar¬ 
rying  Ivate  Latimer.  They  talked  of  nothing 
else;  and  everybody  rejoiced  over  t lie  ending 
of  so  loim-ehcrished  a  grief. 

But  when  ut  last,  people  began  to  go  away, 
and  others  to  get  to  bed,  Lord  Clavcring  and 
Lord  Duyuham  were  found  to  be  going  too¬ 
th  rough  the  night  to  Mr.;.  Huntly  I  iirough  Hm 
night  to  sav.  "1  repent ;  lam  glad  to  get  your 
daughter  fov  my  child— to  ask  forgiveness  ami 


peace. 

“Oh,  take  all  you  want,  uud  welcome said 
Mrs.  Huntly;  “only you  will  please  to  remem¬ 
ber  that  1  never  loved  any  man  but  my  husband, 
and  that  you  never  bad  a  chance  with  me— no, 
never!" 


MAR6H  3 


MOORE’S  BUBAL  WEW-VORKER 


THE  LONELY  FLOWER. 

A  little  flower  30  lowly  grew, 

So  lonely  was  It  left,  » 

That  Heaven  looked  like  aneye  of  blue, 

Down  In  lt»  rocky  cleft. 

What  could  the  little  flower  do 
In  such  a  darksome  place, 

But  try  to  reach  that  eye  of  hlne, 

And  climb  to  kiss  Heaven's  face  ? 

And  tbere'a  no  life  so  lone  aud  low 
But  strength  may  attll  be  given. 

From  narrowest  lot  On  earth  to  grow 
Tho  straighier  up  to  Heaven. 

T Gerald  Hasten. 
- - 

A  TALK  WITH  MY  SISTERS. 

I  have  been  an  interested  but  silent  reader 
of  the  Run  at,  for  quite  n  while.  There  arc  few, 
I  should  think,  who  cannot  find  satisfaction  In 
Its  columns  while  it  offers  such  a  variety  of 
reading  matter.  I  cannot, say  that  the  "  Ladles’ 
Portfolio”  has  interested  me  more  than  some 
other  departments ;  yet,  whatever  tends  to  ele¬ 
vate  women  always  receives  very  careful  atten¬ 
tion,  and  perhaps  n  few  thoughts  from  me  may 
not  be  amiss. 

I  was  somewhat  amused  at  Lnu  M.  Kelsey's 
idea,  of  man.  Kcatly,  I  should  think  she  had 
been  rather  unfortunate  in  her  acquaintances. 
I  once  heard  a  conversation  between  two  men 
—both  church  members— in  regard  to  the  exist¬ 
ence  of  a  literal  hell  of  (ire  and  brimstone  for 
the  never-ending  punishment  of  the  wicked. 

“  Why,  grandfather,"  said  the  younger  one, 
“if  I  did  not  believe  there  is  a  hell  of  flre  nnd 
brimstone,  where  1  should  be  punished  ages 
without  end,  I  would  give  vent  to  all  my  evil 
propensities— cut,  slash,  kill,  and  go  it  Jchu- 
like.” 

The  older  man  looked  him  In  the  eye,  and 
said:— "I  believe  you  are  just  as  moau  as  you 
say  you  aro." 

So  we  shall  have  to  think  that  L.  M.  K.  Is  just 
as  ill-tempered  as  she  says  she  is.  (I  am  glad  I 
am  not  a  man,  so  1  will  not  have  to  risk  getting 
such  a  woman  for  a  wife.) 

I  have  seen  women  in  just  such  a  passion  as 
L.  >f.  K.  describes;  and  If  she  hud  added  the 
slamming  of  doors,  kicking  over  of  chairs,  and 
"boxing”  the  ears  of  the  "pinafores,”  the  pic¬ 
ture  would  have  been  complete. 

!I  would  BUggest  that  the  next  time  the 
sparks  from  her  eyes  are  so  dangerous  that 
"That  important  representative  of  the  malo 
sex”  so  abruptly  makes  his  exit,  (perhaps  he, 
too,  had  "an  undignified  sensation  of  pleasure 
at  the  bare  petdbijjty"  of  finding  tlm  femul, 
portion  of  the  family  in  a  pleasant  humor,  and 
of  spending  the  rest  of  the  evening  in  pleasant 
forgetfulness  of  the  toils  of  the  day,)  that  she 
follow  him,  and  see  where  he  spends  the  re¬ 
mainder  of  the  evening.  !  will  venture  to  say 
it  will  be  whore  there  are  no  scolding  women. 

O  !  that  women  would  uw^b  to  a  sense  of 
their— which  shall  I  s^-duty  or  dai^er?  Per¬ 
haps  both  v"»ui<1  not  hft  amiss.  Will  women 
evt,r  <-ahi  that  their  own  conduct  Is  driving 
men  away  from  them  to  tho  billiard  roonj  and 
the  saloon.  Such  conduct  Will  do  it,  if  it  is  not 
always  the  cause.  Ido  not  wish  to  be  under¬ 
stood  to  be  putting  all  the  blame  upon  women 
not  at  ail;  but  there  seem  to  be  some  who 
think  women  arc  faultless,  (I  know  they  are 
not,  for  I  am  one,)  and  the  men  all  to  blame. 
If  all  women  who  indulge  In  such,  would  stop 
talking  disparagingly  of  the  men  and  meddling 
with  politics,  and  take  time  to  look  to  the  “  in¬ 
ner  man,  I  think  they  Would  find  so  much 
room  for  improvement,  that,  the  change  would 
be  felt  in  a  great  many  homes. 

We  are  ail  imperfect ;  and  I  presume,  wherc- 
ever  discomrort  exists  to  any  great  extent,  that 
both  sides  are  to  blame;  but  why  not  woman 
begin  a  reformation?  Suppose  she  does  have 
to  force  a  smile  sometimes;  did  smiling  ever 
hurt  any  one?  Perhaps  she  will  feel  better 
after  the  effort,  and  if  cont  inued  pleasant  atten¬ 
tion  faj|$  to  make  a  husband  more  loving  and 
attentive,  thon  he  is  unworthy  the  loved  name  I 
of  husband.  We  must  remember  t  hat  the  hus¬ 
band  and  father  is  toiling  for  us,  and  has  a  great 
many  more  temptations  and  trials,  where  his 
business  Is  among  so  many  different  classes  of 
men,  than  we  can  possibly  have  at  home.  Then 
shall  we  add  to  his  unhappiness  by  giving  a 
frown  instead  of  a  smile  when  he  returns  in  the 
evening?  Ah,  sisters!  it  would  he  neither,  if 
some  accident  should  happen  and  lie  should  be 
brought:  home  a  corpse,  as  often  does  happen. 

Hut  women  can  sometimes  bo  too  timid.  To 
illustrate  :  The  wife  of  a  cattle  dealer  wanted 
to  go  to  her  sister's  wedding,  and  she  had  no 
dross  good  enougii  to  wear,  so  her  mother  let 
her  have  one  of  her's,  and  as  there  was  consid¬ 
erable  difference  in  tiieir  size,  the  dress  had  to 
be  remodeled,  The  husband  went  with  his  wife 
lo  the  wedding,  and  while  going,  ho  discovered 
that  she  was  weeping.  In  answer  to  hisinquiry  | 
of  the  cause,  she  replied  that  siie  had  on  her  1  1 
mol  her’s  dress,  and  she  was  afraid  that  every  < 
one  would  know  that  it  was  her  mother’s  old  ' 
dress  made  over. 

"  by  didn't  you  tell  me  you  had  no  dress  to 
wear,  and  you  should  have  had  one?”  said  the  |  i 
husband.  "  ]  did  not  know  that  you  had  no  t 
dress  good  enough  to  wear."  The  next  time  he  a 

went  to  tho  city  he  bought  three  dresses  for  her.  a 
Let  woman  be  mistress  of  her  situation,  and  x 


I  t  hink  she  wi  1 1  have  less  room  for  complaint. 
The  Avoman  who  w  ill  not  govern  lierself,  cer¬ 
tainly  cannot  govern  her  household  ;  conse¬ 
quently,  it  governs  her.  She  spends  her  ener¬ 
gies  in  vain  fretting  and  passion,  and  then  com¬ 
plains  that  shots  “worked  down."  Of  course 
|  she  is  worked  down  ;  for  the  haste  with  which 
j  such  women  sometimes  Avork,  together  with 
the  amount  of  nervous  fluid  necessary  to  sup¬ 
ply  such  temperaments,  is  enough  to  exhaust 
j  the  energies  of  any  ordinary  woman. 

V  BfttfNA. 

- - 

WHICH  WAS  THE  WASTER  1 

"Sarah,  1  am  very  sorry  to  see  such  waste¬ 
fulness,”  said  William  Andrews,  as  he  picked 
some  papersout  of  the  wood -box  aud  held  them 
up.  "  The  ragman  pays  two  cents  a  pound  for 
these.  Tom  Day  told  me  his  wife  bought  all 
her  tinware  with  her  paper-rags.  We  never  can 
thrive  unless  you  attend  to  thbai)  little  wastes. 
You  know  the  old  saving,  *  Small  leaks  sink  a 
ship.’" 

dAivAii  was  a  wise  Avonmn,  who  didn't  “  flare 
up  "  at  every  trifle  ;  so  she  t  ucked  the  paper  into 
the  rag-bag  which  hung  in  the  eellanvay.and  as 
she  was  busy  paring  apples,  she  thought,  she 
would  pursue  this  subject  of  waste  still  further. 
She  evidently  had  something  on  her  mind,  too. 
She  spoke  more  pleasantly  than  William  did, 
but  quite  as  decidedly. 

“  What  would  you  say  of  me,  William,  if,  in¬ 
stead  of  wasting  a  tenth  of  a  cent  in  old  paper, 

I  took  two  dollars  worth  of  sugar  and  threiv  it 
out  in  the  door-yard?  " 

William  looked  up  with  surprise  at  the  ab¬ 
surd  question. 

"Or  if  I  should  burn  up  a  new  dress  of  Jen-  | 
ME'nto  kindle  a  flre?" 

"  Don’t  talk  nonsense,  wife,"  said  he,  angi  ily,  ! 
Avlth  a  dim  conviction  that  in  some  Avay  ho  was 
tho  man. 

"What  difference  Is  there  between  my  acting 
so  and  your  losing  one  or  two  days’  Avork  every 
week  for  a  more  trifle  ?  Six  dollars  you  lost  last 
week,  for  a  mere  dispute  with  your  employer. 
It  la  out>  a.  Wonder  that  you  have  your  place 
back  this  week.  I  presume  you  wouldn’t  if  ho 
had  not  been  ho  pressed  with  work.  To-day  you 
might  have  been  busy,  but  a  trifle  has  kept  you 
homo.  Now,  ii  I  struck  work  for  every  wiiim 
also,  whore  would  the  house  go  to?  Suppose 
women  struck  for  eight,  hours  a  day.  The  ma¬ 
jority  of  us  work  sixteen,  and  make  less  fuss 
about  it  than  ntort  do  at  their  ten  hours.  We 
never  have  a  day,  cither,  unless  really  sick. 
Tho  small  savings  i  might  make  in  a  month 
would  not  amount  to  half  what  you  waste  every 
day  you  lie  idle." 

Sarah  may  have  grown  a  little  warmer  as  she 
proceeded,  but  she  kept-  her  temper.  William  j 
looked  "cheap,"  and  Mt.  convicted.  lie  rwdly  1 
iiau  not  looked  on  profit  and'  loss  in  just  this 
light  .  He  knew  lie  did  not  get  on  well,  and 
somehow  fell  into  the  way  men  have  had  since 
Adam’s  l  ime,  of  blaming  It  all  on  his  wife,  i  or 
a  wonder,  lie  did  riot  reply,  bhf  look  a  hammer 
and  went  out  atwi  tinkered  up  the  front  fence. 

"  Sqt  on  dinner  early,  K.vLLy,"  he  said,  looking 
In  at  the  door.  "  I  guess  I  won't  go  to  Hieefleld 
this  afternoon  ;  I’ll  go  over  to  the  shop." 

Sarah  rejoiced  at  this  decision,  and  set  him 
on  the  nicest  of  dinners,  served  in  the  pleasant¬ 
est  manner.  She  encouraged  and  helped  him 
in  time  to  break  up  his  wasteful  habit  of  losing 
a  day’s  work  so  often  unnecessarily,  and  they 
began  "  to  thrive  like  mice  in  a  mill.” 

J.  E.  McC. 


failing  for  the  Uoitng. 


KING  BABY. 

His  scepter  Is  a  rattle, 

His  throne  is  mother's  arms ; 

He  vetgns  a  tiny  tyrant, 

In  all  his  dimpled  charms  ’, 

Yet  round  hla  royal  presence 
Our  loving  hearts  entwine : 

Dictator  ol'  tho  cradle. 

And  king  by  right  divine  ! 

Whatever  be  his  mandates, 

No  courtiers  dare  rebel ; 

Ills  mother’s  chief  of  the  household, 
Prime  m Inlstor  as  '.veil ! 

In  yon  perambulator, 

His  doAvny  car  of  state ; 

Exacting,  rosy  monarch, 

What  triumphs  on  him  wait ! 


In  purple,  ease  ami  splendor, 
Long,  long  be  •eric,  to  reign  ; 
All  hints  of  nose  disjointed. 

He  smiles  at  with  disdain  l 
Alas  I  that  royal  greatness 
Should  ever  he  disowned  i 
More  comes  a  tiny  stranger,- 
King  Baby  is  dethroned. 


Ulldinr, 


WOMEN  AT  HOME, 

A  Poetical  w  riter  has  said  that  some  men 
move  through  lifo  as  a  band  of  music  moves 
down  the  street,  flinging  out,  pleasure  on  every 
side  through  the  air  to  every  one,  far  and  near, 
that  can  listen.  Some  men  HI)  the  air  rvith 
their  strength  and  sweetness  as  the  orchards  in 
October  days  fill  the  fiir  Avlt.h  ripe  fruif.  Some 
women  cling  to  their  own  houses  like  tho  hon¬ 
eysuckle  over  the  door;  yet,  like,  it,  fill  the 
region  with  the  subtle  fragrance  of  1  heir  good¬ 
ness.  How  great  a  bounty  and  blessing  is  it  so 
to  bold  tho  royal  gifts  of  tho  soul  that  they 
shall  be  music  to  florae,  fragrance  toothers,  and 
life  to  all  !  II,  would  be  no  unworthy  thing  to 
live  for,  to  make  the  power  which  wc  have 
within  us  the  breath  of  other  men’s  Joy;  to  fill 
the  atmosphere  which  they  must  stand  in  with 
a  brightness  which  they  cannot  create  Tor 
themselves. 


LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

The  Noble  Dog. 

We  had  a  noble  dog  by  iiie  name  of  Ilcro. 
Hoavus  a  very  savage  dog,  but  with  those  ho 
|  w»B  a,  qua tntod  with  he  was  kind.  Warm  Siun- 
|  merdaya  lie  would  roam  off  into  a  little  grove 
near  the  house,  and  there  he  would  stay  until 
the  sun  had  net,  and  then  he  would  ;,l.art  for 
homo.  Out  one  day  Haro  disappeared;  where 
he  had  go  tie,  wo  could  not  tell ;  we  looked  and 
hunted  everywhere  for  him,  but  still  he  ivas  not 
found  ;  wc  even  advertised  in  the  county  papers 
for  him,  but  all  in  vain.  One  of  our  nearest, 
neighbors  Avont  to  Ruffalo  to  visit  Ids  friends, 
and  it  happened  that  no  Avent  into  a  store;  as 
be  AVas  looking  around,  he  looked  to  the  further 
ond  of  the  store,  and  Avhat,  should  ho  see  but 
our  noble  pet  Horn.  lie  walked  up  to  him  and 
Bald "  Hero,  you  brave  fellow,  hoAV  came  you 
hero?"  Hero  sprang  to  his  feet .and  Commenced 
i>at  king  and  making  a  great  disturbance.  And 
all  the  chirks  in  the  Unto  i'tui  to  see  what  was 
(ho  matter;  and  our  friend  turned  to  them  and 
••.aid;  "Whore  did  you  .purchase  this  noble 
dog?”  And  they  replied,  saying,  “We  found 
him  in  the  street  one  cold  morning,  and  brought 
him  to  t  his  store,  and  here  bC  has  stayed  with 
us  ever  since.”  Our  friend  told  t  horn  hotv  such 
a  dog  had  been  lost,  and  that  ha  would  pay  them 
4  ’od  nrler  nnd  Like  the  d-vr.  And  i>  he 
brought  Hero  home.  And  as  l  sit  here  writing, 
IP  is,  is  Sleeping  on  hU  rug  near  the  stove  ;  and 
I  thick  if  ho  could  speak,  lie  would  say:— “I 
never  want  to  go  to  Buffalo  again,  hut  stay  at 
my  country  home,”— Jessie  Tanner,  aged  15. 

A  Long  Churning, 

Dear  Editor:—!  am  a  ittriiier’a  daughter,  and 
was  brought  up  to  milk,  make  oliecao  aud  hut- 
tor,  and  think  l  can  make  Just  as  good  butter 
in  the  Spring  or  early  in  the  Fall,  as,  any  one; 
but  late  in  the  season  1  am  puzzled  to  Lu'-'w 
why  the  cream  wilt  not  come  without,  bo  much 
churning!  i  churned  four  hours  not  long  ago, 
and  the  next  time  f  churned  from  eight  In  the 
CAuming  till  four  in  the  morning;  then  I  look  a 
short  nap  in  my  rooking  chair,  for  I  thought  it 
might  do  the  cream  good  to  rest,  nnd  war,  sure 
that  my  arms  were  tired.  At  0  1  resumed  the 
task,  leaving  It  long  enough  to  cal  my  breakfast 
and  milk,  and  did  not,  get  the  butter  till  9ti ;  it 
looked  white,  but  was  not  too  hard.  This  is  no 
yarn,  but  a  positive  fact.  But  just  to  Satisfy 
3omo  of  my  friend  a,  who  say  that  I  do  not  get 
the  cream  warm  enough,  I  tried  it  by  the  flicr- 
monieter,  and  it  was  then  ai  82  after  daylight. 
The  next  l  liuo  I  said  I  would  not  chum  all  night, 
and  had  the  cream  so  warm  that  I  expected  to 
have  Avhitc  butter  in  half  an  hour;  but  to  my 
surprise,  churned  till  2,  and  left  it  without  get¬ 
ting  butter.  There  was  butter  in  the  churuat  1 
o’clock, but  separate  it  would  and  did  not.  We 
have  six  cows,  and  Iced  them  on  roni  fodder , 
but  it  is  bright  and  nice;  my  neighbors  do  the 
same,  but  do  not  havo  to  churn  all  night.  If  my 
fault,  1  wish  to  know  what  It  is.  Please  answer 
in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  and  that  without 
delay,  and  oblige— E.  M.  T.,  Eric  Co.,  N.  Y. 


make  my  “  Castle,"  and  six  hundred  straws  in 
all.  It  is  a  real  “  Fairy  Castle.”— Kitty  Clark. 

A  Busy  Little  Clrl. 

Dear  Mr,  Editor:  —  As  the  rest,  of  the  itttlo 
girls  are  writing,  T  thought  1  would.  I  am  11 
years  old.  One  who  It  ago  two  dogs  killed  21 
sheep  for  pa.  There  was  snow  on  I  he  ground, 
and  pa  and  my  brother  followed  them  up  until 
they  caught,  them,  1  haven  large  doll;  it  was 
broke,  but  ma  fixed  it..  I  have  some  plants  in 
t  ho  house.  Wo  havo  a  farm  and  live  on  It.  My 
brother  lives  on  it,  too;  ho  line  one  little  girl; 
her  name  Is  Isabel.  bho  lux.;  got  rod  hair,  and 
so  have  I.  Her  pa  ia  In  a  baud.  There  are  11  in* 
the  band;  they  can  play  17  pieces.  They  have 
played  for  ft  good  many  suppers.  I  am  sewing 
carpet  rags  by  tho  hall ;  1  get  three  cents  a 
ball.  Our  homes  have  got  t  he  epizootic.  I  ex¬ 
pect,  our  folks  will  not  get  to  slelgh-ridc  much 
this  Winter,  because  the  horses  are  Hick.  I  love 
to  read  the  boys'  and  girls'  letter-  f  have  got 
two  lit  tie  sisters  and  tivplittle  bio!  h-.-nu Ellie 
B.,  Marlon  Co.,  V. 

Flailing  With  Tlp-Upo. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor.  :  -We  are  two  boys,  twelve 
and  thirteen  years  old.  We  live  on  the  line  of 
the  N.  Y.  and  O.  M.  R.  ft.  We  saw  the  picture 
n  the  itURAL,  telling  how  to  catch  fish  with  a 
snore,  and  we  thought  we  wotild  try  it  through 
the  ice,  We  took  four  tip-ups  with  us.  Well, 
we  set,  Ihil  tip-ups.  and  then  tried  the  snare. 
At  llrst.  we  could  not  get,  any,  but  alter  a  while 
we  got.  three  nice  big  suckers;  then  we  went 
and  took  our  tip-ups  out,  and  got  a  perch  and  a 
bullhead ;  ive  baited  them  new,  using  fresh  liver 
fur  ball,.  Next  time  wo  got  a  pick  eret  most,  but; 
and  the  honk  cniight  against  the  ice  mid  broke 
t  he  line,  and  tie  got  anvny ;  but  ho  has  got  some¬ 
thing  to  remember  its  hy  if  ho  lias  not  got  the 
hook  out  of  his  mouth.  We  would  like  to  htn-e 
some  of  the  other  boys  tell  how  they  fish.  Ed¬ 
die  and  Willie  Tip-Up. 


ILLUSTRATED  REB(JS.-No.  8. 


ZW"  Answer  in  two  weeks: 


PUZZLE.  No.  5. 


I  am  14  letters.  I  am  a  bird,  a  crowned  head, 
a  fish  and  a  Sportsman.  Mv  Hist,  resembles  mo 
very  closely— In  fact  |t  Is  idvutkal  With  "df, 


FEMININE  FELICITIES. 

Certain  ladles  are  bound  to  get  up  a  fan¬ 
dango  even  if  it  ts  church. 

A  rouxo  lady  mi  being  asked  what  calling 
slm  wished  her  sweetheart  to  follow,  biushfngly 
replied  that  she  wished  him  to  beahusbamlmau. 

Younc  ladies,  always  give  precedence  to  age. 
Never  go  to  the  wash-tab  if  your  mother  or 
grand  mother  are  present;  they  might  consider 
it  disrespectful. 

In  Alaska,  if  a  native  murders  his  wife  her 
relatives  will  not  be  satisfied  until  he  gives  them 
a  lot  of  blankets.  They  think  a  Avife  is  worth 
fifteen  blankets  in  Summer  and  twenty  in 
Winter. 

A  n  old  bachelor  says  if  a  girl  wants  to  know 
when  she  looks  most  charming  in  the  men's 
eyes,  it  is  when  she  wears  a  simple  muslin  dross, 
with  a  frill  of  lace  around  the  neck  and  at  the 
waist,  and  no  ornaments  but  youth  and  fresh¬ 
ness. 


very  closely  In  fact  It  I  i  idvutkal  wUil  MY  "dl, 
My  first  two  are  m  theaciitenop  i!«’forn  Imk. 
first,  thrbo  would  lisp  lf  I  i-ohl  )  add  40  IhHifryu, 
t  hem.  My  llrst  four  is  a. game  that,  tho  boH  -b* 
light  in.  My  fourth,  fifth  and  sixth  i.s  the  name 
or  somebody',  mother,  wife,  sister  and  daugh¬ 
ter,  M Jr  Diree  lasr.  suggest  the  CoiostiiJ l  empire. 
My  last  eight  embrace  a  vehicle,  an  insect  and  a 
fragrant  decoction  ,  also  a  plant.  I  am  between 
my  seven  and  eighth,  and  while  I  am  there 
there  is  but  one  meaning  to  u.>  three,  no  matter 
if  you  spell  os  back1, cards  or  forwards 

Now,  w her  is  the  dt  p  u.  hoy  or  girl  smart 
enough  to  tell  whal  I  tun,  my  name  and  voc;r- 

Uncle  Charles. 

Answer  in  two  weeks, 

• - »♦« - 

MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA.— No.  \> 

Ma  (i.  10,  10,  5, 15,  21  copied  tihee  a  year 
Mv  SO,..  II .  f  i-s  part  of  the  human  body! 

My  4,  in.  lb,  la  was  an  explorer. 

-Mv  1®’  |rv%U’  '  f,n  fltieiont  city  of  Syria. 

J  .'  ~4,  8,  I,  l.i  is  a  piece  of  mones . 

’! '  's  a  sacred  mount. 

V'  f'1’  I*  1b,  15  is  no  r>on«e. 

My  whole  is  an  amusing  account  or  travel  and 
adventure.  Emma  and  Libbie. 

£3/”  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


Howto  Make  Air  Castles.  CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA.  No.  6. 

Mr.  Editor  I  am  ten  years  old  ;  my  father  _ 

takes  the  Rural,  and  I  like  to  read  it  very  Mv  first  is  in  ask  but  not  in  give 

much,  especially  the  "Young  Rural  1st’*  cor-  My  second  is  in  mill  but  not In  sieve ; 

tier."  I  thought  perhaps  Borne  of  you  would  like  )}•'  third  la  In  uomo  but  not  in  go, 

to  learn  haw  to  make  an  "Air  Castle,”  I  have  My  fifths  Snnl“  mil  not  !n  feu/ 

made  several,  and  they  were  admired  very  much.  My  last  is  in  goose  but,  not  jn  hex!  • 

To  make  my  “Castle,"  you  must  have  scarlet,  MV  whole  is  in  one  of  our  noted  men. 

flannel,  or  shoddy  will  do,  cut  in  small  round  Answer  lu  two  weeks.  a.  c.  e. 

pieces  as  large  as  thO  end  of  your  little  linger;  - - - . — 

Mien  get  some  straw;  cut  twelve  straws  sevox.  PUZZLER  ANSWERS.  Feb.  22 

Inches  long,  string  them  wit  h  u  darning  needle  |  - 

In  the  form  of  a  diamond,  first  a  strxw,  then  a  Word  and  Phrase  Puzzle  No.  2.— Mr  Dcn- 

Pioco  of  flannel,  and  so  on  until  you  got  It  com-  was  summoned  In-  Mr.  Young,  the  Justice 
pletod  ;  then  for  the  next  size  cut  straw  three  Hetuimeon  the  witnU^Jx"/')’  abo,ut  1l',elH,1<!ii!r; 
inches  long,  string  tlxe#e  the  same  a*  1. of  ore;  not  see  the  qitrrel!  s.i  </.u!d' t^rfm/hing1' o2i‘y 
for  the  next  size,  cut  straw  one  inch  long,  fasten  i  from  hearsay ;  so  wa*  djaiulssod. 
on, and  in,  the  three-inch  diamond  seven  of  the  |  Anagrams  of  Animals  No.  J.-  I.  ; 
one-inch  ones;  then  Listen  seven  or  these  on.  LToeodUe;  8  Rhinoceros;  4,  Bw 
and  in  the  large  and  center  seven-inch  dla-  Hunting;  ffiAntSt'Si " 
mond.  It  takes  one  seven-inch  diamond,  seven  can  Shrike ;  f:j,  Pheasant ;  12,  Condor, 
three-inch  ones  and  forty-nine  inch  ones,  to  Problem  No.  4.— 7.036453125  acres. 


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CURRENT  TOPICS. 

Vice-President  Colfax  Again. 

Vice-President  Colfax  has  escaped  formal 
Impeachment,  but,  ns  wo  said  last  week,  he 
stands  impeached  before  the  American  people 
nud  forever  disgraced.  We  had  thought  the 
depth  of  our  humiliation  us  a  people  through 
this  public  officer  and  our  trusted  servant,  had 
been  reached ;  but  if  the  following,  from  a 
Washington  dispatch  to  the  New  York  World, 
Is  true,  lie  and  we  (through  him)  have  sunk  still 
lower ; 

It  will  be  remembered  that  in  his  very  latest 
explanation  ho  insisted  that  George  F.  Nesbitt 
of  New  York,  had  given  him  the  #4,000  at  odd 
times  in  the  Summer  of  IsijS  as  voluntary  con¬ 
tributions,  out  of  friendship,  though  a  total 
Stranger,  and  that  all  the  favor  that  was  ever 
returned  was  a  few  tickets  to  the  inauguration 
ceremonies  In  the  Spring  of  1809.  Now  il  has 
lust  comb  to  light,  from  the  official  records  oi 
the  Post-office  Department,  tlwir  Mr.  Colfax 
was  the.  attorney  and  lobbyist  of  Nesbitt,  and 
that  lie  filed  an  argutnom  in  reply  to  one  made 
by  the  Attorney-General  for  llm  extension  of 
the  stamped  envelope  contract  then  in  the 
hands  or  I  lie  very  same  Mr.  Nesbitt.  It  is  there 
indorsed  as  submitted  by  him. 

The  history  of  the  transaction  is  simply  ttds: 
When  Postmaster-General  Randal)  retired  from 
the  Deportment  he  allowed  this  contract  to 
continue  without  advertising  for  competition. 
When  Postmaster-General  Ores  well  came  in  he 
thought  this  war.  irregular,  and  called  on  the 
Attorney  General  for  an  opinion,  which  was 
soon  forthcoming  and  adverse  to  Mr.  ltan dull  s 
course.  It  wn  -  to  i Ids  that  Mr.  Colfax  tiled  a 
reply,  and  on  thU  Nesbitt’s  contract  was  allowed 
to  run  until  some  time  after,  when  bids  were 
invited. 

In  order  that  no  injustice  may  be  done  Mr. 
Colfax.it  should  lie  stated  that  whUethe  twenty 
pages  of  arguments  in  Nesbitt’s  behalf  are  not 
in  his  baud  writing,  his  letter  indorsing  it  .-mil 
transmitt  ing  it  is  there  It  may  have  been  cop¬ 
ied  for  him,  or  it  rnav  Itave  come  from  Nesbitt’s 
lawyer,  but  Mr.  Colfax  alone  appears  on  the 
record  us  making  the  appeal  Tor  Nesbitt  in  vio¬ 
lation  of  the  act  of  1882.  making  such  an  offense 
from  the  Vice-President  or  Senator  or  member 
the  subject  of  criminal  indictment. 

The  Geneva  Award  In  the  British 
Parliament. 

During  the  discussion  of  the  Queen's  speech, 
in  the  House  of  Lords,  the  Karl  of  Derby  denied 
that  the  British  Government  could  congratulate 
itself  on  tke  issue  of  the  San  Juan  and  Alabama 
controversies,  and  maintained  that  there  was  a 
vast  difference  between  what  was  contended 
for  in  1B04  and  the  absolute  surrender  by  Great 
Britain  in  1872.  He  said  the  effect  of  the  Geneva 
decision  would  be  that  England  hereafter  would 
bo  liable  to  damages  Sn  matters  wherein  she 


could  make  no  claims  on  others.  Lord  Cairns  I 
held  that  the  rules  adopted  were  ambiguous  and  f 
liable  tr>  misinterpretation.  The  Duke  of  Rich-  < 
rnond  did  not  object  to  the  spirit  of  compromise  i 
involved  in  the  Genova  award,  but  to  the  fact  t 
that  it  was  one-sided.  In  the  House  of  Com¬ 
mons,  Disraeli  condemned  the  prospective  nibs  s 
adopted.  JIc  thought  England  had  been  placed 
In  n  dangerous  and  undignified  position.  He  < 
asked  if  England  was  bound,  absolutely,  to  stop  < 
vessels  violating  neutrality  laws,  whether  sus-  i 
peeled, or  not?  The  Washington  Treaty  bound 
the  Government  to  adopt  new  laws  and  urge  i 
them  upon  other  countries.  Did  the  Govern¬ 
ment  intend  to  adopt  now  laws  and  urge  them 
upon  other  countries?  Did  the  Government 
intend  to  adopt  its  own  Interpretation  or  that 
of  the  Geneva  Board?  Mr.  Horseman  said  the 
Geneva  discussion  was  one-sided  and  humiliat¬ 
ing.  Bernard  Osborne  condemned  t lie  arbitra¬ 
tion,  but  believed  I  he  less  said  about  it  tbe  bet¬ 
ter.  Manifestly,  there  is  a  strong  opposition  in 
the  British  Parliament  to  the  Geneva  award. 

The  Country  8afe. 

Some  one  has  been  talking  with  Senator  Sum¬ 
ner  at  his  home  in  Washington.  Wc  make  the 
following  extract  from  the  reported  conversa¬ 
tion  :  “  And  what  do  you  think,  Mr.  Sumner,  of 
our  country— tire  we  going  to  destruction?” 

*•  No,  no,”  pried  Mr,  Sumner,  emphatically ;  "I 
believe  in  the  Republic.  I  believe  in  the  future 
of  our  country.”  **  But  think  of  all  the  lawless¬ 
ness,  the  anarchy  and  corruption  everywhere 
prevailing.  Wo  arc  treading  In  the  footsteps  of 
France.  What  can  save  us  from  falling  as  she 
has  done?”  "It  is  true,”  Jie  an; werod,  sadly, 
"these  terrible  disclosures  in  New  York,  in 
Washington,  in  Kansas,  in  Louisiana,  arc  enough 
to  make  us  tremble.  The  worst  feature  of  it  is 
the  apathy  of  the  people.  When  corruption  i- 
(ilseovered,  the  judgment  of  the  people  should 
strike  like  the  thunderbolt."  Aft  er  a  pause  his 
face  again  brightened,  and  lie  concluded  “  But 
it  does  not  matter.  Our  people  have  immense 
recuperative  power.  1  believe  in  their  recupera¬ 
tive  energy;  I  believe  in  the  Republic.” 

Floggings  of  Criminals  In  England. 

The  29th  of  January  five  prisoners,  according 
to  the  London  papers,  were  flogged  in  Newgate 
prison  by  two  wardens  of  the  Holloway  Prison. 
These  Hoggings  were  with  the 14 cat,”  arid  "the 
hack  of  each  culprit  was  marked  by  a  broad, 
crimson  hand  where  the  4 cal  ’  had  done  its 
work."  Some  people,  in  this  19th  century,  would 
call  this  “  Inhuman  but  is  It  more  a  rdlc  of 
barbarism  t  han  public  hangings  ?  if  we  must 
kill  murderers,  is  it  not  better  lo  do  it  decently 
and  iu  order  quietly  and  In  the  quickest  and 
easiest  possible  way,  and  without  ostentation? 
The  mysterious  death  of  a  condemned  man— 
one  which  docs  not  allow  even  him  to  know 
lichen  It  is  t  o  come,  it  seems  t  o  us  t  o  be  t  !•  ^morr 
Civilized,  and  quite  as  effective  upon  the  popu¬ 
lar  mind  as  a  preventive  of  crime. 

The  Credit  Mobilier  Investigation  In  the 
House 

Has  resulted  in  passing- a  resolution  censuring 
James  Brooks  and  Oakes  Ames  —  that  is  all. 
Evidently  there  are  not  a  sufficient  number  of 
members  of  the  House  ready  to  throw  stones  at 
their  fellows.  This  confession  on  the  part  of 
the  highest  Representative  body  in  the  country 
has  been  wrested  from  them  after  great  pain 
and  peril.  Unfortunately,  these  men  are  neither 
better  nor  worse  than  the  people  whose  con¬ 
stituents  they  are— at  least  we  fear  so  ! 

The  Louisiana  Trouble. 

The  Senate  has  adopted  a  resolution  recog¬ 
nizing  the  Kellogg  Government  in  Louisiana  as 
the  6c  facto  Government,  thus  indorsing  the  ac¬ 
tion  of  President  Grant.  How  this  conclusion 
was  reached,  In  t  He  light  of  the  report  of  the 
Committee  on  Privileges  and  Elect  ions  made  to 
the  Senate,  is  one  of  those  mysteries  which 
haunt  the  corridors  and  halls  of  the  Capitol  only. 

Another  Atlantic  Cable 

Is  to  be  laid  between  England  and  Halifax,  2,!ifl7 
miles  t  hereof  being  already  on  board  the  Great 
Eastern  steamship.  Tills  steamer,  with  three 
others  to  aid  her  In  laying  it.  will  sail  about  the 
Inst,  of  May,  and  it  is  expected  the  cable  will  be 
in  working  order  by  July  1st. 


P.  M„  colder,  12°  above.  18th— Much  warmer! 
8  o’clock  A.  M.,  mercury  30"  above ;  noon,  warm 
and  melting,  40"  above;  6  P.  M.,wnrm  and  rain¬ 
ing,  42"  nbove.  19th— Pleasant  but  quite  cold ;  at 
8  A.M.,  dear  and  indications  of  a  pleasant  day, 
mercury  32  above  zero;  mercury  at  noon,  36° 
above;  0  P.  M.,  a  little  colder,  34J  above.  20th 
Rather  chilly  this  morning  at  8  o'clock;  mer¬ 
cury  30"  above ;  noon,  sun  shining,  but  quite 
cold  ;  mercury  at  30  only  above  zero ;  wind  quite 
high;  OP.  M.,  frightful  change;  very  cold, wind 
high,  blustering  and  snowing,  and  mercury 
down  to  8®  above  zero.  21st—  Very  cold  at  8 
A.  M. ;  mercury  down  to  zero,  but  prospects  of 
a  clear  day.  2Kd— This  morning  seems  to  insin- 


Y.,  the  22d;  loss,  $25,000 . A  large  portion  of 

the  town  of  St.  Peteraburgh,  Pa  ,  on  the  2lst. 
ult :  loss.  $163,000  Distillery  in  Chicago  on  the 
2ist  ult.:  loss,  $60,000.  .  Grocery  store  at  \\  a- 
verly.  N.  Y.,  on  the  21st  ult.;  loss,  $10,000 
Fix  houses  at  Morriaania,  N.  Y.,  on  the  23d  ult.; 
lose,  $40,000.  .Pennsylvania  R.  R.  oil  shop  in 
Camden,  N.  .1.,  on  the  24th  :  loss,  $15.000- . .  <  ar- 
rlage  shop  in  Rome.  Nr.  Y.,  on  the  22d  ;  loss, 
$10.0(10.  Wise  &  Co.’s  store  in  Cincinnati  on 
the  22d;  loss.  $14,000...  Paper  box  factory  in 
Chicago  on  Hie  20th  ult.;  loss.  $27.000..  Rail¬ 
way  shops  at  White  River,  Ind.  .outlie  20th  ult.; 

loss.  $20,000 _ Six  persons  were  burned  to  death 

In  Beachburg,  Out.,  on  the  28th  ult  A  six- 
story  building  on  Hanover  street.  Boston,  was 
burned  on  the  27th  ult.;  three  persons  were 
killed  by  falling  wails,  seventeen  injured,  and 
three  are  missing;  lose. #80,000.... Six  blocks, or 
200  houses,  were  burned  in  New  Orleans  on  t  he 


Orleans  on  the 


Rate  that  we  are  to  have  another  Winter.  It  is  j  in  Alton.  HU 

very  cold;  mercury  (J  below  zero  something  |  on  theS&Mi  ult.:  lore-,  $  4&,000  ...  Lock  factory  on 
quite  unusual  for  this  section  of  the  country;  j  West  Twenty-ninth  street.  New  York,  on  the 
noon,  still  colder ;  mercury.  «  below  ;  8  P.  M fflt h  ult  ;  lusts  MWBJb  •  ■  RJ*  peoplcarc  uovv  dead 
,  ,,  . . .  „  ..  c  from  the  last  Boston  fire.,  iwo  tires  in  Bt. 


quite  unusual  for  this  section  of  the  country; 
noon,  still  colder;  mercury,  8  below ;  OP.  M_,  1 

much  colder:  mercury,  10°  below,  c.  s.  s.  t. 

Winona  Co.,  Mtnn..  Fell.  22.  Winter  began  1 
earlier  than  ever  known  before  in  this  country,  , 
and  has  been  the  most  severe  stnee  1k56-’57 ;  [ 
weather  more  changeable  than  then.  A  great  , 
deal  of  snow  and  several  severe  storms.  Not 
near  the  loss  of  life  in  the  .State  as  reported  in 
Eastern  papers.  Mercury  here,  in  Southern 
Minnesota,  has  not  been  more  than  SO4,  below  ( 
zero.  Lias  touched  that  twice  and  been  20"  be¬ 
low  zero  often;  Had  quite  a  thaw  last  week. 
Lost  part  of  our  snow;  but  cold  enough  now; 

17"  below  zero  yesterday  morning,  and  the  same 
to-day.  Farmers  had  good  crops  laid  year  and 
get  good  prices.  Wheat  is  now  $1.1Q«1.20  per  | 
bushel.  It  has  been  a  very  had  Winter  for  gel-  i 
ting  crops  to  market,  tile  weather  and  roads 
have  been  such.-  n.  it.  e. 

Cumberland  Mountain*, Tenn., Feb.  I  I.  Our 
Winter  has  been  unusually  longandcold  ;  cold¬ 
est  weather  2"  above  zero,  two  days;  deepest, 
snow,  four  inches  for  three  days.  No  mast  this 
year,  so  our  meat  was  fattened  wit h  corn,  which 
was  a  good  crop  ;  oats  and  potatoes  also  ;  hay 
very  light;  Summer  and  Fall  very  dry,  and  fod¬ 
dering  stock  commenced  about  six  weeks  ear¬ 
lier  than  usual.  Iron  and  coal  bed  lands  can  be 
had  for  about  $1  per  acre;  improved  farms,  #6 
4/ 10  per  acre. — C-  J.  w. 

Wood  Hilo  le,  I’e  moil  Go.,  X.  €?,,  Feb.  22.  Wc 
have  had  three  weeks  of  the  rainiest  weather 
that  the  oldest  man  ever  knew  of,  one  freshet 
following  another  in  quick  succession,  amount¬ 
ing  to  live  or  six.  The  weather  from  Dee.  15  to 
Jan.  31  wok  intense  ly  cold.  Lust  year  was  the 
best  general  crop  year  in  ten  years.  No  plow¬ 
ing  of  consequence  has  been  done  for  this  year. 
Some  large  planters  have  not  prepared  any 
plant-beds  yet. — k.  .j.  -t. 

Lewis  t  o.,  N.  V.,  Feb.  2  1.  — Weather  blus¬ 
tering;  hove  had  cold,  stormy  weather  9lnec 
the  middle  of  last  November,  with  few  excep¬ 
tions.  Know  not  n-s  deep  now  as  lost  year  at  this 
time.  Hay  plenty,  at  $l2v*Hi;  straw, 
oats.  45p50c.;  barley,  MttsTCc.;  potatoes.  30Q,50e.; 
cows,  $306.50 ;  horses.  $1006  600  ;  hogs  and  sheep 
very  scarce.— it. 

Kpringboro’,  Warren  Co.,  Ohio,  Feb.  2  1. 
Weather  very  cold;  no  snow.  Crops  of  all  kinds 
have  been  good,  except  tobacco,  which  was 
hardly  an  average  crop.  The  growing  crop  of 
wheat  looks  well.  Prices  of  produce  low  —  s.  k. 
- ♦♦♦ - 

DOMESTIC  NEWS. 

New  York  fifty  and  Vicinity. 

Tuerk  is  great  opposition  to  the  new  chart¬ 
er,  among  Liberal  Republicans  and  Reformers, 
and  mass  meetings  have  been  held.  ...Sixty 
Connells  of  the  Order  of  United  American  Me¬ 
chanic*.  fi.tKHl  strong,  paraded  on  the  33d  of 
February,  also  a.  large  number  of  Orangemen 
and  Veterans.  Receptions  arid  military  re¬ 
unions  were  held  in  the  evening  Fat  her  Burke 
has  sailed  for  Ireland  —  The  Grand  Jury  has 
found  au  indictment  of  murder  in  the  first  de¬ 
gree  against  Hosonzwelg  ...The  Spanish  citi¬ 
zens  have  celebrated  the  Republic. . .  Rev.  John 
Weiss  preached  on  the  23d  ult  Progress  is 
being  made  on  the  Fourth  Avenue  improve¬ 
ments..  .There  lias,  been  another  advance  in 
coal  The  Elevated  Railway  is  being  extended 
. ...  It.  cost  s  $900,090  per  year  to  clean  the  streets 
....There  htis  been  a  great  decline  In  Pacific 
Mail  slock..  A  Convention  in  favor  of  Intro¬ 
ducing  God  into  t  he  Constitution  was  held  on 
the  33th  ult  Ash  Wednesday  was  duly  ob¬ 
served _ Fresh  frauds  are  constantly  being 

tliacovered,  if  one  may  believe  the  paper* 

The  panic  in  Wall  street,  has  been  averted  ... 
The  doctors  are  trying  to  prove  Seunnell’s  in¬ 
sanity.  .  .The new  illust  rated  daily  has  appeared. 

Home  New*. 

Thousands  of  people  have  gouo  to  Wash¬ 
ington  to  witness  the  inauguration  —  A  woman 
has  been  negotiating  with  the  Modoc  Indians, 


mry,  below.  c.  s.  h.  t.  Lou(s  on  thc  27,h  „|t.;  loss  $10.000. . .  House  at 

in..  Feb.  22.  Winter  began  Gwenstown,  Ky.,  on  the  22d  ult.;  loss,  $20,000. 

nown  before  in  tills  country,  niitic*. 

most  severe  since  1«56-’R7;  I  Wm.  0BMMES,  a  plate  printer  at  Washington. 

ngeable  than  then.  A  great  Htole  $7.50.  and  attempted  suicide  on  the  22d  of 

several  severe  storms.  Not  Fob.,  when  caught  by  the  officers.  ..John  Raff 

.•  in  the  St  ile  as  retorted  in  "r  Wanzeu,  Minn.,  murdered  Mrs.  Benson  and 
cm  the  state  as  reported  in  chJ](1  ,  he  21sit)  and  commi„e«l  suicide.  Ira 

Mercury  here,  in  Southern  Bliss  of  Burnside,  Conn.,  was  robbed  and  mur- 

4  been  more  than  30°  below  dered  on  thc  21«t  »(  Feb  —  Monroe  Snyder  of 

Itbat  twice  and  been  30"  he-  Bet  hlehem,  Pa.,  was  robbed  and  murdered  on 
t  n.u  i" ice  ana  do  o  -  ,,  flf  vm.  H,  Beck  of  Indianapolis 

lad  quite  a  thaw  last  we  ek.  'confessed  to  murdering  two  children  in 

now;  but  cold  enough  now;  jjyyo.  The  postmaster  of  New  Orleans  has  been 

erday  morning,  and  the  same  arrested  for  embezzling  $18,388. 

had  good  crops  last  year  and  |  (:oi|„r(.W( 

Wheat  is  now  $l.l0(y  1.20  per  *,  ,  .  ....  r. 

I,tiri  winter  for  ci  The  Poland  Investigating  Committee  re¬ 

nal  try  had  winter  for  M  -  i  .)OI.tt,(1  on  tj,c  J8th,  recommending  the  expul- 

kot,  the  weat, tier  and  roads  |  Bj,,n  nf  Congressmen  Ames  and  James  Brooks. 

>.  is.  e.  Mr,  Brooks  w  ill  defend  himself,  and  Mr.  Butler 

will  defend  Aim  -  It  now  appears  that  Mr. 
intttln*,Tenn., Feb.  I  l.-Our  Colfax  received  four  checks  from  Mr.  Nesbitt 
nueunllv  longandcold  ;  cold-  The  Asiatic  cable  bill  has  passed  I  lie  ce-eof 
Ha  vs  •  deenrst  Senator  Pomeroy  n  being  investigated,  Ihe 
>\«.  zero,  two  day*,  deepest.  Sl|I((}  oivll  Appropriation  Bill  lias  passed 
for  three  days.  No  mast  this  A  j,lll  has  passed  the  House  that  no  person 
ivnft  fid, lotted  with  corn, which  shall  be  promoted  hi  the  army  who  is  addicted 
oats  and  potatoes  also;  hay  to  ll.e  intemperate  use  of  liquora  or  drugs.... 

sr  and  very  dry,  and  d-  noj  a  suitable  rc^iddim  for  the  President ..  A 
noneed  about  six  weeks  ear-  rnodllled  Agricultural  College  ''ill  has  missed 
roll  and  coal  bed  lands  can  lie  the  House  A  proposition  to  impeach  Mr.  Col- 
j,,. i.mvrtH  firms  if,  Tax  has  been  lor-i  in  the  House  .  Business  is  so 
mi  acre,  unproved  farms, upon  Congress,  an  extra  session  may 

.  W.  ho  called  in  June _ The  Judiciary  Goinmitteo 

(  „  v  c.  Feb.  22.  Wr  recommend  the  Impeachment  of  Judge  Shcr- 
,  J'.nw.r  nmn  of  Cleveland.  Ohio  ,  TIioPaciflcMallSub- 
eeks  of  Hie  rainiest  weather  butiill(.s;l  i!t  to  be  investigated  -The  Loui- 

lan  ever  knew  of.  one  l'roshet  siana  Investigating  Orimmlttee  lias  made  four 
iu  quick  .succession,  amount-  report, s  —  Tlio  Geneva  Award  bill  has  passed 

Tin*  weather  from  Dec  16  to  the  House,  wit  h  a  defeat  for  the  insurance  com- 
!"<•  weatnei  irom  dm.  mio  panleB ...  Mr,  itmlerliu*  made  serious  charges 

cly  cold.  Last  year  was  the  against  5V  m.  M.  Evarts  Articli  suf  Itnpeach- 
year  in  ten  years.  No  plow-  moot  have  been  brought  against  Judge  M. 
e  has  been  done  for  this  year.  Delalmy  of  Kansas,  lb  is  charged  with  intoxl- 

„  i . .  cation  .  The  Senate  has  passed  a  lull  prohlbit- 

ers  lidvo  not  prepared  any  jnK  ajj  f .  transportation  of  mail  matter... . 

t.  .J.  .T.  Senator  Carpenter  is  afraid  of  a  newspaper  dic- 

......  ,,  tutorship...  The  President  haa  called  for  an  cx- 

I .,  Feb.  »  I.  —  \5  eat  her  bins-  tra  session  of  the  Senate  to  meet  Mandi  4th 
cold,  stormy  wcatlier  9lnce  The  Kutro  tunnel  scheme  is  dead..  .Mr.  t.'nifax 

t  November,  with  few  exccp-  will  not  he  impeached .  .The  President  Is 

,  .  ,  —  .  anxious  to  have  Congress  take  some  action 

s  deep  now  as  last  year  at  t  ills  n,|.ltjV0  to  Louisiana..  .The  President  sent  a 
ty,  at  straw,  $O0,JO;  menage  to  Congress,  on  the  24th,  relative  to 

cy,  MEr*7T>c.;  potatoes,  QOtfi.SOc.;  the  importance  of  legislation  on  the  fishery 

..A,.  Htfuva'Jiiyi  ■  tifti*  .I  .  heen  question,  and  the  House  passed  the  desired  bill 
ses.  $1UUV 6oo .  hog*  .mu  sneep  ,'|i0  Mfinie  afternoon.  .  The  bill  for  the  inereasc 

of  salaries  paused  the  House  on  the  24th  The 
n,.,„  p,.i,  .,<  House  was  crowded  to  exce-*  on  the  25th  to 

nr.cn  Co.,  Ohio.  Ftb.  21.-  |jrtfin  to  {he  dcba(ft  Credit  Mobilier.  and 

1;  no  snow.  Crops  of  all  kinds  iadies  wore  admitted  to  the  floor.  Judge  Po- 
cxcept  tobacco,  which  was  land  made  a  speech,  Mr.  Oakes  A  me.  ’ defen  se 
p  cron  The  i-rowine  cron  of  was  read  by  the  Clerk.  Ames  is  -aid  to  have 

e  crop,  the  giow.rg  emp  >i  during  the  proceedings.  Mr.  Farnsworth 

Prices  of  produce  low.  k.  r.  defended  Ames  and  Brooks.  Mr.  Hawley  of 

- *-*.*. -  Conn.,  demanded  the  expulslon  of  Ames.  The 

_ _ _ 27th  of  February  wras  spent  in  debate  by  the 

ESTIC  NEWS.  House  on  the  Credit  Mobilier  report ,  Gen.  But- 

_  l*>r  made  a  great  speech  in  t  he  evening.  .Sena¬ 
tor  Windom  has  made  an  iintl-Movinon  speech 

y  and  Vicinity.  _ The  Morrill  Committee  has  recommended 

... _ . .  Senator  Patterson's  expulsion. .  -  -  Mr.  Brooks 

|l  RcmihlVwins  mid'  IRTotmers*  and  Mr.  .Aim-*  have  been  censured  in  Hm  llou.se 
f  "iu  ,  v  .The  Senate  is  considering  tlio  Loutsinim ease. 

!rdi  r  of  t’niD*d  American  M<--  11  '*  'bought  Senator  Pomeroy  will  not  be  ex- 

jrdir  of  I- nilctl  American  Me  pelled.  Judge  Delahav  is  to  be  impeached. 

one.  paraded  on  also  Judge  Sln-rrn  tn  of  ()hlo  ..The  Senate  hill 

huge  number  Of  Oranm  mcn  for  tl)(i  Qf  Louisiana  has  been  defeated 

mthpevening'  Fa.  lu-r  Burke  Mr.  Butler's  salary  bill  has  been  defeated. 

roIaml.^.The  (irantl  Jury  has  -  -  -*+++■ - 

lent  of  murder  in  t  he  tirst  do*  tia n  tit  ittititq 

•eiizwelcr  .  ..The  SDtfniHh  elti-  FOREIGN  NEWS. 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC.  Home  New.. 

_  Thousands#  of  people  have  goue  to  Wash- 

^  v  v  haak  oi  pagH  ington  to  wituoss  the  inauguration  —  A  woman 

Euclid,  Onondaga  (  o.,  ^  *  •,  *  eh.  44.  Coon  jia^  jjeea  negotiating  with  tlio  Modoc  Indians, 

sleighing  since  Nov.  30th.  Snow  quite  deep,  . The  Philadelphia  petroleum  market  hat- 


ami  Hie  thermometer  occasionally  touching 
zero.  The  coldest  day  of  the  season  tvas  Jan. 
29th— 14“  below  zero  at  7  A.  M.  Highest  tem¬ 
perature  of  the  Winter  months,  48-  above  zero, 
Feb.  4th.  Hay,  to  $18  per  ton  at  the  barn, 
for  shipping,  haled  by  the  purchaser.  Wheat, 
$1.70£  L85;  corn,  00c.;  rye,  8.5c.;  oats,  45c.;  pota¬ 
toes.  50c.;  butter.  30c.;  cheese,  14c.;  day  labor, 


been  excited  A  great  centennial  mass  moet- 


ple  of  New  jersey  have  determined  to  throw  off 
railroad  rule.  A  general  railroad  law  has  been 
introduced  into  the  Senate  .America  will  not 
make  a  good  exhibition  at  Vienna  ..  .New  Eng¬ 
land  wn*  visited  with  a  tremendous  storm  on 
the  22d  ult  The  Bench  Pneumatic  Undcr- 


IV  s  were  verr  corn)  r-xceot  ground  Railroad  bill  has  passed  the  Albany  Sen- 

$1  and  board.  Chops  were  very  good,  except  allowing  a  road  under  Broadway  John 

wheat.  Tobacco  Is  nearly  all  stripped,  and  is  McEnery  lias  called  out  the  militia  in  Louisiana, 
selling  from  15c.  to  25c.  per  lb.  tor  the  entire  On  the  24th  ult,.,  a  heavy  snow  storm  pre- 

~  vailed  in  the  Northwest.  What  is  called  the 


crop.  The  latter  price  is  for  choice  crops.  The 
crop  is  better  than  expected  at  harvesting;  hut 
the  amount  grown  In  this  county  is  not  over 
one-half  that  of  1871.  The  amount  of  old  stock 
in  tbe  hands  of  growers  is  not  large,  and  Is 
working  off  at  fair  prices.  The  tendency  is  to 
produce  less  tobacco,  but  of  far  better  quality. 

— T.  H.  8. 

Plymouth,  linl.,  Feb.  17. —Pretty  cold  this 
morning  at  8  o’clock.  Mercury,  14°  above  zero ; 
noon,  cold,  clear ;  mercury  same  as  8  o’clock ;  6 


vailed  in  the  Northwest.  What  is  called  the 
"Custom  House  Charter”  passed  the  Albany 
Assembly  on  Hie  27th  ult  ...If  the  weather  is 
unfavorable,  President  Grant's  Inauguration 


ITllHcellaneouN  Foreign  New*. 

Spain  proposes  to  abolish  capital  punish¬ 
ment  The  resignations  of  38  colonels  and  40 
lieutenant-colonels  of  artillery  have  been  ac¬ 
cepted  in  Spain  .The  idea  of  a  Federal  Repub¬ 
lic  gains  ground  in  Spain  .  Portugal  is  arming. 

All  parts  of  Italy  are  to  be  connected  by 
raiiw  ay,  and  it  is  proposed  to  suppress  religious 
orders  The  Count  de  Chanihonl  declines  to 
compromise  with  the  Orleans  Princes  Mr. 
Washbume  gave  a  great,  dinner  in  Paris  on 
Washington's  Birthday  .The  German  Parlia¬ 
ment  meets  on  March  10th  The  Insurgent*  in 
Spain  are  very  active,  and  tbcrols  a  general  feel¬ 
ing  of  insecurity.  An  Alphonelst  rising  is  feared. 
Republicans  nro  clamoring  for  arms  ...Russia 
is  iiurrylng  reinforcement  s  to  Turkestan  The 
Conservatives  will  oppose  the  English  Govern¬ 
ment  on  the  Irish  Education  bill  .  .  .The  strike 
of  00,000  miners  In  South  Wale*  continues.... 

...Rev.  Thomas  Guthrie,  D.  D.,  died  in  En¬ 
gland,  on  the  33d  nil.;  he  was  editor  of  the 
Sunday  Magazine,  and  horn  In  1803  A  new 
ministry  lias  been  elected  In  Spain  M.  Thiers 
1  expects  a  majority  of  lOOon  the  Constitutional 
project  . .Spanish  Bourbons  havo  hold  a  family 

meeting _ Spain  in  organizing  20  batal lions  to 

fight  Carliats.  _ Switzerland  h.v-  recognized 

Spain  Austria,  Prussia  and  Russia  refuse  to 

recognize  the  Spanish  Republic . Sir  Wm.  E- 

Chan  null,  a  British,  judge,  died  on  tbeSOth  ult. 

. .  Ca-steiar  urges  an  immediate  recognition  of 
the  Spanish  Republic.  Carl  1st?,  are  active  in 
Spain,  and  town*  are  being  fortified  . .  M.Garu- 
betta  and  the  Duke  de  Broglie  have  made 
speeches  in  the  French  Assembly.  .The  troubles 
In  Si  vain  are  ou  the  increase,  and  many  families 

.  ..y.  I  OAMIltwtr  'I'll.-,  Al'O  A  U-I  l-ll 


Fire*. 

The  slilw  Norwester,  with  a  cargo  of  cotton, 
burned  ut  Key  West  on  the  23d  ult — Fancy 
goods  store  in  Washington  on  the  22d;  loss, 
$40, 000 _ Shop,  store,  etc.,  at  Painted  Post,  N. 


May.  . .  A  collision  ha*  occurred  in  the  harbor 
of  Cadiz,  and  SKI  people  have  been  drowned — 
T he  Catholic  Bishops  oppose  the  Irish  educa¬ 
tional  bill _ It  has  been  denied  that  there  lias 

been  an  insurrection  in  Russia. ...The North  of 
France  has  hud  another  great  snow  storm. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


Vegetables.— Exports  of  potatoes,  past  week,  3,200 
tibls,  There  ha  fair  business,  in  part  from  tho  South 
for  seedling  ivimn  lot*  bring  steady  prices;  cotn- 
oioii  grades  are  lower. 

Pencil  Blows  In  hulk,  83  64  3.25 ;  Early  Rose  do., 
*2.75598:  Prince  Albert,  SJ.TC&'/i :  Dyrlglit,  *l.Y5y)}; 
common,  *1.75;  sweet,  $<.50AR,  for  potatoes  In  ship- 
plug  order  add  SSqjk'lTo.  V  bbl.  Marrow  squash,  *4.00 
Mt.Wl  Onions,  red  aud  yellow.  *5"f.0;  (to.  white,  *5.50 
6i>7t  liii  -.  In  Turnips,  *1.76; si  !:  Cabbages,  t*  100,  SlUtfilH, 

Whisky— Is  lower,  cl  os  I  lie  at  WO.Hc, 

\V ool.— Prices  have  boon  reduced  ''c.,  but  this  falls 
to  start  trade. 

X  to  A XX  lloeoc,  ‘iSc.'.IOc. ;  No.  I  lleoce,  58@04c. :  No. 
2  lleoce,  (VS  otUe..:  tub-washed  fleece,  51($li0c.;  Texas, 
coarse  to  extra  line,  2W  45e. ;  new  Mexican  fleece. 
2V./:40c.;  California  spring  clip.  32<'ji45c.;  California  fall 
clip  and  lambs',  v,;t  ',.Wc.i  extau  pulled,  X’ltSMSc.;  super 
pulled,  fiOt'jrSc.;  No,  1  pulled,  tfiwaiSe.j  Western  pulled, 
‘/'l.i/jOc.;  Southern  pulled,  MQjwUOn  California  pulled, 
;;.V  ,-Vv.:  Montevideo,  S'V.jwTe.;  Buenos  Ayres.unwnsli- 
o.i,  ;V<  •  I0e.;  Ulo  Grande,  void,  70®82C. ;  C&PO,  30@48c.; 
Australian,  l*fij)7fKj.|  com  ulna  woof,  60@80o. 

ROCHESTER,  Feb,  ‘J^.—  Cldtir  quiet  and  strong 
at  *8.50  Tor  Spring,  *0,5  2for  arulier  Winter  und  tlOfii 
M.M)  for  white,  wheat  qulei  and  dull,  flJOwl.'.iO  for 
umber  Winter,  *1.65(311.75  rod  do.,  and  *I.80@2.05  for 
White.  Corn  dull,  toe.  Oats,  42c.  Poultry  scarce; 
chickens,  liCulTo.  Eggs  (leoidodly  lower  and  plenty, 
at.  2l(.<ii2fic.  per  dozen.  Pressed  hues,  $0.50@7  perewt. 
llay,  llOdi  24  per  ton. 


do.  fair.  itfijUKo.;  State  dairy,  prime.  15c.;  do 
fair,  logo's  ltcH-  Ohio  factory,  prime,  1  IS  @  15c. ; 
do.  good,  l.>;Mc.  English,  dairy,  prime,  lie.;  do. 
good.  kkuilSMc. 

Dried  Fruits.  Truth  still  drags  In  most  rtcsoiip- 
tluns.  A  moderate  shipping  demand  for  host  grades 
of  Western  apples  I*  nofnd,  but  beyond  tills  there  Is 
a  small  trade  demand.  Wo  arc  carry  ing  liberal I  stocks, 
genorally  ipouklng,  and  tliere  ts  u  depressed  feeling. 

Soul  hern  apples.  KMSolc.l  do.,  sliced ,  5eLSr..-  West¬ 
ern,. Vti<».5',.c.j  State,  OdP'Mc-  Peeled  poaches  at  Ui-vhic. 
for  (.'it.,  l.'kjvlse.  for  Vn„  anrl  lGOui&O.  for  North  Caro¬ 
lina.  Cupecled  peaches,  IlS'nite.  fur  quarters,  and  .iL® 
f. «e.  for •halves.  Cherries,  22® 2SMe.  Plums,  U<®1!)e. 
Blaokl  terries,  stje.  Raspberries,  ®®34<X 

Kubs.— The  market  i*  weakening;  prices  have  dn- 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 


<•  Our  Favorite  Sewing  Machine,— The  cheap¬ 
est  and  best  Sewing  Machine  now  manufactured 
for  family  use  is  probably  the  New  W ilaon.  Wc 
certainly  would  use  no  other.  It  works  with 
equal  facility  on  muslin,  cloth,  cambric,  tarlc- 
tan,  flannel  and  leather.  It  does  not  paralyze 
tint  spine  or  wear  out  the  operator  In  any  way, 
neither  does  It  demand  an  incessant  stoppage 
to  find  out  where  the  difficulty  is.  There  is  no 
difficulty.  It  runs  smoothly  and  evenly,  hems, 
fells,  tucks,  gathers  and  binds.  It  dues  the 
finest  and  most  beautiful  work  on  earubrio  and 
linen.  It  also  has  the  merit  of  being  cheaper 
than  any  other  first-class  Bowing  machine,  as  it 
can  bo  purchased  for  $5:1.  The  feeding  device 
is  an  improvement  on  all  other  machines,  and 
Is  u  special  patent  of  the  Wilson.  It  docs  not 
get  out  of  order,  nor  break  needles,  nor  slip, 
nor  pucker  the  cloth.  So  complete  has  the 
Wilson  Sewing  Machine  boon  made,  by  a  skill¬ 
ful  combination  of  brain  and  muscle,  that  it 
has  left  nothing  to  bo  desired.”  Salesroom  at 
707  Broadway,  New  York,  and  in  all  other  cities 
in  the  United  States.  The  Company  want  agents 
in  country  towns. 


A  Positive  ituilicn!  Cure  for  It apt  tint. —The 
Elastic  Truss  Company,  at  No.  083  Broadway,  Now 
York,  will  send  their  Descriptive  Circulurn  to  any 
person  afflicted  with  Hernia.  This  Truss  can  be  sens 
by  mail  to  any  part  of  the  country. 


3Tcu’  'Mvcvti.fiemcnttf 


r.Utt**— i  no  marKCT.  i*  weuu«’ruiiKi  vn- 

cllned  fully  4<i.  since  otir  last.  I  .cut  increases  the  de¬ 
mand,  but  it  i*  a  class  of  trade  that  cannot  afford  to 
pay  more  than  beef  prices  for  eggs,  aud,  to  keep  slock 
moving,  sellers  will  have  to  make  concessions,  liio 
receipts,  however,  will  soon  regulate  the  matter. 
Packing  in  sawdust,  does  not  meet  the  approbation  of 
the  trade.  Limed  eggs  are  no  lunger  quotable,  Wo 
quote  fresh  Jersey,  fetuto  and  ivnusylvanla,  3de.:  do. 
western,  29ci3iio.;  Southern,  2!k5/30. 

Errsll  Frillte.  Exports  of  apples  2,650  bWM.  '1'he 
market  la  (lull  fur  apples,  anti  the  export  t8 mostly  on 
owner's  account,  Crmtberries  urc  dull  and  nominal. 
Peanuts  easy.  „  „  ,  -  .  . 

Wo  quote— Applua,  oouimon.  $i.,skti2.CKi ;  do.  fmr  to 
good,  U-Wi.ftOi  do.  fine,  *3.T5<a:I.OO.  Cranberries,  priuio, 
crate,  $3ot.d,(i(I j  eotituion  to  lair,  *7.50<"i2.7,> ;  l.bt-t,,  *9 
(m  10 ;  choice  Obis.,  $l0ilill.  New  Wilmington  |tt>a- 
iiuts.  $l.i'x3tl.50;  Virginia,  *1.25®1.05.  Tonn.  do.,  ajc.oi 
$1,  lllekory  nuts,  $17A. 

Flour.  —  Price  ,  have  further  declined.  The  Eu¬ 
ropean  markets  are  reported  well  supplied,  and  there 
arc.  scarcely  any  orders  here  for  shipping  brands.  Re¬ 
ceipts  are  liberal  for  tho  season. 

Superfine  State . *3  S0<5>  6  65 

(  uinmuii  extra  do .  7  10(.o  7  50 

Good  to  L<hoico  do . I  ha®  i 

Fancy  do .  *  >  d  "  8  10 

HuporOnn  Michigan,  Indiana.  Ohio,  Iowa...  5  ■'-Jh-.j  0  85 

Extra  do. .  . 0  75®  7  35 

Choice  ettra  do .  . . .  7  40®  8  W 

Trude  limud  s  do . 

Good  to  choice  White  Wheat  extras . .  *  2;,f«jHI  2.* 

Fair  to  very  choice  extra  Minnesota . 7  60®  12  50 

COP) moil  to  fair  extra  St.  Ixmls . 7  5084  0  35 

Good  t<)  choiee  do .  . 9  aXtitlz  le 

Southern,  common  to  choice . . i>  w®  8 

Ell  Hilly  . H  85m  12  ;3 

ity<s  couuuun  1<»  line . . . . . '*  **> 

Corn  luuivt,  Urumly  wino,*. . . .  <•  Ww  » 

Furs  u ml  Shins.  -Wo  have  very  light  stock  i 
here,  and  prices  tale  high.  The  following  quo¬ 
tations  are  ruling  for  parcel  lots  otter. each,  $7(.f  UJ; 
Fox  i'ti«(i7.ftc.  for  gray;  *1.20;, 4 1.75  for  Kcd  Mink ;  ■  IJ 

@3.1*1  f,.r  pale;  fot  dark;  Mn.ik  rat,  14f«t  Uo.  tor 
Kali  and  Wt«?t22e.  for  Winter;  Skunk,  KN.tOo.,  for 
striped,  15f«flUo.  for  white,  9llc.(3l*U0 for  black;  Opos¬ 
sum  Ilka  15c. ;  Itacopon,  IH*ki70c. 

Gritln.— Wheat  is  lower,  with  nvtirydnll  rnarket,. 
No.  a  Hprlitv,  $1.5.V»'  1.1.7 ;  No.  I,  $l.fiirtl.7:J ;  Winter  red, 
ei. SO®  1.05;  amber,  si.ikVs'J ;  white,  *l.saW®2.M;  Cana¬ 
da  West  barley,  $1.23tstl.'.'5  for  prime.  Com  has  boon 
ruling  lower,  but  tit  the  close  abetter  shipping  trade 
is  noted,  and  there  is  a  steadier  feeding.  .Sales  at  C;k<4 
(hik  e,  for  old  mixed  Western  In  store,  GV.  for  afloat., 
KBits  Ido.  for  new  mixed  do..  OlMiM.lp1.  for  now  yellow 
do.,  KVkitSl  for  yellow  .fer-.ey.  Oats  are  lower.  Sales 
at  51toM  Idc.  for  new  mixed  Weslcru,  51  'go.  for  old  do. 
in  store,  48(2150 }*c.  for  now  black  do..  51>;i.y53o.  for  new 
white. 

Hav  anti  Hlrnw.— Prlco*  am  without,  change. 
Sales  are  fair,  t ’losing  prices  arc  as  follows :  worth 
River  at  $1.15  from  store,  ltelall  qualities  at  #l.BtX«> 

I. 70;  clover  at. '.uc..ffl$l,  amt  salt  at  81k«85c.  Straw,  long 
rvo,  at  *1.30(0)1.10 ;  short,  do.  ul*l®l.w;  oat  at  '.i0c,m$j, 
and  wheat  at  75c.  ThO following  prices  are  obtained 
at  the  railroad  depots :  Kvtttll  qualities,  good  10 
prime  *l,A0®l.r«i;  do.,  inedlnm  to  fair.  $l.2u,>  1.40;  ship¬ 
pers'  grades,  fl.10;  clover,  mixed,  ci.u*,,  |.2t» ;  alovor, 
70®!)fli!.;  long  rye  straw,  $l.3U;  short  do,,  hUCtt&Fl ;  oat, 
85<tj)!l0t!.;  wheat.  ti3c. 

Hop*.— Trade  is  still  very  dull,  and  prices  aro,  to 
sonic  extent,  nominal. 

We  quote  Mate  at  I(M'V»C. ;  Eastern,  40®50e. ;  West¬ 
ern.  Pko  Mlo. ;  Bavaria'',  tOfciklc.;  English,  85040c.;  Bel¬ 
gian,  a'xklUe.;  Callforuiau,  5fl®00c. 

Poultry  and  Gutno.— The  supply  Is  ample,  esp«- 
c.ially  as  the  mason  of  Lent  Ik  now  observed,  barge 
Turkovs  sell  only  for  hotel  use.  Small  ones  are 
wanted  for  market  I  rude.  Oh  loll  ena  add  ducks  are  in 
fair  demand,  though  lots  In  bud  order  are  hardly  sal¬ 
able.  Live  poultry  brings  lair  prices.  We  quote  live 
poultry  ut  l5<a  l7o.  rur  prlmo  fowls,  and  I ,  •  I  in.  fot 
turkevM.  Geese,  fl.tSr.n’j  Tor  WoMern,  *«:)  I'or  New 
Jersey.  Ducks  7JC.i..,»$l  I'urWesturn,  •Mctil.kO  i  r  v  ,1. 

We  quote  dressed  prime  .V.  ,1.  and  Bucks  Co.  tur¬ 
keys.  l-i-.iie..Klt»ts'tti»d  We.tern,  poor  lo  best,  I:;i,nl,'e. 
Chickens,  Western,  life  lie. ;  State  and  ituar  points, 

II,  disc..  Geese,  '.Vyillo.  Dock  ,,  li;i„  22c. 

Thero  is  the  usual  flurry  tluikutkonds  thoexpiratlon 
Of  1  lie  limit  for  selling  certain  Sort s  of  game,  and  se¬ 
verely,  und  sotnotinieu  nroiamdy,  is  the  Sportsmen’s 
dull  ilenouneed  by  parties  who  art:  stuck  with  a  large 
surplus.  There  ought  to  be  some  satisfactory  regu- 
jation  that  will  permit  . .  t"  dlmitwo  til  law¬ 

fully-killed  game;  as  it  is  merchants  milter,  and  stock 
in  wasted,  The  stock  on  hand  Is  not  so  heavy  as  tu 
some  former  years. 

Game  quotations:— Venison,  whole,  .Vj6c.  ;  do., 
short  saddles,  St^Uc;  long  saddles,  ijffefc,  Builu- 
lo saddles,  8(.iil0e.  vahbits,UM(,<j25e.;  hares, SOfiJIkte.;  quail, 
MfilUHi  ITuine  chickens,  30®5Oe.;  partridges,  State, 
SUtyiiOOc.;  Eastern,  iWSj71)c. 

PrsviHion*.- Fork  I*  Wunted,  at  butter  prices. 
Lard  Is  lower.  Bacon  unchanged.  Hoof  hams  — 
choice  Western,  *;ilK33;  Texas  prime,  }-KV -1 ;  Laril 
s’.e.  for  Western  steam  on  spot,  Sjlic.  for  March,  and 
K:  kc-  for  April.  Long  clear,  7 Vic. ;  short  clear.  He. ; 
Short  rll),  li-S'c.  Mess  nork  at  5I5.12M  for  spot  deliv¬ 
ery;  $15.12)4  tor  April;  Western  prime  moss  nomt- 
nally  $11,25.  Dressed  hogs.  oUy , (l?*(,'i7Hc.;  Weslorn,  ill, 
(.cii  '.e.  Gut  moat 1  are  selling  at  SByvdle.  for  bums, 
loose;  7c.  for  shoulders,  liaise;  7  i«j  814  Cents  for 
pickled  bellies,  loose.  HoXOtl  dry -salted  shoulders, 
KC,  Smoked  meats  at  IUWm  13*;  e.  tor  loose  bams, 
80,  for  loose  shoulders.  Tallow  at.  He.  for  prime 
stuck.  Boof  is  selling  ut  $1*, yl  1.76  for  barreled  new 
plain  mess,  $13® In. 60  for  extra  mcs-.  Ticmal  beef  at 
$2.'Viv26  for  new  India  nies.a, *30®3l  for  new  extra  India 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


For  1873,  Wo  woiilo  mmi  hi  our  iiuiiierous  patrons 
t  lirunghout  the  country  that  the  great  Conflagration 
In  Boston  did  ""I  reach  uUr  pbieoof  biislness,  and  wo 
ire  prepared  tu  eveuutn  ordera  as  usual,  for  Si:i:i>u, 
I'l.ANTS,  too.  Our  NliW  SBBf>  CAT  V LOO l*E  of  160 
page:,,  mill  a  beautiful  COLOllf  n  l'U  I  R,  DesOriptlve 
I  1st  Of  NllV nr.TIKS,  Choice  Kl.oniSI  Er.OWKH  Skedm, 
ite.,  will  be  rent  i  ff/.'IJ to  till r  enstnmers,  anil  to  oth¬ 
ers  on  reuelnt  of  I  wo  twu-oent  stumps  to  pay  the  post¬ 
age.  IluVEY  tv  CO.,  58  N.  Market  St,  Boston,  Muss. 


Watch  No.  1117,  Stem  Winder  —  bearing 
Trade  Mark  “  Frederick  Atherton  &  Co.,  Marion, 
N.  J.”— manufaeturod  by  Unltod  Status  Watch 
Co.,  (Glloa,  Waloa  &  Co.),  him  he.cn  carried  by  me 
fifteen  months;  ils  total  variation  from  mean 
time  hoing  only  an  average  of  two-t  hirda  of  a 
second  per  day.  B.  F.  I’nnr.prt^  Conduct  or  X.  J. 
Cent.  It.  R. 


w)  BEAUTIFUL  OIL  UIIItOMOS  mulled 
for  60  oeuts,  by  C.  8.  Ill  LEY,  Holland,  N.  Y. 


CHAMBERLAIN'S 
Patent  Screw  SttLl'ip  Machine, 

FOR  FAKMKR'8  U8K.C 

.Safe,  Kconomicul,  t’houp,  and 
the  bust  in  nsu.  Will  pull  the 
largest  stump  with  ease. 

Patented  Jnne  1 1th,  1867. 

Kor  f.iirliocdiun  mod  fomlreutiir  to 

Geo.  Chamberlain  i:  Sun,  Olcan,  N  J. 


Delaware:  “The  Invalid’s  Land  of  Promise 
and  the  Garden  of  America.”  Send  for  a  pam¬ 
phlet  containing  letters  from  farmers,  physi¬ 
cians  and  former  invalids,  who  have  been  cured 
of  Pulmonary  and  Bronchial  Complaints,  to 
M.  B.  flri.LYATtn,  Dover,  Del.  Price  25  cent*. 


We  have  sold  more  Slump  Pullers  within  the  last 
six  years  than  an  otheia.  Will  sell  to  responsible 
parties,  to  be  paid  for  when  tested.  Give  size  and 
kind  of  stumps.  .  „  „ 

GEO.  CHAMBERLIN  &  SON,  Olcan,  N.  Y. 


Cure  for  Cough  or  Cold.  A  .  unill  as  tboro  is 
tho  slightest  uneasiness  of  the  Cheat,  with  diffi- 
eulty  of  breathing,  or  indication  of  Cough,  take 
during  the  day  a  few  Brown's  Bronchial  Trochee. 


Advice. — Send  for  free  Price  List 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


This  Ditching  Plow  is  giving  satisfaction, 
ticnlars,  send  lot-  Bills  to 

GEO.  CHAMBERLIN  &  SON,  Olcan 


WONDERFUL.  SCIENTIFIC  AND  AMU8- 

LNG.  -WEIRD  are  Uu:  APPARITION  RINGS. 
33  silvered  rings,  scientifically  combined,  forming  the 
GREATEST  piu/.lo  ever  produced.  Old  and  young  will 
fhidv  it  with  benefit.  Sent,  pio-nald,  boxed  ami  full 
directions,  lor  only  JOc.;  I  fur  fi ;  l  for  $2.  Can  bo 
bml  only  from  UNION  M’K’It  GO.,  IllWHilalo,  N.  II. 


I  lour,  bbls.  .  SC,  101  Pork,  bbl s  .  6,330 

Wlieat,  Imsh. -  7T,.i  ll  Beef,  pkes.  .  I, Ini 

Corn,  bush  ....  ..  E  MW)  tut  meuts,  pk*o. ,,  23.H.K) 

Oal  Ini  i .  123,5  1 1  Land,  pkgs.. .  }v,500 

Grass  sued  bush  13,31} I  Butter,  pltgs 1J.5W 

Bariev,  bush .  2d,i>>J  ChduKO,  pkge .  7,300 

Malt,  bush .  s.f-yj  Dried  Krult.s,  pkqa.  7C8 

Beaus,  bbls .  1,712  EagS,  bblf .  2,88(j 

Com  muni  hhN  ...  Wool.  bAlo3t.r.- , , . 

Corn  meal,  Do  ;s...  5,580  Hops,  bales .  .  210 

Cotbin,  bales  .  24,400  Peanuta,  bugs..... .  e.52.i 

Rye,  bush .  -  Dressna  Hogs,  No.  l.'.iiO 

Beans  n ud  l'ens.  We  are  having  liberal  receipts, 
especlallr  of  marrowfat*.  The  relatively  better 
prices  ruling  for  marrowfats  Iasi,  year  Increased  the 
cultivation  of  Oils  description,  and  too  Mippllen  are 
ahead  of  actual  consumption  at  present.  Prices  gen¬ 
erally  rule  lower,  with  business  limited  to  the  Job- 

\vc quote  prime  mediums, $2.fi5(j'j2.70;  prime  marrow- 
fats,  $2,711^2.75;  prime  kidneys,  $2.HIKv;3:  Canada  peas, 
free,  bbls.,  $1.3H  iiL33;  green  peas,  bush.,  vl.B0®l.U5,, 

Beeswax.  -  Tho  demand  l*  almost  entirely  for 
prime  lots.  Reports  come  from  the  other  side  Hint,  a 
good  many  poor  lots  have  been  sent  over  there,  and 
the  effect  here  Is  tu  Cause  more  than  usual  InfipecllOii 
of  jots  on  sale.  Western  shippers  should  sec  to  it 
that  they  put  their  goods  lo  us  good  cundllton  as  pos¬ 
sible,  as  there  is  more  Hem  tho  eu  , ternary  difference 
In  prluc-  ruling  here.  Sales  at  'MX  a'Mc,  for  Western, 
and  :tt.tfi435Mc.  r°r  Southern 

Broom  Corn.  Manufacturers’  wants  are  liberal, 

and  there  ha  moderate  accinuulatiuu  of  stock. 

Wo  quote  7  Eo.  lor  prime  hurl :  MwjVlv  for  new  green ; 

I  do..  5 .'  He  lor  old  mixed,  and  for 

oi  l  red.  Brooms  bring  fl.T36vl.J0  per  dozen  for  com¬ 
mon  to  best  house. 

Bniti'i-.  There  has  been  an  unsettled  tone  to  the 
market,  owi-ig  to  tho  continuation  of  large  arrivals. 
The  simply  lias  excuodcd  thy  receipts  of  last  Whiter, 
iiolwirli-iundiug  the  positive  assurance  given  by 
dealers  that  a  light  stock  would  he  tho  feature 
of  t!it->  3priug.  So  far  as  fine  and  fancy  butter  Is  con¬ 
cerned,  they  nave  not  missed  the  mark,  hut  a  load  of 
medium  and  uotumon  Western  and  Canada  has  accu¬ 
mulated  that  will  prObablv  distress  too  trade  from 
lUis  on,  unless  receipts  fall  off  heavily.  It  I  -  thought 
Unit  the  bulk  of  all  kinds  is  now  here,  but  the  Increase 
of  stock  tells  upon  the  active  feeling  that  was  current 
six  weeks  ago.  Dealers  try  to  excuse  their  miscalcu¬ 
lation  by  eufiiuff  at  lent, ion  to  the  fact  that  they  worn 
correct  In  their  estimate  of  the  *toek  of  tine  butter. 
But  it  is  all  fish  that  cocucd  to  I  lie  buyer’s  not,  and  he 
is  deaf  to  all  talk  about  quality  When  strong  prices 
are  urged  for  good  grades,  aud  points  by  the  piles  of 
st  uff  on tie.  BoslUC*,  there  is  no  real  pressure  tor 
heavy  buying  for  consumption ;  a  long  Whiter  has 
made  short  purses,  anil  It  is  dllltmilt.  at  such  a  time  to 
make  consumer*  follow  the  advance  in  tho  wholesale 
market,  a  largo  stock,  of  butter  Is  offered  at  2 A, /  23c., 
und  de.  buys  SOlllO  useful  lines.  Fancy  1s  unchanged, 
but  the  !  liable  quotation  is,  for  the  present,  nearer 
the  price. 

We  quote  :-Duirius,  One,  KjrssTlc. ;  do.,  fair  to  good, 
32'»;3iie. ;  tluo  half  tubs,  in  lots.  lUcyHe. ;  selections  of 
half  tubs,  45/^ltc.;  Welsh  Full,  3*if2>38e. ;  do.,  common, 
2,7®  , lie. ;  atone  peeked,  li®20c. ;  poor  to  fair.  State  d»lr- 
1vv,23a3Uc. ;  Western  rolls,  flue,  2U@27c.j  common  to 
fair,  21'./;23e.;  L’anacUau  good  to  prime,  23®32c.;  do.  fair 
to  good,  21:- /,26c.;  poor  tuts.  tS:vj2Uc. 

CJotloii.— The  market  lias  been  steadily  declining, 
with  an  unusually  dull  trade.  The  tight  money  mar¬ 
ket  his  been  the  principal  tent, urn  working  against 
trade.  For  forward  delivery  latest  sales  are  at  20 
5-l'ic.  for  March,  20>jc.  for  April,  20  1 3  18c.  for  May 
211<C.  for  June,  VlH’e.  for  .fuly.  We  quote  for  spot 
cotton  ; 

UblHinli.  AIntiA'Hu.  jS’tfvv  Orletujs.  TexMB. 

Ordinary .  17’*  17W  17|f  17>4 

Good  Ordinary .  18«  1H.>^  ls,^ 

Strict  (food  Ordinary.  19  TJ,1*  19K  19X 

Low  Middling .  19%  19%  20%  20% 

Middling . .  2UX  21  21W  81% 

Good  Middling .  22$  23  23%  23% 

Choose.— The  relatively  higher  prices  ruling  for 
fine  turns  the  uUoutluu  of  shippers  to  t  he  common 
and  medium  grades,  and  a  fair  business  lias  resulted 
In  these  description*.  Fine  is  being  worked  off  to  a 
satisfactory  extent  to  tho  home  trade,  considering  the 
small  stock,  at  17c.  Now  and  then  shippers  obtain  u 
lot  at  18,4c.,  aud  they  are  willing  to  pay  this  price. 

Wc  quote  State  factory,  prime  anil  fancy,  IKK® 
lOjWcta.;  with  Jobbing  sales  at  17c.;  do.  good.,  16’c.; 


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Ulsrase*  of  Sheep. 

This  Work,  by  the  Hon.  Henry  b.  bandall,  I 
LL.  D.,  (author  ot  "  slump  lliisdiandry  In  the  Bout h," 
"fine  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry,"  &c  )  Is  the  Stand¬ 
ard  Authority  on  the  Subject.  It  is  the  most  corn-  | 
pi  etc  nod  reliable  Treatise  on  Arnorlc.iin  Sheep  Hus¬ 
bandry  ever  published,  and  (ua  ,Uie  New  Kngluud 
Farmer  says)  “  should  be  In  the  band  and  head  of  | 
every  person  owning  sheep." 

The  Practical  Sh  kpiikrii  contains  462  pages,  and 
Is  Illustrated,  printed  and  bound  in  superior  stylo. 
Twenty-seventh  Edition  now  ready.  Sent  by  mull, 
post-paid,  on  receipt  of  price  *2.  Addivss 

D.  D.  T.  .MOORE,  FnblUlier, 

5  Boelurmu  St.,  New  York* 

M ONE V  BN  THE  GARDEN:  A  Veg- 
d-’*  etAhle  iMannnl,  Prrpnrcd  with  a 
view  to  Economy  and  Profit. 

This  Work  npop  Kitchen  and  Market  Gardening, 
and  the  l'1e id  Culture  uf  Root  Crops,  is  by  p.  f. 
QUINX,  Practical  Horticulturist,  (Author  of  "  Pear 
Culture  tor  Profit, *‘)  and  should  be  owned  and  studied 
by  every  one  interested  in  Gardening,  It  is  an  able, 
practical,  profusely  Illustrated  work  of  2tiS  12mo. 
pages.  Bent,  poBt-paid,  for  $1,50.  Address 

D.  1).  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

|5  Heckman  1st.,  New  York. 


T  T  ■  i  ISW 

-;if  xtb  , 


A  NEW  TOMATO. 

J  introduce  thlH  season  u  new  tomato,  the  cava  ha 
Victor  (set!  reading  matter  in  this  paper),  which  is 
prof, /Mg  the  rarltcst  of  all  /eirl/t ie*.  It  combines  Just 
wbut  is  wanted  viz.,  extreme  onrllnei--  with  large 
-vlze,  the  roiimi  shape, solidity,  richness  of  color,  with 
nn  entire  freedom  from  greenness  nnd  cracking 
•round  the  stem,  and  llrkt-das*  cropping  qualities. 
Single  packets  or  36  seed*.  26  rt*. :  five  packets,  $1, 
Packets  of  25  seed*  selected  from  the  tew  very  earli¬ 
est,  60  ets.  each.  My  Heed  <  ntnlogne  free  to  all.  Deal¬ 
ers  supplied  at  a  liberal  discount. 

JAMES  J.  H.  GREGORY.  Marblehead,  Mass, 

D.  M.  Ferry  &  Co’s 

Illustrated,  Descriptive, 

PRICED  CATALOGUE,  /°D 


<£xec$,  ^Unts,  &c. 

_ _ _ _ 

The  Best  Extra  Early  Market  Pea! 

“EAST  HARTFORD  EXTRA  EARLY.” 

Proved  to  bn  equally  ns  early  us  Carter’s  First  Crop, 
but  with  larger  [aids,  more  and  larger  pens  In  the  pod, 
mure  productive,  and  consc/furnttu  more  profitable. 
I  tight  2X  feet,  and  all  off  at  two  jneMngs,  'Vo  care¬ 
fully  select  our  seed  stock  every  year,  and  send  It  as 
far  Xoiih  as  the  Cano, in  Hnc,  to'bc  grown  by  careful 
and  experienced  hands.  Market  Gardener*  will  find 
this  the  earliest  and  mod  profitable  Pea  to  grow,  by  all 
odd*.  Price,  per  bushel, $10:  per  peck,  $3;  bags  free. 
Wo  shall  be  plenum!  to  mull  our 

Illustrated  Seed  Catalogue  for  1873 

free  to  any  addre**,  and  beg  leave  to  assure  Garden¬ 
er*  and  Farmers,  and  ull  other*  Interested  In  farm¬ 
ing  and  gardening,  that  the  seeds  wo  offer  are  select¬ 
ed  with  particular  reference  to  the  most  critical  trade, 
of  widen  we  have  the  most  ample  assurance  from 
hundreds  of  customers  In  all  parts  of  the  country. 
Address  R.  D.  HA  \\  I.I.Y, 

Seed  and  Agricultural  Warehouse, 
'I1U2  &  -IBS  No.  Alniu  SI..  Hartford,  Conn. 


VEQETABLE 

—AND—  . 

FLOWER  A 


ive’ 

m 


WHO  APPLY.  Grosman  &  Bro’5  Descriptive 
Catalogue  nnd  Guide  to  the  Flowcrand  Vegeta¬ 
ble  Garden  for  187J,  eoutnluiug  a  beautiful  Colored 
Plate,  and  a  large  number  of  fine  Wood  Engrav¬ 
ings.  Address  GROSMAN  RUG’S, 

[Estatjt.tphed  1849.]  Rochester,  X.  Y. 

GRAPE  VINES 


-p-p  f  Will  be  mailed 

-ull  / FREE  to  all appli- 

f  f  cants.  This  is  one  of 

y.  y  f  the  largest,  most  com- 
^  f  pletc  andinslructiveSeed 

f  Catalogues  published.  It  is 
painted  on  beautifully  tinted 
y  paper,  contains  about  200  pages 
y  and  over  900  illustrations  ofVcge- 
f  tables  anti  Flowers,  and  is  invalua¬ 
ble  to  Farmer,  Cardenet,  and  Florist. 

Address,  D.  M.  FEURY  Si  CO., 

Henunen  nnd  FlorUU,  UliTROIT,  MIUI 


ROSES  AND  BEDDINQ  PLANTS 

BY  *1  All,. 

We  will  send,  by  mall,  post-puld.anv  one  of  the  fol¬ 
lowing  selections  for  ONK  HOI. LAB  : 

No.  1—7  Monthly  Hose*,  5  Verbenas. 

No.  2—6  Roses,  6  Verbenas,  3  Zonal  Geraniums. 

No.  8— 6  Roses,  6  Verbenas,  2  Zonal  Geraniums,  1 
Double  Geranium. 

No.  4— 4  Roses,  6  Verbenas.  2  Zonnl  Geraniums,  1 
Double  Geranium.  1  Srallnx, 

No.  6-3  Rose*.  6  Verbenas.  2  Zonal  Geraniums,  1 
Double  Geranium,  1  B influx,  1  Fuchsia. 

No.  6  2  Boses,  5  Verbenas.  2  Zonal  Geranium*,  1 
Double  Geranium,  1  HmlUx,  1  Fuchsia ,  2  Car¬ 
nation*. 

•  For  FIVK  DOLLARS,  WC  Will  send  the  Most  COM- 
n.r.TK  Asboktment  ever  ottered  for  the  money,  as 
follows : 

Five  KvcrbiOOmlng  Roses.  10  Verbena*, 2  Zonal  Ge¬ 
raniums,  2  Scented  C omniums,  1  Double  Geranium.  2 
b  uchsjua,  2  CorantlODS.  8  Alternanthefua,  1  Megonl/t, 
1  Hear! of  Sage,  2  Cigar  1-  low  er*,  1  Heliotrope,  1  Mnfln.v, 
1  ijjphosperiuum.  1  Mauntmllu,  I  Abutllon,  1  .Mesom- 
brynnthemum,  1  coleus,  1  Achryunthus.l  Ageratuni, 
1  Mahunlu  OdOruta,  1  Pansy.  1  Double  Violet.  2  PUea 
Serpaefolla,  1  Tnvdssoanilo,  1  Veronica,  1  Torrt-nla 
Asia  tie*,  2  f’anlctim  Vtulegatum.  1  anaphallum  Lu- 
nntum  making  rim  most  Complete  outfit  for  Flower- 
Bed*  and  Hanging  Baskets- 
All  orders  shipped  In  order  of  their  reception.  We 
can  make  no  changes  In  the  above  collections,  and 
would  refer  those  who  do  not  wish  plain  -  at-  above  to 
our  Price  List.,  which  will  be  scut  free  loall  appli¬ 
cants.  EtTIVe  cannot  send  less  than  fl  worth  of 
plant*  by  mall. 

MASSEY  &  HUDSON, 

4  heal e r m mu,  Kent  Co.,  Mtl, 


MASSACHUSETTS  SEED 

Ot  my  own  growing.  Send  for  my  List  of  Seeds, 
und  not  be  disappointed  by  how  lug  old  and  worthless 
seed.  JOHN  B.  IVES,  Salem,  Mass. 

!  I '  WO  ill  I  l.LlO  \  I<’ui,cbI  Trees  and  Seedlings. 
E  Tulip,  J ,ln den,  Magnolia,  W  Ash,  Am.  Chestnut, 
Yii  fiir  Mn pic.  Tree*  only  $0  per  lJXJOl  Seedlings  Very 
low.  Sample  100,  pre-paid,  Gk*.  Catalogue  free,  Ad¬ 
dress  J.  JENKINS,  Box  4  1,  Winona,  Col.  Co.,  Ohio. 

IVPftPCMA  CCCftC  !  We  hare  anotlinr 

10  l.  II  W  !.  el  I A  Oi.CIUo  1  tine  stock  of  coeds 
Ef  of  till-  beautiful  flowot,  saved  from  our  large 
m  collection  1  more  than  1(A)  vuilerles ;  25c-  per  pkt, 
6  pkta  $1.  j  I’  Min  11  a  ONB.  Brentwood,  N.  H. 

PO'IONA  M’llsERV,  The  Monarch  of  the 
It  rsf  is  the  largest  “Hd  best  (straw  berry.  Hers- 
tlncaud  Bmndywfue  Raauberrles,  Blackberries,  As¬ 
paragus,  Itbuburb.  I  'eaeff.  Apple  and  Pear  Trees.  Send 
for  Catalogues.  'V 31 .  PARltY,  1'lniu.mmson,  N.  J. 

To  Farmers  and  Marketmen. 

You  want  none  but  tlm  very  host  of  seed,  groivn 
from  carefully  veleeted  seed  stock.  With  the  money 
you  have  to  Invest  In  manure,  help  and  plus*,  you 
l.iiiuo  you  cum, ml  a  ford  tu  war  arty  other:  vou  feel  very 
anxious  about  It :  thy  mini..  Catalogues  free  to  nil. 
N.  B.—  Call  in  the  bprtng  und  sec  wbut  onlotia,  cab¬ 
bages.  Ac.,  1  set  out  to  grow  seed  from. 

JAMIES  J.  H.  GREGORY.  Marblehead,  Mass. 

ALL  FOR  $0  AT  ALL! 


ing  it  post-paid  eiivi 
W.  H.  imiON 


-10  UU  *»  CL 

vplope. 

N,  Jr.,  Sc 


Seedsman,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


Olt DR  RASA,  NORTH  FA  1  It  FIKLI),  O., 

•  Growerand  Dealer  in  Garden.  !<  laid  und  Flower 
Seeds,  Bulb*,  Seed  Potatoes,  Sweet  Potato  and  other 
plants.  Send  for  Catalogue.  State  you  saw  this  in 
the  IttntA  1  N iou  -  v.  on,  kii 

OSAGE  ORANGE  SEED 

Fresh.  Also.  Apple  and  Pear  Seed.  Also,  u  com¬ 
plete  assortment  of  all  hind*  ol'  rice  da,  for  sale  by 
the  package,  pound,  ounce  or  bushel,  by 

PLANT  SEED  CO.,  rii.  Louis.  Mo. 
Established  in  1846.  I  incorporated  in  1872. 

I  min  miii  frcht  and  ohm- 

I  .uHH.'MIU  RENT  A  I.  TREES,  for  the 

Spring  Trade.  Standard  Pears,  Apples.  Plums,  Cher¬ 
ries,  Peaches,  and  a  general  line  of  Nursery  Stock. 
Erf-  standard  and  dwarf  Pear  Trees  our  spe¬ 
cial!  y.  Local  and  Traveling  Agents  wanted. 

E.  MOODY  *  SONS,  Lockport,  N.  Y. 


Send  for  Circular. 

S.  J.  ALLIS,  North  East  Pa. 


100,000 

Price  List  FREE. 


STRAWBERRY,  RASPBERRY 
K  Blackberry  Plants,  Grape 
Vines,  Currants,  Ac.  — over 
40  varieties  —  at  low  rates. 

M.  N.  WILSON, 
Macedon,  Wayne  Co.,  N.  Y. 

L  1930. 


3R.OCIIESTER  1330. 

C02VHVCZ!£ICIA1. 

1873.  rJURSERIKS. 

fl  Tl  Ll  T  IT  fl  The  New  Circular  of  Prices  V  doz., 
\HkI  u|x  100.  JOOO,  now  ready,  enumerating  many 
IJI  11111  U  RANt  AND  UtAUTIIOL  TIlHS  ANO  PlANTS. 
- Semi  for  it,  and  Bave  all  commissions. 

Address  W.  H.  I,ITTf,E,  Roc  heater,  N.  Y. 


FOR  1873, 

Wltli  Descriptive  Priced  Catalogue  of 
Seed*, 

now  ready,  nnd  will  be  mailed  free  to  all  applicants. 
Wholesale  lJBts  on  application. 

Address  PLANT  SEED  COMPANY, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

BXiOOiMEXiffaToar  nursery 

600  Acres.  13  Grocn-Hounc*.  22d  Year. 

A  pplea-lHt  class.  V  1,000. 6  to  7  ft.,  fr>0;  4  to  6 ft.,  WO  00 
Rootgrafts.  1,000,  Wi  10,000, M0;  100,000,400  00 
Rnr.plx‘1  ric*  Dooliltlc  und  Clark,  per  1,000.. .  0  OO 

Herr  line,  par  100 . .  20  00 

Rl  nek  her  lie*  Klttntlriny.  ncr  1  000 .  0  00 

Asparagus  2  vr*.,  P  1,(D),  Gfstnt.H :  Conover’s  li  00 
Bun  .Maple  -per  l.OiD,  12  tn  14  ft-,  too  1  14  to  20 

n.,)ST;  1  to  2  ft  . .  .  1  OO 

Black  Walnut  -ncr  IOO,8tolOiT  ,|1?;  10 to  12  ft  1000 
Osngc  Orini'ic  Planie-L'l  clan*.  1  yr.,  10, UX).  20  00 
l.aie  Rose  Potatoes  (i.'ampbcll**)-  Peck,  IS; 

bush,.  MO;  btd . .  20  00 

Flower,  Vegetable  and  Tree  rieedn. 

Colored  i'lutos  of  !■  ruits  and  Flowers,  6  samples  1  00 
Four  Catalogues  for  20  cunts. 

F.  K.  PHOENIX,  Bloomington.  III. 

LEE’S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES. 

Wholesale  and  t.enernl  riiipply  Nnrarrlca. 

An  Inirneiise  stuck,  of  nmmrlur  qmililv,  nt.  low  prices. 

Z3f~  Osage  Hedge  PInntn  bv  the  1,000  or 
1 ,000,000,  Send  for  Price  List. 

It  LA  I  It  HR  OS., 

Lee’s  Summit.,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 

rpillE  Hl’PEKlOlt  HAY  Hl’IlKADUH  saved 
I  me  two  hundred  dollar*  on  my  hay  last  season. 


I  was  the  first  to  introduce  to  the  public  the  Hub- 
hard  Squash,  American  Turban  Squash,  Marblehead 
Mammoth  Cabbage,  Mexican  Sweet  Com,  Phtnney’s 
Water-melon,  and  many  other 

NEW  AND  VALUABLE  VEGETABLES. 

This  season  1  have  a  new  and  exceedingly  valuable 
squash.  ntM\  varieties  of  corn,  three  fine  melons,  and 
other  choice  new  vegetable*  tor  my  Customers. 

My  buxine*.  I*  to  supply,  what  every  good  farmer  is 
anxious  to  get,  the  rag  best  of  vegetable-  seed.  I 
grow  a  hundred  and  fifty  kinds  on  tny  four  need  farms, 
right  under  my  own  eye,  making  new  vegetables  a 
specialty,  bcKldcs  Importing  their  choicest  varieties 
from  European  grower*.  A  line  selection  of  flower 
seed,  home-grown  und  imported,  will  also  be  found  in 


from  European  grower*.  A  line  "election  of  flower 
seed,  home-grown  und  imported,  will  also  be  found  In 
my  Catalogue,  whloh  will  be  sent  free  to  all  applicants. 

Aa  slated  in  my  Catalogue,  all  my  seed  Is  sold  under 
three  warrants.  1st:  That  all  money  sent  shall  reach 
me.  2d  :  That  nil  seed  ordered  shall  reach  the  purchaser. 
3d  :  That  my  seeds  shall  be.  fresh  and  t>  ue  to  num  „• 
JAMES  J.  H.  GREGORY,  Marblehead,  Maas. 


'WICK 


Unit* nil  ,1x9, uf  SUiukiuiji  ituu  Sock*,  wHii  iiw!  on i  toe  r_on i ] ' ! « 1 1', 
.l-mI  lit  :v  ut  ver-ciuting  ivor-wof  niitiMenent  to  ladlo*  ol  lM9ur«,  ** 
rtfll  Hi  |irotit  mat  n,i«y  4«(i(ion  to  thoia  that  roqnirv  ll. 

AccntB  wanted  every  where  by  the  IlifKFonP 
Kmithino  AIacuixk  Cn>ir*NV.  1»ana  Bickford, 
President,  and  General  Business  Hupt.,  08'J  Broad 
way,  New  York. 


WM  ft,  Pomeroy  or  Hartford  iY>,.  Ct  .  writes:—”  I 
have  used  thy  Dvubln- refined  PoudreLUJ  lor  i everaL 
yean  on  Tobacco,  and  I  think  It  one  ol’  the  best  fertil¬ 
izers  made  for  this  crop.” 

A  pamphlet  glvlug  full  directions,  sent  free  on 
application  to  JA  MRS  T.  FOSTER, 

(IB  < loi'i In inli  Si.,  New  \  uric. 


CAHOON’S 

BROADCAST  SEED  SOWED 


MABCH  8 


NEWS  CONDENSER. 

—  Ohio  farmers  are  raising  sorghum. 

—  Chicago  now  lias  a  population  of  380,000. 

—  Good  beet  sugar  is  being  made  at  Freeport, 
III. 

—  Owaeco  Lake  will  soon  receive  20,000  young 
trout. 

The  Atlantic  Monthly  is  now  republished 
in  London. 

—  Shad  have  already  appeared  at  the  South, 
very  large. 

Robins  and  bine  birds  have  appeared  in 
Massachusetts. 

Farmers  in  Georgia  will  plant  a  large  in¬ 
crease  of  cotton. 

Palace  cars  are  run  on  the  street  railways 
of  San  Francisco. 

—  -  Kllburne,  Wis„  has  shipped  3,640  bales  of 
hops  In  six  weeks. 

East  Concord,  N.  II..  is  building  an  Iron 
bridge  440  feet  long. 

—  Fort  Byron,  N.  Y.,  has  the  richest  plaster 
bed  on  the  continent. 

Twenty-one  editors  have  recently  been 
olncted  Mayors  in  Illinois. 

~  Massachusetts  has  hastened  to  congratulate 
the  new  Republic  of  Spain. 

Twenty  thousand  strangers  have  visited 
Jacksonville,  Fla.,  this  year. 

A  plow  factory  In  Kentucky  will  send  100 
plows  to  the  Interior  of  Mexico. 

Sixty-nine  new  iron  foundries  have  been 
built  In  this  country  since  July  last. 

The  number  of  pounds  of  butter  made  in 
the  United  States  In  1870  iv;n  470,536,461. 

Providence,  It.  1.,  is  raising  $60,000  for  a 
public  library,  art  gallery  and  museum. 

Cornell  University  has  no  Intention  of  es¬ 
tablishing  a  professorship  of  journalism. 

—  The  Legislature  of  Michigan  has  a  habit  of 
making  an  annual  tour  through  the  State. 

the  pooplo  of  the  United  States  consume 
sugar  at  the  rate  of  WJ  pounds  for  each,  per  year. 

"5M! U -,.,UI “ ■ ■_ ■!*!_.' ,r*  ’■  1  "f**."*"  ■  <■ 

ii-r, 

TO  FARMERS. 

§  DOUBLE  REFINED  POUDREl’tfE 
of  the  ‘'Lodi  Manufacturing  Co,”  for 
sale  iu  lots  to  null  customers.  This  arti¬ 
cle  Is  sold  for  UAH'  TUB  PRICE  of  other 
f ertllUeiK,  and  Is  cheaper  for  Tobuoeo, 
Cotton,  Cora  and  Vegetables  than  any 
other  In  market,  it  l,t  made  entirely 
from  the  night  soil,  offal,  Ac,  ol  New 
York  City.  Price  I delivered  on  hoard 
In  Now  York  City)  Twenty-dee  dollars 
per  ton. 


ileal  (Bi state. 


I?OK  SALE  A  FARM  OF  .100  ACRES  OF 

choice  Wheat  and  Fruit  Land,  7  miles  from  But 
falo,  1 W  miles  from  R  It.  Depot  at  Tonawantja,  front¬ 
ing  on  Niagara  River;  with  beautiful  groves;  land 
gently  rolling  ;  good  turm  buildings  ;  apple  and  pour  : 
orchards;  variety  of  grapes;  acres  of  wheat  In  | 
ground;  tine  stock  ot  Ayrshire  cows;  also  •JO0  head 
of  Sheep .  good  funning  utensil# -all  of  which  will 
he  sold  with  farm,  If  desired.  Terms  eusy.  For  fur¬ 
ther  particulars,  inquire  of  or  address 

Mrs*.  K.  il  UiVGV,  6C0  Main  St..  Buffalo,  N.  V. 

ACRES  OF  I, AM>  FOR  SALE  (AT 

— *  l  fell  per  arm),  In  the  Valley  of  Va.  Build¬ 
ings  good  ;  line  orchard,  water.  &c.,  climate  healthy  ; 
convenient  to  churches,  schools,  mills  and  market. 
For  particulars,  address  C,  CREIGI1, 

Greenville,  Augusta  Co.,  Va. 


I  n»I:  attention  to  the  following  losUtncmlaJ#  i 
llg.env  T.  IIukto.v.  Cheshire  Co.,  N.  it.,  writes: 
1  flnet,  from  ox  perl  ni  rut*  made  Inst,  year,  the  UmiUU- 
rettnti  f-’e  -i  r  i  i1  Is  the  cheapest  fertilizer  to  Use  on 
ToOae-o  I  put,  U  hextdo  pQruvlan  Guano  with  equal 
cost  of  both,  ami  the  Tobacco  was  At)  per  cent,  miter 
where  1  used  Poudretto.” 

L  H.  ftitEl.DC>>',  3up’l  of  the  New  Jersey  Prate  Re¬ 
form  School,  tvritos ”  We  have  used  Pond  rat  te  for 
several  year*  upon  our  farm  crops  and  for  the  money 
invested  wo  have  found  nothing  that  lias  done  us  so 
much  servleo.' 

W.  F.Gffitius  of  EsaexCo.,  N.Y., writes:  "I  have 
used  the  Do/iMt-ixTtmvt  PotaiMU  for  t  lie  last  net  yea is, 
and  I  consider  11  the  cheapest  fertilizer  I  can  buy— 

(llvlln;  Him  litftAf  r*4#w.ll1lR  for  Mu.  nr, at  *» 


THE  BEST  MANURE 

In  the  world  is  obtained,  without  cost,  bv  using 
Goux’s  Absorbent  Closet  mid  Uriuul.'  Ware- 
rooms,  cor.  Varlok,  Vestry  and  Canal  Sts.,  New  York. 

$U,occUuncou,$. 


HOW  SHALL  WE  PAINT 

oun  HOUSE? 

Is  the  title  of  a  very  interesting  and  valuable  hook, 
giving  practical  hints  on  painting  thus  enabling 
every  man  to  be  his  own  painter.  Hent  free  on  ap¬ 
plication,  by  A.  REICH  &  GO., 

314  I’sarl  St.,  Now  4  ork. 


(  U  IUU\  Mil.!.  1*1  IS  4)11  A  NIC  If, 

ft?*  1  O.UIM.F  acres,  or  830,000  about  70  acres, 
choicest,  gardening  land,  imWi  ton'ldf/iy*  thereon  worth 
the  whole  price.  Just  outside  city  limits,  and  within 
11)  minutes’  drive  of  Post-Office  of  Rochester,  N.  V, 


^uMUation#. 

A  NEW  VOLUME  COMMENCED  JANUARY,  1873. 

FIRST-CUSS  ILLUSTRATED  GARDENING  PERIODICAL. 

Published  Weekly,  price  3d.;  free  to  America,  4d. 

THE  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE, 

i»‘oUilh‘  tOavflmv,  and  (Touatvy  (fJcntlemau. 

A  CHRONICLE  OF  Till]  HOMESTEAD,  IMU  l-TKY-V  V1UL  APIARY  AM)  DOVECOT. 

CONDUCTED  BY  G.  W.  JOHNSON,  F.IUt.N,,  A  ROBERT  HOGG,  LL.D.,  F.L.S., 

Assisted  by  a  Staff  of  the  best  Writers  On  Practical  Gardening,  und  other  Rural  Pursuits  connected 

with  the  Household. 

This  long  established  and  widely  circulating  Journal  consists  of  Thirty-two  Pages  of  Letterpress,  with 
occasional  Supplements  or  Eight,  additional  Pages;  and  Is  richly  Illustrated  with  Wood  Engravings  In 
the  highest  stylo  of  the  art. 

The  subjects  treated  on  embrace  every  Department  of  Gardening  and  Rural  and  Domestic  Economy, 


ID  minutes’  drive  of  POwt-Ofliee  of  Rochester,  N.  y.  the  leudlng  object  being  to  render  this  Journal  a  welcome  guest  in  every  country  home. 

Or  will  exchange  for  a  large  farm  or  other  property.  Natural  History  and  Botany,  m>  far  us  they  relate  to  Gardening  ami  Husbandry,  are  amply  ir 
For  further  information,  cull  on  or  address  on,  and  embrace  Zoology,  Geology,  Mlneruiugy.  Meteorology  ,  and  Plivsloloi  eul,  Structural,  Syste 


H.  F.  t’OKftON, 

12  Exchange  Place,  Rochester,  N,  Y. 

GRAIN  AND  FRUIT  FARM 

TOR  BALE, 

Situated  3  miles  west  of  the  thriving  village  of  Mace- 
dou,  Wuyno  Co.,  N.  Y.;  If,  miles  east  of  Rochester ; 
near  tlin  line  of  the  N.  Y.  O.  It.  R,  and  Erie  Canal; 
containing  071%  Acres  i  cultivated  In  part  as  a 
Sum  II  Frill  I  Nursery,  having  I  ucrcs  Grape*, 
Sucre*  flinch  her  rim,  l£  nnpbcrrica  and  St  in  vv- 
herriev,  aud  u  stock  uf  plant*  of  each  over  10 
choice  vurtctle*.  Good  Iwustterv  Jramc  dwell  toy, 
with  pleasant,  grounds  l’/i«  is  a  mix  01‘POrtMiiil,i  toe 
se.rurtim  one  ot  the  most  attractive-  awl  pleasant  honau 
to  be  found  In  any  rural  district—  the  health  of  the 
proprietor  obliging  him  to  quit  business. 

Address  .  M.  N.  WILSON, 

Mueedon,  Wayne  Co.,  N.  Y. 

$mi)lcmentj!i  and  iUiuluncvy. 


and  Popular  Botany. 
Biographies  ami  1 


JITSE  yk 

rMONHs\ 

S“IC,""\ 

7 is  &  mapersqM 

IRE  THE  CIIEAPES’l’' 

trrVor  sale  by  Machine  Agents  and  Dealers. 

IMPROVED  POUER 

a  j,  S  i  1  B*i  n  lit  ass.  Katciikt -iihau 
ftcuiiWK,  liMtityv’D  CllAi'- 
ku,  Iron  Posts,  and  forty 
other  things  for  Cider  Mills  and  Vinegar  Factories. 
For  Circulars,  address  J.  W.  MOUNT,  Medina.  N.  V. 


The  Louden  Hay  Carrier 

Elovatou  th«  liny  ptriimdiculo rlv  from  the  load,  car- 
lies  it  hoi'Uontally  to  any  part  Of  tin*  mow,  and  returns 
the  empty  fork  back  to  the  load.  Pitches  Into  u  win- 
•low.  stacks  In  the  field.  Saves  its  cost  every  sea¬ 
son.  Heo  Illustration  on  page  1(59  ot  ki  rai.  Nine- 
Yorker  Of  March  8,  Agents  wanted.  Send  s,ami< 
for  Circular,  Prices  and  Terms. 

LOUDEN  MTU  WORKS, 

P'iiirlield,  loon. 

ritHE  SUPERIOR  II  AY  SPREADER  can-, 
JL  not  be  surpassed  for  Workmanship,  Durability 
and  Lightness  of  Druft. 


.'  'it1,-  I o  oo/sMv  , 

r 

v  Ms 


I  Send  25e.  for  the  new  self  -adjust-  ^  1  , 

lug  Cigarette  and  Cigar-holder,  or  — -  . 

1  3  for  V)e.  M.  K.  ROBERTS  \  CO.,  " 


170  Broadway,  New  York. 


WANTED.  EDITOR  Coiiiueteul  to  take 

V  V  charge  ol  a  prominent  Agricultural  and  Family 
Newspaper.  Address  (stating  where  you  Hud  this  ad¬ 
vertisement),  with  references  and  terms,  E.  P.  &  Co„ 
care  of  Dodd’s  Advertising  Agency,  Boston,  .Muss. 

$100,000  FOB  ONLY  $10 

,  TEN  THOUSAND  GASn  GIFTS,  aggregat- 
8300,000,  will  be  distributed  by  lotto  patrons 
2*  \h«  Third  Griind  Gift  fomert  In  aid  of  the 
Public  Library  »t  liv„  at  LouGvlIle,  Ky.,Tues- 
April 8,  l-Vi.  Gifts  range  from  SKI  In  81  OO,- 
006,  .ill  cnsli.  Whole  tickets  $1i.i,  halves.  t!i,  .iuui'- 
ters  *2. at).  Tile  lirst  Concert,  Doc.  Pi,  1871,  and  soootul, 
uee.  7,  I ri7-f,  went  oil  with  great  success  and  received 
universal  approval  for  the  scrupulous  Integrity  with 
wtiicb  they  were  conducted  and  promptness  with 
which  gifts  were  paid.  For  tickets  and  Tull  informa- 
il‘‘n,j,iM ,f|ro ll.m. ’hos.  B.  Bruinli-m-,  Agent 
lor  1  rusteea Fubltc  Library  of  Ky  ,  Library  Building, 
kvnisvillr:,  Ky, 

0 BERLIN  BUSINESS  COLLEGE.  SITUATIONS 
as  Bookkeeptrm, Salesmen,  Profs. oi  Penmanship 

®ss*“ wwsb£«J!  ggigir 

KIDDER'S  PASTILLES.  AJSsaK 

1  J  1  t>7  ft) all#  STOWELL&  Co.  i  l;i  n,Mtt88. 

OPI UM-E  ll  TIN  If  A  NT  f  DOT I^DIscoveredandcom- 

„  pounded  by  a  sufferer 
send  stamp  for  treatise  “On  Opium-Eating  audits 
Cure”  to  W.  B.  SQUIRE,  M.  D.,  Worthington,  ind 


Sows  all  kinds  of  Grain  and  Grass  Seed.  One  man 
can  do  as  much  work  with  the  Hand  Machine  as  five 
men  cun  do  without  It.  Price  of  Hand  Machine,  *10. 
I  have  agents  in  all  parte  of  the  country.  Hood  stamp 
for  Circular.  ft.  IL  OOODKLL, 

Sole  Manufacturer,  Antrim,  N.  1|. 


ll.iltKI.NGTOA’N  PATENT. 

The  only  com-  _ , 

blnod  Need  O  f sit-acar  r 
.Sower  and  YjC  J  it  W  Jr 

Ctfi.Tiy*Toa.  Jr  -*  il 

Made  only  by  /  /  Sendfor 

Amss Plow  Co.  fK/,  circular. 

53  Bookman 


IMKiWKU*.  RE  SURE  AND  EXAMINE  1 
I  the  superior  Hnj  spreader  i  It  Is  the  cheapest,  | 
most  oompleteaud  most  durable  Hay  Tender  over  pul  I 
Into  the  Held.  Rendu  few  of  the  comments  received.  ; 
send  lor  circular  and  description  to  HJGGANUM 
M  F’G  OO.,  Hlggujjuiu,  ft. 


Solid  Cast  Steel  Drag  Teeth. 

A  set  of  40  boxed  and  delivered  to  Express  or  II.  R.; 
X  a,  11  In.  long,  about  ih  lbs.,  for  *0.00. 

N  U  In.  long,  about  01  lbs.,  for  *7.50. 
Liberal  dlncount  to  the  Trade.  Address 

8 WEFT’S  1)1’ F’G  GO,,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


Biographies  ami  Portraits  of  the  most  celebrated  Horticulturists. 

Reviews  of  New  Rooks  relating  to  the  above  subjeets:  Reports  of  Horticultural  and  Poultry  Socie¬ 
ties’  Meetings  throughout  the  country;  aud  Setciilltlc-  Notices. 

To  Advertisers  the  “ Journal  of  Horticulture”  will  be  found  a  valuable  and  effective  medium,  from 
lln  extensive  circulation  among  the  middle  uiul  upper  classes.  A  Specimen  Number  sout  by  t>"Bt  for  4d. 
THIS  JOURNAL  HAS  TUIO  LAUGKHT  Cl  lU’IJ  f.ATION  OF  ANY  HORTICULTURAL  PERIODICAL 

IN  EXISTENCE 

OFFICE  171,  FLEET  STREET,  LONDON,  E.O, 

To  be  had  direct  from  the  Ofllee  on  pre-payment  of  the  following  terms:— One  Quarter,  Is. -Id.;  Half 
4  ear,  8s.  8d.;  One  Year,  17s.  Id. 

PoBt-ortlce  orders  to  be  made  payable  at  the  Genera)  Post-Office,  London,  to  Edward  II.  May. 


$MpkmeKt$  and  iUacluncnj. 

WARREN  HOE. 

a  20,000  Hold  Inst  year.  Upwards  of 

tPhsttk  60,000 sold  for  1873.  Show  this  to 

your  merchant;  asltblmto  let  you 
try  one.  You  will  not  part  with  It 
for  twice  Its  cost.  Made  only  hy 
PETERS  RUOTHKRS'  M A Nll- 
FACTURING  COMPANY.  Mai- 

rpiME,  MONEY  AND  STRENGTH  SAVED 
L  by  using  Gluvk’w  l'sm-ut  Tobneco  Kh!u>-»- 

and  Hilling  Plow.  The  most  complete  Implement 
ever  put  Into  the  liandsof  Llie  Farmer.  It  Is  the  sim¬ 
plest,  eaatoiit  handled,  and  takes  up  no  morn  room 
than  an  ordinary  plow,  it  combines  four  of  the  most 
valuable  tools  m  one,  anil  with  one  Horse  and  Roy  will 
do  more  work  than  ten  men.  A*  a  Tobacco  Khlgor  it 
has  no  equal.  Asa  llllliri«  Plow  Itstnuds  unrivaled. 
Asa  etmivuiorof  all  crops  that  require  lulling  It  is 
utirerpiisBed.  Asa  1  lurseliOe  nothing  Compares  with 
tt.  Send  for  Circular,  und  got  description  of  the  host 
line  of  tools  ever  put  Into  the  hands  of  the  Farmer. 

H1GOA  N  UM  M  F’G  CO.,  Ills  gun  urn,  Conn, 


IP mg 

1 1 ISw4' 

This  Msohliw  whh  pnimt  lropwv«iiuuni  1  •  ,  imrsni,...! 

— 1 1 1  t  f, Ki.niutiol.l,  f.jr  el  I.  Ij  nr  riliviu  or  isiioy  W'Ulll.  II 


4  PTE  It  ONE  DA  VS  U8E  OF  TIIE  81- 
1\  PEIMOIC  IIA)  SFKEAOER  no  farmer  will 
ever  part  with  it. 

TAH'R'CJ  and  JVAiIi 

JL  JCAiV^JEaR9  of  every  variety,  In  pack¬ 
ages  TO  SUIT,  sent  to 
any  address  by  A  1)1  Ell  IGA  N  TACK  CIO., 
Manufiw.luii es,  117  Chambers  Ht..,  N.  Y. 

G1AKII  ART’S  PULVERIZING  CIJLTIVA- 

\.i  TOR  has  more  practical  niuiits  than  any  cultlva- 
tor  in  use,  aud  1»  indispensable  as  a  lavru  iinulemeut. 
Price,  *22.  C.  (.  BRADLEY  &  HON, 

Manufacturers,  Syracuse,  N.  V. 

WE  WOULD  NOT  SELL  Ol  It  8IIPE- 
l'ior  liny  .Spreader  for  live  times  Its  cost  If 
we  could  not  obtain  another. 

I1?!EI  For  E.  M.  BOYNTON’S  PAT.  LIGHT- 
E@8fisjNING  SAWS,  nddffH  80  Jjuakmnn  Strn«t7  N.  V. 

tb-.r  nrc  oflnOlnguawoi-.  U-Miiln/i  nib  cut  three  times 
PT  AJ I  , ,  ta»t  ni  sn  BIO.  A  e  ft  cro«»  cut,  £8,  geud  for  uu 
V  q  1 1 1 . i < l  ,,,r ,.,t  Cutaicguv,  utnlled  free. 

DOUBLE  HARPOON 

Horse  Hay-Fork. 

WrftcripHvc  C'atalogiie  sent  free. 

PEN  NOCK  MANUFACTURING  00., 

Kcnneii  Hiniarr,  Cheater  Go.,  1’u. 

SEYMOUR’S  SHEARS  &  SCISSORS. 

“The  Best  arc  the  Cheapest.”  H 

Extra  Quality.  Crocus  Polish.  Jr  ^  a  ,c  4 


— i  s' 

a-o  . 

Salt 

a 


Family  Size,  -  -  $l.BO 

I.adica’  Bciasors,  -  1.00  =°  j 

By  mail,  pre/ninl.  Si nd  i'.  O.  Order  or  Draft  arcgja 

Farmers,  you  an  buy,  for  a  short  time,  AT 
WHOi.KSAf.K  prick  the  moft  valuable  and  labor- 
saving  implement  for  preparing  and  cultivating  soil. 
A  new  principle  that  must  become  universal.  Ad¬ 
dress  the  manufacturer, 

G.  E.  Hutchinson,  Cleveland,  o. 

PATENTS.— JOHN  McC.  Perkins  &  Co.,  513  7th 
8t.,  Washington,  D.  C.  Advice  and  pumpblet  free. 


2U u,$ kill  $[n,fitYumc»t,$, 

MASON  &  HAMLIN 

CABINET  ORGANS. 


T||E  nillV  Ami-rlcan  Musical  Inatrninentfl  of 
I  nc  Vi  II  L  I  Much  extraordinary  and  recognized 
excellence)  a*  to  command  a  wide  sale  in  Puropo,  not¬ 
withstanding  ooaipetltlon  then*  with  producis  of 
cheap  labor.  « 

A  I  HI  A  VC  awarded  highest  premiums,  including 
HLnHIo  the  Modal  lit  tbo  Parts  Fxporltlon.  Of 
hundreds  of  IndiiHtrlnl  ISxhibltltmH,  there  letvo  not 
berurix  in  all  where  any  other  organs  have  been  pre¬ 
ferred  to  tlicne. 

III!  IUC  DC  A  I  I  V  recommended  by  eminent 
UnivCItwHLLI  miislolatm  a#  possessing  ex¬ 
cellencies  tint  attained  !tt  any  others.  Bee  opinions 
Of  ONE  TtlOUBAND  In  Tetitlinonial  Circular. 

rypi  1ICIUCI  V  employing  several  Important 
CAuLUwllCLI  luvontlons  and  embracing 
©very  real  Improvement. 

THE  MOST  EXTENSIVE  RVffi: 

turics  lu  the  world,  producing  better  work  at  leBS 
cost  than  otherwise  possible. 

DDI^CC  riven  and  ,is  low  aa  consistent 
rElluCO  rlACU  with  scrupulous  employ¬ 
ment  of  only  best  material  and  workmanship. 

ILLUSTRATED  CIRCULAR  AND  TESTI¬ 
MONIAL  CIRCULAR,  WITH  IMPORTANT  IHfOJMA- 
T 10 H  ABOUT  0RDAMS  WHICH  MAY  SAVE  PURCHASERS  FROM 
DISAPPOINTMENT  IN  PURCHASE  Of  INFERIOR  OR  WORTHLESS 
INSTRUMENTS  OR  PAYMENT  Of  HIGH  PRICES,  SENT  FREE. 

MASON  &  HAMLIN  ORGAN  CO., 

151  Trkmont  St.,  Boston  ;  25  union  n.qitark,  New 
York;  so  and  82  Auams  Ht.,  eniCAOo. 

Sri  and  Parlor  lasic, 

!*JOU  cash  for  double-reed,  sl.v  stops,  powerful- 
tonecl  Urgttua.  Warranted  the  beat.  ftstM'S  e«Bh  for 
7-oetave,  rosewood,  carved  leg,  fully  warranted 
Piunoe.  WM  A.  POND  \  CO., 

No.  547  Broadway,  New  York. 


Plane*. 


You  si*  WHY  we  rnti  tiril 
First  i.iusa  7  Octave  Plano*  for 
S20O?  Wv  unswt-r  -It  costs 
less  tlmu  9300  to  make  any 

USOOO  Piano  sold  through 
T'i  IScj  Agi  ut>,  all  of  whom  inuke  10  O 
rat  V"  per  ct.  profit.  We  )■)*»•  no 
USr  1^  it  Agents,  bill  »li!p  'lirset  to  funii- 
•  U.  V  Heat  Fltomry  ntio.-,  ind  wsrriint 
6  Year*.  Scad  for  HliMlrated  circular.  In  wlilth  wo  refer 
to  over  SOO  Bankers,  Merdinntj,  Ar.  (jnni#  <ff  whom 
you  may  know),  tislng  our  Pianos,  in  44  Htatea  and 
Territories.  Plenne  Jtati:  where  you  rjiw  this  riotice. 

U.  8.  Plano  Co.,  066  Broadway,  N.  Y. 

DUNHAM  &  SONS, 

(Established  in  1834,) 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

PIANO-FORTES. 

Mookk’h  Rural  New-Vouuku  or  November  18, 
1871,  stiyB : 

"  Having  used  ono  of  their  Instruments  In  our 
family  for  twenty  years,  wo  cun  oouffdentiy  commend 
them  to  our  reader*  a*  being  ttrst-clntra  In  every  re¬ 
spect.  Both  professional  and  amateur  players  on  th 
piano  pronounce  our  DUNHAM  very  superior  In  tone. 
An  instrument  that  has  retained  its  brilliancy  and 
sweetness  of  tone  for  a  score  of  years  needs  no  far¬ 
ther  commendation.” 

17  Union  Square, 

NEW  YORK. 


£tofU  and  roultnj. 

PREMIUM  STANDARD  AND  PEDIGREE 

FOWLS  FOR  HALF.  French  Asiatics,  Dark 
Bralunas  und  Game  Eggs,  *8  per  d or.  Derby  und 
Duck-Wing  Game  Kgus,  from  my  celebrated  strains, 
!  *12  per  doz.  Only  a  limited  number  for  sale.  Ad- 
(  dress,  with  stump  for  Circular, 

HENRY  SB  Eli  HITT, 
Poulterer  l’or  Isaac  Van  Winkle, 
Box  13,  Greenville,  Hudson  Co.,  N.  J. 

FREE— A  BEAUTIFUL  CATALOGUE 

Of  Fancy  Fowls  and  Eggs  for  Hatching.  Address 


D.  it.  eoui 


esttUdd,  Union  Co.,  N.  J. 


MV  ILLUSTRATED  POULTRY  CATALOGUE. 

Send  for  my  Descriptive  1,1st  of  the  best  varie¬ 
ties  of  Poultry  known.  JOHN  S.  IVES,  Salem,  Mass. 


JOHN  S.  IVES,  Salem,  Mass. 


IJGGS  FOR  IIATGIIING.-I  will  now  book  or- 
_j  ders  for  eggs  from  my  well  known  strains  of  Fan¬ 
cy  Poultry,  Including  over  20  varieties  ot  Fowls  aud 
Ducks,  to  be  shipped  ns  Boon  ns  the  went  her  will  per¬ 
mit.  Inclose  stamp,  and  write  for  wlmt.  you  wunt  to 
C.  N.  BROWN,  Uuadlllu  Forks,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y. 


GEO.  STECK  &  CO.’S 


For  sale  at  the  Rural  New-Yorker  Office,  No.  5 
Beckman  St.,  New  York,  or  Bent  by  mail,  post¬ 
paid,  on  receipt  of  pnoo : 

Wlllurri’a  Practical  Dairy  Husbandry 
Ijunt  l-Kllcd) . . @3  00 

Allen’s  (L.  F.j  American  Oatiie.. . —  2  00 

Do.  New  American  Furm  Book .  2  50 

Do.  Disease*  r.l  Domestic  Animals .  1  UO 

Do.  Rural  Architecture .  1  5U 

American  Bird  Fancier . . . . . .  30 

Auierioah  Pomology  1290  Illustration*)  Warder..  3  00 

American  Practical  Cookery . . .  1  75 

Amencvtn  Bose  Oulturtrt .  30 

American  Standard  of  Excellence  In  Poultry..  50 

American  Wheat  Cultarlxt  (Todd) . .  2  nO 

Architecture,  National  (G«o,  K  Woodward) . 12  00 

A twood’s Count  ■ y  and  Suburban  Houses .  1  50 

Harry's  Fruit  Garden  (new  edition) . . .  2  50 

Bee  Keepers'  Text  Book,  Paper,  40c.;  Cloth .  75 

Ueiucnt'.n  Rabbit  Fancier . 30 

tllckncll’*  VRhurn  Bnlldnr  (55  Plates,  showing 

New  ami  Practical  Dcalsnsi .  . 10  00 

Bummer’*  Method  of  Making  .Manures .  25 

Brock's  Book  of  Flowers  (new) . . .  1  75 

Bridgeman’s  Gardener's  Asai.-tant .  2  50 

Bulrt’a  Family  Kltolieu  Gardener .  1  00 

Do.  Flower  Gar  don .  160 

Qmpnntry  Made  Fcsy  (new) .  5  00 

Chemistry  of  the  Farm  'Nichols) .  1  25 

Ch orl ton'*  Grain1  Grower'*  Guide . . .  75 

Cider  Maker's  Manual . .  1  50 

Claler'*  New  III.  Cattle  Doctor, colored  plates...  6  00 

Cobbelt’s  American  Gardener . . .  75 

Cole's  American  Fruit- Book .  75 

Cole's  American  Vplerlnnnnn .  75 

Colton  Culture  (Lyman 'a, )..,., . . . . .  150 

Crack  Shot  (Barber) .  1  75 

Cranberry  Culture  iJ,  J.  White) .  1  25 

Dadd's  American  Cattle  Doctor .  1  50 

Do  Modern  Horse  Doctor. .  1  50 

Dana's  Muck  Manual . . .  1  25 

Darwin's  Variation*  ot  Animals  and  Plants .  0  00 

Dead  Shot:  or.  Saortman’s  Complete  Guide .  l  75 

Downing’s  Fruits  and  Fruit  Trees  of  America, 

(1100  pp.) .  5  00 

Do.  Rural  Essays .  3  50 

Drainage  for  Protit  and  Health .  1  60 

Dyer  and  Color  Maker's  Companion .  1  25 

i ' "  id  'a  ( IrHiihori  y  t  allure .  75 

Klllol-'s  Dawn  and  Shade  Trees .  1  50 

Everybody’ll  Lawyer .  2  00 

Every  Woman  Her  Own  Flower  Gardener  (new), 

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U9  sue  something  in  Rural.  You  will  see  I 
intend  the  one  room  to  answer  for  both  sit¬ 
ting  and  dining-room.  Want  also  a  hall  be¬ 
tween  sitting  or  dining-room  and  kitchen, 
and  if  there  can  be,  without  much  additional 
expense,  a  bedroom  either  over  or  attached 
to  back  building  for  servant  girl.  M.  H.  H. 

Washington,  Tazewell  Co.,  Ill. 


PLAN  OF  COTTAGE  RESIDENCE  WANTED 


iluntl  Architecture 

C. _ /  L  I j 


I  design  ljuilding  a  cottage  residence  ;  will 
have  to  front  West ;  have  a  fine  slope  South 
and  West ;  road  passes  West.  T  like  the 
Wilson  cottage,  of  Beverly,  O.,  in  Rural 
New-Yorker,  Feb.  15 — that  is,  its  size  and 
general  appearance  outside  ;  but  i  want  two 
bedrooms  down  stairs,  one,  say,  12  by  12  or 
15  feet,  the  other  not  so  large  ;  would  like  to 
have  them  open  into  sitting  or  dining-room, 
so  in  Winter  the  fire  there  would  somewhat 
warm  them.  Parlor,  say,  15  by  15,  on  the 
West,  with  bay-window.  Sitting  or  dining¬ 
room,  say,  15  by  15,  with  bay-window  on  the 
South.  Verandah,  and  hall  going  from  Ve¬ 
randah  on  South  side  of  parlor.  Up-stairs 


A  NEAT  FARM- HOUSE 


Our  readers  must  remember  that  we  are 
not  professional  architects  ;  nor  do  we  pro¬ 
pose  to  make  ourselves  a  substitute  for  such. 
We  publish  inquiries  from  our  correspond¬ 
ents,  answer  them  if  we  can,  or  have  the 
time ;  if  not  our  readers  may.  Elsewhere 
we  publish  an  inquiry  from  an  Illinoisan.  It 
seems  to  ua  that  one  who  knows  so  thorough¬ 
ly  what  he  wants,  might,  with  the  aid  of  an 
intelligent  carpenter  (not  to  say  architect) 
devise  a  plan  to  meet  those  wants. 

The  accompanying  elevation  and  plans  are 
not  given  in  response  to  M.  H.  IT. ’s  inquiry, 
but  to  d.  F.  G.’a  and  W,  H.  R.’s,  neither  of 
whose  wishes  (as  expressed)  it  will  exactly 
meet,  but  may  modify  both.  The  main 
building,  of  stoue,  is  *10  by  -fit  feet,  and  two 
stories  in  bight.  The  L  part  is  but  one  story. 


CRITICISM  ON  MR.  WILSON’S  RESIDENCE 


I  cannot  refrain  from  criticising  the  plan 
for  a  cottage  given  in  the  Rural  New-York¬ 
er  of  Feb.  15th,  and  which  the  owner  of  the 
cottage  suys  “is  exceedingly  comfortable 
and  convenient,”  from  which  it.  is  very  evi¬ 
dent  that  men’s  ideas  of  comfort  differ  very 
materially.  In  the  four  principal  rooms  of 
this  cottage  the  doors  are  placed  within  a 
few  feet  of  the  fire  place,  so  that  a  circle 
sitting  round  the  fire  would  have  a  draft  of 
cold  am  lot  in  on  them  every  time  the  door 
was  opened — not  a  pleasant  thing  in  such  a 
climate  as  this.  The  object,  1  suppose,  of 
placing  the  chimneys  where  they  are,  was  to 
have  them  in  the  internal  walls  ;  but  much 
more  is  lost  than  gained  by  the  present  ar¬ 
rangements.  In  the  diuing  room  the  chirn- 
I  ney  might  be  huilt  in  the  internal  wall,  sepa¬ 
rating  it  from  the  parlor  by  removing  the 
door  to  the  other  end  of  the  room,  near  the 
kitchen.  w. 

New  York  City. 


PLAN  OF  SECOND  FLOOR, 
rooms  as  best  suited  to  shape.  This  is  the 
main  building.  Then  a  large  kitchen,  say,  12 
by  15,  East  of  maiu  house,  with  a  good-sized 
pantry  either  North  or  East  of  kitchen.  Ve¬ 
randah  South  of  Kitchen.  Cistern  on  kitch¬ 
en  verandah.  Bath-room  near  cistern. 

Now,  how  to  get  all  this  in  some  such  shape 
as  the  Wilson  cottage  is  what  I  want.  Let 


the  living-room.  G  is  a  Wash-room,  lb  by  lb, 
which  may  be  used  as  a  Summer- kitchen.  H 
is  the  Dairy,  and  I  the  Wood-house.  The 
Kitchen,  F,  Ifi  fe3t  square,  opens  by  a  bach 
door  upon  a  broad  stone  platform,  undei 
which  the  steps  next,  the  main  building  de 
scend  to  the  cellar, 

The  Wash  room,  G, 
has,  beside  the  fire¬ 
place  a  circular  copper  r 

boiler  set  for  boiling  ,. &,■#>,  4I) 

the  clothes.  The  Dai- 
ry,  II,  may,  if  thought 
best,  be  sunk  three 
feet  below  the  level  of  - 
the  wash-house,  and 
paved  with  flag-stones 

cool ;  a  stone  shelf  be-  1 

ing  around  the  outside  £  3 

for  milk  pans.  The  rrSSpT'  'VsJjK&JU 

wood-house  has  a  large  i 

loading  from  wagons. 

The  second  floor  has  ’  JkSlp 

four  Bedroom*,  J,  J, 

each  18  by  18 ;  K,  IT  £KjjjPgP^j 

by  20,  and  L,  8  by  12  1  *£ 

feet.  There  is  also  M 

aiqple  room  for  closets.  - 

Above  this  story  is  a 

roomy  garret.  . — -**»•. 

Now  this  plan  may  -i&L&g2 

be  called  a  little  old- 
fashioned,  and  it  may  jji 

require  much  moditi-  f|  \j 

cation  to  meet  the 
wants  of  many  of  our 

Downing,  and  is  cop- 
ied  from  his  “Cottage  :  .. 

Residences.”  It  is  giv-  jfcf 

en  as  a  suggestion,  and  fV,,*;. ' 


PLAN  OF  FIRST  FLOOR. 

and  draws  all  the  materials  himself,  Mr.  D. 
estimated  the  building  (when  he  wrote  the 
book)  to  cost  *1,700.  It  would  probably  cost 
double  that  amount  now. 


HOW  TO  BUILD  A  SMOKE-HOUSE 


A  reader  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  asks 
for  a  plan  for  a  smoke-house.  I  will  give  you 
an  account  of  mine,  as 
it  suits  me  for  farm 
use.  Make  the  si2e  to 
please  you — five  by  six 
feet  will  do.  Dig  out 
the  ground  the  whole 
size  below  the  frost ; 
fill  up  with  stone  to  the 
surface ;  then  lay  fiat 
stone  and  mortar  one 
foot  above  the  surface 
of  the  ground,  (to  keep 
:  _  .  the  moisture  from 

”  •  cracking  the  wall); 

then  lay  a  single  brick 
.  MJ*  wall  eight,  feet  high ;  4 

ft.  from  tlie  stone  work 
lay  one  tier  of  brick 
’  endwise  on  the  sides  ; 

they  will  stick  out  cm 
the  inside  to  receive  a 
"  ^ '  floor  that  will  hold  a 

K*' J  man.  Make  the  door 

\  dx  feet  long,  three  feet 

below  the  floor ;  the 
three  feet  below  will 
,Ji ||&\ : give  you  access  to  your 
WmSkajm  ash-room  and  plenty 

•  of  room  for  access  to 

your  smoke-room. 
■D  Hang  your  meat  on  the 

u  i  rafters  and  plate,  (have 

.. IjijljlMlJijMli 1  your  plate  eight  inch- 

Jgy V vcflL  es  wide).  Make  your 

•  nnoke  on  the  ashes  ; 

r  out  quite  white.  A 

smoke  every  other  day 
for  ten  days  is  sufll- 
cient.  Don’ t  make  any 
holes  in  the  floor ;  the 
smoke  will  find  its 
"*  ‘  way  through. 

E.  Bond. 


TTX'V.-v.-.V  Vi  , 


I  could  fill  your  paper  with  similar  testi¬ 
mony,  which  1  am  receiving  nearly  every  day 
from  all  parts  of  the  country.  But  the  above 
It*  deemed  sufficient  to  show  that  the  reputa¬ 
tion  of  Campbell’s  Late  Rose  does  not  depend 
Upon  my  statements  ;  and  though  Mr.  Tal- 
cott  may  have  failed  with  it,  it  is.  in  the 
hands  of  others,  entirely  satisfactory,  and  re¬ 
garded  as  a  very  promising  and  valuable  late 
potato.  Geo.  W.  Campbell. 


and  am  satisfied  it  is  far  ahead  of  any  iron 
plow  in  use.  It  will  not  clog  in  black  muck ; 
it  holds  easy,  draft  very  light,  turns  a  good 
furrow,  and  does  its  work  very  nicely.  I  can 
heartily  recommend  it  to  any  one.,  and  I 
would  further  recommend  that  they  get  one 
as  I  did.  L.  L.  Coe. 

Schuyler  Co.,  N.  Y. 


CAMPBELL’S  LATE  ROSE  POTATO 


BOYNTON’S  LIGHTNING  SAWS 


My  attention  has  been  called  t,o  the  article 
m-  Mr.  Jonathan  Taloott,  iu  the  Rural 
New-Y  oitKER  of  Feb.  8,  wherein  he  makes 
out  a  pretty  bad  oftSg  xor  Campbell  s  Late 
Kose  potato,  as  grown  by  him.  Mr.  T.  is  a 
stranger  to  me,  and,  so  far  as  i  know,  has 
cause  for  misrepresentation,  though  he  finds 
nothing  good  iu  the  potato,  and  seems  to  have 
no  patience  with  those  who  do. 

I  do  not  question  Mr.  T.’s  right  to  relate 
his  experience,  and  to  enlarge  with  evident 
delight  upon  tho  “mean  and  scraggy”  re¬ 
sults  he  has  aeluaved  ;  but  when  he  assumes 
t  hat  he  lias  been  the  vict  im  of  misrepresent-a- 
tion,  and,  ignoring  the  statements  of  others, 
undertakes  to  advise  the  readers  of  the  Ru- 
kae  “to  give  Campbell's  Late  Rose  a  wide 
berth,”  us  “another  bug  of  the  Ramsdell 
Norway  oats  style,”  I  think  lie  passes  the  i 
bounds  of  fairness  and  justice,  and  states  con¬ 
clusions  not  warranted  by  the  truth. 

II  Mr.  T.  has  been  growing  potatoes  for 
fifty  years,  he  ought  to  know  that  their,  is  no 
vegetable  more  liable  to  be  affected,  both  iu 


A  year  or  more  ago  we  noticed  the  won¬ 
derful  performances  of  Boynton’s  Cross-Cut 
Saw,  from  personal  observation,  and  since 
then  have  been  still  more  impressed  with  the 
fact  tlwt  the  invention  is  one  of  those  which 
saves  labor,  time  and  hence 


BINDING  ATTACHMENT  TO  REAPERS, 


SILVER-HULL  BUCKWHEAT 


H.  Cf.  F.  is  informed  that  we  have  never 
seen  one  of  these  attachments  to  Wood’s 
Reaper,  but  know  that  it,  is  highly  spoken  of 
by  those  who  have  seen  it.  As  we  under¬ 
stand  it,  it  consists  simply  of  a  box  into 
which  the  gavels  of  grain  are  deposited  by 
the  self-raker,  whence  they  are  taken  by  two 
men  riding  on  a  platform,  and  bound,  after 
tho  manner  of  the  Marsh  Harvester.  It  is 
asserted  that  one  active  binder  will  do  the 
work  of  five  men  following  the  reaper  in  the 
usual  wav. 


money.  In  ad¬ 
dition  to  what  was  then  stated,  we  think  the 
‘Lightning  .Saw”  entitled  to  further  men¬ 
tion,  and  therefore  notice  again. 

Ordiuary  saws  cut  only  one  way,  have 
teeth  »o  near  together  that  they  clog  with 
wood  fiber,  while  the  angle  of  the  teeth  is 
far  too  acute,  being  about  CO  degrees.  Great 
and  practical  improvements  have,  of  late 
years,  been  made  in  raw  s,  with  a  saving  of  u 
vtirt,  amount  of  time  and  hard  labor,  as  well 
as  superseding,  to  a  great,  extent,  the  use  of 
the  ax,  which  is  a  very  wasteful  instrument 
when  applied  to  the  cutting  of  wood.  Mr. 
LBEN  M.  Boynton  of  No.  80  Beckman  St., 
New  York  City,  has  taken  out  four  patents 
for  improvements  on  saws. 

The  most  important  of  the  characteristics 
ol  Mr  Boynton’s  inventions  are  the  substitu¬ 
tion  of  an  M  shaped  tooth,  with  an  open  inter- 
j  val  of  the  same  width  as  the  tooth,  for  the 
old-fiushioiiej  eontiunous  V-shaped  tooth. 
This  kind  ot  saw  in  well  named  the  “Light 
i  ning  Saw,  on  account  of  the  rapidity  with 
which  it  performs  its  work.  Thin  peculiarity 
is  attribufnldc  to  three,  causes — first,  the 


’n  Rural  Nkw-Yobkkr,  Feb.  15,  under 
tlie  *aption  of  “Silver-Hull  Buckwheat,” 
-ou  ash  “who  of  your  readers  got  any  of 
that,  buckwh*m,t  t”  I  am  one  of  the  fortu¬ 
nate  ones,  if  fortune  it  be,  in  having  some  of 
that  excellent  article.  T^st  Spring  I  received 
two  quarts  from  the  Department  of  Agrieul-  j 
tore  Which  1  sowed  .Juiy  5th.  ,,.,sl  at.  that 
time  an  unusual  drouth  set  in,  and  it.  was  a  I 
)mg  time  before  Jt  came— in  fact  1  had 
almost  despaired  of  its  ever  doing  so.  At  last 
the  “rains  descended,”  and  it  put,  up  an 
appearance,  grew  luxuriantly,  and  thorough¬ 
ly  ripened  bcloie  frost,  yielding  me  two 
InuShels  of  the  finest  grain  j  ever  saw.  It  is 


A  MUCK  PATCH 


yield  and  quality,  by  the  nature  < /  the  soil, 
and  by  favorable  or  unfavorable  seasons, 
than  the  potato ;  and.  t  hat  varieties  w  hich 
under  favorable  conditions  and  good  culture 
may  possess  the  highest  excellence,  may, 
under  other  and  adverse  circumstances,  be 
nearly  worthless,  if  f  am  to  judge-  the  Early 
Rose  by  its  character  as  grown  here  the  past 
season,  I  could,  with  entire  truth,  make  a 
worse  showing  than  Mr.  T.  makes  for  the 
Late  Rose  ;  for  its  yield  has  been  scarcely  25 
bushels  to  the  acre,  and  its  quality  so  poor  as 
to  lie  unfit  for  use.  But  I  hardly 
should  increase  mj  reputation  wi 
readers  for  either  intelligence,  or  horn 
should,  on  account  of  my  failure, 
that  the  Early  Rose  could  be  no  b 
other  hands  and  other  eii 
undertake  to  denounce  it  a 
unworthy  of  cultivation. 

Mr.  Talcott’s  potatoes 
grown  in  uncongenial  soil, 
and  wet  season,  and 
The  yield  of  one  bushel  to  the  pound 


I  have  a  muck  patch  of  about  three  acres  ; 
it  is  a  basin  surrounded  by  good  wheat  land, 
the  muck  live  or  six  feet  deep ;  can  run  a 
stick  that  depth ;  it  has  been  pastured  for 
years,  until  last  year  planted  to  beans;  had 
a  good  crop;  it  is  drained  so  there  will  not 
any  water  stand  w  ithin  ten  or  t  w  elve  inches 
of  the  suface ;  I  can  darn  it  so  as  to  Hood  it 
all  Winter.  What  1  want  to  know  is,  will 
cranberries  tin  well  on  such  muck  ;  if  so,  how 
much  per  acre  w  ill  the  plants  cost,  and  how 
to  cultivate  !  Will  such  land  be  good  for 
sugar  beets  and  mangel  wurzel,  rutabaga  or 
other  turnips?— Quae  k  Patch,  lialaria,  N.  1'. 

Ik  you  can  Hood  your  muck-bed  in  Winter 
•  as  you  say,  all  that  is  lacking,  apparently,  to 
make  it  an  excellent  cranberry  meadow  is  a 
top-dressing  of  two  or  three  inches  of  sand. 
Cranberries  will  doubtless  grow  iu  the  muck 
as  it  is  ;  but  they  would  thrive  better  if  the 
surface  was  one-tliird  to  one  halt  sand.  We 
cannot  say  whftt  the  plants  will  cost  per  acre  ; 
and  if  our  correspondent,  has  had  no  experi¬ 
ence  in  cranberry  culture,  it,  will  pay  him  to 
visit  some  one  who  has  a  plantation,  or  mail 
us  81.25,  for  which  we  will  send  him  a  work 
which  will  furnish  him  with  details  we  have 
not  space  to  publish.  . 

Buch  land  us  you  describe  will  produce, 
doubtless,  sugar  beets,  mangel  wurzel,  ruta¬ 
bagas  and  other  turnips;  but  their  quality 
and  nutritive  value  will  not  be  as  great  as  if 
grown  on  a  sandy  loam  ;  you  may  get  more 
bulk  per  acre  from  the  muck  :  but  we  doubt 
if  you  get  more  value. 


wrere  evidently 
iu  a  very  warm 
were  never  ripened. 

.  _  l  cannot 

bo  called  a  bad  one  ;  and  their  size  and  qual¬ 
ity  are  sufficiently  accounted  for  by  the  un¬ 
favorable  conditions  under  which  they  were 
sown. 

While  1  do  not  expect  Campbell's  Late 
Rose,  or  any  other  potato,  to  succeed  equally 
well  in  all  cases  und  under  all  circumstances, 
I  do  claim  that  hundreds  of  good  cultivators, 
in  all  sections  of  the  country,  whom  1  have 
every  reason  to  believe  are  Just  ns  disinter¬ 
ested,  just  as  honest,  just  as  truthful,  and, 
if  success  is  a  measure  of  Ability,  certainly  as 
capable  farmers  as  Mr.  T.,  have  found  it  en¬ 
tirely  satisfactory,  and  all  that  has  over  been 
claimed  for  it,  both  in  yield  and  quality. 

Gratifying  as  my  own  success  has  been — 
for,  notwithstanding  an  unfavorable  season, 

I  raised,  of  my  Late  Rose,  250  bushels  to  the 
acre,  where  Early  Rose  adjoining  gave  but 
25 — many  of  my  correspondents  report  much 
larger  results  than  I  have  ever  attained. 

D.  Auos.  Vanoeuvkkr  of  Freehold,  N.  J., 
says: — “For  the  late  or  main  crop,  I  have 
found,  in  my  experience,  no  variety  equal  to 
the  new  seedling,  Campbell’s  Late  Rose.  It 
is  equal  to  the  Peach  Blow  iu  quality,  und 
far  surpasses  it  in  productiveness,  and,  1 
think,  will  take  first  rank  for  a  late  crop.  Its 
yield  is  larger  than  the  Peerless,  which  has 
been  considered  the  most  productive  potato 
grown.  From  a  bushel  and  a  half  planted 
the  past  year  I  grew  05  barrels,  or  18U  bush¬ 
els,  being  an  average  of  120  lbs.  from  one 
planted,  which  1  consider  a  very  good  yield 
for  a  poor  season. '  ’ 

M.  K.  Young  of  Glen  Haven,  Wis. 

2,750  pounds  from  8  pounds  planted 
the  rate  of  24354  lbs.  to  one. 

H.  H.  Bisskll  of  Madison,  Iowa,  reports 
five  bushels  from  one  pound,  and  “thinks  it. 
a  pretty  good  yield.” 

(  A-  D.  Davidson,  Balcm,  Oregon,  writes: — 

“  Your  Late  Rose  does  very  well  here.  They 
are  large,  yield  heavily,  and  are  delicious 
when  cooked.  You  deserve  a  monument  fm- 


HARROWING  WHEAT  FIELDS 


The  practice  of  harrowing  wheat  fields  iu 
the  Bpring  before  sowing  clover  seed,  seems 
t/(>  be  generally  advocated  by  agricultural 
writ  ers.  Will  you  permit  me  to  ask.  through 
your  columns,  whether  it  will  do  to  apply  the 
harrow  in  the  Bpring  when  Timothy  seed 
was  sown  in  the  1  nil  and  of  course  got  but  a 
small  start. Will  it  not  injure  the  Timothy 
more  to  harrow  it  than  ii  will  benefit  the 
clover  or  wheat  ?  r  would  also  like  your  ad¬ 
vice  as  to  the  beat  artificial  manure  or  dress¬ 
ing  to  apply  at  time  of  using  the  harrow  and 
sowing  clover  to  insure  a  good  seedling.— C.  B. 
W.,  (Jlenltam,  Dutchess  Co.,  A".  I*. 

If  ground  for  wheat  has  1  icon  proper  ly  pre- 
pared  for  seeding  hi  the  Fall,  and  the  seed 
has  been  drilled  in,  or  if  it  lias  not  been  sown 
too  thicklv 


THE  VICTOR  HORSE  HOE 


Every  one  knows  the  importance  of  thor¬ 
ough  cultivation  and  keeping  the  weeds 
down  so  as  to  give  the  plant  full  possession  of 


THE  ANALYSES  OF  GUANO 


|  to  the  Manhattan  Manufacturing  and  Fertil¬ 
izing  Co.,  which  1  think  culls  lor  a  feu-  state¬ 
ments  ol  the  facts  of  the  case.  As  an  official 
of  “the  Fanners’  Protective  Union”  of  Long 
Island,  1  was  desirous  of  knowiug  if  the 
“Blood  Guano”  was  valuable  to  the  farmer, 
as  our  business  is  to  supply  fanners  with  sta¬ 
ble  manure,  ashes,  guano,  &e.,  and  we  did  not 
wish  to  sell,  in  fact  we  could  not  sell,  to  any 
L.  I.  farmer  any  fertilizer,  except  manure 
anid  ashes,  unless  he  was  well  satisfied  that  it 
would  be  beneficial  to  his  crops,  as  they  have 
been  so  often  deceived  that  they  have  be¬ 
come  very  careful  in  the  purchase  of  manure. 
This  was  my  motive,  and  not  the  expectation 
of  dividends,  as  I  am  not  a  stockholder  in  the 
“Manhattan  Manufacturing  and  Fertilizing 
Co.,”  but  a  stockholder  and  Secretary  of 
“the  Farmers’  Protective  Union,”  office 
Hunter’s  Point,  L.  I.  Isaac  H.  Cocks. 
Old  Westbury,  L.  I. 


,  we  can  see  no  advantage  to  re¬ 
sult  from  harrowing,  if  it  is  too  thick  on  t  he 
ground  and  itis  desirable  to  thin  it,  harrowing 
may  be  the  mode  adopted  for  so  doing,  oth¬ 
erwise  we  see  no,  and  never  knew  any,  gain 
from  harrowing  Fall  wheat  iu  Spring.  On 
lands  that  are  likely  to  heave  by  frost,  we 
should  rather  apply  a  roller  than  a  harrow  in 
Spring.  We  should  not  harrow,  anyway  ; 
and  we  certainly  should  not  harrow  fields 


the  soil.  The  above  cut  shows  an  implement 
which  we  tliink  will  do  this  work.  This 
horse  hoe  possesses  some  novel  and  important 
features.  The  blades  and  standards  are 
made  from  one  steel  plate,  bent,  at  such  an 
jingle  as  to  give  them  the  proper  working 
position,  (as  shown  iu  cut,)  and  are  tempered, 
which  makes  them 


very  durable,  and  they 
will  not  break  on  the  roughest  ground.  The 
blades  thoroughly  pulverize  aud  cut  up  the 
weeds ;  the  rake  works  them  out  aud  will  not 
clog,  but  leaves  them  on  the  surface.  The 
blades  aud  rakes  can  be  adjusted  to  work  at 
any  depth,  or  in  any  width  ;  rows  can  be  run 
very  close  to  the  plants  without  injuring 
them,  and  leave  soil  in  splendid  condition. 
It  is  also  used  to  pulverize  and  level  the  soil 
for  grain,  root  crops,  etc. ;  has  hilling  plows 
that  will  do  all  that  is  required  for  hilling 
purposes.  The  horse  hoe  is  of  very-  light 
draft  and  easily  managed,  is  made  in  the 
most  thorough  manner  and  of  the  best  mate¬ 
rial.  Blades,  plows  and  rakes  are  of  steel, 
and  sold  at  a  very  reasonable  price.  This 
hoe  was  awarded  first  premium  (silver  med¬ 
al)  at  the  New  England  Fair,  1872.  See  the 
announcement  of  the  manufacturers,  (E.  D. 
&  O.  B.  Reynolds,  North  .Bridgewater, 
Maas.,)  in  this  paper. 


FIELD  NOTES 


raised 
or  at 


meadows  to  aid  the  coming  crop  ;  if  so,  how 
soon  should  it  be  sown  t—u.  m,  If  meadows 
are  old,  mossy,  and  tliin  in  grass,  we  certain¬ 
ly  should  advise  sowing  more  seed,  harrow¬ 
ing  thoroughly  this  Spring,  and  top-dressing 
with  lime  and  well  composted  stable  manure. 
The  seed  cannot  be  sown  too  soon  now. 

Potatoes  in  New  Jersey— C.  \Vr.  Wilson 
writes “  I  raised  lour  varieties  of  potatoes 
last  year.  The  Early  Rose  was  a  failure,  and 
,tlie  Peerless  a  grand  success ;  and  while  I 
know  that  in  this  section  of  New  Jersey  the 
Early  Rose  has  passed  its  day  of  profitable¬ 
ness,  still  I  do  not  doubt  Mr.  Talcott’s  hon¬ 
esty  in  saving  they  are  “  still  the  best  with 
him.  ’  Let  us  encourage  experiment,  temper¬ 
ing  our  critieiems  with  the  spirit  of  friend¬ 
ship. 

Hop-Plantiny. — Will  some  of  your  readers 
inform  me  the  best  time  to  set  out  hop  roots, 
how  far  apart  to  plant  them,  and  information 
as  to  best  mode  of  culture.— W.  E.  Deegan. 


ECONOMICAL  NOTES 


Superphosphate  of  Lime.— It  W.  T.  A.  has 
the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  March  2,  1872, 
he  will  find,  on  page  117,  detailed  answers  to 
his  questions.  We  may  say,  however,  that 
50  to  (50  pounds  of  acid  are  required  to  100 
pounds  of  bone.  If  bone  dust  or  crushed 
bones  are  used  it  should  be  diluted  with  two 
or  three  times  its  bulk  of  water ;  if  whole 
bones  are  used,  a  dozen  times  it  s  bulk  of  water 
should  be  used.  The  finer  the  bones  are  bro¬ 
ken  the  better— the  quicker  and  easier  the 
manufacture.  ( 

The  Fresh  Urine  from  a  Cow  (1000  parts) 
as  analyzed  by  Sprengel,  showed  water, 
020.2  ;  urea,  40.0  ;  mucus,  2.0  ;  hippuric  and 
lactic  acids,  (5.1;  carbonic  acid,  2.1;  ammo 
nia,  8.1 ;  potash,  (5.(5 ;  soda,  5,5  ;  sulphuric 
acid,  4.0  ;  phosphoric  acid,  0.7  ;  chlorine,  2.7- 
lime,  0.t5 ;  magnesia,  0.4  ;  alumina,  oxide  of 
irou  and  oxide  of  magnesia,  0.1  ;  silica,  0.4— 
total,  1000  parts. 


COLLINS  &  CO.’S  STEEL  PLOWS, 


I  .saw  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  Feb. 
22,  an  inquiry  by  C.  B.  Van  Slyke  in  refer¬ 
ence  to  Collins  &  Co.’s  Steel  Plows.  In 
reply,  I  would  say  I  received  one  of  these 
plows  as  a  premium  for  a  club  for  Moore? s 
Rural  New-Yorker  in  the  Spring  of  18G9. 
I  have  used  it  in  all  kinds  of  soil  on  my  farm, 


SVIftBSH  IS 


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HOME  DAIRY  MARKETS. 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  WEW-YOBIEB 


Tits  Western  Fanner,  in  a  recent  number,  has 
suj's;— “Mr.  Willard's  illustration  of  the  and 
mistake  of  neglecting  home  markets,  by  rel-  and 
ereuoc  to  the  fact  t  hat  w  hilt*  Wisconsin  dairy-  cliff< 
meu  were  shipping  cheese  to  England  last  ordi 
Summer.  Northern  Ohio  dairymen  were  sell-  win 
i„g  cheese*  at  high  rates  in  the  Lake  Superior  are 
Mining  Market,  was  not  altogether  a  fortu-  the 
mvte  one.  Cheese  could  probably  be  shipped  t;he 
from  Cleveland  to  the  Lake  Superior  region  bui 
full  v  as  cheaply  as  li  on  i  Milwaukee.  In  com-  mo 
meuting  on  this  illustration,  the  Jefferson  Co.  11 
Union  says  "that  while  an  offer  was  made  *nr 
last.  Summer  to  carry  t hceae from  Milwaukee  fro 
to  Liverpool  for  ho  cents  gold  period  pounds,  j  in  i 
it  has  cost  two  cents  per  pound  to  ship  cheese  i  son 
from  Watertown  to  St.  Paul.  It  should  be  hat 
stated,  in  this  connection,  that  Dr.  STONE  Ids 
says  he  shipped  cheese  from  Elgin,  III.,  to  see 
St.  Paid,  for  85  cents  per  100  pounds.”  an; 

The  Western  Fanner,  we.  presume,  refers,  of 
ill  the  above,  to  some  remarks  made  by  us  yet 
in  a  recent  address  before  the  New  York  or 
Slate  Dairymen's  Association  and  Board  <>l  A< 
Trade,  in  which  we  urged  the  importance  of  is: 
establishing  home  markets  and  promoting  pa 
home  consumption  of  cheese.  Now,  what  eri 
are  the  facts  to  which  allusion  is  made  !  They  mi 
are  simply  these: — Some  of  the  factories  of  eo 
Jefferson  Co.,  Wisconsin,  dissatisfied  with  gr 
the  Chicago  markets  last  Summer,  com-  ke 
m eneed  shipping  their  cheese  1  o  England,  to 
This  they  had  a  perfect  right  to  do,  and  we  nr 
have  no  narrow,  sectional  feeling  that  would  g« 
prompt  us  to  offer  one  word  of  objection  to  p< 
our  Western  friends  in  placing  cheese  in  com-  in 
petition  with  New  York  cheese  in  the  British  in 
markets.  Wo  hope  our  views  of  markets  oi 
and  marketing  are  of  a  broader  and  more  pi 
liberal  Character.  We  wish  dairymen  every  i  la 
where  on  this  continent  to  seek  the  best  V 
markets  and  obtain  the  best  prices  for  their  si 

goods,  and  to  this  end  our  labors  for  years  t< 
have  been  directed,  and  with  these,  views  we  1 1 
advised  our  Wisconsin  friends  to  look  to  A 
home  markets  and  to  t  he  Western  and  North-  r 
western  trade  in  the  disposal  of  tlieir  cheese,  d 
Now,  while,  the  Wisconsin  factories  were  P 
shipping  their  cheese  abroad,  biking  I  he  risk 
of  long  distances  and  hot.  weat  her,  and  real-  '' 
i/.ing  much  less  net  returns  than  ordinary  fl 
Herkimer  Co.  factories  at  Little  Falls,  enter-  1 
prising  Ohio  dairymen  were  shipping  cheese  « 
to  the  mining  districts  of  Northern  Wlscon- 
sin,  and  realizing,  from  month  to  month,  a  1 
larger  net  return  than  the  best ‘‘fancy  fac-  1 
toi'ies”  at  the.  Little  Falls  (N.  Y.)  market. 

How,  then,  is  the* “illustration  not  alto- 
I  gethcr  a  fortunate  one  J”  Does  it  not  prove,  in 
this  instance  at  least .  Hint  the  home  market 
was  better  than  the  foreign  one  !  The  Farmer  ' 
says  that  “cheese  could  probably  be  shipped  • 
from  Cleveland  to  Lake  Superior  region  fully 
as  cheaply  as  from  Milwaukee.  We  see  no 
good  reason  why  this  should  be  so — -but  grant 
the  assumption,  and  does  it  alter  the  fact, 
that  more  net  receipts — clean  profits — were 
received  from  the  sale  of  cheese,  shipped  to 
Wisconsin  than  that  shipped  from  Wisconsin 
to  England  ? 

We  are  acquainted  with  the  shipper  who 
handled  the  Wisconsin  factories,  and  have  no 
doubt  the  goods  were  well  placed  and  well 
sold  in  England,  but  if  our  friend  Morrow 
will  take  the  trouble  to  get  the  returns  real 
ized  by  the  Wisconsin  factories,  expenses]and 
commissions  deducted,  and  compare  l  he  same 
with  rates  above  best  sales  at  Little  Falls, 
the  price  netted  the  Ohio  factories  from  tlieir 
sales  iu  Northern  Wisconsin,  the  illustration 
i  will,  perhaps,  appear  more  to  the  point. 

We  are  more  and  more  impressed  with  the 
idea  that  the  foreign  cheese  trade  does  but 
little  good  for  us,  and  that  if  less  cheese  was 
shipped  abroad  and  greater  attention  paid  to 
the  development  of  home  markets,  better 
prices  would  result  than  has  obtained  during  1 
the  past  year.  During  our  recent  trip  to 
Michigan,  we  learned  something  of  the  ma  n- 
j  nor  in  which  the  trade  is  managed  in  that 
State.  Mr.  Rufus  Baker,  President  of  the 
Michigan  Stale  Dairymen’s  Association,  has 
several  factories  under  his  charge.  He  em¬ 
ploys  an  agent  or  salesman,  who  is  constantly 
on  the  road  during  the  cheese-making  season, 
soliciting  orders  for  cheese,  and  Mr.  Baker 
has  received  satisfactory  prices.  We  con¬ 
versed  with  this  agent,  and  he  remarked  that 
it  made  a  very  great  difference  in  the  con¬ 
sumption  of  cheese  whether  he  kept  nis  cus¬ 
tomers  suuplied  with  cheese  or  allowed  them 
to  purchase  from  time  to  time,  without  the 
agent’s  oversight.  In  the  latter  case,  stocks 
would  become  exhausted,  and  from  various 
^  >  causes,  would  only  be  replenished  at  intervals, 


and  in  such  manner  as  would  leave  custom¬ 
ers  unsupplied  nearly  half  the  time,  thus 
checking  consumption  ;  whereas,  if  he  kept 
the  run  of  stocks,  and  never  allowed  them 
'  to  become  exhausted,  the  consumption  was 
vastly  more  and  prices  steadier.  This  fact 
has  been  brought  to  our  observation  for  years, 
and  wo  have  urged  factories  to  band  together 
and  employ  an  agent  to  go  throughout  the 
I  different  villages  of  the  country  soliciting 
I  orders  in  the  same  way  that  enterprising 


and  what  it  really  is  when  put  to  the  test  of 
its  practidal  workings. 

As  to  soiling,  it  is  a  question  whether  it 
can  be  made  to  pay  with  milch  cows,  where 
the  milk  is  delivered  at  a  cheese  factory  at. 
the  rates  cheese  has  sold  during  the  past  lew 
years.  We  refer  now,  of  course,  to  full  null¬ 
ing,  or  where  the  the  animals  are  kept  housed 
most  of  tlin  time,  and  are  fed  daily  from  the 
manger,  instead  of  being  allowed  to  get  tlieir 
supply  of  food  from  pasturage.  In  the.  first 


wholesale  merchants  sell  their  wares.  There  place,  there  must  be  a  considerable  outlay  ot 

-  .  *  .  .*i  .  t  iJ  ..  I  .  .  .  t  I  .  I  .  <  .-.Kvmoo.i  wUiDDI  Jl  II  V  t  Ol* 


are  a  vast  number  of  towns  and  villages  iu  ( 
the  t  inted  States  wholly  unsupplied  with  1  t 
choose,  and  where  a  good  trade  could  be 
built  up  and  consumption  of  the  article  pro-  . 
moted.  I 

But  most  of  the  factories  lack  the  neces-  I 
sary  enterprise,  and  think  this  too  much 
trouble.  It  is  so  much  easier  to  sell  cheese 
in  a  lump  and  send  it  to  Now  York  city  (or 
gome  other  point)  and  let  dealer  after  dealer 
handle  it  over  and  over — each  one  making 
his  nice  little  profit.  No  one  in  the  trade 
seems  to  care  whether  the  farmer  is  to  make  j 
any  money  in  the  business,  and  the  rigid  law 
of  custom  keeps  him  in  the  old  rut  year  after 
year.  There  is  hardly  a  year  in  which  more 
or  less  cheese  shipped  from  Western  New 
York  goes  to  New  York  eity,  and  from  thence 
is  sold  to  Philadelphia,  and  is  again  sold  to 
parties  who  distribute  it  through  the  west¬ 
ern  part  of  that  State,  or  farther  west,  thus 
making  almost  a  circle  of  freights  and 
commissions.  We  do  not  lielieve  in  too 
groat  centralization  of  the  cheese  mar 
kets.  We  do  not  believe  it  good  policy 
to  be  constantly  looking  to  New  York  eity 
and  to  England  as  the  sole  outlet  for  our 
goods.  Are  not  home  wants  of  ns  much  im¬ 
portance  ns  foreign  wants  .'  New  A  ork  sends 
nearly  all  her  best  cheese  abroad,  and  is  try¬ 
ing  to  promote  consumption  by  urging  her 
own  eitteens  to  eat  t  lucre  fuse.  The  consumer 
pays  more  at  home  for  poor  elirrst’  than  Eng¬ 
land  pays  for  our  finest  goods.  Home  of  the 
Western  Slates  act  more  wisely  ;  they  con¬ 
sume  the  beet  at  home  and  send  the  poorest 
i  to  New  York  eity.  The  present  policy  of 
the  trade,  it  would  seem,  is  to  make  New 
•  York  the  scavenger  for  cleaning  out  all  the 
rubbish  incident  to  this  class  of  goods.  At  0 
do  not  believe  iu  this  policy  ;  we  believe  in 
,  putting  before  our  own  people  our  best  goods 
.  — in  this  way  we  whet  the  appetite,  promote 

consumption  aaul  increase  Hu:  demand.  In 
fine,  we  are  in  favor  of  home  markets  and  of 
L  home  manufactures— in  building  up  various 
0  and  man i Told  industrial  interests  in  our  towns 
_  and  villages  where  the  farmer  can  market 
;l  hia  produce  almost  ut  his  own  doors,  saving 
freights  and  commissions. 

»-  QUERIES  ABOUT  DAIRYING. 


My  business  is  a  merchant ;  always  worked  |  a 
ou  a  farm  until  within  two  years.  Am  23  \ 

years  of  age,  a  married  man.  with  a  taste  for 
fanning.  My  lulher  owns  a  good  farm  a 
hall  mile  from  a  cheese  factory  ;  keeps  Irom  1 
•Jo  fo  23  cows  and  a  team  ;  is  a  widower,  and  | 
rents  the  farm.  Father  is  willing  1  should  | 
take  the  farm  any  lime  ;  if  I  lake  it  1  shall  ( 
require  hired  help  ;  iu  preference,  would  you 
deem  it  advisable  l<»  fitiv  a  riff-acre  lot  till¬ 
able.  land,  nne-quarter  of  a  mile,  from  cheese 
factory,  and  adopt  the  soiling  system  f  Can 
purchase  said  acres  of  land  for  s'jj.ill).  Please 
state  the  number  of  cows  that  could  be  kept. 

J  am  not  satisfied  with  the  profits  iu  store. 
Please  answer  as  soon  as  convenient. — II.  (J., 
Vermont. 

We  should  nay  that  it  was  altogether  pref¬ 
erable  to  take  the  farm  with  from  20  to  28 
COWS,  than  to  attempt  the  soiling  system  on  | 
20  acres  of  land.  Dairy  farming,  ou  the  soil¬ 
ing  system,  requires  much  experience  and 
attention  to  details  to  make  it  a  success. 
Persons  who  have  never  carried  on  farming 
on  their  own  account  are  apt  to  think  the 
business  the  simplest  and  easiest  in  which 
one  can  engage.  It  is  a  grave  mistake  to 
suppose  that  no  difficulties  beset  the  farmer, 
or  that  the  calling  is  free  from  anxieties  and 
1  troubles.  The  business  demands  much  and 
,  varied  knowledge,  with  considerable  practi¬ 
cal  experience,  without  which,  he  who  farms 
1  L  working,  so  to  speak,  “at  arms  length,”  j 
and  is  likely  to  meet  with  losses  that  cannot 
1  lie  fully  satisfied  out  of  the  profits.  In  other 
words,  the  farm,  unless  properly  managed, 
j  does  not  pay  expenses. 

For  a  young  man,  who  is  not  thoroughly 
educated  in  the  ways  of  fanning,  we  regard 
it  as  a  most  favorable  opportunity  to  rent  a 
farm  such  as  is  offered  in  our  correspondent’s 
:  case.  He  has  a  chance  here  to  learn  the  busi- 

•  ness  in  all  its  details  without  risking  much 
-  capital :  and  what  is  important,  he  will  dis- 
i  cover  what  profit  there  is  to  be  made,  and 
5  whether  he  finds  the  business  adapted  to  his 

*  tastes  and  it  is  one  which  he  can  follow  with 
i  I  content.  There  is  often  a  great  difference 
,  ■  between  fancying  what  a  business  may  be, 


capital  for  buildings,  arranged  specially  for  tl 
the  purpose,  so  as  to  economize  labor. 

As  to  the  quantity  of  land  required  for 
soiling  a  cow  during  the  season  of  pasturage,  1 
that  must  depend,  in  a  measure,  upon  the 
fertility  of  soil  and  the  growth  of  the,  crops  w 
raised  for  the  purpose.  Mr.  Quincy  affirms  Ui 
that  he  was  able,  for  a  scries  of  years,  to  11 
maintain  2(1  cows  on  the  produce  of  17  acres, 
as  follows :  —  2>a  acres,  roadsides  and  or¬ 
chards  ;  3  acres  mowing  land  ;  3’^  acres  In¬ 
dian  corn,  cut  as  fodder;  2  acres  late  and  ^ 
light  barley ;  3  acres  of  oats  ;  2  acres  of  late  r 
sown  Indian  corn,  after  a  pea  crop  ;  V  acre  < 
buckwheat,  and  one  acre  millet,  buckwheat 
and  oats.  He  gives  It  as  his  opinion  that  30  g 
acres  of  good,  arable  laud,  well  cultivated,  ( 
would  bn  sufficient  for  the  keep  of  20  cows  f 
the  year  round.  ( 

Granting  this  assumption,  and  that  the  , 
cows  yield  450  pounds  of  cheese  each,  which  . 
nets  the  proprietor  12c.  per  pound,  and  we 
have  £1.080  as  the  gross  receipts  from  the 
milk  of  the  herd.  Now,  the  cultivation  of 
the  land  in  soiling  crops,  the  cut  ting,  hauling 
and  placing  of  the  feed  before  the  cattle  w  ill 
require  considerable  labor,  which,  it  seems 
to  ns,  will  make  a  serious  inroad  on  the  re¬ 
ceipts. 

On  high-priced  lands,  near  cities  or  villages, 
where  cows  are  kept  for  supplying  milk  for 
city  consumption  at  fie.  to  8c.  per  quart,  soil¬ 
ing  may  perhaps  be  made  to  pay  ;  but  in  the 
country,  on  comparatively  cheap  lands,  and 
where  the  milk  is  to  lie  used  for  cheese  mak¬ 
ing,  wo  cannot  see  how  much  profit  can  be 
realized  with  the  present  high  price  of  labor. 

If  land  is  worth  150  per  acre,  and  it  takes  3 
acres  to  pasture  a  cow,  the  cost  of  pasturage 

*  is  no  more  than  the  interest  on  8150 — or 

1  |1().50,  Will  not  the  cultivation  of  17-20  of  an 

*  acre,  the  cutting  and  feeding  of  the  crop, 

*  with  the  Interest  >>f  the  land,  amount  to  more 
1  than  the  pasturage  f  These,  arc  questions  to 
^  ta*  duly  considered  by  our  correspondent. 

*  And  although  iu  some  cases  soiling  may  be 
made  to  pay,  we  cannot  sec,  with  the  light 

f  of  our  experience,  how  the  20  acres  alluded 
fS  to  in  the  above  correspondence  can  be  turned 
to  profit  to  meet  the  requirements  named. 

We  should  not  advise  any  inexperienced 
person  entering  upon  soiling  on  a  large  scale 
at  once,  but  rather  t->  experiment  in  a  small 
<1  way  at 'first,  “  feeling  his  way  into  it.”  Let 
:;5  him,  at  first,  set  aside  a  few  acres  of  land, 
,r  and  commence  with  one  or  t  wo  head  of  ent- 

*  tie.  Let  him  note  the  cost  and  trouble  of 
id  feeding  in  tins  way,  as  compared  with  pas- 
id  turege,  and  from  his  own  practical  experi- 
1,1  cnee  he  will  be  able  to  judge  of  the  matter 

more  satisfactorily  than  by  following  the  ad- 
se  |  vice  of  others. 


hand.  Be  hi  no  hurry  about  it  as  if  you 
wanted  to  get  over  it  us  quickly  as  possible. 
The  liquid  will  work  a  cure.  There  may  be 
some  spots  where  the  liquid  lias  not  penetra¬ 
ted.  Examine  the  sheep  every  two  or  three 
days  for  three  weeks,  by  which  time  the  dis¬ 
ease  may  be  expected  to  be  eradicated.  If 
there  are  any  little  white  spots  rub  on  some 
Of  the  following  ointment  ;  mercury,  four 
ounces ;  Venice  turpentine,  three  ounces  ; 
spirits  of  turpentine,  one  ounce.  Let  them 
be  worked  up  and  thoroughly  mixed  together, 
then  add  about  one  and  ono-quarter  pounds 
of  lard  melted  over  a  slow  fire,  stirring  while 
melting.  AVhen  taken  off,  continue  to  stir 
till  cold,  so  as  to  mix  the  mercury  well  with 
the  other  ingredients.  Apply  this  in  fine 
weather,  for  it  will  be  safer  and  more  effect¬ 
ual  It  is  a  good  plan  to  bleed  the  sheep  to 
reduce  the  heat  or  quantity  of  the  blood. 


SHEEP  EATING  WOOL 

My  Sheep  arc  pulling  the  wool  off  from 
each  other.  At  this  rate  they  will  soon  be 
naked.  I  am  afraid  I  shall  lose  my  liook. 
Cun  you  give  a  remedy  ' — W.  Edwards. 

It  in  evident  that  the  stomachs  of  your 
sheep  are  in  a  deranged  condition.  Give  each 
animal  that  pulls  and  eats  wool,  three  tea¬ 
spoonfuls  of  lard  oil  mixed  with  one  of  spirits 
of  turpentine  ;  or  feed  the  animal  a  piece  of 
salt  pork.  It  will  stop  the  practice. 


r  scmait. 


TREATMENT  OF  THE  SCAB. 


Mr.  Henry  AYoods,  steward  and  chief 
manager  of  the  late  Lord  Walsinhghaai, 
owner  of  one  of  the  largest  and  choicest 
Southdown  flocks  in  England,  recommends 
for  twenty  sheep  suffering  with  the  scab, 
soft  soap  one  and  u  quarter  pounds,  shag 
tobacco,  one  pound,  spirits  of  turpentine, 
one  pint,  Spirits  of  tar,  one-half  pint,  white 
arsenic,  three  ounces.  This,  to  be  safe  and 
effectual,  must  be  boiled  so  as  thoroughly  to 
dissolve  the  arsenic,  and  that  he  regards  as 
an  important  point..  Better  put  the  tobacco 
when  boiled  into  a  flannel  bag,  and  squeeze 
it  sufficiently  to  get  out  all  the  strength  in 
order  to  get  the  full  benefit  of  it.  then  add  j 
water  enough  to  make  four  quarts  of  the 
wash  for  each  sheep.  It  is  not  a  dip,  but  a 
wash,  and  to  put  it  on,  an  old  teapot  or  a 
spouted  tin  should  be  used. 

The  way  to  make  it  most  effectual  is  to 
open  the  wool  by  makiug  three  marks  on 
each  side  of  the  sheep,  also  one  down  the 
shoulder,  one  on  each  sido  of  the  neck,  one 
down  the  breast,  and  one  down  each  thigh, 
and  into  the  marks  pour  the  liquid.  In  this, 
as  in  many  other  things,  if  it  is  worth  doing 
at  all,  it  is  worth  doing  well,  so  don’t  be  in 
'  a  hurry  about  it.  Do  the  work  well.  Rub 
|  the  liquid  well  into  the  skin.  After  passing 
’  it  along  the  grooves  work  it  well  in  with  the 


THE  MORGAN  HORSE. 

A  correspondent  asks  us  to  give  some¬ 
thing  in  regard  to  the  Morgan  strain  of 
horses — that  is,  the  pedigree  of  the  Morgan 
horse,  and  if  the  Justin  Morgan  horse  was 
imported  ;  if  so.  by  whom  ;  also,  whether  we 
know  anything  of  the  “Old  Morgan”  of 
Massachusetts.  It  is  claimed  that  all  the 
Morgan  horses  in  the  Country  descended 
from  a  horse  owned  by  Mr.  .Justin  Morgan, 
who  was  got  by  a  horse  called  “True  Briton,” 
whom,  some  claim,  was  the  son  of  the  En¬ 
glish  thoroughbred  horse  “Traveler,”  It  is 
also  claimed  that  the  dam  of  “True  Briton” 
and  of  Justin  Morgan’s  horse  was  of  nearly 
pure  English  blood. 

There  are  others  who  dispute  the  claims 
t  hat  Justin  Morgan’s  horse  was  the  founder 
of  tin*  family,  asserting  that  before  his  time 
a  similar  horse  was  known  in  t  he  same  lo¬ 
cality,  made  up  of  crosses  between  the  Cana¬ 
dian  and  English  thoroughbred  horse.  These 
disputes  have  resulted  in  an  endless  amount 
of  profitless  writing.  Probably  the  state¬ 
ment  of  the  history  of  the  Morgan  horse  in 
the  first  paragraph  of  this  article  is  as  neat 
correct  as  any.  We  know  nothing  of  “  Old 
Morgan”  of  Massachusetts. 

- - — - ♦♦♦— - 

CURTIS’  BIT. 

I  hope  no  one  will  try  to  use  the  ‘  Bit  foi 
Ungovernable  Horses,”  suvl  to  be  invented 
by  Col.  F.  D.  Curtis,  In  Rural  New-Yorker, 
Feb.  1,  page  VI  I  used  one  exactly  like  it, 
15  years  ago,  in  England,  on  a  horse  who  bad 
“no  mouth,”  without  doing  any  good; 
though  his  mouth  would  be  kept  constantly' 
bleeding  with  his  straining  and  chafing,  be 
was  not  a  whit  the  more  governable.  Finally 
I  tried  a  common  two-ring  straight  bar  snaf- 
tle,  well  wrapped  with  “list’  soaked  iu 
sweet  oil,  till  the  bar  was  nearly  an  inch 
r  thick,  and  that,  together  with  the  gentle 
treatment  he  got  wiiile  in  my  hands,  soon 
!,  brought  him  to  his  senses 
„  PROUD  FLESH. 

Please  tell  G.  H.  A.  (page  71)  that  if  lie  will 
'  dust  the  excrescence  of  proud  flesh  on  his 
r  horse’s  foot  with  powdered  louf  sugar,  twice 
e  a  day,  it  will  soon  disappear, 
d  New  Orleans,  La.  Gko.  J.  Vincent. 


NOTES  FOR  HORSEMEN. 

H.  SJ,  Lake  Co.,  O.,  asks  ♦‘What  will 
remove  worms  from  horses  t  1  have  fed  oil 
meal,  ashes,  sulphur  and  suit,  without  the 
desired  result.”  Dr.  JKNNINOB  says  he  lias 
been  most,  successful  with  calomel,  3  drains, 
and  tartar  emetic,  1  dram,  mixed  and  divid¬ 
ed  into  three  powders,  and  given  three  suc¬ 
cessive  nights.  Twenty 'four  Louis  aftei 
giving  the  last  powder,  give  a  purgative  ball 
made  of  Barliadocs  aloes,  fi  drams  ;  pulver¬ 
ized  ginger,  2  drams  ;  and  pulverized  gentian 
root,  1  dram. 

For  l Forms  In  Horse*,  Dr.  Horne,  in  Wes t 
era  Farmer  recommends  giving  powdered 
sulphur,  pulverized  charcoal,  common  table 
salt,  equal  parts,  three  tablespoonsful  for  full- 
|  grown  horse,  and  in  proportion  fora  younger 
and  smaller  animal. 


For  cuttings,  nothing  but  pure  sand  should 
be  used,  and  the  boxes  should  be  deep  enough 
to  allow  three  inches  of  sand,  and  leave  space 
enough  between  it  and  the  top  for  the  ex¬ 
posed  stems  of  the  cuttings ;  then  place  a 
sheet  of  window-glass  on  the  top  of  the  box, 
to  insure  greater  heat  and  a  confined  atmos¬ 
phere.  Almost  all  of  our  ordinary,  soft- 
wooded  bedding  plants  may  be  rapidly  prop¬ 
agated  in  these  boxes.  The  sand  should  be 
kept  wet  and  warm,  and  as  soon  as  the  cut¬ 
tings  are  well  rooted,  take  them  out  and  re¬ 
plant  In  good  soil,  containing,  at  least,  one- 
fourth  pure  sand. 


borers  from  Nebraska  and  Northern  Texas, 


all  appearing  to  have  the  same  habit  of  bor¬ 
ing  the  twigs  of  t  rees.  We  have  identified 
three  species,  viz.: — Amphicerus  bicaudatus, 
Lec.  ;  Bostridius  serneoUis,  Lec.  ;  and  B. 
IruncatcolUs,  Lec.  These  beetles  are  capa¬ 
ble  of  doing,  and  probably  do,  considerable 
damage  to  fruit  trees  when  abundant ;  but 
we  do  not  know  of  any  better  way  of  de¬ 
stroying  them  than  to  cut  off  the  young  twigs 
I  containing  the  beetles  and  burning,  with 
'  '  ‘  •  contents.  We  hope  that  C.  R.,  and 

i - >  who  find  such  pests  at  work  in  their 

|  orchards,  will  not  fail  to  forward  specimens 
:„xv  to  ns,  for  it  is  not  enough  that  we 

know  t  he  insect,  its  name  and  hab- 
Sgjgt its — we  wish  to  place  ou  record  its 

If  the  same 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 


INSECTS  ON  CABBAGES. 

A  “Subscriber”  asks  if  he  cannot  use 
some  liquid  preparation  to  prevent  the  bugs 
and  flies  from  destroying  his  cabbages.  If 
we  had  a  description  of  the  flies  and  bugs  or 
their  names  wo  could  tell  better  what  kind 
of  advice  to  give.  The  little  fly  (A nthomyia  f  their  < 
Brass  ica)  which  deposits  its  eggs  in  the  roots  others 
of  the  small  plants  while  in  the  seed-bed, 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


COCOONS  FROM  IOWA. 

Feb.  25. — I  have  received  a  small  box  from 
the  Rural  New-Yorker  office,  containing 
cocoons  and  the  following  letter  : 

Daily  Rural  Life— jricar  Sir.-  Pleas;  find 
inclosed  five  cocoons  which  I  should 
like  to  have  named.  There  ai’e 
four  of  one  kind  and  one  of  the 
other.  The  latter  is  quite  common  £  1 

ou  the  apple,  willow  and  cherry 
trees.  I  would  like  to  know  what 
the  worms  feed  upon.— P.  W.  Hol- 
lings  worth,  West  Brandi,  Iowa.  ' 

The  long,  cylindrical  cocoon,  of 
which  you  send  only  one,  is  that  of 
the  Cecropia  Moth  (Attacus  Ce¬ 
cropia),  an  insect  quite  common  in 
all  the  Northern  States.  This  moth 
usually  makes  its  appearance  in 
June  and  July.  The  catterpillars 
are  found  on  various  fruit  trees,  but 
appear  to  prefer  currant  bushes. 

When  young,  it  is  of  a  yellow  color, 
but  as  it  grows  older  the  color 
changes,  until  it  is  of  a  light  green, 
ornamented  with  bright,  coral-red 
warts  beset  with  bristles.  It  feeds 
upon  the  leaves  of  the  plants  it  in¬ 
habits,  and  comes  to  maturity  early 
in  autumn.  It  then  spins  its  co 
coon,  fastening  it  longitudinally  to 
some  small  twig.  The  cocoon  is 
about  an  inch  in  diuincter  and  near¬ 
ly  three  inches  long,  and  of  the 
form  shown  in  Figure  1.  The  moth 
comes  out  of  the  cocoon  the  follow¬ 
ing  Summer,  and  is  one  of  our  larg¬ 
est  native  species.  Its  wings  ex¬ 
pand  five  to  six  inches.  The  ground- 
color  of  the  wings  is  a  grizzled- 
brown,  with  the  hind  margins  clay-colored, 
near  the  middle  of  each  there  is  an  opaque, 
kidney-shaped,  dull  red  spot.  The  fore  wings,  * 
next  the  shoulders,  are  dull  red,  with  a  1 
curved  white  band  ;  and  near  the  tips  of  ( 
each  there  is  an  eve-like,  black  spot  within  a  * 
bluish  crescent.  [This  moth  is  shown  in  Fig.  J 
2,  natural  size.— Ed.  Rural.]  t 

The  four  cocoons  which  are  inclosed  with-  1 
iu  withered  leaves,  are  those  of  the  Attacus  “ 
polyphem us — Fabr.  The  larva  or  caterpillar  d 
feeds  upon  the  oak,  elm,  and  probably  other  j  ? 
kinds  of  forest  trees.  It  is  nearly  as  large  as  | 
those  of  A.  cecropia,  and  of  a  pale,  bluish-  " 
green,  ornamented  with  pearly  tubercles,  I  b 
tiuted  with  purple.  In  the  Autumn  the  cc 


geographical  range 
species  of  insect  is  found  from  Maine 
to  Texas,  it  is  well  that  we  and 
others  should  know  the  fact. 


r  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NOTES. 

Ants’  Nests  in  Gardens. — F.  M. 
G.,  in  Nature,  says: — I  have  fouud  a 
very  effectual  remedy  for  the  an- 
noyance  of  ants  nesting  in  the  gar¬ 
den  paths  and  borders.  A  strong 
solution  of  carbolic  acid  and  water 
poured  into  the  holes,  kills  all  the 
ants  it  touches,  and  the  surviroia 
immediately  take  themselves  off. 
Care  must  be  taken  in  its  use,  as  it 
destroys  animal  and  Vegetable  ns 
well  as  insect  life. 

Wire-VTorma  and  Lima  Beans. 
— This  i«  what  one  who  lias  tried  it 
says :— The  wire-worm  lodges  in 
the  ground,  and  is  destructive  to 
the  seeds  of  Lima  and  pole  beans 
and  Indian  corn.  Plant  twice  as 
many  seeds  as  you  want  plants. 
When  they  begin  t  o  push  Hi  rough 
the  ground,  draw-  the  soil  from  the 
plants  gently,  and  see  if  there  be  no 
worms  in  them.  If  the  worms  are 
there,  pick  them  out  with  a  pin  or  needle 
and  destroy. 


FRUITS  FOR  EASTERN  PENNSYLVANIA 


The  Pennsylvania  Fruit  Growers’  Society 
at  their  Winter  meeting,  at  Reading,  Pa.,  rec¬ 
ommended  by  vote  the  following  fruits  for 
Eastern  Pennsylvania  : 

A ppl r.  —Baldwin ,  Smith’s  Cider.  Smoke 
House,  Fallawater,  Maiden’s  Blush,  and  Red 
Astmehan. 

Peach.  —Crawford’ s  Early  and  Late,  Old 
Mixon  Free,  Smock’s  Free,  Early  York,  and 
Susquehanna. 

Pear. — Bartlett,  Lawrence,  Seckel,  Dueh- 
esse,  Bourre  D’  Anjou  and  Howell’s. 

Grape.— Concord  and  Martha. 

Si rmcberry—W ilson’s  Albany  and  Triomphe 
de  Gand. 


uuyos  uavu  neon  cultivated  ior  several  years 
iu  succession  that  it  is  almost  impossible  to 
get  rid  of  them.  Five  or  six  bushels  of  salt 
per  acre,  applied  just  before  planting,  will 
usually  check  the  ravages  of  this  insect,  kill- 
ing  those  in  the  soil,  and  at  ilie  same  time 
the  salt  acts  as  a  stimulant  to  the  plants.  In 
some  localities  the  little  flea  beetles  (HalUcas) 
attack  cabbages  wliile  smoli,  eating  holes 
on  their  loaves.  A  mixture  of  fine  salt  and 
dry  ashes,  scattered  over  the  plants  when 
wet  with  dew,  will  drive  away  this  pest.  A 


aenei-s,  artists  and  scientific  men  generally, 
are  not  made,  but  are  born  great,  and  noth¬ 
ing  will  thwart  nature  so  effectually  as  con¬ 
stant  and  abundant  aid,  especially  to  a  man 
in  his  early  years.  If  a  young  man  is  deter¬ 
mined  to  be  a  great  gardener,  or  become  em¬ 
inent  in  any  profession,  he  will  accomplish 
!iis  purpose,  provided  the  right  materials  are 
in  him  ;  and  if  they  are  not,  no  amount  of 
aid  or  education  will  enable  him  to  reach  the 
coveted  position  among  men.  A  good  and 
|  thorough  education,  which  should  never  go 
further  than  to  show  a  young  man  or  woman 
how  to  learn,  is  certainly  a  great  help,  but  in 
nine  cases  out.  of  teu  the  man  who  attempts 
to  become  wise  by  absorbing  knowledge  from 
teacheis,  will  be  transformed  into  a  mere  : 
echo,  or  Poll  -  Parrot,  repeating  only  the  ' 
words,  or,  at  most,  the  ideas,  of  his  preoep-  | 
tore. 

We  want  gardeners  who  have  been' taught 
fundamental  principles  only,  and  then  they 


P0M0L0GI0AL  GOSSIP 


and  ash  mixture  will  usually  destroy  them,  Pears  in  Wisconsin  seem  to  be  pronounced 
but  sometimes  it  is  necessary  to  apply  fresh-  a  failure,  if  not  a  pronounced  failure.  We 
R  -slaked  lime.  The  above  are  only  a  few  of  i  notice  that  at  the  reoeut  meeting  of  the  State 
the  many  insects  that  feed  on  the  cabbage,  '  Hort.  Society,  one  member  said,  “  The  money 
but  to  know  the  beet  methods  of  destroying  annually  expended  in  buying  pear  trees  in 
each  requires  a  knowledge  of  their  habits.  If  Wisconsin,  would  buy  more  pears  than  are 
our  correspondents  will  send  us  specimens,  raised  in  the  State;”  another  that  “the 
we  may  be  able  to  aid  them  ;  but  to  say  that  m°ney  that  has  been  invested  in  pear  culture 
flies,  beetles  or  bugs  are  at  work  on  certain  !  iu  Wisconsin  is  equal  to  $5  for  each  perfect 
plants  does  not  give  us  sufficient  information  Pear  that  lias  been  produced.  ”  But  the 
upon  which  to  base  a  direct  reply.  society  recommended  the  following  list  of 

- - - pears  for  continual  trial  :— Flemish  Beauty, 

APPLE  TWIG  BORERS.  Ananas  d’Ete,  Early  Bergamot,  Bartlett, 

- -  '  Swan's  Orange,  Seckel,  Winter  Nellis.  A 

C.  R.  of  Columbus,  Nebraska,  writes  us  resolution,  offered  by  Mr.  Plumb,  was  also 
that  some  kind  of  insect  attacks  his  pear  and  ^opted,  recommending  planting  pears  on 

high,  airy,  well  drained  locations,  in  only 
■  moderate  rich  soUs,  and  with  only  culture 

/  enough  to  give  u  fair  growth.  If  the  growth 

_  *S  excess*ve»  Summer  root-pruning,  or  grass* 

^  fug  the  surface  is  recommended, 

.  y-kjSjSa-- .  |  ^Vie  Huntsman's  Favorite  Apple,  which 

--  originated  at  Fayette,  Mo.,  and  which  is  de- 

scribed  in  the  appendix  to  Downing's  last 
edition,  has  been  brought  to  our  notice  in  the 
form  of  fine  specimens  received  from  Blair 
s  1  Bros.,  Lee’s  Summit,  Johnson  Co.,  Mo.,  re- 


wiu  not  be  mere  copyists,  but  originators  and 
investigators.  We  have  had  too  much  of  the 
old-time  ideas  of  doing  this  or  that  way,  or 
believing  this  or  that  creed,  because  our  fa¬ 
thers  did  so  in  their  day. 


apple  trees,  boring  out  the  center  of  the 
small  twigs,  usually  entering  just  above  or 


near  the  junction  of  theleaf  with  the  branch. 
Had  our  correspondent  examined  the  twigs 
last  Fall,  he  would  probably  have  discovered 
a  small  cylindrical  beetle  about  a  half  inch 
long  and  a  twelfth  of  an  inch  in  diameter, 
ensconced  in  the  burrows.  Last  Fall  we  re¬ 
ceived  several  distinct  species  of  these  twie- 


A  Greenish  Mealy  Louse,  in  vast  numbers, 
attacks  cabbages  when  nearly  full  grown. 
Two  dustings  of  fresh  lime  will  kill  them. 


small  quantity,  j 


occasionally  destroys  disabled  animals  of  a 
larger  size.  “  All  Northern  travelers  and 
writers  on  the  Natural  History  of  the  Arctic 
regions  speak  of  the  indomitable  pci-severance 
of  the  Wolverine,  in  following  the  footsteps 
of  the  trappers,  to  obtain  the  bait  or  take 
from  the  traps  the  Arctic  fox,  the  martin, 
beaver  or  any  other  animal  that  may  be 
caught  in  them.”  IIearne  says  one  of  them 
overset  the  greatest  part  of  a  large  pile  of 
woo>.i  more  than  seventy  yards  around,  to 


cages  also  have  a  door  in  the  upper  part,  to 
enable  the  person  cleaning  them  to  take  out 
the  nests  without  taking  down  the  shelf  or 
searing  the  birds.  Ha  ng  the  cage  in  a  quiet 
corner,  high  up  in  tlxe  room,  above  doors  and 
windows,  where  the  air  is  warm  and  there  is 
no  draft,  and  where  the  birds  will  not  bo  dis¬ 
turbed  by  seeing  the  doors  opened  and  shut. 

Put  them  together  about  the  last  of  March. 
If  all  goes  well,  you  will  have  the  first  egg  in 
eight  days  from  that  date,  and  in  a  fortnight 


haps  not  enough  for  a  thorough  test  ;  1  would 
add,  some  were  impregnated,  some  not.  We 
do  not.  use  many  eggs  and  they  lasted  us  some 
time,  continuing  perfectly  fresh  to  the  last. 

Baltimore  Co.,  Md.  Novice. 


FUR-BEARING  ANIMALS-XV, 


THE  WOLVERINE 


POULTRY  BREVITIES, 


Culo  Luscus— LINN. 

The  Wolverine  lives  throughout  the  Arctic 
regions,  and  diminishes  in  numbers  towards 
the  South.  Years  ago,  a  few  specimens  were 
obtained  in  Northern  New  York  and  among 
the  Green  Mountains  of  Vermont,  but  most 
lively  these  were  only  stragglers,  andtheani- 
milis  almost  entirely  confined  to  more  North¬ 
ern  regions.  In  conversing  with  many  old 
trappers,  I  have  never  found  one  who  had 
seen  the  Wolverine,  though  some  have  seen 
tracks  thej*  supposed  to  be  his. 

This  species  is  about  two  feet  and  a-half 
long,  from  the  tip  of  the  nose  to  the  roots  of 
the  tail,  which,  with  the  long  hair,  is  nearly  a 
foot  in  length.  Head,  broad  and  rounded  ; 
oars,  low,  hidden  in  the  fur ;  back,  arched  : 
body,  compactly  made  ;  the  whole  form  indi¬ 
cates  more  strength  than  activity.  Legs, 
short,  stout  ;  feel,  broad,  clothed  on  the  un¬ 
der  surface  with  a  compact  mass  of  woolly 
hair;  toes,  distinct,  armed  with  rounded  and 
sharp  claws ;  the  tracks  in  the  snow  are  like 
those  of  the  bear.  The  tail  is  short,  hung  low, 
and  is  covered  with  long,  pendulous  hairs.  At 
its  roots  are  two  secretory  organs  about  the 
size  of  walnuts,  containing  a  thick,  yellowish- 
brown,  musky  fluid,  which  the  auimai  dis¬ 
charges  when  hard  pressed  by  its  enemies.  It 
has  v.  very  thick  coat  of  two  kinds  of  hair  ; 
the  minor  fur  soft,  an  Inch  long  ;  t.he  inter¬ 
mixed  hairs,  numerous,  rigid,  smooth  and 
four  inches  long.  These  are  blackish-brown, 
throughout  their  whole  length  ;  the  under 
fur  is  a  deep  chestnut-brown.  Eyes  and  nose 
black  ;  a  brownish-white  bar  crosses  the  fore¬ 
head  from  ear  to  ear,  and  a  pale,  reddish- 
brown  band  begins  on  the  shoulder,  runs 
along  the  body  and  turns  upward  on  the 
hips.  This  lateral  band  is  found  in  all  speci¬ 
mens,  though  it  is  much  lighter  in  some  than 
in  others. 

Many  exaggerated  accounts  are  given  by 
old  writers  of  the  Wolverine,  or  Glutton,  a-; 
they  call  it.  They  represent  him  as  possess  ¬ 
ing  extraordinary  strength,  agility  and  cun¬ 
ning,  and  as  an  unaccountable  gormandizer. 
Magnus  says “  It  is  wont,  when  it  lias  found 
the  carcass  of  some  large  bea3t,  to  eat  until 
its  belly  is  distended  like  a  drum,  when  lb 
rids  itself  of  its  load  by  squeezing  its  body  be¬ 
twixt  two  trees,  growing  near  together,  and 
again  returning  to  its  repast,  soon  requires 
to  have  recourse  to  the  same  means  of  relief.” 
Li  xx  as  us  says  : — “  He  watches  large  animals 
like  a  robber,  and  after  having  darted  down 
from  a  tree  like  an  arrow  upon  the  animal, 
he  sinks  his  teeth  into  its  body  and  gnaws  the 
flesh  until  it  expires ;  after  that  he  devours 
it  at  his  ease,  and  swallows  both  hair  and 
skin.”  Be  ffox,  in  an  early  description  of  this 
animal,  says “It  attacks  beaver  lodges  and 
devours  whole  families,  and  it  pursues  and 
eats  fishes.”  But  his  opinions  were  very  much 
changed  afterwards.  He  kept  a  captured 
Wolverine  alive  and  watched  its  habits  for 
eighteen  mouths,  and  found  it  to  be  an  ani¬ 
mal  possessing  no  very  striking  peculiarities. 
It  is  mild,  avoids  water,  moves  by  a  kind  of 
leap,  Is  almost  perpetually  in  motion,  and  eats 
pretty  voraciously. 

Audubon  once  took  a  Wolverine  out  of  its 
cage,  and  describes  it  as  very  geutle.  It  bur¬ 
ied  its  head  in  his  lap  while  he  admired  its 
long  claws  and  felt  its  woolly  feet.  It  ran 
around  him  and  made  awkward  attempts  to 
caress  him.  The  same  person  once  killed  one 
of  this  species  near  the  Hoosack  River.  Early 
one  morning,  with  two  hounds,  he  discovered 
a  track  upon  the  snow,  that  he  supposed  was 
that  of  a  bear.  The  hounds  followed  it  to 
the  mouth  of  a  burrow,  when  they  began  a 
furious  attack  upon  the  animal  within,  whose 
sharp  claws  and  teeth  soon  drove  them  out 
with  no  desire  to  return.  At  length  an  open¬ 
ing  was  made  in  the  side  of  the  burrow  and 
the  auimai  was  finally  shot.  He  was  surpris¬ 
ed  that  it  was  not  a  bear  and  greatly  delight¬ 
ed  as  he  supposed  it  a  new  species,  but  after¬ 
wards  found  Buffox  described  it  us  the  Glut¬ 
ton.  This  shows  that  the  animal  has  long 
been  very  rare  or  it  would  not  have  been  such 
a  stranger  to  this  earnest,  enthusiastic  and 
unwearied  naturalist,  “There  was  a  large 
nest  of  dried  leaves  in  the  cavern,  which  had 
evidently  been  its  place  of  resort  during  the 
whole  Winter,  as  its  track,  from  every  direc¬ 
tion  led  to  the  spot.  It  had  laid  up  no  Winter 
store,  and  evidently  depended  on  its  nightly 
excursions  for  a  supply  of  food.  It  had  fared 
well  and  was  very  fat.'’ 

Richardson  says  it  feeds  chiefly  on  the 
carcasses  of  beasts  killed  by  accident.  It  de¬ 
vours  mice,  marmots  and  other  rodentia,  and 


My  Brahmas  do  not  act  like  my  other 
hens,  which  are  the  common  fowl.  The 
Brahmas  will  stand  and  shake  their  heads 
every  few  minutes  ;  act  as  if  they  were  try¬ 
ing  to  shake  off  something,  or  swallow.  They 
have  frozen  their  combs  and  act  worse  since. 
Please  give  information  soon. — C.  W.  Cole. 
Apply  glycerine  three  times  a  day  to  the 
frozen  combs  until  cured.  We  should  think 
frozen  combs  sufficient  cause  for  shaking 
their  heads. 

Staggering  Hen. — R.  D.  M.  has  a  Black 
Spanish  lien  that  staggers  when  she  walks, 
goes  sideways,  eats  good,  seems  dumpish, 
will  not  go  on  the  roost  with  the  rest  of  the 
fowls.  Asks  Rural  readers,  with  experience, 
to  say  what  ails  and  will  cure  her. 

Preparing  Food  for  Fowl*. — A  correspond¬ 
ent  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  asks  the  best 
food  for  fowls — both  for  making  meat  and 
cgg-producing.  Let  our  readers  give  expe¬ 
rience. 

Cutting  off  the  Comb  of  a  Booster.  —  Can 
the  comb  of  a  common  rooster  be  cut  off 
without  injury  to  the  bird  I  If  so,  which  is 
the  best  way  to  do  it  ?— A  Subscriber. 

Fowls  for  Eggs  and  Market. — H.  A.  asks 
which  is  the  best  fowls  for  eggs  and  market. 
For  eggs  alone,  Polands ;  for  market  birds, 
Brahmas  or  Cochins. 

Musk  or  Brasilian  Ducks, — “Plimpton” 
is  informed  that  we  do  not  know  who  breeds 
these  ducks. 

Spanish  and  Iloudana  are  regarded  the 
best  non-sitting  egg  producers.  This  answers 
B.  C.  F. 


get  at  some  provisions  that  had  been  hid 
there.  Wolverines  produce  young  once  a 
year  from  two  to  four  in  a  Litter.  The  cubs 
are  said  to  be  covered  with  a  downy  fur  of  a 
cream  color.  It  is  at  all  times  suspicious  of 
traps  ;  it  is  caught  chiefly  in  steel  traps,  which 
must  be  set  with  great  caution  and  concealed 
with  much  art.  Its  fur  resembles  that  of  the 
bear.  The  skins  are  quoted  from  three  to 
five  dollars.  r. 


you  ma  y  expect  to  see  the  young  ones.  When 
you  put  the  old  ones  together,  feed  them  on 
high  food,  such  ns  boiled  eggs  chopped  line, 
lettuce,  apples,  sopped  bread,  hemp,  rape, 
maw  and  canary  seed.  Give  the  birds  a  little 
lime  and  cuttle  fish,  to  form  the  shell  of 
the  egg,  and  plenty  of  sand.  The  young 
ones  will  be  fed  by  the  old  ones  regularly  for 
about  two,  or  sometimes  throe,  weeks,  when 
thoy  will  be  able  to  shift  for  themselves. 
Then  take  them  out,  as  they  will  disturb  the 
old  ones  in  raising  thou’  second  brood.  Feed 
for  a  month  or  so  on  soft  food  and  seed,  and 
then  gradually  accustom  them  to  seed  alone. 
Substituting  hard  food  too  suddenly  would 
kill  them. 

With  good  management  yon  can  raise  five 
broods  Ui  one  season. ;  but  that  is  too  much, 
find  it  weakens  the  old  hen  bird  too  much  ; 
three  broods  is  all  I  raise  a  season  from  one 
pair.  In  mating  birds,  always  mate  an  old 
hen  with  a  young  cock,  and  you  will  have 
more  male  birds,  and  vice  versa.  Allow  the 
females  to  Winter  in  a  large  cage,  ns  it  makes 
them  strong  and  healthy ;  the  males,  as  soon 
as  they  commence  to  chirp,  put  in  separate 
cages,  as  they  will  then  sing  more,  and  learn 
faster,  than  if  left  in  large  cages,  where  they 
would  do  nothing  but  jump  and  fly  around 
all  day. 

I  feed  my  birds  on  %  rape  and  X  canary 
seed  ;  a  little  maw  aud  hemp,  once  in  a  while, 
for  a  change  ;  apple  and  fruit  generally,  but 
no  cake  or  crackers  or  sugar.  Hoping  that 
all  who  undertake  the  business  this  year  may* 
be  successful,  I  um,  p.  g.  r. 

Cleveland,  Ohio. 


NEWSPAPER  PILE 


As  there  are  a  great  many  of  the  readers 
of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  who  would  like 
to  keep  their  papers  so  as  to  have  them  to¬ 
gether  without  having  them  bound,  I  will 
show  them  the  way  1  keep  mine.  (See  illus¬ 
tration.)  I  take  two  sticks,  one-half  inch 
wide,  three-fourths  of  an  inch  thick,  16 
inches  long,  and  two  screws.  Punch  holes  in 
the  Rural  with  a  punch,  so  as  not  to  tear 
them  ;  have  a  good  paper  cover,  and  every 


NESTS  FOR  CANARIES,  ETC 


In  reading  the  last  number  of  your  very  in¬ 
teresting  and  instructive  paper,  I  noticed  an 
inquiiy  ns  to  which  was  the  best  kind  of  a 
nest  for  breeding  canaries  in.  As  I  am  a 
great  bird  fancier,  and  am  always  interested 
in  tiny  tiring  pertaining  to  the  raising  and 
breeding  of  all  kinds  of  home  pets,  1  will  just 
briefly  give  my  own  experience,  and,  per¬ 
haps,  some  of  your  readers  will  be  benefited' 
by  it.  I  have  repeatedly  tried  to  raise  birds,, 
aud  have  watched  difi'orent  kinds  of  them, 
aud  have  also  used  diflerent  kinds  of  neats, 
and  with  more  or  less  success.  I  have  come 
to  the  conclusion  that  the  best  nest  for  cana¬ 
ries  is  the  artificial  one,  made  aa  follows  r 
Buy  a  small  basket,  about  four  inches  in  di¬ 
ameter  and  three  inches  deep  ;  on  the  inside 
of  it  sew  a  lining  of  cotton  batting  about  as 
thick  as  your  finger ;  then  sew  a  little  bag  of 
cotton  flannel  lo  fit  the  inside  of  the  nest,  and 
sew  it  in  so  that  the  wooly  (soft)  side  of  it 
comes  outside.  You  can,  if  you  wish,  put  a 
little  insect  powder  between  the  two  linings, 
to  prevent  the  vermin  from  troubling  your 
birds.  Be  careful  that  you  hide  all  of  your 
seams  and  ends  in  sewing  in  the  lining,  as 
otherwise  the  birds  will  be  constantly  peck¬ 
ing  at  the  threads. 

I  have  found  this  kind  of  nest  the  most 
profitable,  because  the  birds  have  the  nest 
already  made,  and  need  not  waste  any  un- 


week  when,  the  Rural  comes,  unscrew  the 
clamps,  put  your  paper  in,  and  do  so  for  six 
months.  When  you  have  one  volume,  make 
another  set  of  clamps  for  the  next  six 
months.  L  Young. 


POSTAL  CARDS  IN  PRUSSIA 


The  Berlin  post  office  is  about  to  carry  the 
post-card  system  a  step  forward,  as  the  cards 
are  to  be  so  arranged  that  they  will  serve  for 
the  answer  as  well  as  for  the  original  mes¬ 
sage.  One  side  is  to  be  arranged  to  receive 
the  name  and  address  of  the  person  to  whom 
the  card  is  first  sent,  at  the  top,  and  those  of 
the  sender  below,  so  that,  in  case  of  reply, 
the  latter  serves  for  the  address,  while  the. 
other  side  will  be  divided  into  two  portions, 
one  for  the  original  communication,  the  other 
for  the  reply.  The  double  postage  may  be 
paid  at  once,  or  the  person  sending  the  reply 
may  affix  the  stamp. 


TO  DISINFECT  SPONGES, 


The  following  is  from  a  French  pharma¬ 
ceutical  journal : — Take  of  permanganate  of 
potash  4  parts  ;  water  100  parts.  Impregnate 
the  sponge  with  this,  and  afterwards  wash  in 
a  quart  of  a  solution  of  sulphurous  acid  (25 
parts  to  100),  after  which  wash  plentifully 
with  water. 


PACKING  EGGS  IN  SALT 


Your  correspondent,  “H.  E.  P.”  asks,  in. 
Rural  of  March  1st,  information  in  regard  to 
packing  eggs  in  salt,  I  con  only  say  I  tried 
it;  commencing  packing  eggs  in  July  and 
continuing  through  August.  I  placed  them 
in  a  box,  small  end  down,  on  a  two-inch  layer 
of  salt,  not  allowing  one  egg  to  touch  an¬ 
other  ;  then  another  layer  of  salt  not  so  deep  ; 
then  on  top  of  that  more  eggs  and  so  on  al¬ 
ternately  till  the  box  was  full,  ending  with 
salt  two  or  three  inches  deep.  This  box  re¬ 
mained  in  my  barn  (frame)  all  through  the 
severe  weather  until  Christmas,  when  it  was 
brought  to  the  house  and  we  commenced 
using.  The  eggs  were  as  fresh,  apparently,  as 
if  only  laid  a  few  days  before.  True,  there 
was  but  a  small  number— twelve  dozen— pey- 


INFOKMATION  IN  BRIEF 


necessary  time  in  making  nests ;  and,  also, 
you  do  not  have  the  cotton  and  wool  and 
feathers  flying  around  the  room.  It  is  good 
to  have  two  nests  in  each  cage,  for  good 
breeders  will  veiy  often  commence  laying 
eggs  for  a  second  brood  before. the  first  is 
fully  fledged. 

Place  the  nest  on  a  board  thus  (see  cut), 
placed  like  a  shelf  in  the  upper  part  of  the 
cage.  By  buying  a  German  breec  ing  cage 
you  ’will  get  the  shelf  already  adjusted,  These 


The  Hoosac  Tunnel  has  been  opened 
22, 199  feet  ;  2,833  feet  remain  to  be  opened. 

Cement  for  Lamp  Chimneys  may  be  made 
by  heating  ooipmon  plaster  of  Paris  to  300° 
Fahrenheit. 

V egetabUn  should  never  be  cooked  in  iron 
pots,  except,  the  latter  ure  enameled  or  other¬ 
wise  coated  internally. 

All  Bngit ies  Under  75- Horse  Power  and 
craues  lifiie  ig  less  than  twelve  tons  are  ex¬ 
cluded  front  i  the  Vienna  Exposition. 


rJjlovtcuItural. 


CHOICE  SELECTION  OF  ANNUALS,  ETC. 

As  the  season  for  flowers  approaches,  it 
becomes  a  question  with  many, — especially 
the  inexperienced, — what  kinds  and  varieties 
they  shall  cultivate  the  coming  Summer. 
For  the  purpose  of  aiding  such  as  need  aid, 
and  encouraging  those  who  have  never  grown 
flowers  to  commence  now,  I  have  made  up  a 
list  of  some  of  the  choicest  annuals,  with  a 
few  biennials  and  perennials  that  blossom 
the  first,  season,  I  have  also  endeavored  to 
give  such  descriptions  of  each,  and  the  uses 
to  which  they  are  best  adapted,  as  will  en¬ 
able  a  person  of  no  experience  to  make  a 
satisfactory  selection,  and  to  grow  them  so 
as  to  produce  a  good  effect.  Experience  in  cul¬ 
tivation  prompts  the  following  suggestions  : 

It  will  be  well  for  those  who  cultivate 
flowers,  to  bear  in  mind  that  the  pleasure 
derived  from  them  depends  not  upon  their 
numbers  and  varieties,  but  rather  upon  their 
beauty  and  excellence.  Three  or  four  beds 
of  choice,  well  kepi,  flowers,  are  more  satis¬ 
factory  than  a  dozen  untidy,  drooping  ones. 
W e  usually  cultivate  too  many  kinds.  Hop¬ 
ing  to  produce  t  he  best  results  by  combina¬ 
tions  of  largo  numbers  of  our  old  favorites, 
we  take  upon  ourselves  greater  burdens  than 
we  can  carry,  anti  only  half  succeed  with 
any.  It  is  a  pleasure  to  cultivate  flowers 
when  we  keep  within  our  abilities  to  culti¬ 
vate  well.  But  my  advice  is  to  cultivate  but 
few  kinds,  and  those  the  best.  If  you  have 
only  time  to  prepare  bods  and  cultivate  two 
kinds  well,  let  those  two  suffice.  If  you  have 
but  twenty-five  cents  to  expend  for  seeds, 
buy  two  choice  kinds  rather  than  four  com 
mon  ones.  It  costs  no  more  labor  und  time 
to  grow  a  choice  flower  than  a  poor,  common 
one.  If  you  desire  considerable  variety,  with 
small  means  and  little  labor,  use  small  beds, 
or  grow  in  ribbon  bods.  Dig  your  beds  deep, 
and  make  them  rich  and  fine  ;  raise  your 
beds  above  the  lawn  or  walk,  but  not  too 
high — three  inches  for  the  margins  are.  in 
most  eases,  better  than  six  ;  make  them  high¬ 
est  in  the  center,  but  not  much  :  if  you  do,  a 
portion  of  the  rain  will  run  oil’,  and  they 
will  be  difficult  to  water.  If  you  grow  flow¬ 
ers  of  different  kinds  in  the  same  lied,  place 
the  tallest  in  the  center,  taking  care  to  so 
graduate  the  bight  of  those  kinds  next  each 
other  that  the  slope  may  be  gradual  and 
uniform  from  center  to  margin.  Oval  or 
circular  beds,  or  some  modifications  of  these 
forms,  are  easier  kept  in  order  than  sharp 
angled  ones.  Small  beds  are  more  convenient 
than  large  ones.  Beds  of  distinct  masses  ol 
colors  are  more  showy  than  too  many  ol 
mixed  colors.  If  the  weather  is  dry,  and 
your  flowers  need  water,  give  it  in  abundance, 
and  stir  the  surface  of  the  bed  soon  after. 
Sprinkling  lightly  each  day  is  worse  than 
letting  alone.  Evening  is  the  best  time  tc 
water  during  warm  weather. 

In  ordinary  seeds,  calculate  about  the  num¬ 
ber  of  plants  you  will  need  of  each  kind  tc 
till  your  beds  as  you  have  plauued  to  arrange 
them.  Make  your  plans  before  ordering 
seeds.  It  is  not  safe  to  estimate  more  than 
fifteen  or  twenty  plants,  per  packet,  fur  the 
following  sorts,  viz,  : — Phlox,  Pinks,  Pet  u 
nias,  Ten  Weeks  Stock,  Asters  and  Balsams  ; 
rather  a  little  less  ;  buy  seeds  of  none  but 
first-class  dealers,  those  whose  reputation  i; 
a  guarantee  that  the  stock  is  good,  I  bought 
some  twenty  odd  varieties  of  seeds  last  yeai 
of  James  Vick,  and  every  variety  produced 
a  reasonable  number  of  plants.  "Wishing 
afterward,  to  grow  a  partial  bed  of  Phlox 
Leopoldi,  1  expended  nearly  *2  for  seed  and 
did  not  succeed  in  raising  a  half-dozen  plants. 

1  did  not,  however,  blame  the  local  dealers  ; 
they  were  honorable  men,  and  purchased 
seed  which  they  supposed  good.  I  mention 
ttiis  fact  to  -  how  the  necessity  of  care  in  pur¬ 
chasing,  If  you  have  a  hot-bed,  sow  you) 
seeds  in  shallow  boxes,  sifliug  the  covering 
through  n  fine  sieve  :  cover  small  seeds  very 
lightly  ;  press  the  earth  gently,  both  before 
and  after  covering  :  line  black  earth,  or  leal 
mold  from  the  woods,  makes  an  excellent 
covering  for  flower  seeds.  Hardy  varict.ii 
germinate  at  a  medium  temperature  of  about 
51  •  half  hard'  and  tender  varieties  require 
a  higher  temperature.  With  a  hot-bed.  care 
is  required,  or  you  will  burn  off  the  plants, 
just  after  they  appear  above  t  he.  surface  ; 
when  the  sun  gets  worm,  it  is  a  good  plan  to 
whitewash  the  glass,  so  as  to  prevent  burn¬ 
ing.  If  you  have  no  hot-bed,  the  tender  va¬ 
rieties  can  be  started  in  a  warm  room,  but 
care  will  be  required  to  keep  the  surface 
moist  until  the  plants  are  up,  and  the  room 
as  near  a  uniform  temperature  as  possible 
thereafter. 

I  have  placed  the  flowers  named  in  my  list 


MOORE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


in  about  what  I  consider  their  order  of  excel¬ 
lence.  Those  marked  “Season,”  continue  to 
bloom  until  frost.  The  time  of  coming  into  i 
flower  depends,  in  a  measure,  upon  the  time 
of  sowing  : 

Phlox  Drunvmondii. — Hardy  annual ;  sea¬ 
son  ;  1  foot  high  ;  best  colors — Scarlet,  blood 
red,  white,  rose  colored,  pink,  fine  purple — 
called  blue — and  violet  ;  excellent  for  ribbon 
beds,  for  masses  of  distinct  colors,  or  hi  mixed 
colors  ;  sow  in  hot  bed  ill  March,  or  in  open 
ground  as  noon  as  fit  to  work  ;  easily  trails-  | 
planted  ;  set  plants  1  foot  apart.  Seed,  10 
cents  per  packet- 

Poiinlara. — Hardy  annual,  but  seed  will 
not  germinate  until  ground  is  warm,  unless 
bottom  heat  is  supplied  :  season  ;  stand  about 
8  inches  high  ;  very  brilliant  and  delicate  in 
coloring;  the  double  rose-flowered  is  far  su¬ 
perior  to  the  old  single;  separate  colors  of 
this  can  be  obtained  if  wished  ;  flue  for  rib¬ 
boning,  for  edging,  or  in  mixed  beds;  sow  in 
hot-bed  in  March,  or  in  open  ground  when 
warm ;  easily  transplanted  8  to  10  inches 
apart.  Single.  5c.;  double  rose  -  flowered, 
mixed,  2(k*.  ;  double  rose,  separate  colors, 
each  color,  25c. 

Japan  Pink*. — Hardy  biennials  ;  season  : 

1  foot  high  ;  best  for  massing,  but  beautiful 
in  any  form  ;  variety  of  mixed  colors;  sow 
in  hot-bed  early  or  in  open  ground,  either  in 
September  or  early  in  Spring  ;  transplant 
easily,  but  should  be  removed  from  seed  bed 
before  getting  too  late — 1  foot  apart.  Diun- 
thus  Heddewigii  Flora-piano,  15a,  and  Dian- 
thus  Lneiniatus,  25c. ,  I  think  are  best. 

Balsam. — Half-hardy  annual ;  season  ;  2 
feet  high  ;  mixed  colors,  beautifully  striped 
or  spotted  ;  best  for  borders,  or  for  single 
plants  along  a  walk  ;  pinch  off  some  of  the 
shoots,  or  the  foliage  will  hide  the  blossoms  ; 
sow  in  liot-bed  first  of  March,  and  prick  off 
singly  when  small,  so  as  to  give  loom  to  get 
well  rooted  before  sett  ing,  where  they  are  to 
bloom  ;  it  no  hot-bed  at  hand,  sow  in  a  Warm, 
sheltered  situation,  as  soon  as  the  weather  is 
warm  ;  give  them  a  rich  soil  and  thorough 
cultivation  ;  Balsam  Double  Camellia  flow 
emi  spotted,  German,  15c.  ;  Balsam  Double 
Camellia-flowered,  French,  separate  colors, 
20c.  ;  Balaam  Double  Carnation,  striped,  25c.  ; 
Balsam  Holferino,  striped,  25c. 

Petunia  —  Hardy  annual  ;  season  ;  grows 
3  feet  long,  but  if  not  supported,  stands  1 
foot ;  variety  of  colors,  but,  some  of  the 
shades  not  very  bright  or  distinct  ;  good  for 
massing;  best,  slightly  in  background,  with 
bed  fronting  south,  as  they  appear  much 
more  brilliant  under  a  bright  sun  ;  sow  in 
hot-bed  In  March,  or  in  open  ground  as  soon 
as  fit  to  Work  ;  easily  transplanted — 1 '  feet 
apart.  Petunia  Kormesina  Splendent,  pure 
white,  with  crimson  throat,  25c.  ;  Petunia, 
Countess  ol‘  Ellesmere,  rosy  carmine,  with 
white  throat,  10c.  ;  Petunia,  Gmndlflora  Mu 
culata,  spotted  ;  Petunia,  choicest  mixed,  25c. 

Ten  117' hx  Stock.  —  Half-hardy  annual; 
season;  I’,  leet  high;  good  for  masses  of 
distinct  colors,  for  ribbon  beds  or  mixed  col¬ 
ors  ;  my  choice  of  colors  are  blood-red.  white, 
deep  blue,  lilac  and  rose.  New  largest-flow¬ 
ering  dwarf,  each  color,  20c.  ;  New  largest- 
flowering  dwarf,  mixed,  20c.  ;  New  large 
flowered  Pyramidal  dwarf,  mixed,  2.5c.  ;  the 
last,  named  is  beat  for  mixed  beds  ;  sow  in 
hot-bed  early,  or  in  open  ground  in  May, 
when  ground  is  warm  ;  easily  transplanted 
when  small — I  foot  apart. 

A  stern.  —  1 1  nll  -hn  rdy  annuals  ;  late  Summer 
and  Autumn;  Full  varieties,  l1.,  to  2  feet ; 
Dwarf,  8  to  IS  inches  ;  variety  of  mixed  col¬ 
ors  and  pure  white  ;  best:  for  planting  in 
masses  ;  tail  in  center,  dwarf  on  edges.  The 
following  are  all  good.  Fall  varieties : — Truf¬ 
faut’s  P.couy  flowered  Perfection,  mixed 
colors,  15c.  ;  do,  separate  colors,  20c.  :  New 
Rose,  mixed  colors,  15c.  ;  do.  separate  colors, 
2Ge.  ;  Victoria,  mixed  colors,  15e.  ;  Giant 
Family -flowered  Perfection,  brilliant  rose, 
15c.  ;  Dwarf  Chrysanthemum-flowered,  late, 

. i  inches,  15c.  ;  Dwarf  Victoria,  snow  white, 

10  inches  25c.  ;  Dwarf  Pyramidal  Boquet, 
early,  io  inches,  ISe.  ;  sow  hi  hot-bed  in 
March,  or  in  open  ground,  when  warm,  in 
May  ;  mulch  bed  during  hot.  weather,  and 
water  freely  if  dry  ;  Fall,  1  foot  apart ;  dwarf, 

8  to  9  inches. 

Doubt:  Zinnia. — HaU-inmly  annual  ;  sea¬ 
son  ;  1  t  o  2  feet ;  variety  of  colors,  separate, 
or  mixed  :  Double  Zinnia,  mixed  colors,  10c.  ; 
do.,  pure  white,  20c,  ;  do.,  other  colors,  10c.  ; 
sow  under  glass,  or  in  open  ground,  when 
warm  ;  easily  transplanted — I  V.  feet  apart. 

Antirrhinum  (Snapdragon).  —  Hardy  per¬ 
ennial  ;  June  to  September  ;  Fall.  IS  inches; 
dwarf,  L  foot ;  mixed  colors  ;  should  not  be 
allowed  to  form  seed  first  season  ;  Antirrhum 
Majus,  brilliant,  5c.  ;  do.  Dwarf,  oc.  ;  sow  hi 
hot-bed,  or  in  open  ground  early  ;  easily 


transplanted  ;  Fall,  9  inches  apart  ;  dwarf,  0 
inches. 

Steed,  Alyssum. — Hardy  annual ;  season  ; 
about  0  inches  :  good  for  edgings ;  white  ; 
sow  under  cover,  if  possible,  as  they  are  apt 
to  be  eaten  when  small  by  the  little  black 
flea  which  infests  turnips ;  easily  transplant¬ 
ed — 4  inches  opart  ;  5e. 


Candy  Tuft. — Hardy  annual;  Summer;  1 
foot ;  would  sow  only  rocket,  white,  or  the 
purple  ;  rocket  is  most  showy  and  continues 
longest  in  bloom  ;  sow  very  early,  where  it 
is  to  bloom,  ms  it  does  not  bear  transplanting  ; 
t.bin  to  5  inches  apart. 

The  above  named  are  probably  as  many 
kinds  of  bedding  plants  as  most  persons  will 
have  timeor  inclination  to  cultivate.  1  would 
not  advise  beginners  to  attempt  raising  more 
than  one-lutlf,  at  most.  Commence  with 
some  of  the  separate  colors  of  Phlox,  mixed 
Portulaea,  Petunias  and  Balsams.  Afterhav¬ 
ing  acquired  a  little  experience,  extend  your 
list  from  year  to  year,  as  time  and  means 
will  allow.  No  one  must  understand  me  as 
saying  that  this  list  contains  all  the  choicest 
annuals,  or  that  there  are  not  others  superior 
to  those  last  named.  My  wish  was  to  make 
up  a  collection  which  would  answer  the  best, 
for  general  cultivation,  without  making  it 
too  extended.  Hud  I  space,  would  have 
named  as  many  more,  adding  thereto  a  list 
of  foliage  plants,  of  climbers,  everlasting 
flowers  and  ornamental  grasses.  ii.  w.  H. 


land  Jepariment.  j 


A  LETTER  FROM  KANSAS. 

— 

EXCEllENT  ADVICE  AND  SUGGESTIONS  FROM  A  KANSAS 

WOMAN. 

“  A  Home  in  the  West!  Who’ll  follow?” 
sounds  very  charming  in  a  song  and  has  i 
quite  a  romantic  influence  over  susceptible  j 
him  an  nature  ;  but  when  a  family  fairly 
take  up  their  line  of  march  towards  the  set. 
ting  sun,  the  song  has  changed  and  the  tune 
is  pitched  in  a  different  key.  The  great 
Wert  has  been  written  and  t  alked  about  so 
much  by  tourists  and  “special  correspond¬ 
ents,”  that  newspaper  readers  must  think  | 
the  subject,  a  threadbare  one  ;  but,  not  be-  I 
ing  a  lend  speculator,  the  pictured  paint  will 
not  be  “coi thur  </<  rose,”  and  immigration 
will  probably  not  be  seriously  interrupted. 

A  feeling  of  unrest  in  a  people  and  a  long¬ 
ing  for  something  not  yet  attained,  is  a  con¬ 
dition  necessary  to  settle  new  countries  and 
convert  the  wilderness  into  cultivated  fields. 
Therefore  it  is  that  civilization  marches  mi-  i 
ward  and  Westward,  and  a  home  in  the 
West  is  a  vision  of  plenty  and  ease  that 
thousands  in  the  Eastern  States  are  constant¬ 
ly  contemplating  and  sis  constantly  pouring 
into  these  Western  States  to  secure  and  re¬ 
alize;  and  having  once  secured — as  many  a 
good  woman  in  this  region  can  testify — are 
sorry  exchanges  for  comfortable  homes 
among  old  friends  and  relatives. 

Tli at  irrepressible  desire  to  change,  to 
make  a  new  move,  feeling  assured  eveiy 
time  that  the  next  will  be  the  grand  move  of 
all  and  a  fortune  made,  is  perhaps  oftener 
exemplified  here  in  the  West  than  in  any 
other  portion  of  the  globe ;  and  never,  so 
long  as  the  world  stands,  will  t  hey  who  are 
tocome  learn  of  those  who  have  come.  These 
uneasy  ones  who  come  from  the  Eastern 
.States  are  they,  who,  after  selling  out  fora 
third  or  half  what,  their  property  cost  them, 
make  a.  break,  and  after  many  detentions 
and  many  sacrifices  and  a  tedious  journey, 
find  themselves  in  the  promised  land  whore 
all  things  look  tnir  and  their  bright  anticipa¬ 
tions  seem  about  to  be  realized  ;  and  in  the 
hurry  to  get  settled  a  small  house,  no  matter 
what  shape,  or  how  frail,  is  hastily  put  up 
and  the  family  move  in  with  the  understand¬ 
ing  and  firm  conviction  that  il  shall  be  but  a 
temporary  residence,  and  in  two  or  three 
years  at  most  a  more  commodious  mid  con¬ 
venient  dwelling  shall  be  erected,  that  will 
be  their  permanent  abiding  place  —  the 
“  home,  sweet  home”  where  all  eart  hly  com¬ 
forts  shall  be.  gathered  together  for  real¬ 
ization  —  that  one  beautiful  spot  that  so 
many  see  with  the  eye  of  faith  and  are  all 
their  lives  struggling  and  striving  to  reach. 
But,  contrary  to  the  short-sighted  calcula¬ 
tions  of  these  good  people,  so  poor  in  the 
wisdom  rlrnt  comes  in  later  years,  these 
hurriedly-built  houses  are,  in  thousands  of 
cases,  where  the.  family  remain  year  after 
year — ten,  fifteen,  and  often  twenty  yea  re — 
without  hope  of  change. 

Well  will  it  be  for  the  good  wife,  when  leav¬ 
ing  the  old  home,  if  she  have  forethought 
enough  to  retain  and  bring  with  her  carpets 
and  curtains,  pictures  and  books— objects 
familiarized  by  daily  use  ;  for  with  these  she 


can  arrange  a  new  habitation  that  will  wear 
an  old  home  look  that  nothing  else  can  possi¬ 
bly  give  ;  and  as  the  vision  of  a  good  house 
with  large  airy  rooms  gradually  fades  from 
her  sight,  as  time  advances  anil  she  must 
needs  be  strong  in  health  and  strong  in  faith 
if  she  does  not  become  depressed  and  dis¬ 
couraged.  The  transition  from  a  comfortable 
house  with  the  conveniences  of  closets  and 
cellars,  and  perhaps  the  luxuries  of  gas  and 
hot  and  cold  water,  to  a  house  cont  aining  but 
two  rooms,  standing  on  four  pegs  without  a 
fence  or  outbuilding,  is  too  great  a  test  of 
any  woman’s  amiability,  and  surely  a  saint 
she  must  be  if  she  pass  through  the  fire  un¬ 
ruffled  in  temper,  and  bright  and  hopeful  to 
the  last.  Khe  may  continue  witfi  such  sur¬ 
roundings  mid  keep  on  in  the  even  tenor  of 
her  ways,  enduring  and  uncomplaining,  living 
u  life  of  svi'cet  subni issioii  ;  tin-  probabilities 
are,  however,  that  Vicing  but  mortal,  health 
and  spirits  will  both  succumb,  the  extra  work 
consequent  upon  t  he  absence  of  conveniences 
and  the  enervating  influences  of  the  climate, 
especially  with  a,  family  of  children,  have  an 
effect  that  in  a  few  years  tell  their  own  story 
in  face  and  figure. 

There  is  no  denying  the  fact  that  before 
marriage,  women  are  all  angels,  wings  plain¬ 
ly  visible  ;  but  somehow  t  hey  disappear  ;  fly¬ 
ing  around  in  such  small  rooms  wears  away 
tiie  plumage  until  there  is  scarcely  the  ves¬ 
tige  of  an  angel  left.  Lite,  of  course,  under 
the  most  favorable  eircu instances,  is  a  con¬ 
stant  struggle — the  tendency  to  do  wrong  and 
the  desire  to  do  right  is  ever  present  and  the 
warfare  still  harder  when  sickness  takes  hold 
and  the  common  comforts  of  life  are  lifted  to 
obtain. 

In  the  early  days  of  the  history  of  Illinois 
a  traveler  writing  home  from  that  State  said 
that  pioneer  life  was  terribly  hard  on  women 
and  oxen  ;  and  what  was  t  rue  of  pioneer  life 
then  is  tme  now.  The  women  fade  out,  and 
breakdown  under  the  accumulated  burdens 
earlier  than  men.  Next  to  the  comforting 
influences  of  religion  let  me  advocate  as  a 

help  in  these  emergencies  . a  ring  for  and 

working  in  a  flower  garden. 

To  all  tired -out  souls  I  would  recommend 
the  embroidering  of  vines  and  flowers  in  beds 
and  borders  around  the  house.  A  change  of 
labor  has  often  a  beneficial  effect  and  is  re 
freshing  to  tbesplrits  ;  and  a  familiar  knowl¬ 
edge  of  trees  and  plants  and  the  different 
varieties  of  (lowers,  makes  life  a  delight  and 
cares  lighter.  The  training  of  vines  and 
weeding  and  transplanting  in  as  hard  work 
as  cleaning  windows  ami  taking  up  carpets, 
but  we  put  on  our  sun  bonnets,  and,  with 
trowel  in  hand,  march  into  the  garden  with 
singularly  different  feelings  from  those  that 
actuate  us  when  we.  commence  taking  up 
tacks  preparatory  to  house  cleaning.  Wo 
would  not  for  the  world  be  deprived  of  t  his 
garden  of  ours  with  its  floral  treasures  of 
bush  and  tree  and  plant.  In  it  we  grow 
good-natured  if  by  any  misfortune  our  sweet 
tempers  have  been  disturbed,  and  while  lost  in 
admiration  over  ihe  beauties  and  dazzling 
red  of  a  half-opened  bud  of  t lie  \faqueininot 
Rose,  we  forget  irritations  and  petty  vexa¬ 
tions,  and  while  breathing  the  air  fragrant 
with  Clematis  mid  Boses  and  the  sweet  Mig¬ 
nonette,  animosities  are  burled,  and  we  are 
at  peace  with  all  1  lie  world.  No  place  like  it 
to  see  nothing  but  good  in  life  ! — no  place 
where  our  thankful  heart  goes  out  to  the 
Giver  of  all  good  gilts,  as  here,  and  it  might 
be  that  with  frequent  visits  to  a  garden  and 
working  in  it  often,  we  would  so  far  over¬ 
come  our  difficulties  as  to  be  enabled  to  yet 
see  the  pinfeathers  in  our  new  wings  ere  we 
take  our  eternal  flight. 

Laying  the  foundation  and  building  a  home 
in  any  country,  new  or  old,  whether  it  be 
comfortable  or  cheerless,  depends  almost 
wholly  on  the  condition  of  one's  purse  before 
starting.  If  it  bn  well  rounded  out  in  these 
days  of  railroads  and  easy  transportation, 
few  inconveniences  will  be  experienced  ;  but, 
a  collapsed  purse  foreshadows  trials  und 
make-shifts  not  pleasant  to  yon  template,  and 
the  charms  of  the  old  home  with  all  its  sur¬ 
roundings  will  double  in  value  when  con¬ 
trasting  them  with  what  may  he  expected  in 
the  new.  But,  if  the  world  will  come  West, 
let  every  man  see  to  it  that  he  furnish  the 
wife  and  daughters  with  a  garden,  and  either 
take  with  them  seeds  and  roots  or  send  for 
them  afterwards  without  delay.  The  orna¬ 
menting  of  one’s  grounds  should  be  consid¬ 
ered  a  religious  duty,  and  the  planting  of 
evergreens  one  of  the  first  investments  when 
land  is  purchased,  foe  it  will  surely  return 
better  interest  than  many  investments  that 
appear  wiser  Hum  this  ;  and  these  substantial 
adornments  are  something  fixed,  to  which 
the  human  affections  ding  with  astonishing 
tenacity;  and  a  home  with  these  surround 
ings  becomes  doubly  dear  to  every  member 
of  the  family.  '  “Harriet.” 

Wyandotte,  Kansas. 


two  eggs  beaten,  one  teacup  sweet  crean 
one  of  white  sugar,  find  one  of  vinegar 
warmed  before  stirring  in.  This  is  exceller 
for  dinner. — -e.  m. 

Trimming  Picture  IVamcs  with  Putty.- 
Will  some  of  your  lady  readers  who  unde 
stand  trimming  picture  frames  with  putt 
please  explain  the  modus  operandi  in  detai 
Mrs.  K.  T..  Carthage.  Mo. 

H  inds  to  Knowhow  to  Wash  Black  Colic 
— Will  some  one  please  give,  a  recipe  for  was 
ing  black  calico  so  that  it  will  not  fade  : 
Booster  Girl. 


are  not  as  liable  to  have  company  on  that 
day.  In  well  regulated  homes,  the  house 
should  be  in  good  order  on  Monday,  the  wash¬ 
ing  done  in  the  forenoon,  or  begun  at  least, 
.without  the  labor  of  looking  through  the 
house  for  dirty  clothes.  Wo  have  for  years 
made  it  a  rule  to  do  no  more  washing  in  a 
day  than  can  be  done  in  the  forenoon,  always 
to  have  the  hair  combed,  and  all  in 


domestic  (bcoiuimn 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING, 


toilet  stand  with  drapery 


On-  page  17T  we  give  an  illustration  showing 
how  the  commonest  and  plainest  bedroom 
may  be  rendered  beautiful  and  attractive  by 
the  aid  of  a  little  taste  and  cheap  material. 

The  toilet  stand  may  be  a  cheap  table,  with  a  ourse 
shelf  erected  at  the  back  for  toilet  articles, 
mid  a  bracket  higher  up  for  perfume  bottles, 

&e.  Oil  cloth,  of  any  desired  color,  may 
cover  the  table,  cut  in  any  shape  to  suit  the 
fancy,  the  edges  being  bound  with  braid  to 
correspond.  The  shelves  uml  brackets  may 
be  covered  to  correspond  with  the  table,  and 
the  whole  draped  with  muslin  or  ot  her  ma¬ 
terial,  edged  with  lace,  or  trimmed  to  suit  the 
taste  and  to  harmonize  with  the  other  adorn¬ 
ments  of  the  room.  (Shelves  may  be  made 
under  the  table,  and  a  curtain  of  coarser 
material  suspended  from  its  edges  conceals 
them.  These  shelves  may  be  used  for  shoes, 
slippers,  &c\,  &c.  This  suggestion  is  made 
for  sucl  i  persons  as  have  to  “rough  it"  yet, 
and  whose  home,  in  which  all  “modern  con¬ 
veniences  ”  are  to  be  found  is  only  an  “air 
castle."  There  are  plenty  such  favored  be¬ 
ings  left,  and  it.  will  be  pleasant  to  simulate 
the  boudoirs  of  the  “air  castle”  by  garnish¬ 
ing  the  homely  chamber  in  the  way  herein 
suggested. 


aiming  --  - -  , 

order  for  dinner  ;  ami  then  a  few  hours  alLto 
lives  afterwards,  or  a  pleasant  ride  per¬ 
haps.  If  the  week’s  wash  cannot  tie  all  done 
in  tliat  time,  or  there  arc  young  children 
whose  Clothes  should  bo  washed  oftener,  we 
have  two  wash  days,  say  on  Monday  and 
Thursday— and  we  enjoy  those  days  as  well 
as  any  of  the  seven  ;  yes,  and  when  there  are 
children  around  they  enjoy  it,  too,  to  wear 
old  clothes,  to  play  wash  in  a  basin  ol'  Coam¬ 
ing  suds,  and  not  be  scolded  for  it.  1 1  is  with 
ns  a  ne  ver-to-be  dreaded  day.  This  does  not 
annlv  to  women  who  have  no  conveniences 


charade."  wSs  imiwietod  and  a  deep  Interest 
was  manifested  for  the  welfare  of  the  Aesoola- 
tiop.  D  H  m  '  1  '  treasurer,  read  his  aimual 
report,  in  which  It  appeared  that,  the  ,,0'n  . 
Trade  rooms  and  furniture  had  been  paid  fm 
full,  leaving  a  considerable  baliumo  In  mum  m 
the  treasury,  anil  with  no  outstanding  debts. 
The  following  are  the  mimaftot  the  riUmoreeloo- 
ted  for  the  ensuing  year:  Fir*. — A.  wiu* 

.in  nre-F  rsr.s  Asa  Burnham,  ('tnjatmmua 
Cm  S.  A.  t  airinglmi,  Voto-%<  W m.  Bland  njr, 

I  trod  me  Co.;  -las.  W.  <  'rmikhite,  Herkimer  tm, 
)  V  It  Scdvllhi.  Oneida  to.;  Jos.  MeAdarn, 
Otsego  Co.:  I».  V.  Berry,  Montgomery  Cm:  I>.  "  • 

I. ewi-..  New  York;  ItughT.  Brooks,  Wyoming 
Co.;  Sftin’l  E.  Lewis,  Chenango;  M 

Lewis  Co.;  Alanaon  : - . 

aril  Clmreh,  Allegany:  >V.  A 
O.  rt.  Smithvrort-h.  St.  Lawrence  I  < 

New  York;  Min,  T.  ivft, Olyg"  Cm 
tiss.  SaratuClt  Co 

g.  . 

Shull. 

II.  Ilun-elf 


SCIENTIFIC  PISCATORY  INGENUITY 


...  T.  Miller, 

Slaughter.  Orange  Co.;  UH'«- 

A.  Jolmson,  trio  Co.; 
it.;  Ah  Folsom, 
.uMctw  Co.;  !•'.  1>.  Cur- 
..  Ben.  F.  Bruce,  Madison  Lo.; 
it.  Weeks,  Onondaga  Co.  ('or.  See.-  Josmh 
Sir. -Walls  T.  Loomis.  TYm*.— David 
■j.  Director*—  F.  Ives,  J.  G.  Snell.  Har¬ 
ris  idwls;  Morgan  IlSdlcman,  .1.  Harvey  btnlth, 
Hon.  k.  c.  itlcc.  Manager— Jus.  W.  (nmkhite. 

A  resolution  was  passed  dlrcct  lng  the  (  orres- 
OomliuK  Secretary  to  correspond  with  the  dilTer- 
ent  localities  -m  to  facilities  to  he  uttered  for 
the  next  general  Convention,  and  report  the 
same  to  the  Directors.  The  m  xt  geuoral  Con¬ 
vention  takes  place  on  Wednesday  and  Thurs¬ 
day  ,,f  the  2nd  week  in  December  next- 

Hurllugi.m  Cm,  Fa.,  A«.  Hoc. -Officers  elect 
ror  1873:  I’rto.  Hon.  J.  L.  N.  Stkatoin,  \  wc 
prex'lx  13.  Darn  oil,  T.  C.  Andrews,  "  -  It.  Han¬ 
cock,  A.  11.  Uee,  See,-#.  Darnell.  (or. 

See  G.  C.  Brown.  I  mo nco  Coni.— M.  S.  I  ,m- 
cnilst.  H.  L.  Rudd,  F.  B.  Levis 
B.  Jones  of  Mount  Holly,  Ijr.  G.  f  .  Brown  del- 
gate  to  the  National  Agricultural  Congress,  to 
meet  at  Indianapolis,  in  May  neat,  luosdtty 
■md  Wednesday,  the  7th  and  Htth  of  October 
were  tot'd  upon  us  the  duva  forholdingtho  next 
fain 

Sicilian  Co.,  X.  Y„  Vg  Roc.  ( Mtlccrs  elect  for 

1HT.J  /»|(, S.  SAMITE!.  K.  I LA8KJ N, A VOCft.  M«e- 

Prex'ts-  A.  0.  Brundage,  I  rlmno;  L  B.  v  an 
llmiaan,  Prat.tslnirgh ;  N.  H.  Stanton,  Hornby; 
K.  .T.  Marshall.  Wheeler;  If.  lb  Viiireldld,  IJrba- 
na  -  II  S.  KoBenlmuis,  Wayland-.  Satmiel  Bal- 
eu,n  Hath  ;  Martin  W.  Noble,  ^th  .Scc  -Reu- 
hen  E.  Itoble.  Bath.  /Wrw.— Gc<>.  W.  HaBook, 
Bath.  Oenr.cal  Sup't— (.  has.  N.  Ackcrson,  Bath. 

Cumberland  Co.,  N.  J„  A«.  Hoc.-Omccrs  for 
lK7;i-  Pint.  8.  G.  CATTKI.L.  Hrc-F/rst  *  Lew¬ 
is  Tomlinson,  Lorenzo  Sharp,  Isaac  Kichimm 
;uid  Joseph  Acton.  Sec.  a  Iren*.— David  Mc- 
I  Bride.  K.r.  (i; III.  A.  J.  Long,  Lewis  It.  IlolT, 
Samuel  Fisher,  Charles  It.  Elmer,  Jacob 
Biin,  Charles  Castaday,  Robert  Moore,  rheodme 
i,-  ii-i vis.  Charles  Woodnui,  John  S.  Holmes, 


George  Smith,  says  that,  on  one  of  his  | 
aquatic  excursions,  he  saw  some  Chinese  fish-  , 
erraenab  their  vocation  in  a  way  to  quite  ; 
astonish  him.  They  had  a  model  of  a.  tlsh  1 
made  of  bright  tin,  which  was slmvly  dragged 
along  at  the  end  of  a  line  fastened  to  the  boat. 
The  Hah  in  all  directions  swam  towards  the 
decoy.  It  seemed  to  possess  a  peculiar  fas¬ 
cination.  Far  hock  in  Urn  rear  was  another 
boat,  carrying  a  net ;  when  it  was  judged 
there  were  fish  enough  congregated  about 
the  object  of  their  attraction,  the  oarsmen 
slacked  a  little  while  the  net  men  approached 
seine,  widely  extended  ; 


DOMESTIG  BREVITIES 


How  to  make  a  Tidy— One  of  tlie  corres¬ 
pondents  of  the  Rural  New  -  Yorker 
asks  how  to  do  this,  and  we  give  in  answer 
the  following  from  a  correspondent  of  the 
Jowa  Homestead  ;— Take  four  pieces  of  lath 
of  equal  length,  and  fasten  them  securely  at. 
the  comers  into  a  square  frame,  as  large  as 
you  wish  the  tidy  to  be.  Drive  tacks  into 
this  at  the  corners,  and  in  all  sides,  <me  and 
one-fourth  inches  apart.  Then  fasten  one 
end  of  ft  ball  of  white  wool  on  one  of  the 
tacks  next.  I  he  corner,  carry  to  t  he  one  on  the 
opposite  side  and  back,  then  back  again, 
leaving  t  hree  threads  in  a  place  ;  carry  to  next 
tack,  and  proceed  os  before,  till  your  frame 
is  tilled.  Then  turn  it  and  cross  the  “  warp 

thus  made  at  right  angles  in  the  same  way; 

j  then  turn  your. frame  again  and  wind  the 
wool  “  corner  wise  ’’—excuse  the  word— di¬ 
viding  the  check  squares  into  triangles  tm  n 
the  frame  again  so  as  to  cross  the  last  at 
right,  angles.  Fasten  and  cut  off  your  white 
wool,  and  with  a  yarn  needle,  and  red  wool, 
fasten  all  corners  where  all  courses  cross, 
leaving  several  ends  at  all  the  outside  cross¬ 
ings,  Cut  the  wool  from  the  tacks.  Trim 
the  edges  even,  leaving  the  ends  as  litt  le  las 
scls,  and  you  have  a  perfect  gem  of  a  tidy. 

Maroon  Colors  on  Wool. — 
rids  in  very  weak  lye  ;  then  rinse 
a  clear  water  ;  thus  you  have  a 
an  color,  although  your  goods 
)ccn  much  faded  and  stained, 
color  thus  obtained  may  not  be 
ulc  as  when  new,  it  is,  however, 
ty  one.  This  may  be  new  to 
was  to  me,  until  accident  led  me 
eporiment.  I  have  now  tested  It 
and  feel  so  much  pleased  with 
that  1  send  it.  for  publication, 
i  it  may  be  of  use  to  some  of  the 
y- Yorker's  fair  readers.  The 
ot  answ  er  for  other  than  all  wool- 
,L  maroon  color. — Mrs.  Julia  W. 


and  dropped  the 
they  then  gradually  brought  the  extremities 
together,  and  generally  made,  a  successful 
haul. 

Those  same  people  with  long  hair  practice 
another  adroit  method  of  fishing,  which  might 
he  practiced  here  with  equal  advantage. 
They  hang  a  highly  bright  varnished  strip  of 
board  along  the  outside  of  the  gunwale  of  a 
Boat,  at  an  angle  about,  that,  of  tlie  roof  of  a 
house.  When  ready  on  the  tlshing  ground, 
torches  are  lighted.  The  varnished  board  in¬ 
tensities  the  light  and  throws  it  at  an  angle 
far  off  into  the  water.  Curiosity,  or  some 
ether  sentiment,  prompts  the  fish  to 'follow 
up  the  rays.  They  rush  on  with  such  speed 
that  when  they  see  the  boat,  which  seems  to 
be  an  obstruction,  they  leap  over  the  row 
locks  inside,  just  where  they  are  wanted. 

Another  method  practiced,  which  the  ob¬ 
servant  missionary  often  saw,  was  by  trained 
cormorants.  They  dived  down  f  w nn  the  boat 
and  rarely  failed  to  bring  up  fishes  in  their 
bills.  To  prevent  them  from  swallowing  the 
prey,  each  had  a  metallic  ring  on  its  neck, 
through  which  nothing  coulcl  pass.  Occasion¬ 
ally  it  waa  removed  that  the  birds  might  be 
encouraged  with  ft  few  morsels  of  food. 


WASHING  AND  WASHING  DAY 


Colby  8  little  wasner  ana  luimv  mp  ^ 
machine  in  use  and  worth  twice  its  cost.  I  ’ 
use  no  preparations,  nothing  but  soap  and 
water  ;  not  as  much  of  that  as  some  people 
do.  I  would  rather  have  oneol'  these  washers 
than  all  the  preparations  I  have  ever  heard 
of  ;  and  il'  I  have  no  water  to  carry  (which 
we  have  had  to  do  this  Winter)  L  would  rath¬ 
er  wash  than  iron  any  time.  Washing  day 
is  not  so  bad  a  day  as  some  would  like  to 
make  it ;  but  whether  good  or  whether  bad, 
depends  on  how  we  take  it.” 

Mrs.  A.  R.  It.,  writes Your  correspond¬ 
ent,  G.  R.  B.,  in  Rural  Jan.  Iklh,  fails  to  give  | 
any  good  reason  for  not  adhering  to  the 
time-honored  custom  of  washing  < >n  Monday  y 
although  she  draws  a  very  doleful  picture  for 
our  contemplation.  Now,  though  we  must 
necessarily  have  (for  a  time),  steam  anti  suds, 
why  need  we  have  “compassion,  picked-up 
dinners,  cross  words,"  or  even  cross  looks  on 
Monday  more  than  any  other  day  of  the  sev¬ 
en  t  or,  why  should  we  have  them  at  all  ?  “If 
we  keej*  the  Sabbath,  does  it,  imply  that  wo 
must  have  confusion  ou  the  day  following  ? 

Do  we  sin  in  practicing  those  habits  of  neat¬ 
ness  and  order  on  the  Sabbath  which  we  fol¬ 
low  through  the  week  i  Is  it  any  greater  sin 
to  return  clothing,  books,  &e.,  to  their  proper 
places  after  using,  than  to  throw  them  on 
beds,  chairs,  or  the  floor  to  be  picked  tip  on 
Monday  f  Is  it  any  more  labor,  when  we  re¬ 
move  aoUed  clothing  to  throw  them  in  a  tub 
of  water  to  soak,  than  it  is  to  hide  them  away 
in  closets,  under  the  bed  or  some  other  place 
out  of  sight ,  to  be  searched  for  on  Monday  ? 
Why  have  picked  up  dinners  i  It  is  no  great 
task  to  prepare  food  on  Saturday  enough  to 
last  two  or  three  days ;  ora  picked-up  dinner, 
even,  would  not  be  so  bad,  with  cheerful 
hearts  and  pleasant  words;  for  “better  is  a 
dinner  of  herbs  and  love  therewith,  than  a 
stalled  ox  eaten  with  hatred.” 

Surely  if  we  have  kept  the.  Sabbath  as  a 
i  day  of  rest  and  holiness  we  should  rise  on  the 
following  morning  refreshed  and  with  enough 
of  the  spirit  of  the  Sabbath  to  carry  us 
l  through  one  day,  at  least,  without  emss 
words  or  looks  ;  and  as  to  those  garments  to 
be  finished,  why  they  should  have  been  done 
the  week  before,  or  must  be  left  until  the 
next  wash.  Many  people  seem  to  think  be¬ 
cause  they  have,  a  hard  day’s  work  on  hand, 
they  have  also  a  free  license  to  bo  moss  and 
fretful,  iukI  keep  themselves  and  the  whole 
family  in  a  state  of  mind  which  is  much  more 
I  wearing  to  the  constitution  than  the.  labor 


FISH  CULTURE  IN  MICHIGAN 


A  few  gentlemen  at  Clarkston,  Michigan, 
have  been  experimenting  in  the  hatching  of 
white-fish  and  salmon  ova,  successfully,  A 
hateliing-housc  was  built  there,  at  first  suffi¬ 
cient  to  hatch  half  a  million  of  white-fish  ova, 
which  were  deposited  in  it  Nov.  IN,  1871.  Fifty 
per  rent,  of  these  were  hatched  on  the  first  of 
April,  lsy-2,  and  distributed  in  the  waters  of 
Detroit  river  and  a  few  of  the  inland  lakes  of 
Oakland  Co.  On  Nov,  lfi,  1872,  a  half  million 
more  <>f  white-fish  ova  were  placed  in  this 
untY-hinc-homse.  audit  is  expected  that  a .much 


on  got 

Hire  Cake  Without  Eyy*.  —  1  ha  ve  lately 
made  a  cake  according  to  the  following  recipe, 
which  was  pronounced  excellent  by  compe¬ 
tent  judges  ;  — Two  cups  white  sugar,  two 
cups  sour  cream,  two  cups  sifted  flour,  slight¬ 
ly  heaping,  one  and  ft-half  teaspoons  of  soda, 
which  should  be  pulverized  and  beat  up  wit  h 
the  sugar  and  cream  before  the  flour  is  add¬ 
ed  ;  flavor  with  lemon  ;  bake  in  rather  quick 

one  needs  to  use  her 


oven.  In  making  cake, 
own  judgment  in  regard  to  the  quantity  of 
flour  needed,  as  more  is  required  if  Spring 
wheat  flour  Is  used  than  for  Winter  wheat. 
One  can  easily  determine  the  amount  of  flour 
needed  by  trying  a,  small  portion  in  the  oven. 


t'MIlenili  n  <  n..  M..  Ag.  Hoc. —  Officers  elect 
’or  18711 ;  Vrex.- II.  N.  Newell, Shelbum.  I’ho 
i*,-, — A.  O.  Humphrey.  Euderhlll ;  Lyman 
Barber,  Essex.  Trmx.-  .1.  E.  Hrnh  h,  South  IUir- 
ingtnn.  NtT.  Lbhu  B.  Taft,.  Burlington. 

Chumontgu  <’•>..  «..  Roc.  (Mirers for  1873: 
Pits.  -I\  11.  (Jassos.  riir-Fiw.  Allen  l’O net*. 
Sec  W.  A.  Hu iiu’s.  Tiro*.  W.  Todd.  Hie 
next  Fair  u  ill  will  be  held  on  slept.  30,  and  the 
let,  2d  and  3d  "f  October. 

Acton.  III.,  llort.  Hoc.  -Officers  el  act  for  1873: 
I’rc'x  -  O.  L.  Bahi.Ku.  Mee-Frexl'x  K.  Hollister, 
G  Hilliard.  NYc.- —Win.  Kllot  Smith.  Time.— 
E.  Hollister.  Lihrorhm-  J.  M.  Pearson. 

Lenox,  Madison  t:o„  V  Y„  \%.  Roc.— Officers 
elect  lor  1873:  ITm.  L-  (!.  Sai-suebs.  VUx- 
I’rcy'ts  1).  I1.  Lamb,  John  Barrett.  Nee.— E.  F. 
Lewis.  Treat— T.  F.  Hand. 

Ton  ill!  Lac  Co.,  \t  is.,  As-  Hoc.  -  J.  ,T.  Beeson, 
Editor  oT  the  Reporter*,-  has  been  elected  Secre¬ 
tary  In  place  of  K.M.  Adams,  resigned.  Next 
Fair,  Sept.  18  18. 

Rock  t'o..  AVI*,,  A«.  Hoc. 
of  this  Society,  so  far  as 
I 're*.  Serif  FisniiJi.  NYc 
Janesville.  Wis. 

Portage  f’u.,  AVist.,  Ag.  Hoc.— Officers  i 
I  for  1873:  Fm.-CHAS.  Conch.  Vicr-Pre*. 

McGregor.  Sec.  —  J.  H.  belch.  Trcas.  1v 
1  Webster. 

Hank  Co.,  AVIs.,  Ag.  Hoc.— Officers  elec- 
1873:  Pres.— H.  If.  Potter,  Baraboo.  Tn 
T.  T.  English,  Baraboo.  Sec.— John  M. 
Baraboo. 


To  make  Water- Proof  Cloth  out  of  thick  , 
ducking,  the  following  French  recipe  is 
given:  Take  two  pounds  four  ounces  of 
Mum.  and  dissolve  it  in  ten  gallons  of  water, 
lu  like  maimer  dissolve  the  same  quantity  of 
sugar  of  lead  in  a  similar  quantity  of  water, 
and  mix  the  two  together.  They  form  a 
precipitate  of  the  sulphate  of  lead.  The  clear 
liquor  is  now  withdrawn,  and  the  cloth  im¬ 
mersed  one  hour  in  The  solution,  when  it  is 
taken  out  and  dried  in  t  he  shade,  washed  in 
dean  water  and  dried  again. 

Cochineal  Coloring.—1 The  following  is  a 
good  recipe Cochineal,  alum,  cream  tartar, 

!  curb,  polassa,  each  three  drams;  water,  eight 
I  ounces ;  sugar,  six  ounces.  Rub*  the  cochi¬ 
neal.  alum  and  cream  tartar  with  eight 


FISH  CULTURE  NOTES. 

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  American  Fish 
Guitarists’  Ass’ti,  Horatio  Seymour  suggest¬ 
ed  that  efforts  be  made  to  introduce  Chinese, 
and  other  foreign  fish,  in  this  country.  A  , 
committee  of  three  was  appointed  to  con-  j 
aider  the  subject. 

The  fish  that  are  deemed  most  favorable 
for  stocking  the  general  waters  of  the  lakes 
and  streams  of  New  York,  and  other  Middle 
States,  arc  ;  Wall-eyed  Pike,  Oswego  Bass, 
Wbitefisb,  Yellow  Perch,  Rock  Bass  and 
Black  Buss. 

i  Seth  Green  estimates  the  number  of  eggs 
’  of  Lake  Trout  and  White  Fish  in  the  State 


-The  officers  elect 
■(•ported  to  us,  are: 
—it.  J,  Richardson, 


478 


IMPROVEMENT." 


this  matter,  for  we  know  how  restive  farmers 
are  under  the  advice  of  editors,— had  not  an- 
otbor  farmer  just  left,  us,  who  said  he  made  up 
his  mind  last  1  all  that  he  would  depend  less 
on  one  kind  of  crop  and  increase  the  variety  of 
his  products.  He  planted  last  year  heavily  of 
early  potatoes,  sold  about  half  of  them  at  good 
prices  and  lost  on  the  other  half.  He  Is  going 
to  regulate  the  proportion  of  the  different  pro¬ 
ducts,  so  that  be  will  not  he  driven  In  the  cul¬ 
ture  and  handling  of  any  one  of  thorn,  will  he 
able  to  put  them  on  the  market  in  prime  order 
and  In  succession.  Hav  log  so  made  up  his  mind 
last  Fall,  he  has  platted  his  ground,  hauled  his 
manure,  has  rhe  work  as  far  advanced  as  prac¬ 
ticable  now,  and  is  ready  to  proceed  to  business 
as  soon  as  frost  is  out-seed  all  purchased,  and 
a  happy  man  is  he  ! 

Onr  readers  may  apply  the  lesson  these  two 
portraits  of  representative  farmers  may  teach 
them,  to  suit  themselves,— only  be  sure  and 
apply  it  to  “some  other  fellow  you  know  of!” 


England  Farmer.  In  1855  he  was  elected  Lieut. 
Gov.  of  Mass.,  was  for  several  years  a  mombe 
of  the  State  Hoard  of  Agriculture,  and  aTrua 
tee  of  the  State  Reform  School,  lie  had  Jon; 
been  an  invalid,  and  welcomed  death  as  »  reliei 
from  suffering. 

J- ,,owncr  of  Kentucky — This  gentleman 
a  resident,  of  Fafrvicw,  Kj .,  died  Feb.  10th,  aged 

- •  years.  There  arc  few  horticulturists 

is  country  who  did  not  know  him  or  ol 
He  has  been  an  active  and  progressive 
- ,1,  bringing  to  notice  many  new 


kinds  of  meat  have  been  ruinously  low’ the  past 
year.  IVool  has  brought  fair  prices.  The  pros¬ 
pects  are  favorable  for  anot  her  year ;  the  coun¬ 
try  wll  not  get  overstocked  with  sheep  in  some 
little  time. — o.  g.  w. 

Rnltlinorc  Co.,  Ml,,  March  2.— The  Winter 
has  been  most  severe  and  long.  On  Jan.  30th, 
at  7  A.  M.  tiic  thermometer  Indicated  30°  be- 
imv  zero,  and  at  one  or  two  other  places  on  line 
'•f  A.  C.  R.  It.  a  short  distance  from  Baltimore, 
from  —  to  2-1°  below.  Three  or  four  times  the 
rees  have  been  completely  encased  In  ico,  and 
1  much  fear  young  ones  set  out  in  the  Fall  aro 
gone ;  several  of  the  evergreens  are  past  pray¬ 
ing  for,  and  those  hitherto  considered  hardy 
If  the  writer  of”  Daily  Rural  Life"  April  13, 1872, 
found  “the  past  Winter ” f71-'73)  “ 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


sixty- four 
in  thii 
him. 

horticulturist 
and  valuable  fruits.  Downer's  Prolific,  Charles 
Downing  and  Kentucky  Late  Strawberries  are 
his  contributions  to  the  public.  He  was  a  relb 
able  mau.  He  proffered  nothing  as  good  which 
h<*  did  not  believe,  after  trial,  to  be  good;  and 
he  rarely  made  a  mistake.  The  announcement 
of  his  death  will  be  read  with  regret,  by  his 


long  to  bo 

remembered  for  its  severity,  especially  among 
i  hose  who  have  rare  trees  and  shrubs,  &c„”  what 
c  o-s  he  think  of  this?  True,  it  has  not  been  so 
dry  and  I  verily  believe  the  prophecy  of  the  57 
snows  for  last  Winter  has  been  fulfilled  this:  if 
not,  there  is  still  time  for  several  more.  All 
trees  planted  last  Spring,  with  few  exceptions, 
(among  the  exceptions  five  apricots  purchased 
at  auction  for  five  cents  a-pieco)  I  lost  by  the 
drouth,  and  I  fear  many  planted  this  Fall  are 
gone  as  I  said  before ;  truly  very  discouraging. 

I  can  say  nothing  about  grape  vinos  yet,  nor  of 
raspberries,  perhaps  may  write  you  further  on 
in  t  he  Spring.  Novice. 

Alexander,  Genesee  Co.,  .\.  Y.,  March  5 _ 

Thermometer  be 
Sleighing  good,  and 
fourths  of  the  time  : ' 
when  we  had  t  he  first, 
weather  has  been  i 
low  zero  more  time; 
remember:  17°  below 
has  been  here, 

Have  examined 


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RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES 


COMMISSIONER  OF  AGRICULTURE 
MORE  CANDIDATES. 


Industrial  Books  Received. —We  must  ac¬ 
knowledge  here  the  receipt  of  the  Reports  of 
t  he  Illinois  State  Agricultural  Society  tor  Wj 
'Vi,  and  of  t  in- Illinois  Depart  merit  of  AgrieuU 
ture  for  1871.  Thank*.— The  Tribune  Almanac 
lor  i8i.I,  received,  Is  solar  on  Industrial  hook 
that  it  will  l.o  found  useful  by  every  citizen, 
no  matter  what  hli-  vocation.  The  amount  of 
matter  packed  Into  It,  and  which  can  be  had  for 
.  ce,l*N  la  wonderful,  and  worth  twenty  times 
Its  price.  —  From  I).  L.  Adair,  Hawesyllle, 
Ky.,  a  pamphlet  entitled  “Progressive  Bee 
Culture;  or,  Apine  Instincts  and  Labors  De¬ 
fined  :  Illustrated  and  Systematized  upon  a  New 
I  heory."  A  Manual  of  Weeds,  or  the  Weed 
Kx terminator,  by  E.  Michknkh,  M.  D.  A  rather 
taking  title;  but  it  is  not,  necessarily,  a  weed 
exterminator,  though  it  may  aid  farmers  In 
knowing  weeds  when  they  see  them  ;  but  t  he 


the  Wisconsin  Fanner,  and  late  Rccretaryuf  tin 
Wisconsin  State  Agricultural  Society,  should 
lie  added  to  the  list  of  candidate* for  the  posh 
tion  of  Commissioner  of  Agriculture.  We  have 
never  seen  any  evidence  that  he  Is  especially 
qualified  for  the  work  required.  He  is  espe¬ 
cially  adapted  to  the  purpose  of  persistently 
seeking  official  position  somewhere;  hut  we 
never  knew  him  to  manifest  any  disposition  to 
wait  for  the  office  to  seek  him. 

]>r.  Lon tNG  of  Massachusetts,  is  also  reported 
to  he  ambitious  to  be  Commissioner,  and  desires 
to  see  the  scope  of  the  Department  enlarged 


below  zero  this  morning, 
id  has  been  about  three- 
since  the  16th  of  November, 
.1.  snow  or  this  Winter.  The 
unusually  cold;  mercury  be- 
**  < Han  In  any  Winter  that  I 
v  zero  is  the  lowest  that  it 
with  a  full  northern  exposure, 
some  peach  buds ;  they  were  all 


PUBLICATION  OFFICES: 

No.  5  Beekman  Street,  New  York  City,  a 
Buffalo  Street,  Rochester,  N.  Y, 


SATURDAY,  MARCH  15,  1873. 


MX  Hundred  and  Fifty  Acre,  are  now  under 
actual  cultivation  as  nursery  by  Ellwangku  <v 
Barky  of  Rochester,  N.  V„  450  acres  of  which 
are  In  fruit  tree*  ;  110  acres  in  ornamental  trees, 
shrubs,  &C,;  25  acres  in  specimen  fruit  and  orna¬ 
mental  trees;  80  acres  in  vineyard  for  testing 
grapes  and  bearing  small  fruit  plantation  •  25 
acre*  in  lawn  arid  ornamental  grounds  around 
office  and  plant,  houses.  Tile  specimen  fruit 
tree  grounds  contain  2, 000  varieties,  exclusive 
of  grape*  and  small  fruit*;  the  specimen  orna¬ 
mental  grounds  arc  proportionally  extensive  and 
embrace  the  most  complete  collection  in  the 
country, every  new  tree  and  plant  t  hat  promises 
U.  be  of  value  being  added  thereto  promptly. 
The  plant,  houses.  Id  in  number,  cover  30,000 
square  feet  of  ground,  to  which  are  to  be  added 
p:is,  frames,  &c.,  for  propagating  purposes.  The 
working  force  consist*  of  about  50  men  for  four 
months,  exclusive  of  office,  reaching  25u  for 
a  bout  eight  months,  as  many  as  400  having  been 
employed  at.  one  time.  These  are  a  few  facts 
which  show  the  extent  of  business  done  by  our 
i) ursery  esta Id i slimeu ts. 


ow  ing  in  part,  to  ,  ho  failuVe  of  o,Ic  ofVho  larlest 
of  th^^tfc.-8.^KeWt*W,i:,1‘mCrirH  ,n  thiH  Part 


o  u.  ue  in  me  line  or  his  vocation.  Yes,  if 
>  Oti  prefer  the  term,  let  him  have  a  hobby  *  Wo 
do  not  moan  that  he  shall  ride  hi*  hobby  at  all 
time*  and  in  all  places  and  on  alioccu^otns  but 
he  should  select  ftotnc  sperhil  department  of 
science  or  industry  for  investigation  and  re- 
senrch— to  master  in  all  its  details.  Doing  this, 
he  will,  perforce,  enlarge  his  general  knowledge 
and  i  he  scope  of  bis  usefulness.  Indeed  it  L.  wise 
fora  farmer  to  take  up  some  specialty  in  agricul¬ 
ture  in  which  to  excel— not  upon  which  he  shall 
depend  exclusively,  and  to  which  lie  shall  devote 
all  liis  energies,  but  in  the  prosecution  of  which 
he  shall  take  especial  pride  and  pains,  and  upon 
which  he  shall  become  know  n  as  a  reliable  au¬ 
thority,  as  well  u*  having tlio  best  of  that  special 
product  ( lint-  can  he  grow  n. 

We  do  Mol  urge  tills  because  we  think  It  will 
prove,  in  all  cases,  a  money-making  adventure, 
but  because  we  believe  in  the  wholesome  influ¬ 
ence  of  motive  upon  the  general  life  and  success 
of  men  -because  we  know  that  specialists  are 
more  likely  to  have  accurate  a- w  ell  as  general 


e  of  the  coldest  Winter*  that  was 
here:  mercury  down  to  28°;  snow 
VimV-  *2- rn*1 ;  eood  Sleighing  Since 
.  ,5r  to"  ;  wheat,  $1.30; 
>ru.  40c.;  potatoes,  50c.;  butter,  20c.; 

**2  ud:.PSsod  $4©4.10  per 


RURAL  BREVITIES, 


,,>V  Maryland  We  think  “  May  Lew’s 

S2tjS?w?nS.U  *"“*“»«*."  price  &  "i" 

Cranukrhv  pjams  are  asked  for  by  some  of 
our  correspondent*-  at  least  they  want  to  know 
where  they  can  obtain  them. 

.  P.  P.  M.  is  informed  that  Alai kc  clover  seed 
/1,en’h  catalogues  at  $10  per 
or  50  cents  per  jiound. 

(price, 
is  perhaps  as 


Media n ion  nt  Cornell  t  nivcPHity.  -Sibley  Col¬ 
lege,  or  the  College  of  Mechanic  Arts,  at.  this 
University,  is  now  supplied  with  power,  which 
Is  transmitted  to  it  from  the  water  works  at 
hail  Creek  by  means  of  a  Turbine  wheel  and  an 
endless  cable  of  wire;  and  it  is  asserted  (hut, 
hereafter,  all  the  students  in  the  course  of  Me¬ 
chanic  Arts  will  be  required  to  take  ten  hours 
shop  practice  per  week,  in  addition  to  the 
studies  assigned  them.  The  shops  are  under 
the  supervision  of  John  E.  Sweet,  who  has 
been  appointed  Master  Mcchanlo-a  fact  which 
w  e  noticed  some  time  since. 


is  quoted  in  the  seed 
100  pounds, 

IDoummr's  “Hints  to  llorsekeepora 
*y®t  bkLA  s.  L.  is  informed,  is 
piacticaJ  a  treatise  a*  she  can  find.  " 

Sarah  Jane  is  informed  that  we  do  not  think 
it  improper,  per  re,  fora  lady  to  attend  a  con 
ccrt  or  lecture  alone;  it  is  only  soc^veStioS-' 

i  hilcL’s  F\£‘  Ls  •"formed  that  tlie  Chairman  of 
the  (  ommittee  on  Agriculture  in  the  United 

SfewSSS'*’ b  Ho''-  F-  T-  f'"®biNGn uysen  of 

S.  J.  G a  1,1,0 w a y  is  advised  to  address  the 
American  News  Co.,  N.  Y„  Citv.  with  reference 

nrieeofTh^wii  fo£  fHopaiper  he  names.  The 
I  n  .6  4  l  the  paper  here  is  $1  per  number. 

,,1a'e  several  inquiries  for  pure  blood 
to  knr^  -M(‘,|l'l°  sbucp  from  parties  who  desire 
-  |fT°  rht,y  0,1  n  ,J0  purchased.  Our 
advertising  columns  should  answer. 

,  rd  js  "°*  advised  by  us  to  buy  fruit  tree* 
ol  traveling  agents  if  he  is  within  a  day's  ride 
ol  <1  reliable  nurseryumo;  for  hewili  probablv 
have  to  pay  more  for  what  he  ceta  a  id  w?li  not 
be  likely  to  get  what  he  pays  for. 

Evergreen  Dwarf  Broom  Corn  seed  fin  an 

her''  r°.  ,Rolak.c  "V  sold  at  $7  per  bushel 
heity  and  requires  from  ten  to  fifteen  Quarts 
per  acre,  depending  upon  the  distance  planted 
apart.  Mote  is  U6ed  where  tliickiv  drilled. 


easy  speech  and  faultless  .-.pVatel  are  iim.-hk'f 
requisites,  one  would  say  that  Dr.  Loriiig  ouglu 
surely,  of  all  others,  to  be  the  coming  inTtn. 
Last,  but  notional  of  the  names  suggested.  I* 


OBITUARY 


lion.  Simon  Broun.- We  announced  the  death 
of  the  Senior  Editor  of  the  New  England  Farmer 
last  w'eek.  From  that,  paper  we  obtain  the  fol¬ 
lowing  biographical  data;  Mr.  Brown  was  born 
at  Newburyport,  Mass.,  Nov.  20,  180;' ;  removed 
with  his  father's  family  to  Chester,  N  H.,  in 
1814 ;  became  a  printer's  apprentice  in  the  office 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Patriot,  in  1818,  where 
he  served  his  time,  and  afterwards  w  orked  as  a 
journeyman  printer;  in  1828  he  started  the 
Bingham  Gazette,  which  he  published  three 
years;  in  1828 he  married  the  daughter  of  Hon. 
Daniel  F’kench  of  Chester,  NH.;in  1830  he  re¬ 
moved  to  Newport, N.  H.,  and  with  B.  B.  French 
published  the  New  Hampshire  Spectator  for 
more  than  five  years.  He  afterward  opened  a 
book  and  job  office  in  Concord,  N.  TL,  w  here  he 
remained  until  1837,  when  he  accepted  a  clerk¬ 
ship  in  M’ashington  ;  was  soon  appointed  Libra¬ 
rian  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  and  re¬ 
mained  there  until  1848,  when  he  returned  to 
Concord,  Mass.,  where  he  purchased  a  farm,  and 
published,  for  a  year  or  two,  the  Middlesex 
Freeman,  and  then  became  editor  of  the  New 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC, 


HADN’T  MADE  UP  HIS  MIND. 

A  FARMER  came  to  us  the  other  day  and 
asked  what  we  thought  of  the  prospect  of  po¬ 
tatoes  the  coming  season— that  is,  whether 
there  is  likely  to  be  a  good  market  for  them  or 
not.  He  “  Had  a  notion  to  go  in  pretty  heavily 
and  raise  double  his  usual  crop;  but  ho  had'nt 
fully  made  up  his  mind."  How  much  land  had 
he  prepared  ?  ”  Oh  !  perhaps  five  acres  was  fit 
to  phint,  but  if  I  make  up  my  mind  to  do  it,  I 
could  fit  five  acres  more  in  tolerable  good  sea¬ 
son.”  Of  course,  wo  commend  our  friend  for 
the  effort  he  is  making  to  make  up  his  mind; 
but  we  must  remind  such  unsettled  minds  that' 
it  is  rapidly  npproucbiug  l..o  time  when  the 
mind  should  be  made  up,  the  plans  laid  and  the 
work  commenced. 

Now-,  we  should  not  have  said  a  word  about  j 


BUSINESS  NOTICES 


these  w  oodland  treasures,  ami  once  more  cross¬ 
ed  the  silent  forest,  now  full  of  the  mellow 
Winter  sunlight.  MrooEdren  a  sigh  and  said, 
“Undo  Pen,  squirrels  don’t  have  to  lenit,  do 
they?"  She  added,  after  the  negative  answer, 
“I  s’pose  I  don't  exactly  want  to  he  a  squirrel, 
but  I'd  like  to  live  among  those  pretty  things 
all  the  time.  I  know  for  certain  that.  I  should 
never  feel  the  least  bit  cross;  no,  not  the  least 
bit.” 

There  were  no  yawning  rents  in  the  maiden’s 
dress,  and  her  careful  mother  smiled  at  the 


enough,  and  we  had  enough  to  cover  the  parlor 
floor  and  the  best  bed-room — about  forty  yards 
in  ail. 

While  wo  wore  tacking  down  the  carpet  one 
of  the  neighbor’s  girls  came  in,  and  after  prais¬ 
ing  our  carpet,,  said : 

’*  We  have  got  a  new  carpet." 

"  When  did  you  make  it?”  mother  asked. 

“  Oli,  we  didn't  make  it ;  it  is  n  boughten  car¬ 
pet.” 

“We  couldn’t  afford  a  boughten  carpet,”  re¬ 
plied  mother,  "they  cost  so  much.” 


RECONNOITERING  IN  THE  WINTER 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS, 


Scene— Fann-houso  kitchen.  Time — An  after¬ 
noon  In  February'.  Individuals  — Mrs,  Kate 
Parsons,  her  little  daughter  and  her  middle- 
aged  brother,  tho  latter  drawing  on  a  pair  of 
rubber  boots,  and  making  inquiry'  for  the  market 
basket. 

“Going  to  market,  uncle?"  said  the  little 
girl,  who  had  Just,  begun  her  task  in  fact,  was 
just  knitting  off  the  stitches  on  her  second 
needle. 

“Yes,  MtDfiE,  and  1  shall  be  especially  charm¬ 
ed  by  your  company  if  mother  will  say  yes  to 
me.” 

Mrs.  Kate  faced  about  and  remarked  severe¬ 
ly:— “Pen  Dennis,  do  you  want  to  take  the 
child  hazing  off  to  the  woods  this  cold  after¬ 
noon?" 

She  is  a  fine  tlguro  of  a  woman,  this  Mrs.  Kate, 
and  she  looked  things  unutterable  with  her 
sharp,  black  eyes.  She  is  a  fearfully  exact  and 
conscientious  housekeeper:  she  loves  to  work 
—at  least  she  says  so— and  as  a  farmer's  wife, 
her  energies  have  unbounded  scope.  She  rises, 
like  the  Scripture  matron,  before  the  day,  and 
liiycth  her  hands  to  the  spindle,  in  spite  of  liv¬ 
ing  in  close  proximity  to  a  factory  where  excel¬ 
lent  yarn  Is  made.  She  thinks  all  pleasant 
walks  or  rides  are  so  much  lost,  time,  and  you 
can  understand  that  the  proposal  to  spoil  lit  t  ie 
MrDGE's  afternoon's  labor  wasn’t  agreeable. 
But  a-*  Pen  Dennis  straightened  himself  up,  he 
gave  a  hearty  laugh,  and  tho  matron’s  face  re¬ 
laxed.  The  gentleman  aforesaid  flattered  him¬ 
self  that  the  world  was  made  for  bis  benefit, 
and  that  lie  has  learned  how  to  get  a  reasonable 
amount  of  enjoyment  out  of  it.  He  further¬ 
more  holds  the  opinion  that  he’s  going  through 
life  for  the  last  time,  and  it’s  worth  while  to 
learn  all  he  can.  Nature  lias  condescended  to 
teach  him  much  of  her  hidden  lore,  and  ho  de¬ 
lights  to  translate  her  mysteries  to  his  favorite 
niece. 

“Can’t  I  go,  mother?”  she  asked,  in  her  most 
coaxing  tones. 

The  matron  gave  no  sign  that  she  hoard  tho 
request,  but  continued  in  a  mollified  tone, 
“She'll  take  cold,  I  know.” 

“Nonsense!”  „ 

“She'll  tear  her  dress.” 

“Doubtful  1” 

"She  won’t  finish  that  stocking  heel." 

“She’ll  learn  something  better  than  slip  and 
bind,  Kate.  Depend  upon  it,  she  wants  a 
change  after  being  cooped  up  in  the  house  so 
long.  I'll  take  good  care  of  her,  and  she'll  come 
back  with  a  pair  of  red  cheeks  in  place  of  these 
white  ones." 

"Well,  I  suppose  you  must  have  your  own 
way,  Penn.  You  always  managed  to  get  it;” 
and  with  a  faint  smile  she  saw  Mint  Midge  was 
warmly  equipped  in  sack,  and  hood  and  mit¬ 
tens.  The  three  set  off  most  gaily,  for  of  course 
Spot  trotted  at  Midge’s  side  down  the  mead¬ 
ows,  across  the  pasture  and  into  the  woods, 
where  he  Instantly  deserted  her,  and  ran  for 
tiic  woodchuck  boles,  that  were  a  constant  ex¬ 
asperation  to  his  doggish  nature.  The  brown 
leaves  rustled  and  sighed  ;  the  tall  spoke  plant 
had  dropped  Its  tropical-looking  foliage,  and 
naught  remained  of  its  beauty  save  theshrlveled 
purple  berries  on  its  discolored  brandies.  Little 
squirrels  pattered  along  the  fallen  trees,  and 
then  scampered  off  home.  Our  hero  went  down 
on  ids  knees  and  carefully  scraped  tho  green 
moss  from  a  beecli  true,  for  a  hanging  basket, 
as  It  doesn’t  fade  like  most  other  varieties.  He 
said  t  o  Midge  “  Will  you  look  at  that  log  yon¬ 
der  while  I  get  this?” 

"Oh,  Uncle  Pen  !"  she  cried,  after  a  minute, 
“do  come  and  see  these  funny  little  things— 
such  cunning  gray  steeples, and  little  ones  with 
red  tops,  and  little  brown-headed  pins— only 
they're  all  alive,  r  suppose.” 

Sure  enough,  a  multitude  of  falry-llkc  liver¬ 
worts  and  lichens  M  ere  covering  the  log  with 
their  beautiful  tapestry.  So  then  ami  there  the 


Wenders  of  Sculpture.  -  Hy  LOUIS  ViARDOT. 

New  York  :  Scribner,  Armstrong  A  Co.  Is73. 

Another  volume  of  the  already  famous  illus¬ 
trated  library  of  wonders.  It,  Is  a  translation 
from  a  French  work,  and  has  sixty-two  fine 
illustrations  of  the  most  famous  statues  in  ex¬ 
istence.  The  sculpture  of  various  nations  is 
treated  of  In  separate  chapters.  A  chapter  on 
American  soulpturo  lias  been  added  to  this  edi¬ 
tion.  No  illustrations  of  American  siulpturo 
are  given,  which  is  an  oversight  to  bo  rogrottod. 
Tho  book  Is  of  interest  to  all  readers. 


Back- Log  Si udies.  By  Charles  Dudley  War¬ 
ner.  Boston :  James  It.  Osgood  &  Co  1*73. 

A  nRAU'riKui,,  dainty  volume,  from  the  pen 
of  one  or  our  most  gonial  humorists.  Those 
charming  studies  originally  appeared  lu  Scrib¬ 
ner's  Monthly.  They  have  been  road  by  thou¬ 
sands,  and  reproduced  In  most  of  the  papers  of 
the  country.  All  who  admire  tins  author  M  ill 
bo  glad  to  got  his  productions  lu  tills  form.  The 
book  is  illustrated,  and  makes  a  volumes  of  3«l 
pages,  _ 

Philip.  Knrnsrlifl'e ,  Or,  The  Morals  of  May 
Pnir.-Uy  Mrs.  tin  wards.  Now  York  :  Sheldon 
&  Company.  1873. 

The  author  of  this  novel  has  a  reputation  for 
writing  a  good  story,  which  u’ill  give  her  many 
readers.  She  is  interesting,  pointed  and  pi¬ 
quant.  The  scone  of  this  romauco  is  in  Franco 
and  London,  and  the  characters  appear  to  bo 
well  drawn,  wbllo  the  plot  is  Interesting.  Tho 
book  is  a  largo  one,  of  nearly  two  hundred 
double  columned  pages. 


Hymn  Mu  sic,  specialty  adapted  to  the  Hymnal  of 
the  American  Episcopal cuurch,  by  .Jah,  Pearce, 
Mas,  Bac.  Oxuu.  Now  York:  W.  A.  I'ond  &  Co 
047  Broadway.  1 

Though  written  for  tho  Episcopal  Church, 
the  music  and  hymns  will  lie  wclcomo  in  many 
other  churches  and  in  the  family  circle,  Tho 
music  is,  as  all  hymn  music  should  bo,  simple 
ami  melodic,  and  the  harmony  not  unnecessa¬ 
rily  intricate.  It  is  a  good  book  to  have. 

The  Household  Book  of  Sours.— By.  F.  0  Bow¬ 
man  and  C.  A.  Dana.  Now  York:  tv.  A.  Pond 
&  Co.,  517 Broadway.  Price 

A  large  and  well  printed  selection  of  songs, 
arranged  for  Tour  voices,  and  grouped  as  Na¬ 
tional  Airs,  Songs  of  Sentiment,  Songs  of  Na¬ 
ture,  Songs  of  Devotion,  and  Folk  Songs.  The 
collection  is  one  of  the  best  and  neatest,  and 
deserves  to  be  tho  most  popular  one  wo  have 
seen  for  a  long  time. 

An  Only  Sister.— By  Madame  Guizot  DeWitt. 
New  v  ork  :  Harper  &  Bros.  1873. 

One  of  tho  charming  series  written  for  girls, 
and  edited  by  tho  author  of  "John  Hulifax, 
Gentleman.”  Thisstory  paints  real  French  life, 
ami  the  real  French  woman  in  her  best  and 
noblest  typo.  The  book,  a  small  volume  of  350 
pages,  is  illustrated,  and  written  in  Himpio  lan¬ 
guage.  _ 

Plain  Talk  uimur  iuaauity.-By  T.  W.  Fisher, 

The  object  of  this  book  is  to  exhibit  Insanity 
in  its  true  light,  for  tin;  purpose  of  preventing 
it.  Its  causes,  forms,  symptoms,  are  discussed, 
as  well  as  the  treatment  of  mental  diseases. 
Remarks  aro  also  given  on  hospitals  and  asy¬ 
lums.  The  book  is  intended  for  popular  reading. 

Hrcad-aud-Ciieesc  mill  Kisses.  By  B.  L.  1'AU- 
JKON.  New  York  :  Harper  &  Bros.  1873. 

This  pathetic  and  dramatic  story,  from  tho 
pen  of  the  later  Dickens,  has  appeared  in  tho 
columns  of  Harper’s  Weekly,  It  is  a  Christinas 
Tale  and  makes  a  pamphlet  of  175  pages.  All 
who  read  it  will  he  delighted,  it  is  profusely 
illustrated,  and  can  be  had  for  75  cents. 

A  Passion  jti  Timers.  —  By  A  \\\in  Thomas.  New 
Y  ork  :  The  American  News  Company.  1873.  Price. 
(u  ceuta. 

Mrs.  Pender  Ccdlip  has  written  manybooks, 
which  have  given  her  an  established  reputation. 
Uke  all  the  rest,  this  is  an  English  story  of  love 
arid  adventure,  told  by  one  who  knows  how  to 
tell  a  good  story. 

Treason  nt  Home.— By  Mrs.  Giieenougii.  Phil¬ 
adelphia:  T.  B.  Peterson  &  Bros. 

This  novel  professes  to  take  one  through  all 
the  phases  of  English  society.  One  Lady  Tre- 
myss  is  tlie  heroine,  who  has  things  all  her  own 
M-ay.  The  end  of  the  story  is  quite  unexpected. 
For  its  kind,  it  has  the  reputation  of  being  a 
good  story. 

At  His  Gates.— By  .Mrs.  Oliphant.  New  York 
Scribner,  Armstrong  &  Co. 

A  volume  of  330  pages,  handsomely  printed, 
in  paper  covers,  with 31  illustrations.  Thisstory 
first  appeared  In  Scribner’s  Monthly,  where  it 
attracted  much  attention  aud  was  greatly  ad¬ 
mired.  It.  is  a  good  English  love  story. 

Christopher  Crooked.— A  Christmas  Story.  By 
WM.  k  HATHAWAY.  New  York:  G.  p,  Putnam 
A  ileus.  1873. 

A  shout,  crisp,  pleasantly- told  American 
story,  just  as  good  to  read  since  Christmas  tirno 
as  at  I  tiat  season.  It  is  beautifully  printed,  and 
is  well  adapted  for  children. 

The  Mysterious  Gucst.-By  Miss  Eliza  A.  De- 
PUY.  Philadelphia :  T.  B.  Peterson  &  Bro. 

A  so-called  novel  of  the  modern  school 
(which  is  a  very  poor  school),  founded  on  inci¬ 
dents  connected  with  Rov.  Kleazar  Williams, 
the  pretender  to  tho  French  throne. 


RAPERY.  —  (See  Page  175.) 

"Ours  only  cost  two  dollar)  a  yard,  and  it’s 
real  nice;  we  girls  braided  for  it,  and  it  only 
took  a  year." 

Mother  looked  at  mo  and  I  looked  at  mother: 
unit  her  of  us  spoke,  hut  our  eyes  spoke  a  whole 
library.  Mary  Jones  and  Her  slaters  had  earned 
a  whole  carpet  ,  worth,  twice  as  much  as  ours,  In 
n  year,  by  braiding  palm  leaf  hats  at  thirteen 
cents  apiece.  Whan  the  last  tank  had  been 
driven  into  its  place  we  rose  from  our  knees 
sadder  and  wiser  women.— J^tnc  Brandon. 


bright  eyes  aud  red  cheeks  of  the  littlo'girl  as 
she  threw  off  her  wraps  and  took  out  their 
spoil.  The  busy  woman  at  the  sewing  machine 
actually  stopped  its  hum  and  looked. 

“Pen,"  she  said,  softly,  “do  you  remember 
when  we  lived  at  Lester,  how  we  used  always 
to  lie  building  houses,  and  sticking  hemlocks 
and  brakes  for  trees  ?" 

‘"Why  yes,  tvATE ;  you  built  proper  houses 
and  I  made  wigwams." 

“And  you  have  purtridgeberries,  I  declare! 
I  had  them  in  my  hair  the  first  lime  I  ever  saw 
John,  and  that's  twenty  years  ago;”  and  the 
machine  resumed  its  hum. 

Little  Midge  slipped  up  behind  her  mother's 
chair  and  Listened  a  spray  of  the  berries  among 
her  dark  tresses,  then  sat,  down  to  the  stocking 
and  spoke  never  a  word  till  her  task  was  done ; 
tlien.  guided  by  her  uncle,  she  filled  a  soup  plate 
with  t  he  moss  and  ferns,  which,  under  a  glass 
shade,  will  grow  and  blossom  for  days  to  come. 

Pen  Dennis,  in  the  solitude  of  his  room, 
M  ove  the  trailing  evergreens  into  a  garland,  and 
hung  it  on  a  Mail  just  above  a  little  drawing, 
dated  long  years  ago.  And  he  sighed  as  lie 
thought  that  the  dear  fingers  which  made  it 
M  ere  never  more  to  unclose,  tile  blue  eyes  M  ould 
never  again  behold  him.  The  one  sweet  dream 
of  his  life  had  faded  and  gone ;  all  that  was  left, 
to  him  was  the  memory  of  Ills  beloved  Alice. 


JUDGING  BY  APPEARANCES 


ancee.  A  person  dressed  in  a  suit  of  homespun 
clothes,  stepped  into 'a  house  in  Boston,  on 
some  business,  where  several  ladies  were  assem¬ 
bled  in  an  Inner  room.  One  of  tho  company 
remarked  in  a  low  tone,  that  a  countryman  was 
in  waiting,  and  agreed  to  have  some  fun.  The 
following  dialogue  ensued : 

“  You're  from  the  country,  I  suppose?” 

“Yes,  I’m  from  tho  country.” 

*’  Well,  sir,  what  do  you  think  of  the  city?” 

“  got  a  tar  rial  sight  of  houses  In  it.” 

“  I  expect  there  are  a  great  many  ladies  M-hore 
you  come  from.” 

“  Oh  yes,  a woundy  flight ;  jist  forull  the  world 
like  them,”  pointing  to  the  ladies. 

“  And  you  are  quite  a  beau  among  them.no 
doubt." 

“Yes,  I  beaus  ’em  to  meetin’,  and  about.” 

“Maybe  the  gentleman  will  take  a  glass  of 
M  ine,"  said  one  of  tho  company. 

“  I  thankee ;  don’t  care  if  I  do." 

“  But  you  must  drink  a  toast." 

“  I  eats  toast,  what  Aunt  Debby  makes,  but 
as  to  drinkln’,  J  never  seed  the  like.” 

Wliat  was  the  surprise  of  the  company  to  hear 
the  stranger  speak  as  follows : 

“Ladles  and  gentlemen, permit  me  to  wish 
5'ou  health  and  happiness,  with  every  other 
blossiug  the  earth  can  afford,  and  I  advise  you 
to  bear  in  mind  that  we  are  often  deceived  by 
appearances.  You  mistook  me  by  my  dress  for 
a  country  booby;  I,  from  the  same  cause, 
thought  these  men  were  gentlemen.  The  de¬ 
ception  Is  mutual.  I  wish  you  good  evening,-’ 


HISTORY  OF  A  RAG  CARPET 


I  was  the  only  girl  in  a  family  of  six,  as  poor 
as  poverty  and  as  proud  as  Lucifer.  We— that 
is,  mother  and  I — wanted  a  carpet,  and  we  con¬ 
cluded  to  make  a  rag  carpet  ;  the  boys  agreed 
to  help  us,  and  we  went  to  work.  We  saved  and 
washed,  dried,  out,  seM'ed  for  four  mortal  years. 
Sometimes  the  hoys  M’ould  say  they  would  cut 
no  more,  hut  after  a  brief  season  of  repentance 
they  invariably  returned  t  o  tlie  charge.  Moth¬ 
er’s  hands  were  blistered,  mine  were  blistered, 
the  boys  blistered  theirs,  aud  tlien  father  took 
up  the  shears,  but  lie  soon  gave  it  up,  saying 
that  “tho  tarnal  thing  would  cost  more  than  it 
would  he  worth."  The  rags  were  all  cut,  sewed, 
colored  and  wound  Into  balls  at  last.  Aunt 
Dolly  spun  the  warp  of  wool  from  our  pet  lamb's 
back,  aud  wove  tho  carpet.  It  looked  well 


478 


A  BACHELOR’S  SOLILOQUY. 

jiv  r.  it.  <>. 

Tiikv  call  me  an  old  bachelor. 

And  X  am  forty  now  j 
Some  white  hate  hide  union?  the  brown, 
And  wrinkle*  .spun  my  brow. 

But  that  I'm  single*  yet  is  net 
From  choice  of  such  estate, 

For  I  have  nought.  these  twenty  your*. 
Both  far  and  near,  a  mate. 

1  hear  her  image  In  my  heart, 

Its  tints  time  makes  more  fairs 
And  seeking,  hoping,  waiting,  I 
Have  never  known  despair. 

For  I  shall  find  her  yet  Home  time,— 
Somewhere  with  faith  long  tried, 

Sho'»  waiting  now  for  me  to  come 
And  claim  tier  as  my  bride. 

I  sometimes  iihihp,  Where  Is  her  home Y 
Within  a  verdant  valley, 

’Along  flocks  and  herds  and  singing  birds? 

Or  In  some  brick-bound  alley  ? 

1’erhap*  beside  the  ocean's  tide, 

Or  high  on  A Iplnc.  mountains ; 

Or  nestling  ’rnong  Magnolia  blooms 
And  lulled  by  murm'rlng  fountains. 

They  say  f  am  a  bachelor, 

Not  knowing  how  tuy  life. 

Long  years  Its  till  • >1  faith  and  love 
Hath  lavished  on  u  wife. 

TllO*  unrew  arded  yet  my  qncfst, 

My  tireless  feet  Bhull  try 
All  paths  and  places,  and  I’ll  And 
My  Burling  by  and  by. 


MOORE’S  RURAL  N E  W  -  Y  ©  R V, E R 


happened  during  her  absence,  l>nt  Hal's  prac-  his  surprise,  lie  found  some  old  friends  in  an 
lined  eve  saw  that  she  had  bail  a  dangerous  but.  agreeable  family  he  had  met  while  traveling 


MARSH  -IS 


?tonr- 


not  fatal  lioruorrhw?*  and  could  *0011  bo  res  tor- 
od  to  consciousness.  With  a  few  consoling 
words  to  the  daughter,  which  enabled  her  to  as¬ 
sist  him,  he  proceeded  to  treat  the  case  us  well 
as  circumstances  would  permit,  noting  as  he 
did  so  that,  ghastly  as  was  the  pallor  of  the  thin,  i 
carcwonifaco.it  still  showed  trace*  of  former 
beauty  and  of  unmistakable  reflueuiout, 

A(  last  the  sufferer  opened  her  eyes  with  the  I 
vague,  indifferent  look  of  complete  physical  ex-  j 
liaufltlon,  bill  dosed  them  again  wearily. 

“  Du  not  speak  to  her,"  said  Hal  in  a  whisper.  ( 
"she  must  l>e  kept  perfectly  quiet ;  hut  I  think  j 
she  will  do  well  now." 

As  he  proceeded  to  give  the  necessary  direr-  | 
lions  for  further  I  real  merit,  his  eyes  wandered 
round  the  room,  which  was  neat,  though  m ea¬ 
gerly  furnished,  and  bore  witness  to  that  strug¬ 
gling  destitution  so  much  more  pitiable  than 
thriftless,  squalid  poverty. 

Under  the  lamp  on  triable  lay  several  pieces 
of  line  needlework  in  a  confusion  that  showed 
how  recently  the  labor  upon  them  hail  been  in¬ 
terrupted,  Ostensibly  searching  for  something 
in  his  letter-case,  Hal  bent  over  the  delicate 
embroideries  with  a  wondering  pity  for  the  pa¬ 
tient  toll  by  Which  they  were  produced.  He 
had  been  among  poor  people  lie  fore,  but  never 
when  liis  sympathy  was  so  deeply  elicited  as  in 
this  instance.  Doth  mother  and  daughter 
seemed  so  wholly  unfitted  for  this  hard  life— so 
helpless  and  forsaken ! 

The  girl  came  toward  him  trying  to  express 
her  grafil  udo. 

“  Have  you  no  relatives  or  friends?"  lie  asked 
her. 

She  shook  her  head  sadly. 

“  Your  father?" 

SCATTERING-  BREAD,  “Ho  AM  two  years  ago.  just  after  we  came 

here  to  live.  We  have  no  money  just  now,”  she 
WHICH  RETURNED  AFTER  MANY  DAYS.  {.ontJnuod,  inJsnimlerst  and  lug  the  motive  of  his 

questions,  "but  1  shall  get  some  as  soon  as  this 
“It  is  one  o’clock,  gentlemen,"  said  the  ob-  work  ^  unshed.  and  if  you  will  give  me  your 
sequlous  and  weary  waiter,  entering  a  luxuri-  address,  I  will 

ous,  brilliantly-light  ed  room  in  a  fashionable  “  I  did  not  mean  that,"  ho  int  errupted  hastily ; 
ciub-houso,  where  a  jovial  little  party  of  young  but  he  did  not  add  that  he  was  really  thinking 
gentlemen  were  assembled.  how  soon  she  might  lie  alone  in  the  world,  for 

“What «  bore  you  are,  Dermis,”  answered  Hal  her  mother  was  evldentally  a  victim  of  quick 
Burgess.  “Why  didn’t  you  stop  the  docks?  consumption.  “I  am  going  to  Europe  to-rnor- 
Are  you  aware,  my  good  fellow,  that  l  his  is  my  roW(”  |,q  went  on,  “  so  I  shall  not  lie  aide  to  call 
last  night  here  Tor  a  longtime  to  come?  (live  si^guiri ;  but  I  will  leave  a  prescription  for  vmir 
us  a  fresh  pack  of  cards  to  change  the  luck.  We  mother,  which  1  trust  will  do  her  some  good." 
must  have  one  more  game  while  you  ore  bring-  j{(.  wrote  n  few  lines  on  a  scrap  of  paper; 
ing  us  another  bottle  of  Carte  Blanche  for  n  (hen,  availing  himself  of  n  moment  when  lie 
farewell  bumper.  Just  think,"  lie  continued,  unobserved,  lie  slipped  the  money  he  had 

appealing  to  ids  companion?  seated  around  the  recently  won  Into  an  envelope  and  left  it  on  the 
table,  "to-morrow  night  at  this  hour  I  shall  be  fcllbit,.  Fortunately,  it  was  a  considerable 
playing  a  lively  game  of  pitch  and  toss  with  old  itmount,  alt  hough  lie  regretted  that  it  was  not 
Neptune,  and  getting  badly  worsted  in  the  eu-  i()  |,js  ))(nvt.r  to  give  something  beside  money, 
counter.  Console  yourselves  with  that  thought  a)uj  u,ft,  thoughtful  at  the  contrast  between 
for  ray  extraordinary  good  fortune  this  even-  prodigal,  careless  pleasure,  and  anxious  want 
jug.”  which  I  he  last  few  hours  had  forced  upon  him. 

“  Don't  speak  of  it,  Hal.  Wo  hale  to  think  of  Amid  the  distractions  of  foreign  travel,  how- 
your  going,'"  cried  several  voices  in  tones  <>i  ever,  tho  incident  was  soon  forgotten  ;  but  bo- 
genuine  regret  that  proved  what  n  favorite  he  fore  i(  yon.r  had  passed  lie  was  reminded  of  it  by 
was  in  that  coterie  of  gay  young  bachelors.  receiving  a  note  dated  from  a  large  Western 

The  card  party  which  hod  just  been  Interrupt-  ^ty,  and  inclosing  n  draft  for  the  amount  lie 
od  was  the  sequel  of  a  farewell  dinner  given  on  had  given  away  that  night. 

the  occasion  of  liis  departure  for  Europe,  where  The  style  of  this  missive  was  curt  and  busi- 

iie  intended  to  pass  several  years  before  enter-  m,gs_lik;. . 

ing  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession,  it  was 

Ill-  h* »-r *■»"»'  in  wl.l.-h k*  “  lion 

had  been  a  leading  spirit,  and,  reluctant  as  they  t(1  !)iy  lister  and  niece  at  a  time  when  they 

were  that  it  should  come  to  an  end,  “tho  wee  were  in  much  need.  Without  wearying  you  w  ith  | 
sma'  hours  nyont  Hie  twn  "  refused  to  tarry  at  my  personal  affairs,  I  will  merely  ex .p  Hint hnt 
. . . . .  was  flniilly  played. 

and  the  last  merry  toast  proposed.  Hal  hau  aga|„..t  mv  wishes  a  man  who  gradually 

won  largely,  and  rose  cramming  a  roll  of  hills  squandered  t  he  little  fortune  she  possessed.  Ail 
carelessly  ini..  1,1.  Tn»'<-,  «".!  prnmWiMr  U- 

opponents  their  revenge  when  lie  returned.  tu<(fin  vvhlch  fo-  ,wed.  until  the  dread  of  leav- 
Then  cordial  adieus  wore  spoken,  and  leaving  jn(J  her  daugilfle,'  .IRiout  any  protector  nver- 
his  friends  at  the  door  oT  the  club-house,  ho  came  her  pride  t  ;  resentment,  and  .-dm  wrote 
,v..lkcl  l.rl.kly  UP  U»  nvWlllP.  M  I  I, nt  IP.  . VhSl 

hour  of  the  night  it  was  silent  and  deserted,  |oar)U(j  n,rough  mv  niece  that  it  was  to 

but.  turning  a  corner,  he  saw  a  young  girl  com-  v,,„ri  parity  she  was  indebted  Tor  her  last  earth¬ 
ing  hastily  from  the  opposite  direction.  The  ^  yAm-’  ad^ 

bewildered,  irightened  expression  of  bet  "an  .m(1  (  |UlotcM  p,  remit  to  y  <>u  the  amount 

but  beautiful  face,  revealed  by  t  lie  gaslight  near  of  tj^,  pocuniiirj  indebtedness.  as  well  as  to  ex¬ 
whirl)  they  met,  caused  him  to  stop,  and  ox-  press  my  gratitude  for  the  service  you  rendered 
claim;-"  What,  is  the  mat  ter?  Can  I  do  any-  to  tpembets  nf  my  family  ymj(.s 
thing  for  you?"  John  ,T.  Rhodes." 

“I  must  And  a  doctor;  do  you  know  whore  .  ... 

there  is  one?"  -he  answered  hurriedly,  with  a  “  bather  a  romantic  ending  to  that  U-tle  opl- 

...dck  questioning  glance,  and  reassured  by  his 

re-There  is  none  very  near  here."  Hal  said  after  her  after  her  mother  died.  I  wonder  it Jshftll 
a  moment’s  reflection,  and  added,  from  what  ever  see  her  again  riw  *  ele  «  ov  cutly 
the  young  men  lu-  had  just  left  would  have  well  off,  since  he  discharges  his  peciuilo  in 
deemed  a  moat  Quixotic  impulse.  "  hut  I  am  al-  debtedness,’  as  he  calls  it,  so  l>rwnpM>.  ■  udn- 
most  a  physician  mvself:  unless  the  ease  is  very  ing  from  the  uote.it  wounded  his  pride,  and 
"  ^rlu,  «.  I  think  l  .,.,,,,,1  It."  . M.  1 1,-1  „„t  W  ...  ««“<?*“* '  "  ' '  “ 

“Oh!  please  come  quickly  then,”  replied  the  «V»rd.  What  the  deuce  am  I  to  do  with  this 

eirl  and  she  led  the  wav  rapidly  past  several  money,  any  was  ?  ....  . 

blocks  of  stately  bouses  to  one  of  those  . . .  He  would  nol  have  asked  that  question  two 

neighborhood*  which  arc  sometimes  found  year,  later,  when  the  ’ “  h'o  lo-ir,i- 

crouehing  at  i  he  hack  doom  of  an  aristocratic  native  city  came  .across  the  c.  bit ,  and  he  1  .  rn 
'  ed  that  the  riches  lie  had  enjoyed  so  thought- 

,l,“Who  is  sick  ?"  asked  Hal.  as.  reaching  a  Iessly  had  vanished  on  swirt  wlng^ot 

smail  house,  she  held  open  the  door  for  him  to  He  returned  at  once,  self-reliant  and  hopefu 

pass  and  t  aking  a  flickering  candle  from  the  the  change  in  his  circumstance*  developing  . ill 

floor  lighted  his  way  up  two  flights  of  narrow  the  latent,  energy  of  his  character.  L  lie  uecessi  . 
lloor,  ngnwa  *  „f  gaining  n  livelihood  from  the  profession 

“Mv  mother,' ’  she  answered  In  a  trembling  which  lie  had  formerly  looked  upon  as  the  out- 
.  •  ’  let  of  a  certain  philanthropic  ambition  was  just 

'  °"C\nd  was  there  no  one  in  the  house  you  could  the  stimulus  he  needed,  though  even  in  hb 
,all  u  > on  io  help  you?”  he  continued.  prosperity  he  hud  never  been  an  idler  with  nc 

'“No-  the  people  who  have  the  lower  rooms  earnest  purpose  or  endeavor.  But.  know  ing  a. 
go  away  at  night;  I  was  obliged  lo  leave  her  he  did  from  experience  the  butterfly  life  of  clu 
go  away  at  mgni  a„d  ballroom,  he  realized  that  it  would  be  in 

q  On  the" bed  in  the  room  they  entered  lay  a  compatible  with  the  practical  work  that  lay  be 
woman  apparently  insensible,  with  sickening  fore  him,  and  he  Telt  that  if  would  be  easier  t< 
marks  of  blood  about  her,  and  crimson  drops  sever  the  old  social  ties  at  once  and  to  seek  hi 
«ttil  oozing  from  her  lips.  The  girl  hastened  to  fortune  among  strangers, 
j  lje  bedside,  in  mute  terror  at  what  might  have  He  went  to  a  Western  city ;  but  even  there,  ti 


abroad.  They  were  gay  people,  who  entertained  "t’e 
handsomely,  hut  he  persistently  declined  ail  there 
their  invitations,  until  he  was  over-persuaded  towar 
to  attend  the  debut  hall  of  one  of  the  younger  quite 
dough  ten . 

He  did  not  repent  hi*  concession  when  lie  quest 
found  himself  in  the  midst  of  the  brilliant  you  yi 
scene.  1ml  yielded  frankly  to  its  exhilaration.  f*he 
The  fair  fichutantc  showed  him  much  favor,  but  “  1  do 
in  the  midst  of  her  lively  chatter  his  eyes  wan-  you  h 
dered  to  the  door  through  whiehatalljgraeefnl  you  it: 
girl  was  Just  entering.  my  in 

She  was  indeed  very  lovely;  form,  coloring,  j  Aral 
movement,  were  all  exquisitely  perfect.  The  me  .* 
shining  ripples  of  golden  hair,  the  dewv,  violet 
eyes,  tho  ro  e-Iea  r  complexion,  t  lie  arch,  smiling  j  "Tl 
mouth,  the  supple,  rounded  figure,  rivalled  each  that  I 
other  as  being  the  chief  charm  of  her  fair  pres-  ness  1 


speak  with  you  a  moment  before  you  go  to  my 
uncle?  she  asked. 

“Certainly,"  lie  replied,  following  her  into 
the  reception  room.  Closing  its  door  she  came 
toward  him,  saying  with  a  smile:  "Have  you 
quite  forgotten  me?" 

“Surely,  Miss  Gresham  need  never  ask  such  a 
question,"  he  said  gallantly.  “  Besides,  I  saw 
ymi  yesterday." 

8hc  made  a  slight  movement  of  impatience. 
“T  do  not  mean  that.  I  want  to  know  whether 
you  have  never  guessed  that  I  was  the  poor  girl 
you  met  on  tho  street  that  dreadful  night  when 
my  mother  was  so  ill.  and  you  befriended  us? 
Am  I  so  much  changed  that  you  did  not  know 


\  our  >  harity  she  was  indebt ed  for  her  last  cart  h-  tounu  a  >  omil 
lv  comforts.  A  card,  which  was  found  upon  tlw?  duced  a*  Mv 


Hal's  genuine  admiration  was  very  evident  as 
lie  asked  abruptly: 

“  Who  is  that  lady?  ’ 

“  If  you  were  not  such  a  recluse  you  would  not 
ask."  replied  liis  companion.  “That  is  Laura  j 
Greshatlt,  the  I  idle  of  the  season.  Isn't  she 
lovely?” 

“Yes.  very."  answered  Hal;  “she  lias  that 
rare  beauty  that  reminds  one  of  a  flower,  deli¬ 
cate  and  perfect,  yet  living.  1  think  I  have  seen 
her  before.” 

“  That  is  hardly  possible,  for  site  lias  been  in  a 
convent  school  all  her  life  until  this  M  inter. 
Let  me  Introduce  you  :  1  know  hCrweli.” 

Hal  assented  eagerly,  but  was  surprised  to 
see  a  sudden  blush  suffuse  Miss  Gresham’s  face 
when  hirt  name  was  mentioned,  and  he  fancied 
her  manner  nervous  and  distrait.  She  had  no 
dance  left  to  give  him,  hut  they  chatted  on  a 
few  moments  on  ordinary,  topics,  and  a  chance 
allusion  elicited  from  her  the  question  : 

“  Is  it  long  since  you  returned  from  Europe?" 
“Only  about  six  months.  J  shot) Id  have  re¬ 
mained  a  year  longer,  but  all  my  worldly  goods 
Being  converted  into  dust  and  ashes  one  night. 

It  behooved  me  to  exchange  the  life  or  a  vaga¬ 
bond  for  the  practice  of  my  profession,  which  I 
begun  here  in  preference  to  my  native  city." 

The  lightly  spoken  words  seemed  to  astonish 
her.  “  What  a  misfortune!”  she  exclaimed. 

"  I  trust  it  will  not  prove  so  In  the  end,"  lie 
answered  thoughtfully;  but  the  next  dance 
had  already  begun,  and  the  tctc-a-le'a  was  inter¬ 
rupted. 

Later  in  the  evening  liis  hostess  said  to  him 
playfully You  should  bo  milch  flattered; 
Miss  Gresham  has  been  asking  me  all  about  you. 
and  it  Is  not  often  that  she  condescends  to  take 
so  much  t  rouble.  Of  course  you  have  fallen  in 
love  at  lirst  sight." 

“  Perhaps  1  should  if  I  had  not  long  since 
outgrown  such  it  possibility,”  Hal  answered 
carelessly. 

Nevertheless,  a*  he  sat  next  morning  In  his 
modest  little  office,  Laura's  beautiful  face  came 
between  Ills  eye*  and  the  dry  reports  of  Ihe 
medical  work  lie  was  rending  with  such  foolish 
persistency,  that  it  wa*  n  relief  when  the  bell 
rang  and  he  was  interrupted  by  n  message  de¬ 
siring  his  attendance  upon  Mr.  Rhodes  as  soon 
as  possible. 

"Bliodes!  thought  Hal  as  he  prepared  to 
obey  the  summons,  “surely  I  have  heard  that 
name.  Why!  it  is  the  same  as  that  of  my 
crusty  old  correspondent,  and  this  is  the  city 
he  lived  in,  Bt range  I  never  thought  of  it 
before  1  I  should  .like  to  see  his  little  niece 
again." 

But  when  lie  reached  the  handsome  house 
to  which  he  had  been  directed,  he  found  only 
an  irascible,  dyspeptic  old  gentleman,  who 
1  made  no  allusion  to  any  previous  intercourse, 

I  and  proved  a  most  exacting  and  exasperating 
patient.  It  wo*  not  until  his  third  visit  that  he 
found  a  young  lady  In  the  room  who  was  intro- 


niece,  Mis.*  Gresham." 


Uospectfullv  yours. 

John  J.  Rhodes. 

“  Rather  a  romantic  ending  to  that  little  epi¬ 
sode."  mused  Hal.  “  Well,  I  am  glad  I  hat  love¬ 
ly  girl  found  a  home,  ami  some  one  to  care  for 
her  after  her  mother  died.  I  wonder  if  I  shall 
ever  see  her  again.  The  uncle  i*  evidently 


Ho  this  was  the  poor  needy  girl  ho  had  suc¬ 
cored  tlds  courted  hello  and  heiress.  Truly, 
circumstances  had  strongly  changed  with  both 
of  them  since  their  flr«t  meet  ing. 

“I  have  had  the  pleasure  if  seeing  Ur.  Bur¬ 
gess  before,”  sin?  said,  with  a  slight  hesitation ; 
but  beyond  the  significance  which  might,  be 
attached  to  those  few  words,  no  reference  was 
made  to  any  previous  Incident  in  thptrnc-quafnt- 
uiice.  Apparently  site  desired  It  should  be 


ever  see  her  again.  I  lie  uueie  is  evioun  i>  ignored,  and  Hal  had  far  too  much  tad  and 
well  off,  since  lie  discharges  his  ‘  pecuniary  in-  breeding  to  betray  by  word  or  look  ids  own 
debtednes*.'  a«  he  culls  it,  so  promptly.  Judg-  ronH.,„lgauce  of  it.  Yet  he  often  wondered  at 


ing  from  the  note,  it  wounded  his  pride,  and  1 
w  ish  1  had  not  been  so  careless  as  to  drop  that, 
cprd.  What  the  deuce  am  l  to  do  with  this 
money,  any  way?” 

He  would  not  have  asked  that  question  two 
years  later,  w  hen  the  news  of  a  great  fire  in  his  J 
native  city  came  across  tho  cable,  and  he  learn-  j 
ed  that  t  he  riches  lie  had  enjoyed  so  thought¬ 
lessly  had  vanished  on  swift  wings  of  flame. 

He  returned  at  once,  self-reliant  uml  hopeful 
-t  ho  change  in  Ills  circumstance*  developing  all 
the  latent  energy  "t  hi*  chart'1 ’ter.  The  necessity 
of  gaining  a  livelihood  from  the  profession 
which  lie  had  formerly  looked  upon  as  tho  out¬ 
let  of  a  certain  philanthropic  ambit  ion  was  just 
the  stimulus  he  needed,  though  even  in  his 
prosperity  he  had  never  been  an  idler  with  no 
earnest  purpose  or  endeavor.  But,  knowing  as 
he  did  from  experience  the  butterfly  life  of  club 
mul  ballroom,  ho  realized  that  it  would  be  in¬ 
compatible  with  the  practical  work  that  lay  be¬ 
fore  him,  and  he  Mt  that  it  would  be  easier  to 
sever  the  old  social  ties  at  once  and  to  seek  his 
fortune  among  strangers. 

He  went  to  a  Western  city ;  but  even  there,  to 


this  silence,  a*  in  the  course  of  several  months’ 
professional  attendance  he  became  bettor  ac¬ 
quainted  with  herself  and  her  uncle.  The  latter 
was  a  confirmed  invalid,  to  whom  Ids  niece  was 
exceedingly  devoted,  and  she  found  an  efficient 
aid  ill  the  young  doctor,  who.  although  ids 
practice  was  rapidly  enlarging,  somehow  always 
managed  to  have  considerable  time  to  devote 
to  this  special  case.  Peeing  Laura  thus  fro-  J 
quently  and  intimately,  Hal  became  more  and  J 
more  interested  in  her.  and  consequently  this 
persistent  reserve,  which  apparently  arose  ell  her 
from  false  shame  of  the  past  nr  shallow  pride  In 
the  present,,  vexed  and  puzzled  him.  It  was  the 
one  blemish  he  found  in  her  character,  ami  lie 
could  not  understand  nor  excuse  it. 

It  kept  him,  if  not  from  falling  in  love,  at 
least  from  ever  avowing  his  affection  ;  one  who 
attached  such  undue  importance  to  wealth  and 
position  would  hardly  tolerate  the  addresses  ol 
a  poor  physician,  he  reasoned,  although  Laura’s 
manner  certainly  gave  him  cause  to  entertain 
a  contrary  opinion. 

One  morning  he  met  her  in  the  hall.  “  Can  I 


“  No.”  he  answered,  “  hut  1  thouglit- 
“ Thought  T  had  such  a  foolish  false  pride 
that  I  shrank  from  acknowledging  tuy  indebted¬ 
ness  to  yon# and  recalling  my  former  poverty 
and  wretchedness,”  she  interrupted,  her  soft 
eyes  Ailing  with  tears  and  her  Up*  qntYoring 
with  suppressed  emotion.  "  I  atu  sorry,  but 
you  have  had  good  rea  on.  My  uncle  is  always 
so  annoyed  by  any  allusion  to  that,  miserable 
time  It  wounds  Ids  pride,  and.  besides  that,  he 

reproaches  hinisoH  ohittcrb  for  having  igno- 

ranlb  allowed  my  mother  to  struggle  and  suffer 
as  she  did.  and  I  have  never  dared  to  speak  of 
it  before  him.  in  fad.  J  resorted  to  a  rune  to 
Induce  him  to  have  you  attend  him.  telling  him 
that  though  the  names  were  the  same,  the  Dr. 
Burgess  he  remembered  was  rich,  and  probably 
still  abroad.” 

“Then  you  recognized  me  yourself  at  once?" 

“  Certainly,  and  I  am  not  so  ungrateful  as  I 
have  seemed.  1  have  so  Longed  to  thank  you, 
although  words  never  can  for  all  you  did  for  us. 

“Du  not  say  anything  more  about  it,  Miss 
Gresham,"  raid  Hal,  much  embarrassed.  “It 
was  a  (rilling'  service  I  was  so  fortunate  as  to 
render  you,  and  you  may  be  smv  I  should  never 
have  reminded  you  of  it." 

“But  I  feel  under  such  a  weight  of  unac¬ 
knowledged  obligation,"  she  protested  earnest¬ 
ly,  “and  besides  1  think  I  may  venture  to  tell 
my  uncle  now.  You  have  become  such  a  la- 
vorile  with  him  that  I  think  lie  will  be  able  t*» 
forgive  you  even  your  charity  towards  us." 

Hal  winced  at  the  word  spoken  half  playfully* 
yet  with  genuine  humility.  “I  assure  you, 
Mias  Laura,  there  is  no  such  debt  of  gratitude 
between  ns  as  you  assume  ;  any  benefit  I  was  to 
you  at,  that  time  lute  already  been  more  than 
repaid  by  tho  patronage  which  inis  been  se¬ 
cured  for  me  through  your  undo's  influence 
since  I  came  to  your  city,  a  poor  unknown 
physician. " 

Site  shook  her  brail  incredulously. 

“That  is  nothing.  Your  own  talent  would 
have  secured  it  ull  without  any  aid  from  us.  I 
do  much  wish  there  were  any  way  in  which  I 
could  repay  you." 

“  There  la  one,  "  lu*  said,  yielding  to  a  sud¬ 
den  impulse  as  he  looked  dow  n  Into  her  eager 
i>cs,  “Imt.  no  it  would  suppose  the  original 
debt  increased  by  such  enormous  usury,  that  I 
do  not  dare  propose  It." 

“Our  estimates  might,  he  different,"  she  mur¬ 
mured,  t  he  long  lashes  drooping  sh\  ly,  and  the 
tell  tale  color  flushing  her  cheeks. 

“All  debts  arc  inure  than  cancelled  by  the 
gift  of  Jove,*'  was  Ids  reply. 

A  few  morning*  later,  Laura  leaned  over  the 
back  of  her  uncle's  chair,  and  said  eoaxtngly. 

“Dr.  Burge**  has  done  you  a  great  deal  of 
good,  uncle:  I  should  think  you  would  like  to 
make  him  a  present." 

“So  I  would.  Laura,  so  I  would.  AYhnt  shall 
it  lie?  You  may  select  it." 

“  Well,  uncle,  it  is  a  strange  fancy,  hut  he 
thinks  he  would  like  me." 

“You!"  cried  Mr.  Rhodes  in  utter  astonish¬ 
ment,  "  You  !  Even  a*  well  as  I  like  the  fel¬ 
low,  that  is  a  little  too  much." 

“Oil !  don't  say  that,  uncle,"  answered  Laura 
blushing.  “Think  of  all  hi?  services  and  kind 
attentions  to  you,  and  I  am  sure  1  owe  him 
everything-  for  he  proves  to  be  the  very  Dr. 
Burgess  who  befriended  me  when  1  was  in  such 
sore  trouble." 

The  old  gentleman  sat  speechless  for  some 
moments,  engrossed  in  conflicting  emotions. 

“  You  said  I  might  choose  the  present  for 
him,"  urged  Laura  timidly,  “and  it  will  not 
really  be  giving  mo  away,  for  we  shall  both 
belong  to  you."  ' 

Her  uncle  kissed  liar  fondly,  and  Hal  appear¬ 
ing  at  that,  instant,  in  the  doorway,  he  called  to 
him:— "Thi*  little  woman  lias  pleaded  your 
cause  so  well  that  all  that  is  left  for  me  to  say 
is  as  they  do  on  the  stage  and  in  the  story  books. 
Take  her  ami  be  happy  !" 


SPARKS  OF  JOLLITY. 

An  Irishman,  who  had  just  landed,  said  “The 
flrst  bit  of  mate  I  ever  ate  in  this  country  was 
a  roasted  petata,  boiled  yesterday, 

A  MXNJSTKU  called  at  the  house  of  a  friend, 
and  found  the  wife  in  tears.  “  What  is  the 
matter,  my  good  sister?”  ”  O,  dear  John,  my 
good  husband,  has  run  away  with  Widow'Smith, 
and  I'm  out  of  snuff.” 

A  fexJjOW  coming  from  the  Alleganies  was 
asked  whether  it  was  as  cold  there  as  in  the 
city.  “  Horribly  cold,”  said  he ;  “  for  they  have 
no  thermometer  there,  and  of  course  it  gets  just 
as  cold  as  it  pleases.” 

An  Irishman,  writing  from  Ohio,  says  it  is  the 
most  illig&nt  home  in  the  world.  “The  first 
three  weeks,”  he  says,  “  you  are  boarded  gratis, 
and  after  that  you  are  charged  nothing  at  all. 
Come  along  and  bring  the  childer.” 


— 


-*riC 


MABSH  45 


m ©OBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YOBHEB. 


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jiiuiic.'i’  m 


A  MEMORY  OF  MOTHER. 


Ah  !  years  hare  loitered  by,  mother, 
A  weary,  weary  while, 

Since  last  .1  saw  thy  gentle  face, 
With  its  sweet,  patient  smile  ; 
Since  last  l  felt  thy  fingers  light 
Pass  fondly  through  nsy  hair, 

As  at  thy  Knee  l  knelt  at  night 
To  say  my  childish  prayer. 


Into  the  world  I've  gone,  mother, 
The  old  home  left  behind— 

New  ties  of  friendship  and  of  love 
About  my  heart  have  twined : 

Yet  in  its  holiest  recess, 

All  dry  unJ  joyless  still, 

There  lives  one  well  of  tenderness 
No  earthly  lore  can  fill. 

m. 

Thy  self-forgetful  care,  mother  : 

Thy  conns  d.  ever  near ; 

Thy  sympathy  with  every  Joy, 

Thy  grief  forev  'ry  tear; 

Thy  loving  glance,  thy  tender  tone, 
Thy  warm  kiss  on  ;ny  brow— 
Gone  from  my  life,  forever  gone  !— 
1  Know  their  value  now. 


FASHIONABLE  SUICIDE. 


BY  MAY  WHITNEY. 


It  is  computed  by  the  best  authorities,  that 
of  all  the  suicides  which  float  in  our  rivers  and 
till  our  Morgues,  and  make  desolate  our  once 
happy  homes,  a  proportion  of  at  least  two-thirds 
nre  women.  Tills  estimate  does  not  Include 
t  lie  tin  numbered  multitude  of  women  who  die 
yearly,  victims  of  long-continued  attempts  «t 
self-murder,  over  whose  bodies  the  rites  of 
Christian  burial  are  performed  ;  at  whose  graves 
sorrowful  friends  bewail  the  special  dispensa¬ 
tions  which  removed  them  from  earth  in  the 
flower  oT  youth  and  womanhood,  no  one  know¬ 
ing!  hat  their  daisy-decked  mounds  conceal  the 
awful  secret  or  suicide. 

We  see  them  everywhere,  those  fading  blos¬ 
soms  which  the  froxi*  of  death  will  blast,  or 
ever  their  fair  lives  reach  the  day  of  golden 
fruitage.  Or  if  the  frost  delay  a  little,  van¬ 
quished  by  the  unquenchable  Hummer  in  the 
veins  of  youth,  and  the  fruit  grows  fair  and 
shapely  toward  maturity,  the  hidden  worm 
which  gnaws  ever  at  the  life-center,  triumphs 
at  last,  and  it  fails  shriveled  to  the  dust.  How 
numerous  they  are,  those  blasted  lives,  whose  j 
insidious  disease  no  skill  can  discover,  let  the 
tear-swollen  eyee,  and  quivering  lips,  and  sob- 
shaken  breasts  all  over  the  land  reply. 

“I  cannot  imagine  what  ails  my  daughter."  a 
father  omo  said  to  me;  “she  was  as  strong  a 
child  as  one  eonld  \ii-di  to  see.  Hlie  had  no 
transmitted  disease  of  any  kind,  and  we  gave 
her  the  most  careful  train  tug,  physically;  yet, 
within  a  few  years,  she  has  lost,  all  her  hound¬ 
ing,  beautifying  health,  aiul  lieson  her  bed  most 
of  the  time,  just,  wasting  away.” 

“  What  does  her  physician  say?" 

“He  seems  unable  to  help  her.  At  first,  lie 
called  it  ‘ general  debility then  it  was  ‘spinal 
affection;’  then  her  heart  was  the  cause  of  the 
disease;  then  her  lungs  seemed  to  no  tno  of- 
fending  members;  now,  I  believe  he  calls  it 
‘consumption  of  tin*  bowels.'  My  opinion  is, 
that  he  does  not  know  what  alls  her.” 

“Well|  my  dear  sir,”  I  said,  firmly,  “  I  know 
what  ails  your  daughter.  Hhe  is  commuting 
tsuicidc !" 

Thp  afflicted  father  lifted  both  hands,  and 
stared  at  me  in  open-mouthed  horror. 

“I  know  what  I  say.  Hlie  made  the  first  at¬ 
tempt  at  Madame  Houllakd's  Seminary  ten 
years  ago.  I  saw  her  do  it  myself.  1  have  since 
seen  it  repeatedly,  and  I  am  certain  it  is  the 
cause  of  her  present  condition.” 

“Why,  in  heaven's  name,  did  you  not  tell  her 
mother  or  myself?"  lie  gasped. 

“  You  would  not  have  believed  it  possible.  I 
used  all  my  influence  to  dissuade  her  from  the 
deed,  but  to  no  avail.  Come  to  her  room,  and  I 
will  prove  what  I  say.” 

The  pale  sufferer  still  insisted  upon  rolling 
herself  each  day  as  usual.  Hlie  half  reclined 
upon  a  low  conch,  trying  to  rise  as  we  entered, 
but  si nklng  back  exhausted.  Hhe  looked  won- 
drously  beautiful  at  that  moment.  Her  golden 
hair  floated  about  her  like  waves  of  sunshine: 
her  luminous  blue  eyes  were  full  of  weird,  un¬ 
earthly  brilliance;  a  rich  carnation  bloomed 
upon  he  cheeks  and  lips— an  ominous  flush, 
like  a  gorgeous  sunset  which  precedes  night. 
Her  dainty  white  dross,  with  its  lace-edged 
ruffles,  was “ faultily  faultless;”  her  feel  were 
encased  In  the  tiniest  of  slippers.  Altogether, 
she  looked  quite  the  reverse  of  a  self-murderer. 
The  father  looked  into  tier  face  and  disbelieved 
it  instantly. 

I  took  from  the  table  one  of  her  school  books 
—a  physiology  turned  to  the  diagram  showing 
the  natural  form  of  a  healthy  chest  and  the 
proper  position  of  the  organs  it  contains,  with 
the  opposite  plute,  showing  deformity  caused 
by  compression,  I  read  from  it: 

“It  is  of  the  greatest  importance  that  tile 
motions  of  the  chest  and  abdomen  should  not 
be  interfered  with.  Freedom  of  action  is  abso¬ 
lutely  essential  here,  where  the  lower  portion 
of  the  lungs,  liver,  spleen,  stomach,  etc.,  are 
located.  The  important  organs  of  respiration, 
the  diaphragm  is  also  here.  Compress  these 


parts,* anil  the  diaphragm  is  hampered  in  its 
action,  respiration  Is  partially  stopped,  the 
lungs  and  heart  compressed,  the  stomach  and 
liver  either  forced  out  of  place,  or  what  is 
worse, squeezed  into  half  the  space  they  would 
naturally  occupy.  The  portal  circulation  is 
obstructed,  ami  the  viscera  become  the  scat  of 
venous  engorgemeut,” 

“ That  is  precisely  the  condition  of  your 
daughter,  my  deal'  friend,"  1  said.  “  book  at 
her  even  to-day,  weak  as  siie  is,  difficult  as  her 
lungs  would  I! ud  this  labor  Of  purification  at 
any  time,  or  her  heart,  its  enormous  work  of 
forcing  out  through  Its  ventricles  three  ounces 
of  blood  at  each  stroke,  doing  a  daily  work  equal 
to  lifting  one  hundred  and  tier  id  (/-three  tons  one 
foot  from  its  level,  she  has  compressed  t  tie  room 
in  which  they  labor  to  almost  half  its  natural 
size,  crushing  the  heart  against  its  walls,  en¬ 
tirely  closing  ai  least,  one  hair  of  the  lung  cells, 
and  deluging  her  bowels  with  impure  blood, 
which  produces  congest  ion  and  inflammation. 
A  natural  waist  fora  woman  of  her  size  would 
measure  from  twenty-eight  to  thirty-four  inch¬ 
es,  ir  never  artificially  compressed.  Con  A,  wbnt 
is  the  size  of  your  corsets?” 

“Eighteen  inches,"  she  answered  languidly, 
sighing. 

“  From  toil  to  fourteen- Inches  less  room  In  a 
chest  not  a  prufn  too  Uuyr  for  Hit*  all-important 
organs  contained  in  it !  N<>  wonder  she  is  dy¬ 
ing,  sir.  ThU  I  call  suiefileJ" 

The  poor  father  was  shocked  indeed.  He  had 
“  Never  invaded,  the  sacred  precincts  of  ieml- 
nlne  mysteries;”  ho  “Supposed  her  mother 
ought  to  know.”  And  so  might  nil  mot  hers  to 
know  that  the  (list  half-inch  of  compression 
about  the  waist— none  too  large  when  natural 
for  either  beauty  or  life  •  heir  daughters  began 
the  crime  of  fi  lo  dc  «<:.  How  many  of  them  do 
know  the  fact  ?  How  many  <>f  them  realize 
that  disease  of  liver,  dyspepsia  and  consump¬ 
tion  tire  legitimate  results  of  such  compres¬ 
sion  ?  That  deformit  ies  of  the  worst  character 
are  produced  in  that  manner,  deformities  of 
shoulder,  of  spine,  or  hip;  deformities  of  tem¬ 
per  and  mind  for  impure  blood  flowing  to  the 
brain  will  cause  all  varieties  of  derange  monte  — 
all  physicians  know,  at  lust ,  \V  hy  will  not  mot  ti¬ 
ers  ami  daughters  he  convinced? 

Wo  arc  told  on  every  side  that  a  slender  waist 
is  beautiful.  Who  has  made  it  so?  Not  the 
All-wise  Artist  who  created  the  human  form, 
and  made  it  the  most  perfect  gem  in  a  universe 
of  beauty;  not  the  grand  old  masters 


a,  .  ,  »■  ,4’y  papa,  not  a  soldier  recognized  or  saluted  us  in 

4  4  (Vt  ft  IT  fi  T  ft  Y  T  T  l'  1  )  fl  It  It  fl  driving  nil  round  the  city,  and  we  had  on  uni- 
^Itauiuy  jut  UUf  JglPWHlJ.  form,  and  rode  in  the  royal  carriage."  “Ah!” 


JUST  ONE. 


ON  tiptoe 

Sally  went  to  the  closet,  oh ! 

There  to  view 

Sweet  grapes,  and  plums,  end  apples,  too. 

“  oh  !  how  1  wish  t  had  Just  one !” 

Out  went  five  fingers,  all  for  fun— 

“  But,  mamma  said  that  1  must  wait ; 

PT’aps,  when  she  comes,  she'll  give  me  eight." 

On  tiptoe 

Sally  went  to  the  window,  nli ! 

There  to  see 

Whether  the  town-clock  had  struck  three. 

“  Baby’s  steeping— 1  must  ho  still. 

Or  he'll  need  a  par’gorte  pill.” 

But  baby  opens  wide  Ids  eyes, 

And.  'stead  of  crying,  looks  so  wise  ! 

On  tlfltne 

Hally  went  to  the  cradle,  oh  ! 

Him  to  Kiss, 

That  he  bin  mamma  should  not  miss. 

"  Hi !  let’s  dunce  this  way,  let’s  dance  that 
Tickle  ids  little  chin  so  fat ! 

•*  I’ltMi-pnt,  plt-a-put  I  baker’s  man  ! 

Roll  ’em— twm  'em  fast  us  you  cun  1” 

On  tiptoe 

Mamma  came  up  the  long  stairs,  oli ! 

Just,  to  see 

Her  own  sweet  darlings  In  such  glee. 

“  O,  mamma,  he  has  been  so  good !” 

The  baby  come  to  mamma  woidd. 

"  Sally,  child,  ope  the  closet  door,” 

Sally  ’ll  have  eight  and  something  more. 

On  tiptoe 

Sally  readied  the  high  shelf,  oh  ! 

There  to  get 

Ripe  fruit,  In  gold-bound  (Italics  set. 

“  Sully,  take  as  much  as  you  choose.” 

Sally  did  not  a  moment  lose. 

In  Hally’s  mOUth  n  blue  plum  went, 

And  after  it  five  more  were  sent, 

And  a  rosy-dieeked  apple,  ami  1  don’t  know  how 
many  purple  grapes ! 

f.W'u'i/  f felines  Gilbert. 


form,  an<l  rode 
he  says  to  the  lad ;  “soldiers  did  not  salute  you, 
oli?  Well,  you  must  understand,  my  boy,  that 
no  Prussian  soldier  will  present  arms  to  an  un¬ 
washed  prince !" 

— - ♦♦♦ - - 

MY  PICTURE  FRAME. 


1  would  like  to  tell  the  young  readers  of  the 
H 1 1  bat.  Skw-Yohkek,  how  1  framed  the  pretty 
picture  found  on  page  ”.i  of  the  Urn  At.  for  Jan. 
dlli  187”.  My  husband  made  a  plain  frame,  the 
required  size,  of  light  wood  Pi  inches  wide  by 
thick,  and  painted  it  black.  For  glass  I  took 
n  common  window  [Mine  10  hy  II,  which  is  the 
required  size;  for  back,  strong  pasteboard.  I 
then  gathered  some  seed-pods  of  the  sweet  gum 
(nr  liquldamber,  which  grows  quite  abundant 
here)  split  theta  and  glued  them.  Hat  side  down, 
on  the  outside  of  the  frame  as  close  ns  I  could 
get  them,  and  it  makes  a  rustic  looking  frame 
which  is  admired  for  its  beauty  and  cheapness. 
The  sweet  gum  is  described,  and  a  seed-pod  and 
leaf  figured  on  page  3X2  of  (ho  RURAL  for  Nov. 
•J5,  1871.  Should  this  find  a  place  in  I  he  Urn  At,, 
1  will  In  my  next  letter  tell  how  I  tnako  a  “  Par¬ 
lor  Horn."  Lii.y  Aster. 

Cottage  Home,  O. 

— - — —  -*■++ - 

RESPECT  THE  AGED. 


The  whims  of  second  childhood  arc  too  often 
disregarded  by  the  young. 

There  cau  be  no  greater  indication  of  a  nar¬ 
row  soul  than  that  show'll  by  a  man  or  woman 
who  neglects  an  aged  parent,  because  lie  or  slio 
is  old-fashioned,  childish,  peevish,  and  trying  to 
the  patience. 

Old  people  are  ”  set.  in  their  ways,"  nml  the 
young  ought  to  respect  them,  notwithstanding 
they  may  not  like  their  ways. 

Inkier. 


“  Whose  distant,  footsteps  echo 
Through  tb''  corridors  of  time;” 

not  the  sublime  genius  of  the  sculptor,  who 
pierced  the  secret  of  all  forms,  and  sought  the 
highest,  purest  line  of  grace,  embodying  it  in 
tho  Immortal  Venus. 

The  pernicious  Imblt  of  compressing  the  waist 
Is  ns  much  a  relic  of  barbarism  as  the  shaving 
of  heads,  tat  tooing,  Are-  How  it  originated,  or 
where  it  became  generally  adopted  by  women, 
we  have  no  time  to  discuss  ;  that  It  has  become 
one  of  the  main  causes  or  discos,-  nnd  death 
among  us  is  quite  sufficient  for  us  to  know. 

We  frequently  hear  the  argument  in  favor  of 
waspish  waists  (lull  “Gentlemen  admire  them." 
What  gentlemen?  A  gentleman  In  recent  arti¬ 
cles  in  two  well  known  and  influential  maga¬ 
zines,  called  tor  the  name  of  any  gentleman  In 
the  land  who  admired  or  desired  this  “beauty” 
in  the  lady  lie  should  call  ”  tV  lie. 


Not  a  gen¬ 
tleman  responded.  No  man  of  reason,  senti¬ 
ment,  taste,  could  do  so  consistently.  Gentle¬ 
men  admire  the  rich,  rosy  flush  or  health,  the 
sparkling  eye,  tho  full  rounded  lip  and  form 
which  is  so  seldom  found  except  in  the  “coun¬ 
try  lassies-”  That  men  do  love  and  man  y  lus¬ 
hes  with  “fashionable  waist,"  is  due  solely  to 

tliu  fact  that,  they  admire  refinement  of  man¬ 
ners  and  cultivation  of  mind  far  more  than 
mere  physical  strength  and  beauty.  Combine 
Hie  two  attractions,  and  woman  will  lie  wor¬ 
shiped  as  never  before. 

Compression  of  any  part,  of  the  body  entails 
di-ense.  Every  muscle  should  act.  freely,  every 
win  and  artery  should  be  swelled  will)  the  puls¬ 
ing  life-!  ide.  Let.  health  have  free  course  and 
be  glorified.  This  implies  no  deviation  from 
the  rules  of  good  taste  or  graceful  attire.  It 
does  not  require  that  girls  should  be  angular,  or 
course  or  slovenly,  bet  any  young  lady  consult 
her  dressmaker  or  the  fashion  editress  of  her 
paper,  and  sue  will  learn  (hat  scores  of  pretty 
devices  exist,  whereby  all  compression  In  any 
quarter  may  be  avoided,  and  the  dregs  still  pre¬ 
serve  its  grace  ami  neatness,  with  an  added 
charm  <>f  jaunt i ness.  There  are  dainty  little 
jackets  and  suoques.  which  may  bo  adapted  to 
house  and  street  wear,  which  give  the  requisite 
i  loseness  without  destroying  a  single  graceful 
curve  or  outline.  r!  here  are  numerous  inven¬ 
tions  which-  relieve  the  limbs  of  bands  of  any 
sm  t,  which  give  the  muscles  of  the  feet  free¬ 
dom  of  motion,  which  make  health  and  reflne¬ 
ment  a  grace  possible  to  all. 

Mrs.  STOWK,  in  a  lute  article,  says:— “Sins 
against  taste  are  never  pardoned.  You  cannot 
I  reason  with  disgusts."  All  of  which  is  true. 
Ami.  thanks  t  o  inventive  brains  and  benevolent 
philanthropists,  there  Is  no  longer  need  of  such 
sins.  A  lady  may,  if  she  will,  land  every  sensf- 
Iflc  woman  will,  in  time,)  robe  herself  in  perfect 
taste  and  elegance,  and  at  the  same  time  with¬ 
out  inducing  “all  the  ills  which  (female)  flesh  is 
,  heir  to,”  . 

The  days  of  bloomers  are  past.  May  fashion¬ 
able  strangulation  and  suicide  die  with  them, 
and  time  usher  In  a  generation  strong  to  endure 
all  its  shocks,  and  fair  as  our  most  heavenly 
dreams  and  desires. 


LETTERS  TO  YOUNG  RURALISTS.-No.  15. 

FROM  COUSIN  JOHNNIE. 

T)u  not  think,  little  cousin*,  that  Cousin 
Johnnie  inis  forgotten. you.  it  has  been  want 
of  time,  not  want  of  Interest  or  Inclination,  that  | 
has  kept  her  pen  stilt,—!  think  Dor  a  0.  White's  ; 
endeavor  to  tell  us  what  alio  knows  about  apples 
ought  to  have  pleased  “  Undo  Charles."  She  1 
will  excuse  me,  I  know,  however,  if  I  tell  her  it 
was  not.  correct  to  say  “they  are  nidi  Him/*  to  j 
the  taste.”  If  she  looks  at  the  meaning  of  the  j 
word  111  t he  dictionary,  she  will  understand 
why.  I  am  very  happy  to  hear  she  likes  Cousin 
■ImiNNiK’s  letters  n  well.  I  beg  “  Young  Nat¬ 
uralist's"  pardon  for  thinking  hint  a  girl!  It  j 
was  not  because  his  letter  was  unmanly,  but  be-  i 
cause — well,  1  don’t  beliovo  I'd  bi  tter  say  ;  but,  j 
any  way,  It  was  a  nice  letter.  I  played  an  amus¬ 
ing  game,  the  other  night,  that  some  of  my  lit  - 
tie  cousins  may  like  to  try.  Each  one  of  the 
party  is  provided  with  n  slip  of  paper,  at  the  top 
of  which  he  makes  a  picture  of  something,  and 
at  the  bottom  of  the  paper  writes  what  it  is 
meant  to  represent,  folds  it  over,  and  passe*  it 
to  the  next.  The  next  one,  after  examining  the 
picture,  writes,  below,  what  he  t  hinks  it  is,  folds 
it  over,  and  passes  it  on.  When  all  have  written 
on  each,  the  papers  are  unfolded,  and  t  he  name 
of  the  picture  read,  together  wit  h  the  different 
opinions.  The  ridiculous  mistakes  made  cause 
a  great  deal  of  fun/fometluies.  For  instance, 
the  other  night.  I  drew  .. :  well  its  i  could  (which, 
to  l>e  sure,  was  not  very  well),  a  representation 
of  the  President  of  our  Literary  Society,  sitting 
behind  a  little  table,  as  he  usually  does  when 
the  Society  meets.  He,  himself,  was  playing 
the  game,  and  when  lie  saw  tho  picture  he  im¬ 
mediately  decided  it  was  a  little  dog  waiting 
for  his  dinner !-  Another  person  thought  it  was 
tho  cow  Jumping  over  the  moon!  I  am  very 
sorry  to  hear  Elhoka  Leslie  talking  about  a 
“cross  teacher,"  for  I  recollect,  when  I  was  a 
little  girl,  that  when  I  thought  the  teacher 
“cross,”  it  was  always  when  I  hadn't  learned 
my  lessons,  Or  had  behaved  badly.  And  now 
that  I  am  a  teacher  myseil,  I  luuno  that,  no 
teacher  is  ever  “cross"  to  a  diligent,  obedient 
little  boy  or  girl.  Try,  Elhora  dear,  to  be  a 
more  satisfactory  scholar,  and  sec  ir  the  teacher 
will  not  be  just  as  kind  to  you  as  you  could  wish. 


REBUS  PRIZES. 


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GEOGRAPHICAL  PUZZLE.  No.  1. 

I  WAS  going  on  a  Journey,  so  T  went  out  to 
prepare  for  It.  First.  I  purchased  a  piece  of  a 
city  of  Russia  for  an  outside  wrap,  and  a  city 
on  the  Rhino  for  its  perrume.  I  asked  the  clerk 
f,,r  my  bill,  and  he  said  the  sum  was  a  division 
of  Africa.  I  passed  on,  and  soon  met  a  city  of 
Belgium  looking  for  BomO  fowls  of  a  city  in 
France,  which  ho  had  seen  Hying  through  a 
river  of  England;  but  could  not  see  to  throw  a 
small  range  of  the  Allegany  Mountains,  because 
the  rlverof  England  wn»sofull  of  another  small 
portion  of  the  Allegan  lee.  I  went  Into  another 
store  and  asked  an  island  of  tile  Irish  Sea  if  lie 
had  any  silk  of  the  color  of  a  river  in  Mississippi, 
of  which  r  bought  enough  for  a  dress,  and  a 
mount  in  Oregon  to  top.Off  with.  I  then  went 
back  to  my  city  in  Germany,  and  began  packing 
my  provisions.  My  ln»x  was  made  of  a  river  of 
Iowa  to  keep  Its  contents  from  a  city  of  tho 
German  Empire.  I  filled  It  with  a  piece  of  a 
city  of  N.  Y„  a  harbor  of  New  Jersey,  a  Jake  of 
Col.,  »  group  of  islands  of  Oceuniea,  a  river  of 
Vermont,  and  a  city  on  an  island  east  of  Africa. 
I  told  a  city  of  Thibet  to  do  up  a  city  of  China, 
and  see  if  tho  box  was  full.  It  was  full,  and  just 
then  1  heard  a  lake  of  Ireland  at  the  floor,  and 
found  that,  a  river  of  South  America  waa  hold¬ 
ing  my  horse  for  me.  I  took  a  city  of  France, 
Which  was  in  full  bloom,  fora  friend,  and  de¬ 
parted,  after  receiving  a  point  of  Greenland 
from  all  my  friends.  Violet. 

Violet  does  not  send  the  answer  to  this,  and 
we  hope  our  young  renders  will  do  so. 


THE  UNWASHED  PRINCE. 


One  day  the  crown  prince  of  Germany  heard 
an  uproar  in  his  nursery.  He  stepped  in  to 
inquire,  and  the  nurse  said Prince  Henry 
refuses  to  bo  washed."  “  W  hat,  my  son,  will 
you  not  be  washed  and  made  clean?”  “No  I 
won't  1)0  washed,"  he  petulantly  responded; 
“I  don’t  like  to  be  washed.  Let,  me  le. ” 
“Well,"  said  Fritz,  “iT  that  Is  Ills  choice,  let 
him  bo,  he  need  not  be  washed !  ”  Away  he 
bounded  with  great  glee  at  having  conquered 
the  nurse,  and  getting  his  own  way.  Uy-aiid-by 
the  nurse  and  Prince  Henry  took  a  ride  through  j 
the  Thicrgarton  and  streets  of  Berlin.  He  soon  j 
noticed  that  the  sentries  stationed  all  over  the  i 
city-  did  not  give  thorn  tho  customary  salute. 

“  Why  don’t  Lhe  soldiers  present  arms,  nurse?  ”  [ 
“  1  cannot  te.il."  she  sold  ;  “wo  arc  dressed  cor¬ 
rectly,  are  in  the  royal  carriage  and  I  cannot  | 
guess  why  they  refuse  us  the  honors. "  At  even¬ 
tide  his  papa  asked  Prince  Henry  If  he  had 
enjoyed  his  ride  to  day  ?  “No,  papa,  not  a  bit.” 

“  Not  a  bit  ?  What  can  the  matter  be  ?”  “  Why 


D. 


CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA.  No.  6. 

My  first,  is  in  apples  but  not  in  plums ; 

My  second  is  In  go  but  not,  in  come; 

My  third  i«  in  sister  but  not  in  brother; 

My  fourth  is  in  mother,  also  in  father; 

My  fifth  is  in  love  but  not  in  joy  ; 

My  whole  is  loved  by  every  boy. 

Answer  in  two  weeks.  b.  c. 

- «-*• - 

PROBLEM,— No.  6. 

I  have  a  cistern  one-third  full  of  water;  tho 
depth  is  eight  feet,  and  its  upper  and  lower  di¬ 
ameters  arc  seven  and  six  feet.  How  large  la 
the  stone  which,  being  thrown  in,  causes  a  rise 
of  three  feet.  8.  G.  0. 

(ST  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.— March  1. 

Illustrated  Rebus  No.  7.  —  Colfax  is  not  a 
model  for  you) ig  men. 

Riddle  No.  1.  —  The  heavens  declare  the 
glory  of  God. 

Problem  No.  5.— 3.68640  acres,  or  7,080  rods 
square. 


480 


00 HE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKEB, 


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committed  so  far  as  Executive  influence  can 
avail.  Social  eqality  is  not  a  subject  to  be  legis¬ 
lated  upon,  nor  shall  1  ask  that  anything  be  done 
to  advance  the  social  status  of  the  colored  man 
except  to  give  him  a  fair  chanoo  to  develop  what 
there  Is  «<#<>(]  in  him.  Giro  him  access  to  schools, 
and  when  lie  travels  Jet  him  feel  assured  that 
ills  conduct  will  regulate  the  treatment  and 
fare  he  will  receive.  The  States  lately  at  war 
with  tho General  Government  are  now  happily 
rehabilitated,  and  no  Executive  control  is  exer¬ 
cised  In  any  one  of  them  that  would  not  be  ex¬ 
ercised  in  any  other  State  under  like  circum¬ 
stances. 


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THE  INAUGURATION. 

Toe  events  of  the  past  week  have  been  the 
final  scones  in  Congress  and  the  re-inauguration 
of  President  Grant.  We  have  no  space  for 
details  of  those  events.  Our  readers  will  be 
most  interested  in  the 

President’s  Inaugural  Speech. 

Fellow-citizens:  Under  Providence,  I  have 
been  called  a  se  fond  time  to  act  as  Executive 
over  this  great  mil  ion.  It.  ha  .  been  my  endeavor 
in  the  past  to  maintain  nil  the  laws,  and,  so 
far  as  lay  in  my  power,  to  act  for  the  best  inter¬ 
ests  of  the  whole  people.  My  best  efforts  will 
be  given  in  the  same  direction  in  the  future, 
hided,  I  trust,  by  my  four  years’  experience  In 
the  office.  When  my  first  term  of  the  office  of 
Chief  Executive  began,  the  country  had  not 
recovered  from  the  effects  of  a  great  internal 
revolution,  and  three  of  the  former  States  of 
the  Union  had  not  boon  restored  to  their  Federal 
relation*.  It  seemed  to  me  wi.se  that  no  new 
question*  should  be  raised  so  long  as  that  con¬ 
dition  I  !'  a  if  air.-,  existed.  Therefore,  the  past 
four  years,  so  far  a*  I  could  control  events, 
have  been  consumed  in  the  effort  to  restore 
harmony,  public  credit,  commerce,  and  all  the 
arts  of  peace  and  progress. 

It  is  my  firm  conviction  that  the  civilized 
world  is  tending  toward  republicanism,  or  gov¬ 
ernment  by  the  people,  through  their  chosen 
representatives,  and  that  our  own  great  Repub¬ 
lic  1  destined  to  be  the  guiding  star  to  all 
others.  Under  our  republic  wo  support  an 
army  loss  than  that  of  any  European  power  of 
any  si  a  tiding,  and  a  navy  less  than  that  ot  either 
of  at  least  live  of  them.  There  could  be  no 
extension  of  territory  on  this  continent  which 
would  call  for  an  increase  of  this  force,  but 
rather  might  such  extension  enalde  us  to  dimin¬ 
ish  it.  The  t  heory  of  government  changes  with 
general  progress.  Vow  that  the  telegraph  is 
made  available  for  communicating  thought, 
together  with  rapid  transit  by  steam,  all  parts  of 
a  continent  are  made  contiguous  for  all  pur¬ 
poses  of  Government,  and  communication 
between  the  extreme  limits  of  the  country 
made  easier  tlmn  it  was  throughout  the  old 
thirteen  States  ut  the  beginning  of  our  national 
existence. 

Tho  effects  of  the  late  civil  strife  have  beon  to 
free  the  slnve  and  make  him  a  citizen,  yet  he  is 
not  possessed  of  the  civil  rights  which  citizen¬ 
ship  choulct  carry  with  it.  This  is  a  wrong,  and 


The  President’s  Policy. 

In  the  first  year  of  the  present  Administration 
the  proposition  came  up  for  tho  admission  of 
,s  Hanto  Domingo  as  a  territory  of  the  Union.  II 
nt  "n-K  a  question  of  my  socking,  but  was  a 
proposition  from  t  he  people  of  Santo  Domingo, 
and  which  I  entertained,  I  believe  now  as  I  did 
then,  that  it  wax  for  the  best  Interests  of  t  his 
h  country,  for  t  he  people  of  Santo  Domingo,  and 
all  concerned,  that  the  proposition  should  bo 
s,  received  favorably.  It  was,  however,  rejected 
)x  constitutionally,  and  therefore  the  subject  was 
w  never  brought  up  again  by  me.  In  future,  while 
’  I  hold  my  present  office,  tbo  subject  of  th<-  „■> 
'■l  quisitlon  of  territory  iiiumI  have  the  support  of 
the  people  before  I  will  recommend  any  propo- 
d  sitlon  looking  to  such  acquisition.  Isay  here, 

0  however,  that  I  do  not  share  in  the  apprehen¬ 
sion  held  by  many  as  to  the  danger  of  Govern¬ 
ments  becoming  weakened  and  destroyed  by 
reason  or  ihclr  extension  of  territory.  Com¬ 
merce,  education,  and  t lie  rapid  transit  of 
thought  and  matter  by  telegraph  and  steam 
,  have  changed  nil  t his.  Rather  do  I  believe  that 
our  Great  Maker  1*  preparing  the  world  in  this 
,  our  good  time  to  become  one  nation,  speaking 
one  language,  and  when  armies  and  navies  will 
be  no  longer  required.  My  efforts  In  the  future 
will  be  directed  to  the  restoration  of  good  frel- 
L  ing  between  I  he  different  sections  of  our  com¬ 
mon  country ;  to  the  restoration  of  our  curren¬ 
cy  to  a  fixed  value  as  compared  with  the  world  s 
,  standard  of  values  (gold),  ami  if  possible  to  a 
l  par  with  il ;  to  the  construct  ion  of  cheap  routes 
■  of  transit  throughout  the  land,  to  the  end  that, 
the  products  of  all  sections  may  find  a  market, 
and  leave  a  living  remuneration  to  the  produc¬ 
er;  to  the  maintenance  of  friendly  relations 
;  with  all  our  neighbors,  and  with  distant  nations ; 
to  the  re-establishment  of  our  commerce  and 
our  share  in  the  carrying  trade  upon  the  ocean ; 
to  the  encouragement  ot  such  manufacturing 
industries  as  can  be  economically  pursued  In 
this  country,  to  the  end  that  tho  exports  of 
home  products  and  industries  may  pay  for  our 
imports -the  only  sure  method  of  returning  to 
and  permanently  maintaining  a  specie  basis;  to 
the  elevation  of  labor,  and  hy  a  humane  course 
to  bring  the  aborigines  of  the  conn  In  under  the 
benign  influence  of  education  and  civilization. 

It  is  either  this  or  war  of  oxterininat ton.  Wars 
of  extermination,  engaged  in  hy  people  pursu¬ 
ing  commerce  and  all  industrial  pursuits,  are 
expensive,  oven  against  the  weakest  people,  and 
are  demoralizing  and  wicked.  Our  superiority 
of  strength  and  advantages  of  civilization 
should  make  us  lenient  toward  the  Indian.  The  j 
wrong  already  inflicted  upon  him  should  be 
taken  Into  account  and  the  balance  placed  to  1 
his  credit.  The  moral  view  of  I  he  question  . 
should  he  considered  and  the  question  asked.  \ 
“  Can o n|  the  Indian  be  made  a  useful  and  pro-  i 
duetive  member  of  society  by  proper  teaching  1 
and  treatment V  ’’  if  the  effort  is  made  In  good  j 
faith,  wo  will  Htnnd  well  before  the  civilized  c 
nations  of  the  earth  and  in  our  own  consciences  ■ 
for  having  made  it.  All  these  things  are  not  to  1 
be  accomplished  by  one  individual,  but  t  hey  • 
will  receive  my  support  and  such  recommenda¬ 
tion  to  Congress  ns  will,  in  my  judgment,  best 
serve  to  carry  them  into  effect.  1  beg  your  sup¬ 
port,  and  encouragement. 

it.  has  been  and  is  my  earnest  desire  to  correct  1 
abuses  that  haye  grown  up  in  the  civil  service  Jj 
Of  the  country.  To  secure  this  reformation,  p 
rules  regulating  methods  of  appointment  and  1 
promotion  were  established  and  have  beon  J- 
tried.  My  efforts  for  such  reformation  shall  be  p 
continued  to  the  best  of  my  judgment.  The  g 
spirit  of  the  rules  adopted  Mill  bo  maintained.  *! 

The  President’s  Vindication.  s| 

I  acknowledge  before  (his  assemblage,  repre-  h 
sent  ing  as  it  does,  every  section  of  our  country, 
the  obligation  I  am  under  to  my  countrymen  s< 
for  the  great  honor  they  have  conferred  on  me 
by  returning  me  to  the  highest  office  within 
their  gift,  and  the  further  obligation  resting  on 
me  to  render  them  the  best  services  within  my 
power.  This  I  promise,  looking  forward  with  e' 

the  greatest  anxiety  to  the  day  when  I  shall  be  tc 
released  from  the  responsibilities  that  at  times  nt 
are  almost  overwhelming,  and  from  which  I  w 
have  scarcely  had  a  respite  since  the  eventful  I'1 
firing  upon  Fort  Sumter,  in  April.  1801,  to  the  tl 
present  day.  My  services  wore  then  tendered  11 
and  accepted  under  the  first  call  for  troops  at 
growing  out  of  that  event.  I  did  not  ask  for  ie 
place  or  position,  and  was  entirely  without  in-  at 
ttuence  or  the  acquaintance  of  persons  of  influ¬ 
ence,  but  was  resolved  to  perform  my  part  in  a 
struggle  threatening  the  very  existence  of  the  ar 
nation.  I  performed  a  conscientious  duty  with-  at: 
out  asking  promotion  or  command,  and  without  wl 
a  revengeful  reeling  toward  any  section  or  any  so 
individual.  Notwithstanding  this,  throughout  ta 
the  war  and  from  my  candidacy  for  my  present  ys 
office  In  18(18  t  o  I  ho  close  of  the  last  Presidential  gr 
campaign,  1  have  been  the  subject  ol  abuse  and  re; 
slander  scarcely  over  equaled  in  political  history  I  ot 


which,  to-day,  I  feel  that  I  can  disregard,  in 
view  of  your  verdict  which  I  gratefully  accept 
as  my  vindication. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

DOMESTIC  NEWS. 

New  York  City  nnd  Vicinity. 

r-  Fbothinoiiam  has  denounced 

Credit  Mobiher  and  swindlers  from  the  pulpit, 
—Diet  kitchens  are  to  be  opened.  .. A  great 
labor  strike  ip  Paul  to  be  in  contemplation  for 
next  April  or  May  Horosl*  has  held  its  annual 
meeting  There  lias  been  an  up-town  water 
famine  ..1  here  are  lfl  prisoners  in  i  lie  Tomb, 
for  homicide  t>t.  Patrick's  day  is  to  be  cele¬ 
brated  as  usual. ...  Foster,  who  murdered  Put- 
nam,  has  been  respited  for  two  weeks  The 
Pacific  Mail  Company  will  purchase  fnurstenm- 
«hip»... .The  city  is  likely  to  be  called  upon  to 
pay  #8,000,000  for  the  Riverside  Park  It  Is 
probable  Foster  will  be  sent  to  prison  for  life. 

I  he  troop?  from  tho  Inauguration  passed 
through  the  <;|ly  on  tho  fill.  High  refits  ^ro 
kept  up...  Hrannel  is  being  tried  for  insanity.  . 

I  be  Hons  of  Maine  held  a  reception  on  tin-  6th 
j.iiiios  Purton  says  Foster  did  not  murder  Mr' 
Putnam!  The  usual  cry  about  foul  air  in 
school  rooms  is  raging  in  the  papers  .  .Temper¬ 
ance.  people  have  held  a  conference. .  The 
Spring  opera  has  commenced.  .The  fit h  was 
occupied  with  military  arrivals  and  receptions 
of  the  return  troop*  from  Washington.. Charles 
Grom  committed  suicide  on  the  fit  h  Manv 
German-  arc  opposed  tot  he  new  charter  ..(ion 
rremont  1*  threatened  with  arrest  The  jury 
in  the  Scan  net  ease  is  oul  The  Tradesman’s 
Rank  was  robbed,  on  the  7th,  of  $20,000  ...The 
weather  lias  become  pleasant  and  gonial. 

Home  News. 

It  has  been  discovered  that  Mr.  Colfax  inter¬ 
ested  htm$cll  to  secure  contracts  for  Mr,  Nes- 

lilt.!  (ifiv  Wiirnintli  l: *» •  .  f Ka,...  .  .  .  ii.i.  .  .  . 


Watch  Xo.  1151  Stem  Winder — bearing  Trado 
Mark  “Frederic  Atherton  &  Co.,  Marion,  N.  J.  ” 
—manufactured  by  United  States  Watch  Co., 
(Giles,  Wales  &  Co.,)  has  been  carried  by  mo 
nine  months;  its  total  variation  from  mean 
time  being  only  three  and  a-half  seconds  per 
month— Horace  Hatch,  M.  D.,  No.  25  W.  38th 
St.,  New  York. 

- - - 

Brown's  Bronchial  Troches,  for  Pulmonary 
and  Asthmatic  Disorders,  hare  proved  their  effi¬ 
cacy  by  a  test  of  mauy  years,  and  received  testi¬ 
monials  from  eminent  men  who  have  used  them. 


Jones 


Advice. — Send  for  free  Price  List. 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton.  N.  Y. 

THE  MARKETS. 

PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 


New  Yonit,  Monday,  March  10, 1873. 
The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 


Receipts.—^ The  receipt*  of  the  principal 
produce  for  the  post  week  are  as  follows ; 

Flour,  blits. .  62, oft)  Pork,  hbl* .  3,015 

Wheat,  bush .  78,433  Beef,  plcgs .  253 

Corn,  hush . .  113, ICO  Cut  meats, pkgfl...  2«,li:0 

Oats,  hush .  221,3X1  Lard,  pkgg .  16,200 

(ini-*  seed.  bush..  7JM  Rutter,  pVua  ...  0.410 

Parley,  bush .  Ik.irhi  Cheese.  pk«s . 

Malt,  bush .  3,11X1  Dried  Fruit*,  pkgi 

Bean*,  bids .  1,833  Eggs.  bbl* ...... . . 


bn-lesr,  bush .  13, (Ml  Choose,  pkaa .  y,2i>5 

Malt,  bush .  3,100  Dried  Fruit*,  pjtgs.  aii) 

Bean*,  l.bl* .  1,333  Eg**.  bbls. .........  (v  u 

Corn  monl  hbls —  4,200  Wool,  hide* .  :  i 

Corn  meal, hags...  0,600  Hops, bates. .  .  2 

Cotton,  bales .  15,7(8  Peanuts,  baza .  l.i  ,11 

Rye,  bush .  4.VJ  Dressed  Hogs,  No.  2,1  (J 

Be  it  11 -a  ml  Pea*,—  There  Is  n  liberal  snpplvof  all 
descriptions,  and  prices  rulo  weak,  with  trade  limited 
to  jobbing  lots. 

\>  e quote  prtrne mediums. S2.f6fft2.70:  mlnwnvirmw. 


revolution' for  L< !u  Diana ' ”  'rhc  vL  Jinking  bill  v\ e  quote prime mediums, S2.tlVj2.70;  prune  marrow- 
.  1  ,  .  ^Ila  I  |»C  M  odoc  war  has  fats,  $.65® 2.711 ,  prime  kidneys,  >2,8023  ;  Canada  nen* 

sn.w?id*on  mo  Ti"  people  of  Washington  free,  bbls.,|1.36@il.i«t  green pen*,  bush..  ?1.90@lJte.  ' 
spout  is.huxio  on  t tic  decorations  lor  the  inaugii-  „ 

ration.  The  ball-room  held  s,hki  peonlc  \  st ,Vi\n'  prime  stock,  and  pay 
vast  number  of  soldier*  visited  WmdSngton  *****  coramo“  ,,Jl-s  ,lr‘;  ‘jnr'1 10  sell  at  Me. 

The  proceedon  was  vi-rv  imposing.  The  city  Broom  torn.  Tie  re  is  a  fair  trade  from  cr.n- 
beautifully  decorated,  and  finely  IHuininnt-  Prl'Kohurl  :  *H7c, for  new  green; 

ctl  at  night.  The  inauguration,  in  the  number  *'•  'or?!1  “J'lnoxed,  mid  for 

Of  troops  present,  the  crowds'  amMJm  enfe-  wsrdwcn  lorcot“- 

asm.  was  the  llne*t.  and  rnoat  imposing  over  seen  ,, 

in  Washington.  The  Inaugural  addre.  was  .B''Df'rt-^‘fre  ha*  been  a  material  falling  off  in 
brief,  pointed  and  characteristic,  giving  general  il,K  niertet  has  regained  too  linn 

.,1  i.  'Pi.,  ii..  1  i6»  1,  ,v'  1  '  position  that  win  interrupted  during  tile  free  arrivals 

10  A"  ,Lin,ft  Ibd'i-ond  ).,ni  hits  All  grades  of  butter  show  a  wwwd of  I hrdtig  further 
been  defeated  bv  011c  vote  in  Now  Jersey,  and  marked  up  before  the  week  t ,  over,  while  ittho  pre:- 
t  hi!  people  are  betrayed  The  Massachusetts  ont  writing  some  of  the  snoiee  that  were  weak  Ju-t 
Committee  on  Female  Suffrage  ho*  reported  in  week  are  quoted  UocUicniym  seller’s  favor.  It  seems 
Us  favor. . . .  .M  r.  Tweed'-  case  excites  attention  we  lav?  “oihlug  further  to  fear  from  i.nnadu,  as  re¬ 
al  Albam.  James  itrooks  ha*  resignnl  hi-  I'j'Hs  show  there  its  no  surptu*  beyond  what,  can  ho 
place  in  the  Board  of  the  Union  L  ;  '  !?:TV?rl  Ull‘!c7  impey  Btuto  is  very 


at  Albauy.  James  Brooks  ha*  rcefigned  Ids 
idace  in  the  Board  <»r  the  Union  Pacific  Rail¬ 
road  .  Local  elect  ions  have  taken  place  through¬ 
out  New  V  ork  state  There  are  to  he  nociiaiig- 
e*  in  1  lie  PrenideiTa Cabinet,  or  in  the  civil  ser¬ 
vice  of  the  country  .On  the 5th,  the  President 
reviewed  many  troops  in  front  of  the  White 
Mouse  .  The  Now  Jersey  Assembly  Ills  passed 
a  general  railroad  law . V  riot  took  idace  in 


‘ttuire.i*,  itnd  scimo  ol  Lhu  piort  fAStidiriti^  buyers  aro 
forced  to  select  from  second  class  qualities,  and  pay 
big  price*.  Dealers  urn  quite  Jubilant  over  the  real- 
ir.ut ion  0/  their  early  predtetfun.  and  feel  confident 
that  the  remaining  trade  will  more  than  compensate 
for  the  concession*  that  have  been  made  lim  ing  tho 
past  fortnight  or  .so.  Best.  Western  rolls  have  ad¬ 
vanced. 


LiH  were  seized  by  the  Government.  On  the  CJoiion.— Price*  are  decidedly  lower.  T  tie  foreign 
Ith  il  was  announced  that  the  Modoc  Indian*  market  is  against  rhippiug bunlnoss  of  truportonce 
reject  all  offer*  The  railway  war  in  New  Jer-  ^a1'3”  for  forward  delivery  on  tho  basis  m  low  mid- 
Boy  continue*  ...George  Frarn-i*  Train  want*  S®F-?rc  f9r  March,  2o  ;e.  for  April,  20 kc 

capital  punishment  abolished.  Two  women  »“*•*))«;.  tux  .lime.  w„  u,um  for  Jottoh ! 
have  been  murdered  on  the  Isle  of  Shoal*.  N  H  1  Atat,,.,,.,,  ,s,  „  on, t„.,«. 

The  people  of  \cw  Orleans  now  propose  8$?^,*: ::::::  11  UH 

relusotopay  tiixcn.*  .Ihe  Kauris  Senate  Strict  Good  Ordinary.  llJ  mu  \cju  inif 

tain*  Mr.  York  .  James  Brook*  lias  issued  a  Low  Middling . .  19v<  wj| 

Violent  appeal  to  ht*  constituent*.  Middling .  20-f  21  siQ  21^ 

F|rc„,  Middling .  22;Y  23  23M  23>| 


violent  appeal  to  hi*  constituents. 

Fire*. 

-  il1  Brooklyn  on  the  2d :  loss, 


. .  M  oodenwaro  factory  in  Toledo,  O..  on  Hie 
:kl:  ion*.  fflfiJXM).  A  row  of  lmildlnga  in  Exe¬ 
ter.  IS .  If.,  on  t  he  2d ;  lo**,  >30,  ho  1  .Wool  house 
ui  U  atertown.  Mass.,  on  the  2d  ;  loss,  -^To.fKK) . 
Chemical  works  in  Brooklyn  on  the  Ith  -  lo?' 
fSO.tKKi.  Forty-five  pjac  s  of  business  in  Rlass- 
l>nrg,  Pa.,  on  the  fith  .  Twelve  houses  in  Lin¬ 
coln,  1 II.,  on  t  he  0th . .  Lynde  Hotel,  Rockland, 
Me.,  on  the  7th;  loss,  $7,500  ....One  aero  of 


Checac.-I  he  market,  tins  been  working  along  verv 
evenly.  The  better  grades  are  In  numlf  supply  and 
tlierc  ta  suflletent  business  to  create  stciuty  prices 
Hilppera  are  opeiatlnu  mainly  In  tho  common  and 
medium  descriptions.  The  Impression  is  thut  sum 
plies  are  pretty  well  forward.  1  ho  accumulated  etoek 
dtuimn<?<lV  y  wl£lCtl1’  U  f®  thought,  with  uu  ordinary 

We  quote  State  factory,  prime  amt  timer  lCwa. 
IWet*.;  with  Jobbing  mUi,'.*  nt  17o.;  do.  good., 

<!''•  fair,  U  ®  14>^o. ;  State  dairy,  prime.  15c  •  do 
Litr,  i.'IWig,  I4cu,  oljio  factory,  prime,  II),'  o’ lac  • 


- -  -  il  m  ii  1  mils.  -Best  Western  a  ipli 

Me.,  on  the  7th;  loss,  $7,500  _ One  aero  of  Rome  trade  iron  shipper  tpti„  v,. 

buildings  in  Woburn,  Mims.,  on  the  (It  it  ;  !•  '  1  ,  '  .  m<j  tubbing 

llna.  Unneclod  for  quflrtfirti  utul  nua 

provemant*  Ihe  public  debt  decreased  over  Lent.  Pnoej iare  tower,  nod  still  tend  down  ward^Wo 

five  millions  during  hebruarv _ 1  duty  of  35  quote . state,  u,Miu*yh-nntaaud  New  Jersey,  .'6xct,27Wc- 

per  cent  ha*  been  put  on  Maccaroni . Over  J8®*7c*5  fl°-  ordinary, 

t  hroe  millions  and  a-half  of  money  have  been  Sou‘1»rJ1>^ m&X. 

appropriated  for  ttui  Indians..  .The  Pomeroy  Flour.— Ttus  shipping  business  i*  much  better  and 
Committee  decided  that  Mr.  York  had  not,  Is aeonfident tone  m the  market" with  stfipniS^ 

proved  his  ease  Roth  houses  of  1  he  Cou-  b^SJr-'i«ur«mS?i“rl“*,3r  nt  Udvail'-,:<1  prices.  TradS 
press  adjourned  sine  die  on  Hie  4th . The  bill  &rflne"  tarn  ’ 

iriPrAitfiinir  f  Iwa  c.lunfjiLi  Kinl,  .  .***. t  .  ,  OUJJUriJIje  ffWtlJt. . . . . . 'ilL?,  ft  K.X 


1  discussed 


several  duvsln  the  He nlu  'lkL,  y  to  discussed  lands' doV.\Vr:."”V";::;"": . }  $ 

several  days  in  the  benate.  Good  w  choice  white  wheat  extras,  .‘i""  l  |vfj§  05 

- -  ,F'“i  to  very  choice  extra  Minnesota . ”  7  sg. jg  S 

SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS.  . \  | 

,«  .  „  „  -  ?0,c“ . ••-=:} |W1 

A  sen  mg  Machine  m  an  absolute  necessity  in  Rye,  common  tonne . 3  SV  10 

every  family.  In  making  a  selection  do  not  fail  Corn  n,ctl1'  Brandywino . ;;  BOfa  3  55 

to  examine  the  Wilson  Underfeed  at  their  Fnr«  and  «kius.— The  advanced  prices  recently 
magnitlcem  rooms  This  machine  is  meeting  doV^c^ 

with  unprecedented  success,  being  sold  at  a  less  conven  enUy  .,Pod.  Dealers  expect  current  i-rtcea 
rrk-c  than  any  .,„,cr  tot-claa,  p.acWne,  »„d  a,  B  (ZiTSSStt  TO 'Kiir.iS 
the  same  time  combining  to  a  greater  degree  all  ^UngforwircS  tObi  ^Otter  jnch.  feao-  l'<.^  m 
the  essemiais  of  a  family  machine.  Salesroom  j^°*f rub 
at  .0i  Broadway,  New  1  ork,  and  in  ail  other  cit-  XfJwn uV “alo  'or  strDicd,  i5 

ies  in  the  United  States.  The  c<  jmpany  want  g&t»tr®,U°  &rWck :  dhowua 

agents  in  country  towns.  .  ...  . 

,  Leu  1 1*. — Export  of  a  pic*,  past  wee  k  377, 

- *** -  J*”**'  There  is  no  Improvement  In  tUo  d«nmiid  for 

Bone  Fertilizers,  Lister  BROTHERS  of  New-  local 
ark,  N.  J.,  manufactnre  a  genuine  and  very  valu-  “®?"v  tre  "berries  are  dull,  and  a*  the  *ea.M.n  ii  iatlo 


Fra  it  is.— Export  ofa  pic*,  past  week  3  77s 
®  F ^Hm!0  m  V,J  improvement  In  tbu  dnniaiicl  for 

Upl>l6^.  IflC*  CAjiOrt  L-v  still  OH  (J  SVIltr’H  ncc%  ui  nt  «.  n  rl 

tne  local  Dode  is  iimufflclent  to  p  .  iff  ^ota 
tlon*.  (  iv.  oh.-rrlc -s  are  dull,  and  a*  the  season  fe  l  ite 
same  holder*  tmgtn  to  press  them  for  ec  1  r  Wiimin^ 
ton  nflluii  ilrm  *  idhnr.ort.  *.1*:. 


ysis  of  the  various  salt*  and  other  chemical  in¬ 
gredients  accompanying  every  package.  The 
reader  is  referred  to  tho  advertisement  in  an¬ 
other  part  of  the  paper. 


@10:  choice  bbls.,  *I0sdJ.  New  Wiimlncton  non 
UUtv  «i,2,m0P ;  Virginia. f  1.2-5*, | .05.  ton  do  C 

Sd.  Hickory  nuts.  >f 7c.  Pcenn8.  8@ac  ’ 

Grain.— The  foreign  markets  are  more  enconrn- 
f°  ^‘lppers,  and  a  fair  business  ls  gcfin  -  on  at 
steady  figures.  We  quote  nt  81.53Si.6D,  fSr  No,  2 


Spring,  >1.7d@1.80  for  No.  1  do.,  in  store  and  afloat, 
fcLNbvd.a-j  for  Winter  red  Western.  *1.85<$3  for  amber, 
ri>0a-M2)i  for  common  to  choice  white.  Prime 
<  an n da  barley,  FI.'U  Coin  is  mt her  easier  to  buy, 
with  e  slow  trade.  Sales  at  ihe.  for  fair.dd  mixed 
Western.  In  store,  Gifts.  for  choice  do.,  er.nVi'ye.  for 
avenue  lots  oi  now  mixed  We»ten»,i':!t..!,..r.ie.  tor  yel¬ 
low  Jersey.  Oats  are  steadily  held  at  dr.  tor  old 
mixed  Western  in  store  for  new  mixed  do.. 

ltodl.'>5e.  for  now  black,  4!>rxo2e.  for  new  white. 

liny  ami  s*irnw.  -As  the  time  dmws  near  when 
river  navigation  win  be  resumed,  there  i  s  an  Increas¬ 
ing  disposition  to  close  out  supplies  as  fast  an  possi¬ 
ble.  and  the  reau It  is  rather  misfor  prices  for  buyers. 

North  lUver.tl.10 from  store.  Kelall  oualnipH, «.30@ 
I.7U;  cJoyerat  liftc.iiJSl.  and  puli  at  Ste.:3.rt!.  Straw,  one 
rre,  at  *l.»0,itUU ;  short  do.  ai  S1.lv1.0;>:  oat  at  'JOc-Sifl, 
aod  Wheat  at  i!kj.  The  following  prices  are  obtained 
at  the  r jilruuJ  depots :  —  Retail  uxmiltlot.,  good  to 
prime,  31.60 ii  1^5  j  do.,  medium  to  fair,  SU20.aI.70;  ship¬ 
pers*  grade*.  ?U)>;  clover,  mixed,  fl, 1001.20)  clover, 
long  rye  straw,  $1.30;  short  do..  flOe.iiiHs  oat. 
R.iiJOc.;  wheat,  85c. 

Hops. -Trade  has  been  very  dull.  Brewers  are 
h  >. i ung  off,  awaiting  developments.  Holders  two  not 
<lP.ii.isod  to  make  further  concussions,  us  with  the 
cc-mp  iratively  small  supplies  uml  the  Indications  of 
moderate  receipts  i  rom  abroad  they  believe  that  brew¬ 
ers  will  soon  have  to  meet  their  views. 

Wu  quote  State  at  HI  ,'ic.;  Raetcrn,  m-50c. :  West- 
crn.4Vc.tic..;  old  growth,  i.-.Td,  M  olec;,  Bavaria.**,  to .t 
'“k*- .  i-uglish,  Subfile.;  Belgian. oi  Otflo.;  Californian,  5u 
Ct'jUC;  ’ 

Maple  Susmr, -A  few  samples  of  Southern  Ohio 
h  i  re  arrived,  it  has  gone  to  the  fancy  trade,  whore 
h  r  a  ul.s  at  The  color  I*  tine,  but  the  grain  is  a 
littio  liunh>r  tnan  suit,!  the  taste  here. 

Prijvislons.-Ho;:  products  throughout  urn  higher. 
Pork  U  in  ll  jhtveuelpt.un  I  m  is  obtained  for  new 
P  !!W*  "IW?  1  ’  Placed  to  Shippers  promptly.  Lard 
hi  contro  led  by  speculators  at  the  moment.  Beef  hums 
-  mourn  Western,  *d(ti33;  Texas  prime,  ***$31 ;  laird, 
8-,c.  for  Western  st-ou m  ou  cp.it,  8Xc.  for  March,  md 
b.!;c.  for  April.  Long  clear,  sc.;  short  clear,  hmc.  ; 
short  HI),  t.d$e.  .Mesa  pork  at  ?lii  for  spot  dellr- 
£rY,:,  •  ot  tern  prime  mess  tumil- 

n  diy  311-25,  Dressed  Itogs.oiCy.Otfi'.arjSc.;  Western.  ti« 
f/i.c-  Cut  in -"at  are  selling  at  »«4idtc.  for  lultns, 
loose;  ban.  lor  sUonldein.  loose;  f*t8«  cents  for 
piekled  bellies,  loose.  Boxed  dry-nulled  shoulder- 
!*V'.  Smoked  meat.,  at  ldfwD.sc.  for  loose  ham- 
>  in-  for  loose  Shoulder.-.  Tallow  at  ye.  for  prime 
st  ick,  Hoof  Id  selling  at  $3"  11.75  lor  rmrrele.i  new 


We  have  advices  from  abroad  for  the  middle  of 
February.  Our  {.melon  correspondent  says  cheese 
of  medium  grade  soil*  well,  and  stooks  of  flue  nearly 
OXtUUistcd.  Extra  A  inert  ua  tl  Is  qtiutod  at  72t«:74s. ; 
flue.  'Ovd'J  i.;  good,  UliaH-s.  The  Other  descriptions 
eell  as  follows  Kuglfih  Cheddar,  7ti6830«. ;  Wiltshire 
double.  T'.MtSOH. ;  Cheshire  medium,  lil’iwT2a.{  fine.  74® 
w's. .  Scotch,  7IK07I*.  Dili  eh  cheese—  Edams,  I’,5®li7s. ; 
Oondfts,  oOirUOa.;  Dorbv  shape,  SSiktlTa.  In  butter  the 
demand  continues  for  all  descriptions,  and  stock 
seriously  diminished.  Clonmell.s  sells  at  l;Mor  I  (Up. ; 
Cork*.  lafcyUOs.l  Dorsets,  laiujm. ;  Normandy.  luff? 
lot's.;  Canadian,  iomIIOs.  'I'ho  corresponding  prices 
last  year  were,  tor  Clomnells  bulter,  138s. :  Auierlean 
cheese,  72s. 

The  weather  In  Herkimer  Is  cold,  with  deep  snows, 
and  the  country  roads  are  bud. 


^flcnt.0’  Wanted 


MONEY 


Patent  Pruning  &  Slicep-Toe  Shears 

MANtrPACTPRKll  BY 

HXt2NTB.1T  SEVIYIOUR  <&.  CO., 

2£»  &  P  l  Rose  St.,  New  York. 


li  mpiHpwdh  Stencil  ,t  Key  Chock 
i  J V.'i1*.1  fl  V l0." '  samples  anil  nur- 
i.  sr  KNCttn.llt  Hanover  St.,  Boston. 

CLASS  :V,AU'k  011  1  KM  ALE. 
w  LHC  O  JMJa.  week  guaranteed. 
Sypipnt  at  home, day  or  w  enlng  :  no 
l  ull  Instruction, and  valuable  puek- 
Ad 1 1 it- -i.  with  tie.  ro- 
UL'.Nil  \  CO.,  JljCortlttncit  St.,  N.V. 


tloulars  f  rev 


FOR  AGENTS  V"' 1  l<\"y  >0  "'",k  with 

*  **  u  *•  *«  I  sj  Iiargest  cauh  par.  f-ilhiir  tenv 
cling  or  at  home.  Exclusive  territory.  New  plans 
specimens,  tornis,  etc.,  free.  Addv,  ™  „i,J  1 


etc.,  free.  Ad  civ 


•J ^**^Ji, V v* ••  1  *".V.  ivmit TsS.  at  IJiU’P, 

Ot  it  I'lKKalDK  FUIISN1>,  Chll'.'igb,  Ill 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


-I  l  Vl’u  -i.'rdt  -i  .  V 1 1 1 .  |,.  •  i  IiUd 

twelve  ulllurnnt  State  l'iilrs.  Highest  reeommenda- 
tlou  lroni  Hon.  It,  S.  Randall,  Fres’t  Wool  Growers' 
Akseeiation,  amt  author  “  Practical  Shepherd.”  Rec¬ 
ommendations  Xroiu  many  practical  shearers. 

“  The  Sheep  Shears  work  splendidly,  and  I  would 
not,  usic  for  any  better.  So  »uys  Mr.  Jcpson.  who 
shears  our  sheep,  and  lie  has  sheared  thousands.” 
(Signed.)  I,.  A.  CHASE,  Am.  Agriculturist. 

SsJ-SM  S2..10  ai^.AO  S‘i.75 

■  »  w  tlln.  bludn. 

”1  hive  tested  yoilr  Pruning  and  Sheep-toe  Shears, 
2ind  they  are  excellent.  I  U8Ctl  them  to  doek  the*  tail;* 
'd  ';lV  '-'el--  this  eason,  and  found  them  the  handi¬ 
est  instrument  for  that  purpose  l  ever  used  ” 

(Signed.)  H  KNIiY  8.  RANDAIiL. 

PRUNINC  SHEARS.  & 


Nkw  York,  March  8,  1878. 

Dt  imSESS  still  pervades  the  markets,  and  dealers 
Cuinpuiln  .if  heavy  losses,  biggs  are  now  so  plenty 
and  cheap  that  they  arc  largely  used  Instead  of  moat. 
Besides,  there  is  a  continuation  of  crowded  roads  on 
Bomo  or  the  routes,  whloh  prevents  getting  stock  for¬ 
ward.  It  in  very  nimoylng  to  the  ownov  of  a  drove  of 
cattle  to  have  them  roach  the  yards  late  In  the  after¬ 
noon  of  n  principal  sale.-i  day  after  buyers  ure  gone, 
and  thoro  Is  no  other  market  for  two  or  throe  days, 
it  costs  a  good  deal  lor  feed  and  cure,  utid  when  they 

are  offered,  buyer:  ehgg;  the; . *  ,  ? - •-  • 

preference  to  fresh  arrivals, 


I)  IMMEDIATELY 

MKN  and  LADIES  in  nr  for  post¬ 
il. ey  can  receive  8800 to  si.; oOayenr 
’  ou  completing  tlielr  course  at  the 
In,  O.  Address  M.  W.  CO  BB,  Pros. 


huyern  class  them  as  stale  stock,  and  give 

>  - - -;'77-  It  will  take  a  long  time 

for  the  roads  to  get  clear  of  the  vast  accumulations 
of  dead  freight  moving  Rust.  The  opening  of  lake, 
canal  and  river  navigation  will  ultimately  iilcttr  thorn. 

RECEIPTS  OP  MV  K  STOCK. 

Stn>i>i»  Ac 

.....  Hop  vet.  Cow*.  Culv<.fi.  [.aihVi«.  Hofte. 

Totals  this  week . 7,020  73  770  21,508  28,237 

last  week . 7,1-iii  132  i!21  2t,7l« 

Average  lust  year.... 8, 178  2,111  22.083  36.075 

Hcovpi*. — Receipts  are  a  little  less  than  they  wore 
fbo  previous  week,  but  they  are  -till  more  than  Mulll- 
Clerit  {or  present  wants.  Tip;  remnants  of  droves 
hold  over  nearly  every  night,  and  it  took  almost  the 
entire  W00k  In  Which  tn  work  olf  some  oi  the  lets, and 
even  then  they  figured  up  a  mss.  in  the  compel II Ion 
to  secure  cattle  at  the  dl.slrlbutingiliapota  of  Chicago, 
i  ittsbiirgh  ami  Buffalo,  buyers  run  .nor),  ai.n.yr  riitm 
wldrh  It  is  mi  tv  to  pay .  The  emam  of  the  trade  Just 
now  lies  with  Healer-  who  buy  of  farmers  or  feeders, 
hihI  tala*  to  tliOBif  wholpuulo  innrt  3.  Tbo  foo<l»uv  them  - 
selves  have  done  well  the  iiart  Winter,  buying  com¬ 
paratively  low  lust  Summer  and  Fall,  and  having 
plenty  of  cheap  corn  with  which  to  feed. 

Texans  begin  to  come  in  more  freely,  those  holding 
wintered  stock  diminishing  their  herds  to  make  room 
lor  fclio  fresh  or  Hpring  driva  from  Texas,  At  the  I  i^t 
marluit  day  mere  were  126  ear  loads  of  CtittTh 
u  vWtli  Mtre<;t,  <7  at  \vri‘t.»liaw U<»n  ami  (YZ  at  Ccnunmnt- 
paw.  making 4,831  head  on  sale.  In  paint  of  onallty 
there  -.vip.  the  UBiittl  range  of  HtUeO!4  ewt.  Texans  at 
.  up  to  choice  grade  DurltiimA  at  1  P  ;m  I  te.,  with 
iiow  and  then  one  picked  .ml  at  still  liiBIicr  figures. 
-Most  of  the  sulwtt  were  between  I  PTel'.’Ko.  The  dead 
meat.  iiKirket  i  continue  to  receive  Clilcago-dresjed 
heor.  and  there  l»  sumo  prospeet  that  u  will  t.miu  in 
remgcnitor  cars  nil  Summer. 

The  following  ure  tho  closing  prleos  for  the  week  in 
r<?I'l.P'V  IHllf1  Witt,  vvhrvt  cattle  hrouglit  one  week  ago, 
for  net  weight  of  beef :  K  ’ 

This  week.  Last  week. 

.  ,  Cents.  Cents. 

Choice  boeyes,  ei  ft . KBf  64  11  13  <»  1814 

Goo,  to  prime . 12  (6  13  11  1  $. 

'-"V . . H',  I.su-V  IF  I,  n« 

Average  sales . -  <>,)  u*  -  gjj 

.  flogs.  -With  lighter  receipts  of  live.  and  fin'd/*  h 


I  —*>  Business  new.  Novnt/t  v  Go.,  Sacb.Mo. 
AGENT'S  WANTED  for  (he  New  llluttratcd  Book 

WILD  LIFE  ;,7«  FAR  WEST. 

drotut  WILEY, WATBRJl AN  A  EATON, Hartford, Ot 

$*»0O  liACH  \\i 

Agents  wanted  everywhere,  llnalness  strictly  legiti¬ 
mate.  Particulars  free.  .1.  WORTH.  St.  Louts,  Mo. 

ENTS  VV A N'l'  KJ>  for  (hucluuraat.  lull.  ,t  und 
inoMt  •■llceiiye  lamlly  luedieal  book  ever  publish. 
Vi1:  !  |;A,IT"  AT  Ho.m  k.  Written  liy  the  CelcbiAted  Dr. 
!ioie.‘o^  .lolirniil  ot  Health.  Deals  with  nil  suOJOets 
delicatelyuml exhnualively.  Gireularn  sent.  Address 
8,  M.  BE  1  18  A  CO.,  Hartford,  Ct.,  or  Chicago,  III. 


Every  pair  warranted.  Free  by  mall  on  receipt  of 
price. 

Pruning  or  Sheep-toe  Shears,  $3  pt,v  pair. 

Sold  everywhere.  State  where  you  saw  this. 


R.  B.  PARSONS  &  CO, 

Offer  in  their  lnrge  assortment  of  all  the  R  EST  \  \ 
RTETIES,  especially  line  stocks  of  tho  following 

o F.rrtM  ors  la vvn-t r f.es. 

EVElt<iREENH -both  now  and  old  sorts. 

1 1 A  It  I*  \  and  TEA  KOSKS  strong  plants. 

It  HOIHlOP.N  fiRONS— grafted  and  Imrdy. 
FLOWERING  HIIUFBS. 

EVERGREEN  TUOR.V  f or  Hedges. 
Package:!  delivered  in  Ngw  York,  For  Catalogues 
nddress at  FLUSHING.  N.  \\ 


(ANVASSINC, 


Agents  are  selliiig  from  1,1  to  "J5  copies  of  this 
work  a  day,  and  we  send  a  canvassing  book  Irco  to 
any  hook  agent ■  Address,  stating  experience,  etc 
NATIONAL  PlTBUwill.NU  go.  PlilVa,'  Pa 


AGENTS  READ  THIS  A  MISTAKE  CORRECTED, 


Plants  by  the  Million 


To  Ftnri.ity,  Chiba  or  others  buying  in  iiunntlt  11,  my 
Monthly  Wholesalo  Circular  of  RtiSES,  BULBS, 
miscellnnooufl  GREEN-HOUSE  and  BEDDING 
PLANTS,  will  bo  sent  fren  on  application. 


SiC7icceidtr?z 

35  Cortlandt  Stroet,  N„  V, 


- -  , . .  V.-  ILCn  II  lll-lli;  II 

drowsed,  particularly,  arc  very  lirui, 
pi  line  lots  soiling  at  ft*..  There  are  sea roely  nnj 
'll  live  hogs,  nearly  all  tbo  stock  being  bought  1 
W  eel  tor  slaughtering  tlrum  hero.  Hog  produeti 
11  good  Inuuliy,  which  adds  mutorlally  to  the  ac 
^dresaedhog*,  Andgttll.ao  close  do  Maiigh 
wot  k.  that  ttioy  And  very  little  margin  for  profit. 


n  ,,  ,  . 4,..  TV  mil  UIIIADV/VII  IXlIJllfl Jl/U 

WIV‘'"  ll,'  lhc  b"ok,  and  /,.  will 
'till 'V  '  "  c"»v."  Circulars ,  i  ,5.,  aont 

Jit.e,  A  H K.\'l h  W  AN'i’KB.  Rend  for  terms. 


OUR 

Illustrated  ^Catalogues 


1*011  T  Kit  A  (  DATES. 
_  *  wbllwhci'w,  PliiTndolpiiia,  Pn. 

V|OR.HON  KEVEi.ATlONs  SENT  I' REE. 
Addie:.-  a.  HENLEY,  Publisher,  Omaha,  Nob, 

A  d  Month  I  Horse  and  carriage  f  umlshed. 


O  I  a  jriomii  1  ttorse  and  carriage 
~JtJ  Expenses  paid.  IJ.  B.SSILVW,  Alfred 


FOR  1873 


N  uiuberit) 
tainiug  \t  Colored  Plates,  *t* 
mailed  on  receipt  of  ‘25  cents. 

All  pit i-eliaNCVn  of  our  hooliH,  $) 
"  Gnrdciiilig  for  Profit”  or  **  Pru<’-**“ 
Floriculture,”  price  SI. .10  cnqli,  (pr< 
by  moll.)  arc  entitled  to  receivn  nbov 
oguPM  free  nutliially. 

JeieAsJjzA'ije/eAd  driiC^  k 

Seedsmen,  35  Cortlandt  Street,  New  York,  H 


I  v>  beautifui 

I  tmi  for  50  cents,  Ov 


OIL  (Tl R O.II OS  mailed 
'.  h.  RILEY,  Holland,  N.  Y. 


made  from  60c 


r  (P0»*  free)  f<  w  50c.  that  retail 

forilO.  B.  L.  WOLCOTT,  181  (thathftm  Hqnaro 

(hOn  ''  EEK  arid  expenses  paid.  Wc 

\  ill  ‘i  VY'oblo  Agent  m  ovru’y  County  in  tin 
OuU  A <lUr<;» i  HimImoii  River  Wire  Co 
T  w  w  Maiden  Lane,  N.  Y„  or  Chicago,  111 


I»r  ilny  I  Ag«nt.  wnntvil  I  Allrla  .  , 
PPDBIB,  of  vlliwf  m'at,  yniinjror  t*l*< r  m«f<i5  it 
*W»  inoTuvrir^ornll  tlmn  i 

fit***.  AiI.Ik.-m  fj,  S(jji  »oii  (V  <'*i,.  Porlli 


Uealtlifal  Climate,  Free  Homes,  Good  markets, 


OW  ’TI.K  done, 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


111 1:  xiic  i  ii  i:i:\  pacific 

lii  .4 1 1. ICO  A  I>  offers  for  sale  11b  I  .it  ntls  in 
('cniral  and  WeNieru  .lliniicsota, 

wmbraciug:  1.  The  host  of  Wheat  Land;  2.  Excel¬ 
lent  Timber  for  the  Mill,  the  Farm  und  the  Fire  ;  3. 
Rich  Prairie  Pasturage  and  Natural  Meadow,  watered 
by  clear  Lakes  and  running  streams— In  a  Healthful 
■Climate,  whirr  Fever  and  Ague  it  unknown. 

j  Lirnin  can  00  shipped  hence  by  lake  to  market 
ah  cheaply  us  from  Eastern  Iowa  or  Central  lllimds. 
“da rs  new  run  through  tlieso  Lands  from  Lake  Hu- 
perUir  to  Dakota.  Price  of  land  close  to  track  ft  to 
=fS  per  ucre ;  further  away,  t2.50  to  ft.  Sc  veil 
^  CO l’s'  (  I’l'dit  ;  Warm n led  Deeds;  Northern 
Pacific  7-BO  Itonil-.,  now  selling  ut  par,  re¬ 
ceived  for  land  at  $1.10.  No  0th or  unoccupied  I.unds 
present  such  adviinfugoa  to  aettlers. 

soi.i>ii:iss  tinder  the  New  Law  (March, 
1872)  get  1*0  acres  FREE,  near  the  railroad,  by  one 
and  two  years’  residence. 

IRANSFOinvilON  AT  KG. 
nVCGD  KATE  S  furnished  from  all  prin¬ 
cipal  points  East  to  purchasers  of  Railroad  Lands, 
and  to  Settlers  on  Government  Homesteads.  Pur¬ 
chasers,  their  wives  aud  children  carried  Iret: 
over  the  Northern  Pacific  Road.  Now  Is  the  time  for 
Settlers  and  Colonies  to  get  Railroad  Lauds  and 
Government  Homesteads  close  to  the  track. 

Send  for  l*uvnplilc|  containing  full  Informa¬ 
tion,  map  und  copy  of  New  Homestead  Law.  Address 
LAND  DEPARTMENT,  NORTHERN  PACIFIC 
RAILROAD,  ST.  PAUL,  MINN., 

OR  »J3  FIFTH  AVENUE,  COR.  NINTH  STREET, 
NKW  YORK.  1 


A  Punitive  Radical  Cure  for  Rupture.— The 

Elastic  Truss  Company,  at  No.  (183  Broadway,  New 
t  ork,  will  nond  their  Descriptive  Circulars  to  any 
person  afflicted  with  Hernia.  This  Truss  can  be  sent 
by  mall  to  any  part  of  the  country. 


$200  per  month 
made  selling 
OUR  NKW 

II.  S.  and  State 
Maps,  Charts, 

Etc. 


Salable  A  pro¬ 
fitable.  Send 

for  Catalogue  to 

K.  C.  BRIDG¬ 
MAN,  6  Barclay 
St.,  New  York. 


RtunoV?6  •  Jltti’cli  7.— Flour  quiet  and  dull 
vehila  lltt!*^e(l  Prices.  Wheat  dull  and  slightly  lower, 
ouim  rod  at  $1.70*4160.  Corn  Is 

tor  li'JtVV0'  0ilU  ilru  higher,  selling  at  t.VaUe.  But- 
tt  ltui  !>cs^  ""8  advanced  to  32®35u.  if* 

tatoe^T,?  iYW0.r'  !ic-  Anp  es.  50.480c.  per  busll.  Po- 
«nH'i1,'l0l"nDl*  al :  ner  bushel.  Hay 

W,L'  "<>ol  dull,  at  (55S5do.  V  m. 
SL7sl? V  °X!J.  ‘••Ejaor.  $7®7.'2H  n  uwt.  Sheep  pelts, 
ti.7vi2.a3  each.  Clover  seed,  $5.50*3,5.75  per  bush. 


HORSE  HOE 


«iu  1  un  BEST  AND  CHEAPEST 

liiMui.'ciii.v  Pulverizes  and  works  Sob, h  o^iaurs’ 
RAKE  Attach’t  workesttp!  weeds  out,  baa  Hilling  Plows 
First  Pr'  mium  SILVER  MEDAL  Nrw  England  F  i  -  1872 

Fflfil  F  SEED  SOWFR.  Plan  Is  in  Bills  or  Drill 
nlVrtorn^  4  ®izpH  Friccs  SO  to  £lG. 
CLIPPER  WHEEL  HOE,  $i  k  ;5,50.  Agent  -  WflntOd 
Aitilroii*  E.  D.  &  O.  B.  REYNOLDS, 
(Circulars  Free.)  North  BiunaEWATEit,  Mass. 


SHRUBS,  HIjAWTS  ! 

SPRING  OF  1873. 

B  *-’  in/bite  the  attention  <1/  Planters  and  Dealers  to 
feu  r  larye  and  cum-pIrU  /stock  of 

8iiimlard  nuil  Dwarf  Fruit  Trees. 
Grape-Vines.  Smnll  Fruits, 
prnuiiieniu I  Trees,  Shrub*.  Roses. 

New  null  Rnn-  l  ruil  and  (Iruomeutnl  Trees. 
Evergreens  und  Bulbous  Roots. 

New  and  Rare  Green  nod  Hoi-Uouse  Plum*. 
Small  parcel*  tor  wanted  Ini  mull  when  limited. 

Prompt  attention  given  to  all  inquiries. 

Descriptive,  and  I  Hunt  rated  orient  (Mainlines  sent,  we~ 
x.  -  P'B'L  [,u  TiLfipt  of  .fuini/ii,  nti  foltowa: 

-in'  J.  ~  Ktolti,  10c.  No.  t£  —  Ornamental  Trees, 
10c.  No. .{— (.reen-House,  I0c  No.  1-Wholesale! 
Free.  Address 

Hetabl’d  1810.  ELLWANGER  &  BARRY, 

Mount  Hope  Nurseries,  KOCH  K STICK,  N.  Y, 


COUNTilY  CHEESE  MARKET 


VV  1  a  ra  u  11  r.M,  10  hvory  l  ow  11. 

TV  us  agent  for  the  Collins  Steel  Plows.  For 
terms,  Ac.,  address  COLLINS  A  c*', 

212  Water  St,.,  Nev.  York. 


FARMERS  &  VILLAGERS  need  the  Planet  ('oniluo  t  Car¬ 
den  Drill, Wheel  Hoe,  Plow  and  Stibsoiler;  tin  oq  other 
Myles  for  Heals,  tert  ilium,  ami  lev 'old  rapid  hoeln/i 
Made  only  by  S.  L.  ALLEN  A  Co.,  113  3.  4th'  St.,  Phtid 


ESTABLISHED'! 


WESTSpSpP,®? 


(Tvecs,  Cecils,  plants!, 


cTvcc^,  %ccib,  plants,  &r 


Plants,  &c 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


The  Best  Extra  Early  Market  Pea! 

“EAST  HARTFORD  EXTRA  EARLY.” 


IMPORTANT  TO  FARMERS!! 

CORN  AND  NOT  COTTON  IS  KING. 

Cl  1  r rl  —  •'  Tltt  J.-,-,  n  Hn  ■»,!  tt  '  I 


James  K.  Murdoch,  the  actor,  Is  sick. 
IjRiGNOM  talks  of  suing  the  Parts  Figaro. 
Mary,  Queen  of  Boots,  Is  to  be  made  a  Saint. 
Boston  lias  an  Alexander  Dumas  association. 
P.  T.  Barnum  will  open  a  new  circus  in  March. 
Edmund  Yates  will  return  to  England  in 


Proved  to  be  eqnnllv  as  early  ns  Carter  s  F  irst  Crop, 
but  with  huger  pods,  nion-  nnd  larger  peas  in  the  pou, 
niore  productive,  and  i ■«?»*«  ..wnity  priifltabie. 

Higbt  ?V<  fe,t.  and  aflat  two  y.icr.lvp.  Y\  e  CO re- 
lully  select  our  seed  stock  e  very  year.  Mol  semi  It  ns 
fur  Aorth a S  the  Canada  Jim,  to  tie  grown. by  '"Ifly  , 
mul  experienced  hands.  Market  Gardeners  will  Bud 
this tln» larHmt  xftfftniwf  p.-oM.vus  Pe.itoAirow,  to  all 
odds.  Price,  per  bushel.  >W:  per  pOCk.J'S;  buys  free. 

We  -hall  hi-  1 1! eased  to  mull  our 

Illustrated  Seed  talalofciie  for  1873 

free  to  any  address,  nnd  bee  leave  to  assure  Garden¬ 
ers  nnd  Partners,  and  all  others  interested  lti  ‘arm¬ 
ing  flinl  gardening.  that  tie  s<  ode  we  ofTer  are  select¬ 
ed  iv  ith  particular  reference  t  * '  tin*  most  critical  trade, 
of  which  we  Imvc  the  most  ample  assurance  irom 
hundreds  of  customers  in  nil  parts  of  the  country. 

Address  Tt.  I>.  HAWLEY, 

Heed  nnd  Agricultural  \Yn rehouse, 
492  &  JOS  No.  .tin iu  Si..  Hartford,  Conn. 


30-H.OWKX>  COP  IV. 

It  is  ft  MS-rowed  Sweet  Com.  growing  from  12  to  15 
feet Ui  bight.  I .ust  year  planted  the  first  of  May ;  It 
was  sold  in  the  market  July  Wd-81  days.  A  later 
planting  was  ready  lu  TO  day 


ITS  CLAIMS 


It  produce*  more  corn  to  the  acre,  In  uny  variety  of 

"'n  uns  a  smaller  cob  than  any  horse-looth  variety. 
It  weighs  U5  lb*,  to  the  bushel,  sealed  measure, 
it.  bears  more  lull-grown  ears  of  corn  on  each  stalk 
than  any  large  Held  variety.  , ,  . 

It  can  tic  sown  broad  oast  on  land  from  whieu  w  heat 
bus  been  harvested,  folly  ripening  before  frost. 

The  spike*  slu  tot  out  within  1  our  feet  of  the  ground, 
consequently  the  crop  is  not  Untile  to  he  prostrated 
bv  high  winds  ;  It  Is  likewise  easier  to  gather. 

'it  can  be  stieecsHtnlly  grown  In  any  State. 

■1  lb*,  for  91.35.  Artdre** 

11 A  USUAL  A'  IlOHbAV.  IIoInIoii,  In. 


I  Introduce  this  season  a  new  tomato, the  CANADA 
Victoh  (see  reading  matter  In  this  puper),  tclruta  is 
vraljahlv  the  nirlUml  of  nil  rani'll**.  It  combines  Just 
what  is  wanted,  vlr...  extreme  carl 'moss  with  large 
slxc  the  round  shape,  solidity,  richness  of  color,  with 
an  entire  freedom  from  greenness  and  cracking 
around  Die  stem,  and  Orsl-elass  cropping  qualities. 
Single  packets  of  25  seeds.  25  «W.t  five  packet B,  fl. 
Packets  of  25  seeds  selected  from  the  few  very  carl 
est,50ct*.  each.  My  Seed  Catalogue  free  to  all.  Deal¬ 
ers  supplied  at  a  liberal  discount. 

JAMES  J.  H.  GREGORY.  Marblehead,  Mass. 


Justin  McCarthy  is  writing  a  novel  calico 
“A  Fair  Saxon." 

Standby  was  paid  $1,500  for  finding  Living¬ 
stone— and  fame. 

Bret  Haute’s  portrait  has  appeared  in  the 
Eclectic  Magazine. 

Gov.  Saeeoud  of  Arizona,  has  got  a  hill  of 
divorce  from  his  wife. 

The  late  Gov.  Geary  organized  the  first  lodge 
of  Masons  in  California. 

Ki,ebksch,  the  groat  mathematician,  lias  re¬ 
cently  died  at  Gottingen. 

Jui.ia  Ward  Howe  will  take  up  her  resi¬ 
dence  in  Santo  Domingo. 

Jennte  CObl.iNS  will  open  a  school  in  Boston 
to  teach  girls  housework. 

LOUTS  NapOI.EOn  w  as  very  devout  during  the 
last  year  or  two  of  ids  life. 

MRS.  Senator  Stockton  lias  the  reputation 
of  speaking  seven  languages. 

"GEORGE  Kotor'’  denies  that  she  lias  any  in¬ 
tention  of  coming  to  America. 

Dr.  Edward  Bbbciikk  and  Prof.  Raymond 
have  left  the  Christian  Union. 

A  clot  in  the  heart,  twelve  inches  long, 
caused  the  death  of  William  Cassidy,  editor  of 
the  Albany  Argus. 


Ha  WHO  APPLY.— Creaman  A  Bro’s  Descriptive 
Catalogue  anti  Guide  to  the  Flower  and  Vegeta¬ 
ble  Garden  for  1H73,  containing  a  beautiful  Colored 
pint,.,  «nd  a  large  number  of  fine  Wood  Engrav¬ 
ings.  Address  GROSMAN  HKO’S, 

[UsTABi.isiiED  1849.)  RochrsIWy  N,  I . 


ROSES  AND  BEDDING  PLANTS 

DY  MAXI.. 


r*OT  IPIjA-NTTS, 

Spitahle  lor  Ini  mediale  b  lowering 

SENT  SAFELY  BY  MAIL.  POST-PAID. 

r.  Splendid  %  arli  tie*  for  SI;  1  2  do.,  S2 

For  10c.  additional  we  send  ”  Ma(.'Mit(  KM’  Pus 
mu  m  Rose."  I'Jegam  Doiwrlptlvt*  Catalogue,  we. 

or  presented  free  to  every  purchaser. 

Tin:  UINGEE  ,V  I  ON  Alt  JI  <  O., 

HO,*K  GROWERS, 

IVcst  Grove,  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 


GRAPE  VINES 


No.  1—7  Monthly  Roses,  •<  Verbenas. 

No  2  fi  Rote  ■•.,  o  Verbenas,  2  Zonal  Geraniums. 

No.  8— 8  Rose*.  5  Verbenas,  2  Zonal  Geraniums,  1 
Double  Geranium.  _ 

No.  4— 4  Rosoa,  5  Verbenas,  2  Zonal  Geraniums,  1 
Double  Geranium,  I  HtBllST. 

No.  5-o  Rosen,  5  Verbenas,  7  Zonal  Geraniums,  1 
Double  Geranium,  1  Saiilax,  1  Fuchsia. 

No  6-2  Roses,  5  Verbena*.  2  Zonal  Geraniums,  1 
Double  Geranium, I  Smllux.l  Fuchsia,  2  (  ar- 

For  FIVE  lb ii. LARS,  we  will  send  the  Most  Com¬ 
plete  Assortment  ever  offered  for  the  money,  as 

'Five  IrlverblooujiiiK  Ttosi-s,  hi  V  ,*rbeoas.  2  Zonal  G0- 
mnluins,  2  Scented  GemnlanjS,  1  Double  Geranium,  i 
Fuchsia*.  2  CamsMnns,  3  Allernanthenift,  I  Regonla. 
1  Scarlet  sage,?Cliftir  Flowers.  1  Heliotrope,  1  Sad'  ix, 
l  Lot dioKpenntiiii,  I  Maur.iudiu,  1  Ahiitdnn.  1  Mesejn- 
hryabtlieiouni,  1  toleiis.  1  AchryuriLlol*.  1  Ageralam, 
1  Mali  unlit  Oflor.ilH.  1  Pansy,  1  Double Y  b  let.  1  Ilea 
Senile-roll!.,  I  Trude-Oftb'la.  1  Veronica,  l  fornmia 
Aslato  u .  2  I’anlcum  Varlegutom,  I  tinutilmlluTa  La¬ 
na  turn  milking  t  Ik-  most  complete  Outfit  for  r  low  cr- 
Beds  and  Hanging  Basket*. 

All  order*  snipped  in  •  •rder  < .f  their  reception.  W  e 
can  make  no  change-  in  the  above  collections,  and 
would  refer  those  who  do  not  wish  plants  as  above  to 
our  Price  Ust.  which  will  be  sent  free  to  all  appli¬ 
cants.  »«•"  We  cannot  send  less  than  *  1  worth  of 
plants  by  twill.  „  ,  a.  ...  asav. 


tT  «end  for  Circular. 


N  ..rl  It  F.nst  Pit 


Ptj:  *  y\  o  nnv,  RAspherry 
A  Itlai  ’..berry  Plants,  Grape 
Vines.  Currants,  kv.  —  nvtr 
.in  j  i ,*>•  •  at  low  rates. 

3d.  N.  WILSON, 
Maccd'-n,  Wayne  Co.,  N.  Y . 


ALL  LEADING  VARIETIES 
Genuine,  cheap.  I  • 


Choice  Plants  and  Trees 

01.11  II  BOTH  lilts.  Growers  <>f  Ornamental 
Trees.  Pin  tits  anil  Flo  went.  Send  for  Catalogue. 

Newark  Nursery,  Newark,  N.  J. 

]  jite  of  Springfield,  Maas.  _ 


BSTHR  1830> 

COM  1WEEI3.CZ  AZi 

KT/B.323R.XES. 

ft  The  New  UlrcwTar  of  Prices  F  (lo7., 
’  1(X),  lOUO.  tiou  ivacy, enumerating  uuiiiy 

IT  RARE  ANP  BCAItTirul  TRIES  AND  KANTS. 

bend  f<>r  It.  and  avo  all  conimls  iions. 

\V,  s.  LITTLE,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

To  Farmers  and  Marketmen. 

You  want  none  hut  t  ie  very  beet  of  seed,  grown 
from  carefully  selected  seed  stock.  With  the  money 


1873 


FRUIT  STOCKS 


itoch  ami  I’oulttii 


Pear,  Plum,  Cherry.  Quince,  and  Si 
Send  for  Price  List.  W-  A.  1 

Mt.  Pleasant  Nursery 


1  liver  Spangled  Poln.ii.la,  -Warranted  pure. 
*1  per  pair.  E.  O.  BD  It  DWELL,  Penn  Van,  N. 


I  send  our  iDbUKTRATKll  CATALOGL  K  to  all 
,f  pure  and  reliable  Finn  el-  iV  Vegelillile 
■M  e  sell  none  but  Die  best.  Address,  with 
J.  T.  SMITH  &  SONS,  HrOHtWOOn»  >*•  H. 


TAGUS  FOB  1IATC  IIIML-l  K«MI  DA  II  K 

lli  and  Light  Brabnnis:  Partridge,  White  and  Bull 
Cochins.  From  First  Premium  strains.  Address 
with  stamp,  W.  I.  HOWARD,  East  Saginaw,  Mich 


It  11  Ell  FOWLS  AND  EGGS  FOB 

Brahmas, Cochins.  Huudan*.  Hamburg's, 


Leghorns,  Games,  Bantams,  Rouen  Ducks  and  Broti/.e 
Turkeys,  Send  for  Illustrated  Circular  and  Price 
I„tst  W.  K.  STITT,  Columbus,  Wls. 


>B  EH  It  H  STAN  DA  BO  AND  l’ EDI  LB  II 

FOWLS  FOR  SALK.  French  Asiatics,  Dark 
ralimns  and  Game  Eggs,  Hi  per  dor.  Derby  am! 
uck-Wmg  Game  Eggs,  from  tu*  celebrated  strains 
12  per  dox.  Only  a  limited  number  tor  sale.  Ad- 


MASSACHUSETTS  SEED 


MY  ILLUSTRATED  POULTRY  CATALOGUE. 

Send  for  »iv  Descriptive  List  of  the  best  varle- 
tlesof  Poultry  known.  JOHN  B.  1VKH,  Snlcin,  Muss. 


Of  my  uwil  growing.  Send  for  my  last  oi  Scats, 
and  not  be  db, appointed  by  sowing  old  and  worthless 
8aod.  JOHN  S.  1VKS,  Salem,  Mass. 

f|t\\4»  MILLION  Forced  Trees  and  Seedlings 
L  Tulip,  Linden,  Magnolia,  W.  Ash,  Am.  Clu-.-lnut 
Sutjat  M  inlr.  Trees  only  fdja-rLOtW:  hecdlinsa  very 
low.  8aionlo  1iX),  privpai«l.  rAj.  t  iitaujKJic*  fton*  A”’ 
dress  J-  JJCNK 1 NH,  Box  45.  Winona,  (Jol.  Co.,  Ohio. 


For  I  SI  .‘1.— 150  pages;  beautiful  colored  plate ;  fi 
lists  of  the  best  Vegetable  and  Flower  heeds;  Novi 
tics;  Florist  Flowers;  Summer  Bulbs,  Ac.-t  lie  mo 
Complete  Seed  Catalogue  published.  Scut  On  rocei 
oi’  two  t wo-m*nt  Btarop.^  for  po&tuxo.  tsHidu  warrai 
ed  to  reach  tie!  purchasers. 

no i  Et  a  c  u.i 

AJ  North  Market  St.,  Boston,  Mass, 


OUE  CATALOGUE 


•scud  lor  futuloiines. 

No.  1.  Descriptive  of  Fruits,  pp.  >1.  No.  2.  Descrlii- 
tiveaud  Illustrated  of  the  Ornamental  Dep’t,  pp.  W. 
No.  3.  Wholesale  Trade  List  for  Dealers,  pp.  16. 


of  Small  Fruits.  Bulbs.  Seeds,  Potatoes,  etc.,  will  bo 
mailed  free  to  all  »P®'V&AMKR, 
New  i  .tootle,  Westchester  Co.,  N.  \  . 


From  Light.  Brahmas,  Buff  and  Partridge  Cochins. 
Inclose  stamp  for  Circular.  S.  MERRY ,  lllon,  N.  Y . 


geritlistrji, 


AD.MINISTBATOBS’ 

CLOSINC-OUT  SALE 

Of 

Plants,  Vines,  Flowers,  Grecn-Honse  and  Bed¬ 
ding  Stotk, 

ON  TILN 

^  i/.. a**  r u.iii  r p hi  n ml  m*i 


The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 


For  Spring  of  1873 


ALFRED  BRILGEMAN  &  SON, 

S?6  Jtfoadiruj/.  \eir<  York, 

Growers,  Importers  and  Dealers  in 

Vegetable,  Field 

— AND- 


GROIM)  BONE, 

BONE  MEAL, 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Fresh  Bone  8u perphohphnte  oi  Lime,  or 
Dihhoived  Bone,  Send  for  Circular. 

LISTEB  BROS.,  Newark,  N.  J. 


John  Sn ill’s  (.’ntnlogue  of  New  and  Beautiful 
Plants  will  bn  ready  lu  February,  containing  ft  beau¬ 
tiful  colored  plate  of  tlic  “Quoen  of  Primroses” 
(Primula  Japonlca),  mailed  free  to  all  my  customers; 
to  others,  price  10  t-ts.  A  plain  copy  to  all  applicants 

JOHN  SAUL, 

lVasliingtoii  City,  ID.  €. 


This  superior  stock  will  be  positively 
CLOSED  OUT  THIS  COMING  SPRING 
at  prices  lower  tlmu  ever  before  offered  In  this  coun¬ 
try.  Catalogue  now  ready.  Address 
y  “li.NO'Y.  ESTATE,  Lock-Box  155, 

Pittsburgh,  Pn, 


Garden  Tools  and  Horticultural  Books. 

Our  annual  priced  Catalogues  arc  now  toady, 
nnd  mailed  rice  to  till  applicants.  They  contain 
all  the  lending  and  most  popular  sorts  of 

Vegetable,  Field  and  Flower 

Seeds,  including  all  the  roost  desirable  Euro¬ 
pean  novelties  iff  the  part  season . 

WHITE  PROBSTEIER  OATS 

Have  produced  117  bushels  on  Jour  acre*.  Straw 
strong;  tlfff  MAM-  to  toihv.  Hulls  thin.  Weight,  38 
lbs.  per  bush.  Price,  *1.50  per  blisll.  A  Iso,  Kxcelsior 
Oats,  Seed  Com,  Potatoes  and  Garden  Seeds,  r-ond 
two  stamps  for  Circular  and  samples  of  outs.  Herh- 
shire  Pigs,  from  imported  stock,  tor  sale  in  tlio 
Spring.  Wm.  Nkivtun,  Henrietta,  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y . 


In  the  world  is  obtained,  witbout  cqst.  by  uslng 
Goux’s  Absorbent  Closet  nnd  Uriual.  Ware- 
rooms,  cor.  Varick,  Yostry  and  Canal  bt«M  New  j  ork. 


PEACH  TREES',  *«()  PER  M.-WILMON 

Albany  Strawberry,  f3  J>er  M.  Monarch  of  the 
West,  $3  per  dot.  Philadelphia  Raspberry,  *b>  per 
M.  Wilson  Karly  Blackberry,  $20  iter  M.  Conovers 
Colossal  Asparagus  Roots,  W  pur  XL,  1  yeav ;  *<j  per 
M  ”  year;  seed,  $1  per  lb.  Karly  Rose,  *1.^1  per  bhl. ; 
10  bbU.?  fio:  Late1  Rose,  K  per  bid.  more.  Extra 
Early  Vermont,  4  lbs.,  post-paid,  by  mail,  fJ.  Also, 
general  variety  of  Ismail  Fruits  and  1  otatucs.  8end 


'9*^  W-  WWW' 

Ktalocue 


SYRACUSE  NURSERIES. 

-700  ivcxrns. 

ipple  and  Pear  Trees 

toclaBy  in  large  supply,  and  of  the  very  best  qual- 
r.  Also,  u  general  assortment ,  of 

Address  MI  1  TU  A  l’< l \\  ELL, 

fsyrncBsc,  N.  Y. 

\  BURR  AS,  NORTH  FAIRFIELD,  O., 

I.  Grower  and  Dealer  In  Garden,  Field  and  I’ lower 
ieds.  Bulbs,  Seed  Potatoes,  Sweet  Potato  and  other 
ants.  Send  fur  Catalogue.  State  you  saw  this  in 


I  was  the  first  to  introduce  to  the  public  the  Hub- 
hard  Squash,  American  Turban  Squash,  Marblehead 
Mammoth  Cabbage,  Mexican  Sweet  Corn,  Phlnney  » 
Water-melon,  and  many  other 

NEW  AND  VALUABLE  VEGETABLES. 

This  season  I  have  a  new  and  exceedingly  valuable 
squash,  new  varieties  of  corn,  three  fine  melons,  ana 
other  choice  new  vegetables  for  uiy  customers. 

My  business  is  to  supply,  what  every  good  farmer  )- 
anxious  to  get.  the  wry  br*t  of  vegetable  seed,  t 
grow  a  hundred  arid  fifty  kinds  on  ray  four  seed  farms, 
right  under  my  own  eye,  mil  Way  new  regetaulrx  " 
zvictaUt/,  besides  Importing  their  choicest  varieties 
from  European  growers-  A  fine  selection  or  flower 
seed,  home-grown  and  imported,  will  also  bo  You  mini 
iny  Catalogue,  which  will  be  sent/m  t.o  all  applicants. 

As  staled  Id  ray  Catalogue,  ail  my  seed  is  sold  under 
three  warrants.  1st:  Taut  n It  money  tent  shall  reach 
Tin.  2d  :  That  all  teed  ordered  thall  reach  the  pu/renattr, 
3d  ;  That  mu  trail  shall  be  fash  and  true  to  nurn  : 
Lockport,  N.  Y.  JAMES  J.  H.  GREGORY.  Marblehead,  Mass. 


FLOWER  AND  VEGETABLE 


THE  FLOWER  GARDEN. 

A  QUARTERLY  MABAZINE  OF  FLORAL  PROGRESS 

HniiipleN  nnd  Cuinloguca  free, 

TERMS : — One  Dollar  a  Y’enr.  Every  Subscriber  en¬ 
titled  to  one  dollar's  worth  oj  flower  xads  or  bulbs  Jrom 
our  Catalogue.  BEACH,  SON  &  CO.  G'onMKKLY  a 
L.  AtI.ES  k  Co.).  Seedsmen,  Bulb  Merchants  und 
Florists,  76  Fulton  8t.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


Elecast  Boots  oa  Window  Gardeniag,  etc, 

GIVEN  AWAY 


as  premiums  to  our  customers.  See  mu-  richly 
illustrated, tinted  <  Jut  aloene  f,  »r  1873, row  read  v 
Free  to  all.  WOOD  &  HALL,  Geneva,  N.Y. 


LEE  S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES 


I  AAA  FRUIT  AND  OK  N  A  - 
l.ljUlf  -RENTAL  TREES,  for  the 

udo.  Standard  Pears.  Apples.  Plums.  Cher- 
•hes,  nnd  a  general  Jtno  of  .N  ursery  btock. 
DiKD  AND  DWAItJ 
Local  und  Travclin • 


Wholesale  nnd  General  Supply  Nurseries. 
An  immense  stock,  of  superior  quality,  at  low  prices. 

cy Osage  Hedge  Plaara  by  the  1,000  oi 
1,000,00.).  send  for  HUOrt., 

Lee’s  Sarnmit,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 


I  send  two  packets  flower  seeds  free  to  any  one  send, 
lng  a  post-paid  envelope.  _  , ,  ,T 

W,  b.  DIMUN.  Jr.,  Seedsman,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


ADDntM  Hi 

P.  K.  DEDSttll 


H  45 


NEWS  CONDENSER. 


$mpLrmfut#  and  ittaduncnj. 


3Uw  $uWlration.<i. 


Plowing  has  commenced  in  California. 

—  Railway  tariffs  are  to  bo  regulated  in  Ohio. 

—  Indiana  is  engaged  upon  the  Ohio  Liquor 
Law. 

—  Iowa  refuses  to  establish  capital  punish-  ] 
ment. 

—  The  University  of  Michigan  needs  more 
money. 

The  reddish  belt  around  Jupiter  has  disap¬ 
peared. 

—  The  national  debt  of  Japan  now  amounts 
In  $1 10,000,000. 

Georgia  is  to  raise  $1,209,000  by  a  direct  lax 
on  the  people. 

Mormon  agents  arc  reported  negotiating  for 

land  in  Mexico. 

—  An  opera  season  of  two  weeks  in  Chicago 
produced  $42,538. 

■  Michigan  and  Wisconsin  have  sent  congrat¬ 
ulations  to  Spain. 

Ilra/.il  has  a  population  of  10,000,000,  includ¬ 
ing  2,000,000  slaves. 

The  colored  people  of  Cincinnati  celebrated 
Lincoln's  birt Inlay. 

Pori)  persons  a  day  aw  dying  at  Kin  de  Ja¬ 
neiro  of  yellow  fever. 

The  Emperor  has  approved  the  bill  for  elec¬ 
toral  reform  lit  Austria. 

The  Prussian  I’oart  will  mourn  throe  weeks 
for  the  Empress  of  Austria. 

—  A  new  railroad  is  needed  between  Xew 
York  and  boston  ever)  ten  tears. 

Thu  bees  of  the  United  States  produce 
$8,000,000  worth  of  honey  annually. 

An  English  lady  has  been  lined  $200  for  giv¬ 
ing  a  good  character  to  a  bad  sorvunl . 

—  The  Germans  think  the  abdication  of  the 
King  of  Spain  was  caused  hy  French  intrigues. 

A  controllng  Interest  In  the  Cuban  cable 
has  been  purchased  by  l  tie  Western  Union  Tele¬ 
graph  Co. 

Immense  quantities  of  damaged  grain  from 
Brooklyn,  X.  Y.,  are  still  being  brought  to  the 
Connecticut  Valley,  in  enrich  the  soil  for  to¬ 
bacco. 

—  Europeans  are  amusing  themselves  with  a 
book,  purporting  to  give  the  letters  the  Grand 
Duke  Alexis  received  from  young  ladies  while 
In  this  country. 

A  dock,  formerly  the  property  of  General 
Washington,  was  disposed  of  at  a  sale  In  West 
Philadelphia  last  week.  The  case  Is  of  polished 
ebony,  richly  mounted  with  ormolu  gilt  orna¬ 
ments. 


MAY  &  STOCK  SY A fiKS. 

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A  NEW  VOLUME  COIVIIYIENCED  JANUARY,  1873. 

FIRST-CLASS  ILLUSTRATED^ GARDENING  PERIODICAL. 

Published  Weekly,  price  lid. ;  free  to  America.  Id. 

THE  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE, 

Ciottaflf  c^imh’iu'v,  and  t!'  ountvy  Gentleman. 

A  CHRONICLE  OF  THE  HOMESTEAD,  POII/1 RY-YARI),  APIARY  AM)  DOVECOT. 

CONDUCTED  BY  (,\  W.sIOIlNBON,  F.K.H.B.,  &  ROBERT  HOGG.  LL.D.,  F.L.9., 

Assisted  by  a  Staff  of  the  beet  Writers  on  Practical  Gardening,  and  other  Burn  I  Pursuits  connected 

with  the  Household. 

This  long  established  and  widely  circulating  Journal  consists  of  Thirty-two  Pages  of  Letterpress,  with 
occasional  Supplements  of  Eight  additional  Pages ;  mid  is  richly  illustrated  with  Wood  Engravings  In 
the  highest  stylo  of  the  art. 

The  subjects  treated  .m  embrace  every  Department  of  Garde  ning  and  Kunii  and  Domestic  Economy, 
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Biographies  and  Portraits  of  the  most  celebrated  Horticulturists. 

Reviews  oi  New  Books  relating  to  the  above  subjects:  Reports  of  Horticultural  and  Poultry  socie¬ 
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To  Advertisers  the  “Journal  ol'  Horticulture”  will  lie  found  a  valuable  and  effective  meriluuq  from 
Its  extensive  circulation  among  tliu  middle  and  upper  classes.  A  Specimen  Number  sent  by  post  for  Id. 
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WrHti'ori's  Return  Hu  Her  Put  I,  and  al  <n  manu¬ 
facture  very  extensively  Butter  Firkins,  11  df-FIrkln 
Tubs,  'Jri-jn iii nd  Rutter  Pulls,  Well  Buckets,  Ac..  Ac. 
Our  goods  are  marked  with  our  mime,  and  ure  for 
sale  by  ull  first-class  dealers. 

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Mallory  &  Sanford  Flux  Machine  Co's  new  and  im¬ 
proved  Max  Brake*  are  the  best  In  any  market.  Easily 
worked,  strong,  and  very  desirable.  Also,  Hemp 
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GRUT  wmmjad&s-m  v/n„..„ 


^Ui.'SccUnncous;. 

1YATEMT  ATTORNEYS.  J.  Met'.  Pruitt  v8*Co..M57th 
I  St-,  Washington,  D.  C.  Correspondence  solicited. 

WESTERN  TIOMF.S. 
WITH  EDI  GATIONA1.  I  AGILITIES. 

TIIA  V  KR  COLLEGE,  S.  I>.  OOCHRAIN,  D.  1)„  Pres’t, 
id  KUlder,  Missouri,  on  the  ii.  ,V  St.  Jos.  It.  It.,  Is  now 
Open.  Farmers,  Mechanics.  Tradesmen,  and  others, 
secure  a  hoiuestcuii,  early,  m  low  prices,  where  your 
children  can  lie  well  educated,  and  where  a  tine, 
healthy  climate  and  very  fertile  soil  will  enable  you 
sooil  to  gain  U  competency.  Address  A.  METZ, 
Agout,  Now  England  Colony,  Kidder,  Mo. 

• 

WONDERFUL,  SCIENTIFIC!  AMI  V  UUS- 

7*  ING.  WK1HU  are  the  APPARITION  RINGS, 
ft-  silvered  rings,  Seieutlfleully  combined,  forming  the 
OHKATEST  puzzle  ever  produced.  i  ild  and  young  will  I 
*tiuiy  it  with  bonetlt.  sent,  pre-pal d,  boxed  and  full 
directions,  for  only  80c.;  4  for  *1 ;  12  for  $2.  Can  bo 
hud  only  from  UNION  M’F’G  CO.,  Hinsdale,  w  H. 

HOW  SHALL  WE  PAINT 

OUR  HOUSE? 

Is  the  title  of  a  very  interesting  and  valuable  bonk, 
giving  praetieal  bints  on  painting  -thus  enabling 
every  man  to  be  his  own  painter.  Sent  free  on  ap¬ 
plication,  by  A.  REICH  A  CO., 

•il  l  I'eiirl  Si.,  New  York. 

$100,000  FOE  ONLY  $10. 

TEN  THOUSAND  CASH  GIFTS,  aggregat¬ 
ing  £.>00,000,  will  be  distributed  by  )ot  to  patrons 
rd  the  Third  Grand  Gilt  Concert  in  aid  of  the 
Public  Library  at  Ivy.,  nt  Louisville,  Ky., Tues¬ 
day,  April  S,  1873.  Gifts  range  from  SIM  to  Si  <)<),. 
MOM,  nil  cunti.  W bole  tickets  $10,  halves,  sS,  quar¬ 
ters  t'.’.cO.  The  llrst  Concert,  Doe.  hi,  |S71,  and  second, 
hoc.  7, 1872,  went  off  with  great  success  tuid  received 
universal  approval  for  the  scrupulous  integrity  with 
which  they  were  conducted  and  promptness  with 
which  gifts  were  paid.  For  tickets  and  full  informa¬ 
tion,  address  llnu.  Thus,  K.  Hriimleiti',  Agent 
for  Trualoen  Public  Library  of  Ky.,  Library  Building, 
Louisville,  Ky. 

“TJSYCHOMANCY,  or  Soul  CImr.ning.” 

J  How  either  sex  may  fascinate  and  gain  the 
love  and  ntfecUonB  of  any  person  they  chuose,  in¬ 
stantly.  This  simple  mental  acquirement  all  cun 
possess,  free,  by  mall,  tor  25  cts.,  together  with  a 
Marriage  Guide.  Egyptian  Oracle,  Drowns.  Hints  to 
Ladies,  Wedding  Night  r-hirt,  Ac.  A  queer  book. 
Address  T.  w LULLS  M  &  GO..  Publishers,  Phlla. 

OPIM-BATISC  ANTIDOYK SKSSSSSSSSSSSE 

pend  stamp  for  treatise  •*  On  Opiiuu-Kating  and  Us 
Cure"  to  VV.  B.  SQUIRE,  M.  J),,  Worthington,  Ind. 

rTHE  PEOPLE'S  PUAGV1CAL 
x  POULTRY  UOOIC  s  A  Worlc  on 
the  Breeding,  Rearing,  Care  and 
General  management  of  Poultry. 
By  Wm.  M.  Lewis, 

This  Is  one  of  the  finest  eotten-uo  works  on  the 
subject  on  which  It  treats,  for  Ha  size  and  price,  of 
any  publication  of  the  kind  In  this  country.  It  la 
finely  and  profusely  Illustrated,  and  printed  and 
bound  in  extra  style.  Contains  224  large  octavo 
pages.  Bent,  by  mall,  post-paid,  for  W JO.  Address 
I>.  D.  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

1/  •  5  BeeUnuiu  fit,,  New  York. 


PITTSBURGH  PA 

DonblA,  Single.  Miissfe  and  Breech-Loading  Bides 
Shot  Guns,  Revolvers,  PistolB,  Ac.,  of  every  kind, 
for  men  *>r  boys,  at  very  low  prices.  Guns, $8  to  WOO; 
Pistols,  f  1  to  tL. 

The  Louden  Hay  Carrier 

tflevates  the  hay  prrprinUruhirty  from  the.  load,  rdf- 
lies  It  boritontaUu  ("any  part  of  the  mow,  and  returns 
tlic  empty  fork  buck  to  the  load,  Pitches  Into  a  win¬ 
dow.  Stocks  in  tlm  field.  Suvos  Its  cost  every  sea¬ 
son.  Sec  illustration  on  page  15s  of  UrilAl,  Nk.W- 
YoRKHit  of  .March  8.  Agents  wanted.  Send  stamp 
for  Circular,  Prices  a  ml  Terms. 

LOUDEN  MTIJ  WORK S, 

I'niilicld,  Iowa. 

CAHOON’S 

BROADCAST  SEED  SOWER. 


Sows  all  kinds  of  Gruiti  and  Grass  Seed.  Ono  man 
can  do  as  much  work  with  the  Hand  Hardline  as  five 
mot)  can  do  without  It.  Price  of  Hand  Machine,  $10. 
l  have  agent*  in  all  partsof  tliecountry.  Send  stamp 
for  Circular.  D.  II.  GOODKLL, 

Sole  Manufacturer,  Antrim,  N.  II. 


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hlned  Set'll  •  <j.~  -v 

Sower  and  l  it  f  Jr 

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53  Beekman 

St.  New  York. 


r  Send  for 
Circular. 


T  Til  ROVED  FOOT  LATHES, 
Fjrrl  A  With  Slide- Rest  and  Fittings.  Just 
/STY  I  the  thing  lor  the  Artisan  or  Amateur 
iHU  ''n  Turner. 

Also,  HAND  PLANERS. 

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of  them.''  Selling  In  all  parts  of  the 
country,  Canada,  Cuba.  Europe,  Ac. 

Bend  for  descriptive  Catalogue. 

N.  II.  BALDWIN.  Laconia,  N.  U. 

KIDDER’S  PASTILLES  •  for  Asthma. 

Price  40c.  by  mall.  Btowell  &  Co.,  Charlestown,  Mans. 


^mplcttwntsi  mui  pUfUinevy. 


20,000  sold  Mat  year.  i  pwnrds  of 
50,000  sold  fur  ls7X  slimv  ibis  to 
your  in,  reliant ;  u  -k  him  to  let  you 
try  one,  Votl  will  not  purl  with  it 
for  twice  its  oAd.  Made  only  by 
PETERS  BROTHERS'  MANU¬ 
FACTURING  COMPANY,  Mar¬ 
shall,  Mich, 


u c al  j) n£tru m  c nt^ . 

Cimrcft  and  Parlor  Musis. 

IX)  MM  cash  for  double-reed,  six  stops.  Pnwerful- 
ti meil  organs.  Warranted  the  best.  cash  for 

; -octave,  rosewood,  curved  leg,  fully  warranted 
Pianos  WM.  A.  POND  A-  CO., 

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m ’Mp  NCW) 

sms 4s 

This  M^\oh\no  with  pYi'*<*nt  ImprovoriMiui •  K'^rnnltM.ij  to  lovil 
«vcry  of  tht)  honHnhutH,  for  olthor  nlnln  »»r  fum  y  work.  U 
knits  All  ni40« 0f dtoukliitfs  «tu|  Socki,  will*  1hh«1  uml  too 
ami  |h  h  in:vtir-(|iiiHn|lf  sotin.o  of  nmff*(*mniit  to  Itulici  ol  ItUur**, 
well  iu  prtotSt  DM 'l  *  uy  aupport  to  tJuv*o  thnt  rcjulro  it* 

A^entH  wwitoti  tsyory  whero  by  the  Bickford 
KNrrntfa  Machink  C‘omi-\ny.  Dana  UtciCFOKiJ, 
President  nml  General  Bu»iueS$  Sul>L>  Brond- 
way,  New  York. 


' IT''* a  • 

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IlilMaGOo 


^>,*Wt?5KficvrT,Yi-^iW  Yen  a»k  WHY  we  ran  srll 
Fi'  l  Uia.-i  7  Octave  I’innos  l»r 
.9200?  We  answer  —  It  costs 
i  ili-iii  $300  to  make  any 

30  00  ,1  '::i!in  Kr,ld  llirougli 
n  v  sjte  iCv  fev-tJ  -V  11 '.  ’til  nfw'JiCUi  nmkc  I0O 

Wi  H  ;  Uv  V  ?'.»  per  OK  l't-nt.  We  Imve  no 

r5  R  n  iC  Art  'i's.  but  f.hlp  diroel  to  fumi- 

V  vi.  M  k).  V  II  at  Faetwy  pvle e.imd  wammt 

5  Yelr',  Sfnd  f, , r  1! Mint r;,l eb  -nhir,  (n  width  wo  refer 
to  ever  500  Bn'ikera,  kltrclmuts,  >v  - .  (seine  uf  whom 
V"U  iiisv  Kiiewi,  using  our  Piaii'is.  In  44  states  and 
Territories,  l’leasi'  stale  where  von  .-aw  this  notice. 

U.  S.  Piano  Co.,  OU5  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


V  vJ.  M.  Ull  -  ni  I'luriory  prlw.  mil  wammt 
6  Ye-ir f-rrd  f,>r  lllustryli'd  eii'-ulsr,  ill  which  we  refer 

•  M.  n  IV  .  .  1  Vl  l  »  .  ,  .......  .it*  ii-Ii.itiV 


9TeU’  4'ukUcutioni's'. 


HftllV  in  f*TC  ^(ir  two  numlicvs  of  tile  now, 
UilLV  A  LI  i)  1  Oi  lllustruted  paper.  Mv  Own 
Firichidk.  A  ffiClirinnu  and  t  he  paper  only  tl  a  year. 
JONES  ,V  HADLEY,  Publishers,  170  Broadway,  N.  Y. 

O.  DITSON  A  CO. offer tlicw new, fretdi, genial 
Juvcnlln  song  Uooka  to  the  public,  believing  they 


Cheerful 


wUl  bear  comjwrfeim  wiih 
a ni/  other*.  "  Crkkufl’I, 
VoICics,  ”  by  that  most 


successful  and  popular  Oompo-  XT’ _  * 
sur,  Mr.  L.  O.  Emkbhon,  Is  for  y  O1C0S* 
Common  Schools,  and  iisXOU,- 

00(1  leacliers  ami  pupils  are  already  familiar  with  his 
previous  School  Song  Books,  they  will  need  no  urg¬ 
ing  to  try  this. 


TArfTTQ  ami  \AlliS 

A  of  every  variety,  in  pack- 

i  ages  TO  SUIT,  sent  to 

any  address  by  AIHEUICAN  TALK  GO., 
M/tnufactunri,  117  Chambers  St.,  N.  Y. 

(  lAIillAKT’S  1*1  LVER1/.ING  CELTIVA- 

\j  TOR  has  mure  practical  points  than  any  cultiva¬ 
tor  In  use,  and  is  Indispensable  us  a  farm  Implement. 
Price,  $23.  C.  C.  BRADLEY  A  SON. 

Manufacturers,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


Sparkling 


And  as  for  our  Sab¬ 
bath  School  Song  Book 
whose  guttering  title 


aptly  describes  the  brightness  T3  "L.  ®  r\r< 
of  Its  contents:  read  the  fol-  vLil/lGSs 

lowing  extracts  from  commen¬ 
datory  letters.  Superinttfulent#  say :—  ‘  Tint  more  we 
use  It.  thehettcr  we  like  It.’’  “The  music  has  a  fresh¬ 
ness  and  beauty  unsurpassed  by  any  book  1  have 
seen.”  ('horintn*  say  A  work  of  sterling  merit.” 
“Fur  excelling  Sabbath  School  Music  of  the  many 
books  I  have  had  the  pleasure  to  use,"  &e. 

Price  of  I'heirjvl  Volc.ru . .  Wets. 

Price  of  Sparkling  Rubies . fleets. 

Specimen  copies  Dialled,  post-paid,  for  the  abovo 
prices. 

OLIVER  DITSON  &  CO., 
Boston. 

CHAS.  H.  DITSON  &  CO., 

711  Broadway,  New  York. 

“NIL  DESPERANDUM .77?  ,: 

been  swindled  by  “  promising ”  publishers,  wiioHO 
“ framed'’  Engraving  nrrii  eunio  anil  NKVKR  will. 
Try,  then,  ONCJt  Mown,  and  MKT  what  Is  pnrmUal. 
We  offer  a  large,  8-page,  literary  paper  a  whole  year, 
and  superb  Prang  CUromo,  all  for  41,  This  paper  is 
iwTwmaug,  Established  ten  years.  K  devotes  nearly 
a  whole  page  to  exposing  Swindlers,  Quacks  and 
Humbugs.  It  tells  the  truth,  even  if  it  makes  ene¬ 
mies.  it  will  please  you.  Try  it.  OnlyoNK  dol¬ 
lar  a  year.  Specimens  II  cents.  Now  Is  the  time. 
Address 

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Originated  by  H.  Dwight  Hmlth,  Esq., Of  Arlington, 
Vn.,  and  is  a  cross  between  the  EiltlU  Sinanth  Uni  and 
Frrjre.  Fruit  of  perfect  form,  smooth,  bright  red  col¬ 
or,  very  solid,  having  small  seed  cells,  and  no  hard 
core  at  the  center,  being  of  the  same  delicate 
texture  and  brilliant  color  throughout.  Ripens  with 
the  curliest.  Fruit  oflen  weighing  ‘21  to  ‘20 
oiim-eM,  with  ordinary  field  culture.  Enormously 
productive,  and  of  excellent  flavor.  Stands  the  drouth 
better  than  any  other  vuriety. 

Price,  25c.  per  packet;  5  packets  for  ft 


The  following  certificates  will  show  what  Is  thought 
of  this  varity  In  Its  native  locality  : 

The  Potomac  Fruit-Growers’  ’Society  had  on  exhi¬ 
bition  specimens  of  the  Arlington  Tomato,  one  Of 
the  results  of  Cnpt.  11.  D.  Smith's  experiments  In  hy¬ 
bridizing  this  vegetable,  and  it  was  pronounced  of 
superior  excellence  In  size,  form,  color,  solidity,  even¬ 
ness  of  ripening  and  flavor. 

(Signed)  PARIS  H.  FOLSOM,  Sec’y. 


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I  find  tho  “Arlington”  1ms  lti  a  remarkable  de¬ 
gree  all  tbe  requisites  of  a  perfect  Tomato.  I  know 

nothing  that  equals  It-  „  „  _ „  „ 

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From  the  JPrrrUlfnl't  Ounkner. 

The  Arlington  Tomato,  tested  under  my  supervis¬ 
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other  kind. 

(Signed)  ALEXANDER  McKERItlCHEK, 

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Cheviots  of  the  present  day.  Nevertheless, 
from  their  adaptation  to  tire  soil  and  climate, 
they  appear  to  have  spread  over  a  great  part 
of  the  elevated  lands  in  the  South  of  Scotland 
long  before  an  attempt  was  made  to  improve 
them.  The  earliest  recorded  attempt  was 
about  a  hundred  years  ago,  and  waseminently 
successful.  The  merit  of  this  is  universally 
accorded  to  Mr.  Robson  of  Belford,  although 
Choviot  breeders  of  tin-  present  day  differ 
materially  regarding  the  cross  lie  made  ubg 
ol’.  We  have  it  from  Mr.  Robson  Scott — a 
grandson  of  Mr.  Robson— that,  he  traveled 
over  the  greater  part,  of  England  for  the 
purpose  of  seeing  various  breeds  of  sheep  in 
different  districts,  with  the  view  of  selecting 
ranis  to  cross  his  flock  of  Cheviots.  The 
sheep  he  considered  most  suitable  were  of  a 
breed  then  existing  in  Lincolnshire,  of  which 
he  purchased  several  rams  to  put  to  selected 
ewes.  The  cross  answered  admirably,  greatly 
improving  the  flock  in  every  respect,  without 
materially  lessening  its  hardy  character. 


Mr.  Robson  then  occupied  several  high  and 
stormy  farms  on  the  border,  and  the  crossed 
breed  throve  well  upon  them.  Twenty  years 
afterwards  he  made  a  second  visit  to  Lincoln¬ 
shire  to  obtain  another  infusion  of  the  same 
bl'Xid,  but  found  the  breed  had  become  so 
much  larger  and  less  hardy  that  he  declined 
to  venture  on  them  The  theory  of  Mr. 
Arrciaso.v  of  Lynhope,  a  high  authority  in 
Cheviots,  as  well  as  other  eminent  breeders, 
is  that  the  breed  Mr.  Robson  imported  were 
Balfie well’s  Leieesters,  with  which  he  crossed 
a  few  select  Cheviot  ewes,  and  that  tho  off¬ 
spring  of  this  cross  were  sent  to  tho  hills  to 
Cover  Ids  extensive  flocks.  The  great  resem¬ 
blance  between  the  two  breeds  raises  a  strong 
presumption,  in  favor  of  this  hypothesis,  but, 
OR  the  other  hand,  the  tenderness  of  the 
Leieesters  makes  it  very  improbable  that 
such  a  cross  could  stand  the  winters  of  so 
stormy  a  climate.  We  have  besides,  in  later 
times,  been  cognizant  of  instances  where  a 
slight  dash  of  the  Leicester  blood  was  intro¬ 


duced,  and  proved  detrimental  to  the  hardi¬ 
hood  of  the  breed,  and  experimenters  were 
generally  fain  to  retrace  their  steps.  Of  the 
two  assertions,  therefore,  wo  ineliUe  to  that 
of  Mr.  Robson  Scott,  more  especially  as  it 
is  not  merely  derived  from  tradition,  but,  as 
ho  solemnly  affirms,  from  an  oral  statement 
he  had  from  his  grandfather.  Under  any 
circumstances  Mr  Robson  stands  confessed 
the  great  improver  of  the  breed,  although, 
like  Bajcewet.i.  in  Leicester*,  the  means  he 
used  are  involved  in  some  obscurity,  This 
early  cross  gave  a  correctness  of  form  and 
symmetry  that  has  never  yet  been  surpassed; 
greater  bone  has  no  doubt,  been  introduced 
in  the  present  day,  but  in  the  opinion  of 
many  Cheviot  breeders  to  an  unprofitable 
extent,  as  greater  bone  often  implies  reduced 
numbers. 

Mr,  Robson’s  flock  thus  proved  the  nucleus 
from  which  Cheviot  breeders  drew  their  sup¬ 
ply  of  rams  for  many  years.  His  mode  of 
selling  is  said  to  have  been  somewhat  unique. 


CHEVIOT  SHEEP 


The  Cheviots — a  range  of  hills  in  the  bor¬ 
der  counties  ol‘  England  and  Scotland — were 
the  early  home  of  the  Cheviot  sheep,  whence 
they  derived  their  name,  and  to  which  they 
were  exclusively  con  lined  for  many  genera¬ 
tions.  They  seem  to  have  been  a  native  breed, 
although  a  legend  still  gains  credence,  espe¬ 
cially  among  shepherds,  that  tholirst  of  them 
were  imported  into  the  country  by  the  Spanish 
Armada,  haring  swum  to  land  from  some  of 
the  shipwrecked  vessels  of  that  ill-fated  ex¬ 
pedition  that  were  drifted  on  the  Western 
Isles.  They  are  generally  described  as  small 
sheep,  very  light  in  bone  and  wool,  with 
brownish  heads  and  legs,  and  hardy  constitu¬ 
tion  ;  their  scraggy  frames  bearing  very  lit¬ 
tle  resemblance  to  the  well-proportioned 


MOOSE’S  BUBAL  MEW-YOBKEB, 


«6 


A  ticket  was  attacked  to  each  sheep  with 
the  price  put  on  him,  so  that  customers  could 
choose  according  to  their  taste  and  means. 
The  impetus  given  to  the  breading  of  Che¬ 
viots  was  immense  ;  they  rapidly  found  their 
way  into  other  districts  of  Scotland  and  the 
north  of  England,  supplanting  the  black- 
laced  breed,  which,  like  the  aborigines  in  In¬ 
dia  and  America,  may  bo  said  to  retire  be¬ 
fore  the  advancing  wave  of  civilization. 

The  practical  management  of  a  Cheviot 
ilock  is,  on  the  whole,  exceedingly  simple. 
Generally  speaking,  they  go  at  large  over 
the  farm  during  the  whole  season,  individual 
sheep  never  taking  a  very  wide  range.  The 
area  required  for  each  varies  from  about  two 
to  four  acres,  according  to  quality.  In  some 
cases  the  hoggs  arc  kept  separate  from  the 
ewes,  which  gives  an  opportunity  of  supply¬ 
ing  them  with  more  generous  treatment  in 
stormy  weather ;  but  frequently  they  are 
allowed  shortly  after  weaning  to  graze  to¬ 
gether.  This  gives  them  the  advantage  of  a 
mother’s  care,  for  they  generally  recognize 
each  other.  In  some  cases  they  arc  allowed 
to  g«  on  without  being  weaned  at  all ;  but 
we  think  such  a  system  must,  be  injurious  to 
the  future  progeny.  Ewes  have  their  first 
lambs  in  April  at  two  years  old,  and  are  sold 
as  draughts  at  five  or  six,  being  replaced  by 
the  best  of  the  ewe  lambs.  They  are  invaria¬ 
bly  sold  for  producing  a  crop  of  lambs  by 
Leicester  tubs.  Those,  with  the  wedder 
lambs,  the  small  ewe  lambs,  and  wool,  usually 
form  the  whole  produce  of  the  farm.  This 
applies  to  Cheviots  in  the  southern  counties 
of  Scotland — in  the  north  the  practice  differs 
considerably.  There  tiic  -wedder  lambs  are 
not  sold,  but  kept  on  ‘till  sold  as  wedders  at 
three  years  old.  The  wedder  hoggs  are  never 
wintered  at  home,  but  sent  into  winter  quar¬ 
ters  in  Ross-shiPfl  and  neighboring  counties — 
some  as  far  as  Aberdeenshire — where  they 
have  the  outrun,  as  it  is  called,  on  arable 
farms,  viz.,  nearly  the.  whole,  grass,  on  which 
they  are  kept  till  the  weather  becomes 
stormy,  when  they  are  folded  on  turnips. 
They  are  sent  about  October  10,  and  remain 
till  the  beginning  of  April.  The  cost  of  win¬ 
tering,  including  smearing  (which  operation 
takes  place  shortly  after  reaching  their  win¬ 
ter  quarters),  varies  from  7s.  to  Ss.  each. 

There  is  perhaps  no  finer  animal  of  the 
Bheep  species  than  the  Cheviot  tub.  Possess¬ 
ing  the  general  conformation  of  the  Border 
Leicester,  he  is  altogether  a  more  stylish 
sheep,  carrying  his  head  higher,  with  greater 
fire  in  his  eye  and  grace  in  his  movement. 
Compared  with  the  Leicester,  he  is  os  a  cav¬ 
alier  to  an  alderman. 

Besides  reproducing  their  own  kind,  the 
Cheviots  are  valuable  for  crossing  with  the 
Border  Leicester*  ;  the  former  giving  hardi¬ 
hood,  the  latter  greater  tendency  to  fatten. 
By  infusing  the  two  breeds  in  different  pro¬ 
portions,  other  breeding  stocks  are  raised, 
suited  to  medium  soils  and  temperatures. 
Thus,  taking  the  Leioesters  as  the  center  of 
agricultural  improvement,  the  others  may  be 
said  to  radiate.  First,  we  find  three-parts 
bred  in  the  intermediate  ;  next,  half-bred  in 
the  higher  altit  udes  ;  then  we  come  to  Che¬ 
viot  entire  on  their  native  mountains ;  and 
above  and  beyond  them  our  old  favorites  the 
black-faced,  among  their  fastnesses  of  rock 
and  purple  heather. 

Cheviot  slice])  are  seldom  shorn  before.  J  uly, 
the  weight  and  fineness  of  the  fleece  depend¬ 
ing  on  the  nature  of  the  pasturage  ;  the  tex¬ 
ture  being  finer  on  dry,  sweet  herbage  than 
on  coarse  grass,  and  bringing  a  higher  price. 
It  has  a  steadier  demand  than  almost  any 
other,  being  extensively  employed  in  the 
manufacture  of  tweeds,  now  so  commonly 
used  in  clothing,  from  the  prince  to  the  peas¬ 
ant.  Coming  down  from  the  poetry,  so  asso¬ 
ciated  with  the  Cheviots  in  the  lights  and 
shadows  of  pastoral  life,  to  the  inevitable 
prose — for  to  mutton  they  must  all  come  iu 
the  end— that  of  the  Cheviot  sheep  may  fairly 
be  put  down  as  one  of  the  luxuries  of  life.  It 
has  always  been  a  nice  point,  whether  this  or 
the  black-faced  is  the  finer,  and  we  recall  au 
incident  which  occurred  many  years  ago,  in 
which  the  father  of  the  present  writer  bore  a 
part.  He  was  a  great  enthusiast  In  black¬ 
faced  sheep,  and  having  the  honor  to  be  a 
special  favorite  with  Su'  Walter  Scott,  and 
an  occasional  guest  at  llis  table,  begged  his 
acceptance  of  a  lew  wedders  to  convince  him 
of  the  superiority  of  the  block-faced  mutton 
to  the  Cheviot,  of  which  Sir  Walter  was  iu 
the  habit  of  keeping,  what  is  called  in  Scot¬ 
land,  a  pot-flock.  Sir  Walter  accepted  them 
on  condition  that  he.  would  dine  with  him, 
along  with  a  few  friends,  to  test  their  respect¬ 
ive  merits,  when  a  saddle  of  each  should  be 
presented,  having  received  the  same  advan¬ 
tages  of  the  culinary  art.  The  verdict  was 
in  favor  of  the  Cheviot,  to  the  infinite  delight 
of  the  great  poet  and  novelist.  Dissenting, 
however,  from  this  judgment,  we  venture  to 
remark  that  the  quality  of  both  depends  very 
much  on  the  feeding.  For  delicaey  of  flavor, 
we  never  tasted  any  mutton  equal  t  o  t  hat  of 
a  yeld  young  ewe  or  gimmer  of  either  breed 
that  happened  to  get  fat  on  its  native  pasture. 
— John  Usher,  in  London  Field. 


Jpeld  <%op. 


SILVER-HULL  BUCKWHEAT. 


In-  answer  to  your  inquiry  concerning  the 
merits  of  this  now  variety  of  buckwheat, 
permit  m©  to  say  that  1  have  looked  into  its 
history  somewhat,  and  fiud  that  it  probably 
originated  in  France,  and  a  small  quantity 
lias  been  sent  out  by  the  Department  of  A g- 
rioullyure.  The  grain  is  of  a  beautiful  silver 
gray,  varying  slightly  in  shade,  and  the  cor¬ 
ners  are  less  pronounced  than  in  the  ordinary 
variety,  while  the  husk  is  thinner.  •  Messrs. 
Pi, att  &  Barker,  proprietors  of  the  large 
buckwheat  mills  in  tliis  State,  to  whom  I 
have  gent  a  sample,  write  We  would  say, 
in  regard  to  the  Silver-Hull  buckwheat,  tliat 
it  i*  altogether  the  best,  we  have  ever  seen, 
and  should  judge  it  will  make  from  three  to 
five  pounds  of  flour  per  measured  bushel 
more  than  the  ordinary  buckwheat,  and  of 
better  quality.  We  trust  you  will  distribute 
the  seed  in  the  country  from  wliieh  we  draw 
our  supplies.” 

The  Iowa  correspondent  of  the  Depart¬ 
ment  speaks  of  its  “Wonderful  yield — seven 
pounds  of  seed  yielding  thirty-live  bushels  of 
beautiful  buckwheat,  the  weight,  of  wliieh 
is  considerably  greater  than  that  of  the  ordi¬ 
nary.”  I  believe  that  the  weight  of  the  ordi¬ 
nary  long-cornered  black  or  grayish  buck¬ 
wheat  is  from  forty  to  forty-five  pounds — 
seldom  more  than  the  latter  figure*,  The 
Hilver-Hull  weighed  witii  me  last  year  from 
fifty-eight  to  sixty  pounds  per  measured 
bushel  —  an  important  difference  !  Have 
weighed  none  this  year,  but  it  looks  to  be 
full  as  heavy. 

Concerning  the  yield  : — I  have  grown  it  for 
two  years,  also  the  common  kind,  in  adjoin¬ 
ing  fields,  and  find  the  difference  t  o  be  sur¬ 
prisingly  in  favor  of  the  Silver-Hull,  perhaps 
yielding — I  have  made  no  accurate  experi¬ 
ment  with  it — two  or  three  times  as  much, 
under  the  same  conditions  of  soil  and  culture. 
Many  who  saw  it  growing,  estimated  the 
yield  at  fifty  bushels  per  acre.  At  any  rate, 
it  has  been  awarded  the  flint  premium  in  our 
County  Agricultural  Societies  as  a  field  crop, 
for  the  two  years  I  have  grown  it,  and  the 
Agricultural  Committee  this  year  not  only 
adjudge  it  the  heaviest  crop  in  the  county, 
but  say  it  was  the  plumpest  and  best  filled 
buckwheat  they  ever  saw.  Unfortunately, 
an  early  frost  cut  a  considerable  portion  of 
my  crop  on  low-lying  ground.  There  con  be 
no  doubt  that  it  should,  and  eventually  will, 
entirely  supersede  the  old  variety. 

Berkshire  Co.,  Mass.  H.  S.  Ooodai.e. 

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NOTES  ON  WHEAT.. 

Scottish  April  Wheat  is  thus  commended 
by  a  correspondent,  of  the  Western  Farmer  : 
“Last  Spring  I  received,  tlu-ougli  Mr.  Alex. 
Findlay,  three  bushels  Scottish  April  Wheal. 
I  sowed  it  t  he  last  of  April  on  two  acres,  grow¬ 
ing  one  acre  good,  the  other  very  poor.  It 
stools  much  more  than  any  other  wheat, 
growing  to  good  length,  and  strong  enough 
to  prevent  lodging.  The  heads  are  large  and 
well  filled,  fifty-eight  kernels  being  common. 
It  is  bearded  something  like  the  Rio  Grande, 
and  does  not  shell  when  allowed  to  stand.  I 
threshed  thirty-six  bushels  pure,  and  calcu¬ 
late  I  lost  from  four  to  six  bushels  by  being 
mixed  with  another  variety,  by  mistake  of 
the  threshers. 

French  Winter  Wheat  is  thus  described  by 
a  Green  Co.,  Wia.,  correspondent  of  the  West- 
tern  Farmer  — This  Wheat  is  a  red  chaff  bald 
wheat,  some  ten  days  later  than  the  Golden 
Straw.  I  have  harvested  three  crops  and  am 
satisfied  it  is  far  the  best  sown  with  ns.  The 
bugs  have  not  hurt  it  while  my  other  kinds 
were  mostly  destroyed,  side  by  side, 

“  Wh  ite  Michigan  ”  Wheat. — A  Darlington 
Wis.,  correspondent  of  the  Western  Farmer 
says  The  Wheat  known  as  the  White  Mich¬ 
igan  is  a  Russian  variety,  and  bids  fair  to 
Dike  the  preference  over  all  other  varieties  in 
this  locality.  The  straw  does  not  grow  as 
tall  as  the  Rio  Grande,  is  very  soft,  less  liable 
to  rust,  and  ready  for  harvest  ten  days  earli¬ 
er,  when  sown  at  the  same  time,  and  there¬ 
fore  less  subject  to  the  ravages  of  the  chinch 
bug.  Last  Spring  I  sowed  the  White  Michi¬ 
gan  and  Rio  Grande  on  hind  as  nearly  of  the 
same  nature  as  possible,  and  on  the  same 
day,  in  order  to  test  the  relative  value  of  each 
kind.  My  white  wheat  ripened  naturally, 
undisturbed  by  rust  or  bugs.  On  the  day 
that  I  commenced  harvesting  it,  I  noticed  one 
white  spot,  perhaps  a  yard  square,  in  the  Rio 
Grande,  which  was  unmistakable  evidence  of 
the  presence  of  chinch  bugs,  and  before  the 
j  end  of  the  week  the  whole  piece  was  perfect- 
i  ly  dead.  The  white  wheat  yielded  29  bushels 


of  clean  wheat  to  the  acre,  while  the  Rio 
Grande,  yielded  a  little  less  than  14  bushels. 
The  white  wheat  is  esteemed  so  highly  here, 
that  1  have  sold  more  than  one-half  that  I 
have  to  spare,  at  tho  granary  for  $1.50  per 
bushel.  The  flour  is  superior  to  any  spring 
wheat  I  have  ever  raised.  The  head  is  short 
and  plump,  light  colored  and  very  soft.  T 
shall  sow  tliis  kind  exclusively  the  coming 
season. 

Foltz  Winter  Wheat.—  Prof.  W.  W.  Daniels 
of  the  experimental  farm  of  the  university  of 
Wisconsin  says  of  this  wheat  sent  out  by  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  :  -  Tins  is  a  bald 
variety  of  whea  t,  having  a  Stiff,  strong  straw, 
that  this  year  was  clean  and  bright,  with  a 
slightly  brownish-red  color,  extending  below 
the  head  a  few  inches.  The  grain  is  light  red 
in  color,  the  berry  short  and  plum]).  The  col¬ 
or  of  the  grain  raised  is  slightly  darker  than 
that  of  the  seed  sown.  80  far  as  one  year’s 
experience  can  ossuro  the  success  of  a  new 
variety  of  grain  iu  this  climate,  is  the  success 
of  the  Fultz  winter  wheat  assured  for  Wis¬ 
consin.  By  it-  side,  and  with  equally  favor¬ 
able  conditions,  were  sown  the  White  Winter 
Touzellc,  Red  Winter  Saissette,  and  Tread¬ 
well  varieties,  which  all  winter-killed  so  en¬ 
tirely  tliat  the  land  was  sown  toother  crops. 
The  killing  was  doubtless  done  by  the  thaw¬ 
ing  and  freezing  of  early  spring,  as  the  ground 
was  well  covered  with  snow  during  the  win¬ 
ter.  But  the  Fultz  was  subjected  to  the  in¬ 
fluences  that  destroyed  the  other  varieties, 
and  yet  succeeded  well.  On  this  account,  I 
have  great  faith  that  it  will  prove  valuable, 
as  a  hardy  variety  of  winter  wheat  in  this 
State. 

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COOLEYS  EARLY  FIELD  CORN. 

LAST  Spring  I  purchased  of  C.  C,  Cooley, 
two  quarts  of  his  early  corn.  I  planted  it 
the  last  week  in  May  on  good  land.  It  grew 
well,  ripened  about  as  early  as  Mr.  C.  repre¬ 
sented  it  would,  and  yielded  moderately 
well.  1 1.  is  a  very  early  variety,  and  Apparent¬ 
ly  of  ordinary  value  ;  stalks  of  moderate  size, 
producing  two  ears  each  frequently.]  ears 
eight  to  ten  inches  long,  fourteen  to  eighteen 
rows.  1  do  not  feel  that  1  am  badly  swin¬ 
dled,  although  I  would  not  recommend  this 
as  a  very  valuable  sort.  I  think  varieties  of 
corn,  as  well  as  Other  grains  and  plants,  vary 
wonderfully  in  different  localities.  I  once 
sold  Sanford  corn  to  parties  in  nearly  every 
State  and  Territory  in  the  Union.  I  believe 
a  large,  majority  of  my  customers  in  the 
North  were  pleased  with  tliis  variety,  while 
in  the  South  it  was  almost,  an  entire  failure. 
An  article  of  this  kind  should  not  be  recom¬ 
mended  as  suited  to  every  luoality,  nor  yet. 
pronounced  a  swindle  because  it  fails  some¬ 
where.  E.  Y.  s. 

Rlvlimond,  Ind. 

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ALSIKE  CLOVER. 

YV.  H.  H.,  Oshtemo,  Mich.,  is  informed  that 
we  do  not  think  Alsiko  would  prove  of  suffi¬ 
ciently  greater  value  for  his  purposes  than 
the  Red  clover  to  warrant  us  in  recommend¬ 
ing  it.  However,  it  will  do  no  harm  to  tost 
it.  Alsike  clover  seed  sells  at  f>t)  ets.  per 
pound,  or  $40  per  100  lbs.  in  this  market.  lie 
can  probably  get  uo  clover  for  $5.50  to  $0 
per  busheL  Three  to  four  pounds  of  seed  per 
acre  of  Alsike  is  said  to  be  sufficient  by  those 
who  have  tried  it.  We  should  not  hesitate  to 
give  it  a  trial  on  such  soil  as  you  describe  ; 
but  we  cannot  recommend  it,  from  experi¬ 
ence,  for  extended  trial. 

- - 

NEW  FIBER  PLANT. 

A  Fibrous  plant,  called  Apoeynum  Vene¬ 
tian,  lias  been  discovered  growing  wild  in 
aueh  quantities  iu  Turkistan  that  it  may  be 
expected  soon  to  make  its  appearance  in  the 
market.  Its  fibers,  as  tender  and  delicate  as 
flax,  as  strong  and  tenacious  as  hemp,  are, 
by  combining  the  qualities  of  the  two,  greatly 
superior  to  either.  The  Russians  will  prob¬ 
ably  endeavor  to  transplant  it  to  Europe,  an 
attempt  whicli  might  be  made  by  other 
countries  as  well. 

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APPLYING  ASHES  TO  POTATOES. 

A  reader  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  asks 
the  best  method  of  applying  ashes  to  pota¬ 
toes.  We  have  seen  little  difference  in  results 
where  we  have  sown  the  ashes  broadcast  on 
the  ground  after  plowing  and  before  harrow¬ 
ing,  and  applying  a  large  handful  directly  to 
each  hill  soon  after  the  plants  show  out  of  the 
ground. 

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Hen  Manure  and  Corn. — I  would  say  in 
answer  to  G.  B.  Syracuse,  N,  Y.  that  hen 
manure  is  the  best  fertilizer  I  know  of  for 
corn  and  potatoes  ;  put  one  handful  in  a  hill, 
and  cover  slightly  before  planting  the  seed. 
— S.  A.  Pelton,  Sank  Co.,  Wis. 


<3^  Horseman. 


WOLF  TEETH  IN  HORSES. 


I  notice  that  H.  C.  Morgan  is  disposed  to 
criticise  and  dispute  my  article  on  wolf  teeth 
in  horses.  Now,  in  reply,  I  wish  to  say  that 
I  wrote  the.  said  art  icle  on  wolf  teeth  with 
no  intent  of  getting  into  an  argument  or  con¬ 
troversy  with  any  one,  but  with  the  sole  in¬ 
tent  of  quieting  the  fears  of  the  uninformed 
on  such  matters,  and  to  prevent  horse  own- 
era  from  being  swindled  by  unprincipled  men 
who  Style  themselves  “horse  doctors,”  but 
who,  in  reality,  know  as  little  of  the  anatomy 
and  physiology  of  the  horse  as  the  horse  him¬ 
self.  Mr.  Morgan,  in  his  criticisms,  proves 
nothing ;  localise  lie  has  never  seen  wolf 
teeth  growing  only  against  or  very  near  the 
grinders  is  no  oroof  that  it  is  so  ;  neither  is 
it  a  fixed  fact  tliat  what  he  saw  growing  on 
the  grinders  was  a  wolf  tooth.  What  he  saw 
on  the  inside  of  the  grinder  was  undoubtedly 
what  every  veterinary  surgeon  frequently 
meets  with,  a  sharp  projection  of  the  grinder 
which  had  grown  so  far  into  the  mouth  as  to 
interfere  with  the  tongue.  It  is  no  more  un¬ 
common  for  colts’  teeth  to  grow  in  crooked 
than  for  children’s  teeth  to  grow  crooked  ; 
neither  is  it  an  uncommon  thing  for  the  t-ceth 
of  old  horses  to  become  broken  off  or  worn 
off,  and  present  a  sharp  projection,  which 
injures  the  parts  with  which  it  comes  in  con¬ 
tact.  As  Mr.  Morgan  says  that  I  never  saw 
any  wolf  teeth,  1  would  like  to  have  him  tell 
Rural  readers  how  they  look,  wluit  they  are 
and  in  what  possible  way  they  can  affect  the 
eye,  and  if  he  can  quote  one  single  author 
who  has  any  standing,  I  should  be  pleased  to 
hear  his  name. 

Meantime,  I  would  advise  horse  owners 
who  have  horses  suffering  from  inflamed  or 
weeping  eyes,  that  do  nob  yield  readily  to 
outward  applications,  to  carefully  examine 
the  mouth  and  see  if  something  is  not  the 
matter  with  some  of  the  bad  teeth,,  and  if 
the  eyes  are  not  weeping  through  sympathy. 

Logan,  N.  Y.  D.  Hmkad,  V.  8. 

- 4  4-4 - 

AFTER  THE  EPIZOOTIC. 


We  had  a  large,  run  of  the  horse  disease 
(Epizootic)  the  fore  part  of  winter  ;  but  very 
few  cases  proved  fatal.  Here  let  me  tell  you 
of  ft  horse  I  have  ;  ho  is  u  gelding,  six  years 
old,  and  I  have  been  offered  $200  for  him 
several  times,  but  did  not  wish  to  sell,  as  he 
was  quite  a  pet ;  but  in  the  condition  he  is 
in  now,  he  will  not  sell  for  near  his  former 
value.  In  October,  he  was  taken  with  the 
Epizootic,  and  got  along  very  well,  as  I  gave 
him  rest,  warm  stable,  warm  mashes,  &c. 
After  I  thought  him  well  1  used  him,  and  1 
think  he  caught  more  cold,  as  he  was  taken 
decidedly  worse,  the  next  day,  and  came 
very  near  dying.  I  pursued  the  former  treat¬ 
ment  for  some  five  or  six  weeks,  when  ho 
appeared  well  in  flesh  aud  spirit,  but  when 
driven  faster  than  a  walk,  he  wheezes  badly ; 
sometimes  tho  trouble  appears  to  be  in  his 
throat,  at  others,  on  liis  lungs.  I  have  done 
all  I  could  to  relieve  him,  but  all  of  no  avail 
as  yet.  If  you  know  or  have  heard  of  any 
similar  cases,  and  of  anything  which  I  may 
do  to  relieve  him,  please  let  me  know  in 
Rural  New-Yorker.  w.  p.  r.  m. 

St.  Laurence  Co.,  N  Y. 

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HORSE  NOTES. 


A  Horse  that  Hubs  the  Hair  off  his  tail 
and  legs  so  that  they  are  raw,  and  seem  to 
itch  all  the  time,  is  owned  by  a  subscriber  in 
Onondaga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  who  wants  to  know 
what  lie  shall  do  for  him.  The  trouble  is, 
evidently,  mango,  wliieh  is  identical  with 
itch  on  the  human  body,  and  is  caused  by 
minute  insects  called  acari.  Wash  the  ani¬ 
mal  in  acetic  acid  and  remove  him  from  the 
stall  in  which  he  has  been  standing.  Don’t 
put  the  horse  back  in  the  stall  in  wliieh  he 
has  stood,  until  thoroughly  cleansed  aud 
whitewashed.  Wash  the  harness  he  has 
worn  also. 

How  to  Make  Hair  Grow  on  a  Wound  on 
a  horse  that  lias  been  kicked,  causing  a  deep 
flesh  wound  which  healed  over  quickly,  but 
leaves  a  large,  bare  spot  that  disfigures  the 
animul  very  much,  is  what  M.  E.  W.  asks 
for.  In  answer,  wc  give  a  remedy  furnished 
some  time  ago  by  a  correspondent : — Take 
an  old  boot  or  shoe,  place  it  on  a  fire,  burn  to 
a  coal,  pulverize,  and  mix  with  hog’s  lard  to 
a  thin  paste.  A  few  applications  of  tliis 
paste  to  the  bare  spots  will  do  the  work. 

Scratches  on  Horses.— Can  any  of  the  read¬ 
ers  of  the  Rural  tell  by  experience  what 
will  effect  a  permanent  cure.  Information 
wanted  soon.— c.  w.  c. 


powder  between  rollers,  and  bottled.  There 
was  some  objections  to  those  powdered  milks, 
inasmuch  as  there  was  difficulty  in  reducing 
them  to  a  fluid  state  again.  In  other  words, 
the  powdered  milk  did  not  dissolve  so  readily 
as  the  preserved  milk  of  Borden,  which,  as 
is  well  known,  is  at  ouce  brought  back  to  its 
original  consistency  by  adding  either  cold  or 
warm  water. 

The  processes  above  described  may  possi¬ 
bly  be  suggestive  to  some  of  our  correspond¬ 
ents  who  are  looking  to  other  methods  for 
condensing  milk  than  that  adopted  by  Boh- 
okn.  If  any  process  can  be  invented  that  is 
cheaper  than  Mr.  Borden's,  it  will  be  a  great 
point  gained,  but  unt  il  this  is  demonstrated, 
our  faith  is  in  the  vacuum  pan,  and  in  the 
Borden  machinery,  which  is  now  open  to 
t  he  public  (the  patent  having  expired)  because 
it  has  proved  superior  to  all  other  processes, 
as  yet  brought  out,  in  placing  a  good,  health¬ 
ful  article  on  the  market,  and  one  that  meets 
the  wonts  of  consumers. 


this  after  milking  dry ;  then  wipe  the  teat 
perfectly  dry  and  apply  to  it  lard  as  hot  as 
the  animal  can  endure  it.  The  physic  is 
given  to  reduce  any  inflammation.  No  other 
physic  need  bo  given  if  the.  poke  root  can  be 
obtained,  if  it  cannot,  give  melted  lard — say 
a  pint  or  a  pint  and  a  half  for  a  dose.  We 
have  had  no  experience  with  a  case  of  long 
standing  ;  but  this  is  what  wo  should  try  in 
the  absence  of  any  better  information. 


MORE  ABOUT  CONDENSED  MILK. 

M  e  have  several  letters,  recently  received, 
making  inquiry  concerning  condensed  milk 
ami  in  regard  to  processes  for  condensing 
other  than  that  Invented  by  Mr.  Borden. 
Most  of  the  questions  have  been,  from  time 
to  time,  very  fully  answered  in  these  col¬ 
umns,  but  we  give  some  additional  informa¬ 
tion  in  resj.cet  to  the  manner  in  which  milk 
has  been  condensed,  and  for  which  we  arc 
indebted,  for  the  most  part,  to  the  Milk 
.Journal.  It  is  proper  to  remark  however,  in 
this  connection,  that  we  esteem  the  Borden 
process  to  be  altogether  the  best  that  has  yet 
been  invented.  Under  this  process,  as  is  well 
known,  the  milk  is  condensed  in  vacuo ,  and 
the  product  manufactured  has  been  eminent¬ 
ly  successful  in  making  its  way  in  the  mark 
cts  of  the  world.  It  is  deservedly  popular 
wherever  known,  because  of  its  purity,  flavor 
and  excellence.  The  objections  which  seem 
to  be  presented  to  many  who  would  like  to 
enter  upon  the  manufacture  of  this  article 
under  the  BonoEX  process,  arc  the  high  cost 
of  machinery  and  difficulty  in  getting  the 
requisite  skill  for  manufacturing.  The  cost 
of  machinery  alone  is  from  48,000  to  410,000, 
while  experienced  hands,  well  acquainted 
with  the  business  in  all  its  details,  arc  very 
scarce,  and  are  not  to  be  had  for  the  same 
wages  as  those  engaged  in  cheese  manufac¬ 
turing. 

Another  question  is  often  asked  by  our  cor¬ 
respondents— respecting  markets  and  mar¬ 
keting  the  product,  and  whether  the  prices 
now  obtained  are  likely  to  continue.  These 


CORN  COB  MEAL  FOR  STOCK 


1  nder  the  above  heading,  there  is  an  arti¬ 
cle  from  the  pen  of  N,  W.  it.  in  a  lute  number 
of  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  which  does  not 
agree  with  my  experience.  I  would  not 
wisli  to  be  the  cause  of  any  one  Injuring  their 
stock  by  feeding  cob  meal ;  but  it.  does  seem 
to  me  the  article  mentioned  would  have  a 
tendency  to  lead  an  inexperienced  person 
astray  if  nothing  more  were  said  on  the  sub- 
jert.  Therefore  ]  will  give  my  experience. 

i  have  fed  com  ground  in  the  ear  for  the 
last  fifteen  years,  feeding  from  live  to  twenty 
head  every  Winter,  giving  front  one  to  six 
quarts  at  a  feed,  generally  feeding  twice  a 
day.  1  or  the  last  ten  years  it  hits  been  very 
extensively  fed  in  this  part  of  the  country, 
and  I  have.  not.  heard  of  a  single  animal  being 
injured  as  stated  by  N.  W.  K.,  though  I  re¬ 
member  of  seeing  about  the  same  results  giv¬ 
en  by  some  Eastern  writers,  some  years  ago, 
and  watched  closely  to  see  if  I  could  detect 
anything  of  t  he  kind,  but  came  to  the  conclu¬ 
sion  it  was  a  false  alarm, 

T  do  not  claim  there  Is  any  great  nutriment 
in  the  cob;  but  when  rough  food  is  scarce 
(as  is  the  case  here  this  Winter,)  there  in  a 
valor  in  the  cob  for  food  ;  besides  there  is  a 
great  saving  of  labor  in  grinding  corn  in  the 
ear  instead  of  shelling  and  then  grinding. 

Ohio,  Feb,  30.  A  Subscriber. 


FEED  FOR  PRODUCING  MILK 


The  Practical  Farmer  says  It  is  well  set¬ 
tled  in  the  opinion  of  all  our  beat  dairymen, 
that  bran  greatly  promotes  the  milk  se¬ 
cretions  in  cows,  and  it  is  fed  almost  uni- 
versally.  About  equally  mixed  with  corn 
meal  is  the  usual  proportion.  This  mixture 
seems  to  promote  both  quantity  and  quality 
of  milk. 

From  several  sources  we  heur  that  buck¬ 
wheat  bran  is  a  great  milk  producer,  and  it 
is  now  being  used  considerably  among  our 
Chester  county  dairymen,  in  about  the  same 
proportions  as  the  other. 

Thomas  Gawthkop,  near  West  Grove, 
Chester  county,  also  by  repealed  trials  witli 
his  own  cows,  has  fully  satisfied  himself  that 
they  do  as  well  with  earn  and  cob  meal  and 
bran  as  with  pure  corn  meal  and  bran.  The 
amount  of  nutriment  in  corn-cobs  is  so  very 
small  that  this  result  will  luivo  to  be  explained 
on  tho  supposition  of  the  ground  cob,  acting 
to  promote  digestion  by  distending  the 
Stomach.  The  presence  of  bulky  material 
being  necessary  to  promote  distension  and 
1111  up  the  stomach  of  ruminating  animals, 
before  perfect  digestion  can  bo  accomplished, 
is  frequently  lost-  sight  of.  Hungarian  grass 
Is  also  found  for  milch  cows  to  be  rather 
superior  to  the  ordinary  run  of  hay.  The  last 
year  or  two,  Hungarian  grass  has  loomed  up 
wonderfully  in  the  estimation  of  our  dairy 
farmera  ;  and  a  very  large  scope  of  laud  will 
be  sowed  with  it  the  Coining  season.  It  ma¬ 
tures  for  cutting  in  about  sixty  days,  and 
produces  two  to  four  tons  per  acre —the  latter 
of  course  on  good  soils.  Throe  peeks  to  the 
acre  is  the  usual  allowance  of  seed.  Where 
a  good  hay  market  is  convenient,  this  substi¬ 
tution  of  Hungarian  grass  for  common  hay 
in  home  feeding  will  bo  a  clear  additional 
source  of  profit. 


SOUR  MILK  FOR  COWS  OR  FOR  HOGS. 

Jn  bebalf  of  the  Hheiavood  Hollow  Farm¬ 
ers  Club,  I  write  you  to  ask  which  is  the  most 
Profit  to  the  daryman,  to  feed  the* sour  milk 
to  the  Cows  or  t  o  J  Logs  }  This  hua  been  spok- 
eu  of  by  many,  but.  as  we  have  not  experi¬ 
mented  bv  feeding  it  to  cows,  we  Ole  not 
prepared  to  express  our  opinion.— K  S. 
lirviNE,  Sec’y,  Kirkwood,  Broome  Co.,  .V.  V. 

\\  e  cannot  advise  the  use  of  sour  milk  as  a 
feed  for  milch  cows,  because  such  food  will 
be  likely  to  have  a  deleterious  influence  upon 
the  quality  of  milk  yielded  by  the  cows.  We 
have,  in  the  germ  theory,  an  explanation  of 
the  manner  in  which  milk  is  changed  from 
Its  normal  condition  and  rendered  unlit  for 
human  food.  It  has  been  proved  that  stag¬ 
nant  water— the  water  from  lilthy  pools— is 
alive  with  organisms,  either  animal  or  vege¬ 
table,  that  make  it  unlit  to  use  or  to  allow 
cows  to  drink.  It  has  been  shown  by  tlio  in¬ 
vestigations  of  Professor  Law  that  living  or¬ 
ganisms  call  be  carried  in  water  through  the 
body  of  the  cow  into  her  milk  and  retain 
I. heir  vitality,  it  has  been  proved  by  experi¬ 
ment  that  by  feeding  cows  distillers'  slops  the 
yeast  plant  peculiar  to  brewers  yeast  has 
been  thus  conveyed  to  the  milk  and  has  been 
found  growing  therein.  The  acidifying  germs 
in  sour  whey,  when  fed  to  milch  cows,  retain 
their  vitality  in  the  milk  of  such  cows,  caus¬ 
ing  it,  to  sour  prematurely.  Numerous  well 
authenticated  cases  arc  recorded  where  milk 
has  been  injured  by  the  cows  breathing  the 
foul  Odors  Of  decomposing  animal  matter— 
the  emanations  from  putrefying  carcases  of 
calves  and  horses  left  exposed  in  the  nastnre 


COW  GONE  BLIND 


Wk  have  a  cow  that  has  “gone  blind  ”  or 
nearly  SO.  She  is  a  young  cow  ;  she  dropped 
her  call  m  November  last.  She  can  sec  but 
a  very  ‘‘small  quantity,”  and  has  been  in 
this  COivmion  fov  two  months  Shr.  lifts  fallen 
ofl  in  flesh  rapidly,  but  has  a  good  appetite. 
Mv  neighbors  told  me  she  had  “hollow-horn.” 
1  have  been  doctoring  her  for  hollow-horn 
but  it  does  not,  have  any  effect  on  her  vision. 
What,  shall  1  do  for  her?-  A  Farmer,  Port¬ 
age  Co.,  0. 

PoSSXBLT  the  blindness  (s  caused  by  inflam¬ 
mation  of  the  head,  or  the  membrane  in  t  he 
small  corner  of  the  eye  which  is  thrown  by 
the  animal  over  the  entire  eyeball  for  the 
purpose  of  cleaning  tho  eye  from  any  sub 
stance  which  may  get  into  it.  We  have  had 


SIZE  OF  TEATS  IN  AYRSHIRE  COWS. 

E.  L.  Stuhtevant,  a  Massachusetts  breeder 
of  Ayrshire*,  m  u  paper  prepared  for  the 
New  York  State  Agricultural  Society,  says  : 
“The  teats  should  bo  of  medium  length, 
evenly  set,  and  project  slightly  outward 
when  the  bag  is  full  ;  of  even  thickness 
throughout  and  of  fine  texture.  They  should 
he  placed  about  one  third  of  the  length  of 
the  “vessel”  apart  in  one  direction,  and 
about  one-half  the  other.  When  the  udder 
is  not  distended,  they  should  hang  perpen¬ 
dicularly.  Largo  teats,  however  desirable 
to  the  milker,  wo  usually  accompanied  by 
coarseness  of  build  in  the  cow.  They  are 
seldom  found  oil  well-tired  animals,  yet  ex¬ 
ceptionally  they  so  occur,  and  are  much 
likeiL  A  teat  should  be  large  enough  to 
grasp,  say  from  two  to  two  and  a  half  inches 
in  length,  A  shorter  one  would  be  an  objec¬ 
tion  ;  with  larger,  I  should  fear  coarseness,” 


TEXAS  COWS  AS  MILKERS 


In  Rural  New-Yorker  of  Jan.  4th,  I 
notice  an  article  headed,  “Texas  Cows  as 
Milkers,  ’’  which  I  cannot  let  go  unanswered. 
I  am  not  a  Texan,  but  have  had  a  limited 
experience  witli  Texas  cattle,  and  by  the  way 
nearly  all  of  the  stock  in  this  country  are 
Texan,  or  improved  Texan  cattle  ;  and,  while 
perhaps  there  is  not  much  to  be  said  in  their 
praise,  yet  for  stock  raising,  as  is  managed  in 
this  country,  as  a  basis  of  improvement  they 
have  no  superior.  I  do  uot  wish  to  discuss 
the  Texan  cattle  question,  but  will  merely 
state  that  I  have  a  small  herd  of  selected, 
pure-blooded,  Texan  cows,  which  last  season, 
with  their  first  culves,  averaged  from  eight 
to  twelve  quarts  of  milk  daily,  besides  raising 
their  calves  ;  and  neither  calves  or  cows  have 
ever  eateu  a  mouthful  [of  skimmed  milk  or 
whey,  nor  hay,  grain,  coru  stalks,  bran,  or 
straw,  and  arc  now  in  good  condition.  Texan 
cows  invariably  give  rich  milk,  and  while 
some  do  not  give  more  than  a  good  goat, 
barely  sufficient  to  raise  their  calves,  others, 
if  taken  witli  their  first  calves,  make  good 
milkers,  and  if  properly  broken  are  thorough¬ 
ly  gentle.  c.  u.  b. 


DUKE  OF  HAMILTON 


I  see  by  the  report  of  the  Committee  on 
Ayrshire*,  at  the  last  Fair  of  tho  New  York. 
State  Agricultural  Society,  that  they  consider 
the  bull  Duke  of  Hamilton  “a  little  high  on 
legs.”  Is  that  the  only  way  they-  could  got 
past  him  t  If  they  had  said  he  was  a  little 
low  on  legs,  it  would  have  looked  more  rea¬ 
sonable,  and  given  a  better  idea  of  his  appear¬ 
ance  iu  the  Rural  New-Yokiceb  of  Aug.  25, 
l  Sul),  \  ul.  XI.,  No.  84,  at  page.  819,  is  an  arti¬ 
cle  headed  “Ax-Grinding  at  Agricultural 
Fairs,”  and  signed  “Scarifier.”  I  don’t 
know  who  “Scarifier”  is,  but  nm  informed 


COW  GIVING  BLOODY  MILK 


DAIRY  STOCK  FOR  BEEF. 

George  D,  Curtis  read  a  paper  before  the 
Wis,  Dairymen’s  Ass’n,  from  which  we  take 
the  following  : — Objection  is  sometimes  made 
to  the  Ayshires  and  Devons,  because  uot 
large  enough,  to  profitably  turn  into  beef, 
when  too  old  for  milk.  Experience,  how¬ 
ever,  has  long  since  exploded  the  notion  of 
realizing  any  profit  from  beef,  built  on  the 
H-uine.  of  a  worn  out  dairy  cow,  especially  in 
the  West,  where  it  comes  in  competition,  as 
it  does  in  Wisconsin,  with  the  cheap  Texan 
cattle,  and  the  fifteen  cent  corn  of  Illinois 


lowing.  Most  persons  plant  a  few  canes 
along  neglected  fence  rows  around  their  gar¬ 
dens,  and  expect  to  obtain  a  full  supply  from 
them.  As  well  try  to  get  a  good  and  bounti¬ 
ful  vegetable  crop,  planted  in  the  same  way. 
As  in  the  culture  of  everything  else,  care,  to 
some  extent,  must  be  used.  Don’ t  plant  them 
along  fence  rows,  for  there  you  get  poor 
fruit  and  but  little  of  it,  comparatively,  and 
then  you  cannot  keep  your  gardens  looking 
neat  and  tidy.  On  the  other  hand,  if  you 


Bigarreau.  Best  Pie  cherry— English,  or 
Pium-Stone  Morello. 

Grapes.  —Best  two  for  market — Concord, 
Hartford  Prolific.  Best  two  for  table— Dela¬ 
ware,  Iona.  Best  two  for  wine — same  as  for 
table,  or  add  Walter  and  Eumelan  ;  but  these 
have  not  been  fully  tested. 

Raspberries. — Best  two — Kirtland,  or  Phil¬ 
adelphia  and  Miami,  or  Mammoth  Cluster 
(Black  Cap). 


DAVALLIA  TdOOREANA 


This  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  of  Ferns 
(see  illustration)  and  a  native  of  Borneo.  Its 
rhizomes  are  rather  shorter  than  those  of 
most  of  the  Davallias,  are  covered  with  dark 
brown  scales,  and  arc  more  inclined  to  con¬ 
ceal  themselves  in  the  soil 
than  those  of  the  majority 
V:  of  the  genus,  many  of  which 

■■  .  have  such  vigorous  rhizomes 

vgg:  that  not  only  do  t  hey  trav- 

erse  the  soil,  but  project  over 
\  and  down  the  sides  of  the 
‘  ^  pot  in  which  they  arc  grown; 

M  k  or  if  in  suspended  baskets  or 

on  the  trunks  of  tree  Ferns, 
they  twist  around  them, 
and  under  favorable  circ- 
^  umstances  form  as  it  were 

1  a  net-work  enveloping  the 

basket  or  trunk  on  which 
they  may  be  grown.  The 
shortness  of  the  rhizomes  in 
D.  Mooreana,  and  their  par- 
o  tiality  to  the  soil,  as  well  as 

the  stately  habit  of  the 
hsJIk  plant,  plainly  indicate  that 

J)  w  A  ty  \  pot  culture  is  the  most  suit- 
able  method  of  growing  it. 
The  entire  lcrigth  of  the 
f  fronds  of  a  plant,  of  this 

Fern,  at  present  in  Messrs. 
'  Veitch’s  nursery,  is  nearly 

4  feet.  They  are  extremely 
handsome  and  gracefully 
?  k  arched.  The  outline  of  the 

'  pinnae  is  triangularly  acumi- 

r  nate,  the  base  being  slightly 

^  narrower  than  the  length 

t>  of  the  sides.  These  are  again 

sub-divided  Into  numerous 
little  did  isions  bearing  a 
great  number  of  small,  blunt 
oblique  segments.  The 
fronds  are  densely  laden 
with  elongated  cup  shaped 
sori,  deeply  set  on  the  un¬ 
der  side,  and  they  conse¬ 
quently  give  the  upper  surface  u  conspicu¬ 
ously  dotted  appearance.  The  color  of  the 
leaf-stalks  is  pale  green  tinged  with  brown, 
and  that  of  the  upper  surface  of  the  fronds 
pale  green.  Ordinary  stove  treatment  suits 
tins  Fern  well ;  but  it  will  also  grow  uud  flour¬ 
ish  in  an  Intermediate  house.  A  low  temper¬ 
ature  and  comparative  dryness,  but  not  too 
much  so  in  winter,  causes  it  to  form  large 
fronds  in  early  spring,  when  additional  heat 
and  moisture  are  afforded  it. — W.  F.,  in  Gar¬ 
den. 


The  Gardeners’  Montldy  for  March  lias  the 
following  ;— Otlr  readers  may  remember  that 
some  years  ago  there  was  quite  a  sensation 
raised  by  the  announcement  that  an  apple 
far  superior  to  the  Baldwin  in  general  char¬ 
acteristics  had  been  raised 
in  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.  Hot 
from  seed,  but  by  a  natural 
branching  off  or  develop¬ 
ment,  which  is  technically 
known  in  the  craft  an  *  sport- 
ing.”  It  wasalso  said  that 
this  apple  was  known  na  the  ' 

Pen  Apple.  t  "  1 

Mr.  E.vgle  took  the  mat-  S|J'f  • 

ter  in  hand  last  winter,  and  0V  1 
went  personally  to  the  plaee 
of  origin  of  the  Ben,  and 
obtained  specimens  which 
he  brought  to  the  meeting  ^ 

at  Reading,  and  it  turns  out 
that  the  “Pen  ”  is  not  at  all 
like  Baldwin,  but  ib  a  very 
different  and  inferior  fruit. 

Those,  therefore,  who  have 
received  these  apples  under  v  f 
the  name  of  Pen,  have  not 
t  he  Pen,  in  all  probability,  fit  Vl 

hut  have  a  very  superior  ar-  'Wc/K F 
tide  of  Baldwin.  f  jjr-lsJv; 

We  still  think  that  there  is 
enough  difference  between  p  Jj,  "/Iv 
the  Lancaster  Co.  Baldwin  MljLp  jL  jji 
and  the  original  to  warrant  flJ  k/1  A 
a  separate  distinction,  and  jjcji  ™ 
would  suggest,  that  as  the  '  T  r 
name  of  Pen  must  be  drop-  •  T 
pad,  it  be  known  as  the  p 
Lancaster  Baldwin. 


THE  WEST  BROOK  OR 
“SPECKLED  APPLE.” 


Louin  Blodgett  writes 
the  Gardeners’  Monthly : — I 
beg  to  send  you  a  few  speci¬ 
mens  of  my  "Speckled,  or  West  Brook  Ap¬ 
ple  ” — an  apple  unequaled  in  productiveness, 
hardiness  of  tree,  and  general  excellence  as 
a  dessert  market  apple.  1  have  grown  it  for 
thirty  years,  often  to  the  extent  of  five  hun¬ 
dred  bushels,  (from  about  twenty -three  trees) 
in  a  single  year — and  1  have  amvor  met  its 
equal.  It  ranges  from  September  to  January 
in  keeping,  as  you  hco  I  have  often  kept  them 
until  January  and  February. 

“  I  regret  that  it  is  not  known  in  Eastern 
Pennsylvania,  and  shall  be  glad  to  diffuse  it 
to  any  wishing  grafts  ;  it  would  more  than 
replace  the  often  failing  Bellflower.  Nor  is  it 
known  in  Eastern  New  York  or  New  En¬ 
gland.  Mr.  Downing  made  a  great  mistake 
in  supposing  it  identical  with  some  New 
England  variety— 1  forget  the  name.  It  is 
abundant  only  where  1  have  myself  dis¬ 
tributed  it,  in  Western "Now  York. 

Tine  Editor  says  of  it: — “Mr.  Downing 
supposed  it  was  identical  with  the  Fall 
Orange  of  Western  New  York.  In  order  to 
test  the  matter,  the  writer  of  t  his  has  a  tree 
of  eacii  in  his  specimen  orchard,  and  the 
growth  of  the  two  is  so  widely  different,  that 
they  cannot  possibly  be  identical,  however 
near  they  may  approach  in  the  appearance 
of  the  fruit.” 


abundance.  Plow  or  hoe  the  canes  enough 
to  keep  the  ground  loose  and  free  from  weeds 
and  grass.  Let  your  last  working  be  about 
the  time  the  fruit  begins  to  color.  Cut  out 
the  old  canes  every  season  just  after  fruiting 
is  over.  H.  T,  Harris. 


WHAT  AILS  THE  HYACINTHS'? 


MEASURING  THE  HIGHTS  OF  TREES 


E.  R.  M.  has  a  number  of  Hyacinths,  a 
part  having  failed  to  bloom,  and  appeals  to 
us  to  know  what  is  the  cause.  Of  course  we 
cannot  tell,  for  it  may  be  that  the  bulbs  were 
injured  last  Bummer  before  they  were  taken 
from  the  ground,  or  afterward  .  Sometimes 
bulbs  that  are  left,  in  the  ground  after  bloom¬ 
ing  will  make  a  second  growth  the  same  sea¬ 
son,  the  flower-sterns  pricking  part  way  out 
of  the  bulb,  and  then,  when  taken  up,  its 
growth  is  checked,  this  causing  the  bulb  to 
“go  blind,”  as  the  gardeners  term  it.  Hy¬ 
acinths  usually  bloom  quite  freely,  but  occa¬ 
sionally  they  fail  from  some  unknown  cause. 


In  his  tale  of  “  Monsieur  Violet,  ”  Captain 
Marry  att  tells  us,  as  an  instance  of  the 
great  aptitude  for  applying  simple  rules  pos¬ 
sessed  by  the  Shoshone  Indians,  that  when 
they  desired  to  measure  the  higlit  of  a  tree 
at  any  time  when  its  shadow  was  east  on  the 
ground,  thoy  used  to  place  a  stick  of  a  given 
length  into  the  ground,  and  then  calculating 
the  difference  between  the  length  of  its 
shadow  and  its  actual  bight,  and  applying 
the  same  to  the  shadow  of  the  tree,  they 
ascertained  its  correct  hight,  thus  unknow¬ 
ingly  working  out  a  sum  in  the  rule  of  a 
throe.  Any  person,  however  ill-informed, 
might  easily  get  at  the  exact  hight  of  a 
tree  when  the  sun  shines,  or  during  bright 
moonlight,  by  marking  two  lines  on  the 
ground  three  feet  apart,  and  then  placing  in 
the  ground  on  the  line  nearest  to  the  sun  a 
stick  that  shall  stand  exactly  three  feet  out 
of  the  soil.  When  the  end  of  the  shadow  of 
the  stick  exactly  touches  the  further  line 
t  hen  also  the  shadow  of  the  tree  will  be  ex¬ 
actly  in  length  the  same  measurement  as  its 
hight.  Of  course  in  such  a  case  the  sun  will 
be  at  an  exact  angle  of  45".  Measurements 
of  this  character  could  be  best  effected  in 
the  summer,  when  the  sun  is  powerful,  has 
reached  to  a  good  hight  in  the  heavens,  and 
when  the  trees  are  clothed  with  living  green 
so  as  to  east  a  dense  shadow.  To  many  to 
whom  this  idea  might  not  have  oocured,  it 
might  be  made  annually  a  matter  of  interest, 
thus  on  warm  summer  days  to  take  the 
higlit  of  prominent  trees,  and  so  to  compare 
notes  of  growth  from  year  to  year. 


GARDEN  BREVITIES 


To  Make  a  Good  Lawn. — We  would  advise 
Charles  W.  Small  to  top-dress  his  lawn 
heavily  this  Spring  with  barn-yard  manure 
or  muck,  or  both,  mid  after  harrowing  down 
all  lumps,  sow  Kentucky  blue  grass  seed, 
adding  a  little  white  clover  ;  then  go  over 
the  lawn  with  a  heavy  roller.  A  good,  per¬ 
manent  lawn  cannot  be  secured  upon  poor 
soils  ;  make  the  land  rich  enough,  and  there 
will  be  no  difficulty  in  getting  a  fine  green 
sward. 

Best  Method  to  Train  Tomatoes. — “Nov¬ 
ice  ”  asks  the  the  best  mode  of  training  to¬ 
matoes  ;  if  on  a  trellis,  the  cheapest  and  best 
plan  to  make  one.  If  tomatoes  are  t  rained 
to  a  trellis,  it  prolongs  the  season  of  bearing. 
Some  gardeners  simply  tie  them  up  to  a 
stake  and  cut  them  back,  and  get  good  crops. 
Others  never  cut  back,  but  train  \o  a  com¬ 
mon  post  and  lath  trellis,  which  is  probably 
the  cheapest  that  can  be  made. 

Cabbage  from  Buds. — The  Pacific  Rural 
Press  says: — “  Take  a  large  head  of  cabbage, 
strip  off  the  outer  leaves,  und  slip  off  the 
buds  found  at  the  base  of  the  leaves.  Take 
these  buds  and  simply  set  them  in  rich  earth. 
The  result  will  be  a  flue  growth  of  pabbage 
plants,  with  heails  larger  and  sounder  than 
cun  be  raised  in  the  ordinary  way.” 

Cabbage  After  Mangels. — M,  G.,  Plymouth, 
Pa.,  asks  if  Cold  Frame  cabbage  will  grew 
on  ground  previously  cropped  with  Mangel 
Wurzel.  We  do  not  know  why  it  should  not, 
if  it  is  in  good  tilth  and  condition. 


FLORAL  BREVITIES 


FRUITS  FOR  HOME  USE  IN  OHIO 


Colors  on  Plant  Life.—  M.  P.  Bert,  in  the 
Ilorticole  Belgique,  has  been  going  over  the 
experiments  of  General  Pleasanton,  and 
after  detailing  the  different  degrees  of  injur g 
resulting  from  variuus  colored  glasses,  con¬ 
cludes  by  saying “  Lastly,  all  colors,  taken 
alone ,  are  detrimental  to  plant  life  ;  theii 
union  in  the  proportions  constituting  ordinary 
or  white  light  is  requisite  to  healthy  vegeta¬ 
tion,  and  it  therefore  behooves  horticulturists 
to  renounce  the  idea  of  employing  colored 
classes  or  other  colored  materials  for  glass- 


1n  answer  to  a  request  from  Ashtabula  Co., 
O.,  for  a  selection  of  a  small  assortment  of 
Orchard  and  Garden  fruits,  for  the  farmers’ 
house  use,  of  such  kinds  as  have  been  well 
tasted  iu  Northern  Ohio,  M.  B.  Bateiiam 
furnishes  the  House  and  Garden  the  follow 
ing  list : 

A ppLcs.  -Best  three  Summer— Red  Astra- 
i-lian,  Bi-noni,  Primate.  Best  throe  Fall  Lam 
Strawberry,  Lowell  Sweet  Swjuir,  or  Munson 
Sweet.  Best  three  winter — Baldwin,  R.  I. 
Greening,  Talman  Sweet.  Best  two  late- 
keeping — Canada  Red,  Golden  Russet.  Best 
crab  upple — Trausceudant. 

Pears. — Best  two  Summer — Summer  Doy¬ 
enne,  Bloodgood,  or  Osband’s.  Best  tluoe 
Fall — Bartlett,  Flemish  Beauty,  Belle  Lucra¬ 
tive  or  Sheldon.  Best  three  Winter — Lttw- 
Vieor,  Bear  re  Easter,  Best  two 


rence, 

dwarf — Duchess,  Louise  Bonne. 

Peaches. — Best  two  early—  Hale’s  Early, 

Large  Early  York.  Best  two  medium — Old 
Mixon  Free,  Crawford’s  Early.  Best  two 
late — Ward’s  Late  Free,  Crawford’s  Late. 

Cherries.— Best  early — Early  Purple  Guigne.  are  cultivated. 
Best  medium — Black  Tartariaus,  or  Black  diately  after 
Eagle.  Best  Late — Downer’s  Late,  or  Late  unbroken  link 


RASPBERRY  CULTURE 


the  animal  exhibits  the  slightest  signs  of  un¬ 
easiness,  A  druggist  will  understand  the 
above  abbreviations.  The  ointment  must  be 
applied  to  the  skin. 


sandy  sow  was  638  pounds  net,  thirty  months 
old.  The  sandy  sow  was  bred  very  young  to 
a  grade  Chester  boar — brought  eleven  pigs  ; 
raised  them  all.  Mr.  Gary,  in  the  meantime, 
purchased  a  pair  of  very  superior  pigs  of  the 
Poland  China  stock.  The  sandy  sow  was 
bred  to  this  boar,  raising  eight  beautiful  pigs, 
three  of  them  being  sandy,  with  black  spots  ; 
two  of  them  were  butchered  in  November, 
1872,  -weighing  363  and  347  pounds  respect¬ 
ive!  v. 


THE  SPRING  GUN 


SPRING  MANAGEMENT  OF  BEES 


TO  TRAP  HAWKS, 


In  New  England,  when  the  country  was 
new,  one  of  the  commonest,  and  most  effect¬ 
ual  means  employed  for  the  extinction  of 
bears,  was  the  spring  gun.  As  population 
increased,  the  danger  became  so  great  of  men 
and  domestic  animals  being  killed  or  maimed 
by  it,  that  its  use  has  been  abandoned,  except 
in  places  remote  from  habitation.  The  man¬ 
ner  of  setting  this  deadly  contrivance,  is  this. 
A  gun  heavily  charged  with  balls  or  buck¬ 
shot,  or  both,  is  firmly  fastened  in  two  split 
stokes,  at  the  gripe,  and  near  the  muzzle  ; 
the  rule  for  the  hight  of  the  gun,  being  that 
its  aim  shall  be  on  a  line  with  the  lower  prom¬ 
inent  bone  on  the  outside  of  a  man’s  knee. 
Opposite  the  look  of  the  gun,  another  stoke 
is  driven  ;  on  top  of  this  is  fixed  a  short  lever, 
turning  on  a  pivot  at  its  middle,  one  end  of 
which  rests  against  the  front  of  the  trigger, 
and  to  the  other  is  attached  a  stout  line  of 
elm  bark,  which  runs  out  in  front  of  the  gun 
60  or  70  feet,  passing  at  intervals  through 
cleft  stakes,  kept  from  pinching  it  by  wedges, 
and  is  firmly  tied  to  a  stake  at  the  further 
end.  It  will  be  seen  that  a  slight  pull  on  this 
lino  will  discharge  the  gun.  A  bark  line  is 
used  because  it  is  not  subject  to  contraction 
and  expansion  by  wetting  and  drying,  as  a 
twisted  cord  of  hemp  or  the  like  is.  This  line 
is  rubbed  with  mud  or  charcoal,  so  that  its 
light  color  may  not,  make,  it  too  conspicuous. 
The  gun  is  usually  set  in  the  odge  of  a  coni 
field  at  the  place  where  the  boar  enters  to 
feed  on  the  young  ears,  when  “  in  the  milk.” 
He  always  enters  the  field  at  one  particular 
place,  and  usually  makes  in's  visits  every  oth¬ 
er  night.  The  gun  is  sometimes  set  in  his 
paths  in  the  woods,  where  they  pass  through 
narrow  ravines.  Whenever  set,  it  is  at  night, 
and  notice  of  it  is  given  throughout  the  neigh¬ 
borhood.  The  gun  is  removed  early  in  the 
morning. 

1  am  indebted  for  this  description,  to  Mr. 
Reuben  Parker,  Sen.,  of  Ferrisburg,  Vfc., 
an  old  bear  trapper  himself,  and  the  son  of 
one  of  the  most  successful  and  famous  hunt¬ 
ers  and  trappers  among  the  old  Green  Moun¬ 
tain  boys.  r. 


W htt.e  there  are  a  great  many  vrho  give 
their  bees  little  or  no  attention,  only  about 
the  time  they  expect  surplus  honey,  and  de¬ 
pend  altogether  on  luck  for  success,  there 
are  those  who  wish  to  handle  their  bees  so 
as  to  secure  the  best  results.  To  all  such  I 
would  say,  Examine  each  hive  as  soon  as  the 
weather  will  permit,  and  note  its  condition 
as  to  honey,  brood  and  bees;  those  with 
little  or  no  honey  Bhould  be  fed  at  once. 
Where  several  hives  arc  kept,  there  will  be 
generally  some  with  an  abundance  of  honey 
and  few  bees,  and  other*  plenty  of  bees  and 
food  and  but  little  honey.  Where  such  is 
the  case,  both  will  be  benefited  by  exchang¬ 
ing  combs  ;  hives  without  broods  should  be 
united  to  other  colonies,  as  being  without  a 
queen,  they  will  soon  become  a  prey  to  the 
moth. 

To  promote  early  breeding,  l  give  rye  flour 
sprinkled  on  shavings  in  shallow  boxes— fed 
over  twenty  pounds  hist  Spring.  Poes  will 
not  work  on  It  after  the  natural  supply  of 
pollen  can  be  obtained  from  the  flowers.  By 
carefully  feeding  some  hives  last  Spring,  I 
found  them  as  strong  in  bees  at  the  com¬ 
mencement  of  the  honey  harvest  as  others 
not  fed  were  two  weeks  later,  os  on  remov¬ 
ing  sides  of  hives  about  the  first  of  May,  to 
give  them  boxes,  the  sides  were  covered 
with  bees,  and  some  of  the  outside  combs 
filled  with  sealed  brood — something  I  had 
never  before  observed  so  early  in  (  lie  season. 

Feeding  bees,  to  bo  successful,  must  bo 
thoroughly  understood,  otherwise,  it  had  bet¬ 
ter  not  bo  attempted,  at  least,  only  on  a 
small  scale,  by  the  beginner.  In  calling  the 
attention  of  a  friend  to  the  bees  working  in 
boxes  so  early,  while  t  he  boxes  on  other  hives 
were  not  yet  occupied,  lie  said  it  was  no  won 
der,  as  they  had  been  fed.  To  test  whether 
he  knew  how  the  bees  wore  benefited,  by 
feeding,  I  asked: — ‘‘Do  you  suppose  there 
was  more  honey  in  the  hives,  when  the  bees 
eommonced  gathering  from  t  he  flowers  than 
there  would  have  been  if  they  had  not  been 
fed  ?”  The  emphatic  reply  was,  “  Of  course, 
as  your  feeding  has  filled  the  combs  so  that 
there  was  room  for  honey  only  hi  the  boxes." 

1  soon  convinced  him  that  he  was  entirely 
mistaken  ;  for  if  such  lind  been  the  ease, 
feeding  would  have  been  an  injury,  as  there 
would  have  been  much  brood,  and  few  bees 
in  the  hive. 

About  tho  first  of  March  I  commenced 
feeding  regularly  (there  being  plenty  honey- 
in  the  hives),  but  never  more  than  three 
oounces  in  24  hours.  This  stimulated  tho 
bees  to  greater  activity,  and  the  queen  to  lay¬ 
ing  a  greater  number  of  eggs,  so  that  in  a 
short  time  the  small  amount  fed  would  fall  far 
short  of  the  extra  amount  needed  to  supply 
the  baes  ;  consequently,  there  was  less  honey 
iu  hives  when  bees  commenced  gathering 
from  flowers,  than  if  they  had  not  been  fed, 
but  from  one-third  to  double  the  amount  of 
bees  and  brood.  Right  here  lies  tho  whole 
secret  of  feeding,  which  is  to  ha  ve  the  hive 
full  of  bees,  and  combs  with  brood,  when  the 
honey  harvest  commences.  1  don’t  care  how 
much  honey  there  is  in  the  hive,  as  if  there 
are  only  few  bees,  there  will  be  little  or  no 
surplus  honey. 

Our  neighbors  keep  bees  on  both  sides  of 
us  ;  they  are  also  kept  by  others  in  the  place. 
Tho  seasons  of  ’71  and  ’72  were  poor  for 
honey  here,  but  we  got  a  fair  return,  and  last 
season  1  took  61  pounds,  in  boxes,  from  two 
hives,  and  I  did  not  hear  of  any  honey  being 
taken  in  the  place  outside  of  our  apiary.  The 
reasons  are  :  1st,  we  have  tho  Italian  lie©  ; 
2d,  we  aim  to  have  the  stocks  strong  early  ; 
then  we  get  a  good  share  of  the  honey  in 
boxes,  while  the  neighbors  leave  the  bees  to 
shift  for  themselves  ;  the  result  is,  if  the 
honey  harvest  is  short,  they  don’t  get  any  ; 
and  if  it  is  a  pood  season,  don’t  get  half  as 
much  as  they  would  if  their  bees  had  proper 
care  early  in  the  Spring. 

In  Conclusion,  I  would  [repeat  it,  get  the 
stocks  strong  in  bees  and  brood  by  the  time 
the  honey  harvest  commences  ;  then  yon 
will  realize  a  profit  from  your  bees. 

I  noticed  the  following  inquiries  from  a 
Kansas  correspondent,  some  time  since  : — 1. 
“  What  is  the  cause  of  wingless  bees  in  a  hive, 
as  I  find  a  good  many  ?”  2.  “  Do  bees  die  in 
Winter,  as  1  notice  a  good  many  in  the  hive  I” 

In  reply,  1  would  say  wingless  bees  are 
caused  by  the  depredations  of  the  larvae  of 
the  moth  (worms)  through  the  brood  combs. 
2.  Worker  bees  are  short-lived,  but  the  mor¬ 
tality  is  generally  greatest  during  the  work¬ 
ing  season,  J.  E.  M. 

Rochester,  Pa.,  Feb.  27. 


E.  M.  Quimby  says  : — I  use  a  good-sized 
steel  trap,  tie  a  small  snow-bird,  or  the  wing 
of  a  bird,  on  the  treadle  of  the  trap,  and  set 
it  on  t  he  ground  when  the  hawks  hover  about, 


SF’.H.XTNTO- 

and  1  will  catch  every  hawk  around  ;  I  have 
cleaned  them  out  about  my  place.  Tie  the 
trap  with  a  piece  of  strong  rope  or  chain 
about  three  feet  long.  1  hope  every  sports¬ 
man  will  devote  a  little  time,  and  we  can 
save  hundreds  ol'  quail,  etc. 


Gr-TJUNT. 

In  1872  I  bred  this  sow  to  a  young  Poland- 
Cliinabonr,  the  offspring  of  the  Poland-China 
hogs  spoken  above.  On  the  tenth  day  of  Jan¬ 
uary,  1873,  she  brought  twelvo  pigs  ;  owing 
to  the  Intensely  cold  weather  she  lost  five  ; 
seven  of  them  were  sandy  or  golden  color, 
better  described  by  Mr.  Allen  in  his  account 
of  the  origin  of  the  Improved  Berkshire  hog 
than  T  can  describe  them.  Four  of  tlioBopigs 
are  sandy,  or  bright  golden  color,  with  the 
pure  black  spots,  perfectly  beautiful ;  three 
of  thorn  are  sows;  the  fourth  a  boar.  The 
other  pigs  are  black  and  white,  mostly  white, 
pretty,  but  not  so  fine  as  the  sandy  ones. 
We  now  have  the  sandy  sow  pigs  and  the 
mother,  which  I  intend  to  breed  to  a  young 
Poland-China  boar,  fourteen  mont  hs  old,  that 
ran  to  posture  during  tho  summer,  and  will 
weigh  450  pounds,  and  see  how  they  will 
breed.  The  pigs  from  Polund-China  boar  by 
this  sow  are  very  superior  to  the  jags  by  the 
grade  Chester  boar. 

Nature  sometimes  plays  strange  freaks,  Ts 
this  one  of  them  !  Wo  sometimes  get  from 
white  stock  rod,  black,  or  spotted,  and  vice 
versa.  Some  animals  breed  entirely  after 
tho  male,  other*  the  f'.  male.  Like  does  not 
always  produce  like  in  form,  color  or  quali¬ 
ty,  but  goes  back  to  some  superior  or  inferior 
progenitors.  Is  this  one  of  them  ?  Or  is  it 
to  be  traced  to  some  other  breed  i  The  form, 
size,  quality  and  habits  are  those  of  the  supe¬ 
rior,  high-bred,  Berkshire  hogs;  color  only 
different. 

I  would  like  to  have  the  Committee’s  opin¬ 
ion  of  these  sandy  hogs.  After  a  lapse  of 
years  have  these  hogs,  by  one  of  those  strange 
and  mysterious  freaks  of  animal  nature, 
reproduced  the  original  from  which  they 
sprung  ?  These  hogs  can  be  seen  at  Mr. 
Gary’s  farm,  six  miles  from  Baltimore,  by 
way  of  Baltimore,  Calverton  and  Powhattan 
Railroad,  or  by  jirivate  conveyance  on  the 
Franklin  Turnpike,  and  the  facts  in  regard 
to  them  verified.  Agricola. 

Baltimore  Co.,  Md. 


SPORTSMEN’S  NOTES, 


Thai ;  De'ad  Fall. — Wm.  B.  Link  evidently 
does  not  understand  the  dead  fall  recently 
given  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker.  The  bait 
is  stuck  on  the  spindle,  the  fork  on  which 
prevents  the  bait,  being  slipped  on  it  toward 
the  entrance.  The  spindle  is  so  short  that 
the  animal  does  not  enter  t  he  trap  more  than 
half  liia  length  at  most,  and  the  fall  takes 
him  on  the  neck  or  back,  as  the  case  may  lie. 
Hundreds  of  fur  animals  are.  caught  in  just 
such  traps.  The  “  Figure  four”  is  mere 
troublesome  to  make  and  to  set,  and  is  not 
so  good.  It  is  mostly  used  by  boys  for  catch¬ 
ing  ho'.iso  rats  and  squirrels. 

To  Calch,  Coona.— Will  some  sportsman 
tell  me  how  to  catch  coons  in  a  swamp  ? 
There  is  a  swamp  near  our  house  in  which  I 
think  coons  run.  There  are  also  small  water 
courses  along  which  t  hey  fish  for  frogs.  How 
and  when  shall  I  set  the  trap  ?  What  kind  of 
bait  shall  I  use  ? — a.  s.  n. 


TO  REMOVE  SKUNKS’  HIDES 


As  I  have  caught  and  skinned  a  good  many 
skunks  within  the  last  ten  years,  T  will  give 
Frank  J.  my  method.  Place  tho  skunk  on 
his  back  and  commence  at  the  center  of  his 
unde*-  jaw  ;  rip  down  the  middle  to  tho  fore 
legs;  skin  the  head  and  nock,  then  take  a 
rope  or  small  chain,  put  round  his  neck  and 
hang  him  tip  just  high  enough  to  work  at 
conveniently  ;  skin  the  forward  pair  of  legs  ; 
rip  down  the  middle  ;  stop  about  t  hree  inches 
from  the  tail.  Commence  at  the  top,  skin 
down  and  towards  the  back.  Keep  t  he  knife 
in  your  right  hand  and  hold  the  skin  with  tho 
left ;  be  very  careful  not  to  touch  the  carcass 
with  tho  left  hand,  nor  the  hair  side  of  tho 
skin  with  the  right.  The  glands  that  con¬ 
tain  the  essence,  are  placed  on  the  under  side 
near  the  tail  ;  skin  very  carefully  here  so  as 
not  to  cut  them.  After  removing  the  skin 
rip  it  open  down  to  the  tail,  and  nail  it;  up  on 
some  out  building  to  dry.  Remove  the 
glands  and  bury  them.  Now,  if  you  have 
done  all  of  this  with  care,  the  fat  will  not  be 
scented  and  you  can  cut  if  off  und  cook  it  out 
over  the  kitchen  stove.  The  oil  is  valuable 
for  harnesses,  for  greasing  wagons,  and  all 
lubricating  purposes.  1  have  taken  a  quart 
from  one  animal.  1  killed  some  once,  and 
not  having  time  to  skin  them  the  same  day, 
they  froze,  and  I  put  them  in  a  stream  of 
running  water  to  thaw  them ;  when  I 
skinned  them  there  was  no  scent  on  tho  hair, 
the  water  having  carried  B  all  away. — r.  c.  c. 


BERKSHIRE8  BREEDING  BACK 


In  the  Rural  New-Yoricf.r  of  January  18 
is  the  report  of  Mr.  A.  B.  Allen  upon  the 
history  of  the  Berkshire  hog,  submitted  to 
the  .Swine- Breeders’  Convention  and  reported 
ttpon  by  George  VV.  Jones,  Jacob  Kenny 
and  I.  N.  Barker,  Committee  of  the  Con¬ 
vention,  stating  thutt  he  family  from  which 
tho  present  improved  and  superior  breed  of 
Berkshire  hogs  was  produced  was  of  sandy 
or  buff  color,  about  equally  spotted  with 
black,  was  of  a  large  size  and  a  slow  feeder, 
requiring  two  and  a  half  to  three  years  to 
reach  full  maturity.  Mr.  James  A.  Gary, 
proprietor  of  “The  Meadows,”  has  on  his 
farm  a  beautiful  sandy  or  golden -colored 
sow,  with  a  few  black  spots  scattered  over 
the  body  ;  bred  from  pure  white  hogs  in  ap¬ 
pearance,  for  two  generations,  to  my  knowl¬ 
edge.  These  hogs  were  a  cross  with  the 
Berkshire,  Chester  and  Grade  hogs,  which 
had  bred  white.  The  mother  of  the  sandy 
sow  was  a  -mail,  white  hog,  compact,  well 
built,  with  large  lop  ears  ;  the  sire,  a  very 
large  white  boar,  bred  from  a  spotted  sow, 
bearing  all  the  marks  of  a  Berkshire  hog  by 
a  grade  Chester  boar  ;  the  net  weight  of  this 
hog,  the  grandsire.  of  the  sandy  sow,  was  460 
pounds.  The  sow  was  sold,  not  butchered, 
at  tho  farm ;  the  weight  of  the  sire  of  the 


DOG  WITH  MANGE 


I  would  like  to  know  a  good  reliable  rem¬ 
edy  for  the  disease  of  dogs  I  think  is  called 
"mange.”  We  have  a  fine  shepherd  dog,  a 
year  old,  and  are  afraid  he  lias  it,  from  his 
constant  scratching.  We  have  never  given 
him  veiy  much  meat  or  grease,  and  he  is  a 
light  eater. — m.  e.  w. 

Mahew  says  he  has  succeeded  best  with 
an  unguent  composed  as  follows  : 

rc*!n;--A»  much  as  you  please  to  take. 
huijjli.  hub.— A  sutllciericy  to  make  the  resin 


PIG-PEN  PAPERS 


Lameness  of  1‘igs  and  loss  of  the  use  of 
the  hind  legs  is  believed,  by  a.  correspondent 
of  the  N.  E.  Farmer,  to  be  a  species  of  found¬ 
er  caused  by  highly  concentrated  or  oily  food, 
such  as  corn  meal  or  milk  in  large  quantities, 
and  which  he  has  cured  by  Weedin'  —by  cut¬ 
ting  off  tin-  end  of  the  tall,  repeating  the  op¬ 
eration  two  or  three  times  if  necessary.  He 
has  never  known  it  to  fail  to  cure. 

Stopping  of  (Trine,  in  Pips.-  M.  W.  Hough¬ 
ton  lost  one  pig  from  this  cause,  saved  an¬ 
other  by  sending  through  the  water  course 
of  the  animal,  with  a  syringe,  the  following 
preparation  A  piece  of  ca.st.ile  soap  as  large 
as  a  walnut,  made  fine  and  dissolved  ;  half  a 
pint  of  molasses  and  water  ;  one  toaspoonful 
of  tine  salt. 


.  4ptrii  of  ;t  |htraM 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 

CH1HESE  AZALEAS. 

March  S.— We.  have  few  plant#  which  make 
«  more  gorgeous  show  at  this  season  than  the 
Chinese  Azaleas,  The  flower*  of  most  of  the 
species  and  varieties  are  large,  measuring 
two  to  three  inches  in  diameter,  and  the 
colors  of  a  greater  portion  are  exceedingly 
brilliant.  The  pure  white  varieties,  or  those 
in  which  the  white  color  predominates,  when 
intermingled  among  the  deep  crimsons,  scar 
lets  and  various  shades  of  red,  produce  a 
strong  but  pleasing  contrast.  The  Azaleas 
are  plants  of  such  cas}'  culture  t  hat  I  am 
often  surprised  to  sec  them  so  little  culti¬ 
vated  by  those  who  keep  parlor  or  conserv 
atory  plants.  They  gfoW  readily  in  almost 
any  good  loamy,  or  even  peaty  soils,  and  do 
not  require  a  high  temperature.  In  summer 
the  pots  may  bo  plunged  in  some  half-shady 
border,  and  remain  there  Until  time  to  remove 
the  plants  to  the  house.  Azaleas  arc  plants 
of  comparatively  slow  growth,  but  this  pecu¬ 
liarity  is  a  merit,  for  they  do  not  become 
large  and  cumbersome  until  of  great  age,  and 
then  they  can  be  brought  within  almost  any 
reasonable  limits  by  pruning,  During  Feb¬ 
ruary,  March  and  April,  Azaleas  are  the  most 
shawy  plants  in  my  greenhouse, 

PRUNING  EVERGREENS. 

March  4. — The  opening  of  this  spring  month 
is  not  altoget  her  spring-like  ;  still,  one  begins 
to  think  of  t  he  work  t  hat  must  be  done  soon, 
for  this  cold  weather  cannot  last  much  longer. 
In  looking  about;  among  my  evergreens  J  And 
some  that  can  be  improved  by  pruning.  A 
f<  v  have  grown  too  tall  and  sparsely  supplied 
with  side  branches  •  those  should  be  cutback, 
even  to  t  aking  off  a  few  feet  of  the  leading 
shoot.  I  know  that  some  persons  think  that 
to  cut-  away  the  loading  shoot,  of  a  Norway 
spruce  or  pine  is  likely  to  injure  the  appear¬ 
ance  of  specimen  trees  ;  but  1  have  always 
practised  this  system  of  pruning  upon  all 
evergreens  that  were  not  well  furnished  with 
side  branches.  “Heading  back,'-'  as  it  is 
called  among  nurserymen,  if  far  more  gener¬ 
ally  practised,  would  restore  many  an  un¬ 
sightly  tree  to  a  oomely  shape.  Side  branches 
that  have  grown  out  beyond  proper  limits, 
thereby  giving  the  tree  a  one-sided,  distorted 
appearance,  should  bo  shortened,  more  or 
less,  according  to  their  length.  March  is 
usually  a  convenient  time  to  do  this  kind  of 
work,  and  I  think  that  wounds  made  at  this 
time  upon  evergreens  will  Ileal  over  as  readily 
as  at  any  other  season.  After  one  has  been 
housed  for  three  or  four  months,  lie  feels  like 
sharpening  his  pruning  knife  and  doing  a  little 
whit  tling,  and  if  there  are  evergreens  at,  hand 
which  need  pruning,  they  are  good  subjects 
to  commence  on, 

TULIP  TREE  CATERPILLARS. 

March  6. — Last  summer  my  small  Tulip 
trees  ( LiHodehdrnn  tulip  if  era)  warn  badly 
infested  by  caterpillars,  which  stripped  the 
leaves  from  a  number  of  specimens  before 
they  were  discovered.  Those  caterpillars, 
when  fully  grown,  are  about  two  ineh&s  (or 
n  lit  tle  more)  in  length,  and  of  a  green  color, 
ornamented  with  rows  of  blue  dots,  a  yellow 
eye-hko  Spot,  with  a  black  center  on  the  third 
ring  or  segment,  and  a  yeliow  and  black  band 
across  the  fourth.  My  workmen  brought  rue 
several  of  these  caterpillars,  as  they  have 
been  instructed  to  do  with  all  insects  found 
while  at  work  in  the  garden.  I  furnish  my 
men  with  small  boxes  or  vials,  which  are  car¬ 
ried  in  their  pockets,  and  whenever  any 
worm,  caterpillar,  butterfly,  moth,  or  other 
insect  is  found,  specimens  are  scoured  and 
shown  to  me  before  any  attempt,  to  destroy 
is  thought  Of,  unless  ic  be  with  very  familiar 
species.  My  object  is  to  teach  my  workmen 
to  discriminate  between  friends  and  enemies, 
and  not  take  the  life  of  even  a  minute  insect 
without,  good  and  sufficient  reason  for  doing 
so.  By  adopting  this  plan  I  have  taught 
them  to  be  observing,  not  only  in  examining 
insects,  but  with  plants  as  well,  and  their 
eyes  gradually  become  educated  to  see  many 
things  which  otherwise  would  be  overlooked. 

’  A  few  of  the  caterpillars  mentioned  above, 
were  put  into  a  glass  jar  and  fed  with  tulip 
tree  leaves  until  they  ceased  eating  and 
changed  to  chrysalis.  The  jar  wa-s  then  set 
aside  in  a  safe  place  until  cold  weather,  then 
put  into  the  greenhouse  in  uvlcr  to  hasten 
development  and  bring  out  the  butterflies  in 
advance  of  the  regular  season.  To-day  one 
of  the  butterflies  appeared,  and  proved  to  be 
our  common  Popilio  turnup,  Linn.,  a  species 


which  is  found  from  Hudson’s  Bay  to  Florida. 
Its  front  wings  are  pale  yellow,  bordered  w  ith 
black,  divided  by  eight  or  nine  yellow  spots, 
and  with  four  unequal  transverse  black  bands. 
The  hind  wings  are  margined  with  six  yellow¬ 
ish  lunulcs.  surmounted  by  bluish  spots  ; 
tails  black,  bordered  on  the  inner  side  with 
yellow.  The  wings  spread  from  three  to  four 
inches,  measured  across  t  he  tips.  To  produce 
these  butterflies  was  no  remarkable  feat  or 
particularly  worthy  of  note,  and  1  only  men¬ 
tion  it  to  show  how  readily  one  may  obtain 
knowledge  In  regard  to  the  history  of  our 
common  insects  by  placing  them  in  a  position 
where  their  transformations  can  be  observed. 
I  have  long  known  that,  the  caterpillar  of  the 
Papilla  turnup  fed  upon  the  apple,  cherry, 
and  other  fruit  trees,  but  this  was  the  first 
tune  that  I  had  found  it  upon  the  tulip  tree. 
The  lame  or  caterpillars  of  closely-allied  spe¬ 
cies  are  often  so  near  alike,  that  we  need  to 
breed  them  under  artificial  conditions,  in 
order  to  be  positive  as  to  their  identity.  If 
every  farmer  and  gardener  would  not  only 
look  to  these  things  themselves,  but  teach 
their  children  to  observe  the  habits  and  trans¬ 
formations  of  the  insects  about  them,  igno¬ 
rance  among  those  two  classes  of  our  people 
who,  above  all  others,  should  study  ento¬ 
mology,  would  be  less  apparent. 

THE  WILLOW  TREE  BORER. 

March  7. — I  frequently  receive  from  Mis¬ 
souri  and  other  Western  States  specimens  of 
a  large  and  showy  Longicorn  beetle,  the 
larva  of  which  is  said  to  live  in  the  willow. 
Its  scientific  name  is  I'lertrodcrn  pcalalor, 
Lbc.,  and  belongs  to  the  same  great  family 
as  our  Locust  Borer  (Clytue  pit-tux),  Sugar 
Maple  Tree  Borer  (Clytux  ppedosus),  and 
hundreds  of  other  closely  allied  beetles  whose 
larvae  or  grubs  infest  our  fruits  and  forest 


trees.  The  Pkctrodera,  or  Willow  Tree 
Borer,  is  such  a  showy  insect  that  1  uin  not 
surprised  that  it  attracts  attention.  The 
ground  or  principal  color  is  white,  but  wing- 
covers,  body,  thorax  and  head  are  blotched 
and  striped  with  jet  block,  the  strong  con¬ 
trast  of  the  two  colors  making  the  beetle  a 
very  conspicuous  object  when  crawling  up 
the  bark  of  a  tree  or  at,  rest.  The  markings 
are  very  Irregular,  bot  h  in  size  and  form  fre¬ 
quently  resembling  some  of  the  ancient 
hieroglyphics.  1  send  you  two  sketches  of  a 
specimen  lately  received  from  Texas— a  side 
and  back  view  of  the  same,  which  will  prob¬ 
ably  enable  any  reader  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  who  may  happen  to  meet  with  one 
of  these  Longicorns,  to  recognize  it. 


pisciculture. 


RUSSIAN  STERLET. 

The  Agriculturist  says  : — An  experienced 
traveler  says  :  There  is  no  fish  more  richly 
deserving  an  introduction  among  us  than  the 
Russian  Sterlet,  for,  being  a  mud-fish,  it  will 
thrive  where  the  trout,  will  not.  Another 
great,  consideration,  it  has  no  bones.  Its  fla¬ 
vor  is  considered  almost  if  not  quite  equal  to 
our  celebrated  Whitefish  of  tile  Western  lakes 
but  it  is  not  usually  so  large.  It-  abounds  in 
the  Volga,  arid  we  do  not  know  but  in  other 
rivers  of  Russia,  We  believe  it  is  also  found 
in  the  Caspian  and  Black  Seas. 

- - 

PISCICULTURAL  NOTES. 

Black  Bass  increase  with  great  rapidity. 
Twenty-four  bass  were  placed  in  a  small  lake 
in  Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y.  The  lake  was  not 
fished  for  four  years,  when  a  ton  of  fine  bass 
were  taken  with  a  hook  and  line  during  a 
single  season  without  diminishing  the  supply 
the  succeeding  Summer.  Each  succeeding 
year  gives  an  increased  yield. 

Congress  has  been  memorialized  to  aid  in 
the  establishment  of  a  salmon  fish-hatching 
establishment  in  the  vicinity  of  Puget 
Sound,  and  a  shad-hatching  house  on  the  At¬ 
lantic  coast. 

During  the  year  1872  Mr.  Setii  Green  has 
delivered  no  less  than  seventy  thousand  fish 
for  seed  purposes. 


industrial  juTopin;. 


FARMING  IN  COLORADO. 

The  Dairy  is  assuming  considerable  import¬ 
ance  and  profit  in  Colorado.  The  markets  of 
Denver  and  other  towns  in  the  territory  are 
the  most  of  the  year' supplied  with  “ranche.” 
butter,  as  the  home  made  article  is  termed, 
and  it  always  brings  10  to  15  cents  more  per 
pound  t  han  choice  Ohio  or  New  York  but  ter. 
The  prevailing  price  now,  is  from  45  to  00 
cents  per  pound.  It  is  estimated  that  there 
were  produced  in  this  Territory  last  year 
3,000,000  pounds,  worth  $1,000,000.  Consid¬ 
erable  is  packed  for  the  ’  illltary  posts  and 
settlements  in  Wyomin  .  n  1  New  Mexico, 
and  for  St.  Louis  cud  Chicago  markets, 
which  is  to  so  great  an  extent  robbing  our¬ 
selves  that  large  quantities  of  Illinois  and 
Kansas  butter  are  imported  and  sold  here. 
The  season  for  butter  manufacture  generally 
lasts  from  the  middle  of  April  to  the  middle 
of  November,  seven  months,  and  during  this 
period  a  dairy  of  25  to  30  cows  will  moke  125 
pounds  of  butter  to  the  cow.  'flic  average 
price  of  good  American  cows  in  (he  spring  is 
$50.  Thus  it  will  be  seen  the  product  of  a 
single  season  pays  for  the  cow,  while  the 
milk  after  the  cream  is  taken  of!  will  raise 
the  calf,  which  in  the  fall  is  worth  from  $8  to 
$10.  It  is  the  experience  of  farmers  in  the 
vicinity  of  Denver  that  a  dairy  of  thirty 
cows  a  single  year  will  make  them  $1,500, 
enough  to  pay  the  living  expenses  and  hired 
help,  leaving  the  crops  on  the  farm  a  net 
profit.  'Hie  expense  of  keeping  cows  is 
trifling.  They  graze  the  year  round,  arc  sel¬ 
dom  grain-fed  or  stall-fed,  the  dry  and  nutri¬ 
tious  grasses  affording  abundant  food.  Thus 
far  this  winter  there  1ms  JlOt  been  snow 
enough  to  cover  the  ground,  and  the  ther¬ 
mometer  has  been  below  zero  but  two  or 
three  days.  For  the  most  pari  the  weather 
has  been  very  much  like  October  in  New 
1  England.  The  other  evening  at  a  “  Fanners' 
Club  ”  (every  town  in  the  Territory  has  one) 
.vo  heard  an  old  settler  relate  his  seven  years 
experience  In  daiiying.  He  came  here  in 
1863,  with  bad  health  and  little  means.  He 
started  with  throe  cows.  In  those  days  he 
got  75  to  85  cents  per  gallon  for  milk  and  81 
to  $1.25  per  pound  for  butter.  From  the 
profits  he  kept  buying  more  cows.  At  the 
j  o if  of  seven  years  he  had  80  eowk,  and  hud 
laid  up  considerable  money.  His  stock  was 
grade  cattle.  His  experience  showed  that. 
Texas  Cattle,  despite  the  richness  of  their 
milk,  have  no  value  for  dairy  purposes.  He 
had  one  grade  cow  that  lie  bought  for  $25. 
She  milked  a  gallon  uud  a  ball'  pc-r  day  for 
eighteen  months.  After  several  years  milk¬ 
ing  he.  sold  her  for  $50,  estimating  that,  he 
had  got  $1 ,000  out  of  her. 

Cheese  making  in  Colorado  lias  as  yet  re¬ 
ceived  but  little  attention.  But  in  this  direc¬ 
tion-some  move  has  now  been  made.  During 
the  past  year  an  Englishman,  Dr.  Belt.,  has 
established  an  extensive  cheese  factory  in  the 
West  Mountain  Valley,  south  of  Colorado 
Springs.  As  the  result  of  the  first,  season  he 
has  put  upon  the  market,  5,000  pounds  of 
prime  cheese,  which  found  ready  purchasers 
at  40  cents  per  pound. 

Regarding  the  interest  in  stock  raising,  it 
may  be  said  that  the  Territorial  Auditor’s  re¬ 
port.  not  yet  printed,  will  show  that,  in  1872 
there  were  assessed  in  Colorado  242,372  head 
of  cattle,  an  increase  over  1871  of  100,224. 
The  President  of  the  Stock  Growers’  Associ¬ 
ation  informs  us  that  there  were  imported 
into  the  Territory  dm-ing  the  past  year, 
87  pedigree  Short-Horns,  Jersey,  Hereford, 
Devon,  and  Galloway  bulls  ;  and  about  200 
grade  bulls.  Just  across  the  Platte  from 
Denver  is  the  “  Denver  Jersey  Stock  Farm,’’ 
established  the  past  year,  on  which  is  a  dairy 
of  Ayrshire,  Alderney  and  Jersey  cows.  It 
will  be  seen  hv  these  facts  that  Colorado 
stock  men  and  dairymen  are  progressive. 

It  is  estimated  that  Colorado  contains  from 
forty  to  fifty  millions  acres  of  grazing  land, 
nearly  one-half  of  this  lying  west  of  the 
Rocky  mountain  range  in  the  unsettled  part, 
of  the  Territory.  Northern  Colorado  east  of 
the  range,  is  chosen  by  the  great  stock  men 
for  their  field,  because  it  has  more  rain  and 
the  grass  grows  higher  than  in  Southern 
Colorado  or  South  of  the  Arkansas  divide. 
From  a  point  high  up  in  Estes  Park,  where 
Geo.  W.  Brown  of  Denver  is  wintering  his 
herd  of  1,500  head  of  cattle  without  the  cost 
Of  cutting  or  curing  hay,  thence  through 
Weld,  Boulder,  Jefferson,  Larimer  and  Ara¬ 
pahoe  counties,  occupying  the  valleys  of  the 
Platte,  Cherry,  Box  Elder,  Bijou,  Kiowa, 
Beaver,  east  to  the  headw  aters  of  the  Repub¬ 
lican,  are  pastured  the  largest  herds.  Among 
these  are  John  Hittson’s  4,000  head  ;  Major 


George,  7.(100  :  J.  W.  Iltff,  f,000  ;  Brown  & 
Lathrop,  1,600  ;‘J.  S.  Maynard,  1.200  ;  L.  II. 
Cole,  1,000;  Samuel  Hartzell,  700;  W.  W. 
Roberts,  700  ;  J.  L  Brush,  1,500  :  Wilson 
Bros.,  8,500  ;  Bartels  &  Co..  1,000  ;  Hughes 
&  Kerr,  1,000  ;  E.  W.  Whitcomb.  2,000  ;  W. 
IT.  Cranmer,  1,400 ;  James  Hart.  1,000 ; 
Capt.  May,  1,200  ;  and  hundreds  of  smaller 
herds  ranging  from  100  to  800  head. 

Southern  Colorado,  that  portion  of  the  ter- 
ritor  .  drained  by  the  waters  of  the  Arkan¬ 
sas  and  Rio  Grande,  hits  about  25,000  square 
miles  of  grazing  lands,  capable  of  sustaining 
1,250,000  head  of  cattle.  At  present  there 
are  not  over  180,000 head  in  this  area.  In  the 
Fountains,  in  Bonille  and  other  tributaries 
of  the  Arkansas,  in  the  Arkansas  itself  and 
along  the  Rio  Grande  are  scattered  small 
herd*,  mostly  Texas  cattle,  while  in  the  vi¬ 
cinity  of  Pueblo  and  Bent’s  Ford  are  found 
several  herds  numbering  from  1,000  to  5,000. 

Denver,  Col.,  Feb.  14.  b. 


A  WOMAN’S  POULTRY  STATEMENT. 

Hkeing  the  poultry  statement  of  E.  J. 
Crawford  in  Rural  New-Yorker,  March  1., 
I  feel  impelled  to  give  my  experience  and 
profits  for  1872,  in  the  hope  that  it  may  en¬ 
courage  other  women  to  start  in  this  light, 
healthy,  and,  withal,  profitable  employment. 
In  the  Spring  of  1872,  1  had  200  hens  worth 
oOcts.  apiece,  and  18  Brahmas,  worth  $1.00. 
During  the  year  I  sold  0&4  doz.  eggs  for  $130.- 
13  ;  227  chickens  and  old  fowls  for  $74.73.  So 
my  account  stands  thus. 

Value  of  fowls . $118  GO 

Ok. — dozen  eggs . $130  13 

'W  fmvlw  Sold . . .  T4  73 

Fowls  on  hand  ..  . .  100  00 

-  304  86 

Profit . 0186  8C 

You  may  say  that  tins  is  incomplete,  as  I 

have  no  memoranda  of  cost  of  food.  With 
corn  at  20cts.  a  bushel,  and  with  an  unlimited 
range  you  will  readily  see  that  t  he  cost  would 
not  be  great,  and  is  fully  covered  by  eggs 
used  by  two  families,  of  which  no  account  is 
made,  approx  1  mating  100  doz.,  and  not  far 
from  75  chickens  eaten.  My  turkey  profits 
were  not.  so  good  as  usual  last  year,  because 
of  sport  smen  and  wolves  who  relieved  me  of 
24.  Still  they  foot  up  $55.55. 

In  conclusion.  1  would  like  to  give  a  word 
of  advice  to  overworked  farmers’  wives  and 
daughters.  Have  a  good  stout  girl  for  the 
kitchen,  and  do  you  spend  one-half  your  time 
out-ofrdoora  raising  chickens.  Never  mind 
the  tan  and  freckles,  and  my  word  for  it,  it 
will  pay.  You  can  pay  a  girl  for  the  busy 
season  and  have  $150.00  besides,  for  your  own 
pleasure.  1  have  been  intensely  interested  in 
the  women’s  letters  that  have  appeared  in 
the  Ritual,  well  knowing  that  a  great  evil 
docs  exist,  and  that  yearly  thousands  of 
faithful  women  are  hurried  to  an  untimely 
grave;  but  it  seems  to  me  that  no  one  has 
touched,  as  yet,  the  true  reason  of  this  terri¬ 
ble  slaughter — at  least  as  it  exists  in  Illinois  ; 
and  I  am  sometimes  seized  with  an  impulse 
to  “  say  my  say  ;  ”  but  some  one  may  do  it 
for  me  yet.  Jennie  P. 

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WHITE  BRAHMA  FOWLS. 

I  think  I  can  answer  C.  H.  M.’s  question 
(see  Rural  New-Yorker.  Feb.  22,  p.  126,)  in 
regard  to  White  Brahmas.  About  three  years 
ago  niv  father  purchased  three  of  these  fowls, 
Which  were  pure  white.  They  made  good 
liens  i.o  lay,  but  were  not  very  good  mothers. 
They  very  often  leave  the  nest  before  the 
eggs  are  hatched.  We  took  the  first  pre¬ 
mium  for  the  best  collection  of  these  fowls 
at  the  Chautauqua  Co.  (N.  Y.)  Fair,  in  the 
fall  of  1869.  We.  had  twelve  of  them,  all  of 
which  were  pure  white.  One  of  our  neigh¬ 
bor  has  now  a  very  fine  collection  of  them. 
We  have  a  few,  but  keep  Light  Brahmas 
mostly. — J.  W.  W.,  Juniestenc-n,  N.  K. 

It  is  proper  to  say,  here,  that  the  printer 
and  proof  reader  made  us  say  that  we  had 
never  seen  a  fine  White  Brahma  ;  we  wrote 
that  we  bad  never  seen  a  pure  White  Brahma. 

I  saw  in  the  Rural  New  Yorker  of  Feb. 
22d,  au  inquiry  about  White  Brahmas.  I 
would  say  that  one  of  my  neighbors  lias 
what  he  calls  White  Brahmas.  They  resem¬ 
ble  the  Light  Brahmas  very  much,  except 
that  they  are  shorter  legged,  a  little  thicker 
set,  and  of  pure  white. — E.  B.  S.,  Susque¬ 
hanna,  Pa. 

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Plan  of  Hen  Park  Wanted,— I  wish  to 
build  a  hen  park  this  spring  I  have  a  spot 
back  of  my  barn,  14  by  24  [feet  or  rods  i— Eds.] 
to  build  it  on.  Will  not  some  one  please  give 
me  a  plan. — t.  c.  c. 


MOOSE’S  BUBAL  N 


Mode!;  aiut  Manners. 


BONNETS  AND  HATS. 

The  large  importers  have  already  displayed 
their  spring  styles  before  the  milliners  and 
retail  dealers.  As  anticipated  there  are 
some  changes,  though  st  yles  are  only  mod- 
ilied.  In  bonnets  there  are  some  few  general 
changes,  which  will  doubtless  rule  through¬ 
out  the  season.  In  the  first  place  we  may  re¬ 
mark  a  decided  return  to  straws.  The  laces 
which  have  so  long  been  in  vogue,  and  which 
enabled  so  many  ladies  to  make  their  own 
bonnets,  have  entirely  given  way.  In  their 
stead  we  have  all  varieties  of  English  braids, 
aud  in  all  colors. 

SHAPES. 

It  is  rather  difficult  to  distinguish  between 
bonnets  and  huts  ;  indeed bho  chief  difference 
seems  to  be  in  the  trimming  and  wearing. 
In  almost  every  style  Is  the  influence  of  the 
Ratagas,  which  found  such  favor  here  last 
winter  ;  the  crown  is  square,  the  front  turned 
up  like  a  diadem  to  the  hack,  which  was 
simply  faced,  and  the  bonnet  was  worn  on 
the  back  of  the  head,  leaving  the  hair  ar¬ 
ranged  in  pompadour  stylo,  or  simply  crimp¬ 
ed,  as  the  only  face  trimming.  Later  in  t  he 
season  little  frills  of  lace,  and  twisted  ribbon 
were  introduced  under  the  brims,  and  the 
crowns  were  made  soft,  with  a  soft  fabric, 
now  altogether  used,  called  Grots  de  Orleans. 
This  same  shape  prevails  in  every  stylo  of 
bonnet,  but  is  sufficiently  varied  to  prevent 
its  becoming  common.  The  crowns  of  bon¬ 
nets  arc  large,  square,  though  not  so  high  as 
formerly.  The  era  of  immense  structures 
seems  to  have  passed.  Sometimes  the  dia¬ 
dem  reaches  only  to  the  ears;  again  it  ex 
tends  to  a  point  in  the  back  ;  and  in  another 
shape,  designed  for  young  ladies,  extends  all 
around.  Bonnets  of  this  description,  in  line 
flat  English  braid,  are  $3.50  and  $•!. 

Belgian  straw  is  another  beautiful  braid  but 
is  more  expensive.  The  same  shapes  prevail, 
aud  a  hut  untrimuied  costs  and  $8.  French 
chip  is  destined  to  become  n  popular  braid;  it 
is  very  pretty  and  lad>  like  and  trims  nicely. 
Among  what  may  be  more  distinctly  called 
bats,  there  is  a  style,  the  (.'nst  llliun,  u  modifi¬ 
cation  of  the  Tyrolean  which  was  seen  last 
winter  in  felt,  with  the  brim  turned  up  at 
one  side,  and  a  high-peaked  crown.  The 
spring  shape  has  a  crown  decidedly  less  pro¬ 
nounced  ;  flic  front  and  back  are  rather 
pointed  and  project  over  the  forehead,  form¬ 
ing  the  extreme  opposition  to  the  Ratagas 
styles. 

The  Japanese  is  an  old-fashioned  turban 
with  a  crown  intending  to  run  up  to  a  point, 
but  which  suddenly  becomes  square.  The 
shape  will  be  popular,  as  there  are  so  many 
persons  to  which  the  turban  was  becoming 
— the  crown,  however,  is  a  mere  caprice. 
Like  other  hats  it  will  be  worn  tilted  back. 

Palmetto  hats  arc  now  brought  to  us  from 
France  instead  of  Florida.  They  will  be  still 
used  for  neglige,  country  and  sea  side.  Hats 
woven  in  basket-work,  in  shapes  like  the  Pal¬ 
metto  are  also  in  the  shops.  They  come  in 
gray,  brown  and  white,  are  lined  with  silk, 
and  trimmed  by  a  profusion  of  flowers  on 
the  top. 

TRIMMINGS. 

The  change  in  garniture  will  be  marked 
by  the  use  of  less  lace,  and  flowing  materi¬ 
als,  and  an  increased  use  of  ribbon  and  silk. 
Neither  will  trimming  be  so  abundant,  but  it 
must  be  of  necessity  more  artistically  arrang¬ 
ed,  and  require  the  deft  fingers  of  the  mil¬ 
liner,  as  only  practised  hands  can  make  bows 
and  loops.  However,  ribbon  will  not  be  so 
much  used,  except  for  strings,  as  GroB  de  Or¬ 
leans,  which  is  cut  bias,  and  Lumg  in  loops 
mingled  with  flowers  and  ostrich  tips. 

In  most  hats  aud  bonnets  shades  and  colors 
will  be  used.  Among  colors  there  will  be 
gray  and  pink,  purple  and  sage,  light  pink 
and  blue,  Nile  green  and  lemon,  which  is  a. 
new  color,  and  plum  and  blue,  as  well  as  the 
different  shades  of  gray,  brown  and  green 
that  prevail  now  so  abundn  ntly.  We  beg  those, 
venturing  to  use  their  own  judgment  in  the 
selection  of  trimmings,  to  bestow  some  care, 
as  all  the  beauty  of  these  contrasts  depend  on 
the  shades  that  are  blended  together,  mere 
color  will  not  answer.  Wo  will  add  also  that 
in  using  them  the  lighter  should  be  always 
under,  or  less  prominent,  except  probably 
in  hats  for  opera  wear  or  for  full  dress. 

FLOWERS. 

Every  year  flowers  approach  more  and  more 
to  nature.  In  order  to  more  fully  show  this 
the  fancy  is  for  faded  roses,  drooping  fKituls, 
sprays  of  flowers  not  all  in  bloom,  dried,  and 
autumn  leaves  not  in  their  full  color,  but  dull 
and  dying.  All  those  wonderful  specimens 
of  perfect  roses  in  full  beauty  are  entirely 


out  of  fashion.  The  nearer  your  floral  deco¬ 
rations  approach  a  spray  gathered  from  the 
garden,  no  matter  though  the  petals  be  rag¬ 
ged,  the  leaves  torn,  the  more  fashionable  it 
is.  There  is  also  a  return  to  field  flowers, 
daisies,  periwinkles,  morning  glories;  the 
blue  myrrhs  arc  all  as  near  perfect  »«s  possi¬ 
ble.  Flowers  are  used  more  in  combination  j 
than  last,  year,  but,  as  in  choosing  ribbons, 
these  should  be  chosen  with  great  care. 

As  we  before  said,  bonnets  and  hats  this 
year  will  demand  the  more  the  milliners'  ser¬ 
vices,  but  we  will  try  to  give  a  few  practical  I 
hints  toward  trimming.  The  less  trimming  | 
used  the  more  important  that  it  be  well  dis¬ 
posed.  The  diadem  should  be.  bound  with 
velvet  or  silk  underneath  it.  Arranged  as  a 
face  trimming  is  a  wreath  of  buds  or  little 
flowers,  such  as  the  myrrhs,  or  a  twist  of 
ribbon  and  lace.  This  may  extend  only  to 
the  ears,  or  entirely  around.  About  the 
crown  two  shades  of  ribbon,  not  twisted,  but 
oue  underneath  t  he  other,  a  bias  strip  of  Gros 
de  Orleans  or  China  crapo  is  put  plainly 
around.  On  one  side  are  several  loose  loops 
in  which  are  mingled  the  flowers  or  ostrich 
tips,  falling  with  streamers  at  the  back. 

A  Ratagas  of  white  chip  had  the  diadem 
bound  with  black  velvet,  a  wide  band  of 
black  ribbon  velvet  laid  about  the  crown 
falling  in  long  streamers,  and  on  one  side  was 
a  great  bunch  of  while  ribbons  with  black 
lace. 

A  Black  Castilian  had  the  edge  bound  with 
two  shades  of  blue,  very  dark  and  very  light, 
the  light  under  and  exposed  about  a  quarter 
of  an  inch.  The  two  were  put.  about  tlie 
crown,  a  long,  black  feather  was  caught  in 
front  and  fell  over  the  back,  and  on  the  side 
turned  up  a  stff  wing  of  gray-black  and 
greenish-blue  was  placed. 

NOVELTIES. 

Sets  of  collars  and  cuffs,  embroidered  with 
Valleneiennes  lace  as  a  frill  above  the  collar 
and  edging  Hit' cuffs,  are  veiy popular.  The 
chemisette  is'embroidered  down  a  few  inches, 
to  be  worn  under  a  dress  with  rovers.  A  new 
style  is  a  collar  very  large  for  summer  wear, 
to  be  worn  with  dresses  cut  low.  In  every 
case  a  chemisette  is  attached.  Underslecvcs 
of  kilt  plaids  edged  with  lace  are  t  o  bo  worn 
wit  h  open  (sleeves  ;  they  are  very  pretty  but 
we  think  will  soon  rumple.  The  price  of 
each  of  these  styles  is  $5.50, 

Jabots  of  real  lace,  consisting  of  a  ruffle 
around  the  neck,  with  a  straight  piece  of  in¬ 
serting  reaching  to  t  he  waist,  i  Ith  Iocs  on 
either  side  gathered  full  enough  to  fall  in 
folds,  are  very  popular.  They  cost  'l  l.  Any 
lady  could  make  them  for  much  Ices.  For 
overdresses  and  pulled  waists  Italian  lace  of 
exquisite  quality,  looking  quite  like  real  lace, 
Is  used.  This  is  advisable,  as  such  quantities 
are  necessary  and  the  fashion  is  a  passing 
one. 

From  the  small  pocket -fans  lately  popular, 
of  ivory  or  tortoise  shell,  fashion  lias  veered 
to  immense  fans  in  hlack  and  white,  called 
Corisande.  They  are  of  silk  with  flowers 
scattered  on  the  surface,  a  bunch  of  roses,  a 
spray  of  lilac,  UlUes,  or  a  bunch  of  red  ber¬ 
ries.  They  ai’c.  mounted  on  tortoise  shell  or 
ebony  sticks. 

Chinese  crape  shawls  arc  in  vogue  for  over¬ 
skirts.  The  embroidery  can  be  easily  ar¬ 
ranged  in  proper  shapes.  The  fringe,  which 
is  generally  not  heavy,  is  cut  off,  and  lace  or 
Other  fringe  substituted.  They  arc  often 
trimmed  with  blin  k  velvet  bands  and  Valen¬ 
ciennes  inserting.  Two  bows  of  black  velvet 
and  loco  loops  them  high  on  the  hips  They 
are  worn  with  double  h  rote  Hub  of  black  vel¬ 
vet  and  lace. 


vKum'.'itie  djeonanm, 


Orient ifii|  and  Useful. 


ZINC  POISONING  AND  WATER  PIPES. 

The  Boston  Journal  of  Chemistry  declares 
that  zinc  is  at  least  as  virulent  and  fatal  a 
|K>ison  ns  lead,  its  salts,  when  taken  in  small 
quantities,  producing  nausea ;  larger  doses 
cause  vomiting,  with  violent  retching  and 
cerebral  distress,  Some  painters  a  re  poisoned 
by  zinc  paint,  and  suffer  colic  similar  to  that 
caused  hy  lend.  Water  in  contact  with  urine 
or  “  galvanized  ”  iron  pine,  is  charged  to  a 
greater  or  less  extent,  with  the  chloride,  the 
protoxide  and  the  carbonate  of  zinc — all 
poisonous  to  those  who  use  the  water. 

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INFORMATION  IN  BRIEF. 

To  Make  Cloth  Water- Proof,  the  Scien¬ 
tific  American  says: — Into  a  half  bucket  of 
soft  water  put  half  a  pound  of  sugar-  of  lead. 
In  another  half  bucket  of  water,  put  half  «. 
pound  alum.  Stir  till  dissolved  and  then 
mix  the  two  solutions  together.  Stir  well, 
let  stand  till  clear,  and  pour  off.  Pnt  the  gar¬ 
ments  in  the  liquid  for  34  hours,  take  out  and 
hang  up  to  diy  without  wringing.  Acetate 
of  alumina  is  hero  the  water-repelling  salt. 

Oiling  Harness.  -  Joseph  C.  Ault  asks 
what  he  shall  oil  his  new  harness  with  to 
preserve  it  and  keep  it  pliable.  Wo  have 
given  several  recipes  heretofore,  but  we 
would  like  our  readers  who  have  tried  them 
to  state  which  is  best. 

A  Paste  that  will  adhere  to  bright  tin  is 
made  by  applying  common  flour  pasta  in 
which  about  one  tablespoonful  of  brown 
sugar  to  a  quart  of  paste  is  mixed. 


WINTER  BUTTER  MAKING. 

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I  never  heat  the  milk  after  straining  ; 
strain  the  milk  in  tin  pans,  till  about  half 
full.  I  keep  it  in  the  pantry,  joining  the 
kitchen,  which  1  think  does  better  than 
warming  it ;  let  it  stand  till  the  milk  is  turn¬ 
ed,  then  I  gather  a  common  churning,  keep¬ 
ing  the  cream  in  the  same  temperature  as  I 
do  the  milk  :  do  not  let  it  stand  too  loug,  till 
bitter  or  moldy.  The  “Eastern  Pennsylva¬ 
nia  Fanner's  Wife”  must  have  a  strong  back, 
or  a  number  of  daughters,  or  a  train  of  serv¬ 
ants,  or  she  never  could  do  all  she  says  with 
the  milk  before  it  is  ready  for  skimming.  I 
know  if  I  were  to  do  all  that  extra  work  in 
addition  to  the  rest  of  my  work,  1  should 
never  get  it  finished,  ns  I  do  not  keep  a  serv¬ 
ant,  and  do  my  own  work. 

If  you  do  not  scald  your  cream  in  churn¬ 
ing,  you  will  not  need  to  color  the  hotter 
with  carrot  or  use  anything  else  for  coloring. 

1  do  not  agree  altogether  with  E,  P.  B.  in  uot 
washing  butter  ;  if  a  person  lias  strength  to 
work  butter  so  as  to  keep  well,  anil  bo  sure 
that  the  buttermilk  is  all  worked  out,  it  is 
all  right,  If  you  have  not  the  strength,  wash 
twice  in  fresh,  cool  water  before  salting;  put 
it  away  till  the  next  morning  ;  add  more  salt, 
work  over,  take  out  all  the  milk  and  streaks, 
then  pack  or  roll  for  use. 

A  Farmer’s  wife. 
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DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 

Saturday  ana  Washing  Day. — I  must  enter 
a  slight  protest  against  Mrs.  L.  A.  O.’splan 
•f  taking  Saturday  for  a  washing  day.  If 
there  is  anything  that  looks  especially  heath¬ 
enish  to  mo  it  is  the  sight  of  clothes  out  to 
dry  on  t  he  Sabbath ;  and  1  think  there  is 
usually  enough  to  do  on  Saturday  without 
t  he  additional  work  and  discomfort  of  wash¬ 
ing.  My  rule  Is  to  do  my  baking,  either  on 
Friday  or  Saturday,  and  enough  of  it  to  last 
over  Monday,  which  day  I  set.  apart  for 
washing,  and  then  1  can  take  advantage  of 
all.  the  nice  days  following  for  drying,  and 
have  plenty  of  time  for  ironing  the  clothes. 

A  cheap  yet.  excellent  Jelly  Colte.— Two  tea¬ 
cups  of  flour,  one  of  sugar,  one  of  sweet 
milk,  tlu-ee  tablespoon  I'uls  of  butter,  two 
tea-spoons  of  cream  of  tarter,  one  of  soda, 
one  egg.  Rub  t  he  butter  and  sugar  together ; 
then,  having  beaten  the  egg,  stiralt  together  ; 
bake  in  four  parts  in  a  common  milk  pan. 
Spread  jelly  between.  If  jelly  becomes 
hard  so  as  not  to  spread  smooth  on  soft  cake, 
take  jt  on  a  plate  and  mash  with  a  knife  un¬ 
til  it  will  spreud. — a.  r.  r. 

-  I  n  Improved  Pounder  for  washing  is 
wanted  by  one  of  t  he  lady  correspondents  of 
the  Rural  New-Yorker — “one  to  cover  a 
larger  space,  light,  and  perforated  so  that 
water  may  pas:  up  and  fall  back  in  such 
a  manner  as  to  strike  with  force  upon  the 
clothes.”  She  adds,  “  Will  not  some  enter¬ 
prising  man  invent  one  ?”  This  lady  lias 
never  found  a  washing  machine  to  meet  her 
wants  ;  but  there  are  such  machines. 

J.  m.  w. 

To  remove  Crease  Spots  from  Woolen 
Goods. — Place  a  piece  of  bi-own  paper  under 
aud  over  t  he  soiled  spot  in  your  garment,  and 
set  a  warm  smoothing  iron  on  the  top,  re¬ 
moving  the  paper  frequently  and  plucinga 
clean  piece  next  to  the  doth,  until  the  paper 
no  longer  becomes  soiled.  Alcohol  applied 
to  the  soiled  pari  will  also  remove  grease 
spots,  but  this  sometimes  injures  the  color, - 

Corn  Bread.— To  all  that  do  not  already 
use  this  recipe  we  will  give  it,  as  we  think  it 
the  way  to  make  corn  bread.  Take  two  pints 
sweet  milk,  two-thirds  cuji  of  molasses,  two 
cups  flour  and  four  of  meal  ;  add  nearly  a 
tablespoonful  of  soda.  Bake  slowly  two 
hours,  so  the.  crust  will  be  tender  when  taken 
out. 

Fried  Pies.— Prepare  the  crust  the  same 
as  for  sweet  fried  cakes,  spiced  ;  roll  thin, 
about  the  size  of  small  saueo-platos,  and  till 
with  sifted  cider  apple  sauce,  spiced  and 
sweetened  to  suit  the  taste  (I  prefer  cinna¬ 
mon  and  doves  or  allspice)  ;  cover  them  with 
the  crust,  being  careful  to  fasten  the  edges, 
and  fry  in  hot  fat. 

To  Make  Salt,  Pork  Fresh.  —  Place  the 
slices  in  a  pan  of  sour  milk,  soak  over  night, 
and  in  the  morning  wash  them  with  cold 
water  ;  fry-  as  usual,  and  you  will  have  fresh 
1  pork  for  breakfast !  Pork  may  also  be  fresh- 
I  ened  by  boiling  in  sour  or  sweet  milk,  with¬ 
out  previously  soaking  it.— M.  D.  B,,  Knowles- 
\  title,  Y.  Y. 

Italian  Sausage.— An  American  in  Italy 
who  fell  in  love  with  Italian  sausage  found 


that  it.  was  made  of  equal  parts  of  beef  and 
pork,  hashed  or  chopped  well  together,  to 
which  is  added  one  pound  of  salt  and  one 
pound  of  pepper  for  evei-y  100  pounds  of 
meat;  it  is  put  in  strong  sldns  and  smoked. 

Simple  Steamed  Corn  Pudding. — Take  a 
pint  or  t  wo  of  buttermilk,  add  a  small  table¬ 
spoon  of  soda  ;  thicken,  about  us  for  corn 
bread,  with  one-third  flour,  and  two-thirds 
Indian  meal  ;  fruit-,  green  or  dried,  is  a  great 
addition.  To  tie  eaten,  warm  with  sweetened 
cream. 

Mouse-proof  Mortar. — l  have  found  a  stiff 
mortar,  composed  of  nine  parts  of  wood 
ashes  to  one  of  wheat  flour,  wet  up  with 
warm  water,  effectual  in  stopping  the  holes 
of  mice  in  plastered  walls,  when  common 
lime  mortar  was  insufficient. — j.  m.  w. 

Crullers. — I  will  send  you  a  good  receipt  for 
cmllera : — One  cup  of  sugar,  ono  of  sour 
or  buttermilk,  one  egg,  otie  largo  tablespoon 
of  butter,  one  large  teaspoon  of  soda  ;  nut¬ 
meg.  Be  sure  and  have  the  lard  hot  before 
trying  to  fry  them,— Mrs.  J.  8.  C. 

Good  pie  cruel  is  mndo  by  wetting  it  up 
with  cream  instead  of  water,  and  not  taking 
so  much  lard  for  shortening.  It  is  sweet,  ten¬ 
der  and  melting,  and  a  good  deal  more 
healthy.  I  should  have  said,  I  take  sour 
cream.— Mrs.  A.  8. 

Egg  Toast,  (very  good). —Cut  your  dry  bread 
in  thin  slices  and  dip  in  cold  water,  then  in 
beaten  egg  (in  which  a  little  salt  has  been 
sprinkled)  and  fry  in  hot  butler  or  drippings. 
Two  eggs  will  be  sufficient.  Try  it. 

lieripcs  Asked  For. — Millie  C.  asks  for  a 
recipe  for  making  coooanut  cake,  using  the 
prepared  coeoanut  and  the  white’s  of  the 
eggs  only  ;  also,  how  to  make  a  good  apple 
pudding. 

To  Prepare  Mustard  for  the  Table. — Mix 
with  boiling  water  to  the  consistency  of  thick 
paste  ;  thin  with  strong  vinegar,  and  keep 
well  covered.— m. 

To  Park  Eggs. — Place,  them  in  wooden 
vessels  in  salt,  with  tlie  small  end  down¬ 
wards,  and  set  them  in  a  cool  place. — m,  d.  b. 

Good  Cookies. — One  cup  sugar,  one  good 
thick  cream,  one  teaspoon  soda  ;  season  with 
caraway. 


SHAVING  FLUID. 

Take  of  white  hard  soap  (in  shavings)  j/flb. ; 
Rlcohol.  tpt.;  water,  If  pt. ;  perfume  (at will), 
q.  s.  Put  them  in  a  strong  bottle,  cork  it 
close,  set  it  in  warm  water  for  a  short  time, 
aud  occasionally  agitate  it  briskly  until  solu¬ 
tion  is  complete.  After  repose,  pour  off  the 
clean  portion  from  the  dregs  into  clean  bot¬ 
tles  for  use,  and  at  once  closely  cork  them.  If 
the  solution  be  not  sufficiently  transparent,  a 
little  alcohol  should  be  added  to  it  before 
decantation. 

Take  of  white  soft  soap,  lb.;  liquor  of 
potassa,  3  11.  dr.;  alcohol,  1  pint.;  perfume 
(at  will),  q.  s.  Proceed  as  before.  The  pro¬ 
duct  of  both  is  excellent.  Ry  simply  rubbing 
a  few  drops  on  the  skin,  and  applying  the 
shaving-brush,  previously  slightly  dipped  in 
water,  a  good  lather  is  produced.  —  Druggists1 
Circular. 

- +♦+ - - - - 

FOR  CHAPPED  HANDS  AND  LIPS. 

The  following  recipe  for  chapped  hands 
was  much  approved  during  the  siege  of  Paris  ; 
Tincture  of  aloes  3  to  !  parts ;  glycerine  30 
(•arts,  M,  On  retiring  to  bed,  a  piece  of  cloth 
ivet  with  tin's  is  to  be  applied  over  the  chap¬ 
ped  places,  and  the  hands  then  gloved. 

A  good  recipe  for  chapped  lips  is  tlie  fol¬ 
lowing : —  Spermaceti,  four  drams:  white 
wax,  one  drain  ;  oil  of  almonds,  two  troy 
ounces  ;  glycerine,  one  troy  ounce.  Melt  the 
spermaceti,  wax,  and  oil  together,  and  when 
cooling,  stir  in  the  glycerine  and  pcrl'umo. 

■ - - - 

APERIENT  AND  ALTERATIVE  FOR 
'CHILDREN. 

The  Georgia  Medical  Companion  com¬ 
mends  this  formula  for  children  suffering 
from  dyspepsia,  with  offensive  breath,  acid 
eructations,  aud  constipation  :— Sodae  bicar- 
bonatis,  grs.  xx  ;  Tr.  rhei,  f.  dr.  ij  ;  Infus. 
columbse  ;  Decoc.  taruxaci,  aa  f.  dr,  vii.  M. 
Two  teaspoonfuls  to  be  taken  night  and 
morning.  For  a  child  one  year  old. 

— - - 

FRECKLE  LOTION. 

The  following  is  commended  by  the  Drug¬ 
gists’  Circular,  as  a  preparation  for  this  pur- 
;  pose  wluch  does  not  coutuin  mercury  : — Mu¬ 
riate  of  ammonia,  1  drum ;  distilled  water,  7 
ounces  ;  Cologne  water,  3  drams. 


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- -*■*♦ - 

“  I  DON’T  WANT  NONE  OF  YER  PAPERS.” 

A  con  respondent,  under  the  above  quota¬ 
tion,  soncls  us  an  article  in  which  he  states  that 
the  above  is  what  a  young  man  said  to  him  t  he 
other  day— one  who  Is  of  those  farmers  who 
think  farming  don’t  pay;  and  It  don't  pay  him 
and  did  not  pay  his  father  before  him.  Our  cor¬ 
respondent  says: -“This  young  man  Is  only  one 
of  a  vast  number  in  t  hese  Unit  ed  States.  Il  ls 
a  most  deplorable  fact,  that  farmers  In  bumble 
circumstances  read  but  little-many  of  them 
not  any.  My  interests,  my  social  life,  are  with 
these  men.  1  want  to  see  them  elevated,  edu. 
catcd  to  understand,  at  least,  their  own  calling; 
therefore,  it  gives  me  satisfaction  to  have  them 
take  a  good  agricultural  paper." 

Wo  can  understand  our  correspondent's  soli¬ 
citude  in  this  matter.  He  Is  not  alone.  Wo 
know  farmers  of  his  type  who  have  Introduced 
papers  into  such  families  as  he  has  described 
by  sending  cash  to  the  publisher  to  pay  for  sev¬ 
eral  copic-  yearly,  Instructing  him  to  write  to 
each  recipient  that  a  friend  has  made  him  a  pres¬ 
ent.  of  it  for  a  year.  In  this  way.  good  seed  has 
been  sown.  And  after  such  a  paper  has  been 
in  even  such  n  farmer’s  family  one  year,  it  will 
need  no  urging  to  induce  him  to  take  and  pay 
for  it  the  next.  One  farmer  once  told  us  that 
$20  so  expended  In  one  jear  upon  fanners  in 
his  neighborhood  had  been  of  more  than  one 
thousand  dollars*  benefit  to  him  by  the  appre¬ 
ciation  of  his  property  alone,  not  taking  into 
account  tho  fact,  that  such  men  had  become 
better  citizens  aud  neighbors,  and  hud  proved 
more  willing  to  help  pay  for  good  teachers  in 
the  local  schools,  to  unite  with  him  In  Introduc¬ 
ing  improved  stock  In  the  neighborhood,  bor¬ 
rowing  his  farm  implements  and  machinery 
loss,  keeping  better  fences  and  their  stock  from 
becoming  breachy,  etc., etc. 

Another  way  to  benefit  such  farmers  and  their 
families,  Is  to  do  a  litt  le  farm  missionary  work 
—that.  Is,  visit  them  socially  of  an  evening. 
Consult  with  them  about  their  plans  and  crops. 
Discuss  modes  of  doing  work.  Ask  their  ad¬ 
vice.  Carry  two  or  threo  agricultural  papers  in 


your  pocket;  read  from  them  extracts  bearing 
upon  the  subject  under  discussion.  Guido  the 
conversation  so  that  such  reading  shall  seem 
pertinent  and  accidental.  Never  leave  the  paper 
with  such  a  family  nor  seem  to  desire  to.  But  ] 
give  them  of  Its  contents  in  this  wny  until  they 
j  shall  begin  to  inquire  of  what  the  paper  says 
about  this  tiling  or  that,  In  which  they  arc  prac¬ 
tically  Interested.  It  does  not  answer  to  stand 
aloof  from  such  neighbors,  nnd  complain  that 
they  do  not,  and  do  not  want  to,  know  anything, 
Such  persons  are  not  beyond  influencing  if  the 
right,  means  are  adopted.  Personal  Interest  in 
them  and  respect  for  their  opinions  must  bo 
manifested.  It  does  not  answer  to  thrust  t  ruths, 
axioms  and  precepts  upon  them  as  you  would 
force  a  purgative  pill  down  a  cow’s  throat, 
They  must  get  to  absorbing  truth,  new  Ideas, 
and  progressive  notions  unconsciously.  Pa¬ 
tience,  charity  and  perseverance,  discreetly  ex¬ 
erted,  combined  with  personal  kindness  and 
interest,  will  conquer  and  Improve  any  one,  no 
matter  liow  Ignorant  nnd  bigoted. 

- - 

“  INDEPENDENT  ”  FARMED*. 

A  CORRESPONDENT  Of  the  RURAL  NEW  YORK¬ 
ER,  criticising  an  article  from  a  farmer  com¬ 
plaining  of  the  high  price  of  labor,  low  price  of 
produce  and  hard  lot  of  the  farmer  generally, 
says,  “  Farmers  are  the  most  independent  class 
of  people  In  the  country  to-day.  except  those 
who  have  tens  of  thousands  in  money."  While 
this  may  be  true  in  a  sense  that  is  that  they 
may  be  the  most  Independent  class,  It  is  not 
true  that  they  are  or  can  be  independent  of 
Other  classes.  Nor  should  they  desire  to  be. 
There  tuts  been  a  great  deal  of  twaddle,  or  hifa- 
Iiitln,  written  and  spoken  with  reference  to  the 
Independence  of  farmers.  It  Is  a  species  of  po¬ 
litical  soft  soap  with  which  farmers  have  been 
lathered  until  some  of  them  suppose  they  are 
the  most  Independent  race  of  beings  on  the 
footstool.  The  men  most  easily  duped  by  such 
nonsense  are  those  who  are  most  deeply  In  debt 
or  are  .bound  down  by  ignorance,  or  are  bo 
credulously  blind  that  they  become  seml-tnsune 
on  the  subject.  The  truth  la  the  term  as  usu¬ 
ally  applied  to  farmers  is  a  misnomer.  We  have 
seen  independent  men  who  ware  farmers ;  but 
the  farmer’s  is  one  of  the  most  dependent  of 
professions  or  vocations.  We  are  quite  willing 
to  leave  that  dogmatic  assertion  as  it  is,  for  our 
correspondent  to  digest  at  his  leisure. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

Obituary.— Prof.  John  Torrey.— Tills  eminent 
botanist  died  in  New  York  City.  March  10th,  of 
pneumonia.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  a 
Professor  in  and  Trustee  of  Columbia  College, 
and  about  74  years  of  age.  Educated  a  physi¬ 
cian  he  devoted  his  attention  exclusively  to 
chemist  ry  and  botany.  It  is  through  his  work 
as  a  botanist  that  he  is  best  known.  In  1817  ho 
published  a  catalogue  of  plants  found  within 
thirty  miles  of  Now  York,  in  1854  he  published 
the  first  volume  of  the  “  Flora  of  the  Northern 
United  States,"  and  In  1820  a  compendium  of 
the  latter  work.  In  1838,  assisted  by  J)r.  Asa 
Gray,  he  began  a  more  extended  “Flora  of 
North  America."  lie  prepared  the  Botani¬ 
cal  reports  of  the  Natural  History  Survey  of 
this  State,  and,  associated  with  Dr,  Gray,  has 
enriched  the  botanical  history  of  this  country 
by  describing  the  plants  collected  by  the  vari¬ 
ous  government.  surveys.  He  has  held  prom¬ 
inent  positions  In  the  West  Point  Military 
Academy,  tho  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur¬ 
geons  of  this  city.  In  Nassau  Hall,  Princeton, 
N. as  U.  S.  Aasayer,  and  In  Columbia  Col¬ 
lege.  His  funeral,  March  13,  was  attended  by  a 
large  concourse  of  eminent  men. 

»♦» - 

New  Vork  Without  n  fctnte  Entomologist. — 
Dr.  Asa  Fitch,  for  eighteen  years  the  State  En¬ 
tomologist  of  New  York,  has  resigned  that  po¬ 
sition  and  the  state  Agricultural  8ocicty,  by 
resolution,  announces  the  fact  that  It  “  results 
simply  from  the  withdrawal  of  the  appropria¬ 
tion  by  the  State  which  constituted  the  only 
source  of  receiving  remuneration  for  valuable 
SOicutiflc  services."  We  hope,  however,  that 
some  young  Entomologist  will  take  up  this 
work  and  secure  an  appropriation  from  the 
State.  New  York  needs  a  State  Entomologist 
as  much  to-day  its  ever.  Who  is  the  man  who 
is  ready  ami  willing  as  well  as  capable  of  assum¬ 
ing  tho  position?  Has  New  York  such  an  one? 

-  -  ■  - 

The  Agricultural  College  Land  Grunt  Rill 

—The  unanimity  with  which  the  agricultural 
press  of  the  country  rejoices  at  the  defeat  of 
this  scheme,  Is  both  significant  and  gratifying. 
The  scheme  of  itself  is  sufficient  to  cause  the 
people  to  distrust,  the  men  who  devised  it  and 
lobbied  at.  Washington  for  Its  passage.  Itshould 
cause  tho  most  careful  scrutiny  of  the  adminis¬ 
tration  of  such  of  them  as  aro  now  at.  tho  head 
of  the  State  Agricultural  Colleges.  It.  cannot 
be  pretended,  we  think,  that  this  bill  was  de¬ 
vised  by  men  zealous  to  promote  the  agricul¬ 
tural  Interests  of  tho  country.  It  Is  a  sort  of  an 
agricultural  Credit.  Mobilier  arrangement. 

- - *♦« - 

Peaches  In  Indiana.— The  New  Vork  Dally 
Tribune,  of  March  8,  has  the  following Dr. 
Sylvf.stkk  of  Lyons.  Ind.,  is  so  interested  in 
peaches  that  he  lias  made  a  complete  tour  of 
his  State  to  see  how  the  trees  are  getting  along 
this  Spring.  He  has  brought  back  a  most  mys¬ 
terious  report,  the  purport  of  it  being  that 
“some  peach-buds  are  alive  and  some  dead."  I 


He  thinks  that  the  dead  ones  may  revive,  if 
there  is  a  plenty  of  wet  rain  tills  8pring;  wo  I 
suppose  that  they  will  stay  dead  if  the  rain 
should  happen  to  be  dry-  As  for  the  living  [ 
buds,  he  thinks  they  will  not  die,  unless  the  j 
rain  should  be  too  wet;  and,  upon  the  whole,  i 
the  peach  crop  promises  well.  If  something  hap¬ 
pen*  or  does’nt  happen.  All  this  must  be  high¬ 
ly  encouraging  to  the  growers.” 

We  wonder  if  Dr.  Syi.VF.STRR  of  Lyons,  Ind., 
is  at  all  related  to  Dr.  Sylvester  of  Lyons,  N.  Y. 

—  - - 

Catalogues  Received.  -  From  Hovev  &  Co., 
Boston,  Mass.,  Illustrated  Guide  to  the  Flower 
and  Vegetable  Garden,  and  Catalogue  of  Seeds. 
—  From  B.  K.  Bliss  &  Sons,  23  Park  Place,  N. 
Y.  City,  Illustrated  and  Descriptive  Catalogue 
of  Potatoes  for  Seed. — From  Thomas  C.  An¬ 
drews,  Moorestown,  N.  J„  Catalogue  of  Small 
Fruits  and  Plants.  -  From  AY.  B.  Woodruff, 
West  field.  N.  J.,  Catalogue  of  Flower,  Vcgetabo 

and  Bedding  Plants. - From  T.  8.  UrnnARD, 

Fredonla,  X.  Y-.^’lioIesale  Price  List  of  Grape 
Vines,  Ac.,  for  1873.  From  Ft.LW.VNOKR  & 
Barrt,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  their  Descriptive  Cat¬ 
alogue  of  Fruits;  Select  List  of  New  and  Rare 
Deciduous  Trees,  Evergreens  and  Shrubs; 
Wholesale  Catalogue  for  Spring  of  1873,  and  Ik- 

scrlptlve  Catalogue  of  Plants. - From  Kern, 

Sterer  &  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Illustrated  Seed 
Catalogue  and  Floral  Guide  in  KnglLsh,  French 
and  German. - From  W.  IS.  Dimon,  Jr.,  Brook¬ 

lyn,  N.  Y.,  Catalogue  of  Vegetable  and  Flower 
Seeds,  Bedding  Plants,  Bulbs,  Ac.,  fur  1.878. 

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each  twoounces  or  fraction  of  an  ounce.  First 
—Said  packages  must  tic  put  up  so  that  the 
contents  ran  be  readily  examined,  without  de¬ 
stroying  the  wrappers.  Second— Sealed  bags, 
made  of  material  sufficiently  transparent  to 
show  the  content*  clearly  without  opening,  may 
be  used  for  such  mutter.  Third— This,  as  well 
as  all  other  third  class  mall  matter,  must  bo 
fully  prepaid  by  postage  stamps  affixed,  other¬ 
wise  the  same  shall  not  be  forwarded.” 

- mi  — 

When  to  Hell  Wheat.— A  Wisconsin  fanner, 
who  evidently  believes  In  figures,  has  sent  tho 
Western  Farmer  a  statement  concerning  bis 
sales  of  wheat  tho  past  eight  years,  from  which 
it.  appears  that,  commencing  with  lfito  his  wheat 
has  averaged  him  a  fraction  over  $1.29  per  bush¬ 
el  ;  the  sales  made  from  September  to  January 
averaged  $1.22  5-7 the  per  bushel ;  while  the  sales 
made  from  January  1  to  July  31.  averaged  $1.3614 
per  bushel— a  difference  of  14  cents  per  bushel 
In  favor  of  holding  wheat,  provided  the  shrink¬ 
age  and  waste  does  not  cat  up  that  amount.  It 
would  be  interesting  to  know  the  average  cost 
per  bushel  of  producing  and  marketing  that 
wheat,  for  eight  years. 

Commissioner  of  Agriculture.— Tho  Boston 
Cultivator,  after  copying  what  wo  said  in  tho 
Rural  New-Yorker  of  March  8  concerning  tho 
qualifications  of  Mr.  J.  It.  Dodge  for  this  posi¬ 
tion,  says :*  “We  fully  concur  with  our  con¬ 
temporary  In  what  he  says  of  J.  It.  Dodoe,  in 
case  a  change  be  made.  Wc  deem  him  better 
acquainted  with  what  immediately  relates  to, 
nnd  concerns  the  Interest  of,  farmers  and  farm¬ 
ing  over  the  United  States,  than  any  other  man 
nominated  for  the  office,  and  should,  therefore, 
he  gratified  if  our  worthy  President  should  nom¬ 
inate  him  for  that  responsible  and  Important 
office." 

- ♦♦♦ 

The  Patent  Sheep  Shear*,  also  Pruning  or 
Sheep-Toe  Shears,  manufactured  by  Henry 
Seymour  &  Co.,  have  become  so  favorably 
known  that  they  need  no  praise  or  commenda¬ 
tion.  Their  excellence  and  superiority  have 
been  widely  proclaimed  by  prominent  societies 
and  individuals,  and  wo  only  refer  those  Inter¬ 
ested  to  the  announcement  of  the  manufaet  nr- 
ers,  in  this  paper,  including  the  Important  fact 
that  the  shears  are  Bent  “free  by  mull  on  re¬ 
ceipt  of  price”-  an  Item  to  be  noted  by  our 
readers  at  a  distance. 

Tunnel  Under  the  Detroit  River.— W.  P.  is 
correct ;  a  tunnel  is  being  made  under  the  De¬ 
troit  River  at  Detroit,  for  railway  purposes.  A 
recent  statement  asserts  that  the  drift  has  been 
carried  out  1.200  foot  from  the  American  and 
400  from  the  Canada  shore.  It  Is  intended  to 
complete  this  preliminary  tunnel  during  1873— 
It  being  only  the  test  or  drainage  t  unnel  for  the 
largo  railway  tunnel  between  Canada  and  the 
United  States. 

- Ml - 

Col.  Harris  and  Ihe  Ohio  Fanner.— Our  genial 
friend,  and  recent  Corresponding  Editor,  Col. 
8.D.  Harris,  has  returned  to  his  first  (or  former) 
love,  having  again  assumed  editorial  control  of 
tho  Ohio  Farmer,  now  published  by  M.  J.  Law¬ 
rence,  Cleveland.  The  Colonel  Is  well  posted, 
and  will  make  the  Fanner  a  lively  and  readable 
paper.  Success  to  S.  D.  H.  and  all  other  partic¬ 
ipants  in  the  new  arrangement  1 

- 

A  Sieani  Reaper  nnd  Mowrr  has  been  pat¬ 
ented  In  England  which  Is  self-propelling,  and 
its  weight  is  said  not  to  exceed  that  of  ihe  com¬ 
bined  reaper  and  mower  now  in  ti60.  It  Is 
worked  by  a  i«tm  to  steer  and  a  boy  to  attend 
the  fire.  It  does  not  carry  much  water  or  fuel, 
and  requires  a  tender  to  provide  such  supply. 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 

Clnrktown,  White  To.,  Tenn.,  March  10.— 

The  weather  has  been  rainy  and  disagreeable 
through  the  winter.  The  mercury  has  been 
down  to  zero  three  different  mornings  -one  cold 
morning  in  each  winter  month.  Yet  tho  climate, 
between  the  extreme  of  the  North  and  South, 
Is  very  enjoyable.  Our  early  gardening,  usually 
done  in  February,  Is  yet  untouched.  Tho  Trail¬ 
ing  Arbutus  Is  about  opening  Its  wax-1  i ko  flow¬ 
ers,  giving  out  the  first,  new-  fragrance  of  tho 
year;  and  soon  the  Red  Bud  tree,  with  Its  crowd¬ 
ed  pink,  pea-shaped  blossoms  fringing  the  for¬ 
est,  will  herald  the  coming  of  other  flowers  that 
arc  only  waiting  the  sun’s  warm  r»r»  I o  develop 
them.  Our  soil  and  climate  me  both  adapted 
to  the  cultivation  of  flowers  and  fruits.— Mas. 
C.  D.  F. 

Springfield,  Mo.,  March  lO.— Weather  warm 
and  pleasant.  Have  commenced  gardening  in 
some  localities.  Have  had  a  very  cold  winter 
for  this  latitude.  Wheat  looks  well.  Peach 
buds  nearly  nil  killed,  and  In  some  instances 
the  trees  are  killed  whore  they  were  much  ex¬ 
posed.  Produce  brings  a  very  fair  price,  viz; 
Wheat,  $1.(55;  oorn,3Sct«.;  oats,  00  eta;  potatoes, 
75 cts. ;  apples.  50  cte. ;  hay,  timothy,  $10.00  per 
ton.  This  is  a  great  stock  raising  country,  as 
wc  have  short  winters,  and  good  range  for  pas¬ 
turage  nnd  good  water.  F.  S.  D. 
f  Plymouth  (Ind.)  Market,  March  1.— Mercury 
ranged  from  6°  below  freezing  point  to  32°  ;  2d, 
4“  to  8°  above  zero;  3d,  blustering,  with  slight 
snow ;  mercury  has  ranged  from  4‘  to  18°  above 
zero;  4th,  2°  to  12"  below  zero;  5tb,  4"  to  20° 
above;  'flth,  44"  to  43°  above  zero,  with  rain; 
7th,  48"  to  54"  above  zero  :  snow  melting  fast ; 
8th,  48”  to  .Vi"  above  zero ;  pleasant.  C.  8.  8.  t. 

Utilnry,  Branch  Co.,  Midi:,  March  4.— The 
winter  has  been; very  severe  the  coldest  ever 
known.  Wheat  is  worth  $1.75£'j1.85;  oats, 30c.; 
corn,  35(l'  37c.:  potatoes,  GOfafiOe.;  dried  apples, 
(5c.  perlb.;  butter,  35<’.;  eggs,  25c.;  horses,  $100# 
200;  cows,  $20@35  dressed  lings,  f4*«,4.75  per 
cwt..  dressed  chickens,  7®8e.  per  lb. — T.  G. 

Amity,  Oregon,  March  1 .— Tho  winter  has 
been  very  mild.  Wheat  is  75c.;  oats,  50o.;  hay, 
from  $18  to  $20  per  ton—  G.  w.  h. 

RURAL  BREVITIES. 

A  Kansas  Farmers’  State  Convention  is  to  be 
held  at  Topeka,  Kansas,  March  28,  at  2  P.  M. 

Alfred  Austin  asks  of  whom  lie  cun  got 
Italian  bees.  Let  our  advertising  columns  an¬ 
swer. 

E.  T.  A8KS,  “Will  you  please  inform  mo  who 
manufactures  the  bout  hay  loader  ?"  We  wish 
we  oouid. 

S.  S.  Jones  bettor  continue  to  sell  his  milk 
than  attempt  cheese  making  so  long  as  he  can 
get  the  price  he  names  lor  It. 

England  imported  potatoes  In  January,  1870, 
to  tho  amount  of  £282,303:  In  January,  1872, 
£15,987  ;  in  January,  1871,  £22 2. 

A  genius  in  Lawrence,  Kansas,  says  ho  has 
discovered  a  process  by  which  ho  can  make 
twenty-live  pounds  of  sugar  out  of  a  bushel  of 
corn. 

It  Is  intended  to  hold  n  great  Horticultural 
Exhibition  at  Florence,  Lntaly,  In  1871,  at  which 
time  and  place  a  Congress  of  Botanists  will 
meet. 

j.C.M.  is  informed  that  the  Hoosac  Tunnel  is 
in  Berkshire  <  o„  Mass.,  the  western  terminus  of 
it  being  in  the  vicinity  of  North  Adams,  wo 
believe. 

Ouii  frlomls  who  write  us  (In  answer  to  Inqui¬ 
ries)  that  they  have  Percheron  stallions,  fowls, 
sheep,  &o.,  for  sale,  are  advised  to  look  at  our 
advertising  terms  and  act  accordingly. 

A  boy  of  sixteen  has  won  the  reward  and 
modal  offered  by  tho  Nebraska  State  Board  of 
Horticulture  for  tree  planting.  Ho  set  out  nine 
hundred  and  eight  y  trees  on  the  day  appointed. 

p.  p.  Rankin  is  Informed  that,  the  Secretary 
of  the  Illinois  State  Grange  of  tho  Patrons  of 
Husbandry  is  E.  O.  Fanning,  Ualt,  Whiteside 
Go.,  ill.,  whom  he  should  address  for  tho  infor¬ 
mation  he  seeks. 

Mrs.  L.  J.,  who  Inquires,  Is  Informed  that  wo 
prefer  that  articles  Intended  for  publication  be 
written  only  on  one  side  of  tho  paper;  and  that 
when  more  than  one  subjet  Is  written  ol,  each 
1)6  treated  separately. 

A  small  box  containing  over  300  varieties  of 
fresh  flowers,  all  In  bloom,  was  received  tho 
other  day  by  mall,  at  Eaton  Rapids,  Mich.,  just 
as  tuey  wore  out  from  their  stents  m  the  open 
air,  at  Los  Angelos,  Cal. 

Geo.  J.  Vincent  is  informed  that  Dr.  Geo. 
W.  Robinson,  184  Grand  St.,  Now  York  City,  is, 
wc  believe,  the  inventor  of  tho  device  for  saw¬ 
ing  timber  by  electricity  ;  wLotherho  has  made 
it  in  any  sense  practical,  we  aro  not  aware. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES, 

Ladies.— One-lialf  the  trouble  in  running  your 
Sowing  Machine  may  be  avoided  by  using  the  Eureka 
Machine  twist.  It  Is  the  best. 


R.  B.  PARSONS  &  CO.’S  Trees  and  Plants, 

Rhododendrons,  &c.,  at  FLUSHING,  N.  Y. 

HORSE  EPIDEMIC. 

A  PHYSICIAN,  tn  a  communication  to  a  Buffalo 
paper  about  the  Horse  Epidemic,  says “  Exter¬ 
nally  I  used  and  would  recommend  Dr.  Trask’s  Mag¬ 
netic  Ointment  to  the  throat,  around  tho  ears  and  on 
the  forehead.  This  ototmont  contains  tobacco  unit 
lobelia,  aDd  operates  upon  the  mucous  glands  of  tho 
bend  nnd  tlirout  by  causing  an  In  creased  flow  of  secre¬ 
tion  from  them,  at  the  same  time  by  ita  relaxing  effect 
removing  the  stricture  and  giving  almost  instant  re¬ 
lief  to  the  cough  and  breathing,"  It  tw  kept  by  ad 
Druggists. 


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WINTER  TRAVELING  AMONG-  THE  IXsTIDI  A.ISTS  IIST  THE  PAR  NORTH. 


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Social  ®0|)iCS. 


WHAT  THE  SHEPHERD’S  CROOK  FOUND. 

BY  H.  ,T.  PRICHARD. 

All  facts  slip  back  into  tradition.  Thus  the 
mariner's  compass,  without  which  no  vessel  in 
the  present  time  leaves  harbor,  has  gotten  itself 
into  Greek  tradition,  after  the  following  man¬ 
ner:— A  certain  shepherd,  watching  hla  flocks 
on  Mount  Ida,  forgot  his  duty  one  night  and 
fell  asleep.  His  shepherd's  crook,  the  head  of 
which  was  formed  of  Iron,  fell  from  his  tired 
hands  and  touched  a  rock.  When  the  poor  fel¬ 
low  awoke  and  started  to  look  for  hla  flock,  he 
atooped  for  hla  crook,  and  lo!  it  was  held  fast! 
The  rook  on  which  it  had  fallen  was  of  mag¬ 
netic  iron. 

Then  came  the  dark  ages,  when  the  magnet 
waft  used  for  sore  eyes,  and  quacks  made  It 
seem  a  thing  of  wonderful  power,  as  It  surely 
was  and  Is.  Pi.lvy  says  It  was  called  magnet 
from  Magnesia,  a  city  of  Asia  Minor,  where  it 
was  found  in  abundant  quantity,  while  the  old 
tradition,  already  given,  has  the  sleepy  shep¬ 
herd's  name  recorded  aft  Magnus. 

The  load-stone  Is  a  black  mineral,  found  In 
Sweden,  In  Bomo  parts  of  the  East,  In  America, 
and  sometimes  in  the  Iron  beds  of  England. 
The  Chinese  were  the  drat  to  make  the  load¬ 
stone  of  practical  service,  2,013  years  before 
CimiST.  His  vn-Yuan  was  Emperor  of  the 
Col  cat  Inis,  and  a  certain  Prince  of  the  Empire, 
having  become  too  powerful,  he  made  war 
upon  him.  The  Prince  -Yotti-Ykon  raised  a 
great,  and  thick  fog,  causing  darkness,  in  order 
to  confuse  the  Emperor’s  warriors ;  but  IIinan- 
Ypan  outwitted  his  naughty  subject  by  build¬ 
ing  chariots  by  which  ho  could  ride  straight 
through  fog  and  darkness  toward  the  South. 
Tho  compass  chariots  conquered  the  fog  and 
the  Prince,  for  lie  was  made  prisoner  and  put 
to  death. 

Magnetic  chariots  were  used  in  religious  cere¬ 
monies,  to  guide  armies,  and  to  cross  the  im¬ 
mense  grass  plains  of  China,  as  precisely  as  the 
same  power  is  made  to  guide  ships  in  unknown 
ways  to-day. 

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THE  LE880N  OF  LIFE. 

Or  all  the  lessons  that  humanity  has  to  learn, 
the  hardest  is  to  learn  to  wait.  Not  to  wait 
with  folded  hands  that  claim  life’s  prizes  with¬ 
out  previous  effort,  but  having  struggled  and 
crowded  the  slow  years  with  trial,  sec  no  result 
as  effort  seems  to  warrant  nay,  perhaps,  disas¬ 
ter  instead.  To  stand  lirm  at  such  a  crisis  of 
existence,  to  preserve  one's  mlf-poisa  and  self- 
respect*  not  to  lose  hold  or  relax  effort,  this  Is 
greatness,  whether  achieved  by  man  or  woman 
—whether  the  eye  of  the  world  notes  it,  or  it  is 
recorded  in  the  hook  which  the  light  of  eternity 
shall  alono  make  dear  to  the  vision.  Those 
who  stand  on  the  high  places  of  the  earth  un¬ 


derstand  not  what  necessity,  wlmt  suffering 
means.  They  know  not  what  It  Is  to  a  noble 
mind  to  be  obliged,  liko  tho  worms,  to  crawl 
upon  tho  earth  for  nourishment,  because  it  has 
not  the  strength  to  endure  famine.  Life  moves 
around  them  wlrh  «<>  much  grace,  splendor,  and 
beauty:  they  drink  life's  sweetest,  wine,  and 
dance  In  a  charming  intoxication.  They  And 
nothing  within  them  which  can  enable  them  to 
understand  the  real  sufferings  of  tho  poor;  they 
love  only  themselves,  ami  look  at  mankind  only 
in  t  heir  own  narrow  circle. 

■ - - 

NOBILITY  OF  LABOR. 

If  a  holy  anything  is  more  contemptible  than 
the  conceit  which  rosft  upon  social  position  ; 
the  conceit  of  those  who  imagine  that  they  are 
thus  divorced  from  (ho  clay  of  common  men; 
of  those  who  shrink  with  horror  from  the  idea 
of  work,  ns  something  that  degrades  by  its  con¬ 
tact,  ami  yet  who.  very  likely, owe  their  present 
position  to  some  not  very  remote  ancestor  who, 
recognizing  his  call  to  work,  lived  more  honest¬ 
ly  in  the  world  than  they  do,  and  was  not 
ashamed  of  soiled  thumbs.  It  is  one  of  tho 
meanest  things  for  people  to  bo  ashamed  of  the 
work  which  glorified  their  ancestors  more,  with 
their  soiled  aprons  and  black  gowns,  than  they 
with  their  Hue  ribbons  and  flashing: Jewelry,  ll 
might  be  a  line  thing  to  be  like  the  lilies,  more 
gloriously  clothed  than  Solomon,  and  doing 
nothing  as  If  we  were  lilies.  Advantageous  po¬ 
sition  Is  only  a  more  emphatic  call  for  work; 
and  while  Minse  who  hold  the  adv  intag*'  may 
not  be  compelled  to  manual  drudgery,  they 
should  recognize  the  fact  that  manual  drudgory 
may  be  performed  int.be  same  spirit  as  that 
which  characterizes  their  own  work,  and  there¬ 
fore  it  is  equally  honorable. 

- - 

EVERY  MAN  IN  HIS  PLACE. 

Wk  commend  the  following  to  men  who 
are  restive  in  the  position  which  they  may 
happen  to  occupy  and  who  nre  chronic  oom- 
plainora  that,  they  are  not  appreciated.  We  And 
it  in  a  recent  magazine  and  it  is  sound  doctrine: 

"  Wit  hin  a  certain  limit  it  may  be  said  that, 
wo  make  circumstances;  but  there  arc  circum¬ 
stances  which  no  man  can  make  or  unmake. 
There  are  some  tilings  that  fall  upon  ns  liko  a 
leaden  pall,  which  wo  cannot,  uplift.  Wo  may 
try  to  scare  them,  but  they  do  not  scare ;  wo 
may  try  to  drive,  but  they  will  not  drive;  we 
may  try  to  coax,  hut  they  will  not.  coax.  What 
shall  lie  dona?  There  Is  but  one  way — you  must 
submit  to  inevitable  destiny.  You  have  a  place 
which  it  la  your  duty  and  privilege  to  occupy, 
and  which  no  person  lias  any  right  to  occupy, 
a  place  which  you  may  demand  In  the  name  of 
God  and  humanity.  In  eouaequence  of  your 
pride  and  ambition,  you  may  not  have  found 
that  place ;  you  may  have  ascended  one  atop 
too  high  ;  and  must  begin,  with  shame,  to  take 
a  lower  seat ;  or  It  may  be  that,  you  are  too  low, 
and  n rust  summon  your  courage,  shako  off  your 
lethargy,  and  go  up  higher. "  «— 


SOMETHING  ABOUT  INDIA  RUBBER. 

Tire  belt  of  land  around  the  globe,  five  hun¬ 
dred  miles  north  and  live  hundred* miles  south 
of  the  Equator,  abounds  in  t  rees  producing  the 
gum  of  India  rubber.  They  can  bo  tapped,  It  Is 
stated,  for  twenty  successive  seasons  without 
Injury.  The  trees  stand  bo  close  that  one  man 
can  gather  tho  sap  of  eight  in  a  day,  each  tree 
yielding  on  nn  average  three  tablespoonfuls  a 
day.  forty-three  thousand  of  those  trees  have 
j  been  counted  In  a  tract  of  country  a,  mile  long 
by  eight,  wide.  There  are  In  America  and  Ed- 
i  rope  more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  manufac- 
1  torlos  of  India  rubber  articles,  employing  some 
live  hundred  operatives  each,  and  consuming 
more  than  ton  million  pounds  of  gum  per  year, 
and  the  business  Is  considered  to  be  still  in  Its 
I  infancy.  Hut  to  whatever  extent  it  may  in¬ 
crease,  there  will  be  plenty  of  robber  to  supply 
the  demand. 

- *-*■•* - 

THINK  BEFORE  YOU  ACT. 

“TiirNK  before  you  act;  but  when  the  time 
for  action  cornea,  stop  thinking."  That  is  the 
true  doctrine.  Many  aiftn  fail  In  life,  and  go 
down  to  the  grayo  with  hopes  blasted  and  pros¬ 
pects  of  happiness  unrealized,  becnusc  t  hey  did 
not  adopt  and  act  upon  this  motto.  Nothing 
so  prepares  a  man  for  action  ns  thought ;  noth¬ 
ing  so  unfits  a  man  for  action  as  the  want  of  It. 
ltd  ter  by  far  adopt  somo  course  energet  ically, 
even  though  ft  may  pot.  be  the  best,  than  to 
keep  cont  inually  thinking  without  acting.  “  Go 
ahead  ”  ought  to  ho  printed  in  every  young 
man’s  hat,  and  rend  until  it  becomes  a  part  of 
his  nature,  until  he  can  act  upon  his  own  judg¬ 
ment,  and  not  bo  turned  from  his  course  by 
every  wind  of  Interested  advice.  In  conclusion, 
wo  would  say,  “  think  before  you  act ;  but  when 
the  Mine  for  action  comes,  stop  thinking." 
- - 

TRAVELING  IN  THE  FAR  NORTH. 

Omt  Illustration  tells  its  own  story.  One  of 
our  friends  who  spent  two  years  in  tho  Red 
Kher  country,  penetrating  North  within  the 
Arctic  circle,  and  who  traveled  In  the  manner 
Illustrated,  has  told  us  stories  of  the  delicious 
Character  of  a  diet,  of  tallow  candles  and  raw 
whiskey,  and  of  t  he  wonderful  comforts  of  t  hat 
chilly  region.  He  went  t  hither  In  behalf  of  sci¬ 
ence,  and  came  back  laden  with  Natural  History 
I  t  rophies,  whereof  he  wrote  for  t  he  Smithsonian 
and  went  t»  Ids  rest  Anally  in  the  Arctic  regions. 
Hut  of  him  we  are  not  going  to  write,  though 
this  picture  reminds  us  so  vividly  of  tho  evening 
stories  lie  told  us  after  his  return  and  of  him. 


THE  FORTRESS  OF  GIBRALTAR. 


Until  you  set  foot,  on  Gibraltar,  you  can  form 
no  idea  of  Its  impregnability.  Very  properly  its 
real  strength  can  not  be  seen  from  a  ship  in  the 
bay;  only  when  you  laud  (lo  you  And  that  the 


sea-wall  bristles  with  heavy'  guns,  and  groans 
beneath  piles  of  ball ;  only  as  you  traverse  Its 
flank  do  you  see  how  formidable  brooch-loaders 
peep  from  every  avallablo  chink,  and  powerful 
mortars  lurk  behind  every  convenient,  embank¬ 
ment.  And  not  until  you  penetrate  the  body  of 
the  rook  do  you  got  any  Just  notion  of  t  he  mar¬ 
velous  piece  of  military  engineering  exhibited 
in  its  "galleries."  There  are  tunnels  excavated 
from  t  he  solid  rock,  parallel  to  its  outer  side, 
but  some  thirty  foot  tliorofmm,  and  large 
enough  to  drive  a  carriage  through.  They  aro 
In  two  tiers,  and  comprise  a  total  length  of 
nearly  threo  miles.  At.  every  thirty  foot  or  so 
along  them  spacious  embrasures  are  out-t  brown, 
that  terminal  e  in  commanding  portholes,  which 
look  to  a  spectator  outside  tlm  rock  like  swal¬ 
low’s  nest-holes  in  a  sand  cliff. 

— - ♦♦♦ 

RESULTS  OF  IDLENESS. 

With  most  of  us,  idleness  Is  tho  parent,  not 
merely  of  uneasiness,  but,  withal,  of  fretful- 
nass,  malevolence,  and  tho  wholo  h'  lt  of  evil 
passions.  The  phrase  "aching  void  "may  bo 
ridiculous  to  those  who  criticise  grammatical¬ 
ly,  but  it  is  tme  to  those  who  fool  humanly.  To 
supply  this  void  Is  an  object,  and  moreovor  a 
certain  effect,  of  a  regular,  and  sustained,  and 
Judicious  met  hod  of  self-inst  ruct  ion.  Tho  used 
key  is  bright.  If  tho  stool  bo  wrought  up  and 
reflned  ton  high  temper,  tho  cloudiness  of  tho 
vapor  will  perish  from  it.  almost,  at  the  instant, 
that  it.  is  breathed  upon. 

—  »  ■  -  -  -  ■  — 

A  QUAKER  ANSWER. 

“ Martha,  docs  thee  love  mo?"  asked  aqua- 
ker  youth  of  onoAt  whoso  shrine  his  heart's 
holiest  fooling  had  been  offered  up. 

"Why,  Sotb,"  answorod  she,  "  we  aro  com¬ 
manded  to  love  one  another,  aro  wo  not?  " 

"Ay,  Martha;  but  does  time  regard  me  with 
that  fooling  the  world  cal  la  love?" 

"I  hardly  l^iow  what,  to  tell  thee,  Both.  I 
have  greatly  feared  that  my  heart  was  unerring 
one  I  have  tried  to  bestow  my  love  on  all ;  but 
I  may  have  sometimes  thought,  perhaps,  that 
t  hee  was  getting  rather  more  than  thy  share." 
- 

SENSE  AND  SENTIMENT. 

Good  nature  Is  Hint  benevolent,  and  amiable 
temper  of  mind  which  disposes  us  to  foel  t.lio 
misfortunes  and  enjoy  the  happiness  of  others. 

Tinrer.-FotmTns  of  the  difficulties  and  miser¬ 
ies  of  men  come  from  the  fact  that  most  want 
wealth  without  earning  II,  famewilhout  deserv¬ 
ing  It,  popularity  without  temperance,  respect 
without  virtue,  and  happiness  without  holiness. 

A  just  man  does  justice  to  every  man  and  to 
everything;  and  then,  if  ho  bo  also  wise,  ho 
knows  t  here  Is  a  debt,  of  mercy  and  compassion 
duo  to  the,  infirmities  of  man’s  nature,  that  la  to 
he  paid  ;  and  ho  that  is  cruel  and  ungentle  to  a 
sinning  person,  and  does  the  worst,  to  him,  dies 
in  his  debt  and  is  unjust. 


WOORE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


LOVE’S  REASONS. 

Wuv  do  I  love  my  darling  bo  ? 

Good  faith,  my  heart,  1  hardly  know. 

1  have  such  store  of  reasons ; 

’Twonld  take  me  all  a  summer  day— 

Nay,  saying  half  that  1  could  say 
Would  fill  the  circling  seasons. 

Because  her  i  ?  ea  are  softly  Brown. 

My  dove,  who  quietly  hath  tiown 
To  me  as  to  her  haven  ? 

Because  her  hair  Is  soft,  and  laid 
Madonna-wise  In  simple  braid, 

And  jetty  as  the  raven  ? 

BecauHe  her  lips  are  sweet  to  touch 
Not  chill,  nor  fiery  overmuch, 

But  softly  warm  as  roBcs. 

Dear  llpa  that  chasten  while  they  move, 
Lips  that  at  man  may  dare  to  love, 

TUI  earthly  love-time  closes? 

Because  her  band  t»  aoft  and  white. 

Of  touch  so  tender  and  bo  light, 

That  where  her  slender  finger 
Doth  fall  or  move,  the  man  to  whom 
The  guards  of  Eden  whispered,  “  Come !’’ 
Beneath  It'  spell  might  linger? 

Because  her  heart  Is  woman-soft, 

So  true,  bo  tender,  that  I  oft 
Do  marvel  that  a  treasure, 

So  rich,  bo  rare,  to  me  should  full. 

Whose  sole  desert— so  small,  so  small. 

Is— loving  past  all  measure  ? 

Because  she  has  such  store  of  moods. 

So  archly  smiles,  so  staidly  broods, 

Ho  lovingly  caresses  j 
So  that  my  heart  may  never  tire 
Of  monotone,  or  more  desire 
Than  she.  tuy  love,  possesses  f 

Ah  me  !  what  know  or  what  care  1  V 
Or  what  hath  love  to  do  with  *'  why?” 

How  simple  Is  the  reason ! 

1  love  her— for  she  is  iny  love, 

And  shall  while  stars  shall  shine  above, 

And  season  follow  season. 

( All  the  Year  Hound. 


©ttr  Jstoni-cTcller. 


THE  STORY  OF  MY  GRANDFATHERS. 


11 Y  DH.  FULL KR-WAI.KF.lt. 


“  1  should  not  find  fault  with  it  country  which 
gives  me  my  bread  and  butter,  mid  I  have  not  a 
word  of  complaint  to  make  ;  but  If  I  had  known 
when  1  left  Italy  of  all  the  trials  I  was  destined 
to  go  through  with  In  America,  I  should  never 
have  Bet  my  foot  on  her  shores.” 

We  were  all  seated  around  an  open  grate,  in  a 
cheerful  back  parlor,  the  walls  of  which  were 
lined  with  bright  pictures,  while  the  room  and 
furniture  was  upholstered  In  a  soft,  rich  maroon, 
which  gave  It  a  rosy,  comfortable  air. 

Miss  Mahbden.  who  hod  been  speaking,  was 
rather  a  remarkable  woman,  who  bad  seen  much 
of  the  world.  This  particular  evening  she  had 
promised  to  tell  us  something  about  her  ances¬ 
tors,  for  you  know  Old  World  families  have 
many  traditions  in  them,  which  reach  far  back, 
and  are  of  special  Interest  to  the  fresh  ears  of 
A  mcricuns. 

“  Every  country  is  famous  for  something,"  she 
said,  “  and  1  am  thinking  America  is  the  great 
railroad  country,  just  as  Italy  is  the  home  of 
art,  for  you  build  railways  at  an  astonishing 
rate;  then  you  run  them,  and  smash  the  cars, 
and  kill  the  people,  and  do  all  manner  of  odd 
and  awful  things  1" 

Miss  Marsden  laughed  a  little,  until  we  re¬ 
minded  her  of  her  ancestors,  her  grandfathers, 
uncles,  aunts,  etc. 

"1  ought  to  begin  by  telling  you  about  my 
grandfathers,  1  suppose,"  she  answered,  “for 
1  t  hink  t  hey  were  as  wonderful  as  any  of  the 
rest.  You  make  me  a  great  compliment,  in¬ 
deed  you  do,  when  you  ask  me  to  speak  of 
my  ancestors  at  all.  W ell,  now,  my  great-grand¬ 
father  was  the  son  of  a  French  lady  and  a  Welsh 
gentleman.  I  never  told  you  how  be  fell  in  love 
with  the  French  lady,  did  I? 

“Her  real  name  was— I  think  I  may  tell  her 
real  name  if  I  like,  for  it  is  a  queer  name,  and 
nobody  in  this  part  of  the  world  will  know  it — 
her  real  name  was  Marik  (’it  aup  Vin.” 

“  What  Is  that  in  English  ?”  we  tisked. 

“  Mulled  wine,  of  course."  she  replied. 

"To  begin  again  t— My  great-grandfather  was 
poor,  and  so  he  left  Ireland  and  went  to  France, 
to  seek  Ids  fortune.  T've  heard  my  mother  re¬ 
peat  the  story  many  a  time.  He  settled  in  Bor¬ 
deaux  as  a  wine  merchant,  and  in  the  course  of 
trade  he  became  acquainted  with  one  M.  Chaud 
Yin,  who  was  a  man  of  great  wealth  and  had  n 
line  house  in  Bordeaux.  My  great-grandfather 
was  a  genial  old  gentleman,  a  man  of  excellent 
t  raits  of  character.  Quite  an  intimacy  sprang 
up  between  him  and  the  French  wine  merchant . 
In  the  course  of  time,  after  business  hours,  he 
used  to  spend  bis  afternoons  on  the  verandah 
of  M.  Chaud  Vis's  house,  who  by  this  time  had 
become  his  partner.  He  was  sipping  claret,  one 
afternoon,  just  as  the  Germans  in  t  his  country 
resort  to  their  gardens  iu  the  evening  to  sip  beer. 
My  great-grandfather  had  a  predilection  fur 
mulled  claret—  he  really  had— and  he  used  to 
drink  a  power  and  all  of  it— enough  to  float  a 
ship  !  One  afternoon,  as  J  said  before,  he  was 
drinking  a  glass  of  the  rich  red  wine  of  Bor¬ 
deaux,  and  exclaiming  to  himself.  lC<mbicn 
kiimr  chmid  tin!'  when  he  was  start  led  and  sur¬ 
prised  by  footsteps  approaching  from  an  open 
lattice  near  by,  and  a  voice,  which  eaid  ‘  Ah ! 


do  you,  Jonathan  !  And  I  love  you  so  much, 
too  1* 

“My  great  grandfather's  name  was  Jon  athan. 
“  What  he  meant  to  say  in  English  was,  ‘  How 
much  T  love  ffmlled  wine.’  He  had  noideatbat 
the  only  daughter  of  his  very  wealthy  partner 
was  within  hearing.  The  remit  was,  t  hey  were 
very  shortly  married,  and  my  great-grandfather 
became  a  very  wealthy  man.  That  was  the  be¬ 
ginning  of  the  good  for tune  for  our  house— or 
at  least,  that  lathe  way  I  he  tradition  runs  In  t  he 
family. ’’ 

“And  all  from  the  fort  unate  exclamation  that 
he  was  in  love  with  ('hand  Vln  ?"  wo  said. 

“They  had  four  children,"  Miss  Marsden 
continued,  “  Pi.tkr,  and  Isaac,  and  Scran,  and 
Elizabeth,  all  Bible  names.  Peter  got.  his 
name  by  a  mischance,  for  ho  ought  to  have  been 
Called  Jonathan,  after  his  father.  After  his 
birth,  it  was  thought  his  mother  could  not  live, 
so  he  was  sent  off  to  the  little  Huguenot  church 
in  a  great  hurry  to  be  baptized.  The  French 
nurse  forgot  the  name  by  the  time  she  reached 
the  church,  and  when  the  priest  .asked  her  what 
it  was,  she  tremblingly  replied  *  Pi eiirk/  after 
her  husband  !  And  that  is  bow  Peter  ramie  into 
the  family.  He  wan  the  eldest  child  of  all.  1 
needn't  tell  you  anything  about  the  ot  her  chil¬ 
dren  Tor  a  while.  Peter  grew  to  be  a  very 
handsome  boy.  He  had  flaxen  hair,  large,  light- 
blue  eyes-  and  the  handsomest  legs  in  France,” 

“  Legs?" 

“Yes;  why  not?  They  were  considered  an 
object  of  beauty  in  those  days.  Ho  was  very 
highly  cultivated,  and  spoke  several  languages, 
for  his  mother  employed  the  best  tutors  for 
him  she  could  find.  He  was  a  regular  grand 
Turk  in  his  manner,  and  oh  1  he  was  as  hand¬ 
some  as  a  rose.  When  lie  went  down  to  Ver¬ 
sailles  and  stood  on  the  steps  of  the  grand  foun¬ 
tain,  he  attracted  an  Immense  a  mount  of  atten¬ 
tion,  The  grand  ladies  would  all  exclaim: 

*  Quetln  jainbes !'  “  What  legs  !'  lie  had  delight¬ 
ful  legs  !  He  wore  silk  stockings,  black  shoes, 
with  diamond  buckles  I  have  Seen  Ibe  buckles 
—and  all  In  all,  he  was  one  of  the  handsomest 
men  at  the  court  of  Lofts  XVI.  and  the  fair 
Antoinette.  He  carried  his chapctm-brax under 
his  arm,  for  that  was  the  fashion  then,  and  he 
always  wore  bis  rapier.  I  have  seen  the  very 
rapier  he  wore— my  brother  has  it  In  his  posses¬ 
sion  now." 

“Ho  your  story  Is  true,  Miss  Marrden  ?" 

“  Every  word  of  it :  ns  true  its  the  Declaration 
of  Independence.  The  rapier  Is  splendidly 
damasked  and  Inlaid  with  gold,  with  n  jeweled 
handle  and  a  ricbly-crubosscd  scabbard. 

“Withal,  my  grandfather  wasn’t  a  11111(1.  He 
wa.s  a  keen  sportsman,  a  good  shot,  and  tut  ac¬ 
complished  chess  player.  In  pursuing  his  favor¬ 
ite  pastime  of  shooting,  he  used  lo  visit  the 
British  Isles.  During  ono  of  these  visits  he 
made  the  acquaintance  of  Mr.  Antony  Hick¬ 
man  of  Ilallery  Kill,  County  Flare.  Ireland.  J 
may  just  as  well  tell  you  hia  real  name,  1  sup¬ 
pose,  for  it  was  a  great  many  years  ago.  He  was 
always  very  graciously  received  by  Mr.  Hick- 
m  an.  who  had  a  daughter,  named  Anna  Maria. 
Hhe  was  the  third  daughter. and  as  soon  as  ever 
she  set  eyes  upon  t  his  gay,  handsome  young 
Frenchman,  lie  ruado  a  lusting  Impression  upon, 
her  heart.  Anna  could  see  nobody  so  charm¬ 
ing  ns  rny  grandfather  was,  albeit  she  moved  in 
the  castle  circle  and  was  courted  by  her  cousin, 
the  Lord  of  Inclmquin.  This  Irish  lord  had  it 
beautiful  cast lc  on  an  island  in  the  middle  of 
a  lovely  lake,  w  hich  I  must  toll  you  about  sonic 
time. 

“  After  a  while  my  grandfather  went  buck  to 
France,  and  to  the  surprise  of  all  his  friends,  uo 
one  heard  from  him  for  a  great  while.  Years 
passed,  and  news  reached  Ballcry  Kitt  house 
that  Peter  Mausdkn  was  married.  Then  the 
roses  left  Anna  Maria's  cheeks,  and  she  no 
longer  took  pleasure  in  her  hounds  and  horses, 
lri  Ashing  in  the  lake,  or  ranging  on  the  moun¬ 
tain  side ;  not  oven  gazing  upon  the  statoly  cliffs 
Of  Mohur  could  give  her  rest.  She  frequently 
looked  over  the  waste  of  waters  stretching  to¬ 
wards  France,  and  thought  erf  the  cruel  French 
bride  who  had  snatched  from  her  all  she  held 
dear  in  life!” 

“  Why  didn’t  some  one  of  the  family  write  to 
Mr.  Marsden  and  learn  if  the  rumor  was  true?” 
W6  asked. 

“Oh!  It  wasn’t  etiquette  to  do  that  In  those 
days.  Mr.  Marsden  might  have  written  to 
Anna’s  mother,  if  ho  had  wished,  but  probably 
he  never  thought  of  it.  He  know  that  if  Anna 
loved  him  she  would  remain  true.” 

“  if  Anna  had  been  an  American  girl,  she 
wouldn’t  have  endured  the  suspense  a  week.  A 
short  telegraphic  dispatch  would  have  called 
him  to  his  senses  at  once.” 

“Now  I  must,  beg  leave  to  differ  with  you, 
even  if  you  are  a  native  born  American.  1  have 
abetter  opinion  of  American  girls  than  that. 
The  man  should  write,  if  any  one." 

“  Well,  at  all  events,  the  American  girl  would 
have  found  Out  whet  her  or  not  the  rumor  of  his 
marriage  was  true  or  false." 

“  Which  would  have  been  no  difficult  job  with 
our  present  appliances  of  civilization.  But 
things  were  vastly  different  In  those  days  In  Ire¬ 
land  and  France.  However,  Anna  was  rewarded 
at  lust  for  her  patient  waiting.  The  shooting 
season  came  again ,  and  with  It  M r.  Peter  Mars¬ 
den  put.  in  an  appearance  at  the  Ilallery  Kitt 
house.  He  had  no  foreign  bride  with  him.  Mr. 
Hickman  greeted  him  as  cordially  as  ever,  jok¬ 
ing  him  on  the  absence  of  his 4  better-half.’  As 
he  appeared  at  the  door,  lie  said  : 

14  *  Why,  Peter  .  where’s  your  wife  ?' 

1  44  *  Wife !’  exclaimed  Peter,  4 1  have  no  wife.’ 


“My  grandmother,  who  was  sitting  inside, 
heard  him.  and  rushed  to  the  door. 

“‘Oh!  I  am  so  glad  you  are  not  married  1’ 
she  exclaimed.  And  then,  when  she  reflected 
how  she  had  committed  herself,  she  immediate¬ 
ly  fainted  clear  out,  and  would  have  fallen  to 
the  ground,  only  Peter  Marsden  picked  her 
up  and  carried  her  Into  the  bouse. 

41  The  long  and  the  short  of  it  was,  that  111  six 
weeks  they  were  married,  and  my  grandfather 
took  her  to  Bordeaux.  She  was  a  very  rich 
woman,  for  her  father  owned  almost  every  bit 
of  the  County  of  Clare.  His  lands  extended  for 
inilcs  and  miles  along  the  banks  of  the  river 
Shannon.  Some  of  this  property  still  remains 
in  the  possession  of  my  brother.  Never  you 
mind  that!  Who  knows*but  some  day  I  shall 
have  miles  and  miles  of  land  on  the  banks  of 
the  Smoky'  River  in  Kansas? 

“  After  they  were  married  they  lived  for  years 
in  peace  and  plenty  in  France,  where  they  had 
nine  children.  Just  before  the  birth  of  her 
tenth  child  my  grandmother  came  to  Ireland, 
to  her  old  home.  She  died  shortly  after,  and 
the  tenth  child  was  the  only  one  born  in  Ire¬ 
land.  After  n  time  myr  grand  fa  1  her  married  a 
distant  cousin  of  his  first,  wife,  who  looked  like 
her,  and  lived  In  Ireland,  near  where  she  war. 
buried.  He  built  her  a.  splendid  tomb  at  Rath 
Cormack;  I  have  seen  the  tomb  myself.  You 
see,  my  grandfather  was  really  very  fond  of  his 
first  wife,  strange  as  it  may  seem  nt  this  day.” 

We  all  reflected  upon  Miss  Marsden’, s  re¬ 
marks,  wondering  if  the.  times  had  changed 
any,  and  If  so,  whether  for  better  or  worse. 
Maggie,  coming  into  the  parlor,  announced 
that  ft  was  time  we  were  setting  out  for  the 
concert,  if  wc  expected  to  bear  Rubknstkin 
that,  night,  so  we  left  Miss  Marsden  to  her 
meditations. 


A  HAPPY  DADDY. 


We  are  not  obliged  to  tell  how  the  following 
funny  letter  fell  into  our  hands — all  the  reader 
has  to  do  is  to  read  it  and  laugh  at  it.  W e  con¬ 
gratulate  the  new  made  pn-ri-ont,  and  hope  ho 
will  get  over  his  confusion  of  ideas  shortly,  so 
as  to  he  able  to  tell  bis  baby  from  Ids  horse  t 
Dear  Sinter  Emma  :— I  now  take  my  scat  and 
sit  down  to  take  this  opportunity,  to  inform  you 
that  I  am  a  “daddy"  at  last;  that  is,  T  suppose 
I  am,  for  Addle  has  got  a  nice,  fat,  baby  a  ever 
made  up  faces.  We  hope  that  these  few  lines 
may  find  you  enjoying  the  same  great,  blessing. 
Now  this  Is  to  bestrletly  »  business  let  ter.  First¬ 
ly,  as  I  said  before,  Addie  has  got  anleobaby. 
Nextlv,  I  have  swopped  away  Old  John  and 
think  I  have  got  u  pretty  nice  horse,  St  is  a  girl 
and  weighs  nine  pound-  I  mean  the  baby— it  is 
just  as  fat  as  butter,  and  lia-s  a  good  strong  pair 
of  lungs.  She  is  red  a.ud  has  a  bobtail  the 
horse  1  mean— and n  white  stripe  in  her  face, 
and  is  a  good  driver;  she  lias  got  blue  eyes  and 
a  dimple  In  her  chin— I  mean  the  baby— and  just, 
the  prettiest  month  that  ever  opened  to  receive 
pop;  judging  from  her  teeth  I  should  think  she 
was  about  six  years  old — I  mean  the  horse  now 
—she  is  Bound,  smooth  arid  kind  —I  mean  the 
horse  or  baby  either,  now — and  the  doctor  says 
she  is  the  fairest  hoover  saw,  without  any  ex¬ 
ception— he  meant;  the  baby  T  got  twenty-five 
dollars  to  boot.,  not  on  the  baby  though,  for  in 
its  case  the  boot  is  on  the  other  foot  and  two  or 
three  sizes  larger  as  near  as  I  can  find  out.  T  am 
going  to  harness  the  horse  now,  and  go  after 
mother,  she  w  as  boro  last  night  at  twenty  min¬ 
utes  past  nine — I  hope  you  don't  t  hink  1  mean 
mother  or  the  horse,  I  mean  the  baby.  She  Js 
as  hearty  ns  a  pig;  cal  an  egg,  a  biscuit,  and 
drank  three  cups  of  tea— I  mean  Addie— she  is 
getting  along  nicely  and  if  she  don't  have  any 
bad  luck  site  wilt  get  along  first-rate.  She  is 
subject  to  disorders  of  the  stomach  ami  lliey 
say  that  is  a  sign  of  colic — I  mean  the  bab>  —1 
hope  it  is,  for  the  nurse  says,  colicy  babys  never 
die.  She  talks  about  her  rtoseas  she  takes  snuff 
— I  mean  the  nurse.  I  am  going  to  name  it 
Ediema— I  mean  the  baby.  There  I’ve  been 
reading  tills  over  and  I  see  plainly  that  I  ain’t, 
fit.  to  write.  The  amount  of  it  is,  I  am  flustra- 
ted;  I  am  a  happy  daddy,  and  that  accounts 
for  it,  so  you  must  excuse  me  tills  time. 
- - 

HOW  TO  “COME  AGAIN.” 

Some  time  ago  there  lived  a  gentleman  of  In¬ 
dolent  habits  in  Sussex,  who  made  a  business, 
in  the  winter  season,  of  visiting  his  friends  ex¬ 
tensively.  After  wearing  out  his  welcome  In 
his  own  immediate  vicinity  last  winter,  he 
thought  he  would  visit,  an  old  Quaker  friend, 
somg  twenty  miles  distant,  who  had  been  a 
school-fellow  of  bis.  On  his  ax-rival  lie  was  cor¬ 
dially  received  by  the  Quaker,  he  thinking  his 
visitor  had  taken  much  pains  to  come  so  far  to 
see  him.  He  treated  his  friend  with  great  at¬ 
tention  and  politeness  for  several  days,  and  as 
he  did  not  see  any  signs  of  his  leaving,  he  be¬ 
came  uneasy,  but  he  bore  it  with  patience  till 
the  morning  of  the  eighth  day,  when  he  said  to 
him : 

“My  friend.  I  am  afraid  thee  will  never  visit 
me  again." 

“Oh,  yes  I  shall,”  said  the  visitor;. “I  have 
enjoyed  my  visit  very  much  I  shall  certainly 
come  again." 

“Nay,”  said  the  Quaker,  “I  think  thee  will 
not  visit  me  again." 

“What  makes  you  think  I  will  not  come 
again  ?  ”  asked  the  visitor. 

“If  thee  does  never  leave,”  said  the  Quaker 
“  how  canst  thee  come  again V  ” 

His  visitor  left. 


abbath  pfailimj. 


ABOVE  THE  CROSS. 


BY  MRS.  M.  A,  WHEELER. 

Above  the  Cross  the  love  of  God  abides ; 
Beyond  the  swelling  tides 
Where  now  must  ebb  und  flow 
Tim  life  vre  bva  helow. 

Above  the  Cross  our  loving  Father  dwells. 

Above  the  Cress  there  is  3  purer  air. 

And  flowers  will  blossom  there 
Too  sweet  to  linger  here— 

There  brighter  will  appear; 

Above  the  Cross  our  loving  Father  dwells. 

Above  the  Cross ;  it  is  no  giddy  hight, 

But  only  out  of  sight ; 

So  near  mir  loved  ones  stand 
They  seem  to  press  our  hand ; 

The  loving  Father  hr<  j:  them  where  He  dwells. 

Above  the  Cross :  we  who  have  borne  it  long 
Will  join  the  happy  throng; 

Love's  labor  only  waits 
To  open  u  Ule  the  gates 
Where  r.rtn  now  our  loving  Father  dwells. 
- * - 

IMPLICIT  FAITH. 


It  was  in  John  Fall’s  Orphan  House,  in  Wei¬ 
mar,  one  evening,  when  one  of  the  boys  had 
said  the  pious  grace,  “  Come,  Lord  Jesus,  be  our 
guest,  and  bless  what  Thou  hast  provided,”  a 
little  fellow  looked  up  and  said  : 

"  Do  toll  me  why  the  Lord  Jesus  never  comes. 
We  ask  Him  every  day  to  sit.  with  us,  and  He 
never  comes.” 

“  Dear  child,  only  believe  and  you  may  be  sure 
He  will  conic;  for  Tie  does  not  despise  our  in¬ 
vitation." 

44 1  shall  set  him  a  seat,”  said  the  little  fellow ; 
and  just  then  there  was  a  knock  at  the  floor. 

A  poor  frozen  apprentice  entered,  begging  a 
night’s  lodging.  He  was  made  welcome— the 
eh ai  r  stood  em pty  for  hi m .  Every  child  proffered 
his  plate;  every  child  was  ready  to  yield  his 
bed.  The  little  one  had  been  thinking  hard  ail 
the  time. 

"Jesus  could  not  come,  and  so  Ho  sent  this 
poor  one  in  His  place— is  that  it?  "said  the 
child.' 

“  Yes,  dear  child,  that  is  just  it,"  answered 
Fulls.  “  Every  piece  of  bread  und  every  drink 
of  water  that  we  give  to  the  poor,  or  the  sick, 
or  to  the  prisoners  for  Jesus'  sake,  we  give  to 
Ilim.  4  Inasmuch  as  yc  have  done  it  unto  the 
least  of  these  My  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto 
Me.'” 

- - 

THOUGHTS  FOR  THINKERS. 


Keep  a  good  conscience,  let  it  cost  you  what 
it  may. 

There  is  no  ghost  so  difficult  to  lay  as  the 
ghost  of  an  injury. 

It  Is  only  great  souls  that  know  how  much 
glory  there  is  in  being  good. 

Always  act  as  if  you  believed  God  was  pres¬ 
ent,  and  that  you  must  give  an  account  to  Him. 

If  wc  hud  not  our  trials,  the  pleasures  of  this 
sublunary  scene  would  render  us  forgetful  of 
another  world. 

Christian  perfection  in  outward  conduct 
consists,  not  in  doing  extraordinary  things,  but. 
in  doing  things  extraordinarily  well. 

Were  we  as  eloquent  us  angels,  yet  should  we 
please  some  men,  some  women  and  some  chil¬ 
dren  much  more  by  listening  than  by  talking. 

So  weak  Is  man,  so  ignorant  and  blind,  that 
did  not  God  sometimes  withhold  in  mercy  what 
wo  ask,  we  should  be  ruined  at  our  own  request. 

Commend  us  to  a  man  who  holds  his  faith, 
whatever  It  be,  with  a  manly  grip,  and  dares  to 
defend  it  in  a  manly  way — "speaking  the  truth 
In  love." 

True  glory  consists  induing  what  deserves  to 
be  written,  in  writing  what  deserves  to  be  read, 
and  in  so  living  as  to  make  the  world  happier 
and  hotter  for  our  living  in  it. 

You  have  only  a  day  to  sjiend  on  earth  ;  act 
in  such  a  way  that  you  may  spend  it  in  peace. 
Peace  is  the  fruit  of  love;  for  to  live  in  peace  it 
is  necessary  that  we  put  up  with  many  things. 

Repentance  hath  a  purifying  power,  and 
every  tear  is  of  a  cleansing  virtue;  but  these 
penitential  clouds  must  still  be  kept  dropping; 
oneshower  will  not  suffice,  for  repentance  is  not 
one  single  action,  but  a  course  through  life. 

It  is  an  old  saying  and  one  of  fearful  and 
fathomless  import,  that  wc  tire  forming  charac¬ 
ters  for  etern  i  ty.  Form  i  »g  characters !  Whose  ? 
Our  own  or  others  ?  Both,  and  in  that  momen¬ 
tous  fact  lies  the  peril  and  responsibility  of  our 
existence. 

Of  him  that  hopes  to  be  forgiven  it  is  indis¬ 
pensably  required  that  he  forgives.  It  is  there¬ 
fore  superfluous  to  urge  any  other  motive  on 
this  great  duty.  Eternity  is  suspended;  and  to 
him  that  refuses  to  practice  it,  the  throne  of 
mercy  is  inaccessible  and  the  Saviour  of  the 
world  has  been  born  in  vain. 

You  can  have  no  heaven  after  death  of  which 
you  have  not  sown  the  seed  before  death.  Keep 
a  stric  t  watch  over  your  thoughts  and  affections, 
over  your  imaginations  and  wishes,  for  accord¬ 
ing  to  their  character  la  the  character  of  the 
demons  or  angels  that  keep  yon  company.  With 
what  spirit  your  soul  is  associated  in  the  body, 
into  the  hands  of  the  same  will  you  fall  when 
you  are  loosed  from  the  body. 


pother  fall  like  a  benediction  on  the  glorious 
plant-lifo  below,  where  the  flowers  are  all 
blooming  with  a  total  disregard  of  the  white 
covering  that  lies,  shroud-like,  over  the  hills 
without.  We  have  had  so  innny  bitter  storms 
this  winter  that  T  found  my  Frame  took  a  great 
deal  from  the  unpleasantness  of  the  picture  I 
saw  through  my  window,  r  have  written  my 
“experience,”  thinking  it  might  be  perhaps  an 
aid  to  some  who  wished  to  beautify  their  homes 
with  no  expense.  Cora. 


seldom  at  a  le*s  for  something  to  do.  Will  the 
girl  that  made  so  many  kinds  of  tatting  please 
put  her  full  address  In  your  paper?  I  wish  to 
write  to  her.  -Carrie,  Ohio. 


From  an  English  School-CIrl. 

Dear  Editor  j — My  sister  sent,  me  u  Rural, 
and  I  saw  the  little  girls'  and  boys'  letters,  and 
I  thought.  I  should  like  to  write  one.  I  am  a 
little  English  girl,  and  1  am  now  at  boarding 
school,  nt  Gravesend,  Eng.,  and  I  am  looking 
forward  to  the  Easier  Holidays.  I  live  ill  Hart¬ 
ford.  We  have  a  nice,  large  garden,  and  beau¬ 
tiful  flowers.  1  have  plenty  to  do:  we  begin 
school  in  the  morning  at  nine,  and  leave  off  at 
twelve,  and  If  it  is  (Inewo  go  out  for  a  walk, 
and  in  the  afternoon  we  begin  at  -two  o’clock 
and  leave  off  at  four,  and  then  we  have  our 
French  class  till  five,  and  then  we  have  tea,  and 
after  that  we  study  our  lesson  for  the  next  day 
for  an  hour.  I  should  like  to  come  over  to 
America  for  a  lit  tlo  while.  1  ant  t  welve  years 
old.— Amy  F.,  Gravesend,  tSng. 


BY  HOSE  GERANIUM 


1  KNOW  a  little  boy. 

Ami  I’ve  often  heard  it  said 
That  b«  never  was  so  tired 
That  ho  wished  to  go  to  bed. 
Though  he  scarcely  can  hold  up 
His  ilr«wsy  little,  head. 

Yet  this  very  foolish  boy 
Cannot,  boar  to  go  to  bed. 

When  the  big.  golden  sun 
Has  laid  down  to  sleep ; 

When  the  lunibs  every  one 
Arn  lying  hy  the  sheep ; 

When  underneath  its  wing 
Every  chick  tucks  its  head, 
Still  this  odd  little  boy 
Does  Dot  like  to  go  to  bed. 


Drifting  along  on  Ufa’s  current. 

Leaving  the  baby-shore  mild. 
Floating  far  out  into  childhood 
Wandereth  Nobody's  child. 

Little  bare  feet  on  the  roadside. 

Tattered  clothes — soiled,  puny  face  ; 
Under  them  can  ye  discover 
Pencils  of  something  like  grace  ? 

Sunshiny,  wind-tangled  ringlets, 

Scorn  on  the  lip  am)  the  eye  ; 
Phantasy  strangest  that  Nature 
Scatters  so  careless  her  dye ! 

Strange  that  such  singular  touches— 
Features  high  bred,  should  run  wild 
Hide  on  th  it  cheek  and  that  forehead- 
Linger  with  Nobody’s  child  ! 

Helpless  and  friendless  and  loveless. 
Weary  head  propped  on  a  stone 
Nobody’s  offspring  is  resting 
Out  by  the  wayside,  alone. 

Helpless  and  friendless  and  loveless  1 
Ah  !  there  is  agony  wild— 

Ah  !  there’s  n  legacy  feurful 
Waiting  for  Nobody’s  child 

It  shall  be  snre  of  its  portion. 

•No  one  shall  cheat  It  nwny  j 
Misery’s  store-house  Is  open 
Faithful  and  true  every  day. 


WOMEN  AND  WAR 


Ruskin,  at  flic  close  of  a  lecture  upon  “  War,” 
addressed  to  the  Royal  Military  College,  Wool¬ 
wich,  Eng.,  thus  addressed  the  women  present : 
You  may  wonder,  perhaps,  that  T  have  spoken 
this  night  In  praise  id  war.  Yet  truly,  if  it 
might  be,  I,  for  one,  would  falnjotnthe  cadence 
of  hammer-strokes  that  should  beat  swords 
into  plowshares ;  and  that  this  cannot  be,  is  not 
the  fault  of  ns  men.  It  la  vour  fault.  Wholly 
yours.  Only  by  your  command,  or  by  your  per¬ 
mission,  can  any  contest  take  place  among  us. 
And  the  real,  Anal  reason  for  all  the  poverty, 
misery,  and  rage  of  battle  throughout  Europe, 
is  simply  that  you  women,  however  good  and 
religious,  however  self-sacrificing  for  those 
whom  you  love  are  too  selfish  and  too  thought¬ 
less  to  take  pains  for  any  creature  out -of  your 
immediate  circles.  You  fancy  that  you  are 
sorry  for  the  pain  of  others.  Now.  1  just  tell 
you  this,  that  if  the  usual  course  of  war,  instead 
of  uprooting  peasants’  houses,  and  ravaging 
peasants’ fields,  merely  broke  I’hina  upon  your 
own  drawing-room  rubles,  no  war  In  civilized 

countries  would  lust  a  week.  I  tell  you  more; 
that  at.  whatever  moment  you  choose  to  put  a 
period  to  war,  you  could  do  it  with  loss  trouble 
than  you  take  any  day  to  go  out  to  dinner. 
Yon  know,  or,  nt  least,  you  might,  know,  if  you 
would  think,  I  hat  every  battle  you  bear  of  has 
made  many  orphans  and  widows.  Wo  have 
none  of  ns  heart  enough  truly  to  mourn  with 
these  ;  but,  at  least,  we  might  put  on  the  outer 
symbols  of  mourning  with  them.  Let  but  every 
Christian  lady  who  has  oonseionco  towards 
God  vow  that  she  will  mourn,  at  lea  1  inwardly, 
for  his  killed  creatures.  Your  prayer  is  useless, 
and  your  church-going  mere  mockery  of  God, 
if  you  have  not  plain  obedience  In  you  to  your 
conscience.  I.et  every  lady  in  the  happy  classes 
of  civilized  Europe  simply  vow  that,  while  any 
cruel  war  proceeds  she  will  wear  hlack — a 
mute’s  black — with  no  jewei,  no  ornament,  no 
excuse  for  an  invasion  into  prettiness:  I  tell 
you  again,  no  war  would  last  a  weak. 


LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS 


How  to  Feed  Hons. 

Editor  Rural:  1  have  always  meant  to 
write  to  you  when  I  g®t  old  enough.  I  am  nine 
years  old,  and  would  like  to  tell  the  Rural 
boys  howto  feed  hens  to  make  them  lay.  Take 
n  pan  of  corn  meal  and  wheat  bran,  mixed,  and 
after  they  have  boiled  meat,  pour  the  liquor 
over  It  while  hot  enough  to  scald.  (They  gen¬ 
erally  take  tin*  grease  off,  but  T  would  leave  it 
on.)  Feed  this  while  warm,  put  in  some  red 
pepper,  and  keep  plenty  of  corn  by  them  for 
luncheon  and  a  box  of  old  lime  nr  plaster  for 
them  to  pick  at,  and  see  If  It,  don’t  keep  you 
busy  to  carry  in  the  eggs.  Wo  have  been 
troubled  with  lice  on  the  fowls,  but  last  year 
when  wo  set  a  hen  we  sprinkled  ashes  over  the 
hen  and  in  tho  nest,  ami  they  all  left  .— F.  L.  J., 
Lakeside,  N. ./. 


From  a  Delaware  Boy. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor:— 1  have  been  thinking 
for  a  long  time  of  writing  to  you,  to  tell  you 
how  much  we  prize  your  paper— my  father  hav¬ 
ing  taken  it  over  since  It  has  been  published. 
We  woidd  not  know  bow  to  get  along  without 
the  Rural,  and  tho  Picture  (Premium  F.ngrav- 
iug)  is  very  nice,  for  which  you  have  our  sincere 
thanks.  We  live  in  Delaware;  havo  been  here 
four  years.  We  came  from  Now  York  State,  In 
hopes  of  finding  n  milder  climate.  This  winter 
lias  been  the  most  unpleasant  of  any  since  we 
came  ;  very  changeable,  with  so  much  rain  and 
very  cold  winds  from  tho  North,  with  the  ther¬ 
mometer  down  to  4*  above  zero  that  Is  the 
lowest  it  has  been  tlds  winter;  last  year  it.  wont 
to  1°  above.  When  It  is  cold  here,  we  feel  it  as 
much  as  we  did  further  North,  on  account,  of 
the  winds  being  so  piercing,  in  the  summer 
the  cool  breeze  is  very  pleasant,  aiul  wo  do  not 
feel  the  heat  as  much  as  we  did  In  New  York 
State.  Wo  have  all  kinds  t>r  fruit  in  abundance, 
and  plenty  of  sea  food.  \  like  t.o  read  the  boys’ 
and  girls’  letters,  and  feel  sorry  for  Hie  girl  that 
churned  all  night.  I  think  I  should  give  the 
cream  lo  the  pigs  before  T  would  churn  all 
night.  If  I  could  give  her  any  Information  on 
the  subject  1  would  do  so,  for  she  certainly  has 
my  sympathy.— Fred.  W.  T\,  Milford,  Del. 


Drifting  along  on  life’s  current, 
Tossed  by  the  pitiless  wild— 
Angels  in  Heaven  !  have  mercy 
Watah  over  Nobody’s  child  ! 


OUR  CONSERVATORY 


The  Rural  and  Its  Premium  Picture. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor:— Wo  are  happy  to  write 
to  let  you  know  that  we  have  received  the  dear 
old  Rural,  and  the  beautiful  Picture.  I  am 
but  ton  years  old,  but  I  wish  to  let  you  and  the 
cousins  know  that  I  like  to  see  pretty  pictures 
and  road  good  papers.  1  attend  Sunday  school 
and  day  school,  and  lovo  my  teachers  very  much. 
I  have  no  live  pets,  as  we  live  in  tho  city  and 
have  no  plnee  to  make  t  hem  comfortable  ;  but 
if  1  lived  in  (lie  country  1  should  make  pets  of 
everything  I  could.  T  like  the  horse  best,  of  all, 
and  wish  T  had  an  organ.  F  will  hid  you  good- 
by  now,  but  may  write  again  some  time.— E.  L. 
J.,  Chicago,  1 11. 


A  Box  of  Stones. 

A  few  weeks  since,  when  I  returned  from  a 
trip  in  Central  New  York,  I  was  both  surprised 
and  delighted  at  finding  my  letter  in  print. 
Now,  I  want  to  tell  you  what  T  brought  home 
with  me.  Not  what  most  of  you  would  have 
brought,  for  no  doubt  some  of  you  would  have 
hesitated  about  carrying  a  box  of  stones  under 
your  arm  a  couple  hundred  miles;  but  that  Is 
what  1  did.  The  stones  were  chiefly  fossil  sliolls, 
from  a  kind  of  rock,  In  which  they  abound, 
called  by  geologists  the  Hamilton  group,  which 
belongs  to  the  Period  or  the  same  name.  These 
rocks  belong  to  the  Devonian  Age,  or  Age  of 
Fishes.  It  is  a  light,  shaly  sandstone,  and 
rather  hard  ;  and  t  he  fossils  belong  to  an  order 
•  if  tnolluskri  called  Drachlopods,  which  means 
arm-footed  ;  and  they  are  so  called  because 
they  use  their  arms  to  stir  the  water,  In  order 
to  bring  their  food  within  their  reach.  My 
“cabinet.,"  of  which  I  spoke  before,  now  num¬ 
bers,  with  the  addition  of  these  fossils,  nearly 
two  hundred  specimens.  I  would  like  very 
much  to  correspond  with  some  young  Rurnlist 
upon  Natural  History,  and  exchange  specimens. 
Will  not  some  one  do  so?  1  would  like  to  ex¬ 
change  rock  specimens  with  others,  In  different 
parts  of  the  country.  All  letters  will  reach  me 
directed  to—  Young  Naturalist,  Dojc 844,  Spen~ 
cerport ,  N.  I'. 


Lambs  and  Sugar. 

Mu.  Editor  i  am  a  little  girl  nine  years  old. 
Wo  have  got  four  little  lambs.  The  first  two 
were  twins,  and  one  of  them  died.  We  have 
got  a  cat  and  a  dog.  It  Is  almost  sugaring  time; 
we  have  tapped  a.  few  trees.-  Nellie  V.  H., 
Kent  Co.,  Mu  h. 


A  WOMAN’S  PROBLEM 


Tub  following  extract,  from  a  letter  from 
Jean  Inoklow  IOLucy  Stone  will  be  read  with 
interest  by  American  women  : 

“  You  bn, ve,  I  venture  to  think,  more  than  one 
problem  to  work  out  hi  America,  on  which,  in 
a  great  degree,  depends  the  welfare  of  woman. 
In  one  of  these  l  take  a  keen  Interest,  and  I 
hope  to  see  you  settle  It  for  yourselves  and  for 
us.  I  want  you  to  discover  how  domestic  work 
Is  to  be  combined  with  high  culture. 

“Ho  long  as  household  work  is  thought  de¬ 
grading  (and  nowhere  is  this  so  much  the  ease 
as  In  America)  there  never  eon  bo  anything  like 
universal  education ;  there  must  always  be  some 
who  work  all  their  lives,  because  others  will  not 
work  at  all.  ft.  is  to  bo  one  of  the  great  tilings 
that  you  Americans,  I  believe,  are  raised  up  for, 
to  teach  tho  world  how  this  is  to  be  done;  but 
the  teachers  can  never  be  those  who  are  poor; 
t  hey  must  be  those  who  are  not  obliged  to  work 
at  all. 

“How  to  make  clear-starch  mg  and  ironing 
graceful  and  pretty  occupations  (And  such  they 
were  thought  by  our  great-great-grand  mothers), 
how  to  keep  a  house  dean,  cod  to  assist,  even 
In  a  kitchen,  Without  the  least  sense  of  being 
lowered,  or  the  slightest  personal  deterioration, 
might  surely  be  managed  if  women  gave  their 
mindS  to  it— if  more  delicate  machinery  was 
invented  for  helping  them,  and  If  it  could  even 
be  made  the  fashion  for  ail  women,  young  and 
old,  to  pride  themselves  on  their  domestic  skill,” 


sicirms— ruggeu,  gnarled  iUUl  twisted,  ho  much 
the  better.  Then  he  fixed  them  securely  in  the 
form  of  a  rustic  I  power  over  the  window.  How 
miserably  they  looked  ;  not  one  bit  romantic  or 
graceful.  If  wo  looked  at  them  olonely,  to  be 
sure  there  were  little  coral  sprigs  and  patches 
of  bJ1  very-gray  lichen,”  beautiful  exceedingly, " 
and  tiny  mosses— but  still  they  looked  so  odd 
in  my  neat,  room.  Ooa  iilie,  dear  fellow,  rallied 
me  a  little,  but  a  very  little,  for  lie  saw  that  I 
was  not  altogether  contented  with  my  plan 
thus  far. 

A  good  while  I  debated  with  myself  in  regard 
to  a  center  piece  for  ray  garden;  I  was  really 
puzzled,  when  one  clay  a  package  came  to  me 
in  the  mail,  labeled  “alive."  I  gazed  upon  it 
with  questioning  wonder.  What  could  It  be? 
And  very  carefully  1  unrolled  the  papers  sur¬ 
rounding  it,  lest  the  “  alive  ”  thingshouid  prove 
formidable.  I  clapped  my  hands  with  delight. 
It  was  a  small  Amarnnlhus  saltHfoliuH—  Foun¬ 
tain  Plant  —  with  the  exquisite  coloring  of  its 
graceful  foliage  gleaming  already  us  tho  sun’s 
rays  fell  upon  it.  I  recognized  in  this,  almost  a 
“special  providence,"  the  hand  of  my  good 
brother,  who  well  knew  my  weakness. 

A  small,  round  box,  with  the  bottom  removed, 
was  then  placed  in  tho  center  of  my  garden, 
filled  with  earth,  and  my  cherished  treasure 
elevated  t  o  a  due  post  of  honor.  Then  T  plant¬ 
ed  delicate  Heliotropes,  Geraniums,  Verbenas, 
and  (’alia  Lilies.  Around  the  edge  I  made  a 
border  of  Lobelia,  with  it*<  (lowers  like  azure 
stars, and  delicate  vines.  Throughout  my  garden 
at  intervals  f  grouped,  where  it  would  best  add 
to  the  effect,  rich-colored  Coleus,  and  a  Japonica 
with  i:s  dark  livery.  Then  in  the  corners  I 
planted  Climbers,  the  rapidly-growing  German 
Ivy,  Madeira  bulbs,  the  inimitable  Cypress,  and 
a  thrifty  plant  of  the  Maurandia  hnrlsyano, 
which  a  kind  friend  sent  tome.  Then  I  left  it 
to  grow. 

Now  let  mo  tell  you  just,  bow  it  looks  this 
bright,  sunny  spring  morning.  Those  ugly, 
bare  branches  are  each  one  a  “  t  hing  of  beauty  " 
now;  first,  the  ivy  threw  out  a  delicate,  pale 
green  arm,  then  the  Cypress,  with  Its  charming, 
delicate  foliage.  The  others  followed  till  they 
seemed  to  be  having  a  merry  race  for  the  top : 
and  what  a  bower  of  beauty  they  have  alto¬ 
gether  made  for  me;  the  pure  white  flowers 
of  the  Madeira  and  the  pink  and  purple  bells  of 
die  Maurandia  harleyana  mingling  with  the 
d>  J irate  fi >1 1 age.  M y  canary’s  cage  hangs  in  the 
center,  and  as  he  shakes  the  sunlight  from  ids 
wings  and  the  melody  from  his  throat,  they  to- 


I ILLUSTRATED  PROVERB.  No.  1 


From  a  Jayhawker. 

Mr.  Editor: — I  suppose.  I  might  be  called  a 
Kansas  Jayhawker,  because  I  was  born  here, 
and  arn  nine  years  old.  My  parents  have  lived 
here  sixteen  years.  We  have  a  pretty  home. 
It  has  all  been  made  since  I  was  born,  ami  I 
will  tell  you  something  about  it.  Pa  first  plant¬ 
ed  a  large  orchard  of  fruit  trees,  and  then  black 
locust.  The  locust,  grew  to  lie  large  trees  and 
made  a  beautiful  shade,  but  the  borers  went  to 
work  on  them  and  they  soon  fell  down;  then 
It  was  hard  work  to  grub  them  out.  Then  we 
planted  cottonwood,  maple,  walnut,  and  many 
other  kinds,  and  they  arc  now  large  trees.  The 
borers  and  gophers  killed  a  great  many  of  the 
fruit  trees,  too.  but  now  we  watch  for  them.  It 
is  real  fun  to  trap  the  gophers.  Pa  gives  brother 
twenty-five  cents  for  every  one  he  gets :  he  has 
trapped  fifty.  They  destroy  hedges  also.  They 
are  queer-looking  things,  with  pockets  on  either 
side  of  their  neck  which  they  fill  with  dirt  and 
throw  out  in  piles.— Maud. 


Answer  in  two  weeks 


MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA.  No.  5 


FEMININE  FELICITIES, 


I  am  composed  of  14  letters  : 

My  1,  7, 11,  5, 1,  14, 11  is  a  place  of  amusement. 
My  12,  5,  4,  0  is  an  important  article  of  house 
use. 

My  9,  14,  tt,  12,  7  Is  a  numerous  race  of  people. 
My  13,  5,  3, 4,  11  Is  a  post  town  in  Michigan. 

My  .7, 3,  11,  2,  H,  p,  5  was  a  noted  king  of  ancient 
times. 

My  3,  5, 10, 10, 12  Is  an  art  icle  kept  by  druggists. 

My  whole  was  a  king  of  ancient  times. 

Z'^"  Answer  in  two  weeks.  H.  F.  Geyek. 


Why  do  girls  kiss  each  other,  and  men  not? 
Because  girls  each  have  nothing  better  to  kiss, 
and  men  have. 

“I  sympathize  sincerely  with  your  grief,” 
said  u  French  lady’s  recently  widowed  friend. 
“To  lose  such  a  husband  its  yours.”  “  Ah,  yes, 
he  was  very  good ;  and  then,  you  see,  such  a 
misfortune  is  always  great,  for  one  knows  wlmt 
kind  of  a  husband  she  has  lost,  but  cannot  tell 
what  kind  of  a  man  one  will  find  to  succeed 
him.” 

Here  is  an  authentic  Instance  of  true  and 
faithful  love  :  A  Pittsfield  (Mass.)  school-girl, 
in  order  to  convince  a  jealous  boy  that  she 
liked  him  better  than  some  other  urchin,  ex¬ 
claimed;  “Of  course  T  like  you  better  than  I 
do  Bill,  for  don’t  1  miss  words  in  my  spelling 
lesson  on  purpose  so  as  to  be  down  to  the  foot 
of  the  class  where  you  are  ?  ” 

Miss  Emily  Faithfull  recently  visited  the 
Western  Union  Telegraph  offices  in  New  York 
City,  to  inspect  the  female  department  thereof. 
Before  her  departure.  Miss  Snow,  the  Superin¬ 
tendent,  presented  her  with  a  beautiful  basket 
of  flowers  from  tho  lady  operators  In  token  of 
their  appreciation  of  her  labors  in  behalf  of 
women. 


Girls  Cutting  Corn. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor:  -I  have  read,  with  great 
interest,  the  letters  written  by  the  boys  and 
girls,  and  thought,  I  would  tell  what  I  can  do. 
I  am  fifteen  years  old.  I  have  a  sister  eleven 
years  old,  and  a  brother,  who  is  a  young  man. 
My  brother  is  not  livingat  home,  so.  as  my  father 
has  no  other  help,  sister  and  I  very  often  have 
to  act  as  boys.  Last  Fall  wo  cut  a  field  of  corn, 
of  perhaps  two  and  a  half  acres,  without  fath¬ 
er’s  help.  We  have  a  sewing  machine  which 
we  both  sew  on,  and  a  cabinet  organ  which  we 
both  play  on,  so  you  see  we  can  either  entertain 
company  nr  work  at  boy’s  work,  just  whichever 
suits.  We  can  both  do  housework,  crochet, 
make  tatting,  knit  stockings,  Ac.,  Ac.,  we  are 


ANAGRAM.  No.  3 


Th  aw  rea  hhttgson  !  a  dnwi-pewst  rmvodea 
Gnmmcikii  a  tredublo  aes, 

Rea  tno  flol  dan  detail  a  aodwah, 

Morf  het  kroc  ttyvreei.  Enigma 

fjsF'  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


PUZZLER  ANSWERS.  March  8 


Puzzle  No.  R—  lsptda gigantea. 

Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  4.— Mark  Twain’s 
Innocents  Abroad. 

Illustrated  Rebus  No.  Secretary  Bout- 
well  has  resigned  the  Treasury  portfolio. 


SyjOORI’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


coughs,  irritation  of  thethroat  caused  by  cold,  or 
unusual  exert  ion  of  the  vocal  organs  in  spea  king 
in  public  or  singing,  they  are  very  beneficial. 


is  tne  victim  of  t  he  most  preposterous  delusions 
He  declnred  in  the  presence  of  the  physicians 
that  when  ho  returned  from  Europe  he  expected 
to  be  elected  President  of  the  United  States, 
but  now  he  was  convinced  that  the  people  of 
the  country  were  corrupt,  and  that  it  was  going 
to  ruin.  He  would  not  accept  the  Presidency 
now,  but  would  he  Dictator,  and  the  streets  of 
New  York  would  run  with  blood.  Dr.  Ham¬ 
mond,  when  asked  if  lie  did  not,  think  that 
Train’s  utterances  were  made  for  effect,  replied 
that  he  had  taken  that  view  into  consideration, 
but  from  close  examination  was  convinced  that 
Train  believed  what  he  said. 


It  is  Pleasant  and  Profitable 

TO  FORM  CLUBS  FOR 


Advice. — Send  for  free  Price  List, 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


New  York,  Monday.  March  17, 1S73. 

Receipts.— The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  as  follows  : 

Flour,  Mils .  4-5,100  Pork.  bbl» . .  6.100 

Wheat,  hush .  50,,V)0  Beef,  pkgs .  1,250 

Corn,  hush .  Cut  racats,  pkgs. . .  26,100 

Outs,  laish .  152/*' ■!  T-nrd,  pkio .  22,050 

Grass  seed, bush..  8,W0  Rutter,  pice? .  7,510 

Barley,  bush .  t.iwi  riieese.pSaa .  6,7k) 

Mull,  bush .  6,201  Dried  Fruit  ■ ,  pkgs.  :vc> 

Resin.-,  bids .  $32  Rggs,  bids. .  10,550 

C.irn  ;uciil  hlils _  2,600  woof,  bales. ...... .  1,050 

Com  meal,  bugs...  6,050  Hops,  hales. .  122 

Cotton,  bales.. .  19,08} Peanut*,  bags .  1,*<75 

Rye, bush.. . . .  -  Dressed  Hogs,  No.  2,500 

Bonn*  and  Pone. -Exporters are  buying  marrow- 
fot*  quite  freely,  nnd  late  prices  arc  gut  to  steadily 
hold.  Mediums remalu  quiet,  but  supplies  are  carried 
with  confidence  at  unebnniced  prices. 

IV e quotoprlme  mediums,  $2.oow,2.70;  prime  marrow- 
Lets,  ¥2.IS5<j42.?0 :  prime  kidneys,  $2.80('j3 :  Canada  peas, 
free,  bills.,  tl.30«'.LS2;  green  pens,  buoli.,  ILDOfitl/Jo. 

Beeswnx.  rrimelotsof  Southern  will  bring  Tota 
560..  with  the  demand  mainly  for  thla  stork.  Western 
is  selling  nt  iHCi-MXc. 

lirontn  C'oru.— Manufaeturers  buy  sufllcient stock 
-to  keep  prices  steady.  There  is  not  much  arriving. 
Hales  » ;  7‘Ze.  lor  prime  hurl ;  8@Tc.  for  new  green; 
tiMiiXe.  for  old  do.,  RiCc.  for  old  mixed,  and  5'3"o.  for 
old  red.  Vlnioms  bring  fl.75at.50  per  dozen  for  rotn- 
inon  to  best  house. 

Butter.— The  market  continues  strong  nnd  buoy¬ 
ant.  as  the.  closing  features  of  last  week  Indicated  for 
it.  Dealers  fee  1  that  the  top  of  prices  have  been 
reached,  or  rather  they  use  no  erort  to  press  the  mat¬ 
ter  of  advance,  os  they  an*  >:encrally  satisfied  with 
the  way  that  stock  of  all  kinds  is  turning  out.  Sumo 
of  the  sellers  arc  ogam  forced  to  get  hold  of  what 
their  neighbors  have  to  spnre,  wlilc’i  fs  abundant 
proof  of  the  ac  tual  scarcity  of  good  and  choice  tahlo 
crude-  .  Nearly  the  whole  week  50c.  has  been  the 
-Ready  quotation  for  fancy  tubs,  and  very  comfort¬ 
able  profits- uro  being  realized  on  the  good  Glasses  of 
butter  that  are  promoted  through  the  light  supplies 
■of  extra.  Two  car-loads  of  California  will  bo  duo 
litre  by  the  last  of  March.  A  few  pan  els  of  new  hny 
butter  have  arrived,  hut  It  in  not  desirable.  Western 
rolls  are  In  demand,  with  the  promise  of  a  noeoed 
addition  to  tile  offering.  A  few  fresh  pail*  quoted  45c. 

We  quote  State  dairies,  tine,  4<ta  tic.;  do.  fair  to  good. 
esatOc, ;  fine  half  tubs,  In  lota,  45Mi7c, ;  selections  of 
half  tub*,,  -vie,;  Welsh  Fall,  .SRisiiOc. ;  do.,  common, 
3M sac. ;  fttnro  packed,  i.VWOe,;  Western  rolls,  flue,  31® 
(5/kzo. ;  common  to  fair,  22q>i2te.t  Canadian  good  l<- 
prime, 2?tt38c.;  do.  fair  to  good.  24®26c.;  pyor  lots,  lfi 
6i20c.  Fancy  Canada,  In  a  small  way,  S*c. 

GktOM.  Export.*,  past  wed;,  1,900  boxen.  JTlie 
market  ha*  ruled  very  steady,  and  it  Is  not  likely  that 
there  will  bo  any  variation  in  prices  to  poor  buyers. 
A  good  Eastern  demand  has  hardened  the  extreme 
quotation  for  best,  and  17.W«,  is  aotnctlme*  made.  The 
supply  is  almost  all  here,  and  the  exporters  will  soon 
want  more  than  they  arts  now  using. 

We  quoie  Slut-  fortury,  prime  and  fancy,  16V\ 
l?eU.  with  jobbing  sales  at  lice.;  do.  good.,  me.; 
do.  fair.  uf<iU5fc-!  H ta to  dairy,  prime.  10c.;  do 
fair,  l-lKtf&UcK.  Ditto  factory,  prime,  14 W®  15c.; 
*lo.  good,  l.'-ka-Bc.  English  dairy,  prime,  lie.;  do. 
good.  l3Ml3i.;c. 

The  market  has  been  ‘•panicky,”  8nd 
prices  ore  much  lower.  Them  is  scarcely  nnv  export 
demand,  und  shipper-,  do  not  care  to  buy  t"  ativ  ex¬ 
tent  until  there  Is  n  more  settled  fee  I  111;;.  The  prin¬ 
cipal  can  so  of  tlio  severe  deeliuo  Is  In  tlto  foci  that  tho 
position  ot  tho  foreign  market  does  not  admit,  of  free 
shipments  at  the  moment,  with  supplies  accumulating, 
and  the  arrivals  at  the  ports  much  larger  than  expect¬ 
ed  for  this  period.  Far  forward  delivery  the.  rinsing 

firlcce  on  the  basis  of  low  infilling  nrp  19'.  e.  for  March, 
s  ll-lt-iP.I-  ve.  i-r  April,  Id  1-16 ■-  file.  lor  Mny,  l'.cp,i 
IS*1-  for  .1  imc,  and  il)  ii-lfi®i9Xc.  for  July.  We  quote: 

Upland..  ALbsum.  -N-\v  Tl-.ii,, 

Ordinary .  15X  15M  15J*  15  % 

Good  Ordinary _  I7)J  17 M  I7H  17-tf 

Strict  Good  Ordinary.  18k;  18}i  18N  1HX 

l.ow  Middling .  1SY  19  lliw  l'.Vki 

ling .  I'd,  VM 

Good  Middling .  2114  22.V  ZIH  22X 

Dried  Fruits.— For  r.pples,  trade  Is  very  alow,  tile 
demand  for  export  being  cheeked  hv  g  decline  In 
->thcr  market.*..  Peaches  are  neglected.. 

Southern  apples,  JJKGWc,;  do.,  sliced.  West¬ 

ern,  5’4<5J>Me,tBtnte,  ficodKc-  reeled  peaches  at,  it®  lftc. 
for  Ga.,  13("  15e.  for  Va„  and  iOfiSlOti.  for  North  Caro¬ 
lina.  Unpeeled  peaches,  Syrtfi-ic.  for  quarters,  nnd  5 WA 
5  Me.  for  halves.  Cherries.  ]®&i28i<c.  PJurns,  i-k-vi'Je. 
Blackberries,  8><n.  Ttaspherrics,  5361910. 

Eggs. -A  marked  decline  iu  prices  lias  occurred  as 
■usual  during  the  season  of  Lent,  whon  the  arrivals 
are  large.  Bales  are  23<3.-24*zo.  for  Western,  according 
to  marks,  24K<3;25(:.  for  State  nnd  Pennsylvania,  and 
25c.  for  New  Jersey. 

Flour. — It  has  been  difficult  to  close,  out  other  than 
small  lots  to  the  home  trade,  on  account  of  the  de¬ 
pressed  condition  of  the  lorcipn  market ,  the  difficulty 
In  negotiating  exchange,  arid  the  high  rates  ruling  for 
ocean  freight  room.  There  is  an  increased  amount  of 
stock  on  6ale,  and  thete  Is  considerable  of  a  disposi¬ 
tion  to  force  bupinesj  on  the  part  of  holders,  with 
easier  nrieeB  ruling, 

Superfine  State . . f5  {Ky%  6  55 

Common  extra  do . 7  io®  7  50 

Good  t-i  choice  do .  7  55®  7  65 

Fancy  do .  7  70®  S  10 

Superfine  Michigan,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Iowu.. .  5  fimsi  fi  65 

rado..  .  r,  7.V0  7  :.5 

Choice  extra  do . . 7  mi  p  00 

Trade  brands  do . 7  sV-r  lO  25 

Good  to  choice  white  wheat  extras .  8  256-10  25 

Fair  to  very  choice  extra  Minnesota . 7  no  - 12  SO 

Common  to  fair  extra  St.  Louis .  7  OOrii  9  «5 

Good  to  choice  do  .  U  sstaTJ  :.i 

Southern,  common  to  choice .  0  10®  5  23 

Family  do . .  g  I5®d2  . 

Rye,  common  to  fine .  3  65®  6 

Corn  meal,  Brandywine .  3  700o  3  so 

Do.  Western . 3  i2yj©  3  40 

Fresh  Fruits.— Export  of  apples,  past  week,  4,550 
tibia.  New  Western  arrivals  are  a  loss,  nearly  all 
badly  frozen.  Stored  lots  are  very  quiet,  and  F3  Is 
still  extreme  for  fancy.  Cranberries  are  not  moving, 
and  holders  are  becoming  rather  solicitious  about  the 
chance  of  closing  out.  Peanuts  unehnnged. 

Wc  quote—  Apple*,  common.  21,5022.01);  do.  fair  to 
good,  f2@t2.50:  do.  line,  f-2.75.'  600.  Cranberries,  prune, 
crate,  $.923,50:  ooQimon  to  fair,  $2.50®2.76  ;  bbls..  f'J 
@10;  choice  bids.,  210® U.  Nr;w  Wilmiogtoli  pea¬ 
nuts,  21.25®  1.50;  Virginia.  fl.25iSl.fo.  Tenn.  do.,  HOC.® 
21.  Hickory  nuts,  fl  7.1.  Pecans,  fiSOe. 

Furs  nnd  Skin*.— The  arrivals  are  quite  liberal, 
and  there  Is  an  cash  r  tone  to  the  market.  -V  decline 
abroad  in  muskrat  ton-18  to  weaken  prices  in  tMf 
descriptwn.  The  following  quotations  are  ruling  for 
parcel  lots; 

Otter,  each.f7@10j  Fox,  W-STSc,  for  gray;  «I.20«i.T5 
for  Red  Mink:  fl.o0i3;3.i»  for  pale;  r'-X-f/.  fur  dark; 
Music  rat,  Ill-Use.  for  Fill)  and  16®22o,  for  Winter; 
Skunk,  40@50c.,  ♦or  striped,  15@2i)c.  for  white,  OOe.tfi 
21.10  for  black;  Onossum  10©  15c. ;  Raccoon,  OOfflTOc. 

Orni  it.  For  wheat  prices  Are  withnutmuclichauire. 
The  demand  is  light  from  all  sources.  We  uuuto  at 
$1.50@Lfi(i  for  No  2  Spring,  ?!.73@1.7M  for  No.  i  10.,  Ip 
store  and  afloat,  2l.8flil.75  for  winter  red  Wr.-teni, 
$1.85@2  for  amber,  2t.Ki@?.)2^  for  eommou  locb  lee 
white.  C-orn  is  lower,  with  a  liglit  business  nearly  all 
from  the  home  trndp.  Bales  at  fi6@66Lc  for  old  mixed 
Western  uffoat,  'He.  for  do.  in  store,  65@U5Rc.  for  DfW 
mixed  Western,  (ItVsitifiKe.  for  yellow  do.,  6Bc.  for  white 


A  PREMIUM  OR  CASH  COMMIS 
SION  TO  EVERY  ACENT  ! 


The  Carman  Losses. 

The  German  Government  has  at  lengt  h  given 
definite  s statistics  showing  the-  German  losses  In 
the  war  with  Prance.  The  total  number  killed, 
wounded,  and  missing  amounts  to  127,607.  Of 
t  hose  there  wore  killed  in  action,  17, 578;  those 
who  died  afterwards  from  their  wounds  num¬ 
bered  10,710;  from  sickness,  12,853;  from  acci¬ 
dents,  316 ;  from  suicide,  30 :  the  total  number 
who  died  being  thus  40,881.  including  1,534  offi¬ 
cers.  During  the  war  there  were  no  less  than 
1,599  encounters  with  the  enemy  which  were 
attended  with  loss  of  life. 


From  Feb.  22, 1873,  and  during  the  Rural’s 
Spring  Campaign,  (if  not.  longer ,)  Every  Agent 
can  have  either  a  Premium  or  Liberal  Cash 
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FOREIGN  NEWS, 


ITMacellaneouii  Foreign  News. 

Spain  will  organize  50  battalions  of  500  men 
each,  t-o  crush  the  Carllsts,  who  are  very  active 
in  many  parts  of  Spain  ...A  steamer  foundered 
in  the  Mersey,  and  all  on  hoard  perished,  on  tho 
1st  Fifteen  of  the  crew  of  tho  hark  Hoyne 
have  been  drowned  on  the  southwest  coast  of 

England . Tho  Cbacabuco  sunk  in  tho  Irish 

Channel  on  the  2d,  and  74  were  drowned 
Minister  Bancroft  gave  a  great  dinner  in  Berlin 

on  Inauguration  Day. . It  is  proposed  to  cede 

I  he  bay  of  Pearl  River.  Sandwich  Islands,  to  the 
United  8 fates.  Frauds  on  t lie  Bank  of  En¬ 
gland,  to  the  a  mount  of  $2.0(10,000,  have  been 
detected.  American  swindlers  have  the  credit 

Tin-  election  ill  Quebec  parsed  off  quietly 


DOMESTIC  NEWS, 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

In  the  Scannel  case  the  Jury  failed  to  agree. 

..  A  Masonic  fair  is  in  progress...  Edmund 
Yates  has  sailed  for  home.  ,Thc  Hudson  River 
is  fast  opening  to  navigation  Prof.  John 

Torrey  of  Columbia  College  died  on  tholOth _ 

Rapid  transit  is  still  talked  of  The  trial  of 
Mrs.  Woodhnll  goes  over  uni, II  April  The  old 

house  of  refuge  on  83rd  tit.,  fell  in  on  tho  11th.  I 

_ Base  ball  cluh>  have  organised  for  tlio  sea- 

son.,.. Vice-President  Wilson  lectured  on  the 
12th  .The  Guard  is  loading  fur  tho  Vienna  ex¬ 
position _ The  StokoB  case  has  gone  over  until 

i  ho  22nd  of  April  .The  building  and  furniture 
trades  are  preparing  for  thecoiulftg strikes  -  A 
new  market  is  to  be  bulit  on  the  site  of  Wash¬ 
ington  market _ The  number  of  sick  poor 

treated  gratuitously  last,  year  was  265,082,  cost¬ 
ing  the  city  $47,000  The  Ts.  Y.  Custom  /louse 

is  said  to  owe  the  government  $80,000,000 _ Gov. 

I)ix  has  refused  to  interfere  In  the  case  of  Fos¬ 
ter,  and  be  will  lie  huugon  t  lie  Hint  of  March. . 
Geo.  Francis  Train  has  been  decided  insane. . . . 
Commissioner  Van  Buren  hasBailed  for  Vienna, 

Home  News. 

The  members  of  the  Cabinet  have  not  ten¬ 
dered  their  resignations. ..  .The  Japanese  Min¬ 
ister  will  go  home  on  a  visit...  Tno President 
has  sent  a  letter  to  Mr.  Colfax,  expressing  his 
belief  in  Ids  innocence.  The  Courier-Journal  of 
Louisville  sustains  Mr.  Colfax.  ..The  Modoc 
Indians  have  consented  to  be  removed  to  An¬ 
gel  Island — The  McEnery  Legislature  of  Loui¬ 
siana  lias  issued  an  address,  counseling  passive 
resistance  to  the  United  States —  N.  V.  Central 
R.  It.  property  to  the  amount  of  $200,000  has 
been  seized  for  taxes  .  Mr.  Colfax  has  made  a 
speech  at-  South  Bend,  defending  himself.. 
Snjidl-pox  is  raging  Iu  Utah _ iTeaerb  k  Doug¬ 

las  ba.s  told  I  he  story  of  Iris  escape  in  Philadel¬ 
phia  Colored  men  in  Washington  have  held 
a  Cuban  meeting  .  .  There  w ns  a  heavy  enow 

storm  in  New  England  on  the  10th _ The  ice  in 

the  Missouri  is  breaking  up  .Henry  A.  Bel¬ 
lows,  Chief  Justice  of  New  Hampshire,  died  on 

the.  Hlli _ Vice-President  Divpn  of  the  Erie 

Railway,  ha*  resigned..  The  Democrats  elected 
three  Congressmen  in  Now  Hampshire — The 
President  still  hones  to  take  his  Southern  trip. 

_ Hon.  W.  R.  Roberts  declines  to  take  his 

hack  pay.  .  .  Insurance  questions  and  the  Erie 
investigation  occupy  attention  at  Albany... 
Thu  Government  has  settled  with  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad  It  is  proposed  to  move  the 
•  •iipltal  of  New  Jersey  1 0  El izabeth ...  Secretary 
Boutwell  was  chosen  Senator  from  Massachu¬ 
setts  oq  1  lie  12th:  he  received  158  votes  to  Mr. 
Dawes'  11.7  .  Judge  Richardson  will  lie  the 
new  Secretary  of  the  Treasury — Woman  suf¬ 
frage  has  been  rejected  by  tno  Massachusetts 

Legislature _ Gov.  Straw,  Republican,  has  been 

re  elected  In  New  Hampshire.  Hon.  Oake- 
Aimwhuda  great  reception  at  North  Easton. 

Mass.,  on  the  13th _ The  Modoc  war  has  broken 

out  again — The  old  Atlantic  cable  has  given 

oui . There  is  to  be  a  further  reduction  in 

cable  tolls _ Tho  steamship  Niagara, from  Ber¬ 

muda,  is  missing;  she  is  due  In  New  York  — 
The  Supreme  Court  of  Massachusetts  has  de¬ 
cided  that  Boston  cannot  lssuoflre  bonds  . .Gen. 
J.  C.  Fremont  bus  published  a  lengthy  defense. 

_ Two  murderers  have  recently  been  hanged- 

in  Illinois  .Rev.  Dr.  L.  D.  nuslon  of  Balti¬ 
more,  has  been  expelled  from  the  M.  E.  Church. 

feniireM. 

The  Committeos  on  Investigation,  Credit 
Mobilier,  and  Ku-Klux,  are  to  be  discontinued. 
...  Senator  Patterson's  case  will  probably  be 
postponed. . .  Liberals  and  Democrats  now  con¬ 
stitute  about,  one-third  of  the  Senate.  The 
effort  to  remove  Sergeant-at-Arm.*-  French  has 
failed  .Mr  Carpenter  has  been  elected  Presi¬ 
dent  nru  tern  of  the  Senate....  The  case  of  Sen¬ 
ator  Caldwell  is  being  debated  —  Mr.  Morton 
lias  made  a  speech  in  defense  of  Mr.  Caldw  ell. 
Ho  has  ulso  called  lor  a  report  as  to  the  best- 
means  of  cjecl.iiigthe  President  and  Vice-Pres¬ 
ident _ Mr.  Elbert  isto  bo  tho  new  Governor  of 

Colorado _ Senator  Fenton  has  given  Ex-Sena¬ 

tor  Trumbull  a  farewell  dinner...  The  Diplo¬ 
matic  corps  has  callod  upon  the  President  and 
paid  their  congratulations  ...The  Senate  has 
confirmed  a  large  number  of  nominations  made 
by  the  President  Edward  Pavson  Smith  is  the 
new  Indian  Commissioner — There  arc  rumors 
of  changes  in  the  Cabinet,  but  they  ure  probably 

false _ The  debate  on  Senator  Caldwell's  ease 

still  continues _ Senators  Scott  and  Sehurz 

hare  made  great  speeches  on  the  Caldwell  case. 
Geo.  H.  Sharpe  has  been  appointed  Surveyor  of 
Customs  of  New  York;  Jas.  T.  Casey  has  been 
appointed  Collector  of  Customs  at  New  Orleans; 
John  A.  Brusbank  has  been  made  Governor  of 
Dakota  ;  Cornelius  A.  Luyson  has  been  made 
Minister  of  Chili ;  F.  W.  Potter  has  been  made 
Consul  at  Marseilles;  John  A.  Foster  of  Indi¬ 
ana,  is  to  be  Minister  to  Mexico. 

Crimes. 

Geo.  Hall,  aged  18,  of  Salisbury.  Md.,  shot 
Amelia  Spockley,  aged  14,  on  Mi 0  71  h.  He  com¬ 
mitted  suicide  by  throwing  himself  before  a 
train  of  cars _ An  attempt  to  rob  the  Corn  Ex¬ 

change  Bank  of  Philadelphia  was  made  on  the 
t)th  Alois  Peters  of  Philadelphia,  and  J.  W. 
Vary  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  committed  suicide  on 
tlio81.li.  .  Allen  G.  Jones,  a  bookkeeper  in  the 
Southern  Bank  of  Georgia,  robbed  it  of  $32,500, 


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sphere,  nnd  keeps  ahoa-d  of  all  imitators  and  abreast 
of  the  times  nnd  age.  Try  it,  n  year,  and  see. 


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Lists,  Show  Bills,  etc.,  arc  promptly  sent  free  and 
post-paid  to  all  disposed  to  aid  in  circulating  the 
Rural  New-Vohkeu  in  their  respective  localities. 


The  Rural’s  Premium  Picture,  “Birth-Day 
Morning,"  a  Superb  Stool  Engraving,  worth  $5,  is 
sent  post-paid,  to  every  one  paying  only  $2.50  for 
Moore’s  Rural  for  W3.  tt  is  Is' mu  Ready,  and  will 
be  sent,  without  delay  to  all  entitled. 


How  10  Remit  Mal'ely.— Remittance®  for  single 
or  club  subscriptions  to  the  Rural  may  be  made  by 
Draft,  Post-Oflleo  Money  Order  or  Registered  1, ottor, 
at  our  risk.  Drafts  and  P.  O.  Money  Orders  preferred 
where  obtainable,— but  you  risk  nothing  in  sending  by 
either  of  the  modes  above  mentioned  provided  the 
remittance  is  properly  inclosed  and  mailed. 


are  rising,  ami  Madrid  Is  tranquil.  Thn  Carl  hit  s 
muster  from  10  to  18,000  men.  The  Federal  Re¬ 
public  has  been  proclaimed  in  Barcelona  ...A 
cartridge  factory  exploded  at  Fort  du  Mont- 
Valerian,  near  Paris,  on  tin*  7tlu  injuring  100. 
and  killing  10  .France  "ill  pay,  at  the  ap¬ 
pointed  time,  tlio  last  milliard  to  Germany... 
President  Thiers  was  very  sick  on  the  8th  .  .. 
The  master  printers  of  Germany  have  locked 
out  all  Union  lata  ....The  ex-King  of  Spain  has 
had  a  great  reception  in  Turin  ...Andalusia  is 
organizing  a  State  Government  ...Federalists 
are  organizing  in  Madrid...  Tlio  mother  or  I  lie 
King  of  Wut'temburg  is  dead  ..  The  Spanish 
Assembly  has  approved  the  bill  providing  for  a 
Const itiwit  Cortes  .Thu  jt-ish  Uuivei  it.y  Bill 
has  been  defeated  In  the  House  of  Common?  by 
a  majority  of  thrfle  —  German  papers  are  said 
to  Arid  fault  with  Grant’s  inaugural  address.... 
Gen.  Diaz  ban  i  een  elected  Chief-Jusiico  of 
Mexico  Col.  Charles  Temple  Dix,  son  of  Gov. 
Dix  of  New  York,  died  suddenly  in  Paris  on  t  he 
litli  Mr.  Gladstone  tendered  his  resignation 
to  the  Queen  on  the  12th.  Mr.  Gladstone  has 
been  burned  in  effigy  by  the  students  of  Trinity 
College.  Dublin  The  now  t’orl  es  of  8  pa  in  will 

meet  May  1 _ Government  troops  have  been 

defeated  hy  Carlfate.  with  100  lost  —  Dr.  Bird, 
Sneaker  of  the  Manitoba  House  of  the  Assem¬ 
bly,  has  been  mobbed _ Slaveholders  in  Cuba 

are  considering  emancipation . Thirty-one 

new  steamships  arc  building  to  run  between 
Europe  and  New  York  ..  .On  tho  13th.  Mr.  Dis¬ 
raeli  was  asked  by  the  Queeu  to  form  anew 
goiurnment:  hi'  asked  for  time,  which  was 
granted . Spain  is  -ending  more  reinforce¬ 

ments  to  Cuba.  The  C'arlists  continue  to  throw 

trains  from  tho  tracks  ami  burn  depots _ The 

French  Assembly  has  adopted  the  Constituent. 

project  of  the  Committee  of  Thirty . The 

I! nances  of  Cuba  are  badly  disorganized . 

Trovibles  continue  in  Mexico. . .  Mr.  Disraeli  is 
not  prepared  to  form  a  Cabinet  ..The  Earl  of 
Derby  is  trying  to  form  a  Cabinet  ...The  insur¬ 
gents  have  had  a  success  in  Cuba  ...Bishop 
Macllvaine  died  In  Florence.  Italy,  on  the  14th  ; 
he  was  born  in  Burlington,  N.  J.,  iu  1708. 


CURRENT  TOPICS 


The  Back  Salary  Crab. 

While  wo  believe  that  the  salaries  of  Sena¬ 
tors  and  Members  of  Congress— indeed,  of  most 
of  our  public  officers— is  too  small,  and  that 
they  arc  thus  led  Int-o  temptation,  we  do  not 
sympathize  with  those  members  who  voted 
themselves  advanced  salaries  for  services  per¬ 
formed  under  contract.  True,  we  do  not  think 
tho  proceeding  so  venal  as  some  of  the  politi¬ 
cians  would  have  it ;  but  wo  think  it  a  bad  pre¬ 
cedent.  It  is  charged  that  the  Presidetit  might 
have  refused  to  sign  this  bill ;  but  if  he  bad.  the 
necessary  appropriation  bill  would  have  gone 
by  the  board.  Shrewdly,  too.  the  bait  of  $25,000 
a  year  added  to  his  own  salary  was  Incorporated. 
What  a  chanoe  he  bad  t-o  acquire  regard  among 
the  large  class  who  believe  in  **  republican  sim¬ 
plicity,''  and  that  $25,000  per  year  is  enough  for 
any  man,  bo  he  President  or  not,  had  he  refused 
his  signature  to  this !  We  arc  not  sorry  that  tho 
bill  has  passed  if  thereby  a  better  class  of  men 
are  induced  1  o  serve  as  Congressmen,  and  those 
who  voted  themselves  back  pay  are  hereafter 
kept  at  home  by  their  constituents,  to  give 
place  to  better  men. 


The  Foster  Case. 

New  Y  ohk  maybe  congratulated  that  the  man 
who  insulted  ladios  in  a  street  car  and  after¬ 
wards  threatened  and  finally  killed  a  gentle¬ 
man  who  sought  to  protect  them,  is  at  last-  to 
hang  for  it,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  the 
family  to  which  he  belongs  possess  millions  of 
money  which  has  been  fully  used,  flrsl  in  bis  de¬ 
fense,  then  to  procure  a  stay  of  proceedings 
and  a  reversion  of  the  verdict  by  the  Court  of 
Appeals  and  finally,  a  commutation  of  his  sen¬ 
tence  b.:  Governor  Dix.  Wo  say  New  York 
may  be  congratulated,  because  the  impression 
has  obtained  that  money  can  do  anything  in 
this  city,  and  that  “hanging  is  played  out.” 
The  wholesome  effect  the  fate  of  Foster  will  bo 
likely  to  have  upon  tho  roughs  and  desperadoes 
which  infest  this  great  city  cannot  be  estimated. 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS 


Astonlalilng.— Tho  progress  made  hy  the  Wil¬ 
son  Underfeed  Sewing  Machine.  Inventive  skill 
has  been  taxed  to  its  utmost,  and  the  result  is 
the  most  perfect  and  desirable  machine  for  gen¬ 
eral  and  family  use  yet  produced.  It  is  simple 
and  easy  to  operate,  is  not  (fable  to  get  out  of 
repair,  its  work  Is  tho  best,  as  was  shown  by  the 
first  premiums  at  the  Northern  Ohio  Fair,  and 
it  Is  sold  at  a  less  price  than  any  other  machine 
of  its  rank.  Salesroom  at  707  Broadway,  New 
York,  and  in  all  other  cities  in  the  United  States. 
The  Company  want  agents  in  country  towns. 


Watch  No.  1211,  Stem  Winder  —  bearing 
Trade  Mark  “  Frederick  Atherton  &  Co.,  Marion, 
N.  J."— manufactured  by  United  States  Watch 
Co.,  (Giles,  Wales  &  Co.),  has  been  carried  by  me 
nearly  three  months;  it-  is  now  running  at  the 
rate  of  five  seconds  per  month  slow.  —  E.  C. 
Keys,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


Ceorge  Francis  Train  Insane. 

Dn.  William  Hammond  and  Dr.  Cross  having 
been  requested  by  District  Attorney  Phelps  to 
examine  Into  the  sanity  of  George  Francis  Train, 
Dr.  Hammond  has  made  a  report  in  which  ho 
sf^-s  that  George  Francis  Train  is  certainly  in¬ 
sane.  His  conversation  is  disconnected,  and  he 


For  Throat  Diseases  and  affections  of  the  chest, 
“  j Brown's  Bronchial  Troches"  are  of  value.  For 


yflfrlpram 


OOB'E’S  BUBAL  WEW-YOBKEB 


do.  Barley  Is  active  at  $1.24@1.26  for  Canada  West. 
Oats  are  more  in  the  buyer's  favor,  with  a  bettor  sup¬ 
ply.  Sales  at  -iTuMOc.  for  new  mixed  Western,  46@ 
4rXC.  for  new  black  do.,  M@51c.  for  new  white  Western. 

Hny  nud  Hrrnw.  —  Prices  rule  In  the  buyer’s 
favor,  as  river  navigation  will  soon  be  resumed. 
Trade  Is  slow. 

North  River, $1.10  from  store.  Ketnil  qualities.  $1.30® 
1.70:  clover  nr,  £io.&$|,  and  salt  at  sorfis  c-  Straw,  eng 
rve,  at  Jl.307tl.i0:  short  do.  at  $t@l.U5;  oat  at  90c.  @$L 
ami  wheat  at  7?>c.  The  following  prices  are  obtained 
at  the  railroad  depots :  —  Retail  qualities,  good  to 
prime,  fl..ri0®I.U5;  do.,  medium  to  fair,  $1,30$;  I.lO:  ship¬ 
pers’  grades,  W.Oo ;  clover,  mixed,  $1.10®  1.20:  clover. 
70@fHKs-i  long  rye  straw.  $1.30;  short  do.,  111)0.®$  1;  out, 
85&WO-:  wheat.  65o. 

Hops. -There  is  uo  Improvement  In  trade,  but 
holders  refuse  to  change  prices,  a>  they  believe  sup¬ 
plies  will  not  receive  any  important  addition.?,  ami 
that  stocks  will  all  be  needed  by  brewers  before  the 
new  crop  comes  to  band. 

We  quote  State  at  4i)@55c. :  Eastern,  4Oc»50c. ;  West¬ 
ern.  40sf.! »o.;  old  growtu,  1870, 10@15o;;  Bavarian,  ttys- 
60c.;  English,  .".Vclbc.;  Belgian,  35@40c.;  Californian,  SO 
®l>0c. 

Maple  .Sugar. -There  Is  a  moderate  offering  of 
Ohio  at  20325c.  Lots  are  of  good  color,  but  a  little 
hard. 

l’uiiltrvaiiil  Uame.- Dressed  poultry  lias  simply 
the  hotel  and  restaurant  demand  that  makes  tlu*  bulk 
of  sales  at  this  season.  The  slock  is  smuil,  and,  with 
selected  qualifies.  prices  itre  bettor.  Good  trewun 
Weslern  hits  sold  well  at  the  moderate  quotations. 
The  Jewish  festivities  are  approaching,  uml  live 
poultry  will  he  m  demand-  it  is  higher  to-day.  In 
game,  wild  pigeons  form  the  principal  item;  wild 
ducks  are  offering  sparingly.  Wo  quote  llvo 
poultry  at  17®  Be.  for  prime  fowls,  and  l7?*2lc.  for 
turkeys.  Geese,  $1.75 Sv  for  Weslorn,  for  Now 
Jer-'-y.  Ducks— *50.@$I  for  Wester  ti,  $1,;.  1.2!)  for  N.  J. 

Wfl  quote  drrsseil  prime  S.  J.  and  Bucks  Co.  tur¬ 
keys,  l- ‘"221'.,  Stutcand  Western,  puor  to  best.  17fS20c. 
Chickens,  Wostorn.  if®  17c.;  State  and  near  points, 
13®  iso.  Geese,  iV®  I  to.  Duetts,  16@22«. 

Game  quotations Riidalo  saddles,  f?.i>7c.;  rabbits, 
25@vlc.;  haroa,  20@H0c.;  wild  pigeoua,  mi  oinked,  V  do/... 
$2@2.25 ;  canvas  backs,  b  pair,  $L25@t.;., ;  milUarvl,  C2w 
7oc.;  ootnmon  wild  ducks,  37®5uo. 

Provisions.— Pork  has  been  steadily  advancing 
under  light  supplies,  strong  markets  at  the  West  and 
a  fair  export  business  here.  Bacon  anti  lard  are  lower 
and  weak.  Shipper#  not  being  able  to  purchase 
much  at  current  prices,  licet  ham?  -choice  West¬ 
ern.  $30.00®  33.00s  Tern#  prime,  $30,00  ®?1.00s  Bard, 
8%e.  for  Western  steam  on  soot,  ?  v.  for  March,  and 
8^e.  fur  April.  Bong  clear,  ijfc.;  short  clear.  8de.  r 
short  rib.  S«c.  Me- s  t>ork  at  $10,26  for  spot  deliv¬ 
ery;  $10.30  for  April ;  Western  prime  mesa  nomi¬ 
nally  $U.7a®  16.  Dressed  hogs,  elty,C>f®7)!io.;  Western, 
6Jf<3tfJtfc.  Cut  meats  are  sullfng  at  Qffflbila.  fur  hunts, 
loose;  liilfc.  for  *iu udders,  lyusc;  bid  10  cents  for 
pickled  bellies,  loose.  Boxed  dry-salted  n.iyuldor?, 
fine,  Smoked  meat?  at  lOMkWMc.  for  loose  bam?, 
7X0.  for  loose  shoulders,  Tallow  at  8  I5-Wc.  for  prime 
stock.  Beef  is  selling  at  JO®  11.76  for  barreled  new 
plain  muss,  $t2@  1:1.50  for  extra  me#?.  Tiuroed  beef  at 
$23@25  for  new  Itldla  muss,  $30.v#3l  fnruew  extra  India 
me*#.  and  $21®%!  for  uew  prime  mess. 

Seed.— The  lower  prices  noted  last  week  ori  clover 
brought  mure  demand  from  shippers,  with  fair  sides 
at  8.V'<6HXc.  for  fair  to  elioleo  lots.  Timothy  lx  selling 
in  a  small  way  ut  $3.ri5@4. 

Sundries.  Honoy  at  24vj)3fle.  for  dark  and  32®. 16c. 
for  white,  In  glass  boxes;  mixed  lots,  21c.  Older  at 
6@10c.  p  gallon,  heathers,  ilvo  goose,  now,  tine.  P  Ui., 
GiiPTOc.:  do.  mixed,  4tks8fiQc.t  hull,  7®'.le.;  vinegar,  cider, 
¥  gal.,  20®‘iDC.;  do.  manuractured.  15@20c.;  newspa¬ 
pers,  V  tb.,4@4)f.;  White  rugs,  .Vrt6;<. 

Tobacco.  —  Free  receipts  of  tbo  now  crop  of  West¬ 
ern  leaf  weakens  the  murker,  't'lie  demand  Is  small, 
most,  buyer?  Inclined  to  wait  until  the  market  Is  set¬ 
tled.  Seedloaf  Is  selling  slowly. 

QUOTATIONS — NEW  CROP. 

Eight  Grade?.  Heavy  Grades. 

Lugs .  7X$>  8Yo.  $  @  9Xc. 

Common  to  medium  leaf.  9  r.i  9><u.  In  c. 

Good  do.  ..  BX®  lll  yc.  10X®  11  c. 

Fine  do.  ..lOXiai  12  c.  —  (si  — 

Selections . . . 11  ®  —  c.  —  ®  — 

CROP  of  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  tillers . II  ®  Hi  c. 

seconds.... ‘M  &  85  o. 
wrapper?.  .10  @  55  c. 

selections. dll  ©  75  c. 

New  York  tillers . 11  @  llj£c. 

wrappers . 18  @35  c. 

assorted  lots . . 12  @  10  c. 

Pennsylvania  tillers. . 13  f«i  14  c. 

wrappers  22  @  50  c. 

assorted  lots . . 18  @25  c. 

Ohio  tillers. ..  .  . 10  @  10>£c. 

wrappers . 18  @35  c. 

assorted  lots . 11  @16  c. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots .  9  @10  c. 

Vegetable#,— Exports  of  potatoes,  past  week,  2,Gli8 
bids.  1  n  potatoes n  fair  trade  1?  reported  In  Peach 
Blow#  at  full  prices;  Jersey  bag  lots  are  emuing  In 
freely,  atpl  prices  are  more  in  the  bnyer’B  favor. 
Onions  are  higher.  The  quotations  for  potatoes  are 
for  balk  lots. 

Peach  Bluws  in  hulk,  $3.2533.50;  Early  Itose  do., 
$3® 3.25;  Prince  Albert,  $2.S7<j$3.12  ;  Dyright,  $1.76®  2  ; 


$3® 3. 25 ;  Prince  Albert,  $2.S7@3.12  ;  Dyriglit,  $1.75@2  ; 
common,  $1.76:  sweet,  $3JS0:?.I.  For  potatoe  i  in  ship¬ 
ping  order  add  25@37e.  p  bill.  Marrow  squash ,  $4.50 
@5:  Onions,  red  and  vollow,  $■■%?. 5() ;  do.  white,  $0 
@10;  Russia  Turnips,  $1.t5®2 :  Cabbages,  V  100,  $10@li. 

Whisky— Is  Bteadlly  hold  at  92c.,  with  a  moderate 

Wool. -There  has  been  a  move  satisfactory  feel¬ 
ing  the  last  few  days.  Manufacturers  have  been  buy¬ 
ing  with  more  confidence  w  ithout  further  changes  in 
prices.  Dealers  uru  Arm  at  current  prices,  and  ex  poet 
to  sustain  a  very  steady  market  from  this  out  to  the 
new  clip. 

X  f.i  XXX  ffeeoe,  MGWWo, ;  No.l  tteoov,  tmMc.;  No. 
2  fleece,  55@6le.;  tub-wnehed  fleece,  W@07o.i  Texas, 
coarse  to  extra  line,  25t@45c. ;  now  Mexican  fleece. 
25@Wc.;  California  spring  clip,  .T5@  15c.;  California  fall 
clip  and  hunt)?’  23,?33e.:  extra  pulled,  55@C2o.;  super 
pulled,  tfwyHc.;  No.  1  pulled,  4&&5Jc.:  Western  pulled, 
50@ii0c.;  Southern  pulled,  40@50c.!  California  pulled, 
30@52c.|  Montevideo,  3B@17c.:  Buenos  Ayres,  unwash¬ 
ed,  WglOc.;  Rio  Grande,  gold,  20<!)32c.;  Cape,  3C@13c.; 
Australian,  47@70c.;  olaibing  wool,  60@80o. 

- *-*“* - 

COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 


Little  Faulk,  N.  V.,  March  15,  1873. 

The  market  ut  Little  Falls,  for  tho  week  ending 
March  I5tb,  Is  without  material  change.  The  heavy 
snow  of  Monday  and  Tuesday,  with  tin’  high  wind, 
hits  again  blocked  the  country  roads,  rendering  travel 
difficult.  Farm  dairies  may  be  quoted  from  lllc,  to 
lie.,  According  to  quality;  factories,  15>f@U;>,'c. ;  and 
butter.  300360. 

We  have  ad v loos  from  abroad  for  the  third  week 
in  February.  Our  London  Correspondent  says  tho 
stock  of  English  and  American  cheese  is  small,  with 
J  brisk  bale.  American,  extra  tine,  72@?4s. ;  tine,  i!8@ 
iOs. ;  good.  Gtc>  >is.  The  other  descriptions  of  cheese 
sell  as  fellow# ;  -English  Cheddar,  76®'J0s. ;  Wiltshire 
double,  iP'-jiks. ;  Cheshire  medium,  OtVAT/ls. ;  flue,  74® 
81s. ;  Scotch,  In:- 1  i-t.  Dutch  cheese— Edams,  65@C7s.  j 
Gon  lai  ,  '.ti'-iiCOd. ;  Derby  sliape,  bSGWEa. 

In  butter  there  U  a  brisk  sale  for  all  descriptions, 
and  flue  Is  very  scaree.  We  quote :  CIodiuoIIh,  12C@ 
@150?.:  Corks,  126@140#.;  Dorsetfl,  156s.;  Normandy 
extra,  UC@ij03.j  Canadian.  50. M20s.  The  corresponu- 
mg  prices  la9t  year  were,  for  Clonmells  butter,  136s.; 
Corks,  1..33.,  and  American  cheese,  72s. 

- ♦+  » . -  — 

LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

New  York,  Maroh  15,1873. 

As  spring  eotnes  on,  tho  markets  present  some  new 
features,  Lamb?  begin  to  arrive,  and  there  is  always 
a  strife  for  the  first  comers  at  high  prices.  The  first 
lot  was  sold  at  about  25e.  ip  It.,  live  weight,  but  they 
soon  declined  to  13@20o.  The  season  for  a  heavy  rim 
°f  calves  la  also  close  at  hand,  and  veal  will  compete 
with  beef,  wlille  shad  are  claiming  their  share  of 
public  patronage.  And  yet  with  all  these,  there  Is 
not  oiugli  change  In  the  prices  of  beef  and  mutton, 


while  pork  has  rather  advanced.  There  1?  very  little 
game  now  in  market,  and  the  poultry  season  is  draw¬ 
ing  towards  a  close. 

RECEIPTS  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 

iihe$n  At 

It tavo*.  Cpir$.  CaIvc*.  I.Afiiui.  Hoir*. 

Totals  this  week . 6,580  64  712  16,671  36,436 

“  last  week . 7,029  79  HO  21,508  28.2-.i7 

Average  last  year.. .  8,178  98  2,111  22,683  86.975 

Beeves.— Cattle  dealers  still  play  off,  partly  because 
tho  demand  for  beef  1?  light  during  Lent,  and  It  look? 
as  though  they  are  either  holding  stock  back  or  traus- 
ierrlng  lltelr  patronage  from  one  road  to  another,  with 
a  view  to  breakdown  the  transportation  rates.  It  l,» 
a  coiniumi  thing,  at  the  opening  of  lake  and  river 
navigation,  for  tbe  different  mriromin  to  got  into  a 
tight  over  the  stock  currying  trade,  and  run  t  he  places 
down  to  nominal  figure?.  A  few  year?  ago  the  Ki  le 
road  went  down  to  $1  |per  ear  loud  on  cuttle  from 
Buffalo  tri  Wevluiwken.  With  their  inability  to  brine 
till  tie  fret @11  ihvoaffh  that  in  ottering,  we  see  no  Im¬ 
mediate  |irosju*ef  of  much  reduction  in  tbu  elmrgoson 
cattle  care.  It  outki!?  little  dlffen-nco  relatively,  un¬ 
less  tbu  stock  I?  brought  i bead,  for,  reduce  tho  curry¬ 
ing  rule,  and  you  oiie  . pen  < lie  price  of  cattle,  both  In 
the  city  here  and  at  the  West;  bence,  some  of  tho 
dealers  are  opposed  to  any  change. 

Tho  ottering*  of  cuttle  iti  tho  three  market  places 
pertaining  to  tuts  city,  lii't  Monday,  were  till  our  load? 
al  llXItlt  »t.,a!  ear?  .it.  t  'onuuunipuw  and  ;i0  ut  Wee- 
bawken.  making  4,252  head,  against  1,631  the  previous 
Monday.  Some  of  the  drove?  wero  late  In  and  did  nut 
sell  on  that  day.  Trade  was  fair  at.  unchanged  prices, 
anil  the  market  ha?  ruled  steady  since  It  take?  prime 
droves  to  rouuii  13o.  right  through,  while  selection?  of 
8  ewt.  Ohio  grade  Durham?  soil  at  lie.  Borne  very 
poor  Chicago  dressed  cow#  are  Hulling  hero  ut  Dole., 
while  prime  afoers,  in  refrigerator  curs,  sell  ut  9@10c. 


Choice  beeves,  ft  lb . . . . 

Good  to  prime . 

Medium . 

Poorest  grade . - 

Average  sale? . . . . . . 


This  week. 
Cent?. 

. mi  ®  I  t 

. 12  A 13 

. UH  @  11 X 

. S  is  til 

.  lli>  11 X 


!  Extra  Clioica  Onion  Seefl. 

Tint  difference  In  value  of  a  crop  of  omons  grown 
from  the  seed  usually  sold  and  that  raised  from  extra 
selected  onions,  is  usually  from  one  to  two  hundred 
dollars  tin  aero:  the  difference  between  the  coat  of 
the  two  qualities  of  seed  to  plant  an  acre  is  from  six 
to  eight  dollars.  I  offer  to  the  public  nAtosrcd  of  mu 
own  i/rmeiiiff,  raised  from  these  extra  selected  onions, 
at  the  following  prices,  vlx. : 

Danvers  Eurly  Yellow  Globe . Per  lb.,  $4  (10 

Karl  v  Rod  Globe .  .  . .  "  4  00 

Southport  l.ato  Rod  Globe . .  “  4  U0 

A  liberal  discount  on  large  lots.  My  Catalogue 
(Tree  to  all)  contains  many  letters  from  those  who 
nave  used  my  seed.  JA  JIES  .1.  H.  GREGORY, 

.Marblehead,  Moss. 


Rent's  Wanted. 


The  following  are  the  closing  prices  for  the  week  in 
comparison  with  what  cattle  brought  one  week  ago, 
for  uot  weight  of  beef . 


I  gist  week. 

Cents. 
13K  @  14 
12  <a  13 
11 H'  Ofi  1 1  If 
8  @  10 
—  @  Hid 


IIoun.  Them  has  lieen  quite  uu  increase  iu  arriv¬ 
al?  slnco  last,  report,  and  yet.  the  market  is  stronger. 
Hog  products  have  n  good  shipping  Inquiry  with  tbe 
advance  hi  gold,  lard  and  baoon  advancing,  hence  an 
active  trade  tu  drcBsed  liogr.  Few  Western  dressed 
are  now  arriving,  tin*  receipts  for  the  past  week  being 
uuly  1.622.  Live  nogs  uro  worth  5X@6c  City  dressed 
vary  from  RfeGt’ic.  for  heavy,  to  Th@JMc.  for  medium 
weights,  and  T'{c,  for  pig*.  Quotations  of  Western 
dressed,  (BfiSThic. 


JlilcU  Cow#.  There  is  a  call  for  all  tho  good  cow# 
Mont  in,  but  tho  trouble  t?  that  those  having  poor 
milkers  for  sale  ore  taking  advantage  of  a  better 
market  to  Work  off  trash.  Common  cows  sell  ai.  $40® 
55,  and  fair  to  good  at  $66@7a— extras  reaching  $80. 

Sheep  mid  Lit  mil?.— Arrivals  are  light,  and  fat 
stock  goes  qutokur.  Tito  first  spring  lambs  of  thu 
season  arrived  two  or  throe  days  ago,  and  brought 
very  high  price?,  viz.,  #10r.slt  per  head.  The  curliest 
lambs  arc  seldom  weighed.  A  few  were  put  upon  the 
scales  yesterday  at  l?c.  v-  ».  We  note  sales  of  the 
first  comers,  vlt.,  10  at  $11  each;  18  at  $10;  it;  tit  $9;  rt 
at  $8,20;  9 at  $7.33;  II  at $7  The  $11  lamb?  weighed 
about  45  lb?,  each.  Crime,  95®100  itis,  sheep  sell  at  7b 
@7>4e.,  with  a  few  at  7'k'u.:  one  lot  of  170  coarse  100 
lbs.  llhuobi  went  ut  fiXc-.  with  some  Hue  wool  Michi¬ 
gan,  98  lbs.,  at  7  Wo.  Poor  idiecp  are  selling  at  6ki@5Xc. 
The  average  of  2,718  wu?$7.l5,  w title  0,1121  brought  $7  JO 
each. 

Von  I  Calves.— W«  have  hud  a  groat  Increase  In 
dressed  veals,  but  the  arrival?  of  llvo  aro  not  yet 
largo.  They  will  show  quite  a  gain  tbo  coming  week. 
Prices  are  rather  on  the  downward  scalo,  especially 
for  hog-dreasod  grass  or  hay  calves,  which  are  hard 
to  sell  at  any  price.  Live  calves  still  sell  ut  0@Uo., 
and  dressed,  7@9)4o.  for  grass,  uml  12©  lie.  milk  veulB. 

SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


SEWING  MACHINES. 

Trrt  sales  of  Sowing  Machines  in  1872,  as  reported 
under  oath,  In  1873,  to  the  owners  of  the  Sewing  Ma¬ 
chine  Patent*,  aliow  that  the 

SINGER  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

Lust  year  sold 

219,758  MACHINES, 

Or  38,498  more  than  In  1871,  ninety  per  cent,  of  them 
being  for 

USE. 

This  Is  over  <45.000  more  Sewing  Machine?  than 
were  sold  by  any  other  Company  during  the  same 
period,  and  over 

ONE-QUARTER  OF  ALL  THE  MACHINES 

Sold  lu  1872. 

Principal  Office  of 

THE  SINGER  MANUFACTURING  CO., 

31  Union  Square,  New  York. 


A  Positive  Radical  Cure  for  Rupture,— The 

Uliistio  Truss  Company,  at  No.  683  Broadway,  New 
York,  will  send  their  Descriptive  Circulars  to  any 
person  uiflioted  with  Hernia.  This  Truss  can  be  sent 
by  mall  to  any  part  of  the  country. 

Hew  gulmtitfetnents. 

ARE  YOU  GOING  TO 


THEN  USE  THE 

Averill  Chemical  Paint 

Pure  White,  Drams, 

French  Grey,  slates, 

Buffs,  Yellows, 

and  all  tbe  fashionable  shades  and  color?  used  lu 
house  and  cottage  painting,  readu  for  use,  requires  no 
oil,  thinning  or  dryers,  and  sold  only  by  the  gal¬ 
lon. 

Every  Man  His  Own  Painter. 

Sample  card  of  colors,  and  testimonials  from  own¬ 
ers  of  the  finest  residence?  In  the  country,  furnished 
free  by  dealer?  generally,  or  by  the 

AVERIXiXi  CHEMICAL  PAINT  CO., 
ti'2  Burling  Slip.  New  York, 

Artificial  ear  brums,  for  restoring  the 

hearing.  A  great  success.  By  one  who  was  deaf 
for  20  years.  By  mall .  $3  per  pair.  Send  stamp  for 
particulars  to  G.  J.  WOOD,  Madison,  Ind. 


?■  fj  A  4  I  IF  A  fine  Missouri  Fruit  and 
6“  g  i  X  IV  SI  *“  Garden  Farm  for  sale,  con- 
S  tabling  150  bore?.  l!<  mile* 

from  Louisiana.  Mo.,  whore  you  have  railroad  ami 
water  communication  with  all  nun?  of  the  world. 
About  3,000  choice  bearing  apple  tree#,  and  other 
small  fruits.  Will  lie  sold  nil  together,  or  divided  to 
suit,  purchaser.  Will  be  sold  very  low.  and  on  easy 
term#.  For  partieiilnrB.  address 

RICHMOND  &  CO.,  Louisiana,  Mo. 


MEDAL  MACHINES. 


A’OOD,  Madison,  Ind. 


EMJLISll  HAWTHORN  HEDGE  Plant.?, 

2  years'  grow  th,  at$»  per  1,000. 

JAMES  A.  ROOT,  Shaneateles,  N.  Y. 

Native  evergreens,  balsam  fir, 

Arbor  Vitae,  White  Pine,  Hemlock,  Arn.  Spruce, 
also  Larch  ;  5  to  12  inches  high,  at  $3  per  1,000;  $10  for 
5,000.  Packing  free.  JAMES  A.  ROOT, 

Skaneateles,  N.  Y. 


1 Y.  State  Airicnltural  Works, 

WmiELEIt,  MELICK  A  <  <>., 

PROPRIETORS,  PATENTEES  A  MANUFAUCURKRS  OF 

RAILWAY  CHAIN  &  LEVER  HORSE  POWERS, 

Combined  THRESHERS  and  Winnowers,  Overshot 
Threshers,  Clover  ttuller*,  Feed  CilltBra,  Sinv- 
Ml])s,  Hnr#e  Rake#,  Horae  Pitchforks,  Bhin- 
gle  MaoolneB,  *«  i  LB  4  NY,  N.  v. 

OUR  YOUNG  FOLKS 

FOR  APRIL. 


CONTENTS i 

Doing  His  Beal,  (IV.,)  by  J.  T.  Trowbridge; 
Uncle  Joe’s  “Little  SiiinuHtiin,”  by  Mrs.  Attitv 
Morton  Diaz;  Iu  a  Bug-Bag,  by  Nora  Perry; 
“  Dot’s  Party,”  by  Sa:.i  Eytinoe;  The  Day  of 
Judgment,  by  Blizabrth  Stuart  puei.ps  ;  A 
Talk  about  the  Telegraph,  (fully  Illustrated,)  by 
V.  A.  Eliot;  Nannie'?  Experience,  by  Sarah 
G.  DOLBY- :  and  other  attractive  Stories,  Rebuses, 
Enigma?,  with  numerous  Picture.?. 

JAS.  R.  OSGOOD  &  (JO,  Puhlishcrfi,  Boston. 

I^GGS,  from  choice,  puro-brod  Houdans,  Light 
I  >  uml  Dark  Brahma#,  $2  per  do*.  Early  Rose  po¬ 
tatoes.  83  per  hhl.  ORSfNO  BEEBE.  Hamilton,  N.Y. 

Strawberry  Plum?  for  Hale.— Chas.  Downing 
ami  Downer's  Prolific,  $1.50 1?  100;  $8  1?  1,001).  Order 
early  (inclosing  cash).  A nii’w  S.  Nash,  Westport,  Ct. 


I?  my  Citbi  logxie  of  Fancy  Fowls  and  Eggs  for  Hutch¬ 
ing.  It  tell?  you  the  best  brood?  to  raise,  and  how  to 
raise  them  profitably,  nil  for  nothing.  \v.  Leghorns, 
I,.  Bnihnuis,  B.  11.  B.  Gum  us,  Aylesbury  Duck?,  all 
from  imported  and  prl/e-wtnnin/'  stratus.  Egg?  for 
Hutching,  from  the  above, $2  peril.  Securely  packed, 
and  shipped  any  distance  with  safety.  Address 

D.  B.  COREY,  Worn  field,  N.  J. 


BOON  TO  BREEDERS 

and  Registers,  for  marking  Cattle,  Sheep  and  Hogs. 
Send  U  cents  for  samples,  to  tho  Patentee  and  Ex¬ 
clusive  Manufacturer,  C.  II.  DANA, 

\V CHI  Lebanon,  N.  H. 


M  il'"  up  'mi  m 

OUB 

Illustrated  Catalogues 


M  FOR  1873,  ^ 

N  Numbering  175  pages,  ami  con-  N 
•p  taining  2  Colored  Plates,  t 
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o  All  piirclinscr*  of  nnr  bonk?,  8 
l— J  ”  Gardening  for  Profit”  or  •*  I'rae-  *“ 
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CntnloKut'#  free  iinniinllv. 

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HOW  SHALL  WE  PAINT 

OUR  HOUSE? 

Is  the  title  of  a  very  Interesting  and  valuable  book, 
giving  practical  bint#  on  painting —  thus  enabling 
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21-4  Fear)  Hi.,  New  York. 

ilTFOR  ONLY  $1 

TEN  THOUSAND  CASH  GIFTS,  aggregat¬ 
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of  tbe  Third  Grand  Gift  Couceri  in  alu  of  the 
Public  Llbrnrv  ut  Kv.(  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  Tues¬ 
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which  they  wore  conducted  and  promptness  with 
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Louisville,  liy. 


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rial  Briberies,  Congronxmen,  Ring?,  Lobbies,  and  tbo 
Wonderful  sight?  of  the  Nutionai  Capital.  It  sells 
quick.  Soint  for  Circulars,  and  neo  our  term?  and  a 
lull  description  (rf  the  work.  Address  CONTINEN¬ 
TAL  ft  m.tsiiiM;  GO.,  Now  York,  or  national 
PUBLISHING  CO..  Philadelphia  and  Chicago. 

WORKING  CLASS  $C0a  week  guaranteed! 

Respectable  employment  at  homo, day  or  evening ;  no 
capital  required  ;  full  instruction?  and  valuable  pack¬ 
age  of  good#  sent  free  by  mull.  Address,  with  lie.  re¬ 
turn  stamp,  M.  You  Co.,  173  Greenwich  St.,  X.  Y. 

MB  A  P  STMT'S  f he  Imsl  tool?  to  Work  with, 
t  UK  HllCii  I  0  Largest  cash  pay,  either  trav¬ 
eling  or  at  home.  Exclusive  territory.  New  pluns, 
specimens,  term.?,  etc.,  free.  Address,  at  once, 

OU R  FIUKHTDE  FRIEND,  Chicago,  111. 

Vg’is  Wniitcd.  wonr.lty  Iiunon-Uyle  Cutter.  Ham- 
ple  25c.  H.  Dt:  SUA'lttf.  ft  Co..  31  «.  CU)  St.,  Plithi. 

Agents  wanted  ior  Urn  new  nnd  startling  book,  Tho 
,n  History,  byauthorof  "God  lu  History." 
J  tu  w  I IL  IllustrutOfi  by  Doro  and  Nust.  Endorsed  by 
eminent  divines.  1C. B. Treat,  Pub.,8t)0B'wuy,  N.Y. 

I  Dff  A  WEEK.!  AM  Kxvrnsr?  Paid. 

<P  I  LjfJ  Business  new.  Novelty  Co.,  bttco.  Me. 

AGENTS  WANTED  for  tho  New  Illustrated  Book, 

WILD  LIFE  nm  FAR  WEST. 

..0  years’  adventure#  with  Indians,  Trapper?,  lu  Mex¬ 
ico,  Ac.  Thrlllingly  Interesting  and  last  selling.  Ad- 
Ire  Wll.EY,  WATERMAN  &  BATON, Hartford,  Ct 

A  GOOD  BUSIMESS. 

GEO.  K.  FERINE,  l>>  Iteilde  St..  New  York,  wants 
Canvasser#  everywhere  to  introduce  hi?  Fine  Art 
Publiciiliuns.  $10  to  $50  per  week  easily  made. 
Send  for  8-page  Circular.  Begin  now. 

%7Q  oo  n  u  n  uui;i$. 

Agent#  wanted  every  whore.  Buslne#?  strictly  legiti¬ 
mate,  Particular?  free.  J.  WORTH.  St,  Louis,  Mo. 

4  G15NTB  WA  NTED  Inrtliecleat'cst.  fUllcHtand 
7V  most  utlecttve  family  medical  bonk  ever  uiibllsh- 


must, effective  family  medical  hook  ever  pmdlsh- 
d,  Health  at  Home,  Written  by  thu  uelabrated  Dr. 
IIai.l  of  Join  mil  of  Health.  Deal?  with  all  subjects 
delicately  and  exhaustively.  Circulars  sent,  Address 


delicately  and  exhaustively,  circulars  soot.,  Address 
i.  BETTS  Sl  CO.,  I  tin'll  oi  <1,  I  ,  or  I  'liicugo,  III. 

AGENTS  READ  THIS  — A  MISTAKE  CORRECTED. 

LIVINGSTONE  LOST  AND  FOUND 

contains  80  instead  of  60  full-page  engravings,  us  ad¬ 
vertised.  It  I?  the  book  to  sell.  Agent?  make  from 
rlO  to  $30  per  day.  H  U  the  only  book  that  contains 
Uio  whole  ntory.  Don't  be  humbugged  Into  Bolling 
'fiy  Other.  Agents  supplied  with  book  from  branch 
■flute?  near  them.  Clrculurs  free.  Addre.n# 

Mf  IT  a  i  la.  BUSHING  CO.,  Hartford, Conn. 

j  w>  BEAUTIFUL  OIL  CHROBOB  mailed 
L#J  for  5u  cent#,  by  C.  S.  RILEY,  llwlTund,  N.  Y. 

It,'!  Til  0(1  por  Jny  t  Ai[i>lita  WHnUd  I  All  elltMri  of  wurldiig 
p  *.  .  1’*''  of  oltnQr  'voKf  youit^or otdytDJlkf  idutudi ■■•ney 


't  work  fur  ui  In  tli.  Ir  nf>nr«<  mnm^oUor  ull'tUu  tJiDH  llum  utunytlilrig 
flso,  I'nrtlctilorfi  ttuo.  A<l<ln#RM  M,  Stinnon  #.V  Co#«  Porthuul,  ,*,fn!no 

HOW  "MS  HONE,  or  l lie  Seem  Mu? 

1  5  toe  he  and  Whiskers  lu  42  day?.  Tills  GREAT 
!■  EGRET  and  100  other?,  tlamblers’  Tricks,  Cardi¬ 
ology  Ventriloquism,  all  in  the  ORIGINAL  “  Book 
of  Wonder#.”  Mulled  for  25cts.  Address 

D.  C.  CUTLER,  Cartilage,  Illinois. 

L I  AGENTS  I  ~|  WANTED.  I T 


$200  per  month 
made  selling 
OUR  NEW 

I'.S.  amt  State 
Maps,  Charts, 
Etc. 


Salable  &  pro¬ 
fitable.  Rend 
for  Catalogue  to 
E.  C.  BRIDG¬ 
MAN,  5  Barelay 
St.,  New  Y'ork. 


TO  ALL  HAVING-  SPARE  TIME. 

AND  UPWARD 

EARNED 
WEEKLY 

"WITHOUT  K  ISK. 

T.oenl  Agent#  wanted 
tmvuio  re  }or  tin  Peoples’ 
Pictorial  atlas,  just 
published-.  Now  is  the 
lime  to  uccure  first 
choice  of  territory,  ft 
contain*  62  Verge  Steel  Plate 
Mops,  2ftxtri  inches  hi  Size. 
It  yincs  a  complete  history  of 
the  various  count  ides  of  the 
world .  their  Climate,  w»tl  and 
productions ;  their  history 
unit  yarn  omen  t;  the  umnl- 
fold  Industries  In  which  the 
peoples  are  engaged ;  and  the 
stage  of  civilization  1  hey  have 
reached,  a*  indicated  in  their 

,  . .  ,,  ,  _  (chnei/t,  nitgiem  and  customs. 

'.ef  i  lu<  Atlas  4?  at  i met  the  most  valuable  and  the 
meist  successful  subscript  in  bonk  ever  published.  Send 
lrlr.ylrc"lar,remtdining  )uu.  initruclUms.  J.  DAVID 
VV  IJjLIA.YIS,  4t>  linkman  *•(,,  Nett;  York  ;  l/i 
ingtem  st„  Boston  ;  or  67  South  Green  St.,  Chicago. 


SIXTY  YOUNG  MEN  AND  LADIES— Tu  pin In 
positions  wheru  they  will  acquire  a  thorough  and 
practical  knowledge  of  Telegraphy,  and  receive  a 
CommtHHlon  while  practicing.  Address,  w  I  tit  stamp, 
C.  A.  SHEARMAN,  Sup't  Union  Telegraph  t  om- 
pany,  Oberltn,  Ohio. 

WANTED.  A  FARMER.  In  Every  Town, 
as  agent  for  the  rollin?  Steel  Plow#.  For 
terms,  Ac.,  address  COLLIN 8  A  CO., 

212  Water  Rt.,  New  York. 

Cl  {  O  K  a  Month  1  Horse  and  carriage  furnished. 

Expenses  paid.  H.  B.  »HAW,  Alfred,  Me. 

AT  LEAST  50,000 

FARMERS  &  VILLAGERS  need  the  Planet  Combined  Gar¬ 
den  Drill, Wheel  Hoe,  Plow  and  Subsoller;  three  other 
styles  for  seeds  fertilizers,  and  tenfold  rapid  hoHng. 
Made  only  by  a  L.  Allen  &  Co.,  U9  3. 4th  8t.,  rutlu. 


implement, $  and  chinny 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


implements’  and  Machinery 


implements  and  Machinery 


Geo.  W.  Curtis  lias  been  very  111. 

Senator  Fbntos  inis  been  quite  ill. 

Wa i.t  Whitman  was  bred  a  printer. 

Prince  Bismarck  has  acute  neuralgia. 

Edmund  Yates  has  returned  to  England. 

Kev.  J.  Hyatt  Smith  is  lecturing  on  eggs. 

Bret  Harte  is  going  to  England  to  lecture. 

Miss  Emily  Faithful  sails  for  England  in 
April. 

James  Anthony  Srocde’h  daugliter  is  recov¬ 
ering. 

Edmund  Yates  will  represent  the  Herald  at 
Vienna. 

It  CM  ok  says  the  Vice-President  will  soon  be 
married. 

John  B.  Gough  is  talking  temperance  in 
Chicago. 

The  Marquis  of  Bute  proposes  to  come  to 
America. 

Hon.  Neal  Dow  is  again  talking  temperance 
in  Maine. 

Senator  Sumner  lias  again  taken  his  seat  in 
the  Senate. 

Senator  York  of  Kansas,  lias  been  censured 
by  the  House. 

President  Grant  lias  given  $100  for  the 
Greeley  monument. 

Miss  Kellogg  will  Bing  in  .London  towards 
the  end  of  the  season. 

Cart.  Maynu  Reid  hopes  to  enter  Parliament 
as  a  Reform  candidate. 

Wm.  Ciri.i.EN  Bryant  and  Mrs.  Parke  Godwin 
are  at  Magnolia,  Florida. 

The  principal  hotels  of  St.  Paul  refused  to 
entertain  Fred.  Douglas. 

The  late  Gen.  Schouler  of  Massachusetts  Is 
to  have  a  big  monument. 

Caroline  chrseuro,  a  well  known  writer, 
died  on  the  loth  of  Feb.  near  Plermont,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Dit.  John  P.  Cleveland, a  famous  tem¬ 
perance  advocate,  is  Just  dead  in  Massachusetts. 


59  \  V  &  STOCK  SCALES 

Ton .  $601 !  Kent  on  Trial. 

Address  BINGHAMTON  SCALE  WORKS, 

Binghamton,  X.  Y. 


CHAMBERLAIN’S 
Patent  Screw  Stump  Machine, 

FOR  FARMER*®  tlSE.C 

Safe,  Economical,  Cheap,  and 
the  best  in  use  Will  poll  the 
largest  stump  with  ease. 

Patented  June  11th,  1867. 

For  liOrli'  atHrv  send  for  circular  to 

Geo.  Chamberlain  A  Sod,  Olcan,  N.Y. 


20, (KW  sold  last  year.  Upwards  of 
50.000  sold  lot  l87S.  Show  this  to 
yuarmerclijint ;  ask  him  to  let  you 
try  one.  Yon  will  not  part  with  it 
for  twlee  Its  Cost  .  Made  only  by 
PETERS  BROTHERS'  MANU¬ 
FACTURING  COMPANY,  .Mar- 


SEYMOUR'S  SHEARS  &  SCISSORS 


“Tlie  Rest  are  the  Cheapest. 

Extra  Quality.  Crocus  Polish 


We  have  sold  more  Stump  Pullers  within  the  last 
six  years  than  all  others.  Will  sell  to  responsible 
parties,  to  be  paid  for  when  tested.  Give  size  mid 
kind  of  stumps. 

GEO.  CHAMBERLIN  &  SON,  Clean,  N.  V. 


mid  NAILS 

JL  of  every  variety,  in  pack¬ 

age*  TO  HI!  IT.  sent  to 
any  address  by  AMERICA  N  TACK  CO., 
Ji/anu/aeturiT*.  117  Chambers  St..  N.  Y. 


Family  Size,  - 
Ladies’  Scissors, 
By  mail,  prepaiil. 


Fa rm or s,  you  can  buy,  for  a  short  time,  at 
wmjl.ESAI.il  TRICE,  the  most  vnlnuble  and  labor- 
saving  Implement  for  preparing  and  cultivating  soil. 
A  new  principle  that  must  become  universal.  Ad¬ 
dress  the  manufacturer, 

G.  E.  Hutchinson,  Cleveland,  O. 


For  E.  M.  BOYNTON'S  PAT.  LIGHT¬ 
NING  SAWS,  iul'i  i...  HtJ.Ymmi  Sir-.-,  V.  V. 

Haw  urn  i*l  InfringernriilA.  (J.'iiuine  will  out  three  llama 
>w  fnat  in  >u.  axn.  A  6-1X  out,  Send  tor  on 

tiliolmttd  Catalogue,  mailed  fret. 


This  Ditching  Plow  is  giving  satisfaction.  For  par- 
tlculars,  send  for  Rills  to 

GEO.  CHAMBERLIN  &  SON,  Clean,  N.  Y. 


OOVT  FEED  CORN  IN  THE  EAK.-BUV 
the  BUKFAJLO  CORN  8H ELLER,  and  one  of 
Bt, Attic'S  Patent  Tread  Honsr.-PowEiis.  Sizes 
to  suit  Farmers.  Millers  and  Elevators.  Capacity,  50 
to  100  bush,  shelled  corn  per  hour.  Manufnctu red  hv 
W.  8.  S1IAW.  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 


A  set  of  40  boxed  and  delivered  to  Express  or  it.  It 
%  u,  11  in.  long,  about  f.r>  lbs.,  for  $0.00. 
i- ,  II  in.  long,  about  <3  lbs.,  for  S7.50. 
I.iberal  discount  to  the  Trade.  Address 

htVKKT’S  M*F*G  CO.,  syriiniMC,  \.  V. 


ATENT  ATTORNEYS.— J  MCC.  PERKINS  &  CO.. 515 7th 
St.,  Washington,  D.  C.  Correspondence  solicited. 


I  »  9  p  {("IK  press.  Ratchet- Head 

VavUA  &  ■  SCREW  s.  IMPROV'D  C.HAT- 
i: it.  i  pon  Post  s,  ami  forty 
other  things  for  Cider  Mills  and  Vinegar  Factories, 
For  Circulars,  address  J.  W.  MOUNT,  Medina.  N,  V, 


Quaker  C'ilY  Tile  Hill**.  .Manufactured  by  A. 
N.  HADLEY  A  CO..  Richmond,  Indiana-  Warrant¬ 
ed  for  twelve  months.  Send  for  description  and  cuts 
to  A.  N.  HADLEY  &  CO.,  Ktelmiond,  Indiana. 


( 1AK  HA  RT’S  Ft  LVKRIZ1NU  CULTIVA- 

\  j  TOR  has  more  practical  points  tiian  any  cultiva¬ 
tor  in  use,  and  U  indlspensahle  as  a  farm  luHdeinent. 
Prlcn.  $22.  C.  C.  BRADLEY  A  SON. 

Manufacturer*,  brracu.ic,  N.  Y. 


IlcNcripfivc  Catalogue  Kent  free 


A  HIES  PLOW  COMPANY. 

IMPLEMENTS  AND  MACHINES. 

58  Beekinan  Bt.,  Now  York,  and  Quincy  Hall,  Boston 


PENN0CK  MANUFACTURING  00., 

Kennett  Maun  re,  Chester  Co.,  l’n 


Sows  all  kinds  of  Grain  and  Grass  Seed.  One.  man 
cau  do  us  much  work  with  the  Hand  Haehlne  ns  live 
men  cun  do  without  it.  Price  of  Hand  Machine,  $10. 
I  lmvc  agents  In  all  parts  of  the  country.  Bond  stamp 
for  Circular.  I).  H.  GOODELL, 

Hole  Manufacturer,  Antrim,  N.  11. 


KIDDER’S  PASTILLES  •  for  A  Minna. 

Price  40c.  by  mull.  Brow  i.i.i.A  Co.,  Charlestown,  Muss. 


£toch  mul  poultry 


The  Louden  Hay  Carrier 

Elevate*  the  bay  perpctuUcularlv  from  the  load.  mr. 
rim  it  li»rlzontally  to  any  part  of  the  mow,  and  returns 
the  empty  fork  back  to  the  load.  Pitolica  into  u  win¬ 
dow.  Blacks  in  the  Held.  Saves  lt»  cost  every  mui- 
6on.  See  illustration  on  pate  IV,  of  RURAL  N»;w- 
Yorkek  of  March  «.  Agents  wanted.  Bend  stamp 
for  Circular,  Prices  and  Terms. 

LOU  HEN  M’F'G  WORKS, 

Fail-field,  I  own. 


17011  SALE  IN  NEOSHO  CO.,  MOUTH. 

era  Kansas,  500  Cattle,  with  g.OOO  acres  of  land, 
improvements,  Ac.,  miles  N.  W.  of  Thayer  Station, 
on  the  L.  1..  A  G.  Railway.  Apply  to  A  I, EX.  MCDON¬ 
ALD,  on  tlm  premises. 


Y  IMITATION  GOLD  WATCHES  &  CHAINS 


Thin  metal  lias  oil  the  brilliancy  and  durability  of  Gold.  Prices, 
*15,  $20  and  $25  each,  Chains  from  *2  to  $12  each.  Goods  sent 
C.O.  D-,  hv  express;  by  ordering  six  you  get  one  free.  Bend  stamp 
for  our  Illustrated  Circular.  Address 

COLLI  Ns*  METAL  WATCII  FACTOR  V, 

365  Broadway,  New  York  City. 


led  Polo  oils.  Warranted  pure, 
o.  UCJRDW  ELL,  Penn  Van.  N.  Y, 


IAGGS  H)K  UAT(!BlN(i.-F?OM  DARK 

J  and  Light  Brahmas:  partridge.  White  and  Bait 
Cochins.  From  First  Premium  strains.  Address, 
with  stamp,  W.  1.  HOWARD,  feast  Baglimw,  Midi 


"PREMIUM  STANDARD  AM)  PEDIGREE 

I  FOWLS  FOR  BALE,  —  French  Asiatics,  Dark 
Brah nut"  and  Game  Eggs,  Bti  per  lioz.  Ilcrby  and 
Duck-Wing  Game  Eggs,  from  my  celebrated  strains, 
¥12  per  doz,  Only  a  Uiultod  number  for  sale.  Ad¬ 
dress,  with  stamp  for  Circular, 

HENRY  RK  Eli  It  ITT. 
Poulterer  for  Isaac  Van  Winkle, 
Box  1.1.  Greenville,  Hudson  Co.,  N.  J. 


II  will  /.'nil  20,000  Stltrhex ,  or  22  Indira 
of  prrfert  work  ptr  minute,  II  knllx  a  llal 
well ,  cdl/i  felvag-e  on  both  etls'eit^  anti  all 
Id u tin  of  tubular  autl  fancy  work ,  from  rol¬ 
lon,  woolen ,  Hum  or  Milk  I  hr  rati. 


PATENTED 


PATENTED 


MY  ILLUSTRATED  POULTRY  CAT  A  LOG  UK, 
Send  for  my  Descriptive  List  of  the  best,  varie¬ 
ties  of  Poultry  known.  JOHN  8.  IVES,  Salem,  Mass. 


T TWIGS  FOR  IIATCIIIN<;.-I  will  now  book  or- 
jf  dor*  for  eggs  from  my  well  known  strut  ns  or  Fan¬ 
cy  Poultry,  hiAuding  over  20  varieties  of  Fowls  and 
Ducks,  to  tie  shipped  as  *oon  as  the  weather  will  per¬ 
mit.  inclose  stamp,  and  write  for  what  you  want,  to 
C.  N.  BROWN,  LUmdllla  Forks,  Otsego  Co..  N.  Y. 


PV\  .«  We  guarantee  our  machine  to  do  everything 

~  NvSsa  l/L  claimed  for  it  in  any  and  all  of  our  printed 

matter,  and  we  slake  our  reputation  upon  it. 

All  under-garments  can  be  made,  also  table 
and  bed-spreads,  with  beautiful  fancy  borders 
knit  on  them,  and  every  possible  kind  of  knit¬ 
ted  work  required,  which  make  the  machine 
so  nec  essary  that  every  family  will  have  one, 
and  It  will  soon  take  the  place  entirely  of  tin: 
old  tedious  process  of  band-knitting  and  the 
hand-loom  in  forming  yarns  into  fabrics  and 

Our  Knitting  Machine  is  covered,  in  this 
country,  by  more  than  seventy-live  direct 
claims,  besides  a  largo  number  of  combina¬ 
tions;  also  patented  in  Great  Britain,  Prussia, 
France,  Belgium,  Austria.  Saxony,  Wurtem- 
berg  and  Bavaria.  In  addition  to  which  wo 
have  a  great  number  of  pending  applications 
before  the  U.  S.  Patent  Office  and  in  different 
countries,  so  you  can  see  how  impossible  it 
would  be  for  any  one  to  build  a  similar  ma¬ 
chine  without  Infringing  upon  our  right.-, ; 
and  we  hereby  warn  every  one  accordingly, 
and  forbid  them  making  or  using  such  ma¬ 
chines,  as  our  work  is  patented  as  well  as  the 
machine;  and  we  propose  to  close  up  all  the 
parties  infringing  upon  us,  and  have  already 
done  so  with  the  New  Haven  Family  Knitting 
Machine  Co.,  of  Now  Haven,  Conn.;  The  Hick- 
t  ford  Spinner  and  Knitting  Machine  Co.,  of 

Boston,  Mass.,  and  some  others. 

No.  1,  Improved  Fumily  Machine,  with  coarae  cylinder . $30  00 

No.  it,  “  “  “  coarse  and  fine  cylinder..  40  00 

Extra  flue  cylinders  or  manufacturing  machines  to  order.  Write  for 
Circulars  and  particulars,  also  illustrated  books  and  Instructions. 


The  great  popularity  which  has  attended 
the  recent  improvement*  of  these  machines  "*** 

has  compelled  Mr.  Bickford  to  obtain  increas¬ 
ed  facilities  for  their  manufacture  and  intro-  fj 

duction.  For  these  purposes  he  has  recently 

organized  t  he  new  Bickford  Knitting  Machine  ^2 

Co.,  of  which  he  is  President  and  Business 

Agent.  StM 

BImj 

The  new  and  improved  machine  now  being  ....  tu,  - 

made  by  this  Company  exhibits  the  very  finest  fifllll  Afi 

workmanship,  and  la  designed  to  meet  every  jr<0  .  • 

want,  of  the  household.  Every  known  im-  gJEL 

provement  is  embodied  in  it  at  present,  mak-  111 

itig  the  most  simple,  durable  and  efficient  ’  ( 

Knitting  Machine  over  placed  in  market.  ( ’ffljjJji1  BmJXu 

This  machine  is  very  simple  in  construction  fliJjNcjjjjl 

and  ease  of  operation,  besides  doing  a  much  Iffflrl 

greater  variety  of  work  than  can  possibly  be  -  -  - 

made  on  any  other  Knitting  Machine,  even  of  \  ^ 

much  higher  price.  jf,  j 

It  will  complete  socks  and  stockings  of  any 
size,  with  either  a  square  or  round  lieel,  as  the  <  A/'  7 
needles  con  lie  drawn  up  out  of  action,  and 
held  there  by  a  little  notch  in  the  body  or  jyjjjjwjy  fe|f 
front  part  of  the  needle,  allowing  you  to  knit 
onus  few  or  as  many  needles  as  you  like.  It  C 
can  also  be  made  to  knit  or  not,  at  the  will 
of  the  operator,  as  the  cams  can  be  thrown  ftB  'HK 

entirely  out  of  action,  so  that  the  machine 
can  be  turned  forwards  and  backwards  with-  U ~A 

out  forming  astitcii,  t.lien,  in  a  moment's  time, 
it  can  be  thrown  into  action  again  ;  thus,  if  a 

lady  wislios  to  leave  her  work,  there  will  be  no  danger  of  its  being 
thrown  off ;  and  yon  will  see  that  a  machine  constructed  in  this  man¬ 
ner,  and  capable  of  being  adjusted  at  will,  cannot  but  do  precisely  what 
the  operator  wishes  of  it. 


EGGS  FOR  HATCHING. 

From  Light  Brahmas,  Buff  amt  Partridge  Cochins, 
Inclose  stamp  for  Circular.  S.  MERRY,  llton,  N.  Y, 


The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 

GROUND  BONE, 

BONE  MEAL, 

HONE  FLOUR. 

Fresh  Hone  Kiiperp'nosptiaic  ot  Lime,  or 
Dissolved  Done,  Bond  for  Circular. 

LISTER  BROS.,  Newark,  N.  J. 


In  the  world  is  obtained,  without,  cost,  by  using 
GouxN  Abwrbvul  Closet  and  Uriunl.  Ware- 
rooms,  cor.  Varlok,  Vestry  and  Canal  Sts.,  New  York. 


Wvjin.n>ii,  corn  mm  >  cpt-wvuies  luuu  uny 
other  (a  market.  It  Is  made,  entirely 
from  the  night  soil,  oltal,  Ac.,  of  New 
York  City.  Price  (delivered  on  board 
in  New  York  City)  Twenty-live  dollars 
nor  ton. 

1  ask  attention  to  the  following  testimonials  .- 
HENRY  T.  Horton,  Cheshire  Co.,  N.  II.,  write*: 
I  and,  from  ex  perl  meats  mudi;  last  year,  tile  Double - 
relliua  pi utlrrUr  is  the  eheapi'St  fortlltxor  to  use  on 
Tobacco.  I  put  It  buxine  Uoruvlnn  Guano  with  equal 
coat  of  both,  and  the  Tobacco  was  HO  per  cent,  belter 
where  I  used  Huudrettc." 

L.  11.  Bhelpon.  Hup’L  of  the  New  Jersey  State  Re¬ 
form  School,  write*  :  We  have  used  I'oudretto  for 
several  years  upon  our  farm  crops,  ur.d  for  tlio  money 
invested  we  iiuvo  found  netlilug  that  has  done  us  so 
much  service.”  _  . 

W.  F.  Gkukin  of  Essex  Co.,  N.  Y.,  writes ”  I  have 
used  the  DouhU-reJlnefl  PourtrctU  for  the  last  .Her  ytarg. 
and  I  consider  it  the  cheapest  fertilizer  I  can  buy- 
giving  the  bust  results  for  the  cost.” 

Wm.  S.  POMEROY  of  Hartford  Co..  Ct..  writes I 
liave  used  the  tlonbie-re.tlnod  Pouurette  for  tuyerai 
years  on  Tobacco,  and  1  think  it  one  of  the  best  fertil¬ 
izers  made  for  this  crop.” 

A  pamphlet  giving  full  directions.  Ac.,  sent  free  on 
application  to  JAMES  T.  FOSTER. 

66  Covtlundt  St.,  New  York. 


JjgT  Agents  wanted  everywhere.  Good,  active  men  may  earn  #50  per  week  and  expenses 


DANA  BICKFORD 


President  and  Superintendent. 

.  689  Broadway,  New  York 


NEWS  CONDENSER. 

— 

—  Vienna  has  13 daily  papers. 

—  Glass  neck-ties  are  the  latest. 

—  Richmond,  Va.,  has  47  churches. 

—  Massachusetts  has  3,253  miles  of  railroad. 

Louisville  is  making  soap  from  cottonseed 

—  Maine  lias  had  82  inches  of  snow  this  winter. 

—  The  marble  cutters  of  Boston  are  on  astrike. 

—  Vermont  Is  having  a  splendid  run  of  maple 
sap. 

Science  says  there  are  54  distinct  species  of 
fleas. 

—  The  Maine  Agricultural  College  has  80  stu¬ 
dents. 

—  American  theaters  are  superior  to  all  in  the 
world. 

—  England  exported  $10,400,000  of  ale  and  hern- 
last  year. 

—  New  England  has  had  forty  snow  storms 
this  winter. 

—  Portland,  Me.,  is  going  into  the  hog-pack¬ 
ing  business. 

The  nuisance  act  is  to  be  applied  to  dram 
shops  in  Maine. 

—  The  Kennebec k  Valley  has  had  15  feet  of 
snow  this  winter. 

—  Missouri  will  send  an  immense  log  of  black 
walnut  to  Vienna. 

—  Sweden  has  refused  to  vote  money  for  the 
coronation  of  its  King. 

—  There  i«  great  religious  excitement  at  Cliit- 
tenango  Springs,  N.  V. 

—  Boston  will  send  a  silk  banner,  witli  the  city 
seal  upon  It,  to  Vienna. 

Florida  hotels  put  hops  on  their  bills  of 
faro  as  a  substitute  for  rice. 

Minnesota  has  on  hand  from  ten  to  twelve 
million  bushels  of  surplus  wheat. 

The  town  of  Oolohrook,  N.  IL,  uses  303,000 
bushels  of  potatoes  for  starch  each  year. 

—  Boston  lias  observed  the  ninth  anniversary 
of  tlie  death  of  Rev.  Thomas  Starr  King. 

A  trade  paper  has  appeared  In  New  York 
called  "  The  Needle.”  It  should  be  sharp. 

—  Blghty-ilve  foot  less  than  half  a  mile  of  the 
Hoosac  Tunnel  now  remains  to  be  completed. 

Congress  gives  $HX),ixxl  to  observe  the  tran¬ 
sit  of  Venus,  and  $300,000  for  the  Vienna  Expo¬ 
sition. 

—  It  is  proposed  to  erect  a  monument  to  Mrs. 
Harrison  Gray  Otis  in  the  public  garden  of 
Boston. 

Hay,  chopped  ready  for  feeding,  is  now 
pressed  into  halos,  in  Maine,  anti  shipped  to  the 
Boston  market. 

(Trees:,  £eed.$,  gfmtfc,  &r. 

The  Best  Extra  Early  Market  Pea! 

“EAST  HARTFORD  EXTRA  EARLY.” 

Proved  to  be  equally  as  early  ns  fxirter’a  First  Crop, 
but  wllli  larger  pOiiit,  mum  nud  larger  pen*  In  the  pod, 
more  productive,  ami  consequently  mo It  profitable. 
lllghf  2K  feat,  und  all  off  at  rim  pickings.  Wo  care¬ 
fully  select  uur  seed  stock  ovary  year,  and  send  It  us 
far  North  as  the  <‘a nadn  (fur,  to  be  grown  by  careful 
and  experienced  bunds.  Market  Hardeners  will  tlnd 
this  the  rarltrut  Hint  ino.it  profitable  Pea  to  grew,  by  all 
odd*.  Price,  per  bushel,  ♦111;  per  peek,  $3;  bugs  free. 

We  shall  be  pleased  to  mall  our 

Illustrated  Seed  Catalogue  for  1873 

free  to  any  address,  .,nd  beg  leave  to  assure  Garden¬ 
ers  anil  Farmers,  and  all  others  interested  la  fttrin. 
Ing  and  gardening,  that  tile  seeds  we  otter  are  select- 


(Tver. o',  ^ced.o',  gHanto, 


vvcco,  eo tl.o,  ytanto,  &c. 


^uWicntianjs. 


ing  and  gardening,  that  the  seeds  we  otter  are  select- 
ed  with  particular  ref  eronoe  to  the  most  critical  trade. 
Of  which  wu  have  the  most  ample  assurance  from 
hundreds  of  customers  In  all  part*  of  the  country. 

Address  B.  D.  IIAWI.KV, 

Sei'd  nud  Agricultural  Warehouse, 

492  &•  1HN  No.  .Main  Si.,  Hertford,  Conn. 

FRUIT  STOCKS. 

Pear,  Pluin,  Cherry,  Quince,  and  Small  Evergreens, 
bend  for  Price  hist.  W.  A.  BURROWS, 

Mt.  Pleasant  Nursery,  JSaneavltle,  O. 

SEEDS!  SEEDS! 

We  will  send  our  IlJtiUBTBATEU  CATALOOUTC  to  nil 
In  want  Of  pure  and  reliable  Flower  A  Vegetable 
Hcedu:— VVe  sell  none  but  the  best.  Address,  with 
stump,  J.  T.  SMITH  A  SONS,  Brentwood,  N.  II. 

THE  ELOWER  GARDEN. 

A  QUARTERLY  MAGAZINE  OF  FLORAL  PROGRESS 

Samples  ami  Catalogues  tree. 

TERMS  One  Dollar  a  Year.  Every  Subscriber  en¬ 
titled  to  one  dollar's  worth  of  flower  seeds  or  bulbs  from 
ear  CataUsjue.  BEACH,  SON  A  CO.  (Foumkuly  C. 
h.  Au.es  k  Co.),  Seedsmen,  Bulb  Merchants  and 
Florists,  78  Fulton  Bt„  Brooklyn,  N.  V. 

GRAPE  VINES. 

ALL  LEADING  VARIETIES.  Extra  quality 
Genuine,  cheap.  T.  s.  HUBBARD, 

Fredonin,  NT.  Y 

MASSACHUSETTS  SEED 

Ot  my  own  growing.  Send  for  my  List  of  Seeds, 
aud  nut  be  disappointed  by  sowing  old  and  worthless 
8>ied-  JOHN  &.  IVES.  Salem,  Mass. 

O  HI)  Bit  AH,  NORTH  FAIRFIELD,  O., 

•  Grower  find  Dealer  in  Garden,  Hold  und  Flower 
Boeds,  Bulbs,  Seed  Potatoes,  Sweet  Potato  and  other 
p  anuj.  Send  for  Catalogue.  State  you  saw  tills  In 
the  RURAl,  N’EW-YtMtKKK. 


SUPERIOR  ONION  SEED  R08E8^°  kmimplant8  THE  PRAIRIE  FARMER 


My  stock  of  Onion  Seed  Is  raised  with  peculiar  earn, 
none  but  the  very  best  and  earliest  Onions  being  se¬ 
lected  tor  seed  stock;  aud  from  thesu  I  select  care¬ 
fully,  by  hand,  my  Seed  Onions.  Exercising  such 
care,  1  claim  for  II  u  quality  superior  to  most  of  tlmt 
In  the  market,  much  o i  which  is  raised  from  very 
small  refusu  onions,  from  l.-truo  aud  coarse  onions; 
or, again,  from  such  onion*  n»  the  seed  grower  chances 
tn  have  on  band  either  of  which  qualities  tend  to 
produce  poor  onions.  The  seed  sent  out  by  me  lust 
season  gave  great  satisfaction. 

My  Prices,  this  Season,  aro  as  follows, 

SKVT  VKEK  OK  POHTAflK  OK  KXl'CKSSi 

r*.  Alt.  Pur  1-1  Hi.  r.*r  IS. 

Early  Hound  Yellow  Danvers....  20  50  *1  75 

Large  Bed  Wethersfield .  la  50  150 

White  Portugal,  r  Fllverskin  ...  !’0  100  !1  00 

Large  Red  Ot*I  ur  Globe  .... .  JO  75  2  (0 

Forward  money  with  the  order.  Bums  of  $3  and 
under  <ain  be  sent  at  my  rUk  ;  over  that  amount  plenso 
send  P.  O.  MoOey  Order  or  limit  on  New  York.  I 
warrant  the  Seed  to  roach  the  purchaser;  In  case  it 
Is  lost  I  guarantee  to  replace  ft.  iy  Don’t  forget 
your  name,  P.  O.  and  i-tut.e.  Address 

EDWARD  SMITH,  (Ss.Kl>  GrowkiO 
C'ollit,  W  ashington  <'o.,  N.  Y, 

Beautify  Yoor  Hoifis  with  Flowers 

A  FLORIST  AT  EVERY  LADY'S  DOOR. 

Plait!*  by  Mall  or  Kxprina,  Pro-paid. 

Foliage  Plants . . . 8  Distinct  Sorts  for  $1  00 

Basket  “  8  "  “1  CO 

Calceolarias-, . .  ........  3  “  *'  1 IX) 

Crysant,  heron  ms . 8  “  **  i  (xi 

Carnations  aud  Pinks . 8  “  "100 

Dahlias .  8  "  *•  1  00 

Fuchsias,  Double  A  Single,.  8  “  “  l  (x) 

Geraniums,  Double .  t;  “  “  l  (XI 

Zonule . 8  “  “  1  ou 

“  Fragrant  &  Ivy  8  “  “  l  iw 

Heliotropes . 8  “  “  1  00 

PetunUia,  Double .  R  “  “  l  00 

Rosea,  Meuthly . 8  “  “1  (XI 

"  Hybrid  Perpetual...  0  “  “1  IX) 

Verbena* . in  «  ••  t  oo 

Whiter  Flowering  Plants...  8  “  "  100 

Tuberoses.  . . 13  “  "  100 

Gladiolus . . . ij  "  *•  i  oil 

Flower  Seeds .  .35  pk.  eltolee  varieties.!  (XI 

Vegetablo  Needs . 25  “  “  1  W 

One  elicit  (8  species)  for  $1.  One  euc.li  of  the  20  spe¬ 
cies  for?'-’.  Any  six  of  the  above  collections  fur  $5; 
any  thirteen  for  $10.  For  ?l  yrqi  may  select  seeds  In 
packets  or  plants  at  catalogue  prices  amounting  to 
♦1.20;  for  S3  amounting  to  $2,50,  for  $5  amounting  to 
$6.50.  My  lllustriitcd  Catalogue  (Of  112  pages)  of  New 
Plants,  b  lower  and  Vegetable  Seeds,  und  a  packet- of 
choice  Pansy  Seed,  sent  to  any  address  on  receipt,  of 
tencents.  CHArLeha.  KEESER, 

PlcnsniitvIMc/Yeuaugo  Do.,  l'n, 

/  1A  M  PHKLI/H  LATE  BONE  POTATO-  A 
V  '  new  seedling,  uneqimicii  Ui  productiveness ;  un¬ 
surpassed  In  quality  ;  perfectly  healthy.  Hus  yielded 
from  1  to  2  barrels  to  the  pound.  Circulars,  with 
testimonials  its  to  yield  and  quality,  fro*.  Price,  1 
lit,  50e.  |  I  lbs„  $LW,  post-paid ;  peek,  $3;  v  bush., 
♦■i.-'xi ;  bushel, f  10;  barrel,  $a>. 

JUEO.  \V.  CAMPBELL,  Delaware,  O. 

The  American  Pitcher  Plant ! 

Sent  to  any  address,  with  my  Priced  Catalogue  of 
Choice  Flowering  Plants,  for  10  eta.  Address 

II.  A.  CAT1.IN,  Corry,  Penn. 


ten  cents. 


I  was  the  first  to  introduce  to  the  public  tlio  Hub¬ 
bard  Squash,  American  Turban  Squash,  Marblehead 
Mammoth  l  ahhage,  Mexican  Sweet  Corn,  Pblnnny’s 
Water-melon,  nod  many  other 

NEW  AND  VALUABLE  VEGETABLES. 

This  season  I  have  a  new  and  exceedingly  valuable 
squash,  new  varieties  of  corn,  three  tine  melons,  and 
Other  choice  uew  vegetables  for  n>y  customers. 

.My  business  is  to  supply,  what,  every  good  farmer  is 
anxious  to  get,  the  now  best  of  vegetable  seal.  I 
grow  u  hundred  and  fifty  Kinds  OB  my  four  seed  farms, 
right  under  my  own  eye,  mat,  mg  new  vegetable*  a 
specialty,  besides  Importing  their  choicest'  varieties 
from  European  growers.  Aline  »n]«clloa  of  llowor 
semi,  home-grown  and  imported,  will  also  be  found  tn 
my  catalogue,  which  will  be  sontyiv.  to  nil  applicants. 

As  stated  in  my  Catalogue,  all  illy  seed  Issold  under 
three  warrants.  Ut;  foot  all.  motteg  tent  shall  reach 
me.  2d  ;  Thai  alt  seed  ovtlcred  shall  reach  the  purchase)'. 
3d  :  That  rn|/  scab)  shall  he  fresh  and  true  to  name 
JAM  KB  J.  H.  GREGORY.  Marblehead  Mass. 


For  Spring  of  1873. 

.1  oli  ii  Sit  ill’s  Catalogue  of  New  and  Beautiful 
Plants  will  he  ready  in  February,  containing  a  beau¬ 
tiful  colored  plate  of  the  “Queen  of  Primroses” 
(Primula  Jtipenlca),  mailed  tree  to  all  my  customers; 
to  others,  price  10  cts.  A  pluin  copy  to  all  applicants 
free. 

JOHN  SAUL, 

Washington  City,  I>.  C. 

A  DMI MNTRATOKH’ 

CLOSING-OUT  SALE 

OP 

Plants,  Vines,  Flowers,  Creeii-Honsc  aud  Bed¬ 
ding  Stock, 

ON  THE 

Knox  Fruit-Farm  and  Nurseries." 

This  superior  stock  will  be  positively 
CLOSED  OUT  "I’ll  IN  CO!*IIN«  Sl’KING 
at  prices  lower  than  ever  before  otTored  in  this  coun¬ 
try.  Catalogue  now  ruady.  Address 

“KNOX  ESTATE,”  Look-Box  1M, 

Pittsburgh,  Pu. 


LEE  S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES,  ®  SWEET  CHESTNUT  TREES. 


iSStflSE  ,k"  1'000  » 

T  ,  Q  BLAIR  BROS., 

Lee’s  Summit,  Jackson  Co..  Mo. 


The  largest  stock  in  the  world  at  greatly  reduced 
rates.  Circulars  free.  Also,  a  full  tine  of  superior 
Nursery  Stock.  Nlnetenth  yeur ;  AM  acres ;  11  green¬ 
houses.  Address 

STORES,  HARRISON  <fc  CO., 

Pninesville,  Lake  Co.,  Ohio. 


Wo  will  send  by  mall,  post-paid,  auv  one  of  the  fol¬ 
lowing  selections  for  ONE  DOLLAR  : 

No.  1—7  Monthly  Roses.  5  Verbenas. 

No.  2-6  Roses, o  Verbenas,  2  Zonal  Geraniums. 

No.  3— 5  Roses,  6  Verbenas,  2  Zonal  Geranium*,  l 
Double  Geranium. 

No.  1—4  Rose;.,  5  Verbena*.  2  Zonal  Geraniums,  1 
Doubt,  Geranium,  1  find  lax. 

No. 6— 3  Honrs  5  Verbeiias,  2  Zonal  Geraniums,  1 
Double  Geranium,  1  Sndlax.  1  FuCllHla. 

No.  6  -2  Roses,  5  Verbenas,  2  Zonal  Geraniums,  1 
Double  Geranium,  1  Smllax,  1  Fuchsia,  2  ettr- 
uatlnn*.  • 

For  KIVK  DDL I.AU 8.  we  will  send  the  .Must  Com  • 
Pt.KTK  Assort >iknt  aver  on'errd  for  the  money,  us 
follows : 

Five  Evorhloornlng  Roses,  IQ  Verbenas,  2  Zonal  Ge¬ 
raniums,  2  Socntcql  Geraniums,  1  Double  Geranium,  2 
Fuchatiis. 2  t'umattons,  3  AttoroantUeras,  1  Begonia, 
l  Scarh't  Hagc.  j  Cigar  Flower*,  l  Heliotrope.  1  Siullax, 

1  LOphospi.rauun,  1  Man randfc,  1  Abutllon,  l  Mesem- 
bryanthentum,  1  Coleus,  1  Aehryanihus,  1  Aguratuin, 
1  MaiiuiR.t  UQoAitu,  1  Bunyy,  1  Double  Violet,  2  Plh  u 
SerpaefoBa,  I  TraueBoautia,  l  Veronica,  I  Torrentn 
AsUtUca,  3  Piiuieuui  Vurlegutum,  I  Gnnphnllum  l.n- 
mituui— making  the  most  complete  outdt  for  Flower- 
Bed.*  aud  1  hinging  Bankets. 

All  orderw  shipped  in  order  of  their  reception.  We 
am  make  no  rhiintfrn  In  the  above  collection*,  and 
would  refer  those  who  do  not  wish  plants  us  above  to 
our  Price  List,  wlituli  will  bo  sent  free  to  all  appli¬ 
cants.  It?-  Wo  cannot  tend  less  than  $1  w  or  lit  of 
plants  by  mull. 

MAHHF.Y  <&  HUDSON, 
CltCMlertOVtu.  Kent  Co.,  IVltl. 

BLOOMINGTON  3X7UB.SERY 

GOO  Acres.  13  Green-Houses.  22d  Year. 

AppleM-Ut  class.  V  1,00(1, 5  tii 7 I  t NV);  4  to  (> ft.,  |U)  W 
Root  a  raft*,  i  ,IXX),  ?4i ;  llJ.OOO,  i  >0 ;  HX1.000, 400  Ud 
Raspberries  Doolittle  and  (’lark,  per  1,(XXJ...  0  (XJ 

“  llei’st.lne,  per  1UI .  20  00 

Blnelibcrrles— KlUatlnny,  per  I, (WO .  i!  DO 

A  spa  ritgua — 2  yta.,  •’  1,0IX>,  Giant,  ?4;  Conover's  ii  (XI 
Holl  .llsiple— per  1,000,  12  to  II  K.,  $00;  14  to  20 

ft. ,  M) ;  I  to  J  ft .  100 

Black  M  Ilium  merino, 8tol(llt.,tl12;  UHo  13ft  1(110 
“  re  Pin  ut*  1st  class,  i  yr.,  10, 000.  20  00 


Binek  A\  nliiut  per  11X1,8  to  t(l ft.,  f  12;  It) to  l  ift  1(1  10 
Osnge  (Iriuiye  Plant-.  1st  class,  1  yr.,  10,000.  20  00 
Lute  Rose  Potatoes  (Campbell's)-' Peck,  ?;t; 

bush,,  till;  bbl . .  20  00 

Flower,  Vegetable  nud  Tree  Seeds. 

Colored  Plates  of  Fruits  and  Flowers,  5  samples  1  00 
Four  Catalogues  for  30  routs. 

F.  K.  PHOENIX,  Blnoinliigton,  III. 


f  1 1 VVO  MILLION  k'oreur  Trees  nml  Seedlings. 

a  Tulip,  Linden,  Magnolia,  W.  AhO,  Am.  Chestnut, 
N U0(I r  .tropic.  Trees  ouly  jiO  per  t,IXX)  j  Seedlings  very 
low.  Sam nle  100,  pie. paid,  .Hie.  (  atiilogue  free.  Ad¬ 
dress  J.  JKN1C1NS,  Box  4a,  VVImmii.  Col.  Co.,  Ohio. 


t  AAA  FlklJIT  A  NIX  OICNA- 

l.UUU*UUU  MENTAL  TREKS,  for  the 
Spring  Trade.  Standard  Pears,  Apples,  Plums,  Cher¬ 
ries,  Peaches,  und  a  general  line  of  Nursery  Stock. 
D’"  STANIIAR!)  A  Nil  DWAUK  PEAR  TUBKS  008  SPK- 
CiAi.TY.  Cocal  and  Travrtluu  Aw-uts  wanted. 

K.  aiOODY  A  SONS,  Look  port,  N.  Y. 


(ESTABLISHED,  1811,1 

FOR  1873. 


■  T  HILL  AIM  : 

TO  help  on  the  great  work  of  organizing  the  farm¬ 
ers,  by  means  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry  and 
Farmers'  Clubs. 

TO  load  the  van  In  tlie  oontest  of  tlie  people  with 
railroad  and  other  monopolies. 

TO  treat  of  the  most  approved  practices  In  agricul¬ 
tural  and  horticultural  pursuits. 

TO  set  forth  the  merits  of  the  best  breeds  of  domes¬ 
tic  animals, and  to  elucidate  the  principles  of  cor¬ 
rect  breeding. 

TO  furnish  tlie  latest  and  most  important  industrial 
nows,  at  home  and  abroad. 

TO  discuss  the  events  and  questions  of  the  day, 
without  fear  or  favor. 

TO  further  tlio  work  of  agricultural  and  horticul¬ 
tural  societies. 

TO  advoeute  Industrial  education,  In  the  correct 
sense  of  tlie  term. 

TO  provide  information  upon  the  public  domain, 
western  soils,  climate,  etc. 

TO  answer  Inquiries  on  all  manner  of  subjects  which 
come  within  Its  sphere. 

TO  give,  each  week,  full  aud  reliable  market,  crop 
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everywhere.  1 


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illy  one  Agent  sc-lUng  KUrera  Futent 
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land  100,000  Famines  uidngthcm. 
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»urr.  C.  A-  CLEGG  I  (50..  ,  „ 

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Pianos.  WM.  A.  POND  A  CO„ 


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» jK  1  ■  r  Plus*  7  Octave  Pianos  b>r 
Y5(S  a’S-N-wAL  $200?  W>*  answer— It  costs 

wpF Vit'fsiaJ  Tl’.'JI I  >•  Hum  S300  to  make  any 
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cal  Poultry  Book,  says  that  fowls  that  show 
symptoms  of  scurvy  legs  should  at  (Bice  be 
removed  from  other  fowls  and  placed  in 
warm,  dry  quarters.  Give  them  wholesome 
and  animal  food  as  often  as  once  a  week  ; 
wash  the  legs  with  a  weak  solution  of  sugar 
of  lead  in  the  morning,  mid  anoint  them  with 
clean  lard,  mixed  with  ointment  of  creosote 
in  the  evening,  just  before  going  to  roost. 
Don’t,  on  any  consideration,  allow  them  to 
ho  exposed  to  drenching  mins  or  to  roam  in 
wot,  or  even  damp  grass.  Keep  them  warm 
and  as  ipiict  ns  possible  until  the  disease  dis¬ 
appears,  which,  if  proper  care  is  taken,  will 
result  in  from  eight  to  ton  days. 


able  aids  in  the  tedious  and  annoying  process 
of  worming  tobacco. 

I  also  find  geese  a  great  help  to  cotton 
planters,  by  keeping  down  their  greatest  on 
emy — {,  r.,  crab  grass.  During  the  rainy  sea¬ 
son,  when  it  is  death  to  work  the  crop,  they 
are  busy  from  morning  till  night,  destroying 
millions  of  the  miniature  monsters,  and  when 
the  residue  gets  too  firmly  rooted  to  be  pulled 
up,  their  sharp  beaks  will  keep  them  grazed 
oil  close,  anil  thereby  prevent  them  from 
spreading  till  the  woalhur  will  allow  a  hoe 
to  be  Used. 

1  state  the  above  as  facts  fonndeu  upon  ex¬ 
perience  ;  I  do  not  pronounce  them  infallible. 


MR.  CRAWFORD’8  FIGURES 


In  reference  to  the  poultry  statement  for 
1*72,  ill  the  ItOKAL  Nrw-Yorkmh,  March  1, 
1878,  1  should  like  to  ask  Mr.  E.  1.  CRAWFORD 
the  reason  why  his  <il  chicks  sold  for  the 
exorbitant  price  of  *128,15,  or  about  *2  per 
head,  and  12  turkeys  for  *121.30,  or  about  *3 
per  head.  Fa  rmers.in  this  Part  of  the  country 
cannot  realize  *50,  for  the  same,  number  of 
Chicks  ;  nor  could  they  realize  more  than 
*H0,  for  the  same  number  of  turkeys  ;  and 
not  much  more,  if  all  of  them  were  gobblers. 
Are  the  chicks  and  turkeys  of  this  gentleman 
uncommonly  large  (  Please  explain. 

t  draco  o  rimer. 


THE  CRESTED  TURKEY 


A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  It  URAL  NlW- 
Yorkkr  writes  : — “Some  time  ago  1  remem¬ 
ber  seeing  in  your  paper  a  portrait  of  the 
head  and  crest,  of  a  Crested  Turkey,  which  1 
believe  you  said  was  the  only  une  ever  seen 
in  this  country.  I  write  to  ask  if  they  are 
Row  bred  here  and  if  any  specimens  or  eggs 
can  be  obtained,”  We  do  not  know  whether 
any  one  is  breeding  t  hem  or  not.  They  are 
not,  according  to  the  best  authorities,  a  dis¬ 
tinct  species,  hut  a  variety  of  the  common 
species.  It  Ilob  been  asserted  that  there  was 
in  Mexico  a  race  of  wild  Crested  Turkeys; 
but  tills  lias  been  doubted,  and  the  testimony 
does  not  seem  conclusive  that  such  is  tin* 
fact.  We  publish  herewith  a  full  portrait  of 
a  Crested  Turkey,  and  ask  our  readers  if  they 
know  who  has  them  ;  if  any  one  has  I, hem 
for  sale,  it  would  be  well  to  advertise  the 
fact.  Whatever  can  be  sail  I  of  their  charac 
teristios,  if  they  have  any  to  distinguish 
thorn  from  the  common  breed,  will  be  inter 
esting  and  gratify  our  readers. 

The  illustration  alluded  to  by  our  corre¬ 
spondent,  above,  was 
of  the  head  of  one 
owned  and  exhibited 
in  this  city  at  an  ex¬ 
hibition  by  the  New 
York-  State  Poultry 
Society  in  I860,  by  I). 

R.  Gavit,  Jamaica,  N. 

Y.  It  is  the  only  one 
of  tills  variety  we  ever 
saw.  Whether  Mr. 

Gavit  has  bred  any, 
we  are  not  aware.  The 
Crests  are  sometimes 
black  and  sometimes 
white.  Mademoiselle 
liuOKKK,  TeMMINUK 
wrote,  in  1813,  hail  in 
her  menagerie  near 
the  Hague,  a  breed  of 
Crested  Turkeys  of  a 
beautiful  Isabelle  yel¬ 
low,  inclined  to  chest¬ 
nut  color  ;  all  had  full 
crests  of  pure  white.  •  .  j 

The  breed  is  now  only 
found  in  Africa,  or 
from  African  importa¬ 
tions,  we  believe.  If 
Crested  Turkeys  were 
ever  natives  of  this  ^ 

country,  the  variety  c, 

SfiOfOg  extinct.  How 
the  crests  were  ob¬ 
tained  is  unknown, 
but  some  naturalists  : 

attribute  it  to  crossing  '  ^ 

with  allied  genera  of 
crested  birds. 


TURKEYS,  GEESE,  COTTON  AND  CRAB 
GRASS. 


SEPARATING  BREEDS 


POULTRY  NOTES 


llow  long  should  pure  bred  hens  be  kept 
from  cocks  Of  Other  breeds  in  order  to  pro¬ 
duce  pure  chickens  of  the  same  breed  ?  I 
have  some  pure-bred  White  Leghorns  which 
have  run  with  common  breeds  all  winter.  I 
want  to  get  some  pure  eggs  for  hatching. 
How  long  after  1  separate  them  from  the 

com nmn  fowls  can  1  hope  for  pure  ec'za  ! _ 

W.  VY  P„  North  East,  Pa. 

W  ic  should  say  at  least  three  weeks.  Some 
say  two  weeks  are  enough,  but  we  should 
not  want  to  risk  it. 


In  lHlki  my  cotton  crop  was  invaded  by  the 
army  worm.  When  I  first  discovered  them 
they  had  consumed  a  spot  about  20  yards 
square;  the  second  day  they  enlarged  their 
boundary  to  30  yards  square  :  the  third  day 
an  acre. was  entirely  denuded  of  its  leaves.  I 
turned  a  flock  of  turkeys  <20  In  number)  upon 
them,  which,  in  four  days,  entirely  annihi¬ 
lated  them.  1  have  been  informed  by  a  friend 
who  cultivates  the  plant,  that  they  are  valu- 


would  be  no  doubt  of  their  hatching  I”  It 
would  of  course  depend  upon  the  manner  in 
which  they  are  packed.  We  know  dealers 
who  have  shipped  to  California  and  the  eggs 
|  — say  75  per  cent,  of  them—  have  hatched  suc¬ 
cessfully.  It  both  depends  upon  the  manner 
of  shipping  and  the 
treatment  you  give 
them  after  their  ar¬ 
rival. 

Friction  M  a  t  dies 
and  0} apes.  —  A  New 
Mexico  correspondent 
of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  says: — An  ar¬ 
ticle  published  Jan.  Is, 
page  11,  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  on  carbolic 
acid  and  gapes  induced 
me  to  experiment  witli 
friction  matches, 
which  was  successful — 
merely  burning  three 
or  fou  r  at  a  time  under 
the  bill  of  the  fowl, 
forcing  her  to  inhale 
the  fumes  of  the  brim¬ 
stone.  1  tried  it  on 
L  several  ;  dose,  twelve 

|L  matches.” 

SS  Wh  ite  Leghorns  with 

lied  Ear  Lobes. —  W. 
P.  A.,  asks  If  White 
Leghorns  with  red  ear 
lobes  should  he  dis- 
carded  from  the  pen. 
LVTKJ.  We  s h o u  1  d  discard 

such,  though  we  do  not 
BtfJiWjjV;  choose  to  take  the  re- 

IH|  sponsihlllty  of  advis- 

mmm\  mg  others  to  do  so. 

We  shall  bo  glad  to 
W  WaM  hear  from  experienced 

**  WW  *  breeders  on  the  sub- 

The  Rural  New- 
,,  Yorker  and.  Poultry. 

.  .  '?>'/'  ■“  —A  subscriber  writes  : 

-  '  “I  am  a  subscriber  to 

y':*1 :  a  poultry  magazine, 

but  I  derive  more  beu- 

"  t-  u  • 

efit  from  one  or  your 
papers  in  regard  to 
poultry,  than  I  have 
from  a  aix  months’ 
subscription  to  one  de¬ 
voted  exclusively  to 
poultry.” 


8UURVY  FOWLS, 


B.  Dexter  writes 
that  a  neighbor  lias 
‘owls  whose  legs  are 
all  scabs  from  the  body 
to  the  ends  of  the  toes; 
these  legs  swell,  und 
the  scab  is  one-fourth 
of  an  inch  thick.  Asks 
for  a  remedy.  Lewis, 
in  The  People’s  Practi- 


Ralph  Evans  ag 


aoa 


MOOBE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER, 


(Jicld  Gjjnrp. 


HOP  CULTURE— PROSPECTS. 

I  saw  in  a  Rural  Nkw-Y okker  an  inquiry 
as  regards  the  prospects  of  hop  growers  the 
coming  season.  The  response  was  that  you 
thought  the  prospects  good,  provided  grow¬ 
ers  get  a  crop  of  good  quality.  They  ask 
how  tlds  is  to  l>c  accomplished.  I  answer, 
first,  to  be  sure  to  secure  a  good  quality  of 
the  right  kind  of  plants.  The  English  Cluster 
stands  far  in  advance  of  nil,  or  any  other  va¬ 
riety,  both  for  productiveness,  and  quality 
of  hop.  "We  should  be.  as  cautious  in  select¬ 
ing  the  variety  of  hops  as  we  would  be  on 
fruit  trees,  seeds,  dm.  The  English  Cluster 
hop  can  be  profitably  grown  in  any  climate 
or  soil  that  will  produce  any  kind  of  grain  or 
potatoes. 

As  regards  profit  to  the  grower,  I  say  first, 
at  a  low  average  of  1,500  pounds  per  acre, 
and  at  a  low  average  price  of  40  cents  per 
pound,  the  crop  would  bring  $600.00  per 
acre.  The  expenses  of  cultivation  and  har¬ 
vesting  are  to  be  deducted  therefrom.  Some 
fix  the  expense  of  production  as  high  as  10 
cents  j>er  pound  ;  others  as  low  as  6  cents. 
This  variation  depends  upon  the  number  of 
pounds  produced  per  acre,  as  a  light  crop 
costs  nearly  as  much  labor  as  a  heavy  yield. 

My  experience  teaches  me  that  an  average 
yield  of  hops  can  be  grown  at  an  expense  not 
exceeding  7  cents  per  pound,  making  an  ex¬ 
pense.  of  $105.00  per  acre  ;  deduct  this  from 
the  $600.0(1  and  the  grower  is  left  in  possession 
of  a  net  profit  of  $495.00  per  acre. 

To  start  with,  the  plants  will  cost  about 
$22  per  acre.  The  next  year  the  vines  need 
poling,  which  can  be  done  at  an  expense  of 
about  #30  per  acre.  Many  fanners  have 
plenty  of  poles  upon  their  own  land  which 
will  cost  them  nothing  but  the  time  and  labor 
of  cuttiug  and  hauling  them.  After  the 
plants  and  poles  are  once  secured  there  will 
be  no  additional  expense  in  that  direction  for 
20  years  or  more.  The  first  crop  will,  or 
should,  pay  all  those  expenses  and  leave  a 
profit  of  $423.00  per  acre,  and  a  paid  up  in¬ 
vestment  for  20  years  or  more.  Last  year, 
1872,  good  hops  sold  readily  at  the  grower’s 
door  for  50  and  56  cents  per  pound,  many  of 
them  realizing  from  #10,000  to  $15,000  for 
their  hop  crop.  No  wonder  they  are  the 
most  jovial  and  happy  lot  of  creatures  on 
earth. 

The  use  of  malt  liquors  has  increased,  not 
only  on  account  of  the  large  access  of  the 
German  population,  but  because  of  the  grow¬ 
ing  taste  for  them  among  Americans.  The 
taxes  on  alcoholic  liquors  will  induce  a  great¬ 
er  use  of  malt  liquors.  There  will  therefore 
be  an  increasing  demand  for  hops.  Conse¬ 
quently  the  future  prospect  for  hop  growers 
s  certainly  most  encouraging.  E.  f. 

Coblesktll,  N.  V. 

- 4  4  4»  ■ 

ORANGE  DENT  CORN. 

Last  spring  I  purchased  a  package  of  corn 
called  the  Orange  Dent ;  planted  it  the  17th, 
of  May.  At  first  it  grew  very  slow,  and  i 
was  fearful  that  it  would  prove  a  humbug, 
as  the  coni  plant  ed  beside  it  the  same  day 
was  nearly  a  week  ahead  of  it  in  growth.  1 
was  surprised  to  notice  a  few  days  later  that 
the  Orauge  Dent  had  taken  a  sudden  start., 
and  w'as  growing  rapidly ;  in  fact  I  never 
saw  a  field  of  corn  grow  faster,  and  before 
many  days  had  passed  it  was  far  in  advance 
of  the  other  (I  will  here  state  that  the  other 
kind  referred  to  was  the  common  eight  rowed 
white,  which  was  planted  on  a  dry  ridge  in 
the  garden,  while  the  Orange  Dent  was 
planted  a  few  rods  from  t  he  other  on  damper, 
and  of  course  considerably  later,  ground. 
Although  it  was  blown  flat  to  the  ground  by 
a  hard  wind  it  was  but  a  short  time  in  get¬ 
ting  up  again.  When  it  had  arrived  at  its 
full  growth  it  was  certainly  the  finest  piece 
of  com  1  ever  saw,  and  was  pronounced  so  by 
all  who  saw  it.  It  was  well  eared,  and 
although  it  did  not  have  as  muny  in  number 
as  our  small  yellow  com  (a  great  many  of 
the  stalks  having  only  one  ear)  they  were 
very  large  and  many  of  them  would  shell  out 
nearly  a  pint  of  corn.  The  kernels  are  long 
and  wedge-shaped,  and  I  think  three  bushels 
of  ears  would  make  nearly,  if  not  quite,  two 
bushels  of  shelled,  though  I  have  never  tried 
it.  The  ears  grow  higher  from  the  ground 
than  most  varieties,  and,  therefore,  it  is 
very  desirable  to  grow  near  a  bam,  or  where 
fowls  are  kept. 

I  also  planted  a  small  piece  in  another  field, 
and,  although  it  proved  to  be  tbe  poorest 
spot  in  the  field  (it  being  on  clay  soil  which 
was  covered  with  water  just  after  planting, 
only  a  part  of  it  coming  up)  it  grew  very  rank 
and  well  eared,  while  the  common  yellow 


planted  beside  it  looked  like  pop  corn,  it  be¬ 
ing  very  small  and  puny.  Tbe  Orange  Dent 
has  one  fault,  however,  it  is  lute  in  ripening, 
and  1  am  satisfied  that  if  planted  on  late 
ground  or  planted  very  late  on  any  ground 
as  far  North  os  the  latitude  of  Wayne  Co.,  N. 
Y.,  only  a  portion  of  it  will  get  ripe  ;  yet  I 
think  this  objection  can  be  overcome  by 
planting  early  on  early  ground.  As  a  test  I 
shall  plant  it  again  the  coming  season,  as  it 
has  proved  to  be  very  prolific  with  me.  I  am 
certain  that  if  grown  in  a  locality,  or  on 
ground  that  is  favorable  to  its  ripening,  it 
must  prove  useful.  r.  F. 

Clyde,  N.  Y. 

- 44-4-  ...  ■  — 

NOTES  ON  WHEAT. 

Odessa  Wheat. — A  Minnesota  correspond¬ 
ent  of  the  Farmer’s  Union  says  he  has  raised 
three  crops  of  this  wheat  beside  Scotch  Fife 
— that  it  yields  threo  to  live  bushels  more  per 
acre  than  any  other  variety  he  has  grown, 
and  weighs  from  two  to  three  pounds  per 
bushel  more.  He  states  that  the  Commis¬ 
sioner  of  Agriculture  has  applied  to  him  for 
500  bushels  of  it  for  distribution  in  small 
quantities 

Eureka  Wheat  is  called  a  “new  hybrid,” 
originating  in  Minnesota,  the  originator  claim¬ 
ing  that  one  grain  of  it  will  produce  1 
feet  of  heads  and  1,670  grains. 

Tied  Osaka  Wheat,  is  a  variety  highly  spoken 
of  by  Minnesota  farmers,  one  of  whom  says 
lie  produced  560  bushels  from  13%'  bushels  of 
seed.  Fife  wheat,  sowed  upon  adjoining 
ground,  produced  22  bushels  per  acre. 

“  Pride  of  Butte  ”  Wheat  is  a  new  variety, 
which  has  been  highly  commended  in  Cali¬ 
fornia.  In  I860,  in  cutting  a  crop  of  barley, 
Mr.  Wm.  Van  Wokrt  of  Butte  Co.,  Cal.,  ob¬ 
served  some  scattering  heads  of  line-looking 
wheat,  from  which  he  gathered  about  half  a 
gill  of  wheat,  which  he  planted  in  February, 
1870.  The  past  season,  as  the  result  of  these 
plantings,  he  harvested  230  bushels  from  this 
half  gill.  It  is  a  bearded  variety,  stands 
well  on  summer  fallow,  lues  very  white  straw 
and  chaff,  a  light  velvety  substance  covering 
the  entire  chaff. 

“  Oran  Early  Spring  Wheat"  is  being  dis¬ 
tributed  by  the  Department  of  Agriculture, 
we  learu.  Oran  iB  a  city  of  Algeria  and  the 
capital  of  a  Province  of  the  same  name. 
Whether  this  wheat  has  been  imported  from 
there  we  are  not  informed. 

- - 444 - 

ALFALEA  NOT  A  GRASS. 

Certain  parties  are  sending  circular  to 
farmers  and  others  in  the  Western  States, 
recommending  the  Alfalfa  or  Lucerne  as  a 
most  wonderful  prolific  kind  of  grass,  which 
will  yield  six  to  eight  tons  of  hay  per  acre 
and  never  die  out.  It  is  also  recommended 
as  a  beautiful  lawn  grass ;  in  fact,  it  is  the 
greatest  thing  ever  discovered,  all  of  which 
some  persons  will  probably  believe,  and  pur¬ 
chase  need  of  this  oldest  of  all  known  culti¬ 
vated  forage  plants.  Swindlers  of  all  kinds 
arc  usually  just  sharp  enough  to  tell  a  story 
containing  a  small  moiety  of  truth  with  a 
big  lie  attached,  which  makes  their  ignorance 
more  apparent  to  those  who  happen  to  know 
anything  of  the  subject  referred  to.  Now, 
as  Alfalfa  is  not  a  grass  any  more  than  peas 
or  beans,  those  fellows  who  advertise  it  as 
such  show  their  ignorance  at  the  start,  con¬ 
sequently,  we  are  not  bound  to  believe  them 
even  if  they  should,  in  part,  tell  the  truth. 
Lucerne  is  far  too  old  a  plant  for  any  one  to 
be  humbugged  into  purchasing  the  seed  for 
any  other  purpose,  soil  or  climate,  except 
that  to  which  it  is  adapted.  In  some  localities 
it  is  a  most  excellent  forage  plant,  but  is  not 
valued  very  highly  where  our  best  species  of 
meadow  and  pasture  grasses  succeed. 

- 444 - 

GRASS  FOR  AN  ORCHARD. 

I  have  an  apple  orchard  of  about  two  acres 
on  a  hillside,  that  is  in  grass,  being  in  many 
places  run  out.  I  should  like  to  re-seed  it 
with  grass  again.  Now  1  wish  you  would  ad¬ 
vise  me  whether  I  shall  plow  and  harrow’  it, 
or  only  harrow  it,  and  re-seed  it.  What  kina 
of  grass  seed  and  how  much  per  acre  for 
permanent  mowing.  The  land  slopes  south, 
is  a  light  sandy  loam,  well  manured,  but.  very 
diy.  The  trees  do  well,  growing  from  one  to 
two  feet  new’  wood  every  year  ;  are  ten  to 
twelve  years  old  and  have  borne  a  little. — 8. 
8.,  Sherburne  Falls,  Moss. 

We  advise  you  to  sow  orchard  grass  seed —  J 
two  to  three  bushels  per  acre— harrow  and 
roll  the  land — not  plow  it. 

- ■■ 

FIELD  NOTES. 

Parsnip  Culture. — R.  H.  Hughes  is  in¬ 
formed  that  parsnips  require  practically  the 
same  treatment  as  to  culture,  that  the  carrot 
does.  If  you  desire  to  feed  them  to  stock 


during  the  Winter,  they  should  lie  dug  in  the 
Fall,  and  put  in  pits,  or  the  cellar,  so  that 
they  can  be  taken  out  without  being  in  a 
frozen  condition.  If  you  desire  them  for  an 
early  spring  market  (when  they  bring  the 
best  price  usually,)  leave  them  in  the  ground 
where  they  grew.  Freezing  while  they  are 
in  the  ground  does  not  harm  them. 

A  Preventive  of  Die  Potato  Disease  is 
found  by  a  French  farmer  wlio  for  three 
yearn  has  Introduced  a  small  quantity  of  the 
residue  of  the  bark  used  in  tanning,  into  each 
hole  on  plant  ing  his  potato  crop,  and  each 
time  he  has  been  completely  succcsssful  in 
preserving  his  fields  free  from  the  annoying 
disease. 

Egyptian  Joint  Pop  Corn,  a  Western  farm¬ 
er  says,  is  the  best  corn  for  soiling  purposes. 
He  says  it  will  give  in  the  hill  from  five  to 
ten  ears  to  the  kernel  planted,  and  if  drilled 
thickly  from  three  to  five  nubbins,  and  fre¬ 
quently  good  seed  enough  can  be  saved  from 
the  fodder. 

Spring  Wheat  in  Neosho  Co.,  Kansas. — A 
correspondent  from  the  above  count}’  asks 
that  some  one  who  has  had  experience  in 
growing  spring  wheat  in  Kansas,  will  give 
an  opinion  as  to  how  it  will  do  in  the  above- 
named  country,  and  what  is  the  best  variety 
to  sow. 

Peanut  Culture  in  Ohio. — We  would  not 
advise  H.  H.  W.  to  undertake  the  culture  of 
peanuts  in  Ohio  expecting  the  crop  to  be  u 
profitable  one.  North  of  Virginia  very  few 
peanuts  are  raised  for  market,  and  for  very 
gOod  and  satisfactory  reasons. 

Clover  Seed  May  be  Soien  at  anytime  now. 
We  never  found  that  we  gained  anything  by 
sowing  it  before  the  ground  became  warm 
enough  to  germinate  wheat.  This  answers 
— T.  O. 

Salt  for  Wheat. — What  do  your  subscrili- 
ers  think  of  sowing  salt  on  either  fall  or 
spring  wheat  ;  when  is  the  best  time  to  sow, 
and  how  much  per  acre  '! — New  Subscriber. 


(iToitomir. 


LIME  AND  SALT  MIXTURES. 

Prof.  Johnson  recommends  for  fertilizing 
purposes  to  mix  one  bushel  of  salt  and  two 
bushels  of  dry  lime  under  cover,  and  allow 
the  mixture  to  decompose  gradually,  thus 
forming  no  intimate  chemical  union  of  the 
two  materials.  For  this  purpose  the  mixture 
should  bo  made  at  least  six  weeks  before  use, 
or  still  better,  two  or  t  hree  mouths,  the  heap 
mentioned  being  turned  over  oceasionnally. 
This  salt  and  lime  mixture,  when  applied  at 
the  rate  of  twenty  or  thirty  bushels  per 
acre,  forms  an  excellent  top-dressing  for 
many  crops.  It  acts  powerful!)'  on  the  veg¬ 
etable  matter  of  soils  ;  fifty-six  bushels  up- 
plled  to  ft  turnip  crop  have  produced  as  large 
a  crop  as  barnyard  manure.  It  is  also  very 
destructive  to  grubs  aud  insects  in  the  soiL 
Like  salt  it  attracts  moisture  from  the  air, 
aud  is  useful  against  drouth.  Its  decompos¬ 
ing  power  is  remarkable,  and  if  three  or  four 
bushels  of  it  are  mixed  with  a  load  of  swamp 
muck,  the  latter  will  be  reduced  to  a  powder. 

ARTIFICIAL  MANURE  FOR  CORN. 

What  manure,  if  barn-yard  manure  could 
not  be  obtained,  would  be  best  adapted  to 
raise  a  good  crop  of  corn.  Would  Peruvian 
guano,  or  some  artificial  manure,  do  as  well 
as  barn -yard  manure  i  if  so,  what  firm  in 
New  York  or  Rochester  sells  the  genuine, 
what  is  the  price,  how  and  when  (wnat  sea¬ 
son,  etc.,)  is  it  to  be  applied,  and  how  much 
per  acre  ? — Ouriositax,  Naples,  N.  Y. 

We  have  had  too  little  experience  in  the 
use  of  artificial  fertilisers  to  undertake  to 
answer  the  above  questions  satisfactorily, 
and  submit  them  to  such  of  our  readers  as 
may  have  had  experience 

- 44* - 

ENRICHING  WITH  BUCKWHEAT. 

I  have  a  small  piece  of  land  (clay  soil) 
which  I  wish  to  lighten  and  enrich  by  solving 
to  buckwheat  and  plowing  under.  Will  you, 
or  some  of  your  numerous  friends  please  in¬ 
form,  through  the  Rural,  how  much  seed  I 
ought  to  sow  per  acre,  and  at  what  time 
ought  it  to  be  plowed  under  ?  Also,  what 
crops  ought  to  follow,  in  order  to  most  im¬ 
prove  the  soil  and  prepare  it  for  garden  pur¬ 
poses  ? — T.  E.  B.,  Sheffiekl,  Pa. 

Sow  one  to  one  and  a-half  bushels  per  acre; 
plow  in  when  in  bloom.  Plant  with  Bvveet 
or  pop  coni. 

- - - 44-4 - 

ECONOMICAL  NOTES. 

— — 

Potash  for  Dissolving  Bones.— W.  T.  A. 
asks  “  If  crude  potash  can  be  substituted  for 


ashes  in  dissolving  bones  in  a  vat  at  a  less 
expense  than  paying  the  market  price  for 
bone  dust  and  freights,  provided  one  can  get 
the.  bones  l’or  nothing  and  ashes  are  scarce  : 
if  so,  in  what  proportion  should  it  Vie  diluted 
with  water  to  be  strong  enough  to  act  upon 
the  bones?”  Let  those  having  experience 
answer. 

The  Amount  of  Nitrate  of  Potash  in  100 
pounds  of  tobacco  stems,  W.  T.  A.  is  inform¬ 
ed,  can  only  be  determined  by  analysis.  We 
have  no  analysis  that  determines  the  question. 


THUMPS  IN  SWINE. 

A  Chauntre,  Kansas,  correspondent  of  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  asks  if  there  is  any 
remedy  for  thumps  in  swine,  lie  having  .lost 
three  from  that  disease.  Just,  about  a  year 
ago,  James  H.  Wentworth  of  Pennsylvania, 
wrote  us  that  this  disease  is  caused  by  wind 
getting  in  the  cavity  of  the  stomach  outside 
the  entrails,  which  wind  compresses  the 
lungs  so  that  they  cannot  expand  enough  to 
allow  the  animal  to  breathe  easily,  hence  the 
“thumps.”  For  when  they  inhale  the  air  to 
inflate  the  ldngs,  that  compresses  the  air  ill 
the  cavity  of  the  stomach,  and  ns  it  cannot 
be  compressed  enough  to  allow  a  full  inflat  ion 
of  the  lungs,  the  re  action  of  the  wind  in  the 
cavity  compresses  the  lungs  before  they  are 
half  inflated,  and  forces  out  the  air  inhaled, 
with  a  thump,  if  not  remedied,  the  wind 
accumulates  in  the  cavity  till  it  is  so  full  the 
lungs  cannot  expand  by  inhalation,  and  death 
is  inevitable. 

Mr.  Wentworth  having  thus  stated  the 
cause  of  the  disease  says  : — “  I  will  now  give 
you  a  remedy  that  has  never  failed  with  me 
or  my  neighbors  (which  iu  more  easily  ap¬ 
plied  than  the  Ohioan’s),  which  is  simply  to 
catch  the  hog  affected  with  the  thumps,  and 
take  the  little  blade  of  a  pocket  knife  and 
pierce  a  hole  through  the  sides  of  the  hog  to 
the  hollow  between  the  last  two  ribs.  Be 
sure  you  stick  the  knife  clear  through,  and 
not  far  enough  to  touch  the  intestines.  As 
soon  as  the  opening  Is  made  you  will  discover 
the  wind  coming  out  freely,  the  lungs  are 
relieved  of  the  pressure  behind  them,  and 
the  hog  is  cured.  I  have  tried  this  often,  and 
have  never  failed  at  any  stage  of  the  dis¬ 
ease.  ” 

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CHARACTERISTICS  OF  SWINE. 

I  noticed,  while  looking  over  the  reports 
of  the  committees  at  the  National  Swine 
Breeders’  Association,  that  they  put  the 
Chcslures  (or  Jefferson  County  Swine  of  New 
York)  and  Yorkshires  together.  Will  the 
committee,  or  some  one  else  who  is  acquainted 
with  the  Yorkshires,  please  give  the  charac¬ 
teristics  of  the  breed,  stating  whether  they 
differ  widely  in  the  amount  of  hair  or  not,  or 
is  it  CTieshirea  which  they  refer  to  ?  And 
will  the  committee  on  Chester  Whites,  where 
they  speak  of  the  coatings  Vicing  tliinnish, 
white,  straight,  and  if  a  little  wavy  not  ob¬ 
jectionable — please  state  whether  they  mean 
no  bristles  on  the  body  or  tail,  as  those  who 
have  the  respective  breeds  in  this  section  are 
desirous  to  know  their  particular  points. — A 
Reader  in  the  Co.  Gent. 

• - 444 - 

PIGS  SCOURING. 

In  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  Feb.  15tli, 
you  will  find,  on  page  106,  the  description 
how  1  keep  my  pigs.  1  lost  three  of  them  in 
the  same  way,  by  scouring ;  the  third  I 
opened,  and  found  in  the  stomach  a  half  pint 
of  dirt,  Borne  sandy,  just  as  he  ate  it  from  a 
bank.  They  run  out  nil  the  time,  so  that 
they  could  get  all  the  dirt,  that  they  wanted, 
from  their  first  existence.  What  is  the  cause 
of  their  eating  the  dirt '(  Was  it  something 
that  I  fed  them,  or  was  it  because  I  did  not 
feed  them  something  caused  them  to  eat  the 
dirt  f  What  is  the  remedy  ? 

Butler  Co.,  Neb.  Jefferson  Winship, 

- - 444 - 

PIG-PEN  PAPERS. 

Hog  Cholera.— The  Editor  of  the  Farmers’ 
Journal  says: — When  once  the  cholera  Ls  in 
your  herd,  give  at  the  rate  of  1  oz.  of  carbol¬ 
ic  acid  to  25  hogs,  well  dissolved  and  mixed 
with  swill,  and  repeat  every  two  or  three 
days.  Be  sure  and  remave  every  effected 
hog  at  once,  and  bury  all  carcases  immedi¬ 
ately. 

To  Remedy  the  Protrusion  of  the  Rectum 
in  Pigs  a  correspondent  of  the  New  England 
Fanner  recommends  pouring  on  a  strong  so¬ 
lution  of  alum  twioe  a  day  for  a  few  days. 


MOOSE’S  RURAL  NEW 


leaving  curds  in  the  sink  DURING  1 
THE  NIGHT.  r 

-  e 

A  correspondent  who  is  running  but  one  r 
vat  o£  200  gallons’  capacity  and  making  up  i 
the  milk  twice  a  day,  says  he  would  like  to  t 
leave  the  night’s  curd,  after  salting,  in  the  1 
sink  until  live  or  six  o’clock  the  next  morn-  s 
ing.  By  adopting  this  course,  more  time 
will  be  gained  for  sloop,  and  he  inquires  if  it 
will  answer  to  do  so.  We  have  no  experience 
in  treating  large  masses  of  curds  in  this  way 
and  then  putting  to  press.  We  should  think 
that  some  trouble  might  occur  in  having  the 
cheese  “face”  nicely,  and  possibly  the  whey 
might  not  all  bo  readily  expelled.  Perhaps 
by  grinding  the  curds  in  the  morning,  and 
by  using  hot  cloths  on  top  and  bottom  of  tho 
cheese  when  put  to  press  after  bandaging — 
as  is  sometimes  practiced  to  remedy  defects 
in  facing — the  proposed  plan  might  work. 

At  any  rate,  we  should  not  hesitate  to  make  f 
the  experiment.  In  old  times,  when  large  f 
cheeses  were  fashionable,  some  made  what  ] 
was  called  “double  eurded-ehoose.”  On  this  j 
plan,  the  curds  of  oue  day,  after  being  run  s 
up  and  slightly  salted,  were  placed  in  a  cool  t 
place,  until  next  morning’s  curds  were  scald-  ( 
ed  ;  the  (wo  curds  were  then  mingled  to-  ( 
gether  and  put  A  j  press.  Excellent  cheese  | 
was  the  result  when  the  curds  were  properly  j 
handled  and  no  trouble  in  pressing.  We 
should  advise  our  correspondent,  however,  in  j 
this ‘case,  to  obtain  a  larger  vat  and  cool  the  , 
night’s  milk  properly  after  it  is  received  and  \ 
make  cheese  but  once  a  day.  Making  eliecso  , 
twice  a  day  is  a  slave’s  life  for  the  cheese-  j 
maker,  and  many  allirru  that  new  milk,  | 
right  from  the  cow,  cannot  be  turned  into  so  j 
fine  flavored  product  as  Gnu  milk  properly 
cooled  and  cared  for  that  has  been  left  stand-  , 
ing  in  the  vat  over  night.  In  the  first  ease 
the  rank  animal  odor  does  not  have  time  to 
pass  off  and  is  retained,  more  or  less,  in  the 
cheese.  Perhaps,  however,  by  exposing  the 
curds  to  the  atmosphere  over  night  in  tho 
sink,  as  suggested  by  our  correspondent,  this 
rank  odor  would  pass  off,  and,  it'  there  was 
no  trouble  in  pressing,  there  can  be  little 
doubt  but  the  ilavor  of  the  cheese  vt'ould  be 
improved.  If  any  of  our  readers  have  any 
experience  in  leaving  curds  dui’ing  the  night 
in  the  sink  and  putting  to  press  next  morn¬ 
ing,  wo  should  bo  glad  to  hear  from  them  on 
this  practice. 

- ♦»»  ....  .... 

THE  CHEESE  MITE  AND  THE  ACARl 
FAMILY. 

A  correspondent  asks  the  following  quea 
tions : — “What  are  cheese  mites?  Do  they 
barrow  in  the  cheese  like  skippers,  or  are 
skippers  and  mites  the  same  I  If  not,  are 
they  as  troublesome  or  as  destructive  as  skip¬ 
pers,  and  how  are  they  to  be  avoided,  or  de¬ 
stroyed  when  they  get  a  lodgement  in  the 
the  cheese  t  Please  answer  through  the  Ru¬ 
ral,  and  oblige 

“  A  Pennsylvania  Dairyman.” 

The  cheese  mite  (-'1  cams  domesHcus)  is  a 
very  different  tiling  from  the  cheese  skipper. 

It  is  not  so  troublesome  nor  so  distinctive. 
The  cheese  mite  is  very  minute  and  cannot 
well  be  observed  without  the  aid  of  the  glass. 
They  are  found  for  the  most  part  on  old 
cheese,  living  on  the  surface  rather  than  mak¬ 
ing  their  way  into  the  cheese  like  the  skip¬ 
per.  The  powder  of  old  and  dry  choose  al¬ 
most  entirely  consists  of  mites,  aud  their  eggs 
which  are  hatched  in  about  eight  days.  If 
deprived  of  food,  they  have  been  seen  to  kill 
and  oat  each  other.  VV e  presume  there  are 
many  dairymen  who  have  seen  the  surface 
of  old  cheese  covered  with  a  kind  of  powder 
but  who  never  suspected  it  was  largely  com¬ 
posed  of  living  organisms  —  minute  insects 
acting  their  part  in  the  . 

great  drama  of  life  and 
so  rapacious  that,  when 
deprived  of  food  they 
have  little  regard  for 
‘  ‘  kith  and  kin,  ’ '  and,  can-  ti 

aibal-like,  fall  into  the 
bad  habit  of  killing  and  w/rtWv 

devoui’ing  each  other.  We  ' 

give  a  highlv  magnified  FiG-l-Acanudomes- 

.  »  .  .  ’  tictw— OUeese-mlto, 

view  of  this  parasite  (see  showing  under  unie. 

Figl)  showing  the  under  side  of  the  “ani¬ 
mal.”  Tho  cheese  mite  has  a  peculiar  elon¬ 
gation  of  its  snout,  forming  strong  cutting 
dart-shaped  muuctiblos,  which  it  has  the  pow¬ 
er  of  advancing  separately  or  together.  The 
cheese  mite  does  not  trouble  new  cheeses,  nor 
indeed  do  we  know  that  they  do  any  serious 
harm  to  old  cheese.  Some  epicures  are  exceed- 
ingly  fond  of  the  powder  found  in  old  cheese, 
which  is  made  up  of  these  little  animals, 
with  their  eggs  and  excrement.  So  it  would 
appear  the  mite  is  not  wholly  without  use  in 


a  commercial  aspect.  The  best  way  of  rid¬ 
ding  them  from  cheese  is  in  a  vigorous  appli¬ 
cation  of  “elbow  grease,”  that  is,  rubbing  the 
cheese  often  and  keeping  it  in  good  order. 
The  aearl  family,  to  which  the  cheese  mite  is 
related,  is  a  very  loathsome  family  and  sev¬ 
eral  of  its  branches  are  great  pests  to  the  hu¬ 
man  race.  The  acarus  scabiei  or  itch  insect, 
it  is  unnecessary  to  say.  is  a  troublesome  cus 
tomer  which  one  does  not  care  to  have  round. 
Then  there  is  tho  sugar  acarus  ( acarus 
sacchari),  which  approaches  somewhat  in  its 


Fio.  2.— Acarus  sachari— Sugar  Insect. 

organization  and  habits  the  cheese  mite.  W e 
give  an  illustration  of  the  sugar  insect  (Pig  £). 
It  attains  to  a  size  so  considerable  that  it  is 
plainly  visible  to  the  unaided  sight.  Thou¬ 
sands  upon  thousands  are  sometimes  found  in 
a  pound  of  commercial  sugar,  though  the  pro¬ 
cess  of  refining  sugar  destroys  the  insect,  and, 
of  course,  so  far  prevents  its  entrance  into 
the  human  stomach.  When  present  in  sugar 
it  may  be  detected  in  the  following  manner  : 
Dissolve  two  or  three  teaspoonfuls  of  sugar 
in  a  large  wineglass  of  tepid  water  and  then 
allow  the  solution  to  rest  for  an  hour.  At 
the  end  of  that  time  the  aearl  will  be  found, 
some  on  the  surface  of  the  liquid,  some  ad¬ 
hering  to  the  sides  of  thB  glass,  and  others  at 
the  bottom,  mixed  up  with  the  sediment, 
formed  of  fragments  of  cane,  woody  fiber, 
grit,  dirt  aud  starch — granules  which  usually 
subside  on  the  solution  of  even  a  small  quan¬ 
tity  of  the  more  common  brown  sugars  in 
hot  wator.  The  acarus  sacchari,  when  first 
hatched,  is  scarcely  visible  ;  as  it  grows  it  be¬ 
comes  elongated  ami  cylindrical,  until  it  is 
about  twice  as  long  as  broad.  After  a  time 
the  legs  and  proboscis  begin  to  protrude,  and 
tho  feet  terminate  in  hooks. 


Fid.  S.— Acarus  Jarinae— Meal-mite— Magnified 
260  Ulanii-lura. 

Another  member  of  the  lovely  and  inter¬ 
esting  oca n‘  family,  takes  up  its  residence  in 
flour — the  acarus  farinac. ,  or  flour  mite— an 
illustration  of  which  we  give  in  Pig.  3.  It  is 
a  source  of  consolation,  however,  to  know 
that  this  interesting  insect  is  not  present  in 
flour  unless  it  has  become  damaged.  Any 
flour,  therefore,  containing  the  animal,  is  in 
a  state  unlit  for  consumption. 

We  might  go  on  enumerating  other  fea¬ 
tures  of  the  “acarus  tribe,”  but  perhaps 
enough  has  been  said  to  suit  the  palates  of 
consumers  for  a  single  meal,  and  we  conse¬ 
quently  drop  the  subject  for  the  present. 

- »♦ »  ■  ■  - 

WHEY  AS  A  FEED  FOR  CALVES. 


At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Michigan 
State  Dairymen’s  Association,  held  in  Adrian, 
Mich.,  in  February  last,  an  interesting  dis¬ 
cussion  was  had  in  regard  to  tho  value  of 
whey  for  feeding.  At  many  of  the  Michigan 
factories  the  whey  is  taken  away  by  the 
patrons,  and  not  unfrequently  is  the  cause  of 
trouble  to  the  factory  manager,  with  dissat¬ 
isfaction  and  dispute  among  patrons.  The 
difficulty  comes  from  an  unequal  distribution 
of  the  whey.  One  factoryman  stated  that  he 
Upd  a  great  deal  of  trouble  and  annoyance 
the  bust  season,  us  many  of  his  patrons  were 


disposed  to  load  their  cans  with  more  whey 
than  their  proportion  of  milk  yielded.  He 
could  not  spend  time  standing  at  the  whey 
tub  to  measure  out  each  man’s  share,  and 
the  consequence  was  that  often  the  whey  vats 
would  be  emptied  before  all  the  patrons  de¬ 
livering  milk  got  to  the  factory,  and  those 
who  came  last  returned  without  whey.  He  H 
(the  manager)  had  remonstrated  with  his  v 
patrons,  and  urged  upon  each  to  take  away  c 
less  whey  in  their  cans  than  the  correspond-  e 
ing  bulk  of  milk  delivered,  but  the  trouble  11 
did  not  cease,  lie  then  commenced  to  pump  * 
water  into  the  whey,  and  the  patrons  eagerly  , 
gobbled  up  the  watered  whey — still  leaving  l! 
some  to  go  home  with  empty  cans.  During  a 
the  coming  season  ho  proposed  to  keep  the  11 
pump  in  vigorous  operation,  pumping  water  ** 
into  the  whey  vats,  as  he  saw  no  other  way  1 
of  satisfying  patrons  and  supplying  each  with  ' 
his  respective  share-. 

c 

The  question,  then,  as  to  the  most  profitable  ( 
use  to  which  whey  can  be  put  elicited  consul  j 
able  discussion.  Home  contended  that,  on  ( 
account  of  the  low  price  of  pork,  the  whey  j, 
could  be  used  with  better  advantage  as  a  feed 
for  calves.  Several  dairymen  gave  it  as  their  ( 
experience  that  good  calves  could  be  raised  ^ 
on  whey,  and,  coirsidering  the  importance  of  ( 
each  dairymau  raising  his  own  stock,  select-  ( 
ing  his  calves  from  deep-milking  parents,  the 
whey  in  this  way  could  be  turned  tu  good  ac-  ( 
count.  There  is  great  objection  to  the  feed-  ( 
ing  of  hogs  iu  the  vicinity  of  a  factory.  The 
odor  from  the  sty  fills  tho  air  for  a  consider-  ( 
aide  distance  around,  and  is  wafted  often,  by 
the  wind,  into  the  cheese-rooms,  thus  taint- 
ing  the  milk.  There  is  less  objection  in  keep- 
ing  calves  and  feeding  in  connection  with 
factories  than  with  hogs.  If  the  yard  for 
calves  be  located  a  proper  distance  from  the  ' 
factory  buildings,  and  a  good  arrangement  | 
be  made  for  feeding  and  shelter,  the  whey 
may  be  conducted  in  pipes  to  the  premises, 
aud  thus  be  turned  to  good  account.  It 
would  be  an  aclvantago  to  have  the  requisite 
amount  of  pasturage  connected  with  the  es¬ 
tablishment  for  tho  calves.  Even  if  tl  ie  whey 
was  to  be  carted  back  to  the  farm,  its  value  , 
as  a  feed  for  calves  would  bo  perhaps  more 
than  for  hogs ;  at  least  at  the  present  low 
price  of  pork. 

We  have  seen  good  calves  raised  upon 
whey,  and  it  has  been  our  practice  for  a  num¬ 
ber  of  years  to  thus  raise  a  number  every 
season ;  but  we  use  oil  meal  in  connection 
with  the  whey,  and  give  the  calf  a  good,  lib¬ 
eral  start  on  milk  before  commencing  with 
the  whey.  A  correspondent  of  the  Western 
Farmer,  iu  discussing  this  subject,  says  : — 

“  I  have  hod  considerable  experience  in  feed¬ 
ing  whey  to  calves  and  pigs,  aud  have  raised 
some  very  flue  ones  too.  Three  years  ago  I 
milked,  I  think,  IU  nows,  and  raised  7  calves, 
which  had  nothing  but  whey  during  cheese 
making  season,  except  the  gross  on  about 
a-half  acre  of  pasture,  in  which  they  ran  all 
summer.  They  drank  about  two  pails  full 
each,  per  day,  of  sweet  whey.  Those  calves 
were  admired  by  all  who  saw  them.  One 
yoke  vrere  sold,  at  three  years,  for  tf  100  ;  one 
do.,  at  two  years,  for  In  other  years  I 

have  kept  hogs  growing,  and  in  good  order, 
upon  nothing  but,  sweet  whey.  Ten  years 
ago  I  was  through  the  Htate  of  Vermont, 
“among  tho  cheese  makers,”  and  observed 
they  were  raising  the  finest  grade  stock  1  »_•  vor 
saw,  feeding  the  calves  exclusively  on  whey 
while  making  cheese  lasted.  Upon  the  whole, 
my  experience  teaches  me  that  with  plenty 
of  sweet  whey  I  can  raise  as  good  calves  as  I 
can  with  sour  milk,  though  I  always  feed 
more  whey  than  sour  milk.” 

We  arc  glad  to  see  the  question  of  raising 
stock  agitated  among  cheese  dairymen.  The 
impression  has  prevailed  to  a  large  extent,  in 
some  sections,  that  it  does  not  pay  for  the 
dairymen  to  raise  their  own  stock.  Whey- 
fed  hogs  have  not  paid  very  well  for  the  past 
few  years,  and  there  is  no  doubt  in  many  in¬ 
stances  the  whey  would  have  turned  more 
profit  if  put  into  calves. 

- - 4  ♦  »  — 

HOVEN  REMEDY. 

Frank  Taylor,  St.  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y., 
writes:— “I  have  had  occasion  to  use  the 
remedy  for  hoven  published  iu  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  (of  applying  salt  to  the  back) 
twice,  and  each  time  saved  the  life  of  a  good 
cow  thereby.  I  would  recommend  it  with 
1  confidence  to  any  one  having  cattlo  thus  a£- 
,  fected,”  For  the  benefit  of  those  who  have 
j  not  seen  this  remedy  we  republish  it  from  a 
>  former  volume  : — Half  a  pint  of  salt  covered 
in  water,  laid  on  the  back  of  the  animal,  over 
«  the  kidneys,  thoroughly  impregnating  the 
i  skin  with  the  brine  will  afford  relief.  One  of 
5  our  correspondents  who  tried  it  said  it  a  lion  1- 
i  ed  an  animal,  badly  affected,  relief  iu  three 
*  minutes. 


■heej  guskttdrg. 


COTSWOLDS  AND  LEICE8TERS. 

1  have  a  few  Cotawold  (pure  blood),  and 
also  quite  a  number  of  Leicestershire*  mixed 
with  the  Cotawold,  which,  according  to  my 
estimation,  is  a  valuable  cross,  on  account  of 
early  aptitude  to  fatten,  and  quiok  maturity 
and  fineness  of  wool.  But  if  it  is  the  wool 
that  one  wants,  it-  is  the  genuine,  pure-bred 
Cotswold  that  should  be  bred,  as  their  wool 
is  very  long,  often  measuring  fifteen  inches, 
and  very  silky,  wit-h  a  peculiar  silvery  bright¬ 
ness  ;  also  very  curly,  and  with  more  or  less 
forelock.  Weight  of  fleece  varies  from  8  to 
14  pounds,  according  to  management  and 
keeping. 

I  purchased  my  Leicester's  in  Canada,  of 
good  breeders,  and  they  are  nice  ewes.  My 
Cot  swoli  Is  were  mostly  purchased  in  Canada. 

1  had,  last  year,  two  yearling  Cotswold  ewes, 
that  sheared  me  19%  pounds  upon*  ordinary 
keeping.  The  mm  that  my  ewes  were  bred 
from  took  the  fi  rst  two  prizes  at,  the  Niagara 
County  Fair,  My  yearling  ewes’  wool  was 
full  fifteen  inches  in  length.  They  are  good 
mothers,  and  very  prolific,  four-fifths  raising 
two  lambs,  which  are  early  covered  with  a 
nice  fleece  of  wool,  which  protects tljem  from 
the  inclemency  of  the  weather  ;  so  it  matters 
but  little  when  they  have  their  young. 

Ledceatora  arc  also  good  mothers,  most  of 
them  raising  twins.  I  have  eight  that  have 
iambs  now,  and  from  them  I  have  14  good, 
smart,  Jiving  lambs,  beside  losing  one  which 
came  dead. 

I  have  cm  leavored  to  breed  my  Cotswolds 
strictly  pure,  and  have  used  my  Cotswold 
ram  on  my  Leicester  ewes,  and,  therefore, 
have  some  nice  looking  stock — the  Leicesters 
giving  the  fineness,  and  the  Cotswold  tho 
length  a  nd  brightness,  which  make  a  valua¬ 
ble  combing  wool  for  all  purposes  that  comb¬ 
ing  wool  is  used  for.  My  Cotswold  ram  was 
bred  by  Mr.  Mkttbh  of  North  Pelham  ;  my 
second  mm  was  bred  iu  Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y. 
The  mother  of  my  third  ram  was  bought  In 
Canada  when  in  lamb — was  from  stock  that 
was  imported.  William  Lake. 

Eric  Co.,  N.  Y. 

• - 44-4 - 

ISLAND  GOAT  RANCH. 

We  find  the  following  in  the  Washington 
Daily  Chronicle  : — “  A  private  letter  received 
by  Colonel  H.  G.  Otis,  of  this  city,  from  San 
Francisco,  states  that  William  M.  Landrum, 
the  well-known  California  wool-grower  and 
breeder  of  the  famed  Angora  goat,  of  Asia, 
which  rare  and  valuable  animal  Mr.  Lan¬ 
drum  introduced  upon  the  Pacific  coast  many 
yearn  ago,  has  just  concluded,  in  behalf  of 
himself  and  other  capitalists,  negotiations  for 
tho  Island  of  Guadalupe,  an  island  in  the 
Pacific,  off  Han  Diego,  and  about  two  hun¬ 
dred  miles  southwardly  from  that  point,  and 
ninety  miles  from  the  main  land.  The  island 
is  tiventy-six  miles  long,  averages  ten  miles 
in  width,  has  good  timber  and  water  upon  it, 
and  20, 000  goats  of  the  short-haired  species, 
well  suited  for  breeding  to  Angora  rams. 
The  purchasers  have  formed  a  joint  stock 
company,  which  is  incorporated,  with  Lan¬ 
drum  as  president,  who  will  in  a  few  days 
send  to  the  island,  from  his  ranch  in  Santa 
Cruz  county,  one  hundred  pure-bred  Angora 
rams.  George  W.  Dent  is  one  of  the  trus¬ 
tees  of  the  company,  and  takes  one-tenth  of 
the  stock — 1,000  shares.  The  old  man  says  : 

“  This  is  the  finest  goat  ranch  in  the  world, 

‘  I  redcon.’  ”  There  have  been  33,000  goats 
slaughtered  on  the  island  within  the  last  five 
year*.  ” 

- 444- - 

CASHMERE  GOATS  IN  TENNESSEE. 

A  Davidson  Co.,  Tenn.,  correspondent  of 
the  Rural  Hun,  who  has  tliC3e  goats  for  sale, 
says  : — “  Casluuere  goats  have  lieen,  and  are 
now,  raised  os  successfully  in  Tennessee  as  in 
the  mountains  of  Thibet  or  valleyB  of  Hin- 
doostan.  The  hair  of  the  first  cross  on  tho 
common  goat  is  of  hut  little  value.  The  sec¬ 
ond  cross  will  produce  hair  worth  from  fifty 
to  seventy -five  cents  a  pound.  Hai  r  from  the 
thoroughbred  is  worth  from  one  dollar  to  a 
dollar  and  a-half  a  pound.  It  is  quoted  os 
“Mohair.”  The  annual  yield  is  about,  three 
pounds.  The  skins,  when  dressed  with  the 
long,  glossy  hah-  on,  are  used  for  many  pur¬ 
poses,  and  are  in  demand  at  five  dollars  each.” 

• - - - 

“LIVER  ROT.” 

_  > 

,  An  English  farmer  who  has  kept  sheep  for 
I  forty  years,  says  he  has  found  rook  salt  a  val¬ 
uable  antidote  for  liver  rot,  and  that  these 
’  animals  cannot  be  too  liberally  supplied  with 
i  this  saving  substance.  11c  further  declares 
£  that,  in  cases  of  congestion  of  the  ltver  or  rot 
he  bus  found  two  cablespoonfuls  of  turpen- 
pentine  shaken  up  in  half  a  pint  of  water  and 
‘  given  to  the  sufferer  a  frequent  cure,  unless 
the  disease  has  made  very  great  progress. 


(The  Naturalist. 


FUR-BEARING  ANIMALS-XVI. 

CANADA  OTTER. 

Lutra  Canadensis— SABINE. 

The  range  of  the  Otter  extends  over  nearly 
the  whole  of  North  America,  but  it  is  no 
longer  found  abundantly  in  various  parts 
where  it  formerly  appeared  in  large  numbers, 
It  was  once  so  common  in  tills  part  of  the 
Champlain  V alley,  where  now  it  is  unknown, 
that  Indians,  French  and  English  gave  its 
name  to  our  principal  river.  Length  of  the 
body  of  a  large  sized  Otter,  2  feet,  5  inches  ; 
of  the  tail,  17  inches;  head  of  u  globular 
form  ;  nose,  blunt ;  canine  teeth,  prominent ; 
ears,  round,  short ;  neck,  long ;  body,  long 
and  cylindrical,  set  upon  short  and  stout  legs; 
feet,  webbed  to  the  nails  ;  tail,  stout,  gradu¬ 
ally  tapering  towards  the  extremity  and  flat¬ 
tened  horizontally  ;  two  small  oval  glands,  at 
its  base,  secreting  a  fetid  liquor.  Fur,  soft 
and  dense,  very  line,  shorter  on  the  forehead 
and  extremities;  longer  hairs,  covering  this, 
are  glossy  and  rigid.  Color,  rich,  dark,  red¬ 
dish  brown,  of  a  lighter  shade  on  under  sur¬ 
face  ;  whitish  about  the  throat  and  face. 

The  Otter  frequents  running  streams,  large 
ponds  and  more  sparingly,  the  shores  of  some 
of  our  groat  lakes.  It  prefers  waters  which 
are  clear,  and  makes  a  hole  or  burrow  in  the 
banks,  the  entrance  to  which  is  under  water. 
The  nest  is  largo  and  is  made  of  an  abun¬ 
dance  of  sticks,  grasses  and  leaves,  above  and 
beyond  the  Influence  of  liigh  water  or  fresh¬ 
ets.  Here,  it  spends  a  great  part  of  the  day, 
and,  being  a  very  shy  animal  it  is  seldom 
seen  ;  here,  in  early  Bpring,  its  young,  usual¬ 
ly  two  in  number,  are  brought  forth. 

It  is  a  swift  swimmer  and  can  overtake  al¬ 
most  any  flsli  and  is  exceedingly  expert  in 
catching  them.  It  carries  its  booty  held  in 
its  mouth,  usually  by  the  head,  to  the  bank, 
where  held  with  its  forepaws  it  speedily  eats 
itH  prize  and  dives  into  the  water  for  more. 
Although  its  food  is  generally  some  kind  of 
fish,  yet  when  unable  to  procure  any,  it  eats 
frogs,  mice,  muskrats  and  the  like. 

When  attacked,  the  Otter  is  a  tierce  and 
desperate  lighter,  biting  and  snapping  with 
energy  and  never  yielding  aa  long  as  life  re¬ 
mains.  In  regions  where  it  is  hunted  with 
dogs,  the  latter  seldom  kill  it  unaided.  When 
shot  and  killed  m  deep  water,  the  hunter 
sometimes  loses  his  game,  as  its  bones  are  so 
nearly  solid  it  sinks  of  its  own  weight.  It  is 
often  caught:  in  steel  traps,  baited  with  tlsh 
and  set  some  feet  under  water.  In  diving 
for  the  fish,  it  is  caught  by  the  nose  or  fore¬ 
paw,  if  by  the  latter  and  the  trap  is  in  too 
shallow  water  or  unclogged,  so  the  animal 
does  not  drown,  it  frequently  escapes  by 
gnawing  olT  its  foot.  The  best  place  to  set 
the  trap  is  near  one  of  its  “slides,”  where  it 
craw  Is  out  of  t  he  water  or  at  the  foot  of  the 
“slides,”  if  that  ends  in  water.  Sometimes, 
unbaited,  the  trap  is  Set  on  one  end  of  a  log 
that  is  under  water,  the  other  end  resting  on 
the  bank.  The  upper  end  of  the  log  should 
be  scented  with  otter  musk.  In  endeavoring 
to  mount  the  log,  it  is  entrapped.  Another 
good  plan  is  directly  under  its  feeding  hole 
through  the  ice  in  winter,  also  at  the  mouth 
of  its  burrow.  In  all  cases,  as  tills  is  a  wily, 
keen-scented  animal,  it  is  necessary  to  re¬ 
move  all  suspicious  traces  hence,  when  pos¬ 
sible,  it  is  well  to  set  the  trap  from  a  boat  or 
by  wading.  Otter  fur  is  glossy  and  hand¬ 
some  ;  the  price  of  a  skin  varies  from  ten  to 
twelve  dollars. 

Otters  have  a  singular  habit  of  amusement 
winch  Goduan  thus  describes Their  fa¬ 
vorite  sport  is  sliding,  and  for  this  purpose  in 
winter  the  highest  ridge  of  snow  is  selected, 
to  the  top  of  which  the  Otters  scramble, 
where,  lying  on  the  belly,  with  the  forefeet 
boat  backward,  they  give  themselves  an  im¬ 
pulse  with  their  hind  legs  and  swiftly  glide 
headforemost  down  the  declivity,  sometimes 
for  the  distance  of  twenty  yards.  This  sport 
they  continue,  apparently  with  the  keenest 
enjoyment  until  hunger  or  fatigue  induces 
them  to  desist. ' '  These  slides,  in  summer,  are 
often  made  in  clayey  slopes  along  the  banks 
of  rivCrs  and  ponds,  and  Audobon  says,  in 
the  Southern  States  they  are  very  common 
along  the  reserve  dams  of  the  rice  fields  ;  he 
also  says  he  once  watched  a  pair  of  Otters, 
glide  down  the  soap-like,  muddy  surface  of 
a  slide  with  the  rapidity  of  an  arrow  from  the 
bow,  until  each  one  had  made  twenty-two 
slides. 

Richardson  says  : — “This  species  has  the 
habit  of  traveling  to  a  great  distauee  through 
the  snow  in  search  of  some  rapid  that  has 
resisted  the  severity  of  winter  frosts,  and  that 
if  seen  and  pursued  by  hunters,  on  these 


journeys,  it  will  throw  itself  forward  on  its 
belly  and  slide  through  the  snow  for  several 
yards,  leaving  a  deep  furrow  behind  it,  which 
movement  is  repeated  with  so  much  rapidity, 
that  even  a  swift  runner  on  snow  shoes  has 
some  difficulty  in  overtaking  it.  He  also  re¬ 
marks  it  doubles  on  its  track  with  much  cun¬ 
ning  and  dives  under  the  snow  to  elude  its 
pursuers.” 

The  Otter  is  easily  domesticated  when  tak¬ 
en  young,  and  makes  an  affectionate  and 


Strtoricttltura! 


FOREST  PLANTING  IN  ILLINOIS. 

The  report  of  H.  K.  ViCKROT,  Orehardist 
and  Gardener  of  the  Illinois  Industrial  Uni- 
versity,  who  has  had  charge  of  the  forest 
plantations  thus  far,  show  that  he  planted  in 
1871,  7  acres  with  14  species  of  forest  trees, 


THE  CA.NA.DA.  OTTER. 


playful  pet,  following  its  master  about  with 
its  awkward,  ungainly  step.  In  Europe  it  is 
said  tame  Otters  are  taught  to  catch  fish  for 
t  heir  owners,  going  out,  catching  and  land¬ 
ing  the  fish  with  great  rapidity  and  faithful¬ 
ness.  R 

- - 

A  BENEVOLENT  DOG. 

The  Oornhill  Magazine  has  an  interesting 
anecdote  related  of  u  large  dog  kept  in  Al¬ 
giers  by  Miss  Emily  Napier,  daughter  of 
Sin  William  Napier.  This  dog  was  sent 
ever}-  morning  to  fetch  bread  from  the 
baker’s  and  regularly  brought  home  twelve 
rolls  in  a  basket.  At  last  it  was  observed 
that  for  several  mornings  there  were  only 
eleven  rolls  in  t|ic  basket.  ;  and,  on  watching 
the  dog,  Lie  was  found  1o  stop  on  his  way  and 
bestow  one  roll  oil  a  poor,  sick  and  starving 
lady -clog,  hidden,  with  her  puppies,  in  a  cor¬ 
ner,  on  the  rood  from  the  shop.  The  baker 
was  then  instructed,  to  put  thirteen  roils  in 
the  basket,  after  which  the  dog  delivered  the 
twelve  faithfully  fora  few  days,  and  then  left 
all  the  thirteen  in  the  basket — the  token,  as  it 
proved,  that  his  sick  friend  was  convalescent, 
and  able  to  dispense  with  liis  charity. 
- - 

NOTES  FOR  NATURALISTS. 

Canary  Nests. — As  I  see  an  inquiry  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker,  for  canaries’  nests,  I 
send  you  my  method,  which  I  think  very  nice 
and  warm.  It  is  this  ; — I  get  a  brown  bird’s, 
or  ground  bird’s,  or  any  other  kind  of  nest 
that  Is  made  mostly  of  horse  hair,  scald  it 
thoroughly  and  dry  it ;  cover  it  all  over  with 
doth  ;  line  with  canton  flannel.  Thus  I 
have  a  nice  nest  for  birdie — one  that  she  can¬ 
not  pick  tw  pieces, — t.  a.  T, 

Foxes  should  be  Cultivated  not  Hunted, 
says  a  “  Reformed  Fox  Hunter,”  because 
they  are  comparatively  harmless,  and  keep 
down  the  rabbits  ;  while  since  foxes  have 
been  hunted  out  of  the  country,  rabbits  have 
multiplied  and  become  a  pest  to  horticultur¬ 
ists.  He  says  the  damages  done  by  foxes 
are  far  less  than  those  done  by  rabbits.  Fox 
hunters,  (by  racing  through  the  fields  and 
throwing  down  fences),  are  more  damage  to 
the  farmer  than  the  loses  themselves. 

Neats  for  Cuunries. — In  answer  to  L.  B’s 
inquiries,  “  How  to  make  a  nest  for  Canary 
Birds,”  I  get  a  cocoanut  and  cut  it  in  two ; 
then  1  make  holes  in  one  of  the  pieces  near 
the  top,  I  put  cotton  or  some  soft  material 
in  the  bottom,  and  sew  a  stout  piece  of  cloth 
over  it,  leaving  it  loose  so  as  to  make  a  cavity 
for  the  nest.  Sattie  Moore. 


Species,  No 

Ault  Green . 

.  Trees. 

Per  Cent. 
Living. 

Urowtft, 

Inches. 

1,360 

98 

6 

Asti  White . 

14,974 

95 

6 

C:i  lu  Ilia . . 

Klin  White . 

1,361 

100 

12 

680 

100 

12 

Chestnut . . 

1.31U 

50 

0 

Larch  European.  ..10,690 

25 

6 

Maple  White . 

OSJ 

98 

12 

Gauge  Orange . 

1,861 

68(1 

98 

24 

Line  Austrian . 

2 

— 

Pine  Scotch . 

680 

2 

— 

Walnut  White . 

1,361 

99 

6 

Willow  White  .... 

1,361 

98 

24 

Pine  While,  1872... 

2,722 

20 

3 

Spruce  N’rw'y“ _ 

1,301 

98 

3 

Tile  Cululpa,  WbSte  Elm,  White  Walnut, 
Green  Ash,  White  Maple,  Osage  Orange, 
White  Willow  and  Norway  Spruce  were  not 
diminished  in  numbers  to  exceed  2  per  cent, 
although  most  of  them  were  planted  in  the 
very  dry  season  of  1871 ;  but  the  Austrian 
and  Scotch  Pines  were  about  annihilated  and 
the  European  Larch  and  Chestnut  made  but 
a  poor  showing.  The  Osage  Orange  and 
White  Willow  made  the  best  growth,  and 
stand  just  even  in  vitality  and  vigor,  while 
the  timber  of  one  is  of  little  value  and  that 
of  the  other  among  the  best. 

The  cost  of  an  acre  of  each  of  three  species 
of  trees  up  to  the  end  of  the  first  year,  includ¬ 
ing  cost  of  trees,  planting  and  cultivation,  is 
as  follows ; 

Ash  Green . $161.38 

A»b  Wliile .  69.16 

OiuUiiu .  Itl.SU 

Elm  White .  91.12 

Chestnut  .  H2.86 

Lurch  European .  63.86 

Maple  White . 146.78 

usage  Orange .  40.U8 

Pine  Austrian .  119.36 

Pine  Scotch . 149.16 

Walnut  White .  99.91 

Willow  White .  56.36 

Pine  White .  144.34 

Spruce  Norway . 190.04 

The  most  costly  tree,  it  will  be  seen,  is  the 
Norway  Spruce,  next  to  which  stands  the 
Chestnut  and  the  Green  Ash,  and  the  two 
other  evergreens,  the  Austrian  and  Scotch 
Pines,  for  which  a  comparatively  high  price 
has  to  be  paid. 

The  cheapest  tree  is  the  Osage  Orange,  next 
to  which  come  the  White  Willow,  European 
Larch  and  White  Ash.  Thus  the  Osage  Or- 
ange  was  not  only  one  of  the  healthiest  and 
fastest  growers,  but  also  the  cheapest,  mak¬ 
ing  three  points  in  favor  of  that  species. 


e  Cost 

i.  Per  Acre. 

$174.48 

75.89 

134.38 
116.12 

166.38 
97.47 

151.60 

65.98 

302.26 

260.76 

122.34 

79.(16 

round  in  the 


I  comprising  740  trees  of  1,  2  and  3  years  of 
age,  and  in  1872,  Iff  acres  more  with  4,083 
trees  making  a  total  of  40,832  trees,  or,  in¬ 
cluding  4,000  Larch,  1,000  Austrian  and  1,000 
Scotch  Fine  replanted.  40,832  trees.  All  the 
trees  except  the  Evergreens  were  planted  2x4 
ft.,  or  5,444  trees  to  the  acre.  The  evergreens 
were  planted  4x4  ft.  or  2,722  trees  to  the  acre. 

The  following  table,  compiled  from  the 
more  detailed  report  of  Air.  Viceroy,  gives 
the  species  planted,  the  number  of  trees  of 
each,  the  percentage  living  and  the  average 
growth  of  the  trees  planted  in  the  first  year. 


Coming  now  to  the  second  year,  1872,  we 
I  make  the  following  table  of  the  species  two 
years  planted,  showing  the  per  cent,  living, 
the  average  growth,  and  the  cost  of  an  acre 
of  each  to  the  close  of  the  year  1872,  includ¬ 
ing  cost  of  tree  planting,  re-planting  and  cul¬ 
tivation  : 

Percent.  Average  Cost 

Species,  Lirtna.  O-rowth.  Per  Acre. 

Ash  Green .  98  30  $174.48 

Ash  White .  93  36  75.88 

Catalan . 100  48*  134.38 

Elm  White.... . 100  42*  116.12 

CbeHtnnt .  4  —  166.38 

Larch  European .  30  24  97.47 

Maple  White., .  98  48  151.60 

UMige  Orange .  98  66*  65.98 

fine  Austrian .  80  4  302.26 

Pine  Scotch . .  20  4  260.76 

Walnut  White .  99  24  122.34 

Willow  White .  98  48  79.06 

♦  These  varieties  were  eat  to  the  ground  in  the 
spring,  in  order  to  get  a  straight  growth. 

The  most  expensive  acres  are  those  set  with 
evergreens,  but,  compared  with  the  results 
obtained,  the  Chestnut  has  proved  the  less 
satisfactory.  The  cheapest  tree  as  well  as 
the  most  vigorous  is  still  the  Osage  Orange 
with  the  White  Ash  and  White  Willow  suc¬ 
ceeding  it. 

If  we  may  regard  the  ratio  of  percentage 
of  living  plants  as  the  “survival  of  the  fit¬ 
test”  the  argument  is  strong  against  the 
|  planting  of  conifers,,  excepting  the  Norway 
Spruce,  for  forests  in  our  Champaign  county, 
and  overwhelmingly  against  the  Chestnut. 
Mr.  Viceroy  is  of  the  opinion  however,  that 
if  the  Chestnut  trees  were  protected  for  a 
time  by  other  trees  they  would  succeed. 

The  showing  thus  far  is  also  strongly  in 
favor  of  the  Usage  Orange  and  White  Ash, 
both  Valuable  timber  trees,  and  rather 
against  the  White  Willow  and  White  Maple, 
trees  that  have  been  encouraged  because  of 
their  supposed  easy  and  rapid  growth. 

Many  more  yearn  however,  will  be  needed 
to  settle  these  questions  conclusively. 

W.  a  Flagg. 
- - 

ARBORICULTURAL  QUERIES. 

You  will  confer  a  favor  on  many  interest¬ 
ed  by  you  or  your  readers  answering  the  fol¬ 
lowing  questions,  viz: — 1.  When  is  the  best 
time  in  t.ne  spi-ing  to  Bet  out  peach,  pear,  ap¬ 
ricot  and  cherry  trees  that  were  l.celed-in  in 
tits  fall,  and  the  best  kind  uf  land  for  them  i 
2.  When  is  the  most  suitable  t  i  me  to  prune 
an  old  orchard  (apple)  ?  3.  When  is  the  best 
time  to  remove  strawberries  to  reset  t — A.  H. 
W.,  Ml.  Gilead,  0. 

1.  Just  as  early  as  the  soil  can  be  worked, 
that  is,  plowed  or  handled  readily  with  the 
spade.  There  is  little  danger  of  planting  too 
early.  The  best  soil  for  pear  trees  is  a  firm 
clay  or  clay  loam.  Cherry  trees  will  usually 
succeed  either  in  heavy  or  light  soils,  pro 
vided  it  is  rich.  For  Beach  and  Apricots  we 
should  prefer  a  light,  rich  loam,  and  have 
this  in  a  high,  airy  location. 

2.  Whenever  it  is  convenient  to  do  it,  the 
particular  time  of  year  not  being  us  import¬ 
ant  as  the  manner  of  doing  it.  If  pruned 
early,  before  the  leaves  appear,  the  trees  will 
probably  make  a  better  growth  than  if  the 
operation  is  delayed  until  summer.  In  prun¬ 
ing  young  trees  in  the  morning,  there  may  be 
some  preference  in  regard  to  time  of  year, 
for  the  object  in  pruning  is  somewhat  differ¬ 
ent  ;  there  need  to  bo  no  fear  about  perform 
irig  the  operation  at  tlie  wrong  time.  We 
prefer  to  prune  very  early  in  spring,  or  as 
soon  as  the  leaves  are  l'ully  developed. 

3.  The  best  time  to  plant  the  strawberry  is 
as  soon  aa  freezing  weather  is  past  in  spring. 
Upon  this  fruit  there  is  very  little  difference 
of  opinion  among  small  fruit  culturists. 

- - - 

THE  C'ATALPA  FOR  TIMBER. 

The  eatalpa  is  one  of  our  most  rapid-grow¬ 
ing  trees  while  young;  after  ten  or  fifteen 
years  of  age  it  increases  in  size  very  slowly, 
and  is  only  a  small  tree  at  maturity.  Of  late 
we  have  noticed  that  it  lias  been  recom¬ 
mended  for  planting  on  the  Western  prairies  ; 
and  while  we  do  not  hesitate  to  say  that  the 
Catalpa  would  be  a  valuable  tree  for  pro¬ 
ducing  fuel,  fence-posts,  and  other  purposes 
where  small  and  durable  timber  is  required, 
still  it  must'  be  remembered  that  it  is  a  native 
of  warm  climates,  and  will  not  endure  severe 
cold  ;  for  it  is  frequently  winter-killed  even 
in  the  vicinity  of  New  York  City,  especially 
when  planted  on  rich  soils,  where  it  makes  a 
rapid  growth.  The  young  branches  are  also 
very  brittle,  and  if  planted  in  prairie  regions 
it  should  be  set  in  large  groups  or  intermixed 
with  other  kinds  of  trees,  in  order  to  be 
somewhat  protected  against  strong  winds. 
The  wood  is  quite  firm  and  hard  for  so  rapid 
a  growing  tree,  and  is  also  quite  durable 
when  used  for  posts  or  other  similar  purposes. 
We  think  this  tree  is  wort  hy  of  trial  on  the 
Western  plains,  but.  would  advise  its  planting 
onlv  in  an  experimental  way  ut  first,  for  it 
may  succeed  in  006  locality  and  entirely  fail 
in  another  not  far  distant.  The  trees  are 
readily  propagated  cither  from  seed  or  cut¬ 
tings  of  the  roots,  also  from  cuttings  of  the 
branches,  if  planted  in  moist  soils. 


a  summer  substitute  for  asparagus,  and  its 
tender  and  often  renewed  leaves  for  spinach. 

But.  for  these  uses  this  sort  is  excelled  by 
Beck’s  Improved  Sea-Kale  Beet,  which  is 
quite  a  curiosity  among  beets.  From  a 
lengthening  crown  rise  a  succession  of  white 
loaf  stalks,  brood  and  thick  and  about  a  foot 
in  length.  These  support  erect,  broad,  strap- 
shaped  leaves,  crimplcd  like  those  of  a  Savoy 
cabbage.  These  leaf  stalks  arc  exceedingly 
tender,  and  arc  said  to  rival  Sea-Kale. 

To  this  class  also  belongs  the  B  raw  Ilian 
Variegated  Beet,  whose  plants  present  a 
strange  and  interesting  medley  of  forms  and 
colors.  Recommended  for  garnishing  and 
for  greens. 

The  Dark  Red  Egyptian  Beet,  remarkably 
early  and  of  the  highest  excellence.  Un¬ 
doubtedly  a  great  acquisition. 


would  not  be  likely  to  grow  well,  and  if  they 
did  grow,  they  would  not  be  worth  mncli. 


FRENCH  VINEYARD 


ALL  ABOUT  BEETS 


PLASTER  TREATMENT  OF  VINES 


M.  Arm and  writes  to  the  Academia  dc.it 
Sciences  as  to  the  disastrous  increase  in  the 
ravages  made  liy  the  phylloxera  among  the 
French  vineyards,  lie  thinks  that  in  a  few 
years’  time  the  whole  of  the  vines  In  Prov¬ 
ence  will  have  disappeared,  Unless  some 
means  of  destroying  the  insect  can  be  discov¬ 
ered.  M.  Cornu,  who  has  been  dispatched 
into  the  Bordeaux  country  by  the  Govern¬ 
ment  to  report  on  the  increasing  damage 
caused  by  this  scourge,  declares  that  in  near¬ 
ly  all  the  vineyards  which  run  down  to  the 
river  bauks  the  plants  seem  to  have  dried  up, 
and  that  the  vineyards  in  other  situations 
have  been  attacked  in  such  a  way  that  the 
devastation  is  circular  in  shape  ;  whence  the 
expressive  name  of  “  oil  spots,”  which  indi¬ 
cates  that  the  malady  has  spread  from  the 
center  to  the  circumference. 


[Last  Autumn  at  the  time  of  gathering  in 
root  crops,  1  was  traveling  in  Western  Ver¬ 
mont,  where  I  visited  the  grounds  of  C.  G. 
Pringle,  a  scientific  and  careful  cultivator,  in 
whose  experiments  I  became  much  interested. 
In  the  line  of  new  beets,  Mr.  P.  had  growing 
some  twenty  varieties,  and  of  his  experience 
he  has  furnished  me  the  following  notes, 
which  ma_v  be  of  service  to  planters  in  the 
approaching  season. — &.  d.  h.] 

The  old  red  standard  beets, — the  Early 
Blood  Turnip  for  summer  use  and  the  Long 
Blood  for  winter — are  by  no  means  super¬ 
seded  by  the  new  sorts  mentioned  below. 
Certain  irregularities  of  form  and  variations 
of  character,  however,  suggest  the  need  of  a 
more  careful  selection  of  their  seed  roots  l»y 
our  seed  growers. 

Hatch’s  improved  Blood  Turnip  Beet  re¬ 
semble.  the  well  known  Early  Blood  turnip  ; 
perhaps  is  smoother  and  more  regular  in 
form  ;  early  and  of  excellent  quality  ;  one  of 
the  very  best. 

Denning’s  improved  Blood  Turnip  Beet  is 
another  superior  sort  ;  it  differs  from  the  two 
just  mentioned  in  its  more  globular  form  and 
larger  size  ;  very  tender  and  sweet. 

The  Yellow  Turnip  Beet  is  [more  oval  in 
form  than  the  Blood  turnip;  A  good  sort 
and  interesting  by  way  of  variety. 

The  Early  Bassauo,  has  long  been  a  favor¬ 
ite.  It  is  ready  for  use  quite  early,  and  if 
well  grown  continues  to  increase  in  size  until 
quite  large,  frequently  mainiug  in  this  lati¬ 
tude  its  tenderness  of  flesh,  >.o  as  to  serve  as 
one  of  our  best  winter  varieties  also.  Roots 
flattened,  somewhat  ribbed  ;  color,  light  red; 
llcsh  white,  tinged  with  red  ;  crown  generally 
simple,  and  contracted,  though  sometimes 
dividing  into  numerous  branches. 

White’s  Dark  Blood  Beet,  similar  to  Long 
Blood  in  size,  and  shape ;  surface  much 
darker  and  interior  deep  reddish  brown  ; 
crown  sometimes  enlarged  and  branching; 
not  free  in  all  specimens  from  side  roots 
below  ;  yield  large. 

Carter’s  Perfection  Solid  Beet,  closely  re¬ 
sembles  in  the  root  the  Long  Blood  ;  foliage 
short,  very  dark  red,  recommended  for  salad 
purposes. 

Henderson’s  Pine  Apple.  A  half-long  blood 
beet  of  good  and  even  form  and  medium  size; 
foliage  very  dark  red,  and  root  very  deep 
crimson. 

Small  Deep  Blood  Red  Castle  noudary.  Root 
small,  rather  rough  and  irregular,  tapering 
rapidly  from  a  large  crown  ;  flesh  very  purple. 

Rough  Skinned  or  Crapaudine.  Rough  in 
some  other  respects  ;  crown  large ;  root  of 
inferior  size  and  much  divided.  Unsatis¬ 
factory. 

For  a  beet  to  feed  stock  in  winter,  to  milch 
cows  in  particular,  in  spring  time,  I  have 
never  seen  one  to  compare  with  the  Improved 
American  Imperial  Sugar  Beet,  introduced  to 
the  Vermont  Dairymen’s  Association  and 
the  public  generally,  by  Mr.  Henry  Lank,  of 
Cornwall.  Received  from  the  department  of 
Agriculture  in  1858,  by  Mr.  Lane,  it  has  since 
t  hen  been  exclusively  grown  by  the  farmers 
of  Addison  County,  and  by  judicious  selec¬ 
tion  has  been  brought  to  perfection.  Its  form 
is  long,  spindle-shaped.  It  is  longer  and 
larger  than  the  French  White  Sugar  Beet, 
with  crown  contracted,  ’  (generally  simple) 
and  freer  from  side  roots.  As  it  grows  it 


An  Italian  correspondent,  furnishes  the  fol¬ 
lowing  experience  : — I  have  a  large  quantity 
of  grape  vines  planted  in  the  open  ground, 
and  trained  on  poles  and  wires  along  the 
gravel  walks.  In  planting  these  I  had  the 
holes  dug  25  inches  deep  ;  1  then  threw  into 
each  hole  five  or  six  lumps  of  old  plaster  of 
Paris,  about  the  size  of  my  fist,  I  threw  a 
little  earth  over  these  lumps,  and  then  planted 
the  vines  in  the  usual  way.  The  result  has 
been  wonderful  ;  the  vines  which  were  not 
half  on  inch  thick  when  planted  three  years 
ago.  are  now  two  inches  and  more  in  diame¬ 
ter,  and  bear  finely.  The  grapes  are  also 
freer  from  disease.  Other  vines,  not  so 
treated,  are  much  smaller  and  produce  less, 
the  fruit  being  also  more  liable  to  disease. 
To  try  the  effect  of  this  plaster,  in  planting 
two  American  black  walnuts,  we  put  plaster 
to  the  one  and  not.  to  the  other. 
The  former  grew  twice  as  fast 
as  the  other.  Last  year  we 
dug  about  the  roots,  of  the  one 
to  which  no  plaster  was  put, 
and  we  threw  in  seven  or  eight 
krge  lumps  of  plaster  among 
the  roots  ;  the  trees  are  now 
both  of  the  same  size,  and 
Jr  though  only  four  years  old,  are 
ifi  or  17  feet  high. 


THE  MARBLEHEAD  SQUASH 


Mr.  James  J.  H.  Gregory  writes  us  he 
received  a  squash  from  an  enterprising  farm¬ 
er  in  the  West  for  trial.  He  cooked  and 


PEARS  AND  APPLES  FOR  NEW  JERSEY 


1  iTAVEasmall  place  in  the  vicinity  of  Pas¬ 
saic,  and  am  desirous  of  setting  out  a.  few 
standard  apple  and  pear  trees.  Will  you 
please  recommend  to  me  what  Kinds  to  se¬ 
lect.— A  Reader. 

We  would  plant  the  following  apples  for 
family  use;  —  Early  Harvest,  Early  Sweet 
Bough,  Maiden's  Blush  and  Baldwin.  Pears  for 
the  same  purpose — Bartlett,  Sackel,  Doyenne 
de  Etc,  Diwhessc  de  Angoulerne  and  Beurre 
d’  Anjou.  I f  a  greater  variety  is  desired,  add 
Vicar  of  Whiklicld  and  Sheldon,  the  first,  be¬ 
ing  a  rapid  grower,  very  productive  and  one 
of  the  very  best  pears  for  cooking  and  pro¬ 
serving. 


WHAT  GRAPES  TO  PLANT 


H.  A.  of  Ashtabula,  O.,  asks 
the  names  of  the  best  grapes  for  family  use 
and  market.  We  should  probably  make  a 
mistake  if  we  tried  to  answer  this  .question, 
simply  because  the  varieties  that  are  best  in 
one  locality  are  worthless  in  another.  This 
Is  frequently  the.  case  even  m  the  same 
county  or  town,  for  soil  and  exposure  have  a 
wonderful  influence  on  the  growth  and  suc¬ 
cess  of  different  varieties.  In  addition  to 
this,  tastes  differ,  and  what  one  person  calls 
good,  another  calls  bad  ;  consequently  mar¬ 
kets  vury. 

The  Concord,  Hartford  Prolific,  Iona,  Dela¬ 
ware,  Catawba,  and  a  few  other  familiar 
sorts  are  largely  cultivated;  hut  which 
would  be  the  most  profitable,  or  best  for  our 
correspondent,  we  tire  unable  to  decide. 
Either  personal  experience  or  that  of  neigh 
bors  would  be  a  far  better  guide  than  our 
opinion. 


tested  it,  and  found  it.  •' surpassing  good,” 
He  thus  describes  it  ; — “This  new  squash,  as 
a  rule,  is  characterized  by  a  shell  of  a.  more 
flinty  hardness  than  the  Hubbard.  It  is 
usually  thicker  and  flatter  at  the  top.  It  lias 
a  greater  specific  gravity.  The  flesh  is  of 
rather  a  lighter  color  than  the  Hubbard, 
while  its  combination  of  sweetness,  dryness 
and  delicious  flavor  is  something  really  re¬ 
markable.  In  yield  it  equals  the  Hubbard, 
while  its  keeping  properties  are  declared  to 
surpass  that  famous  variety.  In  the  import¬ 
ant.  matter  of  purity,  it  excels  the  Hubbard 
and  every  squash  that  I  have  ever  raised. 
Its  outer  color  is  a  light  blue  ;  not  to  be  con¬ 
founded  with  the  blue  colored  squashes  that 
oorne  at  times  from  the  Hubbard  seed — mon¬ 
grels  made  by  a  cross  of  the  Hubbard  and  a 
thin  skinned  squash  which  we  used  to  call 
Middleton  blue,  which  we,  were  raising  before 
we  knew  of  the  Hubbard,  and  raised  for  a 
few  years  after  we  had  the  Hubbard,  side  by 
side  with  ft,.  If  the  seed  of  these  mongrels 
be  planted,  their  hybrid  character  will  be 
seen  by  a  terrible  sporting,  so  dreaded  by 
every  farmer  ;  while,  on  the  contrary,  the 
crop  from  the  seed  of  the  “Marblehead”  will 
be  found  to  excel  in  purity  any  standard 
variety  of  squash.”  Marshall  P.  Wilder 
says  of  it ; — “  For  solidity  and  richness,  I  have 
seen  no  squash  that  ever  surpassed  it.  Geo. 
B.  Boring  says  : — “  It  is  delicious  ;  I  have 
seen  nothing  to  equal  it  since  the  palmy  days 
of  the  Marrow.  PaSCHAT.  Morris  says  ; — “I 
consider  it  more  excellent,  and  should  regret 
if  it  was  any  better  as  there  might  be  danger 
of  eating  too  much.” 


POMOLOGIOAL  GOSSIP 


Illinois  Pippin. — The  Horticulturist  for 
February  figures  and  describes  an  apple 
under  this  name,  which  promises  to  be  a 
good  thing.  It,  is  rather  large,  flattened, 
yellow,  striped  with  carmine,  with  a  white, 
sub-acid  flesh  In  season  in  January.  Mr. 
Hammond  of  Warsaw,  says  it  is  likely  to  bo 
an  honor  to  the  State.  Lt  is  superior  in  qual¬ 
ity  to  Ben  Davis  and  Willow  Twig,  and  has 
most  of  their  good  qualities.  It  flowers  two 
or  three  days  before  Rnwlos’  Janet,  and  is  a 
native  of  Warsaw,  Illinois,  from  soed  sown 
by  a  Mrs.  Chandler  in  1838. 

How  to  ham  Raspberries. — A  Zanesville, 
Ohio,  correspondent;  of  the  Ohio  Farmer 
says  a  neighbor  made  his  raspberries  exceed¬ 
ingly  productive  as  follows  : — As  soon  as  the 
frost  was  out  of  the  ground  in  the  Spring,  he 
took  a  double  shovel  plow  and  threw  up 
two  furrows  each  side  of  the  rows,  covering 
the  roots  of  flic  plants  deep.  During  the  long 
drouth  his  vines  did  not  wither  as  did  those 
not  so  treated,  and  the  result  was,  he  took 
the  largest  and  nicest  berries  into  our  mar¬ 
ket  that  appeared  there. 

Northern  Spy  Apple. — George  T.  Kimk 
sends  an  apple  which  he  request  s  us  to  name. 
The  extenor  looks  like  a  Northern  Spy ; 
but  it  has  been  so  badly  kept  that  on  cutting 
it  it  did  not  taste  like  that  or  any  other  ap¬ 
ple.  We  could  not  recognize  it  by  the  flavor. 


VINEYARD  WORK  FOR  MARCH 


Dr.  J.  Stayman,  in  Western  Planter,  says: 
This  is  a  very  busy  month  with  the  vincyard- 
ist,  so  no  work  should  bo  delayed  that  can  be 
done. 

Vines  not  already  pruned  should  be  at¬ 
tended  to  at  once,  before  tfiey  commence  to 
bleed,  which  will  be  as  soon  ns  the  sap  starts 
in  the  spring,  Prune  all  varieties  this  season 
long,  as  many  vines  may  be  injured  by  the 
severe  winter’s  freezing.  We  have  found 
all  tender  varieties  injured  more  or  less,  ac¬ 
cording  to  their  location  or  condition  of 
growth. 


DESIGN  FOR  A  FOUNTAIN 


Having,  in  a  previous  number  given  gen¬ 
eral  instructions  for  the  formation  of  basins 
for  fountains,  we  shall,  from  time  to  time, 
present  our  readers  with  designs  for  center 
pieces  for  those  who  prefer  them  to  simple 
jets.  The  present  design  calls  for  no  particu¬ 
lar  remark,  except  that  it  is  well  adapted  for 
a  fountain  in  a  sequestered  nook — say  with  a 
rockery  and  fernery. 


HOW  TO  BUILD  A  LIME  KILN 


Having  large  deposits  of  lime  rock  on  my 
farm,  I  desire  to  burn  it  for  fertilizing  pur¬ 
poses.  Will  some  of  your  manv  readers, 
who  may  have  had  experience  in  tne  matter, 
inform  me  through  the  Rurai,  New-Yorker 
of  the-  best  and  cheapest,  plan  for  building  a 
kiln  for  that  purpose  ?  I  desire  to  use  wood 
for  the  fuel.  How  should  the  interior  be  ar¬ 
ranged  I  Is  a  grate  required  at  the  bottom 
between  the  wood  and  the.  stones,  or  can  tin* 
stone  be  so  arranged  at  the  bottom  as  to  form 
a  fireplace,  to  insert  the  fuel  and  keep  the 
stone  from  falling  down  and  interfering  with 
the  fire  before  the.  kilti  Is  sufficiently  burned  ? 

Rhinebetk,  N.  Y.  Subscriber. 


GARDEN  NOTES 


Paraffin  and.  Pens, — At  this  season  of  the 
year  it  may  be  of  interest  to  many  of  our 
readers  to  know  that  before  sowing  their 
garden  peas,  if  they  mix  about  a  tablespoonful 
of  paraffin  oil  with  a  quart  of  peas,  turning 
them  about  so  that  all  may  get  a  taste,  of  it, 
not  a  mouse  will  touch  one  of  them,  and  the 
peas  will  not  be  injured  in  the  least  by  the 
para  ftin. — O  ard  en. 

Peas  Jiecoin, mended. — F.  R.  E.,  says  Car¬ 
ter’s  First  Crop  is  the  earliest  producer  and  de¬ 
sirable  for  home  trie  ;  but  Waite’s  Caractacus, 
only  a  day  or  two  later,  bears  a  larger  pod 
and  is  better  for  market. 

Pry  Trnininy  Encumbers  to  stakes,  with 
the  side  branches  left  on,  as  has  been  recom¬ 
mended,  and  report  results. 

Hathaway's  Excelsior  Tomato  is  highly  re¬ 
commended  by  those  wlxo  have  tested  it. 


A  CISTERN  THAT  LEAKS 


I  have  a  Cistern  which  leaks.  I  can  dis¬ 
cover  no  cracks  in  it.  I  suppose  the  cement 
was  not  mixed  in  the.  proper  proportions,  or, 
that  thero  has  been  some  fault  in  the  manner 
of  putting  on.  It  has  been  plastered  on  the 
. s;  i”  hem  sides,  without  walling.  Can  I  dis¬ 
solve  cement,  or  waterlime,  in  wnl  or  so  as  to 
make  a  sort  of  whitewash,  and  put  on  two  or 
three  coats  with  a  brush,  so  as  to  make  it 
hold  l  Or  what,  will  be  my  cheapest  and  best 
plan  to  remix-  it  ? — s.  f. 

We  should  think  the  quickest  and  cheapest 
way  of  remedying  it  would  be  to  give  it  a 
coat  of  hydraulic  cement. 


design  for  fountain. 

In  pruning  vines,  select  short-jointed,  well 
matured  and  medium  sized  canes,  a.s  they 
have  the  most  fully  developed  fruit-buds, 
and  are  the  best  and  most  productive,  and 
will  always  give  the  most  satisfactory  results. 
Since  examining  the  condition  of  the  vines, 
we  would  not  recommend  making  cuttings 
this  spring,  from  any  wood  that  has  been 
exposed  to  this  winter’s  freezing,  as  they 


Whatever  may  bo  the  value  of  the  orange 
commercially,  there  can  be  no  question  of 
the  pleasure  it  can  give  to  the  lover  of  trees. 
The  few  wanted  for  a  family  can  be  easily 
grown,  and  I  think  the  time  will  come  when 
all  the  beautiful  wooded  points  on  the  lower 
St.  Johns  will  be  occupied  by  cottages  of 
Northern  gentlemen.  When  the  railroad  fa¬ 
cilities  become  such  that  a  man  can  place  his 
family  in  a  parlor  car  with  a  supply  of  eata¬ 
bles  and  be  in  Florida  in  two  days  and  one 
night,  hundreds  will  go  where  one  goes  now. 
It  will  be  as  easy  to  take  his  servants  and  go 
to  liis  country  home  in  Florida  as  to  a  coun¬ 
try  home  in  Berkshire  ;  and  once  there  the 
contrast  will  be  strong  between  the  dreary 
Northern  winter  aixl  the  pleasant  Southern 
temperature — cold  enough  for  hard  exercise 
in  walking,  riding,  or  boating,  and  yet  warm 
enough  to  give,  him  all  the.  bright  foliage  of 
Oranges,  Oleanders,  Olives,  Palms  and  hun¬ 
dreds  of  other  plants  never  seen  at.  the  North 
in  the  open  air,  but  in  Florida  growing  with 
great  luxuriance.  I  have  much  hope  that 
tdie  capabilities  of  Florida  for  ornamental 
plant  culture  will  yet  be  appreciated  and 
that  I  shall  live  to  see  results  there  infinitely 
finer  than  anything  upon  the  beautiful  shores 
of  Lakes  Como  and  Maggibre. 

Yours  very  truly,  S.  B.  Parsons. 

Flushing,  L.  I.,  March  If. 


remedy,  I  have  tried  mulching,  also  planting 
the  bulbs  much  deeper  than  usually  recom¬ 
mended,  especially  in  light  soils.  I  have 
found  that  even  small  bulbs,  planted  six  to 
eight  inches  deep,  gave  better  growth  than 
those  buried  a  less  depth,  in  cold  clay  or 
heavy  loam,  the  bulbs  appear  to  be  less 
affected  by  disease  than  in  lighter  soils.  They 
also  require  moisture,  and  far  more  of  it  than 
usually  supplied  by  summer  showers.  Keep 
the  soil  cool  and  moist  for  lilies,  should  be 
the  rule. 

INSECTS  F8R  NAMES. 

March  12.— I  have  received  a  box  of  beetles 
from  A.  B.  G.,  of  Glasco,  Kansas,  with  a  re¬ 
quest  that.  I  should  give  their  names  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker.  The  specimens  not 
being  numbered,  and  as  I  presume  that  my 
correspondent  has  not  retained  duplicates,  i 
do  not  see  how  he  is  to  be  Isenefited  by  merely 
the  publication  of  a  list  of  names  without 
specimens  before  him  for  identification,  un¬ 
less  he  is  familiar  with  each  and  can  remem¬ 
ber  what  ho  hits  written  about  the  locality 
where  they  were  found.  The  large,  black 
beetle  about  an  Inch  long,  smooth  and  shin¬ 
ing  above  and  beneath,  narrow  thorax  and 
head,  found  on  an  old  cottonwood  tree,  is 
Nyctobates  jjcnsylvanica,  Leo.  A  smaller 
beetle  of  same  color,  thorax  same  width  as 
the  body  but  narrow  in  front,  is  Tencbrio 
te.ncbroidcs,  Lko.  These  beetles  are  usually 
abundant  in  old  logs  and  in  almost  all  parts 
of  the  country.  The  bright  red  beetle  about 
a  half  inch  long,  und  not  much  thicker  than 
a  sheet  of  writing  paper,  which  you  found 
between  the  bark  and  wood  or  an  old  log,  is 
the  (hieujus  clavipes,  Fabr.  The  Cuc-ujM 
arc  beetles  with  very  thin  bodies,  conse¬ 
quently,  just  suited  to  their  abode,  which  is 
between  the  bark  and  wood  of  old  trees  and 
logs.  The  beetles  found  in  the  ash  timber 
are  Clylus  cap  re  a.  Hay.,  the  larva  of  which 
is  very  destructive  in  some  localities  Your 
remarks  in  regard  to  Ids  habits  in  not  attack¬ 
ing  tlic  live  trees,  but  only  the  fallen  t  imber, 
are  interesting,  and  I  am  happy  to  put  t  hem 
on  record.  There  are  many  species  of  the 
ClytuH,  but  the  habits  or  the  tree  which 
they  attack  arc  not  known  except  in  a  few 
iiist/inees.  Ctvlus  sneciosus,  Say.,  attacks 


S.  B.  PARSONS  IN  FLORIDA 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE, 


Eds.  Rural  New-Yorker  :  — The  three 
weeks  of  my  Florida  trip  were  so  closely  oc¬ 
cupied  that  I  was  unable  to  write  you  en 
route.  The  transit  was  a  rapid  one  from  snow 
and  zero  cold  to  a  temperature  of  80°.  I  left 
New  York  on  Thursday  evening  at  nine 
o’clock  by  rail,  and  on  Saturday  evening  at 
10  I  was  at  the  Screven  House,  Savannah, 
forgetting  all  fatigue  in  my  enjoyment  of 
the  excellent  table  and  soft  lied  of  that  ad¬ 
mirable  hotel.  After  a  rest  here,  fifteen 
hours  took  me  to  Jack:  invijie,  Florida,  and 
after  an  hour’s  call  on  a  friend,  the  quick 
boat,  “  Starlight”  can  ia  i  e  to  Tocoi,  whence 
two  hours  travel  in  a  New  York  horse  car 
upon  a  wooden  railroad,  placed  me  in  St. 
Augustine. 

This  quaint  old  Spanish  town  still  retains 
its  charms  of  position  and  elimate,  but  does 
not  increase  in  population.  Without  any 
sustaining  resources  of  commerce  or  agricul¬ 
ture  it  relies  for  support  upon  the  influx  of 
northern  population.  Its  best  hotel — the  St. 
Augustine — looks  upon  the  sea  and  the  smooth 
waters  of  the  bay  and  the  daily  resort  of 
numerous  pleasure  seekers.  The  orange 
groves  are  few,  but  sufficient  for  the  local 
consumption.  The  vicinity  to  the  sea  is  not 
bo  favorablt;  to  the  culture  of  the  orange  as 
the  same,  latitude  on  the  St.  John’s  River. 
Home  of  the  most  striking  trees  to  our  north¬ 
ern  eyes  are  the  large  Date  Palms,  the  Sago 
Palm,  of  uusual  size,  and  the  Japan  Medlar. 
This  last  tree  is  very  useful,  and  its  fruit 
forming  in  the  Autumn  and  ripening  very 
ear  ly  in  the  Sirring,  gives  a  pleasant  acid  at  a 
season  when  all  fruits  are  scarce,  1  found  it 
so  great  a  favorite  that  1  ordered  some  three 
hundred  which  have  been  sent  to  my  planta¬ 
tion  on  the  river  to  be  planted  out  for  bearing. 

One  day'  sufficed  for  visiting  my'  old  haunts 
and  seeing  the  new  houses  which  have  been 
erected  and  then  the  rapid  mules  and  the 
wooden  railroad  facilitated  my  return  to  the 
river,  where  I  euught  the  “  Hattie,”  a  high 
pressure  boat  of  antique  form  and  speed,  and 
crept  to  Palutka,  where  I  found  the  manager 
of  my  place  with  a  boat.  A  row  of  two  miles 
brought  me  to  my  little  cottage  on  the  banks 
of  the  river  and  my  room  with  its  bed  of  soft 
moss  proved  a  welcome  refuge  after  my  rap¬ 
id  travel. 

The  “sweet,  restorer  ’  ’  required  only  a  night 
to  give  me  fresh  vigor,  and  the  morning  found 
me  ready  to  do  full  justice  to  the  labors  of 
my  sable  cook  “  Nat.  ”  For  good  coffee,  fresh 
boiled  shad,  light  waffles,  and  sundry  other 
good  things,  “Nat”  must  bear  the  palm  and 
could  give  even  M.  Blot  some  lessons  in  the 
art. 

1  found  my  place  looking  as  well  as  could 
be  expected.  The  unprecedented  cold  had 
out  dow'n  some  of  the  young  trees,  but  they 
were  starting  again,  and  one  summer  would 
repair  the  damage.  The  Japan  Medlar  had 
grown  luxuriantly  ;  the  Araucaria  imbrtcatu 
had  found  a  home  ;  the  Cupressus  funebris 
had  grown  enormously  and  the  Rhyncusper- 
nium  -was  covering  the  front  of  the  piazza. 
Opposite  my  house,  a  point,  of  land  running 
from  the  other  side  of  the  river  to  a  short 
distance  from  my  shore,  was  clothed  with 
the  fresh  green  leaves  of  the  maple  and  every'- 
thing  in  view  had  the  beauty  of  our  May. 

All  this  contrast  to  the  dreariness  of  our 
Northern  Winter  1  thoroughly  enjoyed  for 
a  week.  I  looked  at  my  own  trees ;  I  exam¬ 
ined  those  of  my  neighbors  ;  I  heard  the  va¬ 
rious  accounts  of  successes  end  failures,  and 
came  to  the  conclusion  that  the  advance  in 
orange  culture  within  two  years  had  not  been 
v  cry  great,  wliile  there  were  some  instances 
of  entire  success. 

It  is  a  great  pleasure  to  sit  on  my  piazza 
and  look  upon  the  river,  or  to  walk  among 
the  luxuriant  orange  foliage ;  but  I  think  I 
enjoyed  as  much  as  anything  the  comparison 
of  the  different  varieties,  many  of  which  I 
have  obtained  from  Europe.  The  broad,  rich 
leaf  of  the  Navel  orange  contrasts  strongly 
witli  the  small,  delicate  one  of  the  little  Tan¬ 
gerine— that  dessert  orange  so  popular  in 
Paris,  the  skin  of  which  comes  off  so  easily 
and  the  sections  fall  apart  with  a  touch. 

That  which  I  value  most  for  its  singularity' 
is  still  in  my  greea-house  in  the  North— too 
small  yet  to  be  trusted  alone  in  the  grove.  Its 
leaf  is  small  and  pointed,  its  habit  is  dwarf, 
its  fruit  is  about  the  size  of  a  cherry*,  the  fla¬ 
vor  exceedingly  delicate  and  the  skin  so  free 
from  pungent  oil  that  the  entire  orange  can 
be  eaten  whole,  like  a  cherry.  I  suppose  this 
to  be  the  Kumguat  of  Japan.  It  is  difficult, 
however,  to  grow  it  on  the  common  lemon 
or  orange,  and  I  have  yret  to  find  a  stock  on 
which  to  bud  it. 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


THE  OAR  AS  A  LAWN  TREE. 

March  10. — There  is  no  better  or  more  cer¬ 
tain  method  of  obtaining  a  knowledge  of 
things  than  by  experience.  Our  opinions 
change  in  spite  of  all  preconceived  notions, 
and  we  are  surprised  at  our  own  weakness 
in  not  being  able  to  discern  plants  which 
experience  has  brought  into  view.  The  oaks 
of  America  have  long  been  celebrated  for 
their  beauty  as  well  as  usefulness,  and  they* 
are  worthy'  of  all  the  praise  bestowed  ;  but 
their  fitness  for  certain  positions  in  ornamen¬ 
tation  of  suburban  grounds,  is  a  question 
that,  will  bear  discussion.  In  the  present 
advanced  stage  of  Landscape  Gardening,  the 
lawn  is  really'  the  foundation,  wliile  the  trees, 
disposed  in  groups,  belts  or  single  specimens, 
fill  up  and  give  variety,  expression  and  tone 
to  the  picture.  In  grounds  of  considerable 
extent,  a  semi-wildness  is  not  only  admissi¬ 
ble  but-  desirable,  and  littering  leaves  and 
scattering  clumps  of  wild  grasses  amid  bar¬ 
ren  rocks  or  hillocks  are  not  out  of  place, 
but  in  small  grounds  limited  to  a  few  city 
lots,  or  even  an  acre  or  two,  the  surface  of 
which  is  smooth  und  without  natural  ob¬ 
structions,  cleanliness  and  neatness  should  lie 
preserved  instead  of  making  any  attempt  to 
produce  un  appearance,  of  wild  ruggedness. 
To  have  both  combined,  or  contiguous,  is 
certainly  desirable  and  usually  attainable,  if 
one  seeks  a  wild,  ragged  spot,  and  then  tames 
a  portion  artificially  ;  but  there  are  objec¬ 
tions  to  this  combination,  as  I  have  learned 
by  experience  in  my  own  grounds,  which  are 
of  a  mixed  nature,  for  the  leaves,  nuts,  flow- 
era  and  othei  cast-off  garments  of  the  trees 
become  scattered  over  lawns  and  flower  beds 
to  the  disgust  of  the  owner  of  a  well  kept 
garden.  Of  course,  it  depends  somewhat 
upon  the  kinds  of  trees  adjacent  to  the  gar¬ 
den,  as  some  like  the  chestnut,  which  are 
constantly  contributing  something  in  the 
way  of  litter  during  the  entire  summer. 
First,  the  long  catkins,  like  huge  yellow 
worms,  are  scattered  over  walks,  outbuild¬ 
ings  and  lawns,  followed  by  more  or  less 
early  ripening  leaves  in  July  and  August ; 
then  September  brings  down  the  prickly 
husks,  which  tumble  about  to  the  discomfort 
of  feet  incased  in  thin  shoes  or  the  “sit>- 
down”  of  the  lounger  in  the  shade. 

A  deciduous  tree  that,  will  drop  its  leaves 
all  at  one  time,  is  far  preferable  to  one  that 
keeps  up  a  continual  scattering  through 
the  season  ;  there  are  several  species  of 
oaks  which  belong  to  the  latter  claas. 
Among  them  the  AYhite  and  Pin  oak  are 
the  most  prominent  of  our  Northern  spe¬ 
cies.  The  AVI  Lite  oak  is  a  most  conspicu¬ 
ous  example  of  a  tree  belonging  to  the  litter¬ 
ing  class,  and  the  old  leaves  remain  attached 
to  the  branches  until  forced  off  by  t  he  winds 
of  winter  or  the  new  crop  in  spring.  The 
greater  portion  of  the  old  leaves  remain  upon 
t  he  tree  until  the  buds  swell  and  new  growth 
commences ;  and  this  occurring  just  at  the 
time  one  usually  desires  to  put  garden  and 
walks  into  their  spring  dress,  they  are  at 
best  a  great  nuisance.  AVIdte  oaks  are  not, 
therefore,  as  desirable  as  lawn  trees  or  for 
planting  near  flower  gardens. 

FAILURE  OF  LILIUM  AURATUMS. 

March  11. — From  every'  side  I  hear  of  a 
scarcity  of  Lilium  Aura, turns,  or  the  Golden 
Lily  of  Japan.  This  scarcity  cannot  be  owing 
to  want  of  a  large,  stock  from  which  to  prop¬ 
agate,  because  they  were  imported  a  few 
years  since  in  immense  quantities,  single 
dealers,  in  some  instances,  purchasing  two  to 
live  hundred  thousand  bulbs  for  planting 
out ;  but  with  these  great  lots  on  hand  two 
or  three  years  since,  the  stock  has  ran  very 
low,  and  more  are  being  imported  from 
Japan.  I  have  heard  of  large  lots  being  lost 
by  disease,  the  bulbs  rotting  while  in  the 
ground,  while,  in  other  Instances  a  species  of 
rust  attacked  the  leaves,  preventing  growth. 
Probably,  losses  have  occurred,  mainly'  from 
planting  in  unsuitable  soil,  or  in  not  setting 
the  bulbs  deep  enough,  especially'  where  t  he 
land  was  of  a  light,  sandy  nature.  This  lily 
appears  to  be  one  of  the  most  hardy  and  f  ree- 
growing  of  all  the  tribe,  and  multiplies  by 
offsets  very  freely  when  grown  in  congenial 
soils  and  properly  cultivated  ;  still,  disease 
a  ppears  to  have  made  sad  havoc  among  the 
imported  stocks  in  the  past  two  or  three 
\  ears.  Having  had  considerable  experience 
v  ith  Japan  lilies,  I  would  suggest  to  growers 
that  the  high  temperature  of  the  soil  in  sum¬ 
mer  is  the  principal  cause  of  disease.  As  a 


RANDOM  LEAYE8  FROM  MY  NOTE  BOOK 


BY  THE  WANDERING  JERSEYMAN. 


Washington,  D.  C.,  Feh.  25th,  1873. — The 
mercury  6°  below  zero,  again,  yesterday',  de¬ 
cided  us  in  carrying  into  effect  our  long  med¬ 
itated  resolution  of  going  South  in  search  of 
a  warmer  climate,  ami  to  avoid  the  disagree¬ 
able  changes  of  a  windy  March  ill  Jersey ; 
consequently  this  evening  "finds  us  in  this 
“city*  of  magnificent  distances,”  the  capital 
of  the  nation,  the  politician’s  coveted  para¬ 
dise,  the  grand  head-center  of  investigating 
or  smelling  committees,  who  give  the  public 
the  private  characters  of  oiu-  public  men, 
where  honesty  is  at.  a  discount  and  patriotism 
and  economy  among  the  things  of  the  past. 

Feb.  26th. — This  morning  we  resume  our 
journey  via  the  Orange  &  Alex.  R.  R.  The 
blanket  of  icc  and  snow  that  covers  our  Jer¬ 
sey  home  has  been  gradually  disappearing  as 
we  have  progressed  southward  and  here  has 
entirely  disappeared,  so  that  we  can  form  a 
more  intelligent  opinion  of  the  Boil  and  coun¬ 
try  we  pass  through.  A  run  of  96  miles  brings 
us  to  Gordonsvillc,  the  only  place  of  any*  size 
leaving  Alexandria,  and  through  a 
as  we  have  ever  seen. 


since 

country  about  as  poor 
From  thence  the  country  is  more  hilly  and  as 
we  proceed,  mountanous ;  the  soil,  in  places 
a  bright  red  clay,  but  producing  a  much  bet¬ 
ter  growth  of  vegetation.  This  morning  the 
dwellings  visible  were  chiefly’  log  cabins  of 
the  poorest  quality  and  poor  surroundings. 
Swine  of  all  colors  were  roaming  at  will  in 
quest  of  food,  with  poorsuecess,  judging  from 
their  slab-sided  appearance.  On  reaching 
Lynchburg  we  encountered  a  storm  which 
induced  us  to  change  our  purpose  of  ly'ing 
over  tillmorning,  that  we  might;  seethe  coun¬ 
try  us  we  pass  along  ;  so  taking  another  train 
we  find  ourselves  at  Bristol,  Tenn.,  at  five 
o’clock  this  morning. 

Feb.  27th.— This  town  is  on  the  line  between 
Virginia  and  Tennessee.  The  country'  is  roll¬ 
ing  ;  soil  good.  The  staple  crops  of  tins  sec¬ 
tion  arc  corn  and  wheat ;  fruit  does  well ;  and 
many  an  emigrant  might  go  much  further 
and  fare  worse  than  to  settle  about  here.  In 
strolling  about  the  town,  a  poster  on  the 
street  fence  induced  us  to  hunt  up  an  ama¬ 
teur  farmer  and  fruit  grower  who  proved  to 
be  professor  in  a  school  here  who  devotes  his 
leisure  time  to  cultivating  the  scriL  His  hob¬ 
by  just  now  is  Early  Roses  and  Peerless  po¬ 
tatoes,  having  raised  the  past  season  400  bush¬ 
els  of  the  lat  ter  on  an  acre  of  ground,  and  the 
quality  so  good  as  to  merit  liis  highest  appro¬ 
bation.  He  also  finds  cabbage  a  profitable 
crop  and  finds  a  ready  market  for  all  his  pro¬ 
duce  in  Alabama  and  Georgia. 

Another  amateur  has  experimented  in  a 
small  way  wit  h  strawberries.  Ho  far  Wilson, 
Russell  and  Agriculturist  have  been  all  fairly 
tested.  These  do  well  and  lie  markets  his 
crop  in  this  town  at  12)<j  to  35o.  per  quart, 
the  former  price  the  result  of  competition 
with  the  wild  fruit  brought  in  by  the  freed- 
rnen.  The  winter  has  been  severe  here,  and 
plowing  has  just,  commenced— much  behind 
the  usual  time. 

Resuming  our  journey*  at  five  this  P.  M., 
we  passed  through  a  much  more  attractive- 
country  than  wc  have  yet  seen.  The  declin¬ 
ing  sun  lent  a  cheerful  aspect  to  the  scene. 
Hlieep  were  grazing  on  the  hillside ;  the 
lambs  gambolled  about  in  the  sunshine  as 
though  they*  were  glad  at  the  approach  of 
spring.  The  swine  looked  better  fed  and 
farmers  were  preparing  for  their  spring  crops 
by  speeding  the  plow.  We  gazed  with  inter¬ 
est  on  the  evening  landscape  till  night  drew 
her  sahle  mantle  “  o’er  the  e&rtll  ’ ’  and  closed 
the  scene. 


HIVING  BEES  UNDER  DIFFICULTY 


A  curious  incident,  is  related  in  a  French 
paper  as  having  occurred  in  a  little  village 
tot  far  from  Paris.  Home  bees  were  swarm¬ 
ing  on  an  oak  tree,  and  a  wood-cutter  named 
GuiOT  climbed  the  tree  and  cut  off  the  extrem¬ 
ity  of  the  branch  upon  which  the  swarm 
hung.  Instead  of  falling  to  the  ground,  how¬ 
ever,  the  swarm  dispersed  and  settled  on  the 
head  of  Guiot,  who  was  still  sitting  on  the 
branch,  forty  feet  from  the  ground.  The  by¬ 
standers  believed  that,  tortured  by*  the  stings, 
he  would  fall  to  the  ground.  But,  with  great 
presence  of  mind,  Guiot  remained  perfectly 
still  till  the  swarm  had  formed  two  long 
wreaths  hanging  from  his  temples  ;  then,  half 
bliuded  by*  the  insects,  which  also  covered  Ins 
face  aud  bodyq  Iso  contrived  to  descend  from 
liis  elevated  position,  taking  the  greatest,  cure 
not  to  irritate  this  living  mantle.  When  he 
reached  the  ground  a  hive  was  placed  on  his 
shoulder,  but  three  hours  elapsed  before  the 
bees  would  take  possession  of  their  new  home. 
When  this  happy  change  was  effected  the 
poor  wood-cutter's  wild  delight  testified  to 
the  intensity  of  the  anxiety  and  discomfort 
he  had  endured. 


Honey  for  the  City  Market—  Iu  answer  t.o 
an  inquiry  the  Editor  of  the  Bee  Keeper’s 
Magazine  says : — Extracted  honey  can  be 
sold  in  the  country  for  nearly  the  price  of 
comb  honey,  but  for  the  city  market  comb 
honey*  pays  best,  because  buy’ers  cannot  dis¬ 
tinguish  extracted  from  Cuba  honey,  which 
is  sold  in  every  provision  store  as  “New 
Honey,  ” 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


Damcstty  (Bcouonur. 


TALKS  TO  HOUSEKEEPERS. 


BY  BF.ECII  WOOD. 

In  housekeeping,  more  than  in  any  other 
calling,  systemization  tends  to  render  labor 
effectual,  and  its  routine  smooth  and  easy. 

To  have  a  place  for  everything,  and  every-  ,  ' 
thing  in  its  place  ;  to  have  an  order  for  every-  | 
thing,  and  everything  in  its  order ;  to  have  • 
a  regular  plan  for  the  work  of  each  day,  and 
of  each  hour  of  the  day ;  to  have  a  hill  of  fare 
for  each  meal,  and  a  set  time  for  rising,  work¬ 
ing,  eating  and  resting,  will  save  much  blus¬ 
ter  and  worry,  much  expenditure  of  strength 
and  patience,  which,  in  this  day  of  physical  ( 
weakness  and  inability,  is  a  great  object  to  ' 
be  obtained.  There  may  be  occasional  or  , 
many  incidents  to  break  in  upon  your  regu-  I 
lar  order,  but  do  not  let  every  trivial  circiim-  | 
stance,  as  a  call  from  a  friend  or  a  neighbor,  | 
or  an  inclination  to  do  something  else  than  i 
the  labor  appointed,  change  the  time  or  t  he  ] 
plan  of  your  work. 

Next  to  systematizing  labor  is  its  manage¬ 
ment.  Have  your  work,  and  the  place  there-  i 
for,  arranged  as  conveniently  as  possible ;  I 
have  as  many  labor-saving  machines  as  pos¬ 
sible.  Do  not  be  parsimonious  in  this  matter; 
it  is  better  to  have  your  kitchen  furnished 
well  and  conveniently,  than  to  have  costly 
carpets,  pictures  and  mirrors  in  your  parlor. 
One  is  to  gratify  pride,  to  please  the  eye  and 
to  call  forth  the  praise  of  neighbors  and  visit¬ 
ors  ;  the  other  is  for  the  saving  of  life,  health 
and  strength.  Which  is  the  more  important, 
think  you  !  Never  take  two  strips  when  one 
will  do  as  well ;  never  lifl  fifty  pounds  when 
the  lifting  of  ten  will  do  just  as  well,  and  per¬ 
haps  better  in  the  end  ;  never  do  two  hours’ 
work  to  accomplish  the  labor  of  one  ;  never 
do  your  hardest  work  in  the  latter  part  of 
the  day  ;  do  that  which  requires  the  greatest 
amount  of  mind  and  muscle  in  the  morning, 
when  you  arc,  or  should  be,  fresh  and  vigor 
ous  from  your  previous  night’s  rest,  and  per¬ 
forin  your  lighter  tasks  in  the  afternoon, 
when  you  are  apt  to  begin  to  grow  weary. 

IN  PREPARE  FOR  COMPANY, 

look  more  to  their  comfort  and  entertain¬ 
ment  than  to  your  reputation  as  housekeep¬ 
ers.  If  they  are  true  friends,  or  have  much 
regard  for  you,  they  will  rather  have  plain 
fare,  and  know  that  you  are  enjoying  their 
society,  than  to  fare  sumptuously  and  be  en¬ 
tertained  in  elaborate  style,  and  know  that 
you  are  anxious  and  worried  and  that  their 
presence  is  a  burden  to  you.  if  they  are  of 
that  class  who  visit  you  merely  for  the  sake 
of  criticising  or  commenting  upon  your  house¬ 
hold  arrangements  and  manner  of  living,  or 
for  their  own  personal  gratification,  it  were 
better  that  you  should  give  them  a  short,  cut, 
and  not  entertain  them  at  all.  * 

It  lias  always  seemed  to  i  ne  that  the  social 
relations  of  civilized  people,  and  especially  of 
women,  were  strange  inconsistencies.  A 
woman,  or  a  company  of  women,  about  to 
visit,  a  neighbor  for  an  afternoon  must  send 
word  a  day  or  two  beforehand,  that  there 
maybe  previous  cooking,  baking ahd  fussing, 
or  be  left  alone  in  the  parlor  to  entertain 
themselves  as  best  they  can,  while  the  one 
with  whom  they  intended  to  have  a  social 
chat  is  bustling  about  in  the  kitchen  in  a 
great  heat  and  hurry  to  prepare  06  many  and 
as  rich  and  costly  cakes  and  nicknacks  for 
them  as  they  could  prepare  for  her  ;  not  that 
she  cares  for  such  things  herself — she  would 
much  rather  have  a  little  time  for  rest  and 
sociability  ;  uot  that  she  thinks  her  visit¬ 
ors  have  come  for  the  purpo.se  of  getting 
something  to  eat  (though  there  are  many 
who,  taking  advantage  of  social  customs, 
visit  for  that  very  purpose),  but  because  it  is 
a  foolish,  sinful  practice  among  people,  to  see 
which  can  outdo  the  other  in  such  matters. 
If  word  is  received  by  a  family  that  near  and 
dear  friends  or  relatives  from  a  distance  are 
about  to  visit  them,  instead  of  planning  and 
arranging  their  work  so  as  to  have  time  for 
conversation  and  intellectual  communion  the 
whole  household  is  thrown  into  a  great  worxy 
and  excitement  in  regard  to  the  furnishing 
and  arranging  of  rooms,  and  to  the  quality, 
quantity  and  style  of  edibles  that  shall  be 
put  upon  their  table  ;  and  instead  of  being  in 
a  pleasant,  social  mood  to  receive  their  guests 
when  they  arrive,  perhaps  after  a  tiresome 
journey,  they  are  worn  out  with  their  exer¬ 
tions  to  make  an  outside  show  that,  had  they 
the.  time,  they  have  no  disposition  nor  ability 
for  social  intercourse,  ami  the  visit  that  was 
looked  forward  to  with  many  anticipations 
of  pleasure  and  profit,  proves  to  be  a  sad  dis¬ 
appointment  to  one  party,  and  a  burden  and 
vexation  to  the  other. 

1  do  not  wish  to  be  understood  as  advocat¬ 


ing  slackness  or  indifference  in  regard  to 
these  things  :  so  far  as  is  consistent  with  our 
duties  and  circumstances,  we  should  attend 
to  the  personal  wants  and  comforts  of  our 
guests  ;  but  the  concocting  of  rich  articles  of 
food,  that  were  better  never  to  be  eaten,  to 
the  exclusion  of  pleasant  cheer,  the  scrupu¬ 
lousness  in  regal'd  to  style  in  preparing  and 
furnishing  rooms,  to  the  exclusion  Of  the 
home-feeling,  for  the  sake  of  not  being  out¬ 
done  by  our  neighbors,  is  altogether  wrong, 
and  productive  of  much  evil.  Besides  the  in¬ 
jury  done  our  social  natures,  there  is  too  apt 
to  be,  on  such  occasions,  an  overtaxing  of  the 
strength  of  housekeepers,  wives  and  mothers. 
- ■  - 

THE  HOUSEWIFE. 

This  useful  and  convenient  article  is  repre¬ 
sented,  both  closed  and  open,  in  Fig3.  1  and  2. 
The  outside  may  be  of  velvet  moire,  of  any 
dark  color  ;  or  Panama  canvas  may  be  sub- 


luv/u.  x  uc'j  uuu  mug  ill  uomi,  luuoo 

<  igure  .  from  the  nock,  with  greut,  square 

stitutod,  worked  in  Russian  embroidery  with  1  pockets,  and  simply  trimmed — often  having 
silks  of  various  colors.  The  size  is  11  inches  but  silk  rovers  and  buttons,  or  sometimes  with 
long  and  5  inches  wide.  It  will  be  seen  by  tl  wide  velvet,  or  siLk,  band  up  the  front,  or 
Pig.  1  that  the  end  which  turns  over  is  sloped  slightly  double-breasted.  The  back  is  half 


atlesi  Hint  Dftmraers. 


SPRING  WRAPS. 

Tmc  polonaise  is  still  the  popular  style  of 
garment.  There  are  so  many  reasons  tocom- 
mend  it  to  our  favor  that  it  will  be  difficult 
to  supersede  it,  although  we  hear  much  of 
different  styles  of  wraps.  Of  these  a  species 
of  Dolman  is  a  favorite  fashion.  It  is  made 
of  cashmere,  lined  with  silk,  and  trimmed 
with  yak  lace  and  passementerie,  mixed  with 
jot.  In  place  of  the  sleeves  used  this  winter, 
there  are  scarf  or  mantle  ends  ;  this  style  is 
quite  stately,  is  best  worn  by  tall  persons, 
and  has  altogether  a  more  mature  air  t  han 
the  rather  jaunty  wraps  which  have  pre¬ 
vailed  of  late.  The  original  Dolman  comes  in 
light,  spring  cloths,  embroidered  and  trimmed 
with  fringe  ;  if  made  of  cashmere,  embroid¬ 
ered  or  trimmed  with  yak  inserting  and 
lane.  The  sack  with  cape  is  entirely 
out  of  fashion,  as  it  was  becoming  to 
but  few  figures. 

The  styles  for  the  polonaise  are  va¬ 
ried.  Borne  modistes  insist  that  there 
will  he  a  return  to  the  Princesso  or 
Gabrielle  style  of  tight-fitting  gar¬ 
ments,  and  forms  designed  to  give 
greater  elegance  to  the  figure  are  de¬ 
signed.  Others  claim  that  t  he  loose, 
square,  coat-shaped  polonaise  will  pre¬ 
vail,  and  it  must  be  said  that  the  hand¬ 
somest  garments  are  of  this  descrip¬ 
tion.  They  are  long  in  front,  loose 
from  the  nock,  with  great,  square 
pockets,  and  simply  trimmed — often  having 
but  silk  rovers  anil  buttons,  or  sometimes  with 
a  wide  velvet,  or  silk,  band  up  the  front,  or 


to  a  point,  and  fastened  with  a  loop  over  u 
button,  from  which  hang  two  tassels  of  the 
color  of  the  lining  and  cord.  Fig.  2  shows 
the  arrangement  of  the  inside.  The  lining  is 
of  blue,  or  any  contrasting  satin,  over  an  in¬ 
ner  silk  lining  to  match  ;  is  quilted  at  the 
end,  and  forma  three  pockets,  in  two  of 
which  various  divisions  are  made  for  scissors, 
crochet  needles,  thimbles,  &e.  The  pocket 
that  occupies  the.  whole  width  at  the  eud  is  to 
hold  cases  for  various  numbers  of  cottons  or 
colors  of  silks ;  also  papers  of  needles  and 
cards  of  buttons.  The  pointed  end  would 
be  better  with  leaves  of  flannel  or  merino  for 
loose  needles,  or  otherwise  the  quilted  satin 
will  fray  out.  The  edges  are  finished  with  a 
cord,  or,  if  made  of  canvas,  with  narrow  satin 
ribbon. 

-  “ 

RANK  FLAVOR  IN  MUTTON. 

Allow  me  to  suggest  that  perhaps  it  is 
due  neither  to  the  wool  nor  the  entrails,  but 
possibly  to  the  breed,  management,  and 
more  particularly  to  the  feed  of  the  sheep. 
Mutton,  particularly  in  the  summer  months, 


Fiul  rk  2. 

is  used  extensively  here  as  an  article  of  food, 
and  is  free  from  rank  flavor, though  butch¬ 
ered  in  the  usual  way  ;  and  it  tastes  no  more 
like  that  of  the  East,  than  buffalo  does  like 
Short-horn  beef.  C.  G.  B. 

Cimarron,  New  Mexico. 

- - - 

DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 

Good  Biscuit. — One  quart  of  flour,  one 
tablespoonful  baking  powder,  butter  the  size 
of  a  walnut ;  use  water  ;  don't  mix  stiff ; 
bake  quick. — E.  a.  m. 

Ginger  Cookies.— Om  cup  sugar,  one  of 
molasses,  one.  of  butter,  lard,  or  drippinas, 
one-half  cup  water,  and  one  tablespoon  soda, 
and  one  ginger. 


tight,  with  n  seam  down  the  middle  and  no 
side  seams,  belted  in  with  a  bow,  and  ends  at  * 
the  side  or  back,  and  lightly  draped.  An-  { 
other  style,  made  of  cashmere  or  a  light  vu-  1 
rScty  of  camels’  hair,  designed  especially  for 
summer  wear,  has  ribbon  bows  up  the  front, 
mingled  with  lace.  The  back  is  looped  very 
high  in  the  center,  showing  the  dress-skirt 
elaborately  trimmed  in  the  back  breadth. 
The  sleeves  are  always  coat  shaped,  with  a 
large  square  cuff  and  buttons. 

Wo  have  mentioned  materials  for  polonaise 
of  camels’  hair  and  eaalumere.  A  new  mate¬ 
rial  is  vieligne,  a  pale  gray,  the  natural  color 
of  the  wool ;  It  comes  a  yard  anda-half  wide, 
and  costs  $d.  For  summer  wear  there  is  an 
other  light  material,  very  much  like  Turkish 
toweling,  but  It  Is  very  thin.  The  ground  is 
ecru,  varied  by  stripes  of  solid  colors,  and 
will,  doubtless,  be  very  fashionable  ;  it  is 
called  Etruscan  cloth.  The  plain  ecru,  with¬ 
out  stripes,  stylishly  made  and  trimmed  with 
black  velvet  bows,  will  be  the  most  elegant. 

MATERIALS. 

For  summer  morning  and  promenade  cos¬ 
tumes  batiste  retains  popularity.  There  is 
plain  batiste  at  25  cents  a  yard  ;  striped  with 
white,  black  and  brown,  '35  cents  a  yard, 
while  liner  bal  is  to  is  sold  at  a  dollar.  Em¬ 
broidered  batiste  costumes,  which  are  quite 
expensive,  are  trimmed  with  a  number  of 
small  rutiles,  1  udia  wash  silk  is  very  beauti¬ 
ful  for  summer  wear.  It  is  light  ecru  in 
shade,  will  trim  beautifully  with  color,  or 
black  velvet,  and  is  very  soft  and  beooming. 
Price,  $1  a  yard. 

Different  kinds  of  linon  are  known  as  Tua- 
son  cloth,  with  open  stripes,  55  cents  ;  Havana 
cloth,  75  cents,  and  wash  linen,  45  and  55  cts. 
Prettily  made,  nothing  could  be  more  suit¬ 
able  for  summer  and  traveling  wea  r.  In  cot¬ 
ton  goods  there  is  French  unwashed  cam¬ 
bric,  a  yard  wide,  with  white  ground,  mot¬ 
tled  in  color,  with  deeper  stripes  at  the  edge 
for  trimming  ;  it  is  35  cts.  French  cambrics, 
in  solid  colors,  are  seen,  but  we  do  not  think 
any  but  the  blue  will  be  worn.  Blue  lineu 
cambric  and  percale  suits  will  tie  more  pop¬ 
ular  and  handsomely  trimmed  than  ever. 
Other  wash  materials  are  generally  striped, 
either  in  black  or  in  faint  shades.  Decided 
colors  arc  very  unfashionable  ;  the  faintest 
tints  prevail ;  these  soften  and  refine  the 
complexion,  and  may  bo  so  effectually  min¬ 
gled  as  to  produce  the  most  striking  contrasts. 
These  morning  costumes  should  be  made  with 
a  deep  Spanish  flounce  on  the  under  skirt,  a 
loose-belted  polonaise,  wit  h  a  large  sailor  col¬ 
lar  and  square  pockets.  Plain  whites  will  he 
trimmed  with  embroideries  and  lace ;  piques, 
with  embroideries. 

COSTUMES. 

A  model  for  a  black  silk  costume  had  the 
under  skirt  trimmed  with  two  quillings, 
lined  with  blue  silk  ;  there  was  no  other 
trimming,  and  the  lower  row  was  six  inches 
froip  the  bottom.  The  polonaise  was  faced 
for  four  inches,  on  the  under  side,  with  blue 
silk,  and  so  draped  as  to  reveal  the  silk  up 
one  side,  and  at  intervals  in  other  parts  of 


the  skirt  ;  a  strap,  caught  by  two  buttons, 
marked  the  back  where  the  fullness  is  gath- 
j  ered  in.  The  effect  of  the  costume  was  very 
fine,  but  it  is  impossible  to  describe  it  at 
length. 

DINNER  DRESSES. 

The  corsage  of  dinner  dresses  should  be 
square  or  surplice,  with  a  high-standing  frill 
of  lace.  The  sleeves  should  be  Marie  Antoi¬ 
nette — that  is,  tight  to  the  elbow,  and  fin¬ 
ished  with  a  ruffle  and  lace.  Vests  of  Cluna 
crape  and  Valenciennes,  or  muslin  and  lace, 
are  often  worn  outside.  Jet  pelerines,  which 
are  small,  sleeveless  bodices,  made  entirely 
of  jet  fringe,  arc  very  fashionable  abroad. 
Demi  train  is  all.  that  is  necessary  in  length, 
and  wo  take  occasion  to  remark  that  the 
best  Eurasian  dressmakers  are  making  walk¬ 
ing  costumes  to  clear  the  ground  ;  bo  no  one 
need  be  beguiled  into  thinking  that  the  demi 
trains  on  Broadway  bear  the  sanction  of 
Fashion. 

HATS. 

We  have  nothing  new  to  remark  in  the 
shape  of  bonnets  and  hats,  but  will  say  that 
blue  is  the  color  most  used.  Pale-blue  facing 
the  front  In  bows,  and  blue  feathers,  with 
lace  and  pale  flowers,  ore  the  most  fashion¬ 
able.  A  novelty  is  double-faced  ribbons — one 
side  blue,  the  other  black. 

Among  the  loveliest  flowers  are  sprays  of 
that  old-fashioned  pink  flower,  the  Flowering 
Almond,  which  is  a  most  perfect  representa¬ 
tion,  and  mingles  well  with  th/a  blue. 

SUIT  TOR  BOYS. 

From  a  Berlin  fashion  paper  we  copy  the 
engravings  illustrating  a  suit  for  boys  (front 
and  back  view)  four  to  six  years  of  age,  to  be 
found  on  page  20i>.  It  is  made  of  blue  cloth. 
It  is  recommended  to  cut  the  lining  first  to 
fit  the  child,  and  then  from  the  patterns  thus 
made  cut  the  cloth  for  the  suit.  It  may  be 
trimmed  as  the  fancy  of  the  maker  may  sug¬ 
gest,  the  illustrations  showing  one  mode.  It 
is  a  very  pretty  style,  we  think. 


Industrial  ^ocicftes. 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 

New  Jersey  State  Board  of  Agriculture.— The 
first  regular  meeting  of  this  new  organization 
authorized  bv  the  Legislature  of  the  Stale  of 
New  Jersey, was  held  at  the  State  House,  Tren¬ 
ton,  March  5.  Governor  Pa kkjdk  Is  President  of 
t.li a  Board,  and  Prol'.  Guo.  II,  Cook,  Secretary. 
'Hie  members  of  the  Hoard  arc  ns  follows:  Three 
professors  of  the  State  Agricultural  College, 
chosen  by  the  faculty  ;  three  from  the  Board  of 
Visitors  to  the  State  Agricultural  College  and 
one  member  each  from  and  chosen  by  the  State 
and  County  Agricultural  Societies.  The  Execu¬ 
tive  Committee  of  the  Board  are  selected  by  it. 
and  are  as  follows:  Win.  M.  Force,  llenry  K. 
Howe.  Prof.  Geo,  Atherton  mid  1‘.  T.  Quinn, 
with  the  President  and  Secretary.  Tim  object 
of  i  his  organization  Is  to  collect  from  practical 
sources  Information  relating  to  the  Agriculture 
and  Horticulture  of  the  State  in  all  their  de¬ 
part  meats,  for  publication  ami  distribution  by 
the  State.  The  Board  holds  three  meetings 
during  the  year.  One  lu  June  at  the  State  Ag¬ 
ricultural  Farm  at  Now  Brunswick,  one  in 
September,  on  the  Statu  Fail' Grounds  at  Wav- 
t ,  ly  during  the  Fair,  and  one  in  March  at.  'fron¬ 
ton,  an  a  winter  meeting.  There  arc  uiib-com- 
mlt  ires  consisting  of  men  informed  on  special¬ 
ties,  from  whom  reports  are  annually  expected. 
This  Is  a  hopeful  start,  lor  Now  Jersey  and  indi- 
r:'!os  Mint  her  agriculturists  are  progressive  and 
wlde-nwnko. 

Buck*  Cm,  Penn..  Ag.  Hoc.  Officers  elect  for 
1KW:  Pros.  Mokes  Kasthiiun  of  Bolebury. 
Vice  Pus.  John  Buckfan,  Lower-Makefield. 
lire.  .See.  Henry  Darlington,  Doylosbown. 
Cor.  Sec.  Robert  [Cost burn,  Lowor-Makelield. 
Treoiti  Joalah  11.  Smith,  Newtown.  Maunders, 

.1  Paul  Knight.  Southampton  :  David  Sattor- 
thwaite.  Falls;  Edmund  S.  Atkinson,  Wrights- 
toivn;  Wm.  C.  Blnckfan,  Koleburv  ;  Oliver  H. 
Holcomb,  Newtown  township;  Robert  K.  Tom¬ 
linson  and  Samuel  C.  (/adwnl lader,  Vppcr-Make- 
Uold;  Edward  Taylor,  Lnwer-Mitkolield  ;  Timo- 
Ihv  Pickering  and  Isaac  H.  Hllburii,  Newtown 
Borough.  Oh  as.  <*-  Knight,  and  David  Me  Null’, 
Northampton  ;  Jam.  «  YV.  New  hold  and  llenry 
r\  Parry,  Middletown;  L>.  Wynkoop  Me  Nair, 
Buckingham. 

Western  N.  Y.  Ag.  itferli,  Mid  Driving  I*arU 
Anh’ii.  'I'lds  is  the  name  of  a  new  organization 
recently  effected  at  Rochester,  stock  to  the 
amount  of  over  $100,000  having  been  subscribed. 
The  officers  elect  are:  Pis.idt  nt — Gkokoe  J. 
Whitney.  I’\rst.  Vice-President  -Patrick  Bar¬ 
ry.  Second  do.,  I1..  B.  Parsons.  sei'ieUvry —  John 
K.  G» rn-isee.  Treasurer— Charles  II.  Chapin. 
[toned  of  liinutoth  tiro.  J.  Whitney,  Patrick 
Barry,  P.  M.  Bromley,  John  It.  Oarretsee,  Jarvis 
Lord,  D.  It.  Barton,  M.  F.  Reynolds,  B.  I,.  Shel¬ 
don,  S.  M.  Spencer,  C.  F.  Burrell,  Janies  Vick, 
N.  B,  Ellison,  E.  BIohs  Parsons,  O.  W.  Moore, 
Caleb  H.  Mason. 

St,  I. <mi is  International  Industrial  Ivx posi¬ 
tion.  A  company  has  been  formed  in  St.  Louis 
for  the  purpose  of  a  permanent  (we  suppose  a 
perpetual)  exposition.  Mr.  Thomas  Allen  has 
been  clmsen  President. 

W  abash  t  o.  III.  Vg.  Roc.— Officer  for  1773: 
President  .Ikkkmiait  Fox.  Viev-Pn  trident— Se¬ 
bastian  Heller-  Secretory— D.  McCllntic.  Trcas- 
iw-er— A.  C.  Edgar.  Fair  at  Mt.  Carmel,  Sept. 
30  -Oct,  3. 

Green  t  o.,  Win.,  Ag.  Sue.— Officers  for  1873: 
J’res.  T.  II.  Eaton.  Ffcz-Dre#.— F.  Mitchell. 
See. — W.  W.  Wright, Monroe,  Two*.— W.  Brown. 

I'ntronN  of  Husbandry  lit  Illinois. — It  is  as¬ 
serted  that  nearly  200  Granges  of  this  Order  have 
already  been  organized  in  Illinois. 

Vernon  Co.,  Wt*.,  Ag.  Hoc.— Officers  for  1873 : 
Pres.  —  F-  K.  Van  WAdosiiu.  Sec.— G.  W.  Au- 
S  zum,  Vlroqua, 


PROCRESS?  AND  [IMPROVEMENT 


to  sell,  he  found  no  difficulty  in  selling  nil  that 
he  had  at  good  prices— at  prices  that  paid  him 
for  all  the  extra  trouble  and  care  in  preparing 
and  preserving  them. 

Another  tiling  lie  said  he  had  found  useful  to 
him,  and  he  did  not  understand  why  farmers 
did  not  practice  It  more.  It  was  that  when  lie 
had  a  stock  of  anything  to  soil  he  announced 
the  fact  in  the  local  paper,  just  as  the  grocers 
anil  merchants  do.  Ho  had  found  it  prolitahle 
to  purchase  space  In  the  town  paper  by  the  year 
and  bulletin  his  products  according  to  season 
and  the  stock  on  hand.  Then  ft  was  a  part  of 
his  creed  to  produce  the  best.  Ilia  seed  was 
pitrc  and  rlonn.  His  stock  fat  and  healthy. 
Ills  fruit  for  sale  was  always  perfect.  Tfis  but¬ 
ter  was  gilt-edged.  His  hams  were  sugar-cured, 
smoked  just  enough,  and  families  were  always 
glad  to  pay  him  two  or  three  cents  per  pound 
more  for  them  than  for  those  found  at  the 
grocers. 

He  laid  great  stress  upon  the  advantages  of  a 
home  market  for  his  products.  His  local  repu¬ 
tation  as  a  producer  was  of  direct  value  to  him. 
Ho  labored  to  keep  it  good-  -  first-class.  His 
grain  did  not  go  in  bulk  to  a  grain  buyer  who 
mixed  It  with  Inferior  grades.  II  was  sold  to 
the  local  miller,  who  could  afford  io  pay  him 
more  for  it  than  the  speculator,  hecuuao  he 
knew  there  wasno  screenings  In  II  to  depreciate 
its  value.  Time  he  always  had  ready  resources. 
When  we  asked  if  lie  did  not  And  ft  more  diffi¬ 
cult  to  save  his  money  when  it  came  to  him  In 
dribbles,  he  replied.  No.  Jt  was  no  more  diffi¬ 
cult  for  him  to  save  than  for  the  retail  grocer 
or  merchant.  Ho  deposited  his  money  In  bank, 
and  only  paid  it  out  in  I  he  shape  of  a  cheek 
except  for  personal  expenses.  While  he. sold  at 
retail,  he  lioughf, so  far  as  practicable,  at  whole¬ 
sale.  He  sold  for  cash  or  exchanged  direct  for 
something  he  needed  never  trusted  anv  man. 
He  also  bought  for  cash,  and  always  had  money 
on  hand  with  which  ho  could  buy  lo  advantage. 

Now  this  mode  of  dealing,  we  are  aware,  is 
not  always  practicable;  for  all  farmers  do  not 
live  near  large  towns  nor  in  populous  districts  ; 
lmt  if  the  farmer  adopts  a  mixed  system  of 
husbandry,  lie  may  always  have,  something  to 
sell  that  will  meet  a  local  want.  And  somc- 
i  hing  to  sell  is  what  t  he  farmer  labors  for.  The 
best  mode  of  selling  it  is  an  equally  important 
consideration  ;  and  our  own  experience  and 
observation  proves  that  there  Is  no  more  profit- 
aide  way  than  to  try  to  supply  all  local  demands 
first,  and  then  if  n  distant  market  must  be 
sought  for  any  surplus,  try  to  put  that  surplus 
in  the  least  bulky  shape  possible. 


will  be  constantly  and  correctly  stated  each 
week. 


International  Boot-Mnklng  Match. — An  En¬ 
glish  and  a  French  shoemakers'  organ  have  been 
discussing  the  relative  merit  of  the  workman¬ 
ship  of  French  and  English  shoemakers.  This 
has  resulted  in  a  challenge  for  a  trial  of  skill 
and  ability  betw  een  the  workmen  of  the  two 
countries.  It  is  likely  to  be  accepted,  and  the 
leading  styles  of  boot  and  shoe  making  will  be 
represented  in  t,lio  contest,  it  is  proposed  that 
each  combatant  shall  work  under  inspection, 
and  that  lime  shall  enter  into  consideration  in 
deciding  the  wager.  Why  should  not,  Ameri¬ 
cans  add  to  the  fun?  They  certainly  make  a.; 
gracefully  a  shaped  boot  as  we  ever  saw  come 
from  France  or  England. 


The  New  York  Fanner*'  Flub.— This  celebra¬ 
ted  inst  itution,  which  at  one  time  seemed  to  be 
the  only  source  of  agricultural  knowledge  on 
this  planet,  appears  doomed  to  an  untimely  end. 
For  years  past  it  lias  been  a  mere  agent  in  adver¬ 
tising  unworthy  schemes  and  projects,  until  the 
fact  became  so  patent  and  barefaced  that  nearly 
every  respectable  man  Bhunned  It  as  he  would  a 
serpent ;  and  It  became  rather  an  object  of  sus¬ 
picion  thait  of  merit  when  it  was*  announced 
that  an  art  icle  had  obtained  the  sanction  of  the 
New  York  Farmers'  Club.  Every  man  who  has 
an  article  which  be  knows  la  good  la  not  afraid 
to  risk  money  in  advertising  it;  but  in  this;in- 
stitirt  Ion  the  man  who  would  not  dare  to  Invest 
a  dollar  in  t  his  way  in  an  article,  found  an  open 
field  by  the  reports  of  the  Club  to  make  the 
tiling  known  to  all  the  world.  The  leading 
papers  of  New  York  hare  followed  the  leading 
agriculturists  In  giving  the  “Club"  the  cold 
shoulder.  The  Western  farmer,  in  some  re¬ 
marks,  may- : — “If  It  should  expire  we  expect,  a 
coroner's  jury  would  find  a  verdict  of  death 
from  too  much  ax -grinding,  complicated  with 
other  disorders.''— HxiUuU  Iph in  I ‘rex*. 

At  the  session  of  February  Kith,  of  the  Ameri¬ 
can  Institute  Farmers’  Club  a  letter  was  rc- 
'  (“ved  mr  reported)  from  Texas.  J.  M.  Still, 
Esq.  of  Hopkins  Co., Texas, Inquires.  "  Which  is 
the  best  mower?’'  He  wants  to  buy  one.  The 
Club  thinks  I  lull  it  will  not  be  policy  or  right  to 
recommend  a.  particular  machine,  and  we  honor 
its  judgment.  But  why  depart  from  It  In  tho 
name  session,  and  why  should  its  president,  the 
Hon.  N.  C.  Ei.tr,  lend  his  name  and  prestige 
to  recommend  a  particular  paper?-  IFiwtem. 
Planter. 

Because  ax-grinding  is  not  “played  out*'  In 
the  Club  yet.  Old  habits  are  not  easily  broken. 
The  “  You  tickle  me  and  I  tickle  you"  business 
is  as  prosperous  as  ever,  and  will  continue  as 
long  as  two ’or  three  can  be  gathered  together 
in  the  Club’s  name. 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


Oojidu.otij*g  Elditor  ami  Publisher, 


CHAS.  D.  BRAGDON,  ANDREW  S.  FULLER, 

Associate  Editors. 

HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.  D.,  Cortland  Village,  N.  Y., 

Editor  ok  TUI  Dki’aictmient  or  $h«kp  Husbandry. 

X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M..  Little  Fails,  N.  Y., 

Editor  os  tils  Djm'artmkst  or  Daisy  Hckbandry. 


“  Good  Words”  for  the  Rural — Arc  frequently 
uttered  by  its  friends,  for  which  we  are  under 
obligations.  For  instance,  a  Wisconsin  Post 
Master  writes “ To-day  one  of  my  neighbors 
(a  young  man  a  bout,  to  commence  farming) 
wishing  to  got  an  Agricultural  paper,  came  into 
the  office  and  asked  me  to  designate  the  best. 
Well.  I  considered  a  moment,  and  although 
there  are  many  published,  I  did  not  hesitate  to 
give  the  preference  t.o  the  Rural  N kw-Yokk- 
bu.”  And  then  he  ordered  the  paper  sent,  and 
also  specimens  for  use  in  obtaining  other  sub¬ 
scribers.  That  Is  the  way  to  do  business— to 
help  the  ltCMAL  and  those  needing  its  assist¬ 
ance.  How  many  others  will  do  likewise? 


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Where  the  llorse  Epi/.ootie  ('nine  From.  A 
correspondent  of  the  Turf,  Field  and  Farm  says 
it  originated  among  the  ponies  of  the  Piegan 
Indians,  bast  spring  the  Indian  ponies  in  the 
British  possessions  were  all  sick  with  a  disease 
that  developed  all  t  he  symptoms  which  charac¬ 
terized  the  late  horse  epidemic;  but  at  that 
time  it  was  thought  by  the  white  traders  to  be 
the  distemper.  A  good  many  animals,  for  want 
of  proper  rare,  died.  The  disease  was  afterwards 
reported  to  he  among  the  ponies  of  the  tribes 
further  East,  until  finally  It  broke  out  among 
the  ponies  and  horses  in  Canada. 


Giving  Away  Shade  Tree*,  it  is  a  wise  policy 
1,o  do  what  often  seems  a  generous  act;  and  it 
may  be  done  with  a  generous  and  public  spiril , 
and  yet  in  accordance  with  the  highest  typo  of 
enlightened  self-interest.  For  Instance,  a  cor- 
respondcnl  incidentally  state*  in  a  letter,  that 
Mr.  T.  (J.  Yeomans  of  the  Walworth  Nurseries, 
has  given  shade  trees  to  all  the  villagers  of 
Walworth,  N.  Y.,  mIii*  would  plant  them  by  the 
roadside  in  front  of  thc-ir  respective  lots  ;  and 
this  has  resulted  in  most  beautifully  shaded 
streets.  We  give  this  item  not  only  to  com¬ 
mend  it,  but  as  a  suggestion  for  other  tree 
growers.  Doubt  less  Mr.  Yeomans  hits  found  it 
a  most  profitable  investment,. 


PUBLICATION  OFFICES: 

No.  5  Beet  man  Street,  New  York  City,  and  No.  82 
Buffalo  Street,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


Department  or  Agriculture.— Col.  S.  D.  Har¬ 
ris,  in  Ohio  Farmer,  says;  “There  is  a  good 
deal  of  talk  about  a  successor  for  the  present 
mild  and  middling  gentleman  who  now  encum¬ 
bers  the  Department  of  Agriculture  at  Wash¬ 
ington.  I L  is  well  know  n  that  we  are  no  admir¬ 
er  of  the  Department  ns  it  has  been  managed 
ever  since  it  was  born.  But  If  it  must  be  kept 
up,  wo  think  the  present  statistician,  J.  R, 
Dodge,  will  come  as  near  In  earning  the  $3,000 
salary  of  Commissioner,  as  any  person  who 
could  be  induced  to  take  l  ho  office  at  that  price.” 


SATURDAY,  MARCH  29,  1878, 


A  Misslssippion's  Views.— Mr.  D.  C.  FARMER, 
of  Montgomery  Co.,  Miss.,  who  formerly  took 
the  Rural,  writes  ub  in  t  his  earnest  wise “  I 
received  your  specimen  copy  of  the  Rural.  I 
like  It  much  better  than  the  old  style,  and  it  was 
good  enough  then  for  anybody,  and  In  fact, 
I  can't  do  well  without  it,.  My  cows  and  chick¬ 
ens  and  fruit  trees  all  do  better  when  I  take 
i he  Rural  New-Yorker;  so  now  see  in  here 
and  get  your  $2.50  for  the  paper  and  send  it  to 
me  for  this  year.  I  think  Borne  of  my  neighbors 
will  take  it,  as  they  have  already  found  out  I 
don’t  like  to  lend  it-  for  lie  is  a  poor  ‘scalawftg’ 
that  can't  take  the  Rural  at  its  present  price 
with  all  its  valuable  recipes  and  songs  and  sto¬ 
ries,  etc.” 


A  NEW  QUARTER, 

AND  A  GOOD  TIME  TO  SUBSCRIBE! 


KURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES 


Home  Markets.- -It  is  most  gratifying  to  no¬ 
tice  bow  clearly  the  farmers  of  the  country  arc 
beginning  to  see  that  home  markets  are  of  the 
utmost  importance  to  them— that  it  is  the  way 
to  obtain  relief  from  the  oppression  of  railroad 
monopolies;  for  if  the  farmer  can  sell  to  me¬ 
chanics  and  manufacturers  at  home  all  that  he 
can  produce,  he  will  need  not  need  to  grumble 
at  railway  corporations,  because  he  will  be  in 
iju  wise  dependent,  upon  them. 


Our  European  I. viler,  on  tile  next  page,  will 
interest  l  hose  of  our  readers  who  k  now  Mr.  Ei.l- 
WANCKit  nr  who  may  hereafter  seek  apicasanl 
place  fora  winter's  sojourn  abroad.  The  follow¬ 
ing  paragraph  In  Mr.  ElLWAKGKh'h  letter  was 
accidentally  omitted  by  tho  printer  and  wo  give 
it,  place  here:— “Dr.  J.  Henry  Rennet,  the  cel¬ 
ebrated  English  physician  for  chest  complaints 
is  the  'king'  of  this  place,  being  a  resident  Of 
more  than  twelve  years,  and  having  dune  much 
t<4  make  Mentone  what  it  now  is.  His  practice 
is  a  vers  lucrative  one.  A  little  over  a  mile  to 
the  East  of  the  town  Dr.  Rennet  purchased 
several  acres  Of  the  most,  prominent  rocky  pro¬ 
clivities.  several  hundred  feet  above  tho  level 
of  the  soil,  protected  from  the  northwest  wind. 
Pm  ,  of  this  is  devoted  to  a  IJower  garden,  and 
the  highest  portion  lie  lias,  at  a  great  expense, 
fashioned  into  a  rockery,  several  acres  in  ex¬ 
tent.  The  collection  of  plants  is  in  keeping 
with  the  situation,  including  over  5500  varieties 
of  Oaotii.a  large  collect  ion  of  Aloes,  &c.,&c.,  Ac. 
I  think  it  is  the  grandest,  rockery  in  the  world." 


Agents,  and  all  others  of  our  renders  interested, 
are  advised  that,  a  New  Quarter  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  will  commence  April  h.  Our  friends  whose 
suMBorlpHons  expire  this  week  (ns  do  all  having  No. 
1203  printed  after  name  on  address  label,)  should  re¬ 
new  at  once  In  order  fro  secure  the  uninterrupted 
continuance  Of  their  papers.  And  In  renewing  we 
trust  each  will  Induce  one  or  more  persons  to  sub¬ 
scribe.  New  clubs,  nnd  additions  to  clubs,  (to  begin 
with  the  New  Quarter,  of  at  any  time,)  are  also  now’ 
in  order,  and  wo  hope  to  add  thousands  of  names  to 
our  list  within  a  few  weeks,  Agent*  and  other  friends 
can  do  much  in  that  direction  by  a  little  effort  at  this 
sonsoo.  See  notice  under  handing  of  "The  Rural’s 
Spring  Campaign,”  on  page  130, 


American  Exhibitors  at  Vienna.— It  Is  asserted 
lihut  there  will  bo  655  more  American  Exhibit  ors 
at  the  Vienna  Exposition  that  were  at  that  of 
Paris  in  1807.  The  total  number  of  exhibitors  is 
SiK).  Over  150  firms  contribute  mac  hinery  that 
will  lie  exhibited  in  motion  and  will  occupy  a 
space  of  Id, IKK)  square  feet.  Twenty-live  firms 
engaged  in  the  manufacturing  of  Agricultural 
implements  are  represented  and  will  occupy  a 
apace  of  about  15,000  square  feet. 


Catalogues  Received.  From  F,  K.  PltOKNIX, 
Bloomington,  III.,  Plant  and  Seed  Catalogue, 
Descriptive  Nuraerj  List  of  Fruit,  and  Orna¬ 
mental  Trees  and  Wholesale  Price  Lint. - 

From  W.M.  Newton,  Henrietta,  N.  Y„  Price 

List  of  Farm  and  Vegetable  Seeds. - From 

Nicholas  Cole,  Pella.  Marlon  Co.,  Iowa,  De¬ 
scriptive  Catalogue  of  Choice  and  Select  Vege¬ 
tables,  Field  and  Flower  Seeds. - From  F.  L. 

PBRHvi  Canandaigua,  X.  Y„  Price  hist  of  Nur¬ 
sery  Stock. - From  Whitman  &  Burrell, 

Little  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Catalogue  and  Price  List  of 

Dairy  Apparatus  and  Furnishing  Goods. - 

From  John  Saul,  Washington,  D.  V.,  Descrip¬ 
tive  Plant  Catalogue  for  1873. - From  Gard¬ 

ner  B.  Weeks,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Illustrated  and 
Descriptive  Catalogue  of  Dairy  Apparatus. 


ELECTROS,  WOOD  CUTS,  ETC 


As  wo  have  frequent  orders  from  Publish  era  and 
otiiers  for  Electrotypes,  Wood  Outs,  Ao.,  we  have 
concluded  to  devote  special  nttention  111  future  to 
the  furnishing  of  Illustrations—  particularly  Electros 
of  such  Engravings  us  have  appeared  In  the  Rural 
Nkw-YOROTK.  Of  Min  latter  we  have  several  thou¬ 
sand,  a  large  proportion  of  them  ttr, st-class,  Including 
runny  engraved  from  original  designs  and  as  the 
wood  cuts  are  uninjured  Casts  from  them  will  give 
as  good  impression*  as  new  engravings.  Our  stock 
of  cuts  is  so  large  and  varied  that  we  can  supply 
Electros  on  almost  any  subject  desired,  And  at  prices 
which  will  make  it  an  object  for  those  wishing  Il¬ 
lustrations  for  Newspapers,  Magazines,  Catalogues, 
Show-Bills,  Ac..  Ac.,  to  send  ns  their  orders.  Those 
having  hack  numbers  or  volumes  of  1,ho  III’ RAJ,  can 
select  therefrom— nnd  toothers  we  can  semi  proof* 
or  papers  for  examination.  If  we  do  not  always  hap¬ 
pen  to  have  what  is  wanted,  we  can  probably  procure 
or  engrave  the  satne  without  delay,  a*  we  have  u 
compet  ent  corps  of  nrtfete. 

For  years  past  wo  have  supplied  Electros,  Ac.,  to 
ourfrleuds  of  the  Press,  Nurserymen,  Florists  and 
others,  in  various  parts  of  tho  country,  and  our  stock 
and  facilities  are  now  such  that  we  think  the  estab¬ 
lishment  of  a  Rcnr.AU  or  Illustrations  in  con¬ 
nection  with  the  Rural  New-Yorker  vrift  prove 
advantageous  to  many  parties  Interested,  In  addi¬ 
tion  to  supplying  Electros,  Ac.,  we  ore  prepared  to 
do  Wood  Engraving  promptly  and  In  good  style,  and 
Will  also  attend  to  orders  for  lithographic  work,  steel 
and  copperplate  engraving,  etc.  Address  all  orders, 
inquiries,  etc.,  to  this  Office. 


Prohibiting  Watering  Milk.— The  Michigan 
Legislature  has  passed  a  law  prohibiting  the 
watering  of  milk  ami  providing  for  the  punish¬ 
ment  of  those  who  do.  The  law  imposes  a  fine 
of  from  $10  to  $100,  or  imprisonment  of  ninety 
days  in  default  of  payment,  for  an  offense. 


‘•Read  and  Circulate” — Is  what  many  of  otir 
-mbanriliers  have  done,  with  good  results.  For 
example,  a  Western  Now  York  friend  sent  the 
numbers  of  the  ItURAi.forlfcst  year  to  a  brother 
iu  Nebraska,  and  elicited  this  reply: 

1)kar  ItRoTHKK ; — I  take  tills  opportunity  to 
acknowledge  the  receipt  of  the  numbers  of  the 
Rural  New-  Yorker  for  1872,  and  you  cannot 
well  conceive  the  amount  of  useful  information 
you  have  been  Instrumental  iu  diffusing — as  vre 
have  kindly  loaned^  tho  paper  to  others,  who 
have  been  In  their  turn  delighted,  as  also  bene¬ 
fited,  by  its  perusal.  In  numbers  of  instances 
it  lias  been  remarked,  "  I  shall  take  the  paper 
whun  1  can  do  so  f "  “  it  Is  truly  a  very  valuable 
paper '.  ”  “  I  do  not  know  of  so  valuable  an  agri¬ 
cultural  paper.”  Such  expressions  as  the  fore¬ 
going  have  been  made  in  my  presence.  You 
will  see  that  you  have  been  well  repaid  for  so 
kindly  sending  the  paper  to  us.  I  wish  that 
olliers  would  likewise,  and  send  the  paper 
(after  they  have  perused  it)  to  their  absent 
friends— as  you  have  done  to  us — or,  better  still, 
if  i  hey  would  send  it  as  a  present,  as  our  sister 
so  kindly  done  tons  for  two  years,  when  wc 
Lived' in  Iowa.  4.  t.  m. 


RURAL  BREVITIES 


Analyse*  of  Gypsum.  A  correspondent,  of 
tiie  Country  Gentleman  furnishes  that  paper 
with  the  following  analyses,  showing  the  com¬ 
parative  amount  of  pure  gypsum  contained  in 
the  different,  sorts  In  use  in  this  country.  Can¬ 
not  some  one  send  us  an  analysis  of  that  found 
iu  Michigan  ?  Here  is  the  statement : 

Onrm<t<io<i.  N.  Scot ui .  Cayuga. 

1  »ure  Gypsum .  (11.25  85.36  71.75 

Limestone .  2.20  -  21.65 

i .'urbonute  of  Magnesia. . .  2.65  ....  _ 

Alumina  aud  Oxide  Iron?  ,» 

Etlica.... . . . .)  m  12u  t'*a) 

Water .  2.40 

ioo.oo  loo.on  mon 

li  will  be  seen  that  In  two  thousand  pounds 
of  Onondaga  gypsum  there  are  1,884  pounds  of 
Xiure  gypsum,  while  in  the  same  weight  of  the 
Nova  Scotia  variet  y  t  here  are  only  1,700  pounds, 
and  in  the  same  amount  of  t lie  Cayuga  variety 
only  1,435  pounds  of  the  pure  article. 


A  correspondent  asks :— 1 “  Are  there  any  of 
the  Farmers’ Co-operative  Stores  in  New  York 
State— such  as  were  organized  ten  years  or  more 
ago?"  Ti  o  know  of  none. 

O.  P.  llKATH  is  informed  that  we  do  not  know 
any  such  nursery  firm  as.  he  names,  though  such 
an  one  may  exlM  without  our  knowledge. 

The  subscriber  at  Scotland,  Mass.,  who  asks 
about  our  premium  engraving,  forgot  to  sign 
nis  name  to  hi*  letter. 

Tell  YOUR  Neighbors  that  a  New  Quarter 
of  the  Rural  begins  next  week— a  good  time 
to  subscribe. 

New  cucumbers  wore  on  the  San  Francisco 
market  March  11— selling  at  $2.50  per  dozen. 

Three  Granges  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry 
have  been  established  in  Arkansas. 

Hay  is  selling  at  Rockville,  Conn.,  at  $30(535 


K  New  England  Farmers’  Clnli  is  projected, 
one  object  of  which  is  the  gat  hering  of  crop  re¬ 
ports.  The  plan  proposes  that  tho  Secretary 
will  act  really  as  an  editor  on  agricultural  mat¬ 
ters  ;  he  wilt  receive  reports  or  letters  from 
practical  farmers  all  over  New  England,  and 
condense  or  prepare  their  statement*  for  publi¬ 
cation.  Tills  matter  is  to  be  printed  in  a  weekly 
or  semi-weekly  paper,  and  thus  will  be  distrib¬ 
uted  for  the  use  of  farmers  all  that  relates  to 
their  crops.  Whatever  will  advance  the  inter¬ 
ests  of  agricult  urists  will  be  treated  upon,  and 
by  this  those  devoted  to  the  pursuit  will  become 
a  unit.  It  is  maintained  that  it  will  uot  only  lie 
for  their  interest  but  for  that  of  the  country  at 
large,  inasmuch  as  tho  exact,  condition  of  the 
fields,  orchards,  dairy,  stock  and  general  farms 


SOMETHING  TO  SELL 


English  Farmers  nnd  Farm  Laborers.— We  no¬ 
tice  by  recent  English  papers  that  the  tenant 
farmers  in  many  districts  are  petitioning  land 
owners  for  a  remission  and  reduction  of  rents 
in  consequence  of  the  losses  the  past  season; 
and  that  at  t  he  hiring  fairs  laborers  are  getting 
from  £3  to  .€5  per  year  more  this  year  than  last. 
The  even  is  of  last,  year  therefore  have  not  boon 
'unavailing  so  far  as  the  laborers  are  concerned. 
The  migration  of  many  of  the  strikers  to  Cana¬ 
da,  Australia,  Brazil  and  the  United  .States  has 
helped  to  diminish  competition  and  advance 
wages. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES 


One  of  the  best  and  most  successful  farmers 
we  ever  knew,  once  told  us  that  It  was  a  rule 
with  him  to  always  have  something  to  sell,  no 
matter  what  the  lime  of  year.  Tn  spring  he 
always  had  seed  grain  of  some  sort— samples  of 
wheat,  oats,  barley,  rye,  corn,— or  potatoes, ear- 
rot  seed,  beet  seed,  salt  pork,  hams,  corned 
beef,  or  fat  stock  of  some  sort.  He  had  found 
that  it  paid  to  take  extra  pains  to  have  seed 
grains  or  vegetables  on  hand  in  spring;  for  since 
it  had  become  known  that  he  always  had  those 


S.  B.  PARSONS  &  SONS,  Flushing,  N.  Y 

Rhododendron*  and  other  Trees  and  Plants. 


Ladies. — One-half  the  trouble  in  running  your 
Sewing  Machine  may  be  avoided  by  using  the  Eureka 
Machine  twist.  It  Is  the  best. 


R.  B.  PARSONS  &  CO.’S  Trees  and  Plants. 

Rhododendrons,  Ac.,  at  Flushing,  N.  Y. 


old.  They  are  grown  almost  exclusively  for  the 
sale  of  their  loaves  for  the  ceremonies  and  dec¬ 
orations  of  the  churches  at  Home  on  Palm  Sun¬ 
day.  While  driving  through  the  suburbs,  1 
noticed  In  one  of  the  gardens  a  Weeping  wil¬ 
low,  (Sail v  Babylonica,)  much  more  weeping 
than  the  variety  we  cultivate  in  America.  If  it 
retains  its  habit  ns  soon  hero,  Itwill  prove  a  fine 
acquisition  to  our  weepers. 

Monaco  and  Monte  Carlo. 

The  drive  to  Monaco,  about  five  miles  along 
the  coast  at  the  foot,  of  the  mountains,  is  one 
of  the  most  pictur¬ 
esque  in  Europe. 

Monaco  is  built  on 
an  elevated  pro- 
montory  running 
Into  the  sea.  It  is 

the  smallest  king-  IB 

dom  in  existence; 

the  army  consists  % 

most  beautiful  and  W  "*^1 

tioiis  on  the  Modi-  |jlji  Ijj' 

best  musicians,  1  BpS  :  ji/, 

plays  every  after-  M  HHw 

. . .  o.i'l  / 

the  I"  -<  "i  I  i  ■  r- 1 1  •*  - 

fpialit'.  -irid  I’fio- 
considered.  The  or- 

~ 'y-' 

and  planted  with 
good  Judgment  and  — — 

taste,  and  contain 
a  One  collection  of 
trees  and  plants.  The  extensive  and  beautiful 
terraces  facing  the  sea  are  very  imposing.  The 
great  in  assess  of  A  low  and  clumps  of  ralmx  give 
tbo  place  quite  an  oriental  appearance.  Tiiere 
are  some  splendid  spool  mens  of  Arancnri/t  r,r- 
cefca  here,  and  also  a  few  of  the  11  nest  Stone 
/’hie*  l  ever  saw.  Everything  considered  -the 
beautiful  grounds,  the  plcturcsquo  mountain 
scenery  and  the  lovely  bay  on  the  south,  It  will 
challenge,  for  completeness  of  scenery,  any 
spot  that.  I  have 
seen. 

In  conclusion,  I 

would  say  that  jjvjfJMm? 

Mentone  Is  a  very 
pleasant  town,with 
good  hotels,  tl  n  e 

villas,  stores  and  sPrW 

markets,  where  ev¬ 
ery  luxury  can  be 
obtained.  Of  Pro- 
testa  nt  churches 


ty,  A  poor  simple  peasant  was  this  Alcalde, 
and  so  were  the  four  eouxrjrtle*  or  councilors 
who  accompanied  hint,  yet  he  spoke  fearlessly 
and  well.  Every  Spaniard  is  an  oral  or,  though 
all  are  not  f’astelars  or  Zorilkis.  1  was  near 
enough  to  hear  what  this  worthy  fellow  said, 
lie  welcomed  his  Majesty  in  the  name  of  the 
inhabitants  of  Navalperal.  lie  said  they  were 
nil  poor  agricultural  laborers,  but  loyal.  Ho 
regretted  Mint  the  change  of  ono  day  in  the 
Journey  had  compelled  the  people  from  other 
neighboring  pueblos  to  go  home  without  seeing 

Ills  Majesty,  ( >n  the 
previous  day  they 
had  all  boon  there, 
-A  some  of  them  hav- 

m  ing  come  a  distance 

of  four  leagues. 
|r  Then  I  noticed  a 

tear  in  ids  eye  as 
;  he  observed,  with 

deep  earnestness, 

nor!  It  was  but  a  | 

■Jgj3E5jBrtjgg!K.  handful  of  mlser- 

SjjfljjljgygKgjjgk  able  assassins  who 

tried  to  hurt  you 
and  your  wife  the 
3S^P|||i4  night  before  last  In 

Madrid  ;  but  the 
country  counts  on 

iards 

defend  you  with 
.  their  lives, as  would 

.  ;  ■ "  "  •'  *  i 

■i  l  .1  I  '  >'  1  I. 

:Z  -  '  ing  his  breast,  with 

emotion.  The  King 
'  r  ^^s|l|||{H='  was  evidently  af- 

mttiffiNLLi  7:^r^  fected. 


MARRYING-  A  FARMERESS 


OUR  EUROPEAN  LETTER 


“I  wotri.n  never  marry  a  farmeress,  if  she 
posseased  half  of  t  he  great  western  prairie,  and 
she  was  the  only  eligible  woman  in  existence,” 
said  elegant  John  Randolph  to  his  only  sister, 
Mrs.  liicssin  Oaki.ky,  as  she  returned  front  the 
veranda,  where  she  had  parted  with  her  friend 
and  neighbor,  Mrs.  Riley. 

"  Why,  what  ha*  started  you  oil'  on  such  a  tan¬ 
gent?  Have  yon  lately  been  made  aware  that 
some  of  your  lady  friends  are  making  agricul¬ 
ture  a  study,  that  you  are  down  upon  the  whole 
class?"  said  Mrs.  Oaki.KV,  resuming  her  work, 
which  charmed  to  be  a  child's  apron. 

“  Noneof  my  lady  friends  will  over  study  agri¬ 
culture,  at  least  wit  h  the  idea,  of  following  it  as 
a  pursuit.  1  shall  be  careful  not  to  cultivate 
the  acquaintance  of  those  who  arc  Inclined  to 
such  vulgar  employment.  Thai  woman  I  can't 
call  her  a  lady  that  just  loll  the  parlor  was 
enough  to  disgust  any  one.  She.  was  no  doubt 
a  genuine  fnrmerlno.  Her  whole  conversation 
was  about  potatoes,  onions  mid  cabbages,  crops 
and  stock,  poor  “slle'  and  improved  lands.  I 
don't  believe  she  knows  that  such  men  as  Ten¬ 
nyson,  WmTTtEK  and  Taylor  live.  The  study 
or  her  life  must,  be  the.  market  prices  of  what 
grows  upon  the  farm.  Grammar  certainly  has 
never  been  a.  mania,  h ith  her.  Hut  it  Is  one  of 
the  beauties  of  country  life  to  treat  every  clod¬ 
hopper  as  though  he  were  your  equal." 

“  I  know  Mrs.  Riley  is  not.  a  woman  of  much 
culture,  as  far  as  literature  Is  concerned,  and 
that  she  is  altogether  taken  up  with  the  farm  ; 
but  then  she  is  considered  a  very  worthy  woman 
and  an  estimable  neighbor.  And  I  have  nodoubt 
she  expects  to  be  our  equals  In  wealth  in  a  very 
fow  years." 

"Most  certainly  she  will  aspire  to  the  ‘first 
circles,'  fluttering  with  gaudy  silks  and  heavy 
laden  with  pasty  diamonds,  like  the  thousand 

I  and  one  Mrs.  Bhoddys  who  are  already  trying 
to  crowd  themselves  into  every  reception,  de- 


A  RHENISH 
LEGEND. 


;  Fourteenth  oentu- 

Suit  for  Boys — Front  View— [See  Page  207.]  It  was  renewed 

during  the  great 
famine  of  1564,  in  order  to  afford  support  to  the 
Indigent.  Like  all  old  nasties,  it  has  its  legends. 
One  of  the  most  Interesting  connected  with 
this  old  cathedral,  t  will  relate. 

"The  legend  aaitli,  that  during  the  Ousades 
the  lord  of  l  ho  castle  went  over  to  the  holy 
war,  leaving  behind  him  a. young  wife  to  whom 
he  was  but  recently  wed.  After  a  long  time  he 
returned.  He  arrived  one  very  dark  night,  pre¬ 
cisely  at  nine  o’clock,  on  the  bank  of  t  he  Rhine, 

opposite  his  castle. 
Impatient  to  bc- 
hold  the  wife  front 
EjSgjt,  whom  ho  had  boon 

[Si©.  )\\  so  long  absent,  he 

BSP  T  c  o  u  I  d  not  brook 

||  the  delay  of  the 

d  boat  or  daylight, 

but  plunged  into 
the  rapid  waters, 
o.  attempted  to  swim 

gyF  i  across,  and  was 


the  disconso¬ 
late  wife  had  an  im¬ 
mense  bell  of  silver 
made,  hung  in  the 
great  tower, and  sot 
apart  a  large  sum 
-/  of  money,  the  In- 
,  terest  of  which  was 
to  support  a  person 
|  ,  whose  whole  duty 
should  he  to  ring 
jY  this  bell  every 
, ‘  night  at  nine 
o’clock,  in  com¬ 
memoration  of  the 
sad  event  which 
occurred  precisely 
at  that  hour,  and 
as  it  happened  only 
four  or  five  or  six 
hundred  years  ago, 
we  know  the  time 
to  he  exact.  A  fter 
this  loud  expres¬ 
sion  of  her  grief 
she  reti red  to  a  con¬ 
vent,  for  life,  there¬ 
by  setting  widows 
a  very  exemplary 
example.  In  the 
course  of  time  the 
French  stormed 
the  castle,  and  very 
ungallantly  melted 
this  bell  for  mercenary  purposes.  It  was  re¬ 
placed  by  one  of  baser  rnetal,  which  is  rung  for 
fifteen  minutes,  beginning  at  nine  every  night, 
and  will  be  by  the  conscientious  Shaffhausltes 
until  the  end  of  time.  The  present  bell-ringer 
Is  an  old  man,  who  told  me  he  had  performed 
this  duty  (ringing  the  bell  fifteen  minutes  every 
night)  nineteen  years.” 


AMADEUS  AND 
THE  PEASANT. 


An  English  corre¬ 
spondent  who  ac¬ 
companied  the 
King  of  Spain  on 
his  journey  to  San¬ 
tander,  mentions  a 
touching  Incident 
which  occurred  at 
Navalperal.  The 
town  is  situated  in 
the  midst  of  the 
Interminably  long 
succession  of  tun- 
nets  which  t  h  e 
train  has  to  pass  through  between  the  Escurial 
and  Avila.  Its  whole  population,  numbering 
about  one  hundred  souls,  had  gathered  to  the 
platform,  headed  by  a  “  native”  hand  of  two 
performers,  a  fife  and  a  drum.  The  fife  and 
drum  gallantly  struck  up  the  Royal  March,  and 
continued  until  the  Alcalde  bid  them  cease 
their  din,  as  he  was  going  to  address  his  Majes- 


y pit  for  Boys— Back  View— [See  Page  207] 


SVIOOBE'S  BUBAL  fJEW-¥OBKEB. 


MAB6H  29 


lar.  But  he  was  only  too  glad  now  to  eoe  her 
sun-burned  face,  and  listen  to  bet-  harsh  voice, 
at  she  inquired  for  Mrs.  Oakley. 

Ho  was  sure  now  that  LOTTOS  would  find  an 
excuse  to  leave  the  parlors  for  one  last  visit  to 
the  flummer-housc  and  grounds.  And  he  was 
not  mistaken,  for  present  ly  he  heard  the  patter 
of  feet  upon  the  stairs ;  the  fragrance  of  clover 
hloKMortui  was  in  t  he  air,  lhu‘  alone  would  have 
told  him  of  her  presence,  if  lie  had  been  blind¬ 
folded,  and  had  not  heard  the  rustle  of  her 
silken  robes.  She  had  not  proceeded  many 
steps  ere  John  found  himself  by  her  side. 

“Ah!  Mis*  Lorn t:.  you  will  not  be  so  cruel 
a*  to  deny  me  the  pleasure  of  your  society 
during  the  moments  you  spend  in  the  garden 
and  summer-hon^e."  said  John. 

“  Certainly  not,  if  it  will  tie  of  any  consolation 
to  you,  as  your  tone  would  Indicate.  Hut  I  al¬ 
most  ••'under  how  you  can  forego  the  pleasure 
of  Mrs.  fUPKr'ti  conversation— If  I  mistake  not, 
she  is  an  especial  favorite  of  yours,”  said  Lot¬ 
tie,  with  a  sly  bit  of  humor  beaming  out  over 
her  beaut  iful  face. 

“My  especial  aversion,  you  might  bare  said  ; 
but  1  am  not  anxious  to  learn  the  art  of  agri¬ 
culture  or  /mrQVuffure  from  a  woman,"  and 
there  was  a  certain  haughty  air  in  the  tone  of 
John  Randolph's  voice,  (bat  would  have  been 
far  front  agreeable  to  Mrs.  Rii.ev. 

“I  think  your  sister  esteems* your  especial 
aversion.’  for  her  many  good  qualities  as  friend 
and  neighbor,”  said  Lottik. 

“Oh,  yes.  BESSIE  always  sees  a  worthy  side 
to  every  low-born  specimen  of  humanity,  and 
if  each  one  will  keep  within  his  or  her  own 
sphere,  I  have  n  certain  degree  of  respect  for 
such  an  individual.  Hut  I  never  could  endure 


beautiful,  w  itty,  intelligent  girls,  with  whom  he 
could  carry  on  a  slight  flirtation  and  amuse  him¬ 
self  and  them.  For  in  spite  of  those  “ horrid 
green  goggles"  and  that  “bushy  hair.”  the  girls 
frequently  found  it  a  source  of  enjoyment  to 
converse  with  the  “  refined  farm  hand.” 

But  it  was  but  small  attention  they  received, 
both  declared,  when  Sister  Lottie  came  in  from 
the  garden  or  down  from  her  sanctum.  The 
rest  of  the  day  his  attention  was  given  to  their 
“  Queen  bee.”  There  was  always  sortie  popular 
subject,  for  discussion,  or  some  netv  author  to 
be  reviewed.  Perhaps  RicnHlM,  wl(f  was  an 
excellent  reader,  would  render  a  new  poem,  as 
though  it  were  a  story  of  real  life,  in  clear,  thril¬ 
ling  tones;  or  Lottik  would  repeat  from  mem¬ 
ory  one  of  Long  fellow's  sweet  songs.  The 
early  twilight  was  always  devoted  to  music. 
Swiftly  the  days  hastened  along,  as  on  silvery 
wings,  and  August,  with  burning  heats  and 
sweeping  tempest,  proclaimed  herself  the  royal 
Queen. 

“Mrs.  Oaki.Kv  promises  to  be  with  us  next 
week,”  said  Lottie,  addressing  her  mother  and 
sisters,  as  she  laid  down  a  letter  which  had  been 
handed  her  by  the  postboy  n  few  moments  pre¬ 
vious.  Mr.  Rich  a  tins,  who  chanced  to  be  sit¬ 
ting  near  a  window  on  the  verandah,  gave  a 
little  start  of  surprise,  and  then  resumed  his 
reading. 

“  Oh  !  that  will  be  nice  !”  exclaimed  Jennie; 
“slip  will  be  here  just  in  time  to  have  a  ride  on 
the  last  loads  of  grain  ;  we  always  have  such 
gay  times  when  she  comes.  1  w  ish  that  aristo¬ 
cratic  brother  of  hors  would  come  with  her 
just  for  once;  but  of  course  he  would  be 
shocked  at  such  a  set  of  hoydens  as  we  are, 
I’m  glad  Bessie  isn’t  such  n  simpleton.  He 
will  never  break  any  of  his  bones  falling  from 
a  load  of  grain.” 

That  evening  Lottie  received  an  offer  of  mar¬ 
riage  from  Mr.  Richards,  which  she  gently  but 
very  firmly  declined.  The  following  morning 
Rich  a  ups  took  his  leave. 

Strange  to  say.  J  ennie  had  her  wish ;  for  Mrs. 
Oakley’s  aristocratic  brother  accompanied  her, 
though  quite  unexpectedly;  of  course,  he  re¬ 
ceived  a  friendly  welcome.  Hut  when,  on  the 
following  day  after  the  urrival  of  the  guests, 
Jennie  invited  them  to  a  ride  upon  n  load  of 
grain.  Mr.  Randolph  Complained  of  a  slight 
indisposition,  and  desired  to  be  excused,  as 
climbing  was  not  his  /mis. 

“  Von  will,  most  likely,  find  plenty  of  amuse¬ 
ment  in  the  garden,  examining  the  vegetables. 
Sister  Lotto:  is  u  capital  hand  at  raising  pota¬ 
toes,  cabbages  and  onions;  indeed,  she  received 
the  first  premium  last  fall  at  the  Slate  Fair,  for 
several  specimens  of  those  varieties,  besides 
bearing  off  I  lie  palm  for  pumpkins  and  squashes 
and  getting  her  name  Into  the  papers  as  the 
only  real  ‘thorough-going  farmeress'  in  the 
country,”  said  Jennie,  With  a  sly  bit  of  humor 
in  her  laughing  blue  eyes  ami  musical  voice. 
She  had  learned  (not  from  her  Sister  Lottie. 
but  from  Mrs.  Oaki.kv.)  the  dislike  John  had 
of  lady  farmers,  and  she  held  it  bit  of  girlish 
grudge  against  him. 

The  young  hoyden  soon  disappeared,  followed 
by  Mrs.  Oakley,  who  was  equally  bind  of  a 
harvest  frolic  amid  (he  ripe,  golden  grain  and 
the  dried  elover  buds,  -and  the  more  dignified 
Floy,  wbn  delighted  in  reading  poems  under 
the  wide  spreading  boughs  of  some  old  native 
tree  beside  a  dear,  babbling  brook. 

"Miss  Lottie,  your  sister  has  intimated  that 
you  have  a  superior  garden :  perhaps  you  will 
not  object  to  showing  its  especial  att  ractions,” 
said  John  Randolph,  half  an  hour  later. 

Taking  down  her  sun-lud,  from  a  bracket  in 
the  hull,  while  he  [licked  up  his  guld-headed 
pane,  (w  hich,  by  the  way,  lie  never  allowed  to 
be  beyond  his  reach.)  he  took  his  hat  from  her 
hand,  and  together  t  hey  passed  dow  n  the gravel 
walk,  slopping  for  a  moment,  to  admire  the 
fountain  jot  and  the  dashing  spray,  which  cov¬ 
ered  the  luxuriant  vines  with  a  perpetual  dew. 

In  the  central  part  of  the  ground*  was  a  very 
pretty  rustic  arbor,  put  up  entirely  by  Lottie 
and  her  siate: -t.  The  frame  waa  perfectly  con¬ 
cealed  by  luxurious  morning  glories  and  scar¬ 
let  runner-,  which  were  a  trines  of  blossoms 
I  h rough  all  the  summer  months.  The  inside  of 


grnucc,  but  also  assisting  to  supply  the  town 
market;  for  every  week  after  the  first  day  of 
June  did  Joseph  spend  one  day  of  I  he  week  In 
carrying  produce  to  town.  The  flowers  were 
always  arranged  in  a  manner  to  attract  imme¬ 
diate  attention  and  command,  to  us,  a  charm¬ 
ing  price.  In  the  haying  season  we  took  I  urns, 
two  of  us  going  into  the  field  to  turn  and  rake 
the  liay,  and  thereby  saved  the  expense  of  hir¬ 
ing  more  than  one  assistant.  And  in  this  way 
we  worked  Tor  five  years;  t  hen  we  found  our¬ 
selves  free  from  mortgages  and  also  free  from 
debt.  The  beautiful  rooftree,  with  its  fertile 
aorcs,  was  all  Our  own.  Since  that  time  we 
have  felt  Justified  in  hiring  all  the  Term  work  ; 
but  tiie  garden  and  grounds  surrounding  ‘  Busy 
Bee’  cottage  we  still  cultivate,  performing  most 
of  the  labor  with  our  own  hands.  This  has 
been  my  first  summer  vacation ;  but  when  I  re¬ 
turn,  I  shall  renew  iny  labors  with  increased 
vigor.  Now,  Mr.  Randolph,  you  must  see 
plainly  why  I  cannot  promise  t  o  bo  your  wife. 
You  would  never  cultivate  the  society  of  a 
farmeress ;  and  that  certainly  is  my  profession." 
And  Lottie  Ray  vanished  from  the  summer¬ 
house,  and  two  minutes  later  was  sobbing  in 
her  own  room. 

8he  really  loved  John  Randolph,  notwith¬ 
standing  ills  whims,  for  she  knew  ho  possessed 
many  noble  qualities. 

"  I  love  her  ns  I  shall  never  love  another 
woman — and  she  is  a  farmeress,"  was  all  John 
Randolph  said,  as  he  sat  alone  in  the  arbor 
that,  beautiful  summer  night. 


Miss  Ray,  During  these  weeks  that  it  has  been 
my  pleasure  to  enjoy  the  fa  vor  of  your  society, 
I  have  learned  to  love  you  most  sincerely  and 
devotedly.  May  f  not  hope  tho  attachment  is 
mutual,  ami  1  lint  t  he  day  is  not  far  distant  when 
I  may  claim  you  as  my  own  most  cherished 
wife?”  And  John  Randolph  drew  the  white 
shapely  hand  of  Lottie  Ray  within  his  own 
wit  h  a  gentle  caress. 

There  were  pearly  tears  In  those  beautiful 
brown  eyes  as  slid  made  answer:— “T  will  be 
frank  with  you.  Mr.  Randolph.  1  do  return 
the  attachment  with  which  you  profess  to  re¬ 
gard  me  ;  and  yet  ,  I  cannot  promise  to  be  your 
wife.  It  will  be  better  for  us  If  we  can  forget 
t  lie  hours  that  have  been  so  fraught  with  pleas¬ 
ure  during  this  visit  to  your  sister.” 

“Ami  why  may  you  not  become  my  wife? 
We  have  confessed  that  we  love  each  other 
with  more  than  youthful  passion ;  our  minds 
are  in  harmony  and  our  tastes  congenial,  as  we 
have  learned  loo  well  for  our  future  peace,  if 
we  travel  through  life,  drifting  apart;”  and 
Jons’*  voice  quivered  with  deep  emotion. 

“  1  cannot  give  you  any  reason,  Mr.  Ran¬ 
dolph,  miles*  you  have  patience  to  listen  to  a 
story  that  may  prove  far  from  entertaining." 

John  Randolph  quickly  signified  his  readi¬ 
ness  to  listen  to  anything  that  might  escape  her 
sweet  lips,  as  he  settled  himself  more  comfort¬ 
ably  in  the  rustic  garden  chair,  still  retaining 
the  beautiful  hand  of  Lottie  Ray,  while  she 
commenced  in  low,  musical  tones,  the  story  of 
her  life : 

“  My  father  died  when  I  was  seventeen  years 
of  aue,  leaving  my  mother,  (an  invalid,)  two 
younger  sisters  and  myself  to  mourn  the  loss 
of  his  love,  his  society  and  his  care.  Our  home 
was  a  beautiful  one,  consisting  of  a  well  fur¬ 
nished  house,  well  arranged  grounds  surround¬ 
ing  it,  and  a  small  farm  of  sixty  acres  attached  ; 
but  this  last  was  heavily  mortgaged  at  t  he  time 
of  our  father’s  death ;  there  were  also  some 
outstanding  debts  which  would  sooner  or  later 
demand  payment.  As  I  said,  my  mot  her  was 
an  invalid,  and  therefore  quite  unable  to  attend 
to  any  business.  But  I  was  blessed  with  good 
health  and  strength  enough  for  any  common 
emergency.  T  had  read  ol  a  great  number  of 
heroines,  and  J  determined  to  become  one  also, 
but  in  a  very  different  manner. 

“My  education  was  thorough,  so  fur  as  was 
possible  for  one  with  so  little  experience.  T  bad 
frequently  assisted  my  father  in  keeping  books 
and  overlooking  business  papers,  and  lmd  a 
very  good  understanding  of  Ids  aflalrs  gener¬ 
ally.  With  a  little  advice  from  our  lawyer,! 
was  quite  sure  I  could  use  my  energies  in  a 
way  to  keep  our  borne,  and  spare  my  mother 
and  sisters  the  pang  of  leaving  the  beloved  spot. 

“  It  was  midwinter  when  my  father  was  laid 
to  rest  in  the  old  churchyard,  bo  there  were 
long  dreary  months  to  lay  out  plans.  I  deter¬ 
mined  to  sell  such  things  as  we  could  dispense 
with  out  of  doors  and  in  the  house,  thereby 
diminish  our  Indebtedness  and  lessen  our  anx¬ 
iety.  My  mother  left  everything  to  me,  having 
great  confidence  in  my  capability.  I  dismissed 
the  servants,  with  tho  exception  of  Joseph, 
the  farm  boy,  and  became  the  head  of  the  es¬ 
tablishment  and  maid  of  nil  work,  hiring  my 
sisters  to  assist  me,  believingit  would  be  better 
for  them  to  have  astipulated  remuneration  and 
be  their  own  bankers,  and  much  pleasanter  for 
my  individual  self. 

“When  spring  opened,  ray  plans  were  ail  laid 
and  arrangements  made,  I  had  made  agricul¬ 
ture  and  horticulture  a  study,  theoretically ;  I 
would  practice  what  I  had  learned  and  prove 
its  efficaciousness.  Joseph  was  willing  and 


“Miss  Lottie, there  is  a  man  lathe  neighbor¬ 
hood  desiring  a  situation  as  farm  hand  fur  a 
couple  of  mold hs.  He  says  ho  is  not  capable  of 
earning  full  wages,  but  lie  will  do  the  very  best 
he  can  for  a  small  remuneration,”  said  Farmer 
Joseph,  one  bright  June  morning  at  breakfast. 

“It  seems  to  me  that  a  man,  if  worth  hiring 
at  all,  should  desire  fair  remuneration ;  but  you 
can  judge  best  ils  to  (  lie  help  you  need,” replied 
Lottie,  os  sho  poured  the  second  cup  of  amber 
coffee  for  her  mother. 

“His  hands  certainly  don’t  have  the  appear¬ 
ance  of  having  been  used  to  much  hard  labor; 
and  now  r  think  of  It,  he  request  ed  some  extra 
privileges;  for  instance,  a  private  room,  so  lie 
could  have  tiie  evenings  for  study.  I  guess, 
though,  ho  would  do  tolerably  well  in  the  hay- 
field  after  lie  got  used  to  work.” 

"We  can,  at  least,  give  him  a  fair  trial,  and 
lie  can  have  the  square  room  next  to  your  own 
for  so  short  a  time;”  and  t  he  young  farmeress 
began  gathering  up  the  breakfast  service,  while 
Floy  and  J  ennie  went  aboutthe  various  duties 
assigned  them,  and  Mrs.  Ray,  who  had  quite 
recovered  her  health  since  her  daughters  had 
taken  all  care  ami  anxiety  from  her  mind,  at¬ 
tended  the  dairy.  Lottie  put  the  dining  room 
in  order,  prepared  the  vegetables  for  dinner, 
and  then  adjusting  her  garden  hat  ,  strode  down 
to  the  garden  with  a  small,  glistening  hoe  in  her 
hand. 

Her  ever-watchful  eye  soon  detected  vicious 
weeds  and  overgrown  vines ;  the  woods  were 
soon  dug  out  of  the  ground,  and  the  vinos  were 
neatly  pruned  into  n  more  fruitful  growth.  For 
an  hour  she  labored  hard  amid  luxuriant  vege¬ 
tables,  fragrant  blossoms  and  thrifty  shrubs, 
while  gay  plumagcd  birds  sang  sweeter  songs 
than  e’er  she  had  heard  on  flute  or  guitar,  appar¬ 
ently  for  her  especial  benefit.  After  resting  for 
a  few  minutes  in  the  arbor,  she  retired  to  her 
own  well-appointed  sanctum  to  write  out,  not 
what  she  "knew  about  farming,"  but  some 
sweet  lesson  that  had  come  to  her  while  she 
was  employed  amid  the  beauties  and  gifts  of 
nature. 

“1  think  Joseph’s  assistant,  Mr.  Kictiards, 
might  be  quite  an  acquisition,"  said  Floy  to 
her  sisters  one  afternoon,  as  they  sat  in  the 
little  “oast  parlor"  with  their  sewing,  “if  he 
would  only  take  off  those  horrid  green  goggles 
and  wear  his  hair  and  whiskers  trimmed  in  a 
becoming  manner,  t  think  he  has  been  won¬ 
derfully  smitten  with  Lottie's  face  and  style 
already,  for  lie  has  no  eyes  for  any  one  else  in 
thishoNse.  I  think  sometimes,  be  would  like 

to  be  a  cannibal  just  long  enough  to  eat  her - 

I  wonder  what  is  the  trouble  ?  Joseph  is  com¬ 
ing  to  the  house  from  the  meadows  in  great 
haste." 

“  If  you  please,  Miss  Lottie,  some  one  must 
come  and  help  me  a  bit.  Richards  has  fallen 
from  a  load  of  hay,  and  J  fear  he  has  broken  his 
ankle ;  any  way,  he  is  in  a  dead  faint.” 

Joseph’s  fears  proved  to  be  well  founded; 
for  upon  examination  it  was  found  by  the  vil¬ 
lage  surgeon  that  he  had  fractured  a  bone,  and 
would  be  obliged  to  keep  his  room  for  many  a 
long  day. 

For  weeks  the  “  new  farm  hand"  was  confined 
to  his  room  and  couch.  And  then  came  those 
delicious  days  of  convalescing,  when  ho  was 
able  to  hobble  on  crutches  from  one  room  to 
another,  and  to  be  petted  and  humored  to  his 
heart's  content  by  kind,  thoughtful  friends  like 
the  Rays.  There  were  Floy  and  Jennie,  both 


happiness  of  all  his  future  lire  was  at,  stake,  lie 
said:  — "Miss  Lottik  Ray,  at  two  separate 
times  have  I  told  run  that  I  loved  you  as  I 
never  could  love  another  woman,  and  each  time 
I  have  asked  von  to  be  my  wire. 'ami  y-.u  have 
a*  often  refused  to  grant  me  so  great  a  favor. 
Once  more  1  shall  trouble  you  to  answer  the 
same  question.  But  before  s  on  hasten  to  reply, 
let  on-  inform  you  that  1  have  found  that  a 
farmer, -.ss  need  not  necessarily  be  ignorant  or 
unpolished :  that  her  person  can  be  well  adorned 
by  nicely  arranged  hair,  well  fitting  robes  and 
smooth  delicate  hands;  that  she  may  cultivate 
the  mlml  even  while  tilling  the  soil,  and  be  a 
lover  or  Tennyson,  WmiTltin  and  Soott’B 
poems;  also, ‘he  graceful  enough  to  adorn  the 
White  House  at  Washington.  1  confess  t  am 
ashamed  of  my  former  Ideas  of  a  Farmeress, 
And  now  I  ask  you,  for  t  he  third  time,  will  you 
accept  the  love  J  bestow  and  be  my  own,  iny 
cherished  wiie?”  and  there  was  a 'quiver  of 
pathos  in  t  lie  intonation*  of  John  Randolph ’s 
voice,  for  the  answer  which  tie  would  receive 
was  to  render  him  unspeakably  happy  or  most 
wrote h ed  1  y  miserab I e. 

"If  this  is  the  third  proposal  you  have  made 
me,  pray,  when  was  1  he  second  ?  I  atn  certainly 
quite  in  ignorance  of  any  such  occasion ;’’  and 
the  beautiful  eyes  of  Lottie  Ray  were  wide 
open,  expressive  of  the  surprise  she  feJt  at  John 
Randolph's  assertion. 

"Just  a  week  ago  to-night  J,  John  Richard 
Randolph,  offered  my  sol  f  and  all  my  posses¬ 
sions  to  Miss  Lottie  Ray.  and  was* respect¬ 
fully  deeluied;'  may  I  hope  tor  a  more  favor¬ 
able  answer  this  time.  Miss  Lottie  ?" 

For  all  answer,  two  small  white  hands  were 
placed  in  his,  while  a  look  of  undying  love 
flushed  up  from  those  joyous  yet  tearful  eyes, 
and  the  peach  bloom  grew  deeper  on  t  ho  well 
rounded  cheeks  of  persevering  Lottie  Ray. 
John  Randolph  was  satisfied,  and  clasped  the 
dear  one  to  ins  heart,  while  lie  sealed  tho  be¬ 
trothal  with - 'veil,  as  a)]  lovers  do. 

When  the  Christmas  holidays  came,  there  was 
a  splendid  wedding  at  Widow  Ra  y ’s.  But  when 
tho  happy  pair  settled  in  their  house  in  town, 
Mrs.  Randolph  found  there  was  a  lot  attached, 
that  she  might  still  practice  her  profession  as  a 
horticulturist. 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  WEW-YORKEB 


GIRLS!  PASS  ALONG! 


bless  me !  what  n  rosy  row 
Of  girls  at  me  thotr  glances  throw, 
As  they  gayly  come  and  go, 

The  light,  coquettish  throng ! 
Can’t  the  darlings  hear  me  say, 

“  I  have  had  my  youthful  day ; 

Now,  I  put  such  things  away  ?” 

Girls !  pass  along  ! 


Ah,  my  Zoe pray  desist ! 

Sooth,  I  care  pot  to  be  kissed  ; 
Ask  your  mother  If  1  list 

To  Cupid's  siren  song  ? 
She— but  that- is  c  litre  turns—  l 
Knows  what  l-eve  and  I  can  do ; 
Her  advice  you’d  best  pursue— 
Girls!  pass  along ! 


Laura !  you  would  hardly  guess 
How  your  gran  dam  used  to  press 
Lips  of  mine— well— I  confess— 

Wo  didn't  think  It  wrong ; 

Look !  she’s  coming !  Tempt  me  not 
In  gay  saioon  or  shady  grot; 

A  jealous  eye  the  dame  has  got ; 

Girls!  puss  along! 

IV, 

You  smiling  to  > !  you  naughty  Rose  ! 

I  wonder  now  if  you  suppose 
I’m  not  aware  what  sort  of  beaux 

Around  your  beauty  throng  ? 

I  know  the  husband-hunting  crew. 
And  all  the  pretty  tricks  they  do ; 

I'm  old— but  much  too  young  for  you  ! 
Girls !  puns  along  ! 


Away— away !— you  madcaps !— fly  !— 

Your  roguish  arts  Why  will  you  try 
To  bind  a  graybourd— sueh  as  1— 

Witll  Cupid’s  slender  thong  ? 

Yet,  liko  u  powder  magazine, 

My  heart  from  flying  sparks  I  screen, 

Tho  sparks  that  shoot  from  wanton  o’en  :— 
Girls !  pass  along  ! 

[After  Beranqcr,  by  Saxe. 


SEASONABLE  GARMENTS. 


There  is  a  picture  of  an  efficient  housolteepor  t 
In  the  last  chapter  of  Proverbs  which  it  would  v 
do  us  all  good  to  read  daily.  She  “Was  uot  1 
afraid  of  tho  snow  for  her  household,  for  ail  1 
iter  household  were  clothed  in  soarlet.’’  Good,  * 
seasonable,  tasteful  suits  her  children  had,  no  ■  > 
doubt,  for  summer  as  well  as  fur  winter.  Many  < 
homo  mothers  have  quite  the  oppndte  feeling  1 
as  they  note  the  changing  seasons.  They  sire  I 
“afraid  of  the  snow,’’  and  the  warm  sunshine,  I 
for  the  reason  that  their  poor  ducks  ”  have  noth¬ 
ing  to  wear." 

Jt  is  not  always  poverty  that  stands  in  tho 
way.  Want  of  forethought  is  often  quite  as 
much  to  blame.  There  stands  the  good  sewing 
machine,  with  its  forty  women  power,  ready  to 
turn  out  a  suit  in  a  hurry  if  un  emergency  de¬ 
mands  it,  so  the  work  is  put  off !  Oh,  this  “  put¬ 
ting  off"  dot®  play  the  mischief  with  home  com¬ 
fort.  The  hare  and  tortoise  story  is  matched 
every  day  in  domestic  life  in  some  homes.  It 
Isn't  the  fault,  of  t  he  blessed  sewing  machine 
at  all,  that  women  procrastinate  so  about  their 
sewing.  It  should  H  i,  bear  a  feather's  weight 
of  the  blame. 

Hut  how  comfortable  those  children  are  whose 
mot hera  pursue  the  opposite  plan  like  ibis  ex¬ 
cellent  woman  of  Solomon's  !  “  1  always  dw  ■  e 
up  a  groat  many  garments  in  win! or  that  are  to 
be  worn  in  summer,''  said  the  mother  of  a  large 
family  to  me.  ft.  might  look  incongruous  to  be 
making  up  lawn  dresses  when  the  snow  was  on 
the  ground;  but  It  was  a  great  satisfaction  when 
the  warm  weather  came,  to  see  a  nice  row  of 
seasonable  dresses  hanging  up  in  the  close!, 
ready  for  use.  The  girls  were  not  obliged  to 
stay  at  home  from  the  May  party  because  they 
had  no  spring  dress  fit  to  wear. 

Tt.  takes  no  longer  t  o  make  a  dress  at  one  time 
than  at  another,  and  cert  ainly  it,  is  moro  com¬ 
fortable  to  make  one  up  wlien  not  working 
under  the  lash  of  necessity.  Have  oho  good 
suit  at  least  ready  for  tho  changing  seasons,  for 
all  members  of  the  family.  If  you  design  to 
practice  economy,  as  most  of  us  working-day 
folks  do,  learn  to  make  a  respectable  hat  for 
your  little  girl  and  a  bonnet  for  yourself  out  of 
materials  you  have  op  hand.  Do  this  early,  so 
that  you  may  not  bo  obliged  to  wear  your  hot 
velvet  or  felt  away  Into  warm  weather,  or  to 
keep  on  your  light  straw  and  taee  long  after 
every  one  else  has  changed  for  the  season. 
Most  women  can  make  a  second-best  hat  that 
will  serve  for  but  a  month  or  two  while  It  is 
new,  and  there  is  a  great  deal  of  comfort,  t  o*  hr 
got  from  such  an  arrangement.  Look  over  tho 
old  coat,  too,  which  was  cast  off  as  t(>”  shabby 
to  wear  again.  Ripping  apart,  sponging,  turn¬ 
ing,  if  it  can  be  done,  cutting  over  by  a  nice 
pattern,  and  most  important  of  all,  new  trim¬ 
ming  of  some  neat,  tasteful  sort,  can  work 
wonders  on  those  old  garments.  I  have  seen 
beautiful  spring  sacks  made  from  father's  old 
coat,  and  a  neat  little  girl's  jacket  out  of  a  pair 
of  old  pantaloons.  But  whatever  your  plans 
and  works,  strive  to  be  before-handed  with 

them.  "  J*  E*  M’E* 

- *-♦-*- - - 

Miss  Woodhead  is  acting  as  a  tutor  in  math¬ 
ematics  in  an  English  College. 


“NICER  THAN  WISE.” 

When  visiting  at  Aunt  Fanny's,  a  few  days 
ago,  this  thought  came  to  my  mind “  She  is 
nicer  than  wise."  And  this  was  what  made  me 
think  Aunt  Fanny  “  nicer  than  wiso  ” She  had 
a  lady  visitor  from  the  city.  (Aunt  liv  ed  in  iho 
country,  and  was  counted  the  beat  housekeeper 
in  tho  neighborhood.)  This  friend  from  tho 
city  was  also  a  number-ono  housekeeper,  so 
Aunt  did  her  prettiest  that  day  and  got  up  a 
dinner  “  fit  to  set  before  the  king,"  and  l  am 
sure  we  all  did  justice  to  hergood  dinner,  if  not 
to  ourselves.  Aunt  bns  a  large  family,  and 
some  had  to  wait  until  the  second  table.  Of 
course  the  children  know  who  had  fk>  wall. 
After  the  big  folks  bad  eaten  dinner,  while  it 
was  smoking  hot,  and  sat  and  talked  Half  an 
hour,  then  came  tins  little  folks  to  get  what,  was 
left,  and  cold.  But.  they  soon  had  their  dinner 
eaten,  for  Biumts  was  hurrying  them  up  so  she 
could  wash  tho  dishes.  Emma  and  Aoa,  Ihe 
girls,  sat  down  to  oat,  and  Willie,  who  had 
been  helping  his  pa  fun  wheat  all  the  morning, 
came  bouncing  into  the  dining-room  for  his 
share.  Aunt  came  in. lust  then.  She  said  s— “  No, 
Willie,  don’t  you  sit  down  there  and  rub  that 
dirty  coat  sleeve  nil  over  my  clean  table  cloth  ; 
take  your  plate  in  the  kitchen  at  that  table. 
Biiidie  give  him  some  victuals.” 

Now,  I  think  that  was  too  bad-  Willie 
should  have  had  his  dinner  from  tho  clean 
table-cloth  as  well  as  the  girls;  but  l  am  afraid 
Aunt  thought  more  oT  her  clean  table-cloth 
than  Willie'S  feelings  when  she  sent,  him 
away.  She  was  a  little  “  nicer  than  wise  ”  that 
time.  What  If  he  did  soil  tbc  snowy  White 
table-cloth  ?  What  are  they  made  for,  if  not  to 
eat  off  of?  We  can  make  them  white  again, 
when  soap  and  water  are  plenty,  fm*  the  com¬ 
fort  of  the  boys.  Fes,  let  them  get  the  good  of 
them  as  well  as  the  girls.  I  do  believe  some 
mothers  think  their  boys  arc  hard-hearted,  and 
that  it  don’t  make  any  difference  what  you  say 
to  them;  they  don’t  mind  it;  but  if  they  don  t 
seem  to  at  tho  time,  little  by  little  it.  makes  a 
difference  with  them,  oven  if  you  don't  see  it.  1 
have  been  in  families  where  tho  mother  was 
constantly  reproving  her  son  Tor  something. 
For  my  part,  l  could  not.  see  any  thing  to  re¬ 
prove  him  for. 

Dear  mother,  don’t  keep  your  house  so  over- 
nice  your  son  cannot,  be  at  ease  the  little  time 
ho  is  in  it,  but  rejoice  to  boo  the  sunny  days 
eome  when  he  can  tic  out  doors,  out  of  mother's 
way,  and  won’t,  muddy  tho  clean  tloor.  What  if 
he  did  got  t  he  tloor  a  little  muddy,  better  let  him 
do  It,  If  that  will  make  him  love  the  dear  old 
home  any  more.  I1  or,  mothers,  you  can  t  do  too 
.  much  to  make  your  boys  happy  at  home.  It  it. 
does  cost  something  now,  you  will  bo  more 
than  paid  by-and-by.  when  they  are  older,  and 
homo  attractions  keep  them  out  of  bad  com¬ 
pany.  Don’t  bo  “  nicer  than  wise,"  dear  mother. 


landing  for  tty  |otrag. 


TIT  FOR  TAT. 

I  met  a  maid  on  yon  liill-stdc, 

And  she  was  fair  to  see— 

“  Give  me  a  kiss,  fair  maid,”  l  cried : 

“  Give  me  a  gift,”  said  she. 

“  A  gift  within  a  purse  I  have, 

Tho  purse  is  in  a  pack ; 

The  purse  in  keeping  lletli  safe, 

On  tny  good  charger’s  back. 

“  And  my  good  charger  come th  not, 

While  on  llio  blit  I  roam  ; 

He  lleth  In  bis  stall,  I  wot— 

My  charger  Is  at-  home.” 

«  And  yet.  tbou’dsl  have  a  kiss,  good  sir  : 

My  Ups  would  give  It  thee 
But  they  are  locked  full  fast,  good  sir— 

My  mother  has  the  key ; 

“  And  my  good  mother  Is  uot  bore, 

White  on  tho  hill  I  roam  ; 

Just  as  your  trusty  steed,  good  sir, 

My  mother  is  at  home." 

[Gordon  Campbell. 

■ - - 

MAMMA’S  BIRTH  DAY. 

BY  M.  D.  BIUNE. 

“To-morrow  is  mamma’s  birth-day,"  .whis¬ 
pered  papa  to  little  Mamie  and  Milly,  as  they 
climbed  on  his  knee.  “  What  shall  we  give  her?” 


FRENCH  WOMEN.  1 

-  e 

Mr.  Conway,  in  one  of  Ins  letters,  says;— I 
know  not  how  it  Is,  but  there  scorns  to  bo  rarely  i 
a  medium  with  French  women  between  t ho  f 
flirt  and  the  saint.  If  tho  average  French  lady  | 
of  tho  upper  class  is  not  a  Sister  of  Charily,  t 
probably  she  is  one  of  the  large  class  which,  , 
without  departing  perhaps  from  the  technical  f 
innocence,  which  is  all  society  cares  for,  has  , 
given  an  evil  sense  to  the  phrase,  women  of  , 
the  world."  Morally,  the  French  people  seem  | 
to  me  quite  different  from  all  other  people. 
They  arc  essentially  irreligious,  (if  plet.y  the  i 
women  have  a  great  deal ;  but  such  a  tiling  as  i 
we  should  call  in  America  nr  Engla  nd  an  “  evan¬ 
gelical”  French  man  or  French  woman,  would 
be  to  me  as  Inconceivable  as  a  black  rose,  t 
have  just  heard  that  this  season  there  have  been 
n«  fewer  Hum  ninety-live  thousand  pilgrims  to 
the  sacred  healing  fountain  at  Lourdes,  said  to 
have  been  called  out  of  the  rock  bynn  apparl- 
Mou  of  the  Virgin  Mary.  Of  all  these  pilgrims, 
probably  ten  per  cent,  have  a  tilt  of  Fenelon,  or 
asoupcon  of  Madame  Onion,  in  thorn ;  but  the 
great  mass  of  them  make  their  pilgrimage  a 
frolic.  F.vory  ovcnlng  they  pass  singing  amor¬ 
ous  songs,  playing  ccmto  and  drinking  wine. 
Any  element  which  could,  under  the  most  fa¬ 
vorable  eircnmscancos,  bo  evolved  into  a  grave, 
Puritan  moralistti,  is  utterly  lacking  in  them. 
French  morality  oonsists  of  a  quick  sense  of 
personal  honor,  and  a  line  sense  of  thealaims  of 
other  people.  It  seems  to  go  no  farther,  as  an 
ethical  principle.  This  makes  them  hardly  lit 
to  lie  deacons  or  deaconesses;  but  it  has  much 
to  do  with  making  them  the  most  delightful, 
kindly  and  witty  people  in  the  world. 

- - - 

WOMAN  THE  GUIDE. 

I  agree  perfectly  with  Mrs.  F.  T.  Rushmore. 
Her  reply  to  t  he  cos  ay  on  man,  of  Miss  Kelsey’s, 
is,  without,  exception,  faultless.  Many  wives 
and  mot  hoi’s  are  to  blame  for  the  weary,  tired  | 
home-life  they  are  leading.  And  t  advise  them 
to  place  the  article  which  Mrs.  Rushmore  has 
kindly  sent  to  the  Rfral  Just  where  they  can 
see  it  daily.  It  speaks  truth.  Try  the  advice 
therein  given  you,  wives  and  mothers;  and  to 
those  about  to  enter  wedded  bliss,  I  would  say, 
learn  every  word  of  the-airtiele  by  heart. 

A  Wife  and  Mother. 

- -*■+-+- - 

The  question  whether  women  have  a  right  to 
vote  under  the  fourteenth  and  fifteenth  amend¬ 
ments  is  new  pending  In  the  Supreme  Courts  of 
five  States. 


Mamma,  looking  up  from  her  work,  replied, 
with  a  grave  face  “  I  would  rather  have  two 
little  girls  good  all  day  long  than  the  finest  pres¬ 
ent  in  the  world  !  ” 

i’apa looked  surprised,  and  MAMIE  and  Milly 
hung  their  heads ;  for  then  knew  of  two  little 
girls  who  had  quarreled  with  each  other,  and 
had  been  very  selfish  towards  each  other,  sev¬ 
eral  times  that  day.  However,  mamma  said 
nothing  more,  and  papa  kissed  hia  little  girls 
and  said  he  know  they  were  sorry,  till  at.  last 
they  went  softly  and  kissed  mamma,  and  she 
smiled  upon  them  once  more.  Bod-time  for 
little  folks  cainc  very  soon,  and  at  length 
Mamie  and  Milly  were  softly  tucked  in  their 
trundle  bed  and  left  to  themselves.  There  was 
a  great  deal  of  whispering  between  the  two  for 
some  time,  but  pretty  soon  they  went  fast 
asleep,  and  mamma,  and  papa  found  them  lying 
with  arms  round  each  other,  when  they  also  re¬ 
tired.  Next  morning,  bright  and  early,  the 
children  awoke,  and  Milly  wan  tad  to  get  up; 
but  Mamie  was  more  Inclined  to  another  nap. 
t?o  Milly  fretted,  because  sho  didn’t  want  to 
get  up  alone,  and  Mam ik  began  a  cross  answer, 
when  alt  of  a  sudden  she  Bald : 

“There,  Milly,  we  forgot!  Don't  you 

know - ”  And  lo!  the  frowns  disappeared 

and  smiles  came  instead,  as  with  one  accord 
both  little  girls  sprang  to  the  floor. 

“  There,  I’m  glad  1  didn't  take  another  nap," 
said  Mamie,  and  then  she  sat  down  to  put  on 


said,  and  Mamie  agreed,  provided  Milly  would 
allow  her  to  return  the  service. 

Now,  this  was  a  very  unusual  thing  on  the 
part  of  these  little  sisters.  1  am  sorry  to  say, 
that.,  although  they  were  five  years  old  and 
know  better,  yet  hardly  a  morning  passed  but 
what  they  got  angry  with  each  other  for  some 
trifling  matter  or  pell  v  jealousy,  which  grieved 
their  mother  very  much.  Something  had  hap¬ 
pened  to  the  children  this  morning,  mamma 
feared,  as  she  heard  no  sound  of  cross  voices 
from  the  little  room  adjoining  hern.  Ho  she 
peeped  through  the  key-hole,  and  there  they 
were,  like  little  whito  mice,  so  still  and  quiet. 
Milly  was  gravely  putting  on  Mamie's  stock¬ 
ings,  and  not  a.  cross  look  on  either  face  ! 

“  Dear  inel"  whispered  mamma  to  papa,  “do 
look  at  the  children  !  " 

Ho  pretty  soon  the  little  ones  entered  mam¬ 
ma’s  room  dressed  as  well  as  they  could  manage 
alone,  and  gave  her  a  birth-day  kiss.  It  would 
take  too  long  to  tell  all  the  kind  things  theso 
Children  did  for  each  other  that  day.  Mamma 
waft  surprised  to  find  that  she  had  no  occasion 
to  reprove  t  hem.  All  I  ho  day  they  played  hap¬ 
pily  together,  or  If  one  forgot  and  began  a  cross 
word,  tho  other  would  say  the  mysterious 
words “  Don’t  forget  1"  and  behold!  tho 
clouds  would  go  away  and  the  sunshine  come 
again. 

When  papa  came  home  and  Mamie  and  Milly 
climbed  into  bis  lap,  lie  asked  lias  mamma 
had  a  birth-day  present  yet  ?  " 

Mamma  looked  up,  laughing,  as  she  said “I 
guess  ho,  pupa,  for  there  have  been  two  little 
sunbeams  lu  tho  house  all  day  long,  and  1 
couldn't  have  received  a  brighter  gift!" 

O!  how  glad  the  II llio  sisters  were  as  papa 
foldod  them  in  his  arms  and  kissed  hia  little 
“sunbeams.”  Ho  drew  a  picture  of  tho  chil¬ 
dren,  one  day,  just  as  they  looked  that  morning 
pelting  on  each  other's  stockings,  and  now  all 
the  little  readers  of  the  Mitral  New-V  orkeu 
may  see  it. 

®ht  fuller. 

GEOGRAPHICAL  PUZZLE.  No.  2. 

I  AM  composed  of  554  letters  : 

My  4,  5, 2, 11,21, 10,  18  is  tho  lurgestcity  of  Illinois 
My  20,  21,  11,  «  is  a  cape  on  the  east  coast  of 
North  America. 

My  W, SI,  2, 14  is  a  branch  of  tho  Mississippi  river, 
My  1,  21,  7,  3, 21  isari  island  In  the  Mediterranean. 
My  12,21, 8,  US,  1Y  is  a  town  in  Germany,  noted 
for  salt  works. 

My  S3,  21,  8, 13, 10  is  a  cape  on  ttie  Spanish  coast. 
My  Si,  18,  4, 2,  17,  3,  21  is  a  group  of  islands  in  the 
Pacific. 

My  whole  is  t  he  title  of  a  school  book. 

I  pr  Answer  in  two  weeks.  8.  f. 


ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.-No.  9. 


lie  J5t?  -tit 


her  stockings.  Then  she  said,  “  b  e  were  to 
“Oh,  yes!”  interrupted  Milly,  “so  we 
were !  ”  And  she  sat  down  beside  her  sister. 

“  Let  me  put  your  stockings  on  for  you,”  she 


Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - • 

PUZZLE.  No,  6, 

I  am  eleven  letters  — a  bird,  an  agricultural 
implement  and  a  military  man.  My  first  and 
second  is  an  abbreviation  of  a  title  which  dis¬ 
tinguishes  physicians  from  other  people.  If  to 
my  first  three  were  ndded  my  eighth,  they 
would  indicate  a  vile  woman,  or  a  wooden  box, 
or  something  solid,  or  a  piece,  of  cloth,  or  a 
color;  but  if  to  my  first  throe  were  added  my 
last,  it  would  indicate  something  fearful.  My 
3d,  4th  ami  nth  signify  something  pus  to  r  gone. 
If  to  my  4th,  nth  and  0th  you  add  my  last,  you 
will  have  something  good;  tint  W  instead  of 
adding  my  last  you  add  my  2d  and  5th  and 
nth,  you  have  a  Hindoo  confessor.  My  four 
first,  combined,  arc  the  names  of  two  entirely 
dissimilar  agricultural  implements,  of  a  net,  a 
carriage,  a  part- of  a  flask,  a  tool  in  masonry,  a 
motion.  I  f  to  tny  first  four  you  add  my  5th  and 
7th,  you  have  a  fabulous  animal,  a  violent  per¬ 
son,  a.  constellation,  a  luminous  exhalation,  a 
firearm  and  a  reptile.  My  first  seven  mean  en- 
i  -.lavement,  persecuting  u  sold ier.  a  pigeon  ;  and 
yet  while  my  first  seven  mean  a  pigeon,  1  am 
still  another  bird ;  and  while  I  am  only  eleven 
letter-  f  am  twenty;  and  the  last  four  of  the 
eleven  is  also  a  bird  ;  thus  I  am  t  liree  distinct 
birds.  Now-,  can  you  guess  who  and  what  1  am  7 
ami  why.  if  I  am  only  eleven  letters,  I  ain 
twenty?  UNCLE  Charles. 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - - - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.— Maroh  15. 

Problem  No.  6. — 101.3125  +  cubic  feet. 

Cross-Word  Enigma  No.  e— A  girl. 


MOORE’S  RURAL  WE W -  YORKER, 


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It  is  Pleasant  and  Profitable 

TO  FORM  CLUBS  FOB 

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Hoys,)  and  many  others,  ran  make  it  pay  lo 
cunvass  their  towns  or  neighborhoods. 

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served ly,  therefore,  Mr.  Colfax  the  benefit,  of 
the  doubts  which  his  speech  has  awakened  in 
our  mind  relative  to  his  involvement  in  Credit 
I  Mobiiier. 

The  Ex-King  of  Spain,  Don  Amadeo, 

Seems  to  have  had  a  jolly  good  time  at  Lisbon 
after  his  abdicat  ion  of  the  Spanish  throne.  He 
seems  to  have  lost  all  reverence  for  Spanish 
royalty,  and  lias  pocketed  evidences  enough  of 
the  criminal  corruption  of  Spanisli  sovereigns 
and  public  nn  n  and  women  to  enable  him  to 
blackmail  tb<m  at  will  and  lo  any  extent,.  He 
has  spent  more  money  than  he  lias  gained  dur¬ 
ing  ins  two  years  of  kingship,  and  talks  of  his 
reign  as  of  a  dismal  masquerade.  He  did  not 
feel  that  his  life  was  sale,  and  both  himself  and 
i  he  Queen  never  went  abroad  without  kissing 
their  children  as  If  for  t  he  lost  time.  His  wife, 
ex-Queen  Maria  Victoria,  Is  less  reconciled  to 
the  abdication.  Since  a  child,  she  lias  been 
ambitious  t  o  be  Queen,  and  now  experiences 
•he  mortification  of  what  she  considers  their 
ridiculous  situation.  She  was  Milling  to  con¬ 
tinue  to  risk  life  and  fortune  to  retain  the  Span¬ 
ish  crown,  but  Amadeus  was  more  sensible  and 
matter-of-fact,  and  preferred  an  assured  life 
and  an  imdimitiished  fortune  to  the  hollow 
pageants  of  royall  y. 

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MISCELLANEOUS  PARAGRAPHS. 


making  preparations  to  plant  a  large  cotton 
crop  and  a  small  corn  crop.  Money  scarce  at  ] 1 . 


job  ,  France  will  make  her  (innl  payment  to 
Germany  on  the  nth  of  September,  when  all 


<Sfi  per  cent,  per  month,  and  I  do  not  know  a  TYench  territory  will  be  evacuated ....  Father 


farmer  that  is  not  paying  this  heavy'  rate  of  in¬ 
terest.— o.  P.  H. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS. 

New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

Postmaster  Jones  has  resigned  and  Thos. 
L.  James  will  succeed  him . Some  25,000  men 


Hyacinthe  is  preaching  with  success  fnGoneva. 
..  Portugal  will  demand  satisfaction  of  Brazil 
for  an  outrnge  ...The  Irish  demonstration  in 
I  London  for  homo  rule  was  large  and  peaceful. 
.  Some  (  arlist  .  have  been  il fronted  m  Spain. 
...  .  Mr.  Gladstone  will  form  n  new  Government . 
....There  has  been  a  serious  riot  at  Wolver¬ 
hampton  between  Irish  and  English.  . ,  I’.  Sal- 
moron  i:  the  new  President,  of  the  Spanish  Na¬ 
tional  Assembly —  Minister  Orr  has  arrived  in 

Russia . The  practicability  of  a  ship  canal 

through  Nicaragua  has  been  decided.  .The 
Canadian  Parliament  has  opened  with  great, 
pomp,  and  Mr.  Dodge,  M.  P.,  late  of  New  York 
city,  has  made  a  speech  denouncing  the  United 
States — On  the  20th,  Mr.  Gladstone  made  a 
speech,  resuming  the  Government  There  is 
trouble  between  France  and  Spain,  crowing  out 
of  Carlier  atrocities  —  One  hundred  of  the  riot¬ 
ers  in  Wolverhampton,  England,  have  been  ar- 
restc  i ;  much  alarm  continues  .  .The  English 
House  ha*  had  another  discussion  on  the  Ge¬ 
neva  Arbitration  All  decrees  against  foreign 
religion*  in  Japan  have  t  een  abolished  .  A 
Mohammedan  invasion  of  the  North  of  China 

is  feared . Japan  M  ill  make  a  claim  upon  China 

for  occupying  the  island  of  Formosa.  ,AUni- 
vcrsnl  Exfiibition  Is  to  be  held  at,  Yeddo. 


How  to  Remit  Saidy.— Remittances  for  single 
or  club  subscriptions  to  the  Rural  may  be  made  by 
Draft,  Post-Office  Money  Order  or  Registered  Letter, 
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where  obtainable,— but  you  risk  nothing  In  sending  by 
either  of  the  modes  above  mentioned  provided  tile 
remittance  is  properly  Inclosed  and  mnlled. 


Ityics  4  the  (Steels. 


CURRENT  TOPICS. 

Schuyler  Colfax. 

We  were  slow  to  believe  that  Schuyler  Col¬ 
fax,  A  Ice-Prcsidcnt  of  the  I '  n  i  tod  States,  could 
be  the  venal  and  untruthful  man  that  the  devel- 
opernent*  In  the  investigations  of  Credit  Mold- 
her  seemed  to  indicate,  Bur  as  the  evidence 
accumulated,  and  was  telegraphed  over  tin* 
country,  we  were  forced  into  conviction  that 
one  man  whom  the  American  people  had  hon¬ 
ored,  had  proved  false  to  them.  This  conviction 
was  confirmed  by  i  beatitude  of  men  toward  him 
M  il  b  whom  he  had  been  most  intimate  and  who 
had  the  best  possible  opportunity  for  knowing 
all  the  facts  and  circu instances  tending  to  re¬ 
lieve  him  of  the  fearful  odium  which  those  in¬ 
vestigations  seemed  1  o  fasten  upon  him.  Final¬ 
ly  Mr.  Colfax  returned  homo  and  made  a  speech 
to  h is  neighbors.  This  was  telegraphed  in  ab¬ 
stract.  We  thought  he  madeom  an  excellent 


lTNTiKiNn  efforts  are  making  to  have  the 
Vienna  exhibition  building  ready  tty  the  open¬ 
ing  day,  the  Tsl,  of  May.  Koine  of  the  galleries 
are  quite  finished,  and  only  need  to  bo  fitted  up 
by  the  exhibitors.  The  immense  dome,  the 
largest  over  attempted,  is  described  as  being  to 
other  domes  what  l  tie  Great  Eastern  was  to 
oi  lier  ocean  steamers,  I  n  addil  ion  to  the  main 
building,  there  is  a  great,  detached  gallery  for 
machinery,  and  a  separate  department  of  con¬ 
siderable  size  for  works  of  art;  while  many 
smaller  structures  are  scattered  through  the 
grounds. 

A  (  ’onnecticitt  clergyman  was  recent  ly  placed 
in  a  most  painful  position.  A  young  man  ex¬ 
pired  professing  his  entire  acquiescence  in  the 
doctrines  of  the  Universalisf*.  Hi*  friends 
wanted  a  funeral  sermon  and  offered  a  thor¬ 
oughly  orthodox  clergyman  $:ii  to  preach  it. 
Here  was  a  dilemma.  The  good  man  wanted 
the  cash,  but  he  eould  not  forget,  his  creed.  lie 
made  nut.  very  well,  however,  as  wc  are  given  to 
understand,  letting  his  bettor  feelings,  proba¬ 
bly,  for  a  time  have  precedence  of  Jilt  theology. 

The  family  of  Governor  Hix  was.  March  11, 
plunged  in  mourning  by  tbe  receipt  of  a  dis¬ 
patch  from  Paris,  announcing  the  death  in  that 
cit  y  of  Col.  Charles  Temple  !>ix,  the  youngest 
eon  of  t  he  Governor,  and  an  artist  of  posit  ivo 
merit  and  the  highest  promise.  He  was  not 
even  known  to  be  indisposed,  so  that  the  shock 
of  Ids  death  comes  with  terrible  severity  upon 
hi*  friends, 

A  SPECIAL  despatch  from  Berlin,  says  the 
German  papers  ridicule  und  sharply  criticize 
the  nddross  of  President  Grant  delivered  on  i 
the  occasion  of  hi*  second  inauguration.  The 
paper*  ask  whether  immarchiai  states  ought  t  o 
keep  up  diplomatic  relation*  with  a  power 
whose  Executive  thus  tnsults  them. 

Tut;  German  Emperor  and  the  Emperor  of 
Austria  are  expected  to  arrive  in  St.  Petersburg 
about,  the  29th  of  April  the  CzarV  birthday 
Great,  preparations  are  making  for  their  recep¬ 
tion,  and  detachments  of  the  regiments  of 
which  they  are  the  chief*  have  been  summoned 
to  the  Russian  capital. 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

Northern  Pacific  Railroad.— The  country 
through  which  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad 
runs  i  as,  in  common  wit  h  the  rest  of  the  world, 
suffered  from  an  unusual  stress  of  cold  weather 


possible. . work  lias  been  resuim-il  on  the  speech,  resuming  the  Government  There  is 

Brooklyn  Bridge  .  Wall  street  ha*  been  Hood-  I  ftonble  between  France  and  8paln,  growing  out 
ed  with  bogus  bonds,  and  mam  people  have  of  Carllst  atrocities  ...  One  hundred  of  the  riot- 

been  swindled _ Bonds  to  the  amount  of  °!'“  1,1  Wolverhampton,  England,  have  been  nr- 

.*ICik,U0l)  have  been  stolen  from  the  Pa.  Western  |,eA,<  I  ;  much  alarm  continue*..  .The  English 
Railroad  Kome  outrageous  robberies  and  is-  '*om-e  has  had  another  discussion  on  the  Ge- 
saulf  s  have  been  made  on  the  street  cars.  Wm  npVfl.  Arbitration  . .  All  decree*  against  foreign 
L.  Hatch,  a  divorce  detectivo,  bn*  been  convict-  religions  in  Japan  have  been  abolished  •  A 
ed  oi  perjury.  ,Tho  Spring  Exhibition  of  the  Mohammedan  Invasion  of  the  North  of  China 

Brooklyn  A  rt  Association  ha*  been  opeued  is  feared . Japan  will  make  a  claim  upon  China 

Three  men  and  a  woman  v.erc  stabbed  on  the  1  for  occupying  the  inland  of  Formosa.  A  Unl- 
17th  Commodore  Vande  bjji  huu  given  half  versa!  Exfiibition  Is  to  be  held  at  Yeddo. 

a  million  dollar*  to  found  a  Methodist  I'nlver-  I  _ _ _ 

Kity  In  Tennessee — An  Ere  investigation  is 

going  on  at  the  Fifth  Av.  me  Hotel  ..  The  SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS, 

spring  opening*  of  bonnet*  have  taken  place  _ 

wJx.vtss  s  . . >•»**<•  «»», 

charter  The  Tribune  unuou  ecs  that  life  is  through  which  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad 
absolutely  Uiivife  nn  the  street  .  us  of  Ihi*  city  runs  i  as,  in  common  with  the  rest  of  the  world. 

He  d'i'c.i  ‘r.'Vil'y  "'The' BuI'lV  H.  i,,,n'frcd  from  «"  uJ,u*ual  stress  of  cold  weather 

pended  on  the  20th.  It  was  regat  dod  a*  one  of  I  during  the  season  just  past,  but.  not,  wit  hstnnd- 
1  lie  safest  In  the  city.  A  defalcation  is  feared  j  inn  this  there  is  no  doubt  that  lmd  the  road 
roiuV.m  v1'  f"  -•‘"•'oessfiillv  been  completed  from  Lake  Superior  to  Puget 

this  city  on  the  30th.  A  vast  amount  of  di  a-  *°"nd  '*  wo,,ld  have  been  kept  in  regular  opera- 
moods  and  English  gold  was  found  In  tit*  dob-  tion  during  the  on  tire  winter.  People  generally 
session  A  Wall  street  forger.  D.  B.  Wright,  have  a  notion  that  the  temperature  of  the 

l Bute' Enffi  emiqratn.s  mave  The  *orth'v.est  is  «*^raordinarlly  rigorous  during 

sum  of  $9.54(1.55  has  been  .subscribed  to  tins  the  winter  months,  but,  last,  seuson,  at  least,  the 
Greeley  monument  Two  car  ruffian:-..  John  weather  In  most  of  the  Eaatem  State*  waa quite 

?"d  «*»«•  -nnt  as  cold  as  in  the  Northwest.  In  January,  at 

1*0  jiri^on  inr  i»i  yi'tirw  . ,  l  ljp  fttnlcfi  linnHn  •-*  ,  .  t  . 

belonging  to  the  Bank  of  England  have  been  Dn,"th  fcho  avcra«°  n,ll«"  ,,r  ‘ho  mercury  was 
seized  in  the  Post-office  and  at  banking  houses.,  ‘"'five  degrees  above  zero ;  at  Fargo  it  was  six 
■;  ‘bore  isnorojution  of  the  Bull’s  Head  Bunk  degrees,  and  at  Bozeman,  near  the  highest  eie- 

Home  Newt  thirty-five  degree*  above  zero.  About  Puget 

Kound  gras?  was  green  throughout  the  winter, 
PbOhibittokistS  iiave  nominated  a  ticket  and  several  varieties  of  Mowers,  were  in  bloom 

:  .JhSft'SSr1  %fcXS  <»  . . . . 


tbe  safest  In  the _efty.  A  defamation  is  feared 
••■George  McDonald,  who  *<*  *u  roes*  fully 
robbed  the  Bank  of  England,  war-  arrested  in 
this  city  on  the  30th.  A  va*i  amount  of  dia¬ 
monds  and  English  gold  n  us  found  In  Ids  pos¬ 
session - \  Wall  street  forger.  I>.  J).  Wright. 

ha*  been  arrested  . .  .Thirty-five  duped  and  d-*I 
•itute  English  emigrants  have  arrived  The 
sum  of  $!t,5ifi.5o  has  been  subscriber]  to  tins 
Greeley  moniirncni  Two  ear  ruffian*,  ,b,|m 
Goughian  and  John  Green,  have  each  been  sent 
to  prison  for  15  years  .All  the  stolen  bonds 
belonging  to  Hie  Bunk  of  England  have  been 
seized  ill  the  Post-office  and  at  bunking  house*. 
...  i  here  is  no  solution  of  the  Buli'sHead  Bunk 
defalcation  Charles  Goodrich,  a  wealthy  man 
in  Brooklyn,  N.  7  was  murdered  on  the 31  t,. 

Home  New*. 

,  BITIO K PITS  have  nominated  a  ticket, 

lo  Rhode  Island  The  mulls  between  Kt.  Louis 
and  \ i •  w  York  have  been  robbed  Railway 
monopolies  hi  ill  excite  New  Jeraev. ...  Albert 
Keeler,  aged  21.  killed  Ida  Spencer,  aged  H,  in 
Syracuse.  N.  \  on  Hie  17th.  In  attempting  to 
escape,  on ia  railway  train,  he  foil  ami  broke  his 
neck  . .  1  hero  is  h  cloud  look  In  AJh.tnv  over  the 
now  charter  for  Non  York  oily  The  Now 
.  -rscy  Senate  railway  monopoly  bill  ha*  been 
defeated  in  the  Assembly,  causing  t  he  people  to 
rejoice.  I  In-  Massachusetts  Legislature  ha* 
reluftcd  to  rescind  the  resolution  censuring  Sen¬ 
ator  Sumner  POBtn I  cars  are  to  be  di-eontin- 
"•  il  after  April  1*1  Railway  engineer*  in  Mi*  - 
sourl  are  on  a  strike  ..-The  President  has  ap- 
poinl  <■<!  a  large  uu mb.-r of  comrafssionera  to  t  lie 
V  innna Exhibition  Three  attempt* at  suicide 
have  recently  been  made  In  Newark  Tiu  re  is 
a  prospect  for  getting  a  charter  Tor  New  York, 
allowing  the  Mayor  to  have  iho  appointing 
jiower  New  Minister*  are  to  be  sent  to  China 
and  Japan  Minister  Mori,  tha  Jnpanese  Min- 
l*tcr  to  the  F.  8.,  hit*  not  been  recalled.  A 
general  railroad  bill  ha*  passed  In  New  .Teraev. 

..The  officer*  of  the  Eric  Railway  are  si  111  un¬ 
der  invest  igutlon . lames  MrElhanev .  the  wife 

murderer,  was  hung  in  Bouton  on  the 21st. ... 
one  of  the  Bank  of  England  forgers  ha*  been 


. . . "««"•  W  arrested  in  Havana  ;  t  he  rest  ai-e  in  New  v.  . 

C°P  "t*  diplomatic  relations  with  a  power  . ...The  Atlantic,  PhcifloandPranklinTeh’  r.ti 
hose  Executive  f  Intis  insult*  them.  Companies  Imve  been  consolidated  Then  is 

m,t p'LjamtioS,  V.'r ’o.Jfj' t!*,™,’-  N’’”'  E"“la”"  ""  ”'“t- 

on,  and  detachments  of  the  regiments  of  *  <’ »>gic«,s. 

?  thS  httVe  h0l,n  sunini"»«d  t|  The  President  ha*  signed  a  postal  eonven- 

‘  *  '  Hon  with  London  and  Norway. . .  Nu  Indian  1n- 

we  meet,  with  this  description  of  Eugenie-  speetor*  will  be  appointed  until  June  20  The 
f he  ex -Em press  is  slim  and  Btatelv,  a*  well  as  Attomey-Goiienil  bps  taken  possession  of  the 
ill.  Her  complexion,  as  far  a*  is  apparent  to  l'ook,i  *•»«  records  of  the  Credit  Mot.ilier  Com- 


lall.  Her  complexion,  as  far  as  is  apparent  to 
Hie  public,  lias  escaped  *al!owne*»,  ir  it  has  not 
‘hat  alabaster  whiteness  it.  possessed  in  earlier 
days,  Hor  eye  continues  cigar  and  piercing.’’ 

- - -  -  - 

THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 

Springfield,  Windsor  Go.,  Vt.,  March  17 _ The 

winter  of  ’72-ff  will  long  lie  remembered  as  unu¬ 
sually  severe— one  long,  uninterrupted  spell  of 
severe  cold,  with  very  deep  snow*,  the  unheard 


books  and  records  of  the  Credit  Mobiiier  Cotn- 
pany.  .Congress  appropriated  fl.OOU.OUi  for 
headstone*  for  dead  soldiers.  The  contesting 
ociiatore  from  Louisiana  hove  unne  hmnot  sis 
the  Senate  will  not  reach  their  ra*o  this  *c  *lon. 

Gen,  Webster  of  Chicago  is  spoken  of  a*  t  lie 
Assistant  I  h.  J'reaKurer  The  President  has 
re-anpoin i,  d  the  whole  of  la*  (.Mbinet,  except 
Mr.  Bout  well,  wlio  ia  succeeded  by  Judge  ITicn- 
ardson  1  lie  .Missouri  icgisiai ure  has  sent  a 
petition  to  Congress  asking  for  the  investigation 
of  Seimtor  Bogy's  election.  Washington  Booth 
has  been  made  Co) lector  of  Baltimore  Mr 
Boutwel)  wa*  sworn  in  a*  Senator  on  t  he  ITtJi. 
....Senator  Conkllng  has  made  a  speech  on  the 


ease  for  himself;  but  w0  wanted  lo  see  the  d<- P‘b  of  130  Inel.o*  having  fallen,  whirl,  in  many  ,ho 

"■hole  spoeel,.  So.  „  hove V.  H  1.  Zt  to  h».  drtf,...!  ver,- „od„.  All  o„ct»,k.„.  SSJff  'h,T%!Zci  'S*JSiSKS,<®lS7l 

sav  that  if  what  is  staled  in  it  1*  tin  i -.some  one  af  bimheimg  are  suspended.  The  hauling  of  I  imprisonmont  for  life  Postal  mrds  will  lie 


who  lias  suppressed  facts  and  testimony,  is  fear¬ 
fully  responsible  for  having  persistently  mis¬ 
represented  the  case  to  the  public.  -Mr.  Colfax, 
in  this  speech,  gives  cumulative  circumstantial 
testimony  to  show  that  he  never  did  receive  tlio 
*1,:WG  Oakes.  Amos  says  he  paid  him;  a  letter 
from  Mr.  Dillon,  the  cashier  of  the  Sorgeant-at- 
Arms  office  of  the  House  of  Representatives  to 
the  effect,  that  he  is  confident  that  the  $1,200 
was  paid  to  Ames  himself ;  t  lie  testimony  of 
ids  fal  her-in-law  and  sister,  to  show  that  he  did 
receive  t  he  $1,000  from  Mr.  Nesbitt,  and  a  letter 
b  om  the  Postmaster  General  denying  that  Col¬ 
fax  ever  acted  as  the  attorney  or  lobbyist  for 
Nesbitt  in  procuring  any  favors  for  the  latter 
from  the  Department.  The  Rura  l  New-York¬ 
er  lias  no  motive  for,  or  disposition  to  wrong 
any  man— whether  politician  or  otherwise;  and 
the  showing  which  Mr.  Colfax  has  made  in  his 
own  behalf  leads  us  to  require  furl  her  evidence 
before  we  can  believe  that  he  ho*  not  been  most 
grievously  wronged  in  tills  Credit  Mobiiier  mat¬ 
ter.  Of  course  there  is  Issue  between  him  and 
Oakes  Ames  as  to  matter  of  fact;  but  Mr.  Col¬ 
fax  speech  explains  what  has  seemed  to  us, 
looking  at,  Hie  testimony  as  we  have  received 
it,  impossible  to  explain.  (Ye  do  not  forget  how 
malignant  and  unscrupulous  the  exigencies  of 
partisan  politics  make  men,  nor  how  easy  it  is 
to  be  mistaken,  We  give,  cheerfully  and  unre- 


wood  and  lumber  is  not  to  lie  thought  of,  al¬ 
though  many  a  farmer  and  village  resident,  are 
nearly  out  or  firewood.  Stock  of  all  kind*  is 
wintering  well,  considering  the  extreme  cold 
weather,  fodder  and  grain  being  plenty,  prices 
of  produce Corn,  m- :  oota  60  to fific. ;  potatoes 
70  to  75c.:  hay,  «]0@i|6  per  ton.  The  [.rices  of 
slock  of  all  kinds  are  high  with  but  little  snle.as 
it  is  wort  h  full  as  much  at  home  us  at  market, 
owing  to  the  scarcity,  caused  by  the  short  hay 
crops  for  two  or  three  years  previous  to  1872, 
— c.  tv.  M. 

Clyde,  Wayne.  Co.,  K.  V.,  March  17,  IS7.'|.— 

(Ve  have  had  very  steady  cold  weather  ever 
since  winter  set  In.  The  latter  part  of  lastweek 
wa*  rainy,  and  t.he  most  of  our  snow  has  gone, 
only  tho  largest  drifts  remaining.  Yesterday 
the  wind  blew  at  a  terrible  rate,  breaking  down 
peach  and  apple  trees.  Wheat  looks  well.  Corn 
is  bringing  5.V.  ont.s  40c.  wheat  $1.85;  eggs  22c. 
Cows  from  $:J0  to  $50;  some  extra  ones  $60; 
hay  $12  per  toil ;  potatoes  50c.  Average  hands 
get  $20  per  month  and  board  ;  day  hands  $1  and 
board. — t.  r. 

Macon,  Rlbb  Co.,  Gn.,  March  IS.— We  have 
had  a  very  severe  winter— the  coldest  for  many 
years.  Spring  has  made  its  appearance  at  last. 
Peach  and  cherry  trees  in  full  bloom.  Corn,  $1, 
for  cash,  and $l.J»to  $I.40on  time  until  Nov.  1st, 
with  warehouse  acceptance.  Still  farmers  are 


reinly  by  the  1st  of  May  .  .The  alleged  suffering 
by  the  Naval  cadets  at  the  Inauguration  is  de¬ 
nied  Senators  Ccmkiing  and  Hehurz  have  had 
some  sharp  words  in  the  Senate  .Caldwell  is 
losing  ground  in  the  Senate,  but  it  is  doubtful 
ir  there  will  be  votes  enough  to  expel  him 
the  subject  of  specie  payment  will  engage  a 
share  of  the  attention  of  the  next  Congress. 
Fire*. 

r  J7  and  IS  Bowery,  N.  Y„  on  the  Iftth. 

Loss,  $-->5,000  Todd's  planing  mills.  La  Salle, 
*Liia0rl  •‘•h.  Lo**,  $22,000  A  man  nna 
chiid  perished  in  1  in-  flame*  at  Worth,  ill.,  nn 
thclttlr  I  he  business  portion  of  the  city  of 
Elyria.  Ohio,  on  r.he  16th.  bos*.  $278.000.... Forty- 
seven  houses  in  Lawrem-ehurg,  Kv.,  on  the  14th 
A  large  number  of  houses,  shops,  etc.,  in 
Ogdcnsburgh.  N.  V  .,  on  the  lfith.  Loss.  $150,000 
CentrcviUe,  0.,on  the  17th. 
Lo&«,$36.00C).  .. St.  James  Hotel,  Montreal,  on 
the  15th.  Loss,  $20,000.  Felt  manufactory  in 
Brooklyn,  N,  1 ,,  on  the  19th.  Loss,  *65.000.. 
Twenty-five  buildings  in  Macon,  Qa.,  on  the 
18t.li.  Hotel*  and  depot  at  Mahonoy  City,  Pa., 
on  the  nth.  Loss.  $2ti,000 . Dye-house  at 

l  aJIS%  >'  YY  Qn  th«  Mtli.  Loss, 
$.8)  WiO.  Six  hundred  hands  out  of  employment. 
5,  .  ?  Erie  Railroad  depot  in  Jersey  City  on  the 
;  loss  $250,000 — Railway  shops  in  Alexan¬ 
dria,  L  a.,  on  the  21st ;  Joss.  $20,000. 

- - ♦♦♦ - 

FOREIGN  NEWS. 

ItHacellaneou*  Foreign  News, 


Get  The  Bet — Beyond  all  question  the  most 
economical  sewing  machine  to  buy  lathe  Wilson 
Underfeed.  It  is  perfect  and  durable  in  work¬ 
manship,  .simple  and  easy  to  operate,  and  it* 
work  is  superior  to  all  others.  It  Is  sold  at  a 
less  price  than  any  other  first  class  machine, 
and  its  popularity,  so  well  deserved,  is  daily  In¬ 
creasing.  Salesroom  at  70!)  Broadway,  and  in  all 
other  cities  in  tho  United  States.  The  company 
want  agents  Jn  count  ry  towns. 


At  n  Mooting  of  the  Dairymen  of  Vermont, 

held  at  St,  Johnsbiiry,  Mr.  Gleason,  well  known 
for  the  superior  quality  of  his  butter,  was  asked 
what  churn  he  used.  He  said  he  used  “The 
Blanchard  Churn."  A  voice  in  the  crowd  cried, 
“The  best  churn  out,”  and  it  was  echoed  from 
one  side  to  the  other,  “That’s  so,"  “That’s  so." 


Beware  of  worthies*  imitations  of  Marion, 
United ’States  Watch  Co.  (Giles,  Wales  &  Co.,) 
Watches,  with  which  the  country  is  flooded. 
To  avoid  imposition,  see  that  the  words  MARI¬ 
ON,  N.  J„  are  engraved  on  the  plate  over  the 
Main-Spring  Barrel,  All  others  are  ftpurious. 

For  An  Irritated  Throat,  Cough  or  Cold, 

“ Frown's  Branchial  Troches ”  are  offered  with  the 
fullest  confidence  in  their  efficacy.  They  main¬ 
tain  the  good  reputat  ion  they  have  acquired. 

- - *♦« - 

Advice — Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

THE  MARKETS . 

PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

New  York,  Monday,  March  24. 1873. 

Receipt*.— The  receipts  of  tho  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  post  week  are  ne  follow*  : 


Flour,  hpls.... . 

Wheat,  bush . 

Corn,  bush . 

Oat*,  bush . . 

Grurs  seed,  bus!).. 

Barley,  bush . 

Mnlt,,  bush  . 

Retuis,  bhl* . 

Corn  weal  bbis.... 
Corn  meal,  bags... 

Cotton,  bales . 

Rye.  bush . 


$.100  Pork,  bbis .  4.600 

beef,  pkaa .  201 

115,500  Cut  meat*,  pirns...  ‘ 

li3,8uo  Lard,  pkgx . . . 

2,650  Butter,  pkg* . 

2,5 (W  Cheese,  pligs . 

6,700  Dried  Fruits,  plcgs. 

023  Egg*,  tibia.. ... . . . .  * 

2,605  Wool,  bale* . 

1.200  Hop*,  bale* . . 

17,7*’0  Peanuts,  bags . 

650  Dressed  Uogs,  No. 


br‘  lots  off  quickly,  the  ship- 
pim  demand  being  about  centered  on  prime  stuck. 
HifrTlJee  prlmo  8outheru  nt  SStS'Wfe.,  tod  Western  at 

Manufaetime™  "re.  steaffily  using  sumS”*  at 


dozen  for  common  to  best  house.  ^  per 

Beau*  au«l  Peu«.— Mediums  sell  slowly,  but  stocks 
ar«  not  ercessive.  ami  prices  are  uncliangeil  Shln- 
P®"  *re 'buying  a  few  lots  of  marrowfats  at  easier 
prices.  Peas  arc  neeleeted.  White  Kidney  p?“n  . y , 
and  offering  at  h.wcr  prices.  Ited  Kidney  have  a 
ligh  t  sale,  but  there  are  not  many  here,  and  price.*  arc 
unchanged.  Canada  pen*  are  wanted  at  hotter  eri,c* 
I^oes.  with  a  moderate  outfet 


58RJC5&5T’’  hW-  «Wh,  ,n»« 

ftlil’ill  rngoruii  hut  nr.  ,-,wo  V. ,  ,  ..m  .  .  ,  ,®u  *  .'.M  11 


”  r  r°re,S"  wews‘  » *  «ae*erve.  hut  net  one  bwt  auffloienttocarrythem 

The  Earl  of  Derby  declined  to  form  a  cabi-  continue  to  arrive  aw ^o'n  T1'}’’ feY,1’1},rcelf,of  °ld  that 
net,  and  the  Earl  of  Granville  undertook  the  SS^”»'SBig 


Into  decline.  Sale** 


part  of  holder* ,  :U  late  prices.  The  arrival*  Are  small 
X  to  XXX  lleouo,  oStefiBe.,;  No.]  ttoooe,  fift.-ntH c . ;  No. 
a  iitwc,  AV'tlUr.;  iub.w;i»hod  lloeoc,  l'OXti * 

coarse  to  extra  (Inc,  Merino,  j  new  Mexican  fleece, 
25@40c.;  CuMfotsnlu  spring  clip,  .1IV0I60.:  California  i.T 
clip  mill  IninlJB*.  IStniiffic.;  oxtru  pulled.  BSClOjfi).;  finbfii 
pulled,  i»MtSco  No.  I  pniM.  t&vrjflu.;  Western  pulled 
!tl"i(J0e.;  Snulnem  piilloO,  lis-- "J California.  pulled 
30@52<!.;  Montevideo,  *««  »7c.:  Bueno*  Ayres,  unwinn 


for  Western,  express,  24>,@20r-  for  I  reight ,25X@26e, 
for  Slate  nod  Pe  nnsy  1  van  la ,  mol  26ffl21e.  for  New  Jer¬ 
sey.  Southern  eggs,  21X©2i>S3'c, 


coipt«  anil uti  Improved  Hll1p)diiKttpmnnd.  We  quote  at 
il.4ksit.70  for  NO  2  Spring,  $1«?«K@L76K  for  No.  1  do., 
in  store  and  uM.mt.  5l.70uul.Hj  for  winter  red  Western, 
$!.<&« I.U5  for timber,  $1>2X@2, 15  lor  common  to  choice 


on  red  with  price.  New  butter  is  not  yet  attractive. 
^The  ranee  for  It  IsXkjtKOi  Mr  Welch,  and  iWWitOc,  for 
mixed  half  tubs,  inn  ».t@l5o.  for  prime  do.  I  he  tjiftr- 
tet  this  Spring,  will  leave  a  clear  Held  lor  n.  w  liul- 
rl1Jt  the  fact  should  not  allow  .fairy  men  to  become 
careless  in  the  hurry  to  ship.  Unless  new  butter,  ptir- 
He„Mrlv  when  while,  hu*  mmo approach  to  s  Wee  too 
and  even  grade,  it  is  after  the  first  few  days  of  Otter- 

,i- 

w,.  quote  state  dairies,  lino, -Wattle.;  do.  lair  to  good, 
iMilik'. :  Hne  half  tubs,  lo  lots,  Hx'r  lie.;  selections  ol 
hnlf  tubs,  ,'iHO.:  Welsh  Fall,  itSv.lOc.;  do.,  common, 

."'  v  i  Y. ;  store  parked,  15,..  IOC.;  Western  rolls,  flue,  Jl@ 
ffllc.i  coumoo  to  fair.  21. •tie.:  Canadian  good  to 
nrime,  27(<|i83e.;  do.  fair  to  good.  2t@280.i  poor  lots.  18 
@20c.  Fancy  Canada,  In  u  .mu a  11  way.  57c. 

Cheese. — Exports,  past  week,  1, HUH  plyrs.  'lint  re¬ 
ceipts  fur  die  past  week  Ituve  been  moderate,  ami 
they  are  01  good  part  made  up  of  consignments  direct 
abroad.  Notwithstanding  the  stock  here  has  been 
steadily  reduced,  holders  have  beou  more  Inclined  to 
shod"  prices.  At  the  asking  IlguTUS,  Shipper--  are  | 
wo rltlng  more  In  tlie  common  and  medium  grades,  1 
and  the  home  trade  are  not  using  tine  stock  last 
enough  to  satisfy  holders.  It  U  not. expected  uny  im¬ 
port  til  concessions  will  be  made. 

We  quote  State  factory,  prime  and  tunev,  lflXc.; 

with  lobbing  sales  at  17o.;  do.  good.,  Uc.:  do.  [ 
do.  fair,  lie.;  State  dairy,  prime,  15c. .  do.  . 
fair,  WlifflllKC.  Ohio  factory,  prune,  145*  i«i  lac. ; 
do.  good,  13@Ucu  English  dairy,  prime,  lie,;  do. 
good,  13c. 

Cotton.— Further  HheTuI  concessloiiH  were  made 
early  In  tmrweek.unt.il  prices  reached  a  point.  I  hut 
admitted  of  export  purchase*,  and  with  the  improved 
demand  a  steadier  reeling  set  In.  Latest  sales  tor  for¬ 
ward  delivery  on  the  basis  or  low  middling  are  tSYe. 
for  March,  IHVie.  Mr  April,  for  May,  13  11-lflC. 

for  June,  anil  ill  He..  for  July.  The  quotation*  for 

spot  cotton  are:  ^  aui»,..».  Nswim™.  7W. 

Ordinary...,  .  HK 

do  oil  Ordinary........  h'X  16>  Wi  J’jV 

Strict  Good  Ordinary.  iTtfi  U  i  17X  1<X 

J.ow  Middling .  JNU  ls>„  18k,  >h.V 

Middling. ........ ......  1DX  13.X  1H1,  -H 

Good  Middling .  21X  21,X  21 X  22 

Dried  Fruit*.  For  apples,  there  la  a  moderate 
export  trmle,  mutely  In  best  grades  of  western,  and 
thofo  is  .1  linn  feeling  in  this  elms  of  stock.  Beyond 
this,  trade  shows  no  Improvement.  Unpeeled  peach¬ 
es  are  held  a  trifle  steadier. 


*tu»«i  vies.  -The  appearance  of  maple  sugar  imite  TtAnn  A  ffA  X>T  T  TTHT  ? 
hr  Undo  m  honey.  W«J  qUOt©  honey  ill  28®  JOc.  toy  |J(  |,l  All)  11  S  i  I  fl  T  Ifl  I 

lark  and  JJe.  lor  white,  In  glass  boxes;  mixed  lots,  15  A  U  1  11  1  V  XIJL1  A\Jl  A  • 


at  «H/.,  s'-'c  for  fair  and  choice  lots.  Timothy  is  dull 
8 1  ?  l.rtevASa. 

Su  nitric*.  -The  appearance  of  maple  sugar  limits 
the  trade  III  honey.  Wo  quote  honey -at  3B@apc.  for 
dark  and  We.  lor  white,  In  glass  boxes;  mixed  lots,  15 
1-0200.  Cider  at  OOIOe.  ¥  gullou.  Feathers,  live  geese, 
new,  tine,  ¥  It.,  HO@76c.;  do.  mixed,  41  ktvNk?.:  hen,  75030.; 
vinegar,  cider,  V  gal.,  itlfilSflc.i  do,  mnnufitenired,  15® 
20o.;  newspapers,  ¥  it  .,  WK-:  white  rugs,  5®  5#. 

Tolmceo.— Prices  are  still  unsettled  on  accouut  of 
liberal  receipts  and  a  dull  trade. 

QUOTATIONS — NEW  CROP. 

IJglit  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

Engs .  T*@  Wfe.  8  ®  BKe. 

Common  te  medium  leaf.  3  (ill  UHC.  »X@  W  c. 

Good  do.  . .  9  ¥<5  10XC.  10.X®  11  c. 

Fine  do.  . .  10|!f(i  12  0.  —  @  — 


c ir  3c rivevti.semcnts. 


5X0,  for  halves.  Ulierrie*,  rum-dW  Gums,  uw*1. 
BlaekharrloK.  7@TMo.  Haapherrt®i,  :«@81c. 

Egg*.— l’ho  supply  1*  largely  Inereased,  but  l*  not 
heavy  enough  with  Lhe  improved  demand  to  favor 
buyers.  The  1, resent  slightly  udvnnoeil  quotations 

l.„*  I  ..  i  '»  .  »  nnal  TV/...1/  Mlllu*  u  mi 


Tluplr  riUEar. 

Small  molds.  18@22c.;  largo,  coarse  grade,  ISt&lsc. 

Poultry  anil  Hmue.— There.  Is  no  new  feature. 
Prime  dressed  poultry  scurco  and  well  sold  up  1  poor 
lots  slow  of  sale.  Geese  are  not  wuntod.  The  supply 
of  wild  pigeons  will  come  from  the  far  West  this  sea¬ 
son;  wild  food  In  old  lighting  grounds  is  unprece¬ 
dentedly  scarce  this  year.  Wild  duck  are  arriving, 
but  are  not  fat  yet.  I.ivo  fowl*  and  turkey*  ore  much 
ea-e-r.  Ducks  mid  geese  unchanged.  We  quote  live 
poultrv  ut  l.VgilSo.  (or  prime  fowls,  and  In® 21k;.  for 
turkeys.  Ucose.  $l.75@2  Mr  Western,  $2@3  for  New 

rt  es torn  •■!•  -  1 .211  for  N  .1. 

We  quote  dreesod  prime  N.  J.  and  Hocks  <  0.  tur- 
keys,  18, ,,220.  state  and  Western,  poor  to  best,  176}20o. 
Chickens,  Western,  12mITc,  :  State  and  near  points, 
13e,j ISO.  Geese.  Df'v  Ho.  DueUs,  lib'a)‘J.'tc ;  common  West- 
ern  as  low  as  12'..  Iiki. 

Game  quotations  .-  VVlld  pigeons, unpicked,  ¥  do?.., 
$E£?®2;  canvas  backs,  V  pair,  $1.25®  1.75;  mallard,  SO® 
COc.;  common  wild  ducks,  3(*it40c. 

ProvlsiiiiiK.—'I'he  general  market  has  been  very 
strong,  with  a  brisk  outlet  lor  supplies  and  Arm 
Western  market*.  Beef  hams  choice  Western,  ISO 
@8.5;  Texas  prime,  i.2te031:  1«M.  8  7-llic.  for  West¬ 
ern  steam  oti  spot,  8  7-HUs.  for  March,  and  8Xc.  for 
April,  Gong  clear,  8  Gti  &Xe. ;  short  clear,  8Xe. : 
short  rib,  8X0.  Mesa  pork  at  llfl.flo  for  spot  deliv¬ 
ery;  th'..m  fur  April  4  Western  prime  mem  noml- 
nudv ftl4,75@,16,  Dressed  hogs, city, uXtSGXo.;  Western, 
Out  moat*  an*  solllJig  at  UXtwIlc.  for  hams, 
loose;  ff«tv  for  shoulders,  loose;  8(5)10  cents  for 
pickled  bellies,  louse.  Boxod  dry-aalto«l  shoulders, 
GXC.  Smoked  meals  at  lU:v«.  125<e.  for  loose  hams, 
7Xc.  for  loose  shoulders.  Talh.w  at  8  bVllki.  for  prime 
steels.  Ileuf  Is  selling  at  tlkioll.76  for  barreled  new 
plain  mess,  fl&jiibl.V)  for  extra  mess.  Tlerced  beef  at 
1 23si25  for  new  India  mess,  $80(5)51  lor  new  extra  India 
mess,  and  *21@‘,H  for  new  prime  mess. 


Engs .  TV®  Hif''  £  ® 

Common  te  medium  leaf.  3  06  3X0.  3,X@  W  c- 

Good  do.  . .  lOXc.  10.X@  11  c. 

Fine  do.  .  .10*0#  12  0.  —  ®  — 

Selections . U  00  o.  —  @  — 

CROP  Of’  1.871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  fillers,. ...  11  @16  0. 

seconds. ..  .20  @  35  c. 

wrappers.. 10  @  55  c. 

selections  .60  @  75  c. 

New  York  fillers . J1  ®  11  J-tfc. 

wrappers.... . 18  (3)  85  c. 

assorted  lots... . -12  @  16  c. 

1'ennsyl  vanla  Mllors . 13  @  U  o. 

wrappers  22  G9  50  e. 

assorted  lots . 18  hi  25  o. 

Ohio  fillers . . .  10  m  lOXc. 

wrappers . 13  (,«  35  c. 

assorted  lots . 11  @  JO  c. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lota.  . 9  ii-  10  C, 

VegPiabtCfi,  KxporLs  oT  potatoes,  past  week.  2.801 
Uhls.  1‘rlces  of  potatoes  up- more  in  the  buyer's  fa¬ 
vor,  with  light,  sains  and  Increased  receipts.  Onions 
are  |1  higher,  with  supplies  very  nmull,  Bermuda 

onions  ure  expected  In  a  few  days.  . 

Pouch  Blows  in  hulk,  ♦.'24)3.50 ;  Early  UOse  do.,  $2.87 
@3.12X1  Prlnou  Albert.  $2.87@3.12  ;  Oyright,  tl.,o@  ! 
common,  $1.75;  sweet.  $8, 50",  I  F,,r  potatoes  In  ship¬ 
ping  order  add  25@37c.  t‘  bhl.  Marrow  squash,  $1.  8) 
iiDh;  Onions,  red  and  yellow.  $3(>09.SO ;  do.  white,  $9 
i5) It) ;  Hussln.  Turnips,  $1.76@2 ;  Cabbages,  ¥  100,  $li)r,>)H. 

\V Ii iaky.— Western  Is  offering  at  life.,  With  fair  re- 
ouipla. 

\\  ,n)l.  A  good  many  small  lots  have  been  taken 
by  iii  i/tefm.Aurei'*,  the  aggregate  making  a  very  fair 


A  REMEDY. 

Reel’s  Apicnltural  Coiiipnfl. 

The  Compound  Is  composed  of  materials  crude  and 
ch eiuie ul,  specially  dustruullve  to  the  Mcrnocnpic  ■in- 
xi  ctit  living  on  the  roots  of  the  Potato  vines,  which 
are  the  rtitw  of  this  destructive  disease.  Farmers 
will  llud  tlio  Cumponml  a  remedy  Mr  Potato  Blight 
and  Hut,  and  a  good  fertilizer  for  the  soil. 

AMEX  l’LOW  COMPANY, 
l&~  Send  for  Circular.  Qtiiney  llnll  Boston. 


Fre*h  Fruit*,  export  Of  apples,  1,850 hhls.  The 
shipment  of  apples  ahrtmd  was  never  so  steady ,  and 
this  year  It.  must  have  been  the  salvation  of  the  mar¬ 
ket  7  for  Instead  of  the  usual  Urnmr.ws  that  ought  to 
attend  tills  month  for  prime  lots,  there  are  free  sell¬ 
ers  at  the  quoted  prices  of  the  past,  three  weeks. 
New  arrivals  two  In  had  order,  and  the  frosted,  lot* 
from  those  are  pressing  upon  the  market.  Inferior 
lot*  offer  as  low  as  iftwl.,3.  Cranberries  at  present 
look  as  though  Umy  would  he  apt  te  "  stick,"  especial¬ 
ly  a*  further  arrivals  are  entering  the  market.  Pea¬ 
nuts  lire  1  wer;  lute  salesof  Wilmington,  $1  1.50,  and 
75'*")  vie  f iir*  rlVnn 

We  quote  Apples,  common,  *l.50f5i2.IW;  do.  fair  to 
good.  $7*c2..'W ;  do.  fine, *2.73<iv3,oy.  Cranberries, prime, 
crate,  $'V  t3.5(J;  eommon  to  fair.  ?2.50('42.76  ;  hbl*.,  $3 
@li);  choice  bids.,  ? Uke> ltl.5*l.  New  Wilmington  pea¬ 
nuts,  thel. 12;  Virginia,  ll.ftV»l.45.  Tcuu.  do.,  75@86c. 
Hickory  nuts,  $1.75.  Pecans,  h@Hc. 

Fiiin  r.  -European  buyersare  aearee,  and  about  the 
only  trade  tl)  snipping  grades  1*  from  West.  India 
shippers.  The  trade  bay  'sparingly.  The  receipts  are 
moderate,  and  prices  are  without  change. 

Superfine  State . to  30®  6  55 

Common  extra  do . . . . 7  10®  1  00 

Good  te  choice  do . . . .  7  AKgi  1  I* 

Fancy  do. . .  •  70c «  8  HI 

Superfine  Michigan,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Iowa...  5  Htv..,  6  (If, 

Extra  do.... . .  6  7"k'.<.  7  36 

Choice  extra  do  . 7  40."  8  00 

Trade  brands  do .  . . . .  25 

Good  to  choice  white  wheal  extras .  H  2.-v.uI0  25 

Fair  to  very  choice  extra  Minnesota . 7  50@12  50 

Common  to  fair  extra  St.  Goals . .  7  50@  !l  .'2} 

(food  to  choice  do . . . '•*  85012  75 

Southern,  otnnmon  to  choice . t  Wl  S  8a 

Family  do . . . 8  15@12  ij 

Hyo, common  to  tine............ . 3  6,ie4  1, 

Coro  meal.  Brandywine . . . .  .  3  7Q@  3  80 

Do,  western .  . .  12K@  3  10 

Fat's  nud  Mkiu*.— The  Eondon  sales  now  taking 
place  will  probably  determine  values.  At  the  mo¬ 
ment  trade  i-  vary  quiet,  with  more  liberal  -upnlto*. 

Otter,  each,  $7(o  10;  Kox,  Uiiu7-'ic.  for  gray;  $1.2o@.1,76 
for  ited  Mink;  *1.50®’J.0fl  for  pale;  $3g 6  for  dark ; 
Musk  rat,  I  Politic,  for  Fall  und  W@22e.  lor  Winter; 
Skunk,  ill  .'.5410.,  for  striped,  IWAJc.  (or  white,  90e.@ 
#1,10  for  black;  OOOMtJBl  HMlec, ;  Itaccoon,  MK.vTUc. 

(7 rat  11,— Spring  wheat,  ta  higher,  with  lighter  re¬ 


PU(  itktv  till:.,  **lir  uillllUV)  kl'Mij  |.vev'«V*|  1  ^  » 

Australian,  combing  wool,  iKK'^HOo. 

KOClIESrrRU,  Hitrcb  21.  Flour  steady;  #8.56 
ferspring  ;  ¥.i@’J.  >11  for  red  winter ;  fl0@I0.50  Mr  white. 
Wheat  quiet,;  fl.7lkiul.80  for  red  winter;  $1,85(32  Mr 
white.  Oats  -toady  ill,  fkuillio.  P  hush.  Barley,  !Kk«i 
95c.  fra*  four- rowed.  T-'c.  tor  two-rowed.  Beans,#!'"; 
2.26  for  medium*  ited  $2.2:«.e2.WI  for  marrow*.  Dressed 
hogs,  s.7J25(..  1.50  f  cwt.  Butter  Is  very  source,  and 
good  is  worth  JSfcaSUu.  ii  »,  retailing  a*  high  as  Ute-t'e. 
Eggs  lower  and  plenty  ul  21i;t22c.  V  dozen.  Maple. su¬ 
gar,  226035c.  TJ  n>.  Choose,  Id.,."  17c.  ¥  «•.  Clover  *cod, 
very  dull,  at  $5  6.75  fur  medium  and  $*!.25@8.Bl»  for 


large.  Timothy.  #.3.50  d  hush.  Apple*  are  scarce  at 

iflo.<a)$l  J  bush,  for  good  lot*.  PntutO(i*.G8@80e.  Hay, 
Sld.'.ai  r  ton  Straw,  $1 8'", '8  per  ton.  Wool  nominal 
at  unchanged  prices.  Market  very  dull. 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

NtiW  YORK,  March  22,1873. 

THERE  ha*  been  an  increase  in  receipts  of  cattle, 
calve*,  sheep  and  hogs.  Hog*  have  showed  some 
lire,  but  .ill  the  Other  market*  have  mind  dull,  und 
prions  have  generally  declined.  The  failure  of  the 
Bull’s  Hoad  Bank,  in  which  thooppraters  largely  kept 
their  fupdi,  tended  to  derange  the  trade,  while  the 
demaud  for  meats  la  moderate.  Eggs  are  an  Impor¬ 
tant  article  Ot  diet  lust  now.  being  plenty  and  toler¬ 
ably  Oh  cup  Fish,  too.  are  receiving  more  attention 
u:i  the  shad  work  further  North.  Veal  arid  lumb  will 
oon  dispute  with  beef  the  claim  to  a  largo  consider¬ 
ation. 

IllCCBIPTB  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 


tWvm.  down,  fill  v„,.  Lntn)>w.  Hoc*. 

Totals  this  week . 7,162  123  1,024  19,805  41,310 

“  last  week . 0,580  04  712  10,071  36,430 

Average  last  year.... 8,178  38  2,114  22,08:i  36,975 

Boev**.— Cuttle  have  been  drooping  the  entire 
week,  mid  clone  about  Xc.  tower,  ftuspension  nf  the 
tmnk  In  which  many  of  the  dealers  mnile  tlielr  depos¬ 
it*  locked  up  11  large  amount  or  their  money,  nnd  thus 
crippled  operation*.  Besides,  we  have  been  having 
t.10  luauv  cattle  fora  week  In  which  other  things  in- 
creuslngly  crowd  fora  recognition.  T  he  offering*  for 
last.  M  m  day  were  I  2  car  load*  at  100t  h  St.,  SO  (jar*  at 
Coiiiiunnlpuw  and  15  at  WneJiawken,  making  4,2118 
bead.  There  Im*  been  a  pretty  good  supply  since,  and 
it  I*  a  difficult  tusk  for  Lha  sellers  to  keep  the  yard* 
clear.  Irregular  arrivals  have  tended  to  derange 
trade.  The  quality,  a*  a  whole,  has  rather  improved, 
Texan*  especially  showing  the  effects  of  a  winter 
feeding  on  ivirn.  So  mo  of  the  latest  sale*  were  3  cars 
r,X  cwt,.  lllinoi*  steers,  at  11X0,1  Sears  «  cwt.,  at  lie.; 
2  ears  7  cwt>,  l  .'e.;  a  ear  Texan*,  1,336  nig,,  10c.,  50  in*.  P 
1  wt.,  and  2  cur:*  fat  Ohio  grade*.  TM  cwt.,  at  12r,v I3u„ 
wlth'O  ear*  uneven  Ky.  cattle,  |5®11  cwt.,  at  llX@l3c. 
A  few  of  the  finest  steers  on  sale  reached  13Xc. 

The  following  are  the  oloaing  price*  Mr  the  week  in 
comparison  with  what  cattle  brought  one  week  ago, 


white.  Corn  moots  with  an  Improved  shipping  de¬ 
mand.  at  better  prices.  Huloit  ut  03Jf  vG4e.  for  old 
mixed  Western  in  sturcL  Ido.  for  Inferior  do., fifio.  Mr 
old  do.  afloat,  (75X@Wlc.  for  oew  mixed  Western,  CSX® 
00Xc.  for  new  yellow  do.,  07c.  (nr  white  Western  In 
store.  Out*  are  firmer,  with  a  good  trade  demand. 
Sales  at  tB@49c.  for  new  mixed  Western,  44!X@47C.  for 
new  black  do.,  48X@5M-—  principally  at  l  i@5i)C.-  for 
new  white  do.,  50c.  tor  cliolce  mixed  State;  old  mixed 
Western  In  store  quoted  at.  ft)®Alj.jC. 

I  In  v  und  Sirnw.  I 'rices  are  lower,  under  u  bet¬ 
ter  supply.  Ai  tnc  nmncoii  n  go  res  a  good  trade  is 
noted.  Good  lniv  at  #G30@t.47, ;  fair  do.,  $l.lO*,il.25; 
shipping  do.,  #1. 'ii.  16;  clover  do.,  H&.'.’.Vio.  felruw,  long 
rye,  $1. mail— 5;  out,  Slk'i.K5o.;  wheat,  0.V;(.76e. 

Hop*.— There  Is  a  light  trade  from  brewer*,  hut  mi 
the  receipt*  continue  small,  holder*  claim  lute  prices, 
although  to  some  extent  nominal. 

We  quote  State  at  40@55o. ;  Eastern,  4il@5do.;  West¬ 
ern,  KV.vj'V  ;  old  growth,  1870,114x15c;;  Bavaria*1,  40-\ 
50c.;  English,  35@40«.;  Belglun, 35@10e.;  CalLfornian,  50 
@C0e. 


Choice  beeves,  P  n> . 13  ''.u  13X 

Good  to  prime.  . llSf  &  I2x 

Medium . . . HV>  @  H  X 


rar.  The  supply  of  Western  is  ample, 
sc.yric.;  large,  coarse  grade,  1;YvjLsc. 


s  porg  at  ^id.im  tor  .spot  uenv- 
I ;  Western  prlinu  roer*  notnl- 
;d  hogs, city. I1K@7X<}.,  Western, 
ire  selling  at  UXwllc.  for  hams. 


WEBSTER’S  PATENT 

BTJTTON-HOI.il  WORKER. 

I’liteiiiod  J  line  27tli,  IH71. 

Awarded  first  premium  at.  the  American  Institute 
and  Maryland  Institute  Fairs,  1871. 

taut  Uirrat  ions 

ojllmaye!  The 
■most  perfect 

Kiitluii-liole 

\Vorker  ever 

,  ill  la  1  11  Ida  -1  line.  I'" 

pricking  tilt*  fingers,  Straining  me  eyes,  and  wi  n 
i  iipnrtect  und  Irregular  worked  button -  holt *. 
They  give  nnivarsnl  •iitUfaoUoa.  Gudte*  who  ust 
them  sav  that  they  are  worth  their  weight  in  k""1: 
Over  eleven  thousand  sold  during  the  first  wee K  « ’’ 
thetr  IntradUOUbh.  Local  and  travellog  agent*  'vunt- 
cil  everywhere,  'l'hey  *idl  at  *lgbt.  and  give  ovu 
H)0  per  cent,  profit.  Hample  Button-hole  Worker 
and  sample  Button-hole  Glitter  puck  ml  ij,th  gum- 
caao.  with  full  direction*  for  use,  together  wl 
pie  of  mir  now  and  novel  way  of  canvassing,  soot  to 
any  address  on  receipt  of  65  cents,  iirder*  by ’  may 
receive  prompt  attention.  Address  IVKIIol  Ml 
M’F’(»  CO..  Manufacturers.  Ausonia,  Ct.  Please 
state  In  what  paper  you  saw  this. 


comparison  with  what  quttle  brought  one  week  ago, 
for  net  weight  of  beef : 

This  week.  Gist  week. 
Cents.  Cents. 


Mist  week. 

Cents. 
13.X  @  14 
12  15 

ll.X  @  11V 
8  @  10 
-  @  UK 


1*  my  Catalogue  of  Fancy  Fowl*  and  Eggs  for  Hatch¬ 
ing.  It  tell*  you  the  best  breeds  to  raise,  and  how  hi 
raise  them  profitably,  all  for  nothing.  W-  Leghorn*, 
E.  Brahmas,  B.  B.  K.  Games,  Aylesbury  Ducks,  all 
from  imported  and  prtgo-w lulling  strains.  I'igg*  lor 
Ua telling,  from  the  above,  $2  nor  IS.  Securely  pneketl, 
and  shipped  any  distance  with  safety.  Address 

l».  It,  (OllEY,  Weal  lie  III,  N.  J, 

Patent  Tliimli-Pieee  Sleep  Shears 

Patent  Pruning  &  Sheep-Toe  Shears 

MANUFACTURED  BY 

HENRY  SEYMOUR  &  CO., 
29  Sc  31  Rose  St.,  New  York. "ZL. 


■ - - V”  /  SHEEP  SHEARS.  M 

a zlr'  • 

First  Premium  awarded  by  Am.  Institute  Fair,  and 
twelve  different  State  "air*.  Highest  recommenda¬ 
tion  from  Bon.  II.  S.  Randall,  I’rcs’t.  Wool  Grower*’ 
Association,  anil  author  “  Practical  .Shepherd."  Uce- 
ommendatlons  from  many  practical  shearer*. 

“The  Sheep  Shear*  work  splendidly,  and  t  would 
not  ask  for  uny  better.  So  sty'  Mr.  Jnpsou,  who 
shear*  our  sheen,  und  he  ha*  sheared  thousands." 

(Signed,)  E.  A.  CHASE,  Ain.  Agriculturist. 

83.3.7  93.30  83.50  *2.75 

4X  5  (>X  6  in.  blade. 

“  i  have  tested  your  Pruning  and  Sheep-toe  Shours, 
und  they  uro  excellent.  1  used  thorn  to  dock  tho  tall* 
of  mV  lambs  this  season,  and  found  them  the  handi¬ 
est  instrument  for  that  purpose  I  ever  used.’ 

(Signed,)  IIKNKV  B.  BANDAGE. 

PRUNING  SHEARS.  /J  __ 


NOTICE  TO  INVESTORS 

Chicago  &  Canada 

SOUTHERN. 

$5,000,000 

7  PER  CENT.  GOLD  BONDS 

At 90 and  AOOIIUKD  INTEREST.  COUPON  AND 
REGISTERED.  INTEREST  PAYABLE  IN  GOLD, 
APRIL  AND  OCTOBER. 

We  now  offer  thosu  Bonds  at  the  above  VERY 
l,OW  PRICE. 

THE  CAN  \  DA  SOUTHERN,  Or  Eastern  end 
of  (his  line,  whose  Bonds  were  so  rapidly  sold  last 
Summer, 

Is  Now  Finished, 

and  will  bo  opened  for  business,  In  cimneottou  with 
the  TOG ED< )  AND  WABASH  and  other  Western 
roads,  at  a.  very  early  day.  The  CHICAGO  AND 
CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Western  end  of  this  line, 
Is  now  botng  rapidly  built,  ami  tho  Company  expect 
It  to  bo  finished  during  the  present  year. 

THIS  GREAT  TRUNK  LINE,  when  completed 
through,  will  be  of  iumionse  advantage  to  tbe  ship¬ 
ping  interests  of  the  Great  West,  being  LEVEL, 
STHAIOIIT,  .and  33  mile*  Shorter  t  han  uny  other 
route,  1 1  living  connections  with  all  tbe  lino*  run¬ 
ning  into  itiutaln  nt  the  East  anil  Chicago  at  the 
West,  nnd  under  the  management  of  some  Of  the 
most  experienced  railroad  operators  01  tbe  country, 
It*  sucre**  Is  rendered  a  eerlainty,  and  its  bonds 
luil^L  bo  a  safe  and  profitable  Investment.  It  makes 
the  shortest  ami  host  connections  going  West,  both 
at  Toledo  and  Detroit,  ami  I*  the  only  Seven  per  mint. 
Gold  Bond  on  any  through  Trunk  Glue  now  offered. 
Pamphlet*  and  all  information  furnished  by 

LEONARD,  SHELDON  k  FOSTER, 

BANKERS, 

No.  JO  WAIil*  ST.,  NUW  YORK. 

WINSLOW,  LANIER  k  €0., 

BANKERS, 

No.  27  PINK  STREET,  NEW  YORK. 


Poorest  grade . . . . II  @  III  8  @  10 

Average  stilus . te  ll.X  —  @  lljf 

Hoan.— Besides  the  laTgO  Increase  In  arrivals  of 
live  hogs,  we  have  had  3, Onl  Western  dressed,  cool 
weather  favoriug  sending  The  market  declined  ut 
first,  but  closes  firm,  though  at*  rather  lower  figures 
Mian  were  given  one  week  ago.  Give  ling*  ure  worth 
5V@5«c.  City  dressed  vary  from  •'■?i,®7o.  for  heavy 
to  7X@7X<:.  fur  medium  and  pigs.  Quotation*  of  West- 
era  dressed,  0X@7,Xe. 

\|  Deli  Cow*.— The  oo w  trade  I*  pretty  good,  prime 
milkers  selling  at $700)75,  wiLh  selection*  -till  higher, 
The.  tmlkiueo  have  generally  made  their  contract* 
for  the  summer,  ami  arc  now  stocking  up  with  e.ows, 
Common  cows  tell  at  W0@Sfl,  and  fair  to  good  at  ¥15© 
75— extra#  reaching  $80. 

Sheep  and  l.unih*.— Arrivalsare largerand sales 
slow,  price*  rather  duuliuitig.  Dealer*  find  it  hard 
work  to  prevent  an  Heoumulation  of  stock.  Venl 
begins  to  crowd  muttotl.  Very  few  spring  lamb*  were 
received  during  the  week,  and  tho  price*  given  In  lust, 
report  were  sustained,  o  few  selling  at  $11  eaob,  and 
so  down  to  $9.  Farmer*  ate  generally  holding  them 
buck  to  Increase  in  size.  Sheep  move  slowly  ul  5M@ 
8«o.  for  poor  to  medium,  prlnie  to  extras  going  at  f@ 
7XC„as  358  Ohio,  W  lb*.,  at  7e..;  Iflfi  of  7"  lb*.,  at  6Xe.. 
The  average  of  6.128  head  Wit*  $0,71  euch,  while  3,55] 
others  figured  at  #6.55. 

Veal  Oilvc. -The  arrival*  rent  in  no  to  increase, 
but  price*  are  pretty  nearly  sustained  oil  prime  slock . 
Still,  it  take*  extra  prime  live  calves  to  exceed  10X<?. 
The  hurde*t  kind  to  sell  are  what  ure  termed  “grass- 
ers,"  though  fed  on  hay  and  destitute  of  fat.  They 
arc  quoted,  dressed,  at  offlTC.,  milk  veals  selling  at  ll@ 
Uc.,  and  live  at  C@10Xc.— extras,  11c. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES, 

A  Positive  It  ud  lea  I  Cure  for  Rupture.—’ Tho 

Elastic  Trass  Company,  ul  No.  683  Broadway,  New 
York,  will  send  their  Descriptive  Circulars  to  any 
person  afflicted  with  Uerala,.  This  Truss  can  be  sent 
by  mall  to  any  part  of  the  country. 


Every  pair  warranted.  Free  by  mail  on  receipt  of 
price. 

Pruning  or  Sheep-toe  Shear*,  8B  per  pair. 

Sold  everywhere.  State  where  you  saw  this. 

E«JUS  FOB  HATCHING*  FROM  T\MA- 

tv  leading  varieties,  at  moderate  prices,  for 
PriOts  List,  address  SILAS  W.  ST UDLEY, 

Cutskill  Station,  Col.  Co.,  N.  \  . 

EOfJS,  FROM  MV  W 11. 1,1  .VUS’  AN  D  VAN 
Winkle  Dark  Brahmus,  Buff  and  Partridge  <  ■  - 
chins,  and  choice  Rouen  Ducka,  $!f  for  13 ;  26,  #;>. 

GEO.  RESSKG Ul K,  Jit.,  North  Kldgeway,  N.  Y. 

EGGsl  EGGS!  EGGS!  , 

For  Hatching,  from  rolhiblu  breeding  stock.  One 
of  the  oldest  ami  best  yards  of  Pure-Bred  Poultry 
in  the  United  States. 

Send  /or  Hrice  God.  •«.  U-  WARNER, 

New  York  Mills,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  V  . 

IJGGS— 20  VARIETIES.— Send  for  Price  Gist, 
it  BORDWEGL  BROTHERS,  Penn  Van,  N.  Y. 

T7IOCJS  FOR  11ATFHING.  FROM  DARK 

It  and  Eight  Brulimu*;  Partridge,  White  anil  Bull 
Cochins.  From  First  Premium  strains.  Address, 
with  stump,  W.  I.  HOWARD,  Bust  Saginaw,  Mich. 

T7UJGS  FOR  HATCHING.-!  will  now  bookor- 
I’i  ders  for  eggs  from  mv  well  known  strums  of  fan¬ 
cy  Poultry,  including  over  20  varieties  of  Fowl*  and 
Ducks,  to  he  shipped  as  soon  as  the  weather  will  per¬ 
mit.  Inclose  stamp,  and  write  for  what  you  want  to 
C.  N.  BROWN,  Uuadllla  Forks,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y. 


TREES, 

SHRUBS,  PLANTS  ! 

SPRING  OF  1873. 

Il'c  lueitc  the  alt-cut  Ion  nf  Planter*  and  Dealers  fo 
one  I  drat  and  complete  dock  of 

Stniwlurd  and  Dwarf  Fruit  Tree*, 
lira pe- Vine*,  Sintill  Fruit*. 

Oruiuncntnl  Tree*,  Shrub*.  Rose*. 

New  and  Rare  Fruit  nntl  Ornomeutn I  Trees. 
Evergreen*  anil  Bullion*  Rnol*. 

New  mill  Hare  Green  anil  llt»i-lluu*e  Plants. 
Emoll  parrels  forwarded  l>n  mail  when  elit*l red. 

Prompt  attention  Riven  to  all  inquiries. 

Ihanphcr  and  lltvdrated  priced  Catalogin'*  nod ■,  pre- 
pa id,  on  receipt  of  nmiimm,  us  follow*: 

No  i  Fruits,  (Or.  No.  3  Ornamental  Trees, 
Hie.  N’o.  :{-  Green-I louse,  Itlc.  No.  4  Wholesale, 
Free.  Address 

Mvaiw.  ELLWANGER  &  BARRY, 

Mount  Hope  Nurseries,  ROCHESTER,  N«  Y. 


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their  own  seJoctUM,  free,  to  the  value  of  ovic  dollar. 
A  BURDETTE  SMITH,  111*  Broadway.  N.  Y. 

HRESSED  RRTf’K  MAC111NKH.  THE 

’  simplest,  cheapest,  and  make*  the  nicest  front 
rick  of  any  machine  In  use.  Make*  a  firat-cla**  tile 
fiaehiue  by  change  >>f  dies.  For  particulars,  address 
J.  W.  PENFIEJ.D,  Willoughby,  Ohio. 

2GGS  FOR  HATCHING. 

From  Eight  Brahmas,  Buff  and  Partridge  Cochins. 
Inclose  slump  for  Circular.  H.  MERRY,  lllon,  V.  Y . 

nGGfi  FOR  HATCH  INC  From  12  leading  va- 
Fj  rletic*.  Inclose  stamp  forOlrmilar.  N.  B.  PER¬ 
KINS,  .1  it..  2  Cherry  St..  Salem,  Mass. 


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Vlll  I  II  II  BEST  AND  CHEAPEST 

IV  I  W  1 1  STEEL  HOE  in  use. 

Trio  ROUGHLY  Pulveri/.i-*  and  work*  eioimt  o  plants, 
RAKE  Atfach  t  work e* tin- \vrd*out. )ivi*  Hilling  Plows 
First  Premium  SILVER  MEDAL  New  England  Fair,  1672. 

FflU!  C SEED  SOWER. Piu.i*  mmihor  DriU 
LHULL  4  Sbsss  PricftB  $6  to  $16. 
CLIPPER  WHEEL  HOE.  U  A  $5.50.  Agent*  Wanted 
E.  D*  dc  O.  B.  REYNOLDS. 

(Circulars  Free.)  Noinu  BiunoewAiKu,  Mass. 

AMATEUR  PRINTERS 

tend  for  u  copy  of  I wstkittiqsh  for  AMATkpu 
Phi. stubs,  containing  Direction*  tor  the  Selection 
,f  Tvpo;  Type  Setting  and  Distributing;  Making 
Rollers;  Printing  In  Colors;  Eleetrotyplng  and  Ste- 
'•eotyping.  Ac.,  &C.-  Illustrated.  Price  25  eeuls  by 
lull,  post-paid.  Address  JOSEPH  WA'lSoN,  127 
P  ft  land  Street,  Boston,  or  53  Murray  Street,  New 
i  ork. 

.4  i  OK  a  Month!  Horse  and  earriuge  furnished. 

Expense*  paid.  H.  B.  SHAW,  Alfred,  Me. 

W  ANTED.  A  FAR  HER.  in  Every  Town, 
a*  agent  for  tho  Collin*  *tri‘l  Plow*,  lor 
orms,  Ac.,  address  COGGINS  A  Ct)., 

212  Water  St.,  New  York. 

AT  LEAST  50,000 

rflRMtRS  &  VILLAGERS  ue.o  th.i  Plunel  < 'enUXnM  Gar- 
Ion  Drill, Wheel  Hoe,  Plow  and  Snbsoller;  three  Other 
ityle*  for  tried*  •  fertilizers,  and  tenfold  rapid  Iweing. 
Made  only  by  S  G.  Ai.LKN  A  Co.,  ll'J  S.  4th  feG,  1  hlla. 


$732 

MADE  IN 

3  I  DAYS 


Ifmplmrttt.s  and  a chin cry 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


$mptc meat*  and  Pachincvy 


^mylementis  and  Machinery 


Senator  Sumner  owns  John  Bunyan’s  Bible. 
The  Marquis  of  Bute  is  corning  this  Summer. 
Gen.  Sheridan  will  booh  publish  a  military 
book. 

E.  D.  Pai.meu,  the  sculptor,  soon  sails  for 
Europe. 

James  T.  Fields  is  writing  a  course  of  six 
lectures. 

Matthew  Arnold,  the  English  poet,  Is  50 
years  old. 

Maj.  Gustavos  A.  Henry  is  the  leading  ora¬ 
tor  of  Tennessee. 

Madame  Janaurcheck  and  Miss  Mehlig  are 
playing  in  Boston. 

James  Savage,  one  of  the  oldest  citizens  of 
Boston,  died  on  the  8tli. 

Mr.  Froude  did  not  meet  a  single  vulgar  per¬ 
son  in  America,  so  he  says. 

Count  Christian  Dumas,  a  gallant  soldier, 
died  near  Paris  ou  the  20tli  ult. 

Dr.  Lswrll  Mason’s  library  has  been  given 
to  the  Vale  Theological  School. 

Thomas  Hughes  is  now  PrinTipal  of  the 
Workingmen's  College,  London. 

Geo.  Francis  Train  thinks  be  is  an  elephant 
on  the  hand-*  Of  the  Government. 

Bishop  McIlvaine  was  one  of  the  Trustees 
of  the  Peabody  Educational  Fund. 

Mr.  Kodama,  a  Japanese,  has  been  made  a 
deacon  in  the  Baltimore  Methodtet  Conference. 

Hon.  Gito.  Bancroft  has  tendered  his  resig¬ 
nation  as  Minister  to  Ruwda  on  account  of  old 
ago. 

James  Houghton,  a  Dublin  merchant,  and 
celebrated  social  and  temperance  reformer,  died 
recently  in  that  city. 

The  Mikado  of  Japan,  the  King  of  Siam,  and 
the  Shah  of  Persia  are  Interested  in  our  forth¬ 
coming  Centennial  Exhibition. 

Robert  Livingston  and  George  L.  Clinton 
have  been  selected  for  the  New  York  marble 
statues  to  be  sent  to  Washington. 


FARMERS,  DAIRYMEN  &  BUTTER  BUYERS  ! 

PACK  YOU R  BUTTER  IN 

W  ESTCOTT’S 


HAY  &  STOCK  SCAKES 

3  'foil,  BOO!  !  Sent  on  Trial. 

Address  BINGHAMTON  SCALE  WORKS, 

Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


2ft, 000  sold  last  year.  Upwards  nf 
00,0(0  sold  for  lux.  “how  tills  to 
yusr  merchant. :  n»k  Iilmto  let  you 
try  o»e.  You  will  not  part  with  It 
for  twise  Us  cost.  Made  only  bv 
PETERS  BROTHERS’  MANU¬ 
FACTURING  COMPANY,  Mar. 
shall,  Midi. 


PAUfinfiTQ  BROADCAST  Seed  Sower 

UHlIUlin  w  will  sow  three  acres  of  Timothy 
or  Clover  Seed  per  hour,  and  do  the  work  far  bettor 
than  it  can  be  done  fev  any  other  means  whatever. 


BOOH  TO  BREEDERS  S4S 

and  Registers,  for  marking  Cattle,  Sheep  and  Hogs. 
Send  C  cents  for  samples,  to  the  Patentee  and  Ex¬ 
clusive  Manufacturer,  <’.  If.  DANA. 

Wen  Lcbnncu,  N.  II. 


nr  rnilRQP  YOU  WILT.  U*E  Cnhoon’a 
UT  uUUnoC  Brondrnst  Seed  Sower  to 

sow  your  Wheat,  Kye,  Oat«,  Rarley,  Hemp  and  Grass 
Seed. 


lllt(IVKI)  FOOT 


a..  _  LATHES, 
.1  With  Slide-Rest  and  Fitting*.  ,Ii>*t 
the  tiling  for  the  Artisan  or  Amateur 
Turner. 

Also,  HAND  PLANERS. 

**  Many  render*  of  this  paper  have  one 
Of  them.”  Selling  in  nil  parts  of  the 
country,  Canada,  Cuba.  Europe,  Ac. 

Send  for  descriptive  Catalogue. 

N.  H.  BALDWIN.  Laconia,  N.  U. 


Farm  era,  you  am  buy,  for  a  short  time,  at 
WHOLESALE  Price,  the  most  valuable  and  lahor- 
saving  implement  for  preparing  and  cultivating  soil. 
A  new  principle  that  must  become  universal.  Ad¬ 
dress  the  manufacturer, 

G.  E.  Hutchinson,  Cleveland,  O. 


riTT»  ami  NAILS 

W^irVefci  Par  of  every  variety,  in  pack¬ 
ages  TO  -HfllT.  sent  to 
a  by  AMERICAN  TACK  CD., 

M  a  nufact  ti/rcrt .  117  Chit  in  hors  St.,  N.  Y. 


Dairymen,  send  for  n  Clrcnlur!  Dealers,  send  for 
n  Price  List!  We  tire  tho  sole  manufacturers  of 
Wmtooll’i  Return  Rotter  Fail,  and  also  manu¬ 
facture  very  extensively  Butter  Firkins,  Ualf-Flrkin 
Tubs,  25-pound  Butter  Palls,  Well  Buckets,  Ac.,  Ac. 
Our  goods  are  marked  with  our  name,  and  are  for 
sale  by  all  Brst-clus*  dealers. 

SILHBY  BUDS., 
Belmont,  Allegany  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Principal  Warcbiiuwi  llinghnint on,  N.  Y. 


A  sot  of  40  boxed  and  delivorerl  to  Express  or  R.  R. 
%  - ,  11  in.  long,  about  :  >  lbs.,  for  fft.Oft. 
u,  li  in.  long,  about.  til  lbs.,  for  *7.50. 
Liberal  discount  to  the  Trade.  Address 

SWEET'S  M’I’G  CD..  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


For  E.  M.  BOYNTON'S  PAT.  LIGHT¬ 
NING  SAWS.  iMhlrrw  W  IkAlnan  Btrrel.  N.  V. 
lU-wiir.  offofrlagvUKnt*.  (kiuiino  will  cut  three  tlmsi 
m  In, I  u  ,n  jus.  A  6-P  cut,  $«.  8«a<l  f°r 

l  .lu.tmtcl  Catalogs*,  tnnILd  freu. 


DON’T  FEED  CORN  IN  THE  EAK.-B1  Y 

tho  BUFFALO  CORN  S WELLER,  and  one  of 
Blank’s  Patent  Tin  ad  Hobsb-Poweks.  Him* 
to  suit  Karmen, Millers  anil  Klcvalurs.  Capacity,  5fl 
to  150  bush.shcllod  corn  per  hour.  Manufactured  by 


DU  cnnnci  !  ANTRIM,  n.  ii.,  is 

t  ill  HUuUCLL)  Sole  Manufacturer  of 

Cnhoon’e  Brondeiist  Heed  Sower*.  but  they  are 
for  sale  In  all  parts  of  tho  country. 


Writ*’  for  Large  Illustrated  Descriptive  Price  List  to 


flABHART’8  PCI.VEUI/.ING  CULTI VA- 

V  J  TOR  has  more  practical  points  than  any  cultiva¬ 
tor  lu  use.  and  l#  Indispensable  as  a  farm  imr, lenient.. 
Price,  »22.  C.  C.  BRADLEY  &  SON, 

Manufacturers,  Syracuse,  N,  Y. 


PITTSBURGH  PA 

Double.  Single,  Mutile  and  Breech-Loading  Rifles 
Shot  Guns,  Revolver*.  Pistols.  Ac.,  of  every  kind, 
tor  men  or  boys,  at  very  low  price*.  Gun*.  *3  Pi  F'fOO ; 
Pistols,  *1  to  #25. 


SEYMOUR'S  SHEARS  &  SCISSORS 

“The  Rest  are  tho  Cheapest.”  c  8  * 

Extra  Quality.  Crocus  Polish,  if  ■ ^  t  j*  l 


iic  nent  free, 


DO  YOU  BELIEVE  SSLVSAM 

with  Column’*  llrotidctiai  Seed  Soyver  *»  live 

men  cun  do  without  it  ?  If  not,  you  should  try  it  and 
be  convinced. 


PEN  NOOK  MANUFACTURING  00., 

Kc  Illicit  Square,  Chester  Co.,  I’n 


Family  8ize,  -  -  $1.50  ^  •*•§ 

Ladies’ Scissors,  -  J.OO  —'3  5 

By  mail,  prepaid.  Send  1’.  O.  Order  or  Draft.  55  g 

HENRY  SEYMOUR  A  CO.,  20  Kose  Nl.  New  York. 


The  Louden  Hay  Carrier 

Elevates  the  buy  perpendicularly  from  the  load,  car. 
ties  it  hwitontalljrio  any  tiurt  of  tile  mow,  and  returns 


Quaker  City  Tile  Mill*.  Manufactured  by  A. 
N.  HADLEY  &  CO.,  Richmond,  Indiana.  Warrant¬ 
ed  for  twelve  month*.  Hond  for  description  and  outs 
to  A.  N.  HADLEY  &  CO.,  Richmond,  Indiana. 


The  Celebrated  lone  Fertilizers, 

GROUND  BONE, 

BONE  MEAL, 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Freah  Bone  Superphosphate  ot  Lime,  or 
Dissolved  Bone.  Send  for  Circular. 

LISTER  BROS.,  Newark,  N.  J. 


By  one. Agent  selling  Silvers  Patent 
Brown.  Recommended  by  the  late 
Horace  Greeley.  Am.  Agriculturist, 
and  1 1)0,000  Families  using  them. 
One  county  for  esioli  Agent.  Success 
a  lire.  C.  A.  CLEGG  ,t  CO., 

20  Cortlundt  SL,  N,  V. 


KIDDER'S  PASTILLES. 

Price  40c.  by  mall .  Sto  well  .V  Co. ,  Charlesto nn,  Muss. 


IT  ATTORNEYS.  J.  MoO.  PERKINS  A  CO.,516  7th 
Washington,  D.  0.  Correspondence  solicited. 


In  the  world  L*  obtained,  without  cost,  by  using 
< John’s  AbHorbent  Closet  tuid  t'linul.  Ward¬ 
rooms,  cor.  Varlck  Vostrv  and  Canal  St*.,  New  York. 


^Huoical  gitjttntmnit# 


PATENTED 


It  trill  ten  it  20,000  Stitches ,  or  22  Inches 

68,595  ; 

Til, 787  of  perfect  work  per  minute.  Ml  knits  a  Hat 
weft,  tcit/t  selvage  on  both  edge*)  and  all 

84,472  Binds  of  tubular  and  fanct/  work,  from  col- 

84,478 

$12,16(1  ton.  woolen ,  linen  or  stile  threat!. 


PATENTED 


Slot)  cash  for  double-rced,  six  stops,  powerful- 
toned  Organs.  Warranted  the  best.  8275  cash  for 
7-octave,  rosewood,  carved  log,  fully  warranted 
Pianos.  W.M  A.  POND  &  CO., 

_ No.  547  Broadway,  New  York. 


You  ask  WHY  we  can  sell 
First.  (Malta  7  Octave  Pianos  tor 
*200?  we  answer— It  costs 
leas  tii, ui  *300  to  make  any 
8  0  0  0  Piano  aulii  through 


Tho  groat  popularity  which  has  attended 
tho  recent  Improvements  of  these  machines  ** — : 

haa  compelled  Mr.  Bickford  to  obtain  increas-  • 

ed  facilities  for  Lheir  manufacture  and  intro-  t 

duction.  For  these  purposes  lie  has  recently  ffl 

organized  the  new  Bickford  Knitting  Machine  A 

Co.,  of  which  he  is  President  and  Business 

The  new  and  improved  machine  now  being 
made  by  this  Company  exhibits  the  very  finest  - 

workmanship,  and  is  designed  to  meet  every 
want  of  the  iiousehold,  Every  known  im- 

provement  is  embodied  in  it  at  present,  niak-  | 

ing  the  most  simple,  durable  and*  efficient  f 

Kuitting  Machine  ever  placed  in  market.  h  >V  ■lT», , 

This  machine  is  very  simple  in  construction 
and  ease  of  operation,  besides  doing  a  much  A’j , ^  i  :: 

greater  variety  of  work  than  can  possibly  be 
made  on  auy  other  Knitting  Machine,  even  of  \ 

mueh  higher  price.  J  vaaFp/  ct  Jfcs  f 

It  will  complete  aocks  and  stockings  of  any 
size,  with  either  a  square  or  round  heel,  as  the 

needles  can  lie  drawn  up  out  of  action,  and  A,  <•  *  r  £&* 

held  there  liy  a  little  notch  in  the  body  or  / 

front  part  of  the  needle,  allowing  you  to  knit  - 

on  as  few  or  as  many  needles  as  you  like.  It  ^ 

can  also  be  made  to  knit  or  not,  at  the  will 

of  the  operator,  as  the  earns  can  be  thrown  -g*  .frill  1 

entirely  out  of  action,  so  that  the  machine 

can  be  turned  forwards  and  backwards  with- 

outformjngustitch,then,Inam»ment’stlme, 

it  can  be  thrown  into  action  again  j  thus,  if  a  f 

lady  wishes  to  leave  her  work,  there  will  be  no  dtfnger  of  its  being 
thrown  off ;  and  you  will  see  that  a  machlno  constructed  in  this  man¬ 
ner,  and  capable  of  being  adjusted  at  win,  cannot  but  do  precisely  what 
the  operator  wishes  of  it. 


T* Tifft  F  t  ifei  Agents,  ull  of  whom  makv  100 
Xm  I  wjn[  W '  Jf  h  per  ot.  tirotit.  We  have  no 
J)  I  llr  Agwitr,,  but  alup  dlrret  to  fumi- 

®  vj»  k_).  Y*  lie*  at  Eaetory  brine,  and  warrant 
Years.  Send  for  ulustrftled  cl re.nlar,  In  which  we  refer 
o  over  800  Banker*,  WerclianU,  Ac,  (*ome  of  whom 
ou  may  know),  using  our  Piano*.  In  44  Slates  and 
Zerrltorlv*.  Ple:i*e  Mate  where  van  *»w  thl»  noiico. 

U.  S.  Plano  Co.*  005  Broadway,  N.Y. 


Mi$rclIancou,o' 


EPDSIT  TD-D.A YT  in  the  SAVINGS  BANK 
Chartered  by  the  United  States. 

Send  unt  OiicruR.  No.  185  Bleeoker  St. 
ASSETS  OVER  St. 000,000. 


A  |  I  I*  A  Hue  Missouri  Fruit  and 
rllK  \  fi  f  S*  Garden  Farm  for  sale,  eon- 
■  WBfl  Wrtliki  talnlng  150  aores.  IK  miles 
from  Louisiana,  Mo.,  where  you  have  railroad  and 
water  communication  with  all  parts  of  the  world. 
About  3,000  choice  hearing  apple  trees,  and  other 
small  fruits.  Will  he  sold  all  together,  or  divided  to 
suit  purchaser.  Will  be  sold  very  low.  and  on  easy 
terms.  For  particular*,  address 

RICHMOND  A  CO.,  Louisiana,  Mo. 


THEN  USE  THE 

Averill  Chemical  Paint 

Pure  White,  drabs, 

French  Grey,  Slates, 

Buffs,  Yellows, 

and  all  the  fashionable  shades  and  colors  used  in 
house  and  oottage  painting,  ready  for  use,  requires  no 
oil,  thinning  or  dryers,  and  sold  ONLY  by  the  gal¬ 
lon. 

Every  Man  His  Own  Painter. 

Sample  card  of  colors,  and  testimonials  from  own¬ 
ers  of  the  Quest  residences  In  the  country,  furnished 
free  by  dealers  generally,  or  by  the 

AVERILL  CHEMICAL  PAINT  CO., 

32  Burling  S>lip,  New  Y'ork. 


Affenls  wanted  everyw  here.  Good,  active  men  may  earn  $50  per  week  and  expenses 


SYCHO.M  ANOY 


■ _ ■ _ or  (soul  Charming.” 

JL  How  either  sex  may  raamnate  and  gain  the 
love  und  affections  of  any  pursue  they  choose,  in¬ 
stantly.  This  simple  mental  acquirement  all  cud 

Soesess,  free,  hy  mail,  for  25  cts.,  together  wttu  a 
iarriage  Guide,  Egyptian  Oracle,  Dreams,  Hlats  to 
Ludles,  Wedding  Night  Shirt,  so.  A  queer  book. 
Address  T.  WILLIAM  A  CO.,  Publishers,  Phiia. 


DANA  BICKFORD 

Office  and  Salesroom,  -  -  • 


President  and  Superintendent. 

.  689  Broadway,  New  York 


ESTABLISH  CD  ISM'g 

^  *v  fe&ij'  r’_i 


WEST  CHE'S-TtR.P® 


glew  I’ubUcntftmtf 


tT  veto’,  ^  cert  si,  plants.',  &r 


<l  vc c,o't  ^ffd.o’,  plants:,  $r 


NEWS  CONDENSER 


UMPUELI/8  Extra  Early  HO  Day*’  Sugar 
1  Corn.— The  host  and  earliest  true  Sugar  Corn, 
on ir  ears,  large  grains,  exquisite  ttaVOT.  Price,  put., 
«!.;  w  pint,  25c. ;  pint,  Wc. :  quart, ?5c.;  pout-pulil. 

GEO.  VV.  CA.HPBEL L.  Delaware,  O. 


—  London  has  16  public  parks. 

—  Providence,  U.  T.,  lias  49  bridges. 

—  The  43d  Congress  has  173  new  members. 

—  Canadian  families  are  going  to  Virginia. 

—  Apples  are  S2.50  a  barrel  in  Lewiston,  Me. 

—  There  are  seven  ponds  in  the  city  of  Provi¬ 
dence. 

—  The  oyster  season  has  commenced  in  Con¬ 
necticut. 

—  Wllliamstown,  Vt.,  has  had  10  feet  of  snow 
this  year. 

—  Lewiston,  Me.,  will  make  15,000,000  bricks 
this  season. 

—  April  10th  will  be  Fast  Day  in  New  Hamp¬ 
shire  and  Vt. 

—  A  school  for  naturalists  is  to  be  established 
at  Nantucket. 

—  Gardner,  Mass.,  makes  $2,000,000  worth  of 
chairs  annually. 

—  The  Hoosaio  Tunnel  will  cost  $20,000,000 
when  completed. 

—  Twenty  thousand  pauper  children  go  to 
school  daily  in  London. 

—  A  railroad  is  being  built  through  the  Notch 
at  the  White  Mountains. 

—  Statuary  marble,  as  flue  as  any  in  the  world, 
is  now  found  in  Vermont. 

—  Hartford  is  to  have  a  Catholic  cathedral  to 
cost  half  a  million  of  dollars. 


Mv  stock  of  Onion  Seed  is  raised  with  peculiar  rare, 
none  lint  the  very  best  and  earliest  Onions  being  se¬ 
lect  crl  for  seed  stock:  and  from  these  I  soled  care¬ 
ful  I v,  hr  bund,  my  Seed  Onions.  Exercising  such 
care,  1  claim  for  it  a  quality  superior  to  most  of  that 
111  the  market,  much  of  wlitoll  Is  raised  from  very 
small  refuse  onions,  from  large  «ud  coarse  onions: 
or,  again,  from  such  onions  UK  the  seed  grower  chances 
to  have  on  hand— cither  of  which  qualities  tend  to 
produce  poor  nnicuw  The  seed  sent  out  by  IUQ  last 
season  gave  great  satisfaction. 

My  Prices,  this  Season,  are  as  follows, 
Vent  iousb  or  postage  ok  express  : 

Per  o*.  Per  14  lb.  Per  lb. 

Early  Round  Yellow  Danvers.. ..  20  50  $1  75 

Large  lied  Wethersfield .  15  50  1  ;«0 

Whit  - Tortuga!,  or  Sllverskin  ...  30  1  00  3  1)0 

iJtU’ge  Red  Oval  or  Globe .  20  Y5  2  00 

Forward  money  with  the  order.  Sums  of  *11  am! 
under  can  bn  sent at  my  risk  ;  over  that  umo  nut  please 
send  I*.  O.  Money  UroOr  or  Draft  on  New  \ork.  1 
warrant  the  seed  to  roach  the  purchaser:  In  ease  It 
is  lost.  1  guarantee  to  replace  ft.  Iflion't  forget 
votir  name,  P.  IT  and  State,  Address 

EDWARD  SMITH.  (Si  ED  GROWER,) 
Coils*.  \V nebi nut ou  I'o..  V  \. 


lly  LEIGH  1IENT;  compiled  by  J.  K.  Bubson.  1 
vol.,  12mo.  Cloth,  >1.50.  "  If.  a*  Mr.  Tulne  assertB, 
wit  Is  the  art  of  stating  things  In  u  plonsnnt  way,  this 
is  a  very  witty  book,  and  Lulgh  11  nut  Is  a  great  wit, 
for  almost  all  tils  sentences  ure  charming  examples 
of  the  brll’lant  Frenchman's  detlnltion  of  wit.” 

PART  IN  ETONIAN  PATTI!  WORK. 

By  B.  P.  BHILLAHKfl.  1  vo!.,  12mo.  Illustrated 
by  n.  L,  Stephens.  Price,  81.75. 

A  now  edition  from  now  plates,  tho  book  having 
been  destroyed  in  the  great  Boston  lire  before  it  was 
fairly  placed  In  the  market. 


CHAMPION,  *:t  PER  t  I, ATE  PRO 

LIEIC,  PER  -  ““  M  ~ 

Black  Defiance,  '4$ 

Nrw  Paul 


>/.,  (  Klsseua.  82  per  do*.; 
>*.  Circulars  rree.  Address 

<;  A  llEXAMEK. 
VVeatcIirttlfi-  Co..  \.  V. 


1  hlld  iliill  fvHALL  FRUIT  PLANTS 

1  f.U*  M*  100,000  I  ’onover  Colossal  Aspur- 

agoa  Hoots.  50,000  Pcucli.  Pear  and  Apple  Trees. 

- borrels  Kurly  and  Late  Hose  Potatoes,  lfor 

prices,  see  KUKAi.,  -Hareli  l\  page  152,  or  send  lor 
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lo  those  having  Guide  to  IuvchI,  and  thorn,  who  wish  to  inereiiMt*  their  income  from  means  al¬ 
ready  invested  In  other  less  profitable  securities,  we  recommend  the  Seven-Thirty  Gold  Bonds  of  the 
Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Company  as  well  secured  nnd  unusually  productive. 

The  bonds  are  always  convertible  at  Ten  percent,  premium  (1.10)  into  the  Company's  Lands  at  Market 
Prices.  The  ruts;  of  Interest  (seven  and  three-tenths  per  cent,  gold)  is  equal  now  to  about  H'A  currency — 
yielding  an  income  more  than  one-third  greater  than  17.  8.  5-20*.  Gold  Checks  for  the  semi-annual  inter¬ 
est  on  the  Registered  Bonds  are  mailed  to  the  Post-Office  address  of  the  owner.  All  marketable  stocks 


7.  MOST  ARTICLES  USED  IN  THE  FACTORY 
HAVE  GREATLY  ADVANCED  IN  PRICE.  A 
SET  OF  IVORY  KEYS,  FOR  INSTANCE,  COSTS 
ABOUT  Si. 7. 5  MORE  THAN  IT  DID  A  YEAH 
AGO;  AND,  UNTIL  THE  WARS  IN  AFRICA 
COME  TO  AN  END,  THERE  IS  NO  PROSPECT 
THAT  THE  PRICE  OF  IVORY  WILL  FALL- 
STILL  THERE  WILL  BE  NO  GENERAL  AD. 
VANCE  IN  PRICE.  IN  MOST  INSTANCES,  THE 
NEW  AND  SUPERIOR  STYLES  ARE  OFFERED 
SUBSTANTIALLY  AT  THE  OLD  KATES. 

The  manufacturer*,  !m  making  these  statements, 
take  what  they  consider  to  be  a  just  pride  In  their 
successful  career  of  twenty-one  year?.  They  mean 
to  heat  least  even  with  the  foremost  In  all  endeav¬ 
ors  to  raise  the  character  of  the  Iteed  Organ  ;  and 
they  assure  the  trade  that  they  cun  and  will  sell 
these  superior  Instruments  at  less  prices  than  are 
charged  by  most  second-class  makers. 

sarringr  hespiutfi _t.lv  invite  corre¬ 
spondence  ON  THE  SUBJECT,  AND  THEY 
K  /LL  HA  TISFYALL  IMPARTIAL  MINDS  THAI' 
TIIE  CLAIMS  SET  FOETH  A  HE  ONLY  JUST. 
FOll  TUE  CONVENIENCE  OF  DISTANT  COli- 
HESPON DENTS,  A  FEW  OF  THE 

Wholesale  Agencies 

A  HE  MENTIONED: 

M  .  W.  KI.MKALL,  at  CHICAGO,  for  Illinois. 
Iowa,  ■Wisconsin,  Minnesota  and  Northern  In¬ 
diana. 


OF  TIIE 


New  York,  Philadelphia  and  Washington 

Financial  Agents  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Company. 

JS^T”  For  Sale  By  Riinlis  and  Hankers. 


A  NEW  SQUASH 


Eighteen  year*  ago  I  Introduced  the  Hulihard 
Squash  to  the  public.  After  testing  scores  of  new 
kinds  from  every  section  of  the  United  states,  1  have 
at  last  found  one  (sit  rmuWti;/  mattrr  nf  thin  impel  )  well 
worthy  to  he  added  to  our  list,  of  standard  varieties, 
it  is  u  very  lute  keeper,  and  remarkably  free  from 
admixture  with  liny  other  sort.  In  rlze  it  averages 
with  tne  Ituhlmril,  Imt  lias  a  more  flinty  slit'll,  of  a 
bine  color)  the  flesh  is  of  a  lighter  hue,  while  in  Its 
combination  of  sweetness,  dryness,  fineness  of  grain 
and  delicious,  cliestiitiHil.e  nuvor.it  stands  alone  — 
uuequuled.  1  have  named  It  the  Marblehead  Squash. 
In  my  Catalogue  {free  lo  nil]  will  he  found  letters  nf 
rceoninie.miutton  from  lion.  Marshall  P.  wilder aud 
other  gentlemen.  Packages  with  seed  snltlcieut  tor 
six  hills,  with  full  directions  for  cultivation.  25  cents 
each  ;  live  for  $L  Dealers  supplied  at  the  usual  dis¬ 
count, 

JAMES  J.  H.  GREGORY,  Marblehead,  Muss. 


OFFICE  AND  SALESROOM 

ROCHESTER,  N.  "ST. 


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FRISK,  to  every  yearly  subscriber  at  (2.A0.  The  Pic¬ 
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Pages  -ably  Edited,  and  Illustrated  aud  Printed  In 
extra  style.  National  In  Character,  Objects  and  Cir¬ 
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Try  It  a  year.  You  cun  begin  with  the  Spring 
Campaign  i March  1)  or  at  any  time.  TERMS  —  with 
Picture,  $2.50  a  year— without,  In  clubs,  only  $2.  Lib¬ 
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Specimens,  Premium  Lists,  Ac.,  sent  free.  Address 
J>.  O.  T.  MOORE,  New  York  City. 


The  Office  and  Salesroom  of  the  Wukkler  &  Wil¬ 
son  Sewing  Machine  has  been  removed  from  Pow¬ 
ers’  block  to 


R.  II.  BULLOCK.,  at  JACKSON,  for  the  State 
of  Michigan. 

X.  SI  H NEK,  at  ST,  LOUIS,  for  Missouri  and 
Kansas. 


(Store  formerly  Oocupied  by  Steele  &  Avery.) 

The  large  increase  in  our  business  makes  it  neces¬ 
sary  to  have  a  much  larger  und  more  convenient 
place  to  do  business,  w  here  l  he  heavy  freight  cun  bo 
received  and  shipped  from  the  alley. 

Everybody  In  Western  New  York  or  elsewhere 
wishing  a  tlrst-cluss  Sewing  Machine  will  please  note 
this  change  of  location  in  the  Rochester  Agency. 


NTARIO  RASPBERRY 


J.  F.  HARRIS  &  CO 

Ohio. 


.,  at  COLUMBUS,  for 


UA  new  and  exceeding 
large,  firm  fleshed,  an. 
hanlirxt  Black  Rasphe 
prominent  Horticulturists, 
uials,  price.  Ac.,  sent  free. 


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Address 


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break,  leak  nor  explode.  Are  or¬ 
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all  houMeliold  uses;  also  to  stores, 
fuel  uric,  churches,  Arc. 

Agents  Make  $10  a  Day, 

SELLING  THESE  LAMPS. 

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^  J  li.Hl,*  bf  Hundreds  in  use  in  Shops, 
»yLjF  i,|  Printing  Rooms.  Mills,  Mines 
cf  QOi  : : :  III  *\nd  Farms  and  Planta- 
W.  WBl  '  tor  Cram  Threshing, 

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unbecoming.  Let  them  look  in  the  glass  some  duy 
when  they  call  themselves  well  fixed  up. 

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“THE  LATEST  TOY.” 

Ryder’s  Hew  Parlor  Locomotive. 

RUNS  BY  STEAM, 

And  Is  perfectly  free  from  danger. 

IT  REQUIRES  NO  TRACK.  It  will  run  In  a  straight 
line  yr  circle  around  the  largest  rooms,  or  on  the 
smallest  tables.  Nothing  so  interesting  has  ever 
before  been  introduced.  It  is  r.ulv  eight  Inches  In 
length,  and  weighs  but  twelve  ounces.  Each  In  a 
nice  box.  It  will  run  Jrom  thirty  to  forty  minutes, 


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r Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  tlie  year  1.W3,  by  l>.  T).  t.  Mooitr 


in  tlio  office  of  the  Lilmu'ian  of  Congrea*.  nt  Washington.] 

giving  a  wall  of  medium  strength  and  little  stretch  a  Ik 
hydraulic  energy,  and  requiring  a  rough-cast  olio  mold  t 
outside  for  protection;  1  ft  to  20  parts  sand  Scaffolding 
and  gravel  to  1  of  cement  being  tlie  propor-  .ho  wall.  1 
tions  U»Od.  (1p  (;j1( 

( » ravel  8  parts,  and  lime  or  «ement  1  part,  for  the  opet 
have  been  used,  the  proportion  of  gravel  Bonds  she 
being  aa  high  in  some  cases  as  12  parts.  long  altem 

Concrete  Walls  may  be  constructed  easily,  on  finish  ;  a 
with  a  hollow'  space  by  inserting  a  wooden  plates  2x  I 


There  may  be  substituted  for  a  portion  of 
the  gravel  large  pebbles,  pieces  of  stone,  and 
broken  brick.  The  sand  and  lime  or  cement 
form  the  cementing  substance  which  binds 
the  muss  together,  and  should  be  thoroughly 
worked  together  with  the  gravel  and  stone, 
as  they  are  thus  made  to  resist  greater  press¬ 
ure  and  wear.  Sand  should  be  taken  from 
the  pit  with  only  a  minimum  of  loam  or 
earth.  The  gravel  need  not  generally  be 


WEEKS’  BUTTER  FACTORY 


A  correspondent  asks  us  for  a  plan  of  an 
approved  butter  factory.  We  give  a  perspect¬ 
ive  view  and  plan,  which  we  published  in 
Tract  ical  Dairy  Husbandl  y,  it  is  the  factory 
of  U.  B.  Weeks,  and  is  quite  as  well  adapted, 
by  its  arrangement,  to  cheese  making  as  to 
butter  making.  The  plau  explains  itself,  and 
requires  no  description.  The  upper  story  of 
the  factory  is  for  a  cheese-curing  room,  and 
may  be  divided  off  for  other  pu  eposes  if  de¬ 
sired.  It  is  regarded  us  one  of  t  lie  most  con¬ 
venient  of  any  of  the  modern  built  establish¬ 
ments. 


AaT IHPjre HO  IN.  Uil  OMSUfjFACL 


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CONCRETE  BUILDINGS 


above  the  roof  with  terracotta  or  brick 
shafts.  If  it  is  designed  to  have  a  cellar,  foot¬ 
ings  of  concrete  must  bo  carried  12  in.  below 
the  cellar  bottom,  and  projet  tod  a  in.  on  each 
side  of  the  superstructure  walls.  The  trehch- 
es  should  be  excavated  the  exact  size  and 
filled  With  concrete,  and  the  earth  back  of 
the  foundations  taken  off  5  or  6  in.  to  facili¬ 
tate  the  use  of  the  molds,  mid  allow  room 
to  set  ami  remove  them.  After  the.  walls  are 
completed,  and  before  they  are  thoroughly 
dry,  if  it  is  desired  to  give  the  walls  a  lligldy 
finished  appearance,  the  protrusions  of  con¬ 
crete  at  the  junction  of  the  molds  can  be 
leveled  with  the  trowel,  and  a  thin  coat  of 
rough-east  ol'  sharp  screened  sand  three  parts 
and  cement  one  part,  plain  or  colored,  can  be 
laid  over  the  tui  rface  and  floated  evenly  down. 
If  the  walls  are  to  be  left  plain  or  without  the 
exterior  coat,  the  protrusions  on  the  surface 
must  be  removed,  and  the  floating  of  the 
surface  carried  on  as  the  walls  are  built  up. 

A  second  mode  of  building  a  concrete  well 


I.UIIO  SINK  OK  CAS  WHS 


WOE  PA  5 SACHS 


Mb.  D._  T.  Atwood,  Architect,  describes 
the  most  successful  and  economical  method 
of  making  good  concrete,  where  the  locality 
supplies  sand  und  gravel : — In  the  case  of  a 
medium  si2e  building,  two  stories  high,  plan 
to  build  the  wall  1 2  in.  thick ;  construct 
molds  of  rough  or  2  in.  plunk,  about  8  ft. 
long,  12  in.  wide,  and  12  in.  deep.  If  a  num¬ 
ber  of  piers  arc  likely  to  occur,  between 
doors  and  windows,  less  than  the  length  of  a 
mold  in  breadth,  then  construct  some 
shorter  molds  to  accommodate  these  piers 
as  nearly  as  possible,  secure  the  molds  to¬ 
gether,  and  in  their  proper  position,  by  fast¬ 
ening  the  four  lower  corners  with  %  in. 
wrought  iron  rods  with  screw  thread  and 
nuts  on  the  outer  ends,  to  turn  upon  the  out¬ 
side  faces  of  the  plank,  until  they  are  ad¬ 
justed  to  the  thickness  of  wuU.  Secure  the 
tops  with  iron  holdfasts  of  '  ,  X  1  in.  wrought 
iron,  to  fit  down  over  the  top  edges  of  the 
plank,  and  made  somewhat  like  a  shoemak¬ 
er’s  measuring  rule  with  one  end  to  adjust 
to  any  thickness  of  wall, 
the  sliding  foot  fastened 

by  an  iron  pin  from  be-  ,  3 

hind  and  passing  thro’  -  _  -- 

the  horizontal  arm,  as  ISs".  _  v:~ 

shown  in  the  annexed 

The  mold  is  disen-  r~  - 
gaged  after  the  wall  has 

ing  off  the  npts  at  the 

bottom  on  one  side,  and  '  ~  -  - 

lifting  up  the  clamps 

at  the  top,  the  rods  being 

drawn  out  ®f  the  wail  ! 

in  removing  the  other 

side  of  the  mold. 

The  concrete  may  be 
fixed  near  the  building 
on  the  ground,  or  in  the  |1e 
building  in  a  rough  mor-  tv.-  ■ 

tar  box  of  sufficient  ca-  *T  ,  TTjlF  ii  (F  ,  B 
pacity  to  hold  an  extra  ff|kjj3§|  j  |'  1  1  T 

■  ^  I  i ; 

parts ;  cement,  1  part. 


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screened.  Cement  is  better  to  mix  with  than  core  iyt  or 
lime,  as  it  produces  a  concrete  or  more  hy-  [  wall  enclose 
draulic  energy,  and  makes  the  walls  less  it  with  the  i 
absorbent  of  moisture.  Limes  denominated  all  the  advai 
pour,  and  possessing  a  proportion  of  silica  Door  and  , 
and  iron,  are  nearly  as  good  as  Roman,  Rosen-  wnrtpr1  . 
dale,  or  Portland  cements.  worked  up  L 

principal  eo 

A  much  larger  proportion  of  sand  and  carried  up 
gravel  lias  been  employed  with  the  same  pro-  and  staylath 


and  Si  to  80  in.  long, 
with  hollows  in  the 
middle  of  each,  or  in  the 
form  of  a  common 
brick,  and  laid  with 
stretcher  or  header 
courses.  The  ingredi¬ 
ents  may  be  the  sum 2 
as  for  agglomerated 
concrete,  and  made  in 
the  same  proportions. 
The  mass  should  be 
mixed  or  ground  to¬ 
gether  in  such  a  man¬ 
ner  that  the  lime  be 
brought  mechanically  in 
contact  with  the  par¬ 
ticles  of  sand,  using  as 
little  water  as  possible  ; 
and  after  acquiring  the 


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of  the  potatoes,  the  other  eight  ounces  eon 
sistingof  “  wrappings,”  etc  ;  while  the  ode 
half  pound  of  ours,  never  made  their  appear 
ance  “above  ground.”  Bo  in  reality  we  line 
only  three  pounds  that  grew.  These  wcr< 
planted  late  in  May,  if  we  remember  correct 
ly,  aa  they  came  to  hand  very  late,  our  owi 
fault,  however,  as  we  ordered  them  a  montl 
too  late.  The  soil  upon  which  they  wen 
grown  is  a  light  sandy  loam,  that  had  1*>ei 
cleared  five  years  previously,  and  <  roppe< 
each  year  since,  without  manure.  It  wa 
ii] owed  deep,  no  manure  applied,  and  the  pc 


proper  consistency  it  should  be  placed  in 
molds  and  subjected  to  immense  pressure. 


FEEDING  CATTLE 


PLAN  OF  COTTAGE  RESIDENCE 


POTATOES  FOR  MARKET 


1  think  this  ih  one  of  the  things  in  winch 
almost  all  our  farmers  arc  remiss.  For  proof 
Of  what  I  say,  go  into  the  yards  of  our  farm¬ 
er's  and  look  at  their  cattle,  especially  their 
cows,  and  what  do  you  see  ?  IV  liy,  skin  and 
bonoa,  but  not  much  else.  You  ask  if  they 
are  with  calf;  the  answer  is,  “yes.”  You  go 
away  thinking,  if  they  do  not  die  at  that 
time  he  is  lucky.  Well,  suppose  they  live 
through  and  are  turned  out  to  grass  ;  the  re¬ 
sult  is,  that  what  should  go  into  the  pail  in 
the  shape  of  milk,  butter,  etc.,  has  to  go  on 
to  the  animal  to  build  up  wliut  has  been 
burned  off  to  keep  the  animal  warm  through 
the  winter.  Now,  the  loss  to  the  country  in 
this  way  every  year  is  enormous  ;  for  it  takes 
all  summer  to  get  the  animal  up  in  any  de¬ 
cent  sort  of  condition  for  milk.  1  believe 
that  two-thirds  of  the  cows  kept  in  this  coun¬ 
try  would  produce  more  than  all  do  now  if 
they  only  had  wliat  they  ought  to  have  to 
eat.  It  is  not  so  much  improved  breeds  of 
.stock  t  hat  are  wanted  os  it  is  improved  care  of 
what  we  ha  ve  got.  There  is  no  economy  in 
letting  an  animal  get  poor  ;  but  some  people 
seem  to  think  that  it  is  all  gain  if  they  only 
save  a  little  hay  by  the  operation.  1  have 
heard  people,  argue  that  they  could  make  it 
up  on  grass,  not  thinking  that,  every  pound 
lost  is  lout,  and  has  got  to  be  replaced.  Where¬ 
as,  if  the  animal  had  had  such  feed  us  it  ought 
to  have,  it  would  not  have  been  lost. 

One  thing  cattle  need  they  do  not  get,  is 
plenty  of  salt ;  they  ought  to  have  some  every 
day,  but  I  fear  many  do  not  get  it  once  a 


For  several  years  the  reach  Blow  has  oeen 
our  main  dependence,  but  late  years  it  has 
not  done  as  well  ;  it  is  too  late,  too  many 
small  ones,  too  hard  to  dig.  It  sets  so  late 
that  in  a  dry  season  it  fails  ;  und  at  best,  no 
matter  how  early  it  is  planted,  we  must  let 
it  remain  in  the  ground  till  the  List  day  of  the 
season,  and  then  if  it.  happens  to  freeze  up 
before  night  a  part  of  our  potat  oes  are  left  in 
the  ground  over  winter.  There  are  over  one 
hundred  acres  left  out.  this  winter,  within  six 
miles  of  Rochester  in  one  direction.  As  the 
ground  has  not  thawed  since  it.  froze,  up  last, 
fall,  and  lius  been  bare  most  of  the  time,  and 
the  mercury  several  times  below  zero,  1  think 
the  question  whether  the  ground  will  take 
the  frost  out  of  the  potatoes  without  injury, 
alter  one  freezing  might  be  settled,  perhaps 
some  who  have  a  chance  to  try  it  will  report 
to  the  JtriU-U  Six  or  eight  years  ago  the 
White  Peach  Blow  was  more  productive,  and 
better  in  quality,  but  of  late  is  no  bet  ter  than 
the  Red. 

Most  farmers  plant  large 
as  it  happens 
price,  sell  the  large  ones, 


In  reply  to  your  correspondent,  M.  H.  H., 
in  Rural  New- Yorker  of  March  15,  page 
169,  I  would  say  that  it  Is  impossible  to  make 
a  very  satisfactory  disposal  of  the  rooms  as 
designated,  and  particularly  in  t  he  prescribed 
form  and  size.  But.  perhaps  the  enclosed  plan 


terially  checked  by  the  severe  and  protracted 
drouth  which  followed.  From  the  12t.li  day 
of  June,  till  the  following  October,  we  did 
not  have  a  single  rain  that  wet  down  to  po¬ 
tato  roots. 

In  August,  the  tops  of  Campbell's  Late 
Rose  commenced  to  wither  and  die,  while 
many  of  the  other  Late  Rose  were  actually 
scorched  to  death.  Campbell's  were  culti¬ 
vated  and  hoed  but  once;  the  othets  twice. 
The  middle  of  October,  they  were  ripe  and 
ready  to  dig,  while  avert/  one  of  the  “sport 
varieties  were  green  and  growing  when  win 
ter  set  in  on  the  14t  h  of  November.  IN  e  re¬ 
ceived  from  our  three  pounds  of  Campbell’s, 
•Jin  lbs.  of  as  nice  potatoes  os  we  saw  grown 
anywhere,  the  pust  season. 

Had  our  three  pounds  been  planted  in  good 
rich  soil,  and  the.  season  been  favorable,  we 
have  not  the  least  doubt  but  they  would 
have  produced  twelve  bushels.  As  it  was, 
the  yield  from  them,  was  four  times  as  much 
as  from  any  of  the  late  “sport”  varieties  or 
the  Early  Rose.  In  quality,  Campbell’*  were 
good,  far  better  than  imy  potato  we  grew 
)a.st,  season  ;  as  all  other  varieties  were  poor 
and  insipid.  Moreover,  they  (Campbell’s) 
attained  a  good  size,  considering  the  season, 
and  were  smooth  and  free  I  nnu  excrescence, 
ami  handsome  in  color.  We  do  not  wonder 
that  Mr.  T.  grew  scraggy  specimens,  in  such 
a  soil  and  with  such  treatment,  Wc  have 
not  mentioned  any  of  the  “sport’  varieties 
by  name,  simply  because  wc  do  not  think 
they  possess  any  merit  worth  mentioning, 
nor  have  we  recommended  Campbell’s  Late 
Rose,  because  we  have  any  pecuniary  intei* 
cst.  iu  them,  for  we  have  none  ;  but  because 
we  believe  them  to  be  worthy  of  a  full  and 
impartial  trial.  We  shall  plant  our  foui 
bushels  this  spring,  although  we  could  sell 
them  at  eight  or  ten  dollars  per  bushel. 

Hichbert  A.  Burch. 

Van  Boren  Co.,  Mich. 


or  small  potatoes  , 
or  when  potatoes  bring  a  high 
and  plant  the  small 

ones.  Perhaps  this  has  been  one  cause  of  , 
failure— if  so,  cannot  we  improve  it  by  select 
ing  the  best,  as  we  do  our  seed  corn.  Four 
years  since  1  planted  some  small,  nuhby,  pur¬ 
ple  Mercers  :  but  by  selecting  those  that  were 
smooth  and  of  medium  size,  since  then,  have 
now  blit  few  small  or  prongy  ones.  No  doubt 
the  Peach  Blow  might  be  Improved  in  this 
way,  but  it  is  too  late.  What,  we  want,  is  a 
variety  Unit  does  not  ripen  later  t  han  the 
Fluke,  as  good  in  quality  t  hrough  the  season 
as  the  Peach  Blow,  large  and  productive  and 
bring  the  highest  price  in  market.  It,  should 
be  colored,  so  os  not  to  show  bruises  or  other 
defects  as  readily  ;  oval,  or  kidney  shape, 
these  being  most  dusiruble  for  boiling  or  bak¬ 
ing. 

What,  have  we  among  the  old  or  new  vari¬ 
eties  that  meets  these  requirements  ?  of  the 
Goodrich  Seedlings  nearly  all  have  been  dis¬ 
carded.  The  Early  Goodrich  yields  well  in  a 
wet  season,  or  on  a  clay  soil,  and  is  good  in 
quality  through  the.  season,  but  is  not  adapt 
ed  to  all  soils  or  seasons.  The  Harison  lacks 
in  quality.  Among  Mr.  Brksek’s  seedlings, 
only  three  varieties  seem  desiral  Jo.  The  King 
of  Earlies  is  as  early  as  any  variety  we  ha  v  e, 
but  is  better  in  quality  as  an  early  potato. 

It  requires  very  ricli  ground  and  close  plant¬ 
ing  to  secure  a  crop.  The  same  applies  to 
the.  Spotted  Shaw,  Ash-leaf,  or  New  Hamp¬ 
shire  Seedling,  which  are  about  as  early.  1  he 
Early  Rose  does  not  bring  the  highest  price 
in  market  as  an  early  or  late  potato  for  table 
use,  and  probably  will  not  long  for  seed,  ihe 
Peerless  in  large  and  handsome,  productive, 
and  of  good  quality  as  a  late  potato.  Still 
these  varieties  seem  more  desirable  for  one 
growing  potatoes  simply  for  home  use,  com¬ 
ing  in  rotation  aa  they  do  from  early  to  late. 
If°the  Peerless  would  sell  well  iu  the  fall  we 
might  safely  plant  it.  1  have  never  tried  but 
one  variety  (Red  Jacket,  a  seedling  from  the 
Mercer)  as  good  in  quality,  that  yielded  moi  e, 
or  is  less  objectionable. 

There  are  other  varieties  from  which  we 
might  select,  that  come  within  our  scope,  that 
are  good  in  quality  and  more  productive  than 
the  Peach  Blow,  such  as  Shaker  s  Fancy,  Ida 
ho,  White  Rose,  Mohawk,  Concord  ;  even  the 
Purple  Mercer  has  done  better  with  me  than 
the  Peach  Blow,  and  suits  our  table  quite  as 
well,  either  boiled  or  baked,  it  is  e\  ident 
that  no  late  growing  variety  meets  with  fa¬ 
vor,  for  the  Excelsior,  Riley  and  a  seedling 
from  the  Mercer,  which  are  better  Iu  quality, 
have  not  become  popular.  When  co-opera¬ 
tion  becomes  established  among  fanners,  no 
doubt  they  will  call  a  convention  that  will  se¬ 
lect  a  variety  to  take  the  place  of  the  Peach 


TURNIPS  FOR  STOCK 


H.  M.,  on  page  187  of  Rural,  asks  for  in¬ 
formation  in  regard  to  feeding  turnips  to 
stock.  I  see  it  stated  in  the  Agriculturist 
that  the  common  white  turnip,  when  first 
the  field,  contains  about  94  per 
Aberdeens,  92  per  cent.  ; 
\  Now,  if  this  is  the 
taken  by  themselves,  they  would  not 
feed,  and  I  do  not  think 


HARROWING  WHEAT 


ANOTHER  PLAN  WANTED 


Having  experimented  a  good  deal  for 
several  years,  and  noticed  the  results  of 
others,  in  harrowing  wheat  in  the  spring,  I 
am  led  to  address  you  upon  this  important 
subject.  Wheat,  as  you  are  aware,  is  sown 
in  the  fall,  two  months  or  more  before  the 
setting  in  of  winter.  The  ground  is  generally 
well  prepared  for  the  seed,  made  mellow  and 
line.  After  sowing  it  is  exposed  to  the  beat¬ 
ing  rains,  which  pack  the  ground  considera¬ 
bly.  During  the  winter  it  is  exposed  to  more 
storms,  so  tha  t  when  the  ground  settles  in  the 
spring  wliat  was  mellow  soil  in  the  fall  has 
become  so  hard  that  a  horse  scarcely  mokes 
any  impression  in  passing  over  the  field. 
Suppose  corn  be  planted  in  the  fall  at  the 
same  time  that  the  wheat  is  sown,  and  left 
during  the  summer  with  uo  more  cultivation 
than  the  wheat  receives,  the  crop  would 


As  I  contemplate  building,  I  am  much  in¬ 
terested  in  the  designs  you  furnish  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker.  The  one  figured  in 
your  issue  of  February  15  comes  the  nearest 
to  my  idea  of  wliat  1  shall  require,  of  anv  - 
thing  that  I  have  ever  seen  for  a  small  farm¬ 
house  or  cottage.  I  would  preserve  the  gen¬ 
eral  outline  of  the  house  anil  location  of 
rooms,  but,  if  possible,  bring  the  library  and 
kitchen  nearer  to  the  dining-room  and  to  each 
other,  and  by  some  means  1  would  locate  one 


taken  from 
cent,  of  water 
rutabagas,  90  per  cent 

ease,  t - 

seem  to  be  very  extra 
they  are.  I  should  not  want  to  buy  them  if 
I  were  obliged  to  pay  over  ten  cents  per 
bushel  ;  and  I  think  that  would  be  too  much 
as  au  ordinary  thing  ;  but  as  un  appetizer 
they  might  be  worth  double  or  treble  that 
amount.  We  have  fed  out  some  three  hun¬ 
dred  bushels  this  winter  to  seven  head  of  cat¬ 
tle.  I  should  like  to  have  enough  to  feed  a 
half  bushel  per  day  to  each  animal  through 
the  winter  ;  and  1  find,  by  experience,  that 
is  about  all  a  moderate  sized  cow  will  eat 
right  along  and  not  cloy.  Of  course,  a  In  ge 
ox  might  eat  double  this  amount.  If  a  man 
can  raise  them  at  a  cost  of  say  five  or  six 
;  cents  per  bushel,  the  more  he  raises  and  feeds 
the  better  ;  and,  according  to  the  above,  I 
don’t  see  much  difference  between  the  white 
and  the  Russia,  A-  -N- 

Westport,  Conn. 


NOTES  FOR  HERDSMEN. 

Poke  Boot,  not  “  Seo/fe”  Hoof,  for  Garget. 
— T.  G.  Quincy,  Mich.,  is  informed  that  we 
have  never  failed  to  cure  garget  by  the  use  of 
poke  root,  sometimes  called  seoke-root,  But 
we  have  known  skunk  cabbage  to  be  called 
seoke-root.  That  is  not  the  root  to  be  used. 
It  is  of  the  plant  known  as  poke  berry  which 
grows  on  up- lands,  has  a  stalk  three  to  the 
feet  high  and  bears  a  dark  purple,  jucy  fruit, 
from  which  we  used  to  make  ink  when  a  boj . 
Its  botanical  name  is  Phytolacca  derandra. 
You  should  be  careful  to  milk  the  cow  '  lean, 
and  after  milking  bathe  the  bug  thorough  1} 
in  warm  water,  rubbing  it  dry  afterward. 

jl  Self-Sucking  Cow  is  prevented  from  thus 
indulging  by  an  Illinoisian,  who  puts  a  halter 
or  strap  over  her  head  that  will  hold  a  co  n 
mon  bridle-bit  in  her  mouth.  She  eats  and 
drinks  just  os  well  as  without  it  alter  a  utue, 
and  is  finally  cured  of  the  propensity. 


injuring  the  wneex  in  me  iuum,  hum 

is  wonderful.  A  very  few  days  of  warm 
weather  after  the  harrowing  the  wheat 
starts  into  very  rapid  growth,  which  itBeems 
to  retain  during  the  season.  I  had  fifty 
acres  last  spring,  which,  like  nearly  all  the 
wheat  in  this  part  of  the  country,  looked 
very  badly  in  the  spring.  1  gave  it  a  good 
ban-owing.  The  effect  was  exceedingly  sat- 


“THE  LATE  ROBE  POTATOES.” 

The  long  and  interesting  article  of  Mr. 
Talcott,  under  the  above  caption,  published 
in  the  Rural  New  Yorker  of  Feb.  8th,  ’7:i, 
page  90,  has  no  doubt  attracted  general  at¬ 
tention.  Having  had  some  experience  with 
“Late  Rose  Potatoes,”  which  is  so  different 
from  Mr.  Talcott’ s,  we  give  it  for  the  bene¬ 
fit  of  those  who  may  think  of  testing  them 
for  themselves.  Iu  the  spring  of  ’72  we  sent 
to  Mr.  G.  W.  Campbell  for  a  four  pound 
package  of  “  Campbell’s  Late  Rose.”  As  Mi-. 
T.  says  -.—There  were  only  three  and  a-half 


COTTAGE  RESIDENCE— SECOND  FLOOR. 

or  two  bedrooms  on  the  lower  floor  ;  and, 
with  the  addition  of  another  room  for  a  milk- 
room,  I  think  the  plan  would  be  perfect  for 
my  situation.  If  you  or  any  of  your  readers 
can  give  me  a  plan  of  what  I  want  ,  you  v\  ill 
(Treat, lv  oblige  a  young  farmer  and  reader. 


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APRIL  S 


be  compelled  to  let  England  make  the  prices 
on  our  goods. 

Attention  has  heretofore  been  called,  in 
these  columns,  to  the  fact  that  out  of  our  an¬ 
nual  product  ot  340,000,000  to  300.000,000 
pounds  of  cheese,  only  70,000,000  pounds  are 
exported.  But,  singular  as  it  may  seem,  the 
rates  paid  for  cheese  to  go  abroad  govern  t  he 
price  on  nearly  the  whole  bulk  of  cheese 
made.  This  is  the  rule,  the  exception  being 
on  late  fall  and  winter  stocks,  which  are 
sometimes  held  by  buyers,  and  a  price  ex¬ 
acted  above  summer  rates.  One  leading 
cause  of  this  state  of  t  hings  is  that  New  York 
city  is  made  the  great  central  point  to  which 
the  cheese  product  is  forwarded,  and  the  plan 
adopted  by  buyers,  of  regulating  prices  in  ac¬ 
cordance  with  the  British  n larket.  The  con  h- 
try  trade  in  New  York  is  but  little  removed 
from  a  commission  business.  Dealers  of  lim¬ 
ited  capital,  agents  of  shippers  and  of  city 
firms,  purchase  a  large  quantity  of  cheese 
from  week  to  week,  or  month  to  month,  on 
orders,  and  they  are  satisfied  to  get  a  certain 
percentage  on  their  purchases.  Many  of 
these  men  cannot  hold  cheese  for  any  length 
of  time,  and  if  they  pay  more  than  cheese  is 
worth  for  export  they  do  not  find  ready  sale, 
and  are  very  likely  to  lose  money  ;  for  what¬ 
ever  surplus  there  is  in  New  York  above  home 
wants  and  homo  distribution  must  goabroad 
Hence  it  is  Unit  New  York 


England,  is  as  follows  4  ounces  blue  vitriol, 

2  oz.  verdigris  to  a  junk  bottlo  of  urine. 

3.  Spirits  of  turpentine,  tar  and  verdigris, 
in  equal  parts. 

4.  The  following  recipe  used  to  bo  hawked 
about  the  country  at  the  price  of  $5,  the  pur¬ 
chaser  having  promised  inviolable  secrecy : 

3  quarts  alcohol,  1  pint  spirits  of  turpentine, 
1  pint  of  strong  vinegar,  1  lb.  of  blue  vitriol, 

1  lb.  of  copperas,  lj^lbs.  verdigris,  1  lb.  alum, 
1  If),  of  saltpeter,  pounded  fine  ;  mix  in  a  close 
bottle,  shake  every  day,  and  let  it  stand  six 
or  eight  days  before  using:— also  mix  2 lbs. 
of  honey  and  2  quarts  tar  and  apply  it  after 
the  previous  compound.  “  Two  applications 
to  entirely  remove  disease." 

•">.  A  saturated  solution  of  blue  vitriol  ap¬ 
plied  through  a  quill  iu  a  cork— and  finely 
pulverized  vitriol  dusted  over  the  parts  when 
wet.  This  was  the  favorite  remedy  of  the 
farmers  in  the  region  where  I  reside,  twenty- 
live  years  ago. 

fi.  The  most  common  and  popular  remedy 
now  used  in  Central  New  York  is  1  lb.  blue 
vitriol ;  1 ,  lb.  (with  sonic  lb.)  verdigris  ;  1 
pint  of  linseed  oil ;  l  quart  of  tar.  The  vitri¬ 
ol  and  verdigris  are  pulverized  very  fine,  and 


HOW  A  HERKIMER  COUNTY  DAIRYMAN 
TREATS  ABORTIVE  STOCK. 


TREATMENT  OF  FOOT  ROT 


What  is  the  most  successful  mode  of  treat¬ 
ing  the  foot  rot  in  sheep  f  A.  H.  Winn. 

In  response  wc  copy  the  following  from 
Randali.'k  Practical  Shepherd  (published  at 
this  office)  which  is  as  good  and  successful  a 
way  as  we  know  of  : 

Hheep  should  be  yarded -for  the  operation 
immediately  after  a  rain,  if  practicable,  as 
then  the  hoofs  can  be  readily  cut.  In  a  dry 
time,  and  after  a  night  which  has  left  no  dew 
on  the  grass,  their  hoofs  are  almost  as  tough 
as  horn.  They  must  be  driven  through  no 
mud,  or  soft  dung,  ou  their  way  to  the  yard, 
which  doubles  the  labor  of  cleaning  their 
feet.  The  yard  must  be  small,  so  they  can 
be  easily  caught,  and  it  must  be  kept  well 
littered  down,  so  they  shall  not  fill  their  feet 
with  their  own  manure.  Lf  the  straw  is 
wetted,  their  hoofs  will  not  of  course  dry  and 
harden  as  rapidly  as  in  dry  straw.  Could  the 
yard  be  built  over  a  shallow,  gravelly-bot* 
tomed  brook,  it  would  lie  an  admirable  ar 
rungement.  The  hoofs  would  bo  kept  so  soft 
that  the  greatest  and  most  unpleasant  part 
of  the  labor,  as  ordinarily  performed,  would 
in  a  great  measure  be  saved  ;  and  they  would 
be  kept  free  from  that  dung  which,  by  any 
other  arrangement,  will  more  or  less  get  into 
their  feet. 

The  principal  operator  or  foreman  seats 
himself  in  a  chair — a  couple  of  good  sharp 
knives  (one  a  thin  and  narrow  one),  a  wliet- 


at  last,  and  badly  too  ;  for  15  out  of  my  herd 
have  already  aborted,  and  how  many  more 
will  abort  I  do  not  know,  for  the  disease 
‘strikes  a  now  ease  ’  every  few  days.  But," 
continued  he,  “my  cows  are  giving  a  nice 
mess  of  milk  ;  in  fact  are  doing  splendidly, 
and  I  manage  them  in  this  way  My  granary 
bins  are  tilled  with  shippings,  corn  meal,  bar¬ 
ley  meal  and  rye  meal,  and  I  just,  pile  it  into 
those  cows,  giving  them,  all  the  feed  they 
will  take.  I  have  now  got  so  I  can  tell  when 
a  cow  will  abort ;  several  days  in  advance  of 
the  time  her  hair  stands  out,  and  looks 
rough  ;  besides  there  are  other  peculiarities 
in  her  general  appearance,  and  I  commence 
at  once  to  food  moderately.  After  she  loses 
her  calf  the  feed  is  increased  from  time  to 
time,  and  as  fast  as  she  will  bear  it  we  stud 
her.  I  made  up  my  mind  that  an  aborting 
cow  in  February  was  not  worth  much  unless 
she  could  be  brought  to  her  milk,  and  would 
hardly  pay  for  her  keep  till  grass  conies,  or 
until  such  time  as  she  could  be  sold.  Thus, 
the  experiment  of  high  feeding,  even  if  it, 
killed  a  few  animals,  could  result  in  no  great 
lose.  But  the  experiment  in  my  case  has 
proved  a  great  success,  and  we  arc  getting 
about  the  same  quantity  of  milk  as  is  usual 
from  new  milch  cows,  while  all  the  aborting 
animals  look  thrifty,  and  are  gaining  flesh. 
If  they  had  aborted  in  December  or  early  in 
January,  perhaps  they  would  not  have  done 
so  well ;  but  if  they  can  be  kept  along  in  this 
way  until  grass,  1  shall  expect  them  to  make 
a  fair  yield  of  milk  for  the  season.  Indeed, 
as  they  arc.  extra  milking  Stock,  the  chances 
are  that  they  will  yield  better  returns  than  a 
new  lot  of  cows  picked  from  the  droves.  So 
1  shall  run  my  aborted  stock  through  the  sea¬ 
son,  instead  of  turning  them  oft  and  filling 
up  my  herd  with  other  animals. ’’ 

We  have  no  doubt  the  principle  above 
Stated  is  in  the  main  correct.  The  abortin'* 
cow  should  not  be  allowed  to  run  down  ;  she 
must  have  extra  feed  and  care,  and  under 
this  treatment  she  may  possibly  be  made  to 
bring  her  owner  out  with  no  serious  loss. 
Thus,  choice  milking  stock  that  abort  in  the 
spring  of  the  year  may  often  be  milked  up, 
and  will  sometimes  yield  almost,  if  not  quite’ 
as  much  milk  through  the  season  as  they 
would  had  they  escaped  this  trouble.  But, 
on  the  othei  hand,  if  allowed  to  run  down 
and  with  no  extra  care  and  feed,  they  fail  in 
milk  and  turn  out  a  serious  loss.  Again,  even 
though  they  fail  in  milk,  the  extra  feed  given 
is  not  wasted,  because,  as  the  animal  puts  on 
flesh  she  becomes  marketable,  and  can  gener¬ 
ally  be  sold  so  as  to  turn  more  profit  to  the 
owner,  above  the  cost  of  keep,  than  she 


at  some  price 
city,  being  often  overstocked  with  cheese  in 
the  Hummer,  and  being  unequal  to  its  dist  ri¬ 
bution  for  home  wants,  prices  often  decline 
below  actual  values.  And  with  a  surplus  of 
cheese  in  New  York  city,  quotations  of  prices 
there  govern,  to  a  great  extent,  prices  in  dif¬ 
ferent  sections  of  the  country. 

What  wo  desire  to  urge  upon  the  attention 
of  dairymen  and  dealers,  is  a  wide  and  more 
equitable  distribution  of  the  cheese  product, 
by  which  all  our  towns  and  villages,  of  any 
considerable  size,  may  be  constantly  supplied 
with  good  cheese,  in  this  way  consumption 
will  be  promoted,  and  the  pressure  removed 
from  New  York  and  a  few  other  leading 
Cities,  which  are  often  burdened  with  stocks 
which  cannot  well  bo  handled  to  good  advan¬ 
tage. 

This  is  a  matter  which  concerns  the  pro¬ 
ducer,  perhaps,  more  than  the  dealer  ;  for  as 
cheese  is  now  bought,  to  a  great  exteut,  from 
week  to  week,  a  decline  in  prices  falls  heavily 
upon  the  farmer.  If  the  dealer  makes  his 
percentage,  or  commission,  of  to  le.  per 
pound  for  handling  the  goods,  lie  realizes  the 
same  profits  on  a  given  quantity,  whether 
the  cheese  be  bought  at  10c.  or  lac.  ;  but  the 
difference  to  the  producer  is  a  serious  item. 


The  remedy  recommended  by  Mr.  James 
Hocn  of  Scotland,  is  turpentine.  3  ounces, 
sulphuric  acid  3  drama— to  bo  well  mixed  be¬ 
fore  it  is  used  and  applied  freely  to  the  dis¬ 
eased  part. 

s.  Mr.  Spooner  thinks  1  oz.  of  olive  oil  and 
double  the  quantity  of  sulphuric  acid,  an  im¬ 
provement  on  the  above,  lie  says  “the  acid 
must  be  mixed  carefully  with  turpentine,  as 
considerable  inflammation  immediately  takes 
place."  He  remarks  that  he  has  used*  all  the 
powerful  acids  with  success,  and  that  ho 
imagines  it  of  bqt  little  consequence  which 
caustic  is  employed,  provided  it  be  of  sufli- 
oient  strength. 

Any  of  these  remedies,  and  fifty  more  that 
might  l>e  compounded,  simply  by  combining 
caustics,  stimulants,  etc.,  in  different  forms 
and  proportions,  will  prove  sufficient  for  the 
extirpation  of  lioof-rot,  with  proper  prepara¬ 
tory  and  subsequent  treatment.  On  these 
last,  beyond  all  question,  principally  depends 
the.  comparative  success  of  the  applications. 

First.  No  external  remedy  can  succeed  in 
this  malady  unless  it  comes  in  contact  with 
all  the  diseased  parts  of  the  foot— for  if  such 
part,  however  small,  is  unreached,  the  un¬ 
healthy  and  ulcerous  action  is  perpetuated 
in  it,  and  it  gradually  spreadsover  and  again 
involves  the  surrounding  tissues.  Therefore 
every  portion  of  the  diseased  flesh  must  be 
denuded  of  horn,  filth,  dead  tissue,  pus  and 
every  other  substance  which  can  prevent  the 
application  from  actually  touching  it,  and 
producing  its  characteristic  effects  on  it. 

Second.  The  application  must  be  kept  iu 
contact  with  the  diseased  surfaces  long 
enough  to  exert  it  s  proper  remedial  influence. 
If  removed,  by  any  moans,  before  this  is  ac¬ 
complished,  it  must  necessarily  proportiona¬ 
tely  fail  in  its  effects, 

The  preparation  of  the  foot,  then,  requires 
no  mean  skill.  The  tools  must  bo  sharp,  the 
movements  of  the  Operator  careful  and  de¬ 
liberate.  As  he  shaves  down  near  the  quick, 
he  must  cut  thinner  and  thinner,  and  with 
more  and  more  care,  or  else  he  will  either 
fail  to  remove  the  horn  exactly  far  enough, 
or  he  will  cut  into  the  fleshy  sole  and  cause  a 
rapid  flow  of  blood.  I  have  already  remarked 
that  the  blood  can  bo  staunched  by  caustics 
—but  they  coagulate  it  on  the  surface  in  a 
mass  which  requires  removal  before  the  ap¬ 
plication  of  remedies,  and  in  the  process  of 
its  removal  the  blood  is  very*  frequently  set 
flowing  again,  and  this  sometimes  several 
times  follows  the  application  of  the  caustic 
as  the  toe  vein  bleeds  very  freely,  and  it  often 
requires  some  time  and  trouble' to  staunch  it. 
Cutting  down  to  the  crock  between  the 
horny  and  fleshy  sole,  is  not  enough.  The 
operator  must  ascertain  whether  there  is  any 
ulceration  between  the  outside  horny  walls 
and  the  fleshy  part  of  the  foot — nr  at  the  toe 
— or  Whether  there  is  even  a  rudiment  of  an 
unreached  sinus  or  cavity  in  any  part  of  the 
foot  where  the  ulceration  has  penetrated  or 
is  beginning  to  penetrate.  The  practiced  eye 
decides  these  questions  rapidly  from  the 
characteristic  appearances,  without  the  re¬ 
moval  of  unnecessary  horn  but.  the  uewbe- 


TEMPERATURE  OF  CREAM  BEFORE 
CHURNING. 


as  no  cheese  is  made  in  this  section,  and 
w  hat  is  imported  is  generally  very  inferior 
I  wish  you  would  be  so  good  as  to  send  me  a 
jr  goo^flavored  cheese.  A  smal  1  one 

is  most  desirable,  as  i  want  it  for  my  own 
family  use.— D.  A.  C.,  Pennsylvania. 

W®  often  receive  letters  of  similar  import 
to  the  above,  and,  although  we  are  not  en¬ 
gaged  in  the  cheese  trade,  and  have  no  cheese 
to  sell,  we  do  these  favors  for  our  corresoond- 


W ASHING  BUTTER 

A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  Cincinnati  Gazette, 

,  —  ; - :~t  gives  his  views  as 

•oes  not  the  washing 
.  I-.!  aroma?  We 


follows  : — Tt  is  aske<_ . . 

of  butter  cause  the  loss  of  its _ 

are  sure  -no.  It  lm3  nothing  to  do  with  it.  It 
simply  washes  the  milk  out  more  readily, 
and  saves  labor  in  working  out  the  butter  - 
milk  with  a  ladle.  It  rather  assists  in  retain- 


carious  anrl  unprofitable.  If  they  get  a  little 
money  they  are  restless  till,  they  spend  it, 
and  no  matter  how  imperatively  the  crops 
need  their  labor,  if  they  have  an  idea  of  a 
frolic,  it  must  be  had.  and  lasts  its  long  as 
their  money  holds  out.  This  we  have  found 
a  characteristic:  of  thoBe  we  have  employed 
North.  Freedom  is  a  new  thing  to  them, 
and  but  few  know  how  to  use  it  judiciously. 
Unaccustomed  by  habits  and  education  to 
work  themselves,  the  planters  here  an*  at  the 
mercy  of  their  employes.  A  fiue  field  is 


prepare  to  alight  as  tins  is  our  present,  termi¬ 
nus — 1,086  miles  from  home — where  we  shall 
rest  a  while  ere  resuming  our  journey. 

Schnn,  Ala,,  March  K.  —  Geographically, 
tlii;  town  is  situated  on  the  west  bank  of  the 
Alabama  River,  258  miles  from  its  mouth  ;  is 
the.  seat  of  justice  for  Dallas  Co.,  has  a  popu¬ 
lation  of  about  10,000,  and  is  a  place  of  con¬ 
siderable  business.  The  surrounding  country 
is  fertile,  and  well  adapted  for  agricultural 
purposes.  The  business  portion  of  the  town 
is  substantially  built  of  brick  ;  was  almost 


Juilustvial  ITr.tu'ler 


TODEA  WILKESIANA 


RANDOM  LEAVES  FROM  MY  NOTE  BOOK 


Tms  is  an  exceedingly  pretty  tree  fern,  and 
one  which  is  quite  distinct  from  all  others  in 
cultivation.  In  Australia  tree  ferns  are  said 
to  have  trunks  that  often  reach  some  sixty 
feet  in  bight  and  four  or  five  feet  in  circum¬ 
ference  ;  and  even  in  our  English  nurseries 
and  private  gardens  we  sorae- 
times  find  giant  specimens  of 
tree  ferns,  the  trunks  of  which 
f  r  have  been  rooted  out  and  im- 

ported  like  logs  of  wood.  The 
^  subject  of  nur  illustration,  how¬ 
ever,  acquires  no  such  dimen¬ 
sions  ;  on  the  contrary,  its  trunk 
attains  only  a  highl  of  some  two 
feet,  and  its  diameter  a  little 
more  than  an  inch.  Like  other 
species  belonging  to  the  same 
genus,  it  is  particularly  partial 
to  A  close,  moist  atmosphere.  A 
minimum  temperature  of  15°  in 
winter  seems  to  suit  it  admir¬ 
ably,  and  even  fr  ,m  ft  few  de¬ 
grees  less  it  sustains  no  injury. 
The  specimen  of  this  plant,  now 
in  the  Royal  Exotic  Nurseries 
lias  a  trunk  nearly  thirteen 
inches  in  high!  and  a  wide- 
spreading  crown  consisting  of 
over  a  dozen  large  and  fine 
fronds  of  last  vein's  growth  and  others  in 
course  of  development.  It  is  grown  m  a 
large  gloss  case  in  a  shady  corner  of  the  fern, 
ery,  in  a  coinpost  consisting  of  peat,  chopped 
sphagnum  and  silver  sand,  the  pot  being 
plunged  in  another  containing  vphagmun,  so 
as  to  prevent  too  rapid  fluctuations  (if  tem¬ 
perature  or  moisture.  The  case  is  not  kept 
close  :  on  the  contrary,  one  side  of  it  is  gen- 


BY  THE  WANDERING  JERSEYMAN 


Feb.  28.— At  dawn  this  morning  we  bud 
we  have  passed  over  the  Suite  of  Tennessee 
and  entered  the  nort  hwestern  part  of  Georgia, 
and  at  7  o’clock  reach  Dalton,  the  terminus 
of  this  road,  and  receive  the 
pleasing  information  that  this 
town  will  cheerfully  furnish  us 
aeoommodat  iou-  for  (he  day,  at  y®|J|| 

the  Largest  and  best  hotel  just 
across  the  street.  From  the  win-  ' 

dow  of  our  room  we  see  evi-  /r*'' 
deuce  of  fortifications  on  the 
hill  a  quarter  of  a  mile  distant. 
so  we  sally  out  to  take  a  view 
of  the  situation.  In  half  an 
hour  we  reach  its  summit  and 
find  an  area  of  about  two  acres, 
the  remains  of 
one  of  which 


on  which  arc 
two  earthworks, 
contains  the  ruins  of  a  brick 
mansion  evidently  of  no  mean 
pretensions.  Near  by  stand 
two  or  three  tall  chestnuts,  one 
of  which  has  a  row  of  railroad 
spikes  driven  in  its  side,  by 
which,  no  doubt,  many  an  as¬ 
cent  has  been  made,  to  watch 
the  movements  ol'  the  opposing 
forces.  Up  among  the  branches,  where  you 
would  be  likely  to  perch  for  an  observation, 
a  shot  has  struck  and  shivered  it,  and  we  in¬ 
stinctively*  shudder  as  we  wonder  If  any  un¬ 
lucky  fellow  occupied  a  place  there  at.  the 
time  the  shot  struck.  Wo  take  our  observa¬ 
tion  from  term  firma.  and  find  this  hill  occu¬ 
pying  a  central  position  of  a  basin  several 
notes  in  extent,  the  mountains  surrounding 
us  being  much  higher  than  we  are,  the  rail¬ 
road  from  Atlanta  coming  in  the  valley  below 
ns  on  one  side  and  the  (Sebrifi,  Rome  and  Dal¬ 
ton  Railroad  on  the  other.  In  our  pursuit  of 
knowledge  under  difficulties,  we  found  far 
more  that  didn’t  know,  and  want  “yer,” 
than  those,  that  were  “yer”  and  did  know. 
We  however  learned  that  Col.  JOHNSON  com¬ 
manding  ft  regiment,  or  body  of  colored 
troops  occupied  this  hill,  and,  on  leaving,  de¬ 
stroyed  the  dwelling  which  had  just  been 
completed  by  a  Mr.  Cobh,  for  his  own  use. 
The  main  object  was  the  holding  of  the  rail¬ 
roads  by  which  supplies  were  obtained. 

We.  return  to  town  and  look  it  over ;  the 
swine  and  freed  men  dispute  for  the  best  plac¬ 
es  to  bask  in  the  sunshine,  and  the  stores  ap¬ 
parently  are  more  numerous  than  the  cus¬ 
tomers.  In  looking  at  some  grass  seed  the 
proprietor  asked  if  we  ever  saw  any*  clover 
seed  l  On  replying  in  the  affirmative,  hesaid 
lie  was  trying  to  introduce  it  here,  and  had 
mighty  ha  rd  work  to  do  it.  We  assured  him 
sve  could  see  no  reason  why  it  would  not  grow 
hero,  if  it  had  a  fair  chance.  lie  reckoned  it 
would,  but  the  customers  of  the  county  were 
averse  to  new  tilings. 

Most  of  the  buildings  destroyed  during  the 
war  have  bean  rebuilt,  but  occasionally*  a 
heap  of  ruins  remains  as  a  memento  of  the 
conflict. 

March  1. — At  daylight  this  A.  M.,  we  find 
ourselves  gliding  along  through  the  forests  of 
Northern  Alabama,  land  rolling,  well  wa¬ 
tered,  and  in  places  magnificent  pine  timber. 
Acres  on  acres  of  bottom  lands,  bonlciiug  the 
streams  we  have  passed,  for  the  last.  50  miles, 
ware  planted  in  cotton  hist  year,  the  stalks 
still  standing.  Freedmen.  boys  and  girls  are 
visible  on  eitlu-r  side  with  their  mule  and 
plow*  breaking  up  the  same  ground  for  the 
same  crop.  I  he  cows  arc  turned  out  to  get 
their  food  from  the  stubble  of  a  com  field  or 
the  dead  w*ild  grass  of  the  uncultivated  field. 
We.  pass  a  lumbering  region,  where  we  saw* 
the  first  white  men  at  work  since  leaving 
Washington.  As  far  as  we  have  yet  seen  the 
manual  labor  of  the  farms  is  performed  by 
colored  men,  hoyTs  and  girls.  W  e  stop  at 
every  village  or  settlement  to  leave  the  mail, 
take  up  and  set  down  passengers. 

From  their  conversation  we  should  judge 
every  other  one  of  them  was  going  to  emi¬ 
grate.  After  the  surrender  they  had  not  a 
dollar  ;  but  they*  had  speculated  a  little  in 
cotton  or  something  else  and  got.  alittle  ahead 
more  than  a  living  and  wore  going  to  Texas. 

The  freedmen  have  control  of  the  State 
Government  and  the  whites  fail  to  see  or 
armreCiate  their  abilities,  and  arc  disgusted. 


entirely  destroyed  during  the  jr 

war,  but  has  been  mostly  re-  il 

built.  Its  large  iron  foundries  I  Xj 

were  of  immense  service  to  the  h 

Confederates  during  the  war  ;  ill 

these,  with  the  arsenal  located  \f  1 

here,  were  the  primary  cause  1  r  l 

of  its  capture  and  destruction.  A  j 

The  city  is  regularly  laid  out,  / )J  JJ 

with  wide  streets,  well  lined 
with  beautiful  shade  trees,  such 
tie.  Mock  Orange  and  W ater  Oaks,  Elms  and 
China  trees.  Most  of  the  private  residences 
are  low,  one-story  affairs,  set.  on  piers,  v*ith  - 
out  cellars,  which  look  odd  to  Northern  eyes. 
The  more  modern  structures  of  t  he  wealthier 
class  expand  to  two  and  throe  stories  in 
liight,  and  much  taste  is  displayed  among 
all  classes  in  the  ornamentation  of  their  front 
yards  with  dowel's  and  shrubs,  deciduous  and 
evergreen  trees.  These  yards  are  almost  in¬ 
variably  laid  out  with  beds  and  walks  of  al¬ 
most  every  conceivable  design,  bordered  With 
brick  set  on  the  corners  ;  in  some  instances 
the  monotony  is  relieved  by  whitewashing 
the  top  edges.  In  one  or  two  y*ards  inverted 
stone  porter  bottles  were  used  for  the  same 
purpose.  While  our  Northern  home  is  still 
locked  in  the  embrace  ol  Old  Winter,  here 
peach  trees  are  in  full  bloom,  and  Violets, 
Narcissus,  Hyacinths,  blue  Bells,  Spirea 
pmnifolia,  Japan  Quince,  Forsythia  and 
Flowering  Almond  announce  the  advent  of 
spring  ;  frequently,  in  the  midst  of  all  these 
stands,  sentinel-like,  the  beautiful  Magnolia 
graudiflora,  30  to  40  feet  high,  with  its  luxu¬ 
riant,  deep-green  foliage  presenting  a  pleas¬ 
ing  contrast  with  the  bursting  buds  uud  open¬ 
ing  flowei1*  around  it.  This  tree  is  indigenous 
here,  and  we  learn  of  specimens  upward  of 
100  feet  high,  3  to  4  feet  in  diameter  at  the 
base,  and  half  its  length  without,  a  branch. 
Garden  peas  arc  2  to  4  inches  high  ;  beets, 
radishes  and  lettuce  coming  up.  The  chief 
staple  crops  of  this  section  are  corn  and  cot¬ 
ton  ;  the  bottom  lands  bordering  the  streams 
are  those  mostly  cultivated,  on  account  of 
their  great  fertility*. 

Last  season  being  unusually  wet,  the  rivers 
were  extremely  high,  overflowing  the  greater 
part  of  these  lands,  and  destroying  the  crops  ; 
hence,  planters  hereabouts  are  poor — very 
poor — and  discouraged,  aud  times  are  hard. 
But  fur  this,  there  would  probably  have  been 
corn  enough  raised  for  home  consumption. 
We  hear  of  one  gentleman,  an  M.  D.,  who 
lias  an  estate  of  5,000  acres,  which  he  runs, 
and  practices  his  profession  at  the  same  time. 
Last  year  he  hud  about  5,000  bushels  of  corn, 
nearly  ripe,  and  a  large  crop  of  cotton  in 
prospective  ;  the  rains  came,  the  river  rose  till 
only  the  tassels  of  the  corn  were  visible  above 
its  surface  ;  consequence,  a  total  loss.  Thou¬ 
sands  of  acresof  cot  ton  shared  the  same  fate. 
To  make  matters  worse,  planters  had  pro¬ 
cured  large  advances  on  their  crops  to  live  on, 
and  brokers  are  cautious  about  making  fur¬ 
ther  advances — a  wholesome  comment  on  the 
pernicious  principle  of  spending  money  be¬ 
fore  it  is  earned. 

This  condition  of  tilings,  which  is  not  likely 
to  occur  again  soon,  has  tended  largely  to 
discourage  planters,  and  nearly  every  other 
one  you  meet  is  anxious  to  emigrate. 

The  negroes  are  so  demoralized  that  the 
running  of  large  plantations  has  become  pre- 


advantages  of  wood,  water, 
Mecrayss**,  schools,  churches,  civilization, 
LKESIANA.  and  a  mild  climate;  where  the 
ground  can  be  worked  the  year  round,  and 
where  the  whole  season’s  crops  are  not  re¬ 
quired  to  subsist  on  during  the  winter. 
What  is  needed  Is  an  improved  system, 
backed  up  bv  intelligence,  energy  and  muscle 
of  laboring  men. 

A  gentleman  here  who  has  worked  three 
farms  the  past  season,  told  ns  the  other  day 
lie  had  sold  all  bul  one,  which  he  should 
plant  this  season,  and  in  the  meantime  visit 
Florida,  and  see  what  .ul vantages  that  State 
offered  for  making  ft  good  living  with  little 
labor.  If  not  suited,  he  should  go  to  Texas, 
his  object  being  to  find  a  locality  where  he 
could  fare  sumptuously  without  work— or  as 
near  it  as  possible.  Another,  a  Northerner 
by  birth,  hearing  we  were  in  town,  called  on 
us,  and  in  conversing  on  agricultural  topics 
and  contrasting  the  customs  of  the  people 
here  with  those  North,  said  he  “Would  be. 
delighted  to  see  several  car-loads  of  erui- 


SHADING  FOR  GREENHOUSES 


in  warm  weatlier— something  that  will  wash 
off  easily*  <  I  see  raw  linseed  oil  and  white 
lead  recommended.  Will  it  wash  off  ? — A 
Reader,  Lies  Moines,  Iowa. 

We  have  always  used  thin  whitewash, 
which  of  course,  washes  off  quite  readily. 
We  have  never  tried  the  raw  oil  and  white 
lead  recommended  by  some  of  our  florists, 
but  should  think  that  it  would  adhere  too 
firmly*  to  be  readily*  washed  off.  The  best 
screen  is  one  made  of  lath,  nailed  an  inch  or 
two  apart,  and  laid  upon  the  sash.  These 
screens  can  be  moved  from  one  place  to  an- 


A  SPORTING  CAMELLIA 


I  HAD  a  rathe:  singular  sport  in  a  Peouae- 
flora  Camellia  tills  winter  ;  one  of  the  flow- 
ers  was  perfectly  white.  I  have  never  seen 
a  sport  of  the  kind  before. — Jos.  Caldwell. 

It  is  supposed  that  the  original  stock  from 
Which  all  of  our  choice  varieties  of  the  Ca¬ 
mellia  have  been  produced,  were  plants  with 
either  single  red  or  white  flowers.  If  this  is 
true,  and  we  have  no  good  reason  for  disbe¬ 
lieving  it,  then  an  occasional  sporting  back  to 
the  original  type  would  not  be  a  very  strange 
or  wonderful  phenomenon. 


FLORICULTURAL  NOTES 


A  Support  for  Hyacinths  in  Glasses  is 

therewith  illustrated  and 
thus  described  by*  one  who 
devised  it : — “  I  have  a  cir¬ 
cular,  flat  piece  of  wood 
about  four  inches  in  diame¬ 
ter  for  the  glass  to  stand 
on  ;  into  this  is  inserted  a 
.  piece  of  iron  wire,  which  is 
carried  upright  until  about 
r  rauET  four  inches  above  the  top 
'raw  of  the  glass,  and  is  then 

bent  round  and  round  like 
a  corkscrew,  each  circle  be- 
ing  about  three  inches  in 
im\  diameter.” 

/Ml  A  Black  Lily  with  three 

f  /j  iil  large  blossoms,  each  nine 

UM  inches  long  and  perfectly 

I  »  ®™t  '  black,  was  grown  last  year 

£*L  ’  by  J.  B.  Rineharts  of 

Santa  Clara,  Cal.  The  out¬ 
side  of  the  leaves  were  green,  while  the  inside 
edges  were  black. 

House  Plants  Wanted. — J.  N.  G.  of  Ten¬ 
nessee,  Hi,,  should  address  any*  of  the  florists 
who  advertise  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
|  for  the  plants  desired. 


APRIL  8 


rows,  get  upon  it  with  your  boots  ami  tramp 
tight,  and  if  you  have  brush  enough,  you  will 
have  a  fence  that  nothing  can  get  through. 
The  plants  should  be  regularly  pruned  ou  the 
outside  of  each  row,  so  as  to  let  in  sun  and 
light,  and  continue  to  pile  your  .brush  be¬ 
tween  the  rows.  It  will  take  no  more  room 
than  a  single  row  would. 


high,  on  the  sales  nQxt  the  ear  ;  if  [low,  the 
opposite  temperament.  If  you  want  a  horse 
with  a  good  disposition  select  one  with  a  full 
or  convex  head,  wide  between  the  eyes,  and 
you  can  depend  upon  it  he  will  not  balk  with 
proper  treatment. 

H'ornis  in  Humes. — If  H.  S.  N.,  Lake  Co,, 
Ohio  (page  171),  will  feed  bis  horses  buck¬ 
wheat  straw,  or  if  they  will  not  eat  the.  straw, 
grind  the  buckwheat  and  feed  (hem  ;  or  if  he 
can  Obtain  buckwheat  bran,  and  gel  them  to 
eat  freely,  by  mixing  some  shorts  or  meal 
with  it,  he  will  probably  have  the  pleasure  of 
throwing  the  worms  into  the  dung  heap. 
Fine  cut  smoking  tobacco,  sifted,  using  the 
tine  dust,  passing  through  the  sieve,  say  one 
teaspoonful,  mixed  with  meal  or  ground  feed, 
twice  ft  day,  for  a  few  days,  will  usually  ac¬ 
complish  the  same  result, — F.  D,  Pabmejlee. 

Corns  on  Horses  are  healed  by  a  practical 
horse  shoer  as  follows  : — I  treat  them  with 
(he  best  success  by  taking  a  furrier's  knife, 
and  cutting  them  out,  as  deep  as  possible, 
without  cutting  to  the  quick  ;  then,  holding 
the  foot  upside  down,  I  put  in  a  few  drops  of 
turpentine,  holding  it  a  few  minutes  to  soak 
in.  Then  I  take  oakum  soaked  in  tar  and  fill 
the  hole,  to  keep  out  dirt  and  gravel.  Fit  the 
shoe  with  a  Still  heel,  bo  that,  it  will  not  bear 
on  the  heel  of  the  foot.  Corns  seldom  trouble 
afor  being  treated  in  lids  manner,  and  soon 
disappear  entirely. 


STRAWBERRIES  FOR  EVERYBODY 


A  MEDICAL  BRIDLE  BIT 


Speculations  in  new  varieties  of  straw¬ 
berries  have  so  nearly  died  out  that  we  pre¬ 
sume  we  can  speak  of  the  truly  standard 
sorts  without  hurting  anybody’s  feelings. 
Experience  has  nearly,  or  quite,  settled  the 
many  questions  so  vigorously  discussed  a  few 
yearn  since  in  regard  to  the.  best  varieties  in 
cultivation.  One  party  always  talked  “  qual¬ 
ity,”  while  the  other  “‘quantity  although 
it  must  be  confessed  that  we  never  had  very 
many  bad-flavored  strawberries.  We  have 
heard  persons  say  that  they  never  saw  a  poor 
strawberry,  or  one  not  positively  delicious  ; 
but  we  cannot  quite  agree-  to  that  standard  ; 
for  the  Hautbois  are.  to  our  taste,  simply  dis¬ 
gusting,  although  some  persons  do  learn  to 
like  them.  But  no  one  attempts  to  introduce 
any  of  the  varieties  of  this  species  into  our 
markets ;  consequently,  there  is  no  call  to 
discuss  their  merits.  Amateurs  will  still  con¬ 
tinue  to  produce  fancy  fruit,  no  matter  how 
mueh  it  costs,  and  wo  are  pleased  to  have 
them  do  so,  for  their  experiments  always 
produce  a  good  effect  on  the  community  in 
which  they  live. 

The  great  progress  made  in  strawberry 
culture  during  the  past  twenty  years  is  due 
mainly  to  those  men  who  cultivated  only  a 
few  hundred  strawberry  plants,  instead  of 
acres,  and  the  extra  care  bestowed  produced 
ext  raordinary  results,  which  had  thoir  effect 
upon  the  public,  at  large.  New  varieties  were 
produced  by  the  hundred  and  thousand,  and 
out  of  this  great  number  it  would  be  strange 
if  there  were  not  a  few  that,  will  meet  the 
wants  of  the  masses,  and  flourish  in  almost 
all  soils  and  climates. 

Perfection,  even  in  a  strawberry,  it  would 
lie  difficult  to  find  ;  at  least  what  the  general 
fault-finder  sets  up  as  his  standard  as  a  per¬ 
fect  berry ;  but  we  believe  we  have  many 
perfect  strawberries  and  varieties  good 
enough  for  anybody.  The  following  are 
sorts  which  we  consider  varieties  suited  to 
the  masses,  or  everybody  who  is  willing  to 
plant  and  cultivate  for  the  sake  of  having 
plants  of  this  delicious  fruit  Charles  Down¬ 
ing,  Green  Prolific,  Wilson’s  Albany.  For  a 
late  variety  add  Kentucky.  For  a  luind- 
some,  large  berry,  on  rich,  heavy  soils,  Tri 
oinphe  de  Gaud,  But  if  you  wish  to  astonish 
your  neighbors,  and  are  willing  to  spend  the 
time  in  cultivating,  watering,  manuring,  and 
all  these  little  extras  known  as  high  culture, 
take  the  Seth  Boyden.  But  we  must  stop 
l  ight  at  this  point,  for  there  are  a  hundred 
other  sorts  that  will  come  into  this  class. 


A  bridle  bit.  which  is  said  to  have  been 
the  means  of  aiding  in  the  cure  of  various 
diseases  to  which  the  throats  and  mouths  of 
horses  are  liable  is  herewith  illustrated.  The 
hit.  is  made  hollow,  with  minute  perforations 
along  the  side.  Into  the  hollow  bit  Is  poured, 
while  melted,  a  medicament  prepared  with 
some  bland  substance,  like,  lard,  oil  of  tlieo- 


She  Oinetjanl 


MANURES  FOR  GRAPE  VINES 


Prof.  Bachi,  in  Rural  World,  says  Her¬ 
baceous  plants  and  vegetables  furnish  numer¬ 
ous  instances  of  the  influence  of  peculiar  ma¬ 
nures  on  the  quality  of  the  products.  The 
cheese  and  milk  of  certain  Localities  a  re  high¬ 
ly  prized  on  account  of  the  peculiar  aroma  of 
the  grass  in  those  localities. 

Besides  this  bail  influence  of  odorous  nitro¬ 
genous  manures  on  wine,  we  must  bear  in 
mind  that,  this  process  restores  to  t  he  soil  only 
a  small  portion  of  the  potash  consumed  by 
the  cancs,  the  leaves  and  the  fruit,  and  that 
it  also  tends  to  exhaustion,  since  it,  returns 
to  the  soil  but  one-ftfth  or  one-sixth  of  the 
amount  of  potash  taken  from  it.  Moreover, 
nitrogenous  substances  exclusively  used  has¬ 
ten  the  decay  of  vineyards  and  the  exhaus¬ 
tion  of  the  soiL  We  have  a  report  from  Baron 
Von  Liebig  of  the  exhaustion  of  a  vineyard 
at  Bingen,  on  the  Rhine,  through  the  exclu¬ 
sive  use  of  1  torn  scrapings.  The  resu  1 1  at  fu  st 
seemed  good,  but  after  a  few  years  the 
growth  and  production  decreased  rapidly. 
The  extra  growth  induced  by  the  horn  scrap¬ 
ings  had  divested  the  soil  of  all  its  potash 
without  returning  any. 

Nitrogenous  manures  also  increase  in  the 
grape  the  proportion  of  albuminous  and  mu¬ 
cilaginous  matters,  and  correspondingly  di¬ 
minish  tin-  saccharine  ;  the  wine  contains  less 


WORMS  IN  GRAPES 


MEDICAL  BIT.  HORSE  STOCKING. 

broma,  or  other  substance  which  molts  at,  a 
low  temperature,  simply  as  a  vehicle,  or 
which  may  bo  itself  of  service  as  an  emol¬ 
lient.  The  warmth  of  the  horse’s  mouth, 
when  the  bit  is  applied,  melts  the  medica¬ 
ment,  which  t  hen  exudes  and  mingles  with 
the  saliva  which  flows  to  and  over  the  dis 
eased  ports,  which  are  thus  reached  for  treat¬ 
ment,  even  when  the  animal  is  at  work, 


If  a  correspondent  who  signs  himself  “Many 
Subscribers  ”  will  send  us  specimens  of  grapes 
containing  the  maggots  or  worms  referred  to 
in  his  communication  we  will  bo  pleased  to 
answer  li is  questions.  There  are  at  least  two 
distinct  insects  that  infest  the  harry,  and 
scores  that  attack  the  leaves  and  stems.  We 
might  guess  that  the  worms  were  the  larva' 
of  the  Grape  Curculio,  GnMadt-s  inuat/milis, 
Hat,  or  the  Grape  Codling  (Pent, him  vilivo- 
vtmu ■,  Packard)  ;  but  it  would  bo  only  guess 
work  at  most,  and  wo  do  not  like  to  hazard 
an  opinion  without  having  the  insect  before 
us.  Those  who  desire  Information  ou  such 
subjects  can  scarcely  do  less  than  send  speci¬ 
mens  for  identification. 

A  LARGE  SPRING  8EETLE. 

A  correspondent  in  Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y., 
sends  us  a  sketch  of  the  large  spring  beetle 
Alans  nculatUH ,  Linn,  and  desires  a  name, 
which  we  give.  This  beetle  is  quite  variable 
in  size,  specimens  being  found  scarcely  more 
than  an  inch  long,  while  others  are  nearly  two 
inches.  It  is  of  a,  dull  black  color,  the  thorax 
and  elytra  being  mottled  with  white.  On 
each  side  of  the  thorax  there  ia  a  large,  oval, 
velvet-black  spot, 'which  children  and  some 
other  persons  think  are  the  creature’s  eyes, 
but.  they  are  not.  These  two  eye  like  spots, 

*  however,  gave  rise  to 
the  insect’s  name,  oc- 
ulatus,  which  means, 
eyed.  The  larva  of 
this  handsome  beetle 
lives  in  old  logs  and 
stumps,  and  we  pre¬ 
sume  every  boy  resid¬ 
ing  in  the  country,  at 
least  in  our  Northern 


HORSE  STOCKING 


A  writer  in  the  Farmer  contributes  the 
accompanying  sketch,  and  says  this  stocking 
is  iutendeil  to  contribute  to  the  comfort  of 
the  horse  and,  in  one  sense,  to  its  support.  It 
consists  in  a  snug-fitting  elastic  anklet  of 
indiar rubber,  molded  to  fit  the  horse’s  leg, 
and  ribbed  and  reinforced  to  prevent  sagging 
and  slipping  down  at  the  top.  It  is  also  per¬ 
forated  to  allow  free  exit  for  perspiration, 
and  is  laced  in  front  as  shown.  The  object 
of  the  invention  is  to  provide  a  support,  not 
always  of  the  length  shown,  but  longer  or 
shorter  as  may  bo  necessary  for  sustaining 
and  protecting  the  tendons,  ankles,  knee- 
joints,  &c.,  of  trotting  and  racing  horses,  and 
horses  in  general,  so  as  to  prevent,  injuries 
from  over-bending  or  straining  in  stepping 
upon  stones  or  rut  holes,  &e. 


MONOGRAM. 

alcohol,  and  is  consequently  more  subject  to 
alteration.  In  fact  sugar-producing  plants 
never  want,  strongly  nitrogenous  manures  ; 
and  sugar-makers  are  aware  that  beets  ma¬ 
nured  with  highly  nitrogenous  compounds — 
although  more  bulky  —  contain  less  sugar 
and  more  organic  matter,  to  the  detriment 
of  the  manufacturer. 


PROPAGATING  ENGLISH  WALNUTS 


C.  A.  Proctor,  Westport,  Mo.,  recently 
asked  the  sapient  N.  Y.  Farmers’  Club  if 
the  English  Walnut  had  been  successfully 
grown  in  any  part  of  the  United  States.  This 
was  answered  in  the  aftimative;  and  Prof. 
H.  E.  Colton  said  : — “  The  tree  can  be  raised 
from  seed,  but  is  not  likely  to  fruit  under  ten 
or  twelve  years.  The  shortest  mode  would 
be  to  raise  a  few  and  graft  on  the  American 
Black  or  White  Walnut.'’  This  is  a  fair  sam¬ 
ple  of  the  wisdom  of  those  who  talk  at  tills 
Club.  Our  friend  Colton  is  a  good  fellow, 
but  not  much  of  a  horticulturist,  or  he  would 
know  that  the  English  and  White  Walnut  do 
not  belong  to  the  same  genus — the  first  being 
Jnglana  and  the  White  Walnut,  or  Hickory, 
being  a  Cornu,  If  ever  any  attempt  was 
made  to  unite  them  by  grafting,  it  propably 
ended  in  a  failure,  just  as  99  out  of  100  at- 
e i opts  to  graft  the  English  Walnut  upon  our 
Black  Walnut  would  end,  although  they  do 
belong  to  the  same  genus.  We  doubt  if 
there  is,  or  ever  has  been,  an  English  Walnut 
growing  upon  a  Black  Walnut  stock  in 
America  ;  and  we  know  that  there  isn’t  one 
growing  upon  a  White  Walnut  stock.  No 
one  outside  the  New  York  Farmers’  Club 
would  ever  think  of  suggesting  such  a  tiling, 
much  less  of  attempting  it,  probably. 


SURE  CURE  FOR  SCRATCHES 


THE  SCUPPERNONG  GRAPE 


C.  W.  C.,  in  Rural  New-Yorker,  March 
22,  asks  for  a  sure  cure  for  scratches  on  hors¬ 
es  ;  he  should  have  said  in  the  blood  of  houses, 
for  there  is  the  disease.  Feed  a  horse  one- 
tliird  of  a  large  spoonful  of  saltpeter  a  day, 
for  three  days  ;  then  withhold  for  three  days 
and  repeat  in  the  name  way  until  nine  doses 
have  been  fed.  Feed  in  oats  and  do  not  ex¬ 
pose  the  animal  to  wet  and  cold.  It  is  a  sure 
cure.  d.  r. 

Hamilton,  N.  Y. 


Sam  Miller,  Bluffton,  Mo.,  is  evidently  a 
very  sensible  man  ;  Cor  lie  says  of  this  grape: 
North  of  the  upper  line  of  North  Carolina  it 
is  of  but  little  value  ;  and  in  latitude  35  of  no 
earthly  value.  I  state,  this  to  keep  some 
northern  enthusiasts  from  jumping  at  conclu¬ 
sions,  and  going  into  the  cultivation  of  the 
Seuppcmung  here,  which  WOuld  oidy  end  in 
disappointment  and  loss. 

Were  I  in  the  South  I  should  grow  it  exten¬ 
sively.  To  my  taste,  it  is  an  excellent  fruit. 


recognize 
\  this  great  lazy  fellow 
WvStflfe#  \  from  the  accompany- 
t  ing  illustration.  In 
Texas  there  is  another 
species  known  as  A.  gorgops,  Leu.,  which  is 
even  larger  than  the  A.  ucmIuLux,  and  the 
markings  of  white  are  very  similar.  The 
A.  mgops,  Escu,  is  a  species  about  interme¬ 
diate  between  the  two  named.  The  color  is 
a  dull  gray,  the  larger  specimens  showing 
more  black  markings  than  the  smaller  ones. 
It  is  found  in  Virginia  and  further  South. 

California  has  at  least  one  species  of  Alans , 
for  we  have  received  quite  a  number  of  the 
A.  mdanups  from  a  correspondent  residing  in 
the  northern  part  of  the  State.  It  will  aver¬ 
age  a  little  less  in  size  than  the  A .  oi'Ulatus, 
and  is  much  darker  in  color,  the  white  spots 
being  small  and  indistinct.  These  beetles  be¬ 
long  to  a  very  large  family,  known  among 
entomologists  as  the  “  Elatkrida:.”  Three 
or  four  hundred  species  have  been  named 
and  described  in  the  various  genera  into 
which  tliis  family  are  divided.  The  larvae  of 
some  of  the  specie*  are  injurious  to  vegeta¬ 
tion,  and  arc  known  us  wire  worms,  which 
feed  upon  the  roots  and  stems  of  plants. 
Some  of  the  species  are  very  minute,  being 
scarcely  an  eighth  of  an  inch  long;  but  all 
possess  the  same  faculty  of  throwing  them¬ 
selves  upward  with  a  sudden  spring  when 
laid  upon  their  backs. 


NOTES  FOR  HORSEMEN 


To  Cure  a  Balky  Horse. — A  man  was  driv¬ 
ing  a  four-horse  team  to  a  loaded  wagon 
when  a  mare  on  the  pole  balked,  and  could 
not  be  made  to  start.  An  old  teamster  who 
was  present  unhitched  the  marc  from  the 
wagon,  took  off  the  leaders,  turned  the  marc’s 
tail  to  the  leaders’  tails,  and  hitched  them  to¬ 
gether  by  the  double-trees.  When  lie  gave 
the  word  to  start,  the  mare  commenced 
dancing,  but  the  other  horses  walked  off  with 
her,  dragging  her  backward  a  couple  of  bun 
dred  yards.  He  then  put  her  to  the  wagon 
again,  and  she  out-pulled  auy  other  horse  he 
had.  She  never  was  known  to  balk  after¬ 
wards. 

To  Select  a  Horse  with  a  Good  Disposition, 
a  correspondent  of  the  Westeni  Rural  gives 
the  following  directions  : — A  horse  that  is 
full  between  the  eyes  will  be  true  and  kind 
unless  lie  lias  been  badly  fooled,  for  a  balky 
driver  will  spoil  any  horse.  A  horse  that  is 
concave  between  the  eyes,  or  flat  and  narrow 
between  the  eyes  lias  a  fret  ful,  impat k  rit  dis¬ 
position.  A  bump  between  the  cars  on  top 
of  tlio  head  denotes  life,  if  it  rise  abrubt  and 


MONOGRAM. 

The  white  is  my  favorite.  As  to  wine,  I  have 
drank  the  still  wine  of  it  here,  and  pronounce 
it  most  excellent  tipple,  i  use  this  phrase 
because  it  was  extremely  heavy,  and  would 
fuddle  a  fellow  before  he  was  aware  of  it. 

Among  the  best  sparkling  wines  that  it  has 
been  my  fortune  to  drink,  Bcuppernong  was 
one  of  them.  Col.  Ashford,  near  Courtland, 
Alabama,  made  it,  and  it  was  not.  more  tinm 
four  months  Old.  At  his  hospitable  board  I 
also  tasted  a  number  of  other  wines,  which 
were  proof  of  what  they  can  do  there,  Seup- 
pernong  is  tlio  basis  for  a  spurkling  wine  m 
the  south.  The  must,  is  light,  which  is  prefer¬ 
able  to  ::  heavy  one. 


PIG-PROOF  HEDGES 


An  Illinoisan  suggests,  in  the  Prairie  Farm¬ 
er,  the  following  method  of  making  a  pig- 
proof  hedge  • — Set  two  rows  of  plants,  rows 
three  feet  apart,  and  from  12  to  15  inches 
apart  in  row  ;  cultivate  and  let  stand  until 
three  years  old,  and  then  trim  up  close  to  the 
main  stem  on  the  outside  of  each  row,  and 
top  them  at  right  hight,  say  four  feet,  then 
place  your  brush  snugly  between  the  two 


6.  Condition— Health,  appearance,  size  and 
weight. 


tion  of  shrubbery  and  evergreens  shows  us 
the  effect  of  the  severe  cold  weather  during 
the  past  winter,  but  the  losses  will  not  be  as 
■  )  l  as  they  were  a  year  ago. 

The  heavy  snows  protected  small  plants 
and  fall-sown  grain,  but  above  the  snow  line 
frosted  branches  are  occasionally  seen.  In 
looking  over  my  evergreens  to-day,  b  tind  a 
handsome  specimen  of  Cryptomeriu  degans 
dead,  although  it  was  protected  with  straw; 
Picea  Pursonsiunu  cut  down  to  the  snow 
line  ;  Pinna  ejccelsa  browned  a  little,  but  not 
much  injured;  Cuprus us  NutkaensUi ,  al¬ 
though  from  a  cold  Northern  latitude,  seems 
not  to  be  reliable  here,  for  I  lost  all  unpro¬ 
tected  specimens  u  year  ago,  and  tin*  tops 
of  all  that  were  exposed  the  past  winter  are 
badly  browned,  if  not.  killed.  The  Cilician 
Silver  Fir,  (Abies  >: Ulrica,)  European  Silver 
Fir,  Irish  Juniper,  and  several  other  of  our 
more  common  evergreens,  have  passed 
through  the  winter  with  but  slight  injury. 
An  old  plant  of  Cephakitoxus  Fortunii, 
which  had  passed  through  many  a  winter 
more  severe  upon  evergreens  t  han  the  last, 
was  killed  outright,  there  appearing  to  be  no 
life  even  In  the  old  stem.  My  largest  speci¬ 
men  of  American  Holly  is  cut  down  to  the 
lower  branches,  and  several  choice,  varieties 
of  Rhododendrons,  never  before  injured,  are 
killed  ;  but  upon  the  whole,  lam  well  satis- 
tied,'  considering  the  severity  of  the  winter, 
probably  the  coldest  ever  known  in  this  part 
of  the  country. 

SHALL  I  PLANT  MORE  GRAPES. 

March  130. — I  am  a  little  puzzled  over  this 
question.  There  are  several  nakrd  trellises  in 
my  garden,  from  which  Ike  grape  vines  have 
been  taken  and  destroyed,  as  they  were  not 
worth  cultivating.  Lost  summer  I  planted 
Lima  beans  alongside,  and  t  rained  the  vines 
over  the  trellises,  and  the  crop  was  far  more 
profitable  than  the  grapes  heretofore  grown 
in  the  same  space.  I  suppose  Mr.  Campbell. 
would  suy,  “  you  want  Martha  but  1  don’t 
— at  least,  no  more  than  I  already  have  ;  for 
a  vine  or  two  of  this  pale-green,  “odorous” 
native  is  sufficient  for  a  small  family  that  is 
well  supplied  with  better  sorts.  Of  course  I 
have  Concord,  Delaware,  Eumelau,  and  other 
leading  sorts,  including  those  famous  “Mus- 
Cftts,”  known  as  Rogers’  Hybrids,  which,  by- 
lh e  way,  do  not  appear  to  stand  so  high  in 
public  estimation  as  they  did  a  few  years 
since,  although  a  few  of  them  are  still  report¬ 
ed  ns  “  promising  well  "  Rickett’e  and  Wy¬ 
lie's  new  hybrids  are  not  in  the  market,  and 
vines  cannot  lie  obtained  ;  and  as  I  have  been 
through  the  old  list,  from  Alpha  to  Omega, 
must  now  wait  for  something  new  to  turn  up. 
In  the  meantime,  1  must  use  my  grape  trel¬ 
lises  for  Lima  beans.  Perhaps  I  will  vary  the 
crop  this  year,  introducing  a  few  Scarlet 
Runners,  or  ornamental  Gourds,  for  these 
will  lie  ill  casing  to  the  eye,  and  fully  as  good 
for  the  stomach  as  nine-tenths  of  the  grapes 
that  I  have  grown  in  the  past  twenty  years. 

BUGS  FROM  KANSAS. 

••  Daily  Rural  Like  : — Inclosed  you  will 
find  three  bugs  which  I  would  like  to  have 
vou  name,  and  give  a  description  in  Rural 
NKW-Yorkeb,  They  were  very  plenty  here 
last  fall  on  box  elder  trees.  1  have  seen  the 
ground  covered  with  bunches  of  t  hem  as  large 
as  «  half-pound  weight,  the  bunches  not  be¬ 
ing  more  than  one  foot  apart.  There  have 
been  a  grea  t  many  of  them  in  the  house  all 
winter  ;  and  now  that  warm  weather  is  ap¬ 
proaching,  they  are  getting  quite  numerous. 
— J.  Henry  Barnes.  Manhattan,  Kan. 

The  insect  is  a  true  bug  (llnniptcra),  and 
its  name  is  Lygaus  reclivntus,  Say.  It  be¬ 
longs  to  the  same  family  as  the  well-known 
chinch  bug,  Rhypitrocliromus  kucoptcrus. 
Say,  which  you  may  well  think  is  a  pretty 
long  name  for  such  a  very  small  bug.  This 
little  Lygceus  is  quite  prettily  marked  with 
red,  the  body,  an  hemelytra,  being  margined 
with  a  narrow  band  of  this  color.  It  is  about 
a  half  inch  long,  and  an  eighth  broad.  I  know 
nothing  positive  in  regard  to  habits,  but  you 
have  an  excellent  opportunity  for  examining 
this  insect,  and  should  do  so,  and  give  the 
readers  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  the  re¬ 
sults  of  your  observations. 


EGG  EATING  FOWLS 


DOES  IT  PAY  TO  KEEP  POULTRY  1 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE, 


It  is  always  considered  that  fowls  first  eat 
eggs  for  the  sake  of  the  shell,  because  they 
have  not  access  to  the  ingredients  that  com¬ 
pose  it.  Lime  is  the  principal  ingredient,  and 
as  there  is  much  of  it  in  the  hull  of  com,  they 
get  some  in  that  way,  but  they  should  be 
provided  with  a  heap  of  bricklayers’  rub¬ 
bish.  If  each  run  is  not  provided  with  grass, 
heavy  sods  of  earth  should  lie  cut,  covered 
with  growing  grass.  If  they  are  to  be  had 
some  lettuces  should  also  be  given,  but  they 
must  be  given  whole.  Take  away  their 
troughs,  and  let  them  have  no  food  by  them. 
Feed  by  hand  morning  and  evening  on  slaked 
barleymeal  or  ground  oats ;  at  midday  give 
some  whole  maize  or  house  scraps.  This, 
with  the  road  grit,  bricklayer’s  rubbish, 
grass  and  other  green  food,  should  keep  them 
in  perfect  health.  If  they  are  so  they  will 
not  eat  their  eggs,  but.  as  it.  is  quite  true  that 
they  become  fond  of  the  egg  itself,  you  must 
try  to  cure  them.  First,  let  them  be  watched, 
and  as  soon  as  the  hen  gives  notice  she  has 
laid,  she  must  be  driven  from  the  nest,  and 
the  egg  taken  away.  We  have  sometimes 
cured  them  by  putting  very  hard  composi¬ 
tion  feggs  in  their  nests  and  about  their  haunts. 
They  peck  at  them  without  making  any  im¬ 
pression,  and  they  turn  them  over  and  over 
till  they  give  it  up  for  a  bad  job. 


I  am  often  asked  this  question  ;  also,  which 
are  the  best  kinds  of  improved  fowls.  I 
would  say,  in  reply,  that  I  have  experimented 
with  a  large  number  of  breeds,  and  have  dis¬ 
carded  all  but  Houdans.  Light  and  Dark 
Brahmas.  In  these  breeds  are  combined  all 
the.  important  qualities  of  good  table  fowls, 
good  layers,  (summer  and  winter,)  sitters, 
non -sitters  and  size.  My  Houdan  chicks 
weigh  from  5  to  6t£  lbs.  in  autumn.  They 
are  very  handsome  fowls — large  size,  small 
bones,  fine  flesh,  and  <.f  extraordinary  pre¬ 
cocity  and  fecundity.  They  lay  largo  eggs, 
and  the  chicks  are  fit  for  the  table  at  four 
months  old.  The  Brahma  chicks  weigh  from 
H  to  10  lbs.  in  autumn.  My  Light  Brahma 
breeding  cock,  a  May  chick,  weighs  10  lbs. 
They  are  a  quiet  and  handsome  fowl,  good 
layers  and  sitters.  I  consider  the  Dark  su¬ 
perior  to  the  Light  Brahmas  ;  these  and  the 
Houdans  are  becoming  the  favorite  breeds  of 
the  United  States. 

Rev.  H.  W.  Beecher  says  that,  the  White 
Leghorns,  from  the  same  amount  of  feed, 
will  produce  rather  more  eggs  than  the  Hou¬ 
dans.  This  is  not  a  fair  trial,  as  eggs  from 
the  latter  breed  are  much  larger  than  from 
the  former,  I  claim  that  the  Houdans  will 
produce,  a  greater  weight  of  eggs,  from  the 
same  amount  of  feed,  than  any  other  breed. 
I  have  kept  the  amount  of  eggs  laid  by  one 
dozen  Light  Brahma  fowls  through  the  year, 
and  found  they  averaged  12“  eggs  each. 

This  year  I  am  breeding  from  choice  se¬ 
lected  pure-bred  fowls  of  these  breeds.  Be¬ 
low,  I  give  last  year’s  account  of  ordinary 
and  mixed  fowls,  to  show  whether  it  pays  to 
keep  poultry  and  sell  eggs  at  ordinary  prices. 
Fancy  poultry  would  pay  better. 

I>r. 

Jan.  1— To  1  fowls.  «2Rc . *2.50 

Aiirll  10— To  for  slttlnR .  2.00 

Mav  11- To  10  bens,  at  40c .  4.00 

July  IS — To  trio  Dark  Brahma? .  8.11} 

Dec.  31— To  11  bushels  corn,  this  year,  at83!<c . 9.10 

To  menl,  Ac .  90 

To  house  rent  and  interest . . .  2.00 

To  work,  feeding,  &o .  5.00 

To  clear  protU . 0.89 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


DISCOVERING  BEAUTY. 

March  1?.— I  have  been  greatly  amused 
with  the  contents  of  a  letter  just  received 
from  a  lady  correspondent  residing  in  Plumas 
Co.,  California.  A  young  friend  of  mine 
who  is  an  enthusiastic  collector  of  plants, 
gave  me  the  address  of  Mrs.  A.  of  the  above- 
named  place,  saying  that  she  had  sent  him 
many  choice  specimens  of  California  plants 
for  his  herbarium,  and  he  presumed  that  1 
might  persuade  her  to  collect  insects  for  me 
while  on  botanizing  excursions.  As  I  never 
allow  such  an  opportunity  to  pass  without 
making  an  effort  to  add  something  to  my 
cabinet,  I  wrote  to  the  lady,  begging  her  as¬ 
sistance.  In  due  time  an  answer  was  re¬ 
ceived,  informing  me  that  bugs  and  beetles 
had  always  been  a  terror  to  the  writer  during 
her  entire  life,  and  the  idea  of  gathering  and 
bottling  such  creatures  filled  her  mind  with 
horror.  But  my  correspondent  added  : — “  As 
you  have  sent  me  some  choice  plants  as  a 
‘retainer,'  I  will  try  to  put  aside  my  fear  or 
di*ead  of  insects  when  the  summer  comes  and 
see  what  1  can  do  for  you,  although  I  cannot 
promise  much,  having  never  seen  many  in¬ 
sects  here.” 

This  shadow  of  a  promise  was  enough  to 
make  me  write  another  letter,  in  which  1 
said: — “Do  not  wait  until  summer;  for  in¬ 
sects  that  would  be  valuable  to  me  are  at 
this  moment  hid  under  every  stick,  stone  and 
bunch  of  old  grass  in  your  garden.”  Now 
comes  another  note,  from  which  I  will  quote 
one  paragraph,  to  wit : — “The  next  day  after 
your  letter  came,  mother  and  l  went  out  into 
our  yard  and  captured  70  beetles  in  20  min¬ 
utes— counted  them  out  of  curiosity.  The 
second  day  I  caught  81  in  five  minutes,  and 
therefore  feel  quite  encouraged  about  becom¬ 
ing  a  successful  *  bug  lnmtcr.’  ”  Then  follows 
the  most  interesting  portion  of  the  letter,  for 
the  lady  actually  proposes  to  make  up  an  en¬ 
tomological  cabinet.,  provided  I  will  assist  her 
in  naming  the  species  collected.  Of  course  I 
will  do  this  with  pleasure,  and  have  no  doubt 
tliis  very  lady,  who  has  lived  in  the  fear  of 
innocent  bugs  and  beetles,  will  ere  long  dis¬ 
cover  wondrous  beauty  where  heretofore 
there  was  nought  but  hideous  ugliness,  It  is 
passing  strange  what  singular  ideas  get  into 
the  heads  of  some  people  about  beauty  ir 
nature,  just  as  though  there  was  any  one 
thing  more  curious  or  beautiful  tha  n  another. 
We  may  have  our  likes  and  dislikes,  und 
these  traits  frequently  become  hereditary, 
but  the  man  or  woman  who  may  happen  to 
admire  snakes  will  find  as  much  beauty  in 
them  as  the  person  who  studies  birds  and 
becomes  an  enthusiastic  ornithologist. 

THE  CLOTH  OF  GOLD  ROSE. 

March  IS.— More  than  twenty  years  ago  I 
purchased  a  plant  of  the  beautiful  Noisette 
rose  known  as  the  Chromatella,  or  Cloth  of 
Gold.  It  has  been  a  favorite  of  mine  ever 
since,  and  although  many  competitors  of  a 
similar  color  have  been  introduced,  like  the 
Marshal  Niel  and  Isabella  Sprunt,  still  our  old 
rose  is  without  a  superior.  Like  some  other 
varieties  of  this  class,  the  plants  do  not  bloom 
very  freely  upon  their  own  roots  until  two 
or  three  years  old,  but  then  they  make  up 
for  lost  time.  When  grafted  or  budded  upon 
strong  Manetti.  or  other  free-growing  stocks, 
t  lie  plants  will  bloom  when  only  a  few  months 
old  ;  but  the  novice  in  rose,  culture  is  very 
likely  to  allow  suckers  to  grow  from  the  roots 
of  the  stock  ;  thereby,  robbing  the  graft  of 
sustenance,  soon  destroying  it.  If  a  pei-son  can 
only  have  patience,  and  wait  for  a  plant  on 
its  own  roots  to  attain  age  or  size,  he  will  be 
well  repaid  in  abundance  of  the  most  deli¬ 
ciously  fragrant,  large,  pale,  lemon,  yellow- 
colored  roses  that  the  most  enthusiastic  ad¬ 
mirer  of  flowers  could  desire.  A  six-year- 
old  plant  of  this  old  Cloth  of  Gold  rose  has 
been,  perfuming  my  greenhouse  for  several  j 
weeks,  aud  to-day  it  is  loaded  with  dozens  of  i 
full-blown  flowers  and  half-opened  buds ;  and  | 
upon  the  whole,  it  is  as  grand  an  ornament  1 
as  one  could  wish  for  conservatory  or  parlor, 
Plants  of  this  old  it>se  can  be  had  very  cheap  j 
of  our  florists,  and  no  person  who  loves  roses  [ 
should  be  without  it.  If  a  person  has  no 
greenhouse  in  which  to  keep  the  plants  in 
winter,  they  may  be  bent  down  and  covered 
with  earth,  or  dug  up  and  heeled  in,  and  then 
protected  with  coarse  litter  or  manure. 

UNCOVERING  PLANTS. 

March  18.— A  few  warm  days  and  the  de¬ 
parting  snow  banks  make  one  think  about 
uncovering  protected  plants.  An  examina¬ 


TEE  BEST  FOOD  FOR  FOWLS 


In  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  March  15, 
a  correspondent  asks  what  is  the  best  food 
for  fowls.  Here  is  my  experience  with  a 
dozen  and  a  half  of  half  Light  Brahma  hens 
of  last  year’s  raising  : — I  give  them  each 
morning  a  warm  mash  of  equal  parts  of 
wheat  bran,  wheat  middlings  and  corn  meal. 
1  put  just  enough  of  boiling  water  on  to  wet 
it.  and  give  them  no  more  than  they  will  eat 
up  clean  through  the  day  ;  besides  this,  I 
give  them  wheat  screenings  and  coni,  all 
they  will  eat,  I  have  had  eggs  every  day 
through  this  cold  winter — from  six  to  four¬ 
teen  a  day— and  that  when  the  mercury  was 
a  number  of  days,  from  10°  to  25  below  zero. 
lvankakelCo.,  III.  Jacob  Myers. 


Cr. 

July  18— By  2  fowi? . *2.00 

Nov.  23— By  1  chick .  1.00 

Dec.  31— By  43  5-12  dozen  . 8.79 

By  29  fowls,  at  *1 . 29.00 

$40.79 

Thus  paying  for  work  and  leaving  about 
100  per  cent,  invested  in  fowls. 

Hamilton,  N.  Y.  C.  b. 


POULTRY  NOTES, 


Vulture  Hock  in  Fowls.— A  correspondent 
asks  us  what  is  a  “  vulture  hock  ;  ”  and  why 
is  it  objectionable  ?  I  dont  know  that  I  ever 
saw  one.  It  is  a  projection  of  feathers  over 
the  knee  of  the  bird  as  shown  herewith.  It 


STANDARD  OF  EXCELLENCE  FOR  GAME 
FOWLS. 


Mr.  Isaac  Van  Winkle  has  published  and 
asks  criticism  upon  the  following  standard 
of  excellence  and  scale  of  points  for  Game 
Fowls.  He  places  the  scale  of  points  at  50, 
as  follows : 

8.  Head  and  Neck— Long,  narrow  and 
strong  and  neatly  curved. 

3.  Hackle— Close  and  scant. 

3.  Comb  and  Wattle— Closely  dubbed, 
smooth  and  entirely  free  from  the  slightest 
excrescence. 

3.  Eye — Quick,  fearless  and  bold  (color 
according  to  its  kind). 

2.  Face — Bare  and  slender. 

3.  Beak— Strong,  curved,  long  and  sharp. 

2.  Ear-lobes — Small  and  red  (never  whit¬ 
ish). 

5.  Body— Broad  shoulders,  chest  very  hard, 
short  and  wedged-shaped  bodies,  narrow 
over  the  saddle,  fine,  slender  sterns. 

3.  Wings— Rather  short,  carried  well  for¬ 
ward  and  close  to  the  body. 

8.  Legs — Long  and  straight,  cleanly  made 
and  well  set  aphrt  ,  the  spurs  growing  well 
down. 

3.  Thighs — Round  (not  flat,  as  often  seen 
in  good  birds),  hard  and  stout. 

3.  Toes— Long  and  firmly  planted  on  the 
ground,  the  kind  toe  well  developed  and  set 
flat  on  the  ground  and  not  twisted  sideways, 
(or,  in  other  words,  duck-footed,)  claws  and 
nails  long,  strong  and  straight. 

3.  Tail— Must,  be  carried  tight,  the  feathers 
being  close  together  and  a  slight  elevation, 
not  upright  or  drooping,  but  presenting  a 
light,  graceful  appearance  ;  should  be  com¬ 
posed  of  short,  hard,  wiry  feathers,  each 
being  as  narrow  as  possible  ;  the  sickle 
feather  should  be  long,  narrow  and  gracefully 
curved. 

3.  Plumage — Close,  hard  and  short,  clean 
and  perfect  in  color,  with  glossy  reflections, 
and  quills  strong  and  elastic. 

5.  Style — A  very  important  feature.  The 
shape  of  the  bird  and  the  carnage  of  the 
head,  wings  and  tail  :  carriage  should  be 
upright,  bold  and  fearless. 


is  generally  regarded  objectionable ;  indeed 
breeders  regard  it  a  disqualification  in  exhibi¬ 
tion  birds,  though  we  regard  It  entirely  a 
matter  of  taste  ;  in  fact,  not  long  since  the 
editor  of  an  English  poultry  paper  said: 
“  Some  judges  consider  it  a  fatal  defect,  and 
we  have  always  lamented  that  conclusion, 
for  we  admire  such  feathering,  and  it  is 
usually  found  on  fine  specimens.  ”  It  was  a 
subject  of  much  discussion  among  the  poul¬ 
try  breeders  who  adopted  the  American 
Standard  of  Excellence  ;  but  the  anti- vulture 
hock  men  were  in  majority, 

Oregon  Eggs  and  Chickens. — A  lady  “  Poul¬ 
try  fancier,”  at  Amity,  Yamhill  Co.,  Oregon, 
writes  March  1st,  that  she  has  75  Lying  hens 
of  Dark  and  Light.  Brahmas,  Polands  and 
Dominiques  and  sold,  during  January  and 
February,  114  dozen  eggs  at  from  IS  to  30  cts. 
per  dozen,  realizing  £22.37.  having  fed  her 
fowls  during  that  time,  4  bushels  wheat 
screenings  and  31  £  bushels  of  grain. 

The  Yellow-Legged  Fowls  sell  best,  and 
why  do  not  farmers  stock  up  with  such  t 
Fowls  which  grow  quickest  are  the  most 
profitable.  Farmers  ought  to  know  that  the 
sale  of  eggs  is  less  profitable  than  the  sale  of 
hens  ;  therefore,  Houdan  hens,  that  do  not 
like  to  sit,  are  not  the  best.  Onions  chopped 
fine  and  mixed  with  meal,  constitute  a  cure- 
all  for  hen  diseases. — G.  o. 

Ash  Bath  for  Fowls.—  An  English  Poultry 
Journal  says  : — “  Wood  ashes  are  excellent 
and  make  the  best  bath  a  fowl  can  have,  but 
coal  ashes  cause  them  much  suffering  and 
discomfort.” 


Remedy  for  Chilblains. — A  French  medical 
journal  highly  commends  the  following  for 
this  common  und  annoying  affliction  ’ Tinc¬ 
ture  of  iodine,  one  part ;  Labarraquc’s  solu¬ 
tion  two  parts,  M.  The  affected  part  is  to  be 
well  anointed  wit  h  this,  and  dried  by  the  fire. 
It  should  not  be  applied  where  the  skin  is 
broken. 

The  late  Mr.  Skey  says  that  a  perfectly 
safe  and  effectual  remedy  for  chilblains  is 
found  in  the  employment  of  laudanum,  taken 
internally  in  very  small  doses,  of  from  two 
drops  for  young  children,  night  and  morning, 
up  to  six  or  eight  for  adults.  It  is  in  such 
quantities  perfectly  harmless,  and,  as  a  rule, 
will  effect  a  cure  in  the  course  of  four  or  five 
days. 


Oxydized  silver  is  brought  out  in  all  man- 
net"  of  strange  design's  as  ornaments  for  bon¬ 
nets  and  hats.  It  is  t  he  most  popular  metal 
in  chatelaines,  which  are  move  worn  than 
ever,  barge  oxydized  silver  buttons  are  very 
stylish  on  camel's  hair  polonaise. 

Hashes  are  all  lined.  For  muslin  dresses 
they  will  be  of  contrasting  colors,  as  pale 
pink  and  light  blue,  prune  and  blue,  green 
and  salmon.  They  are  fringed  at  the  ends. 

Spanish  combs  are  worn  so  much  that  they 
come  for  bonnets,  and  coniine  flowing  ends 
of  tulle,  which  are  knotted  under  the  chin. 
This  fashion  will  scarcely  obtain  popularity. 

The  prettiest  ties  are  China  crape  with 
Valenciennes.  Straight  grenadine  ties  in  bars 


before  one  is  aware  of  it,  one  will  have  a  car¬ 
pet  ready  for  the  wea  ver  ;  and  I  am  satisfied 
it  pays  well.  Mrs.  H.  S.  Brown. 

Cats  kill,  N.  Y. 


AMERICAN  SILKS, 


MORE  ABOUT  WASHING 


HOW  TO  PREVENT  LONG  CHURNING 


Among  the  newest  things  offered  this 
spring  are  American  silks  in  colors.  They 
come  in  the  fashionable  shades— gray,  ecru, 
reseda,  the  various  browns,  bronzes  and  pea¬ 
cock-are  of  excellent  quality,  but  have  not 
the  luster  of  the  French  silks,  though  they 
out  wear  them,  and,  moreover,  clean  beauti¬ 
fully.  Many  object  to  them  for  the  reason 
that  they  look  so  much  like  French  poplins  ; 
but,  it  must  tie  said,  they  are  much  hand¬ 
somer  made  up  than  in  the  piece  ;  particu¬ 
larly  is  this  the  case  in  the  greenish  browns. 
They  are  the  width  of  Lyons  silks,  and  cost 


There  has  been,  and  is,  too  much  prejudice 
against  washing  machines,  which  probably  i 
arises  in  a  measure,  from  the  fact  that  we 
are  apt  to  c .epee/  too  much  of  eveiy  labor- 
saving  machine  ;  consequently  if  one  fails  to 
do  everything  as  easily,  and  perfectly  as  we 
had  imagined  it  must,  we  discard  it  as  useless. 
The  introduction  of  a  washing  machine  into 
my  kitchen,  eight  years  ago,  was  an  innova¬ 
tion  that  conflicted  with  my  prejudices,  but 
one  for  which  I  have  learned  to  be  vory 
grateful.  For  that  number  of  years  I  have 
used  one  of  the  Palmer  machines,  which,  we 
consider,  accomplishes  all  that  any  washing 
machine  can,  within  as  short  a  time,  and 
with  as  little  expenditure  of  time  aud  strength. 

I  soap  carefully  all  very  dirty  articles,  re¬ 
moving  stains,  &c.,  as  directed  in  the  laundry 
recipes  accompanying  my  machine.  I  then 
fill  my  washer  two-thirds  full  of  boiling 
water,  add  soap  enough  to  make  a  good 
suds,  then  pul  in  pillow-slips,  kerchiefs, 
sheets  and  the  like,  wash  five  minutes  or 
more,  wring  out,  soap  carefully  and  boil,  and 
so  on,  until  all  is  washed.  If  I  have  very 
dirty  shirts,  I  rub  them  on  the  board  in  an¬ 
other  tub  before  boiling  if  convenient;  if 
not,  I  do  it  in  the  sudsing  water  after  boiling, 
and  if  hard  soap  is  used  for  the  boiling,  the 
dirt  that  then  remains  is  very  easily  removed. 

After  the  white  fabrics  are  washed  through 
the  first  suds  in  the  washer,  it  is  then  cool 
enough  to  put  in  the  calicoes,  &e,,  and  it  is 
surprising  how  quickly  and  with  how  little 
labor  the  dirt,  is  removed  from  them  in  this 
way.  Nice  flannels  I  wash  in  a  clean  suds  in 
the  washer,  and  rinse  in  clear,  soft,  warm 
water. 

Very  dirty  colored  woolen  stockings  Should 
be  put  into  a  pail,  and  boiling  water  poured 
over  them  when  first  the  washing  is  begun  ; 
when  ready  to  wash  colored  clothes,  drain 
them  out,  soap,  and  put  them  in  with  other 
wash  thoroughly  in  the  washer, 


I  no  not  have  any  difficulty  in  churning, 
winter  or  summer.  My  secret  is  this  : — To 
have  my  cream  Hour  enouyh  in  winter  time 
and  not  over  sour  in  summer.  Now,  I  think 
this  is  something  all  farmers’  wives  and 
daughters  should  know.  You  will  have  a 
hard  time  churning,  and  not  get  more  than 
t.wo-thirdsof  the  butter  in  winter  if  you  churn 
your  cream  when  too  sweet.  In  order  to 
have  my  cream  m  a  good  condition  for  churn¬ 
ing,  I  bring  my  cream  jar,  when  full,  from 
the  milk  room,  turn  the  cream  into  a  tin  pail 
or  pan,  and  place  it.  on  the  stove  ;  let  it  re 
main  there  until  it  is  milk-warm,  stirring  it 
every  few  minutes.  Then  set  it.  by  to  cool 
and  sour.  If  kept  in  a  moderately  warm 
room,  it,  will  he  ready  to  churn  in  from  eight 
to  ten  hours.  One  of  my  neighbors  com¬ 
plained  to  me  of  having  the  same  trouble  13. 
M.  T.  had  (see  Rural  New-Yorker,  March 
1,  p,  13!i.)  Upon  inquiry.  I  found  she  did  not 
have  her  cream  properly  soured.  Now,  1 
tliinlc  that  if  Miss  E.  M.  T.  will  give  our  di¬ 
rections  a  fair  trial,  she  will  have  no  need  of 
a  nap  in  her  rocking  chair  before  her  churn¬ 
ing  is  done  ;  if  she  does,  I  hope  we  shall  hear 
from  her.  Mrs.  I.  N.  McMillen. 


We  have  already  spoken  of  the  great  im¬ 
provements  in  American  black  silks.  They 
now  have  a  luster  equal  to  the  Lyons  silks, 
and  are  remarkable  for  their  durability. 
That  quality  sold  at  $2  makes  a  very  hand¬ 
some  costume  for  general  wear,  and  repels 
the  dust,  as  the  old  manufacture  of  Ameri¬ 
can  silks  did  not. 

Wc  saw  a  costume  made  of  bronze  Ameri¬ 
can  silk  which  was  especially  noticeable.  A 
side  plaiting,  nine  inches  in  depth,  trimmed 
the  front  width  at  the  bottom.  Above  an¬ 
other  was  placed,  leaving  an  interval  be¬ 
tween 


TO  SMOKERS 


u  It  is  impossible  to  quit  tnc  use  oi.  loluuau 
after  it  has  become  a  settled  habit,  without 
less  bad  feeling  and  prostration.  The 
ho  would  free  himselt  from  the  cuise 
t7  must  mako  up  his  mind  that 
hard  struggle  to  puss  through,  call 
hie  aid,  and  resolve 
The  leaving  off 
It  is  better  to 


more  or 
man  w 

of  tobacco-using 

he  has  a  l - 

all  his  will  and  power  t. 
to  quit  it.  once  and  forever, 
by  degrees  seldom  succeeds, 
make  the  battle  short,  sharp  and  decisive.  A 
thorough  course  of  bathing,  to  eliminate  the 
tobacco  from  the  system,  will  make  the 
struggle  much  less  severe,  aud  prove  the 
greatest  aid  that  cun  be  given.  The  Turkish 
baths  arc  best,  if  they  can  bo  had.  If  not  ac¬ 
cessible,  the  wet  sheet,  pack,  or  vapor  bath 
should  be  taken  instead.  There  wilt  not  be 
much  appetite,  and  but.  little  food  should  be 
taken.  Fruit  is  best.  No  drink  but  water, 
and  that  may  be  drank  as  freely  as  desired. 
To  allay  the  craving  for  tobacco,  hold  cold 
water  or  pieces  of  ice  in  the  mouth.” 


each  flounce,  was  carried  around  with 
a  gathered  flounce  trimmed  with  a  ruffle, 
with  a  standing  ruffle  as  a  heading.  The 
upper  flounce  served  as  the  overskirt,  which 
it  simulated.  The  waist  was  made  with  a 
vest  anil  loose  basque,  which  almost  reached 
the  upper  flounce  ;  the  neck  had  collar  and 
revers ;  the  sleeves  were  coat.,  with  a  ruffle 
falling  over  the  wrist,  a  quilling  of  silk  and 
two  standing  ruffles. 

One  feature  of  many  costumes  this  spring 
is  the  absence  of  an  overskirt.  Ruffles  are 
placed  at,  intervals  up  the  back  breadths  ; 
the  front  is  ornamented  to  the  knee,  with 
two,  or  at  most  three,  raffles,  and  it  must  be 
observed,  the  ruffles  of  the  front  and  back 
are  always  different,  the  distinction  gener¬ 
ally  being  that  the  front  are  fide  plaitings 


DOMESTIC  BREVITIES 


To  Dye  Wool  Scarlet, — Take  one  gallon  of 
water  to  one  pound  of  cloth  or  yarn  ;  also, 
one  ounce  of  cochineal,  two  ounces  cream  of 
tartar,  and  two  and  a  quarter  ounces  mu¬ 
riate  of  tin  ;  when  the  water  boils,  put  in 
the  cream  of  tartar,  then  the  cochineal  pul¬ 
verized  ;  when  dissolved,  add  the  muriate  of 
tin,  and  then  the  yarn,  stirring  all  the  time. 
Let  it  boil  fifteen  minutes,  air  it  once  or  twice 
aud  rinse  well  in  soft  water  ;  wet  the  goods 
in  warm  soap  suds  before  putting  them  in  the 
dye.  I  have  used  this  recipe  many  times,  and 
always  had  a  beautiful  color. — M.  r.  u. 

To  Wash  Black  Calicoes.— The  first,  time 
black  calico  is  to  be  washed,  t  ake  the  suds  in 
which  your  white  clothes  have  been  boiled  ; 
let  it  come  to  a  boil,  and  put  in  your  dress, 
or  other  art  icle,  pressing  it  down  m  the  suds, 
so  that  all  parts  will  be  alike  saturated  ;  boil 
three  minutes,  take  out,  wash  and  rinse  as 
other  calico.  The  article  to  be  dry  when  put 
in  the  boiling  suds.  Never  boil  after  the  first 


HEALTH  OF  FARMERS’  WIVES. 

The  Science  of  Health  is  credited  with  the 
following  paragraph  “  Farmers’  wives  are 
not  as  healthy  and  red-cheeked  as  city  people 
suppose  them  to  be.  In  a  journey  of  a  hun¬ 
dred  miles,  we  may  see  a  few  J'osy,  blight- 
eyed,  happy  women  ;  but  as  a  rule,  fiom 
Maine  to  California,  care-worn  faces,  sunken 
eyes  and  compressed  lips,  tell  pitiful  tales  of 
disturbed  rest,  of  weariness  and  .suffering. 
VVe  do  not  attribute  this  to  the  tyranny  of 
husbands.  We  have  yet  to  see  the  man  who 
does  not  pity  his  sick  wife.”  The  above 
named  journal  is  not.,  however  credited  ,witli 
stating  to  what  these  care-worn  faces  and 
sunken  eyes,  &c.,  are  to  be  attributed.  Is  it 
to  lack  ol'  knowledge  of  the  way  to  live,  and 
care  for  health  ?  Ur  what  is  it  ?  Will  not 
one  tell  us  ? 


things  and 

then  turn  and  wring  them  and  throw  them 
Into  clear,  hot,  soft,  water,  run  them  through 
the  wringer,  and  they  arc  clean,  and  will 
keep  soft  aud  free  from  fulling. 

A  very  valuable  qualificat  ion  of  my  washer, 
is,  that  bedding,  carpets  and  rags  can  be 
easily  and  perfectly  cleaned  in  it.  If  I  use 
soft  soap,  I  mix  with  it  a  solution  of  borax, 
as  directed  In  the  little  book  accompanying 
the  washer,  which  aids  in  removing  dirt,  and 
keeps  white  fabrics  clear.  I  f  lunk,  however, 
that  every  good  house-wife  owes  a  note  of 
thanks  to  the  manufacturers  of  our  modern 
hard  soaps,  they  are  so  efficacious  for  all 
purposes  where  soap  is  used,  and  like  a  good 
washing  machine  are  a  great  saving  of  time, 
strength,  aud  labor.  M.  E.  AVellis. 

Dakota  Co.,  Minnesota. 


square  cult,  on  wuwn  tno  emuroiuery  is  un  it¬ 
ed  to  make  a  point  and  inserted  in  the  cuff. 
The  skift  has  a  side  plaiting  of  ten  inches, 
and  above  that  an  embroidered  ruffle  four 
inches  deep.  All  are  made  in  the  same  style. 
On  one,  the  embroidery  was  only  a  series  of 
leaf -like  scallops  in  dark  blue,  which  any  lady 
could  imitate.  The  prices  of  these  costumes 
were  from  #20  to  $35,  according  to  the  em¬ 
broidery. 

A  HEW  MATERIAL  FOR  SPRING  SUITS 

is  Japanese  serge.  It  comes  in  grays,  with 
black  stripes  and  browns.  It  is  very  lus¬ 
trous,  looking  almost  like  silk  ;  price,  50  cents. 
French  poplin  in  mixed  browns  aud  grays 
will  be  very  popular  for  costumes  ;  it  washes 
well ;  costs  <j5  cents.  Wash  poplins  of  all 
kinds  are  equally  desiyible,  and  cost  40  cents. 
In  making  these  dresses,  flat  trimmings  are 
the  most  suitable,  such  as  side  plaitings  or 
bias  bands  with  cords  of  color.  The  prettiest 
waist  is  the  French,  with  wide  box  plaits, 
and  belted  in. 

PERCALES. 

Percales,  whether  figured  or  plain,  are  ex¬ 
quisite.  A  popular  design  is  t  he  solid  blue, 
with  a  large  white  polka  dot,  which,  at  a 
distance,  looks  like  foulard,  having  a  soft  silk 
finish.  They  are  made,  with  a  Spanish  flounce, 
belted  polonaise  and  a  sailor  collar.  More 
lady-like  are  the  white  grounds  with  delicate 
flowers,  which  are  made  up  in  the  same  way. 
i  A  new  make  of  white  percale  is  quite  lus- 
trous,  with  figures  having  the  effect  of  chene 
silk.  Other  varieties  have  stripes  and  checks. 

|  These  goods  are  quite  light,  and  more  suit¬ 
able  than  the  thick  percales  of  former  years  ; 
price,  50  cents, 
j  NOVELTIES, 

i  !  On  many  of  the  bonnets  long  scarfs  of 
tulle,  edged  with  thread,  hang  down  the 
5  back  of  the  bonnet,  and  are  gathered  around 
-  the  neck  in  front  and  fastened  with  a  rose. 
The  effect  is  very  becoming. 


some 


A  PLEA  IN  FAVOR  OF  RAG  CARPETS 


HYGIENIC  NOTES 


In  Rural  New-Yorker,  March  15,  Jane 
Brandon  writes  the  history  of  a  rag  carpet, 
and  as  this  is  the  season  for  carpet  making,  i 
thought  a  few  timely  suggestions  would  not 
be  amiss.  She  gives  ratlier  a  glowing  pic¬ 
ture  of  rag  carpet  making.  Now,  I  have 
just  brought  from  the  weavers  as  nice  a  car¬ 
pet  as  I  and  many  others  wish  to  look  at.  I 
washed,  colored  only  unfading  colors,  and  cut 
my  rags  very  fine,  superintending  it  all  my¬ 
self,  not  even  allowing  my  servant  girl  to  cut 
or  sew  any  when  I  was  away.  I  had  consid¬ 
erable  red  and  blue  flannel,  bought  two  yards 
of  orange-colored  calico  at  ten  cents  per  yard, 
washed  it  in  soft  soap  suds  to  set  the  color  ; 
consequently,  I  have  a  very  nice  carpet,  be¬ 
sides  having  a  very  durable  one  ;  I  was  not 
four  years  doing  it,  either.  I  was,  with  a 
very  little  help,  about  two  months  getting  it 
ready  for  the  weaver,  and  all  it  cost  me  for 
the  weaving  and  warp  was  thirty-two  cents 
per  yard,  the  weaver  finding  the  very  best 
warp  and  putting  the  warp  very  close  and 
beating. the  rags  up  well ;  and  I  have  a  cai*- 
pet  that  will  last  as  long  as,  or  longer  than, 


have  failed.  Home  of  the  time  the  child  has 
been  unable  to  walk ;  her  limbs  are  weak 
and  inclined  to  bend.  The  mother  asks,— 

4 ‘What  may  she  ealf  What  can  she  eat  I 
Her  physician  almost  starves  her.  Sometimes 
we  despair  of  her  recovery.”  We  have  pub¬ 
lished  in  former  volumes  several  recipes  for 
diarrhea,  some  of  which  some  of  our  readers 
may  have  tested.  1 1’  they  can  aid  the  suffer¬ 
ing  child  and  relieve,  the  mother,  let  them 
do  SO. 

Croup  Remedy. — I  have  used  the  following 
simple  remedy  for  years  with  the  happiest 
results  : — A  tea  made  of  the  inner  leaves  of 
the  million,  and  the  blossoms,  too,  if  they 
are  convenient.  I  gather  and  dry  them  in 
the  Autumn  from  plants  that  have  come  up 
the  same.  year.  It  is  not  unpleasant,  and  will 
I  not  sicken  children. — F.  s. 

Remedy  for  Jtch.—G.  H.  R.,  writes  “Isee 
by  Index  in  1H7U  you  published  a  remedy  for 
itch.  1  have  not  the  copy.  Will  you  repub¬ 
lish  Put  one  ounce  of  lard  in  a  teacup, 
add  a  small  teaspoonful  of  sulphuric  acid,  mix 
well  and  apply  sparingly  twice  a  day. 

Tetter  Salve.— %  ounce  flour  of  sulphur  ;  '4 
ounce  lavender  oil  of  the  best  kind  ;  2  drams 
of  white  precipitate  ;  2  drams  of  gum  guiae  ; 
1  tablespoon  of  hog's  lard,  or  sufficient  to 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  NEVv'-YOBKlB 


A'PBIL 


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Spring  Campaign,”  on  page  22s. 

ABOUT  STRIKES. 

Again  there  are  rumors  of  strikes— that  the 
workingman  in  the  trades,  especially,  are  pre¬ 
paring  for  a  grand  raid  against  capital  and  those 
who  use  it  to  give  them  work.  We  never  yet 
knew  a  strike  to  permanently  benefit  the  stri¬ 
kers.  We  have  known  co-operation  to  grow  out 
of  disaffection,  and  those  who  eo-operated  to 
become  independent  of  those  distinctively 
known  as  capitalists — in  other  words,  become 
capitalists  themselves  and  their  own  employ¬ 
ers.  We  deprecate  the  oppression  of  laborers 
by  capitalists ;  but  we  equally  deprecate  a  reign 
of  terrorism  over  laborers  by  the  workingmen 
themselves.  If  It.  is  said  that  a  state  of  war 
exists  between  laborers  and  capitalists,  result¬ 
ing  from  vicious  legislation,  the  laborers  have 
the  power  to  remedy  such  a  condition  and 
bring  about  peace  through  the  ballot.  Legisla¬ 
tion  is  the  expression  of  lh©  people's  w  ill,  in 
'.his  country-  theoretically,  if  not  practically. 
If  not  practically,  it  is  the  people's  fault.  The 
workingman's  vote  counts  as  much  as  l  lie  capi¬ 
talist’s;  the  workingmen  outnumber  the  capi¬ 
talists.  They  may  make  their  own  laws.  If 
they  do  not,  and  resort  to  violence  to  obtain 
wbat  they  may  obtain  by  legislation,  it  betrays 
both  the  falseness  or  I  heir  position  and  their 
want  of  faith  in  themselves  and  in  the  men 
they  might  select  to  represent  thorn.  The  tyr¬ 
anny  of  Workingmen's  LTnious  Is  as  great  and 
more  to  bo  dreaded  than  that  of  capital ;  for 
capital  is  sensitive  to  all  disturbing  influences, 
and  compromises  rather  than  rislc  derange¬ 
ments  in  business  which  affect  its  ability  to 
produce;  but  workingmen  are  not  so  wise. 
They  forget  i  hat  their  revolutionary  action,  if 
attended  by  violence,  locks  up  capital,  and  adds 
to,  no  her  than  diminishes,  the  embarrassments 
of  which  they  complain. 

Capital  represents  lubor.  If  the  accumulated 
capital  any  man  holds  is  withdrawn  from  active 
employment  Ili  production,  It  is  so  much  labor 
withdrawn;  and  if  a  thousand  men  strike  or 
refuse  to  work,  because  they  cannot  get  fifty 
cents  more  per  day  than  they  get  now,  capital 


strikes  also  and  refuses  to  give  them  anything.  Augustus  Seniago 
Thus,  not  only  the  thousand  daily  laborers  ing,  G.  IT.  Koc  h,  ? 
cease  producing,  but  the  labor  represented  by  ’•  H.  "  j*no 

accumulated  capital  i»  rendered  unproductive.  Davies.  G«o.  Sauer. 
Here  S*  a  double  loss.  And  Ibis  loss  to  the  pro-  nell,  J.  H.  Hhcrwoc 
duett  on  of  tlie  country  affects  every  man— the  Slleox.  R.  W.  ft':' 
workingman  and  his  family  as  sensitively  and  York;  Mb  C.Keir! 
surety  as  the  capitalist  who  Is  living  on  the  in-  cry  Ph  liter,  f\  G.  I, 

,  come  the  capital  accumulated  by  labor  and  G.  Mendenhall  of 
|  economy  yields  him.  '  Oregon  :  Howard  F 

If  there  are  wrongs,  resulting  from  Improper  Wharton!  J*?  Miilil 
or  Inadequate  legislation,  right  them  t>y  provid-  Pennsylvania;  Eli 
ing  better  legislation.  If  legislation  Inis  created  Samuel  Tate  and  I 
monopolies  that  are  oppressive,  destroy  such  M0so' T\  Hand v  *o 
monopolies  by  legislation.  Let  the  will  of  the  of  West  Virginia  : 
people  be  the  law,  as  it  is,  theoretically,  in  this  Voung,  Renj.  R  W 
country.  Why  denounce  the  government,  so  2?*n,itiru^  UrD  ^)}°{ 
long  as  this  Ik  a  government  of  the  people,  bv  ard"l)  Put  t-..  David 
the  people,  and  for  the  people?  If  the  people  Arthur  II.  Brmvn  - 
|  refuse  to  govern,  are  they  to  complain?  Are  James  M.  Oavanael 
1  thoy  to  break  t  he  laws  their  own  selected  rep-  man  ,,f  New  Mexlc 

rcsentatlvee  have  made  ?  So  long  as  they  regard  - 

the  dicta  of  politicians,  and  rush  like  a  flock  of  M,'"d,ng  1  P  *" 
sheep  to  the  polls  and  vote  for  whoever  politi-  sh alltown,  Iowa,  w 
chins  and  capitalists  nominate,  have  they  any  Iowa  are  trying  top 
right  to  strike  against  men  whose  power  to  *  hem  :  arc  organi/.i 
oppress  la  delegated  by  the  workingmen  them-  an  agricultural  in 
selves  ?  If  this  were  not  a  delegated  or  repre-  thus  diminish  the  i 
scuta!  ivo  Government,  there  might  be  zoine  enable  themselves 
j  sense  In  denouncing  it ;  but  since  it  is,  when  railroads,  and  les: 
men  do  denounce  It,  they  convict  themselves  transportation.  H 
of  lack  of  Intelligence  and  virtue  and  of  lathe-  btiely  been  put  in  i 
cility.  it  is  an  excellent  ; 

We  believe  iu  strikes.  We  believe  In  making  similar  lo  that  at  <) 
war  on  all  laws  and  acts  that  deprive  any  per-  no"  *"  *,a<^  Du  re 
son  of  freedom  to  do  whatever  he  chooses  that  1  housands  of  basin 
does  not  conflict  with  the  rights  of  others.  0,1  liini1'  UotubM* 
Hut  such  blows  should  Ik*  struck  at  the  ballot  anJ  fl'mntity,  at  ;.'.Y< 
box;  and  if  it.  has  come  to  pass  that  there  is  1,0  claims,  a  good  I 
not  enough  moral  strength  among  the  working-  f111^  an>°" 

men  selected  by  themselves  to  represent  them  husks  and  tta.v,  >\i 
in  our  legislatures,  to  resist  the  blandishments  P°wcr«  an(1  oxcellei 
of  capitalists  and  the  temptations  of  mofiopo-  r^°*‘  J"!i: ‘shulltowi 
lists,  they  may  he  assured  that  they  are  in  no  Inhabitants.  The? 
sense  entitled  to  anything  more  than  they  now  tr~  railroads  cros 
obtain  ;  nor  will  violence  secure  more  It)  them.  Wo  give  these  fad 
Hut  If  they  have  among  them  men  of  ability,  courage  1  he  groxvt 
sagacity  and  probity,  such  men  should  be  so-  countrY,  a"  a  mea 
leoted  to  represent  them  and  strike  for  them  In  compensating  and  \ 
our  legislative  halls,  where  alone  strikes  should 
be  tolerated— except  those  which  result  from  The  Trulh  about 
the  free  volition  of  each  man  to  work  eight  ,  what  follows  Is  told 
ten,  or  sixteen  hours  per  day  for  any  wages  he  saying  that  Amerlci 
chooses.  Any  strike  which  affects  this  free-  make  a  creditable s 
dom  of  Individual  action  is  intolerable.  Is  un-  these  Is  a  great  arm 
just,  vicious,  and  removes  the  men  engaged  in  Impecunious  literal- 
It  from  all  the  sympathy  which  honest  men  seek  to  sail  in  at  pu 
may  have  with  them  in  their  efforts  to  iniprovo  poses,  pretending 
their  condition  and  elevate  the  standard  of  while  In  fact  they 
Intelligence  among  them.  and  all  grumbling 


Augustus  Seniago  of  Mississippi,  H.  C.  Crevell- 
ing.  G.  IT.  Koch,  and  Chas.  A.  Smith  of  Mis¬ 
souri  :  H.  J.  Wisner,  John  R.  Van  Wlnk!e,.lohn 
Duncan,  and  G.  Dewitt  of  New  Jersey:  Prof. 
Davies,  Geo.  Sauer,  L.  W.  Rogers.  Win.  C.  Gun¬ 
nell,  J.  H.  Sherwood.  Francis  A.  Stout,  Geo.  W. 
Sllcox.  R.  W.  Raymond,  Jackson  S.  Schultz, 
Douglas  Taylor,  anrl  Geo.  Thurber  of  New 
York ;  W.  C1.  Kerr  of  North  Carolina,  Montgom¬ 
ery-  Phlster,  C.  G.  Leopold,  Freeman  Thorpe,  and 
G.  Mendenhall  of  Ohio;  Charles  E.  Smith  of 
Oregon  ;  Howard  Painter,  Tie  anas  Heaver,  Join i 
Shinn,  Henry  D.  Moore,  David  Brooks,  Joseph 
Wharton.  J-  Millikan,  and  Charles  M.  Nee  of 
Pennsylvania;  Elisha  Dyer  of  Rhode  Island; 
Samuel  Tate  and  I.  J.  Dupre  of  Tennessee;  C, 
S.  Morrill  ami  Levi  K.  Fuller  of  Vermont; 
Moses  P.  Handy  of  Virginia:  J.  II.  DIs*  Debar 
of  West  Virginia :  George  Smalley.  J.  Htisseil 
Young,  HenJ.  H.  Wlnthrop,  Chart  ex  K.  Morker- 
man,  and  Dr.  Thomas  Buckler  at  large:  E.  M. 
Hamilt  on  of  Colorado;  Richard  K.  Evans,  Rich¬ 
ard  1).’ Cults.  David  Edes.  Joseph  Eiit)io|Teo,and 
Arthur  II.  Brown  of  the  District  of  Columbia; 
.lame-  M.  Cavanagh  of  Montana ,  Adolph  Gutt- 
ntan  of  New  Mexico. 


Ilulbling  Dp  TliiniiTaetnrcH. — A.  A.  Snow,  Mar¬ 
shalltown,  Iowa,  writes  us  that  the  farmers  of 
Iowa  are'trylng  to  promote  manufactures  among 
them  :  are  organizing  a  stock  company  to  build 
an  agricultural  implement  manufactory,  and 
thus  diminish  the  number  of  middle  men,  and 
enable  themselves  to  bo  less  dependent  upon 
railroads,  and  less  affected  by  high  rates  of 
transportation.  He  states  that  an  oil  mill  has 
lately  been  put  in  operation  to  his  town  ;  that 
it  is  an  excellent,  locality  for  a  starch  factory 
similar  to  that  at  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  since  corn  can 
now  be  hud  there  at  18  cents  per  bushel,  and 
thousands  of  bushels  of  the  crop  of  1871  are  .still 
on  hand.  Potatoes  can  also  be  purchased,  In 
any  quantity,  at  25®90c.  per  bushel.  II  is  also, 
lie  claims,  a  good  place  for  a  paper  mill,  since 
there  E  any  amount  of  material  straw,  corn 
husks  and  flax,  with  an  abundance  of  water 
power,  and  excellent  market  for  all  these  arti¬ 
cles.  Marshalltown  is  a  thriving  city  of  SjOftO 
Inhabitants.  The  Northwestern  and  Iowa  Cen¬ 
tral  railroads  cross  each  other  at  this  point. 
We  give  these  facts  because  we  desire  to  en¬ 
courage  the  growth  of  manufactures  in  this 
country,  as  a  means  of  rendering  agriculture 
compensating  and  progressive. 


THE  WAR  AGAINST  RAILROADS. 

Tub  legislatures  of  some  of  the  Western 
States,  embracing  as  they  have  the  past  winter 
more  representatives  of  the  Industrial  classes 
than  ever  before,  and  elected  with  the  avpwcd 
purpose  of  depriving  monopolies  of  their  pow¬ 
er  to  oppress  the  people,  have  passed  very  strin¬ 
gent  laws  regulating  and  limiting  railroad  ex¬ 
actions.  Now,  the  people  of  those  States  are  or¬ 
ganising,  with  the  greatest  zeal  and  determina¬ 
tion,  to  enforce  these  Jaws  to  render  them  op¬ 
erative  for  their  protection.  How  this  is  going 
to  affect  railroad  values  is  yet,  to  be  determined. 
It  is  wholesome  for  a  community  to  got  aroused 
Into  united  action  once  in  a  while,  and  compel 
a  recognition  of  the  popular  will,  to  defeat  the 
aims  of  men  who  rely  upon  power  to  corrupt, 
rather  than  justice  and  equity,  In  order  to 
attain  their  ends.  It  strengthens  the  people  to 
know  that  their  voice,  expressed  through  t  he 
ballot  and  the  legislature,  is  t lie  law.  Thus, 
great  wrongs  do  great  good.  Great  evils  cor¬ 
rect.  themselves  In  a  popular  and  republican 
form  of  government,  where  there  is  freedom  of 
speech  and  of  the  press,  just  as  surely  as  water 
rises  to  its  level.  The  lessons  which  farmers  of 
the  West  arc  leaching  politicians  and  monopo¬ 
lists  will  have  a  wholesome  and,  we  trust,  salu¬ 
tary  influence  upon  the  whole  country— will  be 
the  dawn  of  a  brighter  era  for  American  Indus¬ 
try. 

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RURAL  NOTES  AND  OUERIES. 

Commissioners  lo  Vienna. — The  following 
persons  have  been  appointed  by  the  President 
to  attend  the  Vienna  Exhibition,  under  the 
joint  resolution  of  Congress,  approved  Feb.  M, 
1873: 

Practical  Artisans — N.  M.  Lowe,  Massachus¬ 
etts;  (’has.  Davis,  Pennsylvania ;  Joseph  V. 
Meigs,  Massachusetts  ;  R.  II.  Lines,  District  of 


Meigs,  iuassacnuseua  ;  it.  ij.  Janes,  District  of 
Columbia;  John  R.  Nurnaee,  Maryland :  Lewis  commission  me 
J.  Hinton,  New  York ;  Lvman  Bridges,  Illinois  ;  that  a  farmer  at 
George  A.  Stanborry,  Ohio,  ,  f  ririlnro.,s 

SckjitiJir  Mm—  1C.  N.  Hereford,  Massachusetts;  elb  5?  P,aatcas 
J.  Lnwrenco  Smith,  Kentucky  ;  Lewis  M.  Ruth-  0-8  bis  share  of 
erfurd.  New  York;  Peter  Collier.  Vermont ;  R.  was  $60—  the  rai 
H.  Thurston,  New  Jersey;  L,  J.  Boeeh,  Virgin-  men  absorbing 
ia,  and  John  A.  Warder,  Ohio.  . .  .  * 

tloiun  ary  CoWMW isakmers—  J.  Dawson  Coleman,  '  dJU0  OI  ,  P, 
Pennsylvania  ;  Thomas  Naet,  New  Jersey;  L)r,  it  is  tune  for  far 
J.  tV.  Hoyt,  W laconsin ;  J.  H.  Speed  and  Flank  deal  direct  with 
Draxeler,  Alabama;  A.  M.  Donald,  Arkansas; 

James  Newman,  California;  George  W.  Parker, 

J.  K.  Kllhourne,  Joseph  Plant,  anu  E.  S.  Wheel-  The  Flowing  i 
er,  Connecticut :  W.  C.  Bibb  and  Edwin  D.  New-  „f.,  kv  "h 

ton,  Georgia;  J.  M.  Gregory,  Alien  W.  i>tolp,  bmaured  by 
and  Charles  Dcesc,  Illinois;  Jesse  S.  Brown,  York,  and  adver 
and  A.  Ballwogg  of  Indiana;  Jas.  A.  William-  fore  been  illusti 
son,  A.  F.  Holer,  G.  T.  Carpenter,  and  Samuel  ivoenmnii 

F.  Cooper,  t.r  Iowa;  Henry  Baratodt.  of  Kansas,  1 ™ ™““ 

C.  F.  Carpenter,  of  Kentucky,  Frank  Morey  and  ornamental,  con 
Henry  Vignaud  of  Louisiana,  J.  Edwin  Sherman  to  be  popular  a 
of  Maine,  W.  T.  Waltere  of  Maryland,  J.  D.  Phil-  iho  country, 
brick,  Nelson  E.  Derby,  E.  F.  Melleri,  Henry  ...... i,.rs  ,,n<1  „„„ 

Marion  Howe,  D.  A.  Goddard,  and  Louis  Weis-  '  ,  '  u  &e 
hieu  of  Massachusetts;  J;is.  Hirucv  and  Henry  at  a  distance  cm 
C.  Lewis  of  Michigan,  Col.  Edward  P.  Jones  and  *  useful  fountain. 


The  Trulh  ulmut  the  Vienna  Exposition  ami 
,  what  follows  is  told  by  Col.  II  auitts,  who  after 
saying  that,  American  Exhibitions  will  probably 
make  a  creditable  showing  adds  Following 
these  Is  a  great  army  of  bummers,  ax-grlnders, 
impecunious  literary  and  sclent  Me  leeches,  who 
seek  to  sail  in  at  public  expense  for  private  pur¬ 
poses,  pretending  to  represent  this  or  that, 
while  In  fact  they  only  represent; themselves, 
and  ail  grumbling  at  the  stingy  Government 
appropriation  of  only  $200,000.  If  R  had  been 
$200,000,000,  there  might  have  been  enough  for  a 
flea-bite  all  around.  It  is  jolly,  to  go  junketing 
at  public  expense;  but  then  the  public  is  a 
goose,  made  to  bo  plucked."  We  do  not  agree 
with  tho  Colonel  that  this  goose  was  “made  to 
be  plucked hut  WO  do  agree  t  hat  there  iB  a 
tremendous  large  race  of  foxes  who  think  so, 
and  arc  always  ready  to  do  the  plucking. 

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The  Secrel ary  of  Maine  Htnte  Hoard  oT  Agri¬ 
culture  has  been  S.  L.  Goodalk,  a  gentleman 
In  full  sympathy  with  agriculturists,  and  one 
whom  a  Western  contemporary  nominates  as 
Commissioner  of  Agriculture.  He  has  been 
displaced  from  the  position  lie  has  long  held,  by 
6.  L.  Bbakdman,  Editor  of  the  Maine  Farmer. 
Wc  know  no  reason  why  Mr.  Boaiidman  may 
not.  make  as  excellent  and  useful  a  Secretary  as 
Mr.  Goodalk;  though  our  opinion  is  that  nn 
Agricultural  Editor  who  does  his  whole  duty 
by  his  renders,  will  And  lit  t  le  timo  to  be  the  sec¬ 
retary  of  am  bod)  or  body  of  men.  Perhaps 
brother  Boakdman  Is  oue  of  the  few  who  can 
do  It ;  if  so,  we  shall  not  regret  the  extension 
of  his  sphere  of  usefulness. 

Microscopes  mid  Bn.roinelrrs.  -N.  G.,  Warren- 
ton,  Ga..  is  advised  to  address  his  inquiries  con¬ 
cerning  microscopes  to  Thomas  McAlister, 
49  Nassau  St.,  or  to  Millek  Brotherr,  09  Nas¬ 
sau  St.,  New  York  City'.  The  prices  of  micro¬ 
scopes  vary  so  much  t  hat  a  catalogue  from  these 
parties  will  be  the  best  means  of  obtaining  in¬ 
formation.  We  do  not. recommend  an  Aneroid 
barometer  as  superior  to  the  mercurial  one, 
which  costs  much  less.  The  Aneroid  is  useful, 
because  of  its  portability,  to  persons  who  are 
traveling:  otherwise,  it  has  no  advantages  over 
the  mercurial  barometers. 

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Farmers,  Freights  and  Commissions.—  Illustra¬ 
ting  the  relations  of  producers  to  railroads, 
commission  men  ami  consumers,  it  is  asserted 
that  a  farmer  at  Paxton,  HI.,  shipped  100  bush¬ 
els  (>f  potatoes  to  Chicago,  and  received  $10.40 
as  his  share  of  their  value  in  market,  which 
was  $00— the  railroad  company  aud  commission 
men  absorbing  nearly  five-sixths  the  market 
value  of  his  product.  If  this  statement  is  true, 
it  is  time  for  farmers  to  regulate  railroads  and 
deal  direct  with  consumers. 

- m -  • 

The  Flowing  Spring  Poultry  Fountain—  man¬ 
ufactured  by  the  Iron  Ciad  Can  Co.,  of  New 
York,  and  advertised  in  this  paper— has  hereto¬ 
fore  been  illustrated  and  described  by  us,  and 
again  we  commend  it  to  poultry  keepers.  It  Is 
ornamental,  convenient  and  durable,  and  ought 
to  be  popular  among  poultry  people  all  over 
tho  country.  As  it  is  for  sale  by  hardware 
dealers  and  seedsmen  generally,  our  loaders 
at  a  distance  can  readily  procure  this  neat  and 


The  Spring  Campaign  of  Soil  Cnllnrists  has 
at  last  opened,  and  thousands  of  sensible  peo- 
1  pie  are  preparing  their  gardens,  orchards  and 
fields  for  the  season.  Some  have  only  city,  vil¬ 
lage  or  suburban  plots  of  ground,  while  others 
;  cultivate  tens  to  hundreds  of  acres,— but  will 
it  riot  pay  each  and  all  to  take  and  read  a  paper 
I  mainly  devoted  to  rural  affairs?  Reader,  ask 
your  neighbors  this  question,  and  invite  them 
to  subscribe  for  the  Rural  New-Yorker.  As 
f  a  New  Quarter  begiUB  this  week  the  present  is 
;  the  time  to  subscribe. 

» 

Kpring  and  Summer  CJolhliig  will  soon  be 
1  wanted  by  hosts  of  people,  in  both  town  and 
country,  and  we  therefore  take  pleasure  in  re¬ 
ferring  intending  purchasers  to  the  announce¬ 
ment,  of  Messrs.  Fkkkman  &  Burr  on  onr  last 
■  page.  These  gentleman  furnish  good  clothing 
nt  very  reasonable  rates,  and  moreover  we  know 
t  hem  to  be  most  attentive  and  accommodating. 
Their  new  system  of  self-measure,  sent  free,  is 
a  great  convenience  to  parties  at  a  distance,  as 
it  enables  |  hem  to  send  ordere  by  mail  and  re¬ 
ceive  well-fitting  garments. 

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Illinois  Industrial  University. — ' The  Board  of 
Trustees  of  this  Institution  recently  unani¬ 
mously  elected  Dr.  J.  M.  Gregory,  Regent ; 
John  W.  Bunk,  Treas. ;  W. c. Fla og,  Cor.  Sec.; 
E.  Snydbtl  Rec.  Sec.  The  Treasurer’s  report 
shows  an  expenditure  of  $134,999.85  the  past 
year,  of  which  $25,0011  were  spent  for  salaries, 
ami  $60,000  in  furnishing  the  new  University 
building.  The  income  was  $29,0tXifrom  interesl 
on  bonds,  $12,000  from  State  appropriations,  and 
$00,000  from  the  sale  of  bonds  for  building  pur¬ 
poses. 

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American  Ileel'  Cattle  for  England _ English 

catt  le  dealers  are  being  attracted  by  the  vast 
herds  of  cattle  in  the  Western  States,  and  are 
considering  t  he  question,  whet  her  It  may  not  be 
practicable  to  transport  some  of  our  cheap  live 
stock  across  the  A1  tan  tie — and  it  Is  asserted 
that  a  fleet  of  steam  vessels  built  for  such  pur¬ 
pose  would  pay.  A  great,  deal  of  English  capital 
Is  now  employed  in  growing  wool  in  New 
Mexico. 

■  »ti 

England  Faying  Tribute  to  American  Fro- 
duct*.— The  London  Grocer  says  that  whereas  a 
few  years  ago,  provision  dealers  would  not  have 
liked  to  admitthe  fact  of  their  selling  Amerioan 
cheese  to  their  customers,  now  they  readily 
admit  that  the  American  article  is  often  supe¬ 
rior  to  most  of  the  English  make.  American 
hams  arc  also  admitted  to  be  fully  equal  to  tho 
best  English. 

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Hr.  John  A.  Warder  of  Ohio  has  been  ap¬ 
pointed  one  of  tho  Commie-doners  on  the  part, 
of  our  Government,  to  the  Vienna  Exposition. 
Dr.  Warder  is  a  mail  who  keeps  his  eyes  open 
wherever  he  goes  and  is  sure  to  bring  no  dis¬ 
credit  upon  the  Government,  people  aud  coun¬ 
try  he  represents ;  anil  lie  will  bring  buck  with 
him  much  information  that  will  be  valuable. 

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An  Artificial  Oyster  Is  said  to  have  been  in¬ 
vented  by  a  Maine  man-made  out  of  flour 
paste,  tapioca,  salt  and  water.  These  are  placed 
in  second-hand  oyster  shells  which  are  careful¬ 
ly  glued  around  the  edges,  aud  when  a  custom¬ 
er,  “  half-seas  over  "  Calls  for  a  dozen  raw  on  the 
half  shell,  ho  gets  them  fresh— from  the  shop. 
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Advertising  In  ilir  Kurul  pays  a  good  many 
people  largely,  as  their  letters  attest.  Our  last 
In  that  line  is  from  G.  11.  Williamson,  Seeds¬ 
man,  of  Gallatin, Tctm.,  who  writes “  My  little 
‘ad.’  having  proved  a  good  investment,  I  desire 
to  know  your  terms  for  continued  advertise¬ 
ments,”  &c. 

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The  Devon  llerd-Ilonk,— The  third  volume  of 
the  American  Devon  Herd-Book  is  being  dis- 
t  ributed  now  at  $3  each  by  lion  ace  M .  Sessions, 
South  Wilbraham,  Mass,,  Editor.  The  fourth 
volume  will  be  published  iu  1875,  or  us  soon  as 
sufficient  pedigrees  are  received  to  warrant  it. 

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Eight-Quart  Milk  tans.  The  Massachusetts 
Milk  Producers’ Association  isaskingthe  Legis¬ 
lature  to  pass  an  act  requiring  that  milk  cans 
shall  be  so  made  as  to  hold  exactly  eight  quarts, 
wine  measure,  and  bo  properly  sealed  by  the 
sealer  of  weights  and  measures. 

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RURAL  BREVITIES. 

$uel  Foster.  Muscatine,  Iowa,  has  been  ap¬ 
pointed  one  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Iowa  Agri¬ 
cultural  College,  to  fill  a  vacancy  occasioned  by 
the  death  of  CL  E.  Luffing  well. 

Ladies  are  referred  to  the  advertisement  of 
Johnson's  Embroidery  Attachment,  adapted 
to  all  sewing  machine*. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


Use  the  Eureka  Machine  Tvrist  and  Eureka  Button 
Hole  Twist.  They  will  give  perfect  satisfaction. 

S.  B.  PARSONS  &  SONS,  Flushing,  N.  Y. 

Rhododendrons  and  other  Trees  and  Plants. 


LadiCH.— One-half  the  trouble  in  running  your 
Sewing  Machine  may  be  avoided  by  using  the  Eareka 
Machine  twist.  It  is  the  BEST. 


R.  B.  PARSONS  &  CO.’S  Trees  and  Plants, 

Rhododendrons,  &c.,  at  Flushing,  N.  Y. 


lowed  to  resign  and  Clayton  has  boon  white¬ 
washed  we  wonder  if  by  men  no  better  than 
they?  This,  with  other  sins  of  omission  or 
commission  that  might  be  catalogued,  gives  us 
a  humibitine  conviction  that  the  days  of  lofty 
patriotism,  of  statesman liko  ability,  of  in- 


such  a  question  concerning  the  members  of  the 
most  dignified  legislative  body  of  his  country? 

Bismarck  and  Catholicism. 

Bismarck,  to  a  recent  speech,  clearly  defined 
the  attitude  of  the  German  imperial  Govern- 


EVEBY  DAY  TOPICS 


AUNT  MARY’S  STORY. 


BY  HOPE 


Come  to  my  room,  Eloise,  and  T  will  tell 
you  a  story ;  not  one  of  the  fairy  stories  I  used 
to  repeat,  for  your  edification,  but  something 
that  really  ha  opened  nearly  twenty  years  ago. 
bet.  mo  think.  Can  It  be  possible  that  Father 
Time  has  passed  us  so  many  times,  when  to  us 
it  seems  sueli  a  little  while?  Ah!  yes;  ftsurely 
must  have  been  ns  long  ago  as  that,  for  I  re¬ 
member  tny  hair  was  brown  and  curling  then, 
and  my  chocks  were  almost  as  red  as  those  roses 
you  see  yonder.  Now  my  hair  is  thickly  threaded 
with  gray,  the  roses  have  faded  from  mycheeks, 
and  well,  T  may  as  well  say  it— 1  am  growing 
old.  Don't  be  getting  rest, loss,  Eloise;  I  am 
m.t  going  to  sermonizo.  The  story  will  come 
after  a  time.  bet.  me  see.  As  t  told  vmi  it 


tier  mother  had  boon  dead  a  number  of 
years,  and  Mr.  Fuller  had  brought  homo  a 
nephew  and  his  wire,  to  keep  I  he  house  and  care 
for  the  little  motherless  Madge. 

"  Matwje  had  always  fared  well  In  (ho  hands 
of  her  Cousin  Marsdkn  and  his  kind-hearted 
little  wife  MtNNIE.  She  hardly  missed  the  ten¬ 
der  mother  that,  left  her  almost  in  her  babyhood. 
As  she  grew  older,  ©very  advantage  was  given 
her  that  wealth  could  afford,  find  at  eighteen 
her  teacher  pronounced  her  education  finished. 
Then  she  came  homo. 

“Oh!  how  she  brightened  up  our  little  vil¬ 
lage  !  There  was  no  end  to  the  pleasure  excur¬ 
sions  after  she  came ;  picnics,  boat  rides,  horse¬ 
back  rides,  and  everything  of  that,  description, 
were  enjoyed  that,  summer  to  the  fullest  extent. 

“  When  the  hot  weather  came,  sonio  of 
M  A  DOE'S  city  friends  came  down  to  try  the 
country  for  a  while.  Then  we  picnicked  more 


BUGALA,  OK  DHOW 


tegrity,  honor  and  dignity,  embodied  in  Sena¬ 
tors,  have  passed  and  that,  the  average  status  of 
the  United  States  Senator  is  but  little  abovo 
that  of  an  average  Congressman ;  and  it  is  the 
more  humiliating,  since  the  conclusion  is  inovi- 


ment  towards  tho  Catholics  in  Germany.  lie 
disclaimed  any  purposo  on  tho  part  of  the  Im¬ 
perial  Government,  to  persecute  the  Catholics 
because  of  their  religion  per  se.  Ho  reviewed 
the  history  of  Catholicism  in  Europe,  and 


Promoting  the  President's  Son. 

Fault  is  found  with  tho  President,  as  Com¬ 
mander-In-Chief  of  the  Army,  because  ids  son, 
Lieut.  Fred  Grant,  lias  been  promoted  to  tho 
office  of  Liout-Col.  on  Lteut.-Gen.  Sheridan’s 
staff,  displacing  older  army  officers  whose  ser¬ 
vices  entitle  thorn  to  position  and  honor.  The 
point  against  the  President,  that  such  action 
has  a  demoralizing  influence  uponarmy  officers, 
seems  well  taken.  We  have  not  an  authorita¬ 
tive  history  of  tho  transaction,  nor  are  we 
familiar  enough  with  military  laws  andcustoms 
to  know  Just  how  far  such  promotion  Is  justi¬ 
fiable.  But  from  our  superficial  standpoint  as 
a  citizen  and  father,  w©  think  It  would  bavo 
been  wiser  for  the  son  and  fur  the  reputation  of 
President  Grant  if  his  boy  had  been  compelled 
to  earn  his  promotion  as  his  father  did  before 
him,  and  as  other  army  officers,  without  politi¬ 
cal  friends  or  influence,  are  compelled  to  do.  It 
is  a  vicious  and  unjust  precedent  to  establish, 
if  it  Is,  indeed,  an.  innovation  upon  the  rules 
which  have  hitherto  regulated  promotion.  We 
hope  it  may  be  found  to  be  true  t  hat  the  state¬ 
ment  upon  which  wo  baso  these  remarks  needs 
to  be  modified  In  order  to  be  true. 


Among  tno  city  beaux  was  one  II  vrry  Clif¬ 
ton,  a  young  lawyer  of  considerable  talent,  and 
it  was  soon  whispered  around  that  ho  was 
Madge’s  lover.  Ho  wan  very  handsome,  hut 
there  was  a  sad  look  in  his  eyes  when  ho  was 
quiet,  that  1  never  could  get  rid  of;  it  always 
seemed  to  haunt  me.  Madge  was  very  lively 
and  full  of  fun,  and  to  me  she  never  seemed  at 
all  suited  to  Harry  with  his  quiet,  ways-  but 
Opposites  or©  at  tracted  by  opposites,  so  I ’sup¬ 
pose  it,  could  be  accounted  for  in  that,  way 
“Very  often,  when  the  rest  were  engaged  in 
some  merry  game,  or  perhaps  dancing,  lie  would 
come  and  talk  with  me,  for  ho 
and  my  lameness  forbade 
any  such  amusement, 
talks  t  Ho  would  toll  i 


seldom  danced, 
my  participating  In 
-  How  I  enjoyed  those 
me  of  different  countries 
that  lie  had  visited  and  curious  wights  that  ho 
had  seen,  and  so  vividly  would  ho  describe  them 
t  hat  I  almost  felt  as  though  I  had  seen  them 
myself. 

“One  evening,  at  Lawyer  Fuller's,  while  tho 
rest  were  dancing,  and  we  were  having  one  of 
our  pleasant  talks,  I  asked  him  somethin"  of 
his  former  life.  He  was  very  quiet,  and  when  I 
looked  at  him  he  was  very  pale.  I  was  fright¬ 
ened,  for  I  thought  he  must  have  been  taken 
suddenly  ill.  r  sprang  to  my 

HP  is  aching  severely. ' 


Women  as  Physicians, 

Tuesday  evening,  March  3Uth,  occurred  the 
exercises  of  tho  fourth  annual  commence¬ 
ment  of  the  Women’s  Medical  College  of  tho 
New  York  Infirmary.  There  were  six  graduates, 
to-wit:  Charlotte  W.  Ford,  Morristown,  N. 
.r. ;  Autire  L.  Fox,  Quincy, 

III.;  Ellen  C.  Leogett, 

increase  the  number  of  those 
this  college  to  £S ;  and  among  , ■•jgpi 

cions  and" are  working  their 

evening,  who  were  addressed 

fessions,  and  deserve  a  larger 
audience  than  she  had  in  the 


SECTION  OF  VESSEL- MANNEB  OF  STOWING  SLAVES 

table  that  these  men  represent  the  average  showed  that  it  was  a  political 
probity,  virtue  and  ability  of  the  American  Germany  must  deal  with  it  as  a 
people!  Who  will  deny  it?  And  if  one  does,  the  key  to  imperial  action.  T 
will  he  give  us  the  data  upon  which  he  bases  dealt  with  tho  agents  of  the  Pc 


The  Senate  of  the  United 
States. 

The  Senate  has  adjourned.  I 
It  has  not  won  for  itself  the  | 
reputation  for  dignified  puri¬ 
ty  which  wo  are  always  glad 
to  associate  with  that  body. 
Patterson  has  been  permittee 
justification  of  his  iniquitous 
the  Senate’s  records.  Cai.dweli 


NEGKOES  TAKEN  FKOM  A  CAPTUBED 

such  denial?  Are  they  to  be  found  in  the  cur¬ 
rent  record  of  American  life?  And  is  it  not 
humiliating  that  a  Journalist  Is  compelled  to  ask 


DHOW,  IN  A  STATE  OF  STABVATION. 

of  priests,  just  as  it  would  and  must  deal,  for 
self-protection,  with  the  agents  of  any  other 
political  power  for  self-protection. 


OOTRE’S  RURAL  WIW-YOBXER 


APRIL  S 


them  that  I  could  not  play  anything  that  they  to  ] 
would  rare  t  >  liear.  Iliat  my  music  was  old-  ho 
fashioned,  mid  all  that  sort  of  thing:  it  was  of  ti<  < 
no  use;  they  urged  me  until  I  felt  fairly  com-  shr 
polled  to  sit  down  to  the  instrument  and  try.  drf 
At  first,  Hi'*  sounds  were  so  very  different  from  I  st 
our  own  little  old  piano  at  home,  that  I  was  *nr 
fairly  frightened  ;  but  gradually  I  became  used  1  h 
to  It,  and  forgetting  that  there  was  any  one  1  * 
present  but  myself,  I  threw  my  «  hole  soul  into  pal 
the  music,  and  played  one  of  my  favorites,  a 
wild,  weird  piece,  called  'The  Storm  at  Sea.' 
When  I  finished,  there  was  a  dead  silence  in  the  wil 
room.  Lawyer  Fuller  had  been  standing  In 
the  door,  listening  to  my  playing,  although  I  ins 
was  not  aware  of  it  until,  as  I  rose  to  leave  the  ed. 
piano,  he  said,  ‘  Aru't  any  «r  you  going  to  thank 
MAMIE  for  her  music,  or  shall  I  have  to  doit  no 
for  you  ?'  and  he  came  over  where  I  was  st  and-  lie 
ing  1  We  were  spell  bound.  I  had  no  idea  she  he 
could  play  SO  well.’  cried  Eve  Stanton,  a  young  to 
lady  from  the  city,  who  considered  herself  quite  of 
n  musician. 

“  Mr.  Fut,  nan  took  both  my  hands  in  his  own, 
and  said  Vou  display  a  rare  musical  talent,  cv< 
Mamie  and  he  added,  is  a  lower  tone, ‘yon  |  ni< 

shall  have  a  chance  to  develop  it,’  t  can’t  re-  st* 

member  what  I  s»i<1,  1  felt  so  confused  and  wl 
embarrassed.  I  only  know  that  they  all  praised  an 
and  complimented  me  so  much  that  J  hardly  ha 
thought  of  HARRY  (Tipton  the  remainder  of 

the  evening.  n" 

“  When  it  came  t  ime  for  us  to  go  home,  Law-  So 
yer  Fuller  slipped  a  paper  into  my  hand  ami  alt 
told  me  to  give  It.  to  my  mother.  1  thought  ra 
affairs  were  certainly  coming  to  a  crisis,  so  dr 
many  queer  things  had  happened  that,  night,  I  tu 
soon  forgot  everyth  lag  else  when  your  Uncle  an 
Charles,  whom  I  had  never  seen  but  once  be-  fo 
fore  that  night,  asked  If  lie  might  have  the  of 
pleasure  of  escorting  me  home.  m 

“Your  Uncle  Charles,  Louise,  was  Madge  In 
Fuller’s  cousin.  They  had  been  expecting  M 
him  for  some  weeks,  and  M  adge  had  given  ns  yii 
such  glowing  descript  ions  of  him  t  hat  all  the  lo 

girls  that  were  fancy  free  declared  their  In  ton-  <’i 
tionsof  setting  their  caps  for  him.  fcoof  course 
1  felt  considerably  elated  that  I  was  the  first  h< 
one  he  had  condescended  to  wait  upon.  lit 

“  We  had  a  pleasant  walk  home,  and  when  he  to 
left  me,  he  asked  if  he  might  cnll  t  he  next  F 
morning,  1  doubt  If  there  were  many  in  Clay-  M 
more  that  night  that  sank  into  t  he  arms  of  Mor-  at 
phous  hotter  satisfied  wit h  themselves  nnd  the  lj 
world  generally,  than  you*  Aunt  Maky.  The  tl 
next  morning  I  was  up  early,  and  hurried  to  ni 
my  mother’s  chamber  with  the  paper  Lawyer  sf 
Fuller  had  given  me,  for  I  was  exceedingly  a’ 
anxious  to  know  what  the  contents  could  be.  w 
‘  Here,  mother,’ I  cried,  Ms  something  Lawyer  t< 
Fuller  sent  yon.  Open  It  as  quick  as  ever  you  d 
can,  for  1  am  almost  distracted  to  know  what  p 

it  means.’  i' 

“Mother  smiled  n.t  my  eagerness,  and  pro-  f, 
ceeded  to  break  the  seal,  very  leisurely,  I  d 
thought,  when  out  fell  a  check  on  the  bank  for  a 

two  hundred  dollars-  1 

“•Why,  Mamie!*  exclaimed  mother, ‘what  ii 

does  this  mean  ?’  1 

“  ‘I  can’t,  tell,  1  am  sure,’  said  I.  Here  is  a  t 

note,  this  will  probably  explain.’  a 

“1  could  not  wait  for  mother  to  read  it,  so  1  < 

Just  caught  It  up  and  read  it  myself.  It  read 

something  like  this:  t 

"  •  Mits  Ellers  ley  :  In  listening  to  your  * 
daughter’s  playl ng,  t  was  astonished  at  the  rare  ■ 
talent  she  displayed.  I  think  she  dcsoi  vea  a  i 
chance  to  complete  her  musical  education,  and  . 
I  beg  you  will  accept  this  chock  and  use  it  to 
that  end.  I  do  not  want  Miss  Mamie  to  have 
any  scruples  as  regards  using  It,  I  fe  d  that,  she  i 
will  be  conferring  a  Tavor  on  me  If  she  will  take  , 
H  and  do  ns  1  request  her.  E.  D.  Fuller.' 

“  *  what  will  you  do  Mamie, accept  it  or  not  t 
said  my  mother,  after  a  little  time  spent  in 
earnest  thought. 

“‘What  will  (  do?’  1  echoed.  ‘What  shall  I 
do?  is  the  question.  What  do  you  think  is  best?’ 

“  ‘  I  think  it  will  be  best  for  you  to  do  just  as 
you  please.  If  you  think  you  would  like  to, 
perhaps  you  had  better  keep  it,  as  It  is  Just  the 
opportunity  you  have  long  been  wishing  for, 
and  1  presume  before  long,  you  will  be  able  to 

repay  It.’  ,  .  ,  , 

“  I  know  you  are  growing  anxious  to  hear  the 

rest  of  my  story.  Eloibe,  bo  I  will  stop  talking 
of  myself,  and  only  say  that  1  kept  the  check, 
and  although  I  never  had  the  chance  to  repay 
Lawyer  Fuller,  In  after  years  T  paid  It  to  an¬ 
other,  near  and  dear  to  him,  and  one  more 
needy  than  ever  he  had  been. 

“There  was  only  a  week  before  the  wedding, 
and  every  one  was  busy  preparing  for  it.  I 
hardly  saw  Harry  Clifton  again  until  his 
wedding  night,  but  I  often  thought  of  his 
strange  illness,  and  wondered  at  t  he  remark  he 
made,  ‘  l  am  subject  to  auch  attacks;  any  little 
excitement  brings  them  on.*  ‘  What  excite¬ 
ment  could  he  have  meant?  I  asked  myself, 
over  and  over  again.  At  last  I  concluded  that 
I  must  have  stirred  some  unpleasant  memories 
in  my  allusion  to  his  boyhood,  and  there  I  let 
the  matter  drop.  After-time  showed  that  my 
[  surmises  wore  correct. 

“  The  long  looked-for  night  came  at  last,  1 
i  was  to  bo  first  bridesmaid  and  Charlie  was 
groomsman.  “  How  beautiful  Madge  looked 
that  night  1  She  was  dressed  Ina white  tarletanc, 
with  pearls  for  her  jewels.  HARRY  looked  very 
proud  of  his  beautiful  bride,  atid  M  adoe  seemed 
equally  proud  of  the  man  to  whom  she  had 
given  her  heart’s  best  affections. 

“  The  evening  passed  merrily,  and  at  last-  we 
went  out  to  supper.  Then  came  the  wine.  I 
stood  close  by  Madge  and  saw  her  turn  out  a 
goblet  of  the  sparkling  nectar,  and  held  it  up 


to  Harry.  He  merely  raised  it-  to  his  lips,  but 
he  never  drank  a  drop.  Just  then  Madge  no¬ 
ticed  that  he  set  the  wine  down  untouched,  and 
she  exclaimed -.—  ‘Surely,  Harry,  you  will 
drink  a  little  wine  on  this,  our  wedding  night  ?’  \ 
1  saw  the  same  look  come  back  to  his  eyes,  the 
same  deathly  pallor  o’erspread  his  face,  that 
1  had  seen  the  night  he  waalll.  Half-frightened, 

1  whispered  to  her,  ‘Don’t  urge  him  ;  see  how 
pale  he  is.’ 

“  ‘  Harry,  Harry  !’  she  cried, '  what  is  the 
matter  are  you  ill?  Do  take  a  little  wine;  it 
will  revive  you.’ 

“The  color  came  back  to  his  face,  and  bend¬ 
ing  over  her,  he  whispered Don’t  be  alarm-  j 
cd,  darling;  I  was  only  faint;  I  am  better  now.’  j 

“  Kt  ill  she  urged  him:-  ‘Take  It  for  my  sake  if 

not  foryourown.’shewhispered :  and  she  raised 

her  dark  eyes  coaxlngly  to  his.  For  a  moment 
he  wavered;  but  H  seemed  impossible  for  him 
t,,  resist  the  tempter  when  it  came  in  the  form 
of  hi*  own  lovely  bride,  and  raising  the  glass  to 
his  Ups,  he  drained  it. 

“I  don’t  know  why, but  for  the  rest  of  the 
evening  I  seemed  followed  by  a  dread  presenti¬ 
ment  of  evil.  Harry  and  Madge  were  con¬ 
stantly  before  my  eyes,  Just  as  they  looked 
when  she  was  urging  him  to  drink  the  wine, 
and  the  picture  haunted  mo  for  days,  like  a 
hateful  dream. 

“The  next  day  Harry  and  Madge  left  f  lay- 
more  for  their  own  home,  away  in  the  sunny 
South,  ami  we  settled  back  into  our  old  ways, 
although  the  memories  of  that  summer  were 
carried  by  more  than  one  through  long  years  of 
dreary  toil.  One  short  week  after  their  depar¬ 
ture  the  whole  village  was  filled  with  sorrow 
and  consternation,  for  Lawyer  Fuller  had  been 
found  dead  in  ids  bed.  Traveling  in  t  hat  part 
of  the  country,  in  those  days,  was  done  for  the 
most  part  in  stage  coaches,  so  of  course  it  was 
impossible  to  think  of  sending  for  Harry  and 
Madge.  They  hurled  him  in  the  little  church¬ 
yard  by  the  side  of  his  wife,  with  no  one  to  fol- 
ns  mourners  except  Mahsden,  Minnie  and 


low  as  mourners  except  wakhum,  mm 

Charlie.  .  -  a 

“  When  the  will  was  opened  they  found  that  an 
he  had  left  the  homestead  to  Mahsden,  a  nice  f«> 
little  sum  to  your  Uncle  Charlie,  and  the  rest  he 
to  Madge.  They  were  Ids  only  living  relatives,  ha 
For  a  few  months  we  heard  very  often  from 
Madge,  but  gradually  she  stopped  writ  ing,  and 
at  last  stopped  entirely.  Markdkn  and  Char-  wi 
,  ik  wrote ;  still,  they  could  get  no  tidings  from  iir 
the  absent  ones,  and  finally  they  made  up  their  to 
minds  that  both  must  he  dead,  for  surely,  they  1  J1 
said.  »ts  did  every  one  else,  *  If  they  have  moved  <> 
away,  they  would  write,  and  let  os  know  their  w 
whereabouts.  The  years  rolled  by,  nnd  nearly 
ten  had  elapsed  since  Madge  Fuller’s  wed-  “ 
ding.  In  that  time  many  changes  had  taken  u 
place.  I  had  completed  my  music,  and  after  « 
your  Unde  CHAtiU k  and  I  were  married,  I  still  ( 
found  it  a  great  help  to  us,  ns  I  never  found  any  u 
difficulty  in  procuring  as  many  music  scholars  “ 
us  i  could  teach.  The  tenth  anniversary  of  ]' 
Harry  and  M  adge’s  wedding  came,  and  with  11 
it  another  party  assembled  at  Markdkn  Fure  '' 
LER’S  to  witness  the  marriage  of  his  only  daugh-  1 
ter  Gertrude.  The  ceremony  passed  pleas-  d 
aptly .  Then  came  supper,  and  after  supper  “ 
came  the  wine,  as  Is  usual  on  such  occasions.  J1 
“Before  the  first  drop  of  wine  was  poured,  1 
the  hall  door  opened,  and  a  woman  dressed  in  •* 
the  dcepeal  mourning  enfeored,  and  stood  quiet¬ 
ly  at  the  farther  end  of  the  room.  In  un  instant  1 
all  eyes  were  turned  t  oward  her.  Seeing  that  1 
uliewas  the  center  of  observation,  she  moved 
nearer  to  the  table,  and  throwing  aside  her  ' 
niuntlq,  so  all  could  see  her  face,  she  commenced 
speaking:  ‘1  beg  pardon  for  intruding,'  she  ’ 
said,  *  but  when  1  saw  that  wine  brought  in,  1 
could  be  quiet  HO  longer.  Hear  with  me  a  few  1 
moments,  and  I  will  tell  my  story.  Ten  years  ; 
ago  I  sat  where  yonder  bride  now  rits,  just  as 
fair,  perhaps,  as  she,  and  without  one  care  for 
the  future.  By  my  side  sat  one  with  as  noble 
and  true  a  heart  as  ever  beat  ina  human  breast. 

I  nail  the  days  of  our  wooing  he  never  would 
taste  of  wine,  but  on  our  wedding  night  I  pre¬ 
vailed  on  him  to  take  the  first  glass  that  ever 
passed  his  lips-  Ob  1  how  many,  many  times  1 
have  repented  the  foolish  act  I  Wo  had  not 
been  settled  in  our  -own  home  more  than  two 
weeks  before  I  not  iced  that  lie  took  wine  daily, 
and  In  a  little  while  he  was  brought  home  to 
me  a<>  drunk  that  he  could  neither  talk  nor 
stand.  Then  my  troubles  commenced.  Some- 
i  times  he  would  go  for  a  rnont  h  wit  hout  touch¬ 
ing  a  drop ;  then  I  would  hope  for  better  days, 
but  ulus !  he  would  commence  again,  and  drink 
[  harder  than  ever.  At  last  our  boy  was  born, 

4  aT„l  then  I  thought  for  Us  sake.  If  not  for  mine, 

<  he  would  do  bet  tor ;  but  no !  After  a  few  weeks 
■  it  was'  the  same  old  story.  Than  I  saw  the  prop- 
s  that  my  rather  left  me  going,  and  we  were 

obliged  to  move  Into  a  emnller  house;  from 
•,  that  into  a  smaller  one,  and  at  last  1  found  rny- 
t  pelf  a  tenant  in  an  old  house  In  a  part  of  the 
s  city  where,  in  my  more  prosperous  days,  l 
t  would  not  have  dared  to  venture  alone.  One 
y  night  Harry  came  home  to  me,  and  I  saw  with 
horror  that  he  was  suffering  front  delirium  tre- 
1  mens.  I  called  a  physician  Immediately,  but  all 
l-  that  night  and  t  he  next  dny  his  sufferings  were 
d  terrible.  At  last,  reason  came  to  him,  nnd  he 
r,  called  me  to  Ids  bedside  and  said  he  had  somo- 
•>-  thing  he  would  like  to  say  to  me.  Ho  told  me 
d  that  his  father  had  died  In  a  fit  of  drUrium  tre- 
d  mens,  arid  that  he  himself  had  always  had  an 
unnatural  longing  for  strong  drink  :  his  mother 
,.e  died  from  the  effects  of  a  blow  that  Ids  father 
I  had  given  her  in  a  drunken  frenzy,  and  she  hud 
a  made  HARRY  promise  her  on  her  death  bed 
ip  never  to  taste  a  drop.  “And,”  said  he,  “I  never 


did,  until  tny  wedding  night,  when  to  please  i 
you  I  drank  my  first  glass  of  wine.  That  first 
glass  was  a  fatal  one ;  it  seemed  to  rouse  a  very 
demon  In  me.  From  that  t  ime  1  could  not  re-  — 
slst  the  temptation  to  drink.  I  do  not  blame 
you,  MADGE,’’  he  said  ;  “you  did  It.  innocently, 
and  you  have  suffered  enough  ton  thousand 
times  over,  without  my  casting  one  reproach  on 
you  ;  and  now  I  am  going  away  to  leave  you  and  Ay 
my  boy,  and  I  may  never  see  you  again.  I  am  xh; 
going  to  try  to  be  a  man  once  more.  If  F  sue-  1  Th 
cced.  I  will  come  buck ;  if  not,  T  shall  never  Wc 
trouble  you."  In  vain  I  pleaded  with  him  to  let  j  Q  } 
me  go  too,  but  he  could  not  think  it  best;  and  p(I] 
the  next  morning  he  left  us.  Five  years  have  An 
passed  since  then,  and  1  have  never  seen  nor  Foi 
heard  from  him  in  all  that  time.  A n 

“‘I  toiled  hard  to  provide  for  myself  and  Kv 
little  one  for  a  while,  and  then  the  angel  of  ^ 
death  came  and  hade  me  give  my  precious  one  w. 
into  his  keeping.  I  folded  the  little  hands  on  w) 
the  quiet  breast  and  closed  the  darling  blue  j  ^ 
eyes  without  one  murmur,  for  I  t  hought  he  had  H( 
been  taken  while  yet  pure  and  sinless  from  the  lAi 
evils  to  come.  They  laid  him  away  In  a  quiet 
spot,  and  1  went  back  to  my  old  life,  now  made 
doubly  lonely  by  the  absence  of  my  darling.  ^ 
“  •  How  I  missed  the  patter  of  his  little  feet  Ar 
and  the  merry  prattle  of  his  voice,  that  had  been 
all  the  music  1  had  known  for  many  a  day.  I 
could  not  stay  there  with  nothing  but  bitter 
memories  to  keep  me  company.  After  a  time, 
with  the  assistance  of  friends  that  T  had  become 
acquainted  with  during  Eddie'S  illness,  I  sue-  a  < 
ceeded  in  getting  classes  In  music  and  drawing,  hr 
and  by  these  I  supported  myself  comfortably,  id 
and  was  enabled  to  lay  by  a  little. 

“  *  I  received  letters  from  home,  but  my  pride  rh 
kept  me  from  answering  them.  I  preferred  that  os 
they  should  think  me  dead,  rather  than  have  it 
them  know  my  sorrow  and  disgrace.  I  kept  hi 
waiting  and  looking  for  Harry,  but  he  never  j  t» 
came;  and  at  last,  tilled  with  an  insatiable  j  tl 
longing  to  see  my  old  home  once  more,  I  came  il 
back-  On  arriving,  I  heard  that  there  was  to  be  ol 
a  wedding  here  to-night,  and  I  resolved  to  come  I. 
and  make  myself  known;  and  I  think  I  have,  si 
for  If  any  that  know  me  in  my  youthful  days  are  <>i 
here  to-night,  they  will  sec  the  once  gay  and 
happy  Madge  Fuller  In  the  pale,  sorrowful 
woman  standing  before  them.’ 

“it  Is  almost*  needless  to  say  that  the  wine 
was  carried  away  untouched,  and  wc  gathered  n 
around  Madge  and  welcomed  her  hack  with  H 
tears  of  Joy,  Intermingled  with  sorrow.  Joy  t 
that  she  was  with  us  once  more,  and  sorrow  at  ,j 
the  unhappy  ending  of  her  blissful  dreams  of  ( 

wedded  felicity.  1  ]j 

“We  were  Juat  beginning  to  get  calmed  down  ,  j 
after  this  strange  affair  when,  as  Gertie  said,  y 
the  “  Climax  was  capped’’ by  the  door  of  the  fJ 

conservatory  opening,  and  out  stepped  Harry 

Clifton.  ‘  I  wish,'  said  he,  ‘  to  corroborate  the 
testimony  or  my  wife.  For  five  years  f  have 

never  touched  one  drop  of  any  kind  of  liquor. 

Four  years  of  the  time  1  have  spent,  in  deliver-  ' 
I  ng  temperance  lectures.  I  returned  to  Weston, 
where  I  left  my  wife  and  little  one,  and  hearing  ‘ 
that  she  had  returned  here,  1  followed  imme-  ’ 
dlately.  Not  caring  to  make  myself  known  to 
any  one  until  I  had  seen  her,  1  came  up  the 
back  way,  and  entered  the  conservatory  in  time 
to  hear  her  whole  story.  And  now,  before  you 
all.  as  my  witnesses.  I  would  ask  her  to  take  me 
back  again  to  her  heart,  and  to-night  wc  will  j 
renew  again  those  vows  we  took  upon  ourselves 
ten  years  ago.’ 

i  “  Not  a  word  was  spoken  :  but  Madge,  as  a 
realizing  sense  of  how  matters  stood  came  over 
her,  rose  from  her  seat,  and  going  to  him,  she 
threw  her  arms  around  IiIh  neck  and  said ‘Ob, 

,  Harry,  God  ha*  answered  my  prayer  at  lust  in 
*  giving  you  back  to  me !’  and  then  she  sank  iu- 
sensible  Into  his  arms.  Ho  carried  her  Into  the 
S  library  and  laid  her  on  the  sofa.  After  a  few 
H  moments  she  recovered  sufficiently  to  speak ; 
r  then,  one  by  one,  we  left  the  room,  and  they 
0  were  atone  together.  In  the  excitement,  we 
had  almost  forgotten  the  occasion  that  called 
1  us  together;  hut  GERTIE  said  she  shouldn't  be 
particular  If  she  could  not  be  the  heroine  of 
i  ber  own  wedding,  since  things  had  turned  out 
'  so  happily.  ATter  a  time,  Harry  and  MADGE 
'*  cune  out.  MadGE  looked  very  pale ;  but  t  here 
°  was  a  happy  look  in  her  eyes  that  made  her  look  { 
' '  ever  so  much  younger  than  when  she  first  ap-  i 
“  peared  on  that  eventful  evening. 

,r  “  Mahsden  made,  them  stay  in  the  eld  home- 
stead  with  him  and  Minnie,  and  Harry  com- 
monced  practicing  law  in  anymore,  which,  by 
the  way,  hud  grown  to  be  quite  a  town.  So 
lk  after  many  trials  and  long  years  of  waiting,  they 
,l*  were  once  more  happy. 

“  i  have  telii  you  this  story  Eloise,  hopingyou 
ks  may  benefit  by  it.  1  trembled  last  night  when 
j  saw  you  offering  your  betrothed,  Fickd  Moore, 
ro  that  glass  of  wine;  and  I  thanked  God  in  my 
,m  heart  when  1  heard  him  say, ‘Please  take  It. 
iy"  away,  Eloise,  for  I  have  signed  n  pledge  of 
,  total  abstinence.’  I  beg  of  you  never  to  offer 
’  1  him  spirituous  liquors  again,  lest  your  future 
ne  life  may  be  as  deeply  clouded  as  was  Madge 
th  Clifton's.” 


Sabbath  leading. 


THE  PATH  OF  THE  JUST. 


BY  MRS.  M.  I*.  A.  CKOZIER. 


Ate,  so  let  us  five  in  the  path  that’s  before  us,. 
That  Heaven's  soft  glory  lie  constantly  o  er  us  , 
That  our  light  shall  grow  brighter  ns,  day  after  day, 
We  faithfully  walk  In  the  difficult  way  ! 


O,  no,  not  in  darkness  the  good  mun  should  go, 
For  Heaven  watches  over  Its  children  helow ; 
And,  tho'  It  he  narrow,  the  path  we  may  t  rust, 
For  God  hangs  a  lamp  In  the  6ky  for  the  Just. 


And  Its  radiant  light  In  the  heavens  afar 
Kvur  beckons  us  on,  like  a  Bethlehem  star : 

Kver  on*  ever  upward,  vrllh  ftaves  In  our 
Wc*  must  seek  out  the  way  to  the  beautiful  land, 

Where' the  avalanche  thunders  and  wild  torrents  roar, 
Over  glaciers  nnd  rocks,  see  It  leads  on  before ; 

Hold  ire  fast,  to  the  hand  of  the  Guide  that  we  trust, 
Lest  we  slip  <>u  tho  steeps  where  SO  many  are  lost. 

So  tho’  rugged  mountains  we  painfully  climb, 

Let  us  sing  as  we  go.  while  our  footsteps  keep  time ; 
With  the  spirit  so  humble  it  loveth  to  pray, 

And  the  eye  on  tho  crown  at  the  end  of  tho  way . 


ILL  TEMPER. 


A  single  person  of  sour,  sullen  temper  w  hat. 
a  dreadful  thing  it  is  to  have  such  a  one  in  a 
house !  There  la  not  myrrh  and  aloes  and  chlor¬ 
ide  of  lime  enough  in  the  world  to  disinfect  a 
single  home  of  such  a  nuisance  as  that;  no 
riches,  no  elegance  of  mien,  no  beauty  of  face 
ran  ever  screen  such  persons  from  ut  ter  vulgar¬ 
ity.  There  Is  one  thing  which , rising  persons 


hate  tho  reputation  of  more  than  all  ot hers, /uni 
that  is  vulgarity;  but  trust  mo,  ill  temper  la 
the  vulgarcst  thing  thnt  the  lowest  born  and 
ill,. st  bred  can  ever  bring  to  his  borne.  I  t  is  one 
of  the  worst  form  sof  impiety.  Peevishness  in  a 
homo  Is  not.  only  sin  against  the  Holy  Ghost,  but 
sin  agalhst  the  Holy  Ghost  in  the  very  temple 
of  love.— Theodore  Parker. 


SABBATH-DAY  SUGGESTIONS. 


Among  the  gifts  which  have  been  made  to  hu¬ 
manity,  none,  in  the  lower  sphere  of  virtues, 
should  call  forth  our  thankfulness  more  than 
the  gifts  of  cheerfulness,  nnd  wit,  and  humor. 
They  civilize  life.  They  carry  with  them  a  per¬ 
petual  blessing.  H  any  man  have  buoyancy,  If 
Be  find  himself  given  to  wit,  In  the  name  or 
heaven  do  not  suppress  It.  Multiply  the  drops 
which  spring  out  of  that  precious  fountain. 
There  i»  life  in  It ,—DneJur. 

As  the  lenses  of  a  telescope  must,  be  smooth, 
free  front  irregularities,  properly  shaped  and 
u. .dimmed  by  moisture,  that  it  may  yield  a  true 
View  of  star  and  Bun,  so  the  mind  that  would 
truly  reflect  God  must  he  In  the  highest  possible 
condition.  A  great  many  have  thought  they 
saw  God  when  In  fact  they  saw  nothing  but  t  he 
fancies  of  a  diseased  organization  deified.  IF. 
U.  11.  Murray. 

It  is  no  great  matter  to  live  lovingly  with 
humble  and  meek  persons;  but  he  that  can  do 
so  with  the  f reward,  with  the  peevish  and  per¬ 
verse,  he  only  hath  true  charity;  always  remem¬ 
bering  that  our  solid,  true  peace  consists  rather 
in  complying  with  others  than  In  being  compiled 
with;  In  suffering  and  forbearing,  rather  than 
In  contention  and  victory ,—Jenmil  Taylor. 

One  does  not  like  to  say  much  .against  the 
Church,  because  the  church  always  says  she  is 
In  danger.  I  would  not  add  to  her  fears.  But 
just  now  the  church  reminds  me  very  much  of 
that  old  woman  of  whom  the  doctor  asked 
what  was  the  matter  with  her,  and  she  said  she 
did  not  know,  but  she  felt  very  badly  in  her 
l  inside.  John  Jiriyht. 


A  thief,  who  broke  jail  in  Ohio,  being  cap¬ 
tured,  told  the  sheriff  “that  he  might  have  es¬ 
caped,  but  he  had  conscientious  scruples  about 
traveling  on  the  Sabbath  day.” 

Pome  men  never  lose  their  presence  of  mind. 
In  Chicago,  last,  week, a  man  threw  his  mother- 
in-law  out  of  a  window  in  the  fifth  story  of  a 
burning  building,  and  then  carried  a  feather  bed 
down  stairs  in  his  arms. 

The  surest  way  to  hit  a  woman’s  heart  is  to 
take  aim  kneeling. 


Fear  never  was  a  friend  to  the  love  of  God  or 
man,  to  duty  or  conscience,  truth,  probity  or 
honor.  It  therefore  can  never  make  a  good  sub¬ 
ject,  a  good  cit  izen,  a  good  soldier,  and  least  of 
all  a  good  Christian ;  except  the  devils,  who 
believe  and  tremble,  are  to  be  accounted  good 
Christians.— Henry  Uroohc. 

MAKING  reflections  on  the  faults  of  others  Is 
generally  a  fruitless  thing;  it.  is  often  attended 
with  mistakes  and  involves  men  in  sin.  When 
we  And  it  so  bard  to  amend  ourselves,  we  may 
well  esteem  it  a  very  unseemly  thing  with  bit- 
.  terncssto  inveigh  against  our  brother.  A.  V- 

not. 

What  a  difference  have  we  often  seen  betwixt 
our  afflictions  at  our  first  meeting  with,  and  at 
our  parting  from  them  1  We  have  entertained 
them  with  sighs  and  tears,  but  parted  from 
them  with  joy,  blessing  God  for  them  as  the 
happy  instruments  of  our  own  good.— > Flavd. 

At  the  last  when  we  die  we  have  the  g“"(l 
angels  for  our  escort  on  the  way.  They  who 
can  grasp  the  whole  world  in  their  hands  can 
surely  also  guard  our  souls,  that  they  make  that 
lost  journey  safely.  Luther. 

Let  a  roan  take  a  telescope,  and  reverse  Lt, 
and  how  far  off  things  seem  !  and  let  a  man  re¬ 
verse  hia  own  nature  and  look  through  it  the 
wrong  way,— how  Impossible  it  is  for  him  to  see 
God! 

So  live  that  death  may  never  surprise  thee 
unprepared.  Happy  the  man  who  constantly 
keeps  the  hour  of  hia  death  In  view,  and  evw i 
day  prepares  himself  for  It.—ThvnKW-et-Keinjns, 
Hope  the  best,  get  ready  for  the  worst,  and 
then  take  what  God  sends.— Matthew  Henry ■ 


APB1L 


MOOSE’S  BUBAL  fJE W-¥OBBER 


Radies’  portfolio. 


NO  ONE  TO  LOVE  ME. 

BY  RUTH  DANA, 

AND  Is  It  true  none  know  tno  but  to  hate, 

Or  pass  mo  by  with  hidden  scorn  ? 

I  surely  had  not  dreamed  of  such  a  fate, 

Bereft  of  friendships  true  and  warm. 

No  one  to  love  me,  though  my  weary  feet 
Should  chance  to  stumble  In  some  sin ; 

No  friend  with  pleasant,  smiles  my  coming  greet, 

And  gently  load  the  wanderer  in. 

Take  back  those  cruel  words ;  they  make  me  dumb 
or  own  them  spoken  but  In  Jest. 

If  true,  'tis  bard  to  boar  them  when  they  come 
From  lips  whose  praise  1  love  the  best. 

To-day  fond  memories  crowd  the  pleasant,  aisles 
Where  i.o vc  baft  built  a  sacred  shrine— 

Too  precious  still  to  be  forgotten  while 
One  link  yot  binds  my  heart  to  thine. 

I  would  that  some  should  grieve  when  I  am  dead, 

And  miss  me  from  the  vacant  chair ; 

Some  hand  should  plant  sweet  roses  round  my  bed. 
That  friends  might  love  to  linger  there. 

■ - ♦♦♦ 

EVERY-DAY  LIFE. 

BY  I.KAD  MJNCIL,  ESQ. 

Apologetic. 

It  is  too  bad  !  And  "Too  bad"  has  a  double 
application.  I  sent,  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
libit  year  a  letter  from  Sally  Teazle  giving  her 
experiences  in  one  farmer’s  home,  and  behold  ! 
down  comes  tin-  whole  American  world  of 
housewives  upon  her  with  a  swoop  that  would 
take  any  one  ofT  his  or  her  feet.  Why,  I  have 
received  from  the  editor  scores  (more  or  less) 
of  Indignant  communications  relative  to  that 
letter,  and,  of  course,  I  could  not,  ask  that  de¬ 
voted  personage  (the  editor)  for  space  to  print 
them  because  1  knew  he  did  not  have  it.  Ac¬ 
cordingly  I  have  kept  still— and  should  have 
done  so.  perhaps  forever,  had  I  not  received  a 
letter  from  a  lady,  which  appealed  to  mo  direct, 
and  I  could  not  resist  the  temptation  to  rush 
again  into  print.  But  before  1  begin,  I  want  to 
say  a  word  or  two  about  some  of  those  letters  I 
have  received. 

Dictating  to  Farmers. 

“A  Farmer’s  Wlfo”  writes  me  that  she  is 
"tired  of  this  continually  dictating  to  farmers 
by  people  who  know  nothing  of  farm-work.”  1 
don’t  wonder!  I  should  be,  too!  But  I  doubt  if 
there  are  many  writers  who  refer  to 
far  lifers  at  all,  who  “  know  nothing  of 
farm  work;*'  and  there  are  few  w  riters  who  at¬ 
tempt  to  “dictate."  It  does  not  harm  you  and 
I,  my  good  Madame,  to  look  in  the  glass,  though 
It  mav  not  gratify  our  personal  vanity  to  do  so. 
Wo  may  discover  what  other  popple  see  every 
lime  they  look  at  us,  and  what,  they  probably 
talk  about.  It  is  well  to  know  ourselves.  Even 
If  we  do  not  like  tho  picture,  it  may  set  us  about 
modifying  it,  which  we  would  not  be  likely  to 
do  if  we  had  not  seen  It.  Tho  best  answer  to 
give  people  who  see  our  faults  (If  we  have  any) 
and  tell  us  of  them,  is  to  amend  them.  At 
least  I  have  found  it  so  and  am  always  thankful 
to  those  who  think  enough  of  mo  to  point,  them 
out. 

A  Letter  From  a  Farmer’s  Daughter, 

Dated  “  Rural  Home,  Virginia,"  I  ;  sunt  me 
with  the  rest,  and  is  very  sensible  and  catholic 
in  its  treatment  of  the  subject  of  the  life  in 
farmers’ homos.  This  daughter  evidently  un¬ 
derstands  that  Sally  Teazle,  when  she  de¬ 
scribed  one  farmer’s  homo,  did  not  assume  that 
all  were  llkoit ;  If  she  had,  it  would  have  been 
as  unjust  as  to  believe  that  because  one  boor 
lives  in  a  city,  all  who  live  In  cities  are  boors. 
And  yet  there  are  a  great  many  as  many,  per¬ 
haps,  as  anywhere  boors  in  cities ;  and  if  I  were 
to  describe  one  as  a  sample.  It  would  not  follow 
that  all  arc.  I  thank  "  A  Farmer’s  Daughter” 
Tor  her  article  and  wish  Mr.  Moore  could  print 
the  whole  of  it. 

“  Dear  Little  Alice,” 

Bowl  desire  to  know  her!— so  different  from 
Sally  Teazle!  At  least  a  Fulton,  N.  Y„  woman 
thinks  so,  for  shosays  she  had  the  pleasure  of 
entertaining  a  friend  through  her  summer  va¬ 
cation.  "Alice,  dear  little  Alice,  vm  called 
her  a  school  teacher.  She  did  not  ‘board 
round.’  She  was  bo  pleasant  and  helpful  that 
her  presence  proved  a  comfort  and  blessing  to 
every  member  of  my  family."  I  am  glad  to  know 
there  are  sucli  school-teachers!  But  It  is  no 
more  safe  to  Judge  all  teachers  by  “dear  little 
Alice"  than  It  1*  nil  the  farmer’s  homes  by 
that  described  by  Sally  Teazle.  Nor  does  It 
follow-  because  Sally  Teazi.k  did  not  state 
that,  she  was  helpful  and  made  effort  to  render 
her  presence  a  blessing  and  comfort  to  her 
friends,  that  she  did  not  do  so.  Site,  r  happen 
to  know,  would  be  one  of  the  last  persons  to 
boast  of  vrliat  she  had  done.  Dot  this  Fulton 
lady  gives 

A  Lesson  In  Good  Breeding. 

She  says,  “  No  well-bred  person,  after  ac¬ 
cepting  the  hospitality  of  friends,  will,  on  go¬ 
ing  away,  say  anytldng  to  make  tlieir  home  ap¬ 
pear  to  disadvantage.  Why  not.  see  the  good 
and  speak  of  that ;  for  there  is  some  good  in 
every  home.”  All  of  which  is  very  true,  so  far 
as  the  good  breeding  goes.  But  then  Sally 
Tkazlk  didn't  name  anybody  nor  does  any  one 
(except  herself)  know  whom  she  referred  to.  I 
am  sure  I  do  not,  But  concerning  the  last  sen¬ 


tence  In  the  above  quotation,  I  beg  to  say  that 
if  I  were  to  visit,  this  Fulton  lady’s  beautiful 
homo  and  llud  In  the  midst  of  tho  beautiful 
grounds  which  surround  jt,  a  loathsome, 
malarious  and  disease-breeding  cess-pool,  I  do 
not  think  would  be  impolite,  In  calling  the  at¬ 
tention  of  my  friends  to  her  beautiful  home,  If 
I  mentioned  the  cess-pool — no  more  impolite 
than  It  Is  that  slieshoutd  tolerate  it  and  permit 
to  obtrude  its  noxious  presence  upon  every 
visitor.  People  should  not  forget  that  there  is 
a  difference  between  personal  and  impersonal 
comments  upon  features  in  social  life,  and  that 
the  only  way  evils  can  bo  corrected  is  to  call 
attention  to  them.  It  Is  quite  ns  impolite  to 
offend  one’s  friends  by  failing  to  observe  tho 
common  decencies  of  life  as  it  is  for  one's 
friends  to  assert  that  one  does  not  do  It-  If  a 
friend  compliments  me  by  visiting  me,  ho  or 
she  has  as  many  claims  upon  me  as  I  may  have 
upon  him  or  Iter.  It  is  Just  as  Important  that 
I  should  exhibit  good  breeding  as  it  is  that  my 
friends  do  ;  if  my  friends  fail  it  is  no  excuse  for 
mo  if  I  do  so. 

Servants  ve.  Helpers. 

Kate  \V.  objects  to  Sally  Teazle  calling 
hired  help  servants  and  suys,  “  They  are  helpers.” 
What  Is  the  difference,  Kate  ?  Whoever  serves 
or  helps  is  a  servant  and  it  Is  In  no  sense  a  dis¬ 
grace  to  be  called  so.  Was  it  not  Christ  Who 
said,  “  Whosoever  will  be  chief  among  you,  let 
him  be  your  servant.  ?”  and  “  Whosoever  will  be 
great  among  you  let  him  be  your  minister V" 
Was  not  Christ  avowedly  a  servant?  And  do 
you  know  of  any  useful  human  being  who  is 
not  one— even  the  greatest?  I  do  not;  and  I 
have  no  tolerance  for  this  specks  of  false  pride 
which  takes  offence  when  correct  names  are 
used  to  distinguish  one  human  being  from  an¬ 
other.  If  t  servo  or  help  other  people,  1  am  to 
t  hat  extent,  their  servant :  if  they  servo  or  help 
me  they  are  ray  servants.  Kate  should  not  en¬ 
courage  any  thin-skinned  sensitive! mas’ about 
these  distinctions.  It.  Is  foolish,  unmanly  and 
unwomanly  to  betray  such  feeling;  It  Is  a  sure 
Index  of  a  small  soul  a  narrow,  shallow  mind. 
Kate  writes  I.eat>  Pencil  a  very  pleasant  air- 
count  of  her  country  sojourn,  but  it  is  too  long 
to  print. 

But  my  space  is  filled,  and  I  find  I  have  not 
reached  tho  letter  which  started  my  pencil 
again.  Next  time  I  will  try  to  do  so. 

- ♦+♦ - 

SOME  HINTS  ON  DRESS. 

PnoBAJiLY  nothing  that  is  not,  useful  is  in  any 
high  sense  beautiful.  At  least  it.  will  be  almost 
universally  seen  In  the  matter  of  dress  that 
where  an  effect  Is  bad  it  Is  an  artificial  or  false 
effect,  and  rice  n  rmi.  Bows  stuck  about  whim 
there  is  no  possibility  of  their  fastening  t  wo 
parts,  almost  always  appear  ridiculous;  when 
needed  for  a  mere  ornament.,  a  rosette  should 
1)0  used,  which  pretends  to  bo  nothing  else.  In 
the  making  of  drosses,  lines  ending  nowhere, 
and  nohow,  are  often  apparent,  and  never  fail 
to  annoy  the  uyo.  The  outlines  of  bonnets  are 
conspicuous  instances  of  this  mistake.  There 
is  no  art  Instinct,  and  but.  little  nf  the  pictur¬ 
esque  element,  In  a  nation  who  are  indifferent 
to  these  things,  and  whose  eye  does  not  In¬ 
stinctively  demand  a  meaning  and  a  token  in 
everything.  Thu  uncultured  dress-maker,  only 
longing  for  novelty.  Invents  forms  of  attire  that 
would  be  Impossible  were  dress  less  utterly  ar¬ 
tificial  than  it,  is,  and  this  Is  half  t  he  cause  of 
our  universal  Ill-dressing.  No  fashion  or  form 
can  leave  the  mind  without  a  jar  that  is  not 
where  It  is  because  Indispensable  there.  Wheth¬ 
er  it  occur  in  a  house  or  in  a  gown,  tho  principle 
must  be  the  same.  One  uf  the  reasons  why 
peasants,  fishwives,  and  such  folk  look  pictur¬ 
esque  and  beautiful  even  In  their  rags,  whatever 
be  the  mixture  of  color  or  arrangement,  of  form 
—so  much  more  beautiful  than  fashionable  peo¬ 
ple  look,  even  when  they  try  to  Imitate  t  he  fish¬ 
wife  -is,  1  think,  the  motive  apparent  in  every¬ 
thing  they  wear.  The  bright  kerchief  that  cov¬ 
ers  tho  peasant's  shoulders  is  so  much  better 
than  a  bodice  trimmed  In  tho  form  of  a  ker¬ 
chief.  A  hood  that  is  at  once  seen  to  be  inca¬ 
pable  of  going  over  the  head;  something  that 
lOOks  like  a  tunic  fu  one  place,  yet  In  another  is 
seen  to  have  no  lawful  habitation,  nor  a  name; 
a  false  apron,  a  festoon  that  looks  as  though  it 
hud  fallen  accidentally  upon  tho  skirt  ,  when  by 
no  possible  means  except  glue  or  irrelevant  plus 
(•ould  It  stay  there ;  a  veil  that  you  at  once  per¬ 
ceive  la  never  meant  to  descend  over  the  face, 
but  la  tacked  to  the  top  of  the  head  In  an  exas¬ 
perating  manner;  heavy  lappets,  that,  instead 
of  being  tho  natural  termination  of  something 
else,  hang  meaningless  and  mutilated ;  slashes 
that  are  sewn  upon  the  sleeve  instead  of  break¬ 
ing  through  it;  and  other  things  of  Ihc  same 
kind;  they  leave  the  eye  unsatisfied,  discon¬ 
tented,  often  disgusted.— Saint  Paul's  Magazine. 
•  -»•»♦ - 

The  fondness  <>f  women  for  the  looking-glass 
is  easily  accounted  for  on  the  principle  that  tho 
proper  study  for  mankind  is  man,  and  conse¬ 
quently  the  proper  study  of  woman  is  herself. 
Southey  tells  <if  a  Spanish  nun  who  escaped 
from  a  Jong  confinement  In  a  convent,  and  the 
first  thing  she  Inquired  for  was  a  looking-glass. 
She  was  put  in  the  convent  when  five  years  old, 
and  did  not  look  In  a  mirror  from  the  time  of 
her  entrance  until  the  time  of  her  escape.  Her 
desire  to  see  how  she  looked  by  consulting  a 
glass  was  natural  and  certainly  very  pardonable. 
- ♦♦♦- - 

A  bound  of  energy  with  an  ounce  of  talent 
will  achieve  greater  results  than  a  pound  of 
talent  and  an  ounce  of  energy. 


HUittlhwj  for  tire  Jgtnuuj. 


MUD  PIES. 

UNDER  the  apple  tree,  spreading  and  thick, 
Happy  with  only  a  pan  and  a  stick. 

On  tho  soft  grass  In  the  shadow  thnl  lies, 

Our  little  Fanny  Is  making  mud  ptes. 

On  her  brown  apron  and  bright,  drooping  head. 
Showers  of  pink  and  white  blossoms  are  shed ; 
Tied  to  a  brunch  that  seems  meant  Just  for  that, 
Dances  and  flutters  her  llttlo  straw  hut. 

Dash,  full  of  Joy  In  the  bright  summer  day, 
Zealously  chases  the  robins  away, 
llarlcs  at  tho  squirrels,  or  snaps  at  the  tiles. 

All  the  while  fanny  la  making  mud  pies. 

Sunshine  and  soft  summer  breezes  astir, 

Wbllo  she  is  busy,  are  busjr  with  her : 

Chucks  rosy  plowing,  and  bright,  sparkling  eyes, 
Bring  they  to  FANNY  while  making  rail'd  pies. 

Dollies  and  play  things  Rre  all  laid  away, 

Not  to  coma  out  till  tho  next  rainy  day. 

Under  the  blue  of  these  sweet  summer  skies, 
Nothing's  so  pleasant  ns  making  mud  pies. 

Oravoly  sbn  stirs,  with  a  serious  look 
“  Making  bell.<ve”  she’s  tt  true  pastry  cook ; 

Sundry  brown  splashes  on  forehead  and  eyes 
Show  that  our  Fanny  Is  making  mud  pies. 

But  nil  the  soil  of  her  Innocent  play, 

Clean  soapor.d  water  will  soon  wash  away; 

Many  a  pleasure  In  daintier  guise 

Leaves  darker  traces  than  Fanny’s  mud  pics. 


TOM  SIBLEY,  THE  LITTLE  GENERAL. 

BY  LAURA  SOUTHGATE. 

The  sun  was  just  rising  on  tho  long  rows  of 
white  tents,  and  the  men  were  busy  preparing 
breakfast,  when  Tom  Si  bley  took  his  gun  and 
went  out  to  shoot,  a  bird  for  his  father,  who  was 
lying  sick. 

Tom  was  fifteen  years  old  at.  I  Ids  time,  and  his 
father  was  general  of  a  division  of  the  army  ;  for 
this  t  hat  I  am  going  to  tel l  happened  in  Mexico, 
thirty  years  ugo,  at  the  lime  of  the  war.  Tom 
started  off  with  his  gun,  whistling  as  he  wont, 
and  Hector,  his  dog,  raced  on  before  him.  On 
ho  went,  a  long  way,  quite  out  of  sight  of  the 
encampment. 

He  hod  shot  several  birds,  and  was. lust,  about 
returning,  when,  sitting  >>n  a  fallen  log,  he 
chanced  to  take  out  his  field-glass.  He  looked 
through  it  carelessly  for  a  few  moments,  but 
suddenly  he  saw  something  that  made  him 
jump  to  his  feet,  and  look  very  sharp  and 
eagerly.  It  was  but  a  little  speck,  and  s*>  fat 
off,  Iml  surely  it  moved.  Tom  held  his  breath 
fairly,  and  kept  his  eye  on  that  one  spot. 

Yea,  It  moved,  it  moved !  It  was  the  enemy, 
a  moment  more,  and  there  was  no  mistake. 
And  now  Tom  started,  and  ran  as  fast  us  his 
legs  could  carry  him;  indeed  his  breath  was 
quite  gone  when  he  reached  the  camp. 

His  fa <  her  was  sitting  up  in  bed  taking  it  cup 
of  tea,  wldch  old  black  Peter  had  made  him, 

"Oh,  father,"  exclaimed  Tom,  bursting  in, 
"They’re  coming,  they’re  coming, — way  off, 
beyond  Sand  Hill!  I  could  see  them  through 
my  glass,— but  I'm  certain,  I  saw  them  plain.” 
And  then  seeing  how  pule  and  sick  his  fa  ther 
looked,  he  stopped,  and  was  sorry  he  had  not 
been  more  quiet. 

The  general  finished  his  ton  with  tv  thoughtful 
look, and  laid  back  on  his  pillow  ;  and  then,  In 
a  faint,,  feeble  voice,  gave  his  son  a  few  direc¬ 
tions  to  bo  taken  to  the  men. 

It  happened  unfortunately  at  that  time,  one 
or  two  of  tho  other  officers  had  been  attacked 
with  the  fever  of  the  country,  and  tills  was  why 
Tom’s  father  cost  his  thoughts  so  anxiously 
about. 

"My  son,”  he  said  when  Tom  returned,  “do 
you  think  you  could  lead  tho  men?” 

“Oh,  father  1"  but  quickly  he  added,  "Oh, 
yes,  I’m  sure  I  cun,  I  am  not  afraid.” 

The  general  pointed  to  his  sword,  that  was 
hanging  up,  and  tho  red  sash  with  It. 

"And  I  can  wear  your  sword,  father?” 

"Take  It  my  brave  boy,  I  have  no  fears  but 
you  will  do  well." 

Tom  was  a  great  favorite  with  the  men,  they 
had  taught  him  to  ride,  and  to  shoot  at  a  mark, 
and  when  they  heard  that  he  was  to  lead  them, 
they  cheered  loudly  for  "the  Little  General." 
He  was  accustomed  to  wear  the  uniform  of  a 
sub-officer,  and  now  his  heart  hounded  with 
pride  and  excitement,  a*  he  took  down  his 
father's  sword  and  sash,  and  fastened  them  on. 

"And  father  l  will  ride  Old  Grey.” 

"  Yes,  and  oh,  my  boy 

"  Don't,  be  afraid,  father,  you  know  I  am  not, 

wo  shall  have  a  glorious  victory." 

Old  Peter  was  getting  the  horse  ready,  and 
Tom  stood  listening  to  the  few  directions  his 
father  had  to  give  him. 

"  My  brave,  bravo  boy  !”  he  said  as  Tom  went 
out  to  mount,  his  horse. 

All  was  soon  ready,  and  then  the  drum  beat, 
and  the  life  sounded,  and  tho  march  began  ;  the 
music  playing  gaily,  and  the  bayonets  Hashing 
brightly  In  tho  sunshine.  There  was  no  great 
thought  of  fear,  and  the  men  cheered  as  they 
regarded  their  young  leader. 

They  had  not.  very  far  to  go  before  they  met 
the  advancing  enemy. 

"  On,  on  1"  shouted  Tom  dashing  forward. 

Li  a  few  minutes  tho  fight  began,  and  the  flash 
of  the  musketry,  and  the  loud,  sharp,  cracking 
noise  was  quickly  followed  by  thick  clouds  of 
smoke. 

There  was  no  plume  In  Tom’s  cap,  but  he  tied 


a  hankorchlef  around  It.,  that  his  men  might 
keep  him  in  sight,  as  he  dashed  about  here  and 
there. 

There  was  crash,  and  roar,  and  confusion  ;  and 
men  were  wounded ;  and  men  Were  killed  ;  and 
Tom  was  hoarse  with  shouting.  And  presently 
he  felt  something  upon  Ills  baud;  a  small 
stream  of  blood  was  tickling  down  his  arm.  He 
did  not  know  a  ball  had  struck  his  shoulder, 
making  a  had  fiesh  wound.  But.  In  a  short  time 
a  sense  of  faintness  come  upon  him,  and  he  was 
glad  to  see  old  Peter  approaching;  and  just  at 
that,  moment  ,  too,  he  heard  his  men  shout  that 
the  enemy  were  on  the  retreat.  He  saw  them 
make  a  rush  forward,  but  he  was  becoming 
weak  and  dizzy,  and  would  have  fallen  off  his 
horse,  had  not  old  Peter  caught  him. 

Home  of  tho  men  had  come  around  him,  and 
presently  more  and  more  of  them  returned,  and 
took  their  way,  shouting  and  hurrahing,  back  to 
the  camp. 

Tom’s  wound  was  painful,  and  it  was  quito  a 
long  time  before  ho  recovered  from  it,  but  to 
the  men  ho  was  quite  a  hero,  and  a  greater 
favorite  than  ever. 

He  is  a  grown  up  man  now,  and  lives  in  Chi¬ 
cago;  ami  if  you  should  moot  him  you  would 
never  think  him  a  military  man,  but  his  old 
friends  to  this  day  call  him  the  Little  General. 

• - 

BOYS,  READ  AND  HEED  THIS! 

Many  people  seen)  to  forget  that  character 
grows  ;  that  it  is  not  somet  hing  to  put  on,  ready 
made,  with  womanhood  or  manhood;  but,  day 
by  day,  here  a  little  and  Lhero  a  little,  grows 
with  the  growth  and  strengthens  with  tho 
strength,  until,  good,  ur  bad,  it  becomes  almost 
a  coat  of  mail.  Look  at  a  man  of  business  — 
prompt  ,  reliable,  conscientious,  yet  dear  headed 
and  energetic.  When  do  you  suppose  lie  devel¬ 
oped  all  those  admirable  qualifies?  when  he 
was  a.  hoy?  Let  us  see  the  way  In  which  a  boy  of 
ten  years  gets  up  In  the  morning,  works,  plays, 
studies,  and  we  will  tell  you  just  what  kind  of  a 
titan  he  will  make.  The  boy  that  is  late  at 
breakfast,  and  late  at  school  stands  a  poor 
chance  to  he  a  prompt  man.  Tho  boy  who  neg¬ 
lects  his  duties,  bo  they  ever  so  small,  and  then 
excuses  himself  by  saying,  “  I  forgot  1  T  didn't 
think  !  "  will  never  be  a  reliable  man.  And  the 
boy  who  finds  pleasure  In  Hie  suffering  of  weak¬ 
er  tilings,  will  never  be  n  noble,  generous,  kind¬ 
ly  man;  a  gentleman. 

■  ♦»» - 

YVe  sloop,  but  the  loom  of  life  never  stops; 
and  the  pattern  which  whs  weaving  when  the 
sun  went  down  will  be  weaving  when  it  comes 
up  to-morrow. 


ILLUSTRATED  PROVERB.-No.  2. 

u 

Jj& 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - 

PROBLEM.- No.  7. 

A  gentleman  being  asked  the  time  of  day, 
replied  that,  if  to  three-fourths  of  the  time  from 
now  till  midnight  you  add  five-eights  of  the  time 
past  noon,  you  will  have  the  time  of  day.  Re¬ 
quired  tho  time  of  day.  Scholium. 

W  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

-  ■  — - - - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.  March  22. 

Illustrated  Proverb  No.  1.— “  Barefooted 
men  should  not  tread  on  thorns.” 

Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  5.  —  Tiglath- 
pilesec. 

Anagram  No.  3.— 

What  are  thoughts !  a  wind-swept  meadow, 
Mlmmlcklng  a  troubled  sea ; 

Are  not  life  and  death  a  shadow 
From  the  rock  eternity? 

Geographical  Puzzle  No.  1  (see  page  170).— 
I  was  going  on  a  journey,  so  t  went  out  to  pre¬ 
pare  for  It.  First,  I  purchased  a  piece  of  Astra- 
Join  for  un  outside  wrap,  and  some  Cologne  for 
its  perfume.  J  asked  the  clerk  for  my  bill,  and 
he  said  tho  sum  was  ’a 'Guinea.  I  passed  on, 
and  soon  met  a  Peer  of  Belgium  looking  for 
some  Nice  fowls,  which  he  had  seen  flying 
through  the  Air  <o) ;  but  could  not  see  to  throw 
o  Stone,  because  the  Air  (e)  was  so  full  of  Smoke. 
I  went,  into  another  store,  and  asked  a  Man  if 
he  had  any  Pearl  colored  silk,  of  which  1  bought 
enough  for  a  dress,  and  a  Hood  to  top  off  wit  h 
I  Mien  went  back  to  my  Castlo  (Cassell,  and  be¬ 
gan  packing  my  provisions.  My  box  was  made 
of  lied  Cedar,  to  keep  its  contents  from  Worms. 
I  filled  it  with  a  piece  of  Buffalo,  an  Egg,  some 
Halt,  Spice,  Onion,  and  Bourbon.  1  told  a  Las¬ 
sie  (Lassa)  to  do  up  some  Nankin,  and  see  if  the 
box  was  full.  It  was  full,  and  just  then  I  heard 
Allen  at  the  door,  and  found  that  a  Negro  was 
holding  my  horse,  i  took  a  Lily  (Lille.)  which 
was  in  full  bloom,  for  a  friend,  and  departed, 
after  receiving  a  Farewell  from  all  my  friends. 

Minnie  Gilchrist. 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  MEW-YOBKEB. 


APRIL  S 


cannot  be  misunderstood.  Salesroom  at  707 
Broadway,  New  York,  and  in  all  other  cities  in 
the  United  States.  The  company  want  agents 
in  country  towns. 


deposited  in  seams  in  formations  of  [this  pecu¬ 
liar  kind.  This  grahnmlte  was  not,  of  course, 
sot  on  fire  by  any  one  ;  such  an  act  would  neees- 
sarilly  be  impossible  as  offending  against  the 
laws  of  Omnipotent  construction.  At  some 
distance  above  high-water  mark,  I  detected 
sulphurous  deposits  am)  traces  of  metallic 
oxide. 

"The  action  of  sulphur  on  metallic  oxides, 
even  in  small  quantities,  in  the  presence  of 
water  will  generate  heat  to  a  degree  abundantly 
sufficient  t  o  ignite  a  mass  of  as  combustible  a 
nature  as  the  graliamite.  Thu  water,  I  take  it, 
was  supplied  by  the  thawing  of  the  snow  and 
the  unprecedented  rise  of  Cedar  ('reek  in  the 
early  part  of  last  w  eek.  So  1  am  Inclined  to 
consider  the  cause  of  t  his  great  chemical  action, 
and  do  not  lean  toward  attributing  it  as  suggest¬ 
ed  by  Mr.  Me  Curtin,  to  the  action  of  elec¬ 
tricity.” 


a  trial  ....Carpenters,  masons  and  waiters 
threaten  to  strike. ..  The  widening  of  Broadway 
has  commenced. .  .  President  Grant  and  family 
are  In  town  The  murderer  of  Goodrich  had 
not  been  arrested  on  the  20th  nil  .The  Spring 
trade  Is  dull  and  backward,  owing  to  the  long 

G.  F. Train  refuses 
T.  Ban  mm  has  opened 
Bellow  has  lectured  on 


It  is  Pleasant  and  Profitable 

TO  FORM  CLUBS  FOR 


Winter,  the  epizootic, etc 
to  leave  the  Tombs... 
his  new  show  . . .  J.  M 
Goldsmith. 

Home  Kew». 

At  the  last  moment  the  Modoc  Indians  re¬ 
fused  to  leave  their  old  home.  It  is  proposed 
to  surround  them  in  the  lava  beds  ...Two 
strikers  were  shot  in  a  row  at  Hannibal.  Mo,, 
on  the  2Sd  ult  One  Louis  L.  Luslgnani  is  be 
bung  at  Morristown.  N.  J.,  May  1st  James 
llorskor,  a  Philadelphia  politician,  committed 
suicide  on  t  he  S?d  nit.  .  Local  option  h»*  been 
generally  defeated  in  Pennsylvania  Senator 
('aldwe)l,  of  Kansas,  resigned  on  Du4  24th  ult 
Massachusetts  will  give  the  Agassiz  Museum 
*50,000  On  the  fifth  mi  engine  left  the  truck  at 
St.  Joseph,  Mich.,  killing  three  men  .  The 
Ch art cr question  still  engages  the  attention  of 

the  New  York  Legislature  . A  Central 

Workingmen’s  League  has  been  established 
in  Washington. . . . Gen.  Leggett.  Commissioner 
of  Patents,  is  to  resign.  The  Natural  Bridge, 
in  Virginia-  is  falling  to  pieces. ..  .The  Senate 


tVateh  No.  1007,  Stem  Winder  —  bearing 
Trade  Mark  "Frederic  Atherton  &  Co., .Marion, 
N.  J.”— manufactured  by  United  Stales  Watch 
Co.,  (Giles,  Wales  &  Cm),  lias  been  carried  by  me 
some  months;  its  total  variation  from  mean 
time  being  only  eight  seconds  per  month.— Wm. 
Mitchell,  Conductor  P.  &  K,  H,  It. 


Any  Young  Man  can  make  from  $5  to  $10  per 
day  taking  orders  for  the  Flowing  Spring  Poul¬ 
try  Fountain.  .See  advertisement,  send  for  a 
sample  and  circular,  with  discounts.  Money  re¬ 
funded  If  not  satisfactory.  Address  Iron  Clad 
Can  Co.,  51  Dey  St.,  New  York. 


A  PREMIUM  OR  CASH  COMMIS 
SION  TO  EVERY  ACENT  ! 


From  Feb.  2'i,  1873,  and  d/ttring  the  Rural’s 
Spring  Campaign,  {if  not  longer,)  Every  Agent 
can  have  either  a  Premium  or  Liberal  Cash 
Commission,  as  preferred.  Send  for  Supple¬ 
ment  containing  full  particulars  as  to  both 
Premiums  and  Cash  Commissions. 

Post-M asters.  Merchants,  Manufacturers, 
Mechanics,  Clerics,  and.  indeed  most  persons 
engaged  in  Stores,  Offices,  Factories,  Shops, 
Ac,,  can  cusily  form  clubs  without,  leaving 
their  places  of  business  —  'while.  Farmers, 
Clergymen,  Teachers,  Pupils,  (both  ( I  iris  and 
Boys,)  and  many  others,  can  make,  it  pay  to 
canvass  their  towns  or  neighborhoods. 

SEND  FOR  THE  DOCUMENTS! 


'I  lie  Mule  anecdote,  of  "  How  It  Saved  a  Man’s 
Life,"  is  a  very  funny  story  told  about  the  Blan¬ 
chard  Churn.  Send  to  any  dealer  in  first-class 
dairy  implements  for  a  circular  containing  it. 


Wm.  Lloyd  Carrison’s  Autobiography. 

An  effort  is  being  made  to  induce  William 
Lloyd  Garrison  to  write  his  autobiography 
and  a  history  of  his  time.  No  matter  what  may 
be  thought  of  Mr.  Garrison  personally  and 
there  are  many  who  think  lie  could  not  possibly 
be  impartial  even  relative  to  himself— be  would 
bo  able  to  give  a  vast  amount  of  historical  in¬ 
formation  of  value  to  students  of  American 
history  and  of  the  underlying  and  apparently 
hidden  agencies  which  precipitat  ed  upon  us  our 
late  civil  war  and  resulted  in  the  overthrow  of 
slavery.  It  Is  certainly  to  be  hoped  Mr.  Gar¬ 
rison  will  comply  for  this  reason  alone. 


Ail  Article  of  True  Merit. — 44 Brown’s  Urnn- 
riifnl  Troches"  arc  the  most  popular  article  in 
this  country  or  Europe,  for  Throat  Diseases  and 
Coughs,  and  this  is  based  upon  real  merit. 


The  Hoiiili. — All  seeking  Southern  investments 
or  homes  should  send  for  this  paper,  published 
at  1(51  William  St,,  New  York.  $3  a  year;  single 
copies,  10  cents. 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC 


Advice. — Send  for  free  Price  List 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


Centerville,  hi.  Jo.  Co.,  Ohio,  March  241. 

Winter  set  in  Nov.  14;  good  sleighing  since  24th ; 
snow  three  feet  on  the  level.  Not,  so  very  severe 
cold  for  this  part  of  the  country ;  not  very  good 
crop  in  these  parts  last  season  ;  wheat,  oats  and 
hay,  very  light  crop;  hay.  from  $1?  to  $22;  rye 
straw,  $« ;  oat  straw,  $7»?  10  per  tuu ;  beef,  $0.05 
per  hundred;  pork,  $0.75;  Sheep,  $1  to  $-5 each  ; 
lambs,  $i  to  $0  ;  eggs.  555c.  per  do/. ;  butter,  from 
15c.  to  25c.  per  lb  :  cheese,  7c.  to  He ;  honey,  15c. 
to  10;  onions.  $1.80  per  bush;  potatoes,  35c ; 
turnips,  6Qo;  carrots,  50c  ;  parsnips,  00c  ;  bean-, 
$1.50;  barley,  56c ;  fall  wheat,  $1.15 ;  spring  wheat, 

$1 .40 ;  peas,  70c ;  corn,  70c  ;  outs,  42c  ;  buckwheat, 
flOc  ;  wool,  45c.  per  111 ;  oat  meal,  $5.50  per  barrel ; 
corn  meal,  $3.50;  wheat  Hour,  $3.50 ;  provender, 
$1.00  per  lb ;  bran,  80c  ;  sheep  pelts,  $1.25;  lamb 
skins,  $1.00;  hides,  $7.00  per  hundred;  lumber, 
from  $6  to  $22  per  M  ;  turkeys,  $1.80  per  pair.— k. 
a.  r.  m. 

Si.  Charles,  Kane  Co.,  III.,  March  25. —Win¬ 
ter  set  in  here  Nov.  20.  stopping  plowing  and 
other  out-of-door  work,  cxeept  corn-picking, 
which  lusted  through  December.  Home  art*  not 
done  busking  yet.  Common  laborer's  will  not 
work  for  loss  than  $1.50  per  day,  which  is  ex¬ 
orbitant  at  Ibis  lime  of  year,  when  only  about 
eight  hours  work  can  be  got  out  of  them.  The 
winter  has  been  the  coldest  On  record  the  mer¬ 
cury  falling  to  32  below  zero,  and  stood  10°  to 
30°  below  for  day*  together.  By  the  10th  Inst, 
the  frost  had  disappeared  from  the  surface  so 
that  farmers  sowed  their  spring  wheat ;  but 
yesterday  a  snowstorm  set  in,  and  to-day  it 
is  anowlng  and  blowing  hard.  We  have  to  pay 
farm  help  $20  per  month  and  board.  Wheat, 
$1.15;  corn,  50c.;  oata.  20£&25c.;  barley,  50}' 80c.; 
horse-,  $125©200 ;  cows,  $30®  00;  pork,  dressed, 
$4'}'5  per  100  pounds,  n.  h. 

Melvasn,  Baltimore  Co.,  Mil.,  March  2  4.^ 

Weather  the  past  week  a  series  of  frosts,  thuws 
and  blows.  Yesterday  was  the  first  spring-like 
day  of  the  year,  but  to-day  winter  seems  re¬ 
turning, ‘I  he  morning  dawning  with  a  raw,  chilly 
rain  and  about  4  P.  M.  It  commenced  freezing  as 
it  fell  on  the  ground  ;  fences  and  tiers  are  cov¬ 
ered  with  ice.  Fanners  here  have  nothing 
done ;  very  few  have  commenced  plowing.  Have 
not  seen  the  first  appearance  of  u  crocus,  nar¬ 
cissus  or  of  the  old  fashioned  daffodil,  that  was  I 
wont  always  to  bloom  at  Faster.  Hay  has  been 
scarce  and  high,  very  indifferent  quality  selling 
at  $32.  per  ton,  retail.— NOVICE. 

Harlem  Hjtrings,  Car’l  Co.,  <>.,  March  S3. — We 

have  hud  a  cold  winter.  Corn  crop  was  very 
good,  a  great  deal  stood’ out  owing  to  the  winter 
commencing  early.  Some  heavy  snows,  tint  no 
good  sleighing;  winter  wheat  looks  tolerably 
well.  Stock  looks  well :  horses  worth  from 
$150  to  $200;  cows  $20  to  $70;  farm  hands  get 
from  $180 to  $200  per  year;  land  $40  to  $00  per 
acre.  Peaches  arosaid  to  be  all  killed. — ,i.  b.  g. 


Additions  lo  Clubs  are  always  In  order.  Rend 
them  in  ones,  twos,  fives,  tens  or  more,  as  yon  please. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


Moore’s  Rnral  is  the  Pioneer  Journal  In  its 
sphere,  and  keeps  ahead  of  all  imitators  and  abreast 
of  the  times  and  ago.  Try  It  a  year,  nod  see. 


New  York,  Monday,  March  31, 1873. 

R  cedin'*.— The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  tin;  past  week  are  as  follows : 

Flour,  bids .  45,300  Pork,  hid s .  5.300 

Wheat,  bush. ......  42,050' Beef,  pfcga . .  318 

Com,  bush .  ...  iR'i.lUj  Cut  meat-,  pkgs...  25,7*0 

Oat”,  bush .  157.f4Ul.urfi,  pkgs.  .  15.100 

Grass  seed,  bush..  2,4V)  Butter,  pkg« .  H.Mla 

Barley,  bush .  U,4(»  (Tuvae,  pkgs .  i4,P#l 

Malt,  hush .  7, «*i  Pried  F  ruits,  pkgs,  211 

Bean*,  tobls _ _  1,055  Fores  hbls.  . . .  12, 000 

Corn  meal  bids _  5,757  Wool,  imles. .  750 

Corn  meal,  Miga...  4JX1  I  Dtps,  bales .  21, 

Colton,  bates .  10,240  I'ciumts  hags .  t,9f>0 

Rye.  bush .  -—  Dressed  Hogs,  No,  2,050 

Mean- Olid  t’cah  Tho  business  In  both  mediums 

and  marrowfats  is  very  light,  but  the  receipts  arc 
small,  and  price-  arts  without  change.  White  Kidney 
are  quiet;  red  kidney  are  inactive.  Canada  pen- are 
in  light  supply,  and  held  at  better  prices.  Green  peas 
are  in  small  receipt. 

W  e  (j  is;  i tc prime  media  ms,  ?2.U0r<;  2.05;  prime  isnrruw- 
I5its.82.ftV}' 2.711;  prime  kidneys, $2.7rfW./.80:  prime  pea 
beans,  Fb'Jft'.iO:  lair  do.,  82.25;  red  kidney,  45',. 50  for 
prime;  Canada  peas,  free,  bids.,  $l.S0(a>I.<!3 ;  green 
peas,  hush,,  8b!!(b'2. 

licrswnx.  -For  prime  Southern  there  Is  ;t  fair 
trade  from  shippers,  at  steady  prices.  Hales  Sok'.38c. 
Western  Is  lit  demand ut  34  tie. 

lirtmm  Corn.  Manufacturers  buy  quite  freely 
lit,  current  prices:— 7K,;.  lor  prime  hurl ;  0 («"'•,  for 
newgreen ;  Oyjii;  Wc.  for  old  do..  5® Or.  for  old  mixed, 
and  2643(4  for  old  red.  Brooms  bring  $1.75(^4.50  per 
dozen  for  common  lo  best,  house. 

Butter.  The  market  isin  no  regular  shape  to  al¬ 
low  reliable  quotations  for  new  make,  old  stands 
where  it  did,  vt  ith  extreme  prices  raid  for  the  trilling 
remnant  of  choice,  and  fairly  use  fat  grades  realizing 
tho  Improved  fiMiiitig  that  Im-  atlcadrd  them  during 
(lie  late  rule  of  nigh  price-.  New  butter  is  eubjc  t  lo 
the  -ante  precarious  opening tliat.nl ways aecotn panics 
lt»  first  appearance.  Most  of  I  lie  choice  oifi  l  -  in  re¬ 
tailers  bunds,  and  buyers  are  rather  compelled  to  \  iv 
the  present  rates  for  now.  JCvery  few  days  now  will 
lend  to  forward  Improve' I  qualities  of  new,  and  tho 
early  sale  of  much  of  tno  white  will  have  to  compen¬ 
sate  for  the  losses  ot  lot*  pushed  one  side  when  the 
stock  assume?  any  bulk. 

Wo  quote  f  talc  new  fancy  half- tubs,  12et45c.;  good, 
SVrt41e,t  do.  Welsh,  ;>5<?«4Sc.;  Western  packages.  }->*!(■  •: 
40c.;  old  Suite  dallies,  fine.  t.'lci.Me.;  do.  lair  to  good, 
R8e.r  tile,  t  line  Ini  If  tub*,  in  lot*.  45w47c.  <  soloctlons  of 
halt  tubs.  5de.;  Welsh  Fall,  ;wjH0c. ;  do.,  common, 
::.Vn  t‘-V- ;  -lore  packed  l.V-v20e  ;  Western  rolls,  lUic.  Illrki 
,mni( 

prime,  27®33c.;  do.  fair  to  good  2R,.  poor  lots.  18 
©20c.  Fancy  Canada,  In  a  small  way,  SVc. 

<; hee.se.  There  is  no  •  proud  animation  in  tho 
market.  Dealers  feel  the  stock  to  he  perfectly  /life, 
particularly  the  best  grades  of  factory.  The  export 
is  a  little  larger  this  week,  approaching  10,000  boxes. 
This  is  an  Important  withdrawal  from  the  slock,  and 
prices  are  firm.  Wo  have  dropped  tho  lie. quotation, 
ns  there  Is  not  lung  now  offering  good  enough  to  quote 
so  high.  The  Liverpool  cable  quotes  73s.;  London, 
do.,  74s. 

Wo  quote  State  factory,  prime  and  fancy,  if  h'- 
Pi  ye.;  fin.  good.,  ire.;  do.  lair,  14c.:  State  dairy,  prime. 
Kir.;  do.  fair,  13 W'alt^c.  Ohio  factory,  prime,  14)/- 
I  do.  good,  13®  14c.  English  dairy,  prime,  14c.;  do. 
good.  18e. 

Lot »nu. — There  lias  been  a  more  active  demand 
from  both  spinners  uiul  cxpnrters,  nub  prices  ato 
higher.  Latest  sales  for  forward  delivery  are  is;  r 
for  April.  I9XC.  for  May,  lHJ.'c.  for  June,  It)  H-hle.  for 
July,  upd  17*,c.Tor  Oct.  The  quotations  for  spot  on- 
ton  arc : 

I  I'l.ndl*,  AUWm.,  Ncwr  Or  Wi»»- T*»x»u. 

Ordinary .  lfiki  15)4  15)4  15) 

Good  Ordinary. .......  MK  10K  17  IT 

Strict  fruod  Ordinary  •  1TY  17*f  Itti*  18?j 

how  Middling .  1SK  18*2  18)i  11) 

Middling .  IRK  log  20  20K 

Good  Middling .  ay.  21V  22  22), 

Dried  Fruits.— Them  is  no  improvement  in  trade, 
|  shipper s  buying  s  few  lots  ot  apples  ami  the  home 
i  cull  light.  Prices  are  without  change. 

Southern  apples, ik$lka ;  do., sliced, 60.8c. :  West¬ 
ern,  "A  <545 54c.;  Stuto,  WrnUfiv.  Petdoil  peaches  at  14wl5f. 
for  Hi'.,  l  -  1  5c.  for  V  n ..  a  re*  I  Ic.  fur  North  Ca 
lina.  Unpeeled  ponchos,  4c.  for  quarters,  andoyt* 

5Hc.  for  halves.  Cherries,  SiogAifte.  Plum.”,  lhiilk. 
Blackberries,  ifaT'-.c.  Raspberrlcr.  8&S34c. 

Eggs.— Prices  »r-  steadily  declining  under  largo 
receipts  and  reports  of  increasin'/  shipments  forward 
from  tho  Interior.  Rales  are  2O,20y;c.  for  geutliern. 
20>£©21e  for  Western,  21ffi2l>Jn.  lor  State  and  Fecp- 


Tlio  Doeiinient is.— Specimen  Numbers,  Premium 
Lists,  Show  Bills,  etc.,  are  promptly  sent  free  and 
post-paid  to  all  disposed  to  aid  in  circulating  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  in  their  respective  localities. 


The  .Rural’*  Premium  Picture,  “llirth-Day 
Morning,”  a  Superb  Stool  Engraving,  worth  $5,  is 
sent  post-paid,  to  every  one  paying  only  $2.50  for 
Moore’s  Rural  for  1873.  It  Is  Now  Ready,  and  will 
be  sent,  without  delay  to  all  entitled. 


How  to  Kemit  Hafcb.  Romlttances  for  single 
or  cltth  subscriptions  lo  the  Hr  UAL  rany  bo  made  by 
Draft,  Post-Office  Money  Order  or  Registered  Letter, 
of  our  risk.  Drafts  and  P.  O.  Money  Orders  preferred 
where  obtainable. -hut  yon  risk  nothing tn  sending  by 
cither  of  tho  modus  above  mentioned  provided  the 
remittance  1»  properly  inclosed  and  mailed. 


CURRENT  TOPICS 


interest.  On  the  4th  Inst-.,  ho  writes,  lie.  was 
returning  from  a  visit,  to  a  friend  with  Mr. 
PoaguB,  when  he  observed  a  vapor  issuing  front 
some  crevices  in  tho  Western  side  of  the  famous 
Natural  bridge  of  Virginia,  and  del  ected  a  pe¬ 
culiar  odor  iu  I  ho  atmosphere.  Upon  telling 
their  friends  of  the  circumstances,  it  was  sug¬ 
gested  that,  the  vapor  was  eirnply  a  mist,  and 
the  peculiar  odor  that  of  «  polecat. 

Mr.  Me  Cluer,  however,  had  occasion  to  pass 
that  way  op  tho  8th  List.,  and  he  found  things 
in  a  sndly  excited  condition.  Heavy  and  in¬ 
tensely  black  clouds,  easily  seen  for  a  distance 
of  a  mile,  hung  about  the  spot,  and  rite  negroes, 
who  occupied  the  deserted  premises  near  by. 
had  fled  to  Die  hotel  in  the  vicinity.  Every  one 
about  Die  hotel  seemed  greatly  frightened,  and 
many  were  preparing  to  depart.  From  below 
the  bridge  volumes  of  deep  black  smoke  were 
rolling  continually,  except  when  interrupted 
by  jots  of  bright  tinine.  which  occasionally 
flared  up  to  a  great  bight.  Tho  surface  of  the 
ground  was  warm  for  some  distance  around, 
and  was  steaming  visibly  ;  the  peculiar  smell  lie 
had  before  noticed  was  perceptible  to  all.  The 
rock  on  the  western  side  of  the  bridge  was 
cracked  by  t  he  heat,  and  large  masses  had  fallen 
into  Cedar  Creek.  Tho  arch,  as  well  as  could  be 
seen  at  intervals,  was  still  intact,  but  there  was 
now  and  then  t.o  be  heard  the  crashing  sound 
of  a  boulder  as  it  dashed  Into  the  water  below. 

At  Mr.  MC  Clue  it’s  request,  these  facts  were 
laid  before  Prof-  J.  L.  Camrmell  of  the  Geolo¬ 
gical  Department,  who  was  engaged  a  number 
of  years  ago,  in  the  geological  survey ‘of  the 
region  from  the  Blue  Ridge  as  far  west  as  the 
Kanawha  coal  fields,  during  which  his  attention 
was  attract  ed  to  this  wonderful  structure  which 
gives  a  name  to  Rockridge  County. 

He  says  :  44  In  examining  critically  the  form¬ 
ation,  I  discovered  that  the  bridge  was  com¬ 
posed  of  mountain  lime,  with  large  fissures 
filled  with  grahamite,  which,  as  is  well  known, 
is  a  kind  of  bituminous  coal  or  asphaltum, 


FOREIGN  NEWS, 


rigan  Bishop  of  Newark,  and  lev.  M,  Goss, 
Bishop  of  .Savannah  The  ICtnpcror  of  Ger¬ 
many  celebrated  hi*  sixty-seventh  biri  Inlay  on 
Die  Sid  ult.  The  Canadian  Ministry  was  de¬ 
feated  on  the  24th _ A  cable  is  to  in;  laid  from 

Ireland  to  New  Hampshire-  .  Tin.  Spanish 
Corltv,  has  been  broken  up. . .  .Russia.  Germany, 
ami  Austria  refuse  to  recognize  the  Spanish 
Republic.:  A  German  squadron  lias  gone  to 

Spain _ A  ministerial  erlAta  is  impending  in 

Spain.  The  garrison  at  Barcelona  is  in  mill  iny. 
A  levy  en  masse  is  to  be  made  to  suppress  the 

Carlist* _ The  Mayor  of  London  has  given  a 

grand  banquet  ..The  Canary  Islands  talk  Of 
independence  from  Spain  —  Insubordination 
and  Carlist  ism  is  spreading  in  Spain. -The  French 
Courts  have  declared  the  El  Paso  Railroad 
a  swindle,  and  sentenced  Gen.  Fremont  to  five 
years’  imprisonment  Republicans  arc  or¬ 
ganizing  in  Havana.  .  And  now  Don  Carlos  is 
said  to  have  abdicated  in  favor  of  his  son. 
Next?  ..In  Bolton,  England,  2,500  miners  nr® 
on  a  strike _ It  is  proposed  to  banish  the  Bona¬ 

parte*  from  France. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

The  murder  of  Charles  Goodrich  in  Brook¬ 
lyn  is  a  groat  mystery,  and  causes  much  excite¬ 
ment...  The  stone  masons  on  Fourth  n venue 
have  struck,  and  their  places  have  been  supplied 
by  others.  .  Crispins  and  gas-nn.n  threaten  to 
strike  It  is  denied  that  Foster  attempted 
suicide.  He  was  buried  in  Greenwood,  which 
was  contrary  to  the  constitution  of  that  ceme¬ 
tery’ _ Mr.  Beecher  favors  the  abolition  of 

capital  punishment.  Bold  robberies  are  fre¬ 
quent  .  The  Brooklyn  bridge  will  cost  $12,000,- 
000.  The  Kensolt  collection  of  picture*  hits 
boon  sold  at.  good  prices  Marshall  Magnifier 
has  been  sent  to  State  Prison  for  ten  years  for 
shooting  Clarence  J.  Lockwood —  Heggi,  who 
1b  supposed  to  have  poison  oil  Siegfried,  bus  been 
acquitted. .  Mr,  John  Anderson,  a  wealthy  to¬ 
bacconist,  has  given  Prof.  Agassiz  $150,000  to 
found  a  school  for  tho  study  of  nature  —  Dr. 
Mansfield,  a  spiritualist,  has  been  sued  for 

fraud _ A  woman,  supposed  to  be  concerned 

in  the  murder  of  Mr.  Goodrich  of  Brooklyn, 
has  been  found  .Two  sawdust  swindlers  have 
been  committed.. .  .Geo.  Francis  Train  demundg. 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS 


!Yo  Female  Suffrage  Vei— But  something  far 
better  and  more  valuable,  a  AVI  Ison  Sewing  Ma¬ 
chine  for  every  wife  and  mother  in  the  Union, 
and  at  the  low  price  of  $50  each  for  the  full 
finished  machine.  People  ask  why  the  Wilson, 
a  lending  machine  in  all  respects,  can  bn  sold 
for  $50.  The  answer  is  easy  and  direct — because 
its  proprietors  do  not  belong  to  a  great  “  ring” 
whose  purpose  it  is  to  keep  up  the  price  of  sew¬ 
ing  machines.  They  are  the  true  friends  of  the 
people,  and  show  their  sincerity  in  a  way  t Hut. 


Snporttafi  . . . . 

Common  extra  do . 

Good  t'«  ebmco  do . 

•  •  ■  - . 

vni>.-viine  Michigan,  Indian.!,  Oblo,  lowu 

j-;  ttru  do . .  . 

Cuoleo  PXtra  do . . . 

Trade  bfand;*  ilo . . . 

Gn.nl  to  choice  white  wheat  extras . . 

K.i  i  l'i  very  choice  extra  Minnosotn . 

Cmntnou  to  fair  extra  Si.  Lon  1 3 . 

(Jood  to  ciholec  do . 

Southern.  common  to  choice . . . 


gradually  on  the  Increase,  there  Is  no  perceptible 
change  In  values:  In  fact,  the  business  doing  Is  still 
that  of  a  forced  character,  in  which  it  would  he  dlfli - 
cult  to  name  values,  mid  our  quotations  are,  for  the 
moment,  almost  entirely  nominal,  fielders  exhibit  a 
very  sanguine  feeling  as  to  the  futuro of  thfi  market, 
believing  every lliiug  Is  working  well  for  their  IuLt- 
ests,  unit  that  with  no  prospect  of  Increased  receipts, 
the  small  stock  remaining  must  soon  command  better 
prices.  Then'  hopes  are  certainly  well  founded,  for 
the  supply  la  Indeed  small,  and  with  a  little  more  ac¬ 
tivity  would  soon  become  exhausted-  That  the  stock, 
hero  cannot  be  replenished  by  domestic  arrivals  I*  a 


7  10©  7  50 
7  35(9  7  '-*> 
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slow,  the  markets  on  tip  other  side  being  relatively  THE  HOP  MARKET, 

lower  than  hen*.  Trane  brands  have  been  In  little  _____ 

better  supply,  but  there  Is  sufficient  trade  to  create  a  .....  , 

‘ talent  reeling  among  holders.  Emmet  WffLtS,  in  his  hop  circular  dated  New  \  ork 

C  '  ..  ««  ..  \ftirnli  97  sh.v*  - — Whilft  t.ho  ilomnml  {innoiira  to  lift 


k*  i»,  common  to  lino . . 3  fl 

( 1  ,rii  meal.  Brandywine . *- . 3  70:..'  ■"  80 

1>i,  Western. . . . . 1  DM®  1  10 

Furxanil  Shins.  The  I.ondon  sales  brought  low 
or  price*  for  mink  ami  muskrat. and  other  description* 
a  nit  market  figures.  Prices  here  hare  been  ritlceted 
somewhat  in  ympathy,  and  we  revise  quotations. 

i ittor. kli).  15:  Fox  Tae.tJIlXor  gray :  $2©4  for  pale 
V,  nk;  -:  .8  |..r  dark':  Muskrat,  HlUsO.  for  Fall  and 
Is  r  .r  Winter:  Skunk,  STthkiOe.,  Lir  striped, 
at*,  for  white,  75<M3fl  for  black ;  Onossum, 2.k,635c. ; 
tlicooon.  40©60c. 

(. rnin.— Wheat  Is  more  Irvthe  *oHor’s  favor,  with 
limited  supplies  and  at  bettor  shipping  demand.  Wo 
, i  t, .to  it  £Oo<4t.7l  for  No  2  Spring.  $1.75@1.80  for  No. 
1  <t1.7ilfalja7.vf  for  wintor  red  Western,  $1.80(8.1.77!^ 
1.  innl*  •!*,  ?l..;5v;2.2'for  common  to  fancy  white  West¬ 
ern  and  State  Corn  Is  higher,  and  In  fair  export  de- 
i:  ml.  8al,'H  -It  OD.’c.  for  prim.*  old  inlxo'l  Western, 
afloat, flljxiJiWc.  for  good  to  oholcr  do. in  M.>tra.iKkic67c. 
for  new  mixed  Western,  •'•TtJptJi  if.  for  now  yellow  do., 
70c,  for  new  white  do.  Outs  are  -leudily  held  at  IS" a 
5  ■.  f  .enow  Westsm,  58>i*il<jo.  for  new  white  do.,  4QJ< 
t,  I  -  jO.  for  new  black  do.,  (We.  for  prime  old  tuixeu 
Western  in  store.  Canada  West  barley  quoted  at 
$I.:»)8>1J3. 

liny  and  Straw.  —  The  reeel pp:  are  large  anil 
prices  are  easier.  We  quote  by  the  ton  as  follows: 

Timothy,  fancy,  $20;  do.  prime,  $27 ;  do.  fair,  $24. 
Shipping  grade,  $20.  Timothy,  clover, mixed, $20©22. 
I,  ilgryo  straw,  $22©24;  do.  snort,  $10;  do.  out,  $15; 
do.  wheat,  $13. 

Hops.— There  Is  a  trifle  better  trade,  but  there  is 
if  a  siiffio.ient  business  to  fairly  e  tabllsh  prices.  Hold* 
cr>  refuse  to  make  concessions,  us  they  believe  the 
.aoderatu  supplies  will  receive  no  important  addi¬ 
tion*  unless  prices  here  are  advanced. 

We  quote  State  at  iu.;$55u. ;  Eastern,  llJrtJfiOc. ;  West¬ 
ern.  in. ...  Vie. ;  old  growth,  ls70,  In  yl5e;;  Bur  aria?’,  HW 
5  K  .:  English,  55;n>h|e.;  Belgian, M.-.lUe.;  Californian,  5U 
0  ole. 


llnulr  Sugar.  The  supply  is  largo,  and  Is  being 
sioudllv  increased,  which  would seemingly  contradict, 
r.e  report  made  a  few  days  since,  that  the  prop  is 
light.  Sales  at  12  .j,  150.  for  large,  and  14©  18c.  for 
good  to  prime  small. 

iVmltry  rt  ml  4<uine. — There  is  a  fair  demand  for 
the  regulated  supply.  Live  poultry  in  good  demand. 
E  mild*  snipe  are  ill  the  market.  Wild  pigeons  are 
abundant,  and.  as  flic  novelty  is  worn  out,  they  are 
jotter.  Wild  ducks  are  plenty,  but  too  poor  in  quality 
to  soil  readily. 

Wr  quote  five  poultry  at  MwlUc.  for  prime  fowls, 
and  li’oC  19e.  for  turkeys,  fiecso.  -f  1.75m: 2  for  Western, 
S'  v't  for  N  cw  Jersey.  Dui'ks— 75c.(&$l  for  Western, 

*1  Si-20  for  N.  .1. 

We  quote  dressed  prime  N.  .1.  and  Bucks  Go*  tnr- 
kevs,  1>"  f!c.,  state  and  Western,  poor  to  best,  17ift‘2lic. 
Chlnkens,  Western.  12  4170.;  State  and  near  points, 
llbilKe.  ( iecf.avlb'.  Ducks,  lS(fli23oi  common  West¬ 
ern  as  low  us  l.’ie. 

Game  quotations:— Wild  pigeons, unpicked,  1J  doz. 
fd.25;  canvas  backs,  V  pair,  $l,6l):,>l.H7 ;  nmllard,  II log 
f]ih:.;  eotiLinon  wild  ducks,  25(8.250. 

Provisions.— The  ttiarket  has  been  exoltml  with 
a  rapid  rise  In  value  oT  •rVSTytlltng  on  the  last..  Sup¬ 
plies  u i-. •  lignt.  and  with  un  mureiiM'd  export  trade. 
Boer  hum;:  choice  Western,  $30&33i  TexftS  prime. 
S  ld  ctl;  i.ard,  h\'c.  for  Western  steam  on  spot,  8:kT, 
f  ,r  April,  and  9c.  for  May.  l.'.ng  cle.ir.  llh,e.;  short 
clear,  {life.;  short  rib,  avc.  Mesa  pork  nt  *lii.{0  l'or 
spot  delivery  ;  $1*1.80  for  April:  Western  prim  a  mess 
nominally  $15  ohi.  Dressed  hug-,  city,  T  V  mHWc.  Cut 
meat  i  arc  selling  at  II  .12!  fa.  for  hams,  looso;  7«c. 
lor  khopldor*.  loose;  Hki.tlQWi-  tor  p'udcled  bellies, 
loose.  Boxed  dry-suited  shoulders,  ic.  Smoked 
meats  at  HMf'lilSHc.  for  loose  hams,  8‘*;e.  for  loose 
shoulders.  Tallow  at  sv.ie,  lor  prime  stock.  Hoof  Is 
selling  ut  $9:fliU.7a  for  liarrclcu  new  pialtt  mesa,  $12m 
12/*9  for  rxtm  me*  ;.  ’Unread  beef  ut  $3: If. f 25  for  new 
India  mess,  fKkittiltl  for  new  extra  tndiamess,  anil  $2156 
2;:  for  new  prime  mess. 

Seed.  There  Is  not  iniieii  clovi  r  coming  In,  and 
price*  are  unchanged,  notwithstanding  trade  is  very 
slow.  Hales  at  skje.  for  prime  lota,  taiuothy  Ifl  quiet 

at  8  :.00<as.80. 

.snuilriiM.  '.ve  quote  honey  at,  $H5$l0e.  for  dark 
and  :vk.  for  white,  in  class  boxes;  mixed  lota,  15c# 
2ac.  Cider  ut  ti'.cilUe.  \*  gallon.  Feathers,  live  geese, 
new,  tine,  V  18.,  itV'flTTk'.:  <lo.  mixed,  iil./vitie.:  hen,  7(.«9o.; 
vinegar,  older,  »*  givl.,  20(f(i35e.:  do.  matin  fact  11  red,  lfiiS 
2  s v,  new’sptipers,  V  th,,  white  rag-,  i>.i.5!s. 

Tobticco. — 1 The  shipping  trade  is  small,  hut  an  Im¬ 
prove  men  t  la  expected  shortly,  as  bills  for  the  French 
a  ad  Italian  conlrocta  are  ntmouueed.  Prices  are  a 
triU 0  more  in  the  buyer’s  favor. 

QUOTATION'S— .v BW  OllOP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 
Hugs . . .  7X54  8  c.  8  (.«  9^0. 


Hugs .  7X59  8  e.  8  54  fljfo. 

Common  to  medium  loaf.  SJiti  llVfc.  DViW  10  e. 

Good  do.  ..  95f©  lUKc.  10X84  11  c. 

Fine  do.  - .  .lOiSf®  12  0.  —  ©  — 

Selections . II  @  —  0.  —  54  — 

CROP  OP  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  tillers . 11  Ci  pi  c. 

seconds.... 2fi  54  35  c. 
wrappers.  ••Pi  09  55  0. 

selections  .90  c<?>  75  c. 

New  York  tillers . II  &  ll'.40- 

wrappers . 18  54  5.»  e. 

assorted  lota . 12  ©  1**>  c. 

Pennsylvania  fillers . . . 18  @11  0. 

wrappers  22  ©  50  c. 

assorted  lots . 18  ©  25  c. 

Ohio  fillers . 10  5y  10>fe- 

wrappera . .18  ©  85  c. 

assorted  lota . .  ...,...,.,...11  ©  III  c. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots .  9  ©  Id  0. 

Vegetable*.— Exports  of  potatoes,  past  week,  1,526 
bids.  Hecnlpts  of  potatoes  are  comparatively  heavy, 
and  for  general  stock  the  market  is  a  little  easier. 
B>  nil  idu  stuff  (scorning  in,  and  prices  are  steadily 
declining;  tomatoes  brought  $2(,/3.5U  tier  box,  arid 
potatoes $-J.?l'l  pcrbbL  Southern  kale,$2©2.25;  spin¬ 
ach,  $1, 

t’caoh  Blown  In  hulk,  *3®3.37  ;  Early  Rose  do..  $2.75 
<"  '•09;  Prineo  Albert,  $'9.8i©M.i2;  Dyrlght,  ?1-7,V'2; 
common.  $1,75 :  «.» out,  >  ;.75  .t.'t.75.  For  potatoes  In  shlp- 
plng  order  add  35@37e.  V  hid.  Marrow  squash,  $4,60 
Onloils  red  and  yellow,  T.i,  *‘...IJ :  do.  white,  $9 
GlU;  Unssla  Turnips,  *1.76562 !  Cabbages,  V  WO,  $105414. 

WMaby— At  tvnneed  t.0  92c. ,  hut  closed  weak  ut 
91o.,  under  free  arrivals. 

Wool.— The  market  has  become  very  much  .de¬ 
pressed.  Trade  has  fallen  oif,  and  there  Is  more 
inclination  to  realize. 

X  to  XX  \  ilece«,  iVksiiMo,  i  No.  1  fleece,  fnididtc. ,  No. 
2  fleece,  5V.<  id,-.;  tub-wiirbed  fioece,  fi'256(;7e-!  Texas, 
epai'-.r  to  extra  due,  25,a45e. ;  new  Mexican  fleece, 
2:r-.  l(k*.;  California  spring  6U|i,  3284430.;  California  fall 
riii)  nud  lambs',  2,V,4l3c.;  extra  pulled,  35©t!2e.;  super 
pijll."!  t/j  ;  Nti.  i  polled.  I.V,j32e.;  Western  pulled, 
ottaWde.:  Southern  pulled.  4i>««30c.:  California  pulled, 
?  ,  Montevideo,  5(4#47e,;  Buauos  Ayre-s.unwtmh- 
eq,  A.-./sHe,:  Rio  Grande,  gold,  20©32e.;  Cape,  38©43c.; 
Australian.  1.5970c.;  eoinhlng  wool,  (10@80c. 

H41CII  EfsTEK,  Mnveh  QHi.  Flour  tUiOtly;  $8.30 
-  I'ring ;  $!l'<v'.l.5U  for  red  wintor :  tldml0.50  for  white. 
’V}J'ilt  9ul,!ti  $1*711(9 1. s.i  tot  rod  winter;  $Lf5@2  for 
tt  kii,.,  Oat:*  steady  ut  U©15o.  V  bush.  Barley,  90© 
? 'If  *onp-rowed,  75e.  fcY  two-rowftd.  Beans,  $254 
,  '  tor  mediujnfl  and  $3,26©2.&Q  for  marrows.  DreMed 
nogs.  p  ewt.  Butter  is  very  scarce,  and 

good  is  worth  ShiaiUc.  f-  18.  Beef,  f7©ll  Pel'  CWt. 
Mhttcn,  6©9o.  lb.  sheep  pcltb  $2«t2.30  eaOU.  Eggs 
n  r'  V  ,l0?en*  1  otatoes  scarce  at  0o©8Oe.  V  t?a.  Drlc.l 
apples,  be.  v  it,  tunmi'  seed,  dull  at  $6.26  V  ttu.  for 

:fe,  h2*  ^  V  0U8U'  ««®»  ^«“* 


pros  peel 


foregone  conclusion,  as  the  hops  do  not  exist  In  any 
considerable  quantities.  Of  course  there  art*  always 
to  he  found  »  few  scattering  lots  In  the  Interior,  but 
they  are  tieldat  a  price  above  their  market,  value  liy  a 
of  growers  who  can  adbrd  to  hold  and  who  will 
not  sell  unless  they  eon  get  the  price  they  ask.  A for 
foreign  hops,  then*  Ls  no  prospect  of  further  arrivals 
from  the  other  side,  while  opr  market  remains  Inaueli 
au  unset  lift  1 ,  .miiinon  »*,  now. 

Domestic  nveelpti  for  Inc  week . .  173  bales. 

Total  receipts  silica  oupt.  1st,  is.2 . 20,755  •* 

Total  receipts  for  same  pro  ,od  in  tsri . 25,363  “ 

Total  receipts  far  same  period  In  WTti . 43,1(16  “ 

Total  receipts  for  saute  period  in  IS8M . IM.lW.I  “ 

imports  for  the  week .  4  “ 

Total  Imports  sinco  Hent.  1st,  1872 . 20,159  '*  * 

Export  clearances  rortho  week,  old  hops. .none  •• 
Total  exports  since  Hopt.  1st.  187*2 . 6.218  “ 

Our  special  London  correspondent  favors  ur  with 
the  following,  under  dale  of  Mareli  161  li : 

inactivity  is  still  the  characteristic  of  our  market, 
the  small  consumptive  business,  however,  which  pre¬ 
vails,  tends  to  maintain  prices.  More  inquiry  prevails 
for  1868  Americans,  and  nld  hops  generally.  Advices 
from  the  Continent  stale  that  prices  are  very  firm,  but 
the  business  Is  limited. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

LITTLE  Falls,  N.  Y.,  March  29,  1S73. 

Tm!  market  at  Little  Falls,  for  the  week  ending 
March  20,  was  brisk,  and  prices  for  cheese  are  with¬ 
out  material  change.  A  number  of  ends  from  farm 
dairies  were  delivered,  and  sold  at  from  12c.  to  15c. 
We  hear  of  no  fhftorle.*  changing  hands,  hut  priced 
may  be  quoted  from  l*,c,  to  I’ie.  Butter  eutue  forward 
in  considerable  quantities,  add  sales  were  made  nt 
in,"  i  n:.,  according  to  quality.  New  cheese,  in  very 
small  quantities,  now  begins  l,u  come  to  market,  and 
Oliver*  have,  paid  about  ll'8c.  It  comes  from  farm 
defi  les,  nn*1  wo  hoar  of  no  fiutl.vrkw  offered. 

We  have  advices  from  abroad  to  the  second  week 
in  Man'll.  Our  Lotld  iu  correspondent  says  that 
cheese  is  in  active  demand  anu  stocks  very  small. 
Kxt.ru  tine  American  sells  at  51s.  The  other  descrip¬ 
tions  of  cheese  are  quoted  a*  follows :  lOngll»hClica- 
diii', 71M4!K)s.;  Wiltshire  double, I'AJAHs. :  Kln-shlre  mo- 
illum,  tjiHiitis.;  fine.  735«8i!s. ;  scotch,  TikwHO*.  Dutch 
cheese  Edams,  60©68a. ;  Uomlas,  52  47.668.;  Derby 
vhiipc,  ilsk?V(i2s. 

in  luittor  good  Intermediate  sorts  are  much  wanted. 
Fine  Is  rather  oeirr.  We  give  quotutlous:  -Cion- 
iiielD,  12».k'u*<: I I'K ;  Corks,  ISO-  140*.;  Normandy  extra, 
Ills.;  Canadian,  UO;. ',136s.  The  colTCypOBllIng  prices 
In --t  year  wore,  for  ('loninclls  butter,  litis. :  Corks, 
132*..  and  American  cheese.  72s. 

The  snow  m  Herkimer,  N.  Y.,  Is  very  deep,  and  the 
country  roads  arc  difficult  to  travel.  The  ehocse  fac¬ 
tories  are  now  being  rapidly  opened,  hut  we  can  hard¬ 
ly  expect  much  new  cheese  In  the  I, title  Falls  Market 
before  the  middle  of  April. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


.  8EWING  MACHINES. 

- - 

THE  sales  of  Sewing  Machines  In  1872,  as  reported 
under  oath,  in  1873,  to  Urn  owners  of  the  Sewing  Ma¬ 
chine  Patents,  show  that  the 

SINGER  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

Last,  year  Bold 

219,758  MACHINES, 

Or  38,498  more  than  in  1871,  ninety  per  cent,  of  them 
being  for 

FAMILY  USE. 

This  is  over  *15.000  more  Hewing  Machines  than 
were  sold  by  any  other  Company  during  the  same 
period,  and  over 

ONE-QUARTER  OF  ALL  THE  MACHINES 

Hold  in  1872. 

Principal  office  of 

THE  SINGER  MANUFACTURING  CO., 

34  Union  Square,  \riv  York. 

ROPER  HOT  AIR 

ENGINE  COMPANY,  124  Chambers  St.,  N.  Y. 

- -« - 

A  Positive  Hadiral  Cure  for  Itupiurr.  -The 
IflH.stle  Tru**  Company,  at  No.  B83  Broadway,  New 
Vork,  will  send  their  Descriptive  Circulars  to  any 
person  afflicted  with  Hernia.  Thla  Truss  can  be  sent 
by  mull  to  any  part  of  th.i  country. 

- *♦>  - 

The  Dent  Kinetic  Truss,  without  metal  springs. 
Is  Pom  Kitov’s  Elastic  Itn-n'in;  Belt,  patented  In 
1871  and  1873.  No  one  should  buy  an  Elustle  Truss 
Without  first  writing  to  Messrs.  POMEROY  &  CO., 
741  Broadway,  New  York,  for  full  particulars.  Pome¬ 
roy's  Trusses  are  the  best  in  the  world. 


REC  EIPTS  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 


Totals  this  week . 7,188 

“  lastwook . 7,162 

Average  lust  year...  .8,178 


Cow*.  CUT vi> . 

151  1,115 

129  1.024 
98  2,114 


Sheep  A 
LhhiIi*. 
11.188 
19,803 
22,(583 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

New  Youk,  March  29,  1871. 

It  is  not  unfrequentlY  t  he  etf-e  that  an  article*  ad¬ 
vances  In  price  when  it' Is  least,  called  fur.  Take  out¬ 
live  stock  trade  tor  an  example,  anti  we  find  drovers 
had  so  ealuulute.it  upon  8  light  deiuuud  that  they  held 
hack  nioro  than  was  meet,  and  It  tended  to  run  nji 
the  rates  The  market-  show  a  good  deal  of  strength 
all  around,  hogs  ad  van  1  ing  materially.  Cut  tie  ambl¬ 
ing  rather  belter,  and  sheep  have  advance'*!  Ho.  tier 
Hi.  Veal  is  somuwhat  abundant,  but  Pot  cheap 
enough  to  draw  otf  much  from  the  use  of  beef. 


Ileev.-H.— Arrivals  are  it  lift lo  larger,  hut  are  still 
quite  below  the  average,  and  much  under  what  they 
were  ut  this  time  lust  year.  The  demand  readily  ab¬ 
sorbs  the  cattle  us  fust  us  they  arrive,  and  more  euuhl 
boused.  Very  few  '('cxnna  uamtS  In  lust  week,  hut 
they  are  now  arrlvtog  unite  freely  over  1.000  bead 

since  Monday.  Mob)  of  . . .  ware  fall  for  “  lung 

horns,"  having  been  corned  in  the  States.  We  shall 
»onn  expect  the  uprlug  drive  to  commence,  when 
trash  will  be  sent,  hare,  unless  I'relghLs  are  so  high  on 
the  railroads  Oh  to  keep  them  back.  There  are  deal¬ 
ers,  yes,  ami  lui  tellers  too,  who  tin  nor.  want  to  seethe 
carrying  rales  tun  low,  for  that  Invariably  brines  lu  a 
poor  chocs  nt  -took. 

TheotTerlngs  Inst,  Monday  were  118  carloads  ut  100th 
St.,  90  at  Com cnunlpaw,  and  18  ut  Woulmwken.  Since 
than  there  Imve  en  about  3,700  *  rir.  in,  and  free  re¬ 
ceipts  .m  anticipated  next  Monday,  on  account  of 
the  bet  ter  H  iding  pervading  tbo  market.  Texans  me 
worth  loo  lie.  per  II/.,  some  fat  ones  reaching  It  Ye. 
Fair  natives  sell  at,  tlHSoISC;,  with  the  best,  though  in 
small  quantities,  at  He.  A  few  of  the  latest  transac¬ 
tions  were  lo  ears  Texans.  5Jf  ewt.,  at.  lie,  5  cars 
Cherokee*.  6H  nwt.,  ut  uhMOcv,  2  oars  111,,  ewt.,  at 
13c.;  13  1  in  -  111,,  t»iiS  ewt.,  at  12C(iHc.  There  Is  very  lit¬ 
tle  Western  dressed  beef  arriving  at  present,  qml 
none  of  It  Is  lu  gOodCrfdor,  save  that  sent  in  refriger¬ 
ator  cors. 

The  following  are  the  closing  prices  for  the  week  In 
comparison  with  what  entile  brought  one  week  ago, 
for  net  weight  of  beef : 

Tlds  week.  Lust  week. 

Cents.  Cents. 

Choice  beeves,  V  . .13X  ©  14  13  ov  13 H 

Good  to  prime . 12  (<y  13  1 1  If  ©  12M 

Medium . I1H  ©  ll.Y  UH  ©  )1X 

Poorest  grade . . 9K  '<«  IfiX  9  ®  10 

Average:  sales . —  Cal  llHf  -  Gil  11H 

Hogs.— With  a  fulling  off  of  30,1410  hogs  during  the 
past,  week,  In  comparison  with  the  previous  week, 
the  market  rule*  very  strong,  prices  having  advanced 
about  le.  V  !».  There  were  only  2,040  western  dressed 
hogs  fur  the  week,  mostly  in  rather  poor  condition 
and  unsettled  lu  price,  city  dressed  sell  at. 

Hive  are  worth  'ilfe.,  with  scarcely  any  offering. 

Milch  CIown.— Milk  Is  plenty  and  low,  while  pro¬ 
ducers  have  generally  stocked  up  for  thespriug  oper¬ 
ations,  lienee  the  fresh  cow  trade  rules  dull,  though 
without  much  change  In  prices.  Some  of  those  sent 
hero  for  *ule  hold  several  days  before  finding  liiir- 
obnSGES.  C'lUimtm  cows  are  worth  $40(455,  and  fair  to 
good  $65©70— extras  reaching  $7S. 

Sheep  and  Lambs.  Spring  lambs  are  source,  and 
the  few  sent  In  command  good  prices.  They  go  ut 
$8641051,  with  a  few  extras  still  higher.  Sheoparenot 
plenty,  and  arc  about  He.  higher.  They  go  off  readi¬ 
ly,  fat  lots  of  IIK!  it/'*.  Hint*!  lit.  about  8<?.,  and  so  down, 
tew  selling  Milder  6HC-  Some  choice  lota  were  retail¬ 
ed  out  ac  854 e..  aixl  oven  hitcher.  Sheep  are  being 
held  hack  in  the  country  for  their  fleeces  and  lambs. 
It  will  not,  he  long  before  some  sheared  sheep  will 
eomu  forward  probably  before  they  ought  to.  Farm¬ 
er*  reason  thal ,  Shell  red  one  tiny  and  eurred  ut  night 
for  Now  York,  they  will  not  suffer  much  until  u 
butcher  rat.*  them.  A  few  late  sales  of  sheep  are,  a 
car  96  ms.  Michigan  tine  wool  sheep  at  V  ..e,;  u  ear  117 
is*,  choice  Stale,  8Hc.;  a  car 88  tts.at"H0.;  2 ear* Ohio, 
1(12  ms.,  sc. 

Veal  Calves.  Live  calves  are  not  plenty,  and  the 
supply  01  prime  dressed  l*  Inadequate  to  the  demand, 
hence  prices  are  higher,  and  stock  sells  quicker. 
Some  of  the  dressed  veals  are  so  nearly  connected 
witli  bobs  as  to  barely  escape  seizure  by  the  sanitary 
police— In  fact,  some  have  been  confiscated.  Prime 
live  calves  are  worth  WXd&llv-:  common  to  fair,  8© 
10c.;  choice  hog-dressicil  milk  veals,  14M©15c.-  »  few 
still  higher  with  “grassers,"  or  hay  calves,  at  6©3c. 


WEBSTER'S  PATENT 

llutton-liolc  Worker. 

Pal.  .lane  27,  187  I.  Awarded  first  premium  ut 
the  Am.  limtitn"'  and  Md  luutituta  Fairs,  1871.  ^ 

ventrU  :  So  mmplo 
thu lj^  a  child  eah 

fC  j fy  /^P^Ml.e.id  van  work 

1  ing  machine,  and 

1  I  ’  d,  -Vy  1RH6SY  \  t,  B  wllllaatallfotirae. 
li/  I  V:.  \Kt7*wcSL>rr'  4.  '*.>, v..ti  Due*  away  with 
\/t  '  1  \V  '3^5  ^  W  pricking  the  fin- 

If/  .  ■'  gi*rs,*iralningpio 

'  Ji— •  -  .  I  It  --TU-  1  _  ,•  IU,.  I  end  will!  im- 


|Tcit'  3Mmti,9cmcnt$. 

20  SHEETS  of  CHOICE 
MUSIC,  $1. 

Why  throw  away  money  on  high-priced  Music  when 
you  cun  select fkom  our  Catalogue  of  700  pieces  /  A  n y 
20  Ilalf-Dhmti or  lil.it  Dime  Boris*,  mailed  on  receipt 
of  One  DoUnr.  Sold  by  nil  booksellers,  and  tail  be 
ordered  through  any  newsdealer.  Send  »tauip  for 
Catalogue,  Address 

BENJ.  W.  HITCHCOCK,  Publisher, 

159  Third  Avem  e,  New  YORK. 

I71GGS.-K.  0.  Sthiiucv,  Claverack.  N.  Y.  w.  Co- 
2i  chins,  $5;  Buff  and  Partridge,  $3.30;  Lt.  Briihma, 
Iloudan,  VY.  Polish,  Dominique,  (}.  I,.  Bantam,  $2.50. 

SPLENDID  BUSINESS  OPENING. 

An  11 11 11  sun  1  opportnuUv  for  a  gentleman  who 

wonul  like  to  plane  lu*  family  lu  a  desirable  country 
town,  with  good  society .  chu  relic*  and  ladmobi  -  the 
Country  belngouo  of  the  tluest.lmnroved grain-grow¬ 
ing  fsnning  soethm*  In  Northwestern  Ohio ;  and  to  a 
•’..ling  mail,  desirous  of  locating  West,  On  one  of  the 
leading  railroads.  20 miles  from  Toledo,  11  tha future 
gicat  city  of  the  West,"  this  opportunity  to  enter,  at 
once,  Upon  a  well-cmtablivlled,  paving  business,  Is  Un¬ 
til  ■  i  .  dented.  T>rr  prporrf  |/con*lst*  of  Flour  mid  Grist 
M  III,  x  run  of  French  burrs,  bolls,  elevator*,  machin¬ 
ery,  brick  engine  house,  40  horse-power  engine  and 
m-\.  hollers,  all  Complete.  Adjoining  this  Is  n  Frame 
Warehouse,  capacity  12,000  bushels,  with  elevator  and 
corn  till  idler  ran  by  steam.  Facilities  to  load  cars 
from  warehouse  and  mill.  Also,  Frame  Store,  ar¬ 
ranged  for  residence  above.  Price  for  the  above, 
$20,000.  Would  sell,  If  desired,  a  tot) owl  assortment 
uf  GuudS,  suited  to  u  country  store,  amounting  to 
about  $10,000. 

Tie'  mnitiiil  I'Knnrfx  hj  ijmiu  /nun  (lit*  place  were 
n,  n ilp  ii-lmlf  Million  n!  Umhilti,  Uixl  1  par. 

The  parties  owning  having  large  business  interests 
away.  Is  the  reason  for  selling.  Address 

GKO.  K.  POHKKOY  A  84>N. 
lien  I  Eslulr  Agent*,  Toledo,  Onto. 

WANTED -A  SECRETARY 

For  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  prosperous  nursery 
establishments,  lately  incorporated.  Capital  stock 
(paid  up),  $100,000;  net  gain*  satisfactory.  Must  be  a 
practical  book-keeper,  with  executive  ability  and  a 
nursery  office  experience.  Must  become  a  stock- 
holdar  or  not  less  than  $5,000.  Add  re  INCORPO 
batoh,"  care  wm.  J.  Carlton,  89  Park  Uow,  New 
York  City. 


porfoefc  and  ii  regular  worked  button  bole*.  They  givo 
unlwri-jJ  siiliflaetlim.  Hadiefl  win*  ix*u  thefll  *i*V  tliat 
they  uni  worth  their  v**igtu  in  gold  Over  1  lion- 

sand  sold  during  thu  lift  week  ul  thoir lulroihu'tioo. 
Local  /mil  traveling  ftgenls  wanted  everywhere.  'I  hey 
BolUUucht.mid  41  ten  over  inn  per  cent  ,  protit.,  bnmplo 
Button  hole  Worker  ami  •ample  Button  lido  Cuttor 
packed  in  a  neat  case#  wlrli  lull  itltdfli loan  fop  uso, 
togethar with  saniplo  of  our  now  and  novel  wny  i'f  can¬ 
vassing,  sent  to  any  address  on  roeeipt,  of  65  cents. 
Orders  by  mail  riicclvc  prdUlpt  attention.  Adpresa 
AVIOUSTKlt  M  K’C  CO..  Msnuiactiirers,  Anuoma,  Lt. 
Plc'uso  utato  iu  wb*t  paper  you  saw  this, 

riiDlK,  HONEY  AND  STHKNiiTH  SAVED 
1  Pv  using  C'lai'k'n  Kiilnnt  Tohlip'ii  Kidgei' 
11 11  cl  llilliug  I'loss.  I'hc most complete  implement 
ever  pul  Into  the  hand*  of  the  Farmer.  It  Is  the  sim¬ 
plest,  easiest  handled,  and  takes  up  no  more  room 
than  .in  ordinary  plow.  It  combines  four  of  the  most 
valuable  tools  In  one, and  with  One  Horse  ami  Hoy  will 
ilo  more  work  tlmn  ten  men.  As  11  Tobacco  Ittdger  It 
bus  HU  equal.  Asa  Hilling  Flow  li.  stands  si  ni  Willed. 
As  u  cultivator  or  all  crops  f  lint  require  hilling  it  Is 
mnuirpa.'eind.  Aau  ftorse  1  IiiOitifthlng  ccunparc  •  with 
I  it.  8cnd  for  t  Irehhir,  and  get  dsuarripliou  of  the  best 
II11O  of  tools  ever  put  Into  the  bunds  oi  the  Farmer. 

HI  GOAN  DM  M’F'G  CO,.  Hlgpurium,  (Sum. 

Honui’s  mi  vi  UKViiifsiiu.i: 

FLOW.— The  only  perfect  turning  Hat.  Land 
Swivel  Flow,  Warranted  to  equal  the  host  l.nnd- 
Siile  Flows  on  level  laud,  beside  working  to  perfec¬ 
tion  on  hill-sides.  Scud  for  Circular  and  Frieo  List 
to  ON  FONT  A  M  ANU  FACT  U  KING  Co., 

_ Oneonta,  Ots>  , .  Y. 

BOON  TO  BREEDERS  "S:S 

and  IleglBterd.  for  marking  Cattle,  Sheep  and  tfcigs. 
Send  6  cents  for  samples,  to  the  Patentee  and  fsx- 
olindve  Manufacturer,  4*.  II.  DANA, 

_  Went  Lebanon,  N.  II. 

DltEBfiEU  Bit  ILK  .MACHINE!*.— THE 

I  simplest,  cheapest,  uud  makes  the  nicest  front 


DKE88ED  It  KICK  MACI1INEH.— THE 

I  simplesl,  cheapest,  uud  makes  the  nicest  front 
hrlek  of  any  muchlue  111  use.  Makes  a  first-class  tile 
machine  by  change  of  dies.  For  particulars,  address 
J.  W.  FRNFIKLl),  Willoughby,  Ohio. 


Is  my  Catalogue  of  Fancy  Fowls  and  Eggs  for  Hatch¬ 
ing.  It  tells  you  the  best  breads  to  nils,',  and  how  to 
raW  them  profitably,  nil  for  nothing.  W.  I  oghorns, 
I,.  Brahmas,  H.  IS.  It.  Game*,  Aylesbury  Ducks,  all 
from  Imported  and  prl'/.c.  winning  strains.  Eggs  for 
Tin  tell  ing,  from  the  above,  $2  per  El.  Been  rely  packed, 
and  shipped  any  distance  with  safety.  Address 

D.  B.  4'OItEY,  Won) field.  N.  J. 

AMATEUR  PRINTERS 

.81  ml  for  a  copy  of  Instrltcttonb  for  Amateur 
Fiunterh,  containing  Directions  for  the  Selection 
of  Type;  Type  Setting  and  Distributing;  Making 
Boilers;  Frinung  In  Colors ;  Kloctrotyping  and  Ste- 
reotyplng,  Ac.,  &c.  Illustrated.  Price  25  cents  by 
mail,  post-paid.  Address  JOSEPH  WATSON.  127 
Portland  Street,  Boston,  or  33  Murray  Street,  New 
York. 

UH  4  K  a  Month  '.  Horse  and  carriage  furnished. 
ilJ-jliJM  Expenses  paid.  H.  IJ.  SHAW,  Alfred,  Jle. 

WANTED.— A  FARM  Kit,  In  Every  Town, 
as  agent  for  the  ColliuH  riii>i‘l  Flow*.  For 
terms,  Ac.,  address  COLLINS  &  Co., 

212  Water  8t.,  New  York. 

AT  LEAST  50,000 

FARMERS  &  VILLAGERS  need  the  Planet  ('nmbtned Gar¬ 
den  Drill, Wheel  Hoe,  Plow  anil  Bnbsoller;  three  other 
styles  for  nretln  .  tertian* vh,  and  ten  fuld  TttpUl  hoeing. 
Made  only  ny  p  L.  ALLEN  &  Co.,  119  8.  4th  St.,  PUila. 


FASHION’S  Triple  FAVORITE,  “  Le  Plus  NonvelSe." 

■11*!*  nnnTiiue  —Thin  la  the  Arm*  of  *“4»«d «*  A<»nf(’oiiuMiln  lMy*iru7a,i  1  b  :  rirewEmah, in 

WlflGiC  COSTUME,  if  , 

This  engraving  rcpret  euls  Ido  views  of  lt.  And  ipm 

ilierc  Id  still  another,  viz.:  a  draped  apron  front.,  /at- A  x 


This  engraving  repreienls  {tru  views  of  lt.  And 
there  Is  still  another,  viz. :  a  draped  apron  front, 
ritltliK  Ain  li  filly  differ  (Kit  Gw/lnnum  In  one  /  It 
can  be  changed  from  a  Polotiiiisc  to  a  Kcdingote 
or  Waterproof  In  /m  lit  ui  o«a  Vllunlc,  by  Blhiply 
adjusting  one  button.  The  original  la  made  lu 
dark  blue  ladUW*  cloth,  trimmed  with  Hercules 
braid. 


Tills  pattern  Is  Pn rtlculnrly  desirable  for 
totieli  good*,  bjciufii;  when  imbotfo'ied  It  falls  into 
a  beautifully  shaped  Wrapper  without  pleat  or 
gather,  making  it  easy  lo  laundry.  The  Traveler, 
c  oc  cut  Ho  the  Voyager,  will  find  it  an  tndtspen*- 
(tide,  conre nlcii  . ,  1;  is  y  ry  oiniple  and  easy  to 
make.  Complete  Instructions  .  ro  printed  upon 
each  pattern,  b  hi,  .  a  (  Dm it  Model.  (.See 
b  low.)  Rtiuulres  five  yards  Waterproof.  All 
.“'lsr.es.  Price  ul  puioin  and  cloth  model, 
4Juo  Dollar.  Sen  Fvomiuai  below. 

V,e  furnish  it  ••  HEADY JfADA*'  In  Linen  or 
Batiste,  from  $5  to  ,  ■:  in  Waterproof,  *hi  to 
$30 ;  in  any  color  of  ladies'  cloth,  handsomely 
trim  ued,  $•«.  Nt-:.WU  ia/'.UI/‘  for  our  VATA- 
LOGUtioi  XTYLES. 

We  give  a  C/.OTll  MODEL  with  ? arh  pattern, 
which  allows  every  Bikini,  pleat,  gather,  loop, 
etc.,  how  to  put  the  garment  tugethce  by  the  pat¬ 
tern,  and  Imw  it  will  look  when  completed.  By 
the  use  of  oar  Cloth  Models  tmy  person  who  can 
new  can  ElXlsil  the  most  dUlleult  garment  us 
easy  as  th«  plainest.  They  arc  PE /: DECT 
G  U  IDES. 

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PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


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The  Prince  of  Wales  is  expected  at  Vienna  in 
April. 

The  Life  of  Rev.  Samuel  J-  May  has  been  pub¬ 
lished. 

Wilkie  Collins  is  coining  to  the  United 
States. 

Justin  McCarthy's  “  Fair  Saxon  ”  is  an  Irish 

woman. 

Lord  Lytton  left  personal  property  worth 
$400,000. 

Gerald  Massey,  the  poet,  will  sail  for  Amer¬ 
ica  Sept.  1. 

Du.  Barclay,  Principal  of  Glasgow  Univer¬ 
sity,  is  dead. 

Mrs.  Fanny  Stenhouse  Is  lecturing  on  po¬ 
lygamy  in  Boston. 

Ex-Gov.  Hoffman  will  have  nothing  more 
to  do  with  politics. 

Mrs.  Helen  Hunt,  “H.  H.,”  has  been  very 
sick,  but  Is  recovering. 

Miss  Anna  Dickinson  has  received  2,000  beg¬ 
ging  letters  In  one  year. 

The  Duke  of  Edinburgh  has  been  playing  the 
fiddle  In  a  London  orchestra. 


The  EXCELSIOR  LAWN  MOWER 

kA_  FOR  HAND  OR  HORSE  POWER. 


HARD  STEEL  FLOWS 


Embody  in  their  riiape  the  Scientific  adaptation  of 
natural  lines  embraced  by  Knox’s  Patent,  and  have 
extra  qualities  of  hard  ties*',  each  piem*  ol  metal  being 
made  by  a  process  that  converts  about  one-third  on 
wiieh  side  Into  steel,  and  a, lows  it  to  be  hardened  as 
much  a*  tire  and  water  cun  make  it,  while  Hie  center 
remains  soft  or  flexible.  This  give#  them  »  tough¬ 
ness  that  avoid#  the  liability  of  breakage  so  general 
with  other  plows,  and  tt  surface  better  adapted  to 
slide  through  the  soil,  which  reduces  the  amount  of 
power  required,  and  farther  add  -  to  dumhlllty. 

The v  I hit'll  Sti.l  /‘/lies  net  iced  tin  hiyhrtt.  firenriuni 
airai.led  In  finale  at  tin  U. -eiionif  .Shite  lye, cultu¬ 
ral  Fair  *11  i«7J  apt /  again  in  Is72.  unit  then  received 
ti  flrouze  Hint  silver  Medal  the  In  Just  pmniHmx 
otfrrrtt  Jor  flaws  Ini  the  Sew  England  Agricultural 
Society  in  lffil  inn!  IhTJ. 

Messrs,  Sessions  A  l\nn.r  wire  n  waiilnl  the  high  ret  prize 
Ini  the  Sen  l 'ml;  Shite  Agricultural  Sia  irty.  October 
1871,  (out  the  highest  prize,  n  Silver  Medal,  by  the 
New  Hampshire  Agricultural  Society ,  October,  1872. 


V  o' 

Chadborn  &  Coldwell  M’f’g  Co 

lar.i  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 


A  I.SO, 

KNOX’S  PATENT  AND  IMPROVED  EAGLE, 

PROUTY  &  M  EARS’ 

CELEBRATED  CENTER  DRAFT, 

THE  HAKES 

IMPROVED  SWIV  EL, 

For  Side-Hill  and  Level  Land,  that  leaves  no  Ridge3 
or  Head  burrows— and 

MAPES’  IMPROVED  SUBSOIL  PLOWS. 

MADE  ONLY  BY 


JOHN  RALSTON  &  CO 

GENERAL  HEALERS  IN 


IMITATION  GOLD  WATCHES  k  CHAINS 


,T,liS„n"?tn*  has  all  the  brilliancy  and  durability  of  Gold 
15,  $20  and  $25  eaeh.  Chains  from  $2  to  $12  each.  Go 
.  O.  D.,  by  express:  by  ordering  six  you  get  one  free.  Sc 
ir  our  Illustrated  circular.  Address 

COLLINS  META  1.  WATCH  FACTORY 
3115  Broadway,  New  Y  ork  City. 


PURE  CHEMICALS,  Ho.  1  PERU 
GUANO  and  FERTILIZING 
SUPPLIES. 

I  70  Front  Street, 

NEW  YORK. 

JIT  Uescrtptlve  Pumplilcts  and  Prloo  Circulars  on 


HAY  A:  STOCK  STAKES 

3  Ton,  $GO  !  J  Sent  on  Trial. 

Address  BINGHAMTON  SCALE  WORKS, 


re  auk,  „  oans, 

Binghamton,  N.  Y, 


20, TOJ  sold  last.  rear.  Upward#  of 
60,001  sold  for  |S7'3.  Show  this  to 
your  merchant  |  ask  him  to  let  you 
try  one.  You  will  not  part  with  It 
for  twine  its  cost  Made  only  by 
PETERS  BROTHERS’  MAN’L- 
FACTUKING  COMPANY,  Mar¬ 
shall,  Mich. 


HAUnnM'fi  BROADCAST  Seed  Sower 

UHnUUn  O  will  sow  three  acres  of  Timothy 
or  Clover  Seed  per  hour,  and  do  the  work  far  better 
than  it  can  be  done  bv  any  other  means  whatever. 


Manufacturers  of  Agricultural  Implements  and  Ma¬ 
chines,  Haulers  In  (seeds,  Fertilizers  and  oilier 
requirement'"  of  Agriculturists  and 
Agricultural  District*. 

W  A  R  K  i  I  O  U  H  E  S  : 

53  Beeliman  St.,  New  York, 

and  Quincy  Hall,  Boston. 

Factories  nt  Worcester  mill  Ayer,  Mass, 

Price  List  and  Descriptive  Catalogue  on  appli¬ 
cation. 


application 


HE  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  saved 
me  two  hundred  dollars  on  my  hay  last  season. 


GROUND  BONE, 

BONE  MEAL, 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Frenli  Bone  Siipernliowplmte  ol  Limit,  or 
Dissolved  Bone.  Send  for  Circular. 

LISTER  BROS.,  Newark,  N.  J. 


nr  PAH  DC  C  YOU  WILL  USE  Galloon’s 
Ul  uUlMIOC  Broadcast  Seed  Sower  to 

sow  your  Wheat,  Rye,  Oats,  Barley,  Hemp  and  Grass 
Seed.  _  _ 


A  set  of  40  boxed  and  delivered  to  Express  or  R.  It 
%  a,  11  in.  long,  about  45  lbs.,  tor  $11.00. 

Y  u,  H  in.  long,  about  ill  lbs.,  for  $7.50. 
Liberal  discount  to  the  Trade.  Address 

SWEET  S  M’F’tJ  GO.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


Patent  Pruning  &  Sheep-Toe  Shears 

MANUFACTURED  BY 

HENRY  SE1T3VXOITR  &.  CO., 

29  &  31  Rose  St.,  New  York. 


In  the  world  Is  obtained,  without  cost,  by  using 
Goux’s  Absorbent  Closet  and  Urinal.  \Vure- 
rooms,  cur.  Varick  Vestry  and  Canal  Sts.,  New  York. 


hON’T  FEED  CORN  IN  THE  EAlt,— BUY 

the  BUFFALO  CORN  8I1KUKK,  and  one  of 
Bi.akk’*  Patent  Tread  Hoiwi.-hnvi  ics.  sizes 
to  suit-  Farmers.  Millers  and  Klevatora.  Capacity,  50 
to  150  bush,  shelled  corn  per  hour.  Manufactured  by 


DOUBLE  REFINED  l*OUDltETTE 
nf  the  “  Lodi  Manufactarlng  Co."  fur 
sale  in  lots  to  suit  customers.  Tills  arti¬ 
cle  Is  sold  for  11  U.E  TUB  PRICE  Of  other 
fertilizers,  ami  Is  cheaper  for  Tobacco, 
Cotton,  Corn  and  Vug, -tallies  than  any 
other  in  market.  It  Is  made  entirely 
in. in  the  night  soil,  ottul,  of  New 
York  City.  Price  idellvercd  on  board 
in  New  York  cuy)  Twenty-live  dollars 
per  ton. 


\ V  E  WOULD  NOT  SEl.L  OUR  SUPE- 
r*  ri«r  Huy  Spreader  tor  live  times  Its  cost  if 
we  could  not  obtain  another. 


Firs!  Premium  nwarded  by  Am.  Institute  Fair,  and 
tweivu  different  , State  Fairs.  1  Ugliest  recommenda¬ 
tion  from  lion.  II.  18.  Randall,  Pres’t  Wool  Growers’ 
Association,  and  author  "  Practical  Shepherd."  Rec¬ 
ommendations  I  ruin  many  practical  shearers. 

“The  Sheep  Shears  work  splendidly,  and  1  would 
not  asli  for  any  better.  So  says  Mr.  Jopson,  who 
Hhears  our  sheep,  and  he  has  sheared  thousands.” 

(Signed,)  L.  A.  CHASE,  Am.  Agriculturist. 

$2.45  $2.50  $2.50  82.75 

4K  5  5K  0  In.  blade. 

“  I  huvo  tested  your  Pruning  and  Sheep-toe  Bbcurs, 
and  th.-y  are  excellent.  1  used  them  to  dock  the  tails 
Of  my  lambs  tins  reason,  und  found  them  the  handi¬ 
est  instrument  for  that  purpose  1  ever  used.” 

(Signed,)  HENRY  S.  RANDALL. 


l>escri|»*ive  Catalogue  gent  Irec 


PENNOCK  MANUFACTURING  00., 

Kennett  Suuure,  Cheater  Co.,  Ph 


rpillJ  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  eun- 
JL  not  bo  surpassed  for  NVorkmanslilp,  Durubility 
and  Lightness  of  Draft. 


PRUNINC  SHEARS 


The  Louden  Hay  Carrier 

Elevates  the  liuy  perpendicularly  from  the  load,  car¬ 
ries  it  hurizemtully  to  any  part  of  the  mow,  and  returns 
tlie  empty  fork  buck  to  the  load.  Pitches  into  a  win¬ 
dow.  btacks  In  the  field.  Naves  Its  cost  every  seu- 
son.  See  Illustration  an  page  U-;i  of  1UIRAI.  NEW- 
Yokkek  of  March  8.  Agents  wanted.  Send  stump 
for  Circular,  Prices  and  Terms. 

LOUDEN  H'F'G  WORKS, 

Fairfield,  Iowa, 


_ 

'MANUFACTURED  BY  ADRIANCE,  PLATT &C0 

STYLES,  SIZES  &.  PRICES  TO  SUIT  ALL  FARMERS 

Descriptive  Circulars  Forwarded  by  Mull. 


putfeat  ^n.otvumcnto 


Every  pair  warranted.  Free  by  mail  on  receipt  of 
price. 

Pruning  or  Sheep-toe  Sheurs,  S3  per  pair. 

Sold  everywhere.  State  whore  you  saw  this. 


DO  YOU  BELIEVE 

with  Culioou’s  Broiidenst  Seed  Sower  as  live 
men  can  do  without  It 7  If  not,  you  should  try  it  and 
be  convinced. 


SUM*  cash  for  double-reed,  six  stops,  powerfi 
toned  Organs.  Warranted  the  best.  N'iJ.i  ca-sli  f 
7-octave,  rosewood,  carved  leg,  fully  warrant' 
Pianos.  WM.  A.  POND  &  CO., 

No.  647  Broadway,  New  York. 


a  use  m 

MfSIMONDS^k 

fQMowas  a  REAPEitsrys 

THE  BEST  ARE  THE  CHEAPEST 


Oualu-r  City  Tile  Mills.  Manufactured  by  A. 
N.  HADLEY  S.  CD.,  Blclunoud,  Indiana.  tvurrunl- 
ed  for  twelve  months.  Send  for  description  ami  cuts 
to  A.  N.  1IADLEY  A  CO..  Ulchniond,  Indluna. 


After  one  day’s  use  of  the  su¬ 
per  I  OR  HA  Y  SPREADER  uo  farmer  will 
ever  part  with  it. 


I  IMPROVED  power 

(jlgl  I*,  PitKss.  Ratchet- heap 

\^Jhcbet'  «  ■  scwew's.  Improv’d  grat¬ 

er,  Iron  Posts,  and  forty 
other  things  for  Cider  Mills  and  Vinegar  Factories. 
For  Circulars,  address  J.  W.  MOUNT,  Medina,  X.  Y. 


V3f"  For  sale  by  Machine  Agent#  and  Dealers. 


] FARMERS,  BE  SURE  AND  EXAMINE 

?  tne  superior  Ilay  Spreaders  it  isthe  cheapest, 
most  complete  and  most  durable  Huy  Tender  ever  put 
into  the  field.  Bead  a  few  of  the  comments  received. 
Bend  for  circular  and  description  to  H1GGANUM 
M  F’G  CO.,  Higganuui,  Ct. 


SEYMOUR’S  SHEARS  &  SCISSORS 


“The  Best  are  the  Cheapest.” 
Extra  Quality,  Crocus  Polish. 


(Established  in  1834,) 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

PIANO-FORTES. 

A  CARD  TO  THE  PUBLIC: 

Parties  desiring  to  purchase,  and  residing  in 
towns  where  our  Piano-Fortes  are  not  repre¬ 
sented  by  agents,  can  purchase  direct  from  us, 
at  a  reduction  from  factory  prices,  until  an 
agency  is  established.  Write  for  Circular  and 
Price-List.  Boxing  and  delivery  at  railroad 
depot  in  New  York  City  free. 


This  Machine  with  present  Improvements  1*  p sarMitet-d  t-i  mol 
every  want  of  lie  household |  for  either  iillln  or  h-incy  work.  II 
knits  all  site*  of  Stocking.  f»mi  Seeks,  with  her  *nd  to*  templet*!, 
umll*  ft  nevfv-cading  aoutvu  of  am  i  veuient  to  Iloh-x  ol  lel»ur*>  *» 
well  ■  a  profit  and  eiiry  soi^Ort  to  tltfse  that  require  It. 

Agents  wonted  every  where  bv  the  Bickford 
Knittjkq  Machine  Company.  Dana  Bickford, 
PreBideut  and  General  Buniness  Supt.#  U89  Broad¬ 
way,  New  Turk. 


POTATO  BLIGHT! 

A  REMEDY. 

Reel’s  Agricultural  Coupon! 


Family  Size,  -  -  $1.50 

Ladies' Scissore,  -  1.00  —  a  -2 

1 iy  mail,  prepaid.  Send  P.  O,  Order  or  Draft. 
HENBY  SEYMOUR  A  CO..  20  Bose  St.  New  York. 


r fires  and  NAILS 

k/ahaiM  of  every  variety,  in  pack¬ 
ages  To  fill! T,  sent  to 
s  by  AMERICAN  TACK  CO.. 
Manufacturers,  117  Chambers  8t„  N.  Y. 


For  E.  M.  BOYNTON’S  PAT.  LIGHT¬ 
NING  SAWS,  addles*  SO  Uvokmon  Street,  N.Y, 

Cesvtuu  of  infrlngamfeiils.  Uenulno  will  eat  three  limes 
ns  fu.l  as  nn  u*e.  A  ti  ll  cross  out,  $6.  Send  lor  un 
I llo.-- trilled  Catologuu,  mailed  free. 


The  Compound  la  composed  of  materials  crude  and 
chemical,  specially  destructive  to  the  Microscopic  in¬ 
sects  living  on  the  roots  of  the  Potato  vines,  which 
are  the  cause  of  this  destructive  disease.  Farmers 
will  find  the  Compound  a  remedy  for  Pofafo  Blight 
and  ltol,  and  a  good  fertilizer  for  the  soil. 

AMES  PLOW  COMPANY, 
C3?“  Seud  for  Circular.  53  Bei‘k*nn  u  Sf., 

New  York. 


lARHAItT’S  PULVERIZING  CULTIYA 


\_y  TOB  has  more  practical  points  than  any  cultiva¬ 
tor  in  use,  and  is.indispensable  as  a  farm  implement. 
Price,  $22.  C.  C.  BRADLEY  &  SON, 

Manufacturers,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


ANTRIM,  N.  H.,  Is 


D.  H.  GOODELL 


_  _  _ _ |  ,  Sole  Manufacturer  of 

Gaboon’#  Broadcast  Seed  Sowers,  but  they  are 
for  sale  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 


AiPBiL 


Wanted 


5Tvcc,^»  ^ectl,$,  I’lant: 


(ttcc.s,  %cetb',  ^lantjs, 


NEWS  CONDENSES 


riAMPREM/H  Exim  Early  180  Dnys'  Sugar 
l  /  Corn.— The  best  unci  curliest  true  Huger  Corn. 
Long  ears,  large  grains,  exquisite  flavor.  Price,  )>kt., 
15c.;  K  pint,  25c. t  pint,  4l)e. ;  quart, 75e. :  post-paid. 

GEO.  VV.  CAMPBELL,,  Delaware,  O. 


—  Small-pox  is  ragring  in  Halifax. 

—  Paris  will  put  a  tax  on  chestnuts. 

—  Chicago  owes  non-residents  $15,000,000. 

—  Colby  University,  Me.,  has  230  students. 

—  Women  help  to  pave  the  streets  in  Russia. 

—  Constantinople  has  had  a  heavy  fall  of 
snow. 

—  It  is  now  said  the  peach  crop  in  Ohio  will 
be  good. 

—  A  Conservatory  of  Music  has  been  formed 
at  Athens. 

—  The  (ierman  Catholics  of  Philadelphia  have 
held  a  mass  meeting  of  sympathy  for  the  Ger¬ 
mans  at  home. 

—  A  World’s  Patent  Rights’ Congress  will  be 
held  at  Vienna. 

Fifteen  women  have  been  made  electors  in 
Windham,  Conn. 

—  It  is  proposed  to  reduce  the  speed  on  the 
English  railways. 

—  America  will  have  a  grand  exhibition  of 
leather  at  Vienna. 

—  St.  Louis  will  erect  an  engine  for  its  water 
works  to  cost  $280,000. 

—  The  farmers  of  Illinois  have  held  an  anti- 
Extortion  Convention. 

—  The  Great  Eastern  will  sail  in  May  for  Now 
York,  with  a  new  cable. 

—  The  Japanese  students  in  the  Boston 
schools  are  very  popular. 


TIIE  ROCHESTER 

BERRY  BASKET, 

\  l  1  1  iiw  In  which  "Berries  carry  and  sell  host. 
'•  *  •  '.gents  wanted,  circulars  free.  Ad- 

‘  dress  General  Agents, 

JOHN  S.  COLLINS  &  CO.,  Moorestown,  N.  J. 


CHAMPION,  «.’J  PER  DO/,  i  LATE  PRO¬ 
LIFIC,  SM  PER  IMP/. ;  Klstie.ua,  *2  per  do/..; 
Black  Defiance,  $1  per  do*.  Circular!*  frc.  Address 
KK1SIG  A  IIEX  V  >IKU, 

New  rustle,  Westchester  Co.,  V.  V. 


,)  non  EXTRA  FINE  TREES,  OF  THE 

Rosemary  und  New  Ani“Mcuu  Weeping 
Willows.  3,000  Lombardy  Poplars.  Address 

NOAH  P.  BUSTED,  Grand  itlvur  Nurseries, 
Lowell,  Kent  Co.,  Mloh. 


1  nnn  hgh  shallfri  it  plants 

lui.OOflCiniDverColoHSal  Aspar¬ 
agus  Hoots.  50, It'd  Peach,  Poor  und  Apple  Trees. 

-  Iitirrels  Karls'  noil  Lat.it  Hose  Potatoes.  For 

prices,  see  Hr  U  S  I,,  March  page  IKS,  or  send  for 
Price  List.  Tims.  C.  A  NDUKWrt,  MoorostOwti.N.J. 


W  ANT  iT  ?— CA  51 P BELL'S  LATE  ROSE 

11  Circular  tells  all  about  It.  Sent  gratis  to  appli¬ 
cants;  and  the  potatoes  at  his  advertised  rules,  de¬ 
livered  free  of  expense  at  any  express  ufliee  between 
Buffalo  and  Cleveland. 

At.  LL  BATEHAM,  Pttlncsvile,  O. 


AGENTS!  A  RARE  CHANCE!! 


We  will  pay  fill  Agents  $10  per  week  i.V  CASH  who 
will  engage  with  uh  at  onok.  Everything  furnished 
and  expenses  paid.  Address 

A,  POULT  Wit  &  CO.,  Charlotte,  Mich. 


/  CAMPBELL’**  LATE  ROSE  POTATO.  A 

V.  new  seeillhes,  unoqnaled  In  productiveness ;  un¬ 
surpassed  in  quality ;  perfectly  healthy.  Hus  yielded 
from  I  to  1  barrel*  to  the  pmonl.  Circulars,  with 
testimonials  us  to  yield  and  quality,  free.  Price,  l 
III..  50o. ;  4  lbs.,  *1.60,  post-paid;  peck,  $3;  X  bush., 
*5.50;  bushel,  f  10;  barrel,  fa). 

GEO,  XV.  CAMPBELL,  Delaware,  O. 


A  it  iWkik  Peach  Trees.  and  500,000  of  other 
\  choice  kinds  of  Trees  and  Plants,  for 

sale  at  lowest  market  rates,  by  K.  U,  COCHRAN, 
Peach  Trees  a  Specialty,  Middletown,  Del. 

;  Y>~  Also,  Manufacturer’s  Agent  for  the  cheapest 
and  best  Peach  Casket  ever  nmilc, 


C IRQ  JOTS.  1873.  AGEITS. 

V  1  V  W  MAMMOTH  DOUBLE  MAP 


E2R  of  llnltad  States  ami  World.  New 
State  Maps  and  Charts.  Salable 
ITIT1TT  i  everywhere.  Live  men,  with  small 
JVI  ■  I  •  M  or  large  capital,  write  for  Catalogue 

J  I  II  to  It’.  C  Bill IK.M AN,  5  Barclay  St., 

Li  1  111  New  York. 

NTED. -TWENTY  AGENTS  TO  SELL 

Ur  y'rw  Book,  ”  Dally  Wants.”  II  sells  at  sight, 
uody  wants  it.  The  best  book  or  the  year  for 
rents.  Semi  for  Clroular. 

VV.  J.  HOLLAND  A  CO.,  Sprlnglleld,  Muss. 


A  NEW  SQUASH 


To  Farmers  and  Marketmen. 

You  want  ui i tie  hut  the  very  beat  of  seed,  grown 
from  carefully  selected  seed  stuck.  With  the  money 
you  have  to  invest  in  manure,  help  and  glass,  you 
k now  yiui  cannot.  afford  to  use  a  ny  offe  r;  you  fuel  very 
anxious  about.  It  •  Tin  miNK.  Catalogues  f rep  to  all. 
N.  B.— Call  lu  the  Spring  and  hoc  what  onions,  cab¬ 
bages,  Ac.,  I  set  out  to  grow  seed  from. 

JAMES  .1.  II.  GREGORY,  Marblehead,  Mass. 


Eighteen  years  ago  1  Inf  reduced  the  Hubbard 
Squash  to  the  public.  After  testing  scores  of  new 
kinds  from  every  section  of  the  United  States,  I  have 
at  last  found  one  (see  reddtna  mailer  of  this  mtper)  well 
worthy  to  he  added  t*i  our  list  of  standard  varieties. 
It  is  a  v  e  r  *  in  I  ••  v.inner,  and  renmrUably  free  from 
admixture  "with  any  ntbpr  sort.  In  she  It  uveruges 
with  the  tlubbura,  but  has  a  more  flint  y  shell,  of  a 
blue  color 4  the  flash  is  of  a  lighter  hue,  while  In  its 
combination  of  sweetness,  dryness,  lluouoss  of  grain 
and  delicious,  c-bestnnt-IUcc  flavor.  It  stands  alone 
unequaled,  I  have  named  it.  the  Marblehead  Squash. 
Til  toy  Catalogue  1  tree ■  fn  •  •// )  will  lie  foiicil  letters  of 
reoninmeniiatlon  from  Hon.  Marshall  P.  Wilder  and 
other  gentlemen.  Packages  with  seed  MUHelvOt  for 
six  bills,  with  tall  direct  lugs  fur  cultivation,  25 .cents 
each  ;  live  for  l1!.  Dealers  supplied  at  the  usual  dis¬ 
count. 

JAMES  J.  U.  GREGORY,  Marblehead,  Mass. 


/  t  RAPE  VINES.  SMA  LL  FRUITS,  FLOW. 
\  X  ERS,  Ac.  All  varieties  ol  Grune  Vines  ;  mug 
nlflcent  Delaware  layers,  $10  to  *.’15  per  100 ;  *15  to  $2(H 
per  1,000.  Splendid  stouk  of  Cireeti-llouso  and  Bed 
ding  Plants.  Catalogues  tree. 

GEO.  W.  CAMPBELL.  Delnwme,  O. 


IN  WASHINGTON 


The  spiciest  and  bestselling  book  ewer  published. 
It  tells  all  about  the  Vrrdit  Mobtller  BCundal,  Senato¬ 
rial  Briberies,  Congressmen,  Rings,  Lobbies,  and  tho 
Wonderful  Sights  of  the  National  Capital.  It  sells 
quick.  Send  for  Circulars,  and  see  our  terms  and  a 
full  description  of  the  work.  Address  CONTINEN¬ 
TAL  PUBLISHING  CO.,  New  York,  or  NATIONAL 
PUBLISHING  (XL.  Philadelphia  and  Chicago. 

WORKING  CLASS  *110  a  week  guaranteed. 

Respectable  employment  ut  home,  day  or  evening;  no 
cupltlll  required  ;  full  instructions  and  valuable  pack¬ 
age  of  goods  sent  true  by  mall.  Address,  with  tie.  re- 
turu  stamp,  M.  You  Nil  A  Co.,  IT8  Greenwich  fit.,  N.  Y. 

pnn  a  fir|lTP  The  best  fools  to  work  with. 
rUK  AUCpIIO  Largest  cash  pay,  either  trav¬ 
eling  or  at  home.  Exclusive  territory.  New  plans, 
specimens,  terms,  etc.,  free.  Address,  at  once, 

btJK  FIRESIDE  MU  END,  Chicago,  III. 

A  gents  wanted  for  the*  new  und  startling  book.  The 
arij|l  In  History,  by  author  of  ”  Gtsl  lu  History.” 
U  fc  *  i  L  Illustrated  by  Dorn  and  .Vast.  Endorsed  by 
eminent  divines.  E.  B.Trkat,  Pul).,rt()f>B’way,  N.Y, 


i,uMicatwn.<i 


MUSICAL  TREASURE, 

Vocal  and  Instrumental. 

WREATH  OK  GEMS, 

Vocal, 

SILVER  CHORD, 

Vocal 

GEMS  OF  SACRED  SONG, 
Vocal. 

GEMS  OF  SCOTTISH  SONG, 

GEMS  oV  GERMAN  SONG, 
Vocal. 

OPERATIC  PEARLS, 

Vocal. 

.  SHOWER  OF  PEARLS, 
Vocal. 

if  ORGAN  AT  HOME, 

For  Herd  Orauns, 

Instrumental. 

*  OEMS  OF  STRAUSS, 

IT  Instrumental. 

•?  HOME  CIRCLE,  Vol.  I. 
-  Instrumental, 

ia  HOME  CIRCLE,  Vol.  II. 

Instrumental. 

•*  PIANIST’S  ALBUM, 

■  *  Inst  rut  ueutal. 

;  5  PIANO  FORTE  GEMS, 

A  Instrumental. 


A  now  and  exceedingly  fine  variety,  very  early, 


U.*\  now  !m*i  rxccc-umgiy  1*11*3  viinciy,  vuij  umiy, 

large,  Arm  fleshed,  and  the  most  productive  and 
hiutlirxl  Black  Raspberry  known.  Endorsed  by 
prominent  Horticulturists.  Circulars,  with  testimo¬ 
nials,  price,  Ac.,  sent  free.  Address 

K.  K  LORD,  Newurk,  Wayne  Co.,  N.  Y. 


Averill  Chemical  Paint 


Pure  White,  Drabs, 

French  ghkv,  slates, 

Buffs,  Yellows, 

and  all  tho  fashionable  shades  and  colors  used  in 
house  ami  cottage  painting,  rtaiiy  fur  tine,  requires  no 
elf,  thinnlny  or  dryers,  und  sold  ONLY  BY  the  gal¬ 
lon. 

Every  Man  His  Own  Painter. 

Sample  card  of  colors,  and  testimonials  from  own¬ 
ers  of  the  finest  residences  in  the  country,  furnished 
free  by  dealers  generally,  or  hy  the 

AVERILL  CHEMICAL  PAINT  CO., 

!iii  Burliug  Slip,  New  York, 


5115 

ATAtflC-Uls 


ATENT  ATTORNEYS.- -J.  MeC.  PlCRPriNS  A  C0..5157th 
st.,  Washington,  D.  C.  Correspondence  solicited. 


AGENTS  WANTED  Tor  Humply  Dumpty.  "  Nobb 
Sample  25c.  II.  Dll  SILVICH  X  Co.,  31  3.  Cth  St.,  Fb 


I  was  the  first  to  Introduce  to  the  public  tho  Hub¬ 
bard  Squash,  American  Turban  Squash,  Marblehead 
.Mammoth  l  atibAge,  Mexican  Sweet  Corn,  Uhlnncy’s 
Water-melon,  un*l  many  other 

NEW  AND  VALUABLE  VEGETABLES. 

This  season  1  have  a  new  and  exceedingly  valuable 
squash,  new  varieties  of  corn,  three  tine  trillions,  and 
other  choice  new  vegetables  for  my  customers. 

My  business  lx  In  supply,  what-  every  good  fanner  Is 
anxious  to  got,  the  eery  best  of  vegetable  seed.  I 
grow  tt  hundred  amt  tl  f  by  kinds  on  my  four  sued  farms, 
right  under  my  own  eye,  inaliinQ  new  reyifiMes  u 
specialty,  beside*  Importing  their  choicest  varieties 
from  Knropean  growers.  Aline  selection  of  flower 
seed,  home-grown  and  imported,  will  also  be  found  in 
my  Catalogue,  which  will  he  sent  free  to  all  apiilioant*. 

As  stated  in  my  Catalogue,  nil  my  seed  Is  sold  under 
three  warrant**  1st:  'I'hutulL  money  on*  shall  rtu/cli 
me.  2d  :  That  all  seed  ordered  slUtU  rrnr.li  the  purchaser. 
3d  :  That  my  sen  lx  shut!  he fresh  anil  trur  to  1111m  v' 

JAMES  J.  H.  GREGORY.  Marblehead  Mass. 


EPO.SIT  TO-DAY  In  the  SAVINGS  BANK 
Chartered  by  the  United  Stales. 

Send  fuu  CiIUiulab.  No.  185  Bl eecker  St. 
ASSKTS  OV  KH  8  1,000. OOO. 


Agents  wanted  everywhere.  Business  slrietly  leBitl- 
muto.  1‘articulars  free.  J.  Won  i'll  &  Co.,  St.  Louies,  Mo, 


wait*  i»  s  g  P  A  tine  Missouri  Kruit  und 
1*190%  .VkAI  It  Garden  Farm  for  sale,  eon- 
I  UuS  tiilnlng  150  twrus.  IX  miles 

from  Louisiana,  Mo.,  where  you  have  railroad  and 
water  communication  with  all  parts  of  the  world. 
About  3,1  HK)  choice  bearing  apple  trees,  and  other 
small  fruits.  Will  he  sold  all  together,  or  divided  to 
suit  purchaser.  Will  he  sold  very  low,  and  on  easy 
terms.  For  particulars,  address 

RICHMOND  &  CO.,  Louisiana,  Mo. 


TO  ALL  HAVING-  SPARE  TIM-E 


-3  Sent,  post-paid,  for  Retail  Price. 

||  0.  DITS0N  &  00,,  Boston. 

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5"t  Til  Broadway*  New  York 


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CLOSING-OUT  SALE 

OF 

Plants,  Vines,  Flowers,  Green-House  and  Bed¬ 
ding  Stock, 

ON  THE 

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jQff  n*|  •ud  unto  til’d  It  HI’ANdLLO  IIAN- 
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|A  Bl«fc»- *  “I  ''liimlkf  bp'  *  4tL-*D»f^ 

tko*T,e*.  JU--»I*,  Mwifc.lUiV  S*A  llwmbiifAi 

IT  ft'XrwiM 4 AU<*A jA £»,  *«4  . . .  »v 

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♦  o  i*»u,  •  .i  *  m  v.  Y\tKti 

lATIM.  an-*  Ftnimul.  a  »ui-*h  HlANU  tUUOJlO, 

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LCQ  A  r**c:  ••  "Winth*,  lA  L.'»HL*.  t  *  Ui  e1**  WfliV- 

c.  kIm*  r;«  WA.vneo.  /r—  t  .vlht/  i 

AH  »laAH0iiiO  OANfdtlt,  UhwIa'.*,  N.  IU  / 


Roderick  Dhu,  12,810,  red,  calved  May  1st,  lti'il*. 
Got  by  Duke  Iinpcrlul,  5,52 •!,  (bred  by  .las.  O,  Sheldon, 
deeply  in  Bute*'  blood,)  out  of  ltuwena,  1st  oremium 
euwat  N.  Y,  State  Fair.  An  excellent  stock  getter, 
snre  and  gentle.  Weighs  about  2,' 'JOD  lb*. 

Itisuuirk,  9,53(1,  roun.  oalved  Aug.  27th.  1870.  Got 
by  Prince  of  Wains,  5,tOQ,  out  of  Beauty,  by  imp. 
Governor,  3,1122 1  G.durn  Zora,  by  Imp.  Neotune.  4,18(1; 
G.  G.  dam  Imp.  Daisy,  by  Romulus, 2, 503,  Ac.  Weighs 
about  1,850.  Also,  a  few  younger  bulls,  from  noted 
milking  stock,  for  sale  by  WM.  G.  M  A  RKllAM, 
Avon  Livlugston  Co,,  N.  Y. 


This  superior  stock  will  bo  positively 

CLOSED  ou  r  THIS  COMING  SPRING 

at  prices  lower  than  ever  before  offered  In  this  coun 
try.  Catalogue  now  ready-  Address 

“KNOX  ESTATE,”  Lock-Box  155, 

PidHbiirgh,  Pa. 


15  all  ages,  constantly  on  hand.  *•  Short-Horns 
Hulls,  cows  and  heifers  ;  bull  calves  of  much  promise 
Superior  jerseys,  all  recorded  In  A.  J.  C.  C.  H.  U. 
Solid;  color,  black ;  points:  few  Imported;  pure  and 
fine.  Bronze  Turkeys.  *10  pair.  Choice,  standard 
Light  Brahma  Cockerells,  *10  each.  Eggs  from  supe¬ 
rior  KosoUotnb  Vellow  Leg  Dominiques,  best  breed 
in  the  world,  *»  for  13  eggs.  11.  C.  GRAFF, 

Box  lw,  Maysville,  Col.  Co.,  Ohio. 


LMIEUI-SUND  FOU  A  SI'IG’IiYIKN. 

J’  A  full  (’HtuUigue  of  our  tUiimlanl,  MlseelbineoUi 
and  illustrated  Jliveuile  Hooka.  «>r  speulmou  num¬ 
bers  of  Oliver  O pile’s  Muga/Jne.  sent  by  mull  free. 

I.KK  A  811  ItPAUD.  Publishers,  Boston 
where  all  publication*  may  bo  found. 


Choice  Plants  and  Trees 


GENTS  WANTED  for  the  clearest.,  fullest  and 
most  effective  family  medical  book  ever  publish- 


OLM  BROTHERS,  Growers  of  Ornamental 

Trees,  Plants  und  Flowers.  Bend  for  Catalogue. 

Newark  Nursery,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Late  of  Springfield,  Mass. 


rilllE  IIEST  FAMILY  PERIODICALS 
A  THE  ATLANTIC  MONTHLY,  *4. 

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OIJR  YOUNG  FOLKS,  »‘i. 

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IF"  send  for  full  Prospectus,  and  for  Catalogue  of 
Standard  Works  by  flrst  American  and  English 


GRiGS  FOR  HATCHINt 


AGENTS  HEAD  THIS- A  MISTAKE  CORRECTED, 


THE  FLOWER  GARDEN. 

A  QUARTERLY  MAGAZINE  OF  FLORAL  PROGRESS 

Sniuplca  rtuil  Catalogue*  tree, 

TERMS One  Dollar  a  Yuar.  livery  Subxcriner  en¬ 
titled  to  i me  dollar's  worth  of  flower  seeds  or  bulbs  from 
our  Cataloijue.  BEACH,  SON  A  CO.  (FORMERLY  C. 
L,  Allen  A  Co.),  Seedsmen,  Bulb  Merchants  and 
Florists,  76  Fulton  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


OREM  1 1  >1  STANDARD  AND  PEDIGREE 

-L  FOWLS  FOR  SALK.  French  A. -duties,  Dark 
Brahmas  and  Game  Eggs,  **1  per  do/..  Derby  and 
Duck-Wing  Game  Eggs,  from  my  celebrated  strains, 
*12  per  doz.  Only  a  limited  number  for  sale.  Ad¬ 
dress,  with  stamp  for  Circular, 

HENRY  HK  EKIUTT, 
Poulterer  for  Isaac  Van  Winkle, 
Box  13,  Greenville,  Hudson  Co.,  N.  .1. 


authors 


contains  80  instead  of  50  full-page  cmgruviugs,  as  ad¬ 
vertised.  It  Is  the  book  to  sell.  Agents  make  from 
*10  to  *80  per  day.  it  Is  the  only  hook  that  contains 
tho  whole  story.  Don’t  be  humbugged  Into  selling 
any  other.  Agents  supplied  with  book  from  branch 
offices  near  them.  Circulars  free.  Address 

MUTUAL  PI  BL1SU1NU  CO.,  Hartford.  Conn. 


AAIIV  1ft  PTC  for  two  numbers  of  the  new 
(jriLY  -I o  u  I  ui  illustrated  paper,  Mv  oivx 
FlRKSlDK.  A  *5  Chromo  and  the  paper  only  *1  a  year 
JONES  &  HADLEY,  Publishers,  17fi  Broadway,  N.  Y 


MONEY  IN  THE  GARDEN  :  A  Veg¬ 
etable  Manual,  Prepared  wltl*  a 
view  lo  Economy  slid  Protlt. 

This  Work  upon  Kitchen  and  Market  Gardening, 
and  the  Held  Culture  of  Root  Crops,  is  by  P.  T. 
QtriNjf,  Practical  IIortlCuRurlst,  (Author  of  ‘"Pear 
Culture  for  Profit,”)  and  should  be  owned  and  studied 
by  every  one  l  ntereHteit  In  Gardening,  It  1*  an  ahlo, 
pructtcali  proliusely  Illustrated  work  of  268  13luo. 
pages.  Sent,  poHt-paid,  for  *1,50.  Address 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  PablUb«Fp 
15  Beekman  St.,  New  York. 


1MOS  mailed 
IloLland,  N.  Y. 


BEAUTIFUL  OIL  Cl! II 

fur  50  ceuts,  by  C.  H.  R1LKY 


LEE  S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES 


From  Light  Brahmas,  Buff  uud  Partridge  Cochins. 
Inclose  stamp  for  Circular.  S.  MERIIY,  Ulon,  N.  Y, 


pur  -li.y  I  Av-uuU  Wtt"tT*l  I  All  of  working 

{'■<*>1.1, *,  of  olthor  mi,  young  or  uU,  rnuko  mor«uwn«,y 
lli „!r -pure  tuom«nUor  nil  Ike  lluio  limn  ut  onytlilng 
r<  fret.  AJ'be»«  II.  Slll.vn  A  Co.,  PoTtUiul,  Miittm 


Wholeaale  and  General  Supply  Nuvaerles. 

An  Immense  stock,  of  sunerlor  quality,  at  low  orlces. 

fif-  (KugO  Hedge  Plnntu  by  the  1,000  or 
1,000,00(1.  Scud  for  Price  List. 

BLAIR  BROS., 

Lee’s  Summit,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 


HOW  'TlJ*  DONE,  or  ihe  Secret  Out.— Mus¬ 
tache  and  Whisker*  In  12  days.  This  GRKAT 
SECRET  and  101)  others.  Gamblers'  Tricks,  Cardl- 
ologv.  Ventriloquism,  all  In  tho  ORIGIN  AL  Book 
of  Wonders.”  Mulled  for  25  ct*.  Address 

D.  C.  CUTLER,  Carthage,  Illinois. 


For  Hatching,  from  reliable  breeding  stock.  One 
of  the  oldest  and  best  yards  of  Pure-Bred  Poultry 
lu  the  United  States. 

Send  for  Price  List.  G.  If.  WARNER, 

New  York  Mills,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y. 


SWEET  CHESTNUT  TREES 


The  largest  stock  in  the  world  at  greatly  reduced 
rates.  Circulars  free,  also,  a  full  line  of  superior 
Nursery  Stock.  Nlnetenth  year ;  200  acros ;  11  green¬ 
houses.  Address 

STORKS,  HARRISON  Jk  CO,, 

Paintmville,  Luke  Co.,  Ohio. 


ALLEN’S  AMERICAN  CATTLE:  THE 

Their  Hlatory,  Breeding  and  "*%■ 

Management.  IlOX>S@  UlSCcIS©. 

Every  breeder  or  owner  of  Cattle  should  have  this 

work  t*y  lion  Licwis  F.  Allen,  Kx-Prest.  N.  Y.  State  “  F.very  Horae  Owner’*  Cyclopedia”  ex- 
Ag.  Society,  Editor  of  “  American  Hhurt-llorn  Herd  p|uinB  h  fully.  Dr.  McCl.URic  says  ”  Let  any  one 
Book,”  &o..  Ac.  It  is  a  handsomely  Illustrated  and  who  owns  an  animal  affected  with  Epizootic  Influenza 
well  printed  un(l  bound  volume  of  523  duodecimo  follow  the  directions  given  In  the  book,  and  he  will 

§uges.  Mailed,  postr-pald,  to  any  address  ia  United  pretty  certainly  effect  a  cure."  Circulars,  Ac.,  Bent 
tates  or  Canada,  on  receipt  of  reduced  price.  |2.  \  frte.  Auknts  Wanted.  Send  for  terms. 

Address  PORT  Kit  Sc  COATES, 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  5  Beckman  8t.,  N.  Y.  Publishers,  f  hlladelphiu,  i  a. 


GN— 120  VARIETIES. -Send  for  Price  List, 
BO  It  DWELL  BROTHERS,  Penn  Yun.N.Y. 


Eggs  for  hatching.-froh  dark 

and  Light  Brahma;* ;  Partridge,  White  and  Buff 
Cochins.  From  First  Piemlum  strains.  Address, 
with  stamp,  W.  I.  HOWARD,  East  Saginaw,  Mich. 


IT’GGsS  FOR  HATCHING.  1  will  now  book  or- 
-1  ders  for  eggs  from  my  well  known  strains  of  Fan¬ 
cy  Poultry,  including  over  JO  varieties  of  Fowls  and 
Ducks,  to  be  shipped  as  soon  as  the  weather  will  per¬ 
mit.  Inclose _  stamp,  and  writu  for  what  you  want  to 
C.  N.  BROWN,  Unadllla  Forks,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y, 


ALL  LEADING  VARIETIES.  Extra  oca  lit  V 
enulne,  cheap.  T.  8.  HUBBARD, 

Frodonlu,  N.  Y 


$732 
MADE  IN  j 

3  I  DAYS 


A'PBiL  S 


RHODODENDRONS. 

S.  B.  PARSONS  &  SONS 


GEO.  STECK  &  CO.’S 


Offern  large  stock  oj  tlieabnvc  plaint ,  which,  by  per- 
hardiness.  i-u«.-y  cniiere.  it  rid  superb  foliage  uu< 
llownr.  ■■  i  i  .  .'.rivaled.  Tkuy  aim  offer  a  I ri r*-- • 

llClV!  fho  V'('1V  Olid  Kiiri<  US  well  II S  oldtfl 
1.1  l'.l{(.lltK\S,  MAGNOLIAS-  me  lured' 
grown.  ROHKH  cun  be  rui til-lied  by  the  KK)  or  LOtKi 
hihI  n  I  it  lit  u  assortment  in  offered  of  the  bent  Oil  \A  • 
M  ENT  A  I,  TKKEH  »nd  SHRUUS.  for  slngh 
tntffj  for  mnv-lug  or  fur  hedge*. 

.  &  (  jitiilngu.  h  furnlulu  d  on  application. 


are  now  everywhere  recognized  a*  the  l>t»Bt.  For  fine 
end  HVM  path  K  i  n  Tox  it,  ror  thorough  workmanship, 
mid  the  greateHt  possible  DURABILITY  they  are 
wholly  unrivaled.  The  Stkck  Cawsktiiu  Upright 
rtano.  combining  several  in  out  Important  improve¬ 
ments.  I’ATh.vTPii.  la  pronounced  r.v  nil  competent 
Judges  the  Most  PetiKK-r  Plano  of  this  cIiihh  ever 
l>r«>d  tit  ed  Every  Instrument  warranted  for  five  years. 
NEW  \VA  ft  EltOOM-.  *45  F.ual  1  UliH».,N.  Y. 


No  further  trouble  In  keeping  n  conutant  supply  oj 
vim',  clam  with  i  before  your  fowl*.  Only  about  otir- 
tcnth  of  t  he  water  Is  required,  as  none  !»  wasted. 

The  i’oultry  drink  n a  Irani  n  flowing  spring, 
with  aiiu  ityi  red  cap* fit y,  and  no  possible  duriger  of 
drowning.  With  ample  drinking  convenience,  and 
no  poKKiblti  dari.ftyr  of  fouling  the  water.  Hints  ftp 
Most  in  fjt  i  f  .nil  lai'tlifn.  I’rt'HOM*  who  hove  It  in  Use 

say  they  woulrl  not  he  without  one  for  tm  times  if 
cost.  The  f'ounUitti  is  ornamental,  mru  durable,  anti 
cannot  in  I  mil  of  ocihr.  Be  Inc  made  of  Iron  and  well 
galvanized  (inside  and  nut), Tt  cannot  rust  or  break. 
I  Ji|‘  water  in  the  dish  1*  renewed  many  times  a  dav, 
while  the  hulk  Is  preserved  In  an  air-tight  reservoir. 

For  sale  by  oil  Hardware  Dealera  and  Seedsmen 
throughout  the  country.  Liberal  discount  to  the 
Trade.  8.  nd  for  sample.  Money  refunded  If  not 
satisfactory. 

L£  Culfnu.  enrli . <SI^  or 


-A.  CASE  FOR  bERQH 

Practical  Skunk. — “Alas!  Can  such  t.hiilK»  be  i  They  are  not  content  with  taking  our 
skins,  but  they  also  rob  us  of  our  name  !  We  must  eufler  and  be  strong !” 


At  Wholesale  by  Craoin,  liuos.  a  <  o’ j  i«8  Lake  8t 
Chicago:  J.H.  POCOCK,  lWOheiry  Kt.,8t.  I  .outs;  Hki 
i.ew  Si  Co.,  Cincinnati.  Manufactured  only  by  the 

IKON  CLAD  CAN  CO., 

51  Oey  St.,  Xew  York, 


OFFICE  AND  SALESROOM, 

ROCHESTER,  N.  V. 

The  Office  and  Salesroom  of  the  Wiieeler  &  Wii.- 
bon  Hewing  Machine  has  been  removed  from  Pow¬ 
ers’  block  to 


Table  Knives  and  Forks  of  ALL  KINDS 

/\V  @ 


(>.000.000  ,,ATKS  OF 

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The  garden  borders  were  enlarged,  and  in 
due  season  every  bed  and  corner  was  occu¬ 
pied  with  strong,  healthy  plants  ;  and  for  a 
brief  season  we  rested  from  our  labors.  But 
weeds  grew,  and  we  soon  found  that  ”  eter¬ 
nal  vigilance”  was  not  only  ‘‘the  price  of 
liberty,”  but  of  well-kept  llower-bods  ;  and 
what  we  intended  should  be  a  most  delight¬ 
ful  pastime,  had  really  become  a  heavy  tax 
ou  time  and  strength. 

It  is  true,  there  were  wonderful  Asters, 
Balsams,  Pansies  and  Pinks,  besides  many 
Other  beautiful  flowers  ;  but  for  lack  of  room 
to  plant  those  of  one  color  in  separate  beds, 
our  garden,  at  a  little  distance,  presented  a 
piebald  appearance,  not  very  pleasing  to  a 
professional  florist.  However,  we  spent  near¬ 
ly  every  spare  hour,  during  the  summer,  in 
trying  to  keep  it  in  order,  but  found  ourselves 
eclipsed,  at  last,  by  a  quiet  little  neighbor, 
whose  few  varieties  of  flowers,  artistically 
arranged,  with  contrasting  colors,  challenged 
admiration,  and  absorbed  only  so  much  of 
her  time  as  she  ought  to  spend  in  the  garden. 

Our  wisdom  was  dearly  purchased,  but  has 


ing,  while  the  crystal  dew  drops  wore  yet 
upon  their  petals  as  if  they  were  tears  of  .joy 
at  our  appearance — petals  of  purest,  white, 
ethereal  blue,  violet  purple  and  golf  1— all  as 
if  from  one  parent  stock.  M.  j,  w.  m. 


since  guided  us  aright  in  the  selection  of  no 
more  seeds  than  our  means  and  leisure  will 
permit  us  to  cultivate  to  the  best  advantage. 

R.  D. 


PRIMULA  JAPONICA 


MASSING  PANSIES 


We  herewith  give  an  illustration  of  the 
new  Japan  Primrose,  upon  which  the  English 
florists  have  expended  all  their  strong  adjec¬ 
tives  usually  employed  in  praising  new  plants. 
One  says,  “  Hail  I  Queen  of  the  Primroses 
another  says,  “  No  plant  has  created  such  a 
sensation  since  the  day  when  the  fAlium 
aura  turn  was  Introduced  /is  this  royal  Prim¬ 
rose.”  We  do  not  doubt  that  it.  deserves  all 
the  praise  bestowed  upon  it,  for  a  Primrose 
growing  a  foot  and  a  half  high,  bearing  four 
or  live  whorls  of  flowers,  of  a  rich  Magenta 
color,  and  each  flower  an  inch  In  diameter,  is 
certainly  tin  object  worthy  of  admiration. 

The  well  known  botanist  and  collector,  Mr. 
Robert  Fortune,  met  this  plant  in  Japan 
some  ten  or  more  years  ago,  and  sent  a  num¬ 
ber  to  England,  but  none  reached  their  desti¬ 
nation  alive,  Ever  since  that  time  efforts 
have  been  made  to  secure  others,  without 
success,  until  a  package  of  seeds  was  ob¬ 
tained,  from  which  the  present  stock  were 
raised.  This  new  and  beautiful  Primrose  iB 
perfectly  hardy  in  England,  and  probably 
will  succeed  in  the  open  ground  in  this  coun¬ 
try,  even  in  the  Northern  States,  with  a  little 
protection. 

We  notice  that  some  of  our  most  enter¬ 
prising  florists  are  offering  the  plants  for  sale, 
consequently  we  shall  soon  know  all  about  it 
through  actual  experience.  The  Chinese 
double  white  Primrose  is  one  of  the  most 
valuable  plants  for  cut  flowers  in  winter,  and 
although  our  florists  have  been  propagating 
it  extensively  for  the  past  half  dozen  or  more 
years,  still  the  demand  exceeds  the  supply. 
The  demand  for  flowers  is  not  only  constant¬ 
ly  increasing  but  the  public  taste  is  undergo¬ 
ing  a  change,  and  small,  neat  flowers  are  in 
greater  demand  than  formerly,  and  the  Prim¬ 
rose  comes  in  most  admirably. 


TO  PRESERVE  CUT  FLOWERS 


Since  pansies  have  become  such  universal 
favorites  with  the  practical  and  amateur 
florists,  it  is  but  little  use  to  say  anything 
about  their  culture;  they  are  so  modest, 
yielding  to  almost  any  treatment,  and  yet 
making  a  good  floral  display  whet  her  in  the 
house  or  out  in  the  open  ground.  As  they 
are  generally  grown  in  the  garden,  the  many 
ways  in  which  they  are  served  up  is  quite 
astonishing.  Having  had  some  experience 
with  them,  for  several  rears  past,  as  single 
plants  and  for  edging,  etc,,  I  have  found 
them  to  give  the  best  satisfaction  when  all 
colors  arc  grown  en  masse.  There  are  few 
flowers  that  will  excel  a  lino  bed  of  pansies, 
all  colors  mixed. 

One  of  the  most  beautiful  sights  I  ever  saw 
was  a  mass  of  them  on  a  cool  October  mom- 


A  correspondent  says:— Place  and  ar¬ 
range  the  cut  flowers  in  a  vase  or  deep  plate, 
lllled  with  water;  then  cover  the  same  with 
a  glass,  such  as  is  used  in  apiaries,  having  a 
small  hole  at.  the  top,  as  the  uir  must  not  be 
entirely  excluded,  but  sufficient  ventilation 
given  to  allow  the  damp  to  escape.  A  dish 
of  wild  flowers  tins  placed  has  been  kept 
more  than  ten  days  In  perfect  beauty,  making 
fresh  buds  and  expanding  every  day.  These, 
without  a  glass,  would  be  more  difficult  to 
keep  fresh  and  without  drooping  than  garden 
or  green-house  flowers,  but  not  less  beautiful 
or  wort  hy  of  care  and  attent  ion. 


FLORICULTURAL  NOTE  ! 


Hybridising  Oemninms. — (M.  W.) — There 
is  but  one  way  of  effecting  the  hybridization 
of  plants,  and  that  is  to  apply  the  pollen  of 
one  species  to  the  stigma  of  anotlu  r.  Most 
of  the  present  race  of  Geraniums  are  not  hy¬ 
brids,  but  cross-breds.  You  will  need  to  re¬ 
move  the  stamens  of  tlie  flower  you  wish  to 
operate  on  before  the  pollen  is  ripe,  and  en¬ 
velope.  the  flowers  in  a  gauze  bag  both  before 
and  after  the  pollen  of  the  other  has  been  ap¬ 
plied  to  one  or  all  of  the  horn-like  stigmas. 
When  the  seed  vessels  enlarge,  you  may  re¬ 
move  the  bag.  The  best  time  to  apply  the 
pollen  is  in  the  early  part  of  the  day,  and  the 
plants  seed  more  freely  when  they  are  kept 
rather  dry,  so  as  not  to  lie  gross,  a  dry,  well- 
vent  ilntod  atmosphere  being  necessary.  — 
Cottage  Gardener. 

Verbena*  and  Petunias  have  blossomed 
freely  in  the  window  for  Mrs.  Brown,  since 
the  holidays,  anil  she  attributes  their  thus 
blooming  to  the  fact  that  she  slipped  them 
into  the  pots  they  were  to  bloom  in  in  June, 
put  glass  over  them  until  they  were  well 
rooted,  then  gave  them  good  care  until  frosty 
nights,  when  they  were  removed  to  the  house, 
keeping  plenty  of  fresh  air  in  the  rooms  and 
plenty  of  water  singing  in  a  kettle,  day  and 
night,  in  the  room  in  which  they  grow,  both 
of  which  promote  the  health  of  plants  and 
people. 

Sweet  Peas. — A  skillful  cultivator  of  this 
flowering  plant  says  that,  if  properly  grown, 
it  will  bloom  for  months  ;  that  failure  arises 
from  poor  soil,  sowing  too  thickly,  and  not 
allowing  a  well  developed  and  luxuriant 
growth.  The  soil  should  be  very  rich,  and 
for  a  hedge  or  screen,  the  peas  sown  in  a  row. 
To  keep  up  the  bloom,  the  seed  pods  must 
be  promptly  removed,  as  the  growth  and 
ripening  of  seeds  would  exhaust  the  strength 
of  the  plant.  By  this  process  they  will  bloom 
all  summer  and  until  frost.  -Jowa  Homestead. 

Ladv  Corrcsvondenls  relative  to  floricul- 


TOO  MANY  FLOWERS 


With  six  new  catalogues  on  the  table,  from 
us  many  florists,  every  one  of  which  Is  a  gem 
iu  its  way,  how  is  one  to  choose,  and  where 
limit  the  selection  of  seeds  f  The  cunning 
seedsmen  allure  ns  with  pretty  pictures  and 
promises  of  flowery  harvests  ;  but  don’t  buy 
too  many  of  the  lovely  tilings  advertised  iu 
the  catalogues,  lest  you  reap  “  vexation  of 
spirit.” 

Our  own  experience  looms  up  before  us 
like  a  warning  beacon,  and,  hereafter,  we 
shall  resist  the  temptation  to  purchase  more 
seeds  than  we  .can  grow  to  perfection.  A 
dollar’s  collection  of  annuals  was  our  first  in¬ 
vestment,  and  we  were  so  well  pleased  with 
this  attempt  at  floriculture  that  we  resolved 
to  have  a  magnificent  garden  another  year. 
Large  orders  were  sent  to  several  florists, 
embracing  nearly  all  the  most  popular  an¬ 
nuals,  besides  many  biennials  and  perennials. 
As  yet,  we  had  no  hot-hod  or  cold*  frame,  and 
by  tlie  time  the  seeds  of  tender  plants  were 
all  sown  in  boxes,  in  the  house,  and  properly 
labeled,  we  began  to  mistrust  our  ability  to 
provide  suitable  quarters  for  our  numerous 
seedlings  ;  and  when  they  were  transplanted, 
nearly  every  window  and  sunny  spot  in  the 
house  was  monopolized  by  boxes,  pots  and 
dishes  of  every  description.  It  began  to  look 
like  most  too  much  of  a  good  thing — at  least 
to  the  lord  of  the  mansion  ;  but,  having  fair¬ 
ly  started,  we  concluded  to  carry  out  the 
original  programme. 


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CAMPBELL’S  LATE  HOSE  POTATO. 


In  your  issue  for  March  15,  page  170,  Mr. 
Geo.  W.  Campbell  has  considerable  to  say 
about  what  I  wrote  as  my  experience  the 
past  year  -with  his  Late  Rose  potato,  which 
was  published  in  your  paper  of  Feb.  8.  I 
have  carefully  re-read  that  letter,  and  I  can 
see  nothing  there  that  ought  to  displease  Mr. 
Campbell.  If  Mr.  Campbell  thinks  so  high¬ 
ly  of  the  potato,  why  did  he  not  send  me  $10, 
and  have,  me  send  him  my  Late  Rose  pota¬ 
toes  that  wore  grown  from  the  seed  he  sent 
me  t  If  the  soil  was  ho  uncongenial,  why  did 
the  other  varieties  mentioned  do  so  much 
better  than  his  Late  Rose,  on  same  soil  and 
culture  ?  Mr.  C.  does  not  mention  the  fact, 
nor  try  to  solve  the  question,  why  it  wus  so. 
If  Mr.  Campbell  does  not  know  me,  the 
senior  editor  of  the  Rural  does,  and  also 
that  1  never  have  written  for  controversy — 
only  to  state  facts,  and  give  my  opinion  from 
the  results  of  such  facts  as  have  occurred 
under  my  observation  and  experiments. 

I  accidentally  had  a  few  furrows  plowed 
on  this  same  piece  of  land,  in  1870  ;  planted 
three  rows  of  Early  Rose  potatoes  thereon, 
and  the  land  on  both  sides  was  meadow  ;  the 
result  was  a  yield  of  more  than  300  bushels  of 
large,  nice  polntoes'pcr  acre,  the  best  crop  1 
ever  had.  The  potatoes  were  not  cultivated 
nor  hoed  that  year  ;  does  that  look  like  un¬ 
congenial  soil  ?  1  had  intended  to  plow  and 
plant  an  acre  or  two  at  that  time,  but  busi¬ 
ness  pressed,  and  only  a  few  furrows  wore 
planted,  as  stated,  also  tho  result ;  and  who) 
I  planted  that  ground  last  spring,  after  being 
well  manured,  and  a  crop  of  corn  grown 
thereon  in  1871,  I  thought,  and  still  think,  I 
had  an  extra  good  piece  of  congenial  soil  for 
potatoes.  Other  people  see  that  letter  in  a 
very  different  light  from  Mr.  Campbell.  I 
ltfive  had  numerous  letters  congratulating  me 
.on  the  fairness  of  my  statements,  with  the 
request  that  I  take  some  new  sorts  and  test, 
and  give  the  result,  either  for  or  against,  as 
the  case  may  be. 

As  Mr.  Campbell  has  sent  you  a  number 
of  statements  in  favor,  I  will  give  you  one  or 
two  sent  me  ;  but  I  shall  withhold  names,  as 
I  have  no  right  to  make  public  private  let¬ 
ters,  as  that  would  be  a  breach,  of  confidence 
that  no  true  gentleman  would  like  to  do  in 
such  a  case.  One  letter  says,  ‘‘your  experi¬ 
ence  agrees  with  mine,”  etc.;  another,  “I 
must  give  jyou  my  experience  with  Camp¬ 
bell’s  Late  Rose.  I  planted  21  hills  of  one 
eye  each  in  my  garden.  1  harvested  87  lbs., 
of  which  47  lbs.  were  small  potatoes  ;  many 
of  the  large  ones  were  scraggy.  They  were 
very  strong — totally  unlit,  for  table  use.  1 
planted,  side  by  side  with  them,  21  hills  of 
one  eye  each  of  Thorburu’s  Late  Rose.  T 
harvested  from  them  135  lbs.  of  very  hand¬ 
some  potatoes  ;  there  were  but  4  lbs.  of  small 
ones.  The  cultivation  was  precisely  alike 
with  both.”  Mr,  A.  8.  Nash  of  Westport, 
Conn.,  in  Rural  of  March  1,  gives  his  expe¬ 
rience  with  Campbell's  Late  Rose ;  says  he 
received  si  \  small  ones  for  a  pound,  planted 
on  dry,  gra  velly  loam  ;  the  result  a  less  yield 
than  I  gave  ;  ho  also  said  ho  “knew  of  some 
parties  who  bought  a  bushel  of  Campbell’s 
Late  Rose  who  thiuk  they  are  a  humbug,” 
Wat  the  soil  of  all  these  parties  uncongenial  f 
It  would  seem  so,  certainly,  from  the  result. 
E.  Ryder  of  Putnam  Co,,  N.  Y.,  in  Country 
Gentleman  of  March  13,  says  he  “had  l  lbs., 
last  spring;  they  were  very  small;  he  cut 
them  to  single  eyes,  and  planted  them  in  a 
select  spot ;  harvested  them  late,  and  had  two 
barrels,  leaving,  perhaps,  a  bushel  on  the 
ground,  rotten.  Those  put  hi  the  cellar  con¬ 
tinued  to  decay  unt  il  I  do  not  think  there  is 
a  bushel  of  sound  ones  among  them — the  seed 
procured  direct  of  Mr,  Campbell.”  L.  liis- 
ley,  Linn  Co.,  Iowa,  in  same  paper,  same 
date,  says  lie  “sent  to  Mr.  Campbell  for  a 
package,  and  planted  them  on  new,  good 
soil ;  the  yield  was  equal  to  the  Peerless 
planted  by  the  side  of  them,  and  lie  has  never 
been  able  to  discover  any  difference  in  them 
— both  too  soggy  to  be  called  good  for  the 
table  ;  not  to  be  compared  with  the  Early 
Rose  or  White  Peach  Blow.”  He  says  “Mr. 
Campbell  might  have  made  a  mistake  in 
sending  them,”  and  says  he  “would  like  to 
know  of  Mr.  C.  if  the  Late  Rose  so  nearly  re¬ 
sembles  the  Peerless  ?” 

As  Mr.  Campbell  said  he  could  fill  your 
paper  with  such  testimony  as  he  sent  you,  so 
I  could  send  you  much  more  of  the  same 
opinion  as  my  own  :  but  your  readers  can 
see  there  are  two  sides  t<  >  the  position  taken 
by  the  writer,  who  has  no  interest  but  to 
serve  liis  brother  farmers,  while  Mr.  Camp¬ 
bell  wishes  to  sell  his  crops  at  great  prices. 


I  will  modify  my  position  and  say,  all  farm¬ 
ers  at  the  North  had  better  get  an  earlier 
potato  than  Campbell’s  Late  Rose  ;  also  that 
1  don’t  wish  to  plant  all  I  have,  and  all  read¬ 
ers  of  jthe  Rural  who  will  call  on  me  can 
have  a  sample  to  test  the  coming  season,  fret 
of  charge;  and  those  («r  a  part,  at  least, 
while  the  potatoes  last)  who  live  at  a  distance 
can  have  samples  sent  them  by  mail,  by  send¬ 
ing  me  money  enough  to  cover  cost  of  put¬ 
ting  up,  and  to  pay  postage,  as  I  intend  to 
dispose  of  a  buBhel  or  two  of  them  in  that 
way  ;  but  if  some  of  them  should  bo  affected 
with  tho  disease,  and  escape  my  notice,  T 
don’t  want  to  be  blamed  therefor,  as  Mr. 
Campbell  Bays  they  never  rot.  I  think 
otherwise.  Jonathan  Talcott. 

Romo,  N.  Y„  March  21. 

ALSIKE  CLOVER. 


A  Calhoun  Co.,  Mich.,  correspondent  of  the 
Country  Gentleman  says  of  this  clover : 
The  plant  bears  a  greater  resemblance  to  the 
common  white  than  to  the  red  clover.  It 
yields  two  mowings  annually,  if  cut  expressly 
for  hay  when  in  full  bloom,  which  in  this 
latitude  is  generally  the  last  of  June  or  the 
first  of  July.  But  if  cut  for  seed  it  should 
stand  about  two  weeks  later,  then  affording 
abundance  of  superior  pasturage  for  all  kinds 
of  stuck.  The  seed  is  cut  from  the  first  crop. 
The  Alsike,  when  left  to  seed,  has  its  stalks 
and  leaves  yet  green  when  its  seeds  are  ripe, 
and  produces  much  better  hay  than  the  red 
clover  -when  cut.  for  that  purpose. 

Tho  weight  of  seed  required  to  be  sown  is 
from  3>^  to  1  lbs.  per  acre,  which  is  au  abun¬ 
dance.  The  seed  being  much  smaller,  a  leas 
quantity  is  required  than  of  the  red  clover. 
Four  pounds  of  Alsike  will  seed  more  land 
than  ten  pounds  of  red  clover.  The  seed  is 
sown  at  the  usual  time  of  Rowing  common 
red  clover,  on  wheat,  oats,  rye  or  barley.  It 
generally  yields  from  throe  to  eight  bushels 
of  seed  per  aero.  The  head  is  formed  with 
pods,  like  common  white  clover,  with  several 
seeds  in  each  pod. 

1  have  tried  Alsike  by  the  side  of  red  clover 
four  successive  yearn,  wed  sown  at  the  same 
time  and  in  the  same  field,  and  find  that  cat¬ 
tle,  horses  and  sheep  will  not  graze  on  the 
red  clover  so  long  as  they  can  get  a  good  bite 
on  the  Alsike.  My  experience  is,  there  is  no 
i  other  clover  equal  to  it  for  the  purpose  of 
feeding  cattle,  sheep  and  horses,  and  I  believe 
it  to  be  equal  to  the  red  clover  as  a  fertilizer. 
It  will  flourish  on  dry  and  moist  land, — does 
not  suffer  i  rons  the  severest  frosts  or  drouth 
as  red  clo/er  does. — is  as  free  from  fuzz  or 
dust  as  Timothy  ;  hence  it  will  not  cause 
horses  to  cough  and  heave  aa  red  clover  hay 
does.  It  will  grow  from  one  to  two  and  a- 
half  tons  of  superior  hay  to  the  acre,  accord¬ 
ing  to  the  season. 

1  t  hink  1  never  had  a  greater  growth  of  red 
clover  than  I  raised  four  years  ago,  growing 
from  three  to  five  feet  in  length.  Alsike  has 
many  more  branches,  leaves  and  blossoms 
from  the  main  stalk  than  the  red  clover  ; 
the  hay  is  therefore  much  finer,  and  fur 
superior  in  quality.  In  fact,  it  is  of  the  same 
nature  as  the  common  white  clover,  which 
all  fanners  will  understand,  except  growing 
so  much  larger  size.  All  farmers  know,  who 
have  had  experience,  that  common  white 
clover  pasture  is  far  superior  to  any  red  clo¬ 
ver  ;  therefore  if  it  would  grow  large  enough 
to  mow  it  would  make  much  better  hay  than 
red  clover.  Alsike  clover  blossoms  furnish 
an  abundance  of  honey  for  bees ;  they  can 
work  on  them  as  well  as  on  the  common 
white  clover,  and  can  gather  honey  much 
faster. 

To  SOW  the  seed  mix  the  quantity'  of  seed 
with  the  quantity  of  plaster  you  wish  to  sow 
per  acre  evenly,  and  bow  as  if  sowing  plaster, 
except  on  smaller  lands.  In  so  doing  you 
sow  your  seed  at  the  same  time  that  you  sow 
your  plaster,  saving  tho  labor  of  going  over 
the  field  twice,  and  it  can  be  sown  much 
more  evenly.  As  the  seed  is  so  small,  and 
such  a  little  quantity  is  required  per  acre,  it 
is  difficult  to  hold  the  quantity  in  the  hand  or 
fingers  that  is  required,  if  sown  by  hand, 
Plaster  should  be  sown  as  a  fertilizer,  as  on 
red  clover. 

- -*•-*■ -* — - - 

PROFITS  OF  HOP  GROWING. 

J.  V.  Scoville  is  reported  to  have  made 
the  following  statement  at  a  recent  meeting 
in  Central  New  York : — Said  a  hop  grower 
to  me  the  other  day  :  “  The  present  high 
price  of  hops  has  turned  our  farmers  crazy.” 
But  let  me  suggest  an  old  adage : — “Think 
twice  before  you  leap.”  Don't  embark  in 
hop  growing  until  you  have  firmly  resolved 
to  continuo  the  business  for  a  series  of  yews, 
through  sunshine  and  shadows.  It’s  a  per¬ 
plexing  business,  but  we  are  willing  to  en¬ 
dure  almost  anything  to  make  money.  It 


necessitates  a  large  expense  at  the  very  out¬ 
set.  The  usual  system  of  planting  makes  700 
hills  to  an  acre,  which  require,  to  be  properly 
poled,  1,400  poles.  Good  selected  Canada 
polos  could  scarcely  lie  delivered  on  the 
ground  for  less  than  twenty  cents,  or  at  a 
cost  of  $280  per  acre,  and  I  know  of  many  a 
yard  where  such  poles  have  cost  twenty-four 
cents  apiece. 

A  good  drying  house  with  the  proper  equip¬ 
ments,  could  scarcely  cost  less  than  $1,000  at 
present,  and  then,  with  your  bop-yard  plant¬ 
ed  the  previous  year,  you  are  ready  to  realize, 
provided  the  crop  is  not  blasted  and  the 
brewery  men  are  willing  to  give  you  remu¬ 
nerative  prices.  I  am  unable  to  present  the 
actual  cost  of  cultivating  an  acre  of  hops,  as 
the  conditions  of  the  ground  vary  so  much, 
but  I  have  often  heard  reliable  men  say  that 
they  would  as  soon  take  care  of  an  acre  of 
hops  as  an  acre  of  corn.  But  I  can  give  you 
some  idea  of  the  cost  of  harvesting,  by  pre¬ 
senting  the  result  of  a  single  day’s  picking  in 
my  own  yard.  Tho  names  Of  thirty-six 
pickers  appears  on  myr  list,  though  tho  actual 
number  was  scarcely  leas  than  sixty,  includ¬ 
ing  large  and  small.  The  {older  ones  picked 
in  regular  boxes,  uud  the  younger  ones  in 
straw  hats  and  baskets.  Borne  families  picked 
as  high  as  seven  and  eight  boxes,  and  the 
amount  per  box  paid  to  tlioBc  who  boarded 
themselves  was  45  cents,  and  those  who 
boarded  80  cents.  The  following  table  pre¬ 
sents  the  matter  in  detail : 


Number  of  boxes... .  „  MX  „ 

Amount  of  liopH  dried . . .  1,135  lbs. 

A  voravo  welsh t  per  box . . .  12X  lbs. 

I’nld  pIckeTS  In  lots . . . $45  03 

Paid  Pole  pullers .  11  00 

Paid  for  boarding  pickers .  12  SO 

1‘iiUt  for  33V  lbs.  sacking,  Included  in 

weight  of  hops  above.......... .  t  (» 

Paid  for  drying  1,135  lbs.  of  liops,  at  2  eta.  22  70 

Total.. . <8 

No  allowance  is  mode  for  in  dividual  time  or 
labor.  This  makes  the  cost  of  harvesting 
alone  Sfj  cents  per  pound,  or  $85  per  1  housand 
pounds,  equal  to  $170  per  ton.  Hops  are  a 
good  paying  crop  at  twenty  cents  u  pound, 
but  when  we  get  fifty  or  sixty  cents,  as  is 
sometimes  the  case,  then  we  get  a  glimpse  of 
the  “golden  fleece.”  From  six  to  seven  acres 
of  Imps  the  grower  not  unfrequently  receives 
$1,000  or  $5,000. 


CUTWORMS  AND  CORN. 


A  correspondent  of  the  Country  Gentle¬ 
man  says  -Immediately  after  the  corn  is 
planted,  sprinkle  on  the  hill,  over  the  covered 
grains,  about  one  tablespoonful  of  salt  to 
each  hill.  More  will  do  no  harm,  but  how 
much  more  the  corn  would  stand  I  do  not 
know.  A  tablespoonful  is  enough,  and  per¬ 
haps  less  would  do.  That  is  ull.  1  have  bur¬ 
ied  cut  worms  in  salt  and  left  them  there  a 
long  time  without  doing  them  any  apparent 
harm,  and  they  will  crawl  over  salt  without 
hesitation  or  any  seeming  annoyance,  but 
they  will  not  eat  the  young  corn  plant  if 
there  is  u  little  salt  in  its  sap.  That  seems  to 
be  the  explanation  of  its  protective  influence. 

Allow  me  to  repeat  that  the  salt  should  be 
put  on  the  corn  bills  immediately  after  the 
planting,  that  it  may  be  dissolved  by  the 
rain,  dew,  or  other  moisture  in  the  air,  and 
thus  reach  the  roots  4»f  the  plant  greatly 
diluted  by  mixture  with  the  soil,  and  there¬ 
fore  safe  to  the  young  and  tender  plant ;  and 
also  that  it  may  beat  the  roots,  where  it  may 
enter  the  sap  of  the  plant,  not  at  the  leaves, 
where  it  can  only  destroy. 

-♦♦♦ - 

SOWING  CORN. 


A  correspondent  at  Rahway,  N.  J.,  asks 
the  best  way  of  sowing  corn  for  soiling  pur¬ 
poses —  whether  broadcast  or  in  drills  ;  also 
the  best  time  to  sow  if  intended  for  winter 
use  ;  and  if  one  kind  of  com  is  superior  to 
another  for  this  use.  We  reply  that  we  have 
found  it  most  profitable  to  sow  thickly  in 
drills  2)i  feet  apart,  and  cultivate  with  a 
single  shovel-plow  or  small  cultivator.  For 
winter  forage  we  have  sown  it  as  Jate  as  the 
15th  of  July,  and  by  persistent  culture  (the 
ground  being  rich,  as  it  should  be,)  got  very 
large  crops,  and  seemed-  them  before  frost. 
We  shall  be  glad  to  record  the  experience  of 
farmers. 

- - 

FIELD  NOTES. 


Lucerne. — We  have  several  inquiries  about 
this  forage  crop.  Have  any  of  our  readers 
any  experience  with  it  i  Practical  experi¬ 
ence  from  men  who  have  grown,  or  are  grow¬ 
ing,  it  is  better  than  anything  we  can  say 
about  it,  for  we  have  had  no  experience  with 
it. 

Potatoes  should  be  planted  as  early  as  pos¬ 
sible.  They  do  not  require  a  rich  soil,  but  do 
best  with  enrichment  hi  the  hill  Ashes  are 
among  its  best  fertilizers. 


offap  Oh- ei  no  mi). 


ARTIFICIAL  M ANDRE  FOR  CORN. 


In  reply  to  “Curiosities”  I  would  say  that 
he  should  have  stated  the  nature  of  his  soil. 
Most  artificial  fertilizers  pay  best  on  heavy 
soils.  I  have  used  several  kinds  of  super¬ 
phosphates  on  sandy  soil  and  find  them  to 
pay  well  except  in  dry  seasons.  Enoch  Coe’s 
superphosphate  of  lime  gives  the  best  satis¬ 
faction  to  farmers  of  this  vicinity.  To  insure 
a  good  crop  of  corn  it  should  be  applied  twice 
in  the  hill  at  planting  and  at  the  first  hoeing 
covering  it  with  the  soil ;  lot)  lbs.  to  the  acre 
each  time. 

1  keep  about  forty  fowls,  and  clean  the 
manure  out  from  under  their  roost  every  two 
weeks  and  put  it  in  barrels  ;  then  cover  tho 
floor  with  gypsum,  ashes  or  lime.  1  also  save 
all  night  soil,  and,  adding  it  to  the  above,  flud 
that  1  have  about  two  Ions  of  manure  which 
1  think  better  thun  most  of  the  phosphates, 
poudrette,  &c.  In  preparing  it,  for  use  I 
spread  it  upon  a  floor  (cement  is  best),  scatter 
corn  meal  over  it  every  other  day  and  let  tho 
fowls  pulverize  it  ;  then  screen  it,  thresh  the 
hard  lumps  and  screen  again.  I  use  a  good 
handful  to  three  hills  of  corn  and  two  of  po¬ 
tatoes,  and  the  increase  in  corn  will  more  than 
feed  the  hens  the  next  year.  G.  e.  l. 

- ♦-*-♦ - 

SLOPPING  WASHES. 


A  correspondent  of  the  Rural  Sun  recom¬ 
mends  the  following  mode  Cut  pieces  of 
the  yellow  locust  roots  a  foot  long  ;  make 
holes  with  a  sharpened  stake  made  with  a 
foot  rest,  like  a  boy’s  stilt,  and  place  the 
roots  in  them,  in  lines  across  the  wash.  Be¬ 
hind  and  in  front  of  these  peg  down  poles, 
and  between  the  lines  of  poles  place  ribbons 
of  Bermuda  grass  sod,  well  tramped  in.  Tlie 
poles  will  keep  the  water  from  washing  up 
the  sod  until  it,  sends  down  its  roots  ;  that  is 
all  it  asks.  The  locust  room  will  send  up 
bushes  which  will  soon  become  trees.  The 
grass  will  catch  the  silt,  hold  it,  grow  up  as 
it  rises  ;  while  the  bushes  will  not  only  help 
in  this  way,  but  also  arrest  wash  of  all  kinds. 
Before  one  hardly  realizes  it,  he  hits  a  gully 
converted  into  a  gentle  undulation  and  is  in 
possession  of  a  lot  of  fence  posts,  worth  50 
cents  for  each  seven  feet  in  length. 


HOW  TO  HANG  HOGS. 

A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  Western  Rural 
says  : — Take  the  hind  wheels,  axle-tree  and 
reach  of  u  common  lumber  wagon.  Fasten  a 
common  farm  ladder  to  the  axle-tree,  and  the 
reach.  Let  tho  ladder  extend  live  or  six  feet 
behind  the  axle-tree.  Buck  tho  hind  end  of 
the  ladder  on  to  the  bench  where  your 
dressed  hog  lies,  roll  him  on  to  the  ladder, 
then  let  one  man  or  lad  take  hold  of  the  for¬ 
ward  round  of  the  ladder  and  play  horse  and 
trundle  it  five  or  ten  rods  to  where  you  wish 
to  hang  the  hogs.  Ground  the  forward  end 
of  the  ladder  and  your  hog  is  in  position  for 
the  gallows.  Try  it  once  and  you  will  never 
lubber  lift  again. 

• - - 

HUSKING  CORN. 


An  Illinois  coiTespondent  of  the  New  York 
Tribune,  gives  his  method  : — Fit  your  wagon- 
box  to  hold  thirty  bushels,  then  put  at  least 
a  foot  and  a-half  hang-board  on  the  opposite 
side  ;  tie  the  horse  next  to  you  t.o  the  other 
one’s  home,  to  keep  him  from  eating;  then 
take  two  rows,  catch  the  ears  with  the  thumb 
toward  the  point,  strip  both  sides  nearly  at 
once,  and  give  it  a  wrench  with  your  right 
hand  at  the  same  time.  In  good  eorn  a  good 
hand  will  in  this  way  crib  sixty  bushels  in  a 


ECONOMICAL  NOTES. 


Applying  Ashes  to  Potatoes—  My  experi¬ 
ence  in  applying  ashes  to  potatoes,  with  the 
host  results,  has  been  to  put  on  a  single  hand¬ 
ful  to  each  lull  soon  after  they  are  planted, 
and  before  they  get  out  of  the  ground.  I 
have  increased  my  crop  one-half  by  so  doing. 
By  making  an  experiment  in  the  same  field, 
bv  leaving  a  row  without  ashes,  I  have  seen 
the  result.  I  consider  ashes  better  than  plaster 
for  potatoes  ;  worth  to  me  23  ets.  per  bushel. 
— J.  D.  Randall. 

Milkweed.— Can  you  or  some  of  your  read¬ 
ers  tell  me  how  milkweed  can  be  killed  ?  I 
have  a  valuable  piece  of  land  that  is  badly 
covered.  Any  information  on  the  subject 
will  be  thankfully  received  by  an  old— Read¬ 
er  op  the  Rural. 

Rotter  and  Harroic  Wanted. —  Will  you 
allow  me  room  to  Rsk  your  readers  for  a 
draft  of  a  wooden  roller  for  rolling  land ; 
also  a  draft  of  the  best  kind  of  iron  drag  for 
rough  land  I— Elijah  Betts. 


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J;iit[ir  gitJibitiulrir, 


CHURNING  THE  WHOLE  MILK. 


The  question  of  how  to  get  the  most  and 
best  butter  out  of  a  given  quantity  of  milk, 
does  not  appear  to  bo  fully  settled.  There 
are  advocates  of  different  systems.  Some 
insist  that  it.  is  bettor  to  churn  only  the  cream, 
others  the  “  whole  milk.’’  Again,  some  ad¬ 
vocate  churning  the  cream  when  it  is  sweet, 
others  when  it  is  sour  or  slightly  acid,  and 
the  samo  difference  of  opinion  is  held  among 
those  who  advocate  churning  the  whole  milk, 
as  to  whether  it.  should  go  to  the  churn  sweet 
or  sour.  All  these  different  methods  have 
been  tested  and  compared  one  with  another, 
from  time  to  time,  and  it.  would  not  be  diffi¬ 
cult  to  find  a  record  of  experiments  that 
would  show  favorably  for  either  method. 
Which  way,  then,  is  the  best  way  ?  How  is 
the  butter-dairyman,  without  long  and  care¬ 
fully  conducted  experiments,  to  choose  from 
a  mass  of  conflicting  testimony  as  to  the  best 
practice  ?  It  is  evident  lie  cannot  take  a  few 
isolated  cases  and  adapt  his  practice  thereby. 
He  will  do  well,  then,  to  scrutinize  the  various 
records  of  experiments,  and  see  on  which 
side  the  mass  of  testimony  preponderates; 
or,  what  is  better,  he  will  teat  the  different 
methods  and  satisfy  himself  by  actual  prac¬ 
tice  as  to  what  is  best  in  Ids  own  particular 
case.  A  record  of  all  well-conducted  experi¬ 
ments  is  in  some  way  useful  because  it  offers 
suggestions  and  facts  by  which  one’s  own 
practice  may  be  compared  and  a  way  pointed 
out  perhaps  for  improvement.  But  experi¬ 
ments  arc  often  worthless  ou  account  of  the 
loose  way  in  which  they  are  conducted,  or 
on  account  of  the  wrong  inferences  and  false 
conclusions  which  are  not  imfrequeiit.ly  made 
from  any  experiment.  These  do  harm  by 
inducing  people  to  accept  this  or  that  prac¬ 
tice  as  a  matter  of  fact  and  without  testing 
its  true  value. 

In  regard  to  churning  whole  milk,  we  have 
some  interesting  statements  presented  in  a 
recent  number  of  the  Utica  Herald,  from 
which  wo  give  extracts ;  though  we  may  re¬ 
mark  here,  that  the  statistics  as  given  do  not 
prove  to  our  mind  that  churning  whole  milk 
is  the  best  practice.  The  Herald  says  : 

“The  advantage  of  churning  the  whole 
milk  is  illustrated  by  an  experiment  made 
by  Mr.  Rensselaer  Day  of  ()t«gp.  Sept. 
12,  Mr.  Day  churned  322  pounds  of  whole 
milk,  which  made  21  pounds  of  butter  tak¬ 
ing  only  15 1 pounds  of  milk  to  make  a  pound 
of  butter.  Tin's  is  a  most  remarkable  yield 
for  a  dairy.  The  quantity  of  milk  required 
for  a  pound  of  butter  at  our  butter  factories 
ranges  from  24  to  do  pounds.  The  best  bloods 
and  crosses  of  Durham,  Holstein  and  Ayr¬ 
shire  require  from  21)  to  22  pounds  of  milk  to 
make  a  pound  of  butter. 

‘ ‘  Wept.  1 3 he  skimmed  the  milk  and  eh uruud 
the  cream.  He  had  31)5  pounds  of  milk,  and 
got  22  pounds  of  butter— taking  about  10- 
pounds  of  milk  to  make  a  pound  of  butter, 
or  lk'  more  pounds  of  milk  than  it  did  when 
he  churned  the  whole  milk.  In  both  those 
experiments  the  milk  was  allowed  to  lopper.” 

We  learn  from  the  llcrald  that  the  cows  of 
Mr.  Day  are  grade  Devons  and  one  Jersey  in 
the  herd  to  give  color  to  the  butter.  Had  the 
number  of  cows  in  the  herd  been  given,  or 
the  quantity  of  milk  yielded  by  each  cow 
stated,  we  could  have  better  judged  as  to 
whether  the  yield  of  butter  was  remarkable.. 
The  12th  of  September  is  at  a  time  of  the 
year  when  milk  is  generally  much  richer  hi 
butter  than  earlier  in  the  season,  and  it  is 
hardly  fair  to  compare  a  pound  of  milk 
from  Devon  and  Alderney  cows,  with  a  pound 
of  milk  from  other  breeds,  as  above  stated, 
to  show  the  advantage  of  churning  whole 
milk. 

Most  people  will  admit  that  a  given  quan¬ 
tity  of  milk  from  Devons  and  Alderaeys  is 
richer  in  butter  than  that  for  the  Durham, 
Holsteiu  and  Ayrshire.  It  could  hardly 
be  expected  that  us  much  butter  would 
be  made  from  a  given  quantity  of  milk 
at  the  butter  factories,  as  at  a  farm  dairy 
devoted  to  butter  making  alone,  because 
at  the  butter  factories  skim  cheese  is  made, 
and  at  most  of  these  factories  at  least 
it  is  thought  more  profitable  to  leave  some 
Cream  back  in  the  milk  in  order  to  improve 
the  quality  of  the  skim  cheese.  And  yet  we 
have  a  report  from  the  Keeler  Factory  of 
Franklin  Co.,  N.  V.,  where  the  average  for 
the  whole  season  was  20  5-7  pounds  of  milk 
to  one  of  butter.  Again  the  average  of  live 
factories  for  the  whole  season  in  Franklin 
Co.,  in  1871,  was  22  6-10  pounds  of  milk  to  a 
pound  of  butter.  The  cows  delivering  milk 
at  these  factories  are  the  common  cows  of 
the  country,  and  the  butter  was  made  by 
churning  the  cream  only.  We  have  not  the 
statistics  showing  the  quantity  of  butter 
made  at  the  Iveeler  Factory  from  a  given 
quantity  of  milk  in  September  ;  but  if  the 


average  of  the  season  was  a  poimd  of  butter 
from  20  5-7  pounds  of  milk,  it  doubtless  was 
much  better  than  this  in  September. 

In  1862,  Hon,  Z  vnoo  Pratt  of  Greene  Co, 
reports  his  average  make  of  butter  for  the 
season  from  a  herd  of  80  cows — native  or 
common  cows  of  the  country — and  when  the 
cream  of  the  milk  only  was  churned.  ITis 
average  for  the  season,  as  reported  by  him, 
was  a  pound  of  butter  from  Iff  7  10  pounds 
of  milk.  How  much  better  will  Mr.  Day’s 
smaller  herd  of  Devons  and  Jerseys  average 
than  this — and  if  any  better,  is  the  fact  to  be 
attributed  to  t  he  churning  of  the  whole  milk 
or  to  the  breed  of  the  cows  ■  Any  one  knows 
that  a  single  test  of  one  day’s  churning  by 
one  method  and  another  day’s  churning  by 
another  method,  is  not  conclusive  evidence 
as  to  which  is  the  best  ;  since  the  experiment, 
repeated,  might  show  entirely  different  re¬ 
sults.  It.  is  these  single  t  ests  and  hasty  ex¬ 
periments  that  often  load  to  harm,  because, 
if  accepted  at  once,  without  repeated  verifi¬ 
cation,  wrong  conclusions  may  result.  In¬ 
deed,  the  experiment  given  above  is  of  very 
little  account  as  showing  any  advantage  in 
churning  whole  milk  over  churning  cream 
alone,  because,  as  will  be  seen  in  r.ho  table 
below,  which  is  taken  from  the  Herald,  the 
variations  in  churning  whole  milk  is  quite  as 
largo  as  the  churnings  in  September.  Take, 
for  instance,  the  record  for  June  17  and  18, 
and  we  find  that  the  difference  iu  the  weight 
of  milk  for  tho  two  days  is  45 1  j  pounds, 
whereas  the  difference  in  butter  made  is  only 
one  pound.  If  the  milk  of  the  herd  had  been 
all  put  into  one  vat  and  intimately  mingled, 
and  then  divided  in  two  equal  parts  by  weight 

the  cream  from  one  churned  and  the  butter 
compared  with  Unit  from  the  whole  milk 
churning — the  experiment  would  have  been 
morn  satisfactory.  We  quote  again  from  the 
Herald,  as  follows  : 

“On  the  l  ttli,  Mr.  Day  skimmed  tho  milk 
sweet.  1  ie  had  355  pounds  of  milk  and  made 
17  pounds  of  butter — taking  a  little  over  20"  . 
pounds  of  milk  to  make  a  pound  of  butter. 
This  is  5!  ;  pounds  more  than  it  took  when 
the  milk  was  kippered,  and  four  pounds  niorfyl 
than  it  took  when  he  churned  !  lie  cream  of 
kippered  milk.  This  shows  a.  very  marked 
advantage  in  favor  of  souring— tit  least  so 
fur  as  quantity  is  concerned.  But  our  im¬ 
pression  is  that,  if  the  whole  milk  had  been 
churned  just  before  it  lonpered  -or  when  it 
began  to  thicken  on  the  bottom  of  the  pails 

his- vield  would  have  been  quit©  as  large 
and  a  little  finer  in  quality. 

The  following  table  shows  the  results  of 
seven  days’  churning,  Mr,  Day  allowing  ids 
milk  to  lopper,  as  is  his  custom  : 


Juno  16.... 

111.. . 

17.. .. 
18  ... 

19..  . 

20. .  . 

21 . 


libs.  milk. 

...4ioq 

...43-1 

...430'/, 

. . . 470 
...441 
.  ..429't 
. . . .439' , 


libs,  butter. 
23 
27 

27 

28 
28 
20 


184 


Total . 3,001 

The  average  number  of  pounds  of  milk  for 
a  pound  of  butter  is  1(5,61,  which  is  an  extra¬ 
ordinary  yield.  Tho  cows  are  grade  Devons, 
Otic  Jersey  cow  being  used  in  the  herd  to  give 
color  to  the  butter. 

*•  It  will  lie  seen  that  the  yield  of  different 
days  is  quite  irregular  —  the  largest  day’s 
yield  of  milk  producing  no  more  butter  than 
others.  Probably  variations  in  the  weather 
account  for  the  discrepancies.” 

The  table  of  the  quantity  of  milk  and  yield 
of  butter  from  June  15  to  June  21,  Inclusive, 
is  valuable,  as  showing  the  difference  in  the 
quulity  of  the  milk  of  the  same  cows  in  Sep¬ 
tember  and  .Juno,  and  also  as  showing  a  va¬ 
riation  in  quantity  of  butte)’  from  day  to 
day  under  the  same  process  of  butter  making. 
Taking  all  the  items  herein  stated,  we  see  no 
clear  proof  that  churning  the  whole  milk  on 
Mr.  Day’s  plan  is  of  any  more  advantage 
than  to  have  churned  tho  cream  only,  while 
on  the  other  hand,  the  labor  of  churning  the 
whole  milk  must  be  considerably  root’©.  We 
do  not  refer  to  these  statements  out  of  any 
captious  spirit,  but  rather  as  a  caution  to 
dairymen  in  regard  to  the  manner  of  making 
experiments,  and  over-liaste  in  drawing  eon- 
elusions.  We  should  be  glad  to  see  this  matter 
of  churning  definitely  settled.  Jf  Mr.  Day  has 
a  plan  Of  making  more  butter  and  better  but¬ 
ter  than  is  made  by  churning  the  cream,  and  if 
liu  can  make  more  money  from  a  given  quan¬ 
tity  of  milk  of  the  same  quality  than  can  be 
realized  on  tho  butter  factory  system,  it  will 
be  a  great  gain  to  dairymen  to  have  a  knowl¬ 
edge  of  the  method,  if  any  of  our  readers 
have  facts  proving  this  theory,  we  shall  be 
very  glad  to  print  them. 

- ♦  ■■  ■  . 

SUNDAY  CHEESE  MAKING. 


present.  At  the  recent  meeting  of  tho  Mich¬ 
igan  State  Dairymen’s  Association,  at  Adrian, 
there  was  a  decided  expression  against  the 
practice.  Mr.  Quick  strongly  opposed  it,  on 
the  ground  of  its  violation  of  law,  religion 
and  sound  morality.  He  advocated  keeping 
Saturday  night’s  and  Sunday  morning’ s milk 
at  the  farm,  for  butter  making,  Mr.  Moore 
urged  that  the  question  lie  thoroughly  dis¬ 
cussed  by  members  of  the  Association,  and 
an  experience  given  as  t  o  the  course  each  was 
willing  to  adopt  iu  practice.  IIo  would  like 
to  see  a  way  by  which  Sunday  cheese  mak¬ 
ing  could  be  don©  away  with.  It  might  be 
easy  for  those  keeping  a  dozen  cows,  but  how 
was  it  to  be  done  with  men  ha  ving  a  dairy  of 
seventy  or  eighty  cows  t  Will  not  the  aban¬ 
donment  of  Sunday  cheese  making  entail 
more  Sunday  work  at  the  farm,  thus  com¬ 
pelling  more  people,  iu  the  aggregate,  to  la 
hor  on  Sunday  than  wili  result  from  the  pres¬ 
ent  practice  'll  How  can  the  milk  be  cared 
for  with  the  least  labor?  He  was  in  favor 
of  having  it  eared  for  at  tho  factory.  To 
this  it  was  replied  that  large  pans  are  now 
constructed  to  hold  the  entire  moss  of  milk 
of  the  dairy  at,  one  milking.  With  two  such 
pans,  the  two  messes  of  milk  could  bo  act  at 
the  farm,  to  remain  until  Monday,  when  the 
Cream  may  beskinuned  and  churned.  There 
would  be  no  extra  work,  t  herefore,  on  Sun¬ 
day,  and  the  hauling  of  Sunday  morning’s 
milk  to  the  footory  would  be  avoided.  With 
proper  appliance  of  cold  water,  the  milk  re¬ 
tained  at  the  farm  would  be  sweet,  on  Mon¬ 
day,  and  Could  bo  taken  to  the  factory,  and 
either  mingled  with  the  morning's  milk  or 
made  up  separately.  Mr.  Stock  we  i  l  thought 
nearly  every  dairyman  in  Lenawee  Co.  could 
keep  one  day’s  milk  at  home,  Tho  butter 
could  bo  easily  made.  If  it  was  ouly  a  ques¬ 
tion  of  dollars  and  Cents,  was  it  best  to  sacri¬ 
fice  the  interests  of  the  community,  to  disre¬ 
gard  Iho  Sabbath,  for  money  ?  M  r.  Vanhlyke 
urged  the  abandonment  of  the  practice,  and 
believed  (hat,  simply  as  a  matter  of  profit,  a 
discontinuance  of  Sunday  cheese  making 
would  pay  belter  than  the  present  practice. 
He  read  an  account  of  the  practice  of  certain 
•on  manufacturers  to  prove  thathis  position 
was  correct. 

Several  other  speakers  participated  in  the 
discussion,  which  resulted  iu  the  passage  of 
the  following : 

Resolved ,  That  the  best  interests  of  society 
demand  the  discontinuance  of  Sunday  cheese 

making. 

Chore  were  several  other  topics  brought 
before  the  Convention,  and  the  discussions 
were  of  interest,  and  conducted  with  ability. 
Prof.  Beat,  of  the  Michigan  State  Agrieul 
tural  Collogo  gave  a  valuable  address  upon 
grasses,  to  which  we  shall  refer  hereafter. 
The  annual  address  was  delivered  by  X.  A 

Willard  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker.  Tho 
officers  of  the  Association  elected  lor  the 
current  year  ace  M.  1’.  Stogkwell,  Presi¬ 
dent.  :  A.  B.  Tin.iMrsox  and  II.  11.  Uooowm 
Vice-Presidents  ;  '1'.  F.  Moore,  Secretory,  and 
Jay  Hoag,  Treasurer. 

- - ■ 

DAIRYING  IN  MICHIGAN. 


SHALL  WE  WASH  OUR  SHEEP? 


We  are  glad  that  Sunday  cheese  making  is 
becoming  a  subject  of  earnest  discussion  at 
the  dairy  conventions,  resulting  iu  tho  pass¬ 
ing  of  resolutions  urging  the  discontinuation 
of  the  practice.  This  is  the  best  way  of 
bringing  about  reform,  because  both  sides  of 
the  question  are  presented,  aud  arguments 
drawn  from  the  practical  experience  of  those 


During  our  attendance  at  the  Michigan 
State  Dairymen’s  Convention  at  Adrian, 
Mich.,  in  February  last,  w«  had  opportunity 
to  examine  samples  of  cheese  from  a  num¬ 
ber  of  factories  iu  that  State.  Much  of  it 
waft  of  very  nice  cmality — rid)  In  moat,  good 
I  favored,  and  wdl  suited  to  the  home  trade 
either  East  or  West.  In  texture  tho  Michi¬ 
gan  cheese  resembles  that  made  in  Ohio,  and 
is  not  quite  so  tirin  as  the  “  shipping  olieesi 
of  Now  York.  An  impression  not  unfro- 
qaentlv  lwevailn  among  New  York  dairymen 
that  all  Michigan  or  Ohio  cheese  must  neces¬ 
sarily  be  much  inferior  to  that  made  in  Now 
York.  This  is  a  very  grave  mistake.  Much 
of  the  cheese  made  in  these  States  is  first- 
Class,  and  can  be  highly  commended  for  its 
rich,  mellow  texture  and  mild,  Sweet  flavor. 
It  is  well  adapted  to  the  home  trade,  and  cer¬ 
tain  brands  have  become  favorites  in  the 
markets  of  Boston  and  Philadelphia.  Michi¬ 
gan  is  a  young  State  in  cheese  dairying,  but 
it  may  interest  some  of  our  reader’s  to  know 
that  even  now  some  of  tier  cities  have  be¬ 
come  important  centers  for  distributing  the 
dairy  products  of  the  country.  Tims,  for  in¬ 
stance.  there  were  shipped  from  Adrian  in 
1870,  1,315,445  pounds  of  cheese  and  127,814 
pounds  Of  butter.  During  t  he  year  1871  the 
shipments  were,  of  cheese,  1,873,006  pounds, 
and  of  butter,  210,277  pound  -.  The  cheese  if 
shipped  from  week  to  week  and  month  to 
month  during  the  year.  Thus  in  1871  the 
shipments  were  as  follows  : — In  January, 
50, V 75  pounds  ;  February,  40.885  lbs.;  March, 
30,705  lbs.;  April.  2,020  lbs.;  May,  100,420  lbs.; 
June,  100, Off 0  lbs. ;  July,  157.000  lbs, ;  August, 
188,544  his. ;  Set  it  ember,  101,150  lbs. ;  October, 
101,038  lbs.;  November,  40,021  lbs. ;  Decem¬ 
ber,  121,762  lbs. — making  a  total  of  1,273,000 
pounds.  The  most  of  tills  cheese  was  made 
ip  Lenawee  county.  At  the  time  of  our  visit 
to  Adrian,  in  February  last,  wo  wore  in¬ 
formed  by  Mr.  Baker,  Mr.  Clark,  and 
others,  that  tin'  stock  of  cheese  in  Michigan 
was  extremely  light,  ami  below  what  was  re¬ 
quired  for  the  wants  of  the  State.  Many 
parte  of  Michigan  arc  well  adapted  to  the 
daily,  and  we  shall  doubtless,  in  time,  see 
dairying  largely  extended  in  the  State. 


The  Passu  m sic  Farmers’  Club  have  been 
discussing  this  question,  and  what  the  mem¬ 
bers  said,  us  reported  in  tho  Vermont  Farmer, 
is  so  expressive  of  general  experience,  we 
think,  that  it  is  well  to  open  the  discussion 
among  shepherds  by  publishing  it : 

J.  P.  Foster — I  am  opposed  to  washing. 

It  injures  the  sheep  and  the  men  who  wash 
them  ;  but  as  long  as  buyers  offer  a  premium 
for  dirt  we  shall  be  tempted  to  wash,  if 
buyers  would  pay  strictly  according  to  clean¬ 
liness  aud  careful  packing,  no  such  tempta¬ 
tion  would  exist.  1  carried  two  small  lots  of 
wool  to  a  buyer,  both  washed  ;  one  well 
washed  and  nicely  put  up,  and  the  other 
washed  lightly,  and  ma  nufacturers  said  them 
was  lull  live  cents  per  pound  difference  ; 
st  ill  ear'll  lot.  woe  sold  to  (lie  sumo  man  ’and 
at  the  same  price.  T  believe  t  hat  no  farmer 
should  Wash  his  sheep.  Wo  could  shear  one 
month  earlier  without  washing  with  greater 
safety  for  the  sheep.  Buyers  make  oir 
fourth  difference,  between  'washed  and  un¬ 
washed  wool.  Poor  sheep  arc  nearly  spoiled 
by  driving  to  washing  place  aud  back,  eat  re 
big  the  weight  of  water  iu  t  he  wool.  It  i- 
mucli  better  to  shear  before  the  sheep  lea  ve 
t  he  burn.  In  shearing  late  we  lose  much  of 
the  wool.  I  onr-c  sheared  in  June.  There 
had  been  Home  very  hot  weather,  but  a  few 
days  after  sheafing  it  cumu  on  very  cold,  and 
1  lost  two,  and  a  neighbor  seven,  from  the 
colil.  Manufacturers  prefer  to  buy  unwashed 
wool. 

C.  B.,  Barker — I  wash  clean  when  I  wash. 

I  find  1  get  no  more  for  well  washed  wool, 
than  those  do  who  but  half  wash.  I  think 
we  should  none  of  us  wash,  then  the  price  of 
wool  would  be  more  uniform. 

J.  G.  Lawrence— There  is  a  great  differ¬ 
ence  in  unwashed  wool  ;  as  much  as  between 
ordinary  and  well  washed.  It  is  very  diffi¬ 
cult  to  make  an  even  thing  of  this  wool 
business.  Those  who  wash  and  shear  late 
lose  in  wool  that  the  biiBhos  in  tho  pasture 
pull  from  the  sheep.  Should  we.  all  adopt 
the  plan  of  not  washing,  we  would  get  nearer 
the  true,  value,  for  our  wool  than  now.  1 
think  we  should  encourage  all  the  fanners  to 
dispense  with  washing. 

J.  Morrison — 1  wash  my  sheep.  I  get 
more,  money  to  wash  than  not  .to.  I  wash 
clean,  put  up  well  and  get  a  fair  price  for  my 
wool.  1  do  not  think  it  hurts  sheep  very 
much  to  wash  them.  Always  keep  them 
under  cover  in  stormy  weather. 

J.  Dow — I  find  I  get  the  most  money  for 
my  wool  when  1  half  wash,  and  the  least 
when  I  do  not  wash  at  all.  The  men  who 
buy  the  wool  are  not  judges  ;  they  pay  so 
much  for  washed  and  so  much  for  unwashed, 
and  often  buy  without  looking  at  the  wool 
at  all.  if  w«>  get,  any  advantage  of  t  he  manu¬ 
facturer  we  are  smart,  that’s  ail.  1  believe 
there  is  nothing  to  be  gained  in  the  long  run 
by  washing.  Wo  should  all  wash  or  none. 

I  think  we  had  better  discard  washing 
entirely. 

K.  1\  Harvey — Does  It  pay  to  wash  sheep  ? 
Coarse  wool  slice])  poorly  washed  may  give 
better  returns  than  unwashed,  if  wc  let  them 
run  two  or  three  weeks  after  being  washed, 
hum  I  let  them  roll  in  the  sand  and  dirt  as  t  hey 
will  when  they  can  find  it.  The  great  t  re  ui 

is  in  the,  entire  ignorance  of  the  buy  ere.  Tl  • 
Cannot,  toll  half  of  the  time  whether  the  wool 
is  washed  or  not.  The  manufacturer  1  as 
nothing  to  do  wit  h  tho  buying  only  to  make 
the  price,  and  he  is  careful  to  make  it  low 
enough  for  all  the  poor  washing,  mid  if  Ire; 
buyer  find  poor  washed  wool  the  price  is  nil 
right,  and  if  he  finds  well  washed  wool  it,  is 
his  good  luck,  and  so  much  in  his  favor.  1 
sorted  wool  ten  years  in  u  factory  and  know 
how  the  wool  is  bought  and  handled. 

A.  Warden — For  t  hree  years  past  I  hare 
not  washed  my  sheep  ;  I  got  better  return:; 
than  when  1  washed.  1  shear  the  last  ■ 
April  before  the  sheep  leave  the  barn.  By 
shearing  early  wc  get  rid  of  the  ticks  that  are 
often  troublesome  to  (lie  sheep.  If  a  lew 
have  gone  from  tho  sheep  to  the  lambs  a 
little  snuff  will  kill  thorn.  I  believe  both 
Sheer)  and  lambs  do  better  than  when  1 
washed  and  sheared  kite.  Often  the  stock 
will  lose  as  much  wool  as  the.  discount  that  B 
made  by  the  buyers  between  washed  and 
unwashed  wool. 

■ - *-♦-* - 


GRUBS  IN  THE  HEAD. 


In  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  January 
was  an  article  on  “  Grubs  in  the  Heads 
Sheep,”  io  which  there  was  some  dispute 
to  tne  effectual  remedy.  We  had,  at 
time  of  seeing  tlie  article,  lost  two  ewes,  ;• 


11 

of 

as 

the 

ml. 


as  we  t  hought  ,  of  Some  disease  of  the  head, 
but  did  not  like  to  experiment,  on  our  own 
responsibility,  especially  about  an  animal’s 
head  :  hut  after  reading  your  valuable  ne  per, 
I,  like  C.  Goui.eh,  examined  the  head  of  one 
of  the  dead  shoe]),  to  be  certain  of  the  dis¬ 
ease,  and  there  found  sixteen  grubs. 

We  then  went,  immediately  to  work  on  the 
rest  that  showed  the  same  symptoms,  with 
butter  and  turpentine,  and  cured  all  (re; 
were  ailing — oven  olio  we  had  but  litt  le  re  ¬ 
ef.  We  also  tried  tar,  as  recommend;  by 
F.  J.  X.,  on  some  not  so  bad  ;  but  had  to  re¬ 
sort,  to  the  former  remedy  before  a  cure  v  is 
effected.  We  are  of  tlie  opinion  that  tar 
would  be  better  as  a  preventive  than  as  a 
cure.  It  is  thought,  from  vvliat  I  can  learn, 
that  a  kind  of  gad-fly  deposits  the  eggs  in  the 
sheeps’  nose,  during  the  summer,  which 
forms  the  grub. 

I  consider  t  hat  that  one  item  saved  us  sev¬ 
eral  times  the  yearly  subscription  of  your 
paper  this  winter.  T.  Coates,  J r„ 

Collamer,  Pa. 


APRIL  *12 


application.  As  onion  seed  seldom  retains 
its  vitality  for  more  than  two  years,  there  is 
usually  more  or  less  woiihless  stuff  in  the 
market. 

For  a  general  crop  in  the  Northern  States, 
seed  is  usually  sown  ;  but  for  early  onions, 
and  in  the  Southern  States,  onion-sets  are 


for  that  (and  cart  the  stuff  two  or  three 
miles)  all  I  have  got  to  say  is,  try  it  and  you 
will  never  want  to  cover  another  one.  Most 
people  put  on  just  enough  to  keep  the  berries 
clean,  spreading  it  all  over,  covering  plants 
and  all ;  and  in  the  spring  just  open  a  little 
place  for  the  plant  to  come  through.  This 


THE  GRAYLING  (TKYMALLUS) 


STRAWBERRY  CULTURE 


As  it  is  about  time  of  the  year  to  think 
about  setting  out  plants,  a  word  of  experi¬ 
ence  may  not  come  amiss  to  some  of  the 
readers  of  the  It  URAL.  In  the  first  place,  I 
would  say  to  those  intending  to  set  out  straw¬ 
berry  plants,  don’t  be  in  a  hurry ;  wait  un¬ 
til  the  ground  is  fairly  settled  and  in  good 
order,  for  I  have  found  that  if  the  ground 
freezes  and  thaws  two  or  three  times  after 
they  are  set,  they  will  grow  but  very  little  ; 
whereas,  those  set  out  a  few  days  later  will 
do  well,  in  the  next  place,  do  not  set  out 
too  many — that  is,  more  than  you  can  take 
good  care  of  ;  for  they  will  not  bear  neglect 
as  well  ns  some  other  crops;  and  if  they 
once  run  over  to  weeds  and  grass,  you  might 
as  well  let  them  go,  for  they  will  not  pay  for 
the  trouble  of  clearing  out.  Tf  you  have 
never  tried  to  grow  them,  you  will  find  half 
au  acre  plenty  to  start  with.  Of  course,  it 
depends  a  great  deal  on  circumstances.  If 
you  are  going  to  let  them  run,  and  cover  the 
ground  all  over,  and  you  can  get  pickers,  you 
might  set  out  acres  ;  but  many  times  a  small 
patch,  well  tilled,  is  worth  more  than  acres 
not  tilled  at  alL 

I  find  that  strawberries  are  like  almost 
everything  else  ;  a  man  wants  to  know  some¬ 
thing  about  what  ho  is  doing  if  he  would 
save  himself  from  loss.  It  may  seem  strange 
t  hat  a  strawberry  plant  is  such  a  particular 
thing  about  the  soil  it  grows  in  ;  but  such  is, 
nevertheless,  a  fact.,  There  are,  probably, 
but  very  few  varieties  that,  will  succeed  well 
on  all  kinds  of  soil,  and  this  is  the  great  thing 
to  determine.  It;  is  very  risky  business  to  go 
to  a  nursery  and  buy  several  thousand  plants, 
of  different  varieties,  if  you  have  not  tried 
them  upon  your  soil  ;  and  I  would  advise  no 
man  to  do  it,  except,  perhaps,  with  one  va¬ 
riety,  and  that  is  the  Wilson  ;  and  that,  of 
course,  docs  not  do  equally  as  well  on  all  soils  ; 
and  there  is  no  variety  that  does,  or  ever 
will.  But  1  suppose  that  is  the  most  reliable 
one  grown,  although  I  see  no  reason  why 
there  should  not  be  others  equally  as  good  ; 
but  some  varieties  are  not  worth  setting  out 
on  some  kinds  of  soil,  while,  in  the  next  lot, 
on  a  different  soil,  t  hey  might  do  extra  well. 

I  can  see  no  way  for  a  man  to  find  out  what 
varieties  to  plant  on  his  soil,  but  to  try  them 
first. 

I  once  set  out  2,500  Barnes’  Monmouth,  side 
by  side  with  Agriculturist  and  Chas.  Down¬ 
ing.  The  Agriculturist  and  Chas.  Downing 
did  finely,  while  the  Barnes,  with  the  same 
treatment,  did  not  yield  six  quarts  of  good 
berries  from  the  whole  2, 5UU  plants.  I  bought 
them  simply  on  the  recommendation  of  the 
grower.  I  do  not  blame  him  ;  the  fault  was 
my  own  in  buying  something  that  I  did 
not  know  whether  my  soil  would  suit  or  not. 

I  giv ,*  (his  for  the  benefit  of  others,  that  they 
may  not  get  caught  in  the  same  way. 

As  to  the  number  of  varieties  to  plant,  I 
would  say  not  more  than  three  or  four,  un¬ 
less  you  are  going  to  raise  plants  for  sale  ; 
then,  of  course,  you  want  a  variety.  I  see 
our  leading  nurserymen  recommend  for  the 
main  crop,  Wilson  and  Chas.  Downing,  for 
both  light  and  heavy  soils  ;  and  if  J  were  go¬ 
ing  to  plant  for  fruit,  1  think  I  would  set 
mostly  of  those  two  varieties,  especially  if  I 
were  going  to  plant  them  without  first  trying 
them. 

A  word  or  two  about  distance  apart  and 
They  should  not  be  set  nearer 


sin’  onsrioisr. 

used  instead.  In  some  localities,  what  are 
called  the  Potato  Onion,  is  raised  exclusively, 
but  it  is  not  usually  considered  to  be  as  good 
in  quality  as  the  seed  onion.  The  “  sets,”  as 
the  small  onions  planted  for  an  early  crop 
are  termed,  are  raised  by  sowing  seed  upon 
Very  poor  land,  and  then  harvesting  the  crop 
when  t  he  bulbs  arc  about,  the  size  of  small 
marbles,  say  from  %  to  V  inch  in  diameter. 
These  little  bulbs  are  kept  over  until  the  fol¬ 
lowing  spring,  and  then  planted  out  earlv, 
they  coming  forward  quickly,  and  are  ready 
to  be  pulled  land  sold  'green  long  before  it 
would  be  possible  to  produce  them  from  seed. 
The  cost  of  raising  these  ‘‘sets”  depends 
upon  the-  price  of  labor,  but  if  the  operation 
is  well  managed,  and  upon  suitable  soil,  the 
crop  pays  a  handsome  profit. 

There  are  already  so  many  varieties  of 
onions  in  cultivation  that  it  might  seem  al¬ 
most  useless  to  introduce  another ;  still,  we 
can  hardly  claim  to  have  reached  the  utmost 
limit  in  the  way  of  perfection,  even  in  onions, 
particularly  as  regards  quality  ;  therefore, 
we  are  glad  to  announce  another  new  claim¬ 
ant  in  this  line.  A  new  sort  is  announced 
under  the  name  of  Queen  Onion,  which  is 
said  to  be  a  very  nice,  silver-skinned  Tripoli 
onion,  remarkable  not  only  for  its  fine  flavor, 
but  rapid  growth  and  keeping  qualities.  A 
buneli  of  this  fine  sort  is  shown  in  the  accom¬ 
panying  illustration.  It  grows  about  two 
inches  in  diameter,  ripens  early,  and  thrives 
upon  soils  only  moderately  fertile. 


ONION  CULTURE 


If  we  were  to  preach  a  sermon  on  onion 
culture,  our  text,  Would  be,  “Keep  out  of 
stony  ground,”  Weeding  onions  is,  in  the 
best  and  finest  soil,  a  tedious  business,  at 
best ;  but  t,o  add  stone  is  a  little  too  much 
for  a  good  temper.  The  soil  should  lie  deep 
and  rich,  and  one  as  free  of  weed  seeds  as 
possible.  A  very  light,  sandy  soil  is  not  good ; 
neither  is  a  heavy  clay  ;  but  one  of  an  inter¬ 
mediate  texture,  such  us  farmers  and  garden¬ 
ers  term  a  good,  unctuous  loam,  if  there  is 
any  danger  of  the  crop  being  injured  by  in¬ 
sects,  top-dress  the  land  with  two  to  five 
bushels  of  salt  per  acre,  and  an  equal  quanti¬ 
ty  of  lime,  before  sowing.  What  is  usually 
termed  the  suit  and  lime  mixture  is  good ; 
that  is,  slake  the  lirno  with  strong  brine. 
Plow,  harrow  and  make  the  surface  as  fine 
as  possible,  and  then  sow  seed,  or  plant  the 
bulbs,  early.  For  market  purposes  the 
Weathersfield  lied  is  probably  the  best :  but 
for  cue’s  own  use,  the  White  or  Silver  skin 
will  be  found  the  most  agreeable,  unless  a 
strong-flavored  sort  is  preferred. 

Where  a  machine  is  used  for  sowing;  a 
roller  of  some  sort  should  be  passed  over  the 
soil  afterward,  in  order  to  press  the  earth 
down  upon  the  seed,  and  prevent  drying. 
This  rolling  the  surface  of  a  seed-bed  is  of 
far  more  importance  than  most  persons  im¬ 
agine,  and  it.  frequently  will  make  a  week's 
difference  in  the  growth  of  the  crop.  As 
soon  as  the  plants  are  fairly  above  the  soil, 
the  hand  cultivator,  or  scuttle  hoe  should  be 
set  at  work  among  them,  for  the  smaller  the 
weeds,  the  more  rapidly  are  they  killed. 

A  word  about  sowing  good  seed :  Never 
sow  onion  seed  in  any  considerable  quantity 
without  first  knowing,  positively,  that  it  is 
fresh  and  good.  Drop  a  few  seeds  into  hot 
water,  or  place  them  on  a  cloth  and  pour  the 
water  over  them,  and  if  good,  the  sprouts 
will  appear  within  twenty  minutes  after  the 


cultivation, 

than  two  and  a  half  feet  in  rows  ;  and  fifteen 
inches  in  the  row  is  plenty  near  enough  for 
most  varieties ;  if  they  grow  good  they  will 
stand  about  solid  in  the  row.  This  is  where 
they  are  to  be  t  illed  with  a  horse.  The  best 

thing  vve  have  ever  found  is - well,  never 

mind  ;  I  do  not  see  it  advertised  in  the  Ru¬ 
ral.  as  it  should  be,  but  it  is  the  best  imple¬ 
ment  i  have  seen  yet  for  keeping  the  ground 
mellow,  not  only  in  strawberries  but  in  corn 
and  potatoes  ;  1  would  not  sell  mine  for  fifty 
dollars  il  1  could  not  get  another.  If  you 
want  fine  plants  and  fine  berries  vou  must 
keep  all  runners  off,  and  if  you  do  so  you 
will  be  astonished  at  the  size  the  plants  will 
attain.  In  the  fall,  before  the  ground  freezes 
much,  the  ground  should  be  covered  with 
some  sort  of  mulching.  In  this  part,  of  the 
country  we  use  steamed  or  salt  hay  when  we 
can  get  it,  putting  it  on,  sometimes,  thick 
enough  to  prevent  all  weeds  from  coming  up 
t  hrough  it  ;  sometimes  the  plants  are  covered 
and  sometimes  not ;  there  is  no  need  of  cov¬ 
ering  if  the  ground  around  them  is  covered. 
It  is  the  freezing  and  thawing  of  the  ground 
that  spoils  the  plants.  I  said  we  put  the 
middling  on  thick  enough  to  prevent  any¬ 
thing  coming  through  ;  aud  if  you  don’t  be¬ 
lieve  it  is  a  job  to  cover  one  acre  thick  enough 


GARDEN  NOTES 


Munro’s  Little  Heath  Melon  is  an  Englirii 
variety  very  highly  commended  in  England. 
We  give  ah  illustration  of  it.  It  is  so  hardy 


RAISING  TROUT 


A  r.T.  who  have  undertaken  to  raise  large 
quantities  of  young  trout  in  confinement  are 
aware  that  they  will  often  die  in  large  num¬ 
bers  shortly  after  the  absorption  of  the  um¬ 
bilical  sac,  when  they  have  just  got  to  taking 
food.  This  is  caused  by  improper  food  and 
the  fouling  of  the  water  by  particles  that  are 
left  uneaten  decaying  on  the  bottom.  Last 
season  1  tried  many  things  to  overcome  these 
objections  and  found  that  the  larva  of  the 
mosquito,  (the  little  wiggler)  was  just  the 
thing.  I  never  saw  fish  take  anything  more 
readily,  and  the  lame  Mill  remain  fresh  until 
eaten  or  hatched.  1  kept  about  two  barrels 
of  rain  water  to  each  thousand  trout.  The 
water  is  easily  strained  through  mosquito 
mettiag,  and  the  operation  is  much  easier 
than  chopping  liver  or  heart  ,  and  then  finding 
it  too  coarse.  The  larvie  can  be  taken  w  hen 
small  or  left,  to  grow  as  desired, 

1  hope  many  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
readers  will  try  this  and  report, 

Honeoye  Falls,  N.  Y.  Fred  Mather. 


that  it  is  said  to  ripen  its  fruit  out  of  doors 
in  England,  is  fine-flavored,  scarlet-fleshed, 
and  one  ol‘  the-  most  prolific  in  cultivation 
there.  It  was  awarded  a  first-class  certifi¬ 
cate  by  the-  Roval  Horticultural  Society.  We 
do  not  know  that  it  lias  been  introduced  in 
this  eountiy— wre  do  not  find  it  in  the  cata¬ 
logues. 


of  the  distance,”  The  use  of  such  large  pipe 
would  increase  the  cost  to  such  an  extent 
that  I  would  be  unable  to  use  it.  Would  like 
to  hear  from  those  who  have  had  experience 
in  the  matter.  It  will  be  a  descent  all  the 
way  where  l  wish  to  bring  the  water.  I  sup¬ 
posed  water  would  seek  its  level  in  all  cases. 
If  there  are  those  who  know  of  water  being 


MICE  GIRDLING  TREES 


Miorinitturat 


MY  EXPERIENCE  WITH  DARK  BRAHMAS 


HEDGE  MAKING 


Chacn'CEY  Jones  wants  to  know  the  best  I 
mode  of  putting  down  hedge  in  order  to 
make  a  good  fence,  and  writes: — ‘‘Shall  I 
hack  it  down  or  braid  it  without  hacking ;  or 
cat  it  off  at  the  ground  to  make  it  thicken 
up  on  the  bottom  7’  Mr.  Jones  does  not  tell 
us  what  kind  of  hedge  it  is — whether  Osage 
Orange,  Honey  Locust,  Barberry,  or  what ! 
It'  it  is  Osage  Orange,  it  may  be  plashed  and 
makes  a  good  fence  ;  but  we  should  prefer 
cutting  it  close  to  the  ground,  if  there  is  a 
good  stand  of  plants — that  is,  cut  it  below  all 
buds  on  the  stems.  This  will  result  in  forc¬ 
ing  up  shoots  all  around  the  stems  of  nearly 
equal  size  and  vigor,  which  will  spread  in  all 
directions  and  completely  till  the  hedge  row 
at  the  base.  It  is  important,  the  plants  should 
be  cut  off  below  the  buds  :  for  if  not  these 
buds  will  throw  up  stronger  shoots  which 
will  weaken  others  that,  may  lie  developed  in 
addition.  Then,  if  the  growth  is  very  vigor¬ 
ous  after  this  first,  cutting,  as  first  described, 
the  hedge  should  be  cut  a  second  time  about 
the  last  ol’  June— not  later — four  to  six  inches 
above  the  ground.  The  first  cutting  should 
be  done  at  once. 

Cl.  B.  Bauds  has  eighty  rods  of  Osage  Or¬ 
ange  planted  last  spring,  and  asks  the  best 
time  to  trim  it.  We  would  not  advise  you  to 
cut  it  this  spring  unless  of  remarkably  strong 
growth.  Let  it  grow  until  two  years  old 
and  then  cut  it  as  above  directed,  and  in  the 
end  you  will  get  a  better  hedge— at  least  that 
is  the  result  of  our  experience  and  obser¬ 
vation. 


MONOGRAM. 

brought  the  distance  of  one-half  mile,  or  far¬ 
ther,  in  one-half  inch,  live-eighth  or  three- 
fourth  inch  pipe,  I  wish  they  would  report 
and  very  much  oblige  an  old  subscriber  to 
your  paper,  d.  b.  e. 


HOW  TO  START  A  SIPHON 


A  correspondent  of  the  N.  Y.  Tribune 
says  : — If  the  siphon  is  bent  up  at  each  end 
from  four  to  six  inches,  and  a  short  pipe  at¬ 
tached  at  the  highest  point,  and  the  ends 
stopped  up,  the  pipe  can  be  filled  with  water. 
When  filled,  stop  the  short  pipe  tight,  then 
open  the  upper  and  lower 


JERSEY  RED  SWINE 


A  correspondent  says  he  has  been  looking 
for  information  concerning  Jersey  Bed  swine, 
an  inquiry  for  such  information  having  been 
published  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  lust 
season.  In  response,  we  publish  the  report 
made  at  the  National  Swrne  Breeders’  Con¬ 
vention,  last  fall,  concerning  these  hogs.  The 
report  says : 

The  positive  origin  of  this  family  of  swine 
is  unknown.  They  have  been  bred  in  por¬ 
tions  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey  for  upward 


ends,  and  the 
water  will  flow  without  a  pump  to  start  it. 
Let  the  discharge  at  the  lower  end  be  only 
about  one-third  the  size  of  the  pipe.  If  it 
ever  stop,  start  it  as  before,  by  the  short 
pipe,  which  can  be  covered  up  with  a  tight 
box  out  of  sight,  or  buried  up  from  frost. 

The  editor,  commenting  on  the  above  says: 
There  is  no  necessity  for  bending  the  ends. 
Small  cocks  that  can  be  turned  by  thumb  and 
finger  are  the  best  devices  for  stopping  the 
ends  of  the  siphon — and  thq  perpendicular 
branch  at  the  summit  should  also  have  acock 
—and  above  it  a  funnel  to  turn  in  the  water 
to  fill  the  siphon  its  whole  length,  which  hav¬ 
ing  been  done,  close  the  cock  at  the  summit 
and  open  those  at  the  ends,  and  the  water 
will  start  and  run.  This  plan  is  a  good  one, 
wherever  the  fountain  of  supply  remains  of 
such  uniform  bight  of  surface  as  to  have  the 
means  of  opening  the  receiving  end  of  the 
siphon,  and  not  have  it  too  deeply  covered 
with  water  to  be  reached.  Wells  that  are 
used  to  supply  siphons  often  fill  up  when  the 
drain  is  no  longer  runuiug.  In  such  eases  the 
cock  at  the  receiving  cud  of  the  siphon  could 
have  a  small  rod  connected  with  it,  the  upper 
end  of  it  always  being  above  the  highest 
water  in  the  well.  We  append  a  simple  draw 
ing  of  such  a  siphon  as  would  embrace  the 
good  point  s  of  our  correspondent’s  letter,  im¬ 
proved  as  we  have  proposed. 


Since  writing  the  foregoing,  we  have  come 
across  a  recent  article  by  W.  H.  Mann,  Gil¬ 
man,  111.,  one  of  the  most  experienced  hedge 
growers  in  the  country,  whose  experience 
and  opinions  wo  should  value  more  thaiiour 
Own,  and  we  give  them  place  here  for  the 
benefit  of  our  correspondents.  He  says  ol' 
training  the  hedge  ; — “  It  has  been  demon¬ 
strated  beyond  a  doubt  that  t  his  clipping  a  nd 
shortening-in  process  from  its  Infancy,  (that 
was  so  universally  recommended  a  few.  years 
since)  is  not  t  he  prope  r  way  to  trout  a  hedge. 
Most  hedges  so  treated  ha  ve  the  appearance, 
when  not  in  foliage,  of  standing  on  stilts,  and 
make  but  poor  barriers  against  hogs  and 
sheep.  Many  farmers  seem  quite  indifferent 
on  this  point,  however,  us  hogs  arc  not  al¬ 
lowed  the  liberty  of  t  he  streets ;  yet  would 
there  not  be  much  groin  saved  after  the 
wheat  or  corn  is  harvested,  by  pasturing  the 
stubble  or  stalk  field  with  hogs  '  ling-proof 
fences  arc  necessary  to  keep  hogs  in  if  not 
out.  All  the  trimming  that  is  required  while 
the  plants  arc  young  is  an  occasional  clipping 
of  the  overgrown  shoots,  which  should  be 
done  late  in  June  in  order  to  check  them,  so 
as  to  obtain  uniformity  of  growth.” 

On  the  subject  of  plashing  he  says  : — This 
should  not  be  done  until  tlie  hedge  ri  five  or 
six  years  old,  when  it  will  be  from  ten  to 
twelve  feet  high,  and  the  plants  from  I  to 
2  inches  in  diameter  at  the  base.  A  firm, 
solid  foundation  must  be  had  if  you  expect  a 
substantial,  lasting  fence ;  and  if  plashed 
while  the  plants  arc  little  more  than  switches 
this  will  not  be  had.  Before  plashing,  which 
may  be  done  in  mild  weather  in  winter  or 
early  spring — before  the  sap  starts — trim  the 
sides  of  the  hedge  with  a  hedge-dasher  or 
corn  knife,  to  two  feet  in  width.  With  a 
light,  sharp  hatchet  cut  the  pla  nt  about  Half 
off'  at  the  collar  or  at  the  yellow  bark.  Be 
careful  to  cut  low.  Begin  at  one  end,  press¬ 
ing  back  the  plants  as  you  out  them,  leaving 
about  every  fifth  or  sixth  plant.  Cut  it  off 
three  or  four  foot  high;  weave  others  down 
in  them,  pressing  down  so  they  will  not  rise 
up.  Be  careful  not  to  hack  or  cut  the  plants 
any  deeper  than  necessary  to  prevent  them 
from  raising  up.  When  through,  gatheii  and 
burn  all  brush,  unless  ir,  is  needed  to  patch  up 
old  fences,  for  which  it  answers  an  excellent 
purpose.  A  hedge  thus  treated  will  throw 
up  numerous  shoots  from  the  stump  and 
along  the  trunk,  which,  with  rhe  part  laid 
down,  will  make  a  perfect  net- work  of  thorns. 
Many  of  the  unsightly  bush-rows,  designed 
for  hedges  when  set,  may  yet  be  made  passa^ 
ble  fences  by  the  above  treatment. 


pounds  weight  being  common.  Mr.  David 
LETT  ITT  of  Salem.  Co.,  N.  J.,  lias  known  of 
these  hogs  for  thirty  years,  and  Mr.  D.  M. 
Brown  of  Windsor,  for  nearly  fifty  years. 
They  are  now  extensively  bred  in  the  middle 
and  southern  portions  of  New  Jersey.  In 
some  neighborhoods  they  are  bred  quite  luri- 
form,  being  of  a  dark  red  color,  while  in 
other  sections  they  are  more  sandy,  and  often 
patched  with  white  ;  they  are,  probably,  de- 
Bcendeuts  from  the  old  importations  of  Bcrk- 
shircs,  as  there  is  no  record  of  the  Tamworth, 
the  red  hogs  of  England,  ever  haring  been 
brought  into  this  country  ;  nor  is  this  likely, 
a-  the  Tamworth  Were  not  considered  a  valu¬ 
able  breed,  and  were  confined  to  a  limited 
breeding.  The  Reds  resemble  the  old  Berk- 
shires  in  many  respects,  but  are  now  much 
coarser  than  the  improved  swine  of  this 
breed. 

A  good  specimen  of  a  Jersey  Red  should  be 
red  in  color,  with  a  snout  of  moderate  length, 
large  lop  ears,  small  head,  in  proportion  to 
t  he  size  and  length  of  the  body,  standing  high 
and  rangy  on  thin  legs  ;  bone  coarse,  heavy 


ROUP  IN  FOWLS 


II.  B.,  Beverly,  O.,  is  informed  that  his 
fowls  undoubtedly  arc  troubled  with  roup. 
Those  affected  should  at  once  be  separated 
from  the  rest  and  kept  In  a  warm  and  dry 
place.  Then  strip  a  leather  to  within  half  or 
three-fourths  of  the  end,  dip  it  in  nitric  acid 
and  thrust  it  into  the  nostril  of  the  sick  bird, 
giving  it  a  twist  while  in.  Do  this  two  or 
three  times  a  day,  removing  the  burnt  scab 
before  applying  the  acid.  Three  or  four  ap¬ 
plications  generally  cure. 

An  English  remedy  is  separation  and  con¬ 
finement  as  above  ;  a  tablespoonful  of  castor 
oil  every  morning,  fed  with  soft  food  only, 
mixed  with  ale  and  chopped  vegetables.  It 
is  also  recommended  to  wash  the  head,  eyes 
and  inside  of  the  mouth  and  nostrils  with 
vinegar,  it  being  very  cleansing. 


A,  strainer  below  cock,  and  to  be  made  of 
sheet  copper.  B,  cock  connected  by  rod  D 
to  handle  at  top  of  well.  C,  funnel  and  cock 
to  fill  pipe.  E,  cock  at  discharging  end  of 
siphon.  F,  and  G,  top  of  pit  to  reach  funnel 
and  rod  to  lower  cook.  This  pit  should  be 
walled  up  and  covered,  and  yet  easy  of  access 
at  all  seasons  of  the  year. 


PIG-PEN  PAPERS 


PIPE  FOR  WATER. 


Light  Piys  Mosl  Profitable.— At  a  late 
meeting  of  the  Orleans  County  Farmers’  Club 
several  members  said  our  markets  were  bet¬ 
ter  for  light  weight  pigs  than  for  heavy. 
One  speaker  advocated  keeping  plenty  of 
breeding  sows,  raising  early  spring  pigs  and 
selling  them  early  in  the  fall, 

Diarrhea  in  Piys.—H.  W.  F.  should  give 
farinaceous  (that  is,  meal  and  flour)  food, 
which  will  often  stop  the  trouble.  If  not,  a 
little  prepared  chalk,  in  milk,  will  generally 
doit.  We  shall  be  glad  to  receive  remedies 
from  men  of  experience, 


I  wish  to  bring  water  one-half  mile  for  my 
stock.  Was  intending  to  use  one-half  inch  or 
three-fourth  inch  lead  pipe.  But  I  saw  an 
article  in  February  number  of  American 
Agriculturist,  which  if  true,  spoils  my  calcu- 
lations.  It  is  stated  there  that  to  bring  water 
the  distance  of  one  thousand  yards,  “  the  pipe 
needs  to  be  of  large  caliber,  or  the  friction 
overcomes  the  force  expended  and  no  wrator 
will  escape  at  the  outlet.  The  first  one-thou¬ 
sand  feet  should  bo  of  one  and  one-half  inches 
in  diameter  and  one  inch  for  the  remainder 


DIFFERENCE  IN  HATCHING 


I  am  a  farmer’s  daughter,  and  a  reader  of 
your  good  paper.  I  'set  three  hens  on  the 
same  day,  expecting,  if  the  eggs  did  not  hatch 
well,  1  would  give  all  the  chicken*  to  one  hen; 
and  one  of  them  hatched  exactly  three  w  eeks, 
to  a  day  ;  the  other  two  did  not  do  so  well,  as 
some  of  their  eggs  hatched  four  or  live  days 
after  the  first.  So,  please,  will  some  of  the 
kind  readers  of  your  paper  tell  me  the  cause 
of  the  difference  in  their  hatching  i  Also, 
inform  me  how  to  preserve  and  stuff  a  bird- 
gkin  with  feathers  on  it,  m.  e,  m, 


PEACH  BUDS  KILLED 


A  correspondent  at  Westport,  Conn.,  asks 
some  of  the  readers  of  the  Rural  to  tell 
now  many  degrees  of  cold  peach  buds  will 
stand  before  the  fruit  buds  are  killed.  They 
are  all  killed  with  him — the  mercury  mark¬ 
ing  at  times  as  low  as  twenty-four  degrees 
below  zero. 


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DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


EGGS  IN  PEACH  TWIGS. 

March  25. — I  am  in  receipt  of  some  small 
pencil  twigs  containing  the  eggs  of  an  insect. 
These  specimens  were  received  through  the 
i{i  iial  New-Yorker  office,  and  accompa¬ 
nied  by  a  letter  from  Geo.  J.  Kinne,  who  re¬ 
quests  me  to  inform  him  what  kind  of  an 
insect  deposited  those  eggs. 

The  eggs  are  those  of  the  Climbing  Cricket 
(OSca/nihus  niveau,  Harris.)  The  female 
cricket  deposits  the  eggs  in  long  contiguous 
rows,  puncturing  the  twigs  down  to  the  very 
pith,  This  insect  deposits  her  eggs  in  the 
small  twigs  of  various  trees  and  plants,  such 
as  the  peach  willow,  grape  vine,  blackberry 
and  raspberry.  The  twigs  punctured  usually 
die,  therefore  we  may  safely  place  this  pretty 
little  cricket  in  the  list  of  injurious  insects. 
This  cricket,  or  a  closely-allied  species,  fre¬ 
quently  do  considerable  damage  to  the  grape 
by  cutting  off  the  leaves  and  bundles  of 
fruit,  cither  out  of  pure  mischief  or  because 
they  desire  a  portion  for  food.  I  do  not 
know  of  any  preventive  except  that  of  de¬ 
stroying  all  infected  twigs  and  killing  the 
insect  wherever  found. 

PRESERVING  SWEET  CHESTNUTS. 

March  20. — I  have  been  examining  a  quan¬ 
tity  of  sweet  chestnuts  sown  last  fall  in  sandy 
soil,  and  covered  two  or  three  inohes  deep. 
The  nuts  arc  sound  and  fresh,  showing  no 
signs  of  decay,  and  from  present  appearances 
will  soon  be  pushing  into  growth. 

I  have  made  many  experiments  in  raising 
nut  trees  from  seed,  but  never  had  one  end 
in  a  failure.  Two  years  ago  one  of  my  neigh¬ 
bor's  planted  fifty  bushels  of  chestnuts,  but. 
did  not  get  enough  plants  to  pay  for  plowing 
1  the  seed  bod.  Why  he  failed  1  never  learned, 
but  the  fact  that  iie  did  was  enough  to  show 
there  must  have  been  some  gross  mismanage¬ 
ment  somewhere.  1  never  could  understand 
wherein  it  required  any  more  skill  to  grow 
an  acre  of  forest  tree  seedlings  than  an  acre 
of  wheat  or  corn  ;  in  troth  cases,  a  man  n'mst 
know  where  ami  how  to  plant,  und  one  is  as 
readily  learned  as  the  other.  If  nurserymen 
have  better  success  than  other  persons,  it  is 
simply  because  they  pay  more  strict  atten¬ 
tion  to  the  business,  learning  something  by 
practice.  1  have  but  one  rule  to  follow  with 
all  kinds  of  hardy  tree  seeds,  and  that  is, 
gather  when  ripe,  and  either  sow  immediat  e¬ 
ly,  or  keep  them  in  a  moist,  cool  place  until 
planted.  Seeds  that  ripen  early  in  the  sea¬ 
son,  like  the  Elm,  Silver  and  Scarlet  Maple, 
arc  put  into  the  ground  as  soon  as  they  fall 
from  the  tree. 

PRUNING  ROSES. 

March  27. — As  soon  as  the  frost  is  out  of 
t  he  ground  in  spring  and  hard  freezing  weath¬ 
er-  is  past.  1  commence  to  prune  my  roses.  I 
suppose  that  every  one  who  has  noticed  the 
’Carving  habits  of  roses  knows  the  different 
species  or  classes  require  different  treatment 
with  the  pruniog  knife.  All  kinds  of  sum¬ 
mer  or  June  roses,  aa  they  are  usually  term¬ 
ed,  such  us  Damask,  Prairie  Moss  and  French, 
should  have  the  old  canes  occasionally  re¬ 
moved  ;  1  hat  is,  those  that  have  produced 
flowers  one,  two  or  three  years.  Also,  all 
weak,  slender  branches  und  canes  may  bo 
removed,  allowing  only  sufficient  to  give  the 
plant  a  good  form.  The  largest  and  most 
perfect  flowers  are  usually  producer]  upon 
the  strongest,  one-year-old  canes,  and  these 
may  be  shortened  with  benefit.  Hybrid  Per 
periods  should  also  have  their  canes  shorten¬ 
ed  and  the  weak,  feeble  branches  cut  away, 
and  as  a  rule,  the  weaker  the  shoot  the  more 
severely  it.  should  be  pruned.  Six  to  twelve 
inches  is  long  enough  for  side  branches  on 
Hybrid  Perpetual*  grown  as  tree  or  half 
standards.  With  the  Tea-seentod,  Noisettes 
and  Bourbons,  there  is  little  danger  of  prun¬ 
ing  too  severely,  beeauseit  is  the  young  shoots 
that  produce  the  llowerg,  and  the  more  vig¬ 
orous  these  Start  and  grow,  the  more  abun¬ 
dant  will  be  the  blooms.  There  is  little  use 
t  o  leave  a  quantity  of  long,  slender  shoots 
upon  a  plant,  expecting  that  they  will  pro¬ 
duce  as  many  or  perfect  Mowers  as  a  few 
*  strong  ones.  After  monthly  roses  have  pro¬ 
duced  their  first  crops  of  flowers  in  summer, 
a  second  may  be  hastened  by  cutting  back 
the  blooming  shoots. 

MANURE  AND  WATER. 

The  rose  is  one  of  the  few  cultivated  planks 
that  will  withstand  almost  any  amount  of 
stimulating'  manure,  provided  it  is  not  too 
fresh  and  rank.  Let  it  be  old  and  fine,  and 
then  apply  as  liberally  as  the  supply  will 

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MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


warrant.  All  roses  do  better  *in  a  rather 
heavy  and  compact  soil  than  in  one  that  is 
very  light,  containing  too  much  sand  cr 
vegetable  matter.  The  rose  being  a  thirsty 
plant,  it  should  be  planted  in  a  deep,  moist 
soil,  or  where  water  can  be  freely  given  arti¬ 
ficially.  Those  who  plant  single  specimens 
of  roses  in  sod  or  upon  raised  mounds  in  the 
garden,  usually  learn  their  mistake  in  July 
and  August. 

IN  THE  RUBBER  BUSINESS. 

M arch  28. — Of  course,  as  spring  has  arrived, 
1  want  to  send  some  of  my  choice.seeds  and 
plants  to  friends  residing  in  the  far  West  and 
elsewhere,  but  And  that  the  Post-office  De¬ 
partment  still  endeavors  to  bother  the  people 
as  much  as  possible,  instead  of  trying  to  aid 
them  in  distributing  plants.  Seeds  are  allowed 
to  be  sent  by  mail  in  unsealed  packages,  also 
other  articles,  under  the  head  of  samples ; 
but  we  are  informed  that  the  packages  must 
be  put  up  in  such  a  manner  that  the  P.  M. 
can  examine  the  contents  without  the  least 
inconvenience  or  loss  of  time.  Well,  this  is 
very  clever  on  the  part  of  the  Department, 
but  very  inconvenient  to  practice  by  the 
humble  people.  Vary  small  seeds  are  'not 
readily  kept  in  unsealed  packages,  and  when 
it  comes  to  potatoes  and  bulbs  and  tubers  of 
various  kinds,  a  little  st  rong  twine  is  a  very 
convenient  article  to  hold  them  together. 
But  we  are  told  that  twine  must  not  be  used, 
because  it  takes  too  much  of  the  post-oil  ice 
clerk's  lime  to  untie  and  examine  the  con¬ 
tents  of  packages  ;  therefore  rubber  bunds 
are  recommended,  and  this  looks  very  much 
as  though  somebody  ut  headquarters  was 
interested  in  a  rubber  manufactory.  I  wish 
the  Postmaster-General  would  come  out  und 
talk  plain,  and  tell  us  whose  make  we  must 
purchase,  for  1  want  to  start  right,  and  not 
have  all  my  packages  confiscated  in  conse¬ 
quence  of  not  having  the  right  sort  of  rub¬ 
ber  about  them.  Then,  perhaps  it  would  be 
a  good  plan  to  have  a  published  schedule  of 
the  sizes  and  price  which  must  be  paid  for 
the  bands — iu  fact  try  and  make  it  as  plain  as 
possible,  that  all  the  honesty  in  this  country  is 
concentrated  in  the  Pont-cllicc  Department 
and  not  a  drop  left  among  the  people.  It  is 
strange  that  some  safe  plan  cannot  be  de¬ 
vised  l'or  managing  the  mails  in  an  honest 
manner  on  both  sides.  1  behove  that  the 
people  who  are  not  in  the  employ  of  the  Gov¬ 
ernment  are  about  as  honest,  upon  the  whole, 
as  those  who  are,  and  generally  a  little 
more  so. 


©lie  glj)i;iijian. 


BEES  SWARMING. 

A  hu  he  way  to  prevent  bees  from  going  to 
the  woods,  when  they  come  out  aud  alight, 
is  to  get  a  pail,  half  full,  of  cold  water  from 
the  well;  take  a  broom,  brush  and  dip  it  in 
tiie  water,  and  throw  it  up  over  the  bees,  and 
it  will  come  down  on  them  like  hue  rain ; 
then  hive  them  the  usual  way,  and  sprinkle 
them  while  going  in,  and  sprinkle  the  ground 
around  the  hive,  to  cool  the  air  ;  in  fifteen  or 
twenty  minutes  do  it  again,  and  continue  it 
until  the  May  is  cooler  ;  keep  the  hive  in  the 
shade.  There  is  no  need  of  having  any  bees 
go  to  the  woods — not  at  all.  1  had  over  forty 
swarms  last  summer,  and  saved  all  by  sprink¬ 
ling  them. 

The  bee  journals  tell  of  men  who  make  ar- 
tifieial  swarms,  and  yet  have  bees  go  to  the. 
woods ;  there  is  no  need  of  this  if  you  uso 
cold  water.  “But,”  says  one,  “my  bees  go 
to  tbe  woods  without  alighting.”  1  don't 
dispute  it  in  the  least  ;  but  during  the  thirty- 
live  yearn  that  I  have  kept  bees,  1  have  never 
had  a  swarm  come  out  and  go  to  the  woods 
without  alighting  first ;  and  1.  am  safe  in  say¬ 
ing  1  have  hived  a  thousand  swarms.  Bees 
sometimes  come  out  undiscovered,  and  after 
a  while  start  for  the  woods,  and  are  seen  on 
the  second  start.  A.  Wilson. 

Mareellus,  N.  Y. 


BEE  NOTES. 

Correction. — In  my  communication,  pub 
liehcd  in  the  Rural,  March  22(1,  on  “Spring 
Management  of  Bees,”  the  pamgrapl  ,  “and 
others  plenty  of  bees  and  food  and  but  little 
honey,”  food  should  be  brood  ;  “hives  with¬ 
out  broods, ”  broods  should  be  brood;  “as 
there  would  have  been  much  brood,  and  few 
bees  in  the  hive,  should  bo,  “as  there  would 
not  have  been  much  brood,  and  few  1  iocs  iu 
the  hive. — J.  E.  Mooiur,  Rochester,  Pa. 

MctaMc  Jtcc-Hives,  it  is  asserted,  destroy 
the  instincts  of  moths,  and  are,  therefore, 
moth-proof !  Do  they  destroy  the  instinct, 
or  does  the  moth's  instinct  teach  it  to  keep 
away  from  them  ? 


©he  Horseman:. 


TO  HALTER  AND  BREAK  A  COLT. 

I  would  like  to  say  a  few  words  in  refer¬ 
ence  to  the  above  subject,  more  especially 
after  reading  the  article  in  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  March  8.  That  article  totally  con¬ 
demns  a  former  one  written  on  the  same  sub¬ 
ject,  but  not  upon  the  ground  of  experience, 
if  your  correspondent,  who  styles  himself 
“A  Lover  of  the  Horse,”  has  ever,  in  Ida  life, 
at  any  time,  had  the  least  experience  in  hal 
tcring  and  training  a  colt  previous  to  his  be 
ing  harnessed  and  driven  before  a  vehicle  ol 
some  kind,  he  has  utterly  failed  to  convey 
that  impression  to  the  minds  of  your  many 
readers  in  his  condemnatory  article.  Rela¬ 
tive  to  the  method  of  haltering  a  colt,  advo¬ 
cated  by  your  correspondent  in  the  Rural, 
Feb.  15,  allow  me  to  ask  your  correspondent, 
“  A  Lover  of  the  Horae,”  why  he  totally  ig¬ 
nores  the  practice  pursued  by  E.  (J.  C.,  with¬ 
out  applying  or  telling  of  a  remedy  that 
would  eventually  put  a  stop  to  u  system 
which,  in  his  imagination,  is  so  cruel  and  far 
beyond  the  laws  of  common  sense  ?  Should 
the  “  Lover  of  the  Horse”  have  any  time  at 
his  disposal,  he  could  profit  amazingly  by 
studying  the  above  subject  carefully  before 
he  int  rudes  his  ideas  upon  a  reading  publidj 
when  not  backed  by  experience — especially 
when  all  lie  appears  to  know  of  a  subject  so 
momentous  to  horsemen  as  the  one  now  be¬ 
fore  us  is  based  upon  imagination. 

In  dealing  with  thin  mat  ter,  allow  me  to  go 
over  the  ground  of  treatment  in  haltering  a 
colt  w hi el»  is  so  objectionable  to  the  “Lover 
of  the  Horse.”  The  first  he  complains  of  is, 
after  getting  the  colt  into  a  suitable  inc  losure, 
the  horseman  provides  himself  with  a  whip 
having  a  long  lash,  and  the  colt  feels  this 
somewhat  sharply  applied  to  In's  hind  legs,  and 
your  correspondent  asks,  “  why,  in  the  name 
of  common  sense,  is  this  done,  unless  you 
want  to  teach  the  colt,  to  kick!”  and  adds, 
“  this  would  be  the  proper  method  to  inaugn- 
•  rate  such  u.  performance.”  The  “  Lover  of 
the  Horse’s,”  hyaghiutions  on  this  point  are 
not  correct.  We  horsemen  consider  the 
whip,  when  properly  used,  an  article  almost 
indispensable  in  the  training  and  manage¬ 
ment  of  the  horse,  and  claim  I  hat  all  E.  A.  C. 
talks  of  doing  with  it  in  training  a  colt  can 
be  accomplished  successfully,  and  with  eom- 
parati  vely  but  little  difficulty.  My  attention 
was  first  arrested  to  this  mode  of  managing 
a  colt  by  the  following..  This  exercise  was 
fully  illustrated  by  Mr.  Jonathan  Smith  of 
Virginia,  which  is  thus  described  by  S.  A. 
Cole: — A  vicious  mare  was  given  him  to 
tarns,  which,  it  was  said,  he  could  not  man¬ 
age,  unless  he  dealt,  with  the  devil,  for  she 
was  a  wild,  skittish  young  thing,  high  tem- 
dered,  and  disposed  to  kick  and  bite.  He  or¬ 
dered  her  into  a  bam,  and  then  entered,  and 
fastened  the  door.  Before  she  had  time  to 
survey  him  he  was  giving  her  the  lash 
smartly ;  around  she  went,  kicking  and 
jumping ;  no  rest  was  given  ;  the  sweat 
flowed,  and  she  slackened  in  her  movements. 
When  she  approached  him  ho  slackened  his 
whip,  held  out  his  hand,  uud  said,  “come 
along,”  Again  she  was  off,  and  the  lash  ap¬ 
plied.  This  was  repeated  several  times  be¬ 
fore  she  would  advance.  When  she  moved 
toward  him,  lie  approached  and  patted  her; 
aud  as  he  moved  away  and  said,  “come 
along,”  she  followed.  In  a  moment  she 
darted  oil ;  he  applied  the  lash  smartly  ;  she 
stopped,  t  rembled,  and  approached  him.  He 
patted  her  neck,  and  said,  “come  along,”  and 
she  followed  him  several  times  around  the 
barn.  When  he  lagged,  she  was  away,  and 
the  lash  applied.  After  that  she  would  not 
remain  two  feet  from  him.  He  ordered  the 
door  to  be  opened,  and  the  mare  followed 
close  to  him  through  the  crowd,  and  back  to 
the  stable.  This  shows,  and  proves  clearly, 
the  first  steps,  and  only  correct  way,  of  form¬ 
ing  an  acquaintance  with  wild  and  vicions 
horses. 

The  above  management,  as  described  by 
S.  A.  Cole,  and  that  it  can  be  successfully 
performed  as  perfectly,  if  not  with  as  much 
ease  aud  grace,  as  it  was  for  the  “  Lover 
of  the  Horse”  to  say,  “what  nonsense  !” 
The  “Lover  of  the  llorse”  objects  as  to  the 
manner  in  which  the  halter  is  put  on,  and 
the  use  made  of  it.  in  breaking  a  colt  to  lead 
and  follow.  He  is  again  at  fault  ,  as  all  men 
must  expect  to  be  who  don’t  take  the  troul  ile 
to  solve  such  questions,  save  by  their  own  im¬ 
aginations.  1  have  seen  a  colt  so  perfectly 
trained,  in  the  manner  stated  by  E.  A.  (X, 
that  you  could  not  possibly  get  far  enough 
away  from  inm  as  to  necessitate  a  jerk  of 
the  halter  to  make  him  follow.  Further¬ 
more,  after  the  same  is  done,  you  can  take 


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the  naked  colt  and,  with  the  aforesaid  whip, 
make  him  follow  you  wherever  you  please. 
This  can  be  accomplished  so  perfectly  that 
the  colt  will,  by  only  snapping  the  whip 
while  running  before  him,  keep  close  to  your 
side,  no  mat  ter  how  many  horses  are  running 
loose  around  him. 

In  conclusion,  I  would  just  say  to  my 
friend,  Mr.  “Lover  of.  the  Horse,”  don’t  be 
quite  so  positive  that  what  seems  an  impossi 
bility  to  you  cannot  be,  and  with  ease,  sue 
cessfully  performed  by  some  one  else. 

Province  of  Ontario,  C'an.  Canada. 

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SCRATCHES  IN  HORSES. 


C.  W.  C.  inquires,  "  Can  any  one  tell  what 
will  effaet  a  cure  for  scratches  ?”  I  think  I 
can  toll  him,  and  feel  so  confident,  that  I 
would  be  willing  to  warrant  it  if  it  was  neces¬ 
sary.  Take  a  handful  of  calendula  blows, 
(you  can  buy  them  in  some  drug  stores,  not 
every  one,)  put  to  it  a  half  pint  of  pure  alco¬ 
hol  and  a.  half  pint,  of  pure  rain  orsoft  water; 
let  it  stand  ten  or  twelve  hours.  Wash  the 
horse’s  foot  or  feet  in  warm  water  and  soap; 
use  a  brush  ;  get  out  all  the  dirt  and  all  the 
scabs.  Then  take  about  two  table-spoonfuls 
of  the  prepared  tincture  of  the  calendula,  put 
it  t.o  a  half  pint  of  rain  or  soft  water,  take  a 
clean  mg  and  wash  the.  sores  with  the  mix¬ 
ture,  and,  if  practicable,  tie  a  clean  rag,  wet 
with  this  mixture,  around  the  leg.  I)o  it 
night  and  morning,  and  your  horse  will  soon 
be  well.  Do  the  same  if  your  horse  is  corked 
or  bruised  or  has  cut  or  hurt  himself,  or  has 
a  Bore  or  a  swelling,  and  you  will  find  it  one 
of  the  moat  valuable  medicines  you  ever  used 
on  a  horse — or  man  either,  for  similar  casual 
tics.  Calendula  is  the  old-fashioned  com¬ 
mon  Marigold,  called  “  Orange  Flower,”  in 
Virginia.  Just  try  it.—  S,  T.,  Verdierville, 
Orange  Go.,  Va. 

C.  W.  C.  inquires  for  a  remedy  for  scratches. 
Let  him  try  the  following  : — Take  copperas 
and  alum,  equal  parts,  burn,  eit  her  together 
or  separate,  in  an  iron  vessel,  then  beat  to 
a  fine  powder.  Wash  the  feet  of  t  he  horse 
with  soap  and  water,  wipe  dry,  and  dust  on 
the  powder  freely.  One  or  two  applications 
will  be.  Huflieient.  This  remedy  is  both  sim¬ 
ple  and  effective.  It  will  even  cure  grease  if 
persisted  in. — Tnos.  II.  B. 

In  answer  to  C.  W.  C.,  in  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  ol'  March  22d,  I  say,  from  experi¬ 
ence,  that  if  he  will  mix  equal  quantities  of 
hogs’  lard,  gunpowder,  common  table-salt, 
and  blue  stone,  aud  apply  to  the  parts  after 
they  have  been  well  washed,  it  will  effect  a 
cure  with  three  applications,  if  thoroughly 
made.  Apply  every  morning.  Keep  the  ani¬ 
mal  in  a  dry  place.  — James  A.  Scott,  Pine 
Grove,  Ky. 

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NOTES  FOR  HORSEMEN. 


Laying  Out  a  I  ltd/- Mile 'Track. — C.  II.  Har¬ 
well  furnishes  the  Turf,  Field  and  Farm  the 
following,  which  will  answer  inquiries  re¬ 
ceived  by  tin;  Rural  Nkw-Yorker  Lay  off 
two  straight  sides,  GOO  feet  each  (parallel),  and 
152  feet  1  >)j  inches  apart,  connected  at  each 
end  with  a  perfect  semicircle  (radius  220  feet 
2  8~1G  inches);  place  your  fence  exactly  upon 
a  line  so  formed  (which  is  the  inside  of  your 
track),  and  your  track  will  measure  exactly 
half  a  mile  three  l'eet  from  the  fence  ;  the 
outside  fence  to  be  placed  according  to  the 
width  of  the  truck  desired.  If  not  convenient 
to  obtain  an  engineer  to  run  the  curves,  it 
can  be  done  as  follows  : — Place  a  center  stake 
midway  between  the  parallel  straight  sides  at 
each  end  ;  take  a  wire  with  a  loop  at  the 
end,  loose  enough  to  turn  upon  the  stake, 
and  measure  upon  this  wire  22d  feet  2  3—1  (i 
inches  (the  radius  of  the  curves),  which,  from 
the  center  stake,  will  exactly  reach  the  ends 
of  the  straight  lines  ;  then  describe  your  sem¬ 
icircle,  beginning  at  the  end  of  one  straight 
side,  putting  down  a  stake  every  twelve  feet, 
If  that  is  the  lengt  h  of  fence  panels  desired. 


Parses  with  Lice. — J.  N.  W.  says  his  horses 
rub  about  the  buildings  and  fences,  and  he 
frequent  ly  sees  them  biting  themselves  ;  their 
coats  look  rough  and  nibbed  up.  He  resides 
iu  the  western  part  of  Maryland,  has  a  good 
stable  and  feeds  straw,  com  and  corn  fodder  ; 
no  hen-roosts  close  by.  We  thiid<  the  ani¬ 
mals  are  lousy,  evidently  need  physic,  would 
be  benefited  by  a  feed  of  carrots,  sugar  beets 
or  even  potatoes  every  day,  and  need  careful 
grooming. 

To  Stop  Runaway  Horses  the  following 
patented  contrivances  have  been  invented  : 
One  consists  of  a  pair  of  nose  stoppers,  at¬ 
tached  to  a  bit,  which  are  closed  over  the 
nostrils  of  the  animal  by  means  of  a  cord, 
which  the  driver  pulls  if  the  horses  attempt 
to  run. — Another  consist  s  of  a  pair  of  blinders, 
by  which  the  driver,  on  pulling  a  cord,  in¬ 
stantly  blindfolds  the  animal. 


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THAT  RAG  CARPET.  h 

[  >,•  tin.*  Rural  New-Yorker,  March  15th,  1  v 
read  tho  “  History  of  a  Rag  Carpet.”  Now,  ° 
how  on©  whole  family  could  devote  “four  I 
mortal  years”  to  making  forty  yards  of  rag 
carpet,  is  more  t  han  I  caa  understand.  I  am 
not  as  “poor  as  poverty,  nor  as  proud  as  Lu- 
cifer,”  neither  do  (  make  any  pretensions  to  I 
being  “.--mart;”  hut  i  have  made  one  rag 
carpet — about  thirty  yards.  I  colored  nearly 
all  the  rags,  (which,  by  the  way,  T  do  not  1 
think  1  would  ever  do  again)  cut  them  all  ( 
myself,  and  with  a  little  assistance  in  sewing, 
had  it  all  done  in  two  months.  My  time  was  1 
not  wholly  devoted  to  the  carpet,  l'or  Iliad  J 
other  duties  to  perform  ;  and  I  did  not  solfer  I  1 
any  great  inconvenience  from  l<  blistered  I 
hands.”  1  think  that  young  lady  must  he  j 
guilty  <»f  some  other  failing  beside  “  poverty” 
and  “pride.” 

Without  taking  into  consideration  econo-  I 
my  and  durability,  a  rag  carpet  seems  more 
appropriate  for  a  farmer’s  kitlien,  where  I 
there  is  of  necessity  so  much  going  in  and  I 
out.— Aunt  Helen. 

I  know  a  family  who  have  made  thirty  I 
yards  of  rag  carpet  each  year  for  three  years; 
go  there  when  you  will,  you  see  no  great  dis¬ 
play  or  blisters  ;  and  when  It  is  done  you  will 
find  yourself  wondering  when  it  was  done.  I 
There  arc  no  boys  to  help  them,  either— only  I 
tint  mother  and  two  daughters,  and  they  live 
on  a  farm  at  that.  1  would  not  have  Jane 
Brandon  think  these  carpets  are  not  pretty.  I 
They  arc  cut  ami  sewed  nicely  and  have  all  I 
the  bright  colors  necessary  to  make  them  I 
handsome.  We /f now  it  is  not  a  nice  job  to  I 
make  rag  carpet,  but  1  do  know  there  is  a 
lark  of  calculation  when  it  takes  six  per-  I 
sous  four  years  to  make  forty  yards  of  rag  I 
carpet .— L.  M.  R.,  WlndhMn,  O. 

- - 

FRENCH  BEDSTEAD,  ETC. 

WE  do  not,  give  the.  illustration  of  a  French 
bedstead,  with  its  muslin  hangings  and  quilt¬ 
ed  silk  counterpane  on  page  341,  because  we 
desire  or  expect,  our  country  readers  to  rush 
into  <  ho  extravagance  of  imitating  it,  except 
so  far  as  they  may  do  so  in  u  modified  and 
cheap  way ;  but  wo  have  many  wealthy 
readers  who  can  afford,  and  do  have  similar 
luxuries,  and  who  will  he  interested  in  our 
illustration.  The  hangings  are  of  white  nuts-  I 
lin  and  net-worked  in  satin  and  slanting 
stitch  and  overcast  at  the  edge.  The  green 
quilted  silk  counterpane  is  laid  inside  aline 
linen  case,  embroidered  around  the  edge  and 
buttoned  over  tho  quilt,  as  shown.  Figures 
l  and  2  exhibit  portions  of  the  quilt  with  the 
cover  attached.  Fig.  1  has  a  cover  trimmed 
with  work  ;  Fig.  2  is  cut  into  square  tabs  at 
the  edges,  and  tho  space  tilled  up  with  edg¬ 
ing  set  in  full.  The  pillow  is  trimmed  with 
lane  insertion,  and  a  double  muslin  frill,  .anil 
embroidered  at  the  corners,  where  it  is  also 
ornamented  witli  a  bow  of  colored  ribbon. 
At  the  foot  of  the  bed  is  a  second  cover  of 
chintz  or  dimity,  also  trimmed  with  lace  or 
frills. 

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DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 


biscuits,  T  fear  you  will  bo  unable  to  please 
him  or  them  In  that  line. — Mrs.  H.  8.  BROWN. 

To  Color  Scarlet  with  Coch  ineal . — For  one 
pound  of  goods  put  into  warm  water  one- 
ludf  ounce  cream  tartar ;  stir  it  briskly, 
while  tho  heat  increases  a  little ;  add  one 
ounce  pounded  cochineal ;  stir  well,  and  im¬ 
mediately  odd  one  ounce  muriate  of  tin  ;  stir 
well  ;  when  il  boils  put  in  the  goods  ;  stir  it, 
about  briskly  two  or  three  times  ;  afterward 
Stir  it  more  slowly.  Let  it  boil  twenty  min 
tttea  ;  take  out  the  goods,  and  rinse  well  in 
cold  water. — Mrs.  E.  R. 

Pork  Coke.— 1  lb.  fat  salt  pork,  chopped 
fine  ;  pour  on  it  one  pint  boiling  water  ;  2 
cups  brown  sugar  ;  l}4  cups  molasses  ;  1  tea¬ 
spoon  cloves  ;  1  teaspoon  cinnamon  ;  1  of  so¬ 
da  ;  1  of  nutmeg  ;  1  lb.  of  raisins  rolled  in 
Hour  and  added  last  to  prevent  settling  to  the 
bottom.  Bake  slowly  in  a  six-quart  tin. — 
Anna  R.,  mils.,  Mich. 

How  to  Take  the  Taste  of  Wild  Onions  or 
Garlic  Out  of  Milk ,  is  what  a  Maryland  cor¬ 
respondent  wants  to  know.  It  is  far  easier 
to  give  to  good  milk  a  bad  fiavor  than  a 
good  flavor  t©  tainted  milk.  Wo  cannot  an¬ 
swer  t  he  question. 

Cookies. — One.  cup  sour  cream,  one-half  cup 
buttermilk,  one  half  cup  sugar,  one  teaspoon 
soda,  a  little  nutmeg  if  you  like  ;  do  not  roll 
too  bliin  or  bake  too  hard,  and  you  will  have 
nice  moist  cookies.— L.  M.  R. 


den  anil 


Ipamtev'i. 


P0L0NAI8ES. 


That  Lone)  Chur  nine). — Tell  E.  M.  T.  of 
Erie  Co.,  N.  Y.,  (page  1(53,  Rural  March  ft) 
that  she  is  milking  some  of  her  cows  too  near 
the  time  of  calving,  or  has  a  farrow  cow  that 
has  been  in  milk  too  long.  Hhe  can  tell  by 
separating  the  milk  anil  churning  it  by  itself; 
she  will  find  that  one  part,  8he  may  keep 
her  churn  and  pans  ever  so  well  scalded,  and 
cream  of  the  right  temperature  and  have  seen 
•  the  last  new  moon  over  her  right  shoulder, 
and  she  may  churn  from  July  to  the  end  of 
tiuie  without  getting  a  particle  of  butter- 
only  just  froth  and  foam, — C.  TREADWELL. 

A  Cheap  Picture  Frame.— “  Lily  Aster” 
tells  how  she  made  a  rustic  picture  frame,  iu 
Rural  New-Yorker,  March  15.  1  will  tell 

you  about  my  picture  frame.  My  husband 
made  the  frame  of  heavy  molding  that  was 
left  in  making  tho  pillars  of  the,  fence.  1 
then  stained  it  with  burned  umber,  and  with 
mucilage  put  a  strip  of  gilt  paper  around  t  he 
inside  of  the  frame  ;  then  varnished  ft  several 
times.  I  have  a  very  pretty  autunni  wreath 
in  the  frame,  which  I  may  some  time  toll  you 
how  1  made. — Aunt  Helen. 

Sally  Lunn. — Tako  a  stone  pot,  pour  in  one 
pint  of  sweet  milk,  half  a  teacup  of  baker’s 
or  other  yeast,  one-quarter  of  a  pound  of 
melted  butter,  a  little  salt,  anil  three  beaten 
eggs  ;  mix  iu  about  three  pints  of  sifted  flour  ; 
let  it  stand  to  raise  ;  when  light,  put  into  tin 
pans,  in  which  Sally  should  again  rise  up  be¬ 
fore  being  put  iu  the  oven  ;  and  if  your  hus¬ 
band  and  friends  do  nob  pronounce  these  good 

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New  materials  for  polonaises  appear  every 
day  in  tho  stores.  The  fancy  for  this  gar- 
rnont  is  in  no  wise  diminishing,  while  styles  v 
seem  to  be  narrowing  down  to  the  redingote  n 
with  loose  front  or  tho  redingote  with  darts,  <j 
In  both  eases  belts  are  used,  though  iu  the  tl 
first  -  mentioned  the  belt  only  confines  the  p 
back.  There  is  a  certain  simplicity  about  p 
both  these  styles;  there  is  no  trimming  be-  j, 
yond  a  fiat  band  about  the  bottom,  except,  i 
where  embroidery  or  yak  lace  are  used.  Tlie  j> 
ornaments  are  the  large,  square,  velvet  or 
silk  collars,  cuffs  and  pockets,  and  steel  and 
embroidered  buttons.  These  are  the  neoessi-  H 
ties  of  the  redingote  polonaise ;  otherwise,  t 
they  may  be  partly  opened  in  front,  caught  y 
upon  tho  sides,  though  not  too  high,  or  in  { 
the  middle  of  the  back.  The  arrangement  , 
of  the  sash,  which  the  fancy  of  the  wearer 
may  dictate,  also  gives  variety.  Nothing 
could  he  more  comfortable  for  the  summer 
months,  or  for  promenade  wear,  than  these 
rodiugotes  made  in  suitable  materials. 

A  new  grenadine  for  the  seaside  comes  in 
white  stripes  alternated  with  stripes,  two  ( 
inches  wide,  of  black,  lavender,  blue,  pink 
and  peacock ;  this  stripe  is  thicker,  with  a 
satin  finish.  A  lace-like  pattern  covers  both 
the  thick  and  thin  stripe.  The  material  is 
exceedingly  handsome,  but  costs  $5  a  yard. 

If  one  has  all  old  lavender,  blue,  or  colored 
silk  dress,  past  its  first  freshness,  polonaises 
of  this  material  will  make  an  elegant  anil 
not  expensive  costume.  Other  stripes,  which 
are  uucll  narrower,  and  without  the  lace 
figure,  are  very  pretty,  and  sold  for  *3. 

Caprice  can  scarcely  be  carried  any  further 
than  in  the  varieties  of  batiste  and  Algerine 
goods  for  polonaises.  All  are  in  alternate 
stripes,  thick  and  thin, ;  t  he  most  sheer  ba¬ 
tiste  is  united  to  stripes  like  Turkish  towel¬ 
ing  ;  such  novelties  cost  *5  and  $4  a  yard.  A 
white  variety  has  lines  of  blue  and  silver  or 
threads  of  gilt  running  through  it.  Such 
cannot  be  commended,  except,  to  very  stylish 
persons,  who  can  afford  to  renew  their  ward¬ 
robes  often. 

One  turns  from  these  extravagant,  patterns 
with  pleasure  to  the  white  goods — 'the  striped 
Victoria  lawns  and  the  embroidered  piques. 
These  last  were  never  ro  handsome ;  they 
have  small  sprays,  leaves  and  dots,  embroid¬ 
ered  by  hand.  The  goods  are  wide  and  | 
l.  thick,  and  cost  $1.25  and  $1.50.  It  must  bo 
s  said  there  are  objections  to  the  piques,  on 
L  account  of  their  thickness,  which  renders 
1  them  unsuitable  for  very  warm  weather ; 

!  there  iR  also  the  difficulty  of  having  them 
1  properly  done  up.  A  pique  polonaise,  though, 

1  is  very  serviceable.  They  are  made  some* 

1  thing  like  the  old  gubriclles,  with  very  little 
fullness  or  looping,  and  trimmed  with  a 
e  ruffle  of  Victoria  lawn  or  an  embroidered 
s  ruffle  such  as  comes  for  this  purpose, 
f  For  ordinary  costumes  at  seaside,  or  for 
a  sea  voyages,  is  the  old-fashioned  goods  known 
;  as  de  beye ;  it  Is  mixed  brown,  soft,  and  costs 
n  but  50  cents  a  yard.  The  skirt  is  made  with 
s-  a  small  rutile  on  the  bottom  and  a  flat  plait- 
>-  ing  above.  The  polonaise  is  such  as  we  have 
d  described,  with  sailor  collar. 


Dark  blue  costumes  for  those  purposes  are  oi 
still  in  favor.  Dark  blue  waterproof,  or  P 
imitation  of  camels’  hair  cloth,  are  the  hand-  ° 
Bomest  materials  ;  serge  is  very  serviceable;  *’ 
the  English  make,  being  the  best.  The  cos¬ 
tumes  are  made  as  the  de  bet/c,  and  often  v 
with  the  addition  of  a  white  cord,  us  in  cliil-  il 
ilren’s  dresses.  Black  gros  grain  is  used  for  j 
sashes. 

NOVELTIES.  i 

Among  recent  novelties  are  gray  grenadine 
veils  in  squares,  dotted  and  trimmed  with  a 
fringe;  they  are  especially  becoming.  Other  t 
colors,  as  blue,  green  and  white,  can  be  had  ;  , 

price,  $2  and  $2.50.  Black  net  veils  trimmed  i 
with  Spanish  lace  are  still  worn.  Veils  are  J 
worn  with  one  point  in  front  and  the  other  > 
three  gathered  down  tight  beneath  the  hat  \ 
on  the  back  of  the  head  and  pinned  with  a 
fancy  veil-pin. 

Square  capes  of  white  net,  embroidered  in 
black,  with  black  and  white  fringe,  arc  worn 
about  the  necks  of  young  ladies  ;  also,  netted 
silk  cravats  of  blue,  pink  and  scarlet. 

Fancy  vests,  to  he  worn  outside  of  the 
dresses,  are  still  worn.  Tho  foundations  arc 
of  blue  and  pink  China  crepe,  in  folds,  fin¬ 
ished  on  each,  side  with  inserting,  and  edge  of 
Italian  lace.  In  front  and  back  China  silk 
folds,  in  points,  connect  the  two  shoulder 
pieces,  which  end  in  tabs  below  the  waist. 

High  rutiles  of  Valenciennes  are  the  most 
becoming  finish  for  the  Reck  of  «,  dress,  and 
have  almost  taken  tho  place  of  linen  collars. 
The  lighter  and  fluffier  these  rutiles  are,  tho 
more  becoming.  Made  of  tulle  or  wash 
blonde,  they  are  still  prettier.  For  mourn¬ 
ing,  tarletan  or  muslin,  edged  with  footing, 
are  worn.  Black  crepe  collars  are  not  used 
in  mourning. 

The  standing  ruffle  of  Valenciennes,  with  a 
lace  jabot  in  front,  is  very  much  worn.  A 
variety  of  the  jabot  is  a  piece  of  Swiss  muslin 
about  twenty  four  inches  wide  and  eight  in 
depth.  From  the  two  ends  it  slopes  up  to 
the  center,  which  leaves  it  straight  for  two 
inches,  about,  three  inches  deep.  Trim  this 
piece  all  about  with  loco  inserting  and  edg¬ 
ing,  then  plait  tho  straight  ends,  leaving  a 
box-plait  in  the  center,  Fasten  this  to  the 
ruffle,  with  the  open  ends  underneath,  and 
1  conceal  the  seam  by  embroidery  applied. 

In  trimming  light  spring  silks,  use  graceful 
‘  sheer  patterns  of  French  lace.  It  is  inex- 
1  expensive,  can  be  bought  by  the  bolt  and 
'  used  lavishly.  There  is  no  prettier  trimming 
1  for  rutiles,  and  it,  requires  no  skillful  handi 
^  work.  Rut,  remember,  do  not  choose  a  thick 
r  pattern,  as  its  beauty  is  in  its  lightness. 

Breakfast-caps  of  muslin  are  used  by  both 
elderly  and  young  ladies.  The  Fanclion  is  a 
piece  of  muslin  gathered  over  the  top  of  the 
head  and  finished  with  a  standing  ruffle, 

I  which  edges  the  muslin,  flowing  loosely  back 
:i  over  the  chignon  ;  a  knot  of  ribbon  is  placed 
£  on  top.  The  Charlotte  Corday  is  a  larger 
!L  cap,  gathered  around  and  finished  with  a 

II  ruffle,  completely  confining  the  hair.  Caps 
H  for  elderly  ladies  have  strings  of  muslin  and 

'•  a  high  front  of  ruffles  and  blonde. 


capable  of  producing  tones  which  the  most 
practiced  oar  cannot  distinguish  from  those 
of  pipe*,  and  with  those  contrasts  in  quality 
and  in  force  by  which  musical  expression  Is  at¬ 
tained. 


Induatipat 


BOSTON  INDUSTRY. 


How  Americana  “Added  Length  to  Solemn 
Sounds,  with  Nature’s  Mother-Wit  and 
Arts  Unkown  Before." 

There  is  a  building  In  Boston,  situated  on 
on© of  the  wide  up-town  fttrflcttk  among  hand¬ 
some  dwelling-houses,  tinder  Hie  shadow  of 
a  beautiful  church-spire,  which  might  be  taken 
for  a  hotel  were  it  not  for  the  sign  over  the 
front  door  ami  the  wavy  plume  <>r  steam  above 
the  high  roof,  which  show  at  once  that  It  is  u 
manufactory.  At  morning,  noon  ami  night 
there  is  heard  a  dear,  prolonged  musica  l  chord, 
readily  distinguished  as  that  of  A  major. 
Though  not  loud  or  obtrusive,  its  perfect  har¬ 
mony  is  frequently  hoard  on  still  days  three 
mile*  away.  For  fonndcrle*  and  clanking  forges 
the  st  eam-whistle  shrieks  a  summons  to  labor, 
but,  this  cheery  sound  1*  the  appropriate  call  f<>r 
the  artisans  of  a  musical  workshop.  This 
building,  with  its  six  practicable  stories  and 
another  large  and  I  boron ghly-appoin ted  shop 
for  wood-work,  about  half  a  mile  distant,  are 
the  factories  of  the  Smith  American  Organ 
Company. 

Nothing  more  surprising  in  tho  history  of 
musical  art,  nothing  more  praiseworthy  than 
the  development  nf  this  great  and  profitable 
business,  has  occurred  in  our  time,  for  t  he  orig¬ 
inal  germ,  or  musical  fact,  was  small  and  con¬ 
temptible.  The  twittering  of  a  thin  slip  of 
brass,  acted  upon  by  aeurrent  of  air !  That  was 
all.  It  was  such  a  sound  as  noisy  boys  rejoiced 
in,  and  refined  arid  nervous  people  heard  with 
ashuddor.  Yet  on  that  Idea  of  vibratory  sound 
has  been  built  up  a  business  of  over  half  a  mil¬ 
lion  a  year,  giving  employment  to  nearly  300 
thriving  mechanics.  In  place  Of  the  torturing 
“harmonica,"  there  is  now  a  veritable  organ, 


Dr.  Johnson  open  sudd  that  any  hook  that  over  I  I 
was  printed  would  lie  a  remarkable  production 
if  It  were  the  sole  and  unaided  work  or  it*  au¬ 
thor.  It.  is  as  true  in  iiicclumlcs  as  In  li  tters, 
that  great  geniuses  are  the  most  indebted  men 
that  they  work  upon  a  hint,  and  do  but.  ar¬ 
range  ami  combine  the  ancient  elements  of 
things.  Look  into  the  wonderful  complexity 
of  tho  new  compound  engine  In  a  sea-going 
steamship,  (ton Id  Watt  or  Fulton  undertake  to 
pick  out.  of  it  what  was  purely  his  own,  there 
would  still  lie  left  enough  levers  and  cams  and 
cog-wheels  In  Of  up  several  englnoB  for  Watt 
and  a  few  steamboats  for  Fulton.  In  like  man¬ 
ner  the  reed-organ  has  grown  In  character,  has 
gained  power,  and  acquired  resources  from  tho 
combined  Ingenuity  mid  patience  of  a  great 
mnuy  separate  workers.  The  one  great  feature 
of  the  modern  reed-organ  is  tin*  change  in  the 
mode  of  producing  vibration.  Probably  tho 
perplexed  inventor  had  heard  some  nasal  ac- 
cordoon  in  the  street-  —  George  L.  French  of 
Lowell.  Mass,,  seems  to  have  been  the  man  and 
had  noticed  that  drawing  In  the  air  made  one 
quality  of  tone,  and  forcing  out  made  quite 
another  quality.  The  thing  is  clear.  Hence¬ 
forth  the  supremacy  of  Messrs.  Alexandre,  al¬ 
ways  chiefs  In  this  business  before,  i*  gone. 

Paris  Is  headquarters  for  reed  instruments  no 
longer.  Wo  will  not  expel  Hie  air  by  a  force 
bellows  any  more;  wo  will  draw  it  in,  and  the 
reeds  shall  breathe  softly,  or  vibrate  strongly, 
as  we  please,  but  shall  nPways  give  full,  round, 
sonorous  tones.  Tills  was  a  revolution,  or, 

Iither,  a  new  creation.  A  poor  and  despised 
miTc  of  muslcul  tone  hud  been  transformed, 
yd  stood 

Grand  in  Its  full  diapasons,  simple  for  household 
employment, 

forth y  the  artist's  touch,  tit,  for  the  song  of  a  man." 

(begging  Mr. Story's  pardon  for  the  alteration). 

The  sewing-machine  became  possible  only 
’hen  Ellas  Howe  thought  of  having  t  he  eye  of 
lie  needle  near  its  point.  In  like  manner  tho 
auction  bellows”  is  the  one  groat  fact,  tn  tho 
nproved  reed-organ.  Everything  else  in  tho 
ray  of  emit ri vnneft  Is  trivQi.1  in  comparison, 
ills  experiment  was  successfully  made  by 
'reneli  iu  1831),  but  It  was  not  carried  to  praOti- 
nl  result* by  Hie  inventor.  It  was  reserved  for 
crcmlah  Carliurt  of  New  York  to  introduce 
Im  Invention  to  the  musical  public  in  a  com- 
detcr  form.  Audit  is  certainly  true  that  few 
adlcal  changes  Imvc  been  made  by  any subso- 
picnt  makers:  though  the”  resonant  air  c  hom¬ 
ier,”  devised  by  the  Smiths,  inis  been  highly 
isteemed :  and  though,  by  slow  degrees,  nearly 
svery  portion  of  t  he  mechanlHtn  as  employed 
iy  t  hem  has  been  renewed  and  perfected.  Bc- 
dnnlng  with  1800  rlioro  was  a  busy  season  of 
•xperiment.  In  every  part  of  tho  country, 
veen-witted  men  ransacked  the  Ihdds  of  acous- 
le*  and  pneumatics.  They  tried  various  metals  . 
'ur  vibrators,  they  tempered  I  hem,  they  twisted 
hem,  they  lengthened  them,  shortened  them, 

■  roiulen,  (I  them,  weighted  them,  [lightened 
them.  They  made  close  cells  lor  reeds,  larger 
•ells,  round  cell*,  and  resonant  air  chambers 
over  the  cell.*.  They  made  bellows  <o  move 
horizontally,  to  move  vertically.  They  tried 
leather  and  then  rubber  for  the  folds.  They 
made  "  swells  "  in  every  conceivable  form.  They 
made  tremulant  effects  by  various  devices,  in 
various  degrees  of  badness. 

Out.  of  all  this  t  urmoil  has  come  a  good,  prac¬ 
tical  Instrument,  with  admirable  qualities  of 
tone  and  power  of  musical  expression  ;  and  no 
inventor,  no  maiLiifactuii  r.  as  we  suppose,  lias 
any  monopoly  of  what,  is  essentia).  Peculiari¬ 
ties  of  detail  and  of  external  design  are  of 
course  const. ml  ly  produced,  giving  to  tho  works 
of  each  maker  their  characteristics.  The  Smith 
A  mcrit'an  Organ  Company  commenord  business 
In  Boston  in  February,  1852,  long  before  any 
competitors  in  Now  England,  it  was  a  day  of  I 
small  tilings,  to  lie  sure,  but  the  foundations 
were  solidly  laid.  Muchanicul  skill,  good  finan¬ 
cial  management,  ami  high  Integrity  were  com¬ 
bined  Irotn  the  si  art.  They  kept  equal  with  Hie 
foremost  in  Improvement*.  The  organ  grew 
under  their  management,  and  their  business 
grew  correspondingly.  They  have  made  nearly 
f.0, 00U  Instruments,  and  (heir  manufactories  now 
prod uco  U!f>  a  week,  all  of  a  size  and  character 
to  be  permanently  useful  ami  agreeable.  A 
great  many  of  their  instruments,  especially  tho 
largo  pedal  organs,  have  been  sold  in  England. 
The  best  English  makers  adverlhe  their  own 
work  as  **  A  merlcan  organs,"  so  highly  arc  these 
Boston  Instruments  esteemed  for  their  musical 
qualities. 

'I  lie  piano-forte  Is  necessarily  an  expensive 
instrument,  and  one  that,  require  a  great  deal 
of  manual  skill  and  practice ;  and  as  Hie  reed- 
organ  in  its  present  improved  slate  is  musically 
agreeable,  and  especially  useful  for  singers,  anil 
is  sold  at  a  very  moderate  price,  It  is  likely  to 
become  the  favorite  household  instrument  of 
Aim  lira.  With  the  universal  cultivation  of 
vocal  music  in  our  schools,  the  demand  for  a 
**  satisfactory  accompaniment  for  voices  yearly 
Of  increases,  and  It  I*  probable  that  the  resources 
■n  of  many  such  establish  men  ts  as  the  one  wo  have 
been  considering  will  lie  fully  taxed  for  years  to 
'  come,  in  a  very  few  years  these  Yankee  organs 
vo  have  gone  round  Hie  world.  Thupsalm-slnglng 
i  a  in  the  country  ineeting-bouso*,  and  the  anthem* 
pi,  in  village  singing  schools  everywhere,  are  large* 
ly  assisted  by  t.heir  substantial  and  sympathetic 
harmonies.  But  New  England,  like  the  north- 
ir.  el'll  hive  of  Europe,  ho.-,  been  a  mother  of  many 
ir_  ne  w  States ;  and  wherever  a  Yankee  colony  goes 
It  first  builds  a  meeting-house  and  a  school- 
0  house,  and  then  sends  bade  for  an  organ  to  lead 
!C«  in  the  service  of  song.  Tho  traveler  over  the 
•if,  prairie*  w  est  of  the  lakes  and  the  Mississippi, 
even  as  far  as  the  Rocky  Mountain*,  generally 
finds  in  the  village  chapel,  or  the  solitary  meet- 
l*h  log-house  at.  the  cross-road*  an  “American" 
nd  organ  from  Boston.  And  every  missionary  ship 
op  that  crosses  the  ocean  carries,  along  with  its 
load  of  blbles  and  tracts,  sin  organ  for  l  he  future 
1  chapel.  1 1-  i*  idee -ant  to  read  the  letters  of  the 
lin  missionaries,  a*  I  hcy  describe  the  eager  delight. 

of  the  natives  In  listening  to  tho  organ  and 
,,f  Voice  in  divine  worship-  still  more  touching  to 
read  of  tiielr  own  sweet  and  sad  recollections 
liltl  as  they  sing  in  a  strange  land  the  hymns  of 
bli.i  i  heir  distant  New  England.  Such  idlers  com© 
•jo.  that  have  been  written  under  bamboo  verandas 
’  In  India  and  China,  under  Koordish  touts,  near 
m“  ruined  Persian  temples,  and  amid  Die  sacred 
of  mountains  of  Palestine;  and  the  man  is  not  to 
va*  be  onvlod  who  nan  regard  such  heroism  and 
such  tender,  loyal  fooling,  unmoved.  As  music 
Ison©  of  the  prinio  elements  in  civilization  and 
•Di  refinement,  and  is  the  source  of  one  of  tho 
i mi  purest  pleasures  which  men  can  enjoy,  all  en- 
all_  ievprises  should  be  commended  that  tend  to 
>tf¥1  carry  its  in  lluences  Into  every  home;  and  among 
t  horn  a  high  place  must  he  given  to  the  efforts 
ing  of  this  honorable  and  long-established  com- 
;an,  [  pany.  w.  h.  k. 


PROGRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT 


of  Husbandry,  and  has  led  all  other  States  in 
the  number  of  organizations  of  this  Order  the 
past  two  or  lb  rcc  years.  One  of  t  he  avowed  ob¬ 
jects  of  the  Order  is  to  bring  producer  and  con¬ 
sumer  closer  together,  and  save  thv  commis¬ 
sions  of  middlemen  to  both.  At  hen  are  the 
farmers  of  Iowa  to  reap  such  frai  a  from  their 
organization?  We  hope  they  may  do  so;  but 
we  confess  the  tone  of  letters  received  does  not 
indicate  such  results  yet. 


these  reports  rather  premature.  It  is  too  early 
in  the  season  to  determine  t  he  extent  of  the 
damage  from  frost.  We  prefer  awaiting  further 
developments  before  attaching  much  value  to 
these  reports.  Nothing  definite  can  bo  ascer¬ 
tained  until  after  the  frost  leaves  the  ground 
and  the  roots  begin  to  sprout.” 


logical  Ring  went  for  t  he  Legislature  with  the 
persistence  of  a  swarm  of  black  flies  at  a  camp 
of  trout  fishers." 

We  do  not  know  how  good  at.  "figuring”  Col. 
Harris  is,  hut  we  happen  to  know  that  Dr. 
Fitch's  earlier  reports  were  of  great  value  to 
the  State— of  real  practical  value.  And  we 
dou ill.  if  there  is  an  intelligent  farmer  or  horti¬ 
culturist  in  this  State  who  has  not  been  bene¬ 
fit  ted  by  them,  directly  or  Indirectly.  We  do 
not  sympathize  with  our  friend  in  his  estimate 
of  the  value  of  this  class  of  work,  if  his  words 
above  quoted  are  an  index  thereof.  We  get 
evidence,  daily,  of  the  importance  the  people 
attach  to  it,  and  know  many  instances  where 
they  have  derived  profit  from  the  knowledge 
Just  such  men  as  Fitch,  Walsh,  Riley,  House, 
Ll-  I3aron  and  others  have  disseminated  and 
are  disseminating. 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


The  lnt<'r-8tntc  Industrial  Exposition  at 
Chicago,  the  Evening  Journal  of  April  1st  an¬ 
nounces,  is  “  a  fixed  fact,  not  only  for  this  year 
but  annually  hereafter.  It  will  be  no  ‘empty 
show*  either,  the  public  may  rest  assured.” 
That  Is  good;  and  we  give  Chicago  credit  for 
being  sensible  as  to  a  name,  for  once.  It  is  an 
innovation  to  reject  "  International "  and  sub¬ 
stitute  “Inter-State;"  but  we  like  it  — and 
Chicago  ougljt,  of  course,  to  get  some  comfort 
out  of  that  fact ! 


Conduotius  Editor  and  Fu.’blislxer. 


A  Pound  of  Butter  from  a  Pint  or  Milk,— B. 
0.  8.,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  writes  us  that  there  is  a 
man  Belling  recipes  which  !>«  claims  will  enable 
any  one  to  make  a  pound  of  butter  from  a  pint 
of  milk.  Ho  asks  us  if  we  knowanythingabout 
it,  and  what  we  think  of  it.  With  his  letter 
came  the  Manufacturer  and  Builder,  of  New 
York  City,  edited  by  Ifr.  P.  H.  Van  Deh  Wyoe 
a  chemist,  and  a  man  of  great  scientific  knowl¬ 
edge.  In  it  we  find  a  similar  inquiry  to  ours, 
and  the  following  reply  by  the  editor “  A  long 
l  ime  ago  wo  bought  this  identical  proscription 
for  the  sole  purpose  of  publishing  it  for  the 
benefit-  of  our  subscribers,  expecting  that  some 
time  a  correspondent  would  turn  up  inquiring 
about  It.  This  has  happened  now,  and  here  is 
the  prescription  :  4  ounces  pulverized  alum,  'A 
an  ounce  pulverized  gum-arabic,  50  grains  pep¬ 
sin,  mix  w.dl  together,  and  preserve  in  a  bottle, 
One  pint  of  good  milk  requires  only  one-third 
of  a  teaspoon  of  this  powder.  This  is  put  in 
with  t  he  yolk  of  one  fresh  egg  for  every  pint  of 
milk,  and  then  it  is  churned,  and  the  result 
will  be  half  a  pound  of  a  mixture  of  butter  and 
caseine  for  every  pint  of  milk.  In  order  to 
make  a  whole  pound  of  butter  for  each  pint,  of 
milk,  half  a  pound  of  good  flutter  for  every  pint, 
is  smuggled  into  the  churn,  and  the  resulting 
butter  will  be  not.  only  greater  in  quantity  but 
also  better  in  quality.  It  is  evident  that  it  is 
impossible  to  make  a  pound  of  butter  from  a 
pint  or  pound  of  milk,  as  all  the  solid  matter 
in  a  pound  of  the  richest  milk  butter,  cheese, 
and  milk-sugar  together— is  only  about  half  a 
pound:  therefore  that  half  pound  obtained 
must  be  something  else  besides  butter,  and  so 
it  is.  Just  try  it;  that  so-called  butter  is  not 
fatty-  it  will  not  stick  together,  as  good  butter 
does ;  it  has  notthe  proper  greasy,  smooth  look, 
but  a  dry  and  crumbly  appearance.  Of  course 
it  it  is  half  cheese.” 


CHAS.  D.  BRAGDON,  ANDREW  S.  FULLER. 

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of  those  of  whom  lie  buys  and  write  direct  to 
them,  and  i  bus  obtain  the  information  she  de¬ 
sires.  We  know  nothing  about  calico  printers. 


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THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC, 


Brownsville,  Nebraska,  March  27.  —  Four 
inches  of  snow  and  sleet  the  2olh.  Clear  and 
pleasant,  l  o-day.  Wheat,  $1.20 ;  oats,  15c;  corn, 
sacked,  18e;  in  ear,  15c;  fall  wheat  looks  well. 
A  larger  breadth  of  spring  wheat  and  oats  being 
sowed  than  previous  years;  fruit  prospects 
good.— w.  L. 

IJInck  River,  Jeff.  Co.,  X.  V.,  March  29. 

The  winter  lias  been  very  cold  and  rough. 
Weighing  began  the  first  of  November;  very 
good  since.  The  season  past  was  good  for  (lie 
farmers;  crops  wore  good.  Wheat,  $1.7.X"2 ; 
yum,  55c.;  oats,  40e;  potatoes,  50c;  butter,  35c; 
cheese,  l  ie;  hay,  $14;  farm  labor,  $20Gi25  aud 
board.— j.  d.  r. 

Waterman  Station,  Hi-  Hall)  Co.,  III.,  April  1, 

—To-day  is  very  stormy— rain  and  snow  mixed; 
the  ground  1b  frozen  about  1  feet  deep  ;  thawed 
about  fl  or  8  inches,  on  l  op.  Two  weeks  ago  wo 
had  some  nice,  warm  weather,  and  considerable 
wheat  was  sowed  on  fall  plowing;  since  then, 
there  has  been  a  good  deal  of  snow  and  winter. 
The  prospects  are  now  for  a  very  late  Spring.— 
S.  F.  F. 


Mr.  J.  II.  Dodge  for  Commissioner  of  Agri¬ 
culture. —The  Western  Farmer  says:  “Mr. 
Done  it  has  been  connected  with  the  Depart¬ 
ment  since  its  organization  in  1802,  since  i860 
has  been  Statistician,  and  has  edit  ed  the  Annual 
Reports  since  1805 ;  the  Monthly  Reports  since 
they  were  first  issued— if  we  arc  correctly  In¬ 
formed.  We  have  never  met  .Mr.  Dodge  per¬ 
sonally,  hut  we  know  that  ho  has  quietly,  fait  h¬ 
fully  and  well  done  a  very  large  amount  of  work. 
No  man  in  the  country,  it  Is  fair  to  suppose,  is 
so  familiar  as  lie  with  I  lie  Department,  Its 
needs  and  its  possible  and  proper  work.  There 
may  be  good  reasons  why  he  should  not  receive 
the  appointment;  if  such  do  not  exist,  we  be¬ 
lieve  his  t  en  years’  service  In  the  Department  is 
a  stronger  endorsement  and  a  better  proof  of 
fitness  for  the  important  position  of  Commis¬ 
sioner  titan  any  other  man  can  present.” 


A  Peace* Mn king  Gun.— Col.  JAMBS P. TAYLOR 
of  East  Tennessee  has  invented  a  mitralleuso 
gun,  which  it  was  our  privilege,  recently,  to  see 
tested  at  Sand's  Point,  L.  I.  The  destructive 
features  of  this  gun  are,  that  it  has  24  barrels, 
may  discharge  24  cartridges  a!  once,  and  210. 
Continuously,  without  change  of  cylinder ;  or, 
about  1,000  per  minute.  It  will  also  discharge 
each  one  of  these  24  cartridges,  or  ( In;  210,  or  1,000, 
successively,  or  vn  f uxtUuic.  By  the  use  pf  a 
single  lever.  It  discharges  a  volley  of  24  shuts, 
forces  t  he  brushes  at  the  breech  to  clean  the 
chambers,  brings  forw  ard  another  charge  from 
the  feeder,  and  ejects  the  cartridges  from  the 
discharged  chambers  simultaneously.  Unlike 
other  guns  of  this  class,  when  a  volley  Is  dis¬ 
charged,  the  balls  are  spread  horizontally,  cov¬ 
ering  a  space  ol  12  feet  in  100  yards.  21  feet  in 
200  yards,  36  feet  in  300,  and  so  on,  .according  to 
the  range  the  inuzzlesof  the  barrels  being  ar¬ 
ranged  in  the  form  of  an  ellipse,  instead  of  a 
circle.  Another  feature  is  that,  notwithstand¬ 
ing  the  rapidity  with  which  it  is  fired,  the  bar¬ 
rels  cannot  beat,  they  being  inclosed  in  a  cylin¬ 
der  of  water.  We  have  not  space  to  go  Into  the 
details  of  its  mechanism.  We  saw  it,  at  a  dis¬ 
tance  of  100  yards,  put  seven  balls  in  a  target  12 
feet  wide,  nearly  In  a  horizontal  position  rela¬ 
tive  tn  each  other;  and  discharged  a  distance 
of  Vi  to  ■>.{  of  a  mile  upon  the  Sound,  the  balls 
struck  the  water  simultaneously,  covering  a 
distance,  horizontally,  equal  to  that  claimed 
for  it  above.  This  gun  (the  first  made)  uses  Pa¬ 
tent  Berdan  Center  Fire  44  cartridges.  (It  can 
bo  made  of  any  capacity.)  It  weighs,  with  car¬ 
riage,  1,000  pounds.  It  is  to  go  to  the  Vienna 
Exposil  ion,  in  charge  of  Gen.  Wilder,  Commis¬ 
sioner  from  Tennessee.  Meantime,  another 
simplified  gun,  embracing  the  same  principles, 
is  to  lie  made  and  taken  thither  with  this.  We 
have  not  space  to  give  the  details  of  construc¬ 
tion,  if  it  were  necessary.  We  speak  of  what 
we  saw,  w  hich  is  wonderful  enough,  and  u  credit 
to  the  modest  inventor  thereof. 


SATURDAY,  APRIL  12,  1873. 


A  NEW  QUARTER, 

AND  A  GOOD  TIME  TO  SUBSCRIBE! 


Agents,  and  all  others  of  our  rcuders  interested, 
are  adv  ed  that  a  New  Quarter  oj  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  commence  April  5.  Our  friends  wIkibc sub¬ 
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new  at  once  in  order  to  secure  the  uninterrupted 
continuance  of  their  papers.  And  In  renewing  we 
trust  each  will  induce  one  or  more  persons  to  sub¬ 
scribe.  New  clubB,  and  additions  to  clubs,  (tu  begin 
w ith  the  New  Quarter,  or  lit  any  time.)  are  also  now 
in  order,  nml  we  hope  to  add  thousands  of  names  to 
ourlistwitlnnafew  weeks.  Agcntsnnd  other  friends 
can  do  much  lu  that  direction  by  u  little  effort  at  this 
season.  8eo  notice  under  heading  of  “The  Rural’s 
Spring  Campaign,”  on  page  2D. 


Gypsum  Analyses — Illustrating  the  value— 
or,  rather,  the  want  of  value— of  analyses,  a 
correspondent  writes  us  that  he  has  seen  com¬ 
parative  analyses  of  Cayuga  and  Onondaga 
gypsum,  which  showed  more  gypsum  in  Cayuga 
than  Onondaga  piaster;  and  ho  properly  says 
that  these  comparisons  arc  as  likely  to  do  in¬ 
justice  as  to  add  to  the  knowledge  of  those  who 
use  this  fertilizing  agent;  for  the  showing  of 
each  analysis  must  depend  upon  the  selection 
made.  Some  rocks  yield  more,  and  some  less. 
And  he  thinks,  from  experience,  there  is,  on 
the  average,  little  difference  in  the  value  of 
Cayuga  and  Onondaga  plaster. 


RURAL  BREVITIES 


The  National  Agricultural  Congress  meets  at 
Indianapolis.  May  27. 

Dr.  Wm.  Lb  Baron  has  been  re-appointed 
State  Entomologist  of  Illinois. 

A  Grange  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry  is  about 
to  be  organized  in  Sacramento,  Cal. 

April  3d  the  Broadway  fruit  stores  were  dis¬ 
playing  a  profession  of  ripe  straw  berries. 

The  Indiana  Legislature  lias  appropriated 
$500  for  the  use  of  the  Slate  Horticultural  So¬ 
ciety. 

AYe  have  inquiries  for  Silver-hull  buckwheat 
seed.  Let  those  who  have  it  to  sell  advertise 
the  fact. 

A  New  Orleans  Correspondent  asks  where 
Coi.uy’s  washer  can  be  obtained.  It  should  be 
advertised. 

AYe  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  an  invitation 
to  attend  the  State  Fair  of  Louisiana,  April  23 
30,  at  New  Orleans. 

An  Illinois  correspondent  asks  if  the  Doalt 
Combined  Corn  Planter  and  Cultivator  is  man¬ 
ufactured;  if  so,  where.  Let  the  manufactur¬ 
ers  advertise. 

E,  C.  B.  asks  where  he  can  obtain  English 
Cluster  hop  plants,  the  number  of  plants  re¬ 
quired  per  acre,  and  where  a  book  can  be  ob¬ 
tained  Lreating  of  hop  culture. 

H.  AY.  8.  a.-ks  from  whom  he  can  obtain  the 
very  best  thermometer,  hand-power  churn; 
also,  the  best  washing  machine  and  clothes 
wringer.  Let  advertisers  answer. 

\Ye  cannot  tell  George  AY.  Newton  where  he 
can  get  “the  genuine  loadstone.”  A  good 
homeopathic  establishment  is  that  of  Chas.  T. 
HuuLnritT,  80S  Broadway,  N.  Y.  City. 


RURAL  K0TE8  AND  QUERIES. 


If  You  Don't  Like  II,  Don't  Take  II  !— AVe 
have  just  (April  5)  received  from  Mr.  J.  AY. 
Peirce,  Kalamazoo,  Mich,,  a  letter  dated  March 
7.  which  we  should  not  notice  now  but  for  the 
fact  that  he  may  suppose  lie  has  Influenced  our 
course  in  a  certain  matter  of  which  he  com¬ 
plains.  AYe  want  Mr.  Peirce  to  understand 
that  it  is  none  of  his  business  whether  we  lose 
or  gain  subscribers;  and  that  some  of  his  state¬ 
ments  and  insinuations  are  as  false  as  the  gen¬ 
eral  tone  of  liis  letter  is  impudent  and  insult¬ 
ing;  and  that  we  conclude  that  the  man  who 
made  them  is  as  moan  as  his  insinuations. 


Tlie  American  Pomologicnl  Society  is  to 
hold  its  next  meeting  in  Boston  in  September. 
There  is  a  strong  disposition  manifest  on  the 
part  of  some  of  its  members  to  inaugurate  a 
departure  from  the  work  it  was  organized  to  do 
and  embrace  in  the  scope  of  its  investigations 
the  entire  field  of  horticulture.  AA'e  hope  this 
will  never  happen.  It  does  not  do  its  porno* 
logical  work  any  too  well  now'.  If  it  he  made 
a  national  horticultural  sonfety,  its  sessions 
would  have  to  bo  extended  two  or  t  hree  weeks 
in  order  to  meet  the  burden  of  work  that  would 
be  thrust  upon  It;  even  then  It  would  only 
duplicate  work  that  is  better  done  now  by  State 
and  local  societies.  But  lo  the  work  of  pomo¬ 
logies!  nomenclature  it  should  pay  more  par¬ 
ticular  at  tention.  This,  it  seems  to  us,  is  very 
important,  and  yet  but  very  little  time  has  been 
devoted  I o  this  subject,  at  any  of  the  sessions 
of  the  Society  vve  have  ever  attended. 


Charles  Dow  ning. — AVe  were  glad  to  welcome 
to  our  sanctum  again,  Charles  Downing,  April 
4.  His  many  friends  will  bo  glad  to  know  of 
his  good  health,  and  (hat  this  veteran  and  ac¬ 
complished  pomologist  continues  to  take  a  live¬ 
ly  interest  in  all  that  relates  to  his  specialty. 
By  the  way,  referring  to  a  paragraph  in  the  Ru¬ 
ral  New-Yorker  of  March  8,  relative  to 
Plumb  s  Cider  Apple,  ho  says  it  is  entirely  dis¬ 
tinct,  both  in  wmod  and  fruit,  as  lie  has  seen  it, 
to  Smith's  Cider,  and  that  Mr.  Plumb  was  in 
error,  in  his  earlier  lists,  in  calling  it,  “  formerly 
Smith's  Cider.” 


New  England  Tobacco  Grower*  and  Middle¬ 
men.— According  to  the  New  England  Home¬ 
stead,  a  party  of  tobacco  growers  in  AYest 
Springfield,  who  have,  in  the  aggregate,  a  mt 
100  tons  (550  to  (100  eases)  of  well-sorted  tobacco, 
recently  held  a  meeting  to  make  arrangements 
to  sell  direct  to  the  manufacturer,  thereby  sav¬ 
ing  to  themselves  the  commissions  of  the  mid¬ 
dlemen.  The.  propose  to  take  the  risk  of  the 
summer  sweat,  s.  ire  samples  from  each  owner, 
and,  throw,  i  their  own  agent,  dispose  of  their 
product  direct  to  the  cousumer.  With  the 
present  facilities  for  travel,  for  communicating 
by  telegraph,  there  is  far  less  need  that  pro¬ 
ducers  should  be  dependent  upon  middlemen 
for  the  sale  of  their  products  than  formerly 
provided  they  unite  in  their  action.  Still,  their 
agent  is,  alter  all,  a  middleman. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES 


Agricultural  branch  of  the  Survey  wasewltched 
oil  last  year,  as  there  was  only  one  man  living 
who  could  perform  that  work,  and  lie  got  stuck 
in  the  Black  Swamp  and  had  to  give  it  up,  after 
presenting  a  *  specimen  brick.’  AYe  understand 
he  is  now  bobbing  for  suckers  and  sunilsk  in 
the  Licking  reservoir!” 

We  insert  the  above  paragraph  to  show  that 
it  must  be  “the  principle  of  the  thing"  w'hich 
animates  him  to  write  the  paragraph  concern¬ 
ing  our  ex-State  Entomologist  which  follows. 
Commenting  on  the  fact  that  Dr.  Fnrcn  has 
resigned,  Col,  Harris  says : 

“  We  have  known  Dr.  Fitch  these  last  twenty 
years,  as  a  clever  and  harmless  gentleman,  very 
much  devoted  to  the  study  of  bugs  and  things'; 
but  from  all  be  ha*  discovered  and  written  on 
the  subject,  we  have  never  been  able  to  figure 
up  the  cents'  worth  of  economic  value  to  the 
State  which  has  pensioned  him  upon  its  slen¬ 
der  bounty.  Ohio  barely  escaped  a  similar  in- 
fliotiou  two  or  three  ycBtt  ago.  when  the  Pomo- 


Postage  Oil  Seeds  and  Flam*.— The  Post-Office 
Department,  in  its  requirements  concerning  the 
manner  in  which  seeds  and  plants  shall  be  put 
up,  is  acting  as  if  it  desired  to  suppress  the 
trade  therein  threugh  the  mails.  AYe  are  con¬ 
stantly  getting  complaints  of  overcharges,  be¬ 
cause  the  packages  are  not  properly  put  up, 
wrapped  In  the  right  kind  of  wrapper,  and  in 
the  right  form,  &c„  &c.  It  would  be  w  ise  if  the 
Department  would  specify  more  distinctly 
what  it  requires. 


A11  seeking  Southern  investments  or  homes  should 
subscribe  for  The  South.  Only  journal  of  the  kind 
in  the  country.  See  advertisement. 


Use  t  he  Eureka  Machine  Twist  and  Eureka  Button 
Hole  Twist.  They  will  give  perfect  satisfaction. 


S.  B.  PARSONS  &  SONS,  Flushing,  N.  Y 

Rhododendrons  and  othc-r  Trees  and  Plants. 


Ladies.— One-haif  the  trouble  in  running  your 
Sewing  Machine  may  be  avoided  by  using  the  Eureka 
Machine  twist.  It  is  the  best. 


Death  of  Hop  Roots.— Wells’  hop  circular 
says “  Our  western  exchanges  are  full  of  dis¬ 
couraging  reports  concerning  the  condition  of 
the  hop  roots.  Most  of  the  old  yards  in  Wiscon¬ 
sin  are  said  to  be  winter-killed.  AVe  consider 


Low  Prices  in  Iowa.— AYe  receive  letters  every 
week  from  the  good  State  of  Iowa,  complaining 
of  low  prices,  hard  times,  &c.  And  yet  Iowa  is 
reported  to  have  over  1,200  Granges  of  Patrons 


R.  B.  PARSONS  &  CO.’S  Trees  and  Plants 

Rhododendrons,  Ac.,  at  Flushing,  n,  y. 


l  ion  for  greatness.  One  day  the  poet  and  author 
wont  with  his  family  into  a  meadow,  where  ho 
read  aloud  to  them  his  last  production.  As  he 
read,  a  cow  in  an  adjoining  Held  came  up  to  the 
bars,  and  leaning  her  head  on  the  top  rail,  lis¬ 
tened  most  attentively  to  the  two  hoars’  read¬ 
ing.  The  next  day  and  the  next  the  author  re¬ 
peated  the  reading,  and  with  the  same  atten¬ 
tion  from  the  cow.  Being  a  little  curious  and 
greatly  amused,  he  handed  liis  book  to  one  of 
his  sons,  when  the  boast  lifted  her  head  and 
walked  disdainfully  away. 


onetime,  was  tho  infatuated  amt  of  that  won¬ 
derful  genius,  Madame  (1  HOBOS  Sand.  One 
day,  when  making  a  promenade,  MiinUingdoep- 
ly  of  life  or  searching  for  a  rhyme,  he  dropped 
his  glove,  which  was  picked  up  and  restored  to 
him  by  a  gentleman  who  chanced  tube  passing. 
The  poet  took  It  In  his  hand  without  lifting 
Ids  eyes,  and  without  making  any  manifesta¬ 
tion  whatever.  The  gentleman,  who  was  not 
accustomed  to  he  treated  like  a  domestic,  de¬ 
termined  to  give  him  a  reproof  not  knowing 
who.  he  was  nnd  following  him  cried  out: 
“  Say,  countryman, ain't  you  going  to  give  a 
fellow  something  to  drink?”  This  roused 
MUSHUT  from  Ids  revery,  ami  remembering 
\  Ids  obligation,  discharged  hls  civilities,  and 
asked  (lie  man  to  give  him  his  address. 
rl  lie  next  day  t  he  gentleman  received  from 
the  poet  a,  poem,  which  to  this  day  ho 
guards  with  (lie  greatest,  fidelity  and  jeal- 
ouh.v,  declaring  that  if  if  is  ever  published 
it  shall  lie.  only  after  ho  is  (lead. 

Dancing  School  for  Children. 

1  wonder  if  peopl 


OUR  EUROPEAN  LETTER 


Paris,  Feb.  6, 1873. 

French  Filth. 

There  is  one  thing  I  can  never  get  over— the 
filthiness  of  the  ordinary  French  house.  Many 
of  the  houses  and  hotels  most  frequented  by 
Americans  are  kept  tolerably  neat,  for  the 
sake  of  retaining  their  guests;  but  if  an 
American,  like  myself,  seeks  a  purely 
French  house,  where  French  alone  is  spnk-  ,j 
en,  he  or  she  must  prepare  for  dirt.  Some 
time  ago,  while  looking  for  such  a  hotel,  a 
really  distinguished  French  lady  —  whose 
own  house  is  a  marvel  of  neatness— gave  me 
the  address  of  a  hotel  frequented  by  au¬ 
thors,  artists,  National  Deputies,  and  people 
of  that  class.  I  went  there,  and  felt  that 
half  the  value  of  France  could  not  induce 
me  to  make  it  my  home.  OneOf  the  “betes 
noir”  of  the  part  icular  untidiness  is  the  bed 
linen.  In  one  of  the.  French  houses  I  have 
been  in,  after  a  fortnight's  sojourn,  I  asked 
the  domestic  t.o  dressmybed  in  clean  linen.  I 
“Ah,  but,"  she  exclaimed,  “we  don't  change 
the  beds  here  but  once  a  month!"  How¬ 
ever,  I  told  her  to  go  to  the  “  madamo"  and 
say  I  requirod  it— and  I  got  it.  Tint  one  of 
my  friends,  who  spoilt  some  months  in 
of  the  best  girls'  school  in  Paris,  was  less 
successful.  After  she  had  slept  In  her  bed 
linen  for  a  month,  she  threw  it.  on  the  floor 
and  demanded  clean  linen.  “  Tes,”  sooth¬ 
ingly  replied  the  servant ;  but  when  she  re-  If 
turned  to  her  room  at  night,  she  found  the  If 
same  dirty  sheets,  and  as  orton  as  she  re-  iff! 
peated  tho  operation,  just  so  often  she  found 
that  her  efforts  had  been  fruitless,  so  that  fi 
at  the  end  of  three  months  she  had  the  if 
same  bed  linen  as  at  the  beginning.  Such  fiL 
was  the  rule.  The  exceptions  were  formed  §| 
by  such  English  or  American  girls  as  revolt-  nfl 


_ b  who  disapprove  of 

dancing  ever  realize  how  much  hard  work 
|  and  true  conscientiousness  cuter  both  Into 
the  work  of  a  professional  dancer  and  a 
I  j  dancing  teacher?  I  spent  an  hour  or  two, 
the  other  day,  in  a  dancing  school  lbr  chil¬ 
dren.  The  mistress,  a  relative  of  MlCH- 
Ki-ET,  the  well  known  French  writer,  and 
,  herself  a  woman  of  talent,  has  for  her  pupils 
tho  children  and  adults  of  some  of  the  best. 
I  families  of  ail  countries  who  find  Ihcm- 

i  solves  at  Paris.  Among  those  present,  were 

I ,  the  four  children  of  tho  Duke  of  Newcastle 

I  I  of  England— aa  dissipated  and  depraved  n 

|  fellow  as  lives,  perhaps.  But  tho  children 

[Iffi  ;,re  beautiful,  ranging  in  age,  from  Lady 

I  Florence  of  three  years,  who  dance. >  like 

II  il  sylph,  to  the  oldest,  a.  girl  of  thirteen  years 

IJllI  perhaps,  with  brown  eyes,  long,  full,  brown 

1  t!Ur,MIU,d  rosy  cheeks ;  the  son.  a  boy  of  nino 

1  years  perhaps,  w ho  Is  called  "  Lord  Byron," 

j|  has  a  protty  face,  but  expresses  not  oven 

H  ordinary  Intelligence.  Ho  will  imdoubt- 

Ij  odly  develop  Into  a  man  who,  horn  force  of 

oirou instances,  will  bo  well  educated  and 
well  bred,  but  dreadfully  uninteresting. 
II  They  were  very  prettily  dressed.  The  older 
l|  girls  wore  dresses  of  very  dark-blue  poplin, 
the  skirt  entirely  plain,  and  the  polonuiso 
piped  with  light  blue;  rash  of  the  same 
color  as  the  dress;  hair,  loose  and  flowing, 
and  caught  back  with  a  light  blue  ribbon; 
large  sailor  collars  in  embroidered  linen; 
dark-blue  stockings.  Lord  Byron  wore  a 
sailor  suit  of  brown  velvet,  a  large  linen 
collar  and  a  cravat  and  stockings  of  mauve. 
Little  Lady  Florence,  a  brunette,  wore  u 
dark-bine  costume,  the  skirt  laid  in  kilt 
ifj  plaits,  and  a  .jacket.  like  a  boy’s;  a  scarlet 
Ip  sash  knotted  at  one  side,  and  hair  tied 
back  with  a  scarlet  ribbon. 

B 

The  Spring  Fashions 

r  - 

pijl  are  upon  the  I’nrisicniies,  and  differ  very  lit- 
S=ij  tie  from  those  of  a  year  ago.  The  ruffled  pet¬ 
ticoat  and  draped  polonaise  continue  to  be 
equally  popular.  For  a  wrap,  a  mantle  or 
cape  lias  quite  superseded  the  basque  or  jacket. 
Wool  delaines  are  soft  and  delicate  for  spring 
costumes,  but  like  all  other  fabrics,  should  be 
chosen  in  very  dark  shades  and  trimmed  with 
the  same,  or  with  silk  or  velvet  in  the  same 
color.  There  arc  iu  tlm  small  things  of  the 
toilet  many  pri  l  l  v  novelties.  The  latest  taste 
in  handkerchiefs  for  gentlemen  have  borders 
in  one  or  two  colors  with  tho  monogram  em¬ 
broidered  in  the  same  colors;  white  handker¬ 
chiefs,  with  the  owner's  autograph  wrought  in 
black  or  red  cotton.  The  autograph  is  placed 
upon  tlm  corner  of  Mm  handkerchief,  written 
in  a  free,  natural  style;  one  takes  a  pin  and 
pricks  the  outline  upon  the  linen  through  the 
paper ;  by  this  ineuna  tho  impression  is  obtained 
Tor  the  embroidery. 

in  ladies'  collars,  tho  upright  shape  takes 
precedence  for  ordinary  wear ;  ruffles,  ruches 
and  linen  laid  in  kilt  plaits  for  ruches,  and  to 
form  the  frill  for  undersleeve*,  is  very  pretty. 
For  dinner  or  dress  occasions,  t  he  collar  or  col¬ 
larette  is  made  of  lacc  and  silk  or  satin,  and 
often  covers  quite  the  entire  front  of  the  dress; 
it  approaches  move  the  lichii  shape  than  a  col¬ 
lar,  and  often  si  mutates  a  vest  front.  Black  satin 
is  greatly  worn  for  dresses,  so  that  all  lovers  of 
this  shining  fabric  can  once  again  be  in  style. 
Street  dresses  clear  tho  ground,  bout  tops  are 
worn  less  high  than  formerly,  and  very  little 
false  hair  is  worn,  and  all  that  one  wears  is  car¬ 
ried  high  upon  the  head. 

One  of  the  Favorite  Dishes  of  Saiacl 
among  the  French  is  the  leaf  and  flower  bud,  or 
heart.,  of  the  common  dandelion  ;  it  is  dressed 
with  oil  and  vinegar,  and  eaten  raw.  It  is  con¬ 
sidered  very  wholesome,  and  if  ouc  docs  not  at 
first  like  it,  a  taste  for  i  I.  may  be  rapidly  formed, 
it  is  one  of  the  connecting  links  between  the 
eelery  of  the  winter  and  tho  lettuce  of  the 
later  spring  time.  Mary  A.  E.  Wager. 


FRENCH  BEDSTEAD  WITH  QUILTED  SILK  COUNTERPANE 

always  has  worn  glasses  over  them-  his  white 
hair,  his  serene  face,  and  the  very  Incarnation 
of  Integrity  and  firmness  that  he  manifests,  in¬ 
dividualize  him  wonderfully.  If  Republican¬ 
ism  does  not  succeed  in  France,  it  will  bo  sim¬ 
ply  because  the  people  do  not  want  It;  and  I 
listen  In  actual  wonder  at  the  various  comments 
I  hear  every  day  expressed  upon  the  futility  of 
Republicanism  In  France  and  Spain.  To  me, 
tho  dethroning  of  kings  and  the  assumption  of 
sovereignty  by  the  people  has  a  joyful  signifi¬ 
cance.  America,  which  furnishes  the  model 
and  hope  of  Republicanism  to  all  t  he  world,  I 
only  wish  was  somewhat  nearer,  so  that  people 


(See  Page  239.1 

Anecdote  of  Delaroche. 

Another  anecdote  is  told  of  Delarociie,  the 
celebrated  painter.  One  day,  as  ho  wins  walk¬ 
ing  in  the  streets  of  Paris,  looking  sharply  about 
him,  ho  saw  a  carriage  passing,  when  he  imme¬ 
diately  cried  out  to  the  coachman "Stop!  I 
beg  you.  I  am  seeking  a  yellow,  and  there  it  is 
OU  your  carriage."  But  as  tlm  coachman  did 
not  stop,  Delar®che  ran  after  the  carriage, 
and  opening  the  carriage  door,  exclaimed  to 
its  occupant:—"  I  want  this  yellow  fora  picture 
I  am  about  to  paint.  Hero  is  a  paint  shop;  I 
will  detain  you  not  more  than  live  minutes,  and 
if  yon  will  have  the  goodness  to  -top  your  conch- 


mmasfm 

mmm 


msmsm 

WiMm: 

-V.  v. 


GYPSIES  IN  HUNGARY 


The  Empress-Queen,  Maria  Theresa,  more 
than  a  century  ago,  made  some  attempts  to 
bring  them  into  the  settled  condition  of  agricul¬ 
tural  peasantry,  but  with  little  success.  They 
do  not,  however,  at  present  confine  I  heir  preca¬ 
rious  industry  to  the  “wriappingup  of  utioont-id- 
erod  trifles”  or  the  prophet  ic  idling  of  fortunes. 
Some  of  them  grope  In  the  sands  of  streams  for 
particles  of  mineral  ore,  crystals,  or  pebbles  of 
price,  which  they  sell  ti*  Vienna  jewellers; 
others  work  as  smiths  or  linkers  of  Iron  and  cop¬ 
per  utensils ;  some  are  carpenters  and  turners. 


Fig.  1.— Silk  Counterpane,  (Page  239.) 

on  this  side  of  the  water  would  have  a  more 
real  and  distinct  idea  of  Its  excellence;  ant 
alas !  as  the  French  sarcastically  add,  “  The  op 
portunity  it  gives  men  to  steal." 

A  Listening  Cow. 

An  amusing  anecdote  Is  now  current  of  Vic¬ 
tor  Hugo,  which  illustrates  a  cow’s  apprecia- 


Fig.  3.— Silk  Counterpane,  (Page  339.) 

man  t  will  send  you  a  sketch  or  my  picture.” 
The  occupant  acceded  to  hls  request,  and  some 
months  afterward  received  a  sketch  of  one  of 
Delahocuk'h  most  celebrated  pictures — and 
nothing  more  I 

Anecdote  of  a  Poet. 

Here  is  another  of  Alfred  Musset,  whose 
poems  were  the  delight  of  France,  and  who,  at 


242 


SVJOOBE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


APRIL  <12 


I  WONDER  WHY. 

I  WONDER  why  this  world’s  (rood  things 
Should  fall  in  such  unequal  shares ; 

Why  some  should  taste  of  all  the  joys, 

And  Others  only  feel  the  cores  1 
J  wonder  w  hy  the  sunshine  bright 
Bhouhl  fall  In  paths  some  people  tread, 
While  others  shiver  in  the  shade 
Of  clouds  that  gather  overhead  1 

1  wonder  why  the  trees  that  hang 
So  full  of  luscious  fruit  should  grow 
Only  where  some  may  reach  and  eat, 

While  others  faint  and  thirsty  go  ! 

Why  should  sweet  flowers  tilooin  for  some, 
For  others  only  thorns  ho  found  ? 

And  some  grow  rich  on  fruitful  earth. 

While  others  till  but  barren  ground? 

1  wonder  why  the  hearts  of  some 
O’crflow  with  joy  and  happiness, 

While  others  go  their  lonely  way 
Unblessed  with  aught  of  tenderness  1 
J  wonder  why  the  eyes  of  some 
Should  ne’er  he  moistened  with  a  tear, 
While  others  weep  from  morn  till  night, 

TJielr  hearts  so  crushed  with  sorrow  here ! 

Ah !  well ;  we  may  not  know  Indeed 
The  whys,  the  wherefores  of  each  life  ! 

But  this  wo  know— there's  One  who  sees 
And  watches  us  through  Joy  nr  strife. 

Each  life  Us  mission  here  fulfills, 

And  only  lie  may  know  the  end, 

Ami  loving  llim,  we  may  he  strong, 

Tho'  storm  or  sunshine  lie  may  send. 

far.  J).  Urine. 


©nr 


WASHINGTON’S  FIRST  LOVE. 


On  the  banks  of  the  Harlem  River,  tt  little 
below  the  High  Bridge  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  ^ 

stands  a  solid,  yet  imposing  mansion,  remarka- 

hie  for  its  age  and  llio  historic  associations  ^ 
which  duster  around  its  venerable  walls.  Un¬ 
der  Its  hoaptlablo  roof  the  great  Washington  ^ 
found  social  pleasures  and  bountiful  entertain-  I  ^ 
niont  more  than  a  hundred  years  ago;  later,  as 
the  head  of  American  armies,  he  gathered  his 
staff  around  him  here  and  directed  the  move-  I  ( 
incuts  of  patriot  soldiery,  Tho  great  American  ^ 
millionaire,  John  Jacob  Astor,  subsequent ly  j  ^ 
possessed  It,  succeeded  In  time  by  Aaron  Him  I  ^ 
and  Madame  Jnmel,  and  more  recently  it  has  ( 
been  the  object  for  which  rival  claimants  have  I  ( 
fought  mill  the  legal  welfare  Inis  been  as  hotly 
contested  as  the  more  sanguinary  conflicts  car-  I  _ 
ried  on  around  it  by  contending  warriors  nearly  ^ 

a  century  ago.  I  . 

That  ,  however,  which  Imparts  the  chief  inter-  I  ( 
{•at  to  this  ancient  residence,  is  tho  fact  that  il  I 
was  once  l.ho  abode  of  Mary  Phillips,  the  bean-  J  ^ 
teems  damsel  to  whom  the  nnroinantie  \\  ash-  I  ^ 
jngt.on  lost  his  heart.  I  j 

History  records  how  thedaughtcr  of  the  great 
Napoleon's  landlady  rejected  I  lie  suit  of  the  ^ 
unknown  lieutenant,  and  thus  failed  to  become  ( 
Empress  of  Franco;  how  the  French  peasant 
girl  refused  Beriiadotto,  and  thereby  lout  the  I 
crown  of  Sweden  ;  and  how  a  New  Jersey  girl, 
by  jilting  the  penniless  wanderer  from  France, 
failed  to  enjoy  Imperial  honor  as  tho  wife  of  I  ho  I 
Emperor  I, ouls  Napoleon.  Wo  now  propose  to 
tell  how  Mary  Phillips,  by  rejecting  George 
Washington,  lost  the  exalted  station  which 
Martha  Washington  so  honorably  lllled. 

In  February,  lTSM'olonol  George  Washington, 
accompanied  by  two  aides-de-camp,  left  his 
residence  at  Mount  Vernon,  on  horseback,  on  a 
Journey  to  Boston,  to  confer  with  General  Shir-  1 
ley,  concerning  military  matters, 

On  reaching  New  York,  lie  called  at  the  house  I 
of  Beverly  Robinson,  ail  old  army  friend,  who  I 
had  served  with  him  under  Braddoek.  Colonel 
Robinson,  wishing  to  nttl  •  1 : 1  <  visit  pleasant  to 
his  guest,  had  Invited  a  few  friends  to  add  to  j 
the  social  attractions  of  his  home.  Among  I 
1  hose  invited  was  Mary  Phillips,  a  sister  or  Mrs.  j 
Robinson.  She  was  then  about  eighteen  years 
of  age,  hewltehingly  beautiful,  with  a  form  of 
rare  grace  and  perfection,  brilliant  accomplish-  I 
ment,s,  and  lively  and  vivacious  In  disposition. 
She  was  likewise  an  heiress. 

The  young  Virginia  Colonel,  fresh  from  the 
rural  society  of  Mount  Vernon  and  the  toils  of 
the  backwoods  campaign,  was  Immediately  I 
charmed  by  Ibis  witching  vision  of  loveliness  | 
and  gaiety.  Turning  away  from  every  other 
attraction,  ho  spent  much  of  his  time  in  her 
society,  and  the  walks,  talks,  and  rides  in  which 
they  indulged  brought  upon  them  tho  raillery  I 
of  their  associates.  In  this  way  the  few  days 
that  Washington  had  intended  to  remain  pass¬ 
ed,  hut  still  lie  lingered,  chained  by  the  magic 
spell  of  the  fair  charmer. 

It.  was  tho  first,  time  in  the  history  or  his 
mature  life  that  the  sly  Cupid  had  hurled  his 
dart  at  the  young  Colonel,  and  tho  'arrow  had 
sunk  deep  into  his  heart.  Days  went  by  almost 
unnoticed,  until  a  week  had  been  wasted  in 
theso  enjoyments,  and  the  infatuated  man  was 
forced  to  tear  himself  away  and  proceed  to 
Boston.  They  parted  with  an  [engagement  on 
his  part  to  oall  again  on  his  return,  and  it.  is 
hardly  necessary  to  say  that  ho  was  true  to  his 
promise. 

Nearly  another  week  was  now  passed  under 
the  hospitable  roof  of  his  old  friend,  and  in  the 
society  of  Ids  charming  relative.  But  the  urgen¬ 
cy  of  military  engagements  forced  his  return  to 
Virginia,  and  George  Washington  and  Mary 
Phillips  parted  with  mutual  regrets,  to  meet  no 
more  for  nearly  a  quarter  [of  .a  century,  .when 


one  was  the  groat  loader  of  the  patriot  armies  . 
and  the  other  the  wife  of  a  Colonel,  fighting  his 
own  country  men,  in  the  service  of  his  King. 

There  is  nothing  to  prove  that  Washington  J 
ever  made  a  formal  tender  of  ills  hand,  or  that 
Miss  Phillips  over  refused  him.  Letters  and 
memorandums  found  among  Washington’s  pri¬ 
vate  papers  show  that  their  intimacy  had  not 
gone  so  far  as  to  call  from  him  a  declaration  of 
love,  though  they  each  understood  that  such  an 
avowal  was  imminent. 

When  Washington  departed  he  made  a  confi¬ 
dant  of  his  old  army  friend,  Colonel  Robinson, 
and  he  was  directed  to  convey  to  his  brilliant 
sister-in-law  a  hint  of  the  avowal,  which  his 
extreme  delicacy  more  than  anything  else,  held 
back  when  he  was  in  her  society. 

In  the  management  of  this  business  Washing¬ 
ton  exhibited  less  than  hts  usual  sagacity.  A 
young  damsel,  in  her  first  affair  of  tho  heart, 
does  not  like  to  have  love  made  by  proxy.  So 
she  listened  with  impatience  and  mortification 
to  the  protestations  uttered  by  her  brother-in- 
law,  when,  hud  they  been  made  by  her  admirer 
in  person,  with  the  hesitancy  and  secrecy  which 
usually  attends  such  communications,  she 
might  have  inclined  a  willing  car.  Robinson 
made  little  progress,  and  wrote  to  Washington 
soon  after,  urging  him  to  come  on  and  press  Ills 
suit  in  person.  A  reply  was  sent  pleading 
urgent  business  as  a  reason  for  postponement ; 
but  lie  soon  received  another  earnest  letter  from 
Robinson,  sl  ating  that  Roger  Morris,  a  rich  and 
accomplished  gentleman,  had  obtained  i  be  eat 
of  the  fickle  girl,  and  was  filling  It  with  tales  of 
romance,  poetry  and  love,  slowly  and  effectually 
effacing  the  memory  of  tho  plain  Virginia  Col. 
If  any  answer  was  returned  to  this  communi¬ 
cation, -its  tenor  is  not  known  ;  it  is  probable, 
however,  thnt  his  own  passion  had  began  to 
cool.  His  pride  may  have  been  touched  by  the 
preference  shown  another,  and  he  resolved  no 
longer  to  dispute  the  prize.  So  Mary  Phillips 
become  Mrs.  Roger  Morris,  and  the  elegant 
mansion  in  which  she  reigned,  the  beauteous 
queen  of  fashion  and  fortune  is 'j  et  standing, 
not  far  from  Croton  Aqueduct.. 

The  unsuccessful  suitor  soon  after  met  the 
charming  Widow  Parke,  and  she  became  his 
wife  and  the  mistress  of  Mount  Vernon. 

There  was  no  visible  sign  that  either  of  the 
parties ovor  thought  of  the  past  with  regret; 
but  In  the  tumult  of  war  which  followed,  when 
each  took  so  prominent  a  part  In  the  struggle, 
there  must  have  been  moments  when  memory 
went  back  to  that  brief  courtship,  and  they 
could  not  help  thinking  “how  it  might  have 
been." 

Twenty  years  after  the  parting,  Washington 
again  met  Mary  Phillips,  then  Mrs.  Morris.  He 
was  on  tils  way  to  assume  the  command  of  t  he 
patriot  army  before  Boston,  and  stopped  at 
Roger’s  house.  Morris  was  a  Royalist,  but  both 
he  and  his  wire  extended  every  courtesy  to 
their  guest.  They  never  met  again  ;  for  before 
the  cud  of  tho  war  of  independence  Mary  Phil¬ 
lips  (Mrs.  Morris)  accompanied  her  husband  to 
England.  There  she  lived  to  BOO  t  he  man  who 
had  so  unsuccessfully  sought  her  hand  one  of 


a  message  which  Prof.  Morse  referred  to  the 
daughter,  for  her  approval ;  and  this  was  the 
one  which  was  subsequently  sent. 

A  little  more  than  a  year  after  that  time,  the  r 
line  between  Washington  and  Baltimore  was 
completed.  Prof.  Morse  was  in  the  former 
city  and  Mr.  Alfred  Vail,  his  assistant,  in  the 
latter;  the  first. In  the  chamber  of  tho  Supreme 
Court,  I  he  last  in  the  Mount  Clare  depot,  when 
the  circuit  being  perfect,  Prof.  Morse  sent  to 
Miss  Ellsworth  for  her  message,  and  It  came. 
"What  Hath  God  W  bought!" 

It  was  sent  In  triplicate  in  the  dot-and-lino 
language  of  the  instrument,  to  Baltimore,  and 
was  the  fire  l  mn <mqc  ever  transmitted  by  uncord¬ 
ing  telegraph. 

The  story  of  this  message  has  been  often  t  old 
with  many  exaggerations.  It  has  roamed  about 
Europe  with  various  romantic  material  attached 
to  it,  originating  mainly  in  the  French  imagina- 
l  ion,  and  has  started  up  anew  from  time  to  time 
in  our  own  country  under  fresh  forms,  but  the 
above  story  is  simply  and  literally  true.  An 
inventor  in  despair  receives  the  news  of  his 
unexpected  success  from  his  friend’s  daughter, 
and  he  makes  her  a  promise  which  ho  keeps, 
and  thus  links  her  name  with  his  own,  and  with 
an  Invention  which  becomes  one  of  the  con¬ 
trolling  Instruments  of  civilization  for  all  time. 

— Scribner' 8  M  ant  My. 

- - 

WHAT  A  HUNGRY^  BOY  CAN  EAT. 

“I  iiain’t  had  nothin'  to  eat  for  a  hull  day, 
and  I  hain't  got  a  cent.  I’m  from  Philadelphia.” 

This  waa  the  pitiful  story  told  to  contractor 
Maglll  by  a  stout,  hearty-looking  hoy,  the  pos¬ 
sessor  of  a  remarkably  fine  row  <>r  teeth. 

“  Why  don’t  you  go  to  work  V"  asked  the  con¬ 
tractor. 

“I’m  willin',  hut  can’t  git  any  work,"  the  boy 
answered.  Then  he  shed  a  few  tears, 

Mr.  Magitl  looked  sharply  at  the  boy  for  a 
moment,  then  he  sat,  down  and  wrote  the  fol- 
fowiug  note  to  Colgan,  proprietor  of  the  Bank 
Oyster  house : 

MR.  001.0AN— Be  kind  enough  to  give  the  bearer  a 
(food  tlillfiur,  Jtnd  Clitti'RC  It  to  niC.  JAH.  MAOILL. 
p.  8.— Give  Mm  all  he  wants. 

The  boy,  with  tears  of  gratitude  streaming 
from  his  eyoB,  took  the  note  and  left  for  Col- 
gan’s.  When  lie  reached  there  ho  presented 
Magill’s  missive. 

The  boy  was  told  to  ait  down  t,o  a  table. 

"  1 1 ughey  tho  Veteran”  came  over  to  take  his 
order. 

“Give  me  a  plate  of  quail  on  toast,  with 
mushrooms,”  said  the  boy. 

“  Vc  have  aflne  mouth  for  quail,”  said  Hughey, 
lie  though  the  hoy  was  chaffing.  But  Colgan 
told  him  to  take  the  order.  The  quail  was  fin¬ 
ished  in  about  three  minutes. 

“Have  some  turkey?"  suggested  Aider- 
man  Dunne.  The  boy  grinned  and  ordered 
“roast  turkey,  a  plate  of  roast  beef,  and  a  glass 
Of  milk."  He  put  those  things  away  like  a  man 
shoveling  coal.  Major  H organ  advised  him  to 
unbutton  hlscoat.  The  hoy.  I  Id  heller;  lie  took 
it.  off,  and  then  ordered  “boiled  chicken,  baked 


THE  FIRST  TELEGRAM. 

The  bill  mot  with  neither  sneers  nor  opposi¬ 
tion  in  the  Senate,  but  the  business  of  that 
House  went  on  with  discouraging slow  ness.  At 
twilight  on  tho  last  evening  of  tho  session 
(March  3, lfilfi)  there  were  119  bills  before  it.  As 
It.  seemed  impossible  for  it  to  bo  reached  In 
regular  course  before  the  hour  of  adjournment 
should  arrive,  tho  Professor,  who  had  anxiously 
watched  the  tardy  movements  or  business  all 
day  from  Urn  gallery  of  the  Senate  chamber, 
went  with  a  sad  heart  to  Ills  hotel  and  prepared 
to  leave  for  New  York  at  an  early  hour  the  next 
morning.  While  at  breakfast,  a  scr\ant  in¬ 
formed  him  that  a  young  lady  desired  to  see 
him  in  the  parlor. 

There  ho  met  Miss  Annie  Ellsworth,  then  tv 
young  school  girl— the  daughter  of  Ills  intimate 
friend,  Hon.  Henry  L.  Ellsworth,  the  first  com¬ 
missioner  of  patents— who  said,  as  she  extended 
her  hftnd  to  him,  “  I  have  come  to  congratulate 
you.” 

”  Upon  what?"  inquired  the  Professor. 

“  Upon  the  passage  of  your  bill,"  she  replied. 
“Impossible!  Its  fate  was  sealed  at  dusk 
last  evening.  You  must  be  mistaken." 

“Not  at  all,”  site  responded.  "Father  sent 
me  to  tell  you  that  your  bill  was  passed.  He 
remained  until  the  session  closed,  and  yours 
was  the  last  bill  but  one  acted  upon,  and  it  was 
passed  just  five  minutes  before  the  adjourn¬ 
ment  :  and  1  am  glad  to  he  the  first  one  to  tell 
you.  Mother  says,  too,  that  you  must  conic 
home  with  mo  to  breakfast.” 

Tho  invitation  was  readily  accepted,  and  the 
joy  in  the  household  was  unbounded.  Both  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ellsworth  had  fully  (believed  in  the 
project,,  and  the  former.  In  his  confidence  in  it 
and  In  his  warm  friendship  for  Prof.  Morse,  had 
spent  hours  of  the  session  in  the  Senate  Cham¬ 
ber  doing  what  he  could  to  help  the  bill  along, 
and  giving  it  all  the  influence  of  his  high  per- 
uonal  and  official  position, 

Grasping  the  hand  of  his  young  friend,  the 
Professor  thanked  her  again,  and  again  forbear¬ 
ing  iiim  such  pleasant  tidings,  and  assured  her 
that  she  should  send  over  the  wires  tho  first 
message,  as  her  reward.  The  matter  was  tal ked 
over  in  the  family,  and  Mrs.  Ellsworth  suggested 


Mr.  Macaulay. 

“I’ll  try,  sir,”  replied  the  boy,  meekly.  Then 
he  ordered  a  plate  of  lamb  fries,  a  tenderloin 
steak,  flxins,  and  a  saddle  rock  fry.  These  ar¬ 
ticles  of  food  disappeared  as  mysteriously  as 
the  others.  The  boy  said  he  “guessed  he’d 
finish  up  with  a  piece  of  mince  pie."  He 
seemed  to  enjoy  the  pie  until  ho  came  to  a 
shirt,  button  and  a  piece  of  a  shirt  sleeve. 

“Look  hero,”  said  tho  hoy  to  Hughey,  “see 
what  I  found  in  this  ’ore  pie.” 

“  What  do  you  expect  to  find  ?”  shouted 
Hughey.  “Do  you  think  yo  ought  to  find  a 
chine  suit  of  clothes  in  one  mince  pie?” 

Today  Mr.  Colgan  sent  the  annexed  bill  to 
Mr.  Magi  11. 

fames  Mimillj  T)r. 

To  Tim*.  Oolgau,  fnr  dinner  to  poor  boy . ft  CO 

Gusli  and  toast .  To 

Boast  beef.. . *> 

Glass  or  milk . m 

Boast  turkey . 40 

Mushrooms . -a 

Brodml  chicken . 40 

Baked  potatoes . la 

Saddle-rock  stew.... . 

Saddle-rock  fry . . .  *0 

Lamb  fries .  <•? 

Tenderloin  steak .  ?•> 

Mince  pic . ™ 

Total . W  #) 

— Brooklyn  Eagle. 

- <+■»+ - 

A  NOVEL  EEL  POT. 


KEEP  THE  HEART  TENDER. 

Keep  the  heart  tender. 

Kindly  and  true ; 

Water  it  freely 
With  Love's  gentle  dew ; 

Garner  its  harvest  s 
Of  rich  burnished  gold ; 

Let  in  the  sunshine, 

And  shut  out  the  eold. 

Keep  tiie  heart  tender 
With  Bowers  «>1  kind  deeds, 

And  the  sweets  of  their  perfume 
Will  choke  out  the  weeds ; 

And  the  soft  beams  of  Pity, 

Of  Mercy,  and  Love, 

Will  yield  it  the  glory 
That  beams  from  above. 

Keep  the  heart  tender 
With  sweet,  loving  words, 

And  they’ll  fill  it  with  music 
Like  the  warble  of  birds 
In  the  heart,  of  the  forest— 

So  Joyful  and  dear, 

When  the  birds  are  awaking 
In  the  spring-time  of  year ! 

Keep  the,  heart  tender 
With  holy  desires, 

And  they'll  freshen  its  altars, 

Ami  quench  the  fierce  tires 
Of  Hatred  and  Envy. 

Of  sins  ever  new ; 

Keep  tho  heart  tender, 

Pure,  kindly  and  true. 

[Christ  tan  Advocate. 

- - -♦♦♦■ - 

THE  INDIANS'  FAITH. 

A  mono  the  modern  beliefs  engrafted  upon 
I  hc  ancient  faith  there  is  one  which  is  worthy  of 
particular  notice.  It  relates  to  Washington, 
whom  the  Iroquois  called  Ha-no-da-ga-ne-ars, 
which  signifies  "  Town  Destroyer."  According 
to  their  present  belief,  no  white  man  ever 
reached  the  Indian  heaven.  Not  having  been 
created  by  the  Great  Spirit,  no  provision  was 
made  for  him  in  their  scheme  of  theology.  Ho 
was  excluded  both  from  heaven  and  from  the 
place  of  punishment.  But  an  exception  was 
mode  in  favor  of  Washington,  Because  of  his 
justice  and  benevolence  to  I  ho  Indian,  he  stood 
pre-eminent  above  all  other  white  men.  V\  lien 
by  the  peace  of  ITS!  the  1  ndlaus  wore  abandoned 
by  their  English  allies,  and  left  to  make  their 
own  terms  with  the  American  Government,  the 
Iroquois  wore  more  exposed  to  severe  measures 
than  the  other  tribes  In  their  alliance. 

At  this  critical  moment  Washington  inter¬ 
fered  in  their  behalf  as  the  protector  of  Indian 
rights,  and  the  advocate  of  a  policy  toward  them 
of  tho  most  enlightened  justice  and  humanity. 
After  his  death  lm  was  mourned  by  the  Iroquois 
as  a  benefactor  of  their  race,  and  Ills  memory 
was  cherished  with  reverence  and  affection.  A 
belief  waa  spread  abroad  among  them  that  tho 
Great  Spirit  had  received  him  Into  a  celestial 
residence  upon  the  plains  of  heaven,  the  only 
white  man  whose  noble  deeds  had  entitled  him 
to  this  heavenly  favor.  Just  by  the  entrance  oi 
heaven  la  a  walled  inclosure,  the  ample  grounds 
within  which  are  laid  out  with  avenues  and 
shaded  walks.  Within  is  a  spacious  mansion, 
constructed  in  the  fashion  of  a  fort.  Every  ob¬ 
ject  Jn  nature  which  could  please  a  cultivated 
taste  had  boon  gathered  in  this  blooming  Eden 
to  render  it  a  delightful  dwelling-place  for  the 
immortal  Washington.  The  faithful  Indian, 
as  he  enters  heaven,  parses  this  lnclosure,  lie 
secs  and  recognizes  the  illustrious  inmate  as  ho 
walkato  and  fro  in  quiet  meditation;  but  no 
word  ever  passes  his  lips.  Dressed  In  Iris  uni¬ 
form,  and  In  a  state  of  perfect  felicity,  lie  is 
destined  to  remain  through  eternity  in  tho  soli¬ 
tary  enjoyment  of  the  celestial  residence  pie- 
pared  for  him  by  the  Great  Spirit. 

Surely  the  piety  and  the  gratitude  of  tho 
Iroquois  have  jointly  reared  a  monument  to 
Washington  above  the  skies  which  is  more  ex¬ 
pressive  in  its  praise  than  the  proudest  recitals 
on  the  obelisk,  ami  more  imperishable  in  its 
duration  than  the  syenite,  which  holds  up  tho 
record  to  the  gaze  of  centuries. 

- ♦♦♦ - — 

THOUGHTS  FOR  THINKERS. 


A  very  worthy  fisherman  by  tho  name  of 
Grizzle  was  drowned  sometime  since,  and  all 
search  for  his  body  proved  unavailing.  After  it 
had  been  In  the  water  some  months,  however, 
it  was  discovered  1 1  outing  on  the  surface  and 
taken  to  the  shore,  whereupon  Mr.  Smith  was 
dispatched  to  convey  the  Intelligence  to  the 
much  afflicted  widow. 

“Well,  Mrs.  Grizzle,  wo  have  found  Mr.  Griz¬ 
zle’s  body." 

“  You  don’t  say  so  1” 

“  Yes  we  have— the  jury  sot  on  it  and  found  it 
full  of  eels.” 

“  You  don’t  say  Mr.  Grizzle’s  body  isifull  of 
eels?” 

“  Yes,  it  is :  and  we  want  to  know  what  you 
will  have  done  with  it.” 

“  Why,  how  many  eeis  do  you  think  there  is 
In  llim?" 

“  Oh,  about  a  bushel.” 

“  Well,  then,  l  think  you  had  better  send  the 
l  eels  up  to  the  house,  and  set  him  again.” 


The  hours  in  which  your  highest  faculties  are 
most  active,  and  your  truest,  your  best,  your 
noblest  ideas  arc  uppermost  those  are  the 
hours  which  you  are  to  give  to  your  God.  Do 
you  believe  you  could  give  from  day  to  day,  in 
tho  early  morning  or  in  the  musical  hush  at 
evening,  when  your  thoughts  arc  ripest  and 
richest,  one  hour  to  a  contemplation  of  God, 
and  to  a  sense  of  the  divine  presence,  and  live 
indoubt?  Let  there  be  one  hour  in  every  day 
that  is  its  sanctuary  .—Beecher. 

Certainly  in  the  day  of  judgment  wo  shall 
not  be  asked  what  we  have  read,  but  what  we 
have  done;  not  whether  wo  have  talked  well, 
hut  whether  we  have  lived  well ,-Thotnas-a- 
Kempis>. 

The  hand  is  the  mind’s  only  perfect  vassal, 
and  when,  through  age  or  illness,  the  connec¬ 
tion  between  them  is  Interrupted,  there  are  few 
more  affecting  tokens  of  human  decay.— Titc/c- 
erman. 

If  anger  arise  in  the  breast,  instantly  seal  up 
thy  lips,  and  let  it.  not  -go  forth :  for,  like  fire, 
when  it  wants  vent,  it  will  suppress  itself  — 
I  Isaac  Taylor. 


APRIL  42 


BEAR  AND  FORBEAR. 


Be  careful,  ye,  whoso  wedded  hearts 
Are  lovingly  united ; 

Bo  heed  ful,  lest  an  enemy 
Steal  on  you  uninvited  ! 

A  little,  wily,  serpent  form, 

With  graceful,  luring  posies— 

Or,  coming  in  u  different  guise, 

A  thorn  among  tho  roses ! 

Be  careful,  ye.  whose  marriage  bells 
Now  merrily  are  ringing; 

Be  heedful  of  the  bitter  word, 

The  answer  Keen  and  stinging— 

The  sharp  retort,  tho  angry  eye 
It’s  vivid  lightning  flushing — 

The  roolt  on  which  so  many  hopes 
Are  daily,  hourly,  dashing  ! 

“  Bear  and  forbear,"  -the  only  way 
To  tread  life's  paths  together. 

Then  come,  and  welcome,  shining  sun, 
Or  corno  dark,  cloudy  weather ; 

Two  wedded  hearts,  conjoined  in  one, 
That  cannot  live  asunder, 

Have  put  Love's  armor  on— 

O,  world  look  on  and  wonder ! 
- - 

“OUR  OLD  HOME,” 


A  few  weeks  since  I  noticed  in  the  window 
of  a  music  store  a  sheet,  the  name  of  which 
told,  in  large  letters,  “Our  Old  homo  is  riot 
what  It  used  to  ho a  thrill  of  bitterest  Borrow 
swept  through  my  mind  as  I  read  tho  words, 
and  then  remembered  my  own  old  home,  away 
among  tho  hills,  nestled’thero  these  many  long 
years,  and  now  Hie  same  to  tho  passer-by,  but 
so  changed  to  me,  and  evert  so  to  others  who 
used  to  meet  there,  and  with  painful  recollec¬ 
tions  Leonid  only  agree  with  the  words  which 
had  (itfracted  my  attention  and  walkmournful- 
ly  on,  surely  feeling  no  better  Tor  having  seen 
.them. 

Several  days  after  this,  while  riding  on  the 
cars,  I  overheard  two  gentlemen  In  the  goat  be¬ 
hind  me  talking,  and  without  listening,  I  plain¬ 
ly  heard  one  of  them  say  ;  “  I've  not  been  home 
in  nineteen  years,  and  now  I'm  sorry  I  went; 
for  I  tell  you, ’tnln*t  home  any  more;  every¬ 
body  1  knew  are  married  or  dead.  r  went 
around  the  old  place  and  alt  over,  where  1  used 
to  go;  drank  from  the  old  well,  and  that,  is 
changed  too;  flic  swoop  and  bucket  are  gone, 
and  a  pump  has  taken  their  place.  Nothing 
looked  natural,  and  I  tell  you  again,  ’taln't 
home  any  more.” 

These  words  filled  my  ndnd  with  indignation, 
forgetful  or  my  own  experience  only  the  week 
before,  and  as  I  heard  him  often  repeat.  “  No, 
’taln’t  homo  any  more,”  1  felt  to  sympathize 
with  him  in  regard  to  the  changed  homo.  But 
to  think  again,  would  we  like  to  go  back  home 
after  an  absence  of  nineteen  years,  and  find 
everything  the  same;  would  we  fool  pleased 
that  that  length  of  (line  had  made  no  improve¬ 
ments  at  and  about  our  old  borne;  would  we 
have  all  those  we  knew  “stand  still”  while  we 
had  had  our  freedom  would  not  nineteen  years 
make  some  change  In  us?  Perhaps,  nineteen 
years  ago,  a  mere  boy  left.  Ids  homo ;  did  a  hoy 
return ?  Ah !  no  imagination  oould  do  well  for 
even  tho  stranger,  and  wc  quickly  draw  the 
contrast  between  the  boy  and  the  man. 

’Tis  surely  a  sad  thought,  “  ’Taln't  homo  any 
more."  Homo  are  married  and  gone.  enjoying 
this  life  In  other  homes  ;  and  still,  to  have  the 
“old  home”  change,  seems  almost,  unbearable. 

Borne  arc  dead  ;  and  while  wc  would  not  call 
them  hack,  we  feci  their  absence,  and  notice 
with  sad  hearts,  onr  changed  home.  We  re¬ 
member  it  as  It  used  to  he  when  we,  young  and 
careless,  gathered  for  all  duties  and  pleasures  ; 
and  now  we  try  to  keep  the  pleasures  there 
gathered;  still  the  painful  truth  will  oome  over 
us,  and  wc  sadly  say,  "Our  old  home  is  not 
what  it  used  to  be.”  Dear  reader,  It  cannot  be. 
Goo  has  wisely  ordered  these  ehangea,  and  for 
our  good.  Did  all  tills  beautiful  world  remain 
the  same;  did  ail  the  bright  days  last  a  life¬ 
time  ;  did  those  we  love  never  dio— would  we 
wisli  to  leave  earth,  would  Heaven  have  any 
attractions?  We  may  murmur  at  the  ravages 
of  change,  look  at  all  things  we  love  for  the 
last  time  ;  still,  If  we  obey  tho  teachings  of  the 
Great  Masi  er,  we  are  sure  of  a  homo  that  will 
remain  unchanged  throughout  all  ages.  As  the 
words  on  tho  music  sheet  taught  me  a  lesson 
1  hope  never  to  forget,  so  may  you  who  see 
these  lines  remember  before  the  sad  days  ahull 
come;  take  warning,  and  accept  the  homo  In 
Heaven,  where  no  change  shall  be  known,  no 
murmuring*  over  heard,  and  no  homes  grow  old. 
Match  15, 1813,  Tempest. 

— - 4-44 - 

“IN  SICKNESS  AND  IN  HEALTH.” 

This  is  part  of  a  very  solemn  vow  taken  by 
hundreds,  and  perhaps  thousands,  who  never 
think  ol  d  again;  or  at  least,  they  never  keep 
it.  V,  by  should  this  be  required  of  one  who 
takes  a  wile?  Would  not  ho  who  has  made  so 
many  prom  isos  of  unchanging  love,  think  of 
nourishing  her,  of  cherishing  her,  when  disease 
shall  hanlsli  the  roses  from  her  cheek  and  tho 
light  of  her  eyes?  When  pain  shall  rack  the 
one©  beautiful  hut  now  emaciated  form,  why, 
oh  !  why,  are  those  vows  forgotten  ?  I  low  many, 
to-night,  might  now  have  been  happy  mothers 
of  their  now  motherless  children,  if  they  had 
been  kindly  cherished  in  their  sickness?  If 


MOORE’S  RURAL  MEW-¥0RK'ER. 

i 


you  but  know  the  anguish  of  that  neglected 
wife  when  she  finds,  instead  of  encouraging* 
words,  bitter  taunts  !  And  why  was  this  writ¬ 
ten  ”  Husbands,  love  your  wives,  and  be  not 
hitter  against  them?” 

Who  can  tell  I  hc  cravings  for  sympathy,  for 
loving  smiles,  for  tender,  endearing  words,  and 
the  many  little  attentions  so  sweet  to  the  af-‘ 
dieted  ?  How  can  a  Man,  who  has  one  spark  of 
humanity  in  his  soul,  how  can  he  neglect  to  do 
all  in  his  power  to  alleviate  her  sufferings,  to 
supply  ln«r  with  every  nourishment  necessary 
to  koep  life  and  restore  health  ?  There  are  men 
who  nover  seem  to  think  their  wives  need  any¬ 
thing  more  than  the  bread  and  bacon,  washed 
down  with  black,  bitter  coffee.  They  do  not, 
or  protend  not,  to  see  that  tho  floor  appetite 
needs  more  palatable  food.  Ho  does  not  sco 
that  no  food  enters  her  mouth  while  he  devours 
his  coarse  food,  which,  bethinks,  Is  good  enough 
for  any  one.  How  she  wishes  that  he  would 
only  bring  her  some  little  delicacy;  hut  she 
cannot  ask  him,  for  he  would  get  angry,  and 
tell  her  that  he  could  not,  afford  It;  that  she 
had  been  sick  so  long,  he  could  do  nothing  hut 
pay  doctor’s  hills;  that  he  wished  she  would 
not  trouble  him  again. 

Things  go  on  in  this  way,  his  wife  left  to  the 
mercies  of  any  one  who  may  chance  to  happen 
in  to  aoe  her,  while  he  spends  his  time,  if  not 
employed  at  some  business,  in  enjoying  the 
company  of  others,  perhaps  blaming  his  wife 
because  she  can’t  be  as  she  was  before  he  broke 
her  heart,  when  she  was  all  he  needed.  A  few 
years  of  sorrow  and  pain,  and  tho  wife  he  prom¬ 
ised  to  “Keep  in  sickness  and  in  health”  dies 
for  want  of  such  attention  as  he  could  have 
given  if  he  had  only  remembered  the  vow. 

Friends  pity  the  widower,  hut  never  know 
that  their  pity  ought  to  have  been  for  tho  mur¬ 
dered  wife.  Vos,  murdered!  Starved,  for  tho 
promised  love;  starved  for  what  a  tow  dollars 
would  have  supplied,  hut  which  lie  denied  her. 
But  did  ho  feel  guilty?  Did  he  feel,  when  his 
house  waa left  desolate,  that  if  he  could  huvo 
her  bank,  how  very  different  ho  would  act?  [ 
fear  not.  In  a  fow  months  lie  is  ready  to  take 
another  from  loving  friends,  to  go  the  same 
way.  I  do  not  say  that  all  the  wives  who  die 
are  supposed  to  he  treated  thus;  hut  I  do  say, 
there  are  more  who  die  in  that  way  than  any¬ 
one  could  believe,  and  that,  too,  among  those 
who  are  able  to  supply  all  their  wants.  I  have 
only  hinted  at  a  few  of  tho  many  ways  that  rob 
the  helpless  babe,  that  sever  the  ties  of  friends, 
and  leave  a  not  very  disconsolate  husband ! 

ff  this  should  cause  those  who  may  not  have 
thought  seriously  of  thla  subject  to  remcnibor 
their  vows  and  keep  thorn,  ami  by  so  doing 
cherish  tho  wife  of  his  bosom  as  himself,  heal¬ 
ing  pari  of  the  burden,  and  helping  tier  to  bear 
what  sho  cannot,  and  by  so  doing  fulfill  their 
mutual  pledges  so  long  as  ye  both  shall  live, 
my  task  shall  he  rewarded. 

-  4  »  » - — 

LOVE-MAKING  AMONG  THE  KORAKS. 


When  once  tho  young  beau  becomes  infatu¬ 
ated,  he  makes  known  his  passion  to  tho  father 
of  lila  “affinity,”  and  expresses  his  desire  to 
strive  for  her  hand.  A  kind  of  contract  Is  Im¬ 
mediately  entered  Into,  by  which  a  young  man 
binds  himself  to  the  father  as  a  servant  for  a 
term  of  years,  at  tho  expiration  of  which  time 
he  can  have  the  pleasure  of  learning  whether 
the  daughter  will  have  him  or  not.  In  this 
manner,  If  the  father  be  the  happy  possessor  of 
a  beautiful  daughter,  he  may  have  half  a  dozen 
men  ready  to  do  his  bidding  at  one  time.  When 
the  term  or  servitude  expires,  one  of  the  larger 
yourts  Is  selected,  and  all  the  old  women  of  the 
place,  armed  with  sticks  and  pieces  of  seal- 
thong,  are  stationed  In  the  pologs  suspended 
around  the  room.  Tho  daughter  then  appears 
thickly  olad  In  skin  garments,  followed  by  her 
lover,  when  a  race  ensues  around  the  Inclosure, 
the  contestants  dodging  about,  among  the  pa- 
logs.  To  win  his  bride,  ho  must  overtake  her, 
and  leave  the  print  of  his  nail  upon  her  person 
before  she  can  be  rescued  by  the  old  women 
who,  during  the  race,  Impede  the  lover  as  much 
as  possible  by  boating  him  with  sticks,  and  trip¬ 
ping  him  by  seizing  his  legs  as  ho  rushes  by 
them. 

The  advantage  is  all  with  the  girl ;  and  if  she 
does  not  wish  to  become  tho  wife  of  her  pur¬ 
suer,  she  can  avoid  him  without  difficulty.  On 
the  contrary,  if  she  lllcea  him  she  manages  to 
stumble,  or  makes  known  her  wishes  to  the  old 
women,  who  then  only  make  u  show  of  imped¬ 
ing  her  pursuer.  Sometimes  the  lover  is  so  des¬ 
perately  smitten  that.  Just  after  being  foiled,  ho 
returns  to  the  father,  and  hinds  himself  for  an¬ 
other  period  of  years  for  the  privilege  of  mak¬ 
ing  another  trial. 

4  ♦  » - 

Home  women  are  so  extremely  anxious.  There 
was  that  affectionate  little  wife  of  Smith's,  for 
Instance,  out  in  Pittsburg.  She  saw  Smith  l  ake 
down  his  gun  to  clean  It,  and  when  she  observed 
that  he  blew  In  the  muzzle  while  ho  held  back 
tho  hammer  with  his  foot,  she  ran  down  stairs 
and  bought  a  widow’s  cap  and  i  hirty-sevon 
yards  of  black  barege,  and  then  took  It  to  a 
dressmaker  to  ascertain  whether  it  would  bo 
more  becoming  made  with  a  train,  or  short,  .with 
flounces,  Smith  still  lives. 

Is  not  tho  life  of  woman  all  bound  up 
In  her  affections  ?  What  hath  she  to  do 
In  this  bleak  world  alone?  It  may  be  well 
For  man  on  bis  triumphal  course  to  move 
Unnumbered  by  soft  bonds;  but  we  were  born 
For  love  and  grief. 


Reading  for  the  f  oung. 


PH1EBUS  AND  BOREAS: 

The  Sun  and  tho  North  Wind. 

FROM  TUE  FRENCH  OF  LA  FONTAINE. 


Boreas  and  PluBbns,  on  a  time 
A  traveler  chanced  to  see, 

Who  ’gainst  the  stormy  weather 
Well  furnished  aeouiod  to  he. 

Ills  traveling  cloak  was  wadded, 

And  made  so  warm  and  big, 

That  cross  old  Boreas  laughed  aloud, 

And  said,  “  Pooh  !  pooh !  that  rig 

“Won’t  keep  him  from  all  accident: 

I’ll  blow  in  such  a  way 
The  buttons  will  not  hold  it  on— 

The  cloak  will  lly  away  ! 

“ Tho  si»>rt  would  please  mu  vastly— 

The  mischief’s  easy  done. 

What  say  yon,  Mr.  t’hccbus? 

Let’s  ’tween  us  have  some  fun.” 

“  I’ll  bet  I’ll  make  the  traveler 
Give  up  his  cloak  so  flue.” 

“  I’ll  bot,”  said  Phoebus.  “  You  bogln  ; 

I  will  no  longer  shine.” 

Boreas  drank  a  tun  of  fog, 

And  swelled  like  a  balloon ; 

Began,  like  some  cross  demon, 

To  whistle,  up  a  tune. 

Ho  hissed,  he  tdew,  he  whirlod  about, 

And  ships  and  houses  tore. 

All  for  a  paltry,  wadded  cloak 
A  weary  traveler  wore. 

IIo  ’out  his  time.  The  more  he  teased, 
The  closer  to  his  clonk 
The  traveler  held  ;  and  sooth  to  say 
No  string  or  button  broke. 

Anil  than  the  sun  shone  out  so  warm, 

The  traveler  so  did  sweat,, 
lie  threw  aside  his  cloak  to  cool ; 

So  kindness  won  tho  bet. 

Blizaueth  Cum i nos. 
♦  ♦  ♦ - - 

SNOWDROP  AND  HER  CHICKEN3. 


BY  MRS.  M.  A.  SAWYER. 


Perhaps  some  of  tho  little  readers  of  the 
Rural  would  like  to  know  who  Snowdrop  was. 
She  was  nothing  more  nor  less  than  a  little 
Bantam  hen.  She  received  this  name  in  con¬ 
sequence  of  her  beautiful  white  plumage,  for 
site  was  white  an  snow. 

I  do  not  know  whethersho  was  a  full-blooded 
Bantam  or  not,  for  she  was  presented  to  me  by 
a  friend.  But  who  was  so  much  smaller  than 
the  rest  of  our  hens,  that  she  became  the  pet 
of  the  household. 

She  was  potted  and  spoiled  by  all- from  my 
grey-headed  father  down  to  our  little  boy  Wil¬ 
li  k,  wlm  gathered  every  dainty  morsel  which 
fell  from  the  table,  apd  foil  to  her  from  hi*  own 
tiny  hand. 

Although  Snowdrop  was  no  very  small,  she 
became  quite  a  profitable  little  hen.  In  one 
year  she  laid  nine  dozen  of  eggs.  It.  afforded 
Willie  a  great  deal  of  pleasure  to  hunt  so 
many  little  eggs.  But  Snowdrop  did  not  like 
to  have  all  the  eggs  taken  from  the  nest,  so  she 
made  a  new  nest  in  some  secluded  nook  where 
Willie  could  not  find  It. 

Willie  was  vexed  at.  this  new  move  of  his 
little  favorite ;  but  being  a  kind-hearted  little 
boy,  and  not  Inclined  to  be  spiteful,  he  con¬ 
tinued  to  treat  Snowdrop  with  the  usual  amount, 
of  cordiality. 

But  there  was  another  sore  trial  in  si, ore  for 
Willie.  Snowdrop seldom  onme  Into  the  door- 
yard  at  all,  and  when  she  did,  she  was  so  saucy 
and  cross  that  she  almost  frightened  M  illie, 
and  ho  said  if  she  dkl  not  behave  herself  better 
lie  would  have  to  change  her  name  to  Hail¬ 
storm,  for  he  thought  she  resembled  a  hail¬ 
storm  more  than  a  snowdrop. 

WILLIE  was  a  very  little  boy,  and  had  a  groat 
many  ot  her  pets  on  t  he  farm  that  lie  had  named 
to  suit  his  fancy,  and  Snowdrop’s  petulance 
did  not  take  away  all  Ids  pleasure,  for  he  had 
almost  forgotten  her,  when  one  day  he  went 
into  the  kitchen  dooryard  to  have  a  romp  with 
his  pet  lamb;  but  It  was  not.  long  before  lie 
heard  a  strange  noise,  and  looking  around  ho 
spied  Snowdrop  clucking  along,  with  a  drove 
Of  little  chickens. 

I  wish  you  could  have  seen  Willie’s  eyes 
sparkle  when  he  behold  those  seven  black 
chicks  ;  for  I  verily  believe  that  tho  whole 
group  could  not  boast  of  one  white  feather. 

Willie  would  have  liked  it  much  better  if 
those  little  chickens  had  been  white ;  but  as 
they  resembled  Snowdrop  in  every  other  re¬ 
spect,  and  she  still  continued  to  be  cross,  be 
concluded  to  change  her  name  to  1lail«torm, 
and  these  black  chickens  would  do  fora  cloud  ; 
so  ho  thought  ho  would  take  good  care  of  them 
and  sco  what  it  would  come  to  eventually. 

Hailstorm’s  chickens  all  lived,  and  grew  to 
be  twice  us  large  as  she  was,  and  laid  a  great, 
many  eggs,  of  which  Willie  could  not  keep 
count. 

Tho  next  summer  one  of  them  raised  three 
broods  of  chickens  ;  and  one  of  the  first  brood, 
late  in  the  full,  stole  her  nest,  and  hatched  a 
nice  brood  of  eniekoiis,  live  of  which  she  raised. 

Hailstorm's  “  1  ’hie kens,  grundchiekens,  anil 
great -grandchlckcns,"  as  Willie  called  them, 
in  one  year  cumbered  over  forty. 


A  PET  SHEEP’S  PET. 


Lizzie  hail  a  little  shoep, 

It  had  a  rat  In  tow, 

Anil  every  plane  the  lambkin  wont, 

The  rat  was  sure  to  go. 

The  Somerset  Herald  lolls  the  following: 
“Miss  Lizzie  Ho  use  felt,  daughter  of  Henry 
Housofelt,  who  live  about  a  ratio  to  the  south 
of  the  town,  owna  a  beautiful  pot  sheep.  One 
morning  of  last  week  she  noticed  that  tho 
wool,  of  which  her  pet.  has  a  most  luxuriant 
coat,  on  one  side  just  where  the  neck  joins  tho 
shoulders,  was  twisted  and  knotted  anil  raised 
up  in  sort  of  a  lump.  Upon  examination  slio 
found  that  a  rat  had  made  a  nost  In  the  wool  of 
tho  sheep,  and  when  she  pulled  the  place,  it 
stuck  Its  head  out  and  looked  at  her  as  com¬ 
placently  as  you  please.  The  rat  was  so  tamo 
that,  it  was  easily  dispatch  oil.  In  tho  evening, 
when  tho  sheep  was  put  back  In  the  stable,  Miss 
Lizzie  noticed  that  it  went  all  around  looking 
into  all  the  corners  and  rinsing  about  as  though 
it  were  in  search  something,  showing  that  a 
friendly  relationship  existed  between  tho  rat, 
and  sheep. 

- - 

NEVER  MIND  ENEMIES. 

Go  straight  on,  and  don’t  mind  enemies.  If 
they  got  in  your  way,  walk  round  them,  regard¬ 
less  Of  tholr  spite.  A  celebrated  character,  who 
was  surrounded  by  enemies,  used  to  remark, 
“  They  are  sparks  which,  If  you  do  m<t.  blow,  will 
go  out  by  themselves."  "  Live  down  prejudice,” 
Mils  the  Iron  Duke’s  motto.  Let  this  bn  your 
feeling  while  endeavoring  to  live  down  tho 
scandal  of  those  who  are  bitter  against  you.  If 
you  stop  to  dispute,  you  do  but  as  they  desire, 
and  open  the  way  for  inoro  abuse.  Let  the  poor 
fellow  talk-  there  will  be  a  reaction  if  you  do 
but  perform  your  duly;  and  hundreds  who 
were  once  alienated  from  you  will  flock  to  you 
and  acknowledge  their  error. 


®he  f) uni er. 


ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.  No.  10. 


VW  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


- Ill 

MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA.  No.  8. 


I  am  composed  of  39  letters : 

My  33,  27,  13,  23  is  a  Territory  of  the  United 
States. 

My  11,  7,  30,  2fl  U  a  city  of  great  repute. 

My  10,  37,  12,  27,  29, 11  is  a  favorite  article  of  foed. 
My  9, 19,  31, 7, 11  is  what  we  e  11  should  have. 

My  22,  (1. 21, 21,  1,1, 1 1  is  a  coin. 

My  35,  11,2, 15  ia  a  town  in  Iowa. 

My  31,  10,  18,24,30,  12,  8,  29,  11,  31,  13,  30  is  tho 
ancient  name  of  a  popular  city  of  the  U.  S. 
My  SB,  13,  14,  28,  4,  24  is  an  idol  god  of  the 
Hindoos.  , 

My  11, 21,  ;ill,  21  was  a  king  of  Israel. 

My  12,38,  31.  32,  90  is  a  city  (if  ancient  times. 

My  30,  20,  21,  10  is  a  beast  of  burden. 

My  5,  17,  11,27,21,  10  is  an  aciueou-  a1  Imal. 

My  3,  8,  3G,  15  is  a  post  I  own  in  Georgia. 

My  whole  Is  a  valuable  maxim. 

tsr  Answer  in  two  weeks.  11.  F,  Gi :vi  n. 

- •«« - 

CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA.  No.  7. 

My  first  Is  in  sheep  but  not  in  Iamb, 

My  second  Is  In  goat  but  not  in  ram  ; 

My  third  Is  in  rat  but  not  in  mouse. 

My  fourth  Is  In  stable  but.  not  in  house  ; 

My  fifth  is  in  sea  hut  not  in  riv  er, 

My  sixth  is  in  bow  but  not  in  quiver; 

My  seventh  is  in  bucket  but,  not  in  well. 

My  eighth  is  In  clapper  but  not  in  boll ; 

My  ninth  is  in  glade  but  not  In  dell  ; 

My  whole  is  a  town  in  Virginia. 

Walter  w.  it.  Fisher. 

|i V~  Answer  in  two  week*. 

--  - 

ARITHMETICAL  P9ZZ  3. 

From  twenty  subtract  lifty-five,  leaving  a  re¬ 
mainder  of  fifty-live.  L  ;  Hoy  It. 

*  W  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- »4~* - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.-  March  29. 

Puzzle  No.  8,— Dragon-bird. 

G iioorai’H fCAL  Enigma  No.  2.  — Mitchell’s 
School  Geography. 

Illustrated  Humus  No. ».  The  feigner  is  the 
most  Independent  of  mankind. 


APB1L  42 


their  plans  and  the  growth  of  their  business 
without  a  parallel  in  the  history  of  Sewing  Ma¬ 
chines.  This  is  the  direct  result  of  1  he  herculean 
effort*  put  forth  by  the  managers  for  the  ad¬ 
vancement  of  their  object,  until  it  has  reached 
the  high l  of  perfection  in  point  of  mechanism, 
and  is  rendered  useful  In  all  hand:-  hv  tint  won¬ 
derful  simplicity  of  its  construction  and  its 
adaptability  to  a  range  and  variety  of  work  at¬ 
tempted  with  success  by  no  other  machine. 

In  the  few  years  just  past,  tlic  opposition 
brought  to  bear  against,  the  “New  Wilson  Un¬ 
derfeed  Machine  ’’  has  been  very  bard,  and  in 
many  instances  the  combined  efforts  of  all  the 
older  machines  have  been  brought  against  it, 
but  without  effect,  and  without  exception,  as 
the  scores,  and  we  may  say  hundreds,  of  Pre¬ 
miums,  Diplomas  and  Medals,  received  al  the 
different  fairs  and  trials  all  over  the  land,  fully 
demonstrate. 

Hut  this  is  not  enough.  Having  proved  their 
ability  and  power  to  Americans  to  overcome  all 
competitors,  they  proceed  with  the  same  in¬ 
domitable  spirit  which  has  characterized  their 
every  step  and  made  them  successful  here,  to 
the  t  ried  fields  of  the  Old  World,  there,  as  here, 
to  justify  their  claims  over  all  others  to  the 
front  rank  among  the  mechanical. productions 
of  the  globe. 

The  preparat  ions  for  their  introduction  at  the 
World’s  Great  Exhibition  at  Vienna,  have  been 
such  as  will  do  credit  to  tho  nation  in  whose 
name  they  arc  sent,  to  the  Company  which  has 
produced  them  and  whose  name  they  com¬ 
memorate,  as  well  as  i  he  instruct  ivo  workmen 
who  have  contributed  their  commendable  skill 
to  the  result. 

Tho  samples  .of  work  embrace  everything 
which  tends  to  show  the  power  of  their  machine 
and  its  adaptation  to  all  uses— harness  and  sad¬ 
dle  work,  ladies’  fine  embroidering,  braiding, 
cording,  tucking,  quilling,  felling,  and  innumer¬ 
able  other  kinds  and  varieties  of  work  for  which 
their  machines  are  sit  admirably  adapted. 

and  their  work  are  on  exit i hi¬ 


lt  is  Pleasant  and  Profitable 

TO  FORM  CLUBS  FOR 


56,6c.  •  do.  prune.  "(♦Sea  Western,  .Y-salfc.;  State,  <-■ 
6!4c.;  do.  prime,  7oSe.  Peeled  poncho*  at  12 wise,  for 
Ga.,  1164140.  for  Va..  ami  lfiwtlfic.  for  North  Carolina. 
Fnpeeled  peaches,  »K<;«4«c.  for  quarter*,  and  4K6mc. 
for  halves.  Cherries,  KkSrfc.  Plums,  15@lflc.  Black¬ 
berries,  7&7}io. 

Egg*.—' This  will  be  the  great  week  of  the  year  for 
egg*.  We  quote  Now  Jersey  and  near  points  at  20>S 
Slate  and  Penn  rlvnuln,  211-i Western 
express,  '-’(v.  UOKc.;  ordinary  freight,  Wm&Wc",  Sout  h¬ 
ern.  Kw'illc, 

Freak  Fruits.— Export  of  apple.*,  3,675  bbl*.;  shire 
Jan.  1st,  51,301.  This  1*  a  large  export  compared  with 
last  year  at  this  date,  when  only  1JKW  bbls.  were  [sent 
abroad.  Cranberries  continue  dull.  Peanut*  m  e  un- 

Cl>Vrfqnqte— Apples,  common,  $1.5A&2.00;  do,  fair  to 
good,  $2«i2.85;  do.  fine, $2,50w2,7S.  « riinberriea, prime, 
crate,  $36-3,60;  common  to  fair,  $8-’4ki*!2.76 ;  bbla.,  t'J 
©19;  choice  bids.,  MOfe  10.50.  New  Wilmington  pea¬ 
nuts,  $k5»1.12;  Virginia,  #1.05^1.16.  Tenn.do.,  76<-s-£&c. 
Hickory  tints,  fl.7o.  Pecan*.  M©9c. 

Flnui*.— Supplies  of  shipping  grades  arc.  quite  mod¬ 
erate.  Thu  grades  taken  by  tho  local  trade  are  m 
fair  stock,  and  the  weakness  In  tho  market  Is  notice¬ 
able  chiefly  on  this  class  of  stock. 

Superfine  Slate . 5  Si 

Common  extra  do . . .  7  0JX<r  7  M 

G nod  to  choice  do... .  ‘  •’d*"-  1  V- 

Fancy  do . 7  8  2., 

Supertine  .Michigan.  Indiana.  Ohio.  Iowa...  fi  15m  0  65 

Kxlra  do . *J  •!'**  ‘ 

Choice  extia  do . .  Wffl  »  0} 

Trade  brand*  do..... . <  {wifi 

Good  to  ohoire  white  wheat,  extra* .  R  eOwli)  4J 

Fair  to  very  choice  extra  Minnesota .  7  60(«;12  ■*) 

Common  to  lair  extra  81.  Louis . 7  S0f«B  9  L  ; 

Good  to  choice  do . 2  j&t’-lu  io 

Southern,  common  to  choice . >  P:!  a 

Family  do . J  4<M2  .o 

Rye,  common  to  line.. . 4  11*1"'  *; 

I  Corn  meal,  Brandywine  . . •*  •**'<-  •; 

I  Bo.  Western . 3  *XKii  •>  40 

Grain.  Wheat  i*  lower.  Tho  quotation*  are  $1.57 
(),I.6fl  for  So.  2  Spring;  $I.7U$1JhK  tor  winter  red 
Western;  il.so  ’  l.iffM  for  amber;  ♦l-S.Va2.13  tor  in¬ 
ferior  to  very  fancy  white  Western.  Fair  lots  id 
Western  barley  have  been  sold  al  91.10-  Corn  is  dull 
and  lower;  quoted  at  i'-t.v;p>,7e.  for  interior  to  Very 
choice  new  mixed  Western  ;  li.VicpV.jo.  for  old  do,, 
afloat;  HJlfelSlkP.  for  do..  In  store.  Oat*  are  very 
strong.  With  small  receipts;  sales  at  .*■!<<<>, Vic-,  for  in¬ 
terior  to  very  choice  new  mixed  Western; 
for  new  black,  and  52<2iofit?.  lor  new  white. 

liny  mill  Straw  Are  in  better  supply  at  $1  for 
North  River  hay;  $1.20  ..,1.50  for  retail  lots;  MV.  -.h  . 
fur  salt;  TV  .6JZ1  for  clover,  .straw  at  $1.101s#1.1j  for 
long  rye;  >sV<',90«.  for  short  ryo;  73c.  for  wheat;  Safe 
HOe.  for  oats. 

Hopa.-Thc  market  has.  perhaps,  rather  a  better 
tone  through  an  occasional  call  from  brewer*. 

We  quote  t-tjito  at  4ik3;foc. ;  Eastern,  fiMWn.;  West¬ 
ern,  40®  .Vie.;  Old  growth.  1*5).  lOcjlSc;;  Bavaria”.  iljr- 
50c.;  English,  S5©l0e.;  Belgian, S5©40e.;  Calilornian,  50 
6i»c0c 

Maple  Sugar.— The  market  is  steady  al  12fe-15c. 
for  large,  coarse  molds;  ll-sLbc.  lor  prime. 

Poultry  nud  Giiinc, -rim  supply  of  dressed  iti 
heavy  for  the  season.  I’oonsylvtinia  capons  are  io 

:  . •L  .  .  i..  .  ...... iri..  i  ii„ 


A  PREMIUM  OR  CASH  COMMIS 
SION  TO  EVERY  AGENT  ! 


From  Feb.  22,  1873.  and  during  the  Rural' 8 
Spring  Campaign,  (if  not  longer,)  Fve.rn  Agent 
can  have  cither  a  PREMIUM  or  Liberal  Cash 
Commission,  an  preferred.  Send  for  Supple¬ 
ment  containing  full  particular#  as  to  both 


DOMESTIC  NEWS, 


Mit.  Goodrich  is  supposed  to  have  been 
murdered  bv  a  Spaniard  named  KoMoc  Tho 
conduct  of  .Toefrph  II.  Voting,  tho  “  King’  clerk, 

i*  being  investigated _  Aim  street  is  to  be 

made  so  feet  wide.  It  i*  proposed  to  unite 
Jersey  city  and  Hoboken.... The  Kouaett  Art 
Sale  realized  9125,000.  A  great  ruin  and  wind 
gloria  passed  over  the  city  on  the  29th  and  30th 
ul  March,  doing  much  damage  to  houses  and 
shipping  ..Concert  saloon*  are  increasing.... 
Dr.  .1  G.  Holland  has  resigned  as  School  Cotti- 
mlvsioiter. ..  The  Twenty-fifth  Anniversary  of 
SplrltuaJism  was  celebrated  on  the  Moth  nit  .  .. 
Arrests  on  suspicion  for  the  Goodrich  murder 
continue  to  lie  made  ..The  Erie  investigation 
continue*.  Stokes*  amended  plea  lias  been 
denied.  .Sorosls  lias  given  Mb*  faithful  I  a 
reception  The  annual  book  trade  sales  have 
commenced.  ..  The  gasmen  and  shoemakers 
have  determined  to  strike. ...The  Hudson  is 
open  to  navigation.  .Postmaster  James  hus 
Been  Hworu  in  Mr.  Feoliter  hn*  given  up  the 
new  Lyceum  Theater...  Mr.  Jiepworth’s  new 
church  lias  been  dedicated..  Michael  Nixon 
lias  been  round  guilty  of  murder  in  the  first,  de¬ 
gree....  He  is  to  be  hanged  the  Xttth.  of  May. 


Additions  in  Clubs  are  always  in  order.  Send 
them  in  one*,  twos,  fives,  tens  or  mure,  as  you  please. 


The  machine* 
tjon  to-day  and  till  10  o’clock  this  P.  M,,  at  the 
Company’*  elegant  place  on  Superior  street,  cor¬ 
ner  of  Bond,  where  all  are  Invited  to  view  and 
inspect  them.  On  Saturday  they  will  be  started 
on  their  way  across  tho  seas,  for  competition 
in  the  world’B  arena,  and  the  result  cannot  he 
otherwise  there  than  here  the  verdict  unani¬ 
mous  111  favor  of  the  Wilson. — Cleveland  Daily 
Herald.  __  _ 


Moore’s  Rural  is  the  Pioneer  Journal  in  its 
sphere,  and  keeps  ahead  of  all  Imitators  and  abreast 
of  the  times  and  age.  Try  it  a  year,  and  see. 


The  Documents.  Specimen  Numbers,  Premium 
Lists,  Show  Bills,  etc.,  are  promptly  sent  free  and 
post-paid  to  all  disposed  to  aid  in  circulating  the 
RURAL  New-Yorker  iii  their  respective  localities. 


The  Rurnl’o  Premium  Picture,  “Birth-Day 
Morning,”  ft  Superb  Steel  Engraving,  worth  $5,  is 
sent  post-paid,  to  every  one  paying  only  $2.5(1  for 
MOORE’S  IIU li  a  i,  for  1873.  It  is  X»w  Ready,  and  w  ill 
be  sent,  without  delay  to  all  entitled. 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS, 


extra  call  the  cowing  celebration  ot  the  Jewish  new 
year  crivite*.  The  .-.apply  Of  wild  pigeon-  till*  been 
regularly  large,  and  ha*  been  well  sold  up  nt  quota¬ 
tion*;  to-day  there  arc  few  In  market.  English  snip*, 
remain  high.  Wild  duck  I*  in  demand. 

We  qui  te  live  poultry  at  is*.#; 20*.-.  for  prime  N.J. 
fowls,  ni'Gbtx  for  Western,  and  1**220.  fur  turkeys. 
Geese,  Sl.T.V* .2  for  Western.  $36>.:i.2fi  for  New  Jersey. 
Bucks— T5o.®91  for  Western,  91.25iAl.S0  for  N.  J. 

We  quote  dressed  prime  N.  J.  aud  Bucks  Co.  tur- 
kovs,  Rka;2.U\,. SLOP- sad  Western,  poor  Ui  best,  lovUflc. 
Chicken.*,  Western,  126j. Lie. ;  State  and  near  point*, 
18@2Io.  Geese, w*.  lit-.  Bucks,  I8fv23c ;  common  West¬ 
ern  us  low  as  l.ic.  .  ,  .  -  , 

i .nine  quotations;  Wild  pigeons,  unpicked,  P  do/. 
$].120lJ3;  canvas  backs,  v  pair. $1.5001.87:  mallard, 
40©50c.;  ciuiimiou  wild  ducks,  2ot»36e.  English  snipe, 
per  dozen,  9C6vil.l2. 

Pro  visions.  Pork  has  advanced  something  over 
80e.  per  Phi.  Bacon  is  easier.  Lard  t*  Hnnigcr, 
Beef  horns— choice  Western,  $30088;  Texu*  prime. 
S(Ut*ti31 ;  Laid.  8Vc.  fur  Western  steam  on  spot,  ;<•. 
fur  April,  and  Uh'e.  for  May.  Long  clear.  He. •  shell 
clear.  !r-,e. ;  short  rib,  8jfc.  Me**  pork  ut  tli.l-  .«•>• 
spot  delivery;  $17.15  for  April ;  Western  prime  mess 
nominally  Sl5.7rr.-  lii.  Dressed  hogs,  city,  TMtoHo.  Cut 
meat*  are  selling  ut  IZGIfie.  for  hanns,  Km-so;  i  ,&>e. 
lur  shoulder*,  loose t  SA6t ITAi.  lor  pn-klud  belli.  ', 
loose.  Boxed  dry.sidteii  shoulder*.  Ye.  Smoked 
meats  at  hk*l4ke.  for  loose  hams,  H»X*tac.  tor  loose 
shoulilrre.  Tallow  at  tie.  for  prime  stock.  Beet  is 
selling  ut  99-511.75  for  barreled  new  plain  me.**,  fd-<" 
13.50  for  extra  mess.  Tlerred  beef  at  $29025  for  now 


Any  A  otiug  Man  can  make  from  •*-,i  to  ?10  per 
ly  taking  order*  for  the  Flowing  Spring  Poul- 
y  Fountain.  ,Sce  ml  vei  l  Isenient  in  our  i**ue 
April  8th.  Send  for  a  sample  ami  circular, 
Ith  discounts.  Money  refunded  if  not  satiiv- 
.ctory.  Address  Jiojn  CT.ad  Can  CO.,  01  Dcy 
New  York. 


WRECK  OF  THE  ATLANTIC, 


Neglected  t’ougli*  anil  Fold*. — Few  are  aware 
of  the  Importance  of  cheeking  a  cough  or  “com¬ 
mon  cold  ”  in  its  first  st  age  ;  that  which  in  Die 
beginning  would  yield  to  “  Uruwn'x  Branchial 
Troches,”  if  neglected,  often  attacks  the  Lungs. 


THE  CREAT  CRIME  OF  THE  ACE 


Shortly  after  three  o’clock  on  the  morning 
of  tho  first  of  April,  the  steamship  Atlantic  of 
the  White  Star  line,  bound  from  Liverpool  to 
New  York,  with  nearly  1,000 persons  onboard, 
ran  upon  Mars  Rock,  off  Meagher’s  Island,  on 
Die  coast  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  became  a  com¬ 
plete  wreck.  Tho  ship  keeled  over  rapidly,  t  ho 
life  boats  were  stove  in.  t  he  waves  washed  over 
the  wreck,  and  nearly  600  people  were  drowned 
at  once.  Such  a  terrible,  uncalled  for,  nod  crim¬ 
inal  disaster  has  never  before  occurred.  For 
more  than  a  week  it  lias  filled  the  civilized 
world  witlv  horror  and  indignation.  On  the 
38th  of  March,  Capt.  Williams  found  himself 
1,130  miles  from  Sandy  Hook,  with  only  319  tons 
of  coals  on  hoard,  and  provisions  for  two  day*. 
A  gale  was  coming  up,  and  fearing  to  proceed, 
he  attempted  to  make  the  port  of  Halifax.  He 
made  his  calculations,  and  expected  to  reach  a 
point  43  mile*  south  of  Sambero  Light  by  three 
in  the  morning  of  April  1st.  lie  was  ignorant 
of  tho  coast,  and  had  miscalculated.  Ho  weni 
to  bed,  aud  the  next  thing  be  know  the  ship  w  as 
on  tlm  rocks.  The  awful  scone  which  followed 
no  pen  can  describe.  The  weather  was  cold, 
the  sea  ran  high,  tho  ship  broke  up  and  sunk. 
Hundreds  of  people  were  drowned  in  their 
berths;  some  three  hundred  women  aud  children 
were  drowned  io  the  cabin !  Not  a  woman  was 
saved;  only  one  child  escaped;  most  of  the 


Advice. — Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


New  York,  Monday,  April  7, 1873. 

ttreeipla.  The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  as  follows 

Flour,  bills . 

Wheal,  bush....,  . 

Corn,  bush..., . 

Oats,  tins  1 1 .  ! 

Grass  seed, busk.. 

Barley,  bush . 

Mult,  bu»h. . . 

Beans,  bush — .... 

Corn  meal  bbls.... 

Corn  meal,  bug*.— 

Cotton,  hales . 

ltye.  bush . 

Bonus  mill  Peas . — 

quiet.  Prime  Rod  Kidney  are  beld_  at 

peas  are  in  good  suuply,c;:2™' - 

Canada  are  wanted. 

VV  t) quote  prime  mediums,  $'!.55:5  2, HO;  prime  marrow- 

fats, f.2.r, 2.71);  prime  kldw  $2.6 ‘  .  i  1  f">f  Pe« 

beans,  $3,906-'.  U  fair  do.,  $2.23;  red  Bdney. 

fur  good  anil  prime ;  Canada  ocas,  free,  bbls.,  $l.o3@ 

1,35 ;  green  peas,  bush.,  rl.hOw  l.'.U. 

Tleesavnx.- Southern  is  wanted  at  306}38c.  West¬ 
ern  will  bring  34X6-  35C. 

Broom  Corn. -Prices  are  without,  change.  We 
quote  us  follows:— 7HC.  tor  prime  hurl;  litssJc.  tor 
newgreco ;  6®6>4C.  for  old  do.,  wW-e.  for  old  mixed, 
and  2<S8c.  for  old  red.  Brooms  bring  $l.T5@l-50  per 


4,610 

_  JMHB  era 

7ti,75<i Out  incuts,  pkgs...  19,795 

17,200  Lard,  pkgs .  15,920 

2,000  Butter,  pkgs .  •I..I02 

Ifi.KVl  Cheese,  pkgs .  W 

r-.lilio  1  Irmd  Fruit*,  pkgs.  419 

1,270  Eggs,  bbls .  IWJOO 

4,6-10  WOO),  bale* - 

5, 611)  Hops,  bales..., .  579 

13,480  Peanuts,  bags .  1,84. • 

125  Dressed  Hogs,  No.  17 

Mediums  are  Iowp.i.  Pea  are 
•  •  ,v  ,  ...  a  held  at  $3.76.  Green 
ly ,  and  more  iu  the  buyer's  fa  vor. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


FOR  THE  VIENNA  EXPOSITION 


April  5,  was  without  material  mange,  a  w  r 
or  farm  dairies  were  delivered  and  sold  foi  loci-c., 
but  uuytlUng  fine  bring*  ll«.  very  readily.  Wc  ueam 
of  but  two  factories  in  market -tho  Bates  and  lap 
Notch.  The  lutt*-r  had  offers  of  15c„  and  was  r>  port- 
ml  sold  at  that  figure.  Extra  hue  lots  are  worth  more 
money,  but  none  were  in  market.  Butter  conn'-  in 
very  fn-elv.  and  sale*  were  made  nfc406it2e.  for  fre**1 
naekage*  from  new  milch  e-,w*.  V.’iritcr-inadc  bat¬ 
ter  Was  slow  ul  sale  at  59c.  Thu  bad  couditb-U  of 
the  roads  has  prevented  farmers  bringing  goods  to 
market.  ,  .  , 

We  have  advices  from  abroad  to  the  middle  oi 
March.  Our  London  correspondent  says  the  stock  'if 
cheese  isBniall.und  prices  tend  upward.  Aniertcau 
extra  fine  is  quoted  ut  74<<t7fis.;  fine,  706i»72s.;  good.  ^ 
C8s.  The  other  Uescriptious  of  cheese  are  quoted  us 


The  Wilson  Sewing  Machine  Company’s 
Magnificent  Machines  and  Machine  Work 
on  Exhibition  To-day  and  To-night. 

To  excel  in  improvement  and  in  work  pro¬ 
duced  by  their  machine,  has  ever  been  the 
motto  of  the  Wflson  Sewing  Machine  Company. 
Their  career,  from  the  opening  of  their  first 
Office  and  works  in  t  he*  city,  years  ago,  to  the 
present  time,  lias  been  in  the  fullest  sense  of 
the  term  "  a  success, ’’  and  the  development  of 


I  'UeCfcC*  —  liiXpuriib  WC  immsi  wltu,  I'VMn  9"Atd«.  rju«lF- 

perB  have  been  buying  quite  frocly  ior  tlie  season. 
Then*  has  been  no  decline  in  prices.  Shippers  are 
working  mure  on  tho  medium  and  low  grudes,  15c.be- 
lrur  ntiout  lta  hitch  ns  they  want  tu  go.  The  better 


1 


$732 
MADE  IN 

3  I  DAYS! 


APRIL  42 


TIN-LINED  LEAD  PIPE 


follows! —  English Cheddar, 7ii(W,*.;  Wiltshire double, 
r<;. •  ;  Cheshire  medium,  ittijxiTgs. :  fine,  78<5i84s. ; 

Scon  h,  7 lo.  7*i~.  Dutch  elteese-  Edams  and  Gonda*. 
nnminul.  Butter,  tm.ugli  scarce,  is  In  limited  de- 
vrinitd  to  pressing  want.*,  and  holders  show  anxiety 
to  clear  out  mocks,  We  quote  as  follows  r— Clon¬ 
mel!-  110s. ;  Corks,  12(V<dI Id* . :  Dorset*,  150s.! 

Normandy  extra,  13C--  lius.;  Canadian,  V)c;i20s.  The 
corresponding  prices  lust  your  were,  for  Clonmells 
hatter,  i;«!s. :  Corks,  lints.,  nnd  American  cheese,  71s. 


(Tvcc$.'t  ^cnlo',  Plants',  &r 


Is  n  Block-Tin  Pipe,  heavily  coated  with  solid 

01eud.  It  is  the  Dost  and  cheapest 
Water  Pipe  when  strength  and 
durability  are  considered,  tty 
Its  use,  Iron-rust,  lead  and  zinc 
poison  are  fill  avoided,  nnd  gen¬ 
eral  health  promoted.  Price  18>4 
Cents  a  pound  lor  all  sizes.  Cir¬ 
cular*  n.iul  sample  ot  pipe  sent  by 
until,  free.  Be  not  deceived  by 
Tin-washed  or  Tin-con  ted  imita¬ 
tion*.  Address  Tn  t;  <  'ui.iv  i:i  l.s, 
StfAW  &  Wll.I.AIll)  M'i'i;  CO., 
No.  21,'i  I  enter  St.,  New  York,  A llRO.  M;iuiifnct*>-.'rs 
of  Block-Tin  Pipe,  Bhoel-Load,  Lead-Pipe,  Solder, 
etc.  Orders  filled  at  sight. 


\  EXT  It  A  PINE  TUBES,  OF  THE 

’  Rosemary  and  New  American  Weeping 
:!,IKI(I  I .om hardy  I’ophirg.  Address 
P.  HUSTKD,  Cirund  River  .Nurseries, 
Lowell,  Kent  Co.,  Mich. 


Chicago  &  Canada 

SOUTHERN. 


WANT  IT  •.*  ('A  >1  PUEEE'S  I, ATE  HOSE 

7  7  Circular  tolls  nil  about  It.  Sent  gratis  to  appli¬ 
cant*  |  unit  tho  potatoes  at  Ills  advurtised  rates,  de¬ 
livered  free  of  expense  at  any  express  of]) CO  between 
Buflhlo  nnd  Cleveland. 

M.  B.  II A  TIM  I  A  M,  PalnoBVilo,  O. 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS, 


Nkw  Yokic,  April  \  1873. 

Beeves,— On  Wednesday  last  there  were  a  few 
r. .lies  of  beeves.  Price*  ranged  from  I hiiWc.  )h„ 
weight'  from  li  to  1  i  owt..;  general  sales  were  on 
e-r  unnte  weight,  and  the  markets  closed  firm.  On 
Thursday  forenoon  there  was  a  sudden  fall  of  He.  V 
it.,  strong  on  all  degrees  of  beef  cattle,  which  depres- 
sion  was  not  recovered  mi  Friday  forenoon;  on  both 
,1  vs  trades  was  slow,  ami  prtc  -s  ranged  from  Itle.  to 
1  •...,  tJ  n>„  weight*  t  rum  ewt,  to!)  ewt,,  on  Mi  lbs. 
t  ,  -it  ins.  to  the  ewt.  le  t.  ’i  bo  Texan  herds  forwarded 
«e!  during  the  latter  days  or  the  past,  week  were 
course  and  lean,  and  sold  generally  troiii  KbWQEc-  c 
Texan  steers  crazed  east  of  the  Al  Is-isslppl  said 
si  lie.  Ik.,  weights  from  .il£  Owt.  to  I'H  ewt.  Chcro- 
-  aj  steer*  oiltl  nt  t'P.e,  ,<  is.,  weight  V\  ewt.  Illinois 
si  •  i  s  sol  ',  from  10  -tl  iHe.  ?'  B.,  weights  from  fep.i  'j 
cwc.  Missouri  steers  were  coarse  and  dressed  to  light 
weights,  prices  ringing  from  11  ';f.<sl2..'*c.,  weights  fix*. 
7  ewt.  Mixed  lots  of  State  cattle,  steers  and  oxen, 
sold  from  llkwlOKc,,  weight,  on  average,  ,  ewt,  Penn¬ 
sylvania  Dull*,  tidy  beasts,  live  weight,  11  ewt.,  sold 
from  fVciAVi'e.  s'  lb. 

tl  ilch  Cows.  -The  supply  of  these  animals  is 
more  than  the  city  markei  *  require,  and  some  of  the 
lot  5  to  hand  are  very  poor;  lor  these  lat,  or  there  Is 
no  sale.  Fair  on  illty  cows  soil  from  * ttk-AttA  v  head. 
Fresh  cows  with  their  calves  sell  freely  from  Sfi0®8.'> 
d  head  ;  2  cows  ami  their  calves  Hold  f'er  $125 ;  a  cows 
sold  from  $6fiiiA&i  p  head;  a  cows  sold  at  $73 ,  I  cows 
sold  from  $tkl?t72.a)  d  head.  ^ 

Vnals,  There  ha*  been  a  fulling  off  in  the  quality 
of  liii-  vhIs  -ii-nt.  to  our  city  markets  during  t  he  past 
we  ■«,  and  although  sales  were  easy  prices  were  not 
sustained.  Extreme  ranga  of  snlctt,  &$uc,  U  H> .;  gen 
end  sales  from  lOftiillc.  V  m.  The  average  weights  of 
v.  als  during  this  past  week  have  been  from  114cj!2,i 
fill  15  Ibu.  f  head. 

Sheep  nnd  Lit  mb*. — Spring  lambs  continue 
scarce,  anrl  uitIvo  generally  Consigned  direct,  to 
wholiMite  butcher*.  1'hose  sold  by  the  3,.  ranged 
from  1’tC.  d  »>.;  those  sold  by  the  head  from 
1 0.50,  Thu  quality  of  the  Hocks  now  coining  to  hand 
1'  generally  good.  Oh  Wednesday  last  sheep  sold  In 
selected  lots  from  T:i{t><iH.S'u.  P  B.  Up  Thursday  List 
sheep  sold  by  (he  ear  loud -from  p  B.,  nnd 

continued  ttrm  on  Fit,  lay  from  liMGC’ve-  c  it.  Hhoru 
sheep  have  arrived  and  have  bean  sold  from  5  \Vifl!<.c. 
P  it.  Special  sales  as  follow*:-  (Milos beep,  average 
weights  •'  head,  hi  r...  at  b!-je.  V  ft.;  S3' -  :••  >l  lb.,  ut 
7U.  .  P  H'.;  51  Vi  it.,  at  ,  ij«.  *  ft.;  '.Uw.llW  n>.,  ut  <Kc.  P 
in.;  IH  lb.,  at.  Alie.  p  it,.;  coarse  Michigan  sheep,  aver¬ 
age  weight  22  It..  t'  head,  uts  l-lllo.  1'  lb.;  choice  Mas¬ 
sachusetts  sheep,  average  weight  UK!  tb.  p  head,  sold 
ut  so.  V  state  abeep,  t  horn,  average  Weight  SI  lb. 
V  head,  sold  at  5  ,0.  V  tb.;  State  8lloep,  average 
weight!*!  lb.  P  head,  dd  at H)4o.  t'  tb.;  Illinois  sheep 
average  weight  79  lb.  ,'  head,  sold  ut  0l,'c.  F  lb. 

Hwinn.— Trade  in  live  bogs  during  the  past  week 
ha*  been  almost  nominal;  those  sold  have  been  a 
very  small  proportion  of  aetipd  arrival*.  On  Wed¬ 
nesday  Iasi  live  liogsweroworl.il  from  BHti)B;Ye.  tb.; 
city  dressed  from  KcpPle.;  trade  was  fair,  uu  'Thurs¬ 
day  forenoon,  u<>  Change  In  the  value  of  live  hogs; 
city  dressed,  7iH®Hj|ie.  Friday  forenoon,  live  bogs 
stll  I  stationary ;  city  dressed,  7  :<at8tfe.  The  markets 
closed  with  tin  upward  tendiincy. 

Horse  Markei.  nty  trade  in  hones  has  not  been 
good  during  tins  past  week:  tlm  animals  dealt  in 
nave  been  of  inferior  quality,  uudaimost  all  the  sale* 
quoted  have  been  forced  off tiy  auction.  Two  ponies 
sold  at  $-15  a  bond ;  2  pair  of  light  harness  horses.  $.250 
@  L5  F  pair;  1  draught  horse,  $1110;  i‘  horses,  $110* 
260  p  head  ,  9  horses,  |U7(siS lllli  V  head ;  5  horses,  $122 
@375  F  head  ;  4  horses,  $W0fti'!20  ft  head;  3  horses,  ft:, 
@■4  Head.  135  horses  arrived  V  Krle  Railroad  <d<; 
t)ak  OUT  Station;  5tl  arrived  t<  Central  New  .lersoy 
Ru  I  road  <•  Liberty  8tTeot  Ferry ;  of  these  45  bead 
were  shipped  through  to  Koston,  and  llm  greater 
part  of  the  entire  nil utbOr  were  consigned  direct  to 
city  railroads  and  to  stage  lines.  The  quality  was  in¬ 
ferior. 


i  <  It  A  PE  VINES,  SHALL  I'll  FITS,  FLOW- 
\  8  EHS,  A  e,  \  II  varieties  of  Crape  Vine*;  mag- 
nttlcenl  Delaware  layers.  $111  to  $25  per  100;  $75  to  $2(K 
per  l, (Kill.  Splendid  stock  of  Cree.n-1  louse  and  Bed¬ 
ding  Plants,  Cataloguer,  free. 

HEO.  W.  CAMPBELL,  Delaware,  O. 


DISVHJg^  O  DM?  DOLLAR 

F X o w o i*  Garden 

CO NT A  INS : 

10  pftts.  Oholeu  Annual  Flowers,  worth . 50  cents. 

2  Choice  (lliifllolu*  Bulbs,  "  ......  .10  cents. 

1  Japan  Lily Ruib,  “  ......  .10 rents. 

2  Double  Tuberose  Multi  ',  “  fD cents. 

ALL  SENT  POST-PAID  BY  MAIL  FOR  St. 
Catalogue  of  Flowerntnl  Vegetable  Seeds  sent  free. 
VV.  It.  DIMON,  Jit,,  Seedsman,  Brooklyn,  N.  V. 


At  DO  and  ACCRUED  INTEREST.  COUPON  A  ND 
REGISTERED.  INTEREST  PAYABLE  IN  GOLD, 
APRIL  AND  OCTOBER. 

We  now  offer  these  Bonds  at  the  above  VERY 
LOW  PRICE. 

THE  CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Eastern  end 
ol‘  tUls  line,  whose  Bonds  were  so  rapidly  sold  last 
Summer, 

Is  Now  Finished, 

and  will  he  opendil  for  business.  In  connection  with 
the  TOLEDO  and  W abash  and  other  Western 
roads,  at  a  very  early  day.  The  CHICAGO  AND 
CANADA  SOUTH E ILN,  or  Western  end  of  this  lino, 
L  now  being  rapidly  built,  and  the  Company  expect 
it  to  he  finished  during  the  present  year. 

THIS  GREAT  TRUNK  LINE,  when  completed 
through,  will  bo  of  linmeuae  advantage  to  the  ship¬ 
ping  interest*  of  the  Grout.  West,  being  LEVEL, 
STHAWItT,  and  33  nules  Shorter  than  any  other 
route.  Having  connections  with  all  tin*  lines  run¬ 
ning  Into  Buffalo  ut  the  East  ami  Chicago  nt,  the 
West,  and  under  the  management  of  some  of  the 
most  experienced  railroad  operator*  of  the  country. 
Its  success  is  rendered  a  certainty,  and  its  bonds- 
must  he  il  safe  and  profitable  Investment.  It  make* 
the  shortest  and  host  connections  going  West,  both 
at  Toledo  and  Detroit,  and  1*  the  only  Seven  per  cent. 
Gold  Bond  on  any  through  Trunk  Line  now  offered. 

Pamphlets  and  all  information  furnished  by 


jit  iWWi  •*'-”rh  Trees,  and  600,1100  of  other 
choice  kinds  or  Trees  ami  Plants,  for 
sale  al  lowest,  market  rale.*,  by  E.  It.  COCHRAN, 
PmtLh  IVoes  U  Specialty.  Middletown,  Del. 

Alan,  Manuiautiirnra  Afftiit  for  tho  cheapest 
twin  neat  reaou  Basket;  over  made. 


CHICKERING 

PIANO-FORTES 


A  NEW  SQUASH 


Eighteen  year*  ago  I  Introduced  tho  Hubbard 
Squash  to  the  public.  After  testing  scores  of  new 
kinds  from  every  suction  el'  the  I  nltcd  States,  I  have 
at  last  I  mind  one  ('nr  rc/iHa,/  mitth'i  m  Dim  paper)  well 
worthy  to  be  added  to  our  ll«t  of  standard  varieties. 
It  Is  a  very  late  keener,  ami  remarkably  free  from 
a.liiiixture  with  any  •dher  sort.  In  l/.e  It  averages 
with  the  Hubbard,  but  liasa  morn  flinty  shell,  of  a 
blue  color;  llm  llesh  is  of  a  lighter  hue,  while  In  Its 
combination  of  sweetness,  dryness,  dimness  of  grain 
"'id  del leb ms,  chestnut-1  Ike  flavor,  It  stands  alone— 
iinoqiudud.  1  have  tunned  It  the  Marblehead  Squash. 

. . .  I  Htalogiio  (fr.v  in  alt)  will  be  found  letters  of 

reei'iiimeudlitlon  from  Hun. Marshall  P.  Wilder  and 
other  gent  lemen.  Package*  with  seed  sufiUdent  for 
si.Y  lulls,  with  roll  direction*  for  It i  vain >n,  24  cents 
each  ;  live  for$l.  Dealers  supplied  ut  the  usual  dis¬ 
count. 

.JAMEgJ.  H.  GREGORY,  Marblehead,  Mass. 


n  nil  upon  the  most  favwahlc  terms  of  payment . 

We  invite  the  attention  of  persons  Intending  to 
purchase  Pianos  to  our  New  Illustrated  Catalogue, 
giving  full  description  of  Stylos  anil  Prices,  and  the 
term*  on  which  we  soil  to  those  desiring  to  make 


SEND  FOR  A  CATALOGUE 


11  EAST  14th  ST,,  New  York. 
354  WASHINGTON  ST.,  Boston, 


LEONARD,  SHELDON  &  FOSTER 

BANKERS, 

No.  10  WALL  ST.,  NEAV  YORK. 

WINSLOW,  LWIER  &  CO., 

BANKERS, 

No.  27  PINK  ST  It  10  ET,  NEW  YORK 


Hejiltlifnl  Climate,  Free  Homes,  Good  Markets, 


ran:  noktkeun  imciih; 

IS  A  1 1, QKO A  l>  offers  l'ur  sale  its  B,;in<ls  ill 
Genlrul  ;i  ml  H  rslern  lliiiiirsoln, 

embracing ;  1.  The  best  Of  Wheat  Land;  2.  Excel¬ 
lent.  Timber  far  the  Mill,  the  Farm  and  the  Fire  ;  3. 
Rich  Prairie  Pasturage  nnd  Natural  Meadow,  watered 
by  i  b-.ir  Lakes  and  i  mining  (truums-ma  UuuUlilul 
Climate,  where  Fever  and.  A  out  is  unkno  wn. 

4ii  ruin  can  he  shipped  lienee  by  lake  t<,  market 
as  cheaply  a#  from  Eastern  Iowa  or  Ventral  Illinois. 
Cars  now  run  through  these  Lands  from  I, nice  Su¬ 
perior  to  Dakota.  Prim  of  land  close  to  track  $4  to 
$S  per  acre;  further  away,  $2.50  to  $4.  Nevt'it 
1' ears’  4 'mill;  Warranted  Deeds:  Northern 
PttClUc  T-1IO  lloutl*,  now  selling  at  par,  re  - 
eetvqd  for  Until  at  $<  bl.  No  other  unoccupied  Lands 
present  such  advantages  to  settlers. 

NOI.DIF.RK  under  the  New  Law  (March, 
1372)  get  mi  acres  I1  REE,  near  the  railroad,  by  one 
and  two  years'  residence. 

TflMASrOItTATION  AT  ItK. 

I> I  4  ft'.It  14 A  IT'S  furnished  from  all  prin¬ 
cipal  points  East  to  purchasers  of  Uullrood  Lands, 
and  to  Settlers  on  Government  Homesteads.  Pur¬ 
chasers,  their  wive*  and  children  cu  rrictl  Ti*<n* 
over  the  Northern  Pueltlc  Road.  Now*  I*  the  time  for 
Settlors  and  Colonies  to  got  Railroad  Lands  and 
Government  Homesteads  close  to  the  truck. 

Send  for  Famplllet  containing  full  Inlormu- 
lion.  map  and  copy  of  New  Homestead  Law.  Address 
LAND  DEPARTMENT,  NORTHERN  PACIFIC 
RAILROAD.  ST.  PAUL,  MINN., 

OR  2.1  FIFTH  AVENUE,  COR  NINTH  STREET, 
_ _  NEW  YORK. 


OfTers  for  sale  Its  FIRST  MORTGAGE  7  per  cent. 
GOLD  BONDS,  10  years  to  run,  with  ample  Sinking 
Fund. 

The  road  runs  due  EAST  and  WEST  from  INDI¬ 
ANAPOLIS  to  DECATUR,  153  miles,  through  the 
richest  settled  country  of  the  West.  It  crosses  tho 
BLOCK  COM.  FI  EI.DSof  Indiana  atita  best  point, 
and  It  cannot  fall  to  have  a  LARGE  LOCAL  AND 
THROUGH  BUSINESS, as  It.  makes  n  great  saving 
of  distance  and  has  low  grades. 

It  is  building  for  cash,  by  responsible  Stockhold¬ 
ers,  and  is  BONDED  FOR  MUCH  LESS  THAN  ITS 
COW.  Klghty-tive  miles  will  be  done  and  In  profit¬ 
able  operation  till*  spring,  the  residue  within  the 
year.  There  is  no  bolter  bond  on  the  market.  For 
pamphlets  and  Information,  apply  to 

WALKER,  ANDREWS  &  CO., 

14  WALL  ST.,  NEW  YORK. 


^  ^  ^  ^  ONE  DOLLAlt 

aJ^VFlowor  Garden 

—An  established  success.  It  la  simply  offering  you 
your  choice  f,,r  $1  of  12  flowering  plants  from  a  list 
nl  ,.|  varieties.— The  best  bargain  of  it*  kind  over 
olrovod,— vttr  DuaurlpMve 

SEED  AND  PLANT  CATALOGUE, 

containing  good  practical  Information,  will  bo  for- 
wanb.il  to  all  who  will  apply.  Address  A  ZELL  1IOW- 
DlTt'H,  615  Warren  st.,  Boston  Highlands,  Mass. 


Monday  h  Sale*.  -Reeve*  slow  from  UXCM hi.  V 
it.,  weights  1’rooi  5 '/i'tiSiit  owt.,  on  Sj@5U  Its,  to  the 
ewt,  net.  Milch  cows  not  quoted. 

Vmls  Slow,  on  a  light  run  of  poor  quality  calves; 
price,  ties.  1 1  tb. 

**hoep  nud  Lambs. — Good  sheen,  7Jf(3>8}fc.  V 
Shorn,  6W@CJtfe. 

Hogs-  Not  changed  since  Friday  last.  Live  worth 
GifOji o>so.  R  it.;  city  dressed,  73f@8Xc. 

RECEIPTS  OF  M  VK  STOCK. 

Sheen  Sc 

Hotrviiii.  Cow*.  Calve*.  Lao i on.  Hoin. 
One  Hundredth  St.. .1,011  i)  415  152  IKKI 

Forty-Eighth  St......  00  73  170 

Fortieth  St. .  00  oo  oo 

Comm  unlpaw..., _ 4,213  00  00 

AVeehawken . 1,1(18  00  00 

Totals  this  week  7,311  79  585 

“  last  week  7,704  102  554 

COMPARATIVE  RATES. 

Last  week, 

„  Cents. 

Good  Steers  7?  It . .  13  @ 

f>ir . \UA  © 

£oor .  9 X  dt 

Poorest .  8  t# 

Gen.  selling  rates . 12  oj) 


mmrw 


lAMPJf ELL’S  Extra  Early  GO  Days’  Sugar 
J  Cara.— Tho  bent  amt  ear II, ait.  true  Sugar  Corn, 
jng  earn,  large  grain*,  cxqqlidte  ttnvor.  Price,  pkt., 
u. :  'A  pint,,  25c. ;  pint,  toe. ;  quart,  73c. :  post-paid, 

GKO.  \V.  <  A  UPltELL,  Delnwalf,  O. 


This  week. 

Cents. 

13  0  (>  I  t 

li  @  Vi  A 
9  <-j)  1014 

7V  ©  8  >i 
1 1 A  04  12  A 


WEBSTER’S  PATENT 

Hull  oii-liole  Worker 


I  was  the  Jirst  to  introduce  to  the  public  the  nub- 
hard  Squash,  American  Turban  Squash,  Marblehead 
Mammoth  Cabbage,  Mexican  Sweet  Corn,  Pkinney’s 
Water-me^on,  and  many  other 

NEW  AND  VALUABLE  VEGETABLES. 

This  season  I  have  a  new  and  exceedingly  valuable 
squash,  new  variation  of  com,  three  tine  melon*,  and 
other  ehulco  new  vegetables  for  ruy  customer*. 

Mv  bumiti'M  Is  to  supply,  what  every  good  farmer  is 
anxious  to  get,  the  rn-ij  In  -I  of  vegetable  seed.  I 
grow  a  hundred  ami  llft,y  kinds  on  my  lour  seed  farms, 
right  under  my  own  eye,  inaliino  new  veaetnUee  a 
yjirv.ialtji,  beside*  importing  their  choicest  varieties 
from  European  growers.  A  One  selection  of  Hower 
seed,  home-grown  and  imported,  will  also  la*  found  In 
tny  Catalogue,  which  will  he  sent  tree  to  all  applicants. 

As  stated  In  tny  <  'atalogue,  all  uiy  seed  1*  sold  under 
throe  warrants  1st  :  Tmt  ult  money  emt,  ehall  reach 
me,  Vi  I  •  That  nil  seed  nrile  ml  ahull  rmcti  the.  pit  returner. 
1*1 :  That  uni  recti*  e-luiU  hr  f  resh  uwi  tt  nr  to  tw  in  ■ 

.1  AMES  .1.  H.  GRKtjUHY.  Marblehead  Mass. 


CHAMPION,  Si  PER  till/.  ;  LAM 
LIPID,  tgli  PICK  DO/,  t  Kisnena,  $3 
Black  Defiance,  #1  per  doz.  Circulars  free. 

ItKIMli  A  HEX  A  ill  F 
\esv  Cast  I*',  VVi-stcbfsi  er  Co 


♦  h,  i  *  i*t  I.  Awarded  firet  promium  at 

tho  Am.  Ius^m^^rnl  Md.  In*tituto  Fairs,  ls7l. 

*  f£S  DR  |  v  B  ti  to  h  la  taken 

•  with  tho  most  per- 

accuracy..  Is  used 

oyca’and  wifi* 

portent  and  It  regular  worked  bofton  liolns.  They  giv» 
univera.l!  *H tlufuellon.  Ijidies  who  uso  them  *ay  that. 
Ihoy  are  Worth  tbeir  wwightingohi.  Ovor  olevnn  thou¬ 
sand  aold  daring  the  lino,  week  ot  their  in  troductiaa. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


I  i,nii  non  wiam.  Kill  it  pianth 

I  ,1MM  l.i  M  Ml  1110,1)00  Conover  Colossal  Aspar¬ 
agus  Roots.  50,000  Pencil,  Pear  and  Apple  Trees, 
— —  barrels  Early  and  Lutu  Rose  Potatoes,  For 
prices,  see  RURAL,  March  13,  page  I  -2,  or  send  for 
Prion  Cist.  THOM.  C.  AN URKVVM,  M.iurestown,  N..I. 


A  Positive  Kiullcnl  Cure  for  Rupture.—1 The 

Elastic  Truss  Company,  at  No.  683  Broadway,  New 
York,  will  send  tlielr  Descriptive  Circulars  to  any 
person  afflicted  with  Hernia.  This  Truss  can  be  sen, 
by  Frill  to  any  part  of  the  country. 


( 4AM  PIIEIiL’r*  LATE  ROSE  POTATO.  A 

w  now  seedling,  unequaloil  in  productiveness;  un¬ 
surpassed  In  quality  ;  pcrfvetly  healthy.  Has  yielded 
from  1  to  2  Imri'eN  to  the  pound.  Circulars,  with 
toHtlninniul*  as  to  yield  and  quality,  free.  Price,  I 
lb..  50C.;  I  lbs..  *l,od,  post-Xiidu;  peek,  A  bush,, 
$5.50;  bushel,  $10;  barrel,  $20. 

DEO,  VV.  CAMPBELL,  Delaware,  O. 


The  Best  Elnatie  Truss,  without  metal  springs, 
Is  Pomkuoy’8  El,  AST  to  Re  PTC  hi:  Belt,  patented  in 
*  1U1<1  1873,  No  one  should  buy  an  Elastic  Truss 
without  first  writing  to  Messrs.  POMEROY  &  CO., 
71  Broadway.  New  York,  for  full  particulars.  Pome¬ 
roy's  Trusses  are  the  best  in  the  world. 


OUR  CATALOGUE 


POTATO  BLIGHT! 

A  REMEDY. 

Reed’s  Apicnltnral  Cuporafl. 


of  Small  Fruits.  Bulbs,  Seeds,  Potatoes,  etc.,  will  be 
mailed  free  to  all  appliuants.  Address 

REISIU  A:  IIKXAMER, 
New  Castle,  Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y. 


^(Ucvti^cmcnt.si 


SEEDS,  71  UTS.  PER  LB.— Jf  lb.. 
Ylountiiln  Sweet  Waiemiulon,  Nutmeg 
DOBt-pnid,  by  mall. 

L>.  c.  IIOVEY,  Grand  Rapids,  Mleli. 


Muskuielou 


The  Compound  Is  composed  of  materials  erode  und 
chemical,  specially  destructive  to  the  Microscopic  in- 
f~rct  <  living  on  the  routs  of  the  Potato  vine*,  which 
are  Che  i-iitwi'  of  this  dcstmctlvo  disease.  Farmers 
will  find  the  I'ompmmd  a  remedy  for  Potato  lUujht 
ami  Hot,  and  ;i  good  fertilizer  for  the  soil. 

AMES  PLOW  COMPANY, 
IS?"  Send  for  Circular.  11  Itcekmau  St„ 

New  York. 


usepgl,  VALUABLE  I 

W  ',om« ln,!ru<uu„.  iu,,,ruT«ui«it. 

VM\  a,(J  1  “4  UAU,....  |  ISO ,, 

IS  a,,?.,.1, 7  ,.  ,.t  ct«t,; 

Si, ,  I,  1  *w-a  *u.j^,<AieAinuro,<ic.  ajwioiua 

“k'  "A--' 

oB  bucirt^i  iiran  L'ltvi-f  Hla44'L(  V*  r  HQ/  tUck  a  e  * 

riii  ip!,'  •  ui  ofJcTi  ^  V* 1  h  <*wUrr.iV  *uc 

flCit  V, ^  *'•*'' wVa  finiW  i.f  |>j0^  tr+-  I 

1MRK,  bumio.iS.  Y  , 


LEE  S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES 


VVlioleniile  ami  tienerul  Supply  Nurscrlen. 
An  immense  stock,  of  superior  quality,  at  low  prices. 

JSF“ Osage  Hedge  Plant*  by  the  1,000  or 

t,ooo,ooo.  Send  tor  Price  List. 

BLAIR  BROS., 

Lee’s  Summit,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 


FARMERS  &  VILLAGERS  need  the  Planet  Com ttined  Gar¬ 
den  Drill, Wheel  Hoe,  Plow  and  SubHuller;  three  other 
styles  for  seeds  . fertilizers ,  and  tenfold  rapid  horvno. 
Made  only  oy  S  L.  Arlen  &  Co.,  119  S.  4th  St.,  Phila. 


Implements;  and  Ittachinenj 


implement, $  and  Machinery 


Puisiral  BfnjStvnmcntsi 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


FARMERS,  DAIRYMEN  &  BITTER  BUYERS 

PACK  YOUR  BUTTER  IN 

W  K  S  T  C  O  T  T 5  S 


J.  M.  Bellew  is  fifty  years  old. 

Dn.  LmKOSTONE  Is  expected  home  in  a  year. 

M.  Ernest  Henan  has  returned  from  Italy  to 
Paris. 

Vice-President  Wilson  lias  declined  to  take 
Ids  back  pay. 

Tun  Pope  thinks  North  America  richer  than 
any  other  country. 

Mrs.  Isa  nit  i.  i.  a  Heeohek  Hooker  Ins  become 
a  Uni  versal  i»t  minister. 

Edwin  Booth  will  soon  retire  from  the  man¬ 
agement  of  ills  t  hcatre. 

Marshall  O.  Roberts  ha*  spent  $flO,OOU 
among  American  artists  in  Homo. 

Miss  Ann  Wallace,  an  old  maid,  recently 


isb  for  donblo-reed,  six  sbom  iiowerful- 
ans.  Warranted  the  best.  S  i 7 •>  cash  for 
rosewood,  warmnted 

No.  M7  Broadway,  New  York. 

RsawrjK*  You  ask  WHY  wc  ran  Bell 
Kird.  Class  7  Octavo  Pianos  for 
rg'lvu  S2DO  7  We  answer— It  costa 
Ct-l!, ...  -non  8300  to  make  any 
,J $000  Pimm  -  .1  through 

fr  ,  !  .V  '  '  V.  ....  II  I  00 

S^?»r£P,i»t,s 

k).  V  IP'S  at  Factory  price,  and  warrant 
Send  for  llhistralrd  circular,  in  which  wc  refer 
OO  KatiWr,  /d.  "  irrit-.  A  »f  wliom 

know),  u?if  ^  our  PiatiOR.  It*  44  Sj*itca  »*ei1 
t.  I’lcssc  Hale  where  you  b»w  this  notice. 

).  S,  Piano  Co.t  865  Broadway,  H.  Y. 


Approved  and  recommended  by  the  loading  author¬ 
ities  of  our  country  on  dairying,  find  acknowledged  by 
all  butter  dealers  to  be  tile  very  best  package  In  use. 

Butter  packed  tn  this  Fall  brings  H  to  1  O  cents 
more  a  pound  tn  the  New  York  Pity  market  than  the 
same  quality  In  any  other  package. 


ICmbody  in  their  shape  the  scientific  adaptation  of 
notural’line*  embraced  by  K  vox's  PATENT. and  have 
extra  qualities  "f  hardness, each  piece  of  metal  being 
made  by  a  process  that  converts  ubunt one-tliird  on 
each  - 1  le  Into  steel,  and  allow  -  It  to  tie  hardened  as 
much  as  fire  arid  water  can  make  It,  while  the  center 
remains  suit  or  flexible.  This  gives  them  a  tough¬ 
ness  that  avoids  the  liability  of  breakage  so  general 
with  other  plow*,  and  a  surface  bettor  adapted  to 
slide  through  the  soil,  which  reduces  the  amount  of 
power  reqalietJ,  arid  further  add*  to  durability. 

Their  Hard  S!nl  l*Jov‘»  reeeircit  the  highest  premium 
m  curded  fe  I 'lows  ut  the  i'eriiaml  Slate  A  grlrultu- 
rul  Fair  m  1ST1  tmrl  nrjiiin  in  U72,  •nut  then  received 
a  livonte  iiml  Silver  Medal,  the  Mytost  premium* 
offered  fur  lJlmrs  by  the  Xeia  England  Agricultural 
Siicietg  in  WTt  inul  1S72. 

Merer:.  Sev|,.i|mtKii"i  wen  awnrdeet  the  hiahrrt  prize 
till  the  Xew  York  Still r  Agricultural  society,  Uctaher 
1871,  mid  Hu  hlghent  prize,  a  Silver  Meileil,  hy  the 
Xvw  Hampshire  Agricultural  Society,  October,  1872. 

At. BO, 

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fuoturc  very  extensively  Butter  firkins,  Half-Iurkln 
Tubs,  25-pound  Butter  Falls,  Well  Buckets,  Ac.,  ten. 
Our  good*  are  marked  with  our  uaroe,  and  tire  for 
sale  by  all  first-class  dealer*. 

SII.SBY  BROS., 
Belmont.  A  Begun. v  Co.,  N.  A. 

Principal  Wiii,eh»nsi,i  Biimlinuiioii.  N.  \. 

miME,  MONEY  \M>  STRENGTH  SAVED 
JL  by  using  Clark's  l'ment  Tolsura  Kitlger 
mill  Hilling  Plow.  The  mow  complete  Implement 
ever  put  into  the  hand?  of  the  Farmer.  1st*  the  sim¬ 
plest,  easiest  handled,  and  takes  op  no  more  room 
than  an  ordinary  plow.  It  combines  four  of  the  in  -t 
valuable  tools  in  one,  and  with  One  Hot*  ft  and  Boy  will 
do  more  work  than  ten  men.  A*  a  Tobacco  Bulger  it 
hue  uo  equ.ll.  As  u  Hilling  Flow  It  stands  unrivaled. 
Ash  cultivator  of  till  erojw  that  require  billing  It  W 
unsurpassed.  As  a  Morse  II  Oft  nothing  Compare*  wbh 
it.  Send  for  Circular,  and  get  description  of  the  best 
line  of  tools  ever  put  Into  the  hand*  ol  the  Farmer. 

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Manufacturer*  of  Agricultural  Imnlimicnt*  nnd  Mu- 
ehlnoti,  Dealer*  in  Fertiil/arn  and  other 

requirement*  of  Airricuiturist^  mid 
Agricultural  Districts. 

xv  a.  rt.  k  nous  i<:  B  : 

53  Beelimaa  St.,  New  York, 

and  Quincy  Kail,  Boston. 

Factories  at  Worcester  nml  Ayer,  Ulnss. 
tiV*  Price  List  and  Descriptive  Catalogue  on  applt 


Oft  UOlfiRi’C  BItOA IX'AST  Seed  Sower 

uMiiUUm  O  will  sow  three  afire*  if  Timothy 
or  Clover  Seed  per  hour,  and  do  the  work  fur  better 
than  it  eon  be  done  bv  any  other  means  whatever. 


THUN  USE  THE 

Averill  Chemical  Paint 

Funis  WJimt.  Drabs, 

FitKNca  Obey,  slates, 

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and  all  the  fashionable  shades  and  color*  used  In 
house  and  cot  tage  paitiSmj,  ready  for  iwc,  required  m 
oil,  ihlnuinQ  or  ilvyri':*,  utid  uold  HY  iiifc.  <#AL- 

hON. 

Every  Man  Hia  Own  Painter. 

Sample  eml  of  colors,  and  testimonials  from  own¬ 
ers  of  the  finest  residences  lit  the  country,  furitlsneu 
free  by  dealers  generally,  or  by  the 

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33  lltti'ltm  Slip,  n.  vi  York. 

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1  How  either  sox  nmy  fascinate  and  gain  the 
love  and  affectloni  of  r.iy  person  they  chnos.i,  ui- 
Bluntly.  This  simple  mental  acquirement  all  can 
possess,  free,  bv  mail.  lor  ’.M  et.s.,  together  with  a 
Marriage  liuide,  Egyptian  Oracle.  Dream*.  rL  U>  to 
I,adie*T  Wedding  Night  Sllirt,  Ae.  A  queer  book. 
Vartr.vaa  'it  WILLI  U!  A  CO-  Publisher-,  1  * 


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(Send  for  Circular.)  Ncxyl>ur«li,  N.  Y. 

ZiT  For  stile  by  all  first-class  Dealers  and  Seedsmen 


riHIE  KUPEKIOR  HAY  SPItEADKit  saved 
i  me  two  hundred  dollars  on  my  hay  last  season. 


_ _  THE  ROCHESTER  _ 

"SSI  ’BERRY  BASKET, 

\  V,1  L'iWff  In  which  Berries  carry  and  sell  best. 
'rivji'tSsfSg  Agents  wanted.  Circulars  free.  Ad- 
dress  (ienenil  Agents, 

.JOHN  S.  COI.UNK  *  CO..  Moorestown,  N,  J. 


cation 


A  set  of  10  boxed  and  delivered  to  Express  or  it.  It, 
Js  D,  U  in.  long,  about  ih  lbs,.,  for  fti.UO. 

V  ,  11  in.  long,  about  tl  lbs.,  for  fT.ML 
Liberal  discount  t'i  the  Trade.  Address 

f* \V EET" S  nl’F’G  CO.*  8>y iTK  iise,  N.  \. 


l’rieo  List  to  J.  II*  JOHNSTOJf| 


GREAT  WESTERN 


DON'T  FEED  COlt  \  IN  THE  EA  It.— Ulf  V 

the  BUFFAI.O  CORN  hHEl.LKIt,  and  one  of 
BlAKI-.’H  FATKNT  TllKAIi  IitiUNK-FOWERS.  Nines 
to  suit  Farmers,  Millers  and  Klovutors.  Ciipueity,  50 
to  150  busb.  shelled  corn  per  hour.  Manufactured  by 
W.  h.  SHAW,  Bumtlo,  N.  V. 


“  17P  Smlllifivld  St,,  Fittfthureh.  Vtr 

Brceoh-Ixixiiing  Shot  Onn». 

SSXrif  I*  to  m  Fietol*.  *1  to  $8.  <hm  Mat.nah 
'PaMtIa  ir  Larn4  tlhn'ount*  if *  11  ruler*  or  rwn*, 
Army  bun-,  Ke'voWers,  •to,,  bought,  or  tr*<l"dl«u  A®?15 * 
»»u't  by  «xpr«»i  C.O.D.  to  b*  euuninod  bufor*  pud  for. 

„  I  EVEK-LA IH.ES  will  winsli 

|  i  salt  and  work  butter  perfect, 
f  j]  uulck,  easy,  precisely  on  Imud-ladlo 

KfH  a»  principle*,  in  common  bowl*,  held 

w<,Iid,  revolved  easy,  drained  by 
Re  v  V  J  lever,  removed  readily.  Simple, 
light,  durable,  cheap,  and  wanted  by 
Mi- all  butter  makers ;  approved  by  llion- 
»  \i\  sand*.  Sold  wholesale  and  retail; 

&  u.  ij  V  state  rights  reasonable!  salesmen 

S,  -  .11  'll  wanted  everywhere.  Send  for  Cir- 

l|  ...  -  Vi  culars.  Address  KCRKKA  BCTTElt 


KIDDER'S  PASTILLES.  fcOGSi 

Price  40e.  hy  mail  •  Stowell  &  Co., Charlestown,  Mass. 


ATITE  WOt  LI)  NOT  HELL  OUH  SI  1*E- 
1 1  rior  lluy  Spreader  for  live  time*,  its  cost  if 
we  could  not  obtain  another. 


fIC  onitocc  YOU  WILL  USE  Uahnon’a 
Ul  uUUnOC  tl rou drum  Seed  Sowar  to 

row  your  Wheat,  Kye,  Outs,  Barley,  Hemp  and  Crus* 
Seed.  _ 


^cvtUioCv.e;,  &r 


JOHN  RALSTON  &  CO., 

GENERAL  DEALERS  IN 


descriptive  Catnlogue  Kent  lrec 

PENNOCK  MANUFACTURING  CO., 

Kenuett  Square,  Chester  Ch».,  Fit. 


PURE  CHEMICALS,  No.  1  PERU 
GUANO  and  FERTILIZING 
SUPPLIES. 

170  Front  Street, 

NEW  YORK. 

BY?-  Descriptive  Pamphlets  and  Price  Circulars  on 
application.  _ _ 

The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 

GKO  UNO  BONE, 

BONE  MEAL, 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Fresh  Bone  Superphosphate  at  Lime,  or 
Dissolved  Bobo,  .Send I  for  Circular.. 

l.ISTElt  BROS.,  Newark,  N.  J. 


to  a  in.  k.4'’ 

^UFACTURED  BY  ADRIAN CEsPLATT  &C0 

STYLES,  SIZES  A  PRICES  TO  SUIT  ALL  FARMERS 

Dosoriptlvo  Circular#  Korwurdod  by  MaiL 


riXliE  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  cun- 
I  not  be  surpassed  for  Workmanship,  Durability 
and  LtghtDOM  of  Draft. 


DO  YOU  BELIEVE 

with  Cakoou'*  Broiulenst  Seed  Sower  as  live 
men  eau  do  without  it?  If  not,  you  should  try  it  and 
be  convinced. _ 


SOLE  PATENTEES  OF  THE 

Clipper  Plow, 


TO  FARMERS 


juxi:  OTIIKKS  .il  si  is 

Send  for  Circular. 

REMINGTON  AG'L  CO., 

I  I  .ION,  IN'. 


— v  DOUBLE  ltKl-TMU)  1‘OrilRETTE 

{  j  of  the  “  i.iatt  Manufacturing  Co."  for 
sa!f  in  lot*  to  unit  customer*.  This  nrti- 
Ole  i*  sold  for  n  A  i.F  THK  PRICE  of  ot  her 
^Y\\  fertiliser*,  and  is  cheaper  for  Tobacco, 
i  Cotton,  Corn  and  Vegetables  than  any 
J  ,  other  in  market.  It  Is  made  entirely 


After  dye  day’s  Use  of  the  si - 

FEU  I O  It  HAY  SPREADER  no  farmer  Will 
ever  part  with  It. _ _ _ 

SEYMOUR’S  SHEARS  &  SCISSORS. 

“The  Best  are  the  Cheapest.”  |  i 

Extra  Quality.  Crocus  Polish,  - .  J  %  %  h 


Irotn  the  nlgtit  soil,  offal,  *0.,  of  New 
York  City.  Price  (delivered  on  board 
tn  New  i’ork  City)  ’twenty-live  dollars 
per  ton. 


I  ask  attention  to  the  following  testimonial*  : 

Hkn'HY  T.  Uouyon,  Cheshire  Co..  N.  11.,  Writes: 
I  find  from  experiment*  made  last  year,  the  I'mihU- 
reAneil  P.eJdreU*  >•  the  cl  eape-t  fonlll'/cr  to  use  on 
Tobacco  i  put  It  hostile  Peruvian  Guano  with  nquul 
cost  of  both,  ami  the  Tobacco  was  30  per  cent,  better 
where  l  used^ou  fret ?t  ^  tj1L.  Xow  jun,oy  state  Re¬ 
form  School,  writes  :-'  We  hare  used  Pondrettu  for 
several  years  upon  our  farm  crops,  and  for  the  money 
I  vested  we  have  found  nothing  that  1m*  done  ns  so 

W^IL l>  L  ulctN  of  Essex  Co.,  X.  V..  write-  I  have 
used  the  f)'»w hi,  .eelined  I  h.;.i  r.  ft*  for  Um  lasl.Mv  {/*'<  n, 
and  i  eonaldor  It  the  cheapest  fertiliser  I  can  buy- 
uiving  tiir  beet  results  for  t be  cost. 

Wm  H.  POMEiin Y  of  Hartford  Co..  C  t.,  writes:—  ! 

ss*  rih«s'rrnK  sszms  sssss. 

*A  patnph letVwng  f ?dl  dlroctlo ns.  *0.,  0,1 

application  to  JAMEhT. 


Tils  Machine  sv-Uti  |,i*.*td  ienprovs  u-  a..  *‘ar»nU.de' "  d 

kuiu  all  5iLk  of  oiockiuK.  vul  SdcU,  r/Uli  heel  ^ ^ 

. Its  a  ucv.r-*.aUi.g  ••t  xs„u,n.e,,to  xl.ol  Ki.cc, 

well  ns  profit  nail  essy  rapport  to  th*»e  that  '  ,roIU) 

Agents  wanted  every  where  bv  tho  iiicKroRi) 
Rnittihq  Maciunk  <  OMI'ANV.  Iuna 

Frcsitlimt  and  Gettcml  Busmess  Supt.,069  Btoau 
way,  Now  York. 

•WX3  For  E.  Nl.  BOYNTON’S  PAT.  LIGHT* 
NING  SAWS,  uddrt.s  SO  BtokliUiT,  Streut,  N.  V. 

S§i£?ll  lif'viti'M  U <  infriiiKBimnl-.  Guimiuo  will  ant  ihrru  Uni. , 
U  Nilsa  fiol  "•  «»  »**•  A  6-ft  cr...  out,  iA.  band  tor  mi 


20,001  sold  last  year.  Upwards  of 
fiO.Otkl  sold  for  1873.  Show  this  to 
yourmerebant :  auk  him  to  let  yon 
Irv  one.  Vou  will  not  part  with  it 
for  twice  its  cost.  Made  only  by 
PKTKKS  BROTHERS’  MANU¬ 
FACTURING  COMPANY,  Mar¬ 
shall ,  Mich. 


Family  Size,  -  -  $loTO  _  * 

Ladiee’ Scissore,  -  1.00  * 

Uy  mail, prepaid.  Pend  F.  O.  Order  or  Draft.  /.  >. 

HENKV  SKY  MOV  K  A  CO..  29  Emm  St.  »w  Vm 


of  every  variety,  in  P>Ra- 
ages  TO  riUlT.  seta  to 
8  by  ABIKItlCA N  TACK  t  «•»„ 
filunufaetui  ,  u .  117  C  hambers  bt..  • ' -  * • 

RT»9  FBl.VEKiy.lNG  CULTIVA- 

is  more  practical  points  than  aiiy  cul  V’ 
ind  is  indispensable  ns  a.  tarm  mimemei  t 
C.  C.  BKADLKY  A  bON.. 


Tl’illRIIl  ED  FOOT  ,  LA  I'llLis, 

I  Willi  Blldn-Rast  nod  klutnus.  Just 
the  thing  for  the  Artisan  or  Amateur 
Turner. 

Also.  HAND  PLANERS. 

“Many  render*  of  this  i  per  have  one 
..t  th ft m.”  Helling  m  nil  pans  of  the 


ANTRIM,  N.  H.»  »8 


Da  Hi  uUUUcLL.)  Hole  Mao ufucturer  of 
Calioon’t)  lirondcnrit  St1*-*!  Sowers,  but  they  ure 
for  sale  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 


NEWS  CONDENSER. 


,£torh  ami  ^aultvy 


—  Boston  is  being  rapidly  rebuilt. 

—  Corn  is  half-leg  high  in  Texas,  now. 

-»  Connect  icut  cider  Is  largely  made  of  chem¬ 
icals. 

—  The  ship  carpenters  of  Chicago  have  struck 
for  lower  pay. 

—  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  ieo  dealers  will  deliver  no 
ice  on  Sunday. 

—  A  pomological  society  has  boen  organized 
in  Augusta  Me. 

—  Salinas  Valley,  Cal.,  raised  15,000  sacks  of 
mustard  seed  hist-  year. 

—  Peach  Blow  potatoes  at  Leavenworth  are 
for  sale  at  thirty  cents. 

—  The  Newfoundland  seal  fishery  has  been 
very  successful  this  year, 

—  A  book  called  “Verdant  Green  ”  has  sold 
100,000  copies  In  England. 

—  The  State  Government  of  Pennsylvania  will 
employ  women  as  clerks. 

—  Port  Dodge,  Iowa,  Is  shipping  from  50  to  100 
barrels  of  stucco  per  day. 

—  Twenty-five  Syracuse  families  are  golug  to 
plant  a  colony  in  Kansas. 

—  All  the  t  owns  in  Tennessee  are  anxious  for 
the  Vanderbilt  University. 

Ton  now  women  preachers  have  appeared 
during  the  last  six  months. 

—  Moonlight  excursions  from  Pall  River  to 
Providence  have  commenced. 

—  Three  American  gardeners  will  raise  vege¬ 
tables  at  the  Vienna  Exhibition. 

-  1  lie  State  has  given  Michigan  Univorsity 
$25,000  for  a  new  college  building. 

Cleveland,  Ohio,  Is  to  have  a  society  forthe 
prevention  of  cruelty  to  animals. 

—  Crops  in  Louisiana  will  be  hotter  than  usual, 
with  a  plenty  of  poaches  and  figs. 

—  The  colored  people  of  Norfolk,  Va.,  are 
building  a  vessel  to  run  to  the  West  Indies. 

The  Farmers'  Club  of  Brandywine,  Penn., 
thinks  its  State  Agricultural  College  a  disgrace. 


JTtt/Sff  «#.fr  UAUK  Hit  A  II. WAS, 

*  Rags  this  season  for  sale.  $8  per  doz.  C.  CAR- 
ROLL  1, OKING,  Boston,  or  Dedham,  Mass.  First 
importer  and  breeder. 


AND 


D  all  ages,  constantly  on  hand.  "Stiori-lloms”— 
Bull*,  cows  and  halters ;  bull  calves  of  much  promise 
Superb >r  Jerseys,  all  recorded  In  A.  J.  ('.  ft,  n.  it. 
Solid;  color,  black ;  points;  few  imported  ;  pure  anil 
fine.  Bronte  Turkeys,  $10  pair.  Choice,  standard 
bight  Hrobm*  oockeroJls,  $lo  each,  Eggs  from  supe¬ 
rior  Hose  Comb  Fellow  bug  Dumbitques.  best  breed 
In  the  world,  ft  for  la  eggs.  II.  C.  G  It  A  IF, 


Rroiu  IJgbt  Brahmas,  BuiT  and  Partridge  Coohina, 
Iucloso  stamp  for  Circular,  s.  MERRY,  lliou,  N.  V. 


SUBSCRIPTION  TO  THE  STOCK 

WILL  BE  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOLLOWING  PLACES  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY 


AG<:H-‘2lt  V  \  R  I ETIKS.-  Send  for  Price  1, 1st, 
It  UOKDWKbf,  BROTHERS,  Pwm  Van,  N.  V. 


El'tlCJS*  FOR  HATCniNd.-FllOM  DARK 

j  and  Light  Brahuia*;  Partridge,  White  and  Bull 
Cochins,  From  First  Premium  strains.  Address, 
with  stamp,  W.  b  HOWARD,  Fast  Saginaw,  Mich! 


UNION  TRUST  CO . 

HOWES  «fc  iUACY . 

FIFTH  NATIONAL  BANK 
HULL’S  HEAD  RANK 

HARLEM  BANK . 

A.  S.  1)1  VEN . 

SAMUEL  SLOAN . 

RICHARD  SCHELL... 
ERASTUS  BROOKS... 

H.  B.  CROSBY . 

EDWARD  ROBERTS. 
PAUL  N.  KPOFFORD 


. . .73  II roadwa y. 

. 30  Wall  St. 

Third  Av.  mul  Twcilty-Hixt li  St. 
..Third  Av.  and  Tweniy-llltli  St. 

. Third  Av.  and  One  Hundred  mid  Twcnty-flftli  St. 

. . . Erie  Railroad  OtHce. 

Prca’t  Del.  &  Lack.  R.  II.,  cor.  William  A-  Exchange  Place. 

. 31  Broad  St. 

. PtibliMher  New  York  Express, 

. 10  Nanaaii  St. 

. Etghiy-litih  St.  and  Avenue  A. 

‘.29  Droa.dwn.yj  and  at  the  temporary  office  of  the  Co.,  9‘25  Broadway 


IAOGS  FOR  HATCHING,— I  will  now  book  r>r- 
j  dors  for  eggs  from  my  well  known  strains  of  Fan¬ 
cy  Poultry,  including  ov*t  20  varieties  of  Fowls  and 
Ducks,  to  lie  shipped  as  soon  us  the  weather  will  per¬ 
mit.  Inelusc  stump,  and  write  for  what  you  want  to 
C.  N.  BROWN  l.imdilln  Forks,  Otsego' Co.  N.  V. 


"  Every  Hoi-mo  Ownrr'a  Cyclopedia”  ex¬ 
plains  It  fully.  Dr.  McCMJHK  says  :  ■“  bet.  any  one 
who  owns  an  animal  Htfec.tod  with  Epizootic  intlucnzn 
follow  the  directions  given  In  the  book,  and  hr  will 
pretty  certainly  effect  a  cure."  Circulars,  Ac.,  sent 
free.  AoKN'ra  Wantkii.  Band  for  terms. 

PORTER  A  COATES, 
PtibliMher*,  Philadelphia.  I'n. 


All  payment*  must  be  rnndo  by  cheek  payable  to  the  order  of  the  UNION  TRUST  COMPANY,  73 
Broadway.  The  moneys  urislng  from  the  sale  of  the  stock  hereby  sold  are  paid  Into  the  Union  Trust 
Company,  and  cannot  be  paid  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchers  showing  that  the  money  has 
been  actually  and  honestly  expended  in  the  erection  of  the  Industrial  Exhibition  Building  or  In  acquir¬ 
ing  title  to  land, 

The  land  of  tho  Company  is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  as  follows  :—9Sth  to  l»‘2d  Streets 
and  3d  to  4th  Avenue*;  comprising  355  24-25  city  lots,  or  about  23  acres. 


Slid  II  week  for  Agents  local  or  traveling;  steady 
employment.  WEBSTER  A  CO.,  737  Broadway,  N.V. 


A  M’Mi.MHI)  HOOK  E«K  AGENTS, 


Or  a  complete  HARMONY  OF  THE  BIBLE 
WITH  REASON  AND  SCIENCE,  A  most  im¬ 
portant  aid  in  establishing  the  truth  of  Scriptures : 
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| AVER VREAD EH,  OF  THIS  PAPER  should 
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order,  and  having  arranged  the  details  of  manufac¬ 
ture  between  the  two  establishment?,  whereby  they 
have  secured  great  improvements  in  the  solid  qual¬ 
ities,  as  well  as  In  the  exterior  finish  of  their  instru¬ 
ments,  would  now  ask  the  candid  attention  of  the 
musical  public  to  a  few  statements. 

1.  DURING  THE  LAST  FEW  YEARS  NEARLY 
EVERY  STYLE  HAS  HE  EX  CHANGED  BY  THE 
ADDITION  OP  NEW  STOPS,  AND  OF  REGIS¬ 
TERS  WITH  NEW  AND  STRIKING  QUALITIES 
OF  TONE.  THE  KALOTHION,  THE  AULODIA, 
AND  TUB  FAGOTTI  ARE  AMONG  THE  NEW 
ADDITIONS. 


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2.  THE  OLD  FORMS  OF  CASKS,  WITH  THE 
EXCEPTION  OF  THOSE  OF  THE  LARGE  PEDAL 
ORGANS,  HAVE  GIVEN  WAY'  TO  THOSE  OF 
NEWER  DESIGNS,  MORE  IN  ACCORDANCE 
WITH  THE  PREVAILING  MODERN  TASTE. 


3.  BY  THE  IMPROVEMENTS  IN  THE  MODE 
OF  MANUFACTURE,  THE  CASES  ARE  THE 
MOST  SOLIDLY  BUILT  AND  THE  MOST  PER¬ 
FECTLY  FINISHED  SPECIMENS  OF  CABINET 
WORK  NOW  TO  RE  SEEN. 


Latest  Improved  and  best  Family 
Clothes  Wringer.  Simple,  Strong, 
Durable.  Saves  Labor,  Time  and 
Clothes.  It  has  been  thoroughly 
tested,  and  stands  unrivaled.  Try 
it.  Sold  everywhere. 


4.  THESE  IMPROVEMENTS  HAVE  BEEN  AS 
FAITHFULLY  BESTOWED  UPON  THE  CHEAP¬ 
EST  AS  UPON  THE  DEAREST  STYLES. 


5.  ENTIRELY  NEW  STYLES  HAVE  BEEN 
INTRODUCED,  SUCH  AS  NOS.  0,  7,  17.  IS,  19 
AND  20,  FINISHED  IN  TASTEFUL  PANELS  OF 
MOTTLED  WALNUT,  OR  OF  JET  AND  GILT. 
THESE  INSTRUMENTS  AUK  AT  ONCE  THE 
BEST  AND  HANDSOMEST  IN  THE  MARKET. 
NO.  20,  IN  PARTICULAR,  WITH  ITS  PERFECT 
SWELL,  AND  ITS  NEW  AND  EXQUISITE  STOPS 
—AULODIA  AND  KdOOTTl-  IS  CLAIMED  TO  BE 
THE  FINEST  PARLOR  INSTRUMENT  OF  ITS 
1C  LASS  EVER  MADE. 


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TRUE  CONJUGiAE  AJVLir>-eA.A-t,AU-A.XJX'X’Y. 

“  I  can  assure  yon,  Sarah,  that  I’m  not  at  all  the  sort  of  woman  who  can’t  see  a  man’s 
faults  because  she  happens  to  be  married  t  o  him.  On  the  contrary,  I’m  quite  convinced  that 
if  dear  Robert  were  not  absolutely  faultless,  as  I  must  say  he  is,  I  should  be  the  very  first 


6.  THE  W ELI. -KNOWN  AND  STANDARD 
ORGANS,  NOS.  14,  10,  24  AND  31,  HAVE 
ALL  BEEN  PUT  IN  NEW,  LARGE  AND  BEAU¬ 
TIFUL  CASES. 


OF  NEW  YORK, 

WOULD  LIKE  TO  MAKE  ENGAGEMENTS  WITH 
INTELLIGENT,  TRUSTWORTHY  AND  ACTIVE 
MEN  THROUGHOUT  THE  COUNTRY',  TO  ACT 
AS  AGENTS  FOR  THE  COMPANY.  ITS  SPECIAL 
FEATURE  IS  TUB  REGISTRY  SYSTEM  ORIG¬ 
INATED  BY  THIS  COMPANY,  AND  NOW  PRAC¬ 
TISED  UNDER  THE  GENERAL  LAWS  OF  THE 
STATE  OF  NEW  YORK.  IT  HAS  ALSO  ADOPT¬ 
ED  THE  TONTINE  PLAN,  WHICH,  USED  WITH 
THE  REGISTRY  SYSTEM,  MAKES  A  STRONG 
AND  ATTRACTIVE  FEATURE. 

assets,  .nearly  *o.noo, non. 

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ISSUES  ALL  KINDS  OF  POLICIES  AND  AN¬ 
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person  to  find  it  out !  !  ” 


CLOTHING  WAREHOUSES 

138  &  140  Fulton  St.,  N.  Y. 


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HAVE  URKATl.Y  ADVANCED  IN  PRICE.  A 
SET  OF  IVORY  KEYS,  FOR  INSTANCE,  COSTS 
ABOUT  *1.73  MORE  THAN  IT  DID  A  YEAR 
AGO;  AND,  UNTIL  THE  WARS  IN  AFRICA 
COME  TO  AN  END,  THERE  IS  NO  PROSPECT 
THAT  THE  PRICE  OF  IVORY  WILL  FALL. 
STILL  THERE  WILL  HE  NO  GENERAL  AD¬ 
VANCE  IN  PRICE.  IN  MOST  INSTANCES,  THE 
NEW  AM)  SUPERIOR  STYLES  ARE  OFFERED 
SUBSTANTIALLY  AT  THE  OLD  RATES. 


Spring  Overcoats,  $  5.  sio. 

Spring  Overcoats,  sis,  $20. 

Spring  Overcoats,  $25.  $30. 

It  EE  >1 A  N  A  BURR  have  very  groat  pleasure  in  Inviting  attention  to  their  New  and  Elegant 
Selections  for  the  Present  Season.  The  Stock  embraces  all  the  popular  Styles  and  Fabrics  In  quall- 
>  and  colors  for  all  occupations  uud  occasion*.  Orders  for  garment*  to  measure  executed  at  very 
irt  notice  and  at  moderate  prices.  Directions  for  ordering  BY'  MAIL  furnished  fiikk  on  application. 

Spring  Suits,  sio,  $15.  Boys’  Suits,  s  5,  s  8. 

Spring  Suits.  $20,  $30.  Boys’  Suits,  $10,  $12. 

Spring  Suits,  $40,  $50.  Boys’  Suits,  sis,  $20. 

REEMAN  »V  BURR’S  Nicw  System  fob  Self-Measkuk,  of  which  thousands  avail  themselves, 
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The  manufacturers,  im  making  these  statements, 
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ors  to  raise  the  character  of  the  Iteod  Organ ;  and 
they  assure  the  trurtu  that  they  cun  and  will  sell 
these  superior  instruments  at  less  prices  than  are 
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n  very  fine  specimen  of  flic  Cheviot  tub.  The 
said  sheep  showed  a  style!  and  conformation 
rarely  equalled,  and  were  particularly  good 
in  their  necks  and  heads.  Our  opinion,  how¬ 
ever,  is,  that  the  flocks  tracing  the  closest 
lineal  descent  from  the  Dishly,  untainted  by 
any  other  strain  of  blood,  selected  and  crossed 
with  taste  and  judgment,  tended  with  care, 
and  “all  appliances  and  means  to  boot;,”  are 
still  the  host  in  the  Border  district.  When 
so  bred,  they  posses  the  following  conforma¬ 
tion. 

The  head  of  fair  size,  with  profile  slightly 
aquiline,  tapering  to  the  muzzle,  but  with 
strength  of  Jaw  and  wide  nostril ;  the  eyes 
full  ami  bright,  showing  both  docility  and 
courage  ;  the  ears  of  .fair  size,  and  well  set ; 
the  neck  thick  at  the  base,  with  good  neck 
veiu,  and  tapering  gracefully  to  where  it 
joins  th o  head,  which  should  stand  well  up  ; 
the  chest  broad,  deep,  and  well  forward, 
descending  from  the  neck  in  a  perpendicular 
line ;  the  shoulders  broad  and  open,  but 
showing  no  coarse  points  ;  from  where  the 
neck  and  shoulders  join,  to  the  rump  should 
describe  a  straight  line,  the  latter  being  fully 
in  both  arms  and  thighs  the  flesh 


Whether  some  of  the  early  breeders  of 
Leicester*  in  tho  Border  counties,  in  imita¬ 
tion  of  Bakkwkli/s  system,  tried  still  fur¬ 
ther  to  improve  them  by  crossing  in  with  the 
Cheviot,  a  breed  possessing  line  style  and 
quality  ;  whether  the  change  in  tliqir general 
appearance  is  due  to  selecting  animals  of  the 
pure  breed,  high  on  the  leg,  wiCli  white  faces 
and  clean  bone.;  and  whether  the  soil  anti  cli¬ 
mate  have  had  their  influence  are  questions 
that  eau  never  be  satisfactorily  answered. 
Certain  it  is  that  the  distinguishing  features 
of  tire  Yorkshire  and  Border  Leicester*, 
though  sprung  from  the  same  source,  have 
diverged  considerably;  the  former  now  show 
ing  a  blueness  in  their  faces  and  a  tuftincss 
hi  their  legs,  while  the  latter  are  white  and 
clean  in  bothpnud  more  what  are  generally 
called  upstandinn  sheep.  As  the  Bakowell 
breed  in  oarlv  times  are  described  as  having 


Lery),  it  seems  vain  to  attempt  to  enumerate 
them.  Bakewku.  must  have  had  a  good 
knowledge  of  animal  physiology,  and  as  his 
aim  appears  to  have  been,  not  so  much  to 
produce  sheep  of  large  size  as  of  tine  frame, 
and  groat  aptitude  to  fatten,  it  is  probable 
that  he  connected  together  animals  of  the 
purest  blood,  nearly  allied  to  one  another, 
thus  producing  sires  which,  in  their  turn, 
exerted  a  preponderating  influence  on  their 
progeny.  That  lie  ultimately  succeeded  in 
establishing  a  distinct  breed,  their  distin¬ 
guishing  feature  being  a  capability  of  produc¬ 
ing,  compared  with  other  breeds,  the  greatest 
quantity  of  fat  with  the  smallest  consump¬ 
tion  of  food  in  tho  shortest  time,  is  an  ac¬ 
knowledged  fact.  About  the  year  1700  Bakr- 
wiiiLL  commenced  letting  Ids  rams  for  the 
season  at  something  like  a  sovereign  each  ; 
but  so  rapidly  did  their  (reputation  increase 
that  in  little  more  than  twenty  years  they 
had  risen  about  100  per  cent.,  and  in  a  lew 
years  more  the  demand  or  mania  for  the 
breed  was  such  that  seemingly  fabulous 
prices  are  said  to  have  been  realized — as  much 
as  £1000  for  the  season  for  a  single  sheep. 
They  thus  spread  into  other  localities. 


BORDER  LEICESTERS 


dcvel  iped 


250 


MOOSE’S  RURAL  DEW-YORKER. 


well  let  down  to  the  knees  and  hoolce  ;  the 
ribs  well  sprung  from  the  backbone  in  a  fine 
circular  arch,  and  more  distinguished  by 
width  than  depth,  showing  a  tendency  to 
carry  the  mutton  high,  and  with  belly 
straight,  significant  of  small  offal;  the  legs 
!  straight,  with  a  fair  amount  of  bone, 
clean  and  fine,  free  from  any  tuftiness  of 
wool,  and  of  a  uniform  whiteness  with  the 
face  and  ears.  They  ought  to  be  well  dad 
all  over,  the  belly  not  excepted,  with  wool 
of  a  medium  text  ure,  with  an  open  p-irl,  an 
it  is  called,  towards  the  end.  In  handling, 
the  bones  should  be  all  covered  ;  and  particu¬ 
larly  along  the  back  and  quarters  (which 
should  be  longtbly)  there  should  be  a  uniform 
covering  of  flesh,  not.  pulpy,  but  firm  and 
muscular.  The  wool,  especially  on  the  ribs, 
should  fill  the  hand  well.  When  the  above 
conformation  is  attained,  the  animal  gener¬ 
ally  moves  with  a  graceful  and  elastic  step, 
which,  in  the  Leicester  sheep,  as  well  as  in 
the  human  species,  constitutes  “the  poetry 
of  motion,”  and  without  which  animals,  even 
of  high  class  in  any  breed,  cannot  now  attain 
the  chief  honors  in  the  show  yard. 

The  above  may  not  suit  the  taste  of  Leices¬ 
ter  breeders.  There  has  been  a  tendency  in 
later  times  to  attempt  to  improve  the  breed 
by  crossing  with  sheep  of  looser  frame,  and 
wool  of  an  opener  and  stronger  staple.  Such 
attempts  have  generally  ended  in  failure,  the 
strain  of  blood  producing  tender  heads,  weak 
necks  and  loins,  and  lack  of  constitution,  and 
taking  many  years  of  careful  and  judicious 
management  to  eradicate.  Our  opinion  is, 
that  in  all  such  attempts,  the  coarseness  if  any, 
should  be  on  the  dam's  side,  and  that  the 
sire  should  invariably  be  of  symmetrical  form 
and  pure  blood ;  nay,  more,  we  think  that 
where  an  apparent  increase  in  the  weight  of 
fleece  and  frame  has  been  attained  it  fre¬ 
quently  proves  fallacious  when  brought  to 
the  test  of  the  scales,  the  extra  open  fleece 
weighing  lighter  than  that  of  a  medium  tex¬ 
ture,  and  the  larger  and  looser  frame,  when 
stripped  of  the  offal,  than  the  more  compact, 
on  the  same  principle  as  the  bone  of'  the  tlmr 
ouglibred  horse  exceeds  in  specific  gravity 
the  porous  bone  of  the  Clydesdale. 

There  is  nothing  in  the  general  feeding  and 
management  of  the  Border  Leicester*  differ¬ 
ing  materially  from  those  of  other  breeds. 
They  require  good  land  and  good  shelter,  and, 
having  these,  will  live  and  thrive  on  a  small 
quantity  of  food.  Having  a  strong  tendency 
to  fatten,  they  arrive  at  early  maturity,  and 
are  capable  of  producing  a  greater  quantity 
of  wool  and  mutton  in  a  given  time  than  al¬ 
most  any  other  breed.  Their  mutton,  how¬ 
ever,  does  not  stand  high  in  mercantile  value, 
being  coarse  in  the  gram  and  tallowy  in  the. 
fat. 

The  worth  of  the  Leicester  sheep  does  not. 
however,  depend  on  its  value  as  mutton,  in 
all  well-bred  flocks  the  great  bidk  of  the  1 
lambs  on  the  male  side  are  kept  for  tups,  and 
in  like  manner  the  tops  on  the  female  side  for 
breeding  purposes.  Thus  only  a  limited  por-  1 
tion  of  each,  i  he  east  owes,  and  tups  of  a  cer-  1 
tain  age  And  their  way  into  the  butcher  mar¬ 
ket.  Their  intrinsic  value  consists  in  their  1 
crossing  profitably  with  the.  Cheviot,  Black-  1 
faced,  Southdown,  <fce.  The  latter  are  not  1 
cultivated  extensively  in  Scotland  or  the  Bor-  ( 
dor  counties,  being  generally  considered  too  1 
tender  for  the  climate.  The  cross  with  the  < 
Black-faced  makes  fine  sheep  at  two  years  < 
old,  yielding  mutton  of  fine  flavor.  That, 
with  the  Cheviot  also  comes  to  fair  maturit  y 
at  the  same  age,  gelt  mg  to  great  weight  with 
mutton  of  good  quality.  This  cross  also  forms 
the  foundation  for  another  by  breeding  from 
half-bred  ewes  with  the  Leicester  tup,  and  , 
producing  what  are  called  three-parts  bred  ^ 
sheep.  For  this  purpose  all  the  tops  of  the  j 
half-bred  lambs  are  kept,  and  command  a  j 
higher  price  than  any  other.  On  most  lands  ], 
of  fail-  average  quality,  where  a  portion  of  t 
turnips  can  be  grown,  half-bred  ewes  are  , 
kept.  Their  produce  being  a  cross  nearer  j, 
the  Leicester,  their  development  is  rapid ;  j, 
they  are  generally  forced  forward  for  the  ,, 
butcher  market  at  one  year  old,  or  little  p 
over;  and,  in  fact,  form  T.he  great  bulk  of  p 
the  mutton  that  now  feeds  our  teeming  pop-  a 
illation.  Early  maturity  and  quick  returns  tj 
are  the  order  of  the  day  ;  epicures  iu  the  p 
middle  and  upper  classes  are  fain  to  gratify  j, 
their  dainty  appetites  with  mutton  of  two  Bl 
aud  three  years  old  ;  while  Southdown,  vv 
Cheviot,  and  Black-faced  wedders  of  four  Ul 
and  five  years,  with  the  beautiful  West  High-  L1 
land  kyloe  of  similar  age,  are  rarely  found,  p 
unless  iu  noblemen’s  and  gentlemen’s  parks,  w 
where  they  are  kept,  regardless  of  profit,  to  Cl 
tickle  the  palates  of  the  aristocracy. 


cdpflil  tffrop. 


ABOUT  HOPS. 


I  wish  to  make  a  few  comtm-uts  on  the 
article  “Hop  Culture  Prospects”  in  the  Ru- 
S  HAL  New-Yorker  of  March  89,  by  E.  F., 

[  CobleskUl,  JNT.  Y.,  as  I  think  some  of  the 
statements  t  herein  are  calculated  to  mislead 
i  those  not  acquainted  wit  h  the  business.  He 
says  “  English  Cluster  hops  can  be  profitably 
grown  in  any  climate  or  soil  that  will  produce 
any  kind  of  grain  or  potatoes,”  whereas,  for 
the  profitable  growing  of  hops,  you  must 
have  warm,  dry  land  or  good  com  land,  and 
then  your  success  will  depend  largely  on  the 
location. 

In  the  next  place,  he  puts  the  average 
yield  at  1,500  pounds  per  acre  ;  and  th©  aver¬ 
age  price  at  10c.  per  pound,  whereas  the 
average  of  t  he  State  is  less  than  700  pounds 
per  acre,  the  average  price  not  above  BOc. 
per  pound,  and  the  cost  of  production  not 
less  than  10c,  per  pound,  which  reduces  his 
figures  from  $41)5  por  acre  too  if  140.  He  fur¬ 
ther  says  it  wil  cost  *50  to  pole  an  acre  and 
many  farmers  have  the  poles  on  their  own 
land,  so  it  •will  cost  nothing  but  their  labor. 
But,  few  men,  have  suitable  poles,  as  hard 
wood  will  not.  last ;  and  if  you  have  the  poles, 
you  cannot  cut,  ross,  sharpen  und  liaul  on 
the  yard  for  less  than  $50  per  acre;  and  if 
you  have  to  buy,  as  most  of  us  hop  growers 
do,  it  will  cqpt  $140  per  acre  for  spruce,  or 
hemlock,  aud  $880  for  cedar.  To  tliis  you 
must  add  the  drawing  from  five  to  twenty- 
five  miles,  adding  greatly  to  the  cost.  Cedar 
is  the  only  pole  that  will  last  30  years.  He 
says  last  year  (1872)  many  realized  $10,000  to 
$15,000  for  their  crops.  I  doubt  if  E.  F.  can 
mention  a  dozen  men  who  gold  their  crop  for 
*10,000  to  say  nothing  of  $15,000  ;  and  they 
are  not  many  compared  to  the  number  of  hop 
growers.  Those  lucky  fellows  are  no  doubt 
“jovial  and  happy.”  But  the.?  are  no  more 
so  than  the  rest  of  us  hop  growers,  if  after 
spending  from  *500  t  o  *3,000  to  get  a  crop,  it 
1*  suddenly  blasted  just  before  picking  time, 
with  rust  mildew,  or  hop  lice,  as  is  often  the 
case  ;  and  we  are  not  very, jovial  after  having 
a  good  crop  baled  for  market,  that  has  cost  us 
15o.  to  prodttCo,  and  then  have  to  sell  for  5 
to  10c  per  pound,  as  was  thecase  three  years 
ago  with  many  ol'  E.  F’s.  neighbors.  My  ad¬ 
vice  to  hop  growers  is,  as  many  of  you  as 
have  good  yard*,  dry  house  and  other  ap¬ 
purtenances,  stick  to  the  business,  as  it,  will 
pay  on  an  average  as  well  as  any  other  farm 
business.  But  you  must  put  the  good  yield 
and  good  price  against  the  failure  and  low 
price  and  plod  right  on  ;  as,  after  incurring 
t  he  expense  of  starting,  it  is  better  to  keep  on 
than  to  rush  into  something  else,  perhaps  just, 
at  the  time  you  would  have  a  good  paying 
crop.  But  my  advice  to  all  who  are  not  in 
the  business  is  to  keep  out,  us  it  is  a  veiy  un¬ 
certain  business  and  no  more  profitable  on 
the  average  than  raising  grain  or  dairying. 

But  if  any  one  wonts  to  try  his  hand  at  the 
business,  he  will  find  good  roots,  English  Clus¬ 
ter,  at  Cobleskill,  N.  Y„  as  1  know  one  E.  F. 
who  sold  a  good  form  with  a  good  hop  yard 
on  it,  notwithstanding  the  profitable  busi¬ 
ness,  to  go  into  the  hop  root  trade  ;  and  lie  is 
one  of  the  largest  dealers  in  the  State  and  all 
of  his  roots  are  Fiujlish  Cluster. 

Esporance,  N.  Y.  r.  w.  s. 


ouglily  warm,  and  thence  to  the  middle  of 
July.  We  have  seen  excellent  crops  of  it 
grown  north  of  New  York  City,  the  seed  of 
which  was  sown  as  lute  as  July  SO.  if  the 
object  is  seed,  two  and  a-hulf  to  three  bushels 
of  seed  is  enough  per  acre  :  if  for  a  soiling 
crop  or  for  hay,  sow  bushels.  Any  good 
corn  ground  suits  it.  The  cleaner  the  land  is, 
the  better.  Cut  before  the  seed  matures,  the 
;  stubble  does  not  die,  and  will  yield  forage 
during  the  season — especially  if  it  is  sown 
early,  and  the  crop  ia  taken  off  early.  It  is 
an  annua]  plant.  It  is  regarded  as  an  ex¬ 
hausting  crop  to  the  Soil,  especially  if  the  seed 
is  aliowed  to  mature — some  farmers  asserting 
that  ft  is  as  much  so  as  tobacco.  It  is  cut 
aud  cured  like  any  other  grass  crop  for  hay  ; 
but  Some  fanners  Who  grow  it  for  its  seed 
cradle  or  cut.  it  with  a  reaper  and  bind  it  as 
they  do  grain.  Tt  is  an  excellent  soiling  crop 
because  it  withstands  drouths  remarkably, 
and  produces  a  heavy  crop  of  forage.  It  is  a 
plant  having  a  great  deal  of  foliage  ;  hence 
its  value  for  forage.  Stock  of  all  kinds  eat  it 
greedily. 

- - 

HARROWING  WHEAT. 

In  answer  to  C.  S.  W.,  in  regard  to  harrow¬ 
ing  wheat,  I  will  give  him  my  experience  in 
that  direction.  In  the  fall  of  1870,  I  had  a 
piece  of  ground  which  had  been  planted  to 
broom  com  the  two  seasons  previous,  and  I 
wished  to  seed  it  to  clover  the  next  spring. 
So  to  facilitate  the  seeding,  i  removed  the 
stalks  immediately  after  harvesting  tiie  brush 
and  cultivated  with  corn  cultivator,  sowed 
the  wheat  and  cultivated  it  without  disturb¬ 
ing  the  stubble,  which  1  cut  close  to  the 
ground.  The  winter  following  was  a  trying 
one  hero  for  wheat,  it  being  bare  of  snow 
much  of  the  time,  and  my  wheat  being  sown 
late,  it.  bud  a  veiy  slim  appearance  in  tho 
spring.  1  put  the  drag  on  and  gave  it  a 
thorough  harrowing,  about  the  middle  of 
April,  the  ground  being  well  settled  and  in 
good  Condition  to  work ;  harrowed  both 
ways,  and  1  assure  yon  that  it  looked  as 
though  the  wheat  was  pretty  much  all 
scratched  tip  when  I  had  finished.  But  as  my 
anxiety  was  more  to  get  a  good  seeding  of 
clover  than  for  a  crop  of  wheat  I  was  content 
to  take  the  risk, 

1  should  have  said  that  I  sowed  the  clover 
seed  before  harm  wing  and  rolled  afterwards  ; 
and  ]  sowed  fifty  pounds  of  plaster  per  acre. 
The  result  was  the  wheat  started  with  re¬ 
newed  vigor  ;  the  clover  came  up  veiy  quick 
and  made  a  fine  growth,  and  I  harvested  30 
bushels  of  fine  plump  wheat  per  acre,  al¬ 
though  the  midge  worked  in  it  some,  which 
diminished  the  yield  considerably. 

Did  not  Mr.  Ai.vkn  Wilcox  of  Mendon, 
N.  Y,,  used  to  tell  us  through  the  Rural,  in 
its  early  years  to  strike  in  boldly  and  harrow 
our  wheat  in  the  spring  without  fear  of  in¬ 
juring  it  t  And  did  not  the  good  old  Rural 
urge  farmers  to  go  aud  do  likewise  1 
Kalamazoo,  Mich.  j.  w.  p. 

- - 

DRILLING  CORN  IN  VIRGINIA. 


HOW  TO  TAKE  CARE  OF 
MOWER. 


LAWN 


HUNGARIAN  GRASS. 


Cameron  Corbin’s  sheep  lose  their  appe¬ 
tite,  have  sore  eyes  and  grow  poor ;  the 
lambs  have,  sore  eyes,  grow  poor  and  die. 
He  asks  what  can  be  done  for  them. 


A  correspondent  writes  that  he  has  heard 
that  Hungarian  grass  injures  cattle  and  asks 
if  it  is  so.  In  answer,  we  are  not  aware  that 
it  injures  any  kind  of  stock  if  cut  and  cured 
before  the  seed  develops.  We  have  never 
known  it  to  injure  cattle,  even  if  cut  after 
the  seed  is  ripe,  provided  they  do  not  get  at 
the  same  time  grain  to  eat.  We  know  the 
hay  containing  ripened  seed  injures  horses; 
but  this  is  probably  due  to  the  fact  that  hors¬ 
es  are  usually  fed  grain  at.  the  same  time ; 
for  the  sod  of  Hungarian  gross  contains  a 
large  amount  of  oil,  making  it  heavy  food 
alone  ;  and  if  corn  or  oats  ore  fed  at  the  same 
time,  the  animal  gets  too  much  carbonized 
food,  and  is  seriously  affected,  diuretically. 
It  would  probably  affect  ocher  animals  in  the 
same  way.  We  doubt  if  Hungarian  grass, 
with  tho  seed  in  it  would  injure  a  horse,  if 
no  other  grain  was  fed  with  it,  and  the  fact 
that  it  is  a  heavy  food  of  itself  were  taken 
into  account  and  fed  accordingly.  The  safest 
way,  however,  if  it  is  to  be  fed  as  hay,  is  to 
cut  and  cure  it  when  in  bloom. 

The  Bame  Correspondent  asks  about  the 
culture — when  it  should  be  sown,  &c.  It  is 
usually  sown  about,  the  time  of  corn  planting 
—sometimes  earlier  and  sometimes  later.  It  j 
may  be  sown  as  soon  as  the  ground  is  thor- 


Hkre  is  what  a  Virginian  says  : — I  took  a 
field  of  about  seventeen  acres  and,  after  pre¬ 
paring  it  in  the  usual  way,  drilled  the  rows 
three  ami  a-hulf  feet  apart,  leaving  the  stalks 
about  eighteen  inches  apart.  This  was  a 
field  on  which  the  usual  crop  had  been  about 
thirty  bushels  per  acre,  being  planted  in  hills 
three  feet  and  three  inches  eueh  way,  with 
two  stalks  to  the  hill,  I  used  manure  enough, 
as  I  thought,  to  add  ten  bushels  of  corn  more 
to  the  acre.  The  result  last  fall  was,  my 
poorest  acre  yielded  forty-live  bushels,  and 
my  best  acre  eighty-seven  and  five-eighths 
bushels.  I  think  the  drilling  process  added 
I  at  hunt  ten  bushels  to  the  acre  to  the  old  way. 
Four  or  five  of  my  neighbors  made  t  he  same 
experiment  with  about  like  results.  Indeed, 
it  is  HO  longer  experimenting  here,  as  facts, 
for  the  last  few  years,  have  proven  that  drills 
are  more  profitable  than  hills,  and  a  large  in¬ 
terest  is  being  manifested  in  it.  It  is  a  popu¬ 
lar  error  that  corn  can  only  be  drilled  with  a 
machine  on  smooth  land,  as  part  of  the  land 
I  drilled  last  year  was  just  cleared  and  full 
of  stumps. 

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FIELD  NOTES. 

Tobacco  Culture. — Two  or  three  corres¬ 
pondents  ask  us  to  give  a  complete  treatise  in 
our  columns  upon  tobacco  culture.  For  this 
we  have  not  the  space  ;  but  upon  the  receipt 
of  25  cents  wo  can  send  them  a  imok  upon  the 
subject  which  will  give  the  required  informa¬ 
tion. 

Sized  Potatoes  to  Plant. — A  correspondent 
asks  what  sized  potatoes  are  best  to  plant 
and  whether  it  is  better  to  plant  them  whole. 
We  prefer  large  potatoes  for  seed,  planting 
two  eyes  to  a  lull. 


This  is  a  question  that  is  often  asked  by 
\  owners  of  lawn  mowers  and  it  is  not  to  be 
.  wondered  at  when  wc  consider  that  the  gen¬ 
eral  use  of.  these  machines  is  comparatively 
.  in  its  infancy  in  this  country.  There  are  a 
few  simple  rales  necessary  to  be  followed  in 
I  using  lawn  mowers,  which  I  give  ns  follows  : 
First — The  lawn  should  be  kept  free  from 
stones  and  such  other  rubbish  as  would  tend 
to  injure  the  knives. 

Second — The  grass  should  be  cut  often  and 
never  be  allowed  to  get  over  four  inches  in 
length  (three  is  better)  this  makes  the  work 
of  cutting  easy,  and  avoids  straining  or 
breaking  Hie  machine. 

Thi/rd — The  mower  should  be  well  oiled  and 
kept  clean  ;  this  is  a  very  important  item,  as 
1  have  seen  many  good  lawn  mowers  con¬ 
demned  and  thrown  aside  when  all  they 
needed  was  cleaning  and  oiling. 

Fourth — Care  should  be  observed  in  start¬ 
ing  the  mower,  especially  a  horse  mower.  A 
mower  (and  all  other  machinery  having  a 
rapid  motion)  should  not  be  started  too  sud¬ 
denly  ;  for  a  sudden  start  is  liable  to  break 
the  ratchet,  gears,  or  other  parts  of  the  ma- 
cliino. 

Fifttt—C are  should  be  taken  to  keep  the 
wiper  properly  adjusted  to  the  bottom  knife. 
The  wiper,  or  revolving  cutter,  should  be  ad¬ 
justed  so  as  to  lightly  toueh  the  head  knife; 
if  this  rale  is  observed  the  knives  will  rarely 
if  ever  need  sharpening. 

The  above  rules  are  simply  and  easily  to  be 
understood  if  followed,  the  work  of  mowing 
a  lawn  (with  one  of  our  modern  lawn  mow¬ 
ers)  would  be  light ;  an  immense  amount  of 
trouble  and  expense  would  be  saved  and  we 
would  become  as  noted  for  our  beautiful  and 
well  kept  lawns,  in  a  few  years,  as  England 
now  is.  T.  C. 

Newburg,  N.  Y. 

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THE  CREAM  STILL. 

Having  seen,  in  Rural  New-Yorker,  an 
inquiry  concerning  a  new  invention  called 
a  “Cream  Still,  or  Portable  Cream  Gather¬ 
er,”  1  can  testify  to  the  utility  of  said  inven¬ 
tion,  from  personal  experience.  T  have  used 
one  of  them,  uiul  can  safely  say  that  I  can 
make  as  much  butter  from  four  cows,  by  the 
use  of  a  Cream  Still,  as  from  six  cows  when 
milk  is  kept  iu  u  cellar.  A  cellar  cannot 
compare  with  it  for  cleanliness,  labor-saving, 
quantity  and  quality  of  butter.  This  article 
will  not  work  in  a  collar  ;  it  requires  a  light, 
airy  room,  or  woodshed,  in  the  summer,  and 
to  sit  in  a  room,  about  10  or  12  feet  from  a 
stove,  in  the  winter,  it  ia  packed  bo  that  it 
does  not  freeze  hi  it,  thereby  producing  one- 
fourth  more  butter  lliun  in  the  ordinary  way 
of  keeping  rnilk  iu  the  winter  season.  I  can 
testify  that  I  churned  000  pounds  of  butter 
from  the  milk  of  three  common  Canada  cows 
during  one  mil  Icing  season,  or  about  nine 
months,  using  (he  still ;  and  I  think  it  would 
require  an  extra  cellar  to  make  1500  pounds 
from  the  same  cows,  in  the  same  length  of 
time.  d.  j. 

Fenwick,  Ont. 

A  SCOTCH  STEAM  PLOW. 

The  Scottish.  Former  speaks  of  a  new  steam 
plow  that  has  made  its  appearance  there  (hi 
Scotland)  as  follows: — “  The  inventor  is  G.  W. 
Murray,  aud  it  was  made  for  L.  Livingstone 
Learmouth  of  Linlithgow.  It  is  made  of 
►Swedish  wrought  iron,  soft  can  work  among 
tla*  stone*  and  rocks  of  Scotland,  steel  plows 
being  there  too  much  addicted  to  the  break¬ 
ing  of  shares,  “  skifes,”  &c.  The  principal 
new  feature  of  tins  plow  is  that  there  is  a 
combination  of  the  common  plow  and  the 
siibsoiier,  or  it  can  be  used  for  plowing  with¬ 
out.  snbwoiiing.  This  particular  implement 
cuts  three  furrows  as  a  plow  simply,  or  two 
with  t  he  subsoiling  apparatus  attached.  Tile 
subsoiler  loosens  the  soil  in  the  furrow  from 
three  to  nine  inches,  as  desired;  it  simply 
breaks  up  or  loosens,  without  bringing  the 
subsoil  to  the  surface.  The  cost  of  the  im¬ 
plement  is  £135,  or  $C25.  This,  of  course, 
does  not  include  the  cost  of  the  engine  for 
running  it.” 

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EXTRA  GOOD  HARROW. 


A  correspondent  of  the  Prairie  Farmer 
Bfiys  Last  Spring,  I  made  three  harrows  hi 
shape  of  a  triangle.  They  are  feet  from 
corner  to  corner.  I  hook  two  of  them  to  the 
back  corners  of  the  front  one  with  hooks  aud 
eyes,  and  hook  the  corners  of  the  two  hack 
harrows  together,  and  I  have  the  best  har¬ 
row  I  have  ever  seen,  and  l  have  tried  nearly 
all  kinds.  It  pulverizes  Jthe  ground  better, 
and  laps  down  on  rough  land,  and  keeps  clean 
easier,  and  in  stumpy  or  soddy  ground  does 
the  work  better,  with  less  hitching  on  stumps, 
than  any  harrow  I  have  seen. 


OOBE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


SSI 


snuw. 


ABORTION  IN  COWS. 

We  copy  the  following  article  by  Cl.  Arma- 
tage,  from  a  recent  number  of  the  Highland 
Agricultural  Society’s  transactions  : 

T!ie  causes  are,  the  author  thinks,  rich  food 
and  the  want  of  proper  exercise,  acute  indi¬ 
gestion  and  its  train  of  evils,  with  frights, 
etc.,  etc.  The  great  cause  is  improper  feed¬ 
ing.  Avoid  this,  and  two-thirds  of  the  diffi¬ 
culties  are  swept  away.  All  the  rest  are 
avoidable  by  proper  housing,  exercise  and 
quiet.  Too  many  pregnant  animals  should, 
not  be  placed  together,  nor  should  (me  of 
them  be  placed  among  a  number  of  males. 
Quiet  companions  and  secluded  pastures  in 
summer,  and  roomy  boxes,  sheds,  etc.,  when 
cut  food  is  supplied  to  them,  and  more  care 
should  l*e  observed  as  the  season  of  pregnan¬ 
cy  advances. 

Exorcise  Mr.  Armatage  thinks  as  indispen¬ 
sable  as  food.  A  proper  amount  promotes 
digestion  and  renders  the  loss  nutritious  ar¬ 
ticles  of  diet  more  available  during  gestation 
than  would  otherwise  he  the.  case.  Bleeding, 
when  exercise  is  regular  and  judicious,  is  en¬ 
tirely  unnecessary.  When  very  nutritious 
food  is  used,  it  should  he  combined  with  that 
which  is  less  nutritious  and  more  bulky. 
Bran,  witli  hay  and  straw  chaff,  answers  ad¬ 
mirably  to  reduce  the  heating  qualities  of 
corn,  while  grass,  clover  and  roots,  answer 
the  same  purpose  in  their  season.  By  care  hi 
this  matter,  both  constipation  and  diarrhea, 
which  are  very  dangerous  in  pregnant  ani¬ 
mals,  are  avoided,  and  vigor  maintained 
without  any  resort  to  medicines. 

Acute  indigestion  gives  rise  to  constipation, 
diarrhea,  dysentery,  hoven,  etc.,  and  these  in 
turn  to  meehauieal  causes  of  abortion,  which 
cun  only  be  avoided  through  an  observance 
of  the  rules  of  hygiene. 

Laxative  medicines  may  be  useful  some¬ 
times,  but  they  should  always  lie  of  a  geutle 
nature.  With  proper  food  and  exercise  med¬ 
icines  will  be  rarely  necessary.  Cleanliness 
is  very  important,  not  because  bad  smells 
have  a  direct  eff  ect  upon  the  uterus,  but  be¬ 
cause  by  long  continuance,  added  to  nervous 
excitement,  the  general  health  of  the  animal 
is  impaired,  and  in  such  cases  there  is  always 
danger  of  miscarriages.  Strict  attention  to 
the  quality  of  the  water  is  also  important.  A 
pond  into  which  the  drainage  of  stithies  or 
water  closets  is  allowed  to  flow  is  totally 
unfit  for  cattle.  It  is  no  argument  to  say  that 
stock  sometimes  show  an  apparent  preference 
for  such  water  as  compared  with  that  which 
is  known  to  be  pure.  Mr.  Armatagk  ac¬ 
counts  for  this  by  saying  that  “  such  water  is 
considerably  softened  by  alkaline  salts  which 
iind  their  way  into  it,  and  the  supernatant 
portion,  when  removed,  may  appear  tolerably 
clear  ;  yet  it  doos  not  alter  the  nature  of  the 
fact  that  it  contains  certain  elements  which  j 
are  productive  of  evil  consequences,  and  it  j 
would  lie  wrong  to  omit  it  from  the  list  of  j 
causes,” 

To  avoid  the  danger  of  ergotism,  particu-  1 
l.irly  in  wet  seasons,  late  mown  pastures  are  : 
preferable,  because  then  seeding  glasses  will 
he  impossible.  Humid  localities  are  most  lia¬ 
ble  to  ergot  ill  rye  grass,  as  an  immature  and: 
imperfect  growth  takes  place  under  such  cir¬ 
cumstances.  The  tine  precaution  is  to  mow 
so  late  that  seeding  is  impossible  at  the  tiiiaa 
the  breeder  desires  it  for  pasture. 

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SPAYING  ANIMALS. 

I  HAVE  often  seen  the  subject  of  s  paying 
brought  up  in  Rural  New-Yorker,  i  have 
my  plan  for  confining  and  operating  upon 
every  kind  of  animal  from  the  old  est  cow  to 
the  calf  of  two  days,  sows,  &c.  Have  been 
familiar  with  the  business  for  over  forty 
urs,  and  seen  the  different  v/ays  of  confin¬ 
ing  and  operating  on  them.  The  cow  should 
he  shut  or  tied  up  without  anything  to  eat  or 
chink  for  34  hours  at  least  ;  largo  short-hortis 
louger  ;  have  two  posts  10  or  13  feet  apart  ; 
lead  out  your  cow  near  the  post  *  ;  step  up  to 
the  left,  take  her  by  the  horn  with  the 
right  hand,  and  under  jaw  in  the  left,  crowd 
i<  t  io,  n  fiotn  you  and  "pressit  to  the  ground, 

1  awing  i,,i  ikvio  U>  you  at  the  same  time, 

,  11  ”  11  u  s  ^  side  up  ;  stretch  her  out  by 
'(■'  unug  che  forward  feet  to  one  post  and 
1  fl1  o.igs  t,0  the  other ;  thenby  pressing  with 
„  e  th'  mjboua  line  from  the  hip  to  the 
jfl.uk,  yovi  ascertain  the  thinnest  place  from 
ie  skm  to  the  perftoneum ;  there  make  the 
incision  large  enough  to  introduce  the  hand  ; 
then  'proceed  as  directed  in  the  Rural  of 
.ilaiT.ii  1st.  I  do  not  like  Guenon’s  plan  of 
as  cuing,  or  mode  of  separating  the  ovary 
JT1  1  thumb  nail  ;  no  particular  objec- 
ions  to  opening  near  the  bag.  I  do  condemn 


the  Western  and  Southern  practice  of  hang¬ 
ing  them  up  by  the  hiud  legs  while  operating 
on  them.  Cows  intended  for  milk  should  lie 
fully  developed  in  their  milking  qualities  ;  six 
years  old  at  least ;  for  beef,  two  days  to  old 
age.  Wm.  Carter. 

Out.  Co.,  N.  Y. 

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COW  GIVING  BLOODY  MILK. 

Seeing  in  the  letter  of  your  correspondent 
from  Atchison  Co.,  Kan.,  a  case  of  a  cow 
giving  bloody  milk  so  near  like  one  I  had,  (as 
far  as  he  describes  it,)  I  thought  I  would  tell 
you  of  my  Cow.  1  have  a  fine  grade  Durham 
which,  after  her  Becond  calf  in  the  latter  part 
of  the  season,  commenced  giving  bloody 
milk  ;  in  fact,  when  milked  nearly  dry,  she 
gave  nearly  pure  blood.  I  dried  her  off  in 
the  full,  as  soon  as  I  could,  hoping  to  give 
time  for  healing ;  but  the  next  season,  as 
soon  as  the  flow  of  milk  began  to  decrease, 
the  blood  commenced  coming  again.  I  no¬ 
ticed  that  there  was  a  fleshy  substance  com¬ 
ing  down  into  the  upper  part  of  the  teat,  but 
supposed  it  was  part  of  the  gland.  About 
the  first  of  October  the  blood  stopped  com¬ 
ing,  and  the  third  day  after,  while  I  was 
milking,  a  piece  of  fleshy  substance  came 
down  in  the  teat,  wlm;h  was  about  the  ski? 
of  a  common  hickory  nut ;  after  much  rub¬ 
bing  and  pinching,  I  succeeded  in  parting  it, 
and  got  it  to  pass  out,  since  which  time  there 
has  been  no  bother  from  blood.  The  sub¬ 
stance  seemed  fleshy,  with  white  streaks 
through  it,  which  looked  like  cartilage. 

Richland  Co.,  O.  e.  C. 


Jmlirfitrral  Stctjrii^. 


J3iui[!r  Huskmlrjr. 


CIRCUMSTANCES  AFFECTING  THE 
DAIRY  INTEREST. 

Many  persons  interested  in  the  cheese 
trade  are  surprised  at  the  increased  home 
consumption  of  cheese  from  year  to  year  and 
cannot  well  account  for  it.  Thus,  for  instance, 
early  last  year  it  was  predicted  that  we  were 
likely  to  have  a  large  surplus  and  conse¬ 
quently  the  price  of  cheesRo  would  go  down 
as  low  as  in  1871,  and  perhaps  lower.  ( !on- 
trary  to  expectation  of  dealers  and  shippers 
there  was  no  over-production  in  1873,  while 
prices  were  better  than  in  1871.  We  now  find 
that  there  has  been  a  marked  increase  in 
home  consumption,  and  thus,  with  an  easy 
movement  of  the  product,  priceshavo  been 
sustained.  Of  course  any  one  familiar  with 
the  expansion  of  cheese-making  in  America, 
knows  well  that  there  was  a  large  increase  of 
product  in  1873  over  1871.  How,  then,  are 
wo  to  account  for  this  marked  increase  of 
home  consumption  ?  Are  Americans  be¬ 
coming  rapidly  a  cheese-eating  people  ? 
Doubtless  our  native  population  does  con¬ 
sume  more  cheese  from  year  to  year  as  the 
quality  k  improved  and  rendered  more  pala¬ 
table.  But  a  large  increase  of  home  con¬ 
sumption  may  he  traced  to  the  increase  of 
population  by  immigration.  During  the  past 
year  there  were  added  to  the  population  of 
this  country  from  a  foreign  source  231,317 
persons.  Of  these  Germany  furnished 
115,1*15;  Ireland  03,095  and  from  other  nation¬ 
alities  there  were  111,807.  If  we  put  the 
consumption  of  cheese  by  these  people  at 
fifty  pounds  a  year  or  a  pound  per  week,  the 
product  in  the  aggregate  will  be  more  than 
fourteen  and  Otic-half  millions  of  pounds  for 
the  year.  The  Germans  especially  are  a 
cheese-eating  people,  and  from  their  well- 
known  habits  in  this  regard,  it  is  safe  to  as¬ 
sume,  we  think,  that  a  larger  consumption 
of  cheese  has  been  made  by  these  immigrants 
than  that  named.  At  the  prices  which  cheese 
lias  sold  duilng  the  past  year  it  has  been  a 
remarkably  cheap  substitute  for  animal  food 
and  it.  must  be  observed  that  foreigners  gen¬ 
erally  have  a  better  appreciation  of  the  nu¬ 
tritive  value  of  cheese  than  our  native 
Americans. 

Wo  refer  to  these  facts  in  regard  to  the 
consumption  of  cheese  because  they  have 
been  generally  overlooked  by  those  who  are 
making  estimates  concerning  the  disposal 
of  the  cheese  product  from  year  to  year.  It 
is  important  to  the  dealer  as  well  as  the  pro¬ 
ducer  to  have  every  fact  relating  to  the  prob¬ 
able  consumption  of  cheese  well  in  mind, 
in  order  to  make  up  an  estimate  of  present 
and  future  prospects.  If  we  are  to  have  a 
large  immigration  from  Germany  during 
1873  the  home  consumption  of  cheese  will  in¬ 
crease  at  a  more  rapid  rate  than  it  would 
without  such  immigration,  so  it  will  he  seen 
there  are  other  circumstances  than  our  ex- 
ports  and  a  foreign  market  to  he  considered 
by  those  who  are  watching  the  development 
and  progress  of  the  dairy  interest  in  this 
country. 


A  NATIONAL  SYSTEM  OF  RAILWAYS 
DEMANDED. 

Our  national  wealth  and  prosperity  does 
not  depend  upon  trade  with  foreign  nations, 
but  rather  upon  our  productions.  If  wo 
coaso  to  employ  ships  to  bring  us  the  pro¬ 
ducts  of  foreign  markets,  it  is  because  we 
have  no  need  of  such  productions.  In  1850, 
our  tonnage  was  5,539,013  tons  :  now  it  is 
only  4,383,(107  tons,  a  decrease  of  1,257,305 
tons.  But  to  compensate  for  this,  our  inter¬ 
nal  commerce  has  increased  more  than  four¬ 
fold,  which  is  more  valuable,  and  consumes 
loss  of  the  general  wealth  to  sustain  it.  The 
internal  commerce  of  this  country  is  greater 
than  that  of  England,  Russia,  Prussia,  Aus¬ 
tria  and  France  all  combined.  This  internal 
commerce  is  the  measure  of  our  wealth  and 
prosperity.  The  value  of  the  agricultural 
products  alone,  in  18(19,  equaled  $2,455,000,000, 
an  amount  exceeding  our  national  debt,  in 
1871,  the  value  of  the  productions  of  the  great 
staples — corn,  wheat,  oats,  rye,  barley,  buck¬ 
wheat  and  potatoes — was  $083,583,112.  It 
would  seem  from  these  statistics  that  the  ag¬ 
riculturists  of  this  country  were  accumulat¬ 
ing  wealth ;  but  such  is  not  the  fact,  ’Hie 
fruit  of  this  vast  industry  of  production  is 
absorbed  by  railroad  monopolies,  who  op¬ 
press  both  the  producer  and  the  consumer. 
Tins  system  of  extortion  has  deranged  our 
whole  monetary  interest,  and  money  has 
been  tight;  and  while  the  farmers  have  full 
barns,  they  have  no  money. 

That  railways  have  developed  the  re¬ 
sources  of  the  country  no  one  will  deny. 
But  to  compensate  for  this  advancement  of 
the  nation’s  wealth  and  prosperity,  the  Gov¬ 
ernment  has  bestowed  upon  these  railroads 
millions  of  money  and  principalit  ies  of  land, 
and  given  to  them  the  right  of  eminent  do¬ 
main,  and  now  permits  them  to  extort  from 
the  producers  exorbitant  tariffs,  which  the 
Government  could  not  impose.  There  are,  in 
this  country,  70,178  miles  of  railroad,  mid 
48,000  in  process  of  construction— u  greater 
number  of  miles  than  all  the  nutlons  of  Eu¬ 
rope  have.  The  estimated  cost  of  our  rail 
roads  Is  $3, -130,038, 000,  or  a  cost  of  about  $50,- 
000  per  mile.  Whet  her  these  roads  dill  cost 
$50,000  per  mile  is  a  question.  But  if  they 
did,  it  must  have  been  according  to  the  prtn 
ciples  lately  developed  in  the  Credit  Mobiller 
swindle.  The  railroad  men  of  Illinois  report 
ed  to  the  General  Assembly  that  the  roads  of 
this  State  cost  $-18,000  per  mile  in  building. 
But  when  these  railroad  men  gave  in  their 
valuation  as  taxable  property,  they  put  It.  at 
only  $34,000  per  mile,  Truly,  there  is  a  ilis- 
erepuney  somewhere,  and  an  “  irregularity  ” 
in  the  statement  of  these  railroad  officials, 
(.Jan  the  agriculturists  of  this  country  eman¬ 
cipate  themselves  from  the  serfdom  of  these 
monopolies  ?  This  question  is  not  easily  set¬ 
tled.  Illinois  supposed  that  her  Legislature 
hod  adjusted  the  differences  between  rail¬ 
roads  and  her  people,  by  the  enactment  of 
laws,  but  the  courts  have  invalidated  these 
laws,  and  pronounced  them  unconstitutional. 
Many  of  these  railroads  are  owned  by  for¬ 
eign  capitalists,  in  part  or  in  whole,  who  care 
nothing  for  the  welfare  of  the  laborer  in 
America,  ami  who  will  continue  to  oppress 
him  till  the  American  Government  inter¬ 
feres.  This  whole  subject  must  be  regulated 
by  the  Government.  Insteud  of  building 
new  lines,  let  the  National  Government  buy, 
at  a  reasonable  price,  the  70,000  miles  of  rail¬ 
road,  compelling  the  railroad  companies  to 
sell,  if  necessary.  But  some  advocate  that 
the  Government  cannot  regulate  this  creature 
of  its  own.  Such  a  principle  is  nob  accepted 
by  the  people.  Nowhere,  in  the  management 
of  our  Government,  is  the  principle  recog¬ 
nized  that  the  creature  is  above  its  creator, 
the  instrument  above  its  maker.  Objectors 
to  this  scheme  would  cry  out  against  central¬ 
ization — that  such  a  railroad  system  would 
make  our  Government  monarchical  hi  its 
tendencies ;  but  it  would  seem  that  the  peo¬ 
ple  would  prefer  to  live  under  the  control  of 
the  American  Republic  in  this  relation,  than 
to  live  imdcr  the  American  x’aiiroad  monopo¬ 
ly,  as  now.  As  matters  now  stand,  we  have 
a  monarchy  within  a  Republic.  A  half  dozen 
men  absolutely  control  the  destinies  of  Amer¬ 
ican  farmers.  The  people  of  New  Jersey  and 
Illinois  have  endeavored  to  throw  off  this 
railroad  oppression  which  binds  them,  but 
they  have  failed.  Other  States  are  passing 
railroad  laws,  but  they  will  find  that  railroad 
monopolies  control,  to  a  great  extent,  State 
legislation.  The  National  Government  will, 
sooner  or  later,  lie  obliged  to  take  hold  of 
this  subject,  and  emancipate  the  producers 
of  this  country  from  their  serfdom. 

'  As  to  the  profitableness  of  buying  the  rail 


roads,  there  is  not  a  doubt  that  it  would  be  a 
remunerative  investment  to  the  Govern¬ 
ment.  The  Government  of  Russia  owns  all 
the  railroads  within  her  domains,  and  re¬ 
cently  entered  the  money  markets  of  the 
world  to  borrow  many  millions,  to  extend 
the  national  lines  into  the  Caucasus  and  far 
Eastern  Russia.  Turkey  asks  a  loan  for  a 
similar  object,  in  order  to  make  Constanti¬ 
nople  the  railway  center  of  Southern  Europe 
and  Western  Asia.  The  Khedive  of  Egypt, 
seeing  the  profitableness  of  railroads  in  other 
countries,  wants  to  share  in  I  he  great  income, 
and  desires  to  borrow  money  to  build  gov¬ 
ernment,  railroads  in  the  great  valley  of  the 
Nile.  In  Belgium,  the  .State  is  a  great  rail¬ 
way  proprietor,  and  the  State,  railway  is  the 
greatest  source  of  national  revenue.  The 
most  important  railways  i  1 1  Prussia  are  owned 
by  the  government,  and  form  a  great  «ev- 
enuo  to  the  nation.  All  the  lines  in  Hanover 
are  State  property,  and  are  a  source  of  imblic 
revenuo.  The  public  debt  of  Wurlomburg 
has  more  than  doubled  within  the  last  twen¬ 
ty  years,  owing  to  tlio  establishment  of  rail¬ 
way  lines,  the  whole  of  which  are  State 
property.  The  capital  borrowed  was  at  3X 
to4}f  per  cent.,  and  the  net  income  of  the 
roads  amounted  to  between  fi  and  7  per  cent. ; 
the  investment  so  made  contributed  consid¬ 
erably  toward  lightening  the  burdens  of  the 
tax-payers.  All  the  railway  lines  of  Baden 
are  projjerty  of  the  State,  returning  a  divi¬ 
dend  on  the  capital  invested  of  above  six  per 
cent.  The  railroads  of  Spain  and  Austria  are 
State  property,  and  are  a  source  of  public 
revenue.  Several  of  the  South  American 
Republics  are  borrowing  money  to  build  rail¬ 
roads  owned  by  the  government.  Peru  is 
mortgaging  her  guano  islands,  said  to  be 
worth  millions  of  money,  to  raise  the  means 
to  build  the  roads  already  under  contract. 
Japan,  emerging  from  a  past  civilization,  and 
waking  from  a  dream  of  centuries,  proposes 
to  place  in  the  money  markets  of  t  he  world  a 
great  loan,  for  the  express  purpose  of  quickly 
raising  the  means  to  con  struct  a  great  system 
of  national  railways,  for  the  promotion  and 
accommodation  of  her  vast  inland  commerce. 

These  examples  show  the  advantages  of  a 
comprehensive  and  well-guarded  system  of 
national  railways.  At  first,  the  credit  of  the 
Government,  must  be  made  available  for  the 
exigencies  of  purchasing  these  railways  ;  but 
it  will,  with  the  great  resulting  benefits  to 
the  people,  soon  become  capitalized,  to  the 
relief  of  the  public  treasury.  This  nation 
should  utilize  these  European  precedents 
In  the  interest  of  a  national  system  of  rail¬ 
ways.  The  genius  and  spirit  of  our  institu¬ 
tions  do  not  coincide  with  the  absolute  and 
dictatorial  rule  of  those  nations  with  mon¬ 
archical  governments  ;  but  it  is  nut  yet  cer¬ 
tain  that  our  boasted  freedom  does  not  offer, 
in  some  cases,  temptations  to  personal  frauds, 
more  detrimental  to  t  he  Interests  of  society 
than  a  judicious  and  intelligent  surveillance 
of  the  authority  of  the  people.  “Erie,” 
“  Turn  many,”  and  the  “Credit  Mobilier,” 
are  disgraces  to  the  nation.  The  concentra¬ 
tion  of  vast  Capital,  influence  and  power,  in  a 
a  few  hands,  so  alarmingly  on  the  increase  in 
these  latter  times,  and  so  often  wrongfully 
obtained  by  railroad  consol  illation,  is  a  strong 
argument  m  favor  of  the  Government  taking 
control  of  the  powerful  agencies  in  t  he  devel¬ 
opment  of  States  and  the  welfare  of  the  peo¬ 
ple.  The  interests  of  the  whole  country  de¬ 
mand  a  uational  system  of  railways. 

Chillicothe,  Ill.  Dauiub  II.  Pin  GREY. 


MANGE  IN  SWINE. 

P.  G.  S.  asks  for  a  remedy,  and  some  in¬ 
formation  concerning  the  cause  of  the  dis¬ 
ease.  It,  like  the  scab  in  sheep,  is  a  cutaneous 
eruption,  arising  from  the  presence  of  minute 
insects  called  A  caH,  and  occasioned,  in  the 
majority  of  cases,  by  inattention  to  cleanli¬ 
ness,  it  appears iu  the  form  of  blotchy  sores, 
ou  different,  parts  of  the  body,  and  is  accom¬ 
panied  by  a  dreadful  state  of  it  chin  ess.  The 
nest  local  application  is  the  sulphur  ointment, 
consisting  of  sublimed  sulphur,  three  ounces, 
and  prepared  lard,  eight  ounces.  If  this 
should  tint  be  sufficiently  powerful,  a  dram 
of  the  common  mercurial  ointment  may  be 
added  to  every  ounce  of  the  former,  inter¬ 
nally,  from  two  to  four  drams  of  the  altera¬ 
tive  powder  should  be  given  daily. 

- +♦»  -  ■  . 

PIG-PEN  PAPERS. 

Remedy  for  Mange  in  Swine. — First,  wash 
the  hog  well  with  soapsuds  :  then  to  one  pint 
of  lard,  while  hot,  add  one  ounce  of  carbolic 
acid,  stirring  it  until  it  is  cool.  Rub  the  hog 
two  or  three  times  with  this,  and  give  your¬ 
self  no  uneasiness  ubout  the  mange. 

Remedy  for  Thump*  in  8 wine. — Mr.  J.  A. 
Bill  has  in  many  cases  ei  i  red  pigs  utt'ected 
by  this  disease  by  the  application  of  Hunt’s 
Rangum  Root  Liniment  to  the  throat  and 
breast. 


APRIL  4© 


Jiloricnltiuial. 


THYRSACANTHU8  RUTILANS. 

F1.0IU8TS  who  value  plants  just  in  propor¬ 
tion  to  the  number  tliat  can  he  propagated 
and  sold  in  the  market,  will  have  little  inter¬ 
est  in  tho  one  shown  in  the  accompanying 
illustration.  The  'rhyisaeantkus  rutilanx  is 
a  strong  win  tor- blooming  plant,  requiring  age 
and  plenty  of  room  in  order  to  secure  a  hand¬ 
some  specimen,  but  when  one  such  is  pro¬ 
duced  it  seldom  failss  to  command  un¬ 
bounded  admiration.  In  graceful  outlines 
and  splendid  color  of  flowers,  it  has  lew 
superiors  even  among  the  most  elegant  plants 
that  grace  our  conservatories.  The  leaves  are 
large  and  are  of  a  deep  green  color,  while 
the  long,  tubular,  crimson  scarlet  llowers, 
gracefully  fringe  the  pendent  branches. 

Tho  cultivation  of  this  plant  is  very  simple, 
although  a  person  unaoqninted  with  its 
character  would  be  very  likely  to  fail.  The 
young  plant  should  be  made  to  grow  from 
the  first  start,  receiving  no  cheek  until  the 
specimens  are  of  good^dze;  then  allow  the 
roots  to  fill  the  pots,  or,  as  gardeners  term  it, 
get  pot-bound;  this  will  cheek  greatly,  and 
throw  the  plant  into  bloom.  If  the  large 
plants  are  allowed  plenty  of  pot  room  and 
growth  continues  rapidly,  blooming  will  be 
prevented. 

The  cuttings  may  lie  started  in  March  or 
April,  and  when  rooted  put  into  small  two 
or  three-inch  pots,  and  shift  as  required  until 
they  occupy  seven  or  eight-inch  pots  in 
which  they  may  remain  one  or  two  years, 
and  will  bloom  better  than  If  grown  in  a 
larger  size.  After  the  plants  have  bloomed, 
cut  them  down,  and  if  it  is  desirable  to  make 
still  larger  specimens  the  following  Bcason 
give  more  pot  room,  but  it  is  better  not  to  in¬ 
crease  the  size  more  than  an  inch  or  two  at 
one  time. 

- - - - 

HOW  TO  GROW  DAHLIAS. 

Last  year  I  started  my  Dahlias  in  a  hot¬ 
bed,  after  the  early  tomatoes  were  removed 
to  the  eold-framc,  and  found  it  saved  much 
labor  of  moving  boxes  out  into  the  sunshine, 
and  back  to  shelter  at  night  ;  but  the  flowers 
were  no  nicer  than  those  1  had  grown  for 
yearn  in  the  old  way.  In  the  country,  most 
ladies  who  cultivate  llowers  use  the  kitchen 
or  living-room  for  a  greenhouse,  and  it  may 
interest  those  who  do  not  succeed  well  with 
Dahlias  to  know  how  1  manage  to  have  these 
beautiful  flowers  in  bloom  from  the  last  of 
June  till  the  frost  destroys  the  tops. 

About  tho  15th  of  April  (which  is  early 
enough  in  the  latitude  of  42°)  the  roots  are 
brought  from  the  cellar,  and  if  any  of  them 
are  decayed,  t  he  diseased  parts  are  removed, 
leaving  only  the  sound  portions  attached  to 
the  short  stalk.  The  previous  fall,  a  compost 
of  garden  soil,  leaf  mold,  well-decayed  chips 
and  a  little  Kind,  is  usually  stored  iu  some 
convenient  place,  ready  for  use,  and  a  layer 
of  this  is  put  iu  shallow  boxes,  or  pans  ;  the 
roots,  properly  labeled,  are  placed  closely  on 
it,  but  not  crowded  very  much  ;  then  cov¬ 
ered  with  Roil,  which  is  thoroughly  moistened 
with  warm  water.  Moss,  or  woolen  cloths, 
laid  over  the  boxes,  retain  the  moisture,  and 
if  the  room  is  not  very  warm,  they  ought  to 
be  near  t  he  stove,  as  heat  is  essential  to  the 
development  of  the  buds,  or  eyes. 

As  soon  as  these  appear,  tho  covering  is 
taken  oil’,  and  when  the  sprouts  arc  two  or 
three  inches  high,  the  roots  are  carefully 
lifted  and  divided,  with  a  whole,  or  part,  of 
a  single  tuber  adhering  to  each  new  stalk.  If 
any  are  broken  in  the  division,  they  will 
grow  as  readily  as  any  other  cuttings,  and 
often  bloom  before  frosts  appear.  Now,  the 
pots,  boxes,  or  other  convenient  receptacles, 
are  tilled  with  the  compost,  and  the  young 
plants  sot  singly,  or  so  far  apart  that  the  fu¬ 
ture  removal  to  the  garden  will  not  seriously 
disturb  the  line  roots  soon  thrown  out  in 
every  direction.  When  the  weather  is  not 
too  cold,  they  are  placed  out  of  doors,  iu  the 
sun,  during  the  day,  and  kept  growing  vigor¬ 
ously,  by  having  the  soil  rather  moist,  and 
applying  soap-suds,  or  weak  liquid  manure, 
once  n  week. 

By  the  1st  of  June,  the  ground  selected  for 
their  summer  quarters  is  thoroughly  spaded 
to  the  depth  of  eighteen  inches,  a  shovelful 
of  old  manure  is  mixed  with  the  soil  in  each 
hill,  ami  if  the  weather  is  cool  and  cloudy, 
with  no  indications  of  frost,  1  transplant  the 
Dahlias,  which,  by  this  time,  are  strong, 
hardy  plants.  The  hollow  made  to  receive 
them  is  tilled  with  water,  the  roots  set  in  it  a 
little  below  the  level  of  the  ground,  and  the 
soil  pressed  well  over  them,  while  the  tops 
are  secured  to  stakes.  A  little  shade  from 


the  hot  sun,  for  a  few  days,  and  watering  at  .a  ivy  ,y  |  rt  ft  j  d  tv  ] 

sundown,  is  all  tliat  is  necessary  until  the  UUUVIJUIH# 

plants  are  established.  If  the  weather  is  fa-  _ „ — - - - - 

vorabfet  end  the  wotfc  properb  done,  they  wrtjtnMwa  ta*«  pt-ach 

receive  but  little  check,  and  the  buds  that  PICQUET  S  LATE  PEACH. 

often  form  before  transplanting  soon  unfold 

into  the  perfect  flower.  In  the  January  number  of  the  Rural  Ala- 

The  ground  is  stirred  of  ton,  and  weeds  de-  bamian,  the  editor  gives  a  list  of  market  fruit 
stroyed,  till  July,  when  a  thin  coat  of  manure  for  the  South,  among  which  the  Picquet 
is  spread  on  the  surface,  not.  very  close  to  the  peach  is  considered  as  unrivaled  at  its  sea- 
stalks,  and  over  this,  a  layer  of  half -decayed  son.  He  says  :  “  This  variety  is  by  no  means 


PICQTJET’S  LATE  PEACH. 


THYRS  AC  ANTECUS  JRTTTILA.JSTS- 


ehips,  which  makes  an  excellent  mulch  dur¬ 
ing  tho  summer,  if  drouth  combs  on,  the 
roots  get  a  thorough  soaking  occasionally — 
at  evening,  with  suds  from  the  kitchen,  and 
with  water  saved  from  the  Center  of  tho 
barnyard  after  heavy  rains.  This  is  a  never- 
failing  source  of  wealth  to  both  the  vegetable 
and  flower  garden,  and  under  this  generous 
treatmeut  the  Dahlias  attain  great  size  and 
beauty  ;  and  need  no  more  care  until  late  in 
the  autumn,  except  to  keep  them  tied  to 
stout  stakes  ;  and  if  the  foliage  should  be  too 
luxuriant,  l  trim  out  weak  brandies  and  all 
shoots  growing  near  the  ground.  They 
bloom  more  abundantly  in  situations  shel¬ 
tered  from  the  midday  sun  and  high  winds; 
but,  cultivated  in  this  way,  they  will  grow 
nicely  even  in  the  open  garden. 

Some  one  else  may  know  of  a  better  way 
for  different  soils ;  but,  planted  in  a  gravelly 
loam,  and  with  tills  mode  of  culture,  our 
many  choice  varieties  of  Dahlias  are  a  con¬ 
stant  delight  to  the  eye  till  frost  destroys 
their  regal  beauty.  Ruth  Dana. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

FLORAL  BREVITIES. 

Flowers  in  Porks. — “Novice”  asks  “Why 
is  it  that  we  do  not  have  more  flowers  in  our 
parks  i  Surely  it  coiuiot  be  the  cost  of  cul¬ 
ture,  for  that  is  a  mere  trifle.  Bedding-out 
plants,  perennials,  ornamental  foliage  plants 
can  be  procured  so  reasonably,  it  seems 
strange  we  have,  no  more,  of  them  in  our 
parks.”  There  are  few  parks  tliat  would  not 
be  more  attractive  wit  h  more  llowers. 

Fall  Preparation  .for  Spring  Flowers.— 
Mrs.  H.  S.  Bkgwn  wrote  us  in  February  List 
tha  t  she  covered  up  snugly  in  beds  last  fall 
over  1,300  tulip  bulbs  and  75  hyacinth  bulbs, 
and  is  anticipating  with  great  eagerness  the 
first  tiny  sprout  the  spring  will  show.  After 
this  long,  dreary  winter,  we  hope  her  Cats- 
kill  home  will  prove  gorgeous  in  its  beauty. 

The  Charles  Lawson  Rose  is  highly  spoken 
of  as  one  of  the  most  beautiful  in  u  good  situ¬ 
ation — none  equal  to  it  when  in  a  good  situa¬ 
tion,  nor  one  that  is  more  admired  ;  but  we 
cannot  tell  our  correspondent  where  it  can 
be  purchased. 


these  young  plants  commonly  bear  the  same 
year  they  are  set  out.  The  berries  arc  large, 
some,  measuring  over  three-fourths  of  an  inch 
in  diameter,  quite  as  large  as  the  Mammoth 
Cluster— rather  more  oblate — and  with  a  fine 
flavor.  It  appeara  to  be  distinctly  a 
“monthly”  variety. 

American  Pumalog/eal  Society's  Catalogue 
of  Fruit*. — Gborge  T.  Fish  of  the  Eclectic 
Ruralist  suggests  that  the  Society’s  catalogue 
of  fruits  be  published,  and  separately  from 
its  transactions,  and  sold  at  a  reasonable  price, 
and,  second,  that  in  making  up  the  catalogue 
the  parentage  of  each  fruit,  as  far  as  known, 
be  given. 

The  Wagener  Apple  in  Michigan,  accord¬ 
ing  to  T.  T.  Lyon,  owes  its  popularity  there 
to  its  vigor  and  excellent  habit  of  growth 
in  the  nursery  and  its  very  early  productive¬ 
ness.  He  adds: 

My  observation  both  at  home  and  abroad 
has  but  confirmed  my  early  conviction,  that 
its  early  and  excessive  productiveness,  unless 
i  heckeil  by  careful  thinning  (which  with  us 
is  not  to  be  hoped  for),  is  infallibly  fat'd  to 
the  proper  growth  anil  development  of  the 
trees,  while  it  further  results  in  inferior  size 
of  the  fruit,  and  on  account  of  t  he  short,  si  ill' 
fruit  spurs,  and  the  consequent  crowding  to 
getlicr  <>f  the  fruit  upon  the  branches,  in  the 
actual  crowding  off  of  more  or  loss  of  the 
fruits  in  the  process  of  growth,  and  as  a 
result,  of  tlie  same  habit,  at  tho  time  of  gather 
iug,  fully  one.  half  the  entire  c  rop  is  found 
upon  tine  ground,  and  consequently  worthless, 
except  for  eider. 

Fruit  Prospect*  in  Columbia s  Co  ,  N.  V. 
Most  of  our  summer  fruit,  as  the  peach,  pear, 
plum  and  cherry,  have  been  winter  killed, 
while  many  trees  are  either  killed  or  so  badly 
injured  as  to  make  them  worthless.  Tho 
Clark  and  Philadelphia  are  apparently  dead. 
Mammoth  Cluster,  Thornless,  and  Doolittle 
Raspberries  are  considerably  injured.  The 
loss  of  trees  (amounting  to  thousands)  and 
fruit  falls  heavily,  as  many  make  it  their  chief 
business.— C.  E.  H.,  Germantown,  Columbia 

Co.,  n.  r. 

Appier,  for  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  P. — A  cor¬ 
respondent  at  Black  River,  Jefferson  county, 
N.  Y.,  is  going  to  plant  three  acres  to  apples 
this  spring,  and  asks  what  kinds  to  plant — 
prefers  hardy  kinds  that  will  stand  the  win¬ 
ter  there  rather  than  choice  varieties  that 
are  doubtful,  if  be  cannot  have  t  hem  com¬ 
bined.  Borne  Jefferson  county  apple-grower 
should  bo  the  best  able  to  give  a  list  proven 
hardy  there.  Will  he  not? 

Almonds  in  California. — A  California 
paper  states  that  Air.  P.  H.  St  11  NEB,  Kt . 
Helena,  Cal.,  has  2,500  almond  trees,  a  large, 
part  of  which  are  bearing.  Borne  of  them, 
being  six  years  of  age,  have  yielded  mil  of 
the  value  of  over  $5  per  tree,  or  £07  from 
twelve  trees  sold  at  wholesale  market  price. 


as  widely  known  and  planted  as  it  should  be. 
For  its  season,  it  is  the  evidence  of  all  who 
have  fruited  it  that  it  has  no  compeer.  Large 
to  very  large,  bright  yellow,  and  of  the  most 
excellent  quality,  it  cannot  fail  to  become 
one  of  our  most  profitable  market  peaches, 
ripening  as  it  does  when  good  peaches  are 
scarce,  and  the  trees  being  tine  growers  and 
abundant  bearers.  Season,  first  half  of  Sep¬ 
tember;  freestone.” 

This  magnificent  peach  originated  iu  the 
orchard  of  Antoine  Picqckt,  Bel-Air,  Gn. 
In  1858  we  cut  the  grafts  from  the  original 
tree,  which  (bed  the  following  year.  After 
fruiting  it  for  four  consecutive  seasons,  we 
put  it  hi  the  trade,  feeling  assured  at  that 
time  that  it  was  destined  to  become  a  most 
valuable  market  peach.  In  this  we.  have  not 
been  disappointed,  and  it  is  a  source  of  con¬ 
gratulation  to  us  to  have  added  this  peach  to 
our  list  of  superior  fruits  and  saved  it  from 
destruction.  It  ripens  with  the  Smock,  to 
which  it  is  immensely  superior  in  size,  ap¬ 
pearance  and  quality.  The  Salway  also  ma¬ 
tures  at  the  same  time,  but  is  also  inferior  to 
the.  Picquet,  from  a  limited  experience  in 
frnitiug  the  former  and  from  reports  of  others 
who  fruited  both  varieties  side  by  side. 

- - - 

POMOLOGIOAL  GOSSIP. 

A  New  Ontario  County  Raspberry,  origin- 
all}'  on  the  grounds  of  Stephen  Catkamieti, 
an  accidental  seedling,  which  has  now  grown 
and  borne  three  years,  is  thus  spoken  of  by 
the  Country  Gentleman: — It  belongs  to  the 
Blaek-Ga;  i  family,  hut  has  some  of  the  charac¬ 
teristics  of  the  red  varieties,  the  fruit  itself 
being  dark  red,  with  an  approach  to  purplish 
brown.  It  is  a  very  strong  grower,  as  much 
or  more  so  than  the  EUsdale,  with  leaves 
more  rugose  than  most  raspberries,  and  with 
prickles  twice  as  numerous  as  on  the  Doolit¬ 
tle,  but  of  much  smaller  size.  It  roots  very 
freely  at  the  tops,  and  often  sends  up  shoots 
from  the  new  plants  the  same  season,  so  that 


®he  (harden. 

L  t  L 


GARDEN  NOTES. 

Small  Cabbage  for  Market  — The  Cottage 
Gardener,  in  answer  to  an  inquiry,  says  : — All 
the  cabbages  grown  for  the  usual  supply  of 
the  London  markets  are  of  tho  common  Bat¬ 
tersea  variety.  Then-  size  depends  on  the 
time  of  the  seed  being  sown,  and  of  the  cab¬ 
bages  being  cut.  For  autumn  and  early  V/  in¬ 
ter  use  the  seed  is  sown  in  the  spring  of  the 
same  year.  If  you  wish  for  an  especially 
sweet  and  small  cabbage,  cultivate  either  the 
Nonpareil  or  the  Little  Pixie. 

To  Get ;  Tender  Horer -radish .—An  English 
gardener  says  :— “  It  may  not  lie  generally 
known  that  if  leaves  or  litter  be  placed  on 
the  tops  of  horse-radish  crowns,  two  feet  or  so 
thick,  the  plants  grow  through  them  in  the 
course  of  the  summer,  making  small  white 
roots  the  thickness  of  one’s  linger,  Which  are 
as  tender  as  spring  radishes,  and  much  to  be 
preferred  to  the  tough,  stringy  stuff  usually 
supplied  with  our  roast  beef.” 

Rude  wheat  for  Salad.— The  London  Garden 
says  u  Ordinary  buckwheat,  grown  in  «• 
moderately  warm  greenhouse,  and  cut  like 
mustard  when  about  two  or  three  Indus 
high,  makes  a  delicious  winter  salad.  R 
be  grown  in  puns  all  the  year  round  without 
the  least  trouble,  and  even  when  lettuces  aic 
plentiful  will  be  found  a  very  desirable  addi¬ 
tion  to  the  salad  bowl.” 

A  Cheap  Hot- Bed  is  made  by  a  Wisconsin 
man,  by  using  shallow  boxes  filled  with  rich 
soil,  and  placing  them  on  top  of  the  dunghill, 
where  it  is  fermenting,  with  other  boxes  for 
covers  ;  and  he  exclaims,  “  my  liot-bed  is 
done !” 

Early  Ripening  Peas  are  named  by  G.  R-  R  > 
in  Country  Gentleman,  in  the  following  o: 
der  :— Carter’s  First  Crop,  Early  Kent,  Mc¬ 
Lean’s  Little  Gem,  and  Prince  Albert. 


NURSERY 
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tween  these  strips,  would  have  the  one  end 
a  little  elevated.  The  box  was  anchored 
with  the  inclination  turned  up  the  stream, 
and  the  current,  striking  under  the  sloping 
box  ami  passing  t  hrough  the  gauze,  the  eggs 
were  slightly  agitated  and  supplied  with  the 
necessary  stimulus.  In  this  way,  the  prob¬ 
lem  was  solved,  and  shad  hatching  by  the 
million  was  thenceforward  inaugurated.  (See 
Fig.  I.) 

To  secure  for  himself  a  remuneration  for 
his  discovery,  Seth  (Uiickn  took  out  a  patent, 
in  1807,  for  this  shad-hatching  box,  and  he 
sold  rights  to  different  States  for  a  limited 
or  an  indefinite  period,  but  so  far,  has  not 
realized  anything  like  the  measure  of  return 
to  which  he  is  entitled  for  giving  us  this  most 
important  Improvement  in  fish-breeding.  It 
is  to  be  hoped  t  hat,  should  the  measures  now 
being  taken  for  the  introduction  of  had  into 
the  waters  of  the  United  States,  (in  consider¬ 
able  part,  to  be  under  Mr.  Green’s  direc¬ 
tion,)  be  successful,  Congress  at  some  future 
time  will  not  fail  to  take  into  consideration 
the  value  of  the  services  rendered  by  him  in 
the  increase  of  the  food  supply,  by  making 
iatiovi  for  his  benefit. 


signs  then,  if  they  are  not.  all  of  the  best ;  al¬ 
low  room  to  criticise  each  other’s  work  free¬ 
ly,  and  the  result  tnay  be  a  general  awaken¬ 
ing  of  the  reading  public;  better  and  more 
beautiful  homes  will  bo  built,  and  finer 
grounds  will  surround  them.  Others,  too, 
will  catch  the  infection,  from  example,  and 
great  indeed  are  the  possibilities  whim  the 
people  enlist  in  such  a  cause,  W.  of  New 
York  City  leads  off  in  the  right  direction,  in 
a  late  number,  in  his  remarks  upon  the  VVil- 
8  3n  residence. 

And  now,  let,  us  invito  criticism  upon  my 
effort,  to  alter  that  design,  as  I  well  know 
that,  others  will  often  detect  mistakes  and 
failures  that  we  are  only  too  apt  to  overlook 
in  our  own  work.  The  rather  long  passage 
between  the  kitchen  and  dining-room  is,  I 
think,  a  defect,  as  it  is  a  road  that  must  be 
traveled  a  great  many  t  imes  every  day.  But 
M.  H.  H.  wished  a  “hall”  there,  which,  if 
admitted  at  all,  should  1  >o  as  short  as  possible, 
ami  is,  probably,  best  done  by  placing  tho 
pantry  between  tho  two. 

Perhaps  it  may  do  no  harm  to  add  that,  in 
carrying  out  the  golden  rule,  it  would  appear 
that  wo  ought  to  regard  the  comfort  and  con¬ 
venience  of  our  hired  help  as  much  as  our 
own,  and  endeavor  to  lighten  their  burdens, 
and  save  unnecessary  steps,  by  studying  all 
parts  of  a  plan  as  carefully  as  though  our 
own  wives  and  daughters  were  expected  to 
do  all  the  work  ;  indeed,  the  l>e«t  of  us  know 
not  how  soon  this  may  become  necessary. 

Adrian,  Mich.  b.  w.  s. 


MODIFICATION  OF  THE  WILSON  COT 
TAGE. 


SHAD  HATCHING  BOXES 


The  arrival  of  shad  in  the  rivers  along  the 
Atlantic  seaboard  will,  doubtless,  induce  the 
commencement  of  preparations  on  the  part 
of  our  National  and  State  Commissioners  of 
Fisheries,  looking  toward  the  increase  of  the 
supply  ;  and  with  the  encouragement  fur¬ 
nished  by  their  brilliant  success  in  Connecti¬ 
cut,  we  may  hope  that  the  necessary  meas¬ 
ures  will  be  undertaken  for  restoring  this 


This  plan  is  in  response  to  M.  H.  II.  of  Illi¬ 
nois,  who  likes  tho  outside  appearance  of  the 
Wilson  cottage,  but  desires  various  modifica¬ 
tions  inside,  chief  among  which  arc  two  bed 
rooms  opening  out  of  sitting-room.  (See  Ru- 
uaj„,  March  15.)  It  will  be  seen  that  tho  dif¬ 
ferent  wings  of  this  design  arc  of  tho  same 
width,  and  nearly  the  length  of  the  corre- 


an  appropr 

Tho  fact  that  this  patent  bars  the  free  use 
of  this  simplest  possible  form  of  shad  hatch¬ 
ing  apparatus,  has  induced  a  considerable 
amount  of  inquiry  in  the  devising  of  meth¬ 
ods  to  accomplish  the  same  result  without 
infringing  on  Mr.  Green’s  rights,  tho  main 
object  of  causing  the  current  to  flow  from 
below  upwards  being  a  problem  compara¬ 
tively  easy  of  solution,  although  it  is  desir¬ 
able  to  secure  this  without  great  complexity 
of  arrangement. 

One  of  the,  arrangements  (See  Fig.  ',’)  1ms 
been  to  employ  a  cylinder  of  wire  gauze, 
with  solid  heads  at  each  end  (ftae.lt  carrying 
a  journal)  resting  hi  a  rectangular  frame  of 
wood,  to  be  laid  on  the  surface  of  the  water, 
while  the  cylinder  is  made  to  revolve  within 
t  ho  frame  by  means  of  floats  like  those  of  a 
water-wheel,  cither  at  the  end  of  the  cylin¬ 
der  or  of  t  he  shaft,  or  else  placed  outside  of 
t  ho  cylinder,  parallel  with  its  axis.  A  gentle 
current  would  cause  the  rotation  of  this  cy¬ 
linder,  which  may  be  made  iu  either  direc¬ 
tion,  according  to  which  side  of  tho  frame  is 
placed  uppermost.  An  opening  In  the  cylln 
dor  allows  the-  introduction  of  the  spawn, 
and  the  rotation,  it  Is  claimed,  can  be  regu¬ 
lated  in  various  ways,  so  as  to  secure  the 
accessary  agitation  for  the  development  of 
the  eggs. 

Another  method  proposed  Is  that  of  a  box 
arranged  something  like  that  of  Seth  Green, 
but  allowed  to  float  horizontally  In  the  water, 
such  an  arrangement  not  infringing  Green’s 
patent..  To  secure  tho  upward  movement  of 
the  water,  and  its  passage  through  the  wire 
gauze  several  strips  of  board  are  fixed  ob¬ 
liquely  across  the  bottom,  so  that  as  the  cur¬ 
rent  strikes  against  these  oblique  bars,  the 
water  is  forced  upwards. 

Another  arrangement  consists  iu  having  a 
cavity  below  the  horizontal  hatching  box 
open  at  the  end,  which  is  t  urned  up  stream 
(see  Fig.  3.)  The  water  then  Corning  into 
this  cavity,  and  of  course  being  constantly 
acted  upon  by  the  continuing  current,  is 
driven  in  a  gentle  ebullition  through  tho 
gauze,  and  finds  its  escape  through  a  grated 
open  biffin  the  lower  end  of  the  hatching-box. 

A  simple  method  of  accomplishing  the  same 
object  is  to  have  two  boxes,  both  open  above, 
one  with  a  solid  bottom,  and  one  opening  in 
the  lower  part  of  the  end  which  is  turned  up 
stream.  Into  this  sots  the  regular  hatching- 
box,  an  open  rectangular  frame,  with  a  wire 
gauze  bottom,  the  lower  surface  of  which 
drops  down  to  a  level  with  the  upper  edge 
of  the  opening  in  the  anterior  end  of  the 
large  box. 

Other  devices  have  also  been  suggested  for 
the  same  object 


Fid,  1  Seth  g keen's  rox. 
important  food-fish  throughout  tho  entire 
extent  of  the  Atlantic  coast  of  the  United 
States,  How  far  the  contemplated  measures 
for  stocking  the  Mississippi  ltivcr  and  the 
waters  of  the  great  lakes  with  this  species 
are  likely  to  prove  auccaesful,  is  of  course  for 
the  experiment  to  decide,  although  there  is 
every  reason  for  encouragement  to  antici¬ 
pate  a  favorable  result,  and  to  expect  that  in 
the  course,  of  eight  or  ton  years,  (if  the  Uni¬ 
ted  States  Commissioner  succeeds,  as  it  is 
stated  he  hopes  to,  in  introducing  them  into 
the  wat  ers  of  the  Great  Salt  Lake  and  on  the 
Pacific  Coast,)  this  far-famed  delicacy  will 
become  more  or  less  familiar  to  all  tho  In¬ 
habitants  of  the  region  east  of  the  Mississip¬ 
pi,  and  indeed,  to  those  atilt  further  west. 

In  all  this  work,  we  must  not  forget  the 
meed  of  praise  due  to  Mr.  Hern  Green  for 
pointing  out  tho  way  of  hatching  shad  by 
the  million,  so  as  to  render  such  experiments 
feasible,  since  before  his  efforts  in  this  direc¬ 
tion  the  management  of  a  few  hundred  thou 
sand  eggs  and  young  fish  would  have,  tested 


HALF  A  CENTURY 


Chickkiuno  &  Sons  will  bo  half  a  hundred 
years  old  in  a  few  weeks.  Fifty  years  of 
business  life  from  father  to  sons,  and  the  firm 
younger  in  its  virile  strength  and  more  pros¬ 
perous  than  ever  !  Through  the  overwhelm¬ 
ing  competition  of  English  and  European 
makers  in  its  growth,  through  the  almost 
crushing  losses  entailed  by  the  repudiation  of 
the  South  in  18fit-03,  and  In  despite  of  the 
brilliant  and  determined  competition  of  other 
makers,  great  and  small,  the  business  of 
Chiekering  &  Sons  lias  risen  from  one  piano 
per  week  to  ten  pianos  per  day,  or  sixty 
pianos  turned  out  and  disposed  of  each  week 
in  the  year. 

Nearly  fifty  thousand  of  the  Chiekering 
pianos  are  iu  use  in  this  country  aud  else¬ 
where.  Tills  number  would  have  been  more 
than  doubled  but  for  the  fact  that  Chiekering 
&  Sons  were  the  pioneers  of  American  manu¬ 
facture  and  had  to  light  for  twenty  years, 
when  the  sales  wore  necessarily  difficult  and 
slow,  against  the  universal  preference  for 
pianos  of  foreign  manufacture.  Theirs  was  the 
light  and  the  struggle  against  a  foreign  foe, 
whose  discomfiture  made  tho  way  easy  for 
other  manufacturers  in  America  to  pursue 
the  business  with  success. 

The  death-blow  to  the  importation  of  for¬ 
eign  pianos  was  the  voluntary  use  of  the 
Chiekering  grand  pianos  by,  chronologically 
speaking,  Richard  Hoffman.  Slraknscli,  Clott- 
sc Italic,  and  Higisnmnd  Tlialberg,  and  a  host 
of  other  pianists,  in  preference  to  those  of 
the  European  makers — Erard,  Ple.vel,  Broad 
wood,  and  Herz.  Tills  was  the  blow  which 
literally  put  an  end  to  importation,  and  the 
American  grand  piano  was  left  in  undisputed 
possession  of  the.  American  Continent,  both 
for  public  and  private  purposes. 

If  this  was  a  bloodless  it  was  a  great 
national  victory  achieved  by  Chiekering  & 
Hons,  and  a  victory  which  has  been  shared  by 
at  least  one  other  maker  in  the  country,  who 
has  fought  the  difficult  way  up  to  tho  front 
rank  by  indefatigable  industry  aud  skill. 
The  fiftieth  anniversary  of  any  great  busi¬ 
ness  in  this  count  ry  is  something  to  be  proud 
of,  when  wo  remember  how  great  houses 
rise  anil  fall— Jlasli  out  into  sudden  brilliancy, 
and  sink  suddenly  into  obscurity,  leaving, 
literally,  but  the  memory  of  a  name.  Chiek¬ 
ering  Hons  to-day  is  a  young  firm,  with  all 
the  experience,  of  age.  It  ben r»  the  honors  of 
Jonas  Chiekering,  rightfully  called  the  “fa¬ 
ther  of  the  American  piano,”  the  inventor  of 
the  “iron  frame,”  and  the  "  grand  circular 
scale” — improvements  which  have  revolu¬ 
tionized  the  pianos  of  tho  world  ;  and  the 
inoro  recent  honors  springing  from  the  inher¬ 
ited  skill  and  genlous  of  the  present  head  of 
the  firm,  developed  in  their  magnrfiicent 
instruments  of  every  class,  and  culminating 
in  t  he.  decoration  of  the  Legion  of  Honor  at 
the  great  Paris  Exposition,  m  1807,  as  a  spe¬ 
cial  and  peculiar  recognition  of  transcendent 
mechanical  -kill.  -a 

Ho  Chiekering  &  Hons  may  well  celebrate  J 
their  fiftieth  business  anniversary.  They 
may  remember  with  heartfelt  sorrow  how 
death  lias  blotted  out  two  honored  and  be¬ 
loved  names  from  the  firm  scroll  ;  but  they 
can  say,  with  proud  consciousness,  that  they 
have  maintained  the  honorable  name  be¬ 
queathed  by  the  founder  of  the  firm,  and 
have  extended  the  reputation  of  Chiekering 
<&  Hons  to  the  ends  of  the  four-quarters  of 
the  globe  or  to  wherever  modern  civilization 
has  obtained  a  foothold. — Watuon’a  Art 
Journal,  Feb,  22 d,  1873. 


contains  about  the  same  amount  of  room, 
and  in  a-  shape  that  is  preferred  to  a  square, 
by  many  good  judges,  especially  where  so 
large,  a  bay-window  projects  from  the  side. 
Tho  pantry  is  e;ist  of  Hie  kitchen,  as  desired. 
To  some,  it  will  seem  too  far  from  the  dining¬ 
room,  and  would  lie  preferred  between  that 
room  and  the  kitchen,  in  place  of  the  small 
bedroom.  But  the  ample  china  closet  in  the 
passage,  and  the  narrow  closet  for  silver,  &cM 
opening  into  dining-room,  will  bo  a  great, 
help.  A  sideboard  might  also  be  added 
to  dining  room,  from  the  end  of  kitchen  pi 
azza.  Tho  bath-room  occupies  a  warm  cor¬ 
ner  back  of  the  kitchen  chimney  ;  if  desired, 
a  door  may  conuect  it  with  small  bedroom. 
The  second  story  would  be  so  much  like  the 
first  that  a  separate  plan  is  hardly  necessary. 

I  am  glad  that  a  paper  of  so  much  influ¬ 
ence,  and  having  such  a  wide  circulation,  as 


Fra.  3-  lu.vm.viMj  CYMNor.it  Box. 
the  capacity  of  most  of  our  fish-breeding  es¬ 
tablishments. 

As  is  well  known,  the  ordinary  method  of 
artificial  hatching  of  fresh  eggs  after  t  In- 
impregnation  of  the  spawn,  consists  in  plac¬ 
ing  them  in  boxes  with  gravel  beds  or  bot¬ 
toms  of  glass  rods,  and  allowing  a  gentle  cur¬ 
rent,  of  water  to  flow  over  them  during  tho 
time  necessary  for  their  development,  this 
ranging  from  a  few  days  to  several  months. 

Sbth  Green,  in  his  first  experiment  in 
hatching  shad,  placed  thoeggsin  boxes abont 
three  feet  long  by  on©  and  a  half  wide,  with 
wire -gauze  bottoms,  and  the  boxes  were  then 
allowed  to  float  in  1  ho  current  of  a  stream, 
iu  accordance  with  tho  method  long  since 
idopted  in  Europe,  tho  top  of  tho  box  being 
sufficiently  above  the  water  to  keep  thu  eggs 
from  being  washed  out.  It  was  found,  how¬ 
ever,  that  the  current  of  water  passed  di¬ 
rectly  under  the  boxes  and  did  not  act  suffi¬ 
ciently  on  the  eggs,  which  became  foul,  and 
failed,  ill  large  part,  to  hatch  out.  The  ques- 


I,  none  possess 
the  simplicity  of  construction  and  the  ease 
of  preparation  and  manipulation  of  the  orig¬ 
inal  box  of  He'I'ii  Green.  *** 


FISH  CULTURE  IN  AQUARIA 


I  have  been  very  much  interested,  in  your 
articles  under  Pisciculture,  but  1  have  not 
noticed  any  information  relating  to  keeping 
fish  in  aquaria.  Can  fish  bo  kept  alive  any 
length  of  time  in  an  aquarium  l  Last  winter 
T  purchased  a  large  glass  globe  containing  a 
pair  of  gold-fish;  1  also  procured  some  pre¬ 
pared  food,  which  1  fed  them  as  directed, 
changing  tho  water  twice  each  day.  One  of 
the  fish  soon  became  quite  poor  and  died  ; 
the  other  is  still  living  and  is  quite  lively. 
Perhaps  there  is  something  bettor  to  feed 
them  than  this  food  that  i  bought  with  the 
fish.  Will  fish  of  a  mottled .  black  and  pale 
gold  color  ever  change  tq  bright  gold-fish — 
I  mean  fish  of  the  carp  family  (Qygrinus  Au- 
ratus)— or  are  fish  of  this  class  always  of  a 
bright  gold  color  ?  w.  L.  D, 


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tion  therefore,  arose,  how  to  give  the  eggs 
that  aeration  which  they  required,  and  with-* 
out  which  a  large  percentage  must  succumb. 
Mr.  Green  then  conceived  the  plan  of  nail¬ 
ing  a  strip  of  board  on  each  side  of  the  longer 
axis  of  the  box,  but  so  inclined  that  when 
placed  in  the  water,  the  box,  embraced  be¬ 


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the  Rural  New-Yorker,  gives  its  pages  so 
freely  to  the  publication  of  plans  for  homes, 
and  believe  it  maybe  made  the  medium  of 
much  good,  if  the  people  will  only  speak 
their  minds,  without  fear  of  what  profes¬ 
sional  architects  may  say,  Give  us  the  de- 


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less  rubbish  'to  be  disposed  of,  and  I  have 
noticed  that  certain  persons  are  in  the  habit 
of  pitching  it  into  the  highway,  right  in 
front  of  their  own  dwellings.  If  the  flower 
beds  are.  trimmed  and  the  roses  and  lilacs 
pruned,  the  refuse  sods  and  brush  goes  in 
the  road,  to  frighten  passing  teams,  and  per¬ 
haps  inform  the  traveling  public  that  some¬ 
body  has  been  at  work  in  their  garden.  It 
is  only  slovenly  folks  who  do  this  ;  but  this 
class  is  a  numerous  one,  judging  from  the 
rubbish  cast  into  the  roads  every  spring. 
Now,  there  is  my  neighbor  Zavt.  wlioBcfarm 
is  as  near  worn  out  as  it  is  possible  to  make 
it ;  still  he  persists  in  throwing  the  rich  sods 
and  heaps  of  brush  into  the  road  instead  of 
burning  them  up  and  scattering  the  ashes 
over  the  barren  places  on  his  farm.  If  I 
could  get  sods  and  brush  enough  to  cover  my 
entire  place  and  burn  them  to  ashes,  i  should 
have  little  need  of  purchasing  manure  of  any 
kind  ;  and  even  a  little  heap,  here  and  there 
every  year,  adds  much  to  the  products  of  my 
garden  ;  and  if  there  WB8  no  benefit  to  he 
derived  from  such  a  use  of  waste  materials, 
I  am  not  insulting  good  taste,  as  many  do, 
by  throwing  them  into  the  corners  of  the 
fence  or  highway. 

EARLY  PASTURING. 

A  pril  5. — Not  a  blade  of  grass  has  appeared 
in  the  pastures  yet,  but  I  notice,  that  farmers 
are  already  turning  out  their  stock,  with  the 
hope,  1  suppose,  that  some  stray  mouthful 
overlooked  last  fall  may  be  picked  up.  Now 
this  tramping  of  meadows  and  pastures  by 
stock  in  early  spring,  while  the  ground  is 
wet  and  soft,  appears  to  me  to  be  poor  econ¬ 
omy.  It  is  no  wander  that  Mother  Earth 
refuses  to  yield  a  good  living  to  people  who 
abuse  her  in  this  manner,  and  it  is  as  true  as 
preaching,  that  the  men  who  practice  these 
skinning  systems,  calling  them  economical, 
are  always  unlucky,  their  cattle  taking  every 
disease  that  comes  along,  and  their  erops 
usually  a  little  too  meager  to  pay  a  good 
profit.  If  a  pasture  is  expected  to  hold  out 
during  die  hot,  dry  weather,  the  grass  must 
not  be  pruned  too  early  in  the  season.  A 
good  growth  of  top  means  a  corresponding 
extension  of  root,  and  without  t  his  no  plant 
can  survive  for  any  considerable  length  of 
time. 


Mr.  Tuisco  Grimer  says,  in  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  March  29,  he  would  like  to  ask  me 
the  reason  why  my  61  chicks  sold  for  the  ex¬ 
orbitant  price  of  *123,15,  or  about  *3  each. 
I  thought  I  made  my  statement  plainly,  but 
will  .be  more  explicit.  The  61  chicks  were 
pure  White  Leghorns,  and  were  sold  by  pairs 
and  trios,  for  breeding  ;  and  I  do  not  believe 
there  is  another  mau  in  the  State  that,  has  as 
good  a  stock  of  Leghorns  who  will  sell  them 
at  an  average  of  £3  each  ;  but  I  do  not  ex¬ 
pect  to  get  exorbitant  prices ;  quick  sales 
and  small  profits  is  my  motto.  The  same 
number  of  chicks,  dressed  in  market,  would 
not  have  sold  for  more  than  £50  to  $60. 
About  42  turkeys  sold  for  $121.36,  or  about  $3 
each.  My  Turkeys  averaged  about  10  lbs. 
and5ozs.  each.  The  42  dressed  433  3-7  lbs., 
which  1  sold  for  28  cts.  per  lb.  They  were 
well  fatted,  and  nicely  dressed  ;  they  were 
the  large  Bronze  breed.  I  would  not  think 
my  turkeys  had  very  good  care  if  they  did 
not  average  at  least  10  lbs.  each. 

E.  J.  Crawford. 


ABSTRACT  OF  GAME  LAWS. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE, 


Our  readers  should  cut  out  and  preserve 
the  following  article,  which  was  compiled  for 
the  New  York  Bulletin  and  tells  when  game 
may  be  token  and  sold.  It  is  believed  to  be 
a  complete  and  accurate  summary  of  exist¬ 
ing  laws : 

New  York. — Deer,  moose,  elk,  caribou  and 
wild  deer  may  be  killed  and  exposed  for  sale 
from  September  1,  to  Nov.  10.  except  in  the 
counties  of  Suffolk,  Kings  and  Queens,  in 
which  counties  the  kilting  of  the  above  ani¬ 
mals  is  prohibited  by  law  for  live  vears  from 
1871.  All  descriptions  of  wild  duck  and  wild 
geese  are  in  season  from  September  1,  till 
May  1  :  woodcock  from  July  3,  until  January 
1  ;  ruffed  grouse  or  partridge,  pinnated 
grouse  or  prairie  chicken  from  September  1, 
until  January  1 ;  robins,  brown  thrashers, 
meadow  lark  or  starling  from  August  1,  to 
January  1, 

In  regard  to  the  -ale  of  venison,  etc,,  the 
law  states  that '  ‘  any  person  offending  against 
any  of  the  preceding  provisions  of  the  section 
shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for 
each  moose,  elk,  deer,  caribou  or  fawn  skin 
in  his  possession,  and  may  be  proceeded 
against  in  any  county  of  t  he  State  ;  provided, 
however,  that  any  person  may  sell  or  have  in 
his  possession  the  moose,  elk,  caribou  or  deer 
aforesaid,  between  the  first  dav  of  .January 
and  the  first  day  of  March,  without  liability 
to  the  penalties’  herein  provided,  in  case  he 
shall  prove  that  such  game  was  killed  outside 
the  limits  of  this  State  and  at.  some  pl.ic6 
where  the  law  did  not  prohibit  such  killing. 

Rhode  Island. — Gray  duck,  black  duck, 
wood  duck,  larks,  robins  from  September  i 
to  February  1.  Snipe,  September  2t)  to  May  1. 
Grass  plover  from  August  1  to  February  1. 
Woodcock,  quail  and  partridge,  Se.pt  20  to 
March  1.  Hares  and  rabbits,  September  1  to 
February  1. 

Connecticut. — Woodcock  from  July  4  to 
February  1.  Pheasant,  partridge,  Septem¬ 
ber  1  to  February  1.  Quail,  October  1  to 
February  1. 

Minnesota. — Woodcock  from  July  4  to  De¬ 
cember  1.  Prairie  chicken,  August  1  to 
December  1 .  Quail  and  partridge,  September 
I  to  December  1.  Elk  and  deer,  buck,  doc, 
&c,,  August  1  to  January  1, 

Michigan.-  Elk  and  deer,  from  September 
1  to  January  I.  Wild  turkeys,  September  1 
1 1 1  January  L  Wo<  >doock,  J uly  6  to  February 
1.  Prairie  chicken,  ruffed  grouse  or  partridge 
and  wild  duck  from  August  5  to  Founiury  1. 
Quail,  October  1  to  Jnuuarv  1. 

New  Jersey. — Wild  deer  from  August  31  to 
Januarv  2.  Partridge,  moor  fowl,  grouse, 
quail  and  rabbits,  November  l  to  January  10  ; 
Woodcock,  July  5  to  January  1. 

Indinhriu. — Wild  deer  from  October  1  to 
.January  1.  Quail  or  pheasants,  October  1  to 
February  1.  Prairie  chicken,  August  15  to 
February  1. 

Ohio.  —Quail,  ruffed  grouse  and  wild  tur¬ 
key  from  October  15  to  February  1  ;  prairie 
chicken.  August  15  to  February  1  ;  rabbits, 
hares  und  doves  from  November  1  to  Febru 
ary  1 ;  woodcock,  July  4  to  February  1  :  wild 
geese,  September  1  to  April  15  ;  wild  ducks, 
September  1  to  March  1. 

yerinojit. — Wild  deer,  July  1  to  January  10. 

Kentucky.— Quail,  partridge  or  pheasant, 
from  October  1  to  March  1.  Wild  geese  and 
wild  ducks  from  September  15  to  May  1. 
Woodcock,  June  1  to  January  1.  Female 
deer,  from  August  1  to  March  1. 

Massachusetts.— Woodcock,  August  15  to 
January  1.  Partridge,  October  1  to  January 
1.  Quail,  October  15  to  December  15.  Wild 
duck.  September  1  to  March  1.  Snipe,  July 
15  to  April  1.  Wild  deer,  from  October  1  to 
December  1. 

Kansas. — Grouse,  prairie  chicken,  wood¬ 
cock,  snipe,  wild  turkey,  deer  and  elk,  Au¬ 
gust  l  to  March  1.  Quail  or  pheasants,  Octo¬ 
ber  1  to  March  1. 

VEest  irginia-  Wild  deer  from  August  15 
to  January  i. 

Pennsylvania. — Rail  or  reed  birds  from 
September  1  to  June  1  ;  partridge  or  pheas- 
ant,  August  1  to  December  20  ;  woodcock, 
July  4  to  November  15  •  rabbits,  October  1  to 
January  1  ;  wild  deer,  September  to  Decem¬ 
ber  31  ;  quail,  October  1  to  December  20  ; 
wild  turkey,  October  1  to  January  4. 

California.— Quail,  partridge,  grouse  and 
wild  ducks,  September  15  to  March  15  ;  deer, 
July  1  to  January  1. 

Virginia.— Peer,  July  15  to  January  15. 

Wisconsin.—  Woodcock  July  4  to  Decern- 


Ftom  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


SIX  HUNDRED  ON  A  TEASPOON. 

April  1. — I  have  just  received  six  hundred 
beetles  from  a  correspondent  in  Texas,  and 
the  entire  lot  could  readily  be  placed  on  an 
ordinary  teaspoon.  They  consist,  of  about 
one  hundred  and  sixty  species,  and  the  gen¬ 
tleman  who  sends  them  to  me  desires  the 
name  of  each.  Every  one  of  these  minute 
little  beetles  will  be  mounted  separately  upon 
a  small  triangular-shaped  pallet,  cut  from 
cardboard,  and  this  again  mounted  upon  a 
pin.  To  do  this  nicely  will  require  at  least 
one  week’s  work,  which,  of  course,  Clakis- 
kima  will  do  for  me  ;  then  my  part  of  the 
task  commences.  Each  species  must  be  se¬ 
lected  and  placed  together,  and  the  sped- 
mens  being  so  very  small  that  a  lens  of  high 
power  will  have  to  he  used  in  this  work, 
therefore,  every  beetle  must  be  examined 
under  this  glass  and  the  difference  between 
each  carefully  noted.  When  the  entire  six 
hundred  have  been  examined  and  each  spe¬ 
cies  placed  by  itself,  then  the  names,  if  any 
have  ever  been  given  them,  must  be  deter¬ 
mined  either  by  comparison  with  typical 
specimens  in  mv  cabinet,  or  with  descriptions 
given  in  entomological  works.  Now  the 
names  of  the  different  species  in  this  one  lot 
would  more  than  fill  an  entire  column  of  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  ;  but  if  a  brief  history 
of  eacli  should  be  added,  it  would  require  a 
volume  of  two  or  three  hundred  pages.  But 
the  true  history  of  all  these  beetles  is  not 
known,  und  to  learn  it  would  be  labor  enough 
for  the  entire  life  of  any  one  person.  But 
who  would  ask  for  a  greater  or  more  lasting 
monument  than  a  book  containing  t  he  true 
life-history  of  these  one  hundred  and  sixty 
species  of  beetles  <  Such  a  work  would  last 
as  long  as  science  and  cultivation  existed, 
and  the  fame -of  the  author  pass  oa  untar¬ 
nished  to  future  ages.  That  such  histories 
will  be  written,  there  can  be  but  little  doubt ; 
for  in  the  past  few  years  science  and  nature 
has  begun  to  walk  hand  in  hand,  and  1  do 
not  believe  they  will  ever  again  be  divorced. 

SOWING  PEAS  IN  THE  FAll. 

April  2. — It  is  to  be  supposed  that  every¬ 
body  knows  that  the  pea  will  grow  in  very 
cool  weather,  and  the  seed  sprout  at  a  very 
low  temperature  ;  consequently,  market  gar¬ 
deners  sow,  for  an  early  crop,  as  soon  as  the 
seed  can  be  got  into  the  ground  in  spring. 
This  plan  has  always  been  the  extent  of  my 
efforts  towards  securing  an  early  crop  ;  but 
I  have  to  own  up  that  for  once  I  am  beaten  ; 
for  two  of  my  neighbors  informed  mo  to  day 
that  they  had  peas  up  and  growing  finely, 
just  as  I  was  getting  ready  to  plant.  Upon 
inquiring  how  it  was  done.  I  learned  that  the 
seed  was  sown  last  fall,  and  remained  in  the 
ground  uninjured  during  the  winter.  I  have 
sown  tomatoes,  lettuce,  spinach  and  a  few 
other  a  egetable  seeds  in  the  fall  in  order  to 
gain  time,  but  never  tried  peas  ;  still,  as  I 
am  not  too  old  nor  too  bigoted  to  learn  any¬ 
thing  useful,  i  will  try  not  to  be  outdone  on 
the  pea  question  next  year. 

THOSE  TRANSPLANTED  TULIP  TREES. 

April  3.— One  year  ago  I  transplanted  a 
quantity  of  Tulip  trees  from  the  woods,  cut¬ 
ting  them  back  severely  at  tiie  time,  as  I 
supposed,  to  insure  life  and  growth.  They 
lived,  and  made  a  fair  growth,  a  fact  which 
I  mentioned  in  ray  “  Diary”  last  summer  ; 
but  the  Industrial  Agent  of  the  Kansas  Pa¬ 
cific  Railroad  kindly  informed  me  through 
one  of  the  Western  papers,  that,  my  success 
was  only  prospective,  because  the  trees  would 
probably  die  the  next  winter.  But  the  next 
winter  is  past,  and  my  tulip  trees  are  alive, 
and  I  have  not  found  a  dead  one  among 
those  which  made  ever  so  feeble  a  growth 
last  summer.  Let  those  who  desire  forest 
trees  from  the  woods  adopt  this  plan  of 
transplanting  early  and  pruning  severely, 
with  confidence  of  success  ;  for  when  it  is 
Avail  done,  it  is  a  cheap  way  of  obtaining 
trees.  Even  from  the  nurseries,  the  earlier 
in  the  season  trees  are  removed  the  butter. 
Waiting  until  the  ground  is  dry  and  warm 
before  planting  hardy  trees,  is  a  great,  mis¬ 
take,  which  costs  the  people  of  this  country 
about  as  much  as  those  Avhich  they  succeed 
in  making  live.  This  planting  trees  that  per¬ 
sist.  in  dying  may  be  good  for  trade,  but  it  is 
very  discouraging  to  those  who  only  have  a 
shallow  purse. 

BURNING  UP  THE  RUBBISH. 

April  5. — In  clearing  up  the  garden  and 
orchard  in  spring,  there  is  always  more  or 


ROUP-CARBOLIC  ACID 


A  Huodan  hen,  the  only  one  of  the  breed 
that  I  have  had  sick  during  the  past  two 
years,  had  the  roup  badly  about  four  weeks 
since.  Being  but  a  tyro  among  chickens, 
and  having  loaned  my  A'olumc  of  wisdom  on 
chickens,  known  as  the  “People’s  Practi¬ 
cal  Poultry  Book."  I  was  somewhat  at  a  loss 
for  a  treatment ;  but  something  had  to  be 
done  quickly.  I  had  in  the  house,  for  modi 
cal  purpose,  a  solution  of  carbolic  acid,  35 
grains  to  4  ounces  of  water,  and  determined 
to  apply  it.  I  did  so  by  wetting  a  cloth  in 
the  solution  and  carefully  washing  the  hen’s 
bill,  eyes  and  nostrils  with  it.  In  half  an 
hour  she  was  much  better,  when,  hoping  that 
she  might  possibly  live,  I  gave  her  six  drops 
of  the  solution  in  a  teaspoonful  of  water. 
Two  hours  after  she  began  to  eat,  Avhen  she 
was  taken  in  and  received  a  good  washing, 
face  and  eyes,  with  warm  water  and  milk, 
and  a  dose  of  castor  oil.  The  next  morning 
she  wag  perfectly  well,  and  lias  been  laying 
ever  since. 

Paducah,  Ky.,  April  3,  1873.  s. 


POULTRY  NOTES, 


Frozen  Combs. — The  following  treatment 
of  a  frozen  comb  is  given  by  a  recent  writer: 
About  three  weeks  ago  a  Spanish  cockerel 
iu  my  possession  had  Ids  comb  and  wattles 
severely  frozen.  I  immediately  treated  him 
as  follows:  Every  morning  1  rubbed  the 
afflicted  parts  with  a  preparation  consisting 
of  two  parts  of  distilled  glycerine  and  one 
part  of  turpent  ine.  At,  noon  1  applied  sweet 
oil  and  rose  water  (three  parts  of  former  and 
one  of  latter),  and  in  the  evening  the  glycerine 
and  terpentine.  At  t  he  present  writing  the 
bird  is  entirely  cured,  the  comb  and  Avattles 
presenting  almost  the  same  appearance  as  if 
they  had  never  been  “nipped." 

To  tell  Pullet#  from  Hen#. — In  ansAver  to  a 
correspondent  the  Cottage  Gardener  says: 
It.  is  easy  to  distinguish  between  a  pullet 
and  a  hen,  but  a  fowl  twelve  months  old  is 
not  a  pullet.  She  him,  if  of  a  sitting  breed, 
laid,  sat  and  reared  her  chickens.  This  much 
is  certain — no  pullet  has  large,  coarse  scales 
on  her  legs,  unless  she  is  suffering  from  ele¬ 
phantiasis.  We  have  never  had  a  spurred 
Cochin  hen;  the  breed  is  not  subject  to  such 
an  appendage.  Dorkings,  Game,s  Houdans 
all  have  it  at  times,  even  Avhen  young,  but 
we  have  not  met  with  it  in  Cochins.  We 
should  not  like  to  buy  such. 

While  Leghorns  and  Red  Ear  Lobes. — In 
answer  to  W.  P.  A.,  about  White  Leghorns 
with  red  ear  lobes: — I  would  not  have  such  a 
cock  run  Avith  my  hens  this  season  for  $50.  as 
I  could  not  sell  the  chicks  only  for  what  they 
were  worth  dressed.  Leghorn  breeders  and 
dealers  about  here  are  very  sure  to  select 
those  that  have  the  A\-hitest  ear  lobes  aud 
yellow  legs.— E.  J.  Crawford. 

Big  Eggs  in  Mich  igan. — I  think  Michigan 
is  entitled  to  the  broom.  I  have  a  hen  tAvo 
years  old,  by  a  Brahma  cock  and  Spanish 
hen,  Avhich  has  this  AA-eek  laid  free  eggs,  single 
yolk,  measuring  respectively,  7 %  by  G%,  8  by 
6%,  by  6%  PA  by  &A  and  7  by  6  inches. 
How’s  this '(  A  little  more  pepper  in  your 
feed,  Oregon!  and  try  again!— P.  McmfuRD. 

Wh  ite  Leghorn  Cocks,  E.  B.  S.  is  informed, 
have  large,  single  combs,  which  stand  per¬ 
fectly  erect.  The  hens,  also,  have  large  (sin¬ 
gle)  eornhs,  Avhich  frequently  lap  over. 

Buckwheat  is  not  good  food  for  fowls  laying 
eggs.  It  don’t  contain  egg-making  material. 
Barley,  ground  oats  and  Indian  meal  are  bet¬ 
ter. 


BREEDING  HEAVY  TURKEYS 


Wm.  Clift  wrote  the  Poultry  Bulletin  in 
January — “In  theory  most  people  believe 
that  weight  in  the  parents  tells  in  the  off¬ 
spring.  In  practice  they  are  quite  content  to 
breed  from  light  av eights,  because  they  are 
more  easily  found.  In  turkey  breeding, 
where  weight  is  the  mam  thing  in  deciding 
profit  at  the  close  of  the  year,  nine  farmers 
out  of  ten  will  breed  from  a  second  litter 
cock,  weighing  16  lbs.  or  leas,  if  they  happen 
to  have  him,  rather  than  iireest.  a  free  or  ten 
dollar  bill  iu  a  stout,  well-built  early  bird, 
weighing  a  third  more,  or  in  a  yearling 
weighing  double.  Very  few  breeders  huA'e 
faith  enough  in  heavy  birds,  to  keep  a  cock 
over  the  second  or  third  year.  They  want 
the  extra  flesh  on  him  sold  at  the  market 
price.  I  have  tried  breeding  from  both  young 
and  old  birds,  and  have  no  doubt  that  it.  is 
much  better  economy  to  breed  from  the 
largest  and  best  birds,  even  at  high  prices. 

In  the  spring  of  1871  I  purchased  a  fine 
young  cock,  weighing  S5  lbs.,  the  offspring 
of  a  pair  that  weighed  62 lbs.,  premium  birds 
of  the  New  York  State  Poultry  Society.  I 
mated  him  with  a  flock  of  young  turkeys, 
with  one  or  two  exceptions.  The  chicks  Avere 
strong  and  healthy,  and  I  thought  made  birds 
good  enough.  In  the  spring  of  1872  I  kept 
the  same  cock,  weighing  then  31  lbs.  Avillithe 
same  hens,  adding  t  wo  or  three  young  birds. 
I  raised  101  turkeys  against  70  the  previous 
season  ;  they  matured  earlier,  and  both  the 
cocks  and  hens  that  I  have  sold  during  the 
lull  and  winter  have  run  larger. 

I  have  no  doubt  that  much  is  gained  in  the 
Aveiglit  of  the  flock  by  breeding  from  two 
and  three  year  old  birds  of  the  flut-st  form 
aud  heaviest  Avoight.  If  only  two  pounds  to 
the  bird  is  gained,  it  makes  quite  a  difference 
in  a  flock  of  one  huudred.  The  200  lbs.  of 
poultry  is  worth  $46  at  the  present  market 
price,  and  that  is  an  item  worth  looking  after 
in  the  returns  of  a  poultry  yard.  It.  is  some- 
Avhat  dilficult  to  get  hold  of  yearling  toms 
that  will  weigh  80  lbs.  and  up  wards.  It  costs 
something  to  feed  a  big  turkey  a  year,  and 
the  breeder  avIio  has  possession  of  the  bird 
generally  has  a  use  for  him.  Turkeys  do  not 
attain  their  full  size  imtil  the  third  year,  and 
it  is  safe  to  breed  from  them  four  or  five 
years.” 


APB1L  i9 


Jomcstiti  (Bconomij. 


.CANNING  FRUITS,  ETC. 

In  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  Feb.  22, 
“  A  Nebraska  Reader”  asks  how  to  ran  string 
beaus,  tomatoes  and  small  fruits  for  the 
market  in  tin  cans,  and  to  be  given  the  mode 


sample  can  we  tested  (with  friends)  filled  the 
bill,  ana  meets  the  claims  which  Mr.  Ford 
makes  for  the  process.  He  asserts  that  it  is 
as  cheaply  and  easily  done  as  by  any  known 
process;  if  so,  it  is  certainly  superior,  in  our 
judgment. 

Ladies’  Work  Stand. — (See  illus.,  page  253.) 
The  skeleton  of  this  stand  is  made  of  rattan. 
The  squares  between  the  rods  should  be  eov- 


of  putting  in  fruit,  sealing  cans,  and  all  other  Wlth  Sroen>  silk,  which  is  drawn 

things  of  importance.  If  he  wishes  to  go  1  t'other,  and  either  fastened  with  a  button, 
mm  the  business.  1  should  recommend  him  or  a  small  rosette  and  a  Hat  tassel.  The  hag 


things  of  importance.  If  he  wishes  to  go 
into  the  business,  I  should  recommend  him, 
if  possible,  to  visit  some  factory  where  the 
process  is  in  operation.  If  he  cannot  do  this, 
the  following  directions,  if  carefully  followed, 
will  lead  to  good  results : — The  cans  in  use 
are  generally  made  upon  the  premises,  in 
large  establishments.  In  Maryland,  we  are 
informed  that  a  large  number  of  t  hose  em¬ 
ployed  are  made  by  convict  labor  at  the  State 
Penitentiary.  Very  few  are  used  a  second 
time.  The  fruit  or  vegetables  must  be  picked 
at.  the  time  when  they  are  at  their  best,  cure 
beiug  taken  to  avoid  any  unsound,  over-ripe, 
or  immature  specimens,  as  it  must  be  re¬ 
membered  that  a  single  piece  determines  the 
character  of  the  can,  and  one  or  two  cans 
may  condemn  a  lot. 

The  fruit  having  been  picked,  is  next  thor¬ 
oughly  cleansed.  All  the  silk  is  removed 
from  the  corn,  the  peas  urc  shelled,  peaches 
pared,  beaus  Btrung,  etc.  The  corn  is  cut 
from  the  cob,  taking  care  not  to  cut  too  deep. 
Thus  prepared,  the  fruit  or  vegetables  arc 
spread  in  thin  layers  on  large  tin  coolers, 
which  are  placed  in  tanks  containing  ice 
water,  until  such  time  as  the  contents  may 
be  wanted  for  canning.  Green  corn  is  gen¬ 
erally  considered  the  most  difficult  article  to 
preserve  nicely.  It  is  treated  as  follows : 
The  cans  having  been  previously  well  clean¬ 
ed,  are  filled  with  the  corn  prepared  as  above, 
and  are  then  sealed  up  by  soldering  on  the 
lid  ;  a  small  bole  is  then  punched  through 
the  lid,  and  the  can  is  placed  in  a  large  pan 
containing  boiling  water  ;  this  should  come 
almost  to  the  top  of  the  can,  which  must  be 
secured  to  its  place  to  prevent  upsetting,  or 
other  accidents  ;  it  is  allowed  to  stay  in  this 
bath  about  half  an  hour,  or  until  steam  es¬ 
capes  freely  from  the  hole  in  the  lid  ;  it  is 
then  removed  for  an  instant,  and  the  hole  in 
the  top  Is  sealed  with  a  drop  of  solder.  The 
cun  is  then  replaced  in  the  bath  and  kept  at 
a  boiling  temperature  for  three  and  a  half  or 
four  hours  ;  at  the  cud  of  this  time  it  is  re¬ 
moved  and  allowed  to  cool  ;  when  cool,  the 
ends  of  the  cons  should  be  slightly  concave, 
and  they  must  preserve  this  concavity  until 
opened  for  use.  There  is  no  surer  proof  that 
a  can  is  spoiled  than  that  afforded  by  swelled 
heads. 

Tomatoes  are  treated  in  exactly  the  same 
way,  except  they  do  not  need  more  than 
half  an  hour's  boiling  after  being  sealed. 

Beans  and  peas  require  almost  us  much 
heating  as  corn.  Peaches  and  other  fruits 
are  packed  into  the  cans,  and  then  sirup  of 
the  proper  strength  is  poured  over  them  until 
the  cans  are  full,  when  they  are  treated  the 
same  as  tomatoes.  The  whole  process  is  ex¬ 
tremely  simple,  and  only  requires  care  and 
perfect  cleanliness.  I  have  no  doubt  but 
your  correspondent  will  be  successful  upon 
the  first  trial,  s. 

- - *•*-* - 

DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 

Putty  Frames. — Take  from  two  to  seven 
pounds  of  putty,  according  to  the  size  you 
wash  to  have  your  frame  ;  as  much  Spanish 
Brown— or  any  other  shade  of  paint  you  may 
wish  to  dissolve— as  will  give  right  color ; 
work  this  hi  your  putty  until  no  specks  are 
seen.  Then  work  the  putty  into  whatever 
design  you  desire,  with  your  fingers,  and  lay 
them  on  your  frame.  Grapes,  leaves  and 
curls,  or  tendrils,  are  used  more  than  any 
other  design,  I  have  seen  small  cucumbers, 
small  tomatoes,  and  similar  fruit,  put  on 
putty  frames.  The  bordering  on  both  sides — 
next  the  glass  and  outer  edge — should  resem¬ 
ble  “bead  "  work  as  much  as  possible,  mak¬ 
ing  the  putty  in  shape  of  coffee  on  the  edge. 
Another  pretty  way  for  coloring  a  dark,  rich 
color,  is  to  take  logwood  dye,  with  a  little 
saleratus  dissolved  in  it,  washing  the  frame 
after  fancy  work  is  made.  I  have  never  tried 
this  with  putty.  Only  by  practice  will  tiffs 
work  excel  others. — Ann. 

Canned  Tomatoes  Whole. — April  2d,  we 
received  from  Mr.  F.  G.  Ford,  Brighton, 
N.  J.,  a  can  of  whole  tomatoes,  which  were 
put  up  late  in  October,  after  they  had  been 
frosted.  He  has  a  process  (patented)  by 
which  tomatoes  are  thus  put  up,  as  plucked 
from  the  vines,  whole  and  kept  in  such  a 
condition  that  they  may  be  eaten,  cut  in 
slices,  with  sugar,  vinegar,  pepper  and  salt,  or 
maybe  boiled,  baked,  stewed,  etc.,  just  the 
Bame  as  if  just  gathered  from  the  vines.  The 


for  the  reception  of  embroidery  or  other  I 
fancy  work,  is  made  of  green  silk,  drawn  to¬ 
gether  by  a  green  cord,  at  the  end  of  which 
is  a  tassel  of  the  sumo  color.  To  hide  the 
joints  of  the  rods,  a  scarf  of  green  ribbon  Is 
put  at  each  junction.  In  the  lower  part  of 
the  stand  is  a  pincushion,  which  is  made  in 
the  sumo  style  as  t  he  filling-in  of  the  squares 
above,  and  also  drawn  and  held  together 
with  a  button. 

Aunt  Ilattie  Wye  off's  "Recipe  for  Making 
Fried  Cali  ex  is  the  best  ami  cheapest  T  have 
ever  tried :  -One  cup  of  sugar,  one  of  lard  or 
butter,  one  teaspoon  of  sale  rat  us,  one  pint 
sour  milk,  a  little  salt.  Mix  hard  enough  to 
roll  easily,  and  fry  the  usual  way. — D.  A. 
Wycoff. 

Packing  Eggs  in  Salt. — Take  the  eggs, 
grease  well  with  tallow  or  lard,  then  pack 
small  ends  down  ;  do  not  let  them  touch  each 
other ;  fill  in  around  with  salt ;  tie  up  the 
crock  or  jar  tight,  and  set  in  a  dry  place, 
and  the  eggs  can  be  kept  well  and  for  months, 
— K.  M.  s. 

Invisible  Ink. — Will  some  one  please  in¬ 
form  me  how  to  make  invisible  ink — that  is, 
ink  that  cannot  be  seen  on  the  paper  until 
placed  in  the  sun  or  undergone  some  other 
process  ?— Nellie  Rushmork. 

'Podc;  and  ftlaniicni. 

COSTUMES. 


Emrroilered  costumes  will  be  more  worn 
than  ever  this  spring.  Almost  all  the  im¬ 
ported  costumes  are  heavily  embroidered, 
especially  those  of  batiste.  The  embroidery 
is  in  black,  brown  and  white.  Although  the 
work  is  very  coarse  the  suits  are  very  ex¬ 
pensive.  Those  exposed  at  the  late  opening 
cost  |40,  *50,  end  even  *75.  This  is  nonsense, 
of  course  ;  batiste  dresses,  much  more  taste¬ 
ful  aud. stylish,  can  be  mudefor  far  less  money. 

For  example,  a  costume  of  the  finest  quality 
of  batiste,  which  sells  at  *1  a  yard,  was  made 
with  a  flounce,  ill  side  plaits,  over  a  ruffle  of 
black  lawn  ;  u  standing  ruffle  of  batiste  was 
likewise  placed  over  a,  standing  ruffle  of 
lawn,  in  both  cases  the  lawn  extending  be¬ 
yond  tlio  batiste ;  a  wide  band  of  batiste 
over  black,  with  alternate  folds  of  lawn  and 
batiste,  was  placed  between  the  two  falling 
aud  standing  ruffles.  The  polonaise  was 
trimmed  with  a.  lawn  and  batiste  ruffle  head¬ 
ed  by  a  similar  hand.  1 1  constituted  one  of 
the  prettiest  garments  we  have  seen  this 
season,  and  was  as  simple  as  pretty. 

White  costumes  are  everywhere  displayed, 
and  a  re  very  elaborate.  Embroidery  is  the 
chief  trimming.  The  front  width  of  a  dress 
will  have  three  flounces  with  embroidered 
edge,  with  inserting  set  in,  and  one  flounce 
with  the  inserting  in  the  back  widths.  The 
over-dress  will  lie  an  apron-front  trimmed 
with  inserting  and  flounce,  and  the  back 
loose  and  flowing,  finished  in  the  same  man¬ 
ner.  TllC  waist  is  a  basque  with  surplice 
neck,  and  full  embroidered  ruffle  ;  sleeves 
caught  with  a  bow  of  ribbon  below  the  el¬ 
bows,  ending  in  a  ruffle.  Other  dresses  have 
small  embroidered  ruffles  at  intervals  u)l  the 
way  up  the  back.  Ribbon  is  occasionally 
put  under  the  embroideries,  and  bright  Bashes 
depend  in  every  manner,  except  tied  in  a 
bow  at  the  back  of  the  waist, 

Hamburg  embroideries,  in  delicate  pat¬ 
terns,  are  sufficiently  handsome  for  ordinary 
white  dresses.  They  wash  well  and  do  not 
wear  out. 

DRESSES  FOR  THE  MOUNTAINS 

ore  found  in  dark  blue  goods,  mixtures  of 
wool  and  cotton.  They  are  made  with  the 
skirt  trimmed  in  patterns  with  various  sizes 
of  flat,  svhite  worsted  braid,  such  as  children’s 
dresses  are  trimmed  with.  This  trimming  is 
placed  around  the  skirt  and  up  the  front. 
The  polonaise  is  trimmed  in  the  same  way, 
has  coat  sleeves,  a  sailor  collar,  and  is  worn 
with  a  belt.  Already  made  up,  these  gar¬ 
ments  cost  .$<10  and  $70,  but  they  are  lined 
with  silk  and  finished  in  the  handsomest 
maimer.  They  can  be  made  for  one-fourth 
the  price. 

Shot  silks,  in  two  colors,  are  among  the 
Parisian  novelties.  A  dress  from  Worth’s 


has  five  narrow  flounces  on  the  front  width. 
The  polonaise  is  made  with  five  seams,  each 
seam  gathered  lengthwise  in  the  back,  mak¬ 
ing  four  longitudinal  puffs.  It  is  trimmed 
with  a  ruffle  and  a  triple  niching. 

Sicillictmc  is  a  fabric  extremely  popular. 

It.  has  the  appearance  of  Irish  poplin,  with 
the  luster  of  silk  and  softness  of  Cashmere. 
Black  Sicillienn©  trimmed  with  jet,  is  more 
desirable  than  black  silk.  For  full  dress  they 
are  worn  with  white  satin  vests. 

NOVELTIES. 

The  Henri  II.  sack  is  made  of  alternate 
stripes  of  black  velvet  and  gray  satin,  over 
which  is  placed  black  guipure  inserting.  The 
front  is  loose,  the  back  tight,  and  from  the 
waist  arc  gray  satin  plaiting©,  forming  the 
basque.  Black  gimp  ornaments  arc  placed 
on  the  seams  under  the  arms  and  are  con¬ 
nected  by  two  cords  hangiug  loosely  over 
the  back,  They  are  very  pretty  for  early 
spring  wear. 

Black,  watered  silk  ribbons  are  used  for 
sashes  on  Cashmere  polonaises.  They  are 
arranged  in  succession  of  loops.  Watered 
silk  piping  has  also  taken  the  place  of  plain 
black  silk  piping. 

The  Miguon  is  a  pretty  ruffle  for  the  neck. 
Take  two  pieces  of  clear  white  muslin,  simply 
hem  them,  plait  them,  and  arrange  one  as  a 
standing  ruffle,  the  other  to  fall  over  the 
dress,  between  place  velvet  ribbon  which  tie 
in  a  bow  in  front.  Lighter  ribbons  may  be 
used  for  dressier  occasions.  These  may  also 
lie  tied  in  the  back,  IJndersleeves  to  match 
consist  of  a,  deep  puff  and  two  ruffles  like 
those  at  t  he  neck. 

A  necklace  for  party  wear  is  made  of  a 
full  rucking  of  tuUe.  In  the  center  is  placed 
a  slender  vine,  with  here  and  there  a  flower. 
They  are  tied  in  the  back  with  gay  ribbons. 

Mechlin  lace  is  taking  the  place  of  Valen¬ 
ciennes.  It  is  the  old-fashioned  thread  lace, 
which  is  made  in  standing  raffles  for  the 
necks  and  sleeves  of  dresses.  The  Venetian 
fraise  is  a  standing  ruffle  veiy  full  of  Mechlin 
lace,  which  is  placed,  heart-shaped,  about  the 
necks  of  dresses,  and  stands  out  like  those 
seen  in  old  pictures. 

PARASOLS. 

The  fashion  in  parasols  is  so  absurd  that 
we  cannot  predict  a  long  reign  or  advise  any 
one  to  pay  $S  and  $!)  for  them.  The  most 
popular  is  the  Bludgeon.  The  sticks  are 
short,  vei-v  large,  and  just  beneath  where 
the  hand  clasps,  it  terminates  in  a  huge 
rough  knot.  They  are  not  only  not  beauti¬ 
ful,  but,  inconvenient  and  tiresome  ;  others 
have  a  huge  ivory  knob  as  large  almost  as  a 
door  knob.  The  prevailing  colors  are  blue 
and  plum,  though  the  ecru,  with  deep  brown 
edge,  is  still  used.  The  ordinary  pongee  para¬ 
sols  with  fringe  are'  y assee. 

Parasols  for  full  dress  have  lace  covers. 
The  value  and  beauty  depend  entirely  on 
the  lace.  The  paltry  imitations  aud  coarse 
white  Llama  lace  are  fur  more  vulgar  than  a 
blue,  plum  or  brown  umbrella  with  a  neat 
ivory  handle.  These  are  always  in  style  ami 
can  be  bought  for  $5,  Sli  and  $7. 


BLACK  CREPE  HAT. 

On  page  257  we  give  front  and  back  view 
of  a  hat,  the  body  of  which  is  of  black  crepe; 
the  edges  are  covered  with  light  blue  silk ; 
the  inside  with  olive-green  silk  ;  around  the 
body  of  the  bat,  are  two  wide  bands  of  olive- 
green  silk  ;  the  ties  are  of  the  same  material ; 
also  the  broad  scarf  which  falls  over  the 
chignon.  On  the  back  of  the  hat  is  a  bow  or 
rosette  of  light  blue  and.  olive-green  silk  reps. 
The  hat  is  ornamented  with  green  and  light 
blue  feathers  and  a  bouquet  of  different 
colored  roses  in  front. 

FICHU-COLLAR. 

On  page  257  we  give  an  Illustration  of  a 
beautiful  Swiss  muslin  faille  and  lace  Fichu 
collar.  The  collar  is  made  of  mull  and  lilac- 
colored  silk  reps,  alternating  of  equal  width 
and  edged  with  narrow  luce  on  the  inside 
and  wide  lace  outside.  It  is  fastened  by  a 
bow  of  lilac-colored  silk. 

THE  LATEST  TRAVELING  COSTUME. 

On  page  2t>4,  we  give  an  illustration  of  the 
latest  fancy  in  traveling  costumes— one  which 
has  much  to  recommend  it  to  ladies  who  are 
disposed  to  travel  in  a  mountainous  country, 
or  whore  there  arc  no  clean  hotels.  As  will 
be  seen,  the  bustle  consists  of  a  hair  uiattrass, 
with  a  satchel  on  top  to  give  it  the  fashion¬ 
able  elevation.  On  one  side  the  punier,  is  a 
pillow  ;  on  the  other,  a  blanket  or  quilt.  The 
chignon  consists  of  a  powder-bog.  The  Al¬ 
pine  hat  is  to  be  used  as  a  coffee-strainer,  and 
i  the  feathers  are  to  be  used  to  clear  it,  in  ease 
it  becomes  choked  up.  The  lower  part  of  the 
skirt  is  garnished  with  raffles,  which  are 
used  to  hold  combs,  scissors,  curling  irons, 
etc.  We  fancy  it  requires  no  further  descrip¬ 
tion  ! 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 

HI.  Mate  Farmers’  Ass’n. — Officers  for  1873 : 
/’res.  W.  I’.  Ft. .\aa,  Mum,  Madison  Co.  Vicc- 
I’res'ts.  1st  District,  A.  II.  bottom  Dull  on  Sta¬ 
tion.  Cook  (.’m;  2d,  I).  \Y i irtliington,  cur.  Ash¬ 
land  anil  Warren  Ave.,  Chicago,  <  'ook  Co.;  3d, 

N.  S.  Church  ;  It  It,  Thus,  M.  It.  Itlehards,  Wood- 
stock.  McHenry  Co.;  fitli,  I).  W.  Dame,  Lanark, 
Carroll  Cm;  ill  h.  Unfits  Coni.  Bulla.  Bureau  Cm; 
Tib,  II.  It,  ( 'onklln,  Morris,  Grundy  Cmj 8th.  Win. 
Colon,  I’Olittae,  Livingston  Co.;  Hf.li,  I,.  F.  Boss, 
Avon,  Cu Hon  Co.;  Kith,  11.  C.  Lawrence,  Prai¬ 
rie  City,  McDonough  Co.;  Dili.  Uurterworth, 
Quincy,  Adams  Co.;  12th,  Honj.  Dornliliiser,  As¬ 
sumption,  Christian  Co.;  13th,  Joshua  Brown, 
Normal,  McLean  Co.:  Itth,  J.  B.  Porterfield, 
•Sidney.  Champaign  Co.:  If>l h,  James  Wright, 
Assumption.  Shelby  Co.;  Iiith,  M.  M.  I  teuton. 
Cent ,rnlin,  Clinton  Co,;  L Hi,  James  Smith,  Jr., 
Morn,  Madison  On.;- Pth.  T.  A.  E.  Holcomb, 
South  Pass,  Union  Co,;  I'JtJi,  Itichnrd  Richards, 
Ewing.  Franklin  Co.  See.  -S.  M.  Smith,  Kowa- 
uoo,  Henry  Co.  Traw.  Duncan  McKay,  Car- 
roll  Co. 

The  111.  JVfrhcron  or  Norman  llorse  Ass’n 
was  organized  in  Chicago,  Feb,  35.  The  meet¬ 
ings  of  tho  Association  are  to  be  hold  semi-an¬ 
nually,  ono  of  which  Is  to  he  held  id  the  time 
and  place  of  tin*.  Stain  Fair,  w  ImrCstthc  officers 
tiro  to  lie  elected.  The  following  are  tlm  offi¬ 
cers ;  Pres.  13.  Dillon.  Viee-I’res.  —  M.  Prich¬ 
ard.  S'i  c,  M.  W.  liimham.  Tri  as.  Isaiah  Dil¬ 
lon.  Dlreetors.  N.  M.  Hume,  M,  Gundn,  Timo¬ 
thy  Slatterly.  Levi  Dillon  ail'd  M.  W.  Dunham 
were  appointed  to  write  an  address  to  hurse- 
broodors  of  the  West,  on  the  subject  of  Norman 
horses  and  their  Introduction  Into  the  United 
Stales,  and  the  results  of  their  crossing  with 
the  native  stock  of  the  country. 

Western  Penn  Poultry  Sue.  Officers  elect, 
for  18*3:  Crrs. -  Edward  Onp.nn,  Pittsburgh. 
Vlce-I'res’ts.  -lion.  Jarurd  M.  Brush,  Frank  Ar- 
dary,  C.  B.  Eben,  A.  M.  Marshall,  Pittsburgh ; 
Jus.  I  .ook  hart,,  Robert  Henderson,  W  .  A.  Ueed, 
Allegheny  City  ;  S.  If.  Cook,  McDonald  Station. 
Teens. C.  A.  Ntoveus.  Allegheny  City.  ( he.  Sec. 

A.  A.  Miller,  Oakdale.  lice. See.  Kinder  ISIair, 
Pittsburgh.  /■>.  Corn.  Fred  Kennedy,  John 
(iehrlng,  T.  H.  Uamabottoni,  Pittsburgh;  G. 

W.  Evans.  John  Dyer,  John  Morrow,  Allegheny 
City;  David  Meld  rum,  East  Liberty ;  John  Mc¬ 
Donald,  McDonald  Station. 

town  Suite  Ilort.  Sue.— Officers  elect  for  1873: 
Pres.  G.  B.  Brackett,  Denmark.  Fj ce-Pres.— 

W.  C.  Brewster,  Davenport.  See.  J.  L.  Build, 
Shellshiirg.  ’rreas,  -D.  Leonard,  Burlington. 
Directors.  District,  13.  II.  Calkins,  Burling¬ 
ton  ;  2d,  Emily  J.  Ives,  Wapello;  3d,  J.  M. 
Stridiim  Montgomery  Co.:  tfh,  c.  M.  Nichols, 
Davenport ;  5th,  It.  S.  WilwL  Malcolm;  0th, 

C.  L.  W at rous,  Des  Moines;  »th,  11.  Dayton, 
Winneshiek  Co.;  8th.  E.  It.  Heinz,  Norn  Springs  ; 
0th,  postponed  election;  lutli,  It.  \.  Day,  Cal¬ 
houn. 

Selienrelady  Co.,  N.  '  .,  \g.  Hoe.  Officers 
elect  for  1873:  Pres. — (1.(1.  Maxon.  Vice- 1 ’res’ ts. 

— A,  J.  Thompson,  Hon.  Chits.  G.  Ellis,  Richard 
Rosa,  Hum  John  C.  Ellis,  G.  W.  Brower,  Clius. 
H.  Toll,  J.  J.  DflPorest,  John  V an  Antwerp, 
Walter  Bradshaw  and  John  Van  Vulkonburgh. 
Treat.  -  A him  V reunion.  See.  L.  A.  Voting. 
Also  a  Board  of  thirty  Directors.  Fair  at  Sche¬ 
nectady.  Sept.  D  12. 

The  Carroll  Co..  Aid.,  Ag  Hoc.  The  Fifth  An¬ 
nual  Fair  of  our  Society  will  behold  on  the 30th 
of  Sept.,  In!,  2nd  and  3d  of  October  next,  at 
Westminster,  Mil.  The  President,  of  the  United 
States  and  Cabinet,  Gen.  Sherman,  Hon.  Henry 
Wilson,  Vico- President,  and  the  Governor  of 
this  State,  have  accepted  invitations  and  prom¬ 
ised  to  attend. — \Vm.  A.  M<  K  I'.Lr.BP,  Sec. 

Cortland  Co.,  N.  V.,  Ag.  Hoe.  Officers  for 
1873:  Pres.  Stkpukn  L.  Fun  km,  Cortland.  Vicc- 
I'res.  A.  L.  Merrill,  Homer.  See.  ’I'.  Mason 
Luring,  Cortland.  'Irens.  A.  1>.  Blodget,  Cort¬ 
land.  ICx-(!om.  J.  C.  Carmichael,  Henry  Mc- 
KevRt,  Lyman  Hibbard,  Win.  It.  Hibbard,  Ad¬ 
dison  Rowley,  Dwight  Hitchcock,  Nathan  Sal¬ 
isbury,  Thomas  Kennedy,  Jr. 

Seneca  Co,,  IV.  V,,  Ag.  Hoc.  Officers  elect 
for  1873:  Pees.  John  g.  KiNO,  Romulus.  Vice- 
Pres.  James  Wood,  Seneca  Falls.  See.  Win. 
W.  Stacey,  Fayette.  Teens.  John  D,  Coe,  llora- 
ultp;.  lure  (tors.  11.  P.  Hnllock,  Romulus; 
Isaac  L.  Huir,  Waterloo;  Jacob  Meeker,  Lodi; 
M.  II.  Hitter,  Fayette:  Peter  Pontius,  Fayette; 
Milton  Hoag,  Seneca  Falls. 

The  National  Dairy  men's  Club  mid  Board  of 
Trade,  Utica,  N.  V.,  recently  elected  the  fol¬ 
lowing  officers  for  1873:  Pres.  'I'.  D.  Curtis, 
U thm.  See.  K.  J.  Wlcksoii,  Utica.  Teens. — L. 
L.  Wight.  WUUostown.  K.r.  Cam.  E.  G.  Ellis, 
lUlea;  C.  VV.  Smith,  Frankfort;  A,  L.  Blue, 
North  Gage. 

Osn ego  Co.,  \.  Y.,  \g.  Hoc.  Officers  elect 
for  1378:  Peis.  .John  Davis,  Sandy  Creek.  Vicc- 
1‘res.  -Albert  1ft  Smith.  Sec.  Henry  L.  Barton, 
Mexico.  Teens.— L.  H.  Conklin,  Mexico.  Direcl- 
ites. — A zanuii  Wart,  If.  J.  Daggett  and  Remain 
Robertson.  Fair  at  Mexico,  Sept,  pi  is, 

Wright  Co.,  'linn.,  \  g.  Mir.  Officers  for  1873 : 
/hot.  W.m.  Si.rioht.  Vice-Pres.  11.  Ferguson. 
Teens.  .1.  W.  Hanufurd.  See.  Joslah  F.  Lewis. 
Kr.  Com.  Sam.  E.  Adams,  Thus.  McLeod,  W. 
II.  Lord,  C.  II.  Jackson,  James  Abell. 

Gosport,  IihL,  l>l»l.  'g.  Hue.  -Officers  elect 
for  1873;  Pres.  u.  Guay.  Vice- Pres.  -VV.  11. 
Montgomery.  Scc’y.-  .1.  K.  Prills.  Treat— J. 
Wooden.  Supt.  T.  C.  Bailey.  Asst.  Supt  — 
James  Sninit. 

The  New  England  'lilk  Produeers’  N  mh’ii  met 

at  Boston,  and  fixed  the  price  of  milk  for  the 
six  months  jrom  April  1st  ut  10  cents  a  can,  a 
tri tie  less  than  five  cents  a  quart,  delivered  in 
Boston. 

Franklin  Co.,  N.  C,.  Ag.  Hoe.  Officers  elect 
for  1873 :  Pres.  -Oapt.  S.  J.  Davis.  ice- Pies’ ts. 
—V.  M.  Cooke,  Dr.  O.  L.  Kills.  See.  Dr.  W.  C. 
Lankford.  Treat).  Calvin  J.  Pritchard. 

The  Ag.,  'lech,  and  Blood  Stock  Vmm’ii  of 
Texas  holds  Its  Fourth  Annual  Fair  at  Hous¬ 
ton,  commencing  May  13th  anil  continuing  six 
l  days. 

,  The  Conn.  Klule  Poultry  Sor.  is  <>ul  of  debt 
and  in  excellent  comliHiui.  The  next  annual 
-  exhibition  is  to  be  held  at  Hartford,  Nov.  18-21. 

•  The  Indiana  Hhort-llmn  Breeders  Assn  is 
5  to  hold  a  meeting  at  Indianapolis  May  27. 

j  The  National  Agrienlliiral  Congress  meets 
^  in  Indianapolis,  Wednesday,  May  28. 

The  Iowa  Stale  Fair  for  1873  occurs  at  Cedar 
’  Rapids  Sept.  8-12. 

The  Illinois  State  Fuir  for  1873  occurs  at  Peo¬ 
ria,  Sept.  15-20. 


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THE  EVIL  OF  IMPATIENCE. 

The  anxiety  to  obtain  Immediate  results, 
overrides  all  considerations  as  to  future  and 
permanent  profit  with  a  large  class  of  men  in 
every  vocation,  almost.  It  leads  to  Koine  most, 
grievous  mistakes  and  often  to  results  that  are 
fatal  to  any  hope  of  substantial  success.  This 
impatience  to  realize  is  surely  o.linructorisMo  of 
farmers.  This  opening  spring,  with  Its  plans, 
.projects  and  work,  will  reveal  in  each  neighbor¬ 
hood  the  class  of  men  who  arc  laboring  for  an 
income  regardless  of  the  future,  and  another 
class  who  sock  to  derive  Income  without  Im¬ 
pairing  or  trenching  upon  their  capital.  The 
line  which  djfides  these  classes  is  dearly  de¬ 
fined.  Thetr  methods  are  as  distinct,  as  their 
motives  are  (VssluUlar.  One  class  forecasts; 
the  other  does  nut,  One  class  succeeds;  the 
other  has  tin  permanent  success.  One  class 
rolls  about  like  a  stone,  gathering  nothing;  the 
other  gathers  slowly,  but  as  surely  as  the  sea¬ 
sons  come  and  go.  One  class  is  fickle;  the 
other,  stable  and  persistent.  Out'  class  gains 
strength  st.-adily  and  continuously;  the  other 
expends  and  exhausts  all  resources  to  “  make  a 
big  strike."  One  class  walks  st  cadi  l.v  forward; 
the  jther  runs  like  the  wind  for  a  while  and 
falls,  utterly  incapable  of  further  exertion. 
One  class  lakes  no  risks  that  will  imperil  per¬ 
manent  success ;  the  other  risks  permanent 
success  for  immediate  gain. 

While  the  same  distinctive  classes  exist  in  all 
professions,  we  arc  speaking  of  them  as  they 
exist  among  farmers.  This  impatience  devel¬ 
ops  evil  for  those  who  indulge  in  it  in  the  fol¬ 
lowing  forms ; 

1.  It  results  in  a  man’s  taking  risks  which 
agriculture,  as  a  business,  will  not  warrant. 

2.  It  sacrifices  the  fertility  of  farms  and  their 
permanent  value  without  adequate  return,  if 
other  than  immediate  prosperity  is  concerned. 

3.  It  begets  fickleness  of  purpose,  and  is  one 
of  the  causes  which  Inspire  men  to  rush  out  of 
one  branch  of  business  into  another,  such  per¬ 
sons  rarely  succeeding  in  any, 


4.  It  disqualifies  a  man  for  his  business  by 
making  him  restive,  uncertain  as  to  results, 
vacillating  In  his  Judgment,  and  hence  reckless 
in  his  ventures. 

5.  It  is  antagonistic  to  a  stable,  reposeful  and 
enriching  home  life,  deranging  all  Idea  of  per¬ 
manence  in  the  minds  of  the  family,  breaking 
In  pieces  without  scruple  what  haa  been  put 
together,  dissipating  what  has  been  gathered, 
and  destroying  all  cohesion  in  domestic  life. 

In  short,  this  evil  of  impatience  is  one  of  the 
blocks  in  the  way  of  progress  in  agriculture,  as 
well  as  ill  morals  and  social  science, 
- ♦♦♦ - 

PRICES  OF  FARM  LANDS. 


The  March  Report  of  the  Department  of  Agri¬ 
culture  contains  a  table  with  returns  from  a 
proportion  of  counties  in  each  State,  showing 
the  per  cent,  of  Increase  or  decrease  in  the 
value  of  farm  lands  since  I8fl8.  Tills  table  is 
both  Interesting  and  instructive  and  worthy  of 
study  hence  we  copy  It  here  : 

No.  ot  Coun- 


States. 

ties  report- 

Ine'se. 

Dec’sc. 

lug. 

Per  ct. 

Per  ct. 

Maine . 

.  3 

13 

New  1  liuupshtre . 

.  1 

11 

Vermont . 

.  7 

23 

Massachusetts. . 

8 

Connecticut . 

.  2 

13 

New  York.. .  . . 

.  28 

34 

New  Jersey . 

.  8 

28 

Pennsylvania . 

32 

Maryland  . ,  . . 

i7 

Virginia  . 

.  -II 

25 

North  i  '(irollna . 

.  34 

17 

South  Carolina . 

38 

( .curgm  . .  . 

.  38 

15 

Florida . 

.  7 

47 

Alabama...  . 

42 

Mississippi . 

.  25 

44 

Louisiana . 

.  12 

29 

Texas . . 

50 

Arkansas . 

.  13 

20 

Tennessee . 

.  35 

5 

West  Virginia . 

.  18 

20 

Kentucky . 

5 

Ohio. . . . 

.  40 

30 

Michigan . 

00 

Indiana . 

%\ 

Illinois . . 

.  44 

37 

Wisconsin  . 

41 

Minnesota . . 

85 

loWII . 

70 

M  issourl . 

2fi 

Kansas-.  . ,  . 

.  Ill 

175 

Nebraska . 

175 

California . 

1(1 

<  irogon . 

.  5 

45 

Utah  Territory . 

73 

RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Sandwich  Islands  Farming — CHARLES  NORD- 
HOFF  writes  to  the  Tribune  that  the  Islands  are 
worthless  for  common  farming  purposes.  Farm 
produce  can  bo  grown  only  where  it  is  almost 
impossible  to  transport  It  to  market.  Wheat, 
barley  and  oats  are  now  brought  from  Califor¬ 
nia.  AVheat  is  subject  to  attacks  of  the  weevil, 
and  i  here  is  a  blight,  upon  almost  all  other  agri¬ 
cultural  products.  Coffee  trees  have  been  at¬ 
tacked  by  an  Insect ,  and  most  of  the  planta¬ 
tions  are  abandoned  or  devoted  to  sugar  pro¬ 
duction.  Silk  culture  lias  part .y  failed  for  the 
same  reason,  The  orange  grows  and  hears  In 
only  a  few  fa  vored  localities.  There  is  not  much 
grazing  land,  and  grasses  are  not  as  nutritious 
as  those  of  California.  There  is  no  market  fur 
stock.  Cattle  are  shot,  skinned,  boiled  down, 
and  bides  and  tallow  sold.  Sheep  are  only  val¬ 
uable  for  their  wool.  Market  gardening  is  un¬ 
profitable.  There  are  thirty-two  sugar  planta¬ 
tions  on  nil  f  he  Islands,  and  considerable  land 
left  capable  of  producing  large  crops  of  cane. 
Wit  h  few  exceptions,  t  he  cost  of  shipping  sugar 
from  them  is  enormous.  The  sugar  is  sent,  to 
market  in  small  kegs,  which  indicate  stormy 
landing  places  and  difficult  handling.  The 
shooks  for  these  kegs  are  from  Boston,  the 
islands  having  no  useful  timber  and  but.  lit  t  ie 
wood  of  any  kind.  What  there  is,  is  difficult  of 
access,  lie  regards  these  Islands  worthless  to 
the  United  States  except  as  a  naval  station, 

»♦( - 

An  Agricultural  Hotel.  In  London  there  is 
an  Agricultural  Hotel,  owned  and  managed  by 
an  Agricultural  Hotel  Company.  According 
to  a  recent,  showing,  the  receipts  the  past  year 
have  amounted  to  LT8,01fi  8s.  fid.  an  increase  of 
£1,888  12s.  Id.  on  those  of  1871.  The  surplus  of 
net  profits  the  past  year,  were  £1,597  5s.  led., 
which,  with  accumulated  profits,  enables  the 
declaring  of  a  dividend  of  £3.10  per  cent,  free 
of  income  tax  on  the  original  capital.  Tito 
report  states  that  the  business  had  so  Increased 
t  hat  1,(158  visitors  had  been  refused  accommo¬ 
dation  the  past  year,  in  consequence  of  the 
hotel  being  full.  Hero  ts  an  Idea  for  flic  Pa¬ 
trons  of  Husbandry  to  act  upon  In  large  cities. 
The  extortions  of  American  landlords  are  pro¬ 
verbial,  and  the  cost  of  visiting  the  large  cen¬ 
ters  of  trade,  in  consequence  of  hotel  exactions, 
prevents  many  farmers  from  looking  after  their 
business  ns  they  otherwise  might  do,  and  places 
Ihein  in  I  lie  power  of  commission  men.  Why 
cannot,  a  Farmers'  Hotel  Company  and  Ex¬ 
change  be  organized  in  each  of  the  large  cities? 
If  it  was  done  and  conducted  upon  sensible 
principles,  with  the  primary  object  of  supply¬ 
ing  good  accommodations  for  farmers  at  ren- 
sonaLde  prices, it  would,  in  our  judgment,  prove 
a  success  here  as  it  has  in  London. 


Condition  of  Kansas  Farmers.  According  to 
a  Leavenwort  h  Co.  delegate  to  the  Kansas  State 
Farmers’  Convention,  t  hings  are  not  lovely  In 
that  State,  lie  is  reported  as  asserting  that 
“Kansas  farmers  were  an  impecunious  com¬ 
munity.*’  In  his  county  corn  was  selling  at 
twenty  cents,  but  they  hud  a  largo  city  in  their 
midst  which  afforded  a  market.  In  the  more 
remote  parts  of  the  State,  what  remained  of 
the  corn  crop  after  supplying  the  winter’s  fuel 


was  still  standing  on  the  stalk,  and  there  was 
absolutely  no  demand  fur  it.  Agiicultural 
writers  tell  them  to  buy  slock,  as  it  does  not 
pay  to  send  corn  to  market.  They  might  as 
well  tell  a  sick  man  to  get  up  and  walk.  Thou¬ 
sands  of  farmers  in  Kansas  had  not  money  to 
buy  necessaries  for  their  families.  Half  of 
them  could  not  pay  their  taxes.  To  Dickenson 
Co.  he  knew  of  1,100  warrants  being  Issued  in 
1  wo  days  against  defaulting  tax-payers.  Could 
these  men  subscribe  stock  to  build  elevators 
und  employ  agents  to  hold  t  heir  grain  till  the 
market  was  relieved  of  lt.s  depression  ?  We  do 
not  learn,  from  the  report,  that  any  one  present 
answered  the  final  question. 

•  ■  »♦» 

The  President  of  Cornell  University’s  Man¬ 
sion.  The  It  haca  Democrat  thus  describes  the 
President’s  mansion  at  Cornell  University: 
“  Hon.  A.  D.  White  two  years  ago  gave  not  ice, 
at  a  meeting  of  the  Hoard  of  Trustees  of  the 
University,  nf  his  intention  to  donate  $50,000  to 
the  University.  Thirty  thousand  of  this  amount 
was  to  b«  used  in  building  on  the  University 
grounds  a  President’s  bouse,  to  be  occupied 
only  by  the  Presidents  of  the  University,  “lie 
remainder  of  the  donation  was  to  go  to  the 
library.  The  plans  of  Hie  building  were  drawn 
and  immediately  the  work  began.  The  building 
is  now  about  finished  and  it.  is  a  monument.,  not 
only  to  the  donor,  but  til  t-ho  architect  who  de¬ 
signed  it,  and  in  its  completeness,  to  the  care¬ 
ful  workmen  who  constructed  it.  The  building 
is  situated  In  the  rear  of  Hie  University  build¬ 
ings  on  an  eminence  overlooking  town,  lakeand 
valley.  The  architecture  1s  In  pure  English 
style,  with  tittle  departure  from  It.  The  front 
is  toward  the  campus,  and  the  yard  before  the 
dwelling  will  be  beautifully  arranged.  In  front 
a  tower  rises,  the  top  of  which  is  over  Jive  hun¬ 
dred  feet  above  the  level  of  the  lake.  The  spire 
terminates  In  a  couple  of  finals  of  much  beauty." 

- .  —  —  ■ 

The  New  Postal  l,aw — The  Postal  Appro¬ 
priation  bill  approved  March  3,  1873,  contained 
the  following  clause  :  “  Provided,  that  all  laws 
and  parts  of  laws  permitt  ing  the  transmission 
by  mail  of  any  free  matter  whatever  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  repealed  from  and  after  June 
30, 1873.” 

Tbits  abolishes  the  franking  privilege  held  by 
Congress  and  so  many  Government  officers. 
This  abolishes  section  36  of  the  act  of  March  3, 
1803 “But  the  publishers  of  weekly  news¬ 
papers  may  send  to  each  actual  subscriber 
wit  bin  tho  county  where  their  papers  are  printed 
and  published  one  copy  free  of  postage.”  This 
abolishes  section  45  of  the  same  act;-  “All  pub¬ 
lishers  of  periodicals,  magazines  and  news¬ 
papers  which  shall  not  exceed  sixteen  ounces 
in  welghtshall  he  allowed  to  interchange  their 
publications  reciprocally  free  of  postage;  pro¬ 
vided  that  such  interchange  shall  bo  confined 
to  a  single  copy  of  such  publication." 

Tho  laws  remain  unchanged  which  permit 
prepayment  of  postage  on  newspapers  at  the 
office  of  mailing  or  delivery,  at  the  option  of 
the  subscriber,  and  prepayment  by  newsdealers 
“  upon  their  packages  as  received."  No  reduc¬ 
tion  of  postage  has  been  made.  Faunswoutii'h 
bill  passed  the  House  and  failed  in  the  Senate, 

-  HI 

Ilium-  Manufactures  for  Fanner*.  Illustra¬ 
ting  what  we  have  so  frequently  urged — the 
importance  that  all  the  labor  that  can  be  ex¬ 
pended  upon  raw  products  should  be  expended 
at  or  Hear  the  place  of  production,  and  the  profit 
thereof  wit  ness  the  following  from  the  Elgin, 
Ill.,  Gazette,  and  contrast  It  with  the  condition 
of  things  in  other  districts  in  the  same  State 
where  farmers  depend  wholly,  almost,  upon  the 
sale  of  raw  products  for  income  : 

"  Within  a  radius  of  ton  miles  around  Elgin 
there  arc  probably  eight  thousand  cows  that 
are  kept  in  dairies.  These  cows  consume  nearly, 
if  not  quite,  100.000  bushels  of  grain  per  annum. 
Add  t>>  this  the  horses,  voting  cat  lie  and  oilier 
stock  fed:  the  amount  of  ground  required  for 
paslnrngo,  hay,  and  the  natural  waste  land 
(which  always  forms  a  fad  or),  and  it  will  be 
seen  that  the  area  given  cannot  produce  (espe¬ 
cially  if  you  add  the  amount  needed  to  supply 
twelve  thousand  people)  grain  enough  for  do¬ 
mestic  consumption,  nnd  this  section  becomes 
a  consumer  in  extuos*  of  its  production.  The 
great  staples  hero  tire  milk,  butter  and  cheese, 
and  l  lie  annual  shipments  of  those  articles  prove 
that  the  foreign  commerce  nf  Elgin  ts  in  as  heal¬ 
thy  a  condit  ion  as  any  sect  ion  i,r  our  country. 
This  product  brings  its  pay  every  month,  and, 
as  a  consequence,  the  majority  of  these  farm¬ 
ers  are  in  that  pleasant  state  known  as  ‘fore¬ 
handed.'  ” 

-  »»♦  -  ■ 

Unlirorntu  Wheat  to  the  amount  nf  12,000,000 
bushels  had  reached  England  between  July  1, 
1872.  and  Feb.  20.  1873.  March  21,  flour  in  the 
London  Markets  wa;  Id.  lower  than  at  the  cor¬ 
responding  date  in  1872;  and  while  the  stock  of 
wheal  ill.  St.  Petersburg,  Odessa  and  Haiitzic 
was  light  ami  prices  advancing,  the  importa¬ 
tions  from  California  had  kept  prices  down  in 
England.  The  movement  in  prices  Ui  Belgium, 
Holland,  Spain  and  Northern  Italy,  is  steadily 
upward.  Thus.  California  ha.-  been  tho  rc 
source  upon  which  England  has  relied  ;  and 
we  notice  that  California,  wheat,  by  cargo,  is 
quoted  three  to  four  shillings  per  quarter  (of  8 
bushels)  higher  than  any  other  wheat  arriving 
there,  and  full  llvo  shillings  higher  than  English 
wheat. 

- -#♦•- - 

A  Man  in  Ihe  Miocene  Period.  It  is  asserted 
that  the  well-known  English  geologist,  Frank 
Calvkut,  has  discovered,  near  Dardonelles, 
some  remains  which  convince  him  of  the  ex¬ 
istence  of  man  during  the  Miocene  period. 
[Our  readers  will  remember  that  this  term, 
Miocene,  Is  used  to  characterize  the  Middle 


Tertiary  strata.]  Ho  has  met  with  a  fragment 
of  a  bone,  probably  belonging  either  to  the 
Hinothorlurn  or  a  mastodon,  on  the  convex  side 
of  which  is  engraved  a  representation  of  a 
horned  quadruped,  “  with  arched  neck,  lozenge¬ 
shaped  chest,  long  body,  st  raight  fore  legs  and 
broad  feet.”  'There  are,  also,  traces  of  seven  or 
eight  dt  her  figure.-,,  which,  however,  are  nearly 
obliterated.  In  the  same  stratum  he  has  also 
found  a  Hint  flake,  and  several  bones  broken  as 
if  for  tho  extraction  of  marrow.  Ho  has  no 
doubt  as  to  the  ago  of  the  geological  stratum  in 
which  he  found  t  hese  remains. 

- HI - 

A  National  Workingmen’s  University,  ac¬ 
cording  to  Nature,  is  projected  in  England,  to 
bo  founded  with  special  reference  to  instruc¬ 
tion  in  subjects  relating  directly  to  Art  and 
Manufactures  —  one  in  which  complete  and 
thorough  instruction  in  all  those  branches  of 
knowledge  which  are  of  importance  to  our  man¬ 
ufacturing  industry  shall  be  given.  It.  is  pro¬ 
posed  to  build  ample  lecture  rooms,  labora¬ 
tories,  art  museums,  on  the  most  extended 
scale;  to  create  professorships,  and  to  found 
scholarships  by  which  artl/.aiis  may  bo  enabled 
(olive  during  the  years  of  their  studentship. 
This  central  university  is  to  be  connected  with 
other  similar  institutions  scattered  over  the 
country  in  the  foi  l  of  l lie  industrial  pursuits, 
each  carrying  out  In  its  locality  the  satue  func¬ 
tion  which  the  central  one  Is  to  perform,  per¬ 
haps  on  a  somewhat  higher  scale,  for  tho  me¬ 
tropolis  and  the  country  in  general. 

- m - 

National  Agricultural  Congress.  -This  organ¬ 
ization  is  to  meet  at  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  May  24. 
tiy  the  constitution  of  this  body  each  State  and 
Territory  is  ent  it  led  to  two  representatives  for 
every  State  organization  engaged  in  fostering 
agricultural  pursuits.  Tho  United  Ntaton  De¬ 
partment  of  Agriculture,  Agricultural  Schools 
and  Colleges  with  an  endowment  of  not  less 
than  $2(1, INK),  and  Agricultural  and  Horticultural 
Societies  of  not  less  than  fifty  members  con¬ 
tributing  to  the  support  "f  this  Congress,  arc 
entitled  to  one  representative  each.  The  pur¬ 
pose  of  the  organization  is  to  afford  an  oppor¬ 
tunity  annually  for  an  interchange  of  views  and 
opinions  upon  all  subjects  affecting  the  inter¬ 
ests  of  Agriculture  and  its  Kindred  Industries, 
and  to  promote  concert  of  action  among  those 
engaged  in  these  pursuits,  in  all  matters  relat¬ 
ing  to  them  and  of  national  importance. 

- -  — — 

A  Four-llnmlred  Acre  Sugar  Bed  Field  has 

been  seen,  recently,  by  the  editor  of  tho  Pacific 
Rural  Press,  at.  Davisville,  Yolo  Co.,  Cal.  Tho 
beets  wore  in  rows,  about  fifteen  to  eighteen 
inches  apart,  and  wore  up  four  or  five  Inches. 
Twenty-live  Chinamen,  with  hoes,  were  "sweep¬ 
ing  in  broad  platoon  to  and  fro  across  the  field, 
extirpating  the  few  small  needs  that  had  made 
their  appearance  since  plant  ing."  These  beets 
belong  to  the  Sacramento  Valley  Beet  Sugar 
Co.,  which  has  1,000  acres  of  them  under  culti¬ 
vation. 

-  ■  -  ♦»» 

Postage  on  Transient  Pnpers.  It  ought  to  be 
known  by  those  who  mail  papers  to  friends 
that,  if  a  paper  weighs  more  than  two  ounces— 
as  most  papers  do — It  requires  more  than  one 
cent  to  pay  the  postage;  atul  that  if  enough 
slump*  are  not  put  on,  the  papers  are  never  for¬ 
warded,  Papers  weighing  less  than  two  ounces 
require  a  one-ccnt  stamp  ;  over  two  ounces  and 
less  than  four,  a  two-cent  stamp.  If  you  want 
the  paper  to  reach  Its  destination,  be  sure  to 
pay  full  postage. 

• - M« 

Sugar  Plantations  in  Louisiana  are  selling 
cheap,  according  to  a  Louisiana  correspondent, 
who  says :  "  The  Met  !  l ll  place  on  Bayou  Techo, 
La.,— 1,400  acres,  house,  quarters,  anil  sugar, 
house,  machinery,  Ac., —  sold  last  week  for 
$8,500!  Looks  lively  for  Louisiana.  The  Falconer 
Aimee  place  sold  for  $50,000,  The  machinery 
alone  cost  twice  tho  money  before  the  war." 
- »» 

Importing  Horses  from  Cuunda.  A  corre¬ 
spondent  asks  whether  there  is  a  duty  on  horses 
imported  from  Canada  for  work.  Yes;  we  be¬ 
lieve  the  duty  is  20  per  cent,  ml  valorem  ;  on  stock 
intended  for  breeding,  our  recollection  is  that 
1  here  is  no  duty. 

— - 

RURAL  BREVITIES. 


Wk  have  several  inquiries  for  spring  rye  for 
seed.  Let  those  who  have  it  advertise. 

8.  S.  Hammond  is  informed  that  we  do  not 
know  who  has  Spring  rye  to  sell  for  seed,  but 
he  can  probably  obtain  it  of  any  seedsman. 

TOM  A.  asks  who  manufactures  a  good  subsoil 
plow,  ora  plow  with  a  subsoil  attachment.  Ad¬ 
dress  any  of  our  advert  isers  of  farm  implements. 

.1.0.  P.  asks  II.  S,  Goodalk  to  give  his  ad¬ 
dress,  as  he  is  anxious  to  purchase  a  small  quan¬ 
tity  of  Silver-Hull  buckwheat.  This  must  be 
given  in  our  advertising  columns. 

Tm;  Nebraska  Tree-Planting  Company  lias 
purchased  2,fi(KI  acres  of  land  in  Adams  Co., 
Nebraska,  upon  which  evergreens,  fruit,  and 
ornamental  trees  will  be  planted, 

E.  K.  WHITE  is  informed  that  the  Report  of 
the  Department  Of  Agriculture  for  1872  is  now 
in  press.  Congress  has  provided  tor  the  distri¬ 
bution  of  but  1,21X1  copies  by  the  Senate.  The 
Department  of  Agriculture  will  have  none  to 
distribute.  Write  to  one  of  the  CVS.  Senators 
from  your  State  for  a  copy ;  it  is  your  only  hope 
of  getting  one. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES, 


Eureka  Machine  Twist  is  reliable  In  every  re¬ 
spect,  length,  strength  and  quality  guaranteed,  Call 
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(Educational. 


WHAT  SHALL  WE  READ. 

IT  aving  Leon  all  my  life  a  devoted  lover  of 
books,  I  am  moved  to  offer  a  few  suggestions 
which  may  possibly  tie  of  service  to  some  who 
have  had  loss  experience  among  the  shoals  and 
quicksands  which  abound  in  the  groat  sea  of 
literature. 

So  long  as  the  conditions  of  no  two  lives 
are  exactly  similar,  it  will  be  as  Impossible 
to  mark  out  a  course  of  reading  that  shall 
meet  the  wants  or  every  m bid,  as  to  pre¬ 
scribe  a  diet,  adapted  to  every  constitution. 

The  books  that  one  person  will  read  with 
interest  and  profit,  to  another  may  seem 
dry  and  tedious;  while  those  which  do  us 
good  at  one  period  of  our  lives,  will  often, 
in  later  years,  excite  our  surprise  that  wo 
should  ever  have  cared  for  them.  It  Is  also 
true  that  beddon  changes  in  literature  as  in  , 
everyt  hing  else ;  many  of  t  he  books  which  hi 
were  t  he  delight,  of  generations  past,  nre 
now  Beared y  read.  Vet,  every  ago  gives  " 
birth  to  a  few  rare  books  “  that  are  not  horn 
to  die,”  being  imbued  with  that  marvelous 
genius  which  Is  always  young  and  fresh. 

*'  In  these  days  of  book  deluge,”  it  be¬ 
comes  no  t  rilling  matter  to  select  from  the 
huge  mass  such  as  are  worthy  of  perusal. 

It  scorns  almost  like  searching  for  a  few 
grains  of  wheat  hidden  In  a  mountain  of 
chaff,  to  look  for  anything  worth  reading 
among  the  plies  of  sensation  novels  which 
load  t  lie  shelve*  of  every  book  store  in  the 
land.  Those  who  have  already  acquired  a 
correct  taste  arc  In  little  danger  of  becom¬ 
ing  lost  In  those  ’‘sail  swamps  of  litera¬ 
ture;"  bul  to  the  young  It  la  especially  im¬ 
portant  that  some  guiding  hand  shall  point 
out  the  “  ways  that  are  dark,”  and  lead  In 
paths  that  arc  not  only  safe,  hut  pleasant 
as  well. 

It  is  very  much  the  fashion  with  those  a 
who  undertake  to  give  advice  upon  Ibis 
subject,  to  prescribe  largo  iluscs  of  history 
as  the  reading  best  adapted  to  furnish  food 
and  strength  to  the  youthful  mind;  and 
herein  1  think  they  greatly  mistake.  Many  a 
young  person,  earnestly  bent  upon  Improve¬ 
ment,  has  become  sadly  discouraged  by  at¬ 
tempting  to  wade  through  a  ponderous  book 
of  history,  which  some  friend  had  kindly  rec¬ 
ommended  as  “  good  reading,"  forgetting  that 
the  most  extended  historical  works  require  ma¬ 
turity  of  mind  and  much  Intellectual  culture 
to  be  thoroughly  enjoyed.  By  a  judicious  se¬ 
lection  of  a  few  lively,  entertaining  books  of 
this  class,  a  taste  may  be  created  which  will 
grow  and  strengthen  with  years,  and  prove  a 
source  of  the  keenest,  enjoyment.  In  this  de¬ 
part  merit  1  know  of  few  hooks  more  fascinat¬ 
ing  than  Sir  Wa i.tkh  Scott's  “  Tale  of  a  Grand- 
fathor."  Jacob  AuBOrr'a  aeries  of  small  his¬ 
tories— or  “  historical  biographies”  they  may  be 
termed— are  admirable,  as  giving  vivid  pictures 
of  many  of  the  most  prominent .actors  in  the 
world's  drama.  I’t.trr a uen’s  “  Lives"  is  a  book 
that  I  very  well  remember  reading  with  great 
interest  many  years  ago.  Irving's  “  Life  of 
Washington"  is  the  heat  history  ever  written 
of  “the  time  that  tried  men's  souls."  ll'Avr- 
bigne’s  “  History  of  the  Reformation"  reads  so 
like  a  romance,  that  I  think  very  few  of  even 
the  most  confirmed  novel  readers  would  pro¬ 
nounce  It  dull.  Strickland’s  “Queen 

of  England"  can  hardly  fall  to  Interest  any  one. 
“A  Child's  History  of  England,"  by  Charles 
Dickens,  need  not  lie  regarded  as  too  juvenile 
for  mature  minds.  Indeed,  many  of  the  best 
histories  are  I  hose  written  for  children.  Haw¬ 
thorne's  “  Wonder  Book  for  Boys  and  Girls” 
gives  a  very  good  insight  into  ancient  mythol¬ 
ogy,  of  which  it  is  well  for  all  to  know  some¬ 
thing  because  of  the  constant  allusion  made  to 
it  in  our  literature. 

Of  historical  novels  generally,  I  have  a  very 
poor  opinion.  When  the  best  literary  caterers 
aro  engaged  in  making  genuine  history  pala¬ 
table,  it  seem  .  hardly  worth  while  to  take  up 
with  food  that  is  neither  llah,  flesh,  nor  fowl. 
Those  of  Sir  Walter  Scott,  of  course,  every 
one  must  read  and  enjoy.  T  would  also  men¬ 
tion  the  “ Schonbcrg Cotta  family" and  “Kitty 
Trovylyan  ”  as  well  worth  reading. 

In  the  line  of  biography  and  autobiography, 
there  are  so  many  "good”  and  harmless  hooks, 
and  so  few  which  arc  in  anyway  remarkable, 
that  it  is  by  no  means  easy  to  make  a  selection. 
One  of  the  bent  among  t  he  more  recent  works 
of  this  kind  is  "The  Life  and  Letters  of  Mary 
Russell  Mltford."  It  makes  us  acquainted  with 
a  gifted  and  lovable  woman,  whose  life,  while 
giving  joy  to  others,  was  full  of  toil  and  weari¬ 
ness.  As  a  beautiful  illustration  of  (Ilia!  love— 
a  love  which  suffered  long  1  especially  com¬ 
mend  it  to  all  Ihe  "Troubled  Marthas"  who 
read  the  Rural  New-Yorker.  “My  Schools 
and  Schoolmasters,  or  tho  Story  of  My  Educa¬ 
tion,"  by  Hugh  Millku,  is  a  history  of  the 
struggles  which  one  of  Nature's  noblemen  pass¬ 
ed  through  in  working  his  way  from  the  ob¬ 
scure  position  of  a  Scotoli  stone  mason  to  a 
high  place  in  the  world  of  science  and  letters  ; 
It  is  a  book  which  should  lie  In  every  family. 
“The  Life  of  (joiirgr:  Stephenson,"  another  self- 
made  man,  will  interest  the  boys -and  the  girls 
too,  I  hope.  Vakton's  biographies  are  enter¬ 
taining,  although  he  is  sometimes  accused  of 
whitewashing  his  victims,  which  may,  perhaps, 


be  excusable,  when  wo  consider  how  badly  some 
of  them  need  it. 

Olmsted’s  “  Walks  and  Talks  of  an  American 
Farmer  in  England,"  Baker'S  “  Albert.  Nyan- 
za,”  and  “The Nile  Tributaries  of  Abyssinia,” 
and  “Kidder  and  Fletcher's  Travels  in  Brazil,’’ 
may  be  mentioned  as  among  t  he  host  books  of 
travel. 

The  recent  visit,  to  this  country  of  that  large- 
hearted  Englishman, Thomas  Hughes,  will  add 
now  interest  to  those  delightful  books,  “Tom 
Brown's  School  Days  at  Rugby,”  and  “Tom 


jar  is  almost  empty.  JOHN,  we’ll  have  to  liavo 
that  heifer  and  one  of  the  hogs  killed  to-mor-  . 
row." 

“  Well,  well,  wife,  l  suppose  It  can  ho  done." 

Monday  night,  the  following  week,  the 
teacher  catno  homo  with  the  children,  tired 
and  hungry,  and  secretly  hoping  that  slipper  is  > 
ready.  But,  no !  alio  Is  Informed  that  “  the  men 
folks  won’t  come  In  to  supper  until  dark." 
After  lamplight;,  when  the  men  have  come  in 
from  the  barn,  and  washed,  (perhaps,)  she  is  in¬ 
vited  to  the  supper  table.  And  such  a  supper ! 


Jlitimtp  USoiild. 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 

The  History  of  Napoleon  III.  Rv  John  8.  0. 
Abbott.  Boston;  B.  II.  Kussull.  1873. 

A  magnificent  work,  upon  which  I  lie  ant  hor 
has  spent  four  years  of  hard  labor,  lie  makes 
no  statements  which  cannot  be  authenticated. 
The  scones  ho  deals  with  arc  the  most  mo¬ 
mentous  nf  a  secular  not  lire  which  can  em¬ 
ploy  the  pen  of  a  historian.  This  Is  doubt¬ 
less  the  best  work  of  the  kind  which  lias 
been  published.  II.  deals  wit  h  the  life  of 
the  Emperor  from  his  birth  to  Ids  death, 
giving  an  account  of  ids  great  deeds  and 
words.  It,  is  needless  to  add  that,  nothing 
can  ho  more  interesting  t  han  air.  Abbott’s 
style.  Tho  book  Is  sold  only  by  subscrip¬ 
tion,  but.  it  will  lie  sought  for  by  all  who  are 
interested  in  tin;  subject.  Tho  volume  eon- 
l  tains  730  pages  and  II  lino  steel  engravings. 

J  It  is  tho  great  Imok  of  the  season,  and  will 

make  an  elegant  addition  to  any  library. 

The  Chromotype. 

This  is  an  American  memorial  journal  of 
present  and  past  events,  published  by  the 
American  College  of  Heraldry,  No.  li  Uni¬ 
versity  place,  Now  Vork.  Tho  February 
number  is  a  tasteful  production,  embracing 
a  wido  range  or  subjects.  The  articles  on 
tiie  Dalgron  and  Lyon  families  arc  of  much 
interest.  Fine  steel  portraits  of  lion.  Mar¬ 
shall  P.  Wilder  of  Boston,  and  of  AmoS 
Maynard  Lyon,  Esq.,  are  given.  The  let¬ 
terpress  Is  very  tine.  An  arliulo  on  tho 
Washington  Genealogy  is  promised  for  tho 
next  Issue,  full  of  interesting  fjicts.  The 
public  should  give  this  work  a.  generous 
/  patronage. 


BLACK  CREPE  HAT -FRONT 


Brown  at  Oxford,"  In  which  he  has  given  us 
such  lively  pictures  of  two  prominent  institu¬ 
tions  of  “  Merrle  England." 

“My  Farm  of  Kdgowood,"  by  Donald  O. 
Mitchell,  will  And  favor  with  all  who  are  In¬ 
terested  In  rural  matters.  Few  writers  have 
succeeded  bo  admirably  in  blending  the  poetry 
and  common-sense  of  country  life.  “Rural 
Studies,”  by  llio  same  author,  la  also  pleasant 
reading.  There  are  no  better  books  for  tho 
young  whose  homes  are  in  the  country — or,  in¬ 
deed,  for  the  young  any  where  —  than  those 
which  load  them  to  see  and  enjoy  tho  manifold 
beauties  of  earth  and  sky.  We  shall  hear  little 
complaint  of  tbo  monotony  and  dullness  of 
country  life  from  those  who  have  learned  to 
behold  t  he  glories  new  every  morning  and  fresh 
every  evening,  which  arc  constantly  being  serv¬ 
ed  Up  for  our  nanotit.  No  mm  has  writ  ten  more 
lovingly  and  beautifully  of  Nature  than  John 
Kush  i  n  ;  but  his  works  are  too  voluminous  for 
tl.ie  general  reader,  and  are  full  of  art  talk  whlph 
will  interest  few.  A  volume  of  selections  enti¬ 
tled  “Beauties  of  Buskin,”  contain  many  of 
the  most  beautiful  passages. 

But,  Mr.  Editor,  I  did  not  sot.  out  to  make  a 
book  catalogue,  and  perhaps  my  ll»t  is  already 
long  enough,  although  I  have  not  mentioned  a 
tithe  of  Urn  books  that  I  wish  every  one  might 


AND  BACK  VIEW.  (See  page  255.) 

s  )  Meat,  potatoes,  (which  would  have  answered  at 
an  earlier  hour,  as  the  teacher  has  had  nothing 


an  earlier  hour,  as  the  teacher  has  hail  nothing 
but  a  cold  lunch  since  morning,)  sausage,  mince 
pic,  pickles  and  preserves,  (two  or  three  kinds 
of  each,)  cookies,  Jolly  cake,  warm  biscuit,  ami 
butter.  Vague  thoughts  of  Physiology  and  Hy¬ 
giene,  Drs.  Hall  and  Dio  Lewis,  float  through 
i  ho  brain  of  tho  weary  and  hall-famished  teach¬ 
er,  but  are  driven  aw;iy  by  the  sight  and  smell 
of  these  really  delicious  viands,  which  she  is 
urged  to  partake  of.  After  supper  she  la  enter¬ 
tained,  usually,  by  the  former  himself-  who  is 
glarl  to  talk  with  a  woman  who  has  lime  to 
think.  He  secretly  wonders  why  his  wife  ran  t, 
converse  as  well  as  tills  girl.  Converse  t  How 
can  she,  with  all  the  clothes  to  make,  hem¬ 
stitch,  ruffle,  tuck,  braid  and  embroider  for  six 
children,  including  the  toddling  two-year-old, 
who  must  have  three  times  as  many  dresses  as 
tm  can  ever  wear  out.  How  can  she lie  expected 
to  have  an  idea  on  any  of  the  great  questions of 
the  day  ? 

When  bed  time  arrives,  the  "  farmerine 
leads  the  way  through  the  cold,  gloomy  parlor, 
tu  tho  still  more  cheerless  parlor  bedroom,  sit¬ 
uated  in  tho  northeast,  corner  of  the  house, 
where  It  never  feels  the  sunshine.  The  bed, 
evidently,  is  designed  to  show  off  ajl  tho  nice 
patchwork  tho  house  contains;  it  is  covered 
with  four  or  live  nicely-pieced  and  dosoly-qullt- 
od  quills,  which  are  so  heavy  it  is  almost  im¬ 
possible  to  turn  under  them,  and  they  are  with¬ 
out  tho  warmth  of  one  good  “  comfortable.’ 


MUSLIN  FAILLE  AND  LACE  FICHU  -  COLLAR. -(See  page  255.) 


read  and  enjoy.  I  will  close  with  the  hope  t  hat 
every  young  Uurnlist.  may  cultivate  a  taste  for 
all  that  is  best  and  purest  in  literature,  and 
thus  become  the  possessor  of  an  unfailing 
source  of  pleasure.  Frank  Effingham. 
- - 

“THE  TEACHER  IS  COMING.” 

“  Ma,  tho  teacher  wants  to  board  here,  next 
week.” 

“Dear  me!  How  can  I  have  her?  The  lard 


The  teacher  lies  and  shivers  until  she  goes  to 
sleep  ;  rises  in  the  morning  with  a  dull  pain  in 
hor  head  ;  goes  to  tho  early  breakfast  and  drinks 
two  or  three  cups  of  strong  tea  or  coffee,  to 
st  imulate  hor  for  the  duties  of  the  day,  which 
she  knows  aim  must  spend  In  a  poorly-vent  il¬ 
ated  schoolroom,  warmed  by  one  of  those  high 
coal  stoves,  by  which  you  never  can  warm  your 
feet,  and  which  throw  their  sickish  heat  at 
your  head.  What  wonder  that  the  teacher, 
after  a  few  terms,  is  a  vyorn-out  machine  ! 

A.  s.  o. 


tin  nil  ivy  Hull'-  1 1  niira  with  tho  Groat 
Preachers.  By  M.  Latri  1 

dolphin:  Porter  X  Coates. 

A  large,  handsomely-bound  volume) nfftlff 
pages.  It.  contains  sermons,  select  oil  from 
x  the  mast  or  divines  of  i  Jhrlstondom.  All  de¬ 
nominations,  ages  and  countries  are  repre¬ 
sented.  Asa  volume  of  excellent  Christian 
literature,  we  know  nothing  hotter.  The  book  is 
Illustrated  with  steel  portraits  of  D’Auihone, 
Bishop  McIi.v.une,  Jon  at  ii  an  Edwa  i;  os,  John 
Knox  exhorting  Mary  Stuart,  Luther,  and 
Henry  Ward  Beecher.  The  book  has  an  in¬ 
dex  of  subjects  whioh  Is  of  much  value.  This 
fine  work  is  sold  only  by  subscription,  Mr.  Pil- 
kinuton  Jackson  of  room  12,  No.  Pit  Nassau 
street,  being  tho  general  agent  In  N.  V.  City. 
Some  recent  exposures  of  bogus  book  agents 
have  been  made,  but  we  know  Mr.  Jackson  to 
be  a  man  with  whom  any  one  cun  deal  honestly. 
Tills  hook  would  make  a  valuable  addition  to 
any  family  library. 

Wilson’s  Reflector, 

This  is  tho  title  of  a  now  eight-paged  month¬ 
ly,  published  at  Cleveland,  ().,  by  the  Wilson 
Sewing  Machine  Co.;  fl  a  year.  Besides  being 
largely  devoted  to  the  Interests  of  sewing  ma¬ 
chines— tho  famous  Wilson  machine  in  particu¬ 
lar — It  lias  a  well-conducted  literary  depart¬ 
ment,  undortho  editorship  of  Mr.  ,1.  Lawrence. 
Tim  Reflector  Is  handsomely  illustrated,  is  de¬ 
voted  to  tho  manufacturing  interests  of  the 
country,  ami  offers  a  handsome  chroma  to 
every  subscriber. 

The  llaiijolat,  JJy  Frank  ».  Converse.  New 
York:  Wm.  A.  Pond  A  Co.,  5-17  Broadway. 

It  is  fashionable  to  sneer  at  the  banjo,  but 
Thalbbug— that  king  among  pianists — conde¬ 
scended  to  take  lessons  upon  It  when  in  this 
city.  The  capabilities  of  tho  instrument  are  so 
limited,  however,  Unit  we  judge  few  who  aro 
competent  for  hotter  things  will  use  it.  The 
work  will  be  Instructive  to  a  banjo  player,  and 
it  contains  a  good  selection  of  music  adapted 
'  for  the  instrument. 

Small-Pox.  Uy  Dr.  CARL  Booth.  Boston  :  Alex¬ 
ander  Moore. 

A  NEAT’  lit  t  le  volume,  very  valuablo  while  tho 
disease  of  which  it  treats  is  so  prevalent,  writ¬ 
ten  in  a  plain,  sensible  maimer,  easily  to  lie 
comprehended  by  the  unscientific.  1 1  gives  the 
predisposing  conditions  of  this  awful  disease 
and  their  prentivoa,  with  a  scientific  exposition. 
Every  man  and  woman  should  have  a  copy. 

Social  Economy. —By  J.  E.  Thohalu  Rogers. 
Now  York:  G.  1*.  Putnam  it  Hons. 

A  work  which  treats  in  a  clear  and  compre¬ 
hensive  manner  of  these  subjects  all  American 
citizens  should  become  familiar  with.  Such 
questions  us  Workmen,  Improvement,  Employ¬ 
ments,  Wages,  Unpaid  Work,  Money,  Parent 
and  Child,  Education,  Taxes,  Charities,  Crime, 
etc.,  are  happily  discussed. 

The  Sure  Teacher «  or,  Child's  First  Course 
for  the  Piano.— By  Wm.  Ives.  New  York: 
Wm.  A.  Pond  X  Co.,  M7  Broadway. 

A  very  useful  help  to  “  little  fingers  "—there 
being  large  diagrams  and  careful  lingering  of 
the  exorcises,  which  arc  numerous  and  well 
selected.  dVo  commend  this  book  to  those 
who  have  children  to  teach— we  think  it  a  vory 
good  one. 

Wyman’s  Piano  Text-Book.  By  ADDISON  P. 
Wyman.  New  York:  Wm.  A.  Pond  &  Co. 

A  neat  little  hook,  designed  for  beginners  in 
piano  playing,  made  up  of  questions  and  an¬ 
swers  and  figured  scales.  Wc  should  judge  it  to 
be  effective  for  its  purpose, 


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ABB3L  -19 


IN  THE  STREET. 

BY  FULLER-WALKER. 

Ten  thousand  feet,  slow,  glad  and  fleet, 

Thick  thronging  through  the  crowded  street 
Like  tide-wave*  small,  with  rise  untl  fall, 

A  human  *on  by  marble  wall. 

IUcli,  wrought  with  euro,  grand,  proud  and  fair 
A  hundred  dome*  lift  high  lu  air; 

While  wonil’rous  gleam*  of  morning  bourns, 
Transform  them  all  to  poet’s  dreams. 

A  misty  hare  which  ends  In  mn*e, 

Blots  out  the  view  from  human  guxc, 

Till  sky  and  street  In  cloud-land  meet, 

A  seeming  path  for  earth-worn  feet. 

The  man  of  care,  with  snowy  hair, 

Goes  trembling  through  the  thoroughfare, 

His  thoughts  Intent,  with  body  bent, 

On  better  things  than  ten  per  cent. 

With  senses  dim,  lie  hours  no  din 
Of  strife  of  trade  or  worldly  sin ; 

With  Inward  eye  he  can  espy 
The  streots  of  gold  beyond  the  sky. 

A  woman  sad,  with  reason  mad, 

Her  garments  old,  and  thinly  clad, 

Walks  down  the  street  with  leaden  feet, 

As  one  who  looks  her  grave  to  meet.. 

For  her  the  shines  have  turned  to  groans, 

And  every  nag  Is  lllled  with  moans, 

Kadi  wheel  that  rolls  drags  human  souls 
From  earthly  life  to  hungry  ghouls  I 

Thus  flows  the  tide  of  human  pride 
Through  channels  long  and  gay  and  wide, 
While  Time's  fnlr  hands  with  golden  sands 
Hweet  pathways  strew  on  silent  strands. 

The  brook  may  run  through  shade  and  sun, 

A  silver  tliruud  by  Hprlng-thne  spun  ; 

In  meadow  fro©,  beneath  the  tree, 

'Tls  ever  moving  towards  the  sea. 

In  vain  shall  man,  hts  little  span 
Of  lifetime  longer  hope  to  scan, 

He  foolshls  needs  and  plucks  at  weeds, 
or  puts  hts  faith  In  human  creeds. 

There  is  a  s  ia,  from  tempest  free, 

The  Ocean  of  Kternlty  : 

Beneath  Its  waves,  within  Its  caves, 

Mankind  drops  down  to  dreamless  graves. 

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KATHIE’S  FLITTIN', 

BY  SUSAN  B.  MUIUIAY. 

It  was  of  a  different  sort  from  the  one  LAH>- 
iiAW  has  immortalized  in  the  beautiful  ballad 
t  hat  boars  this  name,  with  lit  t  ie  of  t  he  romance, 
but,  it  may  be,  with  very  much  more  fun  for 
did  not  “the  tano  ”  happen  In  bonny  Boot  I  and, 
and  “the  totlier”  in  the  very  matter-of-fact 
precincts  of  a  Now  York  country  boarding 
school. 

I.atc,  one  summer  afternoon,  1  came  from  a 
lecture  ou  chemistry,  in  “  No.  3"  of  the  great 
hall,  and  sauntered  up  to  my  own  room,  “No. 
ti,“  in  the  house.  My  room-mate  and  bosom 
friend,  K AT1UK  HowiTT.was  always  ready  to 
meet  me  at  my  door  when  I  entered,  and  go 
with  me  where  1  would.  But  on  the  night,  of 
which  I  speak  she  was  absent  for  t  he  first  time. 
Of  course  I  could  not  think  of  going  out  with¬ 
out  her.  Ho  I  sat  down  before  the  study  table, 
and  by  the  open  window,  and  looked  out.  The 
village  eliureh  stood  on  the  common  just  before 
me,  its  tall  spire  shining  in  the  crimson  light. 
Beyond  It.  lay  the  mountains,  at  whoso  dark 
tops  1  loved  to  gaze  so  well,  because  upon  their 
other  side  lay  the  place  I  called  my  home.  I 
leaned  my  head  upon  my  hand  and  mused.  1 
thought  of  the  white  house  under  the  elms, 
and  wlmt  t  hey  were  doing  there  :  -h<»w  my  guar¬ 
dian  read  l  lie  paper  by  the  window,  grumbling 
now  and  then  because  It,  was  growing  dark  : 
—how  my  aunt,  and  Lizzie  walked  In  the  gar¬ 
den,  admiring  their  l<\ir  Vkrw  roses,  which 
had  just  been  brought  from  Franco,  and  bloom-  ' 
ed  kindly  enough  In  republican  soil,  remember¬ 
ing  Lafayette,  1  suppose:— how  May  sat  by 
the  little  fountain,  near  Hie  tulip  hod,  and  read 
of  “Christiibol”  or  “  Kuhla  Khan,"  and  thought 
perhaps  of  me  liow  Allik  sang.  In  tho  little 
parlor,  that  song, 

“  I  love  the  night,  the  glorious  night, 

When  hearts  beat  warm  and  true,” 

to  which  I  used  to  listen,  in  the  moonlight, 
under  the  syrlnga  hush  aud  t  he  pine  tree  out¬ 
side,  and  fancy  myself  in  Italy :  how  Blanche 
chatted  with  two  or  three  young  medical  stu¬ 
dent.!',  and  lit  tie  Will  stood  near  the  piano,  in 
love  with  his  brilliant  mother  and  her  mag¬ 
nificent  voice :  In  short,  as  I  contrasted  all  f  his 
life  and  sound  with  the  stillness  of  my  own 
chamber,  I  began  to  grow  depseratoly  home- 
sick.  1  used  to  wTrite.  In  those  days,  what  I 
called  “poetry,"  and  drawing  a  sheet  of  paper 
and  a  pencil  near  me,  I  began  to  compose  some¬ 
thing  exceedingly  doleful,  when  the  door  flew 
open  with  a  great,  hang,  and  Kathie  ran  in  and 
shut,  it  behind  her.  After  that,  there  was  no 
writing,  as  a  matter  of  course.  I  got  up  and 
tried  to  look  very  severe. 

“  Faithless  young  woman,  where  have  you 
been?  We  have  lost  our  walk,  anil  I  have 
nearly  lost,  my  wits,  thinking  you  had  come  to 
grief  somewhere.  I  was  just  going  to  write  an 
elegy." 

“Thank  you,  my  dear.  Supposing  you  try 
your  hand  at  an  epithalamium.” 

“  What  do  you  mean  ?" 


“  Nothing.  How  did  the  chemistry'  go  off  to¬ 
night?” 

“Just  as  usual,”  I  said,  yawning  at  tho  bare 
recollection.  “It  is  getting  to  be  a  terrible 
bore,  and  1  wish  with  all  my  heart  that  the  old 
fellow  would  grow  deaf  and  dumb  by  degrees." 

Hiie  laughed,  hut  as  if  she  hardly  heard  what 
1  was  saying,  and  leaned  her  head  upon  her 
hand.  She  had  a  pretty,  round  Lace,  dark  hair, 
and  very  dark  eyes ;  but  that  night  she  looked 
as  grave  as  a  judge,  and  wc  sat  a  long  time 
without  speaking.  The  moon  rose,  finely  in  tho 
east,  and  I  was  watching  with  deep  interest 
the  way  in  which  she  silvered  over  the  edges 
of  the  passing  clouds,  and  presently  looked  up 
over  them,  fair  and  full,  when  somebody  w  his¬ 
tled  faintly  under  our  window.  It  was  like  the 
note  of  a  robin,  three  times  repeated,  at.  short 
intervals.  I  was  going  to  loan  out  to  nee  what 
it  could  lie,  when  K  A  rm  I',  sprang  up,  pulled  me 
hack,  and,  waving  her  handkerchief,  sat  down 
on  the  arm  of  my  chair  and  held  me  fast. 

“  Are  you  mad  ?"  was  uiy  first,  question. 

“Yes— no — 1  suppose  you  will  say  so,”  was 
her  not  very  coherent  reply.  “  Tho  fact  is,  I 
want  to  toll  you  something.” 

“  what  prevents  you  ?” 

“  Because  I  am  going  to  ask  you  to  do  some¬ 
thing  for  me,  too,  and  I  am  afraid— All  1  you 
will,  1  know  you  will.” 

“Well,  bo  quiet,"— for  she  was  loading  me 
with  caresses,  and  1  did  not  care  much  for 
them, — “  and  tell  me  what  it  is." 

“  You  miserable  creature  !  The  long  and  tho 
short  of  llie  matter  is  lam  going  to  elope  to¬ 
night." 

“  You — are— going— to — What?”  I  said  in  slow 
astonishment,  turning  round  and  looking  her 
full  In  t  he  face,  thinking  I  had  not  hoard  aright. 

“To  elope.  And  I  want  you  to  help  me." 

There  she  sat,  tapping  her  foot  upon  the  car¬ 
pet,  and  looking  as  unconcerned  as  if  she  had 
proposed  a  walk  to  the  next  confectioner’s  shop. 
I  was  fairly  puzzled,  hut  1  did  not  much  fancy 
iier  to  be  In  earnest. 

“  And  pray  whore  are  you  going  to  elope— and 
what  for  and  who  with  ?” 

“To  Buffalo — because  I  want  to  get  married 
—and  with  Hubert  Stevknh,"  was  the  quiet 
answer,  equal  in  brevity  t«  tho  famous  one  of 
“up  to  the  knee  and  ninepenee,”  which  won 
for  some  market  girl  in  Pennsylvania  tho  dis¬ 
tinction  of  a  Judge’s  lady.  The  truth  was  out, 
very  plainly,  ton. 

Katiuk’s  father,  Deacon  8  has  Howrrr.was 
a  stern,  obstinate  old  fellow,  who,  if  he  had 
been  Auc  immkhes,  would,  I  am  sure,  have  used 
liis  lever  for  making  the  world,  and  its  people, 
turn  hi*  way.  She  was  his  only  daughter,  and 
almost.  befor6  she  had  left  her  cradle  her  des¬ 
tiny  had  been  settled  over  a  bowl  of  punch 
with  his  neighbor,  Judge  Howell,  Phc  was  to 
marry  the  judge’s  youngest  son,  n  hoy  of  seven, 
who  hated  babies,  and  always  pinched  his  “  lit¬ 
tle  wife,"  when  he  was  dragged  up  to  see  her, 
and  made  her  cry.  The  children  grew  up  to¬ 
gether— she  an  arch  girl,  always  tensing  and 
provoking  him,  and  he  n  rude  and  boisterous 
boy.  who  thought,  girls  were  an  Rii-ncceasarj 
evil,  and  could  never  endure  playing  with  her, 
because  his  school-fellows  (who  knew  all  about 
the  contract)  plagued  him  so.  By-and-by  they 
quarreled  to  such  an  extent,  that  Kathie  was 
sent  away  to  school,  where  she  had  remained 
for  three  years,  receiving  visits  each  vacation 
from  her  father,  hut  never  going,  or  caring  to 
go,  home.  Tlie  poor  child  had  no  mother,  no 
sisters  or  brothers  there— only  a  sour,  maiden 
aunt,  her  self-willed  father,  and  Koukh  How¬ 
ell,  who  had,  at  last,  become  a  lawyer,  and 
was  Inclined  to  think  better  of  the  proposed 
match,  when  ho  saw  how  pretty  Kathie  hud 
grown.  No  one  could  blame  her  for  having  the 
good  taste  to  prefer  those  gay  vacations  at  our 
hoarding  house,  where  some  dozen  girls  re¬ 
mained,  with  leave  and  license  to  play  all  sorls 
of  pranks,  t  ill  the  fortnight,  or  three  weeks  were 
over,  to  the  conventual  gloom  of  her  father's 
house,  some  three  hundred  miles  away.  But 
Huger  Howell  was  not  the  worst  of  the  busi¬ 
ness.  I  never  saw  it  girl  yet  who  could  love  ac¬ 
cording  to  prescription,  and  Katuik,  forming 
no  exception  to  the  general  rule,  had  taken  It 
into  her  unfortunate  head  to  look  in  another 
than  l  ho  lawful  direction.  Hhc  “  had  an  attach¬ 
ment'* — as  foolish  and  unreasonable  as  any 
hoarding-school  fancy  could  well  he  to  a  cer¬ 
tain  young  gentleman  named  Hubert  Si  evens, 
who  was  the  son  of  t  he  preceptor  of  the  school, 
and  whose  blue  eyes  looked  unutterable  t  ilings 
at  her  for  many  a  month,  unseen  by  any  one  ex¬ 
cept  “us  girls,"  who  wore  all  too  honorable  to 
pencil.  Matters  had  come  to  a  decided  crisis 
with  I  lie  young  pair,  and  a  letter  from  her  father 
that  day  received,  requesting  her  to  come  home 
at  the  end  of  the  term  (In  three  weeks’  time), 
and  “get  ready  to  marry  Huger  Howell,”  fin¬ 
ished  the  business.  They  determined  to  elope 
at  once,  that  very  night,  and  Dick  Chapin  (a 
bosom  crony  of  the  lover's)  and  I  were  selected 
ns  tin*  most  fitting  assistants  In  their  escape. 
The  keys  of  the  great  hall  door  were  to  bo  taken 
by  Robert  from  his  father's  room.  Dick  Cha¬ 
pin  (who  hoarded  In  another  house)  was  to 
keep  watch  outside  to  see  if  Hie  coast  was 
clear,  and  to  keep  guard  over  a  carriage  sta¬ 
tioned  under  Hie  care  of  Ids  brothers  at  the  end 
of  the  street.  Hubert  was  to  leap  out  of  his 
own  wlndoyv  and  wait  upon  the  steps,  while  I 
unlocked  the  great  hall  door,  let  Miss  Kathie 
safely  out,  and  made  all  right  after  they  had 
gone.  There  was  one  grain  of  sense  amid  all 
this  foolery.  An  elder  sister  of  Robert’s,  who 
had  been  “  disappointed,”  as  the  saying  is,  had 
taken  pity  upon  the  lovers,  and  promised  to  go 


with  them  and  see  them  married.  .She  was  only 
twenty  lierseif,  hut  I  looked  upon  her  as  a  ven¬ 
erable  old  lady  then,  and  was  quite  satisfied  so 
long  as  she  was  in  the  scrape,  She  resided  with 
a  married  slsterin  the  town,  and  was  to  contrive 
some  excuse  for  going  homo  that  night,  and 
wait  in  the  carriage  tm  her  companions  came. 
All  tills  Kathie  told  me,  whispering  in  a  low 
voice. 

“  But  you  will  want  money,  you  goose,  and 
clothes,”  1  said. 

“Oh,  Hubert  has  plenty  of  money  for  the 
present,  and  his  sister  is  going  to  give  us  more. 
And  I  have  packed  up  some  of  my  things,”  - 
she  dragged  a  small  traveling  hag  from  under 
the  bed,— "  and  if  T  want  more  I  shall  send  to 
you.  But  then  we  shall  not  lie  very  long  away. 
My  father  will  be  terribly  angry  at  llrst,  hut 
when  we  come  and  ask  him  to  forgive  us,  ho 
will  be  sure  to  do  it,  you  know.” 

“Oh,  yes,"  t  answered,  because  l  knew  all  the 
fathers'  did  forgive  their  children  in  the  novels 
1  had  read,  and  I  supposed,  of  course,  lie  would 
follow  their  example.  And  having  pledged  my¬ 
self  to  help  her  to  the  best  of  my  ability,  I  went 
down  to  the  other  hoarding-house  to  see  Mkdge 
Chapin,  and  through  her  means  (she  was  a  cap¬ 
ital  girl,  and  knew  all  that  was  going  on)  got  a 
chance  to  talk  quietly  half  an  hour  or  so  with 
Dick  in  her  room,  till  wo  had  made  ail  the  ar¬ 
rangements  we  needed,  and  were  sure  the  thing 
Could  not  fail. 

I  do  not  suppose  Micro  ever  was  n  more 
“babes  in  the  wood"  sort  of  tiling;  I  hope 
there  are  not  six  more  such  simpletons  left  in 
the  world  at  tho  present  day,  Tho  bride  was 
sixteen,  the  bridegroom  nineteen,  aided  and 
abetted  by  a  boarding-school  girl  of  fifteen,  n 
“young  lady”  of  twenty,  and  two  boys  of  ten 
and  twelve!  Kathie's  carpet-hag  contained 
one  or  two  changes  of  dress,  a  great  budget  of 
Ho UKRT’H  letters,  a  pair  of  bracelets,  and  a  silk 
apron  that  lie  particularly  admired,  a  smoking 
cap, 'which  w'as  to  he  a  “surprise”  gifl  to  that 
young  gentleman,  a  Chinese  fan,  a  paper  of 
lemon  and  peppermint  drops,  some  cocoamit, 
cake,  and  five  ucw  hooks.  I  know  for  I  helped 
her  repack  after  she  had  asked  my  advice  about 
taking  anything  more;  and  1  could  think  of 
nothing  except  (Ire-crackers,  as  the  Fourth  of 
July  would  come  while  they  were  awny;  hut 
these  were  out  of  the  question,  it  being  already 
too  late  in  the  evening  to  buy  them.  As  for 
Hubert,  I  have  heard— but  l  cannot  vouch  for 
t  he  truth  of  the  story— that  he,  in  addition  to 
his  clothes,  took  only  his  flute,  a  bat  and  bull, 
and  a  preposterous  pair  of  horse  pistols,  wit  h 
rusty  locks,  with  which  he  vowed  lie  would 
“  exterminate "  any  one  who  came  after  them  ! 
This  was  their  preparation  for  braving  the  world 
together. 

I  sat.  up  that  night  with  Kathie,  feeling  as 
nervous  as  “a  fly  lu  a  drum,”  and  expecting 
each  moment  that  tho  prooeptor  would  pounce 
in  upon  us,  Kathie  took  the  matter  much 
more  coolly,  and  made  a  hearty  supper  of  the 
bread  and  ©old  veal  J  had  taken  for  her  from 
the  dining-room  pantry  just  after  dark.  At 
eleven  o’clock  the  faint,  robin  s  whistle  came 
again  beneath  our  window,  and  raising  the  sash 
softly,  I  saw  Hubert  underneath,  while  Ids  sis¬ 
ter,  carefully  wrapped  up,  was  hurrying  down 
the  street  towards  the  carriage,  whose  driver, 
“deaf  Ben,”  was  as  trusty  ns  tho  grave,  and 
after  whirling  the  party  down  to  the  depot, 
would  come  back,  and  put  up  his  horses,  and 
bo  the  flrst  to  wonder  at  the  strange  disappear¬ 
ance  in  tin!  morning.  Everybody  trusted  Ben, 
and  what  was  still  better,  nobody  was  betrayed 
by  him  ;  but  I  doubt  if  he  ever  had  such  a  cargo 
of  ignoramuses  as  tic  carried  that  night. 

How  my  heart  heat  as  I  stole  out  w  ith  Kathie 
into  the  great  hall,  and  found  my  way  down 
stairs  by  the  light  of  the  moon.  Those  great, 
dangling  keys, tool  1  thought  of  Willie  Do  ko¬ 
las  and  tho  escape  of  Mary,  Queen  of  Scots, 
from  the  Castle  of  Lochlovon,  and  was  sure 
they  would  crash  down  upon  the  floor  and  rouse 
the  whole  house  before  I  finished  my  task. 
But  no;  oitr  Willie  Douglas  had  taken  good 
care  of  that.  The  lock  turned  smoothly  upon 
its  wdl-oiled  wards  ;  the  night  air  and  the 
moonlight  swept  In  together,  and  there  were 
Dick  Chapin  and  Hubert,  the  latter  of  whom 
wrung  my  hand  and  said  “  Good  bye,"  mid  then 
caught  Katie  to  liis  breast. 

“Don't  he  a  goose,  ROBERT,"  she  said,  com¬ 
posedly.  “but  take  the  traveling-bag,  and  1  will 
run  after  you  In  a  moment." 

The  poor  fellow  obeyed,  little  thinking  what 
a  fair  sample  it  was  of  tho  petticoat  govern¬ 
ment  he  might  expect  as  they  both  grew  older, 
and  kissing  me  hastily,  she  whispered:  “I’ll 
write  to  you  as  soon  as  wo  are  married.  Be 
sure  you  say  you  don't  know  anything  about 
this,  or  Hubert's  father  will  murder  you." 

8he  ran  lightly  down  tlie  yard  and  joined  her 
lover.  In  a  moment  more  1  heard  the  carriage 
roll  away,  and  Dick  Chapin  and  his  brother 
ran  by  toward  their  boarding-house,  where 
Maiigk  was  waiting  to  smuggle  them  In.  I 
wont.  Lack  into  Hie  house  and  locked  the  door 
quietly,  leaving  the  keys  upon  the  window-sill 
outside,  (by  means  of  a  sliding  panel  in  the 
frame,)  as  I  had  been  told  to  do.  and  then  crept 
hank  to  my  room.  Its  utter  silence,  as  I  shut 
tho  door,  frightened  mo  more  than  I  can  say, 
and  1  realized  a  little  what  I  had  been  about, 
perhaps  for  the  flrst  t-liue.  But  there  was  no 
help  for  it ;  sho  had  gone,  and  Could  not  he 
brought,  back  again,  aud  1  must  face  the  morn¬ 
ing  as  best  I  might.  And  so  I  went  to  sleep. 

Every  one  knows  the  old  song,  which  ends : 

“  The  kirk  was  decked  at  morning  tide, 

The  tapers  glimmered  fair ; 


The  priest  and  bridegroom  wait  the  bride, 

And  dame  and  knight  arc  there. 

They  sought  her  haith  by  tower  and  ha’, 

The  ladle  was  no  seen  ; 

She’s  ower  the  border  and  awa’, 

Wi’  Jack  o’  Hnzledean.” 

It  rang  In  my  ears  tlie  next  morning  as  I 
awoke,  and  thought  what  a  scrape  I  was  in.  By 
and  by  the  house  grow'  Into  a  turmoil ;  the  keys 
had  been  found  outside ;  Mr.  Huberts'  window 
was  open,  and  he  not.  In  the  room.  There  were 
voices  in  t  he  hall,  and  they  eantc  into  my  room 
at  last,  in  the  persons  of  tho  preceptors  and  tho 
matron.  I  had  taken  very  good  care  to  lie 
found  undressed  and  sound  asleep  (seemingly) 
in  bed ;  hut  I  was  quickly  roused,  ami  after  a 
hasty  toilet  taken  to  tho  preceptors' room  for 
judgment.  It  was  no  less  a  point  of  honor  than 
a  question  of  safety,  to  he  Ignorant  of  anything 
and  everything ;  hut  1  hope  I  shall  be  forgiven 
for  that  day's  work.  “Kathie,"!  said,  "was 
certainly  not  in  my  room ;”  but  I  knew  no 
more  than  the  dead  whore  she  was,  (and  that 
was  true  in  one  sense,)  and  as  for  Mr.  Hubert, 

1  had  scarcely  spoken  a  dozen  words  to  him  in 
my  life.  But  il  was  all  of  no  avail,  and  I  was 
kept  a  pr  isoner  in  my  room  all  day,  which  I  did 
not  at  all  object,  to,  as  I  got.  rid  of  all  my  les¬ 
sons,  and  the  girls  on  tlie  floor  above  lowered 
down  by  a  string  from  their  window  some  cakes 
and  apples,  a  bottle  of  lemon  sirup,  and  a  capi¬ 
tal  romance,  one  after  another.  On  the  whole, 

I  had  a  jolly  t  ime  of  it,  and  thought  my  part  of 
the  elopement  quite  as  pleasant  its  Kathie’s. 

The  next  night  's  post  brought  a  letter  from 
ROBERT’*  sister,  saying  that  they  had  been  mar¬ 
ried  in  Buffalo  by  a  well-known  clergyman  of 
the  Episcopal  Church,  and  that  no  one  was  to 
he  blamed  for  the  whole  thing  hut  herself. 
Hearing  this,  my  preceptor  came  formally  and 
released  me,  making  an  apology  ((he  dear  old 
simpleton!)  at  the  same  time  ;  ami  I  was  taken 
up  stairs  in  triumph  by  the  girls,  who  voted  me 
queen  of  t  he  whole  school  upon  the  spot,  for 
tlie  way  ill  which  1  had  defended  KATHtE. 

They  .were  married  that  could  not  ho  gain¬ 
said —  and  the  parents  wisely  concluded  to 
put  the  best  face  upon  the  matter.  Deacon 
How itt  went  after  them  himself  to  Buffalo, 
forgave  them,  and  took  thorn  home  to  Ids  own 
house,  where  our  preceptor  tllvt  theln,  and  Hie 
reconciliation  was  complete.  It  was  not  deemed 
proper  for  them  to  return  to  Winded*  (I  siij»- 
posc  Hie  poor  preceptor  thought  wc  should  alt 
follow  their  example  if  they  did,)  since  they 
had  set  the  rules  of  its  school  so  completely  fit. 
defiance ;  but  a  pretty  home  for  their  residence 
and  employ ''merit  In  a  lawyer's  office  for  Hub¬ 
ert,  were  soon  found  :  and  when  K  atb  i  k  wrote 
1o  toll  mo  that  her  little  daughter  was  to  bear 
my  name,  she  added  that,  she  was  so  happy  she 
was  really  ashamed  of  lierseif,  and  that  she  hud 
not  n  wish  imgratllled  on  eart  h. 

I. caving  her  thus  in  the  beatitude*,  I  wont 
away  from  school,  and  out  Into  that  world 
which  wrung  my  heart  and  tyrannized  over  me 
at  llrst,  hut  would  now  stoop  to  he  my  servant 
since  my  eyes  are  opened,  and  I  vTnlue  it  no  ntoro. 
During  t  ills  process  of  disenchantment,  though 
I  never  saw  Katie,  I  pinned  my  faith  upon  her 
and  her  home  with  a  pertinacity  that  makes  me 
smile  to-day.  Though  nil  the  world  was  false, 
thoso  hearts  wore  true;  though  husbands  and 
wiVoastrovo,  day  and  night,  to  wound  and  grieve 
and  slander  each  other,  that  “dear  home  was 
sacred  from  all  wrongs.” 

At  last,  I  mot  its  Initiates  in  the  city  of  Wash¬ 
ington,  where  Hubert  had  been  sent  as  a  metn- 
hcr  of  (’ongress.  I  went  to  find  out  Kathie, 
with  my  heart  upon  my  lips.  A  brilliant,  show¬ 
ily-dressed  woman  lounging  on  til©  sofa,  With 
a  group  of  gentlemen  around  her,  rose  as  (  en¬ 
tered  the  drawing-room  of  her  hotel,  and  re¬ 
turned  my  eager  welcome  with  a  languid  smile. 
Heavens!  Was  this  the  girl  that  ran  away  at 
night,  with  tho  peppermint  drops  and  the  five 
new  novels?  Hubert  was  also  there,  hut  not 
near  her ;  an  eager,  amhltlous-looking  man, 
with  a  deep  channel  worn  lu  the  brow  I  had 
known  so  smooth  and  fair.  It  wusan  awaken¬ 
ing,  Indeed,  from  all  my  fairy  drcanlfl,  to  see 
that  guy  eoqilCltc  and  tier  worldly-minded  hus¬ 
band  in  t  he  place  of  the  young  lovers  who  had 
“  tied  out  Into  the  night  "  so  long  ago. 

I  rose  at  lust,  to  say  farewell,  for  I  was  grow¬ 
ing  sick  at  heart,  and  as  X  took  her  hand  again, 
I  spoke  of  the  old  school  at  Winsled,  and  espe¬ 
cially  of  that  one  night,  and  all  that  happened 
there. 

She  glanced  at  her  wedding-ring,  then  at  her 
group  of  eager  admirers,  then  at  her  grave  hus¬ 
band,  and  again  at  me.  “My  dear,”  she  said, 
with  a  heavy  sigh,  "  I  think  the  moon  never 
shone  on  two  greater  fools  than  we  were  then. 
Take  warning  by  me,  and  never  elope  ;  marry 
for  money,  rank,  or  what  you  will,  but  for  love 

- "  she  waved  her  white  hand  in  the  air  with 

a  scornful  smile,  said  “Good  bye,”  and  sank 
down  grace  In  By  into  her  old  seat  again. 

I  have  neverseen  her  since ;  nor  shall  I  everbe- 
liove  in  domestic  peace  or  happiness  any  more. 

THE  TRUE  MAN. 

Nink-tknths  of  the  alleged  inhumanity  of 
mankind  is  owing  to  their  being  deceived.  If 
people  are  sure  of  an  accident  or  calamity 
crowds  hasten  to  relieve  It.  By  veracity  wb 
charm  in  conversation:  by  sincerity  we  influ¬ 
ence  opinion;  l»y  trustworthiness  wc  render 
friends  loving  and  secure,  add  to  the  general 
confidence  of  men  in  men,  and  by  thussfrciigl  h- 
eiiing  the  foundations  of  society  ,  acquire  the 
right  to  an  analagous  personal  sense  of  worth 
and  firmness.  Truth  gives  a  sense  of  security  to 
the  feeblest  man.  as  lying  does  of  insecurity  to 
the  strongest.  The  true  man  has  but  one  an¬ 
swer  to  give  to  interrogators,  ono  story  to  tell 
them,  nobody’s  face  to  fear. 


41 _ 


APBiL  -It) 


E’S  BUBAL  NEW-VOBKEB. 


THE  ITALY  BEYOND. 


BY  MA.TA8A. 

Chronicled  in  olden  time, 

Yet  the  scene  so  far  away. 

Thrill*  the  soul  with  wondrous  power, 
Like  the  brave  deed*  of  to-day. 

Lo,  yon  mountains  grandly  wrapt, 

In  the  storm-Ulnn'*  mantle  white,— 
Can  the  leader,  eagle-eyed. 

Scale  the  awful,  dizzy  bight  V 

“  Soldiers  brave,  this  barrier  wall 
Reaches  not  unto  the  skies,” 

And  the  fair  Italian  plains 
Soon  will  greet  your  weary  eyes. 

Onward— upward— see  them  march, 
Ah,  the  dreary,  toilsome  way, 

And  the  dangers  hovering  near 
Words  are  feeble  to  portray,— 


Nat  ure,  at  that  moment,  protested  against  t  he 
severity  of  the  ordeal,  and  was  kindlier  than  her 
audience.  Indcod,  the  applause  of  her  friends 
had  a  suspicious  sympathy  In  It.  Still,  some 
kind  of  a  victory  had  been  gained,  though  the 
world  did  not  know  it.  The  girt  know  it.  That 
was  something.  In  all  such  cases,  the  artist’s 
knowledge  of  herself  is  more  essential  than  her 
knowledge  of  Others.  This  girl,  coldly  received, 
and  fainting  at  the  threshold  of  the  profession— 
with  her  own  and  others’  natures  to  overcome — 
dropped  her  llrst  tear  there  in  the  half-closed 
doorway  of  success,  and  announced  her  deter¬ 
mination  to  succeed.  it  was  the  last  tear  that 
was  shed. 

There  was  not  strength  enough,  said  the  crit¬ 
ics,  and,  above  nil,  culture  was  lacking.  It  was 
doubtful  if  she  could  succeed  at  any  time.  The 
very  evidences  of  the  t  rue  artist  organization, 
the  keen  susceptibility,  the  over-wrought 
senses,  as  Well  Mm  trepidation  of  inexperi¬ 
ence,  the  blush  of  youth  and  modesty,  the 
maidenly  reserve,  wore  upheld  against  her.  But 
they  were  in  part  t  he  elements  out  of  which  she 
was  to  build  her  future  success. 


But  the  gleam  from  sunny  vales, 

As  the  Alpine  Lights  they  gain, 

Still  Illumes  the  distant  past 
With  the  glory  of  their  fame. 

Our  Alpine  Lights,  oh,  where  are  they? 
And  our  fair  land  of  Italy  7 
As  hope  and  fear  the  bosom  swell. 

Each  spirit  can  the  secret  tell. 

- ++« - • 

AUNT  EDITH’S  ADVICE. 


“These  girls  are  the  plague  of  my  life,”  said 
Mrs.  Temper,  with  energy;  “T  would  never  lot 
one  sot  foot  in  my  home  If  1  had  the  strength 
to  get  on  Eilo up.  I  do  now  far  more  than  I 
ought,  to  save  myself  the  annoyance  of  a  new 
girl  every  few  months.” 

“  You  will  lose  by  it,  Maria,  depend  upon  It," 
said  her  Aunt  Komi,  a  well -preserved  old  lady 
of  sixty-three,  whose  step  was  as  spry'  as  a  girl’s, 
and  whose  face  wore  a  placid  look  that  spoke 
of  peace  within;  “you  cannot  fret  over  the 
shortcomings  of  your  help  without  losing  a 
groat  deal  of  hoart’s-ease— one  of  the  sweetest, 
flowers  that  grows,  to  my  mind.  You  cannot 
over-work  yourself  without  losing  great  stores 
of  health  and  comfort,  which  you  will  sadly 
want  when  you  reach  ray  time  of  life.” 

“  But  you  have  had  more  ease,  and  lews  priva¬ 
tion  iia  yon  went  along,  Aunt  Edith.  You  did 
not  have  to  pinch  and  economize  when  you  set, 
up  housekeeping,  ns  we-  have  to.  You  could 
afford  Unit-class  help." 

Auntie  smiled.  “You  should  have  seen  the 
first  score  or  two  of  girls  I  employed  when  we 
lived  in  a  little  brown  house  of  four  rooms  at, 
Edgeworth.  Your  uncle  began  at,  the  bottom 
of  the  ladder,  and  you,  my  dear,  know  nothing 
of  the  economiesMif  poor  folks  in  your  comfort¬ 
able  home  hero.” 

“Did  you  have  as  much  patience  with  your 
girls  as  you  have  with  people’s  short-comings 
now-a-days  ?  I  hope  you  willsny  No, auntie, and 
t  hen  T  shall  feel  t  here  may  be  some  chutico  for 
mo." 

“  ft  was  hard  work,  it  Is  true;  but  I  novorhad 
a  girl  come  Into  my  house  wit  hout  the  feeling, 
‘Now  I  will  try  arid  <1  •  >  something  to  help  the 
girl,  if  sho  is  not  with  me  a  week.’  I  tried  to 
teach  them  for  their  own  sake  as  well  as  my 
own.  If  is  astonishing  what  a  difference  this 
simple  view  of  the  relation  of  mistress  and 
maid  makes  with  both  parties.  1  never  know  a 
girl  so  dull  that  she  did  not  fool  it  was  worth 
something  to  have  a  friend  in  her  employer.  1 
never  hear  a  girl  *  sot  down*  roundly  by  a  wo¬ 
man,  without  feeling  that  I  should  like  to  hoar 
the  girl’s  side  of  the  Btory  before  I  made  up  my 
mind  on  the  case. 

“  Remember,  Maria,  how  poor  a  chance  most 
of  these  girls  have  hud;  what  poor, shiftless 
homes  they  come  from,  and  If  you  can  lift  mio 
to  even  a  little  higher  place, are  you  not  willing 
to  put  up  with  some  annoyance  in  the  process? 
When  you  have  seen  many,  as  I  have  done,  who 
were  more  unpromising,  settled  respectably  in 
homes  of  their  own,  practicing  over  every  day 
lessons  of  thrift  you  have  taught  them,  you 
will  foci  it  pays  to  I  rain  ungainly  girls.  Then, 
too,  poor  help  Is  little  better  than  none.  It 
may  seem  easier  for  the  moment  to  overtax 
yourself  by  doing  it  all,  but  there  is  a  heavy 
reckoning  sure  to  follow.  Take  your  old  aunty’s 
advice,  and  preserve  your  health  and  strength 
by  taking  suitable  rest  and  recreation,  and 
above  all,  strive  hard  for  a  cheerful,  even 
spirit."  J.  B.  MOO. 

- - 

MISS.  KELLOGG’S  FIRST  APPEARANCE. 

When,  in  1861,  a  pale  and  frightened  girl  came 
before  a  New  Yol  k  audience  at  the  Academy  of 
Music,  and  sang  for  them  the  role  of  fjlUlu  in 
Verdi's “  Itigoletto,"  she  w:is  met  by  that  most 
awful  of  nl I  formalities— respectful  attention. 
Like  so  many  opera  audiences  before  and  since, 
it  had  come  to  be  astonished  and  thrilled  ;  and, 
disappointed  because  it  had  not  been,  it  was 
sternly  critical.  It  wauled  a  phenomenon  It 
had  been  given  a  fact.  The  (tibia,  like  hundreds 
of  other  first  attempts,  was  just  far  enough  re¬ 
moved  from  a  positive  failure  to  be  t  iresome  to 
the  people  who  desired  a  sensation.  The  pale 
and  frightened  girl  struggled  with  the  passion¬ 
ate  duties  of  the  role  with  very  tittle  human  aid, 
and  when  the  curtain  fell  upon  the  last  act  she 
staggered  to  her  dressing-room  and  fell  fainting 
among  her  friends. 


With  this  ordeal  entered  Clara  Louise  Kellogg 
upon  her  artist  .in  career.  There  was  not  a  single 
prediction  made  of  her  ultimate  eminence.  But 
when  wo  reflect  how  many  aspirants  have  .ap¬ 
peared  In  the  same  way,  and  after  the  same  re¬ 
sults  have  disappeared,  never  again  to  be  heard 
of;  when  we  consider  that  at  this  time  Miss 
Kellogg  is  In  possession  of  an  fissured  and  hon¬ 
orable  position  at  the  head  of  American  singers, 
wo  can  he  sure  of  the  ability  and  determination 
that  were  hidden  from  tho  wonder-seeking 
spectators  In  the  pale  and  frightened  debutante 
in  the  role  of  < Ulda.—Scriluu  r'u  f or  April. 
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WHAT  THE  NATION  NEEDS. 

What  this  nation,  what  every  nation  wants, 
is  mothers  -mothers  who  wore  first  pure,  sensi¬ 
ble,  conscientious,  self,  perfected  women.  How 
few  mothers  ever  think  of  impressing  upon 
their  (laughters  the  fact,  that  beauty,  and  par¬ 
ticularly  the  personal  influence  and  magnetism 
of  women,  depends  mainly  upon  their  personal 
habits !  Habits  of  meainiess,  of  self-indul¬ 
gence,  of  trickery,  create  an  atmosphere  which 
Is  as  perceptible  to  a  truthful  person  as  the 
clouds  upon  it  November  sky.  The  features  may 
be  regular,  tho  eyes  of  the  proper  color,  t  bw 
company  manners  attract  ivc,  but,  If  there  is  not 
truth  and  honesty,  these  will  not  win  afToctlon 
and  sympathy.  We  arc  accustomed  to  Hpeak 
of  such  persons  as  of  one  who  i«  always  thinking 
of  herself ;  but  in  reality  she  is  not  thinking  of 
horsclf,  but  her  belongings.  The  size  <>f  her 
puffs,  or  the  length  of  her  train,  are  of  infinitely 
greater  Importance)  to  Iter  than  the  cleanliness 
of  her  hair,  or  the  healthful  condition  of  her 
skin  and  body.  I'pon  herself  that  is  upon  her 
own  organism— she  scarcely  bestows  a  thought, 
while  upon  the  question  of  whethor  she  shall 
buy  false  curls  or  braids  she  Bestows  the  anxious 
thought,  of  many  sleepless  nights.  Mru,  Cntly, 


REVEALING  A  HUSBAND’S  SECRETS, 

La  p v  Davies,  in  her  “  recollections  ”  tolls  the 
following  amusing  story ;  While  we  were  both 
standing  opposite  Mr.  \V  -’s  dressing-room, 
the  door  of  which  in  the  haste  of  Ills  departure 
had  been  left  open,  I  perceived  u  gentleman’s 

wig  hanging  there,  and  Inquired  of  Mrs.  W - 

to  whom  It  could  belong,  for  Mr.  W  -was  tho 
last  man  I  suspected  of  wearing  one.  She  burst 
out  laughing  at  my  question,  and  In  reply  to  it 
exclaimed,  “for  goodness’  sake,  don’t  let  him 
know  pray  never  say  that  I  told  you  ;  but  that 
wig  belongs  to  my  husband.  Nor  that  alone, 
for  he  has  four  In  all  -one  with  very  short  hair, 
as  I  f  It  had  Just  been  cut ;  another  with  vory  long 
hair,  as  if  It  wanted  rutting;  another  with  the 
hair  moderately  long;  and  one  elaborately 
dressed  for  parties.  Sometimes,’’  site  added,  “1 
can  scarcely  prevent  myself  from  laughing  when 
I  hear  an  intimate  friend  advise  him  to  go  and 
got  Ids  hair  cut,  and  perceive  how,  by  change 
of  wig,  it  is  supposed  that  such  advice  has  boon 
promptly  taken.  ' 

TRUST  CHILDREN. 


Never  accuse  a  child  of  a  fault  unless  you  are 
certain  ho  committed  it.  Children  should  not. 
be  treated  with  suspicion.  We  should  act  to¬ 
ward  them  in  this  matter  us  we  feel  wo  ought 
to  act  towards  others,  only  With  greater  tender- 
nciBB— not  less,  im  Is  usually  done.  We  should 
always  put  the  best  construction  possiblo  upon 
their  conduct;  that  Is,  unless  you  are  sure  a 
child  is  telling  a  lie,  and  can  prove  it,  do  not 
show  the  least  hesitation  In  believing  what  he 
says.  Fur  better  that  you  should  be  deceived, 
than  run  the  risk  of  showing  a  truthful  child 
you  do  not  trust  him.  Your  simple  trust  may 
make  a  lying  child  truthful.  Your  doubt  of  Ills 
truthfulness  may  make  a  truthful  child  a  liar. 

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Receive  at  ouca  the  potent  power  which  will 
lift  you  above  the  Ills  of  life,  In  the  t  housands 
of  books  which  cun  bo  had  In  this  age.  Read 
books,  pamphlets  and  newspapers,  everything 
useful,  instructive,  amusing  and  full  of  life's 
lessons,  (let  your  mind  on  yourself  at.  some 
rate,  or  you  are  doomed  never  to  amount  to 
anything,  or  have  a  friend  worth  having. 
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Ik  the  secret  history  of  many  houses  were 
told,  Mie  gentle  and  soft-sounding  words  “  prov¬ 
idence  ”  and  “  bereavement  ”  would  be  stricken 
out,  and  tho  sterner  ones,  “child-murder  ”  and 
“suicide  ”  would  be  put  In  their  places. 


Jading  for  t\\\  Jgoung. 


KATYDID. 

WHEN  the  evening  star  comes  out, 

On  pleasant  summer  eves, 

Yon  can  hear  the  little  Katydids 
Crying  out  among  the  leaves, 

Katy  did,  Kitty  did. 

She  didn’t,  she  didn’t; 

Katy  did,  site  did, 

No  she  didn't,  Katy  didn’t. 

IIow  1  wonder  whal  they  mean, 

In  tlio  loaves,  so  thick  and  green, 

What  tho  mischief  Is  that’s  hid, 

Which  little  Katy  did  l 

Was  Katy  once  a  little  girl, 

Who  didn’t  mind  her  mother? 

Was  It  only  known  to  Katydids, 

And  net  to  any  other? 

Katy  did,  Katy  dill, 

Sho  didn’t,  she  didn't; 

Katy  did,  she  did, 

No  she  didn’t,  she  didn't ; 

Was  she  such  a  naughty  girl. 

That  through  time's  unceasing  whirl, 
These  insects  are  forbid 
To  toll  what.  Kilty  did? 

My  darling  on  the  poroh, 

Eueli  ovo  when  they  begin, 

Tries  with  eager  little  ears, 

To  understand  their  din. 

Katy  did,  Katy  did. 

She  didn’t,  she  didn’t; 

Katy  did,  sho  did, 

No  she  didn’t,  Katy  didn’t ; 

But  with  all  their  constant  cry, 

My  little  one  or  I 

Can't  make  out  the  secret  hid— 

The  dreadful  thing  that  Kuty  did. 

[ Mr* .  Itichardton. 

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LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 


The  Creeley  Homestead. 

Mr.  EDITOR:— I  want  to  tell  you  something 
about,  the  old  G REELS Y  Homestead,  but  I  am 
afraid  I  shall  not  describe  it  very  well,  for  I  8m 
not.  fourteen  years  old,  and  I  have  only  been  in 
school  six  months  In  my  life.  However, I  will  try. 

My  grandfather,  Zacckkuh  Greeley,  settled 
herein  1836.  He  came  from  Vorujont.  lie  was 
one  month  In  getting  here.  Ho  came  all  the 
way  from  Buffalo  by  the  Northern  and  Western 
Canal.  What  a  long,  lovely,  dreamy  Journey  to 
make  in  the  autumn  ! 

Wher^ grandfather  got  within  ten  miles  of 
this  place,  In'  had  to  hire  a  sled  with  oxen,  for 
there  the  road  ended.  On  the  sled  he  put  all 
bis  household  goods,  and  his  family,  and  thus 
lie  made  his  first  entrance  into  1  lie  wilderness. 

My  grandfather's  family  then  consisted  of  my 
father,  Nathan  Haunch  GiiRftLftv,  and  my 
aunts,  Arminda,  Esther  and  Margaret.  My 
dear  uncle  Horace  had  been  left  In  Vermont. 

My  grandfather  built  a  log  cabin  on  tho  spot 
where  our  house  now  stands.  M  was  sixteen 
I »y  eighteen  feet.  II,  was  built,  of  rough  hewed 
logs;  tho  floor  was  made  of  spilt,  umber,  and 
the  roof  covered  with  the  bark  taken  from  tho 
Cucumber  tree,  it  was  very  wild  and  lonely 
there.  There  were  no  neighbors  near  to  visit, 
and  no  school  or  church  within  ten  miles.  I 
suppose  this  seems  very  strange  to  oil  v  people, 
and  it.  must,  havo  been  very  gloomy  to  dear 
grandmamma,  who  was  so  elovor,  and  so  fond 
of  reading,  and  loved  intelligent  people  so  much. 

My  father  was  fourteen  years  old  t  hen.  When 
they  went  to  meeting,  he  would  put  tho  oxen 
before  a  wood-shod  sled  and  the  family  would 
all  got  in,  and  rattier  would  walk  beside  Mie 
oxen  to  drive  them  through  the  woods.  There 
wero  no  roads,  and  father  says  he  would  drive 
Over  largo  logs  in  tho  way,  and  through  deep 
streams  of  water,  while  the  frightened  wolves 
would  howl,  and  the  deer  would  bound  away 
before  them. 

“Oh,  solitude  !  where  are  thy  charms?” 

Now,  all  this  is  changed  on  the  old  Home¬ 
stead.  There  are  but  a  few  acres  of  the  primi¬ 
tive  forest  left.  Wo  have  broad,  beautiful 
meadows  now,  where  I  hose  grand  old  trees 
once  stood,  and  lambs  sport  and  cows  grazo 
where  bears  and  wolves  and  other  wild  animals 
once  roamed.  Tho  little  log  hut  bus  long  since 
been  displaced  by  a  nice  country  mansion,  in 
which  I  write  tills.  One  thing,  however,  re¬ 
mains  sacred  to  the  memory  of  my  grand-par¬ 
ent*—  the  cold  spring  that  gushed  up  from  the 
ground  beside  tho  rude  cabin ;  that  flows  on, 
and  will 

" - flow  on,  forever,” 

I  suppose,  though  those  dear  forms  (my  grand¬ 
parents)  are  resting  In  the  distant  village  church¬ 
yard,  anil  though  my  beloved  Unde  Horace 
sleeps  in  Greenwood,  ami  my  aunts  have  found 
new  homes  far  from  the  old  Homestead. 

I’ve  lots  of  pets,  o!  lambs  and  birds, 
t  love  to  hear  them  sing : 

But  none  brings  buck  the  t Honda  I  love. 

Like  the  ripples  of  the  spring. 

Eugenia  Greeley,  H'ai/nr,  Pa, 


away  and  would  not  touch  a  drop  of  it  for  tho 
day ;  her  feelings  were  evidently  very  much 
hurt.  She  is  a  very  destructive  bird,  and  were 
sho  let  out,  she  would  bite  and  destroy  every¬ 
thing  that  came  In  her  roach,  She  always  had 
a  great  passion  for  getting  out.  of  her  cage ;  so 
wo  thought  It  necessary  to  tie  tho  door  of  it 
down;  but  what  was  our  surprise,  on  looking 
op  a  few  minutes  after,  to  see  her  sitting  on  tho 
top  of  the  cage,  placidly  gnawing  the  window 
sill.  \Ve  then  took  a  piece  of  wire  and  fastened 
the  door  tight  down,  but  still  she  would  not  be 
stopped;  she  bit  It  off  with  the  greatest,  case 
imaginable.  So  at  last  we  got  a  padlock  and  a 
large  brass  chain,  and  for  a  few  days  she  was 
very  indignant ;  but  at  last,  tludiug  that  silling 
still  would  not  open  it,  she  went  to  work,  and 
link  by  link  she  bit  It  off,  until  now  wo  have 
nothing  at  all.  Every  morning,  when  we  como 
down,  Roily  Bays  “Good  morning,”  and  keeps 
on  saying  it  until  we  answer.  And  every  time 
she  hears  flic  hells  of  the.  street  car  she  screams, 
“There's  a  car !"  to  the  top  of  her  voice.  She 
also  says  a  great  many  more  things  that  I  have 
not  time  to  mention.  Minnie  Sota, 


A  Llttlo  Virginia  Girl. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor:— My  father  takes  your 
paper,  and  I  like  it  very  much.  I  was  ten  years 
old  in  March.  I  ha  ve  a  sister  and  a  little  brother. 
We  do  not  go  to  school,  but  my  mother  teaches 
us  at  home,  [live  on  a  farm  In  Henrico  Co., 
Ya.  I  like  living  in  tho  country  n.  great  deal 
bettor  than  1  thought  I  should.  1  would  like 
to  live  in  Richmond.  Wo  have  six  pigeons  and 
eight  rabbits,  ami  so  many  chickens  that  1  do 
not  know  how  many  of  them  there  are.  I  huvo 
a  big  doll  baby ;  so  big,  that  she  can  wear  a  sure- 
enough  baby’s  clothes;  abuts  named  Amelia, 
ami  Just  os  rosy  as  she  can  bo.  Iam  making  a 
polonaise  for  her  ;  It  Is  lawn,  and  very  pretty. 
Mother  gave  me  a  cap  that  I  had  when  a  baby, 
and  then  I  made  her  a  little  hat,  and  trimmed 
It  with  some  little  cloth  flowers  that  mother 
gave  me,  and  a  pretty  little  cloak.  Mary  (i. 
Morrison, 

Crowing  Peanuts. 

I  raised  some  peanuts  hist  summer.  My 
father  gave  me  a  piece  of  ground,  and  I  got  live 
cents’  worth  of  unroasted  peanuts.  I  hulled 
them  and  then  planted  In  iiills  about  (i  by  18 
inches.  I  hoed  them  over  several  times,  and 
when  they  were  frosted  I  pulled  I  Item  up,  turn¬ 
ed  them  over  and  let  them  dry.  When  they 
were  dry,  I  pulled  them  off  tho  vines.  From 
one-half  of  a  square  rod  I  got  a  peck  and  a  half, 
I  gathered  two  bushels  of  walnuts  last  year.  I  am 
eleven  years  old.  Or, in  Tmmrlin,  Kokomo,  Ind. 


She  filthier. 


ILLUSTRATED  PROVERB,-  No.  3. 


Answer  in  two  weeks. 


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CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA.  No.  8. 

My  first  is  in  girl  but  not  in  boy, 

My  second  is  fa  boat  but  not  In  toy  ; 

My  third  is  In  left  but  not  in  right, 

My  fourth  Is  In  falter  but  not  in  flight ; 

My  lift  li  is  In  six  but  not  In  seven, 

My  sixt  h  is  in  twenty  but  not  in  eleven  ; 
My  whole  you  may  guess  if  you  try, 

For  it  is  frequently  seen  In  the  sky. 

Walter  W.  It.  Fisher. 
P£T  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


WORD-PUZZLE.— No.  1. 

I  am  tiie  name  of  an  honorable  occupation, 
and  contain  seven  letters.  1  also  contain  a 
general  name  for  seeds,  a  surly  visage,  a  con¬ 
junction,  an  instrument  to  blow  with,  a  border, 
a.  kind  of  liquor,  a  verb,  an  edge,  general  name 
of  the  human  race,  a  foolish  snille,  name  of  the 
ocean,  a  circular  thing,  the  atmosphere,  a  great 
distance,  a  fish’s  membrane,  and  prollt. 

£  W  Answer  la  two  weeks.  x.  x. 


DROP-LETTER  PUZZLE.  No.  2. 


Our  Parrot. 

Mr.  Editor:  i  thought  some  of  the  children 
who  road  (lie  Rural  would  like  to  hear  about 
our  parrot.  Sho  was  bought  three  years  ago, 
and  now  she  says  everything  you  can  imagine. 
Every  morning  sho  has  coffee,  with  milk  and 
sugar,  and  when  one  day  we  forgot  to  put,  sugar 
in  it,  she  coolly  Upped  the  whole  over.  Also, 
one  day,  we  had  company,  and  neglected  to 
take  hor  to  the  breakfast  table  with  us ;  and 
afterwards,  when  we  gave  it  to  her,  she  turned 


Every  vowel  omitted  : 

..  Rth  ..tgr.ws  tli.  myth.c  f  no..s 
S.ng  b.s.d.  b.r  ,n  h.r  y.,th, 

•  ml  tn.s.  d.b.n..r.  r.rn.ric.s 
8.. ml  b.t  <1.11  b.s.d  th.  tr.th. 

1ST'  Answer  in  two  weeks.  Enigma. 

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PUZZLER  ANSWERS.  April  5. 

Problem  No.  7.— Eight  o’clock,  P.  M. 
Illustrated  Proverb  No.  2.  Beauty  draws 
more  than  oxen. 


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APRIL  IS 


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A  PREMIUM  OR  CASH  COMMIS-  1 
SION  TO  EVERY  AGENT  ! 

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THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 

Caledonia,  Liv.  Co.,  IV.  Y.  April  9.— After 
the  long  and  severe  winter,  which  claimed  even 
the  last  day  of  March,  spring  weather  has  at  last 
arrived.  April  opened  pleasant  hut  with  the 
March  drifts  In  the  fence*.  April  5th  and  6th 
were  remarkable  day*,  opening  with  heavy  thun¬ 
der  storms  from  the  north,  changing  to  the 
south  in  the  middle  of  the  day  and  to  t  he  noi  l  h- 
west,  at  3  P.  M.  with  a  very  severe  thunder 
shower.  Several  trees  were  splintered  In  this 
vicinity.  1  do  not  remember  to  havo  seen  a-s 
great  a  discharge  and  play  of  electricity  in  April 
before.  The  6th  was  similar  in  showers  and 
changes,  although  milder  In  form.  Winter 
wheat,  the  staple  in  t  his  vicinity,  gives  grantor 
pro  111  iso  than  at  the  same  time  last  year.  Tin' 
winter  has  been  in  some  respects  unfavorable, 
but  in  the  matter  of  snow  much  more  favorable 
than  the  preceding  winter.  Wheat  made  a 
Stronger  full  growth,  and  from  January  was  bet¬ 
ter  protected  with  snow.  The  unfavorable  part 
was  that  In  the  early  part  of  winter  the  ground 
was  bare  of  snow,  with  alow  temperature  and 
penetrating  winds  rendering  the  ground  to  a 
great  depth  as  impervious  to  water  as  if  the 
soil  were  glass.  This  was  followed  with  consid¬ 
erable  snow  and  occasional  thaws,  tilling  all 
basins  and  Indentations  on  level  Helds  (and 
there  are  many  such  on  the  porous  soils  of  this 
town):  this  froze  and  thawed  repeatedly,  but 
could  not  escape,  and  on  all  such  lands  wheat 
will  be  more  or  less  spotty.  It  is  too  early  to 
speak  with  certainty  as  to  fruit  prospects.  So 
far  as  l  have  examined  peach  buds  on  my  own 
place,  they  appear  to  be  mostly  alive  :  grapes  do 
not  show  as  well,  but  I  am  not  an  expert  in 
this  matter  of  buds.  Last  year  I  pruned  my 
grapes  the  last  of  March  and  found  l  he  canes 
apparently  all  right ;  in  due  time  they  filled  with 
sap,  hut  when  the  time  arrived  for  the  buds  to 
unfold  1  was  made  aware  that  most  all  t  he  buds 
on  the  Isabella  and  fully  one-half  of  my  Dianas 
were  killed.  My  Delawares  were  protected  by 
evergreens,  and  wore  young  vines:  they  gave  a 
full  crop.  The  temporature  has  been  lower  t  his 
than  the  preceding  winter,  therefore  I  shall  not 
be  surprised  if  the  grapes  in  many  cases  prove 
to  be  damaged.  Caledonia  is  more  of  a  grain 
than  a  general  produce  market,  but  there  is  not 
much  activity  at  present.  Best  white  wheat, 
$1,75;  corn,  551''60c.;  barley,  75@85c;  clover  seed, 
small,  $4.80 ;  large,  $5.75 ;  potatoes,  wholesale, 


45fii55<&75c.— the  latter  for  Peach  Blows  and 
Early  Rose.  Hay,  $F>1;24,  and  scarce;  barns 
will  be  thoroughly  cleaned  of  feed  this  Bpring,  i 
I  notice  some  tine  flocks  of  sheep  growing  thin 
from  lack  of  sufficient  feed.  We  are  having  a 
great  amount  of  rain ;  all  low  places  are  flooded. 
— 1>.  L, 

Amherst,  Mass.,  April  7.— The  winter  has 
been  cold  and  severe,  with  deep  snow;  at  one 
t  ime  snow  three  feet  deep' on  a  level.  Have  had 
one  hundred  and  twenty-three  days  of  first-rate 
sleighing.  The  mercury  has  been  below  zero 
ten  times  during  the  winter.  There  has  been 
a  great,  deal  of  damage  done  to  fruit  trees  by  [ 
mice.  Home  apple  orchards,  containing  trees  [ 
ten  to  fifteen  Inches  in  circumference,  are  90  ! 
per  cent,  completely  girdled— some  trees  with 
bark  all  removed  from  the  ground  to  two  feet  j 
in  bight.  Corn  is  Oiva 95c;  oats,  60c.;  potatoes, 85  j 
(ji.UOe.;  apples,  per  bbl.  butter,  80c.;  Timo¬ 
thy  hay,  $33<q 30.— l.  w.  Of. 

Do  roil  i  no,  Onon.  Co..  V.  Y.  April  W.  The 

past  winter  has  been  long  and  cold,  though  not 
as  severe  as  In  many  sections  of  the  country.  I 
find  on  looking  at  my  diary  that  thetherrnotne- 
tcr  has  marked  below  zero  fifteen  limes,  the 
coldest  bolog  fifteen  below,  ft  commenced 
thawing  here  April  It;  the  5th  and  0th.  vivid 
lightning  and  heavy  thunder  with  Hooding 
rains.  Since  t  hen  very  warm.  Snow  all  gone 
except  in  tlrifls;  crocuses  nearly  in  blossom: 
snow-drops  open  ;  tulips  have  made  their  ap¬ 
pearance,  and  the.  different  kinds  of  birds  pro¬ 
claim  that  spring  lias  come.— w.  n. 

Marengo,  IV.  Y.,  April  1'.  —  Wheat  on  the 
ground  looks  very  good,  not  being  frozen  out  as 
it  is  by  the  spring  frosts;  there  has  been  more 
or  less  snow  on  the  fields  all  winter.  Snow 
banks  nearly  all  gone.  Has  rained  for  about  a 
week  almost  every  day  and  still  continues. 
Water  in  Clyde  River  as  high  as  il  has  boon  iu 
37  years.  Frogs  began  their  melodious  music 
April  1st.  Hoads  very  bad.  We  arc  in  the  midst 
of  a  good  farming  country;  markets  in  every 
direction.— T.  A. 

Melvnltf,  Ballo.  Co.,  Mi.,  April  7.  March 
21)  we  had  a  very  severe  gale,  blowing  down 
trees,  unroofing  and  blowing  down  buildings. 
Since  then,  however,  t  he  weather  has  been  mild 
and  pleasant;  farmers  arc  sowing  oats;  my 
Clarke  raspberries  are  flourishing;  also  my 
strawberries  (Pros.  Wilder),  though  they  were 
not  mulched  but  planted  the  north  side  of  a 
fence;  but  my  spinach  is  terribly  frosted.-— 
Novlcii. 

twin,  A.  Y„  April  12.— Winter  crops  in  this 
part  of  the  country  look  well.  We  lurte  bad  a 
very  severe  winter.  Snow  fell  here  first  about 
the  80th  of  Nov.  and  has  not  all  disappeared 
yet.  Hay  is  worth  $18SU50  per  ton  ;  cows,  $30® 
50;  horses,  $KKFi  2S0 ;  sheep,  $1456 ;  corn,  75e.; 
oats,  file;  white  wheat,  $1.90.— J.  m.  t. 

Washington  Co.,  I’n.,  April  S.  Spring  cold 
and  backward  until  since  April  1st.  Last  Sun¬ 
day  the  mercury  rose  to  #4° ;  grass  starting  fine¬ 
ly.  Wheat  looks  fine  for  the  season.— J.  n.  B. 

New  Orleans,  La..  March  2h.  -Sugar  plant¬ 
ing  is  nearly  over.  Cott  on  is  being  put  in  fast ; 
corn  ditto,  but  I  bear  in  smaller  quantities  than 
last  year.— G.  J.  v. 


washed  away,  the  mails  detained,  etc — Thd 
Welland  Canal  is  open  for  navigation  ...  The 
President  will  visit  Richmond,  May  16th  .... 
Capt.  Williams  says  the  current  was  the  precise 
cause  uf  the  Atlantic’s  disaster. .  ..The  Connect¬ 
icut  election  was  carried  by  the  Democrats. 
President  Grant  suv-  he  lias  nq  Intention  of 
abandoning  tlu*  Civil  Service  Reform...  Anna¬ 
polis,  Md.,  has  Bone  Republican  , .  The  Pacific 
Mail  Investigation  is  continued  at  Washington. 

Six  New  York  Senators  arc  believed  to  have 
been  bribed  in  Erie  Railway  matter* — Brig¬ 
ham  Young  has  resigned  ills  position  In  tlie 
Mormon  Church  The  canals  of  New  York 
have  been  damaged  to  the  amount  of  $1, find, 000 
by  the  late  flynils. . . .  1 1  will  take  six  years  to 

finish  the  new  Capitol  at  Albany . Attacks 

from  the  Indians  in  Kansas  are  feared  I  he 
New  York  City  Charter  lias  passed  the  senate. 

_ The  floods  continued  in  all  purh-  of  the 

country  on  the  12th.  Land  slide*  had  occurred, 
and  railway  travel  was  seriously  interrupted..  , 
Brigham  Young  is  going  t<<  Arizona.  The  war 
with  the  M  odors  la  to  be  renewed.  ...The  White 
Star  iine  has  been  condemned  by  the  friends  of  i 
thoso  who  were  lost. ....On  the  1-1  It  General  j 
Edward  R.  ik  Can  by  was  murdered  by  Captain 
Jack  of  the  Modoc  Indian*.  Rev.  Mr.  Thomas, 
a  Pence  Commissioner  was  also  killed.  The 
news  of  these  outrages  caused  a  profound  sen¬ 
sation  t  hroughout  the  land.  Gen.  Sherman  will 
exterminate  the  Mottoes. 

Fire*. 

Tiikuk.  was  n  tremendous  fire  at  Parker’s 
Landing,  Pa.,  on  the  3d,  and  a  large  number  of 
stores  dest  royed,  with  losses  to  t  he  amount  of 
$300.006. . . .  Tobacco  works  at  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  on 
the  4th:  loss.  $28,000  Flour  mill  at  Peoria, 
111.,  on  the  3d;  loss,  $30,000  Phoenix  block, 
Malone,  N.  V.;  loss.  $30,000  Beeuis  block, 
oil  City,  Pa.,  on  the  4l  b ;  Joss,  $.’iO,(>KI  .  Large 
timber  fires  have  been  raying  at  Gordon svl lie, 

Va . The  tube  works  at  McKeesport,  l’a.,  on 

the  fit  It  ;  loss,  $800,000. .  Union  Paper  Co.  Mills, 
at  Holyoke,  Mass.,  on  the  9th  :  loss,  $35,000 
Several  houses  and  shops  in  Morrisanla,  N.  Y., 
on  t  he  11th ;  loss,  $40,000. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 

IHlMcellnncoiiM  Foreign  News. 

Camiuudgk  won  the  boat,  race  over  Oxford, 
on  the  29l.h  ult.  Time,  30  mi  miles,  35  seconds. 

The  usual  immense  crowd  was  present . 

Atrocious  crimes  are  perpetrated  throughout 
Spain.  Private  residence:-  have  been  sacked  in 
Malaga.  Eight  tldeve*  have  Leon  massacred  in 
Barcelona,  Towns  are  blockaded  by  the  Car- 
lists.  . .  The  bill  exiling  the  Bonaparte  family 


with  discounts.  Money  refunded  if  not  satis¬ 
factory.  Address  Ikon  Clad  Can  Co.,  51  Dey 
St.,  New  York. 

Watch  No.  I  HIM,  Stem  Winder  —  bearing 
Trade  Mark  “Frederic  Atherton  A  Co..  Marion 
N.  J.”— manufactured  by  United  States  Watch 
Co.,  (Giles,  W  ales  &  Co.),  lias  been  carried  by  me 
I  six  months;  It h  total  variation  from  mean  time 
being  eight  seconds.  II.  COTTKELL,  1.38  Front 
St  .,  New  York. 

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The  most  intelligent  and  successful  butter 
makers  all  over  the  country  arc  now  using  the 
Blanchard  Churn. 


Advice. — Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

THE  MARKETS. 

PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

New  York,  Monday,  April  14, 1873. 


Receipts.— The  receipts  of  the  princip 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  as  follows : 


kinds  of 


Flour,  libls . 

Wheal,  hush . 

Corn,  bush .  ... 

Oat*,  lnish. . . . . 

Brass  seed,  hush.. 
Hurley,  Inish....... 

Malt,  bat  h . . 

Beans,  hush . 

Corn  meal  bids.... 

t  orn  meal,  bags... 

Cotton,  bales . 

Kye.  hush . 


7H.150  Pork,  bws . 

.1.30(1  Beef,  pkes . 

gt&OdCtil  meats,  pkg*. . . 
81,31(1  Gird,  plots... ..... .. 

l.iL’H  Hatter,  pky*........ 

20,1511  Cheese,  pkgs . 

<1,390  Dried  Fruits,  pkgs. 

2.375  Eggs,  bid* . 

Lit  <  V  *  ol  iali  ■  . 

'..flit  Hops,  ball's . 

IT.Wi  I’ennuts,  hag* . 

4,500  Dressed  Ilog*.  No. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS. 

Netv  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

Tine  Goodrich  murder  continues  a  mystery. 

, ...The gas  men  struck  ou  the  4th,  and  on  the 
5th,  the  city,  below  Grand  sleet,  was  In  dark¬ 
ness  The  assistant  cashier,  receiving  toller 
and  janitor  of  the  Bull's  Head  Bank  have  been 
arrested  for  defalcations — Two  thousand  or¬ 
phans  visited  Itanium's  on  the  5th...  Mr.  A.  T. 
Stewart  lias  be«u  confined  to  Ills  bouse  by  sick¬ 
ness  Laura  Keene  has  brought,  suit,  against 
the  Lyceum  Bureau  lor  $15,000  damages  ...The 
strike  of  the  gas  men  was  unsuccessful.  A 
chime  of  bells  has  boon  put  up  in  Grace  church. 

_ Peter  Gilsev,  a  wealthy  Alderman,  died  op 

the  gl.li ;  he  owned  the  Gilsey  House  Guy. 
l)ix  has  signed  the  bill  for  Beach's  Pneumatic 
Tunnel  under  Broadway. .. .Controller  Green  i.-. 
not  to  be  removed  from  office  ..The  pastorates 
for  Methodist  churches  have  been  assigned  ... 
It  will  cost  Brooklyn  $1,000,600  to  repair  its 
wooden  pavements  lor  1873  ...A  Mrs.  Arlington 
has  boon  found  abandoned  on  the  streets  of 
Brooklyn. a  victim  or  nial-practlce — Emigrant.-- 
to  the  number  of  3,000  arrived  on  the  9th  — The 
Tribune  has  collected  $100,000  insurance  on  the 
life  of  Horace  Greeley  Au  impiirv  into  the 
imprisonment  of  Stephen  English,  by  an  insur¬ 
ance  company,  is  in  progress  Bodies  from 
the  At  lamia  wreck  have  arrived  Mr.  A.  T. 

Stewart  Is  recovering . The  Committee  of 

Seventy  and  the  Union  League  Club  have  passed 
the  usual  resolutions  about  the  city  charter  ... 
The  Legislature  allows  the  city  to  subscribe 
$2,500,000  t o the  Industrial  Palace  ...The  busi¬ 
ness  of  ship  building  is  reviving — The  city 
regiments  have  hoop  inspected  ..Good  Friday 

was  generally  observed . There  was  a  snow 

storm  on  tiic  IStii. 

Home  News. 

V  1  .sited  States’  post-office  will  be  estab¬ 
lished  at  San  Joan  Island  ...A  terrible  storm 
fell  on  Burlington.  Iowa,  on  the  5th.  Many 
houses  w  ere  demolished,  4  persons  killed  and 
10  wounded  Murder*  and  political  disturb¬ 
ances  are  reported  from  Louisiana  There 
have  been  extensive  freshets  in  the  States  of 
New  York  and  Pennsylvania.  The  canals  were 
much  damaged  ;  bridges,  lumber,  etc.,  were 
washed  away.  At  Rochester,  30  persons  were 
reported  drowned  on  the  Sth  by  the  washing 
awav  of  a  wall....  A  Herald  correspondent  has 
been  captured  in  Cuba _ A  newspaper  corres¬ 

pondent  professes  to  have  dived  down  to,  and 
gone  over  t  he  w  reck  of  the  Atlantic,  Of  course, 
he  tolls  horrible  talcs  —  A  Local  Option  Bill 
lias  passed  the  New  Y uric  AxsuinVily —  Wash¬ 
ington,  D,  C„  has  no  money  to  pay  its  school 
teachers. ....  Shepard’s  block  in  Middletown, 
Conn.,  fell  on  the  9m;  15  or  30  people  were 
buried  in  the  ruins;  6  dead  men  were  taken 
out _ Great  floods  are  reported  in  Massachu¬ 

setts  and  Michigan ;  many  dams  have  been 


Grant’s  address . Barge,  a  town,  haa  been  de¬ 

stroyed  by  the  Uarllsts.  It  hud  »  population  <>f 

6,000 _ The  cit v  i.r  Malaga  maintains  10,000  r*iti- 

zen  troops  ..Franco  is  reinforcing  tier  troops 
on  the  borders  of  8pain  President  Tiber-  lias 
been  Invited  to  visit  Vienna  .  King  Lunalilu 
Of  the  Sandwich  Island*  wilt  soon  make  the 
tour  of  Ibis  country.  ..The  French  Assembly 
broke  up  in  a  storm  of  excitement  on  the  1st . 
Gen.  Portlllals  reported  to  have  been  captured 
by  the  Cuban  insurgents  Ileef  is  so  high  In 
liavunna  a  riot  is  feared  .Two  men.  each 
named  Bidwell,  supposed  to  be  Bank  of  England 
forgers,  have  been  arrested,  one  in  Edinburgh 
and  tlie  other  in  Havana... The  papers  of  China 
arc  denouncing  the  Coolie  tralfie  ...Japan  lia-s 
sent  a  minister  to  the  Pope  Tin*  Pope  is  Jit 

_ Senor  Castclar  of  Spain  threat  ens  i>>  resign. 

The  people  arc  arming.  The  Commune  has 
been  declared  in  Salamanca  The  Fleet  oral 
Reform  bill  lias  become  a  law  in  Austria  ... 
Marsha!  Bazainc  In  to  be  tried  by  court,  martial 
Mr.  Bertheniy  Is  the  new  French  Minister  to 
Japan _ Kov.  Dr.  Thompson  of  N.  V.  Is  lectur¬ 

ing  w  ith  auci-ess In  Berlin  .  il.  Buffet,  haa  been 
elected  President  of  t  he  French  Assembly.  The 
Lyons  Municipality  bill  lias  passed. ..  .Twenty- 
five  Cut  lists  were  captured  recently,  and  taken 
t,o  Barcelona.  The  churches  iu  Catalonia  have 
been  turned  into  barracks.  The  towns  are  to 
be  placed  in  a  slate  of  defense  ..  Russia  is 
sending  three  coin  inns  against  Khiva  En¬ 
gland,  according  to  Mr.  I, ..we,  expects  to  spend, 
this  year,  £'.1.371,000,  and  have  left  £13,000,000.... 
England  w  ill  make  a  reduction  ol  fifty  per  cent, 
in  the  duty  on  sugar,  and  w  ill  lake  one  penn> 
from  the  tax  on  Incomes.  The  French  Assem¬ 
bly  will  pay  Paris  38,  OOO.OOOf.  for  war  expenses  . 
The  Jesuits  have  been  expelled  from  Salaman¬ 
ca, ..  .Fighting  continue*  in  all  parts  of  Spain. 

The  Emperor  of  Germany,  with  a  brilliant 
retinue,  starts  for  St.  Petersburg  on  the  25th. 
The  Crown  Prince  and  wife  start  for  Vienna  on 

t  he  26th _ The  Pope  is  si  ill  confined  to  his  bed. 

_ Grand  Duke  Alexis  has  gone  to  Japan... 

At  the  Vienna  Exhibition,  the  Presidencies  of 
the  groups  of  Education  and  of  the  Trade  and 
Commerce  of  the  world,  have  been  given  to 

Americans _ In  Spain,  t  ho  regular  soldiers  are 

going  oyer  to  the  (  arlists  The  Spanish  Minis 
ter  of  War  will  buy  5tl,tKi0rilles....TlK*t’at-listsari* 
bombard  lag  the  town  of  Puy  cerda, InGcronu.  . 
The  proof  against  the  Bunk  *>f  England  forgers 
accumulates.  .There  Is  great  distress  on  the 
islands  off  the  coast  of  Galway...  1  shell  Inut 
exploded  >»n  a  British  man-of-war,  doing  much 
damage.  .The  ipiarryinMi  In  Belgium  have 
st  ruck  . .  .Nine  actor*  have  been  killed  In  a  riot 
In  Olonno,  France  ...The  F  S.  ship  Brooklyn 
lias  arrived  at  Trieste  .The  spring  floods  have 
done  much  damage  in  Gatuiuu  —  The  city  of 
Ban  Salvador  was  destroyed  by  an  cart  lupiake 
I  early  in  April.  Borne  sou  lives  were  lost,  and 
$12,000,000  of  property  swallowed  up  —  On  the 
lltli,  some  Cat-lists  were  repulsed  iu  Spain, 
leaving  JUKI  dead  anti  wounded  —  France  paid 
more  of  lo  r  war  debt  to  Germany  on  the 5th  — 
'The  Pope  is  seriously  ill  —  The  King  of  Italy 
will  go  to  Vienna. 

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SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 


Brans  mill  I’ca*.  There  art*  only  light  additions 
to  titi*  supplies,  but  the  demand  Is  unusually  small 
lor  medium  ami  marrowfat  henns,  with  some  export 
trade  In  the  hitter,  and  prices  have  been  shaded. 
Pro,  t  red  kidney  bean*  ::i"  In  monger  supply.  Green 
pea*  are  iu  fair  stock  nnd  offering  freely. 

V.  o  quote  I >ri me  mediums, $2.3%5M'6;  pr.  no*  marrow- 
f nts, $2AV« 2.70 ;  prime  kidneys,  $2.6.W  2.75  s  prime  pea 
hoims,  f  -'.'.M'**  '*;  fair  do.,  $*.•!»;  red  tailin' y,  EFC*.  ...1 U 
for  good  rind  prune;  Canada  pc-.**,  tree,  bids., $1.33®* 
1X5;  green  peas,  bu#h„  fl.BO&l.HO.  {southern  black- 
eyed,  $3.12. 

Been  wax.  -Prime  lots  are  scare©  and  wanted  liy 
shippers,  with  very  full  prlei  *  ruling.  Hates  of  South¬ 
ern  a*  high  a*  with  lair  lots  at  Me.  Western  will 
htingSAr-tSOc.  in  lots,  a*  wanted  by  shippers,  but  Irreg¬ 
ular  quantities  are  sold  lower. 

Bronui  Corn.  There  arc  no  important  additions 
to  the  stock,  and  as  manufacturers  urc  steadily  draw¬ 
ing  on  the  accumulated  supplies,  ateady  prices  are 
current.  VST  quote  new  green  luul.  I'd  jG,>e.;  green. 


him  pasNed  the  Assembly..  ..The  German  paper*.  |J1(lon  the  accumulated  supplies,  steady  priccB  are 
havo  retracted  their  ridicule  of  I ’resident  current,  We  quote  new  green  hurl,'''';'  ,e.;  green, 
Grant'-*  address....  Barga,  a  town,  has  boon  do-  new,  short,  .V<«Sc.;  red  at  tefie.;  old,  Stoic*, 
giroyed  by  t  he  UarlFt.*.  It  ltud  v!  e'lG1  Butter.  The  entire  Interest  of  the  butter  market 


Honor  to  the  Veterans.  Honor  also  to  the 
inventors  whose  genius  has  emancipated  the 
race  of  women  from  the  drudgery  of  the  needle. 
Honor  above  all  to  a  Arm  which,  like  the  Wil¬ 
son  Bewing  Machine  Company,  distributes  it* 
machines  broadcast  throughout  the  land  at 
prices  that  even  the  poor  and  humble  can  afford 
to  pay.  A  11  rat-class  machine  for  fifty  dollars  1 
This  is  the  proclamation  of  the  Wilson  Sewing 
Machine  Company  to  the  people.  Salesroom  at. 
707  Broadway,  New  York,  and  in  all  other  cities 
in  the  United  States.  The  company  want  agents 
in  country  towns. 

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Any  Young  Man  can  make  from  $5  to  $10  pet- 
day  taking  orders  for  the  Flowing  Spring  Poul¬ 
try  Fountain,  See  advertisement  in  our  issue 
of  April  5th.  Send  f«r  a  sample  and  circular, 


is  now  <•<  utered  on  new  make ;  uml  a»  there  are  no 
lunger  any  commercial  lets  ut  old  for  table  use, fresh 
parcel*  arc  very  firm.  Kv crythtng  Gabont  sold  upon 
arrival,  and  some  days  the  market  Is  quite  bare  of 
stock.  The  railroad*  are  making  slow  tune,  even 
mull  matter  Is  behind,  let aloue  all  sort  -  of  freight. 
VVe  drop  Old  quotation*,  and  quote  new  butter  at  41 H 
4.1c.  for  Slato  Welsh  l  ill  is ;  45e>  ilk*,  for  prime  half  tubs. 
Western  ranges  at  3.Va**'C.  Uurlngthe  week,  several 
ear  loud*,  of  California  arrived.  'I  he  quality  is  quite 
equal  to  the  tine  invoices  of  last  spring,  and  its  rich, 
yellow,  grassy  appearance,  sells  it  at  fsedfle, 

f:h rest*.— Exports  the  past  week.  10, 'Tl  packages. 
Cheese  is  unsettled,  and  we  can  hardly  hear  two 
stories  alike  In  reference  to  the  market.  The  season 
is  rrirailvuniied.  and  shipper*  take  advantage  of  the 
fact  by  ollerl  ng  low  figures,  and  are  strengthened  for 
Iht*  time  bring  with  a  declined  cable,  now  quoted  71s. 
Shippers  aro not  looking  at  any  "f  the  high  grades; 
thev  have  lei  orders  for  stock  that  will  range  abovi 
12m18c.  here,  and  for  there  prim  *•  they  must  have 
sound,  stocky  Chose.  Tin*  born,*  trade  also  obtain  0 
light  ttinooHidon  through  tlie  mixed  stale  ol  the  mar¬ 
ket,  and  rarely  pay  above  W'hVc. 

We  quote  stale  factory,  prime  amlfancy.  IflWCDloRc.; 
ilo.  good.,  1 1  Va-''  If.c.;  do.  fair.  13!*" >  He.  -,  Slate  dairy, 
prime,  10c-;  do.  fair,  l.'llftM  Ijyc-  Ohio  factory,  prime, 
1:IV4r,i;l(t.O.;  do.  good.  12wl8c.  English  dairy,  prime, 
KiRvvl It'.;  do. good,  13c. 

Pried  Frails.  Medium  grades  of  apples  arc  be¬ 
ing  bought  by  shipper*  to  a  fair  extent,  at  steady 
pi  lec  -.  Other  qualities  are  selling*  slowly, nnd  almost 
entirely  to  the  tioiiie  trade,  with  price  a  weak.  Beach¬ 
es  are  in  fair  stock,  and  offering  at  weak  figures,  with 
a  very  'lull  trade.  Blackberries  cun  scarcely  be  sold 
at  ovw’e. 

Southern  aiqiles.  Sfi'c  lKc.  lor  ordinary ;  do., sliced, 
'K.ifjc.  *  do,  prime.  sc.;  Western,  5(>r6)i<>4  Slate,  G 
6!-.e.;  do.  prime,  e."  *e.  reeled  peaches  lit  I2i>i  lfgi.  for 
Gtt„ lkrVllo.  tor  Va.,und  IV-riGc.  for  North  Carolina. 

I  npoelod  peaches,  o.'iG  h*.  for  quarters,  and  4E'w  4Xf- 
tor  halve*  Cherries,  lllw 17e,  FI  tuns,  lt(,il*ie.  Black¬ 
berries,  7<«77>iC. 

Kggw.  -Nothing  definite  may  be  said  about  eggs  for 
the  week  following  directly  upon  Faster.  The  roads 
are  not  dell*  ertng  freight  punctually,  nnd  we  may 
liavea  glut  lids  week,  without,  (he  stimulation  that 
attended  trade  last  week,  The  sales  for  the  close  of 
Lent  were  large,  hut  a,  totuLof  2,500  bids,  for  the  week 
w  ill  necessarily  leave  a  quantity  iu  the  hands  of  dis¬ 
tributor;-,  Tlie  following  rates  have  been  the  current 
one*  most  of  the  r<n*t  week  ; 

We  quote  New  Jersey  and  near  points  at  30f«;20X<5.; 
State  ami  IViin*ylvaiiia. 20>£c,;  Western  express, 
21k*,;  ordinary  freight,  19jziili2tlc‘;  Southern,  lSCeiUflk 

Fresh  Frui in.— Export-  of  apples,  2,075  bids.  A 
fair  quantity  of  apples  luis  *eeu  worked  off,  hut  the 
deeieUSe  In  steel;  leaves  price*  no  better.  Unsound 
fruit  Is  ai  buyer's  option.  Cranberries  are  dull,  and  it 
Iwhkcly.lherc  will  be  some  bases.  Crime  peanuts  are 
doing  belter.  Feean*  higher. 

We  quote  Apple*,  common,  $1  .MlfdiS.lK) ;  do.  fair  to 
good,  $2w‘.’,25 ;  do.  fine,  $a,5Wr>»'2.7.'t.  CmnbrrrtCB,  prime, 

erale,  *  3,."'!) :  eolTiim *1 1  to  fall’,  $2,IiO(',l3.'5  J  bids,,  $0 
(«|ii;  choice  bill*..  flOaelu.Sti,  Ni*w  Wilmington  pea¬ 
nuts.  $1"*  1.13;  Virginia.  $1.1'5.  Tenu.  do.,  i.leGOc.  Fc- 
eans,  HK  -.  1 1<*. 

Floiir.— Thera  bus  been  a  pressure  to  sell  trade 
family  brands,  on  account  of  the  increasing  receipts 
and  tne  moderate  trade.  The  close  money  market 
has  cheeked  the  demand  if*  somet-i  tent,  most  buyers 
taking  only  enough  stock  toineeet  their  daily  wants. 
Shipping  grades  are  in  light  stock,  and  held  with  a 
fair  degree  of  oonBdejiee,  iiotwIUista'idlrig  tliu  outlet 

has  been  light,  with  scarcely  any  call  from  English 
shipjiers. 

superfine  Hi  ate . $(>  1&U&  6  e~> 

Commuu extra  do...  .  7  00(».*  7  50 

Good  t*i  choice  do . 7  ,r4k.<  '!  Ml 

Fancy  do . 7  ftiiit  s  2.7 

Superfine  Michigan.  Indiana,  Ohio,  Iowa.,.  6  IT  o  tr> 

l;xira  do. .  . 6  Wico  7  50 

Choico  extra  do .  . 7  file*  8  (XI 

Trade  brands  do .  7  K’<»*  10  50 

Good  to  elioicc  white  wlicut  extras . s  a -  <10  50 

Fair  to  v  erv  choice  extra  Minnesota . 7  106.12  56 

Common  to  fair  extra  St.  Louis. . . .  7  500*.  .5 

Good  to  eholee  do . !>  afy.f  12  >5 

Southern,  common  to  choice .  li  1<V.»  8  25 

FMmily  do .  H  40f*,12  75 

Rve,  eomruon  to  fine . . . .  )  fv.’  i>  hi 

Corn  meal.  Brandywine... .  3  tXX, o  3  76 

Do.  Werir  rq .  5  00©  3  40 


Grain.— Spring  ffrad  •-  hn.ro been  wanted  by  ship- 

?ers.  and  with  deereasliig  supplier,  priees  are  hiclo  r. 

he  l.lvurpooi  advices  have *  been  quite  ejieoa raging, 
and  the  trade  expect  a  livelier  movement.  We  quote 
$1,596"  1JS7  if  Or  No.  2  Spring ;  $1.7,V»1.77Ji  for  winter  red 
Western;  ? I, *2 'fin 2. 60  for  amber;  *l.3.Vp'.’.15  lor  in¬ 
ferior  to  very  fancy  white  Western.  Corn.— Ship¬ 
pers  are  beginning  to  purchase  quite  ireely,  and  the 
home  trade  is  very  fair;  prices  rule  very  firm.  Sales 
at  63®G3Xc.  for  ordinary  to  fair  old  mixed  Western, 
in  store,  (iajxc.  for  good  do.,  afloat,  r3'I<i61e.  for  in¬ 
ferior  to  good  new  mixed  Western,  64(siti5c,  for  new 


$732 
MADE  IN 
3  I  DAYS 


£tocl;  ami  ^oultvy 


day,  wtu'ii  till'  markets  closed  without  any  chance. 
The  run  of  homed  cattle  has  been  fully  equal  to  the 
demand,  anil  the  quality  has  been  generally  rather 
coarse.  <>n  Thursday  and  Friday  forenoons  beeves 
sold  at  W(.fi;ivj|c.,  weights,  5M659  nvt„  on  aii.ua,  as.  to 
owl..  Si.hciai  salc.uis  follows :  Missouri  steers  have 
lur,f#*Iv  to  iMinrl ;  hoM  lit  llv'iit*»V|,c*»  wolfoits, 

re. . ;■{  e.wt.;  Kenor.il  ‘ales,  lit.,  line.;  coarse  Ken- 

tio'k  v  steers,  II'..*,  weight,  .Vj.  ewt-f  Illinois  steers, 
llwIlN'o.,  welch  Is,  ewt  *,  itWlOTftJ  sales,  11 k.'t 

l  l'sir*.;  Texan  nicer*,  'J  Iff.,  in\t'.,  with  one  lot  at  lie., 
weights,  riTiuii"  isvt.;  quality,  generally  poor,  one 
ehoiee  citato  steer  sold  at  ?2tXI  1  I've  weight.,  23  cwL. 
Hfctte  oxen  COpie  -pnrmudy  to  hand,  and  Sold  at  IQXGO 
I't'-;,'.,  weight*,  S.XMlll  ewt.  Fat  bulls  sold  on  live 
weight  at  *Mo. 

Milch  flaws.— In  llie  early  part  of  this  past  week 
trade-  in  milch  cows  was  brisk,  on  a  light  run,  and 
trade  continued  firm  tip  to  noon  on  b  relay.  I  ho 
quality  of  the  cows  offered  was  generally  fair.  Lpts 
sold  n*  follows:  1  cows,  $.VwuWI  i<  head;  ,1  do.,  rdisiai 
do,;  1  do.,  do.;  1  COW  and  her  call,  $1-5  I  *'  COWS, 

?  10 sidT  V  head. 

V  enls.  These  animals  continue  to  arrive  in  small 
numbers,  and  of  rather  iudttt'erentquallty.  1  Up  gen¬ 
eral  run  or  the  markets  have  been  the  sam  e.  One  lot 
of  tliiu  State  calves,  UK)  Its.  average  weiKhl ,  sold  at 
i;Va.;  fair  quatltv  veals,  average  weight,  IKK  **•. 
I  lie.;  smooth  quality,  average  weight  U3'(  ,h*->  lie.; 
one  lot  of  tall- quality  veals  sold  at  $9  I*  head. 

Sheep  and  Lambs.  —  Spring  lumhs  have  fallen 
oil  in  quality,  and  have  coiue  t0  hand  rather  more 
freely  during  the  past  week  than  beret  'fore.  >  <>or 
quality  spring  lambs  sold  ut$7  f  head  ,  lair  do.,  I-S...I1 
.So  •  the  best  on  sale  fetched  *111  head.  Shorn  sheep 
sold  at  vv<>',i;jfe.;  woolly  Hheop, 7r«'90.  Oil  Wednesday 
last,  si . .  sold  at  e.  (...as  q.v,  quality,  generally  coarse. 


Western  yellow,  65c.  for  new  Southern.  Oats  arc 
steadily  held  at  50@S4c.  for  poor  to  very  choice  new 
mixed  Western,  48&53c.  for  inferior  to  choice  new 
black,  do.,  53@56Kc.  for  new  white  do. 

Hops.— There  Is  a  belter  trade  from  brewers  and  a 
steadier  market,  although  no  changes  are  made  in 
prices.  The  receipts  are  small  und  the  stock  lias 
been  further  reduced  through  shippers  taking  a  few 
lots.  We  quote  State  at  !'):•'  Vsv,  Eastern,  I0:.,  .ilk'.:  We.-.t,- 
ern.  to  .iatic. ;  old  growth,  lStli,  llMdaC.;  Bavarian,  Mbs 
fi  le.;  English,  Belgian,  85@40c.;  Californian.  30 

@'jUC. 

flay  and  Straw— Prices  rule  more  in  t  he  buyer’s 
favor,  with  a  fair  amount-  of  slock  corning  in.  Wo 
quote  h:tv.  rtrst  quality,  by  tlie  ton.  $28w30;  ao.  second 
quality,  *21.j)W:  do.  shipping,  *10;  clover,  tli«G0- 
i.onK  rya  straw.  *3!?@»2l;  short,  do.,  *18®  18;  oat,  flat*) 
Hi;  wheat,  $I2*st3. 

Poultry  nuil  Game.— Drmuiml  poultry  is  still  in 
regular  stock,  but  as  before,  depends  upon  a  special 
call.  ] ii v : -  pgultry  w  \vm*iiiiiii  inf.o  tint xtcuiiy  ilcmand 
that  it  Holds  as  spring  advances,  aud  prices  are  favor¬ 
ing  i  he  s idler,  Gama  liiu>  tpj  tiewadduhtna.  1'lgenti.* 
are  in  good  demand;  denier*  rceomuiend  that,  birds 
should  he  packed  in  Ico  from  Mil-  time  forward. 

We  quote  live  poultry  at  tils'  ’le.  for  prime  N.  J, 
fowls,  Is H/lOo.  for  Western. and  r.iwSo.  Cor  turkeys. 
Goose,  $I.I5i>v;  for  Western,  *WwPt,‘25  ror  Mew  Jersey, 
i) neks  •  ?’ic. mi  si  for  Wontern,  W-'i’i  'kl.N)  foi  .V.  J. 

We  qiioto  dn  siijil  prime  S.  J  and  Hocks  Mil.  tur¬ 
key  .,21), ,»'! I e.,  wiaie and  Western,  poor  10  heat,  Pl  ii'kle. 
Chickens,  Western,  14*02Otf.:  State  and  near  points, 
'.Mo -Me. 

Game  quotations:  Wild  pigeons,  unpicked,  T  u<)/.. 
$1.25:5)1.8,.  Wild  ducks  arc  hardly  quotable,  they  run 
verv  poor  in  quality.  English  snipe,  per  dozen,  $2.76 
tki'i.  Softie  frozen  lot  i  of  poultry  sell  PoloW  quota¬ 
tions.  Geese  and  ducks  not  In  stock. 

Pro visions.  —There  has  been  another  sharp  ad¬ 
vance  iu  pork,  nod  tile  tendency  Instill  Upward.  Tin 
mode  rate  supplies  are  in  few  hands  aud  wed  con  trill¬ 
ed,  with  a  fair  outlet,  to  shippers,  l,ard  is  bald  (Irmly, 
with  an  lucrOftHod  call  front  English  shippers,  bacon 
li  e-  been  Iu  tnodoiulo  receipt.  ,Y  good  part  of  the 


Jl/KK-B  U  Kit  (II  ESTl'-lt  WHITE  PIGS 

Fancy  Poultry  and  Eggs,  bred  and  shipped  liy 
.1.  W.  ,V  M.  IRWIN, 
I’onningtonville,  Chester  Co.,  l’u. 


Mu  i s/i  p/:./v  imth  mt  A  him  A  s. 

®  Eggs  this  Kciison  for  sale.  $8  perd"'/.  O.  t’Alt- 
1101-1,  I, OKING,  boston,  or  Dedham,  Muss.  First 
Importer  and  breeder. 


Heuksiiires. op  purest  i’i:ini:iir.K, 

all  ages,  constantly  on  bund.  "  Shnrl-I  lorns  ” 
Hulls,  cows  and  heifers;  bull  calves  of  mueh  promise 
Superior  Jersey*,  all  recorded  in  A.  J.  ('.  II,  K. 
Solid;  color, black  ;  points;  few  Imported  ;  pure  aud 
line.  Bronze  Turkey;-,  *111  puiv.  ChOiee,  standard 
Ught  Urn  Hina  codo'Cells,  fill  oaeli.  Eggs  Irotn  supe¬ 
rior  Itose  Comb  Yellow  Lett  Uomlntqq.OM.  hest  hree.d 
in  the  world,  *4  for  12  eggs.  II  t'.  Git  \  ff, 

llox  tGO,  Mliysvllle,  Col,  Co.,  Ohio. 


The  best  Implement  made  for  pulverizing  the  soil 
Send  Cor  Circular  to 

WARRIOR  MOWER  CO., 

lilt  I  le  Full*,  N.  Y. 


A  MERICAN  m  EH  IN  OS.— We  oiler  lor  sole 

.\  ah'inl  KSI  ot  our  line  tliorouttli- hi eds.  Algo,  pure 
I  Jghl  Itrahnias  and  Eggs.  Send  for  Catalogue.  Order* 
Botlclted.  JOHN  HU  El. l)ON  *  NON,  Moscow  N.  Y. 


AMATEUR  PRINTERS 


Send  ror  a  copy  of  i \s  i  iicrrtON'S  for  Amatbuk 
PiitSTBKH,  containing  Directions  for  the  Selection 
of  Type;  Type  Setting  and  1)1  trthuting;  Making 
Hollers,  Printing  In  Colors;  Elect retyping  mid  Ste¬ 
reotyping,  Are.,  Sc.-  Illustrated.  Price  25  cents  by 
nmll,  post -pal. 1.  Address  JOSEPH  WATSON,  V27 
Portland  Street,  Heston,  or  63  Murray  Street,  New 
York. 


Fvom  l.lght  Brahmin*,  Huff  and  Partridge  Cochins. 
Inclose  stamp  for  Circular.  S.  M  lilt  It  1',  Utim,  N.  Y 


I  .Mills  FOR  II  ATI’  II I  NIL  FROM  HARK 

’J  and  Eight  Brahmas;  Partridge,  While  and  Hull 
Cochins.  From  First  Premium  strain-.  Address, 
with  stamp,  VY.  1.  HOWARD,  East  Mugiiluw,  Midi. 


LEE  S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES 


Wholesale  unit  General  Supply  Nurseries. 
An  I  in  mouse  stock,  of  superior  qmtlilv,  at  low  prices. 

iTP~ Osage  Hedge  Plants  by  llio  1,0011  or 
1,000,000.  Send  for  Price  List. 

It  I.A  I II  It  ROM., 
l.en’s  Summit.  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 


IAGGS  FOR  HATCHING,  I  will  now  book  nr- 
j  ders  for  eggs  from  my  well  known stm In*  of  Fan¬ 
cy  Poultlry,  Including  oyer  80  varieties  0*  Fowls  and 
Ducks,  tx.  Im  shipped  us  soon  as  tho  wouther  will  per¬ 
mit.  Inclose  stamp,  and  write  for  wlmt  you  want  to 
C.  N.  BROWN  Unadilla  Forks,  Otsego  Co.  N.  Y. 


5rvff.o',  ^?Innt«it 


SIXTY  YOUNG  MEN  AND  T.A DIES  To  place  In 
I'ositiurm  where  I  hey  will  acquire  a  thorough  and 
practical  knowledge  of  Telegraphy,  and  receive  a 
r,iu|rnls*lon  while  practicing.  Address,  with  stamp, 
c.  A.  SHEARMAN,  Sup  t  Union  Telegraph  Com¬ 
pany,  Oberlln,  Ohio. 


y.P.  D0U  W  WCQM 
fhfeTSEiE  DS  rt  E-M 

I'liINC  I  .VI'A  I.Ol.'l  E-free  to  all 
l  for  tho  “IMG  SUN  FLOWER.” 


WEBSTER’S  PATENT 

Buttoii-liolt1:  Worker 


DiimUlV  b  ONE  OOLLAB 

Flowor  O- ar clou 

CONTAIN H : 

10  pkts.  Choice  A  initial  Flowers,  worth . 50  cents. 

2  <  Uolcn  Gladiolus  Bulbs,  “  ......  80  cents 

1  Japi'.n  Elly  Bulh,  “  ......  JO  cents. 

i  Doublu  Tubaro»c  Bulb*,  "  HO  omits. 

AEI.  SENT  POST-PAID  BY  MAH,  FOR  Si. 
Cataloaticof  Flowcrand  Vegetable  Seeds  sent  Irec 
W.  B  OIM.ON,  Jit.,  Seedsman,  Brooklyn,  N.  v. 


Put.  June  1871.  Award*'!  flrat  premium  at 
the  Am.  Inatitnle  anil  Aid,  Inuliluta  Fair*,  IH7I . 


Monday's  Sales.  Beeves  fair  from  1  li.'.l U^c.  C< 
lb.,  weight.*  from  i>!«‘J  owl.,  ou  55(3p'J  lbs.  to  tho  ewt. 
net.  .Milch  cows  opened  tlrrn,  on  a  moderate  run; 
prices  at  Til  V  head. 

Veals.  Trade  waa  light  and  quality  fair;  prices  at 
Utv/jplc.  1'  fli. 

Sheep  and  Lambs.  Firm  and  active.  The  lots 
to  hand  Seld  off  at  ll;V"^r(£C.  V  A. 

Ilogs  Trade  was  active,  Live  hogs, 5L<3<>Kc.;  city 
dressed,  7ajiTJ<c. 

RECKIPTH  OF  MV13  STOCK. 

Sheep  A 

lini'V  '•  ■ .  Coo.  Calves.  Lfliaihs.  1 1’* 

OnfiTIuntlredt.il  St... 3,123  7  'M  9  CCO 

Forty-Eighth  St .  0(1  90  11H  R,419  O'  0 

Fort  ieth  St .  IHJ  IN)  III)  5.037  2o,N  J 

Com  m  unipaw., . 3,082  (X)  (X)  3,001  '  19,810 

YVeclmwkon .  834  00  OtX)  IX 10 

Totals  this  week  0,839  97  926  17,(X!7  <5,119 

“  last  week  7,311  79  585  14,482  41.8JJ 

COMPARATIVE  RATES. 

This  week.  Lust  week, 
tents.  Cents. 

13  (i'l  14J<  13  (<«  11 

II  (w  12s  H  he  12  w 

9 M  <«>  OF.'  0  (:D  10>i 

7J<  (.8  9  7  Y  On  H  t; 

11.(4  <d)  1214  1114  On  l‘-’>4 


FARMERS  A  VII  LAGERS  need  the  Planet  ComWiwd  Gor¬ 
don  Drill, Wheel  Hoe,  Plow  and  Hulmoiler;  three  other 
styles  tor  umb  ..h’rtiUzn*,  and  Unfold  I'tjrid  limiitij. 
Made  only  oy  H  L.  A  l  i.KN  a  Co.,  119  M.  4th  St.,  Phlla. 


Got  your  Seer-Corn  from  tii  k  YV  F.s'r.  We  oft'er  tho 


The  Premium  Heed -Corn*  of  the  l ;  BEAT  ST.  J.OU19 
FA  I  It  of  1872. 

Per  Pound,  by  mail*  pont-puid .  311 

Per  .5  Pun  ii.ls,  “  “  . «0 

K  K If  STEBKR  A.  GO., 

21  I  Mar  he!  8t.*  Si,  Louin,  >lo. 


flood  StCCVs  IR  lb 

Fair . 

Poor . 

Poorest  . . 

Gen.  Belling  rates 


FOIL  SIX  PAPERS  FLOWER 
SEEDS.  Your  choice.  Circular 
tree.  SARA  1 1  II.  MARTIN,  Mur- 
•  hlohcud,  Muss. 


i  CA  II  PltlCL  L’S  Ext  ra  En  fly  GO  Days*  Sugu r 
Vg  Guru.  The  best  and  earliest  ltu.;  Sugar  Corn. 
Long  ears,  large  grains,  exquisite  iluvor.  Price,  pkE, 
15c.;  14  pint,  250. ;  pint,  10c. ;  quart, 75c. ;  post-paid. 

GEO.  \V.  GAAIPIIElel.,  llrlitWiirc,  O. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


JfvtiHsfv.s,  &t 


A  Positive  Radical  Gurelor  Rnpture.— The 

Elastic  Truss  Company,  at  No.  683  Broadway,  New 
York,  will  send  their  Descriptive  Circulars  to  any 
portion  afflicted  with  Hernia.  This  Truss  can  be  sent 
Oy  mail  to  any  part  of  the  country. 


PRIZE  STRAWBERRIES 


JOHN  RALSTON  Sc  CO 

GENIC KAI.  DEALERS  IN 


GITA  TIPTON,  $3  PF.R  DO/.,  i  LATE  PRO- 
LI  FIG,  $"Z  PER  llll/,:  Kl-.'icna.  *2  per  do/.; 
Black  I lelhiuee,  *1  per  do/..  Circular*  free.  Address 
KE1MG  &  II  EX  A  1IEU, 

New  Gaslle,  West. 'busier  Go.,  N.  1  . 


The  Rest  Elastic  Truss,  without  metal  springs, 
i:-  Pomeroy’s  Elastic  Rcptcuk  Belt,  patented  In 
1871  and  1873.  No  one  should  buy  an  Klastlc  Truss 
without  first  writing  to  Messrs.  POMEROY'  &  CO., 
711  Broadway,  New  York,  for  full  particulars. 
Pomeroy’s  Trusses  are  the  best,  iu  the  world. 


PURE  CHEMICALS,  No.  1  PERU 
GUANO  and  FERTILIZING 
SUPPLIES. 

I  70  Front  Street, 

NEW  YORK. 

Z~?f~  Descriptive  Pamphlets  and  Price  Circulars  on 
application. 


/  1A1HPBELI/H  LATE  ROSE  POTATO.  A 

V  new  socOUng,  uncquuled  in  productiveness ;  un¬ 
surpassed  in  quality;  perfectly  healthy,  lias  yielded 
from  l  to  2  barrels  to  the  pound.  Circulars,  with 
testimonial*  us  to  yield  and  quality,  free.  Price,  1 
lb.,  50c. ;  4  lb*.,  *1.,XI,  post-paid;  peek,  *3;  'A  buwli., 
$5.50;  bushel.  $10;  barrel,  $20. 

GEO.  W.  GA IP  I* ItEI.l o  Delaware,  O. 


$Uw  ^rtwti.senuutsi 


SWEET  CHESTNUT  TREES 


The  largest  stock  In  the  world  at  greatly  reduce, 
rate*.  Circulars  iree.  Also,  a  full  line  of  •uperlru 
Nursery  Stock.  Nlnetenth  year ;  200  aero*;  11  green 
houses.  Address 

STORKS,  HARRISON  &  CO., 

Piiiuesville,  Lake  Go..  Ohio. 


The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 


GROUND  BONE, 

BONE  HUE  Y  I,, 

BONE  FLOUR 
Fresh  Boue  Suporpkoapliate  ot  Lime.  . 
Dissolved  Bone.  Hcud  lor  Circular. 

LISTER  BROKm  Newark,  X.  J, 


Promiums,  $30,000  : 

The  Fourth  Annual  Fair  of  thin  Association  will 
bo  held  at  Cleveland,  O.,  on  tho  '29l h  «»t‘ Sep- 
temlier,  1  S7.'l,  and  continue  live  (5)  days, 

Preinlum  Lists  will  be  ready  in  due  season. 

Hon.  .1.  P.  ROBISON,  Pres’t. 
SAM.  B  HIGGS,  Sec'y. 


COCTNTEY  CHEESE  MARKET 


WANT  ITf-CA  WPBEI.L’S  LATE  ROSE 

Circular  tells  all  about  It.  pent  gratis  to  appli¬ 
cants;  and  the  potatoes  at,  Ills  advertised  rates,  de¬ 
livered  free  of  expouno  at  any  express  office  between 
Buffalo  and  Cleveland. 

M.  It.  HATEHAM,  PulnesvUe,  O. 

A  1  RAPE  VD’KS.  SHALL  FRI  ITS.  FI.OYV  - 
\H  KWS,  Ac.  All  varieties  of  Grape  Vanes  ,  mag- 
nitlccnt,  Delaware  layers,  f  10  to  *25  per  Hit);  *75  t. .  U.'iiO 
per  l,i)(ni.  xplemtul  stock  of  Greeu-llouau  and  Bed- 
.liug  Plant*.  Catalogue*  free. 

GEO.  W.  CAMPBELL.  Delaware,  O. 


Little  Falls,  N.  V.,  April  12,  1873. 

TnE  market  at,  l.lttlo  Fails,  for  tli«  week  ending 
April  12,  was  Without  nvit  rial  change.  A  few  eml* 
of  farm  dairies  wore  delivered  und  sold  at  from  12© 
lie.,  and  some  extra  dot*  brought  15c.  The  Bate* 
Factory  and  the  St.  JohnaVUle  were  in  market  tho 
St.  John- villa  (new  cheese)  sold  at  14c.  No  other  new 
cheese  in  mai  set  tills  week,  owing  to  the  had  con¬ 
dition  of  the  roods.  Some  factories  are  reported  to 
have  from  10(1 1  •  IVrtiif  the  uew-10;<  fee.  and  next  week, 
If  the  road*  are  passible,  we  shall  doubtless  have 
more  or  Jess  offered.  There  Hu*  burnt  a  large  delivery 
of  butter  this  week.  Olid  prices  have  ranged  at  40®12a. 

We  have  advice*  from  abroad  for  tJm  third  wrek.  iu 
March.  Our  Loudon  eorreHpouUe.it  says  choose  Is 
in  good  request,  eMpeemlly  unit  i  aieidiau  aud  good 
medium.  'Pho  best  A  merman  1*  quoted  ;lt  ?atcl76s.; 
next  grade,  7Z@74s.;  good,  fH,/)7il*.  In  butter,  holders 
press  sales,  and  sale*  are  eon tlned  to  good  und  best, 
Europeans.  We  quote  CloumeU*.  13tl<9j(.i;l40s, ;  Corks, 
1I(V5)110*.:  D0rn.it  -,  t.'ills. ;  Normandy  exua,  1I0».;  Ca¬ 
nadian,  .'ills  120s,  'I'lieoorrospondtng  prices  last  year 
were,  for  I'lijiinieMs  13fi9. :  Corks,  1X11*.,  and  American 
Cheese,  71s. 

The  weather  in  Herkimer,  N,  Y.,  id  mild,  and  snow 
is  going  off  rapidly,  hut  the  deep  drifts  in  the  roads 
are  soft  and  travel  is  dilBeult. 


TO  FARMERS 


8  DOUBLE  REFINED  I’oUDUETTK 
of  the  “  l.odl  Manufacturing  Co."  for 
sale  In  lots  to  suit  euHumers,  This  arti¬ 
cle  i*  sold  for  n  Ai.e  mi:  pbick  ol  other 
ferllll/.ers,  and  i*  eheaper  for  Tobacco, 
Cotton,  Corn  and  Vegetables  time  any 
other  In  market.  It  is  mado  entirely 
from  the  night  soil,  oiral,  Ac.,  oT  New 
,  York  City.  Price  (delivered  on  hoard 
in  New  York  City)  Twenty-tivo  dollar* 
per  ton.  . 

I  ash  attention  to  tlm  following  testimonials: 
ItKNUY  Y.  UultTo.N,  Cl. crime  (  ■■.,  N.  11.,  writes: 
I  And,  from  experiments  made  List  year,  the  Ut.ubU- 
xtiUud  I'uuilrclt •  I*  the  cheapest  fertiliser  to  use  on 
’Irihacrn,  t  put  tl.  beside  Peruvian  Guano  with  equal 
cost  of  bot  h,  und  the  Tobacco  was  30  per  cent,  better 
where  1  used  Pmmrettc."  ....  _ 

I,  If  Siir.i. run,  8upT  or  the  Now  Jersey  >ffuto  Re¬ 
form  Heli ool,  write*;—  •  We  have  used  Poiidrette  fnv 
several  year*  upon  our  farm  crop*,  and  for  the  money 
invested  we  liilVC  found  nothing  that  has  done  On  BO 

much  BorvieG.”  _  ...  . 

W.  F.  Gp.uk  ( N  of  Essex  Co  ,  N.  Y„  write*.:  I  have 

used  the  fJnublt  i  *  blu'd  I  Utiulrif  /.*  for  the  last.lier  'j/rn  i>, 
aud  I  consider  if  Lit  a  cheapest  fertilizer  1  can  buy— 
giv lug  the  best  results  for  the  cOBt.' ' 

HiWU.  S.  POMKUHV  "f  llarl lord  Co.,  Ct  ,  writes  :  I 
have  used  the  Daublc-raflned  Poudrette  for  si  veral 
y<:ur*  on  llilwffu,  and  >  thtijk  it  one  of  the  best  fertil¬ 
izers  made  for  tills  crop." 

A  pamphlet  giving  full  directions,  Ac.,  sent  free  ou 
application  to  JAMES  'I'.  FOSTER , 

BO  Gortlan.lt  Si.,  New  York. 


20  SHEETS  of  CHOICE 
MUSIC,  SI. 


Why  t  hrow  away  money  on  high-priced  Mnato  when 
you  can  select  from  our  Catalogue  of  7(Xl  piece*?  Any 
20  Half-Dime,  ..r  III  of  Dune  Series,  mailed  on  receipt 
of  One  Dollar.  Sold  liy  all  booksellers,  and  can  be 
ordered  through  any  newsdealer.  Heiul  stamp  for 
Catalogue.  Address 

BEN  I.  YY.  HITCHCOCK,  Publisher. 

439  Third  AvustrS,  NEW  York. 


Ill  Jl  All  Dear  l*  Trees,  and  500,000  of  other 
I  BM  f  ehoiee  kind*  of  Trees  and  Plant*,  for 
sale  at  lowest  market  rates,  by  E.  It.  COCHRAN, 
Pencil  Tree*  a  specialty.  Middletown,  Del. 

j  W  A  Iso,  Manufacturer'H  Agent  ror  the  cheapest 
ana  Dent  roach  Basket  ever  made. 


POTATO  BLIGHT! 

A  REMEDY. 

Reed's  Agricultural  Cupid. 


By  one  Agent  selling  SiUc.ru  Patent 
Hr  mm.  Recommended  by  the.  Into 
Elorue.e  Greeley,  Am.  Agriculturist, 
and  UK). OHO  Families  using  them. 
One  county  for  each  Ageut.  Succinm 
sure.  C.  A,  CLEGG  CO.,  ,  ,, 

20  Cortland t  St.,  N.  Y. 


The  Compound  Is  composed  of  material*  crude  und 
Clm  in  I  eat,  specially  destructive  to  the  1)1.  rnmwpic  in- 
xcvU  living  on  t.he  root*  of  the  Potato  vinos,  which 
are  the  emme  of  this  destructive  disease.  Farmer* 
will  find  the  Compound  a  remedy  for  Potato  Hllald 
and  Hot,  and  a  goo.d  fertilizer  for  the  soil. 

AMES  PLOW  COMPANY, 
Send  for  Circular.  53  Bcckinuu  Sr., 

New  Y'ork, 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS, 


ROPER  HOT  AIR 

ENGINE  COMPANY,  124  Chambers  St., 


New  York,  April  13. 1873. 

Beeves.— Trade  in  beeves,  on  last,  Wednesday,  was 
very  .small;  price*  ranged  at  lUMfe  13c.;  weights,  5K@ 
i  A  ewt.,  on  58@57  its.  to  the  ewt.  Trade  advanced  iu 
feeling  on  Thursday  forenoon,  and  held  firm  ou  Fri- 


a  Month  '.  Horse  and  carriage  f  urnislied, 
Expenses  paid.  M.  B.  SIIAYV,  Alfred,  Me, 


Kmplf rncntsi  and  ittachtncry 


&mplrmrnt$  and  Jttnrhinmi 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


^mptnncnt.si  and  ill  nch  incry 


John  Forster,  Dickens’  friend,  is  sick. 

Mark  Twain  sails  for  Europe,  May  J7tli, 

Senator  Fenton  will  not  draw  his  back  pay. 

Beethoven  was  very  short,  and  had  an  ugly 
skin. 

The  late  ex-Senator  Dixon  left  ten  sons  and 
two  daughters. 

Portland,  Me.,  will  give  Annie  Louise  Gary 
a  complimentary  concert. 

Senator  Sumner  will  go  to  his  homo  in  Mas¬ 
sachusetts,  in  June. 

Corn  emits  Vanokrbiut,  Jr.,  promises  to 
pay  the  estate  of  Horace  Greeley  £45,000. 

Mrs.  Abraham  Lincoln  Is  the  only  person 
who  has  the  right  to  a  free  use  of  t  he  mails. 

Neat.  Dow  and  John  B.  Gough  have  been 
running  a  temperance  revival  in  Nashua,  N.  II. 

Horatio  Seymour  and  W m.  Cullen  Bryant 
have  had  a  banquet  given  to  them  in  Charles¬ 
ton,  S.  C. 

Froudk,  the  historian,  Max  Muller,  the  Ox* 
ford  professor,  and  Charles  Kingsley,  the  novel¬ 
ist,  are  said  to  be  brothers-in-law. 


THE  ROCHESTER 

BERRY  BASKET, 

In  which  Berries  rnrry  and  sell  best, 
Agents  wanted,  circulars  free.  Ad¬ 
dress  General  Agents, 

OLL1NS  A  CO.,  Mooreatown,  N.  ,1. 


MEDAL  MACHINES 


Send  for  a  handsomely  lUuntratni  Catalogue  and 
Circular,  giving  plana  of  best  Cheese  Factories,  cuts 
of  Steutn  Boilers,  Engines  and  all  apparatus  used  In 
best  Factories  In  Central  New  York;  also,  cuts  el’ 
latest  invention;!  that  ure-  especially  commended. 
Constitution  and  lly-l.uws  adopted  by  best  Factories. 
Also, 

1.  The  method.  In  detail,  of  manufacturing  the  cheese 

that  have  taken  the  First,  Premium  at  New  York 
HtJUe  »tul  County  Knlrsdnrlng  the  past  three  years. 

2.  The  English  (or  Cheddar) system  or  making  cheese. 

3.  How  to  prepare  Brigilsh,  Irish,  Bavarian  arid  Amer- 

ieari  Bennets,  as  now  done  tojr  best  cheese  makers. 

4.  Manufacturing  Butter. 

f>.  How  to  tu-st  prepare  anil  use  A nnuttolne  for  color¬ 
ing  Cheese.  Butter,  ,Ve. 

41.  How  to  discover  diluted  and  skimmed  milk. 

7.  How  to  remove  Beale  and  prevent  its  formation  in 

Steam  Boilers, 

8.  General  and  valuable  Information  on  numerous 

subjects. 

Tins  Catalogue,  Ac.,  will  he  furnished  FRKI!  to  par¬ 
ties  desiring  same,  and  who  think  of  purchasing  Ap- 
paratoe  .fixtures,  Ac.  Apply  to 

WHITMAN  A  BUHIDilJ,.  Little  Falls,  N.  Y.. 
Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Cheese  Factory  Appa¬ 
ratus  of  all  knots,  Fanners’  and  Dairy  Supplies,  Jfec. 
Exclusive  Agents  for  sale  of  Annattolnc,  import¬ 
ers  of  Bavarian  and  Iiunii  Bonnets,  Ac.,  Ac. 


CSIBI3R 

iftnffiitrtfW3d8a  ft  a  B*ui;w?;.  Improv’d  Grat- 
ER,  IRON  POSTS,  nnd  forty 
other  things  for  Cider  Mills  and  Vinegar  Factories. 
For  Circulars,  address  J.  W.  MOUNT,  Medina,  N.  Y. 


Patent  Pruning  &  Sheop-Toc  81ioars 

manufautokbr  hv 

HENRY  SEYMOUR  &  CO„ 

26  &  31  Rose  St.,  New  York. 


WHEELER.  HELICK  .V  CO., 

I'ltOI'IU KTOI18,  PATENTEES  A  V  A  NF FACT!’  REUS  OF 

RAILWAY  CHAIN  &  LEYER  HORSE  POWERS, 

Combined  thkksii  kkh  and  Wlnnowws.  Overshot 
Threshers,  Clover  HulU-rs,  Feed  Cutter,,  Saw- 
Mills,  Morse  Bakes,  Horse  Pitchforks  Shin¬ 
gle  Machines,  se.,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


I  lOiR.IC’S  1MTU.NI  It  rev  IRMIIl.i: 

1  I  I’l.mv.  The  only  perfect  turning  Flat  Land 
swivel  Plow,  Warranted  to  equal  the  beat  Land- 
Bide  Plow*  on  level  land,  beside  working  to  perfec¬ 
tion  on  hill  sides.  Send  fur  Circular  and  Price  1, 1st 
to  ONLONTA  MANUFACTURING  CO., 

Oneunta.  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y. 


First  Premium  awarded  by  Am.  Institute  Fair,  and 
twelve  different.  State  Fairs.  Highest  recommenda¬ 
tion  from  Hon.  H.  B.  Bands]),  Pres't  Wool  Growers’ 
Association,  and  author  “  Practical  Shepherd,”  Rec¬ 
ommendations  from  many  practical  shearers. 

“The  Bhoep  Bhours  work  splendidly,  and  I  would 
not  ask  for  any  better.  Bo  sav*  Mr.  .lepnon,  who 
shears  cur  sheep,  anil  he  has  sheared  thousand,,” 
(Signed,)  L.  A.  CIIASK.  Am.  Agriculturist. 

8*.2«  84.30  84.30  84.73 

4H  6  6X  din.  blade. 

“  1  have  tested  your  Pruning  and  Sheep-toe  Shuars, 
and  tiioy  are  excellent,  j  used  them  to  dock  the  tails 
of  my  lambs  this  season,  and  found  them  the  handi¬ 
est  Instrument  for  that  purpose  i  ever  used,” 

(Signed,)  11KNRY  B.  BA  NOAM,. 


PtSfcUttncoutf 


rpniK,  MONEY*  AM)  STKKtfCfTII  SAVED 
I  by  using  Clark’s  Parent  Tohucrn  Ridgcr 
nnd  (lllling  Plow.  The  most  complete  implement 
ever  put  into  the  hands  of  the  Farmer.  It  uthe  sim¬ 
ple*!,  easiest  handled,  and  take.  up  no  more  room 
than  an  ordinary  plow.  It  combines  four  of  the  most 
valuable  tools  in  one.  nnd  with  One  Horse  ami  Hoy  will 
do  mom  work  than  ten  men.  As  a  Tobacco  ltldger  it 
1ms  no  equal.  A*  a  Hilling  Plow  it  stands  nnrivnied. 
As  u  cultivator  of  all  crops  that  require  hilling  It  is 
unsurpassed.  Asa  Horse  Hoe  nothing  compares  with 
It.  Bend  for  Circular,  rind  get  description  of  the  best 
lino  of  biols  ever  put  Into  the  bands  of  the  Farmer. 

HIGGANl-.M  M'F’G  co.,  lllgganum.  Conn. 


gv  XJTV  THE  ZINC  COLLAR 

K-  \v  /-'A  I’AI)  Is  guaranteed  to  cure 

Uf  \7*gsr-.  ■(T'nT*1'  ’’ V  1  h’’  worst  ease  of  raw  and 
uR.  u  >— -•  '-sSni.  ,  1  inflamed  neck  In  Tin  Dig*. 

l  t  J  il  lli  I  trui  I.  the  I  I'll'At  reel  fltl<  1 1/ ; 

ykV  vei*’  /  K  and  will  not  chafe  or  wear 

V!  S  Jr  the  inuno.  For  sale  by  Sad- 

_ dlnry  Hnrdwure  Dcalcrsand 

— —  '  Harness  Milkers.  Manufac¬ 

tured  by  the  ZINC  COl, I. AH  PAD  CO.,  Ilueliniuin, 
Mii  h.  Information  furnished  on  application. 

Tills  Company  Is  In  possession  of  hundreds  of  relia¬ 
ble  testimonials  from  Farmers,  Luuiherumn,  Team¬ 
sters,  Dealers  and  others,  fully  endorsing  nil  we  claim 
for  the  Zinc  Pad.  We  annex  the  following  notice  : 

M  AlSSACIU  KKTTB  SOCIETY  FOR  THE  PRKVFN-  ) 
TION  OFCKUM.TV  TO  ANIMA1.S,  OFFICE  40  WASH-  - 
INOTO.V  BT..  BOSTON,  Belli.  27,  1872.  ) 

Zinc  coi.i.ak  Pad  Co..  Ituc/munii,  Mich ■  ■ 
GENTS:— At  the  North-East  Agricultural  Fair,  in 
this  State,  recently,  at  our  request,  a  gratuity  of  flO 
was  awarded  to  your  Zinc  Collar  Pad,  and  Inclosed 
please  find  check  for  that  amount,  We  shell  yet 
hope  to  see  It  thoroughly  introduced  Into  our  State. 

F.  B.  FAY,  Sec’y. 


THEN  USE  THE 

Averill  Chemical  Paint 

PURE  WRITE,  l>RA  lt,S, 

French  grey,  Spates, 

Huffs,  yellows 

and  all  the  fashionable  shades  and  colors  used  In 
house  and  cottage  pulnMug,  ready  fur  use,  require*  >"> 
oil,  thinning  nr  dryer*,  and  sold  ONI.Y  BY  THE  (iai.- 
EoN. 

Every  Man  His  Own  Painter. 

Sample  card  of  colors,  and  testimonials  fr  om  own¬ 
ers  of  the  driest  residences  In  the  country,  Garnished 
free  by  dealers  generally,  or  by  the 

AVKRILL  CHEMICAL  PAINT  CO., 

34  Hulling  Slip,  Netv  York. 


A  set  of  40  boxed  ami  delivered  to  Express  or  It.  It 
%  □,  11  In.  long,  about  15  lbs.,  for  *0.00. 

V  U  in.  long,  about  01  lbs.,  for  *7.50. 

Liberal  discount  to  the  Trade.  Address 

SWEET’*  MFC  CO.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


Every  pair  warranted.  Free  by  mail  on  receipt  of 
price. 

Pruning  or  Slicep-toe  Shears,  S3  per  pair. 

Sold  everywhere.  State  where  you  saw  this. 


IP  WTQtm Q 

n  ml  I  ill  PI  ON  COttN -SUKLLEB. 
XU  XJUUlilJXIU  indorsed  by  nil  the  press 
and  50,000  farmers.  Bio  Pay  to  Aoknt*.  Sample 
and  terms  to  dealers  sent  by  mail  on  receipt  of  *1. 
The  Inventor’s  MANitf'o  Co.,  ITS  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


W ,  WOULD  NOT  HELL  OCR  SUPK- 
”  '  Dir  l|ni  Spreader  fur  live  times  its  cost  if 
we.  could  not  obtain  unother. 


JATENT  ATTORNEYS.  -J.  MrC.  Perkins*  Co., 5157th 
Bt,,  Washington,  D.  C,  Correspondence  solicited. 


ritmc  SUPERIOR  HAY  SI’READE  U  saved 


OF  CfiflRKF  X°r  WILL  I'SE  Cnhooii’n 

Broadcnsi  Seed  Sower  to 
sow  your  VV  heat,  ltye,  Oats,  Burley,  Hemp  nnd  Grass 
Seed. 


me  two  hundred  dollars  on  iuy  hay  last  seaeou 


Agents  wanted  everywhere.  Business  strictly  legiti¬ 
mate.  Particulars  free.  .1 ,  WORTH  &  Co.,  Bt.  Louis,  Mo, 


FOR  HAND  OR  HORSE  POWER 


Pigtail  |!tt,stvumc»t.o 


CHICKERING 

TIANO-FOETES 


PENN001C  MANUFACTURING  CO, 


and  upon  the  most  favorable  term *  of  'payment. 

We  Invito  the  attention  of  persons  Intending  to 
purchase  Pianos  to  our  Now  Illustrated  Catalogue, 
giving  full  description  of  Style*  and  Prices,  und  the 
terms  on  which  we  sell  to  those  desiring  to  make 


Manufactured  by  adriance,platt&go 

STYLES,  SIZES  A  PRICES  TO  SUIT  ALL  FARMERS 

Doaorlptlvo  Circular*  Forwarded  by  Malt 


SEND  FOR  A  CATALOGUE 


MANUFACTURED  by 

CHADB0RN  &  C0LDWELL  M’F’G  CO., 

'send  for  Circular.)  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

C For  sale  by  all  flrst-elnss  Dealers  and  Seedsmen, 


The  Louden  Hay  Carrier 

Elevates  the  buy  perjirndteulnrlu  from  the  load,  car- 
rim  it  huriziiiitaUy  l’i ,  a  ny  part  of  the  mow,  and  returns 
the  empty  fork  back  to  the  loud.  Pitches  into  a  win¬ 
dow.  Blacks  In  the  held.  Naves  Its  cost  every  sea¬ 
son.  See  illustration  on  page  158  of  ltiniAL  New- 
Yorkku  of  .March  S,  Agents  wauled.  Bend  stump 
for  Circular,  Price- and  Terms. 

LOUDEN  M’F’G  WORKS, 

Fairfield,  Iovvn. 


11  EAST  14th  ST.,  New  York. 
354  WASHINGTON  ST,,  Boston, 


I  FARMERS.  HE  SURE  AND  EXAMINE 

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riMIE  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  cau- 
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This  metal  has  all  the  brilliancy  nnd  durability  of  Gold.  Prices, 
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—  Watkins  Glon  lias  been  sold  fur  $100,000. 

—  The  price  of  paper  is  to  lie  raised  i  n  England. 

Ohio  refuses  to  abolish  capital  punishment. 

—  The  London  season  lias  begun,  and  la  very 
gay. 

—  Toledo  is  to  have  water  works,  at  a  cost  of 
$685,000. 

—  The  armies  of  Europe  have  10,000  pieces  of 
artillery. 

The  great  strike  in  Wales  ended  on  the  18tli 
of  March. 

—  The  pilgrimage  to  Mecca,  this  year,  num¬ 
bered  150,000. 

The  price  of  farm  labor  is  said  to  be  very 
high  this  spring. 

—  Homeopathy  is  to  be  taught  in  the  Univer¬ 
sity  of  Michigan. 

The  i'niversity  of  Heidelberg  will  teach 
modern  languages. 

Women  have  become  eligible  as  school  of¬ 
ficers  In  Now  York. 

The  Republicans  wore  defeated  in  the  last 
Connecticut  election. 

Russian  coal  fields  are  to  be  developed  for 
the  benefit  of  England. 

Owego  Is  to  have  a  now  Homan  Catholic 
church,  to  cost  about  $30,000. 

The  Hudson  River  and  the  great  Northern 
lakes  are  open  to  navigation. 

Chautauqua  County  shipped  by  express, 
last  year,  il,«W,05il  lbs.  of  butter. 

Brown’s  building,  Portland,  Me.,  will  bo 
turned  into  a  knitting  factory,  with  5,000  ma¬ 
chines. 

-Chester  White,  a  pig  of  1,000  pounds,  has 
been  killed  at.  the  Massachusetts  Agricultural 
College. 

-  A  wild  hog,  weighing  350  pounds,  with 
tusks  five  inches  long,  was  recently  killed  in 
Vallejo,  Cal. 


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t  om  puny,  and  cannot  be  puhl  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchers  showing  that  the  money  has 
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March  No.  uontuln* .  How  to  Make  1, ho  “Dollar" 
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either  in  young  or  old  trees.  The  circumfer¬ 
ence  of  the  I  re  os,  measured  seven  feet  from 
the  base,  was  from  12  to  35  feet.  The  trees 
grow  very  luxuriantly  on  a  soil  of  sand,  or 
sandy  loam.  They  are  often  tapped  by  stock 
•non,  who  procure  from  them  a  glutinous  and 
refreshing  beverage.  When  of  largo  size,  t  hey 
are  scooped  out,  and  form  excellent  canoes, 
(t  is  stated  that  an  excellent  kind  of  jam,  or 
jelly,  is  made  from  the  gap. 


On  examinin 
disappeared, 


X*  ■  , - -f  ft*'  -v  OVAXV.T, 

t  ho  rnieo  have  nearly  destroyed  it.  Some  of 
the  plants  they  have  girdled  close  to  the 
ground,  others  from  two  to  four  inches 
above,  while  some  they  have  not  eaten  at  all. 
VVjml  shall  I  do  with  the  hedge  (  Will  it 
spi'out  from  below  where  they  have  gnawed 
it  and  vot  make  a  fence  t  W.  DOOLITTLE 


BOTTLE  TREES  OF  NORTH. AUSTRALIA 


PERSIMMONS  FOR  SEED. 

(Jan  Persimmons  be  grown  from  the  seed  ? 
If  so,  how  should  they  he  treated  '{ — it.  m. 

Gather  the  fruit  when  ripe  and  throw 
into  a  vessel,  and  allow  it  to  remain  a  few 
days,  or  until  the  pi  dp  is  soft ;  then  wash  out 
the  seed  and  sow  it,  but  do  not  allow  it  to 
got  dry  before  planting. 


The  illustration  of  t) 


RASPBERRY  CULTURE 


I  notice  in  Rurau  New-Yorker  of  March 
22d,  an  nrticlo  on  “  Raspberry  Culture,”  all 
of  which  I  fully  indorse,  with  t  he  exception 
of  tin?  plowing  and  hoeing.  I  veut.ure  a  sug¬ 
gestion  which  may  be  considered  by.  some  an 
improvement  iu  the  mode  of  culture.  Early 
in  the  spring  mulch  thoroughly  witli  coarse 
barnyard  manure  or  Btraw,  By  this  plan 
they  thrive  (here)  equally  well,  and  need  no 
plowing  or  hoeing  during  the  busy  season  of 
summer.  A  Young  Farmer. 

Plainville,  Mich. 


ARBORICULTURAL  NOTES. 

Pear*  on  Doucin  Apple  Stock.— About  fif¬ 
teen  years  ago,  M.  E.  Carrikre,  the  able  po- 
mologut  of  the  Jardin  tics  Plantes  at  Paris, 
made  an  experiment  in  grafting  two  varieties 
of  pears  (the  Bctirro  de  Mali  mm  and  the  Fon- 
dajit.fi  dos  Bo  is)  on  the  Doucin  Apple  stock. 
We  now  leant  that  the  pears  thus  grafted 
have  not  only  grown  well,  but"  have  also 


PLANTING  1,000  TREES  PER  DAY 


used  for  the  purpose  a  piece  of  ground  which 
wa*  well  subdued  ;  then  put  the  ground  in 
good  order,  by  proper  plowing  and  harrow 
ing,  and  then  marked  it  out  both  ways  four 
feet  apart  with  a  common  corn  marker.  I 
then  procured  my  trees,  which  were  from 
one  to  three  feet  high.  I  trimmed  the  roots 
close.  I  then  used  a  spade,  pressing  it  in  the 
ground  to  the  depth  of  six  or  eight  inches  ; 
then  worked  it  backward  and  forward,  so  as 


HEDGE  GIRDLED  BY  MICE. 

Four  years  since  I  set  out  some  tlffcy  rods 
of  three-thoraed  Acacia  hedge  plants,  I 
have  cultivated  it  with  care,  and  it  had 
grown  to  be  u  strong  and  beautiful  hedge. 


man  who  advertises  in  the  Rural  2m ew- 
Yorker,  inclosing  the  amount  you  wish  to 
invest  in  seed,  will  bring  the  article  by  re¬ 
turn  mail  to  your  post-office.  When  the  seed 
arrives,  soak  in  warm  water  Torton  or  twelve 
hours,  then  drain  off  the  water,  and  stir  in  a 
little  dry  sand,  to  take  up  the  surplus  moist¬ 
ure  and  permit  the  seed  to  separate  readily 
when  sown.  Sow  thinly,  in  drills,  covering 
two  or  three  inches  deep.  Cultivate  the 
plants  during  the  summer,  and  secure  as 
large  a  growth  as  possible.  Next  spring, 
t  ransplant  into  rows  four  feet  apart,  and  the 
plants  two  feet  from  each  other  in  the  row. 
Make  the  soil  as  rich  as  you  please,  and  cover 
the  plants  five  or  six  inches  deep.  If  the 
weeds  grow  too  rank  among  the  plants  hi 
summer,  and  you  have  any  old  salt  to  throw 
away,  scatter  it  over  the  lied  ;  this  will  kill 
weeds,  and  not  injure  the  asparagus ;  but 
keep  salt  away  from  a  newly-planted  bed— 
that  is,  plants  that  have  not  started  into 
growth.  After  the  first  season,  salt  may  be 
applied  in  large  quantities,  and  usually  with 


These  plain,  positive  statements  of  the  plant 
itself  would  seem  to  warrant  the  belief  that 
the  sap  of  a  plant  may  be  frozen  and  yet  the 
plant  be  uninjured,  provided  it  is  thawed 
under  favorable  conditions.  And  yet  Mr. 
Meehan-  says  :  —  “  Wei!,  all  the  great  names 
may  tell  us  the  plant  was  frozen  through— 
the  plant  itself  may,  'as  our  New  England 
correspondent  says  it  does,  say  it  is  frozen 
through,  but  wo  prefer  common  sense,  and 


EFFECTS  OF  FROST  ON  PLANTS 


In  the  April  number  of  the  Gardeners’ 
Monthly,  in  an  article  on  the  freezing  of  sap 
in  plants  (in  reply  to  an  article  in  the  New 
England  Farmer)  I  find  some  things  that 
provoke,  if  not  criticism,  at  least  further 
investigation.  (And,  by  the  wav,  this  is  one 
reason  1  like  the  Gardeners’  Monthly.  It 
will  excite  thought  and  careful  observation.) 
The  editor  holds  that  if  the  sap  of  a  plant,  01 
vegetable  of  any  kind,  is  frozen,  it  necessarily 
and  inevitably  results  in  the  death  of  the 
plant.  He  says,  “  Life  cannot  be  sustained 
at  ho  low  a  temperature  as  32°.”  An  appeal 
to  the  plant  itself  is  favored,  and  this  is 
doubtless  the  proper  way  to  settle  such  con¬ 
troversies.  Rut  if  its  statements  arc  to  be 
impeached,  1  cannot  sec  that  such  appeal 
can  aid  in  a  determination  of  t  he  question. 

This  is  not  a  new  doctrine,  originating  with 
Mr.  Meeman.  From  numerous  experiments 
in  1766,  John  Hunter  concluded  “That 
plants,  when  in  u  state  of  actual  vegetation, 
or  even  in  such  a  state  as  to  be  capable  of 
vegetating  under  certidu  circumstances,  must 
be  deprived  of  their  principle  of  vegetation 
before  they  can  be  frozen.  ’  And,  again, 
“  But  the  question  is  this  Is  every  tree 
dead  that  is  frozen  (  I  can  only  say  that  in 
all  the  experiments  I  ever  made  upon  trees 


her  os  the  “  People’s  Practical  Poultry  book 
prescribes,  and  I  am  sure  that  for  a  few  days 
she  got  better,  lmt  upon  a  careful  examina¬ 
tion  about  four  days  after,  1  found  that  she 
was  crop-bound;  I  opened  the  crop  and  le- 
moved  the  cont  ents,  sewed  it  up,  and  the  hen 
teas  better.  She  continued  to  feed  aud  drink 
well  for  the  next  ten  days,  when,  one  morn¬ 
ing,  I  found  her  very  sick,  and  dead  the  next 
morning.  Upon  opening  her  1  found  four 
eggs  iu  the  egg-passage,  varying  in  size  from 
one  apparently  full  grown  to  the  size  of  a 
hazle-mit.  No  shell  on  them.  They  were  all 
hard,  and  formed  in  layers,  1  could  hardly 
cut  the  largest  with  a  sha  rp  knife.  Perhaps 
I  should  say  t  hey  were  tough  instead  of  hard. 
The  largest  was  evidently  ready  to  shell 
when  the  hen’s  difficulty  began,  and  out  of 
one  end  of  it  protruded  something  having 
the  apnea  ranee  u  large  paper  string,  three 


The  above  may  be  “common  sense,  but 
in  the  absence  of  his  former  articles  on  the 
subject  ,  it  has  much  the  appearance  of  an 
adherence  to  a  theory  in  the  face  of  incon¬ 
trovertible  facts. 

I  have  not' written  the  above  in  any  cap¬ 
tions  or  fault-finding  spirit,  but  for  the  sole 
purpose  of  leading  to  closer  observation  and 
the  development  of  more  light. 

Kokomo,  Tnd.  L  J-  Templin'. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE 


From  the  Diary  of  ci  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


A  PIN-CONSUMING  ROOSTER 


We  killed  n  young  rooster  a  few  days  since, 
in  the  gizzard  of  which  were  eleven  pins,  in 
a  little  bunch  like  a  sheaf  of  wheat,  with  the 
points  downward.  Tho  gizzard  around  them 
was  torn,  and  was  becoming  green.  Mani¬ 
festly  this  rooster  showed  a.  strong  preference 
for  pins,  and  must  have  put  himself  to  some 
trouble  in  order  to  collect  them  ;  but  how  do 
you  account  for  tins  propensity.  Also  do 
you  think  he  would,  in  course  of  time,  have 
digested  them,  or  would  they  have  caused  his 
death  (  I  will  mention  that  this  same  fowl, 
before  the  chopping  off  of  liis  head,  seemed 
in  remarkably  liue  spirits,  and  as  strong  and 
well  as  any  of  his  brothers.  Curious. 

East  Orange,  March  S». 


holding  and  teaching  the  doctrine  that  a 
temperature  of  32  cannot  be  endured  by  a 
plant  and  the  life  of  the  plant  be  preserved. 
But,  notwithstanding  these  high  authorities, 
whom  1  delight,  to  follow  iu  most  things,  on 
an  appeal  to  the  plant  itself,  which  they  have 
encouraged  me  to  make,  1  feel  compelled  to 
accept  tho  statements  of  the  plant  ill  opposi¬ 
tion,  as  it  appears  to  me,  to  their  teachings. 

Prof.  Leconte  teaches  t  hat  the  sap  of  trees 
and  shrubs  does  become  frozen  without  the 
slightest  damage  to  them.  Pictet  and 
MANKicOof  Geneva  made  observat  ions  on  a 
horse  chestnut  tree,  from  179(5  to  1800,  which  \ 
developed  the  fact  that  there  was  not  more 
than  0,04  Of  a  degree's  difference  between  the 
temperature  of  the  center  of  the  tree  and  the 
atmosphere  surrounding  it.  In  1888  Holder 
found  trees  below  the  freezing  point  and  in  a 
congealed  state,  without  injury  to  theii  vi¬ 
tality.  Many  other  experiments,  made  by 
the  most  Able  and  careful  observers,  go  to 
prove  the  same  point.  During  the  past  win¬ 
ter  we  have  had  a  temperature  as  low  as  AH' 
Fall.  It  froze  through  thirteen-inch  brick 
walls.  Are  we  to  believe  that  the  sup  in 
an  apple  tree  three  inches  in  diameter  could 
resist  such  a  degree  of  cold  and  not  congeal  ' 
Even  the  brandies  and  BmaU  twigs  endure  it 
and  live.  Now,  one  of  three  things  is  true  : 
1.  Tho  sap  does  not  freeze  at  all,  or,  2,  it 
freezes  without  injury  to  the  plant ;  or,  3, 
there  is  no  sap  in  the  tree  or  plant  at  the 
time  of  the  cold  weather.  A.S  to  the  first,  we 
have  the  evidence  of  our  senses  that  it  is  fro¬ 
zen.  By  chopping  into  a  tree  during  a  long- 
continued  spell  of  very  cold  weather,  it  will 
lie  found  that  the  cells  of  the  wood  are  Med 
with  small  particles  of  ice.  A  turnip  may  be 
taken  from  a  pit  so  hard  that,  it  can  scarcely 
be  cut  with  a  knife;  by  scraping,  it  will  be 
found  full  of  icy  particles.  That  a  tree  or 
plant  can  survive  this  freezing  is  evident 
from  the  fact  that  forest  trees  do  survive  the 
cold,  even  of  high  northern  latitudes.  As 
suggested  by  the  correspondent  of  the  New 
England  Farmer,  the  roots  of  vegetables  do 
freeze  and  survive.  That  they  are  frozen  is 
evident,  from  the  fact,  as  1  stated  above,  they 
arc.  found  full  of  ice,  and  if  one  is  taken  and 
thawed  in  a  warm  atmosphere,  or  in  tepid 
water,  its  texture  will  be  destroyed  and  it 
will  be  soft  and  spongy  ;  while  those  left  in 


CHICKENS’  HEADS  DENUDED 


I  HAVE  some  very  fine  Light  Brahmas  that 
are  troubled  with  souia  kind  of  vermin.  1 
don’t  know  what  it  is  ;  the  feathers  come  off 
of  their  heads,  i  have  some  common  hens, 
too,  but  they  don’t  seem  to  be  affected.  1 
keep  the  hennery  clean,  and  I  don’t  know 
what  to  make  out  of  it.  It  comes  sudden  ; 
in  less  than  twelve  hours  the  heads  are  as 
dean  as  if  they  were  shaved  off.  Will  the 
Editor  or  the'  readers  of  the  Rural  give  a 
remedy?  Please  say  what  it  is.  1  don’t 
think  they  are  lice,  because  I  never  saw  any¬ 
thing  like  it  before.  A  SUBSCRIBER. 

Indianapolis,  Ind. 


CUTTING  A  COCKS  COMB. 

Please  inform  your  subscriber  (see  Ru¬ 
ral  New-Yokkkr,  March  15,  page  173,)  that 
he  can  cut  the  comb  of  his  cock  and  not  in¬ 
jure  him.  Hold  him  so  he  cannot  stir  ;  then 
take  a  sharp  knife  in  the  right  hand,  take 
hold  of  the  comb  and  pull  with  the  left  hand 
and  cut  it  close  to  his  head  ;  a  puff-ball  and 
Hue  feathers  will  stop  the  blood.  It  must  be 
stopped  or  he  will  die.  I  know  by  expe¬ 
rience.  J-  M-  E> 


them  in  proper  shape,  is  certainly  nene- 
liciul,  if  not  positively  necessary.  If  trees 
that  have  been  set  in  nursery  rows  or  hedges 
fail  to  make  stocky  specimens,  the  leading 
shoots  should  Vie  annually  shortened,  until 
the  requisite  form  is  secured. 

TOP-DRESSINQ  ASPARAGUS  BED. 

April  S.— Has  anybody  ever  seen  land  too 
rich  for  asparagus  ?  1  never  have,  and,  al¬ 
though  my  beds  are  annually  top-dressed 
with  richest  manure  to  be  had,  this  treat¬ 
ment  only  provokes  a  more  healthy  and  vig¬ 
orous  growth.  The  more  rank  the  young 
stems,  the  better  ;  consequently,  we  force 
this  plant  to  the  utmost  extent  without  fear 
of  injury.  If  1  lived  on  the  rich,  Western 
prairies,  L  would  try  and  ascertain  the  limit 
in  size  to  which  Giant  Asparagus  c.ould  be 
grown.  Asparagus  is  such  a  delicious  aud 
healthy  vegetable,  coming  iu  just  at  tho  right 
time  in  spring,  to  meet  a  keen  appetite  for 
rich  succulents,  it  is  strange  that  every  fam¬ 
ily  does  not  have  a  full  supply.  If  a  man  has 
a  poor  soil,  tmd  manure  worth  two  to  live 
dollars  pea-  load,  it  costs  something  to  raise 
asparagus  ;  but  out  in  the  country,  far  away 


POULTRY  NOTES, 


Hens  Eating  Eggs.— A  correspondent  of 
N.  E.  Homestead  says  Hens  eat  their  eggs 
because  they  desire  food  of  the  kind  of  which 
the  egg  is  eompiosed — the  shell  to  procure 
lime,  and  the  yolk  aud  white  to  procure  al¬ 
bumen  and  other  oily  substances.  Now'  if 
the  liens  can  obtain  a  sufficient  quantity  of 
these  oily  substances  iu  their  daily  food,  they 
will  not  eat  their  eggs.  This  can  be  effectu¬ 
ally  accomplished  by  keeping  within  Teach 
of  tho  fowls,  a  constant  supply  of  air  slaked 
lime,  fat  meat  and  pulverized  bona. 

Turkey  Raising. — Will  some  of  the  many 
readers  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  be  kind 
enough  to  give  their  experience  with  raising 
turkeys  when  young  ;  how  and  what  to  feed 
them  till  they  are  from  three  to  four  weeks 
old  !  Please  answer  through  the  columns  of 
the  Rural. — W.  M.  D.,  Jlockford,  III. 

Yard  and  Building  far  100  Fowls.—  A  sub¬ 
scriber  at  Williamstuwn,  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y 
asks  poultry  keepers  of  experience  to  furnish 
tlirough  the  Rural  New-Yorker  the  size, 
plan  aud  construction  of  a  building,  and  the 
size  of  a  yard  to  accommodate  100  fowls. 


YORKER 


gaiijir  gitHbmtdrir. 


BUTTER  OR  CHEESE. 

A  correspondent  makes  the  following 
queries: — “Is  there  not  more  money  to  be 
realized  in  making  butter  than  in  making 
cheese  at  present  prices  ?  I  have  sold  my 
butter  this  spring  up  to  date,  (April  10th,)  for 
40c.  to  4.5c. ,  average  say  40c.  I  do  not  hear 
of  any  cheese  selling  in  the  count  ry  markets 
this  spring  much  above  15c.,  while  a  good 
deal  goes  for  less.  Please  tell  us,  in  the  Ru¬ 
ral  New- Yorker,  how  to  get  tit  the  value  of 
milk  for  butter  or  cheese.” 

It  takes  about  10  pounds  of  milk,  on  an 
average,  at  the  factories  to  make  a  pouud  of 
marketable  cheese.  In  the  reports  of  butter 
makers  and  butter  factories  there  is  quite  a 
variation  in  quantity  of  milk  given  as  repre¬ 
senting  a  pound  of  butter.  In  some  instances 
the  average  for  the  season  from  a  herd  of 
common  cows  (the  so-called  natives)  has  been 
a  pound  of  butter  from  20  pounds  of  milk. 
Six  butter  factories  in  Franklin  Co.,  N.  Y., 
in  1871  report  the  average  yield  to  be  a  pouud 
of  butter  from  tit)  7-10ths  to  25  1  -10th  pounds 
of  milk,  the  average  of  six  factories  being  a 
pound  of  butter  from  about  S3  pounds  of 
milk.  Some  of  the  cheese  factories  report  a 
pound  of  cheese  from  a  little  over !)  pounds 
of  milk.  But  perhaps,  in  the  estimate,  it 
would  be  well  to  assume  that  the  milk  that 
would  make  a  pound  of  butter  will  make  2^ 
pounds  of  cheese. 

On  this  basis,  the  cheese  at  15c.  per  pound 
would  amount  to  37'  ,'c.,  and  when  butter  is 
selling  at  40c,  per  pound,  the  dairymen  would 
realize  by  making  blitter  2%  cents  more  on 
every  25  pounds  of  milk  than  by  making  it 
into  cheese,  to  say  nothing  of  difference  in 
values  between  skimmed  milk  and  whey. 

The  difference,  if  any,  between  the  cost  of 
making  butter  and  that  of  making  and  caring 
for  the  cheese,  need  not  be  discussed  here,  os 
our  correspondent  is,  doubtless,  well  informed 
on  this  head, 

In  our  estimates  of  the  quantity  of  milk 
for  a  pound  of  butter  or  a  pound  of  cheese, 
we  have  assumed  that  the  ordinary  or  com¬ 
mon  cows  of  the  country  are  taken,  and  that 
their  feed  and  treatment  are  like  that  usually 
practiced.  Of  course,  picked  cows  or  par¬ 
ticular  breeds  with  special  feed  and  manage¬ 
ment,  might  make  a  much  greater  difference 
than  that  named.  We  suppose  the  inquiries 
of  our  correspondent  refer  to  some  data  of 
averages  by  which  an  appropriate  estimate 
may  be  made  as  to  the  receipts  from  milk 
when  turned  into  butter,  or  on  the  other 
hand,  into  cheese. 

- - 

WHITE  SPECKS  IN  BUTTER. 

A  correspondent  asks,  “What  are  the 
white  specks  sometimes  found  in  butter,  and 
how  are  they  to  be  prevented  V’  When  milk 
is  set  shallow  in  pans,  and  a  large  surface  ex¬ 
posed  to  the  atmosphere,  the  top  of  the  cream 
is  liable  to  become  dry,  forming  a  thiu  skin 
or  pellicle.  The  dry,  hard  surface  is  com¬ 
posed  largely  of  easeine  or  albuminous  mat¬ 
ter,  and  does  not  readily  break  down  and  be¬ 
come  of  the  same  consistency  as  the  softer 
portions  of  the  cream  during  the  process  of 
churning.  In  churning,  this  skiu  is  beaten 
into  numerous  small  particles,  and  some  of 
them  not  being  thoroughly  acted  upon  by 
the  agitation,  are  uot  converted  into  butter, 
and  hence  they  get  mingled  with  jthc  mass, 
causing  white  specks,  or,  as  butter  makers 
usually  term  it,  “flecking  the  butter.”  One 
of  the  advantages  claimed  by  the  butter  fac¬ 
tories  for  deep  setting,  is,  that  a  less  surface 
of  milk  is  exposed  to  the  air,  while  the  moist¬ 
ure  from  the  water  pools  prevents  the  cream 
from  forming  this  skin  on  the  surface  ;  and, 
as  the  cream  from  deep  settings  is  always 
much  thinner  than  on  shallow  settings,  there 
is  no  trouble  from  wliite  specks.  "White 
specks  iu  butter  not  only  give  it  a  bad  ap¬ 
pearance.  and  lessen  its  value  in  market,  but 
they  are  injurious,  causing  an  earlier  decom¬ 
position  of  the  product.  In  other  words, 
these  small  bits  of  caseineous  matter  become 
centers  of  decomposition,  and  cause  the  but¬ 
ter  to  turn  rancid. 

Where  cream  is  thick,  and  is  covered  with 
this  thin,  dry  skin,  as  above  alluded  to,  it 
should  be  run  through  a  cream  strainer  be¬ 
fore  going  to  the  churn.  The  action  of  the 
cream  strainer  is  to  grind  up  this  hard,  dry 
pellicle,  by  which  it,  is  softened  and  intimate- 
1>  mix  eel  with  the  cream,  thus  preventing 
the  wliite  specks  from  appearing  in  the  but¬ 
ter. 

When  cream  is  alUowed  to  become  frozen, 
it  will  sometimes  cause  white  specks.  Add¬ 
ing  hot  water  directly  to  the  cream,  or  heat¬ 
ing  it  too  hot  before  going  to  the  chum,  it  is 


said  may  also  produce  white  specks.  In 
these  cases,  wo  suppose  some  of  the  particles 
of  cream  are  not  churned,  or,  from  not  form¬ 
ing  into  butter,  arc  mingled  with  the  mass, 
thus  causing  the  trouble.  There  may  be 
other  causes  of  whito  specks  in  butter  than 
those  named,  but  the  cause  first  stated  is  the 
one  most  generally  complained  of,  and  no 
doubt  applies  to  the  query  of  our  corre¬ 
spondent. 

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QUERIES  ABOUT  DAIRYING. 

Mr.  X.  A.  Willard  :  —As  I  wish  to  inform 
myself  as  to  the  piu’ity  of  the  Onondaga  F.  F. 
salt,  compared  with  the  Ashton  as  to  fitness 
for  butter  and  cheese,  1  would  like  to  know 
what  your  mind  is  about  the  matter;  also, 
the  price  for  making  cheese  and  furnishing 
at  factories  where  you  are  acquainted.  1  tun 
making  about  350  pounds  in  a  season,  and 
would  like  to  know  what  factories  iu  the 
Eastern  counties  have  for  making.— F.  D. 
Btkbbins,  Otto ,  N.  r. 

I.  We  have  used  the  Onondaga  factory- 
filled  salt  in  our  own  dairy,  and  have,  so  far, 
invariably  found  it  to  be  a  good  article. 
Samples  of  the  F.  F.  salt  which,  from  time 
to  time,  have  been  analyzed  by  the  chemists, 
are  pronounced  by  them  to  be  fully  equal  to 
the  Ashton  in  purity.  If  these  samples  can 
be  relied  upon  as  on  average  of  the  product 
manufactured  and  put  upon  the  market,  no 
better  salt  than  the  Onondaga  factory-filled 
can  be  had  for  dairy  purposes.  The  factory- 
flllod  salt  is  largely  used  in  Herkimer  and  iu 
other  cheese-dairying  counties  of  the  State, 
and  we  hear  of  no  complaint  among  those 
who  use  it  iu  Herkimer  county  on  account  of 
its  impurity.  We  arc  informed  that  great 
care  is  taken  by  the  manufacturers  to  keep 
up  its  standard  of  quality,  and  it  certainly  is 
their  interest  to  do  so,  for  even  small  quanti¬ 
ties  of  impure  salt  sent  out  among  dairymen 
would  soon  become  generally  known,  and 
cause  all  brands  of  Onondaga  salt  to  be  dis¬ 
carded  for  dairy  purposes.  The  Ashton  is 
an  excellent  salt,  and  the  only  objection  to 
its  use  is  its  high  cost. 

I I.  During  the  last  few  years,  as  the  price 
for  cheese  declined,  there  has  been  a  falling 
off  in  ro*es  for  manufacturing.  The  price 
now  ranges  from  GOe,  to  75c.  per  hundred 
pounds.  In  some  cases  whore  the  milk  of  a 
largo  number  of  cows  goes  to  the  factory — 
say  from  GOO  to  S00  cows — the  price  has  been 
put  so  1<  >w  as  50c.  per  hundred  pounds,  though 
wc  think  60c.  would  be  the  price  generally 
charged. 

When  the  manufacturer  “makes  and  fur- 
uishes” — that  is,  provides  mulatto,  bandage 
and  boxes — fitting  the  cheese  for  market,  the 
price  varies  from  $1.60  to  §1.75  per  hundred 
pounds.  It  should  bo  understood,  of  course, 
that  these  prices  apply  to  factories  taking 
the  milk  of  300  cows  and  upward.  Factories 
receiving  the  milk  from  loss  than  300  cows, 
pay  a  higher  price  for  manufacturing,  since 
it  must  bo  evident,  aa  the  number  decreases 
from  200,  the  compensation  at  the  rates 
named  is  not  iu  proportion  to  the  amount  of 
labor  required. 

It  should  bo  observed,  in  this  connection, 
that  cheese-makers  who  are  noted  for  extra¬ 
ordinary  skill,  or  those  who  have  a  well-es¬ 
tablished  reputation  for  making  a  “fancy 
"product,”  frequently  command  very  high 
rates.  These  are  exceptions,  and  are  not  to 
be  included  in  averages  named. 

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INQUIRY  ABOUT  A  CHURN. 

Fifteen  years  ago  a  patent-right  vender 
exhibited  in  Central  New  Jersey,  a  churn, 
with  which  1  saw  him  churn  six  ounces  of 
butter  iu  three  miuutos  from  three  quarts  of 
milk.  (The  lady  who  furnished  Hie  milk 
said  it  was  just  as  it  »vas  taken  from  the  cow 
eight  hours  previously.)  I  think  the  milk  was 
poured  in  a  funnel,  which  conducted  it  be¬ 
tween  two  close-fitting,  metal  plates,  one  of 
which  revolved  rapidly  by  turning  a  crank, 
and  the  butter  was  thus  pressed  out  and 
gathered  in  a  vessel  below.  Have  Rural 
readers  seen,  or  used  such  a  churn  I — A.  J. 
Thompson. 

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NOTES  FOR  DAIRYMEN. 

How  to  Choose  a  Good  Cow. — A  writer  in 
N.  W.  Farmer  says  : — The  erumply  horn  is  a 
good  indication ;  a  full  eye  another.  Her 
head  should  be  small  and  short.  Avoid  the 
Roman  nose  ;  this  indicates  thin  milk,  aud 
but  little  of  it.  Bee  that  she  is  dished  in  the 
face — sunk  between  the  eyes.  Notice  that 
she  i.-i  what  stock  men  r  ail  a  good  handler — 
skin  soft  and  loose,  like  the  skin  on  a  dog. 
Deep  from  the  loin  to  the  udder,  and  a  vary 
slim  tail.  A  cow  with  these  marks  never 
fails  to  be  a  good  milker. 

Cow  with  Cubed  Bag.  (W.  S.  V.)  Milk 
the  cow  clean,  bathe  the  hag  thoroughly  in 
warm  water,  give  poke  root  as  recommend¬ 
ed  on  page  187,  Rural,  March  32.  We  have 
never  failed  to  cure  cows  by  this  treatment. 


HOW  HERKIMER  CO.  DAIRYMEN  MAN-  j 

AGE  A  KICKING  COW.  ( 

-  < 

A  “kicking!  cow”  is  regarded  by  most  ( 

dairymen  aa  a  great  nuisance.  Not  unfre-  - 
quently  some  of-the  best  milkers  in  the  herd  * 
show  this  bad  habit,  and  it  is  safe  to  say  that  l 
vast  losses,  in  the  aggregate,  are  sustained 
every  year,  which  may  be  traced  directly,  or  1 
indirectly,  to  this  fault.  In  most  instances  1 
the  habit  comes  from  an  improper  manner  in 
which  the  cow,  when  a  heifer,  was  broken  to  J 
milk,  or  from  some  bad  management  of  the  ' 
milker  after  the  animal  has  grown  older. 
Cows  of  a  highly  nervous  temperament  will, 
not  unfroquently,  become  confirmed  kickers, 
from  the  rough  and  careless  manner  iu  which 
the  milker  handles  the  udder  and  teats  while 
milking.  Any  rough  or  careless  handling  of 
the  udder,  when  filled  with  milk,  is  more  or 
loss  painful  to  the  animal,  and  a  kick  may  bo 
givun,  not  from  any  vloiousness  or  ill  temper, 
but  is  simply  an  involuntary  motion  of  tho 
foot  to  relieve  pain.  If  one  standing  near  a 
hot  stove  should  by  chance  get  his  hand  on 
the  hot  Iron,  he  will  be  likely  to  draw  it  away 
with  a  quick,  involuntary  inovemont,  aud 
might  possibly  give  a  person  standing  within 
range  a  smart  blow,  though,  of  course,  such 
a  stroke  would  be  wholly  uniuteutiouul.  We 
once  saw  a  person  severely  injured  iu  the  eye 
from  a  stroke  of  the  elbow  under  such  cir¬ 
cumstances,  but  it  would  be  very  unjust  and 
unreasonable  for  the  Injured  person  to  fall 
upon  and  cruelly  boat  and  kick  the  offending 
party.  And  yet  cows  arc  not  unfroquently 
treated  in  the  most  brnt.nl  manner  for  some 
trivial  inadvertence — perhaps  the  involunta¬ 
rily  raising  of  n  foot,  to  escape  pain,  caused 
by  a  rough  milker  pressing  his  sharp  nails 
into  the  teats,  or  wringing  and  pinching  them 
in  an  improper  manner. 

It  is  true  there  are  vicious  and  bad-tem¬ 
pered  cows,  which  will  take  every  occasion 
to  cause  trouble,  but  we  doubt  whether  they 
are  improved  by  whipping— certainly  not  by 
beating — and  it  should  be  a  rulo  with  every 
dairyman  never  to  have  a  cow  struck  for  any 
fault  while  being  milked.  These  remarks, 
wc  think,  arc  especially  opportune  at  this 
season  of  the  year,  when  the  work  of  the 
dairy  is  to  commence.  A  kick  with  a  heavy 
boot,  ft  stroke  of  a  stool  upon  tho  back,  gigen 
to  a  cow,  may  destroy  her  usefulness  for  the 
season,  and,  perhaps,  permanently  injure 
her,  while  in  any  event  the  temper  of  the  an¬ 
imal  will  not  bo  improved.  What  then  is  to 
be  done  with  kicking  aowa  1  Are  they  to  he 
left  without  milking,  or  shall  they  be  allowed 
to  use  their  feet  upon  the  milkers,  endanger¬ 
ing  life  and  limb,  and  tramping  Die  pail  and 
milk  in  the  dust  i  We  reply,  none  of  this 
need  bo  permitted,  if  the  dairyman  wifi  ap¬ 
ply  his  science  to  the  case,  and  overcome 
those  faults  by  devices  of  the  intellect  rather 
than  brute  force. 

We  have  seen  various  plans  recommend  for 
preventing  cows  from  kicking,  such  as  tying 
the  hind  legs,  strapping  up  the  fore  leg,  etc. , 
all  of  which  arc,  more  Or  less,  open  to  objec¬ 
tion,  on  account  of  the  time  and.  trouble  re¬ 
quired.  The  most  simple,  as  well  as  tho  most 
effectual,  remedy  for  kicking  cows  is  that 
employed  by  some  of  the  dairymen  of  Herki¬ 
mer  County.  It  consists  in  buckling  a  leather 
strap  rather  snugly  about  the  body  of  the 
cow,  just  in  front  of  tho  udder.  The  cow  is 
then  rendered  powerless  to  do  harm  in  kick¬ 
ing,  and  tho  most  confirmed  and  viciously  in¬ 
clined  kickers  are  at  once  subdued.  Those 
who  have  employed  fcbla  simple  method 
say,  that  in  no  instance,  in  their  experience, 

1  has  it  failed,  and  we  give  it  here  as  a  valu- 
’  able  adjunct  to  dairy  management.  We 
hope  those  of  our  readers  who  have  kicking 
cows  to  milk  will  try  this  device,  in  the  hope 
that  it  will  save  milkers  from  being  floored, 

‘  save  milk  from  being  wasted,  save  the  poor 
brutes  from  much  mauling  and  beating,  and, 
in  fine,  save  an  outburst  of  temper  in  both 
man  and  beast,  In  conclusion,  we  say,  treat 
all  domestic  animals  kindly;  and  this  rule 
t  must  be  imperatively  observed  with  the  cow, 
if  she  is  expected  to  do  her  best  at  the  milk 
pail. 

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REARING  BULL  CALVES. 

The  Scottish  Farmer  thus  describes  the 
method  of  rearing  bull  calves  in  Scotland  : 
A  bull  calf  intended  to  bo  kept  for  service 
should  get  a  full  allowance  of  now  milk  daily 
for  at  least  four  months,  along  with  cake. 
The  object  throughout  in  regulating  the  feed¬ 
ing  should  be  to  keep  litm  in  vigorous  health, 
but  carefully  avoiding  that  “show  condition” 
which  some  think  requisite  in  bringing  up 
young  bulls.  Bean  meal,  cake,  and  crushed 


oats,  along  with  grass  or  liuv  anti  roots,  is  the 
best  diet.  During  the  first  year,  young  bulls 
should  be  ringed,  and  accustomed  to  be  led 
about.  Unless  under  special  circumstances, 
a  bull  should  be  allowed  to  pasture  with  the 
cows,  but  when  it  is  necessary  to  keep  him 
confined  to  Die  house  he  should  get  walking 
exercise  for  at  least  two  hours  every  day. 
Attention  must  be  paid  to  the  feet  of  bulla 
kopt  in  the  house,  as  the  hoofs  are  apt  to 
grow  too  much,  and  inconvenience  him  in 
walking.  Bulls  which  arc  constantly  confined 
arc  apt  to  become  vicious  ;  but  much  depends 
upon  the  keeper.  Any  keeper  who  syste¬ 
matically  maltreats  a  bull,  or  appears  timid 
in  going  about  him,  should  be  changed  at 


NOTES  FOR  HERDSMEN. 

Bloody  Anile  Remedy. — If  your  Atchison 
Co.,  Kansas,  correspondent  con  obtain  it, 
and  will  give  Ins  cow  blood  root  (Sanya  inaria 
Canadensis)  it  will  cure  her  of  giving  bloody 
milk.  I  have  Used  it,  and  know.  It  is  good 
for  garget  too.  The  easiest  way  to  give  it  is 
to  toko  a  small  potato,  make  three  holes  in 
it  large  enough  to  udrutt  a  piece  of  the  root 
about,  one  inch  long  ;  the  dose  to  be  repeated 
in  three  days  until  cured.  The  root  is  very 
powerful,  and  a  good  blood  purify  or. — Al. 
Taylor,  Canton,  N.  Y. 

Muz  zling  Calves.— In  England  the  death  of 
young  and  valuable  calves  occurs,  and  is  at¬ 
tributed  to  their  having  sucked  and  swal¬ 
lowed  straws.  It  is  now  a  practice  with  some 
herdsmen  to  muzzle  the  calf  ns  soon  as  it.  can 
stand,  with  a  leather  muzzle  made  of  a  half 
dozen  pieces  of  leather  straps,  crossed,  and 
secured  at  tho  top  by  a  circular  strap  aud 
fastened  by  another  strap  passing  over  the 
ears.  These  muzzles  are  kept  on  until  the 
calves  are  two  weeks  old. 

Scoke  or  Poke  Root  is  recommended  as  a 
preventive  of  what  is  called  “  horn-ail”  by  a 
“  doctor,”  who  says  :  take  a  piece  tho  size  of 
a  lien’s  egg,  grate  it  finely,  mix  with  bran 
and  a  little  salt  and  feed  it. 


®hc  gjonitimm. 


NOTES  FOR  HORSEMEN. 

Waiter  Cure  for  Founder. — A  correspond¬ 
ent  of  the  New  York  Tribune  cured  a  bud 
case  of  founder  as  follows  : — in  tho  first  place, 

I  physicked  him  ;  then  1  took  a  tight,  strong 
box,  got  his  foot  into  it,  and  poured  boiling 
hot  water  into  it,  as  high  as  the  hair  on  his 
feet,  and  in  ten  or  fifteen  minutes  he  was 
able  to  stand  on  his  forelegs  without  the  as¬ 
sistance  of  the  tackle.  T  kept  up  this  treat¬ 
ment  for  36  hours,  when  lie  was  able  to  go 
about  and  help  himself.  In  a  few  days  1  had 
his  shoes  put  on,  and  in  less  than  a  fortnight 
more  ho  was  able  to  work  as  well  as  ever. 

Scratches  in  Horses. — C.  W.  C.,  in  Rural 
Nevv-Yqrkkr  for  March  22,  wants  a  perma¬ 
nent  cure  for  scratches  on  horses.  If  lie  will 
take  a  botDe  of  sweet  oil  and  pour  it  in  a 
dish,  and  put.  in  one  pari  beeswax  to  two 
parts  of  oil,  and  melt  together,  he  will  have 
a  good  ointment  for  scratches  or  chapped 
hands.  Wash  tho  horse's  ankles  with  castile 
soap  and  warm,  soft  water,  wipe  dry,  and 
apply  the  ointment  once  a  day.  Never  let 
him  stand  in  mud  or  manure. — Wm,  L.  K., 
Stanton  M inn. 

The  Epizootic  on  New  Mexico  Ranges.— A 
New  Mexico  correspondent  of  the  Rural 
New-Yokkkr  says: — “Horses  on  the  range 
that  were  exposed  to  the  weather  day  and 
night,  without  other  feed  than  grass,  if  they 
did  not,  entirely  escape,  had  it  very  light; 
while  those  accustomed  to  being  sheltered 
nights  were  more  severely  attacked,  and 
those  stabled  all  of  the  time  were  worst  of 
all.” 

For  Colic  in  a  Filly,  Dr.  Horne,  in  West¬ 
ern  Farmer,  recommends  giving  one-quarter 
ounce  of  prepared  chalk  in  her  food  every 
morning,  for  a  few  days,  to  correct  the  acid¬ 
ity  of  the  bowels,  which  causes  it.. 

Norman  Stallions  were  last  year  import¬ 
ed  by  M.  W.  Dunham,  Du  Page  Co.,  Ill.,  five 
of  which  are  reported  as  having  been  sold — 
three  for  §3,000  each,  one  for  §2,500,  and  one 
for  *2,000. 

Remedy  for  Bone  Spavin  Wanted. — Will 
some  one  be  kind  enough  to  inform  a  reader 
of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  how  to  cure  a 
bone  spavin  on  a  horse’s  hind  leg  l — A  Sub¬ 
scriber. 

Weak  Eyes  in  Horses.— The  Kansas  Farm¬ 
er  says,  bathe  the  eyes  five  or  six  times  a  day 
with  one  ounce  of  tincture  of  arnica  in  one 
pint  of  water. 


them  pliable.  Varnish  the  bowl  with  asphal- 
tum  varnish  ;  screw  in  rings  for  the  hanging 
cords  to  pass  through.  When  the  varnish  is 
dry,  arrange  and  fasten  these  twigs  or  roots 
on  the  bow)  in  anyway  your  taste  may  de¬ 
vise.  The  best  way  is  to  bend  one  of  them 
round  the  top  of  the  bowl  and  fasten  it 
securely  down  :  then  twine  several  pieces 
round  in  the  same  way,  till  the  whole  surface 
of  the  bowl  is  covered.  Fasten  one  round 
the  top  rim  of  the  bowl,  by  way  of  finishing 
it  then  varnish 
these  branches 
like  the  bowl, 

■1  o  J-.  < -1.  Il 

od.  If  you  pro-  W- 

fer,  you  can  ~  '■ijllfs 

take,  instead  of  Ilf  Aj 

twigs  and  roots,  Hw  Jl  v  air  ill  ■ 

cones,  acorns,  \~1jgkl  yi 

black  beans,  ’W  jjr) 

seeds,  and  /  * 

arrange  them  on  W* 

the  outside  of  Ifflr 

tiio  bowl  in  the 

form  of  flowers,  dm 

or  any  pattern  ifi 

your  fancy  may  ^ 

suggest  and  then  &sj 

varnish  them. 

Baskets  may  M 

be  made  by  pro-  Mi 

curing  some 

small  sticks  of  __s=g|U||S^HHB 

the  oak  or  maple  ^ •  ■  •  iMFyTO|i!y! 

Cut  Of  CijUIil 

ranging  ’tbem  in 

the  form  of  a  WORK-TABLE  C0V1 

log-cabin.  After  the  sticks  are  nailed  to-  i 
gethor,  a  wooden  bottom  most',  be  Listened 
down.  This  basket  is  easily  made,  and  looks 
quito-pretty  when  covered  with  vines. 

Other  pretty  baskets  may  be  made  by  : 
shaping  wire  in  the  form  of  a  basket,  paint- 


extremity  swarm  out  and  either  go  off,  or 
join  other  colonies  that  have  a  supply— it  may 
be  only  to  hasten  the  destruction  of  their  hos¬ 
pitable  neighbors,  liven  if  a  regular  system 
of  feeding  is  not  adopted,  the  bee-keeper 
should  examine  all  of  his  stocks  at  the  open 
log  of  spring,  and  feed  those  needing  it. 

4.  In  the  fail  of  the  year  a  good  bee-keeper 
will  strengthen  all  his  weak  colonies  by  in> 
era)  feeding.  In  this  instance  the  food  should 
be  given  as  fast  as  the  bees  will  take  it,  so 
that  it  may  be  capped  over  before  winter 
otherwise  it  may  ferment  and  produce  dial 
case. 

•’».  Where  supers  or  boxes  are  used  the  bees 
will  not  deposit  honey  in  them  until  the 
brood  chamber  is  filled.  Sugar,  sirup,  or 
dark  honey  may  be  fed  to  them  to  do  this 
with,  so  that  the  nice  clover-honey  may  be 
deposited  in  the  boxes. 

G.  At  the  end  of  the  liouey  season  some 
boxes  will  be  not  quite  full.  Honey  may  be 
fed  to  the  beast  to  finish  them  out. 

7.  When  bees  are  affiictod  with  dysentery 
or  cholera,  or  other  disease  induced  by  bad 
honey,  or  infection  in  it,  all  of  their  stores 
should  be  taken  from  them,  empty  com!)  giv¬ 
en  them,  and  then  they  should  bo  supplied 
with  pure  sugar  syrup.  Or  if  no  empty  comb 
can  be  procured  the  infected  comb  should  bo 
emptied  of  its  liouey  with  the  Melipult,  and 
after  being  thoroughly  fumigated  with  the 
smoke  of  burniug  sulphur,  exposed  to  the  air 
for  a  few  hours  and  returned  to  the  hive,  and 
the  sirup  fed  to  the  bees  to  be  stored  in  it. 

8  When  the  nucleus  system  of  swarming 
is  resorted  to,  (that  is  setting  up  small  eoi<> 
nies  and  building  them  up,)  it  cannot  be  de¬ 
pended  upon  with  certainty,  unless  any  de¬ 
ficiency  or  cessation  of  natural  forage  is  made 


BASKET  BOUQUET  HOLDER 


FEEDING  BEES 


We  illustrate  a  French  device  for  the  safe 
transmission  of  bouquets  by  rail  or  express, 
any  distance— a  neat  wicker  work  bouquet 
holder,  empty  and  open  in  one  case,  and 
closed  upon  the  bouquet  ready  for  shipment 
in  tiic  other.  It  will  be  seen  at  once  tliat  a 
bouquet  thus  guarded  is  in  uo  danger  of 
being  crushed  or  rumpled,  and,  moreover, 
escapes  the  withering  effects  of  being  brought 
into  contact  witli  the  warm  hand,  as  it  is 
when  carried  in  the  ordinary  way,  Its  fresh* 
nesH  is  further  maintained  and  prolonged  by 
surrounding  the  lower  part  of  the  (lower- 
steins  with  damp  moss.  A  piece  of  string, 
j mssed  round  the  “handle”  of  the  bouquet 
and  then  fastened  to  the  lower  part  of  the 
holder,  will  keep  the.  bouquet  firmly  in  its 
place,  and  the  holder  may  then  be  upset  or 
even  thrown  roughly  about  without  danger 
to  its  contents.  The  holder  may  be  made  in 
various  sizes  and  shapes,  to  suit  bouquets  of 
particular  patterns.  That  from  which  our 
illustrations  were  sketched,  measured  a  foot 
and  a  half  in  diameter  and  the  same  in  iiight. 


The  following  excellent  article  was  con¬ 
tributed  to  the  Louisville  Weekly  Ledger  of 
March  12, 


It  is  said  to  be  from  the  pen  of  0. 
L.  Adair,  an  experienced  apiarian  and  well 
known  writer  on  apiculture  : — No  bee-keeper 
— —  can  have  the  best 

success  that,  docs 
mu  under-  mod 
the  necessity  for 
f  '  iicly  feeding. 

Few  resort  to  it 
m  at  all,  while  very 
>■  ",  A  few  are  own 

HK  renf  jttf  aware  of  it*  im- 

jf  I  V'  /V  portauee.  Our 

standard  au- 
"|jr  thora  either  pass 

over  the  subject 
1  j  in  a  careless  way 

y|  1 1  ggu  or  condemn  it 

HjRjEr  altogether, 

xggrf  Mr.  llos.MEit, 

whose  wondcr- 
vNjum^  ful  success  has 

lillt  made  everybody 

UwMg^  store  with  woii- 

^  der  and  in  cre- 

WiMtl  ’  American  Bec- 

~i  "  w  r-  Keepers'  Socie¬ 

ty,  that  “  The 

was  to  keep  the 

ER.— (See  Page  271.)  feeding  aU 

the  time  when 
they  can  get  no  honey  in  the  fields,  regard¬ 
less  of  the  time  of  y-ear.” 

W'c  propose  briefly  to  notice  the  conditions 
under  which  it  is  either  necessary  or  bene¬ 
ficial  to  food  bees. 

1.  hi  the  spring  of  the  .year  the  queen  will 
not  breed  much,  until  honey  is  being  gat  hered 
rapidly  by  the  bees,  so  that  by  the  time  the 


A  MIMIC  HOUSE  AND  GROUNDS 


corner  among  its  correspondents.  Although 
“Constant  Header”  differs  somewhat  from 
“  Hose  Ifcraniiim,”  i  must  say  I  think  her 
taste  as  an  amateur  florist  above  criticism. 
Judging  from  the  odorous  little  bouquet  re¬ 
cently  received  from  her  by  mail,  1 
sert  she  knows  howto 
buds  successfully 
great  liking  for  domestic 
admire  even  buys, 
upon  winter  bouquets, 
er  Hose’s  fastidious  judgment  would 


can  ns- 

grow  pansies  and  rose 
I  must  confess  I  have  a 
fancy  work,  and 
r,  when  gracefully  poised 
J  do  not  know  wheth- 
consign 

my  production  to  the  “  bug-burr-and-stick  ” 
attic,  or  not, ;  but  1  like  to  indulge  this  taste 
to  its  fullest  extent.  I  have,  in  my  boudoir,  a 
mimic  house  and  grounds,  which  covers  the 
size  of  a  stand,  and  is,  in  turn,  covered  by  a 
glass  top.  It  is  us  perfect  as  my  taste  will 
make  it.  The  structure,  of  sycamore  bark, 
combines  tints  in  imitation  of  marble,  and 
over  it  trails  a  luxuriant  vine  of  sea  moss  on 
wire.  There  is  an  abundance  of  trees,  a 
weeping  willow  made  of  thread  dipped  in 
green  wax,  which  weeps  as  perfectly  as  I 
could  desire  ;  a  pair  of  Rhododendrons,  with 
paper  foliage,  are  blooming  a  heavy  crop  of 
Wuitzias,  for  which,  by  the  way,  T  are  in¬ 
debted  to  Hose,  as  1  am  for  the  Heiipterums, 
which,  m  tiny,  single  stars  whiten  my  Syriu- 
gas.  Iu  one  tree,  a  nest  the  size  of  a  thimble 
top  displays  four  speckled  eggs  to  the  moth¬ 
er  bird  perched  near  by.  There  are  crosses 
of  white,  iv i tli  ivy  vines  of  green  wax,  wee 
Portulaeca  seed  basket  s  and  minaturo  pots 
of  blooming  /  uses.  Though  fawns  are  gener¬ 
ally  considered  very  destructive  to  herbage, 
my  mild-eyed  little  zephyr  one  never  takes  a 
nibble.  A  marble  statuette,  which  crossed 
the  Atlantic  as  a  gift  of  a  friend,  is  on  duty 
beside  a  tiny  lakelet  of  mercury,  on  which  is 
poised  a  snowy  swan.  Behind  all  tower 
rocky  peaks  and  dark-green  hemlocks,  while 
in  front,  a  rustic  fence  of  grape-vine  twigs 
shuts  out  Scotch  snuff  in  the  only  capacity  I 
use  it  -as  dust  for  a  country  road.  It  is  truly 
a  home,  for  there  are  children  at  play,  and 
a  large,  floss  silk  dog  slumbers  on  the  piazza. 

If  any  of  the  Huralists  have  pretty,  new 
designs  for  rustic  bask- el  s  or  vases,  will  t  hey 
be  kind  enough  to  furnish  descriptions  i 
Fearing  I  have  already  consumed  too  much 
space,  J  will  reserve  the  rest  for  another  time. 

Bradford  Co.,  Pa.  Anna  E.  Young. 


j.  l  ne  quoeu-brecdor  cannot  pursue  his 
business  with  much  success,  except  while 
honey  is  abundant,  unless  he  resorts  to  time 
ly  feeding,  and  when  it  is  necessary  to  shut 
up  or  coniine  the  bees,  even  if  they  have  hon¬ 
ey  in  the  comb,  it  i.s  best  to  give  them  some 
food,  as  it  keeps  them  better  satisfied,  and 
enables  them  to  go  on  with  their  work,  and 
if  a  queen  is  present  there  will  be  no  cessation 
of  ovipositing. 

The  natural  food  of  bees  in  mature  state  is 
saccharine  juices  or  secretions  of  plants 
known  as  sugar,  ordinarily  grape  or  fruit 
sugar,  as  they  are  the  most  accessible ;  hut 
m  they  are  never  in  nature  free  from  other 
secretions  of  the  plants,  they  necessarily 
vary.  Cano  sugar  generally  is  purer  and  fur¬ 
nishes  the  best  food.  It  may  bo  stated  os  an 
ascertained  fact  that,  the  purer  the  sugar,  and 
the  freer  it  is  from  any  foreign  .substance,  the 
better  it  is  suited  to  the  sustenance  of  the 
bees.  Pure  white  sugar,  dissolved  in  water 
with  a  little  heat,  so  as  to  be  of  the  ixmsis- 


colony  becomes  populous  enough  to  gather 
much  honey  a  considerable  part  of  the  best 
of  t  he  honey  season  is  past,  and  frequently, 
in  some  localities,  all  of  it.  By  commencing 
as  soon  as  the  boos  can  fly-  out,  and  continuing 
to  feed  until  the  flowers  yield  honey,  a 
month’s  time  may  be  gained,  iuid  the  surplus 
honey  increased  four  fold.  If  once  com¬ 
menced  it  must  be  continued,  and  enough 
food  given  to  feed  the  growing  brood ;  for, 
to  stop  when  the  comb  is  filled  witli  brood 
and  eggs  would  result  in  starvation  and 
death.  The  feeding  should  not  be  too  abun¬ 
dant,  as  the  bees  will  fill  the  comb  cells,  and 
leave  the  queen  no  room  to  lay  ;  and,  besides, 
it  would  bo  an  unnecessary  waste.  A  few 
tabUwpoouHful,  at  first,  will  do  ;  but,  as  the 
brood  increases,  the  quantity  should  be  in¬ 
creased  to  a  half  pint  or  more  each  day-, 

2.  It  frequently  happens  in  the  spring,  ufter 


can  ne  given.  A  1  coffee  sugar  will  answer 
every  purpose.  The  lower  grades  of  brown 
sugar  will  do  for  feeding,  if  consumed  in  the 
summer,  but  for  winter  use  it  should  be  pure, 
lively  addition  of  drugs,  cream  of  tartar,  or 
any  other,  slippery  elm,  sassafras  buds,  or 
anything  except  sugar,  as  frequently  sug¬ 
gested,  is  unnecessary,  if  not  injurious. 

Brood  can  not  be  reared  without  farina. 
The  natural  supply-  is  found  in  the  pollen  of 
flowers,  and  when  gathered  by  the  bees  is 
known  as  bee-bread.  But  any  of  the  farina¬ 
ceous  grains  will  furnish  it.  Lzierzon  first 
noticed  that  bees  would  substitute  rye  meal 
for  the  pollen  of  flowers.  Since  which  the 
meal  and  flour  of  oats,  wheat,  barley  and 
Indian  corn  have  been  successfully  substi¬ 
tuted  for  the  natural  pollen,  and  found  to 
answer  the  same  purpose. 


REMOVING  OLD  COMB 


Z.  O.  Fairbanks^  writes  the  Germantown 
Telegraph  “In  reply  to  the  inquiry- made  by 
y-our  Ohio  correspondent  as  to  whether  ‘  it  is 
l  good  to  remove  old  comb  from  bees,  and  if 
so  what  is  the  best  time,’  we  answer  that  it 
all  depends  upon  conditions.  Combs  filled 
with  old  bee-bread,  or  cut  up  from  worms 
having  invested  them,  it  would  pay  to  re¬ 
move.  Our  opinion  is  that  combs  of  two  de¬ 
cades  may-  be  in  as  good  condition  for  breed¬ 
ing  pui-poses  as  virgin  comb.  If  comb  needs 
removing  from  bees,  and  if  it  cannot  be  re¬ 
placed  with  good  comb,  1  think  the  best  time 
to  remove  it  is  when  the  bees  are  carrying  in 
stores.  Comb  so  removed,  or  removed  from 
the  brood-chamber  of  a  stock  of  bees  at  any¬ 
time,  the  bees  will  be  very  apt  to  fill  its  place 
with  drone  comb,  which  would  most  likely 
prove  of  much  greater  damage  than  profit. 
The  scientific  bee-keeper  of  the  present  day 
secures  ail  the  old  comb,  if  clean  and  whole 
and  free  from  bee-bread,  that  ho  can,  then 
takes  special  pains  to  remove  from  the  brood 
chamber  nearly  all  the  drone  comb  that  lie 
finds  in  it,  replacing  it  with  good  worker 
comb.  This  lie  can  do  best  in  early  spring, 
when  the  comb  is  most  free  from  honey  and 
brood.” 


HANGING  BASKETS 


l  riESE  baskets  are  among  the  prettiest  or- 
nanients.a  room  can  have,  especially-  in  win¬ 
ter,  when  they  remind  us  of  the  summer 
which  has  passed.  They  are  in  universal  use, 
and  the  florists  keep  a  large  supply  of  them! 
But  these  are  quite  expensive,  and  besides  the 
florist  is  seldom  seen  in  the  country,  where, 
all  through  the  summer  flowers  bloom  by  the 
wayside,  in  the  fields,  and  grow  in  tliick 
luxuriance  through  the  woods,  and  where 
in  winter  every  home  has  its  own  green¬ 
house  plants.  It.  is  not  to  the  florists  one 
need  go,  when,  with  a  few  simple  directions 
any  ingenious  boy  and  girl  can  make  pretty 
and  inexpensive  hanging  baskets.  We  will 
give  some  such  directions  for  those  who  de¬ 
sire  them. 

First,  take  a  wooden  bowl  of  any  size  you 
desire  ;  then  obtain  from  the  woods  a  quan¬ 
tity  of  rough,  crooked  or  knotty  twigs  or 
roots  ;  soak  them  in  water  so  as  to  make  1 


basket  boitc 

any  of  our  readers  attempt  to  make 
Annie  B.  Wager. 


should 

them. 


w tanner  cuts  on  uie  supply,  and  even  con¬ 
fines  the  bees  to  the  hive,  and  uuless  a  supply 
of  food  is  furnished,  the  queen  will  cease  to 
lay,  and  perhaps  ranch  of  t  he  brood  perish. 
At  such  a  time  feeding  will  be  profitable. 

3.  There  is  no  season  of  the  year  in  which 
there  are  so  many  colonies  of  bees  die  out  as 
in  the  early  spring,  before  the  flowers  yield 
honey,  the  bees  having  exhausted  all  their 
winter  stores,  die  of  starvation,  or  in  their 


FLORAL  BREVITIES, 

I  he  New  Double  Geran  ium 


Hi 


APRIL  2S 


fringed  or  feathery  appearance,  very  distinct 
from  other  sorts,  having  a  striking  resem¬ 
blance  to  a  rank  growt  h  of  tansy. 


Lastrating  Lambs. — A  correspondent  of 
the  Country  Gentleman  says  Castrat  ion  of 
lambs  should  take  place  about  fourteen  days 
after  birth,  on  a  mild,  damp  morning.  Tliis 
age  is  the  best ;  the  older  the  lamb  gets,  the 
more  difficult  and  dangerous  does  the  opera¬ 
tion  become.  Growth  is  not  in  the.  least,  in¬ 
terfered  with  at,  the  age  above  mentioned. 

Sick  Sheep.— T.  M.  B.,  Summit,  N.  Y.,  has 
lost  sheep  this  spring  with  the  following 
symptoms  They  refuse  to  eat,  walk  about 
with  a  staggering  gait,  grating  their  teeth, 
and  lin.aily  lie  down  and  stretch  t  hemselves 
out,  and  continue  in  this  position  three  or 
four  days  before  they  die.  Only  ewes  have 
died.  Asks  cause  and  cure.  Wo  have  had 
no  experience  in  such  case  ;  has  any  of  our 
readers  ? 

Castrating  Old  Hams. — I  saw  an  article  in 
a  Detroit  paper  about  castrating  old  rams, 
six  or  seven  years  old,  which  I  think  will  bo 
of  practical  use  to  farmers.  A  gentleman 
took  a  pair  of  shears  and  cut,  off  all  the  tags 
of  wool  over  the  parts,  then  washed  clean 
with  warm  water,  and  proceeded  to  castrate 
the  same  as  with  swine,  pulling  the  cords 
well  out.  To  liis  surprise,  all  so  treated  lived 
and  did  well.  Ho  believes  it  is  the  wool  get¬ 
ting  into  the  wound  which  often  kills.— f.  k.  f 


COMPTON’S  SURPRISE  POTATO 


CAMPBELL’S  LATE  ROSE 


TICKS  AND  SCAB. 

1  have  300  slice]),  a  nd  shall  raise,  norhans 
100  lambs.  I  have  about  30  lbs.  o!f  tobacco 
stems.  How  much  strong  tobacco  besides 
t  his  will  1  need  to  make  a  good  strongdip  for 
them  1  How  many  times  and  at  what  times 
I.-,  it,  best  to  dip  them  to  cure  the  seal)  {  Would 
it  bo  better  to  smear  them  with  lard  and 
snuff  and  sulphur  tejpure  the  scab,  ticks  &t.  * 
Or  is  it  best  to  do  both  f—R.  B,  Ransom. 

We  know  nothing  about,  the  usoof  tobacco 


We  have  so  many  inquiries  concerning  tliis 
potato,  being  sent,  out  by  B.  K.  Bliss  &  Sons, 
that  we  give  an  engraving  of  it  and  its  his¬ 
tory,  characteristics,  &c.  It  originated  with 
D.  A.  Compton,  Hawley,  Pa.  The  originator’s 
theory  being  that,  the  quality  and  main  char¬ 
acteristics  of  a  variety  are  determined  by 
the  character  and  qu.al  ity  of  the  soil  on  wh  icb 
the  variety  originated,  and  that  the  qualities 
imbibed  from  the  soil  at  the  first  season’s 
growth  from  the  seed  adhere  to  the  variety 
through  all  generations,  being  but.  slightly 
modified  by  the  character  of  the  soil  on  which 
it  may  afterwards  be  planted,  the  soil  pre¬ 
pared  for  the  origination  of  this  variety  was 
liberally  supplied  with  the  elements  needed 
to  give  it,  strong,  robust  growth  and  super¬ 
abundance  of  starch.  The  soil  was  formed 
in  a  mound,  that,  t  he  sun  st  riking  it  less  ob¬ 
liquely,  would  ensure  greater  warmth  and 
dryness,  and  consequently  curliness.  On  this 


Mr.  G.  W.  Campbell  lias  sent  us  a  pack¬ 
age  of  Late  Rose  potato,  t  o  prove  to  us  that 
it  is  neither  “small,  ragged  nor  mean,”  as 
grown  in  some  localities.  Opening  the  pack¬ 
age,  before  receiving  Mr.  Campbell’s  letter 
concerning  it,  our  impression  was  that  some 
one  had  scut  us  the  Early  Rose — the  only 
difference,  being  (without  an  Early  Rose  at, 


MONOGRAM. 

hand  for  comparison)  that  this  Late  Rose 
was  slightly  darker  in  color  than  the  Early 
Rose  ;  but  that  might,  be  due  to  the  fact  that 
they  had  been  kept  in  a  dark  [dace.  The 
samples  Mr.  Campbell  sent  us  as  Late  Ro.su 
might  easily  have  been  mistaken  for  the 
Early  Rose  ;  and  when  we  came  to  cook  and 
eat  one  of  them  the  resemblance  in  manner 
of  cooking,  flavor  and  quality,  was  still 
stronger,  some  of  those  eating  of  it  avowing 
that  “  it  is  the  Early  Rose.”  We  propose  to 
plant  those  left  and  satisfy  ourselves  as  to  its 
merits  and  identity.  When  we  say  that  the 
Late  Rose  sent  us  resembles  the  Early  Rose 
so  closely  in  all  respects,  our  readers  will 
understand  that  it  was  neither  “small  ran¬ 
ged  nor  mean  and  but  for  f  hc  fact  that 
Ml.  Campbell  sends  it  to  us  as  Late  Rose. 
We  should  fee)  confident  we  were  right  if  we 
called  it  Early  Rose.  W o  hope  he  made  no 
mistake. 

Ml  CAMPBELL  also  sends  us  letters  from 
Parkersburg,  Butler  Co.,  Iowa  ;  Franklin 
.Square,  O.;  Pen  Valley,  Rucks  Co.,  Pa.; 
Hannibal,  Oswego  Co, ,  N.  Y  •  Kaminsky,  O. 
Livermore,  Westmoreland  Co,,  Pa.;  Rulla- 
K  N.  Y.;  Marion,  Wayne  Co.,  N,  Y.;  Kalem, 
and  lyinona  Steuben  Co  N.  Y.,  com¬ 
mending  it,s  productiveness  and  quality  with 
more  or  less  cut] 1 1 isiasm . 


RED  CHILIAN  BEAN. 

There  is  a  bean  known  in  the  New  York 
market  as  Red  Kidney,  about  which  wo  have 
had  many  inquiries.  This  bean  Is  not  found 
in  tho  seed  catalogues  by  the  name  il,  bears 
in  market.  It  is  called  Red.  Chilian  by  seeds- 
mon.  ft  is  about  tlio  same  size  and  shape  as 
the  White  Kidney,  but  is  red  ;  hence,  its 
market  name,  probably.  It  has  attracted 
the  attention  of  those,  who  read  the  market 
reports,  because  it  is  quoted  higher  than  any 
other  market  variety.  Our  market  reporter 
informs  us  that  these  quotations  are  not  due 
to  any  superior  quality  found  in  the  bean. 


urn  poT-aiyO  mat  it  liiaLtmjs  a  crop  on  the 
face,  under  the  foliage.  Tho  post  year  they 
were  subjected  to  the  trying  ordeal  of  being 
planted  in  a  thickly-set  apple  orchard  of 
twelve  years’  growth,  from  which  a  poor 
crop  of  potatoes  had  been  taken  the  previous 
year,  and,  although  the  season  was  very  un 
favorable,  this  seedling,  planted  a  single  eye 
to  the  hill,  yielded  six  times  more  thau  the 
Rose  and  other  old  sorts  planted  by  it,  aud 
remained  sound,  while  the  old  varieties  rot¬ 
ted  badly.  One  half  bushel,  planted  where 
the  soil  was  but  little  shaded,  yielded  seven¬ 
ty-six  and  I  hr  re-fourths  bushels  of  potatoes, 
from  which  but  one-lialf  bushel  of  small  ones 
could  be  sorted,  the  entire  yield  being  at.  the 
rate  of  eight  hundred  and  twenty-six  bushels 
per  acre. 

Thus  much  about  the  history  of  the.  pota¬ 
to.  We  now  quote  from  Mr.  Buss'  circular  ; 
“  Its  shape  is  oval-oblong,  eyes  sunken,  brow 
prominent,  skin  smooth,  color  reddish-pur¬ 
ple,  flesh  white  ;  grows  to  a  large  size,  and  it 
i.  invariably  sound  to  the  canter,  a  hollow 
one  having  never  yet  been  found.  It  is  be¬ 
lieved  to  lie  much  the  most  abundant  in 
starch  of  any  variety  extant.  It  retains  its 
quality  perfectly  throughout  the  year,  ap¬ 
pearing  on  the  table  like,  a  ball  of  flour.  The 
high  quality  of  this  potato  late  in  spring  may, 
perhaps,  be  owing  to  its  tardiness  in  sprout¬ 
ing,  remaining  plum])  and  free  from  sprouts 
when  kept  until  June,  and  never  having  that 
Wilted  appearance  common  to  early  sorts. 

•It  is  about  as  early  as  the  Rose,  that  is 

n/.lnir..  .  C  .  -a  '  "f 


-*•  Mlo  luuuwmg  eneap  ana  simple  rem¬ 
edy  that  I  have  used  for  three  year  ,  with 
perfect  success  Take  a  few  lbmps  of  com¬ 
mon  quick-lime,  pour  on  it  a  little  water,  just 
sufficient  so  that  when  slaked  il  will  be.  a  dry 
powder.  When  the  worms  appear,  which 
will  always  lie  on  the  under  part  of  the  bush 
first,  pepper  them  with  t  his  powder.  11,  will 
kill  them  without  fail,  and  will  not  injure 
the  bushes  in  the  least.  If  more  worms 
should  appear,  which  will  very  likely  be 
the  case,  repeat  the.  operation.  This  remedy 
has  the  merit  of  being  effective,  cheap,  and 
within  the  reach  of  nlL  Lime  for  this 


GARDENER’S  NOTES. 

The  Strawberry  Watermelon  is  what  Pelig 
Spencer  asks  about— whether  it  is  worth 
cultivating.  Who  knows  ? 

lied  Cabbage.  — A  correspondent  asks  un  to 
name  tho  best  varieties  of  red  cabbage.  Ear¬ 
ly  Blood  Red,  and  Red  Dutch  are  both  good- 


■PRISE  POTATO. 

hogs’  lard  as  will  be  dissolved  by  the  lye,  a 
small  quantity  of  tar  from  the  tar-bucket 
which  contains  grease  and  about  one-eighth 
of  the  whole,  by  measure,  of  spirits  of  tur¬ 
pentine.  This  liquor  is  rubbed  upon  the  part 
infected  and  spread  to  a  little  distance  around 
it,  in  three  washings,  with  an  interval  of 
three  days  each.  This,  Jie  says,  has  always 
effected  a  euro  when  the  disorder  was  only 
partial.  There  are  many  other  English  rem¬ 
edies  given,  for  which  we  have  no  space  here 


APB1L  as 


Tho  yolk,  that  homogeneous  substance  which 
fills  the  vitelline  membrane,  in  which  swim 
the  germiuative  vesicle  and  germinative  dot, 
must  undergo  a  very  remarkable  change 
before  it  car)  give  rise  to  tho  new  individual. 
It  is  self-kncading,  broken  by  the  process  of 
its  own  growth  into  a  smaller  or  larger  num¬ 
ber  of  distinct  fragments. 

THE  PROCESS  KNOWN  AS  "SEGMENTATION.” 

This  breaking  up  of  the  whole  substance 
which  siroujat'es  disintegration  ends  in  a 


new  individual,  does  not  receive  the  direct 
transmission  of  inherited  qualities,  for  as  I 
have  said,  that  eg  *  arises  in  maternal  organ¬ 
ism,  and  has  a  life  and  growth  of  its  own 
before  the  act.  of  fecundation  takes  place. 
Through  that  net  of  fecundation  the  impres¬ 
sion  must  be  made  by  which  these  inherited 
qualities  arc  received  and  transmitted  to  the 
new  individual.  Where  the  new  individual 
reproduces  the  maternal  features  only,  or 

f  p/,  *  1 1  vo«  t>h  rive  Mr-ri  at  if  rf  the  1;- o 


EARLY  LIFE  IN  THE  EGG 


Lecture  before  the  Museum  of  Compara¬ 
tive  Zoology,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  by  Prof. 
Louis  Agassiz. 

Having  seen  something  of  the  great  diver- 
characterizing  different 


sitv  among  the  eggs, 
classes  of  the  animal  kingdom,  wc  may  now  I 
consider  the  functions  of  the  egg  itself — that  J 
is,  the  part  which  eggs  take  in  the  history  of 
generation.  I  cannot  dwell  too  emphatically  j 
upon  the  fact  that  eggs  are  produced  and 
grow  without  any  agency  of  the  male  animal. 
They  arc  a  production  of  tho  female  organism. 
So  true  is  this  that  the  ovarian  egg  may  be  j 
found  in  animals  before  they  have  reached 
maturity  ;  before  they  have  completed  their 
physical  growth— nay,  ovarian  eggs  have 
oven  been  observed  hi  the  embryo  before 
birth.  Neither  do  successive  generations 
begin  with  the  birth  of  new  individuals,  but 
with  the  formation  of  the  egg  from  which 
these  individuals  proceed.  Wc  must  look, 
then,  upon  the  egg  as  the  starting  point  of 
the  complicated  structure  of  the  adult  being. 
It  is,  as  it  were,  a  sieve  t  hrough  which  the 
qualities  transmitted  by  parents  to  their  off¬ 
spring  are  sifted.  Whatever  peculiarity 
there  may  bo  hi  the  new  being,  has  its  founda¬ 
tion  in  the  egg.  Within  those  narrow  limits 
are  circumscribed  all  tho  conditions  of 
change  ;  and  therefore  it  is  of  paramount 
importance  to  know  what  tho  egg  receives 
and  what  it  transmits.  Wo  cannot  investi¬ 
gate  this  part  of  the  subject  too  closely.  It 
is  of  vital  importance  to  the  question.  And 
yet  I  have  not  seen  it  discussed  in  connection 
with  tho  various  explanations  of  the  origin 
and  diversity  of  life  recently  attempted. 
The  egg  arises  in  the  maternal  organism 
without  co-operation  of  the  other  sex,  and  it 
can  transmit  only  what  it  receives  directly 
from  the  maternal  organism,  or  from  tho 
paternal  organism  through  contact  with  the 
maternal,  or  from  ancestors  through  one  or 
both.  Ther.j  has  never  yet  been  recorded  an 
instance  in  which  an  egg  has  grown  to  be 
anything  but  a.  being  similar  to  its  parents, 
and  yet  the  possibilities  of  modification  arc 
so  numerous  under  those  conditions,  and  the 
range  of  variation  so  great,  as  to  make  us 
wonder  the  more  at  the  constancy  of  types. 

MODIFICATIONS  DUE  TO  ANCESTRY  AND  SEX. 

Suppose,  for  instance,  that  a  male  and 
female  (I  deal  here  with  the  subject  in  the 
most  general  way  without  reference  to  any 
particular  species  or  type  of  animal)  produce 
three  new  individuals.  The,  three,  may  hca.ll 
males  or  all  female#,  or  two  may  lie  females 
and  tho  third  a  male,  or  vie c  verm.  The 
three  may  all  resemble  the  mother,  have  her 
features,  her  stature,  her  physical  tendencies 
generally ;  or  they  may  all  resemble  the 
father;  or  one  or  two  of  the  three  may 
resemble  the  mother,  the  third  may  resemble 
the  father ;  or  only  one  may  resemble  the 
mother,  the  other  two  being  like  the  fat, her ; 
or  they  may  all  combine  the  physical  fea¬ 
tures  of  both  parent  s,  Or  one  may  present 
such  a  combination  and  the  others  follow  dis¬ 
tinctly  one  or  the  other  parent.  Any  one 
case,  bo  the  offspring  more  or  less  numerous, 
will  show  us  what,  a  variety  of  modifications 
arises  merely  from  the  contact,  of  two  beings 
to  produce  one  or  more  new  individuals.  But. 
the  matter  is  still  further  complicated.  These 
new  individuals  have  had  a  grandfather  and 
grandmother  on  the  maternal  side,  and  a 
grandfather  aud  grandmother  on  the  pater¬ 
nal  side.  You  arc  all  familiar  with  the 
singular  fact,  well  known  to  us  in  the  human 
family,  and  often  observed  throughout  the 
whole  animal  kingdom,  that  children  may 
not  resemble  tlicir  parents  at  all,  but  be 
strikingly  like  tlicir  grandparents.  Thus  in 
the  new  individuals  the  same  combinations 
which  might  arise  from  their  immediate 
progenitors  may  also  pass  to  them  from  a 
previous  generation,  from  their  grandparents, 


that  every  separate  particle,  owing  to  its 
diminutive  size,  is  difficult  to  microscopic 
observation,  even  under  very  high  power, 
each  such  part  icle  seems  like  a  cell,  and  may 
indeed  be  considered  as  a  cell.  This  self- 
division  of  the  yolk  ends  in  an  accumulation 
of  cells  which  differ  from  those  of  the  initia¬ 
tive  yolk,  and  arc.  the  basis  for  the  formation 
of  the  new  being  ;  the  material,  in  fact,  out 
of  which  the  new  being  is  to  he  built  . 

If  wc  now  compare  the  egg  of  a  reptile, 
that  of  our  common  snapping-turtle  for  in¬ 
stance,  with  the  mammalian  egg,  we  find 
that  the  process  of  segmentation  differs  some¬ 
what,,  and  does  not  penetrate  the  whole  sub¬ 
stance  in  the  same  manner.  A  portion  of 
the  surface  of  the  yolk  becomes  plowed  as  it 
were  by  furrows  at  right  angles  with  each 
other.  (See  Fig.  A)  These  furrows  do  not 
extend  over  the  whole  surface,  but  encroach 
upon  it,  only  for  a  certain  circumscribed  urea, 
the  remainder  of  the  yolk  remaining  in  its 
original  condition  of  yolk  cells,  while  the  fur¬ 
rowed  area  rests  upon  it  jis  n  skin  or  layer. 
There  is  now  a  difference  between  above  and 
below,  marked  by  the  distinct  character  of 
the  upper  and  lower  portion  of  the  yolk.  (See 
Fig.  4.)  We  shall  presently  perceive  a  differ¬ 
ence  between  right  and  left,  between  front 
and  back  also. 

In  the  eggs  of  the  frogs  and  toads  there  is 
still  another  mode  of  segmentation.  The 
yolk  divides,  as  in  the  mammalian  egg,  into 
halves.  But  only  one  of  these  halves  pro¬ 
ceeds  with  the  self-division  and  multiplies 
itself  into  an  indefinite  number  of  cell  like 
particles.  The  other  half  of  the  yolk  remains 
unchanged.  (See  Fig.  5.) 

SACRIFICES  NECESSARY  TO  THESE  STUDIES. 

You  "ill  easily  understand  how  difficult  it 
has  been  for  embryologists  to  put  together  in 
their  true  sequence  these  phases  of  develop¬ 
ment.  Not  only  must  the  exceeding  diffi¬ 
culty  of  the  microscopic,  observation  he  con¬ 
sidered,  but  also  the  fact  that,  in  order  to 


Flu.  l.— Egg  ok  Mammal  di  king  Slum lnta- 
TION  INTO  TWO  PARTS. 

of  descent.,  the  case  may  seem  at  first  sight 
more  simple  ;  but  when  wc  analyze  it  in  all 
its  bearings,  we  shall  see  that  there  is  matter 
enough  for  wonder,  and  that  we  as  yet,  know 
almost  nothing  about  the  mysterious  problem 
of  life.  What  can  there  be  of  a  material 
nature  transmitted  through  these  bodies 
called  eggs,  themselves  composed  of  the  sim¬ 
plest.  material  elements  and  arising  in  the 
female  organism  without  co-operation  of  the 
male  ;  what  influence  can  there  be,  1  repeat, 
by  which  all  peculiarities  of  ancestry  belong¬ 
ing  to  either  sex  arc  brought  down  from 
generation  to  generation  ? 

COMPLICATIONS  OF  THE  0R0WIN0  ECO. 

The  egg,  as  we  have  seen,  is  in  its  incipient, 
condition,  only  an  organic  granule  arising 


fecundation  ;  others  in  which  it  is  always 
subsequent  to  fecundation  ;  in  no  animal  is 
the  process  known  to  be  completed  without 
fecundation.  Neither  docs  it  take  pluce  in 
nil  animals  in  the  same  manner. 

Take,  for  instance,  the  highly  magnified 
yolk  af  a  mammalian  egg  with  the  germi na¬ 
tive  dots  already  formed  on  the  side.  The 
vitelline  membrane  surrounding  such  a  yolk 
Is  rather  thicker  than  a  bird's  egg,  and  forms 
a  sort  of  transparent  zone  outside  of  t  he  yolk. 

When  the  process  of  segmentation  begins, 
the  yolk  shrinks  slightly*  upon  i'si-lf  and  no 
longer  fills  tho  vitelline  membrane  complete¬ 
ly,  Presently  a  slight  indentation  becomes 
visible  on  the  one  side  of  the  yolk,  and 
another  corresponding  to  it  on  t  he  opposite 
side.  This  indentation  grows  deeper  and 
deeper  until  it  cuts  tho  yolk  through,  and 
ends  in  its  total  division  into  two  halves,  the 
halves  remaining,  however,  in  close  contact, 
(See  Pig.  1.)  While  this  process  goes  on,  the 
germinntivc  vesicle  vanishes,  if  indeed  it  has 
not  disappeared  before.  In  some  animals  this 
vesicle  is  dissolved  before  the  segmentation 
begins ;  in  others  during  the  process.  Tho 
division  of  the  yolk  in  halves  being  completed, 
the  same  change  begins  now  in  the  two 
halves.  Indentations  are  seen  on  either  side 
of  each  half,  and  these  indentations  deepen 
till  they  meet  and  sever  the  two  masses  of 
yolk  ;  and  now,  where  we  had  one  yolk  mass, 
we  have  four  distinct  lumps  side  by*  side. ; 
they  become  rounded  in  form,  and  look  like 
four  soft  balls.  (See  Fig.  2.) 

Within  the  vitelline  membrane,  occasionally 
it  would  seem  that  the  whole  yolk  is  uot 
taken  in  ;  there  are  sometimes  little  frag¬ 
ments  left  out  from  the  larger  masses. 
Whether  these  separate  balls  <>f  yolk  have 


Fig.  2.—  Egg  of  Mammal  Undergoing  Feu 
MENTATION  INTO  EIGHT  PARTS. 

between  the  structural  cell*  of  the  ovaiy.  It 
grows  there  and  acquires  a  remarkable  com¬ 
plication  before  it  has  completed  its  succes¬ 
sive  phases  as  an  egg.  Not  until  it  has 
reached  the  state  which  I  have  described  us 
1  hat  of  the  perfect  egg  does  it  receive  the 
contact  of  the  spermatic  cells  from  which 
dates  the.  formation  of  a  new  being,  either 
male  or  female.  This  in  itself  is  a  strange 
thing — that  a  mother  produces,  not  necessa¬ 
rily'  a  being  like  herself,  but  quite  as  often 
beings  so  unlike  herself  in  structure  as  to  be 
endowed  with  all  the  peculiarities  of  the 
male  sex.  In  tho  originating  of  a  new  sne- 


BRIEF  NOTES 


To  Prevent  Paste  from  Molding  and  sour¬ 
ing,  add  a  little  carbolic  acid  to  it. 

To  Preserve  Natural  Flowers  with  wax, 
melt  paraffine,  and  dip  the  flowers  into  it 
very*  carefully*. 

Excellent  Fed  Stativy  Wa%  is  made  by 
mixing  1  lb,  shellac,  1  lb.  Venice  turpentine, 
i,.;'  lb.  chalk  and  }4  lb.  English  vermilion. 

To  Prevent  Glue  from  Cracking,  it  i* 
recommended  to  use  a  very  small  portion  of 
gly’cerine,  incorporating  the  glue  in  it  befoie 
applying  to  wood. 

A  Glue  that  will  Stand  Exposure  to  W  et 
is  made  of  caoutchouc,  15  or  21)  grains,  chloro¬ 
form.  2  fluid  ounces  ;  dissolve  and  add  half 


Ida.  h. — Egg  of  Turtle  During  Segmenta¬ 
tion. 

cics  this  double  series  of  influence  must  be 
included  and  combined  iu  the  proportions 
necessary  to  produce  a  being  differing  from 
all  foregone  species,  and  capable  of  maintain¬ 
ing  its  pattern  generation  after  generation. 

There  is  one  feature  in  the  grow  th  of  the 
egg  of  which  1  have  as  yet  said  nothing. 


Fig.  5.— Egg  of  Batraohians. 

envelopes  of  their  own  is  a  question  difficult 
to  decide.  The  most  skillful  naturalists  differ 
about  it.  Tho  original  yolk  being  thus 
divided  iu  four,  tho  same  process  goes  on  till 
the  four  are  divided  into  eight,  the  eight  into 
sixteen,  the  sixteen  into  thirty-two,  the  thir¬ 
ty-two  into  sixty-four, 


jUPBJL  28 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  UEW-YO'RKEB 


2?4  . 


^omcstin  d^oitomjr.  ! 

HOW  TO  MAKE  A  SALAD. 

In  an  English  Magazine  we  find  the  follow¬ 
ing  : — Drooping  lettuces  and  wilted  endive 
have  again  reared  their  heads  crisply,  chal¬ 
lenging  the  fate  they  covet,  Tfle  abominable 
practice  of  serving  salad  with  cheese  has 
received  gome  rude  shocks,  and,  thanks  to 
the  influence  of  continental  travel,  the  En¬ 
glishman  browses  as  contentedly  as  any 
Frenchman  of  thorn  all.  The  philosophic-  con¬ 
sideration  of  a  salad  results  in  its  division 
Into  three  heads— the  vegetable  part  or 
foundation,  the  dressing  or  sauce,  and  the 
accessories.  For  a  salad  to  be  really  perfect 
it  must  be  freshly  gathered,  and  if  it.  can  be 
obtained  free  from  mold  or  gravel  it  is  bet- 
•  ter  to  eat  it,  unwashed  ;  but,  if  these  eondi 
tions  cannot  be  complied  with,  the  salad 
must  be  very  carefully  washed  and  very 
thoroughly  drained.  English  and  American 
salad  caters  are  unhappily  fond  of  cutting  up 
lettuce  anti  endive  into  line  shreds,  an  opera¬ 
tion  at,  once  destroying  the  crispness,  charac¬ 
ter,  and  lightness  of  the  (lish.  Lettuces 
should  be  torn  asunder  utul  broken  in  pieces 
by  the  agency  of  the  lingers  alone,  and  should 
on  no  account  be  outraged  by  the  contact  of 
steel.  The  fragments  oim  be  dried  perfectly 
by  being  shaken  in  several  napkins  until  the 
superfluous  moisture  is  absorbed.  The  same 
remark  will  apply  to  endive,  but  endive  and 
lettuce  should  never  he  mixed  together  in 
the  same  salad  bowl.  As  condiments,  how¬ 
ever,  an  immense  number  of  herbs  may  bo 
used,  as  water-cresses,  tarragon,  burnet, 
garden-cress,  chervil,  basil,  mint,  and  marjo¬ 
ram.  An  excellent  salad  is  that  called  Barite 
ile  (Japuiiin,  and  a  good  salad  may  also  be 
made  of  unripe  tomatoes,  or  even  of  the 
common  dandelion,  which  grows  Avild  in 
e\'ery  country  lane.  Salad-dressing  demands 
considerable  skill  in  all  its  preparation. 
Spain  declares  that  to  make  a  good  salad  a, 
miser  should  pour  out  the  vinegar,  a  spend¬ 
thrift  the  oil,  n  wise  man  the  pepper  and  salt, 
and  a  madman  should  mix  the  whole  togeth¬ 
er.  This  is  all  very  well  iu  a  rough  way,  but 


it  is  of  very  slight  value  practically,  as  on 
the  exact  proportion  of  the  oil  to  the  vinegar 
depends  the  success  of  the  whole  operation. 
The  correct  proportion  of  oil  to  vinegar  is  as 
three  to  one,  and  the  quantity  of  pepper  and 
salt  must  depend  much  upon  the  individual 
taste.  As  a  general  rule,  however,  sufficient 
salt  should  be  put  iu  ;  pepper  may  be  more 
sparingly  used.  It  may  not  beuuiiss  to  remark 
that  the  very  best  and  nuttiest  olive  oil 
should  be  used,  and  that  the  only  vinegar  fit 
for  salad  dressing  is  the  French  wine  vinegar. 

In  a  salad  of  Cos  lettuce  tarragon  vinegar 
should  invariably  be  used.  For  all  salads 
intended  to  be  eaten  wit  h  roast  meat  or  poul¬ 
try,  or  even  with  fried  or  boiled  lisli,  the 
above  four  elements  will  make  the  best 
dressing.  The  Mayunnwf’SV  is  a  compound 
sauce  made  of  ofl,  popper,  salt,  mustard, 
tarragon  vinegar,  the  yolks  of  raw  and  hard- 
boiled  eggs,  and  aspic  jelly.  Mayonnaise  is 
the  foundation  of  the  cold  forms  of  nance  a 
la  tartar*  (so  excellent  with  trout  or  cels), 
sauce  rcmouladc,  ravifjolr  and  poi  crude. 
The  accessories  of  a  salad  may  be  described 
as  everything  which  is  good  to  eat  cold. 
Olives,  capers,  anchovies,  sardines,  herrings, 
prawns,  shrimps,  crabs,  lobsters,  Italian  and 
German  sauiuiges,  ham,  and  all  sorts  of  cold 
fish,  fiesh,  and  foA\rl  can  be  advantageously 
introduced  in  a  salad. 

- ♦-*-«. - - 

DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 

To  Make  a  Pair  of  Paid*.— In  answer  to  a 
lady’s  inquiry  (see  Rural,  Feb.  fS),  I  suggest : 
— Put  in  pockets  ;  work  buttonholes  in  front 
piece,  and  stitch  it  on  ;  spread  lining,  and 
baste  on  fronts  and  backs  ;  cut  lining  ;  baste 
from  notches  at  knee  to  foot,  without  re¬ 
gard  to  the  bottom  ;  also  from  notches  near 
pocket  ;  work  the  fullness  in  evenly  ;  then 
from  notches  at  knee,  on  inside,  to  crotch, 
working  fullness  toward  the  top  ;  sew  aud 
press  ;  put  in  canvass  and  hem  bottoms  ;  sew 
on  waistbands  ;  sew  together  and  press  them 
oil ;  sow  on  buttons,  and  you  are  done.  1  do 
not  wish  to  discourage  you,  but  if  you  wish 
to  know  how  to  make  a  pair  of  pants  as  they 
should  1)0  made,  go  to  your  tailor  and  ask 
him  to  show  you  ;  or,  if  he  would  let  you 
work  a  week  or  two  (and  not  charge  you  for 
the  goods  you  spoil)  you  should  he  thankful. 
—Tailor. 

To  Make  Rained  Doughnuts.  —  Take  a 
quart  of  sponge  for  bread  after  it  is  fight,  a 
pint  of  warm  water,  two  eggs,  a  teacup  of 
sugar,  a  pinch  of  salt,  a  teaspoon  of  ground 


pork  gravy  ;  mix  this  Avell  and  mold  in  flour  e 
the  same  as  for  bread.  Let  the  dough  stand  s 
until  light,  then  cut  in  any  shape  and  fry  in  s 
hot  lard.  They  are  lighter  if  cut  in  Strips  t 
and  twisted  than  if  cut  with  a  cake  cutter,  a 
The  quantity  of  sponge  used  need  not  be  i 
measured.  A  little  practice  enables  one  to 
tell  the  quantity  sufficiently  near.  Lard  is  a 
better  to  shorten  them  with  than  butter,  t 
They  can  be  made  without  sugar  occasion-  1 
ally,  and  it  makes  an  agreeable  change.  I 
These  make  prime  breakfast  cakes  with  cof-  i 
fee.— Farmer’ s  W irx.  ' 

Work-Table  Cover  (See  Page  2(58). — This  ' 
cover  is  of  fawn-colored  cloth,  ornamented 
elaborately  on  the  ends  in  application  em¬ 
broidery.  The  design  figures  which  look 
dark  in  the  illustration  are  applied  in  brown 
cloth  ;  on  the  middle  of  each  leaf  of  the  large 
middle  application  figure  apply  a  piece  of 
dark  bn-  vn  velvet.  Edge  all  the  applied  fig 
ures  with  fawn-colored  soutache,  and  orna¬ 
ment  the  pieces  of  velvet  besides  in  point. 
Russo  embroidery  with  fawn -colored  sad¬ 
dler’s  silk,  For  the  lines  of  the  design  sew 
on  brow n  soutache  in  t  w< >  shades.  The  cover 
is  bordered  with  light  brown  open  silk  fringe 
an  inch  and  a  quarter  wide.  Brown  percale 
lining. 

About  Packing  Eggs. — I,  too,  would  liko 
to  kfiow  some  good,  easy  Avay  to  pack  eggs 
so  that  they  would  keep  fresh  through  the 
summer.  1  have  tried  packing  in  salt,  small 
cud  down,  no  egg  touching  another,  but  it 
has  usually  ended  in  the  yolk  adhering  to  the 
shell  so  as  to  reader  the  egg  wort  hless.  Have 
packed  in  oats  with  no  hotter  success.  To 
varnish  them,  as  some  recommend,  would, 
it  seems  to  me,  ho  a  tedious  process,  whore 
there  are  a  number  of  eggs  gathered  daily.— 
Farmer’s  Wife. 

Keeping  Eggs  Without  Salt.— I  formerly 
thought  L  must  have  plenty  of  salt  when  I 
put  up  my  eggs  for  winter;  but  for  two 
years  I  have  packed  them  in  bran  alone, 
with  small  end  down,  and  have  used  some  of 
them  since  the  middle  of  March,  which  ap¬ 
peared  ns  nice  as  in  the  autumn,  when  they 
were  packed,  1  have  kept  them  over  six 
months  in  this  way,  and  some,  by  packing  in 
oats,  instead  of  bran.  This  seems  so  simple 
and  easy  that  I  desire  to  give  it  to  Ruralists. 

1  — Mrs.  M. 

Washing  Black  Calico.— After  washing  in 
warm  suds,  rinse  iu  cool  water,  with  a  hand- 
!  ful  of  salt  thrown  in  the  rinse,  or,  perhaps, 
Iu  the  starch  water  -have  not  tried  the  lat¬ 
ter.  A  little  bran  Avuter  in  the  lust  suds  wifi 
\>  >“ * 

make  it  wash  easier.  On  no  account  soak  the 

goods,  as  that  fades  badly.  Ann. 

I  To  Color  Green  With  Analine ,  is  Avliat  A 
^  Southern  Girl  asks  some  of  our  renders  to 
,  tell  her. 


ently,  or  else  catch  the  entire  skirt  up  A  ery 
short  in  the  back.  The  sash  is  always  at  the 
side,  and  generally  knotted  quite  low.  Tt  is 
double,  either  velvet  and  silk,  cashmere  and 
silk ,  or  both  sides  silk.  Polonaises  fire  treated 
in  the  same  way. 

Kilt  plaiting  is  very  much  worn.  The  front 
width  will  be  kilt-plaited  from  the  waist  or 
two-thirds  of  the  length  of  the  skirt.  The 
back  widths  Avill  have  throe  flounces,  and 
these  generally  ruffled.  If  kilt  pleating  is 
not  used  on  the  front  width,  straps  of  silk, 
corded,  are  placed  lengthwise  mu  1  graduated, 
or  flat  flounces  scalloped  or  vaudykod. 

Overskirts  often  have  almost  all  the  apron 
of  kilt  plaits,  which  a  re  fastened  to  the  upper 
part  by  a  bias  corded  band.  A  very  pretty 
style  <'f  basque  is  square,  slashed  at  the  side 
scams  and  finished  with  kflt  flouncing  about 
six  Inches  in  depth. 

Old  gray  or  solid-colored  silk  skirts  may  bo 
used  by  putting  on  at  intervals,  say  three  j 
flounces  of  camel’s  hair  cloth,  kill.- plaited, 
and  wearing  with  it  a  camel’s  hair  polonaise 
of  the  same  shade.  Polonaises  lor  morning 
wear  are  fastened  half  way  down  the  skirt, 
drawn  tightly  back,  and  trimmed  with 
lengthwise  bonds  of  crepe  down  tho  ent  ire 
front.  The  same  form  of  trimming;  can  be 
used  to  other  colors,  but  should  never  be 
contrasted. 

The  only  crinoline  used  now  is  a  punier  for 
the  back,  which  is  not  intended  to  be  appar¬ 
ent,  but  merely  to  hold  out  the  skirts  and 
give  them  the  required  flow.  The  front 
widths  are  utterly  plain,  and  U>  make  them 
so  they  are  tied  back  with  strings  ;  this  is 
also  done  to  t  he.  polonaise  or  apron  front. 
Hustles,  or  protuberances  of  my  kind  in  the 
back,  are  not  fashionable. 


BONNETS. 


Mode.1)  and  Manners. 


ITEMS  ABOUT  COSTUMES. 

Eatsry  Avcek  there  appear  new  kinds  of 
batiste  for  summer  costumes.  Among  the 
latest  is  that  with  a  large  embroidered  leaf, 
price*  $1.50.  It  is  chiefly  used  for  under* 
skirts.  Polonaises  to  wear  Avitli  it,  are  made 
of  a  narroAV  striped  batiste,  Avith  the  ground 
in  horizontal  threads,  and  the  stripes  of 
thick  Aviiite  threads.  Tliis  batiste  has  been 
just  exhibited,  and  will  doubtless  bo  A'ery 
popular.  15ut  none  of  those  bizarre  varieties 
will  ever  be  as  neat,  and  lady-like  as  the  plain 
batiste  trimmed  with  Avhite  embroidery,  yak 
lace  or  Maiines  lace,  Avhicli  is  now  used  iu 
the  same  way  a h  the  yak  laee. 

A  uoav  dead-blue  color  is  called  “  turquoise 
morteA  It  is  used  for  tunics  and  sacks.  The 
tunic  has  a  braided  border,  trimmed  Avith 
fringe.  The  sack  is  in  the  shape  of  the  Dol¬ 
man,  and  is  liberally  covered  wit li  braiding. 

The  camel’s  hair  polonaise  is  repeated  in 
every  material.  The  proper  buttons  for 
these  are  oxydized,  or  old  silver  buttons, 
wldoh  are  of  the  quaintest  designs,  and  im¬ 
part  an  air  of  elegance  to  the  plainest  goods. 
Great  antique  clasps  are  used  for  clasping 
the  belts,  and  are  often  placed  in  the  buck  of 
the  belt  ;  but  here  they  are  very  much  out 
of  place. 

Overskirts  are  still  worn,  especially  in  the 
handsomer  goods.  They  are  either  very  long 
or  very  short.  When  long,  they  make  an 
apron  reach  mg  nearly  t<?  the  bottom  of  the 
dress.  They  are  caught  high  up  near  tho 
back,  which  sometimes  is  merely  two  long 
sash  ends.  Overskirts  have  only  flat  trim¬ 
mings,  bias  bauds  and  fringes,  or  are  per¬ 
fectly  plain  and  simply  hemmed.  Indeed, 
some  of  the  handsomest  costumes  have  the 
overskirts  plain,  but  they  are  rendered  very 
stylish  by  means  of  the  sash  and  the  draping. 


cinnamon,  three  tablespoons  of  lard,  or  fried  1  The  idea  now  is  to  drape  the  two  sides  differ- 


Colors  are  used  largely  on  bonnets,  some-  t 
times  four  dillerent  shades,  two  of  those  t. 
contrasting.  For  example,  tAvo  shades  of  i 
Union,  which  is  the  yellowish  green  of  limes,  t 
with  grays  of  the  bluish  tinge  ;  or  two  shades  i 
of  sage  Avith  crimsons  ;  or  two  shades  of  i 
olive  with  bines  a  deep  and  pale  blue.  In  i 
the  selection  of  those  the  most  refined  and  { 
accurate  taste  is  necessary  to  make  them  liar-  , 
monize.  i 

A  very  pretty  bonnet  has  a  turned-up  brim  i 
covered  With  velvet  ;  the  crown  is  square, 
covered  with  Brussels  net.  A  bandeau  of 
jet  encircles  it,  holding  a  frill  of  Chantilly 
lace.  Under  the  brim  is  a  band  of  the  palest 
pink  ribbon,  with  a  bow  in  front.  In  the 
back  is  a  fall  of  blnildo  and  lace,  loops  of  pale 
pink  and1  deep  crimson  ribbon,  and  spray  s  of 
sweet  briji  r. 

A  hat  for  a  child  is  of  fine  ivhito  straw, 
\Arith  a  graceful  brim  turned  up  on  one  side. 
The  brim  is  lined  with  pale  bine  ;  around  the 
crown  is  pale  blue  ribbon  and  standing 
bunches  of  bluebells. 

Black  lace  and  stiviAv,  and  net  dotted  with 
straw,  Avill  be  a  favorite  material  for  bonnets. 
Bandeaux  come  also  of  black  irclvct  and  straw 
tliat  are  very  pretty. 

JEWELRY. 

A  new  ami  fashionable  joAvolry  is  of  differ¬ 
ent  kinds  of  gold,  in  geometrical  shapes,  or 
in  hoops  set  within  one  unMher,  the  largest 
and  lowest  furnished  with  gold  fringe.  These 
sets  cost  from  #150  to  #100,  and  avc  must  say, 
are  by  no  means  pretty.  In  paying  such 
prices,  it  is  always  better  to  get  stones,  cam- 
cos  or  coral.  The  last  is  noiv  very  cheap  : 
sets  quite  elaborate  in  design  can  be  had 
from  #A5  to  $50.  We  would  not  advise  any 
one  to  buy  them.  They  are  made  of  small 
pieces  of  no  value,  and  are  very*  easily  broken. 
The  handsomest  coral  is  in  solid  pieces,  carved 
in  heads,  without  any  gold  visible.  They 
are  very  expensive,  from  #100  to  #200,  but 
they  are  good  for  a  lifetime.  Now  designs 
Iu  coral  are  in  single  pieces  Curved  and  set  on 
gold,  as  a  horse's  head  on  a  gold  plate  in-  | 
closed  with  a  horse  shoe  ;  or  a  groat  pink 
coral  insect  on  a  leaf.  These  designs  are 
novel,  and  produce  quite  a  pretty  effect ; 
they  are  $140  a  set. 

Turquoise  is  a  favorite  stone  ;  they  are  in 
small  stones,  imbedded  in  gold,  and  ur- 
■  ranged  as  pendants  ;  very  pretty  sets  can  be 
'  bought  for  #s0. 

,  NOVELTIES. 

Around  the  nocks  of  all  dresses  nfe  starul- 
!  ing  ruffles  of  silk,  fully  plaited,  wider  in  the 
.  neck  than  in  the  front,  Avith  luce  or  muslin 
i  ruffles  inside  ;  they  are  very  pretty,  and  suit 
i  the  modern  style  of  hairdressing,  which  is 
3  very  high. 

*  First  comb  the  hair  up  high  in  puffs,  around 

-  them  wind  a  thick  braid,  and  inside  of  the 

-  braid  place  a  high  Spanish  cotub  ;  tie  the 
,  whole  round  with  a  black  velvet  ribbon. 

3  A  very  pretty  trimming  comes,  made  of 
{  narrow  pointed  embroidery  and  Valenciennes 
;.  \  lace.  It  is  very  suitable  for  the  necks  of 

-  1  dresses  and  for  sleeves  ;  price,  25  cents  a  yard. 


DggiDmu  (Information. 


CHRONIC  DIARRHEA. 

1st  response  to  inquiry  for  a  remedy,  in 
Rural  New-Yorker,  April  5,  we  have  the 
following  from  W.  TT.  B,.  Hudson,  N.  V.: 
“Fort  wine  cured  me,  when  physicians  could 
not  for  about  11  ve  months.  Use  good  port  wine, 
and  eat  bread  well  toasted,  As  soon  as  the 
disease  is  checked,  eat  plenty  of  beefsteak 
and  sweet  potatoes.” 

“Mignonette,”  Brooklyn,  N.  V.,  writes: 

“  l  havej  in  sympathy  for  the  poor  little  suf¬ 
ferer,  concluded  to  semi  tho  following  for  her 
relief,  knowing  it  is  (bee  A  nt,  as  well  as  per¬ 
fectly  harmloas : — One  grain  of  sulphate  of 
morphia  to  oue  ounce  of  camphor  Avator. 

If  the  child  is  very  weal:,  commence  with 
five  drops,  two  or  three  times  a  day  ;  if  too 
slight  a  dose,  increase  to  ton  or  fifteen,  but 
never  give  more  than  half  a  ten  spoonful,  at 
intervals  of  three  or  four  hours.  Give  plain, 
wholesome  food,  but  commence  with  a  small 
quantity,  being  careful  not.  to  give  more  than 
the  stomach  can  easily  digest.  If  persevered 
in  for  a  Aveelc  or  so,  and  afterward  upon  re¬ 
currence  of  the  symptoms,  1  think  it  will  ef¬ 
fect  a -radical  cure.  If  you  hear  from  Mrs. 

E.  K„  Avill  you  take  the  trouble  to  inform 
mo  if  she  has  tried  it,  and  found  it  ollica- 
clous  ?  ’  ’ 

We  trust  that  if  Mrs.  E.  K.,  finds  any  help 
from  these  prescriptions,  or  from  any  that 
may  hereafter  be  published,  she  av ill  inform 
us,  for  the  benefit  of  others  who  may  require 
bucIi  relief, 

I  have  cured  diarrhea  iu  several  instances 
Avhen  physician's  proscriptions  failed,  with 
the  following Pure  brandy,  say  half  a 
teacup;  burn  it  by  setting  it.  on  lire  with  a 
match  ;  let  it  burn  till  the  cup  gets  hoi  ;  then 
take  half  u  teaspoon  ground  cinnamon  ;  half 
a  nutmeg,  grated,  and  add  a  very  little 
cloves;  pour  on  them  half  a  teacup  of  boiling 
water,  aud  fill  up  the  cup  with  crushed  or 
granulated  sugar ;  then  when  each  have 
cooled  sufficiently,  put  in  a  bottle  and  use  oc¬ 
casionally,  or  until  you  prove  its  value,  or  oth- 
orwise.  1  found  it  tho  best  remedy  lever 
used,  and  l  am  the  mother  of  eight  children. 
— PERRYSIU'RO, 

In  reply  to  Mrs.  E.  K.  of  Cuba,  for  chronic 
1  diarrhea:  -  -Equal  parts  of  rosemary  and 
'  cmncsbill  ;  a  tablospoonful  of  each  steeped 

•  in  a  pint  of  water;  add  one  teacup  of  the 
best  elder  vinegar.  Dose,  one  tablespoon  be¬ 
fore  meals  and  before  retiring.  Repeat  tho 

•  dose  Until  cured.  Let  her  cat  Avhatever  she 

•  wants.  I  never  kneAV  this  remedy  to  fail. 
5  If  it  euros,  please  let  me  know  through  the 
'  Rural. — H,  V.,  Carry ,  Pa. 


HYGIENIC  NOTES. 

Small -Pox  and  Sea  riel  Fever  Remedy 
which  has  been  used  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  with 
success,  and  is  vouched  for  by  a  physician, 
lb  Avill  cure  small-pox  and  scarlet  fever,  I 
have  used  It  and  cured  my  children  of  scarlet 
fever;  also  in  cases  of  small-pox  when  learned 
physicians  said  the  patient  must  die,  but  was 
cured  : — Sulphate  of  zinc,  one  grain  ;  fox¬ 
glove  (digitalis),  one  grain  ;  half  a  teaspoon¬ 
ful  of  sugar  ;  mix  with  two  tyblespoonfuls  of 
water.  When  thoroughly  nr  nd,  add  four 
ounces  of  water.  Take  a  spoonful  every 
hour.  Either  disease  will  disappear  In  t  welve 
hours.  For  a  child,  smaller  doses,  according 
to  age.  If  you  value  advice  m\d  experience, 
use  this  for  these  terrible  diseases. — e.  c. 

Freckles  and  Pimples. — “  A  mcrieus  ”  asks- 
how  t  o  remove  freckles  and  pimples  from  the 
face.  Keep  clean  ;  bathe  Ihe  whole  body,, 
once  a  day  at  least.  Eat  wholesome  food,  as 
little  fat  pork  and  greasy  food  as  possible, 
plenty  of  fruit,  and  do  not  abuse  your  per¬ 
son,  We  take  it  tliis  inquiry  comes  from  a 
young  rajm,  for  he  wants  t  o  knoAv  “  if  there 
is  any  moans  of  forcing  the  beard  to  grow.” 
If  you  follow  the  above  directions,  behave 
like  a  man,  become  manly,  your  beard  will 
groAv  as  fast  aa  nature  intended  it  should  ; 
nothing  Avill  make  it  grow  faster. 

A  Remedy  for  Corns  is  recommended  by 
P.  P.  F.  as  follows Bat  he  the  feet  in 
tepid  water,  to  soften  the  corns  ;  pure  these 
Off  very  closely  with  a.  sharp  knife  ;  then  rub 
on  well  green  peach  tree  leaves  ;  Avhen,  after 
continuing  the  rubbing  once  or  tAvice  a  day, 
the  corns  will  disappear.” 

Frosted  Feet  Remedy. — Katie  IS.  inquires 
for  a  remedy  for  frosted  feet.  Dissolve  glue, 
just  as  cabinet-makers  use  it  ;  coat  the  feet 
with  it,  using  a  brush.  Put  it  on  as  warm  as 
it  can  be  borne  ;  draw  on  cotton  socks,  and 
let  them  remain  several  days.  A  certain 
cure. — w.  r.  n. 


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ture.”  Other  localities  are  named ;  but  In 
nearly  every  case,  If  not  in  all  cases,  the  report 
“no  cause  for  discouragement”  comes  from 
sections  where  them  is  a  stable  homo  market 
for  farm  products. 

This  leads  us  to  remark,  In  this  connection, 
that  young  men  seeking  homes,  and  old  farm¬ 
ers  who  are  restive  and  "  pulling  up  stakes”  in 
order  to  better  their  condition,  should  remem¬ 
ber  that  In  locating  It  is  far  better  to  buy  lesa 
land,  pay  more  for  it  and  settle  where  there  Is 
a  home  demand  for  whatever  is  produced  than 
to  purchase  five  thousand  acres  of  I  he  best 
land  on  the  continent  remote  from  a  market. 
It  does  not  matter  how  much  corn  a  man  can 
produce  per  acre,  nor  how  many  thoukaiUl 
bushels  ho  may  have  In  bis  cribs,  if  ho  cannot 


it  a  misfortune  to  the  State  that  Dr.  Fitch’s 
age  prevents  him  doing  the  Stato  the  service  he 
formerly  did;  or  that  there  is  not  some  active 
I  young  entomologist  to  take  up  the  work  ami 
I  prosecute  it  for  the  agriculturists  and  horticul¬ 
turists  of  New  York,  Elsewhere  our  friend 
Riley  suggests  the  name  of  an  entomologist 
who  is  worthy  to  prosecute  this  work.  We 
shall  be  glad  to  Uo  what  we  may  to  furnish  him 
the  opportunity. 

- - 

RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

Women  In  the  Grange*-— One  of  the  excellent 
peculiarities  of  the  Order  of  Patrons  of  Hus¬ 
bandry.  Judged  from  an  outsider's  standpoint,  is 


sell  it;  or  if  he  is  compelled  to  sell  It,  to  find'  f  ll>*t  woman  arc  admitted  to  equal  membership 


SATURDAY,  APRIL  20,  1873. 


MANUFACTURES  AND  AGRICULTURE. 

The  Rural  New -Yorker  has  repeatedly 
urged  that  farmers  who  dcsiro  prosperity  that 
is  permanent  and  without  fluctuations,  should 
use  all  possible  effort  to  develop  and  supply  a 
home  market.  We  should  have  no  wars  with 
railways,  no  denunciation  of  bloated  m  mopo- 
lics  oil  the  part  of  farmers,  if  the  farmer’s 
market  were  at  bis  own  door;  for  those  could 
uot  exist.  The  powor  of  railway  monopolies  to 
oppress  farmers  comes  of  their  depondenco 
upon  remote  and  foreign  markets  fi >r  t  he  sale 
of  their  products.  They  are  compelled  to  com¬ 
pete  with  the  world,  and  it  is  in  the  power  of 
those  railways  to  render  them  utterly  power¬ 
less  to  compete.  If  farmers  wore  not  compelled 
to  ship  t  heir  products  In  order  that  they  may 
roach  consumers,  the  railways  Could  levy  no 
tax  thereon.  If  those  who  manufacture  oir 
wool,  grain,  (iux,  hemp,  hides,  &c„  &c., and  who 
consume  ourbeef,  pork,  grain,  fruit,  vegetables, 
butter,  cheese,  cotton,  tic.,  are  close  at  hand, 
and  supply  us  with  our  manufactured  necessi¬ 
ties  in  exchange  for  our  raw  products,  the 
tariffs  of  railways  and  middlemen  cannot  be 
levied  ;  our  money  is  kept  circulating  at  home, 
and  the  relation  of  values  is  not  fluctuating 
nor  uncertain.  Each  locality  is  a  commercial 
center  t  hat  regulates  its  own  affairs  and  scarcely 
feels  the  influence  of  a  panic  in  Wall  street  or 
an  advance  in  discount  rates  in  the  Bunk  of 
England.  But  so  long  as  exchanges  must  be 
made  through  Wall  street  nnd  the  Bank  of  En¬ 
gland,  so  long  may  our  farmers  rest  assured 
that  their  profits  will  be  both  email  and  uncer¬ 
tain,  with  only  exceptional  cases. 

This  opinion  is  confirmed  by  observation, 
experience  and  testimony.  Wherever  there  Is 
a  locality  with  non-producing  population  suffi¬ 
cient  t.o  consume  the  products  of  the  farmers 
of  a  neighborhood,  no  complaint  of  hard  times 
is  made.  If  it  is  a  manufacturing  population 
that  is  to  be  supplied  and  the  prices  of  manu¬ 
factures  arc  high,  the  prices  of  farm  products 
appreciate  correspondingly.  But  whether  prices 
appreciate  or  not,  a  non-producing  population 
must  cat  in  order  to  live,  and  a  market  for  food 
material  is  assured.  Prosperity  may  attend 
local  manufacturers  when  the  foreign  market 
forproduce  la  depressed,  and  those  who  depend 
upon  it  for  (he  sale  of  their  produce  may  thus 
lose,  while  the  producer  who  is  in  contact  with 
the  thrifty  consumer,  may  fool  no  effects  from 
such  depreciation.  This  is  no  imaginary  case  ; 
it  is  everyday  experience  in  localities  adjacent 
to  manufacturing  centers.  The  recent  report 
of  J.  R.  Dodge,  Statistician  of  the  Depart  moat 
of  Agriculture,  in  relation  to  the  “  Discourage¬ 
ments  of  Farmers  and  their  Remedies,”  proves 
this  position.  While  great  general  discourage¬ 
ment  is  reported  as  existing  among  agricultur¬ 
ists,  Mr.  Dodge  declares  that  “A  small  minor¬ 
ity  of  the  reports  declare  that  no  cause  for  dis¬ 
couragement  exists.  They  arc  scat  tered  t  hrough 
the  country,  more  frequently  in  Pennsylvania, 
where  prosperity  of  manufactures  and  mining 
have  given  great  encouragement  tp  ugricul- 


that  he  cannot  get  for  it  what  it  cost  him.  lie. 
might  as  well  not  have  any  com.  Nor  is  he 
with  his  thousands  of  acres  of  fertile  land  nnd 
i  Ids  thousands  of  bushels  of  corn,  any  better  off 
than  lie  who  lias  a  hundred  acres  and  can  sell 
everything  he  can  produce  thereon  promptly 
at  remunerative  prices. 

Tt  seems  to  us  this  question  of  home  markets 
(as  we  have  nalil  before)  Is  one  of  paramount 
Importance  to  American  farmers,  it  solves  the 
railway  question ;  it  solves  the  financial  prob¬ 
lem.  Exporting  our  specie  and  bonds,  and  our 
grain,  beef  and  pork  at  a  loss,  does  not  pay  our 
indebtedness  nor  relieve  us  of  our  embarrass¬ 
ments.  It  enables  foreign  manufacturers  to 
compete  with  and  destroy  our  home  manufac¬ 
tures.  It  does  not  develop  the  resources  of  our 
own  country,  rmr  utilize  them  for  our  own 
profit.  It  keeps  both  manufacturers  and  agri¬ 
culturists  in  the  power  of  nnd  subject  to  the 
whims,  caprices,  corners  nnd  speculations  of 
the  money  centers,  and  makes  of  ail  sorts  of 
business  a  lottery,  and  as  unstable  as  is  the 
honesty  of  tlie  gambler  and  burglar.  Protect, 
encourage,  build  up  home  manufactures,  im¬ 
port  only  capital  and  skilled  labor  to  engage 
therein,  export  only  tlioso  articles  upon  which 
lias  been  exhausted  all  the  labor  that  can  bo 
put  upon  them,  and  it  will  not  be  long  ere  the 
farmer  will  find  abounding  remuneration  for 
his  labor. 

■■  ■* « »  — 

SCIENTISTS  VS.  PRACTICAL  MEN. 

In  our  issue  of  April  12,  wc  quoted  Col.  S.  D. 
Harris’s  estimate  of  the  value  of  the  work  of 
the  New  York  State  Entomologist,  Dr.  Fitch. 
The  Colonel  still  adheres  to  his  first  estimate, 
and  says : 

Tbcso  scientists  can  tell  us  the  names  of  the 
Insect  tribes.  In  Greek,  Latin  and  Dutch,  and 
how  many  rings  t  hey  have  around  their  tails, 
and  all  about  their  transformations,  hyberna¬ 
tions  and  emigrations,  but  bow  to  deal  with  the 
cusses,  has  generally  Lean  the  discovery  of  the 
practical  farmers  and  horticulturists,  who  could 
not  even  pronounce  their  names  in  I  n©  original 
Greek,  etc.  Science  is  nrnjghtygood  tiling  In 
Its  place,  as  an  Interpreter  of  nature,  but  its 
fat©  has  been  to  follow,  instead  of  lead,  in  the 
discovery  of  things  of  real  economic  value  to 
(be  farmer  and  horticulturist. 

Now,  it  maybe  true  that  science  follows,  in¬ 
stead  of  loads,  in  the  discovery  of  things  of  real 
economic  value  to  (  lie  farmer  and  horticultur¬ 
ist.  in  most  cases  we  think  this  true,  so  far  as 
the  past  history  of  science  is  concerned.  Tlie 
truth  is,  scientific  men  have  been  content,  or, 
rather, have  aimed,  to  deal  with  abstractions 
being  careful  not  to  soil  their  patrician  bands 
and  reputations  with  matters  so  far  plebeian  as 
to  be  practical.  But  their  work  has  helped  to 
build  upsomeof  the  most  important  Industries, 
and  resulted  in  some  of  tlie  most  important  dis¬ 
coveries  which  now  shed  their  benlflcent  results 
upon  modern  social  lifts.  This  work  should  not 
be  under-estimated.  Nor  can  It  be  prosecuted 
unless  inon  who  devote  their  lives  to  it  arc  sup¬ 
ported  in  some  mariner.  Tho  practical  world 
cannot  afford  to  have  them  stop  this  work.  It 
had  far  better  pension  them,  that  they  may  bo 
able  to  proscouto  it,  though  we  agree  with  our 
contemporary,  that  their  work  would  be  far 
better  appreciated  if  they  aimed  at  practical 
results  more  than  they  do. 

But  now  about  Dr.  Fitch  We  take  up  his  I 
first  Report  and  open  it  at  his  first  article  on 
insects  affecting  the  root—  or  upon  “  Apple-root 
Blight."  Ho  gives  us,  condensed  and  arranged, 
all  the  facts  that  had  been  gathered  by  practi¬ 
cal  men  conccrnlngthe  plant  louse  which  causes 
tills  blight.  He  quotes  a  Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  farm¬ 
er,  scientific  men  who  have  studied  its  habits, 
and  calls  the  attention  of  nurserymen  to  it—  < 
they  having  opportunities  of  studying  it  which  1 
he  does  not.  in  other  words,  lie  directs  the  1 
attention  of  nurserymen  to  the  cause  of  death  1 
in  a  groat  number  of  trees  which  they  send  out,  1 
and  teils  us  how  tlie  trees  may  bo  saved.  Wo  1 
happen  to  know  that  tlie  facts  Dr.  Fitch  stated  1 
and  the  advice  he  gave,  has  saved  the  planters  1 
of  trees  ton  times  the  money  that  the  .State  of  > 
New'  York  has  ever  paid  him  for  his  work  as  its 
Entomologist.  1 

Then  take  his  paper  on  the  Apple-Tree  Borer  ( 
as  another  example— tlie  second  article  In  his 
first  report.  We  should  like  our  friend  Harris 
to  tell  us  where  the  same  Information  (includ-  c 
ing  contributions  of  experience  and  practice  r 
from  practical  men)  can  be  had  excopt  it  lias  i 
been  prepared  and  furnished  by  scientific  men.  t 
We  are  not  defending  Dr.  Fitch  because  he  is  < 
a  New-Yorker,  nor  because  we  happen  to  live  i 
in  the  same  .State ;  but  fifteen  years  ago  we  \ 
were  engaged  in  farming,  and  had  received  t 
from  B.  r.  Johnson  the  first  two  reports;  and  we  r 
happen  to  know'  they  were  profitable  to  us  and  c 
to  our  neighbors,  as  farmers.  The  Reports  since  i 
made  are  none  the  less  valuable,  and  we  regard  r 


and  privileges  with  men.  By  this  means,  wo¬ 
men  learn  more  of  men’s  practical  business  re¬ 
lations  than  they  otherwise  would,  and  are 
brought  into  fuller  nnd.mrrre  Intelligent  sympa¬ 
thy  with  tho  requirements  and  responsibilities 
of  farm  life  than  by  any  other  mode  wc  know 
nf,  and  are,  therefore,  better  able  to  utilize  their 
quicker  perceptions  and  more  accurate  Intub 
Mope  for  Hie  common  good.  Added,  they 
ought  to  be  enabled  to  bring  forward  t  he  claims 
of  the  household  and  its  economies  into  greater 
prominence,  and  secure  therefor  more  careful 
consideration  than  is  usually  accorded  by  farm¬ 
ers.  It  swms  to  us  It  will  be  the  fault  of  Hie 
women  belonging  to  this  Order  if  they  do  not 
succeed  In  securing  such  recognition  for  them¬ 
selves  and  their  own  needs.  That,  they  arc  not 
yet  doing  it  la  apparent  from  what  wo  read  and 
hear.  An  Iowa  woman  says  the  lady  members 
have  HWIc  to  say  or  do  at  the  meeting* ;  and  she 
I  urges  that  while  f  fie  brethren  discuss  the  mer¬ 
its  of  farm  machinery,  tho  women  “should 
avail  themselves  of  thosamo  privilege,  and  learn 
something  of  the  merits  of  the  machines  that 
are  needed  in  thrtr  department  t  he  best  way  of 
obtaining  good  butter  and  bread  ;  and  further, 
if  they  would  do  their  part  In  making  the 
Grange  what  it  should  be,  a  congenial  place  to 
all,  by  introducing  some  literary  or  social 
amusement,  it  would  bo  the  means  of  increas¬ 
ing  our  members  and  promoting  the  Interest 
of  a  good  cause." 

■ 

The  Vienna  Exposition.  Our  readers  well 
know  that  we  have  not  favored  tho  appropria¬ 
tion  of  money  from  the  United  States  Treasury 
In  order  that  America  might  contribute  to  tbe 
Exposition  at  Vienna,  Austria.  Therenro many 
States  in  t  he  Union  interested  in  securing  im¬ 
migration,  and  the  investment  of  capital  In  the 
development  of  mineral  and  other  resources, 
that  could  afford  tho  appointment  of  commis¬ 
sioners  and  the  appropriation  of  money  ns  a 
means  of  securing  such  immigration  and  Invest¬ 
ment.  Some  of  the  States  have  dime  Ihis.  But 
w«  can  see  no  good  reason  why  the  people,  as  a 
whole,  should  pay  for  the  transportation  of 
goods  that  belong  to  Individuals  and  that  uro 
contributed  to  the  Exposit  ion  for  personal  pur¬ 
poses  and  profit  alone.  Every  development  in 
relation  to  tho  matter  confirms  us  in  our  opinion. 
The  latest  is  contained  in  a  telegram,  dated 
Vienna,  April  19,  to  tho  New  York  Herald,  as 
follows : 

Swindling  Is  reported  In  connection  with  the 
appointment  of  the  American  Commissioners 
t  o  the  international  Industrial  Exhibition  to  be 
bold  in  this  city.  It  L*  assorted  that  many  of 
tho  Commissioners  purchased  tha  position  for 
the  sake  of  the  honor  of  appearing  In  an  official 
character  at  the  assemblage  of  the  Fair  and 
during  Its  management.  One  of  tin*  gent  lemen 
says  be  paid  the  sum  of  $6,IXX).  but  the  rate  gen¬ 
erally  charged  was  somewhere  In  the  neighbor¬ 
hood  of  $2,000.  The  majority  of  tho  Cuminis- 
sioners  are  incapable  persons.  The  m.»re  re¬ 
spectable  among  them  are  engaged  In  institut¬ 
ing  inquiry  into  the  matter  of  the  swindle. 

It  would  be  interesting  to  know  who  got 
these  fees  and  who  the  Commissioners  are  who 
paid  thorn.  Wo  hope,  If  tho  dispatch  is  true, 
t  here  will  be  a  complete  exposure  of  tho  whole 
affair. 

- m— - 

Grain  in  Chicago.  The  Chicago  Evening  Jour¬ 
nal,  April  15,  says  the  Chicago  elevators  contain 
2,247,313  bushels  of  wheat,  5,820,514  bushels  of 
corn,  1,75323)1  bushels  of  oats,  290,209  bushels  of 
rye,  233,781  bushels  of  barley;  and  vessels  In  the 
harbor  contain  153,330  bushels  of  wheat,  and 
1,212, HI  bushels  of  corn— a  total  of  11,715,918 
bosliels  of  all  kinds  and  grades  of  grain.  Tho 
amount  reported  in  the  New  York  city  ware¬ 
houses  is  450,000  bushels  of  wheat,  1,677,000  bush¬ 
els  of  corn,  505,000  bushels  of  oats,  03,000  bushels 
of  rye,  70,000  bushels  of  barley,  and  172,000  bush¬ 
els  of  malt— a  total  Of  3,003,000  bushels  of  ail 
kinds  and  grades;  in  New  York  and  Chicago,  a 
total  of  14,719,518.  The  Journal  says:— The  visi¬ 
ble  supply  of  grain,  including  stocks  in  store  at 
the  principal  points  of  accumulation  at  lake  and 
seaboard  ports,  and  in  transit  by  rail  and  frozen 
in  on  the  New  York  canals,  April  5,1873,  was 
23,297.875  bushels,  embracing  7,508,473  bushels  of 
wheat,  10,937,328  bushels  of  corn,  3,950,100  bush¬ 
els  of  oats,  and  901,878  bushels  of  barley. 

- *♦* - • 

Thing*  hi  North  Carolina.— A  Halifax,  N.  C., 
correspondent  predicts  that  in  a  few  years  most 
of  the  plantations  of  Eastern  North  Carolina 
will  be  grown  up  in  bush  for  want  of  laborers  to 
till  tho  soil.  He  says Near  me,  in  this  little, 
old  town  of  Halifax,  there  arc  from  50  to  100 
negro  woman  and  girls  who,  literally,  do  no 
work,  and  yet  it  Is  with  the  utmost  difficulty 
that  any  of  us  oau  get  a  cook  or  house-servant ; 
and  if,  perchance,  one  should  condescend  to 
come,  we  must  be  careful  and  almost  obsequious 
in  order  to  retain  her  for  a  week.  Wages  have 
risen  from  $4  to  $10  per  month  for  cooks,  and 


uch  cooks !  women  Kterally  from  tho  corn¬ 
field.  These  people  live  off  what  is  stolen  from 
the  farmers.  Corn-bread,  bacon,  and  a  blanket 
on  the  floor,  servo  for  them;  and  if  they  can 
only  decorate  themselves  with  gew-gawx  they 
are  happy  In  their  Idleness.  The  labor  problem 
Is  the  problem  to  be  solved  for  ns.  Tlie  day  is 
fast  approaching  when  the  white  man  who  has 
a  family  Inured  tu  work,  whose  daughters  will 
milk  the  cows  and  do  the  washing  and  cooking, 

{  and  whose  sons  take  to  the  plow  handles,  will 
J  rule  the  roost  with  us." 

Market  Fair*.— In  former  years  we  have 
frequently  urged  the  advantages  to  fanners 
of  regular  market,  days  and  l  airs,  or  Boards-  off 
Trade.  Not  tho  least  Important,  result  of  sucht 
I  gatherings,  aside  from  the  money  profit  dirent,. 
|  is  the  personal  contact  and  communion  wKhi 
each  other,  Involved.  Urging  similar  ideas  to* 
those  we  have  promulgated,  a  correspondent  of 
tho  Iowa  Farmer  says; 

At  such  fairs  or  markets  wo  can  regularly 
meet,  and  cheerfully  greet  our  brethren  of  tho 
plow,  the  pen,  the  press,  nnd  pulpit ;  and  after 
ouch  one  having  supplied  Ills  or  Imr  wants  from 
tho  surplus  of  his  neighbor,  and  the  business  of 
the  day  over,  each  one  bas  ing  got  and  paid  tho 
full  and  fair  value  of  his  commodity,  and  from 
first  hands,  we  could  then  retire  to  an  intel¬ 
lectual  feast  in  the  exchange  of  sentiment  to 
the  mutual  benefit  of  each  other.  We  could 
not.  Mien  be  compelled  to  witness  but.  frown 
down  tho  evil  Influences  that,  exist,  in  agricul¬ 
tural  societies,  jockey  clubs  and  horse  races. 


Hop  Prospect*.  Emmet  Wells’  Circular, 
dated  April  17th,  says : 

'The  week  has  been  characterized  by  extreme 
dullness,  the  result  of  continued  stringency  in 
the  money  market.  Prices,  In  consequence, 
are  lower  and  unsettled.  No  change  for  the 
better  Is  now  anticipated  until  the  lute  dis¬ 
couraging  advices  from  Wisconsin  concerning 
the  condition  of  tho  hop  roots  Is  confirmed  by 
further  developments,  Should  the  damage  by 
winter-kill  In  that  region  prove  ns  serious  thirty 
days  hence  as  now  reported,  it  must,  influence 
tho  markets  favorably.  Throughout  New  York 
Ktate  and  the  Fast  ifm  hop  yards  arc  reported 
as  being  In  good  condition,  having  wintered 
well  under  the  protection  of  a  good  body  of 
snow,  though  It  in  considered  "too  eurlv  yet  to 
form  much  of  an  opinion  about  it.  \Ve  note 
the  shipment,  this  week,  of  650  hales  of  oM  hops 
to  London.  A  few  more  such  heavy  drafts 
upon  our  already  much  reduced  stock?  will  be 
likely  to  enhance  tho  value  of  the  few  good 
olds  remaining  unsold. 

—  —  «»» 

Tlie  Dairy  Roslnc**. — All  our  readers  inter¬ 
ested  in  any  branch  of  dairying  arc  referred  to 
the  announcement  of  Whitman  &  Burrell, 
Llttlo  Kails,  X.  Y.,  in  last  number— page  262. 
Their  Illustrated  Catalogue  and  Circular,  giving 
plans  of  tho  best  choose  factories,  cuts  of  steam 
boilers,  engines,  etc.,  should  bo  examined  by 
till  In  want  of  dairy  machinery  or  apparatus. 
Messrs.  W.  &  B.  are  extensive  manufacturers 
nnd  dealers  in  cheese  factory  apparatus,  dairy 
Supplies,  etc.,  and  agents  for  the  celebrated 
Anderson  Steam  Boiler ;  also  exclusive  agents 
for  Hie  sale  of  Annattoine,  and  importers  of 

Bavarian  amt  Irish  rennets,  &c. 

-  ■■  -  - 

Wmiern  Home*  for  tin*  BiihI.  An  Oregon  pa¬ 
per  states  that  an  Eastern  man  is  now  in  that 
Ktate  purchasing  horses  for  the  Eastern  market 
shipping  them  to  the  Atlantic  cities,  to  sup¬ 
ply  the  places  of  Uioho  lost  by  the  epizootic. 
He  has  purchased  and  shipped  from  Idaho,  Ne¬ 
vada  and  Eastern  Oregon  over  5,000  head. 
- *-m - - 

RURAL  BREVITIES. 

H.  J.  L.,  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind  We  believe  the  Arm 
|you  name  is  reliable. 

The  old  settlors  of  Chautauqua  county,  N.  Y., 
are  to  have  a  re-union  at  Kredonia,  June  1 1. 

J.  F.  Hteenkoh  is  informed  that  Rainy  Lake 
and  Lake  Superior  are  not  connected  by  water. 

A.  J.  Perkins  ;  We  do  not  know  tho  address 
of  the  manufacturers  of  tho  fruit  basket  you 
name, 

The  Secretary  of  Hie  Illinois  State  Grange  of 
Husbandry  reports  308 subordinate  Granges  In 
that  State,  up  to  March  26. 

Thomas  Holer,  Flyman,  Wls„  is  informed 
that  (lie  gentleman  named  by  him  has  boon  an 
importer  of  Ayrshire  stock,  has  won  prizes  wit  h 
it  atour  State  Fairs,  and  is,  so  far  aa  we  are  in¬ 
formed,  a  reliable  man. 

A.  M.  asks  some  one  who  has  had  experience 
to  toll  him  the  beat  form  of  skeleton  trotting 
wagon,  with  springs,  very  light;  also  how  to 
stain  wood  red  or  black,  as  thread  spools,  brush 
handles,  &<•.,  arc  stained. 

Mrs.  8.  A.  Watte  Is  informed  that  we  do  not 
know  whore  she  can  get  seed  of  Hie  “Flour 
Corn."  Should  like  to  have  you  send  us  a  speci¬ 
men  of  the  fibrous  plant  that  produced  tho 
fiber  forwarded,  that  wc  may  iletcrmino  what 
it  is. 

Several  inquirers  are  informed  that  wc  do 
not.  know  who  has  the  plant  Thyrmcanthtui 
ruUlaiiK  Illustrated  on  page  253,  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  April  19.  Probably  any  prominent 
nurseryman  and  plantsman  advertising  in  our 
columns  can  furnish  it, 

W.  K.  0.,  Blue  Grass,  Iowa,  is  informed  that 
Hie  frosting  used  in  wax  work  is  made  of  very 
thin  scales  of  gla.-x  and  may  be  obtained  of 
1 1  icssi'i-IN  Kohnstamm,  100  Chambers  St.,  N.  Y. 
City.  “  Wax  Flowers  and  How  to  -Make  Them  ” 
may  be  obtained  at.  this  office  price,  $3. 

John  M.  Simpson  writes;  “1  have  no  recol¬ 
lection  of  ever  scelug  an  engraving  or  descrip¬ 
tion  of  a  straw  or  fodder  cutter  in  tho  Rural. 

I  want  to  get  the  best.  Now,  » lioso  make  will 
1  gotV”  Wn  cannot  answer  MjQ  question;  wo 
have  not  had  them  all,  and  doubt  if  unv  oric 
knows  which  is  “the  beat." 

“  An  Enolish  Girl,”  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  who 
sent  us.  Kept,  14,  a  letter  commenting  upon 
Miss  Waukk’8  estimate  of  English  people,  is 
informed  that  it  was  mislaid  with  other  papers 
and  has  just  come  to  our  notice,  too  late  to 
print.  We  mention  the  fact  lest  she  may  sup¬ 
pose  our  “American  prejudice  ”  prevented  its 
appearance. 


being!  I  thought  that  soul  and  brain  were 
dead  ;  hut  sweet  Nature  says,  “  She  is  not  dead, 
but  sleepeth and  she  lifts  the  weary  being, 
and  breathes  in  the  breath  of  life  and  gives  it 
nourishment. 


—these  have  outlived  the  frosts,  the 'number¬ 
less  onslaughts  of  the  pigs  and  the  trampling 
of  horses  ami  rattle.  Also  she  bows  balsams 
sometimes,  and  these  the  hens  generally  scratch 
out  and  destroy.  1  remember  the  time  when 
she  was  ambitious  to  lmve  a  fair  show  of  an¬ 
nuals.  but  “it's  no  use,"  she  says,  despond¬ 
ently.  Herself  a  thrifty,  stirring  woman  al¬ 
most  the  opposite  of  her  husband  one  would 
suppose  there  would  bo  a  continual  clashing 
between  the  two.  Mho  a  wise  woman,  how¬ 
ever,  she  has  accommodated  herself  to  existing 


President  Grant  was  poor  bofore  the  war. 
a  careful  husbandry  of  his  salary,  and  througfc 
I  hc  generous  gifts  of  friends  before  he  became 
I ’resident,  his  fortune  is  a  handsome  compe¬ 
tence. 

— - - - - 

STUDIES  AT  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGES. 

AOCOHOINO  t( 

annual  meeting  of  th _ _ 

Illinois  Agricultural  College,  it  a. .  - 
entire  number  or  students  during*!.! 

has  been  -118  ‘  .  „ _ 

'I'heao  students  represent  eight 
following  table,  which 


ONE  OF  MY  COUNTRY  FRIENDS 


BY  EMMA  BUKT 


None  of  Mr.  Ci.ay’m  neighbors  would  think 
of  calling  him  a  “  forehanded  man,"  for  some¬ 
how  lie  hasn't  the  faculty  of  gottlng  along.  He 
did  speculate  in  lumber  last,  winter,  and  for 


Thebe  is  a  sort  of  pleasant  freedom  in  feeling 
that  nothing  is  expected  of  one.  This  world  is 
so  Argus-eyed  !  And  it  is  well,  as  otherwise,  it 
could  never  scan  as  it  does  the  movements  of 
every  person,  and  enter  its  protest  if  one  able 
body  step-  out  of  the  ranks  of  labor.  Maybe  It 
is  well  we  ha vo  so  stern  a  monitor,  or  those  who 
have  no  strong  motive  for  exertion,  and  arc 
lazily  or  dreamily  inclined,  might  finally  sink 
into  apathy  «*r  weak  sentimentality. 

Yet,  as  you  say,  many  do  labor  from  principle 
or  duty,  fooling  that.  a.  Higher  Eye  than  that  or 
the  world  is  upon  them;  hut  with  the  most  of 
persons,  we  must  confess,  the  pressure  of  sur¬ 
rounding  humanity  is  more  effectual.  Public 
opinion  isos  powerful  n  motive  to  self-indul¬ 
gence.  After  nil,  in  many  cases,  the  “voice  of 
the  people  Is  the  voice  of  God,"  and  It  should 
be  obeyed.  We  are  such  dependent  creatures! 
The  strongest  cannot  dispense  with  human  aid  ; 
and  bo  he  rich  or  poor,  he  can  never  rid  himself 
of  debt.  Sorno  have  tin-  absurd  notion  t  hat  the 
affluent  are  Tree  from  labor  and  real  care.  How 
little  such  persons  consider  that  the  higher 
the  position,  the  more  complex  tin-  cares  and 
the  greater  the  supervision  ir  that  position  is 
well  sustained.  How  little  does  the  farmer’s 
wife  realize,  when  she  scornfully  speaks  of  the 
daintiness  and  indolence  of  her  city  cousin, 
how  infinitely  more  difficult  than  her  own  are 
the  duties  of  that  cousin.  The  farmer’s  meals 
arc  extremely  simple  ;  her  meals  are  In  her  own 
cellar  and  garden.  She  has  few  callers  to  re¬ 
ceive,  and  those  do  not  drop  in  mornings,  but 
in  the  long  afternoons,  when  she  is  sitting  at 
her  sowing,  and  they  can  chat  and  work  without 
ceremony.  The  children  become  restive,  and 
she  sends  them  to  the  field,  berrying,  to  expend 
their  redundant  vitality.  She  docs  exhaustive 
labor,  you  say.  81m  employs  no  nurse  for  her 
children ;  she  has  no  resting  point  from  spring 
to  winter— it  la  n urae,  and  sew,  and  cook,  and 
care  for  butter.  Poor  soul  I  this  la  too  true. 
Ilut  docs  bIio  not  love  these  children,  and  thus 
perform  a  labor  of  Jove?  And  docs  she  not 
bring  them  closer  to  her  by  having  the  personal 
care  of  them?  No  nurse  to  Instil  the  first  les¬ 
sons  into  the  tender  souls.  Him  labors  hard,  no 
doubt,  hut  over  with  the  Sunny  hope  that  they 
will  grow  up  in  purity  and  Integrity,  and  that 
labor  will  also  develop  in  them  sinew  and  power 
of  endurance  and  power  of  will  through  ever 


>  reports  made  at  Hie  recent 
c  Board  »f  Trustees  of  t  ho 
t  appears  that  the 
„  .  lie  past  year 
;  of  which  sixty-throe  are  females. 

-  „  Jy  counties.  The 
wo  find  In  I  he  Prairie 
r  armor,  shows  the  leading  studios  to  which  the 
farmers’  sons  and  daughters  of  I  hat  agricultural 
Slate  have  devoted  their  lime  during  the  past 
year.  Tim  figures  denote  the  number  that  at¬ 
tended  to  the  respective  studies  : 

Kntonudng  v  V Physiology .  *19 

l,t 0 rt 1 1' n 1 1 1  ii- c 'iiriiV i,;r u UGr 0 iv’l i ig. .  .m 

Zoology .  "  .  i!,’ 

Geology... . ...W" .  5',’ 

Anatomy  and  Physiology......."'. .  7] 

Gliennstry.  . .  ,  . 

Mineralogy .  . 

Chemical  PhvalrH.  ,  ?? 

Agricultural  Chemistry.., ,  "  "] .  !u 

Technical  Chemistry .  . a 

l.aboralory  . .  JJ 

Natural  Plillnxuphy  nml  Physics’,',’' . 

Practical  ami  Theoretical  Agriculture!;;”.’ .  : 

V  uteri  nary  Science .  a 

Miitheuuitics . .  . . 

English  Language  uinl  Literature  ...  . •  ■ 

Gorman  Language  and  t.ltcrature . ! . mi 

•flench  Lnngungeand  l  iterature..,,  m 

AHchmt  hanauagn ami  Literature . 

Mechanical  Engineering . 'r,a 

Drawing . . .,5 

Book-keeping .  ; .  Lo 

Military  Tactics . .’".".'.’."I*.’””!  94 

.All  able-bodied  male  students  aro  instructed 
in  the  University  Battalion.  The  roll  contains 
353  names. 


REMARKABLE  TELEGRAPHIC  FEAT 


UCJi  cut  Mm  1  olographic  wiroa,  took  tbolr  ends 
into  a  car  where  they  would  he  sufficiently 
warmed  to  admit  of  being  readily  handled,  and 
by  sticking  the  ends  together  was  able  to  “call” 
1  ho  operator  at  one  of  the  principal  stations  on 
the  road,  lie  then  sent  the  following  mes¬ 
sage  "  Trouble.  Answer  slowly.  Iain  work¬ 
ing  without  nn  Instrument;  I  will  receive  your 
answer  through  my  tongue.” 

Captain  H.  received  the  answer  by  putting 
one  end  of  the  wire  abovo  and  I  ho  other  under 
Ids  tongue,  and  lott  ing  the  elect  rio  current  pass 
through  it,  when  lie  was  able  to  road  by  the 
succession  of  sharp  and  somewhat  painful  elec¬ 
trical  slmcks.  ilis  success  was  perfect,  ami  he 
not  only  sent  and  received  messages  for  the 
conductor,  but,  for  several  of  the  passenger*. 
The  only  ill  consequences  of  tho  exploit  was 
tim  total  loss  of  taste  which  Captain  II.  Buffered 
for  several  days  afterwards. 


HINTS  TO  WRITERS, 


1.  Be  brief.  rI  ids  is  the  age  of  tolographs  and 

stenography. 

3.  He  pointed.  Don’t  write  all  round  a  sub¬ 
ject  without  hitting  it. 

3.  State  facts,  but  don’t  stop  to  moralize— its 
drowsy  business.  Lot  the  reader  do  his  own 
dreaming. 

1.  Eschew  prefaces.  Plunge  at  once  Into  your 
subject,  like  a  swimmer  into  cold  water. 

5.  Condense.  Make  sure  that  you  really  have 
an  idea,  and  then  record  it  in  the  shortest  possi¬ 
ble  terms.  We  want  thoughts  In  their  quint¬ 
essence. 

0.  Avoid  all  high  flown  language 
Anglo-Saxon  words  are  the  best, 
stills  when  legs  will  do  just,  its  well. 

7.  Write  legibly.  Don't  let  your  _ 

look  like  the  tracks  of  a  spider  half  drowned  In 
mk.  We  shan’t  mistake  any  one  for  a  genius 
though  he  write  as  crabbedly  as  Napoleon. 


THE  FORTUNES  OF  OUR  PRESIDENTS, 


the  plain 
Never  use 


Washington  left  an  estate  worth  nearly 
1300,000. 

Tho  oliler  Adams  loft  a  moderate  fortune  at 
his  death. 

Jefferson  died  comparatively  poor,  if  Con¬ 
gress  )i ad  not  purchased  Ills  library  at  a  price 
far  above  its  value  (130,000),  lie  would  with  diffi¬ 
culty  have  kept  out  of  bankruptcy  at  the  close 
of  his  life. 

Madison  saved  his  money  and  was  compara¬ 
tively  rich.  The  fortune  or  his  widow  in¬ 
creased  by  the  purchase  of  his  manuscript  pa¬ 
per  by  Congress  for  $30,000. 

James  Monroe,  the  sixth  President,  died  so 
poor  that,  lie  was  buried  at.  tho  expense  of  his 
relatives,  in  a  cemetery  between  Second  and 
Third  streets,  near  the  Bowery,  in  New  York 
City. 

John  Quincy  Adams  left  about  $50,000,  the 
result  of  Industry,  prudence,  and  a  small  Inher¬ 
itance.  Ho  was  methodical  and  economical. 

Andrew  Jackson  left  a  valuable  estate  known 
as  tho  Hermitage,  about  twelvo  miles  from 
Nashville,  Tennessee. 

Martin  V  an  Buren  died  rich.  His  estate  was 
estimated  at  nearly  $300,000. 

James  K.  Polk  loft  about  $150,000. 

John  Tyler  was  a  bankrupt  when  he  became 
President.  He  husbanded  his  means  while  in 
office,  married  a  rich  wife,  and  died  wealthy  in 
worldly  fortune. 

Zachary  Taylor  loft  about  $50,000. 

Millard  Fillmore  is  a  wealthy  man. 

FrankUn  Pierce  saved  $50,000  during  his  term 
of  service  as  President  . 

James  Buchanan  died  a  bachelor,  and  left  an 
estate  valued  at  $300,000  at  tho  least. 

Abraham  Lincoln  left  about  $75,000. 

Johnson  is  said  to  be  worth  about  $50,000. 


A  GOOD  TOAST 


FIehe  is  a  Quaker  toast  that  lms  a  thought  in 

i  i»  ■ 

“Tills  is  me  and  mine  to  theo  and  thine.  I 
wish  when  thou  and  thine  come  to  boo  mo  and 
mine,  that  me  and  mine  will  treat  thee  and 
thine  11a  kindly  as  theo  and  thi no  have  treated 
me  and  mine.” 

This  is  a  new  version  of  the  old  complaint, 
which  runs  something  after  this  wise : 

“ 1  wish  . . and  thy  folk*  loved  me  and  my 

folks  ns  well  as  me  and  my  folks  love  thee  and 
thy  folks.  For  sure,  there  never  was  folks,  since 
folks  was  folks,  that  ever  lover]  folks  half  so 
well  as  me  and  my  folks  love  thoe  and  thv 
folks.” 


RELATIVE  LONGEVITY  OF  THE  SEXES 


1  he  Ulirenologicai  Journal  says:— There  ore 
more  males  than  females  born  by  1  per  cent. 
At  tlio  ago  of  3fi  there  are  more  females  than 
males.  At  the  age  of  -10  tho  preponderance  Is 
again  on  the  other  side,  and  there  are  more 
males  than  females.  At  711  the  sexes  are  again 
even.  Between  70  and  100  years  there  are  more 
women  than  men,  or  an  excess  of  5  per  cent. 
1  ho  mortality  of  woman  is  greatest  between  the 
ages  of  30  ami  40.  After  10  years  of  ago  tho 
probabilities  of  longevity,  as  is  shown,  are  fat- 
greater  for  females  than  for  males. 


2?4 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  MEW-YOBKEB 


ABB1L  28 


BEAUTIFUL  SPRING. 

BEAUTIFUL  Spring ! 

Beautiful  Spring ! 

Coming  again  on  thy  wandering  wing. 

Sunshine  and  beauty  and  pleasure  to  bring ; 
Gladly  we  welcome  thee,  beautiful  Spring ! 

Virgin  of  purity,  bounty  i»  tlilne, 

Height  Is  thy  brow,  ns  the  lode  of  the  mine, 

Fair  is  thy  cheek,  us  the  flush  of  tlio  rose, 

Sweet  is  thy  smile,  as  an  Infant’s  repose. 

Kobed  with  u  mantle  of  gorgeous  array. 

Girded  with  tendrils  of  Miniirasths  gay, 

Gemm’d  with  bright  flow  rets  of  every  hue. 
Fresco’d  with  sunbeams  and  spangled  wit!)  dew. 

HollOW-cheek’d  Sorrow  and  Sadness  and  Gloom 
Vanish  away  to  their  wintry  tomb; 

Grief  bows  her  fennel-crowned  head  to  the  sway, 
Time,  Hite  a  phantom,  glides  swiftly  away. 

Genial  laughter  and  frolicsome  mirth 
Herald  thy  coming  again  upon  earth, 

Welcome  thee  buck  to  lliy  throne  in  our  bowers, 
Queen  of  ibo  empire  of  beauty  and  flowers. 

Everything  beautiful,  noble,  or  grand, 

Wakes  into  life  at  tile  wave  of  thy  wand; 

Karth  dona  her  mantle  of  radiant  sheen, 

Azure  and  purple,  and  scarlet  and  green. 

Hedgerows  and  forests  hurst  out  into  bloom, 
Flowers  load  the  air  with  delicious  perfume; 
Winds  hull  thy  coming  with  boisterous  e.hcers. 
Clouds  lu  their  gladness  gush  out  into  tears. 

Birds  sing  thy  praise  with  a  sonorous  voice, 
Trees  clap  their  broad  waving  bands  HDd  rejoice, 
Lambkins  and  fledglings  the  chorus  prolong, 
Streamlets  gush  out  Into  rapturous  song. 

Mortals,  enamor’d,  bow  down  nt  thy  shrine, 
Painters  portray  thee  a  goddess  divine. 

Poets,  the  landmarks  of  every  clime, 

Praise  and  extol  thee  in  epic  sublime. 

Everything  beautiful,  noble  or  bright. 

Hails  liiy  approach  with  u  shout  of  delight, 
Welcomes  then  hack  with  n  Jubilant  ring, 
Radiant,  sunny-eyed,  beautiful  Spring  I 

[George  JZtalh. 


(Our  StcJIcr. 


HOMELY  STORY. 


BY  KENNETH  DUNN. 


“Hang  it  nil !  there  la  no  use  in  helping  i  hose 
who  will  not  help  themselves!”  exclaimed  Un¬ 
cle  John. 

Now,  “  Hang  it  all  1"  was  an  uncommon  ex¬ 
pression  for  John  W  est  to  use.  If,  In  Its  place, 
lie  had  substituted  “  Indeed!"  my  pen  would 
have  been  more  ready  to  transcribe  bis  thought. 
Hut,  this  vulgar,  meaningless  sentence  did  es¬ 
cape  Ids  lips,  and  having  expressed  himself 
thus,  lie  seemed  relieved. 

Uncle  John  had  a  favorite  nephew,  and  this 
nephew  bad  a  wife.  Uncle  John  whs  rid i.  and 
owned  several  flue  farms.  On  young  John’s 
wedding  day  the  unde  brought  no  gift  or  gold 
or  silver  or  plated  ware  —  “nothing;  not  so 
much  as  you  could  wind  around  your  finger," 
the  bride  said  that  night  when,  far  from  home, 
the  newly-made  husband  and  wife  discussed 
the  events  of  that  eventful  day.  But  when 
John  returned  from  his  wedding  tour,  Uncle 
John  paid  them  a  visit,  and  said  quietly,  as  he 
w as  ready  to  leave What  arc  you  going  to 
do  now,  Jonx  >" 

“1  think  of  taking  Jorl  Henson’s  farm,  on 
shares,  for  a  year  at  least.’’ 

“You  can  do  better  than  that ;  here  Is  your 
wedding  gift and  placing  some  papers  In  his 
hands,  lie  hastily  left, 

The  papers  were First,  the  deed  of  a  valu¬ 
able  farm;  with,  second,  a  mortgage  upon  it 
(awaiting,  of  course,  young  John  s  approval 
and  signature)  of  just  half  its  value  said  mort¬ 
gage  to  bo  paid  in.  small  annual  Installments. 
The  land  was  line  ;  the  house  nearly  new,  and 
all  the  outbuildings  in  excellent  condition. 

The  tears  sprang  to  John’s  eyes  as  he  read 
ii ;  he  was  sensitive  to  the  very-  heart's  core. 

“Oh,  won’t  that  be  grand!"  exclaimed  his 
wife,  w  hen  he  showed  the  papers  to  her;  “  now 
you  ran  buy  that  now  carriage  and  a  silver- 
mounted  harness.  I  shall  want  to  go  a  great 
deal.  He  will  never  expert  you  to  pay  anything 
more  than  the  interest,  and  give  the  rost  to 
you  by-and-by;  anyway,  when  he  dies-” 
“Never!”  exclaimed  John,  looking  at  her  in 
amazement ;  "he  has  given  me  enough  already. 
He  the  times  good  or  had,  1  shall  pay  the  inter¬ 
est,  and  the  installments  as  they  are  due." 

You  see.  he  had  a  little  of  the  aid  John  in 
him.  The  sequel  would  seem  to  show  that  the 
bride  had  said  under  (he  breath,  “  Wc  w  ill  see." 

It  was  just  two  years  from  Ibis  lime  that 
Uncle  John  used  that  inelegant  expression; 
and  ho  said  more  than  that;  ho  said:— “Such  a 
woman  as  that  deserves  no  better  home  than  a 
Kansas  dug-out,” 

The  t  ruth  was,  Mrs.  John  was  not  very  young, 
but  she  teas  very  selfish  and  designing.  She 
courted  John  bo  assiduously  and  yet  so  deli¬ 
cately;  and  lie— he  had  nothing  but  a  good 
head  and  strong  hands;  and  his  heart— well,  he 
had  never  tried  his  head  yet,  and  the  fair-skin¬ 
ned,  golden-haired  woman,  he  foil  sure,  loved 
him.  She  was  poor,  too;  together  they  might 
make  a  home.  She  had  always  been  obliged  to 
work ;  of  course,  she  would  be  willing  to  work 
with  and  for  him. 

Poor  Jo u  n  !  "  Bat  he  deserves  his  fate,”  you 
say.  What,  when  his  failing  was  his  perfect 
faith  in  womanhood? 


It  was  Uncle  John's  faith  too.  Once  a  clear- 
eyed,  sun ny-bro1 wed  little  girl  had  called  him 
“Dear  John;”  but  ere  he  had  ever  pressed  a  I 
husband's  kiss  upon  Iho  Juno  lips,  the  angels  g 
called  her.  In  those  early  days  he  thought  all  1 
women  were  like  his  lost  darling;  hut  as  years 
passed,  he  came  to  know  that  she  bad  been  one 
of  the  few  lent  to  earth,  to  show  all  woman-  v 
kind  what  they  might  become.  It  was  the  c 
memory  of  her  sweet,  self-sacrificing  life  that 
made  John  West,  though  seeming  a  lonely  II 
man,  so  strong.  f 

For  the  reason  that,  young  John's  wife  had  ' 
worked  hard  and  lived  economically  all  her  8 
young  life,  was  to  her  sufficient  reason,  now 
that  she  was  the  wife  of  the  favorite  nephew  1 
of  a  rich  bachelor  uncle,  that  she  should  “live  ' 
like  other  folks,"  meaning  by  this,  like  people  * 
of  wealth ;  never  seeming  to  realize  that  happl-  ,J 
ness  is  of  the  heart,  -never  stopping  to  think 
that  a  largo  share  of  the  gains  from  the  farm 
must  be  r<  t  timed  to  it  in  one  shape  or  another,  11 
and  that  farm  life  means  to  most  a  home,  and  * 
its  comforts  and  pleasures. 

How  few  realize  that,  a  work  greater  than  ' 
that  of  any  artist  i«  given  American  farmers’ 
wives  and  daughters  to  do;  to  show  In  the 
world  what  a  home  may  be— a  place  where  work 
and  culture  shall  dwell  togethor.  The  bouse 
was  very  pleasant,  and  hiring  hands  might,  with 
simple  means,  have  made  of  It  a  beautiful  pie-  * 
lure.  John  proposed  tofurnlsh  only  t  he  kitch¬ 
en,  dining-room  (which  they  would  use  for  »  ’ 

sitting-room)  and  their  own  room  opening  from 
it;  but  Mrs.  John  had  set.  her  heart  on  having 
her  parlor  furnished  (on  the  Henson  farm  they 
would  have  lived  in  a  tenant  house,  small  hut  ' 
comfortable,  and  there  would  have  been  no  * 
parlor  to  furnish  ;  but  It  has  boon  proven  many  ' 
times  that  only  a  wcll-bnhuioed  mind  can  bear 
sudden  prosperity).  Hut  John  was  Arm. 

“  Wait,  OK  El  A,”  lie  said,  “  until  we  get  ahead  ( 
a  little;  then  you  shall  furnish  the  house  from 
top  to  bottom  to  suit  yourself;”  and  Cbeia 
knew  that  he  meant  It,  for  John  had  not  a 
miserly  trait  about  him.  Well,  if  she  could  not 
furnish  the  parlor,  she  would  furnish  one  of  , 
the  chambers. 

“What  will  It  cost?”  John  asked. 

“About  a  hundred  dollars.” 

“  Well,”  said  John  slowly,  with  a  cloud  upon 
his  brow,  and  a  pain  which  ho  would  give  no 
breathing  space  oppressed  him;  but  the  pain, 
put  into  words,  would  have  been,  “  Does  this 
woman  truly  love  me?” 

John  owned  a  good  span  of  horses  and  a 
heavy  light  wagon  before  he  was  married;  he 
bought  a  yoke  of  oxen  early  In  the  spring  to  do 
the  heavy  work  of  Ids  farm  during  the  summer, 
proposing  to  fatten  them  the  coming  winter, 
and  considered  himself  well  equipped  for  Ids 
summer's  work.  CEEiA  waited  until  ho  had 
completed  all  bis  arrangements,  and  then  peti¬ 
tioned  for  a  horse  aud  carriage  for  her  own  use. 

“It  is  impossible,  dear, for  me  to-  buy  them 
this  year;  only  be  patient  and  help  mo  along, 
and  In  a  few  years  we  will  be  able  to  have  al- 
mosi  anything  we  pleoso.  It  will  be  Impossible 
not  to  make  money  off  from  this  farm,  with 
good  management,”  he  continued. 

“I  know  It,  und  so  I  think  wc  might  have 
things  as  we  go  along;  it  will  all  come  right  in 
the  end."  Cella  answered. 

For  the  sake  of  your  opinion  of  John's  man¬ 
hood,  I  am  sorry  to  say  that  t  he  horse  and  car¬ 
riage  were  bought,  with  a  new  harness  not  sil¬ 
ver  mounted. 

Two  years  had  passed.  At  the  end  of  the  first, 
John  came  to  his  uncle  to  pay  the  interest. ;  he 
could  pay  hut  part  of  the  installment.  “I  am 
ashamed,  uncle,”  he  said,  frankly,  “but  I  can’t 
raise  another  cent.” 

“  Well,  no  matter ;  you  may  he  able  to  pay  It. 
with  your  next  year's  payment."  But  Uncle 
John  could  not  help  thinking  that  the  amount 
paid  fur  the  furnished  chamber  (which  they 
seldom  used)  and  the  horse  and  carriage,  would 
have  more  than  paid  the  other  half. 

There  was  a  flue  Durham  cow  belonging  to 
his  unde  that  John  was  anxious  to  possess; 
her  price  was  a  hundred  dollars.  If  he  could 
have  made  his  payment,  lie  would  have  asked 
his  uncle  to  take  his  note  for  her  until  fall ;  but 
he  had  not  the  face  to  do  it  now. 

The  next  winter  Mrs.  JonN  must  have  a  vel¬ 
vet  cloak  and  expensive  furs— and  she  got  them  ; 
(sin?  was  a  peculiar  woman-  a  quiet,  eat-like 
woman;  In  justice  to  womankind,  1  will  say 
there  are  but  few  like  her.) 

The  second  j  ear  John  could  pay  nothing  but 
the  interest  and  the  half  payment  due  the  year 
before.  It  was  a  week  after  that  Uncle  John, 
leaning  over  the  fence  where  the  young  JonN 
was  beginning  the  spring  plowing,  he  said ; 
•*  Your  farm  needs  more  stock.” 

“I  know  it;  but  1  cannot  buy  it  this  year; 
another  year  1  must  make  some  change,  or  sell 
out." 

“Very  well,  John;  if  you  cannot,  I  advise 
you  to  sell  by  all  means,"  said  Uncle  John, 
quietly,  as  he  walked  away. 

And  young  John  said  he  had  a  headache 
when  his  wife  noticed,  at  dinner,  how  grave  he 
was. 

The  summer  passed.  Celia  had  had  so  many 
of  her  friends  staying  with  her,  that,  she  told 
John  slio  must  have  help  in  the  bouse  ;  so  help 
was  obtained.  John  was  hospitable, 
i  One  dull  November  day,  John  said  “  I  be¬ 
lieve  I  must  put  the  farm  in  market;  1  can 
make  no  headw  ay.  What  do  you  say  to  going 
i  West?” 

•  Celia  turned  pale.  “Are  you  in  earnest?" 
she  asked. 


“  I  am,  for  once,  in  earnest.” 

And  Celia  knew*  by  his  firmly-set  mouth,  that 
he  was.  He  had  been  indulgent  to  the  last  de¬ 
gree,  and  this  was  the  end  of  it ;  she  had  pushed  ~ 
him  too  far. 

“  But  I  don't  want  to  go  West,”  she  faltered. 
"We  shali  be  obliged  In  go  there  or  some¬ 
where.’*  He  rose,  took  down  Ids  cap,  and  went 
over  to  Uncle  John's. 

Uncle  John  w  as  reading  before  a  bright  wood 
lire  in  Ills  pleasant  library  ;  by  the  way,  he  had 
furnished  John  and  Ills  wife  with  all  the  read¬ 
ing  nmttereversince  their  housekeepingbegan ; 
several  agricultural  journals,  and  two  or  three 
of  t  he  best  literary  monthlies  found  their  way 
into  their  sitting-room  before  their  wrappers 
were  removed,  and  Undo  John’s  library  was 
open  at  all  times  to  his  nephew,  who  appre¬ 
ciated  t  heir  advantage  and  profited  accordingly. 

Beating  himself  before  the  Ure,  John  said: 
"Please  don’t  talk  to  mo,  uncle;  I  am  discour¬ 
aged.  I  w  ant  to  sell  my  farm.  I  thought,  per¬ 
haps,  you  would  want  to  take  it  back.” 

“Certainly;  nobody  hut  a  John  West  must 
own  ( hat  farm  while  I  live.  That  was  my  model 
farm,  John." 

“I  know  it,  unde,  and  I  will  disgrace  it  no 
longer.  Do  you  want  any  of  my  stock?” 

"  I  will  take  everything  just  as  it  is.  I  shall 
be  obliged  to  find  some  good  tenant  for  the 
place.  Where  do  you  think  of  going?” 

“I  think  of  going  West  this  fall,  to  look 
about.” 

“The  sooner  the  better  then,  at  this  season. 

I  will  see  to  your  stock ;  my  men  are  trusty. 
Celia  can  stay  here  while  you  are  gone ;  go, 
and  find  a  home  In  the  West,  if  you  can.  I  will 
take  your  farm  off  from  your  hands  in  the 
spring;  but—,"  after  a  pause,  “if  Celia  ever 
finds  her  senses  come  back  to  Hie  homo,  you 
should  never  leave;  it  will  lie  waiting  for  you.”  I 
John  (lushed,  and  started  nervously.  “Then  I  , 
uncle  does  underst  and  the  1  rue  state  of  affairs,” 
was  his  thought,  lie  made  no  reply:  ho  had 
never  uttered  a  word  against  his  wife  ;  he  never  , 
would. 

A  week  later,  John  and  Celia  turned  the  key  ' 
in  their  back  door,  and  went  over  to  Undo 
John's.  As  he  hade  them  welcome,  he  looked 
at  Celia  gravely,  and  he  wanted  to  say,  “Wo¬ 
man.  behold  your  work  !”  Hut  he  waited  until 
John  was  gone,  and  Celia  had  cried  for  three 
days,  shutting  herself  up  in  her  room.  On  the 
morning  of  the  four!  h  day  she  made  her  appear¬ 
ance  at  the  breakfast  table. 

*’ When  do  you  expect  to  hear  from  John?” 
asked  Uncle  John,  abruptly,  after  his  morning  | 
salutation. 

“  He  said  he  would  write  from  liis  first  stop¬ 
ping  place.  Oh,  dear!  what  did  ho  want  to  go 
away,  for?”  beginning  to  sob. 

"  Celia,  stop  crying,  and  listen  to  me ;  T  want 
to  talk  wit  h  you.  I  feel  as  badly  as  you  can 
about  John's  going  away.” 

“  I  thought  you  wanted  him  to  go,”  she  said, 
feebly. 

“  He  is  obliged  to  go  ;  and  you  have  sent  him. 
You,  by  your  extravagance,  are  disheartening 
him.  Ho  ho*  been  too  good  to  you ;  lie  needs  a 
loving,  helpful  wife." 

She  sobbed  piteously;  she  knew  It  was  true, 
every  word  of  it;  ami  she  respected  and  reared 
Uncle  John  West.  “I  can  be  that,”  she  Bald. 

“  You  should  have  been  that  from  the  begin¬ 
ning.  Thera  are  few  nobler  young  men  than 
my  nephew,  John  West.” 

"  1  know  it,"  she  said,  simply. 

"  You  ought  to  know  it;  you  have  tried  his 
love  and  generosity  to  the  utmost.” 

“Don’t,  uncle;  I  can't  bear  it." 

John  seemed  dearer  to  her  now  than  any¬ 
thing  else,  he  was  so  far  away. 

“  1  have  never  talked  so  plainly  to  you  before, 
and  1  never  shall  again,"  said  Uncle  John; 

"  but  for  John's  sake,  do  try  aud  ntukc  a  true 
woman  of  yourself." 

Three  days  later,  John’s  first  letter  came. 
He  was  stopping  at  a  small  village  in  Minnesota, 
and  thought  of  buying  a  farm  in  the  vicinity  ; 
he  would  wait,  though,  until  he  received  letters 
from  home. 

“I  do  not  want  to  go  there,"  said  Celia, 
when  she  had  finished  reading  their  letters. 
Uncle  John  made  no  reply. 

“  Would  you  let  us  take  the  farm  as  tenants  - 
the  farm  we  left,  I  mean— if  1  will  take  hold 
ami  help  John  V”  she  asked,  at  length. 

“If  you  are  in  earnest,  and  John  wishes,  I 
am  willing.” 

“  I  am  In  earnest.  I  w  ill  do  almost  anything 
rather  than  g<>  into  that  out-of-the-way  place.” 

“  Well,  write  to  John  at  once,  then.” 

Uncle  John  wrote  too,  a  long  letter,  and  in  a 
;  week  John  was  at  homo  again,  not  as  a  tenant, 
but  with  the  pleasant  prospect  of  some  time 
'  paying  for  his  farm. 

The  horse  and  carriage  were  sold,  and  Mrs. 

’  John  was  content  to  ride  in  the  light  wagon. 

1  She  sent  her  furs  to  the  city,  and  with  their 
price  bought  the  Durham  cow  for  a  Christmas 
present  for  her  husband;  and  another  spring 
’  found  them  living  as  they  should  Imve  begun. 
JonN  was  a  trifle  graver;  for  this  woman  lie 
had  made  his  wife  had  failed  him  once,  and  lie 
3  feared  to  trust  her  utterly;  but  CELJA  had  ef¬ 
fectually  mended  her  ways. 

f 

I  Another  year  a  little  one  came ;  they  called 
3  him  John,  for  the  uncle;  and  if  anything  will 
cast  out  selfishness  from  a  woman’s  heart,  it  is 
mother-love. 


Self-love  is  at  once  the  most  delicate  and 
most  tenacious  of  our  sentiments ;  a  mere  noth¬ 
ing  will  wound  it,  but  nothing  on  earth  will 
kill  it. 


THE  GOLDEN  SIDE. 

There  Is  many  a  rest  in  the  road  of  life 
If  we  only  would  stop  to  take  It, 

And  many  h  turn  for  the  better  land. 

If  the  querulous  heart  would  make  It! 

To  the  sunny  soul  that  is  foil  of  hope. 

And  whoso  beautiful  trust  ne'er  fnileth. 

The  grass  Is  green  and  the  flowers  are  bright 
Though  the  wintry  storm  prevailctli. 

Bettor  to  hope,  though  the  clouds  hang  low, 

Aud  to  keep  the  eyes  Rt.iil  lifted, 

For  the  sweet  blue  sky  wilt  soon  peep  thro’ 

When  the  ominous  clouds  are  lifted. 

There  Is  never  a  right  without  a  day, 
or  an  evening  without  a  morning; 

And  the  darkest  hour,  as  the  proverb  goes, 

Is  the  hour  before  the  dawning. 

There  Is  many  a  gem  in  the  path  of  life. 

Which  we  puss  in  our  idle  pleasure, 

That  is  richer  by  far  than  the  Jowell'd  crown 
Or  the  miser's  hoarded  treasure. 

It  may  tie  the  love  of  a  little  child, 

Or  u  mother's  prayer  to  heaven, 

Or  only  a  beggar's  grateful  thanks 
For  a  cup  of  water  given. 

Better  to  weave  In  a  web  of  fife 
A  bright  nud  golden  ailing, 

Aud  to  do  God's  will  with  a  ready  heart, 

And  hands  that  are  swift  and  willing, 

Thau  to  snap  the  minute,  delicate  threads 
Of  our  curious  life  asunder ; 

Aud  then  blame  heaven  for  the  tangled  ends 
And  sit  ami  grieve,  and  wonder ! 

- ♦-*-*- - 

LOCATIONS  FOR  PARADISE. 

Among  all  tho  early  nations,  a  paradisical 
abode  la  alotted  to  man,  upon  his  first  intro¬ 
duction  to  this  mundane  sphere,  in  keeping 
with  the  idea  of  Ills  being  possessed  of  a  celes¬ 
tial  nature.  This  is  described  as  a  beautiful 
garden  of  fruits  and  flowers,  prepared  by  Deity 
ns  the  place  for  his  reception,  to  be  frequented 
by  celestial  beings,  and  even  Deity  himself,  as 
guide*  and  guardians  of  the  infant  race  in  their 
first  experiences  of  life. 

The  Hindoo  Bible  gives  account  of  Mt.  Merit 
being  a  celestial  paradise,  and  the  blest  abode 
of  their  ancestors,  while  tho  Greeks  locate  their 
paradise  upon  Mt.  Olympus. 

The  Rhodians  claim  that  their  Island  was  the 
cradle  of  humanity-  the  paradise  of  man.  This 
was  said  to  be.  blest  with  a  beautiful  climate — 
that  never  a  day  passed  without  sunshine.  The 
soil  was  ho  amazingly  fruitful,  in  consequence 
of  golden  showers  that  fell  there,  that  it  pro¬ 
duced  all  kinds  of  delicious  fruits  in  great 
abundance. 

Tho  Zend aves ta,  or  Bible  of  the  early  Per¬ 
sians,  describes  a  “paradise  of  beatitude,  the 
earliest  abode  of  their  nation  the  people  of 
the,  good  Deity  and  the  early  golden  ago,  who 
fed  on  fragrant  herbs,  amid  verdant,  and  grassy 
pastures,  and  drank  ambrosial  dew-  divine  po¬ 
tation  :  all  resplendent  alike  in  coeval  youth.” 

In  the  Hebrew  Scripture  wo  arc  Informed  that 
the  Lord  “  planted  a  garden  eastward  in  Eden, 
and  there  lie  put  man  u'hom  he  had  formed 
and  that  out  of  the  garden  ho  made  every  tree 
that  was  pleasant  to  the  eye  and  good  for  food ; 
“the  tree  of  life,  also,  in  the  midst  of  tho  gar¬ 
den,  and  the  tree  of  knowledge  of  good  and 
evil." 

Besides  these  there  are  other  locations  for 
Paradise  among  tho  Oriental  nations.  One  is 
near  Damascus  in  Syria,  another  in  Ohaldea, 
a  third  in  the  island  of  Ceylon.  Other  fables 
claim  A talanta,  an  immense  paradisical  island, 
as  the  first  abode  of  man,  lint  which  lias  since 
sunk  in  the  ocean. 

The  variety  of  locations  for  Paradise' is  evi¬ 
dence  of  the  universal  belief  on  this  subject; 
for  whatever  spot  presented  all  the  excellencies 
of  riclinesH,  beauty  anti  abundance,  was  natu¬ 
rally  supposed  to  ho  the  Paradise.  Thus, 
although  different  nations  have  different  loca¬ 
tions  for  it,  all  agree  as  to  it  being  the  original 
state  of  man.  M.  m. 

East  Rush,  N.  Y.,  1873. 


CONSECRATION. 

Consecration,  or  simple  yielding  of  our¬ 
selves  to  God,  in  itseir  occupies  little  time  no 
more  necessarily  than  the  uttering  of  an  intelli¬ 
gent  •*  Yes  "  or  “No,"  whatever  the  prelimina¬ 
ries  that  may  lead  to  tills  point  or  the  momen¬ 
tous  consequences  that  may  follow  from  it. 
But.  however  easy  this  choice  may  seem  to  t  hose 
who  never  seriously  tried  to  make  It,  It  requires 
t  he  greatest  possible  effort,  unless,  by  the  grace 
that  workelh  when  and  how  God  wtllelh,  the 
man  has  been  so  slowly  educated  Into  it,  that 
at  no  period  of  his  life  has  he  experienced  a 
great  and  conscious  struggle  between  light,  and 
darkness,  between  God  and  ids  own  soul.  But 
most  men  have  imperceptibly  formed  the  men¬ 
tal  habit  of  indifference  to  the  claims  of  God. 

- ♦♦♦ - ■ 

THOUGHTFUL  PARAGRAPHS. 

Justice  is  truth  in  action .—Joubcrt. 

The  wealth  of  a  soul  is  measured  by  how  much 
it  can  tell ;  its  poverty  by  how  little.-  Alger. 

The  Infinite  and  Eternal  are  words  without 
meaning  till  grief  interprets  them. —  IT.  U  . 
Beecher. 

If  tribulation  takes  all  away  from  us,  it  still 
leaves  God ;  for  it  can  never  take  God  away. 
Nay,  indeed,  it  brings  God  to  us Luther. 


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©OBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-VOB&EB 


2TS 


THE  DRUNKARD’S  BABE. 

ny  MRS.  M.  P.  A  CROZIER. 

So  tiny  a  vase  to  hold  a  life, — 

So  ptiro,  and  yot  so  frail ; 

And  the?  Ufa  so  sad  a  thin*  to  hold, 

A  rose-bud  shrunken  and  pale. 

A  hud  that  rain  never  break  to  flower, 

For  its  petal”  hide  within 

The  worm  that  hath  eaten  the  green  heart  out 
Of  tho  blossom  that  “  might  have  been.'' 

Smile,  love,  smile  sweet  on  tho  lender  thing— 
It  hath  but  a  HU le  hour 

To  give  to  the  air  tliu  faint  perfume 
Of  a  wan,  unopened  11  o won. 

And  the  mother’*  heart  with  so  many  hopes 
All  shuttered,  (his  last  one  fled, 

May  break  as  she  holds  uu  empty  vase. 

And  tho  rose -hud  thing  is  dead. 


RECEIVING  VISITS. 


BY  NEAL  XKWTON. 


Into  tho  current  of  our  every-day  life,  reliev¬ 
ing  its  tiresome  monotony  comes  the  delight¬ 
ful  task  of  receiving  anti  paying  visits,  tly  vis¬ 
its  we  mean  not  those  fashionable  calls,  the 
main  object  of  which  is  to  wear  a  new  suit  or 
display  a  knowledge  of  etlquotte,  but  visits  In 
the  good,  old-fashioned  sense  of  I  he  word, 
where  friend  moots  friend,  and  heart  goes  out 
to  heart,  and  from  which  we  go  away  strength¬ 
ened  and  rested.  It.  is  neither  well  nor  desira¬ 
ble  that  we  lire  Isolated  lives.  We  need  society 
and  social  intercourse  -need  to  welcome  our 
frionds  to  our  cosy  fireside  (hat,  we  may  throw 
aside  our  cures  for  a  time,  ami  by  kindly  greet¬ 
ing  and  Interchange  of  thought,  Comfort  and 
encourage  one  another.  Hut  how  many  other¬ 
wise  pleasant  visits  are  spoiled  because  the 
hostess  is  over-anxious  concerning  what  wo 
shall  oat  and  what  wu  shall  drink  l  How  many 
really  hospitable  housekeepers  lose  all  pleasure 
in  the  visits  of  their  friends,  if  they  happen  to 
be  caught  with  but  one  kind  of  cake  in  the 
house;  or,  being  forewarned  of  their  ruining, 
so  overtax  themselves,  in  order  that  their  tabic 
may  bo  bounteously  spread,  llmt  the  visit  is 
rendered  a  burden  instead  of  a  blessing  to 
them. 

Let  us  look  at  the  case  of  our  neighbor, 
Mrs.  A.  She  liua  just  finished  a  targe  washing, 
and  is  sitting  down  for  a  little  rest,  when  in 
comes  her  husband  with  the  intelligence  that 
some  frionds  arO  coming  to  spend  the  next  day 
with  thorn.  ‘‘<>h  dear  I”  murmurs  the  weary 
woman,  "  how  can  I  ever  got  ready  for  them ?” 
But  why  need  she  get  ready?  If  some  things 
are  put  aw  ay,  l»er  rooms  are  certainly  In  respect¬ 
able  order,  and  there  is  plenty  of  good,  substan¬ 
tial  food  in  the  house.  But  that  does  not  sat¬ 
isfy,  ami  unroatod  from  her  hard  toll,  she  goes 
to  work  again,  and  mixes  and  kneads  and  bakes, 
and  the  result'  is  pies  and  rich  cake,  and  w  un¬ 
derfill  pastry,  enough  to  upike  dyspeptics  of  a 
regiment  of  visitors  I  There  Is  a  massacre  in 
tho  poullry-yard.  Mrs.  Brahma  and  her  two 
daughters  are  among  Hie  victims,  and  are 
straightway  decapitated  and  prepared  for  tho 
stew-pan.  Then  tho  rooms  must  be  swept  and 
dusted,  the  kitchen  stove  polished  ami  tho 
kitchen  floor  scoured,  and  it  is  late  in  the  night 
when  Mrs.  A.,  having  worked  tilt  she  can  do  no 
more,  goes  to  bed  with  aching  back  and  tired 
nerves.  After  a  fow  hours  of  unquiet  slumber, 
bIic  awakes  with  such  a  feeling  of  lasaituilo  thill 
it  seems  impossible  for  her  to  rise;  but.  sin- 
must,  for  it  will  never  do  t  o  have  tho  morning’s 
work  around  after  her  guests  arrive  and  In¬ 
spired  by  this  reflection  she  commences  her 
labors  again.  Can  any  woman,  immediately 
after  such  an  experience  as  this,  sit  down  and 
derive  pleasure  from  a  visit  2  Is  she  in  a  con¬ 
dition  to  entertain  or  be  entertained  ?  There 
is  no  need  to  go  far  for  the  answer  to  those 
questions ;  any  housekeeper  in  the  land  can 
answer  them  readily.  If  she  manages  to  sit,  up 
and  keep  up  appearances  through  the  day.  It.  is 
all  she  asks  or  expects ;  and  the  drain  upon  her 
system,  induced  by  this  season  of  overwork, 
w  ill  bo  felt  by  her,  perhaps  for  weeks. 

Now  wo  all  know  that  Lhis  Is  not  an  over¬ 
wrought.  picture,  but  simply  a  counterpart,  of 
what  happen”,  again  and  again,  in  homes  whore 
work  is  plenty  and  help  scarce.  Hut  would  it. 
not  bo  iriQuilely  better,  under  such  circum¬ 
stances,  for  us  to  welcome  our  friends  into  the 
parlor  while  yet  a  litflb  dust  clings  to  the  car¬ 
pet,  and  seat  them  to  a  plain  dinner  let  it  be 
plain  as  it  may,— and  reserve  our  forces  for  bet¬ 
ter  things?  I  s  not  the  life  more  I  halt  meat  and 
the  body  than  raiment  ? 

None  of  us  can  be  at  all  times  ready  for  com¬ 
pany,  Work  will  accumulate.  Little  unex¬ 
pected  tasks  claim  our  attention;  we  lend  our 
aid  in  a  work  of  charity ;  we  go  and  sit  with  a 
sick  neighbor  and  lol  our  tidy  rooms  are  all 
disordered;  the  loaf  of  poundcake  has  dwin¬ 
dled  to  a  single  slice;  the  pies  are  gone,  and 
the  furniture  is  dusty  ami  out  of  place.  What 
then?  If  a  friend  happens  In,  shall  we  feel  flu.— 
trated,  ami  blush  and  apologize  ?  Not  a  bit  of 
it!  Wo  haves  only  been  doing  what,  it  was  our 
duty  to  do.  Wo  have  only  neglected  the  lesser 
for  the  greater  good,  and  if  we  are  sensible,  con¬ 
sistent  women,  the  state  of  affairs  will  be  no 
barrier  to  a  pleasant,  satisfactory  visit;  but  if 
we  usher  our  guest  into  the  parlor,  and  bid  her 
look  over  the  album  and  the  now  hooks,  while 


we,  in  the  kitchen,  manufacture  good  things, 
and  frot  and  worry  over  pur  misfortunes,  then 
that  visit  is  worse  than  lost. 

1  think  I  never  before  saw  the  folly  and  ab¬ 
surdity  of  t  iiese  things  us  plainly  as  I  did  in  a 
visit,  that  I  made  a  few  days  ago.  Wishing  to 
have  as  long  as  possible  for  visiting,  1  took  the 
early  morning  train;  but  upon  my  arrival  at 
my  friend’s  house,  she,  after  u  few  moments’ 
conversation  with  me,  excused  herself,  and, 
going  to  the  kitchen,  spent  the  entire  forenoon 
in  getting  up  a  dinner  of  which  •die  might  have 
been  proud  had  she  expected  t  lie  crowned  heads 
id'  Europe  lo  -it  at  her  board.  Then  l  sat  alone 
nearly  the  whole  afternoon,  Irving  to  smother 
my  disappoint  ment  and  regret.  How  I  wanted 
my  friend's  company,  and  what  ti  day  wo  might 
have  spout,  had  she  boon  less  mindful  of  the 
eatables  a  day  the  remembrance  of  which 
would  have  been  a  lasting  source  of  pleasure 
l  o  us.  When,  at  the  tea-table,  I  praised  her  ex¬ 
cellent  cakes,  she  re  marked  t  hat  she  found 
many  of  her  domestic  recipes  In  Urn  Rural 
Nbvv-Y.vrkeR  ;  and  as  1  rode  homeward  I  re¬ 
solved  that  that  good  old  paper  should  forth¬ 
with  contain  a  chapter,  telling  the  many  house¬ 
wives  whom  It  blesses,  that  although  Its  recipes 
are  so  nice,  yet  there  are  occasions  when  they 
are  not  to  be  used,  and  one  id'  these  is  when 
there  arc  guests  in  t lie  potior  who  came  for  a 
visit  and  not  to  be  stuffed  with  sweetmeats. 

Dear  housewife,  be  not  troubled  about,  those 
little  matters.  Hive  your  friends  good  cheer, 
whenever  you  can  do  So  consistently,  but  be 
careful  that  you  do  not  sacrifice  both  your  own 
and  thoir  pleasure  fora  mistaken  idea  of  hospi¬ 
tality.  Elegant  table  appointments,  and  room* 
that  are  marvels  of  order  and  beauty,  are  well 
enough  in  their  way,  but  they  are  not  worth 
the  price  of  health  and  strength  and  needed 
rest. 


Hauling  for  the  fJoirog. 


HOPE. 

MY  EUGENIA  GREELEY. 

Comb  star  of  hope,  Saturn  or  Venus, 
Assist  my  young  poetic  genius, 

All  Nature  seems  so  cold  and  drear, 

And  yet  sweet  Hope  may  bring  us  cheer. 

I’ll  not  despair.  I'll  never  doubt, 

Although  the  world  seems  turned  about; 
The  cold,  deep  snow,  the  winter’s  blast 
Will  bring  sweet  sunshine  to  us  at  last. 

Caw  t  enw  I  The  erow,  lie  can  not'  sing. 
And  yot  he  heralds  In  sweet  spring; 

The  busy  boo  will  mnnet lined  bum  — 

The  little  birds  will  surely  come. 

Hour  little  lambs,  I  write  for  you  : 

Keep  close  beside  your  mother  owe, 

Lest,  that  naughty  crow  may  you  surprise, 
Ami  pick  your  tender  llttlu  eyes. 

There's  many  a  erow  who  seems  content, 
Vet  ull  the  time  ts  on  evil  bunt ; 

And  those  black  birds  that  cannot  sing 
May  prophesy  eternal  spring. 

Old  Homestead,  Pa.,  March,  1NT3. 

- — - - 

PRIZE  BOXES. 


PERUVIAN  WOMEN  AND  THEIR  WAY3. 

The  life  of  the  young  ladles  is  very  retired.  It 
la  not  considered  proper  for  them  to  go  into  the 
street  unless  accompanied  by  mother  or  ser¬ 
vant.  Married  ladies  have  more  liberty;  for 
instance,  a  girl  of  15,  if  she  be  married  (ns  often 
is  tho  case),  can  chaperone  an  old  maid  aunt  of 
50;  while  It  would  lie  highly  Improper  for  this 
representative  of  single  blessedness  to  venture 
out  alone.  The  manner  of  dress  is  very  differ¬ 
ent  from  our  own.  Bright,  colors  are  worn,  and 
oil  a  pleasant  afternoon  you  can  see  all  tho  col¬ 
ors  of  the  rainbow  in  I  Ins  street,  anil  such  a  pro¬ 
fusion  of  jewelry  that  1  am  reminded  of  I  lie  old 
nursery  rhyme  of  the  woman  who  had  "rings 
on  her  lingers  and  hells  on  her  toes."  Mantillaa 
are  worn  mostly,  though  tho  foreigners  still 
hold  to  their  round  hats,  and  tho  natives  are 
slowly  adopting  them,  for  they  are  more  be¬ 
coming,  aifd  It  Is  not  lu  their  power  to  with¬ 
stand  anything  that  adds  to  their  attractive¬ 
ness;  but  in  the  morning  the  streets  luoilllwj 
with  these  black-robed  figures  going  to  prayers, 
with  a  little  negro,  about  llko  Reno,  trudging 
on  behind,  also  In  mantilla,  and  carrying  a 
kneellug-mat  for  her  mistress’  use,  for  none  of 
tho  churches  arc  carpeted.  'There  is  a  church 
for  every  saint,  more  saints  than  Sundays,  and 
feast  days  for  nearly  every  week,  when  all  the 
business  lias  to  be  suspended. 

- +-*+- - 

THE  JEWISH  WIDOW’S  RELEASE. 

The  Jews  of  Oakland,  California,  have  public¬ 
ly  carried  out  the  principles  of  the  old  Mosaic 
Jaw  regarding  marriage,  Rebecca  Uotf/mm  was 
a  childless  widow,  and,  by  the  provisions  of 
their  patriarchal  law,  it  devolves  upon  tho  hus¬ 
band’s  brother  to  marry  tho  widow.  If  lie  re¬ 
fuses  to  do  ii ,  “  slm  shall  come  unto  him  In  the 
presence  of  the  elders  and  loose  his  shoe  from 
off  his  foot,  and  spit  In  his  face  and  answer  and 
say:  -So  .shall  it  be  done  unto  that  man  that 
will  not  build  up  his  brother’s  wife."  Now  Re¬ 
becca  lnid  a  brother-in-law  in  Posen,  Prussia, 
and  was  somewhat  disposed  to  insist  upon  her 
legal  rights,  so  she  husbanded  her  moans,  for 
lack  of  a  worthier  object  of  affection,  fill  there 
was  enough  to  bring  Moses  from  Posen.  Then 
she  sent,  for  him  and  ho  came,  as  he  must  sat  is¬ 
fy  the  law  In  one  way  or  tho  other.  Uut  when 
ho  came,  the  prospect  of  marriage  did  not 
please  his  independent  spirit,  and  ho  chose  to 
submit  to  the  alternative.  The  synagogue  was 
tilled ;  Rebecca  and  Moses  were  both,  in  place 
and  in  presence  of  the  crowd  she  performed  tho 
ceremony  above  mentioned,  leaving  him  free. 
Biic  has  now  the  rigid,  of  marrying  another  man, 
but  this  performance  may  advertise  her  more 
freely  than  she  would  prefer. 

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FEMININE  FELICITIES. 

Some  young  ladies  must  bo  given  to  dreamy 
speculations,  they  build  such  castles  in  the 
(h)  air. 

"  I  hive  by  my  pen,"  said  a  poet,  w  ishing  to 
impress  a  young  lady.  “You  look  as  if  you 
lived  in  one,”  was  tho  reply. 

Recently,  in  a  church  in  New  York,  it  is  as¬ 
serted  tho  parson,  having  several  persons  to 
marry,  said,  after  entering  the  building,  "  All 
those  who  want  to  be  married  will  pleago  rise;" 

!  whereupon,  every  single  lady  present  Instantly 
rose  from  her  seat. 

A  littj.k  girl  was  one  day  reading  the  “  His¬ 
tory  or  England"  with  her  governess,  and, 
coming  to  the  statement  that  Henry  I.  never 
laughed  after  the  death  of  his  Bon,  she  looked 
up  and  said,  “  Whatever  did  he  do  when  he  was 
tickled?’’ 


"  TUkrh,  Neely,  yon  may  have  Hint  for  your  1 
doll,  If  you  like,"  said  Hlarenok,  with  a  dissat¬ 
isfied  look  on  li is  face  as  he  tossed  in  tho  little  v 
girl’s  lap  a  shiny  chair  and  locket  of  braes. 

“Oh,  thank  you,  Pi.ahbnce,”  said  the  child,  1 
with  delight;  **  where  did  you  got  it  ?” 

"In  a  prize  bag,"  said  her  brother,  looking 
rather  foolish.  He  had  just  returned  from  l he  f 
County  Pair  where,  at  tv  stand,  a  brisk  trade  in  1 
such  wares  had  been  kepi  up  all  day. 

“What  else  did  you  get?"  asked  mother, 
with  a  smile. 

Ci.auENCJS  turned  ids  pockets  inside  out  with 
much  apparent  disgust,  and  gave  to  his  little  1 
sister  a  quantity  of  cheap  candy,  which  did  not  ’ 
look  over-nice,  a  pair  of  huge  glass  sleeve  but¬ 
tons  in  the  shape  of  frogs,  aud  several  smaller 
trinkets  in  brass. 

“  You  made  quite  an  Investment,  Clarence. 
Wore  yon  suited  with  the  results?" 

"  No,  indeed,  mother ;  everything  sold  was  ‘  a 
soll.’jsure  enough.  I  wish  I  bud  my  dollar  back.” 

“I  shall  never  regret  the  loss  of  it  If  it  touches 
you  to  avoid  all  such  chance  doings  in  fu¬ 
ture.  You  will  meet  I  hem  on  a  large  scale,  as 
well  as  a  small  olio,  all  through  your  life,  and  it. 

Is  Just  like  meddling  with  the  coals.  You  arc 
sure  to  burn  your  Ungers  if  you  touch’tbem.  If 
you  want  an  article,  you  will  get.  it  better  and 
cheaper  of  responsible  dealers  than  from  any 
one  else.  Hut  the  loss  in  tile  things  you  buy  Is 
but.  a  I lilling  evil  compared  with  others  that 
come  from  the  practice.  There  arc  thousands 
of  people  who  spend  thoir  lives  looking  out  for 
chance  fortunes.  They  grow  more  and  more 
addicted  to  it  continually,  though  they  moot 
with  so  many  disappointments.  It  grows  upon 
them  until  they  abandon  all  honest  effort  ami 
industry.  II  leads  I  hem  into  dishonest  ways, 
and  ruins  everything  noble  in  their  natures. 
You  cannot  invest  ton  neat*  in  one  of  these 
chance  enterprises  without  being  Injured  by  it. 

I  hope  you  have  made  your  very  last  Investment 
in  such  *  prizes.’  If  tho  great  lotteries  granted 
all  they  pretend,  it  would  still  bo  a  sad,  losing 
business,  and  worst  of  all,  to  those  who  get.  the 
‘prizes.’  I  have  yet  to  hear  of  any  good  corn 
ing  from  one,  but  I  have  known  much  evil. 
Slow  and  steady  gains  are  those  that  have  built 
up  the  solid  fortunes.  Re  mem  her  the  old  pro¬ 
verb,  ‘  A  nimble  sixpence  is  bettor  than  a  slow 
shilling.’  ’’  J-  b.  mcc. 

- *-*•♦ - - 

LESSON  FROM  THE  BUCKWHEAT. 

MY  HANS  CHRISTIAN  ANDERSEN. 

In  passing  through  a  buckwheat,  field,  after  a 
thunder  storm,  one  will  often  boo  upon  it  a. 
scorched  and  evon  burnt  appearance,  a*  if  lire 
had  passed  over  it,  and  the  farmer  will  say  that 
the  lightning  has  done  this.  Hut  how  can  t  Ids 
be?  1  will  toll  you  what  a  gray  sparrow  told 
me,  and  the  gray  sparrow  heard  it  from  nu  old 
wltJow  t  ree  (bat  stiil  stands  whore  it  has  long 
stood,  by  a  buckwheat  Held,  it  is  a  big,  honor¬ 
able  tree,  but  shriveled  anti  old ;  it  has  been 
torn  through  the  center,  and  therein  the  cleft 
grass  and  whortleberries  grow.  The  Iren  bonds 
forward,  and  tho  branches,  looking  like  long 
green  hair,  droop  toward  the  ground. 

Grain  grew  upon  all  tho  fields  around,  both 
rye  and  oats  ;  yes,  tho  beautiful  oals.  that  look, 
when  ripe,  like  a  great  flock  of  tiny  yellow  Ca¬ 
nary  birds,  sifting  upon  a  stem.  The  grain 
looked  so  blessed,  and  tho  heavier  it,  was  the 
lower  it  bowed  in  pious  humility. 

But  there  was  also  a  field  of  buckwheat,  and 
it  was  close  by  I  lie  willow  troo.  The  buckwheat 
didn’t  bend  like  other  grain,  but  strutted  so 
proudly  and  stiffly. 

"  I  am  richer  than  other  grain,”  it  said.  "Be¬ 
sides,  I  am  much  handsomer;  my  blossoms  arc 
as  beautiful  as  those  of  tho  apple  tree ;  it  is  de¬ 
lightful  to  look  at  me  and  mine.  Do  you  know 
any  more  beautiful  than  we,  old  willow  tree?” 

And  the  old  willow  tree  nodded,  as  ir  to  say,  j 
“  Yes.  of  course  L  do.”  Hut  the  buckwheat 
strutted  in  real  vanity,  ami  said ; 

“  The  foolish  tree ;  It  is  so  old  that  grass 
grows  in  its  stomach." 

There  came  up  a  dreadful  storm,  and  all  the 
flowers  of  the  meadow  folded  their  leaves  or 


bent  their  tender  heads  while  the  storm  passed 
over  them;  but  the  buckwheat  strutted  on  in 
its  pride. 

“  Bend  your  head  like  the  rest  of  us,”  said 
tho  flowers. 

“There  is  no  need  at  all  of  my  doing  so,”  re¬ 
plied  the  buckwheat. 

“Bend  your  head  as  wo  do,”  shouted  the 
grain.  “The  storm -angel  is  flying;  ho  has 
wings  reaching  from  tho  clouds  to  the  earth, 
and  ho  will  cut  you  down  before  you  have  time 
to  ask  for  mercy.” 

“  Yes,  but  T  will  not  bond,”  replied  tho  buck¬ 
wheat. 

“Shut  your  blossoms  and  bend  your  leaves," 
said  the  old  willow  tree.  “Don’t  look  toward 
the  lightning  when  the  clouds  burst.  Men 
themselves  dare  not  do  so,  for  by  the  lightning 
one  may  see  into  Hod’s  heavens,  and  sue!)  a 
sight  will  make  even  men  blind.  Wind,  llieu, 
may  not  happen  Hi  us  plants  of  ihc  earth,  and 
so  much  inferior,  should  we  venture  upon  ii  ! 

"  far  inferior,"  said  Ucj  buckwheat,  scorn¬ 
fully.  “Now,  i  will  Just  look  into  Hod's 
heaven.” 

And  so  It  did  in  Its  pride.  Now.it  lightened 
so  that  if  seemed  as  if  the  whole  world  was  in 
a  blaze.  Afterward,  when  tho  storm  had  passed, 
tho  flowers  and  grain  stood  upright  in  the  pure, 
quiet  air,  looking  so  refreshed  by  tho  rain  ;  but 
the  lightning  had  tanned  the  buckwheat  as 
black  as  a  coal,  so  It  was  only  a  dead,  useless 
herb  upon  tho  field. 

The  old  willow  moved  its  branches  in  tho 
wind,  and  largo  drops  of  water  foil  from  the 
green  loaves,  us  if  tho  trees  •wore  weeping,  and 
the  sparrow  asked  : 

“  Why  do  you  weep  when  all  around  Is  full  of 
blessing!  See  how  the  sun  shines!  See  how 
tho  clouds  go,  and  what  a  delicious  odor  tho 
flowers  and  foliage  have!  Why  do  you  weep, 
old  willow  tree?” 

Then  tho  willow  troo  told  about  the  buck¬ 
wheat's  pride  and  punishment.  Tills  always 
follows.  The  writer  heard  this  from  tho  spar¬ 
row  one  xdght  when  lie  asked  it  to  tell  him  a 
story. 


Wbt  fuzzier. 


GEOGRAPHICAL  PUZZLE.  No.  2. 

I  AROSE,  took  a  city  of  England,  and,  being  a 
country  of  Europe,  desired  a  city  of  Franco  to 
set  flic  mountain  in  Washington  Territory. 
She  placed  upon  it  a  river  in  Missouri,  which 
contained  a  piece  of  a  river  In  Iowa  seasoned 
with  another  river  In  Missouri,  a  river  In  Idaho 
and  a  river  In  Colorado  for  sauce,  with  a  river 
in  Montana  to  drink.  On  going  to  tho  window 
I  saw  that  a  range  of  Mountain-;  in  Africa  had 
disappeared,  and  tho  sky,  as  far  as  1  could  roe, 
was  a.  capo  mi  the  count  of  Ireland,  aud  thought 
It  host  to  a  cape  on  tho  coast  of  England.  My 
maid  said  that  Minsk)  was  a  sea  south  of  Russia 
in  tho  channel  south  of  Scotland,  and  she  had 
a  capo  off  North  Carolina  that  the  day  would  be 
a  lake  north  of  the  United  States.  I  then  fold 
her  to  bring  my  city  In  Scotland  nrnl  I  Would 
a  cape  off  North  Carolina.  She  said  it  was  lu  a 
bay  on  the  coast  of  England.  This  put  me.  in 
.  great  a  capo  on  the  coast  of  Scotland,  and  1  ex- 
i  postulated  With  her,  when  the  saucy  maid  told 
me  to  hold  my  a  river  1  n  Montana,  aud  that  a 
capo  on  tho  coast  of  Maine  had  the  misfor¬ 
tune  to  get  it  covered  with  a  country  of  Asia. 

I  finally  took  my  city  of  Germany  wrap  and 
mount  of  Oregon  and  went  out,  but  soon  saw 
I  was  doomed  to  a  rape  on  the  coast  of  Wash¬ 
ington  Territory,  as  there  was  sure  indications 
of  a  cape  on  the  coast  of  Oregon.  I  then  took  a 
city  in  Kansas  with  the  cape  of  Maine,  and  de¬ 
cided  it  was  best  to  give  up  our  journey  for  that 
day.  Mrs.  L.  J. 

S3T*  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - 

MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA.— No.  7. 

I  am  composed  of  27  letters: 

My  13,  2fl,  ”,  is  a  way. 

M  y  H,  36, 8, 10,  12,  27  is  a  mythological  character. 
My  IP,  11,  2,  13,  5  means  unearthly. 

My  6,  2. 25.  21,  23  means  clever,  satirical. 

My  1(1,17,11,27,  L  was  a  celebrated  Scotch  poet. 
My  t,  7,  21  is  a  portion  of  tho  human  body. 

My  IS,  15,  M,  30,  27,  6  is  a  traditionary  tale. 

My  i),  2,  7,  27,  7  was  a  got  I  dean  of  Mythology. 

My  18, 12,  17,  It),  11  is  a  cosmetic. 

My  whole  is  the  name  of  a  celebrated  author 
recently  tjead.  m.  c,  h. 

\£T’  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - - 

ANAGRAM.  -No.  4. 

N  i  hte  Aaaicdn  dnal,  no  hot  sslioer  fo  eth  nsaib  fo 

Snami, 

Sdttinn,  oosclddu,  Belt,  hte  Uttio  llvgeai  fo 

Unar-per 

Yla  nl  hte  ITYtulln  vybile.  Btao  svvodmea 
tstrheced  ot  toh  drtaweaa. 

Ggiino  eth  nlloige  sti  maen,  Una  suretap  ot 
tiskoc  ttwhtou  breiuun. 

{SET’  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

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PUZZLER  ANSWERS.— April  12. 

Cross-Word  Enigma  No.  7.— Strasburg. 
Arithmetical  Puzzle  No.  2.— 

X  X 
5  5 

5  5 

Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  0.  —  Do  unto 
others  as  you  would  have  them  do  unto  you. 

Illustrated  Kudus  No.  10.  —  Continue  in 
holiness. 


unusual  depth  of  enow  is  leaving  the  grass  and 
grain  Helds  in  the  most  favorable  condition. 
Present  prospects  indicate  an  early  spring. 
Robins  appeared  April  (Sth  ;  wild  geese  the  7(h  ; 
blackbirds  .anil  ground  sparrows  the  8tb, and 
to-day  the  air  Is  vocal  with  the  music  of  the 
— j.  Tiie  weather  li.au  been  very  mild  for  two 
Thunder  shower  April  Cth— the  first  of 


.lured  fire  children  lion.  Dorman  B.  Eaton 
and  if  on.  Samuel  She!  la  bn  rarer  .are  the  new  Civil 
Service  Commissioners.  There  was  five  feet,  of 
snow  at  Omaha  on  the  15th  The  remains  of 
lien.  Can  by  nnd  (Jen.  Thomas  have  been  taken 
to  Yroko,  Cal  . .  The  Boston,  Hartford  and  Erie 
I  Railway  Co.  has  been  organized  Maj.  Randall 
has  had  a  fight  With  (tie  Apaches  In  Arizona, 
Killing 41  of  them  .  Forty-two  bodies  were  res¬ 
cued  from  I  he  Atlantic  on  the  17th  State 
troops  have  been  sent  to  Colfax,  La.,  the  scene 

of  the  slaughter  of  the  negroes _ Tm*  Halifax 

Court,  on  (ho  Atlantic  disaster,  has  revoked 
b'upt.  Williams's  certificate  for  two  years,  and 
decided  that  the  ship's  supply  of  coal  was  in 
“uffloient  .Twenty-nine  adult  tonal  bodies  were 
recovered  from  the  Atlantic  cm  the  18th  The 
war  on  the  Modoc*  ha  commenced  with  vigor. 
At  the  latest  accounts  the  firing' was  vigorous, 

and  numbers  had  been  killed  on  both  sides . 

i'apt  .  Jack's  flag  had  been  captured,  and  Scar- 

Faced  Charley  hod  boon  shot . On  the  lath, 

Mr.  Adams  pronounced  an  eulogy  on  Mr,  Sew¬ 
ard.  at  Albany,  before  a  great  audience..  A 
terrible  railroad  accident  occurred  on  t  he  road 
from  Boston  to  Stonington.  The  bridge  over 
II"  Pawtucket  River  had  been  washed  away, 
and  the  train  plunged  in.  Six  cars  were  burned, 
fifteen  persons  worojillled.  and  manywounded. 
Five  bodies  had  been  recovered  ..  Henry  Fra- 
lieh  wan  hung  in  Syracuse  on  the  18th. 

Obituary. 

M.  G rRAimiN,  eminent.  French  writer  and 
professor,  in  Paris,  on  Good  Friday.  Ho  was 
born  In  1801  —  Col.  John  Watts  Do  Poyster,  Jr., 
in  .New  York  City,  on  the  12th,  aged  ®J.  Flo¬ 
rence  Ribas,  Consul  from  Venezuela,  died  in 
Now  York  on  the  Kith  .  .  .Isaac  A.  Vcrplarick, 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Superior  Court  at.  Buffalo, 


Additions  to  Clubs  are  always  In  order 
them  in  ones,  twos,  fives,  tons  or  more,  as  you 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS, 


Moore’s  Rural  is  the  Pioneer  Jonrn 
sphere,  and  keeps  ahead  of  all  imitators  ant 
Of  the  times  and  ago.  Try  it  a  year,  and  see. 


New  York,  Monday,  April  21, 1873. 

Ileceipts.-The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  as  follows  : 

Flour,  bbls. .  til, 200  Fork,  bids .  6,700 

Wheat,  bush .  232, 500  Beef,  Pkgs .  <1)3 

JwJsSJil1 -  —  JMWiCut  meats,  pkgs...  15,100 

Oats,  bush . . .  05,200  hard,  pkgs .  9,949 

U rose  seed,  hitah.,  9,149  Butter,  pkps .  7  820 

t,ush .  31 J00  Cheese,  pkgs .  3,200 

Matt  Iiuf.1i  . ...  3, 0S()  lifted  fVu its,  phys.  f.!U 
Beans,  bush  I, B*,1  Kegs . :.  24,500 

Corn  meal  libls..,.  2,030  Wool,  bales. .  820 

Com  meal,  bag#...  2,Mi9  Hops, bales....  ...  m 

Cotton,  bales .  14,385  Peanuts,  bags .  1,439 

Bye.  bush .  —  Dressed  Hogs,  No.  J  _ 

Beans  nnd  Pens.-Medinms  are  In  light  receipt, 
and  I  here  Is  some  call  front  speculators.  Marrowfats 
price"'1  lr“'ror,lte  lrade  from  shippers  at  full  late 

,  \V '“ccltums,  f2.S(V3;2.63 ;  prime  marrow¬ 
fats,  »S.*Vk,*j!.7D;  prime  kidneys,  Jf2.«5«2L75:  prime  pea 
beans,  JCJOQii ;  fair  do.,  92,2,1;  red  kidney,  $3.50(^3.70 
for  good  and  prime;  Canada  poas.  free,  bbls.,  *1.33(% 
eyci  X;']'?"  Southern  black- 

llimer.— The  dotty  supplies  of  new  continue  to 
•e  l  mil  dean,  nnd  full.  satisfactory,  though  easier, 
prices  are  olitainod,  Not  so  many  lots  realize  45c.  an(i 
Upward  as  at  our  las;  date,  os  there  is  not  -uch  n 
scarcity  of  fine  new  stock.  There  Is  n  good  call  from 
,1  V.I  „ 1  n"rI  J'm1 t'r™r>r®  adjacent  points,  am)  many 
dealers  are  still  spiling  stock  to  arrive.  There  lias 
been  od  attempt  to  mark  up  interim-  quotation^  some 


birds, 
weeks, 
the  season,  i.  w.  8. 

Bend  s  Landing,  Minn.,  April  1  I.— The  past 
winter  has  been  very  cold  and  stormy;  the 
longest  steady  cold  that  has  ever  been  known 
here;  the  coldest  day  was  December  24th,  when 
I  ho  thermometer  was  down  to  36"  below  zero. 
'Vinter  broke  up  early  in  March  and  in  a  few 
days;  snow  nearly  all  went  off;  but  after  a  few 
pleasant  days  it  changed  to  cold,  stormy  weather 
ami  has  remained  so  up  to  this  time.  No  wheat, 
sown  yet ;  ground  is  very  wet.  Wheat  Is  worth 
H5c.f(A$  1.05 ;  oats,  82c.;  corn,  86c;  potatoes,  45c.; 
bay,  $7(3.10.  Eggs  12c;  butter,  20c.;  beef,  cattle 
and  hogs,  low ;  horses,  about,  $150;  fencing  $JK 
perM.— v.  ,t.  e. 

Mlddlr-iillc,  (tarry  Dm,  Alich.,  April  I  t.— The 

past  winter  Ims  been  the  severest  on  record  in 
Michigan.  We  have  had  several  light  falls  of 
snow  this  spring,  but  not  enough  to  make  a 
good-sized  snow  Btorm.  Prospects  are  that 
spring  and  wrartn  weather  are  near  at  hand. 
Wheat  generally  looks  well ;  st  ock  looks  well. 
Wheat,  $1.70 ;  oats,  85c.; 

80c.;  butter,  25@30c.;  ( 
farm  hands,  $20(1625  per 
Beading! 

— No  plowi 


ilow  lo  Iti  mii  Safely.  Remittances  for  single 
or  ehib  subscriptions  to  the  Hun  At,  may  bo  node  by 
bruit,  Post-oniOc  Money  Order  or  Registered  Letter 
m  our  rt nit.  Drafts  and  P.  O.  Money  Orders  preferred 
where  obtalnablc.-but  you  risk  notbingin  sending  by 
either  of  the  modes  above  mentioned  provided  t.be 
remittance  Is  properly  inclosed  and  mailed. 


BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS 


i  Do..  A.  J.,  April  I  J. 

n  this  vicinity.  Grass 
need  sown  last  week,  being  from  lour  to  six 
weeks  later  than  usual.  Wheat  looks  promis¬ 
ing.  Farm  hands  have,  hired  at  f ISOo^lHO  and 
hoard  per  year.  Day  laborers  have  had  $1.25  and 
board,  or  $2  boarding  themselves,  but  farmers 
say  wages  must  fall ,  with  coni  at  50c.  and  oats 
at  35c.— a.  j.  t. 

Georgetown,  Williamson  Do.,  Texas,  April 
8.—  Wc  had  a  light  frost  last,  night  which  did 
but  little  damage.  Wc  will  have  but  little  fruit,. 
Grapes  have  suffered  badly  this  winter;  still  I 
think  wc  will  have  a  few-,  which  will  no  doubt 
be  finer  than  if  wo  had  a  full  crop. — jc,  a.  .w, 

Navasotn,  Grimes  To.,  Texas,  April  «. 
Your  readers  in  the  North  nnd  East  will  be  sur¬ 
prised  to  know  that  we  have  English  peas.  Dish 
potatoes  and  lett  uce  In  the  greatest  abundance. 

I  have  been  eating  Irish  potatoes  (the  Early 
Rose)  since  March  5.— k,  k, 

Norwich,  (then a o go  Do.,  N.  Y.,  April  19.— 
Weather  wet  and  cold;  never  knew  spring  so 
backward;  no  plowing  done  yet:  snow  still  ly¬ 
ing  deep  on  the  adjacent  hills.— c.  n.  b. 

Lee’s  Summit,  Mo, 


Enfield  replied  that,  there  was  n  party,  consisting 
of  members  of  the  mercantile  community,  in 
the  Sandwich  islands  who  were  favorable  to 
the  cession  of  Pearl  River  to  the  United  States, 
in  exchange  for  certain  commercial  concession*. 
Ho  believed  the  Government  of  Great  Britain 
did  not  contemplate  any  similar  steps  to  thoso 
of  the  United  Htatcs. 

Smaiuno  of  the  recent  promotion  of  Lieut. 
Fred.  Grant,,  The  Army  and  Navy  Journal  says: 
“There  in  little  profit,  in  criticising  injustice  for 
which  there  In  no  remedy,  but  It  is  not  woll  to 
disguise  the  fact  that  great  dissatisfaction  has 
boon  created  in  the  appointment  of  a  young 
second  lieutenant  of  infantry,  just,  from  the 
military  academy,  to  the  position  of  aid-de- 
camp  on  the  staff  of  the  Lieutenant-General,  in 
place  of  officers  whose  services  and  experience 
so  much  bettor  entitle  t  hem  to  such  a  position.” 

The  Tempcronce  Women  of  Concord,  N.  II., 
have  begun  the  business  of  suppressing  the 
liquor  traffic  In  a  most  vigorous  way.  They 
visit,  the  hotels  and  dramshop*,  and  rennest.  M»> 


FOREIGN  NEWS, 


iTHacellancona  Foreign  News. 

The  Pope  was  in  a  lethargic  stale  on  the 
13th.  All  t  he  Cardinals  were  at  the  Vatican 
The  Carlists  have  abandoned  the  siege  of 

Putgurda . Mr.  Bancroft  will  not  resign  as 

Minister  to  Germany - Bldwell,  Hie  English 

forger,  escaped  from  jail  in  Havana  .The  cause 
of  the  disaster  to  the  Atlantic  continues  to  be 
Khan  of  Khiva  hmwi  Motnoatlo 
rebellion  on  hand,  am!  is  disposed  to  make 
peace  with  the  Russians  There  has  been  a 
riot  at  Chatham,  England,  and  a  great,  demon¬ 
stration  nt  Maidstone  ..The  Pope  was  no  bet¬ 
ter  on  the  15th  —  Sugar  cane  plantations  are 
being  destroyed  by  tiro  in  Cuba  .  .  .  A  report  h«s 
reached  London  of  the  murder  of  Sir  Samuel 
Baker  and  wife,  in  the  Interior  of  Africa,  hv  the 
native*  —  The  Dutch  arc  making  war  in  Suma¬ 
tra, and  have  lost  their  coin  inanoor  and  200  men 
in  one  engagement  The  Pope  was  worse  on 


,  April  io.  Wc  think  tide 
financial  pressure,  so  heavy  upon  the  West,  will 
be  much  easier  soon.  Prospect®  for  a  good 
harvest  are  encouraging. — 1».  b. 

fthcrmnti,  DnitnN  Co,,  Texas,  April  »,  Have 
for  throe  days  a  cold  northern  wind  ;  our  peach 
trees  being  in  full  bloom,  this  fruit  is  entirely 
destroyed.— d.  n. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS, 


New  York  Cily  and  Vtclnltr. 

Easter  Sunday  was  well  observed.  .Grace 

Greenwood  has  lectured . The  Grand  Jury 

will  bring  action  against  Wall  street  brokers  for 
usury.  The  First.  Baptist  church,  un  Fifth 
Avenue,  was  burned  on  the  kith;  loss,  $1)5,000 
.  ...  1  ho  Secretary  of  the  Hoboken  City  Savings 
Bank  has  absconded  with  Home  $00,000  The 
Indian  Peace  Commissioners  have  been  iu  ses¬ 
sion  iu  this  city _ TV—  "  ' 

the  National  Academy  of 


l’he  Spring  Exhibition  of 
Design  is  in  progress. 

Mrs.  Myers,  supposed  to  know  something  of 
the  Goodrich  murder,  has  been  liberated  ... 
i  here  has  been  a  run  on  the  Hoboken  Savings 
Bank  ..  A  large  silk  house  on  Broome  Rt.  has 
suspended  A  stroet-o.ir  thief  lias  been  sent 
lo  Slate  Prison  for  20  years  ..The  French  will 
celebrate  the  evacuation  of  Franco  by  the  Ger¬ 
mans  House  building  is  at  a  stand  still  in 

this  city,  owing  to  fear  of  strikes On  the  15th, 

one  Dr.  Edward  M.  Browne  at  tempted  to  mur¬ 
der  a  Mr.  Murray,  a  gas  collector,  in  a  most  sav¬ 
age  manner.  lie  was  arrested  The  Erie  in¬ 
vestigation  continues,  and  many  startling  de¬ 
velopments  are  made... .The  JS’.  V.  City  Charter 
has  passed,  and  the  Governor  will  doubtless 

sign  n . The  trial  of  Geo.  F,  Train  for  insanity 

is  in  progress  ... The  bill  for  a  now  armory  for 
the  ith  Regiment  lias  passed  The  Grand  jury 
has  recommended  the  repeal  of  the:  usury  law. 

.  ■  Wall  St.  has  had  a  throe  days'  panic,  and  a 

number  ol  bouses  have  gone  under. . .  Advertis¬ 
ing  agent:;,  have  been  in  convention  ...The 
horseshoera  are  to  strike  May  4th  .  The  Mayor 
will  uot.  appoint  any  Tammany  man  to  office.  .. 

6  Mlntera,ut  Society  hns  been  exposed... 
llie  Tribune  will  put  up  a  new  building  this 
year.  ...Brooklyn  has  held  a  great  mass  meet¬ 
ing  m  favor  of  Si  hotd  Reform _ Geo.  Shefilin 

has  been  convicted  of  murder  in  the  second 
degree. .  ..Lockwood  &  Co.  and  H.  A.  Foster  of 
Wail  streot,  failed  on  the  18th. 

Home  New*. 

There  was  great  excitement  in  California 
and  Oregon  over  the  murder  of  Gen.  Catiby. 
Secretary  Delano  was  hung  in  effigy  in  Jackson¬ 
ville,  Cal.,  on  the  12th.  The  Presided  t  was  much 
affected  wit  h  the  sad  news.  Gen.  Sherman  pro-  j 
raulgated,  on  the  14th,  a  long  general  order  i 
upon  the  death  of  Gen.  Canby.  Lieut.  Sher- 
wood  has  been  dangerously  wounded  by  the 
Modocs.  The  President  authorizes  the  exter¬ 
mination  of  the  Modoca. . . .  Tbo  Supreme  Court 
has  decided  that  the  court  of  a  State  may  decide 
who  shall  practice  luw  In  a  State;  the  United 
States  has  nothing  to  do  with  that  question. 
Lower  freight  tariffs  have  boon  adopt®  i  on  three 
Important  railways  On  Easter  Sunday,  some 
■too  negroes  who  had  lied  for  refuge  from  a  mob 
into  the  court -liou.se  in,  Colfax,  Louisiana,  were 
Shot  or  burned  to  death  by  the  whites!  Com¬ 
ment  is  needless. . . .  There  was  a  riot  at  Knighta- 
tiiwn,  Ind.,  on  the  15th,  caused  by  a  strike..,. 
Halt  of  the  men  employed  at  the  Howe  Sowing 
Machine  C  o.,  Bridgeport  ,  Conn.,  have  quit  work, 
as  no  pay  is  fort  hcoming.  A  chimney  which 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS, 


The  Absolute  Test  ot  Excellence.— The  truest 
test  of  excellence  in  a  sewing  machine  is,  after 
nil,  the  record  of  its  sales.  The  manufacture  of 
the  Wilson  Improved  Underfeed  Machine  em¬ 
ploys  an  immense  manufactory  and  nearly  five 
hundred  skilled  workmen.  The  machines  are 
turned  out  at  the  rate  of  from  eighteen  hundred 
to  two  thousand  per  week,  and  are  sold  faster 
than  they  can  be  made.  The  factory  is  pushed 
from  day  to  day  with  orders.  There  is  nothing 
strange  in  all  this  when  we  consider  that  it  is 
u  first-class,  perfect  machine,  capable  of  any 
class  of  work,  good  for  twenty  years'  constant, 
service,  and  costing  $15  loss  than  the  other 
first-class  machines.  Salesroom  at  707  Broad¬ 
way,  New  York,  and  In  all  other  cities  iu  the 
United  Stales.  The  company  want  agents  in 
country  towns. 


Any  Young  Man  can  make  from  $5  to  $10  per 
day  taking  orders  for  the  Flowing  Spring  Poul¬ 
try  Fountain.  See  advertisement.  Send  for  a 
sample  and  circular,  with  discounts.  Money  re¬ 
funded  if  not  satisfactory.  Address  Iron  Clad 
Can  Co.,  51  Dey  St.,  New  York. 


Watch  No,  1026— bearing  Trade  Mark  “  Ed¬ 
win  Kollo,  Marion,  N.  J.”— manufactured  by 
United  States  Watch  Co.,  (Giles  Wales  &  Co.,1 
has  been  carried  by  me  two  months ;  its  total 
variation  from  mean  time  being  three  seconds. 
—Joshua  I.  Bragg,  Conductor  N.  J.  R.  It. 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC, 


’  Lyndonville,  Y  t.,  April  1 6. — A  beautiful  spring 
day,  and  a  good  sap  day  withal— one  of  the  few 
this  season.  The  snow  is  List  disappearing,  the 
ground  becoming  settled.  Very  little  maple 
sugar  Inis  been  made  I  think,  thus  far,  and  It  is 
past  the  middle  of  April.  It  is  the  dullest  sugar 
season  I  ever  saw.  The  weather  is  too  warm  for 
sap,  but  excellent  for  tbo  soil.  The  winter’s 


Pond rette.— The  attention  of  Farmers,  Gar¬ 
deners,  and  others  using  fertilizers,  is  directed 
to  the  advertisement  of  the  “Lodi  Manufactur¬ 
ing  Co.”  Double  Refined  Poudrette. 


Advice. — Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


•  $Lu£,0lj*H 


I  NO  2  % 

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,,.  .BAILEY 

^hWASfiif/ciWffiNGiNG  Machine  Co 

J2££!ifiaS£BSST.s.Y 


Kl-I.’H  K\lm  Bni‘l v  00  Darn’  Sukhi1 
I  ln<  best  mill  earliest  true  Sugar  Corn 
1 » >K ‘ '  *-'r,litl  *•  •’VriulHlt*-  ll.tvor,  | 'rice,  pkt. 
■>  r1|'"-.^ij'>irt,7Dc.i  poMt-j,u.ii i . 

*  W,  LA1I1  Plil'Jili,  I)hIii ware,  o. 


1 1  /Tt  »Mwruj  v%  r lw 


APRIL  36 


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$1.S7CJ2.O0.  Wi  10  ducks,  62(376c.  for  fancy,  ami  SOoajOc. 
for  common.  English  snipe,  per  dozen,  $2.(JU©2>25. 

Provisions.— There  is  a  slutrp  "  corner”  in  pork, 
and  the  price  has  been  advanced  fully  ii  #  bbl.,  with 
the  chances  that  $20  will  be  reached  lo-ilay.  Kccelpta 
are  small,  and  the  stock  In  few  hands.  Card  (s  ronntp- 
ulMted,  n.nd  the  price  has  been  advanced  materially. 
1 1 neon  lias  been  snhjeot  to  a  sharp  "  short  Interest]" 
llie  closing  price  being  10o.  for  long  and  short  olear. 
The  general  market  at  tliu  moment  seems  to  bo  con¬ 
trolled  by  speculators,  atul  values  are,  consequently, 
unsettled  and  nominal. 

luVn*rc^?)0®yr“Rtorni*M®33J  Texas  prime, 
laird.  B*e.  for  W eatem  steam  on  spot,  & 
©JJiO.  for  April. and  9  1-160. lor  May.  long  clear,  10c.; 
for  short  clear, fOc.j  short  rib,  10c.  Mesa  pork  at  $19.74 
*,9'Ti.f"f  April;  Western  prime  moss 
nominally  $i7'j2t:i.  Pressed  hogs,  city,  SVodffXe.  (tut 
tneat'i  arc  selling  at  UGitfc.  for  bonis.  loos..;  7\i.vSe. 
for  shoulders,  loose;  SH<3U094o.  for  pickled  bellies, 
loose.  Hoxei  1  dry-salted  shoulders,  7.V.  Smoked 
inputs  at  iSwlltie.  for  loose  hams,  HWv-Uc.  for  louse 
shoulders.  Tallow  ut  be.  for  prime  stock,  llccf  I* 
11.75  for  barreled  now  plain  mess,  $12<a 
fi5a.i®r ‘ort5?JnS?%  Tlerocd  beef  at  fftaSS  for  new 
India  ujc.hh,  f.KljcJl  for  new  extra  India  tucss,  and  $2tc<j> 
tM  for  new  prime  mess. 

Seeds.  — There  is  only  the  usual  home  trade  for 
?'over  at  SlKi.dlc.,  with  atrrctly  raucy  lots  of  etate  at 
10c.  Timothy  is  selling  In  lots  at  $3.ii3K'.<tfi- 

Tolinceo.  There  Is  an  Increased  home  trade,  with 
a  fair  inquiry  from  shippers  for  both  Western  leaf 
und  seedleaf.  V  aluos  aye  quite  steadily  hold. 

QUOTATIONS— NKW  CHOP. 

T  ,  „  Light  Grades.  Heavy  Oradns. 


season,  anil  have  sold,  during  the  past  week,  almost 
exclusively  at  16Xc.— average  weight,  tuts.  The  va¬ 
rious  markets  have  been  uniform  In  their  rates, 
owing  to  the  evenness  of  the  shoe])  offered  for  sale. 
On  Wednesday  last,  sheep  sold  al«Jffsi«ljo.;  on  Thurs¬ 
day,  at  B5f®8.He.t*md  on  Friday,  at  Uttti&Rn,  Special 
sales  as  follows  s  ■Choice  Massaehusetls  ,‘liieep,  aver- 
*ge  weights  niPtclH  n,s  .  Hkei.Mve.:  Htutc  owes. coarse 
quality,  averaga  weight  7i)  »>*.,  il^c.;  State  sheep, 
weight  w;  its,  shorn,  fc,;  Ohio  sheep,  n  eight  82k  ibs., 
shorn,  7o.:  Ohio  sheep,  weight  95  its,,  shorn,  7jic., 


NOVELTY 


fcvce.sf,  i?  twite,  &(. 


“e-  weight  hi,  its,  shorn,  7c.;  Ohio  sheep,  weight  e2k  tbs., 
shorn,  7o.:  Ohio  sheep,  weight  115  it  s  ,  shorn,  794c., 
y'  choice  Ohio  sheep,  average  weight  lOI  ibs.,  8?<c. 

ie,  Swiue.— On  Wednesday  last,  r>no  lot  of  Ohio  hogs 
,  o  ,  were  sold  at  $0m6.25  f*  ewt.  Trade  was  moderate,  and 
le.;  live  hogs  Wttro  wortU  fvolh  t'  HP,  ;  city  dressed,  794(3 

•7.7  ik''-  Thursday  foienoon,  live  norulnitl  nt  5j<d)7J4c.; 

is*  city  dressed,  i  Vj<j7J4c.  Friday  forenotm,  live  Htiil 


I'UPfS . . .  7;*@  8X0. 

Common  to  medium  leaf.  8S@  Uiie- 
Good  do.  ..10  @  1094c'. 

Fine  do.  ..11  @  12  c 

Selections . lMfa  13  c. 


7X<*i»  a,Vc. 
D  la)  lle  .e. 
II  C9  12  e. 
12.94®  13 
13  kw)  15 


SttEIlLKAT  CROP  OP  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  tillers . 12  <$  15  c. 

seconds.... 20  fa  25  c, 
wrappers.. 40  («i  Wi  c. 
sr  tt  .  selections. Wl  fa  75  c. 

New  York  fillers . .  fa  like 

wrappers . is  fa  36  0. 

assorted  lots.,. . 12  m  10  c. 

Pennsylvania  tillers . 13  (<a  u  c 

wrappers  22  is  SO  o'. 

— .  .  assorted  lota . Is  o&  25  e. 

Ohio  idlers . 10  M  H)uc. 

wrappers . 13  fa  35  0, 

,T,.  ,  assorted  lots . 11  n;  e, 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots .  9  fa  ij^Ci 

.  Vegetable*.  Exports  of  potatoes,  past,  week,  1.160 
phis.  I  he  market  for  potatoes  is  very  flrtu,  even  at 
the  advance  we  quoted  Teach  Blows  sell  the  host. 
A  low  UorniiHUi  m >tat04*H  nr 0  quoted  ut  *1(^11.  Oar- 

«li'ri  Mfcuir  l^howlmr  in  unite  a  vnriiHr.  Orcum  poirn 
from  Charleston,  $>V'f8.rl  V  bush,  crate.  Southern 
asparagus,  p<ir  dozen. 
f™0-  h,  HU.ws  In  btdk.  f-k.M.20;  Early  Rose  do..  $3,25 
Albert.  *3<sS.2k;  Jackson  White,  $2.75 
<"i.l,  lly right  $2.«>5s2.75  ;  sweet,  Delaware,  $.m’l.a). 
I1  m'  potatoes  In  shipping  order  add  MMilv.  p  hhl.  Iler- 
•nw.'H}  iomatiifis,  p..rbox,  $l.«ksi2.  Onions,  red,  bbl., 
$O".10r  do.  yellow,  fkulll:  do.  Bermuda,  crate,  flkibli. 
Kale,  New  Jersey,  bbl.,  *202,26;  do.  Norfolk. Il'.Ja. 

\Vnnl,  There  Is  rather  more  trade,  and  for  desir¬ 
able  lota  of  fleeces  about  late  prices  are  sustained. 
.Manufacturers  are  buying  ail  Increased  amount  of 
spick,  and  there  is  considerable  trade  among  dealers. 
Stock*  m  the  hands  of  some  few  parties  ate  getting 

Kaxony uoecea, N.  Y„  Mich.,  lnd,,  Wls., 
fih.oS.le.;  throe-niiarters  do..  f.K5;53c,;  half-blood  do, 
(Dm Mo.  Ohio,  Term,  and  Va.  at  5ti.<)5«e.  for  Saxony 
■;*»%  yormoal  and  111  three-quarter* nDd  full  blood, 
««***“•  “DC,  2S(4^c.;  pulled,  extra,  lfxa;50o 

do.,  supcrlluit,  (haw.  ' 

,  ItOf  HESTER,  April  18,  Flour  quiet  and 
dull  at  unchanged jjriees.  Wheat  quiet  ut  tl.U0nol.su 
fur  rod  winter, JtliBalAKil  for  umber,  and  tl.uuan  for 
oho  Joe  white  ltyc,  »5c.  V  hnali.  Corn,  li5®«8u.  Oats, 
(p.ijlbc.  Barley,  MxiliRc.  for  two  und  four-rowed. 
Itressoil  hogs.  $7.7iV<*8  V  cwt.  Butter  plenty  ami 
Cheaiier.  ranging  from  31  to  We.  Eggs  plenty  at  lUca 
"  :  e  dozen.  Apples,  U3c.<<p$J  V  bush.  Totatoes,  70 
bilH.ie.  do.,  rutalUngat  ilUe.i.&tl.  Wool  dull,  and  uoml- 
tuilly  unchnngeil.  Sheep  pelts,  $l.7iva.:  for  beat;  a 
denluin  o f  AstSfiOc.  since  a  mont  h  ago.  Timothy  seed 
logher,  $1.7 j  ri  bcish.;  retailing  at  ft.  (Jlover  seed 
dull,  at  $4.76®5  W  bush.  Hay  in  better  supply  at  $lCy> 
2o  r  ton ;  mostly  at  $22(a)26.  , 

- - - 

C0UNTBY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

Little  F’ai.lm.  n.  y.,  April  19,  i«73.‘-*l 

^alls,  for  the  week  ending 
April  Id,  was  brisk,  though  the  had  condition  of  the 
r,°H  u  f"'rmr.''nt0<  ''t'liv  ry  from  farm  dairies  and  fac¬ 
tories.  1  he  new  cheese  from  farm  dairies  is  luullv 
skimmed,  arid  prices  have  been  correspondingly  low 


#1.26;  Early  Bose  do.,  $3.25 
3.25;  Jackson  AVhlte,  $2.75 
sweet,  Delaware,  $.krti3.50. 


nominal;  city  drumuid,  7ktai7%'c.;  general  saies,  with 
u  lew  coarse  Indiana,  average  weight  31XJ  lbs.  T  head, 
soldatT'ic,  P  )b.  I. Iglit.  pigs  are  soiree,  and  those  on 
sale  aro  very  poor  in  quality. 

Horse  .Mill-hot.  -In  East,  Twenty-fourth  street 
trade  In  horses  has  fairly  opened  fur  this  spring;  the 
arrivals  aro  large,  and  the  stock  generally  fair  in 
quality,  with  some  nice  animals  among  them;  300 
head  of  horses  were  sold  during  the  past  week  at  (ho 
commission  stables  uT  Tost  .v  Nichols,  and  TO  head 
at  the  Bull's  Head  stables.  Trices  ranged  as  follows  : 
Draught  horses,  *I*M3U0;  railroad,  f  I 55m.  180  P  head  ; 
stage  line,  $165;  light  harness  horses,  according  to 
quality.  $140,  $200,  $250r.#w) ;  matched  carnage  horaea, 
$■(*),  $13M0(ai,4pli  v  pair:  trotters,  $70u,  ^l.^XVuiVjoo  *1 
head'  the  following  sales  have  been  olTcetod  by  auc- 
tion : — 2  hor«i*K*  h#»iu1 ;  3  pairs  liglit 

harness  horses,  $300,  *320<*)3U6  V  pairs  3  head  poor 
quality  light  harness  horses,  $55,  JUWV.HI  «l  head;  25 
tiead  fuir  quality  light  harness  horses,  $U0i,#t25(<#15tl<.rt 
-fl(ki»127..#2w  T  head.  110  horses  arrived,  per  Erie 
hitliroad,  via.  Oak  Cliff  Station  ;  282  arrived,  pur  Cen¬ 
tral  Now  Jersey  Ballroa.l,  via  Liberty  street,  terry. 

Monday's  Sales.--  Hoove*  lair,  andmostof  the 
lots  sold  Off  at  noou  ;  prices  from  105#lto.,  with  four 
stenrsiit  lt>io.— weights,  f.Jjf.r.i  10  cwt.,  on  l'.li®t;:i  lbs.  to 
the  cwt,  not,  Milch  cows  dull,  on  a  heavy  run  :  range 
or  prices,  $306696  1J  head. 

V cnlH.— Slow.  Klgti ty-four  eulves  sold  in  one  lot 
at  8c. ;  ra ngc  of  prices,  8ftjin.!  jo.  V  it . 


BEAUTIFUL  EVERBL00MING 

XI  OSES. 

Tot  Tlants,  suitable  for  immediate  flowering. 

Sent  Safely  by  Mail,  Post-paid. 

Your  choice  of  the  following  splendid  varieties. 


5  for  $  I 

Caroline  Manala, 
dmubrioul, 

Nina, 

Archduke  Charles, 
Isabella  Pprunt, 
itegalls, 

Agrippina, 

White  Cluster, 


12  for  $2. 

Dcvonlensis, 
Levlson  Gower, 
Hafrano  do  Hear  Pay 
Emotion, 

Pierre  st.  Cyr, 

Med.  Bravy, 

Louis  Thllllp, 

Pink  Dally, 


trai  New  Jersey  Kallrmtd,  via  Liberty  street  ferry.  Latest  Improved  and  best  Family 

Moiuiiiv'q  tsnlcH,  - iTec ven fair,  andmostof  the  Clothes  Wringer.  Simple,  Strong, 
lots  sold  off  at  noon t  prices  from  itvskldc.,  with  four  Durable.  Saves  Labor.  Time  and 
steers  at  UXo.— weights,  f.W.,>dU  cwt.,  on  Iili(wii2  lbs.  to  f 

thocwt.nct,  mi loh  cows  dull,  on  a  Heavy  run ;  range  Clothes.  It  has  been  thoroughly 

of  prices,  $306696  V  head.  .  ,  ,  .  .  ,  _  J 

v  .  ,  tested,  and  stands  unrivaled.  Try 

ml*,-8Wy.  high  ty-four  calves  sold  in  one  lot  ..  _  ,  .  ,  J 

ntsc.;  ni  uge  or  prices,  86iio.!jc.  p  ib.  it.  Sold  everywhere. 

tV:f?”I:vv.9r,7;7,:,,1  MILBf  WASHING  l  WUNOING  WflllM  c#„ 

at  u6#8c.  Market  Closed  uncertain.  ’ 

iimvu  -Tradc  was  active  Live  hogs,  0®CXc.;  city  10°  Sf"  N«w  Y'»*- 


%<  :  ,  v  1  i r.i 1 1 v i 

Mnilllo.  (  hriHtine  Nilndon,  Amif  VIlHTi, 

},M.  '“ctoe,  Honrbon  Quean, 

CornoHaCookc,  Mad.  Itusscl, 

Lollnc  Forrester,  Mftd.  Dit.mi/lnc, 

Fer  10  opnts iwjdttional  we  send  magnificent  Pre- 
tloitnt  lei  llnrl  lie.  IClcgant  Do¬ 
ji,  i  l)>tive  i  atfitogue,  loots.;  or  prestmlcd  free  to  every 
purchaser.  Address 

the  DINCUK  &.■  (lONAKl)  l-o., 

UOSK  GROVVEUis.  ’ 

'Vent  drove,  rheater  Co.,  Pn. 

IBS  $  Worthfovl5CtSM..',|,M,‘]1'1  . .  - . . 

'  •  *>•«  wi- ........ .»«,i  r„  E9tra 


OUR  CATALOGUE 

nf„n!."."r  Fr',lit81  Bulbs,  Seeds,  TotatocH,  etc.,  will  bo 
mailed  free  to  all  applicants.  Address 


I  logs  -Trade  was  active, 
dressed  tlrni  at  7X6fl8e. 


V  ••  examer. 

New  Castle,  Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y. 


tlKCKIPT.3  Ob'  I.IVU  8TOCK. 


O ue  Hundredth  St... 3,Mfi 

Forty-Figl.th  St .  IB 

Fortieth  SI .  no 

Commuiiipaw . 3,9|.i 

VVcohftwkun .  521 

.T*W1 

Tottils  this  week  8,273 

"  last  week  7,637 


r.iwt.  Cnlv 


Shcop  A 

I  <111 M  1>S, 

330 

6,862 

4,685 

000 


COM  PAflATTVE  RATK9. 


Good  Steers  V  ib . 

Fair . 

Poor . 

Poorest  . 

Goo.  selling  rates . 


Lust  week. 
Cents. 

. 13  fa  UH 

. 11  fa  12  V, 

. 094  fa  10  V 

. ty,  fa  9 

. 1194  6#  1294 


This  week. 

Cents. 

13  m  1494 
1 1 94  fa  12  Y 
«9i  fa  10 Y 
794  fa  0 
1194  fa  12  Y 


NOTICE  TO  INVESTORS 

Chicago  &  Canada 

SOUTHERN. 


tfwzsy.  p,  d  o  uwv.Me'q^^k 

r£eS.om'  WPKI.NO  C!ATALO«»?71C-frM  to  Bll- 

for  Ttemium  lor  the  “  lift;  SDN  KLOVVEK.” 


DIMON’S  »n  li  1)01,1,  A  It 

Plowor  C3r arclon 

CONTAINH  t 

‘5  -''mr.- 1 A""1;,"1, ''  '"Wors,  worth . 50  ceuts. 

l  choice  Gladiolus  Bulbs,  “  ,,  ;ui  cents 

1  Japan  Lily  Bulb,  “  :.e 

2  Double  Tuberose  Bulbs,  “  39  ceSts' 

ALI,  BENT  POST-PAID  BY  MAH,  FOR  !»1. 
Oam^ffuoof  Flower  a  nd  Voffotablo  Scimis  went  free. 
\\  .  Ii.  1JJ.MON,  Jtt.t  HoOClMman,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


r,0«*  rtirf  tli  e  week  luive  boon  from  the 

8 nlnjeld  AKSuclutlon,  (old  cheese,  Oetuljcr  make) 
which  wen  t  at  17c.  There  was  a  large  delivery  or  but- 
ter,  and  prices  ranged  from  40c.  to  42c.  Y 


We  have  advices  from  abroad  far  the  flrst  week  In 
.va.'il.  loir  Louduu correspondent  says  Unit  stocks 
01  American  cheese  are  nearly  exhausted  and  the 
best,  sells  at  74s.  to  70s.:  flue.  7ft.  t-J  74a  *gW)<L  BOB  to 
;0s  I  Ue  othur  descriptions  soil  as  follow*  :-ihngllHli 
licddar,  Sns  to  92s  ;  Wiltshire  Double,  70s.  to  7Hs! 

U,"V  t0  7tl8vi,!ln"'  %  t°  8U«  •  scotch 
7n8.  to  H2»».  Uutcii  r.hiMjftt? — Kdaimi,  f/.'M,  to  7*}s  •  iTon 
das,  60s  to  68s.;  Derby  shape,  60s.  to  «is  ’  °U“' 

i»r.  wU*  will©  Oi  old  1m  OYC*r.  JorsPY  Rfdls  at 

l^M.iijnaslaDd,  12Q#i.  to  lftJs.;  Nurmandy  ex- 
tiii,  to  CttiiiidUin,  50s.  to  110s.  y 

1  lie  weather  In  Herkimer,  N,  Y.,  is  mild,  and  snow 

W i Uw!1  c.ra vld  y\  ',  t,e  country  roads  are  filled 

Mth  drifts,  and  are  In  a  very  bad  condition— in  many 
places  almost  impassable. 

- - - 

LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

Nrw  York,  April  22,  1873. 

csuiney.nSw  Wo°.JaSaftv7}’8malJ  tnldc  I»  horned 
cattle  on  last  VV  edneaday  forenoon,  and  the 

ram  storm  of  Thursday  checked  trade  ;pGccs?how- 
tver,  were  not  depreBsad,  and  on  Friday  forenoon 
rado  opened  fair ,  and  the  lots  to  hand  were  general]  v 
Md  off,  Otj  Thursday  fare  neon  beeves  sold  atUY## 
‘"Yjg--— Weights,  4 94## ,  y  ewt,,  on  55ti,57  #>s.  to  tlio  cwt  ■ 
ivnSuiLi  f^gpnhooyas sold  at 5K®Hc.-welghto! 
t  IVrt  c  on55<&5$  tbH.to  the  cwt.,  and  tnide  clnseti 

U .TO  at  above  rah  s.  There  bus  been,  durlng  Ui 
week,  n  heavy  run  Of  poor  Texan  and  ('lieroken  I 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 

The  miHfnrtune  of  it  If  opt  me  can  he  easily 
remedied  by  wearing  tint  New  Elastic  Truss,  with¬ 
out  Metal  Springs.  It  retains  the  Rupture  under  all 
circumstances;  Is  worn  night  and  day  with  perfect 
comfort,  and  soon  effects  a  permanent  cure.  Sold 
at  u  moderate  price,  it  is  sent  by  mail  to  all  parts  of 
the  country  t.y  THE  ELASTIC  TRUSS  CO.,  No.  C83 
Broadway,  N.  Y.  City. 

- - 

file  Beat  F.  In  Nile  Truss,  without  metal  springs, 
is  Pomeroy's  Elastic  Rufturw  Belt,  patented  in 
1871  und  1873.  No  one  should  buy  an  Elastic  Truss 
without  first  writing  to  Messrs.  POMEROY  &  CO., 
714  Broadway,  New  York,  for  full  particulars. 
Poincroy’H  Trilwauif  til'.;  tlut  lieat  in  the  world. 

Cnr<VEU-Hl/LL  BUCKWHEAT.— Quality 

n  and  yield  extraordinary.  Price,  4  lbs.,  by  mail,  $1 ; 
neck, $1,75;  <4 hu ,  *2.50;  bu.f$4;  bbl. (394  bu. I, $12.  Lim¬ 
ited  quantity.  H.  8.  GOOD  ALE,  8.  Egremont,  Mass. 

UN  PARVliLELK  a  1  \  kUUEWENTS 

to  Canvassers,  to  sell  our  new  CU  KRRY  PITTElt  In 

rg: 

R.  W.  F  R  O  ST, 

SUCCESSOR  TO  FROST,  BLACK  &  CO., 

Ha»  Just  the  thing  that  is  needed  by  the  people. 

PATENT 

BUREAU  &  WARDROBE  BEDSTEADS 

AT  #25  AND  UPWARDS. 

Every  room  In  the  house  can  be  used  as  u  sitting- 
room.  Call  atnl  examine  it  ut  R.  W.  Frost's,  Paten¬ 
tee  ®nd  Manufacturer  of  First-Class  Furniture,  69 
Bowery,  near  Canal  St.  Of  All  goods  purchased  at 
my  house  guaranteed  as  represented. 

R.  W.  FROST,  60  Bowery,  N.  Y. 


AAA  AAA  2  Double  Tuheroso  Bulbs,  ..."JS: 

OaW\J«Uvrvf  ALL  POST-PAID  BY  MAIL  FOR  #1. 

7  ‘’"^ioaueof  Flower  and  Vegetable  Seeds  sent.  free. 

_  T- _ _ _  \Y.  11.  DIMON,  Ju.,  Seedsman,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

7  PER  CENT.  GOLD  BONDS  Westers  Corn  Beals  le  World  ] 


A  fc  90  anil  ACCRUED  INTEREST.  COUPON  AND 
REGISTERED.  INTEREST  PAYABLE  IN  GOLD, 
APRIL  AND  OCTOBER. 

We  now  offer  these  Bonds  at  the  above  VERY 
LOW  PRICE. 

THIS  CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Eastern  end 
of  this  line,  whose  Bonds  were  so  rapidly  sold  last 
Summer, 

Is  Now  Finished, 

and  will  be  opened  for  business,  in  connection  with 
the  TOLEDO  AND  WABASH  and  other  Western 
roads,  at  a  very  early  day.  'The  CHICAGO  AND 
CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Western  end  of  this  line, 
is  now  belli#  rapidly  built,  and  the  Company  expect 
it  t>>  be  finished  during  tho  present  year. 

THIS  GREAT  TRUNK  LINE,  when  completed 
through,  will  hoof  immense  advantage  to  the  ship¬ 
ping  Interests  (,r  the  Great  West,  being  L 67  PEL, 
STHAWIIT,  and  33  miles  Shorter  tliau  any  other 
route.  Having  connections  with  nil  the  lines  run¬ 
ning  into  Buffalo  at.  the  East  and  Chicago  at  the 
Witst,  and  under  the  management  of  some  of  tho 
moBt  experienced  railroad  operators  of  tho  country, 
Its  success  Is  rendered  a  certainty,  nod  Us  bonds 
niUBl  he  a  safe  anil  profitable  investment.  It  makes 
the  shortest  and  best  connection*  going  West,  both 
at  Toledo  and  Detroit,  and  la  thu  only  Seven  per  cent. 
Gold  Bond  on  any  through  Trunk  Lino  now  offered. 
Pamphlets  and  all  information  furnished  by 

LEONARD,  SHELDON  &  FOSTER, 

BANKERS, 

No.  10  WALIj  ST.,  NliW  YOU  K. 

WINSLOW,  LANIER  &  CO., 

BANKERS, 

No.  27  PINfC  STIl RET,  NEtV  YORK. 


Get  your  Hkhh-Coicn  from  tup  West.  We  offer  tho 

Lon#  John  White  and  New  Madrid  Yellow, 

|l*’!uiVon«7  ,m  'Sfi0ll~C"rnH  0|'  UiO  GREAT  ST.  LOUIS 

Per  Pound,  by  in, ill,  post-paid .  50 

Per  5  Pounds,  “  ••  . ;,$«  ,JJ| 


y  mull,  post-paid .  50 

«*  “  **  . S2  OO 

K  UltN,  STKBEU  cV  CO., 

11  Market  S(„  Si.  Louis,  Mo. 


K.  run  or  uuneis  stem  has  been  fair  in  quality  • 
some  sold  at  Utvl’Yo.;  good  111.  steers,  liailie — 
weights,  1.9461)99;  cwt.;  ebolco  III.  steers,  $126;  coarse 


M.  -  ’  eni.i  euoico  ill.  steers,  $126;  coarse 

1 ,’r8‘  ^ weight,  6\  cwt.;  coarse  tndfatia 

ew.jP8|  •’Ac.— WeT iglit,  W  ewt.;  sttll-fed  hulls,  $6  per 
*  w<jlkl*t,  14  cwt.;  tidy,  fat  Ill.  hulls,  $5645.26 

wg Sth t’~7k'V c li3i  “xen,  I2940.- 

581®%**  *  <>*C,n’  u«8l2c.- weight,  9  cwt.; 

u im b ! v'i „ e' °,\v " •-Tll<,K<1  ttn"l,I!llM  Imvc  fallen  offin 
tVredn«i?W  M.nc?. 0ur  ia!,t  w<"'8ly  report.  On 

^  .MBieaday  last  tho  ilecline.  commenced,  ami  tiade 

fon^J,.UtR0,08“d  on  Kridav  at  tornoon 
?  un,:l  tll0lr  wives.  $6O®70 

blit  nrlSsV58lJlill«uf?  fMlr  <>n  Thursday  and  Friday, 
liiii?r  \r  ,.i„  .,on  n  lur,f,!  run'  rates  of  sale  being  6@ 
«K0wl5S 8i»W  1 nT  veals,  aver? 

small “» 

In Spring  lambs  arrive  now 
laiker  nutnbera  thau  they  have  done  for  this 


Randall’s  Pulverizino;  Harrow. 

The  best  Implement  made  for  pulverizing  the  soil. 
Send  for  Circular  to 

WARRIOR  IWIOWER  CO., 

Little  FttllM,  N.  Y. 

pull 

30 N D,  Martin  &  CO.  Springfield,  Mass 


THE  INDIANA  AND  ILLINOIS 
CENTRAL  RAILWAY  CO. 

Offeirs  for  sale  its  FIRST  MORTGAGE  7  per  cent. 
GOLD  BONDS,  .‘Jfl  years  to  run,  with  ample  Sinking 
Fund. 

Tho  road  runs  due  EAST  and  WEST  from  INDI¬ 
ANAPOLIS  to  DECATUR,  152  miles,  through  the 
richest  settled  country  of  the  West,  it  crosses  the 
BLOCK  COAL  FiELDSof  Indiana  at  Its  best  point, 
and  it  cannot  fall  to  have  11  LARGE  LOCAL  AND 
THROUGH  BUSINESS,  as  it  makes  a  great  saving 
of  distance  and  has  low  grades. 

It  Is  building  for  cosh,  by  responsible  Stockhold¬ 
ers,  and  Is  BONDED  FOR  MUCK  LESS  THAN  ITS 
COST.  Eighty-11  ve  miles  will  be  dune  and  in  profit¬ 
able  operation  this  spring,  the  rosidue  within  the 
year.  There  Is  no  better  bond  on  the  market.  For 
pamphlets  and  Information,  apply  to 

WALKER,  ANDREWS  &  CO., 

11  WALL  ST.,  NEW  YORE. 


(  1A  IMP  HELL'S  LATE  ROSE  POTATO.  A 

"  U"W  seedling,  in, equaled  in  prodlllltlvuuess;  nil. 
i  S2SfBiSto  Sum  ’  healthy.  I  Ian  yielded 

1  “A'  v“v  ’ra,: 

UfcO.  \V ♦  CA  )1  rbEIfLy  Hnlau  jiru,  ()« 

VVANT  IT^  <  A3nMllCl,l/S  f$4TK  ROSE 

Bulffiio  and  cfeveVand?  W  'U'y  l,XpreBB  VtlU:"  betwcon 
M.  B.  BAT1CHAM,  Palnesvilo,  O. 

(  s  FRUITS,  FLOVV- 

'  ,‘R,!>,eke. -All  varieties  of  Gnipe  Vint  s ;  mag- 

«?iV;lrt'  ‘.ily7rM|  ■|1(i  tn  I"'1'  '00  ;  *75  to  $21)0 

jx.i  Spluiniut  fttock  oi  fir^iiu-IluaiKi  anil  lied- 

timg  lJlants.  (  jitnlOkru<‘M  frrp, 

6EO.  W.  (I A  MPHELL,  Delaware,  O. 

amt  ^outtvy. 

■RGOS  FOK  HATCHING. -FROM  PAD- 

*  J  tridge  t  Aichlns,  per  do/.,  $.| ;  Black  Spanish,  *3; 
U.  C.  Donnnloue,  $2. 

_ GEO.  K.  HAWLEY,  Glen's  Falls,  N.  Y. 

pDB&BRKD  4 'HESTER  UHI  E  PIGS, 

A  Fancy  Poultry  and  Eggs,  bred  and  shipped  by 

„  ,  -r.  w.  &  m.  ik'win, 

PuuningtonvlUe,  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

Wlt/S/f  «B.f|'  DARK  lilt  A  HIM  \  S. 

-■  Eggs  this  season  tor  sale.  $8  per  doz.  ‘.CAR- 

im^ofter^dbto'eder8.10^  W  Dedhftm‘  A,ua(  «« 

EGGS  FOR  HATCHING. 

From  Light  Brahmas,  Buff  and  Partridge  Cochin- 
Inclose  stamp  for  Circular.  S.  MERRY,  Ili.m,  N.  Y. 

r^GGHFOIf  !IA  TCH 1 VG,— I  will  now  hook  or* 
l  J  (low  lor  egg#  from  my  well  known  strains  of  Fan¬ 
cy  Poultry,  ineludlng  over  20  varieties  of  Fowls  and 
.i8;  ,  ,K'  "hipped  as  soon  ns  toe  weather  will  per- 

n,Jf  ..Ku'li’se  stooip,  and  write  for  wlmt  you  want  to 
(.  N.  BROWN  Unudilla  Forks,  Otsego  Co.  N.  Y. 

l/|PTnRH0RSEH0E- 

H  III  I  ||  II  BEST  AND  CHEAPEST 

THORomjttLV  Pulverizes  and  wio’iTk  Ionian ts‘ 

RAKE  Attach 't  workes  tile  Weeds  Out,  hag  Hillin’  Plows 
First  Premium  SILVER  MEDAL  New  England  Pur  1872 
FAR  I  C  SEED  SOWER  .Hants  in  Hills  or  Drill 
4  Siz*3  Prices  S6  to  $16. 
CUPPERWHEELHOE.  $A  ik  $5, 50.  Aifcnts  Wanted 
Address  E.  D.  A  O.  B.  REYNOLDS, 
(Circulars  Free.)  Nobth  BatnoEWATEa,  Mass. 


riHJ  ENGRAVERS.  1‘UI.NTEUS,  .VC.  Largo  stock 
well  seiiHuued  and  pitpartal  Boxwood,  Mahog¬ 
any,  Maple  and i  Pine.  Va.vdkuuiiiiou,  Welm&Co., 
1  ype,  Cabinet  A  Press  Warehouse,  18  Dutch  St.,  N.  y! 


A  LADY  who  has  been  cured  of  nervous  debility 
after  many  years  of  misery,  desires  to  mako 
known  to  all  fellow  sufferers  the  sure  means  of  re- 
'!?/•  Address,  inclosiiig  a  stamp,  Mrs.  M.  MEK- 
R1J  P,  f  .  O  Box  5033,  Boston,  Mass.,  and  the  pre¬ 
scription  will  bo  sent  tree  by  return  mail. 


NO  EQUAL 


Wo  now  make  a  COMBINED  SEED 
DRILL,  WHEfl  HOE  und  HOW  for  $10. 
Most  admirable  for  Garden,  On¬ 
ion  and  Root  crops.  Also  threo 
Other  style*,  g.  l.  ALLEN  & 
CO.,  119  South  1th  St.,PhilaM  Pa. 


TWO  GOLD  MEDALS 


3NIH0VW  sihi  aaaavMv 


^mplcmcnf#  ami  ittuthiucry 


gmpUwcnt*  and  Machinery 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


The  EXCELSIOR  LAWN  MOWER 

Uk  FOR  HAND  OR  HORSE  POWER. 


Bayabd  Taylor  is  in  Florence. 

Theodore  Thomas  has  a,  son  and  heir. 

Gov.  Noyes  is  tho  coming  Senator  from  Ohio. 

J.  M.  Ukllew  will  come  back  again  in  Octo¬ 
ber. 

Mr.  and  Mas.  Bonn  Piatt  are  going  to  Vi¬ 
enna. 

.Tames  Anthony  Fbocdk  has  taken  clerical 
orders. 

WkNdi'.ll  Phillips  is  lecturing  on  Fronde  in 
Boston. 

Vice-President  Wilson  opposes  capital 
punishment. 

The  late  Alderman  Oilsey  of  N.  Y.t  left  three 
million  dollars. 

Gen.  O.vnby  was  quiet  and  gentlemanly,  lie 
left  no  children. 

Joseph  M bdjll  declines  to  run  again  for 
M ayor  of  Chicago. 

Hev.  Dr.  Goodrich  of  Cleveland  is  repairing 
his  health  in  Italy. 

A  mon  cm  ent  to  Sir  Walter  Scott  will  1>e  placed 
in  Fairmount  Park. 

The  monument  to  Col.  Ellsworth  will  be  of 
granite,  to  cost  $3,000. 

Da.  Chareks  Jewett  is  lecturing  on  temper¬ 
ance  in  Now  England. 


A,  THE  ZINC  COLLAR 

f,V  (Oyv  PA  II  J0gaarn.nii  .-ti  to  enre 

Go;  worst  case  of  raw  and 
W,  \  -7' S  [] inflamed  neck  in  I'm  Du/*, 

Mi  it  \  V ji  Htul  inn.  I.  Ihr  11/irt.r  Mvrp/lii  [/; 

i  tt  mu]  will  not  t  lmfe  or  wear 
<b  •  *  _y  Jr  the  mane.  For  sale  by  flatl- 
tilery  Hardware  Dealer*  and 
Harness  Makers.  Mantifac- 
tured  hv  Hie  ZINC  COLLAR  PAH  CO.,  i. 

Mich,  mformatlon  ftrrnlalied  on  application. 


aUisccUnnfou.o' 


There  Ik  no  Held  of  labor  that  otters  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knitting 
Mnohine,  and  t  here  is  no  tiiuehiuo  that  possesses 
one-lmir  the  nualitiies  which  are  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  family  use  us  the 


PKU  \V  KKK  and  expense*  paid.  Wn  want 
a  reliable  Agent  In  every  County  in  the  U.  8. 
Addles:.  Iluihi.il  Itiver  Wire  Go.,  130 
Maiden  !.»u«,  N.  Y..  or  Chicago,  111. 


3?rciiai rim»,  $30,000 ! 

The.  Fourth  Annual  Fair  of  this  Association  will 
he  held  at  Cleveland,  O.,  on  the  29th  of  Hop- 
t ember,  1  S73,  and  eontlune  live  (6)  days. 

Premium  Lists  will  bo  ready  in  duo  season. 

lion.  J.  P.  ROBISON,  Pres'l. 
SAM.  BRIGGS,  Hee’y. 


renury  Afn./h  rapIdMl  with  Stencil  A  Key  Cheek 
wUnCl  Outfits.  Catalogues,  samples  and  par¬ 
ticulars  Irec.  S.  M.  HPKNCKR.  117  Hanover  8L,  Boston. 


Write  for  a  Price  l  ist  to  J.  IT.  JOTIIVHTOIV, 

GREAT  WtSTEKNYwC^GlIt.  VfahJ. ' 


t*’**  17P  Sniilhho-ld  St.,  PittaViurch.  P* 

Rreeob  l/xuiiug  Shot  Guns,  84H  to  MEvx).  Donbls  bh 
Guns,  #3  to  4 IM).  Single  Guns.  If S  to  lleSo.  Rifles,  to#, 
Jievolvar*,  3(5  to  826.  Pistols,  $1  to  #3.  Gun  Mntoni 
Fishing  T  sole  In,  8c.  T,nrg»  dutonni*  t‘<  d/inUii  or 
Army  torn*.  Uov-.lreTK,  vtc., boaght or  traded  for.  Goo, 
at  at  by  « *t>rcta  O.O.D.  to  l>0  Oliiulnud  before  ]..ua  tor. 


BICKFORD 


then  use  the 

Averill  Chemical  Paint 

purr  White,  Drabs, 

French  guhy,  slates, 

Bnrt'S,  Yellows 

and  all  the  fashionable  alludes  and  colors  used  in 
lion*.,  and  cottage  painting,  mi  it/  for  H~<c,  requires  r,<> 
nil,  t-hinniug  or  ilrgcrc,  uu.i  sold  only  by  tuk  i;al- 
LON. 

Every  Man  His  Own  Painter. 

Sample  card  of  colors,  and  testimonials  from  own¬ 
er,-  of  Lae  lines l  residences  in  the  country,  furnished 
free  tty  dealers  generally,  or  by  the 

AVBRIMi  CHEMICAL  PAINT  GO., 

112  fluid  I  tiff  Hlip,  New  York. 


Ji  f  IHIKBl'kll  FOOT  LATHE*. 

1  J  Willi  Sltde-KOst  and  Fittings,  Ju*t 
H  the  thing  tor  the  Artisan  or  Amateur 
]\  'Turiler, 

iA  Also.  HAND  PLANER*. 

rt I  "Many  rentier*  of  this  paper  have  one 
1  of  them.”  Helling  in  all  part*  of  the 
country,  Camilla,  Cuba,  l  u rope,  Ac. 

Send  for  descriptive  Catalogue. 

N.  U.  1!  A  Lit  WIN.  Laconia.  N.  U. 


and  meeting  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer¬ 
chant*,  finding  In  lhipa  Bickford’s  invention  n 
cheap,  dimple  and  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
bud  It  profitable  to  purdumc  ai  d  keen  on  sale. 
Tlie  almost  entire  absence  of  coiniiottLou  does 
not  require  the  "  eternal  vigilance"  to  sell  this 
machine  a*  In  the  case  of  sewing  tnnchlpT  n. 

Agent*  Wanted  Kvsryu here,  Good, Smart 
Men  can  make  N-10  mi  wcr.K  and  eapenses. 
Bend  for  Instructions  and  Circulars,  Price  $30 
to  Mil. 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  RICK  FORD,  President, 

Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y, 


FARMHKS,  DAIRYMEN  &  BUTTE  It  BUYERS 

PACK  YOUR  BUTTER  IN 

W  RSTCOTT’S 


I  JfiTEHT  ATTORNEYS.  .1.  MpC.  PERKINS  &  Co..  515  7th 
J.  HI.,  Washington,  I).  0.  Oorrespondemie  solicited, 

ritHK  SUPERIOR  HAY  HPRKADKH  saved 


miMK,  HONEY  AND  ksVK ENtiTH  SAVED 

IL  by  using  ClnrL'n  Pnlellt  Tnlwuvn  Ridgor 

uiul  Hilling  Plow.  Tlio must  complete  Implement 
ever  put  into  tho  bauds  of  the  Farmer.  It  i*  the  sim¬ 
plest,  easiest  handled,  and  takes  up  no  more  room 
than  an  ordinary  plow.  It  eonil.lneu  tnurof  the  moat 
valuable  tool*  in  one, und  with  One  Horse  and  Boy  will 
do  more  work  than  ton  men.  A'  a  Tobacco  llidger  it 
has  no  equal.  As  a  Hilling  Plow  it  stands  unrivaled. 
Asa  cultivator  of  all  crops  that  require  hilling  It  is 
unsurpassed.  Asa  Horse  Hoe  nothing  c,  imjmrcs  with 
It.  Send  for  Circular,  and  gi:t  Oet.rvlptlon  of  the  best 
line  of  tools  ever  tint  into  the  bands  of  the  Farmer. 

HJGGANl'jl  M'K'G  CO.,  Higgnuum,  Conn. 


Approved  and  ruoomtnebded  l.ythe  leading  iiuthor- 
ttlcs  of  on  r  country  on  dairy  tug.  and  acknowledged  l.y 
all  butter  dealers  to  lie  the  very  best  package  In  use. 

Butter  packed  In  this  Pall  biinir*  H  In  10  cents 
more  a  pound  In  the  New  Y,,rk  Pity  market  than  the 
same  quality  In  any  other  package, 


me  two  hundred  dollars  on  my  liny  last,  season 


A  id  I Imr  ■  In  whtoh  Berries  carry  and  sell  host. 

Agents  wanted.  ('Ireulars  free.  Ad¬ 
dress  General  Agents, 

JOHN  8.  COLLINS  k  GO.,  Moarostown,  N.  .1. 


KIDDER'S  PASTILLES. 

Prlw tOc.  by  mull.  Hro \Y Hi. i,& Go. .Charlestown,  Mass. 


D  t  lllHIANCV,  or  hmil  Charming.” 

How  either  sex  may  fascinate  anil  gain  the 
id  tractions  of  ruy  person  they  choose,  ln- 
Thi*  wimple  mental  acquiremeni  all  can 
i,  t  by  mail,  for  S»  els.,  together  with  a 
Guide,  I'lUyiHbvn  Oraglu,  Drcann.  tliht*  to 
Wedding  Night  Hhirt,  Ac.  A  queer  book. 
.8  T.  WILLIAM  &  CO.,  Publishers,  Phiia. 


1  fl  BTIQIIGI Q 

1U  jJuuIiljLu 

and  50,0011  farmers.  RTO  Pay  to  Ai,e.nT8.  Hampto 
and  terms  to  dealers  sent  hv  mull  on  receipt  of  $1. 
Tub  lNYEX'iou’H  Mani  i  'i;  <  iu,  I7i;  Broad v  115 ,  N.  V. 


iii  «si tnl  fnftromrirtis 


SEYMOUR'S  SHEARS  £  SCISSORS 


"The  Best  are  the  Gheapesl.” 
Extra  Quality.  Crocus  Polish. 


Dairymen,  send  for  a  Circular  !  Douh  r*,  send  for 
a  Price  List!  \V>  are  the  solo  manufacturers  d 
Westetit  1 L  Return  Uniter  J‘aU,  and  also  mnnu- 
facturo  vorv  extensively  Butler  birkins,  Hulf-Hi'klB 
Tubs,  '-’.'i-poutid  Butler  Pails,  Well  Buckets,  Ac.,  Ac. 
Our  goods  are  marked  with  our  name,  and  are  for 
sale  by  all  ftrst-claes  dealers. 

SII.HBY  UR  OH.,  . 
Belmont,  Allegany  Go.,  N.  Y. 
Princlpttl  Warehouse,  lli iigUtimioii.  V. 

4  MliS  Pl.OU  tOH  PA  NY. 

A  IMPLEMENTS  AND  MACHINES. 

63  Beekman  St..  New  A'ork,  and  Quincy  Hall,  BoBton 


Family  Size,  -  -  fl.no 

I.iulte*’ Sclasors,  -  1.00  —  a” 

By  mail, prepaid.  Send  P.  O.  Ordnr  or  Draft.  $  Ss  -3 
HENRY  SKVMOl’B  A  CO.,  29  Rose  St.  New  York. 


THE  BUST  PIANOS  AT  THE  LOWEST  PRICES 


and  upon  the  most  favorable  terms  of  payment. 

We  invite  the  attention  of  persons  Intending  to 
purchase  Pianos  to  our  New  illustrated  Catalogue, 
giving  full  description  of  Stylos  and  Prices,  and  the 
terms  on  which  we  sell  to  those  desiring  to  make 


\vu  vvori.n  not  hell  our  hupe- 

"  rior  liny  Hpreiulrr  for  five  times  Its  cost  if 
we  could  not  ohtuiu  another. 


Manufactured  by  adriance, platt &co 

STYLES,  SIZES  &  PRICES  TO  SUIT  ALL  FARMERS 

Descriptive  Clrouliri  Forwarded  by  Mall. 


SEND  FOR  A  CATALOGUE 


I>e script! ve  Caltilc^nc  sent  1‘rce 


PENNOOK  MANUFACTURING  CO., 

Keuuett  Hqttare,  Chester  Co.,  Pa 


11  EAST  14th  ST.,  New  York, 
354  WASHINGTON  ST,,  Boston. 


7A10IHBS,  _B! 


r  the  superior  liny  Spreader  t  It  isthccheapoat, 
most  complete  and  most  durable  Hay  Tender  ever  put 
Into  the  field.  Bead  a  few  of  the  comments  received, 
send  for  elroular  and  description  to  lXIGGANUil 
M  F’G  00.,  Hlggunum,  Ct, 


You  flslc  w  nf  we  can  edl 
V’ii  nt  Ginas  7  Octave  Pianos  for 
8290?  Wh  answer — ft  costs 
Ffc,  1  ban  8300  to  make  any 
8600  Piano  sold  through 
Agi  tits,  all  of  whom  make  IOO 
per  Ct,  profit.  We  have  no 
Agiuits,  but  ship  direct  to  fami¬ 
lies  at  Factory  price,  and  warrant 


2b, ixxi  sold  last  year.  Upwards  of 
uO.UUi  Bold  for  1373.  Show  this  to 
yourrncre.hnnt !  ask  him  to  let  you 
try  one.  You  will  not  part  with  it 
for  twloo  its  cost.  Made  onlv  by 
PKTEBS  BROTH  KBS'  MANU¬ 
FACTURING  COMPANY,  Mar¬ 
shall,  Mich. 


fURBART'B  PULVERIZING  CCLTIVA- 

Vv  TOR  lias  more  practical  points  than  any  cultiva- 
tor  in  use,  and  is  indispensable  as  a  farm  implement. 
Price,  #22.  0.  C.  BRADLKY  &  SON, 

Manufacturers,  Syracuse.  N.  Y. 


SOLE  PATENTEES  OF  THE 

Clipper  IMonv, 


The  Louden  Hay  Carrier 

Klevatos  the  hay  (irrjniuLicii]Arl\i  Iron]  the  loud,  car- 
Ues  it  UorUsontnUy  to  uuy  imrCor  the  tuow.aml  returns 
tho  empty  fork  back  to  tliti  load.  Pitches  into  a  win¬ 
dow.  Stacks  In  the  lUrid.  Saves  Its  cost  every  sea- 
boii.  8eo  Illustration  on  page  168  of  kguai.  New- 
York  mt  of  MHteh  ft.  Agents  wnDted.  F.nd  stump 
for  Circular,  Prices  and  Terms. 

jlouden  M’F’i;  works, 

Fairfield,  Iowa. 


For  E.  Wl.  BOYNTON'S  PAT.  LIGHT¬ 
NING  SAVJS,  WtAlX'M  >0  Hiii  klm.ll  S/r, N.  Y. 

ik-wnr,'  !,f  liifrlngomenu.  ftvuuin*  will  cut  three  limes 
n,  fft, ,  hi  ur,  11 1. .  A  fi-ft.  rro»fc  ent,  #6.  Stnd  for  jo, 
Irihiantlod  ( ‘..talogue,  luuUcil  Irco. 


OTHERS  GEYEIM 

Send  for  Circular. 

REHIIKGTOST  A(i’L  CO., 

ILION,  N. 


91|<U  cash  for  double-rood,  six  stops,  uoworfi 
toned  Organs.  Warranted  tile  bust.  9*275  cash  f 
7-octave,  rosewood,  curved  leg,  fully  warrant, 
Pianos.  WM.  A.  POND  A  CO., 

No.  647  Broadway,  New  York, 


If  TIIE  Hu¬ 
nt/  farmer  will 


After  one  dayr 

PER  If)  K  HAYSPlt 

ever  part  with  It. 


' 


IVflntt.s  Wanted 


—  Winter  wheat,  in  Kansas,  promises  well. 

—  Brazil  is  fifteen  times  the  size  of  Franco. 

—  New  Jersey  wants  a  constitutional  conven¬ 
tion. 

—  Cotton  is  being  planted  extensively  in  the 

South. 

—  Crime  of  all  kinds  appears  to  bo  on  tho  in¬ 
crease. 

—  Captains  of  ocean  steamers  got  §3,000  a  year 
in  gold. 

—  The  Atlantic,  with  her  cargo,  was  valued  at 
$850,000, 

—  Vermont  cows  yield  an  annual  income  of 
$0,000,1X10. 

—  Tho  Woolsey  fund  of  Valo  College  amounts 
to  $70,000. 

Texas  bees  are  said  to  make  the  host  honey 
In  America. 

—  West  Virginia  has  adoptod  a  liquor  law  like 
the  Ohio  law. 

-  A  new  bridge  is  being  built  over  the  Seine, 
to  cost  $000,0(XI. 


Agents  wanted  everywhere.  Business  strictly  legit¬ 
imate.  Particulars  free.  ./.  Worth  A  Cv,, St. Louis,  mo. 


v  AGENTS  \V  A  NTKD.— Samples  sent 
if  rive  hv  mall.  Two  now  articles,  salable 
Address  N.  II.  WHITE,  Newark,  N.  .1. 


WILL  BE  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOLLOWING  PLACES  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY 


UNION  TRUST  CO . 

HOWES  iSc  MAC V . 

FIFTH  NATIONAL  IIANK . 

HU  I ili’jis  HEAD  BANK . 

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House,”  on  Main  ^ 
afreet,  a  good  hotel  ;  W 
two  hanks,  and  three  ^ 
newspapers,  On  the  ? 
outlet  of  i he  lake,  aL  !£> 

Its  crossing  of  Main  *} 
street,  we  two  com-  jy- 
plete  flouring  mills.  A 
branch  railroad,  con-  “r 
hooting  the  Erie  with 
the  New  York  Cen¬ 
tral,  passes  through 
the  village,  and  the 
1  Crooked  Lake  Canal  ’ 
has  its  terminus  here. 

The  surrounding  tribu 
tary  country  is  among 
the  richest  and  most 
beautiful  in  the  State. 

The  original  settlers 
of  Petm  Yau  were 
about  “half  and  half” 
emigrants  from  Penn¬ 
sylvania  and  New  En¬ 
gland,  hence  the  name 
of  the  town  is  a  com¬ 
pound,  representing  AI'vl*  oir 
both  sections.  The  jealousies  of  the  people  from 
the  two  sections  rendered  an  agreement  upon 
a  name  impossible  for  a  long  time.  At  length, 
at  a  house  raising  in  the  neighborhood,  a 
joker  named  Piiilomon  Baldwin  christened 
the  town  Penn  Pony.  The  name  was  at 
once  accepted,  but  has  since  been  modified 
by  dropping  the  “  y.”  The  citizens  are  now 
proud  of  the  name,  and  have  grown  to  be  a 
very  sociable  community. 

The.  small  village  of  Branch  port  is  situated 
at  the  head  of  the  West  Branch  of  the  lake. 
It  lias  the  advantage  of  lake  navigation  to 
canal  ami  railway.  Red  Jacket,  the  cele¬ 
brated  Indian  orator,  in  a  speech  which  ho 
made  at  Geneva,  claimed  to  have  been  born 
at  this  place,  which  was,  long  ago,  a  favorit 


Ohio.  At,  ouce  they  resolved  to  test  the  ex¬ 
periment,  and  encourage  vine  planting  on 
tho  foot  hills  and  lake  slopes  of  what  was  ap¬ 
propriately  named  “Pleasant  Valley.”  A 
few  years’  trial  proved  the  experiment,  a  suc¬ 
cess,  and  the  sides  of  the  valley  and  lulls  are 
now  covered  with  the  trclli.snd  vine,  of  old 
and  new  varieties.  The  fruits  and  wines  of 
Hammondsport,  aro  now  regarded  by  com¬ 
mon  consent  as  e xeolkMifc.  Only  about  fifteen 
years  have  passed  since  the  first  vines  were 
planted,  and  now  t  he  Pleasant  Valley  Wine 
Company  sell  thousands  of  bottles  and  gal¬ 
lons  of  native  wine  that  compares  favorably 
with  tile  best  foreign  article.  We  can  be 
assured  that  these  wines  are  made  of  the 
pure  juice  of  the  grape.  From  4(10  acres 
planted  in  181*4  there  are  now  5,0110  acres 
covered  with  t  he  vine,  two-thirds  of  which 
are  bearing.  Both  shores  for  many  miles  are 
lined  with  vineyards,  and  Bluff  Point  is  being 
used  for  the  same  purpose.  The  Urbaua  and 
Crooked  Lake  Wine  Company  have  their 
cellars  and  vineyards  on  the  Fultrtey  shore. 

Oil  the  25th  of  August,  1870.  a  large,  num¬ 
ber  of  gentlemen,  from  various  parts  of  New 
York  and  other  States,  of  different  walks  in 
life,  met  at  Hammondsport,  to  test  the  wines. 
They  awarded  to  them,  without,  dissent,  the 
highest  praise. 

If  one  would  haven,  pleasant,  sail,  let  him 
take  a  trip  up  the  lake  from  Penn  Yan,  pass¬ 
ing  the  vine.  coVei  ed  shores  and  tin)  cabin 
residences  of  citizen*  which  are  used  as  sum¬ 
mer  retreats.  The  names  of  these,  as  “  Ma¬ 
ple  Grove,”  ■*  Saint's  Rest,”  “Oak  Lodge,” 
etc.,  are.  displayed  from  neighboring  trees. 
Climbiug  the.  hillside  for  a  mile,  wo  come  to 
the  late  country  residence,  of  Abiiaham  VYai: 
kneu,  Esq.,  a  pioneer  of  the  lake  country, 
perched  upon  the  pinnacle,  of  the  Point. 
From  this  point,  the  lake  and  surrounding 
country  can  lie  seen  the  former  averaging 
in  width,  for  tlya  branches  and  south  end, 


resort  of  the  red  man. 
\  ll  A.  few  years  since  the 

:  stump  of  a  pine  tree, 
o{  afc  400  years* 
'I  ffrowtb,  was  pulled. 

:  ;(  up  by  a  machine  at 

//;*•'  8Ur - ;;'A\  Branohport,  under- 

:  g?/  \  •'  Meath  which  a  rare 

HP  fully  prepared  grave 

’- \  of  smile  I'.-ui  I  on  A  hi 

(Man  was  found,  Ins 
_j|g(  2  bones  still  in  a  toler 

|g§;  |  able  state  of  preserva- 

M:3  ^  T\  5  tion- 

:|  The  vine  clad  village 

Wg  ”,  'I  "f  Hammondsport  — 

**©  illust  ration  on  page 
-S'.t  -  stands  at  the 
f  s  southern  end,  or  head 

\  of  the  lake,  seventeen 
'  -  uiilcs  from  Branohport 

an<*  twenty-two  from 
Ponn  Yan.  'ha*  a 
population  of  between 
seven  and  eight  hun- 

„  .  dred  people,  with  a 

TICA.  I,AKK.  ill,  u 

school  house,  church, 

liotel,  etc.  At  this  place  originated  the 

first  principal  effort  in  vine  growing  and 

wine  making  in  all  this  region.  Many  years 

since  the  Rev,  W.  W.  BasTWiCK  of  Now 

Jersey  was  invited  to  Hammondsport  to  take 

charge  of  the  Episcopal  church,  and,  being  a, 

great  lover  of  horticulture,  lie  took  with  him 

tho  Isabel  la  and  Catawba  grape,  which  ho 

planted  in  his  garden.  They  grew  in  luxury 

to  a  surprising  perfection,  beyond  anything 

before  seen  in  that  vicinity.  Time  passed, 

and  Mr.  BoSTWICK  moved  away,  leaving  his 

grapes  behind.  The.  success  attending  wino 

growing  in  Cincinnati  attracted  the  attention 

Tho  dis- 


THE  LAKE  COUNTRY  OF  NEW  YORK.  II 


BY  1ION.  It.  H,  WII.T. JAMS, 


KEUKA,  OR  CROOKED,  LAKE  ANO  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

The  name  of  this  lake  is  indicative  of  its 
form — crooked.  Its  waters  are  divided  by  a 
high  promontory,  into  what  is  called  tho 
East  and  West  Branch,  if  this  promontory 
was  not  pushed  out  and  into  the  waters  by 
drift,  it  is  an  upheaval  in  their  midst.  This 
distinguishing  feature  of  the  lake,  picturesque 
in  outline  and  unique  in  shape,  adds  to  the 
charm  of  its  numerous  Heeuie  beauties.  Those 
travelers  who  would  enjoy  the  beautiful  in 
nature,  should  visit  this  limpid  lake  and  its 
surroundings.  Tlio  Keuka — the  poetic  name 
t  he  people  of  to  day  give  to  tho  lake — is  situ¬ 
ated  in  Yates  and  Hteuben  counties,  is  718 
feet  above  tide -water  and  271  above  the 
Seneca,  seven  miles  distant,  into  which  it 
flows.  This  lake  is  bounded  by  the  towns  of 
Barrington  and  Milo  ou  the  east  and  north, 
Jerusalem,  including  the  promontory  of  Bluff 
Point,  on  the  northwest,  Pultney  on  the  west, 
Urbana  the  head,  and  Wayne  at  the  east  of 

Its  main  trend  is 


'MMOtpi 


its  southern  extremity, 
north  and  south,  it  is  skirted  by  a  clean, 
bold  shore  line,  and  surrounded  by  hillsides 
which  rise  to  the  altitude  of  sub-mountains. 

At  the  foot  of  tho  northern  extremity  of  the 
East  Branch  is  the  flourishing  village  of  I’cnn 
Yan,  a  flue  town,  of  over  3,000  inhabitants, 
the  county  seat,  of  Yates,  ft  contains  the 
county  public  buildings,  which  are  quite  re¬ 
spectable,  a  Union  school  with  academic  ad¬ 
vantages,  primary  school  houses,  large,  houses 
of  worship  for  the  Presbyterians,  Episco¬ 
palians,  Methodists,  Baptists  and  Cat  holics, 
with  wealthy  congregations;  the  “Bonham 


of  the  people  of  Hammondsport, 
oovery  was  soon  made  that  they  liud  a  soil, 
climate  and  grape  equal  to  the  best  found  in 


RalphEvans  agt 


SVIOOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


about  one  mile,  while  immediately  above 
the  Point  it  is  two  miles  wide,  giving  it  a 
broad,  bay-like  appearance.  This  spot  is  at 
an  elevation  of  several  hundred  feet  above 
the  lake.  Looking  south,  on  the  right,  is  the 
West  Branch,  which  can  be  seen  for  twelve 
miles,  with  its  houses,  wine  cellars,  fields, 
docks,  etc.  On  the  left  is  the  East  Branch, 
stretching  along  the  Barrington  and  Wayne 
shore  for  twenty-two  miles,  and  presenting  a 
pleasing  rural  picture  of  farms,  fields,  or¬ 
chards  and  gently  sloping  hills.  The  land¬ 
scape  at  the  south  is  a  beautiful  amphithea¬ 
ter  of  rich  farming  lands,  with  ravine  and 
highway  cutting  it  in  various  directions. 
The  whole  picture,  including  the  lake,  is  some 
tliirty  by  from  four  to  six  miles  in  extent, 
with  nothing  to  detract  from  its  claim  as  first 
in  utilized  and  native  beauty  among  the  other 
beautiful  scenes  of  llie  “  Lake  Country.” 

Description  op  Map.— The  map  on  preced¬ 
ing  page  shows  Keuka  Lake  In  Its  proportions 
with  Bluff  Point  <W,  which  Is  730  feet  above  the 
water.  The  shore  slopes  on  each  side  are  indi¬ 
cated,  covered  with  grapes,  woodland  and  green 
fluids.  The  roadways  leading  along  the  upper 
slopes  are  shown.  The  road  at  the  west  is  from 
SOU  to  500  feel,  above  the  lake;  that  at  the  east 
is  700  feet  above.  The  McAdam  road,  leading 
from  Bruncbport  to  Penn  Van,  is  shown.  Nos. 
1  and  V.  are  landings  ;  !$  is  Eggleston’s  Point ;  4, 
Keuka  Landing;  6,  the  point  where  the  Grove 
Spring  Hotel  Is  situated;  fi,  the  I'rhana  wine- 
cellar;  7,  the  Crooked  Lake  wine  cellar;  8,  Gib¬ 
son's  Landing.  Penn  Van  Is  at  the  north  of  the 
East  Branch  of  the  lake;  Branchpoint  is  fit  Ihe 
head  of  the  West  branch,  ami  Hammondsport 
is  at  the  south  of  the  lake.  The  distances  have 
been  given  in  the  general  article. 

Note.— It  seems  that  the  first  effort  made  at 
anything  like  grape  growing  a  market  article, 
was  by  John  W.  I'kwntice  of  Poltney,  who  ob¬ 
tained  his  roots  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hostwjck, 
in  1803  or  ’It).  He  resided  some  two  miles  from 
the  lake,  and  produced  and  sold,  in  the  New 
York  market,  800  pounds  of  grapes  in  1886.  and 
subsequently  extended  his  vineyard  consider¬ 
ably,  but  foUUd  it  a  doubtful  enterprise  at  that 
distance  and  elevation  from  (lie  water;  and, 
therefore,  it  may  be  said  that  the  flrst  really 
successful  vineyard  planted  is  known  as  the 
I).  R.Waoknek  Vlnors  l!‘  Pultney,  near  the 
Jake,  and  near  twelve  miles  north  of  Hitm- 
mondsport,  by  a  German  Rhine  vinedresser 
named  Andrew  rtnissiNuicn,  in  1854,  and  which 
is  among  the  best  of  the  present  time.  It  was 
some  years  after  this  before  t  lm  idea  and  prac¬ 
tice  became  general.  It  may  bo  also  noted  that 
the  foregoing  sketch  uf  history  and  facts  was 
prepared  two  years  ago :  therefore,  the  area  of 
bearing  vinos  may  now  bo  safely  estimated  lit 
6,000  acres,  and  planted  surface  at  0,000  to  7.000 
acres,  and  With  increased  lacllitles  and  experi¬ 
ences.  (Successes  have  constantly  attended 
both  the  Improvement  and  production  of  the 
grape  and  the  vine  ;  while  ft  new  company,  with 
new  and  commodious  steamers,  have  supersed¬ 
ed  those  of  1870  in  (lie  navigation  of  the  lake, 
adding  largely  to  the  comfort  and  attraction  of 
a  voyage  over  Its  waters. 


SELECTION  OF  LAMBS  FOR  BREEDING. 


A  western  New  York  correspondent  of 
the  Chicago  Live  Stock  Journal,  says : — By 
keeping  only  the  best  ewe  lambs,  a  continual 
i  mprovement  in  the  style  and  quality  of  the 
flock  may  be  expected  ;  provided  always 
that  good  rams  are  used.  Therefore  all 
lambs  to  be  reserved  for  breeding  should,  if 
possible,  be  put,  at  the  time  of  separation 
from  the  ewes,  into  a  separate  pasture  from 
the  rest  of  the  flock,  putting  in  with  them  a 
tame,  dry  ewe  or  a  wether,  so  that  they  can 
be  taught  to  come  readily  at  the  call.  Many 
breeders  put  a  trough  into  the  pasture  where 
the  lambs  are  put.  for  weaning,  and  they  are 
fed  bran  or  oats  once  a  day,  until  winter. 
Such  men  always  have  sheep  that  shear 
heavy  fleeces,  and  they  do  not  lose,  any  lambs 
before  spring  from  anemia,  or  “  pale-disease.” 
But  if  the  lambs  are  put  into  clover  or  other 
pasture  that,  is  up  to  their  eyes,  they  do  very 
well  without  the  bran.  The  ewes  should  be 
put  into  rather  short  feed  for  a  lew  days  af¬ 
ter  the  lambs  are  taken  away,  until  the  flow 
of  milk  lias  ceased,  a.nd  they  have  become 
dry.  Then  let  them  bo  thoroughly  over¬ 
hauled  and  examined  ;  and  all  whose  teetli 
arc  getting  narrow  and  loose,  and  those  that 
do  not  produce  good  lambs  should  be  separa 
ted  from  the  rest  and  put  into  good  feed,  so 
that  they  can  be  fattened  for  t  he  butcher. 
Usually  there  arc  enough  yearling  and  two- 
year-old  ewes  that  have  never  had  lambs,  to 
take  the  place  in  the  flock  of  the  old  and  un¬ 
profitable  ewes,  bo  that  the  flock  can  be  kept 
up  to  the  required  number. 

If  the  selection  of  the  breeding  flock  is  left 
until  later  than  August,  the  hollow  places  of 
coarsely  built  sheep  become  so  filled  out  with 
wool,  that  it  is  much  more  difficult  to  throw 
out  those  that  are  not  perfect  in  shape,  and 
as  a  consequence  the  flock  of  lambs  is  apt  to 
be  somewhat  uneven.  Indeed,  some  prefer 
to  select  their  breeding  ewes  at  shearing 
time,  rather  than  later. 


cdjiekl  Ckop. 


LUCERNE  IN  ONEIDA  CO.,  N.  Y. 


Will  you  please  inform  me  how  you  think 
Lucerne  would  be  likely  to  grow  in  the  north 
era  part  of  Oneida  Co  ?  How  should  it  be 
sown  ?  Will  frost  kill  it  in  spring  or  fall  ? 
Also  any  other  information  about  the  crop 
necessary.  Is  it  a  good  soiling  crop  for  milch 
cows  i- — Isaac.'  Skklye. 

There  is,  we  think,  no  doubt  whatever  that 
it  will  grow  in  Oneida  Co,  It  is  our  recollec¬ 
tion  that  a  Herkimer  Co.  dairyman,  who  has 
tested  it  not  long  since,  recommended  it  in 
very  high  terms  as  a  profitable  crop— espe¬ 
cially  for  soiling  purposes.  It  is  perfectly 
hardy,  is  a  perennial,  and  will  produce  a  bet¬ 
ter  crop  the  third  year  after  seeding  than  the 
first  two.  It  can  be  cured  for  hay  like  clo¬ 
ver  ;  requires  cutting  before  it  has  made  too 
large  a  growth  when  it  is  to  be  cured  for  hay, 
and  will  yield  three  or  four  crops  in  a  season 
if  grown,  as  it  should  be,  on  clean,  dry,  rich, 
loamy  soils.  Some  sow  In  drills  and  cultivate 
it  to  keep  down  the  weeds.  Those  who  have 
not  clean  land  to  grow  it  upon,  find  this  im¬ 
portant,  It  is  sown  in  drills  2  to  2}-$  feet 
apart,  and  in  this  way  requires  from  eight  to 
ten  pounds  of  seed  per  acre.  Both  the  culti¬ 
vator  and  hoe  are  used  to  keep  out  the  weeds. 
But  good  crops  are  obtained  on  clean,  rich 
soils  by  1  irou.de.ost  seeding.  It  is  a  gross  feed¬ 
er  anil  gypsum  and  ashes  are  of  great  benefit 
to  it.  It  should  be  sown  as  early  iu  April  as 
convenient.  Not  much  of  a  crop  can  be  ex¬ 
pected  the  first  year.  It  is  sensitive  to  the 
presence  of  weeds,  and  if  they  tire  allowed  to 
gro  w  t  he  first  year  they  will  soon  run  it  out. 
We  shall  be  glad  to  publish  experience  with 
it  from  any  of  our  readers. 

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SOWING  PLASTER. 

Every  reader  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
who  has  ever  sowed  plaster  knows  that  it  iB 
hard,  as  well  as  disagreeable,  work.  Tlic 
dust  is  not  pleasant  to  inhale,  and  the  labor 
of  carrying  it  is  not  slight.  A  gentleman  of 
experience,  writing  to  the  Western  Fanner, 
says  : — The  best  method  of  sowing  plaster  is, 
undoubtedly,  a  machine  made  for  that  par¬ 
ticular  business,  as  it  is  heavy  to  carry  ^ml 
rather  dirty  to  handle.  Ln  the  absence"" of 
that,  one  I  have  practiced  considerable,  is  to 
put  your  ]  (last  er  in  a  wagon,  near  the  hind 
end  ;  then,  with  a  driver,  a  person  can  sow 
his  piaster  very  evenly,  and  comparatively 
with  ease.  Another  way  is  to  carry  it  in  a 
basket,  and  sow  by  stakes,  similar  to  sowing 
broadcast. 


THIN  SEEDING. 


A  Dodge  Co.,  Wis.,  correspondent  of  the 
Western  Farmer  says; — “From  my  expe¬ 
rience  last  year,  I  shall  sow  much  less  seed 
of  wheat,  oats  and  barley  than  is  customary 
— say  l1,  bush,  wheat,  oats,  (Norway  and 
White  Sclionen,)  l1.,  hurley  (Saxbnia  and 
Chevalier).  I  am  satisfied  that  the  above 
amounts,  sown  early  and  well  worked  in, 
are  abundant.  Early  sowing  requires  less 
seed  than  late,  and  a  well  prepared,  level 
seed  bed  requires  less  than  a  rough,  cloddy, 
uneven  one.  I  sow  only  on  fall  plowing.” 

- +■*■+— - 

FIELD  NOTES. 


Grass  Seeds  for  Small  Laien. — An  English 
journal  recommends  the  following  “  For 
so  small  a  lawn  we  should  procure  three 
pounds  of  the  finest  lawn  grass  seeds,  and 
add  half  a  pound  of  Suckling  Clover  ( Trifo - 
Hum  minus).  If  you  prefer  the  grasses  sep¬ 
arate,  you  may  get  one  pound  Cynosurus 
rr  I  status,  one-lialf  pound  Fest ttca  duriuscula, 
one-half  pound  Fes  Inc  a  tenuifolia,  o  life-half 
pound  Poa  nemoralis,  and  one-half  pound 
Pna  nem oralis  sempcrvtrens,  sowing  them 
evenly,  and  at  the  same  time  some  one-half 
pound  of  Trifolium  min  us.” 

Odessa  Wheal. — A  Minnesota  farmer  says 
that  in  his  neighborhood  nine-tenths  of  the 
farmers  will  sow  over  half  Odessa  wheat 
this  spring,  and  many  will  sow  no  other  va¬ 
riety.  It  is  about  ten  days  later  than  the 
Fife,  and  does  not  do  as  well  on  new  ground 
as  it  does  on  old.  It  is  claimed  that  it  yields 
from  three  to  live  bushels  more  per  acre  than 
the  Fife,  and  weighs  two  to  three  pounds 
per  bushel  measure  more. 

Alfalfa  in  California  seems  likely  to  win 
its  way  iuto  great  favor.  Six  acres  were 
sown  April  20,  ’73,  on  red  soil,  were  Irrigated 
three  or  four  times  during  the  season,  yielded 
two  good  crops  of  hay  ami  plenty  of  pastur¬ 
age  beside.  This  spring  it  has  been  pastured 
with  five  horses  and  a  lot  of  hogs,  and  March 
26  was  fifteen  inches  high,  and,  notwith¬ 


standing  the  pasturage,  would  yield  two 
tons  to  the  acre. 

Amber  Sugar  Cane  (which  we  suppose 
means  sorghum)  is  highly  commended  by  a 
Minnesota  farmer,  who  planted  one  pound  of 
seed  May  15,  ’72,  on  about  a  half  acre  of  land 
and  got  96  gallons  of  sirup,  the  crop  getting 
but  one  hoeing  and  the  seed  was  ripe  Sep¬ 
tember  8.  Says  it  is  the  best  cane  seen  in 
Minnesota  yet. 

Cooley's  Corn  in  Mississippi,  according  to 
a  planter,  planted  the  11th  to  15th  of  March, 
1872,  furnished  roasting  ears  may  27,  and  cal’s 
fit  for  grinding  before  July  1.  Ears  of  good 
size,  handsome;  kernels  full  and  white,  few 
stalks  producing  less  than  two  good  ears. 

Potatoes  in  Hills  or  Drills. — A  corres¬ 
pondent  asks  for  the  experience  of  farmers 
whether  pot  atoes  should  be  planted  in  hills 
or  drills,  and  how  far  apart  in  either  case. 

“  Do  Potatoes  exhaust  soil  more  than  oats, 
barley  or  any  other  common  crop”  asks  E. 
H.  D.  We  think  not. 


rtf  arm  Cihonomw. 


SAWDUST  FOR  STABLES. 


A .  OOHREsrONDENT  of  the  London  Field 
says  T  litter  the  horses  on  it  to  a  depth  of 
nine  inches,  raking  oil  the  damp  and  soiled 
surface  every  morning,  and  spreading  evenly 
a  little  fresh,  removing  the  whole  four  or  five 
times  a  year.  Its  advantages  appear  to  be 
many,  of  which  T  will  state  a  few  which  give 
it,  in  my  estimation,  its  greatest  superiority 
over  straw.  It  is  much  cleaner,  and  more 
easily  arranged  ;  and,  of  course,  much  cheap¬ 
er  at  first  cost,  making,  in  the  end,  excellent 
manure.  It  is  peculiarly  beneficial  to  the 
feet,  affording  them  a  cool,  porous  stuffing, 
a  substitute  for  the  soil  of  earth  we  always 
find  in  the  hoofs  of  a  horse  at  grass,  and  pre¬ 
sents  the  nearest  resemblance  to  a  horse’s 
natural  footing — the  earth.  We  never  had 
a  diseased  foot  since  the  introduction  of  saw¬ 
dust  in  the  stable,  now  some  years  since. 
Horses  bedded  on  sawdust  arc  freer  from 
dust  and  stain-  than  when  in  ordinary  litter; 
simply  because  sawdust  is  a  bet  ter  absorbent, 
perhaps,  and  testify  their  approval  of  it  by 
frequently  lying  down  for  hours  in  the  day. 
It  has  also  the  recommendation  of  being  un¬ 
eatable — an  advantage  which  all  in  charge  of 
hoi’ses  with  the  habit  of  eating  their  litter 
will  admit. 

- - 

LIME  AND  SALT. 

Prof.  Johnson  recommends  for  fertilizing 
purposes  to  mix  one  bushel  of  salt  and  two 
bushels  of  dry  lime  under  cover,  and  allow 
the  mixture  to  decompose  gradually,  thus 
forming  chemical  union.  For  this  purpose 
the  mixture  should  lie  made  six  weeks  before 
use,  or  still  better,  t  wo  or  three  months,  the 
heap  being  turned  over  occasionally.  This 
salt  and  lime  mixture,  when  applied  at  the 
rate  of  twenty  or  thirty  bushels  per  acre, 
forms  an  excellent  top-dressing  for  many 
crops,  it  acts  powerfully  on  the  vegetable 
matter  of  soils  ;  fifty-six  bushels  applied  to 
turnips  have  produced  ns  large  u  crop  as 
barnyard  manure.  It  is  destructive  to  grubs 
and  insects  in  the  soil.  Like  salt  it  attracts 
moisture  from  the  air,  and  is  useful  against 
drouth.  Its  decomposing  power  is  remark¬ 
able,  and  if  three  or  four  bushels  of  it  are 
mixed  with  a  load  of  muck,  the  latter  will  be 
thus  thoroughly  powdered. 

- - 

WHEAT  SHORTS  AS  A  FERTILIZER. 


The  Boston  Cultivator  says  : — At  a  late 
Farmers’  Convention  in  Franklin  Co.,  J.  M. 
Crafts  exhibited  a  fine  head  of  tobacco, 
grown  by  Alonzo  Crafts  of  Whately.  The 
only  fertilizers  used  were  three  tons  of  wheat 
shorts  to  t  he  acre,  costing  $25  per  ton,  with 
the  addition  of  150  lbs.  of  Russell  Coe’s  phos¬ 
phate  to  the  acre,  applied  to  the  row.  The 
tobacco  was  very  fine  and  silky.  On  one 
acre,  CRAFTS  grew  1,898  lbs.  of  wrappers— a 
little  more  than  ft  ton  to  the  acre,  of  both 
wrappers  and  fillers.  The  application  of  In¬ 
dian  meal,  as  an  experiment  ,  was  a  failure  ; 
but  the  tobacco  grown  with  wheat  shorts  was 
equal,  in  every  respect,  to  that  grown  where 
horse-manure  was  applied.  The  land  on 
which  it  was  grown  was  light  pine  plain,  and 
had  not  been  recently  manured.  In  fact,  it 
would  not  grow  over  ton  bushels  of  corn  to 
the  acre. 

- - 

Piaster  on  Beech  and  Maple  Lands  rich  in 
vegetable  mold  is,  in  the  opinion  of  t  he  Farm¬ 
ers’  Club  of  Fairfield,  Mich.,  of  little  or  no 
benefit,  but  on  oak  openings,  either  clay  or 
sand,  it  is  decidedly  beneficial. 


BREEDING  TO  SEX. 


L.  Wright,  in  liis  Illustrated  Book  of  Poul¬ 
try,  has  the  following  on  this  subject ;— We 
have  hinted  that  the  poultry-breeder  has 
some  cont  rol  over  the  sexes  of  his  produce, 
and  wo  may  repeat  here  more  definitely  that 
the  following  have  long  been  verified  by  gen¬ 
eral  experience  as  ordinary  rules,  though 
numerous  exceptions  occur : 

1,  If  a  vigorous  Cockerel  be  mated  with  not 
more  than  three  adult  hens,  the  cocks  almost 
always  largely  predominate  in  at  least  the 
early  broods ;  later  this  becomes  uncertain. 
2.  If  an  adult  cock  be  mated  with  not  more 
than  three  ptdlefi,  the  result  is  very  uncer¬ 
tain,  the  one  sex  being  as  likely  to  occur  as 
the  other,  but  usually  there  is  a  decided  pre¬ 
dominance  on  one  side  rather  than  equality. 
8.  If  an  adult  cock  lie  mated  wit  ii  five  or 
more  pullets,  the  pullets  are  gene  ily  in  ex¬ 
cess  ;  and  what  cockerels  there  are  will  be 
most  numerous  in  the  earlier  eggs,  h  Young 
birds  or  adult  birds  mated  together  .ire  very 
uncertain  ;  but  the  fewer  hens  and  Lhe  more 
vigorous  the  stock,  the  greater  is  the  jiropor- 
tion  of  cockerels,  which  are  always  more 
numerous  in  the  earlier  eggs  of  a  season  than 
the  later.  It  is  also  a  curious  fact  that  chick¬ 
ens  hatched  late  in  t  he  season  are  often  per¬ 
ceptibly  more  short  legged  than  the  earlier 
birds  ;  we  have  often  marked  tins  in  our  own 
yard,  and  it  lias  also  been  observed  by  oth¬ 
ers.  From  these  facts,  while  nothing  like 
certainty  can  be  obtained,  it  is  manifest  that 
the  breeder  possesses  considerable  power  in 
obtaining  such  results  as  are  desired. 

- - 

DIFFERENCE  IN  HATCHING. 


In  regard  to  the  question  asked  by  W.  E. 
M.,  in  No.  1211  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker, 
page  387,  about  difference  in  hatching,  I  shall 
give  my  view,  though  it  is  founded  merely 
upon  observat  ion,  not  upon  knowledge  gained 
by  a  close  study  of  natural  science. 

Hens’  eggs,  kept. constantly  in  the  blood-heat 
Of  liens,  about  110°,  will  hatch  in  the  shortest 
possible  time,  from  19  to  20 days.  If  the  hen, 
however,  as  she  always  will  more  or  less, 
leaves  the  nest  Very  often  and  allows  the  eggs 
to  get  cold,  but  not  enough  to  kill  the  life  in 
them,  the  growth  of  the  chicks  is  disturbed 
and  somewhat  checked,  so  it  will  take  them 
from  23  to  24  days  to  get  their  lull  develop¬ 
ment.  This,  too,  accounts  for  it,  that  eggs  in 
the  hot  summer  months  are  generally  hatched 
in  less  time  than  in  ©ally  spring.  Without 
denying  that  some  other  circumstances,  as, 
for  instance,  the  keeping  of  the  eggs  for  a 
longer  or  shorter  period  after  their  being  laid 
and  in  what  temperature  etc.,  may  vary  the 
time  of  then’  development.  I  think,  the  fact 
that  eggs  in  the  same  nest,  if  put  under  t  he 
hen  altogether  at  once,  always  hatch  at  about 
the  same  time,  with  but  little  difference, 
speaks  strongly  in  favor  of  my  above  theory. 

Let  any  one  who  has  a  better,  more  thor¬ 
ough  or  more  scientific  explanation  to  give, 
do  so  through  the  columns  of  the  Rural.  In 
particular,  1  should  be  glad  to  read  the  ex¬ 
perience  of  some  one  about  it,  that  use  arti¬ 
ficial  means — incubator  or  hot-room— for 
hatching  eggs.  t.  w. 

■ - - - 

POINTS  FOR  SHOW  ANTWERP  PIGEONS. 


The  Birmingham,  Eng.,  Columbarian  Soci¬ 
ety  define  the  following  points  in  show 
pigeons  of  this  breed.  It  will  interest  some 
of  our  pigeon  fanciers  : 

“  Head  intelligent  and  dignified  ;  it  is  rather 
oval  from  the.  root  of  the  Leak,  to  the  back 
of  the  head  and  well  arched,  forming  also  an 
arch  across  the  eyes,  thus  having  rio  indenta¬ 
tions  whatever.  The  skull,  though  oval,  is 
broad  and  rather  prominent  from  the  eye  to 
the  root  of  the  beak,  which  causes  the  oval- 
shaped  head.  The  beak  short  and  thick, 
with  proportionately  warted  nostrils,  slightly 
rising  close  to  the  head  ;  the  under  mandible 
of  the  beak,  with  the  exception  of  the  wart 
should  be  similar  in  formation  to  the  top 
mandible,  possessing  a  small  portion  of  horny 
substance,  as  the  feathered  skin  extends 
within  an  eighth  of  an  inch  of  the  end  of  the 
mandible,  which  appears  quite  as  thick  as 
the  top  of  the  warted  mandible.  The  eye  of 
the  bird  expresses  dignity  ami  great  resolu¬ 
tion.  It  is  of  a  bright  red  color,  with  a  large 
black  pupil,  and  it  should  be  encircled  with 
a  fair  portion  of  lash,  rising  on  the  upper 
part,  so  as  to  equal  the  higlit  of  the  center  of 
the  arched  head,  causing  the  eye  to  be  very 
prominent  and  conspicuous,  In  carriage 
this  bird  equals  any  of  the  other  varieties. 
It  stands  high,  is  wedge-shaped,  and  quite 
clear  of  any  superfluous  feather*  near  the 
legs.  It  has  a  most  graceful  neck,  moderately 
arched  below  the  head,  and  possesses  a  very 
broad  chest,  enveloped  by  the  powerful  butts 
of  its  wings,  which  have  strong,  broad,  and 
long  flights,  the  longest  of  which  reach  to 
the  end  of  llie  tail.  Colors,  preferred,  Silver 
Dun,  Blue,  and  Blue  Chequered,  and  Red 
Chequered.” 


from  some  other  source — perhaps  electricity. 
That  some  plants  have  the  principle  which 
will  coagulate  milk  has  long  been  known  ; 
but  we  have  no  record  of  any  extended  ex¬ 
periments  as  to  their  application  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  cheese  making. 

LlNiVAKUs  says  the  coagulated  milk  of  the 
Laplanders  is  prepared  by  passing  it,  warm 
and  fresh  from  the  cow,  over  a  strainer  in 
which  fresh  leaves  of  the  Pinguicula  vul- 


it  stated  that  Mr.  Isaac  Richards,  at  a  late 
meeting  of  tlie  Randolph,  Vt.,  Farmers’ 
Club,  said  : 

Mr.  Morgan  came  to  this  town  on  a  visit 
riding  an  English  mare,  smoothly  and  hand¬ 
somely  built,  and  a  good  trotter.  In  a  pas¬ 
ture  adjoining  the  one  into  which  ho  turned 
this  mare,  was  u  French  stallion,  of  no  partic¬ 
ular  repute.  During  his  stay,  the  mare  and 
steed  got  together,  and  the  mare  proved  in 
foal  to  the  great  sorrow  of  Mr.  Morgan.  This 
was  in  the  days  when  money  was  scarce  and 
stock  was  used  as  a  circulating  medium. 
Young  Morgan  was  appraised  at  $10  the  fall 
after  lie.  was  foaled,  and  was  taken  at  this 
price  by  Mr.  Juslin  F,  Morgan,  in  payment 
of  a  debt  due  him  from  bis  father,  the  elder 
Mr.  Morgan.  At  the  usual  age  he  was  east 
for  castration,  having  up  to  this  attracted 
very  little  attention.  Home  one  standing  by 
thought,  however,  that,  he  saw  in  the  colt 
many  good  points,  and  finally  indue*'  !  the 
owner  i.d  let  him  up  mid  keep  him  for  lock. 
This  was  the  father  ol’  Vermont  Morgans; 
by  mere  chance,  us  it  were,  saved  to  bless 
the  human  nice.  As  nil  know,  his  fame 
increased  with  age,  until  at  the  age  of  thirty 
or  thereabout',  he  came  to  hi  death  by  being 
kicked  by  another  horse. 


Amman 


RENNET -ITS  OPERATION  IN  CHEESE 
MAKING. 


HARNESS  AND  HORSES 


A  writer,  over  the  signature  “Agricola,” 
gives  the  following  advice  about  fitting  har¬ 
ness  to  horses,  and  the  treatment  of  the  team 
at  the  beginning  of  spring  work  : 


We  have  a  number  of  theories  concerning 
the  nature  of  rennet,  and  the  peculiar  prin¬ 
ciple  on  which  its  virtue  In  cheese  making 
depends  ;  but  it  is  a  question  whether  any  of 
the  theories  are  strictly  correct.  Indeed, 
there  is  so  much  difficulty  involved  in  the  iu- 
vestigatiou  of  this  subject,  that  we  am  not 
likely  to  have  all  queries  satisfactorily  an¬ 
swered  for  some  time  to  come.  The  cheese 
maker  has  learned  a  few  things  of  much 
practical  utility  concerning  the  etTeet  of  ren¬ 
net  in  cheese  making  ;  but  it  is  evident  his 
knowledge  is  far  too  limited,  and  that  were 
he  better  acquainted  with  its  true  nature,  it 
would  subserve  an  important  purpose  in  pro¬ 
moting  improvement  in  his  art.  We  now 
know  that  to  make  good  cheese,  the  quantity 
of  rennet— of  a  given  strength — must  vary 
according  to  the  quality  of  the  milk.  Thus, 
for  instance,  when  milk  is  thin  and  impover¬ 
ished,  more  rennet  should  be  used  than  when 
the  milk  is  rich  ;  because,  in  rich  milk  the 
buttery  particles  induce  a  more  rapid  action 
of  the  rennet.  When  too  small  a  quantity  of 
rennet  is  used,  the  curing  process  goes  on 
slowly,  and  the  cheese  is  liable  to  be  hard, 
crumbly  and  sour,  and,  perhaps,  will  begin 
to  leak  whey  when  two  or  three  weeks  old. 
On  the  other  hand,  if  too  much  rennet  is  used, 
the  cheese  cures  too  rapidly,  and  the  texture 
will  be  tender,  soft  and  salvy.  Such  cheese 
is  ripe  early,  and  must  be  consumed  soon,  or 
it  will  depreciate  in  tlavor,  and  is  liable  to  be 
lost  from  too  rapid  decomposition.  It  will 
be  seen  from  this,  that  discretion  and  judg¬ 
ment  must  be.  used  by  the  cheese  maker  in 
the  employment  of  rennet,  according  to  the 
quality  of  the  milk  he  has  to  manufacture. 
To  what  extent  cheese  may  be  improved,  by 
the  use  of  the  exaet  proportion  of  rennet  re¬ 
quired,  is  not  generally  understood  ;  but  our 
best  cheese  makers  have  learned  the  fact 
that  an  improper  use  of  rennet  causes  the 
cheese  to  turn  out  a  very  inferior  product. 

Every  one  knows,  says  Herr  Martino, 
in  a  recent  number  of  the  Milch  Zeitung, 
that  rennet  is  an  essential  in  the  prepara¬ 
tion  of  cheese  from  sweet  milk.  But  its  mode 
of  action  is  one  of  the  observant  points  in 
daily  work.  We  use  it  empirically,  with  a 
sort  of  blind  reliance  on  its  unknown  agency, 
and  always  with  a  degree  of  uncertainty  as 
to  the  precise  result?  obtainable  in  each  indi¬ 
vidual  operation.  A  near  acquaintance  with 
it  might  put  us  in  a  position  to  employ  it  ra¬ 
tionally,  instead  of  empirically.  Almost  all 
we  know  concerning  rennet,  as  yet,  is  that 
its  efficiency  depends  upon  a  peculiar  active 
power,  which  is  destroyed  at  a  temperature 
of  about  50'  C.  (123°  Enin4.),  is  most  energetic 
at  blood  heat,  and  gradually  lessens  as  the 
temperature  declines  from  that  point. 

We  have  yet  to  inquire  1.  Does  this  active 
power  belong  to  a  certain  peculiar  principle, 
or  does  it  proceed  from  organisms  living  in 
the  rennet  ? 

2.  What  would  be  the  chemical  and  phys¬ 
ical  properties  of  such  a  principle  ? 

Of  what  kind  are  the  organisms  referred 
to  ?  Are  they  animal  or  vegetable  strue- 
tures  !  Whence  are  they  derived,  of  what 
are  they  composed,  and  what  becomes  of 
them  ? 

4.  In  either  ease,  how  is  the  action  of  the 
renuet  to  be  explained  ! 

e.  How  should  the  preparation  of  the  ren¬ 
net  be  conducted  l 

0,  IIu  w  can  the  goodness— i.  e.,  the  activity 
and  freshness— of  rennet  be  estimated  com¬ 
paratively  in  the  same  way  as  the  degree  of 
sweetness  or  of  acidity  in  a  given  solution  ? 

i.  V\  hat  influence  does  the  addition  of  a 
greater  or  less  amount  of  rennet  to  milk,  ut. 
different  temperatures,  and  of  various  de¬ 
grees  of  futuess,  exercise  on  the  quality  of 


WESTCOTT’S  RETI 

yiirin,  or  Gouk’s  hose — a  plant  belonging  to 
the  family  of  Butternuts — has  been  laid.  The 
milk,  after  passing  among  them,  is  left  fora 
day  or  two  to  stand,  until  it  becomes  sour. 
It  throws  up  no  cream,  blit  becomes  compact 
and  tenacious,  and  most  delicious  in  taste. 
It  is  not  necessary  that  fresh  leaves  should 
l>e  used,  and  even  a  small  portion  of  the 
solid  milk  will  act  upon  that  which  is  fresh, 
after  the  manner  of  yeast. 

It  will  be  seen,  from  what  we  have  said, 
that  tho  subject  of  rennet,  in  its  relation  to 
the  coagulation  of  milk  and  cheese  making, 
offers  a  wide  lield  for  experiment  and  inves¬ 
tigation,  and  we  hope  the  att  ention  of  cheese 
manufacturers  will  be  directed  to  this  mat¬ 
ter,  and  that  something  useful  may  grow  out 
of  their  investigat  ions. 


IT  HE  COMING  HIVE 


It  is  not  infrequent  that  v/e  receive  inquir¬ 
ies  for  “  the  best  hive.”  li  anyone  were  to 
ask  us  to  name  the  wise  it  man  living,  we 
could  just  about  as  confidently  answer.  Tlav 
ing  these  inquiries  in  mind,  we  were  inter¬ 
ested  in  the  following  from  a  correspondent 
of  tho  American  Bee  Journal,  which  it  is 
possible  will  furnish  the  reader-. Inf  the  Rural 
New  Yorker  some  hints  in  making  a  se¬ 
lection  ; 

Every  hive,  patented  or  not  patented,  re 
eeives  from  the  owner  thereof  his  unqualified 
assertion,  enforced  by  vigorous  language, 
that  it  is  the  very  best  hive  in  existence,  and 
his  theory  of  management  perfection  itself. 
Any  person  having  the  temerity  to  contra¬ 
dict  these  assertions,  engenders  irritation 
Which  through  the  mighty  pen  su passes  in 
virulence  the  venom  of  the  most  aggravated 
bee  sting. 

Now  from  the  many  theories  so  positively 
advanced,  perhaps  the  coining  hive  can  be 
roughly  outlined  by  the  help  of  the  shadow 
it-  easts  before  It. 

Firxtly.  We  must  have  a  large  hive,  to  be 
worked  as  a  swarmer  or  a  non -s warmer,  and 
arranged  for  obtaining-  the  greatest  yield  of 
honey,  either  box  or  extracted,  or  both,  as 
the  apiarian  desires. 

Secondly.  The  frames  will  be.  worked  one 
story, — long,  shallow  frames  in  a  long  hive 
!  with  entrances  either  parallel  or  horizontal 
to  the  combs,  as  desired  for  different  por¬ 
tions  of  the  honey  season,  The  f  rames  must 
admit  of  easy  removal,  either  singly  or  in  a 
body,  and  also  admit  of  the  use  of  the  division 
board. 

Thirdly.  Our  bees  in  northern  latitudes 
must  be  wintered  in  a  special  frost-proof, 
house,  because  it  is  more  economical  and  safe. 
The  coming  hive  is  too  large  and  cumber¬ 
some  and  occupies  more  room  in  the  bee- 
house  than  necessary.  The  hive,  therefore, 
must  be  left  upon  the  summer  stand,  while 
the  frames  must  be  so  constructed  that  the 
portion  containing  the  brood  nest  can  be 
easily  removed  and  placed  safely  in  the  bee- 
house. 

Fourthly.  Shall  we  winter  our  bees  on 
sugar  syrup  i  If  so,  in  order  to  save  time 
and  labor,  we  must  have  a  special  feeder  for 
each  hive.  It  need  not  necessarily  be  a 
“  tea-kettle”  or  a  patent  feeder,  but  simply  a 
tin  milk  pan  (see  Novice’s  Gleanings  for 
February),  set  either  over  or  under  the  brood 
nest. 

Now,  to  obtain  such  a  hive  is  at  present 
impossible,  though  every  patent  hive  man 
will  tell  you  he  has  it,  while  but  very  few 
have  anything  that  approaches  it.  A  close 
fitting  frame  hive  accomplishes  the  thing 
nearer  than  any  other  style.  But  in  saying 
this,  we  arouse  the  ire  of  our  loose  frame 
friends.  Now  cannot  a  compromise  be  made 
between  the  two  factions  of  our  brotherhood, 
and  a  plan  adopted  that  will  enable  us  to 
work  both  loose  and  close  fitting  frames  in 
the  same  hive  ?  We  could  then  secure  all  of 
the  advantages  of  both. 

Now,  I  have  no  axes  to  grind  in  this  mat¬ 
ter,  but  as  a  candid  looker-on,  give  my  views 
of  wliat  I  would  like  in  a  hive.  But  if  I  were 
to  work  my  apiary  for  box  honey,  give  me 
the  close-fitting  frame  ;  for  extracted,  the 
loose  frame. 


WETSCOTT’S  RETURN  BUTTER  PAIL 


Among  the  things  essential  to  success  in 
dairying,  not  only  should  the  utmost  care  be 
exercised  in  producing  good  butter,  but  it 
should  be.  scut  to  market  in  packages  that 
will  meetthe  approval  of  consumers.  Thous¬ 
ands  of  dollars  aro  annually  lost  by  dairy¬ 
men  in  the  use  of  poor  and  Imperfect  pack¬ 
ages,  which  invariably  condemn  their  con¬ 
tents,  and  entuil  loss  upon  the  shipper.  As 
a  remedy  for  this  evil  we  commend  the 
Westcott  Return  Pate,  manufactured  by 
Silsby  Bros.,  Belmont,  N.  Y.,  which  has 
stood  the  test  for  five  years,  and  maintained 
its  reputation  of  being  one  of,  if  not  the  bust 
package  in  the  market.  While  a  *■  Return1’ 
package  involves  a  larger  instrument  at  the 
outset  than  the  ordinary  firkin  or  tub,  yet  it 
is  most  profitable,  in  the  long  run,  the  in¬ 
creased  prices  realized  for  its  contents  offset- 
ting  the  cost  of  the  pail  the  first  time  it  is 
filled,  beside  xmtng  the  package.  Whore  fir¬ 
kins  and  tubs  are  given  away,  new  ones  must 
be  purchased  at  every  shipment.  Dairymen 
or  shippers  using  the  Return  Pail  can  also 
take  advantage  of  every  sudden  rise  in  the 
market,  being  always  in  possession  of  pack¬ 
ages.  It  should  be  borne  in  m I  ad,  however, 
by  all  shippers,  that  only  choice  “gilt  edged” 
butter  should  be  packed  in  pails.  The  pail 
butter  has  won  its  reputation  from  its  uni¬ 
form  excellence,  and  every  effort  should  be 
made  to  maintain  it,  and  not  from  thought 
of  present  gain,  put  poor  butter  in  choice 
packages,  and  thereby  forfeit  the  confidence 
of  the  trade.  Silsby  Bros,  also  manufac¬ 
ture,  extensively,  25-pound  butter  pails,  fir¬ 
kins  and  half -firidn  tubs,  which  may  be  found 
on  sale  by  all  reliable  dealers  throughout  the 
dairy  region. 


ORIGIN  OF  THE  JUSTIN  MORGAN 
HORSE. 


Not  long  since  a  correspondent  of  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  (see  page  171  current 
volume)  asked  us  to  state  whether  the  Justin 
Morgan  horse  was  imported.  We  gave  such 
facts  as  were  in  our  possession.  We  now  see 


WRIGGLERS  FOR  YOUNG  TROUT 


IRRIGATION  IN  MONTANA 


Fred  Mather,  in  American  Farm  Journal 
says  : — “  I  have  been  experimenting  for  the 
past  three  years  to  find  live  food,  such  as  the 
trout  thrive  on  in  a  state  of  nature,  for  cer¬ 
tainly  such  food  would  not  only  be  sure  to  be 
acceptable  and  agree  with  them,  but  by  re 
malning  alive  would  he  fed  more  gradually 
and — greatest  merit  of  all — would  not  foul 
the  water.  1  tried  to  gather  the  little  fresh 
water  shrimp,  {gainmnrus)  with  which  my 
spring  abounds,  but  found  it  impossible  to 
get  them  in  sullieient  quantities. 

“The  next,  move  was  to  breed  this  crus¬ 
tacean,  which  proved  a  failure.  Several 
aquatic  insects  were  tried  next  with  like  re 
suits,  until  the  ease  seemed  almost  hopeless ; 
several  insects  were  found  that  could  be  bred, 
but  not  in  quantity,  that  was  the  great  stick 
ing  point.  There  was  a  vague  kind  of  a  belief 
that  it  could  be  done  if  proper  pains  were 
taken,  but  it  was  like  groping  in  the.  dark 
and  straining  the  eye  for  a  gleam  of  light; 
at  last  it  came,  not  a  gleam  as  expected,  but 
a  flash,  and  to  look  at  it  now  it  seems  so  ab¬ 
surd  that  this  was  not.  the  first  thing  to  he 
thought  of,  but  there  is  t  hi>  consolation,  there 
were  at  least  a  half  dozen  trout  growers  all 
looking  for  the  same  thing,  and  ont •  had  writ¬ 
ten  to  1'rof.  <  ’ll  AH.  V.  Riley,  the  well  known 
State  Entomologist  of  Missouri,  asking  for  in¬ 
formation  on  insect  breeding. 

"And  this  is  the  way  it  came  about.  It 
was  not  discovered  by  patient  work  and  sci 
entiiio  investigation, ‘but  just  -tumbled  into 
by  blunderhead  luck.  We  had  some  barrels 
of  rain  water  at  the  barn,  and  when  wanted 
for  laundr  y  use  It  was  found  to  bn  very  dirty 
ami  required  straining;  it.  was  fairly  alive 
with  wif/glent,  the  larvm  of  the  moaouiCO. 

“None  of  Alchemists  of  old  could  have 
watched  las  crucible  with  more  interest 
while  expecting  to  see  Iris  baser  metal  change 
to  gold,  than  those  insignificant  wrigglers 
were  watched  until  they  drifted  down  to 
where  the  young  trout  were  and  such  a 
commotion  as  they  made.  They  attracted 
no  attention  while' they  remained  quiet,,  hut 
as  soon  as  one  stirred  he  was  gone.  Thorc 
trout  that  had  never  seen  one  before,  knew 
them  by  instinct  and  they  ate  until  their 
bodies  seemed  puffed  out.  enormously,  and  1 
feared  that  they  would  die  from  over  in¬ 
dulgence,  but  not  one  was  lost. 

"Probably  two  barrels  to  each  thousand 
fish  will  tie  sufficient  until  they  are  four  or 
live  months  old,  and  t  he  larvae  can  be  fed  at 
aiiy  size  desired.  They  can  be  gathered  wit  h 
less  labor  titan  the  same  amount  of  food  can 
lie  chopped  fine  enough  from  liver  or  heart, 
ft  w  ar.  late  in  the  season  last  year  when  this 
thing  was  stumbled  on,  und  consequently  it 
was  not  tried  in  the  troughs,  but  that  is  the 
place  whore  live  fond  is  most  desirable,  and 
as  soon  as  the  first  “gkocter  ”  makes  its  ap¬ 
pearance  this  spring  the  barrels  will  tie  set 
out.” 


In  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  March  7th, 

I  notice  a  request  from  C.  M,  D.,  Warsaw,  N. 
Y.,  for  information  about  irrigat  ing  plowed 
lands.  As  I  have  had  several  years  exper¬ 
ience  iu  farming  hi  Montana,  where  we  have 
to  irrigate  all  our  crops,  I  perhaps  can  give 
him  and  others  a  few  hints  that  may  be  of 
use  and  interest.  As  we  have  no  summer 
rains,  we  depend  entirely  upon  irrigation  to 
supply  the  necessary  moisture  to  the  soil  of 
the  growing  crops. 

The  soil  is  usually  moist  enough  in  spring, 
from  melted  snows  and  one  or  two  spring 
rains,  to  bring  up  the  grain  and  enable  it  to 
attain  a  bight  of  four  to  eight  inches  without 
extra  water.  Our  main  or  load  ditches  arej 
made  permanent,  bringing  the  water  from 
creek  or  river  to  the  highest  part  of  the  field 
or  farm.  After  the  grain  is  sown  and  before 
it  comes  up  (as  at  that  time  less  grain  is  de¬ 
stroyed  by  plowing  through  it),  shallow  fur¬ 
row's  are  run  from  the  load  ditches,  through 
the  field,  parallel,  if  the  “lay”  of  the  land 
will  allow  ;  if  not,  then  following  the  highest 
ground,  with  others  along  the  sides  of  the 
ridges  ;  and  if  there  are  hollows  with  but! 
lit  tle  fall,  a  deep  furrow  or  two  should  be  run 
in  the  bottom  of  thorn  to  carry  oil  the  waste 
water,  or  the  grain  there  will  be  drowned 
out. 

The  lands  here  have  a  uniform  and  gentle 
slope  from  the  foothills  to  the  creeks  or  river, 
making  it  much  easier  to  distribute  the 
water  to  the  different  parts  of  the  fa  rm,  than 
where  the  land  is  undulating,  with  many 
ridges  upon  which  the  water  must,  be  carried 
by  various  and  crooked  lead  ditches. 

The  furrows  should  bo  from  five  to  fifteen 
paces  apart,  depending  upon  the  soil  and  lay 
of  the  land.  If  the  soil  is  porous  or  is  newly 
turned  sod,  the  grain  may  lie  irrigated  by 
‘‘supago,”  which  is  preferable  to  flooding 
when  the  grain  is  small,  as  it,  does  not  cause 
the  surface  to  bake  in  u  lint  sun. 

It  should  bo  commenced  before  the  ground 
gets  very  dry,  as  it  then  SUpes  much  better 
and  quicker,  1  have  known  the  ground  to 
saturate  for  forty  feet  each  side  in  a  day  and 
night,  and  again  the  water  might  mu  a 
month  and  not  supe  three  foot  in  some  soils 
which  had  got  very  dry. 

Just  enough  water  is  turned  into  each  fur¬ 
row  to  run  through,  and  no  more,  as  t  he  extra 
is  but  wasted.  Regulate  the  quantity  by  a 
sod  at  t  tie  head  of  the  furrow  ;  boxes  or  gates 
are  unnecessary.  The  supago  will  show  in 
foot  tracks  &c.,  more  plainly  iu  the  morning, 
before  the  sun  dries  up  the  surface.  The 
water  may  be  allowed  to  run  in  a  half-dozen 
or  fifty  furrows  at  once,  according  to  the 
needs  and  the  amount  of  water  available. 

if  the  land  has  much  fall,  the  furrows  must 
not  run  the  steepest  way,  but  iu  an  oblique 
direction,  ms  swift  running  water  will  snipe 
but  little,  besides  washing  out  the  furrows 
into  gullies.  The  shallower  the  furrows  and 
the  slower  the  current,  the  belter. 

In  irrigating  corn,  potatoes,  &c.,  the  water 
may  be  allowed  to  run  in  every  other  row, 
when  it  will  take  but  a  short  time  to  wet  the 
roots  and  can  then  be  turned  off.  Potatoes 
should  nut  be  kept  too  wet  after  they  have 
bloomed,  as  it  ret  ards  ripening  and  is  liable  to 
make  them  watery. 

Peas  may  be  kept  growing  and  bearing 
until  frost,  by  keeping  them  tvet..  This  is 
often  done  to  delay  their  harvesting  until 
ot  her  grain  is  taken  care  of. 

But  the  greater  part  of  the  irrigating  of 
grain  is  by  flooding  ;  but  the  grain  should  be 
six  or  eight  inches  high,  so  as  to  partially 
shade  the  ground  and  prevent  its  baking. 


TO  GET  GOOD  WELL  WATER 


ladies’  bamboo  work  stand. — (PAGE  287.) 

need  no  more  water.  On  ordinary  soil,  one 
man  with  plenty  of  water,  and  commencing 
in  time,  can  keep  one  hundred  to  one  hundred 
and  fifty  acres  well  watered  ;  and  few  farm¬ 
ers  who  have  plenty  of  water  would  willing¬ 
ly  exchange  our  dry  summers  with  irriga¬ 
tion,  for  the  uncertain  rains  of  the  States. 

Itotna,  M.  T.  W.  B.  Hxiu.an. 


In  answer  to  an  inquiry,  B.  G.,  in  Scientific 
American,  says  :  I  have  the  best  pump  water 
in  the  neighborhood  ;  my  plan  was  the  fol¬ 
lowing  :  — Jlaug  iu  the  well,  suspended  (by  a 
string)  a  coarse  canvas  bag,  with  three  or 
four  good  sized  lime  stones  and  one  or  two 
lumps  of  charcoal  in  it.  Have  a  st  ring  long 
enough  to  nearly  reach  the  bottom  of  the 
well.  In  a  week  or  two,  take  out  the  char¬ 
coal,  throw  back  the  lime  stones  into  the  well 
with  five  pounds  of  Boft  coal.  Put  a  round 
or  square  wooden  shoot  up  at  the  back  of  the 
pump  ;  carry  the  shoot  up  higher  tlian  the 
pump  for  free  ventilation.  If  the  pump  is 
out  of  doors,  put  a  “tee”  on  top  ;  if  under 
cover,  a  fine  wire  guaze  will  do.  J.  S.  L.  can 
cover  up  his  well,  and  I  think  he  will  have  no 
more  trouble  in  getting  a  drink  of  good 
water  at  home. 


MANNA  AND  HONEY-DEW 


San  Joaquin  Valley.  With  reference  to  this 
paper,  wo  find  the  following  in  the  Rural 
Press  (Han  Francisco)  of  march  29— Mr.  Ar- 
RLKGATK  is  of  the  opinion  that  both  manna 
and  honey-dew  descend  from  the  heavens, 
like  frost  or  mist,  and  that  both  are  derived 
from  the  sweet  aroma  of  wild  flowers,  which 
is  carried  up  by  the  rarifled  atmosphere,  and 
subsequently  condensed  and  deposited  like 
dew.  A  portion— the  finer,  dryer,  and  lighter 
particles— may  bo  carried  to  a  higher  eleva¬ 
tion,  and  into  a  cooler  atmosphere,  where  it 
might  condense  more  in  the  form  of  snow, 
falling  in  little  pellets,  «s manna.  Heaccoiuits 
for  the  appearance  of  these  deposits  in  the 
fall,  so  long  after  the  great  mass  of 
flowers  have  disappeared,  by  suppos¬ 
ing  the  sweet  principle  to  be  held 
in  suspension  In  the  atmosphere  for 
a  long  time,  drifting  but  slowly  from 
the  place  of  its  origin.  This  theory 
w  ould  hardly  be  admissible,  consider-  < 

ing  that  the  high  winds  of  summer,  S 

in  this  latitude,  and  the  farther  fact  JW 

that  they  come  mostly  from  the  ocean  H 
— a  surface  from  which  we  can  hardly  Jk 

expect  much  sweet,  honey  producing  Jd 
aroma  to  ascend.  Jfflffm 

Mr.  A.  alludes  to  the  fact  that  jtmjmk 
while  the  honey-dew  never  fails  to 
come  in  the  fall,  the  appearance  of 
manna  is  rare,  lie  mentions  only  two 
seasons  in  which  he  lias  observed  it — 
in  the  fall  of  1801  (or  1802)  and  also 
that  of  1872.  It  is  noticeable,  howev¬ 
er,  that  on  both  occasions  its  np 
pear  an  cc  -followed  immediately  aft< 
uieris  immense  verdure.  It  appears 
t  he  mornings  of  the  first  cool  weather  in  the 
fall,  and  covers  the  fuliage  and  fences  some¬ 
what  like  frost — in  the  form  of  small,  round¬ 
ish,  whitish  grains  or  particles,  quite  sweet 
to  the  taste,  and  corresponding  very  elosely 
with  the  description  in  Exodus  of  the  manna 
upon  which  the  Israelites  subsisted  during 
their  sojourn  iu  the  wilderness  ;  the  honey- 
dew  elosely  resembles  that  described  by 


CULTURE  OF  STERLET 


BRIEF  NOTES. 


Dr.  Enoch,  in  a  communication  upon  the 
artificial  culture  of  the  sterlet,  a  much  es¬ 
teemed  small  species  of  sturgeon  found  in  the 
river  Volga,  remarks  that  the  best  food,  fur 
the  newly  hatched  fish  consists ol  the  various 
species  of  Vy  f  lops  And  lJaphnia ,  such  as  are 
developed  in  quantity  in  connection  with 
aquatic  plants,  like  the  water-cress,  Ac. 
These  are  devoured  by  this  Mi  as  greedily  as 
they  are  by  the  white-fish  (Cureijonux),  and 
the  other  zSalmnnidiK,  which  attain  a  won¬ 
derful  growth  in  the  course  of  lour  months. 

Dr.  Enoch  refers  to  specimens  of  both  the 
eggs  and  of  the  young  fish  prepared  by  turn, 
in  bichromate  of  potash,  as  exhibiting  a  re¬ 
markable  state  of  preservation,  arid  as  being 
ina  condition  suitable  for  inveHtigatiDg  the 
various  stages  of  growt  h,  In  connection  with 
tli is  he  also  remarks  that  the  method  of  dry 
impregnation  winch  has  been  so  suceeiisnil 
with  the  salmon  and  trout,  is  not  suited  to 
the  sterlet,  since  the  eggs,  like  those  of  many 
other  fish  (the  Cyprinidn  or  carp  especially ), 
are  so  glutinous  as  to  slick  immediately  to 
any  object  that  they  may  touch,  so  that  when 
gathered  from  the  parent  amt  stirred  togeth¬ 
er,  they  adhere  to  a  degree  which  prevents 
the  proper  penetration  l*y  tin*  spermatozoa. 


Water-lime  for  Cellar  Walls. — I  would 
like  to  leam,  through  your  paper,  by  Borne 
one  who  has  had  experience  in  the  uso  of 
water  lime  for  a  cellar  wall  —  used  the  same 
in  cisterns.  The  soil  is  clay,  with  small  stones 
mixed  ;  large  stones  are  not  plenty  enough 
for  a  wall.  Would  the  lime  be  desirable,  etc. 
— E.  S.  Bowen. 

Oil  for  I  lament).  ~  Harness,  it  is  said,  may 
bo  rendered  impervious  to  water  by  thor¬ 
oughly  impregnating  it  with  a  mixture  made 


CANNED  STURGEON 


A  Cali korn i a  paper  lias  the  following: 
On  the  21st.  of  March  parties  at  t  tolusa  caught 
a  couple  of  Sturgeons,  and  desiring  to  have  a 
little  fun,  they  attached  to  the  tail  of  one  of 
them  a  large  tin  can,  sealed  tight,  with  the 
word  "Colusa”  painted  upon  it.  '1  he  I  m-  n 
t  hus  notes  the  arrival  of  his  honor  at  H:n  i  a- 
mento  "  Last  Monday  one  of  the  watchmen 
at  the  Sacramento  and  Yolo  bridge  observed 
a  tin  can  coming  rapidly  down  stream. 
Every  moment  or  so  a  big  fish  would  leap  "m 
of  the  water  near  it.  and  then  disappear,  arm 
at  the  sarne  time  the  can  would  be  lust  to 
sight,  as  the  etui  neared  the  bridge,  '-tie 

observer  noticed  the  fin  of  a  large  fish  stick¬ 
ing  out  of  the  water,  while  the  can  zifipe* 
along  iu  its  wake.  The  fish  continued  to 
jump  out  of  the  stream  tit  brief  intervals, 
slinging  the  can  around  very  much  as  sue) i 
things  have  been  known  to  bound  behind  a 
betrayed  dog,  und  evidently  either  greatly 
delighted,  or  terribly  disgusted  with  tne 
unnatural  appendage. 


FILLET- WORK  EGG -DAG.  (HKE  PAGE  287.) 

in  the  proportion  of  twenty-one  gallons  of 
pure  whale  oil,  and  fifteen  to  seventeen 
pounds  of  India-rubber  shreds.  Heat  these 
ingredients  together  at  a  temperature  of 
from  1tM°  to  240",  in  order  that  the  rubber 
may  be  completely'  dissolved. 

A  Cement  for  Lamps  is  made  by  the  use 
of  protoxide  of  lead  (litharge)  rubbed  up 
with  glycerine  to  a  thick,  creamy  consistence. 
It  adheres  to  metals  and  glass,  and  is  not 
soluble  in  petroleum. 


fusely;  but  T  have  found,  by  frequent  experi¬ 
ments,  that  it  does  not  thrive  well  in  the  gar¬ 
den  here,  except  when  grow n  in  the  shade.  1 
find  that,  the  Cypress-vino  grows  quite  as 
thriftily  in  the  house  us  in  the  garden,  and  it 
is  certainly  very  pretty  in  my  window,  with 
its  fine,  delicate  foliage  and  beautiful  crimson 
blossoms.  I  am  pleased  to  know  that  the 
Madeira  vine  endures  house  culture  so  well, 
for  us  It.  Is  a  late  bloomer  we  may  in  this  way 
retain  its  beautiful,  spicy,  fragrant  blossoms 
which  the  early  frosts  so  soon  wither. 

Hope  Evermore. 


of  surplus  young  shoots,  or  the  old  ones  as 
they  become  weak  through  ago.  A  cool, 
rich,  moist  soil  is  one  in  which  the  currant 
thrives  best ;  but  it  can  be  made  to  grow  in 
almost  any  other,  by  applying  mulch  to  the 
soil,  which  aids  in  keeping  the  roots  mbist 
and  cool.  In  light  soils,  or  in  a.  climate  where 
long  drouths  are  likely  to  occur  in  summer, 
a  liberal  supply  of  mulch  is  necessary  to 
guard  against  failure.  If  the  roots  do  not  re 


ginod  with  white,  and  the  young  shoots  a 
litt  le  more  stocky,  the  buds  not  being  quite 
so  far  apart, 

Dana’s  White  is  so  near  like  its  parent,  the 
White  Grape,  that,  wejiuve  never  been  able 
to  detect  a  difference,  and  our  plants  came 
direct  from  the  originator. 

Victoria  is  a  late  variety,  the  bunches  very 
long,  fruit  of  medium  size  anil  of  lighter 
color  than  the  Red  Dutch. 

Champagne,  as  its  name  indicates,  is  a 
very  pale  red  or  pink-colored  sort. 

Prince  Albert,  is  a  late  sort,  bundles  short, 
and  usually  not  well  filled.  Fruit  red,  and 
not  particularly  valuable. 

Gloria  des  EJablons  is  a,  handsome  striped 
variety,  of  uo  value  except,  as  a  curiosity. 

Rail  Provence  is  the  most  vigorous-growing 
sort  we  have,  but  the  fruit  ripens  late,  is  very 
acid  and  small,  of  no  value. 

La  II alive  and  La  Fertile,  may  be  called 
abbreviated  editions  of  the  Cherry,  belong¬ 
ing  t,o  the  same  class,  having  large,  coarse, 
thick,  dark-green  leaves.  The  fruit  is  large, 
bunches  small,  and  berries  comparatively 
few  in  number. 

Thorn  are  several  other  sorts,  such  as 
Knight’s  Sweet,  Knight’s  Early,  and  Gondoin 
White  and  Red  ;  bill,  they  possess  no  merits 
not,  found  in  the  first  few  sorts  named. 

Among  the.  block  currants,  thy  Black  Na¬ 
ples  is,  without  doubt,  the  best,  Bang-up- 
Black,  Old  English  Black,  Ogden’s  Grape, 
Variegated-Leu  veil  Black,  Heterophylla,  and 
several  other  varieties  of  this  species,  may  be 
grown  for  the  sake  of  helping  to  make  a  long- 
list  ;  but  it  would  be  dillleult  to  find  any 
other  reasonable  excuse  for  doing  so. 


JAPAN  LILIES, 


Just  now,  I  would  like  to  speak  a  good 
word  for  the  Japan  lilies,  and  especially 
for  the  varieties  of  Lilinm  kincifolium. 
They  combine  hardiness,  beautiful  form,  del 
icato  color  and  exquisite  fragrance,  some  of 
them  remaining  in  bloom  for  several  weeks,. 
Five  years  ago,  1  planted  a  large  bulb  of  l.i  I 
ium  tuneifOlimn,  which  bore  several  flowers 
the  first  season.  In  the  autumn  it  was  re¬ 
moved  fij  a  better  soil  in  the  garden,  where 
it  remained  for  t  hree  years,  when  the  flower 
stalks  hud  become  so  numerous  that,  the  roots 
were  divided,  and  transplanted  to  a  bed  made 
on  the.  lawn,  about  five  feet  in  diameter,  and 
slightly  elevated  in  the  center.  A  wheel 
barrow  ful  of  rich  soil  left. in  the  barnyard 
till  fall,  the  same  quantity  of  decayed  sods 
and  leaf  mold  mixed  with  the  gravelly  loam, 
made  a  nice  compost  in  which  t  he  bulbs  were, 
planted  a  foot  apart  and  five  inches  deep, 
with  a  handful  of  sand  around  each  one. 
Last  summer,  that,  bed  of  lilies  was  a  marvel 
of  beauty,  many  of  Hie  stalks  bearing  over 
twenty  flowers  each,  and  the  whole  group 
had  nearly  two  hundred, 

l, ilium  lunaffotjlwn  ntlntm,  growing  near 
bv,  was  also  very  lovely,  its  pure,  waxy 
whiteness  contrasting  beautifully  with  the 
rose  -spotted  petals  of  its  neighbor,  fntinm 
(.rrctsinii,  blooming  curly,  is  very  dclioutc 
and  pretty,  but  like  the  A.urutuni,  umpires 
regret  that  its  beauty  is  comparatively  so 
short  lived. 

A  -ingle  bulb  of  TAlium  uurutum,  undis¬ 
turbed  for  four  years,  has  increased  so  much 
that  last,  year  more  than  seventy  magnificent, 
flowers  filled  the  air  Of  the  garden  with  fra¬ 
grance.  No  manure  was  used  around  this 
lilv.  as  old  seeds  and  leaf  mold  are  better; 
but,  while  the  buds  are  growing,  the  soil  is 


TWO  CACTI 


W  k  give  herewith  illustrations  of  two 
Cacti — from  specimens  of  those  most  interest¬ 
ing  family  of  plants.  The  first  one  is 
MAMMILIARIA  ElEPHANTIDEUS. 

This  is  oue  of  the  most  distinct  of  the 
elegant  section  of  Cacti  to  which  it,  belongs. 
In  July,  August  and  September,  it  produces 
a  quantity  of  purple  and  violet-shaded  flow¬ 
ers,  two  inches  in  diameter.  It  is  beset,  with 
strong  spines,  which  are  reflexed  ;  they  are, 
therefore,  not  so  formidable  looking  as  those 
of  some  of  the  species.  The  plant  itself  is 
bright  green  in  color,  and  very  free  growing. 
It  may  be  used  as  a,  rock  plant,  in  summer  in 
an  exposed  situation.  It  will  even  stand  a, 
temperature  as  low  as  35  in  winter,  and  may 
be  kept  out  of  the  soil  in  a  perfectly  dry 
State  until  next  season.  It  increases  very 
fast  by  means  of  offsets  from  the  points  of 
the  mamma'. 

ECHIN0PS1S  VAIIDA 

is  one  of  the  finest  and  largest  of  the  genus 
to  which  it  belongs ;  its  flowers,  which  are 
pale  rose,  arc  produced  in  great  profusion. 
It  grows  from  <«  to  S  feet  In  bight  and  2  feet, 
in  circumference,  and  it  begins  to  (lower 
when  only  0  inches  high.  The  spines  are 
nearly  black,  from  I  to  I1,  inch  long,  and 
exceedingly  strong,  Its  native  habitat  is  not 
(it  present  known  ;  but  it  has  been  in  collee 
l  ions  for  some  time.  Like  all  the  species  of 
this  genus,  it  is  a  free  grower,  but  throws  out 


KCUINOrSIS  VALID  A. 

ceive  the  proper  amount  of  moisture,  the 
leaves  fall  from  the  plants,  and  the  fruit  fails 
to  mature.  All  of  our  common  varieties  of 
the  currant  will  succeed  from  five  to  ten  de¬ 
grees  further  South  by  mulching  the  plants, 
t  han  without. 

VARIETIES. 

Persons  unacquainted  with  the  different 
varieties  are  frequently  puzzled  to  determine 
which  to  purchase.  The  Cherry  is  the  larg¬ 
est  red  variety  in  cultivation  ;  It,  is  a  rank, 
vigorous  grower,  and  requires  extra,  care  in 
order  to  secure  a  crop  every  year.  The  fruit 
is  not  equal  in  quality  to  some  of  the  smaller 
sorts,  still  it  is  a  good  currant. 

The  Versa i lies,  as  sold  by  almost  every 
nurseryman  in  this  country  and  Europe,  is 
so  near  like  the  Cherry  that  we  have  never 
yet  seen  the  man  who  could  pick  out  the 
plants  or  fruit  from  the  latter,  except  on 
his  own  grounds,  where  there  were  labeled 
plants  tor  u  guide. 

For  the  next  best,  we  would  name  Fertile 
do  Pnllnna,  a  fine,  vigorous-growing  variety, 
intermediate  between  the  Cherry  and  the  old 
Red  Dutch.  The  fruit  is  large  and  handsome, 
and  the  plants  produce  large  crops,  without 
appearing  to  become  stunted  or  diseased,  as 
is  frequently  the  ease  with  the  Cherry, 

Buist’ s  Long-Bunched  Red  is  also  an  excel¬ 
lent  sort,  very  similar  to  the  old  Red  Dutch, 
of  which  it  is  a  seedling. 

Of  course  wo  would  not  omit  tlio  Red 
;  Dutch  from  any  collection,  however  small, 

|  for  we  have  nothing  better  in  quality  among 
the  red  varieties. 


SPORT  OR  RUSSET  BALDWIN 


F.  W.  Holbrook,  in  New  Hampshin 
ror  and  Farmer  says  : — This  new  apph 


ABOUT  CURRANTS 


It  is  to  ho  supposed  that  every  one  having 
a  garden  cultivates  some  one  or  more  varie¬ 
ties  of  the  currant.  Perhaps  this  remark 
should  tie  qualified  by  saying  that  almost 
everybody  has  currant  hushes  In  their  gul¬ 
dens,  but  few  cultivate  them,  A  few  old 
bushes  by  the  side  of  the  kitchen  garden 
fence,  overgrown  with  weeds  and  grass,  the 
plants  seldom  pruned,  or  even  visited,  except 
to  gather  the  fruit,  is  a  fair  representation  of 
a  majority  of  the  currant  plantations  to  be 
found  in  the  country,  it’s  a  pity  that) the 
currant  is  so  tenacious  of  life  ;  for,  were  it 
otherwise,  tho  plants  would  not  only  lie 
more  highly  valued,  but  receive  better  care. 
No  one  deserves  good  fruit  who  will  not.  give 
the  plants  proper  care  ;  but  the  currant  be¬ 
ing  one  of  those  kinds  which  withstand  nog 
lent,  it  seldom  gets  anything  else,  although 


'  MONOGRAM. 

mated  in  this  way:  On  the  farm  of  B.  B. 
Whiting  in  Amherost,  is  a  largo  Baldwin 
apple  tree  that  was  planted  nearly  fifty 
years  ago,  and  soon  after,  when  quite  small, 
it  was  grafted  with  it,  Russet  cion  near  the 
ground.  Now,  near  the  top  of  the  tree,  on 
one  of  tlie  main  branches,  (  here  is  one  limb 
that  bears  a,  distinct  and  entirely  different 
variety,  resembling  nearly  as  much,  in  ap¬ 
pearance,  quality  and  flavor,  the  Roxbury 
Russet  ns  it  does  the  genuine  Baldwin.  Its 
productiveness  is  represented  to  be  uc.n  ly  or 
quite  equal  to  the  Baldwin,  and  the  keeping 
«  qualities  nearly  those  of  the  Roxbury  Russet. 
If  these  things  arc  true,  (atid  1  have  no  doubt 
of  it.  myself  from  what  L  have  seen),  will  it 
not  bo  quite  an  acquisition, — something  that 
will  lie  valuable,— as  much  and  perhaps  more 
so  than  the  Baldwin  is,  if  its  keeping  quali¬ 
ties  are  superior  ?  Mr.  Whiting  has  one  or 
two  trees  grafted  from  the  same  which  bear 
well  and  are  true  to  the  parent  in  every  res¬ 
pect. 


MONOGRAM. 

occasionally  wet  with  weak,  liquid  manure, 
to  increase  the  size  uud  brilliancy  of  the 
flowers.  A  slight  covering  of  leaves,  kept  in 
place  by  hemlock  boughs,  is  all  the  protec¬ 
tion  needed  through  the  winter. 

I  have  found  that  my  lilies  do  better  if 
sheltered  from  the  noonday  sun,  and  a  tall 
Ricinus,  planted  south  of  them,  affords  shade, 
besides  being  very  ornamental.  r,  d. 


SEEDLING  GERANIUMS, 


About  two  years  ago  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  had  a  small  Item  about  raising  new 
seedling  plants,  such  as  Fuchsias  and  Ge¬ 
raniums,  In  the  following  spring  I  planted 
out,  in  a  bed  by  themselves,  a  number  of  my 
best  Zonale  Geraniums,  and  after  they  hail 
bloomed  1  gathered  the  seed  of  the  different 
ones  and  put  the  seed  into  a  box  filled 
with  rich  sail;  and  now  I  have  eight  of  the 
finest  marked  leaved  and  also  (lowered  Ge- 
mnimii  ,  l  over  raw  together.  As  they  have 
originated  with  im\  1  have  named  them  ac¬ 
cording  to  leaves  and  (lowers,  “  Black 
Prince, "  “Golden  Beauty,”  “Little  May,” 
“  Fanny’s  Choice,”  “Rustic  Beauty,”  “Rustic 
O' in,”  “ Excelsior,”  "Ivy  Gem.’  Do  you 
think  they  arc  well  named  according  to 
flowers  and  leaves  i  1  think  that,  it  wilt  give 
a  lover  of  dowers  rare  pleasure  to  raise  u  few 
seedlings  and  know  that  he  is  the  Bole 
pos  ,  -sriratid  originator  of  the  plants.  In¬ 
closed  I  send  you  leaves  and  flowers:  what 
do  you  think  of  them?  J.  F.  JIaas. 

We  have  examined  the  leaves  and  think 
that  Block  Prince,  Rustic- Gem  and  Golden 
B  .-city  are  worth,  preserving;  but  scarcely 
thi-  equal  of  some  of  the. best  varieties  al- 
r  .-j  iy  in  our  florist’s  catalogues.  A  person 
nuni  uot  expect  to  excel  in  the  first  attempt 
at  raising  now  varieties;  Cor  it  napiires  great 
perseverance  and  skid  to  produce,  something 
superior  to  the  good  things  already  known. 
The  pleasure,  however,  which  one  may  derive 
from  *uch  pursuits  well  repays  the  required 


POMOLOGICAL  GOSSIP 


Appier,  for  Iowa.— A  Nashua,  Iowa,  cor¬ 
respondent  of  the  Western  Rural,  recom¬ 
mends'  t  he  following  eight  varieties  as  best 
market  varieties  in  that  vicinity  :  Summer — 
Red  Astraelian,  Hops  of  Wine;  Autumn — 
Saxton,  St.  Lawrence,  Knmou.se  ;  Winter — 
Ben  Davis,  Rawle’s  Janet,  English  Golden 
Russet.  As  a  second  list  he  gives  :  Summer — 
Red  June,  Duchess  of  Oldenburg  ;  Autumn — 
Hass,  Fall  Orange,  Lowell,  Bailey  Sweet ; 
Winter  Jonathan,  Plumb’s  Cider,  Talmau 
Sweet, 

Appleu  in  Ohnaiectd  Co.,  it  inn.  The  local 
Society  of  tips  county  lias  adopted  the  fol¬ 
lowing  list  of  apples  for  general  cultivation  : 
— Summer—  Duchess  of  Oldenburg,  Tetofski, 
Sups  of  Wine,  Red  Astrai -lmn.  Full  —  St.. 
Lawrence.  Ftmieusp,  Saxton  and  Hass.  Win¬ 
ter —  Ben.  Davis,  Golden  Russet,  Talman 
Sweet  and  Gakaloosa,  The  Oslcaloosa  is  said 
to  have  been  “  originated  by  Mr.  Rollins 
of  Wabasha  Co. ,  Minn.,  from  a  Vermont 
Seedling,  apt!  is  well  known  in  that  vicinity,” 


'JSAJAAAJ>AXT,1AA.1S.XA,.  ELEPHA.N  V  tDEOUS. 

it  repays  as  promptly,  good,  or  even  high  eul-  First  among  the  white  varieties  are  White 
Cure,  as  any  other  fruit-bearing  plant.  Dutch  and  White  Grape  ;  and,  in  fact,  we 

Cuttings  grow  so  freely  that  plants  can  be  may  stop  there,  for  there  are  none  better, 
raised  or  purchased  very  cheaply;  eoiise-  j  The  White  Grape  is  a  little  tho  largest  variety, 
quently,  there  jus  really  no  good  excuse  for  and  tho  plants  wonderfully  prolific  ;  but  it  is 
any  family  being  without  a  supply  of  this  not  so  vigorous  a  grower  as  tlip  White  Dutch, 
healthful  fruit.  Very  little  pruning  of  the  The  White  l’ravuncc  dillVrs  from  the  White 
plants  is  ever  required.— merely  putting  away  Dutch  by  haying  a  portion  of  itg  leaves  raar- 


THUNBERGIA,  CYPRESS  AND  MADEIRA 
VINES. 

I  have  succeeded  remarkably  well  with 
all  Hie  above-named  as  house  plants.  The 
fhuubergia  grows  thriftily  and  blooms  pro- 


m— 

tHJ 


MOOBE’S  RURAL  ISEW-YORKER. 


<§mrg  of  a  Utoralist. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Centleman  near  New 
York  City. 


TESTING  NEW  FRUITS. 

April  14. — To  ascertain  the  value  of  a  new 
f  ruit  in  a  particular  locality,  requires  the  prac¬ 
tical  experience  of  some  man  who  not  only 
knows  how  to  cultivate  It,  but  determine  its 
relative  value  in  comparison  with  other  va¬ 
rieties  of  the  same  species,  ft  has  become 
far  too  common  a  practice  to  c  en<]  out  new 
varieties  upon  the  recommendation  of  the 
village  minister,  doctor,  or  lawyer,  who  may, 
or  may  not,  know  the  difference  between  a 
Newtown  Pippin  and  Rhode  Island  Greening. 
If  these  worthies,  who  maybe  good  judges 
of  matters-  in  theirown  professions,  are  ready 
to  indorse  neighbor  Brow.v’k  uew  currant  as 
t  he  best  thing  they  ever  :  aw,  why  the  thin* 
is  settled,  and  Brown  sends  out  his  bantling 
as  the  greatest  boon  ever  vouchsafed  to  his 
fellow  man.  If  one  happens  to  drop  the  re¬ 
mark  that  the  thing  is  neither  new  or  of  any 
more,  or  even  equal  in,  value  to  scores  of  old 
sorts,  the  indorsement  of  Brown’s  minister 
or  doctor  is  Haunted  hi  your  face  as  an  evi¬ 
dence  of  your  donkoyish  disposition. 

Most  persons  have  learned  how  much  value 
i  to  he  placed  upon  such  local  and  unprofes¬ 
sional  indorsement  s,  arid  an  occasional  origin 
ator  of  new  varieties  deni n ;s  the  recommenda¬ 
tion  of  men  known  as  authorities  in  horticul¬ 
tural  matters,  and  to  secure  this  they  will 
send  a  plant  or  two  for  testing.  Whenever 
a  man  accepts  such  favors,  he  is  supposed  to 
be  placed  under  obligations  to  the  originator; 
at  least  the  latter  look  upon  the  I  ransuctiun 
in  this  light,  although,  in  fact,  the  favor  is  all 
on  the  other  side.  Suppose,  for  Instance,  a 
man  accepts  of  a  vine  of  some  new  variety  of 
grape  ;  he  must  plant  and  cultivate  it  two  or 
three  years  before  he  can  decide  upon  its 
merits  ;  in  the  meantime,  the  originator,  or 
the  one  owning  the  stock,  will  be  boring  him 
with  letters  during  spring,  summer  and  win¬ 
ter.  hirst,  he  wants  to  know  how  the  vine 
passed  through  the  winter  ;  then,  if  it  shows 
signs  of  mildew  in  summer,  suggesting,  per- 
haps,  that  a  little  sulphur  is  a  good  remedy 
for  this  disease  ;  and  in  fall,  a  string  ol  ques¬ 
tions  arrive,  all  about  the  quality,  size,  color 
and  prospective  value  of  the  fruit.  If  all 
these  questions  are  not  satisfactorily  an¬ 
swered,  you  will  probably  b3  accused  of 
treating  somebody  very  shabbily.  1  have 
often  thought,  while  visiting  the  grounds  of 
our  noted  horticulturists,  and  examining  the 
new  fruits  being  tested  by  them,  what  heroic 
dispositions  these 'men  must  possess,  to  be 
able,  under  all  their  severe  trials,  to  preserve 
their  temper  in  equipoise. 

These  remarks  were  provoked  by  a  letter 
asking  me  to  accept  of  a  few  plants  of  u  new 
fruit,  the.  donor  hoping  that  1  would  “find  it 
worthy  of  commendation.”  That  last  re¬ 
mark  expose-  the  motive,  which  is  merely  to 
get  the  thing  indorsed,  and,  perhaps,  men¬ 
tioned  in  this  Diary,  or,  in  other  words,  ad¬ 
vertised  free  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  I 
beg  to  decline  the  honor  ;  having  pretty  nea  r¬ 
ly  escaped  such  inflictions  in  my  younger 
day  s,  I  do  not  now  propose  to  enter  the  arena 
a  nd  be  shot  at  for  telling  the  truth,  or  false¬ 
hood  either,  if'  such  men  as  Downing, 
it  kicks,  Meehan,  Elliott  and  Fuller  can 
i  .•  coaxed  into  trying  every  new  fruit  that  is 
-■  it  to  them,  well  and  good  ;  for  they  have 
l  -  >  m  fired  at  so  often  by  disappointed  origina¬ 
te  s  of  new  varieties  that  no  ordinary  shot 
takes  effect  oil  their  well  tried  armor. 

GOING  TO  LAW. 

April.  1.1.  —  If  all  men  were  like  me,  the 
lawyers  would  have  a  sorry  time  in  trying  to 
get  a  living  by  practicing  tlieir  profession.  I 
have  never  had  a  lawsuit,  or  paid  a  penny  of 
costs,  and  in  this  respect  consider  myself  for- 
tuu  .  Occasionally,  however,  1  am  called 
tip  .  a  v  i.  ness,  as  1  was  to-day,  in  a  suit 
between  two  neighbor.-;,  who  have  been  fee¬ 
ing  lawyers  for  the  past  year,  merely  to  de- 
t  ermine  who  should  pay  or  lose  the  immense 
surn  of  seventeen  dollars.  'Of  course,  a  man 
can  never  know  at  what  moment  liis  partic¬ 
ular  case  may  be  brought  tip  for  trial,  al¬ 
though  it  is  set  down  to  be  tried  at  a  certain 
term  of  the  court.  He  may  have  to  attend 
court  every  day  for  a  week  or  two,  and  keep 
llis  witnesses  there  in  readiness,  else  find  him¬ 
self  beaten,  in  the  end,  for  non-appearance. 
When  I  reached  our  county  seat  this  morn¬ 
ing,  after  a  drive  of  seven  miles,  and  seated 
myself  in  the  court  room,  1  could  not  refrain 
f .  an  musing  upon  the  absurdity  of  men  carry 
ing  all  their  petty  disputes  into  court.  Here 
were  at  least  five  hundred  men  spending 
their  time — for  what?  Well,  let  us  see. 


Here  were  three  judges  upon  the  bench,  and 
about  them,  lawyers,  constables,  clerks  and 
jurymen  by  the  dozens  ;  and  when  the  court 
closed  in  the  evening,  I  added  up  the  amount 
in  dispute  in  the  various  crises  tried  and  dis¬ 
posed  of,  and  found  that  it  amounted  to  just 
one  hundred  and  twenty-seven  dollars,  or 
about  twenty-live  cents  .a  day  for  each  of 
those  in  attendance.  Now,  the  actual  cost 
of  the  courts,  and  the  time  lost  by  these  live 
hundred  men,  was  certainly  more  than  one 
thousand  dollars  ;  and  this  same  thing  goes 
on  week  after  week,  and  the  masses  believe 
that  law  (sometimes  tnis-named  justice),  as 
dispensed  in  our  courts,  is  a  great  tiling,  and 
an  evidence  of  our  high  state  of  civilization. 
Then,  how  noble  it  is  to  be  tried,  or  have  our 
disputes  settled  by  a  jury  of  twelve  men, 
who  are  supposed  to  have  common  sense  ; 
alt  hough,  under  the  present  system  of  selec 
t  ion,  the  chances  arc  against  it.  For  instance, 
the  twelve  dignified  Jerse.ymen  who  deliber¬ 
ated  upon  the  case  in  which  I  was  a  witness, 
brought  in  a  verdict  against  the  plaintiff, 
but  added,  “  the  defendant,  must,  pay  the 
costs,”  because  they  hail  learned  he  was  the 
richer  man  of  the  two.  Who  would  not  be 
willing  to  risk  his  life,  or  property,  in  the 
hands  of  twelve  such  intelligent  men  ? — men 
who  may  be  called  upon  any  moment  to  de¬ 
cide  whether  one  of  their  fellow  citizens  shall 
live  or  die  ;  still,  are  so  ignorant  of  law  as 
not  to  know  that  they  have  nothing  what¬ 
ever  to  do  in  the  matter  of  who  shall  or  shall 
not  pay  the  costs  of  a  suit,  or  are  so  mean  as 
to  wish  to  make  a  man  who  defends  his  rights 
pay  an  extra  sum  for  doing  so,  simply  be¬ 
cause  lie  possesses  the  wherewith  to  do  it. 
Now,  tin's  .Jury  system  lias  become,  a  per 
feet  farce  everywhere,  and  in  the  country 
especially  ;  for  politics,  religion,  and  all  the 
“isms”  imaginable  influence  jurymen  in 
giving  their  verdicts,  and  a  man  stands  a  bet 
tor  chance  of  justice  from  the  hands  of  a 
man  qualified  to  be  a  judge  than  from  twelve 
men  picked  up  at  random.  Again,  the  jury 
to  which  1  luivc  referred  showed  a  despicable 
meanness  in  trying  to  make  the  man  having 
the  most  money  pay  the  cost  s  ;  and  this  same 
spirit  is  wide-spread  throughout  the  entire 
community.  If  one  man  works  eighteen 
hours  of  every  twenty  four,  and  by  careful 
saving  of  w  hat  he  earns  accumulates  prop¬ 
erty,  all  his  lazy  neighbors  who  will  not  work 
but  eight  hours  a  day,  spending  another  eight 
ut  the  corner  grocery  or  lounging  about  the 
streets,  think  him  ft  legitimate,  object  of 
plunder.  1  spoalc  feelingly  upon  this  subject, 

1  awing  boon  through  the  course  myself,  and 
know  that  the  little  property  I  have  accumu¬ 
lated  is  1  he  result  of  extra  labor  beyond  eight 
or  even  ten  hours  per  day. 

FORMING  AN  ENTOMOLOGICAL  CABINET. 

April  19. — 1  lmve  received  several  letters 
from  young  men  who  say  they  are  anxious 
to  commence  forming  an  entomological  cab¬ 
inet,  The  one  thing  which  seems  to  puzzle 
them  all  is  liow,  or  in  what  form,  the  cases 
for  holding  the  specimens  should  be. made. 
Now,  these  inquiries  remind  me  of  the  hun¬ 
dreds  of  magnificent  grape  trellises  which 
maybe  seen  iu  every  village  and  city,  not 
one  in  a.  hundred,  however,  are  covered  with 
vines.  The  first  thing  our  would-be  grape 
cult  ui'ist.s  do  after  building  a  house,  is  pi  have 
a  showy  grape  arbor  or  trellis  erected,  usual¬ 
ly  leading  from  the  kitchen  door,  or  along 
and  over  the  main  walk  to  some  outbuilding, 
after  which  the  grape  vines  are  obtained  and 
planted.  The  old  recipe  for  cooking  the  hare, 
which  began,  “First,  catch  your  hare,7’  is  ap¬ 
plicable  to  the  building  of  grape  arbors  or 
cabinets  for  entomological  specimens.  The 
safe  plan  is,  first  to  get  your  insects— then  it 
will  be  t  ime  enough  to  talk  of  having  a  costly 
cabinet.  Anything  in  the  form  of  a  good 
cabinet.,  with  fifty  or  more  drawers,  will  cost. 
$10!)  or  more,  and  a  young  man  who  lias  this 
amount  of  money  to  expend  had  far  better 
invest  it  in  books,  and  get  along  for  a  while 
with  cheap  cases  or  boxes.  Perhaps  few  of 
my  young  correspondents  are  aware  of  the 
fact  that  not  more  than  one  boy  or  girl 
who  starts  out  with  a  determination  of  mak¬ 
ing  a  collection  of  specimens  in  any  branch 
of  natural  history,  ever  gets  together  a 
respectable  cabinet.  A  few  persevere  to  the 
etui,  and  their  names  become  household 
words  the  world  over.  Now,  iuy  young 
friends,  if  you  have  made  up  your  minds  to 
possess  an  entomological  cabinet,  begin  by 
purchasing  some  good  work  on  the  subject ; 
then  commence  collecting  specimens.  For 
cases,  use  very  small  boxes  that  are  no  more 
than  three  inches  deep  ;  ordinary  shallow  ci¬ 
gar  boxes  will  answer  every  purpose,  und  the 
hds  can  be  fastened  down  with  small  hooks 
made  of  vvire.  Go  into  the  cornfields  and 
collect  a  lot  of  the  pith  of  the.  stalks  and  put 
into  a  kettle  and  boil  long  enough  to  extract 
whatever  saccharine  matter  it  contains  ;  a 


half  hour  or  hour’s  boiling  will  be  sufficient 
dry  t  his  pith  and  it  is  ready  for  use.  Across 
the  bottom  of  these  boxes  glue  pieces  of  this 
pith,  and  into  this  stick  the  pins  upon  which 
your  specimens  are  mounted.  In  the  South 
there  arc  scores  of  other  plants  the  pith  of 
which  or  sections  of  the  stems  may  be  used 
for  the  same  purpose,  if  cue  does  not  care 
for  expense,  then  shoot-cork  or  German  felt 
made  expressly  for  this  purpose,  may  be  used 
instead.  At  the  start  tlic  collector  may  put 
his  beetles  into  one  box,  butterflies  into  an 
other,  and  so  on,  merely  separating  the  or¬ 
ders.  W  hen  further  advanced,  the  families 
may  be  separated,  then  the  genera  and  so 
on  gradually  changing,  labelling  each  speci¬ 
men  as  its  mime  is  determined.  A  little 
piece  of  camphor  should  be  kept  in  each  box 
to  prevent  small  mites  and  ants  getting  in 
and  destroying  the  specimens.  If  one  lias 
boxes  made  for  that  purpose,  it  is  Avell  to 
ha  ve  them  of  a  uniform  size ;  Oxl 2  is  a  con¬ 
venient  size,  although  some  prefer  them  much 
larger;  but  this  is  only  a  matter  of  taste 
The  principal  object  of  the  collection  should 
be  to  get  the  specimens  properly  mounted 
and  preserve  them,  and  then  know  as  much 
about  the  history  and  habits  of  cachaspos 
sible. 


NEW  YORK  WITHOUT  A  STATE  ENTO¬ 
MOLOGIST. 


It  is  sincerely  to  be  hoped  that  the  place 
left  vacant  by  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Fitch 
will  be  filled,  as  you  suggest,  by  some  young, 
active  entomologist.  Those  familiar  with 
New  York  politics  are,  perhaps,  aware  of  t  he 
manner  in  which  the  appropriation — albeit  it 
was  so  trivial  as  to  bo  of  little  use — was 
“  withdrawn,”  As  I  learned  from  President 
White  of  Cornell,  while  at  Ithaca  last  fall,  a 
certain  member  who  was  unusually  loud  in 
liis  cries  for  retrenchment  and  reform — and 
with  whom  Tom  Nakt  has  so  familiarized  the 
public  that  lie  needs  no  other  introduction — 
made  it  one  of  his  loudest,  boasts  that  he  had, 
at  all  events,  done,  one  good  thing,  and  hud 
succeeded  in  killing  “that,  ’er  bug  bill  !”  In 
the  earlier  years  of  his  appointment,  Dr. 
Fitch  labored  hard  and  successfully,  and  his 
work  brought  honor  and  good  to  the  State. 
As  years  rolled  on  and  valuations  increased, 
without  a  corresponding  increase  iu  his  sala¬ 
ry,  it  is  not  surprising  that,  as  old  age  fast¬ 
ened  its  enervating  hand  upon  him,  he  be¬ 
came  more  indifferent  to  the  work  of  the  of¬ 
fice  ;  but  it,  is  to  be  regretted  that  a  great 
State  like  New  York,  under  such  eireuin 
stances,  should  so  easily  forget  past  services 
rendered.  I  hope,  with  you,  that  the  proper 
steps  will  be  taken  to  re-establish  the  office 
on  a  footing  commensurate  with  its  impor¬ 
tance  ;  for  New  York,  having  been  first  to  cre¬ 
ate  the  office,  should  not  now  fall  behind  Mas¬ 
sachusetts  and  Connecticut,  and  some  of  the 
younger  Western  States.  There  is  not  want¬ 
ing  the  material.  Mr.  .7.  H.  Comstock,  a 
young  and  energetic  member  of  the  entomo¬ 
logical  class  at  Cornell,  would  do  good  ser¬ 
vice  ;  and  Mr.  J.  A,  Lint  nth,  who  is  too 
modest  and  retiring  to  speak  for  himself,  and 
who,  in  his  connection  with  the  New  York 
State  Museum  of  Natural  History  at  the  Cap¬ 
itol,  has  already  won  an  enviable  reputation 
in  the  entomological  field,  would  bring  honor 
and  credit  to  such  a  position — could  he  be  in¬ 
duced  to  accept  of  it.  c.  v.  b. 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

P.  8. — Permit  me  to  say  to  “Daily  Rural 
Life” — who,  1  am  pleased  to  see,  is  doing 
such  a  good  work  in  drawing  the  attention 
of  his  leaders  to  the  beauties  of  nature  and 
the  advantages  of  close  observation — that 
there  need  be  no  question  as  to  the  habit,  of 
the  magnificent  rUotrodera  uvula  tor  (Fa  hr,) 
Its  larva  is  tolerably  common  in  the  roots  of 
the  Low  Bush  or  Scrub  Willow  (Sulix  humil- 
is)  here  in  the  Mississippi  Volley. 

- -*-*♦- - 

ENEMY  OF  THE  TOBACCO  WORM. 


In  Santa  Clara  Valley,  Cal.,  it  is  stated  that 
the  “Yellow  Jacket”  is  the  faithful  ally  of 
the  tobacco  grower,  since  lie  carafully  scru¬ 
tinizes  the  plants  for  the  worms,  which, 
when  found  he  immediately  kills ;  and  scarce¬ 
ly  one  escapes  his  vigilance.  A  Mr.  Culp, 
during  15  years  growing  tobacco,  has  never 
expended  a  dollar  for  labor  to  destroy  the 
worm.  It  would  be  interesting  to  know 
something  more  about  that  “Yellow  Jack¬ 
et.”  Is  it  a  bird,  reptile  or  insect  ?— for  we 
believe  there  are  “  Yellow  Jackets”  among 
them  all.  Doubtless  tobacco  growers  in  oth¬ 
er  localities  would  be  glad  to  get  hold  of 
some  Of  them. 


MAY  3 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NOTES. 

The  Coloratlo  Potato  Beetle  in  Ohio. — M. 
B.  Bateham  writes  us  that  it  is  pretty  certain 
that  the  central  portion  of  the  Lake  Shore 
region  of  Ohio  will  be  infested  with  the  Col¬ 
orado  Potato  Beetle  the.  coming  season,  and 
that  their  ravages  will  be  felt  in  the  eastern 
borders  of  the  State  and  Western  Pennsylva¬ 
nia,  while  the  advance  guard  will  be  pushing 
into  Western  New  York.  It  is  proper  to  say 
that  this  beetle  has  been  sent  us  from  West¬ 
ern  New  York  and  Western  Pennsylvania  the 
past  two  years. 

A  Black  Grub  which  lodges  in  the  ground 
eats  through  the  stems  of  young  cabbages, 
after  being  transplanted,  causing  the  heads 
to  drop  off.  Whenever  that  is  observed, 
search  around  the  plants  cut  off,  and  find  the 
grub  and  kill  It.  It  i»  only  a  quarter  of  an 
inch  under  the  surface.  After  it  cats  off  one 
plant  it  gets  to  another,  so  that  you  must 
search  among  the  neighboring  plants,  if  not 
found  where  it  has  been  devasting. 

(.'ankev  B  onus  and  Treat.  —  Minot  Pratt 
of  Concord,  Mass.,  prevents  the  moth  ascend¬ 
ing  trees  from  November  to  April,  by  apply¬ 
ing  to  the  bodies  refuse  printer’s  ink,  which 
he  says  does  not  injure  any  tree,  young  or 
old.  When  the  bark  is  rough,  on  an  old  tree, 
it,  is  smoothed  with  a  drawing  shave.  The 
ink  is  applied  once  in  ten  days  In  fall  and 
spring.  Tur  should  never  be  used. 

Harrowing  Potato  Buys. — It  is  stated  that 
the  purchaser  of  a  Thomas  harrow  cultivated 
his  potatoes  entirely  with  this  harrow,  and 
found  that  by  passing  it  over  the  potatoes 
at  least  twice  a  week  there  was  not  a  potato 
bug  to  bo  found,  while  in  his  neighbor’s  ad¬ 
joining  field  the  crop  was  destroyed. 

“  The  Grass  on  the  Thames  Embankment, ” 
says  the  London  Garden,  “  has  been  attacked 
in  a  serious  manner  by  the  larva;  of  the  com¬ 
mon  ‘daddy  long  legs,’  which  seem  to  be 
unusually  destructive  this  season.” 


|lunil  Architecture. 


ARCHITECTURAL  NOTES. 

Ventilating  Dwellings. — Will  some  of  the 
readers  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  give, 
through  its  columns,  to  those  about  building, 
and  others,  the  best  method  of  ventilating  a 
dwelling  house  in  general,  and  especially  tho 
kitchen  ?  Also  to  those  living  in  cities  aud 
elsewhere,  beyond  the  reach  of  sewers,  the 
best  mode  of  disposing  of  kitchen  refuse — 
ashes,  chamber  slops,  &e.,  Ac. ,  so  as  to  have 
and  keep  the  back  yard  in  “  apple  pie”  order  ? 
Please  give  plain,  practical  directions  —  in 
short,  the  “  just-how-to-do-it,”  and  oblige 
nine  out  of  every  ten  readers  of  the  Rural, 
in  the  estimation  of — J.  W.  L.,  Binghamton , 
N.  T. 

To  Prevent  Damp  Walls. — A  Liverpool 
company  supplies  a  solution  of  a  quality 
which  justifies  the  appellation  of  “petrify¬ 
ing  liquid.”  It  can  be  used  on  outer  or  inner 
walls.  The  solution  can  be  obtained  quite 
colorless,  and  does  not,  therefore,  interfere 
with  the  appearance  of  the  building  to  which 
it  is  applied.  We  are  informed  that  a  brick 
covered  with  the  liquid  has  been  subjected 
to  the  severe  test  of  forty-eight  hours’  im¬ 
mersion  in  water,  and  at  the  end  of  the  ex¬ 
periment  the  weight  was  unaltered— a  suffi¬ 
cient  proof  of  the  impervious  character  of 
the  “petrifying liquid.” 

An  Estimate  W  anted. — In  the  first  num¬ 
ber  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  for  1873  ap¬ 
pears,  on  the  first  page,  an  illustrated  de¬ 
sign  for  a  farm-house,  described  by  J.  E.  S. 
of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  Will  Mr.  J.  E.  8.  be  so 
kind  as  to  estimate  the  cost  of  tho  house,  if 
built  of  brick  ;  also,  the  cost  of  other  mate¬ 
rial,  and  what  if  the  roofing  is  composed  of 
shingles,  slate  or  tin  ?— H.  P.  F,,  ■ Jasper ,  Oa. 

A  Pla/n  of  a  Laundry  Building  is  wanted 
by  D.  S.,  Char  don,  O. — one  to  be  built  as 
convenient  aud  witJi  as  little  expense  as  pos¬ 
sible,  washer  and  wringer  to  be  run  by  steam, 
the  water  to  be  pumped  from  the  river  a  dis¬ 
tance  of  fifteen  rods  ;  asks  also  the  capacity  of 
the  engine  required  for  the  work  and  its  cost. 

Ventilation. — In  building  a  house  or  barn, 
make  it  a  point  to  secure  to  each  room  the 
means  of  thorough  ventilution  —  especially 
should  sleeping  rooms  be  so  arranged  as  to 
secure  an  abundance  of  fresh  air  without  a 
draft  on  the  sleeper. 

A  Plan  of  a  Frame  House  is  wanted  from 
some  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker’s  corres¬ 
pondents,  by  J.  P.  Stewart— said  house  to 
cost  about  $3,000. 

For  a  Hat,  and  Mouse-Proof  Filling  for 
W alls,  dry  sawdust  is  said  to  have  been  used 
with  great  success,  and  it  is  an  excellent 
guard  against  cold. 


MAY  3 


MOOSE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


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SILK  COSTUMES. 

Black  silks,  say  the  latest  letters  from 
Paris,  are  l he  prevailing  costumes,  although 
all  shades,  from  blue-green  to  violet-blue,  are 
in  vogue.  These  black  silk  costumes  are  the 
favorites  of  the  mod /ate*,  who  exercise  all 
their  skill  in  making  them  novel  and  stylish. 
A  favorite  style  is  to  trim  the  front  breadth 
cn  tablin',  with  Hat  trimmings.  The  lower 
row  is  carried  around  the  skirt.  The  over¬ 
dress  is  not  worn  in  front,  and  in  the  bock  is 
puffed  iu  panders,  something  as  we  described 
last  week.  The  sleeves  are  quite  small  at  the 
wrists  ;  the  corsage  is  with  basques. 

FOR  DINNER  DRESSES, 

the  front  width  is  covered  with  flat  medal¬ 
lions  of  passementerie,  which  is  almost  as 
lino  as  lace.  The  buck  widths  are  flounced 
to  the  waist.  A  beautiful  dinner  dress,  made 
of  light,  creamy  brown,  or  rather  a  cream 
color  with  a  brownish  tinge,  was  made  with 
lengthwise  puffs,  six  inches  wide  and  gath¬ 
ered  SO  ns  to  leave  a  ruffled  edge,  up  the  front 
width,  one  in  the  center,  and  one  over  the 
seams.  The  back  width  had  three  flounces, 
not  overlapping.  The  Bounces  had  the  lower 
edge  turned  up  an  inch  and  a- half  on  the 
right  side,  with  u  bias  fold  stitched  in.  The 
heading  for  each  flounce  was  a  bias  band, 
with  a  cord  on  each  edge.  The  polonaise 
Was  one  of  the  newest  and  prettiest  descrip¬ 
tion.  The  front  buttoned  a  few  buttons  be¬ 
low  the  waist,  Witll  black  velvet  buttons. 
Falling  open,  it  extended  to  about  ten  inches 
from  the  bottom  of  the  skirt,  and  sloped  up¬ 
ward,  round  mg  to  the  waist,  where  it  joined 
at  the  side  seams,  a  short  basque  just  falling 
over  the  pnnier,  and  merely  showing  it  was 
not  a  round  waist.  The  only  trimming  was 
a  bias  band  with  heavy  corded  edges.  The 
sleeves  were  coat,  with  a  deep  ruff,  and  a 
puff  was  arranged  around  the  neck.  A  very 
pretty  shape  for 

A  BLACK  SILK  POLONAISE, 

has  the  front  falling  open  from  the  waist  to 
a  few  inches  from  the  bottom  of  the  dress; 
slanting  then  a  little  upward,  the  two  fronts 
almost  meet  in  t  he  back,  where  t  hey  are  car¬ 
ried  tip  parallel,  and  meeting  the  back  forms, 
which  are  carried  down  about  twenty  inches 
and  gathered  in  a  puff,  they  are  all  tied  with 
a  bow  and  ends.  The  only  trimming  is  a 
wide,  bias  baud. 

THIN  COSTUMES. 

To  ladies  of  little  leisure  we  would  advise 
buying  ready-made  white  lawn  suits,  if  they 
are  situated  so  as  to  be  able  to  exercise  any 
choice.  All  the  large  stores  here  display 
them,  never  more  tastefully  made  than  now. 
The  prevailing  style  is  an  underskirt  with 
one  flounce  on  the  bottom,  about  eight  inches 
deep  ;  this  is  trimmed  with  a  tiny  little  ruf¬ 
fle  ;  the  flounce  is  gathered  with  a  heading  ; 
above  arc  three  overlapping  ruffles.  The 
overskirt  is  trimmed  with  a  flounce  live  inch¬ 
es  deep,  finished  with  a  small  riilfla  ;  a  band 
of  inserting  is  stitched  between  the  flounce 
and  a  small  standing  ruffle.  The  waist  is  a 
loose  basque,  to  be  worn  with  a  sash  orna¬ 
mented  in  the  same  manner  as  the  skirt. 
.Such  suits  can  be  bought  for  $13  and  810. 

White  pique  suits  are  trimmed  with  em¬ 
broidered  pique  ruffles.  Theyeome  in  sets; 
price,  815  and  *18,  and  as  high  as  830  a  suit, 
unmade.  The  making  of  these,  however,  is 
but  little  work. 

Thin  muslin  and  organdy  suits  have  a  ruf¬ 
fle  on  the  lower  skirt,  edged  with  Valenei- 
emies  ;  above  are  two  puffs  and  Valenciennes 
insex-ting.  The  overdress  has  an  apron-front 
of  pull's  and  inserting*  the  back  is  long, 
draped  and  edged  with  a  ruffle.  The  corsage 
is  amass  of  puffs  and  inserting,  to  suit  the 
figure. 

WRAPPERS  AND  WRAPS. 

The  neatest  wraps,  for  morning  wear,  for 
ladies  who  go  out  to  do  then-  marketing,  is  a 
linen,  brown  or  buff,  belted  polonaise.  Braid¬ 
ed  reversarc  brought  down  the  front  below 
the  belt,  where  they  turn,  and  widening,  form 
a  pocket ;  they  are  exceedingly  pretty  and 
convenient.  '1  he  belt  is  also  embroidered. 

All  wrappers  are  made  with  a  Spanish 
flounce.  Around  the  neck,  and  extending 
down  each  side  of  the  front  to  the  flounce,  is 
a  bias  baud,  corded,  and  a  ruffle  on  each  side. 
Pockets  are  large,  square,  with  a  ruffle  and 
1  urge  pearl  buttons.  Batiste  cloth  is  a  good 
material ;  it  comes  in  alternate  thick  and 
tlfln  fine  stripes,  with  fern  leaves  and  small 
figures  in  colors.  Price,  35  cents. 

BONNETS  AND  CAPS. 

A  pretty  spring  bonnet  is  of  white  horse 
hair,  with  the  diadem  front  of  sapphire-blue 
velvet.  A  high  wreath  of  forget-me-nots  is 
placed  in  front.  In  the  back  is  a  sapphire- 


blue  velvet  bow,  and  arranged  on  it  three 
sky-blue  ostx-ich  tips  and  a  cluster  of  rose¬ 
buds. 

The  Y ronne  isa  new  and  fashionable  shape, 
something  like  a  Normandycap,  The  crown 
is  of  block  china  crape;  on  the  top  is  a  butter¬ 
fly  bow  of  block  velvet,  mingled  with  lappets 
of  Valenciennes.  The  front  is  lined  with  pink 
frills,  and  twined  up  so  that  nothing  but  the 
pink  shows.  The  bonnet  has  no  flowers  nor 
Rtrings,  and  is  very  becoming  and  uncom¬ 
mon. 

Children’s  Normandy  caps  are  of  white, 
muslin  over  covered  silk.  In  front  they  are 
higher  than  in  the  hack,  and  are  trimmed  with 
high  frills  of  lnce,  edged  with  Valenciennes. 
Around  the  caps  are  standing  and  falling 
frills  of  muslin  and  laee,  with  ribbon  between. 
The  tops  are  ornamented  with  Valenciennes 
diamonds. 

NOVELTIES. 

Fr  ise  :of  black  tulle,  full  and  high,  worked 
witl  jet,  are  placed  around  silk  dresses,  and 
extc  d  down  the  fronts  to  the  belt.  They 
are  very  soft  and  becoming. 

Italian  lace,  very  soft  and  sheer,  two  inches 
deep,  is  fluted  and  mounted  on  muslin  bands 
for  frills,  and  sold  at  85  cents  a  yard,  ft, 
does  up  very  nicely,  and  is  good  until  worn 
out,.  A  variety  not  so  wide  Is  sold  at  50  cents. 

Frills  of  crepe  lisse,  which  is  so  soft  and 
silky,  are  very  much  used.  They  come  iu 
all  imported  dresses.  Price,  85  cents. 

Bilk  stockings,  for  summer,  are  white,  era 
bx  oidered  elaborat  ely  up  the  sides  in  colors, 
or  are  of  alternate  stripes  of  red  and  blue, 
red  and  white,  terminating  half  way  up  the 
length  In  points.  They  are  to  be  worn,  of 
course,  with  slippers  and  low  shoes. 

In  Lisle  thread  and  Sea  island  cotton, 
stripped  stockings  arc  the  most  fashionable 
kind.  Light  brown,  with  crimson  and  blue, 
ai-e  pretty  contrasts. 


DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 


To  Wash  Black  Calico.  —  Seeing  an  in- 
quiry  in  your  paper  how  to  wash  black  calico, 
and  but  one  answer,  L  will  toll  how  mother 
washes  it : — Make  a  clean  suds  of  soft  t  water 
(or  brook  water  will  do,  if  not  too  strong 
with  lye),  wash  the  Calico  through  it ;  then 
poqr  boiling  water  into  sweet,  skimmed  milk 
till  there  are  equal  parts  of  each  ;  turn  the 
calico  wrong-side  out  and  rinse  through  this 
compound.  Dry  iu  the  shade  ;  sprinkle,  and 
when  moist  through,  iron  on  the  wrong  side, 
and  I  think  it  will  give  satisfaction.— Mas.  E. 
.J.  K,,  Madison ,  Iowa. 

I  have  had  Borne  experience  and  have 
always  been  successful,  1  give  my  method  : 
i  put  the  dress  iu  the  washing  machine  and 
pour  boiling  hot  suds  upon  it ;  rub  it  out 
and,  if  necessary,  mb  again  on  the  wash¬ 
board  ;  then  have  some  warm,  hard  water, 
with  a  little  salt  in  it  ;  rinse  the  dress  and 
dry  immediately.  If  Hoosier  Girl  hasn’t  a 
machine,  sho  can  wash  it  just  the  same  in  a 
tub,  only  she  will  have  to  let  the  water  cool 
before  she  can  mb  it  out.  All  that  is  needed 
to  insure  success  is  to  have  the  water  boiling 
hot.— Mas.  J.  S.,  Spring  Prairie,  Wis. 

Boiled  Indian  Padding.—  The  following  1 
know  to  bo  good :— One  pint  Indian  meal  ; 
one  pint  thick,  sour  milk ;  one  cup  sour 
cream;  one  teaapoonfuT  Boda,  and  salt,  un¬ 
less  boiled  in  pork  water,  which  improves  it 
very  much  for  some— I  prefer  clear  water. 
Stir  into  the  batter,  fruit ;  raspberries  are 
best— rlried  or  fresh.  If  sour  fruit  is  used,  a 
trifle  more  soda  is  necessary.  Put  into  a  bug, 
and  tie  firmly,  allowing  from  two  to  three 
inches  for  it  to  swell.  Boil  one  hour  ;  a  little 
over  will  not  hurt,  but  is  not  needed.  The 
water  should  bo  boiling  when  the  pudding  is 
put  in,  anil  be  kept  boiling.  Serve  with 
cream  and  sugar.  — E.C.  C.,  Whitewater,  Win. 

Designs  Wanted.— I  know,  in  the  many 
beautiful  homes  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
readers,  there  must  be  many  rustic  picture 
frames,  brackets,  baskets,  nice  pincushions, 
watch-pockets,  comb  cases,  tidies,  mats,  &c., 
which  would  be  easily  made,  and  gladly 
made,  if  we  but  knew  how.  Please  tell  us 
how,  through  the  Rural,  and  you  will  great¬ 
ly  oblige,  not  only  one,  but,  doubtless,  very 
many  will  say,  “Amen,”  to  my  plan.  Will 
some  one  please  tell  me  how  to  make  a  what¬ 
not  i  Would  also  like  to  have  some  designs 
for  handwork,  and  patterns  for  watch-pock¬ 
ets.— Lula  Howard. 

To  Color  Scarlet  with  Cochineal, — Dissolve 
one  ounce  of  cream  tartar  in  wann  water  ; 
stir  well,  and  after  the  heat  has  been  raised 
a  little  add  one  ounce  of  pulverized  cochi. 
neal ;  stir  well ;  then  .add  two  ounces  muri¬ 
ate  of  tin  ;  stir  well,  when  it  boils,  add  one 


pound  yam  or  cloth,  previously  wet ;  move 
it  about  bi-iskly  a  few  times,  then  stir  it  slow¬ 
ly  till  it  boils,  twenty  minutes  ;  then  rinse  in 
water,  and  dry  in  the  open  air. — Emma,  No¬ 
ble.  Co.,  Ohio. 


Jmtijfitipal  Sffi'tptic.T 

WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 


Ladies'  Bamboo  Work  Stand. — We  give  on 
page  285  an  illustration  of  a  neat  work  stand 
made  of  varnished  bamboo.  The  upper  part 
is  an  oblong  basket  with  a  high,  curved  cover, 
which  is  lined  with  blue  silk  reps.  The  cot¬ 
tiers  are  ornamented  with  blue  tassels  of  the 
same  material.  We  give  this  more  as  a  de¬ 
sign  by  whidh  an  ingenious  young  man  or 
woman  may  be  guided  in  making  a  similar 
stand  of  any  sort  of  wood — rustic  work.  It 
will  be  good  exercise,  and  something  more 
valuable  than  anything  that  cotdd  be  pur¬ 
chased  may  bo  made. 

Egg-Bag. — We  give  an  illustration  on  page 
285  of  an  egg-bag  which  is  a  great  conveni¬ 
ence  iu  boiling  eggs — saving  the  necessity  of 
dipping  the  eggs  out  of  a  kettle  after  they  are 
boiled.  This  net  is  fillet  work,  made  of  gray 
and  white  linen  thread.  The  bottom  is 
straight,  worked  across  a  couple  of  pieces  of 
whalebone.  The  top  of  the  bag  is  drawn  by 
a  linen  cord,  at  the  ends  of  which  are  a  couple 
of  tassels.  The  details  of  the  work  need  not 
be  given— the  picture  is  suggestion  enough  to 
any  housewife. 

Canning  Peaches.  — John  F.,  Henderson, 
N.  ().,  asks  our  readers  to  inform  him  the 
best  and  cheapest  method  of  canning  peaches, 
either  for  sale  or  family  use. 


REMEDY  FOR  INGROWING  NAILS. 

A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  British  Medical 
Journal  writes:  —  About  twenty  years  ago 
I  applied  a  bit  of  compressed  spongo  to  afford 
temporary  relief,  and  was  delighted  to  find 
that  it  effected  a  radical  cure.  I  make  the 
sponge  us  solid  as  leather,  by  wetting  and 
then  winding  string  very  .tightly  round  it 
and  drying  it  thoroughly.  Of  this  I  cut  a 
small  pyramidal  piece,  less  than  a  grain  of 
rice;  this  I  insert  beneath  the  nail,  and  secure 
it  by  strips  of  adhesive  plaster,  applied  longi¬ 
tudinally,  to  avoid  compression.  The  sponge 
soon  becomes  moist  and  swollen,  It  eping  the 
nail  from  the  irritated  flesh.  Any  gnunfla 
tions  should  previously  be  destroyed  with 
strong  nitrio  acid.  I  have  adopted  this  plan 
upon  many  occasions,  and  have  never  found 
it  lu  fail, 

• - - 

ASTHMA  REMEDIES. 

A  lady  at  Hofaoheads,  N.  Y.,  calls  for  a 


New  England  Poultry  Club.  The  Annual 
Meeting  of  the  Now  England  Poultry  b’lub  was 
held  al  the  Club  rooms,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Fri¬ 
day,  April  tl.  It  was  voted  to  hold  their  next 
Annual  Exhibition  at  Mohanies’  I d I,  Worces¬ 
ter.  Jim,  20-22,  INTI.  The  following  named  gen- 
I  N* men  wore*  cloot.cd  ottlrpf*  for  the  nusuinff 
year  -  I’fes.  A  1>.  VVarrln,  Worcester,  Mass. 
T  to  -/’rai’te.  P.  Williams,  Taunton,  Mass.;  A. 
Noyes.  Bangor,  Me,;  VV .  f  5 .  Gannon,  Manches¬ 
ter,  N.  II.;  II.  A.  Blsscll,  nichvllle,  Vt,  ;  N.  8. 
Vollver,  Pa'  r  i.-kel,  It.  I.,  p.  \v,  Hudson.  No. 
Manchester  <  t.  see.  ami  ’Veras.  -  (».  H.  Es- 

tnbrook,  . . ester.  Mass.  /•>.  Com.  W.  J. 

'V heeler,  8.  Woodard,  b.  It.  Rockwood.  W.  G. 
Maynard,  14,  P.  Lawrence,  II.  It.  Verry,  G.  I*'. 
Lawrence*  (\  Hartshorn,  Woroestcr,  Mass.;  II. 
8.  Ball,  Shrewsbury,  Ma  s  .  p.  A.  Blsoo,  Leices¬ 
ter,  Mass. 


National  Coin  m  tin  rlnu  iuielely.  A.  Society 
with  this  name  was  recently  organized  by  the 
breeders  anti  fancier*  of  pigeons  In  New  York 
<  ii  y,  and  the  following  officers  elected  for  1873; 
mn.-Wiu.ttM  Krawtox,  Jr., West  Farms, N.  V. 
I  icc-PrcH  Is.— wrm.  h,  Churchman,  Wilmington, 
I, tel- ;  Andrew  Sheld.  Brooklyn,  I..  I.  (K.  ID;  T. 
8.  i.  iddess,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  Joseph  M.  Wade, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  See.  -  A.  H.  Estes,  N.  Y.  City. 
trna.  Benjamin  Ahorn.  N,  V  City.  Be.  Com. 

P.  C.  I  lie  gel.  N.  V.  Ci!\  .  L.  Burlingame,  N.  Y. 
ill.;  J.  E.  Komis,  Baltimore.  Md.;  H.  S.  Ball, 
Slirowhlmry,  Mass.;  E.  1*. Tiffany,  Hartford,  CL ; 
A.  C.  Castle,  Cleveland.  O. ;  F.  F.  Pole,  Mitchell, 
<*nt.,  Canada;  A.  p.  Miller,  Jefferson  City,  La. 
V  meeting  ho  adopt  const  imf, ion  and  by-laws  is 
to  be  held  at  >1  Murray  st.,  Now  York,  May  14. 


'fhldli'Hcx  Co.,  Dias*.,  Hurt.  Sec.  Officers  for 
l«73;  Pres.  Johnathan  Ladd,  Lowell.  rtce- 
VTes'ts.  J,  <>.  Peabody.  Lowell ;  Geo.  !’.  Morey, 
Lowell ;  Levi  Sprague,  Lowell ;  Amos  B.  Flench, 
Lowell;  John  I!,  Moore,  Concord.  Trustees.— 
Edwin  Sheppard,  Lowell  ;  Arthur  Clements, 
Itraeut ;  Albert  M.  Gray,  Lowell ;  E.  Dana  Ban¬ 
croft,  Ayer;  Isaac  Holden,  Draent;  George  E. 
.Metcalf,  Lowell;  E.  II,  Warren,  Chelmsford; 
Daniel  8.  Gray,  Lowell.  Treas.  Joshua  Merrill, 
Lowell.  See.  John  II.  lloole.  Lowell.  This  So¬ 
ciety  bolds  three  Exhibitions  this  year-- the  first 
Juno  llm  second,  an  Early  Fruit  and  Gladi¬ 
olus  Exhibition,  Aug. 37 ;  the  third, a  Fall  Exhi¬ 
bition,  Hopt.  17,  18.  Premium  list,  can  bo  ob¬ 
tained  by  addressing  the  Secretary. 


'fain#  Poultry  Wn.  The  following  are  the 
ollirers  elect,  for  1873:  Pres.-  Ai  uwor  NOYKS, 
Bangor.  Vlee-I'res'ts.  E.  Dana,  Jr.,  Portland ; 
.1.  B.  Straw,  Lewiston  :  tl.  Leavitt,  Hkowhegan  ; 
Ezra  Mariter,  Wlnlnrport ;  Daniel  Uundall,  Isl¬ 
and  Falls;  Seward  Dill.  Phillips;  J.  II.  Ilnyes, 
Bangor;  8.  T.  Holbrook,  Oxford;.).  A.  Lord, 
Kcuuehuuk  :  Frank  Buck,  Orland.  Sec.  W.  P. 
Albert  on,  HalioweU.  Trias.  Fred  F.  Harris, 
Portland,  Dire  furs. -  Fix’d  Atwood,  Winter- 
port;  It.  <>.  Connni,  Portland:  If.  M.  Hlght, 
Skowlieguu  ;  W.  E.  Letglo no,  Augusta;  /,.  A. 
Gilbert.,  Green  ;  Allen  Carter,  West  Hampden. 
Exhibition  at  Portland,  Jan,  13  hi,  1874. 


Norfolk  Co.,  Max*,,  lu.  sue  -Officers  elect 
for  1373  .  Pres. -Hen.  UknuvS.  BUSSELL,  Mil¬ 
ton.  Ilmmninj  Pn>.  Hon.  Marshall  P.  Wil¬ 
der,  Dorchester.  FI cr-Prr  'I*.  lion.  Otis  Cary, 
Fox  boro  ;  A.  W.  Gtieever, 'Wrerd  Imm  ;  John  (j. 
Adams,  (.honey ;  VV.  K.  Mann.  Sharon ;  Alfred 
VV.  Whitcomb,  Itandolpli  ;  Theodore  Lyman, 
Brookline.  Car.  and  lice.  Sec.  1L  O.  Hildreth, 
Dedham.  Trias.  -Chattnocv  c.  Churchill,  Ded¬ 
ham.  b'lnance  Cow.  and  Auditors.  Ira  Cleve¬ 
land,  Dedham  ;  Col.  Eliphlel  Stone,  Dedham  ; 
Win.  .1.  Stewart,  Hyde  Park.  Col.  Stone  was  re- 
eh-eted  as  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Agri¬ 
culture. 


euro  for  asthma.  1  give  a  recipe  which  is 
said  to  be  a  certain  euro;  Quo  pint  of  best 
brandy  ;  half  pint  fine  table  salt  ;  dissolve’  in 
the  brandy.  Dose,  a  tablespoonful  in  a  wine¬ 
glass  of  water,  once  an  hour,  for  three  hours, 
each  day,  or  as  may  be  required.  W.  H.  P., 
Durham,  N.  1". 

Klkoampane,  angelica,  comfreyand  spike- 
wood  roots,  with  hoarhound  topis ;  of  each, 
one  ounce  ;  bruise  and  steep  in  one  {tint  of 
honey.  Dose,  a  tablespoonful  token  hot 
every  few  minute*  until  relief  is  obtained  ; 
then,  several  times  daily  until  a  cure  is  ef¬ 
fected.  A  tea  mude  of  the  leaves  of  the 
common  chestnut  (the  leaves  that  fall  from 
t  he  trees  in  autumn)  is  said  to  cure  asthma  ; 
sweeten  well,  and  use  as  a  common  drink. — 
Mrs.  S.  L.  P.,  Collinsville.,  Conn. 

- - 

THE  NECESSITY  OF  CLEANLINESS. 

Illustrating  the  necessity  of  cleanliness 
and  of  keeping  the  pores  of  the  skin  open, 
that  if  a  coat  of  varnish  or  other  substance 


llaiiquleii  Co,,  Miinn,,  Hurt.  Hoe.  Officers 
elect  tor  1873:  Pres.  A.  D.  BitiGOS,  Vice- 
Pns'ts.  Col.  J.  M.  Thompson,  Clark  \v.  Bryan 
amlWm.  L.  Smith.  See.  J.  K.  Taylor.  Treas. 

Gtldon  Bill.  Directors.  J.  F.  Bussell,  D.  B. 
Wesson,  Dexicr  Snow,  c.  L.  Coveil,  E.  B.  Vin¬ 
ton,  I.  P.  Dickinson,  K.  Dickinson,  Mrs.  George 
3’.  Bond.  Mrs.  J.  E,  Taylor,  Mrs.  VV.  L.  Smith, 
Mrs.  A.  D.  Briggs,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Bussell,  Mrs.  Cluis. 
A.  Nichols,  Mrs.  II.  8.  Hyde,  Mrs.  B.  1'.  Warner, 
Mrs;  V.  L.  Owen,  Mrs.  H.  R,  Vatlle.  Mrs.  C.  VV. 
Bryan. 

The  Page  Co.,  Iowa,  Ag.  hoc.  lias  resolved, 
by  unanimous  vote,  that  the  next  Fair  of  that, 
Society  shall  be  held  in  I  be  interest,  of  Agricul¬ 
turists,  ami  that  there  shall  be  no  liorse-nielng. 
This  Is  a  good  example  for  other  count  y  socie¬ 
ties  to  follow  .  First  c.-tabllsh  the  fact  whether 
Agricult  ural  Fairs  can  be  made  t.osueeeed  legit¬ 
imately;  if  they  '■annul.  aUniubin  all  pretense, 
ami  let  such  as  want  them  have  horse-races, 
“  pur®  and  simple.” 

A  Missouri  Kinte  Parmer*'  Convention  lias 
been  railed  by  Hie  Secretary  of  the  State  Agri¬ 
cultural  Board  of  Missouri,  at  Jefferson  City, 
Dot.  1,  “  for  the  purpose  of  consultation  and 
deliberation  as  to  the  prospects,  condition  and 
wants  of  the  great  farming  community  of  our 
State,  and  to  effect  a  permanent  State  Organiza¬ 
tion  that  will  facilitate  a  united  and  harmoni¬ 
ous  concert,  of  action  among  farmers  in  the 
future.” 


impervious  to  moisture  bo  applied  to  the 
exterior  of  tho  body,  death  will  ensue  in 
about  six  hours.  The  experiment  was  once 
tried  on  a  child  in  Florence.  On  occasion  of 
Pope  Leo  the  Tenth’s  accession  to  the  Papal 
chair  ;  it  was  desired  to  have  a  living  figure 
represent  I  he.  Golden  Age,  and  so  a  child  was 
gilded  all  over,  with  varnish  and  gold  leaf. 
The  child  died  in  a  few  hours,  if  the  fur  of 
a  rabbit  or  the  skin  of  a  pig  lie  covered  with 
a  solution  of  india-rubber  in  naptha,  the  ani¬ 
mal  ceases  to  breathe  in  a  few  hours. 

- 4-+-« - 

MILK  AS  A  MEDICINE. 


Franklin  Co.,  Me.,  Ag.  Hue. — Officers  elect 
for  W711 :  Pres.  -  Dr.  P.  I)v  kir Farmington.  Vicc- 
Pris't.— J.  W.  Lofchrop,  Ghestervllle  Farmer*’ 
Club;  M.  J. North,  North  Wilton  Farmers’ Club ; 
E.  B.  Hatch,  East,  Wilton  Formers’  Club:  J.O. 
Ryes,  North  Jay  Farmers'  Club;  J.  F.  Wood, 
Farmington  Farmers' Club.  See.  8.  G.  Foster, 
Wilton.  Teens.- -Maj.  Boren  Adams,  East  Wilton. 

8trafti>nl  Co.,  N.  II.,  \«.  Hoe— Officers  elect 
for  18,3 :  Pres.  John  8. 1 1  a  i  n  es,  Somersworth. 
Directors.— To  till  vacancies  In  the  Board  Judge 
Hall  and  Ezra  H.Twumhly,  Dover;  Charles  8. 
VVhltoliouse.  Rochester:  Luther  Days,  Milton. 
Fail'  to  he  held  Sept.  23-526. 

North  Franklin  Co.,  .Wo.,  Vg.  Hoe,  —  Officer* 
for  1873:  Pres.— Skwaiiu  Dill.  I  iee-Pres’ls.  - 
J.  M.  Kent pf,oi),  8.  D.  Davis,  Lionel  True.  See. 

llarry  P,  Dill.  Teats.  Stephen  .Morrill.  Trus¬ 
tees.-  Joint  Dyer,  Adam  Hunter,  < '.  t  >.  Dill,  L.  B. 
Bunnell. 


An  interesting  article  recently  appeared  in 
the  London  Milk  Journal,  concerning  the 
value  of  milk  as  a  remedial  agent  in  certain 
diseases.  Several  physicians  of  high  standing 
regard  it  as  a  specific  for  diarrhea,  dysentery, 
and  incipient  cholera.  The  milk  should  not, 
be  boiled,  but,  heated  sufficiently  to  bo  agree 
ably  warm.  It  is  also  recommended  as  of 
great  value  in  typhoid  fevers— as  cooling  and 
nourishing,  and  as  promoting  sleep. 


The  Folk  Co.,  Iowa,  I  ml  it*.  Amh’h  is  to  hold 
a  Fair  in  June,  for  the  exhibition  and  sale  of 
fruit,  nursery  stock,  works  of  ail,  machinery 
and  livestock.  Tho  date  of  Hie  Fair  Is  not  yet 

fixed. 

The  National  Horse  Breeders’  Ass  n  of  Jack- 
son,  Mich.,  have  selected  June  17  20  as  I  lie  days 
when  their  next  Annual  Meeting  will  beheld. 
The  amount  of  premiums  offered  Is  8152,000. 

The  Newburgh  llay,  N.  V.,  Hurt.  Hoc.  holds 
its  next  Annual  Exhibition  at  Newburgh,  Sept. 
23-525.  The  premium  list  is  issued,  but  mu  a 
name  and  address  of  an  officer  is  upon  it.  . 


Captains,  colonels  and  other  officers  in  the  army 
are  selling  their  commissions  and  c-cnning  to 
America;  a  son  of  Tom  Hughes  is  among  the 
number.  Mr.  Grant,  who  has  just  arrived  in 
this  country  with  Lord  and  Lady  Prescott,  has 
over  400 applications  from  persons  worth  from 
$5,000  to  $20,000,  who  are  anxious  to  settle  in 
Kaunas.  Such  is  the  beginning  of  an  enterprise 
which  promises  well  for  that  State. 


so  ungenerous  as  to  believe  that,  English  Manu¬ 
facturers  fear  to  compete  — to  enter  the  field 
with  tho  rest  of  the  world  on  equal  terms  and 
take  the  chances. 


EQUAL  BEFORE  THE  LAW 


The  President  of  the  California  Farmers' 
Union,  In  a  recent  speech,  made  this  declara¬ 
tion  “  We  declare  that  farmers  and  all  others 
should  be  equal  before  the  law;  that  all  laws 
should  be  enacted  without  bias  and  executed 
without  partiality  ;  and  to  this  end  we  declare 
that  neither  farmers  nor  others  ought  to  fur¬ 
nish  legislative,  executive  or  Judicial  officers 
with  free  passes,  or  in  any  manner  do  anything 
calculated  to  Improperly  Influence  them  in  the 
discharge  of  their  public  trusts;  and  that  no 
officer  or  candidate  for  office  ought  to  accept, 
rior  rhalj  any  officer  with  our  consent  be  here¬ 
after  elected  who  will  accept,  of  a  free  pass  or 
other  gift." 

This  Is  an  admirable  declaration.  Equality 
before  the  law  means  that  men  shall  have  equal 
justice  under  the  law.  it  therefore  strikes  a 
blow  at  all  special  legislation  for  the  benefit  of 
individuals  or  corporations ;  and  it  ought  io, 
for  It  is  to  this  pernicious  power  to  enact  other 
than  general  laws  on  tho  part  of  legislatures, 
that  wo  owe  the  corruption  which  exists  in 
legislative  bodies,  the  creation  of  monopolies 
and  the  enslavement,  of  tho  producing  and 
laboring  classes  by  greedy  and  unscrupulous 
corporations.  lint  it  is  not  chough  to  declare 
this  principle.  It  must  be  Incorporated  In  the 
constitution  of  every  State  In  the  Union  before 
the  citizens  of  such  Stat  es  can  become  “  equal 
before  the  law."  The  mere  withholding  of  free 
passes  over  railroads  from  legislators  will  not 
prevent  special  legislation  in  their  favor  bo 
long  as  legislatures  have  constitutional  power 
to  enact  other  than  general  laws  of  uniform 
application  to  all  the  people  of  tho  State.  Tho 
people  to-day  arc  groaning und or  the  Inflictions 
of  tliis  class  of  legislation.  It  lias  levied  tre¬ 
mendous  taxes  upon  all  classes  of  industry.  It 

affects  commerce  between  the  States  and  ham- 

*  * 

pers  the  development  of  our  national  resource*. 
It  is  antagonistic  to  self-government.  Local 
legislation  Is  not  left  to  supervisory'  and  muni¬ 
cipal  boards.  Legislatures  have  the  power  t<> 
increase  the  amount  of  taxation  in  any  given 
locality  by  special  enactment,  and  discriminate. 
In  this  respect,  in  favor  of  any  other  locality. 
Buch  special  enactments  affecting  a  county, 
city  or  tow  nship,  are  rarely  ever  referred  to  the 
citizens  of  such  county,  city  or  township  for 
indorsement  or  rejection.  Thus,  in  States  where 
there  is  no  constitutional  provision  against  spe¬ 
cial  legislation,  there  is  no  equality  beforo  the 
law,  nor  can  there  lie  so  long  as  such  legislation 
is  possible.  It  seems  to  us,  therefore,  that  the 
ax  must,  lie  laid  at  tho  root  of  the  tree.  Tim 
mischief  already  done  caunot  be  undone;  for 
legislation  cannot  bo  made  retroactive.  But 
further  mischief  may  be  prevented,  and  wo 
have  indicated,  wo  think,  tho  surest  way  of 
preventing  It. 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


The  Anderson  School  of  .\nturnl  History _ 

Prof.  Agassiz,  having  made  an  argument  show¬ 
ing  the  Importance  of  a  National  School  of 
Natural  History,  it  received  responses  satisfac¬ 
tory  from  all  quarters.  Among  others,  a  gen¬ 
tleman  has  deeded  to  Prof.  Agasstz  a  beautiful 
island,  called  Peitekcw,  upon  which  the  school 
is  to  be  located.  He  also  accompanied  the  gift 
of  t  he  island  with  another  of  fo0,U00.  Buildings 
are  to  bo  at  once  erected,  and  it  is  hoped  to 
open  the  school  this  summer.  Prof.  Agassiz 
says  he  is  overwhelmed  with  applications  for 
admission  to  the  school,  from  all  quarters- 
even  from  California  and  Texas.  The  first  sea¬ 
son,  it  is  almost  decided  that  only  those  who 
are  teaching  Natural  History  shall  be  admitted. 


OoiicluctiMS:  JO'litor  mid  IWiLliiaUer 


The  Clrcuapenke  and  OI»i«  Hnilrond  has  been 
recently  opened  from  the  Ohio  River  to  Rich¬ 
mond,  Vh.,  where  about  t  he  largest  vessels  cap 
be  loaded  and  sent  to  sea.  making  it  a  point  for 
Interchange  of  freights.  As  will  be  seen  else¬ 
where.  this  Company  is  now  extending  the  main 
lino  to  the  open  waters  of  the  Chesapeake  Bay, 
for  the  accommodation  of  large  urcan  steamers. 
Deep-water  wharves  w  ill  bo  erect  ed,  w  here  even 
the  Great,  Eastern  can  bo  loaded  directly  from 
the  cans  at  a  trilling  cost  for  the  transfer  of 
freight.  This  will  be  a  great  advantage  ti  the 
West,  which  demands  cheaper  outlets  for  its 
produce.  This  road  has  a  very  short  line  I  o  I  lie 
principal  Western  centers,  and  will  thus  com¬ 
mand  all  the  business  it  can  accommodate. 
Such  are  the  Indications,  and  preparations  are 
being  made  for  increased  facilities.  An  offer  of 
$3,000,000  of  their  7  per  cent,  gold  bonds  is  an¬ 
nounced.  the  bonds  being  based  on  the  new 
properties  of  the  Com  pony  as  well  as  a  lien  upon 
the  completed  main  ilnc,  the  particulars  of 
which  will  be  found  by  referring  to  tlie  adver¬ 
tisement  of  Messrs.  Fisk  &  Hatch,  the  financial 
agents.  The  price  of  the  bonds  is  90  and  accu¬ 
mulated  interest  from  January.  'JTiO  0  percent, 
bonds  of  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Railroad 
have  been  advanced  to  88  and  accrued  interest. 


CHAS.  D.  BRAGD0N,  ANDREW  S.  FULLER, 

Assoyiati!  Editors. 

HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.  D.,  Cortland  Village,  N.  Y., 

Editor  ok  tu*  1>ip>htwk>.t  op  flnv.kp  Ht  *  ban  dry. 

X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  Lillie  Falls,  N.  Y., 

EriTOB  OF  Tim  pKFAIITWKsr  OF  O  A 1 1;  v  Husbandry. 


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Htntc  Conundrums. — Tlie  Boston  Cultivator, 
copying  our  paragraph  recently,  relative  to  the 
Secretary  of  tho  Maine  State  Board  of  Agricul¬ 
ture,  asks  us  this  grave  question  “  If  a  Secre¬ 
tary  of  our  State  Board  of  Agriculture  could 
find  time  to  engage  in  the  manufacturing  of 
commercial  fertilizers,  and  the  Secretary  of  an¬ 
other  State  Board  can  find  time  t  o  edit  an  Agri¬ 
cultural  paper,  and  do  sundry  other  work  out¬ 
side  of  his  St  ate  office,  then,  why  may  not  the 
editor  of  an  Agricultural  ptipcrflnd  time  to  be 
Secretary  of  a  State  Board  of  Agriculture? 
What  aays  our  contemporary  of  tlie  Rural 
New-Yorker  V  ”  Why,  that  we  give  It  up  I 


Political  Dcmngogue*  are  at  vvork  to  win  the 
favor  and  confidence  of  the  irat  e  fanners  of  the 
country  who  have  been  aroused  Into  united  ac¬ 
tion  t  o  throw  nlf  tlie  burdens  which  press  so 
heavily  upon  them.  Those  demagogues,  siiuff- 
ibg  the  air  for  a  scent  of  the  political  future, 
caidi  tlie  trail  of  What  scorns  apparent  will  be¬ 
come  a  powerful  and  compact  organization 
which  Ik  to  exert  great  Influence  upon  the  fat  6 
of  parties  locally  If  not  nationally;  They  will 
soon  become  the  most  blatant  of  reformer* ; 
.and  their  manipulatory  skill  will  lie  employed 
to  get  control  of  this  newly  organized  force  for 
their  own  selfish  purposes.  We  trust  to  the  past 
bitter  experiences  of  farmers  who  have  thus 
been  wheedled,  to  insure  vigilant  watch  on  their 
part  that  those  foxes  do  not  again  gel  hold  of 
tile  fresh  brood  of  chickens.  They  are  cute  and 
cunning  enough  to  do  bo  and  to  escape  all  traps 
Without  leaving  so  much  us  a  "  brush  ”  in  them. 
Wolves  in  sheeps  clothing  and  foxes  with 
witch-dog  collars  about  their  necks  may  he 
looked  out,  for  about  these  days. 


PUBLICATION  OFFICES: 

No.  5  Beekman  Street,  New  York  City,  and  No.  82 
Buffalo  Street,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


French’s  Patent  Cultivator,  manufactured  by 
the  Ames  Plow  Company,  (58  Beckman  St.,  New 
York,  and  Quincy  Hall,  Boston,)  and  advertised 
on  page  893  of  this  paper,  is  worthy  the  atten¬ 
tion  of  farmers  and  gardeners.  It.  is  claimed 
that  iiy  the  frequent  use  of  this  implement  in 
cultivating  carrots,  onions,  parsnips,  beets,  and 
other  small  root  crops,  three-fourths  of  the 
usual  labor  will  bo  saved,  while  the  yield  and 
profits  of  the  crops  will  tie  great  ly  enhanced. 


SATURDAY,  MAY  3,  1873. 


GOING  A  MAYING 


Farm  life  is  too  generally  regarded  as  hum¬ 
drum.  It  is  work,  work,  work  !  It  is  all  reality. 
I f  t  here  are  Idealists  among  farmers,  all  ideality 
is  soon  swallowed  up  in  reality  -submerged  un¬ 
der  a  flood  of  hard,  real  facts.  The  sw  eet,  pas¬ 
toral  life  of  which  poets  have  sting,  and  which 
is  associated  with  life  on  tlie  farm  in  the  minds 
of  many  persons,  lacks  the  flavor,  when  tasted, 
that  poets  would  have  ns  anticipate. 

But  May  is  at  hand.  Hero  in  the  North,  Hie 
work  of  April  must  bo  done  in  May.  Our  cor¬ 
respondence  shows  Unit  little  of  tbn  spring 
work  lias  been  done.  The  ground  must,  be 
plowed,  ( ho  seed  sowTn,  the  planting  done.  Pell 
moll,  tlie  labor  of  two  mouths  must  lie  crowded 
into  one.  The  farmer  who  would  havo  planted 
two  acres  this,  where  he  planted  one  last  year, 
finds  it  Impracticable.  Out  of  the  long,  dreary 
hibernation  into  which  he  lias  been  forced  dur¬ 
ing  tho  past  wild  er,  he  emerges  with  his  hands 
tied.  The  plans  ho  had  made  cannot  lie  wrought 
out;  there  is  no  time.  The  summer's  sun  will 
soon  be  here.  Tho  seeding  must  be  hurried. 
The  force  at  his  command  must  tie  exerted  to 
the  utmost.  From  early  dawn  till  Jato  at  night 
t  here  must,  be  tin  relaxation  from  toil,  lie  lias 
no  time  to  stop  to  contemplate  the  wonderful 
transformations  which  nature  is  working  for 
him.  He  looks  upon  them  as  the  factory  girl 
looks  upon  the  machinery  which  she  controls, 
and  by  eontroling  which  she  earns  her  daily 
bread.  He  lias  no  time  I o stop  to  consider  tlie 
marvelous  forces  which  ope  rate  to  bring  him 
fruition  for  Id'  labor.  The  sweet,  spring  air, 
tlie  warbling  of  birds,  Hie  bursting  Ivuds,  the 
springing  grass,  tlie  regeneration  of  nature, 
which  has  so  long  lain  dead  or  slumbering,  only 
spur  iii m  to  activity,  quicken  his  steps,  and 
nerve  him  for  greater  efforts  to  sow  the  seed 
which  produces  tho  harvest. 

Tills  is  the  “Maying”  to  which  farmers  are 
invited  t  his  year  this  the  texture  of  t  ho  senti¬ 
ment.  and  poetry  which  inspire-,  them.  Tho 
spring’s  work  must  lie  done  if  tlie  harvest  is  to  be 
reaped.  The  roalim  ir  part  of  life  must  be  suf¬ 
fered  before  the  idealistic  part  can  lie  enjoyed. 
The  prose  precedes  the  poetry.  Yet  there  is 
no  need  to  complain,  or  for  depression.  Seed- 
lime  and  harvest,  are  equally  sure.  Tlie  labor 
of  the  one  is  always  crowned  by  the  glory  of 
the  other.  Convalescence  follows  suffering. 
Sunshine  breaks  through  clouds-  A  clear  sky 
follows  a  storm.  Wo  do  not  know  that  any 
overwrought  farmer  will  find  comfort  in  or  de¬ 
rive  courage  from  these  words.  But  they  are 
written  t  hat  we  may  show  our  appreciation  of 
the  difficulties,  discouragements  and  duties 
which  t  his  May  Day  of  1875  brings,  and  our  faith 
in  the  ultimate  results  which  Will  follow  the 
discharge  of  such  duties. 


The  American  Pumologicnl  Society.  Hadn’t 
friend  Elliott,  Secretary  of  the  American  Po- 
inologlcai  Society, belter  keep  still ?  Bi  a  re¬ 
cent  letter  published  iii  a  Western  paper,  lie 
quotes  a  ncirrefipondi'nt  as  saying  that  “  one  ed¬ 
itor  ol'  a  weekly  i<uper  in  New  York  City  has 
tried  to  break  down  the  Association  because  it 
did  not  meet  his  views."  Why  didn’t  Elliott 
tell  thgt  correspondent  that  tho  statement 
was  false;  for  no  one  knows  better  than  Air. 
Elliott  that  it  is  not  true.  The  fact  is,  the 
Secretary  made  an  aas  of  himself,  and  got  criti¬ 
cised  for  it,  as  he  deserved  ;  and  if  ho  doii’t  stop 
doing  it  hereafter,  tbe  American  Bornological 
Society  will  find  he  is  too  big  a  burden  to  carry 
with  comfort.  Would  Mr.  Elliott  have  the 
public  believe  that  when  any  one  criticises  bis 
injudicious  and  untruthful  statements,  the 
party  doing  it  is  trying  to  “break  down”  the 
American  l’omological  Society ?  If  that  is  his 
object,,  he  will  find  lie  has  a  bigger  job  on  his 
hands  than  ho  Juts  before  undertaken. 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES 


Farmers’  (State  t'nnvrniion».— In  both  Oregon 
and  California,  rccont  Stale  Conventions  of 
farmers  have  boon  held,  to  survey  and  discuss 
their  situation  relative  to  railroads,  middlemen, 
markets,  etc.  Practical  work  has  been  done 
and  projected,  and  it  is  apparent  tliat  the  farm¬ 
ers  of  the  States  named  are  as  much  in  earnest 
in  their  purpose  and  efforts  to  protect  them¬ 
selves  and  promote  their  especial  Interests  as 
the  farmers  of  the  States  this  side  tlie  Itocky 
Mountains. 


(tome  Thing*  We  Ban  tlie  Other  Day.  Let 

us  enumerate  some  things  wc  saw  in  the  coun¬ 
try  the  other  day -The  snow  gone  ami  no  fur¬ 
ther  possible  use  for  sleighs,  we  saw  four  sleighs 
fu  a  distance  of  two  miles  travel  standing  out- 
of-doors  with  the  shoes  rusting  in  the  mud  ; 
twoeuttersin  the  same  position  with  the  thills 
run  up  over  tho  front  door-yard  fence ;  four 
axes  rusting  beside  urichopped  logs  (or  stuck 
in  them)  with  the  rain  pouring  down  upon 
them;  one  door  of  a  stone  ash-house  swinging 
unfastened  In  tho  wind,  one  hinge  broken  and 
the  rain  beating  in  upon  and  leaching  tho  ashos; 
three  plows  st  anding  in  t  lie  furrows  in  t  he  field 
where  they  were  left  last  fall;  two  mowers  In 
tho  lee  of  a  rickety  rail  fence,  without  cover, 
tlio  knives  remaining  in  one  of  them;  one  hoc 
half  covered  by  a  snow  drift  in  a  garden,  where 
it  bad  evidently  been  all  winter;  throe  herds  of 
caj,t]e  roaming  through  and  treading  up  the 
wet  meadows;  plies  of  manure  thrown  from 
a  stablo  under  tho  caves  and  into  the  street, 
leaching  and  the  liquid  running  down  the  street 
ditches ;  an  ash  barrel  sett  ing  beside  a  wooden 
out-building;  three  pigs  foraging  about  the 
front  door  of  a  farm  house;  a rluthoa-liuo  left 
out  in  the  rain,  and  st  retched  across  a  mud-hole 
til  which  one  must  stand  to  hang  clothes  upon 
it;  a  fine  fence  used  as  a  hltchlng-post  and  a 
team  gnawing  it,  because  no  hitcliing-poM  was 
provided;  two  half  unhinged  gates  swinging  in 
the  wind,  Ace.,  &v.  Wo  expect  to  see  farms 
advertised  for  sale  in  that  neighborhood. 


An  Aiul*Rallron<l  Monopoly  Convention  is 

called  to  take  place  in  New  York  City,  May  6— 
to  form  an  association  of  shippers,  merchants, 
consumers  and  producers  for  mutual  protection 
against  railroad  extortion.  We  have  not  seen 
the  official  call  for  this  convention,  hut  notice 
that  delegates  arc  being  appointed  from  differ¬ 
ent  States  to  it.  "We  hope  something  wise  arid 
effective  may  result  from  its  assembling. 


Patron*  of  Hu-bomlry  Guxwuor  of  Iowa, — 
Some  five  or  six  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  at  Wa¬ 
terloo,  Iowa,  recently  adopted  a  series  of  reso¬ 
lutions,  and  nominated  Dudley  W.  Adams  for 
Governor,  and  a  Mr.  W  i  liunson  for  Lieutenant- 
Governor,  This  is  tailed  u  "serious  hoax  "by 
the  Iowa  organ  of  tlie  Order,  and  Mr.  Adams 
has  written  a  letter  declining  to  bett candidate* 


How  to  Circulate  tlie  ltifrai — *'  G ranges,’'  Ac. 

•^-N.  W.  of  Warrentoii,  On.,  sends  ils  some  now' 
subscribers,  and  writes:' 

“1  am  anxious  to.  see  a  olub-of  at  least  fifty 
subscribers  to  t  lie  Rural  Nkw-Yorklr  in  our 
low  if,  and  as  an  Agricultural  meeting  takes 
plfei :u  flic  first  Tuesday  in  May,  i  would  like  to 
huve  soYwal  copies  of  the  paper  to  distribute 
aiming  members  who  would  tie  likely  to  sub¬ 
scribe.  Please  let  me  hear  from  you,  or  some 
of  your  correspondents*  on  tlie  subject  of 
‘  Granges,'  of  Patrons  Of  Husbandry.  Are  they 
really  of  any  benefit  to  tlie  plan  ter." 

Wc  mail  specimens  for  our  friend  to  distrib¬ 
ute,  as  ho  kindly  offers,  ami  will  cheerlully  fur¬ 
nish  l  lie  neoesbary  documents  to  others  of  our 
readers  disposed  to  use  them  at  meetings  or 
among  neighbors.  Jt  is  tlie  right  way  to  help 
both  the  paper  and  your  friends.  Judging  from 
what  tlie  Patrons  of  Husbandry  have  done,  and 
are  doing,  in  the  West,  especially  against  mo¬ 
nopolies,  we  think  they  must  prove  of  decided 
benefit  to  farmers  and  planters. 


Fine  Ring  Apple*.— Mr.  A.  G.  Owen  of  Big 
Flats,  Chemung  Co.,  N.  Y.,  last  week  left  with 
us  some  excellent,  specimens  of  the  Tompkins 
County  Ring,  an  apple  which  is  deservedly  pop¬ 
ular  wherever  known.  Though  the  King  is  a 
good  keeper,  ordinarily,  the  specimens  referred 
to  did  not  keep  worth  a  cent.  They  were  too 
tempting. 

- - *♦* - — 

Personal.— J.  R.  Dodge,  statistician  of  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  has  been  commis¬ 
sioned  by  President  Grant  to  attend  the  Vienna 
Exposition  and  represent  tlie  Department  there. 
He  goes  mainly  with  reference  to  increasing 
our  statistical  facilities.  He  sails  the  present 
w  eok  and  will  probably  be  absent  ninety  days. 


Englishmen  in  Kansas. — The  advance  guard 
of  a  largo  colony  of  Englishmen,  who  are  to  set- 
tlo  in  Kansas  at  a  town  on  the  Kansas  Pacific 
Railroad,  has  already  arrived  in  this  country. 
They  sailed  from  England  to  New  Orleans, 
thence  up  the  Mississippi  to  St.  Louis,  aud  then 
West.  This  colony  has  been  founded  by  Geo. 
G  rant.  Esq.,  of  Hie  great  dry  goods  house  of 
Grant  &  Cask  of  London.  Tho  best  stock  of 
sheep  and  cattle  to  be  found  in  England  and 
Scotland  have  been  imported,  among  them  five 
bulls, -for  one  of  which,  when  but  four  weeks 
old,  Mr.  Grant  paid  200  guineas,  or  about  $1,800. 
Many  English  aud  Scotch  people  of  wealth  are 
making  arrangements  to  go  to  Kansas.  They 
will  take  the  best  of  implements,  steam-plows 
and  practical  farmers  with  them.  Borne  of 
then i  have  purchased  a  square  mile  of  land. 
The  intention  is  to  foniul  a  large  colony  of  sub¬ 
stantial  people,  those  who  will  bring  wealth, 
refinement  and  education  into  the  State.  En¬ 
gland  is  over-crowded,  and  men  with  families, 
as  well  as  young  men,  are  looking  for  opportu¬ 
nities  in  America  denied  them  in  England. 


Tltc  Knglioh  Manufacturer*  or  Agricultural 
Machinery  have  had  a  meeting  in  London  to 
consider  theuroposed  trials  of  implements  at 
the  Vienna  Exhioition,  aud  have  unanimously 
resolved  not  to  enter  info  the  competition.  The 
reasons  they  have  assigned  to  the  Royal  Com¬ 
missioners  are  that  it  will  be  Impossible  to  sub¬ 
mit  to  adequate  trials  such  an  enormous  num¬ 
ber  of  machines  as  will  be  exhibited  at  this 
international  gathering,  arid  that  awards  made 
upon  hasty  aud  imperfect  trials  arc  neither 
satisfactory  to  the  public  nor  tho  exhibitors. 
The  trouble  and  expense  which  they  also  in¬ 
volve  to  the  competitors  will  be  greatly  en¬ 
hanced  by  the  arrangements  proposed  for  con¬ 
ducting  the  experiments.  There  will  bo  people 


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BARON  VON  LIEBIG. 


Justus  von  Liebig,  tlio  celebrated  chemist, 
died  at  Munich.  Friday.  April  10:  He  had  long 
suffered  from  a  painful  Illness,  and  his  decease 
was  not  unexpected.  More  than  fifty  years  of 
labor  in  the  cause  of  science  had  enfeebled  his 
frame,  while  they  benefited  the  world  and  gave 
him  wide  and  just  reputation. 

Ilaron  von  Likbio  was  born  at.  Darmstadt,  May 
12,  1803,  and  was  educated  in  the  gymnasium  of 
this!  city.  In  1808,  at  the  close  of  his  classical 
studies,  his  evident  inclination  for  natural  sci¬ 
ence  determined  Ids  father  to  place  him  in  a 
pharmacy  at  Heppenhelm.  There  he  remained 
six  months,  and  then  moved  smuiessdvely  to 
Bonn  and  Erlangen,  where  he  continued  his 
studies.  He  was  then  judged  worthy  to  be  sent 
to  Paris,  at  government  expense,  to  perfect  him¬ 
self  in  the  knowledge  of  chemistry.  During 
the  years  1833  20  ho  enjoyed  the  companionship 
of  many  celebrated  chemists,  notably  MM.  Gay- 
Lussac,  Pklouze,  and  Ai.kx,  von  1 1  cm not, nr. 
A  paper  on  “L’Aelde  Fplminlque,”  presented  to 
the  Academy  of  Science,  showed  him  to  bo  a 
scholar  of  deep  penetration.  M.  von  Hum¬ 
boldt,  struck  witli  tlio  Ingenious  and  novel 
views  presented  in  the  article,  had  the  author 
nooduaicd  adjunct  professor  of  chemistry  in 
the  University  of  (Denson  in  1831.  Twelve  years 
afterwards,  in  18<W,  Liebig  was  mndo  full  pro¬ 
fessor,  and  in  the  following  quarter  of  a  cen¬ 
tury,  Ids  courses  of  led, tires  gave  lids  small  uni¬ 
versity  an  unprecedented  importance.  He  es¬ 
tablished  hero,  undur  thepatronage  of  the  Gov¬ 
ernment,,  the  first  college  laboratory  that  Ger¬ 
many  bad  possessed,  and  Giessen  became, 
through  his  efforts,  a  scientific  center,  where 
students  gathered  from  all  parts  of  Europe,  and 
especially  from  England. 

In  1830,  Liebig  was  appointed  professor  at 
Heidelberg,  in  place  of  G Melin,  and  two  years 
later  was  called  to  tlio  (‘hair  of  Chemistry  at- the 
University  of  Munich,  in  which  city  he  lias  since 
made  his  home.  He  was  also  put  in  charge  of 
the  chemical  laboratory  belonging  to  the  city. 
The  Grand  Duke  of  Hesse  had  previously  con¬ 
ferred  upon  him,  in  l$Jo,  the  title  of  Baron  in 
honor  of  his  services  in  t  he  cause  of  science.  In 
Ma>,  1861,  Baron  von  I,  us  mo  was  made  Foreign 
Associate  of  the  Academy  of  Science  at  Paris, 
in  place  of  M.  LlKDM  ANN. 

This  great  seholor  has  given  tlio  results  of  his 
labors  to  the  world  from  time  to  time,  in  the 
shape  of  art  icles  that  have  been  published  in  the 
scientific  magazines  of  Germany,  and  have  been 
translated  In  various  languages  and  published 
on  both  sides  of  the  ocean.  In  connect  ton  with 
M.  PoU/kndork,  he  published  a  Dictionary  of 
Chemistry,  at.  Brunswick,  in  five  volumes,  which 
took  fourteen  years,  from  1887  to  1831,  to  com¬ 
plete.  A  supplement  was  published  by  himself 
in  f  lic  following  year.  In  1886,  assisted  by  M. 
Geiciwu,  he  published  a  Manual  of  Pharmacy. 
The  portion  of  this  work  which  relates  to  or¬ 
ganic  chemistry  Is  entirely  due  to  the  pen  of 
Lie  BIO. 

Other  works  by  t  Ids  busy  pen  relate  to  organic 
chemistry  applied  to  vegetable  physiology  and 
agriculture;  the  study  of  chemistry;  the  con¬ 
nection  of  chemistry  with  Industries  ;  scientific 
agriculture,  Am.,  &c.  His  last  largo  work  was 
“The  Natural  Laws  of  Agriculture,”  published 
at  Brussels  in  1864. 

Baron  von  Liebig  (or,  as  the  unpretending 
German  student  preferred  to  bo  called,  Profes¬ 
sor  Liitotg.)  has  left  a  vacant  place  in  scientific 


study  which  will  not  be  filled  immediately.  He 
was  born  an  investigator  and  .student  of  chem¬ 
istry.  Jn  this  one  cause  his  whole  life  was  en¬ 
listed.  Trusting  nothing  to  his  rare  genius,  he 
plodded  along  through  years  of  closest  study 
and  patient  scrutiny  of  principles,  before  lie  put 


ing  agricultural  meetings,  where  tho'subjects 
of  drainage,  fertilizers,  &c.,  came  up  for  dis¬ 
cussion.  In  those  practical  walksof  life  he  will 
be  greatly  missed.  There  are  many  to  talk  of 
these  matters,  but  no  one  knows  them m  did 
the  German  scholar.  Fifty  yoars  of  matured 


THE  EA.TE  BARON 

the  results  of  his  labors  to  the  test  of  print. 
Honors  did  not,  ila/zlp  him.  Elected  a  Univer¬ 
sity  professor  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  he  was 
a  closer  student  than  any  of  those  who  attend¬ 
ed  his  lectures.  Step  by  step  ho  advanced  along 
his  prescribed  path,  leaving  nothing  behind 
that  had  not  been  investigated.  His  labors  had 
•heir  reward  —not  in  royal  honors,  as  most  men 
think,  but  in  the  vast  amount  of  good  ho  was 
enabled  to  do.  The  inhabitants  of  all  our  large 
cities  have  boon  enriched  by  his  researches.  He 
gave  much  study  to  the  question  of  sewage, 
and  the  results  were  valuable  In  affording  prac¬ 
tical  information  concerning  the  tide  of  poison 
that  ebbs  and  flows  under  our  streets  and  side¬ 
walks.  Some  bints  that  he  put  on  record  long 
ago  yet  remain  to  bo  pondered  by  our  city 
fathers.  Ills  studies  in  the  matter  of  food  also 
have  been  greatly  beneficial. 

The  Professor  frequently  visited  England,  ami 
was  received  always  in  the  most  enthusiastic 
manner.  His  presence  was  sought  at  the  loud- 


VON  LIEBIG. 

study  form  a  power  that  Is  rare.  Europe  could 
have  spared  any  two  of  her  mOnarchs  rather 
than  lose  the  benefactor  of  the  nations. 

- »+-♦ 

MR.  GREELEY’S  CLOTHES. 


Mu.  Ghehi.ky  throughout  life  Mas  twitted 
w  Uh  Ms  slovenliness  of  person,  and  many  peo¬ 
ple  Mere  made  to  believe  that  he  Incurred  the 
risk  of  being  sold  for  a  bag  of  ancient  rags 
whenever  he  passed  Into  Arm  street.  The  fit 
and  quality  of  his  clothes  wore  not  what  Cram- 
rnorit  or  D'Oraay  would  have  recommended, 
but  luMvas  always  scrupulously  neat  Beothdvoii 
himself  having  no  greater  passion  for  the  bath. 
His  lined  was  ever  immaculate;  his  boots, 
though  often  coarse,  well  blacked;  his  faeo 
carefully  shaven,  and  Ills  hands  as  daintily  kept 
as.  those  of  a  fine  woman.  His  cravat  had  a 
I  endency,  it  is  true,  to  assume  the  shape  of  a 
hangman's  knot,  and  his  Irowsers  wore  often 
suggestive  of  required  continuance;  but  that 


he  was  really  slovenly  was  palpably  false.  The 
idle  tales  that  he  disarranged  his  toilet  before 
the  looking-glass,  and  carefully  squeezed  his 
pantaloons  Into  the  leg  of  his  boot  ere  ho 
appeared  on  the  street,  were  purposely  told  t  > 
annoy  him,  and  strange,  to  say,  they  li.nl  the 
effect  intended.  He  was  sensitive  on  the  sub¬ 
ject  of  his  dress,  and  seldom  received  advice 
thereupon  with  becoming  equanimity.  Oddly 
enough,  lie  believed  himself  a  very  Wolt-afTtrecl 
person,  and  that  few  men  In  his  station  went 
bettor  elafl.  Sartorial  roiupicnts  were  wont  to 
draw  front  him  sharp  und  stinging  replies. 

When  n  city  editor  of  t  he  Tribune  once  sug¬ 
gested  the  reformation  of  his  neck-lie,  Mr. 
Greeley  answered,  “You  don't  like  my  dress, 
and  J  don't  like  your  department.  If  you  have 
any  Improvement*  to  make,  please  begin  at 
home.” 

James  Watson  Webli,  '  while  editor  of  tlio 
Courier  and  Enquirer,  was  fond  of  .'crit  icising 
the  cost." me  of  his  neighbor,  who,  referring  to 
t  he  fact  t  hat  Mr.  Webb  had  been  sentenced  to 
the  Slate  prison,  and  pardoned,  for  fight  lug  a 
duel  with  Thomas  F.  Marshall,  made  t  his  extin¬ 
guishing  rejoinder : — “.Assuredly  no  costume  ill 
which  the  editor  of  (lie 'Tribune  ha  s  ever  ap¬ 
peared  would  create  such  a  sensation  In  Broad¬ 
way  as  that  James  Watson  Webb  would  liavo 
Mrorn  hut  for  the  clemency  of  Gov.  Seward,” 

To  another  .fob  run  1 1st,  noted  for  his  untidi¬ 
ness,  and  his  ridicule  of  Mr.  Greeley,  t  he  latter 

responded,  “If  our  friend  of  the _ ,  Who 

wears  mourning  Tor  Ids  departed  veracity  under 
liis  tinges -nails,  will  agree  to  surprise  his  system 
with  a  bath,  we  may  attempt  Helmut  discussion 
with  11111),” 

The  illustrious  editor  M’as  simply  careless  of 
his  attire,  though  fastidiously  neat,  lie  whs 
always  so  busy  Unit,  when  ho  arose  in  t  ho  morn¬ 
ing,  ho  put  on  the  first,  thing  lie  found,  and 
sometimes  he  did  not  put  it  more  t  han  half  on. 
His  clothes  never  seemed  to  lit  him,  or,  rat  her! 
lie  never  seemed  to  lit  his  clothes.  The  wonder 
wit  li  many  of  his  acquaintances  was  whore  lie 
bought  them,  or  whether  t  hey  did  not  grow,  SO 
unique  often  wore  their  cut  and  pattern. 
(  lot. lies,  I  repeat,  were  a  tender  theme  with 
him;  and  be. dlflpJayed’Mjo highest/ breeding  by 
never  alluding  to  whut  lie  wore,  it,  is  supposed 
In-  got  Ids  garments  ready-made  (I  have  been 
told  his  wife  was  In  the  habit  of  purchasing 
them),  and  to  save  time,  he  took  1  lie  first  articles 
offered.  He  was  t, ho  only  Now  Vorkrr  of  note 
Mho  repeatedly  appeared  lo  tho  streets  in  the 
morning  In  a  dress-coat.  But,  lie  made  ample 
atonement  for  this  by  presenting  himself  up 
town  at,  formal  dinners  in  a  paletot,  or  some 
peculiar  garment  that  defied  Identification. 
Whatever  may  be  thought  of  Mr.  Greeley’s 
quaint  raiment,  he  was  excellently  dressed 
according  to  tho  Brurmmd  Canon,  because  after 

being  with  and  listening  to  Mm  one  could  not 

remember  what  he  hud  on.  Ho  could  talk  away 
hip  clothes- in  the  briefest  spOfle. — J larpc r'8  May. 

- -  - . 

PERSONAL  GOSSIP. 

United  States  Minister  Bancroft  has  the 
handsomest  residence  of  any  of  our  diplomatic, 
represent atlves  abroad . 

1'r  Is  said  that,  the  wife  of  the  British  Premier 
sadly  lacks  the  social  t  act  necessary  to  a  person 
in  her  position.  Shota  Hie  cause  of  greater  of¬ 
fenses  against  etiquette  than  any  one  else  in 
London. 

Mr.  Anthony  Trollouk  coincides  with  the 
natives  of  New  Zealand  that  that  country  is 

the  cream  of  the  earth  a  happy  land  to  which 
all  good  tilings  have  been  given."  Ho  thinks  It 
will  ultimately  become  another  Britain  in  the 
Soul  hern  Sen. 


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HELP  FROM  THE  HELPLESS. 

I  caugiit  the  murmur  of  the  billowy  wheat. 

That  rolled  its  wealth  of  waves  along  the  plain  ; 

“  I  tremble,  for  I  wait  the  thresher’s  beat, 

And  the  hard  stones  that  grind  the  hupless  grain  ; 
Yet  by  my  silent  pain  the  world  is  fed; 

I  die,  to  give  its  famished  millions  bread.” 

Dare  hang  the  plundered  vine;  it  sighed— “  I  mourn 
My  graphs,  that  hid  not  from  the  vintner's  eye 
The  summer  in  their  hearts ;  now  crushed  and  torn. 
They  yield  their  life,  and  yet  It  will  not  die; 

The  years  shall  guard  it  for  Us  fate  benign, 

To  bo  poured  out  anew  in  generous  wine." 

Brother,  borno  down  by  sorrow,  have  not  we 
Given  to  the  thresher’s  hand  both  elm  IT  and  grain 't 
And  did  we  not  our  latest  fruitage  sec 
Crushed  in  the  wine-press  for  the  vintner’s  gain '! 
May  some  sad  heart  hot  wtn  from  thine  and  mine 
Bread  for  its  hour  of  need,  and  soul-iDSpirlng  wine  I 


(§ur  Storir-StcUor. 


CATCHING  A  BUTTERFLY , 

“Kate,  love,  who  do  you  think  Contemplates 
a  visit  to  us,  next  month  ?” 

“  If  it.  ploaso  heaven,  not  your  Aunt  Emily, 
with  her  live  unruly  cherubs !"  replied  my  wife, 
upsetting  her  work-hox  in  her  consternation. 

"No,  my  dear,"  I  replied,  with  an  inward 
shudder  at  the  suggestion,  "that,  at  least,  is 
spared  us.  This  letter  is  from  Cousin  John 
Durham." 

"  W hat !  our  scientific  relative  !  O,  Harvey !” 

“  My  dear,  consider ;  wo  haven’t  seen  him  for 
over  Jive  years.” 

“And  consider,  Harvey,  how  much  more 
scientific  and  absent-minded  lie  will  be  than  he 
was  live  years  ago;  he  was  dreadful  enough 
then.  Do  you  recollect  Ids  wiping  ids  mout  h 
with  Mrs.  Dean's  point  lace  handkerchief,  mis¬ 
taking  it.  fora  napkin?  Or,  how  ho  salted  ids 
coffee  instead  of  his  egg,  remarking  afterward, 
with  a  surprised  countenance,  that  the  coffee 
had  a ‘somewhat  peculiar  flavor’ that  morn¬ 
ing  !” 

"‘Eccentricities  of  genius,’ my  love,  as  Mr. 
Pickwick  says. 

“And  O,  his  room  I"  pursued  my  wife,  un¬ 
heeding  the  interruption  ;  "think  how  it  will 
look  at  the  time  he's  here,  swarming  with 
snakes  and  toads, and  bugs  wit  h  dreadful  Latin 
names,  spitted  on  needles  1" 

“There,  tak'o  breath  a  little,  Kitty.  Why, I 
thought  you  were  really  fond  of  John.” 

“And  so  I  am.  lie’s  a  dear  old  fellow  after 
all.  Hut  tune’s  the  rub,  Harvey  : — Cousin  Floy 
is  coming  at  the  sarno  time.  Now,  to  bring  a 
beautiful,  fashionable  young  lady  int  o  collision 
with  such  a  queer  genius  as  John  Durham  - 
they’ll  certainly  dash  !  And  John  is  so  absurd 
with  young  girls  1  treats  them  us  if  they  wore 
children,  not  worth  his  notice.  It's  ridiculous, 
for  he’s  scarcely  thirty-eight  himself," 

"  Well,  uiy  love,  I  can  only  advise  you  to  get 
your  rooms  ready,  and— trust  to  Providence  1" 
Three  weeks  alter  arrived  our  charming 
Cousin  Flay*  One  winter  of  belichood  in  New 
York  had  left  the  roses  still  unladed  In  her 
cheeks,  and  her  eyes  as  bright  a  blue  as  over. 
There  was  a  rustic  freshness  and  piquancy 
about  her,  savoring  rather  Of  I  ho  woods  and 
fields  than  of  crowded  hall  rooms  and  unhealthy 
hours.  She  laughed  merrily  as  Kate  related 
her  tribulations. 

“  Why,  Kate,  I'm  delighted-  what  a  queer 
genius  he  must  be,  I'm  going  to  try  and  make 
a  conquest  of  him." 

Kate  shook  her  head,  laughing.  “  1  wouldn’t 
attempt,  it,  Floy;  you  might  its  well  try  to  flirt 
with  an  elephant.” 

“  We  shall  see,"  said  Floy. 

Next  day  about  tea  time,  John  appeared,  A 
fine-looking,  although  not  handsome  fellow; 
massive  and  broad-shouldered,. with  a  pair  of 
very  dark  gray  eyes  looking  out  from  black, 
over -hanging  eyebrows;  black  hair  curling 
thickly  over  his  head,  and  a  complexion  deeply 
embrowned  by  his  long  sojourn  in  a  southern 
land  ;  rather  careless  in  his  dress,  and  dread¬ 
fully  absent  in  his  manners— such  was  John 
Durham,  the  hero  of  my  story. 

Floy,  looking  her  sweetest,  in  white  and  blue, 
her  blonde  ringlets  falling  over  her  shoulders, 
awaited  us  in  the  drawing-room. 

“  Our  cousin,  Mr.  Durham.  Floy,"  says  Kate. 
“John,  this  is  a  dear  little  cousin  of  mine— Miss 
Florence  Bird.” 

"  Good  evening,  sir,"  said  Floy,  as  she  glanced 
upward  in  timid  admiration  at  this  tall,  broad- 
shouldered  genius. 

“  How  d’ye  do,  sissy,"  says  John,  shaking  her 
little  hand  very  kindly,  though  scarcely  glanc¬ 
ing  at  her  ns  he  does  so. 

Kate  laughs— I  laugh  ;  Floy,  despite  her  vex¬ 
ation,  laughs  too.  John  stands  grave  and  puz¬ 
zled.  regarding  us  with  wondering  attention. 

“  My  dear  John,"  says  Kate,  at  length,  "  were 
you  aware  you  were  introduced  to  a  young  lady  ? 
Miss  Floy  has  been  ‘  out  ’  a  whole  winter,” 

"  I  beg  her  pardon,  most  sincerely."  replied 
John,  bowing  low,  with  a  degree  of  grave  irony 
in  histone,  for  his  second  glance  had  scarcely 
convinced  him. 

And  so  we  nil  sit  down— Floy  pouting  a  little; 
Kate  rosy  with  the  laughter  she  tries  vainly  to 
suppress. 

“Well,  Cousin  John,  we  were  all  deeply  in¬ 
terested  in  your  last  article  in  the - Month¬ 

ly,”  said  I,  after  a  pause. 

"  Except  me,  if  you  please,”  said  Miss  Floy, 


pertly,  “  for  I  never  took  the  slightest  interest 
in  flies  and  grasshoppers,  and  such  disgusting 
creatures." 

I  looked  at  the  little  damsel  in  astonishment ; 
she  tossed  up  her  hands  disdainfully.  John 
eyed  her  as  he  would  a  very  snuey  child. 

“  Have  some  bread  ?’’  he.  asked,  coolly. 

I  "Thank  you,"  said  Floy;  "perhaps  you  will 
have  the  goodness  to  pass  iny  third  oup  of  tea 
without  drinking  It,  Mr.  Durham;  you  have 
disposed  of  two  cups  of  tea  that  were  on  their 
way  to  me,  already." 

Florence,  despite  her  displeasure,  could  not 
avoid  a  little  hysterical  giggle  as  she  spoke. 
John,  really  coloring,  begged  her  pardon,  and 
passed  her  cup.  Then,  by  way  of  conciliation, 
lie  addressed  a  few  words  of  conversation  to 
her. 

“What  school  are  you  attending  at  present, 
miss— Miss  Flora?” 

"I  have  completed  my  education,  sir,”  in  a 
frigidly  dignified  tone. 

“Indeed!  I  wish  I  could  say  as  much,  Miss 
Floy,”  is  John's  dry  rejoinder.as  with  an  amused 
smile  lie  l  urns  away  from  her  to  direct  his  con¬ 
versation  to  Kate  and  me.  When  Jolm  chooses 
to  talk,  iiis  conversation  is  truly  delightful — 
even  Floy  sits  entranced,  listening  to  his  ani¬ 
mated  descriptions  of  the  new  and  strange 
countries  ho  had  seen. 

“  Weil,  what  do  you  think  of  your  ‘conquest* 
now?”  whispers  Kate,  a  little  maliciously  as, 
tea  ended,  we  enter  the  parlor  together. 

“Who  wants  to  make  a  conquest  of  Sttch  an 
old  bear?”  asks  Floy,  shortly. 

But.  next  morning,  lo  and  behold  !  appeared 
Miss  Floy,  in  her  simplest  dress,  her  pretty  fair 
hair  braided  round  her  head,  and  an  air  of  de¬ 
mure  propriety  diffused  nil  over  her  little  per¬ 
son.  She  greeted  John  with  dignified  humility. 
John,  who  had  quite  forgotten  yesterday’s  little 
paasage-of-nrms,  returned  the  greeting  kindly, 
but  took  slight  notice  of  her  otherwise.  She 
tried  to  talk  profoundly  to  him,  and  bored  him 
terri  bly ;  and  when  that  even  ing  she  approached 
him,  bearing  a  ponderous  geological  work,  one 
passage  of  which  she  innocently  asked  him  to 
“explain.”  John,  I  am  sorry  to  say,  lost  pa¬ 
tience,  and  “snubbed”  our  little  cousin  shame¬ 
fully. 

“My  dear  Miss  Floy,”  lie  said,  very  blandly, 
“if  I  were  not  afraid  of  offending  a  young  lady 
who  has  ‘completed  her  education,'  I  would 
advise  you  not  to  at  tempt,  at  present  a  work  of 
this  profound  nature.  Kate  has  in  her  library 
a  book  entitled  'Short  Lessons  in  Natural  His¬ 
tory  for  Youthful  Beginners,'  which*  if  you 
really  desire  to  iearn,  you  will  find  both  amus¬ 
ing  and  instructive.” 

“Thank  you.  sir,”  said  Floy,  coloring  scarlet, 
and  making  him  a  sweeping  courtsy,  “  1  ’m  sorry 
I  disturbed  your  sublime  meditations,  even  fur 
a  moment." 

From  that  lime  Floy, throw ingasidoher  little 
pedantic  mask,  resumed  her  curls,  her  petu¬ 
lance,  her  sarcastic  onslaughts.  One  day  she 
wrote  a  parody  of  liis  lnt  t  article  very  i«  \4X.'y 
done  it  was,  too,  with  most,  laugh-provoking 
caricatures— and  loft  it  in  plain  sight  on  his 
study  table.  Her  little  sarcastic  speeches  were 
as  stinging  as  the  wasps’  nest  she  hired  our 
little  Irish  boy  to  deposit  in  his  coat  pocket. 
The  good  professor,  though  usually  indifferent 
to  her  attacks,  manifested  nfc  times  the  irrita¬ 
tion  of  a  great  dog  when  a  fly  tickles  ids  nose 
too  incessantly;  at  which  time  Floy’s  exulta¬ 
tion  was  excessive, 

"Now,  John,  I’ll  take  no  denial ;  you  must  go 
to  the  picnic  with  us.” 

"  0,  my  dear  Kate - ” 

"  You  needn't  talk  if  you  don’t  want  to;  but 
go  you  must.  It’s  very  bad  for  you  to  confine 
yourself  to  the  society  of  Hies  and  cook  roaches, 
and  .such  ‘pesky  varmints'— isn't  it,  Floy,  dar¬ 
ling  mustn't  lie  go!” 

"I  wouldn’t  urge  him,"  said  Floy,  with  a 
haughty  shrug,  “  t  he  flies,  the  cockroaches,  and 
the  other  pretty  little  creatures,  would  shed 
more  t  ears  over  his  absence  than  we  are  likely 
to,  1  dare  say.” 

John  looked  really  hurt,  for  a  moment,  as  lie 
-glanced  across  the  table  at  his  savage  little  op¬ 
ponent.  Kate  gave  her  a  cross  look  that  appalled 
her  somewhat. 

"  Come,  John,  you’ll  go  with  us.” 

"  Well,  yes,’  John  assented  at  last,  with  a  sigh 
of  resignation  ;  but  to  Floy  he  addressed  neither 
word  nor  look  during  the  remainder  of  the 
breakfast. 

Two  hours  later  we  were  on  our  way —a  merry 
parly  of  thirty  or  forty  at  the  least.  A  ride  of 
several  miles  brought  us  to  Aylvan  Falls,  a  place 
whose  wild  ami  romantic  beauty  rises  before 
me  now,  like  the  memory  of  a  delightful  dream. 
Plunging  Into  the  woods  at  otioc,  we  followed 
the  narrow  path  that  h-d  to  the  falls,  the  dis¬ 
tant  music  of  which  soon  resounded  in  our 
ears.  On  we  scrambled,  often  “  Indian  file,” 
over  the  narrow  up  hill  and  down  hill  path  that 
led  through  the  woods;  shouting  and  scream¬ 
ing  as  we  clambered  over  the  huge  rocks  that 
often  strove  to  arrest  our  way.  The  music-  of 
j  the  falls  grew  louder  and  louder,  and  at  length 
a  sudden  turn  in  the  path  brought  them  to  our 
j  view.  Down  what  seemed  a  huge  stairway 
hewn  in  the  solid  rock,  t  hey  plunged,  bursting 
into  a  white  fury  of  foam  over  the  detached 
pieces  of  rock  which  here  and  there  strove  to 
intercept  their  mad  career. 

Here  we  paused  to  rest,  admire  the  scenery, 
and  eat  our  luncheon,  for  which  the  most  poetic 
mind  was  by  this  time  ravenously  anxious. 
With  two  exceptions,  we  were  all  in  the  best  of 
spirits.  One  of  these  was  John  who,  never 


much  at  his  ease  in  such  a  gathering,  began  to 
feci  excessively  "bored,”  and  took  the  earliest 
opportunity  to  slip  off,  unpcrceived.  The  other 
was  Floy  who,  for  such  a  nat  urally  bright  little 
body,  appeared  uncommonly  dull ;  and  after  a 
while,  she  too  slipped  away,  deserting  several 
youthful  admirers,  who  had  been  trying  to  en¬ 
tertain  her.  The  history  of  her  subsequent  ad¬ 
ventures  I  received  from  Kate, 

Floy,  when  she  set  out,  had  no  intention  of 
roaming  to  any  distance;  but,  absorbed  in  her 
own  rat  her  sorrowful  reflections,  she  wandered 
on  insensibly.  Poor  little  coquette!  She  now 
suspected,  I  think,  that  she  was  becoming  en¬ 
tangled  in  the  net  she  bad  east  for  another,  and 
was  by  no  means  so  Insensible  to  John’s  cool¬ 
ness  as  she  would  have  had  us  imagine.  It  was 
not  till  she  had  wandered  sonic  distance  that,  a 
feeling  of  loneliness  oppressed  her,  and  she 
turned  to  retrace  her  steps.  But  that  was  no 
light  matter;  it  was  easy,  very  easy,  to  lose 
one’s-self  in  these  old  woods.  Amid  all  the 
crooks  and  turns  and  -devious  pathways,  the 
poor  child  soon  found  herself  bewildered*  and 
began  to  cry  in  sad  earnest.  Then  she  called 
for  help,  but  no  voice  answered  her.  Plunging 
desperately  at  last  Into  a  path  she  had  a  vague 
hope  might  load  her  in  the  right  direction,  she 
followed  it  for  some  distance,  pausing,  all  at 
once,  with  a  violent  arart,  as  in  a  little  thicket 
on  the  side  of  the  hill  she  saw  John  Durham! 

Floy’s  first  fooling  was  one  of  intense  relief; 
the  next  instant-  she  shrank  hack  Into  the  shel¬ 
ter  of  the  trees,  “i'll  follow  at  a  distance,” 
she  muttered,  “but,  not  let  him  see  me  for  the 
world— th©  pompous  old  prig!” 

Still  she  could  not,  for  the  life  of  her,  help 
putting  out  her  little  head  to  see  what  the 
"putnpOUH  Old  prig”  was  doing.  With  his  hat 
lightly  extended  in  his  hand,  an  expression  of 
mingled  rapture  and  anxiety  on  his  fare,  lie  was 
stealing  cautiously  toward  the  edge  of  the  bank. 
There*  evident  ly,  in  the  center  of  that  wild  rose 
tapestry,  swinging  so  gracefully  from  tree  t<> 
tree,  had  settled  the  prize  he  was  so  anxious  to 
secure.  Floy  watched  him,  a  look  of  mingled 
amusement  and  contempt  comically  depicted 
on  Iter  pretty  face. 

“There,  now!  one  would  think  the  whole 
world  depended  on  ids  catching  that  butterfly. 

I  hope  you’ll  lose  her,  Mr.  Pompous.  Good! 
slie’s  fluttered  off.  Now,  he  follows  her,  all  ex¬ 
citement.  Gracious!  lie’s  just  on  the  edge  of 
the  bank!  Shall  1  call?  Nonsense!  He’s  big 
enough  to  take  care  of  himself.  Ho  wouldn’t 
thank  me — O!” 

With  a  piercing  shviek,  1Toy  sprang  from  the 
thicket  where  she  had  concealed  herself.  John, 
In  the  hurry  and  excitement  of  the  chase,  had 
set  his  foot  upon  a  rolling  stone.  The  conse¬ 
quences  were  disastrous.  Over  the  steep  bank 
he  went,  clutching  vainly  at  the  brambles  for 
support  .  An  appalling  silence  followed. 

Floy  stood  one  Instant,  white  and  almost 
stunned  with  the  sudden  shock.  Then  she 
rushed  forward,  gained  l, ho  bank,  and  kneeling 
on  its  edge,  looked  down*  with  an  agonized, 
shrinking  glance.  There  he  lay,  poor  fellow! 
quite  pule  and  still,  his  head  dangling  backward 
a  little,  while  over  those  sable  locks  a  narrow, 
crimson  stream  slowly  wound  its  way.  His 
arms  were  thrown  out  ,  his  hands  still  clenched 
convulsively  over  the  bramble  clusters  he  had 
clutched  in  his  fall;— [Concluded  next  week. 
- - 

SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 

The  highest  rate  of  interest  that  one  ever 
pays  is  for  harrowed  trouble. 

A  New  Albany  man  has  two  sons  and  fifteen 
daughters.  Ho  thinks  of  starting  a  shirt  factory. 

The  two  things  which  make  the  most  impres¬ 
sion  on  a  man  are  his  first  boots  and  his  first 
love. 

Mits.  Jones  says  her  husband  is  a  three-hand¬ 
ed  man  right  hand,  left  hand,  and  a  little  behind 
hand. 

"Shoot  folly  as  it  flies— Pope,”  was  set  up  by 
a  stupid  printer Shoot  polly  as  she  tties- 
rop!” 

Tug  announcement  that  "truth  is  stranger 
than  fiction  ”  is  said  to  depend  chiefly  upon  who 
tells  it. 

Modki.  wivos  formerly  took  a  “stitch  in 
time;  "  now,  with  the  aid  of  sewing  machines, 
they  take  one  in  no  I  ime. 

The  life  of  a  bachelor  is  described  to  be  a 
splendid  breakfast,  :i  tolerable  dinner  and  a 
most  miserable  supper. 

“  O  MA,”  said  a  little  girl  who  had  been  to  the 
show,  “I’ve  seen  the  elephant ;  and  lie  walks 
backwards  and  eats  with  his  tail,” 

Fashion  is  rarely  useful.  It  scorns  utility. 
That  of  wearing  the  hair  loosely  down  the  back 
is  now  going  out  justasfiy  time  begins  to  dawn. 

"Aw!  how  duth  you  like  my  mustache,  Miss 
Laura?”  lisped  a  cl.-tudy  to  a  merry  girl.  "Oh, 
very  much.  It  looks  like  the  fur  on  the  back  of 
a  caterpillar." 

The  last  sensation  in  San  Francisco  is  a  darkey 
who  can  drink  six  quarts  of  beer  In  15  minutes. 
He  is  coming  east  in  the  spring.  Look  out  for 
a  corner  In  malt  liquors. 

The  Chicago  man  who  stepped  behind  a  pair 
of  mules  that  he  intended  to  purchase,  asked 
with  much  feeling,  when  he  was  picked  out  of 
the  gutter,"  if  the  derrick  killed  anybody  else  ?” 

A  Georgia  woman  is  accredited  with  having 
raised  a  large  family,  although  not  out  of  her 
teens.  It.  washer  mother-in-law's  family,  and 
she  did  it  with  a  keg  of  gunpowder  planted  in 
the  cellar. 


HEAVEN.  i 

On  talk  to  me  of  Heaven ; 

I  love  to  hear  about  my  home  above ; 

For  there  doth  many  a  loved  one  dwell 
In  light  and  joy  ineffable. 

Oh  tell  me  how  they  sldno  and  sing. 

While  every  heart  rings  echoing. 

And  every  glad  and  tearless  eye 
Beams  like  the  seraphs,  gloriously. 

Tell  me  of  that  t  riumphant  palm 
Each  hand  in  glory  beareth  ; 

Tell  me  of  that  celestial  calm 
Each  face  in  glory  weareth. 

Oh  happy,  luippy  country ! 

Where  then?  entorcth  not  a  sin, 

And  Death  who  keeps  the  portal  fair 
May  never  onco  come  in. 

No  grief  can  change  their  day  to  night, 

The  datknejss  of  that  land  is  light : 

Sorrow  and  sighing  God  hath  sent 
Far  thence  to  endless  punishment. 

And  never  more  may  one  dark  tear 
Bedim  their  happy  eyes ; 

For  every  one  they  shed  while  here 
In  tearful  agonies, 

Glitters  u  bright  and  dazzling  gem. 

In  their  Immortal  diadem. 

Oh  lovely,  hi  doming  country  !  where 
Flourishes  all  that  we  deem  fair : 

And  though  no  flowers,  or  trees  of  green 
No  bowery  gardens  there  are  seen, 

Nor  perfumes  load  the  breeze : 

Nor  hears  the  ear  material  sound, 

Yet  joy*  at  God's  right,  hand  arc  found, 

The  archetypes  of  these. 

Oh  happy  homo  !  the  land  of  birth 
Of  all  we  highest  prize  on  earth  : 

The  stories  that  rack  this  world  beneath 
Must  there  forever  cease : 

The  only  air  the  blessed  breathe 
Is  purity  and  peace. 

Oh,  blessed  blessed  land  !  In  thee 
Shines  the  nnvnlieil  Divinity; 

Shedding  through  each  adoring  breast 
A  holy  calm;  a  halcyon  rest : 

And  those  blest  souls  whom  Death  did  sever 
Have  met  lo  mingle  joys  forever. 

Oh  when  will  Heaven  unclose  to  me ; 

Oh  when  will  1  Its  glories  see ; 

And  my  faint,  weary  spirit  stand 
Within  that  happy,  happy  land. 

[Mrs.  Southey. 

- - 

JESUS,  THE  BURDEN-BEARER. 

BY  51  ItS.  N.  A.  HOLT. 

How  aad  and  desolate  must  bo  the  lives  of 
those  who  do  not  trust  in  Jesus,  the  great  Bur¬ 
den-bearer!  I  cannot  understand  how  they 
can  look  ill  I, he  empty  cradle  and  the  half-worn- 
out  garments  that  never  will  be  used  again.  I 
cannot  understand  how  they  can  hoar  t  he  sad 
silence  of  1  ho  u  tile  hail  ami  deserted  nursery 
that  will  never  more  echo  to  the  music  of 
happy  voices- and  dancing  foot.  How  can  they 
walk  in  the  shadow  of  i  lie  groat  black  wing  of 
death?  1  low  cun  they  drink  of  the  bitter  cup 
of  woe  and  sorrow  ?  Nil  wonder  that  the  wail¬ 
ing  of  woe  comes  to  our  car  upon  every  breeze. 
No  wonder  that  there  avo  breaking  hearts,  and 
eyes  faded  out  by  scalding  I  eardrops.  No  won¬ 
der  there  are  restless  wanderers  in  distant 
lands,  upon  Alpine  mountains,  and  upon  tire 
shores  of  the  blue  eastern  seas.  Alas,  alas  !  for 
those  pale  mourner.-s,  who  are  trying  to  bear 
their  burdens  alone ! 

lint  is  there  no  balni  for  such  soul-wounds  as 
these?  Is  there  no  harbor  from  the  fierce  wild 
storms  of  this  rough  world?  Must  the  weak, 
trembling  soul  drift  foreveroul  upon  the  stormy 
ocean  waves  and  shiver  in  the  rude  w  inds  until 
ovory  fiber  of  their  being  quivers  with  agony? 
Is  there  no  holy  star  to  shine  out  upon  the 
dark  waters  and  lead  to  the  quiet  harbor  of 
eternal  blessedness?  Yes,  thank  God!  the 
sweet  star  is  shining  upon  the  mad  waves  ;  but, 
ulus!  the  trembling  voy tiger  will  not  sail  in  its 
calm  light.  There  is  a  voice  speaking  in  tones 
louder  than  the  roar  of  t  he  billow,  saying,  “  Cast 
thy  burden  upon  the  LOUD,  and  ho  will  sustain 
thee,  and  guide  thy  lift!  boat  to  the  green  shore, 
where  no  wild  tempest  ever  comes.” 

Oh,  foolish  voyager  upon  the  stormy  ocean 
of  life!  why  do  you  not  grusp  the  strong  arm 
of  Him  who  is  able  to  sustain  you,  and  guide 
your  frail  boat  to  the  port  of  peace?  Oh,  per¬ 
ishing  man  of  the  world  !  why  do  you  grasp  the 
fading  toys  of  the  earth  to  your  bleeding  bosom 
while  Jesus  stands  knocking  at  the  door  of 
your  heart,  waiting  to  be  admitted  to  the  silent 
inner  chamber  that  lias  never  been  lighted  up 
with  Divine  radiance?  And  you,  pale  mourner 
over  faded  flowers  and  broken  tablet,  why  do 
you  not  let  the  Divine  Comforter  bear  your 
loads  of  grief  and  wipe  away  your  flowing  tears  ? 
Do  not  weep  any  longer  over  the  green  mound 
that  hides  your  Idol,  but  look  away  to  the  ce¬ 
lestial  mountain  tops  where  your  little  lost 
lambkin  dwells,  “Lost  lambkin"  did  I  say? 
No,  nor  lost,  but  mved  forever,  ir»  the  sunny 
mansion?  of  a  loving  God,  where  the  pure  soul 
shall  never  wear  the  stains  of  sin. 

Oh  why,  i  ask,  does  not  all  the  world  trust  in 
Jesus  the  Burden-bearer  ?  Why  does  it  moan 
and  weep  under  Its  heavy  load  of  sin  and  sor¬ 
row?  why  does  it  not  listen  to  those  sublime 
words,  “  Come  unto  me,  all  ye  that  labor  and 
are  heavy  laden?”  Why  doe3  It  forever  wear 
the  trailing  garments  of  sin  and  wretchedness? 
Why  do  not  poor  sin-crushed  human  beings 
trust  in  Jesus,  who  will  wash  eve rv  guilty  stain 
whiter  than  snow  ?  Why  ?  There  is  a  mystery 
in  the  simple  word  "why,”  that  future  ages 
must  reveal. 

Trust  ip  Jesus,  friend,  and  cast  your  care 
upon  Him  who  will  bear  it  so  willingly  for  you. 


5VU\Y  S 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER 


fjortfolia. 


SPRING, 

I  *  BY  EtrTH  DANA. 

Give  joy  to  the  earth !  for  the  garlands  of  Spring 
Are  crowning  with  beauty  the  hill  and  the  plain ; 
The  lark  and  the  robin  most  merrily  sing. 

While  farmers  are  hopefully  sowing  their  grain. 

There’s  joy  for  the  lone  mountaineer  whom  the  snow 
Hath  bound  with  Its  drifts  to  his  cold,  mountain 
cot;— 

With  sunshine  and  verdure  restored,  ho  will  know 
How  God,  in  His  kindness,  hath  softened  his  lot. 

There’s  joy  in  the.  homo  by  the  wild,  fonmlng  sea. 
Where  tempests  rich  treasures  have  tossed  on  the 
strand ; 

For  the  calm  on  the  face  of  the  waters  will  be 
As  sweet  as  the  hush  of  the  blast  on  the  land. 

The  invalid  pines  for  the  warm,  fragrant  air 
That  floats  o’er  the  land  of  the  orange  and  palm, 
And  hails  with  thanksgiving  these  zephyrs  that  bear 
From  sunnier  rliraea  their  life-giving  balm. 

How  happy  the  children  of  want  who  have  crept, 

All  winter,  so  hungry  and  bold  to  their  beds. 

That  only  the  pitying  angels  have  kept 
1  he  shadows  of  death  from  their  innocent  heads. 

The  Spring,  like  a  fairy,  is  weaving  for  them 
•Vow  garments  to  wear  In  the  place  of  t  he  old  ; 

With  magic  she  robeth  the  woodland  and  glen 
In  beautiful  vestures  of  azure  and  gold. 

No  monarch  may  fetter  the  sunbeams  that- bend 
So  lovingly  down  from  the  dome  of  the  sky, 

But  their  brightness  and  beauty  fresh  courage  will 
lend 

To  tho  toiler  who  wisheth  that  Heaven  were  nigh. 

■ - ♦♦♦ - ■ 

ABOUT  HOUSEKEEPING. 

BY  MBS.  0.  H.  C. 

“The  man  that’s  got  a  good  housekeeper  for 
a  wife  is  a  lucky  individual,”  said  a  female 
friend  of  mine  the  other  day,  smiling  at  me  as 
she  spoke. 

”  Yes,”  I  replied,  “if  lie  only  appreciates  the 
blessing.  I  regret  to  say,  I  know  some  men 
who  do  not.  Anti  such  men  ought  to  be  made 
to  keep  house  and  nook  for  themselves.  Queer 
housekeeping  and  cooking  that  must,  lie,  I’ll 
venture  to  assert !” 

And  we  laughed  merrily  at  the  idea. 

Ho  it  is.  Women,  if  left  alone,  or  living  a 
single  life,  are  able  to  take  very  good  care  of 
themselves ;  but  a  man  must  be  taken  care  of, 
poor  fellow !  when  he  is  at  homo.  Whatever 
ho  may  be  abroad  however  smart,  and  energetic 
he  may  be  In  some  business  mat! era,  or  how 
well  able  to  conduct  even  tho  grandest  schemes 
of  life  ho  can  but  allow  that  he  is  almost  as 
helpless  as  a,  child  in  some  of  the  mysterious 
home  arrangements.  Without  the  help  o f  some 
woman,  he  would  bo  a  urlm  ruble  erratum.  I 
would  like  to  see  him  endeavor  to  “get  up”  Ids 
own  linen  and  the  appurtenances  thereto.  How 
dignified  lie  would  look  at  t  he  washtub,  and 
how  scientifically  he  would  boll  and  rinse  and 
bang  ids  garments  on  tho  line,  upside  down 
and  Inside  out  (as  they  should  bo).  And  how 
patient  ho  would  bo  at  the  Ironing  table  In  a 
hot  kitchen  !  If  tilings  should  go  contrary,  and 
the  iron  st  ick  to  the  line  bosoms  or  tho  starch 
stick  to  the  Iron,  how  nicely  lie  would  got  out 
of  the  scrape !  ife  would  never  search  anything 
—Oh,  no ! 

Ami  when  it  came  to  tho  culinary  operations, 
what  triumphs  of  artistic  cooking  lie  would 
achieve!  I  am  not  talking  of  professed  cooks 
—no  doubt  they  are  perfect  in  their  line  but 
of  men  in  general,  who  know  nothing  of  kit  chon 
machinery,  and  have  to  depend  entirely  on 
womankind  for  the  creature  comforts,  and  who 
ought  to  appreciate,  more  I  tem  they  usually  do, 
the  labor  and  patience  exercised  fur  their ' ben¬ 
efit.  How  often  they  will  scold  and  grumble 
at  their  faithful  servitor,  bo  she  wire  or  hand¬ 
maid,  while  she  is  doing  her  very  best  to  make 
them  comfortable.  Such  men  deserve  to  have 
pins  stuck  points  upward  in  their  downy  pit-  i 
lows  instead  of  having  said  pillows  beaten  up  , 
and  patted  so  nicely  for  the  better  repose  of 
their  ungrateful  heads. 

Men  do  not.  often  consider  that  while  they 
are  fighting  the  battle  of  life  abroad,  there  is 
also  a  battle  of  J ife  for  t  he  wife  to  fight  in  the 
kitchen,  where  tho  toughest  and  hottest  part  f 
of  the  engagement  comes  off  with  Bridget  !  I  ( 
am  of  a  domestic  turn,  myself,  and  like  to  keep 
my  house  and  husband-  I  mean,  1  like  to  keep  f 
my  harm  in  order  and  kitchen  too,  if  Biddy  t 
would  only  let  me!  But,  “twelve  dollars  a 
month  and  presents  included,"  seems  to  think  r 
that  she  may  upset  things,  and  clean  things,  a 
and  dirty  things,  without  Id  or  hindrance— 
else,  “  Ye  can  stay  in  the  parlor  where  ye  be-  , 
longs,  ma’am!  I  allows  no  Interference  In  my  j 
kitching.”  Yet  Biddy,  with  her  sauciness  and 
clumsiness  and  her  blunders,  often  makes  me 
laugh.  And  talking  of  Irish  blunders,  “re-  1 
minds  me  of  a  little  story,"  with  which  f  will  !' 
wind  up  tills  wandering  essay.  ' 

A  party  at  an  English  house  were  assembled 
in  the  parlor  awaiting  the  summons  to  dinner, 
and  as  no  people  are  more  stupid  when  in  a  n 
room  together  than  hungry  ones,  very  little  c 
was  said  and  t.hc  moments  dragged  away  until, 
of  ft  sudden,  ari  Irish  footman  thrust  his  frizzled  sl 

head  in  at  the  door,  and  shouted  out  at  the  top  a 
of  his  voice,  “Bid  any  of  ye  see  the  musthard  a 
pot Then  the  laugh  came  in  ;  and  after  that.  I 
everybody  brightened  up,  and  there  was  no  j  tl 
lack  of  hilarity.  () 

Sycamore  Villa,  near  Brooklyn,  L.  I.  I  n 


MAY,  MAYING,  MAY-DAY. 

In  old  times  the  first  day  of  this  spring  month 
was  celebrated  as  a  festival.  If  our  calendars 
were  right,  the  first,  day  of  spring  would  coincide 
with  the  t  wenty-first,  of  March,  the  day  in  which 
the  sun  crosses  tho  equator  at  tho  vernal  equi¬ 
nox.  Time  was  wiien  tho  rural  populations  of 
several  countries  of  Europe  gathered  flowers, 
made  floral  offerings,  elected  a  queen,  and 
danced  around  the  ••  May-pole."  These  cus¬ 
toms  have  fallen  Into  disuse  in  the  other  con¬ 
tinent,  and  have  never  been  adopted  in  this. 
Much  is  said  and  written  about  tho  “merry 
month  of  May ;  "  but  in  the  Northern  States  of 
the  Union  it,  Is  a  harsh,  uncomfortable  month. 

“  April  showers 
Bring  May  flowers,” 

may  be  true  in  England;  but  with  us  Juno  is 
really  tho  flowery  month,  the  first  that  brings 
halm  and  perfume  and  perfect  freedom  from 
water-proofs  and  overshoes.  In  New  York  City 
tho  first  or  May  is  moving-day.  Carpets  are  torn 
up,  goods  hustled  into  carts  ami  wagons  and 
drays  of  all  descriptions,  some  families  turning 
out  \\  bile  others  are  moving  in,  and  all  is  hurry, 
bustle,  and  confusion— a  harvest  for  express- 
wagons  and  carriers ;  distress,  damage,  loss,  and 
misery  to  thousands  who  do  not  own  their  own 
homes.  Franklin  said,  “  throe  moves  are  equal 
to  one  fire."  I  f  so,  how  many  families  have  boon 
many  times  burned  out?  After  all,  May  is  a 
beautiful  month,  whose  lovely,  pleasant,  days 
are  the  harbingers  of  birds  and  fruits  and 
flowers. 


lading  for  tin!  girmtg. 


FAIRY-FOLK. 

Tin:  fairy  books  have  told  you 
Of  the  fairy-folk  so  nice, 

That,  make  them  leathern  aprons 
Of  the  ears  of  little  mice ; 

And  wear  the  leaves  of  roses. 

Like  a  cap  upon  their  heads, 

And  sleep  at  night  on  tlilslle-down, 
instead  or  feather-bods ! 

‘  These  stories,  too,  have  told  you, 

No  doubt  to  your  surprise, 

That  the  fairies  ride  hi  coaches 
That  are  drawn  by  butterflies; 

And  come  Into  your  chambers. 

When  you  arc  locked  In  dreams. 

Amt  right  across  your  counterpanes 
Make  bold  to  drive  their  trains ; 

And  that  they  heap  your  pillows 
'Villi  their  gifts  of  rings  and  pearls  ; 

But  do  not  hoed  such  idle  tales, 

My  little  boys  and  girls. 

There  uro  no  fairy-folic  that  ride 
About  tho  world  at  night, 

Who  give  you  rings  and  other  things, 

To  pay  for  doing  rigid.. 

But.  if  you’d  do  to  others  what 
You’d  have  them  do  to  you. 

You'll  be  ns  blest  as  if  the  best 
Of  story  books  were  true.  [Alice  Cur//. 

«  »  » - 

OUR  LAST  VISIT  TO  THE  OLD  GARRET. 


EDUCATION  OF  WOMEN. 

The  Independent,  remarking  the  fact  that 
not  one  woman  was  saved  on  the  fated  Atlan¬ 
tic,  although  many  had  the  sumo  chance  of  life 
as  the  men,  observes: 

The  strength  of  women  at  tho  crisis  of  their 
life  depends  on  their  physical  culture  while 
children.  Let  parents  be  no  more  ashamed  of 
their  girls’  brown  faces  and  fists  than  of  their 
boys’.  Let.  them  train  and  clothe  them  so  that 
they -cun  run  and  climb  and  care  for  and  protect 
themselves.  Let  them  take  them  with  their 
brothers  into  the  harvest  field.  A  boy  is  not 
ashamed  of  work;  no  more  should  bo  a  girl. 
The  refinement  that  shuts  a  girl  out  of  God’s 
sunshine,  and  allows  her  no  rougher  work  In¬ 
doors  than  to  embroider  worsteds,  or  tap  ivory 
keys,  or  dust  a  marble  mant  le,  is  refining  her 
oil  of  ( lie  face  of  tiic  earth  to  give  place  to  the 
daughters  of  the  servants  ip  the  kitchen. 

ORANGE  FLOWERS  AT  BRIDALS. 

Mil.  Turns,  In  Things  Not  Generally  Known, 
says:  “The  use  of  those  flowers  at  bridals  is 
said  to  be  derived  from  tho  Saracens,  or  at  least 
from  the  East,  and  they  are  behoved  to  have 
been  thus  employed  as  emblems  of  fecundity.” 
In  answer  to  the  objections  of  .Juxta  Turin;,  I 
would  say  that  the  introduction  of  the  orange 
Into  England  was  not  subsequent  to  the  days  of 
chivalry.  Their  is  dear  proof  that  orange  trees 
were  growing  in  England  in  the  reign  of  Henry 
VII.  French  milliners,  would  not,  I  think, have 
selected  t  he  orange  flower.  1 1  is  not  a  beautiful 
flower,  certainly  Inferior  to  white  roses,  lilies  of 
tho  valley,  snowdrops,  and  other  tilings  which 
may  ho  regarded  as  appropriate,  it  was  a.  uni¬ 
versal  medlmval  custom  to  wear  wreaths  of 
flowers  at  weddings,  and  very  natural  it  would 
be  in  the  south  of  Europe  to  use  the  orange 
blossom  f*>r  the  purpose.  The  flower  and  its  uso 
were  both  probably  introduced  to  this  country 
t  igethcr. 

- - 

A  STRING  OF  PEARLS. 


He  denies  himself  who  asks  what  it  is  impos¬ 
sible  to  grant. 

The  best  way  to  destroy  the  wicked,  is  to 
make  them  good. 

LOVE,  which  is  only  an  episode  in  the  life  of 
men,  is  the  entire  history  of  women.— Mme.  de 
Stool. 

Grant  graciously  what  you  cannot  refuse 
safely,  and  conciliate  those  you  cannot  con¬ 
quer.—  Lacan.  / 

NOTHING  is  loss  ill  our  power  than  the  heart, 
and  far  from  commanding  it,  we  are  forced  to 
obey  it.  -HeltrUu;. 

The  first  ingredient  in  conversation  is  truth, 
the  next  good  sense,  the  third  good  humor,  and 
the  fourth  wit.— Sir  W.  Temple. 

However  brilliant  an  action  may  be,  it  ought 
not.  to  pass  for  great  when  It  Is  not  the  result  of 
a  great,  design.  La  Uachefaueald. 

He  is  happy  whose  circumstances  suit  his 
temper;  hut  he  iamoro  excellent,  who  can  suit 
liis  temper  to  any  circumstances.— Hume. 

Great  souls  attract  calamity  us  mountains 
the  thunder-cloud;  Imt  while  the  storm  bums 
upon  them,  t  hey  are  the  protection  of  the  plain 
beneath.— Jeon  Paul. 

The  more  believers  love  God,  the  more  they 
love  one  another ;  as  the  lines  of  a  circle,  the 
nearer  they  come  to  tho  center,  the  nearer  they 
come  to  each  Qth e r. — Charnock. 

In  all  evils  which  admit  remedy,  impatience 
should  Ini  avoided,  because  it  wastes  that  time 
and  attention  in  complaints  which,  if  properly 
applied,  would  remove  the  cause. 

Generosity  during  life  is  a  very  different 
thing  from  generosity  in  the  hour  of  death  ; 
One  proceeds  from  genuine  liberality  and  be¬ 
nevolence,  the  other  from  pride  or  fear. 


Weed,  tho  old  farm  was  sold,  and  wo  were  to 
leave  the  dear  old  home,  where  we  had  passed 
so  many  happy  hours,  for  one  more  convenient 
and  modern,  hut.  one  around  which  no  such 
tender  memories  cling  as  round  t.lm  “  old  red 
bouse;"  and  as  we  wandered  around,  taking  a 
farewell  look  at  each  familiar  spot,  our  minds 
worn  Oiled,  partly  with  regret.  Unit  we  wore  to 
leave  all  these  dear  associations,  and  portly 
with  bright,  anticipations  for  the  future.  I 
seal  ed  myself  for  I  he  hist  time  in  I  ho  old  grape 
vine  swing  which  was  over  my  resort  in  these 
pleasant,  dreamy  days  when,  wearied  with  play, 
l  sought  its  quiet  retreat  for  it  was  none  of 
your  exciting,  frolicking  swings,  but  very  staid 
and  quiet,  just  a  gentle  sway,  like  an  evening 
breeze. 

But  we  reserved  OUT  last  visit  for  the  old  gar¬ 
ret,  and  we  almost  dreaded  to  pm.  our  feet  on 
t  hose  stairs  where  we  Imd  played  *’  meeting’’  so 
many  times  with  our  bouncing  rag  babies  for 
wo  never  took  our  dolls  for  such  rare  occasions ; 
we  used  sometimes  to  contend  about  who 
should  lie  the  “preacher,"  but  I  was  generally 
chosen  the  “orator  of  t  he  day,”  and  with  my 
eloquence  brought  tears  into  my  own  eves,  if  not 
to  the  eyes  of  rny  audience.  How  many  limes 
those  babies  had  to  bo  taken  out  of  “  meeting" 
and  punished  for  their  misdemeanors  !  But.  we 
find  ourselves  at  last.  In  the  old  garret,  and  the 
llr-t.  thing  that,  greets  our  eyes  is  the  lingo  old 
eWinney  through  whose  wide  throat  had  risen 
tile  flame  am!  smoke  of  live  broad  fireplaces  in 
the  days  of  “Old  Lang  Sync.”  There  stands 
grand  father's  old  arm  chair,  with  ils  arms  worn 
smooth  as  glass,  whore  ho  had  reposed  his 
tremulous  hands  as  he  sat  by  the  lire  napping, 
with  tho  old  family  Bible  on  Ids  knees  and  liis 
mug  or  eider  on  the  hearth  by  Ids  side;  here, 
stretched  across  the  room,  are  those  ponderous 
beams  on  which,  by  the  aid  of  a  broken  chair 
and  a  friendly  lift,  wo  have  taken  such  wonder¬ 
ful  journeys  from  “our  house”  to  “ Mrs.  Bar¬ 
ber’s,"  our  neighbor  the  other  aide  or  l  ho  chim¬ 
ney,  and  on  which  we  had  rhltlon  to  tho  village 
for  our  family  provision*.  Tho  old  saddle  jg 
still  there,  Just,  as  when  wo  took  our  lust  ride. 
But,  they  are  not  all  pleasant  memories  con¬ 
nected  with  those  beams,  for  as  I  grew  tailor,  I 
often  forgot,  to  stoop,  and  my  poor  head  paid 
the  penalty  for  passing  their  ness”  with¬ 

out  making  u  bow. 

Here,  beneath  the  window,  stands  t  hat  litt  le 
wheel,  by  whose  aid  we  have  “  spun  many  a  long 
yarn”  to  our  neighbors,  about  our  trials  in 
housekeeping  ami  getting  the  children  through 
tho  measles,  as  we  spun  an  imaginary  thread 
on  the  little  wheel,  as,  no  doubt,  its  former 
owner  has  done  many  a  time,  only  her  thread 
and  troubles  were  not  Imaginary.  Last,  but  not 
least,  is  that  little  window  that  looks  toward 
the  east.  When  our  dear  parents  had  gone  to 
tho  village,  some  two  miles  away,  and  t  he  long 
day  began  to  draw  near  its  close,  and  we  had 
wearied  ourselves  running  to  the  gate  to  see  if 
they  over  would  oorne,  we  would  hio  away  to 
the  garret,  climb  to  that  little  window,  ami 
watch  till  wo  could  see  them  coming  over  the 
last  hill  on  their  homeward  way.  Then  what  a 
scampering,  to  sec  which  should  ho  tlm  first,  to 
greet,  thorn.  From  that  Bame  window  wo  could 
look  out  away  across  the  orchard,  and  when 
laden  with  spring  blossoms,  it  seemed  that,  wo 
might  drop  rigid,  down  on  the  tops  of  tho  trees 
without  harm,  they  looked  so  soft  and  downy. 
But,  perhaps,  I  have  already  wearied  your  pa¬ 
tience,  and  wo  will  now  leave  the  old  garret, 
with  all  its  associations,  and  if  my  young  friends 
are  pleased  with  their  visit  there,  they  may  1 
hear  again  from  the  Old  Red  House. 

Mns.  J.  0.  G. 


And  now  1  must,  tell  the  children  a  story  I 
read  in  this  book  I  have  mentioned.  All  little 
folks  have  noticed  theant  hills,  and  theswnrma 
and  swarms  of  ants,  bustling  about,  in  such  a 
busy  way  ;  but  who  would  believe  that  each 
one  of  these  little  follows  can  think  and  does 
think!  T  tie  . a  ids  really  have  thoughts  about  a 
great,  many  things  ;  about,  building  their  houses, 
about  their  food  ;  am)  in  connection  with  this, 
they  often  have  a  great  deal  of  anxiety  con¬ 
cerning  their  oob's.  The  ant  s'  cows  t  Who  ever 
hoard  of  such  a  thing?  Now  listen,  f..r  this  is 
all  true.  Their  cows  are  not  red,  like  ours; 
they  arc  green,  but.  t  hey  have  tiny  horns. 

Every  one  has  not  iced  upon  plants  a  small 
green  insect;  a  freshly-grown  stalk  of  arose 
is  sure  to  be  covered  thick  with  them.  Now, 
these  lit  tle  insects  feed  upon  tho  plant,  and 
from  their  bodies  exudes  a  drop  of  sweet  liquid. 
This  is  designed  for  the  young  insects,  i  ho  same 
as  our  milk  is  Intended  by  Nature  for  tho  little 
calves. 

But  the  ant  s  also  are  very  fond  of  this  milk, 
as  wo  will  call  It;  accordingly,  they  capture 
the  insects  and  carry  them  off  to  their  houses— 
the  ant,  hills  to  he  t  heir  cows  ;  or  perhaps  they 
gel,  possession  Of  a  whole  drove  by  building 
their  house  close  around  the  stalk  where  the 
Cows  already  are.  The  ants,  you  see,  have  very 
wise  little  heads. 

Bui  you  will  lie  surprised  when  I  tell  you  that 
tho  cows  make  no  objection  whatever  when 
I  lie  ants  take  t  hem  in  their  mouths  and  carry 
them  off ;  for  it,  appears  they  have  a  very  friend¬ 
ly  feeling  to  the  ants  and  like  to  live  with  them. 
And  so  loving  are  tho  ants  that  often  they  got, 
the  eggs  of  the  green  insect,  and  nurse  and  tend 
*  hem  very  carefully,  till  they  hatch  into  cows. 

But  occasionally  it  happens  one  colony  of 
ants  will  go  and  fight  another  colony,  in  order 
to  get  their  cow*  n\vay  from  them.  When  this 
is  done,  the  cows  are  taken  up  in  great  haste 
and  deposited  in  tlm  cellar  while  the  fighting 
goes  on. 

We  have  no  room  to  tell  more,  blit  some  time 
will  say  something  about  spiders.  We  should 
like  to  hear  very  much  from  “  Young  Natural- 
lst<  Laura  Southgate. 


SlIic  filial  or. 


ILLUSTRATED  PROVERB.  No.  4. 


fT/"  Answer  in  t  wo  weeks. 


PUZZLE.  No.  7. 

r  am  ten  letters,  l  have  wings.  My  first  three 
is  an  insect;  tnv  first,  si Tder.qtes  an  act- which 
is  common  to  some  birds  and  some  fish  ;  but  all 
fish  nor  all  birds  do  Dot  have  the  power  to  do 
what  my  first  -lx  would  indicate.  My  first  three 
ami  last  four  denote  a  sport  which  Is  both  ab¬ 
sorbing  and  compensating  if  one  Is  skillful.  My 
las!  four  is  on  animal  which  lives  in  the  water; 
Also  a  certain  kind  of  flesh  ;  also  a.  counter  usecl 
in  various  games;  also  a  nautical  term  ;  also  a 
pi (.tO  of  timber*  jil.sii  an  act  or  circiipai  ion  com- 
mon  among  a  large  class  or  men;  also  a  social 
artifice ;  also  to  st  rengthen,  to  splice,  Am.  While 
i  have  but  tun  loiters,  I  have  utau  seventeen ; 
and  my  seventeen  are  just  as  Important  to  me 
as  my  ton.  Altogether,  I  am  well  known  to 
most  mariners.  What  am  I  ? 

Uncle  Ciiari.es. 
tW”  Answer  In  two  weeks. 


THE  WISE  ANTS. 

I  snoui.n  like  to  ask  “  Young  Naturalist”  if 
he  has  ever  read  a  book  called  “The  Insect 
World,”  by  Ftqcier,  and  why  he  does  not  tell 
something  in  the  paper  about  animals  or  in¬ 
sects  ? 


INVISIBLE  FRIENDS- No.  1. 

1.  There  is  your  hat;  tie  it  on. 

I  ran  very  fast.. 

•t-  He  is  in  a  sad  plight. 

4.  O  scare  that,  hen. 

5.  Will  you  mend  Ann’s  frock? 

(>.  Do  raise  that  window’. 

7.  My  razor  is  dull. 

8.  We  should  tell  tho  truth. 

fi.  I  saw  a  darkey. 

Young  Rural  Reader. 
Answer  in  two  weeks. 

PUZZLER  INQUIRIES.— No  1. 

1.  John  Baker  asks  some  one  to  give  him 
the  method  of  solving  the  following  problem: 
1  wo  men  i agreed  to  dig  a  ditch  one  hundred 
rods  long  for  *11,41.  t  pon  digging,  one  end  was 
round  harder  t  ha  n  the  other.  They  then  agreed 
that  one  should  have  a  shilling  per  rod  more 
inao  the  other.  They  each  (turned  $50.  How 
many  rods  did  each  dig? 

:J.  Herbert  V.  Plummer  asks  for  rule  for 
oblique  angled  triangles.  Given  one  side  and 
two  angles,  to  determine  the  remaining  parts. 

- - - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.— April  19. 

Drop  Letter  Puzzle  No.  2.— 

Earth  outgrows  the  mythic  fancies 

Sting  beside  her  iu  her  youth, 

Anri  those  debenture  romances 

Sound  but  dull  beside  the  truth. 

ILLUSTRATE!  Proverb  No.  3.  “  He  who  fol¬ 
lows  a  toad  m  o  fail  into  a  ditch.” 

Cross-Word  Enigma  No.  8.— Galaxy. 

Word-Puzzle  No.  1.— Farming, 


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send  them  one  of  the  cannon  captured  from  t.be 
French  during  the  recent  Franco-Prussinu  war, 
from  which  might  l»e  cast  a  hell  for  their  church. 
The  Emperor  immediately  responded  by  ship¬ 
ping  to  them  a  gun  named  “U  Mauvais,” 
which  was  captured  by  his  forces  at  the  battle 
of  Sedan.  The  gun,  weighing  LfiH  pounds,  ho* 
just  arrived  in  this  city,  and  will  be  shipped 
hence  to  Titusville,  and,  after  remaining  on 
exhibition  at  that  city  a  short  time,  will  be  sent 
to  West,  Troy,  V. 

Recent  Railway  Disasters, 

Especially  that  at  Richmond  Switch,  bi 
which  a  train  went  at  the  rate  of  35  to  40  hiilcs 
an  hour  into  a  yawning  gulf  created  by  a  flood 
sweeping  away  a  bridge,  suggests  that  all  t  rains 
should  stop  before  crossing  bridges  and  proceed 
at  alow  rate  of  speed ;  or  that  watchmen  should 
be  stationed  at  all  bridges  with  signals  for  sl  op¬ 
ping  the  trains  in  case  anything  is  wrong.  As  a 
matter  or  economy  to  It.  It.  Companies  Hds 
would  seem  to  be  desirable.  One  such  accident 
in  live  years  costs  more  to  railway  companies 
than  would  lie  expended  upon  competent 
watchmen  for  this  purpose.  If  these  companion 
are  not  wise  enough  and  self-interested  enough 
to  see  t  fi is,  legislatures  ought  to  compel  such 
action. 

The  Mexican  Frontier. 


CURRENT  TOPICS. 

Postage  Stamps  for  Government  Officers. 

(’(lngrkpk  appropriated  $1,8116,000  for  postage 
for  the  several  Departments  of  l  he  Government 
during  the  noxt  fiscal  year,  beginning  with  July 
1st,  when  the  law  abolishing  the  franking  privi¬ 
lege  goes  into  effect.  The  stamps  used  by  t  he 
various  Departments  aro  required  to  be  of  dif¬ 
ferent  designs  from  the  ordinary  stamps  in  use. 
The  designs  will  cover  all  the  present  denomi¬ 
nations  of  stamps,  and  the  Color  of  the  ink  will 
be  live  same  as  that  used  now,  and  t  he  size  of 
the  stamp  will  tie  the  same.  Math  denomina- 
lion,  from  the  ono  cent,  stamp  to  tin*  ninety 
eeiil.  will  be  printed  for  each  depart  ment,  and 
every  one  "  ill  contain  the  name  of  the  depart 
ment  for  which  it  is  intended.  The  specimens 
me  by  far  the  bandsomost  stamps  yet  Issued, 
and  are  easily  distinguished.  The  medallions  as 
used  in  the  ordinary  stamps  will  be  retained, 
tiie  change  being  in  the  borders.  At  the  top  of 
the  stamps  are  the  words,  “  Department  of 
State,”  “  Department  of  War.”  or  whatever  de¬ 
partment  they  are  iptvhdcd  for,  am!  on  either 
side  of  the  medallion  is  u  star  with  the  letters 
“  IT.  S.“  The  stamps  intended  for  the  President 
are  marked  “  Executive."  These  official  stamps 
are  to  lie  furnished  on  requisition  to  those  enti¬ 
tled  to  them  by  the  Third  Assistant  Postmaster- 
General,  each  department  having  a  clerk  to 
take  care  of  the  stain  pa  and  supervise  their  use. 
Subordinate  officers  will,  of  course,  obtain  their 
stamps  from  the  head  of  their  departments. 

The  New  York  Usury  Law. 

The  State  Senate  has  passed  a  lull  which  re¬ 
duces  the  penalty  of  taking  more  than  seven  per 
cent,  interest  to  the  forfeiture  of  the  interest 
alone,  leaving  the  principal  to  be  collected  ;  and 
no  person  but  the  borrower  can  bring  suit  for 
the  recovery  of  the  excess  of  Interest  above  the 
lawful  rate  j  and  no  suit  can  be  brought  by  the 
borrower  unless  commenced  within  six  months 
alter  the  time  for  which  the  money  was  bor¬ 
rowed  has  expired.  The  bill,  if  it  becomes  a 
Jaw,  is  to  take  effect  August  1st.  This  law  is 
more  nearly  just  than  the  old  one ;  hut  any  law 
which  fixes  Lhe  rate  of  Interest  on  money  loaned, 
is  as  unjust  as  would  be  one  fixing  the  price  a 
farmer  shall  receive  for  a  bushel  of  wheat. 
Everything  is  worth  what  it  will  bring  and  no 


Home  News. 

Fuller  accounts  of  the  railway  disaster  on 
the  Kith,  at  Richmond,  14  miles  from  Stonlng- 
ton,  It.  I.,  show  that  by  the  bursting  of  a  dam 
the  abutments  of  the  bridge  were  carried  away, 
but  the  structure  was  left  standing.  The  train 
dashed  upon  the  bridge  at  the  rate  of  40  miles 
an  hoar.  The  engine  jumped  the  river,  the  ears 
foil  in.  The  cars  look  fire  and  an  awful  scene 
ensued.  Some  30  people  were  killed  and  as 
many  injured  .XT.  S*.  troops  have  been  sent,  to 
Colfax,  Du  .The  reported  sale  of  Cotrimlssion- 
Bhips  to  Vienna  is  to  bo  Investigated ...  .T  lu 
papers  are  filled  wiJJi  Indian  outrages.  .  The 
President  has  gone  to  Idaho  Springs,  Colorado. 
Terri  lily  cold  weather  has  swept  oyer  Nebraska, 
freezing  people  ntid  slock.  ..liable  rates  are  to 

be  raised _ The  \.  5'.  Senate  has  passed  a  bill 

to  prevent  usury _ Boston  Is  maturing  plans  to 

control  Western  trade  ...Fears  of  an  outbreak 
among  the  l’l  rites  arc  entertained  —  All  the 
r.  S.  CominisMoners  to  Vienna-  including  (Jen. 
Van  Duron, -have  been  suspended  for  irregulari¬ 
ties,  and  new  one*  appointed.  .  Tt  is  proposed 
to  rene"  the  ©ranking  privilege  on  documents. 

..  Private  banking  is  to  be  regulated  at  Al¬ 
bany _ The  New  York  fienera)  Excise  law  has 

been  amended  .  The  Kansas  savages  Me  peace¬ 
ful  The  Modems  have  left,  the  T,;ivnbed ... . . .  A 

new  minor  planet  has  been  discovered. 

Idres. 

A  LAHdK  part  of  tlm  business  portion  of 
(’iitiaslofa,  N.  V..  on  the  30th;  loss,  $85,000 — 
Flour  mills  at  Morris,  III.,  on  tlm  17th;  loss, 
JljOJXXI  .  .Charcoal  valued  at  $30,000  near  Suu- 

dav  Station.  I’taii,  on  i lie  |Kih - 5  terrible 

prairie  fire  has  devastated  a  part  of  Republic 
COi4  Kansas. ...  The  Emigrant  Havings  Dank  on 


THE  MARKETS. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 


NEW  York.  Monday,  April  2*.  1873. 

Receipts.  —Tbo  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  ureas  follows: 

hoar,  mils .  7>,2<XI  Hnrfc.  hbls .  3,201 

Wheat,  hush .  mWfiBeef,  pkp. . . . . .  ...  500 

Com,  basil .  flC.tOfi Cat  mwife,  pRgs...  11,00 

Dais,  hush  . I07.«m  Limb  pkg? .  7,520 

Grass  seed,  brieh.-  \,m  Butter,  i-kgs .  la, 8, Ml 

Hurley,  liusll  ......  2 1.5AI  Cheese,  pkgs .  8,520 

•Mult,  hush . .  0,550  Dried  1'Tullr.  pkg9.  ■J 

Means,  hush .  3.268,  Eggs,  hills .  20, H) 

Corn  men  I  liWs.,..  l.fiixt  Wool,  hales .  b>' 

Corn  meal,  lings.. 

Oiiton.  bulea . 

Rye,  bu&lt ........ 


1,600' Wool,  hales . . 

1,800  Hops,  hales . 

13.005  Peanuts,  bug* . 

50  Dressed  Hogs.  No. 


According  to  information  reported  to  and  ninmbcr*  Ht.,  -V.  V.,  an  the  :nd  ;  loss,  $30,000 


The  Indian  Troubles. 

Tali  Modoca— those  of  thorn  not  killed— have 
escaped  the  F.  S.  Army,  and  the  army  and  set¬ 
tlers  are  in  a  state  of  uncertainty  as  to  their 
whereabouts  and  where- they  will  next  turn  up 
and  what  they  will  do.  in  Kansas  there  is  also 
trouble,  and  in  Nebraska  there  aro  reported  dep¬ 
redations  and  murders  by  Indian  bands.  D 
seems  certain  that  t  here  is  to  be  a  general  Di- 
dian  war  in  the  interest  of  U.  S.  Contractors 
ami  Indian  agents,  and  that  millions  of  dollars 
will  be  spent  to  keep  in  order  a  few  scattered 
bauds  of  Indians  who  are  as  c,rten  incited  to 
violence  by  the  whites  as  otherwise.  From  some 
Western  localities,  we  bear  the  sett  lets  aro  an¬ 
ticipating  good  and  profitable  times  in  oonse- 
q mince  of  the.  money  the  Government  is  ex¬ 
pected  to  spend  for  their  pTotoet  ion ! 

Trio  Postal  Cards. 

The  order  for  the  postal  card  to  be  adopted 
on  the  1st  of  May  have  greatly  exceeded  the 
anticipation  of  the  officers  of  the  Post-OHIce 
Department,  and  the  edition  ol  5,000,000  which 
was  ordered  has  bum  already  bespoken  by  the 
various  offices.  The  Postmaster  at  Philadelphia 
alone  has  ordered  1  .OiXi.OOo,  and  other  cities  in 
proportion.  Ii  is  not  likely  that  the  small  offi¬ 
ces  throughout  the  country  can  lie  supplied  for 
several  weeks.  None  will  bo  offered  for  sale  to 
the  public  until  May  1. 

A  Cannon  for  a  Church. 

A  pew  months  .since  t  he  pastor  of  t  lie  German 
r  Reformed  Church  in  Titusville,  Penn.,  the  Rev, 

'  J.  Trundeling,  requested  by  letter  t  he  Emperor 
of  Germany,  in 'behalf  of  bis  congregation,  to 


made  public  by  the  Treasury  Department,  the 
condition  of  tilings  on  our  Mexican  frontier  Is 
far  from  peaceful  and  enjoyable.  Raids  are 
made  by  Moxiea nalnto  Texas  Arizona  and  New 
Mexico.  Americans  arc  murdered,  their  prop¬ 
erty  and  stock  seized  and  destroyed,  and  a  reign 
of  terror  exists.  Mexico  does  not  regard  Dm 
Extradition  Treaty  with  the  IT.  S.  Government, 
does  not  enforce  Imr  own  Jaws,  nor  control  her 
own  people.  The  border  is  fast  depopulating, 
business  is  demoralized,  turmoil  exists,  and 
things  are  in  a  bad  st  ate.  Evident  ly  something 
must  lie  done.  _ _ 

Threatening  the  Judiciary. 

Recorder  IIaokett  of  New  York  Pity,  has 
been  giving  rascals  here  the  full  penalty  of  the 
law,  In  cases  of  conviction  He  has  received  a 
letter  threatening  him  or  his  familly,  in  ease  he 
is  not  more  lenient  towards  1  h hives  and  ruffians, 
it.  was  signed  “ Cracksmen."  These  cowards 
will  hardly  attack  the  Recorder,  wild  goes  armed, 
and  is  the  best  shot  in  America.  But  the  threat, 
is  what  the  American  People  are  interested  in. 
and  ought  to  result  In  a  public  opinion  that  will 
sustain  the  prompt  and  rigid  enforcement  of 
law  against  all  classes  that,  prey  upon  society; 

BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 

The  Lawrence  (Kansas)  Journal  learns  that 
the  Kiowas,  Cheyennes,  and  Arrapahoes  are 
preparing  for  war,  and  that  the  Government  is 
reinforcing  all  tbo  Juri  s  in  Western  Kansas  and 
south  of  that  section,  and  that  extra  troops 
have  been  ordered  to  the  front  .  Two  companies 
of  cavalry  have  already  arrived  and  two  m«rw. 
aro  on  the  road.  There  is  every  prospect  "f  In¬ 
dian  troubles  on  the  frontier  this  spring. 

Bismarck’S  illness  is  attributed  to  the  num¬ 
ber  of  poisoned  letters  lie  has  received.  Jh  is 
go  troubled  with  dizziness  that  1m  scarcely 
leaves  the  house,  and  his  wife,  who  ai  ways  reads 
his  correspondence  with  him,  is  suffering  from 
an  unaccountable  feebleness.  The  palace  lias 
boon  closed  during  the  entire  winter,  and 
neither  Bismarck  nor  his  wife  have  participat¬ 
ed  in  the.  Court  festivities  at  all. 

There  is  a  story  afloat,  Hint  a  person  living  in 
a  house  that  was  formerly  occupied  by  Hum¬ 
boldt  has  found,  in  a  rubbish  heap  in  the  culler, 
a  box  of  money;  ami  Hus  is  thought  to  bo  the 
money  that  the  King  of  Prussia  presented  lo 
Humboldt  in  1813,  and  that  lie  lost  at  that  time. 
It  was  supposed  to  have  been  stolen. 

Till,  Pennsylvania  Central  Railroad  purposes 
laying  an  additional  double-track  along  the 
whole  length  of  its  road,  from  Philadelphia  to 
Pittsburgh,  a  project,  which  will  cause  a  heavy 
expenditure  for  material  and  labor,  and  when 
carried  out,  will  greatly  increase  the  facilities 
for  general  traffic. 

Ttlu  Foiled  States  import ed  from  Great  Brit¬ 
ain  during  the  first,  two  months  of  this  year. 
C'j,9C.;j  tons  of  railroad  barn,  while  during  the 
same  period  last  vear  wo  received  Ul.Stfil  tons. 
The  great  strike  in  South  Wales  was  t  be  main 
cause  of  the  falling  off  in  this  year’s  imports. 


Put  nam  A  Barnes  House,  Mitchell,  Did.,  on  the 
22d  ;  loss,  $30,000  ...Half  the  town  of  Owings- 
ville,  Ky.,  On  the  21st  Stables  on  Franklin  St,, 
piiil.i,  on  tie  33d :  loss,  $15,000  The  St,  James 
Hotel,  and  other  house,  in  St.  Petersburg,  Pa,, 
on  the  33d ;  loss,  :*25jQ00  ...Railway  bridge  at 
Kendall’s  Mills,  Me.,  on  the  33d  ;  loss,  $100,000 
Business  houses  in  Fort  Scott.  Kan.,  on  the 
24th  ;  loss,  $76,000-...  Factory  In  Middle  Had- 
darn,  Conti.,  on  the  34th ;  loss,  $.30,000. 

. — - - 

FOREIGN  NEWS. 

ItttNcellunconx  Foreign  New*. 

Birr  one  house  was  left  in  San  Salvador  aft  or 
t  he  earthquake.  The  surrounding  country  was 
devastated,  und  40,000  people  are  homeless.... 
The  Dutch  have  lost.  500  at  Sumatra,  and  arc 

hard  pressed . Tim  volunteers  from  Malaga 

have  mutinied.  .  Federal  Republicans  rule 

Barcelona _ The  Pope  was  much  hotter  on  t  he 

20lh  The  Shall  of  Persia  has  left  for  Eurouo- 
Eiglity  thousand  of  his  subjects  flocked  to  old 
him  farewell  . .  There  was  a  revolution  In  Pan¬ 
ama  fill  1  lie  51  h.  President  Nglra  w  as  deposed. 

_ Reciprocity  with  tbo  Uulted  States  agitate* 

tlm  Sandwich  islands  .The  English  Parlia¬ 
ment  hnta  rc-assembled.  .‘..There  lias  been  a 
great  beer  riot,  at  Frank  fori -on-tho-Maiti ... .  The 
old  Catholjoa  a!  Bonn  will  elect  a  bishop  on  the 
4th  of  June  Pieltaln,  the  new  Captain-Gen¬ 
eral  of  Cuba,  Hu  arrived  in  Havana  .  The 

French  Atlantic  cable  is  broken . .A  large 

number  of  sla  ves  in  Brazil  have  struck,  and  se  ¬ 
rious  riots  have  occurred  ..Twelve  persons  were 
killed  at  Frankfort  in  the  riot.. .The  wife  of  Pres¬ 
ident  Figuerns  is  dead. .Trouble  1- feared  in  Mad¬ 
rid.. ..News  bus  been  received  from  Sir 8* mud 
Baker,  and  lie  Is  well  A  cit  y  called  .Itmchlnra- 
thlil,  in  Bohemia,  has  been  destroyed,  and  f>,IKKl 
people  are  homeless  .  The  Tichborne claimant 
is  again  fin  trial  in  England  —  Tbo  Karl  of  Do 
La  Warr  linseouuniLtedHUieido.  In  Leicester¬ 
shire,  3U.0W  miners  have  struck  The  Prince 
of  Wales  ha*  gone  to  Vienna  The  Pope  liar 
liafl  a  relapse,  mid  the  Multan  is  sick...  Disor¬ 
der*  are  on  tho  Jnorca.se  In  Madrid  .  Eleven 
bid  allions  id  volunteers  hffve  revolted.  The 
hall  of  Congress  was  broken  into,  and  Hid  Per¬ 
manent  Committee  sought  safety  in '.flight.  A 
great  many  people  are  leaving  ityain  for  England 
anrl  France.  The  masons  of  Barcelona  are  on  a 
strike. ..  .Prussia  lias  passed  a  tdll  for  the  con¬ 
trol  of  the  clergy  ..The  Emperor  William  has 
gone  to  St.  Petersburg _ The  Empress  of  Rus¬ 

sia  is  in  Romo...  On  the  34th.  twenty  cases  of 
cholera  occurred  in  Vienna  There  is  an  ex¬ 
odus  of  Wench  Canadians  tot  o  United  States. 

_ It  is  denied,  on  tlio  88th,  that  Mdlio.  Tagli- 

oni  is  dead. 


Iten  ns  nnd  Pens.— The  stocks  are  only  moderate 
find  rerelve  but  tight  additions,  und  the  current  homo 
trade  in  sulneicni  m  create  i*  very  steady  range  of 
(glees.  number  of  lots  have  changed  hand*  among 
Uralurs,  iinfl  there  t-  a  suudl  slopping  trade. 

Vf  e  quote  r>rl me  mediums,  Nffw"  ».li.>;  prime  mnrrovv- 
tnts,$2.R5(«‘2.75;  prime  kill  tows,  t'J.fiVv-.R''.  prime  pen 
beans.  8  llDa'-H ;  fair  do,  fifcJR;  red  kidney.  >  71) 

for  gold  and  prime;  <  nmnlx  pens,  iu  bulk  t a  bond, 
fl.i'i;  green  pi  as,  bush.,  ll.StX"  I.R).  Sou  them  black- 
eyed,  fs.WjMO. 

Beeswax.-  Prime  Southern  yellow  l»  wanted,  at 
|7t.d!8c.;  Western  Is  rnlUig  a  little  stronger  in  tbo  ab¬ 
sence  of  sufficient  supplies  of  Southern,  bales  at 
sosviffc. 

Bulicr.  There  l»  ft  good  supply  ot  new,  and,  for¬ 
tunately.  stock  runs  very  even  In  quality  — -a  fuel 
yvliieh  keeps  tiade'stearty.  Prices  are  lower,  still  they 
nri  remunerative,  taking  Into  eoiislderal'on  Unit 
nettling  is  lelt  over,  and  nr  the  spring  Ls  very  bin  k- 
ivard,  round  quotations  will  rule  certainly  a  couple  el 
weeks  longer.  Most  of  llie  supply  is  .state  make; 
Western  Is  Improving  in  quantity ,  but.  tbc  supply  is 
net  yet  hen vv enough  to  have  UsttMJftl  lnfiucneo  upon 
Htiite.  I*ui!s  quote  higher  thn.ii  oilier  packages,  but 
tltere  ts  no  regular  bu-ine-'t  at,  the  extreme  figure. 
Tin;  arrivals  of  <  alifeiuift  lnive  been  closed  fshletly  to 
the  Southern  trade,  it.-  bright  ycJloiv  iMjlor  favoring 
the  shipment. 

We  quote  prime  new  hotter  at  38e£40e,  oceastOli- 
n  1 1  v  tie,  for  hi  ate  Welsh  tubs;  37(*88c.  Jor  prime 
half  tub*.  We- tern  ranges  at  jN.frie.  Stale  or  low 
grade  State,  30®S5c.;  Jf.lt.  polls,  83fsi2c. 

(  beese.— The  receipts  are  larger,  nnd  the  quality 
bus  attruetod  a  light,  shipping  demand  ;  16c.  Is  paid  by 
shippers  for  best  lots.  The  market  generally  Is  m  a 
better  position,  n»  the  export  trade  ha-  been  fair  in 
old  stock.  We  quote  new  fit  1 1  '•<  1  >e.  for  Shite  factory, 
good  to  prime ;  12/./ lie.  for  fair  lot* ;  State  dairy, 

Tie.;  do,  fair  nnd  g*ioil,  II(rf.l3c.;  do.  hulf  -kiunned,  Ht  •; 
l',<e. ;  do.  skimmed,  .V/Xfc.t  Stuto  factory,  prime  and 
fanev,  kV«l5JiC-i  do.  good,  ItyiwU KCd  <'"•  fair.  13to 
IX! sc.;  State  dairy,  prime,  Lie.;  do.  other,  I'kjjlec. 
Ohio  factory,  pritne,  HKf"  l  ;,Te-i  do.  "t-hpr,  S'lOc. 
English  dairy,  prituc. <C. :  do. good,  loc. 


Euir*.— Frle.cs  began  to  work  lip  n  little  early  last 
week,  and  It  looked  as  though  a  substantial  improve¬ 
ment  m  prices  would  be  gained.  The  came  of  this 
tarn  In  the  market  wn*  owing  to  thebrtckwnrd  spring 
and  llie  consequent  absence  of  stirtu  und  delleaob  « 
(hat  generally  are  on  sale  tn  the  markets  at  this  sea¬ 
son,  keeping  the  trade  In  eggr  liberal.  The  last  few 
days,  however, brings  Increased  8iHT,fl<’*"^  eggs,  and 
receivers  are  compelled  to  yield  a  triffo.  hales  lit  I  'hj 
(wide,  for  Westerns  HkS’l'IRe.  for  do.,  extra  brands; 
IfiWc.  tor  St, ah'  and  Pa,  and  17c.  for  Jersey.  Goose, 
4(L/A2c.  Duck,  2.rX.i/27c. 

Flour.  -Improved  F.nglleh  iwlvlces have  imparted 
life  to  the  market,  and  on  some  grades  slight  advanced 
price*  are  ruling,  mure  particularly  shltqiing  extras 
nnd  sij pcrllno  brand*.  There  is  a  disposition  to  meet 

J  layers  at  current,  prices,  us  recotpis  are  fair  and 
ikely  to  Increase  with  the  resumption  or  lake  navi¬ 
gation.  -  ,,n 

f-ut/erllnc  State . ¥  ’  '  jj  -jd 

Common  extra  do .  7  UO  s*  <  .>u 

G»od  to  choice  do....  . ■••••  ‘  ;!V"  *.  "• 

(fancy  do . . . .  .......  »  w  ^ 

jtuiHwflne  Michigan.  Indiana.  Ohio,  Iowa,.  5  Sofsi  h  25 

itxira  do. . . . « 

Choice  extra  do . . . .  7  50m  8  00 

Trade  brands  do. . . . . .  7  85d$}0  80 

Hood  to  ehoie.o  widte  wheat  extras, . . . 8  «K  t  '  M 

Katr  to  very  choice  extra  . .  7  5<k>>l*  g'J 

Cumition  t<i  fair  extra  St.  Louis .  7  BOoe  'J 

Good  to  choice  do... . . . . .  l(  .tif"  1-  <•> 

S/iuthern,  eomuiou  lo  choice . . .  b  Kits  8  -g 

Family  do . .  ?  1«"1'4  50 

Rye,  common  to  line . . . *  }'«“/  •' 

Corn  meal.  Brandywine . . . j}  Jfiw  DJ 

Ho.  Western . . 3  UKi«  -J  50 


DOMESTIC  NEWS. 

New  York  City  «n«l  Vicinity. 

ON  the  Kith  one  IIer*chcl  'Muntlelhaiim  was 
noarly  murdered  in  a  faro  bank  on  the  Bowery. 
Hi?  assailants  Imve  btfcn  ovresteff — I'clieemat) 
Fricl  oT  Brooklyn  was  nearly  killed  on  l  he  30th, 
by  a  ruffian  Brooklyn  is  (ohavoan  Industrial 
Expus-ition  Company.  \  t  run lv  was  found  at 
an  express  office,  on  tho  33d  ult,  •■on i .uuine 
*•'330,000  in  U.  S.  bond?.  fiuii-i!  from  the  Bunk  of 
England  ..  Brooklyn  is  an' t tiled  xx It. ii  several 

atrocious  scandal*.  _ For  the  week  fueling 

April  Kith  11, WO  ©migrant?  arrived  at  Castle 
Garden  . Arrangement-,  ha.  liven  made  to 
taka  81  000  people  to  Europe  Uni  inpr  May.  Juno 
and  July.  A  largo  number  of  excursion  parties 
will  go.' .  Tbo  Brooklyn  Bridfe,  lm  -  ulready  cost 
Ltiree  and  tt-half  millions...  Efforta  arc  being 
made  to  Imy  the  Third  Avenue  Rahway  and 
build  an  elevated  road  over  it  It  is  proposed 
to  reduce  the  salaries  of  school  tcnvhors. . .  .The 
Bull's  ILoail  Bank  has  resumed  upcratioriR  — 
An  insane  mother  inimlertil  her  two  children 
on  i  lie  31th  ...Thecas©  of  Flielp*.  Dodge  &  Co, 
attracts  much  attention  Goods  to  the  aiHount 
of  $10,000  were  stolen  from  5H4  Broadway  on 
the  31th . \  large  mimber  of  sailors'  boarding¬ 

house  keepers  have  been  arrested  for  conspir¬ 
acy ...,  Farl  Vogt  will  be  sent  to  Pruasla  for 
trial  The  great  musical  Ifc'tjlhul  luw  closed  — 
Tho  great  labor  strike  lias  been  postponed  until 
1874, 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

Tbc  1‘riilc  of  the  Great  West.  The  Wilson 
Now  U nderfeed  Sewing  Machine  is  extremely 
simple  in  its  construction,  elaborately  finished 
in  its  design  and  or  mu  non  tiilg,  combining  great 
capacity  und  adaptation  to  every  variety  ol‘ 
family  sewing  and  light  manufacturing.  II  em¬ 
braces  all  of  the  important  and  essential  ele¬ 
ments  embodied  in  sewing  machines  patented 
within  the  past  twenty  years,  together  with 
late  and  important  improvements  and  patents 
Of  eminent  mechanical  expert*  and  inventors 
in  the  employ  of  the  Wilson  Company.  Cleve¬ 
land  has  reason  t  o  be  proud  of  the  Wilson  ma¬ 
chine.  Salesroom  at  707  Broadway,  New  York, 
and  in  all  other  cities  in  I  lie  United  States.  The 
company  want  agents  in  country  towns. 

■ .  ■  ■  — »»» 

Any  Young  Man  cau  make  from  $5  to  $10  per 
day  taking  orders  for  the  Flowing  Spring  Poul¬ 
try  Fountain.  See  advertisement  in  our  isstlo 
of  April  8fi.  Send  for  a  sample  and  circular, 
with  discounts.  Moucy  refunded  If  not  satis- 
faetoiq.  Address  Iron  Clad  Can  Co.,  51  Dey 
St..,  New  York. 

- »** - 

Watch  No.  lOOSi,  Stem  Winder  —  bearing 
Trade  Mark  “Frederic  Atherton  &  Co.,  Marion 
N.  J.”  manufactured  by  United  States  Watch 
Co,  (Giles,  Wales  &  Co.),  has  been  carried  by  me 
three  and  a-half  months ;  total  variation  thirty 
seconds.  -Geo.  G.  RockwooD,  845  Broadway, 
New  York. 

- - • — 

The  manufacturers  of  the  Blanchard  Churn 
arp  row  receiving  orders  from  every  part  of  the 
country,  So  good  a  tiling  deserves  the  success 
it  has  achieved. 


rifioloe  extra  ffo . . 7  .lOw,  8  <JU 

Trade  brands  do . . .  7  S./aH'J  .<0 

Good  to  choice  while  wheat  extras. . . . *  ft*  ,  t 

Kul?  lo  very  c-hot<v  iixtm  MinnomHa .  «  .w-  u  go 

Ctnnirmn  to  fair  r*vtni  St.  IjOuIs.. . .  J  W  \)  •>» 

c; nod  to  ciiolco  do . .  W  1 « 

S«iuthi*rn,  comuiOD  to  choice. . . . .  •  •  •  {»  .h, 

Family  do . .  8  l.V«13  Nl 

Rye.  comuion  toliui;.... . . . *  b»“J  •»  Ja 

Corn  meal,  Brandyivim; . . . .  8  3  WJ 

Fresh  Fruits.  KVport of  apjlles, GSObbl-.  Clioi/e 
apple*  lire  selline  well.  Cranberries  are  pressed  on 
the  market.  Strawberries  arrive  from  Charleston, 
and  sell  at  7.V.Oi?l  V  quart.  'J’he  wimple.*  or  Southern 
strawberries  are  very  Hue,  but  tho  woollier  keeps 
thorn  on  show  u  ruoU  wbllo  uftor  they  rcucii  tiic  ru- 

Ve  quote— Apples,  common,  81.50@2.00;  do.  fair  to 
good,  l?2<a 2.25 ;  do.  tlue,  $2.7,5(«gi.2fi.  < .'railbiMri-a,  prime, 
orate,  $2,50;  common  to  fair,  $302-25 ;  bbls.,  ?I.(KI 
ani;  choice  bbls.,  $i>.  New  Wilmington  peanuts,  8 1 
(J  1.18;  Virginia,  51.85.  Tcnn.  do,  ,7ofiil»c.  l’coaus,  10 
(kdlC. 

Grnlu,  -ITires  of  wheat  are  fully  Ce.  higher  on 
spring  grade*.  The  foreign  advice*  are  quite  passa¬ 
ble,  and  have  Induced  a  liberal  shipping  hu.-joe--. 
We  quote  at  $i.llj®i.71  for  Nm  2  aprlnu.  In  store  and 
ittlost;  8l.7tjiajf.k0  t/irNo.  1  do.;  II. 80S 1.03  for  winter 
reil  Western;  *l.'l5«/,2.05  ir.r  amber,  and  rl.'JiXs.CVJ 

I...  Ik4.,..i,.h  4.,  ♦  i.iliifn  Wratorn  *irii1  Slfit A.  ILVf! 


ynmilnp  tmdO'r  a  ItbornJ  Salon 

:1(  r,  j  ...  for  ordinary  to  niio  t  r  'i'‘'  iimximI  \V  ■  st- 
ern  fn  store,  principally  id  (>8c. :  also  mu«ii  at  ilk.-  '.lye. 
for  mir  to  choice  new  mixed  Western:  He.  for  yel- 
biwllu.  Oftts  arc  unlive  und  higaer.  Nal/  s  ut  ale. 
for  old  mixed  Western  in  store,  i-loslim  with  54Eo. 
DPI  for  prime;  fit  'Oe.  tor  new  mfxad  Western,  Mi<' 
lal  ier  price  for  scry  choice ;  (dHaaSe.  for  very  poor  to 
eliolee  new  blaek  vVesteru;  55v'>'>7c.  for  new  while  do. 

Huy  ami  Straw.— The  hotter  grade*,  of  hay  arc 
wanted.  Common  stock  is  plenty,  and  Irani  to  sell  at 
relatively  lower  price*.  Straw  is  in  good  demand. 
Hiiles  of  North  River  at  9de.au*!  lor  feliipjhng. 

L.50  for  retail  qualities,  7VOTUC.  for  salt.  loftilHJC.  for 
qlover.  Htrow  ot  *1.10  for  long  rye,  MaOde.  for  short 
rye,  i()o.  for  wheat. 

Hop*. -Trade  I*  still  very  slow.  The  reports  from 
Up1  West  have  been  more  favorable  to  the  crop.  'I’ln  * 
damage  by  frost  lias  been  less  important  than  first 
reported.  From  Wisconsin,  the  la  luatums  at  tin; 
moment  are  tluit  there  will  be  us  good  a  crop  from 
that  seethm  o*  crown  last  yi-;ir.  From  this  State  Hie 
advice*  are  more  oocouraguig.  We  iiuoto  State  at  V) 
■  W  tern 

1S70,  li>L  l'.e.;  Bavaria*',  ICliAMIr..;  Knglikll, 3QM35&;  Bel 
giau,  35(s)30c.i  Cali  torn  Ian.  46<S>e5c. 


Advice. — Send  for  free  Price  List, 
SCALE  Works,  Binghamton,  N,  Y, 


Jones 


Read  Ditson  &  Co.’s  star  ftcjyei'Usement, 


Pfinlls-y  unil  Game. -Dressed  poultry  in  lair  de¬ 
mand  for  prime  chickens,  fi’uikey*  not  eellmg. 

I  five  pou  ltry  Is  scarce  and  firmer.  Wild  pigeons  lmve 
-old  (is  low  !i  *  81.3$  flurunr  tho  past  week  ;  gi-day  they 
am  better,  but  not  *i >  high  as  at  our  last  VV  ild  ducks 
buv  c  only  a  moderate  call.  l 

We  quote  live  poultry  at  22/?; 23c.  for  prime  N.J. 
fowls,  21  ®22c.  for  Western,  nnd  19® 22c.  for  turkey*. 
Geese,  ?2io2.75  for  Western,  £>.250/ 3.5'j  lor  New  Jersey. 
Duck*— 73c.i'.  f  1  for  Western,  91.25,.yfi.5tl  fol’  N.  J. 

We  quote  dressed  prime  N.  .1.  Slid  Backs  On.  lur- 
kovs,  21yi22e..  hi  ate  and  Western,  poor  to  best.  ]se-..22e. 
Cmcsens,  Western.  lj(";33e,;  Htute  und  near  point*, 

22fMl!5Ci 

"(iiuxio  quotations;— Wild  pigeon* .unpicked,  f  do«. 
yi.'iO'.  1.62.  Wild  ducks,  Il2rt*i7..e.  lor  funny,  and  2d'  .«•. 
fur  common.  English  snipe,  per  iloxen,  $2.0. k-  3.  c. 

Provlmimi*.— ' Tlio  prieo  of  port;  touched  f2e.  m1i 
tills  advance  checked  shijiplnR  business,  aim  w  ith  a 
lighter  “short  ”  interest  than  expeeled,  prices  have 
rcin  lpfi,  mid  closed  lower  unit  irregular.  Orders  arc 
coining  from  the  W est  to  realize  at  the  best  attain- 


0WM,  Sffds,  gtniit. 


LEE’S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES 


WIiolfHiili*  uikI  General  Supply  Niiraerlciii 

An  Immense  stunk,  or  HunPrtur  quality,  ut  Imv  urines. 

EST"  Gunge  Hedge  VtniifH  Iiy  i lio  1,000  or 
i,ooo,oo((,  Bend  tor  Price  List. 

It  L A  I  It  II 11  OS., 

Lee’s  Huinunt,  Jackson  Co..  Mo. 


Iteiivj  «th»5 *>t  voids.  <>n  Wednesday  last,  si . .  sold 

Ut  .'i Vj£H*c.;  on  Thurflilily,  5RS*6VtV  with  u  few  held 
utVe..  on  Friday,  sheep  sold  tn  large  lots  at  CnuiGy^c. 
Special  Hale*  aa  follows:  Michigan  *h>«*i>.  average 
wt  1  vent  l  elei  !  it  s.,  ti’  - e . : 

Ohio  sheep,  62i.t30  ms.,  (Ky,  do.,  average  weight  llOkf  lbs.. 

dhotoe  do  ,  ll'i  lbs.,  7e.j  all  rctrogplng  lots  wore 
shorn.  Woolly  Ohio  sheep,  weight,  $7  lbs.,7>-,e.;  Ido., 
HI)  Its.,  He.,  do..  111!  lbs.,  Kt.c.  Spring  Uptlhs  sold  Ut  $7(«i 
3.50  v  head,  and  from  IfifflTOc.'  average  weights, 
JltfiuSl  lbs. 

Swine.— The  quality  or  hogs  forwarded  during  the 

past  week  has  been,  in  the  aggregate,  unusually  good, 
the  lots  being  largely  made  up  of  elioiee,  well-bred 
Berkshire  lions,  which,  though  heavy,  were  not 
coarse.  On  Wednesday  last,  live  hogs  sold  «t.  (!•)£(!., 
and  were  worth  city  dressed  tlrm  at,  He.  on 

Thursday  forenoon,  live  hogs  were  nominal  nt  IBi® 
(•GO.;  City  dressed  Arm  at  SO.  On  Friday  forenoon 
tntdi* opened  more  active  than  on  the  two  previous 
days,  with  live  hogs  worth  OefiGlic.,  and  elty  dressed 
at  t jJsopHc. 

Horse  UnvUet.  (n  l.ivt/iq  hofovo  nnr  readers  a 
brief  sketch  id' this  season’s  trade  In  horses,  we  are 
compelled  l«  inform  tlteiu  that  the  chief  cause  of  the 
dullness  of  the  tr,uie  lias  been  and  uoutlutiea  to  lie 
due  to  the  fact  ill  tit  the  (pm  I  tty  of  tin*  horses  plfteed 
upon  the  market  is  generally  until  for  City  uses.  The 

needed  for  wa . k  used  In  light. 

trade  are  miserable  creatures,  worth  scarcely  any 
money,  wanting  as  they  do  hone  and  breeding.  The 
heavy  draft  horses  are  coarse  ami  slow  win  n  they 
ought  to  tie  active  and  powerful ;  and  tlin  trotters, 
when  they  have  .peed,  have  no  endurance.  As  to 
■•addle  horses,  there  would  he  a  fair  demand  for  safe, 
well-broken  animals  of  showy  anpcarauuc,  hut  there 
are  hone  such  Offered  Cor  salu.  The  mutched  carriage 
Ittffjti  -  Cor  i  mill  ■.  i,  m  Mi'ii  the  best  cliuts  ul  horses  for* 
warded  to  this  city,  and  sell  most,  read  It  v  at,  t  he  best 
prices  given.  In  Kant  2-itb  St.  thd  following  horses 
are  on  Mile,  and  d'trltig  tho  past  week  the  following 
sales  have  been  effected; 

At.  stable  lti|  there  are  Id  brad  of  neat  roadsters, 
brought  tfon  Maine.  At  stable  1.7.1  there  are  35  head  ; 
during  the  week  2tl  of.heiM  were  sold  nt  .f-flliln*, tiHl  {' 
head:  those  Were  ordinary  light  harnesa  horans.  At 

stabler*  I  .Vi  and  I.V7  there  are  VI  pairs  of  . tolled  car- 

riiige  imrsos;  there  were  sold  tale  pair  for  $I,MX),  and 
■  •  i, 1  ;'-iu,i  ■■  u. . : ii a i  per  head.  E.  A.  Fitch.  dottier  In 
stylish  carriage  liursea,  reporis  his  trinti*  fair;  has  mi 
hand  Ul  pairs  of  handsome,  mulched  carriage  horses 
from  Western  Nctv  York  ;  sold  during  the  week  I  pair 
tor  $2„'>0Q,  shipped  to  Mexico;  also, TI  head  nf  single 
Harness  horse* at.  fWa  1,21)0  per  head.  In  the  Bull’s 

I  load  Commission  Stables  there  are  MS  cO tuition 
duality  harness  horses  fpniwWostem  New  York  and 
Cattudk;  sold  during  the  week  loll  head  at  ♦l(XI(<430f)  ¥ 
hood.  In  name  stable  .1.  0.  Boro  has  34  head  of  hand* 
Koine  harness  horse-  troni  Michigan,  In  next  Stable 
.1.0  Taylor  htw  15  Kentucky  Silked,  stylish  turf  lit  ge 
horses;  sold  l  pair  Of  ordinary  harness  horses  tor 
$700:  .1  bend  of  light  hurtles*  hones  at  926tWi.5O(<i>400  V 
head.  At  rlable  Ml  about  25  head  arrive  weekly ;  fi 
were  sold  ut  $lfl(k„.lf)0  nor  head,  At  stable  MO  there 
are  SO  Itrst-cbnis  draft,  horses:  sold  during  the  week 
JO  head,  averaging  $3.50.  At  Tost  A  Nichols’  Commis¬ 
sion  Stable  there  arc  SftCUicud  of  various  cluas  horses 
—railroad  and  stage  horses,  pairs  or  draft  horses,  and 
some  trotters ;  reports  trade  fair.  Sold  during  the 
week  HI  head  at  JISUK-’lii)  P  bead ;  2  pairs  heavy  draft 
horses,  $700  p  pair;  tj  light  harness  horses,  $110  P 

I I  kl  I  i  1  ■  h  5  vi  there  urn  .'1  mixed 

quality  harness  horses;  sold  pout  week  It  at  flilHtSctiOil  i< 
head.  The  following  sales  were  etfectod  by  auction  ; 
Fight  poor  quality,  light,  harness  horses,  f.'iOcVJT  ?,i 
bead ;  2  ti  iac  SOU;  ;  pairs.  fYitM/jlj  ’ ;  10.  $PKM 

262;  it  pairs  r«0,,/  i-.'a;  2  pairs, V  pair ;  7,  $11. sis 
136  per  head;  4  pairs  $5&Ml6(J, 

Of  horses  arrived,  per  Krlc  Railroad,  via  Dak  Cliff 
Htuilori ;  530  arrived,  per  Control  New  Jersey  Railroad, 
via  Liberty  street,  ferry,  (Jiiality  inferior. 


Long  ears,  largo  groins, exquisite  flavor.  Price,  pkt., 
10c.;  Kplnt,  2fi«. ;  pint,  tile. ;  miart,  70c. ;  post-paid. 

GEO.  \V.  CAM PltELL,  Delaware,  O. 

pAMT»IIKl.l/Si  I.ATK  IfcOSIC  POTATO*.  A 

\  r  new  seedling,  unoqitalcd  In  prodllOli vettOSS ;  un¬ 
surpassed  in  quality  ;  perfectly  healthy.  lias  yielded 
from  I  to  2  barrel-.  to  tint  pound.  Ctriuilui  s,  with 
testimonials  as  to  yield  and  quality,  tree.  t’Hee,  I 
Hi.,  00c.;  I  Ilia.,  flJiO,  post-paid ;  neck,  $0;  K  bush., 
$0..i0;  bushel,  $10;  barrel,  (IJU. 

« -  !•:«*.  H  .  (’A  HPBlCLIi,  Delaw  are.  O. 


Specially  adapted  ro  Mitrhei  i  lit  rile  ns,  iiai 
flic  Field  Culture  of  Knot-.  Onions. 
htrnwberriPN,  Ale. 

Pulverizes  deep,  works  very  •  lose  to  small  and 
tender  plants,  without  throwing  uarllt  upon  them 
KlTc'etually  draws  out  Twitch  Grass,  Sorrel  and  other 
weeds,  lofts  and  llghlous  the  *oU,  and  leaves  It 
level.  Can  be  used  from  one  to  throe  foot  wide,  and 
at  varlonsdenths,  Huns  steadily,  and  Is  of  very  light 
draft,  trf'  Made  only  by 


Tobacco, -itecelpts  of  Western  leaf  have  been 
liberal,  and  LUo  home  trade  hold  off.  Shippers  buy 
to  a  m  ode  rate  extent  at  steady,  prices.  In  artedloftf 
there  is  Hotnvely  any  demand  from  exporters,  hut.  the 
home  trade  buy  cpiite  freely  at  fell  lato  flgiu-uH. 

QUOTATIONS! — N  k\V  (  llOP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

T.ttgs . . . . . '<'*<••  7  if  an  8J<c. 

rommon  to  medium  leaf.  UMc.  ft  m  lit  Me. 

Good  do.  . .ill  i,&  10 Ac.  II  («i  12  c. 

Fine  do.  ..ll  M  12  c.  )2,%'(.a  1.1 

Selections — . VV,i</fi  Ki  u.  13>4(®  15 

SEEDLKAI'  PROP  OP  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  tillers . 12  @15  o. 

seconds. . ,  ,2U  on  25  o. 
wrappers.  .10  @55  e. 
sehiffions.lit)  on  75  e. 

New  York  fillers..... . II  (3j  11  Ac. 

wr, uppers . 13  (a>  R6  e. 

assorted  lots., . ........12  m  10  e. 

Pennsylvania  fillers,  . . 13  r.o  It  c. 

writ  pnetw  22  on  50  e. 

assorted  lots . IS  i«;  2ft  ik 

Ohio  fillers . - . - . . . lit  on  lose. 

wrappers . 13  (.it  Oft  c. 

assorted  lots . ,.ll  <<#10  c. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lota . . 0  on  UJio. 

Vegetables,  exports  of  potatoes,  past  week,  l  ion 
bhls.  The  Into  advance  lb  potatoes  has  started  all  the 
spare  stock  from  available  points,  and  Lite  hldjien  de¬ 
liveries  have  caused  a  decline.  Bermuda  produco  Is 
io  liberal  supply.  Houtlierri  green  peas  In  good  de¬ 
mand  When  ton  »teamer  arrives  In  time  tor  morn  log 
market.  Tlu-  weather  Is  too  cold  for  h  dally  good 
trade  to  he  depended  it  nob. 

Peach  Blows  in  bulk,  $3.23(513.30;  Karly  Rose  do., 
’’hipping  order,  $2-2&il2.,VI ,  Prince  Albert,  $.K<«.T.25  ; 
.hiokson  White,  $2.MVjW.75;  Ityngbt,  $2.fttl"(i2.7ft ;  sweet, 
Debt  ware,  $3@Sl..iO.  For  potatoes  In  shipjiing  order  udd 
2,V.-37(*.  V  bid.  Hnrmtida tomatoes  V  box. fl.J5.  Unions, 
red,  bill.,  $l((«7:  do,  yellow,  $t(.i)7 ;  do.  Bermuda,  crate, 
f  t.ftikod.  Kale,  Now  Jersey,  bol  ,  $2,25(a’.'2.50;  do.  Nor- 


f  t  ItA PK  V  l  N  r.S,  SMA  LI,  l-’R CtTS.  FI,OYV- 
AH  MfS,  Are.— All  varieties  of  Griiui*  Vines  ;  mag- 
nltlcont  Delaware  layers,  $10  to  $25  per  1110;  $75  to  $200 
per  1,000,  Splendid  stock  of  Green-House  and  Bed¬ 
ding  Plants.  Fatulogues  free, 

GEO.  W.  (All  I’ltHLI,,  D.lnwiire,  O. 


ttANtrpAPTmipns  or 

AGRICULTURAL  IMPLEMENTS  AND  MACHINES 

Warehouse.*,  .Ill  Beehinau  St.,  N.  Y., 

.Si  ntl/or  Circular.  nud  (fulacy  llnll,  Itosiau 


nud  VouUvtj 


TT'HfltH  FOR  HATCHING,  FltOM  TWF, 

I  1  ty  leading  varieties,  nt  moderate  prices.  I 
Price  List,  address  SILAS  W.  STI'DLKY, 

FatsUlll  Station,  Col.  Co.,  N.  Y 


PIUNPLES 


l  will  send  (free)  recipe  for  mv  VEGETABtE  BALM, 
removing  Pl.MPI.H3,  Bl-O'ri'ttns,  FltrcKl.KS,  Bi.APk 
Won. tts,  MOTHS,  T  A  n  undull  Din  HASPS  or  THK  Slv  t.V, 
leaving  if. clear  and  with  a  iiealthy  glow.  Also,  sure 
process  for  tine  growth  of  It  wit  on  bald  beads  or 
smooth  faces.  TMOS,  F.  i'll  APAIAN,  Citemist, 
I’.lt.  Box  5 12N,  137  Broadway,  New  York. 


J.  W.  &  iVl.  IKW1N 
Pennlngtoii  vilie,  cbesto-  Co., 


Wlttsn  ««./p  1*  A  It  K  ItIC  AII  H  LS. 

•  Kggs  t  his  season  for  sale.  $8  per  doz.  '.CA  B- 
ROLI,  LORLNG,  Boston,  or  Uedhain,  .Masi  First 
Importer  and  breeder. 


w  INTHI).  Agent*  for  our  new  book,  “How 
It  IO  Kuioy  Lite.”  by  Dr  CoBN'ELL.  K  very  body 
wants  to  enjoy  life,  so  everybody  will  want  a  copy. 
11.  B.  RtJSSKLL,  Publisher,  5Ii  Oovnhlll,  Boston. 


From  Light  BVahmua,  Bull' and  Partrltlffe  cochins 
Inclose  stamp  for  Circular,  a.  MQIUU  ,  Ilion,  N.  V 


S.aggs  FOK  HATCHING,  t  will  now  book  or- 
I  J  dors  for  eggs  from  my  well  known  strains  of  Fan¬ 
cy  Poultry,  Including  over  20  Varieties  of  Fowls  and 
Ducks,  to  lie  shipped  as  soon  as  the  weather  wilt  per¬ 
mit,.  ItieioHc-  stamp,  and  write  for  what  you  want  tn 
C.  N.  BROWN  UiiadOhl  Forks,  Otsego  Co.  N.  Y. 


The  most  valuable  variety  known.  Good  hearers 
choice  l'mlt.  Five  vines  sent  on  receipt,  of  $1.  Ad- 
dress  <\  C.  CARI'KNTKU, 

tiUK A  t,  Nnw-YotUUilt  Office,  R.iehg.ster,  N.  Y 


TirUTO  VTI)  C3  I  One  package  or  Prof. 
W  xllolviil  JlLwJ  ;  Hall's  Magi.!  Com- 

Itottnd  will  foree  the 
heard  tn  grow  thick  and  heavy  no  tho  smoothest 
face  (without  injury)  lit  21  days,  or  money  refunded. 
2ft  cents  u  package,  post-paid,  or  3  for  50  cents. 

I0DGAR  JON  159,  Astfi.AM),  Mass. 


rno  ENGltAVKUS.  PRINTERS,  &c\ 


itu'ge  stock 


I  well  seasoned  and  prepared  Boxwood,  Multog 
any,  Maple  and  Fine.  V  anububbim.'h,  VVei.i.h  &  Co. 
Type,  Cabinet  A  ITeSS  Warehouse,  18  Dutch  St.,  N.  V 


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AMATEUR  PRINTERS 


VLADY  who  has  been  cured  of  nervous  debility 
uftor  many  years  of  misery,  desires  to  make 
known  to  all  fellow  sufferers  the  sure  moans  of  re¬ 
lief.  Address,  inclosing  a  .-.tamp,  Mrs.  M.  MER¬ 
RITT,  P.  ft.  Box  Cm&,  Boston,  .Yltiks,,  and  the  pre¬ 
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Send  for  a  copy  of  I.vstki cikinm  rim  Amateur 
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York. 


WANTED.  A  FARMER,  in  Every  Town 
as  agent  ror  the  Collin*  Steel  Plow*.  Foi 
terms,  &c„  address  CCH.LINS  A  CO., 

212  Water  St.,  New  York, 


A  New  Work  by  a  Practical  Paftitef,  designed 
for  the.  use  of  Farmer'*,  Tradesmen,  .Mechanics, 
Merchants,  and  as  a  Guide  to  the  Professional 
Painter.  Containing  a  plain  Common-sense 
statement  or  the  JKahwds  employed  by  Painters 
to  produce  satisfactory  results  in  Plain  and  Fan¬ 
cy  Painting  of  every  Description,  including  Gild- 
Ingj  Bronzing.  Staining,  Graining,  Murlding,  Vur 
nishlng,  Polishing,  Kulsomlnlng,  i'aper-llangmg, 
Slripitig,  T.clterjng,  CabyiliH  and  OrnatiieiiTing, 
with  Directions  for  mixing  and  applying  all  kinds 
'’’“'"'y  clothy  by  mail,  prepaid,  $1. 

1  hi*  Work  should  lie  in  the.  IuiiiiIh  of  every 
Farmer  or  other  per  wt  hating  Pain  ling  to  do. 
It  will  save  Tea  'll  me  m  lew  Cast  in  a  singio 
soasoit.  as  it  virtually  tiiakos  **  |(;v  Idle  v  ill  A  N 
Ills  OWN  I* A  1  N'l’KIC.”  Address  S,  R, 
WELLS,  Publisher,  3rt!)  Broadway,  New  York. 
Slate  in  what  paper  you  saw  this  advertisement. 

Y  Carriage  J'aintciiS  Manijai..  lllnktrated.  $1. 
Send  Stamp  for  New  1i.li:3tuatkp  Catalooue. 
Agents  wanted. 


cheap  falums  : 

Tlt<‘  i'lieaiictcl,  I  .ii  ii  <  I  in  !Vl;ii-i<4>r. 

for  sale  by  the  IJNION  PACIFIC  RAILROAD  COM¬ 
PANY,  In  the  llrml  noth-  \ritlh‘tj !  [.lino  (too 
AdUOS  in  CENTRAL  NEBRASKA  now  fv>r  sale  in 
trouts  of  forty  acres  and  upwards  fivi-amU-  ii  unu.-' 
m.lil,  ut  it  \trr  ernt,  Mh  'nitviilci  tuln-i-nt  irotnrrtt. 
MILD  AND  irRALTUFLI,  CLIMATB,  FERTILE 
SOIL,  AN  A  BLN  DA  NCR  OF  GOOD  WATBtt.  THTH1 
BEST  MARKET  IN  THE  WEST!  The  Or  Oil  t  Min¬ 
ing  Keglonaof  Wyoming,  Colorado,  1 1  fall  and  Nevada, 
being  supplied  ov  Mte  iarmera  tn  the  I'tnUr  Valhv. 
SOLDIERS  KN'lTI’l.KD  TO  A  HoMUHTRAD  OF 
l*D»  ACRES.  ’I'll  E  BEST  LOCATIONS  FOR  COL- 
ONI  E*.  Finn Ifl  HOMES  FOR  ALL.  Million.- ~,icn-x 
of  choice  Goverumept  Lin  da  ppen  for  entry  under 
the  ll oiiiixlnui  i,(ii(i  near  this  tiit.it  Railroad,  with 
good  markets  und  all  the  eroiven luimts  of  an  old  set¬ 
tled  count  ry.  Free  passes  to  purchudcrs  nf  tLotroiul 
Land,  sectional  maps,  showing  Hi#  exact  location 
of  land,  also  new  cilitlOn  o!  Urn- --iptivt  l‘<nu)<liM  ti’UU 
A  fir  .Ifa*.  I  lull’ll  Ii..  CV,  i  ./ii  h .  . .  A ' )  d  tt.'Ma 

0.  F.  ILV  VIS,  i.oikI  Comm  IK*)  oner, 

I  .  P.  It.  It.  (ki.,  Oinnlin,  Neh. 

<Si  i  D  ft  a  Month  !  Horse  and  carriage  furnished. 
(B'db*Jr>  Expenses  paid,  U.  B.  HU  AW,  Alfred  ..Me. 


■>Ionilny’«  Sales,  lleeves— Trade  in  good  quali¬ 
ty  td.ocrs  opened  fair  on  this  forenoon,  but  course 
steers  were  very  slow  ;  prices  range, l  front  Itualljtfe.  - 
weights.  6)F;4‘J  ntvt..  un  ftV.aiD  its.  Uj  the  cwt.  Mis¬ 
souri  oxen  sold  ut  $liX)  {(  head. 

Milch  Cow*.— Quality  poor  and  trade  slow  ;  a  few 
cows  and  their  calves  sold  (U  $30&/’77  V  head, 

Venlu.-Thn  run  of  veals  was  largo  on  this  fore¬ 
noon,  and  the  quality  ranged  from  poor  to  fair ;  only 
a  tew  lots  were  sold:  price,  5Kc.— average  weight 


Sheep  null  I. limit*.  -Trade  opened  slow,  and  the 
markets  closed  dull.  Duality  or  the  stock  to  hand 
rather  course.  Hhorn  sheep  sold  at  SEufiiSc.;  woolly 
do.,  HitfHNe. 

Hog*  There  was  a  heavy  run  of  good  quality  Itogft 
to  hand  on  this  forenoon.  Trade  opeuud  active. 


_  . —  -  'Trade  opeuyd  active. 

Live  hogs,  tiASvDtiMe.;  city  dressed  T/ikiiSc. 

RECEIPTS  OP  I.IVK  STOCK. 

Slmcp  A 

llOOvFv.  Cows.  CitlviM,  | .rim t»3.  Hotra. 

One  rx  und  rndth  St ...  1 ,221)  a  Ufifl 

Forty-Eighth  St......  DO  t’,7  1,000 

Fortieth  St. . .  IK)  (JO  '  3 

Coranninlpuw . *,9K3  no  oo 

\V  ot-huwliori. . . . .  151  O)  (to 

Totals  this  week  9,651  75  1,963 

“  last  week  8,273  115  1,3(53 

comparative  rates. 

This  week, 
cents. 

Good  Steers  1?  !f>. . 13  on  U 

Fair . . . 11. Vi  ,<«  12 

Poor.... . . . . ....3  fin  10 

Poorest .  7  a,)  3 

Gen.  selling  rotes . ll»i  da  12 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


NO  EQUAL 


We  now  make  a  COMBINED  SEED 
DRILL,  WHEEt  HOf  and  RtOW  for 

$111.10.  AilmirtiJile  for  Garden, 
Onion  A  Root  crops.  Also  three 
Other  styles.  9.  L.  ALLEN  A 
CO.,  IV.i  Smith  1th  St.,  Philn.,  Ptt. 


IjITTI.E  Fa  r.1.3,  N.  Y.,  April  2(5,  1873. 
The  market  at  Little  Falls,  for  the  week  ending 
April  26,  was  active,  and  stiles  much  larger  than  was 
expected  from  the  wretehod  condition  of  the  coun¬ 
try  mads,  whleli  tiro  yet  tilled  with  snow.  About  300 
boxes  01  farm  dulry  eJteeae  weredelivercil  und  sold  nt 
fro  in  ’e.  Li  13;<c.  Tbo  traortactlons  in  factorlea  wore 
brisk,  tho  lots  from  each  factory  numbering  about  BO 
(o  10  eheesijuj.  We  give  riuotatlons  nf  sales  oa  follows: 

>)l(l  Manhelni,  lie.;  (‘ontroi  valley,  iiyfc.;  cnini 
( reck,  UMe-l  Herkimer  (Jo.  central,  Htjo.;  HI..  John*- 
Ville.  Ike,;  A,  Hmlth  A  Co.,  il‘*e. ;  Country. mm, 
D  ,(■.;  Stnlcli  Clock,  Hxiq  Bair*,  U:vnc.;  Spell’s  liiisn, 
I  He.;  J-  D.  Ives,  lSic-I  Little  Falls  Cent/al,  He,; 
Dairy  \  alley,  llku.;  -Manbelm  Center,  1  Hie.;  Did 
j  airfield.  It «C.;  Manhelm  Turnpike,  HLe.;  Cook  & 
Vcs,  lBVyC.;  Dairy  Hill,  UMcj  FuirHold  AHaoclatiOli, 

II' o'.;  Nicbols.  13J}C. 

'there  wns  a  large  delivery  of  bultor,  though  prices 
are  lower  thou  last  week.  Hales  Were  made  ut  K7c.  to 
*dc„  a  lew  extru  lots  going  at  flic. 

We  have  .ulvtcea  from  abroad  for  the  second  week 
in  April.  Our  London corresramdoot  reports  a  fair 
demand  for  all  description*  in  cheese.  Best  Amnrl- 
eau  is  quoted  at TairTl*,;  flue.  (JOfflilOs,  The  other  de¬ 
scriptions  &el!  a#  follows: -English  Cheddar,  • 
'"oti'h.  HlarViN.  Du  toll  chce.yc  -Kdants,  QfcgiTbi.;  Uou- 
das,  eo  (tiWs,;  Derby  shape.  CtlyKTs. 

,1m  butter,  all  Un*  best  a  as  sold  on  being  landed.  \Vi< 

. .  fcl  I!  I  mil  121k;  [37s,; 

DOrscts,  Ialjs.;  Normandy,  136s.;  Canadian,  ftOWl  IDs. 
,,'v»If»ve  of, M  raw  winds  in  Herkimer,  N.  Y.,  and 
1  he  tuna  show  a  targe  amount  of  -now.  <  )ur  farmers 
are  prpuy  ,,,,„or(l|iy  (lt  tf)n  0,)jni0n  that  we  have  had 
an  extra  shore  ol  winter  this  year,  and  arc  longing 
for  wuriu  weather. 


■Bf  Worth  for 


^FASHION'S  Triple  FAVORITE,  “  Le  Plus  Nouvelle 


EQI,nd  KMfllnj  ID  Aet  sf  CoftrreDrln  Ui»jni  1  73,  l.j  .».  fluribtu  Smith,  la 

*N..  I._  I  ll _ .  (■«• . .  .  .  .  >. 


-This  is  the  Arms  of 
Paris  Ingenuity  !  ! ! ! 
.(ro  Views  of  it.  And 

- .  a  draped  apron  front. 

TllliEH  JSnin'etj/  dliferint  C'liiuinesin  one  /  It 
can  lit:  changed  from  a  Pnlon  dae  to  a  Rodlfigotc 
or  Waterproof  iu  ftw  tli  .a  mui  luinuW,  by  suuply 
adjusting  iijm  button.  Tho  original  is  mado  in 
dark  blou  ladles '  cloth,  trimmed  with  Hercules 
braid. 

Tills  pattern  Is  Particularly  ilesirablo  for 
wmli  (lon.i  ,  Ii  c  mao  when  ti iibuliunedH iallx futo 
a  bcaullfnliy  Hbaped  Wrapper  wlttinnt  pleat  or 
gatner,  making  if  easy  to  l « molry.  Thu  Traveler, 
.  .nrculllu  the  Voyagi  r.  Will  Unit  it  an  liiilr  /jcloi- 
uhlr  eoii.rnttlrm-e.  It  is  v  i  vr Alinpln  and  easy  to 
inake.  Complete  Inatriietjotis  t,ra  priuted  upoa 
each  pattere,  b'.'shi  s  a  (  I „i  I,  llodcl,  (Sea 
Mow.)  Reiiulre;  live  yards  Waterproof.  All 
>IZP9.  Trice  of  patiern  and  cloth  model, 
Ouo  Dollur.  Sea  1’ re iii iii in  below. 

We  furnish,  it  ''■ItTSADY MADK"  la  Linen  or 
Batiste,  from  $5  to  $15 ;  In  Waterproof,  fill  to 
$20  j  lu  any  color  of  loll.'.’  cloth,  handsomely 
Irim  ti  d,  $25.  NA’.VH  HU’AJfJJ  l or  our  C.l  TA- 

l  0  a  t/E  u  fN  r  rijsA. 

We  give  a  t  't, OTir.lf ODKL  with  each  patiern, 

uainer,  loop, 


MAGIC  COSTUME 


Last  week, 
Cants. 

13  (4  UX 

ll’t  (,«  12 •If 

as  U»x 
ry.  (at  3 
11 H  tii  tttf 


tho  OOice  oflhi»  t'ihrxrua  yf  Couijrc#*,  hf  Wtiiltm- 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


The  niis/drt him-  of  it  Uiipiurc  can  bo  easily 
vomedlod  by  wearing  tho  New  IClastiu  Truss,  with¬ 
out  Metal  Springs.  It  retains  tho  Rupture  under  all 
Circumstances ;  is  worn  night  and  day  with  perfect 
comfort  nud  soon  effects  a  permanent  cure.-  Hold 
at  u  moderate  price,  it  is  sent  by  mall  to  all  parts  of 
the  country  by  THE  ELASTIC  TRUSS  CO.,  No.  (583 
Broadway,  N,  Y.  City. 


The  Best  F.lasiir  Trims,  without  metal  springs. 
Is  I’o vt  1110  v’h  -Ei.AwTtr  UcretiRi:  belt,  puteoted  in 
1S71  and  1873.  No  one  should  hnyan  Elastic  Truss 
without  flrat  writing  to’ Messrs.  POAlEKttY  &  CO.. 
741  Broadway,  Now  York,  for  full  particulars. 
Pomeroy**  Trusses  are  the  lie*t  in  the  world. 


every  scam, 

tlifl  garment  _  _ 

.  will  look  when  completed.  By 
"ii’ti  Mq  in  1  any  person  who  can 
It  the  most  (limeult  garment  us 

AinOMf-  rl  lii#v  ii  rti  /./  /.»  /I*  hi  fit  'H 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


New  York,  April  26,  1873. 

Pisf'vvy ? **  J  ''1'  f resh  cattle  that  came  to  nand  on 
ni-i,  1 Unc  iduy  forenoon  were  sold  off  by  10  o’clock  ; 
TlniKri  i1!1"1'0  1:lc-  welgtits,  cwt.  On 

lieliCfiib'^'in'i'}  J'l'tduy  forenoons,  trade  in  beeves 
oti  -  1.  uV.  L-  !  almost  all  the  lots,to  hand  were  cleared 

'if  mltml  l  iU1  /v11  l  u’ni  ha%  been  a  heavy  run 

Hicev.t  J  •  pul*.,  uuallty  Missouri  und  Cherokee 
f  lierol' e,*  - i  !'a  ''  ut  11  'i'cA'-’^c.- weights,  liJiMT  cwt.; 
.  wotetus  i'i‘  11  f1  bools  und  IGtnsns,  live. 

■"  ■  :  '  Imt  fat,  Missouri  sleet -  ,  I  .’!<;•« 

..  weigiit,,,  ,  i-ny,  owl.;  lm»a  steers  lSkfflLi’ir 

wel'M  !VV|:|  *  '*•><•  steer*,' l2;V(ii'l.;v,c. 

‘w.lgl.t,  *  cwi.j  Illinois  steers,  Up e-  l  ie.— weights 
^ estern  bulla,  5(^6c.— if vo  weJKht*  11  owt 
c  oien,  coarae  quality,  10>^o.— weight,  cwt. 

salei,(luiw'Tb,,r'Slls<1Ui^ity  rr08l‘  cows  on 

’  tlunng  the  latter,  days  of  this  past  week,  has 


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New  Britain,  Ct. , 

M:Uii>fn<kiurtirit  of  tlin  in«(%r. 
Sj/liut  uIdJ  KyUiiu  C<^ri», 
•  ‘otafp,  Clotlfci  aiul  Mur- 
k«t  ffAiiltutq  in  She*  mur- 
ket.  Verbena 
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EVIOOBB’S  BUBAL  WEW-YORKEB. 


.fertilisers,  Sit 


implement, a’  and  gUarhinery 


PERSONAL  ITEMS. 


TO  AGENTS 


The  Pope  had  lumbago. 

Stanley  has  returned  to  England. 

Gen.  Garfield  refuses  his  hack  pay. 

Heubert  Spencer  is  53  years  of  age. 

Miss  Alcott  has  completed  a  new  novel. 

Gen.  Canhy  was  at  one  time  Military-Gov¬ 
ernor  of  Virginia. 

Isaac  M illikkn,  President  of  the  Waltham 
Watch  Co.,  is  dead. 

Gen.  Hutlkk  has  bought  the  Btonc  farm  in 
Washington  for  *300,000. 

Hon.  8.  S.  Cox  has  been  lecturing  in  Florida 
on  “American  Humor." 

Hkv.  Dr.  Thom  \s,  murdered  by  the  Modoos, 
was  a  leading  Methodist. 

Samuei.  Urioht,  a  brother  of  John  Bright, 
recently  died  in  Geneva. 

Alex,  it,  Stephens  says  the  Democratic 
party  must  be  preserved. 

Uuv.  Mr.  Sec m;  eon  has  been  offered  $50,000 
to  lecture  in  tins  country. 

James  Kedpath  of  Boston  is  in  Europe, 
hunting  up  new  lecturers. 

A  statue  of  Ethan  Allen  will  be  unveiled  at 
Burlington,  VI  .,  July  4th. 

M  A  yob  Joseph  MliDibL  of  Chicago  has  re¬ 
signed  as  a  Civil  Service  Reform  Commissioner. 

John  E.  Peabody,  an  American,  was  in  the 
Cambridge  boat  which  won  the  last  race  over 
Oxford; 

Miss  Mary  L.  Wadsworth,  a  New  Hampshire 
girl,  is  physician  to  the  Sultan  of  Turkey  and 
his  court.  . 

Hkv.  Dr.  M unsell,  President  of  the  Illinois 
Wesleyan  University,  charged  with  kissing  the 
young  ladies,  has  resigned. 

Grace  Greenwood  protests  against  the  ex¬ 
clusion  of  women  from  the  platform  of  the 
Grand  Central  Depot  in  New  York. 


This  Fertilizer  is  composed  "<  the  gases,  Ac.,  of  coal 
of  all  Horta,  having  carbon,  with  cokes,  combined  or 
otherwise.  1  claim  the  process  of  extracting  from 
any  kind  of  coal  or  coke.,  gases,  Ac.,  by  the  use  of 
heat  or  calcination,  arm  ennoimr  and  placing  the 
coal  in  water,  where  the  gases  will  e-ape  and  be 
held  with  the  oxygen  of  the  water.  The  ruhrs  are 
used  without  calcination.  This  hyani  |.  spread  over 
the  land  and  every  kind  of  growing  crop  haring  a 
root  in  tin1  soil.  I  also  p. tw  the  ground  c> nil  and  coke, 
or  cither  of  them,  over  the  /.ten,  r«rp>,  Ac.,  and  put 
them  into  the  hill  or  drill  with  the  seen.  Oed  being 
a  vegetable  formation,  contains  nbogt  !k)  per  cent,  of 
carbon,  win  eh  is  the  only  element  or  resource  left  us 
for  restoring  n/ats,  vegetation,  Ac. 

1  also  use  Oils  thjini  as  a  toil  alkali  for  various 
purposes,  in  nine n/dtl ecirir.'Untl  uiipravliin  goods  and 
fibers  nl  every  description,  including  soaps,  tanning 
hhh.,  and  curing  sc  ms,  and  Improving  ana  making 
water-tight  all  kinds  of  leather. 

Parties  wishing  to  lease  Townships  for  using  this 
FertlUaer.  Ac,,  will  please  address  me  for  particulars. 
I  claim  to  be  the  inventor  of  the  above,  under  the 
Patent  Laws,  and  1  have  made  successful  experi¬ 
ments  therewith.  AI.VA  II  ItEEIIE, 

50  iV  111  Liberty  St.,  New  York. 


There  is  no  Held  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  limn  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  Is  no  machine  that  possesses 
one-hull  the  cue II tiles  which  are  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  tainliy  use  os  the 


Its  simplicity- and  ease  of  management,  together 
with  its  capacity  fordoing  the  great  range  of  work, 
and  its  t lining  cost,  makes  it  a  matter  of  economy 
for  every  family  to  have  one,  mid  will  uUiniately 
bring  it  Into  ns  gob  era)  use  as  the  Hewing  Machine. 
The  practical  utility  of  the  machine  only  needs  to 
be  demonstrated  to  the  people  to  produce  an  un¬ 
limited  demand. 

Many  Sewing  Machine  Agents,  rinding  the  in- 
cn-ase  of  competition  and  Do'  ijlfflcultv  of  selling 
high-priced  machines  to  militate  again-t  a  flour¬ 
ishing  business,  arc  taking  liofij  of  ihc 


BICKFORD 


The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 

GROUND  BONK. 

RONE  MEAL, 

RONE  FLOUR. 

Fresh  Rone  Superphosphate  ol  Lime,  or 
Dissolved  Rone.  Semi  for  circular. 

LISTER  R  It  OS.,  Newark,  N.  .1. 


and  meeting  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer¬ 
chants,  finding  In  Dana  Bickford's  invention  a 
Cheap,  Simple  and  practical  Knitting  .Machine, 
find  it  profitable  to  purchase  and  keep  on  sale. 
The  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  does 
not  require  the  “eternal  vigilance”  to  sell  this 
machine  ns  In  the  ca-e  of  sewing  machines. 

Agent*  Mu  tiled  Everywhere.  Goal,  Smart 
Men  can  malic  S50  per  week  and  expenses. 
Send  |  for  Instructions  and  Circulars.  Price  $30 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  RICK  FOR  D,  President. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y, 


implement, o'  and  i\\  a  chinny 


£  IMITATION  GOLD  WATCHES  &  CHAINS 


This  metal  has  all  the  brilliancy  and  durability  of  Gold.  I’rlces, 
$15,  $20  and  $25  each.  Chains  from  $2  to  $12  each.  Goods  sent 
C.O.  D.,  by  express;  by  ordering  six  you  get  one  free.  Send  stump 
for  our  Illustrated  Circular.  Address 

COLLINS  METAL  WATCH  FACTORY, 

:tl5  Rvoauwuy,  New  Ymr.’,  Ci,j. 


THE  ROCHESTER 

*:i_J  BEERY  BASKET, 

ill  i  HSll'  In  which  Berries  carry  and  sell  best. 
l*‘~r '  Agents  wanted.  Circulars  free.  Ad- 

dross  General  Ageuts, 

JOHN  8.  COLLINS  A  CO.,  Moorestown,  N.  J. 


rpiME,  MONEY  AND  STRENGTH  SAVED 
I  I iv  using  ClnrU's  I’ntem  Tobacco  Itidger 
nn«l  Ililliiiu  Plow.  Tha most  complete  Implement 
ever  put  into  t  he  hands  or  the  Farmer.  It  isthesim- 

Slcat,  easiest  bandied,  and  take-  up  mi  morn  room 
linn  an  ordinary  plow,  it  combines  four  of  the  most, 
valuable  tools  In  otic,  and  with  One  Hot  se  and  Roy  will 
do  more  work  than  tori  men.  As  a  Tobacco  Ridgcr  it 
bus  no  equal.  Asa  Hilling  Flow  it  stands  unrivaled. 
Asa  cultivator  of  all  crons  that  require  hilling  It  Is 
unsurpassed.  Asa  Jlorse  hoe  nothing  compares  with 
it.  Send  for  Circular,  and  get  description  ol  the  best 
line  of  tools  ever  put  into  t  he  hands  of  the  Farmer. 
HIGGANi  M  M’F'G  CO.,  I liggunum,  Conn. 


PujSkal  instruments 


WATERS’  C?X£!3£°  ORGANS 

Ari' I  In'  TOO*!  beautiful  ill  nh/lf  mi'l  ptf/ert  in  Inin  ever 
■  untie,  oiof  will  wen r  n  IDe-time.  P/n  CONCER¬ 
TO  STOP  in  tin  best  rvrr  iilainl  ill  min  Oijnu.  II  is 
pi'Oilili  iii  Ini  "  Udi'd.  m -t  m  i.  <  •/-  peculiarly  \oieeil. 

Hi.  EFFECT  Ilf  mill'  h  in  MOST  CHARMING 
till tl  SOI  I, -STIRRING,  nan  II  IMITATION 
of  Dn  HUMAN  VOICE  is  SI  PEUR.  Prices 
low  l'or  rank,  nr  purl  rush  i md  Oulunn  in  mnlifhln 
nr  ij ii nrti  i'I n  p'i i/nirii is.  miter  tirgaiis  S55,  iky 5,  iiiirt 
llOl  ilU:  REED  OKILYNS.  S1*0,  SI  JO 
Uiitl’WftU.  IbhCSTIt  I  /  WIJ  '  1  J’-ILGI,  I  ICS  MAIL- 
■l.I).  W  me  room  h.  lit  A  Rronttivuv,  N.  V. 

HORACE  W  ATERS  A  SON. 


Enables  the  most,  important  Agricultural  product  of 
America  to  be  cut. cured  and  stored  in  the  barn  in 
ooo  day.  Improves  the  quality  nud  increases  the 
value  of  the  hay  crop.  Prevents  all  risk  of  damage 
from  storms  and  sudden  showers.  Is  simple,  dura¬ 
ble  and  of  light  draft.  Was  awarded  the  New  En- 
glaud  Agricultural  Society’s  only  first  prize,  at  the 
Great  Field  Trial,  at  Amherst,  Mass.,  as  being  supe¬ 
rior  to  all  others,  and  the  best  and  only  perfect 
machine  for  tedding  or  turning  hay.  » 

MADE  ONLY  It Y 


FOR  HAND  OR  HORSE  POWER. 


1/  use  m 
Jw& 'IMONDS%k 

fff  E5*„rT'o«\ 

f  QMOWERS  &  REAPERSQ^ 

THE  BEST  ARE  THE  CHEAPEST 


4MI58  PLOW  (  OHP  VV1 


GHICKERING 

PIAN0-F0ETES 


53  Beckman  SI.,  New  York, 

a  ml  Quincy  Hull,  Boston 

ZW"  Send  for  Descriptive  Circular. 


|  M  P  It  O  V  E  D  FOOT  LATHES, 

*-  Slide-rests,  Hand  Planers  for  Metals, 
Small  Gear  Cutters.  The  very  hest,  sell¬ 
ing  everywhere.  Catalogues  free. 

N.  u.  1IA EDWIN.  Laconia,  X.  H. 


(  VAKHA  KT’fi  PULVERIZING  CULTIVA- 

V  J  TOR  has  more  practical  points  tliun  any  cultiva¬ 
tor  lit  use,  and  is  indispensable  a*  a  farm  Implement. 
Price,  $22.  C,  C.  BRADLEY  &  SON. 

Manufacturers,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


and  iijwn  the  most  favorable  terms  of  payment. 

We  invite  the  attention  of  persons  intending  to 
purchase  Pianos  to  our  New  Illustrated  Catalogue, 
giving  full  description  of  Styles  and  Prices,  and  the 
terms  on  which  we  sell  to  those  desiring  to  make 


MANUKA OT P RED  BY 

CHADBORN  &  COLDWELL  M’F’G  CO., 

tSornl  for  Circular.)  Ncvvbii rgli,  NJ.  Y. 

E  rf~  For  sale  by  all  first-class  Dealers  and  Seedsmen, 


Ri,  vyx  THE  ZING  COLLAR 

W,  v  -CA  PAH  is  guaranteed  to  cure 

/-t— 1 ' " '  worvt  ease  of  rav.  ami 
\\  -  *"r  -  jj  |  inliamed  neck  In  hn  »'««, 

mV  -  ft  PS9J  min  iiun'k  Ihr  Hurst  ii/iinu: 

/If  and  will  not  chafe  or  wear 
c  M  tlie  mane  For  sale  liy  Sad- 

dlory  Hardware  Dealersand 

— : - 9  Harness  Makers.  Mnnufac- 

tured  by  ilie  ZINC  COLLAR  PAD  CO.  tiinlm  mill, 
Mu  h.  Information  furnished  on  application. 

This  Company  is  In  possession  of  hundreds  Of  relia¬ 
ble  testimonials  from  Farmers,  Lumbermen,  Team¬ 
sters,  Dealersand  others,  fully  endorsing  all  we  claim 
for  tue Zinc  Pad.  Wn  annex  tile  following  tujliOC  : 

S'j.  lull  is,  Feb.  2d,  1872. 

Zinc  Collar  Pad  Co.: 

(twits.  We  have  sold  your  Pads  for  eighteen 
months.  They  have  given  universal  satisfaction, 
and  have  accomplished  all  and  even  mure  titan  the 
Patentee  rtahnud  for  them.  We  nan  furnish  you  at 
uny  time  testimonials  from  Miners,  Lumbermen,  Ex¬ 
press  and  Hack  men  who  have  used  them  and  would 
not  be  without  them  ut  uny  cost.  Yours,  Ac  . 

Hayden,  Wilsons  a  allkn, 
Dealers  in  Saddlery  Hardware. 


YPE  MOULD  NOT  SELL  OUR  SUPE- 
H  rior  1 1  tty  Spreader  for  live  times  its  cost  if 
we  could  not  obtain  another. 


SEND  FOR  A  CATALOCUE 


PENNOOK  MANUFACTURING  00, 


11  EAST  14th  ST,,  New  York. 
354  WASHINGTON  ST.,  Boston, 


riMIE  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  saved 
J-  me  two  hundred  dollars  on  my  hay  last  season. 


20,000  sold  last  year.  Upwards  of 
50,000  sold  for  1873.  Show  this  to 
your  merchant ;  tir>k  him  to  let  you 
try  one.  You  will  not  part  with  it 
for  twice  Itx  Cost.  Made  only  by 
PETERS  BROTHERS’  MANU¬ 
FACTURING  COMPANY,  Mar¬ 
shall,  Mich. 


(Established  in  1834,) 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

PIANO-FORTES. 

A  CARD  TO  THE  PUBLIC  : 

Parties  desiring  to  purchase,  anil  residing  in 
towns  where  our  Piano-Fortes  are  not  repre¬ 
sented  by  agents,  cun  purchase  direct  from  us, 
at  a  reduction  from  factory  prices,  until  an 
agency  is  established.  Write  for  Circular  and 
Price-List.  Boxing  and  delivery  at  railroad 
depot  in  New  York  City  free. 


MEDAL  MACHINES 


The  Louden  Kay  Carrier 

Elevates  the  bay  pfrpnmiruiqrl!l  from  the  load,  car- 
rim  it  huiiziinUiUijtii  uny  part  of  the  mow,  and  returns 
tint  empty  fork  back  to  the  load.  Pitches  into  a  win¬ 
dow.  Stacks  in  the  held.  Saves  its  cost  every  sea¬ 
son.  Sec  illustration  on  page  15H  of  RrttAj.  New- 
Yorker  of  March  8.  A«c*itis  wanted.  Send  stamp 
for  Circular,  Prices  and  Terms. 

LOUDEN  ai’F'li  WORKS, 

Fnirliclil,  Iowa. 


ARM KltS,  IIE  SI  RE  AND  EXAMINE 
the  superior  Hay  Spreader  i  it  is  t  he  cheapest. 


■  vuc  suysnur uut  .-iMCiiue r  I  ,,„e  eueujjesu 

most  complete  and  most  durable  Hay  Tender  ever  put 
into  the  Held.  Head  u  few  of  the  comments  received, 
send  for  circular  and  description  to  IIIGGA.NUM 
M  F'G  GO.,  Hlgganunt,  Ot. 


yvl-:V7yj  You  ask  WHY  we  can  sdi 
A tM  Fed  Clasit  7  Octave  Pianos  for 
$290?  We  answer— It  costa 
III  Til b'S'  iiian  $300  to  make  any 

M  n Wr.»a|,',”|  $600  Pihiiu  sold  through 

JjsF-jr -r  4||e  r*  Aguuls,  all  of  whom  make  IOO 
\m'&  |  !  why  k'  7rE per  Ct.  profll.  We  have  bo 
JJ  I  ^  fc  At;«tiis.  tail  ship  direct  to  foml- 

V  vJ.  “  L).  V  hea  at  Fact nry  nilcc,  and  warrant 

6  Years  ScDd  for  illustrated  circular.  (»  which  wo  ttfer 
to  over  500  Bankers,  Merchants,  Ac.  (sornc  of  whom 
you  may  know),  using  our  Pianos,  la  44  States  aud 
Territories.  Please  state  where  you  saw  this  notice. 

U.S.  Plano  Co..  6  10  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


WIIEELKK.  AllJUn  u  A  4  0., 

PROPRIETORS,  PATENTEES  &  M5NI  I  yriT  tlERS  OK 

RAILWAY  CHAIN  A.  LEVER  HORSE  POWERS, 

Combined  'I'HRUSHEllH  and  Winnowers.  Overshot 
'threshers,  Clover  Hu  1 1  era,  Feed  Cutters.  Saw- 
Mills,  Horne  Rakes,  Horse  Pitchforks,  bliin- 
gle  Machines,  Ac.,  ALBANY.  N,  Y. 


UfACTURED  BYADRIANCe.PLATT&CO 

STYLES,  SIZES  it  PRICES  TO  SUIT  ALL  FARMERS' 

Dosorlptlre  Circular*  Forwarded  l,y  MaiL 


f  I H I  E  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  cun- 
I  not  lie  surpassed  for  Workmanship,  Durability 
and  Lightness  of  Draft, 


1  fl  TlTTflTTnT  fl  AN  hour  shelled  by 

U  VUL  U  O'Hara’s  Dot  .LA  It  CHAM- 

n  Ann  in  |,ion  corn  -  &>i  eller. 

1U  JJUUIIiJLiU  indorsed  by  all  the  press 
and  50.(500  farmers.  Bin  Pay  to  Auents.  Sample 
and  term-  to  dealers  sent  by  mall  on  receipt  of  $1. 
The  Inventor’s  Mani'Fo  Co.,  HR  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


nOOGIC’S  I'ATIiMT  HEVICKSIBLIC 

PLOW.— ^ The  only  perfect  turning  Flat  Lund 
Swivel  Plow.  Warranted  to  equal  the  best  Land- 
Side  Plows  on  level  land,  beside  working  to  perfec¬ 
tion  on  bill-sides.  Send  for  Circular  and  Priee  List 
to  ONKONTA  M AN U FACT URLNG  CO., 

Oneontti ,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y. 


SEYMOUR  S  SHEARS  &  SCISSORS 

“The  Best  are  tho  Cheapest.”  o%s 

Extra  Quality.  Crocus  Polish.  m-“f'i  j  “  E 


For  E.  M.  BOYNTON’S  PAT.  LIGHT¬ 
NING  SAWS,  add,,'-,  SO  Uevluoan  Street,  N.  V. 
Ucwutu  at  infrlngomonu,  Ilr-nmno  will  cat  three  thuee 
II-  fast  its  tin  aio.  A  b-ft.  cros3  cut,  $b.  Send  for  aa 
.Illustrated  Catalogue,  mailed  free. 


IMPROVED  POWER 

Ratchet  -  Head 


SI  00  cash  for  double-reed,  six  stops  powerful- 
loned  Organs.  Warranted  the  best.  iStivo  cash  for 
7-octave,  rosewood,  carved  leg,  fully  warranted 
Pianos.  WM.  A.  POND  ,V  00., 

No.  547  Broadway,  New  York. 


f  *  I  I  J  k!  U  Press.  _ 

SCUKU'S,  iMi'ROV'n  Grat¬ 
is,  Iron  POSTS,  and  forty 
other  things  for  Cider  Mills  and  Vinegar  Factories, 
For  Circulars,  address  J,  W.  MOUNT,  Medina,  N.  Y. 


Family  Size,  -  -  $1.50  V 

Ladies’  Scissors,  -  1.00 

By  mail,  prepaid.  Rend  P.  O.  Order  or  Draft.  £  8js 

1IENB1'  SEYMOUR  A  CO.,  29  Rose  St.  New  York. 


After  one  day’s  use  of  the  su¬ 
perior  HAY  SPREADER  no  farmer  will 
ever  part  with  it. 


MAY  8 


NEWS  CONDENSER 

Great  Britain  lias  114  fighting  ships. 

-  There  are  160,000  wild  Indians  in  the  United 
States. 

—  Horses,  in  Havana,  are  worth  $1,500  to  $2,000 
a  head. 

—  In  ono  town  in  Ohio,  29,755  maple  trees  have 
been  tapped. 

I  he  omnibus  was  invented  in  Nantes, 
Franco,  in  1829. 

The  <  hi  Cairo  Academy  of  Science  has  a  new 
$50,000  building. 

—  Iowa  has  five  women  county  superintend¬ 
ents  for  schools. 

New  strawberries  have  appeared  in  the 
New  York  market. 

~  Massachusetts  makes  $50,350  worth  of  base¬ 
ball  goods  each  year. 

The  Sunday  liquor  law  will  be  rigidly  en¬ 
forced  in  Utica,  N.  Y. 

—  Vienna  is  to  have  an  International  Medical 
Congress  in  September. 

An  order  of  merit,  for  literary  men,  is  to  bo 
established  in  1C n gland. 

-  Ohio  will  put  a  stop  to  the  business  of  lot¬ 
tery  dealers  in  that  State. 

A  new  town,  to  be  called  Cliaso  City,  has 
been  founded  in  Virginia. 

1  aria  has  ordered  $15,000  worth  of  palmetto 
hats  from  St.  Augustine,  Fla. 

Boston  had  33  snow  storms  the  past  season, 
with  a  fall  of  5  feet  8> ,  Inches. 

—  Three  million  volumes  of  books  were  sold 
in  New  York  the  2d  week  in  April. 

1  he  London  Graphic  is  becoming  one  of 
the  wealthiest  papers  in  the  world.  * 

31fiv  ^ubUniticm/s. 


STAR  MUSIC  BOOKS.  Price  40c.  by  mail.  STOW  km,  &  Co.,  ( .'liiulost,  iwn!  Mass' 


PloceUanccius.1 

Northern  Ohio  Fair  Association. 

Fromiums,  s£30,000  : 

The  Fourth  Annual  Fair  of  this  Association  will 
be  held  at  Cleveland,  O..  on  the  29il,  of  Sep¬ 
tember,  1N73.  auri  continue  five  (5)  days. 

Premium  Lists  will  bo  ready  in  due  season. 

Uon.  J.  P.  ROBISON,  Prc.s't. 
SAM.  BRIGGS,  tfne’y. 

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THEN  USE  THE 

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Puke  White,  drabs, 

French  Grf.y,  Heaves, 

Buffs,  Vei.i.ows 

and  all  the  fashionable  shades  and  colors  used  in 
bouse  and  cottage  palnMna,  mi  In  /or  miuirm  no 
oil,  tldnuui'J  or  Urgei's,  tmu  sold  oNt.v  by  the  qai,- 
LON . 

Every  Man  His  Own  Painter. 

Hamidc  card  of  colors,  and  testimonials  from  own¬ 
ers  or  the  lb  lest  residences  in  the  country,  1'urntshod 
free  by  dealers  generally,  or  by  the 

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32  Dueling  si'n>,  New  York. 

TRUE  TIME  FOR$l. ifcjw 

b. iy,  laritt.  r,  and  (, „■  K V  13U  1’  BODY  desiring'  a  rrllol 
lih  time-keeper  ami  also  a  superior  vumnass.  I  sanl 

niinine"’ ’’  ,,n  *»,  u  nent. 
OROIDE  case.  WA BRA NTKD  io  denote  orivcf 
rime,  and  to  keep  m  order  If  fairly  used  for  two 
years.  A"//ile  I  nh,  if This  per  feet  triumph  or 

. lumlsm  will  bn  sent  In  u  m>ut  ease,  pre-puid  to 

duy  Itdib  css,  I  or  only  *1 ;  ;s  tor  *j.  Circulars  sent 
inn*,  lev  oil?’.  OrdiM*  from  tlui  miioiifHcturprs' 
««•;»'  5}  Jjfc  «‘KKA  M  AND  FA  CTU  t«  XGCO.,  “i  In” 

I  W  ATTORNEYS.  I.  Met!.  I  'i:uk  i  vs  At  CVi.,A1.'»7Ui 
I  Ht.,  \\  ashing  ton,  l),C.  Correspondence  solicited. 

ICDDErS  PASTRIES,  DME 


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OF  NEW  YORK. 

SUBSCRIPTION  TO  THE  STOCK 

WILL  BE  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOLLOWING-  PLACES  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY: 


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SARI  EL  SLOAN . Pnm’t  Del.  dts  Lack.  R.  It.,  cor.  Willititn  &  Exchange  Place. 

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PA  I  L  N.  HPOFFORD...2B  Broadwayi  and  at  the  temporary  office  of  the  Co.,  923  Brand  way. 

All  payments  must  be  made  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  the  UNION  TRUST  COMPANY,  7:1 
Broadway.  The  moneys  arising  from  the  sale  of  the  stock  hereby  sold  arc  paid  into  tiro  Union  Trust 
Company,  and  cannot  be  paid  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchers  showing  that  the  money  has 
•ecu  actually  and  honestly  expended  in  tlm  erection  of  tiie  Industrial  Exhibition  Building  or  in  acquir¬ 
ing  title  to  land, 

The  land  of  the  Company  is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  as  follows  :-98tli  to  102c!  Streets 
and  3d  to  4tli  Avenues;  comprising  355  24-25  city  lots,  or  about  38  acres. 

SHARES  $100  EACH. 


DITSON  &  CO.  offer  the  following  rosnme  of 
prominent  books  recently  advertised. 


Standard  -  -  -  Price  §1.50 

K.mkhsov  &  Pat, mer’s  Famous  New  Church  Music 
Book.  Sells  finely. 

***** 

Cheerful  Voices  -  -  r>octs. 

Emkbko.v’s I  brilliant  new  School  Song  Book. 
All  the  Schools  will  use  it. 


Sparkling  Rubies  -  ssets. 

Bool?  °* the  l,rlg,ltest  of  bright  Sunday  School  Song 
*  *  *  *  * 

Clarke’s  £2.50 

McthhodsJ8t  wldely  known  and  used  of  all  Reed  Organ 
'*  *  *  *  * 


Wanted. 

CANVASSING  BOOKS  SENT  FREE  FOR 

Prof.  FOWLER’S  GREAT  WORK 

On  Manhood,  Womanhood  and  their  Mutual 
Inter-relations  ;  Love,  Its  Laws,  Power,  etc. 
Agents  are  selling  from  2»  to  30  copies  of  this 
a oi k  a  day,  a ed  we  send  u  eanvasslng  book  free  to 

NATION nimij;-1 "i nthu:  experience,  etc., 
NAllONAL  1  1) HI,13IUNG  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pu. 

jtopi 


Strauss 


NOVELTY  CO.,  302  Broadway,  n/y.’  . 

$72  EACH  WEEK. 

Agents  wanted  everywhere.  Business  strictly  logit. 
o„.-,ie.  Particulars  free,  J.  Worth  Jc  Co., St. houie.itn. 

5  000  ;VV,I?NTS  ,U..VNT,:,»  Simplon  sect 

troo  by  mull.  Two  onw  unjoins  siiin  hii» 
us  Hour.  Ajblress  N.  II.  WHITE,  Newark  j 

THE  MORMON  WIFE. 

A  rv  1,1,1  ..  .  .  a  .t  ...  - 


saT,!10  nn?lt,nr  STonAlIS8  bas  had  an  unprecedented 
sale.  Get  one  for  Summer  Playing. 

***** 

price*101  *>0ok  8,:M^'  post-paid,  on  receipt  of  ratal  I 

OLIVER  DITSOX  A  CO.,  Bouton. 

_C.  H.  D1TSON  A  CO.,  Til  Broadway,  Now  York. 

P  *1  ro  “an,i*10  of  M*e  Laid  its  own  maoa- 
itttl  C  ;;'N  a,  nod  a  copy  uf  our  premium  I'hrMno 
Anp  'l,lp  Pansies,  by  Mendel),  a  gen,  of  art 
I  ItlPT*  SP*1.  beauty,  will  be  sent,  post-paid,  for 
VAICI  30  eta.  M.  ( ’.  B l, AND  A  Co.,  Chicago. 

Established,  1859  Consolidated,  1889. 


Jifjili  Wnuted  for  tills  fearless  book.  Itcoui- 
,  ,tV  an<'  Experience  of  a  Woman 

1*  ' i —foi -years  the  wife  of  a  Mormon 

1  ropliet-- disci osln g  air  that  Is  mysturlous,  wicked 
and  startling.  I'ull  of  tlu'tlltng  adventure.  butDor- 


nisiom^A  l2frealiiarto  P,l«e8,  finely  1U  astro  ted,  rur- 
F l  r'  imim  WlTli  A  BBAUTI- 

,,ri.  h*|ld  >  ;L  with  a  Hook  or  Lithograph; 

or  ^ l.io  without  uny  Premium. 

Bits  -  K EitPERH’  MAOA  zine,  a  32  -  page  monthly 

_ _ _ _  1  *  lluriay  H|,,  S,.„  Yor!,. 

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ONLY  10  CTS  numbers  of  the  new, 

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Published  by  EV  ER  V  SATURDAY,  83. 
JAIMES  It.  OSGOOD  Si-  CO., 

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*ER  of  United  stntes  and  World.  New 
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History  by  author  of  “  Cbnl  lu  I  i  I  story ” 
t  W  I  L  III  ustrateu  by  I  lore  and  -Vast  lOudr  rsed  i  « 
eminent  divines,  n.  it  q-e ,  r.'ciAiv,  il’w",  "vi; 

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iV  most  effect a;c  tamiiy  medical  bunk  ever  hubltsh. 
ed.  Hkai.tr  at  Ho.uk.  \Vn«eu  by  the culnbrated fir 
HAL&of  Journal  Of  Health.  I.m?ls  with  all  subjects 

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f.*  !  to  .*•«  Par  day,  It  ta  the  only  book  that  contains 
the  whole  story.  Don  t  lie  humbugged  into  selling 
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at  work  for  m  In  lliyir  .pare  muiuenU  or  all  the  time  than  at  any  th"  lg 
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I  ivo  per  cent,  at  time  of  subscribing,  and  the  balance  in  installments,  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent. 
,  »t  any  ono  installment. 

There  can  be  no  safer  investment  than  this.  It  is  a  home  Investment.  It  is  the  ownership  of  land 
on  New  York  Island  aud  the  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  the  same. 

inN accordance  with  the  charter  and  by  u  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  24th,  1872,  the  following  , no,, I, ci-shlps  have  been  created  ami  are 
offered  for  sale : 

At  the  above-named  places  and  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 

The  proper  bolder  of  any  of  these  Is  entitled  to  free  admission  to  the  Industrial  Exhibition,  the 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  the  Garden  of  Plants  during  the  time  it  Is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  the  duration  of  the  membership, 

l’hcse  memberships  do  not  entitle  the  holder  to  admission  to  special  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  the  Exhibition  Company. 

MEMBERSHIPS.  -  PRICE  AND  KIND. 

Class  IsL  l*rlcc  610.  30  Admission*. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 

Class  2d.  I»i*i<;e  #20.  90  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $20. 

4  lass  ltd.  ■•i*ic‘C  $1().  3<»0  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $40. 

Class  4tlt.  Price  #100.  Idle. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life;  the  bulling  being  open  to 

the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $1U0. 

Class  dili.  Family  for  Life.  I»ricc  $:tOO. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  and  his  immediate  family  (in  me  at  the  time  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  opon 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

4  lass  41  tli.  IULKED1TARY  Ac  TKA  VSFEKAIIFK.  Price  #1,000. 

Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  whan  the 
building  is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  bo  used  by  the 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  these  memberships  are  to  be  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  us  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Paymeut  to  be  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Union  Trust 
Company. 

A  suitable  Badge  will  lie  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  members. 

Memberships  will  not  be  sold  after  the  Building  is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

Banks,  Bankers  and  Individuals  are  wanted  to  act  as  Agents  throughout  the  United  States, 
l’or  further  information,  please  address 

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Tlie  season  of  Summer  travel  Tteinjf 
near  at  hand,  those  gentlemen  who 
purchase  accident  insurance  only  when 
they  travel  are  invited  to  procure  the 
al  Accident  Policies  of 


yearly  teener 
the  Travelers  Insurance  Company, 
of  Hartford,  Conn.  The  perils  of 
travel  by  sea  or  land  are  notably  illus-' 
trated  by  the  wreck  of  the  Atlantic, 
and  the  recent  fearful  railroad  disaster 
at  Richmond  Switch. 

•  Those  who  “  don’t  travel  much,” 
are  respectfully  informed  that  the 
Travelers  insures  men  of  all  profes¬ 
sions  and  occupations  (over  18  and 
under  05),  against  death  or  disability 
by  any  of  the  varied  accidents  that 
may  befall  them  in  the  lawful  pursuit 
of  business  or  recreation.  In  paying- 
over  seventeen  thousand  claims  of 
policy-holders,  in  sums  of  $5  to  $10,- 
000  each,  it  is  a  fact  worth  remem¬ 
bering  that  about  sixteen  thousand 
of  the  number  were  not  accidents  of 
travel. 

Apply  to  any  Agent,  or  write  to  the  Company. 


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j  has  seen  her  mother  adjust  her  back  hair). —  “  I  wonder  how  mamma  » 
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Tho  present  high  prioo  of  Government  Securities  is  increasing  the  den 
Bonds;  and  n*  tho  amounts  now  offering  are  comparatively  small,  it  i«  K‘#! 
ent-  dtfforonca  or  from  twenty  to  TiintTV  per  cent,  cannot  be  obtained  f< 

Government  Bonds  are  higher  now  than  f^i r  several  years  past.  A  “  Five- 
six  per  cent,  on  the  par  value,  yields  but  a  small  income  on  its  market  p 
investment  -  an  be  obtained  with  a  dlfforonce  of  200  to  .'<00  dollars  on  each  1,1 
cut  of  the  holders  to  make  the  exchange. 

We  arc  recommending  tiro  following  for  such  exchanges  or  for  new  luv 
able  in  gold,  principal  und  interest: 

the  CHESAPEAKE  AND  OHIO  SIX  FEB.  CENTS, 

At  88  and  accrued  interest,  interest  payable  May  and  November:  these  honda  are  issued  in  denomina¬ 
tions  Of  |500  and  *1,0110.  ’The  road.  420  miles  in  length,  is  now  completed,  and  the  business  ottering 
is  very  large,  and  Increasing  doily. 

THE  WESTERN  PACIFIC  SIX  PER  CENTS, 

At  the  market  price,  which  is  tn-dsiy  05,  flat.  These  bonds  arc  of  *1.1)00  each  i  Interest  payable  January 
and  July.  This  road  having  been  consolidated  With  the  great  Ckntual  Pacific,  and  payment  of  its 
I, ends,  principal  and  interest,  assumed  by  them,  we  see  no  good  reason  why  they  should  not  soon  approx¬ 
imate  in  price  tdWntral  Parities  —  now  103,  and  becoming  very  scarce  lu  tho  market.  Also, 

THE  CHESAPEAKE  AND  OHIO  SEVEN  PER  CENTS, 

interest  payable  January  and  July,  secured  by  a  First  Mortgage  on  tho  Extension  to  deep  water  on 
Chesapeake  Bay,  on  the  proposed  Kanawha  River  Branch,  and  on  the  Great  Bridge  to  he  built  over  tho 
Ohio  River  nt  Huntington,  and  a  Second  Mortgage  on  the  Main  l.lae.  With  all  Us  equipments,  depots,  &G. 
Only  *3,000, (XU  of  flie.se  Bonds  will  ho  offered  for  sale  at  present.  I’rtec  DO  and  accrued  Interest. 

Wo  consider  them  amply  secured,  and  a  very  desirable  investment.  The  proceeds  will  be  used  hi 
adding  largely  t<>  the  present  equipment,  and  in  extending  to  deep  water  on  the  Chesapeake  Bay,  where 
the  largest  steamers  in  the  world  can  load  ami  unload  alongside  the  cars. 

Tho  amount  of  money  to  be  invested  within  the  next  few  months  will  tie  very  largo;  the  Govern¬ 
ment  disbursement  alone  for  the  next  three  months  will,  roach  fiytUXJO.OOO,  fiipl^  the., -May  and  July  divi¬ 
dends  of  the  banks,  railroads  and  Other  corporation*  ns  much  mure. 

We  continue  to  ileal  in  Government  and  Central  Pacific  Bonds,  receive  deposits  Qn  which  we  allow 
interest,  make  collections,  execute  orders  at  tho  Stock  Exchange  per  cash,  aud  conduct  a  general  bank¬ 
ing  business, 


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OCTAGON  HORSE  AND  ELAN. 

I  think  the  Rural  New-Yorkkb  can  do 
much  good  yet  by  continuing  to  publish 
plans  for  dwellings.  The  country  we  occupy 
is  so  broad,  the  climate  so  variable,  out- 
tastes  and  wants  so  diverse,  that  many  plans 
may  be  shown  before  each  one’s  ideal  model 
is  seen,  or  the  proper  hints  given,  What 
feature  of  your  paper  con  hope  to  shower 
blessings  more  abundantly  than  the  one  that 
shall  cultivate  a  taste  for  making  our  dwell¬ 
ings  what  they  should  be  —  exponents  of 
our  civilization  ?  I  look  over  plans  of  build 
ings  with  much  interest,  and  when  my  paper 
has  a  house  plan  in  it,  f  look  first  at  that  to 
see  if  it  gives  a  new  idea.  T  don’t  know  why 
I  should  be  considered  peculiar  in  this  re¬ 
spect,  as  “I  am  only  a  farmer  and,  being 
a  farmer  and  having  a  home,  I  do  like  to  sec 
a  well-arranged  and  comfortable  house. 

It  has  been  my  fortune — and  I  hope  no  one 
will  deem  it  a  misfortune — to  spend  the  most 
of  my  life  in  the  extreme  northeast  part  of 
these  States,  where  the  winters  mean  some 
thing  ;  where  we  can  make  a  better  show  of 
personal  vigor  than  of  rich  surroundings,  and 
where  men  deal  more  in  expedients  than  in 
accumulated  capital. 

I  want  to  build  a  house  in  which  I  may 
pass  the  remaining  winters  allotted  to  me,  in 
such  a  manner  as  not  to  be  ever  wishing  for 
a  place  in  Florida  or  Bermuda.  If  I  should 
ask  your  advice  in  regard  to  my  future  house, 
you  would  very  properly  ask  me  to  fu-st  show 
you  my  lot.  Well,  you 

may  understand  it  to  _ -  - 

be  on  the  east  end  of  a 
narrow  ridge — elevat¬ 
ed  a  little  above  all 
other  lands  within  a 
half  mile  —  the  top  of 
tiie  ridge  now  occu¬ 
pied  by  an  apple  or¬ 
chard,  and  north  of 
the  orchard,  on  the 
declivity,  a  grove  of 
native  forest,  well 
grown.  The  end  of 
this  ridge,  as  it  termi¬ 
nates  towards  the  east, 
is  a  well  -  rounded, 
fertile  plat  of  three- 
fourths  of  an  acre, 
with  an  easy  descent 
on  all  sides,  except 
the  west. 

To  the  south  and 
southwest  is  a  fine 
view  of  a  broad  river 
and  good  farms  be¬ 
yond.  To  the  east  a 
railroad  is  seen  as  laid 
along  the  valley,  the 
cars  hi  full  view  for  a 
mile  as  they  pass 
through  the  scattered 
suburbs  of  a  large  vil¬ 
lage,  and  disappear 
behind  a  few  acres  of 
forest  to  the  north¬ 
west.  North,  is  seen 
high  lands,  with  farms 
and  wood-lots  in  the 
distance.  The  scenery 
is  interesting  on  all 
sides,  except  the  west 
and  northwest,  where 
the  view  is  shut  by  the 


orchard  and  grove.  This  open  lot  is  now 
bounded  on  the  southeast,  east  and  north  by 
a  bank-wall  of  granite,  laid  in  an  excavation 
lor  a  farm-road  around  the  hill.  Nature, 
with  some  help  from  my  hands,  has  here 
made  a  spot  hardly  surpassed  in  beauty  of 
scenery,  even  in  Now  England. 

In  talking  with  you  of  a  house  in  detail,  I 


and  ashes.  I  want  a  house  of  pleasing  ex¬ 
terior,  with  warm,  dry  walls,  cheaply  kept 
in  repair  ;  rooms  ample  and  convenient,  with 
least  practicable  exterior. 

IPor  materials,  this  locality  has  good  gran¬ 
ite.  Good  bricks  can  be  bad  on  the  cars  but 
thirty  rods  distant,  at  about  seven  dollars  per 
thousand,  The  best  of  roofing  slate,  at.  same 


GREEN  HOUSE 
11X32 


S1IUIM»2£ 


\P/AZT/\5  , 


GROUND  PLAN. 

must  put  in  my  confession  that  I  have  become  j 
chronic  wi  t.h  complai nt  regarding  the  national 
habit,  in  country  and  village,  of  setting  up 
dwellings  to  be  speedily  bunted  down.  I 
want  my  hard-earned  dollars  to  be  invested 
in  a  house  that  shall  stand  to  give  shelter  and 
comfort  to  others  when  I  am  forgotten — a 
house  that  shall  not  kindle  when  tins  square 
mile  of  village,  with  its  shingle  palaces,  may, 
on  some  unfortunate  day,  be  turned  to  smoke 


SECOND  FLOOR, 

point,  for  from  three  to  six  dollars  per  square. 
Good  lime  and  sand  near.  Spruce  frame  on 
tho  spot  at  ten  to  fourteen  dollars  per  thou¬ 
sand.  Pine,  and  other  finishing  lumber,  at 
usual  country  rates  in  the  “Pine  tree  State.” 

With  these  facilities— and  this  preamble— 1 
proceed  to  some  of  my  ideas  regarding  a 
bouse.  I  propose  a  light  balloon-frame,  to 
be  filled  in  with  bricks,  and  a  brick  wall  out¬ 
side,  with  a  space  of  two  inches  between, 


OCTAG-ON  HOUSE  -  ELEVATION, 


Washington,] 

thus  giving  the  wall  a  thickness  of  ten  inches 
beside  the  inside  finish.  The  interior  wall, 
inclosing  the  stairway  (see  Figs.  1  and  2)  to 
bo  of  brick,  from  bottom  of  cellar  to  attic,  in 
connection  with  the  chimney,  thus  avoiding 
all  wood-work  around  chimneys.  Ou  attic 
tloor  set  an  octagon,  eight  feet  in  diameter, 
tiie  posts  to  extend  eight  feel;  above  the  roof, 
lo  each  of  these  eight  posts  join  a  rafter 
from  each  of  the  house  corners.  On  the  four 
sides,  east,  west,  north  and  south,  build  gable 
roofs,  as  shown  in  side  elevation  (Fig.  3). 
LThis  lias  been  omitted  since  we  have  under¬ 
taken  to  give  a  perspective  incorporating  our 
correspondent’s  idea.  —  EDS.  Rural.]  The 
other  four  sides  have  a  pitch  of  roof,  as 
shown.  The  stairs  to  be  lighted  down  from 
cupola.  Among  the  conveniences  in  the  plan 
you  will  notice  the  sink  is  within  reach  of  the 
dish-closet,  and  the  dishes  are  taken  from  the 
other  side  of  the  closet  for  the  table.  The 
cooking  range,  or  stove,  is  located  as  near  as 
possible  to  the  dining-room.  In  all  the  rooms 
the  fires  are  opposite  the  windows,  as  they 
should  bo.  Leaving  out  I  he  rest  of  the  long 
story  and  omitting  cellar,  stable,  &e.,  I  leave 
the  grist  with  you  till  further  advised. 

Poxeroft,  Piscataquis  Co.,  Maine.  C.  C. 

1  ’•  S. — To  persons  who  have  not  given  the 
matter  much  thought,  it  may  be  of  interest 
to  note  the  vast  room  in  this  figure  compared 
with  tho  length  of  tho  outside  wall.  The 
sides  being  10  feet,  the  width  of  the  house 
between  opposite  walls,  outside,  is  10  H  11.31+ 
11.31=33.03  feet.  Draw  lines  through  the 
figure  to  connect  opposite  angles,  and  we 
have  eight  triangles,  the  base  of  each  being 
10  feet  and  the  hight  19.31.  Multiply  the 
base  by  half  the  per¬ 
pendicular  and  the 
product  by  the  num¬ 
ber  of  triangles  —  or, 
which  is  the  same, 
19.31  x  JO  x  =  1285.34 
square  feet  ;  add  to 
this  for  the  ten  feet  of 
projection  10*10=100, 
and  we  have  1895.84 
square  feet  of  floor  in 
each  story,  including 
thickness  of  walls;  and 
for  this  inclosed  space 
we  have  1 0  <  3=  128  i  20 
=•148  feet  of  outer 
wall,  Let  any  one 
take  the  usual  figures 
of  houses  with  wings 
and  calculate  their 
outside  and  the  in¬ 
closed  space,  and  they 
will  then  understand 
tho  great  advantage 
of  the  plan  shown  in 
this  regard.— c.  c. 
GROUND  PLAN  EXPLANATION 
1,  front  door ;  2, 
chamber  stairs  ;  3,  cel¬ 
lar  stairs  ;  4,  pump, 
5,  sink  ;  0,  dish-closet ; 

■  7,  door  to  wood  and 
stable  ;  8,  commode, 
\fith  ventilating  tube 
to  chimney ;  9  stairs 
from  cellar  to  green¬ 
house  ;  10,  glass  door 
from  parlor  to  green¬ 
house  ;  11,  cook  stove. 

W k  are  glad  to  pub¬ 
lish  such  suggestive 
articles  and  plans,  and 
shall  be  glad  to  re¬ 
ceive  others. 


288 


©ORE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER 


MAY  4© 


VENTILATING  GREENHOUSES. 

On  page  300  we  give  illustrations  showing 
a  new  mode  of  ventilating  greenhouses  and  : 
graperies,  patented  in  England.  We  are  sor¬ 
ry  to  say  we  have  not  the  det  ails  of  this  in¬ 
vention  ;  but  we  give  Illustrations  which 
show  the  idea  ;  and  if  it  is  not  patented  in  j 
this  country,  some  Yankee,  Hoosier,  or  Hack-  ( 
er,  can  take  what  we  give  as  a  suggestion, 
since  we  think  it  embodies  an  improvement 
of  importance.  By  it  the  outer  air  is  admits 
ted,  not  above  nor  below,  but  opposite  the 
heating  medium,  and  the  ventilation  is  dis 
tributed  over  the  roof,  from  top  to  bottom. 
Figure  1  shows  tluj  roof  ventilated  in  two 
lengths,  so  that  a  greater  or  less  volume  of 
air  may  be  introduced,  as  necessity  demands. 
This  plan  of  roof  ventilation  its  fitted  to  pre¬ 
vent  heavy  rains  from  coming  down  upon 
the  plants  or  the  fruits  within,  and  the  me¬ 
chanical  contrivance  for  simultaneously  rais¬ 
ing  or  lowering  the  parallel  slips  is  as  simple  as 
it  is  effective.  Either  one,  two,  or  more  can 
be  thrown  out  of  gearing,  and  the  others 
working  ;  or  it  can  be  divided  up  the  middle 
in  the  same  way,  or  not,  us  the  gardner  may 
desire. 

In  figure  2  is  a  a  sectional  Anew,  showing 
the  same  principle  applied  t  o  a  peach  house. 
The  ad  vantages  claimed  by  t  he  patentee 
are  :_i.  The  amount  of  roof  ventilation  is 
exactly  in  proportion  to  the  area  of  the 
house,  instead  of  being  by  the  ordinary  size 
opening  along  the  top,  made  regardless  of 
the  width  of  roof.  2.  The  ventilation  is  not; 
affected  by  rain  or  wind,  the  position  of  the 
ventilating  lights  completely  protecting  the 
interior  of  the  house,  and  when  closed,  form¬ 
ing  a  perfectly  water-tight  joint.  3.  The 
opening  and  regulating  of  the  ventilators  is 
performed,  more  quickly  and  easily  than  by 
any  other  system,  being  done  instantaneous* 
ly.  4.  The  method  of  bottom  ventilation 
underneath  the  plant  staging,  and  immedi¬ 
ately  over  the  hot  wat  er  pipes,  prevents  cold 
draughts  upon  the  plants.  5.  The  houses  are 
portable,  and  legally  removable  by  a  tenant; 
eau  lie  easily  taken  down  and  reflated  with¬ 
out,  disturbing  the  glass.  *».  The  training 
wires,  being  tixed  up  i  be  center  ul' the  lights, 
have  no  obstruction  from  the  sun's  rays  by 
the  usual  heavy  rafters,  and  a  free  circula¬ 
tion  of  air  is  obtained  between  the  plant  s  and 
tlte  glass  over  the  whole  roof.  ?.  If  blinds 
are  used,  they  arc  lifted  simultaneously  with 
the  ventilators,  thus  allowing  a  circulation  of 
air  underneath,  instead  of  obstructing  just 
when  most  needed. 

- - ■*-*-♦ - 

RESPONSE  TO  MR.  WILSON’S  CRITIC. 

In  Rural  New-Yorker  of  March  15th,  I 
notice  a  criticism  by  “  IV. ,  New  York  City,” 
on  the  plan  of  my  residence  given  in  issue  of 
February  15th.  Criticism  Is  a  good  thing, 
and  where  actual  faults  or  imperfections  are 
pointed  out  the  public  receive  corresponding 
benefit.  “  W.”  does  not  show  up  the  imper¬ 
fections,  but  does  show  ignorance  both  of  the 
plan  he  criticises  and  t  lie  principle  between 
warm  and  cold  air.  He  says,  “  In  the  four 
principal  rooms  t  he  doors  are  placed  within 
a  few  feet  of  the  fire  place,  so  that  «  circle 
sitting  round  the  lire  would  have  a  draught  of 
cold  ah  let  in  on  them  every  time  the  door 
was  opened — not  a  pleasant  thing  m  such  a 
climate  as  his.”  ‘‘  That  more  is  lost  than 
gained  in  the  arrangement  by  placing  the 
chimneys  in  the  internal  walls,”  and  then 
goes  on  to  tell  how  “the  Pining  mom  chimney 
might  be  built  in  an  interval  wall  separating 
it  from  the  parlor  by  removing  the  door  to 
the  other  enu  of  the  room  near  the  kitchen.’’ 

A  single  glance  til  the  plan  will  show  but 
three  principle  rooms  instead  of  four  111  the 
house,  unless  we  go  up  stairs  for  one;  and  if 
for  one  why  not  two— making  five  in  alL  as 
the  relative  position  of  door  and  tire-place  is 
the  same  in  both,  and  that  the  stairways  pre¬ 
vent  moving  the  dooi  mentioned,  and  if  they 
did  not  it  would  throw  the  dining  room  too 
far  from  the  front  door  and  library.  Also, 
that,  the  dining-room  chimney  is  already  in 
an  inner  wall  without  moving,  being  between 
timing  and  bath-rooms,  one  line  receiving  a 
pipe  from  a  small  stove  used  to  warm  the 
room  while  bathing. 

Now,  as  to  the  coi  Lifort  side  in  which  we  dif¬ 
fer  so  greatly.  If  a  door  is  placed  opposite  a 
tire-place  a  cold  draught  is  constantly 
traversing  t  he  whole  length  of  the  iloor  from 
the  bottom  of  the  door  to  the  lire,  making 
the  floor  disagreeable  for  everyone,  and  es¬ 
pecially  so  for  little  children. 

Iu  the  plan  given  the  relative  position  of 
door  and  tire-  place  is  such  that  the  mini¬ 
mum,  only,  of  draught  occurs  when  a  door 
is  opened,”  giving  no  one  the  miserable  feel¬ 
ing  of  a  scorching  face  and  cnilly  back  as 
would  be  the  case  in  W.’s  “circle,”  with  doors 
and  fire-places  placed  as  he  recommends. 

I  will  now  give  my  reasons  far  placing 
chimneys  in  interval  walls:  A  sav  ing  of  heat 
to  the  house,  aud  by  warmer  Ones  increased 
draught  Increased  external  beauty  with 
loss  liability  to  leakage  around  chimneys  and 
a  certainty  that  smoke  will  not  blow  down 
in  windy  weather. 

I  might  also  say  that  in  the  orignaJ  descrip¬ 
tion  of  plan  I  mentioned  the  library  as  being 
a  good  sick  room,  l  now  speak  from  an 
act mil  experience  of  four  weeks,  being  so  sick 
the  day  I  saw  W.’s  article  as  to  tie  unable  to 
hold  up  my  head.  I  found  the  room  com¬ 
fort, able,  cheerful,  and  very  quiet,  not  being 
disturbed  by  the  noise  of  my  little  boys  in 
the  dining-room,  nor  the  pounding  of  beef¬ 
steak  in  the  kitchen.  W,  (4,  tv ILSON. 


§aii[ir  gufikiutrir. 


REFRIGERATING  BUTTER  PAILS.  t 

X.  A.  Willard I  want  a  refrigerator 
butter  pail — such  an  one  as  I  can  send  butter 
to  market  hi  and  use  ice.  I  saw  the  cut  of  1 
one  some  time  ago  hi  an  agricultural  paper,  j 
I  am  making  butter  and  ship  to  Cairo  ;  when  , 
the  weather  comes  warm,  must  have  icc.  ( 
Will  you  do  me  the,  favor  to  tell  me  where  I 
can  get  the  best  one  for  the  purpose  t  The  1 
one  I  saw  described  was  used  for  the  Phila-  < 
delphia  market.— Chas.  Mushon,  Vobden,  JU. 

The  Philadelphia  butter  pail  which  we  fig¬ 
ured  in  “Practical  Dairy  Husbandry,”  Is  de¬ 
signed  for  shipping  “  butter-prints.”  It  is 
somewhat,  similar  in  shape  to  the  ordinary 
butter  pail,  except  that  it  is  made  oval  in¬ 
stead  of  round— the  oval  ends,  on  each  side, 
being  for  the  purpose  of  making  room  for 
ice  chambers.  It  is  arranged  with  shelves, 
one  above  the  other,  for  holding  the  prints. 
We  do  not  know  where  they  are  manufac¬ 
tured,  but  presume  Dxvm  W,  Lewis  of  New 
York  City,  or  any  of  the  New'  Work  butter- 
dealers,  would  be  able  to  give  this  informa¬ 
tion.  We  do  not  know  whether  the  Phila¬ 
delphia  butter  pail  is  patented,  but  if  not,  we 
should  suppose  that,  any  good  mechanic  could 
make  one  from  an  examination  of  the  cuts. 
(See  “Practical  Dairy  Husbandry,”  page 491, 
which  may  be  obtained  at  Burak  New- 
Yorker  office.) 

At  the  last  New  York  State  Fair,  in  Elmi¬ 
ra,  George  N.  Palmer  of  Greene,  N.  Y.,  ex¬ 
hibited  a  refrigerating  butter  pail  wdiich,  on 
account  of  its  simplicity  of  construction,  ap¬ 
peared  to  us  to  possess  some  merit.  It  was 
intended  for  transporting  butter  put  up  in 
packages  of  thirty  or  more  pounds,  it  is 
our  impression  that  the  device  was  patented, 
but  of  this  we  arc  not  quite  certain,  Wo 
give  a  description  from  our  notes  taken  at 
the  Fair,  which  may  prove  useful  to  dairy¬ 
men  looking  for  articles  of  this  description, 
and  perhaps  will  offer  suggestions  to  invent¬ 
ors  in  this  line  of  dairy  implements.  The 
package  consists  of  two  tubs,  the  one  sitting 
inside  of  the  other,  and  held  in  place  by 
brackets,  so  that  there  shall  be  a  half  inch 
space  between  the  two.  The  outside  tub  is 
about  twenty  inches  in  diameter  at  the  top. 
When  the  inside  tub  or  pail  is  filled  with  but 
ter,  it  is  covered  with  a  cloth,  and  upon  this 
is  placed  a  perforated  lid  or  w'ooden  cover  ; 
then  upon  this  is  placed  the  ice  chamber, 
which  is  of  tin,  aud  has  a  tightly  titt  iog  cover. 

It  holds  from  seven  to  ten  pounds  at  ice. 
This  ice  chamber  has  holes  in  the  bottom  for 
the  escape  of  water  formed  from  the  melting 
ice,  and  as  it  passes  out  it  flows  into  the  space 
between  the  tubs.  The  whole  is  now  covered 
with  a  lid  which  presses  down  upon  the  ice 
chamber,  and  also  covers  the  outside  tub  to 
vs  Inch  it  is  fastened. 

When  the  package  arrives  in  market,  the 
lid  and  ice  chamber  urc  removed,  and  the 
pail  of  butter  may  be  taken  out  of  its  case 
for  marketing,  or  the  water  may  bo  drawn 
off  and  more  ice  placed  in  the  ice  chamber 
and  the  butter  thus  held  n  few  days  longer, 
or  until  such  time  as  It  may  be  marketed. 

If  any  of  our  correspondents  are  using  re¬ 
frigerating  butter  packages  different;  from 
those  above  alluded  to,  we  shall  be  glad  to 
get  a  description  of  their  construction  and 
merits.  When  dairymen  have  a  line  of  cus¬ 
tomers  to  be  supplied  from  week  to  week,  or 
month  to  month,  during  hot  weather,  the 
advantage  of  sending  goods  in  refrigerating 
packages  must  be  evident.  The  butter  then 
goes  to  the  consumer  in  as  good  condition  as 
it  was  when  leaving  the  dairy.  Butter  of 
good  texture,  fresh  and  full  of  aroma  when 
it  cornea  to  the  table  of  the  consumer,  is  cer¬ 
tainly  worth  much  more  than  that  put  up  in 
ordinary  packages  which,  though  it  may  not 
have  taken  on  a  positively  bad  ilavor,  may 
be  on  the.  point  of  change  and  becomes  ran- 
vid,  at  least,  in  part,  before  it  can  be  con¬ 
sumed,  The  secret  of  high-priced  butter  is 
not  only  in  its  perfect  manufacture,  but  in 
the  condition  which  it  comes  to  market  and 
goes  upon  the  table  of  the  consumer. 

• - — - 

CONDENSED  MILK. 

Large  orders  for  the  above  have  reached 
this  country  from  China  and  Japan,  and  the 
demand  seems  sometimes  to  exceed  the  abil¬ 
ity  of  our  few  factories  to  supply.  As  one  of 
the  curiosities  in  the  occasional  course  of 
trade,  brought  about  by  steam  navigation, 
we  observe  tui  importation  announced  of  con¬ 
densed  milk  into  this  country  from  England. 
This  lot  coming  first,  across  the  Atlantic, 
crosses  our  continent,  and  thence  across  the 
Pacific  to  China,  to  fill  up  an  order.  This 
country  ought  to  supply  enough  milk  for  or 
own  consumption,  and  the  rest  of  the  World, 
if  wanted. 

A  correspondent  sends  the  above  slip, 
which,  he  says,  appeared  recently  in  a  local 


paper  without  credit,  and  he  desires  to  know 
whether  the  statement  is  true,  and  if  so, 

“  Whethervondcnscd  milk  manufacture  does 
not  offer  a  more  profitable  line  of  dairying 
than  butter  or  cheese  ?’ 

We  have  no  reliable  information  in  regard 
to  any  recent  orders  for  condensed  milk  from 
China  or  Japan.  There  was  a  rumor,  about  ( 
a  year  ago,  of  a  considerable  demand  for  ( 
condensed  milk  in  China,  and  that  a  large  * 
quantity  had  been  ordered  from  the  Ameri-  j 
can  factories,  but  we  have  seen  no  statement  ? 
coming  directly  from  the  manufacturers  or  1 
from  those  engaged  in  the  sale  of  this  article  ‘ 
to  the  effect  that  such  orders  havo  been  re- 
ceived.  It  was  announced  recently,  ill  some  ’ 
of  the  Now  Y'ork  daily  papers,  that  condensed  ( 
niilk  of  English  manufacture  was  in  the  New  ( 
York  market,  aud  was  offered  in  competition  1 
with  that  from  the  American  factories.  The  . 
price  was  not  stated,  and  we  hear  of  no  re¬ 
duction  in  the  rates  for  the  American  pro¬ 
duct,  It  is  unfortunate  that  items  like  that 
at  the  head  of  tills  article  should  not  he  cred¬ 
ited  to  the  proper  source,  since  It  prevents 
parsons  from  referring  to  the  author  of  Bueh 
statements  and  obtaining  full  information 
thereto.  There  ia  nothing  improbable,  how¬ 
ever,  in  the  statement  that  condensed  milk 
lias  been  ordered  from  China  and  Japan.  It 
is  manufactured  anil  put  up  so  as  to  keep  for 
long  periods  without  deterioration,  and  can 
be  safely  shij  >ped  to  those  countries.  Indeed, 
it  is  largely  used  for  ship  stores,  and  is  found 
to  keep  sound  during  long  voyages  to  differ¬ 
ent  parts  of  the  world.  When  we  consider 
the  scarcity  of  milk  in  China  and  Japan  on 
account,  qf  the  high  cost  of  keeping  animals 
to  supply  t  his  fluid  ;  and  again,  that  milk 
put  n  j>  in  a  condensed  form  is  peculiarly  well 
suited  to  the  wants  and  tastes  of  the  people 
of  these  countries,  we  might  reasonably  sup¬ 
pose  that  a  large  trade  in  the  article  could 
be  established,  even  if  it  had  not  already  been 
inaugurated. 

Condensed  milk,  as  now  manufactured  and 
sold,  yields  by  far  more  profit  than  can  be 
realized  from  a  like  quantity  of  milk  when 
made  into  butter  or  cheese.  There  is  no 
brunch  of  dal  tying  that  yields  so  large  returns 
as  lliis,  and  we  have  no  doubt  the  business 
will,  in  time,  be  largely  extended.  Some 
difficulties,  however,  are  now  in  the  way  of 
those  who  desire  to  enter  upon  its  manufac¬ 
ture.  In  the  first  place,  the  machinery  re¬ 
quired  to  fit  u)i  a  condensing  establishment 
is  expensive.  Then  there  is  a  scarcity  of 
skilled  operatives,  since  the  factories  in  ope¬ 
ration,  “having  a  good  thing,”  do  not  care 
to  impart  their  knowledge  to  others,  or  allow 
competent  managem  to  engage  with  new 
parties.  The  present  factories  have  a  mutual 
interest  in  wiles  and  arc  combined  together, 
and  hence  any  new  parties  In  the  business 
must  make  their  own  way  In  the  markets  as 
best  they  can.  We  should  he  glad  to  see 
more  manufactories  and  a  much  larger  con¬ 
sumption  of  condensed  milk  than  now  ol*- 
tains  ;  but  there  are  some  risks  to  be  consid¬ 
ered  by  those  proposing  to  enter  upon  the 
business,  as  will  be  seen  from  the  points  we 
have  enumerated. 

- - - 

DAIRY  NOTES. 

Having  seen  u  description  in  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  of  whftt  the  Cream  Still  can 
do,  and  lias  done,  over  .the  initials  of  D.  J., 
will  he  be  kind  euough  to  tell  us  where  they 
can  be  procured,  and  the  description  of  the 
Still.  As  I  am  in  the  dairy  business,  I  wish 
to  secure  anything  that  is  of  an  advantage  to 
my  line  of  business.  Will  some  one  give  me 
the  best  method  for  preparing  rennets  for 
factory  use  ?  Some,  I  find,  use  water,  and 
some  use  whey,  to  steep  them  in  ;  and  some 
advocate  the  use  of  charcoal.  I  would  like 
the  opinion  of  some  of  our  dairy  friends.— 
Parker,  Charlotte,  Mich. 

We  shall  he  glad  to  get  a  description  of  the 
“Cream  Still,”  or  “Portable  Cream  Gath¬ 
erer,”  as  it  is  sometimes  called,  either  from 
D.  J.,  or  from  other  of  our  correspondents 
who  can  speak  from  experience  as  to  it* 
utility. 

The  best  way  for  preparing  rennets  is  to 
steep  in  whey.  The  whey  should  be  raised 
to  the  boiling  heat,  when  the  albuminous 
matter  will  rise,  and  may  be  skimmed  off. 
Wlicy  thus  purified  will,  iu  a  short  time,  de¬ 
velop  acidity,  and  is  then  regarded  as  alto¬ 
gether  the  best  liquid  for  steeping  rennet 
that  has  yet  been  discovered.  The  whey 
should  not  be  allowed  to  get  sour  and  de¬ 
composed  before  heating  and  skimming,  but 
should  betaken  sweet  from  the  curds,  and 
purified  as  above  described.  Salt  may  be 
added  to  the  whey  when  ready  for  the  ren¬ 
nets,  and  these  should  be  rubbed  out  and  set 
to  steep  in  t  he  same  manner  as  when  water 
is  used  for  steeping  instead  of  whey. 


®he  f  oulfl  $)ard. 


DERBY  FOWLS. 

After  the  malicious  libel  which'  appeared 
against  me  iu  the  Poult  ry  Bulletin  and  in  a 
circular  that  was  sent,  all  over  the  country  by 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  New  York 
State  Poultry  Society,  i  consider  my  useful¬ 
ness  as  a  correspondent  for  your  paper  de¬ 
stroyed,  although  you  stated  iu  your  paper 
you  did  not  believe  there  was  a  particle  of 
truth  in  the  slanderous  resolut  ions.  I  have 
since  ascertained  that  the  alleged  charges 
made  against  me  by  “  err  mi  I  highly  respect¬ 
able  and  honorable  poultry  breeders,”  turns 
out  to  be  a  malicious  lie  ;  as  those  very  gen¬ 
tlemen  have  repudiated  and  denied  ever 
making  such  charges,  or  entertaining  any 
such  opinion  of  mP.  The  bigger  the  lie,  the 
worse  the  libel,  lire  whole  thing  was  concoct¬ 
ed  in  malice,  and  bom  in  iniquity.  Because 
I  considered  it  a  public  duty  to  show  how 
these  gentlemen  were  conducting  the  affairs 
of  the  Society,  they  undertook  l  quelch  me 
by  a  lie  and  a  libel.  I  now  renew  my  corre¬ 
spondence,  and  beg  you  to  be  “a  -ured  (as 
we  diplomats  say)  of  the  honor  of  my  distin¬ 
guished  consideration.”  I  now,  with  these 
preliminary  remarks,  come  to  my  legitimate 
subject.  It  is  natural  that  such  a  persecuted 
individual  should  give  a  reason  for  his  long 
absence. 

I  have  seen  a  number  of  inquiries  in  the 
poultry  and  agricultural  papers,  desiring 
some  one  to  give  a  description  of  the  pure¬ 
bred  Derby  fowl  ;  and  as  no  one  seems  in¬ 
clined  to  accommodate,  1  will  give  you 
“what  1  know  about  Derbys.”  It  is  now 
nearly  forty  years  since  the  Earl  of  Derby 
bred  or  fought,  this  peculiar  strain  Of  game 
fowls.  The  name  and  strain  in  England  died 
with  the  Earl,  and  are  now  known  only  as 
Black-Reds.  In  this  country,  they  call  any 
game  fowl  that  has  white  legs,  feet,  nails  and 
bills,  Derbys ;  but  how  much  of  genuine 
Derby  blood  runs  through  t  heir  veins  1  leave 
others  to  conjecture.  Mr.  D.  8.  Heffron,  in 
1858,  says  that  for  two  or  three  years,  after 
many  efforts  and  disappointments,  he  finally 
succeeded  in  getting  some  game  with  white 
legs,  bills,  etc.,  that  bred  true  ;  but  what 
other  proof  he  had  besides  to  convince  him 
they  were  pure  Derbys  he  docs  not  say. 

It  is  a  very  ea  .  -y  matter  to  breed  white  legs, 
bills,  etc.  ;  I  always  keep  a  few  on  hand  to 
gratify  the  whims  of  some  people;  but  you 
must  not  ask  me  if  they  are  “simon-pure.” 
In  England,  the.  white  legs,  bills,  etc.,  arc 
considered  soft.  The  willow  and  olive  col¬ 
ored  legs  stand  first  in  order  in  Black-Red 
game.  There  were  Duck-Wing  Derbys  and 
Black- Red  Derbys.  But  no  such  colored  legs 
and  style  of  birds  are  now  seen  at  Knousley  ; 
all  the  game  now  running  on  the  young  Earl’s 
place  are  willow  and  olive  legs,  and  a  larger 
and  different  style  of  fowl.  1  expect  a  trio 
over  from  the  Earl’s  yards,  and  will  then 
give  you  a  minute  description  of  the  modern 
Derby  fowl.  I  shall  have  to  give  you  a  de¬ 
scription  of  the  old  Derby  in  my  next,  as  I 
have  already  become  too  prolix. 

Isaac  Van  Winkle. 

- - - 

CHICKEN  CHOLERA. 

I  wish  you  would  tell  me  what  ails  my 
chickens.  "  Some  tell  me  it  is  cholera  and 
others  say  that  young  chicks  do  not  have 
cholera.  Some  die  when  less  than  a  week 
old  ;  others  two  und  three  weeks  old.  They 
are  stupid  and  sleepy  for  an  hour  or  two, 
then  fall  over  in  spasms,  and  are  dead  hi  a 
few  minutes.  What  passes  them  i-  nearly 
all  water.  A  neighbor  told  me  that  their 
ducks  all  died  with  the  same  disease  last 
year.  Do  ducks  die  of  cholera  My  poultry 
book  fails  to  give-  the  symptoms  of  cholera, 
and  I  should  not  dare  to  use  the  remedies 
they  recommend  while  the  chicks  are  so 
voting,  even  if  1  was  sure  it  was  that  disease. 
Please  give  me  advice  soon. — J.  Y\r.  Davis. 

Your  chickens  doubtless  have  what  is 
called  “  cholera.”  We  never  knew  ducks  to 
die  of  it,  but  have  known  turkeys  to  do  so, 
and  know  no  reason  why  ducks  may  not  be 
affected.  Mix  the  feed  of  your  chickens  with 
strong  alum  water,  feeding  twice  a  day  for 
two  or  three  days  ;  afterwards  once  a  week. 
It  has  proved  effective,  and  we  hope  it  will 
with  you  ;  if  it  does,  inform  us. 

• - - 

Poultry  Prof  its.— I  have  hens  that  I  bought 
for  White  Polands  and  White  Brahma*.  Two 
of  the  latter  weigh  1 5 lbs. ;  aud  I  lost  a  cock 
that  weighed  eleven  pounds.  But  I  cannot 
make  any  such  profits  as  are  given  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker.  We  get  from  15  to 
25  cents  xier  dozen  for  eggs,  and  8  to  10  cents 
per  lb.  for  chickens. — J.  B.  Puce. 

Hard  Crop. — C.  W.  Cole  is  informed  that 
a  teas  poemful  of  castor  oil,  poured  down  a 
chicken’s  throat,  will  relieve  the  hard  crop. 


/C\ 


practice  to  sow  it  down  with  a  straw  crop, 
and  thus  obtain  a  return  from  the  field  during 
the  unproductive  period  of  the  lucerne  crop. 
WllilC  this  plan,  especially  on  light  dry  soils, 
has  the  advantage  of  shading  the  young 
plants  from  the  action  of  the  sun,  and  at  the 
same  time  preserving  the  surface  in  a  more 
moist  condition,  yet  these  advantages  would 


riant  returns  to  the  grower,  receiving  pecu¬ 
liar  special  treatment  according  to  the  object 
for  which  it  is  cultivated. 

PREPARATION  OF  THE  UNO. 

In  preparing  the  land  for  the  reception  of 
lucerne  it  is  a  matter  of  urgent,  primary 
importance  that  it  he  thoroughly  cleansed 
from  weeds,  whether  annual  or  otherwise,  as 


PRODUCE  PER  ACRE. 

The  gross  produce  per  aero  of  greeu  food 
when  the  crop  is  in  lull  hearing,  is  from  go  to 
30  tons,  this  return  being  readily  obtained, 
where  the  proper  conditions  to  secure  success 
have  been  observed.  Lucerne  is  cultivated 
in  Canada  and  the  states  to  a  limited  extent  ; 
but,  we  know  no  reason  why  its  more  gen¬ 
eral  cultivation  should  not  be  entered  into. 
In  the  neighborhood  of  large  cities,  we 
imagine  it  would  be  a  peculiarly  easy  and 
profitable  crop  to"  raise,  and  we  confidently 
anticipate  an  increased  attention  on  the  part 
of  farmers  to  the  more  extended  cultivation 
of  this  important  and  valuable  forage  crop. — 
Canada  Warmer. 


LUCERNE 


Lttcernk,  if  properly  cultivated,  in  a  soil 
and  locality  well  adapted  for  its  proper  devel¬ 
opment,  is  one  of  the  best  and  most  profitable 
of  green  fodder  plants  ;  indeed  it  may  be 
considered  supreme  among  the  artificial 
grasses.  Lucerne  was  well  kuowu  in  the 
early  days  of  Roman  husbandry,  and  the 
writers  of  that  period  speak  of  it  in  terms  of 
the  highest  encomium.  Columella  especially 
I  (raises  it  and  estimates  it  as  the  choicest 
fodder,  lasting  many  years  as  a  crop,  and 
susceptible  of  being  cut  down  advantageously 
four,  five  and  even  six  times  each  year.  He 
also  asserts  that  it  is  a  crop  positively  enrich¬ 
ing  to  the  soil  producing  it,  exceedingly 
fattening  to  depasturing  animals,  and  not 
unfrcquently  a  valuable  remedy  iu  cases  of 
sick  beasts.  He  also  tells  us  that  “  a  measure 
of  laud  (equal  to  about  three-fourths  of  an 
imperial  acre)  was  considered  amply  sufficient 
for  the  sustenance  of  three  horses  during  an 
entire  year.”  I’alladius  gives  similar  testi¬ 
mony  ;  and  Pliny,  while  agreeing  as  to 
the  frequency  with  which  the  lucerne  crop 
may  be  mown  in  the  course  of  the  season, 
differs  from  them  in  his  estimate  of  its  per¬ 
manency. 

Lucerne  belongs  to  the  order  Leguminosai, 
and  of  the  genus  Modicago,  of  which  although 
there  are  several  species,  only  two  have 
entered  into  English  cultivation.  The  moat 
important  of  these  is  the  Medic, ago  Saliva — 
common  lucerne  —  an  erect-growing,  peren¬ 
nial  plant,  with  roots  penetrating  to  a  great 
depth  in  suitable  soils.  The  flowers  grow  in 
clusters  and  of  a  purplish  blue  color  when  the 
plant  reaches  a  hight  of  about  three  feet, 
which  it  docs  in  England  in  June  and  July. 
Under  favorable  circumstances,  the  resultant 
produce  is  very  great,  and  owing  to  tiie 
pereunial  habit  of  the  plant,  the  annual  out¬ 
lay  for  labor  is  much  reduced.  It  is  consid¬ 
ered  judicious  to  cut  the  crop  during  the  first 
year ;  a  good  bulky  crop  may  fairly  be 
gathered  during  the  second  year,  but  full 
maturity  is  not  reached  till  the  third  year, 
and  a  vigorous  growth  may  be  calculated  on 
for  some  six  or  seven  years  more,  when  the 
roots  become  symptomatic  of  decay,  ami  the 
plant  declines  in  vigor. 

Med/icago  LnpulinO/ — Yellow  Clover  or 
Nonsuch — is  frequently,  in  England,  mixed 
in  small  quantities  witli  clover  and  other 
seeds  in  laying  down  artificial  grasses.  It  is 
a  great  seed  producer,  aud  consequently 
cheaper  than  those  of  any  of  the  clovers,  and 
this  fact  may  possibly  account  for  its  popu¬ 
larity  with  many  English  farmers,  as  al¬ 
though  its  produce  is  bulky,  cattle  are  no 
great  lovers  of  it,  either  in  a  green  or  diy 
state,  and  prefer  it  mixed  with  more  palata¬ 
ble  varieties  of  fodder. 

SUITABLE  SOILS. 

Lucerne  delights  in  soils  of  a  deep,  dry 
nature  in  which  its  tap-root  can  descend 
without  check  to  the  subsoil  and  draw  its 
requisite  supplies  of  food  aud  moisture.  Of 
this  character  are  vegetable  molds,  light 
friable  loams,  and  even  gravels.  Alluvial 
deposits  on  a  sandy  substratum  are  also  well 
adapted  for  the  crop.  Clay  and  strong  clay- 
loams  are  unsuitable  for  its  proper  develop¬ 
ment.,  as  being  too  compact,  in  their  character 
to  admit  of  Chat  free  penetration  of  the  roots 
which  lucerne  loves  to  display,  not  to  men¬ 
tion  the  liability  of  such  soils  to  an  excess  of 
moisture  and  consequent  low  temperature, 
of  both  of  which  it  has  an  especial  dislike. 
We  must  not  be  understood  as  entirety 
discouraging  the  cultivation  of  lucerne  on 
clay  lunds,  for  it  has  not  unfrcquently  been 
found  that  even  on  them  large  crops  have 
been  obtained  ;  we  would  merely  indicate 
that  the  lighter  class  of  soils  possesses  prefer¬ 
ential  claims  to  its  successful  cultivation.  As 
in  the  case  of  all  the  leguminous  plants, 
lucerne  cannot  thrive  without  a  proper  sup¬ 
ply  of  lime  in  tho  soil,  and  this  will  be  fitly 
illustrated  by  examining  the  following  analy¬ 
sis  of  lucerne  ashes  by  Sprengil : 

P'Jtiieh . 14.03 

.  6.44 

JJme . 6o.f,7 

Mfltiacela .  3.64 

Oxide  of  Iron,  Alumina,  &c .  0.63 

Phosphoric  Acid . 13.68 

Sulplutrio  Acid, . .  4.32 

Chlorino .  ip2X 

.  3.4U 

100.no 

Lucerne  can  hardly  be  called  a  rotation 
crop,  inasmuch  as  its  permanency  of  habit 
gives  it  a  distinguishing  feature  from  the 
other  forage  crops,  and  indeed  gives  it  a 
distinctive  value,  as  it  continues  to  be  a  pro¬ 
ductive  crop  during  the  entire  period  of  our 
longest  rotation.  It  is  usually  grown  for  its 
own  intrinsic  value  as  a  crop,  yielding  luxu- 


SIXTY  BUSHELS  OF  POTATOES  FROM  A 
PECK. 


B.  Hathaway  tells,  in  Michigan  Farmer, 
how  lie  raised  sixty  bushels  of  Campbell’s 
Late  Rose  potatoes  from  one  peck  of  seed,  as 
follows : 

As  it  may  be  of  interest  to  some  to.  know 
how  1  was  enabled  to  grow  so  much  as  sixty 
bushels  from  one  peck  of  seed,  I  will  give  my 
manner  of  procedure.  In  the  first  place  I 
did  not  send  for  my  potatoes  as  early  as  I 
should  lnivo  done,  consequently  when  they 
came  they  hud  sprouted  to  that  extent  that 
1  lost  a  good  many  eyes*  a  handful  at  least. 
I  carefully  cut  to  single  eyes,  and  planted  one 
eye  ill  a  hill,  the  hills  three  by  three  felt,  on 
good  laud,  well  prepared,  and  dressed  witli 
manure  and  ashes.  When  the  plants  had 
reached  the  hight  of  about  six  inches,  where 
there  were  two  or  more,  1  dug  down  and 
took  oil  all  but  one.  These  1  planted  out  on 
ground  prepared  for  tho  purpose. 

This  process,  while  if  served  to  multiply 
tho  stock  and  to  increase  the  yield,  tended  to 
retard  the  grow  th,  and  consequently  delay 
the  ripening,  especially  for  tho  re-set  plants. 

The  drouth  came  on  before  the  young 
plants  had  fairly  got  a  good  hold,  as  did  also 
the  bugs  ;  and  for  some  time  T  despaired  of 
getting  any  crop  at  all.  But  after  the  rains 
came,  and  l  had  had  a  most  tremendous 
battle  with  the  insect  hosts  of  the  Rocky 
Mountains,  1  took  heart,  anil  gave  the  plants 
such  care  a#  the  circumstances  would  permit. 

L  planted  as  above,  three  by  three  feet,  and 
the  one  stalk  to  a  hill  hail  so  grown  before 
September  came  that  the  ground  was  as  fully 
and  entirely  covered,  and  matted  with  the 
vines,  as  ever  was  seen  in  a  field  of  Peach 
Blows,  planted  in  the  usual  way. 

Before  digging  my  crop,  I  occasionally 
would  remark  to  some  neighbor  that  I 
counted  on  about  fifty  bushels  from  one  peck 
of  seed.  This  would  only  elicit  a  look  of 
compassion  from  my  wise  friend  as  much  as 
to  say,  “  I  have  seen  men  with  a  softening 
of  the  brain  before.  I  am  really  sorry  for 
you.”  However,  when  they  were  all  dry,  J. 
tilled  twenty  three  bushel  barrels,  and  pressed 
t  hem  in,  and  laid  nearly  a  barrel  of  the  small¬ 
est  size  left. 

With  a.  usually  favorable  season,  and  a  peck 
of  such  seed  as  I  now  have,  so  1  would  lose 
npue  by  loss  of  sprouts,  and  beginning  early, 
so  as  to  make  a  hill  of  every  shoot  that  the 
eyes  from  the  peck  of  seed  would  make,  I 
would  run  no  risk  in  laying  a  wager  to  raise 
one  hundred  bushels  from  the  same  seed 
from  which  I  raised  this  sixty. 


EXTRA  EARLY  VERMONT  POTATO 


This  is  another  of  the  new  potatoes  B.  K. 
Bliss  &  Son  are  sending  out,  about  which 
we  have  inquiries.  Tho  testimony  of  those 
who  have  grown  it  is,  that  it  is  from  seven  to 
ten  day's  earlier  than  the  Early  Rose,  ft  is  a 
seedling,  originating  with  George  W.  Wood- 
unirsE,  West  Rutland,  Vt.,  in  Ustifi,  from  a 
seed*  ball  of  the  Jackson  White.  It  is  regarded 
possible  that  the  blossoms  of  the  Jackson 
White  may  have  been,  fertilized  by  those  of 
the  Garnet  Chili,  growing  near,  as  this  new 
seedling  strongly  resembles  many  seedlings 
ol' that  variety.  We  arc  told  that  the  habit 
and  growth  of  the  new  seedling  are  much 
like  those  of  the  Early  Rose,  as  well  as  its 
general  appearance.  Vines  of  medium  hight, 
somewhat  spreading,  the  tubers  growing 
very  compactly  in  the  hill.  For  four  years 
they  have  been  grown  side  by  side  with  the 
Early  Rose,  both  under  the  same  treatment, 
and  have  proved  from  seven  to  ten  days 
earlier  than  that  favorite  sort  ;  they  are  more 
productive,  fully  equal  if  not  superior  in  qual¬ 
ity,  llesh  very  white,  dry  and  floury,  an 
excellent  keeper,  and  is  every  way  a  most 
promising  variety. 


Harrowing  Winter  Wheat,  according  to  a 
recent,  French  letter,  is  being  pretty  generally 
practiced  by  French  farmers,  who  find  it 
profitable. 


P 


A  WOMAN’S  GOSSIP  OF  BUGS  AND 
THINGS. 


managed  right,  and  asks  for  suggestions. 
We  can  only  say  that  our  own  experience  is 
not  favorable  to  canaries  pairing  before  the 
first  to  the  fifteenth  of  April,  so  no  time  is 
lost.  But  it  is  not  infrequent  that  birds  do  not 
pair  at  all,  whether  owing  to  unoongeninlity 
or  physical  defect  we  have  not  been  able  to 
determine.  Food,  sometimes  has  to  do  with 
it.  The  suggestions  from  our  correspondent 
in  the  Rurai,  of  March  15,  are  excellent. 

Gold  finch  and  Canary. —  Can  any  corre¬ 
spondent  tell  me  why  I  cannot  mate  my 
goldfinch  with  a  bright  yellow  canary  1  Al¬ 
so,  I  would  like  to  ask  again  if  any  one  can 
tell  me  now  to  breed  meal  worms  for  mock¬ 
ing  birds  ? — E.  R. 


In  the  “Diary  of  a  gentleman  near  New 
York  City,”  I  discover  an  admirer  of  bugs  ; 
and  although  lie  might  be  able  to  present  the 
subject  of  Entomology  in  such  a  way  that  all  Feed  on  hard-boiled  egg,  chopped  fine,  and 
would  be  interested,  it  yet  seems  to  me  that  bread  crumbs  mixed.  Chopping  the  egg  is 
the  natural  aversion  that  all  mankind  have  a  tedious  process.  It  saves  time,  and  does 
to  the  crawling,  creeping,  biting  insect  world,  the  work  more  thoroughly,  to  use  a  small 
would  be  very  hard  for  many  to  overcome,  box  with  a  bottom  of  perforated  zinc,  through 


MANAGEMENT  OF  HEN  CANARIES, 


THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  ENTOMOLOGIST 


I  confess  to  have  been  somewhat  sur¬ 
prised  at  seeing,  in  a  late  number  of  the  Ru¬ 
ral  New-Yokkicr,  the  remarks  of  Col.  H.  D. 
Harris  of  Ohio,  in  regard  to  the  value  of  Dr. 
Fitch’s  labors  us  State  Entomologist.  Of 
course,  I  indorse  all  that  you  said  in  his  fa¬ 
vor,  but  would  make  the'statemBTits  as  much 
stronger  as  possible  ;  for  the  example,  labors 
and  discoveries  of  such  men  cannot  be  esti¬ 
mated  in  dollars  and  cents.  It  is  true,  how¬ 
ever,  although  every  man  who  prizes  knowl¬ 
edge  above  wiiat  il,  will  bring  in  money,  re¬ 
grets  it,  that  we  have  men  among  us  who 
take  upon  themselves  the  office  of  censor, 
and  decry  every  scientific  pursuit  which  hap¬ 
pens  to  be  above  their  Comprehension, 

Not  a  great  discovery,  or  a  move  toward 
the  enlightenment  and  progress  of  the  hu¬ 
man  race  has  ever  been  made,  which  these 
men  did  not  oppose  with  all  the  force  at 
command.  The  greater  the  prospective  ben¬ 
efit,  the  more  bitter  and  persistent  were  its 
enemies.  The  case  of  Dr.  Pitch  is  one  in 
which  the  seemingly  natural  antipathies  of  a 
certain  class,  who  appear  (<<  be  u  lUicted  with 
short-sightedness,  have  wielded  a  powerful 
influence.  The  meager  salary  paid  to  so 
worthy  and  learned  a  gentleman  as  Dr. 
Fitch  was  always  a  disgrace  to  the  State  for 
whose  benefit  he  labored,  and  no  more  appro¬ 
priate /inah  to  the  long  years  of  patient  toil 
for  the  good  of  his  follow  man  could  have 
been  suggested  than  the  insulting  manner  of 
his  dismissal  by  our  New  York  State  Agrieul 
tural  Society.  1  use  the  word  appropriate, 
because  the  closing  up  of'  this  man’s  labors, 
through  the  willful  negligence  of  the  Socie¬ 
ty,  is  in  accordance  with  the  indifference 
which  the  members,  or  the  greater  part  of 
them,  have  treated  him  and  his  writings  for 
several  years  past. 

If  our  State  Entomologist  had  passed  his 
best  days  of  usefulness,  why  not  have  ap¬ 
pointed  an  assistant,  who  could  have  taken 
up  the  good  work  begun,  and. pursued  it,  un¬ 
der  so  able  and  experienced  a  teacher  <  1 
will  venture  to  assert  that  the  reports  ol'  our 
State  Entomologist  are  valued  more  by  the 
world  at  large  than  the  remaining  portion  of 
the  ponderous  volumes  of  which  they  form 
so  small  a  part,  published  as  the  Transactions 
of  the  State  Agricultural  Society.  They  are 
sought  for  by  scientific  men  everywhere,  and 
I  know  of  more  than  one  instance  where  the 
volumes  of  Transactions  were  purchased  and 
the  Entomological  Reports  taken  out  and 
preserved,  the  remainder  being  sold  for  waste 
paper. 

Now,  1  am  far  from  desiring  to  extol  the 
reports  of  our  State  Entomologist  above 
their  real  value,  because  1  am  well  aware 
that  they  contain  errors,  and  are  faulty  in 
many  respects  ;  at  t  he  same  time,  their  value 
is  far  above  what  they  cost  the  people.  The 
investigations  of  Dr.  Fitch,  in  regard  to  hub 
its  and  history  of  the  Wheat  Midge  alone, 
was  worth  to  this  State  millions  ol‘  dollars. 
Hundreds  of  farmers  sold  out  at  a  sacrifice, 
and  left  the  State,  believing  that  wheat  cul¬ 
ture  was  forever  at  an  end,  on  account  of 
the  ravages  of  this  insect ;  but  those  who 
read  our  Entomologist’s  reports  upon  this 
pest,  and  the  parasite  that  had  commenced 
its  destruction,  took  courage,  and  held  on  to 
their  homes  in  the  great  wheat-growing  re¬ 
gions,  and  the  result  showed  that  their  con¬ 
fidence  in  the  advice  and  knowledge  of  this 
public  officer  was  not  misplaced.  Some  of 
my  own  neighbors  were  panic-stricken  in 
consequence  of  the  ravages  of  this  Wheat 
Midge,  and  sold  their  farms  for  one-half  their 
real  value,  and  they  have  lived  to  regret  the 
folly. 

Now,  for  one,  I  would  prefer  to  see  half  a 
dozen  State  Entomologists,  each  with  a  sala¬ 
ry  of  $5,000  a  year,  instead  of  the  paltry  sum 
of  $1,000,  or  a  little  over,  which  was  paid  to 
Dr.  Fitch,  than  to  have  none,  as  at  the  pres¬ 
ent  time.  If  our  scientific  men  are  not  to  be 
encouraged,  what  inducement  is  there  for 
our  sons  to  study  science  l  Are  not  Ento¬ 
mology,  Chemistry,  Botany,  Geology,  and 
kindred  sciences  of  any  value  to  the  Agricul¬ 
turist  i  Who  shouldkuow  more  of  the  earth, 
its  structure  mid  products,  than  the  farmer  ? 
But  how  is  he  to  obtain  this  knowledge  if 
politicians  are  to  have  their  way,  and  deprive 
us  of  every  means  for  obtaining  useful  infor¬ 
mation  in  relation  to  our  occupation  i  It  is 
no  wonder  that  our  sons  leave  the  farm, 
when  to  be  a  farmer  iff  equivalent  to  being 
in  a  position  where  one’s  needs  or  desires 
command  no  respect,  either  in  legislative 
halls  or  agricultural  colleges  ?  It  is  time  we 
asked  for  and  demanded  our  rights. 

Rochester,  N.  Y.  Monroe. 


PIPE  FOR  WATER 


In  answer  to  “  D.  B.  E,”  in  regard  to 
bringing  water  one-half  mile  through  a  %  or 
?  ,-inch  lead  pipe,  I  would  say  that  it  would 
be  perfectly  feasible  where  the  descent  is 
gradual  from  fountain  head  to  point  of  de¬ 
livery.  It  is  true  that  the  friction  on  a  long 
pipe  is  much  greater  than  in  a  short  one  ; 
but  not  sufficient  to  prevent  the  flow  of 
water  where  there  is  any  head  to  force  it 
through.  I  know  of  one  party  who  laid  over 
three  thousand  feet  of  %-incli  pipe  in  18(ib, 
and  it  is  still  in  use.  Another  party,  who 
laid  twenty-six  hundred  feet  of  1-inch  pipe 
about  a  year  ago,  from  a  spring  to  his  house, 
passing  through  a  ravine  fifty  feet  in  depth 
and  delivering  the  water  in  a  tank  only  8W. 
feet  below  the  fountain  head,  and  discharging 
about  fifteen  hundred  gallons  in  twenty-four 
hours.  The  pipe  above-mentioned  was  tin- 
lined  lead  pipe,  which,  having  a  very  smooth 
surface,  presents  less  resistance  to  the  pass¬ 
age  of  the  water.  Hydraulics. 


Plan  for  Ventilatino  Green-Houses.— (See  page  298.) 

xy  possibly  possess  many  which  t  he  egg  can  be  squeezed  with  the 
cntle  graceful  ways  and  blade  of  an  ordinary  dinner  knife.  Stale 
an  interesting  study  to  bread  is  best  for  the  purpose,  as  it  can  more 
imeh  prefer  to  consider  easily  be  crumbled  by  rubbing  between  the 
than  to  inquire  or  ex-  hands  or  l>y  grating.  I  always  use  the 
/ter  ;  for  to  me  every  crumbs  dry,  mixing  them  in  about  equal  pro- 
■>bru  Cupella,  and  every  portions,  bulk  for  bulk,  while  the  birds  are 
nUila.  I  could  possibly  quite  young,  and  increasing  the  quantity  of 
uly  “  the  ways  that  are  crumbs  as  they  grow.  Some  prefer  to  soak 
moving  beetle  tribe,  or  the  bread  in  water  and  squeeze  it  dry  before 
>lc  angle  worm  ;  but  the  mixing  with  the  egg.  While  the  hen  is  sit¬ 
ting  she  will  not  frequently  leave  her  nest 
ifiects,  pestiferous  and  except  to  take  a  hasty  mouthful  of  food.  If 
ion,  forced  me  long  ago,  the  cock  be  kept  with  her  ho  will  supply 
•  windows  with  wire  all  her  requirements  ;  and  it  is  well,  especially 
•tly  announces  to  select  towards  the  close  of  the  period  of  incubation, 
s,  and  the  great  beetles  to  give  a  supply  of  soft  food.  It  is  decidedly 
ic  bumping  against  it  in  best  to  take  away  the  eggs  till  she  has  la  id 
r  shaft  thou  go  and  no  J  the  fourth.  This  is  desirable  on  many  ac¬ 
idly  exult  at  their  dis-  counts.  Should  she  evince  a  strong  desire  to 
aiuc  wire  gauze  can  bo  commence  sitting  as  soon  as  she  has  laid  the 
er  good  qualities.  For  first  egg,  and  be  allowed  to  do  so,  the  young 
uurded  with  it,  I  have  ones  will  not  be  hatched  at  the  same  time, 
•aches  and  sweet  corn,  and  a  difference  of  a  day  in  the  age  of  newly  - 
a  worm  or  weevil,  the  hatched  birds  means  this — that  the  older  and 
tlis  being  entirely  ex-  stronger  will  get  the  most  food,  and  the 

younger  and  weaker  will  in  all  probability  die. 
amishness  and  dread  of  I  know  there  arc  many  who  oppose  the  re¬ 
ts,  my  attention  was,  a  moval  of  the  eggs,  and  who  ailirm  that  their 
Aid  to  a  singular  looking  young  ones  are  always  “  chipped”  all  on  the 
on  a  plant  of  the  strong  same  morning.  But  it’s  simply  stuff  and 
minus  or  Fraxinella,  nonsense.  It  may  be  that  a  hen  will  occa- 
ecimens  that  appeared  sionally  pop  on  licr  nest  and  sit  a  while,  and 
itched  with  a  good  deal  may  be  seen  doing  so  perhaps  two  or  three 
in  was  about  two  inches  times  in  the  day,  and  so  lead  an  unthinking 
icli  longer  than  the  rest  observer  to  suppose  she  has  commenced  to 
a  velvety  appearance  sit  in  earnest;  but,  as  a  rule,  liens  do  not 
i  a  delicate  lilac-green —  begin  to  sit  till  they  hare  laid  their  comple- 
we  called  it  our  “moss  meat,  and  it  is  not  desirable,  for  the  reason 
hing  in  its  coloring  re-  above  assigned,  that  they  six  mid.  The  pres- 
llie  .  ence  of  the  eggs  is  an  inducement  to  sit, 

,  ,  ,  ;  and  for  that  reason  they  should  be  removed. 


OBSTINATE  SCREWS, 


If  the  screw  is  turned  into  iron  and  not 
very  rusty,  it  is  only  necessary'  to  clear  the 
head  with  the  edge  of  the  driver,  and  let  a 
few  drops  of  oil  penetrate  to  the  threads  :  but 
finding  that  excessive  heat  or  rust  has  almost 
fixed  the  screw  immutable,  then  heat  it, 
either  by  placing  a  piece  of  hot  iron  upon  it, 
or  directing  the  flame  of  the  blow-pipe  upon 
the  head,  and,  after  applying  a  little  oil,  turn 
out  gentlyq  but  care'must  bo  taken  not  to  let 
the  tool  slip  go  as  to  damage  the  notch.  If, 
however,  the  screw  happens  to  give  in,  or 
rather  remain  in  and  refuse  to  come  out,  try 
to  force  it  back  with  a  blunt  chisel,  smartly, 
but  carefully  tapped  with  alight  hammer; 
but,  if  evidently  nothing  can  dislodge  the 
enemy,  it  is  best  to  cut  the  head  away  and 
drill  out  the  screw.  When  an  obstinate  screw 
happens  to  be  in  wood,  merely  give  it  a  few 
taps  on  the  head  ;  but  failing  that,  heat  it 
with  a  piece  of  hot  iron,  when  it  will  turn 
out  easily. — H  ub. 


BRIEF  NOTES 


Adjusting  a  Three-Horse  Evener.—A  cor¬ 
respondent  of  the  Country'  Gentleman  says  : 
Take  a  lath  of  the  length  to  accommodate 
the  swingletree  used  ;  put  a  loop  of  string 
over  it,  and  hang  from  one  end  say'  a  pound, 
from  the  other  two  pounds.  Slip  the  loop 
till  these  weights  hang  even,  and  put  the 
shackle  on  the  bar  according  to  those  meas¬ 
ures.  The  power  of  the  lever  is  us  the  square 
of  the  length,  not  as  the  length.  The  line 
horse  should  have  the  long  end. 

lee  Water  in  Cisterns. —  John  Quincy 
Aikins  of  Minnesota  packs  his  cisterns  with 
snow,  late  in  winter  or  early  spring  when  it 
can  be  obtained — packs  it  solid — and  say's  he 
finds  it  pay's,  since  it  will  keep  good  until 
after  harvest  and  furnish  good  ioe-water  for 
daily  use. 

Tobacco  Smoke,  according  to  Eulenburg 
and  Vohl,  does  not  contain,  as  it  is  often 
supposed,  nicotine  ;  but  ammonia,  pyridine, 
picoline,  lutitude,  collidine,  formic,  acetic, 
propionic,  butyric,  valerianic,  and  carbolic 
acids,  and  creosote. 

Rain  Water  Filter. — Can  any  of  the  Rural 
readers  give  a  plan  for  a  filter  to  be  dug  in 
the  ground,  and  the  water  taken  from  a  cis- 
tern.  I  want  to  know  how  to  build  the  filter. 


Fig.  2— Sectional  View  of  Plan  for  Ven¬ 
tilating  Urekn-Hou.ses.— (Page  298.) 

sits  thirteen  days — that  is,  suppose  ymu  give 
the  heu  her  three  eggs  on  the  morning  on 
which  she  lays  her  fourth  (I  put  mini-  in 
over  night)  and  that  day  be,  say'  Saturday, 
she  will  chip  on  the  Friday,  which  is  the 
thirteenth  morning  following.  w.  a. 


Carbolic  Soap  as  an  agent  to  drive  away 
red  aunts  from  a  room  has  been  found  effect¬ 
ive  ;  but  it  should  not  be  used  where  milk, 
cream,  or  butter  are  kept,  for  it  will  taint 
them  all. 

Rye  Flour  for  Paste  for  paper  hanging, 
is  said  to  be  much  better  than  any  other.  It 
should  be  rubbed  smooth  in  the  water  and 
just  brought  to  a  boil. 


paled  the  bright  speck,  when  presto  I  instant¬ 
ly  it  was  changed  to  a  dull  bronze  ’  Its  daz¬ 
zling  brilliancy  was  gone  in  a  flash.  Its  beau¬ 
ty',  like  a  dream,  or  the  hopes  of  youth,  had 
faded  to  somber  hues  in  the  twinkling  of  an 
eye.  Did  the  geut.le  man  near  New  Y ork  ever 
have  a  like  experience  t  and  does  he  know 
the  cause  of  the  sudden  change. 

Wyandotte,  Kan.,  April  22.  Harriet. 


NOTES  FOR  NATURALISTS, 


Canaries  that  Do  Not  Pair. — M.  W.  H. 
writes,  March  24,  that  about  a  week  since  lie 
put  together,  for  breeding  purposes,  a  male 
and  female  cauaiy,  but  as  yet  they  show  no 
signs  of  pairing  ;  thinks  perhaps  he  has  not 


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BUTTON-HOLE  BOUQUET 


whole  bouquet  Arm  and  in  shape.  The  fol¬ 
lowing  arrangement  is  that  most  often  seen  ; 
at  the  buck  is  a  spray  of  Fern  ;  next  some 
long,  light  flower,  so  as  to  form  a  kind  of 
point  or  finish  at  the  top;  then  a  Camellia 
bud,  or  rose,  or  some  such  flower,  and  then 
Maiden-hair  Fern  and  whatever  other  small 
flowers  are  at  hand. 

The  bouquet,  of  which  the  accompanying  is 
an  illustration,  is  composed  of  a  white  Camel- 
ha  bud,  Lily  of  the  Valley,  blue  SeiLias,  &c., 


An  English  florist  says  : — But  few  seem  to 
understand  that  there  is  any  difference  be¬ 
tween  a  button-hole  bouquet  and  a  coat 
flower  ;  yet.  there  is,  and  a  very  great  differ¬ 
ence  too,  the  flower  being,  as  the  word  signi¬ 
fies,  a  single  bloom,  whereas  u  bouquet  means 
a  number  of  flowers  arranged  according  to 
taste.  Many  papers  have  appeared  in  differ 
cut  horticulturist  periodicals  on  the  arrange- 


A  GARDEN  DESIGN, 


TREE  PLANTING  IN  ILLINOIS, 


Tiie  annexed  illustration  is  a  representa¬ 
tion  of  an  instructive  little  Rosery  designed 
for  a  villa  garden.  Though  small,  there  is, 
however,  plenty  of  variety  in  it,  and  there 
is,  too,  no  want  of  room  for  comfortable  in¬ 
spection  of  the  teds  or 

^  ^  ^  lii  i  iicl 

is  its  saving  of  room, 


The  Illinois  State  Board  of  Agriculture 
offers  a  premium  of  five  hundred  dollars  for 
the  best  artificial  grove  of  useful  timber  trees 
in  that  State,  not  less  than  five  acres,  planted 
prior  to  the  1st  day  of  December,  1871,  and 


pi  a  .jo  ns 

be  exhibited,  at  the 
annuul  meeting  of  the 
Board,  a  cross-section  of 
each  kind  of  n  tree  grown,  showing  its 
growth,  with  a  statement  of  the  highfc  of 
the  tree  front  which  the  section  is  cut.  Sec¬ 
tions  so  exhibited  will  be  retained  by  the 
Board,  and  placed  in  the  cabinet  of  the  De¬ 
partment  of  Agriculture. 

The  last  statement  made,  to  wit,  in  1881, 
shall  give  the  general  bight  of  the  different 
kinds  of  trees  composing  the  grove. 


ment  of  cut  flowers,  and  yet,  with  few  ex¬ 
ceptions,  they  have  excluded  button-hole 
Roquets,  probably  because,  being  small, 
people  imagine  that  they  must  necessarily 
be  easy  to  make.  Just  let  them  try,  and  t 
do  not  hesitate  to  *ny  that  they  will  find 
themselves  much  mistaken,  as  no  combiua- 
tiou  of  flowers  requires  to  be  put  together 
with  more  taste,  or  to  be  more  lightly  done, 
than  a  properly  made  button-hole  bouquet. 
Flowers  selected  for  this  purpose  should 
always  be  good,  particularly  those  for  mount¬ 
ing  singly,  which  should,  in  fact,  be  speci¬ 
mens  of  whatever  kind  is  chosen.  Ferns  I 
always  like  to  see  In  such  bouquets,  and  also 
along  with  coat  flowers,  provided  these  are 
stove  or  greenhouse  kinds  ;  but  hardy  flowers 
I  like  best  mounted  with  their  own  foliage 
alone.  Nearly  ail  flowers  for  bouquets  of 
any  sort  should  be  wired  ;  indeed,  many 
could  not  be  used  for  that  purpose  at  all  were 
they  not  mounted  on  wire,  as,  for  example, 
the  pips  of  white  Hyacinths,  which,  in  win¬ 
ter,  are  among  the  most  useful  flowers  which 
we  have. 

There  are,  however,  other  ways  of  mount¬ 
ing  flowers  besides  wiring  them.  Let  us 
take,  for  example,  a  Gardenia.  The  center 
petals  of  this  flower— indeed  all  except  the 
outside  row— are  very  even  and  lovely  ;  but 
their  beauty  is  somewhat  marred  by  the 
outer  ones,  which  look  twisted.  Now  to 
remedy  this  evil,  and  to  make  them  look  all 
even,  proceed  as  follows  : — Take  a  common 
Laurel  leaf  and  cut  a  piece  out  of  it  about  an 
inch  square  ;  with  a  pair  of  scissors  trim 
round  the  corners,  so  as  to  almost  make  it 
circular  ;  then  cut  a  cross  in  the  middle,  and 
down  through  that  push  the  stem  of  the 
Gardenia  until  the  flower  and  the  Laurel  leaf 
are.  pressed  tightly  together;  then  hold  it 
upside  down,  and  through  the  stem,  close  to 
the  leaf,  pass  a  “stub  ”  wire  (which  will  keep 
the  leaf  in  its  place) ;  bend  the  ends  down, 
and  fasten  them  together  with  a  little  binding 
wire  so  as  to  form  a  stem.  The  petals  of  the 
flower  can  be  then  arranged  out  in  then* 
proper  places,  and  the  piece  of  Laurel  leaf 
being  so  tight  to  the  flower  they  will  remain 
wherever  they  are  placed.  There  is  also 
another  point  to  wliich  I  would  wish  to  direct 
attention,  and  that  is,  the  foundation  of  the 
button-hole  bouquets,  which  is  generally  a 
piece  of  Maiden-hair  Fern  ;  but  that  is  not 
stiff  enough  in  itself  to  form  a  good  support, 
for  the  other  flowers.  To  remedy  this,  the 
best  plan  is  to  back  the  Fern  with  a  small 
Camelha  leaf,  wired,  which  will  keep  the 


and  Maiden-hair  Fern.  1  made  one  a  short 
time  ago  of  a  half-open  white  Camellia  bud, 
spray  of  Hoteia  (Spinca)  japonica,  and  a  few 
pips  of  white  Hyacinth,  mixed  ^vitli  a  little 
Maiden-hair,  and  many  remarked  that  it  was 
very  light  and  elegant  looking.  That  wliich 
took  the  first  prize  at  the  Royal  Hort  icultural 
Society’s  Show  at  Birmingham  last  summer 
was  composed  Of  a  yellow  Rose-bud  mounted 
with  blue  Forget-me-Not,  a  pip  of  Kalosan- 
thes  coed nea,  a  inl  one  Of  Bouvordia.  I  have 
seen  One  made  of  Lily  of  the  Valley,  a  blush- 
colored  Rose-bud,  and  the  same  shade  of 
Hyacinth  pips,  with  a  little  Fern  worked 
through  it,  which  was  a  very  neat-loolcing 
little  bouquet ;  another  consisted  of  a  spray 
of  Lily  of  the  Valley,  a  yellow  Rose-bud,  and 
a  few  pips  of  a  rich  purple  Cineraria,  which 
came  out  well  against  the  deep  color  of  the 
Marechal  Niel  bud. 


PLANTING  TREES, 


Fhesidknt  N.  OriMKK,  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Montgomery,  Ohio,  Horticultural  Society, 
said: — What  a  mistake  it  is  to  suppose  that 
a  tree  will  grow  and  do  well,  when  planting, 
to  crowd  the  roots,  which  are  often  two  feet 
in  diameter,  into  a  hole  one  foot  wide,  then 
throw  on  a  shovelful  or  two  of  dirt  andgravel, 
then  stamp  hard  with  the  foot.  This  is  how 
many  plant  trees.  You  have  all  observed 
the  same  thing.  When  you  buy  a  tree,  let  it 
be  fruit  or  shade,  get  one  that  has  plenty  of 
roots  ;  dig  your  holes  not  less  than  three  feet 
across,  and  two  feet  deep  ;  partly  till  up  the 
hole  with  good  soil  ;  then  put  in  your  tree,  a 
little,  though  not  much,  deeper  than  it  was 
In  the  ground  when  taken  up  ;  spread  out 
the  roots  with  the  hand  and  fingers ;  then 
more  dirt  (keeping  your  tree  erect);  then, 
when  you  are  done,  press  the  soil  with  the 
foot.  Shade  trees  should  he  protected  with 
a  box  as  soon  as  they  are  planted.  Trees 
planted  in  this  way  will  most  invariably 
grow  and  do  well,  and  be  a  source  of  pleasure 
and  comfort  not  only  to  the  owner,  but  to 
the  great  public. 


FLORAL  BREVITIES 


Planting  Rose  Cuttings  in  October. — A 
correspondent  of  the  London  Garden  says : 
“  Two  years  ago  I  put  in  three  rows  of  rose 


ARBORICULTURAL  NOTES 


Black  Knot  on  Plums,  D.  B.  Wieu,  an  Illi¬ 
nois  Arboriculturist,  says  may  be  prevented 
by  avoiding  planting  on  heavy  and  wet  soil. 
If  it  appear,  cut  off  all  the  affected  parts  in 
May  or  June,  and  cover  the  wounds  with  a 
thick  paint  of  white  lead,  turpentine  and  oil. 
He  also  advises  planting  the  Wild  Goose  plum 
and  other  varieties  of  the  Chickasaw  family, 
which  do  not  bear  black  knots. 

Hot.  Water  About  Peach  Trees. — It  has 
been  recommended  by  those  who  have  tried 
it,  to  apply  a  pail  of  hot  water  to  the  collar 
of  peach  trees  in  spring,  and  a  top-dressing  of 
ashes.  It.  is  claimed  that  this  will  prevent 
“yellows,”  and  kill  the  borer,  or  arrest  the 
work  of  the  grub  in  its  incipient  stages.  In 
support  of  this  practice  and  its  advantages 
we  nave  the  testimony  of  several  prominent 
fruit  growers. 


BUTTON-JIOLE  BOUQUET. 

cuttings  of  many  varieties  in  October,  and 
nine  out  of  every  ten  made  good  plants  the 
first  yeur.  I  have  this  season  three  more 
rows,  and  on  looking  at  them  to-day  (March 
25th)  I  find  that  they  have  all  apparently 
taken  well.  During  sharp  weather  I  protect¬ 
ed  them  by  means  of  a  little  Fern.” 


Ladies,  give  us  brief  notes  of 
ences  in  the  flower  garden.  L 
poetry  ;  give  us  facts. 


soa 


MOOSE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YOBKEB. 


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DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 

TRANSPLANTING  LARGE  MAPLES. 

April  22. — A  few  days  since,  while  passing 
along  one  of  the  unfrequented  roads  in  a  wild 
region  of  country  a  few  miles  from  my  home, 
I  found  a  handsome  row  of  sugar  maples 
which  some  former  owner  of  the  place  had 
planted  on  the  roadside.  These  trees  were 
from  four  to  eight  inches  in  diameter  at  the 
base,  and  straight  as  an  arrow,  with  finely 
formed  heads.  As  I  wanted  fifteen  just  such 
trees  for  a  particular  purpose,  I  ventured  to 
ask  the  present  owner  of  the  dilapidated- 
looking  place  his  price  for  the  trees.  Judg¬ 
ing  from  the  surroundings  of  the  dwelling 
and  out-buildings,  I  did  not  think  the  pro¬ 
prietor  had  sufficient  good  taste  to  fully 
appreciate  such  beautiful  ornaments,  and  in 
this  I  was  not  mistaken  ;  for  when  asked  if 
he  would  sell,  he  answered,  “Yes,  if  a  man 
gives  me  my  price.”  Ho  named  it,  and  1 
(•losed  the  bargain  at  once.  To-day  I  have 
been  transplanting  these  trees  ;  and  although 
so  very  large,  1  have  no  fear  of  losing  them, 
for  they  had  but  few  large  roots,  the  greater 
part  being  smal  l  fibers,  which  are  of  far  more 
importance  than  coarse,  large  ones.  In  dig¬ 
ging,  J  struck  a  circle  seven  feet  in  diameter, 
and  all  root*  passing  beyond  this  boundary 
wore  cut  off  and  all  within  carefully  pre¬ 
served.  The  trees  had  to  be  loaded  upon 
wagons  and  hauled  about  live  miles  to  the 
place  where  they  were  planted  ;  but  during 
this  operation  the  roots  were  kept  covered 
with  sacks  and  sprinkled  occasionally,  to 
prevent  drying.  In  planting,  fine,  rich  soil 
v  as  carefully  worked  in  about  the.  roots  and 
packed  firmly,  and  over  the  surface  of  the 
soil  I  shall  now  place  a  mulch  of  coarse  stable 
manure.  This  will  not  only  aid  in  keeping 
the  soil  moist,  but  the  juices  of  the  manure 
will  be  carried  down  to  the  roots  by  the 
rftiu.  f  consider  that,  mulching  with  manure 
is  a  far  better  plan  than  putting  it,  into  the 
ground,  where  it  is  likely  to  come  in  direct 
contact  with  the  roots.  Of  course,  a  portion 
of  the  branches  of  every  tree  was  removed, 
but  only  in  proportion  to  the  quantity  of 
roots  destroyed.  The  ends  of  every  root  cut, 
oil  or  broken  with  the  spade,  was  carefully 
cut  again,  either  with  a  sharp  saw  or  prim¬ 
ing-knife.  New  rootlets  will  issue  far  more 
speedily  from  t  he  end  of  a  root  the  cells  of 
which  have  been  smoothly  severed  than  from 
one  crushed  or  broken  off. 

HAVEN'T  ANY  TIME. 

The  man  from  whom  I  purchased  the 
above-mentioned  trees  is  a  fair  specimen  of  a 
large  class  of  farmers  who  can  still  be  found 
in  our  Eastern  States.  He  has  no  time  t  o  do 
anything,  except  draw  up  plans  and  form 
resolutions  as  to  what  he  is  going  to  do.  He 
was  busy  this  morning,  until  after  breakfast ; 
then  he  came  out  where  we  were  digging  up 
the  trees,  and  informed  me  that  there  was 
always  so  much  to  do  on  a  farm  that  a  man 
scarcely  knew  where  to  begin  ;  and  it  was 
evident  from  the  appearance  of  the  entire 
place  that  this  “not  knowing  where  to  be¬ 
gin  ”  had  puzzled  him  many  years.  There 
had  been  no  attempt  to  make  garden;  the 
liiua  bean  poles  lay  in  the  garden  just  where 
l  !iey  were  left  after  gathering  the  crop  last 
l  all,  The  manure  fr< »li  the  stable  was  heaped 
up  in  front  of  the  door,  and  his  horses  had  to 
plunge  t  hrough  or  over  it  every  time  they 
were  taken  in  or  out.  A  half-acre  patch  of 
oats  was  sown,  and  this  was  all  the  visible 
work  that  had  been  done  by  himself,  and 
hired  man,  on  a  seventy-acre  farm,  this 
spring.  To  every  suggestion  1  made  in  regard 
to  improvements,  I  received  the  same  stere¬ 
otyped  answer  “havn’t  any  time,”  although 
the  one  uttering  it  has  done  nothing  but  loaf 
about  all  this  spring,  and  from  indications  will 
continue  in  the  same  occupation  the  remain¬ 
der  of  his  life.  This  specimen  of  a  certain 
type  of  the  genua  homo,  is  a  large,  strong 
and  apparently  healthy  individual  but  un¬ 
fortunately  he  was  bora  “  tired,”  hence  he 
finds  farming  a  very  laborious  and  unprofita¬ 
ble  business.  He  has  his  value  in  community 
however,  being  a  consumer  ;  and  whenever 
it  happens  that  a  good  thing  comes  into  his 
possession,  even  by  chance,  as  in  the  case  of 
the  maple  trees,  some  one  more  enterprising 
than  himself  is  benefited. 

THE  FIRST  FUCHSIA. 

Anvil  2-3. — In  quite  a  number  of  papers 
received  of  late,  I  have  found  the  following 
story  in  regard  to  the  first  Fuchsia  : 

The  history  of  the  first  Fuchsia,  its  intro¬ 
duction  to  Europe,  and  the  commencement 


of  its  sul  quent,  popularity,  form  a  very 
romantic  :  '  '  ay,  and  we  condense  it  from  the 
original  story"  as  told  by  the  Gardener’s 
Chronicle  Old  Mr.  Lee,  a  nurseryman  and 
gardener  near  London,  well  known  fifty  or 
sixty  years  ago,  was  one  day  Rhowing  his 
variegated  treasures  to  a  friend,  who  sudden¬ 
ly  turned  to  him  and  declared,  “  Well  you 
have  not,  in  your  collection  a  prettier  flower 
than  1  saw  this  morning  at  W upping.”  “No. 
and  pray  what  was  this  phoenix  like  Y” 
“  Why,  the  plant  was  elegant,  and  the  flower 
hung  in  row  s  like  tassels  from  the  pendant 
branches,  their  colors  the  richest  crimson  ;  in 
the  center  a  fold  of  deep  purple,”  &e.  Par¬ 
ticular  directions  being  demanded  and  given, 
Mr.  Lee  posted  off  to  the  place,  where  he  at, 
once  perceived  that  the  plant  wiih  new  in  this 
part  of  the  world.  IJe.  saw  and  admired. 
Entering  the  house,  he  said,  “My  good  wo¬ 
man  this  is  ft  nice  plant.  1  should  like  to  buy 
it.”  “  Ah,  sir,  1  could  not  sell  it  for  no  mon¬ 
ey,  for  it  was  brought  me  from  the  West 
Indies  by  mv  husband,  who  has  now'  left 
again,  and  f  must  keep  it  for  his  sake.” 
“But.  T  must  have  it.”  “ Here,”  emptying 
his  pockets,  “here,  is  gold,  silver  and  cop¬ 
per;”  (Ills  stock  was  something  more  than 
eight  guineas).  “  Well-a-day,  but  this  is  a 
power  of  money,  Rure  and  sure!”  4 ?Tis 
yours,  and  the  plant  is  mine and,  my  good 
ilame,  you  shall  have  one  of  the  first  young 
ones!  rear,  to  keep  for  your  husband’s  sake.’ 

A  coach  was  called,  in  which  was  safely 
deposited  our  florist  and  his  seemingly  dear 
purchase.  His  first  work  was  to  pull  off  and 
utterly  destroy  every  vestige  of  blossom  and 
blossom-hud ; ‘it  was  divided  into  cuttings, 
which  were  forced  into  bark  beds,  and  hot¬ 
beds,  were  re-divided  and  sub-divided.  Every 
effort  was  used  to  multiply  the  plant,.  By 
the  commencement  of  the  next  flowering 
season,  Mr.  Lee  was  the  delighted  possessor 
of  three  hundred  Fuchsia  plants,  all  giving 
promise  of  blossom.  The  two  which  opened 
first  were  removed  into  his  show- house.  A 
lady  came  : 

“Why  Mr.  Lee.  my  dear  Mr.  Lee,  where 
did  you  gel  this  charming  flower  ?”  “  Hem  1 
’tis  a  new  tiling,  rnv  lady — pretty,  is  it  not?” 
“Pretty  I  His  lovely,  its  price?”  “A  guinea. 
Thank  your  ladyship  and  one  of  the  two 
plants  stood  proudly  in  her  ladyship’s  .bou¬ 
doir.  “  My  dear  Charlotte  !  where  did  you 
get  that  elegant  flower?”  “Oh,  Mis  a  new 
thing  ;  I  saw  it  at  Lee’s  ;  pretty,  is  it  not  V 
“Pretty!  Mis  beautiful!  Its  price  V  “A 
guinea;  there  was  another  left,”  The  visit¬ 
or’s  horses  smoked  off  to  the  suburb  ;  n  third 
flowering  plant  stood  on  the  spot  whence  the 
first  had  been  taken.  The  second  guinea  was 
infill  and  the  second  chosen  fuchsia  adorned 
t  he  drawing-room  of  her  second  ladyship. 

The  scene  was  repeated,  as  new  comers 
saw  and  were  attracted  by  the  beauty  of  the 
plant.  New  chariots  flew  to  the  gates  of  old 
Lee’s  nursery  ground.  Two  fuchsias,  voung, 
graceful,  and  bursting  into  healthful  flow  er, 
Were  constantly  seen  on  t  lie  same  spot  in  bus 
nMio.fi1.ory.  He  neglected  not  to  gladden  the 
faithful  sailor’s  wife  by  the  promised  gift; 
btti  ere  the  flower  season  closed  800  guineas 
clinked  in  his  purse,  the  produce  of  the  single 
shrub  from  the  window  in  Wapping;  the 
reward  of  the  i  isle,  decision,  skill  and  perse¬ 
verance  of  old  Mi'.  Lee. 

Some  twenty  years  ugo,  an  old  Scotch  gar¬ 
dener  told  me  a  story  which  will  answer  very 
well  as  a  sequel  to  the  above,  although  I 
would  not  like  to  vouch  for  the  truth  of 
either.  Many  years  after  the  introduction 
of  the  “  First  Fuchsia,”  the  agent  of  von 
Humboldt,  wdio  had  lately  returned  from 
his  travels  in  Mexico,  called  upon  Mr.  Lee, 
desiring  t,o  sell  him  the  entire  stock  of  a  new 
fuchsia  which  they  had  brought  home  with 
them.  Years  before  this,  two  Spanish  natu- 
ralists,  by  the  name  of  Mocmo  and  Jesse, 
had  met  with  a  remarkable  species  of  this 
genus  in  Mexico,  the  flowers  of  which  were 
some  four  or  five  inches  long  and  of  a  bright 
vennillion  color.  Of  course,  this  was  a  treas¬ 
ure  wThich  any  florist  might  be  excused  for 
coveting,  especially  as  no  fuchsia  with  flow¬ 
ers  more  than  half  as  long  was  then  known 
to  European  florists.  When  the  agent,  re¬ 
ferred  to  above,  informed  Mr.  Lee  that  the 
plants  offered  were  of  this  long-coveted  spe¬ 
cies,  upon  which  a  botanist  had  bestowed 
the  name  of  Fuchsia  fulyens*  (Glowing,)  it 
can  be  readily  imugiued  how  anxious  he 
must  have  been  to  close  a  bargain  for  the 
stock  of  this  wonderful  plant.  A  thousand 
guineas  was  the  price  asked  and  paid,  the 
agent  giving  Mr.  Lee  a  written  guarantee 
that  the  plants  purchased  comprised  the  en¬ 
tire  stock  brought,  home.  In  the  days  of  no 
steamboats  and  few  travelers  visiting  Mexi¬ 
co,  there  was  no  danger  from  competition, 
for  several  years  at  least,  and  the  possessor 
of  choice  plants  had  little  fear  of  rival  gar¬ 
deners.  Mr,  Lee  propagated  his  new  fuch¬ 
sia  its  rapidly  as  possible,  and  as  soon  as  the 
stock  on  hand  would  warrant,  the  plants 
wore  offered  to  the  public  at  that  good  old 
price  of  a  guinea  each. 

But  an  unknown  rival  appeared  in  the 
market ;  CUNNINGHAM  of  Edingburgh,  Scot¬ 
land,  announced  that  he  had  good  plants  of 
tlie  said  new  fuchsia,  price  half  a  guinea. 
Mr.  Lee  dispatched  an  agent  to  Edinburgh 
to  learn  what  this  meant,  and  if  possible, 
ascertain  where  Mr.  Cunningham  obtained 
his  stock,  provided  he  really  had  the  genuine 
sort.  The  said  agent  obtained  no  further 
1  information  than  that  Mr.  Cunningham’s 


plants  were  the  same  as  Mr,  Lee’s,  and  the 
number  on  hand  nearly  if  not  quite  as  great 
Mr.  Lee  reduced  the  price  to  half  a  guinea  : 
then  Cunningham  followed  by  putting  the 
price  of  his  plants  down  to  five  shillings. 
This  was  too  much  for  Mr.  Lee,  and  lie  got 
OUt  an  injunction  to  prevent  his  rival  dispos- 
i  ing  of  more  plants  at  such  a  ruinous  (to  him) 
low  price.  Cunningham  paid  no  attention  to 
the  injunction  but  continued  to  sell  his  plants, 
"while  Mr.  Lee  held  on,  hoping  to  make  Cun¬ 
ningham  pay  for  the  loss.  The  suit  came  up 
before  the  courts,  Cunningham  getting  the 
trial  adjourned  from  time  to  time,  or  carry¬ 
ing  up  the  suit  to  higher  courts,  in  order  to 
increase  tlie  costs  as  much  as  possible.  After 
baffling  his  opponent  in  every  manner  possi¬ 
ble,  and  he  (Cunningham)  being  driven  to 
the  wall,  where  he  must  show  his  title  or 
have  the  case  go  against  him,  lie  brought 
forward  his  cash  book,  and  showed  that  at  a 
certain  date  in  the  same  year  that  Mr.  Lee 
bought  tlie  imported  plant*  of  the  new  Fuch¬ 
sia,  he  had  purchased  for  a  small  sum  of  one 
of  the  axinen  of  tlie  party,  a  package  of 
Fuchsia  seed. 

Of  course,  Mr.  Lee  was  beaten,  and  had 
the  costs  to  pay,  which  had  amounted  to 
many  thousands  of  pounds.  It  was  said  that 
the  Lees  never  fully  recovered  from  this 
blow  upon  their  finances.  Mr.  Lee  got  all 
he  purchased,  and  the  agent  delivered  to 
him  every  plant  »s  agreed  upon  ;  but  neither 
party  probably  ever  thought  that  there  was 
any  seed  in  existence— at  least,  not  in  Europe 
Of  course,  Mr.  Cunningham  came  as  honestly 
by  his  plants  as  Mr.  Lee  by  his  first  and  last 
Fuchsia.  * 

DON'T  CROWD  YOUR  TREES. 

A  pril  27. — Few  persons  escape  making  the 
great  mistake  of  planting  trees  too  close  to¬ 
gether.  This  is  especially  observable  in  a 
majority  of  eases  where  trees  are  planted  in 
groups  upon  lawns.  While  the  trees  are  small 
they  look  too  scattering,  therefore,  few  per¬ 
sons  can  withstand  the  temptation  of  crowd¬ 
ing  them  on  account,  of  the  improved  appear¬ 
ance  at  the  time  of  planting,  forgetting  that 
in  a  few  years  a  portion  must  be  removed 
(which  is  seldom,  if  ever,  done,)  or  ah  will  he 
rained.  Evergreens  in  particular  are,  as  a 
rule,  planted  too  close,  and  the  deformed 
specimens,  in  consequence,  to  be  seen  in 
both  public  and  private  grounds  in  all  parts 
of  the  coiuitry  show  the  folly  of  this  almost 
universal  practice.  I  seldom  go  a  mile  from 
home  without  seeing  failures  in  the  cultiva¬ 
tion  of  evergreens  which  are  traceable  to  this 
one  mistake  of  crowding.  The  trees  are 
planted  when  only  three  or  four  feet  high, 
and  half  as  broad;  but  a  half  dozen  years 
makes  a  wonderful  change  in  size  and  ap¬ 
pearance,  and  unless  planted  ten  to  twenty, 
or  more  feet  apart,  their  branches  become 
interlaced,  and  the  symmetrical  beauty  of 
each  crowded  specimen  destroyed.  Give 
room  or  plant  less  number,  is  a  safe  system 
to  follow. 

fifarni  (Kfonontw. 

—  —  ■ .  -  —  ■  —  — ■  -  —  —  —  -  i 

SYSTEM  IN  FARMING. 

To  any  business  man  commencing  to  stock 
a  good  farm,  the  first  consideration  should  be 
the  number  of  each  variety  of  live  stock 
which  will  best  suit  the  condition  of  tlie  soil, 
the  accommodate  >ns  i  u  buddings  and  climate, 
as  also  the  convenience  of  marketing.  The 
sending  to  market  of  fruit  and  vegetables 
does  not  belong  to  legitimate  agriculture,  for 
this  is  horticulture  ;  a  farmer  grows  grain 
and  cattle  food,  producing  for  sale  meal, 
wool,  butter  or  cheese,  and  any  general  agri¬ 
cultural  product. ;  but  he  who  is  really  a  mar¬ 
ket  gardener,  grows  all,  or  most  of  the  arti¬ 
cles  sold  by  green  grocers,  the  attention  to 
which,  while  growing,  and  the  gathering  of 
wliich,  would  seriously  interfere  with  the 
perfect  system  requisite  on  a  first-class  farm, 
particularly  where  labor  is  scarce  aud  uncer¬ 
tain. 

A  good  system  would  increase  the  fertility 
of  the  land,  and  would  result  in  augmenting 
the  crops  so  much  as  to  enable  many  more 
animalsto  be  bred,  raised  and  fattened,  which 
would,  at  the  same  time,  give  additional  rich 
manure  to  replenish  plant  food.  Thus,  by 
breeding  every  kind  of  live  stock,  there 
would  be  no  purchases,  but  a  great  deal  of 
selling,  which  would  bring  in  much  moucy, 
without  paying  out,  excepting  for  the  labor 
and  taxes. 

When  the  writer  of  this  was  a  little  boy, 
he  used  to  sit  aud  hear  his  father  and  neigh¬ 
bors  talk  over  agricultural  matters  on  winter 
evenings  ;  and  as  all  were  tenant  farmers, 
and  the  vicinity  an  improving  district,  with 
a  good  deal  of  arable  land  of  various  quality, 


it  may  be  interesting  to  reproduce  one  or 
two  of  their  arguments  and  some  of  their 
calculations. 

For  instance,  on  one  occasion  news  had 
just  been  brought  that  Mr.  B.  bad  taken  the 
Hinehwick  farm,  of  800  acres,  at  a  rent  of 
one  pound  per  acre.  This  was  a  poor  farm, 
on  the  borders  of  the  Cotswold  Hill,  and  Mr. 
B.  was  a  “  goa.-ho.ad  ”  man,  with  other  farms 
rented.  It  was  thought  to  be  a  farm  on 
which  little  could  be  made  ;  however,  the 
lour  course  system  of  cultivation  was  “the 
custom  of  the  country”  on  the  hill,  and  the 
calculation  of  the  country  commenced  ac¬ 
cordingly  ;  200  acres  Of  wheat,  200  of  turnips 
and  Swedes,  200  of  barley  and  oats,  and  200 
of  clover  and  rye  grass  mixed.  The  wheat 
would  not  be  more  than  20  bushels  per  acre, 
which,  at  the  then  price  of  Cs.  per  bushel, 
came  to  £1,200  ;  the  other  crops  would  he  all 
eaten  by  sheep,  cattle  and  hogs  ;  therefore, 
it  was  agreed,  being  poor  land,  only  400  sheep 
could  be  bred  and  sold  per  year,  which  would 
make  £800,  and  their  wool  £200,  with  wool 
from  the  main  flock  £300 ;  beef,  £400,  and 
hogs  £200— total,  £8,100.  Now,  there  were 
tithes  and  taxes  on  this  farm,  which,  added 
to  the  rent  of. £800,  made  over  £1,000;  so 
that  a  third  of  the  sum  made  was  required 
for  rent  and  taxes,  and  an  equal  sum  for 
manual  labor,  tradesmen’s  bills  and  wear 
and  tear  of  implements,  leaving  another 
third  to  pay  interest  on  capital,  and  pay  for 
casualties,  seeds  which  were  not  grown,  aud 
for  superintendence  and  profit,  which  we 
thought  to  be  little  enough. 

Mr.  B.  began  with  a  much  heavier  stock 
than  stated,  gave  his  fattening  sheep  a  great 
deal  more  grain  than  could  bo  grown  for  tho 
flock  after  working  cattle  and  other  stock 
wore  fed,  and  lie  fattened  hundreds  of  hogs 
for  the  sake  of  making  more  and  richer  ma¬ 
nure — tho  result  of  which  extra  feeding  was 
not  only  fatter  and  better  animals,  but  the 
manure  was  so  feeding  to  the  land  that  his 
crops  yielded  50  per  cunt,  more  :  and  from 
the  use  of  so  much  grain,  the  animals  ate  so 
little  hay,  comparatively,  and  the  turnips 
doubled  in  weight  per  acre,  which,  conse¬ 
quently,  enabled  a  wonderful  accession  of 
stock  to  be  made,  thereby  upsetting  old  time 
reckoning,  though  if  all  the  first  calculations 
were  doubled,  it  would  not  lie  far  from  the 
truth. 

For  poor  land,  or  any  light  soil,  tho  four- 
course  system  is  a  good  one  in  England  ;  hut 
ou  deeper  and  better  tracts,  and  in  valleys, 
there  are  five  and  six  course  rotations,  which 
answer  admirably  ;  and  any  one  commenc¬ 
ing  un  agricultural  career  may  rest  assured 
it  is  best  to  stick  to  some  system,  and,  at  the 
same  time,  not  to  bo  changing  varieties  of1 
stock  on  account  of  the  fluctuations  in  prices ; 
for,  in  a  run  of  years,  it  will  always  be  found 
safest  to  continue  raising  and  selling  at  the 
market  price.  On  several  occasions  I  have 
known  wool  to  have  been  kept  over  for  years 
in  succession,  and  sold  at  a  good  deal  more 
for  keeping ;  but  when  interest  of  money 
and  some  lit  tle  loss  in  weight  was  reckoned,  it 
was  found  there  was  no  great  advantage 
after  all. 

Establish  a  system,  and  then  do  not  vary 
from  it  ;  for  instance,  suppose  a  farmer  sells 
his  wether  sheep  at  15  or  Hi  months  old,  and, 
as  all  good  managers  do,  he  contrives  to  have 
them  thriving  from  their  birth,  and  as  fat  as 
tho  best  cairo  and  food  can  make  them  ;  on 
some  particular  seasons  he  may  have  oppor¬ 
tunity  to  sell  his  lambs  at  a  tempting  price  ; 
but  ho  should  not  do  it,  ns  there  must  be 
cause  for  this  extra  value,  aud  it  will  natu¬ 
rally  follow  that  he  will  gain  more  by  hold¬ 
ing  on  till  his  usual  time  of  selling ;  and 
should  he  part  with  Us  own  breed,  it  is  many 
chances  against  his  being  able  to  replace 
them  with  any  which  would  pay  os  well  for 
keeping.  It  would  bo  the  same  in  all  similar 
cases  with  other  stock  :  therefore,  stick  to  a 
system.  A  Working  Farmer. 

- - 

EARLY  PASTURING. 

I  would  like  to  say  a  few  words  in  behalf 
of  the  farming  class.  I  refer  to  tui  article 
from  “  Daily  Rural  Life,”  in  the  Burai.  New- 
Yorker  of  April  19,  regarding  early  pastur¬ 
ing.  He  implies  that  we  turn  out  our 
cows  in  search  of  food.  I  would  say  that 
such  is  not  the  case,  if  he  ever  wintered 
from  twenty  to  sixty  cows,  I  would  like  to 
know  liis  experience — how  he  kept  them 
through  the  spring  without  turning  into  his 
meadows  or  pastures.  I  do  not  pretend  to 
gay  that  it  does  not  injure  meadow  laud  or 
pasture  to  have  cattle  roaming  over  them; 
but  of  two  evils  we  choose  the  least.  It  Ins 
cows  like  to  be  confined  to  a  yard  or  barn  all 
the  spring,  his  experience  is  different  from 
mine.  A  man  living  in  or  near  the  city  cau 
look  upon  and  criticise  the  actions  of  his  fel¬ 
low  man  very  easily  ;  but  I  find  theory  and 
practice  to  be  quite  different. 

Henry  Austin. 


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CANNING  TOMATOES. 


PuT  tomatoes  up  in  stone  jars  holding  two 
and  three  gallons  each.  I  llnd  them  much 
better  than  jugs  for  canning  fruit,  as  they 
can  be  more  conveniently  tilled  and  emptied. 
Mv  method  ol’  canning  fruit  is. as  follows  : 
First,  scald  the  jars  very  thoroughly  in  boil¬ 
ing  water,  (1  scald  mine  in  a  largo  boiler.) 
Then  pour  into  them  your  pored  gild  sliced 
tomatoes.  Set  them  into  a  largo  boiler  with 
an  iron  grate  or  strips  of  iron  on  the  bottom, 
so  that  the  water  may  pass  under  the  jars 
and  prevent  their  breaking ;  then  fill  the 
boiler  with  cold  water  till  within  two  inches 
of  the  top  of  the  jars,  and  sot  over  the  fire  ; 
cover  the  jars  while  in  the  boiler  with  a  heavy 
plate  ;  keep  the  water  boiling  until  the  fruit 
is  heated  to  a  boiling  point, ;  then  lift  out  the 
jars,  one  at.  a  time,  and  seal  them  as  follows  ; 
Wipe  carefully  the  top  of  the  jar  with  a 
damp,  and  then  a  dry  cloth,  as  the  wax  will 
not  adhere  well  when  there  is  dampness ; 
tie  tightly  a  dry  white  cloth  over  the  top  of 
the  jar  and  put  on  melted  sealing  wax  (of 
resin  and  tallow)  around  the  outer  edge  ;  but 
be  careful  that  it,  does  not  reach  the  inside  of 
the  rim,  as  it  would  get  into  the  fruit  and 
injure  it  ;  over  this  press  firmly  around  the 
outer  edge  a  circular  piece  of  paper,  which 
will  cover  the  mouth  of  the  jar  and  extend 
over  one-half  the  width  of  the  rim  ;  tie  over 
this  another  dry  cloth  and  entirely  cover  the 
top  of  the  jar  with  the  molted  wax  until  you 
have  a  coating  of  wax  one-sixteenth  of  an 
inch  thick  ;  lot  them  cool  slowly.  Of  course, 
in  conning  fruit  wliieh  is  not  well  supplied 
with  juice,  (or  corn,  peas,  &c.,)  before  seal¬ 
ing,  boiling  water  should  bo  added  until  the 
jar  is  full  ;  otherwise,  air  will  fill  the  unoc¬ 
cupied  space  and  spoil  the  contents. 

Another  method  is  to  heat  the  fruit  to  a 
boiling  point  in  a  kettle,  and  pour  while  hot 
into  the  jars.  The  jars  should  be  hot  when 
the  fruit  is  poured  in  ;  and  if  of  glass,  should 
be  scolded  by  dipping  them  hi  hot  water,  so 
that  the  water  will  touch  the  inside  and  out¬ 
side  of  the  jars  at  the  same  time,  and  thus 
prevent  breaking.  A  folded  cloth  of  several 
thicknesses  if  placed  under  tho  jar  before  the 
fruit  is  put  in,  will  prevent  its  cooling  too 
suddenly,  thus  causing  liability  to  break.  T 
find  it  more  convenient  to  sweeten  the  fruit 
before  canning  it.  This  is  not  thought  eco¬ 
nomical  by  some,  as  the  sugar  would  be  lost 
if  the  fruit  did  not  keep.  My  fruit  kseps 
perfectly  the  cut  ire  year,  consequently,  I 
have,  no  loss  in  this  way. 

When  the  jars  have  been  sealed  a  day  or 
two  and  are  quite  cold,  I  turn  them  upside 
down  and  let  them  remain  a  few  hours,  that 
I  may  determine  their  liability  to  keep,  if 
not  scaled  perfectly,  they  will  leak  a  little 
when  thus  inverted,  and  need  to  be  reheated 
and  canned.  The  jars  should  be  handled 
carefully,  otherwise  the  wax  is  apt  to  crack. 
They  should  be  kept  in  a  cool,  dry  place,  but 
above  the  freezing  point.  Of  late  years  I 
have  not  used  tin  for  canning  fruit  ;  do  not 
like  it.  The  acids  of  some  kinds  of  fruit,  es¬ 
pecially,  affect  the  tin  m  such  a  way  as  to 
impart  an  unpleasant  flavor.  I  prefer  self- 
sealing  glass  jars  above  all  others,  and  stone¬ 
ware  above  tin.  Have  u*ed  several  kinds  of 
self-sealing  cans,  but  prefer  tlioso  which  have 
a  glass  cover  with  rubber  between  and  held 
securely  by  an  iron  clamp.  Have  not  had 
very  good  success  with  tho  glass  jars  without 
rubber,  as  the  wax  sometimes  got  among 
the  fruit.  But  after  procuring  rubber  to 
place  under  the  tin  cover,  I  found  no  such 
difficulty,  and  they  keep  perfectly. 

Mrs.  Julia  M.  Wheeoogk. 
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TRIMMING  PICTURE  FRAMES  WITH 
PUTTY. 


Mrs.  R.  T.  wants  to  know  the  modus  ope¬ 
rand  i  of  trimming  picture  frames  with  put¬ 
ty.  Here,  is  mine  ; — 1  have  my  frames  ready, 
which  is  done  by  Charley  or  myself,  with 
a  jack-knife  ;  and  though  the  joints  may 
not  fit  as  nicely  as  if  made  by  a  skilled  car¬ 
penter,  the  putty  and  ornaments  will  cover 
them.  The  putty,  when  bought,  is  hard,  and 
must  be  worked  so  as  to  be  pliable,  which  is 
done  either  by  pounding  or  kneading  with 
the.  hands,  adding  linseed  oil  enough  to  make 
it  soft  and  pasty.  When  it  is  worked  till 
there  are  no  lumps  in  it,  and  oil  added  to 
wuke  it  soft,  there  will  be  no  difficulty  in 
making  it  adhere  to  the  wood.  Put  on  a 
layer  thick  enough,  so  that  the  ornaments 
may  be  sunk  a  little  into — less  than  a  quarter 
of  an  inch  I  find  quite  sufficient.  After  it  is 
quite  covered  with  the  trimmings,  the  frame 
must  be  kept  lying  down  till  the  putty  be¬ 
comes  dry  and  hard,  or  they  will  drop  off. 


i 


As  I  make  a  good  many  shell  frames,  I  will 
tell  how  I  prepare  the  shells.  I  use  the  clam 
and  suail  shells  that  are  found  in  the  streams  ' 
hereabouts,  of  which  there  are  several  varie-  ^ 
ties.  I  make  a  strong  lye  with  ashes,  and  j 
boil  them  in  this  till  the  brown  coating,  on  | 
the  outside,  and  the  limy  crust  next  to  it, 
will  come  off  easily.  The  tender  oues,  which  < 
I  have  separated  from  the  others,  I  lift,  out,  | 
rinse,  and  scrape  off  the  crust,  leaving  the  ( 
shells  clear,  white  and  pearly.  The.  harder 
sorts,  which  are  all  the  snails  that  I  know  of, 
and  some  kinds  of  clams,  l  stir  in  the  kettle 
with  a.  stick  very  often  after  the  coating  is 
loosened.  This  rubbing  against  each  other 
and  the  ashes  takes  nearly  all  the  crust  off, 
and  saves  a  deal  of  scraping,  which  is  very 
tedious.  When  I  put  them  upon  the  frame, 
l  select  one  kind  of  small  shells  for  the  outer 
edge,  and  a  smaller  size  for  the  inner.  Then 
I  arrange  the  larger  shells  into  flowers  or  fig¬ 
ures  in  the  corners  and  along  the  sides. 
Some  of  mine,  1  filled  the  spaces  with  small 
cr  shells.  Some  pound  glass  fine,  and  fill  in, 
which  gives  tho  appearance  of  being  cry  stab 
ized,  and  is  very  handsome.  L.  c. 

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DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 


Jiag  Carpels. — Having  prepared  rags  for 
thirty  yards  of  carpeting  during  the  first  half  i 
of  the  past  winter,  and  having  used  that  kind  i 
enough  to  know  that,  it  wears  bet  ter  on  floors  I 
in  common  use  than  most  of  the  “boughten” 
ones,  I  must  speak  a  good  word  for  them, 
lost  they  are  not  appreciated  as  deserved.  \ 
The  chain  (or  warp)  should  be  ready  twisted 
and  colored  when  bought ;  rags  should  be 
carefully  mixed  while  sewing  them  on  the  | 
“  hit  or  miss’ f  plan  i  this  makes  the  prettiest  ( 


Modes  and  Manners. 


CHILDREN’S  CLOTHING. 


W hitb  remains  the  prevailing  color  for  all 
young  children,  while  those  to  whom  wash¬ 
ing  is  no  consideration,  prefer  it  for  girls 
until  they  eire  eight  years  old.  The  material 
in  general  use  is  pique  for  children  about  two 
years  old.  The  beautiful  varieties  and  the 
cheap  price  render  it  more  desirable  than 
any  other  goods,  as  ir,  is  ro  much  warmer. 

The  GubrieUe,  or  Princesse  shape,  is  that 
generally  adopted ;  the  fronts  are  always 
gored.  The  back  is  often  separated  into  a 
waist  with  slashed  basques,  which  setB  loosely 
to  the  figure,  and  the  skirt,  made  with  a  few 
gat  hers,  buttons  underneath.  A  sash  is  worn 
around  the  waist  and  hid  underneath  the 
basque. 

For  girls  of  three  and  four  tin  overdress  is 
made  with  a  half  bodice,  Princesse  shape  ; 
the  back  is  further  ornamented  by  sashes  of 
the  same  sewed  in  the  side  scams  und  tied 
loosely  on  the  skirt.  The  waists  are  always 
high-necked,  with  little  coat  sleeves.  The 
trimmings  for  these  pique  dresses  is  braiding, 
with  white  or  fancy  braids,  white  being  al¬ 
ways  the  prettiest.  The  bottoms  of  the  sk  i  rts 
arc  cut  in  scallops,  points  or  Vandykes  and 
button  holed.  Tho  waists  are  braided  in 
fancy  patterns,  and  often  medallions  and 
pieces  of  embroidery  are  set  In  tho  fronts  and 
at,  intervals  around  the  skirts. 

For  younger  children,  slips  of  Nainsook  and 
jaconet  are  made  with  yokes  and  fullness 
gathered  in  winch  hongs  to  the  feet.  These 
yokes  are  as  fanciful  as  taste  and  skill  can 
dictate.  The  skirts  are  trimmed  with  ruf- 


carpet  by  far.  Then,  whftt  should  Vie  done 
with  the  old  clothes  unless  we  make  a  carpet 
now  and  then  ?  Do  not  ‘say,  “  Give  them  to 
poor  people ;”  they  have  spent  too  much 
time  in  mending  old  clothes  already  ;  give 
them  something  better,  but  not  such  old  ones 
as  we  put  in  carpets.  Coloring  a  few  bright 
colors  on  the  more  faded  ones  is  rather  a 
pleasant  task,  ns  one  loves  to  see  that  they 
can  do  it ;  a  writer  hi  Rural,  New-  Yorker 
told  them  how  to  do  it  long  ago.  Be  careful 
i  n  selecting  chain  not  made  tender  by  dyes. 
One  can  color  purple  with  logwood  and  alum 
if  t  hey  prefer  to  color  it  at  home — it  is  little 
trouble, — Ann. 

Cocomud  Cake. — Some  time  ago  T  saw  an 
inquiry  in  the  paper  for  a  recipe  for  cocoa- 
nut  cake  with  the  whites  of  eggs  only.  Here 
is  mine  : — Two  cups  of  coffee-crushed  sugar, 
one-lialf  cup  butter,  one  cup  sweet  milk,  one 
teaspoon  cream  tartar,  one  teaspoon  soda, 
three  cups  flour;  hake  in  six  round  tins. 
Take  the  whites  of  four  eggs,  beat  to  a  froth 
then  thicken  with  powdered  sugar  ;  when 
the  cakes  are  done,  spread  the  icing  on  each 
cake  and  then  spread  the  cocoanut  on,  pre¬ 
viously  soaking  it  In  milk,  in  winter  ;  in  sum¬ 
mer  soak  the  nut  in  water  ;  It  must  be  baked 
hard.  1  use  tho  desiccated. — A.  L. 

Buttermilk  Fried  Calces. — One  teacup  of 
cream,  one  of  sugar,  two  eggs,  one  teaspoon 
of  salt,  one  of  soda  and  a  quart  of  butter¬ 
milk.  Mix  this  the  same  as  for  biscuit,  roll 
out,  cut  in  strips  and  twist  them,  and  fry 
well.  Lard  is  not  as  good  as  cream  for  this 
kind  of  cakes  ;  they  are  apt  to  soak  lard  if 
they  are  shortened  with  it.  There  Ls  rio  way 
hi  which  the  same  quantity  of  materials  will 
go  as  far  and  do  the  housekeeper  so  much 
good  as  in  well  made  cakes  of  this  kiml. — 
Farmer’s  Wife. 

Corn  Starch  Cake. —  One  cup  butter,  two 
cups  sugar,  one  cup  sweet  milk,  one  cup 
corn  starch,  two  cups  flour,  the  yolks  of  four 
eggs,  the  whites  of  five  ;  one  tablespoon 
baking  powder ;  beat  sugar  and  butter  to¬ 
gether,  add  milk,  yolks  of  eggs  ;  beat  whites 
of  eggs  separate  and  add  last  ;  mix  the  baking 
powder  with  the  flour  before  mixing — Rural 
Reader,  Ft.  Wayne,  lnd. 

Fruit  Cake, — One-half  pound  butter,  one- 
half  pound  sugar,  five  eggs,  one  pound  rai¬ 
sins,  one  pound  currants,  one-quarter  pound 
citron,  teaspoonful  each  of  all  lauds  of  spices; 
just  flour  enough  to  prevent  the  fruit  from 
settling  to  the  bottom.  This  sized  cRke  to  he 
baked  iu  ft  two-quart  basin,  in  a  moderate 
oven. — Mrs.  J.  S.  Carpenter. 


flea  a  finger-length  deep  of  French  embroid- 
eiy,  or  tucks  and  puffs.  Many  of  these  dresses 
are  as  extravagantly  elaborate  as  they  can 
be  made  with  embroidery  and  Valenciennes, 
but  judicious  mothers  prefer  plainer  gar¬ 
ments,  which  are  equally  beautiful  though 
much  more  suitable.  These  full  slips  are 
confined  at  tho  waist  with  sashes  wide  and 
rich,  of  solid  color  or  Roman  stripes.  Plaids 
are  no  longer  fashionable. 

Another  mode  of  making  slips  is  a  veiy 
loose  form  of  Gabrielle,  with  embroidery  put 
down  between  the  seams.  This  also  is  to  be 
worn  with  a  sash. 

Very  pretty  dresses  of  buff  linen  cut  like 
those  above  described,  and  braided  with 
black,  white  or  combination  braids,  are  suit¬ 
able  for  country  wear.  They  do  up  very 
nicely  and  are  inexpensive.  All  the  clothes 
above  described  can  be  bought  ready  made, 
and  are  by  no  means  expensive,  the  price 
varying  from  $2.50  to  $7. 

Christening  robea  are  alto  made  with  tho 
front  entahlUr.  Embroidered  fronts  are  by 
no  means  so  fashionable  us  those  of  tucks, 
puffs  and  lace.  One  of  the  prettiest  puffs  is 
of  groups  of  tucks  and  puffs.  When  done  up 
nicely  with  tho  puffs  lluted,  it  is  exceedingly 
pretty.  Those  of  Hwiss  embroidery  and  Val¬ 
enciennes  laoe  are  too  intricate  for  descrip¬ 
tion.  They  are  made  in  pieces  of  different 
designs,  anil  are  then  arranged  together.  All 
children’s  dresses  are  made  with  high  necks 
and  long  sleeves,  Fashion  having  finally 
yielded  to  the  demands  of  health. 

BOYS'  CLOTHES. 

Little  boys  who  have  just  escaped  dresses, 
wear  shirts  of  pique,  kilt-plaited  with  a  wide 
plait  in  front,  trimmed  with  straight  stripes 
of  whit©  tmmiung*f listened  at  the  outer  ends 
with  buttons,  and  loose  blouse  shirts,  either 
of  linen,  white  or  in  colored  stripes.  For 
more  important  occasions  there  is  a  little 
vest  and  Coat  of  pique  ;  the  coat  slopes  away 
from  the  lower  button,  showing  the  lower 
part  of  the  vest,  Tho  back  of  the  coat  fits 
neatly  to  the  figure,  and  is  slashed  Up  the 
length  of  n  finger. 

Cloth  suits  are  made  in  the  same  manner. 
The  fronts  of  the  skirts  may  be  trimmed 
with  rosettes  aud  bows  of  ribbon.  A  veiy 
pretty  green  cloth  suit  was-  embroidered  on 
the  collar  and  cuffs  with  gold,  and  on  (he 
front  of  the  skirt  wore  two  sprays  of  wheat, 
apparently  tied  by  a  bow  of  black  ribbon. 

Cloth  suits  for  larger  boys  have  the  coat 
and  vest  made  in  the  same  way.  The  pan¬ 
taloons  are  worn  just  below  the  knee,  where 
they  are  slashed  aud  ornamented,  with  but- 


To  (let  Hid  of  lied  Ants. — After  trying 
everything  I  could  thiuk  of  to  drive  them  off, 
I  filled  cups  with  water,  and  placed  them  un¬ 
der  the  legs  of  my  sink  and  cupboard,  and 
removed  all  crumbs  and  everything  they 
could  eat  from  the  shelves.  Tho  result  was, 
they  all  loft.— M.  E.  R.,  Huntinyto a,  W.  Va. 


tons. 

Sailor  suits  will  be  very  much  worn  for 
country  and  seaside.  They  are  loose,  com¬ 
fortable,  and  do  not  easily  soil. 

Boys’  collars  are  large  and  round,  or  else 
the  large  square  sailor  collar  is  worn. 

HATS. 


IIow  to  Make  I’each  Brandy  and  Straw¬ 
berry  Wine,  is  what  Peter  Hines  asks  some 
of  our  correspondents  having  experience  to 
tell  him. 


The  sun  hats  for  very  little  girls  are  the 
white  muslin  corded  which  were  worn  last 
summer  ;  they  are  also  made  of  buff  linen, 
1  arid  can  be  taken  apart  and  washed.  The 


wide  Leghorn  hat  lined  with  pink  or  blue 
turned  up  at  one  side,  and  trimmed  with  rib¬ 
bon,  flowers  or  long  ostrich  feathers  are  worn 
by  little  girls. 

The  sailor  hat  with  brim  turned  up  cither 
in  fine  straw  or  the  rough,  coarse  straws, 
with  the  only  trimming  a  blue  ribbon,  is  the 
favorite  hat  for  little  boys. 

FAILLE  AND  LACE  FICHU. 

We  give  illustrations  on  page  805  of  a  beau¬ 
tiful  fichu  which  may  be  made  by  tiny  coun¬ 
try  girl  who  has  any  ingenuity  at  all.  This 
fichu  is  of  light,  blue  faille.  The  trimming 
consists  of  white  lace  three  quarters  of  an 
inch  and  an  inch  and  a  quarter  wide,  narrow 
white  silk  gimp,  and  bows  and  ends  of  blue 
gros  grain  ribbon  an  inch  a  nd  seven-eighths 
wide.  It  is  given  more  as  a,  suggestion  than 
as  a  direction.  Patterns  we  cannot  give  in 
our  space  ;  but  the  mode  will  help  young 
ladies  to  resort  to  resources  within  their 
reach  to  realize  this  beautiful  idea  in  cos¬ 
tumes. 


SLEEP  AS  A  MEDICINE. 

The  cry  for  rest  has  always  been  louder 
than  the  cry  for  food.  Not  that  it  is  more 
important,  but  it  Is  often  harder  to  obtain. 
The  best,  rest  comes  from  a  sound  sleep.  Of 
two  men  or  women,  otherwise  equal,  the  one 
who  sleeps  the  best  will  bo  the  most  moral, 
healthy  and  efficient.  Sleep  will  do  much  to 
cure  irritability  of  temper,  peevishness,  un¬ 
easiness.  It  will  restore  to  vigor  an  over¬ 
worked  brain.  It  will  build  up  anil  make 
strong  a  weary  body.  It  will  cure  a  head¬ 
ache.  It  will  cure  a  heartache.  It  will  cure 
a  broken  spirit,  It  will  cure  sorrow.  Indeed 
we  might  make  a  long  list,  of  nervous  and 
other  maladies  that  sleep  will  cure.  The 
cure  of  sleeplessness  requires  a  clean,  good 
bed,  sufficient  exercise  to  produce  weariness, 
pleasant  occupation,  good  air,  and  not  too 
warm  a  room,  a  clear  stomach,  a  clear  con¬ 
science,  and  avoidance  of  stimulants  and 
narcotics.  For  those  who  arc  overworked, 
haggard,  nervous,  who  pass  sleepness  nights, 
we  commend  the  adoption  of  such  habits  as 
shall  secure  sleep ;  otherwise,  life  will  be 
short,  and  what  there  is  of  itsadly  imperfect. 

——♦♦♦ - - 

CHAPPED  HANDS. 


In  a  healthy  condition,  the  skin  is  kept  sup¬ 
ple  by  an  oily  secretion,  which  answers  the 
same  purpose  as  oiling  leatli  er.  During  warm 
weather  this  secretion,  in  common  with  all 
the  other  secretions  of  the  skin,  is  more  abun¬ 
dant  than  in  cold.  When  it  is  insufficient, 
the  skin  becomes  dry  and  harsh  ;  and  in 
those  parts  of  the  body  where  the  skin  is 
thick  and  subject  to  much  motion,  as  on  the 
hands,  it  readily  cracks  or  fissures.  The 
amount  of  this  secretion  is  so  much  reduced 
in  cold  weather  that  the  frequent  washing  of 
the  hands  with  soap  causes  them  to  chap 
readily,  and  this  the  more  certainly  if  the 
soap  is  not  thoroughly  washed  off.  The  alkali 
iu  soap  is  usually  iu  excess,  and  this  combines 
with  the  oily  secretion,  and  so  deprives  the 
skin  of  its  natural  lubricator.  To  prevent 
the  hands  from  chapping,  thou,  be  careful  to 
wanhuU  soap  from  them  thoroughly  in  clean 
water.  This  will  ordinarily  suffice  ;  but  if 
not,  it  will  be  necessary  to  make  good  the 
removed  oil  by  the  use  of  glycerine,  honey, 
mutton  tallow,  etc. 

■  ■  •  ■  -*  *  * - - 

HYGIENIC  NOTES. 


Remedy  for  Erysipelas. — The  following  “  in¬ 
fallible  cure  for  erysipelas”  is  furnished  the 
“  Fayetteville  (North  Carolina)  Observer  ” 
by  one  who  has  tried  it,  and  knows  it  is  a 
success  : — Take  a  half  bushel  of  sassafras 
root — out  fine,  put  in  a  kettle  and  boil  to  half 
a  pint,  when  it  will  be  like  wax,  if  cold. 
Strain  before  becoming  cold.  While  hot, 
after  boiling,  add  one  third  as  much  sour 
cream  as  there  is  ooze.  Take  half  a  pint  of 
strong  apple  vinegar,  add  saltpeter  the  size 
of  a  partridge  egg— bathe  with  t  his— letting 
it  dry  on  tho  place;  then  anoint  with  the 
sassafras.  If  the  case  is  very  bad,  take  a 
dose  of  fiftceu  to  twenty  drops  tincture  of 
iron,  three  times  a  day. 

Recipe  to  Cure  a  Felon.  —  A  tablespoon 
heaping  full  of  the  scrapings  of  on  old  pow¬ 
der-horn  (one  that  has  been  used  with  pow¬ 
der);  n  tablespoon  heaping  full  of  dried  sage, 
and  the  same  of  diied  rue;  one  gill  of  alcohol; 
simmer  in  a  covered  vessel  for  twenty 
minutes.  Keep  the  poultice  on  for  twelve 
hours  and  then  apply  a  new  one.  Three 
poultices  will  generally  cure;  but  it  some¬ 
times  requires  four.  You  need  not  hesitate 
to  recommend  (his  recipe.  I  have  known  a 
number  cured  by  using  it — two  or  three  in 
our  family. — k.  c. 


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SATURDAY,  MAY  10,  1873. 

AGRICULTURAL  PROFESSORS. 

It  la  claimed  that  there  la  great  ncodi  In  our 
State  Agricultural  Colleges,  of  Agricultural 
Professors.  This  Is  doubtless  the  ease ;  for 
these  schools  contain  too  few  teachers  who 
profess  to  know  or  care  anything  about,  agri¬ 
culture.  But  wo  need  Agricultural  PracMonr* 
in  these  schools.  It  in  not  known  that  theo¬ 
logical  professors  deliver  lectures  to  Jaw  stu¬ 
dents  at.  law  schools ;  nor  1  bat  law  yets  instruct 
medical  students  in  anatomy  and  hygiene. 
Usually  practical,  practicing  lawyers  of  ex¬ 
tended  experience,  who  by  t  heir  learning,  abil¬ 
ity  and  success  have  won  high  position  among 
their  compeers,  arc  called  direct  from  their 
offices  to  teach  those  who  are  fitting  themselves 
to  enter  the  legal  arena.  From  among  the  most 
skilled  practicing  physicians  are  selected  the 
instructors  of  medical  students  In  the  medical 
schools— men  who  are  having  daily  experience 
and  keep  abreast  with  the  progress  of  medical 
science  by  daily  contact  with  and  treatment  i 
of  disease. 

So  It  seems  to  us  Agricultural,  Horticultural 
and  Mechanical  Professorships  in  our  Indus¬ 
trial  Schools,  should  be  equipped.  There  should 
be  Demonstrators  of  Horticulture  ns  there  are 
Demonstrators  of  Anatomy.  There  should  be 
lecturers  on  Vegetable  Physiology  as  there  arc 
upon  the  Physiology  of  the  Human  System. 
There  should  be  Professors  of  the  Composition 
of  Soils  as  well  as  of  English  Composition. 
Take  from  our  nurseries  such  horticulturists  ns 
Barry,  Thomas,  IIoopks,  Mkiian,  and  a  score 
of  other  practical  men  wo  might  name,  who 
know,  by  experience,  what,  the  boy  needs  to 
learn  and  how  to  teach  him;  and  from  our 
farms  such  men  us  Johnston,  Allen,  Wil- 
lakd.  Randall,  Geodes,  Lewis,  and  hundreds 
of  other  men  who  have  specialties  in  husbandry, 
and  who  are  constantly  giving. through  the  Ag¬ 
ricultural  press  and  in  Dairy,  Stock,  Horticul¬ 
tural  and  other  gatherings,  their  experiences 
and  practices  pro  hmw  publico. 

Cornell  University,  and  one  or  two  other  of 
those  schools,  have  done  somet  hing  in  t  his  di¬ 
rection.  Lei  such  work  be  continued.  Let  the 
authorities  of  Cornell  call  Slate  conventions  of 
the  farmers,  horticulturists,  dairymen,  stock¬ 
breeders,  &c.,  at  Ithaca,  and  take  pains  to  elicit 
information  upon  especial  departments  of  hus¬ 
bandry  for  the  benefit  of  the  students.  It  will 
follow,  also,  we  feel  confident,  that  the  Faculty 
of  that  institution  will  profit  by  contact  with 
such  men  ns  will  be  likely  to  gather  in  response 
to  such  a  call.  The  University,  if  it  is  dolngthe 
work  it  ought  to  do  and  o-s  it  should  be  done, 
so  far  as  the  Education  of  Agrloulturistsis  con¬ 
cerned,  will  be  strengthened  and  benefited  by 
visits  from  those  whose  sons  are  invited  to  re¬ 
ceive  the  Instruction  it  is  created  to  furnish 
them.  It  will  give  agriculturists  a  better  idea 
of  the  work  being  done,  of  the  difficulties  to  be 
met,  the  obstacles  to  bo  overcome, and  of  the 
needs  of  t  he  Institution  which  may  be  supplied 
at  their  hands,  ir  they  are  thus  afforded  oppor¬ 
tunity  to  look  into  its  workings  and  become 
more  intimate  with  its  methods. 


We  hope  the  Faculty  of  the  University  and 
the  citizens  of  Ithaca  will  co-operate  to  realize 
what  we  have  suggested,  this  season;  we  hope 
this  because  we  have  the  fullest  faith  that  it 
will  be  found  to  profit  ail  concerned. 

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RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

Our  Premium  Engraving  continues  to  give 
pleasure  and  satisfaction,  as  the  letters  we 
daily  receive  from  recipients  attest.  A  young 
lady  agent  for  and  contributor  to  the  Rural 
writes  from  Manistee  Co.,  Mich. “  We  were 
so  surprised  and  pleased  with  the  Engraving, 
that  we  hardly  knew  how  to  expre  i*  our  pleas¬ 
ure.  Many  thanks  for ‘The  Present,' and  also 
for  the  Kuralk,  which  w«  were  thrice  glad  to 
welcome.  Hope  to  bo  able  to  send  you  eorno 
subscriptions  before  long.”  And  a  lady  writes 
us  from  Belmont,  N.  C.,  In  this  appreciative 
wise:— “By  this  morning's  mall  I  received  my 
picture,  the  *  Birth-Day  Morning,’  and  please 
allow  me  to  express  sincere  thanks  for  It.  as 
nothing  can  be  more  beautiful  than  such  a  pic¬ 
ture  to  adorn  n  parlor  or  sitting  room.  But  we 
really  do  not  know  which  we  admire  most,  the 
exquisite  picture  or  your  delightful  paper.  Even 
the  children  of  the  family  look  forward  to  its 
coining  with  intense  pleasure. ” 

—  Remember  that  “Birth-I>ay  Morning"  is 
sent,  post-paid,  to  every  one  Who  pays  $2.50  for 
a  yearly  copy  of  the  Rural,  and  also  that  sub¬ 
scriptions  can  begin  now  or  with  any  number. 

The  Missouri  Stock  Law,  passed  recently  by 
the  Legislature,  provides  that  the  CountyCourt 
of  any  county  may,  upon  the  petition  of  100 
free-holdors  in  .such  county,  order  a  special 
election  at  which  legal  voters  may  vote  for  or 
against  restraining  any  horse,  cattle,  mule,  ass, 
swine,  sheep  or  goat  from  running  at  large,  (f 
the  vote  is  in  favor  of  so  restraining  those  ani¬ 
mals,  it  will  be  unlawful  for  any  animal  or  ani¬ 
mals  of  these  species  to  run  at  large  outside 
the  inclosurcs  of  the  owners  of  such  stock  in 
such  county;  and  lawful  for  any  person  to  re- 
r  i.ra  in  any  animal  found  running  at  large,  give 
notice  to  the  owner  thereof  within  three  days, 
who  shall  pay  a  reasonable  compensation  for 
taking  up,  keeping  and  feeding,  and  lor  dam¬ 
ages  actually  caused  by  such,  aalrnal.  If  the 
owner  is  not  known,  nr  fails  to  make  reason¬ 
able  compensation  for  taking  up,  etc.,  the  uni- 
mal  shall  be  deemed  on  estray,  and  treated 
according  to  laws  previously  enacted.  Only 
on«  special  election  per  year  can  be  held. 

Hop  It oot.«i. — We  have  inquiries  concerning 
the  condition  of  hop  roots.  The  La  Crosse, 
\Y is.,  Republican,  April  18,  says—"  Hop  roots  in 
old  yards  are  nearly  all  killed,  while  those  in 
new  yards  are  but  little  Injured.  The  hops 
raffled  in  La  Crosse  Co.  this  year,  will  be  from 
new  yards,  which  will  greatly  reduce  the  quan¬ 
tity  from  previous  years.”  The  Cooperstown, 
N.  V.,  Journal,  April  30,  says — “  There  inconsid¬ 
erable  planting  going  on  in  the  hop  districts  of 
Now  York  this  spring,  though  hop  roots  are 
scarce,  and  rather  high.”  The  Oneida.  V  Y„ 
l  n ion,  April  34,  says— “The  acreage  of  Imps  in 
the  Madison  couniy  hop  growing  districts  will 
probably  be  a  trifle  more  than  last  year.  It  ts 
generally  conceded  that  the  roots  are  not  badly 
winter-killed,  though  they  huve  not  yet  st  arted. 
Hop  roots  art-  selling  at  from  three  to  four 
dollars  per  bushc-L"  The  Kilbourn,  Wis.,  .Mir¬ 
ror,  April  28,  says— “Hop  roots  have  declined  in 
price  from  $10  per  acre  to  $5.  Roots  arc  not  as 
|  much  needed  as  was  expected." 

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How  to  Get  the  "First  Ueail  "  of  the  Rural. 

—A  Texan  friend,  Mr.  W.  A.  Reeves  of  Kauf¬ 
man  Co.,  has  boon  moving,  and  did  not  take 
the  Rural  for  some  time,  but  now  makes 
amends  by  subscribing  for  two  copies  for  his 
ow  n  family,  and  sending  a  club-  Alter  speaking 
ol'  removing  from  Eastern  Texas,  ho  adds: 
“But  we  arc  all  right  now.  The  Bout  hern  or 
Texas  Pacific  Railroad  runs  right  by  us,  and  we 
have  a  depot  and  a  post-office  hear,  so  that  we 
can  again  subscribe.  My  family  is  getting  large, 
and  wo  all  want  the  .first  read  of  the  Rural,  so 
we  will  take  two  copies.”  Other  families  in  a 
liko  predicament  (aJI  wanting  the  first  perusal 
of  the  paper)  can  be  relieved  to  some  extent  by 
following  Sir.  R.'s  example  I  Some  of  our  sub¬ 
scribers  take  two  copies  in  order  to  preserve 
one  of  them  unsoiled  for  binding. 

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The  Washington  Ag'l  Convention  of  1S72.— 
Talking  of  this  Convention  and  the  attitude 
assumed  toward  it  by  Judge  Watts,  Commis¬ 
sioner  of  Agriculture,  the  Practical  Farmer, 
(Philadelphia)  says “  The  Judge's  best  friends 
here  consider  that  he  committed  an  irreparable 
blunder  at  this  convention,  in  attempting  to 
lead  such  men  as  were  there  assembled,  and  to 
force  his  own  pre-arranged  programme  over 
their  heads,  comprising  as  many  of  them  did, 
some  of  tne  best  talent  of  the  country.  It  had, 
we  think,  been  wiser  to  follow  than  to  attempt 
to  direct,  and  there  Is  no  doubt  this  course  has 
weakened  the  influence  of  the  head  of  the  Agri¬ 
cultural  Department.  His  disagreement  with 
the  discussion  and  conclusions  of  the  couven-  < 
tion,  has  we  presume  resulted  in  blunder  •No.  3,  ] 

—not  calling  the  convention  together  again,  as  i 
had  been  agreed  upon," 

Producer*'  and  Consumers'  Convention.— As  ] 
we  go  to  press,  there  is  great  inquiry  at  this  t 
office  by  members  of  the  City  Press  and  front  i 
delegates  and  others,  ps  to  when,  where  ami  < 


1  Wby  this  Producers’  and  Consumers'  Conven- 
*  tion  (called  May  6,  at  Astor  House,)  is  to  meet, 
s  Until  to-day,  May  5,  we  have  seen  no  official 
;  call  for  it.  We  have  been  almost  as  much  in 
tho  dark  as  anybody.  We  cannot,  help  t  hinking 
that  there  has  been  a  great  lack  of  diligence  in 
disseminating  the  call.  Evidently,  with  a  thor¬ 
ough  advertisement  of  the  meeting,  there  would 
ha  ve  been  a  large  gathering  ;  there  may  be  still ; 

!  if  s  o,  our  readers  shall  know  it. 

s  _ [  <  < _ 

( 'on  Id  n't  Do  Mil  bout  It.  —  Mrs.  ,T.  T.  N.  of 
‘  Brenlmm,  Texas,  writes  :  I  thought  this  year 
I  would  try  to  do  without  your  valuable  paper, 

and  gave  $8  for - ,  [a  costly  weekly.] 

If  you  could  but  have  seen  my  weekly  fit  of 
Chagrin  and  disappoint  ment,  you  would  be  fully 
,  revenged  for  mypresumptinn.  At  List.,  my  hus¬ 
band,  wearied  of  the  regular  repetition  of  the 
j  same  complaint,  insists  upon  the  remedy— the 
sending  for  your  paper.  Hereafter  you  may 
consider  It  a  fixture  in  our  household.  The 
Diary  of  a  lluralist  is,  alone,  worth  the  whole 

of - ,  [the  $8  paper.]”  Wliat  salth  our 

,  venerable  friend,  “Daily  Rural  Life,”  who  per- 
|  pe'irates  the  Diary,  to  that  compliment? 

- - 

irhe  PciiiiMylvnnln  Agricultural  College  Is 

not  highly  recommended  by  Pennsylvanians. 
The  Practical  Farmer  says  of  it;— “The  most 
!  signal  fiailurc  in  uny  State,  to  come  up  to  this 
standard,  has  undoubtedly  been  our  own  Agri¬ 
cultural  College  In  Centre  county.  This  Inis 
been  a  disastrous  failure  from  the  very  start, 
tin  i  first  fatal  and  Irreparable  mistake  being  the 
loc  atlon,  then  the  erection  of  an  expensive  and 
unsuitable  building,  I  lo'ii  Hie  frequent  changes 
1  of  plans  and  management— none  of  them  com¬ 
ing  up  to  the  intentions  of  Congress  and  the 
requirements  of  <ho  act.”  The  Brandywine 
'  Farmer's  Club  of  Chester  Co.,  have  resolved 
“ti  lat  it  was  a  disgrace  to  Pensylvanla.” 

- — 

Massachusetts  Agricultural  College.'-— The 
Boston  Daily  Advertiser  says:— "We  do  not 
misrepresent  the  sentiment  of  the  farmers  of 
Hut  State,  when  wc  say  that  It  (the  Ag.  College) 
comes  far  short  of  serving  the  purpose  an¬ 
nounced  when  it  made  its  appeal  to  t  he  public 
treasury.  But  a  small  proportion  of  the  farm¬ 
ers  ’  sons  educated  there  become  farmers.  The 
dissatisfaction  with  the  result  is  wide-spread 
ami  deep,  and  it  Is  reasonable,  too.  Instead  of 
being,  ns  was  hoped,  a  place  where  lads  would 
bo  made  fanners,  it  is  a  place  where  lads  who 
would  naturally  be  farmers,  following  their  fa¬ 
thers'  calling,  arc  t  aught  and  qualified  for  borue- 
thing  else.” 

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'I ’lie  Eureka  Concerto  Orgnn. — We  are  giad 
to  i  chronicle  any  new  thing,  or  any  Improvement 
up-on  an  old  one,  that  tends  to  popularize  music 
by  rendering  its  study  either  easier  or  more 
attractive.  Lately  our  attention  has  been  called 
to  a  new  Su>p  added  to  t  he  Reed  Organ  by  Mr. 
Horace  Waters,  and  patented  by  him,  called 
the  Concerto  Stop,  Tuned  in  unison,  it  is  so 
voiced  as  to  have  a  tone  like  a  full,  rich  alto 
voice ;  it  is  especially  “  human  ’’  in  its  tone.  It 
is  powerful  as  well  as  sweet,  and  when  we  heard 
it.  we  were  in  doubt  whether  we  liked  it  best  in 
Solo,  or  with  Full  Organ.  We  regard  this  as  a 
valuable  addition  to  the  Itecd  Organ  and  advise 
those  intending  to  purchase  such  an  instrument 
to  examine  and  tost  the  “  Concerto.” 

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A  New  Society  Suggested.— With  all  the  talk 
and  wrangling  about  the  oppressions  of  monop¬ 
olies,  and  the  burthen  of  taxation,  there  is  too 
little  said  about  and  (apparently)  too  little  im¬ 
portance  attached  to  one  of  the  greatest,  if  not 
the  greatest  ,  causes  for  depression  among  farm¬ 
ers.  Ami  wo  urge  with  all  the  earnestness  of 
profound  conviction  that  this  cause  Is  doing 
more  to  effect  disastrously  tin*  progress  of  agri¬ 
culture  in  the  country  and  the  prosperity  and 
independence  uf  farmers,  t  hat  there  be  organ¬ 
ized  in  every  State,  county,  township  and  school 
district  in  country,  an  Anti-Run-in-Debt-Ciub ! 
Wc  have  t  he  fullest  faith  in  the  happy  conse¬ 
quences  of  such  an  organization. 

A  Paris  Chamber  of  Commerce  for  Manures 
is  reported  as  established.  The  subscription  is 
fifty  francs  per  annum.  The  objects  are  to  in¬ 
dicate  trustworthy  manufacturers  and  dealers 
in  manures  to  farmers  by  admitting  only  such 
to  the  right  of  membership,  to  adjust  amicably 
all  disputes  between  seller  and  purchaser,  and 
to  represent  the  interests  of  all  concerned  in 
tlicir  relations  with  the  government  and  rail¬ 
ways.  This  is  not  unworthy  of  imitation  here, 
though  it  is  doubtful  if  the  average  American 
would  not  suspect  a  “big  divide”  in  case  of 
any  specific  recommendations. 

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The  Chronotype,  an  elegant  parlor  journal, 
issued  monthly  by  the  American  College  of 
Heraldry  and  Genealogical  Registry,  No.  67 
University  Place,  New  York  City,  publishes 
family  memorials,  with  portraits,  embracing 
such  history  of  places,  persons  and  events  as 
may  bo  connected  with  the  families.  Pioneers, 
or  leaders  in  the  great  enterprises  of  the  coun¬ 
try,  have  in  this  journal  an  opportunity  to  re-  , 
cord  such  memorials  as  they  may  wish  to  per¬ 
petuate.  This  journal  also  contains  much  in¬ 
teresting  and  Important  general  matter. 

The  Use  of  Commercial  Fertilizers.  —  A  New 
England  farmer  gives  the  key  to  the  successful  * 
use  of  commercial  fertilizers  when  he  recom-  ‘ 
mends  the  use  of  more  manure  to  the  acre  and  ' 
of  commercial  fertilizers  enough  to  give  the  1 


{  plants  a  good  start.  He  claims  it  is  poor  policy 
to  subst  itute  commercial  fertilizers  for  manure, 
and  'asserts  it  is  because  they  do  this  that 
Massachusetts  farmers  do  not  raise  as  good  to¬ 
bacco  as  those  of  Connecticut. 

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Wise  Action  of  California  Formers, — At  a 

recent  meeting  of  the  State  Farmers’  Union 
of  California,  the  following  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  a  diminished  demand  for  our 
cereals  in  foreign  markets  being  a  reasonable 
expectation,  that,  the  Farmers'  Union  author¬ 
ize  the  preparation  of  a  report  by  a  suitable 
Committee  upon  the  relative  profits  of  other 
agricultural  products  suitable  to  our  climate 
with  a  vfew  to  the  encouragement;  of  manufac¬ 
tures,  a  bcttci»horae  market,  more  diversified 
and  consequently,  a  more  independent  system 
of  industry. 

A  committee  consisting  of  Messrs.  Carr,  Lip- 
pitt  and  Cuessy  was  appointed.  This  action 
ts  wise,  arid  should  attract  the  attention  of 
other  States  now  mainly  devoted  to  the  pro¬ 
duction  of  food  material. 

CntalogncN,  Etc.,  Received. — From  Ames 
Plow  Co.,  Quincy  Hall,  Boston,  Mass.,  and  53 

Beekman  St,.,  N.  Y.,  Catalogue  of  Seeds. - 

From  W.  B.  Woodruff1,  Westfield,  N.  J.,  Plant 
Catalogue. — “The  Inauguration  of  Alexan¬ 
der  Winchkll  as  Chaucellor  of  the  Syracuse 

University.” - From  Daniel  H.  Wheeler, 

Soe’y  of  Nebraska  State  Board  of  Agriculture, 
“Essay  on  Forest  Growing,”  by  J.T.  Allan; 
“Transactions  of  Nebraska  Hurt. Soc.  for  1871,” 
and  “  Address  of  Dr.  H.  Latham  at  the  State 
Fair  of  Nebraska  in  1873." 

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Fine  Chromes. — Wo  arc  indebted  to  Messrs. 
Be.ncke  &  Scott,  Chromo  Lithographers,  of 
207  Fulton  St.,  New  York,  for  several  beautiful 
specimens  of  their  art  istic  publications.  Among 
these  arc  a  fine  view  of  Watkins  Glen,  from  a 
painting  by  G.  W.  Waters  ;  two  scenes  from 
Jefferson's  representation  of  Rip  Van  Win¬ 
kle,  and  a  beautiful  picture  entitled  “The 
Faithful  Watcher  ”~a  dog  guarding  a  sleeping 
child.  The  pictures  are  all  creditable  to  the  ar¬ 
tists.  and  exhibit  progress  in  chromo  litho¬ 
graphy. 

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A  Tax  on  Cats.— In  England  some  of  the  pa¬ 
pers  are  urging  the  levying  a  tax  upon  cats, 
urging  that  cats  should  be  taxed  as  well  as  dogs. 
The  discussion  of  t  he  subject  Is  lively  and  is 
wittily  treated.  One  paper  makes  the  assertion 
that  "were  every  cat  taxed  the  Chancellor  of 
the  Exchequer  would  have  a  sum  sufficient  to 
enable  him  to  take  at  least  2d.  per  pound  off  the 
Income-tax.”  Why  not  tax  cats  in  this  coun¬ 
try  V  Can  the  good  old  spinsters  who  love  their 
cats  give  us  a  good  reason  for  not  doing  so  ? 

- IM - 

cleaning  and  Itleavliiiig  Peanuts, — A  South¬ 
ern  gentleman  has  invented  and  patented  a 
process  for  cleaning  and  bleaching  peanuts  by 
which  at,  slight  cost,  discolored  and  mildewed 
nuts  ure  niado  clean  and  bright,  thereby  Insur¬ 
ing  the  owner  an  increase  of  from  60  to  75  per 
cant.  (It  is  asserted)  in  the  selling  price  of  his 
produce.  The  process  is  reported  a*  simple, 
involving  the  use  of  no  machinery,  and  any 
farmer  can  use  it. 

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Ohio  Change  in  Weights  of  Grain,  Etc.— The 
Ohio  Farmer  says  the  Legislature  of  that  State 
has  passed  a  bill  changing  the  weight  of  clover 
seed  from  sixty-two  to  sixty  pounds;  of  oats, 
from  thirty-four  to  thirty-two  pounds;  of  corn 
in  the  ear,  after  the  first  of  January,  sixt  y-eight 
pounds;  of  potatoes,  ft om  sixty  to  fifty-eight 
pounds,  and  of  dried  apples,  from  twenty-two 
to  twenty  pounds. 

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Fruits  or  Advertising. —  A  New  England  agri¬ 
cultural  paper  states  that  a  farmer  who  adver¬ 
tised  his  farm  for  sale  in  its  columns  “  claims  to 
have  fed  out  100  bushels  of  oats  to  the  horses  of 
persons  who  have  been  to  see  his  farm  in  re¬ 
sponse  to  the  advertisement."  The  question 
arises,  did  those  persons  want  to  buy  the  farm 
or  secure  to  their  horses  “  a  good  square  meal  ?  ” 

Ml 

Advertising  Fowls  ntul  Eggs. —  ISAAC  VAN 
Winkle,  Greenville,  N.  J.,  writes  to  us “  I 
have  tried  all  the  papers  worth  trying,  not  ex¬ 
cepting  the  leading  agricultural  journals,  and 
I  state  here  as  a  fact  that  1  have  received,  on 
an  average,  ten  answers  from  subscribers  to 
the  Rural  New-Yorker  to  one  from  all  the 
other  papers.” 

- ; - »** - 

The  Michigan  Stale  Agricultural  College  gets 
an  appropriation  of  $66,0(X)  from  the  State  the 
present  year,  $8,000  of  which  is  to  be  used  in  es¬ 
tablishing  a  Horticultural  Department  and 
$10,000  for  three  new  houses  for  the  President 
and  Professors. 

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RURAL  BREVITIES. 

We  have  many  inquiries  relative  to  the 
“  Cream  Still,”  where  it  can  be  purchased,  &c. 
Those  who  have  it  for  salo  should  advertise  it. 

The  Horse  Epizootic  is  spreading  disastrous¬ 
ly  throughout  the  Pacific  Slope.  It  is  said  to 
be  difficult  to  find  a  healthy  horse  in  San  Fran¬ 
cisco. 

SOMEBODY  (a  lady,  we  hope,)  has  sent  us  a 
wonderfully  fragrant  and  beautiful  bunch  of 
blossoms  of  the  Trailing  Arbut  us.  Who  was  it  ? 
Thanks  !  It  was  almost  as  good  as  going  into 
the  woods  again  1 

We  hope  those  who  send  in  plants,  fruits, 
seeds  or  vegetables  by  mail  or  express,  will  be 
careful  to  write  us  that  they  have  been  so  sent, 
and  what  disposal  they  desire  us  to  make  of 
them.  If  practicable,  label  each  package  with 
the  name  and  address  of  the  person  sending  it. 


Yes,  *  Vive  l'Amerique  !’  I’m  sure,  if  I  was  any¬ 
body  else,  I  should  call  the  Stars  and  Stripes 
the  prettiest  flag  that  sails  the  seas ;  and  if  I 
shout,  it  only  proves  that  my  soul  isn’t  so  dead 
as  was  his  who  never  said,  *  This  is  my  own,  my 
native  land !’  etc.” 

The  Mistral, 

which  is  a  “ Nor’-eastor”  that  dissects  peoplo 
anatomically,  and  whirls  them  around  like 
leaves  in  an  autumn  wind,  was  in  full  glee  when 
we  sailed  out  of  the  harbor  for  Naples.  The 
ship  was  en  route  tor  Constantinople,  and  wo 


ing  days  have  been  infiltrated  into  my  life  like 
golden  tli reads  in  an  oriental  fabric.  It  Is  to 
see  Naples,  and  then  be  willing  to  die.  r  had 
not  “counted”  on  Naples.  To  lie  sure,  there 
was  the  Bay  and  Mount  Vesuvius  and  Hercula¬ 
neum  and  Pompeii;  and  Virgil,  lived  hero  and 
wrote  the  -Kneid,  anti  the  aid  Greeks  and  Ho¬ 
mans  held  high  carnival  on  this  enchanted  spot. 

"But  it  Is  heaven  begun  below,"  and  (hat, 
too,  in  spite  of  fearful  odds.  There  are  no  hand¬ 
some  buildings,  oxcept.  for  princes;  no  hand¬ 
some  streets;  the  Neapolitans  are  exceedingly 


take  the  trouble  to  report  them.  And  there 
aro  such  quantities  of  poor!  but  everybody 
seems  to  be  happy.  The  habits  of  the  poor  peo¬ 
ple  aro  so  simple,  that  they  live  on  a  few  sous 
per  day.  If  they  can  clothe  their  children,  well 
and  good ;  ir  not, they  «<>  about  half  naked, and 
seem  to  enjoy  it.  Nature  and  humanity  moot, 
and  have  no  fear  of  each  Other.  The  fisherman’s 
boat  serves  for  Ills  house.  Ilia  family  sleep  in 
it  at  night  and  in  the  morning  he  dumps  them 
out  on  shoro;  they  can  wash  themselves  in  the 
sea -which  I  hoy  probably  never  do— and  dry 


OUR  EUROPEAN  LETTER 


Naples,  April  15, 1873. 

The  Journey  from  Paris  to  Marseilles 

Is  most  fatiguing.  In  some  respects,  the  sys¬ 
tem  of  railways  in  Europe  is  equal  to  our  own. 
There  are  cars  or  compartments  exclusively  for 


aw* ssawStt 


LACE  FICHU  EEOJSrT 

women  traveling  alone,  and  into  one  of  these 
Jankttb  and  myself  took  refuge  the  bright 
morning  wo  rode  out  of  Paris,  so  fresh  and 
bright  in  its  springtime  newness. 

“If  you  will  slip  two  or  throo  francs  Into  the 
hands  of  the  Conductor,"  said  one  of  our  friends 
at  the  station,  “  he  will  allow  you  to  rotalu  it 
all  to  yourselves."  That  system  of  bribery  is 
largely  Indulged  in.  even  by  I  ho  most  honest  of 
people,  as  no  one  is  specially  defrauded  of 
lights,  and  the  bribe-giving  travelers  are  made 
much  more  comfortable.  So  wo  rode  through 
to  Lyons  undisturbed  —  a  long  twelve  hours’ 
journey,  as  monotonous  as  over  a  Western  prai¬ 
rie.  True.  France  is  everywhere  beautiful,  but 
everywhere  are  (lie  same  rows  of  trees,  the 
earth  cultivated  in  strips,  the  hills  terraced  In 
the  same  precise  manner,  and  the  rivers  hrlfloe.l 


"V  iE  W-  (Eatce  303.) 

.  were  the  only  Americans.  There  was  a  large 
party  of  Greeks  on  board,  some  as  voyagers  and 
others  as  friends  to  see  them  “off.”  When 
they  said  “good-bye,"  the  rnon  ali  kissed  each 
other  like  a  lot  of  women,  putting  their  arms 
around  each  others’  necks  in  truo  feminine 
fashion.  And  why  not? 

A  young  Turkish  gentleman  on  board  fur¬ 
nished  much  amusement  by  his  odd  ways  and 
brusque  way  or  talking.  To  steady  himself  on 
deck— and  the  ship  rocked  like  a  cradle— he 
walked  like  an  animated  letter  A;  and  in  con¬ 
versation  questioned  all  statements  made  by 
others.  He  spoke  French  like  a  Parisian,  but 
his  manners  were  those  of  a  Turk.  There  Is 
one  thing  as  true  as  it  Is  strange— it  ia  that  cul¬ 
tivated  people  ure  alike  the  world  over,  let  the 
nationality  be  what  it  may.  They  all  havo  the 
same  hopes,  the  same  desires,  the  same  tastes, 
the  same  sense  of  honor.  It  proves.  Indeed, 
that  of  one  blood  Goo  made  all  the  nations  of 
the  earth. 

We  had  been  ten  minutes  from  land  when 
Janette  succumbed  to  sea  sickness,  and  until 
the  ship  anchored  (forty-two  hours  later)  In  the 
Bay  of  Naples,  she  never  left  her  couchette.  As 
usual,  f  escaped  absolute  sickness  ;  but  a  Greek 
baby,  named  Sappho,  who  cried  both  nights  in 
an  adjoining  stateroom,  together  with  a  plung¬ 
ing  ship,  kept  all  sleep  from  my  eyes.  But  the 
crowning  disaster  was  the  rain,  which  Tell  all 
the  morning  as  we  sailed  into  the  wondrous 
Bay  of  Naples.  All  those  mystical,  mythical, 
classical  islets  were  draped  In  rain  fringes. 
There  was  no  blue  sky  and  no  delicious  sunnl- 
neas  In  the  air.  We  descended  a  pair  of  stairs 
at  the  ship’s  side,  and  wore  tumbled,  trunks 
and  all,  into  a  small  boat— only  Janette  and  I 
—and  two  villainous  fellows  to  row  us  to  shore. 
They  jabbered  their  Neapolitan  patots ,  which 
we  did  not  understand,  and  after  a  half  hours' 
rowing  delivered  us  up  to  the  Custom-house 
officials,  who  searched  our  baggage  for  tobacco 
and  cigars.  We  reached  our  hotel  at  last,  and 
with  the  rain  on  the  roof  and  scent  of  orange 
flowers  iu  the  air,  we  slept  the  remainder  of 
that  rainy  day  away,  and  awoke  next  morning 
as  if  from  a  dream,  with  the  sun  pouring  in  at 
the  windows— and  it  was 

Italy  ! 

That  was  nearly  a  week  ago,  and  the  interyeu- 


E-A.CE  FICHU  E-A-OK 

Ugly;  tlm  streets  aro  full  of  filthy,  dirty,  miser- 
aide  wretches;  (lens  crawl  over  you  by  the 
dozen;  smells  of  the  most  indescribable  char¬ 
acter  accost  your  olfactories  whonover  you 
chance  to  come  to  the  end  of  a  drain,  which  is 
too  often  and  yet  it  is  the  most  bewitching, 
fascinating,  charming,  entrancing  city  1  know 
anything  about.  I  have  fairly  cried  from  ex¬ 
cess  or  happiness,  and  if  I  die  here,  don’t  say  It 
was  from  the  “  fever,”  but  of  joy.  We  can  sit 
under  orange  trees  and  eat  oranges,  or  under 
palms  and  slug  psalms.  I  can  buy  a  boquet  oT 
(lowers  as  large  as  my  bead  for  five  or  ten  cents. 

I  can  ride  in  a  gaily-painted  barouche,  drawn 
by  a  fleet  pony,  bearing  a  harness  that  covers 
him  and  gilds  him  like  a  golden  armor,  for 
twenty-five  cents  an  hour.  And  then  the  sights  1 
The  children  make  mud  pics  all  day  long  un¬ 
disturbed.  There  are  queer  old  streets  all  stairs, 
where  the  ragged,  dark-eyed  Italians  go  up  and 
down  all  day,  selling  oranges  and  radishes. 

The  women  coiub  their  hair  in  the  front  door 
and  dry  their  clothes  from  the  front  windows. 

The  rich  and  the  poor  meet  together.  Oxen  are 
yoked  with  mules  to  a  cart.  Half-naked  boys. 


themselves  In  the  sun.  They  cun  breakfast  on 
fish  and  make  their  dinner  on  raw  cubbage  or 
salad,  as  many  actually  do.  The  pity,  with  Its 
matchless  environs,  is  like  an  oriental  poem 
that,  I  should  eternally  enjoy  to  hear  read. 
When  I  tire  of  all  the  world,  (  shall  pray  to 
Come  to  Naples. 

We  look  upon  Vesuvius  from  the  window, 
and  Janette  trembles.  The  old  mountain 
smokes,  and  everybody  is  fearing  an  eruption. 
The  other  night  the  heavens  were  darkened, 
and  Janette  talked  about  packing  her  trunks 
for  Rome.  Then,  after  dark,  the  rain  began  to 
fall,  and  she  opened  I  he  window,  believing  it 
was  lava  being  rained  down.  If  It  only  had  been ! 
If  an  eruption  only  would  take  place  i  If  one 
could  only  be  had  to  order,  how  soon  I  would 
order  one!  1  suppose  the  poor  people  of  Sail 
Sebastian  the  little  village  that  Vesuvius  de¬ 
stroyed  last  year— hardly  enjoyed  having  their 
domestic  rights  so  tyrannically  usurped.  Naples 
may  one  day  experience  the  rate  of  Pompeii: 
but  fur  the  sake  of  living  here,  1  think  I  would 
risk  ft. 

But  Naples  needs  a  BmtGti.  The  fleet  little 
Neapolitan  horses  only  live  about  eight  years, 
for  their  owners  beat  them  iiTimercIfullv  and 
half  feed  them.  In  riding  toward  Baio  tiio 
other  day,  unr  driver  constantly  cracked  his 
whip  and  whipped  the  poor  pony  until  I  was 
enraged,  and  pulled  his  coat  tail  to  make  him 
stop-  But  ho  only  laughed  at  my  reproof,  for  I 
could  only  ioo/c  my  indignation,  not  knowing 
his  language.  Janette  was  afraid  I  would 
make  him  angry,  and  then  he  would  Mow  a 
whistle  and  bandits  would  Issue  forth  from 
some  of  those  ravishing  hill-sides  and  rob  ns. 
But  bandits  or  no  bandits,  I  was  armed,  like 
Sai.lv  Brass,  with  an  umbrella,  and  the  next 
time  he  uselessly  struck  the  horse,  I  gave  him 
a  whack  with  my  umbrella.  He  looked  back  In 
astonlslimeui.siiwan  American  Vesuvius  In  my 
face,  and  ceased  thereafter  his  brutalii  v. 

Then,  how  do  you  think  they  prepare  the 
young  goats  for  meat?  Tic  tl.cir  four  legs  to¬ 
gether,  hung  them  up  alive,  and  when  Hie  blood 
lias  run  down  in  their  beads  and  they  have  suf¬ 
fered  a  thousand  hangings,  they  arc  killed. 
That  is  true;  for  1  accidentally  saw  the  begin¬ 
ning  of  t.l|©  process  and  nearly  fainted -and  I 
never  quite  fainted  In  all  my  life.  But  that 
isn’t  Uke  Naples— it  shall  have  no  place  In  the 
l’oooi. 

It  is  nine  o’clock  in  the  morning.  The  skv  is 
as  blue  and  clear  as  was  my  sister’s  eyes  ;  the 
air  is  as  full  of  sunshine  as  was  her  smile.  She 
is  in  Heaven,  and  I,  too.  Three  hours  hence 
aud  I  shall  be  in  Pompeii. 

Mary  A.  E.  Wager. 


REMEMBEREST  THOU  1 

BY  CONSTANTLY. 

“We  bury  our  sorrows,  and  the  turf  grows  over 
them— sometime*  even  beautiful  flowers;  but  every 
now  and  then  there  comes  an  earthquake,  and  the 
graves  open.”— Extract. 

REMEMBEREST  thou,  oil  friend  ! 

One  lovely  autumn  any 
In  bright  October  weather, 

We  met  from  homo  half  way 
And  walked  and  talked  together? 

Ah !  I  remember  well,  though  years  have  passed, 
Those  happy  hours— for  oh  !  they  were  (lie  last. 

Our  friendship  was  so  pure— 

Our  converse  guy 
As  slowly  on  we  strolled 
Alone  that  day. 

That  happy  day  1  thoro  are  none  now  for  me, 
for  nevermore  I’ll  walk  and  talk  with  thee. 

Thou'rt  gone  I  thou’rt  gone ! 

And  yet  thou  didst  not  die ! 

1  might  have  mourned  tho  less 
Hudst  thou  been  dead  : 

For  then  not  dead  to  mo, 

Dear  friend,  for  aye ! 

And  as  for  me,  my  UjM  of  life  has  tied, 

And  shadows  only  hover  o’er  my  head. 
- ♦♦♦ - 

PORTRAITS. 

BY  FLORENCE  WALLING. 

Eyes  of  ebon  blackness,  slilning  raven  hair, 
Parted  red  lips,  aud  a  magnificent  air, 

Fresh  rounded  chocks,  and  a  noble  brow— 

A  youth  to  whom  sorrow  is  unknown  now. 

Byes  like  bine  violets,  gloaming  gold  hair, 

Dips  like  ripe  cherries,  and  a  wondering  air, 
Kose-blooining  chocks  and  an  innocent  brow— 

A  maiden  to  whom  grief  is  a  stranger  now. 

(Dur  J^torn- Seller. 


CATCHING  A  BUTTERFLY, 

[Concluded  from  page  290,  last  week.] 

Floy,  frozen  with  horror,  knelt  silently  a 
moment,  gazing  at  tho  pale  face  and  rigid  form 
beneath.  Her  head  swam,  her  heart,  grew  sick. 
Was  he  dead  V  How  stiff  and  still  he  lay  !  Hu* 
burst  into  loud  cries  of  entreaty  and  self  re¬ 
proach. 

“  O,  John — John !  are  you  dead  ?  Look  up,  for 
God's  sake!  O,  wicked  girl  that  I  was,  not  to 
speak.  Help  help!  ’’  she  shrieked,  wildly. 

Slowly  the  heavy  eyes  unclosed.  With  Infinite 
pain,  John  turned  his  head  a  little.  “  Who’s 
that?”  ho  said,  faintly. 

11 0,  thank  God  !  "  cried  Floy,  joyfully,  spring¬ 
ing  to  ber  i'eet.  “Keep  quite  still,  and  1  will 
come  down  to  you.” 

John  muttered  something  she  did  not  under¬ 
stand.  Going  a  little  distance,  she  began  to 
descend  theateep  path  loading  down  t  he  bank. 

1 1  was  ticklish  work,  even  for  our  light  footed 
Floy,  and,  half  way  down,  she  slipped,  foil,  and 
rolled  ignominloualy  the  rest  of  t  he  way.  John 
uttered  a  brief  ejaculation,  but  Floy  was  up  in 
an  instant,  scratched  and  bruised,  her  white 
dress  black  with  mud,  but  otherwise  uninjured. 
Scarcely  pausing  for  breath,  she  bounded  to 
John's  side. 

"O,  Mr.  Durham,  are  you  much  hurt?”  she 
asked,  in  tremulous  tones,  as  she  knelt  beside 
him.  John  opened  his  eyes  again,  and  fixed 
them  on  her  wil  h  a  bewildered  stare,  a  moment. 
Then,  with  another  low  groan,  ho  tried  to  raise 
himself. 

“  Don’t  move— don't  move !  ”  entreated  Floy. 

“  O,  your  poor  head — how  it  bleeds!  There'S  a 
brook  near  by ;  I’ll  bo  back  in  a  moment.” 

Taking  up  his  cap,  he  bounded  oil  in  the  di¬ 
rection  of  tho  stream.  Dipping  her  handker¬ 
chief  in  the  water,  and  filling  the  cap,  she  dart¬ 
ed  back  to  John's  side. 

“Now,  let  me  see  this  poor  head,”  she  said  ; 
and,  sitting  down,  she  took  it  gently  on  her 
knee.  Poor  child !  siie  was  little  used  to 
wound?  and  bruises ;  tho  very  sight  of  the  flow¬ 
ing  blood  made  ber  tremble  from  bead  tn  foot. 
But  she  controlled  herself  bravely,  and,  with 
what  simple  skill  she.  possessed,  bat  lied  his  head 
and  face,  and  bound  up  the  former  carefully 
with  her  two  handkerchiefs.  Then  she  paused 
a  moment, looking  down  with  womanly  tender¬ 
ness  at  the  pale  face  on  her  knee.  How  helpless 
he  lay— the  great,  strong  fellow— as  helpless  as 
a  little  infant,  almost !  She  felt  a  great  rush  of 
pity  and  tenderness  toward  him. 

“Thank  you,”  said  John,  faintly.  The  fresh, 
cool  water  had  somewhat  revived  him. 

“O,  don’t  thank  me,”  said  Floy,  hurriedly. 
“  You  are  in  dreadful  pain,  aren't  you  V  " 

“  Yes;  it's  my  ankle,”  muttered  John.  “I’m 
afraid  it’s  broken.  Where  arc  all  the  rest,  Miss 
Floy?” 

“Tho  dear  knows!”  said  Floy,  clasping  her 
little  hands  in  distress.  “  Hurry,  Kate— help  O 
help !  ” 

“It’s  no  use,”  she  said,  after  waiting  a  mo¬ 
ment.  “  I  must  go  in  search  of  them  again.  But 
first  let  me  look  at  this  poor  ankle,  Mr.  Dur¬ 
ham.” 

“  No— no,"  said  John,  alittle  fretfully.  “  What 
can  you  know  about  broken  bones,  child  ?  " 

“  But  I  might  make  it  feel  a  little  easier," 
gently  persisted  Floy. 

“  If  you  could  slit  the  boot  down  from  the 
top,"  said  John,  his  brow  contracted  with 
agony.  “  Here’s  my  knife.” 

Floy  took  the  knife,  and,  following  his  direc¬ 
tions,  carefully  slit  the  boot  from  the  top  to  the 


bottom,  on  both  sides.  Then,  with  a  hand  still 
slightly  tremulous  from  the  operation,  she 
gently  removed  the  remains  of  the  boot. 

“Ah,  that  is  a  relief  !  ”  said  poor  John.  Great 
drops  of  agony  were  standing  on  his  brow,  and 
Floy  softly  wiped  them  away.  He  looked  up 
gratefully  into  her  face,  smiling  for  the  first 
time.  “What  a  nice  little  nurse  you  are,  Miss 
Floy !  ”  be  said. 

Floy  rose,  blushing  a  little,  and,  folding  her 
soft,  white  shawl  into  a  sort  of  pillow,  placed 
it  under  his  head.  “And  now  T  will  go  for  more 
efficient  help,”  sho  said,  turning  away. 

“But  take  that  path  on  the  opposite  side  of 
the  bank,"  said  John,  eagerly  It  is  safer. 
And,  O  Miss  Floy,  would  you  first  do  me  one 
more  favor,  please  ?  ” 

“Certainty,”  said  Floy,  returning.  “What 
is  it?  ” 

“Just  see.”  said  John,  with  a  faint  groan  “if 
that,  butterfly  is  anywhere  about.  I’m  sure  1 
had  my  hands  on  it.  I  only  hope  it  isn't  crushed 
to  pieces.” 

“  The  ruling  passion  !  ”  muttered  Floy,  as  she 
turned  away.  “  Lying  there  half  dead,  with  a 
broken  ankle,  and  he  can  still  think  of  that 
miserable  insect.” 

“  Here  he  is,"  she  said  aloud,  coming  round 
to  Jolin'B  side.  “Horrid  little  thing!”  she 
could  not  help  adding,  with  a  vindictive  look 
at  the  innocent  Insect  »he  placed  in  John’s  open 
palm. 

John  gave  her  a  slightly  surprised  look,  but 
smiled  with  pleasure  as  he  surveyed  the  treas¬ 
ure  In  his  hand.  “  It  is  very  little  injured,"  he 
exclaimed,  in  almost  child-like  delight.  “  And 
so,  after  my  long  search,  .1  have  obtained  it,  at 
last." 

“And  a  broken  ankle  into  the  bargain," 
thought  Floy,  turning  away,  in  mingled  vexa¬ 
tion  and  amusement.  “  Now  I  must  go." 

“  Hilloa! "  cried  a  shrill  voice  above  them. 
Floy  looked  up,  and  saw  a  man  standing  on  the 
bank  opposite  the  one  from  which  John  had 
fallen.  He  wa*  evidently  a  farmer— a  tali,  wiry 
looking  specimen— dressed  in  coarse,  blue 
clot  lies,  arid  an  immense  straw  hat.  “  What  on 
airth's  the  matter?  "  shouted  he. 

“O,  sir,”  cried  Floy,  springing  joyfully  for¬ 
ward,  “do-do  bring  some  Help,  and  take  this 
gentleman  away  from  hero!  " 

The  light  blue  eyes  stared  blankly  down  into 
the  ravine  a  moment.  “  How  inthundor  did  he 
get  downthar?”  was  his  next  question,  in  a 
tone  of  the  ui  most  astonishment. 

“  He  fell  dowu,  of  course,”  said  Floy,  impa¬ 
tiently. 

“  Lost  the  use  of  his  eyesight,  hain’t  he?”  re¬ 
sponded  the  farmer. 

“ATn/”  said  Floy,  grinding  her  little  teeth 
wil  Ii  rage  and  anxiety.  “  How  many  more  ques¬ 
tions  are  you  going  to  ask,  you  inhuman  man, 
before  coming  to  Ids  assistance?  I  tell  you,  his 
leg’s  broken.” 

“Well,  I  swan!”  said  tho  farmer,  turning 
slowly  away.  “  I'll  be  back  In  a  moment.” 

“  I’ve  sent  little  1  tan,”  said  he,  returning,  “  Lo 
bring  some  help.  He  won’t  bo  gone  long ;  he’s 
got  the  wagon,  and  the  doctor  lives  only  a  couple 
o’ m lies  from  hero." 

Floy  groaned  in  spirit, but, resolving  l  obe  pa¬ 
tient  for  John’s  sake,  mildly  entreated  the 
farmer  to  seek  out  “  their  friends.” 

“  Friends?  Yes  inarm  ;  so  soon  as  r  examine 
this  here  leg.  It’s  broke  jist  above  the  ankle, 
marm." 

“Knew  that  before  you  told  us,”  snapped 
Floy. 

“  You  seem  kind  o’  riled,  marm.  Yes,  as  I 
was  sayin',  it’s  broke  jist  above  the  ankle— 
marm ! " 

“  Well,  I  must,  try  and  make  hint  a  little  more 
comfortable;  this  hot  sun  shines  right  in  Ills 
face,"  said  Floy,  with  u  compassionate  look  at 
the  poor  tortured  fellow.  Pressing  Farmer 
Stokes  into  the  service,  she  made  him  strip  sev¬ 
eral  armsful  or  green  branches  from  the  adjoin¬ 
ing  trees.  Sticking  her  parasol  in  the  ground, 
she  disposed  tho  branches  over  and  around  it, 
in  such  a  manner  that  it  formed  a  shady  bower 
above  her  patient's  head. 

“Ah,  how  refreshing  that  la  I ’’gasped  poor 
John.  "And  now, do  go  under  the  shade  of 
the  trees,  Miss  Floy;  your  poor  little  face  will 
be  burned  to  a  coal.” 

“O,  no;  I  have  on  my  broad  brimmed  hat," 
said  Floy.  Seating  herself  near  theentranco  of 
the  green  1 1  at,  she  waved  a  long  bough  to  keep 
away  the  flies.  John  watched  her,  a  dreamy 
tenderness  in  his  half  closed  eyes.  What  a 
darling  she  was.  after  all,  with  her  round,  ehild’s 
face,  and  sweet,  womanly  ways  1 
“  You  are  too  kind  to  the  cross  old  bear,  Miss 
Floy,”  he  said,  suddenly;  “too  good  to  him, 
altogether.” 

“O,  don't,  speak  so,"  said  Floy,  coloring  vio¬ 
lently.  1  wanted  to  ask  your  forgiveness  for  all 
my  in i pertinence  the  last  two  weeks.” 

John's  answer  was  prevented  by  tbe  return  of 
Farmer  Stokes,  who,  after  a  very  short  and  in¬ 
effectual  attempt  to  find  “  their  friends,”  again 
obtruded  upon  them  ills  somewhat  unwelcome 
presence. 

“Can’t  find  ’em  nowhar,”  he  said.  “Keep 
that  ankle  well  kivered  up,  miss:  and  here's  a 
drop  o’  somethin’  ’ll  put  a  leetle  life  into  him 
maybe.” 

John  drank  from  the  farmer’s  flask,  and 
scorned  somewhat  revived  by  the  draught.  Floy 
resumed  her  ministrations.  The  farmer,  lying 
back  upon  the  grass,  watched  them  with  specu¬ 
lative  eyes.  “Darn  it  all,”  he  suddenly  burst 
out,  “  how  did  you  git  down  here,  mister?  I'm 
hanged  if  I  can  make  it  out  at  all.” 


“Well,  if  you  must  know,”  said  Floy,  petu¬ 
lantly,  “  ho  was  looking  for  something.” 

“Pocket-book,  eh ?  ” 

“No.” 

“  Gold-headed  cane?  ” 

“No,  no :  a  specimen,"  said  Floy,  impatiently 
producing  it.  “This  gentleman  is  a  naturalist, 
and,  In  trying  to  secure  this,  ho  lost  his  footing 
and  fell.” 

She  held  the  “  specimen  ”  out  in  her  little, 
soft  palm.  The  farmer  surveyed  it  in  blank 
amazement. 

“  That 7  ”  he  asked,  incredulously.  Floy  nod-  i 
ded.  Mr.  Stokes  sat  silent,  a  moment,  while  a 
broad  grin  slowly  overspread  his  leathery  coun¬ 
tenance.  “A  miller!”  he  exclaimed,  at  last, 
with  a  long,  low  whistle. 

“  It’s  a  butterfly,”  said  Floy,  indignantly. 

“So  I  perceive,  marm,”  said  the  farmer. 
“Wal,  I  swan.” 

After  this  brief  ejaculation,  he  bent  forward, 
and,  pointing  to  John,  whose  eyelids  had  again 
closed,  ho  said,  in  a  low  wills  per,  “  How  long 
sence  ho  lost  the  use  of  his  wits,  marm  ?  " 

“  He  hasn't,  lost  them  at  all."  said  Floy,  star¬ 
ing.  “  You  do  ask  mo  the  queerest,  questions.” 

“Why  you  jist,  soul  lie  was  a  nat'ral, didn’t 
you?” 

“No;  1  said  a  naturalist,”  said  Floy,  choking 
down  a  little  laugh,  as  she  answered  him. 

“  Wal,"  responded  the  farmer,  after  a  pause, 

“  I  don't  ’zackly  take  your  moanin’.  But  chas¬ 
in’  butterflies  docs  see  in  rayther  a  loony  ocop- 
patlon  for  a  man  of  Ids  age.  don't  it  ?  ” 

“You  don’t  understand,"  said  Floy,  indig¬ 
nantly.  “  It's  a  curious  specimen.” 

“  No,  miss,  I  don't  understand,"  said  the  farm¬ 
er.  “  It’s  a  very  kourious  business,  altogether.” 

Tho  dry  tone  In  which  1)0  nald  this,  and  the 
manner  in  which  he  eyed  t  hem  both  as  he  rose 
to  his  foot,  nearly  upset  Floy’s  gravity  again. 
And.  glancing  at  John,  she  saw  the  corners  of 
his  pale  mouth  twitching  suspiciously,  too. 

“Wal,  I  reckon  I’ll  try  and  find  your  friends 
agin.”  Hi*  tone  said  plainly,  “  1  think  you  need 
friends  to  look  after  you.” 

“  0,  there  they  are  now !  ’’  cried  Floy,  spring¬ 
ing  to  her  feet.  ’’ H arvey— dear  Harvey- how 
glitad  I  am  to  see  you !  ”  Her  voice  broke  i  n  sobs. 
She  was  fairly  overcome  with  her  long  excite¬ 
ment  and  the  sudden  relief  of  my  presence. 

“  Katy,  dear,  don’t  you  think  John  and  Floy 
are  growing  quite  good  friends,  now  ?  ” 

“Well, I  shouldn’t  wonder,  lovS,”  said  Kate, 
with  a  peculiar  smile,  as,  leaning  upon  my 
shoulder,  sho  surveyed  the  pretty  scene  below. 

There  in  our  rustic  arbor  sat  John  Durham,  a 
slight  pallor  and  a  cumbrous  crutch  the  only 
tokens  of  his  late  illness.  By  ids  sldo  sat  our 
pretty  Floy,  examining  with  him  the  huge  port¬ 
folio  spread  upon  bis  knees,  and  listening  with 
child-llke interest  to  his  entertaining  descrip¬ 
tions  of  the  “specimens”  be  unfolded  to  her 
view. 

“A  pretty  tableau,  John,”  said  Kate;  “but 
there  comes  an  interruption,  in  the  shape  of  Mr. 
Stokes.  Come,  1  larvey ;  we’ll  go  down.” 

“Good  morning,  Mr.  Stokes,” said  I,  meeting 
him  at  the  entrance  of  t  lie  arbor ;  “  you  find  qur 
patient  pretty  well  recovered,  sir.” 

“  O,  yes ;  1  shall  soon  be  In  condition  to  hunt 
the ‘pesky  millers’ again,”  John  replied,  with 
a  humorous  glance  at  Farmer  Stokes. 


“Humph!”  said  that  worthy,  contemptuously,  ...  (  ,u.r  (i<>  to 

‘it  docs  seem  a  pity  a  strong,  able-bodied  young  '  t  to  n|ni  nir- 
non  like  you  can’t  find  a  bettor  business’ than  would  be  glad  to  see  you,  bu  win 
„  *  always  glad  to  see.  Help  to  put  8 


“That’s  a  fact,  Farmer  Stokes,”  said  I, 
gravely. 

“  Ho  won't,  git  no  sensible  gal  to  tackle  herself 
to  him.  In  a  hurry— eh,  Miss  Floy  ?  ”  the  old  man 
wont  on. 

“I’m  sure  T  don't  know,  sir,”  said  Floy,  as¬ 
suming  an  air  of  supreme  indifference. 

“  Ef  ever  he  axes  you.  Miss  Floy,  you  bid  him 
fust  quit  this  varmint  business.  You  can’t  make 
grasshoppers  an’  sfeh  serve  for  wlttles,  as  they 
did  in  John  the  Baptist's  time.” 

“  A  delicate  way  of  putting  the  matter,  farm¬ 
er,"  said  I,  as  Floy,  her  cheek?  like  bramble  ros¬ 
es,  vanished  with  Kate  ;  but  1  must  inform  you 
that  this  ‘varmint,  business,’ as  you  call  It,  Is 
really  quite  a  profitable  thing  for  our  young 
friend  here.” 

“But  does  it  really  pay  ?”  asked  the  farmer, 
attiring.  John,  shaking  with  laughter,  follow¬ 
ing  Floy  into  the  house,  while  I  strove,  by  my 
explanations,  to  enlighten  a  little  the  farmer’s 
bewildered  mind.  But  I  found  it  a  difficult  as 
well  as  a  thankless  task. 

“No— uo,  sir,"  he  interrupted  me,  testily ;  “1 
don't  flee  it  at  ol).  Beg  pardon,  if  I'm  imperlite, 
sir;  but  It  strikes  mens  a  sort  of  imposture, 
girtin'  a  lot  ol'  fools  to  pay  a  big  sum  for  what 
they  know  already.  Why,  I'll  bet  I  know  more 
about  bugs'n  ho  doe*.  Ef  he’d  find  out  some¬ 
thin'  to  ’tarminato  'em,  now — somethin'  like 

Lyon’s  powder,  for  instance  ^  I 

“  I'll  try  to  impress  it  upon  his  mind,  farmer,” 
said  I,  solemnly. 

“  Do,  sir — do,"  replied  the  old  man,  earnestly. 
“  It  really  concerns  me  to  see  a  smart  young 
man  like  that  tiirowin’  away  all  his  chanees  ot 
usefulness.”  _ 

Our  storv  crows  too  long.  Three  j  ears  hav e 

PSd  ffif &  !A|CS!S» 

which  time  great  I 

Near  the  dear  old  niansi...n  :  .  ,.uttagc  over- 
tubahlt  still,  has  risen  a  ruin..  Durham 

grown  with  vines.  There  lives  Jou.  '  ■ 
and  his  pretty  wife,  who,  with  her  little  in¬ 
ter,  Florence,  makes  sunshine  in  his  heart  an** 
home.  You  sec,  doar  reader,  in  spite  of  Farm¬ 
er  Stokes'  prediction,  John  Durham  did  succeed 
in  capturing  our  Floy,  the  prettiest  little  but¬ 
terfly  that  ever  fluttered  across  a  mortal’s  path. 
—Overland  Monthly  for  April. 


THE  CROSS. 

Blest  they  who  seek, 

Whiife  in  their  youth. 

With  spirit  meek. 

The  way  of  Troth. 

To  them  the  sacred  Scriptures  now  display 
Christ  as  the  only  true  and  living  way; 
ilia  precious  blood  ou  Calvary  was  given 
To  make  them  heirs  of  endless  bliss  in  heaven. 

And  c’f-n  on  earth  tlic  child  of  Uod  can  trace 
Tho  glorious  blessing  of  his  Saviour's  grace. 

For  them  He  bore 
His  father’s  frown ; 

For  them  He  wore 
The  thorny  crown ; 

Nailed  to  the.  cross, 

Endured  its  pain, 

That  His  life's  loss 
Might  be  their  gain. 

Then  haste  to  choose 
That  hotter  part, 

Nor  dare  refuse 
The  I.ord  your  heart, 

Best  He  declare 
“  I  know  you  not,” 

And  deep  despair 
Become  your  lot. 

Now  look  to  Jesus,  who  on  Cnlvary  died, 
And  trust  to  Him  who  there  was  crucified. 

\XVUmm'jt<m  (Del.)  Wayside. 
- - — — — 

SUNDAY  EMPLOYMENT. 

Wo  wish  to  suggest  some  things  which  can  be 
done  to  add  interest  to  the  Sunday  of  those  who 
find  its  freedom  dull.  Take  an  hour  Sunday 
morning  and  sit  down  alone,  and  think  what 
you  have  done  during  the  past  week,  and  agi¬ 
tate  the  question  whether  you  have  done  just 
as  you  really  think  is  best,  and  mean  to  keep  on 
doing.  Have  you  told  any  Hostile past  week? 
Count  them  on  your  fingers,  if  you  can,  and 
seriously  consider  whether  you  always  mean  to 
be  u  liar?  Have  you  abused  your  neighbor,  run 
dow  n  your  competitor  In  other  stores,  slandered 
other  politicians,  or  hurt  anybody’s  reputation 
tho  post  week?  These  things  are  unspeakably 
mean  ;  you  know  they  ate.  God  be  thanked  if 
you  haven't  done  them  I  But  somebody  does 
them.  I  ask  that  somebody  whet  her  he  always 
intends  to  be  a  mean  fellow  ?  Have  you  cheated 
anybody  in  the  last  ten  days?  Have  you  de¬ 
ceived  any  employer  or  kept  back  the  jngt  pay 
of  any  workman?  Have  you  advertised  decep¬ 
tion  of  any  kind?  Does  any  money  stick  to 
you,  which  belongs  to  anybody  else?  Are  you 
going  to  make  a  permanent  cheat  of  yourself? 
Are  you  not  smoking  too  many  cigars— running 
up  debt*  which  you  don't  know  how  to  pay; 
making  a  larger  swell  than  your  capital  justifies 
— and  getting  ready  for  asmash  and  a  run  ?  We 
hope  not.  But  all  these  things  happen,  and  if 
any  one  is  overdoing  himself  in  these  days, 
ought  he  not  to  know  it,  and  settle  whether  his 
course  is  best  ?  Take  another  hour  on  Sunday 
to  do  somebody  some  good  for  which  you 
haven't  the  time  on  any  other  day.  Write  a 
letter  to  the  mother,  or  brother  or  sister,  win  on 
you  have  forgotten  for  along  time.  Hunt  out,  a 
friend  whb  has  disappeared  from  your  inter*  t, 
and  renew  a  cordial  acquaintance.  Find  out 
somebody  who  is  suffering,  and  carry  fresh 
cheer  to  him  or  her.  Goto  see  the  folks  who 
would  be  glad  tn  see  you,  but  whom  you  are  not 
always  glad  to  see.  Help  to  put  some  kind  of  a 
home  feeling  into  everybody  who  is  homeless. 
There  are  plenty  of  good  acts,  which  are  not 
common — aud  on  Sundays  you  want  to  do 
something  uncommon.  That  is  what  the  day  is 
made  for. — licit  J.  M.  Smith. 


PROFANITY. 

We  are  living  emphatically  in  the  age  of  pro¬ 
fanity,  and  it,  seems  to  us  that  we  are  on  the 
topmost  current.  One  cannot  go  through  tho 
streets  anywhere  without  having  his  ear?  of¬ 
fended  by  the  vilest  of  words,  and  his  reverence 
shocked  by  the  most  profane  u.?e  of  sacred 
names.  Nor  does  it  conic  from  tho  old  or  mid¬ 
dle-aged  alone,  for  it  is  a  fact  as  alarming  as  it 
is  true,  that  the  youngest  portion  of  the  com¬ 
munity  are  the  most  proficient  in  the  degrading 
habit.  Boys  have  an  idea  that  It  is  smart  to 
Bwear,  that  it.  makes  them  manly  ;  there  never 
was  a  greater  mistake  in  the  world.  Men,  even 
those  who  swear  themselves,  are  disgusted  with 
profanity  in  a  young  man,  because  they  know 
how  of  all  bad  habits  this  clings  the  most  closely 
ami  increases  with  years.  It  is  tho  most,  insid¬ 
ious  of  habits,  growing  on  one  so  insensibly 
that  almost  before  hi  is  aware  be  becomes  an 
accomplished  curser. 

THOUGHTFUL  PARAGRAPHS. 

Reason  never  shows  itself  so  unreasonable  as 
when  it  comes  to  reason  about  things  which  are 
above  reason. 

I  hate  to  see  a  thing  done  by  halves;  if  it  bo 
right,  do  it  boldly  ;  if  it  be  wrong,  leave  it  un¬ 
done. — Gilpin. 

To  clothe  the  naked  and  feed  the  hungry  is 
good ;  to  teach  men  how  to  provide  for  thom- 
selves  is  much  better. 

He  is  happy  whose  circumstances  suit  his  tem¬ 
per;  but  he  is  more  happy  who  can  suit  his 
"tier  to  any  circumstances. 

is  speaking  as  we  think,  believing 

Sincertt  *•  ■ !  n  g  as  we  profess,  performing 

as  we  pretend,  acw  ,  as  we  appear  to  be. 
as  we  promise,  and  being 


MAY  40 


Y  ©B54f  B, 


YOU  KISSED  ME. 


BY  sins.  CARRIE  h.  CHURCH. 

You  kissed  me  !  My  head  drooped  low  on  your 
breast. 

With  a  feeling  of  shelter  and  infinite  rest, 

While  the  holy  emotion  my  tongue  dared  not  speak 
Flashed  up  like  it  flame  from  ray  heart  to  my  cheek. 
Your  arms  held  me  fast  — oh!  your  arras  were  so 
hold ; 

Heart  heat  against  heart  in  tlieil'  passionate  hold, 
Your  glances  soouied  drawing  ray  soul  through  my 
eyes. 

As  the  sun  draws  the  mist  from  the  sea  to  the  skies, 
And  your  lips  dun::  to  mine  till  I  prayed  in  my  bliss 
nicy  might  never  unclasp  from  that  rapturous  kiss 

You  kissed  me !  My  heart,  and  my  breath,  and  ray 
will 

In  delirious  Joy  for  the  moment  stood  still  i 
l.lfe  had  forme  then  no  temptation*,  no  charms, 

No  vista  of  pleasure  outside  of  your  arms, 

And  wore  l  this  Instant  an  angel,  possessed 
Of  the  joy  and  the  peace  that  are  given  the  blest, 

1  would  fling  my  white  robes  unrepinlngly  down, 
And  tear  from  my  forehead  its  beautiful  crown 
To  nestle  once  more  in  the  haven  of  rest, 

With  your  lips  upon  mine,  and  my  head  on  your 
breast. 


You  kissed  me  1  My  soul  In  a  bliss  so  divine, 

Reeled  and  swooned  —  like  a  foolish  man  drunken 
with  wine, 

And  I  thought  'twere  delicious  to  dio  then,  If  death 

Would  come  while  my  mouth  was  yet  moist  with 
your  breath ; 

’Twere  delicious  to  die  if  my  heart  might  grow  cold 

While  your  arms  wrapped  me  round  in  that  passion¬ 
ate  fold. 

And  those  are  the  questions  1  ask,  day  and  night : 

Must  my  life  taste  but  once  such  exquisite  delight? 

Would  you  care  If  your  breast  were  my  Bhelter  as 
then  7 

And  if  you  were  here  would  you  kiss  me  again? 

Chicago,  1873. 

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THE  WINDOWS  OF  OUR  HOUSES. 


Did  it  ever  strike  you  that  the  windows  of  a 
habitation  wore  as  indicative  of  the  inmate’s 
character  as  are  the  eyes  of  the  nature  of  the 
soul  behind?  Can  you  view  u  clean,  polished 
glass,  guileless  of  stain  or  blemish,  daintily 
draped  with  a  frost-work  of  foamy  lace,  looped 
in  graceful  folds  by  skillful  fingers, and  not  feel 
that  at  least  purity  and  taste  dwell  therein! 
Home-lovT  speaks  for  Itself  in  those  clustering 
vines  and  fair  exotics  on  the  low  broad  sill,  and 
happinosa  is  echoed  in  every  noto  which  qulv- 
ers  in  the  yellow  songster’s  throat,  albeit  that 
it  floats  from  between  the  bins  of  a  tiny  glided 
prison.  It  is  hard  to  believe  that  were  wo  per¬ 
mitted  to  gnze  behind  t  hat  casement,  neglect 
of  household  duties,  strife  and  discontent  would 
be  our  reward. 

A  little  further  on,  and  we  find  Mrs.  Grundy, 
abroad  high  casement,  rigid  in  Its  severe  sim¬ 
plicity,  void  of  cornice  or  bracket,  overhung  by 
no  protecting  balcony  which  would  in  the  least 
obscure  the  dear  old  lady's  vision  ;  very  proper, 
Very  precise,  its  stiff,  dark  shades  rolled  toon 
exact  angle,  and  situated  with  an  unobstructed 
view  of  every  other  window  down  the  street. 
We  do  not  cure  to  come  in  too  close  contact, 
and  pass  rapidly  to  the  opposite  side. 

Laughing,  wo  greet  Mrs.  Shoddy  in  an  im¬ 
mense  bay,  all  possible  angles  and  curves— no 
lack  of  cornice  or  brackets  there— and  over¬ 
hung  by  a  high  balcony  that  might  have  served 
for  the  portal  to  some  ancient  castle  in  the 
architecture  of  bygone  days.  Gorgeous  satin 
lining  the  crimson  velvet  which  drops  from 
heavy  bands  of  gold,  cords  and  tassels  of  rain¬ 
bow  tints  loop  and  festoon  this  inagni licence, 
and  over  or  under  all  an  elaborate  lace  Is  draped 


with  an  eye  to  outward  appearance,  while  here 
and  there  we  catch  aglimp?e  of  a  lie-fringed, 
be-gymped  and  be-tosseled  lambrequin,  wc  can¬ 
not  repress  a  smile  as  we  paint  a  picture  for  our 
mind’s  eye  of  rooms  smothered  in  upholstery, 
its  brilliant  coloring  reflected  on  all  sides  in 
massive  mirrors,  and  poor,  Ignorant,  good-na¬ 
tured  Mrs.  SHODDY  almost,  crushed  beneath  the 
weight  of  her  heavy  moire,  point-lace,  leathers, 
flowers  and  diamonds ;  and  in  .unison  with  our 
mental  picture,  Mrs.  FhOPDY's  “  establish¬ 
ment”  dashes  up  to  the  door  beside  us,  dazzling 
our  unaccustomed  eyes  with  its  gold-plated 
mountings,  plum-color  and  gold  livery,  the  son 
of  Erin  upon  the  box  making  vain  efforts  to 


balance  himself  beneath  the  weight  of  his  im¬ 
mense  cockade.  Poor  Mrs.  Shoddy  !  Never 
poorer  than  now,  while  rolling  in  wealth,  or 
never  so  deserving  of  pity  '. 

We  need  not  go  far  to  rest  our  dazed  vision. 
See  that  small  cottage  just  below  the  hill;  every 
casement  peers  Like  the  eyesof  a  laughing  child 
from  beneath  the  overhanging  vines ;  only  sim¬ 
ple  muslin  shades  the  golden  sunlight  which 
falls  in  sparkling  arrows  upon  a  painted  floor. 
Happiness,  industry  and  love— all  but  wealth— 
dwell  there,  In  perfect  contentment,  and  glanc¬ 
ing  down  upon  it  from  the  brow  of  yonder  hill 
is  the  window  of  the  aristocrat,  with  heavy 
plate  glass,  whose  iron  railings  proclaim,  “Thus 
far  shalt  thou  go,  arid  no  farther,”  while  closed 
inside  blinds  suggests  the  sanctity  of  what  lies 
beyond.  We  shudder  at  this  solitary  grandeur, 
id  glance  to  see  if  heaven's  blue  light  bathes 
window  as  warmly  as  Its  neighbor. 

icing  up.  we  chance  to  view  a  dormer 


a. 
that 
In 


da. 


>f  hidden  in  a"  roof,  its  light  cotton 


n  ow  ha.  it  and  tied  in  the  center  with  a 
raperycaugn  knot;  that  much  surely  sug- 
ru  y  masculine  .  artments ;  while  the  pile  of 
gests  a  bachelor’s  apK 


books  upon  the  sill,  the  stone  inkstand,  and 
steel  pen  scarcely  yet  dry,  then  a  sealed  let  ter, 
saying  os  plainly  as  words  can  say,  “  A  student 
far  from  home,"  and  wo  fancy  In  that  closed 
^pistle  loving  words  to  the  fond  mother  and 
sister  who  wait,  firm  In  faith  that  their  absent 
one  is  on  the  high  road  to  fame  and  fortune. 

That  low,  brown  cabin  on  a  side  street,  Just 
below,  such  a  sad,  pitiful  window  as  it  owns.* 
A  tattered  shawl,  half  drawn  aside,  screens  the 
interior,  while  here  and  there  old  rugs  and  bits 
of  paper, cobwebs  and  dust  dimming  what  poor 
remnants  of  glass  remain;  the  unpalntod  sill, 
half-brokon-away  supports,  a  bottlcanfl  Cracked 
glass,  and  every  surrounding  proclaiming  utter 
neglect.  “A  drunkard's  home"  is  written  in 
fiery  letters  upon  every  visible  spot,  and  is  as 
istinetly  noticeable  as  is  the  gate  to  ruinrin- 
cribed  upon  the  immense  glittering  panes  <>;>- 
ositc,  with  the  silver-plated  bars  and  railing 
protecting  (but  not  concealing)  the  rows  of 
sparkling  liquors  In  their  cut-glass  decanters. 
We  need  blit  one  glance  there ;  it  brings  no 
sweet  home  picture  to  our  mind  but  want,  ruin 
and  desolation;  homes  laid  waste,  widows  and 
orphans  made  desolate ;  it  sickens  heart  and 
soul,  Htn1  we  gladly  turn  from  the  crowded, 
noisy  thoroughfare,  lined  with  its  office  and 
business  Windows,  and  wander  out  into  tlio 
green  meadows  and  cool  orchards. 

It  needs  little  study  to  read  tho  character  of 
yonder  low,  wide  casement;  its  many-paned. 
sashes  glittering  in  the  iimrnirig's  light,  like  the 
broad,  good-natured  face  of  a  genial  host,  whoso 
evory  feature  is  radiant  with  hospitality  and 
good  cheer;  warm  worsted  curtains,  drawn 
closely  back,  allow  the  light  fire  in  the  grand 
old-fa&hionod  fireplace  to  cast  welcoming  rays 
far  beyond  the  deep  window  seat,  and  suggest 
this  cool  spring  morning,  the  peace,  plenty  and 
good  cheer  of  the  successful  A  ru  or  I  call  farmer. 

Through  tho  flowery  archways  of  apple  boughs 
in  yonder  orchard,  wo  can  catch  the  rays  of  re¬ 
flected  sunlight  as  they  fall  upon  the  Gothic 
window  of  the  villago  church,  and  wo  cannot 
help  an  involuntary  wonder  if  tho  prayers  of 
those  simple  villagers  will  not  ascend  more 
readily  where  sweet  pines  and  forest  trees  are 
the  only  surroundings,  and  the  carols  of  wild 
birds  mingle  with  tho  choirs*  simple  chants. 

Ab.  yes!  to  us,  at.  least.,  the  window  is  typical 
of  the  inmate,  bet  us  each  and  all,  then,  strive 
that  t  he  easements  of  our  homos,  like  the  win¬ 
dows  of  tho  soul,  suggest  naught,  but  refinement,, 
peace,  purity  and  good  will  within. 

Denver,  Col.  Mus.  P.  T.  Rushmoue. 

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TO  YOUNG  MEN  ON  MARRIAGE. 


Du.  Crosby  says:— “The  true  girl  has  to  be 
sought  for.  She  docs  not  parade  herself  as 
show-goods.  She  is  not  fashionable.  Generally 
she  Is  not  rich.  But,  O  1  what  a  heart  she  has 
when  you  find  her!  so  large,  and  pure,  and 
womanly!  When  you  see  it,  you  wonder  if 
those  showy  things  outside  wore  really  women. 
If  you  gain  Iter  love,  your  two  thousand  are  a 
million.  She’ll  notask  you  for  a  carriage  or  a 
first-class  house.  She'll  wear  simple  dresses, 
and  turn  them  when  necessary,  with  no  vulgar 
iMigniJicat  to  frown  upon  her  economy.  She’ll 
keep  everything  neat  and  nice  in  your  sky-par¬ 
lor,  anil  give  you  such  a  welcome  when  you 
come  home,  that  you'll  think  your  parlor  higher 
than  ever.  She'll  entertain  true  friends  on  a 
dollar,  and  astonish  you  with  the  now  thought, 
how  very  little  happiness  depends  on  money! 
She’ll  make  you  love  home  (if  you  don't  you’re, 
a  brute),  and  teach  you  how  to  pity,  while  you 
scorn;  a  poor  fashionable  society  that  thinks 
itself  rich,  and  vainly  tries  to  think  itself  happy. 
Now  do  not,  I  pray  you.  say  any  more,  ‘I  can’t 
afford  to  marry.’  Go,  find  the  true  woman,  and 
you  can!  Throw  away  that  cigar,  burn  up  that 
switch  cane,  be  sensible  yourself,  and  seek  your 
wife  in  a  sensible  way.” 

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A  NEW  AVENUE  FOR  WOMEN. 


If  women  must  have  more  avenues  of  em¬ 
ployment,  it  is  well  for  them  to  adopt  those 
which  will  serve  to  mitigate  the  sufferings  of 
numanity.  A  lady  has  just  set  up  In  business, 
In  Baltimore,  os  a  dentist.  What  man  would 
dread  the  dentist's  chair  if  the  skill  that  pre¬ 
sides  over  it  is  “lovely  woman,” and  the  fingers 
that  tenderly  feel  forthc  aching  tooth  are  soft 
and  fair?  Toothache  would  cease  to  be  a  ca¬ 
lamity  under  such  circumstances;  it  might,  bo, 
even,  that  men  would  dosire  the  pain  that  they 
might  enjoy  the  remedy,  and  be  found  culti¬ 
vating  opportunities  for  resorting  to  the  cure. 
And  in  this  profession,  at  least,  women  would 
not  have  occasion  to  complain  that  her  rewards 
are  less  than  those  of  man— for  imagine  the 
crowds  that  would  assault  her  doors  and  strug¬ 
gle  for  place  in  her  surgery ! 

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SUNLIGHT  AND  HEALTH. 


At  the  roar  end  of  our  parlor  it  was  not  very 
dark.  I  ndeod,  we  could  see  to  road  small  news¬ 
paper  print  at  tho  least  lighted  point.  At  that, 
point  we  put  a  bracket  against  tho  wall,  and 
transferred  to  it  a  plant.  from  the  window.  In 
four  days  it  looked  sick;  in  two  weeks  it  was 
yellow;  in  five  weeks  it.  was  apparently  dead. 
Another  plant  was  placed  on  the  center-table, 
which  was  about,  half  way  from  the  front  win¬ 
dows  to  the  position  of  the  first  plant.  At  the 
end  of  five  weeks  that  had  lost  Its  green,  and 
was  evidently  failing.  The  girls  in  on r  parlor, 
who  were  not  out  more  than  an  hour  a  day  on 
an  average,  except  when  they  went  to  places  of 
amusement  in  the  evening,  were  as  pale, yellow 
and  sickly  as  tho  plants,  and  we  think  for  the 
same  reason— a  lack  of  full,  strong  light.— Dio 
Lewis. 


Heading  far  the  ||a«itg. 


LITTLE  BOY  BLUE. 

Under  the  hay-stack  little  Boy  Bluo  ' 

Sleeps  with  his  head  on  his  arm, 

While  voices  of  men  and  voices  of  maids 
Are  calling  him  over  the  farm. 

Sheep  in  the  meadows  arc  running  wild, 
Where  poisonous  herbage  grows. 

Leaving  white  tufts  of  downy  fleece 
On  the  thorns  of  the  sweet  wild-roso. 

Out  in  the  Bolds  where  the  silken  corn 
Its  plumed  head  nods  and  bows, 

Where  golden  pumpkins  ripen  below, 
Trample  the  white-faced  cows. 

But  no  loud  blast  on  tho  shining  horn 
Calls  buck  the  straying  sheep. 

And  the  cows  tuny  wunder  in  hay  or  corn, 
While  their  keeper  lies  asleep. 

His  roguish  eyes  are  tightly  shut. 

His  Utmplos  are  all  at  rest : 

The  chubby  hand,  tucked  under  his  head, 
By  one  rosy  check  is  pressed. 

Waken  him?  No.  I, cfc  down  the  bars 
And  gather  the  truant  sheep, 

Open  the  barn-yard  and  drive  in  the  cows, 
But  let  tho  little  boy  sleep. 

For  year  after  year  we  can  shear  the  fleece, 
And  corn  can  always  be  sown. 

But  the  sleep  that  visits  little  Boy  Bluo 
Will  not  come  when  the  years  have  flown. 
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LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 


My  Cat  and  her  Kits  and  Rats. 

Dear  Rural  I  must  tell  you  about  my  cat. 
Her  name  is  “  Mrs.  Jinks  of  Madison  Square.” 
The  “square"  is  the  garret,  anil  her  residence 
is  a  large  box,  carpeted  and  curtained  with  an 
old  quilt;  and  she  has  three  of  the  prettiest 
kittens  I  ever  saw.  A  week  ago,  my  lilllo 
brothers  found  some  young  rats  in  llm  bam. 
Wo  thought  madam  would  relish  somo  fresh 
game,  so  wo  pul.  the  little  rats  into  the  box; 
but  to  our  great  surprise,  Instead  of  outing 
them,  she  licked  and  caressed  them,  and  adopt¬ 
ed  them  as  her  own  children.  Now  they  have 
grown  and  fattened  and  have  got  their  eyes 
open,  and  aro  nforo  active  than  the  kits,  though 
we  think  they  are  younger.  One  day  i  brought 
down  Mrs.  Jinks  and  her  interesting  family,  to 
show  them.  Tho  kits  looked  pretty  with  bluo 
ribbon  around  their  white  necks,  while  pink 
bows  set  off  the  glossy  dark  fur  of  the  baby  rats. 
We  all  thought  it  so  funny  to  sec  t  he  rats  look 
at  us  so  shyly  with  their  round  black  eyes,  and 
then  run  to  hide  themselves  under  their  foster- 
sisters.  They  crawl  all  over  tho  cats,  t  heir  long 
tails  wiggling  around  so  cunningly.  I  call  my 
kit  “  Lillian  Lee cousin  named  hers  “  Donna 
Estclla,”  and  Brother  Gwyn  says  his  must  be 
named  for  his  favorite  cousin,  “Carrie  Finley.” 
Wo  call  tho  three  rats  “  Flibbertigibbet,  " 
“Popsy  Wopsy”  and  “  Palsy  Rat.sy.”  Now,  did 
you  over  hear  before  Of  a  cat  nursing  rats?  I 
thought  they  were  natural  enemies,  and  that  a 
cat  would  pounce  on  every  rnt  i(  saw.  Can  any 
of  your  little  readers  explain  this?  If  any 
young  “  RurallstSi"  doubt,  my  story,  I  invite 
them  to  Oakland  Farm,  Wilkes  Co.,  N.  C.— An¬ 
nie  M.  Finley. 


A  Good  Place  to  Hunt. 

I  live  at  Crawford  Springs,  In  Augusta  Co., 
Va„  right  in  tho  mountains  and  at  tho  foot  of 
the  highest  peak  in  Virginia,  which  is  called 
Elliott’s  Knob.  We  have  several  kinds  of  min¬ 
eral  water  here— sulphur,  limestone,  truostone, 
and  another  spring  which  has  iron,  alum  and 
sulphur  mixed.  This  is  a  beautiful  part  of  Vir¬ 
ginia,  just  OH  the  border  of  the  beautiful  Valley 
of  Virginia.  I  used  to  Jive  in  Eastern  Virginia, 
but  like  this  part  of  the  State  much  l letter,  ns 
we  have  so  much  sport  hero  in  the  fall  of  the 
year,  hunting  and  fishing.  I  heard  my  father 
say  last  fall,  that  forty-five  deer  and  six  bears 
were  killed  in  a  mile  or  two  of  this  place.  Most 
evory  day  some  hunters  would  ride  by  during 
tho  hunting  season.  One  of  the  bears  killed 
just,  before  Christmas  weighed  580  pounds.  Wo 
have  some  wolves,  plenty  of  coons,  opossum, 
wild  cats,  pheasants  and  other  small  game.  I 
think  this  is  just  the  place  for  a  hunter  to  live, 
and  I  wish  old  Daniel  Boone  was  living  and 
near  us—  what  fun  !  would  have!  f  live  light 
on  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Railroad,  and  iT 
you  ever  pass  through  this  part  of  Virginia, 
would  be  so  happy  to  see  you,  as  you  always 
have  something  nice  in  your  paper  for  ms  little 
folks.  It  is  bed  time  now,  and  l  will  say  good 
night! — Edw.  P.  B.,  Augusta  Co.,  Va. 


Taming  Wild  Geese,  Ducks,  &c. 

Dear  Young  Kuralists;  I. have  read  in  our 
column  in  the  Rural  about  the  nice  little  pets 
you  each  have.  Nmv  I  want  to  tell  you  what 
Eric  and  Enr.rxo,  little  Norwegian  boys  here 
in  Wisconsin,  have  for  their  pets.  Their  brother 
found  a  wild  goose's  nest  with  four  young  ones 
in  it.  He  brought  thon»  home,  and  gave  them 
to  the  boys;  they  took  care  of  them,  and  they 
have  grown  to  be  large  goose.  They  are  as  tame 
its  any  geese,  but  it  does  sound  queer  to  hoar 
their  “  houk”  in  the  barn-yard.  When  the  wild 
geese  are  migrating,  they  often  go  down  to  the 
lake  and  stay  all  night  with  a  flock,  but  come 
back  again  when  the  flock  goes  on. 

I  tried  to  raise  some  wild  ducks  once.  We 
made  a  little  yard  for  them  with  water,  but 
every  five  minutes,  it  seemed  to  me,  they  were 


out  of  that  yard  and  into  a  puddle  in  the  road. 
And  because  I  wouldn’t  let  them  run  wild,  and 
do  as  they  pleased,  they  all  died  upon  their 
backs,  with  their  little  feet  a-hkhlug.  Soon 
after  this  an  Indian  brought  a  tiny  wild  gosling 
to  soil  me  ;  but  1  found  that  my  experience  was 
too  discouraging  to  take  another  helpless  wild- 
ling  on  my  hands.— Aunt  Phkuk. 

Chickens  and  Books. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor:— I  have  got  six  pullets; 
they  were  hatched  last  November;  they  have 
laid  four  dozen  eggs  this  spring.  They  used  to 
run  to  meet  mo  in  the  winter  when  I  went  to 
feed  them,  and  fly  up  itt  tho  basin  of  corn  and 
meal.  One  morning  t  hey  flew  at  me  and  took 
my  hat.  right  off  my  head.  In  the  winter  f  read 
“  Youth’s  History  of  the  Civil  War,"  and  “  His¬ 
tory  of  the  Early  Settlors.”  This  spring  1  have 
road  the  United  Stales'  History  through,  and 
am  now  reading  the  “  Life  and  Voyages  of  Co¬ 
lumbus.”  I  like  to  rend  the  “Boys' and  Girls’ 
Letters”  very  much.— Ed.  G.  C.,  BallSton,  N.  Y. 


How  a  Boy  Cot  a  Start. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor:  To  start  on,  I  will  tell 
you  what  I  did  last  winter.  I  fed  forty-five 
houd  of  cattle  and  milked  four  cows.  Hogs  aro 
my  choice  of  all  stock,  t  went  to  one  of  my 
uncles;  it  is  ten  miles;  I  walked,  and  I  staid 
all  night,  and  In  tho  morning  1  bought  two  pigs 
for  #15  and  drovo  them  homo  that.  day.  I  have 
six  hogs  and  one  horse,  and  $40.  Now  I  am 
going  to  tell  you  how  to  start.  Father  gave  mo 
a  pig,  and  I  kept  it  till  it  got  to  be  a  hog,  and  I 
sold  it  for  $10,  and  then  bought  more  pigs  and 
made  what  I  have.— Carey  C„  Indiana. 


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ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.-No.  11. 


Z3T"  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


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REBUS  PRIZES. 

In  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  March  15,  we 
offered  prizes  for  I  lie  first,  second  and  third  best 
original  rebuses  received  at  Bibs  ollico  on  or  be¬ 
fore  April  15.  A  largo  number  have  been  re¬ 
ceived,  embracing  very  few  good  ones.  All 
were  submitted  t>>  a  competent  committee  out¬ 
side  the  Rural  sanctum,  and  the  prizes  have 
been  awarded  as  follows: 

First,  prize  (RURAL  New-Yorker  for  1873  and 
“Birth-Day  Morning")  to  Lucius  Goss,  Bell- 
more,  Parke  Co.,  Ind. 

Second  prize  (Rural  New-Yorker  from 
January  to  July  1,  1873,  and  “Birth-Day  Morn¬ 
ing")  to  Milly  Mart,  Butler,  Ind. 

Third  prize  (“  Birth-Day  Morning”)  to  Wm.  F. 
Wilson,  Jefferson,  Texas. 

The  winners  of  these  prizes  will  please  inform 
us  to  whom  they  shall  be  sent,  and  they  will  at 
once  be  forwarded. 

»♦« 

CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA. -No.  9. 

My  first  Is  in  ear  but  not  in  face, 

My  second  Ls  In  you  but  not  in  place  ; 

My  third  is  in  trip  but  not  In  dance, 

My  four!  h  is  in  look  but  not  In  glance  ; 

My  fifth  is  In  speak  but  not  in  talk, 

My  sixth  i»  in  pier  but  not  in  dock  ; 

My  whole  is  one  of  the  old  countries. 

Answer  in  two  weeks.  c.  b.  h. 

- *•-*■•* - - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.— April  26. 

Geographical  Puzzle  No.  2.— 1  arose,  took 
a  Bath,  and,  being  Hungary,  told  Nancy  to  set 
the  Table.  Sim  placed  upon  it.  a  Platte,  a  piece 
of  Turkey  seasoned  with  Salt,  aofbe  Salmon, 
Cherry  sauce,  with  Mitk  to  drink.  1  saw  the 
Snow  had  disappeared,  the  sky  Clear,  and 
thought  It  best  to  Start.  My  maid  said  the  sky 
was  Black  in  the  North,  and  she  had  a  Fear 
that  t  ho  day  would  be  Rainy.  T  then  told  her 
to  bring  my  Parsley  a  lid  I  would  Look-out.  She 
said  it  was  in  The  Wash.  This  put.  me  in  great 
Wrath,  when  tho  saucy  maid  told  me  to  bold 
my  Tongue,  that  Elizabeth  had  the  misfortune 
to  get  it.  covered  with  Greece.  I  then  took  my 
Benin  wrap  and  Hood  and  went  out,  but  soon 
saw  I  was  doomed  to  Disappointment,  as  there 
were  indications  of  Foul-weather.  I  took  Coun¬ 
cil  with  Eliza  beth,  and  decided  to  stay  at  home. 

Anagram  No.  4  — 

Xn  the  Acadian  land,  on  the  shores  of  the  Basin  of 

Minas, 

Distant,  secluded,  still,  the  little  village  of 

Grand-p  re 

Lay  In  the  fruitful  valley.  Vast  meadows  stretched 
to  the  eastward, 

Giving  the  village  its  name,  and  pasture  to  flocks 
without  number. 

Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  7.  Fir  Edward 
George  Bulwer  Lytton. 


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CURRENT  TOPICS. 


Terrible!  Accident  at  Dixon,  III. 

Sunday,  May  1,  the  Iron  bridge  across  Rook 
River,  at  Dixon,  III.,  fell,  while  crowded  with 
people  1  i  witness  a  baptism.  Thirty-two  dead 
bodies  have  been  recovered,  and  many  more  are 
supposed  to  be  under  the  wreck.  The  following 
arc  the  mimes  of  the  dead  so  far  as  known  : 
Miss  Catherine  Coley,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Latte,  Miss 
Maggie  O'Brien,  Ida  Valin,  (Jeorjfe  Kent, Miss 
Bosslo  Hnyne,  Mrs.  Carpenter,  Clara  and  Rosa 
Stack  pole,  ,1.  P.  Danners  (child),  Jay  Mason, 
Mrs.  i’elersbcrgor,  Miss  Petorsbcrger,  Kred. 
Hale,  Mi  -  Emily  Dondng,  Miss  Anna  Doming, 
Thomas  Haley,  Mrs.  C.  VV.  Kont  ner.  Mrs.  Benj. 
Gilman,  Mrs.  Col.  II.  T.  .Noble,  Miss  Nettie  Hill, 
Mrs,  Henry  Sllliinnn,  Mrs.  Dr.  llofTman,  Miss 
Kiltie  Sterling,  Mr*.  E.  Wallace,  Mrs.  Thomas 
Wado,  Ida  Drew,  Mrs.  Win.  Cook,  Mary  Wilhelm 
of  Naeiinsu.  Mrs.  Mary  Sullivan, 

The  following  persons  wore  fatally  injured: 
Miss  Hurls  Addison  Guernsey,  Miss  Sarah  II. 
March,  Mm.  Capt.  Smith,  Miss  Daniel  Cheney. 
Aiming  I  he  seriously  injured  are:  I’.  M.  Alex¬ 
ander,  Charles  Murray,  Mr.  Hull  man,  and  Mrs. 
March,  Miss  Irene  Baker,  Miss  Li/./.ie  Mackey, 
Miss  Wilcox,  Miss  Martha  Page,  Mrs.  James 
Goble.  Miss  Mary  Drlnkwafer,  Robert  Dyke. 
Mrs.  Charles  Murray,  Miss  Eliza  Cuddlnglon, 
Mrs.  . looks,  James  Camp,  Jr.,  Mrs.  Ada  Olute, 
Dr.  C.  J.  Reynolds,  Mrs.  John  H.  Moore,  Mrs.  8. 
IV.  Whitmore,  Mrs.  P.  M.  Alexander.  The  fol¬ 
lowing  also  received  injuries:  Dr.  Hoffman, 
Miss  Thatcher,  Miss  llaenplug,  John  Wads¬ 
worth,  a  child,  Miss  Kelly,  Miss  Me.Lady,  and 
five  children  of  P.  Brnntigan. 

How  Work  Is  Done  In  Vienna. 

A  Special  correspondent  of  the  Tribune  at 
Vienna,  speaking  of  Hie  preparations  making 
for  the  Exposition,  writes  April  19:  Here  men 
are  very  busy  :  gangs  <>f  sailors  arc  hauling  and 
heaving:  masons  are  plastering,  while  women 
carry  the  mortar,  sift  and  gravel,  and  do  all  the 
lowest  manual  labor.  Hero  goes  a  line  of  these 
women  with  boxes  of  mortar  on  their  heads 
another  with  boxes  of  sand,  and  others  .'again 
with  little  wheolbarrows  of  a  quaint  and  anti¬ 
quated  form,  carrying  tiny  loads  of  bricks  or 
other  solid  material,  and  Idling  into  and  along 
the  building  like  ants.  Like  ants,  too,  they  are 
in  their  unintelligent  meandering.  1  noticed 
one  line  going  from  t  he  mortar  pit  to  the  hall, 
and  haying  to  cross  the  temporary  railway 
track  on  which  was  standing  a  line  of  empty 
freight  cars,  they  ali  climbed  up  on  the  plat¬ 
forms,  crossed,  and  descended  on  the  Other  Bide, 
no  one  having  thought  far  enough  to  push  two 
of  the  cars  apart  so  as  to  make  an  opening 
between  them.  The  Austrian  laboring  men  are 
not  much  better.  One  man  I  saw  yesterday 
splitting  a  three-inch  plank  with  a  hatchet,  the 
plank  lying  flat  on  the  floor,  ami  being  sundered 
by  backing  down  thruugh  the  middle,  one  hand 
only  being  used.  At  another  place  three  men 
pushed  and  pulled  at  a  huge  plane,  joining  a 
plank  10 or  1 2  feet  long,  while  at  the  most  crit¬ 
ical  points,  where  time  presses  most,  the  men 
stand  in  gangs  and  discuss  how  a  thing  must  be 
done,  and  what  Is  done  seems  to  ho  done  so 
rather  by  Hie  dinL  of  habit  and  numbers  than  by 
Intelligent  appreciation  of  force. 


Creat  Britain  vs.  United  States. 

Soreness  continues  to  crop  out  in  Great  Brit¬ 
ain,  concerning  the  result  of  the  Arbitration  at 
Geneva,  and  in  the  case  of  the  San  Juan  Bound¬ 
ary  question.  For  Instance,  In  the  House  of 
Commons,  May  2d,  Lord  George  Hamilton, 
member  for  Middlesex,  called  attention  to  the 
nature  of  tho  reference  to  the  Treaty  of  1840 
which,  under  the  Treaty  of  Washington,  was 
submitted,  together  with  the  North-Western 
Boundary  question,  to  I  be  decision  of  the  Ger¬ 
man  Emperor.  He  regretted  that  the  English 
Government  had  allowed  upon  that  part  of  the 
Oregon  Treaty  an  Interpretation  fatal  to  the 
just  Mina  England.  Rosario  Strait,  long 
after  rti48,  was  ihe  only  known  navigable  chan¬ 
nel  between  Oregon  and  Vancouver’s  Island, 
and  hence  was  undoubtedly  tho  channel  indi¬ 


cated  in  the  treaty  of  1840.  Vet  the  Govern¬ 
ment,  with  unhappy  ingenuity,  excluded  the 
arbitration  from  the  consideration  of  this  par¬ 
ticular  channel.  He  found  no  fault  with  the 
Emperor  William.  He  thought  the  Geneva 
Arbitrators  would  have  acted  more  wisely  had 
they  anticipated  his  method  and  confined 
ikhemselve*  to  rendering  their  decision  without 
iglving  their  reasons  therefor.  Lord  Hamilton 
«iid  he  would  make  no  motion,  and  only  de¬ 
sired  to  obtain  from  the  House  such  an  expres¬ 
sion  of  opinion  as  would  discourage  the  making 
of  treaties  hereafter  on  the  "give  all,  take 
nothing"  principle. 


The  Vienna  Exposition 

Was  opened  May  1,  by  the  Emperor  of  Austria. 
There  were  present  the  Prince  of  Wales  and 
Prince  Art  hur  of  England  and  the  (.'t  ow  n  Prince 
and  Princess  of  Prussia,  the  Grown  Princess  of 
Denmark  and  a  long  list  of  diplomats,  court 
attaches,  &•<•.  The  Exposition  Is  yet  in  a  stale 
of  confusion.  It  will  lie  two  months  before 
things  are  settled.  Tho  suspension  of  the  first 
appointed  A  merienn  GommlsBloners  is  a  cause 
of  much  scandal  and  humiliation  to  A  mericanB. 
The  farming  out  of  prlvlllges  for  a  considera¬ 
tion,  though  characteristic  of  the  management 
of  fairs  at  homo,  has  caused  much  unfavorable 
comment  abroad,  and  Is  not  a  little  mortifying 
to  those  who  desire  the  American  Republic  to 
make  a  good  Impression  at  this  gathering  of  all 
nations. 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 

IHainwell,  Mich.,  April  20 — The  winter  Is 
jmt  closing.  Grass  has  not  started  enough  yet 
so  that  stock  has  to  he  foddered,  and  as  nearly 
every  body  la  out  of  hay  it  is  quite  an  inconven¬ 
ience.  Farm  laborers  are  scarce,  w  ith  wages  at 
$20SW36  per  month.  Sound  horses  arc  In  good 
demand  at  $14056200  per  head.  Our  prices  arc  : 
Hay,  flSf&Jij  per  ton;  corn,  .TkMOc.;  potatoes, 
OOo.;  oats,  .'Kb/.Vir.;  wheat,  fancy  white,  1.80; 
sheep,  $2.60Toj3  per  head  ;  hut  ter,  25e.;  eggs,  £2c. 
Spring  work  is  most  decidedly  backward;  do 
not  know  of  a  piece  of  oats  having  been  sown 
yet,  and  but  few  have  planted  their  gardens. 
Wheat  on  the  ground  as  a  general  thing  looks 
well.  There  are,  however,  some  pieces  badly 
winter-killed.— i’. «. 

Hunter's  Helium,  Carroll  Co,,  Ky.,  \prll  20. 

Peaches  oil  upland  arc  nearly  all  killed ;  many 
of  I  In-  trees  are  also  dead.  <  in  t  lie  river  bottoms 
peaches,  pears,  plums  and  early  apples  are  In 
full  bloom  and  do  not  seem  to  lie  injured,  uot- 
w  it  ludandiug  the  severe  frosts,  of  the  last  week. 
Barley  Is  hadlv  winter-killed  ;  wheal,  also.  We 
have  just  finished  planting  pot  aloes,  which  is  a 
month  later  than  usual.  8.  k,  it. 

Lulu*  Mils,  Wayne  Co.,  X.  V.,  April  27. — 
The  weather  begins  to  appear  like  soring  and 
farmers  are  beginning  to  start  their  plows.  We 
think  the  fruit  crop  is  not  injured  except  peach¬ 
es.  Wheat  on  tlie  ground  looks  poor.  Wheat 
is  w  orth  $ IfiOfoJfift ;  oals,  Vic.;  blitt  er,  96c.;  eggs, 
14c.;  potatoes,  NKqiTfic.— L.  j. 

Sac  City,  Cal.,  April  21.— We  have  had  a 
very  dry  spring  for  California  and  the  prospect 
is  now  i hiit  i  he  crops  will  he  very  shorl .  1  can¬ 

not  believe  that  there  will  he  over  two-thirds  of 
the  average  crop.  My  land  is  as  dry  as  it  ought 
to  be  by  the  first  of  July.-  t).  V. 

Sherman,  Texas,  April  21.  —  Spring  work 
very  unfavorable  and  backwards;  for  (lie  last 
three  nights  we  have  had  some  frost,  though 
not  killing.— u.  h. 

- - 

DOMESTIC  NEWS. 


New  York  city  and  Vicinity. 

The  Cashier  of  the  Atlantic  National  Hank, 
having  lost  $908,0(10  of  its  funds  .speculating  in 
Wall  St.,  i  ii.it  Institution  haa  closed  Its  doors. 
Only  one  Atlantic  cable  Is  In  working  order,  and 
the  rates  have  been  raised  The  sailors’  hoard¬ 
ing-house  keepers  have  been  released  on  ball. 

Some  <  n- 1 •! I,-  prop* ise  to  strlki  The  pro¬ 
posal  to  cut  down  touchers’  wages  meets  with 
opposition  The  small  depositors  are  very  in¬ 
dignant  against  the  Atlantic  Rank.  Mr.  Talntnr, 
the  Cashier,  has  heen  taken  to  Ludlow  Ht.  jail. 
....Vessels  are  detained  In  port  for  want  of 
crews  ...  A  National  Transportation  convention 

has  been  called  to  meet  in  this  city _ One  W. 

J.  Marrln  has  assaulted  Jay  Gould.  Nobody 
hurt ....  Itev.  Dr.  ffttJlon  of  ItosHm  is  to  become 
a  Brooklyn  preacher  Country  editors  have 
heen  in  council _ Broadway  is  being  widened. 

—  An  Italian  missionary  has  run  olfwil It  $2,(XKI. 

_ The  towns  of  Morrisannt,  West  Farms  and 

Klngsbridge  have  been  annexed  to  New  York 
City  .The  Crispins  and  cooper*  are  on  a  strike. 

_ The  proposition  to  abandon  the  Brooklyn 

Bridge  causes  much  excitement  .  .  .The  strikers 
have  partially  succeeded.  .The  Train  trial 
continues  .  The  f  uneral  of  Hon.  James  Brooks 

took  plane  on  Hie  1th _ A  verdict  lias  been 

given  against  the  Ocean  Bunk  for  $93,000. 

Home  News. 

Secretary  Fish  has  suspended  Gen.  Van 
Boren  and  the  whole  of  the  0.  S.  Commission¬ 
ers  to  Vienna.  They  are  charged  with  speculat¬ 
ing  out  of  their  position*.  A  new  commission 
has  been  appointed.  The  scandal  caused  great 
excitement  all  over  Europe  and  America.  All 
was  in  confusion  at  the  American  department 
of  the  Exhibition  ..CongrenBinen  8.  8.  Cox, 
Gen.  Garfield  and  J.  A.  Peters  decline  their 
back-pay  —  Tho  place  of  the  retreat  of  the  Mo- 

docs  wa*  discovered  on  the  23d  ult . Indians 

have  committed  outrages  in  Wyoming  —  The 
famous  Wharton  murder  cases  have  ended,  and 

Mrs.  AVhnrton  is  free _ All  the  cavalry  horses 

for  lighting  the  Modocs  are  sick.  The  BlJbk- 

feet  Indians  are  reported  In  arms _ A  large 

force  of  men,  under  command  of  Col.  Stanley, 
has  been  sent,  to  protect  the  Northern  Pacific 
Railroad  Six  people  are  still  missing  from 
the  Richmond  switch  disaster,  in  Rhode  Island. 

—  A  terrible  bat  He  was  fought  with  the  Mo¬ 
doc  Indiana  on  the  2Uth  ult.  Our  men  fell  Into 
a  trap,  were  defeated,  and  terribly  cut  up. 
Thirty  were  killed  and  ninny  wounded.  Lieut. 
Wright  and  other  otlieers  were  killed.  The 
news  of  the  defeat  caused  great  excitement. 
The  Motions  escaped.  Capt.  Thomas  and  Lieut. 

Howe  Were  killed  by  the  Modocs _ At  White 

Bluffs,  Oregon,  1,400  Indian  warriors  are  en¬ 
camped —  Heavy  failures  have  occurred  in  San 
Francisco. . . .  A  Congressional  Convention  Is  to 


he  held  In  St.  Louis  on  the  13t.h _ Gov.  Dix  has 

signed  the  new  charter  for  New  York _ There 

Is  to  he  a  convention  of  Governors  at  A  tlanta, 
May  20th  —  Justices  Swaync,  Strong  and  Miller 
arc  going  to  Europe  ..Boston  has  a  great  La¬ 
zar  of  all  nations  open.  Speeches  were  made  at 
the  Inauguration  In  English,  Rrusslan,  Scandi¬ 
navian,  French,  Gaelic,  German, Chinese.  Arabic 

and  Hawaiian. _ .The  N.  V.  Legislature  will 

publish  no  more  red  hooks  for  free  distribution. 
The  government  of  the  City  of  Washington  is 

■  barged  with  extravagance  _ Twelve  million 

postal  cards  have  been  ordered  ....The  Presi¬ 
dent  has  returned  frurn  Ills  trip  to  Denver, 
Cheyenne  and  Omaha.  He  was  everywhere  en¬ 
thusiastically  welcomed . .There  is  general  i 

alarm  among  the  settlers  of  Oregon  and  Califor¬ 
nia  over  the  Indians  .  Ohio  disapprove*  a  peace 
policy  with  the  Indians — The  Sioux  Indians 
are  peaceful  —  The  mill  operators  in  Rhode 
Island  have  struck  ...Indian  hostilities  are 
thought  to  be  impending  in  Nevada _ The  in¬ 

tegrity  of  Gen.  Van  Huron,  Commissioner  to 
Vienna,  is  impeached. 

Obi  Inn  ry. 

Commodore  J.  II.  Aulick  d  loch  in  Washing¬ 
ton,  on  the  27th.  aged  84.  He  was  one  of  the 

ablest  officers  jn  the  service _ Win.  Charles 

Maeready,  the  famous  British  actor,  on  tho 
29th,  at  Weston,  England,  aged  79.  Ho  was  the 
son  of  an  actor :  horn  in  London...  Capt..  Evan 
Thomas,  killed  by  the  Modocs,  on  the  86th  ult. 
He  was  a  son  of  Gen.  Lorenzo  Thomas,  and 
horn  in  Washington.  .Lieut.  Albion  Howe, 
killed  by  the  Modocs,  on  the  26th  nil.  Son  of 
Major  Marshall  llovve,  born  in  Florida. ..  Lieut. 
Thomas  F.  Wright,  killed  by  Modocs,  on  the 
SOtli  ult.  Son  oi  Gen  Gao.  Wrigld ,  and  nephew 
of  Gen.  Simmer;  horn  in  Missouri..  .Hon. 
.fame*  Brooks  died  in  Washington,  on  the  fioth 
ult.,  of  cancer  of  the  stomach  lie  was  born  in 
Portland,  Me.,  in  1810,  and  was  editor  of  the 
N.  V.  Express...  John  ft.  Thompson,  one  of  the 
editors  of  the  N.  Y.  Post,  died  in  New  York  on 
the  •’Kith  ult.  lie  was  horn  in  Richmond,  Va., 
in  1823. 

PI  res. 

A  jv  cm  her  of  dwelling  houses  on  F  street, 
in  Washington,  00  t  he  27th  ult  . .  The  village 
of  Stanton,  on  the  Memphis  arid  Charleston 
Railroad,  on  Hie  88th  ult.;  loss.  *150, 000  ...The 
town  of  Mariana,  Ark,,  on  the  24th  ult.:  loss. 
$50,000, . .  Sev  en  persons  perished  ill  the  flames 
of  a  burning  house  near  Clnclnmili,  on  the  SOtlt 
ult  Market  Hall,  Iowa  City,  on  Hie  24th  ult.: 
three  person*  killed  ;  loss.  $:3t.(Nxj  Houses  on 
Pun  base  street.  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  on  the 
27th  ult.:  loss,  $10, liOO. ..  .Stores  In  Como,  .Miss., 
on  the  fibtli  ult..;  loss,  .*!!5,IJ0fl  ...Steam  sawmill 
at  Geneva,  N.  V.,  on  the  88tli  ult.;  loss,  $30,000 
The  Donnell  Building,  Providence,  It.  L,  on  the 
28th  Ult.;  loss,  $75.000 _  .  .The  shops  of  the  St. 
Louis  and  Kansas  City  railway  at  St.  Louis  on 
the 29th  ult.;  loss,  $80,1)00. .  ..Stores In  loin,  Kan., 
on  the  27th  ult.;  loss,  $15,000  Round-house  of 

Hie  I’ond-du-Lae  railway  in  Milwaukee  on  Hie 
89th  ult.;  loss,  $50,000.  ..Stun  sat  Augusta,  Ark., 
on  the  29th  ult,.;  loss,  $10,000...  Stores  on  West 
Washington  street,  Chicago,  on  the  1st:  loss, 
$100,00(1  Dyeing  works  on  West  Fourteenth 
street,  New  York,  on  (lie  1st ;  loss,  $30,000. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 


miscellaneous  Foreign  News. 

There  is  a  contest  between  the  various 
American  Commissioners  at  Vienna;  Gen.  Van 
Butch  protests.  Tho  cabmen  of  Vienna  have 
struck  M.  Barodet,  ex-Mavor  of  Lyons,  and 
a  Red  Republican,  haa  been  elected  to  the  A.-~ 
-etnbly  from  Paris  by  an  immense  majority; 
the  event  has  made  a  profound  sensation.  Pres¬ 
ident  Thiers  was  depressed.  The  Radicals  were 
successful  in  Marseilles  and  Bordeaux  Dis¬ 
content  and  confusion  and  outrages  Increase 
throughout  Spain  Holland  has  sent  II  war 
ships  to  Sumatra,  with  arms  and  ammunition. 

- The  Emperor  William  was  received  in  St. 

Petersburgh  on  the  27th  nil.,  with  great  cer¬ 
emony.  .  I  ttiport ant  discoveries  of  inscriptions 

have  been  made  In  Assyria _ Dr.  Jose  Elarrorl 

has  beet)  elected  President;  of  Uruguay  The 
Spanish  Cabinet  is  to  be  modified.-  .The  Fed¬ 
eralists  have  held  a  great  mass  meeting  in  Mad¬ 
rid...  .The  Crown  Prince  of  Denmark  ho*  ar¬ 
rived  in  Vicuna  April  26th,  the  Pope  passed 
a  restless  night  .A  white  frost  has  destroyed 
the  vines  at  Lyons  ..  Car  works  in  Manchester, 
England,  were  burned  on  the  28th  ult.,  involv¬ 
ing  a  loss  of  $1,000,000  .  Napoleon’s  will  tins 
been  published  ;  the  estate  amounts  to  £120.090, 

—  Carl  is  t  successes  are  reported . England 

refuses  to  purchase  the  Irish  railway*  The 
lust  week  in  April,  10.000  emigrants  left  Liver¬ 
pool  for  America  The exultcmont  over  the 
American  scandal  continue*  at  Vienna.  The 
Prince  of  Wales,  the  Prince  Imperial  of  Ger¬ 
many  and  tho  Count  of  Flanders,  have  arrived 
in  Vienna  —  The  St.  Lawrence  is  clear  of  ice  - 
A  Women’s  Rights’  Bill  lias  been  defeated  in 
the  English  House  ..."  Gang  For  word"  won  the 
Newmarket  Stakes  of  2,000  guineas  . .  The  Ital¬ 
ian  Ministry  hits  resigned.  ...Corllsta  have  sur¬ 
rounded  the  city  of  I  ill  bntl . The  monks  at 

Bethlehem  have  had  a  fight,  The  Vienna  Ex¬ 
hibition  opened  on  the  1st.  The  Emperor  of 
A  ustria  made  a  speech  ;  a  great  crowd  was  pres¬ 
ent  ;  the  American  Department  is  in  confusion ; 
Car) is! s  have  been  ordered  to  leave  Portugal; 
they  continue  to  burn  and  destroy  in  Spain... 
A  conflict  is  feared  in  Paris  The  Dutch  troops 

have  been  withdrawn  from  the  Atcheenese. . . 
The  wreck  ot  the  Atlantic  has  been  blown  to 
nieces,  and  Mil  bodies  have  been  recovered.. 
Members  of  the  English  House  of  (.’oinrnpps 
have  had  a  long  discussion  on  the  Sun  Jutui 
Boundary  Quest  ion  ..  Amnesty  lias  been  grant¬ 
ed  to  <  '.nl r-1-  w  ho  surrender  within  eight  days. 

—  Garibaldi  is  ill —  Miss  Bye  has  sent  73  more 
girls  to  Canada  Rear-Admiral  James  Alden 
has  gone  to  Vienna. 

- - 

ANOTHER  TRIUMPH  FOR  THE  WILSON 

SEWING  MACHINE  CO. 


At  the  Seventh  Grand  State  Fair  of  the 
Mechanics’  and  Agricultural  Fair  Association 
of  Louisiana,  held  April  23d,  1873,  at  New 
Orleans,  the  world-renowned  celebrated  Wil¬ 
son  Shuttle  Sewing  Machines  were  awarded  .a 
Gold  Medal  for  the  best  sewing  machines, 
and  five  m/iamtr  premiums  for  the  best  work 
done  on  sewing  machines,  thus  making  Tuti.ij- 
onc  Premiums,  JVhic  Medals  and  'Three  Diplomas 
that  have  been  awarded  to  the  Wilson  Ma¬ 
chines  within  a  year.  It  is  a  notorious  fact  that, 
without  a  single  exception,  the  Wilson  Sewing 
Machine  Co.  has  sent,  Its  machines  to  every 
State  Fair  and  Exposition  in  this  country  and 
Europe,  where  awards  were  offered  to  the  best 


sewing  machines,  in  order  to  show  the  great 
people  of  the  world  that  the  “Wilson”  is  not 
only  better  than  all  others,  but  that  it  has  the 
ability,  capital  and  pluck  to  defeat  and  humili¬ 
ate  tho  combined  force  of  nineteen  competitors, 
all  of  whom  have  fought  the  Wilson  Machine, 
inch  by  inch,  to  prevent  it  from  getting  a  foot¬ 
hold  in  the  American  market,  and  to  compel 
the  Wilson  Sewing  Machine  Co.,  hy  their  for¬ 
midable  competition,  to  raise  the  price  of  tho 
Wilson  Machines  to  that  at  which  theirs  are 
sold  for,  nr  cite  go  out  of  the  market  entirely. 
But  the  people  of  America  arc  with  the  Wilson 
Machine,  and  are  too  Intelligent  to  he  imposed 
upon  by  misrepresentation  regarding  the  mer¬ 
its  or  a  machine  which,  without  exception,  lias 
excelled  all  competitor*  in  every  contest,  and 
been  so  decided  by  an  intelligent  board  of  arbi¬ 
trators.  There  are,  we  hope,  hut  very  few  peo¬ 
ple  so  ignorant  as  to  he  imposed  upon  by  mis¬ 
representation,  and  then  pay  the  imposter  at 
least  fifteen  dollars  for  his  success.  The  Wil¬ 
son  Sewing  Machine  Co.  have  warehouses  in 
every  city  in  the  civilized  globe.  Go  and  woe 
their  wonderful  machines.  Salesroom  in  Now 
York  at  707  Broadway.  * 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

Watch  No.  2755  hearing  Trade  Mark  "Fay¬ 
ette  SD’atton,  Marion,  N.  J."— manufactured  by 
United  Status  Watch  Co.,  (Giles  Wales  &  Co.,) 
haa  been  carried  by  tnc  two  months  ;  its  total 
variation  from  mean  time  being  one  second. — 
Jab.  B.  Weaver,  with  A.  S.  Barnes  &  Co.,  Ill 
and  113  William  St.,  Now  York. 

- *4, - 

Any  Voting  Man  can  make  from  $5  to  $10  per 
day  taking  orders  for  the  Flowing  Spring  Poul¬ 
try  Fountain.  See  advertisement  In  our  issue 
of  April  28.  Send  for  a  sample  and  circular, 
with  discounts.  Money  refunded  if  not  satis¬ 
factory.  Address  Ikon  Ci.au  Can  Co.,  61  Dey 
St.,  New  York. 

- - 

Advice. — Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


THE  3VZARKETS. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 


N'l:W  York,  Monday,  May  5, 1873. 
RecciptH.x-Tbe  receipts  of  tlio  principal  kinds  of 


produce  for  the  oust  week  arc  ns  follows : 

Flour,  bids .  Yl'.WiO  Pork,  bids .  2,2*X) 

Wlu'iit,  luisl .  I  I, PR  Reel,  pltg* .  1,019 

Corn,  bush . .  99,2(41  ( 'tit  meats,  plots. . .  9,680 

Outs,  bush .  104,400  luuxl,  pkg» .  7,S29 

Grass  seed,  bush..  4,240  Butter,  pkgB .  14,100 

Hurley,  bush .  ll,5ui  Cheese,  pkus. , . ,  0,770 

Midi, bush .  f),ii.'Hi  Dried  Fruits,  pltg*.  913 

Beans,  bush .  500  Eggs,  6bls .  18,700 

Corn  turatl  bids.,,.  2,180  Woof,  bale* .  819 

Corn  meal,  bags...  2.(50  Hops,  bales. .  118 

Cotton,  Miles .  It, 985  peanuts,  bags.  ... .  1,725 

Rye,  bash . .  —  Dressed  Hogs.  No.  — 


Ben  ns  mid  Pen*.  Mediums  are  in  light  receipt 
and  held  higher.  Marrowfat*  are  neglected. 

\>  e  uu«  to  prime media  ms,  $2.tiDfti2.65;  prime  nmrrow- 
f at*, f  S.tiWi.TII ;  prime  kidneys,  $2.0.V"i2o5;  prime  pea 
beane,  IL’.MOftA;  fair  do.,  $2.25;  red  kidney,  $3.S0t;il3.75 
for  good  and  prime  ;  Fiiumbi  pen*,  til  bulk  In  bond, 
$1.2.);  green  peak,  bush.,  fl.bOtvt.OO.  Southern  black- 
eyed,  &k$3.4n. 

Beeswax.— Prime  Southern  brings  higher  prices; 
sales  of  choice  as  high  us  12c.  Tin  general  prices  for 
prune  bits  arc  oSftSyc.  Western,  37<it.'l6c. 

Rutter.— The.  nnst  two  days  have  shown  worse 
upon  new  butter  t  linn  any  previous  period  ibis  sea¬ 
son  since  old  wcij.  out.  fau-iv  m  tii"  week  there  was 
a  sternly  though  not  a  damaging  decline.  State  but¬ 
ter  still  holds  the  entire  Held  of  operation,  and  there 
has  boon  no  lament  at  the  backwardness  ot  Western 
arrivals.  Tho  latter  limy  now  In-  looked  for  in  liber- 
u)  quantities,  't  he  rule  or  recent  prices  l’or  State  has 
favored  State  farmers  Still,  after  the  extended  du¬ 
ration  of  winter,  followed  by  a  spring  I  bat  has  drawn 
m>  heavily  upon  liny  and  other  stored  feed,  the  re¬ 
turns  have  not  been  above  compensating.  We  are 
glad  to  notice-  the  careful  attention  that  bus  been 
given  to  new  make  this  season,  and  hope  that  the  re¬ 
sult  will  encourage  future  efforts.  Generally,  in 
former  seasons,  there  lias  been  more  or  less  stock 
poor  enough  to  uilss  sale  upon  arrival,  and  after  a 
lew  days  bolding  Im*  helped  create  u  list  ot  ranges 
that  w mild  frequently  injure  mt.es  1 1  r  even  tine  fresh 
lot*.  We  shall  soon  have  the  conflicting  grades  of 
streaked  butter,  lull  even  thru  u  degree  id  discrim¬ 
ination  rnuy  be  employed  in  packing  that  will  tend  to 
prevent  conslderufile.  trouble.  Among  some  of  the 
errors  that  should  be  avoided,  none  can  receive 
greater  condemnation  than  (let  it  Ions  coloring.  This 
i-  very  apt  to  be  experimented  upon  by  new  dairy 
folks— few  experienced  farmers  are  artistic  enough 
to  Impart  the  rorrci  t.  But,  and  few  buyers  ejm  be  Im¬ 
posed  upon  with  the  best.  The  market  to-day  opens 
weak,  tho  top  price  for  best  ball  tubs  has  dropped 
to  86c, »  and  they  must  be  faultless  to  bring  It, 

We  quote  prime  new  butter  at  35(</i3Ct:.,  occaslon- 
n 1 1  v  Ik,  lor  halt  tubs ;  . lor  Welsh  tubs.  V. 

ern  ranges  at  best.  31«J(e.;  poor  do.,  2.Y<t2iC.  Stale  or 
low  grade  State ,»'«•' (be.,  N.it,  palls,  HSt^iOo.;  Pennsyl¬ 
vania  store  packed  -9(o>34c. 

CJlieeae.—  Receipts  are  larger,  but  trade  is  very  fair 
aud  values  are  steadily  held;  10c.  is  about  the  best 
price  ottered  by  shipper*  for  new,  but  fur  strictly 
choice  lot*  they  have  paid  u  better  figure.  Old  is  sell¬ 
ing  as  high  m  ICC-  In  a  small  way.  The  export*  for  the 
week  ora  2J.562  pkgs.  The  lower  ruling  of  ocean 
freights  lia*  helped  the  slopping  trade.  A  good  deal 
Of  the  now  coming  in  lit  the  moment  l*  skimmed 
cheese.  We  quote  new  at  llw.t'.l  c.  for  State  factory, 
good  to  prime;  12<al4c.  for  fair  lot*;  State  dairy,  13® 
14c.;  do.  lair  and  good,  Flwllfa,;  do.  half  skimmed,  10® 
do  skimiued  Souse.;  old  State  factory,  prime  and 
fancy,  IbhtSlf'C-  i  do.  good.,  Uf,.  1  ie. ;  do.  fair,  12>4@ 
14c. ;  State  dairy',  primp.  Me. ,  do.  other,  10 fe  liic. 
Ohio  factory,  prime,  18®'  He.;  do.  other,  *c»>10c.  En¬ 
glish  dairy,  pvlmo,  KiiwAlc. ;  do.  good.  13c. 

Dried  Fruits. -For  apples,  prices  arc  lower,  and  a 
fair  demand  from  German  shippers  hu»  been  Induced. 
Peaches  are  pressed  fi  .male, arm  very  low  price*  have 
been  reached,  some  ordinary  grade*  of  quarter*  sell¬ 
ing  a*  low  u»  2}<c.  The  quotation*  are  for 
southern  upnlos,  8H®4ke.  for  ordinary;  do., sliced, 
Wilde,:  do.  prime,  7('Hc.  Western,  WcSMO,;  State,  b'A 
wl’.c,;  do.  prime  lot*  of  sliced,  OKc,  Peeled  peaches  - 
Prime  Georgia  and  North  Carolina,  f(k«,  12c. .  ordinary, 

I  'lie.  liniici  leil  peiiete**,  ;k»i3v.  (">’  qiniitora,  am1 
3k(a4H'c-  for  halves.  Plum*  at  12ft  lie.  for  State  mid 

II  &  12c.  for  Southern.  <'b«rriM.13®14c.  lor  State  and 
Southern.  Blackberries,  tl&fiBo. 

Eggs.-Ueceljits  continue  large,  but  a?  planting 
season  has  begun  9 nd  the  supply  l*  reasonably  ex¬ 
pected  to  full  Off,  holder*  ure  not  pressing  the  present 
supply  on  tho  market.  Eggs,  to  bring  the  current 
quotations,  must  be  In  good  order.  Some  parcels  of 
badly-packed  Western  and  State  have  sold  fower.  We 
quote  near  points,  15%@16c.;  State  and  Pennsylvania, 
14ft,  15.9,0.;  western,  part  freight,  Uftt&lOc.;  Western, 
ordinary,  12ftd4>£e. 


Wild  pigeons, unpicked,  p  a, I/. 
1 1.* i <-/i.. 1 1 1.  \\  iiii  ducks,  6'(<<i7.ie.  fur  fancy,  »ml  '{IFC-Vic 
for  c, minion.  Plover,  *1.30  V  doz.  English  hi, ip,, 
per  dozen,  $!.(&•«  L7>),  1 

Provision*.—1 TYiide  In  pork  fan.*  become  very  dull 

the  tendency  of  tin?  market  I*  in  lower  nrlen. 


Michigan  sheen,  average  weights  B2o><l)0  lb*.,  at.  .7u<ra 
f'Jtfc.i  woolly  Michigan  sheep,  average  7Q  I hn. ,  m  iliso,; 
Ohio  sheep,  average  8U(«i!H)  lbs.,  at  ,|o.,  average 
lilt  lb*.,  at  11(1.;  (lo.,  average  12(1)4  lbs.,  at.  BWo.i  woolly 
do.,  avorntcc  !)ti  lbs.,  at  lljKo.;  do.,  average  lOfi  )l,s„  at 
‘ ••**“.;  Jersey  ewos,  av<uugo!K)lha,,  atfkl.  Spring  lamb* 
averaged -luj^tis  Ilia.  }i  head.  . 

Svvino.  Tnula  ill  hogs  lias  been  llrtu  and  aftlye 
during  tlm  past  week.  1,1  vc  hog*  have  bean  nominal, 
an  tin*  arrival  h  lo  baud  have  bo.-n  direct  to  slaughter 
its.  ltaniro  ,d  nominal  value  of  live  hogs,  iiw(i)-,e.  >t 
tii.  On  Wednesday  last  City  dressed  hog*  Hold  ul  '!% 


settlors  and  Colonies  to  not  Hall  road  Lands  and 
Government  llomoNtouds  clone  to  the  truck. 

Semi  for  I  *u  III  |>  It  I  <■  (  containing  full  Informa¬ 
tion,  map  and  copy  of  New  Ilnrnestvad  Law.  Address 
LAN  11  DEPARTMENT,  NoUTIIKIt.V  PACIFIC 
KAILIIOAD,  ST.  PAUL,  MINN., 


number  of  old  contracts  that  had  linen  hold  specu¬ 
latively  oiler, -d  tor  sale;  price.*  arc  much  lower. 

.  . . .  neglected,  the  prlae,  being  too  high 

lor  shipper-,  and  prtno«  are  decidedly  lower. 

Ilc.f  hams— Choice  West, Til,  $3X1  .  ill;  Te*im 
r'*Vii.l,,  ,*  ':lr' l-  MRe.  for  Western  steam  on  spot 


i  rime, 

,  TP', 


should, tm.  !  allow  at  !l  l-bio.for  prime  stock.  11,  el  Is 
i?-.>Tra  :l  ®®®IL75  fl»r  barreled  new  plain  mess,  fqjfca 
1  for  extra  mm,,  Tiere.ed  beef  at  XZUmM  for  mow 


*1 2Htl ;  7  head  of  same,  f  1 1,’<<#2!>|), 
mlrsof  stylish  carriage,  horses  were 


K  1,‘CK WIIEA T.  <f in, Ml y 

nary.  Price,  I  lbs.,  by  mall,  $1 ; 
bu.,$4;  1,1,1.  (.".U  bM.),*la.  Llm- 
OOIMLK,  S.  Kiiremont,  Muss. 


Leghorn*.  Gray  Dorkings  and  i  loud  arm,  at  $3  per 
dO*en.  (Eggs  or  Fowls  sent  C.  <>.  I).,  tf  desired.) 


iidi  j  75  "e(7e.  ,y  tibl.  Bermuda  tomatoes  p  bnjr,$1.25.  Old 
neiiH,  ,  bl,l„  :;„.,U-  do  Bermuda,  crate, 
c  h* V w  •  v  •  •  WJKftOI;  do.  Norfolk.  *2fti3.25. 

•  iiarkfHff.n  fir.o.n  <■>  rju  .  r.n  - ,  . *  .  2 


f..L  „  ,  ,la  1  e(*  havt*  been  willun  tin*  rune*  of 

eomse  Stale  tleeccs,  50(.<)52e.  for  extra 
no.,  m,.  i, c.  for  Ohio  fleeces,  medium  to  course ;  5l)e« 
;lrr  7*'™,  .*Doj,5:2tt.  for  extra  I  ml.  and  Wm.  tieeces, 
tied  medium  do.,  HKiS&.’ie.  for  tub- 


WlA  Y  *i© 


Klour.  Orders  from  the  other  side  have  been 
very  light  during  the  last  few  days.  We  should  have 
a  quick  trade  at  thin  season  to  relieve  the  market,  of 
the  customary  liberal  receipts;  the  etrect  oil  the 
market  ot  the  backwardness  of  business  lias  been  dis¬ 
couraging.  Prices  are  lower,  and  stocks  are  pressed 
tor  sale. 

Superflno  Ktate . $r,  fi,*R  6  25 

Common  extra  do . . .  ,i  yiK'.s  7  Id 

(food  to  choice  do . . . 7  .py,,,  v  55 

Fancy  do .  . 7  ay,,,  8  ii 

Saperutm  Michigan.  Indiana,  old, i,  Iowa...  5  f.V-,:  (i  25 

Kura  do  .  .  . ,y„„  7  :0 

Choice  extra  do...  . . . . 7  *u ..  s  no 


Trade  brand h  do . .  .  7  :<',;„  i(i 

Uood  to  choice  white  wheat,  extras....,’".!  8  .VP,,  10 

r  uir  lo  very  choice  extra  Minnesota .  7  1)0  -12 

t  Otnmon  to  fair  extra  St.  Louis .  7  nlU  9 


II  eli',,1  7  35 
,  t u.. I,  s  mi 
7  sfltdiio  no 
S  .VM10  50 
7  Dll -.12  -Ml 


Good  lo  choice  . .  »  ;tf<«,l2  77> 

DOUthiirn,  coim-uun  to  ii  h  V-> 

I'timlly  do . : .  H  t.,,.,1:!  .7(1 

ityc.  com, non  to  fine. .  ,  . .  I  ii|...,  5  73 

Corn  lecal.  Ilr.mdy  wine . .7  S  00 

Do.  Western .  ,S  ;;  f,o 

Frcwli  Fruit*.  -Kxport  or  u pules,  072  hhl.-.  Choloo 
table  apple*  are  now  scarce, and  a  few  fancy  Bald¬ 
wins  have  sold  .it  £1'..  1.30.  The  veneral  trade  is  wm'k- 
111;  upon  Russets.  We  »|it(il4‘  Slate  apples,  |3to,-8:.vl  f«r 
best;?  .a^lforWeslom;  Inferior  as  low  as  (t|.?r«4 
>*•*•*•  I  lie  uccliuo  In  (‘nin^i'i'it’H  *h  (‘H  not  sotnn  lo 
move  them.  Strawberries  tire  in  market  daily,  but 
not.  In  large  ulHintIttcx.  We  could  use  a  heavier  sup¬ 
ply, as  tin*  hotels  and  first-class  rest,  ni-  ants  will  pay 
fhe  rates  wlihout  looking  COr  i  mined  late  prollts.  Tim 
•c  si  invoice  brntighl.il'-'  1.50.  Pea  nuts  dull  l'ortliesea- 
M,n;  Wilmington,  f  1..'0;  Virginia.  *1.2Sr->  1 .50 ;  Ten- 

tH’K-100,  i  ’lC. 

IJrniu.  Prices  of  wheat  nre  about  as  last  week. 
1  lif  rr  iiu.H  hnnn  H  H^rht  tnulf,  tile  KriLrlisii  mlvIooB  bi‘- 
mg  less  layorable.  We  quote  at  $1.111) -.1.71  for  No.  2 
spring,  in  store  an  1  nib  nit;  *1.7.V»;l.'il  for  No.  i  d,,.; 
>  I  .HO 1 lor  wlnu-r  red  Western;  fl  tor 

amber  do.,  mid  ;.S5  fur  inferior  to  fancy  white 

\<esti*rn.  Oirn  ,x  in  less  demand  from  shippers: 
closing  sales  at  d7'.;v,ilii'.  for  old  mixed  Western,  lit 
store;  ,U'.,c.  for  do.  allo.it,  iliMTOc.  lor  now  mixed 
Western,  ear  stock,  Outs  are  in  good  demand,  at  (jrxu 
pra  ■  Sales  at  .l  iat'e.  for  new  mixed  Western, 
mainly  nl  ale.;  Tl.,;3ng,-.for  new  black  do,;  S2kiv/),7i  Ve. 
jop  new  vvluu*  unil  .aNdi.lIc.  for  old  mixed  WctHtoru 
in  8t«jre. 

May  ami  St  rtixv.— Common  hay  is  In  good  snp- 
pli  and  In  t  he  buyer’s  favor:  tirltuo  lots  are  wanted, 
Hales  of  prime  hay  at  vl.aOy, l.'il);  good  ,lo„  |;e,. 

hhlpping  do.,  tlrst  quality, do. second, (lie.!  clover 
bay,  e.-i.mc.|  rye  straw,  f  l.UO,.  1,10 ;  short  do,,  ttfSaHUe.; 
cut  stra  w,  liuo. 

Iliips.  Brewers  still  hold  Off  from  buying  full  lots, 
hut  supplies  lire  steadily  decreasing,  even  under  the 
moderate  trade,  with  a  further  shipment  id'  old 
tfrnwUiH  lo  tin*  oth "1*  Hi‘i<?.  I*rh*«*n  tiro  uhout  fit  n 
stand,  most  parties  awaiting  dx-veiupniunts  in  regard 
to  the  new  crop. 

We  quote  IS  tale  at  lilt, -,30c.;  Koslorn,  HIVry.fDe,;  West¬ 
ern,  Ac..  I.ic.;  old  growth.  LS7II,  KV-  IAc,}  Bavaria-,  iik„ 
Wle.;  I'.uglirtli,  .Jl-.,  I.ic.;  Belgian,  2.Vv 30c.;  Californian,  l;> 

v!rW> 

Alti  ple  Sugar.  KooelnU  are  .sinall,  and  the  de- 
ni.ifhl  Im  mu  Ul  don  t,  t«.i  iMitiblr  li*  >  I«  1  o  i*^  Lc»  rciillzn  fltoiujy 
I N'iw  prime.  IV.-lVe,;  do.  good,  ll<;.ir,e.i  do. 
poor,  Isolde,;  sirup,  fl.23rivl.ici  per  gallon. 

Pniillrv  mid  (iioiir.- Dressed  poultry  is  hard  to 
Kdl,  ailtl  Jowr*r  nr  ioo&  arc  tuu^ptoiJ.  with  M'lirooly  anv 
il-*njiind  imp  turkeys,  idvn  |»oultry  In  coming  In  free¬ 
ly,  and  1*  lower. 

Wo  quote  live  poultry  at  Wr-CMe.  for  prime  N.  .1. 
fowl*,  Is  a  We.  for  West  ern,  and  lllc-Wllc.  for  turkeys, 
«»oese,  f  l,2.r«  1.76  tor  Western,  fik-y.”, 25  (i>r  N--w  .lersey, 
Ducks  —  /flc.ftj,? I  tor  Western,  rl,:;.«.al,30  for  N.  J. 

We  quote  dressed  prime  N.  J.  and  Burks  Co.  tur- 
keys  1 , oo  I > lo. ,  stale  and  Western,  poor  to  best,  l:l„,|se. 
Vhlekens,  Western,  IKMOe.;  slate  and  near  point*, 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

Lrm.it  y.w.i  s,  n.  y„  May  a,  1*7:1. 
Tut:  market,  at  Little  Kails,  for  the  week  ending 
.May  II,  wits  rather  dull,  and  prices  a  little  lower  than 
for  the  week  previous.  The  delivery  was  est limited 
to  reach  some  2,(KKI  boxes  and  upward.  Karin  dairies 
continue  to  In- btully  skimmed,  and  wont,  at,  from  8c. 
to  12e.,  according  lo  quality.  The  top  price  for  facto¬ 
ries  was  It  We.,  though  one  lot 'of  extra  line  goods 
brought  a  shade  above  that  Qgurc.  We  give  trans¬ 
actions  In  loading  factories,  its  follows;  Falno’B 
Hollow,  I Ic.r  Kslrtleld  Association,  DXe.;  (lid  Man 
helm,  lie.;  Middlovlllc,  1 1  ,t. •  Newport,  lie.;  Cold 
Brook,  Do.;  Newville,  I Ic. ;  Maiilieiin  Couter,  Iljfo. ; 
Katunvllle,  sent  forward  on  commission;  Top  Notch, 
l:b'.;  Norway  Ass, iflatlori,  lie.;  Balt's.  1 1 17c.:  Mill,  He.; 
Freeman,  I  Ic.;  nld  Ftiii  lleld,  ll.tf.;  Herkimer  t.ki.  1  'it- 
tral,  1  Vic. ;  Country niati.  cxir.t  tine,  II  ;  Snillli 
Crock,  D.'^c,;  Uperiheim  Unlun,  lill-jc.;  Crum  Creok, 

I  .Toe.  (.mile  a  miinber  ol  lactones  sent  forward  their 
goodnto  Ues'dd  on  eommlsslon,  There  was  a  large 
delivery  -if  butter,  bur  prices  are  lower  than  last 
week,  amt  sales  were  made  at  .32ftS35e. 

The  weather  is  cool,  with  a  good  ninny  old  drifts  of 
snow  on  t he  hills,  and  grass  dot'*  not  promise  i,j  come 
forward  as  early  as  was  anticipated, 

- - 

LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

NEW  York,  May  3,  1873. 

Beeves.— Trade  ojiettcd  slow  on  last  Wednesday 
forenoon,  and  the  lots  to  blind  were  not.  cleared  oil. 
I'm  ,-,  ranged  at  in,.  L" p  it.,,  with  tong  at  1:;.  ; 
weight,-.,  C'iPpTi-i  cwt.,  strong.  Again  on  Thnrsdav 
forenoon  trade  was  ,  I  till  ;  prices  ranged  at  IOM<ioi3e,'; 
weights,  SJftw  -  ,  ewt,,  Business  was  still  more  dllileuit 
on  Friday  forenoon,  auil  aeventl  lots  stood  ovur  un¬ 
sold  ;  rates  tile  same  u*  on  Ihe  previous  forenoon, 
During  the  past  week  Imtelicrs  hnve  been  (Irm  In  not. 
allowing  more  than  34  lbs.  to  owt,,  bet,  even  lor  good 

•twnllty  sic, 'i  "  ,  c  (tri'iu  •  rang",  MmAH  lbs.  Miss . . 

a  touts  still  arrive  freely  to  liatld.ftml  s.»ld  at  Ib.-;12 
weklits,  liVwTl^  owt.  Illinois  steer*  sold  In  large  lilts 
»•  1 1  l  '1' ■'■  ;  oxlreiiio  range,  lltvl.le,;  weights,  Uki-uH 
ewt.  Kentucky  steor.  tltllil  at  llCi,l2(i,;  weights,  7(«,7K 
cwt,  Indiana  steels  sold  a.I  lie,;  welvlit. IB4  owl,  Ohio 
sloe  is  sold  ai  ID  («  1  .  Wei  tld  ...  .  ewt.  Texan 

steers, gra/i'<l  cast  uf  the  Missl».*l|lpl,  sold  at  LOWisHlo.; 
weights,  fijfiuili  owl.  Cherokee  steers  sold  at  lOWiio 
hlKc.i  weight,,  3 Y  liwt.  The  general  quality  ol'  the 
ntoei's  above  quoted  has  been  c,u,,h,-  blit  fat;  ex¬ 
treme  range  ol  the  herds  from  poor  to  good. 

ill i loll  Cow*.  Tills  branch  of  trade  bus  been  very 
dull  Since  our  last  weekly  report,  except  011  last  Tues¬ 
day  alt, wiunm,  when  some  sales  went  affected  at  2BI) 
(will  c  bead.  During  tlm  oibor  day*  of  the  past  week 
cows  Hold  with  Uittlr  calves  at  K’HkwfiO  V  head.  A  few 
lol  -  wore  held  lor  better  ral  es.  Klglit  Cow 3  were  Hold 
at  *llk.],, 1]  S  head. 

Veal*.— Oil  a  heavy  run  of  poor  quality  veals  trade 
has  ueeii  dull.  On  Wednesday  lust  veals  sold  al.V\r.i' 
i1  It.  On  Thursday  and  Friday  fprcmjous  veals 
had  to  be  forced  off  at  7 '4e.,  the  tops  being  good 
quality.  Hpeelal  sales  wevo,  State  calves,  average 
weight,  112  lbs.,  at  fi!<.  lip'.,;  do.,  average  11.7  lit*., at  lie..; 
State  veals,  average  l".i  lbs.,  ill  70.;  do.,  average  111)  , 

Bis,,  at  HI}.,  .1,  rsey  veals,  average  f.TO  lbs.,  at  7c.;  do  , 
average  I.;.,  lbs.,  at  He. 

Sheep  “nit  I, mull*.  Trade  slow,  and  lots  furred 
oil  at  low  rates.  Shorn  tdicep  sold  in  large  lots  at  3<<« 
li'ir.  0  n.,;  woolly  slmep  at  BXfilTWe.  The  sales  on  Hie 
di If, 'rent  days  have  bran  quite  uniform,  trade  being 
steady  though  slow.  On  last  TiliatUay  afternoon  ton  1 

cars  ol  rexan  -horn  camo  to  hand.  These  proved  1 

Uttsalulilc,  unil  tm  Thursday  forenoon  were  handed 
over  III  butchers  to  be  slaughtered  and  Pl  iers  after-  , 
wards  decided  on,  Their  quality  was  course ;  their 
wool  short,  ami  rough.  They  were  uHtimuted  to  weigh  1 

II  His.  !■  hcatli  transit  had  cost  *2.Ci  18  head -tluwo- 
tore  at  current  lutes  sueh  sheep  could  not  be  ol  protll. 

III  our  Fa-.leru  markets.  Spring  lambs  nave  been  in 


Sales  of  mrs.-i  at  ? Is. 3(1  lor  May  and  .June,  ami  July  at 


•  -  ••  h-  .  1  .  1  uij.  isuig  near,  .1  ;  e. 

for  short  ulnar.  10c.;  short  nb.il.Ve.  Mess  |mrk  atglH.M) 
H|uit  del  Ivory ;  ?l4.5tj  tor  May  ami  June;  Western  tirl  me 
ne  -s  nominally  ilfi-jltl.  Dressed  bogs,  city,  He.  Cnt 
I'l.al  are  sclllug  at,  IK  Ike.  tor  I  aims,  loose ;  7YV".'8o. 


lor  shoulder*,  loose;  :sly'(wl0!„je 
Ioom'.  Boxed  dry -suited  stem 


-IToc.  for  pickled  bellies, 
shoulder*,  7c,  Bmoke.d 


(esc. ;  on  i'll nrs, lav  rorenoon  at  7«(i4Kc,;  and  on  Krl- 
dtiy  forenoon  at  7tewtc.  guallty  of  the  hogs  to  hand, 
from  fair  to  good. 

Horse  llorUci. — Btncc  tmr  lust  weekly  report  the 
following sales  have  been  eirected  bv  auction  :  Thro,) 
sudrlli'  borHCK  Ht  *lfifi«s26A  iter  bead.,  Ill  head  ot  prior 
qii.illty  light  harness  do,,  SiiSGVJti;  2  saddle  dou  *WM 
'Wi  I  draught  do,,  MVi;  •>  puli  '  ot  common  qmilBy 
igltL  harness  do.,  tllVs-ioO;  3  pairs  of  fftfr  quality  light, 

111!  t**«  .  .1..  I  I  o.  .1  i.lla  llO  a..  a  m  ■*  1  J  . 


hull, i  fov  iimv  oxlrulacllu  autf  $21  fa 

^  /or  new  prlmu  imkss.  nt  1,^X1  p^r  pair;  I  arptiKham  flu,,  *750;  2 

^  .  pjiirs  <>f  pimekni  «1<>. .  ;h)  Orauitht  do.. 

( {over  m  halmr  placod  to  tiro  home  Ir/wlc  »0i).  27  rnul<?M  .iirivpfl,  per  Eriolciulrowr, 

£^^SS^Ssssasfr  .“jar  aa,i 

utainqulry.  Seedh.af  I*  selling  to  the  home  trade  prices  ranged  from  10®  13 - weights.  aMKH'H  cwt 
QUOTATIONS — N  B  W  CHOP.  SStW  Off*  t0  ^  ^  A"  th(>  ^CKtO  hand  were 


Light  (itades.  Heavy  Grades. 

Lu«8 .  7  ("}  7Kc.  lliOb  7Mo 

Common  to  medium  leaf.  7 Vt]i  KVo.  ivm  80;e 

Goot  do,  ..  lojio.  U  m  IS-  c; 

liuo  do.  ..11  in,  12  e.  12U®  13 

Selections . 13  c.  13>J®  13 

SEEDLEAU'  OUOP  OF  1871. 

Connecticut  ami  Massachusetts  nilers . 11  @H  c. 

seconds.. ..12  t/ii  23  e. 

wrappers.  .  ie  Hi  55  e, 

x, ,  selections. DO  On  75  c. 

wrappers  . IS  (by  .15  c. 

assorted  lots . II 

Pennsylvania  tillers . . .  ;  j  {r 

wrappers  22  ®  (ill  £ 

r.,  .  assorted  lots . 18  @25  0, 

wrapper*..,  . 1M  on.  35 

,  assorted  lots . 'J«(S  13  c. 

\\  Isconsln  assorted  lots .  . 8 H<-i  u  0. 

1  .Y'^clnhlc*.  Kxports  Of  potatoes,  past  w«ek,  1,825 
'in*.  1  be  potato  market  has  re-acted  In  l'avor  of  the 

rntyer,  and  the  trade  Is  only  moderate.  Horiuudu 
produce  and  garden  stuff  Is  in  good  demand. 

each  Blow*  In  bulk,  i.25;  Kurly  llose  do.,  *2.25 
to  ,1;  Pr  nre  Albert,  fB.75f-j:i ;  .  I. ok  mu,  White,  *2.25 
a,1:  ’’-'rig lit, 83,  2. 30:  sweet,  Delaware, |4.  Berutit- 

‘111  POtaUll^.  l«VlP  TuitYlti  iMU  in  kill  r.r.l.-..*  nml... 


on  5C(iu59  It.s.  to  the  OWt.  All  the  beeves  to  band  were 
not  Mold  off. 


IkC'b  7V;o. 
7:V<«I  nyj,;. 
!»  W  12  c. 

ny.on  13 

l-iF.fai  15 


(<"  11  o. 
Hi  25  e. 
(<ij  55  c, 
On  75  c. 
On  II  0. 
<m>  35  e. 
©  l-l  ri. 


HI  llcli  t’oxvg— Were  net  quoteiion  this  forenoon. 
Nominal  values,  ranged  rrom  *20(s>7o  ti  head. 

Vcnlx  sold  freely  in  large  lots;  the  quality  was 
generally  poor;  prices  Iroin  0K<tt>7Vo.,  with  bob*  at  le. 

Sheep  mid  l,n mb*. -Tim  tales  on  this  forenoon 
were  rather  oasIerUmn  on  last  Friday.  Woolly  sheep 
sold  at  7 shorn  do.,  tn  large  lots,  at  .V-ttiY.  'Texan 
Sheep,  tjfc.;  lean  Michigan*,  iXo. 

I  log*.  Trade  me  not  active  on  this  forenoon, 
lave  hogs  were  worth  <k«i(!)4'c.,  with  one  car  at  fiXo.; 
city  dressed,  ?Y®Hhfc. 

KECEII’TH  OF  I.tVE  STOCK. 


One  Hundredth  St. ..3, 31*1 

Korty-KIghth  St .  00 

Fortieth  St .  00 

Communipaw . 5,211 

VVeehawken .  502 


llwviu.  Ciiwm.  Calves. 


Slump  A 
bamllH. 

(XX) 

5,269 

0.618 

1,105 

IXXI 


cieoueoano  garden  -.tun  is  in  good  demand. 

each  Blow*  In  bulk,  ?,'K..>.25;  Karly  Rose  do.,  *2.25 
I'r  nee  Albert,  09.n®:i ;  .lackaob  White,  *2.25 
o),  flyrigiit, ?2,2S®2.50 :  sweet,  Delaware, *1.  Berniu- 


lot*.  Soutbeni,  25ki:xk%  v  butiob.  Cabbage,  T  100,88 

V\  It i *ky — Is  hold  at  Tie,,  showing  a  firmer  market. 

.  ,,'Y  Vi"1, ,  Wl:  ,lllv"  hgftln  to  record  a  liberal  business, 
M,  ’oreetl  for  sale  at  irregular  prices! 

;  !  "V ^tu'-ei*  have  lionght  quite  freely,  and  a  good 

' '  lr,J*  h  ,ve  elmngod  hands  among  dealers.  The 


and  course,  Mckf^ 

2»  Ad- 


Ing  .,t  ki  ,,s  93  rj’.Ti  UMH"'  1  (Uiotliy,  fK1.7a,  ratal  - 
1  ig  at  t-lyi.'l.Xo.  Hay  Mcurcc;  »ltk.fj2l  *(  ten  Wind 
nominal,  and  00  change  tn  quotatiou*.  W  1 


Totals  this  week  9,119  102  2.33-1  13,292  47,169 

last  week  9,651  75  1,963  15,546  43,774 

COM FAItATtVl-:  BATES. 

This  week.  Last  week. 

„  .  „  Cents.  Cents. 

Good  Steers  V  9> . 13  ©  13K  13  On  14 V. 

wur . \\'A©ViX  UA  On  12 Y 

Poor . 9)4  ©  log  9  ©  iav 

Poorest  . 7  ®  9  7  @  9 

Gen.  selling  rates . 11)4  ©  12X  1154  ®  12-Y 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


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which  tin;  now  remedy  for  Rupture  has  now  been 
adopted.  The  El.AS'UO  TtursH  Co.,  No.  638  Broad¬ 
way,  N.  V.,  now  send  awtiy  by  mall  front  ilfty  tonne 
hundred  and  tlfty  of  the  new  Trusses  everyday,  in 
addition  to  their  city  trade.  This  Truss  returns  the 
Rupture  with  absolute  security.  It.  is  worn  with 
ease  night  and  day,  and  soon  effects  u  permanent 
cure.  Full  Descriptive  Circulars  sent  free  on  upplU 
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The  Kin *1  ic  Tru**,  without,  metal  springs, 

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1871  and  1873,  No  one  should  buy  an  Elastic  Trims 
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744  Broadway,  New  York,  for  full  purtloulurs. 
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pei’torto  Dakota,  Price  uf  bind  el 080  to  truck  *4  to 
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Clarke’s . $2.50 

'I'D©  most  widely  known  and  used  of  nil  Rood  Organ 
Methods. 

***** 

Strauss  -  -  -  -  $2.50,  §3,  u 

The  G  kms  of  Strauss  has  had  an  unprecedented 
sale.  Gut  one  for  Summer  Playing. 


Either  book  sont,  post-paid,  on  receipt  of  retail 
price. 

OLIVER  DITSON  xV  CO„  HoMou. 

C.  H.  DITSON  A;  t’O.,  711  Broadway,  New  York. 

f|TO  ENGRAVERS.  PRINTERS,  Ac.-I.argc  stock 
I  v/oll  suHsotu-d  and  prepared  Boxwood,  Mahog¬ 
any,  Maple  and  Pin,'.  VANDERBURGH,  WKLL8&  Co., 
Type,  Cabinet  &  Press  Warehouse!,  18  Dutch  St.,  N.  V. 

WANTED.— Agent*  for  our  new  book,  “  How 
to  Kitioy  Litis, ”  by  Dr.  CoRNKi.t,,  Everybody 
want*  to  enjoy  life,  so  everybody  Will  want  a  copy. 
6.  B.  RUSSELL,  Publisher,  55  OornhlU,  Boston. 

WHISKERS ! 

*  ■  pound  will  force  the 
board  to  grow  thick  and  heavy  ori  the  smoothest 
fttoc  (without-  Injury)  In  21  days,  or  money  refunded. 
26  cent*  a  package,  post-paid,  or  3  for  50  cent*. 

EDGAR  JONES,  A«ni.A.Ni>,  Mass. 

*’*’  flTEXAS  AS  IT  IS,  or  The  Emigre iit’« 
I  I i  tilde,”  mailed  to  any  address  for  25  coats. 
A.  U.  WOOLSTON,  131  South  Third  St.,  Phllu,  Pa. 


FARQl/^ 

VrvprUtor  •  l\y’ 

t.'  iV/V  P°nn'a  Aorleuttural  Works,  * 

kSXi  Jfan»|/(|*  turrrn/tiMp'ilKtiimti,..  •!  > 

V  F vk*.  Agriiitltnral  Implcnicuts  t  *  .  \ 

mm’4 


... 

(Lffi’J,  %ccd’G  Vlant’., 

Seods--Now  and  True  to  Name, 

EHKK  1«Y  Mail.  2.r,vatH.  Flower  Seeds,  yl ;  13  van., 
.Xk!.  .Mixed  Gladiolus,  73c,  do/,.  (Xl-dtiy  Corn,  per  pkt, 
I0(!.;  pint,  35c.  Pea,  Prodigious,  pkt,  I.ic.;  plat,  75e. 
Mangel  wutuel,  l.ai':;e  Red,  V  i-llow,  (ilobo  Red,  Hrungo 
and  Carter’s  Rutalmaa.TSe.  1I>.  Addre  h 

G.  A.  I., A  W,  Rosliudaie,  near  Boston,  Muss. 
Lute  Seedsman  to  F.  lx.  I’hoeulx^ 

THE  SNYDER  BLACKBERRY. 

A  twenty  years’  experience  lias  sltown  it  to  be  the 
finest  filivored,  hunllcst.  and  most  productive  berry 
ever  placed  In  the  market.  It  bus  come  through  the 
past  severe  winter,  without  protection,  in  open  field, 
all  ve  and  with  blossom  buds  an  In  i  a  red.  I  have  a  few 
thousand  plants  for  sale  this  spring.  Single  plant. 
B0  et*. ;  per  do*.,  $3;  per  uxi,  $20. 

J.  R.  GASTON,  Normal,  III. 


BEAUTIFUL  EVERBLOOMING 

ROSES!! 

POT  PLAWTS, 

HuUnDlt)  (hr  I  mtliediute  li'lowering. 

SENT  SAFELY  BY  MAIL,  POST-PAID. 

5  Splendid  Vurlrtlc*  fur$l;  12  ilo.,  $2. 

For  lOe.  additional  we  send  "Mao  Nik  burnt  Prf- 
MM'iM  lloSK.”  Elegant  Descriptive  Catalogue,  10c., 
or  presented  free  to  every  puroimser, 

the  dinki.k  a  uonard  ro„ 

ROSE  GROWERS. 

West  Drove,  (Ihesler  Co.,  Pn, 

LEE’S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES. 

YVliolcanle  mill  Bene  ml  Supply  Ncu'serlea. 
An  Immense  stock,  of  sunerloT  qiinLlv.  allow  nrlces. 
.  *.?!. ’  Ostixe  Heduc  Plants  l»>  tin-  1,000  or 
1,000,0011.  Send  for  Ptlee  List. 

HI. A  I  li  IIKfiS,, 

Leo’s  Summit,  Jackson  Co,.  Mo. 

/  tA  H PIIKLI/K  Exti'ii  Enrlv  00  DujV  Sugar 
‘  ’  Corn.— The  bi'st  and  earliest  ipue  Sugar  Corn. 
Long  ears,  large  grains,  exquisite  Davor.  Price,  pkt., 
l.io,;  A  pint,  2rio. ;  pint,  400, ;  quart, "lie. ;  post-paid. 

UEO.  W.  4JA.TI  I'ltKLL,  Delaware,  «. 

/  lAMPliELL’M  I,  A  TIC  ROSE  POTATO.  A 

\  i  new  seedling,  unoqualed  in  productiveness;  un- 
surpiissed  111  quality ;  perfectly  healthy.  Has  yielded 
Trent  I  to  2  bnrrei*  to  tin-  pimml.  Circulars,  with 
testimonials  as  lo  yield  and  qoulity,  ires.  Price,  I 
lb.,  5l)e.;  I  IbS.,  $1.5(1,  mid;  peck,  $3;  'A  bush., 

-ff'.SU;  bushel,  *1(1  j  barrel,  $20. 

LEO.  VV.  CAMP  HELL,  Oeluware,  O. 

(  1  H,V l*E  V  IN ES.  S1I  A  LL  FRUITS,  FLOW- 
*  *  I'.lfS,  ivc,  A 11  varieties  of  Grunt*  Vinos;  mag¬ 
nificent.  Delaware  layers,  $19  to  *25  per  111(1 ;  $76  to  *2lH) 
per  1,1X111.  Splendid  slock  of  Green-House  and  Bed¬ 
ding  Plants.  Catalogues  free. 

I’ ICO.  \V.  <!.\  VI  PUELL,  Del  11  wit  re,  O. 

EVER-BEARING  STRAWBERRIES. 

The  most  valuable  variety  known.  Good  bearers; 
choice  fruit.  Five  vines  sent  on  receipt  of  $1.  Ad¬ 
dress  C,  C.  CARPENTER, 

Rural  Nmw-Yorker  Office,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


unit  ^outtvy. 

BUCKEYE  POULTRY  YARDs7 

Eggs  for  Ilatehlng,  from  Dark  and  Light  Brahmas, 

I  >  I  , ...  I-  \  V’  1.1* . -  .1  IV  ..,  ...  ,  i.r,  ’ 


ISAAC  l.VNDE,  Marlboro,  Stark  Co..  Ohio. 

Poultry  Bulletin  as  a  Prize ! 

Price  1,1st  free,  Illustrated  Cutulogno  of  Fowls,  10 
uts.  To  all  who  select  Irom  my  Price  1,1st  eggs  to  the 
amount  of  {-111,  send  $9  for  sutne  and  stale  wliere  this 
was  seen  I  will  send  the  eggs  and,  as  u  prize,  the 
Fotri/nty  Bcli.ktin  for  one  veur. 

J.  Y.  HICK  N  ELL, 
Westmoreland,  Oneida  Co.  N.  Y. 

IJUGS  FOR  HATCH  INK,  PKO.lt  TWEN- 

»  4  ty  leading  varieties,  at  moderate  prices.  For 
Price  List,  udaress  HILAS  w.  STUDLEY, 

Catsklll  Station,  Col.  Co.,  N.  Y. 

DU  RE- II  If  ED  CHESTER  WHITE  PIHS, 

A  Fancy  t’oultry  and  Fggs,  bred  and  nb,  >pcd  by 

.1.  \V.  A.  M.  IRWIN, 
PenningtoiivUle,  Chest"  Co.,  Pa. 

B/tlSH  4Jie.  J  »•  IX  \  It  It  ItIC  AII  TI  YS. 

-*  Egg*  this  season  for  sale,  fs  per  do/..  ".  CAR- 

ROLI.  CORING,  Boston,  or  Dedham,  Mas*  First 
Importer  and  breeder. 

EGGS  FOR  HATCHING. 

From  Light  Brahmas,  Bull'  unit  Partridge  Cochins. 
Inclose  stump  for  Circular.  S.  MERRY,  Ilton,  N.  Y. 


FOR  H.ITCIIIM;.-  I  will  now  hook  or- 
-i  dors  for  eggs  from  my  well  known  strains  of  Fan¬ 
cy  Poultry,  Including  over  20  varieties  of  Fowls  and 
Ducks,  to  be  shipped  us  soon  as  (lie  weather  will  per¬ 
mit.  Inclose  slump,  and  write  for  what  yotl  want  to 
C.  N.  BROWN  Unadlllu  Forks,  Otsego  Co.  N.  Y. 


gfmplrnuttte  ami  ittachincty 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


Geo.  H.  Pendleton  la  in  Italy. 

Queen  Victoria  will  visit  Venna. 

Gustave  Doiu:  is  making  pictures  in  Scot¬ 
land. 

President  Thiers  lias  130,000  volumes  in  ids 
library. 

A  fine  statue  of  La  Fayette  is  to  be  placed  in 
Central  Park. 

Gen.  Burnside  speaks  at  Athol,  Mass.,  on 
Decoration  Day. 

Charles  A.  Collins,  son-in-law  of  Charles 
Dickens,  is  dead. 

E.  C.  STEDMAN  is  the  poet  for  the  Dartmouth 
Commencement. 

Mr.  Fred.  W.  Seward  has  established  a  prize 
at  Union  College. 

Gico.  Wm.  Curtis's  lecture  at  Ann  Arbor  did 
not  pay  expenses. 

Prince  Humbert  of  Italy  is  popular  for  his 
charitable  actions. 

Schuyler  Colfax  lias  been  lecturing  on  tem¬ 
perance  in  Imyana. 

Du.  Samuel  Osoood  lias  taken  Mr.  Curtis’s 
“  Easy  Chair"  In  Harper’s. 

Wm.  Brown,  aged  six,  has  been  lecturing  in 
Baltimore  on  self-government. 

The  monument  to  Stephen  A.  Douglas  at 
Chicago  Is  shamefully  neglected. 

P.  8.  Gilmore  has  given  up  his  plan  of  organ¬ 
izing  a  national  band  of  65  pieces. 

President  Lincoln  and  Gon.  Canby  were 
both  assassinated  on  Good  Friday. 

John  A.  Willard  of  Troy  has  in  press  a  life 
of  his  mother,  Mrs.  Emma  Willard. 

The  library  of  the  late  Dr.  Francis  Lieber  will 
be  bought  by  the  U Diversity  of  California. 

Prof.  Tyndall  thinks  Niagara  Falls  will  last 
about  5,000  years.  Now  is  a  good  time  to  see 
them. 


This  Fertilizer  is  composed  of  the  esses,  Ac.,  of  coal 
of  all  sorts,  having  carbon,  with  cokes,  combined  or 
otherwise.  I  claim  the  process  of  extracting  from 
auv  kind  of  coal  or  Coho,  gases.  Ac.,  by  the  use  of 
heat  or  calcination,  and  grinding  and  placing  the 
coal  in  water,  where  the  gases  will  escape  and  be 
held  with  the  oxygen  of  the  water.  Thn  rifr rs  arc 
used  without  calcination.  This  liwiui  is  spread  over 
the  bind  and  every  kind  of  growing  crop  haying  a 
root  in  the  m»U.  1  also  sow  the  ground  coal  and  coke, 
or  either  nl  thorn,  over  the  hucl,  crop*.  Ac.,  and  put 
them  lnvjt.be  hill  or  drill  with  tlo,  seed.  f  V/.i I  being 
a  vegetable  formation,  contain*  about  »l  per  cent,  of 
carbon,  which  Is  the  only  clement  or  resource  left  us 

for  rrotoring  seib.  vegetation.  &C. 

1  also  use  this  hqni  i  u*  u  coil  alkali  for  various 
purposes,  m  )iemu/,o  '  n t  ing  and  Imjiwitm  goods  and 
fibers  of  every  dnaorfptlob,  Including  soaps,  tunning 
hlit'--  and  curing  .•tins,  and  improving  and  making 
water-tight  all  kind*  of  leather, 
parties  wishing  to  lease  l  otvnships  for  using  this 
Fertilizer,  Ac.,  will  please  address  me  for  particulars. 
I  claim  to  lie  the  inventor  of  the  above,  under  the 
Patent  Laws,  and  1  have  made  successful ,  experi- 
nicnts  tborewltb.  ALVAH  II I.KIII1.. 

.IH  eV  61  Liberty  SI.,  New  York. 


There  is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knitting 

Mtinhina  r*r>H  Hkiwi,  ia  nn  mnr<hinn  thnt.  TH)SSP?.80S 


Machine,  and  there  is  no  machine  that  . 
one-half  the  oualitlies  which  are  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  family  use  as  the 


BICKFORD 


The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 

GROUND  BONE, 

BONE  MEAL, 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Fresh  Bone  Superphosphate  ol  Lime,  or 
Dissolved  Bone.  Send  for  Circular. 

LISTER  BROS.,  Newark,  N.  J. 


and  meeting  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer¬ 
chants,  finding  In  Dana  Bickford’s  invention  a 
cheap,  simple  anil  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
find  it  profitable  to  purchase  tind  keep  on  sale. 
The  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  does 
not  require  the  "eternal  vigilance"  to  sell  this 
mu  chine  as  in  the  case  of  sewing  machines. 

Agents  AVnnied  Everywhere,  (food, Smart 
Men  can  raukc  850  per  week  and  expenses. 
Send  for  Instructions  and  Circulars.  Price  $30 
to  m. 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  BK’KI  ORD,  President. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


UmpUmenttf  and  pachinevy 


IMITATION  fifth!)  WATGIES  &  CHAINS 


Tbi«  metal  has  all  the  brilliancy  and  durability  of  Gold.  Prices, 
IA and  Sf6 ^eh  Chains  from*-'  to  $12  each.  Goods  sent  C.  O.  I)., 
“ bv bnlOTimr Sx Yon  get  one  free.  Send  stump  for  our 

flnXlATcl^h^ 

os  to  go  paid.  Address  C  OLLIN*  ill  E  l  A  l<  "All  II  At 
HlltV.  Broad  >vn  y.  New  A  oil,  lily. 


rill  ATE,  MONEY  AND  STRENGTH  SAVED 
by  using  ('lurk'*  Put  ml  Tobaroi  Kblger 
nnd  Hilling  Plow.  The  must  complete-  implement 
ever  put  into  the  bands  of  the  Kurnier.  It  is  ilie  sim¬ 
plest,  enslr  t  handled,  and  takes  up  no  more  room 
than  an  ordinary  plow.  It  combines  four  of  the  most 
valuable  tool*  in  one. uml  With  One  Horse  and  Hoy  will 
do  more  work  than  ten  men.  As  a  Tobacco  Kblger  it, 
mis  no  equal.  As  a  Hilling  Plow  it  stands  nnrtvulod. 
Asa  cultivator  of  all  crops  that  require  hilling  It  is 
unsurpassed.  Asa  Home  Hoc  nothing  compares  with 
ll.  Send  for  Circular, and  get  description  of  the  best 
line  of  tools  ever  put  into  the  hands  ol  tho  Partner. 

HIGCAMM  ilT'G  CO.,  Hisganum.  Conn. 


Hew  Britain,  Cl., 

Msn"l*«birsnl  of  ill- test 
S j.llpt  suit  luitaii  rum, 
l'.  C.Ifi.ClolllO-  nn.l  Mar¬ 
ket  Bailml  In  tlm  IMS 
k,!  Vcrhsiin  lin.lit'U, 
ltcrry  linakuliMul  Cratei 
u  specially.  A  bl»,  nil 
ilUt'iililit  b'  onsli  ru, bail¬ 
ors,  Cavillers  freu. 


gttugtral  #ii<mumfuto' 


THE  ROCHESTER 

!  :  y  BEERY  BASKET, 

li  W  In  which  Berries  carry  and  sell  best. 
wAjwr  Agents  wanted.  Circulars  free.  Ad- 
a  dress  General  Agents, 

JOHN  S.  COLLINS  &  CO.,  Moorostown,  N.J. 


/  (A  11  HART'?*  PULVERISING  CDET1VA- 

YOU  has  more  practical  points  than  any  cultiva¬ 
tor  In  use,  and  is Indispensable  «»  a  farm  implement. 
Price,  $31.  <;  G.  BRADLEY  A;  SON, 

Manufacturers.  Hvracuse.  N.  V. 


(Established  in  1834,) 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

PIANO-  FORTES. 

A  CARD  TO  THE  PUBLIC: 

Parties  desiring  to  purchase,  and  residing  in 
towns  where  our  Piano-Fortes  are  not  repre¬ 
sented  by  agents,  can  purchase  direct  from  us, 
at  a  reduction  from  factory  prices,  until  an 
agency  ia  established.  Write  for  Circular  and 
Price-List.  Boxing  ami  delivery  at  railroad 


riHIE  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  saved 
X  me  two  hundred  dollars  on  my  hoy  last  season. 


The  Louden  Hay  Carrier 

Elevates  the  liay  licrpentlirnlarlii  front  the  load,  air- 
rice  it  tiuriziintnllu  to  auv  part  of  the  mow,  and  returns 
the  empty  fork  buck  to  the  load.  Pitches  into  a  win¬ 
dow.  Stack-  in  tho  field.  Saves  its  oust  every  sea¬ 
son.  See  illustration  on  page  1.58  of  Hnu i.  N'i;\v- 
York.br  of  March  8.  Agents  wanted.  Send  stump 
for  Circular,  Prices  arid  Terms, 

LOUDEN  Al’F’G  WORKS, 

Fttirlicld,  Iowa. 


FOR  HAND  OR  HORSE  POWER, 


The  Best  in  the  World.  Send  for  Circulars. 

Handy,  UglB,  I»«ra  !>!<•.  Eiiicicul 
and  Economical. 

IN  FACT,  EXCELLING  IN  EVERY  GOOD  POINT. 

R.  n.  .A.XiXiXSN’  <fc  CO., 

SO  I J  K  A  <  :  HI  NTS , 

189  and  191  Water  St.,  New  York. 

Manufacturers  and  Dealers  la 
AGRICULTURAL  IMPLEMENTS  A  MACHINES, 
SEEDS  AND  FERTILIZERS. 


X7LY R1>I EH S,  BE  SURE  AND  EXAMINE 

I'  the  superior  Hay  Spreader  s  It  is  the  cheapest, 
most,  complete  and  most  durable  i  lay  Tender  ever  put 
into  the  field.  Head  a  few  of  the  comments  received, 
send  for  circular  and  description  to  HIGGANUM 
M  F’G  CO.,  Hlggumim,  Ot. 


WATERS’  °?XSiSS°  ORGANS 

Art  the  most  hr. ml  if  id  in  Mytemui  perfect  ui  foort  ever 
Hindis  untl  mill  »vnr  n  xw  (  (INC 

TO  STO  I*  i*  i hr  best  ret  i  pint  i  d  in  any  <hv,iii._  Ji  is 
pnjilih  "I  h it  -i  thifl  *'i  nj  i  red'  Peculiarly  voiced. 

EFFECT  of  „ ■huh  ...  MOST  t'HA  BRING 
and  SOI  I. -STIR BING,  'hluts  IMITATION 
Of  the  HUMAN  VOICE  In  SUPERB.  Prices 
low  for  c.imli,  nr  purl  rush  Uwl  huhmrr  ni  nioittldi/ 
nr  gitnrrerlu  tinvmrtits.  tithrr t  b s/ii"*  855.  875,  anil 
DOUBLE  REED  DUG  \Ns,  #100,81 10  mul 
upward*.  ILLCSTRATEO  i.CIM.iKlt  hs  MAIL- 
El).  WareroniiiH,  4B1  1 1  rp  a  cl  vviiy,  N.  V  . 

HORACE  \\  ATEIfS  A  SON. 


milE  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREYDEB  can- 
L  not  be  surpassed  for  Workmanship,  Durability 
and  Lightness  of  Draft. 


in  BIMJCT Q 

n  InliP.IlM  1’ION  corn -sbeller. 

1U  JJUU11UJJU  indorsed  by  nil  the  press 
and  50,000  farmers.  Bic  Pay  to  Auk  NTS.  Sample 
and  terms  to  drillers  sent  by  mail  On  receipt  of  $1. 
The  Inventok’s  M A n  i  t  'd  Go.,  170  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


GHICKERIN6 

PIAN0-F0KTES 


20,000  sold  last  year.  Upwards  of 
50,000  sold  for  UTS.  Show  this  to 
yourmereluint :  ask  liiiu  to  let  you 
try  one.  Von  will  not  part  with  it 
for  twice  its  oust.  .Made  only  by 
PETERS  BROTHERS’  MANU¬ 
FACTURING  COMPANY.  Mar¬ 
shall,  Mich. 


MAN  I  EA  CTURKI)  BY 

CHADBORN  &  COLDWELL  M’F’G  CO., 

Send  for  Circular.)  Ni'Wbii rgh,  IN.  \. 

;  For  sale  by  all  first-class  Dealers  and  Seedsmen 


THE  BEST  PIANOS  AT  THE  LOWEST  PRICES 

and  upon  the  most  favorable  terms  of  payment. 

Wo  invite  the  attention  of  persons  intending  to 
purchase  Pianos  to  our  Now  illustrated  Catalogue, 
giving  full  description  of  Styles  and  Prices,  and  the 
terms  on  which  we  sell  to  those  desiring  to  make 


After  one  day’s  i  se  of  the  si - 

PEltlOB  HAY  SPREADER  nofarmer  will 
ever  part  with  it, 


R,  THE  y.INC  COLLAR 

a  k  ,€ i'jN  pa  D  is- guaranteed  w  cure 

lay  YHags^j-. IM ff-rfu^r5  ql 1,1  '*  worst  case  of  raw  and 
mV  \  '■  ?*.- --,^7  .  lntlamed  neck  in  7  n 
xBi,  Nk  -  Y  V  •sfj  fj  iuhl  ii'.irl;tta  ILirer  rreri/’litv; 

f  K  and  will  not  chufo  or  wear 
the  mane.  For  sale  by  Skd- 
cilery  Hardware  Dealers  and 
— — Harness  Makers.  Manufac¬ 
tured  by  the  ZINC  COLLAlt  PAD  CO.,  BtioJitffi./n, 
Mich .  Information  furnished  on  application. 


Enables  the  most  important  Agricultural  product  of 
America  to  be  cut.  cured  and  stored  in  the  bam  in 
one  day.  Improves  the  quality  and  increases  the 
value  of  the  hay  crop.  Prevents  all  risk  of  damage 
from  storms  and  sudden  showers.  Is  simple,  dura¬ 
ble  and  of  light,  draft.  Was  awarded  the  New  En¬ 
gland  Agricultural  Society’s  only  first  prize,  at  the 
Great  Field  Trial,  at  Amherst,  Mass.,  as  being  supe¬ 
rior  to  all  others,  and  the  best  and  only  perfect 
machine  for  tedding  or  turning  hay. 

MADE  ONLY  BY 


For  E.  M.  BOYNTON’S  PAT.  LIGHT¬ 
NING  SAWS,  ailihon  SO  huiknian  St  met,  N.  Y. 

B.iiiiru ..riiifriugMlriite.  Goiluioe  will  cut  llifee  dmos 
it,  fiut  hi  un  1. 1 . ' .  A  (!'fl  iTutii  cut,  $*j.  Send  lor  .,u 
lIUuBtriitCd  C-Mklogtio,  nmlleii  tree. 


SEND  FOR  A  CATALOGUE 


AMES  PLOW  COMPiV^l 


SEYlflObR’iS  SHEARS  &  SCISSORS 


11  EAST  14tli  ST.,  New  York. 
S54  WASHINGTON  ST.,  Boston. 


53  Ucekinan  St.,  New  York, 

and  Quincy  Hall,  Boston. 

CS7“  Send  for  Descriptive  Circular. 

Y\TE  WOULD  NOT  SELL  OI  R  SUPE- 
1 1  rior  Hav  ■'prcnd.i’  for  live  tones  its  cost  ll 
we  could  not  obtain  another. _ 


‘•The  Re-f  are  tho  Cheapest,”  iiMltfc  o^.v 
Extra  Quality.  Crocus  Polish.  5  ^ 

Family  Size,  -  -  $  1.50  1  /j;  ^ 

Ladies’ Scissors,  -  1.00  —  "S  -S 

By  mail,  pupnid.  Send  P.  O.  Order  or  Draft. xr. 

HENRY  SEV  MOI  It  A  CO..  -29  Rose  St.  Now  York. 


t  A!  J  Yon  a^k  WBT  wr  can  sdl 
^jua.^.i..j.li[y  t  Fb>l.  • 'liisi  7  Dcliivc  1’iiU.os  for 
S290°  We  answer— It  cost* 
(•'’4C-mvjSiui*'UH-rt^;s_J,?'l1  Gian  $300  to  make  any 
.  j SfiOQ  1‘u.no  wild  through 

z^STItt  '-TF~  r  i  fcTSa  'a  at  r.  all  of  whom  make  100 
B  |®S  W  '■?  >  per  ct.  profi'.  Wc  have  no 
j)  K  Vi-'  iN  A  Aguiits.  hut  *liip  direct  to  fhmi. 
\>  LJ.  K 2.  V  lit-,  at  Factory  price,  ami  warrant 

6  Years.  Send  for  illustrated  circular.  In  which  we  refer 
to  over  500  Bankers,  Mcncine  ts,  &e.  (some  Of  whom 
you  may  know),  using  mu  l'i.mos.  in  44  Penes  ami 
Territories.  I’lcise  slate  where  v.  u  saw  ll  i<  notice. 

U.  S.  Plano  Co.,  8  I  O  Broadway,  N.  Y« 


SUCCESSOR  TO  FROST.  BLACK  &  CO., 

Has  Just  the  thing  that  i6  needed  by  the  people. 

PA.TE3NTT 


•Write  for  a  Price  List  to  J.  H.  JOHNSTOW,' 

GREAT  WEUERNWO^GIJN  U/Ak.  ..  ' 


AT  825  AND  UPWARDS. 

Every  room  in  the  house  can  be  used  ns  a  sitting 
room.  'Cull  and  examine  it  at  R.  W.  Frost's,  Paten¬ 
tee  and  Manufacturer  of  First-Class  Furniture,  O’. 
Bowerv,  near  Canal  St.  Ttf~  All  goods  purenased  ai 
my  house  guaranteed  as  represented. 

R.  W.  FROST,  69  Bowery,  N.  Y. 


179  Smithfield  St 
Breeoh-Loaditig  Shot  Gun* 
Gun»,$?l  toSl'iO.  SingloGu 
Revnlrern,  86  to  $25.  Piste 
Fishing  Tackle.  Ac.  Large 
Anny  Guns.  Revolvers.  *to.. 
sent  by  express  O.O. D,  to  I 


NUFACTUREl)  BYADRIANCE5PLATT&G0 

STYLES,  SIZES  &  PRICES  TO  SUIT  ALL  FARMERS 

Descriptive  Circulars  Forwarded  by  MoiL 


8100  oash  for  double-rood,  six  stops,  powerfr 
toned  Organs.  Warranted  the  host.  8 ‘2 7 5  cash  f 
7-octave,  rosewood,  carv'd  leg,  fully  warrant. 
Pianos.  WM.  A.  POND  i  CD-, 

No.  547  Broadway,  New  York 


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fill 

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: 

NEWS  CONDENSER. 


$U,occUancou,$ 


—  Quill  pens  are  coming  into  favor  again, 

—  Alligator  hunting  is  profitable  in  Florida. 

—  Baltimore  is  to  have  a  great  railroad  tunnel. 

—  Cheese  factories  are  springing  up  in  Minne¬ 
sota. 

—  California  promises  a  good  crop  of  grain  in 
all  parts. 

—  Hijjivy  frosts  have  visited  various  parts  of 
the  South. 

—  Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  is  to  havea  free  library  and 
reading-room. 

—  The  export  of  bacon  and  leather  is  increas¬ 
ing  at  Boston. 

Illinois  wishes  to  give  $50,000  for  the  Doug¬ 
las  monument. 

There  art!  in  use,  in  the  United  States,  150,- 
000,000  railroad  ties. 

—  Cornell  University  has  received  donations 
to  the  amount  of  $1,240,688. 

—  It  has  already  cost  Boston  $850,000  to  widen 
streets  in  the  burnt  district. 

—  The  great  fire  at  Chicopee,  Mass.,  was 
caused  bv  the  overt  urning  of  a  lamp. 

—  A  society  has  been  organized  in  Boston  for 
the  revival  of  the  study  of  the  Irish  language. 

—  Israelites  in  Jersey  City  will  not  be  allowed 
to  keep  tliolr  shops  open  on  the  Christian  Sab¬ 
bath. 

—  On  the  2d  of  April  the  troes  in  Paris  were 
in  loaf,  and  the  flower  market  was  full  of  tulips, 
lilacs,  etc. 

—In  Boston  150  clergymen  wero  invited  to  the 
dedication  of  the  Inebriates’  Home,  and  not  one 
responded. 

—  Ninety-two  murderers  in  the  city  of  Now 
York,  during  the  past  13  years,  have  never  been 
discovered. 

—  A  graveyard  on  the  Arkansas  River,  near 
Little  Rock,  caved  in  on  the  13th,  and  700  bodies 
were  washed  away. 

Shingle  roofs  should  bo  washed  with  a  com¬ 
pound  of  lime,  salt  and  ashes,  to  make  them 
proof  against  sparks. 

—  Tt# appears  the  Cheyennes,  who  are  supposed 
to  have  murdered  the  U.  S.  surveyors  in  Kan¬ 
sas,  were  drunk  at  the  time. 


3Premiu.nxs,  030,000  ! 

The  Fourth  Annual  Fair  of  this  Association  will 
be  held  ut  Cleveland,  O.,  on  the  of  Sep¬ 

tember,  1  S73,  and  continue  five  (l>)  days. 

Premium  Lists  will  be  ready  in  due  season. 

Hon.  J.  1».  ROBISON,  Prcs’t. 

SAM.  BRIGGS,  Suo’y. 


THEN  USE  TTTE 

Averill  Chemical  Paint 

Pirnu  White,  l)  it  a  us, 

French  gui:v,  spates, 

Bed's,  Y  kllo  ws 

and  all  the  fashionable  shades  and  colors  used  In 
house  and  cottage  painting,  iv>i4« /or  uni ,  m/Htrrz  no 
oil.  thinning  or  Sryers,  and  sold  only  jiy  tub  gal¬ 
lon. 

Every  Man  His  Own  Painter. 

Sample  card  of  colors,  and  testimonials  from  own¬ 
ers  of  the  ttnest  residences  In  the  eoiintry,  furnished 
free  by  dealers  generally,  or  by  the 

AVERILL  CHEMICAL  PAINT  CO.. 

32  Burling  Slip,  New  York. 


WILL  BE  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOLLOWING  PLACES  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY 


UNION  TRUST  CO . 73  Broadway. 

HOWES  tfc  ;1IAC Y . ! . 30  Wall  St. 

FIFTH  NATIONAL  BANK . Third  Av.  mid  Tweuty-sixOi  St. 

BULL’S  HEAD  BANK . Third  Av.  mill  Tweilly-fllth  St. 

IIA  It  Mill  BANK .  .Third  Av.  and  One  Hundred  a  ltd  Tweiil  y-lil i  h  St. 

A.  S.  IHVEN . Erie  Rnllrond  OIUcc. 

SAMUEL  SLOAN . L'reis’t  Bel.  «.V.  Lack.  It.  It.,  cor.  William  tfc  Exchange  Place. 

RICHARD  SCHELL . .’ . 31  Broad  St. 

ERASTUS  BROOKS.. . Publisher  New  York  Express, 

U.  15.  CROSBY . .  ... . 10  Nassau  St, 

EDWARD  ROBERTS. . Eiglity-flll It  St.  mid  Avenue  A, 

PAUL  N.  SFOFFOR  D. .  .29*  Broadway;  and  at  tho  temporary  office  of  the  Co.,  i  >25  Broadway 


*•  p8Y(’U0.1IA  N C  V,  or  Soul  Charming.” 

L  Row  either  sex  may  fascinate  and  gum  the 
lovo  ami  afflictions  of  cay  person  they  choose,  in¬ 
stantly.  This  simple  mental  acquirement  all  can 
possess,  free,  hy  mini,  for  ets.,  low  other  with  a 
Marriage  Guide,  Egypt  !an  Oracle,  Dreams,  til -it.,  to 
l.adiOM,  Wedding  Night  Shirt,  &c.  A  queer  hook. 
Address  T.  WILLIAM  «  t'O.,  Publishers,  Phils. 


TOIPUVS.  J.MfiC.  I  ‘km  kins  &  Co.,  516  7th 
ington,  I).  0.  Convspoudeuoe  solicited. 


K!Df)ER’S  PASTILLES  »  for  Ant  lima. 

Price  (Do.  by  mail.  STOW  ELI.  Ak  Co.,  Charlestown,  .Mass. 


All  payments  must  be  made  by  check  payable  to  tlio  order  of  tho  UNION  TRUST  COMPANY,  73 
Broadway.  The  moneys  arising  from  tho  sale  of  the  stock  hereby  sold  are  paid  Into  the  Union  Trust 
Company,  and  cannot  lie  paid  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchors  showing  that  the  money  has 
been  actually  anil  honestly  expended  in  tho  erection  of  the  industrial  Exhibition  Building  or  In  acquir¬ 
ing  ttt.lo  to  land, 

Tho  laud  of  the  Company  Is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  ns  follows liSth  to  I  02«l  Streets 
and  ,3d  to  f  i  ll  Avomies;  comprising  855  21-25  city  lots,  or  about  23  acres. 


:iVnc»to'  Wanted 


CANVASSING  BOOKS  SENT  FREE  FOR 


On  Manhood,  Womanhood  and  their  Mutual 
Inter-relations ;  Love,  Its  Laws,  Power,  etc. 

Agents  arc  selling  from  "20  to  30  copies  of  this 
work  a  day,  and  we  scud  a  cuiivussing  book  free  to 
any  hook  miffm.  Add  reus,  stating  experience,  etc., 
NATIONAL  VURLIHH  INlii  On.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Payments  to  bo  made  as  follows : 

Flvo  por  cent,  at  tlrno  of  subscribing,  and  tho  balance  In  installments,  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent, 
at  any  oms  installment. 

There  can  bo  no  safer  investment  than  this.  It  is  a  Homo  Investment.  It  is  the  ownership  of  land 
on  Now  York  island  and  the  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  the  same. 

In  accordance  with  the  charter  and  by  a  resolution  of  tho  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  21th,  1872,  tho  following  memberships  have  been  created  and  are 
offered  for  sale : 

At  tho  above-named  places  and  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 

Tire  proper  holder  of  any  of  these  is  entitled  to  free  admission  to  the  Industrial  Exhibition,  tho 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  tho  Garden  of  Plants  during  tho  time  It  Is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  tho  duration  of  the  membership. 

These  memberships  do  not  entitle  the  holder  to  admission  to  special  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  the  Exhibition  Company. 


5Uui  i*ub  Hi  cations 


n  Day  Iron.  25e.  Gold  Watch  free, 

27  now  Novelties,  Books,  Engravings,  jfcr, 
any  pay:-  larger  commissions.  AMERICAN 
Y  CO,.  802  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


Established,  1859  Consolidated,  1869 


Agents  wanted  everywhere.  Business  strictly  legit¬ 
imate.  Particulars  lToo.  j.  Worth  ,t  <;<>„  si.  Lou In, Mo. 


I  made  irom  50c.  Call  and  examine,  or  12 sam¬ 
ples  sent  (post,  free)  for  50c.  that  retail  quick 
R.  L.  WoLcott,  181  Chatham  Square,  N.  Y. 

PER  W  EEK  and  expenses  paid.  Wo  want 
ii  reliable  Agent  in  every  County  In  I  ho  U.  9. 
Address  Hudson  River  Wire  fa.,  130 
Miinhtn  I, .me,  A .  V 


sixteen  In rge  quarto  pages,  finely  illustrated,  fur¬ 
nished  at  S 1 .30  a  ven r,  WITH  A  BEAUTI¬ 
FUL  CHROMO  t  81.26  with  a  Book  or  Lithograph 
or  81.10  without  any  Premium. 

Hiik-Kkiipiius'  M aua/.ink,  a  82 -pago  monthly 
same  terms.  AGENTS  WANTED.  Samples  free, 
Address  II.  A.  KING  &  C  O., 

14  Murray  St.,  New  York. 


or  Chicago,  Ill, 


UfCIDn  AND  wonderful  -apparition 

iV  1 1  It  U  RINGS.'1— The  greatest  optical  puzzle 
and  delusion  ever  produced  -absolutely  Inexplicable. 
Tlloy  puzzle  KV  PltVIlUDV.  3S  silvered  rings  scien¬ 
tifically  combined.  Tho  greatest  "  Won  ntui  or  run 
Worn, I).”  Sent  free,  boxed,  and  full  directions,  pre¬ 
paid,  for  30  ets,  Can  bo  had  only  from 

HUNTER  A  CO.,  Hinsdale,  N.  H. 


MEMBERSHIPS.  -  PRICE  AND  KIND 


C  lass  Is# 


Entitling  the  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  tho  Exhibition 

Price,  $10. 


Not  transferable 


Class  2«1.  Price  $2B.  DO  Admissions 


Entitling  tho  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  tho  Exhibition 

Price,  $20. 


Not  transferable, 


Ah  Illimmted  Book  of  01  pagan.  iLu&cj 

30 N D,  MARTIN  &  CO.  Springfield,  Mass 


HOW  ’TIS  DONE,  or  tho  Secret  Out.-Mus- 

I  1  tueho  and  VvhUkcis  In  -Pi  days.  This  GREAT 
SECRET  and  10b  other*.  Gamblers'  Tricks,  Cardiol¬ 
ogy,  Ventriloquism,  all  in  the  ORIGINAL  "Book 
of  Wonders.”  Mailed  for  25  eta.  Address 

D.  C.  CUTLER.  Carthage,  Illinois. 


Class  3d.  I»i  •ice  $UlO.  360  Admissions 


FIGHTING  FIRE! 


Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable, 

Price,  $40. 


Agents  Wanted  for  tile  orondrnt  book  ,,r  the 
year,  now  selling  with  union  tubing  rapidity.  Tells  of 
the  causes  of  Fire;  Safes;  Fire-proof  Buildings; 
Conquering  Fire  with  Water,  .Steam  nml  Gas.  In- 
SiTtANCK  h  it  Sufi  j  Ilk  History,  Basis,  Manage- 
ment.  How  to  Insure,  Ac. ;  Vivid  Accounts  of  the 
Great  Fires  of  History.  A  tents  send  for  Circulars. 
You  will  net  r turret  it.  Sent  Free.  Address 
_ _ DUSTIN,  GILMAN  &  CO.,  Hartford,  Ct. 


ft  II I  V  in  PTC  tor  two  numbers  of  the  new, 
U  N  LI  J-'-J  uiOi  illustrated  paper.  My  Own 
Fiucsioe.  A  $5  Chrome  and  the  paper  only  $1  a  year. 
JONES  A  HADLEY,  Publishers,  170  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


Entitling  the  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  timo  during  life;  tho  bulling  being  open  to 

tho  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 


POULTRY  WORLD 


SI5Q  HUTS.  Wl  AGENTS. 

V  W  W  MAMMOTH  DOUBLE  MAP 


A  Splendid  Illustrated  Monthly,  liornlrd  mtirrlg  to 
Poult rii,  $1.25  a  year.  Send  10  ets.  for  a  specimen 
copy.  Address,  POULTRY  WORLD,  Hartford,  Ct. 


Entitling  the  purchaser  and  his  immediate  family  ({it  me  at  the  time  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  tho  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 


of  United  States  and  World.  New 
State  Maps  and  Charts.  Salable 
everywhere.  Live  men,  with  small 
or  large  capital,  wtIIo  for  Catalogue 
to  E.  0.  BRIDGMAN,  5  Barclay  Bt., 


SHREK!  Ntw,  USEFUL,  VALUABLE  1 

ft'vifti  Wwtol  to  Loin*  m«  traction,  HjiproiomcnL 

?  k’ySfffCtf  l/rcrl&l  *U'J  IHUCHRf  1 1(10  r.’ifll 

>  BfrCSMB  fifln  fif'jdkfcD.Y*,  tlr.zrrfptRto  aid)  p»Uy<i  or  Tool  die* la  ; 

.limtauT  lAihtr*.  Twlj  ar.d  M-a, hiiiM,  X*»Jf  I  c'^aui  tu- 
y  .^gibImaU . bnihiig  V«i»  •  ;  J  n  »iro 

;  .T'M<  0J»4  ;  Chi  UnlCvlfaflMUrta,  *4*.  A  *4)  tl/fUi 

•  J  _  -  "  of  1  wCnHL>a  1 »  j  j  •  r liutu  I :  «  ml » rvnnaa  on  nr.  i  u<  nu  (,i>  | 
for  Microrcoje  ,1  nurttatlona  ft*  uikMotF  rrtur  ftcraU  Work,  will  I 
Laiiif  ii:»j,t,»A*iiUu3irmliot.aoUl  vuufUJ  r^oi  h*r«i 

Beck  Buttkr**,  flower  toUrnU,  VY  m*««^  li*r«» ♦.  Woik1 

'^*ku  HI  on  Wiy.jnof  »,ta  Cmtordzf  fn-r  Rl.lC 

worth  of  riMlifTMi  v*i1Uon<1  w«r'*i00pl«$  CO  rcfutid  pnceof  J!o&W  f.to, 
r.VMHQK  1‘ARH,  lluiTADt,  N.  Y„  M-.nr.  *lo..u 


Class  Otfi.  1IEKEDITAKY  &  TR AASFK IS A1II l»ric«  #1,000 


WORKING  CLASS 


Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
building  is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  used  by  the 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  these  memberships  are  to  be  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
tb‘e  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  bo  granted  them 
by  the  Board  of  Directors, 

Payment  to  be  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Union  Trust 
Company. 

A  suitable  Badge  will  be  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  members. 

Memberships  will  not  be  sold  after  the  Building  is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

Banks,  Bankers  and  Indivkluals  are  wanted  to  act  us  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 

For  further  information,  please  address 


Respectable  employment  at  Homo,  da  vorevmng;  nc 
capital  required  ;  lull  In.-tniotlonH  and  vuluiiblo  pack¬ 
age  of  goody  sent  Tree  by  mail.  Add  reus,  with  lie.  re- 
turn  stump,  M.  YOUNG  &  Co.,  173  Greenwich  9t„  N,  Y 


Agent?  wanted  for  the  new  and  startling  book,  The 


LM*  HE  »  —  SR  Hi®  FOR  A  SPECIMEN. 

-*  A  full  Catalogue  <<t  our  Standard,  Misnelluoeoua 
and  Illustrated  Juvenile  Books,  or  specimen  num¬ 
bers  of  Oliver  Optlc’8  Magazine  sent  by  iioi  i  I  free. 

UHL  &  SlIEl'ARD,  Publishers,  Boston 
where  all  publications  may  be  found. 


nuuil  In  History,  by  author  of  "Uod  In  History,” 
UCVIL  Illaatmted  by  Dure  and  Nast.  Endorsed  by 
eminent  divines,  E.  B.TltKAT,  Pub., 805  B  wav,  N.Y. 

AGENTS  WANT  ED  for  the  Clearest,  fullest  and 
most  effective  family  medical  book  ever  publish¬ 
ed.  Hkaltu  at  Homb.  Written  by  the  celebrated  Dr. 
Hall  of  Journal  of  Health.  Deals  with  all  subjects 
delicately  and  exhaustively.  Circular*  gent.  Address 
B.  M.  BETTS  &  CO„  Hartford,  Ct.,  or  Chicago,  111. 


fPHE  BEST  FAMILY  PERIODICALS. 

A  THE  ATLANTIC  MONTHLY,*!. 

OUR  YOUNG  FOLKS, 

Published  bv  EVERY  SATURDAY,  83. 

JAMES  R.  OSGOOD  Ac  CD., 

—  Boaton. 

Bend  for  full  Prospectus,  and  for  Catalogue  of 
Standard  Works  by  first  American  and  English 
authors. 


AGENTS  READ  THIS  — A  MISTAKE  CORRECTED, 


contains  HO  Instead  of  60  full-page  engravings,  as  ad¬ 
vertised.  It  Is  the  book  to  still.  Agents  make  from 
*10  to  $90  per  day.  It  is  the  only  book  that  contains 
the  whole  ai.viry.  Don't  bo  humbugged  into  selltug 
any  other.  Agents  supplied  with  book  Irom  brauoli 
offices  Hear  them.  Circulars  Iren.  Address 

MUTUAL  PUBLISHING  CO.,  Hartford.  Conn. 


INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  COMPANY 


TO  ilft  t'ertl*.v'.  Agents  wanted !  All  daw,  uf  working 

/,  ,  iwoplii.nf  oHke,  *!*,  yrmngomlj,  uutke  more  money 

*}  w,J,Vor  u  «l*vir  *M“e  mmotvln  or  h)I  th,.  timu  tlnta  ul  unvlhlng 
el«.  I’.mcvlsr.  Iroo.  Addrow  G.  Stluion  A  Co.,  Fort!auk,'MHine 


No.  925  UUO.VDWAY,  NEW  YORK  CITY 


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'■'^I'JicmiHeiNo  Machine  Co 

JOg-CHAMBERS  ST. NY 


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with  111  xtnort  per¬ 
fect  inuubanHttl 
accuracy.  i»u:cJ 


they  arc  worth  their  weight  in  gold.  Uvcr  olovnn  hi.  i: 
earn!  sold  during  Ilia  lint,  week  <-f  4boir latruduct  ' 
Local  and  traveling  amenta  wanted  evoryvr y; ore .  (lit 


ASK  FOn  THE 

NOVELTY 


STEAM  ENGINES, 


Portable,  Stationary 
mid  Agricultural. 

Hundreds  in  use  in  Shops, 
Printing  Kooins,  M i I le,  M i ties, 
ind  on  Karma  and  Plnnta- 
iIoms,  for  drain  Threshing, 
Kond  Cooking  for  Block,  Cot- 
ton  dinning.  Sawing,  Ac. 

*K  ( .troulurs  sent,  on  application. 

FARMERS,  SAVE  YOUR  CROPS ! ! 


STORM  GLASS 

and  Therm < uncle r  combined,  Will  perfectly  warn 
you  of  storms  twenty-four  hours  ahead.  Hy  express, 
C.  O.  Ih.f  i-  GHu.  8WF.KTSER,  120  Wall  St.,  JST.  Y. 

ritHK  ATLANTIC  CAIILE  UNITES  TWO 

.*  worlds,  hut  ivit  so  close  or  sure  us  the  celebrated 
(  Alll.f.  St  IvlvU  \\  1  It  ic  unites  the  sole  to  die 
upper  ot  Loots  und  shoes-they  will  not  rip  or  leak. 
All  have  the  Patent  Stamp. 

POE  THE  RICH  WITH  PEW CHILDREN 

I  it  may  do  to  buy  a  shoe  without  Tips,  hut  to  those 
who  are  blessed  with  little  money  and  many  children 
it  is  ruinous  to  Inn  any  other  than  . 

silver  Tipped  shoes. 

B.vone  AuciiI  .selling  SUren  1‘ntetit 
linirni).  Recommended  hy  the  late 
Horace  Greeley,  Am.  Agriculturist, 
and  100.000  Families  using  them. 
One  county  for  each  Agent.  Sturms 
sure.  C.  A.  CLEGG  A  CO.. 

20  Cortlandt  St.,  N.  Y. 


Simplest,  Strongest,  Easiest 
Working  &  Most  Durable  Wringer. 
Saves  Time!  Saves  Labor!  Saves 
Clothes  !  It  has  no  equal  !  and 
M  Should  be  in  Every  Household/' 
Try  the  “NOVELTY,"  and  satisfy 
yourself  that  it  Is  the  BEST.  Sold 
everywhere. 

HAIM  WASHING  k  WRINGING  MACHINE  CO., 

100  Cbiirubern  St.,  New  York. 

$500  in  Premiums 

TWO  NEW  POTATOES! 


EXTRA  EARLY  VERMONT. 

Ten  Days  Earle  r  than  Early  Hone. 
Eeorinnnwly  Productive  and  Of 
EXCELLENT  FLAVOR.  Si  per 
pound;  -l  pounds  by  mall,  post-paid, 
lor  S3.  AO. 

COMPTON  S  SURPRISE.  S2G 
UiisIicIm  in  ilie  Acre.  A  llt.tlo  later 
than  Kin  It  Itosri.  Ennui  Inuinclilv. 
S3  per  pound,  by  mall,  post-paid, 

*4.700  will  he  awarded  as  PREMI¬ 
UMS  to  those  who  produce  the  Largest, 
tnniotitv  from  iiiir  pound.  Descrip¬ 
tive  Circulars  of  the  above,  with  list 
of  .'(00  varieties  of  Potatoes,  free  to  all. 

Illiit-i  rnteil  Seed  Cnln lngue,  '.'(HI 
pages  with  Colored  Chronio,  25  Ots. 


m  C5  A  NEW  TOMATO! 

¥■ 

|  m  ^ 

Early,  solid  and  productive.  Price,  25c.  per  packet. 
Five  packets  for  91. 

B.  K.  BLISS  &  SONS, 

23  Park  Place, _ New  York. 

WOOD,  TABER  A  MORSE, 

UA'IO.V  ill  VOINOV  <  <►.,  .V  V., 

M  AX*  tT PACTCKKRa  OF 


Xk^VXJISriDFlY  SECRET. 

Sairy  Briggs  imparts  to  Mary  Ann  a  valuable  secret  of  the  laundry. 

“  Why  it’s  the  easiest  thing  in  the  world  to  tell  whether  ’r  no  indigo  is  good.  Jist 
sprinkle  a  leetle  on  it  in  tew  some  water,  an’  ef  it’s  good,  it’ll  aither  sink  or  swim  — 
rally,  I  forgit  which.” 


INVESTMENT  BONDS. 

THE  NORTHERN  PACIFIC  RAILROAD  7-30  FIRST  MORTGAGE  GOLD  BONDS,  which  we  recom¬ 
mend  as  a  protit  able  and  well-secured  Investment,  hear  7  3-111  per  cent,  gold  Interest,  and  have  the  fol¬ 
lowing  olerucntJi  of  security,  viz. : 

1.  They  are  t-lio  obligation  «,f  a  strong  onrpormtlon. 

2.  They  are  a  First  Mortgage  on  the  Rond,  its  Equipments,  Rights  and  Franchises. 

3.  They  are  a  first  lieu  on  its  Net  Earnings. 

4.  There  is  pledged,  in  addition,  for  the  payment  of  principal  and  Interest,  a  l.and  Grant  of  12,800 
acres  per  mile  through  the  States,  and  25.010  acres  pr-r  mile  through  the  Territories  traversed.  The  Com- 
i.iiny  Is  already  entitled  to  nearly  Ten  Million  acres  of  It-  Grant,  and  Its  Land  Sales  thus  far  have  realized 
live  dollars  and  stxly-six  cents  per  acre. 

With  nearly  500  miles  of  the  road  completed  and  In  operation,  the  earning.-,  for  1873  will  be  large. 

All  marketable  Stocks  and  bonds  are  received  in  exchange  for  Northern  Pacifies  on  most  favorable  termB. 

JAY  COOKE  &  CO., 

2XTo.  £20  W all  Stroot,  3N3T ew  Yorli. 

ERFFMAM  J&  RIIRR  clothing  warehouses, 
rnLLlYlHli  06  DUnn,  i38 &  140  Fuiton st„ n. y. 

IT'REEMAN  vV'  RUHR,  have  very  great  pleasure  in  inviting  attention  to  their  New  and  Elegant 
I  Selections  l'or  the  Present  Season.  The  Stock  is  of  Immense  extent  and  variety,  and  from  the  best 
products  of  the  Loom  from  every  part  of  the  world. 

ORDERS  for  garments  to  measure  neatly  und  promptly  executed,  at  moderate,  prices. 


Overcoats,  $  5,  $10. 
Overcoats,  $15,  $20. 
Overcoats,  $20,  $30. 


Suits,  $  5,  $  8. 
Suits,  $10,  *12. 
Suits,  $15,  $20. 


Suits,  $10. 

Suits,  $20, 

Spring  Overcoats,  $  5,  $10.  Suits,  $25.  Boys-  Suits,  $  6,  §  8. 

Spring  Overcoats,  $15,  $20.  Suits,  $30.  Boys’  Suits,  $10,  *12. 

Spring  Overcoats,  $20,  $30.  Suits,  $40.  Boys’  Suits,  $15,  $20. 

QUITS,  $50. 

Suits,  $60. 

ORDERS  BY  LETTER  promptly  filled.  Our  Nkw  syktrm  fob  Srlf-Mkasfuk, 
OT?T)T!T?  S  of  which  thousands  avail  themselves,  enables  parties  in  all  parts  of  the  country  to  order 
direct  from  u».  with  the  certainty  of  receiving  the  most  pkiu  kCt  fit  attainaiilk. 

T)  V  w/r  a  it  It  UliEr*  FOR  KELF-M  LAS  I '  RE,  Illustrated  Book  of  Fashions)  and  Prices.  Sam- 

Jj  I  illAlii,  plea  of  Goods,  sent  Ftijsis  on  application. 

BUILDING  PAPER ! 

For  Sheathing,  Roofing,  Deafening,  Carpet  Lining,  and  as  a  substitute  for  Plastering.  Send  for  Samples 
and  Circulars,  to  B.  F..  Hat.e  &  Co.,  50  &  58  Park  Place,  N.  Y„  or  Rock  Btvkb  Pater  Co.,  Chicago. 


ORDERS 
BY  MAIL. 


>99 


AGENTS  WANTED  FOR 


_llis  divinity established  und  rationalism  rooted. 
The  most  popular  and  rapidly-selling  religious  work 
ever  issued.  For  Circulars,  address  UNITED  STATES 
FUBLlSHlNGjCO.,  til  Broome  St.,  New  York. 

HORSE  RAKE  WIRE 

FOIt  SALK  DY 

JOHN  W.  QUINCY,  ON  William  Sr.,  N.  Y. 

We  are  now  prepared  to  fill  orders  for  the  coming 
season.  Bend  for  Circular. 

GREAT  REDUCTION. 


TEAS  AND  COFFEES 

lucreused  Facilities  to  Club  Organizers. 
Send  lor  New  Price  List. 

THE  GREATAMERICANTEACO. 

P.  0.  Bm  5343.)  81  *  33  Ve.ey  St.,  New  York. 


GEO.  A.  PRINCE  &  CO., 

Organs  tV  clod  cons 

The  Oldest,  Largest  and  Most  Perfect  Manufactory 
In  the  United  States. 

51,000 

Now  in  use. 

No  other  Musical  Instrument  ever  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

S3T"  Send  for  Price-Lists. 

Address  BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 

NOTICE  TO  INVESTORS 


Chicago  &  Canada 

SOUTHERN. 

$5,000,000 

7  PER  CENT.  GOLD  BONDS 

At  DO  and  ACCRUED  INTEREST.  COUPON  AND 
REGISTERED.  INTEREST  1*AYA BI.K  TN  GOLD, 
APRIL  AND  OCTOBER. 

We  now  offer  those  Bonds  at  the  above  VERY 
LOW  PRICE. 

THE  CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Eastern  end 
of  this  line,  whose  Bonds  were  so  rapidly  sold  lust 
Summer, 

Is  Now  Finished, 

and  will  he  opened  for  business,  in  connection  with 
the  TOLEDO  AND  WABASH  and  other  Western 
roads,  at  u  very  early  day.  The  CHICAGO  AND 
CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Western  end  of*thl»  line. 
Is  now  being  rapidly  built,  and  the  Company  expect 
it  to  be  finished  during  the  present,  year. 

THIS  GREAT  TRUNK  LINE,  when  completed 
through,  will  he  of  Immense  advantage  to  the  ship¬ 
ping  interests  of  the  Great  West,  being  LEV  lit,. 
STHA ItiHT,  and  33  miles  Shorter  thou  any  other 
route.  Ilavhnr  connontlons  with  sill  the  lines  run¬ 
ning  Into  Buffalo  at  the  East  and  Chicago  at  the 
West,  und  under  the  management  of  some  of  the 
most  experienced  railroad  operators  of  the  country, 
its  success  is  rendered  a  certainty,  and  its  bonds 
must  be  a  safe  and  profitable  Investment.  It  makes 
tbe  shortest  and  best  connections  going  West,  both 
at  Toledo  and  Detroit,  ami  is  the  only  Seven  percent. 
Gold  Bond  on  any  through  Trunk  I.lue  now  offered. 
Pamphlets  and  all  Information  furnished  by 

LEONARD,  SHELDON  &  FOSTER, 

BANKERS, 

No.  10  WALL  ST.,  NI!W  YOKE. 

WINSLOW,  LANIER  &  CO., 

BANKERS, 

No.  27  PINK  STREET,  NEW  YORK. 

WEBSTER’S  PATENT 

Button-hole  Worker. 

l*at.  Jiiuc  27,  IS7  I.  Awarded  Oral.  premium  at 
the  Am.  Instllum  and  Aid.  Institute  Fairs,  1871.  ^ 

t  tun  ft  important  in- 

renliuij*  t)f  the  a>j*. 

It  II 1 1  O  n  -  held 
Worker  < i>*r  tn- 

r rnlrd  So  atrnido 
that  a  child  c»n 
work  a  mere  per- 
f<?*v  b  u  lion- n  <il » 
AffliSK-.  with  it  titan  ib» 
moftt  exporter"  d 
^'l.i;dl  c'iin  a- He 
.  without  n.  Every 


12,000,000  ACRES 

CITEiYr  li’A-RIVIS  2 
The  riieapesi  Land  in  Rtarkel, 

for  sale  by  the  UNION  PACIFIC  ltA II, HOAD  COM¬ 
PANY,  in  the  Great  Pin  ft.  V.Uh-u !  .UOUIMMHl 
ACRES  iu  CENTRAL  NEBRASKA  now  for  sale  In 
traetsof  forty  acres  and  upwurdsod.fli'er.oi  tm  nut.-' 
credit,  at  C  per  cut t.  So  inruitce  interest  reiiuirrd. 
MILD  AND  HEALTHFUL  CLIMATE,  FERTILE 
SOIL,  AN  ABUNDANCE OF  GOOD  WATER.  THE 
BEST  MARKET  JN  THE  WEST!  The  Great  Min¬ 
ing  Regions  of  Wyoming,  Colorado,  Utah  and  Nevada, 
being  supplied  by  the  farmers  in  the  Platte.  ViilJeji. 
SOLDIERS  ENTITLED  TO  A  HOMESTEAD  OF 
1  till  ACRES.  THE  BEST’  LOCATIONS  FOR  COL- 
ON  IKS.  FREE  HOM  BS  FOR  A  l.i.,  Millo,,,,  at  oc,;s 
of  oliulee  Government  Lands  open  for  entry  under 
the  Ui.ni. art  Line,  near  this  Great  ItaiLoiui,  with 
good  markets  and  all  the  conveniences  of  no  old  set¬ 
tled  country.  Free  passes  to  purchasers  oj  Railroad 
Land.  Sectional  maps,  showing  the  exact  location 
of  land,  ulso  new  edition  of  J)tsc  ipltce  Einnpldet  with 
Sew  Maps,  Mailt  it  b  rer  Etvry  where.  Address 

O.  F.  DAVIS,  Laud  Commissioner, 
l.'.  P.  It.  It.  Co.,  Omaha,  Neb. 

Wf  ANTED.— A  FARMER,  in  Every  Town, 
it  as  agent  for  tbe  Colliua  Steel  Plows.  For 
terms,  Ac.,  address  COLLINS  A  CO., 

212  Water  St..  New  York. 

T  MEW  and  WOMEN  WANTED  Every¬ 
where  to  take  the  money  for  our  PAT.  BUT¬ 
TON-HOLE  CUTTER,  with  Silver  Case.  25  cts. 
Cuts  21  sizes.  Sells  at  Bight.  PAT.  FOUNTAIN 
PEN  and  Y08KM1TK  X  X  GOLD  PENS.  Sam¬ 
ples  of  all,  with  Circulars,  post-paid,  for  25  cts. 
Also.  TUE  LADIES'  CASKET,  and  other  arti¬ 
cles.  Address  CITY  NOVELTY  CO.. 

40!  Library  Si.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


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'it,  mg  inaolnnu.  ana 


jlwTOty  vXiig.lyS's-  .  v  (.  mg  maclimu.  rod 
f  7  'If  Aw.  1rr-3S3,1‘  ‘I  y  will  Inst  alifetime. 

•  in  *'  .pricking  the  fin- 


f/t  .  1 ij  pricking  the  tjn- 

l  f {  ipB  ir'A  geri.kliionliigih" 

’  ..sAttu...-.  X  f  — ^7  -  ".V-i  —  eyes  and  « itli  im¬ 
perfect  and  it  regular  worked  bt  fton  b  1-1.  They  geo) 
universal  eatiafaetum.  Ladies  who  u-.o  them  say  lb.. 


sell  ateiBiit.etid  give  over  per  n;m  ■  ; 

Button  holo  "Wonter  und  Biimpln  Biuwii-ti'W  *  u  * 
packed  in  iv  neat  c a*o.  vnlh  lull  <lir*5C<ii>uH  tor  utof 
utgAtheririth  eiunplo  of  our  now  and  novel  way  of  can 
sent  to  any  Nijdny^  on  receipt,  of  t>o  cpfii-. 
Orders  t>y  m&ii  rocRtvo  i»r«'Oipt  uUtmitou,  rr  4 
WICBSTKR  M  F’C;  GO.,  Mhou lecturer*,  Auaonia.  ^  t. 

Pleaow  etaLo  iu  what  papui-  you  &u.w  thia.  ^ 


IfIPTfID  horSE  hoe. 

N  gBa  y  h  11  Bn  BEST  AND  CHEAPEST 

■  ■  “  ■  W  ■■steel  HOE  in  use. 

THORODGHLY  Pulverizes  and  works  close  to  plants, 
RAKt  Attacli't  wurkeij  the  weed-  out.  has  Hilling  Plow  , 
Eitst  Premium  SILVER  MEDAL  New  England  E31  ,  1877. 
PAH  I  PSEED  SOWER.l'lAnls'iu  Hills  or  Drill 
CHULC  4  Sizes  Prices  $6  to  $16. 
CLIPPER  WHEEL  HOE.  $i  A  So. 50.  A«ents  Wanted 
Address  E.  D.  A  O.  B.  REYNOLDS. 
(Circulars  Free.)  Nobth  Bbudgewatek,  Hass. 

no  equal  W© aow  make  a  COMBINED  SHO 

S3'  DRIll,  WHEEL  HOE  and  PLOW  U  r 

z<£“3i6.  „  jSfr  _  i  110.40.  AdmimbU  for  Garden, 
i  Onion  A  Root  crops.  Also  three 

X  other  styles,  g.  L.  ALLEN  A 

■'V.-TS7  CO.,  ua  South  1th  St..  Phila.,  Pa. 


vol.  xxvrr.  n«.  20. 1 

WHOLE  No.  1216.  ) 


NEW  YORK,  AND  ROCHESTER,  N.  Y,  MAY  1 


(  I* It  ICE  SIX  CENTS 
1  #2.50  1'Elt  YEAR. 


f  Entered  aoqordinK  to  Act  of  Congress, 


I).  'L'.  Mooitw,  in  the  offitio  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. ] 

tor,  I  I ii.y  benefit,  auffothjerB  interested 


we  copy  the 
following  from,  a  correspondent  of  the  Rural 
World  : — For  several  years  I  had  boon  unsuc¬ 
cessful,  when  at  last,  becoming  discouraged 
at  repeated  UxisttcceSs,  I  det ei  inini'd  to  aban¬ 
don  the  business,  so  1  sold  my  turkeys  and 
rested  from  my  labors  for  a  time.  Rut  1 
noticed  l,  hat  sonic  of  my  neighbors  succeeded 
pretty  well  in  raising  these  birds,  and  from 
them  I  obtained  a  few  hints,  which  1  thought 
to  put  into  practice.  80  last  season  L  pur¬ 
chased  a  hen  and  a  few  eggs,  determining  this 
time  that  if  I  failed  t  would  never  make 
Another  attempt.  In  a  proper  course  of  time 
the  mother  turkey  brought  off  ten  young 
birds,  1  had  near  at  bund  an  old  house,  dry 
and  warm,  in  which  I  kept  them  nights  and 
on  damp,  gloomy  days,  when  1  thought  it 
hurtful  fur  them  to  be  out.  Their  feed  for 
the  first  throe  days  consisted  of  hard-boiled 
eggs,  chopped  tine,  which  1  fed  them  from 
my  hand.  After  this,  the  hard-hotted  eggs, 
together  with  bread  crumbs  and  other  scraps 
from  the  table,  nil  of  which  we  chopped 
together  line.  On  rainy  days,  when  I  could 
not  let  them  out,  I  chopped  in  their  food 
onion  blades,  tongue  grass  or  mustard  leaves, 
which  they  seemed  to  relish,  1  do  not 
give  t  hem  raw  and  uncooked  food,  and  for 
my  carg  J  have  been  well  rewarded,  for,  out 
of  the  little  brood,  I  never  lost  but  one  tur¬ 
key,  and  tli at  from  an  injury  which  it  re¬ 
ceived  ;  and  at  Thanksgiving  1  had  some  of 
the  largest  and  liuest  turkeys  in  tile  neigh¬ 
borhood,  not  only  tasting  well,  but  being  the 
admiration  of  all  who  saw  them. 

From  my  experience,  I  am  convinced  that, 


and  by  its  means  have  raised  a  considerable 
number  of  young  birds,  which,  at  the  age  of 
a  mouth,  arc  worth  #80  to  $30  each,  Others 
allow  the  birds  to  hatch  their  own  eggs.  Tire 
feathers  (which  are  plucked  in  a  narrow  pen 
into  which  the  birds  are  enticed  one  by  one) 
vary  in  quality  and  price,  according  to  the 
age  of  the  birds,  and  the  portion  of  the  body 
from  which  they  are  plucked,  some  of  the 
best  Ixung  worth  over  jtfOi)  per  pound. 

The  farming  of  the  ostrich,  if  well  and  care¬ 
fully  conducted  upon  a  suitable  farm,  with 
the  necessary  enclosures,  and  plenty  of  feed, 
is  found  to  be  very  profitable;  and  is  now 
becoming  quite  a  Common  tiling  among  t  he 
sheep-farmers  to  keep  ostriches  as  well  as 
sheep ;  but,  the  birds  are  easily  injured,  a 
1  slight  blow  front  a  stone  or  stick  will  break 
|  their  legs,  in  which  case  the  bird  inevitably 
1  diofl. 

The  cock  birds,  whose  plumage  is  black 
and  white,  are  often  exceedingly  fierce, 
especially  at  or  after  pairing  season,  when  it 
is  dangerous  for  a  man  on  foot,  to  approach 
them,  as  they  will  at  once  give  chase  ;  when 
they  overtake  the  fugitive  they  knock  him 
down  with  t, heir  foot,  as  a  man  would  with 
his  fist,  and  strike  and  trample  t  heir  victim 
on  the  ground,  often  inflicting  very  serious 
injuries, 


THE  RED-BREA8TED  GOOSE 


The  Red-Breasted  Goose  (Bernicla  ruficol- 
lia)  is  the  rarest  of  the  British  water-fowl, 
and  the  exhibition  of  a  living  specimen  is 
therefore  an  event,  of  great  interest  to  orni¬ 
thologists.  Mr.  8ki.by  gives  the  following 
account  of  four  instances  of  its  capture  In 
England. : — “  It  is  known  in  Britain  only  as  a 
rare  visitant,  when  <1  riven  by  tempestuous 
weather  out  of  the  usual  course  of  its  migra¬ 
tions.  But  live  or  six  instances  of  its  capture 
are  on  record.  The  first,  occurred  near  Lon¬ 
don  1770,  and  the  specimen  passed  into  the 
hands  of  Mr.  TunstaLL,  and  from  it  (now  in 
the  Museum  at  Newcastle-on-Tyne),  the  por¬ 
trait  liorewith  given  was  taken  ;  in  the  sec¬ 
ond  instance  this  bird  was  caught  alive  near 
Wycliife,  Eng.,  and  was  kept  by  the  above- 
mentioned  gentleman  for  some  years  in  con¬ 
finement ;  a  third,  shot  near  Berwick-upon- 
Tweed,  was  sent  to  Mr.  Bullock,  in  whose 
museum  it  remained  tdl  the  dispersion  of 
that  celebrated  collection  ;  the  others,  ac¬ 
cording  to  Mr.  Stei’UKNS,  wi-di  killed  in  the 
severe  winter  of  1818  in  Cambridgeshire,  lmt 
unfortunately,  from  the  ignorance  of  the 
captors,  were  lost  to  the  purposes  of  science.” 

The  Red-Breasted  goose  is  a  native  of 
Northern  Asia ;  and  in  its  migrations  so  sel¬ 
dom  comes  within  reach  of  collectors  that 
even  skins  of  ir,  bear  a  very  high  value. 
Temminck  gives  the  mouths  of  Rivers  Ob  and 
Sena  as  its  principal  breeding 
places,  but,  does  nqt  state  op 
what  authority.  Its  occurrence 
in  Germany  is  almost  as  rare 
as  in  Britain  ;  in  Holland  a  few 
instances  have  occurred,  the 
most  remarkable  being  a  little 
flock  of  eight  which  were  sliqt 
some  years  since,  and  unfortu-  r 

nately  fell  into  the  hands  of  a 
poulterer,  who  sent  them  to  the  - 
tables  of  liis  customers  instead  -V 7.  - 

of  the  Dutch  Museums.  The 
bird  now  living  at  the  British  t 
Zoological  Gardens  was  taken  ,• 

in  a  decoy  near  Amsterdam, 
in  company  with  some  brent 
geese,  to  which  species  it  up-  ■&' 

pears  closely  allied  both  ill  form  A' 

and  habits.  -  r  * 


IRREGULAR  HATCHING, 


A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  Poultry  Chronicle 
having  beeu  unsuccessful  in  and  with  his 
oggs,  the  chickens  hatching  irregularly  and 
dying  soon  after  breaking  shell,  the  editor 
says  in  answer  to  his  complaints  : — “  We 
fancy  the  limit  lies  with  your  neglect  of  a 
very  common  ride,  (hat,  of  dumping  your 
eggs.  We  are  great  sticklers  for  nature.  A 
lieu  pheasant,  partridge,  or  grouse,  oracom- 
mon  lien  that  steals  her  nest,  leaves  the  eggs 
at  break  of  day  prompted  by  nature,  and 
goes  to  the  grass  in  search  of  food.  It  is  at 
that  time  wt  as  a  river.  She  returns  to  her 
nest  reeking,  and  sits  on  her  eggs.  Hence  the 
uniform  success.  Fallowing  our  great  ex¬ 
emplar,  we  always  for  seven  or  eight  days 
before  hatching  damp  our  eggs  with  water. 
Failing  that,  the  membrane  that  lines  I  he 
inside  of  the  shell  becomes  too  tough  for  the 
chickens  to  penetrate,  and  they  either  die  in 
the  shell  or  come  out  one  or  two  at  a  limA 


HOW  TO  RAISE  TURKEYS 


A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  RURAL  Ne\V- 
Yorker,  recently  asked  for  directions  as  to 
the  best  mode  of  rearing  young  turkeys.  For 


BEST  POULTRY  BREEDERS. 

I  write  to  ascertain  the 
names  of  some  (the  most  suc¬ 
cessful)  of  the  large  poultry 
raisers  of  the  United  States.  I 
am  thinkr 
business  for 
to  know  whiei 


mg  of  engaging  in  the 
profit,  and  l  want 
i  is  the.  best  pure 
breed,  ranging  qualities,  eggs, 
hardiness,  motherhood  and  ta¬ 
ble  qualities  considered.  I  have 
tried  the  Light.  Brahmas  on  a 
small  seale,  and  like  them  much ; 
yet  how  1  hey  would  do  or  com¬ 
pare  with  other  breeds  on  a 
large  scale,  I  do  not  know  ; 
therefore,  T  wish  to  correspond 
with  some  large  raisers  of  pure 
breeds.— O.  O.  Smith,  Walnut 
Uilte,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Oka  correspondent  has  asked 
for  information  we  canmiot 
give;  hence  we  publish  his  let¬ 
ter,  with  full  address,  that 
such  as  consider  themselves 
“  most  successful  ”  may  ad- 


AN  OSTRICH  FARM 


FOWLS  EATING  THEIR  EGGS. 

Can  you  or  some  of  your  read- 
era  tell  me  what  to  do  with  my 
hens  !  They  lay,  but  will  eat 
their  eggs.  I  feed  meal  pudding 
and  potatoes.  The  liens  are 
pure-bred  Dorkings. — H.  M.  s.  £ 

Get  earthen,  nest-eggs  and 
take  the  eggs  laid  from  the  nest 
as  soon  as  they  are  dropped. 
Give  them  free  access  to  lime, 
and  feed  fresh  meat  two  or 
three  times  a  week. 


ft 


runs  from  there  to  Steilacoom,  and  one  which 
connects  with  the  railroad,  which  is  within 
fifteen  miles  of  Olympia  ;  thus  enabling  trav¬ 
elers  to  go  nearly  the  entire  distance  from 
Olympia  to  Oregon  on  the  cars,  that  take 
the  place  of  the  Btage,  which,  sir  months  ago, 
was  the  sole  means  of  traveling  that  route  by 
land.  Business  is  not  very  brisk  there  ;  there¬ 
fore,  the  town  is  quieter  in  some  degree. 
Oiyinpia  is  low  and  level,  with  mud  flats  ex¬ 
tending  far  out  into  the  water,  which  is  shal¬ 
low,  thus  preventing  the  extensive  run  of 
steamers  which  would  otherwise  prevail. 
Olympia  publishes  five  large  newspapers 
(Seattle  publishes  two),  and  there  is  a  chance 
that  the  terminus  of  the  North  Pacific  Rail¬ 
road  will  locate  there. 

PORT  TOWNSEND 

is  a  very  pretty  place  ;  in  fact,  many  call  it 
the  prettiest  town  on  the  Sound,  The  busi¬ 
ness  part  of  the  town  is  built  on  the  beach, 
which  is  separated  from  the  beautiful,  green 
prairie,  on  which  the  greater  part  of  the 
town  is  built,  by  a  steep  bluff,  the  average 
Light  of  which  is  about  eighty  feet,  which 
pedestrians  descend  by  means  of  several 
(lights  of  steps,  in  order  to  go  “  down-town.” 
The  scenery  is  very  beautiful,  as  the  locality 
affords  a  deUgtful  view  of  the  Sound  for  sev¬ 
eral  miles  In  every  direction,  the  town  being 
built  on  a  peninsula,  thus  affording  a  com¬ 
manding  view  of  several  ranges  of  mountains 
covered  with  eternal  snow,  among  which  are 
the  peaks  of  Mount  1  turner,  and  Baker,  a  vol¬ 
cano.  Some  of  these  mountains  can  be  seen 
from  any  of  the  places  on  the  Sound,  differ¬ 
ent  ones  in  different  localities. 

CLAQUATO, 

on  tiie  old  stage  route  from  Olympia  to  Or¬ 
egon,  about  thirty -live  miles  from  the  former 
place,  is  a  small  town  which  was  laid  out  for 
a  railroad  town,  and  waited  several  yearn  ; 
and  when,  dually,  it  came,  it  left  Claquato 
out  in  the  cold,  as  the  ears  run  about  three 
miles  distant.  The  prairie  is  about  a  quarter 
of  a  mile  wide,  and  a  half  mile  long,  hemmed 
in  by  the  forest,  which,  however,  is  dotted 
with  prairies  for  miles  around.  The  Chehalis 
River,  ft  crooked,  narrow,  rapid  stream,  wa¬ 
ters  the  surrounding  country.  The  country 
between  Claquato  and  Olympia  consists  of 
several  large  prairies,  kuown  as  Mound,  Bush, 
and  Chamber's  prairies,  separated  by  inter¬ 
vening  woods  and  groves.  Society  is  very 
much  advanced,  considering  the  limited  priv¬ 
ileges  which  that  part  of  the  country  affords. 

The  land  surrounding  the  towns  named  is 
occupied  by  extensive  farms,  which  bounti¬ 
fully  supply  the  city  markets  with  butter, 
cheese,  vegetables,  fruits,  and  meats  of  all 
kinds.  After  the  hard  work  of  clearing  is 
accomplished,  It  only  remains  to  the  farmer 
to  plow  and  plant,  and  the  soil  yields  forth 
her  fruits  abundantly,  causing  her  husband¬ 
men  to  rejoice.  The  owners  of  these  farms 
are,  for  the  most  part,  respectable  people, 
many  of  them  being  wealthy  and  well-edu¬ 
cated.  The  country  is  abundantly  watered 
hy  numerous  springs,  lakes  and  rivers.  The 
climate  is  the  most  delightful  in  the  world, 
being  warm  and  pleasant  nearly  all  the  year, 
there  being  but  little  cold  weather,  and  that 
so  moderate  that  none  can  complain  of  very 
severe  cold.  With  a  few  exceptions,  the 
nights  are  equally  cool  the  year  round,  pro¬ 
ducing  summer  frosts,  which  prevent  the  ex¬ 
tensive  production  of  grapes,  peaches,  toma¬ 
toes,  coni  and  rye.  With  the  exception  of 
these,  all  other  New  England  fruits  and  veg¬ 
etables  flourish  in  great  abundance.  Young 
apple  trees,  scarcely  more  than  six  feet  in 
hight,  can  lie  seen  in  the  summer,  loaded 
down  with  the  bright,  tempting  fruit,  their 
branches  all  propped  up,  to  prevent  them 
from  breaking  off.  Great  attention  is  paid 
to  stock  raising  all  over  the  country,  particu¬ 
larly  on  the  cast  side  of  the  Cascade  Moun¬ 
tains.  The  inhabitants  consist  of  people  from 
all  parts  of  the  world — Chinese,  English, 
Irish,  Scotch,  French,  Gentians,  Americans, 
and  not  a  few  of  the  Aborigines,  who  trav¬ 
erse  the  streets  of  our  towns,  presenting 
themselves  at  our  door*  with  Hah,  berries, 
oysters,  pitch  wood,  and  other  things  too  nu¬ 
merous  to  mention.  As  nearly  evert'  one  ac¬ 
quires  a  knowledge  of  the  Chinook  language, 
the  people  are  thereby  enabled  to  trade  with 
them.  Society,  so  far  as  I  have  visited,  espe¬ 
cially  in  the  towns,  will  compare  favorably 
with  that  in  the  East.  In  the  matter  of  dress, 
the  ladies  are  as  stylish  here  as  in  the  East¬ 
ern  cities.  The  country  is  constantly  im¬ 
proving,  and  will,  in  time,  become  a"  well- 
known  and  popular  country ;  people  will 
flock  hither  in  great  numbers  ;  the  vast  for- 


FIELD  NOTES 


Hop  Hoots  in  Wisconsin. — The  Kilbourn 
City,  Wis.,  Mirror,  April  17,  says  : — We  are 
gratified  to  be  able  to  state  that  the  damage 
to  the  Hop  roots  is  not  so  serious  as  at  first 
reported,  many  yards  being  in  much  better 
condition  than  expected  by  their  owners. 
We  take  much  pleasure  in  making  this  state¬ 
ment,  because  the  report  has  been  circulated 
far  and  wide  that  our  Hop  yards  were  ac¬ 
tually  destroyed.  Estimates  have  been  made 
of  the  prospects  of  the  coming  crops  and  we 
can  safely  say  that  without  any  blight  or 
other  injury,  our  anticipated  crop  will  nearly 
or  quite  equal  that  of  the  past  year.  There 
have  been  many  new  yards  set  out,  and  old 
ones  abandoned  ;  and  if  nothing  happens  to 
prevent,  Wisconsin  will  come  into  market 
with  a  good  crop,  and  of  her  usual  good 
quality. 

A  Fibrous  Plant. — Mi’s.  A.  H.  Waite: 
There  are  many  native  plants  haring  a  bark 
of  a  strong,  fibrous  nature.  The  common  In¬ 
dian  hemp  {Apocyrum  c unnabinum)  is  prob¬ 
ably  the  specie*  from  which  yon  obtained 
the  specimen  sent  to  us.  Nearly'  all  the  spe¬ 
cies  of  Hibiscus,  known  among  country  peo¬ 
ple  as  Marsh  Mallows,  also  the  Milkweed, 
( A  sclipias ,)  have  more  or  less  of  tough  fibrous 
materials  in  their  stems.  The  euse  with 
which  flax  and  hemp  si  grown  is  probably 
the  only  reason  why  the  common  wild  weeds 
have  not  been  utilized. 

Potatoes  in  Drills  or  Hills. — In  answer  to 
the  correspondent  of  the  Rural,  May  3d, 
whether  potatoes  should  be  planted  in  hills 
or  drills,  I  may  say  that  my  experience  for 
several  years  leads  me  to  believe  that  pota¬ 
toes  planted  in  hills,  three  feet  apart,  will 
produce  one-fourth  more  than  in  drills.  I 
have  been  experimenting  both  ways,  drills 
about  eighteen  inches  apart  averaging  about 
100  bushels  to  the  acre ;  in  hills  they  grow 
much  larger  aud  finer  and  are  much  easier 
cultivated,  averaging  a  peck  to  the  hill.  —  a. 


DISCONTENTED  FARMERS 


BERMUDA  GRASS, 


Daily  complaints,  apparently  of  a  serious 
nature,  are  beiDg  made  throughout  the  East 
and  West  by  farmers  in  regal’d  to  hard  times, 
and  low  prices  for  farm  produce.  I  have  no 
doubt,  and  know  that  a  certain  proportion  of 
farmers  at  the  West  in  particular,  are  jn  a 
condition  which  is  far  from  being  lucrative 
at  this  time  ;  but  I  will  ask  why  l  In  the 
first  place  there  are  a  curtain  class  of  farmers 
who  are  always  complaining  of  hard  times, 
and  you  cannot  satisfy  them  without  their 
goods  bring  the  highest  prices,  and  what  they' 
have  to  buy  ;  they  can  buy  very  cheap.  Such 
people  are  always  on  the  wing,  not  satisfied 
in  any  place,  nor  with  the  receipts  at  the  end 
of  the  year.  Such  men  are  not  congenial 
with  continued  labor,  and  so  are  ever  waiting 
for  something  to  turn  up. 

Looking  at  this  matter  from  my  own 
standpoint,  I  think  it  all  folly  to  be  com¬ 
plaining  about  hard  times,  as  that  will  not 
certainly  do  any  good,  but  positive  injury. 
What  If  every  man  complained  !  See  what 
the  effect  would  be.  My  motto  is,  and  al¬ 
ways  was,  to  put  the  bright  side  out ;  and 
when  money  is  close  and  times  hard,  I  work 
and  economize  the  more — not  let  an  hour 
pass,  but  plan  to  make  both  ends  meet ;  and 
if  it  needs  a  little  more  work,  you  will  be  re¬ 
paid  in  looking  back  to  see  how  nicely  you 
kept  your  standing. 

I  am  somewhat  posted  in  farming  in  the 
West  as  well  os  here.  1  have  made  a  busi¬ 
ness  of  farming  in  Iowa  for  the  last  six  years, 
at  the  same  time  farmed  it  in  this  State,  and 
I  have  means  of  judging  by  producible  ex¬ 
perience,  whether  fanning  pays  or  not ;  and 
I  know  exactly,  to  a  dime,  at  the  end  of  each 
year.  I  know  that  it  pays  well,  and  better 
thau  any  mercantile  trade,  either  here  or  at 
the  West,  having  been  in  trade,  Belling  goods 
for  fifteen  years  previous  to  six  years  ago,  I 
have  a  good  knowledge  of  this  business. 

While  in  the  mercantile  trade  1  did  well,  as 
I  always  said  to  my  customers,  trade  is  good, 
and  I  am  making  money  ;  in  this  way  i  kept 
my  customers.  Now  if  1  had  continually 
said  to  them,  “Times  are  getting  hard,  and 
money  scarce,”  why  the  ailment  would  have 
become  contagious,  aud  my  trade  fallen  off 
one- half. 

Now,  farmers,  do  not  complain  so  much, 
but  keep  a  stiff  upper  lip,  aud  put  your  shoul¬ 
ders  to  the  wheel  a  little  harder,  and  say  to 
every  one  “I  am  all  right;”  do  not  shift 
fanning  for  trade,  for  it  is  the  most  healthful 
and  independent  of  all  pursuits,  and  the  time 
is  certainly  near  when  fanners  will  reap  a 
better  reward  for  their  labors  than  at  the 
present  time.  1  am  certain  of  it,  and  I,  for 
one,  shall  keep  still  and  persevere,  with  a  little 
more  energy  than  heretofore,  avoiding  in 
every  way  indebtedness  to  merchants  ;  for 
the  trader  will  always  want  Ills  pay  when 
you  have  the  least  funds. 

I  say  again,  make  a  sound  resolution  to 
make  less  debts,  work  more  hours,  farm  bet¬ 
ter  on  the  soil,  keep  a  better  stock  of  cattle  and 
pigs,  look  to  everything  better  around  the 
buddings,  stay  at  home  more  evenings  read¬ 
ing  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  and  say  less 
about  hard  times,  and  I  will  guarantee  in  less 
than  two  years,  you  will  say,  “I  am  all  right 
and  times  are  good  and  farming  pays.” 

To  illustrate  : — Five  years  ago  1  bought  130 
acres  land  in  Iowa,  on  the  Chicago  and  North 
Western  R.  R.,and  at  that  time  but  few 
small  houses  had  been  built,  with  a  postottice 
included.  I  found,  after  buying,  that  1  had 
paid  dear  for  my  lands,  and  many  business 
men  told  me  there  could  never  be  any  town 
at  this  point.  But  then,  as  now,  I  could  not 
believe  but  what  I  could  make  it  something  ; 
consequently  1  began  to  talk  good  things, 
and  survey  out  building  lots  and  make  my¬ 
self  useful  in  every  way,  encouraging  settlers 
to  stop  there  on  my  lots  ;  also  to  take  forms 
near.  Very  shortly  buildings  began  to  go  up, 
and  people  began  to  come  in  from  all  points 
taking  up  lots,  assisting  them  inyself,  with  a 
little  funds  on  long  time,  to  start  with.  All 
this  while  I  talked  good  times  to  all,  and  in 
less  than  one  year,  times  were  good  and  the 
town  has  progressed  without  cessation  up  ta 
the  present  time  ;  now  the  place  is  of  some 
note — 45  business  houses,  3  elevators,  1  steam 
flouring  mill,  1  marble  mill,  4  lime  kilns, 
churches,  schools,  and  a  fine  town,  with  the 
Buri  ounding  country  settled  up  by  first-class 
farmers— all  done  in  five  years  by  preaching 
good  things.  w,  B.  u. 

Locust  Grove  Farm,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 


A  correspondent  of  the  Rural  Sun,  who 
recommends  tills  grass  for  checking  the  wash 
of  hill-sides  sa}  h  in  reference  to  the  objec¬ 
tions  to  it Now,  killing  Bermuda  gross  is  a 
much  simpler  thing  than  ridding  a  place  of 
crab  grass,  True,  the  latter  is  only  an  annual ; 
but  it  lias  a  profusion  of  seed,  whilst  the 
former  has  none  at  all  outside  the  tropics. 
An  abortive  attempt  at  flowering  is  some¬ 
times  mistaken  for  seeds,  by  shallow  observ¬ 
ers.  To  kill  the  Bermuda,  check  the  land 
both  ways  with  a  sharp  colter,  and  then  turn 
it  up  with  a  good  steel  plow,  to  a  hot  sum- 
meiJ*  sun.  Repeat  the  plowiug  after  the 
first  rain  ;  and  next  year  plant  in  a  hoed 
crop,  when  but  little  of  it  will  be  seen,  and 
this  will  be  the  last  of  it.  A  speedier  plan  is 
to  follow  the  plow  with  a  rotary  wheel¬ 
toothed  harrow.  This  implement  beats  the 
dirt  out  of  the  sod  and  loaves  it  clean,  high 
and  dry.  If  a  rain  Is  feared,  a  man  can 
gather  up,  cast  off  and  pitch  into  the  washes, 
five  acres  of  it  in  a  day. 

As  a  pasture,  Bermuda  is  everlasting  and 
invaluable.  It  is  the  doub-grass  of  the  Hin¬ 
doos— supports  their  cattle,  and  is  regarded 
by  them  as  almost  sacred.  It  was  brought 
from  Bombay  to  the  Bermuda  islands,  to 
check  the  attrition  of  the  waters  on  those 
mountain  tops,  rising  out  of  the  sea  From 
thence  it  was  introduced  into  South  Carolina, 
whence  it  became  known  as  the  Bermuda  ; 
but  its  proper  name  is  the  doutegrass.  It 
will  not  do  much  in  Middle  Tennessee  in  the 
way  of  a  meadow,  but  in  Middle  Mississippi, 
Mr.  Afflect  tells  us  it  furnished  him,  in  three 
mowings,  as  much  as  eight  tous  a  year  per 
acre,  of  tlie  very  best  of  dried  hay.  He  says  it 
loses  only  fifty  per  cent,  of  its  weight,  hence 
would  be  invaluable  as  a  market  hay.  My 
stock  are  extremely  fond  of  it  green  ;  but  it 
does  not  grow  tall  enough  with  me  for 
mowing. 


CAMPBELL’S  LATE  ROSE  IN  MINNESOTA 


WASHINGTON  TERRITORY 


As  there  have  been  several  articles  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker,  for  and  against  Cami>- 
bell’s  Late  Rose,  I  thought  that  I  would  give 
my  experience  with  them.  Ordered  one 
pound  from  headquarter* ;  received  about 
three  fourths  of  a  pound,  planted  single  eyes, 
in  fair  clayey  loam  soil  ;  the  result  was  a  very 
poor,  late  potato — later  than  the  Peach  Blow 
— haulma  of  rankest  growth,  measuring  over 
five  feet  in  length,  and  remaining  green  aud 
growing  when  frost  killed  them  in  Novem¬ 
ber.  What  was  singular,  they  blossomed 
several  times  duriug  the  season  ;  when  one 
set  of  fiowcm  fell  off,  the  haulms  would  throw 
out  new  branches  and  blossom  again.  The 
potato  is  too  red  to  sell  hero,  on  the  upper 
Mississippi ;  besides  they  are  all  more  or  less 
streaked  with  red  throughout  their  flesh  ;  a 
great  many  small  ones  in  proportion  to  the 
large  ones.  Quality  quite  poor,  in  fact  about 
the  poorest  potato  in  most  respects  that  1 
have  ever  tried,  and  I  generally  test  most  of 
the  new  kinds. 

Campbell's  Sixt  y  Days  Sugar  Cora  I  find 
to  be  a  very  good  kind,  but  somewhat  later 
thau  his  time. 

The  potato  that  has  the  most  good  points 
with  me  is  the  Peerless.  It  is  a  very  hand¬ 
some  potato,  quality  first-rate,  and  enor¬ 
mously  productive.  Raised  three  hundred 
bushels  on  three-fourths  of  an  aci’e  last  sea¬ 
son.  F.  J.  Schmaurs. 

Read’s  Landing,  Minn. 


People,  “back  East,”  seem  to  entertain 
the  idea  that  our  country  is  nothing  but  a 
vast,  howling  wilderness,  with  a  rude  hut 
here  and  there,  inhabited  by  Indians  and 
rough  pioneers  ;  a  town  here  aud  there,  con¬ 
taining  a  saw-mill,  a  store  or  two,  several 
whisky  shops,  a  few  “  roughs  ”  and  families; 
the  only  means  of  traveling  being  in  rough 
stages,  small  boats  and  canoes  ;  also  that  we 
are  entirely  destitute  of  such  luxuries  as  are 
enjoyed  “in  the  States.” 

But  let  them  step  upon  our  rolling  prairies, 
look  at  the  lofty  summits  of  our  llocky 
Mountains,  and  take  a  peep  at  our  “  Wilder¬ 
ness,”  They  will  see  the  beautiful,  winding 
waters  of  Puget  Sound  (breaking  the  monot¬ 
ony  of  the  forest.)  covered  with  steamers  and 
shipping  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  laden 
with  all  kinds  of  merchandise  of  the  choicest 
quality,  which,  in  exchange,  carry  away 
lumber,  coal,  etc.  They  will  also  see  the 
busy  towns  teeming  with  life  and  business, 
the  principal  ones  containing  many  hand¬ 
somely-built  private  residences,  some  of 
which  arc  both  tastefully  and  elegantly  fur¬ 
nished  structures,  expensively  built,  and 
grounds  handsomely  laid  out  in  w  alks  and 
flower  gardens  ;  ill  fact,  presenting  many  of 
the  characteristics  of  New  England  towns. 

SEATTLE, 

the  largest  place  on  the  Sound,  is  built  on  the 
side  of  a  steep  hill,  extending  about  a  half 
mile  up  from,  aud  its  length,  ubout  a  mile 
along,  the  water’s  edge.  Its  population, 
which  is  five  times  greater  than  it  was  about 
five  years  ago,  is,  at  the  present  time,  2, (NX). 
The  business  part  of  the  town  is  built  on  a 
flat,  a  few  acres  in  extent,  at  the  water’s 
edge,  while  most  of  the  private  residences 
are  on  the  hill-side.  The  city  presents  a  de¬ 
lightful  and  city-like  appearance.  The  safe 
and  commodious  harbor  is  alive  with  ship¬ 
ping  of  all  kinds,  and  is  the  heudquartere  of 
several  lines  of  steamers  which  ply  these  wa¬ 
ters.  The  town  has  a  promising  future  be¬ 
fore  it,  and  is  now,  and  ever  will  he,  the  me¬ 
tropolis,  as  it  is  the  distributing  point  and 
the  commercial  emporium  of  the  Sound. 

There  are  also  vast  coal  mines  in  the  vicin¬ 
ity,  from  which  the  coal  is  carried  in  steam¬ 
ers  across  two  lakes  (Washington  and  Union 
lakes,  the  former  a  very  large  one),  connected 
by  horse-care,  and  from  the  lake  to  the  Seat¬ 
tle  coal  wharf,  in  steam-care  constructed 
for  that  purpose. 

OLYMPIA, 

the  Capital,  the  second  town  in  size,  is  situ¬ 
ated  at  the  head  of  the  Sound  ;  a  daily  stage 


KEEPING  QUALITY  OF  POTATOES 


Dr.  F.  M.  Hexamkr,  New-Castle,  N.  Y., 
sends  the  New  York  Tribune  the  following 
statement:  —  “I  have  to-day.  the  14th  of 
April,  assorted  several  of  the  different  vari¬ 
eties  of  potatoes  grown  in  my  experimental 
field,  in  a  naturally  heavy  soil,  but  now  un¬ 
derdrained,  plowed  twelve  inches  deep,  aud 
in  good  condition  for  nursery  purposes.  The 
potatoes  had  been  kept  unassorted,  as  they 
were  dug,  in  open  barrels,  in  a  dry,  dark, 
frost-proof  cellar,  in  a  temperature  of  from 
34  to  40  degrees  Fah. : 

.No.  rotten  potatoes. 

1  barrel  Early  Vermont  contained . 6 

1  "  Excelsior  “  . 5 

1  *‘  Early  Rose  “  .  X  peck. 

1  “  Lapstone  Kidney  “  .  K  peck. 

1  **  W.-K.  Ueachblow  “  . 1  peck. 

1  “  King  of  the  Earlies  “  . 1  pock. 

1  *•  Burly  Goodrich  “  . IX  peck. 

1  “  reueliblow  “  . I  R  peck. 

1  *  Late  Rose  “  .  bush. 

1  **  Dykomiin  “  .  ><  bush. 

1  ’*  Peerless  “  .  ^  bush. 

1  *’  Campbell's  Late  Rose  corn'd.,  s  bush. 


We  have  other  articles  for  this  Depart¬ 
ment,  which  shall  appear.  We  are  glad  to 
receive  the  opinions  of  our  readers,  although 
we  may  not  find  space  for  them. 


Ashes  for  Cotton. — Dr.  Daniel  Lee,  tells 
the  fanners  of  Georgia  that  ashes,  if  of  good 
quality,  are  worth  a  dollar  per  bushel  to 
make  cotton  with. 


1 


SViOOBE’S  BUBAL  MEW-YOBKEB. 


34  S 


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<§ah(g  git'ibamlru. 


BUTTER  AND  CHEESE  STATISTICS. 


Mu.  X.  A.  W ill. a rd  : — I  wish  you  to  sorul 
me  the  statistics  of  the  amount  of  butter 
and  cheese  manufactured  in  the  United 
States,  and  the  annual  shipment  to  Europe, 
for  the  last  live  years.— D.  0.  Gti.t.is,  Lena¬ 
wee  Co.,  Mich. 

The  production  of  butter  and  cheese  in  the 
United  States,  during  the  past  live  years,  has 
not  been  officially  reported.  From  the  re¬ 
ports  of  factories,  and  from  various  sources 
of  information  connected  with  the  dairy  in¬ 
terest,  we  estimate  the  annual  production  of 
butter  now  to  be  between  000,0011,000  and 
700,000,000  pounds.  The  annual  production 
of  cheese  we  estimate  to  bo  between  240,000,- 
000  and  260,000,000  pounds.  The  U.  S.  Census 
report  of  INTO — not  yet  coiue  to  hand,  we 
understand,  puts  the  product  of  1860,  both  of 
butter  and  cheese,  less  than  that  given  in  our 
estimates.  We  think,  however,  from  the  in¬ 
formation  we  possess,  that  our  estimates  are 
pretty  near  the  mark.  According  to  tables 
furnished  by  the  New  York  Bulletin,  the  but¬ 
ter  and  cheese  exported  from  the  United 
States  during  a  series  of  years,  from  1867  to 
1873,  both  years  inclusive,  were  as  follows: 
In  1867  there  were  52,352,137  pounds  of  cheese 
exported,  valued  at  *7,893,535  ;  in  1868,  51,. 
097,293  pounds,  at  *7,019,421  ;  in  1869,  39,960,- 
367  pounds,  at  $6,437,866  ;  in  1870,  57,296,838 
pounds,  $8,881,934;  in  1871,  (13,698,867  pounds, 
at  *8,752,990  ;  in  1872,  60,204,025  pounds. 

The  following  are  the  statistics  of  butter 
exported; — Tn  1866,  8,806,835  pounds,  valued ut 
*1,267,851;  In  1887,  4,913,355  pounds,  ut  $1,184,- 
367  ;  in  1808,  2, 071, S73  pounds,  at  $582,745  ;  in 
1869,  1,324,332  pounds,  at  $184,094  ;  in  1870, 
2,039,488  pounds,  at  *592,219  ;  in  1871,  3,905,- 
043  pounds,  at  $853,096 ;  in  1872,  7,740,201 
pounds. 

Tlio  statistics  of  exports,  kept  by  different 
parties,  differ  somewhat,  on  account  of  the 
time  when  the  year  is  made  to  commence. 
Thus,  for  instance,  some  begin  the  year  with 
January  1st,  and  others  reckon  from  July 
1st,  and  the  figures,  therefore,  for  a  year’s 
exports,  do  not  agree.  In  the  above  statistics, 
the  cheese  and  butter  exports  are  calculated 
for  the  year  ending  June  30th,  except  for  tho 
year  1372,  which  ends  December  3lst. 

There  lias  been  a  great  falling  off  in  the 
exports  of  butter  since  1863.  During  that 
year  we  exported  35,173,415  pounds,  and  dur¬ 
ing  the  next  year  (1 864)  211,895,435  pounds.  The 
butter  exported  in  1833  was  valued  at  *6,  733,- 
743,  which,  it  will  be  seen,  was  loss  than 
twenty  eeuts  per  pound.  The  increased 
home  demand  since  1*63,  and  the  compara¬ 
tively  high  prices  paid  for  butter  to  meet 
home  wants,  has  doubtless  caused  this  de- 
c cease  in  exports.  The  average  price  of  but¬ 
ter,  in  State  firkins,  at  New  York,  for  each 
in* >nth,  diming  1371,  was  as  follows : — In  Janu¬ 
ary,  35c.  to  37c, ;  February,  36c.  to  38c. ;  March, 
37c.  to  38c, ;  April,  34c.  to  36c. ;  May,  26c.  to 
28c. ;  June,  July,  August  and  September,  25c. 
to  28c. ;  October,  514c.  to  38c. ;  November,  26c. 
to  29c,;  December,  26c.  to  30c.  The  prices 
paid  for  butter  at  the  Little  Falls  market 
during  the  month  of  April,  1873,  have  been 
from  35c.  to  45c.  The  exports  at  these  prices 
must,  of  course,  be  limited. 

The  cheese  and  butter  exported  in  1863 
were  valued  at  nearly  eleven  million  dol¬ 
lars.  Comparing  this  with  the  exports  of 
last  year  (1872),  and  putting  the  cheese  of 
last  year  at  12e.  per  pound,  and  the  butter  at 
25c.  per  pound,  we  find  the  total  value  of  ex¬ 
ports  to  be  less  than  $10,000,000.  This  would 
make  a  falling  off  in  value  of  exports  of  about 
one  million  dollars  between  the  respective 
years  1863  and  1872. 

- ♦--*-* - 

STYLES  OF  CHEESE. 


The  farmers  of  this  section  have  organized 
a  stock  company  for  the  purpose  of  erecting 
and  working  a  Cheese  Factory,  said  factory' 
to  be  completed  byr  the  first  day  of  June  next. 
We  have  had  some  discussion  at  our  meet 
ings  in  regard  to  what  style  of  cheese  we 
should  manufacture,  and  the  requirements 
seem  to  be  very  much  in  favor  of  the  square 
or  oblong  form,  although  many'  think  this 
style  has  not  been  tested  practically  for  a 
sufficient  time  to  insure  positive  results. 
From  the  information  that  I  have  obtained 
from  your  “  Practical  Dairy  Husbandry,”! 
am  uot  sure  but  the  prejudice  of  consumers 
against  this  style  would  be  so  strong  that  we 
might  meet  with  some  difficulty  in  overcom¬ 
ing  it.  Now  we  should  be  pleased  to  have 
your  opinion  on  tins  subject,  and  what  the 
feeling  of  different  markets  is  in  regard  bo 
the  style.— It.  N.  Smart,  Waldo  Co.,  Maine. 

Certain  parties  in  New  York,  who  have 
manufactured  the  rectangular  cheese  for 
two  or  three  years  past,  have  been  eminently 
successful,  and  the  eheeee  has  Bold  for  a  bet¬ 
ter  price  than  that  received  for  the  usual 


round  shape.  That  a  radical  change  in  the 
shape  of  cheese,  from  round  to  square,  should  | 
meet  wit, lx  opposition  and  prejudice,  was  to 
be  expected  ;  but  we  see  no  good  reason 
why  the  square  or  rectangular  shape  should 
not  be  as  well  received  by  consumers  ns  the 
others.  Indeed,  in  cutting,  It  has  decided 
advantages,  aa  there  is  less  waste  and  the 
pieces  are  in  a  more  comely  shape  for  the 
table.  Agaiu,  in  putting  up  for  market, 
square  packages  are  much  less  expensive 
than  round,  while  they  take  up  less  space  in 
storing  or  in  being  carried  to  market.  Some 
factories,  however,  have  entered  upon  tho 
manufacture  of  square  cheeses  and  have 
failed  ;  or  at  least,  have  had  much  trouble 
in  pressing,  bandaging  and  in  the  care  of  the 
cheese,  and  have,  therefore,  pronounced 
against  it  in  strong  terms. 

•So  far  as  we  can  learn,  these  troubles  have 
come  from  imperfect  molds  used  in  pressing, 
and  from  not  understanding  all  the  processes 
aud  manipulation  which  belong  to  the  treat¬ 
ment  of  this  kind  of  cheese.  No  one  should 
attempt  to  make  square  cheese  unless  fully 
provided  with  suitable  apparatus  and  spe¬ 
cially  instructed  in  the  management  of  the 
cheese  ;  and  although  we  believe  the  square 
cheese  has  advantages  that  commend  it  to 
manufacturers  aud  consumers,  yet,  on  ac¬ 
count  of  tho  special  care  and  instruction  ne¬ 
cessary  in  its  make,  we  should  advise  our 
correspondent  to  commence,  manufacturing 
with  the  round  cheese  in  tho  ordinary  way. 

We  should  presume  that  all  tho  cheese 
made  in  Maine,  the  present  year,  will  be 
needed  for  home  consumption  ;  or  at  least, 
will  have  a  good  market  in  New  England. 
The  home  markets  do  not  like  a  cheese  quite 
so  firm  aud  dry  ns  is  required  for  shipping. 
The.  favorite  shape  is  about  14  or  15  inches  in 
diameter,  and  from  5  to  6  inches  high.  The 
true  Cheddar  shape  is  about  14.!^  inches  in 
diameter  and  from  10  to  12  inches  high.  The 
Ohio  flat,  or  thin  cheeses,  are  hi  the  propor¬ 
tion  of  that  first  named,  and  they  sell  well  in 
the  Boston  and  Philadelphia  markets,  where 
they  are  used  for  the  homo  trade.  New'  fac¬ 
tories  before  they  commence  operations, 
should  know  definitely  whether  their  cheese 
is  destined  for  the  homo  or  foreign  markets, 
and  then  manufacture  accordingly.  The 
London  market  requires  color — a  little  straw 
shade — while  for  the  home  trade  color  is  not 
so  important. 

Among  the  “  fancy  shepherd”  cheeses  the 

Young  America”  has  acquired  quite  a  rep¬ 
utation  in  some  makers’  hands.  It  is  a  small, 
round  cheese,  rather  high  in  proportion  to 
its  diameter,  similar  in  shape  to  the  English 
loaf,  and  weighs  from  8  to  10  pounds.  But 
wo  think  factories  starting  in  new  districts, 
will  do  best  not  to  attempt  to  make  these,  or 
other  small  fancy  shapes,  but  rather  confine 
their  operations  at  first  to  the  two  styles 
previously  recommended.  After  becoming 
well  established  and  familiar  with  the  differ¬ 
ent  markets  a  change  can  be  made  if  thought 
desirable,  and  the  expense  for  appliances  to 
meet  such  change  will  be  but  little.  It  is 
true,  that  small  fancy  cheeses,  whether  round 
or  square,  may  sell  for  a  better  price  than 
the  others  ;  but  they  must  be  properly  made 
and  marketed  at  the  right  time  by  the  proper 
person.  There  is  more  risk,  therefore,  with 
this  kind  of  cheese  to  those  who  are  about 
commencing  the  business  in  new  districts, 
and  hence  the  styles  recommended  would  be 
likely  to  prove  more  successful. 

- - +++ - 

MILK  PRESERVATIVES. 


A  correspondent  writes  us  to  know  if 
there  is  “  ^ny  simple  preparation  which  can 
be  employed  to  keep  milk  from  souring  for  a 
reasonable  length  of  time.”  Milk  can  be 
kept  sweet  for  what  we  should  call  a  “  rea¬ 
sonable  length  of  time,”  by  using  the.  milk 
only  of  healthy  cows,  well  fed  and  cured  for, 
with  scrupulous  neatness  in  milking,  and  in 
the  case  of  the  vessels  employed  for  holding 
the  milk.  Then,  in  addition,  tho  milk  should 
be  set  in  a  sweet,  cool  and  well-ventilated 
place.  If  the  pans  or  vessels  holding  the 
milk  can  be  set  in  cool,  running  water — 
spring  water  that  is  constantly  flowing  about 
the  vessels — the  milk  will  keep  sweet  from 
36  to  48  hours  in  the  hottest  weather.  Prep¬ 
arations  are  sometimes  used  for  the  purpose, 
when  t  he  above  conditions  cannot  be  had. 

A  friend  gives  the  following,  which,  he 
says,  has  a  strong  preservative  influence  in 
keeping  milk  sound : — Take  two  ounces  of 
borax  and  one  ounce  of  alum  ;  pulverize,  and 
dissolve  in  one  gallon  of  water.  Then  use 
one  tablespoonful  of  the  solution  for  from 
four  to  six  quarts  of  milk.  We  have  not 
tested  the  preparation  as  above,  but  give  it 
on  the  authority  of  those  who  say  they  liuve 
tried  it  aud  find  it  efficient. 

With  regard  to  milk  preservatives,  we  find 


the  following  in  the  last  monthly  report  of 
the  Department  of  Agriculture : — “  A  grout 
deal  has  been  written,  during  the  past  few 
months,  concerning  tho  preservative  proper¬ 
ties  of  different  substances,  aud  among  those, 
most  liigldy  recommended  arc  acetate  and 
silicate  of  soda  aud  borax.  These  substances, 
more  especially  the  latter,  have  been  spoken 
of  as  admirable  preservatives  of  milk,  anil 
they  have,  undoubtedly,  a  beneficial  effect, 
and  cannot  fail  to  be  of  practical  value  in 
this  particular.  Weave  rather  inclined,  how¬ 
ever,  to  give  preference  to  silicate  of  soda, 
since  milk  treated  with  a  solution  of  water 
containing  one  twenty-fifth  of  the  silicate 
will  bo  kept,  perfectly  sweet  for  live  to  six 
days,  and  if  the  cream  be  then  removed,  tho 
fluid  will  be  found  to  be  alkaline.  Boracic 
acid  is  much  less  energetic  in  its  action,  and 
retards  the  separation  of  cream.  For  the 
former,  in  practice,  it  is  recommended  to 
dissolve  about  one  ounce  of  the  silicate  in  a 
quart  of  water,  which  may  be  added  to  about 
four  gallons  of  milk.  The  fact  of  the  addi¬ 
tion  of  water  may  seem  to  many  to  bo  au 
objectionable  feature  in  this  treatment,  but 
iu  many  cases,  where  milk  must  be  trans¬ 
ported  a  long  distance  to  market,  the  discov¬ 
ery  may  bo  of  great  practical  value  not  only 
to  the  producer,  by  supplying  a  source  of  in¬ 
come  otherwise  out  of  his  reach,  but  also  to 
the  consumer,  by  supplying  a  larger  quantity 
of  a  good  article  at  reduced  prices.  ” 

We  ilo  not  approve  of  watering  milk,  but 
wo  are  of  the  impression  that  consumers 
would  not  grumble  much  at  tho  addition  of 
only  one  quart  of  water  to  four  gallons  of 
milk.  But  when  milk  peddlers  water  their 
milk  from  60  to  75  per  cent.,  consumers  very 
justly  complain,  and  refuse  to  believe  that 
the  poor  quality  of  milk  obtained  is  owing  to 
the  “dte/i  iii  which  thru  receive,  their  milk” 
— an  argument  not  (infrequently  urged  by 
the  milkman  to  silence  complaints.  The 
statements  above  made  may  be  suggestive  to 
experimenters,  and  wo  give  them  for  what 
they  are  worth.  For  our  part,  we  prefer 
pure  milk,  unadulterated  and  undefiled,  but 
if  it  cannot  be  obtained,  then  let  us  have 
that  which  is  doctored  up  so  as  to  be  tho 
least  unwholesome. 


ABORTION  IN  COWS. 

Over  the  signature  of  “Physician”  the 
following  article  appears,  in  the  National 
Stock  Journal  ; — While  it  would  be  impossi¬ 
ble  always  to  assign  an  undeniable  cause  for 
abortion,  it  is  certain  that  many  circumstan¬ 
ces  contributing  to  bring  about  so  unfortu¬ 
nate  an  event  are  within  the  scope  of  our 
knowledge,  and  are,  to  some  extent,  con- 


the  flow  of  blood  necessary  to  its  nutrition 
and  growth,  and,  consequently,  to  its  life. 
And  in  either  of  these  events  there  ensues 
embryotie  death,  which  is  followed,  sooner 
or  later,  with  expulsive  uterine  efforts  result¬ 
ing  in  abortion. 

Again,  while  neither  tho  cow,  tho  embryo, 
nor  its  belongings  are  diseased  or  mechani¬ 
cally  disarranged,  abortion  may  be  produced 
by  violence,  such  as  falls,  blows,  concussions, 
excessive  or  sudden  exertion,  straining,  or 
severe  coughing,  producing  separation  be¬ 
tween  the  ovum  and  the  uterus. 

Lastly,  is  is  probable  that  among  the  many 
causes  inducing  premature  expulsion,  it  is 
frequently  the  result  of  medicinal  agencies 
unwittingly  taken  with  the  food.  The  fact 
that  abortion  occurs  with  frequency  in 
certain  localities  where  the  members  of  a 
herd,  subject  to  it,  are  similarly  grazed  and 
fed,  while  neighboring  herds,  with  dissimilar 
surroundings  anil  different  food,  escape  this 
accident,  would  seem  to  indicate  that  either 
in  the  plants,  seeds,  or  roots  growing  with 
the  grass  or  cured  with  the  hay,  and  partaken 
of  by  the  abortiug  cows,  there  resides  -a 
power  capable  of  exciting  contraction  of  the 
womb  and  consequent  abortion.  Among 
these  may  be  mentioned  spurred  rye,  tansy, 
Indian  hemp,  aud  the  root  of  the  cotton  plant. 

As  abortion  can,  and  does,  occur  from  any 
of  the  above-mentioned  causes,  and  having 
onCO  taken  place  is  likely  to  repeat  itself 
again  aud  again,  it  becomes  a  matter  of  mo¬ 
ment  to  determine  the  cause  in  each  particu¬ 
lar  case,  and  apply  some  remedy  for  its 
prevention. 

When  llie  cause  exists  in  uterine  disease, 

'  or  in  u  diseased  condition  of  the  ovum  or  its 
membranes,  or  in  the  after  birth,  no  remedy 
can  be  applied,  but  much  can  be  done  to 
prevent,  the  Occident  by  carefully  guarding 
the  cow  from  external  violence.  If,  during 
gestation,  active  diarrhea  or  the  discharge  of 
acrid  urine  should  occur,  these  diseases  could 
bo  successfully  treated  with  appropriate  rem¬ 
edies.  Again,  if  the  disposition  to  abort 
developos  itself  in  a  herd,  it  may  be  taken 
for  granted  that  the  pasturage,  or  other  food, 
contains  some  one  of  the  medicinal  herbs  or 
roots  which  act  through  the  blood  of  the 
cow,  upon  tho  uterus,  and  in  this  case  it 
would  be  necessary  to  Change  both  pasturage 
and  food  at  once. 

If  any  cow  has  aborted  one  or  more  times, 
and  a  record  of  the  period  in  gestation  at 
which  the  accident,  oceureil  has  been  kept, 
the  appropriate  plan  would  he  to  stable  the 
animal  and  exclude  her  from  all  causes  of 
excitement  for  some  time  prior  to  and  after 
the  period  at  which  abortion  theretofore 
occurred.  If,  notwithstanding  this,  it  again 
occurs,  the  animal  should  run  farrow  for  a 
year,  when,  upon  again  breeding  her,  it  may 
be  found  that  the  habit  of  abortion  has  been 
broken. 


WHAT  18  A  THOROUGHBRED  ANIMAL  1 


trollnhle. 

As  gesta  tion  in  a  cow  is  a  purely  physiolog¬ 
ical  condition,  it  is  apparent  that  in  order  to 
bring  about  a  premature  expulsion  of  the 
Ovum,  embryo  or  calf,  there  must  be  engen¬ 
dered,  either  from  within  or  without,  a  dis¬ 
eased  condition,  of  sufficient  gravity  to  cause 
premature  expulsive  action  of  the  womb 
muscles.  This  may,  certainly,  arise,  1st,  from 
morbid  conditions  within  the  cow  ;  2nd, 
from  disease  affecting  the  ovum  or  embryo  ; 
3rd,  from  external  violence  ;  and  4th,  from 
roots,  plants,  or  Beeds  taken  as  food,  and 
which  have  the  medicinal  effect  of  exciting 
the  motor  power  of  the  womb. 

The  cow  may  have  a  diseased  womb,  which, 
of  itself,  would  operate  as  a  fruitful  cause  of 
abortion,  or,  if  free  from  such  disease,  she 
may,  from  some  unknown  cause,  or  through 
the  influence  of  excessive  or  irritating  food, 
bo  attacked  with  profuse  scouring,  diarrhea 
or,  as  may  happen,  with  discharge  of  acrid 
burning  urine,  either  of  which  could,  by  the 
sympathy  existing  between  the  uterus  and 
the  intestines  and  urinary  apparatus,  set  lip 
premature  action  of  the  womb,  with  conse¬ 
quent  expulsion  of  its  contents. 

Again,  while  the  cow  may  be  healthy  and 
remain  free  from  intestinal  or  urinary  affec¬ 
tions,  abortion  may  occur  from  causes  opera¬ 
ting  upon  tho  ovum  or  embryo  calf,  aud 
originating  in  anything  which  compromises 
its  life.  The  membrane  forming  the  sac  or 
covering  of  the  embryo,  and  which  contains 
the  liquid  in  which  it  floats,  is  like  other 
Structures,  subject  to  disease.  The  after¬ 
birth,  through  which  all  the  blood  of  the  cow 
must  pass  on  its  way  to  nourish  the  embryo, 
may  be  diseased,  and  thereby  rendered  unfit 
for  the  performance  of  its  important  func¬ 
tions;  or  the  after-  birth,  from  disease  or 
other  cause,  may  separate,  either  wholly  or 
in  part,  from  its  attachment  to  the  womb  ; 
or  tho  cord  connecting  the  cow  with  the 
embryo  may  become  twisted,  knotted,  or 
compressed  in  such  a  manner  as  to  cut  off 


A  Subscriber,  Springfield,  Mass.,  asks  this 
question.  A  thoroughbred  animal,  accord¬ 
ing  to  the  common  acceptation  of  the  term,  is 
one  that  is  the  result  or  careful  breeding,  in 
the  first  place,  to  establish  a  distinctive  and 
permanent  type,  afid  in  tor-breeding  to  retain 
it.  Thus,  Short-Horn  cows  must  Ke  bred  to 
Short-Horn  bulls,  aud  the  pedigree  of  each 
must  be  run  back  continuously  in  someof  the 
families  of  Short- Horns  ;  so  of  Avrshires, 
Jerseys,  Devons,  Hereford*,  &e.  But  j£  a 
Jersey  cow  is  bred  to  an  Ayrshire  bull,  al¬ 
though  both  bull  anil  cow  may  be  thorough¬ 
bred,  the  offspring  of  such  union  will  not  be 
thoroughbred,  but  cross-bred.  The  breeding 
must  be  continuously  iu  line,  in  order  that 
the  type  may  be  preserved. 

In  the  ease  of  horses,  horsemen  call  no 
horse  a  thoroughbred  whose  pedigree  cannot 
be  established  Ln  direct  line  to  the  English 
race -horse.  But  really,  any  fixed  type 
of  horses,  pure  -  bred,  continuously,  uutil 
the  type  is  so  established  that,  there  is  no 
failure  to  reproduce  it  by  inter-!  needing,  is 
as  much  thoroughbred  as  the  English  and 
race-horse,  though  not  so  called.  But  to 
other  fixed  breeds  of  horses  than  those  de¬ 
scending  from  the  English  race-horse,  the 
term  pure-bred  is  usually  applied  ;  also  to 
sheep,  swine  and  fowls. 


COWS  CLEAN8ING. 


O.  Curtis  asks  the  cause  of  a  cow  not 
cleansing  after  dropping  Her  calf.  Has  a  case 
of  this  kind,  and  would  like  to  know  if  there 
is  any  harm  in  letting  tho  cow  go  on  as  she 
may,  or  resort  to  means  to  relieve  her  of  the 
difficulty.  She  should  certainly  be  relieved 
of  the  after-birth,  if  she  does  not  void  it  in 
three  or  four  days,  else  it  decomposes,  and 
produces  a  low,  feverish  condition  of  the  sys¬ 
tem,  affecting  the  general  health  of  the  ani¬ 
mal.  The  hand  may  be  introduced,  and  bv 
pulling  geutlv  in  various  directions,  it  will 
soon  vleld  •  ud  come  away. 

It,  is  woh  to  give  a  cow,  immediately  after 
calving,  a  warm  bran  mash,  or  warm  oat- 
rneul  gruel  Two  or  three  hours  afterward, 
give  a  drink  consisting  of  a  pound  of  Epsom 
salts  aud  two  drams  of  ginger  in  warm  wa¬ 
ter.  This  tends  to  prevent  milk  fever  and 
garget. ;  it  also  aids  m  the  cleansing  process. 
We  have  seen  some  fanners  feed  cows  that 
did  uot  cleanse  promptly,  some  boiled  oats 
fed  in  the  liquor,  warm. 


mony,  but  two  would  do  neither.  The  bark 
of  the  stems  and  branches  kept  green,  but 
not  a  single  bud  made  any  sign  of  starting 
right  up  to  the  middle  of  July,  notwithstand¬ 
ing  their  being  kept  well  watered  throughout 
the  whole  season.  Being  a  deep  thinker,  he 
thought  over  the  subject,  and  came  to  the 
conclusion  that  the  bark  must  be  so  contract¬ 
ed  that  sufficient  moisture  coidd  not  ascend 
to  start  the  growth.  Matters  could  not  well 
be  worse ;  so  he  thought  he  would  try  the 


Ohitomoloqinil 


amount  of  water  and  impurities  of  various 
kinds  which  it  contains. 

Ordinary  molasses  or  sirup  may  contain 
other  impurities,  but  no  ocarina,  because 
they  cannot  live  in  a  liquid  ;  and  if  sugar 
containing  them  is  thrown  into  water  they 
will  come  to  the  surface  in  order  to  breathe. 
The  very  thought  of  taking  these  disgusting 
creatures  into  one’s  stomach  by  thousands, 
as  every  person  must  who  uses  brown  or  any 
of  the  varieties  of  raw  sugar,  is  certainly  bad 
enough  ;  but  when  we  are  shown 
by  our  greatest  microsoopists  that 
this  mite  produces  what  is  termed 
“grocer's  itch,”  we feol  like  ceasing 
our  investigations  in  that  direc¬ 
tion.  Eruptions  seen  upon  the  ten- 
der  flesh  of  children  arc,  without 
doubt,  in  many  instances  caused  by 
the  burrowing  of  this  acorns  sae- 
chari  under  the  skin.  It  is  certain¬ 
ly  closely  allied  to  the  itch  mite, 
Acanis  or  Sacopfes  scabiei of  Linn. 
Also  to  the  cheese  mite,  Tyrogly- 
phus  siro,  Linn.  To  the  same 
genus  belongs  the  flour  mite, 
T-fnrtnm,  DkGkkr.  Then  there  are 
other  species  that  infest  horses, 
sheep,  dogs,  cattle,  and  even  the 
wild  birds  are  not  wholly  exempt 
from  the  attacks  of  a  species  of 
mite. 

But  we  have  nothing  to  fear  ex¬ 
cept  from  the  lirst  two  named,  and 
the  remedies  or  preventives  must 
be  obvious  to  any  one.  W e  have  no 
•  facts  at  hand  to  show  that  the  sugar 

mite  has  been  found  in  maple  sugar, 
hut  should  not  expect  to  find  in- 
Jiggs— st  ferior  grades  entirely  exempt,  es- 
peciully  if  brought  in  contact  with 
niw  cane  sugar. 

- *— - 

sS-f  \  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NOTES. 


BUDDING  SOSES  ON  THE  MANETTI 


ACARINA  OR  MITES 


We  wish  to  know  more  about  the  Acarus 
tribe,  especially  the  one  infesting  sugar. 
How  came  they  there  ?  Do  they  infest  ma¬ 
ple  sugar? — H. 

The  great  family  of  Acaridtt  or  true  mites 
are  not  produced  spontaneously,  as  many 


I  find  the  following  practice  to  answer 
admirably.  Where  the  bud  has  failed  on  a 
manetti,  I  cut  the  stock  down  quite  close  to 
the  ground,  or,  better  still,  an  inch  lower 
than  the  ground,  if  it  is  a  good,  strong  stock. 
Three  or  four  stout  shoots  are  sent 
up.  In  Juno  1  bud  every  shoot ;  in 
about  three  weeks  or  a  month  the 
tics  are  loosened,  and  no  further 
care  is  taken  of  them  until  the 
year  following,  when  in  the  month 
of  March  1  head  all  the  shoots  down 
to  just  one  eye  above  the  bud.  This 
eye  is  left  to  draw  sap.  If  any  of 
the  buds  do  not  start,  I  stop  back 
the  sap-bud  after  it  has  grown  from 
four  to  six  inches.  If  the  bud  is  still 
obstinate,  I  cut  the  sap-bud  clean 
out,  then  the  rose-bud  starts  into 
growth  at  once. 

By  June  or  July  I  have  from  three 
to  four  roses  growing  upon  one 
manetti  stool.  When  tile  roses  have 
made  growth  about  a  foot  long,  I 
form  a  mound  of  soil  about  the 
stool,  covering  the  junctions  of  the 
buds  about  an  inch  ;  this  operation 
causes  the  manetti  shoots  to  emit 
roots.  Early  in  September  I  pull 
down  the  mound  of  earth,  and  ex¬ 
amine  for  roots  ;  at  the  same  time 
with  a  strong  knife  I  partly  detach 
the  manetti  shoots  from  the  old 
stem  ;  1  then  raise  up  the  mound  of 
earth  again,  and  roots  are  almost 
certain  to  be  formed  during  the 
autumn.J 

In  February  I  take  up  the  whole  ytH 

stool,  and  split  off  every  shoot  which  V  lj 

is  now  a  manetti  rose,  and  plant  (  J 

them  in  the  usual  way,  covering  the  V 1 

junction  an  inch  or  rather  more. 

There  are  two  advantages  gained 
by  adopting  fliis  system.  The  first  - 
and  most  especial  one  for  the  ama¬ 
teur  is,  that  there  is  a  greater 
certainty  of  his  buds  taking,  be¬ 
cause  he  buds  on  wood  of  the  same 
season’s  growth  ;  the  second  ad¬ 
vantage  is,  he  gels  three  or  four 
manetti  roses  f  mui  one  stool.  Borne 
of  the  shoots  at  planting  time  will 
probably  not  have  emitted  roots, 
but  l  find  in  practice  when  planted 
out  ,  and  the  rose  cut  down  to  about  six  inches, 
that  roots  are  soon  formed.  It  must  be  borne 
in  mind  that  manet  ti  stocks  intended  for  this 
sort  of  work  must  not  be  prepared  like  cur¬ 
rant.  and  gooseberry  cuttings,  which  have  all  1 
eyes  cut  out  except  three  or  four  at  the  top. 

— Heavy  Taylor. 


WjMfcS  Ashes  fur  Wire  1  Forms. —Some 
one  who  appears  to  speak  from  ex- 
)  pericnce,  says  “  If  you  will  drop 
a  small  handful  of  ashes  on  each 
hill  of  corn,  the  wire  worm  will  not 
touch  it ;  it  will  not  hurt  the  corn, 
but  is  good  for  it;  it  will  take  more 
time  and  labor  to  plant,  but  it  will 
pay,  1  have  known  tills  tried 
where  the  ground  was  full  of  them, 
and  it  never  fails,  the  ashes  being 
strong  ami  when  moist  creates  a  lye 
that  the  wire  worm  cannot  bear.” 

Look  Out  fur  Insects. — Our  read¬ 
ers  who  have  road  carefully  our 
Entomological  columns  a  re  requested  t  o  keep 
their  eyes  open  the  present  season,  study  the 
habits  of  insects,  and  send  us  (as  per  direc¬ 
tions  previously  given)  specimens  they  may 
find  and  inquiries  and  notes  relative  thereto. 
Every  boy  and  girl — every  farmer  and  labor¬ 
er — should  be  an  entomological  student.  If 
they  become  such,  they  will  find  farm  life 
attractive. 


VIOLET  VICTORIA  REGINA. 

persons  suppose,  but  are  propagated  and  dis¬ 
seminated  very  nearly  in  the  same  manner 
as  other  minute  and  closely  allied  crea¬ 
tures.  Those  which  infest  raw  sugar,  as 
sold  by  our  groeerymen,  have  abundant  op¬ 
portunities  to  pass  from  one  lot  of  sugar  to 
another,  and  that  they  do  is  quite  apparent 
from  the  fact  that  a  sample  of  brown  Mus¬ 
covado  sugar,  not  containing  these  mites  in 
great  abundance,  is  quite  a  rarity.  Any¬ 
where  from  twenty- five  to  one  hundred 
thousand  can  be  found  in  almost  any  sample 
of  raw  sugar. 

The  peculiar  species  of  mite  infesting  raw 
sugar  is  known  as  Acarus  sacdi art,  and  as 
seen  under  the  microscope,  is  certainly  a  dis¬ 
gusting  creature.  In  the  accompanying  il¬ 
lustration  this  mite  is  shown  magnified  200 
times.  Now,  when  we  know  that  these 


effects  of  a  good  oiling  upon  one  of  them. 
Acting  upon  this  resolution,  he  gave  the 
whole  of  the  branches  and  of  the  main  stein 
a  thorough,  good  dressing  of  ordinary  colza 
oil,  two  successive  mornings,  (such  oil  as  is  used 
for  burning  in  moderator  lamps).  The  effect 
was  marvellous,  for  in  a  very  few  days  the 
buds  pushed,  and  grew  with  the  greatest 
rapidity  aud  made  st  ronger  and  finer  growths 
than  those  which  started  in  the  Spring.  When 
I  was  there,  it  had  the  largest  and  healthiest 
head  of  any  of  the  newly  planted  trees  ;  but 
the  one  not  oiled  was  quite  dead. 


CENTAUREA  CLIMENTI 


The  Centaurea  family  is  one  of  our  best 
bedding  plants;  so  when,  this  new  variety 
was  announced  as  being  superior  to  V.  Can¬ 
dida,  1  lost  no  time  in  importing  seed  of  it. 
It  was  claimed  to  grow  three  feet  high,  and 
a  white,  budding  plant  that  bight  is  greatly 
wanted.  The  young  seedling  gave  promise 
of  great  growth  and  fine  whiteness. 

1  planted  strong  plants  in  the  center  of 
General  dot  Geranium  beds,  expecting  to 
see  it  rise  in  snowy  whiteness  to  the  liight  of 
three  feet  ;  but  it.  has  disappointed  me  and 
spoiled  my  geranium  beds. 

Now,  August.  21,  it  is  only  seven  inches 
high,  and  not  so  white  as  Candida  or  Zym- 
nocarjHi.  I  have  to  report  the  same  concern¬ 
ing  it  as  a  pot  plant.  Indeed,  I  do  not  con¬ 
sider  it  worth  growing,  and  advise  intending 
purchasers  to  reserve  their  money  for  some- 
tking  better.  Alex.  Waldie, 

Titusville,  Fa. 

Wk  have  just  come  across  the  above,  writ¬ 
ten  last  August,  and  give  it  for  the  informa¬ 
tion  it  contains  ;  sorry  it  has  been  overlooked 
so  long.  Shall  be  glad  to  hear  further  from 
Mr.  Waldie,  and  promise  not  to  treat  him 
so  again. 


FLORAL  BREVITIES 


GRADING  SHEEP 


Violet  Victoria  Benina—  This  is  the  name 
of  a  new  English  violet  recently  exhibited, 
which  is  said  to  be  remarkable  for  the  great 
size  of  its  flowers  and  for  its  sweet 
perfume  —  the  latter  quality  not 
always  being  possessed  in  a  high 
degree  by  large-flowering  varieties. 

This  is  pronounced  by  English 
judges  “  a  very  queen  among 
violets.”  ^ 

Crocuses  of  Varied  Color. — The  _  _ 

following  are  named  as  worthy 
varieties: — Dandy,  blue,  with  white 
tips  and  purple  base  ;  King  of  the 
Blues,  violet  blue,  very  flue;  Mont 
Blanc,  pure  white;  La  Majestueuse, 
petals  broad,  pale  mauve,  with  a 
purple  base,  large  and  fine  ;  Com- 
tesse  do  Momv,  large  blush  with 
a  purple  base  and  striped,  and  Louis  'V 
Philippe,  bluish  purple,  very  large  / 
and  fine,”  ^ 

/  A 

Limm  Aurutum  and  House  \ 

Flies.  —  Mr.  Pynaert  has  discov¬ 
ered,  it  is  said,  that  L  il  iu  m  an  rat  ion 
is  a  grand  specific  against  house  flies  'x 
— that  a  single  specimen  of  it  in  an 
apartment  will  keep  it  clear  of  these 
troublesome  insects. 

IF e  do  not  advise  our  friends  to  plant  flower 
seeds  instead  of  wheat ;  nor  bulbs  instead  of 
potato  tubers  ;  nor  flowering  shrubs  in  place 
of  fruit-bearing  trees  ;  nor  ornamental  plants 
and  shrubs  inulace  of  strawberries,  currants, 
etc. ;  but  we  do  advise  planting  flower-pro¬ 
ducing  plants. 


the  dealer,  namely  : — To  recommend  to  the 
wool  growci'S  to  classify  or  grade  their 
flocks,  expelling  all  inferior  sheep,  selecting 
and  using  suitable  rams,  and,  by  tulang  this 
course,  to  bring  the  Hooks  to  a  standard  of 
uniformity — that  is  to  say,  that  each  dock 
may  represent  a  certain'  type  or  kind  of 
wool,  but  even  and  uniform  in  itself.  By 
adopting  tin*  way  of  treatment,  the  flocks 
would  be  brought,  iu  a  Comparatively  short 
time,  to  reach  a  standard  that  the  clips  could 
be  handled  and  sold  by  the  dealer  in  the 
original  packing.  The  final  results  would  be 
that  the  present  necessary  yearly  labor  and 
expenses  connected  with  the  grading  of 
wool  by  the  dealer  will  pass  away  ;  a  lasting 
improvement  would  be  established  by  bring¬ 
ing  the  flocks  to  a  higher  uniform  standard, 
and  the  dealers  would,  in  time,  handle  and 
sell  the  bulk  of  domestic  fleece  wool  in  the 
original  packing. 

Considering  what  a  large  capital  is  invest¬ 
ed  in  raising  wool  in  the  United  States,  and 
what  progress  has  been  made  already,  man¬ 
aging  the  flocks  in  the  proposed  manner 
would  be  one  step  more  forward  and  of  far- 
reaching  consequences.  Growers  of  wool 
would  reap  the  benefit  by  improving  their 
flocks  m  this  way,  and  sheep  husbandry 
would  be  made  more  surely  a  profitable 
business.  Herman  H.  Otto. 

Susquehanna  Co.,  Pa. 


OILING  ROSE  BUSHES 


H  e  do  not  give  the  following,  by  Mr. 
George  Gordon  in  the  English  Gardeners’ 
Magazine,  because  we  indorse  it,  but  because 
we  want  our  readers  to  see  it  and  act  at  their 
discretion.  If  any  of  them  test  the  matter, 
we  shall  be  glad  to  have  their  experience  and 
the  results  thereof: 

A  gentleman  whom  I  had  the  honor  of 
being  introduced  to  the  other  day  at  Hornsey 
Lane,  aud  who  is  an  enthusiastic  amateur, 
planted  a  quantity  of  standard  roses  Febru¬ 
ary,  1872.  Well,  some  of  these  started  away 
vigorously,  otliei-s  died  without  much  eere- 


ACARUS  SACCHARI. 

mites  are  almost  always  present  in  raw 
sugar  as  sold  in  our  stores,  and  are  never 
found  in  refined  sugar,  it  is  not  difficult  to 
decide' which  is  the  most  desirable.  The  dif¬ 
ference  in  price  between  raw  sugar  and  the 
refined  is  fully  counterbalanced  by  the 


MAY  1/ 


m 


®hc  Uiiu'nard. 


KEEPING  LATE  GRAPES  UPON  THE 
VINES. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Garden  furnishes 
the  following  : — It  has  frequently  been  as¬ 
serted  that  keeping  late  grapes  hanging  upon 
vines  long  after  they  are  ripe  exhausts  the 
vines,  and  is  a  fertile  cause  of  shailking,  and 
other  evils  to  which  vines  are  liable.  One 
writer  even  goes  the  length  of  saying  that 
the  practice  is  as  injurious  to  the  health  of 
the  vines  as  early  forcing.  That  late  vines 
can  Vie  killed  by  over-cropping,  like  others, 
there  is  no  doubt ;  but  I  do  not  think  there 
is  one  tittle  of  evidence  to  show  that  grapes 
hanging  late  is  in  the  least  injurious— even 
though  the  fruit  may  hang  till  the  buds  are 
breaking.  The  vines  will  doubtless  bleed  if 
the  bunches  are  not  cut  olT  before  the  middle 
of  March  ;  but  that  is  quite  another  matter. 
The  time  when  fruit  of  any  kind  acts  upon 
the  energies  of  the  plant  is  when  it  is  swell¬ 
ing,  or  notably  when  it  is  stotiiug  or  forming 
its  seeds— the  period  when  shanking  begins 
in  grapes.  When  poaches,  cherries  and  plums 
drop  their  fruit,  aiul  the  time  generally  when 
all  kinds  of  fruits  thin  themselves  naturally  ; 
lint  grapes  hanging  upon  the  rod  after  they 
are  ripe  are  no  more  burden  to  the  plant  than 
the  leafless  brunches  themselves.  How  can 
they  bo  ?  Growth  and  maturation  are  com¬ 
pleted,  and  there  is  no  demand  upon  the  vino. 
True,  the  bunch  retains  its  vitality  ;  it  will 
die  eventually,  us  a  shoot  will  if  it  is  cut  off 
the  vine  ;  but  further  it.  apparently  costs  the 
plant  no  effort  whatever,  hang  tvs  long  it  will. 
Grapes  lose  flavor  every  day  attar  they  are 
severed  from  the  vine  ;  there  is  no  doubt 
about  this,  whatever  may  be  advanced  to 
the  contrary.  Therefore,  where  the  only  ob¬ 
ject  is  to  Rave  the  vines,  let  the  fruit  hang  as 
long  us  possible,  for  no  injury  may  bo  appre¬ 
hended.  Bottling  has  not  by  any  means  boon 
uniformly  attended  with  success,  even  under 
the  most  favorable  conditions,  and  it  should 
therefore  be  a  last  resource. 

I  have  perhaps,  had  as  much  experience 
with  late  grapes  and  their  keeping  as  most 
people.  Fifteen  years  ago,  and  for  years 
after,  I  had  to  do  with  what  was  probably 
the  first  house  entirely  devoted  to  such  varie¬ 
ties  as  Lady  Downes  grape  in  this  country, 
and  1  cun  say  that,  year  after  year,  for  twelve 
years  to  my  knowledge  (and  up  till  this  date 
for  anything  I  know),  those  vines  were  heav¬ 
ily  cropped,  and  the  fruit  was  never  cut  till 
just  a  few  weeks  before  starting,  to  prevent 
bleeding  ;  yet  there  was  never  the  slightest 
diminution  of  vigor  in  the  vines.  Since  then, 
many  well  authenticated  instances  of  late 
huuging,  in  conjunction  with  unabated  vigor 
for  a  series  of  years,  have  come  to  my  knowl¬ 
edge,  leaving  not  the  shadow  of  u  doubt  on 
my  mind  in  regard  to  the  matter.  The  late 
vinery  here  has  been  cropped  regularly  for 
the  last  seven  years.  During  that  timeshank- 
ing  or  other  evils  have  been  unknown,  and, 
though  the  fruit  has  been  left  hanging  upon 
the  vines  every  year  till  the  cud  of  February 
or  beginning  of  March,  their  vigor  is  remark¬ 
able,  if  heavy,  well-finished  crops,  robust 
wood  and  foliage,  are  any  criterion.  Such 
varieties  as  Lady  Downes  and  Black  Alicante 
are  not  lit  for  dessert  while  such  kinds  as  the 
Black  Hamburgh  and  others  are  in  season  ; 
in  fact,  they  arc  acknowledged  by  all  to  ho 
very  indifferent,  in  flavor,  not  to  speak  of 
their  objectionably  thick  skins.  It  is  there¬ 
fore  of  somo  importance  to  have  these  in  the 
best  condition  possible,  and  this  cannot  be  se¬ 
cured  in  any  way  so  well  as  by  leaving  the 
fruit  to  hang  upon  the  vine  as  late  as  is  prac¬ 
ticable.  Much  has  been  written  about  inside 
borders  for  early  vines  ;  but  I  have  come  to 
think  that  such  are  quite  as  necessary  for 
late  vines.  A  number  of  the  vines  in  the  late 
house  hero  are  planted  entirely  inside,  and 
the  superior  manner  in  which  the  fruit  keeps 
upon  these,  compared  with  those  which  have 
thc.ir  roots  outside,  is  so  marked,  that  I  have 
decided  to  fill  the  house  wholly  with  the 
former,  and  do  away  with  the  outside  ones 
altogether. 

- - - 

GRAPE  VINE  TIES. 

L.  A.  Riehl,  an  experienced  grape  grower 
says  in  the  Rural  World  : 

t  rom  my  experience  and  observation,  I  am 
free  to  recommend  three-ply  jute  twine  as 
the  best  and  cheapest  material  with  which  to 
tic  up  the  greeu  wood  of  grape  vines,  and  for 
tying  the  bearing cauea,  I  have  found  nothing 
cheaper  or  better  than  an  article  of  tarred 
rope,  resembling  lath  twine,  but  only  half  as 
thick,  used  by  hardware  men  to  tie  up  hubs, 
spokes  and  various  other  articles  requiring  a 
strong  ne.  It  comes  in  coil,  of  85  strands  in 


a  coil,  weighing  about  a  pound  to  the  foot, 
and  sells  at  28  to  80  cents  per  pound.  This 
can  be  cut  into  lengths  of  .8  to  10  feet  a  strand, 
drawn  out  and  used  from  one  end  ;  when  a 
tie  is  made,  it  is  cut  off,  and  thus  there  is  no 
waste,  as  is  the  case  when  the  ties  are  cut 
into  lengths  before  using.  With  this  there  is 
no  loss  of  time  to  prepare  it  for  use,  more 


Mr.  Southworth — Did  not  make  a  practice 
of  making  honey  in  that  way,  nor  had  he 
sold  any  of  it.  It  was  tasted  on  the  grounds 
and  pronounced  the  best  of  honey. 

All.  Moon,  said  every  bee  keeper  knows 
that  sugar  cannot  be  made  into  wax  and 
honey,  without  loss  to  the  bee  keeper.  The 
waste  is  so  great  that  the  cost  is  too  much. 


MUSIC  PORTFOLIO  AND 

vines  can  be  tied  up  than  with  any  other 
article  that  T  know  of,  and  it  will  last  the 
whole  season  without  giving  way  ;  and  when 
t  he  work  has  boon  properly  done,  there  will 
be  no  need  to  go  through  the  vineyard  after 
every  rain  or  wind  and  tie  up  vines  that  have 
torn  loose  the  ties  that,  have  failed  to  hold 
them. 


STAND.— (See  page  319.) 

If  sugar  could  be  had  at  three  cents  a  pound 
it  might  pay  the  bee  keeper  for  his  labor,  but 
would  leave  him  no  profit.  He.  only  stated 
what  he  did  to  convince  the  gentleman  who 
asked  the  question  that  wax  could  he  made 
from  sugar. 

Dr.  Lucas  said  in  1871  he  took  enough 
liouey  from  his  apiary  in  two  months  to  pay 
for  bees,  Italian  queens,  hives,  and  an  ex- 


arum. 


SO GAR  IN  HONEY  MAKING 

At  the  Late  meeting  of  the  North  American 
Boo  Keepers  Ass’n.,  Mr.  Wilkinson  of  In¬ 
diana  asked  : — Will  bees  cohstruet  comb  of 
sugar  sirup,  as  well  as  from  honey?”  The 
following  replies  by  members  were  made  : 

Dr.  Bohrer— Had  bees  to  build  comb  of 
sirup  in  winter. 

Mr.  Moon— -Prepare  honey  boxes  with 
pieces  of  comb  in  them,  so  as  to  induce  the 
boos  to  commence  in  them  us  soon  as  possible 
and  put  boxes  as  close  to  the  center  as  possi¬ 
ble.  He  once  kept  bees  in  a  dark  room  four¬ 
teen  weeks,  and  had  twenty  boxes  filled  with 
honey  and  wax  made  of  sugar  sirup,  and 
took  premiums  at  the  Fairs  with  it. 

Mi*.  Southwort  h,  Ill.,  had  considerable  comb 
and  honey  made  from  sugar,  the  past  season, 

Mr.  Moon,  assisted  Mr.  Southworth  in  feed¬ 
ing  the  sugar,  and  the  honey  took  the  pre¬ 
mium  at.  the  Illinois  State  Fair. 

Mr.  MeFctridge— Moved  his  bees  to  the 
pasturage  twenty  or  thirty  miles  ;  first  to  a 
poplar  grove,  and  then  to  a  linden -wood. 
Sixty  hives  gathered  .a  ton  from  the  poplar 
and  2,400  lbs.  from  the  linden, 

N.  C.  Mitchell— Tried  two  colonies  of  bees 
on  Hosmer’s  plan  of  a  quart  to  the  colony 
two  years  ago.  Fed  them  early  and  had 
them  strong  enough  to  gather  surplus  honey 
from  fruit  blossoms.  They  yielded  enor¬ 
mously  during  the  season,  but  he  kept  no 
account  of  the  amount. 

Mi*.  Wheetlon,  Greensburg,  Ind.,  thought 
there  should  be  more  caution  in  advising 
making  honey  from  sugar.  Many  would  not 
buy  extracted  honey  now,  and  if  the  idea 


Stand  for  Cigar  Ashes.— (Page  319.) 
tractor.  Without  the  extractor  he  could  not 
have  done  it ;  but  would  have  come  out  in 
debt.  The  extractor  will  pay.  Wax  is  indi¬ 
gestible  and  positively  injurious.  There  is 
no  acid  that  will  dissolve  it. 

Mr.  Wilkerson  thought  sugar  might  be  fed 
out  of  which  to  construct  comb  to  bold  the 
honey. 

♦♦♦ - 

APIARIAN  NOTES. 

Bosage  is  recommended  as  “an  extra  good 
bee  plant,”  which  it  will  pay  any  one  to 
raise  who  keeps  bees.  This  refers  to  Bossa- 
(jo  officinalis,  which  is  cultivated  m  gardens 


.Implement?;. 


THOMAS1  HARROW. 

James  Upton,  Smithville,  Canada,  writes  : 
“  Having  noticed  the  article  headed  ‘  Harrow¬ 
ing  Wheat,1  in  Rural  New-Yorker,  April  5, 
I  would  like  to  know  what  kind  of  a  harrow 
the  one  spoken  of  os  Thomas’  Smoothing 
Harrow  is  —  if  there  is  anything  peculiar 
about  it ;  also,  whether  the  wheat,  crop  your 
correspondent  harrowed  was  drilled  or  sown 
broadcast ;  whether  the  harrow  is  of  ordi¬ 
nary  weight,  ‘  The  practice  is  one  I  have 
long  wished  to  adopt,  but  when  1  have  at¬ 
tempted  to  do  it,  I  have  always  found  the 
harrow  tearing  too  much  wheat  up,  so  that 
l  did  not  dare  to  proceed.” 

Ho- far  as  the  harrow  is  concerned,  wo  an¬ 
swer  that  it  has  81  teeth,  made  of  round  steel 
roils,  ono-luilf  inch  in  diameter,  hardened, 
and  set  in  3  by  2,1. j  inch  oak,  and  standing 
backward  at  an  angle  of  25  degrees.  The 
harrow  is  In  the  form  of  three  gates,  fastened 
by  hinges.  The  teeth  are  bright  and  clean, 
never  clog,  cut  through,  instead  of  pushing 
the  lumps  aside,  and  does  not  tear  up  the 
ground  as  the  ordinary  harrow  does.  The 
teeth  being  set  at  an  angle  to  the  beams,  the 
resistance  is  less,  and  pulverizes  the  ground, 
whore  the  other  harrows  do  not. 


GARDEN  SCARIFIER. 

We  give  herewith  an  illustration  of  an  im¬ 
plement  very  highly  commended  in  France 
and  England,  where  it  has  been  used  both 
for  cleansing  the  surface  (of  walks  or  seed- 
beds)  and  for  breaking  lip  ground  for  sowing 
and  planting.  The  wheels  are.  about  three 
inches  in  diameter,  ami  the  hoe  is  from  seven 
to  nine  inches  wide  ;  the  rake  a  little  wider. 
It  is,  in  fact,  a  Dutch  hoe  and  rake  combined, 
and  mounted  on  wheels.  The.  hoc  and  rake 
can  be  elevated  or  depressed  at  pleasure,  so 
as  to  be  adapted  t'>  the  angle  at  which  the 
bundle  is  to  be  hold.  We  give  it  as  a  sugges¬ 
tion  for  gardeners  who  may  desire  something 
better  than  they  now  have.  We  do  not 
know  that  it  is  for  sale,  in  this  country. 


0-A.R.IDEINr  SCARIFIER. 


gets  out  that  bee  keepers  are  making  honey 
of  sugar,  it  will  be  further  injured  in  reputa¬ 
tion. 

Mr.  Merrill  was  of  the  opinion  that  that 
tiling  of  selling  molasses  for  honey,  and  the 
statement  going  out  that  it  took  premiums 
at  a  State  lair,  was  caleulkted  to  degrade  beo 
keeping  and  ignore  honest  bee  keepers. 


sometimes  and  used  both  as  a  salad  and  pot¬ 
herb. 

How  to  Pick  Up  Been. — A  young  Iowan, 
writes  a  bee  journal  that  he  lias  picked  up 
hundreds  of  bees  and  wasps,  and  never  got 
stung.  He  “holds  his  breath  a  few*  seconds, 
then  takes  hold  of  them  without  danger.  ” 


STAKES  FOR  TOMATOES. 

Thomas  Meehan,  the  horticulturist  of  Ger¬ 
mantown,  Pa.,  says  he  has  for  several  years 
noted  the  relative  advantages  of  the  different 
ways  of  cultivating  tomatoes,  and  lie  con¬ 
cludes  that  the  best  practice  t  o  adopt  is  to 
proceed  as  with  the  Lima  beans-  that  is  set 
the  Stakes  before  the  plants  are  put  out. 
These  stakes  need  not  lie  over  six  foot  high, 
and  may  be  sot  about  four  feet  apart  each 
way.  As  the  plants  grow,  tie  them  up  to  the 
stakes;  but  that  will  not  lie  required  over 
1  half  a  dozen  times  during  the  season.  Twenty 
"  plants  in  this  way  will  yield  us  much  fruit  as 
!'  |  double  the  quantity  on  any  other  plan,  and 
lh  in  quality  there  is  no  comparison. 

The  common  field  plan  of  leaving  tomatoes  to 
,(>  grow  as  they  list,  spreading  everywhere  over 
the  ground,  may  be,  as  truck  growers  say  it 
|  is,  the  way  in  w  hich  the  heaviest  weight  of 

fruit  can  be  had 
M in  proportion  to 
the  labor  spent ; 

6'63sr^  hut  in  this  way 
8  the  fruit:  is  more 

acid.  But  what- 
ever  system  is 
adopted,  do  not 
set  the  plants  until  the  soil  is  w*ann,  or  they 
will  be  stunted  and  time  lost. 

- *•♦-* - 

GARDENER’S  NOTES. 


Cabbages  in  Indiana. — Kate  Smith  of 
Wayne  Co.,  Lid.,  writes  the  Germantown 
Telegraph:  —  “Of  cabbage  w*e  have  early 
Dutch  York,  small,  but  very  early ;  next 
Premium  flat  Dutch,  very  lai’ge  and  solid, 
and  keeps  well  overwinter;  also,  Lute  Blood 
Red  for  pickling.  I  like  it  so  well  for  what 
we  call  ‘  chow-chow.’  We  make  it  in  this 
way  :  one  part  green  tomatoes  and  one  part 
cabbage  ;  chop  very  fine  ;  put  in  a  little  salt 
and  let  stand  overnight :  then  drain  off ;  sea¬ 
son  with  cloves  ;  have  good  cider  vinegar : 
put  in  a  stone  jar,  have  a  weight  on  the  top  ; 
set  in  cool  place  and  it  will  keep  for  months.” 

Cooling's  Matvhk.su  Winter  Broccoli,  the 
London  Garden  is  satisfied,  is  a  valuable  ad¬ 
dition  to  vegetables  in  use  at  this  season  of 
the  year.  The  heads,  which  are  beautiful  in 
form,  are  large,  solid,  remarkably  white  and 
well  protected  by  means  of  leaves  which  grow 
over  the  “  flower.”  When  cooked  the  flavor 
is  excellent ;  it  is  one  of  the  finest  Broceolies 
in  cultivation, 


No  dressing  of  a  horse  is  complete  without  a 
thorough  hand-rubbing  of  the  legs. 

If  a  horse  has  the  scratches,  wash  his  feet 
twice  a  day  with  warm  water  and  Castile 
soap  ;  it  removes  all  Of  the  soabB  that  will 
come  off  readily  without  leaving  a  bleeding 
surface ;  dry  thoroughly  and  apply  some 
simple  cerate;  turn  him  into  a  box  stall  if 
convenient  ;  reduce  his  grain  considerably, 
and  give  him  bran  mashes  ;  if  in  high  condi¬ 
tion,  a  mild  physic  ball  will  do  no  injury,  al¬ 
ways  following  a  mash  ;  let  him  have  regu¬ 
lar  exercise.  A  few  days  of  this  treatment 
will  doubtless  effect  a  cure. 

If  he  has  something  worse  than  common 
scratches,  some  mild  esebarotic  or  astringent, 
like  blue  vitriol,  alum  or  white  oak  bark, 
may  be  advisublc,  followed  by  an  ointment 
with  some  stimulating  drug  in  it ;  in  some 
cases  a  poultice  continued  for  some  time  will 
be  necessary.  Nothing  can  be  better  than 
carrots  boiled  soft,  mashed,  and  applied 
while  warm  ;  wheat  bran  answers  excellent¬ 
ly.  In  severe  cases  no  grains  should  be  given, 
but  the  horse  supported  by  mashes,  roots  and 
hay  ;  the  bowels  should  be  kept  open,  and  a 
light  bleeding  may  be  necessary.  Let  him 
have  walking  exorcise  as  soon  as  lie  can  move 
without  keeping  him  out  of  the  mud  ;  and  as 
soon  as  his  legs  can  stand  it,  have  recourse 
to  friction;  and  if  they  are  much  swollen 
and  the  tissues  considerably  weakened,  let 
them  be  carefully  bandaged,  commencing  at 
the  hoof,  with  a  flannel  roller  or  hay  band  ; 
the  latter  cuu  be  kept  wet,  and  thus  lessen 
the  heat.  Such  treatment  will  generally  ef¬ 
fect  a  more  or  less  speedy  cure. 

Scratches  and  grease,  like  most  other  dis¬ 
eases  of  horses,  are  affections  that  can  be 
much  more  profitably  kept  off  than  they  can 
be  cured.  Bad  stable  management  is  the 
almost  universal  source  from  which  they 
arise,  and  they  should  always  be  regarded  as 
an  evidence  of  such,  and  the  offending  par¬ 
ticular  found  out  and  removed.  Better,  far, 
give  a  little  more  of  your  own  intelligent  at¬ 
tention  to  vour  st  ables,  and  pay  a  good  man, 
than  to  neglect  them,  pay  a  poor  man,  and 
a  farrier. 

Kanawha  C.  H.,  W.  Va.  A.  R.  K. 


C.  W.  €.  has  tried  a  rational  treatment  for 
his  horses  and  the  trouble  still  hongs  on,  it 
is  probable  that  they  have  grease.  The  im¬ 
mediate  cause  of  scratches  I  have  given — 
the  proximate  causes  arc  numerous .  Chief 
among  them  arc: — First,  ignorance  on  the 
part  of  the  man  having  the  horse  in.  charge, 
and  second,  negligence  on  the  part  of  the 
aforesaid  (saying  that  a  man  is  ignorant  or 
negligent  on  one  point  must  not  be  construed 
into  a  charge  of  general  ignorance  or  negli¬ 
gence.)  A  man  ignorant  of  the  physiology 
of  the  parta  will  very  likely  shear  Ids  horses’ 
legs  close,  and  then  when  they  come  in  from 
work,  hot  and  tired,  plunge  them  up  to  their 
bellies  iu  some  si  mum  t  o  "  ••v;l-<1i  'em  off  ;”  or 
worse  still,  if  he  wants  to  be  very  thorough, 
take  a  bucket  of  hot  water  and  sponge  them 
down,  and  then,  just  as  they  are,  hot,  and 
dripping,  (the  condition  most  favorable  to 
rapid  evaporation,)  put  them  at  once  into 
their  stalls  to  dry  off  at  their  leisure.  Here 
the  horses’  heels  are  in  the  best  position  to 
get  every  draft,  not  only  from  all  tli5  cracks 
in  the  walls  and  floor,  but  also  from  the  door, 
which  generally  stands  hospitably  open,  par¬ 
ticularly  on  cold  evenings.  Evaporation  goes 
rapidly  forward,  and  the  horses’  feet  and 
legs  soon  become  intensely  cold,  t  he  temper¬ 
ature  being  sometimes  reduced  almost  to  the 
freezing  point  ;  this  is  speedily  followed  bv 
reaction,  with  more  or  less  congestion  and 
inflammation  ;  the  secretion  of  the  fluid  of 
which  I  spoke  is  checked,  the  parts  become 
dry  and  harsh,  and  a  few  repetitions  of  this 
treatment  will  be  followed  by  scratches. 
Much  better  is  the  treatment  of  the  negligent 
man  ;  he  would  have  neither  sheared  the  fet¬ 
lock  nor  washed  the  legs,  but  lot  the  horse 
stand  With  the  mud  which  had  partially 
dried  wliilo  he  was  yet  kept  warm  by  exer¬ 
cise,  still  on,  and  the  long  fetlocks,  oven  if 
loaded  with  mud  and  iee,  would  have  afforded 
some  protection  from  drafts,  and  have  re¬ 
tained  some  of  the  heat  which  is  so  freely 
freely  given  off  during  evaporation. 

In  the  ill-conducted  stables  of  many  farm- 
era,  and  the  stables  of  villagers  and  towns¬ 
men  who  keep  a  horse  or  two  for  pleasure, 
but  who  cannot  afford  to  keep  a  man  to  at¬ 
tend  them,  there  are  many  fruitful  sources 
of  scratches.  Irregular  work,  feed  and  groom* 
mg,  days  of  inactivity,  and  then  a  hard  drive, 
after  which  t  he  horse  receives  no  extra  atten¬ 
tion  ;  too  high  feed  for  his  work  ;  exposure  to 
drafts  of  cold  air  tending  toward  the  floor 
and  first  striking  his  heels  ;  an  accumulation 
of  manure  und  litter  under  him  going  on  for 
days  and  sometimes  weeks  (until  his  body 
is  pitched  forward  at  on  angle  of  thiity  de¬ 
grees)  in  which  fermentation  is  continually 
taking  place,  and  from  which  most  pungent 
fumes  and  moisture  arise,  keeping  the  feet 
irritated,  damp  and  cold  ;  reaction  is  set  up  ; 
a  kind  of  chronic  congestion  is  established, 
the  cellular  tissues  are  weakened,  engorge¬ 
ment  follows  ( which  disappears  on  driving  but 
recurs  when  the  horse  returns  to  the  stable), 
the  heels  crock,  and  “here  are  scratches.” 

If  not  attended  to,  and  the  animal  in  left 
under  the  same  condition,  the  fissure  becomes 
deeper,  a  n  offensive,  greasy  matter  is  exuded 
from  them,  the  sore  becomes  more  extensive, 
the  leg  is  tender  atul  irritable,  the  horse 
catching  it  up  and  almost  lulling  when  it  is 
touched,  the  joint  appears  weakened,  and  we 
have  grease.  Still  neglected,  the  ulceration 
extends  over  the  whole  of  the  skir.  of  the 
heel,  and  around  in  front,  “and  a  fungus 
springs  from  the  surface,  highly  sensitive, 
bleeding  at  the  slightest  touch,  and  inter¬ 
spersed  with  scabs.  By  degrees,  portions  of 
the  fungus  begin  to  be  covered  with  a  homy 
substance  protruding  in  the  form  of  knobs 
and  collected  together  in  bunches.  These 
are  known  by  the  name  of  ‘grapes.’  A 
fetid  and  very  peculiar  exudation  proceeds 
from  nearly  the  whole  of  the  unnatural  sub¬ 
stance.  The  horse  evidently  suffers  much,, 
and  is  gradually  worn  down  by  tne  dis¬ 
charge.” 

Some  horses  are  much  more  liable  to 
scratches  than  othera  ;  it  is  very  annoying, 
and  materially  lessens  their  value  on  account 
of  the  unusual  care  which  they  require.  The 
following  hygienic  treatment  will  bo  found 
beneficial : — Have  the  stable  free  from  drafts 
but  well  ventilated  ;  see  that  it  is  always 
kept  perfectly  clean,  strewing  lime,  ashes  or 
plaster  freely  about  in  summer.  When  the 
horse  comes  in  from  his  work,  have  his  legs 
freed  from  dirt  at  once,  and  do  not  leave  him 
until  the>T  are  perfectly  dry  ;  have  him  well 
groomed  also,  if  possible,  and  let  his  limbs 
receive  a  good,  hard  rubbing,  with  plenty  of 
elbow  grease  ;  do  not  give  him  any  grain 
until  his  circulation  is  restored  to  its  usual 
condition.  When  he  is  not  to  be  worked,  see 
that  he  has  regular,  gentle  exercise  ;  do  not 
feed  him  too  high,  particularly  if  he  is  young 
and  of  a  fleshy  habit,  and  have  him  always 
groomed  once  a  day,  and  twice  if  practicable. 


tubers  a  bulbs,  such  as  dahlias,  cannas  and 
lilies,  in  be  forced  in  the  same  manner, 
and  the  time  of  blooming  hastened. 

WINTER-KILLED  SHRUBBERY. 

May  9. — At  the  opening  of  spring,  I  tl  ought 
we  had  escaped  any  very  severe  loss  in  orna¬ 
mental  plants,  owing  to  the  abundance  of 
snow  the  past  winter.  The  winter  of  1871 
and  ’72  was  the  most  disastrous  to  evergreens 
ever  known  in  the  Eastern  States  ;  and  al 
though  we  experienced  much  colder  weath¬ 
er  the  past  winter,  very  few  evergreens 
are  injured.  But  when  the:  mercury  drops 
down  to  20°  belows  zero,  even  for  a  few 
hours,  we  may'  look  out  for  scorched  plants, 
which  will  be  seen  as  the  season  for  leaves 
and  flowers  comes  along.  Every  day  for  a 
week  or  two  past,  I  have  discovered  more  or 
less  dead  or  half  killed  specimens  among  my 
ornamental  shrubs.  For  instance,  1  have  a 
number  of  that  comparatively  new  shrub, 
Deutsiu  crenata  plena,  which  have  been 
growing  luxuriantly  in  my  garden  for  the 
past  eight  or  nine  years,  and  not  a  twig  was 
ever  injured  In  winter  before  ;  but  every 
plant  is  now  killed  to  the  ground,  The  other 
species  and  varieties  of  the  Dculzia  have  also 
been  killed,  except  that  little  dwarf,  D.  gra- 
dUitt,  which  escaped,  because  covered  with 
snow.  The  Golden  Bell  [Forsyth  ia  vMdissi- 
ma )  show  no  flowers,  except  on  the  few  low 
or  most  branches  that  were  protected  by 
snow.  The  branches  are  not  killed,  only  the 
flower  buds  have  suffered.  Many  of  the 
Spireas  are  severely  injured.  S.  Rr  evr.sH,  and 
,S.  Re.evc.sii  ple.no ,  are  killed  to  the  ground, 
while  M  callosa  and  S.  callosa  alba  are  bad¬ 
ly  scorched.  The  Japan  Judas  i roe  (Curds 
Japonica),  which,  by  the  way,  is  one  of  our 
most  charming,  early-bl coining  shrubs,  has 
not  escaped  injury,  although  heretofore  con¬ 
sidered  very  hardy,  T  noticed,  to-day.  a 
lew  flowers  on  some  small  twigs,  which  were, 
no  doubt,  protected  with  snow  last,  winter, 
and  they  seemed  to  sav,  we  are  here  at  the 
usual  time,  but  few  in  uuraber.  T  shall  be 
obliged  to  cut  away  the  old  stems,  and  wait 
some  years  for  a  complete  renewal  of  my 
highly-prized  specimens.  The  Primus  t  riloba , 
another  magnificent,  early-blooming  shrub, 
has  also  suffered  the  loss  of  nearly  all  its 
flower  buds,  for  the  first  time.  Weigc.las,  of 
all  the  .species  and  varieties,  except  IF.  rosea, 
are  injured  more  or  less,  and  the  new  Weiycla 
nil >ea  is  killed  to  the  ground.  But  those 
grand  Oriental  shrubs,  or  small  trees,  known 
as  Chinese  Magnolias,  have  passed  t  he  winter 
unharmed.  The  early -blooming  sorts  are  al¬ 
ready  filling  the  air  with  their  delightful  per¬ 
fume.  The.  most  valuable  of  these  arc  Mag- 
nolia  conspicua,  with  flowers  three  inches 
long,  pure  white  ;  M.  Soulongcana,  a.  variety 
of  conspicua ,  the  flowers  white  and  purple  ; 
M.  Lennc,  a  new  and  scarce  variety,  with 
large,  dark-purple  flowers.  If  we  lose  a  few 
plants  occasionally,  through  the  severity  of 
the  winter,  we  have  the  satisfaction  that 
there  is  still  enough  left  to  make  our  sur¬ 
roundings  beautiful.  The  loss  of  a  few  makes 
us  appreciate  what  is  left  the  more  highly, 
and  a  surfeit  of  even  the  beautiful  in  nature 
becomes  intolerable  monotony. 


DAILY  RUEAL  LIFE. 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  N  ml 
York  City. 


NATURAL  AVERSION  TO  INSECTS. 

May  1. — I  notice  in  my  last  number  of  the 
Rotiax.  Nkw-Yohkkw,  which  has  just  come  to 
hand,  that  Harriet  of  Wyandotte,  Kansas, 
rather  takes  me  to  task  for  admiring  as  well 
as  desiring  to  know  something  of  the  habits 
of  all  creatures  which  God,  in  His  infinite 
wisdom,  has  made,  even  to  snakes  and  spi¬ 
ders.  Perhaps  it  is  wicked  to  believe  that 
not  one  of  these  creeping  things  was  created 
fcjr  other  than  a  good  purpose  ;  if  so,  then  I 
confess  to  be  very  wicked.  If  we  fail  to  dis¬ 
cover  the  good,  it  should  not  be  considered 
as  proof  that  none  exists,  for  we  must  re¬ 
member  that  mankind  are  still  very  ignorant 
in  regard  to  the  things  on,  or  the  law's  which 
govern,  this  little  lump  of  matter  called  the 
Earth.  Harriet  fe  no  doubt  a  fair  type  (no 
pun  meant)  of  a  majority  of  her  sisters  who 
have  inherited  a  natural  aversion  to  reptiles 
especially,  as  well  as  many  other  less  harm¬ 
less  creatures.  I  certainly  shall  take  excep¬ 
tions  to  my  fair  critic’s  statements  In  regard 
to  “the  natural  aversion  that  all  mankind 
have  to  the  crawling,  creeping,  biting  insect 
world,”  because  there  is  no  such  universal 
natural  sentiment  prevailing  among  the 
human  race.  Whenever  we  find  any  exhibi¬ 
tion  of  aversion,  it  can  readily  be  traced  to 
education  based  on  superstition.  How  comes 
it  that  the  slimy,  fill  liy-looking  snail,  which 
few  persons  in  this  country  could  be  induced 
to  touch,  is  sought  for  in  other  count  ries  by 
equally  as  refined  people  as  ourselves,  and 
considered  a  great  delicacy.  Superstition 
either  exalts  or  debases,  in  Che  estimation  of 
a  people,  certain  families  or  species  of  these 
creeping,  crawling,  or  flying  creatures,  their 
power  of  doing  good  or  harm  having  little  in¬ 
fluence  over  beliefs  or  prejudices.  There  are, 
it  is  true,  a  few  venomous  species  of  snakes, 
but  they  are  comparatively  few  in  compari¬ 
son  to  the  number  of  innoxious  ;  but  the  en¬ 
tire  race  is  decried  on  account  of  the  misdeeds 
of  a  small  minority.  If  the  same  rule  were 
applied  to  our  race,  Harriet  and  her  sisters 
would  soon  be  without  mates.  We  have  with 
us  the  venomous  ratt  lesnake  and  Maisasauga, 
and  although  quite  abundant  in  some  par  Its 
of  the  country,  still  there  arc  a  less  number 
of  deaths  caused  by  the  bite  of  these  snakes 
than  from  the  sting  of  hooey  bees  and  wasps. 
Fatality  in  either  case  depends  more  upon 
the  health  of  the  person  wounded  than  the 
virulence  of  the  poison.  The  hundreds  of 
species  of  beneficial  spiders  are  denounced 
because  the  somewhat  venomous  Tarantula 
belongs  to  t  he  same  family.  We  might  with 
os  much  propriety  condemn  all  that  is  good 
in  the  human  race  because  a  something  which 
has  been  termed  evil  is  occasionally  seen 
among  us.  Our  likes  and  dislikes,  fears  and 
prejudices  are  the  result  of  circumstances 
and  education,  and  Harriet’s  story  of  her 
experience  with  moths,  butterflies  and  bee¬ 
tles  shows  that  she  is  attracted  by  brilliaut- 
colored  insects,  while  another  person  would 
admire  form  and  structure  most,  it  is  well 
and  just  as  it  should  be,  t  hat,  all  persons  have 
not  the  same  tastes  or  inclinations  to  pursue 
the  same  paths  through  life;  for  were  it  so, 
there  would  be  much  crowding  und  jess  op¬ 
portunities  for  personal  distinction.  Har- 
rilt’r  question  in  regard  to  the  instant  loss  of 
color  in  the  bcautifid  specimen  of  a  bug  or 
beetle,  which  sho  caught  last  summer,  1  can¬ 
not  answer,  without  knowing  to  what  order 
the  insect  belonged.  There  are  oerl  iin  spe¬ 
cies  the  colors  of  which  fade  with  death;  but 
it  is  seldom,  if  ever,  instantaueously. 

FORCING  TUBEROSE. 

May  2. — Every  one  who  has  had  any  ex¬ 
perience  in  cultivating  the  tuberose  in  our 
more  Northern  States,  knows  how  difficult  it 
is  to  get  the  plants  into  bloom  before  the  ap¬ 
proach  of  cold  weather.  The  tuberose  re¬ 
quires  a  long  season  in  which  to  mature,  even 
in  the  most  favorable  soil  and  climate,  and 
when  t  he  blooming  bulbs  are  planted  late  in 
spring,  os  is  always  necessary  in  cool  climates, 
the  flower  stems  are  very  tardy  in  appear¬ 
ing,  consequently  autumn  frosts  are  likely  to 
come  before  one-half  the  flowers  have  opened. 
North  of  the  latitude  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  the  only  safe  plan  to  insure  early  flow¬ 
ers  is  to  start  the  tubers  into  growth  before 
the  weather  is  warm  enough  for  planting 
out.  The  tubers  may  either  be  potted  singly 
or  a  number  placed  in  boxes  of  sand  or  soil 
mid  then  kept  in  a  warm  room  until  all  dan¬ 
ger  of  frost  is  piasf,  then  placed  in  the  open 
ground.  If  it  is  desirable  or  necessary,  all 


TRAPPING  HEN-HAWKS, 


A  correspondent  of  the  New  England 
Farmer  says  : — As  soon  as  the  hawks  begin 
to  trouble  your  chickens,  take  a  wire  bird 
cage,  such  as  is  commonly  used  for  canary 
birds  :  put  a  smart,  live  young  chicken  in  it 
and  set  it  on  the  ground,  a  small  distance 
from  the  buildings,  in  a  sightly  place.  Now 
take  a  steel  trap,  set  a  small  dead  chick  on 
the  trencher,  tie  a  small  string  over  the 
chick’s  back,  round  under  the  trencher  to 
keep  it  in  place  ;  then  take  a  small  stick  about 
an  inch  and  a-half  long,  sharpen  one  end,  stick 
it  under  the  chick’s  throat,  letting  the  other 
end  rest  on  the  trencher,  which  will  bring  the 
head  in  the  natural  position  when  alive.  Then 
with  thumb  and  finger  open  the  chick’s  eyes, 
and  he  will  look  as  if  alive.  Place  the  trap 
on  the  ground  about  three  feet  from  the  live 
Chick  m  t  he  cage  and  set  it.  At  the  same 
time  shut  up  all  your  young  chickens  in  some 
building  where  they  won’t  be  seen.  When 
the  hawk  comes  he  will  hear  the  live  chicken 
calling  for  its  mother,  and  will  go  for  it  ;  but 
as  he  cannot  take  it,  he  will  quickly  see  the 
chick  on  the  trap  and  clutch  it  in  a  moment, 
and  oh  suddenly  find  himself  clutched,  and 
you  ha  vc  li im  fast.  Hav  i  ng  been  troubled  for 
fifty  years  with  a  small  hawk,  light  blue  on 
the  bock,  with  slim,  yellow  legs,  called  in 
Natural  History  the  sharp  shinned  hawk,  on 
account  of  the  sharp  edge  on  the  front  side  of 
the  legs,  I  applied  the  means  I  have  now 
shown  you,  and  it  cleaned  out  every  chicken 
hawk  in  the  neighborhood. 


SCHATCILES  AND  GREASE 


G.  W.  C,  wishes  some  one  with  experience 
to  tell  what  will  effect  a  permanent  c  ure  of 
scratches.  W  hen  he  will  tell  the  readers  of 
the  Rural  New-Yorker  what  will  effect  a 
permanent  cure  of  bronchitis,  then  we  will, 
some  of  us,  comply  with  his  request,  maybe. 
Scratches  can  be  cured  in  a  few'  days  ;  proper 
care  will  prevent  a  recurrence  of  it ;  but 
there  is  nothing  that  will  effect  a  permanent 
cure.  Some  author  says  that  “  grease  is  the 
child  of  neglect had  he  said  that  scratches 
was  the  young  child  and  grease  the  fnli- 
grown  son,  it  might  have  been  more  exactly 
in  accordance  with  the  facts.  The  skin  of 
the  horse's  heel  is  exceedingly  soft  and  plia¬ 
ble  ;  it  is  abundantly  supplied  with  glands 
wdiich  secrete  a  greasy  matter,  to  prevent 
excoriation  and  to  keep  it.  in  its  natural,  sup¬ 
ple  condition  ;  and  it  is  protected,  a-  f-u-  as 
possible,  from  dirt,  injury  and  cold,  b>  n  tuft, 
of  hair  which  falls  over  it.,  and  is  called  the 
fetlock.  Any  inflammatory  action  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  heel  or  an  accumulation  of 
filth  there,  w'ill  stop,  or  materially  vitiate 
the  secretion  of  the  fluid  ;  the  parts  will  be¬ 
come  red,  hot  and  dry,  and  on  motion  (if  not 
before)  will  crack  open,  leaving  sore  seams 
and  little  scales  corresponding  to  chapped 
hands  ;  this  is,  as  I  understand  it,  scratches. 

Scratches  neglected,  will  run  into  grease. 
The  worst  form  of  grease  is  a  very  trouble¬ 
some  and  well-nigh  incurable  affection.  If 


SPORTSMEN’S  NOTES, 


Dogs  Imported. — Mi'.  Izaac  Van  Winkle, 
Greenville,  N.  J.,  has  recently  imported  some 
full-blooded  English  mastiff  stock  and  also  a 
Scotch  collie  or  shepherd  dog  from  the  South 
of  Scotland. 

The  Gun  for  Illinois  Sportsmen  and  for  all 
kinds  of  shoot  ing  is  described  by  an  Illinoisan 
as  one  weighing  about  8  pounds,  30-inch  bar¬ 
rels,  tnade  to  take  the  12  A  metallic  shell.  He 
says  such  a  gun  w'ill  suit  19  out  of  20  Illinois 
sportsmen. 

The  Illinois  Central  Fair  to  be  held  at 
Jacksonville,  ill,  will  offer  a  diploma  for  the 
best  breech-loading  shot-gun.  The  judges 
are  to  be  O.  D.  Fitzsimmons,  Dr.  C.  Henry, 
John  N.  March,  Gates  Straws,  and  H.  C. 
Hammond.  Competition  open  to  the  world. 


’ 


equally  delicate  flaror,  and  the  only,  hut 
insuperable,  objection  to  their  use  as  a  boiled 
vegetable  is  the  hard  and  urunasticable  lin¬ 
ing.  They  may,  however,  be  used  in  soups, 
being,  in  the  first  place,  boiled  in  a  separate 
vessel  until  they  can  be  easily  nibbed  to 
pieces.  This  is  done  by  means  of  a  wooden 
spoon,  or  similar  implement,  and  the  pea 
shells  are  then  placed  in  a  drainer  having 
wide  holes,  with  the  water  in  which  they 
were  boiled,  when  the  eatable  part  passes 
through  the  drainer  with  the  water,  and 
forms  an  excellent  addition  to  soups  ;  or  a 
good  soup  may  be  made  by  merely  adding  to 
it.  a  proper  quantity  of  extract  of  meat,  or  of 
Australian  cooked  meat,  and  hoating  it  a 
little.  The  strings  and  hard  linings  of  the 
pods  remain  upon  the  drainer. 


$2.  Driving  glovoR  are  of  Dent’s  make,  from 
English  calf.  They  are  $3.75  a  pair.  A  new 
make  of  driving  glove  has  a  button  which 
slips  into  its  fastening  without  any  trouble 
and  is  in  no  danger  of  unfastening.  It  is  a. 
great  improvement  over  the  old  method  of 
buttons  and  button-holes. 


THE  OTHER  SIDE  OF 
CARPET.” 


GENTLEMEN’S  CLOTHES, 


The  most  fashionable  goods  for  men’s 
spring  suits  are  French  diagonal  cloths,  fancy 
cassimeres  and  Scotch  tweeds.  The  French 
goods  are  in  black  and  dark  blue  ;  the  cassi¬ 
meres  are  black  with  fine  lines  of  red  and 
pale  blue  crossing  in  squares  and  mixed 
checks  of  browns ;  the  Scotch  tweeds  are 
gray  mixed. 

Coats  are  made  either  single  or  double- 
breasted.  The  fronts  are  cut-away,  the  waists 
medium  length  and  skirts  rather  short.  The 
handsomest  are  bound  with  silk  braid,  which 
will  make  about  live  dollars  difference  in  the 
price  of  a  suit. 

;  Pantaloons  are  of  medium  size,  cut  long, 
and  with  considerable  spring  over  the  foot. 
They  are  either  of  the  same  material  as  the 
suit  or  light  lavender  or  pale  gray  cassimere. 

Vests  are  either  single  or  double-breasted, 
as  the  coat  may  happen  to  be.  Full-dress 
vests  are  low,  three  buttons  being  the  limit. 

Suits  of  the  French  diagonal  cloth,  cut  as 
we  have  described,  cost  $45.  Those  of  cassi¬ 
mere  and  Scotch  t  weed  not  over  $35. 

White  pantaloons  of  duck  will  be  worn 
with  black  coats.  Complete  white  suits  are 
no  longer  fashionable. 

SHIRTS. 

Shirts  are  made  either  with 'plain  white 
bosom,  with  a  center  plait  if  they  fasten  in 
front,  or  perfectly  plain  if  they  fasten  in  the 
back.  Plaits  are  also  worn  by  those  who  do 
not  care  for  variety,  the  number  of  plaits  be¬ 
ing  always  either  five  or  seven.  Embroidered 
fronts  are  used  for  full-dress.  The  embroid¬ 
ery  is  in  little  sprigs  heavily  worked. 

Fancy  shirts  arc  very  popular  among  those 
gentlemen  who  indulge  in  latitude  in  dress. 
The  materials  used  are  Cheviot,  Dover  cloth, 
French  cambric  and  linen.  The  Cheviot, 
which  is  a  mixture  of  cotton  and  wool,  which 
comes  in  both  stripes  and  plaids,  is  very  suit¬ 
able  for  the  country,  yachting,  or  hunting 
and  fishing  excursions.  The  shirts  are  made 
with  collars  and  cu  ffs  attached,  and  cost  #4.50 
apiece. 

Dover  cloth  is  in  stripes  of  white  and  bull, 
and  was  extensively  used  last  summer.  The 
material  is  cotton,  and  shirts  cost,  #3,50. 
French  cambric  is  in  dots  and  stars  of  red, 
blue,  block  and  brown  ;  next  to  linen,  it,  is 
most  desirable  for  summer.  Linen  for  shirt¬ 
ing  is  in  squares  of  line  lines,  solid  stripes  and 
five  Unes  forming  the  stripes.  It  is  prettiest 
in  red  or  blue.  There  is  considerable  variety 
allowed  in  making  these  shirts,  the  bosoms 
often  being  bias  ;  collars  and  cuffs  are  of  the 
same.  The  price,  ready  made,  is  $5.75. 

COLLARS  AND  CUFFS. 

The  neatest  and  standard  styles  in  turn¬ 
down  collars  are  the  “Farrugut”  and  “  Flor¬ 
ence.”  The  Farragut  has  considerable  curve 
in  the  back  anil  deep  points  ;  the  Florence, 
although  three  yearn  old,  has  lost  none  of  its 
popularity.  It  is  a  pretty  shape  and  has  t  he 
advantage  of  being  seamless,  the  shape  being 
given  by  the  Upper  curve.  As  this  style  has 
been  imitated,  it  is  advisable  to  add  that  the 
Florence  No.  ‘J  is  the  shape  referred  to. 

In  standing  collars  the  “  Matinee  ”  is  quite 
high  ;  the  points  are  turned  over,  meeting 
beneath  the  chin.  It  is  adapted  to  thin,  long 
.necks.  The  “  Czar”  is  intended  for  sumniej 
weather,  the  collar  proper  not  extending  be¬ 
neath  the  chin  at  all ;  the  points  arc  turned 
over,  as  on  ail  new  standing  collars.  The 
“Von  Benst,”  is  a  collar  something  like  the 
Matinee,  though  not  so  high  ;  and  the  “  Ori 
ental  ”  is  quite  like  the  Czar,  though  not  sc 
high,  and  reaches  a  little  nearer  the  front. 
The  price  of  single  collars  is  S5  and  40  cents  ; 
by  the  dozen,  $8,  $8.50  and  $4. 

Culls  are  made  very  plain,  and  generally 
reversible.  A  very  neat  cuff  is  attached  to 
the  shirt,  and  has  the  appearance  of  a  hall' 
cuff  ;  the  outer  edges  are  rounded.  They  are 
not  so  clumsy  as  the  reversible  cuff.  Fancy 
stitching  on  cuffs  is  in  bad  taste. 

NECKTIES. 

No  ties  for  gentlemen  compete  with  the 
“Windsor.”  They  have  generally'  diagonal 
grounds  of  pale  blue  or  gray,  ornamented 
with  stars,  rings  or  polka  dots.  A  creamy- 
white  ground  with  black  figures  is  for  sum¬ 
mer  wear.  A  lace  pattern  woven  in  the  same 
shade,  is  for  dress  occasions.  Price,  $3. 

Ties  are  worn  with  a  sailor’s  knot,  a  bow, 
or  fastened  with  a  ring.  The  latter  is  not  so 
quiet  as  the  other  fashions,  but  has  the  merit 
of  being  easily  arranged.  Prices  range  from 
$1.25  to  $2.  Black  ties  are  always  worn  ;  and 
white  for  full-dress. 

atovES. 

Dent’s  English  kid  Is  the  best  make  of 
gentlemen’s  gloves.  The  colors  worn  are 
brown  and  gray,  or  to  match  the  coat.  Price, 


All  the  morning,  while  my  hands  have 
been  busy  putting  long  strips  of  delicately- 
tinted  paper  upon  the  walls  of  our  sitting 
room,  my  thoughts  have  been  running  after 
“Jane  Brandon  and  her  rag  carpet.”  What 
a  stir  she  made  among  the  great  workers 
when  she  confessed  that  herself  and  family 
had  been  four  years  in  getting  a  covering  for 
their  floor.  With  what  amazement  and  hor¬ 
ror  “  Aunt  Helen,”  ”L.  M.  R.,”  and  no  doubt 
a  host  of  others  raise  their  hands  and  voices 
at  such  a  snail-like  pace  1 

Now,  I  wonder  how  long  Aunt  Helen  had 
been  gathering  the  rags  with  which  she 
boasts  of  having  made  her  carpet  in  two 
months  ?  Possibly  some  of  them  have  been 
stowed  away  in  the  garret  for  even  more 
than  “  four  years.”  If  she  did  not  blister  her 
hands,  in  the  cutting  operation,  it  might  be 
that  she  had  learned  what  Jane  Brandon 
had  not,  in  a  former  experience,  that  it  was 
necessary  to  have  the  blades  of  the  shears 
somewhat  sharper  than  the  bows. 

“  L.  M.  It."  knows  a  family  who  have  made 
thirty  yards  of  carpet  ing  each  year,  for  three 
successive  years.  Does  she  know  how  many 
yards  of  new  cloth  was  torn  up  to  make  those 
pretty  stripes?  Now  .Tank  confesses  that 
they  were  as  “  poor  as  poverty  and  if  this 
was  the  case,  moat  likely  there  would  be  but 
little  left  of  their  garments  when  they  were 
cast  off.  Pants  and  coats  would  not  be 
thrown  by  as  soon  as  they  began  to  be 
thread-bare  on  knees  and  elbows.  Half  worn 
sheets  must  be  turned  and  patched  and  worn 
again,  instead  of  being  stripped  in  pieces,  to 
make  great  balls  for  the  weaver.  Very  poor 
people  may  have  rags  in  apparent  abund¬ 
ance,  but  when  they  are  cut  and  sewed  for 
carpet  -  they  do  not  amount  to  much.  Then 
there  is  uo  doubt  but  Jane  fou ml  “other  du¬ 
ties”  to  attend  in  the  course  of  the  four 
years,  though  slie  does  not  mention  the  fact. 
If  she  had  a  taste  for  the  beautiful  it.  is  not 
much  to  be  wondered  at  if  .sho  did  feel  dis¬ 
gusted  with  a  rug  carpet  when  her  neighbors, 
bought  the  pretty  sale  tapestry,  which,  by  the 
way,  does  have  a  more  elegant  appearance 
than  the  most  gaudily  striped  home  made 
carpet,  Bay  what  wo  will,  even  if  we  do  Jove 
and  admire  our  own  work.  But  Jane  Bran¬ 
don  may  take  courage  ;  for  what  one  lias 
done,  another  may  do.  It  will  not  be  such 
terribly  up-hill  work  to  make  the  next  one, 
for  Experience  is  a  good  teacher  ;  and  a  ray 
carpet  is  much  better  thau  none  at  all. 

May  Maple. 


CHRONIC  DIARRHEA 


As  I  am  the  person  who  wrote  to  you  last 
September  for  aremedy  forchronic  diarrhea, 
i  gladly  respond  t.o  your  call  in  behalf  of  Mra. 
E.  K.'s  little  girl,  in  Rural  New-Yorker, 
April  5th.  I  can  only  tell  her  of  my  own 
case  ;  she  must  judge  for  herself.  At  the 
time  I  wrote  to  you  I  was  only  able  to  sit  up 
long  enough  to  write.  I  had  been  in  bed  three 
weeks,  and  had  to  be  attended  to  as  you 
would  a  baby.  My  husband  consulted  three 
physicians ;  all  pronounced  me  incurable. 
Then  I  turned  to  your  valuable  paper.  1  can¬ 
not  pour  forth  all  the  thanks  1  feel  towards 
you  and  those  kind  friends  who  answered 
my  letter.  T  am  now  able  to  do  iny  house¬ 
work  for  four  persons,  although  at  times  I 
have  symptoms  which  J  soon  am  able  to 
check.  T  think  in  all  I  received  six  recipes. 
I  only  tried  the  first,  two,  which  were  a  flan¬ 
nel  bandage  quilted  two  folds  together.  I 


OUR  “PARLOR  HORN.” 


According  to  promise  in  my  lost-,  I  will 
tell  howto  make  a  “  parlor  horn  — Procure 
two  sheets  of  the  strongest  pasteboard  you 
can.  For  back,  cut  in  shape  as  shown  in  the 
accompanying  sketch  ;  cut  the  front  the 
same  size  and  shape,  except  a  little  wider  at 
the  top,  as  indicated  by  the  dotted  line,  so 


made  mine  to  lace,  as  my  bowels  were  so  sore 
I  had  to  have  it  very  loose,  now  I  can  hear 
to  have  it  as  tight  as  I  wish,  as  I  still  wear  it. 
I  send  a  diagram  to  show  how  I  made  mine. 
At  the  siune  tune  I  took  No.  2  recipe — that 
is,  two  tablespoonfuls  of  molasses,  one  tea- 
spoonful  castor  oil  and  ten  drops  laudanum— 
one  tablespoonfiil  three  times  a  day.  I  now 
take  one  spoonful  as  directed.  Ah  regards 
what  I  eat,  1  trust  to  my  eyes  for  that. ;  if  I 
look  at  the  table  I  can  tell  what  my  stomach 
will  bear ;  for  breakfast  a  little  tea,  bread 
and  butter  ;  the  same  for  supper  ;  but  J  can 
eat  a  very  hearty  dinner. 

I  would  say  to  Mrs.  E.  K. ,  T  would  let  the 
child  eat  whatever  it  thinks  it  can  bear  ;  do 
not  force  it  to  cat  anything  it  does  not  want, 
(VS  it  knows  better  than  you  can.  Give  it.  ev¬ 
erything  very  plain  and  nourishing — no  sweet 
cake  nor  any  kind  of  spirituous  liquors. 

Iowa  Co.,  W  is.  E.  Friz  Simons. 

In  the  accompanying  illustration  the  band, 
a,  a,  a,  is  red  flannel  ;  b,  b,  uro  bleached 
sheeting  stitched  on  to  the  flannel,  with  holes 
for  lacing,  the  ends  of  the  flannel  band  lap¬ 
ping  each  other  across  the  bowels. 


that  when  bound  it  will  be  round,  or  oval, 
in  front.  It  may  be  made  of  any  size  to  suit 
the  fancy.  Ours  is  13  inches  across  the  top 
and  21  inches  long.  Bind  the  edges  together 
with  ribbon  or  braid.  It  is  now  ready  to  bo 
ornamented,  which  is  done  by  glueing  upon 
it  in  front  such  as  shells,  coffee,  cloves,  acorn 
“cups,”  “trinkets,”  “keepsakes,”  &c.,  the 
object  being  to  have  as  great  variety  as  pos¬ 
sible.  We  have  upon  ours  some  large  lima 
beans  colored  red,  which  look  very  pretty ; 
also,  colored  coffee,  rice,  &c.  The  elec,  both 
white,  and  colored,  is  very  nice  for  filling  up 
the  .vacant  spaces.  When  covered,  varnish 
well,  sew  a  piece  of  braid  on  the  top  of  back 
to  hung  up  by,  and  you  have  a  “horn”  fit 
to  adorn  the  walls  of  any  parlor.  We  have 
an  “Air  Castle”  similar  to  that  described 
by  Kitty  Clark,  except  our  diamonds  are 
larger,  the  straws  ranging  from  10  inches 
long  down  to  inches.  Will  some  of  the 
Rural  readers  tell  me  how  to  make  “air 
castles”  of  hogs’  bristles  .  Lily  Aster. 


DYEING  KID  GLOVES. 


Sometime  since,  a  correspondent  of  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  asked  for  directions  for 
dyeing  kid  gloves.  A  lady  sends  us  the  fol¬ 
lowing  which  she  says  she  cut  from  a  news¬ 
paper  and  which  she  does  not  name  ;  nor 
does  she  say  she  has  tested  the  processes  : 

In  dyeing  kid  gloves  the  first  thing  needed 
is  an  iron  hand  on  which  the  glove  is  drawn. 
If  the  glove  is  to  be  dyed  black  it  is  first 
brushed  over  with  alcohol  and  allowed  to 
dry  ;  it  is  then  immersed  in  a  decoction  of 
Carnpeachy  wood  for  a  few  moments  and  the 
operation  iB  repeated  in  ten  minutes,  and  in 
ten  minutes  more  it  is  brushed  over  with  a 
solution  of  green  vitriol.  If  the  color  is  not 
dark  enough  a  decoction  of  fustic  or  quer¬ 
citron  is  added  to  the  Carnpeachy  solution. 
Instead  of  sulphate  of  Iron  the  nitrate  can  be 
used  with  advantage.  When  the  glove  be¬ 
gins  to  dry  it  is  rubbed  With  olive  oil  and 
soap-stone,  and  then  laid  between  folds  of 
flannel  and  pressed.  It  is  afterward  again 
nibbed  with  oil  and  soap-stone,  and  drawn 
on  the  iron  hand  to  dry. 

A  brown  is  obtained  from  fustic,  Cam- 
peachy  and  camwood,  with  the  addition  of 
some  alum. 

For  bright  colors  the  process  is  far  more 
simple,  it  being  only  necessary  to  paint  the 
glove  with  a  brush  or  sponge  dipped  in  a  so¬ 
lution  of  an  aniline  dye  of  the  desired  color. 


HYGIENIC  NOTES, 


Sure  Cu/re  for  a  Cough. — A  large  handful 
of  Hoarhound  ;  the  same  of  Life-Everlasting  ; 
a  large  root  of  Comfrey  ;  a  large  handful  of 
Elecampane  ;  a  quart  of  molasses.  After 
boiling  and  straining  the  first  four  ingredi¬ 
ents,  mix  in  the  molasses  ;  boil  until  as  thick 
as  sirup.  For  a.  dose,  take  a  dessert  spoonful, 
three  times  a  day. — x. 

Remedy  for  ('roup  in  One.  Minute.— This 
remedy  is  simply  alum.  Take  a  knife  or 
grater,  and  shave  or  grate  off  in  small  par¬ 
ticles  about  a  teaspoon! ul  of  alum  ;  mix  it 
with  about  twice,  the  quantity  of  sugar  or 
honey,  to  make  it  palatable,  and  administer 
as  quickly  as  possible.  This  will  give  almost 
instant  relief— J.  M.  w. 

The.  Teeth,  it  should  be  impressed  upon 
children,  should  be  cleansed  as  well  and 
nearly  us  often  as  the  face — at  least  after  each 
meal.  The  habit  of  taking  care  of  the  teeth 
should  tie  early  formed  by  the  child,  until  it 
becomts  as  essential  to  its  own  comfort  as 
cleansing  uuy  other  port  of  the  body. 

Dim  rhea  Remedy. — T  have  known  the  fol¬ 
lowing  simple  remedy  to  cure  every  case  of 
chronic  diurrhea  that  has  come  under  rny 
notice: -A  tea  made  of  the  common  field 
strawberry  vine  and  root ;  steeped  and  drank 
daily.  It  is  harmless.  Eat  whatever  digests 
will.— L.  II.,  Marathon,  N.  Y. 

Chronic  Diarrhea.— Take  two  quarts  of 
new  milk,  one  pound  loaf  sugar  ;  boil  down 
to  one  quart ;  after  cooling,  add  the  yolk  of 
two  eggs  ;  beat  up  fine  ;  then  add  one  bottle 
of  claret  (near  one  quart,)  ;  take  of  this'  from 
one  to  two  tumblerfuls  each  day.  — Reader. 

Ring- Worm  Remedy. — The  application  of 
the  pure,  fresh  citrine  ointment  (mig.  hydr. 
nit.)  seldom  fails  to  cure  this  disease.  Apply 
it  twice  a  day,  and  keep  the  part  clean. 


DOMESTIC  BREVITIES 


Music  Portfolio  and  Stand. — This  stand 
(see  page  317)  as  we  give  it,  is  made  of  turned 
wood,  with  a  portfolio  mude  of  pasteboard, 
covered  with  a  design  of  needlework.  Music 
stands  of  this  sort  are  very  convenient,  as 
every  musical  family  knows  ;  but  such  a 
stand  can  be  made  as  well,  look  as  appro¬ 
priate,  and  perhaps  more  ornamental,  if  made 
of  rustic  work.  It  would  cost  little,  and  af¬ 
ford  the  makers  much  pleasure  to  construct 
on  these  rainy  days.  Then  the  satisfaction 
it  will  give  the  sisters,  who  cannot  have  one 
unless  it  is  so  made,  ought  to  be  compensa¬ 
tion  to  any  brother  who  attempts  and  suc¬ 
ceeds  in  its  construction. 

Stand  for  Cigar  Ashes.— On  page  317  we 
give  an  illustration  of  a  stand  for  cigar  ashes. 
It  consists  of  a  bowl  with  a  piece  of  wire  run¬ 
ning  around  it  by  which  it  is  mounted  on 
three  sticks  which  are  joined  together  in  the 
middle.  The  upper  ends  are  fastened  to  the 
bowl,  and  the  fastening  and  bowl  covered  by 
lace  or  pressed  leather,  or  any  other  mate¬ 
rial.  This  stand  may  be  made  by  any  young 
man  or  woman,  of  rustic  work,  using  for  the 
bowl-piece  the  half  of  a  cocoanut  shell, 
scraped,  finished  and  varnished.  It  will 
make  a  neat,  unique  and  useful  ornament. 

Pasteboard  and  Leather  Picture  Frames. _ 

A  very  pretty  frame  for  a  picture  can  be 
made  by  taking  thin  pasteboard,  or  leather, 
and  cutting  out  leaves,  and  dipping  them  in 
melted  sealing  wax,  marking  the  vein*  of 
the  leaves,  while  they  are  warm,  with  a 
knife-blade,  and  gluing  on  the  frame  to  suit 
one’s  fancy.— Lula  Howard. 


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The  Farmers’  and  Producers*  Convent  ion  met 
at  the  Astor  House,  in  \ew  York  t'ity  May,  6. 
It.  H.  Ferguson  of  Troy,  N.  V'.,  wa*  elected  tem¬ 
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Illinois,  was  chosen  Secretary.  The  delegates 
present  were  S.  M.  Smith,  Secretary  Illinois 
State  Farmers'  Association  ;  \V.  II.  Grinned  of 
Illinois  representing  the  eighth  Congressional 
District,  S.  M.  Thorpe  of  Wapello,  Illinois,  of 
the  Thirteenth  Congressional  District,;  S.  It. 
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Dealers’ Association ;  II.  Kadollffe  of  the  Bos- 
ton,  Mass,,  National  Anti-monopoly  League  ; 
F.  (’..lohnson  of  the  New  Albany,  Did..  National 
Agricultural  Congress;  J.  A.  Noonan  of  the 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Manufacturing  Association  ; 
It.  M.  Liltler  of  Davenport,  Iowa;  the  Don,  Sol. 
Funk,  eX-Mayor  of  Dubuque,  Iowa;  It.  .1.  Gibbs, 
M.  C.  Ryder,  D.  A.  Thumps,  W,  11.  Moore,  and 
E.  P.  Weatherby  of  the  Dubuque  Hoard  of 
Trade ;  .lames  D.  Stille  of  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.; 
J.  B.  Sell  of  Stetson,  N.  .1.;  S.  II,  Taft  id  Hum¬ 
boldt,  Iowa;  J.  II.  Bnrgont  of  Now  llaven. 
Conn.;  Cheney  A  rues  of  Oswego,  N.  Y.;  the  lion. 
M.  1).  Wilber  id'  Michigan  ;  the  Hon.  J.  Stcl- 
ton  of  New  Jersey.  The  various  Committees 
appointed  wore  as  follows  : 

On  Credentials —  Messrs.  Johnson,  Moore 
Thorpe  and  Sell. 

On  Permanent  Organization  Messrs.  Nolan, 
Taft,  Settlor,  itudelill'c  and  Ames. 

On  Constitut  ion  and  Ily-Laws  Messrs.  Smith, 
Thomas,  Sargent  and  Wilber. 

Credentials  were  presented  by  delegatos  from 
the  Cosmopolitan  Conference,  Workingmen’s 
Lyceum,  Federal  Council  of  the  International 
Association,  Producers’  and  Grocers’  Exchange 
of  New  York,  and  the  New  1  ork  Agricultural 
Society.  Numerous  letters  were  received  from 
prominent  persons  agreeing  with  t  lie  expressed 
objects  of  t  lie  Convention,  ami  regretting  Ina¬ 
bility  to  be  present.  Among  t  hose  thus  repre¬ 
sented  are  Gov.  Dix  oT  New  York,  Gov.  Smith 
of  Georgia,  Gov.  Carpenter  of  Iowa,  the  Hon.  J. 
li.  Hawley  of  Illinois,  the  Hon.  H.  AY.  Frocbel, 
tiie  Hon.  Wm.  Windom  of  Minnesota,  Chairman 
of  the  Senate  Committee  on  Transportation; 
the  lion.  .1.  A.  Carson  of  Iowa,  I  lie  Lion.  Charles 
Francis  Adams,  N.  F.  Graves  id  the  Farmers' 
Association  of  Pottawotamie,  Kansas,  the  Hon. 
R.  Mono  of  Illinois,  the  Hon  A.  M.  Me  Keel  of 
Iowa,  the  lion.  A.  H.  Buckner  of  Missouri,  the 
Hou.  G.  W.  Peek  of  Wisconsin,  and  the  officers 
of  the  Coshocton  Mining  Association  of  Ohio. 
Telegrams  were  received  from  different  com¬ 
mercial,  industrial  and  manufacturing  associa¬ 
tions  from  all  parts  of  the  country. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 

Second  Day. 

The  Convention  was  called  to  order  at  eleven 
o’clock.  The  following  additional  delegates 
were  reported : 

The  Hon.  Josiah  Quincy  of  Boston  ;  the  Hon. 
W.  C.  Flagg  of  Moro,  ill.,  President  of  the  Illi¬ 
nois  Farmers’  Association;  Thomas  N.  Lukin 


of  Onaneco,  Ill.;  F.  B.  Thurber  of  the  Mer¬ 
chants’  and  Grocers'  Exchange  of  New  York, 
and  W.  II.  Price;  the  Rev.  J.  K.  Freeman  of 
Illinois;  George  W.  Maddox  of  the  Council  of 
the  American  Federation  of  Workingmen; 
Theodore  II.  Banks  of  the  New  York  Working- 
men's  A  id  i-, Monopoly  Associal  ion  ;  Clinton 
Roosevelt,  and  J.  N.  It.  Hill  of  the  New  York 
Workingmen’s  Lyceum,  with  one  vote  ;  John  W. 
Browning,  Chairman  of  the  New  York  Labor 
Association,  J.  It.  Wolff  and  J.  R.  Ingalls  of  the 
Cosmopolitan  Conference,  with  one  vote;  J.  B. 
Sargent  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  Horace  H. 
Day  of  the  National  Workingmen’s  Associa¬ 
tion.  The  Hon,  D.  B.  Mellish  of  New  York ; 
Then.  E.  Tomlinson,  Wallace  P.  Groom,  and 
Clias.  11.  Morris  of  the  Purveyors' Association 
and  Hoard  of  Trade. 

The  Constitution  was  then  taken  up  and 
adopted.  The  organization  is  to  be  known  as 
the  “National  Cheap  Transportation  Associa¬ 
tion,’'  its  object  being  to  promote  and  extend 
t  he  usefulness  of  the  various  bodies  which  have 
been  organized  throughout  (  lie  country  for  Die 
purpose  of  procuring  cheap  transportation. 

The  Committee  on  Permanent  Organization 
reported  the  following  permanent  officers  of 
the  Association:  /*»m-  lion.  Josiah  Quincy, 
Sce.-IL  H.  Ferguson.  Virus.  II.  K. Thurber. 

ITt'OjP/es’f*.  L.  A.  Thomas  of  Iowa,  Henry 
Branson  of  Kansas,  Gen.  West  of  \\  iseonsln, 
W.  N.  Hurwell  of  Louisiana,  Gov.  Smit  h  of  Geor¬ 
gia,  J.  A.  Thomson  of  West,  Virginia,  the  Hon. 
Adolbert  Ames  of  Mississippi,  Geo.  J.  Post  of 
-  New  York,  J.  B.  Phlnnoy  of  Illinois,  W.  S.  Wood 
of  Ohio,  the  Hon.  E.  O.  Btnunnrd  of  Missouri, 
J.  II.  Gray  of  the  District  Of  Columbia,  Joseph 
G.  Leet.su 1 1  of  New  Jersey,  Franklin  C.  Johnson 
of  Indiana,  A.  Morrison  of  Minnesota,  A.  G. 
Dodge  of  Vermont,  E.  Wakcloy  of  Nebraska, 
ex-Gov.  Padelford  of  Rhode  Island,  Gen. ’J’.  C. 
Horsey  of  Maine,  J.  B.  Sargent  of  Connecticut, 
N.  D.  Wilber  of  Michigan,  James  M.  McArthur 
of  Kentucky,  the  Hon.  Daniel  Pratt  of  Ala¬ 
bama,  Henry  G.  Hall  of  North  Carolina,  and 
Col.  Palmer  of  South  Carolina. 

Tile  Executive  Committee  Is  composed  of  the 
President,  First  Vice-President,  Secretary,  and 
Treasurer.  The  report  was  adopted,  and  Messrs. 
Flagg,  Maddox,  and  Smith  wore  delegated  to 
w  ait  upon  Mr,  Quincy.  He  was  t  hen  introduced 
by  Mr.  Ferguson. 

The  President’s  Remarks. 

On  assuming  the  chair  Mr,  Quincy  spoke  as 
follows: 

UentlemIsN  :  1  feel  very  highly  the  honor  of 
having  been  chosen  for  t  his  position.  Of  course 
you  must  tic  aware  that  it  can  be  of  very  litt  le 
importance  to  me  as  an  individual  how  t  hese 
things  I  urn  out.  I  have  spent  the  most  of  the 
early  puri  of  my  life  in  constructing  railroads; 
[  have  seen  the  advance  and  power  they  have 
at  tained  and  the  danger  with  which  they  are 
likely  to  threaten  this  community.  (Applause., t 
It  Is  Impossible  for  u>  it  is  need  hiss  for  me  io 
speak  of  Die  great  advantages  resulting  from 
railroads;  they  have  brought  Dds  country  en¬ 
tirely  together.  Formerly  we  hail  hr  keep  our 
granary  round  us  in  Massachusetts,  but  now  we 
Know  tit  at  we  have  a  great  granary  in  the  \\  cist, 
and  the  only  question  is  how  we  should  bring 
that  food  in  our  market..  When  Abraham 
heard  that  there  was  corn  in  Egy  pt  he  scut  bin 
whole  family  down  to  got  it;  we  know  that 
there  is  corn  in  Illinois,  but  it  depend*  noon  a 
hall  dozen  men  to  tell  us  what  ( lie  price  or  t  hat 
corn  shall  be  ill  MassarliUriet.ts.  There  has 
been,  as  you  arc  aware,  u  great  deal  of  iniquity 
in  the  management  of  these  railroads;  they 
have  charged  far  more  than  they  were  author¬ 
ized  to  charge,  and  whatever  they  have  taken 
Duty  have  derived  from  the  people  m  order  to 
enable  them  t  o  water  their  st  ock.  The  robbers 

the  robber  baron*  of  Dm  middle  ages  l  ook  toll 
from  everybody  that  passed,  but  they  had  not 
thu  wit  at  that  limn  to  devise  a  ohm  by  which 
they  could  make  the  whole  of  the  cuftmiunily 
pay  interest  forever  upon  the  money  they  hud 
stolen.  (Great  applause.)  I  need  not  speak  to 
you,  gentlemen,  of  the  evils  that  have  boon  pro¬ 
duced  in  Die  country,  moral,  Intellectual  anil 
physical ;  il  seems  to  me  Hint  the  object  of  this 
Association  is  to  endeavor  to  counteract,  in  a 
great  degree.,  Die  power  which  these  railroads 
now  possess.  (Applause.)  They  govern  our 
country,  they  have  Die  power  of  bribing  our 
legislators,  and  of  III  ling  our  legislatures  with 
men  of  their  own,  uua  thus  there  is  nothing 
l  hut  can  withstand  them,  except  a  rising  of  the 
people ;  until  the  people  come  together  and 
determine  that  they  have  their  rights  and  will 
maintain  tlrem.  (Applause.)  When  they  arc 
united  til  tiro  can  he  no  difficulty  about  I  he  result. 
The  railroad  system  might  be  compared  to  that 
linage  i  lull  was  seen  by  Nebuchadnezzar,  made 
of  gold,  with  arms  of  silver,  with  belly  of  brass, 
w  ifli  legs  of  iron  ;  but  its  feet  were  partly  of  Iron 
and  part  ly  of  miry  clay  -(great  applause)  and 
wbou  Dm  people  rise  upon  It,  it  Blndl  full.  The 
stone  will  be  cut  nut  of  the  mountain  that  shall 
destroy,  not  the  beiluQcltU  influence,  not  take 
aivay  the  real  ami  proper  rights  of  the  share¬ 
holders,  hut  which  shall  enable  thu  public  to 
have  what  these  railroads  were  intended  to 
give  them,  free  co  nun  uni  cat!  on  between  one 
section  of  the  country  aud  another  (unpluusc) 
— uniting  us  all  in  one  bond  of  mutual  depen¬ 
dence.  Such,  gentlemen.  I  understand  to  he 
the  objects  of  tills  Association;  if  does  not 
mean  In  gn  into  polities,  ii  does  ilot  mean  to  do 
anything  excepting  what  is  included  in  this  one 
question,  are  you  In  favor  o'  cheap  freights  In 
The  United  States '(  as  cheap  freights  as  can  he 
given  consistently  with  the  rights  of  those  who 
have  really  ami  bona  tide  invest  ed  their  property 
in  these  groat  undertakings?  1  am  sorry  ,  gen¬ 
tlemen,  that  1  did  not  know  I  was  to  be  Presi¬ 
dent,  for  I  would  have  made  a  much  better 
speech.  (Laughter  and  applause.) 

The  following  resolutions  were  presented  by 
the  Committee  on  Resolutions,  and  after  ex¬ 
tended  discussion  were  adopted  : 

Whereas,  The  productive  industries  of  the 
1 1 idled  Stales— plantation  and  farm,  mine  and 
factory,  commercial  and  mercantile- are  not 
only  the  sources  of  all  our  national  and  indi¬ 
vidual  wealth,  hut  also  the  elements  oil  which 
our  very  national  and  individual  existence 
depend ;  and 

Whereat,  All  national  products  are  the  fruit 
of  labor  ami  capital,  and  as  neither  labor  nor 
capital  wUI  continue  actively  employed  without 
an  equivalent  measurably  just;  and 


TITtcrais,  Great  national  industries  are  only 
sustained  and  prospered  by  the  interchange  of 
the  products  of  one  section  or  country  for  those 
of  another;  and 

\\  hnrax,  The  existing  rat  es  of  transportation 
for  the  varied  products  of  the  Union  from  one 
part  of  the  country  to  another  and  to  foreign 
countries,  as  well  as  Die  transit  cost  of  the 
commodities  required  in  exchange,  are  in  malty 
instances  injurious,  and  in  certain  Interests 
absolutely  destructive,  arising,  in  part  at  least, 
from  our  Insufficiency  of  avenues;  and 

Whereas,  Tim  great  material  want  of  the 
nation  to-day  is  relief  from  t  in-  present  rates  of 
transit  upon' Americans  products;  therefore, 

UtxvhMl,  That  t  he  duty  of  the  hour  and  the 
mission  of  this  Association  Is  to  obtain  from 
Congress  and  the  several  State  Legislatures 
such  legislation  as  may  be  necessary  to  control, 
and  limit  by  law  w  ithin  proper  and  constitu¬ 
tional  and  legitimate  limits,  the  rates  and 
charges  of  existing  lines  of  transportation,  to 
Increase  where  practicable  the  capacity  of  our 
present  water-ways,  and  to  add  such  new  ave¬ 
nues,  both  water  and  rail,  as  our  Immensely 
increased  national  commerce  demands,  so  thill, 
the  producer  may  lie  fairly  awarded  for  ills 
honest  toll,  the  consumer  have  cheap  products, 
and  our  almost,  limitless  surplus  imd  foreign 
markets  at  rates  to  compete  with  the  yvorid. 

Second— That  Die  cheap  transportation  both 
of  persons  and  property,  being  most  conduc  ive 
to  the  free  movement  of  the  people  and  the 
widest  interchange  and  mnauniptlon  of  the 
products  of  the  different  parts  of  the  Union,  is 
essential  to  the  welfare  and  prosperity  of  the 
country. 

Thin 1  -That  the  const  ant  and  frequent  associ¬ 
ation  of  thu  inhabitant*  of  remote  parts  of  the 
-United  States  is  not  only  desirable  but  necos 
sary  for  the  maintenance  of  a  homogenous  and 
harmonious  population  within  the  vast  area  of 

our  territory. 

Fourth  That  the  best  interests  of  the  different 
parts  of  Die  country  also  demand  the  freest 
possible  interchange  oT  the  Industrial  products 
of  the  varied  climates  and  industries  of  the 
UnitcdBlui.es,  so  that  the  breadstuff-,  textile 
fabrics,  coal,  lumber,  iron,  sugar,  and  the  vari¬ 
ous  other  products  local  in  their  production  but. 
general  iu  their  consumption,  may  all  reach  the 
consumer  at  the  leitsi  practicable  cost,  of  trans¬ 
portation;  ami  that  an  arbitrary  and  Unneces¬ 
sary  tax  levied  by  the  transporter  over  and 
above  a  fair  remuneration  for  the  investment  is 
a  burden  upon  the  producer  und  consumer  that 
it  is  the  part  of  wise  state  man  ship  to  remove. 

tilth  That  certain  railway  corporations  of 
the  country,  although  chartered  to  subserve  the 
public  welfare  aud  endowed  with  the  right  of 
eminent  domain  solely  tor  that  reason,  have 
proved  themselves  practically  monopolies  and 
become  the  tools  of  hv  uric  ions  and  unscrupulous 
capitalists  to  be  Used  to  plunder  the  public, 
enrich  Minmsche-,  and  Impoverish  the  country 
through  which  they  run. 

Nixf/i  -  That  many  of  the  railway  corporations 
of  the  United  States  have  not  only  disregarded 
the  public  convenience  aud  prosperity,  huthave 
oppressed  the  citizen,  bribed  our  legislature,  and 
defied  our  executives  and  Judges,  and  stand  to¬ 
day  the  most  menacing  danger  to  American 
liberty  and  republican  government. 

Seocnlh  That  Dm  present,  system  of  railway 
management  having  failed  to  meet  the  just 
ex  pee  j  aliens  and  demands  of  a  long-suffering 
people  must  be  radically  reformed  and  con¬ 
trolled  by  the  strung  hand  of  law,  both  Btate 
and  national,  and  railway  conjurations  com¬ 
pelled  to  perform  their  proper  functions  as  the 
servants  and  not  t  he  masters  of  t  he  people. 

hliyhlh-  That  to  this  end  we  Invoke  the  aid  of 
all  fair-minded  men  mall  States  of  the  t  nlou 
In  expelling  and  excluding  from  the  hulls  of 
legislation,  from  our  executive  offices,  and  from 
the  licnult  all  such  railway  officials,  railway 
attorneys,  or  other  hirelings  as  prostitute  public 
office  to  the  base  use*  ol  private  gain. 

A mth  That,  leaving  different  sections  and 
interests  that  desire  cheap  transportation  to 
work  out  the  problem  iu  such  manner  as  they 
deem  best,  wo  earnestly  Invoke  their  careful 
consideration,  their  energetic  action,  and  t  heir 
resolute  will  in  regulating  und  controlling  the 
rates  of  t  ran  sport  at  ion  and  giving  remunerative 
wages  to  the  producer  and  cheap  products  to 
t  In*  consumer,  uutaxed  by  unuarnoa  chargee  fur 
their  carriage. 

Tenth— That  we  invite  the  people  of  the  vari¬ 
ous  .Slates  to  organize  subsidiary  associations, 
State,  county,  and  town,  tu  co-operate  with  Die 
National  Association  ;  that  the  power  to  accom¬ 
plish  Die  purposes  desired  rests  absolutely  with 
i  he  suffering  millions  relief  is  within  their 
reach  and  control  with  united  action ;  und  the 
near  future  will  give,  its  certain  us  its  need,  lor 
all  time  and  the  good  of  all,  the  true  solution 
ol  Die  problem  ot  cheap  transportation. 

A  committee  of  seven  was  appointed  to  pre¬ 
pare  an  address  to  the  people  of  thu  United 
States,  setting  forth  tile  principles  nl' the  Asso¬ 
ciation.  This  committ  ee  is:— Josiah  Quincy  of 
Boston,  Mass.;  M.  D.  Wilber  of  Michigan ;  Hor¬ 
ace  Day,  New  York  City;  It.  II.  Fergusson, 
Troy,  N.  Y.;  Henry  Bronson,  Kansas;  J.  A. 
Noonan,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  and  Jl.  C.  Price,  New 
York  City. 

The  convention  then  adjourned  to  meet  at 
Washington,  January,  1874,  at  the  call  of  the 
executive  committe. 

- - 

RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Mr.  F,  It.  Elliott's  Untruthful  Statements.— 

In  our  issue  of  May  3d,  wc  suggested  to  Mr. 
Elliott  that  he  had  better  keep  still.  He 
writes  a  long  letter  iu  answer  to  our  paragraph, 
in  which  he  says:—”  The  assertion  Dial  1  made 
*  injudicious  statements  '  I  shall  not  deny,  for 
such  are  made  by  all  men,  as  per  the  judgment 
of  others;  but  that  1  made  ‘  untruthful  state¬ 
ments  '  I  beg  to  deny,  and  call  for  proof."  V cry 
well ;  -Mr.  Elliott  shull  have  the  proof.  Here 
it  is On  page  80  of  the  Just  report  of  the  Amer¬ 
ican  1’omo logical  Society,  in  a  foot  note,  Mr. 
Elliott  writes:  -"The  Secretary  would  here 
remark  that,  conductors  ol  Journals  and  pub¬ 
lishers  of  hooks  are  utterly  ignorant  of  varieties 
of  fruits  or  plants.”  That  statement  Is  false, 
and  Mr.  Elliott  knows  It  to  ho  so;  and  be¬ 
cause  it  is  false  it  is  "  injudicious  ; "  and  because 
it  is  both  false  and  injudicious,  it  is  insulting 
to  the  very  class  of  men  upon  whom  the  Amer¬ 
ican  Pomoiogical  Society  (through  its  Secretary 
and  otherwise)  Im*  made  large  drafts  for  favors, 
and  who  have  always  treated  the  Society  with 
the  greatest  hospitality  and  cordiality.  If  it  is 
Mr.  Elliott’s  desire  to  alienate  this  class  of 


men  from,  and  close  the  columns  of  their  pa¬ 
pers  to,  Dm  American  I’oinologieal  Society,  lie 
has  gone  the  right  way  to  work  to  do  it,  when 
he  inserts  sin  h  a  libel  upon  them  in  the  Socie¬ 
ty's  official  report,  and  assumes  t  he  responsibil¬ 
ity  thereof  as  Secretory  of  t  he  Society.  There 
is  still  another  statement.  In  the  same  note 
which  is  equally  untruthful ;  this,  however,  will 
suffice  for  the  present.  Mr.  ELLIOTT  touches 
on  another  point  in  Ids  letter,  of  which  we  will 
take  notice.  11c  says :  **  1  hove  not  sought,  nor 
do  1  seek,  the  office  of  Secretary.  I  f  you,  or  anv 
ot  her  man,  want  It,  and  can  do  better  [italics  Mr. 
Elliott's]  than  I  have,  let  me  know  your,  or 
his,  name,  and  I  will  give  him  all  the  help  1  can 
toward  his  election."  Wc  know  that  no  one 
connected  with  this  journal  wants,  or  would  ac¬ 
cept,  the  office;  nordo  we  know  of  any  one  who 
wants  if ;  lint  we  do  know  a  man  west  of  Ohio 
whom  wo  think  can  do  heller  as  Secretary  than 
Mr.  Elliott  Jias;  hence,  we  hope  Air.  Elliott 
will  do  all  he  call  to  help  elect  him.  We  mean 
W.U.  Flair!  of  Illinois;  and  wc  think  Mr.  Elli¬ 
ott  can  induce  him  to  accept  the  office,  In  case 
I  he  Society  thinks  proper  to  elect  him. 

- *v* - 

The  llop  Business.  WELLS’  Circular,  May 8th, 
quotes  the  hop  market  "  dull  and  quiet;  stocks 
very  much  reduced.  It  is  believed  that  the 
general  acreage  under  bop  cultivation  is  not 
likely  to  tie  in  creased,  owing  to  the  high  price 
and  scarcity  of  roots."  Green's  Circular  says : 
“Wo  believe  the  yards  have  wintered  well 
throughout  this  Blufc,  notwithstanding  the  nu¬ 
merous  reports  of  wilder  killing,  &c.  The  old 
worn-out  yards  show  many  dead  hills,  as  might 
be  expected.  The  new  yards,  coining  into  hear¬ 
ing  for  the  first  time,  will  moro  than  compen¬ 
sate  for  the  dead  hills,  but  will  hardly  ho  suffi¬ 
cient  to  make  up  the  deficiency  In  acreage  of 
the  country.  If  l  lie  crop  does  ever  so  well,  wo 
can  hardly  expect  to  raiso  hops  enough  for  t  he 
wants  of  our  brewers,  as  wc  have  not  acreage 
enough.” 

■  »♦« - 

.In pan  College  of  Engineers.  The  Japanese 
Government  has  founded  il  College  of  Engineers 
at  Yeddo,  in  which  natives  of  Japan  are  to  ho 
thoroughly  instructed  in  technology  and  prac¬ 
tical  engineering.  Professor  Henry  Dyer,  for¬ 
merly  of  the  University  of  Glasgow,  Scotland, 
has  been  appointed  chief  of  the  new  institute. 
Several  other  prominent  English  professors  arc 
to  assist  him.  Japan  is  making  rapid  strides  In 
the  acquisition  of  practical  art*  and  knowledge. 
- - 

RURAL  BREVITIES. 


Ala iiama  corn  is  up  and  ready  to  be  hoed. 

A  legal  dozen  of  eggs  must  weigh  a  pound 
and  a- half  in  Massachusetts. 

A  great  many  cattle  died  of  “  black  leg,”  in 
Wright  Co.,  Minn.,  last  winter. 

An  Iowa  man  is  planting  7,000  trees  on  his  800 
acre  farm  near  Ellsworth,  Kan. 

Am  Aihla  (Iowa)  firm  recently  shipped  18,000 
dozen  eggs  to  an  Eastern  market. 

Thkv  are  anting  blackberries  in  Jacksonville, 
Fla.. 'and  strawberries  In  Ban  Francisco, 

Jt  Is  estimated  that  0,000, (too  bushels  of  corn 
were  burned  for  fuel  in  Iowa  Die  post  winter. 

The  beet  sugar  factory  at  Freeport,  Ill.,  offers 
$4.1)0  a  ton  for  beets  delivered  on  Die  cars  there. 

The  Ohio  Legislature  has  refused  to  incorpo¬ 
rate  societies  for  the  prevention  of  cruelty  to 
animals. 

The  legal  weight  of  a  bushel  of  corn  has  been 
reduced  in  Iowa  from  seventy  to  sixty-eight 
pounds. 

A.  D.  R.  is  Informed  that  wo  do  not  know  tbo 
address  of  the  inventor  of  the  portable  cream 
still,  nor  it*  cost. 

A  Wisconsin  farmer,  who  keeps  a  large  Hock 
of  sheep,  raises  leu  bushels  of  wheat  to  the  acre 
more  than  his  neighbors. 

The  Wisconsin  farmers  an,  organizing,  after 
the  Illinois  example,  for  a  concerted  warfare 
upon  the  railroad  monopolists. 

Gold  and  Silver  Watches,  and  many  use¬ 
ful  and  ornamental  articles,  machines,  etc.,  are 
given  to  tlio.se  forming  clubs  for  this  paper. 
Build  for  our  ETomi urn  List,  Ac. 

An  ex-banker  at  our  elbow  suggests  that 
times  are  soon  to  bo  easy  aud  money  plenty. 
His  reason  is  that  whenever  our  products  are 
shipped  freely  to  Europe,  as  now,  farmers  find 
a  ready  market,  for  all  their  surplus  produce. 

- - - 

BUSINESS  INFORMATION. 


Tiie  ”  Amerio.uei  Rubber  Point,”  advertised 
in  this  paper,  is  evidently  a  superior  article  and 
worthy  the  attention  of  all  who  believe  that 
“cleanliness  is  next,  to  Godliness.”  We  have 
examined  several  buildings  upon  which  it  has 
beon  applied,  and  think  it  at  least  equal  to  any 
paint  in  the  market.  By  its  use  beauty  can  ho 
developed  from  dirt,  on  essential  Item  at  this 
season,  when  house  cleaning  is  in  order.  This 
paint  is  apparently  rich  and  glossy  in  effect, 
possesses  great  covering  power  and  durability, 
and,  as  it  is  mixed  ready  lor  use,  can  be  easily 
applied  by  any  person  of  ordinary  “  horse 
sense."  It  is  odorless  and  cheap— two  import¬ 
ant  poitlts.  As  this  paint  is  sent  to  any  point 
free  of  charge,  a  trial  of  it  will  not  be  expensive. 
And  as  sample  cards  are  sent  showing  different 
shades,  and  directions  for  ascertaining  the 
amount  of  paint  required  to  cover  a  given 
surface,  any  one  can  become  posted  before 
ordering. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES, 


In  buying  Machine  Twist,  It  is  important  for  the 
Ladles  to  know  which  Is  the  most  retiable.  It  is  the 
Eureka,  sold  by  dealers  everywhere. 


MAY  \? 


33io  graphical. 


CHIEF  JUSTICE  CHASE. 

Salmon  Portland  Cm  ask,  Chief  Justice  of 
the  United  States,  died  at  the  residence  of  his 
son-in-law.  in  Now  York  City,  ill  10  o’clock  A. 
M.,  on  the  7th  inst.  He  had  been  In  his  usual 
health  up  to  the  day  before  ills  death,  when  he 
was  found  in  hod,  suffering  from  apoplexy  and 
paralysis.  The  news  of  his  death  created  a  deep 
sensation  throughout  the  land.  All  his  family 
were  present  at  his  bed-side.  Ilis  last,  words 
were  “Good-night." 

Judge  Chase  was  born  in  Cornish,  N.  H.,  the 
State  of  \V icnSTKtc  and  Grbki.ky,  Jan.  13,  1808. 
He  spent  his  early  life  in  Vermont  and  Ohio,  In 
hard  work  and  study,  graduating  from  Dart¬ 
mouth  in  1826,  at  t  he  age  of  18,  He  studied  law 
In  Washington,  and  in  1830  was  admitted  to  t  he 
bar  In  Cincinnati.  He  early  espoused  t  he  cause 
of  the  slave.  He  pronounced  slavery  sectional, 
freedom  national,  lie  signed  the  call  for  the 
Anti-Slavery  Convention  at  Columbus  in  18 11. 
He  agitated  the  ant  i -slavery  quest  ion  In  politics 
up  to  1810,  when  lie  was  made  Senator  from 
Ohio.  lu  (he  Senate  lie  was  the  leader  of  the 
anti-slavery  cause,  making  many  speeches 
which  roused  the  North.  In  1855  he  was  made 
Governor  of  Ohio.  In  t.lm  nominat  ing  Conven¬ 
tion  at  Chicago  for  1850  Mr.  Chasm  was  a  promi¬ 
nent  candidate  with  Lincoln  ami  Skwarp. 
President  Lincoln  made  him  the  Secretary  of 
the  Treasury,  and,  a.s  all  tin*  world  knows,  he 
proved  to  be  the  great  financial  minister  of 
modern  times.  Ho  gave  us  the  national  green¬ 
backs,  and  restored  our  credit.  In  June,  1864, 
ho  resigned  as  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  and 
in  October  of  that  year  ho  was  appointed  Chief 
Justice,  In  succession  to  Roger  II.  'Pan  my.  His 
eminent  career  upon  the  Supreme  bench  is 
known  to  all  our  readers.  In  1858  Mr.  Chase's 
friends  again  hoped  to  nominate  him  for  Presi¬ 
dent,  but  tlut  movement  was  a  failure,  in  June, 
1870,  ho  received  his  first,  stroke  of  paralysis.  He 
had  long  been  failing  in  health.  Mr.  Cijask  was 
married  three  times.  His  surviving  family  con¬ 
sists  or  two  daughters,  Mrs.  Senator  Sphaoue 
and  Mrs.  ITst.  S.  Hoyt. 

To  sum  up  so  brilliant,  useful  and  honorable 
a  life  as  that,  of  the  lamented  Chief  Justice,  is 
no  ordinary  task.  Senator  Sumnhr  says:  “In 
Ids  death  one  of  the  grandest  links  in  the  chain 
which  bound  theold  abolitionists  to  the  people 
of  to-day  la  melted  away."  Gov.  Dix  of  New 


know  how  to  value  good,  honest  work,  and  that 
it  is  profitable  to  pay  for  it."  His  reputation, 
and  that  of  his  firm,  bused  upon  their  manufac¬ 
tures,  is  more  to  be  desired  than  Ids  fame  as  a 
Congressman  could  possibly  be,  even  had  not 
ids  name  boon  so  scandalously  associated  with 


tonville,  S.  C.,  1822,  and  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Virginia  In  18-12.  liecoming  a 
lawyer  and  editor,  ho  entered  the  State  Legisla¬ 
ture  in  1644.  In  1848  lie  was  sent  to  Congress, 
serving  until  1860.  Ho  was  elected  speaker  in 
1857.  He  voted  for  secession  In  1850.  In  1851  he 


w/ytfi  »l~ri  <r  ■  - 


1! 


S^LJVLOUNT  HORtTJLA.T'JID  CHASE. 


Credit  Mobiller.  In  all  Ids  relations  in  life,  so 
far  as  the  testimony  of  Ills  more  intimate  friends 


York,  in  his  message,  speaks  of  his  eminence  as  aml  neighbors  goes,  Oakes  Ames  was  a  kind- 


a  statesman  and  a  jurist,  the  distinguished 
place  which  lie  filled  in  the  Government,  the 
purity  of  ills  life,  and  Ids  patriotic  services  to 
the  country.  He  was  one  of  our  greatest  men 
of  our  greatest  epoch  a  man  who  will  forever 
bo  associated  with  List  uln,  Skwa  no,  Stanton, 
and  thoso  who  guided  i  he  destinies  of  the  na¬ 
tion  iii  it-i  darkest  days,  in  every  sense  of  the 
word  lie  was  a  noble,  ■  — -  -  ... 

honest,  Christian  gen-  ESf 

Human ;  a  mao  of  char-  - 

aril  rand  principle!  in-  —  - 

triguo  ;  fearless  for  I  lie  | 
right,  t  In-  friend  of  I  lie 

reputation.  " 


hearted,  sympathetic,  charitable,  upright  man. 
If  in  Congress  he  did  as  Congressmen  do,  it  only 
shows  the  evil  results  which  follow  evil  associ¬ 
ations.  Oakes  Ames  was  born  in  1804.  His  dis¬ 
ease  was  apoplexy,  from  a  stroke  of  which  he 
was  unconscious  several  days.  Ho  was  the 
son  of  the  celebrated  shove)  manufacturer,  and 
accumulated  great  wealth.  He  took  no  part  in 


was  sent  to  the  Confederate  Senate,  Joining  the 
opposition  to  Jest  Davis.  Under  Johnson,  he 
became  Governor  of  South  Carolina,  in  1855. 
When  Minister  Curtin  resigned,  President 
GRANT  made  Mr.  Quit  Minister  to  Russia.  He 
was  a  judicial,  prudent,  amiable  gentleman, 
and  in  him  the  South,  as  well  as  the  North, 
loses  a  groat  man. 

- - 

M.  Ducjust,  the  now  President  of  the  French 
Assembly,  is  an  eminent  politician,  a  man  of 


OAKES  AMES. 


Oakes  Ames  died  at 
his  residence,  in  North 
Eaton,  Mass.,  at  0.33  P. 
M.,  Thursday,  May  8. 
Oakes  Ames’  name  has 
been  prominently  be¬ 
fore  the  public,  the  past 
year,  in  connection  with 
the  Credit  Mobilicr 
scandal.  Ho,  with  Hon. 
James  Rkooks,  was 
censured  by  Congress, 
fioth  have  gone  to  their 
rest.  How  far  the  ac¬ 
tion  of  Congress  wont 
to  hasten  their  demise 
we  do  not  know.  Cer¬ 
tainly,  while  we  do  not 
in  any  sense  excuse 
Oakes  Ames’  action,  or 
Ills  transactions,  in  con¬ 
nection  with  Credit  Mo- 


Jiifprnru  Mo  rid. 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 

The  Mystery  of  ITctmiinlisville.  -Hy  HnwAnn 
I'laoLKHTiiN.  New  York  :  orange  .1  mid  ,y  Co. 

Mr.  Eggleston  is  a  fresh,  piquant,  pleasing 
writer,  with  a  certain  dash  of  style  which  will 
catch  the  popular  ear,  as  Rev.  Air.  1 1  kp worth 
and  Rev.  T.  Dm  Witt  Talma  hue  draw  crowds 
to  Hudr  cast-iron  churches.  This  last,  story 
from  his  pen  Is  a  narrative  of  experience  and 
adventure  in  a  frontier  Minnesota  prairie  town. 
He  draw’s  what  we  take  tu  be  a  faithful  picture 
of  Western  life  -one  all  Rustem  people  should 
seo  before  they  leave  comfortable  homes  for  sod 
houses.  The  story  holds  (lie  interest  of  tlie 
reader  to  the  end.  it  is  plentifully  interlarded 
with  short  sermons,  which  are.  hardly  ort  hodox. 
There  is  a  flavor  of  John  Hay’s  Pike  Co.  bal¬ 
lads  In  t  he  story,  which  will,  doubtless, please 
many,  although  the  poetry  is  execrable.  The 
book  is  well  illustrated,  and  handsomely  bound 
and  printed. 

The  Logic  of  AccouiiIm.— By  IS.  G.  Folsom,  A.  M. 
New  York  :  A.  8.  Barnes  &  Co. 

A  large  and  handsome  volume,  of  440  pages, 
designed  to  be  a  new  exposition  of  the  theory 
and  practice  or  double-entry  bookkeeping  - an 
attempt  to  make  this  business  an  exact  science. 
The  laws  and  principles  which  govern  the  whole 
subject,  of  accounting  are  disclosed.  As  such, 
this  work  is  invaluable  to  all  students,  and 
should  be  used  in  the  public;  schools,  it  is  like¬ 
ly  to  become  a  standard  work. 

Fourteen  Weeks  in  Iluniun  Physiology.  By 

J.  Dorman  Steele.  New  York:  A.  s.  Barnes 
&  Co. 

Mit.  Steele  is  a  school  teacher  of  experience, 
ex-Prlnclpal  of  Elmira  Free  Academy,  and  his 
book  Is  admirably  adapted  for  a  text.  book.  It 
has  boon  reviewed  by  a  numbered'  teachers,  and 
received  their  highest  commendation.  Hand¬ 
somely  Illustrated,  treating  of  the  various  func¬ 
tions  of  the  body,  wo  regard  it  as  a.  valuable 
text  book,  worthy  thoattentlon  of  all  teachers. 

Sin  r  Pn  tiers  t  Or  Experiences  of  Art  find  Nature.  — 
By  Henry  Wauh  Beecher.  New  York:.).  B. 
Ford  A  Co.,  1873. 

A  new  edit  ion  of  a  popular  volume,  first  pub¬ 
lished  .18  years  ago.  II.  contains  six  letters  from 
Europe,  32  essays  on  “  Experiences  of  Nature,” 
ami  21  late  papers  on  a  great  variety  of  subjects. 
The  whole  makes  a  handsome  volume  of  447 
pages.  Mr.  Beecher’S  style  is  so  well  known 
it  needs  no  commendation  from  us.  He  Is  never 
dull,  and  always  instructive.  The  book  is  a  dc 
llghtful  one  for  family  reading. 

Lnrsi  A  Pastoral  of  Norway.  By  BavardTaylob. 
Boston  :  Janies  K.  Osgood  A  CO.,  1S73. 

One  of  Mr,  Taylor’s  best  long  poems;  a  story 
of  more  titan  usual  interest,  told  in  pleasing 

_ _  numbers.  The  deacrip- 

51  titans  of  aeanery  and  life 
.  •  —  ---  -  ]  in  Norway,  with  which 

I  l  he  aut  hor  is  familiar, 

iug  interest  to  Anieri 
—  cans.  A  part,  ol' t  he  ae- 
~  ~  -  ~  -  -  tli ill  of  the  poem  is  in 

Perm  sylvanla,  a  m  o  o  g 

inn  es  u  Him  volume, 
'  j-  worthy  of  it-;  mil  hor. 


VI 


§P^ 

— Ur*  ' '  ; 


•7-s,  :-~u- 


neetion  w  it  h  Credit  Mo-  1 
biller  mid  Congressmen,  . 

wo  do  not  fall  to  admire  ’  y 't  Vv  ^ 

the  frankness  with  I&w  '  ’*7  J  - 

wldch  be  has  acknowl- 

Pflittol  li  ic  no  el  lit  1  Ilf*  1.  iXTS-it"  ^  ~ 


edgetl  his  part  in  the  xLi 

transactions.  Wo  be-  t^fJ 

lie vc  It i m  to  have  been, 

to  say  the  least,  quite  as 

pure  and  honest  a  man 

as  many  of  those  who 

voted  to  censure  him. 

Hut  with  iiis  political 

life  we  do  not  purpose  -A- 

to  deal  hero.  What  was 

faulty,  we  bury  with  him  ;  what  was  good,  we 
applaud.  It  is  of  Ids  industrial  life  we  desire 
to  apeak.  Not  long  since,  talking  with  a  prom¬ 
inent  nurseryman,  Mr.  Ames’  name  was  men¬ 
tioned.  This  nurseryman  said "  Oakes  Amt 
was  honest  ia  one  tiling,  if  not  in  all.  He  did 
make  good  shovels.  1  have  bought  hundreds 
of  them,  and  always  found  that  they  could  bo 
relied  upon.  IIo  lias  taught  this  country  to 


-A-TT  OSTRICH  FARM 


CAPE  COLONY.  —  (See  nnee  313.) 


politics  until  he  was  60  years  old.  Ho  entered 
Congress  in  1803,  and  was  returned  five  times. 
- - 

JAMES  L.  0RR. 

Ocr  recently-appointed  minister  to  Russia, 
James  L.  Orr,  died  in  St.  Petersburg,  on  tho 
7th,  from  a  severe  cold  which  resulted  in  in¬ 
flammation  of  the  lungs,  lie  wras  born  in  Cray- 


woalth  and  great  personal  influence.  He  Is 
fifty-five  years  old,  arid  lias  boon  in  public  life 
thirty  years.  Under  the  Presidency  of  Louis 
Napoleon  he  was  Mlnistor  of  Commerce,  but 
retired  when  the  “  nephew  of  his  uncle”  over¬ 
threw  the  government  in  1851.  in  1864  anil  1869 
ho  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Corps  Legisla¬ 
tor,  despite  the  extreme  exertions  of  Napoleon 
to  return  a  candidate  favorable  to  tlie  existing 
government, 


aiAlLt.--:  ''A1--,  Bxih’cmsIou:  - 1  r Anato¬ 

my  and  Philosophy. 

—  By  sir  Charles  bell, 

K.  11.  New  York :  8.  It. 
Walls,  Publisher. 

Kl  This  work  has  long 
been  a  standard  one  in 

‘ great  observation  and 
,'l  learning.  Much  new 
m, m  i  it  In  been  added 
in  Ibis  edition.  The 
ilj-Aayy  -  book  is  sure  of  being 

Interesting  (frail  phy  i- 

--  ologlst:-.  The  Work  b 

Illustrated  w  i  t h  i  ii  c 
well-known  cuts  be¬ 
longing  '  house, 

./  j >■  I*n  radlec  lu  flic  1’ucific. 

if  fc?  i  By  Willi  am  it.  Bliss. 

ffl  -  Tr-  aL'  /  /,  Nrnv  Yurki  Sheldon  A 

ft  .  f  L  !.  Co.,  1873. 

._  y.:*’  This  handsome  little 

^>— -A' ..  l  volume  of  travel,  ad- 

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~  A.  Sandwich  Islands,  is 

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j  ^  and  full  of  interest. 

*’*10  reader  will  lie  sur- 
-s  ^  OTmVi  I'  prised  to  learn  Hint  Hie 

natives  are  still  heath- 

position.  Rut  for  the 
white  influence,  they 
would  Boon  return  to 
barbarism.  All  who  would  learn  fully  of  these 
Islands  should  read  this  pleasant  ly- written  vol¬ 
ume. 

Miss  Leslie’s  New  Cook  Book. —By  Miss  Eliza 
Leslie.  Philadelphia:  T.  B.  Peterson  A  Bros. 

A  Complete  manual  of  domestic  cookery  in 
all  of  its  branches.  It  is  said  to  contain  »no 
thousand  new  receipts.  Doubtless,  a  valuable 
work  for  any  family.  Price,  $  1.75. 


KINDNESS. 


Kf; MEMBER,  thou  Indeed  art  treading 
A  wild  and  troubled  way, 

Jf,  o’er  thy  path  kind  deeds  arc  shedding 
No  cheerful,  loving  ray. 

The  fair,  glad  earth  reams  dark  and  dreary 
To  those  who  ntmleas  live, 

And  back  to  self  they  turn,  so  weary, 

With  nothing  good  to  give. 

But,  gentle  acts  are  ever  yielding 
A  dearer  meed  than  gold. 

And,  with  their  radiant  Joy  arc  shielding 
The  heart  from  growing  old. 

Then  seek  that  gem  of  rarest  beauty, 

The  pearl  of  charity, 

And  find  by  every  path  of  duty 
A  rich  reward  for  tlieo. 

So,  Joy  shall  crown  thy  pure  endeavor 
To  render  Earth  more  blest, 

And  bending  low,  some  angel  ever 
Shall  guard  thy  spirit '«  rest. 

Now  see  the  glorious  sunlight  gleaming 
Where  all  wn*  dark  before. 

Since  love  nod  sympathy  are  beaming 
From  out  thy  cottage  door.  b. 


THE  WIFE’S  CONFESSION, 


BY  LAURA  SOUTHGATE. 


The  short  winter  day  was  closing  in  earlier 
than  usual,  and  a  few  flukes  of  snow  were  be¬ 
ginning  to  fall.  Mattie  Ghicknkield  glanced 
out.  the  window  and  sighed,  n  1  hing  she  was  not 
much  accustomed  to  do.  A  sense  of  the  dreari¬ 
ness  and  solitude  of  her  life  depressed  her  for  a 
moment,,  and  a  look  of  sadness  clouded  her 
usually  cheerful  face.  There  she  was  tit  thirty- 
four,  quite  alone  in  the  world.  Old  acquaint¬ 
ances  wore  married  and  gone;  even  dear  friends 
had  found  new  interests,  and  now  the  deat  h  of 
her  mother,  three  weeks  before,  hod  left  her 
utterly  alone.  Anil  Mattie  sight'd,  and  tears 
started  in  her  blue  eyes  as  she  thought  of  the 
happy  years  that  were  past. 

Ten  years.  Jt  was  twelve  years  that  very 
night  since  the  sleighing  party  to  Hound  Bridge, 
and  she  had  gone  with  Ellison  Huntley  ; 
and  David  Millard-  Mattie  smiled  as  she 
remembered  It — had  whispered,  as  they  were 
dancing,  that  Ellison  would,  get  paid  off  for 
cutting  him  out. 

All  the  villngc  thought  at.  the  time  ft  was  a 
settled  thing  between  David  and  herself;  but 
David,  It  appeared,  had  preferred  Sarah  Rob. 
EATS,  and  six  weeks  after  the  sleighing  party 
he  had  married  her. 

“Poor  Sakaii,’’  said  Mattie  to  herself; 
“with  everything  to  make  life  happy,  now  she 
must  die,  and  leave  it  all.” 

Scarcely  had  this  thought  left  her  mind  when 
a  little  figure  in  a  cloak  and  hood  appeared, 
bobbing  along  outside  the  paling  in  front  of  her 
house. 

“Why,  little  Bessie!  how  strange  that  I  was 
thinking  of  her  mother  that  very  moment  I" 

M  attik  quickly  brought  the  child  in  to  the 
lire. 

“Why,  you  are  half  frozen,  Bessie  dear,  are 
you  not.  V”  sins  said,  warming  the  little,  red, 
fat  hands  In  her  own.  “  And  how  is  your 
mother  to-day?” 

“  Mother  is  pretty  well— 1  mean,  mother  said 
she  wasn't  so  well,  and  will  you  please  come 
over  and  sec  her?" 

“Dear  child  !**  Mattie's  quick  sympathies 
were  Stirred  for  the  little  girl  so  soon  to  bo  left 
motherless.  “Yes,  1  will  come,”  she  said;  “and 
would  she  like  to  have  me  stay  all  night  ?” 

“  I  don't  know.” 

“  Well,  I  will  stay  if  she  would  like  to  have 
me.” 

“  Mother  said  it  was  particular— something 
particular." 

“  Well,  I  will  come  right  away.  I  will  walk 
home  with  you." 

For  some  reason,  the  intimacy  between  Mat- 
tie  and  Sahaii  Willard  had  seemed  to  drop 
off  since  Sarah's  marriage;  still  they  were 
friends,  and  being  sent  for,  was  scarce  a  matter 
of  surprise. 

Sarah  was  dying  of  consumption;  and  each 
visit  thai  Mattie  had  made  for  some  time  she 
had  t  hought  might  be  the  last.  She  put  on  her 
things,  and  giving  a  few  words  of  household  in¬ 
struction  to  JANE,  her  companion  and  servant, 
she  went  with  the  child. 


A  pleasant,  edieerf  ul  home  it  was  where  Sarah 
was  closing  her  life.  “You  are  very  good  to 
come,”  she  said,  extending  her  thin  hand  as 
Mattie  entered  the  sick  room.  “I  wanted  to 
seo  you  because— because  I  cannot  live  much 
longer,  and — ”  she  fixed  her  eyes  earnestly  on 
Mattie's  face,  and  became  agitated.  A  lit  of 
coughing  followed. 

"Never  mind  to  talk,"  said  Mattie;  “I  will 
stay  a  while  with  you.” 

“  I  wanted  to  say  something ;  but  pretty  soon 
—I  cannot  now." 

“Don’t  try  to  talk;  it  makes  you  cough.” 

“Pretty  soon."  An  unnatural  brightness 
shone  in  the  eyes  of  the  sick  woman  ;  the  nurse 
said  a  nervous  chill  was  corning  on,  and  she  ad¬ 
ministered  a  quieting  powder. 

“Don't  go  away,”  Sarah  feebly  said.  “I 
will  try  to  talk  soon  soon.” 

The  thought  that  her  old  friend  might  have 
something  particular  to  say  to  her,  did  not 
really  startle  Mattie,  but.  she  sat  down  by  the 
fire  in  the  sitting  parlor,  and  soon  David  came 


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GOBI’S  BUBAL  MEW-VOBKEB 


AY 


in.  He  began  to  replenish  the  Are,  and  seemed 
pleased  t  hat  she  had  come  to  see  bis  wife.  He 
seemed  pleased,  too,  when  Bessie  onino  and 
laid  her  head  on  Mattie'S  shoulder;  and  then 
the  tea  table  was  spread,  and  Da  vid  looked  as 
though  he  expected  her  to  pour  out  his  cup  of 
tea.  He  said  he  hoped  a  little  sleep  would  do 
ids  wife  good,  she  had  seemed  so  nervous  all 
day.  Then  they  fell  to  talking  of  the  weather 
and  the  depth  of  the  snow. 

“  Let's  see ;  how  long  is  it  since  that  sleighing 
party  to  Bound  Bridge?”  he  said,  as  they  draw 
up  to  the  fire  again,  after  the  tea  was  over. 
“Just  such  a  cold  time  as  this,  f  remember; 
and  such  a  fall  of  snow."  David  looked  in  the 
Are  a  good  five  minutes. 

“What  now  lias  become  of  Ellison?”  he 
asked  at  length,  casting  a  sidelong  glance  at 
Mattie. 

“I  don’t  know,  r  am  sure;”  and  the  color, 
without  reason,  mounted  to  Mattie's  face. 

“  He  was  a  good  fellow,"  David  went  on, 
“  and— well"— and  he  began  to  smile— “  bygones 
might  as  well  be  bygones."  Ha  gave  nnotlior 
quick  sidelong  glance,  and  hesitated,  as  though 
he  were  touching  on  delicate  ground;  “well, 
Whatever  socret  you  may  have,  or  whatever  of 
preference!  you  had  then,  it  is  not,  I  suppose, 
for  me  to  Inquire  Into.” 

“I  liked  Ellison,”  Mattie  remarked,  “but 
perhaps  no  better  than  the  others.” 

David’s  look  said,  plainly,  that  women  were 
not  expected  to  speak  sincerely  on  such  topics 
as  preferences,  or  love-making, 

Mattie  made  no  reply  ;  was  it  not  he  himself 
who  had  suddenly  forsaken  her,  when  words  of 
love  had  passed  between  them?  And  was  not 
she,  who  was  once  the  merriest-hearted  girl  in 
the  village,  now  alone,  and  solitary  In  her  life? 
But  the  talk  went  on  of  old  times  and  old  ac¬ 
quaintance,  till  David  lit  his  lump  and  went 
up  to  bed. 

The  nurse  was  asleep,  and  Mattie  sat  down 
by  the  sick  bed.  Far  in  the  night  Sarah 
awoke.  “  Oh,  you  did  not  go  away,  did  you  ?  1 
am  glad."  she  said.  "  I  wanted  to  speak  to 
you  t  o  toll  you  something— but  it  is  so  hard  to 
say  it.  It  would,  perhaps,  make  no  difference 
witli  you— or  with  him-  if  I  never  tell  this— the 
wrong  I  did  you— but  I  think  I  shall  feel  better 
to  acknowledge  it  all.” 

“What  is  it?”  said  Mattie,  believing  Sarah 
was  a  little  flighty. 

“  It.  happened  so  long  ago— r  thought  so  much 
of  David,  or  i  should  not  have  done  it— have,  J 
mean,  said  what  1  did.” 

“  Raid  what  ?  But  never  mind,  dear,  you  need 
not  toll  me ;  I  am  sure  It  was  nothing  wrong." 

“Oh,  it  was— It  was  1  and  you  will  hate  me 
when  !  tell  you  ;  but  when  one  is  going  to  die, 
they  w&nt  to  make  things  right,  you  know.  I 
shall  feel  better  to  tell  you  what,  it  was  that  I 
did.  Oh,  dear  me!  I  loved  David,  Iiut  I’m 
sure  at  that  time  lie  meant  to  marry’  you,  and  1 
made  him  think  you  liked  Ellison  Huntdicy 
bett  er  t  han  you  did  him— and  that  you  promised 
to  marry  him.” 

“  What  made  you  think  1  liked  Ellison?” 
Sakaii  turned  her  head  impatiently  on  her 
pillow.  Could  not  Mattie  perceive? 

“Oh,  I  told  a  story,”  she  went  on,  feebly.  “  T 
made  David  think  that  you  had  told  me  that 
you  were  engaged  to  Ellison.  David  felt  bad 
when  1  told  him ;  and  J  was  jealous  because  he 
did.” 

“You  need  not  have  told  me  this  if  you  did 
not  waul,  to,"  said  MATTES. 

“No;  but  1  determined  to  tell  you.  Some 
people  have  said  he  slighted  you;  and— when  I 
am  gone,  if  he  asks  you  to  marry  him.  then  you 
would  know,  and  foci  towards  me  as  I  deserve. 

I  would  like  to  make  it,  right  now;  but  I  have 
done  you  a  wrong.  Oh.  Mattie,  what  ran  I 
say !  I  don’t,  expect  you  will  forgive  me,  but — 
you  will  be  kind  to  my  dear  little  Bessie,  won’t 
you?” 

“I  will  always  be  kind  to  Bessie,  whoever 
may  have  the  care  of  her,”  said  M attik.  “  Go 
to  sleep  now,  and  don't  feel  worried  about  any¬ 
thing." 

With  ttao  dawning  light  Mattie  returned 
home.  Jane  had  kept  the  house  w  arm,  and  an 
arm-chair  ready  for  her  by  the  Are.  Tho  day 
before  she  had  sat  there,  and  t  he  remembrance 
of  the  sleighing  party  had  brought  back  the 
happy  days  of  her  girlhood :  and  she  had 
thought  of  David  always  choosing  her,  always 
seeking  her,  until  abruptly  and  suddenly  he  had 
left  her  and  married  Sarah.  The  mystery  was 
cleared.  “It.  is  all  for  tho  best,"  she  said,  and 
tried  to  think  so. 

A  week  from  that  time  Sarah  Millard  was 
laid  In  her  grave. 

David  had  become  accustomed  to  a  lonely 
Areside ;  but  now  that  ids  wife  had  gone  from 
the  home— gone  utterly  from  his  life— a  terrible 
sense  of  dreariness  foil  upon  him.  It  was  in¬ 
supportable;  and  he  deliberately  said  to  him¬ 
self  that  lie  must  get  another  wife.  All  the 
village  would  have  been  shocked  had  they 
known  /imo  soon  he  said  this.  And  was  ho  un¬ 
faithful  to  the  memory  of  his  dead  wife  ?  Had 
not  she  made  married  life  happy  to  him?  He 
had  truly  loved  her.  and  now  she  could  not 
come  back  to  him.  Del  h  ought  of  Mattie.  It 
was  true,  he  reflected,  that  she  had  preferred 
Ellison  to  bi  mself  years  ago.  For  some  reason 
or  other,  she  had  not  married  him. 

“Let  bygones  be  bygones,” he  satd.  at  his  Arst 
visit  to  Mattie;  and  as  for  Ellison,  he  guessed 
he  might  as  well  forgive  him.  He  said  this  with 
a  sly  glance,  which  Mattie,  holding  the  key 
to  the  mystery’,  understood.  She  smiled,  and 
looked  kindly,  but  explained  nothing. 

David  and  Mattie  were  married  ;  and  soon 


after  the  wedding,  as  life  was  setting  into  cheer¬ 
ful  routine,  it  happened  Elltson  Huntley  re¬ 
turned  to  the  village  for  a  few  days. 

David  met  him  with  a  hearty  welcome,  and 
then  followed  a  little  bantering  talk ;  and  from 
this  was  elicited  the  surprised  remark  that  no 
engagement  had  ever  taken  place  or  been  pro¬ 
posed  between  Mattie  and  himself.  “How¬ 
ever  much  I  might  have  wished  such  a  happi¬ 
ness,”  he  added,  gallantly. 

David  reflected.  The  wife  ho  had  first  mar¬ 
ried  had  deceived  him!  “But  she  must  have 
loved  me;  this  shows  it — proves  it;”  he  said, 
fondly  to  himself. 

He  turned  and  met  Mattie's  blue  eyes  with 
a  pleasant  smile ;  and  he  loved  her  with  all  his 
heart. 

- - - - - — 

WASHINGTON  MEMORIES. 


This  scene  from  the  I  lights  is  a  fascinating 
one  for  the  day-dreamer.  Everything  is  in  har¬ 
mony  with  the  pa  si  character  of  the  capital. 
Everything  is  misty,  vast,  uncertain,  grand  and 
ill-defined.  One  does  not  see  clearly  the  boun¬ 
daries— the  city  and  country  arc  one.  Every 
street  we  trace  in  the  distance,  almost  every 
building,  almost  every  foot  of  ground,  has  gath¬ 
ered  something  of  tradition  from  the  lives  of 
the  statesmen,  generals,  jurists,  diplomats,  who 
have  lived  and  wrought  here  three-quarters  of 
a  century.  The  visions  that  passed  before  the 
eyes  of  Washington  as  he  stood  on  tho  Observ¬ 
atory  Hill  t  here,  a  subaltern  under  Braddoek, 
contemplating  the  wilderness  about  him  and 
imagining  the  future;  the  pictures  that  Ailed 
the  fancy  of  the  intractable  L'Enfant,  as  ho 
defined  the  great  mail  and  thought  of  the  gar¬ 
dens  between  the  Tullerles  and  the  Chamber  of 
Deputies;  Andrew  J.  Downing  giving  his  last 
days  to  such  an  arrangement  of  the  trees  and 
grass  as  would  lie  worthy  of  the  design;  Presi¬ 
dent,  Madison  and  his  cabinet,  with  a  useless 
army  at  their  heels,  flying  In  despair  from  yon¬ 
der  bloody  hill-side;  Admiral  Coekburn  de¬ 
risively  riding  an  old  mare  up  Pennsylvania 
Avenue;  the  burning  Capitol  and  White  House 
lighting  up  the  gloom  of  thnt  hideous  night; 
Stephen  Decatur  shot  to  death  just  round  the 
bend  of  the  Armeostia  there;  the  conflicts  by 
tongue  and  pen  t  hat  have  again  and  again  gone 
on  here  t  il)  the  whole  country  swayed ;  Gamal¬ 
iel  Bailey  silencing  a  mob  at  his  door;  t  he  his¬ 
tories  that  lie  burled  under  the  30,000  head- 
boards  that  gleam  like  an  army  of  ghosts 
among  the  trees  of  Arlington;  Abraham  Lin¬ 
coln  gasping  ins  life  away  in  that  little  Tenth 
street  house;  his  assassin  dashing  in  darkness 
across  the  bridge  at  our  feet  over  which  we 
have  Just  passed,  and  spurring  almost  into  the 
shadow  of  the  parapet  where  wo  stand  ;  all 
these  things,  and  a  hundred  mure  as  tempting 
totbe  dreamer,  come  crowding  on  the  mind  at 
every  glance.  Yet  who  stops  to  call  Washing¬ 
ton  a  romantic  city?  When  the  Whit#  House, 
Just  visible  from  there  tree  tops,  shall  have 
ceased,  as  it  soon  must  do,  to  be  the  homo  of 
the  chief  magistrate,  what  future  magician 
shall  summon  down  those  cheerless  stairways 
the  ghostly  procession  of  dead  Presidents,  as 
our  first  literary  necromancer  marshalled  the 
shades  of  royal  governors  across  the  threshold 
of  the  Province  House  7—LippfncoWs. 


SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 


If  Congress  were  but  kinder, 

’Twould  banish  from  onr  ground 
The  Italian  organ-grinder 
Who  carries  the  monkey  round. 

For  it  makes  me  feel  quite  funky 
When  you  think,  If  Darwin’s  true, 

That  you  might  have  been  the  monkey— 

And  the  monkey  might  have  been  you  1 

A  spirit  level— Whisky. 

The  controller-general— Cupid. 

Drink  for  Irishmen— Celt-zer  water. 

Flowery  speech—**  Good  as  wheat.” 

Coming  to  the  surface  for  a  blow— Dust. 

A  handsome  thing  in  shawls— A  pretty  girl. 

Egypt  is  not  a  Nile  land ;  it  is  part  of  a  con¬ 
tinent. 

The  cup  that  neither  cheers  nor  inebriates— 
Hiccup. 

The  worst  kind  of  education— To  be  brought 
up  by  a  policeman. 

A  Kangaroo  is  a  curious  chap ;  when  it’s 
wide  awake  it's  leaping. 

There  is  one  thing  which  can  always  be 
found,  and  that  is— fault. 

What  prevents  the  running  river  running 
away?  Why,  It's  tide  up. 

“  You  don't  do  that  again,”  said  the  pig  to  the 
boy  who  cut  his  tail  off. 

Why  is  a  lovely  young  lady  like  a  hinge  ?  Be¬ 
cause  she  is  somet  hing  to  a-dore. 

A  gentleman  says  the  older  his  daughters 
become  the  *  dearer’  they  are  to  him. 

Which  is  the  most  warlike  nation  ?  Vaccina¬ 
tion.  Why  ?  Because  it  is  always  in  arms. 

If  a  man  has  a  “  bent  of  mind  ”  does  it  neces¬ 
sarily  follow  that  he  has  a  crooked  intellect  ? 

Why  would  a  tax  on  tarts  be  objectionable  at 
sea?  Because  it  would  be  encouraging  pie-rates. 

The  latest  problem  for  civil  engineers  is  to 
make  one  of  the  keys  of  a  piano  At  the  lock  of 
a  canal. 

Why  should  Ireland  be  the  richest  country 
in  the  world?  Because  its  capital  is  always 
Dublin. 


RESIGNATION. 


BY  rtOSK  GERANIUM. 

Father  !  if  it  be  wrong  to  love  the  earth, 

Or  if  in  loving  her  I  slight  Thy  worth, 

O,  break  each  silken  tie  that  fetters  tne. 

And  rob  me  of  her  bliss— but  leave  mo  Thee. 

If  there  are  things  which  stand  ’twlxt  me  and 
Heaven, 

Or  thoughts  which  should  to  her  be  freely  given, 
O,  by  thine  awful  voice  command  them  flee, 

Take  every  idol  hence— hut  leave  me  Thee. 

• - ♦♦♦ - 

SPIRITUAL  RELIEF  FOR  THE  MINING 
DISTRICTS  OF  SCOTLAND. 


A  movement  la  on  foot  in  Scotland,  to  supply 
the  great  spiritual  destitution  in  the  mining 
districts  of  Moorland.  At  a  conference  of  Free 
Church  Ministers  and  elders,  held  a  few  days 
since  in  Edinburgh,  it  was  stated  that  about 
300,000  persons— one-tenth  of  the  people  of  Scot¬ 
land— live  by  its  mines  or  mineral  works. 

J  Among  those  are  many  exemplary  Christians, 

1  but  the  means  of  grace  are  lamentably  deficient, 
and  as  the  miners,  as  a  class,  do  not  feel  the 
need  of  them,  no  present,  help  can  he  Jookod 
for  from  the  mining  districts.  The  Home  Mis¬ 
sion  Committee  propose  the  raising  of  £30,000 
during  tho  ensuing  five  years,  with  a  view  to 
expending  £0,000  annually  in  building  up  inter¬ 
n'd*  among  these  people,  in  the  hope  that  by 
that  time  permanent,  self-supporting  congrega¬ 
tions  may  be  formed.  Before  the  dose  of  the 
conference,  the  need  of  such  a  fund  was  unani¬ 
mously  agreed  to.  and  a  collector  appointed  to 
receive  subscriptions. 


THIS  WORLD  AND  THE  NEXT. 


There  Is  but  a  breath  of  air  and  a  beat  of  the 
heart  bet  wixt  this  world  and  the  next.  And  in 
the  brief  Interval  of  painful  and  awful  suspense, 
while  we  feel  t  hat  death  is  present  with  us,  and 
we  are  powerless  and  ho  nil-powerful,  and  the 
last  pulsation  hero,  is  but  the  prelude  of  endless 
lito  hereafter;  we  feel  In  the  midst  of  stunning 
calamity  about  to  befall  us,  the  earth  lias  no 
compensating  good  to  mitigate  the  severity  of 
our  loss.  But  there  is  no  grief  without  some 
beneficent  provision  to  soften  its  intenseness. 
When  the  good  ami  lovely  die,  the  memory  of 
their  deeds,  like  the  moonbeams  of  the  stormy 
sea,  light,  our  darkened  hearts,  and  lend  to  tho 
Burround fug  gloom  a  beauty  so  sari,  so  sweet, 
that  we  would  not,  if  we  could,  dispel  the  dark¬ 
ness  that  environs  it.— Prentice, 


THE  SOUL’S  GARDEN. 

HOW  hard  it  is  to  feel  that  the  power  of  life  is 
to  he  found  inside,  mil.  outride ;  in  the  heart 
and  [thoughts,  not  In  the  visible  actions  and 
sho  «- ;  in  the  living  seed,  not  in  the  plant  which 
h  as  no  root!  How  often  do  men  cultivate  the 
garden  of  thelrsoula  Just  the  ot  her  way !  How 
often  do  we  try  and  persevere  in  trying  to  make 
a  sort  of  neat  show  of  outer  good  qualities, 
without  anything  within  to  correspond,  just 
like  children  who  plant  blossoms  without  any 
roots  In  the  ground,  to  make  a  pretty  show  for 
the  hour !  We  find  fault,  in  our  lives  and  we  cut 
off  tho  Weed,  hut  we  do  not  root  it  up;  we  find 
something  wanting  in  ourselves,  and  we  supply 
it  not  by  sowing  the  divine  seed  of  heavenly 
principle,  but  by  copying  the  deeds  that  the 
principle  ought  to  produce.— Tetnpk. 


FIFTEEN  GOOD  HABITS. 


1.  Abstinence  from  tobacco  and  intoxicants. 

2.  Temperance  at  meals. 

3.  Daily  attention  to  all  the  conditions  of 
health. 

4.  Constant  occupation. 

5.  Doing  at  once  whatever  is  required. 

(5.  Having  u  time  and  place  for  everything. 

7.  Fidelity  to  all  appointments  and  duties. 

8.  Paying  for  everything  in  advance. 

9.  Giving  as  well  as  receiving. 

10.  Aiming  at  harmony  in  conversation. 

11.  Looking  always  on  the  bright  side. 

13.  Associating  witli  some  favorite  minister 
and  society. 

13.  Talking  nn  edifying  subjects. 

14.  Acting  always  in  the  right  spirit. 

15.  Realizing  the  presence  of  God  at  all  times. 

— - - 

SANDS  OF  GOLD. 


They  who  presume  most  in  prosperity,  are 
soonest  subject  to  despair  in  adversity. 

The  praises  of  others  may  be  of  use,  in  teach¬ 
ing  us  not  what  we  arc,  but  what  we  ought  to  be. 

Submission,  courage,  exertion,  when  practi¬ 
cable— these  seem  to  be  the  weapons  with 
which  we  must  light  life’s  long  battle. 

Great  souls  attract  sorrows,  as  mountains  do 
storms.  But  the  thunder-clouds  break  them 
and  they  thus  form  a  shelter  for  the  plains 
around. 

Time  appears  very  short,  eternity  near,  and  a 
great  name,  either  in  or  after  Jife,  together 
with  ail  earthly  pleasures  and  profits,  but  an 
empty  bubble,  a  deluding  dream. 

Esjor  the  blessings  of  this  day,  if  God  feends 
them,  and  the  evils  bear  patiently  and  sweetly. 
For  this  day  only  is  ours :  we  are  dea  q  to  yester¬ 
day,  and  we  are  not  born  for  to-morrow. 


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COMPENSATION. 


Oit  human  love  la  awcc.t,  supremely  s  veefcl 
But  It  doth  bkle  with  few.  And  it  is  »;  eei 
It  should  be  so.  While  one  doth  press  to  greet 
With  eager  lips  the  one  who  oometh  f.  set— 

Tho  many  go  their  loveless  ways  alo  i». 

To  give  them  tender  solnoe  there  are  none. 
They  firmly  walk,  and  bravely,  withoat  moan, 
Became  of  compensations  that  atone. 

It  must  bo  so.  1'lnch  heart  doth  know  its  own. 


“  My  love  hath  passed  forever,  tar  away. 

He  answereth  not  to  me  toy  night  or  day.” 

“And  mine  hath  proven  false— oh  listen,  pray. 
He  hath  forgotten,  and  he  went  astray.” 

“  And  mine  did  come  unbidden  to  my  heart, 

It  might  not  be— unohlddeu  he  did  pa  *t 
From  me.  Now  oftttmes  memory  doth  start— 

At  mention  of  a  name  along  the  mart— 

“  A  thousand  keen  sensations.  They  subside 
Like  sobbing  rnuBic  at  the  eventide. 

Groat,  grave,  and  purposeful,  and  true,  betide 
Me  stamla  my  life,  whispering  ‘  Tho  x  art  my 
bride,’— 

Tho'  all  else  perish,  Gon  doth  vkt  abidd.” 


“HUNGRY,  AND  YE  FED  ME.” 


Breakfast  was  Just  over  at  Mrs.  Holmes’ 
when  a  little  la<l  with  n  pinched  face  called 
around  at  tho  kitchen  door  to  “  borrow  a  flat¬ 
iron." 

“Come  In,  Jamie,"  said  Mrs.  Holmss,  cheer¬ 
ily,  setting  a  chair  close  by  tho  stovi.  “How 
cold  you  arc,  child  !  Put  up  your  test  on  tiie 
hearth  and  warm  them,”  and  she  slij  ped,  a  bit 
of  shingle  under  hla  snowy  shoe-hue’s  ;  “now 
just  get  warmed  through,  and  I  will  Inko  you  a 
nice  buckwheat."  So  saying,  she  slipped  on  a 
cake  griddle  and  brightened  tho  lire,  and  pres¬ 
ently  a  cake  was  browning  delightfully,  mak¬ 
ing  the  boy’s  eyes  shine. 

“Would  you  like  sirup  on  it,  JAMTB?"  she 
asked,  as  lie  hold  tho  plate  on  hi*  knoos  and 
prepared  to  enjoy  it  its  only  such  a  half-starved 
child  knows  how.  Jamie  assented,  ami  she 
poured  out  the  golden  drips  from  tlio  shining 
silver  cup,  which  almost  dazzled  tho  little  eyes 
with  its  beauty, 

Then  Mrs.  Holmes  put  on  another  cake  and 
busied  herself  about  her  kitchen,  to  J  ami* 
might  feel  no  restraint.  She  baked  them  a.-; 
long  as  his  appetite  held  out,  ami  little  Jamik 
trudged  home  through  the  snow  with  a  feeling 
of  comfort  ho  did  not  have  when  hu  want  over 
the  road  before. 

“I  think,  M'AR IT,  you  ought  to  keep  a  hotel," 
said  her  Cousin  Louise,  as  site  watched,  the  boy 
bounding  down  tho  hill.  “  You  do  like  to  feed 
folks  so  well.  That  is  tho  seventh  meal  you 
have  given  away,  to  my  knowledge.  I  should 
think  you  would  break  your  husband." 

“That  is  the  principal  way  I  haye  of  helping 
him,”  said  Mary,  laughing.  “One  way  or  an¬ 
other,  it  all  comes  back  to  us  tenfold.  You 
look  skeptical,  bul.  i  could  toll  you  some  very 
curious  instance*  whore  it  has  coins  about  so 
plainly  that  no  one  could  help  seeing  It.  But 
if  it  did  not,  could  I  bear  to  enjoy  my  abun¬ 
dance  and  lot  people  go  from  my  door  iialf- 
famlshod,  when  a  tithe  of  one  of  our  comfort¬ 
able  meals  would  put  a  very  different  face  on 
the  world  to  thorn  ?  I  will  leave  it  to  you  ir  it 
is  not  one  of  tho  cheapest  sources  of  pleasure 
even  to  yourself  that  you  can  indulge  in  ?" 

“It  is  a  pleasure  to  so«  a  hungry  man  eat  as 
that  poor  fellow  did  yesterday,”  said  Louise. 
“I  poured  him  out  three  cups  of  coffee,  and 
the  comfortable  look  in  his  face  every  time  he 
stirred  one  up,  made  me  happy  all  day.  He 
could  not  And  words  to  express  hla  gratitude. 
‘I  can  go  well  on  tha‘t  till  to-morrow,’  ho  said, 
with  a  smile  very  different  from  his  haggard 
look  when  he  came  in." 

“  I  think  ho  told  us  a  straight  story ;  but  if  he 
didn't,  that  is  not  our  fault.  I  get  so  much 
more  than  1  deserve,  I  am  not  distressed  if  1 
sometimes  feed  some  one  that  Is  not  so  deserv¬ 
ing.  The  Lord  feeds  a  groat  many  undeserving, 
hungry  people.  In  a  case  like  this  of  little 
Jamie, there  can  be  no  question.  I  would  rather 
give  a  cake  to  a  child  any  time  than  eat  it  my¬ 
self.  They  will  remember  these  tilings  of  us, 
Louise.  I  love  to  have  the  children  remember 
me  pleasantly." 

And  they  did  remember  her  down  to  grey 
hairs.  How  do  the  poor  children  who  come  to 
your  door  remember  you?  More  important 
still,  how  does  the  Master  remember  you  ? 


HAS  YOUR  WIFE  GOOD  HELP  ? 


1 


The  cry  of  over-work  from  our  farmei  3’  wives 
comes  up  from  all  over  the  land.  Whan  they 
utter  no  complaint  themselves,  the  very  circum¬ 
stances  in  which  they  are  placed  cry  aloud  for 
redress.  The  cry,  too,  should  be  heard  fiom  tho 
thousands  of  premature  graves  which  dot  our 
village  church-yards,  and  the  wall*  of  our  in¬ 
sane  asylums,  to  which  so  many  of  our  farmers' 
wives,  particularly  in  the  West,  are  yearly 
brought. 

If  a  man  does  not  provide  suitable  help  for 
his  wife,  his  duty  la  very  plain.  He  should  re¬ 
duce  his  farming  operations  until  her  part  shall 
not  exceed  her  strength.  He  knows  better  than 
tooverload  his  valuable  horse,  for  which  he  paid 
out  so  much  money.  I  know  a  man  whose  wife 
was  ill,  with  not  a  person  to  help  her,  who  gath¬ 


ered  a  dozen  neighbors  together  to  raise  a  barn. 
They  were  all  to  take  dinner  at,  his  house,  and  a 
“  raising  dinner  ”  was  expected  to  be  something 
extra. 

“I  don’t  see  how  I  can  possibly  get  dinner," 
shosaid,  as  she  lay  on  her  pillow,  feeling  it  was 
an  Impossibility  to  rise. 

“  I  guess  you  can  get  us  something,”  ha  said, 
half  peisuaaively.  "You’ll  feel  hotter,  taabbe, 
if  you  stli  around  a  little  ;  I  often  do.  I  can  get 
the  men  to  help  better  to-day."  And  with 
these  comforting  reflections  he  wont  off  to  his 
work,  and  gave  no  more  thought  to  horn#  and 
Its  cares  until  summoned  to  dinner.  Poor  little 
Mrs.  B.,  who  always  looked  as  If  the  wind  would 
blow  hot  away,  meekly  arose,  and  essayed  to  go  - 
about  her  regular  duties.  But  it.  was  of  n<.  use. 
Hhe  could  not  walk,  or  hardly  sit  up.  Though  a 
most  excellent  temperance  woman,  she  felt, 
there  waa  only  ono  course  before  her.  Hhc  took 
from  the  shelf  a  bottle  oj  gin,  and  drank  half  a 
pint,  and  on  the  strength  which  it  gave  her  for 
the  hour  cooked  u  dinner  for  twelve  hungry 
men. 

Such  men  as  Mr.  B.  (T  came  near  writing  his 
name,  for  l  know  him  well)  have  no  right  to  a 
fireside  of  their  own  and  the  comforts  of  a  good 
home.  They  should  serve  as  days-meu  to  hard 
employers  all  their  lives. 

Has  your  wife  good  help  for  the  hard  sum¬ 
mer's  work?  If  not,  leave  your  oxen  In  the 
stall,  and  take  out  your  horse  and  ride  the  coun¬ 
try  over  till  you  find  help.  Don't  enlarge  too 
much  on  the  worthlessness  of  hired  girls  now- 
n-days,  as  you  go  about,  or  you  may  find  it  hard 
to  get  suited.  Girls  are  shy  of  going  to  a  place 
where  the  man  Is  surly.  And  when  you  And 
xnme  ono  willing  to  live  out,  remember  Sydney 
Smith's  direction  in  reference  to  domestics : 

“  Don’t  expect  perfection  for  twenty  pounds  a 
year.”  J.  12.  McC. 

- - 

UNWISE  PARENTS. 

Every  one  bns,  some  time  in  life,  c<  mmltted 
little  acts  of  thoughtlessness,  <  r  foolishness, 
which  are  nut  always  pleasant  to  recall  later  in 
life,  when  one  has  learned  a  little  wisdom.  Yet, 
there  are  always  some  people,  who  not  only  do 
riot  improve  themselves  as  years  pass  on,  but 
dislike  to  see  any  progress  In  ethers  ;  and  these 
envious  person*  ore  Just  the  ones  who  delight 
in  humbling  us,  or  “taking  down  our  pride,"  as 
they  call  It,  by  frequent  allusions  to  the  awk¬ 
wardness  or  foolishness  of  our  youthful  days. 
What  young  lady,  who,  by  frequnntUig  good  so¬ 
ciety,  has  become  graceful  and  easy  in  manner, 
likes  to  bo  told  or  the  days  when  si  ©waa  the 
most  awkward  girl  in  the  village  ?  W hat  young 
man,  who,  from  contact  with  businessmen  and 
men  of  learning,  Inis  acquired  good  judgment 
ami  pleasant  manners,  can  bear,  without  emo¬ 
tions  of  anger,  the  taunts  of  those  who  refer  to 
his  verdancy  on  his  first  visit  to  tho  city? 

We  can  ascribe  such  remarks  ns  these,  from 
persons  who  have  no  interest  tu  our  t  regress,  to 
envy;  but  when  parents, hy  way  of  pleasant. (?) 
conversation  with  visitors,  discuss  the  youthful 
foolishness  or  awkwardness  of  their  children,  l 
know  not  to  what  to  ascribe  it,  unless  it  lie  a 
lack  of  wisdom.  What  person  can  appear  at 
case  before  visitors,  if  ho  every  moment  expects 
to  hear  discussed  some  little  fault  of  his  past 
life,  that  he  is  heartily  ashamed  of,  ami  has  long 
ago  corrected  ? 

No  child  can  place  confidence  in  a  parent  who 
will  tell  such  things;  and  if  a  parent  will  not 
respect  the  child's  sensitiveness,  who  will  re¬ 
gard  it  ?  Such  parents  are  unwise,  unkind,  un¬ 
natural  1 

Parents,  if  you  would  have  the  respect,  the 
confidence,  the  love,  of  your  children,  I  bog  you 
to  respect,  their  rights  and  their  feelings.  For 
their  sakes,  as  well  as  your  own,  do  not  rouse 
their  worst  passions,  by  “  making  fun  ”  at  their 
expense.  Lillian  Mayne. 

- - ♦♦♦ - 

MEMORY. 


We  often  hear  of  a  “  bad  memory,"  a  “  treach¬ 
erous  memory,"  but  seldom  of  a  “  good  memo¬ 
ry."  Why  Is  this?  Is  It  because  sorno  are  more 
favored  than  others?  By  no  means.  Memory 
is  as  susceptible  of  improvement  as  the  voice  or 
any  of  the  faculties.  We  have  bad  memories 
because  we  badly  treat  them.  Abuse  your  brain, 
your  eyes,  your  stomach,  and  they  will  abuse 
you.  the  golden  rule  to  the  contrary  notwith¬ 
standing. 

Neglect  your  memory,  your  friends,  or  your 
stock,  and  you  can  soon  have  poor  stock,  faith¬ 
less  friends  and  a  “  bad  memory."  Never  insult 
your  memory  with  “  I  can’t  t  rust  it.  1  rely  upon 
my  memoranda."  Throw  your  memoranda 
away.  When  you  wish  your  memory  to  retain 
anything,  you  must  impress  that  something 
upon  It  so  forcibly  that  its  photograph  will 
be  there  at  all  times  for  you  to  look  at.  To  do 
this,  you  must  first  make  a  good  Impression  ; 
and  then  firmly  fix  it— not  In  ono  corner,  but 
upon  the  extended  pages  of  what  will  soon  be 
1  your  veritable  memory.  Practice  your  memory 
I  as  you  do  your  music.  Frequently  brush  the 
!  dust  off  every  photograph  in  its  album.  Repeat 
stanzas,  poems,  &e.  If  you  go  shopping  or  to 
town,  first  impress  your  memory  with  the  num- 
i  ber  of  articles  you  wish  to  purchase;  then  ar¬ 
range  them  into  classes,  and  when  thus  pre¬ 
pared.  don’t  go  with  your  mind  full  of  the  latest 
fashions  or  the  village  gossip,  but  renew  the  im¬ 
pressions  frequently,  lest  they  be  blurred  by 
some  "sensation"  or  “ rumor ”  before  you  get 
to  your  destination.  *•  E-  h. 

1  Milton,  Ky, 


, leading  for  the  fjtfwng. 


MATTIE’S  TROUBLES. 


MY  Ileiisey’*  got  the  measles 
The  very  wnrstest  kind ; 

And  C»mir's  hi  the  closet, 

Because  he  wouldn't,  mind. 

He  pinched  Matilda  Agnes, 

And  spoiled  her  waterfall, 

And  spilled  notul!  the  sawdust, 

And  wasn't  sorry  'ft  all. 

I'll  spank  Mis*  Itoso  this  evening, 

And  tell  her  papa,  too ; 

She  poured  her  cup  of  coffee 
Bight  Into  Mabel’s  shoe. 

Fred  bit  his  tongue  so  awful— 

I  don’t  know  what.  I'm  'bout — 

I’ll  send  for  Dr.  Scissors, 

And  let  him  cut  It  out. 

To-morrow's  Topsy’s  birthday— 

She’s  twenty-five,  1  guess— 

I'll  have  to  go  to  Boston 
And  buy  her  ’ceptiou  d’ess. 

I  haven’t  any  pennies,  though — 

I  threw  ’em  flown  the  well ; 

I  wish  1  had  a  pocket  full. 

Like  Tom  ’n’  sister  Nell. 

I  went  down  In  the  kitchen. 

To  make  poor  Uepsey's  tea? 

And  Bridget  wouldn't,  let  me— 

She’s  cross  as  sho  can  be. 

I  wish  tfht  'd  get  the  measles, 

And  whoopin'  cough,  ’n’  chills, 

I  wouldn’t  give  her  nothing 
But  popper-sauce  'n'  pills. 

My  finger's  hurting  drefful— 

I  pinched  It  In  tho  door ; 

I  wish  they’d  get  my  needle— 

1  dropped  it  on  tile  floor. 

There’s  Topsey's  dress  to  finish. 

And  heaps  of  work  to  do  j 

I  guess  I’ll  e’lloct  my  fam’ly 
And  move  In  grandpa’s  shoe. 

[Youth’s  Lorn i  anion. 
- — - 

LETTERS  TO  YOUNG  RURALISTS.-  No.  16. 

FROM  COUSIN  JOHNNIE. 


Cousin  Johnnie  feels  a  little  sail  to-c'ay,  and 
therefore  is  going  to  cheer  her  spirits  by  writ¬ 
ing  to  her  little  cousins.  It  seems  strange  to 
think  the  words  1  write  hero,  by  my  Window, 
this  sweet  spring  day,  will  go  out  and  travel 
miles  and  miles  till  they  roach  you,  and  will 
speak,  to  nearly  all  of  you  at  once-  Just  as  if  wo 
were  all  together,  and  I  really  talking  to  yon 
You  thought  Cousin  John  nib  had  forgotten  you, 
did  you  not,?  And  no  wonder,  for  It  is  a  long, 
long  time  since  she  talked  to  you  before;  but 
she  has  been  extremely  busy  and  not,  very  well, 
and  now,  though  she  has  a  little  more  leisure, 
writing  is  quite,  an  exertion. 

How  i  should  like  to  peep  in  upon  you  all  in 
your  different  homes ;  it  is  so  much  nicer  to  see 
people  when  we  talk  to  them.  Bo  many  of  you 
have  told  me  about  yourselves,  I  don’t  think  it 
would  bo  hard  to  find  you  out.  And  now  J 
think  of  it,  I  have  never  told  you  anything 
about,  tho  place  f  llvo  in.  it  is  a  village  num¬ 
bering  two  thousand  inhabitants, about  twenty- 
eight  miles  from  New  York  City,  and  is  built  on 
’a  point  of  land  which  ruus  down  between  two 
creeks.  Hence,  It  was  formerly  called  Middle- 
town  Point.  But  ns  our  letters  used  often  to  be 
sent  by  mistake  to  Middletown,  a  village  a  few 
miles  from  here,  it  was  decided  to  have  the 
name  changed.  Some  wanted  it  called  New 
Aberdeen,  which  was  the  name  given  it  years 
and  years  ago  by  tho  little  Scotch  colony  who 
first  settled  It.  Others  wanted  it  Mtttuwan,  n 
contraction  of  the  Indian  name,  Mattcavxm, 
and  this  was  finally  decided  upon.  But  now  we 
are  not  much  better  off  than  before,  for  our  let¬ 
ters  quite  often  take  a  trip  to  MntlMxvan,  New 
York,  before  they  reach  uh. 

The  village  Is  built,  principally,  on  ono  straight 
street  nearly  three-quarters  of  a  mile  long,  and 
although  there  aim  not  many  ornamental  houses 
this  long,  shady  street,  looks  very  pretty  and 
pleasant  in  summer  as  one  rides  through  it. 
We  have  a  very  One  school  for  both  sexes,  called 
Olenwood  Institute,  where  Cousin  Johnnie 
teaches  music.  I  wish  some  of  my  little  cousins 
who  think  of  going  to  boarding  school  would 
decide  to  come  here.  I  know  they  could  not 
help  liking  it,.  The  principal,  Dr.  Hamilton,  is 
very  kind,  and  treats  his  scholars  just  like  his 
own  family.  He  docs  not  care  to  take  more 
than  twenty-five  boarding  scholars,  beiides  his 
day  scholars,  which  is  certainly  far  pleasanter 
for  the  boarders  than  when  there  are  so  many. 
As  we  are  only  about  two  miles  and  a  half  from 
Keyport,  which  is  situated  on  Raritan  Bay, 
those  who  are  fond  of  salt  water  bathing  have 
plenty  of -opportunities  fur  enjoying  it.  But 
the  boys  do  not  care  to  go  so  far  for  sport,  so 
they  swim  in  the  creek  which  runs  up  past  our 
village  from  the  bay.  Many  of  the  lit  tle  girls 
and  some  ladies,  however,  patronize  the  bath¬ 
ing  house;  but  it  is  rather  small,  I  think,  for 
much  sport.  Our  boys  have  a  ball  club,  and 
some  of  them  are  very  good  players.  They  some¬ 
times  challenge  the  bail  clubs  of  other  villages, 
and  then  there  is  a  grand  time.  I  can’t  say, 
though,  that  I  am  very  partial  to  bail  playing, 
for  one  of  our  brightest  boys,  one  who  was  a 
real  pleasure  in  the  school,  has  been  obliged  to 
go  on  crutches  for  several  months  on  account 
of  an  injury  received  in  playing  ball. 

Our  boy*  and  girls  have  a  Literary  Society,  in 
imitation  of  their  elders,  where  they  have  com¬ 
positions,  reading,  etc.;  and  I  think  they  have 


a.  pood  time  generaUy.  Some  of  them  are  very 
©lever,  and  I  export,  ono  of  these  days,  will  bo 
ornamenst  to  the  grown-up  Literary  Society. 
But  I  must  stop;  for  my  letter  Is  getting  so 
long,  Mr.  Rural  will  not  pul  it  in,  I  am  afraid. 

• - —  ■ 

ilN  INCIDENT. 

A  young  man  went  into  tho  office  of  one  of 
the  largest  dry  goods  importing  houses  in  New 
York,  and  asked  for  a  situation.  He  was  told 
to  come  again. 

Going  down  Broadway  that,  same  afternoon, 
opposite  the  As  tor  House,  an  old  apple  woman 
trying  to  cross  the  Street  was  struck  hy  a  stage, 
knocked  down,  and  her  basket  of  apples  sent 
scattering  in  the  gutter. 

This  young  mao  stopped  out  from  tiio  passing 
crowd,  helped  up  the  old  lady,  put  her  apples 
Into  her  basket,  and  went  on  his  way,  forgetting 
the  incident. 

When  he  called  again  upon  the  importers  he 
was  asked  to  name  his  price,  which  was  ac¬ 
cepted  immediately,  and  he  went  to  work. 

Nearly  a  year  afterward  be  was  called  aside 
one  day  and  asked  if  he  remembered  assist  ing 
an  old  apple  woman  in  Broadway  to  pick  up  a 
basket  of  apples  and,  much  to  his  surprise, 
learned  why  in*  obtained  a  situation  when  mare 
than  one  hundred  others  were  desiring  the  same 
place. 

Young  man,  you  little  know  who  sees  your 
acts  of  kindness.  The  eyes  of  others  see  and 
admire  what  they  will  not  take  the  trouble  to 
do  themselves. — A  mcriran  Messenger. 

- ♦■»» 

CAT’S  CRADLE. 

Who  among  tho  little  folk*  who  have  played 
the  familiar  game  of  "Cat’s  Cradle,”  or  as  some 
have  called  it.,  “Scratch  Cradle,”  can  tell  the 
origin  of  this  simplo  game?  And  would  they 
like  to  know? 

A  friend  <>r  ours  waa  recently  looking  over  a 
copy  of  an  old  Bible,  printed  in  London,  in  the 
year  1599,  called  tho  "Breeches  Bible,"  and 
among  many  quaint  expressions,  camo  across 
those  words “  And  she  brought  forth  her  first 
born  son,  and  laid  him  in  a  cratch." 

Going  to  Webster’s  largo  dictionary  to  look 
out  this  word,  we  found  the  following  defini¬ 
tion:  “Cratch,  a  manger  or  open  frame  for 
hay.  The  childish  amusement  called  making 
cratch-cradle  la  an  Intended  representation  of 
tho  llguro  of  the  cratch."-  Kpiflcopnlfmi. 

— - - - - 

Wisdom  an. I  truth,  tho  offspring  of  the  sky, 
are  Immortal ;  but  cunning  and  deception,  the 
meteors  of  the  earth,  alter  glittering  for  a 
moment,  must  pass  away. 


m  fitter. 


ILLUSTRATED  REBU8.  No.  12. 


J3F”  Answer  In  two  weeks. 


SQUARE-WORD. -No.  1. 

1.  An  opportune  haven  for  a  weary  traveler. 

3.  An  Egyptian  plant,  the  seeds  of  which  are 
aromatic. 

3.  To  lie  on  the  side. 

4.  The  religion  of  Mohammed. 

5.  Third  person  singular  form  of  a  verb  which 

Hamlet  told  the  Queen  he  know  not. 
Answer  in  two  weeks.  G.  D.  Butler. 

- - I*. - ; — 

MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA.— No.  8. 

I  am  composed  of  13  letters : 

My  1, 13,  5, 6  is  a  gem. 

My  10,  8,  3,  13  i3  a  sacerdotal  cloak. 

My  4, 11,  9, 3  is  an  army. 

My  7, 13  is  a  personal  pronoun. 

My  whole  is  the  name  of  an  instrument. 
Answer  in  two  weeks.  A.  M.  a. 

- ♦-*-* - 

PROBLEM,— No,  8. 


The  sides  of  a  triangular  lot  are  4,  5  and  6 
chains;  tho  angles  formed  by  drawing  lines 
from  the  vertices  to  a  tree  arc  equal.  Required, 
tho  distance  from  the  tree  to  each  corner  of  the 
triangle.  S.  G.  Cagwin. 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 

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PUZZLER  ANSWERS.-May  3. 

Puzzle  No.  7,— Flying  Fish. 

Illustrated  Proverb  No.  4. —  “He  who 
don’t  beat  the  horse  beats  the  saddle.” 

Invisible  Friends  No.  1.— 1,  Hattie;  2,  Ira; 
3,  Asa ;  4,  Oscar ;  5,  Dan ;  6,  Dora ;  7,  Myra ;  8, 
Ruth ;  9,  Ida. 


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CURRENT  TOPICS. 

Failure  of  the  Arctic  Expedition.— Death  of 
Capt.  Hall. 

News  came  on  the  Oth  of  the  failure  or  (ho 
Arctic  Expedition  sent,  out  by  the  Govern  merit 
under  Capt.  Mall,  and  the  death  of  that  gallant 
commander.  Ho  died  from  a  stroke  of  apo¬ 
plexy  on  the  Htli  of  October,  1871,  while  encour¬ 
aging  his  men  In  the  cabin  of  the  Polaris.  Ho 
had  just  returned  from  a  sledge  expedition  to 
I  lie  far  north.  The  Polaris  got  caught  in  a  drift 
of  ice  and  was  lost.  ,She  hud  lost  all  her  boats. 
The  men  landed  provisions  on  the  ice,  arid  19 
of  them  were  soon  driven  to  sea  on  a  piece  of 
lloe  ice  twenty  yards  in  diameter*  They  re¬ 
mained  on  the  ice  from  the  last  of  August  until 
the  1st  of  April,  when  they  took  to  boats.  They 
were  picked  up  on  the  noth  of  April  by  the 
steamship  Tigress,  near  Wolf  Island,  -10  miles 
from  land,  and  were  carried  to  Hay  Roberts, 
Now  Foundland,  which  t  hey  readied  May  9th. 
The  news  lias  caused  deep  grief  and  a  profound 
sensation.  The  talc  of  suffering  is  harrowing 

ami  lengthy.  _ 

Death  of  John  Stuart  Mill. 

This  eminent  English  philosopher  aud  states¬ 
man  died  In  Avignon,  Southern  France,  on  the 
9l.ii  inst.  Ho  was  born  in  Loudon,  May  80,  ifiOli, 
and  is  known  the  world  over  from  his  many 
works  on  political  economy,  social  reform,  phi¬ 
losophy,  logic, etc.  For  iti years  beheld  an  office 
in  the  political  department  of  the  India  House, 
succeeding  to  the  position  held  by  Ids  father, 
who  was  also  a  man  of  eminence.  The  list,  of 
Mr.  Mill’s  works,  which  have  placed  Idm  among 
the  foremost  thinkers  of  the  day,  Is  too  long 
for  publication  here.  In  18fS,>  ho  was  sent  to 
Parliament  from  Westminster,  where  ho  rose 
to  great  distinction  and  popularity.  His  death 
is  a  great  loss  to  the  world  of  letters  and  re¬ 
form.  He  died  near  the  snot  where  his  wife  is 
burled. 

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BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 

Third  Assistant  Postmaster-Genera!  Barber 
recently  receiv  ed  a  letter  asking  whether  postal 
cards  containing  notices  of  assessment,  &o„ 
that  have  been  once  properly  transmitted 
through  the  mails  and  the  stamp  thereon  can¬ 
celed,  can,  after  their  being  returned  to  the 
sender  in  a  sealed  envelope  with  the  remit¬ 
tance,  be  transmitted  to  Hie  person  originally 
addressed  with  the  word  “paid”  stamped  or 
indorsod  t  hereon,  by  placing  upon  the  card  a 
one  cent  adhesive  stamp.  The  Postmaster- 
General,  to-day,  decided  that  sue))  cards  can  be 
so  transmitted  upon  payment  of  the  required 
postage  of  one  cent  each.  This  decision  will  be 
largely  availed  of  by  Masonic  and  other  associa¬ 
tions  in  the  collection  of  dues  and  assessments. 

Miss  Kellogg  did  a  pleasant  thing  a  few  days 
since  at  (Jin  Cunt im-nial  Hotel,  Philadelphia. 
Having  a  spare  hour,  she  Invited  the  servants 
who  could  lii!  spared  from  their  duties  to  assem¬ 
ble  in  the  ladies'  dining-room  about  nine 
o’clock.  She  had  her  music  and  some  musical 
instrument*  with  her,  and  played  and  sang  for 
them  a  choice  selection  of  her  best  pieces,  in- 
terspersingwlth  them  a  number  of  Irish  ballads 
and  negro  minstrel  melodies.  It  was  a  very 
graceful  act  in  the  great  eantatrlee,  and  is  as 
creditable  to  her  generosity  ,i*  it  was  enjoyable 
to  those  who  do  not  often  have  the  good  for¬ 
tune  to  hoar  such  music  sung  and  played  as  she 
can  do  it. 

A  Washington  telegram  says:— Gen.  Van 
Huron  will  certainly  be  removed,  and  unless  a 
satisfactory  successor  is  selected  within  a  few 
days,  t  he  choice  of  a  man  to  succeed  him  will 
undoubtedly  be  given  to  Minister  Jay.  It.  is 
i lot  improbable  that  Mr.  Thomas  MeElrath  will 
be  appointed.  The  most  active  and  determined 
efforts  will  be  made  by  the  State  "Department 
to  retrieve  the  lost  standing  of  the  United 
States  at  the  Vienna  Exposition;  and  to  this 
end,  the  most,  rigid  rules  for  the  government  of 
the  American  officials  will  be  enforced. 

The  President  has  told  the  reporter  of  an 
Omaha  newspaper  why  he  did  not  make  his 


proposed  Southern  trip.  Here  is  the  reason  : 
“  I  expected  to  go,  and  was  making  arrarige- 
(  mentis  for  a  trip,  lint  they  noised  it  abroad  and 
made  so  much  preparation  that  I  thought  It 
would  be  too  much  like  swinging  around  the 
circle.  I  joined  a  procession  of  that  kind  once." 

Senator  Sumner  sent  the  following  letter  tu 
tho  Secretary  of  the  United  States  Senate  on 
Friday “  Please  pay  Into  the  Treasury  of  the 
United  States,  on  my  account,  the  sum  of 
$4,444.60,  being  the  allowance  to  mo  of  what  Is 
known  as  ‘backpay’  for  the  XLIId  Congress, 
deducting  I  herefrom  the  mileage  allowed  by 
law.” 

The  Postmaster-General,  to-day,  decided  that 
Postmasters  are  not  authorized  to  sell  postal 
cards  to  any  person  in  large  quantities  or  small 
for  more  or  less  than  one  cent  each.  No  dis¬ 
count  therefore  can  be  allowed  to  purchasers 
or  agents  who  desire  to  keep  the  cards  on  hand 
for  sale  to  tho  public. 

According  to  telegrams  from  Constantinople 
received  in  Vienna,  the  Sultan  of  Turkey  is 
subject  to  frequent  (Its  of  furious  irritation, 
and  it  Is  feared  tnathis  brain  is  affected.  Great 
consternation  is  said  to  prevail  In  official  circles 
at  Constantinople. 

Fifty  thousand  Russian  troops,  stationed  In 
i*rnl  near  St.  Petersburg,  were  reviewed  on 
Friday  afternoon,  May  U,  by  the  Emperior  of 
Germany  and  the  Czar.  In  the  evening,  St. 
Petersburg  wasillumlnutod  in  honor  of  t  he  Im¬ 
perial  visitor. 

Miss  Mioy  Morgan,  Livestock  Reporter  of 
I  he  New  York  Times  and  Rprai,  New-Yorker, 
leaves  to-day  (May  fi)  for  n  tour  among  the  Live 
Stock  Markets  of  the  West.  We  bespeak  for 
her  a  kind  reception  from  our  brethren  of  t  he 
Press. 

A  Washington  dispatch  says  that  “  about  six 
Congressmen  among  those  who  have  turned 
I  heir  extra  compensation  Int  o  the  Treasury 
have  accompanied  the  act  with  requests  that 
their  names  be  withheld  from  the  public.” 

We  learn  that  great  efforts  are  making  by 
Influential  Episcopalians  in  d 
choose  as  tho  Bishop  of  that,  diocese  the  Rev. 
Ur.  Dlx  of  Trinity  Church  of  Now  York  City. 

The  sum  of  $385,000  Is  to  be  dedicated  to  the 
building  of  the  Internationa]  Exhibition,  which 
is  to  take  place  in  Valparaiso,  Chili,  in  1875. 

Ex-Congressman  W.  d.  Prico  of  the  VJth 
Georgia  District  has  given  his  back  pay  to  the 
North  Georgia  Agricultural  College. 

The  Russian  Ambassador  in  the  French  capi¬ 
ta)  averages  four  dinner  parties  per  week,  and 
none  cost  less  than  5.0(H)  francs. 

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THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 

BHarUey,  Rl.  V.,  May  1.— The  winter  still  lin¬ 
gers  in  the  lap  of  spring  in  a  most  shameful 
milliner:  but  little  plowing  has  been  done  and 
no  sowing;  the  ground  has  been  very  wet; 
there  has  not.  been  over  five  or  six  days  to  plow 
I  his  spring.  Few  have  done  anything  at  mak¬ 
ing  gardens,  and  (lie  prospect  for  peas  jmd  po¬ 
tatoes  by  I  he  middle  of  June  the  time  we  had 
I  lvem  last  year— Is  not  very  flattering.  The  cold 
north  and  north-west  winds,  for  the  last  two 
weeks,  with  now  and  then  a  snow  storm,  is  not. 
at  till  favorable  to  grass;  pasture  lias  started 
but  little.  I  see  a  number  of  able,  well-to-do 
farmers  have  turned  out  I  heir  cattle  rather 
than  buy  a  little  corn;  most  of  them  have 
plenty  of  straw;  they  will  have  short  pasture 
all  summer.  Wheat  is  looking  very  bad  ;  it  lias, 
in  a  great  many  eases,  drowned  out,  and  does 
not.  stand  as  well  on  tho  ground  as  it  did  a 
month  ago.  The  fruit  prospect  is  not  at  all 
flattering;  good  judges  pm  no  unco  tho  poach 
buds  all  killed ;  plums  and  cherries  arc  but 
little  better.  Apple  trees  show  no  signs  of 
leaving  out  yet.  l'igs  are  very  high,  selling  at 
$3G?4  per  head  when  live  weeks  old  ;  the  market 
is  not  overstocked.  Take  it  till  together,  the 
formers’  prospects  arc  not  very  good.— 8.  c. 

Ferry  City,  Wood  Co.,  O,,  May  I  .—Wo  had  a 
long,  cold  winter,  and  are  having  a  very  back¬ 
ward  spring ;  have  had  «  great  deal  of  rain ;  the 
roads  are  almost  impassable;  lliey  never  were 
known  to  he  so  bad  at  Ibis  time  of  the  year  be¬ 
fore.  Stock  looks  quite  well ;  food  for  stock, 
with  the  exception  of  corn,  has  not  been  so 
scarce  for  ten  years;  but  Hide  oats  have  been 
sown,  and  very  little  ground  Is  dry  enough  to 
plow.  Wheat  is  doing  tolerably  well;  some 
places  froze  and  drowned  out  badly;  peach 
buds  all  killed,  and  some  trees  killed  by  the 
very  cold  winter;  nurserymen  complain  of 
heavy  losses  in  trees;  grass  starts  slowly.  Tho  1 
past,  winter  has  been  very  hard  on  bees;  large 
numbers  have  died  ;  many  people  have  lost  all 
of  their  bees.  St  ock  is  rather  low  and  dull  sale, 
with  the  exception  of  hogs;  milch  cows  are 
worth  from  $.35  to  $30;  cattle,  $l/t.4,50  per  cwt.,  i 
live  weight  ;  hogs,  $4.50  per  cwt..  butter,  25c.; 
eggs.  10c.;  lard,  7c.;  tallow,  8c.;  potatoes,  ?5e/o  ! 

$1 :  wheat,  $1.35®  1.40 ;  onions,  15c.  per  quart  ;  i 
oats,  30@83c.;  corn,  3t)@40c.;  lime,  15c.  per  bush. 

— H.  w. 

Strawberries  in  Maryland  und  Delaware.— 

The  Maryland  arid  Delaw  are  growers  are  antici¬ 
pating  such  a  prodigious  yield  of  strawberries 
that  they  are  casting  about  for  some  means  to  j 
procure  assistance  to  market  the  crop.  The  i 
resident  labor  will  be  totally  inadequate,  as  it  is 
estimated  that  from  700  to  1,000  more  hands  will  j 
be  wanted  than  l;tst  year,  when  all  the  available  ' 
help  was  utilized.  ; 

Famine  in  Georgia.— The  Georgia  Homo  Jour-  ] 
rial,  Madison,  Ga.,  says : — “  We  speak  deliberate- 


:  ly,  when  we  declare  that  there  never  was  a  fair¬ 
er  prospect  for  short  rations  fur  man  and  beast 
1  in  Middle-Georgia  than  now.  The  area  sown  in 
l  wheal  and  oat«  small,  crops  backward  and  un- 
•  promising;  stock  poor  and  half  fed,  on  import¬ 
ed  corn,  and  the  people  crazy  on  l  he  subject  of 
,  cotton.  With  a  mild  winter,  and  curly  and 
,  promising  crop  of  clover  and  outs  to  help  make 
,  the  corn  and  cotton  crop,  things  would  wear  a 
r  more  pleasant  aspect.  As  it  is,  there  Is  nothing 
i  encouraging  in  the  agricultural  outlook  in  Mid- 
,  dlo-Gcorgla.  We  would  urge  the  importance  of 
planting  large  corn,  pea  and  potato  crops.  They 
may  not  come  in  time  to  help  make  the  next 
crop,  but  will  contribute  to  the  assistance  of 
I  man  and  beast  next  winter.”  . 

(sou ill  Pass,  III.,  April  2*,— Peach  trees 
about  Centralia  almost,  all  killed  ;  strawberries 
promise  only  a  third  of  a  crop,  owing  to  the 
ravages  of  the  grub  in  the  crown  of  the  plants. 
Fours  in  blossom, but  few  orchards  have  escaped 
the  blight.  Here  peach  trees  are  not.  killed,  but 
nearly  or  quite  all  of  the  fruit  buds  wore  killed 
in  January,  Pears,  cherries  and  apples  promise 
a  fair  crop.  There  will  be  a  small  crop  of  peach¬ 
es  in  the  orchards  thirty  miles  south  of  tide 
point.  But  the  fruit  prospect  Is  not  brilliant* — f, 

• - - T - 

DOMESTIC  NEWS 

New  York  CHty  and  Vicinity, 

Tub  remains  of  Bishop  McJIvaine  of  Ohio 
arrived  on  the  3d . . .  Gov.  Uix  has  appointed 

new  Emigration  Gommlsslonera _ Wm.  Black 

of  Ball,  Black  *V  Go.,  died  on  Hie  4th.  ..The  A. 
H.  Missionary  Society  held  its  anniversary  on 
the  4th ;  ex- President  Woulsey  delivered  the 
serimiu.  Ilnn,  Junes  Brooks  was  buried  in 

Greenwood  on  the  1th _ The  Police  Justice.*’ 

Idl!  for  New  York  City  has  beet)  repealed 
The  National  Cheap  Transportation  Associa¬ 
tion  held  a  Convent  Ion  at  the  Aster  House  dur¬ 
ing  tho  week.  A  new  trial  has  boon  denied 
Stoke*. . ,  Nixon's  plea  fora  si  ay  of  proceedings 

lias  been  denied . The  Women  Suffragcist s 

held  a  great  meeting  ...Mr.  Geo.  Francis  Train 

has  been  declared  sane . An  inspection  of 

liquor  saloons  has  been  ordered  ...A  largo  loa 
house  and  a  large  dry  goods  house  tun  e  failed. . 

The  police  are  closing  the  gambling  houses _ 

The  Seventh  Regiment  is  to  havea  new  armory. 
...  Ur.  Chapin  lias  celebrated  his  silver  wed¬ 
ding.  and  boon  presented  with  $10,000  .  .At  the 
Farmers'  Convention  Mr.  Joslah  Qulm  v  de¬ 
nounced  the  growing  power  of  railway  monop¬ 
olies.,  , The  Aldermen  have  confirmed  all  the 
Mayor's  nominations  —  Nixon  Is  to  be  hung  at 

t  he  Tombs  tin  the  loth _ Bleaklej  will  be  sent 

to  prison  for  life  for  t  he  murder  of  Maud  Mer¬ 
rill —  Water  frauds  in  Brooklyn  excite  atten¬ 
tion  —  The  funeral  of  Chief  Justice  Chase  took 
place  on  the  lPt.li,  from  St.  George's  church. 
Urs.  Tyug  and  Hall  officiated.  A  vast  crowd 
was  in  attendance,,  Including  the  principal  men 
of  the  nation.  The  city  was  in  mourning.  The 
remains  were  taken  to  Washington .  ...Mr. 

Tweed  i  again  on  trial...  Several  persona  are 
now  implicated  in  the  Atlantic  National  Bank 
default —  Miss  Emily  Faithfull  sailed  on  the 
10th. 

Home  News. 

Gen.  Van  Buren  will  be  removed. . .  In  tho 
light  with  the  Mod  oca,  15  were  killed,  19  wound¬ 
ed,  and  5  are  missing.  .Utah  is  alarmed  oxer 
t  he  Indians  Bishop  Corrigan  was  consecrated 

in  Newark.  N.  J.,  on  tlm  tth _ The  new  planet 

is  named  Vulcan  ...There  wa«  a  terrible  snow 
Morin  at  Cloud  Co*,  Kan.,  on  the  3d  :  many  peo¬ 
ple  were  frozen  .  An  iron  bridge  over  t  tie  La- 
nuuo  River,  near  Hedulia,  Mo.,  fell  on  the  1th: 

3  men  wore  killed  und  8  wounded _ A  train  at 

Princeton,  Ind.,  ran  off  the  track  on  l  he  3d  ;  30 
persons  wounded  —  On  the  5th.  100  boys  es¬ 
caped  from  the  State  Reform  School  in  West- 
Loro,  Muss. ...  The  President  has  ret  urned  to 
Washington...  The  N.  V.  Senate  has  passed  the 
Local  Prohibition  bill  ..New  York  will  make 
Decoration  Day  ;  legal  holiday  ...On  the  Oth 
there  was  much  political  disturbance  in  various 
parts  of  Louisiana,  with  great  excitement  in 
Now  •  trleans ;  outbreaks  were  feared  ..A  boiler 
explosion  in  C'lticago,  on  the  (Rh.  wounded  15 
men. ,  .General  alarm  continue*  in  Oregon  rel¬ 
ative  to  the  Indians.  I.argereinfi ircements are 

being  sent  in  the  lava  bads _ Cincinnati  has 

Imd  a  great  May  Musical  festival  .  On  the  7th, 
the  disorders  increased  in  Louisiana;  an  at¬ 
tempt  was  made  to  assassinate  Gov.  Kellogg; 
the  whites  were  doing  all  t  hey  could  to  oppose 

the  pa-sage  of  troops  and  police _ Gov.  lugcr- 

soll  of  Connecticut  has  been  inaugurated.  .. 
There  was  general  grid  throughout  the  eouu- 
1  rv  over  I  he  news  of  Judge  Chase'*  deal  h  ;  Leg¬ 
islatures  mid  courts  adjourned,  proclamations 
were  issued,  and  many  bodies  passed  resolu¬ 
tions  of  respect  The  Usury  Law  in  New  York 
i*  to  he  suspended  .Gen.  Gherman  will  send 
all  the  troop*  to  Louisiana  needed  to  keep  t lie 
peace  The  troops  at  Jackson,  Miss.,  have 
gone  to  New  Orleans — St.  Louis  courts  deny 
the  right  of  women  to  vote  ...Snow  storm*  are 
reported  in  New  Mexico,  and  floods  iu  Virginia. 

•  Gov.  Uix  of  New  York  will  not  sign  the  lo¬ 
cal  option  hill  .The  Snake  Piute*  will  fight 
the  Modoc*  ...  Knoxville,  Term,,  Is  to  have  the 
new  Methodist  University _ Fighting  contin¬ 
ues  in  various  part*  of  Louisiana _ Rear-Ad¬ 

miral  "Winslow  was  struck  with  apoplexy  on  1 
the  9th,  at  Washington. . . .  Bishop  McIJ  vane  was 
buried  in  Cincinnati  on  the  Oth.  i 

Obituary.  J 

Admdsal  pe  Genonilly  of  France  died  in 
Paris  on  t lie  5t It  inst — John  B,  Worden  oo  Re¬ 
mitted  suicide  on  1  he  4th,  at  Saekett's  Harbor,  i 
N.  Y  —  Rev.  Dr,  Joel  Parker  died  in  N.  Y.  City  i 
on  the  4th  —  Thomas  Dunilas,  Earl  of  Zetland’,  < 

died  in  London  on  the  6th _ Gen.  Jose  Anto-  - 

nlo  Paez,  ex-President  of  Venezuela,  aged  K4, 

died  ill  K.  Y.  City  on  the  tlth . f.  II.  Brodhead,  ] 

a  literary  gentleman,  died  in  N.  Y.  City  on  the  i 
Oth.  The  widow  of  the  late  Major-Gen.  John  1 

E.  Wool  died  in  Troy  on  the  7th _ M.  Lofont,  a  1 

French  actor,  died  in  Paris  on  the  J8th  of  April,  j 

Fires. 

t 

Steam  mill  and  houses  in  Boston  on  the  1 
3d;  loss,  $90,000. ..  Twelve  houses  in  New  Or¬ 
leans  on  the  3d;  loss,  430,000 _ Depot  at  Liv-  i 

ingston,  N.  Y.,  on  the  3d;  loss,  $20,000, . .  Paper  j 
mill  at  Ypsilanti,  Mich.,  on  the  3d ;  loss,  $20,000.  , 

—  Factory  in  Wellesley,  Mass.,  on  the  4th  ;  loss,  i 
$55,000 — Flour  mill  at  Carmel,  III,,  on  the  3d; 
loss,  $20,000...  Business  portion  of  the  town  of 

Trenton,  La.,  on  the  Oth  ;  loss,  $300,000 _ A  lire  ) 

at  Tanneries.  Out.,  on  the  oth,  rendered  300 
families  homeless  ...  Malt  house  in  Cincinnati 

on  the  10th  ;  loss.  $13,000 _ Steam  mill  at  Great  I  , 

Falls,  N.  If.,  on  the  10th  ;  loss.  $12,000. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 

ffHacellaneons  Foreign  New*. 

The  Emperor  of  Austria  has  given  a  grand 
banquet  to  foreign  princes.  John  .ray  was  pres¬ 
ent,  . .  .Gen.  Sickles  has  again  visited  President 
Flgueraa,  with  great  ceremony  Four  cables 
will  be  working  across  the  Atlantic  before  the 
first  of  September.  .Tho  British  liny  a  I  Acade¬ 
my  is  open  Tlie  King  of  Italy  will  not  accept 

the  resignation  of  bis  ministers _ Panama  is 

quiet.  Mexico  is  exporting  coffee  largely  to 
I  he  United  States...  Earthquakes  continue  at 
San  Salvador,  The  town  of  Pisc.obambo,  in 
Pern,  has  been  parti}  destroyed  by  a  land  slide. 

The  American  department  of  the  Exhibi¬ 
tion  at  Vienna  is  empty The  Federalists  have 

held  meetings  in  Madrid _ Canada  is  investi¬ 

gating  its  Pacific  Railway. , ,  .The  Emperor  of 
Germany  reviewed  50,000  troopB  in  St.  Peters¬ 
burg  The  Pope  was  confined  to  his  bed  on 
the  5th  ..Father  Hyariiilhe  has  said  mass,  in 
Genova,  to  1,200  people,  and  they  have  all  been 

excommunicated _ A  motion  to  redistribute 

political  power  in  Great  Britain  has  been  re¬ 
jected. ..  .Tlie  Khan  of  Khiva  snee  Russia  for 
peace  —  A  motion  In  Canada  to  address  the 
Queen  on  the  Washington  Treaty  lias  been  de¬ 
feated . American  exhibitors  at  Vienna  will 

hold  a  meeting  to  consider  the  charge*  against 
the  Commissioners.  ...Gen.  Non  vilas  is  tlie  new 
Spanish  Minister  of  War  .  Switzerland  will  ex- 
pol  all  Carlists  It  Is  proposed  to  make  proc¬ 
lamation  of  the  Conservative  Republic  in 

France _ Greece  will  abolish  all  of  its  foreign 

legations.  The  Prince  of  Wales  has  held  a 
military  review  at  Vienna _ The  English  pa¬ 

per*  ridicule  the  American  exhibition  at  Vien¬ 
na . Tlie  Russian*  will  continue  to  Invade 

Khiva  .  .A  railway  accident  took  place  at 
Pesth,  Hungary,  on  the  7th,  when  21  parsons 
were  killed  ami  to  Injured  .  .Thereare  all  sorts 
of  rumors  about  the  Pope.  Some  believe  he  i* 
•lead  .Tlie  CarJist*  have  been  defeated  several 
times.  Spain  will  u*e  paper  money...  John 
Stuart  Mill  was  dying  at  Avignon.  France,  on 
the  9th.  .  War  Is  probable  between  Russia  and 

Bokhara - Four  person*  have  been  killed  in 

Shrewsbury,  England,  by  a  railway  accident _ 

Emperor  William  has  returned  to  Berlin.  .. 

There  is  no  cholera  in  Turkey  or  Austria _ A 

levy  of  troops,  maw.  Is  proceeding  in  , Spain. 
The  Car! lata  claim  a  great  victory.  Spain  de¬ 
mands  the  prosecution  or  t  he  Carlists  in  Lon¬ 
don.  The  neutrality  of  railway*  in  Spain  is  to 
be  respected _ The  visitors  to  tho  Vienna  Ex¬ 

hibition  are  26,000  a  day...  Archduke  Charles 
Louis  and  Baron  Schwartz  have  had  a  quarrel. 

. .  There  has  been  a  mild  panic  on  the  Vienna 
bourse...  The  Italian  Minister  of  Foreign  Af¬ 
fairs  says  tlie  Government  must  respect  the 
spiritual  power  of  the  Pope...  .Bi dwell,  the 
Bunk  of  England  forger,  lias  been  surrendered 
by  Cuba — Jesuit  societies  have  been  prohibit¬ 
ed  in  Mexico. 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

How  Is  This  {—Over  ML 000.000  Hewing  Ma¬ 
chines  for  1 HJ3, — Borne  of  tlie  sewing  machine 
agents  in  our  city  have  been  continuously  ad¬ 
vertising  the  rate  of  Increase  of  manufacture 
of  their  particular  machine.  These  statements 
have  induced  us  to  ascertain  which  machine 
actually  lias  the  largest  per  cent,  of  increase, 
and  we  Und,  Trout  tho  sworn  statement  of  all 
the  companies,  that  the  New  Underfeed  Wil¬ 
son  Bowing  Machine's  manufacture  in  1871  was 
an  increase  over  1870  of  1.100  per  cent.,  the  most 
wonderful  Increase  ever  recorded  in  the  world. 
If  the  Wilson  manufacture  Increases  at  the 
same  rate  in  1873,  they  will  manufacture  over 
86,000,000  aewlng  machines  this  year.  Salesroom 
at  707  Broadway,  New  York,  and  In  all  other 
cities  in  the  United  States.  The  company  want 
agents  in  country  towns. 

- »♦« - 

Watch  No.  1103,  Stem  Winder  —  bearing 
Trade  Mark  “  Frederic  Atherton  &  Co.,  Marion 
N.  J.”— manufactured  by  United  States  Watch 
Co.,  (Giles,  Wales  &  Go.),  lias  been  curried  by  me 
eleven  months;  its  total  variation  from  mean 
time  being  only  seven  seconds  in  the  entire 
time.— A.  H.  Kino,  Viee-Pres’t  Elastic  Cone 
Sp’g  Co.,  N.  ,T.  Car  Sp'g  &  R.  Co.,  7  Park  Place, 
New  York. 

- - 

In  many  parts  of  the  country  butter  com¬ 
mands  a  higher  price  when  made  and  worked 
in  the  Blanchard  Churn.  The  reason  is,  it  is 
better  than  when  made  by  hand. 

— - »♦* - 

Advice.— Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

THE  MARKETS. 

PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

New  York,  Monday,  May  12,  1873. 

Receipt*.— The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  post  week  are  as  follows ; 

Flour,  Dills .  47,950  Pork,  bblfl .  3,579 

Wheat,  bush .  170,2()l/  Beef,  pltgH .  529 

Corn,  bush .  249,500  Out  meats,  pkBB...  7,110 

Oat*,  bush .  245,000  Lard,  pkps .  7,210 

Grass  seed,  bush..  550  B utter,  pkgs, .  12,580 

l/urley,  trash .  17,500  OIiocmx  pkg* .  12,120 

Moll, bash .  5,800  Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  505 

Beans,  bush .  3.000  Eggs,  bbls .  18,800 

Corn  meal  bids....  1,794  Wool,  t-.nl  es .  858 

Corn  meal.  bags...  2,075  Hops,  bales .  242 

Cotton,  bales .  15,100  Peanuts  bags .  715 

Rye.  bush .  —  Drosaed  Hoes.  No.  — 

Beans  and  Pens.— Exports  of  beans  past  week, 
1,275  Mils.;  of  peas,  1,850  bush.  The  receipts  of  beans 
are  heavy,  and  largely  composed  of  marrows.  There 
ts  a  good  export  Cuban  demand  working  upon  that 
grade.  Mediums  are  not  plenty,  hut  there  is  uot 
trade  enough  to  stiffen  prices.  Ocher  beans  are  nom¬ 
inal.  It  is  rumored  that  foreign  beans  are  seekings 
place  here.  Bulk  peas  are  nil  gone,  and  barrels  free 
are  very  Arm.  sales  in  round  lots  at $1.50.  Green  peas 
dull,  and  in  buyer’s  favor. 


beans,  B2,90iA8;  fair  <lo.,  $2.25;  red  kidney,  i».50t«*,5.7n 
for  good  and  prime;  Canada  peas,  in  bbls.,  free,  $1.45 


lor  good  and  prime;  Canada 
<o,l.G44 ;  green  peas,  bush.,  $1.05 
eyed,  f  [85)3,12. 


Southern  blaek- 


Bfcsvvjix.— Exports  past  week,  2,830  lbs.  Since 
Jan.  1,  49,700  lbs.  The  market  ig  very  tlrm  at  38c.  for 
prime  Southern,  which  is  scarce;  Western,  37@37Kc. 

Uutier.—' The  past  week  has  been  mostly  stormy, 
and  the  trade  lias  been  thereby  considerably  cur- 
tuiled.  An  interruption  In  the  demand  at  this  time 
Is  to  be  regretted,  us  the  receipt  Of  State  continues 


Selections 


MAY 


•3  25 


very  large,  and  there  is  dally  expectation  of  increased 
supplies  from  the  West.  Buyers  have  already  begun 
to  nogleet  while  butter.  A  good  imiTiy  Slate  dairies 
now  contain  color,  and  purchaser*  waul  to  show  lias 
soon  as  possible  In  their  stock,  There  is  not  enough 
to  divide  up  to  any  extent  among  local  buyers,  be¬ 
sides  tbe  Southern  trade  mils  tor  yd  low  exclusively, 
and  a*  there  arc  no  nice  old  lots  to  fall  back  on  most 
of  the  early  yellow  lias  been  bespoke,  For  the  first 
time  lips  spring  the  market  show*  an  unsold  accumu¬ 
lation.  and  price*  consequently  close  rather  weak. 
Cbdco  pails  have  dropped  to  toe.,  and  for  best  Statu 
half  tubs  S'to.  1*  extreme  to-day. 

We  quote  State  half  tubs,  '(l®33c.j  fnv  Wcish  tubs, 
,31®i2c.  Western  ranges  at  heat.  'dll-.  Hie.;  poor  do.,  23 
@27e.  Stale  or  low  grade  State,  22®25c.;  N.  It.  palls,  30 
@33c.;  Pennsylvania  store  packed.  26@i29o. 

(  hccso.  -Kxports  for  the  week,  19JSD0  boxes.  Now 
lias  been  taken  promptly  by  shipper*  at  full  former*  ; 
f»r  strictly  choice  lots  Me,  is  paid,  hut  l,i>fo.  U  the 
more  general  price  tor  regular  line*.  The  home  trade 
buy  old  stock,  mostly,  the  supplies  of  which  are  stead¬ 
ily  decreasing.  The  foreign  market  Is  encouraging, 
and  holder*  here  arc  quite  confident. 

We  quote  new  at  1 4%  <S>  Mo.  for  State  factory, 
good  to  prime;  lie.  for  fair  lots;  State  dairy,  Met 
He.;  do.  fair  a  nd  good,  Ib-dOe.;  do.  half  slammed,  ill  ., 
12c.;  do.  sUltutned,  afijsSo.;  old  State  factory,  prime  and 
fancy,  IJHv  r.Me.;  do.  good.,  I I®  tl(c.  ;  do.  fair,  12 Vm 
lte. ;  State  dairy,  prime,  lie,;  do.  other,  10d!t  13c, 
Ohio  factory,  prime,  do,  other,  9® lie.  En¬ 

glish  dairy,  prime,  M’^tallo. ;  do. good,  tile. 

Dried  Fruits.-  Exports,  1,780  bbl».  apples.  As 
will  t»o  noted,  there  lias  been  a  fair  shipping  demand 
for  apples,  mostly  on  Herman  account,  and  about 
confined  to  tlioeomiuuu  attd  medium  grades.  There 
are  few  sellers  at  former  figure.*.  ITnpecleO  peaches 
meet  wllli  increased  attention,  and  pi’lees  are  strong¬ 
er.  Uluuk  berries  nnd  cherries  are  a  trifle  higher. 
Peeled  peaches  are  neglected. 

Southern  apples,  Hyi'ACsc,  for  ordinary;  do., sliced, 
5®ltc. •  do,  prime,  7m So.;  Western,  6’®5%c.;  state,  5% 


Gruiu.— Wheal  Is  stronger,  with  a  Inir  shipping 
trade.  Sales  ut  l.'ili  for  No.  11  spring,  $L5H<"il.O0 


mixed  tlo.  afloat,  $1.88  for  fair  No,  2  Milwaukee  spring, 
afloat,  $1.96  for  eommon  white  Genesee.  Horn  i* 
steadily  bold,  with  a  moderate  call  from  exporters, 
Sales  at  fine,  for  mixed  Western,  first  half  of  June 
delivery,  Ip^OSe.  for  common  to  choice  new  mixed, 
on  spot.  8fl%e.  fnrold  mixed,  afloat,  OHUc.  for  new 
high  mixed,  (Kin.  for  Western  yellow,  73c.  for  white 
do.  Oat*  are  in  active  demand,  and  lirm,  at  S1f.,53e. 
for  new  mixed  Western,  53%t®5le.  for  white.  Canada 
barley,  81.15,  delivered.  Uye,  97e.®fi. 

lluy  nml  Sirnvv.— Prime  lot*  of  buy  are  wanted 
at  relatively  better  tig  urn*.  Common  grades  are 
plenty  and  weak.  Straw  is  In  good  domain,. 

Salesol  prime  haynt  SI.MlKtil.MI;  good  do.,  81.1, jCB  1.25 ; 
shipping  do., fli ;*t  quality, Hoc,;  do.  second,  df»e.;  clover 
hay,  75(®tK)0.:  rye  straw,  $l.Qo®L  1(1 ;  short  do,,  85©90e.; 
cut  straw,  <50a. 

Hop*. —Holders  remain  eonfldont  on  the  basis  of 
late  sales,  but  trade  Is  very  slow.  Brewers  refuse  to 
buy  beyond  urgent  requirements.  Some  few  lots  ot 
old  hops  are  being  taken  for  the  other  side. 

We  quote  State  at  4Q,-t50e.;  Eastern,  35&45C,;  We*U 
orn,  35i®t6u.;  old  growth.  ls7n,  Ifl&d.lc,;  Bavarian,  111® 
50c.;  Rtigllsh,  ;K)u68r>o.;  Belgian,  2;V«(:iUc.;  CalUornln.il,  45 
®55c. 

Mania  Sugar. —There  Is  a  good  demand,  stimu¬ 
lated  by  tile  improved  quality  of  sugar.  Homo  State 
stock  is  greatly  superior  to  any  ever  b  of  ora  sent  to 
this  market.  Wo  quote  choice,  15®17c.;  good.  He.; 
common  and  dark,  12®l.3c. 

Poultry  null  tin  imp. —The  trade  in  dressed  bus 
been  very  dull,  and  prices  have  materially  declined, 
Live  poultry  is  in  good  demand,  but  rather  plenty 
for  high  prices.  Wild  pigeons  arc  abundant  and 
cheap;  them  has  beenverv  little  dllferenee  in  prices 
for  picked  or  unpicked.  Tile  weather  has  been  too 
mussy  to  admit  much  trade  in  quality  or  game. 

Wo  quote  live  poultry  at  lSQilOc.  for  prime  N  J. 
fowl*,  lBiaifOv  fur  Western,  and  19®20c.  for  turkeys. 
Geest*,  8t.2Wvl.75  for  Western,  f..l®3,25  for  New  Jersey. 
Ducks— 7Sc.@$l  for  Wes  torn,  81.25  for  N,  J. 

(lame  quotations:— Wild  pigeon.*, unpicked  7)  do/,, 
$1.25,  Wild  dtieks,  G2f;»75e.  for  fancy,  and  20®25o. 
lor  ooiumon.  Plover,  (1,60  »  do*.  English  snipe, 
per  doze.D,  $1.75®  I-*”. 

We  quote  dressed  prime  N.  J.  and  Bucks  Co.  tur¬ 
keys,  tiiiil'.ie..  State  add  Western,  poor  to  best,  13@17u. 
Chiekeus,  Western,  14®18c.;  State  and  near  poiuts, 

17@20u, 

Provisions.— 'Chore  has  boon  nominal  depression 
in  pork,  halo*  at  one  time  as  low  us  $17.25  for  May 
delivery,  urders  Imve  come  from  the  West  to  real¬ 
ize,  and  with  an  absence  of  Important  detail  nil,  liberal 
concessions  have  been  made  from  time  to  time. 
Hurd  is  ruling  a  trifle  better.  Bacon  Is  too  high  for 
shippers,  but  it  Is  supposed  a  short  interest  will  de¬ 
velop,  ana  holders  remain  firm. 

...ffeef  hum*  choice  Western,  $3<)®.33;  Texas  prime, 
«**»*'.  Hard,  il  5.1(3e,  for  Western  steam  on  spot,  {Hie. 
for  May .  9  Re.  for  J  linn,  9.v;e.  for  July.  I  s  mg  ciett  r,  9YC.4 
for  short  clear.  Hie.:  short,  rib,  like,  Mess  porkat$l?.75 
spot  delivery ;  817.75  for  May  ami  June ;  Western  prime 
mess  nominally  $18, 5(>®17.30.  Hressed  lings, city,  7 
butmoat-  are  selling  at  12®  13c.  for  hams,  loose;  7  if 
t®8c.  tor  Shoulders,  loose :  s'<ro  ID'-jfo.  for  pickled  bellies, 
loose.  Iloxed  dry-suite <1  shoulders,  7r®7)io.  Smoked 
meats  ut  1  8®1  i c.  tor  louse  Imius.  SSf®’.le.  for  loose 
shoulders.  1  allow  at  9  l-Mc.for  prime  stock.  Beef  is 
la-nl*  al  FJ'"1 11.73  for  barreled  new  plain  moss,  $12® 
lo.w  for  extra  ines*.  Tlerced  beef  at  t'M&ih  fur  new 
India  mess,  $30:1.31  for  new  extra  India  mess,  and  $21® 

tor  new  prime  roess. 

Clover  has  a  fair  homo  trade  at  8%<g)8Yc. 
mihS  ■r“'  “ft1*  R  Y®  9e.  for  State,  Timothy  is  scarce 
and  higher,  selling  at  $4.75. 

.  y|7'hn'’en.  -The  late  reduced  prices  l’or  Kentucky 
in7iii,,r.VkS  a  Gutter  shipping  trude,  with  an  increased 
sinmVi  , 'lonQon,V lie  part  of  local  consumers  to  lay  in 
at  former  prices0^  ®as  11  bettep  distributing  demand 

QUOTATIONS— NKW  CHOP. 

j  u„  i.iglit  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

Common  to  medium  leaf!  7  *1  8^o!  ?j$t  8%& 
Vtpoo  do.  .  k  K/.r,,-,  ifio„  0*25  io  „ 


9  @  12  e. 
12%@  13 
13%@  15 


SEEDLEAF  CHOP  OF  1871. 
Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  fillers.... 

seconds... 
wrappers . 

selections 

Now  York  fillers.... . . . 

wrappers. . . . 

assorted  lots . . 

Pennsylvania  tillers . 


wrappers 

assorted  lots...., . 

Ohio  filler* . 

wrappers . 

assorted  lots . 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots . 


.11  GO  11  c. 

.12  r. 

.19  ®  55  r*. 
.99  Cit  75  c. 
19  ®  11  a. 
.18  0«  35  e. 
.11  Go  II  e. 
,13  ■  it  c. 

22  {til  80  c. 

,18  Gi  25  C. 
.  8  ®  9  0. 
.  L8  f.D  35  e. 
.  9%®  12  e- 
.  8%®  9  c. 


stern,  Stare, 


®tl0,t  do.  prime  lots  of  sliced,  (!%o.  Poclod  pone, lie* 
L'rime  Georgia  and  North  Carolina,  llj®  1 3c..;  ordinary, 
5®  St:.  Canceled  peaeli,:*,  3i,«3!-,'e.  f>>r  uiiarterS,  arid 
lX®4Jip.  for  halves.  Hi  unis  at  IMHO,  for  State  and 
11®T*V„  for  Southern.  Cherries,  l.bpltlo.  for  State  and 
Southern.  Blackberries,  6Kf»7!<G. 

Egg*.  There  has  been  a  good  demand,  and  the 
market  closes  firmer.  The  lute  low  rates  huvoaot  in 
terior  plckelors  at  work,  and  few  8 tutu  are  arriving. 
We  quote  near  point*,  M„i  19  V-l  Wostero.part  freight, 
15@ltiHa.;  ordinary,  H®uJc. 

Flour.— English  shippers  have  been  in  the  market 
for  a  fair  amount  of  stock,  and  the  trade  from  tho 
Provinces  Ini*  also  been  more  liberal.  Thorn  is  a 
steadier  range  of  price*,  and  the  position  of  the 
market  is  more  hopeful  to  holder*. 

Superfine  Htute. . . . . .$5  05®  il  25 

Common  extra  do  .  i;  «be  v  in 

Hood  to  choice  do .  7  45®  7  55 

Fancy  do.. . . .  7  80®  8  25 

Sujierflno  Mir.iLlgtUi,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Iowa...  5  tow  8  29 

Extift  do .  8  50®  7  35 

Choice  extra  do...  ...  . 7  III®  s  (JO 

Trade  brand*  do . . .  7  85® 1 9  511 

Hood  to  choice  white  wheat  extras .  8  59®  10  59 

Fair  to  very  eliolce  extra  . .  7  90  12  59 

Common  to  fair  extra  8t.  I.ouls .  7  50, «  9  35 

Hood  to  choice  do . 9  35®  13  75 

Southern,  common  to  olioloe . 8  fKir®  8 

Family  . . .  15  /17  50 

itye,  coiunion  to  line .  ,  I  10®  5  75 

Corn  m eul,  Brandywine .  3  50,®  3  80 

Do.  Western,... .  3  10®  3  59 

Fresh  Fruits*  Export  of  apples, 238  bbl*.  Tills  Is 
about,  the  last  of  the  exportof  apples  for  this  season. 
Wo  should  have  been  badly  crowded  tills  spring  luel 
It  not  beau  for  this  outlet.  8iuno  Jim.  1, 38,375  bids, 
have  gone  abroad,  bust  your  the  export  did  not  reach 
2,009  bbl*.  ItUftsct*  now  form  tile  chief  commoiiiiul 
stock,  and  as  the  supply  Is  now  reduced  toil  huiu.I1 
com  niiss,  den  let’s  luivo  advanced  qu,,  tilth, 114.  Htmw- 
berrios  arrive  regularly  :  to-day’s  crati**  niimtx  red 
50,  and  included  *>Mue  choice,  large  fruit.  Cranber¬ 
ries  ara  jimwed  fbr  sale,  with  prices  again  favoring 
buyer,  Peanut*  mmlinue  dull,  liut  a  few  d.tv:  of  see  ■ 
tied  spring  weather  will  start  them. 


Vegetables.  Exports  of  potatoes,  past,  week,  1,375 
bbls.  The  demand  Is  good  for  all  prime  goods  of  po¬ 
tatoes;  much  of  the  hue  arrival  is  in  poor  order,  and 
sell  at  low  figure*  regardless  of  brand.  Bermuda  po¬ 
tatoes  are  easier.  Southern  garden  stutf  sells  well, 
although  tlic  weather  Is  *0  unfavorable  for  general 
trade.  Norfolk  pen*  arc  now  coming.  Stutf  from  our 
neighboring  garl  01s  t»  very  backward.  Long  Island, 
however,  lias  commenced  to  semi  some  of  the  tender 
sorts  of  green  stuff,  aad  Southern  similar  varieties 
are  neglected. 

Peach  Blow*  in  buD  .  $:t.':,V,,,2/0:  Early  ttusq  do,, $2.50 
,  ,  I  . 

1,82.75}  Dyrtght,  $2.25:-,  v.ficl:  nweet, llehi  wnre.fi.  Bermu 
fli  1  potatoes,  :S9//i  10,  For  potatoes  IK  Shipping  order, 
add  25,.„  i7e.  1  lib I,  Ber 'inn, la  tomatoes.  box ,  1.13. 

Old  Onions,  V  l,td.,$5®12 ;  do.  Bermuda,  erat'\ atfitr  I.WI, 
Kule,  New  Jersey ,  bbl  ,  kiw.’.'Ji;  d,>. 

OlmrlcBtori  Green  Pins,  fi'(w3..VJ  9  crate,  Norfolk  pea*, 
88.59.  ■  11)  P  bbl.  A  ipai'bgns,  Hont,bei'b,'!5i<,',’,0e.  V  bunt'll. 
Cabbage,  -ft  lb(J,  f.Mei.25. 

Wool.  —The  1  an  1  Hot  has  rather  a  better  tone.  The 
liberal  sales  recently  bring  the  slock*  down  to  alow 
figure,  aud  although  there  are  free  seller*  at  current, 
price.*,  there  is  no  midlnution  to  make  further  con¬ 
cession.*.  The  price*  ontaincd  Imve  been  within  the 
range  of  49®, Vie.  for  luedonq  to  coarse  State  fleece*, 
.41 2c.  for  extra  i|o.,  4(V/M 70,  for  Ohio  fleece*,  medium 
in  coarse;  50® -Vie,  for  extra,  50;„,52e  for  extra  I  ml.  11ml 
Win.  fleeces,  KM  I5e.  for  coarse  and  medium  do.,  741® 
55o.  for  tiih-wnshed,  30  , 33, .  for  f  no  'I’exas,  I7(®20c. 
for  modluui  and  coarse,  47®, vie.  for  pulled  extra, 58® 
55o.  for  superfine  do. 

ROCHESTER.  VI uy  Fldur  steady,  at,  nn- 
elinuaiMl  prices.  Wheat  man  at,  for  best  white,  ami 
?I.79f3jl,80 for  red  and  amber  winter.  Corn,  tine,  85® 
use.  Out*  lllgliftr  I'iie/iile.  ,<  lui  di.  Barley.  7.'«®90c.  for 
two-rowed;  iX)®9.,ai.  for  four-rowed,  Butter  scarce, 
am  1  Hi’,,,  :,i  H2<ii Me,  ,  it, ,  Ifij  •  plenty  til  1 8c.  8  do/. 
Apple*,  ".VV.Ille.  i,1  luidt.  Potatoes.  $1.75'„j2.5ft  bbl.; 
Outside  bribe  for  Pencil  Blow*,  99e.i„ '1.12.9'  p  hush. 
Timothy  *eed.  fli® I.2.1  p  hush.  Clover  seed,  $5.75 'c 
bush,  flay  very  scarce  on  ucrouiu  of  lateness  of  sea¬ 
son  ;  prices  Imve  ad  vcneeJ  to  $32i®30  V  ton,  and  sev¬ 
eral  loads  have  sold  at  $33  W  ton. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

1, 1  Tn.lt  Ka i.r,8,  N.  Y.,  May  10,  18737 

TrrK  market  at  Little  Falls,  for  the  week  ending 
May  3,  was  very  active.  There  was  a  larger  delivery 
of  both  farm  dairies  and  factories.  Tho  bulk  of  farm 
dairies  were  poor,  being  more  or  less  skimmed,  and 
sales  were  made,  according  to  quality,  from  He,  to 
13c,,  and  f,,r  extra  lot  *  U  ye. 

Trio  following  are  the  leading  transaction*  In  fac¬ 
tories;—  Mnnhoini  C>  liter.  Snell'*  Bush,  Herkimer 
Co.  Con  trill,  15l,c. ;  >ihl  FalrHpId.  Kairlleld  Assn,  Hold 
Brook,  Manheini  TuPllpIke,  Bate*,  Craiiin’s  Corner*, 
I5j<c.;  Paine’*  Hollow,  r,','e,;  White  Creek,  J.  D,  Ives, 
Cook  A  (von,  Newport,  Norway,  7>' urt  I  Finrtleld,  Cen¬ 
tral  Valley,  lie.;  Noreay  ass’ii,  N,-iy  vine,  l  l:\'c.;  ller- 
kliuer,  Fulton,  Ilruokett's  Bridge,  8nia.ll'y  Bush,  Lit¬ 
tle  Falls  Central,  Manlteim,  HV,e.:  Hatiuiie  Cold 
finring,  IP, fa.,  Stone  Chnri  II,  Hoc.  Lnduc,  lie.;  Imtt 
villa,  13c.;  Cold  Cieeli  and  Key*,  on  uuiumisxlon. 

There  iva*  a  largo  delivery  of  batter,  and  sales  were 
made  it  I  MM32t', 

Our  advices  from  abroad  are  to  tho  fourth  week  In 
V  prll.  Our  Loudon  correspondcm  reports  a  good 
demand  for  olinose  or  all  sortsat  lull  rate*:  Amer- 
ieun  extra,  7K'dte,;  line,  72®Hh.  ;  good,  80® 73*.  The 


other  ilnscrlptloub  sell  a*  follows:  English  Cheddar, 
HI® 94ft,;  W’lltshire  ilvuble,  il®  78s.;  Chbklilre  meiliuin, 
mitofi 76»,J  flue,  fil)®88.*.;  Sia ,t(. h ,  78/,^* I*.;  Dutch  cheese 
Edams,  Honda*  a. ml  other*  not  In  market.  In  hiittor 
them  Is  no  good  in  stock  unsold.  Dorsetls  inlng.* 
159s,;  Jersey,  II8(«iU9s.;  Normandy  extra,  tills,;  Cana¬ 
dian,  |S(„,|jffl. 

The  weather  in  Herkhuur  I*  mild.  Cows  are  doing 
well,  and  farmers  arc  delivering  milk  at  factories 
twice  a  day. 

- +4.+- - 

LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

New  Yohk,  May  10,  1873. 
Beeven.— Tho  market  for  tliecnrront  week  opened 
oil  Wednesday,  with  only  ’ills  cattle  011  sale  -Hours  of 
nulive  stcors  fvnni  Si.  Louis, and  11  car*  ol  Illinois 
steer*.  There  wol’e  not  many  buyer.*  In  the  market- 
place,  but  the  cattle  were  all  sold  11 1 11  range  of  I  l®13o. 
On  Thursday,  Hie  unival*  were  192  car-,  or  2,582  head 
157  cars  of  native  steers,  a  nd  5  ear*  of  Texan*.  The 
■  IcuiamI  was  very  moderate,  ami  sate*  rather  slow  at 
9jf®l9c,  for  the 'Texans,  ami  lf  ,<  18p.  for  the  native.*, 
with  the  bulk  of  Hr-  sales  lit  1  Ml/Uiie.  On  Friday, 
only  17  car-loads,  or  299  bead,  were  soldi  aud  prices 
were  nhnlinngcd.  A*  usual  on  Sattirdny*.  there  was 
not, lung  or  r.onse.qiiflitce  doing  in  licevc*  to-day.  A  I- 
together,  tho  tone  of  the  market  and  tlin  average 
Halils  Will  oompiire  favnrnbly  with  the  s,nrm  loading 
foaturen  of  the  nutrient  last  week.  The  demand  for 
dressed  beef  Inis  been  I’ulrlv  steady  at  79;®,o-ji:.  for 
Texan,  npil  10;„  ll’5O.  for  ordinary  to  choice  hiltlvo. 

Jliicli  Cows.— Lighter  rcecljita,  and  a  little  Im- 
provement  In  quality,  enahled  s oilers  to  clear  the 
pens  ut.  nil  advance  Tor  t, lie  week  or  from  $3  to  $5  per 
hoad ;  and  the  quotations  at  the  close  arc  $45®75  fur 
ordinary  to  choice. 

Veal*.  After  tho  unusual  depression  of  last  week, 
the  brisk  demand  and  advanced  prices  throughout 
the  present  week  have  stimulated  shipments,  aud 
given  to  tee  market  ari  appearance  nr  life  ami  buoy¬ 
ancy  seldom  noticed.  At  close  of  last  weekly  report, 
tho  best  void  calves  In  market  wore  dull  ut  8® sue, 
yesterday,  ami  to-day  the  highest  figures  were  ilk® 
lOJjc.,  and  the  extreme  range  is  i(„  l9‘  c-  included  in 
the  sales  were  303  State  calve*,  121  llis,  average,  at 
s>fe.;  ISO  prime  Jersey  do,,  1  III  lbs,  average,  at  1(1  >40.; 
228  Bucks  County,  1311  lbs.  average.  8®9tt.r  31  good 
Slate.  131  lbs.  average,  ’.l  -u.;  di  do.,  130  lbs,;  ll'.e,;  H’ 
do,,  1!(I,„A39  lbs.,  8f„.'je. 

Sheep  u  ml  I.uuib*.  For  the  live  days  since  Mon¬ 
day  the  receipts  aggregate  9,579  bead,  and  tho  market 
has  ruled  firm  at  the  advance  noted  on  Monday.  Poor 
to  choice  sheared  sheep.  V5®95  lbs.  .average,  have  sold 
ut  5®7c.  P  it.,,  and  19  car  loads  of  fair  to  extra  un- 
Bliorn  sheep  have  been  sol  i  at  7#®s*;c.  v  n>.  spring 
lambs  have  arrived  more  freely,  nnd  prices  arc  tend¬ 
ing  downward.  Ordinary  to  primo  were  selling  yes¬ 
terday  and  to-day  at  lie,  llic.  It .,  large  lots  averaging 
$7  per  bead. 

Swine.— Arrivals  since  Monday  aggregate  25,835,  of 
which  2,981  wove  received  to-day.  Prices  of  both  live 
and  dressed  hogs  have  remained  unchanged  since 
Inst  week.  I  Jve  hogs  have  sold  at  5 it,,,  and 
olty-sluiightcred  at  754®8c. 

ItKCUIPTS  QV  LIVE  STOCK. 


COAVI. 

Citlvps, 

Sheep  Sc 
Luiiiba. 

One  Hundredth  St. 

. .2,817 

9 

911 

IKK) 

Forty-F.igbth  St _ 

..  (Ml 

35 

2,910 

352 

0,015 

Fortieth  st . 

..  IK) 

IK) 

£J.,  »08 

(ommuiilpaw . 

. .1,938 

00 

99 

3,815 

AVcohawkcn . 

..  438 

00 

0(1 

001) 

Totals  this  week 

8,258 

44 

(,173 

18,25-i 

”  lost  week 

9,119 

102 

2,331 

13,292 

COMPAUAI'I  vk  hates. 

East  week.  This  week. 
Cents.  Cents. 

Hood  Steers  V  n> . 13  ®  ilk  13 tf  ®  i«v 

Fair . lljf  ®  125?  lljf  @  18 

Poor .  ilX  ®  19K  19K  @  11 

Poorest  . .  7  ®  9  nv  ®  10 

Gen.  selling  rates . 11%  ®  12%  11%  @  12% 


Monday's  Sales. — Jlecvcs — To-day’s  offerings 
were  314  cars,  or  5,041  head,  all  of  which  were  sold  be¬ 
fore  2  o’clock  P.  M.,  at  fair  prices,  ranging  from  Hljjfc. 
to  135fe.  for  poorest  to  best  native  steers,  while  25  | 
car-loads  of  Texans  were  sold  uc  10%®lio.,  to  dress 


58  Iks.  to  the  cwt.  The  market  closes  with  a  firmer 
feeling,  at  au  advance  of  about  %c. 

Sheep  nmf  Gumli*. -Receipts  to-day  were 22  ears, 
or  4,707  head.  Market  firmer,  and  prices  were  a  little 
higher.  Common  to  extra  sheared  sheep  wore  sold  at 
■  k'®"1,-’.,  and  fair  to  choice  unshorn  at  7%®s \c.  No 
change  in  spring  lambs. 

Hill*.  Fresh  arrivals  were  12,154.  Live  liogs  wore 
selling  at  8® 0%a,  and  city  dressed  were  uasler  at  7% 
®  1  JsO.,  a  few  pigs  going  to  8c. 


3VEARRII3D. 


BRINK— NICHOLS.— In  South  Creek,  Pa.,  April,  30, 
1873,  by  tllO  Itov.  El) I, Ell  STONE,  Mr.  BENJAMIN 
Brink  and  Miss  Alice  II.  NICHOLS,  both  of  Wells 
Bradford  Co.,  Pa. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES, 

The  Real  Kliistlr  Trim*,  without  inotul  springs, 
is  Po.u  imtiv’s  Elastic  IUutukjo  Belt,  patented  in 
1871  and  1873.  No  one  should  buy  an  Elastic  ’Truss 
Without  first  Writing  to  Messrs.  POMEROY  &  CO., 
741  Broadway,  Now  York,  for  full  particulars. 
Fonieroy’M  Trnssr*  arc  the  best  in  t  be  world. 

Dew  ^rtvcvti, elements;. 

THE  WESTINGHOUSE 

Threshing  Machines 

and  Horse  Powers 

ARE  HOT  EQUALED  BY  ANY  IN  THE  MARKET. 


Wo  make  4,  8  and  10-FIorso  Lover  Powers;  2  and  3- 
Ilorse  Tread  Powers,  and  ThresherH  for  Steam  or 
nny  kind  of  horse  powers.  Also,  our  Improved  Com¬ 
bined  Clover  and  Grain  Thresher. 

SEND  FOR  CIRCULARS. 

Address  (4.  WE*T1  Nh HO!  -K  A.  C  O.» 

Sclii  ni-i-iRirv,  \.  Y. 

THE  NOVELTY 

IS  THE  ONLY  LAWN  MOW  Fit 

THAT  CAM  CUT  LONG  GRASS  AHO  DO  THE  TRIMMING. 

IS  BEST  AND  CHEAPEST. 

A.  J.  011  >1  Lit . .....Hamilton,  Ohio. 

UTATK  RIGHT’S  IN  A  VA  I, IT  A  II  I.F  1»AT- 

>  ’  cut.— Largo  profits  aud  great  demand,  lion  l  estate 
taken  In  exchange,  J. MANCHA, H  Broome  St.,  N.  V. 

HOMOEOPATHIC 

VETERINARY  PRACTICE, 

Giving  the  treatment  when  sb-lt— as  well  as  the  pur¬ 
lieu!, ir  cure  imil  general  management  in  liealtb  of 
tlie  horse,  cow,  <>x,  ass,  mule,  slump,  goat,  pig,  fowls, 
duck*, gcc*e,  turkeys,  pigeons,  etc.  I  vol.,  large  evo., 
Illustrated,  Mibst.intbilly  bound.  Price,  $5.  This  I 
the  latest  and  most  complete  and  reliable  work  in 
print;  the  only  work  into  which  the  **  New  American 
Remedies”  have  Been  introduced,  and  which  gives 
a  full  account  of  t  bo  late  npbloiuica,  bUeh  as  Pleuro¬ 
pneumonia  and  Rinderpest  of  cattle  find  of  the  Horse 
Distemper  of  1H72.  Send  for  Descriptive  Firculur. 
Adifrosg  KOKliICKF.  A  TAFlil*, 

IlniiiumpHlbic  PI111  ruiHey, 
HiiHl’and  .St.,  hill*  Broadway  and  Him  St.,  New  York. 

fF.YOr  WANT  TO  PI  IM  1IASK  ANY* 

I  tiling,  no  matter  what  il  Is,  address,  for  purtieti- 
lars,  N.  Y.  SUPPLY  CO., 

Broadway,  P.  O.  Box  18HM,  Now  York  City. 

ROPER  HOT  AIR 

ENGINE  COMPANY,  124  Chambers  St.,  N  Y. 

^toch  ami  poultry. 

-  --  ■  -  *  -  “  ^rr 

FOlt  HATCHING— FROM  EIGHT 

1  J  Brahmas,  $1.50  per  do/..;  Dark  Brahma*,  #2  per 
i  Ip?.;  Partridge  COohlim,  $2  per  do*.;  Houdamt,  $2  per 
1  lo/..  Terms,  ( 'nsli  with  order.  No  eggs  sent  (1.  O.  I). 
•Address  VV.  H.  STAR,  Louisiana,  Mo, 

American  merinos,  vve  «uvr  dh  sale 

about  llkl  Ox  our  line  thorough-bred*.  Also,  pure 
Light  Brahmas  and  ICggs.  Send  for  Catilloguo.  Order* 
solicited.  JOHN  BlIMLDON  X  8 ON,  Moscow,  N.  V, 

wit  I. SI/  fflt.Il'  DA  KK  BICAIU1  VS. 

*  Kggs  tiiis  season  for  sale.  $8  per  do*.  CAK- 
lll 'LL  LOR1NG,  Boston,  or  Dedliam,  Mas*.  First 
importer  and  breeder. 

EGGS  FOR  HATCHING. 

From  Light  Brahmas.  Buff  and  Partridge  coelom-. 
Inclose  Stamp  fur  Circular.  S.  M  HU. B  Y,  IHnn,  N.  V. 

rpiSGS  FOR  HATCHfNCr.— T  will  now  book  or* 

I  J  del  s  for  eggs  from  my  well  known  strains  of  Fan  ■ 
«;y  Poultry,  Including  over  2ft varieties  nt  Fowl*  and 
Bucks,  to  be  shipped  hs  soon  its  tlm  weather  will  per¬ 
mit.  Inclose  slump,  and  write  for  what  vou  waul  lo 
C.  N.  BROWN  UmtdHIu  Forks.  Otsego  Co.  N.  Y. 

EvtW,  .Srcds,  Skints,  7a. 

THE  SNYDER  BLACKBERRY. 

A  twenty  years’  experiouce  bit*  shown  It  to  be  tho 
finest  flavored,  hardiest  and  most  productive  berry 
over  placed  In  the  nmrket.  Il  bus  oomc  through  the 
past  severe  winter,  without  protection,  in  open  Held, 
alive  and  with  blossom  buds  uninjured.  I  haveafew 
thousand  plants  for  sale  this  spring.  Single  plant, 
50  ats. ;  per  do*.,  $3 ;  per  101,  $20. 

J.  R.  GASTON,  Normal.  HI. 

LEE  S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES? 

WIioIcmiiIo  and  Gencrnl  Supply  Naraericn. 

An  immense  stock,  of  superior  quality,  at  low  nrices. 

i^“Oi*age  Hedge  Plunrs  by  the  1,000  or 
1,000,000.  Send  for  Price  List. 

Ill, A  I  It  I5ROS., 

Lee’s  Summit,  Jackson  Ho.,  M,o. 


RURAL  AND  OTHER  GOOD  BOOKS, 

For  sale  at.  the  Rubai,  Nbw-Youkkk  oflleu.  No.  5 
Bookman  St..  New  York,  or  sent  by  mall,  post¬ 
paid,  on  receipt  of  price : 

VVillni’d’x  P rii ct len  1  Hairy  llu*hmi<li  v 
.  ,  (jun*  l»nnud) . #3  00 

Alien  s  (L.  F.J  American  Puttie .  2  00 

Do.  Nhw  American  Farm  Book . . .  2  :*J 

Do.  Diseases  of  Domestic  Animals .  I  110 

Do.  Rural  Architecture .  . .  1  .,() 

American  Bird  Fancier .  3U 

American  Pomology  1299  lltiistnulons)  Warder.,  3  09 

American  Pruntiual  Cookery . .  1  ,7, 

American  Rose  CullUri*t . .  ;;() 

Amurican  Standard  el  Excellence  in  Poultry..  59 

AmeriOitu  Wheat  Pnltui’IsltTodil) .  2  ill) 

Arcliltcoturc,  National  (i®a.  Jfl.  Woodward) . 12  IK) 

Atwood'a  Oonnl  I'j  aud  Suburban  House* .  15b 

Barry’s  Fruit.  Harden  (new  edition) .  2  .,() 

Bee  K<ropPI’a'  Text  Book,  Paper,  49c,;  Clotii .  75 

Beiiicnt's  Rabbit  .Fancier .  30 

Bickucll’s  VI Ilag®  Builder  (55  Plates,  showing 

Now  and  Prm  tloal  Dcalglisl  . ...10  0(1 

Bonimer's  Method  of  Making  Manure* .  25 

Brock'*  Book  of  Flower.*  (new) .  1  75 

Brldgomuu’s  (jliirdenoi’’:i  Assistant... .  2  59 

Bulst's  Family  Kitchen  Haidencr .  1  90 

Do.  Flower  Gar  dun .  ..  .  I  ;,q 

Carpentry  Made  K.-sy  (new) .  500 

Chemistry  of  the  Farm  (Nichols) . ""  1  25 

Churl  ton's  Crape  Grower's  Guide .  75 

Cider  . Maker's  Manual .  1  ;*) 

Clulcr’.i  New  III  Cuttle  Doctor, colored  plates...  U  09 

(  nbtictt  a  A  mui’luun  Cardoiier . 

Colo’s  Anmrluub  Fruit  Book . 75 

Colo’s  A uiemmn  VctcrlnurlHu . !..!  75 

Cotton  Culture  it.vuuuis,) .  ,  ;  rl() 

Cruolc  Shot  (Harbor) .  .  \ 

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Dadd's  Ainorlean  Cuttle  Doctor .  I  .,() 

Do  Modern  Horse  Doctor . I  50 

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Darw ill’s  Variations  of  Arum;;!*  and  Plants.!!"!  8  99 
Hoad  Mint :  or,  Hpoi’tuian's  Coinploie  tjiildc..  ..  175 
Downing's  Fruits  and  FrU It  Trees  of  America. 

Drainage  fur  Profit  am]  Health . ...!..!!!  1  60 

Dyer  ami  Color  Maker’s  . "  ’,  25 

Fast  wood's  Cranberry  1  kill,  ore. . .  75 

101  lint's  Law o  and  Shade  Trees .  .!!!!!!!  1  ;,u 

Kvorvbmly’s  Lawyer . .  2  90 

Ifivevy  Woman  llcrdwn  Flower  Hardener  (new). 

paper,  Hie.:  4d111.l1 . . .  ,  1  00 

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Farm  Implements  and  Machinery  (J.  .1.  Thomas)  1  50 

Field's  Pear  Culture .  1  ->5 

Flailing  in  American  Waters  (Scott) ,  ,.'!..  350 

Flint  on  Grasse* . . . . .  a  50 

Do.  Milch  Cow*  and  Dairy  Farming . .  2  50 

I' orest  Tree*  (  B(  viuit) .  .  ;  50 

Frank  Forrester's  Field  Spnns  (2  vols. ),,,!, .  ,  !  i;  no 

Do.  Hall  and  I'  lshinK  (190  engraving*) . ..!....  5  90 

Do,  Manual  lor  Young  Sportsmen  . . . . .  am 

Fuller’s  Illustrated  Strawberry  Culturist .  20 

Do,  Forest  Tree  Oillurlst .  .  I  50 

Du.  Hmoll  I'fUiDt  (III11.W, riitod) .  [50 

Fulton’s  pencil  Culture  A  Hand-Book,  and 

Guide  to  Kvery  Planter  .  (50 

Huideiiliig  for  Profit  (P  lIciiiloi'Hon).  .  |  5/1 

Hardening  Tortlie  guutli  (Wlule’s)  ..  '  ”  00 

Grape  Cult uri»t  (A.  H.  Fnllei) . ,,,!'.  (  50 

Hriiy's  Manual  of  Uotnny  and  Lessons .  3  00 

Do.  School  an, )  Field  Bonk  of  Bntimy  ,,  ”  2  50 

Do.  l(ow  Plants  Grow  (500  Illustrations). .!'.!!!!!!  t  12 
Do.  Introduction  to  Structural  and  Systematic 
notunv  and  Vegetable  Ph yslulogy  (I.HKI  Ulus.).  3  50 

Guenon  on  Mllcli  flows . . .  75 

Gun,  Rod  mid  Ruddle .  .  150 

Harney's  Barns,  OiitbullUInga  and  Fences ,.!.!!!!lO  no 

Harris  on  lusuct*. .  .  . .  IDO 

!V’:  u", H’’1  Dig  -  Breeding,  MnnagoiTieYit!  &c,!!!!  I  60 
Hiittipkl  #  A  rnfruuin  Houhr  f  ar|M5nt<Jr  . , , , ,  .  5() 

Hints  to  Horse  Keepers  i  Herbert’s) . .! .  l  75 

High  Fairinrig  without  .MuOuro .  .  35 

Holly’s  Art  of  H»W-Killilg .  75 

Holly’s  f.Urpenter’s  Hand  Hook  mew) .”  .7.7.""  7(> 

Uooper'n  Dog  end  Hun .  ;;q 

lloopos’  Book  of  IflvHigreens .  .  3  m 

Hop  Culture . 0) 

How  Crops  Feed . !!!!.!!!!!!  !!'  2  no 

How  Crops  Grow  .  ....!!!!!!!!!!” .  2  00 

Hunter  and  Trapper . . . !! !! !!!!!!!!!". '  T  00 

Husmariu’s  iJrapcs  and  Wine . ..!!!..!!!!!  1  50 

Indian  Corn  :  Its  Value.  Culture  and  Uses!!!!!!!  1  50 

Jennings  on  Cal.tie  and  their  Diseases .  1  '75 

Do.  Horse  and  his  DbieinicH  , ,  .  1  75 

Do.  Horse  Training  Made  Fasv . !.!!  !!!"  ’  J  25 

Do.  Sboep,  Sivine  ami  Punlirv. .  ..!!! .  1  75 

Johnston’*  Agriaitliargi  ciinmistry . !...!!!!!!  1  75 

Do.  ICIeiuciits  A  vrlcultural  Chemistry .  I  50 

Kemp's  Landscape  Hardening,.., .  ’  "  250 

Langsiroi.il  on  the  1  live  and  Honey  Bee...  2  00 

Lewis'  American  Hpniranuui  . 2  76 

Lightning  Units,  and  How  to  Construct  Them, 

_  oy  John  Phln . .  .  .  ’  05 

Manual  dr)  I- pi  x  nnd  I  lamp  Culture .  .!  25 

Manual  of  Tobacco  Culture  . .  '  05 

Mason’s  harrier  and  Hind  Book . !!..!!!!.  1  70 

Muybew  *  1 1 1 11* trilled  I  lorsg  Management .  3  U0 

Do.  Illustrated  Horse  Docbut .  3  00 

Moclionu!'.*  Companion  (Nirluils'iin).. !!!!!!!!!!! !!  !i  00 


oy  John  Phln..,, . .  .  .  ’  05 

Manual  urt  biaxunil  I  lamp  Culture .  ‘ "  25 

Manual  uf  'I’obacco  Culture.  . .  "  25 

Mason’s  Farrier  and  Hind  Book .  !.!.!.!!!!.  1  70 

Muybew'*  1 1 liistiatod  Horse  .Manage men t .  3  00 

Do.  Illustrated  Horse  DocBiir..  .  3  00 

Meohunui’s  Coaipanloii  (Nir.liolsori)!!!!!!. !!!!!!!!  3  00 
Meohiuilcs  for  Millwright.*,  Maxtlilnists  11  iui cithers  l  50 
Alllcsob  II  oraft’s  Foot  (cloth). . .  75 

Modern  Cookery  (by  Miss  Acton  and  'Mrs.'s!'  j' 

Hale) . 7’  '  j  76 

McClure's  Diseases  of  Horse.  Cuttle  luui'siieap!  2  00 
Money  in  the  Harden,  by  P,  T.  Ouhiu, 

Norrl*'  F)*b  Cultnrn . .  .  .  1  75 

Norton's  Kilionciits  Bcientiflc  Agrloulturc!!!!!!.'!  75 

Onion  Culture .  20 

Our  Farm  of  Four  Acres  ...!,!!!,!,  .  '(0 

Pardao  on  dtrawbarry  culture . .  75 

Parsons  011  the  Rose  . . .  .  1  .>r. 

Fear  Culture  for  Protn  a*.  T.  Guinn)..’.!!".'.!'.*.'.'.'.  1  00 

Pedder's  Lund  Measure .  cn 

Priictlcitl  and  Salantltlc  fi’rull  Culture  (Bakery.!!  4  00 
Practical  Moneuluoe  (P.  Henderson)..  .  1  50 

Practical  Poultry  Keeper  1  L.  Wright )  ..  2  00 

Practical  Shepherd  (Kandnllj .  2  00 

ouinby’ii  Mmerfes  ot  Bee  Keeping . !.  ’  7  150 

(Julnny  on  Bolling  Cattle . !!.!!!  I  25 

Randall’s  Flue  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry .  (  (j0 

Do  Bheep  Uusbaiidry  in  the  Month .  1  50 

RiOburdaon  op  the  Dog..,,,..,,, . t>>  on 

Saundcr*'  Doincstic  Poultry,,  .......!!!!!.!!.  <»’  40 

Sclionck’a  Gurdenars’  Text-Book .  !!  75 

Kcrlbuer’s  Produce  Tables . !  7 .  30 

Do.  Ready  Ueekoner  and  Log  Book.!.!!.!!!!!!!!!  30 

Biiiidsou  s  Horse  Portraiture  —  Breeding,  Rear¬ 
ing  dkflu  Training  Trotiorn. .  2  541 

Six  llumlred  Recipes..,,, . . .  1  75 

Skeleton  Leaves . . .  .  am 

Skill  r  11 1  Hows.,  wire . !.!!!!!!!!"  ”5 

Slack’s  Trout  Culture  (now) .  .  (  ‘h 

Stewart's  (John)  Stable  Book . .  i  50 

Tegetitieier’s  Poultry  Book  (colored  plates)! 7.*.'.'  9  00 
l'egetcueier's  Pigeoti  Book  (colored  plates)..  .  5  00 

Ten  Acres  Km., ugh. . .  150 

The  Boston  Machinist  (Mt/.geraldi . !!!!!!!!!  75 

'The  Dog  (by  Dinks,  Mayliew  and  Hutciiinsiin),  3  09 

The  Dog  (new)..  .  2  50 

The  Horse  (Stonehenge).  Svo.,  (522  pp .  ‘  ,350 

The  Mule  (Itiluyi—  a  Tre.ati-e  ..M  mo  Breeding, 
'I’riunlbg  and  uses  to  which  In*  may  bo  pul .  ..  150 
Tho  People'll  Practical  Poultry  Bonk. .  I  50 

Thomas'  Am.  Fruit  Culturist.  (480  Illustrations)!  3  00 

I  rapper  «  Hl|ide  (Now lii .imp) .  •>  m 

3  rout  Culture  (Seth  Green) .  .  T  00 

Trowbridge’s  (Mr*.  Laura)  Mxe.,l*lor  Oouk  Book 

and  Housckneper’s  Aid .  125 

Warder's  Hedges  and  Kvergreens.. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  1  50 
Waring'e  Kleuicnts  ol  Agriculture .  .  I  ijO 

Watson’s  American  llume  Gin  den  . 2  00 

Wax  Flowers,  and  How  to  Make  ThiiiVi!!!!! .  2  00 

Western  Fruit  Growers’  Guide  1  Elliott) . .!'  I  50 

Wheeler's  Houii.;  for  the  People . .  a  ,111 

Do  Rural  IIoijip* .  .  •>  dd 

Window  Gardening  in.  T.  VVlIllams)'.';!!!;::;;*.:  1  50 

WoodrufTs  Trotting  Horse  of  America .  2  25 

Woodward’s  Granaries  and  Uort’l  Buildings....  1  50 

Do.  Country  Home* . . .  150 

Do.  Cottages  and  Farm  Houses . !!!!!!!!!!"”’  1  5 n 

Do.  Suburban  and  Country  Houses . !  1  50 

Youatt  and  Spooner  op  tlie  Horse  .  I  50 

You  a  U,  Mad  Martin  on  Cattle.. . . .  150 

Youatt  and  Martin  on  the  Hog....: _ !...!  !!!  100 

Youatt  oil  Sheep .  ,  1  00 

Youinan's  Hand-Book  of  Household  Science.!!!  1  75 
Address  all  order*  to 

0.  D.  T.  MOORE,  5  Beelumn  St.,  New  York, 

JTf'  Any  Books  desired,  not  named  in  this  T  ',»t 
will  be  tiirnished  on  receipt  of  price. 


FARMERS.  BE  SI  RE  AND  EXAMINE 
1  the  superior  II uy  Spreader  ,  It  lstbc cheapest, 
lost  comolttte  and  most  durable  Hilv  Tender  Over  put 


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PERSONAL  ITEMS. 

Ki. stout  is  playing  in  Home. 

Miss  Jngklow  is  writing  another  novel. 

Tub  Scribners  published  50  books  in  1872. 

Tom  Thumb  is  going  on  a  long  yacht  cruise. 
ltBV.  Im.  X  i;  a  i.  of  Boston  has  gone  to  Europe. 
En a st us  Corning  has  an  Income  of  $2,000  a 
day. 

Prop.  Agassiz  will  be  60  on  the  28th  of 
May. 

K.  D.  Palmer,  the  sculptor,  lias  returned  to 
Europe. 

A  statue  of  Joseph  Mazzini  has  been  set  up 
in  Genoa. 

Paul  Morphy  has  been  invited  to  Vienna  to 
play  chess. 

Spu ro icon  recently  preached  to  1,200 butchers 
in  London. 

The  White  Star  Company  offered  to  educate 
John  Hanley. 

Mr.  E.  1j.  Whipple  has  withdrawn  from  the 
Boston  Globe. 

Geo.  McDonald  has  given  his  farewell  lec¬ 
ture  In  this  country. 

Miss  Christina  Hossetti  and  Joaquin  Mil¬ 
ler  will  g<>  to  Vienna. 

Senator  Brownlow  of  Tennessee,  is  in  un¬ 
commonly  good  health. 

Madame  Anna  Bishop  will  soon  make  a 
singing  tour  of  the  world, 

Texas  refused  to  invite  Gen.  Grant  to  visit 
that  State,  but  asked  Jeff.  Davis  ! 

.T.  M.  Belle w,  the  English  reader,  has  been 
married  throe  times  and  divorced. 

Gen.  Hallkck’s  estate,  which  has  just  been 
settled  up  in  San  Pranelaeo,  Cal.,  amounts  to 
$180,78.1.15. 

Queen  Victoria,  H.  W.  Beecher  and  Presi¬ 
dent  Grant  have  recently  been  visited  by  in¬ 
sane  people. 

The  claimant  Tiehborne  wants  to  visit  the 
United  States,  but  there  are  hindrances  that  he 
may  not  overcome. 

Miss  Emma  Call,  the  first  female  graduate  of 
Michigan  University,  has  had  a  resonant  call  of 
$3,000  a  year  and  her  expenses,  to  export  herself 
to  Japan,  and  there  “  teach  the  young  idea  how 
to,”  etc.,  etc. 

u.oi  cal  $  not  nun  cut, o'. 

A  GREAT  OFFER!  mffJSSfU; 

will  Iln;«,:.r  1  00  IM  \  N  OS  .v  OICGA  N  S  ul  fiisi- 

elaBM  maker*.  imMdiufl  VVATLUl'1.  ui  ex¬ 
treme!)  low  prices  lor  eiisli.  or  part  i  n  tji.  wm l 
biiliini '■  -mall  iiMiullils  No* 

lave  first-cla**  PIANOS,  all  modern  _  iin- 
l>ro\ citu-iii*.  'nr  .  -ir-h  On  in  a.- .  815i  SJ.'i. 

IMM  ltl.lv  HERD  OIWJANS,  9100  I  l -STOP, 
Si  10  i  S-STOP,  8l‘<i5,  Mini  upward* 

'WATKUS*  CO.Yl  KltTO  I’ARMHt  ORGANS 

are  the  most  heimtilui  m  Mlyle  mill  per  tied  m 
lone  ever  made,  i  •  CONCERTO  STOP  <•<  He 
hurt  ever  placed  in  any  Organ.  It  is  pro,  turn  I  ha 

a  Ihinl  . .  .<•/.  pei'iillii  I'iy  voiced,  tin  EfFECT 

oi  ii’li ieh  i .  HO*T  (  IIU1  HIM;  unit  801  L- 
STIliltlNG,  whih  ii-  MUTATION  u.i  llit  111- 
IHAN  VOiCB  isSlIPISUB.  i -  r msluiet.il.  ilia  .s 
T/M/LLi  .1  ;  .II.'Mi  l.'JM  Ml  I  lil'jlJ  .1“’  oat  -'tainii.  -I 
la  rye  ihnninnl  In  Min.islerr,  ChUrchie,  Sanaa u  Schools, 
laiineranci  Stseietir*.  Isiilym.  tie.  Aye  ale  luuntctl, 

$100  One  Kumlred  Dollars,  $100 

For  now  5-ootave,  double  reed,  <>  stops,  beautifully 
paneled,  aiarnuiLd  Organs,  lor  (Hill cell.  C Impel 
and  Parlor.  „ 

Tiie  best  Organs  In  the  world  for  the  price,  and  we 
guarantee  them  equal  to  any  instrument  n  luiUiiy  at 
double  the  amount.  WM.  A.  UO.N1)  A  CO., 

No.  5IT  Broadway,  Now  York. 

GHIGKERING 

PIANO-FORTES 

the  BEST  PIANOS  AT  THE  LOWEST  PRICES 

and  upon  the  moist  favorable  terms  of  payment. 

We  invite  the  attention  of  persons  intending  to 
purchase  Pianos  to  our  New  Illustrated  Catalogue, 
giving  full  description  of  Styles  and  Prices,  and  the 
terms  on  which  we  sell  to  those  desiring  to  make 

EASY  MONTHLY  PAYMENTS. 

SEND  FOR  A  CATALOGUE. 

CHICKERING  &  SONS, 

11  EAST  14th  ST.,  New  York. 
_ 354  WASHINGTON  ST.,  Boston, 

*,  Y7- ' r ‘-—X.'  -J  Yon  nC;  Mill  r  ran  sell 
It&Jr-e-  J-  h'lfa  Ui i-i  •  7  Octave  i’luuoa  for 

$290?  Wo  answer—  H  cost* 

•  III  '"S"  "i.in  $300  to  make  any 

(_  lU—Y-  ..  r„..  r  .  .  I  o  o  1-,.:..  >  !'  r.-n:  .1 1 

fsfsff  n  wTJT  r~i  Eh  .\l ■  -lit*,  idl  Ml  whom  make  IOO 
I  mV  W  VAtper  ot.  profii.  We  have  no 
I  QY/  iff.  At  tils,  tint  s.l>lp  direct  to  fand- 

VJ.  kJ,  w  I,.',  .a  fi.eior)'  Price.  and  warrant 
6  Years  Send  for  lllustrafril  circular.  In  which  we  refer 
to  ovoi  000  Bankers,  Mi-rclmtils,  &e.  (some  of  whom 
you  inny  fenowV  Using  Our  1‘ianus.  in  44  Slates  and 
Terriloi  ie*.  I'leuso  -bile  w  here  von  saw  this  notice, 

U.  S.  Piano  C  -u,  O  |  o  Broadway,  N.  Y. 

WHY  PAY  SSO 

for  a  machine  to  do  the  common  sewing  of  a  family, 
when  the  “  LITTLE  WiiNDLH  '  can  be  lm<l  for  »(►  ? 
It  is  in  every  wav  equal  to  any  single-thread  machine. 
Black  Walnut  Bed,  Silver  Plated  N.mdlc-phite.  nm 
be  run  by  hand  or  power,  h.  ■  simple  a  child  can  oper- 
a  c  it.  6  machines,  In  one.  orders  $2*J;  11  machines, 
$5S.  Address  TURNER  A  CO.,  Salem,  Mass, 


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BRADLEY'S 

AMERICAN  HARVESTER. 

We  warrant  it  to  cut  any  grain  that  grows,  and  in 
any  condition. 

It  will  do  hotter  work,  is  more  durable,  and  Is  In 
every  respect  superior  to  our  former  manufacture  of 
t  he  celebrated 

.( ol» iistoii  4t  Sweepstake*”  Heajter. 

Don't  buy  any  other  until  you  have  seen  it. 

Z  For  particulars,  address 

BRADLEY  MASV'd  CO.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

ATTENTION, OWNERS  OF  HORSES ! 

Ik.  ^hx  THE  ZINC  COLLAR 

rat;  V  -  fP'*\  PAD  la  guaranteed  to  cure 

K*  1 1"?  worst  ease  of  raw  and 

•  1  inBkieed  ueek  in  I'm  t > •  a*. 

|  Y^”"  ~  fvj  laidV'ark  the  Uur*e  every  ilay; 

NjC Nv  *«*'-  Jr  M  and  will  not  chafe  or  wear 
x  ’Vw'**'  J?  the  ntflne.  For  vale  by  Hud- 
tilery  lliirdwaro  Deulersnnd 
^vr-u  Harness  Maker#-  Manu fne- 

tured  by  the  ZINC  COLLAR  PAD  (JO.,  tint  ha, in  a , 
Mu  h.  information  furnished  on  application. 

This  Company  is  In  possession  of.  hundreds  of  relia¬ 
ble  testimonials  from  Farmers,  Lumbermen,  Team¬ 
sters,  Dealers  and  others,  fully  endorsing  al)  We  claim 
for  tlio  Zinc  Pad.  Wo  annex  the  following  notice  : 

Toi.tt no,  rj„  Feb.  «.  ]S72. 

Gko.  H.  Riuhardb,  Ksq.,  .N'lM'f.  Zuh  Collar  shut  Co.: 

Otar  Sir: — Please  allow  ns  to  add  our  testimony  to 
the  usefulness  of  your  Zinc  Collar  Pads.  They  have 
given  general  satisfaction,  and  supply  the  want  of  a 
long  needed  appliance  for  the  prevention  and  cure  of 
sore  necks  on  horses.  The  “  Hoelety  for  the  Preven¬ 
tion  of  Cruelty  to  Anliuuls''  should  present  the  In¬ 
ventor  and  your  Company  with  suitable  medals  and 
a  vote  t.f  thanks.  Trusting  you  will  soon  be  able  to 
fill  our  back  orders,  we  remain,  very  truly  yours, 
W  A II  KIN  Kit,  PATRICK  A  Co., 
Dealers  in  Saddlery  Hardware. 

;  .  y  EUREKA  BUTTER  WORKER 

/wjsj  (See  working  position  in  Rural. 

I  %  -A  J"  ;i  A  prll  12,  page  2lli,  washes,  suits  and 

sMlf-vjas  H  works  butter  perfect,  three  times 
easier,  quicker  limn  any  other  lra- 
pie  ient  |  approved  by  thousands! 
wa*  ra  nl'd  best  U  noun  and  just  right, 
hand-ladle  principles.  Solil  whole- 
f  "I  K  i!  sale  ,y  retail,  with  or  without  howls. 
sVlafc*.  IP  u  State  Rights  reasonable ;  $aleamen 
iutC'V.J  wanted.  He  ml  for  Circulars. 

.  'iixp.il.ii-  J.  P,  CO  ruin. 

v  Whitney  *  Point,  S.  Y. 


FH.ETJCH’S 

PATENT  CULTIVATOR 


•1 

Specially  adit  pled  to  Market  Onrilrns.  nml 
the  Kidd  Culture  of-  Kouls,  Onion-, 
Hirnwberrirs,  Ac. 

Pulverizes  deep,  works  very  close,  to  small  and 
tender  plants,  without  throwing  earth  upon  them. 
Effectually  draws  out  Twitch  Grass,  Sorrel  and  other 
weeds.  Lifts  and  lightens  the  soil,  and  leaves  It 
level.  Cun  be  used  from  one  to  three  feet  wide,  and 
at  various  depths,  linns  steadily,  and  is  of  very  light 
draft,  gif*  Made  only  by 

AMES  PLOW  COMPANY 

manufacturers  or 

AGRICULTURAL  IMPLEMENTS  AND  MACHINES. 

Warehouse*,  .III  Beckman  Si.,  X.  Y„ 

Send  for  Circular.  end  Quincy  I  tn  II,  Boston. 

\\7E  WOULD  NOT  SELL  OCR  SUPE- 

1?  rlor  Hay  Hpreader  for  live  times  its  cost  if 
wo  could  not  obtain  another. 

MEDAL  MACHINEsT 


MAY  •!? 


Kmiitcmcntss  and  Jllaclunny. 

— ml  TO  ACENTS. 

There  is  no  held  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re 
(7  njnnnrRtlnn  than  the  rale  of  the  Family  KnlttlnJ 
M  Machine,  and  there  is  no  machine  that  possesses 
iH  one-hall  the  ilUalitlics  which  aro  so  absolutely 
neeoosar*  for  family  use  as  the  y 

I  /_-  4  Bickfoi'd's  Improved. 

m  lisalmplielly  and  ease  of  mnnagemout,  toget  her 

M  £  ■'  :  yk  with  Us  capacity  for  doing  the  great  range  of  work 
P  K~'  -giO  and  Its  Irtdlng  c  4,  makes  il  a  lunlti-r  of  cc.  r  r,,v 
for  every  family  to  have  one,  and  will  nltimaieiy 
T-AfVMLLWffl  .  '  r:J*i  bring  M.  into  as  general  use  Hr  the  Sewing  Machine 

vreloill li! o'*  i  The  praetleii)  utility  of  Uie  maeiilin  onTv  need-  to 
^||H  Hejll rtll-.r ivitv-U  to  the  people  to  produce  an  tin- 

U-.~.  ■  e.  '  Many  Sewing  .Machine  Agents,  finding  the  i„_ 
ft  W&OS  h  UFmRT  ereaac  of  competition  and  the  difficulty  of  selling 
fejMsBDq  high-priced  Dinchiues  to  militate  aguinst  a  Uoui-1 
I  uJjS!,  isblng  buulness,  art*  taking  hold  of  trio 

1  BICKFORD 

wJm m  Family  Knitting  lactiine, 

and  meeting  with  the  greatest,  success,  Mcr- 
V‘ tS  chants,  finding  In  Tlana  Bickford’s  Invention  a 
"G h.  'yajUi  j.%1  cheap,  simple  nml  practical  Knitting  Machine, 

find  It  i  r>  (il  .i'le  to  pur-  h.is.-  1  . 1  g.-ep  .... 
jiy* A  The  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  if  n  s 
fly  not  require  the  "  t'lernul  vlgllunrx1  ’  to  sell  this 

machine  as  in  the  case  of  sewing  machines. 
YLS^TiSk- or  Agentw  Wanted  Every ivhere.  Good,  Smart 
ISjfJ  Men  can  make.  >.,50  ecu  wti'K  AND  EXPEN  srs. 
C  K^W  8e u d  for  Jnstrnetlons  aiol  Circulars.  I'nco 

M  BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

t&S#'  DANA  BICKFORD,  President. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  G89  Broadway,  N.  Y. 

rniME,  RONEY  AND  STHENGTII  SAVED 
I.  bv  using  I’lark'k  Patent  Tobacco  Itidger 
r>  S  B  fi  A  V  ft  ST)  and  Hilling  Plow.  The  most  complete  implement 
lu  fi  I  B  p  IK  ever  put  Into  the  hands  of  the  Farmer.  It  Is  the  si m- 
I  I  W  lT*i  B  W  I  plest,  easiest  handled,  and  take*  up  no  more  room 
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*  valuable  tool*  In  one.  and  with  One  linreehin!  Bov  will 

do  more  work  than  ton  men.  As  a  TubUCuo  Ridger  it 
lias  no  equal  .  As  a  Hilling  Plow  it  stand.--  unrivaled. 
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■  unsurpassed.  Asa  Iiorse  Hoc  nothing  compares  with 

\  it.  Send  for  Circular,  and  got  description  or  the  best 

X  line  of  tools  ever  put  Into  the  hands  of  the  Farmer. 

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I  not  he  surpassed  for  Workmanship,  Durability 
a  .  1 1|  nnd  lightness  of  Draft. 

JITIiHN  I  1  TYTT  fl  IT  TIT  fl  an  hour  shelled  i.y 
i  of  kI  IvhhI  V  P'Ham's  DOLLAJt  CHAAI- 

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g,  v-  v  and  50,000  funuors.  Km  K*y  to  Aoixth.  Sample 

"ii  ‘u  *1,  .  and  terms  to  dealers  sent  by  mall  on  receipt  of  51. 

Hall,  Boston.  The  Lvvbntor’8 Manuf’cj  Do.,  li  v. 

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,  A  2(1, (D)  sold  Inst  year.  Upwards  of 

<\  A  50, UI)  sold  for  1573.  Show  this  to 

vy  |WBt  yourmerebant ;  ask  him  to  let  you 

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shall,  Mich. 


After  one  day’s  use  of  the  si  - 

PE1UOK  HA  V  SPREADER  no  funner  will 
ever  part  with  it. 


rpHE  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  saved 
L  me  two  hundred  dollars  od  ray  hay  last  season. 

The  Louden  Hay  Carrier 

F.levatos  the  hay  rierpi  w  lieu  to  tl  u  from  the  loud,  car¬ 
ries  It.  hoiixnn tally  to  any  hurt  of  the  mow,  and  returns 
the  empty  fork  back  to  the  load.  Pitches  luto  a  win¬ 
dow.  Slacks  in  the  held.  Saves  its  cost  every  sea¬ 
son.  See  Illustration  on  page  158  of  RURAL  NEAV- 
YORKKit  of  March  6.  Agents  wanted.  Send  stamp 
for  Circular,  Prices  and  Terms. 

LOUDEN  IH’F’C;  WORKS, 

Fairfield,  Iowa. 

AMERICAN  HAY  TEDDER 


N.  Y.  State  Apoltural  Works, 

WIIEELRK,  VI  EUdi  &  CO., 

1-UtlpUlBTUl!S,  PATENTEES  k  MAN’l'FACTUlUIHa  OF 

RAILWAY  CHAIN  it  LEVER  HORSE  POWERS, 

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Thresher.*,  Clover  Hullers,  Feed  Cutters.  Haw- 
Mill-,  Horse  Rakes,  Horse  Pitchforks,  Shin¬ 
gle  Machines,  Ac..  ALBANY.  N.  Y. 

Comstock's  Seeder,  Hand  Cultivator, 

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Plows, 

Combined  or  Separate,  jfor 


rY  THE  BEST  ! 


Enables  the  most  Important  Agricultural  product  of 
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one  day.  Improves  the  quality  and  increases  tiie 
value  of  the  hayorop.  Prevents  all  risk  of  damage 
from  storms  and  sudden  showers.  Is  simple,  dura¬ 
ble  and  of  light  draft.  Was  awarded  the  Now  En¬ 
gland  Agricultural  Society’s  only  first  prize,  at  the 
Great  Field  Trial,  at  Amherst,  Mass.,  as  being  supe¬ 
rior  to  all  others,  and  Hie  best  and  only  perfect 
machine  for  tedding  or  turning  hay. 

MAUL  UX1.Y  BY 

AMliS  PLOW  COMPANY, 

53  Ueciunaii  St.,  New  York, 

and  Quincy  Hall,  Boston. 

£  if*  Send  for  Descriptive  Circular. 


The  Best  In  the  World.  Send  for  Circulars. 

■Ifintly,  Light,  Durahle,  Efllcicut 
aiul  Economical. 

IN  FACT,  EXCELLING  IN  £VEUY  GOOD  POINT 

H.  H.  ALIiETJ  &.  CO., 

sole:  ^vaj-Jivq’s, 

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Xlanufacturcrs  und  Dealers  In 

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HFKEWS,  I  111‘IOJV'L  ghat- 
KR  I  Ft  ON  Posts,  and  forty 
other  things  for  Cider  Mills  nnd  Vinegar  Factories. 
For  Cii  cu lazs, address  O.  K.  JOH NBOX,  Medina,  N.  Y. 

’  Al  BASKET  CO., 

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MuiHiTflt'turDrYui  ihp  best 
SjtUntMiul  Kiiilan  Com, 
Potnto,  ( Muthca  rtixi  Mnr- 
kvt  liHakct  in  tliu  mm 
kct.  Vtirbvua  Kuak(1«t 

lt*rrj  ll*ak‘ct»  mi J1  Cnvttfs 
n  njMtrlnlty  A  Iiberul 
lll*CMU!11  to  CMIi  CUktum- 
_  »rl.  Cin  ulnrh  frcc^ 

rro  KNGHAVEUS.  PHIxXTKHH,  AC.-Lariru  Stuck 
J  well  vcabomnl  uutl  prepured  Hoxwood,  Mahag^ 
any.  Maple  and  Pino.  VANDERBURGH,  Wkii  i^M  &  Co., 
Type,  Cabinet  6c  Fre*n  >Vurchout»e,  18  Dutch  SU  N.  Y 


Manufactured  by  adriawce.platt  &c° 

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NING  SAWS,  *0  BoskaiAQ  Str.^l,  N  >• 

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f»-t  ««  mi  ....  A  0-ft  com  cut,  $«,  S«b3  6k  *“ 
IMnor.iud  CuMtugu.,  luiilled  frvu, 


into  the  field.  Read  a  few  of  the  comment*  received, 
send  for  circular  and  description  to  UIGGAM  M 
M  F’G  CO.,  Hlgganuju.  CL 


NEWS  CONDENSER. 


—  There  are  30,000  Americans  in  Paris. 

—  California  is  making  brandy  out  of  figs. 

—  Colorado  sends  a  gold  brick  to  Vienna. 

—  Boston  is  being  largely  rebuilt  with  brick. 

—  Kansas  has  31+  convicts  in  its  Penitentiary. 

—  Michigan  has  51,000  more  men  than  women. 

—  St.  Louis  has  100  veterans  of  the  Mexican 
War. 

—  New  York  City  has  8,001  licensed  liquor  sa¬ 
loons. 

—  Michigan  has  a  State  Board  of  Pish  Com¬ 
missioners. 

—  Trees  are  being  planted  along  the  railroads 
in  Minnesota. 

—  Japan  has  adopted  Dr.  Smiley’s  “  Self  Help” 
as  a  text  book. 

—  There  is  a  great  famine  in  Java,  owing  to 
the  lack  of  rain. 

—  In  Northampton,  Mass.,  26,000  people  visited 
Barnum’s  show. 

-  Oxford,  Me.,  had  thirteen  and  a  half  feet  of 
snow  last  winter. 

—  Arkansas  gives  women  school  toachers  the 
same  pay  as  men. 

—  Iowa  has  made  a  large  quantity  of  maplo 
sugar  this  spring. 

—  Turkey  has  recently  ordered  400,000  rifles  In 
the  United  States. 

—  A  Chinese  company  lias  purchased  the  Lon¬ 
don  Mission  Pross. 

—  The  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company  em¬ 
ploys  Chinese  crows. 

—  The  Boston  Post  will  build  a  now  office  on 
the  birthplace  of  Ilenjamin  Franklin. 

—  One  of  the  finest,  buildings  in  the  South  Is 
the  new  Orphan  Asylum  at  Augusta,  Qa. 


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on  New  York  Island  and  the  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  the  same. 

In  accordance  with  the  charter  and  by  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  2ltb,  1872,  the  following  memberships  have  been  created  and  are 
offered  for  sale : 

At  the  above-uained  places  and  by  authorized  Agonts  throughout  the  United  States. 

The  proper  holder  of  any  of  those  is  entitled  to  free  admission  to  the  Industrial  Exhibition,  the 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  the  Garden  of  Plants  during  the  time  It  Is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  the  duration  of  tho  membership. 

These  memberships  do  not  entitle  tho  holdor  to  admission  to  special  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  the  Exhibition  Company. 


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unltra  lm  lurerlf— for  years  tin-  wife  or  u  Mormon 
1  rr-phet— disclosing  ull  that  is  mysterious,  wicked 
and  startling,  full  of  tbrUlIng  adventure,  humor¬ 
ous  and  puthctia  scenes,— tpe  moat  Disci natlng  book 
extant.  Portrait  of  the  Authoress,  and  of  leading 
Mormons,  oui-  an  I  iroiioo.  Life  ami  Scenes  In 
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A  NKW  AND  EI.KGANT  ENGRAVING  FOR  AGENTS 

THE  600D  PART 

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aS2.T.l,<L,  .Write  for  terms,  Ac. 


Containing  all  the  best  StrausH  Waltzes,  Polkas, 
Mazurkas,  Galops,  (Juadrlllos,  &c. 

[250  pages.  1  Price  $8,50. 


'Hits  extraordinary  collection  of  Strauss’s  best  music 
has  achieved  n  great  success,  und  edition  after 
edition  bus  been  Issued  to  fill  the  popular  and 
steadily  Increasing  demand  j  15,000  copies 
sold  since  Nov’r  lust  testify  to  Its  pop¬ 
ularity.  A  mong  its  “  Gems  ”  are  the 
"  Hi ii o  Danube,”  "  1,001  Nights,” 
MunliatUiu,"  ”  Wine,  Wi 
men  aud Song,”  “  New  Vi¬ 
enna,’’  “  lloyal  Songs,” 

"  Marriage  Bolls,” 

"Artists’ Life,” 
and  50  other 
waltzes; 

"Pizzicato” 

Polka;  "Clear 
the  Truck,”  Gal¬ 
op;  "One  Heart,  One 
Soul,”  Mazurka;  and  20 
other  choice  Polkas,  Mazur- 
»*,  Quadrilles,  Ac.  Price.  JL’.VJ 
board  covers:  $3  In  cloth;  $4  In 
Also,  just  published,  “fsrranss 
•  II lisle  lor  Violin  und  Piuuo. 


MEMBERSHIPS.  -  PRICE  AND  KINPj 


Gems 


Gems 


FIGHTING  FIRE! 


i'luss  1st 


30  Admissions 


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Conquering  nro  with  Water,  Bteaui  and  Gas.  I.v- 
HUKANCE  Is  il  So/,  J  Its  History,  Husls,  Mannge- 
mout,  Bow  to  Insure,  Ac.;  Vivid  Accounts  of  the 
Groat  Fires  of  History.  Agonts  send  for  Circulars. 
Vou  will  noi  regret  It.  Sent  Free.  Address 

DUSTIN,  GILMAN  A  CO.,  Hartford,  Ct. 


Entitling  the  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transAy  ruble 

Price,  $10. 


Strauss 


Strauss 


€lass  ‘id.  l*rice  $20.  90  Admissions 


Entitling  tho  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  tho  Exhibition 

Price,  $20. 


Not  trails]  'erable 


SI50  AMTS.  1813.  AGEITS. 

W  1  W  W  MAMMOTH  DOUBLE  MAP 


I*1  ’  ,,,,  ,  ,1,1,11  1*  I1U  I  1UU1I, 

being  a  collection  of  the  best  Strauss  Music, 
effectively  arranged  for  Plano  aud  Violin.  Price 
$1.  Bold  by  all  Book  aud  Music  Dualurs.  Published  by 
OLIVER  DITSON  A  CO.,  Ho. ton. 
0.  H.  DITSON  A  CO.,  Til  Broadway,  New  York. 


Class  3d.  Price  #10.  300  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not,  transferable. 

Price,  $40. 

1  lass  4i.lt.  l*rice  $100.  Idle. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life ;  the  bulling  being  open  to 

the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

Class  Silt.  Family  for  Fife.  Price  $300. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  and  his  immediate  family  (in  esse  ut  the  time  of  such  purohiWe)  <> 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  opoi 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

Class  Otli.  HE11EDITARY  A  TRANSFERABLE.  Price  $1,000. 

Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
building  is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  used  by  the 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  those  memberships  are  to  be  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Payment  to  be  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Union  Trust 
Company. 

A  suitable  Badge  will  bo  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  members. 

Memberships  will  not  be  sold  after  the  Building  Is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

Banks,  Bankers  and  Individuals  are  wanteel  to  act  as  Agents  throughout  the  Unitod  States. 

For  further  Information,  please  address 

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W1LLAU»>S  IMIAdTICAIi  DA  I  ICY 
'  '  II IIRmNDItV:  A  ('out plctc  Trent- 
ixc  on  Dairy  Farmi  and  Farnilnu, 
Dairy  Stock  an<l  stock  Feeding;, 
Milk,  Iim  HI  linage  in  cut  and  Man¬ 
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■History  and  Mode  of  Organiza¬ 
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Hch,  Dairy  Utanallfl,  lite.,  Etc. 

BY  X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M-, 

Dairy  lluxlnwulru  Editor  of  Mann’s  Rural  New- 
1  other,  Declarer  in  Conn  U  University,  Maine 
Agricultural  College,  Etc.,  EU. 

..  is  f't1®  fhost  full,  practical  and  reliable  work 

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A  LLEN’fi  AHIEItlCAN  CATTLE: 
Tlieir  History,  Breeding;  and 
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or  Waterproof  In  lean  than  anu  min  utr.,  by  simply 
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dark  blue  mdleu*  cloth,  trltniDCu  With  ltcrcuhs 
braid. 

Tills  pattern  Is  Puniculnrly  dnelrnhlo  for 
wash  oowh  u  ci.Qfle  when  unhotLoneillt  lulls  Into 
a  beautifully  shaped  Wrapper  without  pleat  lit 
gather,  making  jteuay  to  luuudrr.  Tlio  Traveler, 
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atdc  conr.ca letoe.  It  is  very  biuiplc  and  easy  to 
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Out’  Dollar,  nee  Premium  below. 

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which  SHOWS  every  Beam,  pleat,  gather,  loop, 
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tern,  u, ul how  R  will  look  wlieu  completed.  Hy 
the  use.  of  our  OToih  Mtfileti  any  person  who  can 
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^  to  introduce  the  GENUINE  IMPROVED  COM- 
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_  ner.  Price  onl >  !  15.  f  ully  licensed  soil  warranted 
M  for  five  years.  We  will  pay  *1,1X10 for  any  machine 
that,  will  sew  n  stronger,  more  beautiful,  or  more 
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Lock  Stitch.''  Every  second  stitch  can  Imeut.and 
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^  lug  it.  We  pay  Agents  from  ti.'i  to  Ei’SI  per  month 
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WILL  LAST  FROM 

2  TO  .1  TIMES  ^3  LOTS TC3- 
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ilrios  wIlli  a  hard, rich,  glossy  surface, and  will 
not  Chalk,  crack,  nor  peel  olrj  requiring  no  oil, 
thinner  or  drier,  mid  will  cover  nn.ro  surface 
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durable,  and  hotter  iu  every  respect  than  any 
other  paint. 

PKICKS  a 

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Other  Shades,  including 

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Pniiil  for  Koofw,  Water¬ 
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States  or  Canadas.  Send  Draft,  Mouey  Order 
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containing  thirty  shndew,  and  directions  for 
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mid  Cllinux  Apple  Corel- anil  Sllcer. 

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The  Fourth  Annual  Fair  of  this  Association  will 
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tember,  I S73,  and  continue  flyo  (5)  days. 

Premium  Lists  will  be  ready  in  due  season. 

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Horace  Greeloy,  Am.  Agriculturist, 
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children's  shoes  not  protected  by  SILVER  TIPS. 
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child  to  ventilate  the  toe  of  a  shoo.  SILVER  TIPS 
the  only  preventive, 

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1  #3.50  I’Elt  YEAR. 


[Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  yoar  1373,  by  D.  D.  T.  Moouw,  in  the  office  of  (bo  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington.] 


generally  practiced  there.  The  country  is 
hilly,  and  some  of  the  best  pastures  are 
greatly  exposed  to  the  storms  of  wind  and 
rain  so  frequent  in  the  autumn  and  winter 
months.  Farm-yards  with  sufficient  accom¬ 
modation  for  breeding  and  feeding,  after  the 
English  fashion,  are  extremely  rare. 

Mr.  Morgan  says  : — “Taking  into  account 
the  climate,  soil,  and  average  homestead  ac¬ 
commodation  in  the  country,  the  Pembroke¬ 
shire  cattle  can  be  bred  and  fed  cheaper  than 
Short-Horns  or  Here  fords.  Surely  an  ungen- 
ial  climate  must  tend  to  increase  tho  expense 
of  keeping  a  beast.  Wintering  cattle  is  dear¬ 
er  than  letting  them  run  the  Helds  in  sum¬ 
mer.  The  more  cultivated  and  delicate  breed 
are  under  the  disadvantage  in  Pembrokeshire 
of  having  to  be  housed  a  fortnight  or  throe 
weeks  earlier  than  the  blacks,  ami  they  must 
be  kept  in  later  for  about  the  same  period  ill 
the  spring.  This  make*  a,  material  difference 
in  the  estimate  of  cost  for  the  year,  where 
there  is  a  mixed  system  of  dairying,  breed¬ 
ing,  and  feeding  carried  on.  There  nail  be 
little  doubt  that,  in  tire  district  under  notice, 
a  herd  of  black  cAws  can  be  kept  fifteen  per 
cent,  cheaper  than  an  equal  number  of  Short- 
llorns,  and  still  yield  as  much  butter  or 
cheese — two  articles  that  form  an  important 
item  in  the  rent-producing  power  of  the 


Welsh  farmer.  Capitalists  holding  sheltered 
and  luxuriant  pastures,  having  extensive 
farm  buildings,  and  who  aim  at  producing 
large,  prime  fat  boasts,  may  there,  as  else¬ 
where,  keep  Short-ilorna  to  greater  advan¬ 
tage  1 1  urn  any  other  breeds;  but  persons  of 
limited  menus  Living  on  poor  land  and  with 
small  farm-yards,  cannot  do  better,  I  think, 
than  retain  and  cultivate  the  indigenous 
breed  of  the  country.  I  hold  there  is  no  mid¬ 
dle  course  ;  either  Blacks  or  Short-Horns.'7 

The  color  of  the  Pembrokeshire  breed  is 
black.  The  horns  are  of  great,  leugtb,  white 
tipped  with  black,  wide-spreading  and  curv¬ 
ing  upwards.  The  head  is  of  medium  length, 
longer  than  the  West  Highlands,  and  some¬ 
what  longer  than  the  Devons,  approaching 
the  Herofords  or  tlu>  improved  Sussex  in 
form.  The  nose  is  small,  and  the  neck  fine, 
with  little  tendency  to  the  “  throat  in  ess” 
observable  in  some  breeds.  The  eyes  are 
P>  •eminent,  but  without  the  un tameable 
gleam  of  the  West  Highland  or  Chillingham 
Cattle,  domestication  having  removed  any 
ufsicial  traits  of  wildness  and  of  ferocity, 
flie  coat  long,  not  straight  like  the  Highland 
cattle,  bub  wavy,  or  somelf  tries  curly.  The 
forehead  is  broad.  The  tail  is  of  good  long)  h. 
These  may  be  said  to  be  some  of  tho  chief 
characteristics  of  the  Pembrokeshire  breed 


in  contra-distinction  to  other  well-known 
cuttle,  although  it  does  not  very  correctly 
represent  the  typo  aimed  at  by  the  breeders 
generally.  For  instance,  in  Wales,  no  more 
than  elsewhere  is  a  white  hom  considered 
the  beat,  but  a  yellow,  mellow  and  oily -look¬ 
ing  horn,  having  the  unction  mark  of  a 
predisposition  to  fatten—  a  hum  in  which  the 
black  extends  more  than  a  lew  iuchcs  below 
tho  tips,  or  one  that  has  a  hard  blue  color 
throughout — is  to  bo  condemned.  Several 
writers  have  remarked  on  the  color  of  the 
skin  as  being  of  on  orange  yellow,  and  the 
coat  on  the  barest  parts  of  tho  body  as  being 
of  a  brownish  hue.  fclomo  of  tho  best  breed¬ 
ers  in  Pembrokeshire  are  careful  to  maintain 
this  characteristic  in  their  herds.  This,  along 
with  a  yellow  horn  and  a  wavy  coat,  almost 
invariably  indicates  a  beast  that  will  feed 
well  oithor  at  grass  or  in  the  stall.  A  short, 
crisp,  coal-black  coat  is  not  to  be  compared 
with  one  that  is  long  and  wavy.  The  outer 
covering  of  hair  put  on  in  the  winter  months 
should,  with  outlying  cattle,  at  the  end  of 
spring,  aud  during  tho  early  summer  months 
be  of  a  russet  brown.  One  frequently  Bees 
iuttlc  of  tliis  breed  whose  coats  are  one  mass 
of  ringlets  ;  but  experience,  I  think,  shows 
that  they  are  not  the  most  easily  fattened, 
and  I  do  not  know  to  what  source  to  attrib- 


PEMBROKESHIRE  OR  CASTLEMARTIN 
.  CATTLE. 


Mr.  Morgan  Evans  says  : — There  is  a  gen¬ 
eral  belief  in  Wales  t  hat  the  old  breed  of  tho 
country  was  white  ;  but  he  discredits  the 
idea  aud  asserts  that  ho  believes  the  oldest 
color  to  have  been  black,  notwithstanding 
much  popular  trad  it  'on  to  the  contrary.  He 
adds  that  the  brood  of  Pembrokeshire  is  black 
and  known  sometime^  as  the  Cttstlomartin, 
but  now  more  generally  as  the  Pembroke¬ 
shire  hreod.  'Photo  can  be  little  question  of 
the  great  antiquity  of  this  breed.  .  “  The 
Pembroke  race  in  England,”  says  Mr.  Dar¬ 
win,  “closely  resemble  ih  essential  structure 
B.  primigenius,  and,  no  doubt,  are  its  de¬ 
scendants.” 

You att  says:— “Great  Britain  does  not 
afford  a  more  useful  animal  than  tho  Pem¬ 
broke  cow  or  ox.”  There  is  no  breed  which 
for  general  usefulness  can  successfully  com¬ 
pete  with  the  Pembrokeshire  cattle  In  their 
native  district,  they  are  so  perfectly  adapted 
to  the  climatic  and  physical  characteristics  of 
the  country,  and  to  the  system  of  farming 


rta 


330 


MAY  24 


ute  tliis  peculiarity.  The  hair  on  the  fore¬ 
head  of  bulls  is  often  very  much  curled,  and 
it  is  rather  to  be  admired  than  otherwise  for 
the  sake  of  its  pictu rosq t jcueas,  as  well  as 
that  it  indicates  other  important  qualities. 
The  meat  produced  by  t  hese  cattle  is  c.xccl- 
|  lent,  aud  not  to  be  surpassed  in  texture  and 
quality.  The  milking  properties  of  this  stock 
is  said  to  be  excellent,  and  all  attempts  to 
improve  it  by  crosses  have  failed. 

A  few  errors  on  went  in  popular  descriptions 
of  the  Pembrokeshire  cattle  will  have  to  be 
corrected.  For  instance,  You att  says  that  a 
“few  have  white  faces,  or  a  little  white 
abgut  the  tail  and  udders,”  and  that  the 
“  Pembrokeshire  cow  is  Usually  black,  with 
occasionally  a  dark  brown  or,  less  frequently, 
a  white  face,  or  a  white  line  along  the  back.” 

Mr.  W.  C.  L.  Martin  commits  similar 
blunders.  No  white  is  admis, sable,  except, 
perhaps,  on  the  udder.  Any  other  marking’s 
of  white  obviously  denote  strange  blood. 
Even  a  white  udder  is  not  to  be  admired,  and 
is  exceptional.  A  coat  ol  brownish  color  is 
not  uncommon  ;  indeed  a  brown  tinge  many 
breeders  consider  an  indication  of  aptitude  to 
fatten  and  as  denoting  rapid  growth  in  their 
young  stoek.  It  is  necessary  to  state,  how¬ 
ever,  that  tills  brown  is  of  a  very  peculiar 
hue,  and  the  slighest  tendency  to  red  must 
be  emphatically  condemned. 


cfpdd  ajrop. 


CORN  IN  ILLINOIS. 


W.  C.  Flagg,  Superintendent  of  the  Ex¬ 
perimental  Farm  of  the  Illinois  Industrial 
University  furnishes  us  the  following  report 
of  experiments  with  the  different  varieties  of 
corn  there,  which  is  of  especial  interest  to 
coni  growers  and  worthy  space  in  our  col¬ 
umns  as  a  matter  of  record.  The  report  says: 

Experiments  were  made  with  thirty-live 
varieties  of  corn,  kindly  furnished  by  J.  B. 
Phinney,  Esq.,  of  Champaign  county — a  gen¬ 
tleman  who  has  given  this  subject  a  great 
deal  of  attention,  and  has  made  experiments 
with  most  of  the  leading  varieties. 

The  ground  upon  which  the  corn  was 
planted  has  been  in  cultivation  about  twenty 
years,  without  manure,  and  is  of  good  quali¬ 
ty,  though  a  little  variable  in  its  different 
parts.  It  was  planted  in  corn  in  1871,  it  was 
plowed  about  six  inches  deep,  on  the  25th  of 
April,  1872,  and  on  the  Iflth  of  May,  rolled 
and  marked  four  by  four  feet.  It  was  planted 
by  hand,  four  grains  to  t  he  lull,  and  covered 
with  t  he  hoe.  One-eighth  of  an  acre  of  each 
variety— live  rows,  sixteen  rods  Jong  -were 
planted,  except  of  the  Black  Purple,  of  which 
there  was  but  one  row,  or  one-fortieth  of  an 
acre. 

The  corn  was  harrowed,  May  25th,  with 
Bakewell’s  corn  harrow,  east  and  west ;  May 
30th,  with  the  same  implement,  north  and 
south.  June  12th,  it  was  plowed  with  a 
double-shovel  plow,  east  aud  west ;  June  26th, 
with  the  same  plow,  north  and  south  ;  July 
5th,  east  and  west ;  and  July  l'Jth,  north  and 
south. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  varieties 
planted,  with  remarks  by  Mr.  Phinney  and 
others : 

I—  Flint  Varieties.  Not  desirable  for  our 

W  estern  markets. 

1.  Sanford.  Late  variety  to  ripen  in  Wis¬ 
consin,  according  to  Prof.  Daniels. 

II—  White  Varieties. 

2.  Areola.  From  J.  McCann  of  Douglass 
county;  yielded  110  bushels  per  acre  in 
1S70,  and  80  bushels  iu  1871. 

3.  Butler  county  (Ohio).  From  Tuscola. 

4.  Cooley's  Burly.  Received  in  1872,  from 
C.  C.  Cooley,  Adams  county,  Ohib  ;  also, 
distributed  by  the  Department  of  Agri¬ 
culture  ;  gave  a  poor  yield  at  Wisconsin 
Agricultural  College. 

5.  Davidson’ h  Ohio.  From  Champaign 
county  fair,  1871. 

6.  Early  Small  White.  From  Champaign 
county. 

7.  Early  White.  From  Tolono. 

8.  Mammoth  White.  From  Baltliis  Cory- 
don,  Indiana  ;  almost  a  humbug. 

9.  Warder.  Small,  very  early  hominy 
corn,  maturing  August  15  ;  has  yielded  80 
bushels  per  acre,  in  Ohio,  but  not  over  45 
with  Mr.  Phinuey. 

10.  White  (large).  From  Champaign  county. 

11.  White Hirer.  From  Tuscola. 

HI— Yellow  Varieties. 

13.  Banker’ 8  No.  1.  From  Ohio  ;  matures 
Sept.  10. 

13.  Banker’s  No.  2.  From  Ohio  ;  matures 
Sept.  15. 

14.  Chester  County  (Penn.)  From  L.  S. 
Pennington. 

15.  Early  Premium.  Matures  August  15. 


MOOFSE’S  BUBAL  NEW-Y0RKE8. 


16.  Fayette  county  (Ohio).  Very  early; 
from  Champaign  county  fair. 

17.  QoUra,  Very  late  variety,  from  Ken¬ 
tucky. 

18.  II.  C.  Baufman.  From  Champaign 
county  fair. 

19.  Lancaster  rowdy  (Penn).  From  L.  S. 
Pennington,  Sterling ;  succeeded  with 
him  in  1871. 

20.  Mammoth  Yellow.  From  S.  R.  Bailey, 
Lima  Ohio,  1 872. 

21.  McElvery.  Second  premium  Cham¬ 
paign  county  fair, 

22.  Mixed  Ten.  Grown  by  Mr.  Phinney 
from  a  mixture  of  the  kernels  of  the  fol¬ 
lowing  ten  varieties: — Thomas,  Goltra, 
Banker’s  No.  1,  Powell’s  Early,  Douglas, 
Nebraska,  Premium  Ohio,  Petit,  Terwil- 
liger,  Hundred  Day  Dent.  The  yield  from 
this  mixture  was  the  best  on  Mr.  Pliin- 
uey's  farm  iu  1871. 

23.  Ohio  Premium.  From  Champaign 
county  fair. 

24.  Pickle.  From  Tuscola. 

25.  Powell’ s  Early.  Matures  September  10, 

26.  Reeves.  From  Tolono  ;  very  early. 

27.  Roderick.  From  Tuscola. 

28.  Thomas.  Five  or  six  years  from  Ohio. 

29.  Unknown.  From  Clermont  county, 
Ohio. 

IV—  Brown  and  Calico  Varieties. 

30.  M aster.  From  Ohio,  1870. 

81.  Large,  Strander.  An  old  variety  ;  me¬ 
dium  in  earliness. 

32.  Lillie  Strander,  Very  early. 

83.  Roan.  From  Ohio. 

34.  Strawberry  or  Calico.  Formerly  a 
great  favorite  ;  early  and  prolific. 

V—  Red  Varieties. 

3.5.  Black  I’urple.  From  Fulton  county, 
1871. 

Of  these  varieties,  Mr.  Phinney,  with  his 
present  experience,  preferred  the  following, 
all  yellow  : — Banker’s  No.  1,  Banker’s  No.  2, 
(•ultra,  Powell’s  Early,  and  Thomas. 

The  following  table  shows  the  maturity, 
August  2d,  and  the  yield  of  ears,  weighed  as 
gathered,  November  9th  and  following  days, 
reduced  to  bushels  per  acre,  of  seventy 
pounds  to  the  bushel : 


Mnturlty,  Aiimist  2,  of  i  HukIi. 

tunnels, 

Mlks, 

ntaliu }  per 

ac. 

J  I’T.I  NT  V  ARIICTUSB. 

?.  ban  ford . 

out 

late 

short 

44,l| 

jj  -White  V  arletuss, 

2.  Areola..  . 

out 

late 

tall 

79.4 

It.  Butler  ciuinty . 

late 

lute 

medium 

74.2 

i.  Cooley’*  Early . 

out 

uie<J Jin  low 

70.3 

it.  I  )!1V  ilWnll  8  Ohio. . 

Into 

lute 

medium 

0.1.1 

li.  Early  Small  Wlilto  our. 

out 

low 

42.2 

*.  Murl y  White... 

out. 

lued'ru  low 

01.7 

8.  Mammoth  White. . 

late 

IIOllO 

medium 

14.4 

y.  Warder . 

out 

out 

medium 

43..') 

JO.  While  (la l  ire) . 

Into 

none 

medium 

03.2 

II.  White  River  . 

Into 

none 

medium 

00.2 

ill  Via. i.mv  Varieties. 

12.  Ranker'll  No.  1 . 

in  t  m!  ’w  it  one 

medium 

02.8 

1,1.  Hunker'*  No.  2  — 

out 

lut« 

medium 

lift.  1 

li.  Chester  County. ... 

out 

med'm  medium 

33.7 

iu.  Early  Premium... 

OUt 

out 

medium 

52, 8 

in.  KuyeMe  county.... 

out 

out 

low 

411.0 

17,  ilo.tru . 

late 

IlOtlil 

medium 

01.7 

is.  11.  C.  Riumrnn  — 

out 

out 

medium 

33.1 

10.  Lancaster  county. 

ollt 

med.ni  low 

4H.K 

20,  .Mammoth  Yellow  out. 

med’m  low 

33.3 

21,  Me  I'll  very  . . 

out 

med'm  tail 

70.0 

2",’.  Miked  Ten . 

out 

out 

tall 

60.0 

22.  Ohio  Premium  — 

out, 

out 

medium 

OH.  4 

24.  Piuklr . 

out 

lute 

tall 

011.1 

2ft.  Powell'.-,  Marly - 

out 

out 

medium 

01.7 

20.  Reeves . 

out 

out 

medium 

01.7 

21.  Roderick . 

out 

mod 'm  tall 

03.1 

2S.  Thomas . 

out 

out 

medium 

03. 1 

21*.  1  n  known  . 

late 

lute 

medium 

53.3 

IV— Brown  and  Calico  Varieties. 

.10.  Master . 

out. 

mi'd’in  medium 

01.4 

ill.  Larjfe  Strander. , ,  • 

out 

med’m  medium 

00.3 

12,  Little  Strander — 

out 

out 

low 

43.3 

3.1.  Roan  .  . 

med’m  lute 

tall 

60.8 

■H.  Strawberry . 

53.7 

V-Ued  Varieties.. 

,'l.i.  Hlack  Purjdo . 

out 

med’m  tall 

80.0 

The  heaviest  yield,  it  will  be  observed,  is 
from  the  Black  Purple,  which  gave  eighty7 
bushels  to  the  acre.  Next  comes  the  Aroolu, 
a  wiiile  variety,  with  79.4  bushels  to  the  acre, 
and  next  to  this  the  McElvery,  a  yellow  sort, 
which  yielded  seventy-six  bushels,  The  av¬ 
erage  bushels  to  the  acre  are  as  follows  : 


Flint . 

44. 

White . 

02.1 

Voliow . 

.  13 

50.8 

Brown,  etc . . . 

.  5 

53. 

Red . 

80. 

Total, . . . 

. 35 

56.2 

The  variation  iu  yield  from  different  varie¬ 
ties  is  very  considerable.  One  of  the  yellow 
varieties  produced  bub  forty  bushels  to  the 
acre,  or  only  one-half  the  maximum  yield, 
showing  that  the  variety  planted  is  no  small 
factor  in  the  product. 

• - ♦-*-♦ - 

FIELD  NOTES. 


Sowing  Corn. — In  answer  to  your  corres¬ 
pondent  at  Rahway,  N.  J.,  as  to  best  way  to 
sow  corn  for  soiling  purposes,  I  would  state 
that  the  met  hod  adopted  in  this  section  is  to 
drill  about  three  bushels  per  acre  with  a 
grain  drill.  Mr.  J.  MoRKRDKRhas  forseveral 
years  past,  drilled  his  com  both  ways  with 
good  success,  as  in  t  hat  way  the  seed  is  dis¬ 
tributed  over  the  ground  inoreeveuJy.  1  saw 
last  year  a  large  crop  of  fodder  grown  from 
corn  put  in  the  sixth  of  July;  if  had  quite 
large  nubbins  on  the  stalks.  1  tliink  sweet 
corn  is  the  best  to  sow  fur  fodder,  as  the  cat¬ 
tle  will  cal  it  all  uu  clean  and  it  keeps  them 
fat.  But  Mr.  C.  J.  Townsend,  and  others, 
prefer  the  Western  Dent  to  any  other  kind. — 
H.  C.,  Starkey ,  A.  J. 


yfann  d:conoinn. 


THE  USE  OF  PLASTEE. 

W.  T.  Early  wrote  the  Farmers’  Club  of 
New  York  City,  once,  the  following  sensible 
statement  of  the  use  and  value  of  land  plaster 
or  gypsum  : — “  Plaster  acts  as  a  condenser  of 
the  ammonia  of  the  atmosphere  and  of  the 
soil.  Plaster  of  Paris  is  composed  of  su  Iphu  ri <: 
acid  and  lime.  A  bushel  of  this  substance,  if 
it  acted  as  a  manure,  would  clearly  exert  but 
a  very  small  effect,  upon  an  acre  of  land  by  its 
chemical  action  upon  plants,  or  by  entering 
into  combination  in  the  growth  of  crops.  By 
observation,  however,  it  is  concluded  that 
Plaster  of  Paris  acts  as  a  condenser  of  ammo¬ 
nia,  which  is  found  everywhere  in  the  atmos¬ 
phere  and  in  all  soils  to  a  limited  extent — that 
it  holds  this  most  subtle  and  powerful  manure 
in  its  grasp,  fixes  it  and  gives  it  out  to  the 
growth  of  plants  as  they  require  it,  instead 
of  allowing  the  ammonia  to  pass  away  and 
remain  unlixed  and  unadapted  to  plant 
growth 

“  There  are  a  few  phenomena  which  seem 
to  me  to  fully  establish  the  fact  that  this  is 
the  true  explanation  of  the  actiou  of  plaster  : 
That  only  aeertain  amount,  will  act.  Thus  a 
bushel  to  the  acre,  sown  upon  a  clover  field, 
acts  as  well  as  fifty  bushels— showing  that  it 
does  not  act  as  a  manure,  as  u  stimulant,  or 
a  gastric  juice,  or  in  any  other  manner  analo¬ 
gous  to  any  of  these  agencies. 

“How  a  Hold  with  plaster  in  clover,  or  any 
other  grass,  leaving  out  a  breadth,  or  in  plas¬ 
tering  a  crop  of  tobacco — as  I  have  frequently- 
seen  it  done — leaving  a  few  rows  without  the 
application,  ami  the  result  will  be  that,  while 
the  parts  of  the  crop  to  which  the  plaster  is 
applied  will  he  flourishing  and  green,  those 
on  which  no  plaster  is  put  will  be  yellow  and 
worthless,  indeed  greatly7  inferior  fo  what 
they  would  have  been  had  no  plaster  been 
placed  in  the  adjacent  parts  of  the  field. 

“  llow  can  tins  be  explained  except  upon 
the  hypothesis  that  the  plaster  draws  from 
the  atmosphere  passing  over  it  a  part  of  its 
fertilizing  properties  and  retains  it  for  the 
use  of  the  plants  in  proximity  to  it,  while 
those  portions  whore  there  is  no  plaster  do 
not  thus  derive  this  greater  share  from  the 
atmosphere  ( 

“  Again,  sow  upon  a  dunghill,  steaming 
aud  giving  off  ammonia,  a  quantity  of  plas¬ 
ter  ;  enough — it  will  stop  the  escape  of  gas. 
Wait  awhile,  until  the  plaster  sown  becomes 
saturated  with  the  gas,  and  it  will  again 
begin  to  escape.  1’ut  on  plaster  again,  and  it 
will  stop  ;  aud  so  on  until  all  the  ammonia  is- 
taken  up  and  fixed. 

“Take  Peruvian  guano,  whose  great  fertil¬ 
izing  property  is  ammonia,  mix  plaster  with 
it  In  proper  quantity,  and  it  will  become 
inodorous.  And  so  of  any  other  animal  or 
vegetable  manure  which  gives  off  ammonia. 

“  Great  Josses  ure  sustained  in  stables,  in 
cesspools,  in  all  animal  and  vegetable  man¬ 
ures,  by  the  escape  of  ammonia,  w  hich  consti¬ 
tutes  by  far  the  richest  part  of  all  manures, 
Plaster  of  Paris  may  be  most  profitably 
employed  in  fixing  this  volatile  and  most 
valuable  ingredient,  to  the  great  profit  of  the 
farmer  and  the  public.” 

- *•♦4 - - - 

BRINGING  UP  AN  OLD  FARM. 

I.  B.  Johnson,  Columbia  Co.,  N.  Y.,  writes  : 
“  Having  become  the  possessor  of  an  old  farm 
which  has  run  to  waste  for  a  number  of 
years,  I  am  anxious  to  bring  it  up  to  a  pro¬ 
ductive  state,  The  soil  is  of  a  slaty  nature, 
mostly,  and  the  rocks  come  through  in  some 
places.  It  fronts  the  south,  mainly.  A  large 
meadow  has  ft  northern  exposure  ;  soil  rather 
wet  and  mucky.  Any  advice  as  to  the  best 
way  in  which  to  bring  it,  to  a  proper  state  of 
cultivation  will  be  thankfully  received.” 

Tiie  quickest  way  we  know  of  to  “  bring 
up”  any  soil  of  the  character  described,  is  to 
first  see  that  it  is  properly  drained,  where  it 
needs  draining,  plow  and  .subsoil  deeply— not 
inverting  the  surface  soil  more  than  six 
inches  deep-  procure,  save  and  apply  all  the 
good  barn  yard  and  stable  manure  possible 
and  sow  und  plow  in  green  crops  (such  as 
clover,  buckwheat,  rye,  peas,  Ac.,)  on  soils 
for  which  you  have  no  available  barn-yard 
manure.  The  secret  of  success  in  bringing 
up  soils  is  to  drain,  manure  and  give  thor¬ 
ough  culture. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

MIXED  HUSBANDRY  SOUTH. 

Eugene  Easton,  Grimes  Co.,  Texas  writes 
the  Rural  New-Yorker  : — We  are,  at  pres¬ 
ent,  to  a  great  extent,  dependent  on  the  West 
and  North  for  our  flout’  and  meat,,  our  whole 
attention  being  given  to  producing-  cotton  ; 
consequently  we  fail  to  make  the  common  ! 


necessaries  of  life.  But  the  time  has  come 
when  we  must  diversify  our  crops  and  not 
cultivate  cotton  to  the  exclusion  of  everything 
else.  With  the  present  scarcity  of  labor  and 
the  high  price  it  commands,  the  profit  on 
cotton,  our  chief  crop,  is  cut  quite  short  by 
the  time  it  is  put  into  market.  There  is  a 
new  era  dawning  in  our  State  «.»  regards  farm 
operations,  Fanners  arc  beginning  to  see 
that  it  pays  better  to  put  less  ground  in  cul¬ 
tivation  aud  cultivate  it  better. 


DRAIN  UNDER  WALK. 


I  wish  to  construct  a  drain  under  one  of 
my  garden  walks  that,  will  effectually  carry 
i  .11  all  the  slop-water  from  the  house.  What 
is  the  best  material  to  use  for  that  purpose, 
and  its  probable  cost  per  foot,  t — R.  M.  L.,  Oak 
Bum,  X.  K. 

Good  tile  of  sufficient  size  to  carry  off  your 
slops  would  be  cheapest,  because  most  dura¬ 
ble  if  well  laid.  Its  cost  would  depend  on  its 
size,  and  upon  your  proximity  to  a  manufac¬ 
tory.  Probably  a  six -inch  sole  tile  would  be 
large  enough.  Messrs.  C.  W.  Boynton  A  Co., 
Wood  bridge,  N.  J.,  have  advertised  tile  with 
us.  Cement  drains  are  ulso  cheaply  made, 
and  for.  such  service  would  prove  efficient, 
doubtless  ;  but  wc  know  nothing  of  their  cost. 
- ■ - 

ECONOMICAL  N0TE8. 


Horse  Urine. — A  correspondent  asks  some 
one  to  inform  him  how  to  make  a  liquid  that 
will  contain  all  the  parts  of  horse  urine  and 
how  to  use  it  in  a  compost  of  decayed  leaves 
aud  scrapings.  We  have  no  analysis  of  horse 
Urine — don’t  know  that  any  was  ever  made. 
The  -way  to  use  it  or  to  utilize  it  is  to  pour  it 
at  once  upon  leaves,  or  mix  it  with  gypsum 
in  sufficient  quantity  to  absorb  the  ammonia 
it  contains.  [Hince  writing  the  foregoing, 
we  find  that  the  French  chemists  give  the 
following  as  the  constituents  of  horse  urine  : 
Carbonate  of  lime,  11  parts;  carbonate  of 
soda,  '9 ;  benzoate  of  soda,  24  ;  muriate  of 
potassa,  9 ;  urea,  7  ;  water  and  mucilage, 
940.  Our  correspondent  will  perceive  that 
the  best  way  to  manufacture  horse  urine  is 
to  raise  horses  1 

Tobacco  Stalks  for  manure. — A  correspond¬ 
ent  of  the  Ne  w  England  Homestead  says  lie 
thinks  it  safe  to  say  that  tobacco  stalks  con¬ 
tain  one- third  of  the  elements  of  the  whole 
plant.  He  recommends  utilizing  them  for 
manure,  by  raking  them  up  iu  spring  and. 
throwing  n  few  of  them  at  a  time  into  tho 
hog  pen  where  the  hogs  work  them  up  fine, 
thus  becoming  incorporated  with  excellent 
manure. 

1‘eruviaa  Guano  should  be  used  to  hasten 
I  ho  germination  of  see* l  and  tin;  early  growth 
of  plants.  It  should  always  be  supplemented 
by  plenty  of  good  bum-yard  manure,  if  the 
gain  resulting  from  its  action  in  forcing  plants 
in  the  early  stages  of  their  growth  is  to  be  sub¬ 
stantial.  It  should  never  be  relied  upon  as  a 
manure,  but  may  profitably  be  used  as  a 
stimulant. 

“  Does  Land  Plaster  Deteriorate  by  Age,  t” 
So  asks  a  correspondent  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker.  If  it  is  kept  dry,  its  action  when 
applied  to  land,  is  just  us  marked  when  it  is 
five  years  old  as  when  it  is  one.  But  in  no 
case,  judging  both  theoretically  and  from 
practical  experience,  does  age  affect  its  value. 

Setting  Fence  Posts. — Would  you,  or  some 
of  your  subscribers,  please  inform  me  of  the 
best  method  at  setting  fence  posts  in  low  or 
wet  ground,  to  keep  them  from  rising  with 
the  frost ;  also,  the  cheapest  and  best  paint 
or  composition  to  put  on.  them  underground  { 
An  early  answer  will  oblige — W.,N.  Code. 

Close  Mowing  of  Meadows ,  P.  B.  MeaciIEM 
isinformod  is,  In  our  opinion,  very  poor  policy 
— indeed  one  cause  of  meadows  “running 
out,.”  It  is  equally  as  fatal  to  good  meadows 
as  late  close  cropping  of  meadow  lands  in  tho 
fall  by  stock.  Nothing  is  left  for  tho  protec¬ 
tion  of  the  root  s  in  whiter. 

Wool  Waste  for  Grass  Lands  is  com¬ 
mended,  spreading  it  on  the  grass  late  in  the 
fall,  just  as  it  comes  from  the  mill.  The 
odor  which  arises  from  it  renders  it  objec¬ 
tionable  as  a  top-dressing  for  lawns  about 
dwellings  ;  but  for  meadows  it  is  asserted  to 
be  excellent. 


When  to  Subsoil.— A  correspondent  of  the 


Rural  New-Yorker  asks  the  best  time  for 
subwiling  stiff,  medium  and  moderately 
light  lands  to  prepare  them  for  spring  plant¬ 
ing.  We  answer,  in  the  fall,  for  the  stiff  and 
medium  soils,  and  at  any  time  for  moderately 


t  soils. 

l a  Fowl  Guano  for  tobacco,  a  corre- 
ident  of  the  N.  E.  Homestead  says,  is  the 
and  cheapest  fertilizer  he  can  use  in  its 
luction,  He  proposes  to  use  no  other 
mercial  fertilizer.  Other  cultivators  tes- 
in  the  same  way. 


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CALIFORNIA  CHEESE  DAIRYING. 

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My  sou  t  ils  mo  you  will  write  and  get  all 
inform  ttion  in  regard  to  starting  a  first-class 
eh'1-'  factory  hero.  Pie. iso  ilo  so  at  onee. 
Wh  it  size  of  .1  lirst-elas-,  h  irk  building  for 
the  milk  of  -to  )  cows,  with  all  the  must  ap¬ 
prove  1  machinery,  and  the  whole  Oust,  and 
expense  of  working  the  whole  business 
through  for  one  year  t  What  would  be  the 
yield  ol'  first -best  cheese  in  twelve  months 
from  40U  cows  i  What  prico  will  it  average 
per  pound  i  Haw  long  from  the  start,  will  it 
he  t.o  t  iio  first  sales,  or  returns  .'  What  is  the 
waste  worth  for  nogs'  feed!  How  is  the 
chouse  marketed,  in  boxes  or  barrels  ;  Cost 
of  parking  t  What  amount  of  salary  per 
year  for  a  first-best  man  and  help  to  make 
the  cheese  f  How  many  men  will  it  take  to 
do  the  whole  work  i  vViuit  is  the  prolifa  to 
the  cow,  or  average  return  from  factory  ( 
At  what  time  must  all  the  milk  he  delivered, 
in  morning  and  evening  ?  What  distance 
can  the  farmers  bring  the  mdk,  and  have  it 
good'  Can  it  he.  brought  five  miles,  and  in 
wlmt  kind  of  packages  ) 

All  other  information  that,  may  occur  to 
your  mind  will  be  acceptable.  What  has 
proved  to  be  the  best  Jiliui— to  have  every 
farmer  that  brings  milk  to  the  factory  an 
equal  owner,  or  for  one.  two  or  three  men  to 
own  the  factory  and  buy  the  milk  i  If  the 
latter,  what  price  do  they  pay  fur  milk  ?  l)o 
they  get  a  lull  supply  f"  i  think  Lite  larger 
supply  of  milk  the  better  the  quality  of 
cheese  and  the  more  the  profits.  1  am  satis¬ 
fied  I  can  influence  at  least  UJi)  cows  within 
Jive  miles  of  this  place.  Please  get  an  an¬ 
swer  of  the  above  in  full  ns  soon  as  possible, 

and  oblige  — A.  C.  Lawrence,  La  ion-nan'* 
Station,  Cal.,  April  10,  ’7fi. 

The  above  has  been  forwarded  to  us  from 
California,  with  request  for  an  answer 
through  the  Rural  New  Yorker,  “for  the 
benefit  of  Mr.  Lawrence  and  numerous 
renders  of  tin*  Rural  in  California.*’ 

We  may  remark  here  in  the  outset  that 
several  of  the  Questions  propounded  are  very 
fully  answered  in  “Practical  Dairy  Hus¬ 
bandry/'  a  work  published  at  the  Rural 
New  York  eh  office,  and  which  our  Cali 
fornia  friends  should  consult,  as  we  have  no 
space  in  those  columns  to  discuss  all  the  in¬ 
quiries  raised,  at  length  and  in  detail  in  a 
single  article. 

1.  A  building  75  feet  long  by  fi2  feet  wide, 
and  two  stories  high  will  be  lat^*  enough  to 
accomodate  the  milk  of  400  cows.  The 
stories  should  be  each  from  8  to  W  feet  high 
in  the  clear.  A  hard,  dry,  airy  location 
should  be  selected,  with  sufficient  descent  in 
the  rear  of  the  building  to  Insure  the  escape 
of  decomposing  slops  to  a  safe  distance.  The 
length  of  the  manufacturing  and  press-room 
will  be  about  fin  feet,  it  should  lie  separated 
from  the  curing-room  (lowor  story)  by  a  tight 
double  partition,  with  a  large  sliding  door  in 
the  center  between  the  two  linos  of  presses. 
A  holler  room  and  wood  or  coal-room  will  Vie 
erected  at  the  end  and  adjoining  the  manu 
faetu ring-room,  with  door  between  the  two. 
In  front  of  the  manufacturing  department, 
and  connected  with  it,  there  should  bo  a 
building  for  a  driveway  and  receiving  plat¬ 
form,  where  the  teams  can  deliver  the  milk 
under  cover. 

There  is  a  variety  of  plans  for  arranging  a 
factory,  and  as  these  are  very  fully  illust  rated 
in  “  Practical  Dairy  Husbandry,”  they  will 
lie  better  understood  from  the  drawings  than 
from  a  written  description,  and  hence  need 
not  be  described  here  in  detail.  Cheese  fac¬ 
tories  in  New  York  are  usually  built  of  wood 
and  cost  all  the  way  from  $8,000  to  $8,000,  or 
more,  according  to  size  and  finish.  The  ap¬ 
paratus,  including  steam  boiler,  vats,  <Sce. ,  for 
furnishing  a  factory  of  the  size  named  will 
not  be  fai-  from  $800. 

2.  The  average  quantity  of  cheese  per  cow 
for  the  season  at  the  New  York  factories  is 
about  400  pounds.  Sometimes  an  average  of 
500  pounds  is  reached.  The  season  of  factory 
work  ranges  from  7  to  !)  months.  Only  a  few 
are  kept  open  in  winter  and  then  cheese  is 
made  at  intervals  of  several  days,  or  accord¬ 
ing  to  the  [quantity  of  milk  furnished.  At. 
400  cows,  averaging  400  pounds  each,  the 
quantity  for  the  season  would  be  100,000 
pounds.  From  $1.80  to  $2  per  100  pounds  is 
charged  for  manufacturing  cheese  and  fitting 
it  for  market. 

•‘S.  Factories  in  New  York  market  cheese 
when  it  is  hi)  to  40  days  old.  The  price  per 
pound  varies  in  diilerent  localities  and  from 
year  to  year,  say  from  12c.  to  14e.  for  ship¬ 
ping.  Where  there  is  a  good  home  market 
better  prices  are  not  tlnfroquently  obtained. 
Like  all  other  products,  the  price  is  governed 
by  the  supply  and  demand  and  the  quality  of 
the  goods. 

4.  The  whey  from  the  milk  of  5  to  0  cows 
is  usually  considered  sufficient  for  the  keep 

•of  one  hog,  but  It  is  advisable  to  feed  meal  of 
some  kind  with  the  whey. 

5.  In  old  times  cheese  was  sent  to  market 


in  barrels.  These  are  now  out  of  date  and 
boxes  universally  employed  for  packing.  The 
cost  of  boxes  varies  indifferent  localities,  but 
perhaps  a  little  less  than  half  a  cent  per 
pound  of  the  choose  would  be  the  average  ex¬ 
pense  for  packages. 

G.  Good  cheese  makers  can  be  had  for  from 
$75  to  $100  per  mouth  and  board  during  the 
cheese  making  season  of  8  to  0  months.  With 
a  good  manager  the  other  help  about  the  fac¬ 
tory  may  be  the  ordinary  hands  of  the 
country. 

7.  The  profit  realized  per  cow  will  depend 
upon  the  price  received  for  the  cheese  and 
the  quantity  made.  If  400  pounds  be  taken 
as  the  average  product,  and  the  cheese  sells 
for  14c.,  the  profits  per  cow  may  be  easily 
calculated. 

8.  The  time  for  having  the  milk  all  iu  at 
the  factory  is  generally  regulated  by  the 
factory  manager,  from  7  to  8  and  even  9 
o’clock  in  the.  morning  and  same  in  the  even¬ 
ing,  during  summer. 

9.  If  milk  is  properly  cooled  and  aerated 
at  this  farm  it  may  be  carted  5  miles  to  the 
factory  and  arrive  in  good  condition — that  is, 
on  all  ordinary  roads  of  New  York.  It  is 
carried  in  tiu  cans  holding  from  30  to  40  gal¬ 
lons. 

10.  A  popular  plan  in  Now  York  is  to  erect 
the  factory  on  the  joint  stock  principle,  each 
person  delivering  milk  taking  shares.  Some¬ 
times  a  factory  is  built  and  owned  by  one  or 
more  persons  who  will  purchase  the  milk  and 
run  the  factory  on  their  own  account.  In 
such  case  the  price  of  milk  is  regulated  by 
the  price  of  cheese.  Thus,  for  instance,  it 
takes  10  pounds  of  milk  on  an  average  to 
make  one  of  cheese,  and  the  ton  pounds  of 
milk  is  worth  the  price  of  one  pound  of 
cheese  less  the  cost  of  manufacturing  and 
marketing,  which  Is  from  2  to  3  cents,  accord¬ 
ing  to  localities  and  circumstances. 

We  have  no  doubt  bub  there  are  many 
points  in  California  where  the  cheese  factory 
system  could  be  profitably  introduced.  The 
climate  on  the  coast  range  is  favorable  for 
curing  cheese— the  temperature  being  low 
and  uniform.  California  produces  a  fine 
quality  of  butter,  and  why  should  it  not  be 
equally  successful  in  the  production  of 
cheese  i  All  that  is  needed  is  the  requisite 
skill  in  manufacturing  and  a  judicious  selec¬ 
tion  of  lands  adapted  to  dairy  purposes.  And 
doubtless  for  some  time  to  come  all  the  pood 
rheme  made  will  find  a  ready  sale  in  the 
home  markets  at  remunerative  prices. 


TEMPERATURE  DEEP  AND 
SETTINGS. 


SHALLOW 


An  earnest  controversy  has  been  going  on 
for  some  time  among  butter  makers  as  to 
whether  the  most  butter  can  be  made  by 
deep  or  by  shallow  setting  of  the  milk.  Wo 
have  the  result  of  several  experiments,  and 
some  of  them  so  loosely  made  as  to  be  nearly 
worthless  as  evidence  in  favor  of  either  sys¬ 
tem.  Wo  suppose  that  all  butter  makers 
must  bo  glad  to  got  light  on  this  question, 
and  we  therefore  print  the  following  state¬ 
ment  made  bv  Hon.  F,  D.  DOUGLASS  of 
Wliit.iug,  in  a  recent  address  before  the  Ver¬ 
mont  Board  of  Agriculture.  From  Mr, 
Douglass’  reputation  as  a  butter  maker  and 
a  careful  experimenter,  his  statement  is  of 
more  than  ordinary  interest. 

He  says  “  You  will  doubtless  ask  wheth¬ 
er  as  much  butter  can  be  Obtained  from  deep 
as  from  shallow  setting  ?  I  answer  emphat¬ 
ically— Yes,  where,  the  right  temperature  is 
maintained.  Whatever  doubt  may  arise  in 
the  minds  of  any  upon  this  subject,  with  re 
gard  to  results  when  the  weather  is  cool  and 
most  favorable  for  the  success  of  shallow 
setting,  there  can  be  no  doubt  with  regard 
to  this  point  for  the  entire  season,  and  most 
certainly  not  during  warm  weather,  l  have 
experimented  upon  this  subject,  not  so  mufch 
to  satisfy  the  public  with  regard  to  it  as  my¬ 
self,  and  consequently  some  of  my  experi¬ 
ments  have  not  been  conducted  witli  that 
nice  accuracy  of  detail,  and  the  results  so 
carefully  recorded,  as  they  would  have  been 
had  they  been  designed  for  the  public  eye. 
I  will,  however,  give  you  the  details  of  one 
of  these  experiments  which  was  the  most 
carefully  conducted,  that  you  may  under¬ 
stand  upon  what  grounds  i  base  my  conclu¬ 
sions  in  this  matter,  and  if  you  discover  de¬ 
fects  in  any  of  the  conditions  upon  which 
this  experiment  was  conducted,  I  trust  you 
will  freely  point  them  out. 

“On  the  17th  day  of  June,  1871,  1  divided 
the  day’s  milk  or  my  entire  dairy,  then  con¬ 
sisting  of  22  cows,  into  two  equal  parts,  The 
amount  given  by  each  cow  was  weighed  and 
accurately  divided  by  weight  immediately 
after  being  drawn  fnm  the  cow.  One-half 
was  strained  into  common  pans,  which  were 
filled  about  two-thirds  full,  and  placed  upon 


shelves  in  the  milk  room.  The  other  half 
was  placed  in  pails  to  the  depth  of  about 
eleven  and  one-luilf  inches.  These  were  set 
in  vats  of  water  in  tire  same  room,  mid  the 
temperature  reduced  to  tSO”,  which  was  tire 
same  as  the  air  iu  the  room  at  that  time. 
They  were  allowed  to  stand  until  the  milk  in 
each  had  become  thoroughly  loppered,  and  it  f 
was  evident  that  no  more  cream  would  rise.  1 
The  milk  in  the  pans  reached  that  point  and  t 
was  skimmed  in  48  hours;  that  iu  the  pails  £ 
stood  twelve  hours  longer.  The  range  of  the  f 
thermometer  in  the  room  was  from  (10  to  (i.T  1 
until  the  last  twelve  hours,  when  ir,  rose  to  08°.  1 

The  thermometer  indicated  the  same  range  1 
of  temperature  in  the  milk  in  the  pails  as  in  i 
the  air,  except  that  it  did  not  rise  so  high  by  1 
two  or  three  degrees  during  the  last  twelve 
hours.  The  rise  spoken  of  could  not  have  af¬ 
fected  the  result,  as  the  pans  had  already 
been  skimmed,  and  the  cream  had  doubtless 
all  risen  In  the  pails. 

“  The  weight  of  cream  produced  from  the 
pans  was  was  pounds  ;  from  the  pails 
:J2’ j  pounds.  This  was  all  churned  June  22, 
each  at  the  same  temperature,  (>0°,  ami  in 
the  same  churn.  Each  was  washed  In  pre 
cutely  the  same  manner,  and  taken  from  the 
churn  Into  the  same  butter  bowl  and  care 
fully  weighed.  The  scale  used  were  Howe’s 
platform  scales,  nearly  new  and  in  good  or¬ 
der,  but  would  not  indicate  a  difference  of 
less  than  one  fourth  of  a  pound,  and  by  them 
there  was  no  difference  indicated  iu  the 
weight  of  the  two  batches ;  each  weighing 
12  pounds  before  the  salt  was  added.  The 
difference  in  the  Weight  of  the  cream  is  easily 
accounted  for,  there  having  been  an  evapora¬ 
tion  from  the  pens  amounting  to  five  pounds 
in  weight  more  than  from  the  pails,  caused 
by  the  greater  extent  of  surface  exposed. 

“  It  will  be  seen  that  this  experiment  was 
Conducted  under  most  favorable  circumstan¬ 
ces  for  the  success  of  the  shallow  setting. 
The  result  will  be  different  whenever  the 
temperature  of  the  room  rises  much  above 
or  falls  below  fill’,  and  is  relied  on  to  temper 
the  milk  in  the  pans,  while  the  milk  in  the 
pails  is  tempered  rightly  by  artificial  means. 

It  will  be  readily  seen  that  the  amount  pro¬ 
duced  by  the  pails  will  bo  greater  than  that 
from  the  pans  just  in  propotion  as  the  degree 
of  beat  or  cold  in  the  room  rises  above  or 
falls  below  a  right  mean.  It  is  upon  this, 
and  other  like  experiments,  with  the  general 
fact  of  the  increased  production  of  my  dairy 
eowHuinee  its  adoption  (deep  setting),  that  I 
base  my  conclusions  in  this  matter." 

The  advocates  of  deep  setting,  so  far  as  we 
are  informed,  have  never  claimed  that  more 
butter  could  bo  made  from  deep  setting  than 
by  shallow  setting,  when  both  Ram  pies  of 
milk  are  kept  at  the  same  range  of  tempera¬ 
ture.  But  the  advocates  of  shallow  setting 
claim  that  that  plan  will  produce  more  but¬ 
ter  than  the  other.  This  experiment  of  Mr. 
DOUGLASS  seems  to  be  fairly  made,  and  if,  as 
lie  says,  his  other  experiments  point  in  the 
same  direction,  he  has  good  and  sufficient 
reason  for  his  conclusions,  since  by  the  deep 
setting  a  more  even  temperature  is  main¬ 
tained  than  in  the  open  air,  while  the  labor 
involved  is  less  with  the  deep  than  with  the 
shallow  settings. 

- -»■»»■  -  - 

,  CHEESE  FACTORY  APPARATUS. 

Wiiat  kind  of  apparatus  for  making  cheese 
would  you  advise  us  to  use  i  Are  the  self 
heaters  the  best,  or  would  you  prefer  the 
boiler  ?  Whichever  kind  you  prefer,  let  us 
know.  We  are  putting  up  a  factory  at  t  his 
place,  ami  know  nothing  about  the  business. 
Factory,  fill  by  70  feet ;  wiug,  2fi  I’e  >t.  Shall 
have  about  Sik)  cows  this  year  ;  will  have  30U 
next  yeae.  Want  the  apparatus  for  making 
the  milk  of  500  cows.  Advise  us,  if  you 
please,  whose  or  what  kind  of  apparatus  to 
getforubout. thatnmnberof  cows.  A.  Goun 
LAV,  Washington  Co.,  .V,  V'.,  Map  2,  ’7fi. 

FOR  a  factory  of  500  cows  we  should  prefer 
a  steam  boiler,  as  more  convenient  and  caus¬ 
ing  less  litter  than  self-heating  vats.  The 
Anderson  Steamer  is  very  much  liked  and 
has  recently  been  introduced  into  some  of 
the  best  factories  in  Herkimer  Co.  It  is,  per¬ 
haps,  as  good  as  any  ;  takes  but  little  fuel, 
and  gets  up  steam  quickly.  There  are  other 
steamers,  doubtless,  as  good,  but  the  Ander¬ 
son  gives  good  satisfaction  and  is  among  the 
best,  and,  therefore,  we  name  it.  Another 
Important  advantage  in  using  a  steamer  at 
factories  is  that  an  engine  can  at  any  time 
be  attached  and  the  power  omoloyed  for  a 
variety  of  work  sometimes  required,  such  as 
grinding  curds,  pumping  water  or  win  y, 
sawing  wood,  <&e.  A  small  engine  has 
recently  been  introduced  that  is  a  marvel  for 
its  compactness  and  the  small  space  it  occu¬ 
pies.  Again,  when  a  steamer  is  used  there,  is 
no  trouble  in  adding  a  vat  from  time  t<>  time, 
to  increase  the  capacity  of  manufacturing,  or 
ns  the  number  of  cows  delivering  milk  is 
increased.  The  cost  of  the  vats  adapted  to 
the  steamer  is  very  much  less  than  the  so- 
called  “self-heaters.” 


©ty  Norseman. 


BREEDING  EARLY  COLTS. 

The  mating  of  stock  to  produce  particular 
and  cert  ain  results  is  an  art  which  only  a  very 
few  comprehend  ;  for  though  equally  intelli¬ 
gent  men  commeuco  brooding  a  variety  of 
animals  for  one  especial  object,  it  will  bo 
seen  there  are  many  failures  in  comparison 
to  tiio  prosperous  issues.  ( >£  course,  for  vari¬ 
ous  purposes,  treatment  must  vary  iu  raising 
the  progeny  ;  but  in  rearing  any  kind  of  live 
stock,  t  he  young  should  be  fed  liberally,  to 
fully  develop  whatever  is  desired,  whether  it 
is  muscle  for  speed  in  a  horse,  beef  for  cattle, 
frame  for  milking,  mutton  and  wool  in  sheep, 
etc. ;  but  in  wintering  young  unhnuls  the  first 
season,  it  is  necessary  to  treat  them  with 
fresh  air,  sunshine  and  exercise,  that  they 
may  have  constitution  arid  appetite  to  grow 
and  become  established. 

There  is  another  most  essential  necessary 
to  success  with  all  young  stock,  and  particu¬ 
larly  with  colts,  which  is,  that  they  should 
lie  born  as  early  as  it  can  be  contrived  for 
them  to  come  in  the  spring,  as  strength  ami 
all  the  ago  which  can  be  gained  tells  wonder¬ 
fully  in  their  favor  through  the  winter. 
Whoever  goes  through  the  country  at  this 
season  will  see  colts  rough  and  weak  ;  and 
even  if  they  call  at  the  great  breeders  of  trot¬ 
ting  and  high-priced  animals,  the  poor-  colts 
will  be  the  worst  looking  objects  on  the 
premises  ;  for,  although  much  attention  has 
been  paid,  and  good  food  given,  the  appetites 
have  failed,  or  the  food  lias  not  seemed  to 
tell. 

Look  at  t  he  thoroughbreds  being  raised  for 
the  great  races  called  the  “  Derby,”  the  “St. 
Ledger/’  etc.;  they  arc  brought  into  exist¬ 
ence  so  Surly  that  they  go  through  their  first 
winter,  and  come,  out  iu  spring  with  all  the 
strength,  constitution  and  fire  of  a  two-year 
old  which  was  late  ;  in  fact,  more  Btumina  is 
in  our  of  those  early -bred  colts  than  ever  ex¬ 
ists  in  one  dragging  a  miserable  existence 
through  its  first  winter  ;  and  it  is  this  good 
management  in  having  them  foaled  early, 
<Sce.,  which  enables  them  to  stand  the  severe 
training  which  follows  ;  moreover,  an  early 
colt  does  not  feel  the  cold  so  bad,  and  can  be 
treated  naturally,  requiring  no  coddling. 

Foals  bom  very  early  in  spring  can  be  fed 
with  t  in*  mare  previous  to  lifting  weaned,  and 
I  have  hud  numbers  which  wore  as  fat  all 
winter  as  at  any  time  while  sucking  ;  in  fact, 
they  can  be  kept  as  nourishing  then  as  at  any 
period  of  their  existence,  although  ma  ny  who 
profess  to  understand  all  about  horses  will 
not  only  have  them  looking  disgracefully 
rough  and  lean,  but  will  even  have  them 
swarming  with  lice.  I  never,  on  any  occa¬ 
sion,  had  a  young  colt  touched  with  brush  or 
comb,  and  never  confined  any  young  animals 
in  the  daytime.  Breeding,  raising  and  after 
treatment  hinges  a  great  deal  more  than 
many  suppose  on  the  progress  through  the 
first  winter  ;  at  least  the  success  docs. 

A  Working  Farmer. 

— - 

NOTES  FOR  HORSEMEN. 

Horse  Not  Shedding  Ills  Coal. — P.  F.  B. 
asks,  “  Wlmt  is  t  he  cause  of  a  horse  not  shed¬ 
ding  his  coat  ?  I  have  one  that  sheds  but 
Very  little,  which  causes  him  to  look  rough. 
He  is,  apparently,  well  and  sound,  in  good 
(lush,  a  splendid  animal  and  a  good  farm 
horse.”  The  animal’s  digestive  organ >  are 
out  of  order,  and  lie  is  hide-bound.  Change 
his  diet,  keep  warm,  and  give  : — Powdered 
sassafras  bark,  powdered  sulphur  and  pow¬ 
dered  salt — of  each,  three  ounces  ;  powdered 
blood  root  and  powdered  bnhnony-  of  each, 
two  ounces  ;  oat  meal,  one  pound  ;  mix,  and 
divide  into  12  equal  parts,  giving  one  part  in 
his  food  night  and  morning. 

Need  of  Horsemen.  --  A  Sac  City,  Cal., 
correspondent  writes  us:  —  “In  San  Fran¬ 
cisco,  the  other  day,  1  saw  a  gentlemen  rid¬ 
ing  out  with  his  family,  drawn  by  a  splendid 
team.  The  off  harness  was  upon  the  near 
horse,  and  he  arppeared  to  have  a  good  deal 
of  trouble  to  pass  teams  ;  for  when  lie  pulled 
on  the  reins  the  horses’  heads  came  together.” 

Scratches  Remedies. — D.  11.  Barker  writes 
that  any  scratches  are  only  an  aggravated 
case  of  the  itch,  and  any  treatment  which 
will  cure  itch  will  cure  scratches.  P-e  all 
;  can:  in  relation  to  preventing  the  animal 
■  |  from  catching  cold,  and  keeping  the  animal 
clean.  Ho  says  he  can  cure  a  case  in  three  or 
J  four  days  with  Pettit’s  Kye  Salve. 

llemedy  for  Spavin  Wanted — Can  any  of 
1  the  readers  of  the  Rural  New- Yorker  give 
1  an  effective  and  permanent  cure  for  spavin? 
-A  Subscriber. 


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MOORE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


the  sutures  of  the  carpels,  and  show  where 
the  fruit  may  he  divided  with  a  heavy  knife 
and  a  strong  hand.  The  five  cells  are  satiny 
white  .within,  and  are  each  filled  with  an 
oval  mass  of  cream-colored  pulp,  imbedded 
in  which  are  two  or  three  seeds  about  the 
size  of  Chestnuts.  This  pulp  is  the  eatable 
part,  and  its  consistence  and  flavor  are  indes¬ 
cribable.  A  rich,  butler-like  custard  highly 
flavored  with  almonds  gives  the  best  general 
idea  of  it,  but  intermingled  with  it  come 


the  “borer”  from  injuring  such  trees?  &c. 
Please  answer  as  soon  as  possible,  and  oblige 
a  subscriber  of  your  paper,  as  well  as  many 
others.  Farmer,  ‘ 

1.  Certainly  ;  and  as  frequently  during  t.ho 
summer  as  convenient. 

2.  Yes;  us  it  acts  as  a  fertilizer  and  will 
also  kill  all  grubs  and  worms  which  it  hap¬ 
pens  to  touch.  But  do  not  use  it  too  freely : 
a  pint  scattered  over  the  surface  of  the  soil 
about  each  tree  is  sufficient  for  one  time. 

3.  A  thick  coat  of  whitewash 
with  a  little  cement  (water  lime) 
added,  applied  to  the  base  of  the 
stems  at  tills  time  would  do 
some  good  in  preventing  the  ad¬ 
dition  of  a  new  crop  of  borers 
this  year.  The  borer  which 
mainly  infests  trie  apple  trees  in 
the  Eastern  States,  is  the  larva 
of  a  very  handsome  beetle, 
known  as  Saperda  bivittuta,  or 
two-striped  saperda.  They  ap¬ 
pear  about  the  time  the  apple 
trees  are  in  bloom,  but  are  very 
shy,  seldom  appearing  in  sight 
during  the  day.  They  hide, 
among  the  branches  or  under 
loose  bark,  or  in  any  place  that 
affords  a  secure  retreat.  At 
night  they  fly  about  seeking 
their  mates,  or  the  female  to  de- 
l  posit  her  eggs  upon  the  stem  of 

Ik  the  trees  near  the  ground. 

Wrapping  the  lower  part  of  the 
stems  with  tarred  paper  will 
also  be  a  partial  preventive. 
The  grubs  when  once  fairly 
within  the  tree  are  pretty  safe 
for  the  next  two  or  three  years, 
the  time  required  for  growth 
ZM.'k'it,,'  and  transformation.  For  the 

jff'Td  ‘  .  next  two  months  the  two-stri- 
ped  Saperda  will  he  about,  and 
’  if  those  who  have  orchards  wish 

now  is  the 


FAILS  TO  GET  APRICOTS 


APPLE  LIST  FOR  MICHIGAN 


I  have  an  apricot  tree  purchased  in  New 
York  six  years  ago,  but  it  has  never  produced 
any  fruit.  Last  year  it  blossomed  freely  but 
the  fruit  did  not  appear,  what  is  the  matter  ? 
light  is  wanted  tins  way. — H.  T, 

If  ou ’■"'correspondent  has  ever  happened  to 


Wiiat  apples  would  you  recommend  for 
Michigan— lor  an  orchard  of  800  trees  <  I  de¬ 
sire  this  information  very  much,  although  it 
is  rather  late. — P.  S.  Adrian,  Mirk., 
A  pril  28. 

If  our  correspondent  were  a  member  of  the 
Pomologieal  Society  of  his  own 
State,  and  a  reader  of  the  Mich¬ 
igan  Farmer  of  his  own  State 
(as  ho  should  be)  lie  would  not 
have  found  it  necessary  to  ask 
this  question.  But.  we  cheerful¬ 
ly  answer  it,  giving  the  results 
of  the  experience  of  the  best 
fruit  growers  of  Michigan,  ern- 
brae,*d  in  u  report  to  the  Miehi- 
gan  Pomologieal  Society.  At- 
tachcd  to  the  names  of  tin*  fruits 
below  are  numbers,  indicating 
the  proportion  of  each  to  be 
planted  in  an  orchard  of  108 
trees.  These  fruits  are  recom¬ 
mended  for  cultivation  by  the 
Society  above  named ; 

SUMMER  APPLES. 

Lists  for  Market,  Giving  a 
Succession.  —  Early  Harvest  2, 

Red  Astrachan  4,  lJuehesB  of 
Oldenburg  2,  Maiden’s  Blush  (5. 

List s  for  Family  or  Culinary 
Purposes,  re.ith  fine cession, — 

Early  Harvest  1,  Red  Astrachan 
3,  Large  Yellow  Bough  1,  Pri¬ 
mate  2,  Maiden's  Blush  4, 

LisLti  for  A  mateur  Purposes, 

Strictly  of  Dessert  Sorts,  iclth 
!  ra>  if. try  and  Succession. — Early 
Harvest,  2,  Carolina  June  (for 
southwest)  1,  Sine  Qua  Non  2, 

Earl,  Strawberry  3,  I.ar*e  Y* 
low  Bough  1,  Summer  Rose  (in 
certain  localities)  2,  Early  Joe  2. 

AUTUMN  APPLES. 

Market. — Lowell  3,  Porter  2, 

Keswick  Codlin  (culinary)  £,  «*— 

Twenty  Ounce  7. 

Family. — Lowell  2,  Porter  1,  Hawley  1,  1 
Jersey  Sweet  1,  Chenango  Strawberry  3, 
Dyer  or  Pomme  Royale  2,  Haskell  Sweet  1, 
Pan  Pippin  2,  Ohio  Nonpareil  5,  Blenheim 
Pippin  8,  Twenty  Ounce  4. 

Amateur. — Garden  Royal  2,  American 
Summer  Pearmain  2.  Hawley  2,  Jersey 
Sweet  1,  Chenango  Strawberry  4,  Autumn 


to  try  preventives, 
time  to  begin. 


PflWTO  CHESTNUT  TIMBER. 

The  London  Garden  says  the 
roof  of  Westminster  Abbey, 
which  has  long  been  supposed  to  be  of  oak, 
when  examined  some  time  ago  as  to  its 
soundness,  and  found  to  be  perfect,  was  at 
the  same  time  discovered  to  ne  of  chestnut. 
It  has  stood  for  eight  centuries  already, 
which  would  go  to  show  that  chestnut  timber 
would  at  least  serve  any  such  purpose  now 
very  excellently.  Another  very  valuable 
quality  it  possesses  is,  that  its  growth  is  many 
times  inure  rapid  than  that  of  oak. 


wafts  of  flavor  that  call  to  mind  cream-cheese, 
onion-sauce,  brown  sherry,  and  other  incon¬ 
gruities.  Tbwi  there  is  a  rich,  glutinous 
smoothness  in  the  pulp  which  nothing  else 
possesses,  but  which  adds  to  its  delicacy.  It 
is  neither  acid,  nor  sweet,  nor  juicy,  yet  one 
feels  the  want  of  none  of  those  qualities,  for 
it  is  perfect  as  it  is.  It  produces  no  nausea 
or  other  bad  effect,  and  the  more  you  eat  of 
it  the  less  you  feel  inclined  to  stop.  In  fact, 
to  eat  Durians  is  a  new  sensation,  worth  a 
voyage  to  the  East  to  experience. 


CRANBERRY  CULTURE 


GASCONY  HOUND 


In  answer  to  the  inquiries  of  S.  B.,  we  give 
the  statement  of  H.  T.  W  mu  am  3  of  Del. — a 
gentleman  who  is  familiar  with  cranberry 
culture  along  the  coast.  He  says  : — 1.  A 
good  cranberry  marsh  must  be  made’  out  of 
boggy,  peaty  land ;  sand  must  be  carted 
upon  it  to  the  depth  of  six  inches,  and  then 
the  plants  set  out.  The  bed  must  also  be  so 
situated  that  a  stream  of  running  fresh 
water  may  be  turned  upon  it  at  proper 
times  to  flood  them  entire,  to  prevent  attacks 
of  insects  or  frosts,  and  be  as  quickly  shut  oft 
and  drained.  2.  The  lowest  cost  per  acre  is 
$300  for  a  bed  well  prepared.  From  this 
upward  to  $600  and  $1,000  per  acre  have 
often  been  expended.  3.  The  yield  in  bushels 
increases  gradually,  from  twenty  bushels  the 
first  year,  up  to  1(K)  or  more  in  the  fifth  year. 
Average  price  of  cranberries  $3  per  bushel  to 
the  producer.  It  requires  three  years'  time 
to  get  a  good  bed  well  planted  and  in  pro¬ 
ducing  condition,  and  the  income  is  from  $00 
to  $200  per  acre  for  three  years  after  that; 
after  the  sixth  year,  $300  to  $600  per  acre. 


Herewith  we  give  an  illustration  of  a 
Gascony  hound,  still  numerous  in  the  South 
of  France.  These  hounds  are  alike  vigorous 
and  intelligent,  and  hunt  the  hare  and  wolf 
to  perfection.  The  points  of  the  Gascony 
hounds  are  : — They  are  of  very  high  stator*?, 
measuring  from  26 in.  to  30  in.  at.  least.  They 
are  sometimes  even  too  large  and  too  massive. 
Their  coat  is  blue  mottled,  or  white  with 
numerous  black  or  peacli-eolored  patches, 
and  sometimes  with  tan  spots  over  the  eyes, 
and  the  feet  also  tan  marked,  and  the  skin 
under  the  coat  is  completely  spotted  with 
black  ticks  or  patches.  The  head  is  large, 
sometimes  rather  long,  the  nose  widely 
opened,  the  lower  eyelids  very  much  drawn 
down,  showing  the  t  hird  eyelid  or  haw  very 
plainly,  which  gives  an  appearance  of  red¬ 
ness  to  t  he  eye.  The  ears  are  very  long,  thin, 
and  .curled.  The  loins  are  sometimes  rather 
long  and  sloping,  the  ribs  well  formed,  and 
the  chest  deep,  The  neck  is  thickly  lianging- 
in  its  skin — very  throaty  indeed.  The  foot  is 
well  shaped  and  sometimes  rather  flattened, 
and  the  elbows  are  slightly  inclined  Inwards. 

The  pace  of  these  hounds  is,  moreover,  too 
slow,  but  their  voice  is  splendid— sometimes, 
however,  rather  stifled.  They  hold  true  to 
the  line,  but  almost  always  stick  too  close  to 
it,  being  apt  to  loiter  when  they  come  to  a 
check,  in  which  case  they  do  not  prove  over- 
iutcUigent ;  for  which,  however,  the  brighter 
specimens  make  up  by  their  excellent  nose, 
but  then  they  are  obliged  to  unravel  the  line 
step  by  step. 

Thev  hunt  the  wolf  to  perfection,  being 
indeed  what  one  may  style  truly  wolf  hounds, 
taking  up  this  scent  quite  spontaneously ; 
and,  as  tne  wolf  seldom  tries  to  battle  his 
pursuers,  they  excel  in  this  sport.  By  a 
strange  coincidence,  there  is  a  great  likeness 
between  the  actions  of  tin:  wolf  and  those  of 
the  hounds  of  Gascony  blood  ;  so  much  so, 
that  even  then*  slots  resemble  each  other. 

fii  a  word,  their  voice  being  deep  but  too 
muffled,  and  their  pace  too  slow  though 
showing  out  to  advantage  in  a  hunt,  they 
are  more  particularly  well  suited  for  using 
with  the  gun,  and  one  can  place  the  greatest 
reliance  on  their  staunchness.  Their  heads 


THE  DURIAN  OF  JAVA 


We  find  the  following  in  a  foreign  paper : 
The  Durian,  a  fruit  about  which  very  little  is 
known  in  England,  but  which  is  reckoned  by 
natives  and  Europeans  in  the  Malay  Archi¬ 
pelago  to  he  the  finest  fruit  in  the  world, 
grows  in  great  abundance  in  Java  and  Borneo, 
It  grows  on  a  large  and  lofty  tree,  somewhat 
resembling  an  Elm  in  its  general  character, 
but  with  a  more  smooth  and  scaly  bark.  The 
fruit  is  round  or  slightly  oval,  about  the  size 
of  a  large  Coeoanut,  of  a  green  color,  and 
covered  all  over  wit  h  short  stout  spines,  the 
bases  of  which  touch  each  other,  and  are 
consequently  somewhat  hexagonal,  wliile 
the  points  are  very  strong  and  sharp  It  is  so 
completely  armed,  that  if  the  stalk  is  broken 
off  it  is  a  difficult  matter  to  lift  one  from  the 
ground.  The  outer  rind  is  so  thick  and 
tough,  that  from  whatever  bight  it  may  faM 
it  is  never  broken.  From  the  base  of  the 
apex  five  very  faint  lines  may  be  traced, 
over  which  the  spines  arch  a  little  ;  these  are 


THE  VOLNEY  APPLE 


Volney  Apple. 


ARBORICULTURAL  QUERIES 


_ _  Their  heads 

are  too  hea  vy  uud  their  ears  too  long  ;  they 
are  too  much  overloaded  with  flesh,  and 
round-shouldered.  No  wonder,  then,  that 
they  should  show  a  lack  of  activity  and  met¬ 
tle,  though  they  are  most  enduriug  and  good- 
tempered. 


or  twice  a  year  of  any  benefit  ?  Third,  what 
application  would  have  a  tendency  to  prevent  | 


§ — 

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weeks  since  ;  at  first,  quivering  of  the  head, 
then,  in  feeding,  she  would  twitch  it  quickly, 
then  throw  her  head  on  her  back  to  swallow, 
then  gaze  about,  os  if  she  were  looking  for 
hawks  to  steal  her  away.  She  now  seems 
somewhat  better,  but  does  uot  eat  much. 
As  I  am  not  experienced  in  giving  remedies 
to  sick  fowls,  I  give  the  statement,  thinking, 
perhaps,  there  might  be  something  done  to 
cure  her.  As  yet  I  have  not  given  anything, 


pulverized  quicklime,  4  parts ;  powdered 
camphor,  1  port.  Dissolve  the  arsenic  and 
potash  in  water  boiling,  and  add  the  soap  ; 
allow  to  cool,  and  rub  the  camphor  and  lime 
in,  in  a  mortal-.  •  , 

How  to  Sturt  a  Minkery  is  what  a  (  lafcs- 
kauy,  Oregon,  subscriber  wants  to  know — 
the  necessary  steps  und  how  to  proceed.  Can 
any  ol'  our  renders  give  information  additional 
to  that  published  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
of  May  37,  1871,  page  001  ? 


CANARY  BIRD  CAGES 


HAIR  SNAKES 


Having  read  what  M.  W,  said  in  the  Ru¬ 
ral  New-Yorker,  Feb.  1,  I  would  like  to 
give  my  experience  in  the  matter  : — First, 
there  is  no  such  thing  as  a  Hair  Snake. 
Those  long,  white,  thread-like  “  tilings”  that 


Where  birds  are  affected  with  lice  the 
following  advice  is  most  sensible  : — Give  your 
cages  a  thorough  cleansing.  If  you  have 
only  one  or  two  small  ones,  and  they  are 
infested  with  insects,  scald  them — put  them 
in  the  kitchen  copper.  If  you  have  large 
stacks  of  cages  pull  them  down  and  have 
them  out  into  the  yard  and  turn  on  the  tap. 
Give  them  pail  after  pail  of  water,  and  after¬ 
wards  thoroughly  whitewash  the  interior 
with  whiting  mixed  with  thin  flour-and- 
water  paste,  to  the  consistency  of  thick 
cream.  Fill  up  every  crack,  and  especially 
the  small  ones.  The  larger  cracks,  such  as 
the  spaces  which  sometimes  occur  from  the 
wood  warping,  are  not  of  so  much  conse¬ 
quence.  They  are  not  such  comfortable 
tenements  as  the  minute  interstices  into 
which  you  can  hardly  insert  the  blade  of  a 
tableknife.  Use  a  medium  sized  paint-brush, 
and  work  the  stuff  well  in.  and  finish  off 
smoothly.  Clean  your  perches,  see  that  all 
old  wire  holes  at  the  back  or  elsewhere  are 
filled  up,  examine  seed  hoppers,  and  scald 
them  if  need  be,  tear  down  all  cornices  and 
ornamental  carving,  and  leave  no  hole  or 
corner  uncleansed.  Keep  a  sharp  look-out 
for  stragglers  during  the  season,  and  with 
ordinary  care  and  strict  attention  to  cleanli¬ 
ness  you  need  not  be  troubled. 


ROSES— PRUNING,  ETC 


Some  time  last  fall  you  published  a  list  of 
twelve  roses  which  you  culled  from  the  choice 
of  a  number  of  nurserymen.  I  sent  for  all  on 
the  list  I  did  not  have  ;  could  not  obtain 
“Anna  do  Diwsbouh”  at  all,  and  lost  “Man  - 
dial  Neil”  for  the  fourth  time  ;  the  other  ten 
are  truly  splendid,  and  I  wish  hereby  to  rec¬ 
ommend  said  list  of  twelve  roses  to  such 
Rural  New-Yorker  readers  who  stand  in 
need  of  it,  us  1  did. 

Could  you  not  give  us  an  explicit  article  on 
pruning  roses  ?  The  Rural  Gentleman  had 
some  good  advice  last  week,  but  it  was  not 
explicit  enough.  I  have  several  books  on 
(lowers,  but  nothing  satisfactory  about  prim¬ 
ing  roses.  To  illustrate  my  meaning  ;  I  ,ast. 
fall,  a  year  ago,  1  cut  down  a  rose  bush  to 
about  ten  inches  of  the  ground  ;  the  same 
bloomed  very  late,  and  had  the  (lowers  In 
such  heavy  clusters  that  after  cutting  out 
half  of  the  lmtls  the  blooms  were  crowded, 
small,  and  all  of  them  on  the  cud  of  each 
branch.  The  same  bush  was  not  pruned  at 
all  last  fall,  and  I  now  have,  and  have  had 
for  some  time,  more  flowers  on  the  same, 
and  they  were  at  least  twice  a*  large  as  (  hose 
of  last  year.  This  rose  does  not  slicker ;  now. 
when  am  I  to  prune  for  bearing  branches  to 
bloom  next  year  1  Must  I  go  over  the  same 
ground  again  t  Some  rOfios  ought  to  be  cut 
down  every  uUtUtnu  ;  they  need  the  knife  ; 
but  there  are  others  that  need  to  be  pruned 
iu  a  different  fashion — the  how  is  what  J  uni 
after. 

I  have  three  catalogues  before  me,  two  of 
them  by  well-known  horticulturists.  In  one 
I  find  “Victor  Verdier”  described  as  “rose, 
shaded  carmine;”  in  the  second,  “bright 
pink  in  the  third,  “beautiful  deep  car¬ 
mine.”  Now,  is  it  “  My  dear,  you  pays  your 
money  and  you  takes  your  choice  ?”  or  am  l 
to  undemtand  that  the  different  descriptions 
are  due  to  difference  in  soil,  lat  it  ude,  etc,  ! 

A  lady  friend  to  whom  1  gave  your  list 
showed  me  the  flower  from  u  “  Victor  Vpr- 
dier”  she  had  sent  for,  which  bloom  was  al¬ 
most,  pure  white  ;  she  consoled  herself  that 
it  might  bear  roses  of  the  tree  color  when  the 
plant  is  older.  Hoping  I  do  not  trespass  on 
your  space,  I  remain— G.  C.  TO.,  Jackson, 
Miss. 

It  would  be  next  to  an  impossibility  to  tell 
exactly  just  how  every  variety  of  rose  should 
he  pruned — in  fact,  specimens  of  the  same 
variety  require  different  treatment  in  prun¬ 
ing,  as  one  may  grow  very  vigorously  while 
another,  standing  by  its  side,  would  be  the 
exact  reverse  ;  consequently,  only  general 
rules  can  be  given  in  regard  to  pruning  the 
different,  species  and  varieties  of  the  rose. 
The  practiced  gardener  prunes  according  to 
the  habits  of  each  variety,  remembering  tl.  > 
general  characteristics  of  the  species  in  hand. 
As  a  rule,  monthly  sorts  should  have  their 
blooming  stems  pruned  after  the  flowers 
have  fallen,  this  operation  having  a  tendency 
to  hasten  the  growth  of  another  set  of  bloom¬ 
ing  shoots. 


MONOGRAM. 

some  call  snakes,  are  hair  worms  ;  they  are 
not  snakes  any  more  than  angle  worms  are 
snakes.  They  are  not  called  “hair  worms” 
because  they  grow  from  hair,  but  from  re¬ 
semblance  to  a  hair,  Hair  from  the  human 
head  or  from  cattle,  nil  I  not  torn  Into  snttWs 
or  worms  of  any  description)  M.  IV,  and 
“  Friend”  “to  the  contrary  notwitlistand 
mg.”  Will  they  please  consult,  Webster's 
Unabridged  Dictionary  about  the  matter  ; 
and  while  they  are  looking  in  the  Dictionary 
they  can  look  at  the  representation  of  the 
Furies,  and  see  how  the  “human  face  di¬ 
vine”  won  hi  look  with  snakes  for  hair.  The 
idea  that,  a  hair  will  t  urn  into  anything  hav¬ 
ing  life  is  too  absurd  to  lie  entertained  on© 
moment  by  a  person  of  sense. 

Cortland  Co.,  N.  Y.  Student. 


monogram. 

except  vegetables  in  feed,  and  water  to  drink, 
with  white  oak  bark  soaked  in  it. — A.  S.  V. 
C.,  Hartford  City,  Inti. 


COLORED  LIGHT  AND  RESPIRATION 


PAIRING  CANARIES 


The  animal  to  be  experimented  upon  was 
placed  in  an  airtight  box  into  which  no  light 
could  i  lenetrute  except  such  as  passed  through 
glass  of  a  given  color.  Air  freed  of  carbonic 
acid  was  constantly  admitted  into  the  box, 
and  escaped  by  a  second  opening,  where  it 
passed  through  a  vessel  which  contained 
some  absorbent  of  carbonic  acid,  so  that  its 
amount  could  be  accurately  determined. 
Representing  the  quantity  of  carbonic  acid 
respired  bjr  a  dog  iu  a  given  time,  under 
white  glass,  by  100,  the  amount  given  off 
under  black  glass  was  82.7  ;  under  violet, 
87.78  ;  under  red,  03 ;  under  blue,  103.77  ; 
under  green,  100.08  ;  and  under  yellow ,  120.83. 
The  difference  was  still  greater  when  the 
experiment  was  tried  on  a  pigeon  and  on  a 
hen.  The  authors  came  to  the  conclusion 
that  green  and  yellow  rays,  which  are  the 
most  important  to  the  vegetable  kingdom,  in 
taking  up  carbonic  acid,  are  also  most  favor¬ 
able  to  the  respiration  of  animals — that  is, 
enable  them  to  give  off  the  most  carbonic 
acid. 


W.  A.  Blakston  says  It  Is  usual  to  pair 
a  Golden-spangled  cock  with  a  Silver-spangled 
hen,  for  the  same  reason  that  it  is  usual  to 
pair  Yellow  and  Buff,  or  Ruff  and  Yellow  in 
other  varieties.  The  Buff  bird,  to  which 
class  the  Silver-spangled  Lizard  belongs,  is 
the  more  compact-feathered  heu  of  the  two  ; 
and  the  pairing  of  Yellow  with  Buff,  and 
vice  versa,  is  with  a  view  to  secure  close, 
tight,  hard  plumage,  which  to  a  great  extent 
is  lost  when  two  Yellows  are  paired.  The 
result  of  pairing  two  Buffs  is  increased  close¬ 
ness  of  feather  with  the  loss  of  color,  while 
the  pairing  of  two  Yellows  results  in  Increase 
of  color  at  the  expense  of  feather.  Each  is 
necessary  sometimes,  and  on  judicious  pairing 
much  of  the  success  depends.  A  somewhat 
similar  result  occurs  on  pairing  two  Crests. 


NOTES  FOR  NATURALISTS, 


Lcaptt  of  the  G  russhopper  and  Flea.—  Dr. 
Martin  Barry,  in  his  renewed  inquiries  con¬ 
cerning  the  Spiral  Structure  of  Muscle  says  : 
“  Muscle  from  the  Hugh  of  the  grasshopper 
having  uniformly  presented  a  relaxed  stal  e, 
it  appeared  t  o  the  author  probable  that  such 
a  state  was  not.  unconnected  with  the  sudden 
muscular  contractions  required  by  this  crea¬ 
ture  for  its  leaps.  A  sudden  change  from 
such  a  state  of  relaxation  to  that  of  ext  reme 
contraction  must  here  take  place  with  the 
greatest  facility,  and  he  combined  with  the 
manifestation  of  great  power.  This  opinion 
having  been  mentioned  to  Professor  Purk- 
inje,  t  he  latter  recommended  the  author  to 
examine  the  corresponding  muscle  from  the 
(tea,  In  which,  from  i t.s  enormous  leaps,  some¬ 
thing  similar  would,  tie  thought,  tie  found. 
The  author  accordingly  examined  some  of 
these,  and  had  the  satisfaction  to  find  in  them 
a  degree  of  mnspidar  relaxation  even  higher 
than  that  he  had  observed  in  the  grasshopper. 
Similar  conditions,  no  doubt,  exist  in  other 
animals,  but  perhaps  nowhere  are  they  more 
remarkable  and  constant  than  in  those  just 
mentioned. 

Foxe x  Among  Landis,  Pigs  and  Poultry 
having  been  complained  of  by  a  correspond¬ 
ent  of  the  Country  Gentleman,  another  cor¬ 
respondent  says  “  Let  him  saturate  strings 
in  melted  sulphur  and  tie  around  the  lambs’ 
necks,  and  they  will  be  safe.  Then  saturate 
a  number  of  old  rags  and  drop  them  promis¬ 
cuously  on  three  or  four  acres  around  the 


TOES  OF  LIGHT  BRAHMAS, 


I  should  like  to  know  whether  thorough¬ 
bred  Light  Brahmas  have  two  or  three  full 
length  toes  in  froul  or  not.  I  have  what  are 
said  to  lie  pure-bred.  Some  have  two  and 
others  three  toes  in  front,  with  warts  on.  I 
should  have  said  the  outside  toe  is  minus  both 
toe  and  nail. 

1  should  like,  also,  to  know  of  Rural  read¬ 
ers  if  they  ever  knew  of  a  Light  Brahma  lay¬ 
ing  two  eggs  at  one  sitting.  One  of  my 
neighbors  says  he  has  a  hen  that  played  that 
trick  all  through  a  litter.— Henry  B.  HorNjcr, 
Jefferson  Co.,  Pa. 

So  far  as  we  have  observed,  Light  Brahmas 
have  three,  full  length  toes,  with  nails,  iu 
front,  There  may  be  exceptions,  but  we 
never  saw  any. 


HYGIENIC  NOTES 


Chronic  Costiveness. — Will  some  one  give 
a  remedy  for  chronic  costiveness,  and  oblige 
many  who  are  greatly  afflicted  in  that  way, 
myself  included.  1  have  made  use  of  Gx-a- 
lmin  flour  and  cracked  wheat  for  several 
years,  and  for  a  t  ime  they  did  seem  to  have 
the  desired  effect ;  but  of  late  they  seem  to 
have  lost  their  purgative  qualities,  and  l  have 
to  resort  to  pills  and  kindred  medicines,  which 
if  too  frequently  used,  have  an  injurious  ef¬ 
fect  upon  the  system. — M.  A.  8.,  Bridgtlon, 


Cun  of  Small  Pax  and  Scarlet  Fever. — 
E.  C.,  in  Hi  kal  New- Yorker,  April  30,  says  : 
“  One  grain  sulphate  zinc,  one  grab  i  fox  glove 
( digitalis).1*  The  Inquiry  fs  as  to  t  he  digitalis 
— whether  it  is  the  powdered,  leaf  or  root,  or 
the  fluid  extract,  or  solid  extract,  of  it ;  each 
is  claimed  to  be  of  diff  erent  strength  ;  and  it 
being  poison,  requires  to  be  used  with  care. 
I  wish  you  to  say  to  E.  C.  to  please  explain, 


POULTRY  NOTES 


Wants  to  Knote  Ilow  to  Tell  Pure  and 
Genuine  Eggs.  —  Ple.ose  inform  a  beginner 
how  a  person  is  to  know  when  eggs  of  fowls 
are  pure  and  genuine  and  will  hatch  true  to 
breed,  after  separation  <if  cock.  In  reading 
your  paper  and  others.  1  see  that  one  recom¬ 
mends  to  sit  after  third  egg  ;  the  other  four  ; 
and  one  the  whole  clutch.  Now,  1  have 
separated  a  hen  from  the  cock,  this  season, 
which  laid  eleven  eggs,  sat  on  them,  and 
hatched  nine  out  of  tlie  eleven  ;  the  other 
two  were  good,  but  for  some  cause  or  other 
did  not  hatch.  1  am  anxious  to  raise  thor¬ 
oughbreds  this  season  ;  and  from  my  experi¬ 
ence  and  what  1  have  read,  it  ia  impossible 
for  m3  to  decide,  unless  someone  better  post¬ 
ed  can  advise  me.— a.  f. 

We  know  of  no  way  in  which  you  can  tell 
whether  an  egg  will  hatch  a  thoroughbred 
chicken,  unless  you  know  the  pedigree  of  the 
parents. 

Raising  Turkeys. — In  answer  to  W.  M,  D., 
in  Rural  New-Yorker,  April  2fi,  allow  me 
to  say  that  I  have  done  well  in  turkey  rais¬ 
ing,  by  causing  each  one  to  swallow  a  berry 
of  pepper,  and  by  greasing  their  ears  and  un¬ 
der  their  wings.  This  should  be  done  when 
one  day  old.  I  feed  them  with  sour  milk 
curd  until  three  or  four  weeks  old  ;  then  mix 
the  curd  with  corn  meal.  They  should  be 
kept  from  the  wet  until  three  or  four  weeks 
old.— c,  e.  w. 

A  Sick  Brahma  Hen. — Will  some  of  the 
readers  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  be  kind 
enough  to  tell  what  ails  a  Braluna  hen  we 
Lave.  She  commenced  ailing  about  two 


CANNOT  MAKE  VERBENA  SEED  GROW, 


Can  any  c.f  the  Rural  readers  tell  me 
how  to  make  verbena  seed  vegetate  <  1  buy 
mine  of  Mr.  Vick,  and  they  are  said  to  be 
fresh  ;  but  do  what  I  will  not  one  will  sprout, 
although  I  have  good  success  with  other  seed 
obtained  from  the  same  sou  roe. — m.  w. 

We  have  never  experienced  any  difficulty 
in  getting  verbena  seed  to  germinate,  but  we 
will  add  that  we  ulways  save  our  own  seen  ; 
our  practice  is  to  sow  in  shallow  boxes  in  the 
house,  and  then  transplant  the  seedlings  to 
the  garden  when  of  proper  size.  When 
sown  in  the  open  ground  there  is  danger  of 
heavy  rains  washing  out  the  Seed  ;  or  If  t  he 
weather  is  dry  at.  the  time  the  seedlings  first 
appear  they  are  likely  to  be  burnt  off  1  >  v  the 
sun.  If  you  sow  In  pots  or  boxes,  covering 
not  more  than  a  quarter  of  an  inch  deep, 
giving  plenty  of  water,  and  then  you  do  uot 
aucueed,  rest  assured  that  the  seed  is  uot 
good, 


MONOGRAM. 

so  as  to  prevent  harm  in  using  it ;  is  the  dose 
one  tea  or  tablespoonful?  —  C.  Warford, 
Tioga  Co.,  N.  V. 

Bitter  Apple. — One  of  our  correspondents 
recommended  in  a  prescription,  some  time 
since,  ‘ ‘  Bitter  Apple. ’ ’  Another  correspond¬ 
ent  writes  that  he  cannot  find  '  ‘  Bitter  Apple” 
at  the  chemists,  and  asks  where  it  can  be 
got,  and  if  it  has  any  other  name.  We  do 
not  know  any  plant  by  that  name. 


MONOGRAM. 

house,  and  his  pigs  and  poultry  will  be  safe. 
Foxes  always  make  a  retrograde  movement 
when  they  smell  sulphur.” 

Arsenical  Soup  for  Preserving  Bird  and 
other  Skins. — Tills  is  the  formula  of  the 
French  Codex  :— Take  of  arsenious  acid,  32 
parts  ;  dried  carbonate  of  potash,  12  parts  ; 
water,  33  parts  ;  white  eastile  soap,  32  parts  : 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  WEW-YORKEB, 


MAY  24 


Alia  nr  of  a 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 

PIANTINO  TENDER  BULBS  AND  TUBERS. 

May  6.  —  Although  the  weather  remains 
cool,  one  may  commence  to  plant  tender 
bulbs  and  tubers  with  safety.  Those  which 
have  been  kept  dry  and  in  a  dormant  state 
through  winter,  being  buried  entirely  in  the 
earth  when  set  out,  there  will  be  no  danger 
of  even  slight,  frosts  injuring  them,  and  by 
the  time  their  stems  and  leaves  appear  above 
ground  warm  weather  will  certainly  have 
come. 

The  Cannas,  of  various  species  and  varie¬ 
ties,  are  great  favorites  of  mine,  and  I  plant 
them  plentifully  about  my  garden,  always 
placing  them  in  groups  or  masses  instead  of 
cultivating  as  single  specimens.  There  are 
so  many  beautiful  sorts  in  cultivation  that 
one  would  find  it  a  difficult  task  to  determine 
which  dozen  or  more  were  really  the  most 
desirable.  Their  tlowers  are  very  showy  and 
of  various  shades  of  crimson,  scarlet,  orange 
and  yellow,  still  they  are  considered  of 
secondary  importance,  for  it  is  the  large  and 
handsome  leaves  which  give  to  the  Cannas 
their  principal  value  as  ornamental  plants, 

The  leaves  of  ( '.  nlata  nutcrophylla  arc  two 
feet  long  by  one  broad,  and  of  a  rich,  glossy, 
green  color,  while  C.  discolor  riolaccn  has 
leaves  nearly  as  large  but  of  dark  crimson 
color.  The  leaves  of  some  a  re  striped  or 
veined,  and  they  also  vary  greatly  In  form  as 
well  as  size.  In  good,  rich  soil  the  plants 
grow'  from  three  to  eight,  feet  high,  resem¬ 
bling  somewhat  a  mass  of  Banana  plants. 
This  tropical  appearance  adds  much  to  the 
value  for  cultivation  in  our  Northern  gardens. 

Persons  who  cannot  afford  to  purchase  the 
plants  (although  the  tubers  are  sold  very 
cheap  by  our  florists)  cau  purchase  seed  and 
procure  a  fine  variety  for  a  few'  dimes.  The 
seed  should  be  soaked  in  warm  water  a  few 
hours  before  sowing  ;  and  if  started  curly,  a 
fair  show  can  be  made  with  the  seedlings  the 
first  season.  As  soon  as  the  first  frosts  cuts 
the  foliage,  and  before  the  plants  freeze 
down,  lift  the  roots  and  set  them  away  in  a 
dry,  warm  place  until  spring.  The  tubers 
multiply  very  rapidly,  and  may  be  divided  to 
almost  any  extent,  as  every  bud  or  eye  will 
grow  and  make  a  good,  strong  plant  in  one 
season. 

CALOCASI A  ESCUtENTUM. 

Next  to  the  ('annus  the  I'aloensia,  or,  as  it 
is  more  commonly  called,  the  Ottladiutn  es¬ 
culent  mu,  isour  most  showy  tuberous-rooted 
plant.  There  are  many  species  and  varieties 
of  these  plants  cultivated  by  our  florists,  but 
the  0.  e.s culeulum  is  the  most  common  as 
w'cll  us  valuable  for  bedding  out.  The  leaves 
are  of  immense  size — four  feet  long  by  two 
broad  is  not  uncommon  upon  large,  strong 
tubers  planted  in  rich  soil.  They  are  also 
rapidly  multiplied  by  offsets,  or  small  tubers 
formed  on  the  sides  of  the  old  ones.  These 
plants  should  be  placed  where  they  will  be 
protected  from  strong  winds,  else  the  leaves 
are  likely  to  be  broken.  This  species  has  be¬ 
come  naturalized  in  some  portions  of  the 
South,  and  the  roots  are  used  for  food,  hence 
the  specific  name,  esculent um — meaning  edi¬ 
ble.  Tu  warm  climates  the  tubers  remain  in 
the  ground  throughout  the  year,  but  in  our 
Northern  States  they  must  be  lifted  as  soou 
as  the  frosts  kill  the  leaves,  and  the  stems 
must  be  cut  away — at  least  the  upper  portion 
— after  which  place  the  tubers  in  some  dry, 
warm  place  whore  they  will  keep  perfectly 
dry.  The  tubers  must  be  examined  frequent¬ 
ly,  and  as  the  outside  leaf-stalks  decay,  pull 
them  off  until  nothing  but  the  round  tuber 
remains.  If  the  tubers  are  not  kept  in  a  dry, 
warm  place,  they  will  surely  decay.  This 
plant  does  not  bloom  when  cultivated  in  our 
Northern  gardens,  but  this  is  no  great  loss,  as 
the  flowers  are  neither  large  nor  beautiful. 

TIDR1D1AS,  TUBEROSES,  ETC.,  ETC. 

The.  Mexican  Tiger  flowers  (Tigrid-ias)  are 
pretty  little  bulbous  plants,  with  very  showy 
but  delicate  flowers.  The  T.  conch(floru, 
flowers  orange-yellow  spotted  with  brown, 
and  T.  paeon  ia,  bright  scarlet  spotted  with 
yellow  and  brown,  are  the  t  wo  most  com¬ 
mon  species.  Tigridias  and  Tuberoses  are 
probably  almost  os  well  known  as  the  potato, 
and  the  plants  may  be  multiplied  almost  as 
rapidly  ;  still  the  florists  and  dealers  find  no 
diminution  in  the  demand,  simply  because 
the  amateur,  as  a  rule,  loses  his  plants  every 
winter  and  has  to  purchase  a  new  stock  in 
spring.  The  cause  of  this  loss  is  carelessness 
in  not  keeping  the  roots  sufficiently  warm 
and  dry  during  the  cold  weather.  The  bulbs 
should  be  thoroughly  dried  in  the  fall,  then 


spread  upon  shelves  in  a  warm  room  or  put 
into  coar  ■  bags  and  hung  up  in  the  hottest 
place  in  I  he  house.  They  -will  withstand 
almost  any  degree,  of  heat  that  will  not  actu¬ 
ally  cook  them.  Dahlias,  on  the  contrary, 
may  be  kept  too  dry  and  warm,  for  the 
tubers  will  quickly  shrivel  and  be  destroyed 
if  placed  in  a  position  most  suitable  for  Tube¬ 
roses  and  Tigridias,  If  the  tubers  are  well 
cleaned  of  dirt  when  taken  up,  they  will 
usually  keep  sound  upon  shelves  in  any  ordi¬ 
nary  dry  cellar,  or  when  packed  in  dry  sand 
or  chaff.  In  planting,  the  clumps  of  tubers 
should  be  divided  and  only  one  bud  attached 
to  a  tmbwr  preserved.  Professional  florists 
usually  propagate  the  Dahlia  from  cuttings 
of  young  shoots,  but  amateurs  seldom  do  this, 
for  the  tubers  answer  every  purpose. 

GLADIOlll. 

These  are  my  favorites,  and  of  all  the  Lily 
tribe  I  consider  them  the  most  desirable. 
For  brilliancy  of  color,  symmetry  of  form 
and  abundance  of  bloom,  we  have  no  bulb¬ 
ous  plant  that  will  equal  the  Gladiolus.  They 
are  easily  managed,  requiring  no  more  skill 
in  cultivation  than  an  onion,  and  the  bulbs 
arc  as  readily  preserved  through  winter.  By 
planting  a  few  bulbs  early  in  spring  and 
others  a  little  later,  a  succession  of  blooms 
may  be  secured  through  the  summer  and  un¬ 
til  frosts  appear  in  October. 

AN  APPRECIATED  COMPLIMENT. 

May  7.— I  have  just  read  t  he  compliment 
which  Mrs.  J.  T.  N.  of  Brenham,  Texas,  be¬ 
stows  upon  me,  on  page  304  of  the  Rural 
NKW-YoRKRR.  Of  course  1  appreciate  the 
compliment ;  for  even  an  old  man  like  my¬ 
self  should  not  be  indifferent  to  the  good 
will  of  the  ladies.  Mrs.  “Ruralist”  is  not  a 
bit  jealous  when  a  lady  compliments  me,  for 
she  says  a  husband  that  no  woman  except 
the  wife  admires  must  be  a  poor  stick  of  a 
fellow  at  best.  There  arc  hundreds  of  men 
whose  daily  life  and  exjK'rience  is  far  more 
varied  than  mine,  but  there  arc  few  who  dare 
or  care  to  let  the  public  share  t  heir  miseries 
or  pleasures.  There  are  far  too  many  fences 
in  this  world  besides  those  used  on  our  farms, 
and  most  of  us  are  so  exclusive  that  we  for¬ 
got  what  is  due  to  our  fellows,  and  by  fencing 
ourselves  in  we  at  the  same  time  exclude 
many  u  blessing  that  would  otherwise  be 
added  to  our  store.  My  object  in  writing 
this  “Diary”  is  to  make  its  readers  think 
and  work  to  some  purpose,  and  not  always 
look  upon  the  dark  side  of  life, 

SEEDS  FROM  CALIFORNIA. 

Mrs.  H.  C.  Mokeley,  Union  City,  Mich., 
sends  me  some  seeds  which  she  has  received 
from  California,  and  desires  me  to  give  their 
names.  There  is  supposed  to  be  a  limit  to 
human  knowledge,  and  1  am  quite  certain 
there  is  to  mine,  for  it  falls  far  short  of  being 
able  to  name  the  seeds  of  all  the  native  plants 
of  North  America.  1  wish  such  an  amount 
of  wisdom  was  mine;  but,  alas  !  it  is  not,  and 
I  shall  have  to  wait  until  plants  are  produced 
from  the  seeds  sent  before  attempting  to 
name  them. 

BEETLES  MORE  RARE  THAN  DIAMONDS. 

May  s. — In  the  cabinet  of  a  very  celebra¬ 
ted  entomologist  residing  in  Philadelphia, 
there  lias  been  for  several  years  past,  a  single 
specimen  of  a  very  pret  ty  beetle  known  as 
Nebria  virescejis ,  Horn.  It  was  described  in 
the  Transactions  of  the  American  Entomo¬ 
logical  Society,  page  100,  1S70.  This  speci¬ 
men  being  the  only  one  known  to  our  ento¬ 
mologists,  it  was  a  greater  rarity  than  a  dia¬ 
mond.  From  whence  it  came  no  one  knows 
positively,  but  the  suppositions  were  that  the 
northwest,  coast  was  its  habitat.  Not  long 
since  a  correspondent  of  mine,  who  resides 
in  Oregon,  sent  me  quite  a  collection  of  bee¬ 
tles,  which  he  hud  gathered  about  his  farm, 
and  among  them  I  found  twentv-flve  of  this 
rare  Nebria.  Of  course  these  make  me  in¬ 
dependently  rich,  for  1  have  not  only  enough 
of  tins  rare  beetle  for  my  own  cabinet,  but 
am  able  to  give  away  four-fifths  of  my  pos¬ 
sessions  and  make  several  entomological 
friends  happy  in  the  receipt  of  a  present 
from  my  bountiful  store.  Methinks  I  hear 
some  one  say  “What  a  fuss  about  a  little 
beetle.’’  Sure  enough  !  But  what  a  fuss 
there  has  been  mude  in  this  world  about 
much  less  tilings,  and  no  one  was  made  hap¬ 
py,  as  in  this,  and  similar  instances,  where 
men  study  nature  for  the  sake  of  acquiring 
knowledge.  We  have  our  little  love-feasts 
and  pleasures  over  these  minute  creatures  in 
spite  of  the  jeers  of  those  who  do  not  know 
what  it  is  all  about. 

■ 

Petrified  Moss.—  The  “Petrified  moss”  I 
sent  Us  from  McGregor,  Iowa,  is  not  in  reality' 
a  petrifaction,  but  merely  a  deposition  of 
lime  /mm  water  as  it  passed  through  or  over 
moss.  The  moss  becomes  incrusted  with  lime, 
which  hardens  thereby,  retaining  the  form  ; 
lint  the  moss  entirely  decays,  and  not  the 
least  vestige  remains.  “Calcareous  tufa”  is 
the  usual  name  applied  to  these  deposits, 
which  are  abundant  in  all  limestone  regions.  I 


STATE  ENTOMOLOGISTS  AND  SUCH. 

Dear  Rural  : — Some  of  your  Editors  and 
Correspondents  do  not  like  what  I  said  in 
the  Ohio  Farmer  about  the  economical  value 
of  Dr.  Fitch’s  entomological  researches,  etc. 
I  am  always  willing  to  be  criticised  in  what 
I  do  say  and  mean,  because  I  always  say  it 
on  purpose  ;  but  I  am  not  willing  to  be 
placed  in  a  false  position  before  the  readers 
of  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  in  whom  I 
have  had  a  personal  and  editorial  interest  for 
several  years  past,. 

First,  then,  do  not  understand  me  as  op¬ 
posed  to  scientific  or  any  other  liberal  educa¬ 
tion  or  teaching.  I  am  an  advocate  for  the 
utmost  development  of  the  human  mind  in 
all  departments  of  learning,  for  such  us  like 
it  and  can  afford  it.  My  life  has  been  de¬ 
voted  to  the  hard  practicalities  of  industrial 
affairs  in  behalf  of  men  and  women  who  earn 
the  bread  t  hey  eat  and  the  clothes  they  wear, 
and  who  know  by  experience  what  it  costs 
of  labor  and  self-denial  to  make  an  honest 
living. 

The  State  is  a  pauper,  the  State  is  a  bene¬ 
ficiary,  the  State  luis  no  money  to  use  or  to 
give  away,  except  as  it  takes  it  out  of  the 
pocket  of  the  producer,  and  if  it  takes  that 
money  wrongfully,  the  State  is  a  robber. 
The  producer  bears  the  State  on  his  shoul¬ 
ders.  Without  production  there  would  be 
no  commerce,  no  law,  no  divinity,  no  medi¬ 
cine,  no  merchandising,  no  anything.  Then 
the  State  should  not  give  away  the  people’s 
money  without  the  clearest  warrant  of  ne¬ 
cessity  or  utility.  Different  people  have  dif 
ferent  ideas  of  tilings.  There  is  your  Mr.  A. 
S.  Fuller,  one  of  the  best  fellows  iu  the 
world  ;  but  Mr.  Fuller  would  think  more 
of  discovering  a  new  species  of  bug  than  he 
would  of  discovering  a  new  planet,  and  he 
has  a  right  to  his  own  notion  ;  but  he  has  no 
right  to  maintain  his  notion  at  the  expense 
of  people  who  do  not  care  so  much  for  bugs 
as  they  do  for  plants,  and  vice  versa. 

To  secure  appropriations  of  the  people’s 
money,  by  the  State,  for  carrying  ou  ento¬ 
mological,  geological,  anil  other  like  research¬ 
es.  the  plea  of  economic  necessity  is  always 
set  up.  and  this  is  most  likely  to  be  a  false 
pica  in  the  main,  since  often  either  the  im¬ 
minent  necessity  does  not  exist,  or  the  rem¬ 
edy  is  out  of  the  reach,  of  the  would-be  bene¬ 
faction.  An  expensive  commission  is  put 
under  pay,  chiefly  because  they  arc  hungry 
for  a  job. 

You  instance  Dr.  Fitch’s  contributions  to 
the  knowledge  of  the  wheat  midge,  etc.  Let 
me  take  yon  away  back  of  that : — More  than 
forty  years  ago,  when  the  wheat  midge  be¬ 
came  most  destructive  to  the  wheat  crop  of 
New  England,  1  was  a  farmer  lad  in  the  fine 
region  of  the  Champlain  Valley,  where  I 
sowed,  reaped  and  threshed  wheat  with  my 
own  hands.  When  the  midge  infested  our 
fields,  we  studied  his  habits  and  tried  all  the 
dodges  we  could  think  of,  by  sowing  very 
early  and  very  late,  by  procuring  early  and 
hardy  varieties,  and  thus,  by  dint  of  close 
observation,  learned  all  that  is  known  now 
of  practical  value  in  dealing  with  this  pest, 
long  before  authoritative  science  in  the  per¬ 
son  of  Dr.  Pitch  or  any  other  man,  came  in 
with  learned  explanations,  which  We  are 
now  told  were  worth  millions  of  dollars  to 
the  country  1  I  can’t  see  it  in  that  light. 
And  this  is  only  one  sample  of  nearly  all  like 
discoveries  within  the  last  fifty  years  of  my 
experience  and  discrimination. 

The  editor  of  the  Rural  was  very  right 
(in  the  No.  for  April  12)  when  lie  presumed 
that  I  was  opposed  to  public  swindles  on 
“the  principle  of  the  thing.”  Yes,  I  do 
oppose  all  manner  of  leeches  on  the  public 
treasury,  and  especially  those  which  come 
in  the  false  guise  of  rural  benefactors.  Our 
country  has  been  very  unfortunate  in  the 
out-come  of  its  public  appropriations  in  this 
line  ;  the  dull  mediocrity  of  the  National 
Department  of  Agriculture,  and  the  lament¬ 
able  perversion  of  our  system  of  Agricultural 
Colleges,  show  a  sad  falling  from  the  high 
promise  of  their  projectors  ;  and  this  last 
public  disgrace  of  the  jobbing  Commission¬ 
ers  to  Vienna,  may  well  admonish  us  that 
virtue  can  be  very  weak,  intelligence  over¬ 
estimated  and  confidence  abused.  So  I  say 
— let  every  tub  stand  on  its  own  bottom. 

Cleveland.  May,  1873.  S.  D.  Harris. 

We  do  not  agree  with  our  friend,  that  the 
State  is  a  pauper.  The  State  is  the  people  ; 
and  the  people  are  not  paupers  ;  if  the  peo¬ 
ple  use  money  unwisely,  the  State  is  not  ne¬ 
cessarily  a  robber  ;  but  if  it  is.  it?  only  robs 
itself,  which  is  not  j  obbery  in  the  strict  sense 
of  the  term.  It  is  one  of  the  false  notions 


that  has  obtained  and  is  obtaining  in  this 
country,  that  the  people  and  the  government 
are  not  only  distinct  but  antagonistic.  They 
are  not  distinct,  hence  they  cannot  be  antag¬ 
onistic.  Any  appropriation  of  money,  how- 
evei*,  which  does  not.  promote  the  general 
welfare,  is  unwisely  appropriated.  But  a 
State  appropriation  of  money  to  employ  an 
Entomologist,  is  just  as  legitimate,  if  the 
people  think  one  is  necessary,  as  an  appro¬ 
priation  to  pay  the  Governor  of  tho  State  for 
executing  the.  State’s  laws  or  the  people’s 
will.  The  only  question  for  the  people  or  the 
State  to  decide  is.  Does  it  pay  to  employ  an 
Entomologist  l  That  is  the  question  at  issue 
between  friend  Harris  and  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker.  Ho  thinks  it  does  not  pay  ;  we 
think  it  docs.  Of  course,  it  does  not  pay  the 
State  to  keep  men  in  sinecure  positions  and 
pay  them  the  people’s  money,  any  more  than 
it  pays  a  farmer  to  keep  and  pay  men  who 
render  him  no  service  ;  but  the  people,  like 
the  farmer,  arc  alone  to  blame,  for  they  alone 
delegute  the  power  which  perpetrates  such 
folly.  The  State  cannot  give  away  the  peo¬ 
ple’s  money  except  the  people  consent ;  and 
if  they  consent  to  permit  it  to  be  used  wrong¬ 
fully  they  alone  arc  to  blame.  Wo  do  not 
advocate  other  than  a  wise  use  thereof. 

Mr,  Fuller  might  think  more  of  discov¬ 
ering  a  new  species  of  bug  than  a  new  planet ; 
but  he  would  not  think  more  of  doing  so  than 
of  discovering  a  new  plant,  or  a  new  use  for 
one,  or  whether  a  plant  is  useful  or  not.  lie 
recognizes  the  fact  that  the  insect  world  is 
related  to  the  vegetable  world  ;  and  he  long 
ago  learned  that  the  vegetable  world  has  its 
friends  and  its  enemies  among  the  insects  ; 
his  studies  in  Entomology  are  therefore  made 
with  a  view  of  knowing  his  friends  from  his 
enemies — of  learning  to  distinguish  between 
the  useful  and  the  (apparently)  useless.  No 
farmer  will  pretend  that  it  is  not  well  to 
know  a  noxious  from  a  useful  plant ;  nor 
that  a  fact  which  helps  him  to  discern  be¬ 
tween  his  fi  icnds  and  enemies  is  valueless  to 
him. 

Our  friend  Harris’  knowledge  concerning 
the  wheat  midge,  learaed  on  the  Vermont 
farm,  may  have  been  useful  to  him  ;  but  has 
he  made  it  useful  to  others  ?  The  wheat 
midge  was  known  and  written  about  one 
hundred  years,  Hourly,  before  onr  friend 
Harris  ever  saw  it ;  and  if  lie  had  known 
what  hud  been  written — the  history,  habits 
and  parasites  of  the  insect,  lie  might  not  have 
found  it  necessary  to  try  so  many  “dodges” 
to  avoid  the  depredations.  Dr.  Fitch’s  “dis¬ 
coveries”  in  this  matter  did  not  amount  to 
so  much  ;  but  his  knowledge  and  researches 
were  placed  in  compact  form  before  the 
farmers  of  the  State,  and  hundreds  of  them 
profited  thereby  ;  but  who  ever  heal'd  of  Col. 
Harris’  experience,  in  detail  ? 

It  is  scarcely  necessary,  though  proper,  to 
say  that  the  Rural  New-  Yorker  joins  hands 
with  Col.  Harris  in  opposing  all  sorts  of 
swindles,  public  leeches,  &c.,  &e.,  no  matter 
in  what  guise  they  may  come  ;  but  because 
there  arc  Credit  Mobiliers  and  venal  Vienna 
Commissioners,  and  perversion  of  law  in  its 
letter  and  intent  by  our  Agricultural  Col¬ 
leges,  we  are  not  going  to  oppose  all  meas¬ 
ures  which  require  the  co-operation  of  and 
benefit  the  people  as  a  whole,  without  any 
doubt. 


BPAYING  SOWS. 

Edward  Berwick  writes  to  the  Pacific 
Rural  Pi'ess  as  follows: — Your  correspondent 
(McC.)  may  be  glad  of  a  better  description  of 
the  above  process  than  your  extract  from 
Moore’s  Rural  New-Yorker  furnished.  In 
the  first  place  get  a  long,  slim  pocking  needle, 
beat  it  ill  the  lire  and  bend  the  point  a  good 
deal;  then  temper  and  sharpen  well  the  point 
and  both  edges  of  the  flat  part.  Provide 
also  some  stout  saddlers’  thread.  Starve  the 
sows  long  enough  to  insure  emnty  intestines, 
not  long  enough  to  distend  them’  with  wind. 
Hang  thorn  by  the  hind  legs  at  a  convenient 
hight,  and  fasten  a  cord  from  their  snouts  to 
the.  bottom  of  the  fence  to  prevent,  as  much 
as  possible,  their  moving.  Then,  in  a  young 
sow,  make  a  longitudinal  incision  in  the  belly, 
commencing  between  the  first  pair  of  teats 
(counting  from  hind  legs)  and  cutting  the 
opening  Targe  enough  to  admit  the  fingers. 
In  an  old  sow,  begin  between  the  second  and 
third  pairs.  Find  the  *  pig-bag'  (womb!  and 
feel  along  one  side  of  it  until  the  ‘  pride.’  a 
small,  dull-red  substance  of  shape  of  a  rasp¬ 
berry,  is  found ;  cut  it  off  without  injuring  the 
bag,  and  then  do  similarly  on  the  other  side. 
In  sewing  up  be  very  careful  to  get  hold  of 
all  the  skins  (integuments)  with  each  stitch. 
Take  three  or  four  stitches  and  tic  each  sep¬ 
arately  in  a  square  knot,  but  don’t  draw 
tight  enough  to  pucker  up  the  skin.  Let 
your  thread  be  doubled  two  or  three  time?. 
Feed  sparingly  and  let  them  wallow  in  t  he 
mud. 


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MA Y  24 


IPades  and  Jammers. 


HATS  FOB  GENTLEMEN. 


The  spring  has  been  so  backward  that  the 
styles  for  hats  are  scarcely  defined.  Thus 
far,  the  silk  hat  which  has  become  almost 
indispensable,  for  all  occasions  in  which  the 
dress  of  gentlemen  is  taken  into  considera¬ 
tion,  is  medium  size,  gradually  enlarging  to¬ 
ward  the  t  ip,  which  flares  a  little,  and  a 
brim  neither  large  nor  small,  turned  up  a 
good  deal  at  the  sides,  The  price  at  the  most 
fashionable  establishments  is  $9,  though 
they  can  probably  be  bought  iu  shapes  closely 
resembling,  for  a  less  sum. 

Light  felt  hats  are  beginning  to  make  their 
appearance ;  the  shapes  are  modeled  after 
the  silk  hat ;  they  cost  $3  and  $4.  The  round 
crowned  hats  in  gray  and  brown  have  high 
crowns  and  moderate  brims  turned  up  all 
around. 

Straw  hats  come  in  Florence,  Milan  and 
English  braids;  in  color  white,  brown  or 
mixed  straws.  One  of  the  most  elegant 
shapes  is  the  Rutland  ;  the  crown  is  quite 
high  and  round,  the  brim  turns  up,  aud  is 
bound  with  black;  a  band  (kf  ribbon  two 
inches  deep  is  fastened  at  the  side.  This 
shape,  on  the  English  aud  Milan  braids,  is 
very  durable,  and  suitable  for  all  occasions 
during  the  summer  ;  price,  $5. 

The  Saranac  Is  a  square-crowned  hat  in 
these  same  braids.  It  is  very  comfortable, 
but  is  not  as  distinguished  in  appearance  as 
the  Rutlaud ;  price,  $4.  The  Eccentric  is  a 
brown  straw,  with  parallel  creases  running 
up  and  down  the  crown.  It  hits  rather  a 
jaunty  look,  and  adapted  to  the  country. 
There  are  also  the  rough  straws  and  rough- 
and-ready  braids,  in  their  prevailing  shapes, 
for  fishing,  hunting  aud  boating  occasions. 

Panama  hats  are  rather  low  crowned  and  j 
with  quite  broad  brims.  They  are  worn  only 
by  old  and  middle-aged  men  ;  the  prices  vary 
from  $3  to  $50. 

SHOES. 

Men’s  shoes  are  low,  and  for  the  most  part 
either  Congress  or  buttoned.  The  favorite 
material  is  half  ;  price,  $9  for  the  best  make, 
though  they  can  be  bought  us  low  as  $5. 
Roots  are  worn  only  in  exceptional  cases  and 
never  iu  the  summer.  Patent  leather  boots 
arc  entirely  out  of  style. 

VARIETIES. 

Suspendprs  are  preferred  iu  solid  colors, 
generally  red  and  blue.  They  are  handsomely 
mounted.  The  best  are  of  English  make, 
and  cost  $  I  and  $2. 

Silk  handkerchiefs  are  preferred  by  many 
gentlemen.  The  favorites  have  white  cen¬ 
ters,  with  bull'  borders  ;  yellow  centers,  with 
dotted  borders,  are  also  popular  ;  plain  blpes, 
lemon  and  lavender  are  also  used.  Linen 
handkerchiefs  have  usually  colored  borders, 
though  for  dross  occasions  plain  white,  not 
too  fine,  are  used.  It  is  better  to  buy  them 
by  the  dozen  or  half  dozen,  and  for  a  little 
extra  the  initial,  very  nicely  embroidered,  is 
added. 

Oxydized  sleeve  buttons  are  greatly  in 
vogue  for  gentlemen  ;  they  are  very  large 
and  ornamented  in  the  boldest  style,  with 
the  heads  of  horses  and  dogs,  copies  of  the 
antiques,  and  in  many  strange  and  bizarre 
fancies. 

In  buttons  and  studs  for  shirt  bosoms  there 
are  likewise  many  novelties  ;  bat  it  is  quite 
safe  to  say  that  for  this  purpose  only  the. 
more  quiet  aud  unobtrusive  are  iu  good  taste, 
and  this  excludes  pearls,  emeralds,  rubies 
aud  diamonds,  which  many  consider  very 
desirable.  Plain  or  chased  gold  has  become 
standard,  and  most  gentlemen  prefer  them. 
The  quite  common  fashion  of  fastening  shirts 
behind  has,  to  a  great  extent,  done  away 
with  buttons.  Often  a  little  pin  is  used,  or 
coral  or  onyx  head,  and  often  no  ornament 
at  all  is  worn. 

Gentlemen’s  rings,  when  they  are  worn, 
possess  this  same  merit  of  plainness  and 
chasteness.  A  cameo  handsomely  cut  is  the 
most  desirable  ;  those  in  dark  relief  are  to  bo 
preferred.  White  and  black  onyx  and  blood¬ 
stone  are  next  in  favor.  The  black  onyx, 
with  the  seal,  is  very  handsome,  and  is  more 
becoming  than  the  light.  The  latest  styles 
are  oblong,  with  but  little  gold  in  the  setting. 
Precious  stones  are  rarely  worn  in  rings  by 
gentlemen  ;  even  diamonds  are  not  consid¬ 
ered  in  good  taste. 

The  abundauce  of  jewelry  worn  by  many 
classes  of  men  has  led  the  more  refined  to 
avoid  it  altogether.  The  watch  chain,  which 
is  a  necessity,  is  worn  in  the  most  inconspic¬ 
uous  manner.  The  necktie  rings,  which  at 
present  seem  to  be  so  very  popular,  will 
enjoy  but  passing  favor  ;  their  merit  is,  that 
■with  them  the  tie  can  be  so  easily  adjusted  ; 


MOORE'S  BUBAL  NEW-VOR 


but  persons  of  the  best  taste  do  not  wear 
them. 

A  nice  umbrella  is  the.  object  of  most  gen¬ 
tlemen's  desire.  The  large  black  and  dark- 
brown  silk  of  English  manufacture  are  the 
best;  the  price  is  $10  and  $12;  but  as  they 
are  so  durable,  and  most  persons  take  much 
better  care  of  a  good  umbrella,  they  are,  in 
the  end,  cheaper  than  other  kinds.  Umbrel¬ 
las  of  American  manufacture  are  cheaper, 
but  not  so  substantial,  A  very  nice  descrip¬ 
tion  of  umbrella  is  of  Scotch  gingham,  which 
is  bo  line  it  hits  the  appearance  of  silk.  Al¬ 
paca  umbrellas  are  next  in  use,  but  in  time 
they  turn  brown.  Every  umbrella  should 
have  a  cover  in  which,  when  not  in  use,  it 
should  be  kept  ;  and  when  carried,  it  not 
raised,  it  should  lie  covered.  Well  taken 
care  of,  a  good  umbrella  will  last  years. 


kuime.'itiii  (lyoncmtij. 


COOKING  AND  KEEPING  MACKEREL. 

Isaac  Hale,  New  bury  port.  Mass.,  a  fa¬ 
mous  mackerel  dealer,  gives  the  following 
directions  for  keeping  and  preparing  mack¬ 
erel  and  other  lisli  for  cookery,  which  will 
interest  the  renders  of  the  Re  hat,  New- 
Yorkeh. 

To  keep  mackerel  nice,  and  prevent  rusting, 
be  particular  to  keep  under  the  pickle,  after 
taking  out  the  head.  The  small  head  to  a  kit 
is  the  one  to  remove.  II’  the  pickle  should 
get.  below  the  flsh,  All  up  with  more  made  by 
salt  in  cold  water.  Be  sure  that  the  inaek- 
ernl  arc  kept  under  the  pickle.  The  cellar, 
or  some  place  where  you  have  no  lire  und  an 
oven  temperature,  is  the  host  place  to  keep 
them,  also,  all  kinds  of  pickled  fish. 

For  boiling,  soak  :2f  hours  ;  for  broiling, 
soak  is  hours  ;  for  baking,  soak  18  hours.  In 
the  latter  case  cream  or  milk  can  be  used  for 
cooking  them  in.  To  avoid  the  unpleasant 
taste  which  many  persons  experience,  of  the 
rising  up  in  the  throat  after  eating,  skin  the 
mackerel  before  cooking,  and  a  white,  pulpy 
sublnnee  will  be  found,  which  adheres  to  the 
skin,  and  which  contains  this  strong  taste. 

Dry  codfish  should  never  be  boiled,  us  the 
flosk  is  harder  the  more  it  is  boiled.  Strip  up 
fine,  then  soak  in  cold  water  until  quite  soft, 
and  before  bringing  to  the  table  change  the 
water,  and  put  over  the  fire  and  just  bring  to 
a  scald,  and  it  is  ready  for  use.  After  pre¬ 
paring  dry  fish  hi  this  way,  turn  the  water 
off,  add  a  small  piece  of  butter,  a  milk  and 
flour  gravy,  and  you  have  an  excellent,  break¬ 
fast  dish. 

To  keep  dry  fish  nice,  and  prevent  sliming 
or  drying  up,  pack  them  snugly  in  a  box,  and 
cover  lip  air-tight,  put  into  a  room  that  has 
no  lire,  (not.  iu  the  cellar,  unless  it  is  a  dry 
one,)  and  they  will  improve  much  by  ago. 
Always  purchase  slack  salted  dry  fish,  if  you 
want  the  best.  English,  Portsmouth,  or 
some  other  salted  fish  are  much  better,  also 
cheaper,  than  the  heavy,  thick,  pickle  salted 
fish,  as  they  will  swell  much  in  soaking, 
while  the  pickle  salted  dry  fish  will  shrink. 
Never  select  a  white  looking  dry  fish  for  a 
good  one,  but  rather  one  of  a  yellow  cast. 

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COOKING  BEET. 

In  the  process  of  cooking,  beet  is  frequently 
made  very  hard  and  almost  inedible,  and  the 
seedsman  or  gardener  is  made  to  bear  the 
consequences  of  the  cook’s  shortcomings. 
Following  up  our  experimental  trials,  we 
have  looked  into  the  cook’s  department,  and 
offer  to  our  readers  the  following  conclu¬ 
sions  : — l.  In  preparing  beet  for  cooking,  the 
greatest,  care  must  be  t  aken  not  to  bruise  the 
skin,  or  in  any  way  wound  the  root ;  and  if 
by  accident  any  injury  has  been  done  to  the 
root,  bake  and  not  boil.  2.  If  a  deep  crimson 
hue  is  the  color  preferred  in  the  beet,  or  a 
firm  flesh,  this  is  best  attained  by  baking  the 
i  roots.  3,  If  a  light,  clear,  bright  color  is  de¬ 
sired,  or  a  soft,  juicy  flesh,  then  boiling  will 
secure  this.  4.  If  a  rich,  agreeable  flavor  is 
sought  for,  then  select  the  beet  which,  before 
cooking,  has  the  most  purple  in  it,  und  the 
flavor  may  be  discovered  by  masticating  a 
small  portion  of  the  uncooked  root.  If  good 
it  will  leave  a  rich,  agreeable  flavor  on  the 
|  palate  without  miy  sensation  of  astringeuoy 
iu  the  throat.  Barr’s  selection  of  Nutting’s 
Beet  has  the  desired  qualities  in  the  highest 
degree,  a.  Crimson-fleshed  beets  are  all 
very  rich  hi  flavor,  but  when  masticated 
uncooked,  an  astringency  will  be  discovered 
as  above  described  ;  tliis  class  of  beets  how¬ 
ever,  lias  its  advantages,  inasmuch  as  it  can 
be  sown  earlier.  Bunks  selection  of  Pine 
Apple  Beet  is  the  most  desirable  of  these  ;  it 
may  be  sown  very  early,  and  will  not  run  to 
1  seed.  fi.  Scarlet-fleshed  beet  possesses  least 


of  the  saccharine  flavor,  and  Nonpareil  best 
represents  this  class. — Barr  and  Suyden's 
Catalogue. 

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BAG  CARPETS. 

There  has  been  considerable  written,  of 
late,  about  rag  carpets  ;  and  while  the  sub¬ 
ject  is  being  agitated,  1  should  like  to  have 
my  say  about  them.  I  am  a  farmer’s  daugh¬ 
ter  and  a  farmer's  wife,  and  r  know  that 
farmers’  wives  who  can  cut,  sew  and  color 
the  rags  for  thirty  yards  of  carpet  (and  I 
suppose  the  weaving  was  included  in  the 
time)  in  two  months,  arc  the  “except  inn,  not 
the  rule.”  I  don’t  suppose  Jane  Brandon 
meant  that  they  worked  constantly  for  four 
years  at  their  carpet.  Before  I  was  married, 
mother  and  us  girls  made  nine  rag  carpets, 
and  there  were  none  of  them  made  in  a  min¬ 
ute.  It  is  hard,  dirty  work,  and  a  family  of 
poor  people  are  apt  to  patch  and  darn  their 
clothing  until  there  is  hardly  a  paper  rag 
left,  much  less  a  carpet  rag— at  least,  that 
has  been  my  experience.  I  have  been  three 
years  trying  to  get  rags  enough  toget  her  to 
make  just  fifteen  yards  of  carpet.  All  are 
not  able  to  buy  new  doth  of  which  to  make 
carpets.  And  l  think,  with  Jane,  when  a 
woman  can  do  some  light  er,  easier  work  and 
buy  a  carpet,  it  is  bett  er  to  do  so,  There  is 
a  great  difference  between  having  every  con¬ 
venience  for  doing  work  and  suffering  from 
the  many  inconveniences  that,  common  farm¬ 
ers’  wives  and  daughters  Usually  do.  The 
ladies  who  are  so  “  smart"  about  their  work, 
remind  me  of  the  woman  who  uaet^to  get  up 
and  make,  all  the  beds  in  the  house  while  the 
rest  of  the  family  were  fast  asleep  ;  that 
being  all  the  real  smart  thing  she  ever  did, 
she  considered  it  worth  talking  about. 

Warsaw,  N.  Y.  p. 

- 4-4-4 - 

DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 

Chicken  Salad, — In  answer  to  Mrs.  J.  N. 
Mu’s  inquiry,  T  send  the  following  : — Ten 
pounds  chicken  before  it  is  cooked ;  four 
bunches  of  celery  ;  yolks  of  twelve  raw  eggs 
beaten  stiff  ;  add  slowly  three-quarters  of  a 
bottle  of  sweet  oil,  beating  all  the  time  ;  add 
salt,  pepper  and  mustard,  mixing  these  with 
vinegar  ;  when  all  beaten  in,  and  just  before 
pouring  on  to  the  chopped  chicken  and  cel¬ 
ery,  add  one-lialf  cup  cold  water  to  whiten 
the  dressing  ;  add  also,  very  slowly,  the  well 
beaten  whites  of  the  eggs.  Cut  the  boiled 
chicken  with  a  knife,  and  do  not  chop  it,  also 
cut  the  celery  with  a  knife.  This  makes 
salad  enough  for  twenty  persons.  Do  not 
pour  the  dressing  on  to  the  chicken  and  celery 
until  just  before  serving  it. — Mkh.  H.  E.  P., 
Collinsville i,  Conn, 

Cocoanut  Cake.  —  Here  is  a  good  recipe  : 
Beat  together  one  cup  of  butter,  4  cups  of 
sugar  and  10  whites  of  eggs  ;  beat  until  veiy 
light ;  then  add  two  tablespoonsful  of  soda, 
six  of  cream  of  tartar  ;  dissolve  these  in  one 
cup  of  milk  and  six  cups  of  flour.  Bake  as 
for  jelly  culm.  Then  take  the  whites  of  six 
eggs,  beat  a  little  ;  stir  two  pounds  of  white 
powdered  sugar  iu  enough  water  to  molt  the 
sugar  ;  add  the  whites  of  the  six  eggs  ;  put 
this  in  a  tin  pan,  stand  it  in  boiling  water, 
and  stir  it  till  it  boils  ;  when  nearly  cold,  stir 
in  your  prepared  cocoanut,  and  when  the 
cakes  are  cold,  put  together,  as  jfflly  cake. 
This  is  for  a  large  cake.  — Mrs.  Charles 
W  right. 

Sue I  Pudding  Without  Eggs. — For  a  small 
family,  one  cup  of  sour  milk,  one-half  tea¬ 
spoon  of  soda,  one  cup  chopped  suet,  one  cup 
chopped  raisins,  one  cup  Zante  currants,  a 
pinch  salt ;  mix  up  stiff,  like  biscuit  dough  ; 
roll  so  as  to  flatten  out  a  little  ;  lay  on  a 
plate  and  steam  two  hours.  To  lie  eaten 
witli  sweet  gravy',  made  as  follows  : — One 
cup  sugar,  one- half  cup  butter  put  in  a.  basin  ; 
pour  on  a  pint,  of  boiling  water;  set  on  the 
stove  ;  take  a  tablespoon ful  of  flour  and  mix 
in  a  little  water,  so  that  if  will  not  be  lumpy, 
and  stir  it  into  the  gravy  :  stir  till  it  boils ; 
season  witli  nutmeg  or  lemon  extract,,— Mrs. 
E.  K. 

Fried  Cakes.— I  have  noticed  a  number  of 
calls  lately  for  recipes  for  calces  without  eggs, 
and  I  herewith  send  you  mother’s,  for  fried 
cakes  One  bowl  good  buttermilk,  not  more 
than  two  tablespoon  fills  cream  (if  any),  one 
heaping' teaspoon  soda,  a  little  salt,  one  tea¬ 
cup  sugar  ;  fiy  in  hot  lard. — l.  m.  r. 

flow  to  Clean  Sea  Shells. — I  wish  some  of 
the  readers  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
would  inform  me  howto  clean  sea  shells  or 
how  to  remove  a  dark  substance  formed  on 
the  outside  of  the  shell. — Anna  M.  Cole. 

F.oppercd  Milk  Cheese, — Will  some  one, 
having  experience,  give  through  the  “Ru¬ 
ral”  the  modus  operandi  of  making  cheese 
from  loppered  milk— size,  shape,  &c.,  for 
market, — M.  A.  Leach. 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 


American  Pomnlogica  I  Society.  -Whereas  the 
American  Bornological  Society  al  its  last  ses¬ 
sion,  accepted  the  invitation  of  the  Massachu¬ 
setts  Horticultural  Society  to  hold  It-  Quarter 
Centennial  Celebration,  and  Biennial  Session, 
iu  the  City  nf  Boston,  in  1873; 

Therefore,  in  conformity  with  said  accept¬ 
ance,  flic  undersigned  give  notice  Unit  the 
Fourteenth  Session  of  I  his  Naf  iomil  A  ssueiation 
will  ha  held  ill  the  Hall  of  the  Massachusetts 
llortluulturiil  Society,  Tremont  Street,  in  l!os- 
i  on,  commencing  Wednesday,  September  lot  In 
1873,  at  10  O'clock  A.  M.  and  continue  for  three 
days. 

All  Horticultural,  Poinnlngleal,  Agricultural, 
ami  other  kindred  associations,  In  the  United 
States  and  British  Provinces,  are  invited  to 
Bend  delegations,  as  large  ;r-  they  may  deem 
expedient,  aud  all  persons  Interested"  in  the 
cultivation  of  fruits,  are  invited  to  bo  present 
and  take  seats  in  the  Convention. 

The  eomingsession  will  be  especially  interest¬ 
ing,  commemorating.  as  it  will,  l  he  termination 
of  the  llrst  quarter  of  a  century  of  the  existence 
of  the  Society,  and  It  Is  hollered,  will  he  one  of 
the  most  important  aud  useful  that  t  he.  Society 
has  ever  held.  l)n  this  occasion  there  will  bo 
brought  together  the  host  cultivators  and  fruits 
of  our  Widely-extended  country,  when  mttv  be 
examined  and  compared,  the  fruits,  not  only  of 
i  he  cooler  (dimes  of  the  North,  but  of  t  he  Sooth, 
the  West,  and  the  I’aeille  Slope.  It  is  therefore 
very  desirable  thiil  every  State,  Territory,  and 
province  of  America  should  be  fully  and  ably 
represented  in  UjIh  convention,  thereby  pro¬ 
moting  the  adrVaneorncnl  of  one  of  the  groat 
resonrce.sjof  our  national  wealth,  the  ex  tension 
and  perpetuation  of  the  amicable  and  social 
relations  which  have  heretofore  existed  among 
the  members  of  the  Society*— and  the  ililfttsion 
throughout  the  land,  of  our  deliberations,  for 
the  benefit  of  our  constantly-expanding  Terri¬ 
tory. 

It  Is  therefore  Imped  that,  there  will  be  a  full 
nttcndnnro  of  Delegates  from  till  quarters  of  our 
country,  thereby  stimulating  more  extensive 
cultivation  by  f.lto  concent  rated  information 
and  experience  of  cultivators,  and  aiding  the 
Society  in  perfecting  its  Catalogue  of  Fruits. 
This  will  be  one  ol'  the  prominent  subjects 
which  will  come  before  the  Society,  and  we 
therefore  respectfully  urge  I, ho  (various  State 
and  Local  Committees  which  have  not  already 
responded  to  the  Circulars  of  P,  Baku  v,  (Chair¬ 
man  of  Lhe  General  Fruit.  Committee,  Roches¬ 
ter,  N.  V.,)  to  do  so,  with  such  Information  and 
lists  of  fruits  as  may  aid  In  determining  what 
variol  ies  are  best  adapted  to  their  several  local¬ 
ities. 

At  this  session  t  he  Society  will  appoint,  the 
place  for  its  next  meeting. and  also  decide  what, 
action  it  will  take  cn  the  invitation  to  partici¬ 
pate  in  the  International  Exhibition  at  the 
Centennial  Celebration  of  1878,  in  Philadelphia, 
and  it  Is  respectfully  requested  that  members 
come  prepared  to  express  their  opinions  in 
regard  to  this  subject. 

Arrangements  will  lie  made  with  Hotels,  und 
«s  far  as  possible  with  the  various  railroads 
terminating  iu  Boston,  fora  reduction  of  fare, 
and  of  which  notice  will  he  given  in  a  future 
Circular.  Similar  arrangements  can  undoubt¬ 
edly  lie  made  by  tiie  various  delegations,  with 
romls  in  their  localities. 

Members  and  delegates  are  requested  to  con¬ 
tribute  specimens  of  the  fruits  of  !  heir  respect¬ 
ive  districts,  and  t«  communicate  in  regard  t  > 
them  whatever  may  aid  in  promoting  the  ob¬ 
jects  of  |  lie  Society  and  the  science  of  American 
Pomology.  Each  contributor  is  requested  to 
prepare  a  complete  list  of  his  collection,  and  to 
present  the  same  with  his  fruits,  that  a  report 
of  all  the  varieties  entered,  may  be  submitted 
to  I  lie  meeting  as  early  as  possible. 

Tho  Massachusetts  Society  for  Promoting 
Agriculture  have  kindly  appropriated  $50(1,  and 
liberal  sums  have  bc.cn  promised  by  other  gen¬ 
erous  patrons.  Increased  I  merest  will  lie  given 
to  I  lilt  occasion  by  the  grand  exhibition  of  plants 
and  flowers  by  the  Massachusetts  Horticultural 
Society,  which  will  occur  at  the  same  lime. 
Packages  of  Fruits,  with  the  name  of  the  con¬ 
tributor,  may  be  addressed  a.-,  follows:  “  Ameri¬ 
can  Pomologiral  Society,”  care  of  \V.  Iti  s- 
wi‘i.1.,  Massachusetts  HortleuUmal  Society, 
Boston.  Ail  persons  dcsirou  nf  becoming 
members  can  remit  tho  foe  to  Tin  >mas  P.  James, 
Esq,  Treasurer,  Cambridge,  Mu  . .  Life  Mem¬ 
bership,  Twenty  Dollars;  Biennial,  Four  Dollars. 
Marshal P.  WtuiKH  President,  Boston  Mass. 

I,  ml  low,  Vt.,  Far.  nud  Mr  eh.  \g.  Soo. — o  Ulcers 

elect,  for  1873 :  F'tcs. —  Hon.  CAi.\ts  French, 
Proctorsvillo.  Vke-Prcdts.  W.  A.  Felt,  An¬ 
dover;  George  EL  Cole,  Chaster.  Stc .  J.  H. 
Sj  .iTord,  Ludlow.  Treat.  K.  Taylor,  Proctors¬ 
villo.  Finance  Cum.— A.  W.  Richardson,  G.  A. 
Kpolford.  Abner  Fell.  Ft.  Cow.  Ludlow,  G.  A. 
Spofl'ord,  Thomas  French,  (.  N.  VVndleigh,  < '.  8. 
Parker;  Cavendish,  A.  V,'.  Richardson,  Uriel 
Itu.  ell,  H.  A.  Fletcher,  Joseph  Adams;  Ches¬ 
ter,  < ieorge  ii.  Cole,  G.  P.  Spaulding ;  Mt.  Holly, 
Win.  B.  Jloskison,  1, eland  Lawrence;  Andover, 
Abner  Felt.  A.  D.  L,  Herrick  ;  Plymouth,  James 
Brown. 

.Montgomery  Co,,  O.,  Ilort.  Koe.  •Officers  for 
1H78:  I'rrs.  Nicholas  Ojimer,  VUr-Cres.—J . 

1 1 .  W.  Mumum.  Si  r.  Isaac  JL  Kieisted.  Teens. 

Robert  VV,  Steele.  K.r.  Com.-  J.  S.  Brondwcll, 
William  Kramer.  John  Ewing.  Standing  Corn's. 

Fruits,  Win.  hongstreth  ;  Vegetables,  John 
Sackstedter  ;  Flowers,  Mr*.  J.  H.  Peirce ;  Mis¬ 
cellaneous.  J.  Manning  Smith.  Spri  iul  Corn's, — 
Orchards,  \Vm.  F.  lleikes;  Small  Fruits,  J.  11. 
\V.  Mamma  ;  Ornamental  Planting,  Jus.  Kidd  ; 
Statistics,  Jacob  Llnxvveiler,  Sr. ;  Vineyards  and 
Wine-,  Wrr.  Kramer:  Botany,  Miss  Mary  For¬ 
cer  ;  Entomology,  J.  H.  Peirce;  Ornithology,  J. 
S.  BroudwoH. 

quarterly  llorse  Fairs,  It  Is  announced,  are 
to  be  bold,  hereafter,  on  the  Carroll  Co.,  III., 
Ag.  Society's  Fair  Grounds  May  17,  Aug.  lii, 
Nov.  15  and  Jan.  17  the  current,  year.  In  other 
words,  we  suppose,  quarterly  horse  races  are  to 
be  held. 

The  Maine  Stale  Pmnoloatrnl  Soe.  is  to  hold 
its  next  Meeting  and  Exhibition,  iu  connection 
with  the  Exhibition  of  tho  State  Agricultural 
Society,  at  Bangor,  In  the  fall. 

The  East  Texas  Ag..  Mecli.  anil  Stock  Rais¬ 
ing  Ahs'ii  holds  its  first  Annual  Fair  at  Jeffer¬ 
son,  May  3fi-3 1. 

The  Missouri  Patrons  of  Husbandry  hold  a 
State  Convention  at  Knobrioater,  Johnson  Co., 
May  20. 

The  Wool  Growers’  Ass'll  of  Lagrunge  Co., 
Iml.,  holds  its  first  Exhibition  June  fi. 

The  Androscoggin,  Me.,  Ag.  Woe.  is  to  hold 
its  Annual  Fair  at  Lewiston,  Oct.  1,  2. 


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BA  TURD  AY,  MAY  34,  1873. 

A  LABOE  REVOLUTION. 

We  tire  rapidly  drifting  toward  a  condition 
of  anarchy,  so  far  as  the  relation  of  labor  to 
capital  is  concerned.  The  bootmaker  cannot 
promise  a  pair  of  boots  beeause.  ho  gays,  “the 
men  arc  on  u  strike;"  the  livery  keeper  can’t 
lot  a  horse  go  because  the  horaeaboers  arc  on 
a  strike  and  every  horse  that,  is  shod  is  out. 
The  spirit  of  antagonism  which  these  frequent 
strikes  are  creating  is  alarming.  In  England, 
the  differ  one  es  between  farmers  and  farm  labor¬ 
ers  have  Increased.  The  farmers  have  combined 
against  the  “National  Agricultural  Unionists, “ 
and  every  strike  is  to  be  followed  by  wliat  is 
known  as  a  “lock-out."  Tills  organization 
(above-named)  jjropose  retaliation,  and  have 
resolved,  if  possible,  to  prevent  the  harvesting 
of  the  hay  tuid grain  crops;  indeed,  they  have 
paid  agents  stumping  Ireland,  to  warn  Irish¬ 
men  from  going  to  England. 

An  Edinburgh  paper  suys;  “The  matter  is 
DOW  assuming  a  very  grave  form  to  the  Commu¬ 
nity  generally,  and  it  the  bitterness  of  strife 
continue— If  the  corn  he  allowed  to  He  waste 
upon  the  ground— in  spite  of  Free  Trade,  the 
industrious  classes  may  expect  to  have  to  pay 
double  the  price  for  their  loaf,  and  meat  will 
rise  altogether  beyond  their  means." 

We  quote  llic  above  to  call  attention  to  the 
fact  that  this  condition  of  antagonism  is  gcu- 
eralljf  created  by  a  few  turbulent  fellows  of  the 
baser  sort,  who  really  have  not  a  whit  of  tlio 
welfare  of  working  men  at  heart.  They  are 
blatant  demagogues,  as  a  rule— willing  to  fost  er 
any  disruption  of  the  existing  order  of  things 
that  will  but  throw  themselves  to  the  surface 
and  give  t  hem  notoriety  and  some  p  iy  for  doing 
nothing.  These  men  will  one  day  wake  up  t  o 
find  tneir  names  execrated  by  toe  men  that  are 
now  promising  to  benefit  by  provoking  them 
into  idleness,  if  not  aggressive  warfare  on  their 
employers.  It  should  always  be  remembered 
that  so  long  as  it  takes  but  two  to  make  a  bar¬ 
gain,  two  should  bo  permitted  to  make  it. 


STEAM  PLOWING  ABEOAD. 

THE  use  of  steam  plows  in  England  seems  to 
increase.  From  n  paper  on  “The  Present  As¬ 
pect  of  Steam  Cultivation,"  we  glean  some  facts 
about  the  system  of  hiring  steam  plowing  done. 
The  price  paid  is  15s.  per  acre  to  cultivate  once 
over  and  34s. ,  beside  coal  and  water,  per  acre 
twice  over.  These  machines  cultivate  13  to  15 
acres  per  day,  and  yet  cannot  do  all  the  work 
tendered  l  hem  and  at  the  lime  required.  Hence, 
less  land  is  put.  under  the  plow  than  would 
otherwise  be,  and  such  as  is  cultivated  by  hired 
steam  power,  Is  often  neglected  beyond  the 
proper  time,  because  some  other  farmer  has 
possession  of  t  he  plow.  August  and  September 
are  the  months  in  which.  It  is  asserted  by  all 
who  have  tried  it,  steam  cultivation  can  be 
most  profitably  employed  in  the  preparation  of 
the  ec  11.  One  English  firm  makes  about  100 
steam  p. ow's  annually,  two-l birds  of  which  are 
sold  to  people  who  hire  them  out  and  their 


services  writh  them;  the  other  one-third  are 
sold  to  private  firms,  who  employ  the  plows  on 
their  own  farms. 

It  seems  there  is  no  question  about  the  profit 
of  steal!  culture;  but  there  are  causes  retard- 
in  %  its  progress.  The  fields  are  not  large  enough, 
the  roads  are  not  the  right  shape  for  the  move¬ 
ment  of  traction  engines;  the  gate  ways  are  loo 
narrow;  the  bridges  and  culverts  too  weak. 
Mr.  FOWLER,  who  writes  the  paper  we  are  re¬ 
viewing,  says  he  should  strongly  recommend 
every  one  who  has  SJIXJ  acres  of  strong  arable 
land,  to  have  ills  own  set  of  steam  implements. 

He  nays  hi  can  “smash  up"  (that  is,  prepare 
the  soil  for  seeding,  we  suppose,)  180  acres  of 
stubble  in  30  days,  ten  inches  deep,  at  a  cost 
(including  everything)  of  0s.  Id.  per  acre,  and 
for  the  Bocoud  time  over,  5s.  lOd.  He  thinks 
(says  ho  knows)  this  Is  much  cheaper  than  the 
same  work  can  be  done  with  horse  power  if  it 
were  possible  for  horses  to  do  it  iu  the  same 
manner. 

In  the  discussion  which  followed  this  paper, 
Mr.  .1.  J.  Mechi  stated  that  t  he  country  was 
notin  a  proper  state  to  receive  steam  cultiva¬ 
tion.  Thor®,  were  irregular  fields,  great  hedge¬ 
rows,  unnecessary  trees  and  und rained  lands. 
But  he  had  swept  the  fences  off  his  farm  to 
make  it  suitable  for  stcarn ;  others  wore  doing 
so.  He  knew  it  paid  to  use  It.  He  advised 
farmers  never  to  use  a  man  where  horses  could 
be  used,  and  never  to  use  a  horse  where  they 
could  subst  itute  a  steam  engine,  adding,  “  Why, 
if  any  one  now-u-days  pressed  a  Manchester 
manufacturer  to  use  horse-pc  wer  instead  of 
steam,  assuredly  that  man  would  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  ids  adviser  had  come  out  of  a 
lunatic  asylum." 

RUB. At  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

Farmer*  and  Grocery  Bills, — The  RURAL 
New-Yorker  never  has  been  guilty  of  urging 
any  one  to  run  in  debt,  though  It  has  been 
blamed  by  some  people  for  urging  thorn  to 
keep  out  of  that  miserable  straight-jacket.  We 
have  just  come  across  a  circular  by  a  Jackson¬ 
ville.  111.,  firm  to  Its  elision,  ra,  which  so  clearly 
illustrates  the  profits  to  be  secured  by  running 
In  debt,  that  wo  make  the  following  extract. 
It  is  dated  April  1,  arid  says  ; 

Thirty  days  ago  we  announced  to  you  that  we 
would  at  1  ilia  date  begin  to  sell  for  cash  only, 


would  at  lids  date  begin  to  sell  for  cash  only, 
stating  also  that  we  believed  that  we  could 
offer  our  goods  to  you  for  a  less  profit  than 
heretofore.  We  now  furnish  you  with  a  brief 
schedule,  showing  the  comparative  difference 
In  prices  between  Cash  and  Credit. 

Old  Credit  Price.  Cush  Price. 
Good  New  Orleans  Sugar,  8  Ins.  lor  81  3>i  H>s.  for  $1 


Choice  do 
Extra  C 
A 

Good  Rio  Coffee  . . . 
Choice  do  ... 

Tons . 

Sirup . 


734  do 
7  do 

do 

4  do 

SVC  do 
*  t  00  to  82  00 
fl  00  to  ft  H> 


8  do 

4  X  do 

4  do 

75o.  to  81  60 
tt)c.,«&e.  toU 


Other  goods  will  be  correspondingly  reduced 
in  price.  We  do  not  offer  this  as  an  argument 
that  the  credit  prices  of  our  competitors  arc 
too  high  (as  they  arc  in  many  instances  l  oo  low), 
but  us  showing  that  this  diffe  rence  does  actually 
exist,  and  that  we  w  ill  always  be  able  to  main¬ 
tain  our  prices  for  cash  at  least  this  much  lower 
than  any  one  w  ho  sells  on  time. 

Now,  reader,  you  can  see  just  about  what  per 
cent,  of  interest  you  are  paying  on  your  grocery’ 
and  store  bills.  Is  it  not  better  not  to  rim  in 
debt?  or  If  you  must  live  on  borrowed  capital, 
borrow  it  at  the  bank  (or  of  some  one)  at  the 
legal  rate  of  interest,  and  buy  for  cash?  We 
have  found  even  a  greater  difference  than  the 
above  figures  show,  between  cash  and  credit. 


The  Fate  of  Manufacture*  lu  Illinois. — We 

see  the  following  assertion  made:— “For  the 
want  of  proper  caution,  and  on  account  of  a 
false  estimat  e  of  cost,  demand  and  supply,  there 
ore  to-day, Scattered  throughout  Illinois,  from 
five  to  sevon  thousand  vacated  and  deserted 
buildings,  of  greater  ur  less  extent,  in  which 
manufactures  have  been  undertaken  and  fail¬ 
ed."  But  the  writer  docs  not  tell  us  how  many 
thousands  of  buildings  lu  Illinois  are  the  scene 
of  successful  manufacturing  enterprise,  nor 
how  rapidly  they  have  increased  iu  number 
during  the  past  ten  years,  If  lie  had,  it  is  our 
opinion  that  the  percentage  of  failures  would 
he  found  to  be  far  less  than  the  percentage  of 
failures  to  succeed  among  formers  in  that  giatid 
agricultural  Htate,  nor  any  more  numerous,  pro¬ 
portionally,  than  the  failures  of  merchants, 
bankers,  grain  dealers  and  speculators.  The 
value  of  such  a  statement  as  we  have  quoted 
above  is  not  perceptible  without  the  compara¬ 
tive  figures  are  given.  It  Is  a  shallow  founda¬ 
tion  for  a  theory. 

Dried  Fruli*  for  France.— Mr.  T.  A.  Geke,  our 
wide-awake  market  reporter,  furnishes  us  with 
the  following  item If  a  rumored  experiment 
is  successful,  there  will  be  hereafter  an  addi¬ 
tional  outlet  for  surplus  dried  apples.  There  is 
very  apt  to  be  a  large  unsalable  remnant  of  this 
crop  of  late  years.  During  the  past  lew  weeks 
there  have  boon  important  sales  of  about  1,300 
barrels  of  dried  apples  to  go  to  France.  This  is 
the  first  consignment  ever  sent  to  that  country, 
though  for  other  parts  of  the  Continent  there 
is  frequently  a  good  sale  for  consumption.  The 
buyers  of  the  above  lots  will  not  disclose  the 
real  use  these  apples  are  destined  for ;  but  hints 
enough  have  leaked  out,  intimating  the  inten¬ 
tion  of  putting  them  through  the  still  on  the 
other  side,  for  the  purpose  of  converting  them 
into  the  base  or  ingredient  of  liquor.  In  the 
line  of  wines  and  liquors,  French  chemists  have 
been  known  to  exhibit  ingenuity  that  almost 
defied  detection. 


The  time  is  not  very  remote  when  pure  West¬ 
ern  spirits  will  make  a  voyage  abroad  and  re¬ 
turn  promoted  to  foreign  excellence  In  name, 
including  French  brandy;  and  in  all  proba¬ 
bility  the  process  is  not  yet  one  of  the  lost  arts. 
Who  knows  but  that  the  dingy,  coarso-cut  dried 
!  apples  may  contain  properties  that  have  been 
hitherto  neglected  and  will  now  be  brought  to 
light  under  the  ski  lful  manipulation  of  the 
French  chemist!  The  truth  is,  t  >e  supply  of 
the  vine  product  a!  this  advanced  age  depends 
l  upon  a  comparatively  small  urea  in  proportion 
1  to  its  markets ;  and  the  failure  of  a  crop  or  the 
suddenly  extended  consumption  of  It,  like,  for 
instance,  the  Vienna  Exposition,  is  apt  to  set 
wits  to  work  to  supply  the  deficiency.  In  mat¬ 
ters  of  manufacture,  when  men  cannot  work 
fast  enough,  wo  make  machinery  fill  the  gap  ; 
so,  after  all,  we  cannot  find  fault  with  bever¬ 
age-producing  countries  if  they  piece  out  a 
short  crop  by  calling  iu  the  aid  of  the  magic 
wand  of  science,  provided,  downright  injurious 
substitutes  are  not  brought  into  requisition. 

Bees  by  Moll.— The  shippers  of  bees  by  mail 
are  complaining  because  some  of  them  pay 
only  paper  postage  on  their  shipments  while 
others  are  compelled  by  postmasters  to  pay  let¬ 
ter  postage.  They  demand  an  uniform  Inter¬ 
pretation  of  the  law  .  Then  the  postmasters  arc 
complaining  because  bees  arc  shipped  by  mail, 
and  evidently  Jhlnk  they  should  be  excluded. 
They  are  shipped  in  this  wise:— The  cage  is  a 
block  of  wood.  In  which  are  three  largo  holes, 
covered  with  a  fine  wire  netting.  Seven  bees, 
including  a  queen  bee,  arc  placed  in  each  Com¬ 
partment,  and  are  introduced  through  a  hole 
In  the  side  of  the  block,  which  is  plugged  up  by 
a  piece  of  sponge  soaked  in  honey.  The  post¬ 
masters  and  clerks  allege  that  t  he  honey  soaks 
t  hrough  the  paper  placed  over  the  holes  and 
daubs  other  mall  matter,  and  besides,  as  one 
postmaster  complained,  the  clerks  In  bis  office 
did  not  get  through  examining  and  studying 
the  contrivance  until  the  bees  stung  every  one 
of  them,  and  in  showing  t^em  how  it  was  made, 
and  how  to  handle  it  without  injury,  they  stung 
him  too ! 

■  ■  ■ »♦« - 

Cash  for  Farm  Labor.  —We  believe  that  those 
of  our  readers  who  complain  of  the  character 
of  the  farm  hands  they  are  compelled  to  em¬ 
ploy,  would  find  it  a  not  very  difficult  matter  to 
improve  the  quality  of  obtainable  help,  were  it 
their  practice  to  pay  cash  every  night  or  at  the 
close  of  each  week  for  the  labor  performed. 
Such  lias  been  our  own  experience.  We  got 
more  reliable  help  und  better  service  when  it 
became  known  that,  each  man  who  served  us 
would  got  cash  promptly  for  it  and  would  bo 
-discharged  the  momentbc  failed  to  do  our  work 
as  we  wanted  It  done.  After  adopting  this  pol¬ 
icy,  we  were  never  embarrassed  hi  procuring 
abundance  of  good  help  and  at  cheaper  rates 
t  han  farmers  who  gave  their  men  money  only 
when  they  asked  for  it,  and  1  hen  only  a  fract  ion 
of  the  amount  due  them.  Try  it— even  if  you 
have  to  borrow  money  at  seven  per  cent,  to  do 
it;  for  it  costs  more  to  borrow  of  farm  help 
than  of  the  money  loaner. 

Helling  Gras*  Heed  in  Maine. — The  Maine 
Farmer  nays  there  is  no  law  in  that  State  regu¬ 
lating  the  weight  of  a  bushel  of  herd’s-grass 
seed;  but  custom  has  fixed  it  at  45 lbs.  to  the 
bushel ;  and  dealers,  when  they  buy  a  bushel 
of  seed  pay  for  and  obtain  45  lbs,;  but  some  of 
them,  whou  asked  the  price  of  seed,  assert  that 
they  sell  it  at  £4.50  for  forty  pounds.  Thus  they 
arc  getting  good  profit  upon  1  he  seed,  provided 
they  sold  the  customary  weight  and  are  saving 
five  pounds  in  the  buthcl  they  purchased. 
Thore  is  no  law  against  it.  They  have  the  right 
|  to  charge  what  they  please  for  30  pounds;  but 
if  they  convey  the  impression  that  21)  pounds 
means  a  bushel,  they  arc  swindlers  to  all  intents. 
Evidently,  Maine  farmers  need  to  have  a  legal 
standard  for  a  bushel  Of  grass-seed. 

«»♦ - 

Free  Trade  in  Land  is  now  earnestly  advo¬ 
cated  in  Great  Britain  In  the  compulsory  regis¬ 
tration  of  land,  possession  prima  facu  evidence 
of  ownership,  and  tue  amendment  of  the  laws 
of  entail,  primogeniture  and  settlement  are 
demanded,  so  that  the  laborer  may  invest  bis 
earnings  in  land,  as  he  docs  now  In  consols  or 
a  savings  bank,  li  is  urged  that  irequern 
change  in  the  ownership  of  land  is  good  for  the 
nation,  causing  the  dispersion  of  prejudices  and 
t  he  love  of  improvement  and  progress.  We  are 
glad  to  note  these  signs  of  the  coming  of  the 
day  when  there  will  be  more  laud  owners  in 
England  and  less  discussion  ol  tenant  rights  and 
of  the  obligations  of  landlords. 

- Ml - 

The  Htate  Entomologist  uf  .Missouri’*  Report 
— the  Fifth  Report — is  issued,  and  contains  evi¬ 
dence  that  the  Entomologist  has  not  been  idle. 
The  instructions  for  collecting,  preserving  and 
studying  insects,  which  form  the  iutroduot  ny 
Ohapter  of  the  Report,  are  timely  and  necessary 
and  wisely  printed.  There  are  many  things  we 
all  of  us  w’ould  do  (which  we  do  not  do)  if  we 
but  knew  how.  Mr.  Klley  is  not  the  most  un¬ 
profitable  servant  Missouri  pays. 

Wisconsin  Geological  Survey— We  learn  that 
Dr.  I.  A.  Lapham  of  Milwaukee,  has  been  ap¬ 
pointed  Chief  Geologist  of  Wisconsin.  He  is 
to  have  four  associates,  one  of  whom  is  to  be  a 
chemist  and  essayist.  They  are  to  make  a 
thorough  and  complete  geological,  mineralogi- 
cal  and  agricultural  survey  of  the  State,  and 
topographical  surveys  of  auclj  portions  as  piay  | 


be  deemed  necessary.  They  commence  June 
1st,  and  are  to  complete  the  works  in  four  years. 

Ml - 

The  Postal  Can  are  to  be  run  directly  into 
the  basement  of  the  new  Post  Office  building  in 
Boston.  The  new  Post  Office  building  in  New 
York  was  also  constructed,  so  far  as  the  base¬ 
ment  portion  is  concerned,  with  special  refer¬ 
ence  to  the  running  of  the  postal  cars  over  tho 
Broadway  Underground  Railway,  directly  into 
the  Post  Office.  The  building  has  a  front  of 
three  hundred  and  forty  feet  on  Broadway. 

Activity  Contagious. — A  Southern  correspond¬ 
ent  says :— “It  Is  a  fact,  that  where  white  peo¬ 
ple  are  working  and  attending  to  their  busi¬ 
ness,  t  he  freed  men  work  well  also,  and  such 
planters  are  making  money.”  The  men  wrho 
labor  in  the  South  are  going  to  own  Its  lands 
and  become  its  lords :  and  It  ought  to  be  so. 
- - 

Catalogue*,  Etc.,  Received.  —  From  D.  M. 
Dewey,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Catalogue  of  Colored 

Fruit  Plates - From  Collins  &  Co.,  P.  O. 

Box  1,971,  N.  Y.  City,  Illustrated  Catalogue  of 
Axes,  Hatchets,  Adzes  and  Cast-Steel  Plows. 

- Baltimore  Process  of  Evaporating  Fruits, 

Vegetables,  etc. 

- Ml - 

National  Agricultural  Cong rc**. — A  corres¬ 
pondent  wishes  us  “  to  state  exactly  when  tho 
National  Agricultural  Congress  is  to  meet  at 
Indianapolis."  He  has  seen  three  different 
dates  given ;  so  have  we ;  but  on  all  the  official 
documents  we  have  received  the  date  given  is 
May  28. 

RURAL  BREVITIES. 

-Vermont  cows  .yield  an  annual  income  of 
$6,000,000. 

"Thirty  solid  miles  of  logs”  is  reported  in 
Au  Gres  River,  Mich. 

Portland,  Oregon,  expects  to  put  up  2,000,000 
cans  of  salmon  this  season. 

Belgium  Is  anxious  about  the  continued  de¬ 
crease  taking  place  In  her  stock  of  horses. 

One  man  In  Hatfield,  Mass.,  used  last,  year  30 
tons  of  coni  meal  as  a  fertilizer  for  tobacco. 

A  piece  of  land  near  Spring  Valley,  Minn., 
lias  sunk  four  feet  below  its  former  level,  this 
spring. 

Some  live  hundred  horses  have  been  pur¬ 
chased  this  spring  in  Champaign  county,  Ill.,  by 
Eastern  buyers. 

Montgomery  county  farmers,  near  Philadel¬ 
phia.  complain  of  the  destruction  of  the  grain 
crops  by  sparrows. 

Kentucky  produced  in  the  year  1872,  96,207,- 
261  pounds  of  tobacco,  30,236,378  pounds  short  of 
the  product  for  1871. 

T r  planting  is  laic  Hus  year,  it  may  be  expected 
Unit  vegetation  will  shoot,  straight  forward  by 
w  ay  of  compensation. 

The  Lexington  Caucasian  says  that  not  less 
than  one  thousand  hogs  froze  to  death  in  Lafay¬ 
ette  Co.,  Ky.,  last  winter. 

Bummer  is  at  hand,  according  to  the  almanac, 
but  the  chilly  atmosphere  about  these  days  is 
more  like  March  than  May. 

LaboU  saving  implements  give  the  farmer 
power  and  time.  Power  to  cultivate  the  soil- 
time  to  cultivate  the  mind. 

A  new  horse  disease,  which  paralyses  the 
whole  spine  and  makes  the  animal  helpless,  has 
broken  out  in  Reading.  Pennsylvania. 

Rome  one  has  scut  u.-s  three  •  mail  vials  con¬ 
taining  substance  and  liquid  with  no  letter  of 
explanation.  Will  some  one  explain ? 

What  farmers  need  most  is  repress  ntative 
men  who  honor  labor,  who  speak  in  public,  w  ho 
control  sentiment,  and  who  lead  the  way. 

Tue  Michigan  State  Dairymen’s  Association 
resolved  that  the  best  interests  of  society  de¬ 
mand  tho  discontinuance  of  Sunday  cueese 
making. 

Wm.  Biknik  ol  Mass,  lias  recently  sold  au 
Ayrshire  cow  which  is  said  to  have  given  her 
Jive  weight  in  milk,  every  26  days,  from  April  to 
October. 

Texas  is  the  third  State  in  the  Union,  as  a 
wheat-growing  State.  The  wheat  crop  of  Texas 
was,  in  average  per  acre,  just  equal  to  that  of 
California  last  year. 

Tue  Cotton  Crop  of  1873,  according  to  South¬ 
ern  estimates,  will  b  the  most,  valuable  ever 
grown  In  tlio  United  Buttes—  its  money  value 
being  placed  at  over  $3Ui), 000,090. 

It  is  not  muscle  that  produces  the  crop  which 
carries  off  the  top  price  iu  market,  but  brains. 
It  is  care,  attention,  with  brains,  that  are  re¬ 
quired-more  bead  work  Ilian  handwork. 

F.  W.  Stony,  Esq.,  the  well  known  stock 
grower,  has  sold  ids  lartn  o  1550  acres  at  Moreton 
Lodge,  Guelph,  Out.,  for  $70,000,  as  the  location 
of  the  “Ontario  Agricultural  College  and  Farm.’’ 

At  a  recent  sale  of  Leicester  sheep  from  the 
flocks  of  Lord  Polwortb,  an  English  breeder, 
one  ram  brought-  $850,  with  one  exception  the 
highest  price  ever  paid  for  a  Leicester  sheep. 
The  average  of  the  sale  was  $185. 

We  have  a  score  or  more  of  inquiries  for 
Countess  de  Bertha  Rose,  mentioned  lu  a  late 
number  of  this  paper.  We  are  permitted  to 
say  that  they  may  bo  had  of  Andrew  S.  Ful¬ 
ler,  Ridgewood,  N.  J. ;  price  50c.  each,  sent  by 
mail,  postage  paid. 

A  COUHESVONDENT  at  Stroudsburg,  Fa.,  asks 
where  he  can  buy  English  Cluster  hops,  and  at 
what  price.  Wc  cannot  answer.  Our  advertis¬ 
ing  columns  should  tell.  Oneida  and  Madison 
counties,  X.  Y„  are  the  main  hop-growing  dis¬ 
tricts  in  the  State. 

Why  don't  sportsmen  and  florists  who  have 
ThtimicoiithHs  nitilarvs,  illustrated  In  Rural 
New-Yorker.  April  19,  advertise  it?  Wc  are 
overrun  with  letters  of  inquiry  for  it.  We  may 
Bay  here,  that  we  do  uot  give  illustrations  of 
plants  because  some  one  lias  them  for  sale,  nor 
because  we  aim  or  desire  to  advertise  anybody. 
Whatever  is  desirable,  in  our  opinion,  is  given 
for  the  benefit  of  our  readers;  if  nobody  has 
them  for  sale  after  we  have  created  a  demand, 
so  much  the  worse  for  that  "  nobody.” 


A¥  §4 


©013 


THE  TRANSIT  OF  VENUS  IN  1874, 

The  Secretary  of  tho  Royal  Astronomical 
Society  has  written  a  paper  upon  the  coming 
traus it,  from  which  we  glean  w  hat  follows:  -The 
mot  ions  of  Venus  and  the  earth  are  such,  that 
at  successive  intervals  of  8  years,  105' -  years,  8 
years.  122 1  ,  years,  8  years,  105' j  years,  and  so  on, 
the  planet  in  passing  between  the  eart  h  and  the 
sun  is  so  near  to  the  level  In  which  the  earth 
moves  as  to  appear  to  traverse  t  he  sun’s  face. 
This  will  happen  on  Doc.  0, 1874,  and  again  on 
Dec.  6,  1882,  and  Venus  will  not  again  be  seen 
in  transit  until  June,  2001. 

Fig.  1  allows  the  paths  which  will  b°  ollowed 
by  Venus  as  she  crosses  tho  sun’s  face  during 
the  transits  of  1871  and  1882.  She  is  shown  in 
each  case  at  what  Is  called  internal  contact,  at 
ingress  (t  ami  f,‘)  and  at  egress  (e  and  e') ;  while 
at  (m  and  m  )  she  is  at  her  nearest  to  the  center 
of  the  sun’s  disc. 

Tho  transit  of  Dec.  0. 1374,  will  take  place  in 
the  early  morning  hours  of  English  time  (be¬ 
tween  Ih.  Join.  A.  M.  and  8h. 27m.  A.  M.),  and  will 
therefore  of  course  not  be  visible  In  England. 
Fig.  2  shows  the  face  of  the  earth  which  will 
be  actually  turned  towards  the  sun  at  the  be¬ 
ginning  of  the  transit.  The  cross  linos  In  this 
and  t  he  remaining  llgu  res.  represent  tho  advanc¬ 
ing  or  receding  edge  of  Venus's  shadow.  Strictly 
speaking,  11  g.  2  corresponds  to  the  moment 
when,  as  seen  from  any  point  on  the  line  fun¬ 
ning  across  the  middle  of  the 'picture  (from 
North  India  over  Australia  to  New  Zealand),  the 
planet,  will  just  bo  fully  upon  the  a  (Ill's  faco  at 
ingress,  or  tn  the  position  shnwu  at  I,  Jig  1.  The 
exact  moment  i*  a  lii  tie  doubtful,  as  it  depends 
on  tho  real  size  of  Venus  as  well  its  on  her  mo¬ 
tions,  and  the  former  point,  is  necessarily  a 
matter  or  estimation,  while  the  motions  of 
Venus,  though  very  accurately  determined,  will 
doubtless  bo  corrected  by  the  observations 
themselves  which  will  be  made  during  tho  com¬ 
ing  transit.  Tho  circumstances  of  the  transit 
will  not,  however,  be  appreciably  affected  even 
though  there  should  be  a  minute  or  two  of  error 
as  to  tho  moment  In  question,  which  is  unlikely. 
My  own  estimate  assigns  ns  the  time  2h.  15m. 
57s.  T  see  that  Mr.  Hind,  in  the  Nautical  Alma¬ 
nac,  gives  the  time  as  2h.  15ui.  21*.  l  ’ig.  2  accords 
perfectly  with  either  estimate.  Fig.  8  shows 
the  face  of  the  earth  which  will  bo  turned  in¬ 
wards  the  sun  at  the  oml  or  I  tie  t  rausit,  or,  more 
exactly,  at  the  moment  when  Venus,  as  seen 
from  any  point  In  the  lino  running  across  the 
middle  of  tho  picture  (from  South  Africa  to 
New  Guinea).  Is  Jilst.  about  to  pass  off  the  sun's 
face,  being  at  the  time  as  shown  at  <?,  tig.  1.  I 
have  obtained  os  the  epoch  of  this  phase,  t  he 
time  oh.  67m.  5*.  A.  M.  Mr.  Hind,  in  tho  Nautical 
Almanac,  give*  the  time  as  5h.  57m.  20s.  Fig.  8 
agrees  perfectly  well  with  either  time.  It  must 
be  noted,  however,  thut  the  epochs  Just  men¬ 
tioned  are  giveu  In  ordinary  clock  time  (Green¬ 
wich  or  railway  time).  Solar  time  on  Dee.  0 
is  about  seven  minutes  and  u- half  later.  This 
is  why,  in  ilg.  3,  the  meridian  six  hours  east  of 
Greenwich  is  shown  as  haring  already  passed 
the  center;  for,  though  meantime  nt  the  mo¬ 
ment  Is  but  5h.  67m.  5s.,  sun  time  is  Oh.  4!4m. 

Ou  all  the  points  hitherto  referred  to,  astron¬ 
omers  are  iu  agreement,  the  slight  time-differ¬ 
ences  above  mentioned  being  admittedly  unim¬ 
portant,  and  the  truth  as  likely  to  lie  one  wray 
as  tho  other. 

Now,  os  soen  from  northern  stations,  Venus 
will  travel  apparently  on  a  more  southerly 
course,  or  as  along  the  line  e  C,  In 
Jig.  1;  while,  as  scon  from  south-  ■BgEMKMMj 

erly  stations,  she  will  travel  on  a 
more  northerly  course,  or  as  along  j£j 

tho  line  a  a'.  (This  happens  for 

prci-ely  the  same  reason  Unit,  as 

seen  from  uu  upper  window  of  a 

house,  any  object  is  apparently 

lower  down  than  a*  seen  from  a 

lower  window.)  We  see,  then,  uA. 

that  at  the  most  northerly  si. a-  HVj  /  r(|\ 

tions  the  transit  will  last  longer,  wmS 

beginning  earlier  and  ending  wB  )  ) 

later,  than  as  seen  from  the  most  WB 

southerly  stations.  We  need  not  H/  1  \ 

here  enter  into  details ;  but  It  can  H  \ 

easily  be  shown  that  at  the  north-  H\  \ 

ern  station,  A,  flg.  2,  the  transit 

will  begin  earliest  of  all ;  while  at 

the  southern  station,  14,  flg.  2,  tho  Btt,  /T?>\ 

transit  will  begin  latest  of  all. 

Again,  at  the  southern  station,  . 

C,  fig.  3,  tho  transit  will  end  earli-  •. 

est :  while  at  the  southern  stu-  s 

tion  D,  fig.  3,  the  transit  will  end 
latest  of  all.  The  reader  can  see,  ^^BrrTrrtj 
moreover,  by  the  cross-lines  and  H 
ul-'  •  by  the  writing  appended  to 
them  how  much  the  beginning 
or  ending  of  the  transit  preoedes 
or  follows  the  mean  time  of 
beginning  or  euciug,  reopeotlve- 
ly,  at  different  places.  Thus,  If  we  take  Tas¬ 
mania  in  ilg.  3,  wo  can  Infer  from  its  position  j 


twelve  minutes  early,  and  B  will  see  the  same 
phase  (Venus  as  at  f,  flg.  1)  rather  more  than 
thirteen  minutes  late ;  so  that  If  f  lip  observer  at 
A  telegraphs  to  the  observer  at  B  when  the 
transit  begins,  the  latter  observer  will  have  to 
wait  about  twenty-five  minutes  before  lie  sees 
Venus  as  at  i.  Obviously  the  difference  in  time 
depends  on  the  distance  between  A  and  B— that 
is,  on  the  size  of  the  earth  as  compared  with 
the  distance  of  the  aun.  So  that  if  the  time-dif¬ 
ference  could  be  determined  by  telegraphic 
signalling,  then,  since  tho  size  of  the  earth  Is 

a  o  0  u  ratal y  _ _ 

known,  tho  di*-  I  ~ 

t m ic e  of  the  -uii  j 

inferred.  But  ofr 

wo  hm  e  no  tele- 

graphic  com-  /// 

municatlon  be-  HEsjlSIh? 
tween  A  and  B  ;  EfiSjfc'’  1 
and  if  we  set  RJjfiF 
observers  at  or  WB 
near  these 
points  they  If 
must  determine  ^B 
the  tlme-differ-  ^9 
enco  In  some  M 
other  way.  This 
they  can  do.  if 
they  determine 
the  exact  mo- 
ment.  of  time  RmV 
(say  Greenwich 
time)  at  which  IBaBW 
the  transit  bo-  ■' 

gins  at  their  re-  -4 

*  p  e  c  1 1  v  e  sta- 
tions,  To  do  till* 

they  must  know  BjESy 

I  lie  ex  a  i  ■  I  longi-  Ifea 

their 

stations,  and 

they  must  also  figure  1 


observe  tho  exact  moment  of  local  time  at 
which  the  transit  begins. 

Remarks  similar  In  all  respects  apply  to  ob¬ 
servers  station  d  near  C  and  D,  to  observe  the 
end  of  the  transit. 

The  met  hod  here  indicated  Is  called  Delisle’s, 
ortho  French  method  ;  and  aooordiug  to  present 
arrangements  this  country  will  trust  solely  to 
this  method.  The  Government  stations  select¬ 
ed  are  numbered  1,  2,  3.  4,  and  fi.  In  figures  2 
and  3. 

Station  t,  Ilg.  3,  is  Woahoo;  and  the  Ameri¬ 
cans  will  go  there  also.  It.  will  be  seen  that  the 
station  is  excellently  placed,  the  transit  begin* 
ning  more  than  eleven  minutes  early,  and  the 
sun  being  at  a  fair  elevation  (the  sun  is  vertical 
at.  the  point  in  t  he  center  of  figure  2,  and  on 
the  horizon  for  any  point  on  the  clrcumfer 
enoe). 

Station  3,  flg.  3,  Is  Kerguelen  Land,  a  desolate 
island,  too  often  cloud-enveloped  to  be  regard od 
very  favorably  by  (lie  experienced.  Neverthe¬ 
less  it  is  too  well  placed  for  observing  the  re¬ 
tarded  beginning  to  be  left  unoccupied.  This 
country,  and  probably  Germany  also,  will  have 
an  observing  party  there. 

Station  3  is  Rodriguez  Island,  where  the  cir¬ 
cumstances  are  less  favorable.  At  8,  or  Mauri¬ 
tius,  Lord  Lindsay  will  have  his  observing  party ; 
and  at  Bourbon  Island  (just  below  8  In  the  fig¬ 
ure)  a  French  party  will  be  stationed. 

The  selected  station  near  to  C,  fig.  3,  was  orig¬ 
inally  Auckland,  In  the  most  northerly  of  the 
New  Zealand  Islands;  but  Christchurch,  Can¬ 
terbury,  N.  Z.,  marked  4  in  ti  e  figure,  is  now 
recommended.  It  will  bo  observed  that  this 
station  can  hardly  be  regarded  as  well  placed. 


will  give  our  readers  some  idea  of  the  prepara¬ 
tions  being  made  to  witness  this  interesting 
astronomical  event.] 

Explanation  of  Figures. 

Fig.  1.— The  paths  followed  by  Venus  during 
the  transits  of  1874  and  1882. 

Fig.  2.— Thofaco  of  the  Earth  turned  towards 
the  Sun  at  tho  beginning  of  the  transit  of  1874 ; 
including,  therefore,  all  places  whence  the  be¬ 
ginning  of  fho  transit  will  be  visible. 

Fig.  3.— The  face  of  t  he  Earth  turned  towards 

the  Sun  at  the 
I  end  of  the  tran- 

sit 

. ..  '  eluding, 

where 

^Hn|B  of  the  transit 
will  be  visible. 

\k£Uh  1.  Proposed 
British  station 
at  Woahoo.', 

■  *•  onto  at  HAMMERING  THROUGH  : 

0,>  ™E  merchant  add  the  farmer. 

J3.  Ditto  at  Ro-  my  r.  p.  addek. 

drlguez.  - 

4.  Ditto  at  PART  I.-THE  TWO  FRIENDS. 

'jfl  V/1  n  rb  11  ry*  Ever  since  the  pronounced  decree  that  “by 
New  Zealand.  the  sweat  of  a  man’s  brow  shall  he  eat,"  there 
’>•  Ditto  at  has  been  an  unsuspendfid  effort  by  the  majority 
^*cx,lrK^r*w’  "f  lOankind  to  sliirk  the  responsibility  upon 
^  of  xSSu'  ^BSSgB  0.  Russian  sta-  the  shoulders  of  other  people.  Tho  desire  to 

tion  at  Nortch-  eat  of  the  fat  of  the  land  without  physical  labor 

insk.  is  universal,  and  upon  this  one  desire  l  find  that 

several  Ant  arc"  ‘'•ally  imaiiimous.  Furthermore.  re  t""  alone 

til,  ^  j , , .  |  '  ,lf  ""I  render  that  .desire  a  eerinitify.  Il.ee",-., 

which  two'  at  sc®  that  ho  who  tolls  the  hardest  Is  the  one  who 

least  should  be  Grilles  himself  the  most.  He  who  is  already 

iE  !•  occupied.  lar  a*umd  0,1 1,10  FO»U  to  wealth  gradually  loos- 

s  r  Tinri..,.'.  _  ,  ...  ens  his  purse  strings  at  the  demand  of  luxury. 

Gradually,  I  say  ;  that,  is,  as  the  purse  illlaftho 
. .  German  station  at  Tohefoo.  opening  slowly  Increases  in  dimension. 

10.  Region  suitable  for  British  stations  in  It  was  thin  desire— ln-born,  as  he  believed — 
North  India,  that  led  Matthew  Bernard  to  abandon  the 

- -  half  pay  of  a  merchant’s  clerk  and  seek  for 

THE  TEACHER’S  LOT.  wealth  where  alone  it  can  be  found  In  tiie 

-  earth  ;  to  become  an  agriculturist  In  reality,  a 

As  there  are  always  two  sides  to  a  question,  I  farmer  In  deed.  Ills  experience  I  will  relate, 
for  one  like  to  see  thorn  treated  equally.  A.  8.  that  It  may  assist,  some  and  decide  others  iu 

G.  (page  257)  makes  the  life  of  a  schoolmistress  thc  C0,|r8C  ♦'hey  choose  to  pursue  for  the  uccu- 

apnear  a  deplorable  one  indeed.  A.  8.  G.  says :  ni illation  of  money. 

‘‘The  l  anchor  conies  home  with  the  children,  "Well,  Mat.  I  hear  that  you  have  thrown  up 

hoping,  that  supper  your  position  in  Yardstick's  store,"  remarked 

household  Is  not  tired  ulef  hungry  ?M>Hns  not  IIabky  Tu0MAB  to  BERNARD,  on  (he  street, 
tho  former  been  at  work  since  early  morn  In  (lie  “Yes,  I  have  done  so,  ami  am  now  looking 
Imrn  or  woods?  Has  not  his  wife  been  sowing,  out  for  a  chance  at  something  quite  different, ’’ 
patching,  darning,  and  an  hundred  other  things,  M  ,TTm,,w 

ali  day  long,  for  the  six  little  ones?  Have  not  lAl  MArir,l‘"-  . 

the  children  hail  t  he  same  fare  (probably  an  In-  What  in  particular  have  you  in  viow  t 

ferior  one;  for  dinner  as  their  teacher,  and  had  “Think  I  shall  go  upon  a  farm,”  was  the 
their  Jlftle  brains  racked  by  tho  vexations  of  smiling  answer. 

multiplication  and  fractions?  ,  ,,  .,  . 

1  claim  that  each  member  of  the  family  looks  1,1 '  8  ff°odi  decidedly  tho  best 

forward  with  as  much  longing  am!  Impatience  thing  I've  heard  this  long  time.  What!  Mat 
to  a,  hearty  supper  and  a  quiet  night's  repose,  Bernard,  the  good  looking,  white-handed 
and  as  much  deserve  It,  as  the  teacher.  nr  point?  to  farming !"  lokimdv 

, Now  back  to  A .  8.  G.’h  opinion :  “  When  bod-  “t*tW,Y1V  *  ■  *  j  S,  , 

time  arrives  she  fa  led  Miroiigha  cold,  gloomy  laughed  Maury,  seeming  to  think  his  friend 
parlor  to  a  still  more  cheerless  bedroom.’’  |  was  merely  in  sport. 

^‘^very  m|lrh  that  the  mere  act,  of  passing  “You  may  laiigli  as  much  as  you  please, 

i  HA..BV,  u  timt  I.  Uu,  . . aw 

teacher  that  can  be  so  easily  affected  as  that  reached,"  answered  Bernard  :  and  tho  look  of 
murht  never  to  possess  a  certificate,  The  true  determination  on  his  face  eonviuoed  Harry 

SS!K2a?r  W55SR.'  « i  V‘T,W“  '"T . . . .  r,k',ld'8 

tlial  t  he  best,  warmest  iuid  most,  comfortable  decisive  words. 

room  Is  alsvays  allotted  t,o  i  liescboolmlstrcss.  “Well,  if  that  be  so,  then  1  must  say  thut  I 

1 1 ("a'pnDr ly- v cm llbu.ed  schooV-noom ^vanned  hy'L  wish  you  much  comfort  and  pleasure  delving 
coal  atoTe  by  which  slie  cannot  warm  her  feet  .”  through  the  summer's  beat  and  winter’s  snow. 
These  statements  do  not  hold  together.  The  But,  Mat— pardon  me  if  I  speak  plainly  I  can’t. 
majority  of  country  achool-houscs  are  warmed  help  thinking  you  arc  making  a 

fool 

ap(Alogy  IfARltY.  I  know 
well  emm^li  ’.mi  iii.mu 

r.  you  <lo  indulge  in  (erse  t*-riii-*.;  and 

sense  enough  to  see  that  1  can 
Wfc  ^  ■  do  better  at  twenty  dollars  per 

mtfmiw  W  <  \j!  ||[i) — '  HEBBa  month  on  a  farm  than  I  can  at 

'V»  twenty-fivc  in  a  store." 

W  'll  m  ■ '  -  \  “  Probably  so,”  answered  Tuom- 

I  V  AS,  rather  doubtfully ;  “possibly 
u0^’  mcrcantB0  business  one 
W  /Jllj.  *  \  has  a  ehanco  for  advancement: 

D  I  M  It  8  '|  *3  ,.  maT  ss  hH  but  a  farmer’s  man  is  only  a  clod- 

11  I  P  ff  r  . 'MlIlM  I  hoPPer  a" life” 

H  »'  - IIS  I II  fill/  I  “  Think  you  that  Horseurd  or 

11  ro  clotd-h°ppors?” 

BaxAI  -Eff  \  \ /B  asked  Mat,  as  a  smile  passed  o\  er 

■M  \  0  B  his  countenance. 

Kt,  \  *!v  -:^B  “  uh,  no !  they  are  rich,  and  hire 

uL.  — '  ‘  j  y  all  their  work  done.  They  spend 

M.  -Y  1  the*c  IBno  as  gentlemen,  making 

|  '-sHHH  farming  a  mere  pastime.” 

■l  '  .--'S'  “And  yet  I  heard  Everson  say, 

a  few  days  since,  thut  he  cum- 
meuced  us  a  bvy  at  live  dollars  a 

answered  Bernard. 
“Then  your  mind  is  set  oo  that 
Figure  3,  line  of  business,  while  mine  is 

bent  on  going  through  the  one  I 
>y  wood.  But  if  a  district  has  taken  so  much  am  now  in.  Perhaps  I  may  have  to  stand  at  the 

nterest  in  education  as  to  procure  a  coal  stove,  •  counter  all  my  life  ;  but  we  will  see  about  that 
Ley  certainly  must  have  interest  enough  to  ..1.  oce  huuui  rnai 

lave  a  well-vent, Hated  house.  A*  for  her  feet  80ia«  (Ab®r  time,  said  Thomas. 
icing  cold.  I  would  recommend  that  her  shoe-  When?”  asked  Mat. 

itrtng*  be  loosened.  “  If  we  both  live,  meet  in  five  years  to  com¬ 

bi  conclusion,  A.  S.  G,  exclaims What  oaranotM 
yonder  that  the  teacher,  after  a  few  terms  is  a  P^f®  11 ans" or®d  Ha«»Y. 

,vorn-out  piat;liinc !  ”  Terrible  1  la  it  not  ?  I  ask,  Well,  live  years  hence  we  will  cast  the  bal- 
vhy  is  it  that  there  are  frem  five  to  ten  appll-  anoe,  but  remain  friends  as  of  old,  in  the  in- 
•ants  eacli  term  for  every  ehool  in  thc  country  ?  terirn.” 

Is  it  that  the  life  of  a  teacher  is  filled  with  hard-  0,1. „ 
dilps  and  deprivations?  No.  It  is  because  a  Ucitamlj  ,  good  day. 

Etcher’s  work  is  a  light,  honorable  and  profit-  Good  day,”  answered  Bernard.  And  the 
ible  employment,  G.  M.  I,  two  friends  entered  upon  their  diverging  roads 


CONFIDANTS. 

All  things  that  know  a  lover’s  heart 
Know  the  worm  secret,  closed  in  mine ; 

From  all  tilings  eager  whispers  start— 

“  We  know  it,  we  know  It  I  She  is  thine.” 

The  swallow,  seeking  Southern  skies 
Where  some  clear  summer  waters  shine, 

Circles  my  tropic  dream  and  files. 

Hinging,  ”  I  fly,  hut  she  Is  thine.” 

l’nlo  flowers,  which  Autumn’s  Ups  bnvo  kiss’d, 
Whose  fur  off  .May  gives  back  no  sign, 

Murmur  farewell— their  souls  in  mist 
But  smile,  In  dying—”  She  is  thine.” 

The  cricket  from  my  hearth  at  night 
Thrills  tho  vague  hours  with  carols  fine, 

Hinging  the  darkness  luto  light, 

”  After  a  while,  and  she  Is  thine.” 


ur  ^torH-S'ellcr. 


or  follows  the  mean  time  of  Figure  3. 

beginning  or  euc.iug,  reopeotlve- 

ly,  at  different  places.  Thus,  If  we  take  Tas-  I  and  a  station  (marked  7)  within  the  Antarctic 
mania  in  llg.  3,  we  can  Infer  from  its  position  |  circle  will  be  noticed  where  both  the  difference 
(between  the  central  line  and  the  line  along  of  timeatul  the  90lar  elevation  are  greater.  This 


which  transit  begins  five  minutes  late)  that  in 
Tasmania  the  transit  will  begin  about  throe 
minutes  late. 

Now,  there  are  two  ways  In  which  a  transit  can 
be  usefully  observed  for  determining  the  sun’s 
distance.  Suppose  an  observer  stattoned  at  A, 
flg.  2,  and  another  at  B.  and  that  these  stations 
are  connected  by  a  line  of  telegraph.  A  will  see 
the  beginning  of  the  transit  rather  less  than 


station  is  Possession  Island. 

Station  5,  is  Alexandria.  At  Suez,  close  by, 
the  French  will  have  a  station,  and  probably 
other  European  parties  will  occupy  this  region 
in  force,  owing  to  Its  convenient  position.  It 
will  lie  scjii  that  the  circumstances  are  not 
much  better  at  ft  than  at  1,  and  It  is  well,  there¬ 
fore,  that  the  whole  region  near  D  Is  to  be  oc¬ 
cupied  in  force  by  Russian  astronomers,  [This 


THE  TEACHER’S  LOT. 

As  there  are  always  two  sides  to  a  question,  I 
for  one  like  to  see  them  treated  equally.  A.  8. 
G.  (page  257)  makes  the  life  of  a  schoolmistress 
appear  a  deplorable  one  Indeed.  A.  8.  G.  says ; 
“The  teacher  comes  home  with  the  children, 
Ired  and  hungry,  secrotiy  hoping  that  supper 
s  ready.’’  Tired  and  humry!  Who  of  that 
household  Is  not  tired  ami  hungry?  Has  not 
tho  former  been  at  work  since  early  morn  In  the 
barn  or  Woods?  Hus  not  his  wife  been  sewing, 
patching,  darning,  and  an  hundred  other  things, 
aB  day  long,  for  the  six  little  ones  ?  Have  not 
tin-  children  hud  the  same  rare  (probably  an  in¬ 
ferior  one)  for  dinner  as  their  teacher,  and  had 
their  little  brains  racked  by  tho  vexations  of 
multiplication  and  fractions? 

I  claim  that  each  member  of  the  family  looks 
rorward  with  as  much  longing  and  Impatience 
to  a  hearty  supper  and  a  quiet  night’s  repose, 
and  as  much  deserve  it,  as  the  teacher. 

Now  back  to  A .  8.  G.’h  opinion  :  “  When  bed- 
time  arrives  she  is  led  t  hrough  a  cold,  gloomv 
parlor  to  a  still  more  choerlfss  bedroom.”  I 
doubt  very  much  that  the  mere  act  of  passing 
through  a  cold  and  gloomy  parlor  will  depress  ( 

a  mind  that  is  capable  of  acting  as  a  teacher.  A 
toacher  that  can  he  so  easily  affected  as  that, 
ought  never  to  possess  a  certificate,  The  true 


iwiHi,  in  me  most  nor  no r  v  or  t  ie  -__m  1.,  „i, . .  .  n  ..  a  i  .7  —  ,  .  r  " 

,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ^  .  ..  ,  ,  ,  .  room  i«  always  allotted  to  thesoboolmlatress. 

id  Islands  ;  but  Christchurch,  Can-  A.  8.  G.  continues,  ”  ,8bo  must  spend  the  day 

Z.,  marked  4  in  the  figure,  Is  now  in  a  poorly-vent, Mated  school-room, warmed  by  a 
ed.  It  will  bo  observed  that  this  G7,al  ato'  GbV  which  *lu- cannot  warm  lier  feet.” 

Lllt,j|t,  t  j  ,  11  I  j  1  hose  statements  ilo  not  hold  totroihor.  Tho 

baldly  je  regarded  as  well  placed,  majority  of  country  school-houses  are  warmed 


Figure  3, 

by  wood.  But  if  a  district  has  taken  so  much 
interest  in  education  as  to  procure  a  coal  3tove, 
they  certainly  must  have  interest  enough  to 
have  a  well-ventilated  house.  A*  for  her  feet 
being  cold,  I  would  recommend  that  her  shoe¬ 
strings  be  loosened. 

In  conclusion,  A.  S.  G,  exclaims: — “What  I 
wonder  that  the  teacher,  after  a  few  terms  is  a 
worn-out  machine!”  Terrible!  iaitnot?  I  ask, 
why  is  it  that  there  are  frr.rn  five  to  ten  appli¬ 
cants  eacli  term  for  every  ehool  in  the  country? 
Is  it  that  thc  life  of  a  teacher  Is  filled  with  hard¬ 
ships  and  deprivations?  No.  It  is  because  a 
teacher's  work  is  a  light,  honorable  and  profit¬ 
able  employment,  G.  M.  t, 


am  now  in. 


IJP '*!=£■ 


# 


a 


MQOBE8S  BUBAL  I'lEW-YOBKEB, 


to  wealth,  each  with  a  hope  and  desire  to  excel 
the  other's  balance  sheet. 

Matthew  Bernard  was  an  orphan,  depend¬ 
ent  upon  his  own  energies  for  support.  Har¬ 
rison  Thomas  could  boast  of  parents  in  inde¬ 
pendent  circumstances,  but  not  wealthy.  They 
moved  in  good  society,  and  had  their  sphere  of 
social  influence. 


PART  II.  HARRY  THOMAS’  FIVE 
YEARS. 

The  days  lengthened  into  weeks,  the  weeks 
ran  through  months,  and  Thomas  steadily  ap¬ 
plied  himself  to  the  hover-ceasing  round  of  a 
clerk's  or  salesman's  duties.  Yards  of  muslins, 
silks,  prints,  threads,  needles,  and  all  the  thou¬ 
sand  articles  usually  kept  in  a  prosperous  coun¬ 
try  store,  passed  through  his  hands  with  monot¬ 
onous  round.  Smirks  for  the  gaudily-dressed 
customers  and  hurrying  off  with  t  lie  more  hum¬ 
ble.  Uniform  courtesy  to  all  won  the  good 
opinions  of  the  many,  until  it  became  a  general 
remark  that  Harry  Thomas  was  the  best  sales¬ 
man  in  the  small  country  village  of  Linton. 

Many  offers  of  easier  employment  and  better 
wages  were  held  out  to  Thom  as.  with  a  view  to 
induce  him  to  change  his  then  situation,  but 
all  in  vain.  “T  am  satisfied  as  it  is,”  was  ids 
sole  reply.  And  so  the  months  rolled  into  years ; 
yet  he  kept  plodding  on,  with  some  apparent 
object  in  view  that  lie  alone  knew  of. 

Yet  in  all  those  years  the  confidence  his  em¬ 
ployer  bad  of  this  upright  and  steady  attent  ion 
to  business  was  never  mentioned  to  any  one. 
Closely  hadin'  watched  the  ways  of  Ills  clerk, 
and  while  he  saw  many  things  that  did  not  soil 
t  he  fastidious  tastes  of  an  elderly  man,  lie  would 
quietly  declare  in  his  mind  that  44  boys  will  bo 
boys,”  and  so  seldom  intruded  advice  to  the 
one  who  sorely  needed  it.  However,  there  Was 
one  tiling  lie  did  that  showed  in  more  than 
words  the  business  opinion  ho  entertained  of 
Harry’s  tact  in  being  the  best  salesman  in 
town— he  gradually  Increased  his  wages  until 
they  were  sufficient  for  every  needful  want, 
leaving  a  margin  for  savings. 

Four  years  bad  passed  since  the  two  friends, 
H  arry  and  Mat,  had  agreed  to  compare  notes 
at  the  end  of  (he  fifth,  and  in  all  this  time 
Harry  had  not  lost  sight  of  his  desire  to  out¬ 
rival  ids  friend.  The  years  had  not  accumulated 
much,  although  there  was  a  balance  In  hi*  favor 
in  the  hands  of  Ids  employer.  So,  sitting  upon 
the  counter  one  stormy  day,  when  but  few  cus¬ 
tomers  called,  he  became  absorbed  in  a  column 
of  figures  that  he  bad  penciled  upon  some  wrap¬ 
ping  paper,  So  intent  was  lie,  (hat.  he  did  not 
notice  the  entrance  of  his  employer,  who  stood 
with  his  back  to  the  stove,  closely  watch  lug 
Harry  :  but  be  soon  advanced  to  Harry,  say¬ 
ing  :  — "  Thomas,  how  long  have  you  been  in  my 
employ?” 

“About  five  years,  sir,"  was  the  quiet  answer, 
tvs  lie  looked  up  from  his  calculations. 

“Five  years  Is  about  as  Jong  as  L  would  like 
to  keep  one  clerk.” 

“  Sir/”  queried  Marry,  while  a  shadow  passed 
over  his  face  as  though  a  dread  communication 
had  been  given  him. 

“I  said  five  years  was  long  enough  for  one 
person  to  clerk  in  lids  house,”  coldly  answered 
Binning,  the  merchant. 

"Then  you  do  not  wish  iny  services  longer,  I 
understand  you  to  say/"  queried  Harry,  with 
a  tremor  in  Ids  voice. 

“No,  1  did  not  exactly  say  that.  I  wish  to 
know  if  you  have,  saved  more  of  your  wages 
than  arc  now  in  my  hands.” 

“1  have  just  been  casting  up  to  see  how  i 
stand,  sir.  I  hud  a  vague  idea,  not  yet  fully 
formed,  that— perhaps— f  might  do  something 
with  my  small  capital  that  might  increase  it. 
somewhat— and  more.  I  have  an  engagement 
wit  h  a  friend  to  mod  him  in  a  few  months  now, 
to  see  which  is  t  he  better  business  for  a  man  to 
follow— to  show  the  difference  between  the  ac¬ 
cumulations  of  a  merchant’s  salesman  and  a 
farm  laborer  and  I  wish  to  outbalance  him,” 
replied  Harry,  with  a  smile. 

“Well,  Thomas,  l  too  have  been  figuring,  and 
]  see  I  have  paid  yon  a  trifle  over  twenty-three 
hundred  dollars  since  you  came  here." 

44  Yes,  sir  ;  and  out  of  that  I  have  saved  about 
nine  hundred. '' 

“That  is  fairly  done;  still  I  cannot  help  think¬ 
ing  it  might  have  been  more," replied  Binning. 

“Just  what  1  am  trying  to  get  at,  and  cannot 
yet  see  howl  can  do  much  better  than  I  have. 
If  you  can  show  me  in  what  way  I  can  save  a 
greater  average  than  1  have  already  done,  I  shall 
feel  greatly  thankful  for  the  information." 

“I  do  not  know  but  you  have  done  well 
enough  upi  u  your  wages;  but,  I  have  thought 
you  might  so  invest  it  its  to  bring  in  a  little— I 
mean,  make  your  money  earn  something  for  it¬ 
self,"  was  the  merchant's  answer. 

“Place  it  at  interest,  or  how  ?"  asked  Harry. 

“Invest  In  some,  business,  and  go  in  on  your 
own  responsibility.” 

“  Nine  hundred  will  not  go  far  after  paying 
the  necessary  efponse  of  fitting  up,”  modostly 
replied  Harry. 

“Exactly  so ;  and  yet  I  t  hink  1  can  sec  an  easy 
way  for  you.  There  is  a  small  country  store  at 
The  Point,  seeking  a  purchaser,  and  1  believe 
your  nine  hundred  will  enable  yon  t.o  effect  a 
purchase.  If  you  can  do  so.  I  atn  willing  to  aid 
you  somewhat,  in  getting  started." 

“I  will  consider  the  subject,  sir,"  was  Har¬ 
ry's  quiet  answer  as  the  merchant  turned  away. 

"Consider  it"  he  did,  and  the  result  was  he 
purchased  the  stock  and  good  will  of  the  estab¬ 
lishment  his  employer  had  referred  to,  and  with 
the  assistance  of  Binning  he  was  enabled  to 
replenish  Ids  stock  so  thoroughly  that  he  had 

£ _ - _ _ _ 


no  just  reason  to  complain  about  his  setting  up 
—although  being  some  encumbered  with  lia¬ 
bilities. 

Tims  far.  ail  had  been  pleasant  sailing  with 
Harry  Thomas.  His  Cup  of  Plenty  seemed 
not  to  cease  flowing. 

PART  III.  MATTHEW  BERNARD’S 
FIVE  YEARS. 

“  Who  Is  that  at  the  gate,  father?  some  gen¬ 
tleman,  I  sec,”  said  Bertha  to  her  father,  as 
she  was  clearing  the  dinner  table. 

The  old  man  arose,  and  going  to  the  door,  ol>- 
sorved a ge nteely-d res «ed  young  man  ascending 
the  Steps,  who  inqtl  A:  “Does  Walter  How- 
LAxn  live  here?" 

“I  am  bo ;  walk  ir.” 

Entering  the  spacious  dining-room,  and  being 
seated,  he  said;— “I  am  Matthew  Bernard, 
formerly  clerk  at  Yardstick's,  in  Linton,  and 
inn  seeking  a  place  to  work  upon  a  farm.  I 
have  been  referred  to  you  as  a  possible  place  to 
And  work.” 

At  those  words,  Deacon  Howland  placed  his 
golden-bowed  spectacles  calmly  on  and  looked 
BO  incredulously  at  Matthew  for  a  few  mo¬ 
ments  that  our  friend  became  almost  ashamed 
t  o  repeat  Ills  object  in  calling,  and  bent  his  eyes 
down  and  sat  gazing  al  t  he  floor,  which  almost 
glistened  in  its  cleanliness. 

.Soon  the  Deacon,  who  saw  the  flurry  his  vis¬ 
itor  was  In,  remarked  My  young  friend,  I 
am  In  need  of  a  man,  but  hardly  think  a  person 
who  has  been  subject,  to  such  training  as  you 
say  you  havQ,  would  suit  my  purpose." 

“1  am  aware  of  my  total  Ignorance  of  the  du¬ 
ties  of  a  farm  laborer, sir;  but  am  entirely  will¬ 
ing,  and  indeed  very  anxious,  to  learn.  I 
will  tell  you  frankly,  Mr.  Howland.  I  despise 
the  lazy  and  effeminate  llfo  of  a  clerk,  and  wish 
to  engage  in  a  more  ennobling  occupation," 
courageously  said  Matthew,  gaining  control 
over  himself  at  the  kind  and  quiet  words  of  the 
deacon. 

44  Arc  yon  aware  that  a  man  who  labors  upon 
a  farm  must  need*  be  exposed  to  all  weather; 
that  the  labor  itself  is  monotonous— dull,  In  a 
general  way  :  and  more  than  that.,  it  requires  a 
man  to  lay  aside  fastidious  habits  and  become 
wind  you  town  folks  call  a  4  Clod-hopper  ?’  " 
asked  the  deacon. 

44 1  have  thought  so,  and  after  mature  deliber¬ 
ation,  have  decided  to  take  hold  and  master 
the  calling  and  trust  God  for  results,  provided 
I  can  obtain  a  place  t  o  do  so,"  was  Matthew's 
ent  husiastic  reply. 

“Young  mail,"  said  Deacon  HOWLAND,  “T 
like  that  talk.  Are  you  willing  to  do  the  best 
you  know  how  ?  Are  you  willing  to  deny  your¬ 
self  many  comforts  for  the  sake  of  success?" 

“  I  am  willing,”  was  M  atthew's  brief  reply. 
“Bow  much  wages  do  you  expect?"  Inquired 
Mr.  Howland. 

“What,  my  services  are  worth,  and  no  more,” 
promptly  answered  our  young  friend. 

“ Firat-elnss  help  commands  about  twenty- 
live  dollars  per  month  and  keeping.  1  do  hot 
think  you  could  get  above  fifteen,  and  if  you 
choose  to  try  it  at  that,  you  may  slay  with  us,” 
said  the  deaeon. 

“I  was  in  hopes  of  receiving  more;  but  in 
consideration  of  my  little  Idea  of  farming,  I  do 
not  know  but  the  price  la  sufficient  and  then 
hesitating  a  moment,  that  he  might  rapidly 
consider  the  subject,  lie  soon  continued, 14  upon 
the  whole,  I  will  accept,  your  offer." 

“Very  well. sir,"  answered  Howland.  “When 
will  you  be  prepared  to  begin  work?" 

“  To-morrow,  sir.  I  must  needs  go  to  Linton 
before  I  can  take  hold  properly,"  answered 
Matthew. 

“Very  well;  1  shall  expect  you  on  the  mor¬ 
row,"— and  upon  this  the  deacon  passed  out,  to 
attend  to  his  duties,  while  our  young  friend 
walked  off  hurriedly  to  the  village,  four  miles 
distant. 

What  passed  through  his  mind  on  the  way  to 
town  is  known  only  to  himself:  but  i  lie  rapid, 
firm  tread  bespoke  the  Man  of  Will. 

Before  t  he  family  had  risen  from  the  break¬ 
fast  table  on  the  following  morning.  M  atiheiv 
ISerna  rp  appeared  at  Deacon  1 1  <  iw land's  door, 
elad  in  homespun,  with  a  small  bundle  in  his 
hands  as  be  afterwards  said,  “  sufficient  cloth¬ 
ing  to  commence  business  with.” 

Having  been  informed  that  it  was  customary' 
to  do  up  the  chores  before  breakfast,  that  they 
might  go  to  i  be  fields  immediately  after,  Mat¬ 
thew  requested  instructions  for  the  day4. 

“You  will  have  to  harrow  the  oat  field  to¬ 
day;  the  boys  will  show  you,”  said  the  deacon. 

Matthew  followed  the  boys  to  the  barn  and 
aided  in  harnessing  the  horses — so  awkwardly, 
Indeed,  that  the  other  men  could  not  repress 
their  merriment,— all  of  which  our  friend  took 
good-humoredly,  and  when  he  explained  that 
ho  was  there  unly  to  learn,  the  others  showed 
genuine  rural  w  illingness  to  aid  the  new-comer. 

[f.  w.is  a  dry.  warm  spring  day,  with  a  stiff 
breeze  from  the  South,  which  blew  the  dust 
raised  by  the  drag  all  about  him,  nearly  suffo¬ 
cating  Matthew  with  its  Intense  mastery. 
Tramp,  tramp,  back  and  forth  over  the  newly- 
plowed  ground.  All  day  the  hours  seemed  to 
grow  longer  as  each  successive  one  came,  until 
our  friend  seemed  fainting  with  the  unwonted 
labor. 

Oh!  how  the  back  ached  — bow  the  limbs 
seemed  ready  to  sever  from  the  body— how 
often  the  embryo  farmer  t  urned  his  mind  to  the 
ease  in  Yardstick’s  store— and  how,  after  each 
short  rest  or  breathing  spell,  the  hero  in  the  man 
would  break  out  with,  “  Hammer  it  through!” 
and  struggle  on  until  the  supper  horn  called 
the  men  from  the  fields. 


After  the  evening  meal  upon  the  farm,  the 
true  love  of  a  farmer’s  life  reveals  itself  in  the 
care  of  the  stock,  poultry  and  other  living  but 
unspeaking  attachments  to  every  well-to-do 
farmer.  “Yes,"  thought  Matthew,  “  here,  In 
the  care  of  these  dumb  ercat  urea,  the  ennobling 
traits  of  man  can  find  vent  for  its  talents." 

As  the  days  rolled  along,  Matthew,  whose 
whole  heart  scemt'd  imbued  with  t  he  new  world 
about  him,  slowly  gained  the  knowledge  of  the 
duties  falling  upon  him-  allof  which  lie  endeav¬ 
ored  to  perform  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  dea¬ 
con,  toward  whom  he  began  to  foci  the  a  flec¬ 
tion  of  a  son,  and  who  in  return  answered  the 
many  quest  ions  pertaining  to  the  proper  con¬ 
duct  of  successive  crops  as  eagerly  asked  by  the 
novice. 

Hoeing  In  the  heat  of  June  and  July,  with 
the  perspiration  rolling  down  his  face— hands 
blistered  and  aching  back— long  rows  before 
him  and  accustomed  hands  beside  him — Oh! 
how  manfully  did  the  young  man  struggle 
against  the  odds,  and  as  each  row  was  ended, 
sing  joyfully. 

“  Hammer  before  yea, 

Hammer  behind  you  ; 

Let  uni  liing  falter  with  yoa— 

Hammer  above  you. 

Hammer  beneath  you. 

And  hoc  your  long  row  through.” 

Not  only  did  these  words  fill  his  own  weary 
hands  with  renewed  vigor,  but.  they  also  seemed 
to  Are  the  heart*  of  those  with  him  to  such  a 
degree  that  the  deacon  would  often  be  aston¬ 
ished  that  the  work  was  going  forward  so  rap¬ 
idly.  It  is  the  sour  and  cheerless  heart  that 
drags  all  things  behind  it.  The  cheerful,  cour¬ 
ageous  one  will  push  everything  ahead  of  It,— 
and  having  got  it  in  good  motion,  the  heaviest 
part,  of  the  task  is  accomplished. 

So,  when  one  year  had  rolled  over  M atthew'r 
services  upon  the  farm  of  lleaeon  Howland, 
the  latter  re-engaged  him  for  an  Indefinite 
length  of  time  at  full,  experienced  wages.  So 
aptly  did  the  late  novice  assume  the  duties 
after  his  second  bargain  with  Ills  employer,  the 
deacon  actually  found  that  much  of  the  super¬ 
vision  of  the  estate  was  wholly  useless  because 
of  Matthew’s  foresight  and  tact  In  arranging 
the  labor  of  the  men.  This  in-born  ability 
created  confidence,  which  brought  the  same 
quality  in  return. 

Everything  prospered  during  the  second  year, 
and  notjing  lagged  with  the  third,  by  which 
time  Matthew  was  pronounced  by  the  neigh¬ 
bors  all  about  as  the  most  pract  ical  and  sensible 
among  them  all  lit  tle  recking  they  what  the 
mental  toil  t  he  slender  boy  mastered.  By  night 
ami  through  the  long  winter*  M.vjt  iiew’8  mind 
was  Intent  upon  nothing  except  devising  new 
methods  of  making  the  most  from  the  least. 
The  experience  of  men  of  science  he  tested,  and 
separated  the  good  from  the  worthless.  Tin  best 
alone  would  satisfy  his  ambition— to  excel  in  all 
things  being  his  aim. 

Could  Deacon  Howland  be  insensible  to  the 
value  of  such  service  faithful  service  such  a.' 
would  delight  only  In  hammering  success  out 
of  some  doubtful  project  ?  This  is  a  service  the 
gods  delight  iu— a  service  that  heaven  prospers 
more  exalted  than  the  conqueror  of  battles, 
the  which  draws  all  men  to  the  feet  of  the  hero 
who  dare  aim  at  such  bountiful  benefits  regard¬ 
less  of  self—1'  Excelutor  !  " 

As  the  third  year  drew  to  a  close,  Matthew 
took  advantage  of  a  rainy  day  to  meet  Deacon 
Howland  in  the  sitting-room  for  the  purpose 
of  getting  the  old  gentleman's  advice  upon  a 
project  lie  had  iong  had  In  mind— the  purchase 
or  rent  of  a  neighboring  farm.  The  meeting 
was  purely  incidental,  as  Matthew  had  not 
dared  to  decide  for  himself,  it  was  short  and 
to  the  point— as  our  hero  Immediately  broached 
the  subject  by  saying : 

“  Beacon,  I  am  desirous  of  having  the  benefits 
of  a  farm,  or  so  much  so  as  possible,  for  my  own 
use.  Shall  I  buy  or  hire  one?  " 

44  What  farm  have  you  in  view?”  asked  How¬ 
land. 

“  Bourn  old's— fifty  acres  at  one  hundred  dol¬ 
lars  per  acre,  or  one-half  for  working,”  an¬ 
swered  Matthew. 

“  Let  it  alone,"  curtly  said  the  Deacon. 

“Why so?"  asked  Matthew. 

“Take  mine  on  halves,  and  do  twice  as  well 
as  the  whole  of  that." 

“I  will  take  it,"  and  the  verbal  agreement 
was  finished  as  the  parties  separated. 

The  Orsl  of  April  —  three  years  from  the  time 
lie  came  there,  an  idiot  in  agricultural  matters 
— found  Matthew  to  all  intent  the  master  ru  - 
ing  spirit  of  the  place,  comprising  120  acres  of 
as  fertile  land  as  could  be  found  in  the  country 
about.  Siibsoiling,  draining  and  skillful  feed¬ 
ing  the  soil  for  two  years  more,  enabled  him  to 
meet  Ids  friend  Harry  Thomas. 


PART  IV.— BALANCE  SHEETS. 

“  Five  years  up  to-day,  Harry,  and  balance 
si icets  ready,  oh?  "  was  the  salutation  of 
Matthew  Bernard,  as  he  walked  into  the 
establishment  of  HARRY  Thomas. 

“  Halloa,  Mat !— Lliut  you  ?  Y uu  are  punctual, 
but  I  am  ready,"  replied  Thomas,  as  the  two 
friends  shook  hands. 

“Business  first,  pleasure  next,  is  my  motto," 
answered  MATTHEW,  drawing  a  chair  beside  his 
friend.  “  This  Is  my  balance,  and  it  reads  as 
follows. 


12  months  service,  at  $15 . 

24  “  44  “  2a . 

M  receipts  working  farm  two  years . 


$180  00 

600  00 
2,050  00 


12,830  00 

Expense  12  months . . .  $16  80 

“  24  44  .  01  00 

“  two  years .  720  00— $797  80 


$2,032  20 


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MAY  24 


44  Thus  you  see  my  net  profits  for  my  five 
years'  services  amount  to  two  thousand,  thirty- 
two  dollars  and  twenty  cents,  every  cent  of 
which  I  hare  in  cash  to  substantiate  my  state¬ 
ment.  Were  J  to  go  over  the  same  field  again, 
with  the  knowledge  1  have,  I  could  have  shown 
much  better.  Now  for  yours,”  called  Matthew, 
contemplatively. 

“  My  account  is  somewhat  lengthy,  but  for 
simplicity  I  have  bulked  it  down,  and  will  say 
that  the  savings  I  made  while  at  Binnings 
amounted  to  nine  hundred  dollars,  which  is 
now  merged  in  my  stocks.  The  account  stands 
as  follows : 

Stork  on  hand  and  bills  due . $*,680  00 

Cash  "  .W  00 

Total  assets  . . $4,GS7  (XI 

Liabilities .  2,760  W 


$2,287  00 

Which  shows  my  own  earthly  possession  to  he 
two  thousand,  two  hundred  and  eighty-seven 
dollars,  with  a  few  small  items  of  liabilities  I 
have  not  enumerated,  but  which  are  overcome 
by  bills  due  not  counted  in  this  statement.  I 
can  safely  say  I  have  in  my  own  right  over  two 
thousand."  } 

“Then  the  little  difference  in  results  thus  far 
appears  to  be  on  your  side;  but  if  we  consider 
that  my  property  is  secure  from  all  liability, 
while  yours  la  incumbered  by  entangling  alli¬ 
ances  that  may  at  any  time  cause  you  trouble, 
if  not  loss,  I  must  claim  that  mv  exemption 
from  drill  weighs  heavily  In  my  favor,"  replied 
Matthew. 

After  many  interchanges  of  personal  experi¬ 
ence,  and  planning  for  the  future,  the  two 
friends  separated. 

Thomas  pored  over  his  ledger  a  few  years, 
when  falling  health  caused  by  too  close  con¬ 
finement  and  debilitating  habits,  forced  him  to 
retire  upon  a  capital  of  six  thousand  dollars — 
sufficient,  if  judiciously  handled,  to  enable  him 
to  oat  without  the  sweat  of  his  brow. 

Bernard  returned  ID  hi*  plow,  and  by  hard 
labor  and  careful  expenditure,  in  less  than  five 
years  more  ho  was  able  to,  and  did,  purchase 
Deacon  Howland's  farm,  free  from  encum¬ 
brance  and  well  stocked— receiving  as  a  free 
gift  Bertha  Howland,  who  made  him,  as  he 
was  wont  to  say,  “feel  richer  than  all  his  acres 
could.”  Studious  to  a  degree,  lie  added  fertility 
to  his  original  and  later  purchased  acres,  until 
now,  in  the  full  strength  of  manhood,  he  is 
counted  as  the  wealthiest  man  in  town— all 
brought  about  by  Hammering  it  Tmtoucu. 

-  -  •»♦  + - 

SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 


A  good  side-show— A  pretty  cheek. 

Nature's  tailoring— A  potato  patch. 

An  unsatisfactory  meal— A  domestic  broil. 

Corn-fields  that  require  neither  plowing 
nor  sowing— The  feet. 

A  man  that,  don’t  know  enny  thing  will  tell  it 
the  first  time  ho  gits  a  chance. 

Athens,  fix.,  has  a  paper  named  “Cat,”  with 
the  motto,  “  I  can  scratch.” 

“Speech  Is  silver,  but  silence  is  golden." 
Hence  the  expression,  hush  money. 

Don’t  take  too  much  interest  in  the  affairs  of 
your  neighbors.  Six  per  cent,  will  do, 

A  piscatorial  party  is  what  they  call  it  now. 
When  we  were  a  hoy  they  called  it  “  goin'  a 
fishing.” 

What  is  that  which  occurs  once  in  a  minute, 
twice  in  a  moment,  and  no*  once  In  a  hundred 
years  ?  The  letter  M. 

A  furniture  man  is  said  to  be  the  laziest 
member  of  society,  because  he  keeps  chairs  and 
lounges  about  all  day. 

A  Nashville  man,  in  a  paroxysm  of  anti- 
Modoc  enthusiasm,  attacked  a  wooden  Indian 
in  front  of  a  tobacco  shop. 

WILLIAM,  who  is  an  undersized  clerk  in  a 
dry  goods  store,  objects  to  being  referred  to  as 
“  that  little  dry  goods  Bill." 

44  One  flesh  was  made  two,  a  few  days  ago,"  is 
the  way  a  Washington  Territory  paper  an¬ 
nounces  a  decree  of  divorce. 

A  wife  wrote  to  her  husband,  absent  in  Cali¬ 
fornia,  that  t lie  longer  he  stayed  the  better  she 
liked  him.  Bather  equivocal,  that. 

A  contemporary  speaks  of  a  fashionable 
tailor  as  being  “one  of  the  old  war-horses  of 
the  trade.”  A  heavy  charger,  probably. 

Here  Is  the  beading  of  one  of  the  Canton 
(Miss.)  papers,  introducing  a  sensational  article : 
44  A  carousal,  an  epistle,  a  cow  hide,  a  pistol  and 
a  skedaddle." 


Out  of  forty  girls  at  a  boarding-school,  none 
of  them  could  tell  how  many  years  George 
Washington  was  President,  but  they  knew  to  a 
cent  the  cost  of  any  kind  of  bustle  in  the  market. 


The  strangest  case  of  absence  of  mind  t  hat 
we  ever  beard  of  was  that  of  a  monkey  out  in 
Paducah,  which  used  to  sit  out  on  the  fence  in 
a  reverie,  and  try  to  pick  its  teeth  with  the  end 
of  its  tail. 

A  French  woman  said  that  she  never  loved 
anything.  “You  loved  your  children?”  sug¬ 
gested  a  friend.  “  When  they  were  little,”  she 
replied.  "And  you  love  diamonds?”  “When 
they  arc  large?” 


A  mother,  who  had  with  her  a  little  daugh¬ 
ter,  was  examining  the  figure  of  ahorse  on  a 
tombstone,  and  wandering  of  what  it  was  an 
emblem.  There  was  nothing  to  explain  it  in 
the  inscription.  44  Mamma,”  said  the  little  one, 
as  they  moved  away,  “  I  shouldn’t  wonder  if  she 
died  of  the  nightmare.” 


MAY  24 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  NIW-VOBSCER. 


|)ort  folio. 


PLEADING. 


Give  me  thy  faith,  that,  looking  down 
The  misty  vale  of  years, 

1,  too,  may  see  our  dear  life’s  crown 
1  to  paying  present  tears. 

Give  mo  thy  faith  so  firm  and  strong, 
Thy  trust  so  large  and  free. 

To  feel  the  years  that  roll  along 
But  bring  me  nearer  thee. 

Give  tne  thy  hope  to  charm  away 
>ly  life’s  untold  regret, 

And  whisper  to  tny  heart  it  may 
Know  love’s  own  gludness  yet. 

Glvo  mo  thy  hope,  so  warm,  my  dear, 
So  sunny  and  so  sweet, 

To  teach  my  heart  with  olden  cheer 
And  new-born  life  to  beat. 

Give  mo  thy  patience,  dear,  to  watt 
Till  from  time's  hand  hath  Hewn 
The  crowning  hour  designed  by  Fate 
To  blend  our  lives  In  one. 

Give  mo  thy  patience,  hope  and  faith— 
1  need  them,  thou  art  strong ; 

But  I  am  weary  unto  death  : 

This  waiting  is  so  long ! 

■ - -  ■  —  .  ■■ 

WHAT  GIRLS  REALLY  WANT. 


BY  BE8SJE  BEECH, 


Girls  really  want  more  self-reliance.  They 
want  more  liberty  to  choose  for  themselves. 
The  majority  of  girls  have  every  article  of  their 
wardrobe  selected  by  some  friend.  Of  course 
the  grown-up  ones  arc  taken  shopping,  the 
goods  are  selected,  and  mamma  or  an  older  sis¬ 
ter  says “  There,  that's  Just  exactly  what  yon 
want.  Of  course  you  like  ir."  The  young  Jady 
looks  dissatisfied,  and  in  a  low  voice  says: — “  T 
had  rather  have  that  pattern hut  mamma  re¬ 
plies:—  **  O,  no !  it  isn't  half  as  suitable  or  be¬ 
coming  n*  this  one,"— and  the  daughter  seldom 
Contradicts  “mamma"  before  tin:  attentive 
clerks.  Then  the  dressmaker  tells  Iter  just  bow 
it  must  be  made,  it  must  be  cut  and  trimmed 
in  a  certain  manner,  anti  it  Is  Anally  finished 
without  once  heeding  the  wishes  of  the  young 
lady.  Ten  chances  to  one,  if  she  had  selected 
the  dress,  It  would  have  been  unbecoming  :  and 
if  made  in  the  style  she  directed,  nearly  ruined ; 
lint  we  lieg  to  know  how  the  poor  child  is  going 
to  correct  her  taste  or  improve  her  Judgment, 
if  never  allowed  to  use  either? 

We  stood  by  the  counter,  riot,  long  ago,  look¬ 
ing  at  goods,  whim  a  mother  and  daughter  came 
in  and  asked  to  he  shown  some  kid  gloves.  Tho 
young  lady  selected  a  pair,  and  the  mother  said : 
"  You  can't  have  those ;  they  are  too  light ;  they 
will  soil  in  wearing  once,"  True,  it  was  a  fact : 
but  the  daughter  felt  a  hitter  sense  of  wrong  as 
she  turned  away  without  any  glove*.  Had  she 
been  trusted  to  purchase  these,  and  told  that 
they  must  be  made  to  last  as  long  as  a  pair  of 
dark  ones,  might  she  not  have  learned  to  bo 
prudent  and  thoughtful  ? 

What  if  the  fathers  and  mothers  do  sulfer 
some  for  the  blunders  their  daughters  make? 
Are  they  not  expecting  some  good  young  man 
will  eventually  marry  these  daughters?  Somo 
parents  are  so  blind  as  to  think  it  a  kindness 
to  select  everything  n  person  needs,  especially 
those  for  the  girls.  There  is  no  hotter  way  1o 
make  weak.  Inefficient  wives,  and  extravagant 
mothers,  than  this  habit  of  being  taste,  sense 
and  Judgment  for  one's  children  or  friends.  If, 
after  your  kindly  hints  about  their  purchases, 
they  make  blunders,  let  tho  blunders  come. 
Reason  will  soon  give  aid  to  their  efforts,  and 
by  failures  their  judgment  will  be  disciplined. 
Do  you  wish  your  daughters  to  begin  their  ex¬ 
pensive  experiments  in  making  purchases  out 
of  their  husbands’  purse  ?  Tho  gentleman  who 
fancied  he  was  wedding  an  angel,  might  he 
sadly  disappointed  to  find  your  daughter  en¬ 
tirely  ignorant  of  every  thing  like  domestic 
economy. 

A  lady,  who  had  been  married  several  years, 
said  to  mo  recently  that  she  never  bought  hut 
three  articles  for  herself  while  she  lived  at 
home.  Said  she: — “  You  don’t  know  what  a 
trial  it  has  been  for  me  to  make  my  own  pur¬ 
chases.  Half  the  goods  I  have  bought  have 
been  worthless,  because  mother  never  allowed 
me  to  select,  anything  for  myself.  Not  that  \ 
believe  in  letting' daughters  have  a  hundred  or 
two  dollars  to  use  without  discrimination,  but 
I  do  believe  in  their  choosing  for  themselves, 
and  thus  learning  the  quantity,  quality  and 
suitableness  of  all  kinds  of  wearing  apparel.” 

Very  few  daughters  refer  to  this  kind  of  in¬ 
dulgence  with  pleasure.  In  their  eagerness  to 
be  independent  when  wives,  and  choose  for 
themselves,  they  hardly  atop  to  consult  what 
judgment  they  do  possess.  They  are  often 
shocked  by  enormous  bills,  beside  seeing  them¬ 
selves  look  like  frights  in  the  garments  they 
have  selected  and  paid  so  dearly  for. 

To  select  a  nice,  juicy  steak  and  a  tempting 
roast,  and  $urvg  the  same  in  good  style,  might 
he  more  difficult  than  to  purchase  an  elegant 
dress  pattern.  We  know  hundreds  of  fashion¬ 
able  mammas  who  tremble  to  think  of  their 
daughters  knowing  anything  about  work,  yet 
they  insist  that  these  daughters  shall  have  the 
power  to  vote. 

There  is  more  serious  work  than  in  learning 
the  details  of  domestic  economy.  Out  of  kind¬ 
ness,  many  a  mother  removes  all  responsibility 
from  her  daughters.  She  buys,  and  has  made 
to  order,  every  article  of  dress ;  sin  holts  every 
avenue  to  labor;  she  shuts  every  door  leading 


to  healthful  exercise,  and  at  the  last  serenely 
yields  her  charge  to  the  complicated  cares  of 
wife  and  motherhood  !  IJv  sad  experience  many 
daughters  learn  here  that  idleness  has  been 
no  friend  to  them.  The  exercise  they  ought 
to  have  had  In  mother's  kitchen  would  have 
strengthened  the  lax  muscles.  The  hundred 
pleasant  tasks  of  early  home-life  would  have 
developed  their  bodies  naturally. 

There  is  a  groat  deal  said  about  woman's  in¬ 
efficient  way  of  doing  business.  Wo  are  told 
thoy  want  the  earnestness  that  characterize, 
men,  and  yet  are  they  to  blame  that  do  not 
have  this?  Perhaps  two-thirds  of  them  were 
never  taught,  to  so  much  as  take  care  of  their 
own  wardrobe.  What  has  been  their  business 
more  than  to  attend  a  boarding-school,  thump 
the  piano,  speak  German  and  dress  fashionably, 
until  they  “caught"  a  husband?  To  make  n. 
self-reliant,  independent,  business  woman,  bo- 
gins  in  the  nursery,  and  is  the  outgrowth  off 
discipline. 

- ♦♦♦ - - 

A  WINDOW  FULL. 


What  beautiful  pictures  Goo  is  painting  for 
us  these  lovely'  May  days!  Sitting  here,  this 
morning,  my  window-frame  incloses  one  more 
beautiful  than  any  which  hang  in  the  famous 
galleries  of  art.  Let  me  try  to  describe  it.  Away 
in  the  distance  stretches  a  long  range  of  bills; 
not  hills  that  are  high  or  rugged,  or  that  in  any 
way  approach  to  the  dignity  of  mountains,,  but 
simply  gentle  elevations,  upon  whose  verdant 
sides  the  little  farm-bouses stand,  embowered 
in  trees.  Look  at  those  trees  1  What  a  glory 
of  white  blossoms  crowns  the  cherry  mid  the 
plum.  What  a  delicate  Hush  upon  the  apple 
blossoms  ;  the  old  tree  has  bent,  down  so  often 
to  kiss  tho  little,  timid,  blushing  peach,  that, 
his  blossoms  have  caught  the  same  rose  hue. 
In  all  this  beautiful  coloring,  and  these  deli¬ 
cate  shadings,  do  you  not  trace  tho  band  of  the 
Master  ? 

Nearer,  the  hills  are  crowned  with  tall  forest 
trees,  which  stand  with  their  green  arms  out¬ 
stretched,  as  if  to  welcome  tho  advancing  sun. 
Every  leaflet  expands  lo  its  utmost  extent  to 
greet,  his  coming,  and  the  dewdrops  upon  its 
surface  reflect  his  splendor. 

Still  nearer,  sloping  toward  us  from  the.  hills, 
lie  the  green  meadows,  and  through  their  midst 
the  road  comes  winding  downward  to  tho  town. 
Here  and  there,  along  the  roadside,  near  tho 
fence,  elms  and  maples  stand  like  sentinels, 
while  through  their  branches  the  robins  and 
bluebirds  flit  to  and  fro, 

“And,  u-sudden,  like  a  uictcor,  gleams  along  the 
oriole.” 

At  our  foot  a  tiny  sheet  of  water  is  outspread, 
reflecting  all  the  beauty  we  have  tried  to  show 
you. 

We  have  given  you  hut  the  faintest  outlines 
of  this  picture  ;  your  imagination  must  supply 
the  rest  all  the  bloom  and  verdure,  the  still 
water,  the  clear  sky,  and  the  warm  sunlight 
flooding  the  whole. 

On  such  a  morning,  with  such  a  scene  before 
our  eyres.  our  hearts  overflow  with  joy  and 
song,  and  we  cannot  but  echo  the  Words  of  tho 
Psalmist : 

“  Praise  ye  the  Loan,  Praise  ye  the  J.orn>  from 
the  heavens;  praise  Him  in  the  hlght*. 

“Praise  ye  Him  all  His  angels:  praise  ye  Him  all 
H  Is  hosts. 

“  Praise  ye  Him  sun  and  moon ;  praise  Him  all  ye 
stars  of  light : 

“  Kings  of  the  earth  and  all  people ;  princes  and  all 
judges  of  the  earth  : 

“Both  young  men  and  maidens;  old  men  and 
children : 

“Bet  us  praise  the  name  of  the  Lord,  for  His 
name  alone  is  excellent ;  His  is  above  the  earth 
and  heaven.”  Lett ice  Vaynk. 


A  MOTHER’S  LOVE. 

•**  *'  '}  1  4  C  *  *  — 

LamaRtIne  gives  this  Illustration  :— 1 “In  some 
spring  freshet,  a  river  widely  washed  its  shores, 
and  rent  away  n  bough  whereon  a  bird  had 
built  a  cottage  for  her  summer  hope.  Down  the 
white  and  whirling  stream  drifted  the  green 
branch,  with  Its  wicker  cup  of  unfledged  song, 
and  fluttering  Reside  it  went  the  mother  bird. 
Unheeding  the  roaring  river,  on  she  went,  her 
cries  of  agony  and  fear  piercing  the  pauses  in 
the  storm.  How  like  the  love  of  an  oid-fash- 
ionod  mother,  who  had  followed  tho  child  she 
had  plucked  from  her  heart  all  over  the  world. 
Swept  away  by  passion,  lie  was  bearing  away 
with  him  the  fragrance,  of  the  shattered  roof- 
tree,  yet  that  mother  was  with  him,  a  Ruth 
through  all  his  life,  and  a  Rachel  at  his  death.” 
- - 

EVENING  HOURS  AT  HOME. 


Husband  your  evening  hours.  The  night  is  a 
profitable  season  of  mental  culture,  social  hap¬ 
piness  and  rest,.  Hooks,  conversation,  music 
these  fit  well  the  night.  Happy  now  are  they 
who  have  homes.  A  bed  to  sleep  in,  and  a  ta¬ 
ble  to  eat.  from  do  not  constitute  a  home.  Any 
old  bachelor,  with  a  salary-  can  purchase  so 
much  of  the  world's  comforts.  Hut  the  mag¬ 
netic  fireside  circle,  the  smiles  of  mother  or 
wife,  the  talk  of  the  sensible  old  folks,  the 
songs  of  sweet-voiced  sisters,  the  affectionate 
good  night  of  children;  Gie  wholesome  occu¬ 
pation  of  heart  and  mind  in  social  and  intellec¬ 
tual  enjoyment  -these  are  the  unjmrehasable 
comforts  of  home,  and  the  winter  nights, 

- 

To  harmonize  discordant  natures,  and  out  of 
discordant  individualities  to  develop  a  happy 
home,  is  oue  of  the  greatest  triumphs  that 
woman  can  achieve. 


leading  for  tho  ifouitg. 


THE  BABY. 


Where  did  yon  come  from,  bnby  dear  ? 

Out  of  the  everywhere  Into  here. 

Where  did  you  get  your  eyes  so  blue? 

Out  of  the  sky  as  I  came  through. 

Where  did  you  get  that  little  tear  ? 

I  found  It  waiting  when  l  gut  here. 

What  makes  your  forehead  so  smooth  and  high  ? 

A  soft  hand  stroked  It  as  I  went  by. 

What  makes  your  check  like  a  wnrin  white  rose  ? 

I  saw  something  better  than  any  one  knows. 

Whence  that  three-cornered  smile  of  bliss  ? 

Three  ungels  gave  me  at  onee  a  kiss. 

Where  did  you  got  this  pearly  ear? 

God  spoltc,  and  It  come  out  to  hear. 

Where  did  you  get  those  arms  and  hands  ? 

Love  made  Itself  Into  hooks  and  bands. 

Feci,  whence  did  you  come,  you  darling  things? 

From  tho  same  box  ns  tho  cherubs’  wings. 

How  did  they  all  come  to  he  you  ? 

God  thought  about  ine,  and  so  I  grew. 

Hut  how  did  you  come  to  us,  you  dear? 

God  thought  about  you,  and  so  I  um  here. 

[Good  Word.*  for  the  YoU/ng. 

— - •. 

LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

From  a  Young  Naturalist. 

Dear  Cousins:— As  tho  editor  has  been  so 
kind  as  to  publish  all  my  letters  heretofore,  I 
am  going  to  trouble  him  again. 

To-day  I  have  been  off  rock-hunting,  for  the 
first  Mine  thisspring.  I  visited  a  lodge  of  Niagara 
Limestone,  located  some  t  wo  miles  from  our 
place,  Around  our  place  the  rocks  all  consist 
of  Medina  Sandstone.  The  rock  is  commonly 
red,  but  Is  sometimes  found  beautifully  mot¬ 
tled,  it  contains  but,  few  fossils  in  fact  tho 
only  one  of  importance  being  a  petrified  sea¬ 
weed,  known  as  "  Medina Fucold."  It  is  some¬ 
times  found  covering  the  nicks.  Interlaced  in 
all  directions,  forming  quite  a  curious-looking 
stone.  Therefore  I  have  to  go  some  distance  to 
find  rocks  abounding  in  fossils. 

It  was  late  when  I  found  the  quarry,  and 
hence  I  did  not  get  as  marry  specimens  as  l 
otherwise  would.  First,  I  have  two  pieces  a  few 
inches  square,  completely  covered  wilh  fossil 
shells  similar  to  those  I  spoke  of  in  my  last  let¬ 
ter,  which  I  found  in  the  rocks  of  the  Hamilton 
Period.  Then  l  have  a  couple  coni, uining  stems 
of  the  Encrinlt.e,  a  kind  of  Crlnold,  or,  us  they 
are  more  commonly  called,  from  their  shape, 
“ Stone  Lilies."  These  Cricoids  grew  upon  a 
stem  which  was  fastened  to  the  ocean  bed, 
something  as  the  Star-fish,  a  living  Radiate,  is 
attached  to  the  earth. 

I  also  found  a  few  pieces  in  which  those  stems 
formed  Hie  greater  portion  of  the  rock,  being 
massed  together  in  every  conceivable  shape, 
broken  off  and  crossing  each  other  in  all  direc¬ 
tions.  Those  stems  are  composed  of  a  great 
many  parts  joined  together,  ami  one  of  these 
joints  when  broken  off  looks  a  great  deal  like  a 
button  mold  so  much  so  I  have  heard  people 
style  I, hern  “fossil  button-molds."  These  stems 
are  hollow;  and  at  a  place  a  few  miles  away, 
where  they  nrovory  plenty,  the  hoys  sometimes 
gather  them  and,  after  disjointing  them,  string 
them  as  beads. 

1  see  I  have  written  a  very  long  letter,  and, 
for  fear  it  will  he  doomed  to  the  waste-basket, 
I  will  dose.  In  iny  last  1  requested  correspond¬ 
ence  with  some  other  “Young  Rurallst,"  and 
have  been  very  much  pleased  to  receive  three 
letters,  all  of  which  I  have  answered.  I  hope 
more  will  write  soon.— Young  Naturalist. 

How  to  Catch  Rats. 

Editor  Rural:  -  I  am  glad  to  let  you  know 
that  we  received  tho  Rural  and  the  beautiful 
picture.  Father  has  taken  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  for  several  years.  1  think  it  a  very  in¬ 
teresting  paper.  I  am  fourteen  years  old.  We 
have  a  dog ;  his  name  is  Watch.  He  is  good  to 
catch  rats,  See.  We  goto  the  woods  a-hunting  ; 
wo  caught  two  woodchucks  tills  winter.  Father 
gives  us  (If Leon  cents  for  each  ftkin  a  id  five 
cents  for  every  rat  that  wo  catch.  Perhaps  the 
Rural  hoyswould  like  ro  know  a  good  method 
of  catching  rats  :  —  Take  a  barrel  and  part  fill  it 
with  water;  balance  a  lid  by  driving  a  nail  in 
the  center  of  it,  and  suspend  it  in  the  barrel 
eight,  or  ten  inches  from  the  top.  Put  some 
meal  or  some  kind  of  bait  on  the  lid  ;  the  rat 
gets  on  it  to  get  some,  and  the  lid  tilts  him 
Into  the  water,  and  he  is  safe.  I  know  It  to  be 
effectual  by  experience.  Try  it.— C.  L.,  SripU)- 
vttle,  N.Y.  _ 

Trailing  Arbutus. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor:  I  am  only  a  little  girl  of 
ten.  I  thought  I  would  write  and  ask  you  if 
you  would  like  to  have,  a  bunch  of  Trailing  Ar¬ 
butus?  They  are  very  sweet-swelling  flowers, 
and  very  plenty  here.  1  can't  attend  eihool, 
because  it  is  a  mile  and  a-half  one  way,  and  the 
other  two  miles.  My  father  take#  the  Rural 
and  the  Agriculturist;  my  mother  takes  the 
Fruit  Recorder,  and  my  cousin  takes  Hearth 
and  Home,  and  my  brother  takes  the  Examiner. 
So  you  see  wc  are  not  without  reading.  ALLiK 
L.  Y.,  Brlck*buro,  A'.  1’. 


A  Minnesota  Miss. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor:  I  live  out  in  the  coun¬ 
try,  in  the  State  of  Minnesota.  I  like  the  coun¬ 


try'  much  better  than  the  city.  I  have  been  liv¬ 
ing  in  tho  city  this  winter,  going  to  school,  as 
we  do  not  live  very  near  a  school  house.  Wo 
have  lived  within  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from 
where  wc  live  now  for  nine  years.  We  take  the 
Rural,  and  all  love  it  very  much.  Cannot  say 
too  much  for  the  premium  picture  which  ac¬ 
companied  it.  Carrie  M.J.,  Winona  Co.,  Minn. 


lilt'  filial  IT. 


ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.  No.  13. 


£3?"  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


BIBLICAL  ENIGMA.  No.  1. 


Composed  of  letters,  syllables  and  words  I  am : 

la  verse  I'll  tell  of  each,  the  number,  if  l  enn. 

The  first  contains,  less  ten  times  ten,  the  square  feet 
In  a  owl ; 

The  second  m  the  Bible  is  a  very  common  word ; 

To  multiply  It  liy  a  four,  just  makes  the  first  nor  less 
nor  more : 

The  third,  when  multiplied  by  five,  makes  two  more 
than  the  first ; 

The  two  last  in  oue  number  put,  just  makes,  plus  one, 
the  lnuhoti  lit  a  foot. 

My  1,23,0.  4  and  5  is  the  name  of  him  whom  St  . 
Paul  styled  Ids  own  son  "after  tho  com¬ 
mon  faith. 

My  2,  7,  10,  25,  15  and  6  is  the  name  of  the  mother 
of  him  who  began  the  order  of  the  Proph¬ 
ets  and  the  ITth  Judge  of  Israel. 

My  3, 10,  14  and  13  is  the  name  of  a  prince  of 
Midisn,  and  who  was  slain  on  a  rock  bear¬ 
ing  Ilia  na me. 

My  4  and  10  is  the  name  of  the  birthplace  of 
him  in  whose  seed  God  promised  that  all 
rial  ions  of  I  he  earth  should  ho  blessed. 

My  5,  13,  1  and  HI  is  t  he  mime  of  the  first  King  of 
the  Israelites,  and  the  Hebrew  name  of 
one  of  the  most  learned  Apostles  named 
in  t  he  New  Testament. 

My  7,  10,  IK,  10.  15  and  24  in  the  name  of  a  moun¬ 
tain  in  Armenia  in  Asia,  whose  summit 
has  never  been  reached,  although  several 
attempts  have  been  made. 

My  8,  18.  13,  7  and  III  is  the  name  of  him  who 
took  udvaiiuige.  of  (lie  necessity  <d'  his 
nephew,  who  sought  for  protection  iu  his 
family  Trum  the  threats  of  an  exasperated 
brother,  by  forcing  him  to  toll  -even  years 
longer  than  the  time  covenanted  for  In 
withholding  the  real  consideration  for  111* 
services. 

My  10.  14,13  and  II  is  tho  name  of  the  mount 
from  which  Moses  beheld  the  promised 
land. 

My  13,  21,  24,  3,  4.  30  and  II)  is  I  lie  name  of  the 
maternal  grandfather  of  EsaU  and  Jacob. 

My  14,  5,  1,  fl,  21  and  hi  is  the  name  of  her  who, 
by  remarkable  accomplishment  *,  gained 
tne  affection  of  agnail  king,  and  by  mar¬ 
riage  to  him  ontno  to  t  he  t  hrone  of  one  of 
the  kingdoms  of  Asia,  and  a  lso,  by  a  pe¬ 
culiar  and  humane  interest  manifested  in 
the  Jews,  devis'd  means  to  save  them 
from  a  general  annihilation  planned 
through  the  offended  pride  of  a  very  wick¬ 
ed  man. 

My  16,  7,  2.  18  and  13  Is  (lie  name  Of  the  mother 
of  him  who  bore  the  name  of  one  of  tho 
two  brazen  pillars  which  Solomon  erected 
in  the  porch  of  the  tern  pie. 

My  17,  26,  28,  24,  4  and  27  Is  the  name  of  him  who 
refused  to  so  disregard  I  he  Roman  custom 
in  tho  administration  of  the  law  as  to  con¬ 
demn  one  of  the  A  post  le*  without  a  hear¬ 
ing,  although  importuned  to  do  so  by  a 
Jewish  rabble. 

My  22,  15,  12,  26  and  16  is  a  word  often  used  in  the 
III  ole,  ami  the  name  of  a  thing  used  in  the 
performance  id  a  church  ordinance  by  all 
denominations  of  worshippers. 

My  23,  27,  15,  23, 18  and  6  is  the  name  of  the  son 
of  Amos,  and  first  iu  order  among  the 
l'ropbet*. 

My  whole  is  a  command,  Ihe  violation  of 

which  has  jeopardized  the  liberties  of  thou¬ 
sands  and  sacrificed  the  lives  of  millions. 

E3T"  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

• - I'M - 

PUZZLER  INQUIRIES,  No  2. 


1.  Willie  II.  Mead  writes  with  reference  to 

the  first  inquiry  under  this  head.  Rural,  May 
3:  -“There  Is  no  way  of  solving  the  example 
about  the  ditch  so  that.  A  and  It  could  make  $50 
each,  if  one  received  12‘  ,,c.  arid  the  other  «7‘  ,e. 
per  rod.  /Too/.*  If  each  one  made  #51),  a,  who 
received  per  rod,  would  have  as  many 

rods  to  dig  as  $I.I2«%  is  contained  In  $511.  Thus, 
$50  divided  by  ILY'  j-  41  4-fl  rods  ;  1 0il  rods  44  1-71 
rods- 55 5-9,  the  number  of  roils  B  had  to  dig; 
55  5-fi  •  87! i- $48.01  *  B  received.  There  is  no  way 
of  working  that  example. 

2.  Will  sortie  of  the  ltu  UAL  readers  pie  ise  give 
a  correct  explanation  to  the  following  algebrai¬ 
cal  promblem :  Let  t  l  And  y 

course  r—  u ;  multiplying  both  members  of  t  he 
equation  by  g,  we  have  r  u~il  ;  subtracting 
from  both  members,  we  have  .r  //  r  =;/•'— r-’ ; 
dividing  by  y — ;t,  we  have  t-  j/  ,r  :  ,  as ./'  1  and 
y=  L  we  have  1—1*1,  or  1  -2.-  Andrew  W. 

{W  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- »»  » 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.-May  10. 


Illustrated  Rebus  No.  11.  —  Children  are 
usually  not  without  petuiancy. 

Cross-Word  Enigma  No.  9.— Europe. 


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Count,  do  Chambord  to  aut  horize  the  Legiti¬ 
mists  to  nominate  tbe  Duke  d’Aumale  for 
President  In  place  of  M.  Thiers. 

Thk  Trfl/uno  of  Havana  continues  its  attacks 
on  the  distinguished  patriotic  contractors  who 
traffic  In  the  Cuban  war  and  lose  nothing;  w  ho 
are  worse  for  t  tie  country  than  Its  open  enemies, 
and  whom  if  holds  to  account  for  all  the  evils 
which  nffilct  the  Island.  The  early  appearance 
of  t  wo  new  Republican  Journals  Is  announced. 

True  hr  is  a  man  in  lids  city  who  bet  with  a 
citizen  of  Valley  Palls,  $15  on  the  election  of 
Gen.  Grant.  Finding  himself  the  winner,  lie  lias 


Lieut.  Geo.  M.  Harris,  aged  Sd,  has  died  from 
wounejs  received  ill  t  he  Lava  Beds. 

Fire*. 

Tun  International  Hotel  at.  Halifax,  N.  S., 
on  tho  11th  ;  loss,  $30,000  Paper  mill  at  Claio- 
liiont,  N.  H.,on  the  10t  h;  loss,  $30,000.  .  tjhurch 
of  t  he  Ascension,  Baltimore,  on  t  he  12t  h  ;  loss, 
$30,000  .  Mills  at  Bryson,  Ont..  on  the  15th; 
loss, $30,000.  .Stables at  Concord,  N.  II.,  on  flic 
19th;  lo*,s  $36,000  . .  Buildings  on  Bluff  St.,  Jo¬ 
liet,  III.,  on  the  10;  loss,  $40,000  Thirty-six 
houses  In  Ottawa,  Canada,  on  the  lflth  ;  loss, 

$150,00(1 . Brush  factory  in  Grand  Rap, ids, 

Mich.,  on  the  16th  ;  loss,  $60,000. 


The  Kunil'i,  Prciniiiiii  Picture,  "Birth-Day 
Morning,"  u  Superb  Steel  Engraving,  worth  $5,  Is 
sent  post-paid,  to  every  one  paying  only  $2.50  for 
Mookb'h  Rural for  1673.  It  is  Now  H'-wLy,  and  will 
be  sent,  without  delay  to  all  entitled. 

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scriber  or  not.  can  have  (for  himself  or  a  friend)  the 
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and  keep  the  other.  The  Rural  will  make  your 
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ItyDS  of  the  »eh. 


BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS, 

This  Portland  (Me.)  Argu  n  says  that  United 
Staten  Marshall  Marble  of  that  State  has  been 
carrying  on  an  extensive  blackmailing  business. 
His  favorite  method  of  procedure  is  to  go  to 
some  man  who  has  sold  or  given  a  email  quanti¬ 
ty  of  liquor  to  a  alck  person  find  threaten  him 
with  legal  proceedings  unless  lie  paid  down  u 
certain  amount,  of  money.  Tint  usual  price  won 
$100.  The  Argus  gives  two  cases  which  have 
occurred  recently.  One  of  the  vie  Hips  was  a 
physician  and  the  other  a  poor,  hard-working 
man.  Neit  her  were  liquor-sellers,  and  had  only 
given  a  small  quant  ity  at  t  he  urgent  requests  of 
sick  persons-  The  former  paid  $100  anil  the 
latter  $03.  Tho  Argna  thinks  Marshall  Marble 
lum  made  not  less  than  $6,000  in  this  way  during 
the  past.  '’»»r. 

Thk  Secretary  of  War  ha.-  appointed  the  fol¬ 
lowing  adeut.itlc  gentleman  to  accompany  the 
survey  on  tho  North  Pacific  Railroad  under  the 
command  of  Col.  Stanley,  which  Is  to  start  ont 
anew  from  Fort.  Rico  on  Juno  15:— Prof.  Llody, 
Paleontologist  of  the  Pennsylvania  University; 
Prof.  Loo  Lesquercaux, Geologist,  of  Columbus, 
Ohio;  Prof.  Lionel  It.  .Vetler,  Mineralogist,  New 
York;  Prof.  James  A.  Allen,  Zoologist,  Cam¬ 
bridge,  Mass.;  Win.  R.  By  well.  Photographer, 
Washington;  Edward  Htioplcky,  Artist,  Cam¬ 
bridge,  Mass.;  Prof.  Thomas  C.  Porter,  Botanist; 
Prof.  Henry  C.  Chapman,  Volunteer  Assistant 
Paleontologist ;  and  C.  W.  Bennett,  General 
Assistant  to  the  members  of  the  Scientific 
Corps. 

No  wonder  the  Northwest  is  eager  for  cheap 
transportation,  especially  If  It  is  so  cheap  as  one 
of  the  speakers  at  the  Congressional  Conven¬ 
tion,  which  lias  just  boon  feasted  by  St,  Louis, 
would  have  us  believe.  The  Hon.  H.  O.  Slan- 
nard,  Congressman-elect  from  that  city  electri¬ 
fied  i  lie  Convention  with  this  astonishing  state¬ 
ment  , " River  transit  is  100  per  cent,  cheaper 
than  canal,  and  nearly  51)3  per  cent,  cheaper 
than  railroad."  Transportation  which  carries 
freight  for  nothing,  and  pays  tho  shipper 400  per 
cent.  Is  liberal  enough  for  any  one. 

Por.NUlMi  as  u  persuasive  has  had  a  fair  trial 
in  St,  Joseph,  Mo.  Lena  than  two  months  ago, 
Harrington,  lawyer  and  widower,  married  M  •*. 
Sal  tie  Van  Horn,  widow,  whose  deceased  hus¬ 
band's  life  was  Insured  for  $5,0Jb.  Recently 
Harrington  bargained  to  sell  hi*  wife’s  house 
and  lot  for  $2,830,  and  asked  her  to  .sign  the 
deed,  which  she  declined  to  do.  Though  she 
was  Stick  at  the  time,  he  had  recourse  to  muscu¬ 
lar  blandishments,  and  did  so  beat  and  bang 
her  that  at  last  she  executed  the  deed. 

In  response  to  the  Inquiry  of  a  friend,  Senator 
Sumner  recently  wrote  t  hat,  the  real  purpose,  of 
his  b  e  1  H  i -r  resolution  was  not  to  enter  the 
Gov  riciit  Departments  and  tear  from  tho 
archives  the  re>  mi*  of  tho  war,  but  to  prevent 
those  records  fr  <  being  placed  upon  future 
army  registers  and  1  lie  battle  Hags  to  be  borne 
hereafter  by  the  iv  rular  army.  Tho  Senator 
said  ho  did  not  doubt  that  the  resolution  would 
take  care  of  itself. 

A  dispatch,  dated  Rome  May  17,  says:— The 
health  of  the  l’ope  Is  Improving  rapidly.  Nu¬ 
merous  deputations  called  upon  him  to-day 
and  were  received  by  his  Holiness,  who  held  u 
grand  reception  In  the  Vatican,  May  18,  wc 
hear:— The  Rope  to-day  received  the  French 
Legation  and  a  deputation  of  foreigners.  The 
Pope’s  condition  Is  still  feeble,  hut  the  indica¬ 
tions  of  Improvement  are  satisfactory. 

It  Is  rumored  that  tho  Legitimists  and  Or- 
loanistH  have  combined  In  a  movement  for  the 
overthrow  of  President-  Thiers,  and  that  they 
have  sent  Rochefoucauld  to  Vienna  to  ask  the 


piously  given  the  money  to  the  Methodist 
Ghurch  in  Valley  PaJla,  which  received  it  with 
out  a  word  about  the  sinfulness  of  betting. 

Nantucket,  Mass.,  having  given  up  the  pur¬ 
suit  of  t  lie  great  whales  which  once  made  her 
famous,  is  not.  ashamed  to  puisne  smaller  game, 
and  from  the  1st  of  November,  tilt.  to  the  1st 
Inst.  Inis  exported  2.333  barrels  of  opened  clams, 
worth  $;Ki,ci)7. 

Turku  enterprising  San  Francisco  men  pro¬ 
pose  to  try  the  foolish  experiment  of  voyaging 
to  Japan  In  a  hit  of  a  boat,  only  90  feet  long,  13 
feet  depth  of  hold  and  Klfoet  beam.  It  is  stated 
that  their  friends  "are  trying  to  entice  them 
inland." 

'The  Detroit  Free  Press  has  information  from 
Washington  that  "  Senators  Chandler  and  Ferry 
arc  two  of  I  be  hitherto  unnamed  Serial  or.  who 
have  turned  over  their  share  of  the  back  pay 
steal  to  the  Treasury  of  t  he  United  States  " 

Reports  from  Khiva  represent  that  the  Khan 
Is  greatly  alarmed  at  the  approach  of  the  Rus¬ 
sian  columns,  and  has  ordered  a  levy  ni  manui 
of  the  able-bodied  male  population  to  resist 
invasion. 

Candidates  for  the  Chief-Justiceship  are 
multiplying  rapidly.  Tho  most  recent  are  ( 'aleb 
Cushing,  Judge  llluck,  William  K.  Groedjcek, 
and  Lyman  Trumbull. 

The  managers  of  tho  Cunard  line  of  steamers 
have  decided  to  adopt  the  Lane  route  across 
the  Atlantic  for  their  vessels  to  avoid  collls- 
slons. 

Ex-Congressman  George  A.  Ha  Hoy  of  the 
VI t  h  New  Jersey  District  has  returned  his  back 
l»ay  to  the  United  States  Treasury. 

The  steamer  Polynesian  sailed  from  Liver¬ 
pool  with  fifty  children,  who  are  to  be  placed  in 
homes  In  Canada. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS. 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

John  C.  Dxmmick  committed  suicide  on 
the  10th  :  cause,  dyspepsia. ...The  management 
of  the  Last  River  Bridge  has  been  sustained 
The  American  Silk  Association  has  held  its 
annual  se-sion  .  There  was  a  great  rush  for 
tho  now  nodal  cards  Tho  Columbia  Law- Col¬ 
lege  has  just  graduated  138  members  . .  Rubin¬ 
stein  has  been  giving  his  farewell  concerts  ... 
The  Railway  Association  of  Amer  ica  has  been 
In  session  at  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel  Nixon 
was  hanged  on  the  lflth  The  case  of  Stokes 
goes  before  the  Court  of  Appeals. .  ’Tin*  last 
building  of  the  old  S.  V.  Hospital  has  been  rlo- 

nuiiisheO . The  Mayor  and  Aldermen  have 

come  to  terms,  ami  the  nominations  have  been 
conllrmed  ..Samuel  Leggett,  a  Port  Warden, 

committed  suicide  on  the  14th _ Rev.  Dr.  If. 

H.  Paddock  of  Brooklyn  has  been  elected  Epis¬ 
copal  Bishop  of  Massachusetts  Colored  citi¬ 
zens  paraded  on  I  he  15th, and  held  a  mass  meet¬ 
ing  for  Civil  Rights  Mr,  Bellow  has  sailed  for 
home _ Gentlemen  demanding  a  no  v  Interna¬ 

tional  Code  have  held  a  meeting  .  There  arc 
8,400  liquor  stores  In  the  city  .  .The  now  foun¬ 
tain  at.  Central  Park  lias  been  opened  :  It  cost 
$65,000.  .Work  has  been  commenced  on  the 
new  Tribune  building  —  Mr.  Tweed  has  again 
pleaded  not.  guilty. ...The  new  Train  trial  has 
commence  1 

Home  New*. 

North  Easton,  Mass.,  was  filled  with  peo¬ 
ple  on  the  11th,  to  attend  Oakes  Ames'  f uncial. 

..Senator  Sumner  has  obtained  a  divorce  ... 
The  nurvlvor®  of  tho  Polaris  expedition  have 
arrived  at  St.  Johns,  N.  F  ...Judge  Picrrepont 
of  New  York  lias  been  offered  I  lie  mission  to 
Russia  .  .The  funeral  of  Chief  Just  ice  Chase, 
In  Washington,  on  the  13th,  waa  the  l&rgCr  t  ever 
seen  i>i  that  l  ily;  the  Pre*idcut  attended 
Tho  Eric  Railway  has  commenced  to  lay  a 
double  track  ..Saratoga  Is  anxious  to  build  •*. 
monument  ..Men  from  New  York  have  been 
soul  to  work  the  coal  mines  In  Youngstown.  (J. 

...  Thu  Modocs  have  been  repulsed  in  another 
battle  Kansas  is  agitated  over  what  ere 

called  the  Bender  minders _ The  Army  of  the 

Potomac  had  a  great  re-iiiiion  at.  Now  lino'll, 
Conn.,  on  t  ho  13th  ;  Grant,  Sherman,  Sheridan, 

Hancock  and  Burnside  were  present . The 

Usury  bill  has  been  defeated  In  tho  Albany  Leg¬ 
islature..  Charges  having  been  made  against 
Mr.  Cornell  of  the  C uivondty,  relative  to  State 
lands,  he  demands  a  i  Investigation  .  ..The  Mo¬ 
doc  war  is  being  carried  on  on  a  largo  male  ... 
Tho  Navy  Department  has  sent  a  ship  ufl*r  the 
survivors  of  the  Polaris  expedition  ...A  Social 
Science  Convention  has  boon  in  session  ill  Bos¬ 
ton  .The  N.  Y.  Legislature  will  investigate 
the  charges  against  Mr.  Cornell  An  Italian, 
Luigi  LusSgnuni,  was  hanged  in  Morristown,  N. 
.T.,  on  the  15. h  Women  In  college.,  was  thor¬ 
oughly  discus-Mid  at  the  Boston  Social  Science 
Convention.  ..  Tho  Presbyterian  General  As¬ 
sembly  has  been  In  session  in  Baltimore  ... 
Washington  is  to  have  a  hospital  for  disabled 
soldiers. . .  .Montgomery  Blair  and  the  late  Mr. 
Chase  have  vindicated  t  he  fame  of  Lincoln  from 
the  assaults  of  Mr.  Adams  .Rutland,  Vt.,  has 
a  Musical  Festival ...  Business  on  the  Erie  canal 
lias  begun  Jainos  A.  Coo.  a  Boston  broker, 
has  I  eeu  arrested  for  forgery  .  Gen.  Van  Hu¬ 
ron  has  published  lettons  to  the  President  aud 
Secretary  of  State;  he  will  lay  the  matter  of 
his  suspension  before  Congress  .  Senator  Cns- 
sorly  declines  back  pay,... The  corner  stone  of 
Bayer  College  al  Ithica,  hits  been  laid  <  liari.-:, 

M  .  .rt  i  in.-r  w.. .  hanged  in  S.m  Fram  . . .  tht 

lflt.li, and  Joseph  O’Neil  In  Ml.  Carrol  ,  111  .  . 
Gens.  Davis  Htid  < fillcm  have  hurl  a  narrow  es¬ 
cape  from  drowning  while  crossing  Tule  Luke; 
our  troops  suffer  for  want  of  water:  no  attack 

on  the  Modocs  Is  dally  expected _ The  Liquor 

Law  is  being  enforced  in  Chicago  and  Boston 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 


ItlUcellaiifionn  Foreign  New*. 

At  the  Kupnlemenfary  elections  in  Paris, 
Radicals  were  chosen  Madrid  votes  in  favor 
of  a  Federal  Republic  .The  soldiers  In  the 
Province  of  Biscay  are  In  revolt.  The  public 
debt  of  Spain  b  one-third  more  than  in  1808 
The  Atlantic  disinter  H  being  investigated  at 
Liverpool  The  pope  u  ill,  a,  usual...  The 
KuswJutih  have  taken  Khiva  Tho  new  King 
and  Queen  of  Sweden  w  ere  crowned  on  tho  12th  ; 
there  were  great  crowds  at  Stockholm  to  wit¬ 
ness  the  fo-i  I  v  It  it  s .. . .  The  Emperor  of  Russia 
will  arrive  in  Vienna  on  June  1st,  to  remain  a 
week.  The  King  of  tire  Belgians  will  arrive  at. 
the  sumo  time  .The  IlinneTttl  eri*D  in  Europe 
continues  . . .Nearly  all  tho  Deputies  chosen  in 
Spain  arc  Federal  Republican*. .. .Twenty  riot¬ 
ers  have  been  arrested  in  Rome..  .The  Prus¬ 
sian  Minister  of  Commerce  has  resigned _ A 

Republican  Conference  has  been  held  in  Bir¬ 
mingham —  England  will  send  a  largo  naval 
force  t  o  Zanzibar  Austria  allow  s  public  Pro¬ 
testant  worship  In  Vienna  ..  A  coal  mine  at 
New  Glasgow,  Nova  Scotia,  exploded  on  the 
13th,  and  some  73  men  and  boys  were  killed : 
the  mine  took  Oro.  flame*  -hooting  up  100  feet  : 
tho  scenes  which  followed  were  terrible  Tire 
Russians  Dave  defeated  the  Turcomans  and  cap¬ 
tured  1.000  eameU. ...  Spain  H  preparing  an  Elec¬ 
toral  bill  for  Cuba  Gen.  Agramont.c  of  Cuba 
is  dead  ...There  Is  a  disagreement  in  the  French 
Cabinet  Mr.  Bradlaugh  and  M.  Gambettn  arc 
going  to  Spain  . .  The  Nova  Scotia  disaster  re  - 
suited  from  (he  use  of  powder:  tho  mines  have 
been  filled  with  water  ThO  Exhibition  llulltl- 
Ing  at  Vienna  has  berm  injured  by  a  storm; 
the  goods  were  damaged  by  the  rain  ;  the  visit¬ 
ors  to  tho  Exhibition  grow  less  and  less.  The 
intuit:  continue*:  on  the  15th,  100  hou-es  in 
Vienna  failed  ...Great  floods  are  reported  in 
Turkey,  with  low-  of  life  .  The  Khan  is  alarmed 
at  the  approach  of  the  Russians.  ,  f ’nr  list  vic¬ 
tories  are  reported.  The  city  of  Mat. in  ha-  been 
captured,  and  Barcelona  la  alarmed.  The  panic 
ha:*  extended  to  Odessa  ...There  is  a  Bourbon 
attempt  In  overthrow  Thiers  The  Pope  Is 
again  better  The  President  of  Mexico  ha* 
given  a  banquet  to  our  Minister  Nelson  .  Com¬ 
munists  are  being  arrested  In  Switzerland _ 

The  Khali  of  Persia  lias  three  of  hi*  wives  with 
him  —  Jackson  B.  Schultz  has  arrived  in  Vien¬ 
na  In  place  cif  Gen.  Van  Huron. 

- »-»» 

SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 


Messrs.  Freeman  A  Burr,  of  the  well  known 
clothing  bonne  on  Fulton  street,  In  our  city, 
have  devised  aud  perfected  a  system,  “  known 
us  tho  Country  Order  Kystom,"  by  which  a  per- 
4<>n  in  any  part  of  the  country  can  select  hlB 
own  material  from  u  variety  of  sample*,  measure 
himself  as  accurat  ely  as  if  ho  were  personally 
under  the  tailor’s  hands,  and  obtain  all  the 
clothing  he  may  require  at  \rw  Y>>rh  price*  an d 
In  New  Yarketyk-is.  This  system  places  the  ruo.-t 
distant  customer  on  tire  same  footing  a*  the 
city  resident.  All  that  anyone  has  to  do  la  to 
.send  III*  name  and  he  will  receive,  free  of  ebatye, 
an  envelope  containing  fashion  chart  *,  rules  for 
self-measure,  tape  rule,  samples,  order  blanks, 
and  full  instructions  on  every  point.  Satisfac¬ 
tion  is  guaranteed,  so  there  is  no  danger  of  mis¬ 
understanding  or  nil-take.  Wc  need  hardly  add 
that  our  friends  will  get  good  treatment  from 
the  above  gentlemen,  and  be  well  nulled  in  any 
dealing  they  may  have  with  t  hem. 


11  nn  nrllde  is  to  be  judged  by  its  popularity 
or  success,  the  Wilson  Sowing  Machine  Is  cer¬ 
tainly  ahead  of  all  competitors,  as  all  the  other 
companion’  Increase  combined  doos  not  reach 
one  half  of  4,100  per  cent.  We  would  advise 
our  readers  to  call  and  see  a  machine  that  cun 
achieve  such  wonders,  at  the  office  of  the  Wil¬ 
son  Sowing  Machine  Co.  Bold  complete  for  $50, 
aud  warranted  for  five  years.  Salesroom  at  707 
Broadway,  New  York,  and  in  all  other  cities  in 
the  United  States.  The  company  want  agents 
in  country  towns. 

..  — -  - 

W nidi  No.  2291,  Stem  Winder — bearing 
Trade  Mark  "  Fayette  Stratton,  Marlon,  N.  J." 
-manufactured  by  United  States  Watch  Co., 
((Hies,  Wales  A  Co.,)  has  been  carried  by  me 
eighteen  months;  It*  total  variation  from  mean 
time,  five  second*  per  month.— K.  O.  Whipple, 
*  Ion,  EL*  b.  B,  EL 

- - - 

Advice. — Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


THE  MARKETS. 


PRODUCE* AND  PROVISIONS. 


New  York,  Monday,  May  19, 1873. 
Receipts.— The  receipts  of  tho  principal  kinds  of 

iiroduce  ror  the  past  week  are  as  follows : 

lour,  flflU.  .. .  57.553  Pork,  bbls . .  7,825 

Wheat,  hush .  850,150  Beef,  pkgs .  315 

349,806  Out  meat*,  pkg*...  4,830 

210,903  Lard,  pkgs .  8.319 

1,458  Butler,  pkgs .  21,525 

5,70 1  Cheese,  plies .  14,203 

7,000  Dried  Fruits,  pkgn.  299 

7,800  Engs,  hbls, . .  lfi,9(XI 

8X49  Wool,  Pules .  1,815 

2,109  flops,  hale* . .  70 

11,890  Peanut*,  flags .  1,810 

—  Dressed  Hog*.  No.  — 


Corn,  flush 

Oats,  bush . 

Gru-s  seed,  flush  . 

Barley,  flush . 

Mult,  flush . . 

Beans,  flueh . 

Com  meal  Aids.... 
Corn  meal,  bags.,. 

Cotton,  flutes . 

Itye. bush  . . 


It en a*  iiud  Pen*,—  Experts  of  beans  past  week, 
f>78  bill*.  There  Is  no  quotable  change  In  prices  for 
marrows  or  mediums;  the  former  hold  their  own 


through  a  fair  export  demand,  and  the  latter,  though 
not  in  large  use,  are  threatened  by  the  light  stock. 
Other  bean*  arc  about  nominal.  There  are  no  bulk 
pen*,  to  speak  of  i  hbls.  arc  firm.  Green  pens  dull  and 
seldom  bring  extreme  figure*.  Southern  B.  B.  peas 
are  In  light  stock,  and  there  Is  do  pressure  to  sell. 

VVeunoto prime  mediums,  $2.*35®2. 70;  prime marrow¬ 
fat*,  $2.flV3  2.76 ;  prime  kid  tiers,  12.fl.Ve  7.75:  prime  pea 
beans.  $2,9fl'<*  *;  fair  do.,  $?.3>:  red  kidney,  $3.5033.75 
for  good  and  prime;  Camilla  pen*.  In  flfll*.,  free,  $1.45 
tssl.-V);  irnsrn  tarns,  flush.,  fU  1,80,  Southern  bhick- 
eyed.  M.I2&3.SS. 

Bw'swnx.- Exports  from  Jan.  1,  (9,758  lbs,:  same 
time  lust  year,  80,195  lbs.  Tho  high  prices  brought  In¬ 
creased  receipts,  and  lower  prices  are  conceded ;  sales 
at  WXi</*V)4c.t«r  Western,  and 87R@3Jo.  for  Southern. 

Broom  Corn.  The  demand  i«  -toady,  at 0R@7e. 
for  hurl,  fmttks.  /or  green,  Fiac.  for  red.  Old  Is  Potter 
quoted  -  .'fate, 

Rutter,  The  market  U  falling  Into  tlio  condition 
that  usually  attend*  the  turn  from  while  to  yellow 
make,  for  the  latter  there  l»  n  temporary  tirmnes.*, 
as  it  meets  tho  earliest  inquiry.  The  market  for 
while  stock  Is  very  unsettled,  and  a  wide  range  Is 
likely  to  occur  an  v  day,  now  that  gees  weather  seems 
to  have  set  In.  State  still  forms  the  bulk  of  the  heavy 
.-apply,  nnd  ns  the  receipt.*  of  Western  are  -non  ex¬ 
pected  a*  loosen  upon  us,  nailer*  ure  forced  to  favor 
buyers  without  reserve.  The  Southern  trade  uses 
up  a  greater'  portion  of  the  yellow  flutter.  The  ex¬ 
treme  price  to-day  t*  33c.  for  best  quality  bait-tubs, 
with  color,  and  pull*  only  35c,  when  picked.  A  few 
lota  of  old  low  grade  close  at  12&15C. 

We  quote  prime  state  half  tubs,  yellow, S3@33c. ; 
do.  Welsh  tub*.  29v»80c.  Western  ranges  at  best,  27c 
30c.;  poor  do.,  Ifi-.Ao.  Stall' or  low  grade  State,  22'-- 
25c.;  N.  It.  palls,  (ill* fl'.i'.;  I 'enn -vlvaiila  .-tore  parked, 
2.8.4  27c. 

(  licesr.  Export*  fur  the  week,  13,39j  pkgs.  The 
new  make  lias  been  coming  In  freely  and  receivers 
are  disposed  to  market  It  pr  inptlf.  Exporters  have 
been  able  to  pay  very  steady  price*  most  of  the  week 
but  towurd*  the  do*  ,  with  a  decline  on  the  other 
side,  they  hav  got  concessions;  Me  has  been  quite 
regularly  obtained,  closing  with  liRc.  afloat  the  top 

Krlee.  A  good  many  skimmed  lots  have  been  received 
at  those  lightly  so  have  gone  off  bettor  tlmu  usual— 
at  close  uc  m  the  prices  for  flue,  Old  cheese  !  avo 
been  marked  down  close,  and  trie  business  from  the 
home  trade  1*  #«iftlctcnt  to  keep  prices  firm. 

Wc  quoto  new  at  lIKKl.lRe.  for  State  factory, 
good  to  prime;  13Kc.  for  fair  lot*;  State  dairy,  KA'flWJfc  ; 

do.  fair,  gui id,  I i  '  l-c.*-"  do.  Ifldf  skimmed,  lle»J2Kc.; 
do,  skimmed,  5;.i*c,;  old  Flute  factory,  prime  and 
funny,  lit  m  Il’Ke.;  d  i.  good.,  15®  Ifc. ,  do.  fair,  l-P* 
15c.;  state  dairy,  prime,  lle.j  do.  other,  ID®  13c. 
Ohio  factory, prime,  ftwra  Uyfc-l  do.  other.  Ow ltc.  En¬ 
glish  dairy,  prime.  iXM&Uc.;  do.  good.  13c. 

Dried  Fruit*.  Apples  hove  been  selling  s  lowly, 
generally  speaking;  about  I, DID  hbls..  low  grade,  have 
been  taken  for  tho  French  market,  made  up  of  lots 
from  various  points  ;  we  note  It  as  the  first  shipment 
of  n  considerable  quunttty  ever  made  to  Franco,  and 
ho  understand  they  were  bought  for  distillation. 
Peeled  nnd  urtpoeled  peaches  have  been  selling  slow. 

[southern  apples,  4v«  1)40.  for  ordinary ;  do.,  sliced, 
prime,  iXrtfic. :  Western,  5G5Ko.i  htalu,  5>j®(k'.;  do. 
prime  lots  of  nllcad,  OH'o-  Peeled  peaches — Prime 
Georgia  mid  North  (.'urolUin,  Id-'  I2c.‘,  ordinary.  4a(jc. 
Unpeeled  peaches,  8Hc.  for  quarter*,  and  lWeifXo. 
for  halves.  Plums  al  1?a<1  1c.  for  State  and  1  l®12e. 
for Sonthern.  Cherries,  Ifl'.,,  17c.  for  Hlute  aud  South¬ 
ern.  Blackberries,  ilKSt'c. 

Eggs.  I’ rices  do  not  work  up  rapidly.  Ftook  begins 
to  lose  in  count,  and  Payors  will  not  take  hold  freely 
until  transactions  can  he  made  loss  off.  Tho  local 
demand  i* moderating;  spring  fish,  garden  stutf  and 
strawberries  now  rail  up  cun.-kternble  trade.  Duck*, 
eggs  I  .it  vi  •  had  IHtle  Inquiry  this  year.  Stock  Is  left 
over  at  the  advanced  date,  quoted  iserrio.  We  quoto 
near  point*,  lijf  tlae.  (state  and  Pennsylvania,  Id® 
101*0.;  Western,  part  freight.  15;<V  Pic.;  ordinary.  Hfjj 
(«, l-'.yjc.;  Southern,  13^15e.— the  latter  not  wanted. 

Flour.— There  has  been  an  active  shipping  busi¬ 
ness  front  tlm  English  and  Provincial  trade,  aud  with 
light  receipt*  aud  diminished  supplies  prices  arc 
higher. 

Superfine  State . 4‘!  (K)r<&  6  60 

Common  extra  do . 7  inm.  7  40 

flood  to  choice  do . 7  155s  7  CO 

Fancy  do . . . 7  C6"«  8  50 

Superfine  Michigan,  Indiana.  Ohio,  Iowa...  li  (ft's  G  50 

Extra  do . «  !KN>  t  40 

Fhoit-e  extra  do . . 7  5UP9  8  15 

Trade  brands  do . . .  7  .VsrS  10  60 

Omni  to  choice  white  wheat  extras . ft  (715(10  60 

Fair  to  verv  choice  extra  Minnesota . 7  no  - 12  50 

Common  to  fair  extra  St  .  Louis .  7  60/4  9  :A 

Good  to  choice  do . . . . . 9  mil  75 

Southern,  common  to  choice . fi  4(v«t  8  ;#) 

Faintly  do..,.,, . . . . . 8  855311  50 

Rye,  common  to  fine . .  •  50(14  (!  ofl 

flora  meal.  Brandywine.. . 8  flV«)  8  71) 

Do,  WcMern .  8  15(ai  3  50 

Frtrsli  F rn  if*.  I’ll.'  exports  of  apnlcn  have  dwin¬ 
dled  down  to  ldJ  flfll*.  for  tins  week.  The  remnant  of 
the  stock  is  of  good  quality.  Russets  and  the  few 
holders  are  firm  in  their  price.  We  quoto  choice.  F 
flfll.,  $P8  I..V1;  fair,  $3;  pour,  S?  3  2,5 1.  Strawberries 
are  now  arriving  from  Norfolk,  and  popular  prices 
will  soon  be  quoted  ;  to-day '.sera  tea  sold  ut3u&2oc.  for 
fall-sired  and  Bit:,  for  seedling*.  ('Uiirlf-'un  still 
sends  us  tii,  fancy  sort*,  with  50c.  ri noted  to-day. 
Cranberries  bugiu  to  look  as  though  Ihey  would  lie 
all  disposed  of.  Peanut*  are  a  shade  stronger,  a*  the 
weather  i* favoring s  lies;  Wilmington  quoted  at $1.10 
1.26;  Virginia,  $1.26  ",1.50 ;  Teuncvxiu:,  iVic.Ttll. 

4  i  rn  I  n.  For  spring  grade*  there  hn*  boon  an  active 
shipping  business,  muinly  mthe  low  grade*.  Receipts 
fly  rail  have  been  liberal,  mul uly  of  poor  stock,  for 
which  ont  .'.'■sion*  have  been  made.  TJe-  better  grades 
bring  very  steady  prlcsui.  No.  1  .lUlwaukee  spring  bus 
flpyui  soi  l  to  shippers  forflrst  half  of  .1  une  delivery  nt 
$1.71.  Wo  quote  spot  to'*  at  $l.flltf.1,72 for  No.Sspring 
in  store  noil  afloat ;  $1.7.v*.t.7H  for  No.  I  do.;  Fl.-gi  ".  l.'.S 
for  whiter  red  Western;  $l.kV52j06  foraxubertlo.;  $1.95 
1,2-25  for  Inferior  to  fancy  while  Western.  Barley  Is 
stwndlly  held  at  tH.I2.K  for  Canada  west,  delivered. 
Corn,  f  -r  new,  price*  are  lower  under  Increasing  re¬ 
ceipts;  sale*  at  c;  idKc,  for  ordinary  to  very  choice 
new  mixed  Western ;  <SJ vAiLfe.  for  damp  do.;  fll  sGSKe. 
for  new  yellow  Western ;  ?(F«rfe.  for  white  do.  f)  ts 
.  i  .  .  illy  held  nt5Qi)»'i2Kc-  tor  new  mi  xed  Western.; 
fsp/a-jlc.  for  new  lilaek  do.;  .  0457c.  for  new  white  do.; 
55c.  for  old  mixed  Western  In  store. 


lluy  and  Straw.—’ There  Da  good  trade  at  steady 
flgure*. 

Mile*  of  nrlmc  hay  ut  vl.30 ,» 1.50;  g  iod  do.,  $1.1531.25 ; 
shipping do.,rtr*t  ijiinllty.'.i >oia  do. second, (!5c.;  clover 
hay,  75 dOOc  ;  rye  straw,  *1,1)5,’ 1.10;  short  do.,  B0@91)c.; 
cut  straw,  fide. 


Hop*.— There  Is  uo  Improvement  In  trade.  The 
few  small  sales  to  brewers  arc  at,  steady  figures. 

We  quote  State  at  49&50c.;  Eastern,  85315c.;  West¬ 
ern,  35316c.;  old  growth,  1870,l04t.l5o.i  Bavaria'*,  4(k» 
5Je.:  English,  AJitlk’ie.;  Bidglaii, 25330c.;  Californian,  46 
dto5c- 


Lent  her,-  Wo  are  carrying  very  small  supplies 
for  tills  season  of  the  year,  receipts  from  the  ta  i- 
neri  s  beln  umnually  light.  The  trude  contend  that 
with  the  high  cost  of  It  di  s  tt  Is  not  profitable  t  >  sell 
at  current  figures,  and  they  ure  not  disposed  to  crowd 
fltislnea-.  The  trade  t.bl*  spring  doc*  not  prove  as 
liberal  us  usual,  uut  tharu  Is  a  steady,  fair  business 
going  on  at  27>4'',-39e.  for  light  hclinlock,  27K®31C.  for 
middle,  2fl/cai,-.  for  heavy,  21  -..Uc.  lor  good  damaged ; 
coop.i  at  4.'<AI  *•-  for  light  backa,  Be  He.  for  middle 
backs,  4i>®13c.  for  light  sides,  okfcUc.  for  middle  aides, 
88310c.  for  heavy  sides. 


,'VIaplc  rsugar.— Prime  sells  freely ;  an  improved 
feature  of  the  trade  this  year  l>  the  readiness  with 
which  large  molds  can  he  disposed  of  when  prime. 
We  quote  prime,  KEfllTc,;  good,  lPaMWo.;  dark,  123 
14c.  sirup,  » 13 1.25  v  gallon. 


Prov  isions.-  Font  haa  been  hard  to  sell, with  lower 
price*  accepted,  lxtrdi*  also  weak,  at  lower  figures. 
Business  from  shippers  lias  been  very  slow. 


Beef  hauie— choice  Western,  $30:- 488;  Texas  prime, 
t  A«31,  J gird.  fur  Western  steam  on  spot, 9Wc.  for 

Mny.BRi!.  fi/r.lune,  like,  for  July.  Long  dear,  ftn'.iWn., 
for  short  dear, «Nc.;  abort  rlb.Hke.  Mess  pork  ut$17.7.> 
spot  delivery  ;  $17.69  for  May  and  June ;  Western  prime 
mess  nominally  *1G.504';17.50.  Dressed  hogs.clt  y ,  7(*7>4C. 
Cu tm eat*  are  selling  at  124413c.  for  hums,  loose;  fSf 
(<480.  for  shoulder*,  loose:  HKoMOKc.  for  pickled  hollies, 
loose,  Boxed  dry-suited  ahouiders,  7(0,7 Ke.  Smoked 


MAY  24 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


meats  at  Viotttve.  for  loose  hums,  KjjWJp.  for  loose 
shoulders.  Tallow  ut  0  l -hie. lor  prime  stock.  Beef  is 
selling  ;|t  $!!;/■  11.(5  for  barreled  new  plain  iuess,  jl2<-si 
13.50  for  extra  mess.  Tlcrced  beef  at  #23ia25  for  new 
Iiella  mess,  #;U» ... :;i  for  new  extra  India  mess,  and  $2164 
23  for  new  prime  mess. 

Poultry  nml  Came,— Dressed  poultry  Is  selling 
si  'Wly,  und  prices  are  lower.  Live  pnulrrv  is  selling 
; .  eely.  Spring  cblckens  brink  91.25  per  pair.  Receipt* 
of  plgcmns  have  been  fair. 

ut  inline.  tor  prime  N.  j. 
m.  and  IttitSUc,  for  turkeys. 


We  quote  live 
fowls,  ltVa  I7e.  for 


poultry 

Wester 


.  ,  BPA.., —  fanev, 

for  common.  I'lover.  $1.50  V  dost,  English  snipe, 
per  dozen,  tL75rai.fi’. 

Wo a quote  dressed  prime  N.  J,  and  Bueks  Do.  tur¬ 
keys,  17***.  Ille.,  State  and  Western,  poor  to  best,  IMtl7o. 
Chickens,  Western,  lt(nilw.t  Htnte  and  near  potnM, 
17®20e. 

Seeds.— Clover  Is  selling  to  the  home  trade  atHWf* 
H‘,e  lor  Western,  and  s\W.ie.  for  State.  Timothy  Is 
In  light  supply  and  higher,  aniline  ut  fl.tXk.jH. 75. 

Tobacco.- Tho  shipping  business  Is  slow,  but 
prices  are  iinchanjtBd,  although  there  are  free  sellers 
ut  the  annexed  llguics. 

QUOTATIONS— SKW  CTtOT 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Orades. 

I'11** . : . ;:•••••••••.  J.  ('  7!jO.  7r4M  7^0. 

Common  to  medium  lour,  ?|f®  age.  vyv.o  8>2q. 

Good  do.  . .  UlMe.  9  „  >  12  e. 

Pipe  do.  ..II  m  12  c.  12Mm  13 

Selections . 12Ktft  Id  c,  13Km  15 

SKRrif.KAV  CHOP  OP  1371. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  tillers,  .,.,11  r.o  1 1  e. 

seconds. . . .  12  (id  25  e. 
wrappers.. 40  ot  55  c. 
-.  _  ,  selections. (21  66  75  c. 

New  York  I) llers . . .  p)  u  U- 

wrappers . is  4#  35  e. 

assorted  Jots . II  14  ,. 

Pennsylvania  Idlers . 13  ut  14  c, 

wrappers  22  O  fid  c. 

itseortotl  lots . M  mi  25  o. 

wrappers . 18  04  35  e. 

assorted  Irils . 9'.;(i6  12  e. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots, . .  9  c. 

Vojtef n hies.  HrporHof  potatoes  past  week  1,(199 
bbls.  Prime  lots  of  potatoes  still  freely,  and  Some 
sorts  brine  bettor  prices.  New  eablmgesare  arriving. 

I 'cits  are  lower. 

Peach  Illows  In  bulk.  93,75  v.1, 87 ;  Karly  Rose  do.,  92.70 
rfr  f. ,5 ;  Prince  Albert,  92.75593;  Jackson  White,  *2.25 

2.7a;  Dyrlght,  t'VJV..  ?,50;  sweet.  Delaware, f|,  Bermu¬ 
da  potatoes,  91.50.  for  potatoes  in  shipping  order, 
add  25r«37c.  «•  bid.  BArmndn tomatoes ,  V  box.  9 h«  1.13. 
Old  Onions.  V  bid.,  9.7  n  12;  do.  Bermuda,  crate,  93,51); 
hale  New  Jersey,  b  >1  ,  92.01;  do.  .Norfolk,  91., V) 

1  'ImrlcHtoti  Given  Pens.fTistl.ftU  p  crab'.  Norfolk  peas, 
9 ’.Oh  V  bbl.  Asparagus,  Southern,  1W4JC.  »  bunch. 
Cabbage,  Ik  lull,  91241 25. 

Wool.— A  very  fair  bU'  ltieaa  haw  aifrtln  been  noted, 
brought  about  by  an  increasing  disposition  to  unload 
01  accumulated  stocks  a  I  fast  us  posslblo  against  ar¬ 
rivals  of  tie-  new  clip.  Prices  are  about  2e.  lower,  and 
buyers  have  tho  advantage  at  the  close.  There  Is 
much  speculation  of  opinion  In  regard  to  tho  proba¬ 
ble  opening  prices  f  w  the  now  p|(|,.  the  general  Im 
prevdnn  Is  that  prices  will  rule  low.  The  experience 
of  last  season  will  lead  many  b  11  cars  to  hold  oir  in 
purcbiijlns  to  extent  nr.d  await  dnelopnienf-,  the 
slew  sales  In  the  goods  market  contributing  more  or 
less  to  this  Inclination.  We  •mote  N.  V.  Mich,  und 
Win.  II cocci'  It  tic,  ror  XX.  He.  for  X,  43c.  for  No.  1. 
Ohio  and  Penn,  lletoos.  51c.  for  XX,4He  for  X,  hie.  for 
No.  1.  Iml  ,  Ky.  and  I'cnn.,  4-c.  tor  XX,  4iic.  for  V, 
44c.  for  No.  1.  III.,  low  .  hi, d  Minin,  45c.  for  XX,  44c 
for  X,  43c.  for  No.  I.  till,,  Ala..  Mi--,  and  hit,,  28  ,«30e. 
for  unwasbpd.  Pallod  ut  III. 4  Ido.  for  extra,  I2«,(7«.  for 
super,  idc.  for  No.  1, 

ROCHESTER,  May  IB,  -Hour  very  flrtn  at  25o. 
advance.  W  hrut  uniot  firm  and  higher  ul.  *I.7(*Sil.8u 
for  red  winter  ami  fl.SKk.«2.05  for  umber  and  white, 
born,  iSo.  Oats  *oli  freely  at  60c.  h  bush.,  with  a  few 
sales  at  ote.  K.jrley  dull,  and  nominally  unchftit'-'Cd. 
Ilcim.s,  92.25  for  nicdlnm  and  #2.50  for  marrowfats. 
Apples  are  higher,  selling  at  81  V  bush,  for  good. 

I  out  to  OB  In  fair  demand  at  75  4900.  e  bush.,  9l.75f.y2.50 
«'  bbl.  Hops  nominal  nr.  <H)Q45c.  Butter  has  a  wlda 
range,  Bolling  frotn  23c.  to  »5o.  for  good  lots  and  infe¬ 
rior  dull  at  any  price.  Egg*  plenty  Iir.  llntd7c.  V  doz. 
Cover  »oed,  8  >,e5.50  p  buuh.  Timothy  seed  scarce 
and  25c.  Idgber,  BQlllngat9l.5brai.7D  h  bti*h.  Hay  con- 
tlnuc-i  very  source, and  farmers  are  buying  to  feed 
working  horses.  Trices  Intve  advunend  to  ITFoiOi)  p 
ton,  with  some  wiles  very  choice  at  931.  fetruw,  f  I t/m 
IT  V  ton.  Wool  nominal,  und  no  buIob  reported, 

- »»»  - 

COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

I.rrrr.K  Fa  1.1, s,  N,  Y„  May  17,  1873. 
The  market  at  Little  Falls,  for  the  week  ending 
May  17  was  not  SO  brisk  us  Inst,  week,  hut  prices  are 
Without  material  change.  T>iq  delivery  of  farm  dai¬ 
ries  amounted  to  about  WK)  boxes,  and  sales  were 
made  at  9®  13c.,  and  for  extra  lots  II y,o,  The  quality 
Continues  poor -the  Cheese  hnltiff  In  many  eases 
badly  skimmed.  About  2.IKKI  boxes  of  factory  cheese 
w.-re delivered.  The  quality  of  factory  Is  Improving, 
Hie  shipment*,  this  week  being  in  many  Instances 
very  line  for  the  season.  We  give  tho  leading  trans¬ 
actions,  ns  follow - 


to  good  native  steers  at  9>44illc.,  with 
HtfcailHo. 

.Milch  Cows.  —  Thu  firmer  tone  and  advanced 
prices  during  the  latter  part  of  lust  week  have  not 
been  sustained.  On  Tuesday  the  arrivals  were  I  ears 
—or  71  cows;  and  3  ears— or  51  lieud— have  arrived 
since  Tuesday.  Private  parties  are  paving  973  und  up 
to  f\5  for  the  best  offered,  while  the  sale*  to  milkmen 
are  at  s'LV.vni. 

V  eals.  The  demand  Igts  been  steady,  and  pi'loaft 
have  ruled  firm  throughout  the  week.  Receipts  have 
averaged  nearly  6011  head  ta  r  day,  and  excluding  a 
few  grass  calves  anil  small  "bobs”  not  lawfully  sold 
for  veals,  the  extreme  range  of  prices  has  been  Kfi/.Kle. 
V  n-.,  with  the  largest  number  H,>|dul8w*M'c.  To-day 
the  feeling  wax  net  so  firm,  and  deulers  were  accept¬ 
ing  a  reduction  of  about  Xc.  {'  lb.  Among  the  latest 
transactions  were  159  Slate  taiJves,  125  tts.  average,  at, 
9e,  V  51  do..  1'22  lt*s.  average,  He.;  69  do..  In  n.s.  do,, 
lbe.;  23  do..  I;W  »*.  do.,  bide.,  and  3V4  do  ,  1 V2  tts.,  HHc. 
Hog-dressi  d  veals  have  Inid.i  ready  sale  util.rl.'le.  V  it. 

Hlieep  mill  l,:inibs.  l'ber-!relpl.<  from  Tnesduv 
to  S  iturdny  Inclusive  hove  l  i  en  a  little  over  ] l.iiiu) 
head,  or  rather  innre  than  t.uui  In  excess  of  the  re- 
eelpls  for  the  (tame  lliiie  la-t  week.  The  market  Inis 
been  dull  and  drooping  nil  the  week,  with  a  steady 
daily  decline  In  prices  ;  m>  that,  to-day  this  best  price 
for  sheared  sheep  was  BjfU.  h  lb  ,  and  fair  uosliot  u 
were  considered  well  Bold  at  “He.  Salgs  yesterday 
Included  10  car-loads  of  fair  to  good  sheared  Ohio 
sheep,  80  to  lit  lbs.  average,  at  Ikir'l '-;o  ;  and  tie*  few 
sales  to-day,  in  small  lots,  woroat  'ksaHte.for -bean-d 
and  7Ke.  for  fair  n  ns  born  Illinois  sheep,  94  lbs.  aver¬ 
age.  Spring  lambs  are  coining  In  more  freely  and  are 
stendUy  receding  in  price.  Common  to  good  Jersey 
lambs  were  Belling  yesterday  ut  HkS  Me.  4‘  It.  To-duy 
a  tow  good  and  choice  Jersey  lambs  were  sold  at  IMQ 
1 3 He.,  und  a  lot  Ul  Virginia  lambs, 48  tbs.  average,  12c. 

vswiuo.— The  rueulpts  for  llvodavs  airgrerate 22,i;ou, 
with  I  ears  to  arrive.  The  trade  lifts  been  imrans fac¬ 
tory  to  all  partlee,  and  prices  ni  the  done ure  fully  No. 
r  lb.  lower  for  live  bogs,  while  heavy-dressed  weights 
are  off  nearly  #e.  iy  lb.  Fair  corn-fed  hogs  were  sold 
alive  yesterday  and  to-day  ul  6J<c.  h  lb.,  and  dressed 
hogs  ranged  from  7Me.  to  7Jt'e.— lots  uveruglng  2flu 
down  to  [GO  lbs.  at  7Kw  7  Vf- 

Horses.— The  trade  in  horses  continues  active  nt 
run  line  ".  Receipts  during  the  week  were  ill  ear- 
or  III)  bead  by  ihf  Krle  Itudwuy,  aed  31(1  bead  from 
tli<!  North  am!  Kilat.  iirivlng  hOrwoB flfPl  vvork  hoi’HOB 
were  lo  demand,  and  sold  freely  at  91(111  to  #327  eacli; 
fancy  teams  and  trained  road  horses  with  good  records 
for  speed,  sell  mg  at  Irnui  #500  90  #1,500. 


ChdICo  do.  at  '  JUST  111:. tit 


iiKrrt 

l‘TH  OF 

LIVK 

8T0CI 

blMVI*R, 

('own. 

Ciilvun, 

One  iliindredt h  St. 
Forty-Eighth  st.... 
Fortieth  St . 

.2,438 

9 

fifill 

.  IK) 

73 

1,080 

.  00 

IKI 

347 

Conjmuulpuw . 

.0,1114 

Oil 

00 

\V  ochawken . 

.  H4J1) 

00 

(K) 

Totals  this  week 
“  last  week 

9,411 

82 

2,713 

8,253 

44 

4,173 

tklMPAllATrVE  HAT  Eg, 
Dust  week 

_  .  ,  Cents. 

Good  steers  1!*  lb . lay  <,4,  |;iv 

Fair . 11V  (it  13 

Foor . lOX  ut  II 

Poorest  .  9  5f  <$  10 

Gen.  selling  rates . .  12N 


8i]""|i  A 

LdmiIim. 

flog.. 

25 

000 

0,255 

INH) 

0.023 

21,458 

5,210 

12,028 

090 

000 

I,,:;.; 

31^521 

16,288 

4  f, 90(1 

This 

week. 

Cents. 

I.l  (<t>  13  W 

11 M  04  12V 

10  fit  tl 

»  ot  ox 
UK  66  12K 


Mouifiiy  o  Snips,  Beeves  —  To-day’s  offerings 
were  ii(7  ears,  nr  5,415  head,  embracing  every  grade  of 
duality  from  very  poor  to  premium,  The  -upply  was 
larger  than  the  demand  called  for.  rind  the  market, 
closed  wesk  at  a  decline  of  !-,c.  (■  ra.  \  few  extra 
a"  •  rtions  were  sold  at  1»3<6<I3^C.  t»  lb.,  but  life,  was 
the  outside  tfgure  for  any  coiislder.ihlo  number,  while 
the  poorest  native  cattle  were  Bold  at  10c.,  and  poor 
t  »good  Texans  ranged  from  Be.  to  lie. 

Sheep.  Twenty  cars,  or  4,llh  head  were  received. 
I  raoe  was  only  moderate  at  liwifiVc.  for  fair  to  prime 
clipped  sheep,  with  a  low  unshorn  sold  at  7  We.  Hprlng 
I  >mbs  Wert)  weakprat  lOtUc.  -onu  eiu*-toiU]  of  Vir¬ 
ginia  lambs,  4(1  lbs.  average,  selling  ut  lUc, 

Hogs.  Arrivals  were 9e  car* .  or  11,(535 hogs, am)  the 
marin-t  was  weak  nt .5>\>®5 V'l.  for  live  hogs,  and  tWAc. 
foe  dressed. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


Where  Knowledge  is  11  Virtue,  Ignoranco  Is 
a  Crime.  Yon  know  now,  if  not  before,  that  tho  New 
Elastic  Truss  prrmanrnt.li/  run*  lluptore.  It  Is  worn 
night  and  day  with  ease  und  comfort;  Itrntulnn  the 
rupturo  securely.  It  Is  sold  ohuap !  It  Is  very  dura¬ 
ble  (  It  h  sent  by  mall  everywhere  by  Tut;  Elastic 
truss  Co.,  No.  *183  llroudwuy,  N.  V.  City,  who  send 
Circulars  free  on  application. 


'The  Best  Elastic  Truss,  without  metal  springs, 
is  PoMEiifiY’H  Elastic  Buptuhe  iiki,t,  patented  In 
1871  and  1873.  No  one  should  buy  an  Elastic  Truss 
without  first  writing  to  Messrs.  POMEROY  X  CO., 
V4-1  Broadway,  Now  Turk,  for  full  particulars. 

re  llm  lies!  in  the  world. 


■  •  -  •»  1  •  '  ■  ■  «  1  om  in  in,  im;,  . 

tiv  ■  -4,  Nbih.ds,  Herkimer,  Top  Notch, 

HxC.;  Keys,  14Ko.;  Danube  (  old  Spring,  lie.;  Shell’s 


M.  S.  Smith 

14. Ye.;  Keys, _ 

Hush,  l3Ye.;  Brock ett  ft  fieater,  Mo'. 

The  delivery  of  butter  was  less  than  last  work,  and 
prices  are  lower.  We  quote  rates  as  follows*  Fair 
to  prime,  27®'2tie,j  extra,  20c 

The  weather  In  Herkimer  Is  cool,  and  grass  Is  back¬ 
ward,  No  herd h  a*  pasture  except  what  are  allowed 
to  do  a  little  picking  to  save  hay,  which  Is  reported 
scarce  among  many  farmers. 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

New  York,  May  17,  1873. 

Becvoa.— Tho  truffle  In  beef  cattle  since  last  Mon¬ 
day  fins  been  a  continual  struggle  between  t  he  sellers 
and  buyers,  the  former  working  fur  an  advance  in 
price**,  and  the  latter  for  a  decline.  The  slow  sale  of 
dressed  beef,  with  no  margin  of  pmflt  for  the  shiiigh- 
terer,  was  the  strong  point  urged  by  the  buyers  In 
favor  of  reduced  prices  for  hoevos;  on  the  other 
band,  the  sellers  could  place  their  Ungers  nn  the  cost. 
01  t,b.)  cattle  and  fairly  claim  that  while  the  butchers 
might  Im  losing  time  and  labor  In  doing  an  unprnllt- 
,  , business,  tho  shippers  wore  losing  their  time  and 
Jftbnrilnd  thousands  of  dotlurv  bi-sldc.  Tho  market 
Milder  review  opened  on  Wednesday 
with  in,  car-load#,  or  lJiTO  load  on  sale,  Including  7 
ears  t nat  wore  due  on  the  previous  Monday.  The  of* 
icidig  Included  about  509  Texas  and  CnvTv>koo  cattle, 
iiPxctly  still-fed ;  and  the  native  steers  ranged  from 
comm  in  to  good,  only.  The  seller*  firmly  refused  to 
’’M'  demand  for  a  slight  anlvunce  in  prices. 
,'v‘'ri’  n,lall>'  HOW  I U  wholesale  slaogli- 
15?"  •«  10s,"\l..e.  »<  »,  to  dress  lbs.,  and  M  tbs.  to 
8ro**  owt.— the  Texans  at  10:X«)l'dc.  to  dress  .Vi 
;i-'7  lbs.  and  the  native  steers  at  UfgdSOj.  to  dress  57f*« 
In.,  o’  i1  hnr»Ja>;  the  receipts  were  82  cars,  or  1,824 
w.‘ *}.ow,y,  worked  off  lit  unchanged 

,,f  4,!  Illinois  steers,  7K 

fhl’JiZ *r*!2l  at  WKc.  V  t»„  to  dress  57  lbs.  to 

offerings  on  Friday  were  53 
rulw'  w,1,cr‘  M  oars  were  nt  G'lnmonl- 

b,  rr.l,',o!  ,ln'1  7  “l  1,|r',h  street.  With 

whab,bSlilrtSi»»!r,^.<!,y  """H  reil,  the  market  was  some- 
Idtber  of  fhi  S  unsettled,  but  there  was  no  life  at 
i.oi  1  J  iiJd.  k«i  plRw.'fl.  Tile  cuttip  woru  tlrmlv 

•i t  Tli^rn rvL i ‘  Vn'1  t,Jr;  were 

,  ,  iv  :  bUt  ’•^Wnrul  car-loads  remained 

ii>H<  irt,  I  Uif  llu*r«*  iruA  nothlui/  tiuinu  TIjm  ti**- 

or'1™"5  fe&fti  sa 


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NOVELTY 


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ani  In  fi-Ri  r«  nn  hiipfuvimicnt  upon 

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GET  THE  BEST. 

MMtikldiieil  Dead  Pipe  never  corrodes  by  the 
notion  of  water.  It  Is  c  lien  per 
than  Lead  Flpe,  ns  It  will  last 
four  times  longer,  and  Is  worth 
nearly  double  as  old  material.  It 
Is  rei  iirinnonded  by  nearly  every 
architect  in  New ’York  us  ‘‘su¬ 
perior  to  all  ot  her  w  ater  pipes.” 
riretilurs  sent  free.  Address 
*'oi,wi:i  i.H,  H  ii  A  tv  A  Wifi,  a  ni) 
M'k’U  Co.,  No.  213  Center  8t., 
New  York.  Also.  Manufacturers 
of  Illoek-Tlii  Pipe,  l!ar  Tin,  In-ad 
Pipe,  Hhect  Load,  Solder,  Ac.  Orders  tilled  at  sight, 
at  the  lowest  market  rates. 


*  vi)  Dim  pit:  im'  Hkoy- 
lTepured  only  b ,* 

Hold  by  all  Driiggl* Is, 


For  Motli  Patdios,  Freckles  Js,  Tan, 

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I*  K  U  It  X'  ’  S 

Moth  anil  I-’ 1-001*10  Lotion. 

It  Is  reliable  nud  barrolosB. 

For  Pimples  on  tho  Face, 

BLACKHEADS  AND  FLESHWOKMS, 

CSO  I’HKKY’H  iMl’UOVEf)  G’OMISDONT 


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Illl.  B.  c.  I’RHRY, 

19  Bond  Ht.,  New  York. 


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iner. 


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sen  by  rim  I  to  teaohers  and  cdiicattoulsts,  on  re¬ 
ceipt  of  ONK  boij.AR,  If  desired,  for  examination 
with  a  view  to  Introduction, 


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new  and  completing  writ  to  Prof  Hwtntnn'a 
popular  Word-Book  Ho  leu,  entitled, 


very 


WORD  PRIMER :  A 

Hook  lii  Oral  and  Written 


BKGINNKK'S 
Spolllnif,  lly 


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THKBDtrrATiOKAt.  Rbportkh,  for  May,  Is  ready, 
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pursuits  on  application. 

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1  «T.T  A  In.'S  Sliilo  Ht..,  Gkleiigo. 

THE  PIIIEADEErHIA 

I  .A  W  N  MO  w  ions. 

1 1  'r  ight  - 
28  I  ho. 
37  ” 

83  “ 

42 
75 


I)" 


-,  „  I  own-  Jirqulred.  Width  of  Cut. 
no.  00,  A  Lady .  10  Indies. 

1,  Jr.,  A  Youth .  11  “ 

'  I,  One  Man .  15  *' 

2,  Jr.,  One  Man .  iii  “ 

‘  2.  Ono  or  Two  Men . 20  “ 

2M.  A  light  tJnrsrt  (Draft 

l’ole) . 30  “ 

2J<.  Alight  Heine  (Driv¬ 
er's  Heat  Sc  Shafts)  90  “ 

We  recommend  our  H-liich  and  tO-lneh  Muehln** 
to.  being  only  about  ono-lialf  the  weight  constdiTvd 
necessary  by  oilier  manufacturers,  ami  on  Mils  i«* 
count  (bey  urts  much  easier  worked,  are  stronger  and 
more  durable,  and  do  their  work  In  the  most  porfmt 
manner. 

Try"  The  Philadelphia  "and  you  will  buy  no  oth*r. 
Hold  wholusiile  and  retail  by 


275 

315 


GRAHAM,  KMI.KN  *  PASH  Moll  Iff, 
’atentecs  and  Mannr’rs.Biil  Market  Ht,,  Phlla 


hiludclpliibu 

VIOLET’S 

Hay  Hoister! 

The  greatest  Improvement  of 
the  age.  Warm  ui  eU  better  than 
liny  other  Hay  Holslorund  <  ar- 
rlor  In  uso. 

i  i4  Hend  for  Doseilptivo  flr- 
culur  and  Frlce  l.lst.  Agents 
wanted  every  where. 

H.  K  RKFH,  Goshen,  lad, 

HOMOEOPATHIC 

VETERINARY  PRACTICE, 

Giving  the  treatment  when  -lek— u*  well  iih  the  pm* - 
tleiilnr  rare  und  general  nninitgemenl  in  health  of 
(lie  horse,  cow,  ox.  ass,  mule,  sheep,  goat,  pig.  fowls, 
ducks,  geese,  turkeys,  pigeons,  etc.  I  vol.,  large 
Illastrnteil,  substantially  bound.  Price.#:..  Tills  (» 
the  latest  and  most.  Complete  und  reliable  work  in 
i>riiit;  the  only  work  Into  which  Hie  “Nov  American 
ReiiJi  dlci  have  been  Introduced,  und  which  gives 
ii  I  nil  nceonnt  of  t/n-  late  epidemics,  m;c|i  a*  f'leuro- 
I  niMlninnlamid  Rinderpest,  or  eattleiiiel  of  the  Horse 
Hlaiemper  of  1872.  Hend  for  Oentirlpllve  Circular. 

Adorers  IIORKICKRA  TAFKD, 

...  ,,  . ,,,  ....  H«i»«eo|»aihle  Fliu  ruiiiey, 

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Jl  VOL  WANT  TO  l'l  KCIIASD  ANV- 

E  thing,  no  matter  wluit  it  G.iiddn  ss,  lor  pai  rieu. 

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\Y  A  NT  KID  A  PAllMKIt,  in  Every  Town, 
99  liBftgenl  foi*  tho  Gollliis  Sleet  Flows.  For 


terms,  Ac.,  address 


GULD1NH  ft  Go., 
212  Water  Ht.,  Now  York. 


THE  NOVELTY 

IS  TIIE  ONLY  LAWN  MOW  ICR 

THAT  CAN  CUT  LONG  GRASS  AND  DO  THE  TRIMMING. 

IS  BEST  AND  CHEAPEST. 

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Working  &  Most  Durable  Wringer. 
Saves  Time!  Saves  Labor!  Saves 
Clothes!  It  has  no  equal!  and 
Should  be  in  Every  Household.” 
Try  the  “NOVELTY,"  and  satisfy 
yourself  that  it  is  the  BEST.  Sold 
everywhere. 

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100  <  ilium  be  in  St.,  Now  York. 


BEST  ANI7  CHEAPEST 

'T’nr.or,,,. ,  'STEEL  HOE  in  use. 

J  no  KOI  Old,  i  Piilvpnz^M  mui  wurkx  plantif, 

RAKE  Ansch’t  vrurkes  the  weeds  ouL  liu  i  Hilling  Plow* 
Fitst  Promium  SILVER  MEDAL  Now  England  Pair,  187?. 
FflRi  CSEED  SOWER.  Flaiils  In  Hills  or  Drill 

m  tnnrn.  ,  Tries*  $G  tO  $16, 

CLIPPER  WHEEL  HOE  $4  Si  95,50.  Agents  Wuntcd 
Addrca .  E.  D.  &  O.  B.  REYNOLDS. 
(Circulars  Free.)  No  urn  BtuinwwATEB,  M,t««. 

rP*IIC  PROP  LIC’H  PB  ATTICA  I, 
POLLTKY  HOOK  :  A  Work  on 
.  v  tins  Breeding,  Hen  ring,  (hare  tind 
42<  iiorii |  iltanagement  of  l'oultry. 

By  Wm.  M.  Lkw«h. 

Thih  Im  One  of  tho  finest  gotten-UD  worka  on  tho 
subject  on  which  It  treat*,  for  its  size  and  price,  of 
any  publication  of  the  kind  In  this  country.  It  Is 
finely  »nd  profusely  Illustrated,  and  printed  and 
bound  In  extra  style,  Contain*  VU  large  octavo 
pages.  Bent,  by  mall,  post-paid,  for  #1.50.  Address 
D.  ID  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

5  ilceUiuun  8t.,  Ne»r  York. 


DIO  LEAVIS  has  opened  a  flue  "GUItE,” 
on  Beacon  Hill,  Boston.  Hend  for  Circular. 

NOVEL  INVENTIONS. 

BEEBPS  FERTILIZER, 

Bleacher  and  Other  Matters. 

This  Frrt  illter  Ih  coin  posed  of  tho  ga8es,  Sit\,  of  coal 
of  all  sorts,  having  eurrion,  with  i*ok<*».  n.mblned  or 
othorwlso.  I  claim  the  proccr  *  of  extracting  from 
any  kind  of  cunt  or  coke,  gam--;,  .vc.,  i,y  the  use  of 
beat  or  i  jiletnnllon,  nod  grinding  and  placing  tho 
coal  In  water,  when*  tin*  gases  will  escape  and  he 
held  with  the  oxygen  of  the  water.  The  ce/.m  uro 
lined  wll  limit  calrlmiHeii.  fill-  (epmi  is  spread  aver 
tho  buul  and  every  kind  of  growing  imp  having  a 
mol.  In  the  -oil.  I  ill  u  sow  I  lie  gr  Hind  coal  and  coke, 
•or  either  or  them,  over  »ho  iu„d,  X<*.,  and  put 
them  Into  Mu'  lllll  or  drill  with  tho  seed.  (  n,//  being 
a  vegetable  formation,  contains  about  90  percent,  of 
carbon.  Which  is  the  only  (’lenient  or  resource  left  uh 
for  restoring  md-,  vegotntioM,  &g 

l  also  use  thin  / <</ •  ie(  ns  a  eoij  alkali  for  various 
purposes,  in  nwnnfortui  mg  anil  mi, pr,  inm/ goods  and 
fibers  of  every  description.  Including  soaps,  tunning 
huir  and  inning  an  ,  und  Improving  aij<I  milking 
.water-tight  all  klml«  of  leuibcr. 

I  have  for  some  time  oust  manufactured,  used  and 
disposed  of  the  products  of  all  tin  varieties  of  cal¬ 
cined  coals  and  colics  above  named,  In  both  liquid 
and  dry  conditions,  u,  u  eli  oimei  and  nt  aelier  of  ul! 
oleaginous  and  fatty  matter,  gums.  At*.,  from  wool, 
furs  ami  overv  other  fiber, mid  restoring  rtalned  cot¬ 
ton  gOOdrt,  threads,  twines,  cordage,  .te.,  eleiining  all 
cloths,  und  preparing  arid  obVinsltiK  all  i  lor  lis  for  re. 
eelvlng  dye*;  also  for  removing  harks,  A0„  from 
hemp,  IIii.t,  Ac  ,  in  the  stalk  ;  and  also  l<>r  making 
paper  stronger,  whiter  und  without  tulor,  nml  in  the 
rmuin I'actore  of  purebmeot  ;  also  for  deodorizing 
rubber,  gnttn  pereim  and  all  gums;  and  for  Im. 
proving  all  glove  material  and  glove*,  and  coloring 
and  MtrongtuenlUK  the  same  ;  also  for  Improving 
metals,  cast  or  wrought,  or  manufactured  Into  ary 
article,  and  all  bright  and  polished  *.m  face*  tclo- 
grapli  and  all  icrvleo  wires,  piano  and  all  in U Steal 
wires,  ami  giving  luster  and  polish  to  the  tonne;  spin- 
dies,  machinery.  Ac.,  including  Iron  buildings,  rail* 
and  rolling  stock,  iron  steamships  or  vessels,  anna 
und  Iirmnmonti*.  engines,  boilers,  Ac.,  by  dosing  nml 
coating  the  surface;!  with  this  absolutely  Indestruct¬ 
ible  compound,  preventing  rust  and  oxidation;  also 
for  converting  Iron,  through  till*  Inexpensive  pro¬ 
cess,  Into  steel.  It  also  draws  the  o|).  and  closes  tho 
surfaces  of  all  lluished  woods,  i>ir|.entrv,  timber,  Ac., 
and  Hi"  onriehlngnnd  staining  Of  nnrof  such  woods; 
also  hardening,  smoothing,  nmrbleuing  all  plastered 
walls,  III  rough  eoniolrintion,  with  or  without  coloring 
matter  j  eh  unsung  and  Improving  all  Mtunc  and  brick 
smtaue*;,  by  combining,  lining  and  making  smooth 
and  Indestructible  suilmes,  thus  protecting  them 
Com  tin*  weather ;  and  for  applying  thn  nbovo  pro- 
c*  *  losll  works  In  marble  and  stone,  such  it*,  -eulp- 
ture,  Ac.,  ami  removing  sieliiH  from  painted  iron,  etc. 

As  to  the  lertllizing  properties  „y  the  cokes  or 
coal  (,  above  referred  to,  it  would  l)e  a  simple  wuy  of 
test  lug  Hleir  i  tn men *  t*  value,  by  using  or  spreading 
I  on  an  acre  of  common  laud  about  two  tons  or  less  or 
ground  coin 
i  or  abt 

9,  with  i  .  . - r 

j  uro  veil  tohucco,  iiiiiup.'tlax,  or  any  other  staple  or 
i  crop  for  two  or  three  years;  or  It  may  le  spread  In 
Imuld  form  (in  nuuntdlc.  of  M  llm.  to  tho  hurrel, 
w.nlrli  ean  In-  re|1f|,-d  four  or  live  tlna  -  and  retain  li  t 
pi-' •pcrtlCM,)  with  u  struct  itpriokHiii'  upparutus,  ooco 
or  twice  a  week,  for  lwo  or  Mire-.*  weohs,  lor  tlu*  pro. 
ducttoii  of  two  crops  of  hay  annually. 

1  hare*  made  use  of  . . oinpomidti  for  both  muk- 

lug  nod  fixing  dye  -  Tor  gooes,  out.,  nml  also  In  making 
cloths  HIM  I  .ill  an  ht- lute  i  .  Irnpr  i  v  i  nun  lo  water,  and 
lu  muting  hi  a  tor,  pe.ilte./ ,,  to  ( lit*  surfaced  all  eloths, 
by  spnngiu*  or  olherwi-c;  also  f..r  nlazlng,  whiten¬ 
ing  or  colurgug  all  pot'cclalb.s.unrl  in  the  manufacture 

or  the  ubovr  wm  e,  Stono  ware,  J>  ,ltCi  v,  etc.,  etc. 

I  be  SO  lips  anndc  by  tills.*'  mpound  have  blenching 
{MitiliUoM  Hint  -trenu then  fiber  iti*  u*ad  of  injuring  It’ 
und  gr«*at  iuddhig qniilltleH  tor  I-  Uiiers und  lollot  use; 
also  clink*.*  pr.ipayiitjonM  or  '  <v„ii  li’.iGr  *» 

' trudo-mnrk  tmmej  carefully  prepared  for  Indies' 
use,  Its  whit  nil, i;  inil  purifying  effect*  upon  the 
skin  ami  line  toilet  properties  uro  attainable  In  no 
other  way  but  throui-b  tin  pn ,.*.,*• 

I'n rites  wishing  to  leu -e  or  secure  i  h  u I-  for  uny  ,,r 
all  of  these  111  veil  Him.,  or  form  com  print,  e  for  then, 
will  iileuse  arid  jess  me  for  piirthuilaiH.  1  claim  lo  he 
Hie  Inventor  Of  the  above,  under  ihe  Fulcnt.  Law-* 
uud  I  have  made  suer  - .  .ful  experiments  ihorewllh' 
k.i  c  ,  *.  'kvaii  m, icuf, 
all  &  hi  Diherty  Ht.,  New  York. 

£toch  Hu (l  ^outtvy. 

F4)It  1IAT4  MINI;  FROM  LIGHT 

I  i  Brubirms.  41,80  per  do/.,;  Bark  Brahmas,  #2  per 
<Ioz.;  l’flrt rt(Ljre  (  ocIiIhk,  +1  per  doz.;  M«Hirla*tiM(  *2  {ht 

(loz,  I  uriUH,  L'hpiIi  Willi  onI«r.  .No  «<^Kh  •iojifc  ( *.  ( >  lj 

Address  \V.  G.  STAR,  Lmilslana  Mo. 

A  M  KItlCA  N  ,91  Elf  INOS.  We  oiler  for  snlo 

l\  about  mo  of  our  line  thorough-bred*.  Also,  pure 
Light  Brahmas  and  Fggrt.  Send  for  I  utulogue.  Orders 
solicited.  JOHN  HHKLDON  &  HON,  Moacow,  N.  Y. 

wit  I  HU  U  H.t  F  I*  A  1C  K 

*  Eggs  tills  season  for  -ale 
ROLL  LURING,  Boston, 
importer  and  breeder. 


Oi  ci  uiimon  in  no  aim ur,  r.vro  T.ons  or  loss  or 
•luiml  cokes,  ,,r  ono  ton  or  Icmm  of  tho  prepared  coal, 
■  about  two  tons  or  lesaof  tho  prepared  line  coal, 
Ith  di'ep  plowing.  lor  producing  a  large  cion  of  lm- 


IIICA  11,91  \S. 

#8  per  doz.  !.  CAK- 

jr  Xlcdhiim,  Maas.  First 


EGGS  FOR  HATCHING. 

From  Light  Brahmas,  Buff  and  Furtrtdgc  Cochins. 
Inclose  slump  for  Circular.  H,  M15RRY,  lllon,  N.  Y. 


I^f.I.r*  FOR  IIATCTIIN4..  I  will  now  hook  or* 
I  J  dors  for  eggs  from  my  well  known  strains  of  Fun* 
cy  Fonltry,  including  over  20  varieties  of  Fowls  and 
Ducks,  b)  he  shipped  a«  soon  us  the  weather  will  per¬ 
mit,  Inclose  (damn,  ami  w  rite  for  what  vou  want  to 
(  .  N.  BROWN  Unadillu  Forks,  Otsego" Cu.  N.  Y. 

Poultry  Bulletin  as  a  Prize ! 

Price  List  free.  Illustrated  Catalogue  of  Fowls,  10 
cts.  To  all  who  select  from  my  Frlce  List  eggs  to  thu 
amount  of  910.  send  $9  for  same  and  otuto  whore  this 
was  seen  I  will  send  the  eggs  and,  a*  a  prize,  the 
Focltkv  Bdxi-ETIN  for  one  year. 

J.  Y.  BICKNKLL, 
Westmoreland,  Oneida  Co.  N.  Y. 


Q-J 


MOORE’S  BUBAL  MEW-YORKEB 


MAY  24 


PERSONAL  ITEMS. 

The  Mayor  of  Pittsburg  ha*  a  $30,000  mare. 

Rev.  Celia  Burleigh  has  gi  yen  up  preaching. 

South  Carolina  haw  a  Governor  named 

Moses. 

C’apt.  Williams  of  the  Atlantic  has  sailed 
for  England. 

Mai. -Gen.  Hallkck  left  an  estate  worth 
$430,783,  gold. 

Miss  Nellie  G kant’s  birthday  comes  on  the 
Fourt  h  of  July.' 

The  young  lady  pupils  of  Prof.  Agassi/,  have 
given  him  $4,050. 

Ex-Sknatoii  Frank  Blair  is  at  the  Clifton 

N.  y .,  Water  Cure. 

Miss  Mary  Carpenter  of  England  has  had  a 
reception  In  Boston. 

Mrs.  Gen.  Canhy  is  greatly  prostrated  by  the 
death  of  her  husband. 

Daniel  Pratt,  tiie  pioneer  manufacturer  of 
Alabama,  is  just  dead. 

P,  T.  Barnitm  will  exhibit  in  Philadelphia 
during  the  Centennial. 

Judge  Nathan  Clifford  is  the  oldest  Jus¬ 
tice  of  the  Supreme  Court. 

Bishop  Doane  of  Albany  has  gone  to  Europe 
to  get  plane  for  a  cathedral. 

President  Grant  will  not  appoint  a  suc¬ 
cessor  to  Mr.  Chase  at  present. 

F.  B.  <  ‘ARPENTKH  is  to  paint  a  portrait  of  Lin¬ 
coln  for  the  N.  V.  Capitol,  for  $3,000. 

The  Richmond  Enquirer  thinks  Chief  Justice 
Chase  the  best  friend  the  South  had  in  the 
world. 


perils,  plants',  &c. 


BEAUTIFUL  EVER3L00MIN0 

nosES. 

POt  Plants,  suitable  for  Immediate  flowering. 

Sent  Safely  by  Mail,  Post-paid. 

Your  choiee  of  the  following  splendid  varieties. 

5  for  $  I  ;  12  for  $2. 

Caroline  Manais,  DevOniensis, 

Bombrieul,  Levlson  Gower, 

Nina,  Bafrano  de  fleur  Pay 

Arcbduke  Charles,  Emotion, 

Isabella  Sprunt,  Pierre  St.  Cyr, 

Kegnlis,  Mart.  Bnivy. 

Agrippina,  Louis  Phillip, 

White  fluster.  Pink  Daily, 

Martlle.  Christine  Nilsson,  Aude  Vlbert, 
l.n  Puetole,  Bourbon  Queen, 

Cornelia  Cooke.  Mart.  Russel, 

Celine  Korrester,  Mart.  Dttinazine. 

For  10  eents addittonal  we  send  rnngniflcenl  Pre¬ 
mium  It  use,  <'ouiii  Lu  Bavihe.  Elegant  De¬ 
scriptive  Catalogue,  to  cte,;  or  presented  free  to  every 
purchaser.  Address 

THE  JI1NCSER  A  CON  A  HI)  CO., 

KOBE  GKO  WE  US, 

West  Grove,  Chenier  Co.,  Pn. 


C’TIl.VEK-Ht  LI,  BUCKWHEAT.— futility 

H  and  yield  extraordinary.  Price,  4  lbs.,  hy  mall,$f;  1  — ■ 

peck.tl.Ta;  H bu.,$2.o0s  bu.,  $4;  bu.l,$I2.  I.lin- 

ited  quantity.  II.  S.  GOODALB,  8.  Egremont,  Mass. 

LEE'S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES. 

Wholrsule  and  lieiicial  Supply  Nu raerles. 

An  immense  stock,  of  superior  quality,  at  low  tirloes. 

ty Osage  Hedge  Plants  bv  the  1,000  or 
l,000,00u.  Bend  for  Price  Liu. 

It  LA  I  It  BROS.. 

Lee’s  Summit,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 

jfmpUmtnt#  aiut  ittar  Hinny. 


gtlutfcttl  'potvumnittf. 

$100  One  Hundred  Dollars,  $100 

For  new  ,*> -octave,  double  rued,  fi  stops,  beautifully 
paneled,  iwtmi nbd  Organs,  for  Cbareli,  Chapel 
ami  Purler. 

The  best  organs  in  the  world  for  Die  price,  and  we 
guarantee  them  equal  to  any  Instrument  retailing  at 
doable  the  amount.  vv.u.  A.  POND  a  Co., 

No.  547  Broadway,  -New  York. 

CHICKERING 

PIANO-FORTES 

TUB  BEST  PIANOS  AT  THE  LOWEST  PRICKS 

and  upon  the  most  favorable  terms  of  payment. 

Wo  invite  the  attention  of  persons  intending  to 
purchase  Pianos  to  our  New  Illustrated  Catalogue, 
giving  full  description  of  Styles  and  Prices,  and  the 
terms  on  whieh  we  sell  to  those  desiring  to  make 

EASY  MONTHLY  PAYMENTS. 

SEND  FOR  A  CATALOGUE. 

CHICKIBING  &  SONS, 

11  EAST  14th  ST.,  New  York. 

354  WASHINGTON  ST.,  Boston. 

DBNMAM  &  SONS, 

(Established  in  1834,) 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

PIANO  - FORTES. 


VICTOR. 


THE  BEST 

LAWN  MOWER 

In  the  World. 

Manufact’d  by 
the  A  KB  El  TER 
LAWN  MOWER 
CO.,  Hartford, 
Conn.  Send  for 
Circular. 


A  CARD  TO  THE  PUBLIC: 

Parties  desiring  to  purchase,  and  residing  in 
towns  where  our  Piano-Fortes  are  not  repre¬ 
sented  by  agents,  can  purchase  direct  from  us, 
at  a  reduction  from  factory  prices,  until  an 
agency  is  established.  Write  for  Circular  and 
Price-List.  Boxing  and  delivery  at  railroad 
depot  in  New  York  City  free. 

Warerooms,  18  East  14th  St., 

NEW  YORK. 


S290  ? 

I  ^  — *  'MIl'Ml' !«*'!,  T  Vll  ,  ...  .  ,  .  . 


You  ;wk  V  n  V  vf  can  sell 
Find  Clua*  7  Octave  Pianos  lor 
$290  ?  "  f  answer— It  costs 

>  ii.i.ii  S300  n>  make  any 


gsamm OO  sold  through 

TfiFV't  |5®gAg i -iil»,  all  nl  whom  make  I0O 
MrS  P  i  /lily  if  v  per  ct.  profit.  We  have  no 
3)  B  I  V-Aa  r%  iff  AgeplH.  Lm  ship  direct  to  fami- 

V  A-.1.  M.  V  lies  nt TVlury  nriee.  and  warrant 

G  Years.  Send  for  illusb alert  circular,  in  which  we  refer 
to  over  500  Bankers,  Merchants,  <k<’.  (some  of  whom 
you  mav  know),  using  rmr  Pianos,  in  44  8iates  and 
Territories.  Please  slate  where  vftii  saw  tills  notice. 

U.  S.  Piano  Co.,  B  1 0  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


|  >  A  IN  l>  A  I.  L  ’  S  PR  ACTICAL  SIIKP- 
H  HERD:  A  Complete  Treatise  oil 
ttie  Itrcediug,  Management  and 
DiKcascM  of  Slieep. 


Kmplcm cuts'  Hurt  gUarhincry. 

TO  AGENTS. 


There  is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re- 

Suiuncratlon  than  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  is  no  machine  Unit  possesses 
nne-hull'  the  uunlitiics  nhicti  tiro  si,  absolutely 
,  necessary  for  tnrntljr  use  as  the 

4  Bickford's  Improved. 

isjfa  its  simplicity  and  wee  of  management,  together 
.  with  its  capacity  for  doing  the  grea  t  range  of  work, 

and  its  trilling  cost,  makes  It  a  matter  of  economy 
for  every  family  to  have  one.  am!  will  ultimately 
bring  it  into  us  general  use  the-  Sewing  Machine. 
Tile  practical  utility  «d  the  machine  only  needs  to 
1  ho  demonstrated  to  the  people  to  produce  an  un- 
k-idffsi  limited  demand.  .  ^  ^  . 

SH^i1  Many  Sewing  Machine  Agents,  ending  the  in- 

crease  of  com  petition  and  the  diniuulty  «»f  selling 
SSwl  high-priced  machines  to  militate  against  a  flour- 
j  isbing  business,  arc  taking  hold  of  the 


BICKFORD 


W  '  / 

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Ik 

if 

unrt  meeting  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer¬ 
chants,  t'nrtlng  tn  Dana  Bickford's  invention  a 
cheap,  simple  unci  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
And  it  profitable  to  purchase  and  keep  on  sale. 
The  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  does 
not  require  the  “eternut  vigilance”  to  sell  this 
machine  n*  in  the  case  of  sewing  machines. 
Aireut*  \\  anted  Everywhere.  Goud.bmart 

Men  CUM  make  £50  PKH  WKEK  AND  EXPENSES. 
Send  for  Instruction*  and  Circulars.  Price 
to  WO. 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  BICKFORD,  President. 

OiSce  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


IMITATION  GOLD  WATCHES  &  CHAINS. 

This  metal  has  all  the  brilliancy  and  durability  of  Gold.  Prices 
*15,  *20 and  $25  each.  Chains  from  $2  to  $12  each.  OwfoMitC.O.V. 
In-  expre-s;  by  ordering  six  you  got  one  tree.  Send 
Illustrated  Circular.  Send  Poatal  Order  and  we  will  send  F'”'1!15 
npKtjUP?  paid.  Address  t'OMdNj  ^ETAl-.  \\  A  II  1  A(-i 


:V.  335  Broudwuy,  New  York  City. 


AGRICULTURAL 

CHEMICALS. 

Sulphate  of  Ammonia  ;  Sulphate  of  Potash ;  Sul-  • 
phate  of  Soda ;  Sulphate  of  Ume ;  Sulphuric  Acid  ; 
Nitrate  >if  Soda ;  Nitrate  of  Potash;  Ill-phosphate 
of  Lime  (Acid  Phosphate);  Muriate  of  Potash,  Ac. 
Also,  N<>.  I  Peruvian  Guano;  Ground  Bonos;  Atn- 
moniated  Superphosphate;  Fish  Guano,  Ac. 

GEO.  E.  WHITE,  100  Front  Ht.,  N.  A'. 

the  XJKTXOINr  RAILWAY 

HOUSE  PilWEIt. 

«  i  «ii  'fill*  superior  Power 

V*5 produce*  mneh  more 
ti-  ^  poiver  Ilian  other  rail- 

|A_5B  ST  ~'yr — J  way  powers,  and  With 

t LyAnml't-  —  ^  vi  i'U  miu  li  liss  ele'  ii- 

\re|  .M.1  njv  t inn .  Also,  Improved 

^  p7 

.  ’  Pliilaileljilimi  I'n. 

R  FROST, 

SUCCESSOR  TO  FROST,  BLACK  &  CO., 

Has  just  the  thing  that  is  needed  by  the  people. 

PA.TB3NJT 

BUREAU  &  WARDROBE  BEDSTEADS 

AT  825  AND  UPWARDS. 

Every  room  in  the  bouse  can  be  used  as  a  sitting- 
room.  Cull  and  examine  it  at  K.  W.  Frost’s,  Paten¬ 
tee  ond  Manufacturer  of  First-Class  Furniture,  CO 
Bowery,  nour  Canal  St.  *2f“  AU  goods  puiehused  at 
my  house  guaranteed  as  represented. 

U.  \V.  FUOST,  ««>  Bowery,  N.  Y. 

JANES  &.  KIRTLAND, 

MANTTFAOTOBBJtS  OF 

FOUJV  r.r  AIJVS,  V  A  S  E  8 , 

AND 

Garden  Ornaments, 

S,  10  &  12  Reatle  St.,  New  York. 

riHIE  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  ean- 
A  not  be  surpassed  for  Workmanship,  Durability 
and  Lightness  of  Draft. 

"Write  for  a  Price  List  to  J.  Tl.  JOIT!VSTOW,l 

GREAT  WtSTERNW^GUl,  UI(W » 


rrtlNIE.  MONEY  AND  STRENGTH  SAVED 
L  by  using  Clark’s  Patent  Tobacco  Ridge r 
null  Hilling  Plow  .  The  most  complete  implement 
ever  nut  int"  the  bands  of  the  tnrraer.  It  is  IhC  sim- 
plcM  easiest  hundlert.  and  takes  up  no  more  room 
tlmn  an  ordinary  plow,  It  combine*  four  of  the  most 
\  n) liable  tool  s  lo  one, and  w  Kb  oue  Hyrse  and  Boy  will 
<]m  morn  work  than  too  men.  Ami  fobaeco  Hidger  it 

l.»s  no  equal.  Asa  Hilling  Plow  tt  stands  imrivaled. 
Asa  oultlvutor  of  all  crops  that  require  hilling  it  is 
unsurpassco.  As  a  ltOTSOllue  nOtlllUg  compares  with 
it.  Feiul  fur  Circular,  and  got  UeBerlptuin  of  the  best 
lino  ol  tool w  erver  lint  Into  the  hands  or  the  1'iirmer. 
HIGG  ANUM  M’F'G  CO.,  Higganum,  Conn. 

imcis  m  TEDDER 


The  only  practical  Cherry-Stoner  made.  It  leaves 
the  fruit  plum])  and  round,  with  its  Juices  preserved. 
Sold  in  till  markets.  Send  *1  for  sample. 

D.  II.  GOODELL. 

Sole  Manufacturer,  .Y>  Ohambei-*  St.,  New  York. 
Works  at  A  iitrim,  N.  H. 

p.  8.  —A  Iso,  Sole  Manufacturer  of  Lightning  and 
Turn-Table  Apple- Carers,  Lightning  Peach-Purera, 
and  Climax  Apple  Corer  and  Hi  leer. 

IP E  WOULD  NOT  SELL  OUR  SUPE- 
>t  rior  Huy  Spreader  for  live  times  Its  cost  if 
we  could  not  obtain  another. 


BRADLEY'S 

AMERICAN  HARVESTER. 

We  warrant  it  to  cut  any  grain  that  grows,  and  in 
any  condition.  „  . ,  ... 

It  will  do  better  work,  is  more  durable,  and  is  in 
every  respect  superior  to  our  former  manufacture  of 
the  celebrated 

Jolt n Mon  “Sweepstake*”  Reaper. 

Don’t  buy  any  other  until  you  have  seen  it. 

*3f-  For  particulars,  address 

B HADLEY  MAN’F  G  CO.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

rr I1E  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  saved 
X  me  two  hundred  dollars  on  my  hay  lust  season. 

The  Louden  Hay  Carrier 

Elevates  the  hay  perpendicularly  from  the  load,  car- 
eies  it  horizontal  I  ulo  any  imrt  of  the  mow,  and  returns 
the  empty  fork  bank  to  the  load.  Pitches  into  a  win¬ 
dow.  Stocks  in  the  Held.  Haves  its  Cost  every  sea¬ 
son.  See  illustration  on  page  158  of  RURAL  Nnyv- 
YoHKtli  of  March  tj.  Agents  wanted.  Send  stamp 
for  Circular,  Prices  and  T  erms. 

I  LOUDEN  31’F’G  WORKS, 

Fairfield,  Iown. 


Enables  the  most  Important  Agricultural  product  of 
Atnerlcu  to  bo  cut,  cured  and  stored  In  the  barn  in 
one  day.  Improves  the  quality  and  Increases  the 
value  of  the  hay  crop.  Prevents  all  risk  of  damage 
from  storms  and  sudden  showers.  Is  simple,  dura¬ 
ble  end  of  light  draft.  Was  awarded  the  New  En¬ 
gland  Agricultural  Society's  only  Jlrst  prize,  at  the 
Great  Field  Trial,  at  Amherst,  Mass.,  us  being  supe¬ 
rior  to  all  others,  and  the  best  and  only  perfect 
machine  for  tedding  or  turning  hay. 

JUDE  ONLY  BY 

ARIKS  PLOW  COMPANY, 

53  Beckman  St.,  New  York, 

and  tiuluey  Hall,  Boston. 

If?”  Send  for  Descriptive  Circular. 

After  one  day's  use  of  the  su¬ 
perior  HAY  SPREAOER  UO  farmer  will 
ever  part  with  it. 

buy  the  best  : 


"  17!)  Smillifiald  St.,  rittiburgh.  Pa. 

Breech -Loading  Shot  Gnns,  f?  lu  to  $Hm).  Double  Shot 
Gun»,*;;toS15n.  Single  Gnns,  $5 to  $2(1.  Rifles.  *8  to 
Revolvers,  $6  to  *26.  Pistols,  *1  to  $k  Gun  Material. 
Kishi up  Tackle,  Ac.  Large  disroun(*  f*>  ii+dler*  or  rLuhjt. 
Army  linns.  Revolvers,  etc.,  bought  or  traded  for.  Good* 
seat  hy  express  C.O.D.  to  be  examined  before  paid  for. 


Tins  Work,  by  the  Hon.  Hkxuy  8.  Kanhall,  - 

fts&a^y&ysi  ATTENTION,  OWNERS  OF  HORSES ! 

a ro  Authority  on  llm  8ubioct.  It  is  Hie  most  com-  I  l»II  1  lUllj  u  miiliiu  xm  *-v-’  ' 


urd  Authority  on  tlie  Subject.  It  is  the  most  corn- 
then-  and  reliable  Treatise  cm  American  Sheep  lius- 
buiirtrv  ever  pubH*hod.  and  tU8  .the  New  England 
Farmer  says)  "  slioulrt  be  In  the  hand  and  head  of 
every  person  owning  sheep.” 

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’  ofyfai  the  worst  case  of  raw  and 
GV  V  inflamed  neck  in  hit  Do  Ilf, 

'"hi  I1’1  ■'l  'In  llarsee  very  tiny; 
%\  %  im1 — and  will  not  ohafo  or  wear 

W  ^  Jr  the  mane.  For  sale  by  Sad- 
dlery  Hardware  Dealers  and 
Harness  Makers.  Manufac¬ 
tured  bv  the  ZINC  COLLAR  PAD  CO.,  liuclianan, 
Mich.  Information  furnished  on  application. 


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Al ^UFACTUREO  BY  ADRIAN CE, PLATT  &C0 

STYLES,  SIZES  &  PRICES  TO  SUIT  ALL  FARMERS. 

Descriptive  Circulars  Forwarded  by  Mall. 


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.  into  the  field.  Read  a  few  of  the  comments  received. 

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DRESS  SILKS.  BLACK,  COLORED  AND  STRIPED 
cams  GRAINS. 

PARASOL  SILKS,  ALL  SHADES  AND  WIDTHS. 
M  ARC  DUN  ES  AND  FLORENTINES. 

FOULARDS,  ALL  COLORS  AND  GRADES,  FOR 
HAT,  CAP  AND  FUR  LININGS  AND  MILLI¬ 
NERY  PURPOSES. 

BLACK  AND  COLORED  OROB  GRAIN  BONNET 
RIBBONS. 

SASH  AND  BELT  RIBBONS. 

MACHINE  TWIST  AND  SEWING  SILK. 

TRAMS.  OKGANZINKS,  AND  FINE  PATENT 
SPUN  SILKS  FOR  SILK  MIXTURE  WOOL¬ 
ENS.  _ 

Particular  attention  Will  be  paid 
to  order*  for  any  mprclal  kinds  of  Silk 
iikc<1  by  Manufacturer*. 

nxiiiijs  i 

Hartford,  and  South  Manchester,  Conn. 

The  A  verill  Chemical 


GEO.  A.  PRINCE  &  CO., 

Organs  A  H  clod  cons 

The  Oldest,  Largest  and  Most  Perfect  Manufactory 
in  the  United  States. 

52,000 

Now  in  use. 

No  other  Musical  Instrument  ever  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

EET  Send  for  Price-Lists. 

Address  BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


IN  BUST  I X  THE  WOltLIl! 

Sample  Card  and  testimonials  furnished  free  by 
Dealers  gen  orally,  and  )>y  A  VEItlLL  CHEMI¬ 
CAL  PAINT  CO.,  32  Hurling  Slip,  N.  Y.,  or 
Cleveland,  Ohio.  _ 

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UAI  OA,  DI  AIM  NON  CO.,  N. 

MANUKACTCHr.ltB  OIP 

STEAM  ENGINES, 

Portable,  Stationary 
and  Agricultural. 

Hundreds  In  use  In  Shops, 
Priming  Rooms.  Mills,  Mines, 
and  on  Farms  and  Hla mil¬ 
lions,  lor  Drain  Threshing, 
Food  Cooking  for  Stock,  Cot¬ 
ton  Ginning,  Sawing,  A o. 
Circulars  sent  on  application. 

m  MEW  aud  WOMEN  WANTED  Every- 

jH  where  to  take  the  money  for  our  PAT.  BUT- 
|  TON-HGI.IS  CUTTER,  with  Stiver  Case.  25  ets. 
■s  Cute H  str.e*.  Sell*  at  sight.  PAT.  FOUNTAIN 
|  PEN  and  VOS  KM  IT  E  XX  GOLD  PENS.  Smu- 
|,  pies  of  all.  with  Circulars,  post-paid,  for  25  etn, 
I  Also,  THE  LADIES'  CASKET,  and  other  arlt- 
;|i  ole*.  Address  CITY  NOVELTY  CO.. 

404  Library  at..  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


maternal. 


$732 
MADE  IN 

31  DAY? 

Hy  nu«  Aueui  Milling  Sih  ers  1  iirnP 
Itcimn.  Recommended  by  the  lato 
Dura  re  fire,  •toy.  Am.  Agriculturist, 
and  1 00.000  Families  using  them. 
One  count  v  for  each  Agent.  Success 
*ujY.  0.  A.  CLEGG-*  CO.,  T 

20  Cortiunflt  St.,  N.  Y. 

The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 

GROUND  BONE. 

BONE  MEAL, 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Fresh  Bone  Superphosphate  ol  Lime,  or 
Dissolved  Bone.  Send  for  Circular. 

LISTER  BROS.,  Newark.  N.  J. 


Little  Woman  ( hugging  her  new  Doll)—“  Isn’t  she  n  darling  ?  I’d  give  her  to  you,  only 
— she’s  my  own  !  !  ” 

INVESTMENT  BONDS. 

THE  NORTHERN  PACIFIC  RAILROAD  7-30  FIRST  MORTGAGE  GOLD  BONDS,  which  we  reoora- 
mend  as  a  pru  fit  able  and  well  .secured  investment,  bear  V  8-lu  per  cent,  gold  interest,  and  linve  the  fol¬ 
lowing  elements  of  security,  viz.: 

1.  They  are  the  obligation  ol  u  strong  corporation, 

2.  They  are  a  First  Mortgage  <*n  the  Road,  its  Equipments,  Rights  and  Franchises. 

8.  They  are  a  first  lion  on  Its  Net  Earnings.  „  .  .  ,  „  .  «  ,ocnn 

4.  There  la  pledged,  in  addition,  for  the  payment.  at  principal  and  interest,  a  Land  Grant  or  LJ.bUU 
acres  per  mile  tb rough  the  Slates,  and  25.600  t  eres  per  mile  through  the  Territories  traversed.  The  Com¬ 
pany  is  already  entitled  to  nearly  Ton  Million  acres  of  its  Grant,  and  its  Land  Hales  thus  far  have  realized 
five  dollars  and  sixty-six  cents  por  ucro.  .  .  .  ,  .  „  .  .  , 

With  nearly  500  miles  of  the  road  completed  aud  In  Operation,  the  earnings  for  1«73  will  he  large. 

All  marketable  stocks  and  bonds  are  received  In  exchange  for  Northern  Pacifica  on  most  favorable  terms. 

JAY  COOKE  &  CO., 

No.  GO  W nil  Street,  New  York. 

FREEMAN  & 

FREEMAN  ifc  BURR  have  very  great  pleasure  in  inviting  attention  to  their  New  and  Elegant 
Selections  for  the  Present  Season.  The  Stock  is  of  immense  extent  aud  variety,  and  from  tlio  best 
products  of  the  Loom  from  every  part  of  the  world.  , 

ORDERS  for  garments  to  measure  neatly  and  promptly  executed,  at  moderate  prices. 


Spring 

Spring 


Overcoats,  $  6,  $10. 
Overcoats,  $15,  $20. 


Norton  Olio  Fair  Association.  Speiho  0vercoats’  *2°-  s3°- 


r’romiums,  $30,000  ! 

The  Fourth  Annual  Fair  of  this  Association  will 
be  held  at  Cleveland,  O.,  on  the  29th  of  Sep¬ 
tember,  IS73,  nnd  continue  live  (5)  dayB. 

Premium  Lists  will  be  ready  in  duo  season. 

linn.  J.  P.  ROBISON,  Pres’t. 
SAM.  BRIGGS,  See’y. 

HORSE  RAKE  WIRE 

POR  SALE  BY 

JOHN  \V.  QUINCY,  9S  William  St.,  N.  Y. 

We  are  now  prepared  to  fill  orders  for  the  coming 
season.  Send  for  Circular. 

GREAT  REDUCTION. 


Suits,  sio. 
Suits,  $20. 
Suits,  $25. 
Suits,  $30. 
Suits,  §40. 
Suits,  $50. 


Boys’  Suits,  s  5,  s  8. 
Boys’  Suits,  sio,  S12. 
Boys’  Suits,  $15,  $20. 


ORDERS 
BY  MAIL. 


Suits,  seo. 

ORDERS  BY'  LETTER  promptly  filled.  Our  New  System  por  Self-Measpke, 
of  which  thousands  avail  themselves,  enables  parties  lu  all  parts  of  the  country  to  order 
direct  from  us,  with  the  certainty  of  receiving  the  most  pkhkect  tit  attainable. 

RULES  FOR  SELF-MEASURE.  Illustrated  Book  of  F  ashlons  and  Prices,  sam¬ 
ples  of  Goods,  sent  Fit  ice  on  application. 


TEAS  AND  COFFEES 

Increased  Facilities  to  Club  Organisers, 
Send  lor  New  Price  List. 

THE  GREAT  AMERICAN  TEA  CO. 

P.  O.  Box  56-13.)  81  A  83  Vesey  St„  New  York. 

12.000,000  ACRES 

CXIEiYI?  IPikniMS  ! 

’I'lic  Chenne*!  I.titcil  In  Market, 

for  sale  by  the  UNION  P  W'lFIC  RAILROAD  COM¬ 
PANY',  in  the  Oeeut  Elath  Valitu !  .'(,000.000 

ACRE-  In  CENTRAL  NEBRASKA  now  for  sale  in 
tracts  of  forty  acres  and  upwards,  on  m.  nnd  hu  years' 
ereiit,  nt  6  per  nil.  .Vo  utl'nmi  Dll  first  re, lulled. 
MILD  AND  HEALTHFUL  CLIMATE,  FERTILE! 
SOIL,  AN  ABUNDANCE  OF  GOOD  WATER.  THE 
BEST  MARKET’  IN  THE  WEST!  Thu  Great  Min¬ 
ing  Regions  Of  Wyoming,  Colorado,  Utah  and  Nevada, 
being  supplied  by  the  farmers  In  the  I'lmh  l'nihi/. 
SOLDIERS  ENTITLED  TO  A  HOMESTEAD  OF 
1«0  ACRES.  THE  BEST  LOCATIONS  FOB  COL¬ 
ONIES.  KKKK  HOMES  FOR  ALL.  Milhous  of  acres 
of  choice  Government  Lauds  open  for  entry  under 
the  Hioiioi ran  Uni1,  near  this  Great  Itail mad,  with 
good  market*  and  all  the  conveniences  of  nn  old  set¬ 
tled  country.  Free  passes  to  purchasers  of  Railroad 
Lund.  Sectional  maps,  showing  the  exact  location 
of  land,  also  new  edition  Of  Disc  ipltcr  Bnmphlel  with 
New  Jl-jo*.  Man.  a  10-ee  Ertrt/wh,  rr.  Address 

O.  F.  DAVIS,  Land  Commissioner, 

U.  P.  R.  R.  Co.,  Omaha,  Neb. 


AMERICAN 

RUBBER  PAINT 

MIXED  READY  FOH  USE 

Wild,  LAST  FROM 

13  TO  3  TIMES  -A.S  LOETG 
As  paint-  mixed  In  the  ordinary  manner.  It 
dries  with  a  hard,  rich,  glossy  surface,  and  will 
not  chalk,  crack,  nor  pe.l  otf;  requiring  no  ol), 
thinner  or  drier,  aud  will  cover  mi. re  surface 
with  the  same  body,  is  much  cheaper,  more 
durable,  and  better  m  every  respect  than  any 
other  paint. 

i*rices  - 

Greens . S3.50  per  <«ul. 

Ollier  Shade*,  including 

W  hite  and  Black .  '2. .50  “  * 

Faint  for  Roof*,  Water- 

proof .  '2.25  “ 

Packages  of  five  gallons  and  upwards  deliv¬ 
ered  free  of  expense  to  any  point  in  the  United 
States  or  Canada?.  Send  Draft,  Money  Order 
or  Registered  Lett-r,  at  our  Task.  It  the  paint 
is  not  satisfactory,  it  Mil  be  returned,  and  the 
money  will  be  refunded.  Sendforsample  card, 
containing  thirty  .shades,  and  directions  for 
ascertaining  the  ap.ouut  of  paint  required  to 
cover  a  given  surface.  Address 

E.  BLUNT.  Jr.,  Agent, 

51  Fulton  Street,  New  York. 
Please  state  in  what  paper  you  saw  this. 


NOTICE  TO  INVESTORS 

Chicago  &  Canada 

SOUTHERN. 

$5,000,000 

7  PER  CENT.  GOLD  BONDS 

At  90  and  ACCRUED  INTEREST.  COUPON  AND 
REGISTERED.  INTEREST  PAYABLE  IN  GOLD, 
APRIL  AND  OCTOBER. 

We  now  offer  these  Bonds  at  the  above  VERY 
LOW  PRICE. 

THE  CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Eastern  end 
of  this  lino,  whoso  Bonds  were  so  rapidly  sold  last 
Summer, 

Is  Now  Finished, 

and  will  bo  Openod  for"  business,  in  connection  with 
the  TOLEDO  AND  WABASH  anil  Other  Western 
roads,  at  a  very  early  day.  The  CHICAGO  AND 
CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Western  end  of  this  line. 
Is  now  being  mpldly  built,  mtrt  the  Company  expect 
It  to  be  finished  during  the  present  year. 

THIS  GREAT  TRUNK  LINE,  when  completed 
through,  will  bo  of  Immense  advantage  to  the  ship¬ 
ping  interests  of  the  Great  West,  being  LEVEL, 
8THA10TIT,  and  33  miles  Shorter  tbau  aDy  other 
route.  Having  connections  with  all  the  Hups  run¬ 
ning  Into  BuflWo  at  the  East  and  Chicago  at  the 
West,  and  under  the  management  of  some  of  the 
most  experienced  railroad  operators  of  the  country, 
Its  success  is  rendered  a  certainty,  and  Its  bonds 
must  be  a  sufc  and  profitable  Investment.  It  makes 
tbe  shortest  and  best  connections  going  West,  both 
at  Toledo  and  Detroit,  and  Is  the  only  eleven  per  cent. 
Gold  Bond  on  any  through  Trunk  Line  now  offered. 
Pamphlets  and  all  Information  furnished  by 

LEONARD,  SHELDON  &  FOSTER, 

BANKERS, 

No.  IO  WALL  ST.,  NEW  YORK. 

WINSLOW,  LAMER  &  €0., 

BANKERS, 

No.  27  1*1  NIi  S'l'KEET,  NEW  YORK. 


WAT  IMIS’  CONCERTO  PARLOR  0 ROANS 

.us.  are.  the  most  benutifal  i'n 
. -ipSpc  style  amt  perfect  in  tone 
over  made.  The  CO  N- 
<  <1-H1'<1  STOP  is  the  best 
J§St$5-/«50y  ever  pluceil  111  any 

— 3? rU "T  firman.  It  is  produced  tnj 

wfmmte  1  -  "iv,:'.?.  <gs&rs; 

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dispose  of  X OO  PIANOS  and  ORGANS  oj  *ir*t- 
i  lass  makers,  imiudina  WATERS  i  at  n- 
remely  low  prices  Tor  cash,  or  pact  earn,  ami 
.•ilnnce  in  small  monthly  payments.  Atw  < - 
Octave  first-class  PI  A  NOS,  all  motleiuna- 
provements. /cr.$275  cash.  Organs  S>»o. &<•»• 
IXB’BLE-niT.n  ORGANS,  $1«0  ;  4-STOl , 
«110?  8-STOP.  *125, i/me, 7 ntf.  ILL VSTEA 1ED 


PROVIDENT  LIFE  AND  TRUST  CO. 

OK  rHIXjADEIjHHIA. 

ASSETS, . OVER  $2,500,000.  „  t 

Similar  to  the  ‘‘Friends  Provident  ’’  of  England.  Malts  not  con  thud  in  Er units.  Low  rates  of  Mortality 
Prudent,  straightforward  and  economical  management.  Strictly  Mutual. 

Business  Men  wanted  as  Agents. 

BUILDING  PAPER! 

For  Sheathing,  Roofing,  Deafening,  Carpet  Lining,  and  as  a  substitute  for  Plastering.  Lend  for  Samples 
and  Circulars,  to  B.  E.  Halk  &  Co.,  56  &  58  Park  Place,  N.  Y„  or  Lock  River  Paper  Co.,  Chicago. 


'  agents  wanted  fo 

(Tdr  wmamriWiF 


His  divinity  esUiblished  and  rationalism  routed. 
The  most  popular  and  rapidly-selling  religious  work 
ever  issued.  For  Cirou  tars,  address  UNTIED  ST  AT  ES 
PUBLISHING  CO,.Jll_Broome  St.,  New  York. 

Foolishly  spent  honey  paid  for 

children’?  shoes  not  protected  by  81 1  ABU  TIPS. 
Two  weeks  in  about  the  time  It  takes  a  smart,  active 
child  to  ventilate  the  toe  of  a  shoe.  SILVER  TIPs 
the  only  preventive. 


1TOW  DELIGHTFUL  to  have  DRY  FEET. 

If  Farmers,  Mechanics.  Everybody!  _ 

CABLS5  SCREW  Wilt  K  . 

,  Boots  aud  Shoes  never  rip  or  leak.  All  have  the 
I  Patent  Stamp. 


Vnm 
Jv  ?'  f: 


NEW  YORK,  AND  ROCHESTER,  N.  Y„  MAY  31,  1873, 


f  PRICE  SIX  CENTS  C 
i  SJ.50  PElt  YEAR. 


f  Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress, 


in  the  year  1373,  by  D.  pT^i^K.Tnlheofflce  of  th7l 

has  a  rough  frame-work  as  a  base,  with  Fat  the  thick  end  is  nearly 
stakes  at  regular  intervals,  through  which  wrist,  about  twelve  feet  1, 
wUlow  sticks  are  interlaced,  looking,  when  |  and  terminating  with  a 
ompie^hkeahugeba.sketonwheels.  When  buckskin,  which  they  tak. 

.  the  t0[J  to  keeP  oat  the  cannot  be  excelled  wi», 


FKOM  MARTIN  CO 


MINNEE80TA. 

INTERESTING  LETTER  FROM  A  SCANDINAVIAN  FARMER. 

If  it  is  of  any  interest  for  Rural  readers 
who  have  never  been  on  the  frontier  through 
any  winter,  to  hoar  a  few  words  from  there, 
here  are  some  from  an  actual  settler,  who  is 
no  land  agent,  bur,  who  would  like  to  see  a 
good  farmer  on  every  quarter  section  of  this 
county  as  soon  as  possible,  band  is  rich 
wood  is  scarce,  water  is  abundant  ;  cold 
snowstorm*  in  winter,  hardships  enough.  It 
needs  good  workers,  wide  awake  farmers  to 
succeed  here.  Work  has  to  be  done  in  the 
right  time  ami  in  good  order,  or  else  farming 
is  a  failure.  I,  for  one,  have  found  out  that 
a,  man  pays  enough  for  his  laud  when  he 
lives  on  and  cultivates  it  for  live  years  before 
getting  a  deed  of  it.  In  May,  I860,  ft  little 
party  came  here ;  some  had  teams  and 
money,  and  florae  noth  ing.  i  was  among  the 
last-  named.  We  stopped  on  this  beautiful 
prairie.  The  grans  had  just  commenced 
growing.  We  entered  1G0  acres  Government 
land  each,  Not  being  able  to  stay  I  was  com¬ 
pelled  to  take  my  family  with  me,  and  work 
on  the  different  railroads  being  built,  travel- 


SKETCHES  IN  NEW  MEXICO.-I 


THE  MEXICAN  CARRETTA. 

Tue  Oarretta  is  constructed  entirely  of 
wood.  The  wheels  are  made  by  taking  a 
section  of  the  cottonwood  tree  which,  by-tlie- 
by,  is  the  only  timber  that  attains  tho  requi¬ 
site  size  in  the  country.  The  maker  com¬ 
mences  by  chopping  away  the  sides,  leaving 
a  large  block  in  the  center  for  the  hub.  The 
wheel,  when  completed,  consists  of  three 
pieces  of  wood,  the  two  outside  circular  seg¬ 
ments  attached  to  the  great  slab  or  center 
with  wood  pins.  The  hub  is  usually  left  as 
long  as  the  diameter  of  the  tree  will  permit. 
The  reason  assigned  for  this  is,  that  the  long¬ 
er  the  hub  tho  steadier  the  cart-  will  run. 
When  these  vehicles  arc  in  use,  if  not  well 
greased,  a  pig  under  a  gate  would  discourse 
sweet  music  in  comparison. 

The  axlotree  and  tougue  are  of  the  same  tim¬ 
ber  as  the  wheels,  very  thick  and  clumsy, 
mortised  and  tenoned  together;  the  body 


the  end  of  a  day’s  journey  they  are  turned 
loose  to  pick  up  their  own  living,  very  few 
of  the  farmers  cutting  hay  ;  in  fact  there  is 
scarcely  a  need,  there  being  no  rains  or  dew 
after  the  grass  lina  matured,  it  really  be¬ 
comes  cured,  standing  hay,  and  contains 
nearly  all  of  its  original  sweetness.  Both 
cattle  and  sheep  thrive  anil  fatten  upon  it. 

A.  J.  Russell. 

We  have  other  interesting  sketches  of  life 
in  New  Mexico  from  Mr.  Russell. 


any  time  from  September  tillspriug  and  they 
will  gather  all  the  crop  and  more  fatness  too 
than  they  could  get  from  ten  acres  of  corn. 
=  In  March  or  April,  owing  to  the  latitude, 
plant  the  Chufas  and  Cat-Tail  Millet  audio 
May,  June  or  July,  according  to  the  growth 
April  the  crops  have  made,  turn  in  the  sheep  to 
odof  remain  until  frost,  then  give  the  hogs  a 
e  had  chance  and  you  will  be  convinced  that  there 
ream.  js  no  necessity  for  any  farmer  “  to  keep  his 
here.  I  smoke-house  in  the  West,” 


ing  hundreds  of  miles  in  order  to  be  at  home 
every  six  months,  and  thus  keep  the  land. 
Meantime  I  hired  some  breaking  done.  In 
the  fall  of  1871  I  had  ft  good  horse  team, 
twenty-five  acres  breaking  done,  and  had 
built  a  warm  house.  Went  up  to  work  m 
the  timber  over  winter  to  earn  some  money 
to  buy  seed  wheat,  etc.,  in  order  to  get  a 
good  start  in  spring.  Failed  to  make  any¬ 
thing,  because  too  many  farmers,  like  me, 
wanted  work,  and  prices  were  low.  Lost  ray 
_ _  _ 1  i,un  tn  hire  for  soring  work: 


HARDER’8  RAILWAY  HORSE  POWER, 
THRESHER  AND  CLEANER. 

As  the  harvesting  season  is  approaching, 
when  not  only  reapers  but  threshers  and 
cleaners  will  he  in  demand,  grain  growers 
must  naturally  be  seeking  such  improved 
labor-saving  implements  and  machines  as 
will  best  help  them  through  the  trying 
period  of  gathering  and  preparing  for  market 
their  staple  products.  Hence  we  give  a  rep¬ 
resentation  of  a  very  valuable  machine— the 
Two-Horse  Railway  Power,  and  Thresher  and 
Cleaner,  manufactured  by  Minakd  Harder, 
at  the  Empire  Agricultural  Works,  Coble- 
skill,  N.  Y.  Of  these  implements  the  judges 
at  the  National  Implement  Trial,  held  at 
Auburn,  N.  Y.,— which  was  one  of  the  most 
thorough  tests  ever  held  in  this  or  any  other 
country — made  an  extended  report,  from 
which  we  extract  the  following  : 

The  construction  is  such  as  to  produce  a 
sufficient  speed  for  threshing,  by  a  very  slow 
and  easy  movement  of  the  horses,  its  will  be 
seen  from  the  following  statement.  The 
average  number  of  revolutions  of  the  chain 
in  one  minute,  was,  according  to  our  observa¬ 
tions,  while  threshing,  C?.i  to  7.  Assuming 
citron  revolutions  Tier  minute  as  the  tine 


prospering  slowly;  mre  * 
have  it  better  In  a  few  years. 

We  have  a  cattle  law  ;  have  to  herd  or 
picket  our  stock  ;  but  notwithstanding,  keep 
as  much  as  our  means  afford  US  to  get  and 
raise.  Every  caff  is  cared  for  to  increase 
the  number  of  milch  cows  or  working  oxen. 
We  build  stables  of  sod,  a  nd  keep  our  stock  m 
good  condition.  I  feed  mine  four  times  a 
day  in  winter,  and  water  once.  My  hay  was 

salted  when  stacked  ;  i - -  _  .  . 

and  at  noon  ;  < — 
and  at  night ;  ml 
nips  once  a  day  ; 

Americans  think  milk  is 
butter  or  cheese 
vian)  know  how  to  use 
food  of  milk,  especially  in 

can  go  along  with  a  go - 

tea  when  money  is  scarce, 
economy  for  a  new  settler, 
cans  don’t  want  in. 
cleaning  stables  in  winter, 
stables ;  they  had  rather 

We  raise  as  i - 

pork  is  a  cash  ar 
per  pound,  and  a 
ern  farmer  when 
potatoes. 

We  have  to 

draw  all  wo  can  in  wi 
work  in  summer,  when  tii 

Land  grant  railroads  ar 
leys  and  timber,  and  stop  w 
open  prairies  ;  then  get  their 
waiting  for  prairies  to  get  set 

waiting  for  ri - - —  - 

they  do  build  they  have 
eling,  or  stop  running 
March.  Elevators  i — 

Up,  and  when  farmers 
for  hauling  out  w) 
reduced  prices ; 
that  wheat  brings  w 
thirty-live  miles,  to  market.  Oats  bnng  ~ 
cents,  and  then  only  for  .trade.  Times  get 
dull,  houses  deserted;  railroad  and  Stale 
laud  can’t  be  sold  or  cultivated  ;  neighbors 
are  far  apart,  and  no  schools  in  some  towns, 
because  new  settlers  can’t  build  sohoolhouses 
enough  for  some  yearn. 

Some  one,  well  off,  would  Ray— “  But  these 
poor  homestead  sett  lers  will  discourage  set¬ 
tlers  with  means,”  May  be  ;  but  a  man  with 
moans  will  look  for  a  better  location  than 
open  prairies,  far  from  timber  ;  and  if  some 


R,  THRESHER  AND  CLEANER. 

Millet  should  be  planted  thickly  i 
ell  manured,  a 
will  be  sufficient. 


HARDER’S  RAILWAY  HORSE  FUW 

First,  in  drills.  Some  practice  this  method 
and  recommend  it  to  others.  I  quit,  using  it. 
years  ago,  for  these  reasons  It  affords  only 
about  one-half  as  much  feed  as  the  other 
method  of  sowing  broadcast.  It  leaves  the 
land  open  to  the  light  and  heat  of  the  nun,  to 
generate  noxious  weeds,  that  will  oiten  dt 
maud  the  attention  of  the  farmer,  in  the  most 
hurried  period  of  the  season.  It  involves 
more  time  and  labor.  This,  and  what  fol-  ) 
lows,  relate  to  my  own  experience.  Others 
may  have  different  views.  1  heorios ar <*  v  <  i  \ 
good  in  tluir  place,  but  they  need  experi¬ 
ments  to  test  their  value  for  practicable  pur¬ 
poses. 

I  will  relate  minutely  the  second  mode  of 
growing  corn  for  stock  It  wus  on  a  loamy 
soil,  barren,  except  of  weeds,  and  I  spread  a 
moderate  coat  of  barn-yard  manure  and 
plowed  it  under.  With  a  harrow  it  was  then 
leveled  to  a  smooth  surface,  and  well  pulver¬ 
ized.  It  was  then  sown  with  three  bushels  of 
good  seed  corn  to  the  acre,  and  harrowed  till 
well  covered,  and  then  rolled  with  a  heavy 
roller.  It  should  be  got  in  immediately  after 
plowing  while  the  land  is  moist,.  Tills  will 
facilitate  its  early  grow  til,  so  t  hat  it  will  cov¬ 
er  the  ground  before  t  he  weeds  have  time  to 
appear.  The.  result-  was,  that-  there  were  no 
weeds  grow  a  with  the  corn.  It  grew  finely 
about  five  feet  high,  and  so  thick  that  it  be¬ 
came  a  safe  retreat  for  rabbits,  with  dogs  at 


three  feet  apart,  w 
thorough  plowing* 
the  C'hufuK  in  furrows  about  two  feet  apart 
and  one  foot  distant,  in  the  row,  let  the  fur¬ 
rows  be  from  'l  to  1  inches  deep,  cover  with 
harrow,  board  or  plow.  I  think  500  bushels 
can  be  made  from  one  acre  of  good  land,  with 
two  plowing#  by  planting  1  by  1  foot.  In 
fact,  if  the  land  is  well  harrow  ed  anti  pulver- 
nnr-i-  in'  twice  before  the  Ohufas  "  come 


is  fed  in  the  morning 
oat  straw  is  fed  at  ten  o’clock 
ilch  cows  get  a  peek  of  tur- 
I  all  hay  is  eaten  up  clean. 

“  ‘  i  no  food,  except  as 
;  but  our  women  (Scandina- 
uud  prepare  good 
i  winter  time,  anti 
>od  deal  less  coffee  and 
which  is  some 
l  think  Ameri- 
aible  with  milking  or 
or  to  build  warm 
sit  by  the  stove, 
many  hogs  as  possible,  because 
tide  at  four  and  five  cents 
good  assistant  for  a  west- 
packing  his  stomach  with 

haul  firewood  ten  miles,  and 
liter  to  avoid  such 
tue  is  more  valuable, 
■e  built  through  val- 
rhen  reaching 
,  grant  extended 
ittled  up — settlers 
railroads  to  be  built — and  when 
to  learn  snow  shov- 
frorn  January  to 
and  warehouses  get  filled 
(have  the  best  chance 
heat  they  can  hardly  sell  at 
about  75  cents  a  bushel  is  all 
hen  drawn  from  here, 


ized  once  or  twice  before  the  Ohufas 
up.”  thereby  destroying  young  grass  and 
weeds,  but  one  working  will  bo  necessary  ; 
after  this  nearly  all  other  vegetation  will  be 
smothered  in  its  incipienoy.  If  I  deemed  it 
advisable  to  kill  Bermuda  Grass  (but  I  do 
not)  would  certainly  give  Ohufas,  thickly 
planted,  a  trial.  . 


The  thresher  is  overshot.  The  cylinder  is 
nl  wood,  covered  with  sheet  iron  and  Heavily 
banded  :  is  heavier  than  usual  ;  accurately 
balanced,  so  tlmt  very'  little  vibration  is  pro¬ 
duced  when  revolving  at  its  highest  speed. 
The  cylinder  revolves  about  1, 1  (Hi  times  a 
minute,  when  the  horse-  travel  at  the  rate  <;t 
iu  miles  per  hour.  The  cylinder  shaft  is 
provided  with  u  ratchet  coupling,  by  means 
of  which  the  cylinder  continues  to  revolve 
IV.-ely  whim  the  horse  power  ht  suddenly 
stopped,  which  avoids  the  dangerous  wrench 
which  would  ensue  if  the  groat  velocity  of 
(lie  cylinder  were  suddenly  arrested.  Hie 
arrangements  lor  separating  tho  grain  ironi 
the  straw  are  unusually  good  ;  two  forked 
arms  in  the  separator  uiv  continually  rising 
and  lulling.  Which  keep  the  straw  loose  and 
facilitate  the  separation  of  the  grain.  Jt  has 
b  quick  vibration  *>f  4  inches.  4  lie  sieves 
are  larger  than  usual ;  they  are  five  in  mini 
her,  shaken  laterally,  and  are  supplied  with  a 
very  powerful  stream  of  wind,  flic  met  nan 
icai  construction  and  execution  are  of  the 
very  best  kind,  and  we  have  no  hesitation  in 
saving  that,  in  our  opinion,  this  machine 
embodies  the  greatest  advances  that  nave  yet 
been  made  in  the  art  of  separating  grain  from 
the  straw.  It  delivered  the  grain  m  a  very 
clean  and  excellent  condition,  "e  limy 
believe  it  to  be  admirably  adapted  to  meet 
the  wants  of  the  farmers,  and  therefore  we 
recommend  to  the  Executive  Committee  to 
give  a  gold  medal  to  this  machine. 


HOP  CULTURE 


Now  for  the  last  25  years,  hops  have  not, 
averaged  over  25c.  per  lb,  llis  calculations  on 
expense  of  growing  and  harvesting  is  l  ight, 
with  my  calculation.  About  poleing,  if  a 
fanner  has  the  poles  on  Ills  own  land  where 
he  can  get  them  for  cutting,  he  could  cut, 
haul  and  sharpen  for  the  fifty  dollars  per 
acre  ;  but,  if  he  wants  poles  to  last,  SO  years,  1 
think  he  will  have  to  use  cedar  poles. 

Because  hops  brought  50c,  to  56c.  a  pound 
last  year,  there  will  a  large  number  start,  in 
business  of  hop-growing  ;  I  advise  those  who 
do,  to  go  slow  ;  for  there  arc  other  expenses 
to  add  to  hop-growing ;  after  getting  roots 
and  poles  there  will  be  a  dry  kiln  and  hop 
press  to  build  ;  also  picker’s  boxes  to  make 
and  other  expenses,  such  as  stoves  and  pipes 
for  dry-kiln. 

Some  five  years  ago,  there  was  a  great  ‘cry 
for'  hop  roots  and  those  who  had  them  for 

some  farmers 


sale  sold  them  at  high  prices 
set  from  one  to  five  acres  iu  the  spring  ;  l  lieu 
when  winter  came,  they  began  to  count  the 
cost  of  poles  for  their  acres  oi'  hops,  to  be 
poled  in  the  spring  ;  then  came  the  thought, 
how  au.l  where  they  were  going  to  dry  their 
hops ;  so  some  got  Beared  at  the  future  ex¬ 
penses.  When  spring  came  they  plowed  them 
up  while  others  went  in  for  two  or  three 
years.  Hops  kept  low  iu  price,  uot  bringing 
over  10c.  a  pound,  so  they  plowed  their  hop 
yards  up  and  used  the  poles  for  fence  stakes. 

New  beginners,  dont  make  your  figures  iu 
dollars  too  large  in  raising  hops,  but  look  out 
for  “air  castles”  about  these  days. 

Whitewater,  Wis.  Uncle  James. 


A  Georgia  correspondent  ot  tue  ooumem 
Cultivator  says  If  any  one  wishes  a  sheep 
pasture  fresh,  green  and  unfailing  during  the 
parching  droughts  of  summer,  he  can  have 
it  by*  planting  tlio  Spanish  Chula  or  Earth 
Almond.  This  wonderful  plant  is  unappre¬ 
ciated  and  neglected  by  most  farmers,  and 
yet  will  yield  on  impoverished,  worn  out  land 
more  nutritious  food  for  sheep,  swine  and 
farm  stock  generally  than  any  grain,  grass 
or  root  crop  we  grow  under  the  most  favora¬ 
ble  conditions  of  soil  and  seasons.  In  April 
last,  I  planted  0-half  bushel  of  seed,  costing 
$5.00,  on  one  acre  of  tho  poorest  land  on  my 
place— a  bare,  bald  knoll,  so  barren  of  fertili¬ 
ty  that  it  would  scarcely  ”  sprout  cow-peas  ” 
—and  although  the  crop  received  but  one 
working  ami  the  seed  were  planted  3  by  2 
feet,  double  the  distance  required,  the  yield 
was  over  100  bushels.  Tho  grass  v.  ill  grow  .1 
I  to  4  feet  high,  uninjured  by  drouth  or  heat, 
and  is  improved  by  pasturing  with  sheep  ; 
affording  an  abundance  of  rich,  tender, 
sweet  herbage  until  frost,  and  an  increased 
yield  of  roots.  The  roots  are  troublesome  to 
gather  for  market,  especially  in  gravelly  or 
rocky  soil,  but  turn  in  the  hogs  and  poultry 


FIELD  NOTES 


Sowing  Wheat  and  Oats  Together— “  The 
Western  Farmer  says The  plan  of  sowing 
some  oats  with  spring  wheat  has  been  prac¬ 
ticed  to  a  considerable  extent  in  some  part» 
of  Wisconsin,  and  probably  more  this  spring 
than  ever  before.  James  Gillifi,  CdDksville, 
Wis.,  informs  us  that  in  his  vicinity  but  little 
wheat  was  sown  alone,  most  farmers  sowing 
from  a  fourth  to  a  tliird  of  a  bushel  of  oats 
per  acre  with  the  wheat.  The  attacks  of  the 
chinch  bugs  are  thought  to  be  prevented  to  a 
good  degree,  by  this  method.  There  is  little 
difficulty  in  separating  the  wheat  from  the 
oats.” 

Removing  Potato  Sprouts  before  Planting 

_ p  asks:— “If  potatoes  nave  sprouted 

in  tiie  cellar,  before  planting,  is  it  better  to 
remove  the  sprouts  or  let  them  lemum  . 
i  Better  to  remove  them. 


SWIVEL  FLOW  ON  FARMS. 

A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  RuBfT'  ?fike 
Yopker  writes;— “I  should  very  mut. i  like 
some  of  your  correspondent*  who  hav  -  us  i 
a  Swivel  plow,  to  tell  me  how  the v 
and  why— if  they  think  it  preferable  to  the 
ordinary  plow  for  general  farm 
There  lias  been  a  good  deal  said  ^bou.M.  '  r. 
and  I  have  been  looking  to  see  what  • 

who  had  used  them  think  of  them.  W  here 
can  I  get  one  and  at  what  pnee  f 


MOOSE’S  BUBAL  WE  W-YOBKER. 


(f-rb 


MAY  a-! 


An 


§;th[g  gttskitdrw. 


THE  ENGLISH  MILK  COOLER. 


1  write  to  you  to  give  me  some  fuller  in¬ 
structions  for  making  an  English  milk  cooler, 
called  Lawrence  &  Co.’s  Capillary  Rcfrigo-* 
rat.or,  as  described  in  the  issue  of  Rural 
New-Yorker  for  Jan.  4,  1873.  1  want  one 
to  cool  about  35  gallons  of  milk  per  morning. 
I  think  this  cooler  h;us  the  advantage  over 
all  coolers  that  we  have  here  in  having  water 
running  through  the  refrigerator.  Please 
give  the  length  and  width  of  cooler.  Is  there 
small  troughs  put  on  each  side  and  on  t  he 
outside  of  cooler  for  the  milk  to  run  through  i 
Is  there  lead  pipe  running  through  inside  of 
refrigerator,  running  buck  and  forth,  com¬ 
mencing  at  bottom,  and  omptying  near  the 
top  for  the  water  to  run  out  1  or  is  the  inside 
hollow,  without  any  pipe  for  the  water  to 
run  through  i  Is  the  cooler  made  of  block 
tin  i  You  will,  perhaps,  t  hink  me  stupid  for 
asking  this  advice  ;  but  a  desire  to  have  it 
made  right  prompts  i  ne  to  write  you.  Please 
give  whatever  other  instructions  for  making 


ft  that  you  think  will  help  me.— B.  M.  8,, 
New  ( iatilee ,  Heaver  Co.,  Pa. 


A  rkfriokhator  two  feet  high  by  two  feet 
long,  and  two  and  oue-half  inches  wide,  is 
calculated  to  cool  30(1  gallons  of  milk  per 
hour.  Iu  a  test  with  a  refrigerator  of  this 
capacity,  hot  water  was  passed  through  it, 
and  the  milk  passing  over  the  surface  of  the 
plates  was  heated  to  {Mf  ;  cold  water  was 
then  passed  through  the  refrigerator  and  the 
heated  milk  made  to  flow  over  the  surface 
when  it  was  cooled  to  about  the  temperature 
of  the  water.  Thus,  it  will  be  seen,  the  ap¬ 
paratus  may  be  used  either  for  heating  or 
cooling  the  milk.  The  tuilk  flows  on  the  cor¬ 
rugated  surface  of  both  sides  of  the  refriger¬ 
ator  that  is  to  say,  on  the  outside  surfaces, 
and  is  thus  fully  exposed  to  the  atmosphere. 
There  are  no  pipes  inside  the  refrigerator, 
the  space  between  the  plates  being  for  water. 
The  whole  is  water-tight  except  at  the  open¬ 
ings  at  each  end  for  t  he  entrance  and  escape 
of  the  water  The  source  of  the  water  supply 
must  be  above  the  refrigerator,  the  water 
being  conducted  down  through  a  metal  pipe 
to  the  bottom  of  the  apparatus.  The  pipe 
for  the  escape  of  water  Is  on  the  other  eml  of 
the  refrigerator  at  the  top.  By  this  means 
it  will  be  seen,  a  constant  flow  of  water  is 
ascending  and  constantly  acting  against  a 
thin  film  of  milk  coming  down  on  the  out¬ 
side.  There  is  a  trough  oil  top  of  the  refrig¬ 
erator  fur  the  reception  of  the  milk.  The 
bottom  of  this  trough  is  pierced  with  holes, 
so  that  the  milk,  as  it  escapes,  is  spread  out 
and  fails  on  each  side  of  the  refrigerator, 
thus  flowing  over  the  corrugated  surfaces  of 
the  metal  plat  es  ;  at  the  bottom  there  is  an¬ 
other  trough,  which  collects  the  descending 
milk,  and  from  a  hole  iu  the  center  it  is  dis¬ 
charged  into  the  can.  The  milk  receiver, 
above  the  refrigerator,  is  simply  a  movable 
can  or  pail  into  which  the  miJk  is  strained  as 
it  comes  from  the  cow.  It  is  provided  with 
a  pipe  and  a  faucet  by  which  the  flow  of 
milk  may  be  regidated  as  it  passes  to  the 
trough  on  top  of  ihu  refrigerator,  The  re¬ 
frigerator  may  be  made  of  tin. 

By  referring  to  the  illustration  (see  Rural 
New-Yorker,  Jan.  4,  1873,)  and  from  the 
additional  explanation  here  given,  we  think 
no  great  trouble  will  be  had  in  its  construc¬ 
tion.  We  do  not  hear  of  any  patent  on  the 
English  milk  cooler  in  this  country,  aud  there¬ 
fore,  suppose  it  the  common  property  of  any 
of  ottr  dairymen  who  may  chance  to  use  it. 
It  appears  to  us  to  be  a  good  device  for  cool¬ 
ing  milk,  and  its  merit  was  such  iu  England, 
that  the ‘English  patentees  received  the  silver 
medal  of  the  Agricultural  Society  at  Cardiff 
last  year. 

- - 


THE  WEIGHT  OE  MILK. 


The  weight  of  a  quart  of  milk  —  wine 
measure — has  elicited  much  inquiry,  and 
many  statements  have  been  given  as  to  the 
weight ;  but  most,  if  not  all  of  them,  differ. 
This  is  not  a  matter  of  surprise,  since  milk 
varies  in  quality— a  given  measure  of  one 
specimen  being  heavier  than  that  of  another 
—while  a  want  of  accuracy  in  measure  or 
scales,  or  the  weighing  of  milk  at  different 
temperatures,  must  give  different  results. 

In  the  latter  part  of  1870,  during  a  visit  to 
Mr.  (Jail  Borden,  who  is  widely  known  in 
connection  with  condensed  milk  manufac¬ 
ture,  this  question  in  regard  to  the  weight  of 
milk  came  up.  Mr.  Borden  stated  that  to 
settle  the  point  satisfactorily  for  himself,  he 
had  taken  milk  of  averuge  quality  to  the 
United  States’  officers  who  hail  charge  of 
the  legal  weights  and  measures,  aud  by  care¬ 
ful  measurement  and  accurate  weight  on 
delicate  scales,  a  quart  of  milk,  wine  meas¬ 
ure,  at  a  temperature  of  ?U\  was  found  to 
weigh  3  lbs.,  2%  oz.  This  trial  had  been  re¬ 
peated  by  him  several  times,  anil  he  had, 


therefore,  taken  it  as  the  standard  weight  of 
good  milk. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Country  Gentle- 
man,  in  a  recent  number,  gives  an  elaborate 
discussion  of  the  subject,  quoting  several 
authorities  in  addition  to  his  own  experi¬ 
ments,  and  concluding,  as  a  summary,  that 
the  wuight  of  a  quart  of  milk  (wine  meas¬ 
ure,)  may  be  assumed  at  about  2. 15  lbs.  This, 
he  says,  assumes  the  specific  gravity  of  milk 
to  bo  1U30.  He  says  : 

“The  specific  gravity  of  a  substance  is  the 
ratio  which  exists  between  equal  bulks  of 
that  substance  and  some,  other  substance 
which  is  taken  as  a  standa  rd.  Pure  water  is 
usually  taken  as  the  standard  of  which  a 
cubic  foot  weighs  exactly  1,000  ounces  when 
at  a  temperature  of  00’  F.,  and  with  the 
barometer  at  M0  inches.  Thus,  when  the  spe¬ 
cific  gravity  of  a  substance  is  stated,  the  fig¬ 
ures  given  represent  the  weight  of  a  cubic 
foot  of  that  substance  in  ounces.  The  spe<  alio 
gravity  of  milk  is  given  as  varying  from 
1030  to  1034  by  Playfair  ;  at  1033.4  by 
Thompson  ;  is  3tatod  to  be  1080  iu  Ene.  Brit. ; 
varies  from  1018  to  1015,  according  to  Town.” 

Again  : — “  In  order  that  the  specific  gravity 
may  indicate  the  true  weight,  it  is  necessary 
to  have  the  temperature  the  same  in  both 
the  fluid  experimented  on  and  the  standard. 
For  instance  : 

Water  fill  li*. — Sp.  trruv.,  1,000. — Weight,  qt,„  2.08878  lbs. 

(lo.  til'  tlo.  do.  839  do.  do.  2.08887  do. 

ao.  90’  do.  do.  095  (lo.  do.  2.U78U1  do. 

From  an  experiment  made  with  milk  at 
different  temperatures,  lie  obtained  the  fol¬ 
lowing  : 

Milk,  58’  F.-Sp. grav„  10I».-WeiKht, at., 8.1««3  lb*, 
do.  72“  do.  do.  1035  do.  d  t.  3.11118(1  lb*, 

do.  80“  do.  do.  1032  do.  do.  2.15560  lbs. 

The  following  records  of  experiments  are 
also  given  : 

March  1, 1878.— Morning’s  milk,  Ayrshire  breed;  spec- 
tie  gravity,  1035 : 

One  ounce  weighed  (75  grains;  one 

wltw  quart,  therefore  weighed . 2.171  lbs.  avoir. 

According  to  the  specific  gravity,  the 
milk  should  weigh . 2.161  do. 

Error  .  . Oil)  do. 

March  2,  1873.— Morning’s  mlllc,  Ayrshire  cow,  38  hours 
after  parturition  ;  specific  gravity,  1035: 
one  ounce  weighed  173 grains ;  one  wluoduart 

therefore  weighs . 3.162  lbs 

According  to  the  specific  gravity,  tho  milk 
should  weigh . 2.161  do. 

Error . 001 

In  our  own  practice  we  have  usually  esti¬ 
mated  a  quart  of  milk  to  weigh  about  35  oz. 
Borden’s  Standard  of  34)a  oz.  does  not  differ 
very  much  from  the  experiment  s  given.  So 
that  for  all  practical  purposes  from  Ml  to  35 
oz,  may  be  assumed  as  the  standard  weight 
of  a  quart  of  milk  of  average  quality  at  1»0 
Fahr. 

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DAIRY  STATISTICS-COLONIZING  DAIRY¬ 
MEN,  ETC. 

I  wish  to  obtain  a  list  of  the  cheese  facto¬ 
ries  in  the  United  Stales  and  Canada,  with 
the  post-office  address  of  the  manager,  sales¬ 
man,  or  secretary  of  each  ;  and. any  statistical 
facts  in  reference  to  number  of  cows  kept, 
&e. ;  these  latter  facts  1  ran  obtain  from  the 
factories,  if  lean  obtain. the  address  of  tho 
secretary  of  the  factory.  Can  you  assist  me 
any  In  this  matter  by  giving  a ‘list,  so  far  as 
known  to  you,  aud  by  advising  me  how  to 
obtain  a  complete  list.  Please  state  so  far  as 
you  can  from  What  weekly  newspapers  1  can 
obtain  best  information  m reference  to  the 
dairy  interest  7  in  other  words,  what  papers 
are  most  taken  by  the  dairymen  aud  written 
for  by  them.  My  object,  111  wishing  this  in¬ 
formation.  is,  to  secure  statistics,  and  obtain 
information,  in  reference  t< ,  t  he  daily  interest, 
and  on  the  subject  of  dairying  ;  and  also  to 
place  myself  in  correspondence  with  practical 
dairymen,  who  contemplate  going  West,  with 
a  view  to  establishing  dairy  interests  by  col¬ 
onizing  dairymen, 

Lf  you  think  this  a  commendable  move¬ 
ment,  please  state  your  views  011  tho  subject, 
and  also  state  your  opinion  of  8.  W.  Iowa, 
or  8.  K  Nebraska,  as  a  dairy  country.  The 
40th  parallel  is  tho  southern  limit  of  Nebras¬ 
ka. — M. 

There  is  a  pretty  full  list  of  cheese  facto 
ries  in  “  Practical  Daily  Husbandry;”  and 
in  addition  a  large  mass  of  valuable  statistics 
in  relation  to  the  dairy  interest  of  the  United 
States.  'Hie  work  is  published  at  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  office,  New  York  City.  Studs 
tics  of  factories  can  doubtless  bo  obtained 
by  addressing  the  secret  aries  of  the  various 
dairymen’s  associations.  J.  C.  Heller  of 
IngersoU,  Canada,  would  be  able  tu  supply 
statistics  for  the  Canadian  Associations.  (.), 
8.  Bliss  of  Georgia,  Vt.,  G.  E,  Morrow 
of  Madison,  Wis.,  Col.  8.  D.  Harris  of  Cleve¬ 
land,  O.,  J.  Hoag  of  Adrian,  Mich.,  lion. 
Horatio  8k y hour  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  could 
probably  give  much  information  concerning 
tho  various  associations  which  they,  as  offi¬ 
cers,  represent.  Besides  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  there  arc  now  quite  a  number  of 
weekly  agricultural  papers  that  have  a  dairy' 
department.  It  would  be  invidious,  perhaps, 
for  us  to  name  any  particular  paper  without 
giving  a  complete  list,  since  all  are  valuable 
and  may  be  taken  with  profit. 

From  what  we  have  seen  of  Iowa  and  Ne¬ 


braska,  we  have  no  doubt  much  of  tho  coun¬ 
try  is  well  adapted  to  dairying,  and  that 
Eastern  Dairymen,  seeking  homes  in  the 
West,  could  do  well  in  that  section.  But  as 
to  tbe  profit  of  colonizing  dairymen  and  es¬ 
tablishing  the  dairy  interest,  through  that 
means  in  those  States,  we  can  give  110  opin¬ 
ion  until  we  learn  fully  concerning  the  pro¬ 
ject  and  what,  it  is  proposed  to  do  in  the 
premises.  If  lands  are  judiciously  selected 
aud  everything  conducted  on  the  square, 
great  good  might  flow  from  a  movement  of 
this  character.  But  if  it  is  a  “land  specula¬ 
tion,”  where  a  few  are  to  be  benefited  at  tho 
expense  of  the  many,  that  is  “a  horse  of  a 
different  color,”  and  one  which  does  not  meet 
our  approval. 


ABOUT  GORGING. 


Mr.  P.  K.  Stoodarij  of  Prattsburgh,  Steu¬ 
ben  County,  N.  Y.,  writes  as  follows  about 
death  from  “Hoven,”  or  bloat,  in  cattle; 
“1  am  glad  of  a  pretext  and  happy  of  an 
opportunity  to  tell  what  *  I  Know  About 
Gorging,’  and  the  fact  that  so  little  is  known 
about  it  by  those  to  whom  we  look  for  wis¬ 
dom,  encourages  me  to  state  particulars,  in 
the  hope  of  adding  a  miljp  to  the  mighty  lit¬ 
tle  that,  seems  to  be  known  on  this  subject ; 
bearing  in  mind  my  inability  to  1  boil  it  down.’ 
I  ask  your  patience  under  the  infliction. 

In  March,  1871,  ray  cow  gorged  with  ground 
wheat,  wheat  not  ground,  and  buckwheat,  as 
much  of  each  as  she  liked.  She  could  get  no 
water,  and  when  found  was  too  sick  to  eat  Or 
drink.  Though  myself  an  M.  t>.,  I  immedi¬ 
ately  made  diligent  inquiry  of  the  ‘oldest 
inhabitants’  what  to  do,  and  was  told  to  give 
no  water  but  plenty  of  grease  or  ‘  hoil’  of 
some  kind,  fat  pork,  boneset,  &e.,  Ac.,  1 
kept  inquiring,  and  kept  giving  what  1  knew 
would  not  kill  for  two  days.  I  finally  tapped 
her  to  let  off  the  gas,  which  took  fire  and 
burned  at  the  orifice  of  the  tube  with  a  pale, 
blue  flume.  I  gave  weak  lye,  and  a  pailful 
of  warm  water  poured  down  after  it,  but  of 
no  avail,  as  I  thought,  so  I  cut  open  the  side, 
and  my  boy,  sixteen  years  old,  put  iu  his 
hand  repeatedly,  and  pulled  out  about  a 
bushel  and  a-lialf  of  provender  baked  so  hard 
that  it-  was  difficult  to  tear  it  to  pieces  with 
the  fingers  ;  but  on  reacliing  the  bottom,  he 
found  the  water  was  at  work  softening  the 
mass,  and  I  was  then  convinced  that  if  the 
cow  died  it  would  lie  in  consequence  of  the 
operation,  as  the  water  would  have  cured  her 
by  dissolving  the  mass  and  allowing  it  to  pass 
off,  the  moisture  of  l, lie  stomach  being  unly 
sufficient  to  make  It  swell  and  bake. 

By  the  advice  of  one  who  knew  all  about 
the  parts,  I  cut  three  inches  too  far  back 
from  U10  ribs,  and  so  the  paunch  was  not 
grown  fast  at  the  point  of  incision.  I  sewed 
it  up,  but  the  cord  was  dissolved  by  the 
juices  of  the  stomach.  1  used  leather  strings 
with  little  better  results  and  when  hope  was 
gone  drove  her  out  to  kill,  but  my  wife  plead¬ 
ed  for  her  life,  and  I  yielded  and  drove  her 
back  to  the  yard.  81 10  lived,  had  her  calf  in 
about  six  weeks,  and  raised  it,  though  there 
was  a  large  hole  not  only  in  the  peritoneal 
cavity,  but  in  the  paunch  also,  from  which 
food  and  water  escaped  during  the  entire 
Summer,  The  only  treatment  was  to  syringe 
out  the  peritoneal  cavity  once  or  twice  a 
week  with  warm  water.  Had  1  cut  closer  to 
the  rib  she  would  have  got  well  much  sooner. 

My  brother,  a  farmer,  cut  open  a  cow  of 
his  after  she.  could  stand  up  no  longer,  re¬ 
moved  a  bushel  of  rye,  and  she  got  well.  Mr. 
Hart  Graves,  of  this  town,  hail  eleven  head 
of  cattle  eat  all  the  wheat  they  Wanted.  He 


drove  them  to  the  water  at  once,  and  after 


drinking  he  whaled  them  about  tile  yard 
with  a  gad  till  they  seemed  to  think  it  a 
thing  to  get  out  of  the  way  of  and  ran  oil 
down  the  road  ;  it  was  winter,  but  it  looked 
like  bare  ground  behind  them  when  they 
came  back.  Not  one  was  sick  after  that  of 
the  whole  eleven. 


Conclusions — My  cow  got  well  in  conse¬ 
quence  of  some  good  treatment,  und  in  spite 
of  a  bad  operation.  My  brother's  was  saved 
by  operat  ion  as  a  last  resort.  Graves’  cattle 
were  saved  by  the  use  of  good  common  sense. 

.  What  is  the  Remedy — I  would  tup  lor  bloat, 
ing,  and  with  a  large  knife  ;  a  carving  knife 
is  bet  ter  than  a  common  jack. or  pocket-knife. 
There  is  no  danger  from  a  big  hole  in  tbe 
paunch  if  it  is  made  where  it  adheres  to  tile 
body,  or  ‘  grows  fast.’  Give  water  freely.” 

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WATER  FOR  ANIMALS. 


Prof.  Hennenberg,  in  a  recent  sanitary, 
report  made  at  C  asset,  makes  some  observa¬ 


tions  of  a  practical  interest  with  regard  to 
water  consumption  by  animals,  Tn  t  he  vital 
process,  1  he  water  perspiration  (by  lungs  and 
skin)  is  in  proportion  to  the  water  consump¬ 
tion.  With  increasing  perspiration,  more¬ 
over,  there  is  an  increased  formation  of  car¬ 
bonic  acid,  and  (therefore)  consumption  of 
carbon.  Hence  the  more  water  is  taken,  the 
less  carbon  containing  food  is  utilized  for 
nutrition.  Further,  the  more  water  drank 
by  an  animal,  the  more  albumen  ^dis¬ 
charged  by  the  urine.  It  is,  on  these  ac¬ 
counts,  uneconomical  and  injurious  to  give 
animals  large  quantities  of  water  with  their 
food,  or  to  allow  them  to  perspire  in  hot 
stables,  etc.  Bipeds,  as  well  as  horses,  will 
take  noting. 


A  GOOD  MILKER. 


I  have  an  Alderney  heifer  not  yet  three 
years  old,  that  gives  sixteen  quarts  of  milk 
a  day.  Tho  week  before  last,  Mrs.  C - ob¬ 

tained  thirteen  pounds  of  butter  from  the 
cream  und  strippings,  and  last  w  eek  the 
yield  was  fourteen  aud  one-quarter  pounds 
(if  the  weather  had  been  more  favorable, 
fifteen  pounds  would  probably  have  been  tho 
result).  Would  like  to  ask  if  this  a  good 
yield,  or  an  extraordinary  one,  from  an  Al¬ 
derney  l  Will  some  of  your  subscribers  that 
can  do  us  well  or  better,  please  reply  ? — C. 
Cunningham,  Leavenworth ,  Kan.,  May  3. 


LONGEVITY  OF  FIRST  CALVES. 


A  farmer  writes  us  that  I10  has  heard 
“  that  the  first  calf  of  a  heifer  seldom  lives 
to  be  more  tliun  three  or  four  years 'bid.  Is 
this  so  f  l  would  like  very  much  to*  know. 
T  have  had  one  or  two  die  that  were  about 
that.  age.  They  were  calves  of  yonug  heif¬ 


ers.”  In  reply,  we  may  say  that  we  have 


had  first  calves  reach  the  age  of  twenty  years, 
and  know  both  bulls  and  bows,  now,  that 
were  first  calves,  that  are  ton  to  fifteen  years 
of  age. 


Horseman. 


EARLY  FOALS. 


Virgil  Hotchkiss,  iu  the  Farmer’s  Union, 
gives  the  following  reasons  in  favor  of  early 
foals,  by  an  old  farmer  ; 

With  a  decently  warm  stable  give  me  the 
early  foal.  There  are  many  reasons  why  I 
make  this  choice. 

i.  M,y  experience  has  taught  mo  that  if -the 
mare  is  to  be  used,  especially  on  the  plow 
during  the  season  the  colt  needs  icge  and 
strength  to  stand  the  “  blood  heating”  of  tho 
mother. 


3.  The  early  foal  gets  a  start  before  fly 
time,  a  season  of  wear  and  tear  upon  all 
horse  flesh,  as  you  know. 

3.  When  dropped  early,  say  in  Mareh,  I’m 
able  to  wean  and  Leach  the  creature  to  eat 
with  the  young  stock  aud  being  accustomed 
to  solid  food  to  keep  it  in  a  good  growing 
condition  during  our  long  and  cold  winters. 

4.  My  early  foals  always  make  larger  and 
stronger  horses  than  the  late  stock. 

5.  When  1  have  to  work  my  mares  I  lose 
no  time,  if  the  colts  are  dropped  early  and  all 
properly  cared  for. 

6.  A  colt  once  wintered  is  a  yearling  and 
must  rank  os  such  at  the  fairs,  I  find  my 
early  stock  has  an  unlooked-for  advantage 
over  the  colts  exhibited. 


“But,”  says  f  “you  want  your  mare  on 
the  ground  fields  early  in  the  spring.  Can 
they  be  relied  upon  so  soon  after  foaling  ?” 

Certainly,  I  feed  liberally  on  chopped  feed, 
with  plenty  of  oat  meal  and  | wheat  bran  to 
produce  milk.  Warm  drink,  also  has  a  ten¬ 
dency  to  increase  the  flow  so  when  the 
ground  is  ready  to  ‘work,  as  a  general  case 
the  mares  are  in  good  condition  and  the  foals 
able  to  follow. 


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NOTES  FOR  HORSEMEN. 


A  Brood  Mare  was  turned  to  feed  a  short 
time,  into  a  field  of  rod  clover,  by  an  Iowan, 
and  in  the  morning  the  colt,  a  week  old,  died 
from  what  seemed  to  be  colic.  He  attributes 
the  death  to  the  mare’s  feed  of  fresh  clover, 

Thorough-Pin. — A  subscriber  asks  horse¬ 
men  if  there  is  any  tiling  he  can  use  on  a 
thorough-pin  that  will  take  the  soreness  out. 


Make  a  salve  of  fresh  lard  and  gunpowder 
— ono-fourth  lard.  Wash  the  parts  well,  and 
bind  with  a  cloth.— M.,  Centerville,  Mich. 


A  Remedy  for  Ringbone  is  asked  for  by  J. 
M.  Elsbuee.  who  says  he  does  not  keep  such 
horses  himself. 


Maiden  hair  Ferns,  that  Is  if  the  Fern  is  an 
indoor  one ;  as  what,  for  instance,  looks  so 
elegant  with  a  Gardenia  as  a  bit  of  Fern,  the 
bright  green  spray  of  which  sets  off  white 
blossoms  of  all  kinds  to  much  advantage. 
The  coat  flower  to  which  wa.-  awarded  the 
second  prize  at  Birmingham  last  year  con¬ 
sisted  of  a  small  spray  of  red  Comhretum, 
backed  with  a  frond  of  Maiden-hair.  There 
are  numbers  of  flowers  suitable  for  such  an 
arrangement  as  this,  but  care  should  be  taken 
that  such  as  are  selected  are  good  specimens 
of  their  respective  kinds,  and  be  a  little 
shrouded  in  the  Fern,  as  many  coat  flowers  I 
have  seen  were  quite  spoiled  by  having  only 
one  spray  of  Fern,  against  which  was  laid  the 
flower  ;  the  latter,  under  such  ciroumsts  ’es, 
looking  hard  and  stiff.  Now,  had  there  be  n 
another  small  piece  to  fill  up  the  space  at  the 
base,  and  a  tiny  bit  drawn  across  the  flower, 
the  effect  would  have  been  much  enhanced. 
This  should  always  be  done  if  the  flower  used 
is  of  a  bright  or  glaring  color.  The  coat 
flower  represented  in  the  accompanying  illus¬ 
tration  is  a  bloom  of  a  yellow  Itose,  arranged 
in  this  way.  1  always  like  to  see  n  Rose  with 
a  leaf  belonging  to  itself  behind  it,  and  a  few 
sprays  of  the  young  brown-colored  growth 
around  it.  Such  an  arrangement  may  seem 
easy  to  manage,  but  this  is  not  the  case,  as 
the  Rose  leaf  must  be  wired,  and  that  is  one 
Of  t  he  most,  difficult  of  all  tilings  to  do  prop¬ 
erly.  Take  a  Rose-leaf,  and  lay  it  face  down¬ 
wards  on  a  table.  It  will  then  represent  a 
stem  with  two  or  three  Bmall  leaflets  on  each 
side,  and  one  at  the  top.  Down  the  center  of 
each  of  these  small  leaves  or  leaflets  is  a  com- 
porativelv  thick  midrib,  with  slighter  ones 
bmnehing  off  from  it.  Take  a  piece  of  fine 
wire  and  pass  it  through  the  loaf  (always  se¬ 
lecting  the  top  leaflet  first),  under  one  of 
these  slight  ribs,  and  bring  it  up  on  the  op¬ 
posite  side  of  the  ribs.  Subject  two  or  three 
of  the  libs  to  this  operation,  always  keeping 
close  to  the  center  rib :  in  fadfc,  work  as  if 
you  were  sewing  through  the  leaf,  having  the 
long  stitches,  if  1  may  so  call  them,  on  the 
wrong  side,  und  it  will  be  found  I,o  talco  great 
care  and  practice  to  keep  them  from  being 
seen  on  the  right  side.  The  wire  should  be 
cut  oil-  at  the  top,  so  as  not  to  let  it  appear 
above  the  point  of  the  leal’.  The  other  part 
should  then  be  drawn  down  the  long  stem, 
and  given  a  twist  lie  re  and  there  ;  but  take 
care  to  keep  the  wire  from  bei&g  visible. 
The  little  side  leaves  should  be  done  in  the 
same  manner,  the  only  difference  being  that 
the  wire  is  cut  off  at  each  end,  and  not 
brought  down  the  long  stem  like  the  top  one. 
To  do  all  this  well  takes  some  little  time  and 
trouble  ;  but  a  Rose-leaf,  if  not  mounted  as 
just  described,  is  liable  to  get  out  of  shape, 
and  to  hang  down  ;  if  wired,  however,  it 
keeps  stiff,  and  can  be  bent  back  and  ar¬ 
ranged  accoi'ding  to  fancy,  just  as  one  would 
adjust  au  artificial  leaf. — A  .  11.,  in  Garden. 


this  will  account  for  the  under  side  of  the 
branches  escaping  while  the  upper  side  was 
killed.  W e  will  not  enter  into  a  discussion  of 
the  many  theories  advanced  in  the  endeavor 
to  explain  the  reason  why  this  is  so  ;  but  the 
fact  is  well  known.  A  sheet  of  paper,  or 
very  tliin  cloth,  tied  over  a  raspberry  bush 
in  winter,  may  prevent  its  being  injured  by 
the  cold,  while  all  others,  not  so  shaded  or 
protected  (if  we  ehooBC  to  term  so  thin  a 
covering,  protection)  will  be  killed  to  the 
ground. 


BUTTON-HOLE  FLOWERS 


TREATING  GIRDLED  TREES 


Ferns  used  for  button-hole,  or  indeed  for 
any  kind  of  bouquets,  should  be  cut  off  plants 
that  have  been  grown  in  a  cool  house,  or 
that  liave  at  all  events  been  well  hardened 
off,  or  otherwise,  though  they  may  look  fresh 
and  nice  when  cut,  they  shrivel  up  in  a  few 
hours,  when  of  course  their  beauty  is  gone. 


I  take  the  liberty  of  forwarding  to  you 
wood  cut  of  my  plan  for  the  recovery  of 
trees  that  have  been  girdled  by  field  mice 
or  rabbits.  The  following  from  the  Scien¬ 
tific  American  of  May  24th,  will  show  the 
plan  as  furnished 
that  paper  by  my- 
self  ;  and  as  the  mat- 
ter  is  of  interest  to 
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ages  of  field  mice 


BRIAR  STOCKS  FROM  SEED 


The  first  idea  of  raising  briar  stocks  from 
seed  has  been  claimed  by  M.  Riviere  for  M. 
Guillot,  a  rose  grower  at  Lyons,  who  has 
raised  his  stocks  in  this  way  for  the  last 
twenty  years.  To  M.  Guillot,  also,  belongs 
the  credit  of  excogitating  a  means  of  pre¬ 
venting  his  briars  from  producing  suckers. 
Reflecting  that  suckers  are  nothing  more 
than  subterranean  branches,  which,  like  all 
other  branches,  must  issue  from  the  axil  of  a 
leaf,  he  considered  that  by  inserting  the  bud 
on  the  part  of  the  stem  below  the  axils  of  the 
lowest  or  cotyledonous  leaves  (which  are 
usually  under  the  surface  of  the  soil)  he  would 
deprive  the  stock  of  all  power  to  produce 
suckers  in  future.  In  practice  M.  Guillot 
simply  removes  t-lie  soil  from  about  the  lower 
part,  of  the  stock  and  inserts  the  bud  close  to 
the  neck.  The  result  is  that,  his  roses  seldom 
or  never  show  suckers,  and  if  one  chances  to 
appear,  it  is  sure  to  be  from  the  buried  part 
of  the  rose  graft,  and  not  from  the  briar 
stock. 

This  sounds  well,  but  it  does  not  work  well 
in  practice,  because  buds  do  not  always 
spring  from  the  point  where  leaves  join  the 
stem.  The  roots  of  briars,  (or  as  vegetable 
physiologists  choose  to  term  them,  subterra¬ 
nean  stem) ;  do  frequently  produce  buds  and 
suckers  at  considerable  distance  from  the 
muin  stem,  consequently  cutting  out  the 
buds  at  the  time  of  planting  or  inserting  buds 
of  other  sorts,  very  low'  down,  is  far  from 
being  a  certain  preventive  of  suckers.  The 
old  theory  of  the  origin  of  buds,  wherein  it  is 
asserted  that  a  leaf  must  have  existed  at 
some  period  in  the  life  of  the  plant  near  the 
point  from  whence  the  bud  starts,  was  long 
ago  exploded.  We  now  hold  that  each  plant¬ 
cell  may,  under  the  proper  conditions,  become 
a  bud. 


In  the  case  of  Maiden-hair  it  is  a  good  plan 
to  cut  off  the  very  young  points,  as,  with  the 
exception  of  these,  the  other  parts  of  the 
frond  keep  well.  Another  point  that  should 
be  remembered  is  always  to  keep  the  stems 
of  the  button-holes  as  tliin  as  possible,  in  or¬ 
der  that  they  may  easily  pass  through  the 
coat,  and  nicely  fit  the  little  glass  water-tubes 
which  are  now  so  much  worn,  and  which 
keep  both  Ferns  and  flowers  fresh  so  much 
longer  than  they  otherwise  would  be.  After 
the  bouquets  are  made,  many  place  their 
stems  in  water,  to  keep  them  fresh  ;  this  I 


uee.s.  rmcesritv,  the  mother  of  all  mveu- 
Gone,’  ’  caused  me  to  adopt  a  plan  by  whieb 
all  the  evils  in  your  system  arc  overcome, 
and  almost  perfect  success  attained  ;  and  as 
the  matter  may  be  of  interest  to  many  of 
vour  readers,  I  will  describe  my  system. 
When  a  tree  is  entirely  girdled,  1  out,  out  on 
either  side  of  the  stock  fixed  upon,  a  space 
large  enough  to  admit  in  a  limb  from  half  an 
inch  to  two  inches  in  diameter,  according  to 
the  Size  of  the  tree,  fitting  in  the  parts  of  the 
limb  to  meet  the  bark  both  above  and  below 
the  wound  ;  then  with  nails  sufficiently  large 
J  nail  the  limb  into  the  tree  stock,  fastening 
it  securely,  using  two  or  more  nails,  placing 
three  or  l  our  of  these  limb-jointers  upon  each 
other,  according  to  its  size.  When  this  is 
•lone,  1  bank  up  with  soil  sufficient  to  cover 
the  connections,  which  will  be  all-sufficient. 

In  case  the  wounds  should  be  too  high  for 
banking,  a  mixture  of  clay  und  cow  dung 
can  be  used,  being  belli  in  place  by  a  canvas 
covering  securely  nailed  to  the  tree.  This 
system  can  be  used  up  to  the  middle  of  J  uly. 

Tuokerton,  Pa.  Auam  Djcyshkk.’ 


LOCUST  HEDGES  IN  ONONDAGA  CO.,  N.  Y 


A  correspondent  of  the  Country  Gentle¬ 
man  thinks  that  many  growers  err  in  not 
cutting  back  severely  enough,  and  adds : 
“Perhaps  they  arc  in  too  much  of  a  hurry  to 
get  a  full  grown  hedge,  and  the  result,  I  think, 
will  be  that  the  hedge  will  lack  compactness 
and  be  a  partial  failure.  In  discussing  this 
subject  a  few  days  since  with  a  friend  noted 
for  Ids  keen  obervation  and  practical  good 
sense,  he  was  of  the  opinion  that  the  best 
mode  of  putting  out  a  hedge  was  to  set  the 
plants  from  twenty  to  twenty-four  inches 
apart,  and  after  two  years’  growth  to  bend 
down  horizontally  each  plant  in  a  line  with 
the  hedge  and  pin  with  a  forked  stick — t  hese 
sticks  can  be  cut  very  rapidly  from  almost 
any  of  our  forest  trees,  especially  the  beech. 
The  laterals,  of  course,  will  push  upwards  ; 
the  roots  of  each  plant  will  have  no  more 
room,  and  consequently  each  plant  will  be 
stronger  and  more  vigorous  than  if  set  nearer 
each  other.  This  mode  appears  to  me  to  be 
unobjectionable,  but  having  never  seen  a 
hedge  grown  upon  this  plan,  1  am  not  fully 
prepared  to  say  that  it  is  the  best. 


APPLE  TREES  INJURED  IN  WINTER 


property,  soma  5  yeare  ago.  1  found  upon  it 
15  or  20  apple  trees,  not  only  very  old,  but 
which  for  many  years,  had  been  sadly  neg¬ 
lected.  Some  of  them  were  certainly  more 
(lead  than  alive,  and  what,  branches  were 
living,  were  covered  with  tree-lice  and  moss. 
It  looked  discouraging  to  attempt  the  renew¬ 
al  of  these  trees,  but  I  went  at  it  in  good 
earnest,  and  am  now  reaping  the  reward  of 
my  labor.  Some  of  the  trees  arc  already  in 
possession  of  entire  new  tops,  from  wlficli  for 
two  years,  I  have  gathered  grafted  fruit. 
None  of  them  had  ever  been  grafted  before. 
But  now  another  evil  befalls  them,  In  trim- 
miug  these  trees  this  spring,  I  discovered  that 
many  of  the  branches  wore  turning  black  in 
certain  parts  or  spots,  and  upon  examining 
the  same,  found  the  upper  part  ot  these 
limbs  affected  the  worst — the  wood  being 
quite  dead— while,  often,  the  bark  on  the 
under  bide,  would  be  fresh  and  green.  I 
went  to  my  library  for  P.  Barry  on  the 
“  Fruit  Garden,”  and  on  looking  over  the  dis¬ 
eases  of  trees  there  mentioned,  i  came  to  the 
conclusion  that  “fire-blight”  was  the  disease 
tints  preying  upon  the  very  life  of  my  orch¬ 
ard.  From  tlw  account  of  this  disease  there 
given,  the  cause  seems  not  to  be  kuown, 
whether  it  be  occasioned  by  the  sun,  the  at¬ 
mosphere,  or  an  insect,  and  yet  Mr,  Barry 
says  :  “  The  only  remedy  is  to  cut  away  in¬ 

stantly  the  Plighted  parts  and  burn  them  up 
immediately,”  If  occasioned  by  the  sun  or 
atmosphere,  what  harm  can  they  do  after 
they  are  out  off  i  And  do  they  not  ever  re¬ 
cover  after  being  once  attacked  ?  I  have  a 
branch  on  one  of  my  trees— about  5  feet  long 
and  3  or  3  inches  in  diameter— it  passes  from 
the  trunk  in  a  horizontal  direction— and  along 
its  whole  length  the  bark  on  the  upper  side  5 
gone,  and  the  wood  dead ;  but  the  bark  below 
is  growing  fast,  and  willsoon cover  the  whole 
of  the  diseased  limb.  This  limb  was  grafted 
three  or  four  years  since  and  the  grafts  are 
doing  finely.  Can  you  or  your  readers  throw 
any  light  upon  this  subject,  that  may  be  of 
any  benefit,  to  myself,  and  other  readers  of 
your  valuable  papar  ?  b.  h.  c. 

Friendship,  N.  Y. 

We  do  not  think  your  trees  are  affected  by 
the  *•  fire  blight,”  but  were,  no  doubt,  injured 
by  the  severe  cold  weather  of  last  winter. 
Plants  in  the  shade,  as  is  well  known,  will 
withstand  many  degrees  greater  cold  than 
those  exposed  to  the  sun,  even  in  winter,  and 


do  not  think  a  good  plan,  as,  though  the 
stems  may  be  in  the  water,  the  Ferns  are  ex¬ 
posed  to  the  air,  and,  thus  circumstanced, 
they  will  not  keep  nearly  so  long  fresh  as  if 
they  were  shut  up  in  some  air-tight  box  or 
drawer. 

Dealers  in  bouquets  have  numbers  of- draw¬ 
ers  lined  with  zinc  in  which  they  keep  their 
flowers,  mounted  or  otherwise,  but  though 
those  who  have  shops  must  have  such  appli¬ 
ances  as  these,  it  is  not  to  be  expected  that 
amateurs  will  be  furnished  witli  them.  If  1 
want  to  keep  a  button-hole  flower  from  one 

#*  day  to  another  I 

place  it  in  a  lit¬ 
tle  box  made  ei¬ 
ther  of  wood  or 
cardboard,  over 

at  the  fl  o  w  e  r 
shops  or  finds  in 
the  woods  or  on 

the  back  of  the 
bouquet  next  the 
moss  and  cover 
the  stem  over 
with  more  wet 
moss.  I  then  spi-inkle  the  flowers  and  Ferns 
well  with  water  and  shut  down  the  lid,  which 
is  as  air-tight  as  possible,  and,  treated  thus, 
flowers  and  Ferns  will  keep  fresh  for  days.  If 
I  want  to  send  a  bouquet  by  post,  I  put  moss 
enbugh  in  the  box  to  raise  the  bouquet  wheu 
laid  in  it  nearly  level  witli  the  lid  when  shut 
down,  and  across  the  face  of  the  flowers  I  lay 
a  piece  of  cotton  wool,  which  keeps  them 
from  rubbing  against  the  lid. 

COAT  FLOWER. 

These  I  like  associated  with  fronds  of 


HOW  I  GOT  A  PLUM  CROP 


Some  ten  or  twelve  yeai-s  since,  I  attended 
the  State  Fair  at  Rochester,  New  York,  and 
among  others,  Ell W anger  &  Barry  exhibit¬ 
ed  a  large  variety  of  fruit.  I  was  so  pleased 
with  the  Plums,  that  I  selected  from  their 
collection  one  dozen  trees,  one  of  each  variety. 
The  trees  were  planted  und  seemed  to  be 
thrifty  growers  ;  but  up  to  the  fall  of  1872  I 
had  not  taken  one  bushel  of  fruit  from  the 
dozen  trees.  Last  spring  I  noticed  in  the 
Rural  Nkw-Yrokek  that  by  placing  tin  cans 
filled  with  sweet  water,  or  corn  cobs  soaked 
in  Bweet  water,  in  the  trees  it  would  prevent 
the  insects  from  destroying  the  fruit.  I 
ordered  my  colored  man  to  cob  and  can  all 
of  the  plum  trees,  and  he  did  it  well,  as  every 
tree  had  several  cobs  as  well  as  cans.  The 
result  was,  every  tree  was  loaded  with  plums 
— from  one  to  two  bushels  upon  each  tree. 
1  had  no  faith  at  the  time  in  such  u  simple 
remedy,  and  made  this  trial  merely  from 
curiosity.  Above  you  have  results,  or  in 
other  words,  every  one  of  the  twelve  trees 
were  loaded  down  with  nice,  ripe  plums. 

Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y.  J.  A.  Rumsey. 


ARBORICULTURAL  ITEMS 


Mossy  Trees  in  an  Orchard ,  P.  F.  is  in¬ 
formed,  generally  indicates  too  much  moist¬ 
ure  in  tiie  soil — that  is,  that  the  soil  needs 
drainage  and  the  trees  require  stimulating. 
Give  the  ground  under  the  trees  a  good  top- 
dressing  of  muck  and  ashes,  drain  the  ground 
thoroughly,  scrape  off  the  moss  from  the  trees 
with  a  hoe,  and  wash  trunks  and  large 
branches  with  strong  soap-suds.  But  we 
should  perhaps  observe  that  while  mossy 
trees  generally  indicate  too  much  moisture, 
it  is  not  always  the  case  ;  for  trees  on  sandy 
soils  are  often  mossy;  and  soils  are  covered 
with  the  same  species  of  moss.  Moss,  there¬ 
fore,  often  indicates  poverty  of  soil,  or  uucon- 
genia!  conditions  in  some  way;  it  may  be  a 
want  of  moisture  as  well  as  too  much.  Stim¬ 
ulate  the  growth  at  any  rate,  as  we  have 
above  suggested,  whether  the  soil  is  dry  or 
wet. 

Stock  for  Cherries. — “  Addi,”  in  Gardeners’ 
Monthly,  says  two  years  experience  has 
proven  that  either  grafting  or  budding  our 
C  eras  us  sylvestris,  or  what.  we.  know  as  our 
cultivated  Sweet  Cherry,  upon  the  wild  com¬ 
mon  sort  of  our  woods,  or  Ce rasas  serotina, 
is  a  waste  of  time.  The  buds  or  grafts  will 
grow  to  three  or  four  leaves,  xml  possibly  a 
few  will  continue  the  first  season  with  five, 
but  that  will  be  their  eud. 


POMOLOGICAL  GOSSIP 


The  Finest  Apple  at  present  in  the  Covent 
Garden  Market,  London,  Eng.,  the  Garden  of 
April  19  says,  is  the  French  Colville  Blanc, 
which  is  of  large  size,  and  of  a  beautiful  yel¬ 
low  color,  the  specimens  of  it  which  we  ex¬ 
amined  being  in  as  good  a  state  of  preserva¬ 
tion  as  when  they  were  removed  from  the 
tree.  The  fact  that  they  realise  from  twenty 
shillings  to  thirty  shillings  per  dozen,  testifies 
to  their  quality. 


hend  that/  in  this  particular  both  the  cele¬ 
brated  men  have  been  misinformed,  for  [ 
have  every  reason  to  believe  that,  in  u  state 
of  nature,  fruit  is  the  principal  food— the 
larger  species  feeding  upon  bananas  and  other 
succulent  kinds,  while  the  Araearis  and 
Toucancts  mainly  subsist  unon  the  smaller 


plentiful  i  n  the  province  of  Minas  Geraea.  and 
Bahia.  It  is  also  abundant  iu  the  southern 
part  of  Brazil.  Those  observed  in  the  vicinity 
ot  Bahia  were  very  shy,  the  result  of  them 
having  been  repeatedly  fired  at  by  the  inliah- 
lvants,  in  defense  of  their  fruit  trees,  as  well 
as  for  the  purpose  of  procuring  them  for  the 
table.  Notwithstanding  this,  however,  the 
to  feod  upon  tho  oranges  and  guavas 
induces  them  to  approach  very  uoar  the 
town  at  the  season  when  these  fruits  are 
ripening.  Very  pretty  little  powder-flasks 
are  occasionally  made  of  their  large  and 
finely-colored  bills,’’ 


THE  TOUCANS, 


[See  page  345  for  JUustmtlonJ 
I  in,  I  oilcans  (a  word  derived  from  their 
Brazilian  name  Turn,  Tuca,  Tucana  or 
Tacataca )  were  formed  by  Linna-us  into  a 
single  genus,  to  which  he  applied  the  title  of 
hamphastos,  in  allusion  to  the  great  volume 
of  (lie  beak  ( Ramphos).  They  now  consti¬ 
tute  a  family  (Jlamphasttida?)  comprehending 

several  'sections  < - 

distinguishing  characters.  All 
have  certain  peculiark'  ' 
at  once  distinguish  them  from 
group.  In  some  respect 


Edwards,  in  his  voyage  up  the  Amazon, 
observes  that  when  a  party  of  Toucans  alight 
on  a  tree,  one  usually  acts  the  part  of  a 
sentinel,  uttering  the  loud  cry  of  Tucano 
whence  they  derive  their  name  ;  the  others 
disperse  over  the  branches  in  seueh  of  fruit 
While,  feeding  they  keep  up  a  hom-se  chatter¬ 
ing.  and  at  Intervals  unite  with  the  noisy 
sentry,  and  scream  a  concert  that  may  be 
heard  a  mile.  Having  appeased  their  appe- 
tite*  they  seek  (lie  depths  of  a  forest,  and 
there  quietly  doze  away  the  noon.  Often  in 
the.  very  early  morning  a  few  of  them  may 
be  seen  sitting  quietly  upon  the  branches  of 
some  dead  tree,  apparently  awaiting  the 
coming  sunlight  before  starting  for  their 
feeding-trees.  Tile  nests  (ho  adds)  of  the 


or  genera,  each  having  its 
,  however. 
Hies  in  common,  which 

. . i  every  other 

>s,  indeed,  they  resern- 
ble  the  Horn  bills— for  example,  in  the  devel- 
o^nent  of  the  beak,  and  its  growth  from 
youth  to  mature  ago  ;  in  scantiness  of  plu¬ 
mage,  and  impatience  of  cold ;  as  well  as  in 
general  habits  and  actions  ;  and  even  in  the 
portion  assumed  when  roosting,  both  sitting 
with  the  tail  turned  over  the  back.  Hence, 
the  Toucans  may  be  said  to  represent,  in 
America  the  Horn  bills  in  India  and  Africa, 
r  ’  ,ir'JA;?Vc\r'  the  structure  of  the 

in.’.imnV  °f  th"  :l,  ,  vr  having  the  normal 
situation,  bulge  as  is  the  beak  of  the  Tou- 

cans  compared  with  the  size  of  the  hodv  it 

is  m  reality  very  light.  Its  outer  sheathing 
j-  somewhat  elastic,  very  thin,  smooth,  «nd 
semi-transparent;  and  the  interior  consists 

m  rells-  throughout  which 

the  romihcations  of  t  he  olfactory  nerves  nro 
multitudiuoualy  distributed.  The  nostrils  are 
I  »  ot  each  mandible  arc  ser 
rated,  and  the  coloring-  of  the.  whole  beak  is 
,,r'h.  and  often  relieved  by  contrasted 
oi.-i  rkings.  But  these  tints  begin  to  fade 
a. t.  r  death,  and  become  ultimately  dissi¬ 
pated.  In  young  turds  the  bill  is  much  small 
ei  than  in  adults  but  Jittlo  or  no  difference  js 
manifested  in  t  he  colors  of  the  plumage 
I  CC  eyes  are  surrounded  by  a  considerable 
••• 1 1  naked  skin,  often  very  richly  tinted 
iw  tongue  is  very  long,  slender,  horizontally 
tl 'aliened,  pointed,  and,  except,  at  Its  base 
horny ;  1 1  is  1  ringed  or  feathered  along  each 
'  \  ^6  are  strong  and  zygodactvle  4 
liar,  is,  two  toes  are  placed  before  and  two 
behind,  With  a  broad  palm  or  sole  at  their 
junction  1 1ns  mode  of  structure  well  adapts 

r^  VfrL?rnJpm?£irml3r’  ',utno,;  for  <’hmb- 
mg,  after  the  manner  of  the  srygodactvle 
woodpeckers. .  The  wings  are  short,  conoaVe^ 


FIRE  -  PROOF  SMOKE  -  HOUSE . 

We  have  frequent  inquiries  for  plans  of 
smoke-houses,  and  have  given  some  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker.  We  copy  tlie  accom¬ 
panying  article  and  illustrations  from  the 
Country  Gentleman  : 

During  a  visit  at  the  residence  of  Hon. 
George  Gedoes  of  Syracuse,  we  made  the 
accompanying  sketch  of  the  building  which 
lie  had  erected  for  a  smoke-house  and  store¬ 
room.  Mr.  Geodes,  eminently  practical  as 
he  is,  had  observed  that  a  portion  of  his  lawn, 
towards  the  outbuildings,  was  not-  worn  by 


trees,  it  may  be  so  in  many  cases,  and  with 
some  species,  but  the  only  one  which  we  ever 
saw,  and  which  was  of  the  Toco-Touciin,  was 
in  the  fork  of  a  large  tree  overhanging  the 
water  upon  tlie  Amazon. 

The  mode,  in  which  the  Toucans  roost  is  not 
a  little  curious.  The  perch  being  taken,  tliev 
puff  out  their  plumage,  retro  vert  the  (nil 
over  the  back,  draw  the.  head  between  the 
shoulders,  close  the  eyes,  and  remain  in  a 
state  between  sleeping  and  waking  for  a 
considerable  period,  sometimes  nearly  two 
hours,  if  roused  while  In  this  condition; 
they  open  their  eyes,  move  a  little,  trad  soon 
relapse  again.  To  this  stage,  of  somnolency 
succeeds  that  of  true  sleep  ;  the  bill  now 
begins  to  turn  gradually  over  the  right  shoul¬ 
der,  and  becomes  at  last,  buried  completely 
within  the  plumage  of  t  he  back  ;  at  the  same 
time  the  pinions  of  tlio  wings  droop,  and 
with  the  coverts  of  the  thighs  entirely  conceal 
the  feel,.  The  bird  now  presents  t  he  appear¬ 
ance  of  an  oval  ball  of  pulled-up  feathers, 
and  is  well  protected  against  the.  cold, 

TV  ith  respect,  to  the  omnivorous  appetite  of 
nt-  least,  some  Rpeeies  of  Toucans,  we  have 
abundance  of  evidence.  They  w©ro  seen  by 
Mr,  Such  often  engaged  in  quarrels  with  the 
monkeys,  a  nest  of  eggs  being,  it  is  presumed, 
the  object  of  the  contention.  Their  coroiv- 


PRESERVING  THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 

To  make  this  paper  available  for  future 


FIRE— proof  smoke-house. 
feet,  and  he  accordingly  selected  this  spare 
ground  for  the  intended  building.  The  store¬ 
room,  which  faces  the  house,  and  is  situated 
on  the  right  end  of  the  building,  as  repre¬ 
sented  in  tho  accompanying  view,  being  en¬ 
cased  in  stone  walls,  and  closed  with  dark 
shutters  when  desired,  answers  a  useful  pur¬ 
pose  for  keeping  fruit,  fresh  meat,  and  pro¬ 
visions  generally.  Tho  left  hand  half  of  the 
building  is  occupied  with  tho  smoke-house. 
Tlie  section  below  shows  tho  position  of  the 
dilferent  parte.  The  ash-pit,  surrounded  bv 


SCIENTIFIC  AND  USEFUL  NOT"S, 

Self-Acting  Portable  Fountain.— iu  Rrr- 
ral  New-Yorker,  of  January  27th,  1872/ we 
saw  an  engraving  of  a  Self-Acting  Portable 
fountain.  We  took  the  dimensions  and  man¬ 
ufactured  two,  which  we  have  had  in  opera¬ 
tion  for  more  than  a  year,  and  they  have 
given  11s  a  great  deal  of  amusement  and  have 
been  a  great  attraction  to  visitors.  We  would 
not  part  with  them,  as  they  are  very  orna¬ 
mental  and  operate  up  to  nature.  Wo.  have 
mode  several  for  other  parties.  They  are 
made  2  feet  8  inches  high  and  12).;  inch¬ 
es  wide,  with  side  and  top  walls  of  gal¬ 
vanized  iron.  They  will  last  for  years. — Geo. 
W.  Mull,  Dauphin  Co .,  Pa. 

Pipe,  for  Water.— In  answer  to  D.  B  E 
relative  to  pipe  for  water : — I  have  hail  con¬ 
siderable  experience  in  bringing  water  in 
lead  pipe-  It  can  be  brought  in  any  sized 
pipe,  all  of  one  size;  1  have  brought '  it  one 
halt  m fie.  in  half-inch  pipe  and  experienced 
no  difficulty  in  starting  the  water  ;  ho.  need 
have  no  fears.  Can  you  or  any  of  your 
readers  tell  rue,  through  the  Rural  New- 
\  orker,  how  to  get  rid  of  wild  onions  or  the 
taste  of  them  in  milk  ? — k.  w.  s. 

n>’Ht  Duenfeetant.  -  Herr  Eckstein 
of  \  iennn,  in  an  analysis  of  the  comparative 
value  of  different,  disen feetants,  concludes 
that  chloride  of  lime  is  the  chea  pest  and  best, 
and  advises  that  the  substance  be  inclosed  in 
a  parchment  bag.  so  that  its  effects  nxSy  be 
slowly  diffused  through  the  polluted  atmos¬ 
phere. 

Self-Filtering  Citterns.— T.  C.  Chittenden 
will  find  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  Sept.  9, 
1871,  a  cistern  built  with  a  self -filtering  ap¬ 
paratus.  If  he  has  not  got  the  number  v<a 
can  supply  it. 


SMOIIC  ROOM 


STORE  ROOM 


A  large  number  of  hams  may  be  placed  in 
this  room  by  the  following  arrangement : 
Pieces  of  hard-wood  plank,  eight  inches  wide 
and  long  enough  to  reach  across  the  room, 
rest  on  a  ledge  or  projection  from  the  walls 
on  each  side.  These  pieces  of  plank  have 
hooks  driven  iu  on  both  edges  far  enough 
apart  to  receive  the  hams,  so  that  a  row  may 
be  hung  on  each  side.  When  full,  it  is  pushed 
along  to  one  side  and  another  filled,  and  so 
on  till  all  are  in  their  places.  The  ventilators 
above  are  then  opened,  and  smoke  is  started 
on  the  heap  of  ashes  below.  For  this  purpose 
cobs  are  used,  or  unseasoned  maple,  or  body 
hickory.  The  smoking  should  be  slow.  By 
the  time  the  smoke  has  passed  up  through 
the  openings  in  the  arch,  it  has  become  cold, 
and  cannot  heat  the  hams,  Ten  or  twelve 
days  will  usually  be  enough  for  the  comple¬ 
tion  of  the  operation,  when  the  ventilators  at 


350 

Bian;  of  a  |hmtM 

DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 

trahspiantino  atnioht. 

May  15.— I  have  often  noticed  paragraphs 
going  the  rounds  of  tin-  papers  ljighly  oxtel- 
iug  the  practice  of  transplanting  trees  in  the 
night.  In  the  instance*  named,  the  experi¬ 
ments  were  made  upon  trees  late  in  spi  iug, 
after  the  leaves  had  commenced  to  grow  ; 
the  results  were  that  tfiose  transplanted  be¬ 
fore  midnight  showed  no  signs  of  wilting  the 
following  day,  while  specimens  moved  later, 
or  in  the  mailing,  were  more  or  less  affected 
by  the  change.  T  have  no  doubts  in  regard 
to  the  truth  of  these  statements,  for  it  has 
always  been  the  practice  among  gardeners 
to  set  out  plants  (upon  which  there  were  any 
leaves)  lap-  in  the  evening  or  just  before 
dark,  in  order  to  have  them  become  well 
fb;ed  inthe  earth  before  morn  ing.  When  the 
buds  begin  to  swell  in  spring  and  leaves  un¬ 
fold,  new  rootlets  are  being  produced  with 
equal  rapidity.  If  we  transplant,  in  a  dry, 
warm  day,  the  evaporation  of  moisture  from 
the  leaves  is  not  supplied  by  the  roots,  conse¬ 
quently  wilting  follows  ;  but  at.  night  this 
evaporation  almost  entirely  ceases,  particu¬ 
larly  if  the  dew  falls ;  but  the  growth  of 
rootlets  continues,  and  in  a  lew  hours  after 
being  replaced  in  congenial  soil,  they  have 
made  sufficient  growth  to  take  up  moisture 
from  the  earth  ;  and  send  it  forward  to  the 
leaves.  For  the  same  reason  we  transplant 
on  moist,  dark,  cloudy  days,  and  obtain  far 
better  results  than  if  thiB  operation  is  per¬ 
forated  in  dry,  clear  weather.  Plants  set  out 
at  or  just  after  sundown,  would  succeed  bet¬ 
ter  than  those  removed  at  midnight,  because 
they  would  have  a  few  more  hours  in  which 
to  produce  new  rootlets,  before  rapid  evapo¬ 
ration  from  the  leaves  commenced.  There  is 
nothing  mysterious  about  this  transplanting 
K  at  night,,  as  some  persons  would  make  us  be- 
"  lieve,  but  the  results  are  in  accordance  with 
well-known  physiological  laws. 

HELP  WANTED. 


CORE’S  FdBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


MAY  31 


May  14. —  A  young  man  writes  me  he 
wants  to  become  an  entomologist,  or  at  least 
obtain  an  entomological  cabinet,  and  lie  asks 
me  if  1  will  semi  him  named  specimens  of  in¬ 
sects  with  which  to  begin.  Now  this  young 
gentleman  probably  considers  his  request  en¬ 
tirely  proper,  and  that  out  of  my  abundance 
afevv  hundred  or  thousand  specimens  would 
scarcely  be  noticed.  Many  a  young  man  line 
same  idea  in  regard  to  money,  and 
thinks  that  certain  rich  men  of  whom  he  has 
heard,  are  very  mean  and  stingy  in  keeping 
so  much  wealth.  1  have  also  heard  older 
people  express  the  same  idea,  and  1  believe 
there  are  societies  in  tins  country  the  mem¬ 
bers  of  which  pretend  to  think  that  proper¬ 
ty  should  Vie  equally  distributed  among  the 
masses.  A  more  disastrous  calamity  could 
notbefaHa  nation  than  the  equalisation  of 
property  among  its  members  unless  we  ex¬ 
cept  total  annihilation.  But  to  return  to, 
those  young  men  and  women  who  arc  ex¬ 
pecting  some  one  to  aid  them  in  obtaining 
knowledge  or  wealth.  1  wonder  how  many 
ever  thought  that  a  tiling  which  cost  nothing 
is  seldom  worth  receiving  ;  even  inherited, 
wealth  is,, nine  times  out  of  ten,  a  curse  in¬ 
stead  of.  a  blessing  to  any  young  person.  The 
domestic  history  of  our  people  shows  this  to 
be  true.  Waut.  begets  industry,  and  this  <u 
turn  results  in  perfect  development  of  mind 
and  body,  hence  we  see  tiie  highest  civiliza¬ 
tion  in  climates  where  man  is  compelled  to 
use  all  his  faculties  in  order  to  exist.  Of 
course  we  must  leave  out  those  extremes  of 
climate  where  man  is  dwarfed,  as  in  the 
Arctic  regions. 

A  man  may  be  born  rich  and  his  money  nuj 
aid  him  in-  becoming  learned;  still  true 
knowledge  and  wisdom  a  re  within  the  leach 

of  all,  although  some  may  have  to  persevere 
more  persistently  to  obtain  it  than  others. 
But  »  knowledge  of  things  is  not  to  be  ob 
tained  atone  grasper  in  a  moment,  for  mind 
must  grow  the  same  as  anything  eise  ;  and 
as  we  learn  the  alphabet  before  we  can  read, 
so  must  it  be  in  taking  up  any  branch  of  sci¬ 
ence.  Suppose  l  should  send  my  young  cor¬ 
respondent  a  thousand  species  of  insects,  all 
carefully  mounted  and  named,  the  chances 
ar&that  he  would  bo  content  in  looking  at 
the  sume,  or  at  most  learning  the  names  of  a 
dozen  or  two  ;  while  if  he  is  compelled  to 
collect  each  species  himself,  mount  it  and 
'  study  it  history  and  habits,  obtaining  a 
few  names  at  a  time,  he  would  know  more 
•  of  the  science  of  entomology  by  the  time  his 
cabinet  contained  one  hundred  species  than 


from  a  uousand  presented  to  him  by  some 

one  wlio  had  gone  over  the  same  field.  Money 

would  endblc  u  man  to  purchase  an  entomo-  T 
logical  cabinet  equal  to  any  known  ;  but  the 
possessor  might,  still  remain  in  ignorance  in  a 
regard  to  it*  scientific  value. 

Young  men  or  women  who  desire  to  study  .r 
any  branch  of  natural  history,  should  always  1 
commence  at  borne  ;  for  there  is  no  locality  « 
which  does  not  abound  in  specimens  worthy 
of  study.  If  it  is  entomology,  then  begin  by 
collecting  all  the  specie*  found  near  your  8 
own  residences  ;  and  there  are  few  localities  ^ 
in  which  from  one  to  five  thousand  cannot  1 
lie  obtained.  This  number  will  make  a  very  r 
fair  cabinet,  and  one  that  any  man  or  woman  1 
may  well  be  proud  of,  especially  if  collected  1 
by  their  own  hands.  Perhaps  some  of  my  J 
young  friends  in  the  older  States  may  say, 
“Yes  ;  hut  these  will  be  all  well  known  and  < 
common  insects,  and  1  want  specimens  from 
South  America,  Asia  and  Africa.’’  But  1 
have  already  hinted  that  a  knowledge  of 
things  is  of  for  more  value  than  mere  posse?  1 
sion;  and  would  it  not  bn  better  to  know  the  ' 
true  history  of  our  common  insects,  with 
whi  h  we  come  in  contact  almost,  daily,  than 
to  possess  or  know  the  names  only  of  any 
number  of  foreign  specie*  f  Very  little  as 
yet  is  known  of  the  life  and  habits  of  the 
most  common  beneficial  or  noxious  species, 
and  here  is  a  wide  and  almost  unoccupied 
field  whereto  any  young  man  or  woman  who 
feel*  t  hus  disposed  may  gain  fame  and  honor, 
if  nothing  more. 

SETTINQ  OUT  POTTED  PLANTS. 

May  15.— In  the  vicinity  of  New  York  City 
it  is  usually  safe  to  set  out  tender  plants  the 
middle  of  May.  But  a  light  frost  in  the  low 
grounds  last  night  admonishes  those  who 
would  crowd  the  season  to  be  a  little  careful. 
Plants  that  have  been  forced  in  a  greenhouse 
are  more  tender  than  those  started  in  the 
open  air,  and  there  is  nothing  gained  by 
planting  out  before  warm  weather  is  a  sure 
thing.  Haste  is  not  always  speed,  even  in 
gardening ;  and  a  little  caution  may  prevent 
a  total  loss  of  tender  plants.  A  few  cold, 
chilly  nights  will  cheek  the  growth  of  plants 
and  put  them  behind  those  sot  out  a  week 
or  ten  day*  later.  1  never  wait,  a*  some  of 
my  neighbors  do,  for  the  right  time  of  the 
moon,  for  1  have  not  a*  yet  taken  any  par¬ 
ticular  interest  in  that  planet,  and  have  no 
faith  in  her  supposed  inlluem  e  upon  this 
earth  or  the  plants  and  animals  thereon  ;  but 
when  my  ground  is  in  proper  eondiliun  and 
the  weather  suitable  then  1  believe  the  prop¬ 
er  time  for  planting  has  come.  But  here  T 
urn  going  on  just  as  our  parson  frequently  I 
does,  naming  a  text  and  then  not  seeing  it 
again  until  the  closing  sentence  of  Ins  sermon. 

1  started  out  to  stay  something  about  sett  ing 
out  potted  plants,  and  the  one  thing  in  par¬ 
ticular  was  this:— Plants  grown  in  pots 
usually  have  u  mass  of  roots  that  arc  twisted 
ami  distorted  in  every  direction,  burning  a 
solid  boll.  Now.  when  we  set  out.  such  plants 
tid*  ball  of  earth  and  roots  should  be  broken 
'  qj.  crushed,  in  order  to  make  it  of  about  the 
1  same  consistency  of  the  soil  into  which  they 
f  are  placed.  If  their  tangled  roots  are  spread 
apart  and  partially  straightened  out,  they 
\  take  hold  of  the  fresh  soil  immediately,  and 

-  the  plant  will  commence  a  new  growth  much 
I'  sooner  than  if  they  are  left  intact.  Iheu, 

again,  if  the  weather  i*  dry  and  transplanted 
plant..-  have  to  be  watered,  it  will  require 
1  double  the  quantity,  to  reach  the  roots  in- 

-  closed  in  a  ball  of  earth  than  if  spread  out  or 
e  even  partially  separated.  I  have  always 
•  found  it  difficult  to  make  new  hands  in  the 
i  garden  do  this,  for  to  them  it  seems  worse 
:1  than  folly  to  disturb  roots  that  can  be  so 

-  readily  put  into  the  ground  without  it. 


INSECTS  FOR  NAMES. 

May  17.  —  W.  J.  Carter.  Warren  Co.. 
Term.,  sends  me  the  following  letter  : 

Daily  Rural  Life  Please  find  inclosed 
a  box  containing  two  insects  for  name.  One, 
to  the  naked  eve,  looks  more  like  a  lump  of 
dirt,  than  an  insect ;  but  under  a  magnifying 


on  its  wings*  Please  in  me  nuKJvij 

New-Yorker. 

The  curious-looking  insect  which,  as  yon 
say,  looks  like  a  lump  of  dirt,  is  a  partly  de¬ 
veloped  “bug”  ( Jlemiptcru ).  If  it  bad  been 
fully  grown  and  mature,  I  might  have 
named  it.  The  beetle  with  the  V  -like  yellow 
marks  on  its  elytra,  is  our  common  hickory 
clytus — Clyiuif  JJcxuomis  of  some  autbore  and 
C.  jdctuH  of  others.  These  are  two  species  of 
beetles  so  nearly  alike  in  appearance 
(although  very  different  in  habit)  that  they 
have  often  been  confounded  by  o  r  entomol-  I 
ogists  ;  in  fact,  the  two  are  freque  ly  seen 
in  cabinets  under  the  same  name,  i  lie  larva 
of  one  feeds  upon  the  hickory  and  t  he  beetles 
appeal- in  spring,  the  other  lives  in  the  yellow 
locust,  the  beetles  appearing  in  the  fall.  I 
have  bred  many  hundreds  of  both  species  and 
begin  to  think  there  is  quite  a  difference  in 
appearance  as  well  as  in  habit .  It  is  ti  be 
hoped  that,  some  of  our  entomological  au¬ 
thorities  will  soon  definitely  decide  upon  the 
name  of  each  species. 

o  he  jJoultro  |)anl. 

DERBY  FOWLS. 


TOTAL  LOSS  OF  THE  GRAPE  CROP. 

May  lfl  — Grapes  in  my  neighborhood  this 
season  will  be  a  total  failure.  Tl*  fruit  buds 
upon  ull  the  vines  that  l  have  seen,  except 
those  trained  in  some  protected  situations, 
are  killed,  without  exception.  Concords, 
Hartford  Prolific*,  and  other  usually  con¬ 
sidered  hardy  sorts,  have  suffered  equally 
with  the  more  tender  varieties.  The  vines 
are  not  entirely  killed,  and  from  most  of 
them  Strong,  vigorous  canes  are  starting 
from  the  old  st  ems.  1  have  no  doubt  a  ma¬ 
jority  of  vineyards  that  are  injured  will  be 
greatly  benefited  by  the  severe  pruning  they 
will  receive  and  rest  from  over-cropping,  for 
at  least  one  season.  Of  course,  this  destruc¬ 
tion  of  vines  is  not  general,  but  if  it  was,  how 
much  more  would  the  masses  appreciate  the 
crop  next  year. 

How  fortunate  that  we  can  determine 
thus  early  in  the  sensor*  whether  we  are  to 
have  h  crop  or  not,  for  it  is  still  time  to  plant 
more  of  some  annual  fruit  to  fill  up  the  gap. 
I  shall  choose  melons  ;  if  any  one  can  do  bet¬ 
ter.  let  them  say  the  word. 


The  only  place  you  hear  of  this  name  be- 
ing  given  to  the  Game  fowl  is  America.  It, 
is  never  mentioned,  now-a-days,  in  England; 
and  the  present  breeders  and  judges  of  that 
country  never  speak  of  this  variety  of  fowls 
by  any  other  name  than  Black-Reds,  and 
completely  ignore  what  we  call  “  Derby;?/’ 
„.nd  consider  out  of  the  Standard  white  or 
flesh -colored  beaks,  legs,  toes,  &c.,  and  look 
upon  them  as  too  soft  for  the  pit. 

The  melon  and  olive  colored  legs  are  the 
standard  color.  The  Earl  of  Derby  fowls 
did  not  differ  from  other  game  fowls  of  the 
kind,  except  as  being  a  select,  family.  Hie 
name  liud  become  so  celebrated  that  it  is  in 
the  recollection  of  almost  every  one,  and  lias 
created  in  the  uninitiated  an  indelible  im¬ 
pression  that  the  strain  is  yet  extant.  Igno¬ 
rant  or  designing  breeders  still  keep  up  t  he 
impression  on  the  public  mind  by  their  ad¬ 
vertisements.  It  is  right,  therefore,  that  the 
public  should  know  the  real  truth  of  the 
matter.  The  Seftons  derive  their  name  in 
the  same  way  -  from  the  Lord  of  the  original 
manor.  They  are  larger  than  most  of  the 
breeds  of  Game  and  arc  of  different  colors— 
Black-lteds,  Brown-Reds  and  Blue-Rods,  hav¬ 
ing  yellow  or  willow-colored  legs  and  bills. 
They  are  finely-shaped,  having  prominent 
and  well  developed  breasts,  and  large,  full, 
strong  wings.  There  urc  Dnek-W iug  Seftons, 
as  there  are  or  were  Duck-Wing  Derbys;  but 
none  with  white  legs. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  there  is  running  in 
the  veins  of  the  present  Game  of  England 
the  blood  of  both  those  strains,  The  most 
celebrated  main  ever  fought  in  England  was, 

I  think,  in  1880  or  18IJ4,  which  consisted  of 
seven  battles,  at  one  thousand  guineas  a  bat¬ 
tle  and  five  thousand  guineas  the  main.  It 
was  fought  at  Lincoln,  by  Gilltrkk  against 
Earl  Derby’s  feeder  Potter;  and  Gillirkr 
won  five  battles  out  of  the  seven. 

The  head  of  the  Derby  race  is  flue,  taper¬ 
ing  from  the  point  of  the  beak,  which  is 
stijmg  and  thick  where  it  joins  the  Iliad. 
Tift  neck  is  long  and  somewhat  curved,  and 
the  bone  of  the  neck  well  developed— a  very 
great  merit,  giving  great  strength  to  hold 
on  ;  but  the  hackle  is  a  little  too  full,  which 
is  rather  deceptive,  and  can  only  bo  known 
by  handling.  The  body  is  broad  in  front  and 
tapering  behind  ;  short  in  the  back  and 
strong  across  the  loins.  The  thighs  are 
strong  and  short,  and  the  shank  larger  in 
proportion  while  strong  and  well  made.  The 
foot  spreads  well  and  stands  firmly  on  the 
ground;  the  firmness  and  closeness  of  liis 
plumage  makes  him  look  smaller  than  he 
proves  to  be  when  handled,  lhc  peculiar 
form  makes  the  cock  appear  almost  round 
when  he  is  trimmed  for  the  pit . 

The  legs  are  set  well  apart,  and  the  wings 
are  large,  almost  covering  the  thighs,  lhe 
faults  that  Game  breeders  find  in  the  Derby 
cock  are  that  the  thighs  are  a  little  too  long, 

,  the  shanks  a  little  too  short  and  the  wings  a 
i  little  too  tucked  up;  the  length  of  the  leg  is 
right,  but  the  relative  length  of  thigh  and 
shank  might  be  better. 

The  general  color  of  the  plumage  of  the 
cock  is  a  rich  and  beautiful  shading  from 


orange  to  bright  chestnut.  The  breast  and 
thighs  are  black,  also  the  tail,  with  brilliant 
metallic  luster;  a  little  pale  gray  buff  often 
crops  out  at  the  root  of  the  tail,  and  is  only  a 
mark  of  high  condition.  A  white  feather  is, 
at  the  present  day,  among  our  judges  of 
Game,  considered  a  disqualification  ;  if  it  is, 
it  was  often  shown  in  the  Derby  strain. 

I  Greenville,  N.  J.  Isaac  Van  Winkle. 

- - - 

CHICKEN  CHOLERA. 

R.  H.  Knapp,  in  Atlanta  Sim  of  May  !*, 

oyg  ; _ <(  in  your  issue  of  this  morning  you 

sk  for  a  remedy  for  chicken  cholera,  now  so 
i  re  valent  in  this  city  and  country.  I  have 
onnd  a  mixture  of  two  ounces  each,  of 
ed  pepper,  alum,  rosin,  and  sulphur,  to  be  an 
n fallible  remedy  for  tills  scourge.  Last 
U turner  I  lost  more  than  fifty  common  fowls 
rom  cholera,  my  Buff  Cochin*  not  being  at 
ill  affected.  When  glancing  over  tlie  col¬ 
imn*  of  the  Rural  New  Yorker,  l  chanced 
;o  Sec  the  above  mixture  recommended,  and 
;ried  it,— mixing  one  tablespoonful  in  t  hree 
nnts  of  scalded  com  meal,  and  though  sev¬ 
eral  fowls  were  in  the  last  stages  of  the  dis¬ 
ease  they  recovered  and  1  have  not  lost  a 
chicken  since.  In  severe  cases  I  would  advise 
giving  about  one  third  of  a  teaspoon ful  in  a 
meal  pellet  to  each  fowl  every  day  till  well. 
Put  a  small  lump  of  alum,  say  the  size  ol  a 
hickory  nut,  in  their  drinking  water.” 

POULTRY  NOTES. 

Lice  on  Fowls— Harry  Barker  asks  for 
a  remedy  for  lice  i  n  fowls.  Lard,  nibbed 
well  under  the  wings  and  on  the  body,  has 
exterminated  them,  and  will,  doubtless,  In 
his  case.  Let  the  fowls  run  where  they  can 
have  plenty  of  dust  and  ashes  to  wallow  in. 
If  they  have  this,  they  will  soon  exterminate 
the  lice  themselves. 

\Y add l inti  Liylil  Brahma#.— Please  inform 
me  what  causes  my  Light  Brahma  pullets 
(three  of  thorn)  to  walk  with  their  backs 
right  straight  up  and  down,  and  waddle  1ik<- 
a  duck  '  It  seems  to  come  on  them  in  two  oi 
three  days  and  without  any  cause,  as  far  as 
I  am  aware. — a,  u.  b. 

W E  cannot  tell. 

Mating  Pigeons  for  Color.— A  Pigeon  fan 
cier  says  Black  and  Red  Barbs  may  be  mated 
together  and  will  produce  young  of  each 
color.  He  does  not  approve  of  mating  Blue 
and  Silver  Owl*  ;  Silver  should  be  mated  to 
Silver,  and  Blue  to  Blue. 


limn. 


BAPE  AS  A  HONEY  PLANT. 

H.  O.  Kbusche,  Berlin,  Wis.,  writes  the 
American  Bee  Journal : — As  a  honey  produc¬ 
ing  plant,  the  rape  is  scarcely  second  to  lin¬ 
den,  producing  a  beautiful  golden  honey  of 
good  flavor,  and  is  in  blossom  when  nearly 
everything  else  is  out  of  blossom,  common* 
ing  about  the  middle  of  August  and  continu¬ 
ing  a  couple  of  weeks. 

2.  As  a  farm  crop,  it  is  as  good,  if  not  bet¬ 
ter,  than  wheat.  The  time  for  sowing  it  is 
from  the  middle  to  the  end  of  June.  This 
gives  time  to  prepare  the  soil  after  other 
crops  are  in  ;  or  if  wheat  or  corn  should  tail 
in  coming  up,  rape  call  be  sown  in  their 
places.  It  is  harvested  from  the  middle  to 
the  last  of  September,  after  all  other  grain 
is  harvested.  It  does  not  impoverish  the 
soil,  1  iut  benefits  it.  From  five  to  eight  bush¬ 
els  more  per  acre  of  wheat  arc  raised  on 
ground  which  had  rape  the  previous  year.  It 
allows  no  weeds  to  grow  after  it  is  fairly 
started,  growing  very  dense,  and  its  leaves 
completely  shade  the  ground,  therefore  it 
does  not  suffer  from  drouth  like  other 
grains, 

Thu  seed  has  a  good  cash  market  at  Fond 
du  Lae.  Wis.,  where  oil  is  extracted  from  it, 
and  brings  from  $1.50  to  $2  per  bushel.  From 
ten  to  eighteen  bushels  is  generally  produced 
pur  acre,  but  is  oftener  over  than  under  this 
estimate.  Two  quarts  is  sufficient  to  sow  an 
acre.  Thousands  of  bushels  are  annually 
raised  in  Calumet  county,  and  it  is  just  as 
staple  a  crop  as  wheat.  Those  doubting  my 
statement  I  refer  to  Report  of  Agriculture 
for  1870. 

— — — - "  ‘ 

LOCATION  OF  BEE-HIVES  IN  GERMANY. 

According  to  the  new  regulations  recently 
issued  by  the  authorities  of  the  German  Em¬ 
pire,  no  hives  of  bees  are  to  be  placed  nearei 
than  03.5  meters  to  any  turnpike  or  public 
thoroughfare,  no  nearer  than  4L7  meters 
from  other  carriage-ways  ;  and  for  violating 
the  above  rules,  the  person  convicted  may  be 
fined  twenty  thalers,  or  be  subjected  to  im¬ 
prisonment. 


MAY  3-? 


Bomcstiii  (Bcoiurmw. 

Aa  1  .  'O 

HOME  RESOURCES. 

Leaving  the  beautiful  hills*on  the  Hudson 
and  the  linn,  friendly  sooiety  of  old  Rensse¬ 
laer  for  the  wildness  of  Cumberland  Moun¬ 
tain,  I  resolved  that  discontent'  should  have 
no  soil  in  my  heart  on  which  to  grow.  There 
were  pleasant  memories  of  the  past,  but  it 
was  the  future  that,  t  he  pathway  of  life  was 
leading  to.  T  had  no  right  to  make  sighing 
regrets — all  must,  Vie  suppressed  ;  hut  action, 
always  doing,  pressing  onward.  It  is  this 
discontent  that  causes  so  much  emigration 
backward,  i  looked  at  everything  as  if  I 
had  a  right  to  enjoy  what  was  enjoyable  and 
reject  what  was  unworthy.  I  know  the 
climate  was  desirable.  The  mild  winters, 
the  cool  mountain  breeze  of  every  summer 
day,  the  pure,  soft  water  everywhere,  groups 
of  springs  of  sulphur,  chalybeate  and  free 
stone,  so  healt  hy  ;  the  cultivated  fruits,  wild 
fruits  of  the  forest,  hold  and  wayside  ;  all 
these  were  ant  icipated.  But  here  was  the 
new  home  to  fix  up— and  an  uncultivated 
country  around  ;  no  flowers  but  a  small 
package  in  the  trunk.  Yet  Nature  furnishes 
many  pleasures  ;  why  not  accept  them  i 
1  set  about  getting  something  again  to 
beautify  a  home.  No  one  but  a.  lover  of  the 
beautiful  in  nature  will  see  how  many  of 
God’s  beauties  are  all  around  us.  I  found 
the  Holly,  the  Hemlock,  the  Pino  and  Laurel, 
all  growing  in  sight  of  the  house  ;  and  fclio 
Mistletoe,  with  its  wax  like  berries,  hung  in 
tufts  from  the  Black  Gum  ;  the  Trailing  Ar¬ 
butus,  Ground  Pines  and  Hemlocks,  growiug 
in  their  lowliness,  while  the  old,  worn,  shelv¬ 
ing  rocks,  with  a  beautiful  hidden  stream  of 
water  pouring  over  and  splashing  on  thesund 
and  pebbles  beneath,  with  ferns  and  wild 
vines  growing  from  the  mossy  crevices,  with 
the  large-leaved  Cucumber  Tree,  the  Holly 
and  Laurel  standing  as  if  relies  of  ornament, 
by  this  house  or  shelter  of  some  gentle  fairy 
of  the  mine  of  medLeval  days.  We  gathered 
of  the  Ivies  gnarled  branches  for  rustic  work; 
of  the  petrifactions  a  yarn,  walnuts  and 
other  fruit  from  the  gullies  on  the  hillsides; 
we  went  with  torches  into  the  mountain 
eaves  and  brought  out  stalactites  andeurious- 
Iy-Cormcd  rocks  ;  here  and  there  gathered 
sandstones  with  white  pebbles  imbedded  ; 
secured  specimens  of  iron  and  coal  from  their 
native  beds  in  the  vicinity,  and  built  up  a 
rockery,  from  every  crevice  of  which  is  tin- 
viui ug  money-plant,  and  Idled  t  he  rustic  stand 
with  various  geological  specimens  ;  gathered 
pretty  mosses  lor  the  hanging  baskets,  and 
the  Trumpet  Vina  and  sweet  scouted  shrub 
from  the  wild  woods.  The  new  garden  was 
cleared,  plowed  and  fertilized,  and  a  few 
hard  clays’  •  work  recorded.  But  only  one 
year,  and  over  seventy  shrubs  and  plants, 
l  icsides  all  tin  ■  variety  of  seedlings,  were  finely 
growing,  and  the  new  garden  was  really  a 
beauty,  where  the  Butterflies  and  Humming 
birds  speed  their  days,  and  the  Whip-por-will 
comes  to  give  his  mournful  requiem  at  night 
and  his  early  morning  song.  The  Redbuds, 
with  crested  heads,  pompously  flit  around 
the  piazza,  as  if  desirous  of  new  friendships, 
and  the  Bobolink  sends  out  the  same  sweet 
trill  I  loved  in  childhood.  With  neighbors 
few,  those  are  our  friends  -gifts  from  Heaven. 
If  isolated,  the  mail  brings  us  the  thoughts 
of  the  best  women  and  men  to  read,  at  our 
leisure;  and  with  the  It  URAL  New- Yorker 
to  instruct  us,  and  letters  of  friendship  to 
cheer  us,  it  is  better  to  bring  in  happiness 
from  home  resources  than  to  yield  tr>  discon¬ 
tent  and  desire  impossibilities, 

Clurkstown,  Tenn.  Mas.  C.  I).  F. 

HINTS  FOR  PRETTY  DEVICES. 

A  Very  Pretty  Tidy  is  made  of  two  col¬ 
ors — for  instance,  red  and  white  ;  crochet 
small  wheels,  43  of  red  and  48  of  white  ;  sew 
16  together  so  that  they  form  a  diamond  ; 
then  sew  the  six  diamonds  together  so  that 
they  form  a  star  ;  then  sew  three  silver-lined 
beads  on  each  wheel,  and  dually  put  a  tassel 
on  the  end  of  each  diamond. 

I'or  a  Hair  Tie  reiver,  I  take  a  square  piece 
of  perforated  cardboard  and  work  a  pretty 
pattern  with  worsted  ;  line  it  with  cambric  ; 
bind  it  on  three  sides  with  ribbon,  roll  it  so 
it  forms  a  horn  of  plenty  ;  put  a  bow  at  the 
top  and  bottom  uud  Lt  is  complete. 

My  Hair-pin  Holder  is  a  collar  box  filled 
with  curled  hair.  I  crocheted  a  square  Af¬ 
ghan  stitch  and  sewed  it  on  the  top  of  the 
box  ;  next  1  covered  the  sides  with  white 
cloth  and  hemmed  a  strip  of  Swiss  muslin 
and  plaited  it  and  sowed  it  on  the  box,  whieh 
completed  it.  Another  way  is  to  put  a  piece 
of  bonnet  lace  on  the  top  ;  then  take  a  piece 
of  silvered  cardboard  and  work  a  pretty  pat- 


MOOBfi’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


Jptcnlcji  ami  Dflamtm. 


tern  with  worsted  ;  bind  each  edge  and  put  * 
around.  i  ^ 

A  Wall  Protector ,  to  put  behind  a  wash- 
stand,  is  made  of  pink  cambric,  covered  with 
dotted  muslin,  gathered,  and  sewed  on  ;  a 
hem  an  inch  wide  on  the  top  and  bottom 
gives  it  a  finish. 

I  presume  almost  every  one  is  familiar  with  1 
White.  Mar  Crosses.  I  have  made  frames  of  1 
brown  paper  stars,  instead  of  white,  which.  1 
are  pretty.  ( 

A  Horn  of  Plenty ,  to  be  hung  in  a  comer 
and  hold  a  variety  of  grasses,  pressed  leaves, 
&<•.,  is  made  of  perforated  cardboard  ;  work 
small  qu ares  of  any  color,  leaving  a  square  ( 
of  unv  irked  alternately  ;  next  take  hue  glass 
beads  and  put  around  every  square  ;  till  up 
the  umvorked  with  large  beads,  one  in  each  ; 
line  the  whole  with  silk  and  finish  the  edge 
with  ohen  lie  ;  finally,  put  a  tassel  at  the 
bottom. 

I  Have  Toilet  Mats  made  of  white  Mar¬ 
seilles,  braided  with  fine  red  braid  and  the 
edge  embroidered  with  red  cotton. 

Butterflies  on  Lace  Curtains. — Those  who 
have  lace  curtains  Can  ornament  them  by 
butterflies.  A  drop  of  camphor  put  on  the 
head  will  kilt  them  instantly  ;  pin  them  on 
the  curtains,  and  they  are  quite  an  improve¬ 
ment.  llopiug  that  Lulu  Howard  and 
others  may  glean  a  few  hints  from  the  above 
suggestions,  I  will  subscribe  myself, 

Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.  n.  t.  a. 

- ♦  ♦  »  ■  ■■- 

DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 

Destroying  Ants'  Nests.  —  Take  boiling 
water  and  pour  in  their  nests,  and  when  they 
find  you  are  in  earnest,  by  your  following  it 
up,  they  will  leave,  if  any  are  left — not  killed. 

I  have  been  successful  by  putting  a  few  bricks 
or  fiat  rocks  around  an  infested  shrub  for  the 
ants  to  cluster  under,  so  that  1  could  take 
my  own  time  to  kill  them  in.  Then  I  exam 
ine,  by  turning  up  the  bricks,  when  1  have 
plenty  of  hot  water,  uud  can  attend  to  them. 
The  above  is  Car  better  than  poisoning  the 
ground,  as  hot  water  does  not  injure  your 
plants  or  I  he  ground  about  I, hem. — A, 

I  toiled  Indian  Pudding. — One  pint  of  sour 
tuilk,  two  cups  of  Indian  meal,  one  cup  of 
flour,  butter  half  the  size  of  an  egg,  one  lea- 
spoon  of  salt,  a  dessert  spoon  of  soda  ;  use 
any  fruit  you  choose,  although  raspberries 
are  best.  Take  a  three-quart  (tail,  with  a 
tight  cover,  grease  it,  pour  in  a  little  butter, 
then  some  fruit,  and  so  on  until  all  are 
in  ;  put  the  cover  on  rightly  ;  have  boiling 
water ‘in  your  pot,  with  a  few  sticks  to  pre¬ 
vent  burning  ;  do  not  let  the  water  boil  in 
the  pail  ;  boil  two  hours.  To  be  eaten  with 
sauce.— Mrs.  H.  S.  Brown. 

Tomato  f}nddiny.  —  Place  pared  and  sliced 
tomatoe^to  the  depth  of  an  inch  or  more,  in 
a  bright,  tin  basin.  Sprinkle  sugar  over  them. 
Next  a  layer  of  light  bread  in  slices,  well 
spread  with  butter.  Then  a  deep  layer  of 
tomatoes  and  sugar  again,  and  lastly  a  layer 
of  bread  and  butter  on  the  top.  Flavor  with 
lemon  or  nutmeg.  Bake  from  one  to  two 
hours,  according  to  the  size  of  your  dish. 
We  find  the  past  winter  that  canned  toma¬ 
toes  are  excellent  served  in  this  way. — .Julia 
M.  YVlIEELOOK. 

How  to  Sweep  n  Carpet.. — We  saw,  some¬ 
where,  directions  how  to  sweep  a  carpet. 
We  have  tried  them,  and  indorse  them. 
They  are  as  follows  : — The  right  way  to  sweep 
is  to  incline  the  handle  a  little  forward,  then 
give  a  light,  drawing  stroke,  allowing  the 
broom  to  scarcely  touch  the  carpet.  Not 
one-half  the  weight  of  the  broom  should 
be  allowed  to  press  on  the  carpet,  as  the  dirt 
is  moved  forward.  Let  the  dirt  bo  moved 
and  rolled  along  lightly. 

Recipe  for  Washing  Fluid.-- Take  one  pint 
of  soda  ash,  one-hall'  pint  of  lime  ;  boil  in  five 
quarts  of  water  until  dissolved  ;  let  it  stand 
until  it  settles ;  pour  oil ;  put  in  a  jug  and 
cork.  When  ready  to  wash,  soak  the  clothes 
over  night ;  wring  out,  and  to  the  first  boiler 
of  clothes  put  in  one  teacup  of  this  fluid  ;  to 
each  succeeding  one,  add  half  a  teaeupfull  of 
fluid.  Rub  the  clothes  on  the  washboard 
after  boiling  ;  rinse  good. — Reader. 

Cannot  Oct  Rutter. — Mrs.  C.  VV.  W.  can’t 
get  butter  from  her  milk.  Has  three  good 
cowrs  fed  on  oats  ground  and  mixed  with 
bran  in  evening,  corn  in  the  morning  and 
hay  all'of  the  time  ;  cream  not  thick  on  the 
milk— merely  a  scum  ;  keeps  it  in  a  good  cel¬ 
lar.  Wants  our  readers  to  tell  her  what  is 
the  trouble. 

Graham  Pudding,  or  Mush. — Stir  sifted 
Graham  flour  (very  little  at  a  time,  to  avoid 
lumps,)  into  boiling  water  (previously  salted) 
until  of  the  consistency  desired  ;  let  it  remain 
over  the  fire  twro  or  three  minutes  after  the 
flour  is  all  in,  stirring  w'ell. — MjtS.  Julia  M. 
Wheelock. 


BLUE  COSTUMES. 

The  latest  fashion  advices  state  that  the 
prevailing  color  for  cost  umes  is  blue.  From 
the  dark  invisible,  dead  turquoise,  to  green¬ 
ish-blue  and  the  paler  shades,  this  color  is  in 
demand.  For  sea  sides,  woolen  goods  and 
blue  camels’  hair  cloth  is  used.  The  skirt  has 
a  flounce  with  side  plaits,  and  the  waist  is 
made  blouse,  fastened  with  large  pearl  but¬ 
tons,  or  pearl  buckles  slipped  in  bows  of  pale 
blue  ribbon. 

For  a  blue  walking  costume  the  following 
is  a  good  exanq  le  : —  Pale  blue  poplin  *kirt, 
trimmed  with  two  flounces,  edged  with  Idas 
black  velvet  and  blue  fringe.  Poplin  over¬ 
skirt  ornamented  and  trimmed  in  the  same 
way  and  draped  to  suit  the  wearer.  The 
bodice  has  a  postillion  basque,  edged  with 
bias  velvet  and  blue  fringe,  which  opens  over 
a  black  velvet  vest,.  This  vest  is  made  sepa¬ 
rate,  andean  be  removed  and  a  vest  of  silk 
or  white  pique  substituted.  The  bodice  has 
a  Marie  Stuart  collar  of  velvet.  This  is  a 
costume  that  can  be  easily  imitated. 

For  traveling  or  sea  voyages,  suits  of  dark 
blue  cloth,  English  water-proof,  or  camels’ 
haii*  are  worn,  They  are  simply  mode  with 
a  skirt  trimmed  with  one  flounce  gathered 
or  plaited  with  bias  bands.  The  polonaise  is 
only  hemmed,  and  ornamented  with  black 
silk  or  oxydized  buttons  and  black  sash. 

Fine  blue  linens,  at  #1  a  yard,  are  found  in 
some  places.  They  make  very  handsome 
Hummer  suits,  t  rimmed  with  braiding,  em¬ 
broidery,  or  patent  Valenciennes,  English 
calicoes,  at  2f>  cents  a  yard,  come  In  dark 
blues  with  white  patterns  in  odd  rings  and 
coral  sprays  They  are  exceedingly  stylish 
with  a  polonaise  belted  in  with  white  pearl 
buckle,  white  buttons,  and  the  trimmings 
put  on  with  white  cording. 

A  very  pretty  bluo  foulard,  with  a  white 
polka  dot,  had  one  gathered  and  one  plaited 
flounce  with  a  white  edge.  The  polonaise 
was  also  corded  with  heavy  white  cord. 
This  line  of  plain  white  is  needed  to  give 
character  to  the  t  rimming. 

Mantles  for  evening  or  driving  are  made  of 
blue  cloth  trimmed  w  it  h  yak  lace  or  covered 
with  embroidery  and  braiding.  Blueeomels’ 
hair  polonaises  are  embroidered  with  white, 
hut  are  very  expensive.  A  very  pretty  blue 
camels’  liair  polonaise,  with  stripes,  had  blue 
yak  inserting  on  the  bot  tom,  with  «,  band 
below  of  camels’  hair  flnisbcd  with  yak  lace 
edge  a  Anger’s  depth  in  length. 

BLACK  SILKS. 


This  summer  the  lighter  and  more  lustrous 
qualities  of  black  silk  are  used.  They  are 
not  so  warm,  and  shako  off  the  dust.  If  groa 
grain  is  used,  it  is  selected  from  the  liner 
grains.  Very  good  qualities  Of  black  silk 
with  luster  can  be  bought  for  suits  from  #t,85 
to  $‘3.26.  These  costumes  are  by  no  means 
elaborately  made,  To  make  tllom  light  and 
cool,  the  skirts  are  not  lined,  and  there  Is  not 
much  heavy  trimming  on  them.  The  polo¬ 
naise  H  particularly  plain.  If  one  wishes 
thorn  more  dressy,  the  rovers  are  made  of 
blue  silk,  the  sash  is  lined  with  blue  and 
knotted  to  show  at  times  the  lining.  The. 
edge  of  the  polonaise  is  faced  with  blue  and 
draped  so  as  to  display  it.  (n  doing  this  it  is 
necessary  to  show  a  good  deal  of  skill,  and 
not  make  the  color  too  conspicuous.  Fink  is 
also  a  suitable  color  to  use  in  this  way.  A 
pretty  variety  is  to  have  but  one  rever, 
which,  tinned  back,  reaches  the  middle  of 
the  front.  The  dress,  of  course,  must  be  cut 
quite  doul  d e-broosted. 

In  all  dresses  where  two  colors  are  used 
one  must  be  kept  properly  subordinated. 
Formerly  the  dress  was  light,  the  trimming 
dark.  Now  it  is  the  dark  grounds  which 
have  the  light  trimming,  and  when  properly 
done  and  the  colors  well  chosen,  the  effect  is 
very  good. 

MUSLIN. 

Organdy  muslins,  which  have  made  their 
appearance,  are  very  handsome  this  year. 
They  are  generally  in  wide  stripes,  as,  forex- 
ample  white  and  black,  along  which  trail  rich 
vines  in  dark  crimsons  and  browns.  One  of 
tbo  prettiest  patterns  is  in  stripes  of  dark  and 
light  brown  with  black  figures.  These  muslins, 
from  their  delicacy  and  beauty,  are  very 
tempting  to  purchasers  ;  but  the  beauty  of 
an  organdy  muslin,  it  must  be  remembered, 
lusts  only  so  long  ir  is  not  washed;  also, 
they  rumple  badly,  and  as  the  fancy  inclines 
to  soft,  clinging  materials,  they  look  badly 
unless  freshly  ironed  at  each  wearing ;  the 
damp,  morning  air,  too,  hurts  them,  so  that, 
lovely  as  they  are,  it  is  some  trouble  to  wear 
them  ;  and  they  are  never  so  beautiful  as  the 


soft,  white  cambrics  and  India  mulls  that  are 
so  durable  and  >••>  little  trouble. 

GRENADINES. 

The  striped  grenadine  will  bo  us  much 
worn  as  over.  Generally  it  is  used  for  polo¬ 
naises,  while  the  underskirt  is  of  silk  or  plain 
grenadine.  In  making  grenadine  skirts, 
the  foundation  should  lie  silk,  od  which  the 
trimming  is  set.  Alternate  flounces  of  silk 
and  grenadine  . aake  a  pretty  contrast.  The 
upper  part  of  t’ie  skirt  is  covered  only  by  the 
polonaise.  A  striped  polonaise  is  prettily 
trimmed  with  a  very  full  bias  ruffle,  each 
edged  by  a  niche  dotted  with  jot  beads. 
Lace  is  not  suitable,  as  the  client  is  entirely 
lost.  Lace,  indeed,  when  used  at  all  on 
street  costumes— and  it  is  not  an  appropriate 
trimming — -should  have  a  color  underneath, 
such  as  blue  or  lavender  ;  for  evening  wear, 
white  crepe  lis.se,  or  pleated  tulle,  otherwise 
the  handsomest  lace  is  all  lost. 

VARIETIES. 

A  beautiful  bonnet  is  a  white  st  ra  w  ltaba- 
gas,  trimmed' with  bias  scarf  of  pale  green, 
lined  with  pale  blue,  which  is  wound  so  as  to 
display  occasionally  the  lining.  Over  the 
crown  is  a  long,  pale  green  ostrich  feather, 
which  hangs  over  the  side  and  curls  back¬ 
ward.  Down  the  middle  of  the  plume  is  a 
single,  gray  cook’s  feather.  This  combination 
of  pale  green  and  blue  is  very  often  used,  and 
is  very  pretty,  properly  managed. 

Vests  of  1  due,  red,  and  black,  dotted  and 
striped  linen  are  made  with  plaited  turn-over 
collars  and  a  frill  bordered  by  three  lines 
down  the  front.  Little  vest  pockets  are 
similarly  bordered.  Price,  $1.50,  $3,75. 

Nets  of  plaited  collars  and  cull's  of  white 
linen,  hemstitched  and  bordered  with  Valen¬ 
ciennes,  are  popular;  and  for  mourning  or 
traveling  wear,  the  colored  sets  t  hat,  are  made 
of  cambric.  They  are  sold  for  85  cents. 

The  Mario  Stuart  f raises  are  made  of  bias 
material,  fined  with  a  tirt  or  shade;  they 
are  plaited  in  full  box-plaits,  and  stand  up 
high  about  the  neck.  A  ruffle  of  lace  is  in¬ 
side.  When  made  of  crepe  lisse,  a  wire  is 
inserted  to  preserve  the  stiffness.  They  are 
very  generally  worn. 

Jiinijtcnic  JnfurnuttioK. 

CURE  FOR  RHEUMATISM. 

A  batu  in  hot  sand  is  the  latest  discovery 
offered  by  a  therapeutist  of  London,  as  an 
“infallible  cure”  for  rheumatism.  He  claims 
that  the.  advantage  of  this  mode  of  treat¬ 
ment  consists,  especially,  in  the  fact  that  it 
does  not  suppress  perspiration  like  the  hot 
water  bath,  but,  rather  increases  it ;  and 
another  advantage  It  possesses,  is  that  it  does 
not  interfere  with  the  respirations  of  the 
patient,  as  does  the  steam  bath  or  Turkish 
bath.  I  t  is  asserted  that  the  body  can  endure 
the.  influence  of  such  a  bath  fora  much  longer 
time,  and  a  much  higher  temperature,  can 
also  be  applied.  It  can  be  used  lor  infants, 
and  permits  of  easy  application  to  a  part  or 
.  to  the  whole  body.  If  this  remedy  shall 
;  prove  efficacious  for  so  serious  an  ailment, 
it  will  indeed  be  a  boon  to  a  large  class  of 
sufferers. 


REST  AND  AIR. 

Dr.  Hall  says  tho  best  medicine  in  the 
world,  more  efficient  in  the  cure  of  diseases 
than  all  the  potencies  of  the  materia  medica, 
are  warmth,  rest,  cleanliness  and  pure  air, 
Some  persons  make  it  a  virtue  to  brave  dis¬ 
ease;,  “to  keep  ii]i”  as  long  us  they  can  move 
a  foot  or  crook  a  linger,  and  it  sometimes 
succeeds  ;  but  in  others,  the  {jewel's  of  life 
are  thereby  so  completely  exhausted  that  the 
system  lias  lost  ability  to  recuperate,  and 
typhoid  fever  sets  in  and  carries  the  patient 
to  a  premature  grave.  Whenever  vvalkihg 
or  work  is  an  effort,  a  warm  bed  and  cool 
room  are  tho  very  first  indispensable©  to  a 
sure  and  speedy  recovery.  Instinct  leauts  all 
beasts  and  birds  to  quietude  and  rest  the 
very  moment  disease  or  wounds  assail  the 
system. 

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HYGIENIC  NOTES. 

In  reply  to  Mi's.  E.  K.  of  Cuba,  for  chronic 
diarrhea The  fat  that  cooks  from  mutton  ; 
one  teaspoonful  crushed  sugar  ;  one  teaspoon 
ful  pure  brandy  ;  one  teaspooniul  mutton 
fat  ;  put  boiling  water  to  dissolve  ;  give  once 
an  hour,  or  according  to  strength  of  the  pa¬ 
tient.  The  above  cured  me  after  many 
months,  during  which  time  i  tried  almost 
everything.— H.  R.  B.,  Keeseville,  N.  Y. 

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4*4- - - 

“SHALL  WE  GO  WEST?" 

For  the  hundredth  or  more  t  ime  tbfs  ques¬ 
tion  comes  to  us  from  two  young  men  who  are 
anxious  "to  make  for  themselves  places  in  the 
world,’’  and  are  looking  lor  some  favore  .  spot 
largo  enough  for  them,  we  suppose,  flence, 
they  ask  the  Rural  New-YORKUR,  “  filial  I  we 
go  VV est  ?"  We  cannot  kn (>w  t  he  eireu instances 
and  conditions  under  which  they  ask  this  ques¬ 
tion.  Assuming,  however,  that  they  are  ambi¬ 
tious,  full  of  courage,  willing  to  work  hard, 
deny  themselves,  be  economical,  wo  cannot 
understand  why  they  need  go  W  eal  in  order  to 
secure  permanent  success.  It  these  young  men 
are  skilled  mechanics,  artisans,  manufactur¬ 
ers,  there  Is  certainly  field  out  West  for  such. 
But  if  their  object  Is  agriculture,  whv  not  stay 
at  In  me?  There  is  certainly  field  enough  here 
tor  all  effort,  and  compensation  is  as  sure  as  it 
is  anywhere.  Intelligent  labor  will  win  its  way 
anywhere,  and  secure  honorable  place  for  every 
man  who  employs  it  to  win  oiie.  The  East,  out¬ 
side.  the  cities,  Is  not.  so  crowded  with  intelli¬ 
gent,  enterprising,  industrious  and  economical 
young  farmers,  that  there  is  no  field  or  scope 
for  their  abilities  nor  reward  for  their  enter¬ 
prise  mul  industry. 

But  one  thing  Is  necessary;  and  that  one  es¬ 
sential  to  success  is  rare — we  mean  patience ! 
A  steady,  continuous  growth,  even  though  slow, 
is  as  sure  a*  a  more  rapid  and  brilliant  one, 
which  is  almost,  sure  to  be  cut  back  by  a  win¬ 
ter-killing  disappointment.  Patience!  Perse¬ 
verance  1  Tne  thorough  mastery  of  any  busi¬ 
ness  and  comprehension  of  the  character  and 
material  with  which  one  is  to  work,  is  the  first 
step  to  success.  If  a  young  man  has  a  good 
character,  a  good  reputation,  the  confidence  of 
his  fellows,  he  had  far  butter  remain  where  he 
can  use  such  capital— whore  he  can  build  a 
superstrucl  ure  of  success  upon  such  a  founda¬ 
tion — a  foundation  already  laid  and  established. 
Wherever  he  goes  this  foundation  must  be  tail. 
It  often  requires  years  to  do  if.  Why  leave  one 
that  is  ready  to  build  upon  and  go  through  this 
part  of  the  process  of  building  again?  We  do 


not  advise  It.  We  believe  that  the  experiment 
has  resulted  in  more  failures  than  successes. 
It  is  not  necessary,  if  one  does  stay  at  home, 
that  he  plod  all  hi*  life  as  his  ancestors  have 
done  nor  as  his  neighbors  may  do.  The  fact 
that  there  arc  such  surroundings  only  makes 
the  field  the  more  inviting  to  the  ambitious, 
and  the  assurance  of  distinctive  success  (lie 
m<  ”o  e<  rtain. 

As  we  have  often  written,  try  to  fill  the  place 
you  occupy  first.  Grow  to  It.,  Lot  the  growth 
be  slow,  If  it.  must  be,  but.  let  it.  be  certain. 
With  every  accession  of  power,  every  thrill 
that  comes  of  triumph  over  obstacles,  will  eomc 
increased  power,  enlarged  opportunities  for  ita 
employment,  and  the  honor  which  comes  of  a 
life  of  probity  and  usefulness !  Stay  where  you 
are,  young  me  3  ;  fill  the  place  you  arc  in  first; 
if  you  grow  out  of  it.be  assured  you  will  always 
find  room  to  grow.  Don't  get  false  notions  of 
what  “success"  Is !  It  is  not  simply  the  accu¬ 
mulation  of  property  1  It  is  the  building  up  of 
character.  Influence,  reputation,  and  the  crea¬ 
tion  of  a  Home  in  the  best  sense  of  that  word. 
- »♦» . 

RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

It  Depends  upon  Whose  Ox  is  Gored. — A 
Trade  paper  of  New  York  City  has  been  rather 
ostentatious  in  its  expression  of  sympathy  with 
farmers  in  their  efforts  to  relieve  themselves 
from  onerous  burthens.  It  has  been  especially 
virulent  towards  railway  monopolies.  But  now 
that  one  of  Ite  trade  patrons— a  grocer— com¬ 
plains  that  the  farmers  of  the  West  include,  in 
their  crusade  against  railroad  extortions,  a  co- 
operative  movement  for  purchasing  supplies 
from  wholesale  houses,  thereby  Ignoring  the 
retailor*,  this  violent  reformer  cries  out  In  tills 
style  :  — "  Against  this  we.  most  emphatically 
protest.  Gentlemen  fanners,  we,  both  mer¬ 
chants  und  farmers,  are  both  In  the  same  cate¬ 
gory  as  against  the  railroads.  We  respectfully 
suggest  that,  you  will  not  strengthen  your  case 
by  antagonizing  the  retail  grocers  and  country 
merchants.  They  arc  an  absolute  necessity 
for  yoy.  The  price  of  t  heir  goods  is  increased 
to  you  byrullroad  extortions.  If  you  succeed 
in  getting  your  grain  to  market  at  a  cheaper 
rate  they  will  also  get  their  goods  at  a  choaper 
rate.  Let  the  fight  be  made  unitedly.  Let  every 
man  who  hus  anything  at  stake  stand  side  by 
side,  and  do  not  let  us  gel  to  fighting  among 
ourselves." 

- FH - — 

Vienna  and  the  Exposition. — Jackson  S. 
Schultz  of  New  York,  an  energetic  and  distin¬ 
guished  merchant,  lias  been  appointed  United 
States  Commissioner  at  Vienna,  in  place  of  Gen. 
Van  Buren,  removed.  He  is  authorized  to  re¬ 
store  those  of  the  suspended  Commissioners 
v  ho  arc  not  taintcL  with  corruption.  So  far  as 
the  Exhibition  is  concerned,  if  reports  are  to  tie 
credited,  the  Vienna  Exhibition  has  not  so  far 
proved  successful.  The  Viennese  were  in  too. 
much  of  a  hurry  to  empty  the  pockets  of  stran¬ 
gers,  arid  t  he  report  of  their  exorbitant  chargos 
spread  far  and  wide.  The  bills  of  fare  at  the 
hotels  have  been  Increasing  from  day  to  day,  a 
dollar  and  a-linlf  being  the  latest  charge  for  a 
tolerable  breakfast,  and  twenty  cents  for  get¬ 
ting  boots  blacked.  Americans  will  be  inter¬ 
ested  lu  the  announcement  that  the  proprietor 
of  a  hotel  built  expressly  for  t  ransatlantic  visi¬ 
tors  openly  avows  hte  intention  to  get  all  his 
money  back  during  the  season  of  the  Exhibi¬ 
tion.  Extort  ion  seems  to  be  the  order  of  the 
day  In  Vienna,  and,  after  all,  it  may  not  have 
been  all  native  corruption  that  Infected  our 
I  Commissioners. 

- *♦« - 

Rural  Book*  for  Japan. — A  request  from 
Japan  for  some  of  our  publications  was  post¬ 
marked  Yokohoma,  April  33,  and  received  May 
33 — beingonly  one  month  on  Its  journey,  which 
was  by  the  way  of  San  Francisco,  where  it 
arrived  (as  per  post-mark)  May  15.  We  com¬ 
plied  by  sending  copies  of  Randall’s  Practical 
Shepherd,  Willard’s  Practical  Dairy  Hus¬ 
bandry.  The  People’s  Practical  Poultry  Book. 
&c.,  &c.  The  Japanese  are  becoming  a  progres¬ 
sive  and  pract  ical  people,  and  wo  take  pleasure 
in  aiding  them  by  promptly  responding  to  all 
orders  for  books,  papers,  etc.  As  evidence  that 
"the  world  moves,"  we  may  add  that  within 
the  past  year  we  have  filled  orders  forthe  above- 
named  practical  works  from  Australia,  Russia, 
England,  and  othor  foreign  lands.  N.  B.-We 
still  have  a  few  copies  left  for  American  readers. 

- *4*  — 

The  Situation  in  the  West.— At  the  recent 
meeting  In  this  city  to  organize  the  American 
Cheap  Transportation  Association,  an  Iowa 
delegate  thus  graphically  described  the  situa¬ 
tion  of  Western  farmers : 

"  What  are  we  farmers  to  do?  Wo  can  raise 
plenty  of  grain,  but  have  to  give  the  railroads 
lour  bushels  to  take  one  bushel  to  market ,  we 
work  from  daylight  until  dark,  and  can't  get 
enough  real  money  to  dress  ourselves  decent! v; 
we  mortgage  our  farms  to  help  build  competing 
lines  of  railway  which  promise  us  cheaper 
freights,  und  us  soon  as  finished  they  go,  or  are 
forced,  into  combination  with  the  former  mo¬ 
nopolists.  We  cannot  afford  to  hire  labor,  and  as 
fast  as  our  boys  get  big  enough  they  leave  usfor 
the  cities.  One  of  my  boys  is  twenty-one.  and 
lie  is  clerking  it  in  the  town,  getting  forty 
dollars  a  month ;  my  next  hoy  is  eighteen,  and 
ho  told  me  the  other  day  that  he  meant  to  look 
out  for  a  place,  because  t  here  was  no  encourage¬ 
ment  fora  young  man  to  stay  on  a  farm,  for 
enough  produce  couldn't  be  raised  to  pav  taxes, 
and  farmers  are  getting  deeper  and  deeper  in 
debt  every  year.  Well,  what  is  left  to  us  ?  Shall 
we  put  our  wives  and  daughters  into  the  field 
and  work  them  like  beasts,  the  same  as  the 
Poor  ignorant  foreign  creatures  are  which  come 


to  us  from  ths  old  country?  1  tell  you,  sir, 

'  something  must  be  done  to  remedy  this  state  of 
affairs:” 

Something  must  be  done ;  and  farmers  must 
doit.  Among  other  things  they  must  do,  is  to 
cease  raising  grain  for  foreign  markets.  We 
know  this  Is  “easier said  than  done,"  but  farm- 
|  era  of  the  West  have  got  to  come  to  it.  They 
!  may  do  something  to  relieve  themselves  by  re¬ 
ducing  freight  tariffs.  But  the  nearer  the  source 
|  of  production  they  bring  the  markets  for  their 
produce,  the  better  will  be  their  prices,  the 
larger  their  profits  and  the  surer  their  compen¬ 
sation.  Every  boy  who  leaves  the  farm  to  work 
In  a  shop,  enhances  the  price  of  grain,  by  dimin¬ 
ishing  the  amount  produced.  Are  there  not 
too  many  farmers  ? 

- - 

The  Tree  or  Debt — At  a  Grange  meeting  of 
Patrons  of  Husbandry  in  Iowa,  Mrs.  N.  J. 
Brown  read  a  paper,  from  which  we  make  the 
following  extract : 

There  now  stands  In  our  path  to  barricade  our 
way  a  bilge,  gnarled,  unsightly  tree  which  I 
shall  call  debt,  whose  widespread  branches  and 
deep,  thick  roots  present  a  Herculean  task  to 
clear  away.  We  have  so  far  been  climbing  to 
the  top,  cutting  off  a  twig  here,  a  branch  there, 
or  giving  it  the  go-by  altogether.  Now  let  us 
advance  upon  the  grim  monster  with  a  will,  de¬ 
termined  that  it  snail  succumb  to  our  power. 
Let  t  he  steady  stroke  of  every  Patron  resound 
until  it  Is  totally  exterminated,  and  to  aid  In 
this  let  us  economize.  Home  interestshaveton 
long  been  laid  a  sacrifice  upon  the  altar  of  fash¬ 
ions.  We  should  reverse  the  sacrifice  until  the 
manacles  of  debt  arc  loosed  and  the  captive  set 
free. 

Worthily  spoken !  Let  the  women  of  this 
country  resolve  that  there  shall  be  no  debts 
contracted  ;  that  iliey  will  only  have  what  can 
be  paid  for ;  that  t  hey  will  tolerate  no  man  who 
has  bills  payable  outstanding,  and  tliprc  will  at, 
once  dawn  such  an  era  of  prosperity  ns  this 
country  has  not  yet  witnessed.  There  will  be 
far  less  talk  of  cankering  cares,  of  suffering,  of 
oppression,  of  the  hardships  of  farm  life.  And 
It,  is  easy  to  keep  out  of  debt— far  easier  than  to 
get  out  whon  once  In. 


Gross  Cruelty  to  a  Horse. — One  of  the  mOBt 
fearful  instance*  of  cruelty  to  a  horse  that  we 
remember  to  have  seen  recorded,  is  one  recent¬ 
ly  reported  at  York,  Eng.,  tlie  details  of  which 
are  given  by  an  officer  of  the  Society  for  “  Pre¬ 
vention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals."  He  found  the 
animal  with  both  fore  legs  broken  at  the  fet¬ 
lock  joint,  one  foot  being  completely  off  and 
I  he  ot  her  hanging  by  a  piece  of  skin.  The  large 
posterior  bone  of  both  legs  was  smashed  into 
pieces,  and  witness  ultimately  found  a  piece  of 
bone  from  the  pastern  on  the  road  over  which 
the  horse  had  traveled.  <_>nc  of  the  stumps  of 
the  horse’s  legs  was  much  worn  by  contact  with 
the  hard  road,  and  there  were  cuto  on  the  ani¬ 
mal's  hind  legs  and  body,  as  if  from  a  whip. 
Witness  deposed  to  various  blood  stains  on  the 
.road,  covering  a  distance,  of  over  four  miles, 
ami  showed  by  these  that  one  of  the  fetlock 
Joints  had  broken  and  that  the  horse  had  then 
been  driven  on  till  the  other  gave  way,  when 
the  foot  came  off  the  first  broken  leg,  and,  after 
that,  the  blood  marks  on  the  road  showed  that 
the  horse  had  gone  on  two  “  stumps  ”  for  a 
considerable  distance." 


No  Clans  Monopolizes  Honesty.  —  We  fre¬ 
quently  get  letters  pitching  into  middlemen, 
commission  dealers,  &t\,  &c.,  holding  them  up 
as  the  veriest  knaves  on  the  footstool.  Weil !  a 
knave  is  a  knave  the  world  over.  We  find  little 
difference  betweenthe  knave  who  doesbusinesa 
in  a  commission  house,  and  the  one  who  culti¬ 
vates  a  farm.  Our  irate  fri  :nd  who  asserts  that 
ho  “don't  believe  farmers  cab  get  their  just 
dues  from  middlemen  "  might  be  more  indig- 
uant  than  he  la,  if  he  were  to  go  among  commis¬ 
sion  men  and  hear  the  stories  they  tell  of  the 
tricks  practiced  by  farmers,  with  a  view  to  de¬ 
ceiving  and  swindling  thoir  customers.  Farm¬ 
ers  should  not  flatter  themselves  that  they  mon¬ 
opolize  all  the  honesty  floating  around;  nor 
does  any  other  class  of  men.  Where  an  honest 
man  is  found  be  is  a  good  fellow  to  stick  to, 
whether  a  commission  merchant  or  farmer. 


How  (lie  Rural  raves  Money. — A  subscriber 
writes,  May  16 “  I  wish  to  say  that  one  Item 
in  to-day’s  Issue  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
saves  me  at  least  £27 ;  for  inside  of  five  days  1 
would,  in  all  probability,  have  spent  that  much, 
and  possibly  more,  lor  articles  which  I  flud  I  did 
not  want,  but  hare  already  and  did  not  know  It 
until  I  read  to-day's  Rural.  I  refer  to  the  arti¬ 
cle  entitled  ‘Gentlemen's  Clothes.’  I  beg  to 
suggest  that  an  item  of  that  kind,  about  four 
times  a  year,  would  increase  the  value  of  the 
Rural,  if  possible,  many  fold."  Our  corre¬ 
spondent  will  have  seen  that  we  appreciate  the 
propriety  of  paying  attention  to  fashions  for 
gentlemen  in  our  columns. 


Lunar  Farming.  — A  correspondent  writes: 
“  I  would  like  to  know  what  your  (or  the  read¬ 
ers  of  the  Rural)  ideas  are  in  regard  to  ‘  lunar 
farming.’  We  often  hear  about  persons  not 
killing  their  pork  until  the  increase  of  the 
moon,  for  fear  it  may  shrink  In  the  pot ;  and 
other  foolish  notions  in  regard  to  the  moon's 
effect  on  vegetation.  What  do  you  think  about 
it?”  We.  cannot  open  our  columns  to  a  dis¬ 
cussion  of  "  lunar  farming."  It  has  been  ex¬ 
tensively  discussed  heretofore  in  agricultural 
papers,  and  we  never  knew  it  to  profit  any  one. 
We  find  that  people  who  believe  in  it,  as  a  rule, 
know  too  little  about  terrestrial  farming. 


The  Rural  Club  of  \cw  York  held  its  May 
Meeting  and  ate  its  May  Dinner  at  Delmonico’s, 
Tuesday  Evening,  May  20.  About  thirty  mem¬ 
bers  and  guests  were  present.  President  S.  B. 
Parsons  presided.  Chas.  D.  Braodon  read  a 
paper  upon  Rural  /Esthetics,  which  was  dis¬ 
cussed  by  Messrs.  Roberts,  Such.  Hurlburd, 
Williams,  Smith  and  Hexamek.  After  the 
discussion  an  enjoyable  social  time  was  had. 
The  tables  were  beautifully  and  profusely  dec¬ 
orated  with  flowers  from  the  gardens  and  con¬ 
servatories  of  Dr.  Hexamer  and  C.  L.  Allen. 
The  meetings  of  the  Club  that  are  to  follow 
during  the  Summer  are  to  be  held  out  of  doors. 

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8nlt  Cake  in  Rone  Dust, — A  correspondent 
of  the  Country  Gentleman  makes  the  following 
statement: — "In  the  catalogue  of  one  of  the 
moat  eminent  agricultural  firms  in  Now  York, 
commercial  bone  dust  is  mentioned  as  contain¬ 
ing  a  certain  percentage  of  phosphate  of  lime. 
1  have  not  the  book  by  me,  and  cannot,  give  the 
exact  figures,  but  it  was-  much  less  than  genuine 
bone  dust  contains.  1  called  on  them  ;  they 
told  me  frankly  the  boue  dust  was  adulterated 
with  salt  cake,  and  showed  It  to  me.  How 
many  farmers  buying  commercial  bone  dust 
know  they  are  buying  an  adulterated  article?” 

Rnron  Liebig  ‘‘In  Hor  Water.”  —  Brother 
Mkhan,  in  Forney’s  Press,  makes  this  startling 
announcement “  Baron  Libbig  is  getting  into 
hot  water."  Mow  does  our  friend  know?  It  is 
some  time  since  Liebig  died— long  enough,  we 
suppose,  to  have  received  com mfinl Cations  from 
him.  Has  friend  Meh an  received  such?  Ifso 
it  is  gratifying  to  know  that  a  man  who  dies 
gets  Into  hot  water  before  he  gets  into  a  hotter 
place.  Is  It  a  scientific  fact,  Meh.AN  ? 

Electro*.  Wood  t'ut«.  Etc.  —  Publishers  and 
others  wishing  illustrations  for  Newspapers, 
Magazines,  Catalogues,  Show-Bills,  Etc.,  are 
reminded  that  we  are  prepared  to  promptly 
respond  to  orders  for  Eloctrotypes,  Wood  Cuts, 
Ac..  at.  very  reasonable  rates.  Our  stock  of  cuts 
is  large  and  varied,  so  that  we  can  f  urnish  Elec¬ 
tros  on  filmost  any  subject.  See  back  numbers 
and  volumes  of  the  RURAL  for  specimens,  and 
for  particulars  address  this  Office. 

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Entomologist  of  A.  Y.  State  Ag.  Soc. — Wc 
notice  that  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  New  York  State  Ag.  Society, 
It  was  ordered  “  that  Mr.  J.  A.  Lintxer  be  re¬ 
quested  to  take  charge  of  the  collection  of  in¬ 
sects  in  the  Museum  of  the  Society,  and  to  im¬ 
prove  and  increase  the  same  as  he  may  have 
opportunity,  and  that  a  stipend  of  1150  be  given 
therefor.” 

■  *4* 

Five  Hundred  Dollar*  llrtter  Off  Tor  Reading 
Hie  Rural — D.  J„  New  London,  Howard  Co., 
Ind„  writes “  I  have  been  an  interested  reader 
of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  for  over  ten  years ; 
and  1  do  verily  believe  l  am  over  $500  better  off 
in  c  ash  to-day  from  having  read  it."  We  are 
glad  of  It.  We  hope  you  will  see  that  all  your 
neighbors  learn  to  know  Its  value. 

*»* 

Attention  is  Called  to  the  fact,  elsewhere 
announced,  that  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad 
has  determined  to  close  its  7-30  First  Mortgage 
Gold  Loan  of  thirty  million  dollars,  after  which 
no  higher  interest  than  6  per  cent,  will  be  paid. 
The  few  million#  remaining  of  this  loan  can  be 
had  at  the  old  rates  of  interest. 

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RURAL  BREVITIES. 

The  Aldino  for  June  s  full  of  good  reading 
and  beautiful  engravings. 

The  Central  Michigan  Fair  is  to  be  held  at 
Lansing,  Sept.  30.  to  Oct.  3. 

The  besl  three-year-old  race  on  record  came 
off  at  Lexington,  ivy.,  recently.  Time  1:13*4. 

Maine  farmers  anticipate  a  large  hay  crop 
this  season  as  the  result  of  the  great  fall  of 
snow. 

Ththtt-six  pounds  of  sheep  manure  are  said 
to  bo  equal  to  100  pounds  of  ordinary  farm-yard 
manure. 


A  farmer  in  San  Joaquin  Valley,  Cal.,  has 
put  In  38,000  acres  of  wheat  and  this,  too,  upon 
his  own  land. 

A  farmer  in  Bucks  Co.,  Pa.,  last  year  sold 
over  $1,000  worth  of  produce  which  he  had  raised 
from  78  acres. 

Claremont,  N.  H.,  realizes  $197  from  the  dog 
tax,  and  has  paid  $312  for  mutton  upon  which 
they  have  subsisted. 

The  Norwegians  >f  Wisoonsln  won’t  use  any 
plow  not  made  after  the  Norwegian  pattern, 
which  is  one-Liandicd. 

Unlike  heavily  timbered  countries  the  Kan¬ 
sas  prairie  has  more  springs  after  cultivation 
than  in  the  wild  state. 

The  Michigan  Legislature  has  passed  a  bill  to 
establish  a  Board  of  Fish  Commissioners,  and  to 
promote  the  propagation  of  valuable  fish. 

Thayer  Co.,  Nel>.,  is  now  receiving  large 
accessions  from  the  East.  One  hundred  Indiana 
families  located  there  in  one  week,  lately. 

Winter  wheat,  the  country  through,  is  re¬ 
ported  by  the  Agricultural  Bureau  to  be  looking 
better  now  than  at  the  same  time  lust  year. 

Over  20,000  quarts  of  milk  are  daily  condensed 
in  the  cantons  of  St  .  Gall  and  Freiburg,  Switzer¬ 
land.  Most  of  this  goes  to  the  London  market. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES, 

Do  not  find  fault  with  your  Sewing  Machines  until 
you  have  tried  the  Eureka  Machine  Twist.  It  is  the 
best,  and  will  give  perfect  satisfaction. 


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WOMEN  AS  ARTISTS. 


A  fountain  has  recently  been  opened  in 
Central  Park,  New  York,  made  by  Miss  Emma 
Stebbin!v  Phe  presented  her  design  to  the 
Commissioners  in  1868,  and  it  was  accepted. 
Since  then  she  has  been  at  work  upon  the 
models  in  her  studio  at  Rome,  and  33  fast  as 
finished  they  were  caat  in  bronze  In  Munich. 
The  Franco-Prusslan  War  hindered  their  re¬ 
moval  to  America,  but  at  last 
they  have  been  placed  In  position 
on  the  fountain  In  front  of  the 
Terrace.  The  group  consists  of 
five  figures,  four  supposed  to  typ¬ 
ify  Temperance,  Purity,  Health 
and  Peace.  These  are  very  ap¬ 
propriately  infantile,  since  these 
virt  ues,  or  some  of  them,  at  least, 
are  not,  as  yet,  very  vigorous  in 
New  York.  The  great,  figure  of 
the  fountain  is  the  central  angel, 
the  one  which  troubled  the  wa¬ 
ters  of  the  pool,  giving  them  their 
healing  properties,  ns  wc  read  in 
the  Bible.  The  angel  has  out¬ 
stretched  wings.  Is  clothed  In, 
flowing  drapery,  and  holds  a  lily 
branch  in  her  left  hand.  The 
treatment  of  the  whole  reflects 
great  credit  upon  Miss  Htkrbins’ 
artistic  powers,  and  she  is  enti¬ 
tled  to  much  praise.  The  work 
is  equal,  in  merit,  to  the  other 
artistic  productions  in  the  Park, 
and  far  beyond  some  of  them. 

Miss  Stebbins  has  shown  the 

world  t hat  women  can  make  good 

statues  well  as  men ;  hut  that  aSj&S&i 

fact  has  long  sinco  been  demon- 

strated  by  other  American  wo-  - 

men  sculptors.  -t  —  ~  _ 

Another  lady  artist  now  In  New 
York  is  Miss  C.  L.  RANSOM  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio.  She  has  nearly 
finished  a  full-length,  life-sized 
portrait  of  Major-General  Geo. 

H.  Thomas,  the  “ Rock  of  Chick-  /> 
ainauga,"  whioh  is  intended  for 
the  rotunda  of  the  capitol  at 
Washington.  The  work  Is  a  great 
success,  and  has  been  admired  V  j  / 

by  all  who  have  seen  It.  Gen.  ‘te===S^X\  1 1  / 
Hancock,  Gen.  IT  At.  beck,  Col.  ^  ^ —  M.l/ / 

Karr,  and  other  military  men 
have  taken  a  deep  Interest,  in  it. 

General  Thomas  Is  represented  v 

standing  upon  the  battle-field  of  '  \  / v  A 

Chlckamauga.  He  has  dismount-  x 
ed,  his  horse  standing  in  the  rear. 

The  smoko  of  the  conflict  is  seen  // 
in  the  distance.  The  position, 
pose,  dress  and  portrait  of  Gen. 

Thomas  are  all  that  could  be 
wished.  This  painting  is  one  of 
the  largest  ever  attempted  hy  an 
American  woman,  as  well  ns  one 
of  the  most  ambitious.  We  are 
happy  to  know  it.  is  so  munh  of  a 
success.  The  first  painting  ever 
purchased  by  Congress  is  said  to 
have  been  painted  by  a  woman. 

The  American  Congress  has 
shown  its  appreciation  of  female 
artists  by  giving  them  commls- 
ions.  Their  work  has  been  quite 
as  good  as  that  furnished  by  male  artists.  ArtT 
knows  no  sex. 

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HIGHER  EDUCATION  FOR  WOMEN. 

The  subject  of  a  higher  education  for  wo¬ 
men  has  recently  been  extensively  discussed 
throughout  the  country,  attention  having  been 
called  tn  it  by  the  Social  Science  Association  in 
Boston,  and  by  the  laying  of  the  corner  stone 
fora  Women's  College  in  connection  with  Cor¬ 
nell  University  at  Ithaca,  N.  Y.  In  Boston,  Col. 
Hiooinson  advocated  the  equal  and  co-educa¬ 
tion  of  the  sexes.  Prof.  Agassiz  was  also  In 
favor  of  equal  education,  and  said  that  at  his 
Museum  he  treated  both  sexes  alike.  Mr.  Wen¬ 
dell  Pn u.lips  demanded  the  admission  of 
women  to  Harvard  College  as  an  act  of  justice ; 
he  thought  it  wrong  that .one-half  of  mankind 
was  shut  out  from  the  privileges  of  the  oldest 
and  best  university  in  New  England.  If  he  had 
a  daughter,  he  would  test  the  matter  In  the 
courts,  and  see  if  Harvard  had  a  right  to  close 
its  doors  upon  women.  President  Raymond 
of  Vassar  College,  gave  valuable  testimony  rel¬ 
ative  to  the  working  of  that  Institution,  with 
its  400  pupils.  Their  health  i9  good,  they  are 
quite  able  to  bear  the  mentul  strain  necessary 
to  secure  a  high  education,  and  their  manners 
do  not  deteriorate  because  they  are  away  from 
home.  Indeed,  at  Yassar.  the  professors  have 
to  work  hard  to  keep  up  with  the  girls.  Presi¬ 
dent  Eliot  of  Harvard  was  opposed  to  allow¬ 
ing girls  to  enter  that  institution,  although  the 
reasons  he  gave  were  not  satisfactory. 

Upon  the  occasion  of  laying  the  corner-stone 
for  the  Sage  College  at  Ithaca,  many  speeches 
were  made  by  such  gentlemen  as  President  An- 
gell  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  Chancellor 
Winchbll  of  Syracuse,  Prof.  Goldwin  Smith, 
President  White  of  Cornell,  and  Prof.  Moses  ! 

oiT  Tyler,  all  of  whom  advocated  the  co¬ 
education  of  the  sexes.  They  spoke  favorably 
of  the  result  of  this  system  as  it  has  been  pros7  I  1 


ecuted  in  Western  colleges.  There  are  many 
institutions  now  where  girls  can  receive  the 
same  education  as  boys,  if  they  so  desire,  and 
the  prospect  is  they  will  increase  in  the  future. 
Such  girls  as  want  a  boy’s  college  education, 
can  get  it  to-day,  thanks  to  our  enlightened 
liberal  public  sentiment. 


LACONIC  LETTERS. 

Some  amusing  instances  of  “laconic  letters  ” 
are  given  by  Mr.  Seton  iu  hiR  “Gossip  about 
Letters  and  Letterwriters.”  Says  Lord  Berke¬ 
ley  to  the  Duke  of  Dorset “  My  dear  Dorset— 


behind,  or  you  may  have  to  pay  rather  dearly 
for  your  revenge.  Never  leave  your  hat  in  the 
passage,  unless  It  is  a  bad  one.  Never  be  execu¬ 
tor  to  a  will,  as  it  is  all  liability,  great  trouble, 
and  no  profit.  Never  quarrel  with  your  wife, 
as  you  will  only  havo  to  make  It.  up,  and  pay 
for  the  reconciliation.  Never  mention  you  have 
received  a  legacy,  or  some  Impertinent,  fellow 
Mill  be  asking  you  to  stand  a  dinner.  Never  pay 
to  see  a  balloon  go  up,  as  you  see  it  much  bet¬ 
ter  by  remaining  outside. 

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DIAMONDS  OF  THE  MIND. 

The  very  beautiful  rarely  love  at  all.  Those 


TJBIE  TOUCANS.-(See  page 


have  just  been  married,  and  am  the  happiest 
dog  alive. — Berkeley.”  And  gets  for  an  answer : 
“My  dear  Berkeley— Every  dog  has  this  day! 
—Dorset.”  A  young  fellow  at  college  wrote  to 
his  uncle,  on  whom  he  entirely  depended “My 
dear  Uucle— Ready  for  the  needful.— Your  af- 
feetionato  Nephew.”  The  uncle  replied :  “  My 
dear  Nephew— The  needful  is  not  ready.— Your 
affectionate  Uncle.”  ft  is  pleasant  that  affec¬ 
tion  should  survive  pecuniary  embarrassments, 
as  It  did  in  the  case  of  Samuel  Foote's  mother 
and  himself “My  dear  Sam— I  am  In  prison  for 
debt ;  come  and  assist  your  loving  mother.— E. 
Foote.”  “Dear  mother — So  arn  I;  which  pre¬ 
vents  his  duty  being  paid  to  his  loving  mother 
by  her  affectionate  son,  Sam  Foote.”  An  En¬ 
glish  nobleman  was  deeply  in  love  with  a  “  lady 
fair.”  JTe  met.  her  one  evening  at  a  crowded 
ball,  and  as  he  could  not  get  an  opportunity  of 
talking  to  her,  he  contrived  to  slip  into  her 
hand  a  piece  of  paperwltli  the  two  words,  “  Will 
you?”  written  upon  it.  The  reply  was  equally 
brief— “Won't  I!  ” 

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TWO  WAY8  OF  SAYING  GRACE. 

In  Charles  the  Second's  reign,  a  free  table  was 
allowed  for  the  Court  chaplains.  At  one  time, 
however,  the  king,  being  rather  in  necessitous 
circumstances,  ordered  this  dinner  to  be  dis¬ 
continued,  but,  to  soften  matters,  honored  hia 
clergymen  with  his  presence  at  the  last  intend¬ 
ed  dinner.  The  grace  used  to  be  “  God  save  the 
King,  and  bless  the  dinner; "but  Dr.  South, 
who  presided  on  this  occasion,  transposed  the 
words  to  “God  bless  the  King,  and  save  the 
dinner."  “And  It-  shall  bo  saved,"  said  the 
King,  amused  at  the  doctor’s  humor,  and  coun¬ 
termanded  the  order. 

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GOOD  ADVICE. 

Never  throw  a  stone  at  any  one  until  you 
have  looked  to  see  Whether  there  is  a  window 


precious' Images  are  placed  above  the  reach  of 
passions.— La/ndor. 

Life  outweighs  all  things,  If  love  lies  within 
it —Goethe. 

To  know  how  to  wait,  is  the  secret  of  success. 
—DeMaMre. 

But  what  is  thy  duty?  The  demand  of  the 
day.— Goethe. 

Reprove  thy  friend  privately  ;  commend  him 
publicly. — Salop. 

It  Is  easier  to  set  a  man  against  the  world 
than  to  make  him  fight  with  himself. 

Conscience  warns  us  as  a  friend  before  it 
punishes  us  as  a  judge.— Machin tosh . 

I  OUARD  well  my  friendships.  They  are  worth 
more  to  rae  than  any  conceivable  fame.— Whit¬ 
tier. 

No  man  ever  did  a  designed  injury  to  another 
without  doing  a  greater  to  himself.  —  Unary 
Home. 

Lovely  sweetness  Is  the  noblest  power  of 
woman  ;  and  it  is  far  fitter  to  prevail  by  parley 
than  by  battle.— Sir  Philip  Sydney. 

The  man  to  whom  nature  begins  to  reveal 
her  open  secret,  feels  au  Irresistible  longing  for 
Its  worthiest  exponent— art.— Goethe. 

Health  is  best  of  a  mortal  man  ;  next,  beau¬ 
ty  ;  thirdly,  well-gotten  wealth  ;  fourthly,  the 
pleasure  of  youth  among  Mends. — Simonidee. 

Every  good  picture  is  the  best  of  sermons 
and  lectures.  The  sense  informs  the  soul. 
Whatever  you  have, have  beauty.— Sydney  Smith . 

Despise  not  any  man,  and  do  not  spurn  any¬ 
thing;  for  there  ia  no  man  that  has  not  his 
hour,  nor  Is  there  anything  that  has  not  its 
place. — Rabbi  Beil  Azai. 

When  I  understand  my  relation  to  myself 
and  to  the  outward  world  I  call  it  truth.  Then 
each  one  can  have  his  own  truth  and  yet  it  is 
always  the  same.— Goethe. 


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<®ur  jstoriyiiclly. 

OUB  COMPACT: 

AND  IT O W  WIG  KICIPT  IT. 

RY  HATTIE  HAt.t. 

"A  merry  heart  goes  all  the  tlav, 

Your  sad  tires  in  a  inl)e-a.”-A  Winter's  Tale. 

“  Girls,  do  you  know  it's  almost,  house-clean¬ 
ing  time  again?”  said  I,  one  bright  October 
morning. 

“  Why,  so  it  is  f"  exclaimed  Kate,  looking  up 
from  her  writing;  •  I  declare,  It 
doesn't  seem  six  weeks  since  we 
scrubbed  this  old  house  from 
garret  to  cellar  I” 

“Well,  it's  all  got  to  be  done 
over  again,  and  pretty  soon,  too." 

I  just  hole  it  I"  Nell  spoke 
up,  energetically;  “ It's  jpat  over 
and  over  again,  and  1  doh't  see 
that  we  are  one  lilt,  the  bett  er  for 
It.” 

Oh,  now.  Nell,  you  know  you 
like  a  clean  house  as  well  as  any 
one,  and  only  last,  spring  you  said 
Oy  yOU  rathor  en-)oyotl  ^  when  you 

.  Nyv.  once  8°t  into  It,,”  said  Susie,  our 

W  ,'v^,  youngest  ,  invalid  sister. 

^  V  Well,  mo  I  do — or  should,  if 

y'v  ‘vS.  it  would  only  stay  clean,"  admit- 
v,  \  1  ted  Nell,  looking  down  some- 

$&'  \  what ;  “  but  this  turning  a  house 

.  \  upside  down,  and  making  nvery- 

-fj-  body  uncomfortable  Tor  a  week, 

ip  .  '  ;md  then  having  to  sweep  and 

dl|st  the  very  next  day.  Just  as 
,  usual,  Is  what  1  abominate!” 
“Oh,  t  don’t  feel  so,"  said 
Ka™  ;  “  I  rather  like  it, ;  but  one 
does  get  so  dreadfully  tired  after 
'  washing  paint  and  nailing  car- 

—  pots  five  or  six  days.” 

^  “  And  dreadfully  cross,"  [  arl- 

ded,  laughing.  “There  is  no  time 
.  in  the  year  mo  trying  t.n  me  ;  and 
l<<  you  know»  I've  boon  think- 
ln«,  lately,  whether  things  would 
\  not  g0  ‘onoother,  and  wo  get 

through  UiIb  semi-annual  trial 
easier  lf.wcwere  to  do  onr  best 
■>  to— keep  our  tempers?” 

hEE7  %  “  Oh,  yes,  it's  very  well  for  you 

—  i®  to  talk,  who  never  lose  yours.” 

-  .  -%  “  Now  you  are  too  kind,  Nell  ; 

-  \.  :\  I’m  no  more  amiable  than  the 

rest  of  you,  only  1  am  inclined  to 
be  sullen,  while  you  talk  it  out 
•  uud  havo  done  with  it.  Now,  I 

propose  we  all  make  a  special  ef¬ 
fort  this  fall.” 

“Welt— I'll  try,"  said  Nell, 
soberly ;  “  and,"  she  added,  with 
a  laugh,  “  if  ‘  old  Flash,’  as  Tom 
calls  me,  can  keep  her  temper. 
I’m  sure  the  rest  of  you  can.” 

“Ladles and  gentlemen,"  began 
Kate,  jumping  up  and  striking 
an  attitude,  “  Whereas,  In  the 
opinion  of  thisfandly  hero  assem¬ 
bled,  ebullitions  of  temper  great¬ 
ly  impede  the  work  of  renova¬ 
tion;”  (cries  of  “Hear!  hear!” 
from  NELL ;)  “arid  Whereas,  it  is 
the  ambition  of  the  family  afore- 
|  said  to  clean  house  in  the  easiest 
„way ;  therefore,  Resolved,  That 
each  member  herewith  bind  her- 
seit  to  keep  the  peace— so  far  as  In  her  lies"— 
with  an  arch  glance  at  Nell;  “and  further¬ 
more,  Resolved,  That,  the  forfeit-  for  a  failure 
to  do  the  same  shall  be  a  supper  prepared  by 
her  own  fair  hands.” 

“  I  second  the  motion  1"  shouted  Nell,  clap¬ 
ping  her  hands  and  dancing  about. 

“And  T  third  It,”  cooed  Susie,  from  her  sofa- 
corner. 

“  You  precious  little  dove!”  said  Nell, drop¬ 
ping  down  beside  her,  “  there’s  no  danger  of 
you  having  to  get  up  a  supper.  But  poor  me! 
— girls,  where  Is  the  eookerv  hook  ?” 

There  was  a  shout  at  tho  pretty  affectation  of 
despair,  which  brought  in  Tom  from  hi?  smok¬ 
ing  on  the  vei»uda. 

“Isay,  girls,  what  mischief  are  you  plotting 
now  ?” 

“  Only  resolving  ourselves  into  a  Society  for 
the  Promotion  of  Amiability,”  replied  Nell, 
demurely. 

“Happy  thing  for  us,  eh,  mother?”  said  saucy 
Tom,  shrugging  his  shoulders,  and  glancing  back 
at  mother,  who  had  followed  him  in.  “But 
come,  girls,  tell  a  fellow  what  It  all  means.” 

Kate  proceeded  to  explain,  while  mother 
beamed  approval. 

“Whew!  honey  and  pie!”  ejaculated  Tom. 

“  Well,  I  guess  I’ll  Mine'  too,  if  vou  admit  mas¬ 
culines.  Of  course,  I  can't  hope  to  be  as  angelic 
as  you  girls,  but  I’ll  do  my  4  level  best.' 

“  And  you  won’t  bolt  if  you're  asked  to  beat 
a  carpet?”  queried  Kate. 

“Not  at  all?" 

“  Nor  growl  If  you  have  a  cold  dinner?”  said  1. 

“  Or  your  slippers  are  missing  ?”  added  Nell. 
“Just  you  wait  and  see,”  answered  Tom. 
“But,"  said  he,  as  a  sudden  thought  struck 
him,  “I can't  cook  a  supper.” 

“Oh,  you  provide  the  oysters,  and  we’ll  cook 
them.” 

“  All  right !  But  when  does  this  thing  go 
into  effect?” 


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“  Not  until  house-cleaning.” 

“  I’m  glad  of  that.  I  sny,  Nell,  where  are 
those  confounded  slippers?” 

“Look  till  you  find  them,  sir,”  retorted  she, 
pertly. 

“Perhaps  it  might  he  as  well  to  practice  a 
little  beforehand,”  suggested  mother,  smiling. 

“ That's  so,  mother  1”  said  Tom,  and  changing 
his  voice  to  softest  cadence,  “Sweet  sister, 
rouldst  thou  tell  me  where  I  might  discover 
my  truant  slippers?”  And  so,  amid  jest  and 
repartee,  and  >•<•♦,  withal, an  undertone  of  earn¬ 
est  purpose,  “Our  Compact  ”  was  made. 

Perhaps  It  might  be  well  to  state,  more  partic¬ 
ularly  just  here,  who  "  wo"  are.  There  are  live 
children  of  us,  all  arrived  at  “years  of  discre¬ 
tion,”  KATE,  our  oldest, tall  and  handsome, 
a  little  inclined  to  presume  upon  her  seniority 
and  dictate  to  ns  younger  ones,  which  I,  being 
only  thirteen  months  behind  her,  am  quite  dis¬ 
posed  to  resent.  Tom  usually  calls  her  "Lady 
KatK,”  and  when  she  is  particularly  lofty, 
“Her  Royal  High  ness.”  Sho  is  literary  In  her 
tastes,  and  has  written  some  very  good  things. 
Tom.  who  Is  sedulously  cull  ival  lug  a  mustache, 
has  some  vague  ideas  of  the  “Superiority  of 
Man,”  hut  they  get  pretty  well  rubbed  out  of 
him  among  so  many  sisters ;  father  has  lately 
taken  him  into  his  law  office,  and  he  is  rather 
•  more  impressible  than  usual.  NKt.r.,  a  brown¬ 
haired,  black-eyed  little  gypsey,  is  t lie  life  and 
fun-maker  of  t  he  family,  quick  and  impulsive, 
hut  with  a  noble  character;  while  Susie,  our 
beautiful,  fair-haired  darling  -  just  budding  Into 
womanhood  fades  like  a  snow-wreath  from 
our  midst.  “  The  mother,”  whose  placid,  lovely 
face  is  just  shaded  by  soft,  gray  curls,  is  uur 
friend,  confidant  and  counsellor,  entering  into 
all  our  pi  ms  with  a  zest  prompted  by  a  heart 
young  and  sweet  to  the  core. 

The  conversat  ion  which  1  have  given  above 
took  place  on  Saturday,  and  the  next  week, 
after  the  washing  nnd  ironing  was  out  of  the 
way,  bright  and  early  Wednesday  morning  the 
work  began.  Mother  always  believed  in  taking 
hold  of  the  worst  end  of  a  job  first;  so  Katk 
and  NELL  went,  up  into  the  garret,  while  mother 
and  1  undertook  the  cellar.  It  was  a  lovely, 
sunshiny  day,  and  there  was  a  crisp  sparkle  in 
the  air  that  was  wonderfully  exhilarating,  ami 
everything  wont  on  ns  “  merry  as  a  marriage 
bell.”  So  energetically  did  we  work,  that  not 
only  were  the  two  extremes  of  the  house  set  in 
order,  but  the  girls  finished  the  spare  chamber, 
Susie's  room  and  the  upper  hall  (taking  up  no 
carpets)  while  mother  and  I  cleaned  the  kitchen 
and  dining-room  pantries  and  t  he  china  closet. 
That  evening,  when  wo  gathered  round  the 
grate  In  the  sitting-room,  we  felicitated  our¬ 
selves  great  ly  on  the  wonderful  success  of  our 
plan;  while  father,  who  now  heard  of  the 
“  compact”  for  t  lie  first  time,  somewhat  chilled 
our  enthusiasm  by  prophesying  that  every  one 
of  us  would  have  to  pay  a  forfeit  before  the 
week  was  over,  and  added,  with  a  laugh,  “So 
much  feasting  will  give  us  all  the  dyspepsia." 

The  next  morning  T  found,  on  rising,  that  1 
had  taken  cold  in  my  subterranean  labors,  and 
was  dread  fully  st  iff  and  lame,  and  KATE'S  heavy 
eyes  and  listless  manner  at  the  breakfast  table 
betrayed  that  one  of  her  headaches  was  corning 
on.  We  lingered  at.  tile  table,  and  after  prayers 
did  not  “spring  to’1  as  we  had  the  day  before. 
Still,  Tom  volunteered  to  slay  at  home  all  day. 
and  tlie  way  ho  beat  carpets,  moved  heavy  fur¬ 
niture  and  made  himself  generally  useful,  was 
quite  overwhelming.  So,  in  spite  of  aching 
head  and  rheumatic  hones,  we  finished  all  the 
chambers,  taking  up  the  carpets.  Susiti,  of 
course,  could  not  Join  in  the  work,  but  her  trial 
lay  in  her  lonely  hours  and  the  Inconveniences 
she  was  often  subjected  to  in  the  general  up¬ 
heaval;  and  what  wonder  if  (  lie  poor,  helpless 
child  sometimes  grew  a  little  fretful  !  1  was 
’  racing  down  stairs  for  clean  water  that  morn¬ 
ing,  when  she  called  from  her  room  “  Bessie, 
won't  you  shut  my  door?" 

“Yes,  In  a  minute,  Sms,"  1  answered,  and  hur¬ 
ried  on. 

While  I  was  in  the  kitchen  mother  wanted 
me  to  peel  the  potatoes  for  dinner,  and  that 
done  I  went  up  the  back-stairs  to  my  cleaning, 
quite  forgetting  poor  StJJS.  In  about  half  an 
hour  I  had  occasion  to  go  down  again;  and  as  I 
passed  through  the  hall  I  heard  Susie's  soft 
voice,  tlds  time  a  little  tremulous  : 

“BESSIE,  dear,  you  rorgot  to  shut  my  door.” 

“  Why,  bless  your  heart  I  soldid!”  I  exclaim¬ 
ed,  going  in;  and  there  the  dcarchild  lay,  curled 
up  in  a  heap,  and  with  a  great  newspaper  spread 
over  her. 

“It’s  lucky  I  had  this  big  paper,"  she  said, 
trying  to  jmile;  "there  is  such  a  draught,  and 
my  fire's  all  down"— and  not  a  word  of  reproach 
did  she  add.  lint  my  heart  smot  e  me  as  1  tucked 
the  silk  comfortable  around  the  wasted  form. 
I  poked  the  fire,  brought  her  a  new  hook  from 
the  sitting-room,  aud  with  a  penitent  kiss  left 
her  onee  more  alone. 

Friday  morning  came  dark  aud  lowering,  and 
we  all  felt  the  depressing  effects  of  the  general 
gloom.  TOM  declared  he  had  urgent,  business 
down  town,  and  tool,  himself  off  right  after 
breakfast  ;  and  worst  of  all,  Susie  had  taken 
cold,  thanks  to  my  carelessness,  and  was  suffer¬ 
ing  one  of  her  painlul  attacks,  and  mother 
could  only  leave  her  a  few  moments  at  a  time. 
She  gave  us  tho  hall  parlor  and  sitting-room 
for  that  day’s  work,  and  we  knew  it  was  doubt¬ 
ful  whether  we  could  finish  it ;  but  we  went  to 
work  with  a  sort  of  grim  determination  that 
was  quite  a  contrast  to  our  frolicsome  mood  on 
the  first  day.  Instead  of  song  and  merry  jest, 
almost  complete  silence  reigned  among  us.  I 
felt  myself  growing  sullen  and  irritable,  and 


thought  despairingly  of  “Our  Compact.”  But  i 
T  shut  my  lips,  firmly  resolved  that  however  I  i 
might  feel  inside,  there  should  be  no  outward 
sign  ;  but  towards  noon,  I  was  passing  through 
the  hail  with  my  arms  full  of  blankets  to  be 
aired,  Katii  called  out : 

“  Here,  Bess,  vou  may  polish  the  stair  rods.”  i 
Her  authoritative  tone  irritated  me.  I  knew 
“  Lady  Kate"  disliked  staining  her  white  hands 
with  such  work,  and  would  have  bean  glad  to 
humor  her  had  she  asked  me  kindly  ;  but  I  was 
about  to  make  her  an  angry  retort,  when 
r  caught  a  roguish  glance  from  N  ell,  and 
checking  myself  just  iu  time,  J  inarched  off 
without  a.  word.  By  the  time  I  had  the  blank¬ 
ets  all  hung  out  I  had  recovered  my  equanim¬ 
ity’,  and  was  able  to  speak  pleasantly  aa  I  gath¬ 
ered  up  the  stair  rods,  ami  Kate,  whose  back 
had  been  t  urned,  now  knew  how  near  i  came  to 
incurring  the  forfeit. 

Half-past  twelve  came  and  we  worn  still  hard 
at  work.  Nki.l,  perched  on  the  higli  step-lad¬ 
der,  was  dusting  the  books  mi  the  top  shelf  of 
the  secret  ary,  K  ate  was  trailing  down  the  drug¬ 
get  in  tho  sitting-room,  while  i  was  oiling  the 
furniture,  when  suddenly  Tom  appeared  in  t  he 
doorway  and  surveyed  the  scene  with  a  pro¬ 
longed  whistle  of  astonishment. 

“Ain’t  dinner  ready  yet?" 

“Ny,  it  ain't,  sir,”  responded  Nell,  curtly, 
but  not  offering  to  stir. 

“  Well,  step  round  lively,  girls,  for  I'm  in  an 
awful  hurry,”  said  ire,  roughly’,  but, not  ill-na¬ 
turedly. 

I  was  just  leaving  the  room,  but  looked  back 
as  Nki.i.  exclaimed,  with  flashing  eyes: 

“  Get  it  your - ” 

Tom  clapped  ids  hands  when  she  stopped  sud¬ 
denly  and  burled  her  face  in  her  dust-cloth. 

“  Bravo,  FbAtSU !"  he  cried;  “you  shall  have 
a  premium  for  that." 

A  hearty  laugh  did  us  all  good,  and  we  bustled 
about  with  such  hearty  good  will  that  dinner 
wassoon  on  the  table.  Tom  made  amends  for 
his  exasperating  spocch  by  starting  the  fire, 
getting  the  ice-water,  and  carrying  Suslk’S  din¬ 
ner  up  stairs. 

Greatly  refreshed  by  a  good  cup  of  tea  and 
the  pleasant  chat  at  Hie  table,  we  went  back  to 
our  tasks  in  much  better  humor.  We  accom¬ 
plished  wonders  in  that,  short  afternoon,  but 
night  drew  on  rapidly  much  too  fast  to  suit 
our  purpose  and  we  got  into  a  desperate  hurry. 
Nki.i,  was  frantically  dusting  and  setting  back 
(  he  parlor  furniture  when  suddenly  something 
went — crash ! 

“What  the  dickens  is  that!”  exclaimed  Kate, 
as  wo  both  hurried  to  the  scene  of  the  disaster. 
But,  when  she  realized  that  it  was  her  marble 
liust  of  ( 'lytic  the  apple  of  her  eye,  bought 
with  the  II  mt  fruits  of  her  pen  her  wrath  broke 
forth : 

“You  careless,  miserable - ”  I  sprang  to 

her,  and  putting  my  hand  over  her  mouth,  en¬ 
treated  “Oh,  Kate,  KatkI  remember  1" 
Whereupon,  sbe  burst  into  tears  and  sank  in 
a  heap  on  the  floor,  with  her  battered  Clytio  in 
her  hand.  Poor  Nki.t,  threw  herself  on  her 
knees  beside  bor,  and  put  her  arms  around  her, 
reiterating,  through  her  tears  : 

“Oh,  Katie!  I’m  so  sorry!  I'll  buy  you  an¬ 
other,  indeed  i  will !" 

“  No,  no ;”  sobbed  Kate,  “  I  don’t  want  it— it 
never  would  bo  the  one  l  earned." 

Our  nerves  were  probably  somewhat,  unstrung 
we  were  so  tired— for  I  could  not  help  crying 
in  aympat  by,  and  wo  must  have  presented  rather 
a  lachrymose  appearance  when  father  and  Tom 
came  In. 

"Halloa!”  exclaimed  that  incorrigible  broth¬ 
er,  “what’s  going  on  a  second  deluge  V” 

“O,  Tom!"  said  Nell,  ruefully,  “I’ve  been 
and  gone  and  done  it.,  this  time." 

"What! -smashed  Lady  Kate's  idol!  Well, 
that  Mias  a  bad  job.  But  come,  Kate;  a  little 
cement  will  fix  it  out  better  than  a- whole  barrel 
of  teal's.” 

Katk  managed  a  rather  watery  smile  and  then 
slipped  up  stairs  wit  h  her  mutilated  treasure, 
and  If  sho  was  gone  a  good' while,  we  were  care¬ 
ful  not  to  notice  it. 

There  was  no  pleasant  gathering  in  the  sit¬ 
ting-room  that  night,  for  it  took  us  nearly  all 
the  evening  to  put,  things  to  rights,  and  then 
we  girls  were  glad  to  take  refuge  in  bed. 

“Thank  fortune,  this  is  the  last  day!"  said 
NELL,  yawning  and  stretching,  as  the  rising- 
bell  sounded  Saturday  morning. 

“  Do  you  think  we  can  finish  to-day?"  I  que¬ 
ried,  doubt  fully,  as  I  buttoned  up  my  boots. 

“We  must,”  declared  Nell,  facing  round 
quickly, brush  in  hand,"  t hereshaii't  beasperk 
of  dust  in  this  house  to  weigh  on  my  conscience 
to-morrow  if  I  can  help  it” 

“  Well,  I  guess  wo  can  bring  it,  if  mother  can 
help,"  I  assented.  "I'm  glad  it’s  a  pleasant 
day  ;  the  weather  docs  make  such  a  difference 
in  house-cleaning." 

"Home,  girls  ;  ‘  buckle  to’— time  flies,"  Kate 
called  out,  giving  a  thurnp  on  our  door  as  she 
passed. 

“  Brevity,  thy  name  is  Katherine, ”  parodied 
Nell,  as  she  opened  the  door  and  scampered 
after  her. 

Yes,  it  was  a  mercy  the  sun  shone  that  day. 
As  it  was,  the  work  went  hard  enough,  and  only 
the  thought  of  the  end  so  near  at  hand  enabled 
us  to  persevere.  Kate  and  Neel  had  a  litt  le 
difference  of  opinion  at  the  very  outset,  the 
former  insisting  that  the  kitchen  must  be  left 
over  for  another  week,  while  the  latter  declared 
that  every  nook  and  corner  should  bo  cleaned 
before  Sunday  if  it,  took  her  till  twelve  o’clock  ; 
and  the  discussion  Avas  getting  quite  heated, 
when  I  rose,  went  to  the  book-case,  aud  taking 


down  Miss  LESLIE’S  “ Recipe  Book,”  I  laid  it 
solemnly  in  Nell’s  lap. 

“  No,  T  haven’t !’’  she  said,  hastily,  pushing  it 
from  her;  “take  it  away!  T’m  just  as  amiable  : 
as  I  ran  be!" 

Kate  laughed,  and  pence  was  once  more  re¬ 
stored. 

Nothing  special  occurred  that  day.  Mother 
put  her  shoulder  to  the  wheel,  and  by  tea-time 
everything  was  done — kitchen  and  all.  The 
polishing  of  the  silver  fell  to  my  lot,  and  oh! 
lrow  it  made  rny  arm  ache!  But  if  a  few  tiny 
drops  moistened  the  whiting  as  1  rubbed  away 
at  ,he  spoons,  they  only  made  them  shine  the 
brighter.  Nell  took  upon  herself  the  kitchen, 
for  fear  it  wouldn’t  get  done,  and  Tom  staid  at 
home  again  ami  shook  t  lie  dinlng-rootn  carpet. 
Kate  devoted  h  rrself  to  the  finishing  of  moth¬ 
er's  room,  and  mother  herself  lent  a  helping 
hand  wherever  it  was  needed. 

That  was  a  tired  but  happy  group  which  gath¬ 
ered  in  the  family  room  that  evening.  Susie, 
whom  father  had  brought  down  for  the  first 
time  since  Wednesday,  lay  on  her  couch,  which 
w.ts  drawn  close  to  the  right,  of  t  he  rr.it  e, ;  father 
in  his  easy  chair  at  her  head,  was  reading  the 
evening  paper  while  wit  h  one  hand  h*1  stroked 
tenderly  Susie's  golden  curls.  Nell,  sitting 
on  tho  floor— her  favorite  seat,  by-th  e-way— 
leaned  her  head  on  Sue’s  pillow,  where  she 
could  watch  tho  flitting  color  in  her  cheeks 
and  the  rare  smile  steal  over  her  wistful,  patient 
faco.  Mother  occupied  the.  post  of  honor  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  grate,  witlr  Tom  by  her 
side,  resting  his  arm  on  t  in*  back  of  her  chair 
in  his  loving,  protecting  way;  for  Tom  was 
mother's  darling,  and  his  manner  to  her  was 
more  that  of  a  lover  than  a  son.  I  lolled  In  a 
low.  easy  chair,  almost  too  weary  to  raise  my 
head;  while  Kate— our  queenly  Kate,  the 
pride  and  center  of  our  circle— sat  gracefully 
erect,  disdaining  any  such  Monk  compromise 
Avitli  fatigue.  We  were  none  of  us  much  in¬ 
clined  to  talk,  and  there  had  been  quite  a  long 
silence  when  father  suddenly  asked,  as  he 
turned  bis  paper: 

“  Well,  giris,  how  about  that  supper?" 

“  Oil,  father,  wo  have  all  been  so  good,"  said  I. 
“A  nest  of  cooing  doves  couldn’t  have  been 
more  peaceful,"  added  Tom. 

"What!  oven  my  little  Spit-fire  kept  her  tem¬ 
per?”  said  father,  roguishly,  laying  li is  hand  on 
Nell’s  head,  and  drawing  it  back  till  he  could 
look  int  o  her  sparkling  eyes. 

“Well,  papa,"  admitted  truthful  Nell,  “we 
did  come  dreadfully  near  losing  it  sometimes, 
but  we  didn’t  quite,  you  see." 

“  And  how  much  easier  the  work  Avent  for 
It,”  I  said. 

“  Yes ;  1  don't  think  we  ever  quite  finished  in 
four  days  before,”  said  Kate,  slowly. 

"Since  you  find  the  plan  works  so  well," 
mother  remarked,  gently,  “  suppose  you  keep 
it  for  everyday  use  ?" 

"I’m  agreed,”  said  Nell;  "only  there  must 
be  no  forfeit,  for  it  isn’t  in  human  nature  not 
to  give  way  once  in  awhile." 

“So I’m  to  be  cheated  out  of  my  supper?" 
said  father,  ns  bo  resumed  his  reading. 

“No,  father,  that  you  shall  not!”  exclaimed 
Tom.  “Wo  must  celebrate  our  victory,  girls, 
and  I’ll  Bend  up  the  oysters  Monday  morning, 
and  you  must  get  up  a  royal  good  supper.” 

And  a  “royal  good"  one  it  was.  Each  con¬ 
tributed  her  share.  Nell  t  he  chocolate  cake, 
which  was  her  specialty  ;  Katk  Hie  wine-jelly, 
and  1  tho  biscuits  and  sponge  cake ;  but  the 
crowning  feature  of  the  table  was  the  charming 
center-piece  arranged  by  Susie's  deft  fingers  of 
ferns  and  autumn  leaves.  Father  surprised  us 
by  a  basket  of  luscious  grapes,  and  mother 
stowed,  scolloped  and  fried  Tom’s  oysters.  It 
was  a  merry  company  that  gat  bored  around 
this  "feast  of  good  things,"  arid  Tom's  toast, 
to  “The  Rival  of  Baknu.m’s  Happy  Family," 
brought  down  the  house. 

- 4  * » 

SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 

An  eclipse  of  the  son— Cut  off  without  a  penny. 
A  game  of  pitch  and  toss— A  life  on  the  ocean 
wave. 

The  man  most  looked  up  to — The  man  in  the 
moon. 

A  rea  t  teetotal  curiosity.  A  pair  of  water¬ 
tight  boots. 

A  man  whom  we  can  put  up  Avith— A  good 
hotel-keeper. 

The  most  approved  way  to  raise  beets  is  to 
take  hold  of  the  tops  and  pull. 

It  is  hard  to  respect  old  age  when  one  gets 
sold  on  a  venerable  pair  of  chickens. 

May  two  people  be  said  to  be  half  AAitted  when 
they  have  a  ;  understanding  between  them? 

An  old  winc-bibber  says  that  an  empty  cham¬ 
pagne  bottle  is  like  an  orphan,  because  it  lias 
lost  its  pop. 

At  a  spirit  meeting  the  other  night,  a  gentle¬ 
man  requested  the  medium  to  ask  Avhat  amuse¬ 
ments  were  most  popular  in  the  spirit-world. 
The  reply  was,  “Reading  of  obituary  notices." 

Mr.  Charles  Th.aavpson  recently  ran  his  head 
againBt.  a  young  lady  during  a  cotillion,  “Ah! 
excuse  me,  deah,”  he  cried ;  “did  it  hurt,  ah ?” 
“No,  sir,"  she  replied,  “it’s  too  soft  to  hurt 
anything." 

THE  Boston  man  who  wrote  a  splendid  hook, 
entitled  "  Useful  Hints  for  Ugly  Girls,”  Avonders 
why  there  is  no  more  demand  for  his  work.  His 
publishers  say  they  have  only  disposed  of  one 
copy,  and  that  was  stolen. 


j&ibbntlt  |i fading. 


PRAY  EOR  ME. 


I  beg  of  you— I  beg  of  you,  my  brothers. 

For  my  need  is  very  sore ; 

Not  for  gold  and  not  for  silver  do  T  ask  you, 

But  tor  something  even  more. 

From  the  depths  of  your  hearts’  pity  let  it  be, 

Pray  f or  me. 

T  beg  of  you  whose  robes  of  radiant  whiteness 
Have  been  kept  without  a  stain — 

Of  you,  who,  stung  to  death  by  serpent  pleasure, 
Found  the  healing  angel,  pain  ; 

Whether  holy  or  forgiven  you  may  be— 

Prny  for  me. 

I  beg  of  you  calm  souls  rvhose  wondering  pity 
Looks  at  paths  you  never  trod  ; 

I  beg  of  you  who  suffer— for  all  sorrow 
Must  be  very  near  to  God  : 

And  my  need  is  even  greater  than  you  see— 

Pray  for  me. 

I  beg  of  you,  O  children— for  He  loves  you, 

And  He  loves  your  prayers  the  best : 

Fold  your  Utile  hands  together,  and  ask  Jesus 
That  the  weary  may  have  rest ; 

That  n  bird  eauglit  in  a  net  may  be  set  free— 

Pray  for  me. 

I  beg  of  you  — I  beg  of  you,  my  brothers, 

For  an  altfls  this  very  day ; 

1  am  standing  on  your  door-step  as  a  beggar 
Who  will  not  be  turned  atvay : 

And  the  charity  you  give  my  soul  shall  be— 

Pray  for  me.  [Trend!. 

- - 

HELPS  ON  THE  JOURNEY. 

Sometimes  there  is  a  way  of.  self-culture  at¬ 
tempted  in  the  name  of  religion,  which  is  not 
in  any  proper senso  religious,  having  no  element 
of  faith  in  it,  anil  expecting  no  uplifting  help 
from  gracious  inspirations.  The  self-culture  is 
what  a  man  may  do  upon  himself ;  mending  his 
defects,  correcting  his  mistakes,  chastening  hi* 
faults,  tempering  his  passions,  putt  ing  himself 
into  the  charities  lie  Inis  learned  from  Christ, 
perhaps,  to  admire,  finishing  himself  in  the 
graces  that  have  won  Ids  approval  or  command¬ 
ed  his  respect.  But  the  work  is  a  far  more  hope¬ 
less  one  than  he  imagines,  and  is  almost  sure  to 
result,  even  visibly,  in  more  affectations  of  char¬ 
acter  than  are  likely  to  be  much  approved. 
Besides,  It  holds  him  to  a  continual  self-con¬ 
templation  which  is  selfish,  and  keeps  him  all 
the  while  filing  and  polishing  on  his  nature  by 
his  will ;  AVhich  Is,  In  fact,  the  most  wearisome 
possible,  or  rather  impossible,  kind  of  self- 
attention.  The  old  faults  conquered,  too,  will 
be  coming  back  on  hlrn  Just  when  he  is  con¬ 
quering  another  set.  And  turning  round  to 
fight  them  off,  he  will  find  Hie  whole  swarm 
loose  upon  him  again  ;  till,  finally,  getting  wor¬ 
ried  and  A'excd  and  soured  and  discouraged,  lie 
virtually,  though  perhaps  not  consciously,  gives 
over  his  whole  undertaking.  G  if  lie  could  have 
gone  up  to  Christ,  or  t.o  Hod,  in  a  true  faith- 
culture,  and  let  his  faults  fall  off,  as  blasted 
flowers  full  off  the  tree*,  dislodged  by  the  lil'e- 
princlplo  in  them,  his  beautiful  thought  of 
finishing  a  character  would  have  been  how  easily 
put  forward  -without,  a  care,  too,  and  in  the 
sweetest  liberty.  .No  man  finishes  a  character 
wlm  does  not  go  above  himself,  and  take  the 
culture  of  God's  own  Spirit  ;  by  that,  growing 
out  a  character  from  within,  which  cannot  lie 
nfttuipulated  inwardly  from  without,  if  there 
be  any  good  gift  that  comoth  from  above,  and 
cannot  be  made  below,  it  is  .character. — Sir.  11. 
BushncU. 

- ♦♦♦- - 

THE  FEELING  OF  SIN. 

There  is  no  feeling  of  human  nature  more 
singular,  more  profound,  or  more  universal 
than  the  feeling  of  sin ;  a  feeling,  so  far  as  wo 
know,  mi  generis— radically  different  from  the 
feeling  AVhich  calamity  or  fully  occasions— a 
feeling  that  has  its  root  in  a  latent  sense  of  per¬ 
sonal  responsibility,  and  is  occasioned  solely  by 
moral  ideas— a  feeling  of  self-reproach,  of  re¬ 
gret,  of  shame.  There  is  no  human  feeling 
more  mysterious,  more  sacred,  and  more  indi- 
catiA'o.  A  man's  feeling  about  sin  is  the  meas¬ 
ure  of  his  likeness  to  God.  Tim  most  hardened 
criminal  cannot  wholly  emancipate  himself 
iroru  it;  the  most  sensuous  of  religious  systems 
have  recognized  it.  It  has  inspired  mythology 
Avitli  its  sublimest  conceptions,  Paganism  Avitii 
its  most  dread  Immolations,  and  Christianity 
Avitli  its  most  passionate  experiences. 

— - - 

THOUGHTFUL  PARAGRAPHS. 

WiiitHER  go  our  ideas?  They  go  into  the 
memory  of  God. — Jbuhcrt. 

The  superfluous  blossoms  on  a  fruit  tree  are 
meant  to  symbolize  the  large  way  in  which  God 
loves  to  do  pleasant  things. 

Every  desire  is  a  viper  in  a  bosom,  Avho,  AA-hiie 
lie  was  chill,  was  harmless  ;  but  when  warmth 
gave  him  strength,  exerted  it  in  poison.— John¬ 
son. 

None  are  so  seldom  found  alone,  and  are  so 
soon  tired  of  their  own  company,  as  those  cox¬ 
combs  who  are  on  the  best  terms  rvith  them¬ 
selves.— Jxi  con. 

While  the  heathen  [have  their  gods  of  wis¬ 
dom,  gods  of  battle,  gods  of  beauty  &c.,  they 
have  no  gods  of  holiness,  nor  are  their  sacred 
laws  holy  laws.  The  nation, s  worshiping  idols 
have  ho  Avord  in  their  languages  that  means 
holy.  The  very  idea  comes  to  us  through  the 
Bible.  ' 


AY  81 


CORE’S  SURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


“  LA  ZINGARILLA  ” 

BY  DR.  FULLER- WALKER. 

[SUGGESTED  after  studying  OORREGIO’S  “  La  Zitt- 
carilla,”  in  the  Naples  Gallery,  a  beautiful  copy  of 
which  has  been  reproduced  by  Miss  0.  L.  Hansom  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio.] 

SAD-FACED  mother,  pensive  and  mild. 

Seeking  repose  In  forest  wild— 

Solemn  old  woods,  where  sun  seldom  smiled, 
Searching  so  vainly  food  for  her  child. 

Sweet  little  infant  with  sky-blue  eyes, 

Scanning  her  facts  in  child-like  surprise : 
Sometimes  he  laughs  and  sometimes  he  cries — 
Sorrows  and  Joys  go  as  the  bird  flies. 

Slowly  her  eyes  till,  blinded  with  tears : 

Silent  her  heart,  beats  out  its  dumb  feara ; 
Sunshine  and  storm  may  go  with  tbo  years ; 
Sighing  she  prays,  but  no  mortal  hears. 

**  Servant  of  Thine,  make  Thy  face  to  shine  ! 
Send  me  Thy  bread,  utid  pour  me  Thy  wine. 

Such  shall  be  food  for  me  and  for  mine. 

So  shall  we  live  until  Thy  good  time.” 

Sad  is  the  path  the  world’s  ever  trod  j 
Sorely  for  each  falls  n miction's,  rod. 

Surely  we  know  tint  hand  of  our  God  ! 

Sparrows  alone  fall  not  to  the  sod. 

See!  In  the  rushes,  innocent,  queer, 

Sleek  little  Zlugttr Ilia’s  here ; 

Soft  as  wool,  and  fleet  ns  a  deer, 

Saucy  black  eyes,  showing  no  fear ! 

Soaring  on  wings,  laden  with  food, 

Songs  of  angels  are  heard  in  the  wood. 

Strong  in  love  is  the  Lotto  of  good— 

Strophes  of  Joy  for  all  motherhood ! 


A  WORD  TO  THE  WISE. 


BY  RUTH  LEE. 


The  Rural  New-Yorker  in  always  a  wel-  I 
come  guest  at  the  farm-house,  and  brings  its  | 
weekly  tribute  of  good  t  hings  to  old  and  young  ;  I 
but,  like  some  dear,  generous  people  whom  wc 
know,  it  fta*  it*  little  railings  after  alt.  Some  of 
its  correspondents  are  not  altogether  amiable 
and  courteous,  and  occasionally  question  eacli 
other’s  veracity.  Perhaps  this  la  not  surprising, 
when  we  consider  how  many  people  comprise 
even  a  newspaper  world.  Wil  li  experiences  so 
varied,  and  3uch  a  diversity  of  taste*,  there 
must  always  he  conflicting  opinions;  but  the 
modest  expression  of  these,  in  a  Journal  de¬ 
voted  mainly  to  agricultural  and  home  Inter¬ 
ests,  ought  not  to  call  forth  any  Ill-natured  I 
criticism. 

Our  own  surroundings  have  a  wonderful  In-  I 
fluence  in  our  estimate  of  things,  and  obstacles  I 
that  are  mere  trifles  to  the  strong  and  resolute 
would  loom  up  like  mountains  before  the  weak 
and  desponding.  In  domestic  economy,  for  In¬ 
stance,  Mrs.  A.,  with  perfect,  health,  competent 
help  and  modern  conveniences,  is  able  to  ac¬ 
complish  more  work  in  half  a  day  than  her 
less  fortunate  I  ut  equally  industrious  neighbor 
could  well  perform  in  a  whole  day:  so  wo  can-  I 
not  always  Judge  wisely  by  results. 

Last  year,  one  lady,  after  lending  a.  patient  I 
ear  to  the  doleful  accounts  of  all  the  “troubled 
Marthas,”  and  learning  what  a  dreadful  time 
m on  women  in  I  lie  country  had  to  get  along  at 
all,  thought  she  would  teach  us  a  hotter  way. 
During  the  absence  of  the  hired  girl,  the  do¬ 
mestic  machinery  should  run  smoothly  and 
peace  should  reign  in  that  household,  for  a 
week,  at  least.  We  should  know  how  perfectly  I 
easy  it  was  to  have  delicious  food,  nicely  ar-  I 
ranged  on  a  spotless  table-cloth,  not  the  least  I 
bit  awry, even  on  washing-day.  Xif  •oonor  done  I 
than  several  other  ladies  arose  to  call  her  to 
order.  She  was  entirely  beyond  tire  province 
of  good  housekeeping  to  be  out  of  cookery 
on  Monday;  and  if  she  did  that  baking,  they 
knew  she  never  did  the  washing  that  day.  Evi¬ 
dently  for  good  reasons,  the  week's  bill  of  fare 
was  never  finished,  and  we  lost  those  contem¬ 
plated  instructions  In  the  culinary  art.  Many 
contingencies  might  arise  to  compel  one  to 
crowd  work  into  Monday  that  ought  to  wait.  I 
until  Tuesday.  An  unexpected  arrival  of  com¬ 
pany  on  Saturday  afternoon  somet  imes  reduces 
the  stock  of  eatables,  and  In  some  households 
Sunday  is  alimifl  a  very  hungry  day.  With  extra 
leisure  on  their  hands,  men  and  boys  often  con¬ 
trive  to  dispose  of  provisions  In  a  mysterious 
way.  So,  to  iny  mind,  the  point  was  clear,  be¬ 
fore  the  subsequent  explanation  of  the  lady  set 
the  whole  thing  at  rest. 

After  this,  another  correspondent,  extolled  a 
friend  who  was  “refined,  intelligent  and  ac¬ 
complished”— a  wife  and  mother,  equally  fitted 
to  adorn  her  husband'*  parlor  or  food  his  calves. 
She  was  the  happy  mi-’.ressof  a  dairy  of  sixteen 
cows,  with  well-ordered  house  and  children, 
and,  after  performing  prodigies  of  labor  in  the 
house  and  attending  to  sundry  chores  usually 
done  hv  the  men,  elsewhere,  she  still  had  leisure 
for  reading  and  visiting.  All  this  extra  work 
was  done  most  cheerfully,  to  assist  a  weary  and 
possibly  overburdened  husband.  That  was  rare 
executive  ability,  but  some  doubt  ing  souls  could 
neither  appreciate  these  various  accomplish¬ 
ments  nor  credit  the  truthfulness  of  the  nar¬ 
rator.  They  were  sure  the  thing  was  simply 
impossible;  that  she  never  could  or  did  do  all 
that  her  enthusiastic  friend  claimed  for  her. 

Here,  again,  it  was  easy  to  be  mistaken..  Peo¬ 
ple,  whose  circumstances  do  not  compel  them 
to  call  every  faculty  of  mind  and  body  into  ex¬ 
ercise,  have  no  idea  how  much  work  one  reso¬ 


lute,  systematic  person  can  accomplish.  Suit¬ 
able  plans,  executed  in  proper  season,  render 
our  daily  t  asks  comparatively  easy ;  and,  though 
I  doubted  the  wisdom  of  so  taxing  strength 
which  should  be  held  in  reserve.  I  never  dis¬ 
credited  the  story.  If  the  lady  was  able  and 
willing  to  give  such  valuable  assistance  in  so 
many  different  departments  of  labor,  why  just 
let  her  do  so,  but  her  husband  should  prize  her 
above  rubies. 

Some  time  since  “  Rose  Geranium  ”  gave  us 
an  account  of  her  experiments  with  a  number 
of  varieties  of  flowers.  Somehow >i  litue  Phu- 
celia  crept  into  the  list,  whereupon  another 
gardener  gave  the  u trending  flower  a  switching 
right  over  Rose's  shoulders,  with  a.  broad  hint 
to  her  that  a  more  generous  expenditure  of 
money  in  the  purchase  of  high-priced  seeds 
would  insure  her  against  future  disappoint¬ 
ment.  My  own  experience  In  the  culture  of 
rare  and  delicate  plants  has  not  been  fortunate, 
and  Just  now  two  forlorn-looking  seedlings  in 
my  window,  the  sole  product  of  a  costly  pmjk- 
[  age  of  seeds,  are  a  sad  proof  of  misguided  nni- 

Ibition.  Hereafter  1  shall  resign  all  such  to  the 
skill  of  ‘.lie  professional  florist.  Once  l  had  a 
Phaeella  myself— a  cunning  little  thing  in  its 
floral  babyhood,  with  llnely-out  leaves,  but  the 
rampant  growth  of  rollage,  on  reaching  ma¬ 
turity,  so  crowded  its  modest  neighbors  that  1 
destroyed  It,  root  and  branch :  but  then  mine 
was  not  a  blue  Phaeelin,  only  a  miserably  dingy 
I  white  one  I  That,  alters  t  bo  case,  and  Inclines 
I  me  to  think  Rose  might  have  possessed  a 
I  “treasure,"  oven  if  I  did  not. 

The  foregoing  Instances  prove  how  Impossl- 
I  ble  It  Is  for  u*  all  to  view  subjects  In  the  same 
I  light ;  yet  a  lively  Interchange  of  thoughts  and 
I  criticisms  would  often  be  Instructive,  provided 
I  the  comment*  were  always  good-natured.  So, 
I  good  people,  when  the  Editors  of  the  Rural 
I  New-Yorker  Invite  us  to  their  public  recep- 
I  tlons,  let  us  appear  in  holiday  attire,  witti  pleas- 
I  ant  smiles  and  polished  manners,  giving  ex- 
I  presalon  to  only  our  sweetest,  wisest  and  best 
I  thoughts.  _ 


lUnuling  for  \\u  fjoung. 


A  HOUSE  IN  TOWN. 


THE  BOY  AT  BARNUM’S. 

Pome  smart,  little  boy.  after  visiting  Bakst  M’s 

Menagerie,  1*  supposed  to  have  written  the  follow¬ 
ing  lines : 

I  i.ike  the  armadillo,  1  respect  the  kangaroo. 

I'm  friendly  to  tko  monkey,  the  fox  an<l  zebra  too ; 

1  believe  there’s  latent  talent  in  the  otter  and  the 
goat, 

And  l  think  the  hippopotamus  entitled  to  a  vote. 

I  know  not  why  or  whereforo,  but  however  it  may 
be, 

The  beaver  (Castor  fiber.)  has  a  nameless  charm  for 
me; 

I’ve  met  with  true  politeness  from  tho  lynx,  and  (do 
not  smile) 

I  cannot  think  too  highly  of  the  plaintive  crocodile. 

I  love  to  watch  the  creatures  and  to  learn  their  little 
games ; 

I  call  them,  from  my  fancy,  all  the  prettiest  pet 
names ; 

The  camel  llumpty-Burapty;  Neck-or-nothing  tho 
giraffe ; 

Jolly  Gnash,  the  old'hyona,  with  his  rather  startling 
laugh. 

I  mark  the  restless  motions  of  tho  more  ferocious 

tots;  * 

How  tho  tigers  change  t.belr  places,  and  the  leopards 
chango  t  heir  spots ; 

I  visit,  too,  the  burly  bear,  and  give  my  wonted  dole, 

(N.  B.— The  polar  hear  Is  nut  the  bear  that  climbs  tho 
polo.) 

Then  lot  us  bo,  to  every  beast,  a  patron  and  a  friend  ; 

Each  tells  his  tale,  each  has  his  aim  as  surely  as  his 
end ; 

A  lesson’s  to  bo  learned  from  them,  and  all  of  us 
may  steal 

Some  now  light  from  tho  tapir,  some  Impression  from 
the  seal. 

- •+■+-*, - 

THE  BIRTH-DAY. 

TRANSLATED  FROM  THE  SWEDISH,  BY  SELMA 
BORG  AND  MARIE  A.  BROWN. 


The  children  declare  unanimously  that,  they 
have  had  a  splendid  time.  Whim  they  arc  all 
gone,  papa  takes  lillle  Km m a  on  Ids  knee  and 
asks  if  she  has  enjoyed  It.  She  replies  that  She 
never  enjoyed  anything  more.  Papa  then  re¬ 
marks,  laughing,  that  it  is  high  time  to  go  to 
bed,  ns  all  the  children  look  so  t  ired  and  dull. 
F.mma  is  right  glad  to  slip  off  to  bed,  ami  once 
more  thanks  them  all  for  what  she  has  received 
and  her  parents  for  tho  pleasure  they  have 
afforded  her. 

I  tut  every  Joyful  day  lias  its  end,  and  soon 
Emma  sleeps  the  calm  sleep  of  a  child,  perhaps 
dreaming  of  tho  delightful  birth-day. 

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SHOEING  A  CAMEL. 


I  know  a  young  man  and  his  wife,  who  began  i 
farming  on  a  small  place,  where  it  required  the 
very  closest  economy,  at  first,  to  make  a.  living. 

It  would  make  a  long  story  to  tell  their  many 
shifts  and  turns  to  get  tho  needed  implements 
together,  to  furnish  the  little  house  of  three 
room*,  and  to  provide  even  respectable  clothing. 
The  water  wav  brought  from  a  spring  up  a  steep 
hill,  for  a  year  or  more,  until  they  could  afford 
to  dig  a  w  ell.  But  both  were  strong  and  accus¬ 
tomed  to  work,  and  yon  would  rarely  llud  a 
happier  household.  They  exercised  a  large- 
hearted  hospitality  even  in  their  limited  apace, 
and  the  house  was  as  tidy  as  bands  could  make. 

It.  Lucy  walked  a  mile  with  her  basket  of 
<  arpet-rags  to  the  house  of  an  old  lady  who 
kindly  gave  her  the  use  of  her  loom  to  weave 
them.  They  had  been  dyed  In  various  gay  col¬ 
ors,  the  wherewithal  having  been  found  in  the 
woods,  and  when  the  wob  was  brought  home 
and  put  down  on  the  little  living  room,  1  am 
sure  no  Turkey  carpet  ever  gave  moro  pleasure. 

Time  wore  on,  and  they  prospered  as  such 
frugal,  industrious  people  are  sure  to  do.  The 
little  farm  grew  in  acres  and  fertility,  and  the 
Bmull  house  gave  place  ton  handsome  residence, 
with  every  comfort  without  and  within.  Iloth 
had  labored  hard,  and  their  two  sons  grow  up 
strong  and  Industrious  and  with  excellent  hab¬ 
its.  All  through  their  laborious  life  they  had 
.looked  forward  to  a  residence  in  town,  with 
*  only  a  little  garden  to  attend  to  as  the  acme  of 
human  enjoyment.  Circumstances  had  favored 
their  buying  just  such  a  little  cottage  as  suited 
them,  and  now  that  they  were  less  vigorous, 
and  bard  work  was  becoming  a  burden,  they 
decided  to  remove  to  the  village,  and  afford 
their  only  daughter  the  advantage  of  the  excel¬ 
lent  young  ladies'  seminary  there.  But  they 
prudently  resolved  to  rent  tlics  farm  for  a  year 
in  preference  to  selling  it.  Last  year  they  tried 
“  retiring  from  business."  They  had  now  com¬ 
paratively"  nothing  to  do.”  How  flat  and  lifeless 
existence  seemed. 

“I  am  so  nervous  and  restless  all  the  time” 
wrote  Lucr  to  me.  “  I  feel  aa  if  I  was  away 
from  home,  and  getting  ready  to  go  back."  Hun¬ 
dreds  of  times  they  rejoiced  that  they  had  not 
sold  their  farm  and  so  “cut  t  he  bridge  behind 
them."  Tho  lease  expired  in  January  and,  cold 
as  the  weal  her  was,  they  made  all  haste  to  move 
back  into  the  dear  old  home  where  they  had 
spent  such  happy  days,  even  though  they  had 
•jccu  laborious  days.  No  doubt,  If  they  had  con¬ 
tinued  their  town  life,  it  would  have  materially 
shortened  their  days.  Retiring  from  business 
has  been  most  disastrous  to  almost  all  who  have 
tried  >t,  after  a  life  of  toll. 

There  is  no  joy  that  life  can  give  us,  so  sweet 
as  that  which  comes  from  conquering  difficul¬ 
ties.  And  It  can  only  come  to  us  in  the  line  of 
hard,  earnest  work,  with  head  or  hands,  or  both. 
"Let,  him  rejoice  in  his  labor,  for  this  Is  his 
portion  in  all  the  works  that  Thou  givest  him 
under  the  sun.”  J .  E.  McC. 

— - ♦-*-* - - 

Intellect  and  Love.— I  won’t  say  the  more 
Intellect  the  less  capacity  for  loving;  for  that 
would  do  wrong  to  the  understanding  and  rea¬ 
son  ;  but,  on  the  other  hand,  that  the  brain 
often  runs  away  with  the  heart’s  bust  blood, 
which  gives  the  word  afew  pages  of  wisdom,  or 
sentiment,  or  poetry  Instead  of  making  one 
Other  heart  happy,  I  have  no  question.-  0.  W. 
Il<  time*. 


Thf,  sun  shines  in  clear  through  the  window  ■ 
of  Emma’S  bedroom,  ami  wo  will  foru  moment, 
follow  its  rays.  Emma  is  still  asleep,  but  beside 
her  bed  stands  a  richly  loaded  birth-day  table, 
with  many  little  gifts  from  her  parents,  broth¬ 
ers  and  sisters  and  grandmother.  Hark  1  there 
are  soft  footsteps  In  the  adjoining  room,  A 
black  head  peeps  in,  and  soon  a  whole  troop  of 
children  come  after,  dressed  in  fancy  costumes. 
There  stands  a  negro  hoy,  there  a  flower  girl, 
t  here  a  grand  hussar,  there  behind  them  an  old 
woman  with  a  berry  basket,  and  a  musician 
with  his  violin.  What  can  It  bo  that  the  little 
peasant  girl  holds  so  carefully  In  her  arms? 
Why  it  Is  a  little  white  kitten.  Now  they  strike 
up  a  song,  and  the  musician  play*  the  violin. 
Emma  wakes  up  and  jumps  with  fright,  but 
soon  a  ringing  laugh  follows  t  he  first  astonish¬ 
ment,  for  Emma  has  probably  In  the  motley 
company  recognized  her  brothers  and  sisters 
and  cousins. 

Now  papa,  mamma,  uncle  and  aunt  come  in, 
and  congratulate  Emma  upon  her  ninth  year. 
The  whole  company  then  depart,  and  Emma 
hastens  to  dress  herself,  after  which  sho  runs 
out  In  the  garden,  where  they  have  set  the 
breakfast  table.  There  la  a  flood  of  good  wishes, 
a  bowing  and  curtesyliig,  nil  of  which  Is  fre¬ 
quently  int  errupted  by  peals  of  laughter.  One 
wishes  to  got  ahead  of  the  other  with  congrat¬ 
ulations  and  presents,  for  each  and  ail  have 
something  for  Emma. 

Most,  of  all  her  presents  Emma  likes  tho  little 
kitten,  which  her  seven-years-old  cousin  gives 
her.  She  now  looks  closely  at  ali  the  disguised 
figures,  and  And*  In  the  negro  boy  her  sister 
Anna.  Tho  hussar  Is  her  cousin  Wilhelm. 
The  flower-girl  is  cousin  rtiGXt:,  the  musician 
brother  Osm  AN,  and  the  old  woman  her  oldest 
cousin,  Alma,  l-’apa  now  says  that  .Emma  must 
to-day  be  a  pol  ite  hostess  to  al  I  her  little  frlonds, 
whom  he  has  Invited  t  bore  to  spend  the  after¬ 
noon.  Emma  Is  gladness  Itself— she  skips  and 
hops  about,.  To  be  hostess  1  How  delightful, 
when  one  has  not  been  it  before.  Emma  fan¬ 
cies  herself  to  bo  a  very  important  person.  Sho 
is  busy  the  whole  day.  The  dolls  have  to  be 
dressed  and  the  playthings  put  In  order,  in 
which  she  is  assisted  diligently  by  the  Other 
little  girls. 

At  four  o’clock  one  carriage  after  the  other 
begins  to  drive  up.  Before  long  all  are  assem¬ 
bled  and  form  a  company  of  about  twenty  chil¬ 
dren.  They  look  at  Emma’s  presents  and  ex¬ 
claim  : — Oh,  how  sweet  t  hat  kitten  is  1”  “  From 
whom  did  you  get  that  book?”  "This  hand¬ 
kerchief  is  Just  like  Ellen's.”  “How  awful 
nice  that  doll  is'."  “What  did  you  get  from 
Wilhelm  ?”  "  Did  your  grand  mother  give  you 
anything?” 

When  everything  has  been  thoroughly  sur¬ 
veyed,  they  betake  themselves  out  in  tho  gar¬ 
den  wit  ere  games  are  soon  in  full  progress. 
Wilhelm  is  the  hawk,  and  the  children  are  so 
afraid  none  but,  Ossian  dare  venture  far  from 
the  nest.  Mercy,  now  little  Fanny  is  caught. 

!  There,,  Signk  too.  So  it  is  cont  inued  until  all 
are  caught.  OftSIAN  was  the  last, 
i  They  now  begin  the  widow  play,  and  all  strive 
;  to  got  Emma  for  a  partner.  She  laughs,  and 
finds  it  very  pleasant  to  have  everybody  so 
friendly  to  her.  After  a  while  they  are  called 
in  to  drink  ginger  beer,  but  soon  the  whole 
flock  stonn  out  again,  arid  the  games  are  kept, 
up  unt  il  supper,  which  is  served  on  the  lawn. 

At  last  it  Ik  time  for  the  guests  to  go  home. 


BY  S.  P.  PRICHARD. 

A  traveler  from  Pekin  to  Siberia,  across  the 
groat  desert,  of  Gold,  tolls  us  that  whenever  a 
camel’s  feet  have  become  very  tender  and  sore 
from  long  marches,  the  poor  creature  lies  down. 
His  driver  knows  at  once,  that  Ills  feet  hurt 
him,  awd  looks  to  find  out  if  the  thick  skin  of 
the  fact  is  blistered.  Whenever  a  blister  is 
found,  two  or  three  strong  men,  usually’  Mongols 
keep  watch  of  the  camel  until  it  Is  not  noticing 
them.  At  just  tho  right  moment  they  make  a 
rush  all  together  upon  the  camel,  throw  It  over 
upon  the  side,  and  make  it  fast.  Then,  with  a 
needle  made  for  that,  use,  they  sew  a  square 
peace  of  leather  large  enough  I  n  cover  tho  hurt, 
pine©  over  the  camel’s  foot,  the  skin  of  which  is 
quite  thick  enough  to  sow  through,  without 
hurting  tho  animal.  With  his  new  shoes  on,  tho 
camel  is  quite  ready  to  got  up  and  march  on. 
The  pieces  of  leather  are  very  carefully  pre¬ 
pared  for  this  use.  It  sometimes  happens  that 
a  camel  lies  down  in  the  midst  of  Ills  long 
march  across  the  wide  desert,  and  dies.  Tho 
natives  take  the  thickest  part  of  his  skin  to 
make  shoos  of.  Theso  bits  of  skin  they  take 
out,  day  after  day,  when  on  the  march,  and 
pull,  until  they  became  so  soft  and  yielding, 
that  a  camel  with  blistered  foot  ,  seems  grateful 
to  have  shoes  made  of  it,  although  he  would 
resist  the  shoeing  to  the  last,  wore  ho  not,  held 
so  that  lie  could  not  move. 


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Answer  in  two  weeks. 

PUZZLER  INQUIRIES.  No  3. 

1.  Mr.  Plummer  (see  Inquiry  2,  Rural,  May 
3.)  will  lied  Lite  following  rule  applicable  to  ob¬ 
lique  angled  l  riangles :  Add  tin  given  angles, 
subt  ract  their  sum  rroru  ISO",  which  will  give 
tho  remaining  angle;  then  by  the  following 
proportion  as  the  sine  of  the  angle  opposite  the 
given  side,  is  to  the  sine  of  the  angle  opposite 
the  required  side,  so  Is  the  given  sido  to  I  he  re¬ 
quired  side.- J.  !■-  P. 

2.  J.  P.  Puller  says:— If  some  of  your  read¬ 

ers  will  solve  the  following  equation,  they  will 
oblige  me  very  much  * !/  7  U'!  1  11. 

Tho  solution  to  the  problem  for  vthich 
John  Baker  asks  (page 29t)  is  this:  The  man 
who  digs  the  soft  end  of  the  ditch  receives 
*17-10  per  rod,  hence  he  digs  47  1-17  rods.  The 
other  man  digs  47  1-17  rods  at  $15-1(1  per  rod,  and 
earns  $44  2-17  dollars;  and  he  also  digs  5  15-1 1 
rods  at  a  dollar  per  rod.  W alter  Page. 

- - - 

CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA.  No.  10. 

Mv  first  is  in  low  but  not  In  high. 

My  second  Is  In  far  but  not  in  nigh  ; 

My  third  is  in  great  but  not  in  small, 

Mv  fourth  Is  in  short  but  not  in  tall ; 

My  fifth  is  in  branch  but  not  in  root, 

My  sixth  is  in  hand  but  not  in  foot ; 

My  seventh  is  lu  eagle  but  not  in  hawk. 

My  eighth  is  in  ridebu  .  not  in  walk. 

My  whole  is  tho  name  of  a  town  in  Indiana. 

p>T~  Answer  in  two  weeks.  L.  G.  s.  9. 

- -*♦-*- — - - - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.  May  1Y. 

Square-Word  No.  1.— 

OASTS 
A  N  I  S  E 
SIDLE 
I  S  L  A  M 
SEEMS 

Problem  No.  8.-2.9235458  ;  3.977863,  and  1/  - 

942  +  chains. 

Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  8.  — Opthalnn  - 
scope. 

Illustrated  Rebus  No.  .12— Time  reveals  ail 
acts. 


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CURRENT  TOPICS. 

Terrific  Tornado  In  Iowa. 

A  tornado  half  a  mile  In  width  passed  over 
the  country  in  the  vicinity  of  Washington, 
Iowa,  on  tile  23d.  Houses,  barns,  fences,  trees, 
cattle  and  human  beings  were  dashed  to  de¬ 
struction  with  terrific  force.  Thirteen  farm 
houses  were  destroyed  and  a  school  house  was 
blown  to  pieces.  A  Miss  Bothmel  and  Mrs. 
Henry  Watters  were  hilled.  Many  people  were 
injured.  The  tornado  moved  twenty  miles  nn 
hour.  Hail  fell  one  inch  In  diameter.  The  roar 
of  the  wind  was  heard  ten  miles.  Five  persons 
were  killed  near  Keota.  A  Methodist  church 
and  nine  houses  were  blown  down  In  Dos 
Moines.  The  town  of  Lancaster  i»  in  ruins. 
Some  300  head  of  cattle  were  killed.  The  tor¬ 
nado  ended  near  Iowa  City. 

A  tornado  passed  near  Prairie  City,  Illinois, 
<m  the  2Hd.  It  blew  down  everything  before  it 
for  a  distance  of  15  miles.  Three  persons  are 
reported  killed,  and  a  largo  number  or  farms, 
houses,  etc.,  destroyed.  Cairo  was  visited  with 
a  heavy  hailstorm  on  the  33d. 

Surrender  of  the  Modocs. 

On  the  evening  of  the  33d  of  May  the  Hot 
Spring  Hand  of  Modoc  Indians  surrendered  to 
Gen.  Davis,  at  Fairchild’s  Ranch.  They  gave 
up  their  arms  and  were  put  under  guard.  They 
numbered  it!  men,  women  and  children,  includ¬ 
ing  15  warriors.  Among  the  latter  are  some  of 
the  best  lighting  men  Capt.  Jack  had.  Captain 
Jack  la  supposed  to  have  20  warriors  with  him 
in  the  Pitt  River  Mountains.  Among  those  who 
surrendered  were  half  naked  children,  aged 
squaws,  blind,  lame  and  halt.  Bogus  and  Bos¬ 
ton  Charley  have  been  killed.  Hooker  Jim.  the 
Lost  River  murderer,  surrendered  later.  Capt. 
Hasbrouck’s  troops  receive  great  credit  for  their 
hot  pursuit  of  the  Indians,  The  rest  of  Capt. 
Jack’s  company  will  be  bunted  down.  The 
Klamath  Indians  show  no  disposition  to  join 
the  Modocs.  It  is  thought  the  Indian  war  will 
soon  end.  _____ 

France  —  Thiers  has  Resigned  the  Presi¬ 
dency. 

Last  Saturday  was  an  exciting  day  at  Ver¬ 
sailles.  There  mis  an  attempt  on  the  part  of 
the  Thiers  party  to  proclaim  the  Republic 
definitely,  in  place  of  the  present  provisional 
government.  1 1  was  voted  down  by  the  Assem¬ 
bly.  The  Ministry  then  resigned,  and  President 
Thiers  tendered  his  resignation,  as  Presieent, 
to  the  Assembly,  which  was  accepted,  and  Mar¬ 
shal  McMahon,  Duke  of  Magenta,  was  elected 
President.  He  has  accepted.  Of  course  there 
is  great  excitement  throughout  France. 


,  Osages  recently.  The  chief  was  out  hunting 
alone,  and  next  morning  his  headless  body  was 
,  found  with  a  bullet  hole  In  the  back,  and  100 
yards  distant  his  scalped  head  was  found.  It  is 
believed  that  the  Wachita?  and  their  allies  will 
immediately  take  the  war  path  against  the 
Osages  iti  spite  of  all  efforts  to  restrain  them. 
Tho  deceased  chief  was  a  great  friend  of  ihc 
whites.  Seventeen  years  ago  one  of  his  war¬ 
riors  killed  a  sentry  at  Fort.  Arbuckle,  and  the 
chief  brought  the  assassin’s  head  to  the  Fort. 

A  pl- patch  received  at.  the  War  Department, 
by  telegraph  and  mail,  from  Gen.  Custer,  dated 
Fort  Randall,  Dakota,  May  14,  report*  the  safe, 
arrival  of  his  command  at  that  place,  after  five 
days'  march  from  Yankton,  and  contains  the 
following :  Faills.  t  he  guide  sent,  from  Randall, 
reports  positively  that  2(H)  warriors  and  yonng 
men  belonging  to  the  Yankton  Agency  left, 
their  reservation  a  few  days  ago  to  join  the 
hostile  bands  of  the  Upper  Missouri,  and  that, 
t  he  Indians  will  muster  5,000’  warriors  in  the 
field  this  summer. 

Rochester,  May  23.-In  the  United  States 
District  Court  to-day,  on  application  of  the  lion. 
Richard  Crowley,  United  States  District-Attor¬ 
ney,  it  was  ordered  that  t  lie  indictment*  against 
Miss  Susan  II.  Anthony  and  14  other  women 
voters,  with  those  against  the  inspectors  who 
received  their  votes,  be  tried  on  the  10th  of 
Jttfic,  iu  the  Circuit  Court  at  Canadaigua,  and 
that  the  defendant?  be  released  on  their  own 
recognizances.  Counsel  for  the  defendants 
strenuously  opposed  the  application. 

A  few  weeks  ago  it  was  reported  that  the 
Hon.  S.  C.  Pomeroy  had  given  up  politics  [and 
was  about  to  honor  New  York '.City  by  accepting 
a  lucrative  buslnea?  offer  in  one  of  our  great 
commercial  houses.  'The  telegraph  informs  us 
that  the  ex-Senator  passed  through  St.  Louis  on 
Thursday  on  his  way  to  Kansas,  stopping  long 
enough  only  to  inform  a  newspaper  reporter 
that  he  intended  to  begin  at  onco  a  campaign 
for  (  lie  Kansas  Senator-ship  left  vacant  by  Sena¬ 
tor  Cal  dwell’*  resignation. 

From  Arhley,  Iowa.  last  week,  absconded 
Charles  Reink.  merchant.  lie  took  $4,000  with 
him,  but  he  left  also  a  good  deal  behind  him  in 
the  shape  of  a  wife,  two  children,  and  debt  to 
the  amount  of  $5,000.  He  hus  kindly  written 
from  Kansas  City  to  say  that  hi?  wife  need  not 
give  herself  the  slightest  uneasiness,  as  it  is  Ids 
intention  never  to  return,  so  that  matter  may 
be  considered  settled  if  the  debts  are  not.  These 
he  requests  his  father-in-law  to  payout  of  his 
own  pocket. 

The  Quartermaster-General,  who  has  charge 
of  nil  the  National  cemeteries,  states  that  they 
have  not  been  placed  under  t  he  sole  charge  of  | 
the  Grand  Army  on  Decoration  Day;  but  that 
all  organized  processions  or  parties  desiring  to 
lake  part  in  the  ceremonies  will  be  admitted.  1 
The  Quartermaster-General  further  says  that  j 
the  National  cemeteries  are  National  property,  i 
open  free  by  day  to  ail  well-behaved  persons,  1 
citizens  or  strangers,  who  desire  to  visit,  them.  j 
The  decree  of  President  Barrios  of  Guate-  i 
mala,  granting  freedom  of  religious  belief  ( 
throughout,  the  State,  is  one  of  those  praise-  , 
worthy  measures  of  reform  which  have  fre-  t 
quently  characterized  his  administration  of  the  1 
affairs  of  the  Republic.  1 


of  oats  was  done  while  the  ground  was  wet  and 
cold  ;  most  of  the  oats  have  been  sowed,  but  I 
fear  the  crop  will  be  slim ;  plowing  for  com  has 
just  commenced  :  winter  grain  looks  middling; 
grass  is  short  and  fodder  about  ail  cleaned  out. 
Prospects  for  fruit  of  ail  kinds  middling  good  : 
cherry  trees  arc  just  beginning  to  open  their 
blossoms :  peach  buds  are  all  dead.  Prospects 
good  for  another  crop  of  apple?  although,  the 
trees  were  all  loaded  last  year;  many  trees  are 
showing  their  blossom  buds  in  plenty.  My  bees 
have  wintered  well :  saved  every  swarm  I  bad, 
while  some  of  my  neighbor?  have  lost  from  one 
upwards;  have  heard  that  In  some  parts  of  the 
county  more  or  less  have  died.  I  think  it  is  all 
owing  to  bad  management.  Prices  of  all  kinds 
of  produce  about  the  same  as  in  other  parts  of 
the  country.— a.  r.  h. 

Humboldt,  Allen  Co.,  Kansas,  May  21. _ The 

present  is  a.  growing  time,  though  the  spring  is 
unusually  backward.  Stock  has  been  upon  the 
grass  only  about  three  weeks.  Com  Is  mostly 
planted,  and  many  pieces  up.  Wheat  looks 
splendid,  and  a  heavy  crop  was  never  more 
promising.  Oats  doing  well— plenly  of  rain. 
Corn,  though  only  15c.  in  the  fall  and  winter, 
is  now  25c.  Potatoes  have  been  as  low  as  15 r. 
this  spring.  Eggs  are  only  7c.;  butter,  10c.  Mer¬ 
chants  in  Itumholdt  paid  t  he  producer  last  fall 
and  winter  Strife,  for  their  pork;  bacon  is 
now  selling  by  those  same  merchants  at  lie.; 
bams,  12!4c.  All  say  success  to  the  National 
Cheap  Transportation  Association  ’-it.  .j. 

Dunlap,  Iowa,  Mny  15. — Our  season  is  very 
cold,  wet  and  backward;  but  there  has  been 
grass  for  stock,  since  April  25.  Wheat.  3  inches 
high  ;  corn  about  half  planted  ;  grain  looks  well 
though  growing  slowly;  corn.  30c.;  oats.  20c.; 
wheat,  95c.;  potatoes,  30c.;  beans,  $3;  hogs,  4c.; 
butter,  25c.;  cheese,  18c.  Send  out  help.  Men 
and  women  are  wanted  here.  We  will  have  to 
get  Chinese  before  long.— r.  b,  r. 


St.  Johns,  N.  B.,  on  the  21st,  was  $25,000.  Fur¬ 
niture  factory  at  Lawrenceburg.  tnd.,  on  the 
22d  :  loss,  $75,000. . .  Stores  and  dwellings  in  Ply¬ 
mouth.  O.,  r  n  the  23d ;  loss,  $35,000. 

Crime*. 

Hr.  Baker  of  Warren,  Me.,  was  shot  on  the 
I6t,h  by  ft  Miss  Mink  On  the  17th,  two  whites 
and  five  blacks  were  flogged  at  Newcastle,  Deb, 
for  larceny. . . .  Harmon  Hilcher,  a  German,  has 
been  murdered  in  Cntskiil.  N.  Y.  A  gypsy- 
girl  has  been  murdered  in  McKee’s  Corners, 
Putnam  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Obltiin  r y. 

The  Count.  Alex.  Manzoni  of  Rome,  a  poet 
and  novelist,  on  the  33d . . .  .Joseph  Fagnani,  ar¬ 
tist,  in  New  York,  on  the  22d  ;  he  was  born  in 


BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 

Gen.  Augur  t  elegraphs  that  Col.  Mackenzie 
with  0  companies  of  the  4th  Cavalry  and  25 
Seminole  scouts  struck  a  camp  of  Kickapoo 
and  Lipon  Indians  about  80  miles  from  Fort 
Clark,  Texas,  early  tin  the  18th  Inst.,  having 
marched  all  night  previous,  killed  19  Indians, 
wounded  2.  and  captured  one  Buck,  a  former 
chief  of  the  Lippons,  and  41  women  and  chil¬ 
dren.  besides  destroying  2  villages  with  their 
accumulated  property.  He  had  3  of  his  men 
wounded,  1  mortally.  He  has  already  over  50 
captured  ponies.  The  dispatch  is  silent  as  to 
the  precise  locality  where  this  light  took  place, 
saying  nothing  about  Us  being  on  Mexican 
territory. 

A  special  dispatch  from  Fort  Sill,  Indian 
Territory,  states  that  great  excitement  prevails 
among  the  IVaehita  Indians  on  account  of  the 
murder  of  their  principal  chief  Isadawah  by 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS.  PRICES,  ETC. 

Springfield,  Mo.,  May  to.—  Past  winter  was 
one  of  unusual  severity  in  Northwest  Missouri. 
During  Jan.  and  Fob.  the  mw  cury  ranged  as  low 
as  18  or  30°  below  zero.  The  cold  weather  hung 
on  till  late  in  April.  Genial  weather  has  pre¬ 
vailed  since  the  latter  part  of  April.  Our  wheat 
now  look-  splendid  and  we  have  more  acres  in 
wheat  this  year  then  ever  before  by  at  least  25 
per  pent.  Garden  crops  are  looking  well,  al¬ 
though  at  least  three  weeks  later  than  usual. 
Peas  are  generally  in  blossom ;  tomatoes  do., 
early  potatoes  are  growing  finely.  The  Early 
Rose,  the  general  favorite,  never  promised  bet¬ 
ter.  Fruit  prospects,  excepting  peaches,  are 
good  ;  apples,  (tears  and  cherries  promise  well. 
Grapes,  particularly  Concord,  Hartford,  Ives, 
Northern  Muscadine,  give  tokens  of  abundant 
yield.  The  Martha.  Iona,  Eumelan,  arid  Dela¬ 
ware,  Were  somewhat  Injured  by  the  severe 
frost,  but  are  now  rapidly  recuperat  ing  under 
the  influence  of  timely7 showers  and  genial  tem¬ 
perature.  Strawberries  promise  an  abundant 
crop.  The  Horticultural  Society  of  this  section 
announce  a  Floral  and  Strawberry  Festival  ear¬ 
ly  in  June,— t. 

Hickory,  {teuton  Co.,  Mis?.,  May  19,— fFe 
have  had  a  very  late,  cold  and  rainy  spring. 
Vegetation  is  about  two  weeks  later  than  usual 
at  this  time  of  the  year,  Strawberries  have 
been  ripe  about  a  month.  Black  dew  berries 
and  raspberries  are  beginning  to  ripen.  We 
have  had  green  peas  and  Early  Rose  Irish  pota¬ 
toes  for  two  weeks.  Have  been  planting  out 
sweet  potatoes  for  the  lust,  two  weeks.  Largest 
corn  waist  high.  Planters  have  been  chopping 
out  cotton  two  weeks.  This  crop  Is  about  two 
weeks  later  than  usual  and  not  a  first-rate 
stand;  only  tolerable.  Forward  oats  in  full 
head.  Horses  and  mules  worth  $100@200;  la¬ 
borers'  wages,  $10@20  per  month  and  scarce; 
mostly- colored  hands ;  corn,  $|rT;  l  ,25  per  bushel : 
oats,  $1 ;  cotton,  12<TU8o.  per  pound.  I  shall  have 
some  apples,  pear?  and  peaches  ripe  in  about 
four  weeks.  There  is  about  two-thirds  of  a  fruit 
crop.  We  have  had  some  warm  weather  the 
last  few  days.  Thermometer  SS’— w.  n.  r. 

Huntsville,  Pu.,  .May  19 — Spring  is  just  be¬ 
ginning  here.  Much  of  the  plowing  and  sowing 


DOMESTIC  NEWS. 

New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

Frauds  appear  to  be  the  order  of  the  day. 
In  Brooklyn  property  owner?  sell  to  avoid  op¬ 
pressive  taxes  ...Brown,  Brother*  *  Co.  have 
been  the  victim*  Of  frauds  from  their  Mobile 
correspondent  New  York  i*  to  have  a  new 
city  prison  The  Thirteenth  Regiment  la  to 
have  a  $150,001)  armory  The  tower  of  the  old 
Post-oiflee.  built  in  1727,  1?  beingtnken  down 
Labor  r<  volts  in  various  trade?  are  agitated 
Railway  builder?  have  had  a  banquet  at  the  St. 
Nicholas  ... Lewis  Bossier,  aged  18;  Charles  L. 
Young,  aged  48;  Peter  Hippert.  aged  35,  and 
William  Hardwick,  aged  05,  all  committed  sui¬ 
cide  on  the  17th  ...Rifle  practice  »t  the  new 
Creed  more  range  will  commence  on  the  8th  of 
Juno.  .. Geo.  Frauds  Train  has  been  declared 
insane,  ami  ordered  to  be  sent,  to  a  lunatic  asy¬ 
lum..,. The  spring  reviows  of  the  troops  have 
taken  place  The  new  Government  has  been 
fully  organized  —  Tim  carpenters  threaten  to 
strike  Kubonstein  sailed  on  the  24th  A 
meeting  in  honor  of  Horace  Well?,  alleged  to 
have  discovered  ancesthetlos.  has  been  held... 
Daniel  Murphy  is  to  be  hanged  .  Henry  Smith 
is  the  President  of  the  Police  Board. .  fccHnola 
collection  or  the  Metropolitan  Museum  Is  open 

The  old  Tribune  building  ha?  been  torn 
down  . .  .The  Queen’s  birth-day  was  observed  on 
the  24th  Mr.  Train  has  been  granted  a  writ  of 
habeas  corpus — Geo.  Mcdonald  ha*  lectured 
on  Hamlet. 

■Ionic  New*. 

The  corner-stone  of  a  convent  lias  heen 
laid  in  Hartford,  Conn  ... Two  of  the  colored 
Congressmen  from  South  Carolina  have  nomi¬ 
nated  win  to  cadet?  to  West  Point...  The  Civil 
Service  Reform  Board  has  held  a  meeting  in 
Washington  ...  The  Modocs  are  supposed  to 
have  escaped  Gov.  Dix  will  veto  the  Annex- 
J‘Hon  bill,  adding  several  town?  to  N.  Y.  City.  . 
he  New  York  Legislature  has  adjourned  ... 

I  he  pursuit  of  the  Modocs  continues ;  Califor¬ 
nia  volunteers  will  pursue  them _ The  .Spring- 

field  breech-loading  gun?  are  to  be  adopted  for 
l  lie  army  -  The  President  promises  to  do  full 
justice  by  Gen.  Van  Huron:  he  was  removed  in 

consequence  of  telegrams  from  John  Jay  _ 

Ihere  are  suspicions  that  Capt,  Hall  of  the  Po¬ 
laris,  was  poisoned  to  death ...  Ohio  Republi¬ 
cans  have  re-n  oui  i  n  a  tod  Gov.  Noyes  The  fun¬ 

eral  of  Gen.  Canby  took  place  In  Indianapolis 
on  tlm  38d  mst;  the  procession  was  imposing, 
and  contained  many  of  ihc  great  general?  of 
the  army  Gov-.  Dix  nf  New  York,  has  issued 
a  proclamation  for  the  observance  of  De.-ora- 
non  -Day,  which  is  a  legal  holiday' _ Tim  Presi¬ 

dent  has  issued  a  proclamation  sustaining  the 
Keilogg  Government  of  Louisiana,  and  giving 
the  disturbers  of  the  peace  20  days  to  lay7  dovvu 
their  arms.  Judge  Durel)  is  reported  about,  to 
resign.  Serious  trouble  with. Mexican  .Indians 
has  broken  .out  on  the  Rio  Gramle;  our  Gov¬ 
ernment  has  sent  a  protest  to  Mexico:  mu- 
troops  will  pursue  the  Indians  Into  Mcxfco.fi 
necessary  President  Grant  will  take  the  case 
of  Gen.  V  an  Buren  into  hi*  own  hand?,  and  re¬ 
instate  him  if  he  is  found  guiltless.  Ex-Gov. 
Jewel!  of  Connecticut  Will  be  the  now  minister 
to  Russia-  A  convention  of  Governors  has 
been  in  session  at  Atlanta  . .  The  N.  Y.  Assem¬ 
bly  refused  to  pass  the  Local  Option  bill  over 
Gov.  Dix  s  veto.>.  The  Baptists  have  been  in 
session  m  Albauy  .  The  case  of  Susan  R.  An¬ 
thony  for  voting,  will  be  tried  on  the  14th  of 
June,  before  Justice  Hunt. ...Senator  Can  [mu¬ 
ter  baa  made  a  apeech  in  New  Orleans.  Gov. 
Kellogg  has  called  for  Federal  aid ... .  The  West 
i  oint  cadets  will  be  examined  June  4. . .  .Presi-  | 
dent  White  has  made  a  speech  in  defense  of 
Mr.  Cornell. 

Fire*. 

8tores  in  Charlestown,  S.  C.,  on  the 
16th;  loss,  $40,000  Steam  tanneryin  Alleghany 
City,  on  the  18th ;  loss,  $60,000  —  Planing  mill  in 
Chicago  on  the  18th;  lose,  $25, 000.... Stores  iu 
Cincinnati  on  the  18th;  loss,  $15,500  .  Eight 
ear  shops,  cars,  and  houses,  in  Aurora,  Ill.,  on 
the  18th  ;  loss,  $250,000 —  House  of  Geo.  Meyer, 
Hoboken,  IS.  J.,  on  the  17th;  loss,  $13,000 
Planing  mill  in  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  on  the  17th  ; 
loss,  $35,000  .Railway  repair  works  at  Niagara 
Fails,  on  the  20th;  loss,  $100,000.  ..  A  mill  at 
Straight  Shore,  N.  It.,  on  the  21st ;  loss,  $20,000.. 
Cotton .mills  at  Glenn  Riddle,  Pa.,  on  the  20th ; 
loss,  $30,000. ..  .Wabash  elevator  in  Toledo  on 
the  19th ;  loss.  $103,000.  The  loss  by  the  lire  at  , 


tist,  m  New  y ork,  on  the  22d  ;  he  was  born  in 
Naples  in  1810..., Sir  Goo.  E.  Cartier,  Bart.,  has 
died  in  England;  Canada  will  give  him  a  public 
-  funeral. 

- •»-»■» 

FOREIGN  NEWS, 

ITIlaceltMneonM  Foreign  New*. 

The  charges  against  the  American  Com¬ 
missioner?  to  Menna  are  reported  sustained; 
J’he  American  Department  will  be  ready  by  the 
10t,li  of  June  —  Several  of  the  French  ministers 
nave  resigned  Don  Carlos  ha?  entered  Spain 
at  the  head  of  15.000  men;  the  Spanish  troop- 
have  been  defeated  at,  Aragon  ..Daly  |*  pass¬ 
ing  a  bilL  U i  stippre? ?  religious  bodies  in  Rome, 
also  to  grant  the  Pope  annually  400,000  lire ..... 
riie  Pope  la  Improving,  and  a  largo  number  of 
piignms  are  visiting  him.  .  .The  Khan  of  Khiva 
is  a  prisoner  to  tlifc  KtiAsbuis. .  r  im*;  boon 

received  from  Sir  Samuel  Baker  of  Iris  safety'. 
The  party  of  M.  Thler?  ha?  triumphed  in  the 
National  Assembly..  Carlists  have  been  put¬ 
ting  prisoners  to  death  .  l'bn  Pope  is  not  vet 
ot  t  of  danger.  There  Isa  ministerial  crisis  in 
the  Netherlands  The  crisis  approaches  in 
France;  on  the  23d  the  President,  attempted  to 
address  the  Assembly,  which  refused  to  hour 
him;  M.  Thiers  b  ready  to  resign,  if  defeat¬ 
ed  Cabinet  trouble?  continue  in  Spain... 
turkey  protest*  against  the  Dutch  war  in  At- 
cheen.  .1  lie  Khedive  of  Egypt  ha?  had  a  cor¬ 
dial  audience  with  the  Sultan. ...  Freedom  or 

worship  has  been  declared  in  Guatemala _ Ji 

ts  now  denied  that  Khiva  has  been  taken. 
Snow  storms  have  delayed  the  Khivan  cam! 
paign  .  .The  Shalt  of  Persia  lias  arrived  at  Mos¬ 
cow,  and  had  a  great  recept  ion  All  males  be¬ 

tween  14  and  16  are  to  be  enrolled  in  the  Span¬ 
ish  army.  Father  Hyaclnthe  has  attacked  the 
confessional  and  celibacy. 

—  ■  ♦  »-» - 

SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

A  Prolitahle  Investment.  -The  Wilson  Under¬ 
feed  Sewing  Machine  combine?  in  a  more  per¬ 
fect,  degree  than  any  other  the  requirements  of 
a  first-class  machine.  This  is  the  unanimous 
verdict  of  the  thousand?  of  families  who  arc 
using  them,  and  its  success  is  unprecedented  in 
the  history  of  sewing  machine*.  Although  it 
costs  fully  as  much  to  make  as  any  other,  the 
manufacturer  sell?  direct  to  the  people,  but  as 
the  company  belongs  to  no  “  Ring”  or  combi¬ 
nation  to  keep  up  prices,  they  can  afford  to  sell 
at  a  much  less  price.  Salesroom  at  707  Broad¬ 
way,  New  York,  and  iu  all  other  cities  in  the 
United  States.  The  company-  want  agents  in 
country  towns. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

Watch  No.  21039,  stem  Winder  manufac¬ 
tured  by  United  State?  Watch  Co,,  (Giles,  Wales 
&  Co..)  Marion,  N.  J.,  has  been  carried  by  me 
four  months;  its  total  variation  from  mean 
time  being  seven  seconds  per  month. — 8.  M. 
Beard,  firm  of  Beards  &  Cummings,  128  Front 
St,,  New  York. 

- *♦* - 

A  low-priced  thing  is  sometimes  the  dearest. 
The  best  is  always  cheapest.  The  “  Blanchard  ” 
is  the  very  best  churn  in  the  market. 

- «♦. - 

Advice.— Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

THE  MARKETS. 

PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

*  New  YORK,  Monday,  May  28,  1873. 
Receipts.— The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  tlie  past  week  are  na  follows : 

Flour,  bbl8. .  55,420 1 Pork,  to  bis .  3,829 

WLnot  l.nak  Otn'o/IA  i-  .  , 


Wheat,  bush .  .340,81)0  Beef,  pkgs .  270 

Corn,  bush., -  415,500  Cut  meats,  pkgs. . .  4,620 

Outs,  bush... .  153, 300  banl.  pkga.! .  2,940 

orass  seed,  bush..  1,013  Butter,  pkg* .  23,100 

RaHe?>  *’R8h .  '-S.9U0  Cheese,  pkgs..  ...  19,100 

Mult,  bush.. .  7,200  Irrlnfl  Fruits,  pkgs.  219 

Bean?,  bush .  4,220  Maps,  bills .  12,550 

Corn  meal  bbls....  4,200  Wool,  bale? .  1272 

Cora  meal.  bags...  2,010  Hops, bale*. . .  ...  v.i6 

Cotton,  bales .  12,420  Peanut?,  liana .  1,800 

Rye.  hush .  1.300,  Dressed  Hog*,  No.  — 

«™,nB  aj>d  Pen*,— Exports  of  bean*  past  week, 
Mi  pkgs.  With  more  liberal  supplies,  of  beaus  and 
light  Bab*8  to  the*  horoo  trfidf,  pricing  aro  lower.  Ship- 
per?  offer  with  reserve:  $2.Go  bid  lor  marrowfats, 
lea  are  scarce.  Red  kidney  are  not  wanted  to  any 
extent.  Canada  pea?  nre  scarce.  Green  plus  plenty. 


Oats,  hush .  ... 

Gras?  seed,  buBh.. 

Harley,  hunk . 

Mult,  bush . 

Bean?,  bush,. . 

Corn  meal  bbls.... 
Cora  meal.  bags... 


340,800  Beef, 


lorKoonauu  prime;  Canada  pr 
eyed  Is®8’  bnsh”  W-™®!-'5-  Southern  bluck- 

Beenwitx.— Exports  past  week,  17.820  lbs.  Ship¬ 
pers  have  been  buying  quite  freely  at  Urn  lata  de¬ 
cline.  hales  mostly  nmdo  at  3lk*,87c.  for  Western  and 
South  oro. 

Broom  Com.  -Manufacturers  have  beer,  using 
sufficient  stock  to  create  steady  prices.  Sates  at  6 >4(5 
.c-  for  uur],  5&6c.  for  green,  4@5o.  for  red  Old  is  bet¬ 
ter  quoted— 3c!>4c. 

tnarket  baa  ruled  during  the  entire 
week  at  30c.  for  fine  half  tubs.  This,  though  lowpr 
than  quoted  at  our  last,  is  a  very  satisfactory  figure, 
and  the  present  firmness  is  only  attributable  to  the 
moderated  receipts  ot  State.  New  y'orl.  dairymen 
are  now  packing  in  firkin?  a?  the  color  is  favorable, 
ana  farmers  do  not  agree  upon  the  pr.ee  that  would 
let  buyers  nut  here  Tims  far  we  have  steered  clear 

tfic  &o.  rook  w Mob  was  though t  to  be  hidden  for 
this  part  of  the  month,  but  should  a  strong  drift  of 
Western  set  this  way,  we  may  jefc  grate  upon  lower 
figures.  Western  is  expected  ,ri  good  quantities  this 
week,  gome  ot  on r  old  V,  ostein  receivers,  compar¬ 
ing  late  years’  consignments  with  those  of  old  times, 
say  that  the  day  is  over  for  rushing  supplies  from 
the  45  est.  The  consumption  is  buyer  as  the  steady 
increase  of  population  through  a  hiuvy  addition  of 
emigrant  movement  toward  the  Pacific.  VVn  know 
oi  very  many  Jots  that  u#e<l  to  be  regularly  mnrkcd 
for  this  rnurket  from  so  remote  a  point  a-  lows,  but 
nre  now  marked  tivsta-j/tl,  There  is  a  good  out-of- 


Kales  at  5: 


5@AY 


town  trade  at  full  i>rices.  Pailaare  down  to  30c.;  they 
are  used  only  for  local  Or  very  close  adjacent  con¬ 
sumption.  Poor  grades  of  stoclc  arc  well  worked 
down,  old  being  cone;  bakers  and  the  like  have 
worked  freely  on  white  and  streaked. 

Wo  quote  prime  .state  halt  tubs,  yellow,  28<gi30e. ; 
do.  Welsh  tubs.  27®28c.  Western  ranges  bUBt,  22® 
‘25c. !  poor  do.,  Hi-cISe.  Stale  or  low  grade  State,  20® 
23c.;  ft.  It.  pads,  27tsc30cd  Pennsylvania  store  packed. 
20@36c. 

Cheese.  —  Prlcos  have  decllnod  hero,  In  sympathy 
with  tn o  figures  obtained  at  the  recent  sales  In  the 
interior ;  but  the  concessions  bave  not  beeu  so  sltarp 

s  was  expected.  Kcooipts  have  been  moderate  and 
the  export  inquiry  has  been  brisk  ;  l.Wse.  Is  about  the 
best  price  generally  paid  by  sbippers,  although  ex- 
cepijut  ii  sides  are  at  1 3140.  The  quality  of  ttui  st-nek 
arriving  Ims  beeu  hotter  and  lms  helped  the  market. 

We  quote  new  at  UK  ©  hV.,e.  tor  State  factory, 
good  to  prime;  13  We.  for  fair  lotas  State  dairy,  L3®13Mc ; 
do.  fmr,  good,  lli'<,13Xc-;  do,  half  skimmed,  H®12)4i'.: 
do.  ski  muted,  o®9c.;  old  State  factory,  prime  ami 
fancy.  Ill  ui  lliKc.;  do.  good..  15®  Ido.  j  do.  lair.  14® 
1->C.;  Co.  dairy,  prime,  l|c.[  do.  other,  1(1®  Hie. 
Ohio  factory,  prime,  lUMCillMo.;  do.  other,  9m,  lie.  En¬ 
glish  dairy,  prime,  13!-J®14c. ;  dcr.RDOd,  13c. 

Dried  Fruit**.  —  Exports  of  dried  apples,  past 
week,  llii  bills.  Shipping  grades  of  apple*  have  had 
n  lundc  .ite  sale ;  other  qualities  sell  slowly,  Blin  k, 
berries  have  been  forced  up  to  Sc.  through  specula¬ 
tive  manipulation.  Peaches  very  dull. 

Southern  apples,  Pi,'n\  fur  ordinary  ;  do.,  sliced, 
prime,  italic.;  Western.  5®5kc.;  State,  fii*@l!o.;  do. 
prime  lots  of  Siloed,  0J4C.  I'eelml  poaches  —  Prims 
Georgia  nul  North  Carolina,  1U6C12C.}  ordinary,  4<fr0c, 
Unpe'  led  peaches,  SKr.  for  quarters,  and  3W®ike. 
for  halves.  Plum*  nt  l‘.V«  He.  for  State  and  ll®12c. 
for  Sou  them,  Cherries,  lfi®17e.  for  Sluto  and  South¬ 
ern.  Blackberries,  8c, 

Ksnr*i.  -Receipts  nave  been  unexpectedly  light.,  and 
with  un  increased  inquiry  prices  ure  higher.  Pickier* 
are  using  con  G  <lorablu  slock,  gulps  »(  17A1&C.  for 
Woatern,  1 7.X1  ItjJi'o.  for  State  and  Pennsylvania,  and 
iy@3o  for  Jersey. 

Flour.— Scarcity  of  freight  room  has  been  against 
shipping  business  during  the  last  few  days.  With 
lake  and  canal  navigation  resinned,  and  the  increased 
supplies  which  will  follow,  receivers  have  been  press¬ 
ing  trade  at.  slight  concessions,  the  market  closing 
with  un  unsatlslnetory  tone, 

Superllin?  State . $f.  90®  K  3ft 

Common  extra  do .  7  f  35 

Good  to  choice  do . 7  afi®  7  40 

Fancy  do . 7  15®  8  50 

Suportloe  Michigan.  Indiana.  Ohio,  Iowa...  5  85®  8  30 

Extra  do . 8  85®  7  25 

Choice  extra  do...  — . 7  311®  s  no 

Trade  brands  do.  .  7  3r.®10  50 

Good  to  choice  white  wheat  extras .  H  fflkftlO  50 

Fair  to  very  choice  extra  Minnesota .  7  00®12  50 

Common  to  fair  extra  Ht.  I, mils., . . .  7  50®  9  35 

Good  to  ehOtCC  do  .  9  35®  12  73 

Southern,  common  to  choice .  1;  4(1®  8  50 

Family  do . H  55®11  50 

Rye,  oomioou  to  Hue . 1  5  85 

Com  monl,  Brandywine .  3  3564  3  C5 

Do.  Western .  3  15tio  3  50 

Fresh  Fruiin, — Apples  are  in  only  nonilnul  sup¬ 
ply.  Fine  Russet*  bring  late  advances.  Good  to 
prime,  $3®4.50;  common,  KwiSUSIl.  Strawberries  are 
In  good  supply,  ehlotty  from  Norfolk.  They  to-day 
sold  at.  iflltiviUh;. ;  a  few  fancy  from  Charleston  brought 
50c.  Delaware  nnd  Maryland  ure  expected  to-mor¬ 
row.  Cranberries  are  dull,  thongn. Offered  at  $2.50®) 
per  bbl.,  and  81.25641. 50  per  orate.  The  remnant  of 
I’eun  ■  .  rmer  al  .1  law  I  80  for 
Wilmington ;  »1.2lxiil.7.i  ror  Virginia;  75&iU(lo.  for  Ten¬ 
nessee.  A  lew  small  Southern  watermelons  and 
gooseberries  arc  In  market,  but  unsalable. 

Grain.  For  wheat,  wltli  liberal  receipts  by  rati, 
prlcos  have  again  dellnod,  the  market  closing  firmer, 
with  a  liberal  shipping  huslmms  and  reports  of  u 
break  in  the  Erie  Canal.  Wn  quote  at  ft  I,  MI®1. 118  for 
No.  2  spring  in  .store  ami  utlimf ,  fUia.id.7H  for  No.  I 
do,  hoie,  fl.(Wf  il.7Uiiist  half  Jane,  Sl.80qid.95  fur  win¬ 
ter  red  Western;  0,{l0®2.03  Tor  amber  do,;  81.93642,25 
for  Inferior  to  fancy  white  Western.  1 1 yc  1*  source 
and  held  at  956498.  Com  is  helug  taken  freely  by 
shippers  at  strong  pricy*,  flute*  at,  hi ®»ue,  for  good  to 
choice  new  mixed  West  or  in  02®tidK<!.  for  damn  do.; 
15:31(15 !;e.  tor  new  yellow  do.;  (!7c.  for  Old  mixed  West¬ 
ern  afloat:  87Xc.  for  do.  In  store.  Oils  arc  selling 
freely  at  516363X0.  for  fair  ordinary  to  Choice  mixed 
Western.;  I9®52c,  for  black  do.-,  55®58u.  for  white  do. 

Hay  nnd  -Straw.— Shipping  hay  Is  difficult  to  sell. 
Prime  grades  are  wanted. 


shipping  do., first  quality, 95c,;  do. second, tific.:  clover 
hay,  75®90c.;  rye  Straw,  $1.  106(1.15;  short,  do.,  80@85c.; 
oat  straw,  80®S5o. 

Hop*.  The  warm  weather  of  the  past  few  days 
starts  a  tair  consumptive  trade,  and  the  position  of 
the  market  is  more  oncurnging  to  holders.  Supplies 
ure  moderate  Imre,  and  with  a  continued  fair  demand 
the  trade  here  think  that  a  steadier  range  of  prices 
would  follow. 

We  quote  State  ut  l(k®60c.;  Eastern,  36®45o,;  West¬ 
ern,  s.i  i. tie. ;  old  growth,  1870,  10® lift.;  Bavarian,  40® 
50c.;  English,  ;'JJ®rVio.j  Belgian,  25cij>.'iQe.;  Californian,  45 
@55c. 

Lem  her. -Trade  Is  slow  at  27X®29c.  for  light,  hom- 
loek,  27.X®3Jc,  for  middle,  28®30e.  for  heavy,  24@2BO. 
ror  good  damaged;  eoops  .it  426445c.  for  light  backs. 
41® 44c.  for  middle  bucks,  4U®4Hc,  for  light  sides,  38® 
42c.  lor  middle  sides,  300400.  for  heavy  sides. 

Maple  .Siign  r.— Nice  light  stock  is  sold  up  prompt¬ 
ly.  Dark  Is  neglected.  We  quote  prime,  T(®14e,;  good, 
I2@13e.,  dark,  h- vile,  Sirup,  *1®I.25  tf  gallon. 

Poultry  ami  Game.  Dressed  poultry  is  in  light 
receipt,  but  sales  are  slow  and  prices  are  lower.  Dive 
poultry  scarce,  and  realising  bettor  prices. 

We  quote  live  puqltry  at  Hi'WlSc.  for  prime  N.  J. 
fowls.  15®  18c.  for  Western,  and  1564180.  for  turkey*. 
Geese.  7 1.25®  1.75  tor  Western,  $3®3,25 for  New  .Jersey. 
Ducks— 7iTt‘-®ftl  for  Western  ,  81.36  for  N.  J, 

Game  quotations :  - Wild  pigeons,  unpicked,  doz, 
$1.15.  Wild  ducks,  4S®75c-  for  fancy,  and  20®25o. 
for  common.  Plover,  $1.50  N  do/..  English  snipe, 
per  dozen,  $3;  common,  $1.25®  1.7.;. 

We  quote  dressed  prime  N.  .1.  and  Bucks  Co.  tur- 
keys.ltLi  18c.,  State  and  Western,  poor  to  best,  12®J3c, 
Chickens,  Western,  146618c.;  State  and  near  points, 
18@18c. 

ProvUlon*.—  Pork  has  been  depressed,  with  liber- 


been  pressed  for  rule. 

Beef  ham*  choice  Western,  $29®32;  Texas  prime, 
®25®3U.  Card,  9Xc.  for  Western  steam  on  spot,  Ok c  for 
May,  9Nc.  for  Juue,  UX'c.  for  July,  Long  elcur,  9Xm9c., 
short  elidU'.ytjjiii1 1  v.:  short  rib, Si<{.  Mess  pork,  $10.02 X 
spot  delivery  ;  ftl'I.iUK  May  and  June  ;  We-tern  prime 
mess  nominally  ftlfi.SO0l7.fiU.  Dressed  hogs, city,  7®7S,e. 
Cntineat  i  arc  selling  at  I2®i3e.  fur  ham.*,  loose;  73k 
(i<  8c.  lor  shoulders,  loose ;  8  i-i®  lUMc.  for  pickled  bellies, 
loose.  Boxed  dry-sultod  *boulders,  7?<®79c.  Smoked 
meats  at  13®  11540.  for  loose  hams.  8|f@0p.  for  loose 
snoalders.  Tallow  ttt  8  15-18® 9e.for  prime  stock.  Hoof, 
86Umg  ut  836411.75  for  barreled  new  plain  roe:**,  $12® 
w.jlJ  for  extra  muss.  Tiereed  beef  at  $2S®25  for  new 
India  mes*.  $3A®31  for  now  extra  Imllamess,  and  $21® 
-0  ior  ne)v  prime  mess, 

Tobacco. -Exporters  are  in  the  market  for  West¬ 
ern  loaf  and  seoaleaf,  at  steady  prices.  Receipts  are 
moderate. 

QUOTATIONS— NEW  CHOP. 

T„„  Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grade*. 

£-£8‘ . 1  ®  Tfcc.  7ts®  7Xc. 


.  7  <®  7ko. 

Common  to  medium  leaf.  ?V-s  Skc. 
g.00d  do.  ..  s>j®  10HC. 

Fme  d0i  .  .11  q  12  c, 

Selections . . 12^®  13  0. 


i'm  7>fc. 
7X®  8HC. 

9  ®  12  c. 
12>t6i  13 
13  H®  15 


SEEBLEAP  CHOP  OP  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  fillers . 11  @  14  c. 

secouds . .,..12  ®  25  c. 

wrappers . 40  @  55  c. 

..  „  .  selections . 80  ®  75  c 

New  York  tillers. . ...............10  ®  u  0. 


*v«ouera . ,..10  ®  U  0. 

wrappers  . 18  &  35  0 

assorted  lots .  11  a  U  e 

Pennsylvania  fillers .  13  %  i,  r 

wrappers  . '..'.’.V.Y.'.Z!  &  80  a. 

. .  assorted  lots . is  IS  95  J. 


Ohio  suers.  _  .  .  . J| 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots . 8j<®  9 


Seeds.— CHover  Is  selling  to  the , lobbing  trade  at  8X 
@8\'c.  for  Western,  and  8jf®9c.  for  State.  Timothy 
Is  quiet,  selling  at  $4.80. 

Vegetables. -Exports  Of  potatoes  past  week,  850 
bbls.  Old  potatoes  arc  lower.  We  have  begun  to  re¬ 
ceive  new  from  Charleston.  We  quote : 

Peach  Blows,  $3.26(33. 60  in  bulk  for  State  or  Wes¬ 
tern;  Early  ltom,  $2.3602.50  do..  Prince  Albert,,  $2.50® 
3.00  In  double  head*;  common  potatoes,  $2® 2. 60  In 
hulk.  Bermuda  potatoes, $8.50  per  bbl ;  do.,  toiHHtoen, 
$1  per  box;  do.,  onion*.  $2® 2. no  per  crate.  Norfolk 
green  peas,  $2  per  crate,  $4  per  bbl.  Charleston  pota¬ 
toes,  $3®5  per  bbl.,  as  to  quality.  Asparagus  soils 
rapidly;  Oyster  Bay,  per  bunch,  UOXSTc.!  N.  J.,  1066 
15c.;  Southern,  8® lie. 

Wool*—  A  liberal  business  bus  been  going  On.  with 
the  feature*  of  the  market,  essentially  as  mentioned 
last  week,  Holders  meet  manufacturer*  promptly 
where  price*  are  named  close  up  to  the  late  decline. 
Cutest  sales  are  of  X  and  XX  Ohio  at  50c.:  sconced 
tlococ.s  at  6Jkis75<!.;  Western  fleeces  at.  50o.;  X  Ohio  ttt 
52c.;  domestic  combing  and  delaine  utOOe.;  spring  do. 
at  iitlc.;  fall  do.  nt  2Io.;  scoured  do.  ut  IHMM  incstlza 
nulled  at  82>4c,:  light  imwaahed  at  H3Mc.;  Texa*  nt 
19>4C.;  extra  and  super  at  11®48c,;  Mlchtgiinut  G®  u<\; 
heavy  unwashed  at  30c.;  uumercliantfibln  ttt  370.; 
Mnxtciin  at  17®19c.;  Improved  do.  at  2tM,22c.;  Capo 
at  .(3:,o38e.  We  quotn  New  York  and  Michigan  and 
Win.  fleeces  nt  Ise.  for  XX.  t  ie.  for  X.  43c.  fur  No.  I. 
Ohio  and  Penn,  fleeces,  Me,  for  XX,48c.  for  X,  48c.  for 
No.  1.  Tnd.,Ky.  and  Tenn.,  48c.  for  XX,  48c-  for  X, 
lie.  for  No.  J.  Ill.,  Iowa  and  Minn.,  45c.  for  XX,  44c 
for  X.  I3i .  for  No.  1.  Go.,  .Via..  Miss,  and  La.,  28®3CJo. 
tor  unwnalioil.  I'ulUui  ut  4u®40o.  for  extra,  42® 47  c.  for 
super,  115® 40c.  for  No.  1. 

KOCH  ENTER,  Jluy  ‘J*J.  -Flour  quiet  and  un¬ 
changed.  Wheat  firm  nnd  higher.  Rod  winter.  $1.70 
®  1.85,  and  whlto  $1.90662. 10,  the  hitter  for  very  choice 
old.  Corn,  85c.;  out*,  ;iuc.;  beaus,  $2 60 2.25 ;  butter 
plenty,  nt  286620c.;  Kggs  scarce  and  lc.  higher,  18(217 c. 
per  dozen.  PoUtOu  ;  ee,;lmiered  ,  U|U,le*  1 : 1  ■  •  1 1  * 1 1 
her  bbl.  Clover  seed,  $5.25®5.3().  flay  very  scarce, 
$24®32  F  Pin  for  best.  A  great  acreage  of  potatoes 
has  been  planted  and  less  than  usual  of  corn.  Season 
very  late  and  corn  planting  will  not  he  finished  this 
month. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 


fdTTI.B  FA  libs,  N,  Y.,  May  24,  1873. 

The  market  at  Little  Falls,  for  the  week  ending 
.May  24  was  dull,  the  views  of  holders  being  above 
those  of  buyers.  About  8IX)  boxes  of  farm  dairy 
cheese  were  delivered  and  sold  at  from  9c.  to  18 Yc.; 
the  quality  of  the  bulk,  was  Inferior.  The  offerings 
from  factories  were  large,  and  ubuut  2,500  boxes  wore 
sold.  The  top  price  wn*  15c.,  hut  one  lot  brought  >40. 
more.  Wo  give  the  loading  transactions,  a*  follow*  : 

Newvillo  Association,  15k; e.;  Gratae's  CoruerB,  Fair- 
field  Association,  Hill,  Young,  While  Creek,  15a.; 
Paine’*  Hollow,  Hhe.;  Avery  \  Ivc  ;,  Central  Valley, 
Brackett’s  Hrluge.  Cold  Brook,  Cook  A  Ives,  Knton- 
vllle.  North  Fairfield,  Old  Fairfield,  Fulton,  Herkimer 
Co.  Central,  Klook  A.  Niles,  Laduoville,  l.lttle  Fulls 
Central,  Manheim  Center,  Manhnlni  Turnpike,  Mid* 
dluvtUe,  Mother  Creek.  Zimuierniau  Creek,  Warner 
Cyntor,  Buell's  Bush,  Smith  Creek,  A.  Smith  A  Co., 
Old  Salisbury,  live. ;  Palatine  Union,  1  *?<*•.;  Dairy 
Hill,  Herkimer,  Keys,  Manheim,  Nlc-hols,  Nonvuy 
Association,  Small’s  Bush,  Shell’s  Bush,  UK0.;  Eu¬ 
phrates,  14j*o.;  Stone  Arabia,  13Ko. 

Rutter  this  week  was  of  light  delivery,  and  sains 
were  fri  on  22o.  to  27e. 

Our  advices  from  abroad  aro  to  tins  first  of  May. 
Our  Ldndon  correspondent  says  there  is  a  slight  de¬ 
cline  on  all  sorts  of  medium  cheese,  and  really  lino  Is 
very  m  car  Co.  At  Liverpool  the  murkut  was  cxoltCd, 
uml  stoek*  cleared  at  2*.  advttDood.  Aroericau  extra 
tine  I*  quoted  at.  726674s, ;  lino,  88®70s. ;  good.  KluaHHs. 
The  other  descriptions  of  cheese  sell  as  follows; 
English  Cheddar,  78® 90s. ;  Wiltshire  double,  7I®82«. ; 
Cheshire  medium,  (kVljiTfis.  i  flue,  Scotch,  786s, 

82s.  Dutch  oiiec'sc  -Edunia,  806671s.,  liondaii,  80®7(M.; 
Derby  *lmpu,  HU®74s. 

In  butter,  the  supplies  continue  under  consump¬ 
tion.  Corks,  14f®l4Cs.;  Dorsels,  140s.;  Normandy  ex¬ 
tra,  138*.;  Canadian,  50661 10s. 

Tie ■  weather  In  Herkimer  Oil  Inst  week,  and  up  to 
tlin  10th,  wn*  cold,  with  raw  winds,  and  grass  very 
backward.  Many  farmers  are  out  of  hay,  and  have 
turned  the  herds  out  to  pasture. 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

Niew  Yortic,  May  24,  1873. 

Ilceven.— Trade  In  horned  cattle  on  last  Wednes¬ 
day  forenoon  was  fair.  The  fresh  cattle  to  hand 
wore  all  Sold  off;  jrrteo*,  ll(>il2e.  18  0).)  quality  fair, 
with  a  few  good  steers ;  weights,  litfaSW  ewt.,  gener¬ 
ally  on  57  lbs.  to  the  cw t.  Un  Thursday  forenoon 
trade  continued  firm,  11  ad  again  on  Friday  there  wil* 
hu  decline  in  rate*.  The  quality  of  the  cuttle  was 
generally  coarse  but.  fat ;  extreme  range,  common  to 
sood.  On  both  forenoons  prices  ranged  lOK&lHc.; 
weights,  CG.xo;  owi..  on  58®.>*  lbs  to  tno  cwi.  The 
fresh  lots  to  hand  were  not  all  cleared  ofl,  as  the  sup¬ 
ply  was  rather  more  than  the  market  could  carry. 
During  the  week  past  Illinois  steer*  sold  lit  Ihal.'Jc.; 
weights,  cwt.  Tennessee  sroers,  coarse  quality, 
12c.;  weight,  iX  cwt.  Rough  Indiana  steers.  llfoHSe,; 
weight,  7  cwt.  Ohio  steers,  common  la  fair,  1 1  Vt 
12MC.J  weight,  7J4  ewt,.  Missouri  steers,  course  and 
rut,  ll!<®f214c.;  weight ,7.'^  ewt..  Texan  steers, grazed 
east  of  tho  Mississippi,  Uiij®Uu.;  weights,  6®8\  cwt. 

Milch  Cows* — On  Wednesday  last  four  car  loads 
«f  fresh  cow*  came  to  bund,  and  were  slowly  forced 
off  at  $35® l« I  per  head,  general  sales;  tops,  $70®85. 
Trade  was  slow  on  Thursdiiy  and  Friday,  with  prlee* 
at  $306672.  The  general  quality  Of  the  milch  cow*  to 
hand  Is  Inferior  to  wluit  our  city  trade  demands; 
therefore  *uln#  are  glow  at  low  rate*.  All  poor  qua) 
Ity  cows  were  sold  with  thu)r  calve*. 

Veals.— In  the  early  part  of  tho  past  week  irtnio  in 
veals  wa*  brisk,  and  It  held  fair  to  the  alone.  Prlcos 
varied  according  to  quality,  a*  the  demand  wns  firm. 
Fair  quality  veals  mild  at  0669c.;  the  best  to  hand  at 
9>»®10c.  State  calves,  average  131  lbs.,  8J<e.;  do., 
average  130  lbs.,  10c.  Jersey  calves,  average  145  lbs,, 
9>io.;  do.,  average  145  lbs.,  quality  smooth,  10c. 

Sheep  anil  I  hi  mb*. -On  Wednesday  last  trade  In 
sheep  opened  null.  fTices  ranged  at  with 

spring  lambs  at  10®  Ho.  There  waa  an  Improvement 
lu  trade  in  sheep  on  Thursday  forenoon,  which  held 
firm  on  Friday,  prices  at  6;*'®9(s.  A II  the  lots  to  hand 
are  shorn.  Thursday  and  Friday  forenoon*  spring 
lambs  sold  at  Wk®15c.  Special  aalea  a*  follow* ; 
Ohio  sheep,  average  85  lbs., oX@Ch'c.;  do.,  92  it*.,  fi^c.; 
do.,  101  Its.,  So.;  Virginia  lamb*,  average,  49  It*,,  sold 
In  largo  lots  at  12>4® I5q.;  Htutn  lambs,  average  II  its.. 
I3c-i  Jersey  lambs,  average,  57  its.,  140611  Me. 

PiwiiM*.— Trade  in  live  hogs  last  Wednesday  foro- 


iShcep  nntl  Lambs.— There  was  rather  a  heavy 
run  of  sheep  on  this  forenoon,  of  a  coarse  quality. 
Woolly  sbeep  sold  at  8,*<C.;  shorn  do,,  CcalHYe.;  spring 
lambs,  11c. 

Hog*. — Live  hogs  were  worth  5M@5Yc.,  and  lots 
wore  held  for  an  advance.  City  dressed  not  quoted 
at  noon. 

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688 

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73 

2,108 

8,393 

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749 

6,678 

8,896 

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|  Wee  haw  ken . 

..  828 

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1  Totals  this  week... 

..8,98! 

75 

3,535 

18,382 

“  last  week... 

...9,411 

82 

2,713 

17,543 

COMPARATIVE  RATES. 

Last  week. 


This  week. 


Cent*. 

C 

on  1.3. 

Good  Steers  V  it . 

. 12B 

i  (a) 

13 

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!  M 

14 

F’air . 

. 11)4 

12 

11 M 

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13 

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11 

10 

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11 

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. 9 

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8 

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Gen.  selling  rates . 

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12K 

SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


forenoon  live  hogs  were  worth  $3.t7M66fi.58Mc  V  cwt.; 
sales  few.  City-dressed,  HM667}.fu.  Tun  market  wjs 
the  same  on  Friday  forenoon. 

Hornes  Mar  Lei.— There  has  been  a  forced  ac¬ 
tivity  in  the  city  trade,  affected  by  auction  sales 
during  the  uaat  week,  Sales  a*  follows :  9  head  of 
ordinary  light  harm;**  horse*,  $1028J27I)  V  head;  7  of 
same  quality,  $100®  195;  8  of  poor  quality,  8*5.1.100;  I  ft 
of  fair  quality,  ftlifekiUOZ,  Three  pairs  sold  at  $11)0® 200 
F  head;  3  pairs  ordinary  quality,  $1006648 ■>  V  pair;  2 
pair  same  quality,  $210®3qj;  1  pair  fair  quality,  $7(jti ; 
one  Brougham  horse,  $325;  quality  coarse:  1  saddle, 
horse.  $240.  Ninety-five  horses  arrived  per  Erie  Rail¬ 
way  via  Oak  Cliff  Station ;  498  per  Central  New  Jersey 
vir  Liberty  street  ferry. 


Monday's  8ale*.— Beeves— ' Trade  In  good  qual¬ 
ity.  Beeves  was  fair  on  this  forenoon,  whilst  poor 
and  course  steers  were  slow  .  most  of  the  lots  to  hand 
were  cleared  off  by  noon  ;  prices  ranged  from  10®Hc. 
ft  It.,  weight  from  5  to  9  cwt.,  on  .156680  Its.  to  the 
cwt.,  uet ;  quality  was  generally  rather  coarse,  with 
a  choice  top. 

Milcli  Cowa.— ' These  animals  still  continue  to  ar¬ 
rive  of  Inferior  quality,  and  trade  lu  them  is  slow. 
Prices  ranged  from  $586482  ¥  head. 


482  $  head. 


Tlir  Beat  Elastic  Truss,  withuat  metal  springs, 
1*  Pom bboy'm  Elastic  Hi  pti  hi;  Bei.t,  patented  In 
1871  and  1873.  No  one  should  buy  un  Elastic  Truss 
without  first  writing  to  Messrs.  POMlliftOY  A  CO., 
744  Broadway,  New  York,  for  full  particulars. 
Pomeroy's  Trusses  are  the  best  in  the  world. 

$cw  ArtveYti,o'cmcnt,o'. 

IF  YOU  WANT  TO  PURCHASE  ANV- 

I  thing  In  the  Mechanical  Line,  no  matter  whal  It 
1h,  uddress,  for  particulars,  N.  Y.  SUPPLY  CO.  anii 
MANUF’ltS  AGENTS,  178  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

DK.  DIO  LEW  IS  bus  opened  11  line  "CURE," 
on  Beacon  Hill,  Boston.  80ml  for  Circular. 

WANTED.— A  FARMER,  In  Every  Town. 

as  agent  for  the  4(ollina  Steel  Plows.  For 
terms,  &c.,  address  COLLINS  A  CO., 

212  Water  8t„  Now  York. 

HOVEL  IMVENTIONsl 

BEEBE’S  FERTILIZER, 

Bleacher  and  Other  Matters. 

This  Frrt l/i-rcr  is  couiponcd  ol  t  he  gases,  Ac.,  of  coal 
of  all  sorts,  having  carbon,  with  cokes,  combined  or 
otherwise;.  1  claim  tbo  process  of  extracting  from 
any  kind  of  coal  or  coke,  gases,  &c,,  by  (lie  use  of 
bout  or  calcination,  aud  grinding  and  placing  the 
coal  in  water,  where  the  gases  will  escape  and  bo 
held  with  the  oxygen  Of  the  wilier.  The  ro/o*  lire 
used  without  calcination.  'Phis  ifqqii/  I*  spread  over 
tho  land  and  every  kina  of  growing  crop  having  a 
root  In  the  soli.  I  ulso  sow  the  ground  coal  and  coke, 
or  olLlier  of  them,  over  the  lanit,  crop*,  &o.,  aud  put 
them  Into  the  bill  or  drill  with  the  seed,  Vnal  being 
u  vegetable  formation,  contains  about  110  per  cent,  ol 
curbon,  which  I*  tho  only  element  or  resource  left  ns 
for  restoring  vegetation,  Jcc. 

I  also  use  this  liquid  as  a  coil  alkali  for  various 
purpose*,  in  luun  u/'icl  'i riiui  uml  ii./proi’iaq  goods  apd 
fibers  of  every  diMtirlptiOii,  Including  soap*,  tanning 
hid n  und  curing  akimt,  nnd  Improving  and  making 
water-tight  all  kind*  of  leather. 

J  have  for  some  time  past,  manufactured,  used  und 
disposed  or  the  products  of  all  the  vurlctle*  of  cul- 
Oinwl  oiml*  smJ  cokes  above  named,  In  both  liquid 
und  dry  Condition*,  as  a  cleunser  anil  bleiieher  or  all 
Oleaginous  and  fully  mutter,  gum*,  Ac.,  from  wool, 
furs  and  qvcrv  other  fiber,  and  restoring  btttJBfid  COt  - 
ton  good  q  threads,  twines,  cordage,  Ac.,  cleaning  till 
cloths,  nnd  preparing  and  cleansing  all  cloths  lor  re¬ 
ceiving  dyes;  also  lor  removing  harks,  Ac.,  from 
hemp,  llax,  Ac.,  in  the  stalk  ;  and  also  tor  ranking 
pupur  stronger,  whiter  ami  without  odor,  and  In  the 
manufacture  of  parchment;  also  for  deodorizing 
rubber,  gutta  perchn  nnd  all  gums;  and  for  im¬ 
proving  all  glove  material  and  gloves,  anti  coloring 
and  utrenetnening  the  same;  also  for  Improving 
metals,  cast  or  wrought,  or  manufactured  into  ary 
article,  and  all  bright  and  polished  surfaces—  tele¬ 
graph  und  all  service  wires,  Plano  and  all  musical 
wires,  and  giving  luster  and  polish  to  the  same  ;  spin¬ 
dle*,  machinery.  Ac.,  Including  Iron  building*,  rails 
and  rolling  stock.  In  u  stcauiNhlps  or  vessels,  arms 
and  armaments,  engine*,  hollers,  Ac.,  by  closing  and 
cnating  the  surface*  with  this  absolutely  Indestruct¬ 
ible  compound,  preventing  nlst  and  oxidation  ;  ulso 
for  converting  Iron,  through  this  Inexpensive  pro¬ 
ve-*,  into  steel .  1 1  also  draw*  the  sap*  and  closes  t  ho 
Surface#  of  all  finished  wood*,  carpentry,  timber,  Ac., 
and  the  enriching  and  staining  of  any  of  such  wood*: 
also  hardening,  smoothing,  marhlclziiig  all  plastereo 
wails,  through  combination,  with  or  without,  coloring 
mutter;  cleansing  and  improving  all  stone  mid  brick 
surface*,  by  combining,  filling  and  milking  smooth 
and  Imlci-truetlblo  surfaces,  thus  protecting  them 
from  the  weather;  and  for  apply  lug  the  above  pro¬ 
cess  to  all  works  In  marble  ami  stone,  snob  o*  sculp 
’  tore,  Ac.,  and  removing  stain*  from  painted  irou,  ctu. 
A*  to  the  fertilizing  properties  of  the  cokes  or 
coal.*,  above  refurred  to,  It  would  be  a  simple  wily  of 
testing  their  Immense  value,  by  using  or  spreading 
on  an  uore  of  common  lam)  about  two  tons  or  less  or 
ground  cokes,  or  one  ton  or  las*  of  the  prepared  coal, 
or  about  two  tons  or  loss  of  tbe  prepared  lino  coal, 
with  deep  plowing,  for  producing  a  large  crop  of  im¬ 
proved  tobacco,  hemp,  Uax,  or  any  other  staple  or 
crop  for  two  or  three  years;  or  It  maybe  spread  In 
liquid  form  (in  quantities  of  60  lbs.  to  the  barrel, 
which  can  be  refilled  four  or  five  times  and  retain  it* 
properties,)  with  a  street  sprinkling  appurutii*,  once 
or  twice  a  week,  for  two  or  three  weeks,  for  the  pro¬ 
duction  of  two  crops  of  hay  unnutiily. 

1  have  made  use  of  these  compound*  for  both  mak¬ 
ing  and  fixing  dye*  forgoods,  etc.,  and  ulso  In  making 
cloths  and  all  substance*  Impervious  to  water,  and 
in  adding  luster,  yuu!  irdu,  to  the  surface  of  al  I  ninths, 
by  sponging  or  otlierwlsu;  ulso  fur  glazing,  whiten¬ 
ing  or  coloring  all  porcelains,  and  lu  the  maim  factum 
of  the  a  bore  ware,  stone  ware,  pottery,  etc.,  etc. 

The  soaps  made  by  this  compound  nave  bleaching 
qualities  that  strengthen  fiber  instead  of  Injuring  It, 
and  grem  healing  qualities  for  barber*  and  toilet  use; 
also  choice  preparations  of  “■  CrusM  I'uul  imo  r," 
(trade-mark  name,)  carefully  prepared  for  ladles’ 
use.  Its  whitening  aud  purifying  effect*  ui>on  the 
skin  aud  flue  toilet  properties  aro  attainable  In  no 
other  way  but  through  thl*  process. 

Parties  wishing  to  lonso  or  secure  rights  for  uny  or 
oil  of  these  Inventions,  or  form  companies  for  them, 
will  please  address  me  for  particular*.  1  claim  to  be 
the  Inventor  of  the  above,  under  the  Patent  Laws, 
and  I  have  made  successful  experiments  therewith. 

A  LVA  II  BEEBE, 

59  <&£  III  Liberty  St.,  New  York. 


RURAL  AND  OTHER  GOOD  BOOKS, 

For  sale  at  the  RURAL  Nkw-Youickr  Office,  No.  6 
Bookman  8t..  New  York,  or  sent  by  mail,  post¬ 
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Willard'*  Practical  Dairy  fluitlmnilry 
(just  n»urdj .  . S3  00 

Allen  #  (L.  F.)  American  Cuttle .  2  00 

Do.  Now  American  Farm  Book .  2  50 

Do.  Diseases  of  Domestic  Animal* .  1  UO 

Do.  Rural  ArchUecturu .  1  50 

‘nil  'J’uni'i  m'zu:  American  Bird  Pannier.. .  30 

(5)  (Mul  u'nm  American  Pomology  (21KJ  Illustration*)  Warder..  8  00 

^uuu  eoo  American  Practical  Cookery .  1  75 

1535  10  "4V>  35000  American  Rose  Ciiltui  1st .  30 

>71?  W513  ul'bJl  American  Standard  of  Excellence  In  Poultry..  50 

.,(i,i  ii.Md  American  Wheat  Guitarist  (Tofid l .  2  0<i 

(TE3.  A  roll  1  lecture,  National  (Geo.  1C.  Woodward) . 12  00 

Atwood’s  Country  and  Suburban  Huusn* .  1  50 

week.  This  week.  Barry’s  Fruit  Garden  (new  edition) .  2  60 

.Cents,  Bee  KnqpcrV  Toxt  Book,  Paper.  4Ue.;  Cloth .  76 

®  l(>  12 1£  W  11  Uemcut  s  Rabbit  funnier .  30 

®  12  UJf  <3*  12  Btcknell'*  Village  Builder  (55  Plates,  showing 

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®  .?>*  8  ©  9)4  Horan, er  a  Method  of  Making  Manures .  25 

@  11)1  11  ®  12)4  Hreck’s  Book  Of  Flower*  (new) .  1  75 

.  .  ...  Rridgmuun’*  <1  iirdener'*  Assistant .  2  50 

-  Bulst's  Family  H'Ucheu  Gurdoner .  100 

LlUXiiS,  Carpentry  Made  S:,»y  (now) . .  6  00 

Chemistry  of  the  Farm  (NlollOlS) .  I  25 

Chnrlton's  Grape  1 1  rower's  Guide .  76 

.  .  ,  .  Cider  Maker’*  Si  annul . . .  150 

Jiuut  metal  springs,  Plater's  New  Til.  rau.le  Doctor,  colored  plates...  8  00 

14  Belt,  patented  In  Ootrbctt’#  Aniorleun  Gardener .  75 

v>m  FI  iHlin  TniM*  Cole's  American  Fruit  Book .  75 

lyan  Elastic  iiu*s  (*()lo'»  American  Vetorlnm  lun.  75 

POM  Hi  ROY  A  CO.,  Cotton  Cultaro  (Lyman  e,! .  ] ! ! !  I ! ! ! ! !  ] ! !  i ! ! ! ! ! ! !  1  50 

particulars.  Crack  Shot  (Barber) .  j  75 

uml  in  fill-  wnrlil  Cra!jbwiy  Culture  (.1.  J.  White) .  1  25 

ant  m  lilt  "OH".  Dadd’s  Anietlcnn  Cattle  Doctor .  j  50 

1  .  Do  Modern  liorse  Doctor . . .  j  50 

Dane  s  Muck  Manual . .  . . *!!”!"!!  1  25 

)HL*Ut,0i.  Darwin’s  Variations  of  Animals  and  Plant* .  C  00 

Dead  Shot;  or.  floorlnutn’s  Complete  Guide .  1  76 

Downing’s  Bruit*  nnd  Fruit. Trteyof  Amorim, 

K4  IIASE  ANY-  Do  Ulum  KasaVs  . 

’aupPLY  cohANn  Drainage  for  Froflt  nnd  lieiil’thl .  .['.'.‘.'.'.'.'.‘.V. }  50 

ivavNiwv  Yorkcitv  [>ver  ami  Color  Jlaker's  Companion .  1  26 

lorncay.  Mastwoud  s  Cranberry  Culture  75 

.  . .  .  Elliot's  Lawn  and  Shade  Tree* . . )  I  60 

sd  a  lino  (URE,  Everybody’s  Lawyer . .  2  m 

id  for  circular.  Every  W ,  ,Tuau  Her  Own  Flower  Gardener  (now)', 

„  *  paper,  50c.:  cloth .  100 

In  Every  l  avvii.  Farm  Drainage  III.  F.  French) .  150 

'.'.VV  1  k  "r  K?r,'V,  and  MttOhlncry  (J.  .1 .  Thomas)  1  50 

(GULINS  A  CtJ.,  I'  leld  #  Pear  Culture .  126 

,erSt.,  Now  York.  Fishing  In  American  Water*  (Scott) . 3  60 

-  Flint  on  Grasses .  2  50 

rmillft  l>0.  Milch  Cows  and  Dairy  Farming . .  2  60 

I  I U  N  O  ■  Forest  True*  1  Hrvant ) .  1  60 

Frank  Forrester’s  Field  Sport*  (2  vola.) .  Ii  00 

r  1 1  iwf  n  P"-  •’I*"  and  Fishing  (100  engrnvlugs) .  6  00 

11  I  /  *■  K  po-  Manita!  for  ^  dung  Sportsmen .  8  00 

I  0a.IAiL.B3a.  Fuller's  Illuslratjpd  Strawberry  Culturlst .  20 

7  Do.  Forest  Tren  Unltbrlst . .  1  60 

if  IVT a  Hnvci  Do.  Small  Fruits  (Illustrated) . 1  60 

,L  JLUdttUa,  1*  niton  <  Peach  Cullaic.  A  Hand-Book  nnd 

-  ,  Guide  to  Every  Planter  .  .  1  50 

Gatdeulng  for  Profit  1  P.  lien, lemon).',' i  60 

Gardening  for  the  Sout.li  (VVliitu’*) . .  2  00 

C.rupe  CuRurlst  I  A-  S  Fuller) . . .  I  50 

Cray's  Manual  of  Botany  and  Lessons .  3  DO 

Du.  School  and  Field  Rook  of  Botany .  2  60 

Do.  How  Hunt#  Grow  (500  Illustrations) .  112 

Do.  Introduction  to  Htruclurul  ami  Systematlo 
Botauv  and  Vegetable  Physiology  (1,300  Ulus.).  3  50 

Unnnnn  on  Milch  Cows .  .  75 

Dun,  Rod  and  Saddle . . . 1  50 

Harney's  Barns,  Outbuildings  uml  Fence*,.. 10  00 

Harris  on  Insect*.  . . . .  4  00 

pn.  on  the  Pig  Breeding,  Management,  Aa.....  i  50 

Ilatueld  *  American  Hou*n  Carpenter .  3  60 

Hints  to  Horse  Keeper*  (Herbert's) .  1  76 

lilfffi  Farming  without  Manure .  35 

Holly’s  An  of  fluw-FIIIng .  75 

Holly’s  Carpenter's  Hand  Book  (new) . 7b 

Uoopnr’*  Dog  and  Gun . 30 

1 1  oope*’  Book  of  Evergreens .  8  00 

Hon  Culture .  40 

How  Crops  feed . . . 2  00 

How  Crop*  Grow .  2  00 

Hunter  and  Trapper .  '  y  00 

Hustmvnn'*  Grapes  and  Wine . ",  150 

Indian  Corn  ;  It*  Vain.-.,  Culture  and  Uses .  1  50 

Jennings  on  Cuttle  uml  their  Diseases .  1  76 

Do.  Horse  and  III*  Diseases .  1  75 

Do.  Horse  Training  Made  Easy..,..., . .  1  25 

Do.  Sheep,  Swine  and  Poultry,, ,  . .  1  75 

Johnston's  Agricultural  Chemistry .  1  75 

Do.  Elements  Agricultural  Chemistry .  1  50 

Kemp's  Landscape  Gardening .  ,  2  60 

Langstroth  on  the  Hive  and  Honey  Bee .  2  00 

Lewi*'  American  Hpurlsiuan . . .  2  75 

Lightning  Hods,  and  How  to  Construct  Them, 

by  John  Phut .  . . . .  ..  26 

Manual  on  a  lax  and  Hemp  Culture . .  26 

Manual  of  Tohnceo  Culture .  25 

Mason'*  Farrier  and  Stud  Book .  . j  jo 

Mayliew's  illustrated  Horse  Management ,,,,,,,  8  uo 

Do.  Illustrated  Horxo  Doctor . .  3  00 

Mechanic's  Com  pan  ion  (Nicholson) . "  3  00 

moduli! M  S  (or  Millwrights,  Machinists  and  others  1  50 

Mile*  on  Horse  s  F00L  (cloth) .  75 

Modern  Cookery  (by  Mis*  Acton  and  Mr*.  8.  J. 

Hale).,, . .  1  75 

McClure's  Diseases  of  Horse,  Cattle  and  Sheep.  2  U0 

Money  in  the  Garden,  by  P,  T.  oulnn .  t  50 

Noril*'  Fish  Culture .  1  75 

Norton’s  Elements  Scientific  Agriculture. .  76 

Onion  Culiuro . . .  . . "  yq 

Our  Furm  ot  Four  Acres  . .  .  30 

Pardee  on  Btrawben-v  Culture . ! .  75 

Parsons  on  the  Rose .  X  25 

Pear  Culture  lor  Profit  (1\  T.  Quinn) . 1  00 

Pedder's  Lund  Measure  . .  .  ..  '  tui 


Veals.— Trade  slow;  quality  mean;  prices  from 
7H®8Xc.  %(  tt.,  with  a  few  at  9)48. 


J?tcn*U  and  poultry. 

/niSU  UED'DABK  BKAIIH AN. 

Eggs  this  season  for  sale.  $8  per  doz.  C.  CA  R- 
ROLC  LOHING,  Boston,  or  Dcdharn,  Muss.  First 
Importer  and  breeder. 

eggs  for  Hatching. 

From  Light  Brahmas,  Buff  nn'l  Partridge  Cochins. 
Inclose  stump  for  Circular.  S.  MERRY,  Illon,  N.  Y. 

IjiaCJS  FOR  HATCUrNG.-I  will  now  hook  or- 
J  li  dors  for  eggs  from  my  well  known  strains  of  Fan¬ 
cy  Poultry,  including  over  20  varieties  nt  Fowls  and 
Ducks,  to  be  shipped  as  soon  a#  tho  weather  will  per¬ 
mit.  incloMc  stamp,  and  write  for  what  you  want  to 
C.  N.  BROWN  Unadilla  Forks,  Otsego  Co.  N.  Y. 


Practical  and  Sclenliflo  Fruit  Culture  (Baker)..,  4  00 

Practical  Floriculture  (P.  Henderson) .  1  50 

1  Tactical  Poultry  Keeper  jl,.  Wright) .  2  00 

Practical  Hliephcrd  (Randall)  .  ..  2  00 

Oiiiuby's  Mysteries  or  Bee  Keeping . 1  50 

Qulnoy  on  Bolling  Cattle .  .  1  26 

Randall's  Fine  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry. . . !  1  00 

Do,  flheup  Husbandry  I11  the  South .  1  50 

Richardson  on  Die  Dog,. . . . . .  30 

Saunders-  Domestic  Poultry . 40 

Bchnnck’s  Gardeners’  ’Text-Book  . . 75 

rcribner’s  Produce  Tuhlu* .  30 

Do.  Ready  Reckoner  and  Lug  Rimk .  30 

SImubou'M  Horan  Portraiture  —  Breeding,  Rear¬ 
ing  und  'Training  Trotters .  2  60 

fltx  Hundred  Recipes .  I  75 

Skeleton  Leaves .  2  00 

Skillful  Housewife .  75 

Slack’*  'Trout  Culture  (now).,, . .  1  50 

Stewart's  (John)  Stable  Book . . .  1  50 

Tegijtmeler’s  Poultry  Book  (colored  plutes) .  9  00 

Tegetmoler's  Pigeon  Book  (oolored  plate*) .  6  00 

Ten  Acres  Enough . . . .  j  50 

The  Boston  Machinist  (F  Itzgeruld) . .  75 

'The  Dog  (by  Dinks,  Mayhew  and  Hutchinson).  ,  3  00 

The  Dog  (new) . . . .  2  50 

The  Horse  iStonehengc),  8vo.,  822  po .  3  50 

Thu  Mule  (Riley)— A  Treatise  on  the  Breeding, 
'Training  and  use*  to  which  he  may  be  put.  .  1  50 

'The  People’s  Practical  Poultry  Book. .  1  50 

Thomas’  Am.  F  run  t  iilturist  (480  Illustrations) .  3  00 

Tranooi  s  Guide  (Ncivliouse) . . .  2  DO 

Trout  Culltirn  (Seth  Green) . . . .  I  99 

Trowhmlge'*  (Mrs.  Laura)  Excelsior  Cook  Book 

and  Housekeeper’*  Aid . .  . .  125 

Warder’s  Hedges  and  Evergreens . .  ]  50 

Waring’*  Element*  of  Agrieulturn . .  1  uo 

Watson’*  American  Home  Garden .  2  00 

Wax  Flowers,  and  How  to  Make  Them .  2  00 

Western  Fruit  Grower*'  Guide  (Elliott) .  1  50 

Wheeler  s  Home*  for  the  People .  3  90 

Do.  Rural  Home* . . ..'  3  00 

Window  Gardening  (IT.  T.  Williams) . ”!  1  50 

Woodruff’s 'Trotting  Horse  of  America .  2  25 

Woodward'*  Graperies  and  Uort’l  Buildings  ....  1  50 

Do.  Country  Homes .  160 

Do.  Cottages  aud  Farm  Houses .  (  60 

Do.  Suburban  anil  Country  Houses .  1  60 

Youai.t  uml  Spooner  on  the  Horae .  1  60 

Yoiiattand  Martin  on  Cattle .  150 

Youalt  and  Martin  on  the  Hog. ...(.. .  j  00 

Youatt  on  Sheep.  .  .  1  00 

Youman’s  Hand-Book  of  Household  Science....  1  75 
Address  all  order*  to 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  5  Beekman  St.,  New  York. 

f3T  Any  Books-  desired,  not  burned  In  this  Uet 
will  be  furbished  on  receipt  of  price. 


#mplrmcnt$  anti  Machinery 


implements  anti  Hitachi nevy 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


THE  WESTINGHOUSE 

Threshing  Machines 

and  Horse  Powers 

ARE  NOT  EQUALED  BY  ANY  IN  THE  MARKET. 


Father  Hvaclnthe  has  a  son  and  heir. 

Geiuut  Smith  bus  given  $1,000  to  free  Cuba. 

Fou  striking  Jay  Gould,  Mr.  Marrin  was  llued 
$.'200. 

Miss  Fa  ith  full's  novel  is  a  reprint  of  an  old 
work. 

The  late  Chief  Justice  was  married  three 
times. 

Prof.  Agassiz  lias  been  presented  with  a 
yacht. 

Senator  Sumner’s  health  is  greatly  im¬ 
proved. 

ilARON  Liebig  will  have  a  monument  in 
Munich. 

Judge  Pikj< report  has  declined  the  mission 

to  Russia. 

Edward  Eggleston  is  to  have  $5,000  for  a 
new  story. 

Henry  A.  Wise  proposes  to  run  for  Governor 
of  Virginia. 

Speaker  Jas.  G.  Blaine  has  gone  to  the 

Pacific  coast. 

Caleb  Cushing  is  talked  of  as  the  coming 
Chief  Justice. 

IloscOK  <  Tinkling  is  thought  to  be  the  com¬ 
ing  Chief  Justice. 

Emily  Faithfull  will  publish  a  book  about 
America  in  the  fall. 

Euastus  Comm n«  of  Albany  w  ill  spend  $50,000 
on  liis  honeymoon  trip. 

The  Tribune  says  Gen.  Van  Ruren  is  a  man 
incapable  of  dishonesty. 


We  make  4,  M  and  10-Horse  Lever  Powers  ;  2  and 
Horse  Tread  Power*,  ami  Threshers  for  Steam 
an  v  kind  of  horse  power*.  A  Iso.  our  Improved  Col 
biried  Clover  and  Grain  Thresher. 

SEND  FOR  CIRCULARS. 

Address  G.  WEST  IN  CHOUSE  A:  CO., 
Sclicn ntudy,  N.  Y 


There  is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  Is  no  machine  that  possesses 
one- hair  the  niislitiie*  which  uro  so  ubsolntlty 
necessary  for  family  use  ns  the 

Bickford's  Improved. 

Its  simplicity  and  ease  of  management.,  together 
•with  It*  capacity  fordoing  the  great  i  nnge  of  work, 
and  it*  trilling  cost,  makes  it «  matter  of  economy 
for  every  funilly  tc  have  one.  and  will  ultimately 
bring  It  Into  a*  general  n*n  u»  the  Sewing  Machine. 
The  practical  utility  "f  the  muc-hinc  only  needs  to 
be  demonstrated  to  Che  people  to  produce  nn  un¬ 
limited  demand. 

Many  Sewing  Machine  Agent*,  finding  the  In¬ 
crease  of  competition  nnd  the  difliculty  of  Belling 
higli-prlccd  machines  to  militate  against  a  tlour- 
tshlng  business,  arc  taking  held  of  the 


THE  ZING  COLLAR 

fcj£  •  '  ;*"o  PA  II  t*  guaranteed  to  cure 

Ti  *  •‘‘l  H worst  euMS  of  raw  and 

qLVy  -  4* MAI  inflamed  neck  in  I'm  Buys, 

mL  .  't  V  V 1  ]j  flint  vni'  h  the  Horse  coevuday; 
NE.V  ‘  V.-srcA-  /  '//  and  will  not  chafe  or  wear 

6  - _ •'.v  the  jnune.  For  nab*  by  Sad  - 

itlery  Hurd  ware  Dealers  and 
^  Harness  Maker*.  Manufae- 

tureil  by  the  ZINC  CO  Li  .All  FAD  CO.,  Buchanan, 
Mich.  Information  furnished  on  application. 

This  Company  1*  In  possession  of  hundreds  of  relia¬ 
ble  testimonials  from  Farmers,  Lumbermen,  I  cani¬ 
sters,  Dealers  and  other*,  fully  endorsl  ng  all  we  claim 
for  the  Zinc  Pad.  We  annex  the  following  notiee  : 

Cukkv,  Pa.,  Feb.  12,  1872. 

Geo.  II.  Richards,  Supt.  Zinc  Collar  Pad  Co.,  Bu¬ 
chanan,  Mich.: 

Dkak  Silt Vnur  Zinc  Collar  Fad*  have  given  en- 
tire  satisfaction,  and  the  demand  Is  steadily  Increas¬ 
ing.  I  think  they  are  the  best  Collar  Fad  yet  invent¬ 
ed.  I  expect  to  want  •  $1,000)  one  thousand  dollars 
worth  of  them  per  mouth  the  coming  season. 

Respectfully  yours,  H.  <  •  Maxwell, 
Dealer  In  Saddlery  Hardware. 


publications 


BBCKFORD 


Clarke’s  Dollar  Instructor, 

For  Reed  Organs. 

Clarke’s  Dollar  Instructor, 

For  Piano-Forte. 

Clarke’s  Dollar  Instructor, 

For  Violin. 

Three  verv  attractive  and  useful  Instruction  books ; 
designed  for  those  who  wish  to  take  a  partial  and 
easy  curse  !  Full  of  bright,  popular  music  for  prac¬ 
tice,  the  first  two  containing  each  nearly  70  tunes, 
and  the  last  t'iJ  tunes,  beside  exercises. 


and  meeting  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer¬ 
chants,  finding  in  Dana  Bickford's  Invention  a 
cheap,  simple  and  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
find  It  profitable  to  ptirchuso  and  keep  oil  sale. 
The  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  does 
not  require  the  "  eternal  vigilance’’  to  sell  this 
machine  a*  in  the  case  of  sew  ing  machines. 

Agrul*  Wanlnl  Everywhere.  Good,  Smart 
Men  ran  make  ai.10  PEB  WEEK  AND  EXPENSE*. 
Send  for  Instruction*  and  Circular*.  Price  fid 
to  IW. 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

IIA N A  lUCK FORI).  President. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


m  use  m 

WsiMONDs\:s 

fQMOWERS  &  REAPERSQ 

THE  BEST  ARE  THE  CHEAPEST 


WTRAI  HS  DANCE  MUSIC. 

For  Violin  or  Mute  and  Plano 


Winner’s  Violin  nnd  Flute  Duetts. 

For  2  Violins,  or  2  Flutes,  or  Violin  and  Flute, 


Winner’s  Umid  of  Four.  [Nearly  ready.]  SI 
Easy  Quartets  for  Violin  or  Flute,  Cornet  or 
Clarionet,  and  2d  Violin  or  Violoncello. 

The  above  three  books  arc  for  TUB  PEOPLE,  am 
are  lull  of  the  bright,  wide-awake,  easy  music,  tha 
isn’t  hard  to  play,  and  is  so  delightful  to  listeners. 


VICTOR 


The  above  books  mailed,  post-paid,  for  the  retail 

1U  OLIVER  DITSON  &  CO.,  Boston. 

C.  H.  DITSON  4  CO. ,711  Broadway,  New  York. 


Man uf act’d  by 
the  AKBKlTKlt 
LAWN  MOWER 
!^;f  CO.,  Hartford, 
Conn.  Bend  for 
Circular. 


The  only  practical  Cherry-Stoner  made.  It  leaves 
the  fruit  plornp  and  round,  with  Its  juices  preserved. 
Sold  hi  all  markets.  Send  *1  for  sample. 

D,  II.  GOOOELL, 

Sole  Manufacturer,  5>  Chambers  St..  New  fork. 
Works  at  Antrim,  N.  H. 

p.  s.- Also,  Sole  Manufacturer  of  Lightning  and 
Turn-Table  Apple-Farors,  Lightning  Peach-Farers, 
and  Climax  Apple  Corer  and  Sheer. 


it  M  P  ROf  E  D  FOOT  LATHES, 

J.  Slide-rests,  Hand  Planers  for  Metals, 
Small  Gear  Cutters.  The  very  best,  sell¬ 
ing  everywhere.  Catalogues  free. 

N.  1 L  BALDWIN,  Laconia,  N.  H. 


Doing  His  Best,  by  ,T.  T.  Trowbridge;  The  Story 
of  a  Sky-Stone,  by  G.  A.  .Stephens;  How  a  Girl 
Helped,  by  Lottie  Adams;  The  Screw  Propeller 
and  Its  Discoverer,  by  N.  S.  Dodge;  Tbo  Sleep 
Angel,  by  Martini.  Nichols;  and  other  excellent 
Stories,  Poems  and  Sketches,  with  abundance  of 
entertainment  and  Ingenious  Puzzling  around  the 
Evening  Lump.  _ 

For  Sale  hy  all  liavkselin*  and  Newsdealers. 

JAS.  R  OSG-OOD  &  00.,  Publishers,  Boston. 


rrtlTE  SUPERIOR  II AY  SPREADER  can- 
I  not  be  surpassed  for  Workmanship,  Duiabibty 
and  Lightness  of  Draft. 


Enables  the  must  important  Agricultural  product  of 
America  to  be  cut,  cured  and  stored  m  the  barn  In 
one  day.  Improves  the  quality  and  increases  the 
value  of  the  hay  crop.  Prevents  all  visit  of  damage 
from  storms  and  sudden  showers.  Is  simple,  dura¬ 
ble  and  of  light  draft.  Was  awarded  the  New  En¬ 
gland  Agricultural  Society’s  only  first  prize,  at  the 
Great  Field  Trial,  at  Amherst,  .Mass.,  us  being  supe¬ 
rior  to  all  others,  anti  the.  best  and  only  perfect 
machine  for  tedding  or  turning  hay. 

.u AHU  ONLY  BY 

WiOU  COMPANY, 

5  9  Steele m a ii  St.,  New  York, 

and  Quincy  Hall,  Boston. 

J3T"  Send  for  Descriptive  Circular. 


••  r  ft  EX  AS  AS  IT  IS,  nr  The  Emigrant’* 
Guide,”  mulled  to  any  address  tor  i&ccnts. 
A.  U.  WOOLSTON,  134  South  Third  St.,  Pliila,  Fa. 


LMCEIi!  !  SEND  FOIC  A  M'lSUIllIEN. 

J’  A  full  Cfi.ia.  gue  ,  f  out  Standard,  Miscellaneous 
and  1 1 1  io*l  i  u!  e,  l  .luvende  Books  ot  specimen  num¬ 
bers  of  Oliver  Opllc’s  Magazine,  sent  by  mail  free 
L  IS  If  a  SHMPAKD.  Publishers,  Boston 
where  all  publleatiODS  may  be  found. 


DRABLEY’S 

AMERICAN  HARVESTER. 

We  warrant  It  to  cut,  any  grain  that  grows,  and  In 
any  condition.  ,  , 

It  will  do  hotter  work,  is  more  durable,  and  Is  in 
every  res  poet  superior  to  our  former  manufacture  of 
the  celebrated 

J oli  union  “Swcspstnkes”  Reaper. 

Don’t  buy  any  other  until  you  have  seen  it. 

23?  ~  For  particulars,  address 

BRADLEY  JlAN’F  ti  CO.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


r  1 1 1 1 K  BEST  FAMILY  PERIOD  IGA  Ls. 

V  THE  A  TLANTIC  MONTH  LA  .  *1. 

OCR  YOUNG  FOLKS,  #*. 

EVERY  SATURDAY.  #3. 

Published  by 

J  AMES  It.  OSGOOD  Jt  GO., 

Buxton. 

fUT  Semi  for  full  Prospectus,  and  for  Oulniogae  of 
Standard  Works  by  first  American  and  English 
author*. 


After  one  day’s  use  of  the  su¬ 
perior  HAY'  SPREADER  no  farmer  will 
ever  part  with  it. 


New  Britain,  Ct., 

Mnuiiirti  turiirsof  the  be**. 
Splli4  ftii-l  RultiiU  Corn, 
i'obito,  Clolht«un<1  Mnr- 
0 

lut.  Vfiticun  RGski't*, 
Berry  Cfutt* 

u  Rpsd;tlty.  A  llbcrHl 
dfaconnt  Lo  Cftiih  costoui- 
«rs.  Circular*  free. 


n(> WARD  ASSOCIATION,  Philadelphia, 

Piu  An  Institution  having  a  high  reputation 
for  honorable  conduei  and  professional  skill  Act¬ 
ing  Surgeon.  .L  S.  HOUGHTON,  M.  D.  Essays  for 
Young  M>*n  sent  free  of  charge.  Address  HOW¬ 
ARD  ASSOCI  A  TION,  No.  >  South  Ninth  St.,  Phila¬ 
delphia.  Pit. 

])ATEHT  ATTDHKEYS.-LMi  C.  Pkuk IN* &  Co.. 515 7th 
St.,  Washington.  D.  C.  Correspondence  solicited. 


rplIE  SUPERIOR  11AV  SPREADER  saved 
X  me  two  hundred  dollars  on  my  hay  last  season. 


fllO  ENGRAVERS.  PRINTERS,  Ar.-Large  stock 
JL  well  seasoned  and  prepared  Boxwood,  Mahog¬ 
any,  Maple  and  Pino.  VA  NDiHurif.H,  Wells  A  Co., 
Type,  Cabinet  &  Press  Warehouse,  18  Dutch  St.  N.  Y’ 

in  niiQnni  q 

1U  DUonllLD  KSS.rJW’JB'HS 

am:  50.000  farmer*.  Bio  Pa 4  o  A. .!,.•* rs.  Sample 
cad  terms  to  dealers  sent  by  mull  OI)  receipt  of  $1. 
Thjc  Investor's  ilANUk’o  Co.,  178  Broadway,  N.  Y. 

l/ARHERS.  BE  SI  RE  AND  EXAMINE 

I  the  superior  liny  Spreader  ;  It  i3  the  cheapest, 
most  complete  and  most  durable  Hay  Tender  ever  put 
into  the  field.  Head  a  few  of  the  comments  received, 
send  for  circular  and  description  to  HIGGANUM 
M  F’G  CO.,Hlggttnum,  Ct. 


The  Louden  Hay  Carrier 

Elevate*  the  hay  prrpcndfcularly  from  the  load,  car¬ 
ries  it  hvrium  tally  Uj  any  part  of  the  mow, and  returns 
the  empty  fork  back  to  the  load.  Pitches  Into  a  win¬ 
dow.  Stacks  in  the  fledd.  Saves  Us  cost  e verv  sea¬ 
son.  See  illuiUratlou  on  page  i  s  of  rural  nkw- 
Yoiikkk  of  Alarch  8-  Agent*  wanted.  Send  stamp 
for  Circular,  Prices  and  Terms. 

LOUDEN  M’F'G  WORKS, 

Fuirlield,  Iowa. 


^U^TURFO  BY  ApRIANCE, PLATT &C0 
STYLES,  SIZES  &.  PRICES  TO  SUIT  ALL  FARMERS 

ExwcriiJtiv#  Circulars  Forwarded  by  Hull 


^Implements!  and  ill a  eh  merit 


JANES  6l  lCIRTI.ii.ii  A , 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

FOUNTAIN  ?  ,  VASES 

AND 

| [Garden  Ornaments, 

8,  10  &  Vi  Rondo  Si„  New  York. 


IMPROVED  POWER 

Putris,  RATCHET  -  Hk.ii) 
BoBKwa,  i  Mi'Hov'a  gkat- 


WE  WOULD  NOT  8 ELL  OUR  SUFE- 
rior  Hay  .Spuoudcr  for  five  times  its  cost  if 
we  could  not  obtain  another. 


ek  Ikon  Posts,  and  forty 
other  things  lor  Cider  Mills  ami  Vinegar  Factories. 
For  Circulars,  address  O.  Iv.  JtHiN^ON,  Medina.  N.  Y. 


mm  CONDENSER. 


\V  AXTKD.— Ouneral  ami  Local  Agents  fur  tha 
>7  ll.-irti  am  Sewing  Machine,  made  at  Danbury 
Conn.  Thu  stillest,  iuKlfMi  ami  fastest  Lock-stitch 
Straight  Needle  Muehinc  iti  tlm  market.  Wo  givo 
better  terms  than  any  other  company.  \ddress 
JOHN  A.  DODO K,  Oen  I  Agent,  Danbury,  Conn. 

1  To  Sell  our  New  Book,  now  ready, 


—  Ohio  tobacco  growers  are  busy  planting. 

—  Cornell  University  has  openocl  its  spring 
term. 

—  Illinois  has  259  Granges  of  Patrons  of  Hus¬ 
bandry. 

—  Boston  and  vicinity  has  1,000,000  volumes  in  j 
its  libraries. 

Philadelphia  lias  42,000  persons  who  cannot 
read  or  write. 

A  State  High  School  for  mechanics  is  talked 
of  in  Pennsylvania. 

—  Some  families  in  Wilmington,  Del.,  have  a  ’ 
co-operative  stable. 

—  The  decrease  of  the  national  debt  during  \ 
March  was  $1,644,051. 

It  is  proposed  to  feed  the  people  of  En-  j 
gland  on  turtle  soup. 

—  German  steel  is  said  to  be  supplanting  the 
English  in  this  country. 

Last  year  there  were  sold  in  this  country 
851,750  sowing  machines. 

—  Cerebrospinal  meningitis  is  raging  in  vari¬ 
ous  parts  of  the  country. 

,  —  Two  students  from  Brazil  have  recently 
entered  Cornell  l:  diversity. 

The  last  Congress  authorized  the  erection 
of  twenty-six  new  buildings. 

—  One  thousand  English  families  have  estab¬ 
lished  a  colony  in  Minnesota. 

—  Around  Aurora,  111.,  there  are  still  hun¬ 
dreds  of  acres  of  unhusked  corn. 

A  delegation  of  North  American  Indians 
will  go  to  the  Vienna  Exhibition 

The  people  of  this  country  paid  $25,<XK),00() 
last  year  for  paintings  and  statuary. 

In  many  Virginia  counties  there  are  un¬ 
favorable  reports  of  the  wheal  crop. 

In  Virginia  persons  over  21  years  of  age  are 
to  he  admitted  to  the  public  schools. 

The  South  is  deeply  ini  crested  in  the  At  lan- 
tlc  and  Greut  Western  Canal  enterprise. 

-  A  deer  weighing  21X1  pounds  was  recently 
shot  on  the  upper  A  usable,  Adirondack  Moun¬ 
tains. 


THE  REBEL  GENERAL'S 
LOYAL  BRIDE. 


A  true  picture  of  Scenes  in  the  late 
civil  wur.  Semi  stamp  for  Cintilttr. 

W.  .1.  IIOLLA alt  A  CO.. 

Springfield,  Mass.,  or  Chicago,  111. _ 


FIGHTING  FIRE! 


Agent*  Wanted  for  the  ,nr»mlrk  book  Of  the 
year,  tioW  selling  with  lulmnshniy  rapidity,  rolls  "1 
the  causes  of  Kirn:  SaTos;  Wire-proof  Buildings; 
Conoueritig  Fire  with  Water.  Steam  utd  (.as.  IX- 
81’ it  A  srK— fs  p  S  if.  Its  History,  Basis,  Manage¬ 
ment,  How  to  Insure,  Ae-i  Vivid  Account*  of  the 
Great  Fires  of  History.  Agents  send  lor  Circulars. 
You  will  liot  regret  it.  Sent  Free,  Address 

DUSTIN.  OILMAN  A  CO.,  Hartford,  Ct. 

4  (TREAT  SENSATION  t—  Laiif*  W'iIiiI.o  Wa 
iV  Paektnje  /■’«-••  ll-liri •  [)cui  Cold.  Address,  at 
Once.  V.  A.  ELLS  A  Co.,  Charlotte,  Mteh. 


SUBSCRIPTION  TO  THE  STOCK 

WILL  BE  BECEIVE1)  AT  THE  FOLLOWING  PLACES  IN  NEW  YORK  (  III  : 

UNION  TRUST  CO . 7,1  Kl,°a‘lwn> 

HOWEB  &  1UACY . . . 30'V,‘" 

FIFTH  NATIONAL  BANK . Third  Vv.  and  Tweuty-Hixl I.  St 

BULL’S  HEAD  BANK . Third  At.  and  Twenty-fifth  S« 

HAULED!  BANK . Third  Av.  mill  One  Hundred  ami  Twenty-tilth  St 

A.  S.  DIVEN . - . Railroad  OUlcc 

SAMUEL  SLOAN . L’res’l  Del.  »fc  Lnek.  11.  11.,  cor.  William  &  Exchange  I  but 

RICHARD  SC1I  ELI . . . 31  K,oa,‘  *' 

ERA  ST  US  BROOKS . .  New  York  Kxp.es, 

II.  B.  CROSBY . . . .  Nassau  S 

EDWARD  ROBERTS . ; . Eighty-nitl.  St.  and  Avenue  A 

PAUL  N.  SI*OPFORD...Si!>  llrouiHviiy;  and  at  the  temporary  oflleo  ol'  the  Co.,  9-5  Bitiudwn. 


$7*  o©  w*:i:ia. 

Agents  wanted  everywhere.  Business  strictly  legiti¬ 
mate.  Particulars  free.  J.  WORTH  A  Co., St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Aijc  i  in  V  t  Agents  wanted.  Business  entirely 
J1  in  l  .  ,u‘v.  G.  G.  §HAW,  Blddcl'ord,  Me. 


Josiah  Allen’s  Wife 


HAS  WROTE  V  BOOK. 

in  spite  of  JOSiti  h'i)  determination  not  to  spend  it  cent 
to  hire  any  one  to  rend  It. 

$500  a  mouth  can  be  made  Silling  this  book. 

AGENTS!  TAILS  NOTICE!! 

In  our  former  hooks  we  have  given  you  harvests; 
we  now  promise  yon  another,  ami  wise  agents  will 
secure  territory,  which  we  will  now  or  range  for.  Ad¬ 
dress  amfuiOan  PUBLISHING co., Hartford, ct., 
for  Circulars  anu  full  Information. 

ft  fH  C  AI  T  St  WANTED  fur  the  new  work  of  thrtll- 
AllCn  I  d  ing  interest .mrt  historical  value  The 
Greut  Riots  of  New  York,  from  the  Slave  Blots 
Of  colonial  limes  to  the  present  day.  Ily  llou.  J. 
T.  UE.UM.KY,  the  distinguished  author  of  “Sacred 
Mountains,”  ”  Napoleon."  Ac.  Illustrated.  F_>. 

K.  B.  TREAT,  805  Broadway,  N.  A  . 


9Slh  to  102d  Streets 


A  RARE  CHANCE ! 


We  will  pay  all  Agents  $10  per  week  In  Cash  wlio 
will  engage  with  us  at  oxmt.  Everything  furnished 
and  expenses  paid.  Address  .... 

V.  COULTER  ,\  CO.,  Charlotte,  Mioh. 

ol  rwv  each  week,  Ag'ts  wanted.  Business  new  and 
plvIU  legitimate.  Tuttle  <6  i  V»„  7H  N  ns.m n  SI.,  .\.  Y. 

pa  i  —  —  A  MONTH  to  Agents  Articles  new,  nnd 
i  f)  staple  as Hour.  ('.  M.  LlNTMJro.v,  Chicago. 

Ui  i;  VTV  \V  I  \  T  I'  II  Practiced  hands  for  best  books, 
jLAIo  ,1  I  '  •  L  U  Write  at  once  for  Clreulitrsund 
terms.  W.  II.  MOORE  A  t.’o.,  Publishers, Cincinnati. 


c  al  if  u.otv  u  mcnt.fi 


Payments  to  be  made  as  follows : 

Five  per  cent,  at  time  of  subscribing,  and  the  balance  In  installments,  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent 
at  any  one  Installment. 

There  can  be  no  safer  Investment  than  this.  It  is  a  home  investment.  It  is  the  ownership  of  land 
on  New  York  Island  and  the  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  the  same. 

In  accordance  with  the  charter  anil  by  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  24th,  1872,  the  following  intuub.  rsliips  have  been  created  and  arc 
olTerod  for  sale : 

At  the  above-named  places  and  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 

The  proper  holder  of  any  of  these  Is  entitled  to  free  admission  to  the  Industrial  Exhibition,  the 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  the  Garden  of  Plants  during  the  time  it  Is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  the  duration  of  the  membership. 

Those  memberships  do  not  entitle  the  holder  to  admission  to  special  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  the  Exhibition  Company. 


PIANO-FORTES 


THE  BEST  PI.l.YOS  AT  TUB  LOWEST  PRICKS 

and  upon  Hie  maxi  faooratiU  terms  of  payment. 

Wo  invite  the  attention  of  persons  intend  Lug  to 
purchase  Pianos  to  our  New  Illustrated  Catf-logue, 
giving  full  description  of  Styles  ami  Prices,  and  the 
term3  on  which  we  sell  to  those  desiring  to  make 


On  Manhood,  Womanhood  and  their  Mutual 
Inter-relations ;  Love,  Its  Laws,  Power,  etc. 

Agents  are.  selling  from  20  to  BO  copies  of  this 
work  a  day,  aed  ive  send  a  canvassing  book  free  to 
any  hook  agent.  Address,  stating  experience,  etc., 
NATIONAL  PUBLISHING  GO.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


SEND  FOR  A  CATALOGUE 


the  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable 

Price,  $10. 


Entitlin, 


IF*  EAST  j!4thaST.  SNewTTprk. 


^35 4TW AS  HINGT0  IT  »ST, Boston. 

5  ms’  com  i:mo  dak Lon  organs 

■  44.  arc  On;,  most  !>rn Utirtll  «« 
*t>’ 1  i  Ou.l  pet  feet  in  tone 
Ctrl’  outlie,  v  TUf.COlX- 
_  L'  $rWl,Kipt  t'LliTO  STOP  it  the  best 
;  _-c*  •.  i  vtr  placed  In  any 

It  is  produced  by 


Class  2d.  Price  $20.  OO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable 

Price,  $20. 


%  1 5  n  A6IITS.  1813.  ABUTS. 

^  B  u  U  MAMMOTH  DOUBLE  MAP 


Class  8d.  Price  $  lO.  8«0  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable, 

Price,  $40, 


PER  of  United  Slates  anil  World.  New 
State  Maps  itnd  Charts.  Salable 
YDTfV&TmTT  everywhere.  Live  men,  with  small 
i  I  I  Mll'U  or  liirgc  capital,  write  for  Catalogue 

111  iJ  M  1  11  n  K"  y  rkU'  ‘ KiMA  N'  5  J3rtrelfty 

WURKirtS  CLASS  $6Uu  week  guaranteed. 

Respectable  employ meUt  at  home,  day  er  evening ;  no 
capital  reguired  ;  i  all  Instruction-'  and  valuable  pack¬ 
s'/.-  .  ,t  goods  sent  free  by  mail.  Address.  With  Oc.  re¬ 
turn  stamp,  M.  Yob  .vtj  A  C0-,  173  fireenwich  St.,  N.  Y. 

4  (4 15 NTH  WA  N  T  K  D  for  the  clearest.  I  ultest  and 
Ituisi  effective  i.siuilj  medical  boufcev  r  publish¬ 
ed  HKAI.I'U  AT  Ho.UK.  Written  by  the  celebrated  Dr. 
llA i.i.  nf  Journal  Of  Health.  Deals  with  all  subjects 
delicately  and  exhaustively.  Circulars  sent.  Address 
S.  M.  BE  ITS  .v,  GO..  Hanford,  Ct.,  or  Chicago,  111. 

a ,*  jiiii  a  )rt  f,i,r  ,Uj  t  Aipiitl  ivmituJ  !  All  cIii.mm  ol  narking 
5»  )  111  -y  2U  p,,.,.>|8,i,f  e.tUvr  mx,  young  ur  utl,  mnke  irniremoncy 
At  work  far  us  in  their  - nuru  niantonuorsU  thu  time  tliuu  at  nny  thing 
8Ua.  Purticulara  trra.  AJJroft*  U.  Stiniiou  A  Cn.,  Portland,  Maino 


(llgMU.  It  is  produced  by 
NW?  |  at),  ml  set  c>J'  r>nh  pecu- 

.  I  in  rly  voiced,  the 
-eiVira  I- I  F  ITT  of  which  is 

7 M Oti'r  <  H  A  ItiYI  I1VG 
t  r  — Jl  o utl  SOUL  STIIt- 
'  -ytfi  It  1  A(».  while  ill  l>t- 
‘TATioivt /u,e  iir- 
iSIBiBin  >*Ai\  VOICK  is  SV- 
•Tir.ffl'J  11  li  l  l  lljl.  Ter  Ills  I ibr  ml. 


A- GREAT 


Pi.sct’Uaneou.s 


WANTED.-A  HECKKTARV  For  II trikes 

Y  >  Nurseries  <  empany.  liitfiy  Incorporated.  Cup. 
itnl  Stock  (paid  up),  $UHi,iifli).  Must  become  «  stock 
holder.  Address  W.  F.  II  KIKES,  Dayton,  Ohio. 


For  new  5-ootave,  double  rood.  0  stops,  beautifully 
paneled,  warranted  organs,  for  Church,  Chit  pel 
and  Parlor. 

The  best  Organs  In  the  world  for  the  price,  and  we 
guarantee  them  etiual  towny  instrument  rctililinj  at 
doable  the  amount.  WM.  A.  FOND  &  CO., 

No.  547  Broadway,  New  York. 


A  LADY  who  has  been  cured  of  nervous  debility 
after  many  years  of  misery,  dealrcs  to  make 
known  to  all  fellow  sufferers  the  sure  means  of  re¬ 
lief.  Address,  inclosing  a  stamp,  Mrs.  M.  MER¬ 
RITT,  I’.  O.  Box  50<3,  Boston,  Musa.,  and  the  pre¬ 
scription  will  be  seat  free  by  return  mail. 

TRUE  TIME  FOR  $1.^?,° 

Magnetic  Time- Keeper,  Compass  and  Indicator.  A 
pcrtiteiGKM  for  t  or  pocket  of  nvi-ry  traveler,  trader, 
boy.  farmer,  and  for  KvKllVHODY  desiring  u  rrha- 
hir  time -turtle i  and  alto  asupi-nor  eoiripax.,.  Usual 
watch-size,  stwul  works,  glass  crystal,  all  In  a  ueat 
OROIDE  oaso.  WARRANTED  to  denote  comet 
time,  and  to  keep  In  order— if  fairly  used— for  two 
years,  Nollwno  Ukr  it!  Till*  perfect  triumph  of 
mechanism  will  bn  sent  in  a  neat  ease,  pre-paid  to 
any  address,  for  only  41;  3  for  #3.  Circulars  sent 
free.  Tty  one.  Order  from  the  manufacturers’ 
agents.  EUREKA  MANUFACTURING  CO  ..Hins¬ 
dale,  N.  H. 


7  ou  av-t  Y,  117  xro  can  si^ll 

a <1  7  ).’|  t  i  'tel  7  <m  .ve  YuitiOR  mr 

-1 L  1290  7*  v; 1  •  ..I,'.'  ■  l  -  i  t  CU«G 
’  ’  am  3300  tuaUv  any 

Fiunn  ill  1 1.:  oi-gli 
Sgr-fJ'  if  Y  STV  \isi!  /mi  .-,-11  ft  ./hum  nvakt-  I0O 
I  I  V  V  k  per  ct.  piufif.  TVs  have  no 

Jj'  El  lA  Jj  Agects.  Ini  tliip i  direct  to  raml- 

v_  «  k-l.  y(  lias  at  Factory  price,  and  warrant 

D  Years.  Send  for  lllusti  itnl  circular,  m  wkicli  we  refer 
to  over  500  Bxnirn,  M. 'p-lmtitc.  A'C.  (smtie  of  whom 
you  may  kn  ,  using  our  I'isnus.  in  44  States  ami 
Territories.  F.  ■  isc.  date  where  vnu  saw  this  notice. 

U.  S.  Plano  Co.s  8  1 0  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


MAGIC  LANTERNS 


CHESTS 


WITH  BEST  TOOLS  ONLY. 

FOR  CIRCULAR  AODRZSS 

J.T.PRATT  A  CO 

S3  FULTON  ST.N.Y. 


GEO.  STECK  &  CO.’S 


GEO.  A.  PRINCE  &  CO., 

Organs  &  Mclodeons 


The  Oldest,  Largest  and  Most  Perfect  Manufactory- 
in  the  United  States. 


Now  in  use. 

No  other  Musical  Instrument  ever  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

»5C*  8end  for  Price-Lists. 

Address  BUFFALO,  N.  T. 


are  now  everywhere  recognised  as  the  best.  For  line 
and  SYMPATHETIC  Tonic, for  thorough  workmanship, 
and  the  greatest  possible  Durability  they  are 
wholly  unrivaled.  The  Utkcr  OABrNJtToii  Upright 
Pmno,  combining  saver*)  most  important  Improve¬ 
ments,  PATRNTi:ii,  is  pronounced  by  all  competent 
judges  the  Most  PkrpBCT  Plano  of  tills  class  over 
Kverr  Instrument  warranted  furtive  years. 
NEW  WAI{£KOOMH,23Ea*t  Mil.  Hi.,  V.  Y. 


KltUIT  FA  1C  1*1,  10,000 

U'o  TREKS.  The  largest  In  the  fruit  region  of 
Northwestern  Ohio,  It  is  also  the  best  natural  and 
Improved  Milk  Farm,  with  living  running  spring- 
brook  streams  never  falling  In  the  driest  seasons  ;  cm 
a  main  traveled  road,  a  splendid  drive,  only  three 
miles  from  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Toledo;  good 
nclg ‘borhood ;  schools,  Ac.  It  is  the  largest  produc- 


The  A  verill  Chemical 


IK  BENT  I  .If  THE  WOKMI! 

Sample  Card  and  Testimonial*  furnished  free  by 
Dealers  gcnorally.  and  by  AVER  I  ILL  CHEMI- 

8fthCSfMi- 3*  *■ 


Insure  in  the  TRAVELERS  of  Hartford,  Ct, 


$75  to  $250  per  month.  everywhere, 

£  MnlMtrftwv2wUlft  <HCNU1\K  IAIPHOVKd'uOM- 
~  MON  SENSE  KAMIL  V  SEWING  MACH  INK. 
t»  TUismachlne  will  stitch,  hem,  fell,  tuck.quilt, cord. 
>  bind,  braid  and  embroider  in  u  most  superior  man¬ 
ia*  ''er-  Price  only  till.  Kullj-  liccnvd  and  warranted 
—  for  five  pars.  We  will  pay  II, HUH  for  anv  machine 
that  will  sew  a  stronger,  more  beautiful,  or  more 
7}  clustle  scum  than  ours  It  iiiakes  the  *•  KlauLic 
^  .Vm  ,  .90teh.  Every  second  stitch  can  be  cut,  and 
2  Still  the  e.-uth  cannot  be  pulled  apart  without tear- 
t  lug  tt.  wo  pay  Agent*  from  $75to$26tl  per  month 
iiful  expenses,  ora  commission  from  which  twice 
Ht  thutamouul  can  bo  made.  BROOM K  A  GO,.  Boston. 
•  Man.;  I*tl  l.d>uro,  Pa.;  Chicago,  111.,  or  St  .  Louis,  Mo. 


“A  SOUSED  CHILI)  DREADS  WATER.” 

you’ve  seen  me  shave,  so  you  must  just  skedaddle,  please,  as  I’m  going  to 

■11  if  you  don’t  take  it,  Uncle  Rowland,  Let  me  stay,  please.” 

1  'I  What  do  you  mean,  Missy  f4 

iody  wouldn’t  go  into  cold  water,  Uncle,  if  they  wasn’t  made  to,  I  suppose. 

mfllra  ttah  iIa  thorr  WJ  *  * 


UNRIVALED  AND  A  LONE. 

OAHLH  SCH.KW  WIRE 

never  rip,  leak  or  come  upurt.  Ask  for  them.  One 
pair  will  satisfy  anv  one  that  they  liavc  no  equal. 
Look  out  for  the  Putont  Stamp. 

A  MIR  OP  SHOES  WILL  COST  YOU 

lx.  only  5  cents  more  with  a 

siiiVim  tip 

on  than  without,  and  It  will  add  twice  the  cost  of  the 
shoe  to  then-  wearing  value. 


Banking  House  of  Jay  Cooke  &  Co 

No.  20  Wall  St.,  May  31,  1873. 


By  one  Agent  selling  Silvers  Patent 
ll1  com.  ftccam mended  by  the  late 
Horace  Greeley,  Am.  Agriculturist, 
und  100,000  Families  tilting  them. 
One  county  for  each  Agent.  Success 
ftm.  0.  A.  CT.EGG  &  CO., 

20  CortlttDdt  Bt„  N.  V. 


The  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Company  having  determined  to  Close  its  7-30  First  Mortgage  Gold  Loan 
at  an  aggregate  not  exceeding  thirty  million  dollar*,  and  thereafter  to  pay  no  higher  rate  of  interest 
than  6  per  cent,  on  furthor  issues  of  its  bonds,  the  limited  remainder  of  the  7  3-10  loan  U  new  being  dls- 
J  °»«*  <v  through  the  usual  agencies. 

As  the  bonds  of  thl*  Issue  are  made  receivable  In  payment  for  the  Company’s  laud*  at  1.10,  they 
are  in  constant  and  Increasing  demand  for  this  purpose,  and  will  continue  to  be  after  tbo  loan  Is  closed 
— a  fact  which  much  enhances  their  value  und  attractiveness  as  an  investment. 

The  Company  has  more  than  600  miles  of  Its  road  built  and  in  operation,  has  earned  title  to  noarly 
ten  million  acres  of  its  land  grant,  and  sales  of  lands  have  thus  far  averaged  $6.08  per  acre. 

All  marketable  securities  are  received  in  exchange  for  Northern  Pacifies  at  current  rates. 

JAY  COOKE  &  CO. 


Has  a  downward  pressure  upon  the  teeth,  Just  suf¬ 
ficient  to  rake  the  nay  without  scratching  the  ground. 
Needs  no  constantly  changing  pressure  of  tlie  foot 
or  huml  upon  lever*  to  keep  ft  to  its  work.  Works 
well  on  rough  or  nroootb  land  and  in  all  kinds  of 
gras*.  Is  of  light  draft  and  easy  to  operate. 

MADE  ONLY  BY’ 


AMES  PLOW  COMPANY 


Fremlums,  030,000  ! 

The  Fourth  Annual  Fair  of  this  Association  will 
be  held  at  Ctcvclaud,  D„  on  the  ‘JIHh  of  Sep¬ 
tember,  1S73,  and  continue  flvo  (5)  duys. 

Premium  List*  will  be  ready  Vci  due  season. 

Hon.  J*  P.  R,, BIMQN,  Prcs’t. 

SAM.  BRIGGS,  Sec’y. 


NV  ARKHOUSES: 

53  Beekman  St.,  New  York, 

and  Quincy  Hall,  Boston 

SEND  FOR  DESCRIPTIVE  CIRCULAR. 


AMERICAN 

RUBBER  PAINT 


HORSE  RAKE  WIRE 

FOB  8AI.E  BY 

JOHN  YV.  QUINCY,  OS  William  Si.,  N.  Y. 

We  are  now  prepared  to  fill  orders  for  the  coming 
season.  Send  for  Circular.  K 


WIIXED  READY  FOR  USB 

WILL  LAST  FROM 

53  TO  3  TIMES  AS  LONG 
As  paint  mixed  in  tbe  ordinary  manner.  It. 
dries  with  a  hard,  rich,  glossy  surface,  and  will 
not  chalk,  crack,  nor  peel  oir;  requiring  no  oil, 
thinner  or  drier,  ami  will  cover  m»re  surface 
with  the  same  body,  1*  much  cheaper,  more 
durable,  and  better  In  eerrv  respect  than  any 
other  paint. 

FiVICHS  * 

Green*.  ...  . . . 83.30  per  Gnl. 

Other  Mimics.,  Including 

White  and  Black .  ‘J.50  •*  “ 

Pul  in  lor  Roofs,  Water¬ 
proof .  .  2.2$  **  *• 

Package*  of  five  gallon*  and  upwards  deliv¬ 
ered  l  roe  of  expense  to  any  point  in  the  United 
States  or  Cunadas.  Send  Draft,  Money  Order 
or  Registered  Latter,  at  our  risk.  It  the  paint 
is  not  satisfactory.  It  can  be  returned,  and  the 
money  will  be  refunded.  Send  for  sample  card, 
containing  lliimy  similes,  and  direction*  lor 
ascertaining  the  amount,  of  paint  required  to 
cover  a  given  surface.  Address 

E.  BLUNT,  Jr,,  Agent, 

31  Fulton  Street,  New  York. 

PJeaae  state  In  what  paper  you  saw  this. 


rs,  ike.,  Ac.  New  slides  at  greutly 
A  very  profitable  bv*ine-s  fur  a  mail 
d.  Send  stamp  for  Catalogue. 

W.  MITCHELL  MCALLISTER, 

1314  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia. 


GREAT  REDUCTION 


THE  NOVELTY 

IS  THE  ONLY  LAWN. MOWER 

THAT  CAN  CUT  10NQ  GRASS  AND  DO  TMt  TRIMMING 
IS  BEST  AND  CHEAPEST. 

A.  J.  OH  TIER . Huttlillou,  Ohio. 


Increased  Fnclllile*  to  Flub  Organizer*, 
Send  lor  New  Price  List. 


AOENTS  WANTED  FOR 


THE  GREATAMERICANTEACO. 

P.  0.  Box  6643.)  31  &  33  Vesey  St,,  New  York, 


_ Ills  divinity  established  and  nuioinillum  routed. 

Tbe  most  popular  and  rapidly-selling  religious  work 
eyetjssued.  For  Circulars,  address  UNITED  STATES 
’BLISI-IiNG  CO.,  411  Brooino  Ht..  New  York. 


For  Sheathing,  Roofing,  Deafening,  Carpet  Lining,  and 
»nd  Circulars,  to  B.  E.  Hale  A  Co.,  5ft  A  58  Park  Place,  N.  Y. 


as  a  substitute  for  Plastering.  Send  for  Samples 
,  or  Rock  River  Pacer  Co.,  Chicago. 


cheap  f-a-hms  : 

The  Fliin|ie*i  LhimI  in  .Uurket, 

Dir  Mde  by  the  UNION  PACIFIC  RAILROAD  COM- 
P AN Y ,  In  the  If  nut  ]‘lat/e  |r, illry!  .1,0(11).  lillll 
ACRES  in  CENTRAL  NEBRASKA  now  fo” sale  in 
tracts  of  forty  acres  and  upwards  on  live  arm  ten  years' 
emi  t  til  o <Vn  /tiivtiiuv  intercut  vennived, 
MILD  AND  HEALTHFUL  CJ , rM ATE,  FERTILE 
SOIL.  AN  A  BUNDANC'E  (IF  GOOD  WALTER  TIIE 
ShW  MARKET  IN, THE  WEST!.  The  (Treat  Min- 


fFor  Moth  Patches,  Freckles  &  Tan, 

PERRY’S 

Blotli  and  Freckle  Lotion. 

It  Is  reliable  and  harmless. 

For  Pimples  on  the  Face, 

BLACKHEADS  AND  FLESHWORMS, 

...  Use  PERRY'S  IMPROVED  COMKDONK 

and  Pimple  Remedy  -the  Great  Skin  Medicine, 
pared  only  by  Dn.  B.  C.  PERRY, 

Sold  by  all  Druggists.  49  Bond  St.,  New  York. 


The  greatest  improvement  of 
the  uge.  Warranted  bettor  than 
any  other  Hay  Holster  and  Car¬ 
rier  Id  use. 

E3T  Send  for  Descriptive  Cir¬ 
cular  and  Price  List.  Agents 
wanted  everywhere. 

D.  KRKl’S,  Goshen,  Ind. 


tng  Regions  of  Wyoming,  Colorado,  Utah  andNevnila, 
JHjnff  sdPBMed  by  the  farmer*  in  t  he  Platte.  Valle//. 
SOLmKith  ENTITLED  To  A  HOMESTEAD  OF 
I  HD  ACRES.  THE  BEST  LOCATIONS  FOR  COL- 
ONJfilS.  FRISK  HU.MES  KOU  ALL.  MlUiwsofaerf* 


I) brusii  F  ln  Uie  savings  bank, 

^  Chartered  by  the  United  States. 

SEND  yon  CIBOULAR,  IBS  Bleacher  Street 
ASSETS  OVER  81,000,000. 

_  SAM  HARRIS,  Manager. 

rplfE  KOl’lE'S  P1BACTICAL 
X  POULTRY  HOOK  :  A  Work  on 
tiie  Breeding,  Hearing:,  Care  and 
General  llauugcmeiil  of  Foultrv 

By  Wm.  m.  Lewis. 

This  Is  one  of  the  finest  gotten-ira  works  on  the 
subject  on  which  it  treats,  for  Its  sire  and  price  of 
any  publication  of  the  kind  In  this  country.  It  is 
fluely  and  profusely  Illustrated,  and  printed  and 
bound  in  extra  style.  Contains  924  large  octavo 
pages.  Sent,  by  mall,  post-paid,  for  fl.60.  Address 
».  D.  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

3  Beekman  St.,  New  York. 


ON  j  KS  FREE  HUM  EH  FOR  ALL.  Millions  of  acres 
of  choice  Government  Lands  open  for  entry  under 
the  UomrsUad  l.air,  near  this  itreat  with 

good  markets  and  all  the  conveniences  of  an  old  set¬ 
tled  country.  Free  passes  to  r-uruhasors  of  Railroad 
Bectlonul  maps,  showing  the  exact  location 
of  laud,  also  new  edition  of  Vesc  tptive  Pamphtetwith 
New  Maps,  Madid  tree  Nvergirh, -iy,  Address 

O.  i' .  IJAVIb,  Lund  CotnaiiMiuner, 
_  I  *  »•  K.  (  «,,  Ouiuhii,  Neb. 


HOMEOPATHIC 

VETERINARY  PRACTICE, 


Giving  the  treatment  when  Blck— as  well  us  the  par- 
cart‘  uua  general  management  in  health— of 
the  horse,  cow,  ox,  Has,  mule,  blieep,  Roat.  pic,  fowls 
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Seed  carefully  and  properly  sown  by  hand,  greatly  assisted  by  the  faster  root,  and  1 
in  autumn,  would  have  the  same  advantages  believe  that  many  kinds  that  are  being  ex- 


ODONTOGLOSSUM  VEXILLARIUM. 

This  Is  the  name  of  a  new  orchid  which 
has  created  a  great  sensation  in  England  this 
spring  at  the  various  exhibitions.  Thu  ac¬ 
companying  Illustration  is  said,  by  the  Jour¬ 
nal  of  Horticulture,  to  be  a  correct  represent¬ 
ation  of  it.  At  one  of  the  shows  the  plant  is 
described  as  bearing  four  flowers  on  two 
spikes,  and  measuring  3 inches  long  by  2% 
in  breath  ;  the  color  is  a  beautiful  lilac  rose, 
with  the  base  of  the  lip  white  and  yellow. 
Poor  David  Bowman,  says  the  Journal,  who 
went  out  a  few  years  ago  as  a  botanical 
collector  to  South  America,  and,  like  so  many 
others  who  have  trodden  the  same  path, 
perished  in  enriching  our  gardens,  was  the 
first  to  discover  it  on  the  Andes  of  New 
Granada.  Subsequently  Wallis  and  Roezl 
sent  home  plants,  but  they  all  died  either 
before  or  shortly  after  arrival,  and  it  was 
left,  we  behove,  to  a  Mr.  Chesterdon  to 
have  the  honor  of  introducing  last  year  the 
specimens  that  are  now  flourishing  at  Messrs. 
Veitch’s.  This  O dontoglosmm,  oven  in  its 
present  statu,  is  mugmlieent,  and  yet  nearly 
all  orchids  on  their  first  introduction  give  but 
a  feeble  idea  of  what  they  ultimately  become. 
What,  then,  will  this  be  ?  Whut  it  is  already 
we  know ;  its  blossoms  are 
surpassingly  lovely  in  color  and 
enormous  in  size,  while  the 
plant  is  of  free  growth,  succeed¬ 
ing  with  the  same  treatment  as 
Odontogloesum  p  ha  Icenopsis 
and  0.  citroumum. 


HARDINESS  OF  FLOWER 
SEEDS. 

Every  spring  I  look  over  my 
flower  beds  before  spading,  in 
order  to  ascertain  what  plants 
are  coming  up  from  self-sown 
seed  of  the  previous  autumn. 
For  several  years  1  have  never 
failed  of  an  abundant  supply  of 
Geraniums  (Zonal)  though  gen¬ 
erally  they  do  not  flower  until 
late  in  the  fall,  In  one  instance 
I  had  a  Geranium  flower  in 
four  months  from  seed  j  but 
this  does  uot  huppen  often.  I 
am  always  sure  to  find  a  large 
supply  of  Petunias,  Candytuft, 
Mignonette,  Callippaie,  Dianthus 
Ileddewigii,  Delphiniums,  Aqui- 
legias,  Pyre-thrmus,  Pansies  and 
some  others  ;  and  this  spring, 
for  the  first  time,  I  find  Bal¬ 
sams  shooting  forth  from  seed 
which  has  remained  in  the 
ground  through  the  winter. 
Now  this  may  be  unusual,  or 
it  may  uot ;  I  cannot  say,  Yet 
it  is  a  fact,  and  X  believe  it  to 
be  worthy  of  Borne  considera¬ 
tion  from  those  who  sow  seeds 
in  the  fall. 

I  believe  plants  come  earlier, 
grow  faster,  prove  stronger,  and 
every  way  better,  from  self- 
sown  seed,  because  less  checks 
are  put  upon  them  to  retard 
their  growth  and  development ; 
and  unless  you  are  blest  with 
a  green-house,  where  you  can 
force  your  plants  along,  there  la 
certainly  no  way  in  which  you 
can  obtain  an  early  bloom. 


Figure  1. 

as  self-sown  seed  and  undoubtedly  would 
prove  as  successful.  O.  H.  Peck. 

Melrose,  Mass.,  May,  1873. 

I 

— — - -  - - 

GRAFTING  PELARGONIUMS. 

Three  years  ago  you  suggested  that  the 
weak-growing  varieties  of  tricolors  should 
be  grafted  on  vigorous  seedling  stocks.  I  at 
once  took  the  hint,  and  worked  a  considerable 
number.  1  find  that  the  weak  kinds  are 


Figure  3. 

tinguished  because  of  their  lack  of  vigor 
might  be  kept  if  they  were  cultivated  in  tins 
manner.  But  we  are  fast  being  supplied 
with  varieties  possessing  vigorous  constitu¬ 
tions,  and  it  is  at  once  the  simplest  and  most 
satisfactory  mode  of  procedure  to  have  them 
on  their  own  roots,  so  that  for  ordinary  pur¬ 
poses  grafting  may  be  allowed  to  pass  into 
desuetude.  1  observe,  in  the  Calendar  of 
Operations  in  the  of  Ji  37tli,  you 

remind  us  again  at  tin:-,  it  has 

occurred  to  me  L^  drop  a  fine  in  prsi  -e  of  it 


ODOTTTOG-LOSSUM  'VEXilX.LA.^tlTJTvI. 


for  quickly  producing  standards.  These  make 
grand  conservatory  plants  to  group  in  the 
rear  of  dwarf  palms  and  ferns,  the  tricolors, 
especially,  having  a  lino  ellect  when  thus 
lifted  up  ami  shown  in  the  aspect  of  trees 
with  fine  round  heads  rich  with  color.  Your 
originul  hint  has  been  rarely  taken,  and  I 
have  no  doubt  many  gentlemen’s  gardeners 
and  amateurs  would  follow  it  if  they  Haw 
the  way  clear  to  succeed.  The  piocess  is 
extremely  simple,  and  the  two  sketches 
which  accompany  this  explain  it  fully.  Take 
tall  stocks  of  any  kind — seedlings  are  to  be 
preferred  ;  cut  oil  a  considerable  proportion, 
but  not  the  whole,  of  their  top  branches, 
and,  selecting  a  suitable  part  of  the  head, 
split  it  as  in  fig.  1.  Prepare  the  graf  t  to  tit 
the  cleft  ;  let  it  be  small,  half  ripe,  and  with 
three  or  four  healthy  leaves  ;  tie  it.  and  clay 
it  as  in  fig.  3,  and  keep  it  shut,  close  and 
warm,  and  it  will  unite  almost  immediately. 
As  the  graft  takes  the  sap,  remove  the  wild 
growth — that  u  to  say,  tun  growth  of  toe 
stock  by  degrees,  but  be  uot  i.»  haste  ubout 
it  ;  and  when  the  graft  has  made  a  fair  stait 
untie  thu  bandage,  and  if  the  junction  is 
good  leave  it  uncovered,  but  put  a  &tiek  to 
which  the  head  must  be  tied  for  security.  If 
the  junction  is  not  a  good  one  Lie  again  with 
soft  bast,  but  do  not  clay  it.  As  for  the  rest, 
every  one  who  can  grow  a  pelargonium  at 
all  will  know  what  to  do  to  make  these  into 
handsome  plants.  —  Gardeners’ 
Magazine. 


CHANGING  THE  COLORS  OF 
FLOWbRS. 

The  Gazette  den  Ca/mpagnes 
says  that  M.  Uucuhe  lias  suc¬ 
ceeded  m  changing  the  common 
cowslip  from  its  natural  yellow 
to  an  intense  purple  by  merely 
transplanting  it  into  richer 
earth.  The  color  of  plants  can 
be  readily  varied  by  mixing  cer¬ 
tain  substances  with  the  soil. 
Wood  charcoal  will  darkeu  the 
hue  of  dahlias,  petunias  and  hy¬ 
acinths.  Carbonate  of  soda 
turns  the  last  mentioned  flow¬ 
ers  red,  and  phosphate  of  soda 
alters  greatly  tne  shades  of 
many  piauts. 

- - 

PLANTING  SLIPS. 

The  Gazette  des  Campagnes 
recommends  to  dip  the  extruin- 
ties  of  tue  slip  in  collodion,  con¬ 
taining  twice  as  much  cotton 
as  the  ordinary  material  used 
iu  photography.  Lot  the  first 
coat  dry  and  then  dip  again. 
A  f ter  planting  the  slip,  the  de¬ 
velopment  of  the  roots  will  tuke 
place  very  promptly.  This 
method  is  said  to  be  particularly 
efficacious  in  woody  slips,  Gera¬ 
nium,  Fuchsia  and  similar  plants. 
—  - - 

FERN  CASE. 

We  give,  on  page  3(54,  an  illus¬ 
tration  of  a  fern  case  made  of 
terra  cotta,  and  which  may  he 
filled  with  the  wood  soil  and 
planted  with  varieties  of  native 
ferns  from  our  forests  and  fields. 
It  may  be  made  a  beautiful 
feature  of  a  living  room.  Our 
readers  will  know  how  to  do  it 
and  how  to  get  pleasure  out  of  it. 


tutorial  ®niuclci;. 


A  GLANCE  AT  OUR  WESTERN  CATTLE 
TRADE. 

That  the  far  Western  States  of  our  Union 
are  able  to  supply  the  Continent  with  meat, 
is  a  fnet  patent  to  any  one  who  may  take  the 
trouble  t,o  observe  a  simple  truth  ;  yet  with 
her  bou  ad  lew  resourced  and  rapidly  develop¬ 
ing  commerce,  the  groat  West  is  Still  sleeping 
in  her  infancy.  The  recon t,  action  taken  by 
the  farmers  of  Illinois  in  regard  to  the  rates 
of  Eastern-bound  freight,  will  have  one  good 
effect — it  will  awaken  an  interest  in  the  sub¬ 
ject  ;  although  these  men  did  well  to  declaim 
against  fraud  on  the  part  of  certain  middle¬ 
men,  they  were  mistaken  in  their  wholesale 
condemnation  of  railroad  direction.  Fifty 
years  ago,  and  still  further  back,  when  the 
pioneer  woodman  essayed  cultivation,  he 
planted  Indian  corn,  and  he  did  as  well  as  he 
could  ;  now  the  Western  farmer  who  looks 
to  lids  same  grain  to  make  hi*  fortune,  is  far 
behind  the  spirit  of  the  age.  To-day  Indian 
corn  is  to  the  Western  States  what  the  potato 
was  to  Ireland  before  'he  failure  of  1846 — a 
drug  on  the  market,  a  curse  to  the  land.  In¬ 
dian  corn  i8  heating  to  the  blood  and  fatten¬ 
ing  to  the  general  system  ;  it  is  good  food, 
when  cooked,  for  pigs  and  poultry;  there  its 
value  ends. 

In  primitive  days  the  backwoodsman  shot 
down  his  meat  supply;  he  had  no  need  of 
flocks  and  herds  ;  bounteous  nature  supplied 
him  from  her  well-stocked  larder.  Gradually, 
however,  agriculture  increased,  and  the  cities 
on  the  Atlantic  ^rew,  the  East  looked  to  tile 
West  for  food  until  the  proportions  of  the 
trade  have  become  immense.  Still  the  quality 
of  the  articles  dealt  in  is,  in  the  aggregate, 
very  poor.  The  semi-wild  herds  of  Texas 
outnumber  tho  native  herds  of  any  other 
State  ;  tho  grade  cattle  of  the  country  are 
few  and  the  fine  herdB  of  choice  breeds  of 
thoroughbred  stock  are,  as  yet,  but  a  grain 
of  sand  on  the  sea  shore. 

While  agriculture  stands  thus,  no  effort 
should  be  spared  to  improve  it ;  and  there  is 
no  menus  so  certain  as  the  extending  of  rail¬ 
road  systems  through  tho  land.  Without 
ignoring  the  vast  importance  of  the  grain, 
dairy,  fruit  and  wool  producing  interests  of 
our  oommuuity,  we  will  pass  at  once  to  the 
cattle  trade,  and  start  by  saying  a  word  of 
the  National  Drove  Yards,  now  nearly  com¬ 
pleted  at  East  St.  Louis,  Ill. 

These  yards  are  the  best  on  the  American 
Continent,  aud  will  be  opened  for  traffic  on 
the  first  of  next  July.  They  contain  every 
f  acility  for  tho  easy  conduct  of  a  large  cattle 
trade,  and  will  form  a  nucleus  for  many 
railroad  lines  engaged  in  the  transit  of  live 
stock.  The  St.  Louis,  Kansas  City  and 
Northern  Railroad  Company  run  their  road 
275  miles  West  of  St,  Louis  direct  to  Kansas 
City,  and  rim  over  the  line  an  express  cattle 
train  that  makes  tho  distance  in  twenty 
hours,  straight  into  tho  National  Drove 
Yards  at  East  St.  Louis.  For  the  year  1872 
this  road  conveyed  over  its  lines  88,000  head 
of  horned  cattle,  independent  of  it*  trade  in 
sheep  and  hogs.  Tho  Kansas  Pacific  Rail¬ 
way  is  another  important  cattle  route.  Its 
Eastern  terminal  cattle  yards  arc  at  Kansas 
City  and  have  accommodation  for  8,000  head 
of  horned  cattle  and  10,000  hogs.  As  yet  their 
sheep  trade  is  small.  Their  Eastern  connec¬ 
tions  are  via  St.  Louis,  Kansas  City  and  North¬ 
ern  Railroad,  or  via  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
Railroad  direct  to  East  St.  Louis,  thence  via 
the  Toledo,  Wabash  and  Western  Road  to 
Toledo,  from  that  point?  to  Buffalo  via  the 
Lake  Shore  aud  Southern  Michigan  ;  there 
the  cattle  divide  ;  some  go  direct  to  New 
York  ria  the  New  York  Central  and  liudsoD 
River  Railroads,  others  to  Boston  and  Phila¬ 
delphia. 

This  is  not,  however,  the  only  branch  of 
the  cattle  trade  earned  on  in  Kansas  city, 
several  packing  houses  being  located  there, 
the  largest  of  which  is  that  of  Plan  kington 
Sc  Arrows,  where,  during  the  packing  seo- 
sou,  1,000  steers  are  daily  slaughtered  and 
packed.  This  beef  is  chiefly  seut  to  Europe 
in  tierces  ;  the  tallow  goes  to  Germany,  the 
hoofs  to  Chicago  and  Philadelphia,  the  horns 
to  Massachusetts  ;  the  offal  is  prepared  for 
glue  and  fertilizers.  Here,  also,  during  the 
season,  3,000  hogs  are  daily  dressed ;  part  are 
prepared  as  pickled  pork ;  part  as  smoked 
bacon.  The  smoked  beef  and  buffalo  hams 
of  this  establishment  are  consumed  all  over 
the  w  orld. 

Close  to  the  live  stock  yards  is  a  yard 
where,  annually,  tens  of  thousands  of  buffalo 
hides  are  handled.  These  hides  are  procured 
from  the  plains,  aud  are  Hint-dried.  They 
are  sent  to  England,  where  they  are  used  for 
soldiers’  belts  and  other  military  equipments. 


Their  average  value  is  only  $3.50  per  hide. 
The  whole  of  the  buffalo  beef  is  lost,  being 
left  for  the  wolves,  who  grow  fat  and  inso¬ 
lent  on  it,  while  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
decent  workiug  people  in  the  eastern  cities 
never  taste  a  morsel  of  good  meat.  This  in¬ 
discriminate  slaughter  of  the  bison,  the  most 
noble  of  the  buffalo  tribe,  is  a  cruel  phase  of 
western  prodigality  which  needs  to  be  im¬ 
mediately  checked  by  the  action  of  the  Fed 
eral  Government. 

The  Kansas  Pacific  Railway,  which  run* 
direct  from  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  to  Denver, 
Col.,  has  still  on  side  large  tracts  of  its  lauds; 
for  miles  and  miles  along  its  eastern  way  the 
lands  of  the  company  are  thickly  nettled  ; 
but  westward  there  are  homes  for  the  many  ; 
and  to  aid  and  encourage  colonists  tho  com¬ 
pany  has  determined  at  once  to  plow  deep, 
wide  furrows  from  Brooksville  West,  to  Deer 
Trail,  a  distance  of  378  miles.  This  makes  an 
impassable  Arc-proof  belt  of  746  milos  on  the 
course  of  this  line,  and  must  prove  of  im¬ 
mense  value  to  stock  growers  as  a  means  of 
checking  the  advance  of  prairie  fires.  West¬ 
ward  still,  in  Colorado,  the  Stock  Growers’ 
Association  are  effecting  much  for  the  pub¬ 
lic  good.  Tl>ia  association  consist*  of  the  fol¬ 
lowing  gentlemen,  aud  has  been  formed  for 
mutual  protection  knd  for  the  more  careful 
observance  of  the  herd  laws  which,  in  west¬ 
ern  districts,  are  too  frouuently  sinned 
against:  President — J.  L.  Bailey.  Victr 
President — W,  W.  Roberts.  Secretary — W. 
Holly.  Treasurer — A.  J.  Williams.  The 
attention  of  this  Association  is  especially  di¬ 
rected  to  the  enforcement  of  tho  act  that  no 
Texan  or  Cherokee  herds  shall  be  driven 
across  settled  lands,  as  these  long-horned 
herds  carry  Spanish  fever  and  death  along 
their  contaminated  trail.  m.  m. 


dkonontn. 


FILTERS  FOR  CISTERNS. 

In  Rural  New-Yorker  of  may  10th,  one 
of  your  correspondents  asks  for  a  plan  for  a 
“fili/er  in  the  ground.”  I  inclose  a  slip  from 
the  Chicago  Tribune  of  18th  iust.,  written  by 
Hon.  M.  L.  Dunlap,  which,  among  other 
matters,  that  you  may  think  of  interest,  con¬ 
tains,  I  believe,  a  very  complete  answer  to 
the  question  above  refen*ed  to. 

Cook  Co.,  Ill.  B.  F.  Butler. 

[The  following  is  the  article  inclosed.  Eds.] 

BARN-WELLS. 

A  well  3lfcfeet  deep,  that  was  about  100  feet 
from  onq  eoj-i^gr^of  my  irorse-barn,  and  that 
furnished  about  ^w  i-h-tufl  of  water  daily, 
was  placed  rn^rftppo  rt  with  the  eaves  on  the 
south  side  of  the  barn,  by  a  line  of  2-inch  tile, 
laid  2  feet  deep,  to  the  corner  of  the  barn  and 
along  under  eaves.  It  was  some  weeks  before 
we  had  a  res])ectablc  shower  ;  but,  when  it 
came,  tho  well  was  nearly  filled  with  water  ; 
and,  from  that,  time  forth,  there  was  no  want 
of  water,  as  all  the  water  from  that  seetiou 
of  the  roof,  24x80  feet,  appeared  to  have 
found  its  way  into  the  welL  At  first  it  was 
my  intention  to  have  put  conductors  on  the 
roof,  and  to  carry  the  water  down  through  a 
bed  of  gravel  to  the  tile,  but  I  soon  found  that 
to  be  unnecessary,  and  so  I  had  the  tile  ex¬ 
tended  along  the  front  side,  with  the  result, 
as  stated.  The  cost  of  tliis  was  three  cents  a 
foot  for  the  tile,  and  two  days’  work  of  one 
man  in  putting  it  in,  besides  the  hauling  from 
the  depot.  That  job  saved  me  at  least  $50 
last  winter  in  extra  work  that  would  have 
been  expended  in  taking  horses  and  cows  to 
a  distant  well.  A  4-foot  well,  30  feet  deep, 
makes  a  pretty  good  cistern,  aud  will  bo 
found  of  no  small  value  in  a  dry  season.  At 
this  time  the  well  is  full  of  water’,  as  are 
most  wells  ;  and,  when  tho  water-supply  gets 
short,  I  shall  sink  another  well,  so  as  to  take 
the  drippings  of  the  roof  from  the  other  side 
of  the  barn.  The  soil  is  a  clay-loam,  but  a 
sandy  or  gravelly  soil  would  not  bo  quite  as 
good  for  the  purpose,  as  the  water  might  be 
absorbed  in  tho  soil,  instead  of  following  the 
tile  to  the  well.  Neither  manure  nor  stock  is 
allowed  to  come  in  contact  with  this  drain¬ 
age,  and  the  water  is  nearly  as  soft  as  rain¬ 
water,  and  without  the  least  unpleasant 
taste  or  smell. 

In  a  dry  season  this  plan  'anil  be  found  val¬ 
uable,  not.  only  to  secure  a  supply  of  stock 
water,  but  for  the  house  also. 

In  the  case  of  the  house,  the  drain  may  be 
filled  with  sand  uud  gravel,  iiLSte.nl  of  using 
the  tile.  Now  the  water  that  used  to  stand 
in  puddles  along  the  side  of  the  brick  wall  of 
the  barn-basement,  disappears  at  once,  and 
finds  its  way  to  the  well,  and  thence,  as  we 
now  have  a  surplus,  soaks  out  through  the 
soil  on  the  lower  side  of  the  well,  as  the 
ground  from  this,  as  from  most  farm-build¬ 


ings,  slopes  away  from  it.  There  are  few 
farmers  in  this  State,  during  the  past  two  or 
three  years,  who  did  not  suffer  for  the  want 
of  water,  when  $10  invested  in  the  tile  drain 
would  have  given  them  great  satisfaction.  It 
may  be  rather  late  to  tell  of  this  now,  when 
the  rain  comes  too  often,  but  to  us  it  is  a  new 
fact,  for  the  first  time  fully  demonstrated, 
aud  the  reader  can  afford  to  treasure  it  up 
for  future  use,  for  rain  and  drouth  have  their 
own  appointed  time,  and  oven  Old  Probabili¬ 
ties,  with  lit*  low  areas,  has  only  beeuable  to 
penetrate  some  forty-eight  hours  in  advance, 
and  then  he  sees  but  dimly,  a«  all  of  tile  groat 
storms  that  have  made  the  winter  and  .spring 
of  the  current  year  famous,  gave  him  little 
notice  in  advance.  , 

- - jt - 

DEEP  VS.  SHALLOW  PLOWING 

Having  noticed  in  tho  Rural  New-York¬ 
er  discussions,  .pro  and  can,  on  the  merits  of 
deep  and  shallow  plowing,  I  thought  I  would 
give  you  my  ideas  in  regard  to  the  subject, 
which  you  may  use  or  reject  as  seemeth  to 
you  best.  Nature1  know*  no  tillage  of  the 
soil ;  but  in  her  relation  of  crops  one  dies  and 
another  spring*  up  leaving  the  soil  and  sub¬ 
soil  in  their naturul  relat  ive  position,  that.  j>art 
containing  the  most  organic  matter  nearest 
the  surface.  Now  it  appears  to  me  t  hat  a 
wiBe  lesson  may  be  learned  from  studying 
nature’s  ways  and  laws.  We  are  told  that 
milk  is  lor  babes  and  strong  meat  or  food  for 
men.  J uat  so  with  plants  ;  while  young  they 
require  mostly  organic  matter,  consequently 
it  should  be  near  tho  surface  ;  and  as  the 
plant  increases  in  size  its  root*  penetrate  into 
the  subsoil,  where  they  can  obtain  inorganic 
food  to  harden  and  mature  the  plant  and  form 
the  seed  ;  but  if  wo  rtfvwse  the  order  of  na¬ 
ture  by  turning  the  subsoil  on  top,  tho  plaut 
is  sickly  for  the  want  of  it  s  proper  food  while 
young.  This  I  have  repeatedly  observed 
both  in  wheat  and  corn  ;  and  the  plant  never 
wholly  recovers  from  this  drawback. 

Therefore,  I  think  we  should  never  plow 
below  the  surface  soil  with  a  common  plow  ; 
but  if  we  wish  to  mellow  the  earth  deep  it 
should  be  done  with  a  subsoil  plow — one  that 
merely  loosens  the  subsoil  without  throwing 
it  to  the  surface.  However,  1  think  if  farm¬ 
ers  would  seed  often  and  thoroughly  with 
,  clover,  tho  necessity  for  subsoiling  would  lie 
obviated,  as  clover  root*  extend  deep  into 
the  earth,  and  their  decomposition  furnishes 
just  the  friability  and  nourishment  needed 
by  Die  succeeding  crop.  I  am  furthermore 
of  the  opinion  that  if  farmers  in  a  grain  grow¬ 
ing  region  would  good  often  and  burn  tho 
clover  on  the  ground  instead  of  cutting  aud 
feeding  it  tO  their  horses,  to  give  them  the 
hea  ves,  it  would  be  money  in  their  pockets. 

Nature  never  turns  the  tops  of  plants  under 
to  can  cl)  the  soil,  but  suffers  them  to  become 
decomposed  upon  tlio  surface,  whence  they 
wash  by  rains  into  tho  soil,  consequently  but 
little  except  the  inorganic  part,  ever  reaches 
the  growing  plant  to  afford  it  nourishment. 
True,  it  affords  shade  for  the  earth  and 
mulching  for  the  growing  crop,  which  our 
mode  of  culture  does  not  furnish. 

I  may  be  wroug  in  some  of  my  conclusions, 
but  nature  ia  a  groat  teacher,  aud  we  can  aid 
and  improve  nature’s  gifts,  but  nature  and  her 
ways  snould  never  be  lost  sight  of  for  they 
are  valuable  indexes.  A  Subscriber. 

SuhOolcral't,  Mich. 

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TRENCH  PLOWING  PRAIRIE. 

A  Woodstock,  Kansas,  correspondent  of 
the  Prairie  Fanner  says : — “1  trench-plowed 
about  forty  acres  of  prairie,  four  years  ago 
this  spring,  and  tbiuk  it  pays,  if  a  man  has 
the  team  with  which  to  do  it.  I  used  four 
yoke  ol'  good  cattle— five  would  have  been 
better,  fused  what  is  called  tho  Michigan 
double  plow —  two  plows  oil  one  beam,  a  ten 
inch  one  in  front,  and  a  fourteen  inch  follow¬ 
ing.  1  set  tiie  small  one  so  it  would  run 
about  two  inches  deep  and  1  he  other  about 
five  inches  deeper.  Then  gave  the  ground  a 
good  harrowing,  aftd  planted  with  Brown’s 
planter.  1  gave  ttb  cultivation  and  gathered 
over  forty  bushels  of  good  corn  per  acre.” 

• - - - - 

ECONOMICAL  NOTES. 

Durability  of  Shingles.— T&e  Plumbers’ 
Carpenters’  and  Builders’  Guide  gives  the 
average  durability  of  shaved  pine  shingles 
from  twenty  to  thirty-five  years,  Sawed 
pine  shingles,  clear  from  sap,  sixteen  to 
twentv-two  years.  Sawed  pine  shingles,  with 
sap,  four  to  seven  years.  Cedar  shingles, 
twelve  to  eighteen  years.  Spruce  shingles, 
seven  to  twelve  years. 

Durability  of  Superphosphate  of  Lime. — 
E.  M.  T.  asks  those  who  have  used  super¬ 
phosphate  of  lime  to  tell  him  how  long  its 
effects  are  perceptible  upon  crops — whether 
for  more  than  one  or  two  seasons. 

To  Destroy  Canada  Thistles  a  farmer  cut 
the  thistles  off  a  little  under  ground  with  a 
knife,  pouring  a  little  old  fish  brine  on  the 
roots,  then  plowed  aud  cultivated  in  corn. 
They  never  sprouted. 


<Jicl(l  (ttrup. 


BEET  SUGAR  INDUSTRY. 

One  of  the  editors  of  the  Rural  Nbw- 
Yorker  has  received  a  priyate  letter  from 
Mr.  C.  IL  ROsenstiel,  Freeport,  Ill.,  who  is 
largely  engaged  in  growing  and  manufactur¬ 
ing  the  sugar  beet.  We  have  before  referred 
to  his  operations,  and  now  take  the  liberty 
of  publishing  the  following  extract  from  his 
letter  : 

Our  sugar  beets  are,  the  most  of  them, 
planted,  and  I  am  glad  to  be  able  to  tell  you 
that  the  farmers  turned  out  nobly  to  make 
Contract  to  raise  them,  so  we  will  get  all  the 
beets  we  want  to  work  up  this  year.  I  would 
like  to  Hay  a  few  words  to  you  about  the 
necessity  of  the  interests  of  agriculture  and 
the  beet  sugar  industry. 

Tho  introduction  of  beet  sugar  manufac¬ 
ture  into  the  United  States  would  be  of  great 
benefit  to  farmers  ;  it  would  insure  to  them 
superior  methods  of  agriculture,  increased 
crops,  more  remunerative  prices,  home  mar¬ 
kets  and  enhance  the  value  of  farms.  It 
would  create  industry  and  diversify  labor, 
thereby  increasing  the  general  prosperity, 
intelligence  and  happiness  of  tho  community. 
There  is  nothing,  in  my  opinion,  that  har¬ 
monizes  the  agricultural  aud  manufacturing 
interests  more  than  the  beet  sugar  industry. 
It  calls  into  existence  many  establishments 
for  the  manufacture  of  agricultural  tools.  It 
gives  employment  to  all  kinds  of  mechanics, 
laborers,  railroads,  coal  mines,  the  farmer 
and  the  millionaire  as  well  us  the  beggar. 

Look  how  necessary  it  is  that  something  is 
done  for  this  country  : — We  urc  importing  to 
tliis  country  $80,000, 000  worth  of  sugar  — 
more  than  our  whole  export  of  grain  and 
breadstuff.  Now,  if  we  were  making  this 
$80,000,000  worth  of  sugar  at  home  and  ex¬ 
porting  $80,000,000  of  grain  and  breadstuff, 

•  this'  would  bo  $100,000,000  in  our  favor;  or, 
for  instance,  if  u  farmer  gets  $1,000  for  his 
grain  and  pays  out  $lrQOO,  how  much  better 
off  is  he  than  before  ?  On  the  other  hand,  if 
he  gets  $1,000  and  pays  out  only  $500,  he 
would  gain  greatly  thereby.  Bo  it  is  with  a 
country — if  it  pays  more  than  it  gets,  it  goes 
down. 

Oh  !  had  I  the  power  to  impress  it  on  every 
man,  woman  and  child’s  heart,  how  neces¬ 
sary  it  is  to  encourage  the  beet-root  industry ! 
There  is  hardly  an  interest  that  would  be  so 
much  beueflt  to  every  person  !  Louis  Na- 
TOLEON  said  wherever  the  beet  is  cultivated 
the  value  of  land  ia  enhanced  aud  the  general 
prosperity  promoted.  In  another  place  the 
same  author  puts  the  following  words  : — “  lu 
the  mouth  of  the  sugar  industry  respect  me  ; 
for  I  im  prove  the  soil ;  I  make  land  fertile, 
which  without  me  would  be  uncultivated  ;  I 
give  emplyment  to  laborers  who  ot  herwise 
would  bo  idlu  ;  I  solve  one  of  the  greatest 
problems  of  modern  society  ;  1  organize  and 
elevate  labor ;  the  conclusions  to  which  I 
have  arrived  are  that  the  skill  which  is  the 
result  of  the  experience  of  more  than  a  cen¬ 
tury,  and  which  ha-  made  France  and  Ger¬ 
many  independent  of  foreign  countries  for  her 
supply  of  sugar,  is  available  for  us  to-day.” 

The  manufacture  of  beet  sugar  c-au  be  suc¬ 
cessfully  transplanted  from  France  and  Ger¬ 
many  to  the  United  States  ;  and  sugar  can 
be  produced  in  this  country  from  the  beet  as 
cheaply  as  it  can  be  from  the  cane  in  Cuba  or 
any  other  country. 

I  wish  you  would  see  what  the  Commis¬ 
sioner,  in  Patent-)  ice  Report  of  1871,  on 
pages  Dili,  207-08,  :  ;ys  about  the  interest  of 
beet  sugar  fanning.  I  agree  with  him  fully. 
You  will  see  there  that  we  run  a  great  risk 
of  losing  our  foreij  i  trade  of  breadstuff.  It 
is  because  France  mid  Gormany  have  carried 
on  the  beet  sugar  in  crest  over  seventy  years 
and  have  benefited  those  countries  so  much 
that  they  are  onablcd  to  . buy  our  Government 
and  city  bonds  and  i  ur  in  .  railroad  stocks  ; 
and  when  you  speak  of  the  beet  sugar  inter¬ 
est  you  find  it  helps  every  other  branch  of 
industry  on  the  globe  and  keeps  the  money 
in  the  country  instead  of  sending  it  out.  As 
we  have  a  better  country  to  raise  the  sugar 
beet  and  better  facilities  for  fuel  thau  the 
old  countries  have,  why  should  we  sir  much 
longer  and  look  on  and  sec  v,  hat  other  coun¬ 
tries  are  doing  i  I  think  it  is  a  duty  resting 
on  you  journalists  to  stir  up  the  capitalists  to 
invest  their  money  in  this  industry,  instead 
of  putting  it  in  railroads,  &c.,  for  we  have 
plenty  of  them.  ! 

- - 4-*> - 

Hungarian  Grass  may  be  sowed  on  clean, 
well-prepared  ground,  up  to  J une  15.  If  de¬ 
signed  for  hay  or  soiling  sow  thickly,  say  one 
bushel  of  seed  per  acre.  Cut  for  hay  or 
soiling  while  the  plant  is  in  bloom.  This 
answers  P.  N.  G. 


oue.  It  must  prove  serviceable  for  those 
persons  who  koop  a  small  number  of  cows 
and  who  have  no  proper  appliances  for  set¬ 
ting  milk,  but  who  ean  have  Ice  at  their 
command  during  Rummer.  Probably  there 
is  good  foundation  to  the  high  praise  given 
to  “the  still’'  when  compared  with  the  old 
method  of  setting  milk  in  the  pantry,  or  in 
such  places  where  an  even  temperature  can¬ 
not  be  maintained.  And  that  it  improves 
the  quality  as  well  as  the  quantity  of  butter 
over  milk  treated  in  the  ordinary  way,  we 
do  not  doubt. 


SUGGESTIONS  FOR  HORSEMEN 


THE  CREAM  STILL 


I  notice  you  give  my  opinion  of  the  nature 
of  scratches  on  horses;  your  readers  will  find 
I  am  not  far  from  right,  although  mercurial 
ointment  does  not  always  cure.  A  careless 
and  ignorant  groom  will  use  too  much,  wliich 
acts  as  a  poison  instead  of  a  curative,  and  he 
will  not  use  eare  about  catching  cold.  As 
an  offset  to  the  last  sentence  of  your  article, 
let  me  tell  you  some  more  simple  preventive 
and  cures  :  —  A  horse  which  gnaws  his  man 
ger,  neck-yoke  or  halter  can  bo  furnished 
with  something  which  will  bite  back,  by  mix¬ 
ing  cayenne  pepper  with  sirup.  It  dries  on 
and  is  not  easily  rubbed  oil',  except  with 
water,  and  is  always  ready  to  give  bite  for 
bite. 

Many  horses  are  called  a  little  foundered, 
when  it  is  only  a  stiffness  of  the  cords  of  tho 
neck  and  shoulder,  caused  by  tho  check- 
rein.  YoU  have  often  seen  a  horse  step  back 
in  his  stall  after  he  had  been  out  to  show  off 
his  best  points,  and  put  his  nose  down  to  the 
floor  i  The  groom,  with  a  wise  look,  will  re¬ 
mark,  “The  old  man  gave  him  a  hard  one 
to-day,  whilo  in  foot  the  liorso  was  only 
stretching  out  tho  cords  of  his  neck  ;  and 
then,  to  make  the  matter  still  worse,  tho 
ignoramus  ties  the  halter  shorter,  so  as  to 
“  make  him  stand  up  in  his  stall.”  (That  ac¬ 
tion  was  an  error,  for  if  you  “gag  him  up” 
and  then  refuse  to  let  nature  restore  the 
equilibrium,  you  will  in  a  short  time  create 
a  contraction  in  the  cords  of  the  neck  and 
shoulders,  and  tho  liorso  shows  a  Btiffness, 
which  appears  to  bo  a  founder.)  My  prevent¬ 
ive  is,  to  feed  from  a  manger  on  a  level  with 
his  feet  and  not  over  twenty  inches  in  front. 
This  lets  a  liorso  feed  as  ho  was  made  to  eat ; 
a  horse  never  was  made  to  cat  like  a  giraffe. 

Another  objection  to  high  mangers  (and  I 
never  saw  anything  in  tueir  favor),  is,  they 


by  it9  use  than  could  be  obtained  by  other 
methods  of  managing  the  milk.  That  is,  by 
udng  the  still,  four  cows  would  yield  as  much 
butter  during  the  season  as  six  cows  when 
the  still  was  not  used.  Thu  statemeut  was 
not  made  as  to  the  manner  of  treating  the 
milk  by  “other  methods.”  No  clue  was 
given  as  to  the  peculiarities,  shape,  capacity, 
&c.,  of  this  still.  Whether  it  had  any  fea¬ 
tures  common  to  tho  “  wntsky  still,  ”  by 
which  our  revenue  officers  might  feel  war¬ 
ranted  in  levying  a  special  tax,  was  a  ques¬ 
tion  which  remained  unanswered.  Butter 
dairymen,  however,  as  was  natural,  felt  a 
desire  to  increase  then-  pile  of  butter,  and  if 
« the  still”  could  extract  more  butter  out  of 
the  milk  of  four  cows  than  could  otherwise 
be  obtained  out  of  the  same  milk  and  that  of 
two  additional  cows— wily,  then,  they  wanted 
the  still,  if  it  could  be  had  at  moderate  coat 
and  was  not  expensive  in  its  operation.  What 
seemed  a  little  curious  about  this  matter  was, 
that  none  of  our  distinguished  butter-makers, 
of  whom  we  inquired,  could  give  us  any  in¬ 
formation  about  “  the  still.”  No  agents  Were 
perambulating  the  country  discoursing  upon 
its  advantages.  It  was  not  generally  adver¬ 
tised.  Was  it  possible  that  certain  butter- 
makers  had  got  hold  of  this  w  onderful  appa¬ 
ratus,  and  fearing  lest  tho  butter  interest  of 
the  country  would  be  overdone  if  the  merits 
of  the  still  were  known,  and  at  the  same 
time,  wishing  to  keep  the  thing  in  their  own 
hands  and  grow  rich  out  of  its  use— possibly 
this  was  the  reason,  some  thought,  why  there 
was  so  much  reticence  in  the  matter. 

Fortunately,  we  arc  able  to  clear  up  a  part 
of  tho  mystery  which  has  apparently  sur¬ 
rounded  the  "cream  still.”  A  correspond¬ 
ent  kindly  furnishes  us  with  a  drawing  of 
“the  still”  and  a  brief  description,  together 
With  a  printed  list  of  names  of  persons  who 
have  used  “the  still,”  and  who  give  high 
testimonials  as  to  its  merits.  In  the  ilrst 
place,  wo  should  say  the  name  was  a  mis¬ 
nomer,  since  the  apparatus  has  nothing  iu 
common  with  those  devices  employed  in  the 
distillation  of  liquors.  It  resembles  more  a 
refrigerator.  It  is  described  as  composed  of 
iron,  composition,  packing  and  wood.  Ice  is 
only  required  in  hot  weather.  The  inventor 
sa  s  “  No  cellar  is  needed  in  using  it,  and  in 


CREAM  STILL. 

We  give  the  illustratjon  and  description  of 
“  the  cream  still,” 


not  only  to  satisfy  the  in¬ 
quiries  of  correspondents,  but  because  the 
invention  is  somewhat  novel  and  can,  with¬ 
out  doubt,  bo  turned  to  valuable  account  in 
small  butter  dairies.  Tile  invention  appears 
to  have  originated  in  Canada,  and  is  probably 
patented  in  the  Dominion  ;  but  whether  it  is 
patented  in  the  United  States  wo  do  not 
know,  and  we  should  presume  it  is  not ;  for 
if  it  had  been,  wo  should  very  likely  have 
heard  of  it  before  this.  Perhaps  some  of  our 
inventors  of  daily  appliances  will  take  a  hint 
from  this  device  and  bring  out  something 
similar  for  the  use  of  butter-makers  who 
keep  a  small  number  of  cow3.  It  would 
prove  a  serviceable  apparatus  in  many  in¬ 
stances  for  this  class,  and  its  use  would  im¬ 
prove  the  quality  of  butter  among  many  but¬ 
ter-makers  throughout  the  country. 


some  sense,  the  humiliation  and  degradation 
to  which  they  arc  subjected.  Yet,  this  is 
the  kind  of  men  that  we  need  to  make  the 
necessary  progress  in  tiffs  department  of  in 
dustry.  The  amount  of  property  intrusted 
to  the  skill  and  intelligence  of  the  manager 
in  a  large  factory  during  the  season,  is  very 
considerable,  and  the  best  men,  all  things 
considered,  arc  the  cheapest  in  the  long  ran. 
The  loss  of  a  half  cent  a  pound  may  be  but  a 
trifle  on  a  small  product ;  but  on  400,000  or 
500,000  pounds  the  figures  assume  Importance. 

If  we  are  to  promote  progress  and  improve¬ 
ment  in  this  specialty,  neighborhoods  should 
take  an  interest  in,  and  feel  a  pride  for,  their 
factories,  making  them  attractive  models  of 
neatness  and  good  order,  and  which  stand 
out  prominently  as  institutions  to  be  pattern¬ 
ed  after,  or  from  which  some  useful  lesson 
may  be  learned.  Wc  have  seen  so  much 
good  resulting  to  certain  neighborhoods 
from  the  improvement  of  factory  buildings 
and  tho  beautifying  or  factory  grounds  with 
shrubbery  and  other  non -expensive  orna¬ 
mentation,  that  we  must  urge  these  sugges¬ 
tions  upon  the  attention  of  those  who  jtf-e 
contemplating  building  daily  structures,  even 
though  they  be  of  moderate  capacity.  Many 
of  the  late  factories  have  been  erected  after 
old  models,  and  are  cheap  and  flimsy  affairs 
—a  disgrace  to  any  neighborhood  that  makes 
pretensions  to  intelligence  and  good  taste. 
Generally,  in  such  structures,  a  low  grade  of 
cheese  is  made  ;  for  the  ohoese-makor,  like 
the  factory,  is  second-class,  and  tliuB  more  is 
lost  annually,  in  the  aggregate  than  would 
have  paid  for  good  buildings  and  neat  sur¬ 
roundings,  whilo  no  improvement  is  made  or 
can  be  expected  from  patrons  of  the  factoiy. 

In  most  instances,  we  think  it  would  pay 
those  contemplating  building  to  employ  a 
good  architect,  lie  should  understand,  of 
course,  the  general  plan  of  the  various  rooms, 
and  this  could  be  obtained  by  visiting  some 
first-class  establishment ;  then  let  him  make 
his  draughts  and  assist  with  suggestions  as 
to  the  grounds  and  their  adornment.  A 
comparatively  small  sum  spent  in  this  way 
is  well  laid  out,  and  will  often  save  from 
wretched  mistakes  and  a  useless  waste  of 
capital. 

We  shall  never  forget  the  impression  re¬ 
ceived  on  visiting  the  Royal  Dairy  at  the 
Queen’s  Farm,  near  Windsor.  The  orna¬ 
mentation  is  most  elaborate,  while  every 
provision  is  made  for  neatness  and  a  sweet, 
healthful  atmosphere.  Such  a  structure  has 
an  elevating  influence  upon  character,  and 
makes  one  feel  that  dairy  farming  can  be 
turned  into  a  delightful  occupation,  second 
to  no  calling  or  profession.  And  although 
p  may  uot  bo  advisable  to  vie  with  the  regal 
magnificence  here  displayed— of  costly  mar- 
•  ble  tables,  gilded  porcelain,  painted  tiles  and 
such  elegant  ornamentation  as  that  which 
affords  pleasure  to  the  Queen  of  Britain  in 
her  muiiel  dairy  ;  still,  we  hold  that  thoasso- 
'  elated  dairy  farmer?  of  America  can  do  much 
,  to  elevate  their  calling,  and  that  if  we  are 
,  to  produce  the  best  butter  and  cheese  to  be 
found  in  the  world,  our  manufactories  must 
1  rise  to  be  higher  models  of  beauty  and  purity 
than  those  which  too  often  diiilgure  the 
r  country. 


SAWDUST  FOR  STABLES 


I  kind  in  No.  1214  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  a  few  lines  from  “A  Correspondent 
of  the  London  Field,”  in  regard  to  littering 
stables  with  sawdust.  I  have  used  sawdust 
for  this  purpose  for  several  years,  and  fully 
agree  with  him  in  some  of  Ins  ideas,  though  I 
cannot  for  a  moment  agree  with  him  in 
others.  Bawdust,  rightly  used,  is  very  much 
better  for  horses'  litter  than  straw  or  any 
other  kind  of  litter  ;  but  at  the  same  time  it 
does  not.  make  good  manure,  for  i  have  fairly 
tested  this.  I  am  fully  convinced  that,  on 
the  other  hand,  it  proves  detrimental  to  the 
good  qualities  of  the  manure,  causing  it  to  be 
of  a  sour  nature,  und  from  the  fact  that  it  is 
a  great  absorbent,  it  absorbs  the  moisture 
and  then  if  allowed  to  lie,  you  have  a  stack 
of  (what  was)  manure  dried  up  and  apparent¬ 
ly  good  for  nothing. 

His  mode  of  using  it  I  do  not  like  ;  I  have 
tried  it  and  find  that  the  only  way  to  use  it, 
to  be  good  for  the  horse’s  feet,  is  to  use  at  a 
time  about  two  inches  thick,  scraping  the 
stables  clean  every  morning  ;  by  doing  this, 
and  using  a  couple  of  handful^  of  ground 
plaster  sprinkled  over  the  wet  ports,  you 
have  a  clean,  Bweet  and  dry  stable,  with 
your  horses  looking  slick  ;  and  I  can  assure 
you  no  scratches  about  or  any  other  disease 
of  the  foot  or  leg. 

The  correspondent  alluded  to  above  states 
that  horeus  will  not  eat  their  litter  when 
bedded  with  sawdust;  this  I  cannot  deny, 
though  I  know  it  is  thought  by  many  that 
horses  will  get  into  the  habit  of  eating  saw¬ 
dust,  which  proves  very  injurious.  This  1 
cannot  decide,  as  I  have  never  yet  found  my 
horses  to  acquire  this  habit.  a.  h.  w. 

Hockessin,  Del. 


MAKING  THE  DAIRY  ATTRACTIVE 


We  hear  that  quite  a  number  of  cheese 
factories  are  to  be  erected  the  coming  year 
throughout  the  different  States.  Within  a 
yea r  or  two,  a  few  factories  have  been  started 
iu  Maine,  and  considerable  attention  is  now 
being  directed  to  the  dairy  in  that  State. 
Mueh  of  the  land  in  Maine  is  well  adapted  to 
grazing,  and  as  formers  begin  to  learn  some¬ 
thing  of  the  advantages  of  dairying  and  tho 
associated  system,  we  rnay  expect  to  see  this 
interest  largely  developed  in  the  State. 

In  this  erection  of  factories,  too  little  regard 
is  paid  to  architecture  and  ornamental  sur¬ 
roundings.  The  early  factories  were  rough, 
bani-like  buildings,  with  no  claims  to  beauty 
of  construction  or  taste  in  any  department 
connected  with  the  establishment.  Pig  pens 
wore  often  iu  close  proximity  to  the  milk 
room  ;  the  manufacturing  quarters  were  not 
unfrequently  over  small  streams,  with  insuf¬ 
ficient  provision  for  carrying  off  waste  whey 
and  other  filth  incident  to  these  establish¬ 
ments.  They  soon  became  foul,  polluting 
the  air,  during  hot  weather,  for  a  consider¬ 
able  distance  around.  There  was  some  ex¬ 
cuse,  perhaps,  for  this  state  of  things  among 
the  factories  first  built.  The  system  then 
was  considered  an  experiment,  and  the  least 


CURE  FOR  BONE  SPAVIN 


Take  dog’s  grease,  yt  pint ;  best  oil  of  ori¬ 
ganum,  \%  ounces  ;  pulverized  cantharides, 
ounce.  Mix  and  apply  each  morning  for 
three  mornings,  heating  it  in  with  a  rod  hot 
iron  each  time- ;  then  skip  three  mornings 
and  apply  again  as  before,  until  it  has  been 
applied  nine  times  ;  after  which  wait  about 
ten  days,  aud  if  it  is  not  all  gone,  go  over 
agaiu  in  the  same  way. 

The  Champion  Horse-shocr  of  White  Pi¬ 
geon,  Mich.,  obtained  tliis  plan  of  an  old  Nor¬ 
wegian  farrier.  It  does  not  remove  the  hair, 
but  cures  the  largest  and  woret  cases  : 

Indian  Method. — Bind  a  toad  upon  it  ;  or 
two  if  one  does  not  cover  it,  aud  keep  it  on 
from  eight  to  ten  days.  An  Indian  cured  a 
horse  in  this  way,  near  St.  Louis,  for  which 
he  received  a  muoh-eovoLcd  rifle.  The  cure 
proved  permanent.  it.  a.  w. 


the  cultivated  plant  seldom  produces  seeds. 
It  flourishes  best  in  a  moist  and  warm  cli¬ 
mate,  but  is  able  to  survive  a  long  drouth 
and  extreme  heat. 

There  are  several  varieties  of  the  pine-ap¬ 
ple,  differing  in  their  leaves  being  more  or 
less  spiny  on  their  edges,  and  in  the  shape 
and  color  of  t-lie  fruit.  Great  care  is  requisite 
in  its  cultivation,  otherwise  it  will  be  coarse 
and  fibrous,  with  but  little  sweetness.  Noth- 
ing'canjsurpass  the  rich  and  delicate  flavor  of 


surface  moist.  Five  or  six  years  ago,  a  friend 
recommended  the  application  of  salt  to  paths 
to  keep  down  weeds.  Experience  proved 
that  the  stilt  effected  this  result  the  first  sea¬ 
son  very  well  indeed,  but  the  following  year 
the  weeds  appeared  to  flourish.  But  what 
was  strange  about  it  was  that  for  three  years 
after  one  could  see  at  a  glance  any  morning 
just  how  far  the  salt  was  spread  on  each  walk 
from  the  dampness  of  the  surface,  when  the 
other  parts  of  the  walks  were  apparently  dry. 


BURLINGTON  PIPPIN 


A  VALUABLE  WHITEWASH 


The  Vermont  Farmer  says  of  this  apple  : 
Here  is  a  winter  Fameuse  for  the  hills  of  V cr- 
rnont.  Some  forty  years  ago,  when  our 
growing  city  of  Burlington  was  but  a  country 
village,  the  late  Charles  Adams,  Esq.,  occu¬ 
pied  a  large  property  lying  about 
the  present  high  school  building 
and  known  in  those  days  as  the 
Town  Farm.  The  tree  to  which 
this  apple  has  been  traced  back 
stood  on  tills  estate,  and  being 
well  known  among  the  fruit  men 
of  that  day  and  place,  was  from 
this  circu  mstauce  called  the  To  wn 
apple.  Long  ago  the  old  apple 
tree  died,  or  was  destroyed  by 
the  changes  going  on  mound  it ; 
but  Judge  Smalley  and  Dr.  — *»■ 

Hitchcock  had  each  previously 
taken  cions  from  it  and  grafted 
them  in  young  trees  on  their  own  ^ 

grounds.  Shortly  before  the  7^5 

death  of  A.  J,  Downing,  Judge 
Smalley  brought  the  apple  to  his 
notice,  and  he,  taking  consider-  ■ 

able  interest  in  it,  proposed  nain-  f  /:■ 
ing  it  the  Smalley  Pippin.*  .The  f  ■ 
Judge,  however,  in  replying  do-  /  j 

ellned  the  honor,  as  not  his  due,  ’  , 

since  he  hud  merely  aided  iu 
common  with  others  in  bringing 
the  fruit  into  wider  notice,  and 
suggested  that  it  might  very 
properly  be’called  the  Burlington 
Pippin,  'nils  was  just  before  the 
terrible  disaster  on  the  Hudson  in  i  K  ^ 
which  Mr.  Downing  lost  his  life, 
and  uotlxing  more  was  written 
about  the  apple.  The  new  name  t 
proposed  by  J uege  Smalley  stuck 
to  the  fruit,  however. 

For  this  history  I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  A. 
Taylor,  nurseryman,  of  Burlington,  who,  find¬ 
ing  the  apple  held  in  good  esteem  there  when 
ho  came  into  the  place  sixteen  years  ago,  has 
propagated  and  disseminated  it  to  some  ex. 
tent.  lietller  the  tree  on  Mr.  Adams’  place 
was  the  original  seedling  tree  or  oidy  a  graft 
bi’ought  from  some  other  section,  no  one  can 
now  tell.  The  close  resemblance  this  variety 
bears  to  the  class  of  apple-s  represented  by 
the  Fameuse,  St.  Lawrence,  &o,,  suggests 
that  it  may  have  a  common  origin  with  those. 
If  so,  its  seed  or  cion  may  have  been  brought 
from  France  by  the  early  missionaries  to 
Canada.  The  fact  that  Burlington  in  its  early 
day  was  in  the  closest  communication  with 
the  valley  of  the  St.  Lawrence,  would  seem 
to  render  it  highly  probable  that  it  came 
from  that  direction  either  as  seed  or  cion. 

The  tree  is  believed  to  be  as  hardy  as  that 
of  the  Fameuse.  it.  bears  its  fruit  from  ter¬ 
minal  buds  ;  so  it  does  not  over-bear,  but, 
rather,  yields  every  year  a  moderate  crop  of 
uniformly  good  character.  The  fruit  is  large, 
highly  colored  with  red  on  a  light  yellow 
ground,  its  quality  and  flavor  very  strongly  , 
suggest  the  Fameuse,  but  it  is  perhaps  richer 
than  that  variety.  And  its  season  is  a  month 
later  than  that  of  the  Fameuse,  in  December 
and  January. 

The  fact  that  it  is  a  winter  apple  of  great 
beauty  and  of  undoubted  hardiness  com¬ 
mends  it  to  the  attention  of  those  who  can 
only  succeed  with  the  Red  Astraehan,  Fa¬ 
meuse,  &c. 


I  saw  in  a  late  Rurai.  New-Yorker  that 
some  gentleman  asks  for  a  wash  for  his 
fence.  I  will  give  a  recipe  for  a  wash.  First 
prepare  a  twelve  or  fifteen  gallon  kettle  • 
have  it  clean  and  dry ;  take  eighteen  pounds 
of  quick  lime,  that  is  tmflaked, 
fresh  burnt ;  put  it  in  the  kettle, 
pour  boiling  water  on  it  and  it 
will  commence  to  slake  immedi¬ 
ately  ;  but  keep  it  covered  with 
boiling  water  or  it  will  burn. 
While  the  lime  is  going  through 
the  slaking  process,  it  will  absorb 
2onsiderable  water  ;  but  put  in 
water  so  fast  that  when  the  lime 
is  done  slaking  the  kettle  will  be 
full.  Put  in  one  and  a-half  pounds 
of  sulphate  of  zinc  and  one  pound 
of  alum  ;  keep  it  well  stirred  un¬ 
til  it  is  entirely  slaked  and  it  will 
be  about  the  consistency  of 
cream.  It  is  then  ready  for 
using.  It  will  mix  with  any  kind 
of  paint  as  well  as  oil  paint.  I 
have  used  it  with  lampblack,  or 
yellow  ochre  aud  red  lead,  for 
£ ,  painting  brick  walls.  It  forms 

a  perfect  cement  so  that  water 
.  will  not  penetrate  it  after  it  gets 

perfectly  dry.  Freezing  will  not 
eale  it  a  particle. 

I  have  tried  many  kinds  of 
BfcacRKaBk  wash,  but  this  is  the  best  1  ever 
used.  Some  years  ago  I  saw  a 
recipe  in  the  “  Solomon  Thrifty 
Almanac,7'  called  the  stucco 
wash,  made  of  glue,  saleratus, 
salt,  milk,  oil  and  some  other 
ingredients  ;  but  it  would  not  do 
for  outside  work  ;  the  wood  ab¬ 
sorbed  the  oil,  and  the  lime 
rubbed  off  like  a  chalk  mark.  I  got  up  one 
of  my  own,  which  is  here  published  for 
the  first  time,  thinking  it  may  bo  of  benefit 
to  some  person.  I  axu  an  old  mason  of  more 
than  forty  years  experience,  and  have  used 
lime  in  every  way  that  it  can  be  used,  laying 
blick  and  stone  walls,  plastering,  cementing 
cisterns,  whitewashing,  painting  walls, 
houses,  barns,  &c*  S.  J.  II.  Abbott, 

Randolph  Co.,  I  ml. 


PIPE  FOR  WATER 


The  following  open  letter  has  been  sent  us 
by  the  New  York  Lead  Co.,  63  and  65  Centre 
street,  with  the  request  that  we  forward  it 
to  D.  B.  E.,  from  whom  au  article  appeared 
in  our  issue  of  April  12,  page  237.  Since  we 
have  not  our  correspondent's  address,  we 
take  the  liberty  of  publishing  the  letter— or 
so  much  of  it  as  answers  his  inquiries  : 

“D.  B.  E. — Dear  Sir:— Iu  reply  to  your 
inquiries  in  Moore’s  Rural  New-Yorker, 
about  water  supply  for  your  stock,  we  would 
say  that  the  amount  of  water  delivered  de¬ 
pends  as  much  upon  the  bight  of  the  supply 
as  upon  the  size  of  pipes.  If  there  is  a  good 
lieaa  of  water,  you  may  use  say,  1  inch  for 
the  first  1,000  feet,  %  inch  for  the  next,  and 
%  inch  for  the  remaining  distance.  By  plac¬ 
ing  a  tank  at  the  distributing  end  of  the  pipes 
you  can  make*  smaller  pipes  answer.  Wo 
inclose  circular  and  price  lost  of  our  Patent 
Composite  Pipe,  which  we  will  fumisb  at  35 
per  cent,  discount  from  the  list.  We  can  put 
it  on  reels,  our  additional  charge  for  reels 
being  more  th&n  compensated  by  the  in¬ 
creased  facility  in  laying  down  the  pipe  and 
the  few  joints  required.  This  pipe  is  much 
cheaper  than  lead,  and  we  guarantee  it  in 
all  respects.  The  interior  surf  ace  is  polished, 
and  the  friction  of  water  flowing  through  is 
much  reduced  thereby.  If  you  will  favor  us 
with  your  address,  we  will  send  you  a  sam¬ 
ple.  If  the  pipe  is  on  reels,  it  will  not  be  tin¬ 
ned;  but  it  is  unnecessary  to  have  it  tin-lined, 
as  the  Composite  metal  resists  the  corrosive 
action  of  water  sufficiently,— N.  Y.  Lead  Co. 

Our  limited  space  prevents  us  publishing 
the  price  list ;  but  it  may  be  obtained  by  ad¬ 
dressing  as  above. 


SEEDS  FOB  LATE  PLANTING, 


Some  things  can  not  only  be  planted  late, 
but  are  often  better  for  late  planting.  We 
have  thought  it  well  to  make  out  a  list  of  the 
leading  varieties  of  seed  that  it  would  be 
desirable  to  plant  after  tliis  number  of  the 
Guide  readbes  our  readers. 

Beaus — both  for  snap-beans  and  for  shell¬ 
ing,  may  be  planted  as  late  as  the  first  of 
June,  with  every'  prospect  of  success. 

Cabbage . — For  a  real  delicate  cabbage  for 
winter  use,  as  well  as  for  autumn,  there  is 
nothing  like  the  Wiuniugstadt,  Wakefield, 
and  other  early  sorts.  They  should  be  sown 
as  late  as  June,  iu  some  cool  place,  like  the 
north  side  of  a  fence  or  building.  Transplant 
in  a  showery  time,  aud  by  first  snow  will 
have  nice  little  heads.  Cook  carefully  with¬ 
out  breaking,  aud  serve  up  in  quarters,  and 
you  have  a  treat  too  good  for  a  king. 

Cucumbers  far  Pickling— it  is  not  best  to 
get  in  the  ground  in  this  section  until  about 
the  tenth  of  J  lute. 

Summer  Squash  grows  rapidly,  and  for 
succession  it  is  best  to  put  some  in  as  late  as 
first  of  June. 

Turnips  may  be  sown  even  as  late  as  the 
first  of  August,  or  even  the  middle.  If  the 
weather  is  showery  they  make  a  crop  in  a 
few  weeks,  and  the  [more  rapid  the  growth 
the  better. 

Sweet  Corn  for  Feeding.— Wherever  there 
is  a  vacant  piece  of  ground,  it  can  be  used  to 
good  advantage  by  sowing  coni  thickly  in 
drills,  It  will  make  excellent  feed,  either 
green  or  dried,  for  winter. — Vick’s  Guide. 


VEGETABLES  IN  HOP  GARDENS 


An  English  writer  says  : — It  is  well  known 
in  the  south-east  of  England  that  Hops  are 
planted  in  rows,  the  hillocks  being  usually  six 
feet  apart ;  and  that,  as  they  do  not  bear  a 
crop  worth  picking  until  the  third  year,  it  is 
customary  to  grow  beaus  or  some  other  veg¬ 
etable  between  the  rows  during  the  first 
year,  and  in  some  places  during  the  second 
year  also,  so  that  the  laud  should  give  some 
little  return,  instead  of  being  profitless  for 
those  two  years,  I  was  lately  passing  across 
a  hop  ground,  in  which  the  hops  had  just 
been  picked,  and  I  noticed  hi  cue  field  that 
the  hillocks  of  hops  had  been  planted  at  the 
usual  distance  from  each  other,  but  that  the 
rows  were  twelve  instead  of  6  feet  apart,  and 
that  the  intervening  ground  was  occupied 
either  by  cucumbers,  or  by  a  double  row  of 
Bmssels  Sprouts,  or  by  three  rows  of  Straw¬ 
berries.  We  all  know  how  uncertain  is  the 
crop  of  hops,  and  that  a  partial  or  complete 
failure  of  the  hop  crop  is  by  no  means  uncom¬ 
mon.  Therefore  I  eould  not  help  thinking 
that  this  conversion  of  one-half  of  the  hop 
garden  into  a  vegetable  garden  was  a  wise 
and  prudent  arrangement  for  securing  a  cer¬ 
tain  return  from  the  land  every  year. 


THE  PINE-APPLE 


H.  M.  Myers  writes  the  Scientific  Ameri¬ 
can  as  follows  : — There  is,  perhaps,  no  produc¬ 
tion  of  the  tropics  which  is  so  generally  and 
deservedly  esteemed  by  the  people  of  the 
North  as  the  pine-apple,  yet  of  none  have 
they  such  vague  ideas  as  to  its  manner  of 
growth.  Not  unfrequently  have  we  heard  it 
expressed  as  being  the  fruit  of  a  tree  ;  asso¬ 
ciating  it  with  the  cone-bearing  trees  of  our 
own  country  The  pine-apple  plant  j4«an- 
assa  suticu)  is  a  native  of  tropical  America, 
growing  wild  in  the  forests,  but  is  also  largely 
cultivated  in  those  regions,  as  well  as  to  some 
considerable  extent  iu  the  West  Indies,  aud 
on  the  Eastern  Continent. 

It  has  fifteen  or  more  long,  serrated,  ridged, 
sharp-pointed  leaves  spi-inging  from  the  root, 
resembling  in  its  general  aspect  the  century 
plant,  but  much  smaller  iu  size.  In  the  cen¬ 
ter  of  thi9  cluster  of  thick,  succulent  leaves, 
springs  up  a  short  stalk  bearing  a  spike  of 
beautiful  flowers,  winch  in  time  produces  a 
single  pine-apple.  On  the  summit  of  the  fruit 
is  a  tuft  of  small  leaves,  capable  of  becoming 
a  new  plant,  which,  together  with  suckers, 
are  the  means  by  which  it  is  propagated,  as 


WHAT  PLANTS  ABSORB,  ETC 


Dr.  J.  C.  Draper,  of  New  York,  maintains 
that  all  living  things,  whether  animal  or 
plant,  absorb  oxygen  and  give  out  carbonic 
acid  ;  and  that  the  life  of  the  plant  is  one 
continuous  drinking-in  of  oxygen  gas.  .Hav- 
ing  grown  plants  similarly  nourished  in  tne 
dark  and  in  sunlight,  he  found  that  all  tne 
some  parts  were  produced  in  both  cases  ill- 
most  at  the  same  tunes,  and  that  the  slightly 
slower  evolution  of  the  series  grown  in  the 
dark  is  marked  by  a  slightly  smaller  weight, 
while  the  same  plant  measured  bv  night  ana 
by  dav  grows  shghtiy  faster  in  darkness  than 
in  sunlight.  The  roots  of  plants  grown  under 
both  circumstances  throw  out  the  same  kma 
of  excrement.  Therefore,  as  the  evolution 
and  weight  and  root-secretion  agree,  he  ui’ges 
that  the  carbonic  acid  has  been,  in  bot  h  cas¬ 
es,  thrown  off  as  a  consequence  of  growvn. 
and  has  never  been  absorbed  by  the  roots, 
and  then  given  out  as  vapor  from  the  leaves. 


SALTING  ASPARAGUS 


Salt  may  be  spread  on  asparagus  beds  at 
any  time  during  the  season  in  heavy  or  light 
doses,  and  without  injuiy.  When  the  salt  is 
scattered  ou  the  surface  In  J une  or  J uly,  it 
will  save  considerable  work  all  the  rest  of  the 
summer  in  hoeing  and  weeding,  and  at  the 
same  time,  plants,  especially  in  young  beds, 
wifi  thrive  under  such  treatment.  The  salt 
will  not  only  furnish  food,  but  will  keep  the 


The  Best  Tomato.— James  Vick  iu  his  last 
Floral  Guide  says  : — The  best  tomato  in  exist¬ 
ence  to-day,  I  believe,  is  Hathaway’s  Excel¬ 
sior.  This  opinion  has  uot  been  formed  hasti¬ 
ly,  I>ut  after  three  years  trial  in  my  own 
grounds,  and  after  receiving  reports  from  all 
parts  of  Europe  and  America,  where  I  have 
sent  it  for  trial. 


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and  think  I  could  for  $20  per  100  at  nurseries 
near  home.  There  seems  to  be  too  much  ex¬ 
pense  attached  to  selling  things  after  they 
are  made  or  raised.  See  the  amount  those 
wholesale  houses  pay  to  their  traveling 
agents,  and  still  they  h've.  I  have  merely 
writ  ten  this  to  draw  out  some  more  able  pen. 

Calhoun,  Co.,  Mich.  John  McLean. 

W e  give  the  above  as  an  index  of  the  way 
some  of  our  subscribers  think.  Had  we 
space  here,  we  should  like  to  commeut  upon 
it,  but  cannot.  We  like  to  have  our  corre¬ 
spondents  say  what  they  think  whether  we 
agree  with  them  or  not. 


dence  cannot  be  placed  in  pedigree. — Prairie 
Farmer. 


BINGING  A  BULL 


A  NATIONAL  BAILBOAD,  ETC 


BHEEDING  TEOUT  IN  ILLINOIS, 


In  the  London  Farmer  a  plan  is  suggested 
for  putting  a  ring  through  the  nose  of  a  bull 
worthy  of  the  attention  of  stock-breeders. 
A  ring  is  undoubtedly  the  safest  mode  of  con¬ 
trolling  the  bull.  Clamp  rings  having  two 
knobs  which  press  into  the  nostrils,  may  be 
useful  for  occasional  use — but  a  good  stout 
copper  ring  should  be  put  through  the  carti¬ 
lage  of  the  nose  of  every  thorough-bred  bull 
before  he  is  a  year  old.  This  will  last  him 
for  hia  lifetime— and  whether  tied  up  in  the 
stable  or  out  for  exercise,  it  will  effectually 
control  him. 

The  old-fashined  plan  of  inserting  the  ring, 
was  by  burning  a  hole  through  the  cartilage 
with  a  hot  iron — but  this  was  a  cruel  and 
difficult  process.  The  plan  suggested  by  the 
Farmer  is  to  use  a  weapon  styled  a  Iron  liar, 
similar  to  tho  surgical  instrument  employed 
for  "tapping”  in  cases  of  dropsy,  and  for 
"hoover’*  ill  cows.  It  is  a  sharp-pointed 
round  dagger  (the  point  three-sided),  carrying 
a  silver-plated  shield  reaching  from  the  upper 
part  of  the  point  to  the  handle.  Here  it  is  : 


I  noticed  a  suggestion,  or  hint,  for  govern¬ 
ment  to  build  a  railroad  from  the  sea  board 
t,o  the  West.  As  this  government  is  a  repre¬ 
sentative  one  it  might  lie  a  benefit  to  the 
people  at  large.  Such  a  move,  however, 
would  seem  to  me  to  have  many  objections. 
First,  the  mode  the  National  Government  has 
for  taxation.  It  must  issue  bonds  and  sell 
them,  and  tax  the  people  to  pay  the  interest 
until  siioh  times  as  the  railroad  will  pay  it 
from  the  proceeds  of  the  road.  The  way  the 
railed  States  tax  is  assessed,  it  falls  entirely 
on  the  consumer,  or  nearly  so.  Our  constitu¬ 
tion  should  he  so  amended  that  a  direct  tax 
could  be  levied  on  capital  of  the  several 
States,  instead  of  tariffs,  stamps  and  licenses. 
There  should  bo  no  tariff  only  for  protec¬ 
tion,  and  that  as  light  as  possible  and  secure 
the  end  intended.  A  tax,  for  instance,  on 
tobacco  is  laid  for  more  than  the  cost  of  rais¬ 
ing  and  manufacturing.  The  merchant  adds 
the  same  per  cent,  on  the  duty  as  on  the  first 
cost ;  that,  is,  he  bought  a  pound  of  tobacco 
for  S3  cents  and  sold  it  for  50  cents  ;  now  he 
pays  66  cents,  government  33,  and  sells  for 
*1  ;  therefore  the  merchant  gets  one-third 
and  government  two-thirds  ;  whereas,  if  a 
direct  tax  is  levied  it  should  not  cost  more 
than  ten  per  cent.  It  don’t  matter  whether 
it  is  on  tea,  coffee  or  tobacco,  so  long  as  it 
falls  directly  on  the  consumer. 

Second,  there  never  has  been  a  public  en¬ 
terprise  run  as  successfully  by  government 
as  by  private  companies.  The  freights  that, 
railroads  ask  now,  if  run  by  government,  I 
fear  would  rim  us  in  debt.  While  independ¬ 
ent  companies  are  making  fortunes  out  of 
them,  incompetent  persons  would  be  put  In 
charge  of  the  roads,  because  they  belonged 
to  the  dominant  party,  or  because  they  had 
helped  some  one  to  an  office,  &e. 

The  West  has  made  corn  a  leading  article 
for  complaint.  We  have  been  here  some  30 
years,  and  yet  there  has  been  but  two  or 
three  times  in  that  time  that  it  paid  to  ship 
corn.  Now  we  are  about  half  way  between 
Chicago  and  Detroit,  and  were,  until  tltree 
years  ago,  25  miles  from  a  railroad.  Then  it 
would  cost  from  8  to  14  cts.  to  take  a  bushel 
of  coni  to  the  railroad  —  more  than  half 
the  cost  of  raising  it.  We  find  it  more  prof¬ 
itable  to  convert  our  coni  into  pork,  beef, 
butter  or  wool,  than  to  sell  the  corn;  10  bush¬ 
els  of  corn,  fed  with  any  economy,  will  make 
100  pounds  of  pork,  live  weight.  This  saves 
over  four-fifths  of  the  freight,  provided  the 
same  rates  are  asked  for  one  as  the  other,  A 
bushel  of  corn  will  make  a  pound  of  wool, 
and,  I  feel  satisfied,  SX  pounds  of  butter. 
So  we  see  that,  we  can  send  the  pork,  wool 
and  butter  East  at  a  great  deal  less  freight 
than  the  corn.  The  local  demand  for  corn 
here  has  been  from  two  to  ten  cents  lifgher 


An  Elgin,  Ill.,  correspondent  of  the  West- 
ert  Dural  says  : — Any  good,  cool  spring  water 
which  does  uot  get  warmer  than  sixty-five 
degrees  in  Summer  is  suitable,  and  it  makes 
no  difference  il'  it  be  hard  or  soft.  The  water 
used  by  Seth  Ore.cn,  the  celebrated  piscicul¬ 
turist,  is  hard,  and  1  have  visited  many  fisher¬ 
ies  in  the  East  and  find  the  trout  doing  ns 
well  in  hard  na  in  soft  water.  It  should  not, 
however,  be  too  strongly  impregnated  with 
iron  or  sulphur.  I  have  trout  in  many  places 
in  Illinois  and  they  arc  all  doing  well,  [and, 
comparing  these  with  trout  of  equal  age  in 
the  East,  I  find  them  fully  as  large  as  any  I 
examined,  the  water  we  use  being  hard  lime 
water. 

In  building  ponds,  care  should  betaken  not 
to  build  them  too  large  for  the  amount  of 
water.  For  example  with  a  one  Inch  pipe  of 
water,  a  pond  ten  feet  wide,  thirty  feet,  long, 
from  three  to  four  foot,  deep  is  large  enough. 
If  made  out  of  earth  and  the  'ground  is  so 
porousthat  it  has  to  be  curbed,  then  five  feet 
wide,  thirty  long,  and  three  to  four  feet  deep 
will  be  ample.  If  there-  be  sufficient  fall,  say 
one  or  two  feet,  another  pond  of  equal  size 
could  be  built.and  the  water  would  be  puri¬ 
fied  and  aerated  by  the  fall  so  that  the  last 
pond  would  be  equally  as  good  as  the  first,. 
A  pond  of  this  size  would  support  from  three 
to  five  hundred  trout,  until  they  reach  the 
age  of  two  years,  when  they  would  weigh 
from  one-half  r.n  one  pound  each,  and  would 
require  but  little  feeding  the  second  year. 

Trout  grow  to  weigh  from  three  to  four 
pounds  at  four  years  old,  and  commence  lay¬ 
ing  eggs  the  second  year  after  being  hatched. 
The  spawning  season  is  from  the  first  of  No¬ 
vember  to  the  first  of  March.  The  best  time 
for  moving  trout  is  when  the  weather  is  cool, 
or  say  up  to  the  last  of  May.  It  requires 
seventy  days  for  trout  eggs  to  hatch.  Our 
eggs  are  all  hatched  for  this  season  and  f 
Shall  take  the  young  trout  from  the  hatching 
house  and  turn  thorn  out  into  the  pond 
before  the  first  of  J  une. 

The  natural  food  of  trout  is  insects  a  nd  other 
living  animal  matter.  No  vegetable  food  is 
taken,  but  in  artificial  ponds,  they  are  usually 
fed  on  hashed  liver  and  lights,  and  other 
cheap  animal  food. 


IN-AND-IN  B HEEDING 


There  is  not  the  slightest  foundation  for 
the  strong  pre  judice  which  exists  in  the  pub¬ 
lic  mind  against  in-and-in-breeding.  On  the 
contrary,  within  certain  limits,  this  plan  is 
highly  advantageous.  Many  of  tho  best 
liorses,  as  well  as  the  best  short-horned  cattle, 
we  have  ever  had,  were  very  much  and 
closely  in-bred.  To  a  certain  extent  this  was 
unavoidable  when  the  studs  and  herds  were 
first  formed;  but  it  makes  little  difference 
whether  it  was  the  result  of  necessity,  or  of 
choice.  It  has  fully  established  the  immense 
advantages  of  breeding  in-and-in,  when  the. 
stock  is  of  the  right  sort ;  indeed,  we  can  see 
no  other  possible  way  of  retaining  the  per¬ 
fections  of  any  particular  strain  than  that  of 
returning  frequently  to  the  same  blood. 
When  the  out-and-out  crossing  is  strictly 
pursued,  the  tenth  generation  contains  only 
the  one-thousand-and-twenty-fourth  part  of 
the  original  stock,  which  is  a  mere  nominal 
affair. 

1st  cress  contains..., . . .  g 

2nrt  cross  I'untuins .  u 

3rd  cross  contains .  ^ 

4t.h  cross  contains .  i-ifi 

6th  cross  contains. .  1^32 

tith  cross  contains .  Htl 

7th  cross  contains .  t—JJSft 

Hth  cross  contains .  1-2,‘iti 

Slth  cross  contains . 1-M2 

Kith  cross  contains . I-IOM 

The  practical  result  may  not  always  corres¬ 
pond  precisely  with  tho  arithmetical  ratio, 
because  the  sire  may  stamp  his  form  so  com¬ 
pletely  on  his  offspring,  that  it  will  not  be 
easily  got.  rid  of  ;  but  still  it  will  unquestion¬ 
ably  run  out  in  the  course  of  time  ;  and  the 
more  complete  and  violent  the  cross,  the 
sooner  will  the  peculiarities  disappear.  They 
can  be  retained  only  by  frequent,  returns  to 
the  same  blood  ;  and  by  this  plan  wc  can 
reap  all  t.he  advantages  of  good  stock,  with¬ 
out.  running  in-and-in  so  very  constantly  and 
closely  as  to  run  any  hazard  of  ever  deterior¬ 
ating  the  constitution  of  the  animal.  We 
must  be  careful,  however,  to  observe  that 
the  individuals  we  select  to  breed  from  are 
as  near  perfection  as  possible,  both  in  them¬ 
selves  and  their  ancestors.  We  shall  thus 
secure  the  transmission  of  their  good  qual- 
tiea. 

On  the  other  hand,  if  there  is  any  special 
defect,  it  will  be  sure  to  pass  down,  when  it 
is  thrown  in-arul-in,  and  will  hardly  ever  be 
got  rid  of.  We  think  it  i3  owing,  in  a  great 
measure,  to  want  of  attention  to  this  rule, 
that  there  is  so  much  prejudice  against  close 
breeding.  It  will  succeed  only  when  the 
good  qualities  bear  an  immense  preponder¬ 
ance  over  the  bad  ones. 

Experienced  breeders  very  properly  place 
great  reliance  on  "blood.”  In  short,  this 
just,  amounts  to  the  fact,  that  good  and  bad 
qualities  are  all  hereditary.  "Like  begets 
like.”  No  person  ever  saw  a  Fercheron  foal 
got  by  a  blood-horse  out  of  a  blood-mare,  or 
a  short-horned  calf  by  a  long-homed  bull  out 
of  a  long-horned  cow.  Such  a  tiling  is  never 
expected.  If,  then,  these  general  character¬ 
istics  are  invariably  transmitted,  have  we  not 
some  reason  at  least  to  conclude,  that  all 
things  are  hereditary?  In  fact,  that  the  off¬ 
spring  will  inherit,  either  in  whole  or  in  part, 
the  ;most  trifling  peculiarities  of  the  ances¬ 
tors,  sometimes  taking  more  after  the  one 
parent,  and  sometimes  mure  after  the  other, 
or  being  a  mixture  of  both. 

Whatever  the  peculiarities  are— whether 
soundness,  disease,  form,  temper,  softness, 
strength,  durability,  speed,  wind,  or  any¬ 
thing— they  pass  down  from  generation  to 
generation.  To  take  an  illustration  from  a 
very  long  line  of  the  purest  breeding,  we  may 
refer  to  the  hereditary  color  of  Hereford  and 
Devon  cows.  Who  ever  saw  a  Hereford 
without  a  white  face,  or  a  Devon  of  any 
other  color  than  a  rich  red  ?  Here  we  see 
that  the  veiy  color  of  the  animal  runs  in 
blood.  While  good  blood  is  indispensable,  it 
is  not  everything.  Above  all  things  it  is 
necessary,  in  order  to  secure  success,  to  con¬ 
sider  closely  the  old  crosses  of  blood,  and  to 
cross  judiciously,  without  which  full  confi¬ 


The  sheath  being  on  the  dagger  when  the 
operation  is  performed,  the  whole  is  easily 
pushed  through  the  nose,  the  sharp  point  of 
the  dagger  piercing  the  nostril  with  so  little 
pain  that  one  man  can  easily  hold  the  head 
still.  The  dagger  is  then  withdrawn,  leaving 
the  sheath  in  tho  hole.  The  ring  is  then 
inserted  into  the  end  of  the  sheath,  which  is 
slowly  withdrawn,  leaving  the.  ring  in  place. 
This  is  then  closed  and  fastened  with  a  screw. 
These  rings  should  be  so  well  made  that,  both 
the  hinge  and  the  screw  should  bo  perfectly 
smooth,  and  so  fitting  as  to  take  a  practiced 
eye  to  notice  the  joining.  The  manner  in 
which  the  operation  in  performed,  will  be 
seen  at  once  from  this  engraving  : 


STOCKING  SOUTHERN  RIVERS  WITH 
SHAD. 


A  Washington  telegram,  dated  April  21, 
says  :— Prof.  Baird,  United  States  Commis¬ 
sioner  of  Fish  and  Fisheries,  has  just  dis¬ 
patched  Mr.  Seth  Green  of  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
and  four  assistants,  to  Augusta,  Ga.,  for 
the  purpose  of  stocking  the  Savannah  River 
with  shad.  Spawn  will  also  be  hatched  in 
other  streuma  in  the  vicinity,  after  which  Mr. 
Green  will  spend  some  time  at  VVoldon,  N.  C., 
stocking  the  Roanoke  River  and  neighboring 
streams,  and  will  complete  his  labors  in  the 
South  on  the  Potomac  and  other  Virginia 
streams.  Mr.  Green’s  method  is  to  take  the 
eggs  from  the  fish  and  hatch  them  in  boxes, 
by  which  means  about  95  per  cent,  of  them 
are  saved,  while  if  not  cared  for  about  98  per 
cent,  are  lost.  Mr.  Green  expects  that  his 
labors  hi  the  South  will  he  as  successful  as 
they  have  been  on  the  Hudson,  Connecticut, 
and  Mcrrfmae  Rivers.  The  catch  of  shad  in 
the  Connecticut  River,  which  was  stocked 
about  seven  years  ago,  had  decreased  annu¬ 
ally  ever  since  1802,  when  the  fish  were  more 
plenty  than  at  any  subsequent  time.  During 
the  last  two  years,  00  per  cent,  more  fish 
have  been  caught  in  hauling  a  seine  of  given 
size  than  wore  taken  in  1802. 


The  ring  should  turn  finely  round  in  the 
incision,  which  having  been  made  with  a 
three-cornered  cut,  will  be  more  sensitive 
against  a  pull  than  the  smooth-burned  hole. 
Indeed,  it  is  sometimes  necessary,  with  the 
latter  cruel  operation,  to  take  the  ring  out 
after  a  time  aud  resort  again  to  binning,  in 
order  to  make  the  cart  ilage  sufficiently  sensi¬ 
tive  for  the  ring  to  he  effective  in  managing 
the  animal. 


experience  goes,  it  is  as  cheap,  or  cheaper, 
than  eastern  cloth,  for  I  have  exchanged  my 
wool  for  and  worn  it  for  the  past  six  or  seven 
years,  and  it  has  given  good  satisfaction  ; 
hut  1  think  there  is  not  one  in  twenty  who 
has  worn  a  bit  of  these  home-made  cloths, 
for  the  merchants  have  brought  from  the 
Last  something  that  looked  about  as  well, 
that,  was  ready-made,  and  could  make  more 
profit  on,  but  in  reality  was  not  near  as  good. 
Another  thing:  when  we  have  got  a  notion 
of  traveling  one  road,  it  is  hard  to  take  an¬ 
other,  even  if  it  is  nearer. 

Different  localities  can  produce  certain 
commodities  cheaper  than  others.  We  could 
raise  three  bushels  of  corn  as  cheap  here  15 
years  ago,  as  one  could  be  raised  in  Broom 
Lo.  N,  \  ,  that  is,  one  acre,  or  the  amount 
0  aiL<1  t0  raise  a  given  number  of  bushels 
loi  n.  w  niild  sell  or  rent  for  three  times  as 
much  as  it  would  here  ;  and  it  would  take 
three  times  as  much  labor  ;  therefore  we 
could  give  the  railrnpH  - - . _ , _ _ _ 


NOTES  FOR  HERDSMEN 


Cows  Cleansing. — In  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  May  17th,  O.  Curtis  asks  the  cause 
of  a  cow  not  cleansing  after  dropping  her 
calf.  There  may  be  va  rious  causes  ;  but  a 
preventive  i-  the  most  important  point.  I 
have  had  some  trouble  in  that  particular  in 
the  last  forty  years,  which  has  always  oc¬ 
curred  in  winter.  Now  I  will  give  my  pre¬ 
ventive,  for  the  last  eight  or  ten  years,  which 
has  never  failed  to  answer  the  purpose  : — A 
good  bran  mash,  morning  and  evening  for, 
say,  fourteen  days  before  calving  with  a  pint 
of  rye  mixed  in  every  other  day.  If  you  see 
proper  to  give  the  above  a  place  in  your 
columns  you  can  do  so,  as  I  have  unflinching 
confidence  in  its  virtue. — j.  e.  m 

A  Big  Calf  from  a  Young  Heifer.— Dem- 
cet Johnson  writes'— I  have  a  heifer  that 
gave  birth  to  a  calf  the  dav  she  was  18W 
months  old.  The  calf  at  16  days  old  weighs 
96  pounds,  and  has  had  nothing  to  eat  but  its 
mother's  milk.  Both  cow  and  calf  are  doing 
weffi  Who  can  beat  it  ?  It  is  proper  to  say 
that  I  did  not  intend  the  heifer  should  breed 
so  young,  and  did  not  expect  such  an  event 
until  she  began  to  make  bag.  She  ran  witli 
a  bull  that  would  weigh  from  1200  to  1400  lbs. 

Oet  a  Thoroughbred  Bull. — Saw  Harding 
is  advised  to  buy  a  thoroughbred  bull  “  to 
cross  on  liis  stock  with  a  view  to  increase 
their  value  for  feeding  for  the  shambles.” 
We  should  never  think  of  using  a  cross-breed 
bull  on  any  kind  of  stock,  no  matter  how 
"fine  an  animal”  he  might  be.  It  will  not 
pay. 


WHITE  FISH  IN  CALIFORNIA  WATERS 


The  Lake  Co.,  Cal.,  Bee.,  April  5,  says  : — The 
experiment  to  stock  Clear  Lake  with  white 
flBh  from  Lake  Erie  is  under  way.  Two  hun¬ 
dred  and  fifty  t  housand  of  the  white  fish  eggs 
have  arrived  in  good  condition,  and  now  are 
in  process  of  hatching  at  the  hatching  house 
provided  for  them  by  tho  State,  on  Kelsey 
Greek.  Large  quantities  of  eggs  of  various 
kinds  of  fish  are  yet  to  be  brought  from  the 
East,  among  them  black  bass,  silver  eels, 
Schuylkill  catfish,  perch,  lobster  and  shad. 
The  catfish  will  be  placed  in  Clear  Lake. 


PISCICULTURAL  NOTES, 


Aquarium. — E.  P.  Parker  asks  our  readers 
to  tell  how  to  start  and  manage  an  aquarium. 
If  our  correspondent  has  the  Rural  of  March 
4,  1371,  he  will  find  what  he  asks  for  on  page 
143. 


366 


MOORE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER 


JUNE  7 


giitrg  of  h  Jlnralisi 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  o  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 

A  LOUSY  BEETLE. 

May  19. — J.  G.  McKern  of  Oullivan  Co., 
N.  Y.,  has  sent  me  a  small  spring-  beetle 
known  to  entomologist  as  C ampylus  denti- 
cornis,  Kthry.  Mr.  McKeen  writosme  that 
ho  found  this  little  beetle  in  hi*  hot-bed,  and, 
noticing  some  minute  creatures  crawling 
over  it,  he  sent  both  to  me  wishing  an  ex¬ 
planation  of  this  (to  him)  strange  association 
of  two  apparently  different  insects.  Now, 
the  beetle  was  certainly  in  a  bod  fir,  being 
infested  with  a  minute  species  of  Acarua,  or, 
in  plain  language,  lice.  1  do  not  tiiink  any 
one  in  this  country  has  made  the  study  of 
these  minute  creatures  a  specialty,  conse¬ 
quently  very  little  is  known  of  their  habits 
and  few  spocies  have  as  yet  received  names. 
In  Europe,  where  science  receives  more  at¬ 
tention  than  with  us,  the  minute  forms  of 
animal  life  are  closely  and  thoroughly  stud¬ 
ied.  There  are  several  species  of  Acarua 
found  upon  certain  beetles  in  Europe,  espe¬ 
cially  on  those  which  live  in  animal  matter, 
such  as  the  Nccrophorua  and  £ Jcolmpea  ;  the 
most  familiar  of  these  are  the  Qamnaua  cole 
optratorum,  Linn.,  a  very  minute,  reddish 
louse  ;  Uropoda  repot  an*,  Dk  Okkr,  i*  an 
other  very  similar  species  also  known  to  live 
on  beetles.  Lousy  beetles  are  abundant  in 
this  country,  and  our  great,  lazy  and  abund¬ 
ant  Horned  pasRolua  is  seldom  found  in 
summer  entirely  free  from  these  minute  lice. 
The  war  between  the  different  orders,  triber 
and  families  is  just  as  constant  and  natural 
down  muong  the  minute  creatures  of  thir 
world  as  up  among  the  largest  and  most  in 
tclligent.  It  is  not  always  the  largest  and 
strongest  that  come  off  victorious  in  the  bat¬ 
tle  of  life,  as  exemplified  in  our  little  spring 
beetle,  for  “  in  union  there  in  strength,”  and 
there  is  where  the  lice  had  him,” 

AMONG  THE  FLOWERS. 

May  20.  —  The  spring  has  been  cold  and 
backward,  still  the  flowers  push  forward, 
and  to-day  the  garden  is  gay  with  many 
colors.  Among  the  herbaceous  plants  in 
bloom  at  this  time  there  are  none  more 
beautiful  or  showy  than  that  gem  from  China, 
the  Dteenlra  apectnbilia ,  which  many  florists 
and  nurserymen  will  persist,  in  advert  ising  as 
Dielytra  or  Dtclytra.  J  have  no  objections 
to  the  ladies  calling  it  Bleeding  Heart,  if  they 
must  have  an  English  name  for  so  beautiful 
a  flower,  but  professional  florists  are  sup 
posed  to  consult  our  best  botanical  author! 
ties  for  t-ho  genuine  name  of  plant*,  and  if 
they  do,  then  why  continue  to  spell  this 
name  incorrectly  ?  If  I  could  have  but  one 
hardy,  herbaceous  plant,  it  would  be  this 
Dicentra  spectabilia,  for  it  is  a  real  gem  of 
the  flivt  water.  Of  course  it  is  no  novelty, 
and  the  plants  arc  as  cheap  as  the  most 
thoroughly  poverty-stricken  amateur  could 
desire,  still  they  are  none  the  less  valuable  or 
desirable.  1  have  a  group  of  large  clumps, 
the  stems  of  which  are  some  three  or  four 
feet  long,  upon  the  ends  and  lateral  branches 
the  long  racemes  of  bright  red,  heart  shaped 
flowers  hang  most  gracefully  and  in  great 
profusion  The  habit  of  Mils  plant  is  grace 
itself,  there  being  no  stiff  rigidity  about  it, 
for  stem,  leaf  and  flowers  all  harmonize  and 
make  its  general  appearance  one  of  sym¬ 
metrical  perfection.  When  planted  in  deep, 
rich  soil,  it  continues  in  bloom  several  week* 
— in  fact,  if  givon  plenty  of  water  and  the 
old  stems  cut,  away  as  soon  as  the  flower* 
fade,  it  may  be  kept  in  bloom  the  entire  sum¬ 
mer.  Cuttings  of  the  flowering  stems  strike 
root  as  readily  as  thosoof  the  Geranium,  and 
if  planted  in  any  half  shady  border  and 
watered  occasionally,  strong-blooming  plants 
may  be  produced  in  abundance  in  one  sea¬ 
son.  The  old  clumps  of  roots  may  also  be 
taken  up  occasionally  and  divided  to  almost 
any  extent. 

But  1  started  out,  pencil  and  note-book  in 
hand,  for  the  purpose  of  writing  down  the 
names  of  some  of  the  beautiful  plants  now  in 
bloom  in  my  garden,  and  here  1  have  been 
admiring  this  group  of  Dlccntraa,  forgetting 
that  the  sun  was  alrooit  out  of  sight  and  the 
allotted  space  in  my  Diary  nearly  full.  Here 
is  a  bed  of  Evergreen  Candytuft,  each  clump 
u early  two  l’eet  broad,  and  so  completely 
covered  with  its  pure  white  flowers  one  is 
reminded  of  the  snowbanks  which  covered 
the  plants  only  a  few  weeks  since.  In  some 
shady  nooks  among  the  larger  growing 
shrubs  I  see  the  delicate  and  sweet-scented 
flowers  of  the  Lily  of  the  Valley  peeping  out 
from  its  dark  green  leaves.  One  bed  is  com¬ 
posed  entirely  of  the  old  single-flowered  »ort, 


which,  by-the-way,  is  the  beat  of  all,  while 
another  is  of  the  (not.  so  abundant)  double 
variety,  while  in  the  third  there  are  a  few 
plants  of  he  so-called  Red  lily  of  the  Valley, 
which  i‘  by-the-way,  more  of  a  dull,  dirty- 
pink  than  a  red.  But  these  are  old  things 
which  everybody  owning  a  garden  is  sup¬ 
posed  to  have  in  abundance.  Well,  T  hope 
all  are  so  fortunate  as  to  gather  from  their 
own  garden  a  bunch  of  “Valley— lilies  whiter 
still  than  Leda’s  love.” 

Before  leaving  this  comfortable  seat  upon 
the  grass,  perhaps  I  may  And  something,  not 
seen,  even  in  every  florist’s  collection.  1  will 
venture  to  name  Eplmedium  Japnnlcum  as 
qne  which  has  been  showing  Its  delicate  pink 
star-shaped  flowers  for  the  past  week  (figured 
and  described  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
Jan.  ft,  page  12,  1872).  The  outside  of  the 
flowers  is  bright  red  and  the  edges  of  the 
petals  folding,  giving  the  inside  of  the  flowers 
the  appearance  of  being  edged  with  red, 
while  in  reality,  they  are  pure  white.  It  is  a 
lovely  little  plant,  succeeding  admirably  in 
half -si  i  ad  y  borders, 

IT  I  had  the  power  of  Jorhua  I  might  com¬ 
mand  the  sun  to  stand  still,  while  I  write 
down  the  names  of  other  little  herbaceous 
plants  blooming  about  me  ;  but  as  I  have 
not,  will  only  fill  out  this  page  with  brief 
notes  upon  some  of  the  flowering  shrubs 
which  are  now  scattering  petals  and  per 
fumes  1,o  the  winds.  Beginning  flown  among 
the  dwarf-growing  species,  the  first,  that 
greet*  me  is  a  clump  of  Daphne  cncotnm,  an 
evergreen  trailing  shrub  from  the  Alps  of 
Austria.  The  flowers  are  produced  in  close, 
compact  clusters,  of  a  deep  pink  color,  pos¬ 
sessing  a  fragrance  almost  indistinguishable 
from  the  old  dove  pink  of  our  gardens  ;  next 
to  this  comes  the  hardy  Chinese  Azaleas. 
A-nhtuaa  is  a  low-growing  shrub,  covered 
with  a  profusion  at  flame-colored  flowers. 
A-amana,  is  of  similar  habit,  the  flowers  of 
a  bright,  crimson  color,  while  near  those  1 
have,  a  large  bed  of  our  dear  old  Pinx ter- flow* 
er  (A  eaten  find  (flora),  of  almost  every  shade 
of  color,  from  deep  purple  to  nearly  a  fine 
white.  Those  who  have  seen  only  the  strug¬ 
gling,  half  smothered  specimens  of  this  plant 
growing  in  the  woods,  or  in  old  pasture*,  can 
scarcely  form  a  correct  idea  of  the  magnifi¬ 
cence  of  thoroughly  cultivated  plant*.  Even 
few  of  my  neighbor*  who  have  seen  the  wild 
pinxter  flower  all  their  lives,  suspect  that  my 
splendid  specimens  of  native  Azaleas,  were 
dug  up  from  the  woods  and  roadsides  within 
a  mile  of  where  they  are  now  growing. 

Japan  quince,  IPyrus  Japnnien)  scarlet, 
double-scarlet  and  pink,  still  show  a  profu¬ 
sion  of  flowers,  while  the  Spiraeas,  Flowering 
Almonds,  fill  in  among  the  giant  Lilacs,  Haw 
thorns  and  Vihumums.  But  I  must  not  dis 
miss  the  fragrant,  Lilacs  without  mentioning 
particularly  a  variety  of  the  Persian,  some¬ 
times  known  as  the  “  White  Persian,"  but  in 
reality  a  beautiful  pale  lavender  color.  The 
panicles  of  flowers  are  full  v  twelve  inches 
long  by  about,  four  in  diameter,  and  so  heavy 
that  the  blooming  branches  bend  and  sway 
about  with  their  load.  The  Inst  flowers  to  be 
seen  as  night,  close*  in  Upon  me,  are  those  of 
the  Kroi'hordia  prandiftora ,  another  Japan¬ 
ese  novelty,  with  flowers  of  such  a  pure  sil¬ 
very  while,  that  even  the  darkest  night  does 
not  hide  them. 

MONTAHA  POTATOES. 

May  24.— I  am  in  receipt  of  some  specimens 
of  a  new  seedling  potato,  raised  by  Mr.  D.  W. 
CuRTtHR.  This  new  variety  is  remarkably 
ha  ndsome  and  of  excellent  quality  but  whet.h 
er  It,  will  prove  to  be  as  good  elsewhere,  as  in 
Montana  must  lie  determined  by  experi¬ 
ment*.  Messrs.  Beeese,  Compton,  Camp 
BETA,  and  other  originators  of  new  varieties 
in  the  Eastern  States,  will  have  to  look  well 
to  their  laurels  or  some  of  our  Western  pion¬ 
eers  will  bo  carrying  them  off.  As  Mr.  C'UR 
tisr  sent,  me  the  specimen  named  above  in 
care  of  the  RURAL  New-Yorker,  I  will  give 
them  good  culture  and  report  results  through 
the  same  medium. 

- - - 4  4  • 

FISH  IN  AQUARIA. 

Yorm  correspondent,  W.  L.  D.,  asks  if  fish 
can  be  kept  alive  any  length  of  time  in  an 
aquarium.  There  is  no  difficulty  about  keep¬ 
ing  some  kinds,  those  inhabiting  warm,  still 
waters.  All  that  is  necessary  is  to  provide 
sufficient  growth  of  plant  life  to  balance  the 
animal  life.  The  fish  consume  oxygen  and 
throw  off  carbonic  acid,  while  the  plant* 
consume  the  latter  and  throw  off  the  former. 
The  glass  will  sometimes  get  covered  with  a, 
green  growth  which  can  be  removed  by  a 
sponge  on  a  stick,  snails  are  good  to  keep 
down  the  growth  of  confervia.  If  W.  L.  D. 
would  like  any  further  Information  and  will 
write  me,  1  will  try  and  post  him.  I  never 
use  fish  wafer.  Fred.  Mather. 

*  Honeoye  Falls,  N.  Y. 


TROUBLE  WITH  FOWLS  AND  DUCKS. 

Can  yon,  or  any  of  your  subscribers,  tell 
me  what,  to  do  for  my  fowls  f  I  have  already 
lost  a  great,  many,  both  chickens  and  turkeys 
with  a  disease  called  “chicken  cholera”  in 
the  South.  They  droop,  have  thin,  copious 
evacuations  of  a  greenish  and  yellowish  color 
and  sometimes  white,  their  combs  turn  pale, 
and  sometimes  very  dark  just  before  dying  ; 
they  have  very  great  thirst,  and  sit  with  their 
heads  down  and  eyes  closed,  most  of  the  time. 
On  opening  the  fowls  that  die,  I  find  their 
livers  four  times  a*  large  as  they  should  be  ; 
in  some  cases  the  blood  is  in  thick  clots 
around  the  liver.  I  have  tried  everything  I 
could  hear  of  ;  have  had  nearly  hl’ty  die,  had 
only  one  recover— a  perfectly  white  'ten  that 
was  put  up  in  a  house  with  others  i  imt  bod 
the  disease.  I  gave  them  sulphur  and  black 
pepper  mixed  with  flour  in  a  dough  and 
boiled  milk  with  carbolic  acid  in  It ;  water 
with  tincture  of  iron  and  rich  pine  splinters 
in  it  .  T  think  I  gave  them  some  turpentine 
too,  and  a  small  pill  of  blue  mass  to  each  ; 
garlic  cut  iif)  fine  ;  the  white  hen  outlived  all 
the  others  so  long  that  I  took  her  out  of  the 
house  and  put  her  in  an  oat  patch  thinking 
she  would  soon  die  as  her  comb  had  turned 
black ;  but  to  my  surprise  she  recovered 
entirely. 

Others  of  the  sick  fowls  I  gave  nothing  at 
all  to  ;  they  invariably  died  whether  they 
were  doctored  or  not,  with  the  one  exception 
of  the  white  hen.  T  have  always  been  very 
successful  In  poultry  raising  until  this  year, 
never  had  them  to  die  from  diseases  before, 
but  fear  I  will  lose  my  whole  stock  if  I  can 
hear  of  nothing  that  will  prove  an  effectual 
cure.  My  chickens  arc  of  the  Light  Brahma 
breed,  and  most  of  them  were  very  fine,  large 
and  fat.  T  have  heard  that,  high  feeding 
caused  the  livers  to  become  enlarged,  but 
have  known  persons  to  lose  all  their  fowls 
from  the  same  disease,  who  say  they  did  not 
feed  high. 

T  have  but  few  fowls  left  and  was  so 
anxious  to  raise  a  great  many  this  year ; 
would  send  North  for  more  Light  Brahmas, 
if  I  was  sure  they  would  not  take  the  disease 
and  die. 

Gan  any  of  your  subscribers  tell  me  if  it  is 
contagious !  Or,  if  there  is  any  certain  reme¬ 
dy  for  it,  after  they  arc  taken  sick  with  it  ? 
I  sci i it  to  Pennsylvania  two  years  ago  for  my 
first  pure  bred  Brahmas  ;  also  a> pair  of  Rouen 
Ducks.  The  ducks  have  laid  numbers  of  eggs, 
drop  them  anywhere  in  the  yard  ;  never  pre¬ 
tend  to  make  a  nest.  I  have  set  the  eggs  un¬ 
der  hens  ;  had  only  one  duck  to  hat  ch  last 
year  out  of  fifty  eggs ;  raised  that  one,  and  it 
ho*  wings  turned  wrong  sides  out,  or  rather 
standing  straight,  out  ;  it  is  laying  this  spring. 
Only  one  of  the  many  eggs  set  this  spring  has 
hatched,  and  unfortunately  that  one  was 
accidentally  hurt  and  died.  Can  any  one  of 
your  many  readers  tell  me  why  I  have  been 
so  unsuccessful  in  duck  raising  »  My  imported 
pair  are  very  large  and  fine.  J.  w,  L. 

Abbeville,  R.  C. 


FOWLS  DYING. 

I  writs  you  in  my  perplexity.  I  have  lost, 
this  spring,  nearly  all  my  poultry — turkeys 
and  fowls.  I  have  the  common  old-time, 
dunghill  fowl— believing  them  more  snfc 
from  epidemic*  ;  but  in  this  I  am  convinced 
now  I  am  mistaken.  My  fowls  and  turkeys 
have  died,  a*  nearly  as  I  can  describe,  with 
the.  following  symptoms  -.—The  comb  be 
comes  partially  black  and  cold,  and  the  head 
cold;  they  drop  and  die— some  fat,  Borne  lean, 
some  that,  were  well  housed  and  sheltered 
during  the  whole  year  ;  others  that  roosted 
on  the  trees  and  did  not  know  a  hen-house. 
T  am  now  reduced  to  no  laying  hens  and  t* 
two  chicken  cocks,  or  cockerels  ;  to  but  one 
turken  hen  and  one  gobbler  ;  and  I  shall  not 
be  surprised  to  »e*  them  go  too. 

The  chickens  anrl  young  turkeys  die  almost 
as  soon  as  hatched.  1  have  treated  them  in 
every  way  I  can  think  of,  but  without  sue 
cess.  It  is  not  cholera,  there  being  no  undue 
discharge  from  them.  They  have  a  good,  dry 
yard,  plenty  of  grass,  with  a  rye  patch,  and 
oat*  also  to  run  into.  During  winter  I  had 
as  many  eggs  as  I  could  make  use  of  from 
them  and  now  not  one. 

Fancying  the  disease  in  the  throat  I  treated 
them  for  that,  with  no  avail.  I  fancy  it 
is  a  form  of  the  epizootic.  I  have  now  a 
horse  very  sick  with  it,  having  escaped  en¬ 
tirely,  while  nearly  the  whole  neighborhood 
was  suffering. 

Can  you  reoognise  the  disease  and  suggest 
a  remedy  for  the  fowls?  I  have  heard  of 
others  in  the  neighborhood  losing  many  fowls 


also  ;  but  I  know  none  who  have  lost  go 
heavily.  Please  answer  either  by  letter  or 
in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  at,  your  pleasure, 
and  oblige  yours  very  respectfully.— B.  A., 
Georgetown,  S.  C. 

Wa  cannot  advise  our  correspondent.  Per 
haps  some  of  our  readers  can. 


HOW  TO  PRODUCE  LAYERS. 

In  every  lot  of  hens  some  will  be  better 
layers  than  others.  Let,  us  suppose  we  start 
with  six  Houdans — a  cock  and  five  hens. 
Probably  out  of  this  five  two  may  Iny  thirty 
eggs  per  annum  more  than  either  of  the 
Others  ;  their  eggs  should  be  noticed  and  only 
these  sot.  By  following  this  for  a  few  years 
a  very  great  Increase  in  egg-production  may 
be  attained.  My  attention  was  drawn  to  this 
sub  ject  by  a  friend  having  a  Brahma  pullet, 
which  laid  nearly  three  hundred  eggs  in  one 
twelve-month,  though  valueless  a*  a  fanrv 
bird,  and  the  quality  descended  to  several  of 
her  progeny  ;  and  I  have  since  found  other 
instances  which  prove  conclusively  that  ;i 
vast  Improvement,  might  easily  he  effected  in 
nearly  all  our  breeds  were  that  careful  selei 
tion  of  brood  stocks  made  for  this  purpose 
which  the  fancier  bestows  on  other  object*. 

It,  Is  to  be  regretted  more  Is  not,  done  in  this 
way,  and  having  more  room  than  I  had,  I 
hope  myself  to  make  some  experiments  in 
this  direction  shortly.  T  will  say  now  that  I 
am  perfectly  certain  the  number  of  two  hun¬ 
dred  eggs  per  annum  might  be  attained  in  a 
few  years  with  perfect  ease  were  the  object 
systematically  sought ;  and  I  trust  these  few 
remarks  may  arouse  a  general  attention  to  it 
among  those  who  keep  poultry  for  eggs  only, 
ami  who  can  easily  do  all  that  is  necessary 
without  any  knowledge  whatever  of  fancy 
point*,  or  any  attempt  to  breed  exhibition 

birds. — L.  Wright. 

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POULTRY  NOTES. 

Room  for  TOO  Fowla. — Please  Inform  your 
subscriber,  of  Oswego  Co.,  N,  Y.,  that  (or 
100  fowls,  according  to  my  experience,  ho 
should  have  a  room  25  by  12J3  feet,  and  » 
partition  in  it,,  so  he  can  keep  them  clean; 
and  he  ought  to  have  about  lh$  acres  of  land, 
divided  in  two  lot*.  If  it  is  all  otic  lot,  it.  will 
soon  get  lilthy  ;  but  if  in  several  lots,  the 
fowls  can  bo  changed  from  one  lot  to  the 
other. — m.  N.  k. 

“  Does  Meal  Make  Fowla  Quarrelsome  T" 

8o  asks  A.  P.  C.,  and  adds  : — “  1  have  seen 
it  stated  that  raw  meat  makes  fowls  quarrel 
some  ;  hence  that  it  should  he  cooked,  though 
occasionally  a  little  raw  flesh  may  he  given, 
I  feed  my  fowls  raw  meat  once  or  twice  a 
week,  ami  have  never  discovered  that  they 
were  more  quarrelsome  Ilian  others  that  I 
know  get  Jio  meat.  Should  like  others’  ex 
perience. 

Fields  for  Epps  and  Meat.  —  V\T.  E.  N., 
Iron  ton,  O.,  writes  the  Rural  New- Yorker  : 
"  Will  you  please  inform  me  which  Is  the 
best  kind  of  chickens  to  keep  for  eggs  and 
meat,  as  1  can  only  keep  one  kind.  1  have 
Game  fowls,  but  do  not  like  them.”  We 
should  say  either  Brahmas  or  Cochin*.  Let 
other  breeders  give  experience. 

Plan  for  Tien  Douse  Wanted,  1  would 
like  to  have  you  give  me,  through  the  Rural 
New  Yokkbr,  a  plan  for  a  hen  house  to  keep 
about  one  thousand  liens,  i  am  going  to 
start  a  hennery,  and  1  would  like  to  have 
some  advice.  O.  H.  Roukch. 

Who  will  send  us  such  a  plan  for  publica¬ 
tion  t 

The.  Worms  Which  Cause  Gaprs.— Whu 
is  the  origin  of  the  worms  that,  cause  gapes  in 
chickens  ?  In  the  water  at  the  burn  well  to¬ 
day  I  discovered  worms  exactly  similar  to 
those  I  have  seen  iu  chickens.  What  is  the 
cure  for  it  ?  And  what  will  rid  the  well  * ' 
them?— II.  P.  W.,  Southport,  Ft. 

Cayenne.  Pepper,  Enos Jounson  is  bifonu 
ed,  mixed  with  the  food  of  laying  fowls  stim¬ 
ulates  egg-production.  We  have  m*\< ' 
ginger  nor  mustard,  but,  we  know  that  si m 
people  do,  with  what  they  deem  profit. 

A  Good  Tonic  for  Moulting  fowls,  tote 
given  by  putting  a  teaspoouful  in  a  pint  of 
water  is  Half  a  pound  sulphate  of  iron  and 
one  ounce  of  sulphuric  acid  ;  dissolve  in  n, 
gallons  of  water. 

The  way  to  raise  young  turkeys  is  to  keep 
them  off  the  ground  until  they  are  about  six 
weeks  old  ;  feed  them  wheat  bread,  soakt' 
in  buttermilk  or  sweet,  milk.— M.  N.  K. 

To  Prevent  Feather  Plucking,  it  is  recom¬ 
mended  to  give  fowls  dry  corn  fodder.  I  hose 
who  have  done  so  say  it  is  a  sure  preventive 
of  this  practice. 

Food  for  Poultry. -Which  kind  of  food 
should  be  fed  to  poultry  to  make  them  *• 
well  at  all  seasons  and  keep  them  in  a  f  ,l  *• 
condition  ? — a. 


4UNE  7 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


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ilomffitit!  (Bcmtomii.  ! 

SHELL  WORK  ON  PTJTTY. 

I  have  a  what-not  that  I  mode  last  sum¬ 
mer,  which  hangs  in  one  corner  of  my  parlor,  . 
and  is  quite  nmam cntal.  II  has  four  shelves, 
including  the  top,  which  arc  t  hree-cornered, 
to  fit  the  corner.  The  broadest  one  at  the 
bottom  and  the  others  graduated  in  width  to 
suit  the  eye.  The  front  of  e  tch  shelf  has  a 
bracket  of  shell  work  in  putty.  I  cut  the 
pattern  of  mv  brackets  first  four  all  alike  in 
design,  but  of  different  Sizes  to  fit  the  size  of 
the  shelves.  Then  I  took  common  pasteboard 
and  cut  my  pockets  out,  sewed  a  wire  round 
each  to  give  it  firmness,  then  arranged  my 
shells  just  as  1  wanted  to  lay  them  on  when 
my  bracket  was  properly  prepared.  I  took 
linseed  oil  and  oiled  my  pasteboard  bracket, 
in  order  that  the  putty  might  adhere  well. 
Then  when  my  putty  was  properly  worked 
and  pliable,  1  laid  it  ou,  but  no  faster  than  l 
could  work  in  my  shells. 

My  small  hells  wore  of  the  mollusk  family, 
some  salt,  and  some  fresh  water,  but  all  had 
to  be  boiled  in  lye  or  sal  soda  to  cleusc  them. 
Even  the  common  clam  shell,  thus  cleansed, 
is  a  very  handsome  shell  and  works  in  to 
the  center  in  various  designs  very  prettily.  I 
bordered  each  bracket  with  a.  row  of  shells 
alike  In  size  and  color  and  another  row  inside 
of  and  next  to  it,  with  a  row  of  shells  of  a 
different  color  and  nearly  the  samo  size  ; 
then  arranged  my  larger  shells  and  filled  in 
with  small  shells.  . 

The  brackets  must  he  left  flat  'to  dry  the 
putty  and  harden  it.  A  place  can  be  left  to 
nail  the  brackets  to  i,ho  shelves  which  can  bo 
finished  afterwards.  The  same  idea  can  be 
carried  out  in  making  picture  frames.  When 
finished  1  give  thorn  a  coating  of  white  shel¬ 
lac  varnish  or  some  white  varnish  —  white 
shellac,  dissolved  in  alcohol  and  laid  on  with 
a  brush.  It  wants  to  stand  a  few  days,  how¬ 
ever,  after  being  mixed,  in  a  tight  bottle,  to 
digest.  Mus.  E.  A.  Warner. 

- — . — - - — • 

DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 

Green  Tomato  Ptcldes.  -The  nicest  green 
tomato  pickles  that  I  have  soon  were  made 
as  follows  : — To  every  gallon  of  sliced  toma¬ 
toes  add  two  tablespoons  of  salt,  and  let  them 
stand  over  night.  Do  not  pour  off  the  liquor 
but  add  two-thirds  of  a  pound  of  sugar,  one 
pint  grilled  horseradish,  two  tablespoons  of 
mustard.  Put  a  weight  on  the  top  and  set 
near  the  fire  or  in  a  warm  place  until  they 
become  sour,  when  they  should  be  kept  in  a 
cool  place.  The  juice  of  the  tomatoes  forms 
the  vinegar,  and  if  some  are  partly  ripe  it  is 
all  the  better.  No  kcutTi  rises  on  the  top,  and 
they  will  keep  a  long  time.  —  JVUA  M- 
W  HKELOCK. 

Ilecipa  for  Float  inn  Island. — Take  three 
eggs,  throe  teacups  of  sweet  milk,  three 


high  ;  whisk  the  whites  until  diy,  to  which 
add,  with  the  flour,  half  of  each  ftt  a  time  : 
mix  all  together,  but  avoid  beating  ;  butter 
your  pan  well,  and  bake  in  a  moderate  oven. 
— E.  A.  H. 

Green  Corn  PuddiHy.  —  Twelve  errs  of 
corn  grated,  two  quarts  of  milk,  four  well 
beaten  eggs,  one  teacup  and  a  half  C?  eugsr ; 
mix  and  bake  in  a  buttered  dish  ;  hake  three 
hours  ;  sweet  corn  should  be  used. — Mrs. 
.Julia  M.  Whkelock. 

Fannin y  Com  in  Tins. — Frank  A.  Smith 
is  referred  to  an  article  upon  this  subjoct  in 
the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  April  19,  page 
385,  entitled  “Canning  Fruits,  Etc.” 

Domestic  Inquiries,  —  Mary  asks  for  n 
recipe  for  tapioca  pudding. 

:nut  Iftmtiten;. 


WEDDING  COSTUMES. 


tablespoons  sugar  ;  separate  the  whites  of 
the  egg  from  the  yolk  ;  beat  the  yolks,  add 
the  milk,  then  the  sugar;  put,  on  the  stove 
to  cook,  stirring  it  constantly  until  it  begins 
to  thicken  (do  not  let  it  boil  or  it  will  curdle); 
beat  the  whites  to  a  still’  froth  and  Just  be¬ 
fore  taking  it  oil  the  stove  slip  the  whites  on 
the  custard  and  dip  it  up  through  to  cook  it ; 
season  with  lemon  or  nutmeg. -  -Reader. 

Coeoanut.  Fakes. — To  one  pound  of  grated 
cocoanut,  one  pound  of  light  brown  sugar, 
add  half  pint  of  water  ;  bring  the  sugar  and 
water  to  the  boiling  point,  t  hen  add  the  co- 
coauut;  boll  the  whole  three-fourths  of  an 
hour,  or  until  the  water  hits  entirely  disap¬ 
peared.  Make  it  up  into  oakos,  sprinkle 
flour  ou  a  board  or  tin,  put  the  cakes  thereon 
and  dry  them  in  an  oven,  not  browning 
them.— R. 

How  to  Make.  Vanity.  —  Break  two  eggs 
into  a  pint  of  flour  ;  stir  the  eggs  and  flour 
togothcr  until  the  paste  can  be  rolled  with¬ 
out  sticking,  adding  more  flour  if  needed  ; 
roll  very  thin  and  work  the  dough  over  a 
good  many  times.  Cut  in  a  square  form, 
then  cut  slits  inside  the  square  about  half  an 
inch  apart,  twist  them,  then  drop  into  heat¬ 
ed  lard  and  fry  half  a  minute. — Y, 

Suet  Pudding  Without  Days.  -Take  a  piece 
of  light  bread  dough,  (ou  baking  day,)  the 
size  of  a  quart  dipper ;  flatten  out  on  your 
m'oulding-board  ;  add  to  this  one  cup  of  suet, 
one  cup  chopped  raising,  one  cup  Zanto  cur¬ 
rants  ;  mix  together  thoroughly  and  set  it  to 
rise  on  a  plate  ;  when  light  enough  steam  two 
hours.  To  be  eaten  with  gravy  made  as  de¬ 
scribed  on  page  143. — Mrs.  E.  K. 

Leman  Sponge  Cake.  —  Eight  eggs,  ten 
ounces  of  sugar,  half  pound  flour,  the  juice 
and  grating  of  one  lemon  ;  separate  the  eggs; 
beat  the  yolk*,  sugar  and  lemon  thick  and 


A  lady  asks  for  a  description  of  a  modes!  m 
wedding  costume  for  a  bride  who  cannot  ;n 
afford  an  expensive  one.  In  reply  to  this, 
the  Rural  New  Yorker  says  :  q,- 

T,  B._ Tn  answer  to  your  letter,  wo  will 
give  several  different  costumes,  of  whicl  hi 
one  will  be  appropriate  to  the  kind  of  wed  ir 
ding  you  may  decide  on  having.  For  an  u 
evening  wedding,  which  many  ladies  prefer,  lb 
choosing  to  wear  the  orthodox  dress  foi 
brides,  the  simplest  and  ono  of  the  prettiest  ;n 
materials,  if  tastefully  made,  is  of  fine  whit* 
tarlctan,  or  what  is  better  known  as  French 
muslin,  which  is  as  light,  and  sheer,  yet  ha!-  y 
more  body  than  tarlctan.  It  is  two  yards  ,,| 
wide,  and  costs  about  $1  a  yard.  a, 

The  drew  should  be  made  with  a  train,  not  In 
very  long.  About  the  lower  edge  of  the  — 
skirt  should  be  a  plaited  ruffle,  a  finger  length  c 
deep  ;  over  this  a  deep  ruffle,  edged  with  n 
small  bias  ruffle,  extending  from  the  front 
widths  around  the  train  :  the  front  width  r 
puffed  either  with  perpendicular  or  horizontal 
puffs;  the  train  flounced  t  o  the  waist  In  grad 
uated  flounces,  trimmed  with  bias  ruffles. 

The  corsage  should  be  mode  high-necked  ;  c 
small  Inas  ruffles  may  describe  a  small  bertha  ii 
in  the  manner  most  becoming  to  your  figure.,  e 
About  the  neck  place  a  high  fraise  of  the  n 
muslin,  with  some  soft  lace  or  tulle  Inside.  n 
The  sleeves  should  be  Marie  Antoinette, 
reaching  to  the  elbows  and  finished  with 
several  fall  ruffles,  with  lace  or  tulle  next  the  t, 
arm.  The  Hftsh  should  Is*  of  white  gros  gi  iln  r 
or  watered  ribbon  knotted  at,  one  side  ;  the 
bottom  should  be  fringed,  r 

Dress  the  hair  with  natural  flowers  ;  white  t 
roses,  with  their  own  green  leaves,  nre  pref  ; 
erable,  Wear  also  a  breast-knot  of  white  , 
rosea  ;  white  kid  gloves  and  slippers.  , 

Such  a  costume  is  very  inexpensive,  the  1 
labor  in  making  being  the  most  serious  objec-  ( 
tion  to  it,  and  It.  is  as  beautiful  and  becoming  < 
as  the.  most  costly  silk.  A  veil  may  be  added, 
should  you  wish  ;  it  should  be  of  double 
width  tulle,  and  fastened  with  the  flowers. 
Would  advise,  however,  to  dispense  with  it. 

If  a  bride  is  married  in  the.  morning,  or 
intends  leaving  immediately  on  a  tour,  a 
traveling  dress  should  be  worn.  The  most 
suitable  material  for  tills  will  be  French  pop¬ 
lin,  if  the  lustrous  qualities  which  resemble 
Irish  poplin  can  be  found  ;  they  may  be 
bought  for  750.  and  $1  a  yard.  The  color 
should  be.  gray  or  brown.  If  this  should  be 
too  expensive,  there  nre  many  pretty  mo¬ 
hairs  that,  can  be  substituted.  The  color 
should  be  solid,  mixed  goods  not  making  up 
tastefully. 

Let  the  skJrt  be  demi-train,  which  can  lie 
looped  for  walking.  On  the  bottom  put  it 
1  small  kilt-plaited  flounce ;  over  this  a  deeper 
’  gathered  flounce  faced  up  an  inch  with  bias 
silk  of  a  little  lighter  or  darker  shade.  For  « 

{  heading,  place  a  smaller  flounce  faced  with 
silk  and  a  standing  plaited  ruffle  separated 
by  a  bias  band  edged  wit  h  tiny  folds  of  silk. 

*  The  polonaise  should  have,  a  bias  facing  of 
1  p,lk  around  the  bottom,  and  silk  rovers  and 

>  collar  like  those  on  a  gentleman’s  coat ;  let 
1  it,  be  buttoned  down  the  front  and  draped  so 
r  that  the  lower  ends  may  hang  anart  ;  large, 

oblong  pockets  with  buttons.  Coat  sleeves 
p  with  loop  cuffs,  and  belt  and  sash  of  silk, 
e  Under  the  polonaise  may  be  worn  a  habit 
r  shirt  and  collar  with  a  white  tie. 

>  A  bonnet  (should  be  worn.  It  may  bo  of 
r"  the  material  of  the  drew  or  of  straw,  the 
°  same  color  trimmed  with  ribbon  of  two 
°  shades  of  the  same  color,  and  a  small  ostrich 
B_  tip  and  flower  at  the  back,  cither  with  or 

without  strings.  The  gloves  should  he  of  the 
m  same  shade  as  the  dress,  not  wliitj. 
jo  If  to  the  trousseau  a  silk  dross  be  added,  it 
s ;  may  be  used  as  a  wedding  dres*.  W e  would 
id  suggest  one  of  the  new  bronze  shade*,  as  the 


most  suitable  ami  durable.  They  may  be 
purchased  of  very  good  quality  for  f2  a  yard. 
The  skirt  may  be  demi-train.  At  a  little  dis 
tance  from  the  hottorri  place  a  bias  flounce 
tune  Inches  deep,  slightly  gathered  and 
trimmed  with  a  tiny  bias  ruffle.  For  a  head¬ 
ing  arrange  a  full,  box -plaited  ruche  of  silk, 
lined  with  crinoline  anil  faced  a  short  dis¬ 
tance  on  each  of  the  under  sides  with  silk  of 
a  little  lighter  shade.  This  adds  to  the  effect, 
tint,  may  he  omitted.  The  overskirt  should 
have  a  short  apron-front,  trimmed  with  folds 
which  may  bo  mingled  with  very  small  folds 
of  the  lighter  silk,  and  the  back  dan  consist 
>f  but  wide  sashes  and  loops  knotted  under 
the  basque. 

The  basque  should  be  pointed  in  front  and 
dightly  full  in  the  back — the  seams  below  the 
waist,,  instead  of  being  sloped  off,  should  be 
'eft.  straight  and  arranged  in  box-plaits. 
Around  the  neck  place  a  high,  stiff  frame 
made  of  the  silk,  cut  bias,  and  lined  with 
i  lighter  shade ;  this  frame  narrowing  In 
front,  is  brought  down  the  corsage  toward 
the  waist,  and  sloping  away  from  the  points, 
is  carried  around  the  bottom  of  the  basque. 
Inside  the-  fraise  about  the  neck  is  a  tulle  or 
■  re  pc  lisso  frill.  Wear  a  breast  knot  of 
(lowers. 

Make  the  sleeves  coat ;  trim  them  with 
bias  folds  corded  with  llghtor  shade.,  and 
arrange  the  folds  In  straps  simulating  cuff, 
and  fasten  them  down  with  buttons.  Wear 
light-tint, ed  gloves,  and  flowers  in  the  hair. 

Tim  gentleman’s  dress  for  morning  or  even¬ 
ing  wedding  may  he  a  black  frock  coat,, 
lavender  pantaloons,  vest  with  throe  buttons, 
cut  low,  over  a  plain  Blurt  bosom.  A  white 
tie  and  lavender  gloves  ,  or  gloves  and  pants 
of  darker  Hlioile  if  for  traveling.  With  a 
noat-fltting  boot  and  a  flower  in  his  button¬ 
hole,  his  toilet,  Ik  complete. 


fiHgicnif  Jnfarmafnm. 


SPECIFIC  FOR  RHEUMATISM. 

A  recent  number  of  the  Scientific  ’Ameri¬ 
can  contains  the  following  : — Without  Intend¬ 
ing  to  tresspass  on  t  he  domain  of  the  physi 
plan,  it  may  lie  well  to  give,  for  the  benefit 
of  all,  some  information  concerning  the 
nature  and  treatment  of  this  malady. 

As  It,  is  a  constitutional  disease,  proper  diet 
and  close  attent  ion  to  the  general  health  arc 
of  more  benefit  than  local  applications,  which 
may  bo  useful  in  exceptional  coses,  but  gen 
■rally  they  give  only  temporary  relief,  and 
often  drive  the  pain  from  ono  part  of  the 
body  t,o  another.  In  all  cases  of  this  disease, 
the  blood  is  in  an  abnormal  condition,  an*1 
may  he  considered  to  be  poisoned;  person* 
who  live  high  (which  incans^live  on  rich  and 
highlv  nitrogen iwvl  food)  are  apt  to  have  thif 
disease  in  a  peculiar  form,  which  is  commonly 
called  gout,  of  which  the  chief  disease  is  in 
he  joints.  A  lower  mode  of  diet  is  thor 
advisable.  Persons  who  live  low  and  get 
this  disease  by  exposure,  combined  with 
over  fatigue,  are  apt  to  suffer  from  the  s< 
mlled  chrotlic  form  chiefly  seated  in  the 
muscles,  and  in  these  oases,  the  system  may 
sufler  from  one  or  l,wo  opposite  causes,  ar 
axcoss  of  either  alkali  or  aeiil,  which,  when 
irutrallzed,  ends  the  disease.  Honco  thr 
curious  and  formerly  unexplained  fact,  that 
sometimes  acid  treatment,  as  with  lemon 
juice,  and  at,  other  times  alkaline  treatment, 
as  with  Rochelle  salt,  etc.,  has  produced  a 


There  is  ono  very  severe  'form  of  rheuma¬ 
tism  called  acute  or  inflammatory,  which  i* 
a  most  formidable  disease,  and  which  in 
olden  times  was  treated  by  blood  letting. 
This  disease  has  the  'remarkable  feature  ol 
suddenly  leaving  one  part  of  the  body  to 
appear  in  another.  If,  by  blood  letting,  the 
heart  receives  a  sudden  shock  by  the  with 
drawal  of  a  quantity  of  blood,  the  malady  if 
very  apt  to  settle  there  and  produce  diseas* 
of  the  heart,  which  is  a  very  common  cause 
of  death  among  persons  who  have  beer 
treated  for  rheumatism,  by  blood  letting. 
The  latter  operation  relieves  the  patient;  blit, 
considering  the  often  fatal  results,  it  is  now 
abandoned  by  all  enlightened  physician*,  nod  ] 
the  treatment  by*  colchicum  wine  and  opiate* 
is  used  instead.  Besides  the  derivatives  of 
opium,  morphine  and  codeine,  sal  ammoniac 
has  been  often  praised  ns  an  effective  remedy 
when  others  failed  ;  but  perhaps  these  derive 
their  efficiency  from  their  similarity  to  a  now 
substance,  a  derivative  of  opium  and  ammo 
nin,  which  has  recently  been  found  as  effect¬ 
ive  a  specific  against  rheumatism  as  quinine 
is  against  fever  and  ague.  This  substance  is 
propylamin.  It  is  a  volatile,  watery  liquid, 
with  a  strong  odor  of  herring  pickle,  and  was 
found  by  Dr.  Winckler  in  distilling  a  watery 


extract  of  ergot  with  potassa,  also  in  distill¬ 
ing  cod  fiver  oil  with  ammonia.  But  the 
most  effective  way  of  obtaining  this  substance 
is  that  of  Wertheim,  who  prepared  it  by  the 
decomposition  of  narcotin©  and  codeine  by 
alkalies.  Its  name  is  based  on  its  chemical 
composition  ;  it  is  a  combination  of  the  third 
member  of  the  hydrocarbon  scries  (methyl, 
ethyl,  propyl,  amyl,  etc.)  with  a  derivative 
of  the  ammonia  (amidogon).  There  is,  how 
ever,  still  some  doubt  about,  its  true  chemical 
composition,  so  that  some  chemists  suppose 
it  to  be  trimethyl.i-uin  ;  in  the  mean  time,  Its 
specific  effect  on  most  forms  of  rheumatism 
has  bceu  established.  By  taking  five  drops 
in  a  tablespoon l‘u  1  of  peppermint  water  ©very 
two  hours,  the  pains  usually  abate  after 

twelve  doses. 

- - - -♦♦♦ - - • 

"HEALTH  OF  FARMERS’  WIVES.” 


When  I  read  an  article  with  this  title,  on 
page  223  of  the  Rural  New  Yorker,  April 
5th,  1873,  it  moved  mo  much.  T  wanted  to 
answer  it,  but  thought  there  would  be  so 
many  who  would  answer  such  a  request  that 
I  had  better  be  quiet.  I  might  have  kept  so, 
perhaps,  but  for  the  failure  of  an  answer  for 
two  weeks.  The  question  is,  “Will  some 
one  tell  us  why”  there  are  so  few  healthy- 
looking  farmers’  wives?  No  doubt,  many 
arc  ignorant  of  the  way  to  live,  eat  late  or 
rich  suppers,  eat  warm  biscuit  every  day, 
which  cannot  be  healthful,  while  many  more 
have  no  chance  to  use  what  wisdom  they 
may  bavo,  in  taking  care  of  nr  saving  them¬ 
selves  in  any  way,  Home  arc  “  high-spirit¬ 
ed,”  and  recklessly  ambitious  to  carry  out 
their  plans,  which  sometimes  Involve  too 
much  and  too  hard  labor,  for  which  their 
husbands  are  not  responsible.  Others  still 
and  I  am  sorry  to  know  a  great  number  of 
women — ara  literally  broken  down with  mul¬ 
titudinous  cares  and  labors,  which  they  can¬ 
not  get  rest  from,  during  the  rearing  of  (in 
many  cases)  large  families  of  children,  who 
might  yet  “rise  up  ami  call  her  blessed,” 
oould  sho  have  had  suitable  and  needed  rec¬ 
reation. 

Home  mother*  get  very  little  sleep,  espe¬ 
cially  if  a  child  Is  sick  and  they  have  no  help 
in  taking  care  of  said  child.  This  is  most 
wearing  of  ail.  flow  it  would  have  rested 
those  aching  limbs  and  soothed  that  nervous 
brain  if  she  could,  after  a  siege  of  such  nurs¬ 
ing,  have  mode  a  visit  to  her  father’s  house 
ere  both  parent*  were  laid  in  the  grave.  The 
husbands  too,  would  be  repaid  fourfold  if 
thoy  invested  that  way  with  the  wisdom 
which  they  use  in  buying  land.  But  that  is 
not  the  case  in  the  above  sketches.  One  has 
heard  of  a  horse  and  oow  to  be  sold  cheap, 
md  he  must  get  them  with  this  year’s  sur¬ 
plus  ;  but  next  year,  maybe ,  mother  can  have 
jomothing  with  which. to  take  a  little  journey. 
When  the  next  year  come#,  little  Admit,  is 
idded  to  the  mother’s  list  of  cares,  and  she 
could  not  leave  now.  Thus  her  life  goes  on 
until  sho  sinks,  in  many  cases,  under  t  he  bur- 
len  of  cares  to  the  grave  ;  while,  if  she  had 
boon  allowed  a  few  of  the  dollars  sho  had 
brought  to  the  husband  with  toil  and  econ¬ 
omy,  to  have  taken  a  little  trip  among  friends 
somewhere— almost  anywhere,  to  get  away 
from  the  work  she  does  not  feel  able  to  do — 
for  a  brief  season,  sho  might  have  lived  to 
knit  stockings  for  her  grandchildren,  beside 
jiving  and  spreading  comforts  through  her 
1  family,  in  many  way*. 

As  I  look  around  me  in  the  Western  States, 

,  (  wonder  there  are  so  many  farmers’  wives 

i  who  grow  into  and  seem  to  adapt  themselves 
to  their  sphere  of  fife  as  well  ns  they  do.  If 
r  this  shall  cause  one  feeble  wife  to  have  a  few 
c  weeks’  recruiting,  that  she  may  bo  the  bet- 
3  ter  prepared  to  perform  lior  duties,  as  wife 
and  mother,  it  will  pay  Aunt  Fannie. 


VEGETABLE  PERFUMES  AND  HEALTH. 

An  Itallian  professor  has  made  some  very 
agreeable  medical  researches,  resulting  in 
the  discovery  than  vegetable  perfumes  uxer- 
'isc  a  positively  healthful  influence  on  the 
atmosphere,  converting  its  oxygen  into  ozone, 
i.nd  thus  increasing  its  oxydl/.ing  influence. 
The  essences  found  to  develop  the  largest 
quantity  of  ozone  are  those  of  cherry,  laurel, 
cloves,  lavender,  mint,  juniper,  lemons,  fen¬ 
nel,  bergamot ;  those  that  give  it  in  smaller 
quantity  arc  anise,  nutmeg,  and  thyme.  The 
[lowers  of  the  narcissus,  hyacinth,  mignon¬ 
ette,  heliotrope,  and  lily  of  the  valley  develop 
>zone  in  closed  vessels.  Flowers  destitute  of 
nerfume  do  not  develop  it,  said  those  which 
iav«  hut  slight-  perfume  develop  it-  only  in 
unall  quantities.  Reasoning  from  these  tacts 
the  professor  recommends  the  cultivation  of 
flowers  in  marshy  districts,  and  in  places  in¬ 
fested  with  animal  emanat  ions,  on  account,  of 
the  powerful  oxygon  influence  of  ozone.  The 
inhabitants  of  such  regions  should  surround 
their  dwellings  with  beds  of  the  most  odor¬ 
iferous  flowers. 


juwe  7 


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PRIDE  IN  ONE’S  VOCATION. 

We  nrc  of  those  who  believe  that,  a  man 
should  bd  iti  love  with  and  proud  of  his  voca¬ 
tion — that,  growing  out  of  such  pride  is  success. 
We  do  not  believe  In  these  half-and-half  men 
and  women,  Every  mun  should  magnify  and 
honor  his  vocation ;  but  ho  should  do  this  by 
his  acta  rather  than  his  works.  Farmers  are 
too  willing  to  he  called  and  regarded  as  “  mud¬ 
sills,”  “clod-hoppers,”  and  the  like.  Some 
seem  to  t  ake  pride  in  being  so  regarded,  and  to 
adapt  themselves  so  nearly  to  the  name  as  to 
be  appropriately  called  so.  This  la,  ID  our  opin¬ 
ion,  all  wrong.  That,  is  not  the  kind  of  pride 
we  would  stimulate —  not  the  character  we 
would  have  farmer*  assume,  nor  the  one  we 
would  assume  as  a  farmer.  Nor  would  we  cul¬ 
tivate  any  extreme  sensitiveness  about  the  ap¬ 
plication  of  such  a  title.  But  the  intelligent 
farmer  has  right  and  title  to  respect,  to  respect¬ 
ful  regard,  and  to  respectful  appellations. 

Pride  In  one’s  vocation,  such  as  we  would 
encourage,  means  love  for  it,  dignity  growing 
out  of  consciousness  of  its  capability  to  con¬ 
sume  all  the  energies  he  can  c.vokc  in  pursuing 
it,  and-falth  that  It  requires  as  much  mental 
capacity,  culture,  enterprise,  forecast  and  en¬ 
ergy  to  suooeed  in  It  as  in  any  other  human 
employment.  There  should  be  no  simulated  or 
real  self-humiliation.  Nor  should  there  be  any 
egotistic,  bombastic  self-glorifications.  Lei 
every  farmer,  young  or  old,  attempt  to  learn 
what  his  every-day  life  on  the  farm  will  teach 
him  he  is  ignorant  of,  and  there  will  be  abun¬ 
dant  cause  for  humility  :  and  let  him  once  begin 
to  learn  whut  every  thoughtful,  investigating 
farmer  will  soon  find  must  be  learned,  and  he 
will  form  new  ideas  of  the  dignity  and  worthi¬ 
ness  of  his  business. 


OH!  IF. 

Oh,  if  farmers  had  a  wider  range  of  reading 
and  experience,  what  a  crop  of  pecuniary  and 
mental  profit  they  might  reap  and  gather  into 
the  garners  of  the  purse,  the  mind  and  the 
heart ! 

IVe  find  the  above  exclamation  in  a.  letter  to  a 
contemporary.  It  evidently  came  from  u  knowl¬ 
edge  of  the  listless,  thoughtless,  hum-drum 
lives  that  too  many  American  farmers  live -of 
that  plodding,  mechanical,  aeml-bcastly  exist¬ 
ence,  which,  looking  all  the  time  at  and  being 
familiar  with  results,  discovers  no  laws,  studies 
not  the  wonderful  proc.*ssea  of,  and  cares  not 
for  the  knowledge  which  Nature  Is  ready  to 
yield  them  if-lhey  will  but  take  the  key  and  un¬ 
fasten  the  lock  and  open  the  door  of  her  secrets. 
Lack  of  observation,  want  of  vital  Interest,  ab¬ 
sence  of  Inquiry,  taking  things  for  granted,  be¬ 
lieving  in  the  fatality  of  all  things  in  that  blind, 
stupid  way  which  palsies  all  moral  responsibili¬ 
ty  and  free  agency,  fits  the  farmer  tlf  such  a 
man  may  be  called  one)  to  be  the  poor,  credu¬ 
lous,  Ignorant,  and  apparently  powerless  bur¬ 
then  bearer  for  other  classes,  which  too  many 
complain  that  they  are  and  which,  really,  i-uch 
men  are  only  fit  to  be  I 

Oh!  that  we  could  galvanize  such  Inert  souls 
into  something  like  a  realization  of  the  oppor¬ 
tunities  they  throw  away,  the  blessings  they 
forego,  the  compensations  they  reject,  and  of 
the  sweet  fruits  of  life  of  which  they  never 
taste  1  If  wo  could  do  It  bjr  abuse  and  denunci¬ 
ation  we  would  lake  the  risk  of  doing  it! 
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RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

Thu  Milk  and  Cream  Revival  tn  New  York. 

—There  is  a  great  revolut  ion  in  New  York  City 
In  consequence  of  the  sudden  and  extraordina¬ 
rily-developed  regard  on  the  part  of  Its  citizens 
who  lunch  down  town,  for  milk  arid  cream. 
The  dairy  system  is  becoming  one  of  the  most 
prominent,  features  of  the  city,  and  is  affecting 
the  old-time  restaurants  seriously.  For  in¬ 
stance,  we  now  have  establishments  known  as 
the  “  Alderney  Dairy,"  “  Durham  Dairy,"  “  Qua¬ 
ker  Dairy,"  (two  or  three  of  them,)  and  other 
dairies  with  different  names.  At.  these  dairies 
milk  and  cream,  pure,  cool  and  sweet,  is  served 
fo  hungry  New  Yorkers,  with  all  kinds  of  fresh 
bread,  grits,  oatmeal,  puddings,  fruits,  See.,  See. 
The  popularity  of  these  institutions  here.  Is 
encouraging  to  the  milk  producers.  The  in¬ 
crease  In  the  quantity  of  milk  consumed  In  the 
city  must  be  very  large,  for  at  some  of  these 
“  Dairies,"  1,600  to  2.000  persons  are  served  daily 
with  it.  It  Is  good.  It  Is  one  of  t  he  beat  reform 
agencies  ever  introduced.  The  man  who  drinks  : 
milk  loses  all  desire  for  liquor.  We  know  men 
who  have  asserted  to  us  that  now,  Instead  of  \ 
going  for  a  glass  of  beer  when  thirsty,  they  c 
di  Ink  milk,  and  the  desire  for  strong  drink  is  1 
banished  for  the  day.  Neat,  accommodating  ’’ 
and  bright  girls  wait  on  their  customers,  and  t 
tjmtr  winsomenci-.H,  neatness  and  deftness,  to-  * 
getlier  with  the  health-giving  fluid  and  the  , 
wholesome  I, read,  pudding  and  pastry  they  | 
M  i  vo,  render  these  dairies  the  most  attractive  i 
and  satisfying  lunch  places  for  hungry  and 
overworked  New  Yorkers.  Besides,  t  hey  are  ' 
economical.  Twenty-five  cents  will  buy  as  sat- 
isfyirig  a  lunch  as  fifty  and  seventy-five  cents  i 
will  purchase  at  one  of  the  ordinary  restaurants  ^ 
—and  a  decidedly  better  lunch  for  active  brains  j! 
and  exhausted  bodies.  & 


statement,  a  sadly  abused  man.  If  wo  accept 
his  statement.  Hod.  John  Jay,  Minister  to 


ant  transactions.  From  all  we  can  learn,  brew¬ 
ers  are  not  liberally  supplied  with  hops,  and 


Austria,  is  responsible  for  all  this  disgraceful  with  a  continuance  of  the  present  lively  demand 


scandal,  and  whatever  his  motive  may  have 
been,  he  certainly  has  succeeded  In  preventing 
any  good  impression  of  this  country  to  result 


for  beer,  they  will  soon  find  themselves  com¬ 
pelled  to  come  into  market  and  replenish  their 
stocks.  Our  advices  from  the  growing  districts 


from  the  efforts  of  American  exhibitors.  We  report  the  vine  ns  being  very  backward,  yet.  wo 


ctannot  help  I  (linking  t  hat  the  State  Depart¬ 
ment  has  sadly  blundered  in  its  management 


are  inclined  to  the  opinion  that  if  the  Interior 
has  been  favored  with  a  temperature  anything 


o  f  l  he  matter,  and  that  It  would  have  been  bet- i  like  that  which  has  prevailed  in  New  Y'ork 


The  National  Agricultural  Congress. — This 
organization  met  at  Indianapolis  May  20.  Ninety 
societies  were  represented  and  150  delegates 
were  present.  From  the  reports  we  have  seen, 
we  gather  that,  the  Coinn  Ittee  on  Agricultural 
Colleges  made  two  reports— the  majority,  report 
indorsing  the  efforts  being  made  to  seen  re  addi¬ 
tional  aid  for  the  Agricultural  Colleges,  favoring 
the  Morrlll  bill,  and  recommending  the  ap¬ 
pointment  of  a  committee  to  memorialize  Con¬ 
gress  upon  the  subject.  We  do  not  know  the 
recommendations  of  the  minority  report  at 
this  writing;  but,  after  a  spirited  debate,  both 
reports  were  laid  upon  the  table,  and  we  have 
no  information  t.hut  they  were  afterward  taken 
up.  The  Committee  on  Transportation  also 
made  an  elaborate  report,  but  the  Congress 
does  not  seem  to  have  indorsed  its  recom¬ 
mendations  and  no  final  action  was  taken, 
though  much  discussion  was  had  upon  It.  The 
Committee  on  Railroad  Systems’  report,  seems 
to  have  been  more  successful,  since  it  was 
adopted.  1 1  indorsee  t  he  doctrine  that  railroads 
receiving  aid  from  the  State  by  luxation  of  the 
people  should  be  subject  to  the  power  granting 
their  charters  in  the  limitation  of  their  rates. 
A  Vice-President  for  each  Btate  represented 
was  selected  for  the  current  year,  and  provision 
made  for  the  publication  and  distribution  of  a 
large  number  of  copies  of  the  report  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  congress.  Gen.  W.  11.  Jack- 
son  of  Tennessee  was  chosen  President,  and 
Chas.  W.  Ghken,  Secretary.  Atlanta,  Ga.,  was 
selected  as  the  place  lor  the  next  meeting,  which 
will  be  held  on  the  second  Wednesday  of  May 
1874. 


tor,  as  we  said  at  first,  that  American  exhibit¬ 
ors  should  have  been  permitted  to  look  out  for 
themselves. 

- M-* - 

The  Old  and  Reliable  Advertising  Agency  of 
S.  M.  Pettenoii.l  &  Oo.— which  has  offices  in 
Mew  York.  Boston  and  Philadelphia— Ls  paid  a 
deserved  compliment  by  the  Boston  Journal. 
It  says  the  firm  commenced  t  heir  Boston  agency 
nearly  a  quarter  a  century  sign  at. No.  10 State 
St.,  where  it  i » still  located,  carrying  on  a  large  | 
and  successful  business.  They  established  a  1 
branch  in  New  York  city  May,  1852,  which  has 
thrown  to  be  ranch  larger  than  the  parent  house, 

I  increasing  steadily  year  by  year  until  now  it  has 
>!he  agency  of  nearly  every  newspaper  In  the 
•United  States  and  British  Provinces,  and  docs 
•  i  yearly  business  of  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
i{ollar*.  8.  M.  Pkttenoill  A  Co.  have  recently 
opened  another  branch  office  at  701  ChoBtnut 
street,  Philadelphia,  whore  they  are  doing  a 
hiticcesaful  and  increasing  business.  They  have 
,  done  advertising  exceeding  ten  millions  ol  dol- 
li ire.  This  firm  is  favorably  known  not  only 
throughout  this  country  but  in  all  parts  of  the 
q  orld.  They  established  a  reputation  for  hon¬ 
orable  md  fair  dealing  which  any  firm  might 
unvy  and  but  few  attained  to.  We  congratulate 
t,hem  upon  their  success.  We  would  recom¬ 
mend  all  who  want  advertising  done  In  any 
Dart  of  the  country  to  call  upon  them.  They 
uan  point  to  hundreds  of  business  men  who 
Dave  followed  their  advice  and  trusted  to  their 
srtgaeity  and  availed  themselves  of  their  facili¬ 
ties  who  have  tnado  fortunes  for  themselves, 
and  they  are  dally  assisting  others  In  the  samo 
p  ath. 

■  «»» - 

Obituary.— In  announcing  the  death  cf  Mrs. 
Dr.  N.  8  Barnes,  (well  known  to  our  readers  as 
“  Kate  Cameron,")  which  sad  event  occurred 
at  Chicago  on  the  26th  ult.,  we  convoy  mourn¬ 
ful  intelligence  to  thousands  of  loving  and 
appreciative  friends  of  the  sweet  singer.  In  a 
notice  of  the  exemplary  and  accomplished  de¬ 
ceased,  ttic  Koch  ester  Democrat  feelingly  says: 

Just  in  the  prime  of  n  noble  and  beautiful 
womanhood,  strengthened  by  a  holy  Christian 
f u it b,  blessed  with  a  disposition  as  lovely  as  it 
was  sunny,  with  capabilities  of  mind  and  heart 
•-  uigulorly  combined  to  make  the  lives  of  those 
around  her  brighter  and  better,  it  seems  very 
sad  that  her  young  and  brilliant  life  should  have 
been  exchanged  su  soon  for  the  marble  drapery 
of  deat  h ;  that  the  hand  that  was  always  true  In 
Its  warm  ami  loving  grasp  should  now  He  still 
and  cold  forever;  that  the  eyes  that  looked 
with  tender  kindness  into  the  heart  of  every 
tj  lend  can  look  no  more  Into  the  faces  of  those 
s’ib  loved. 

-Mrs.  Bark eh  was  the  daughter  of  John  («. 
IVilliams,  lately  deceased,  and  was  born  in 
Deerfield,  Mass,,  Alay  24th,  INK).  In  180(1  she 
came  to  Rochester  as  the  wife  of  Dr.  Barnes. 
•from  her  earliest  years  she  had  given  evidence 
of  more  than  ordinary  ability  a*  a  writer,  both 
ol  prose  and  verse,  and  when  she  came  to  our 
oil  y  her  pen  soon  became  constanly  employed 
in  contributing  to  t  he  columns  of  the  Rural 
INew-Yorkkb,  and  In  editing  the  Journal  of  the 
Mount.  She  was  also  the  uuthores*  or  many 
hymns  which  were  set  to  music  mid  have  been  I 
s,ung  In  almost  every  Sabbath  School ;  "March-  I 
i.ng  Along,"  "  We  re  Nearer  Homo,"  “The 
bidden  City,"  ami  “The  Shining  Hills  of  Glory" 
Mil  lie  sung  these  many  years  by  the  little  ones, 
and  their  sliver  melody  will  never  iotas  their  1 
hiveet  charm  in  the  hearts  of  those  who  knew 
k>et-  , 


The  Vienna  Exposition  Scandal. — There  are 
two  sides  to  all  questions.  No  matter  whether 
there  has  been  corruption  or  not,  It  cannot  fail 
to  be  the  opinion  of  all  thoughtful  men  that 
the  Government  has  sadly  blundered  In  its 
management  of  the  matter.  The  corrections, 
if  any  were  to  be  made,  might  have  been  effected 
without  giving  all  Europe  an  opportunity  to 
laugh  at  us  and  point  at  us  the  finger  of  scorn. 
Qen;  Van  Buken  is  irate,  and,  according  to  his 


<  lean  ihu  Cellars  !— That  seventy-five-year- 
0  Id  "Daily  Rural  Life"  of  ours,  came  into  the 
office,  with  lire  in  his  eyes,  and  throwing  a 
b  unch  of  Daphne,  cncorum  down  on  our  table 
said,  "  There  !  that  smells  sweeter  by  hall  than 
the  butter  J  buy  in  the  country  does,  nowa¬ 
days!  And,  by  the  way,  1  wish  you  would  tell 
people  to  clean  their  cellars!  J’vo  had  to  buy 
butter  of  some  of  my  neighbors.  It  had  such 
a  horn  I  nable  flavor,  though  made  by  excellent, 
butter  makers,  that  wo  could  not  use  it.  On 
investigation,  we  found  that  the  milk  had  been 
nd  in  the  collars  before  they  bad  been  cleaned 
—set  in  the  stench  of  decaying  vegetables,  fruits, 
j.c.,  and  of  course  had  absorbed  it  ail  and  com¬ 
bined  os  many  perfumes  as  Cologne  and  as  many 
flavors  as  a  Spanish  ollapodrida !  Tell  them  to 
dean  their  cellars— at  least,  before  they  set 
their  milk  In  them  from  which  to  make  butter 
to  sell  to  me  I"  And  we  said,  Amen  I 

Introducing  Improved  Slock  in  Canada.— 

j  There  is  a  proposition  to  ask  the  Legislature  of 
Ontario  to  make  appropriation  lor  the  purpose 
of  introducing  into  the  respective  counties  of 
the  Province  the  most  valuable  farm  animals— 
the  stock  to  be  purchased  by  the  several  County 
and  Riding  Agricultural  Societies,  and  sold  to 
the  members  thereof  under  restrictions  most 
beneficial  to  themselves,  all  moneys  arising  from 
such  sales  to  be  added  to  the  Annual  Legisla¬ 
tive  grant.  It  is  also  suggested  that  the  privi¬ 
lege  of  expending  such  appropriations  for  seed 
as  well  as  stock  be  granted.  Whether  such  co¬ 
operation  will  prove  practical  ar.J  profitable,  is 
what  the  agriculturists  of  CY  .  ida  are  now  called 
upon  to  consider. 

- 

Hop  Market.— Emmet  Wells’  Circular,  dated 
May  20th,  says:— We  note  a  gradual  improve¬ 
ment  in  the  tone  of  the  market  this  week,  with¬ 
out,  however,  being  able  to  report  any  import- 


t-  j  during  the  past  week,  vegetation  must  have 
>r  taken  a  good  start  . 

>♦» - 

Cornell  University.— A  member  of  the  State 
Legislature,  not  long  since  made  a  virulent  at- 
n  tack  upon  Ezra  Cornell,  the  patron  of  Cornell 
a  University,  criticising  his  management  of  the 
|  public  land  scrip  purchased  by  him  of  the  State, 
1’  located  and  held  in  trust  for  the  University. 
e  Mr.  Cornell  promptly  denied  the  charges 
G  made  by  him  and  asked  Gov.  Dlx  to  appoint  a 
a  Commission  to  investigate  his  action.  Governor 

*  Dix  has  complied  with  this  request  and  ap- 
3*  pointed  Horatio  Seymour  of  Oneida  Co.,  Wil- 

*  liam  A.  Wheeler  of  Franklin  Co.  and  John  D. 
e  Van  Hitren  of  New  York,  such  Commission. 

*  Their  report  will  be  looked  for  with  interest. 

*  - — - 

^  American  Dairymen's  Ahs'ii. — We  have  the 
(l  Eighth  Annual  Report  of  this  organization.  It 
Includes  the  names  of  officers ;  the  N.  Y,  State 
law'  respecting  buttor  and  cheeso  factories ;  ar- 
y  tides  of  association;  lint  of  members;  list  of 
butter  and  cheeso  factories  and  the  prone  dings 
_  cf  the  annual  meeting,  including  addresses, 
t  papers,  communications,  questionsand  answers 
p  and  factory  reports.  The  membership  fee  of 
_  this  Association  is  |1 ;  and  a  member  is  entitled 
y  to  the  Report.  The  Treasurer,  Is  Haukis  Lkw- 
(  is,  Frankfort,  N.  Y.;  the  Secretary,  L.  B.  Alt- 
5  hold,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

r  - - - 

President  Grant  recently  visited  Fair  Land 
,  Farm,  Gravesend,  L.  I.,  and  purchased  of  Mr. 

3  Edwards  K.  Sanyohd,  “  Claymore,”  a  bay  stal¬ 
lion  by  "  Peacemaker,”  coming  four  years  old. 
He  Is  described  os  a  large,  powerful  colt,  evouly 
.  balanced,  plenty  of  bulk,  and  timber  enough  to 
i  support  it;  of  a  mild,  yet  courageous  dlsposi- 
i  I  ion,  and  with  speed  unusual  at  his  age.  “  Peace- 
-  maker,"  his  sire,  was  by  Rysdyk’s  Jlntnbloto- 
I  uian,  out  of  the  Feaglos  more  by  Smith’s 
i  “  Clay,”  while  his  dam  was  by  old  “  Henry  Clay.” 

•  i.  -  «♦»  -  ■  -  - 

•I.  n.  Dodge.— Statistician  Dodge,  of  the 
1  Department,  of  Agriculture,  sailed  on  the  steam¬ 
er  California,  Saturday,  May  31,  for  Europe.  He 
dooa  not,  judging  by  his  talk,  go  on  a  simple 
pleasure  trip  at  Government  expense.  He 
means  business ;  and  we  hope  that  his  visit  will 
result  In  practical  good  to  the  Country,  os  we 
believe  it  will. 

The  Rural  Indispensable. — In  renewing  his 
Subscription  Mr.  A.  Baker,  Tompkins  Co.,  N. 
Y.«  writes  us:— “1  am  a  young  farmer,  twenty- 
three  years  old,  and  have  taken  the  Rural 
New  Yorker  live  years.  I  might  as  well  try  to 
farm  it  without  my  farm  implements  as  with¬ 
out  the  good  old  Rural." 

- - 

RURAL  BREVITIES. 

Vick’s  Floral  Guide,  No.  2, 1873,  is  Issued  and 
1.8  filled  with  exceedingly  readable  matter,  finely 
iBustrated. 

Sakette  is  informed  that  we  cannot  criticise 
In  our  columns;  that  the  real  address  Is  essen¬ 
tial.  Send  it. 

Mambrino  Temple,  the  famous  stallion 
owned  bv  Col.  N.  J.  Colman,  and  worth  $10,000, 
died  last  week. 

Read  the  notice  headed  “New  Volume — Spe¬ 
cial  Offer,"  in  first  column  of  this  page;  and 
please  tell  your  friends  about  It. 

B.  A.,  asks  where  he  can  obtain  a  horse  injec¬ 
tion  pipe  which  can  bo  used  to  give  about  a 
gallon  without  removing.  We  cannot  inform 
him. 

Tub  Jackson,  Mich.,  Horse  Breeders'  Assoc  I  n- 
tion  is  to  hold  its  annual  meeting  June  17.  The 
premiums  amount  to  $12,000,  in  purses  ranging 
from  $000  to  $1,600. 

Messrs.  Hammond  and  Reverence  of  Mld- 
dlebury,  Vt.,  have  arrived  in  California  with  700 
line  blooded  sheep,  In  good  order,  with  a  pros¬ 
pect  of  sales  at  fair  prices. 

Lobelia  pratUHdes,  a  highly  poisonous  plant  Is 
dealing  death  among  the  cattle  herds  in  the 
neighborhood  ol  Melbourne,  Australia.  Cattle 
die  very  suddenly  and  in  large  numbers. 

The  Illinois  Legislature  neglected  to  make 
appropriations  for  the  State  and  County  Agri¬ 
cultural  Boards.  As  a  consequence,  no  money 
can  be  paid  lor  the  current  year's  expenses. 

Tomatoes  arc  sent  to  London,  Eng.,  from 
Algiers  and  are  described  as  large,  well  colored, 
beautifully  ripened,  arriving  in  good  condition 
and  keeping  wrell.  They  sell  lor  a  shilling  each. 

Vermont  has  180,286  milch  cows,  producing 
annually  17, 844,30b  pounds  of  butter,  4,830,7(10 
pounds  ol  cheese,  and  3,835,840  gallons  of  milk 
for  sale,  besides  that  used  in  the  families  of 
producers. 

The  Iowa  Homestead,  a  wide-awake,  Agri¬ 
cultural,  Live  Stock  and  Family  Paper,  and 
organ  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  is  becom¬ 
ing  an  Institution  in  the  Northwest.  See  its 
prospectus  on  our  lost  page. 

There  wore  imported  Into  Colorado,  last 
year,  eighty-aeveu  pedigree.  Short-Horn,  Jersey, 
Hereford;  Devon  and  Galloway  bulls;  twenty- 
one  stallions;  and  lour  hundred  and  llfty-slx 
Merino,  Southdown  und  Leicester  bucks. 


A  Plan  ok  a  Cottaijk  to  cost  from  $2,000  to 
$2,500  Is  wanted  by  I.  II.  P.,  Cornwall-on-the 
Hudson.  We  have  published  many  plans,  some 
ol  which  might  please  him,  and  shall  give 
others.  He  should  examine  our  back  numbers 
or  consult  some  work  on  cottage  architecture. 


JUNE  7 


MOOSE’S  BUBAL  HEW-YOBKEB. 


Suite  ®t(iti!^et|. 


,  OUE  EUEOPEAN  LETTEE. 

Naples,  Italy,  April  21,  187.1. 

Visit  to  Pompeii. 

WE  reached  Pompeii  in  a.  little  over  two  hours 
by  carriage,  and  as  we  continually  rode  between 
two  rows  of  buildings,  with  only  occasional 
glimpses  at  Vesuvius,  that  accrued  quite  near, 
it  was  in  reality  only  a  continuation  of  Naples 
even  to  Pompeii.  We  drove  at  once  to  see  the 
amphitheater,  where  the  Pompeians  amused 
themselves  with  combats  between  men  and 
beasts  two  thousand  years  ago.  It  is  in  an  ex¬ 
cellent  state  of  preservation;  that  Is,  the  part 
that  was  preserved  underground,  arid  itscomed 
odd  enough  to  roam  around  in  its  underground 
arches  where  the  wild  beasts  had  been  kept 
and  to  find  nothing  beastlier  left  than  innu¬ 
merable  lizards,  that  played  “hide-and-seek” 
everywhere.  Then  we  breakfasted  at  the  Dio¬ 
mede  Hall,  at  the  entrance  of  Pompeii— the 
amphitheatre  is  somewhat  removed  from  the 
city— and  had  the  best  beefsteak  I  had  eaten 
since  I  left  America.  Perhaps  the  Inspiration 
of  some  of  those  old  cooks  who  prepared  those 
famous  collations  for  IdJCtrtnus  hovered  over 
the  kitchen;  or  the  cattle  who  feed  about  the 
foot  of  tbo  volcano,  or  on  the  rapturous  plain 
between  the  city's  wall  and  the  bay,  (which  In 
Pompeian  days  was  also  bay)  imbibed  the  love¬ 
liness  of  that  matchless  spot  into  their  flesh 
and  blood.  In  any  event.  It  wras  a  beefsteak  to 
be  remembered,  aa  Italian  beefsteaks  arc  more 
apt  to  make  your  eyes,  than  your  mouth,  water. 

Pompeii  was  never  a  large  city— not  ovor  30,000 
inhabitants,  perhaps— and  only  about,  a  third 
of  it  has  been  excavated.  When  a  king  or 
prince,  or  other  persons  of  wealth  come  to  Na¬ 
ples  aud  furnish  money  enough  to  pay  for  an 
excavation,  it  is  made.  But  the  most  interest¬ 
ing  part  is  doubtless  now  accessible,  while  all 
the  treasures  found— the  statues,  most  of  the 
frescoes,  the  jewels,  &c.— have  been  placed  In 
the  Museum  at.  Naples.  The  pictures  one  sees 
of  Pompeii  give  H  very  correct  Idea  of  the  ox- 
hurnod  city.  The  streets  are  narrow,  kept  very 
clean;  the  rooms  of  the  houses  small,  but  the 
Mosaic  floors,  the  nmrhlo  baths,  the  painted 
walls,  and  everything  pertaining  to  that  un¬ 
happy  city,  wore  of  the  most  elegant,  and  artis¬ 
tic  character.  It  only  shows  that  now,  after 
two  thousand  years,  nearly,  we  have  made  no 
advancement  in  the  fine  arts,  and  are,  in  fact, 
behind  them. 

Herculaneum 

we  paasod  in  going,  hut  did  not  stop  to  visit  it. 
It  Is  quite  underground,  dark,  and  the  water 
dripping  Into  the  excavated  rooms  makes  a 
visit  somewhat  unpleasant.  But  what  wonder¬ 
ful  bronzes  have  been  taken  out  of  Hercula¬ 
neum  1  In  both  cities  they  had  thosnme  imple¬ 
ments,  instruments,  iron  bedstead*,  bath  tubs, 
footstools,  tables,  etc.,  as  we  have  now.  Thoir 
precious  stones  and  cameos,  are  even  to-day,  as 
seen  in  the  Museum,  without 
superiority.  The  handles  of  ~  .  . 

their  cooking  utensils  were 
canod  Into  objects  of  ait.,  gfcii sSM 
while  tbo  wonderful  statuary  V 
and  mural  pal ntl ngs  force  one 
to  think  that  to  paint  pictures 
and  to  carve  statues  wore  i~2 
things  as  natural  for  them  to 
do  as  to  eat.  One  room  of 
the  Museum  is  lined  with  the 
charred  parchments  found  ; 
on  some  the  writing  is  per¬ 
fectly  legible,  and  on  others 
quite  indistinct.  In  a  small  ^ 
museum  at  Pompeii  are  a 
number  of  petrified  bodies; 
one  is  that  of  a  slave,  who,  to  ■  ’  ' 

carry  olf  a  bag  of  treasures, 
was  overtaken  by  the  de- 
strueticn;  tho  ring  on  his  ' 

finger  and  the  object  he  ,  ? 
clutches  reveals  his  status 
and  cause  of  his  delay.  You  J 

can  fairly  see  the  death  strug- 
gle  in  his  clenched  hands;  . 
then  there  are  t  wo  others  to- 
gether— a  mother  and  her  ' 
daughter,  evidently;  fifteen  ’ 
or  twenty  skeletons  wore 
found  In  one  of  the  cellars  of 
Diomede’s  House, 

which  was  one  of  the  largest ;  * 

and  the  quantity  of  jewels  ^ 

found  on  one,  leads  one  to  C ~ 
suppose  It  was  that  of  his  yv'^; v" 
daughter  Julia,  who,  with  v-  Ap  * 

other  members  of  tho  house- 
hold,  took  refuge  there  until 
the  eruption  was  over,  little  r 
dreaming  that  tbo  lava  would  t 

bury  the  town.  The  history  r,  I 
of  the  city  and  its  destruc-  "V 
tion  is  of  the  greatest  Inter- 
est,  and  I  remember  to  have  • 

read  no  more  satisfactory  ac¬ 
counts  than  those  given  by 
Pliny  and  the  romance  of 
Bclwer,  called  “The  Last  Days  of  Pompeii." 

One  old  follow  who  was  staring  about  on  tho 
ruins,  and  who  was  unable  to  understand  the 
guide’s  French,  was  constantly  laboring  under 
the  impression  that  tho  walls  and  streets  and 
broken  columns,  etc.,  had  been  recently  placed 
there  for  a  “show.”  He  seemed  to  have  no 
ea  of  the  history  of  the  place,  and  it  was  as 


•u  -  ■ 


much  of  a  “ruin”  to  see  him  as  Pompeii.  Of 
course,  all  the  “  traveled”  people  declared  Pom¬ 
peii  to  be  the  most  “  wonderful  sight”  they  had 
seen  in  Europe,  and  the  ladies  all  plucked  flow¬ 
ers  and  roots  of  I  vy  as  souvenirs.  V iutok  Eman¬ 
uel  did  a  good  thing  when  In*  gathered  all  tho 
treasures  of  Pompeii  from  different  cities  whith¬ 
er  they  had  been  carried  by  different  kings  and 
princes,  and  put  them  In  this  magnificent  Nu- 
pies  Museum.  The  Ncapolltfiriy  need  some  t  urn- 
ing  influence,  and  on  Sunday,  when  the  Museum 
is  open  free,  it  is  thronged  with  the  very  people 


man,  who,  being  told  by  his  townsmen  that  the 
lava  was  turning  toward  them,  laughed  in¬ 
credulously  and  remained  in  his  bed;  but  as 
I  he  alarm  increased  ho  ordered  his  carriage  and 
horses,  ami  taking  with  him  his  valuables,  or¬ 
dered  his  coachman  to  drive  ahead  of  the  lava, 
as  that  was  the  only  direction  to  take.  But  tho 
glowing  tide  overtook  him,  and  he  was  obliged 
to  jump  from  his  coach,  leave  all  behind,  and 
climb  an  eminence  to  save  his  life.  His  horses 
went  down  under  the  flood  a  moment  later. 
Even  to-day,  a  year  since  t  he  eruption,  at  almost 


HEATED  ROOM  TINT  J 

who  may  one  day  experience  a  fate  similar  to 
their  buried  compatriots— but  I  hardly  think  it. 

The  Saints  Invoked. 

When  Vesuvius  was  in  eruption  last  year,  the 
Saints  were  Invoked  to  ward  off  tho  pending 
destruction,  especially  Saint.  Janvier,  who  was 
exposed  to  the  wild  beasts  In  the  amphitheater 
of  Puzzolos  byorderof  Diocletian;  but  as  tho 
wild  boasts  did  not  harm  him,  Lie  was  after¬ 
ward  decapitated  by  Dn ACONTlua,  one  of  tho 
Roman  pro-consuls.  But  to  begin  again  with 
last  year’s  eruption.  Even  Princess  Marga¬ 
ret,  the  wife  of  Prince  Humbert,  (Frown 
Prince,)  sent  Jewels  and  costly  gifts  to  tills 
saint,  (his  statue,)  to  Implore  his  protection  for 
the  city;  ami  while  saints  with  a  burning 
Candle  stood  In  tho  doorways  of  the  houses, 
the  King  went  in  person  to  beg  the  Saint  for 
tho  salvation  of  the  city.  As  the  city  escaped, 
(although  tho  trembling  of  the  earth  kept  the 
windows  In  a  rattle  for  days,)  it  was,  of  course, 
due  to  the  Saints  and  the  candlesticks.  There 
Is  nothing  like  having  faith  In  “small  things. ” 

Vesuvius 

disappoints  me.  Ho  is  not  so  grand  and  form¬ 
idable  looking  as  I  imagined.  We—  Janette 
and  I— rode  up  the  mountain  this  afternoon  to 
see  how  San  Sobostiano  looked  half  buried  un- 


BATH 


pompeit. 


overy  turn,  tho  steam  was  hissing  through  tho 
cold  lava  beneath  our  feet.  Tho  inhabitants 
make  the  most  of  thoir  misfortunes,  using  the 
lava  chunks  for  building  walls  and  tho  like. 
We  saw  it  in  places  twenty  or  thirty  foot  deep, 
and  where  it  had  so  cooled  In  a  mass,  it  was 
like  a  rock.  All  about  were  lovely,  residences 
and  thriving  vineyards. 

Tho  Italian  Vineyards 
are  very  beautiful.  Tall,  slender  trees— mul¬ 
berry,  I  nm  told,  the  same  on  which  tho  silk¬ 
worm  feeds  are  planted  to  form  the  support 
for  the  vines,  which  are  tied  to  t  hese  trees  at  n 
bight  of  six  or  ten  foot  from  the  ground,  and 
then  crossed  over  to  tho  adjoining  trees,  so 
that  when  tho  grapes  are  ripening  there  hi  a 
festooning  of  vines  In  overy  direction  and  tho 
people  sit  under  them.  The  ground  Is  still  fur¬ 
ther  utilized  by  pumpkin  vines,  and  pumpkin 
seeds  are  sold  at  tho  street  corners  for  eatables, 
like  poanuts. 

The  Fertilizing  Influence  of  Lava 

is  very  great.  Of  course,  for  a  year  or  two  after 
the  soil  has  boon  overflowed  with  It,  cultivation 
is  impossible;  hut  after  it  is  once  removed  i  he 
soil  produces  wonderfully.  The  effect  of  hoi 
lava  upon  human  beings  Is  fatal,  all  persons  be¬ 
ing  even  slightly  burnt  with  It  dying  from  the 


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AMPHITHEATER  .A.T  POMPEII. 


der  the  lava.  The  lava  flowed  out  of  the  crater 
In  a  new  channel,  and  acres  of  ground  ovor 
which  It  flowed  look  like  a  deeply  plowed  field 
when  tho  earth  Is  turned  up  In  chunks.  This 
immense  wave  swept  through  the  town,  divid¬ 
ing  it  and  completely  covering  the  houses.  A 
road  built  ovor  the  buried  part  unites  the  two 
sections.  One  of  the  guides  tells  of  a  wealthy 


effect  of  the  poison,  or  whatevor  it  may  be,  in¬ 
troduced  into  tho  system.  The  owner  of  one 
house  In  San  Sehastlano,  which  the  lava  sur¬ 
rounded  but  did  not  destroy  or  even  touch,  died 
of  fright.  Will  San  Sebastiano  remain  unex¬ 
humed  as  many  years  as  did  Pompeii? 

Mary  A.  E.  Wagee. 

[We  are  compelled  to  defer  a  part  of  this 
letter.— Eds.] 


EAELY  MOENINO. 

BY  ALIQUA. 

Bars  of  gold  through  the  eastern  window 
Shine  high  up  on  the  western  wall j 
And  without  In  the  maple  branches 
Bluebirds  answer  the  robins’  call. 

Mists  of  night  speed  over  the  hill-tops, 

Hasting  hence  when  thoir  work  is  done, 

And  smoko  of  engines  down  the  valley 
Looks  like  silvered  fon  n  in  the  sun. 

Fresh  and  fair  and  bright  is  the  morning, 

Clear  and  blue  Is  tho  spring-time  sky. 

And  those  white  doves  on  wing  I  fancy 
Offering  praises  ns  they  ily. 

As  the  mists  and  the  birds  fly  upward, 

8o  our  hearts  on  tho  wings  of  praise 
lltse  to  tho  loving  and  watchful  Father 
Blessing  us  now  with  sweet  spring  days. 

©ur  ^torn-i^tlor. 

DE00KATI0N  DAY, 

BY  MBS.  A.  CII.EAVELAND  PRINDLE. 

A  stranger  in  the  land  of  my  nativity  1  I 
traversed  tho  once  familiar  streets,  looking  in 
vain  for  old  way  marks  and  friends  amid  "the 
stately  edifices  and  thronging  multitude.  It  is 
trim  my  name  had  been  announced  among  tho 
arrivals,  but  who  would  over  dream  of  “Mrs. 
Carlos  Dk  Walters”  and  “Mav  Clinton” 
as  the  same  person. 

I  required  rest  and  quiet,,  and  therefore  had 
delayed  notifying  (ho  hundred  and  one  friends 
of  the  past  of  tho  wanderer’s  return ;  conse¬ 
quently  had  boon  in  the  city  three  days  without 
receiving  u  single  friend. 

Nut  yet  had  my  pilgrimage  terminated,  and 
until  Its  accomplishment  naught  could  divert 
irorn  its  object  or  soothe  to  repose. 

It  was  the  second  evening  preceding  Decora¬ 
tion  Day.  I  had  completed  my  arrangements 
for  leaving  on  the  midnight  train  fora  South¬ 
ern  city,  to  place  tho  pure  emblems  of  Immor¬ 
tality  upon  the  grave  of  buried  joys. 

There  lay  the  deftly  woven  harp  and  crown, 
faintly  shadowing  the  perfected  glories  of  the 
ones  he  had  so  loug  been  permitted  to  enjoy. 
And  there  also  lay  the  cross,  my  on  is.*,  twined 
of  bleeding-heart,  which  I  would  fain  lay  at  the 
feet  of  the  dear  one  who  died  and  loft  my  world 
a  blank.  Aa  1  gazed  at  its  already  withering 
flowers,  I  felt  that  thus  had  every  laid  of  prom¬ 
ise  withered  and  dropped  from  my  eager  grasp, 
until  naught  remained  but  the  hare  and  heavy 
cross, 

Aluuc  in  my  room  had  I  spent  the  day,  won¬ 
dering  H  the  coming  years  would  diminish 
aught  of  the  dull,  weary  heart-aches,  which 
had  wrinkled  my  brow,  blanched  the  rose-tints 
on  my  cheek,  and  added  tho  weight  of  years 
to  my  still  young  lil«,  I  could  hope  for  no  re- 
Iciise  until  He  who  giveth  His  beloved  sleep  ” 
should  kindly  lull  my  spirit  to  its  last  repose. 

Not  often  did  I  indulge  in 
retrospection,  but.  to-day 
overy  effort  to  exorcise  tho 
dark  spirit  of  the  past  proved 
futile,  and  convinced  me  of 
the  utter  hopelessness  of  my 
ovor  being  bravo  or  strong 
again.  All  day  I  had  expori- 
•  diced  a  strange  satisfaction 
1"  reopening  the*  scaled 
chambers  of  my  heart,  and 
r  with  hushed  footsteps  trav¬ 
ersing  its  silent  halls  where, 
in  no biding  verdure,  lay  en- 
shrined  my  broken  idols. 
.sfr.aJfe  ,j|  -  Throe  days  sineo,  I  had  left 
»iy  state-room  with  a  thrill  of 

»  relief  and  gratitude  that  the 
long,  tempestuous  voyage 
had  terminated ;  and  to  the 
unpleasantness  of  the  transit 
I  sought  to  lay  tho  blame  of 
rny  nervous  irritation  and 
consequent  depression  of 
spirits.  Certainly  I  had  etn- 

a'  barked  at,  Liverpool  roiifl- 

V  Vjvjr'bUV dent  that  I  had  conquered 
L  i&lpf''  **  '!  self,  and  trusting  eventually 
ipP ,/^ggjj  to  sllonce  its  last  wild  cry. 

«  From  an  absence  of  years, 
,rf  I  had  returned  to  Had  my 

..teiffi-'-'l  country  redeemed  from  Its 

'V>  foulest  stain,  and  purified  by 

>\d;  <ts  baptism  of  blood,  taking 

' ,'hc  l®»d  In  tbo  great  phalanx 
of  nations;— returned  to  wlt- 
aess  and  assist  In  the  crown- 
oW'  *ng  of  the  martyred  dead, 

from  whose  vicarious  suffer¬ 
er  bad  arisen  an  enfranchls- 

cd  ho*t’  'be  first  fruits  of 
their  unselfish  sacrifice.  But 
l*  only  the  dead  martyrs 
.4^*,  •  iwho  receive  the  coronal  of 

...yo  fcarth’s  sweetest  flowers— for 
|the  living  remains  naught  but 
Itho  hoary  cross  and  piercing 
1 1  horu-orown.  Ah,  when, 
with  brave  but  trembling  hands  we  have  lain 
the  holocaust  upon  the  altar,  taking  from  life 
the  only  joy  which  rendered  it  a  blessing,  who 
will  say  that  death  were  not  the  greater 
boon? 

As  the  train  swept  from  the  station,  I  clasped 
my  precious  freight  of  pure  white  flowers  still 
1  closer  to  my  throbbing  heart,  and,  drawing  my 


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JUNE  7 


veil,  Imagination,  unchecked  by  Reason,  revel¬ 
ed  in  the  freedom  of  the  hour. 

But  whether  had  Fancy  flown  ?  Backward, 
and  still  backward,  even  to  the  sunny  days  of 
•bildhood.  1  saw  tnysclf  a  merry  child,  hand 
in  hand  with  a  fair-haired  youth,  stepping  gaily 
to  the  rj  thni  of  our  buoyant  hearts— trlpplDg 
lightly  over  years,  freighted  with  such  Joyous 
hopes  that  I  marvel  that  not  even  a  shadow  re¬ 
vealed  the  frowning  visage  of  the  Future. 

Oiiarlky  WtMON,  as  well  as  myself,  was  an 
orphan,  but  each  had  found  a  happy,  pleasant 
home  with  my  uncle,  whose  wife  was  Char¬ 
ley's  oldest  and  only  living  sister— a  frail,  gen¬ 
tle  Jady,  fifteen  years  his  senior. 

From  childhood  we  had  reveled  in  mirtbful- 
ness  and  innocent  Joy.  Together  had  gamboled 
in  the  park,  frightening  the  timid  fawns  from 
their  leafy  coverts — chasing  the  bright-winged 
butterflies,  ill  emblems  of  the  phaintoms  of  the 
coming  years ;  or,  seated  in  the  grotto,  with  a 
double  thread,  would  weave  garlands  meet  for 
fairies'  brows,  ami  the  glowing  vision  of  our 
happy  future — a  future  which  neither  dreamed 
could  bring  aught  but  the  realization  of  our 
fondest,  hopes. 

Too  soon  the  cloud  flecked  with  Its  unwel¬ 
come  presence  the  hitherto  rose-tinted  horizon 
of  our  lives.  At  fifteen  I  was  sent  to  a  ladles' 
seminary,  and  Charley  was  in  the  military 
school  at  West  Point.  The  long,  friendly  let¬ 
ters  from  the  young  cadet  were  first  among  the 
garnered  sweets  of  the  nest  five  years. 

He  came  to  attend  the  graduation  of  my  class 
and  escort  me  home.  Painting  had  been  my 
favorite  study,  and  the  only  one  In  which  1  ex¬ 
celled.  With  feelings  akin  to  pride  I  led  him 
to  the  gallery  where,  in  silent  beauty,  hung  my 
stolen  gleams  from  nature.  One.  my  favorite 
and  masterpiece,  bad  elicited  much  attention 
and  many  flatt  ering  compliments.  "  MAT,  how 
could  you  paint  so  sad  and  ominous  a  picture? 
It  sadden*  me.  I  do  not  like  It.*'  were  his  com¬ 
ments  as,  after  a  long  and  critical  inspection, 
he  turned  from  It  to  others. 

The  confluence  of  two  rivers  the  foreground 
brilliant  with  bright  flowers,  beautiful  birds, 
sparkling  fountains— and  in 'the  cool  shadow  of 
the  trees  lay  t  lie  various  toys  of  childhood.  The 
background  lay  In  deeper  shade,  with  (  lie  wind¬ 
ing  river  lost  In  the  distance.  Each  bank  was 
strewn  with  the  wrecks  of  earthly  greed  and 
gain— the  miser's  hoarded  treasure,  the  bacha- 
nali.m’s  broken  cup,  the  withered  laurel,  the 
broken  scepter,  the  tarnished  crown  ;  all  min¬ 
gled  In  the  general  ruin. 

Just  where  the  stream  diverged  wore  two  l  iny 
boats,  the  foaming  ripples  down  the  stream 
showing  that  together  they  have  thus  far  trav¬ 
ersed  its  smooth  surface,  but  the  hands  of  Fate, 
one  on  either  prow,  had  severed  their  course, 
and  were  propeillngtliein  up  the  dlvorgcnt  chan¬ 
nels.  Two  youths,  in  whose  countenance  hope 
and  despair  were  strangely  blended,  were  vainly 
struggling  against  the  unseen  power;  the  boy 
plying  the  oars  of  his  boat,  with  every  nerve 
strained  to  Its  utmost  tension  ;  the  girl  In  hers, 
teckontng  him  to  follow  with  one  hand,  with 
the  other  pointing  toward  the  shadowy  dis¬ 
tance  where,  amid  dark  clouds,  gleamed  two 
starry  crowns. 

This  was  the  picture,  and  the  sequel  had 
proven  that  thus,  unwittingly,  I  had  limned 
our  future  lives. 

I  had  wondered  at  my  own  conception  ques¬ 
tioned  if  it  were  prophetic,  or  the  chance  chi¬ 
mera  of  a  heated  brain.  But  no  cloud  from 
the  future  should  darken  my  present,  which 
still  glowed  In  the  rose  tints  of  purest  happi¬ 
ness.  And  why  should  I  doubt  Its  continu¬ 
ance?  The  seal  of  our  betrothal  sparkled  upon 
my  finger,  and  when  Charley's  education  in 
military  tactics  was  completed,  our  lives  were 
to  be  united.  Still,  together,  l  he  two  boats 
glided  merrily  up  the  glassy  stream. 

My  uncle  was  delighted  with  my  artistic  skill 
and  attainments,  and  surprised  me  one  morn¬ 
ing  by  asking  bow  soon  I  could  be  ready  to 
leave  for  the  Continent.  He  t  hought  a  glimpse 
of  the  works  of  the  old  masters  would  delight 
and  benefit  me.  Aunt  had  long  been  contem¬ 
plating  the  tour,  and  they  had  concluded  to 
sail  soon  as  possible. 

I  wrote  to  Charley,  advising  him  of  our 
speedy  departure  and  urging  his  company. 
That  was  impossible ;  but  ho  came  to  say 
“  Farewell"  with  strange  shadows  on  bis  usually 
sunny  brow.  “  May,  I  am  glad,  and  yet  regret 
your  going.  I  fear  wc  have  arrived  at  the  conflu¬ 
ence  of  the  streams,  and  those  relentless  hands 
are  Interposing  between  our  future  course." 

Thus  had  we  parted.  Thus,  to-night,  through 
the  darkness,  doubt  and  Tears  of  life,  was  I  jour¬ 
neying  t  he  lonely  way  to  our  re-union  ;  but  not 
yet  would  I  awake  to  the  present.  Dream  on, 
Bad  heart,— revel  In  the  sweet.  Illusion  of  the 
"might  have  been,” for  over  thy  darkened  hori¬ 
zon  glimmers  no  ray  of  brightness  from  the 
yet  to  be. 

Two  years  passed  amid  Italian  skies  — two 
years,  during  which  I  had  little  thought  or  care 
for  aught  hut  jny  own  chosen  art.  From  t  he 
promise  of  the  past  I  was  reaping  a  golden  har¬ 
vest.  My  friends  returned  to  America,  and  still 
I  lingered  amid  the  enchanting  scenery,  copy¬ 
ing  the  beat  in  nature  and  in  art— drinking  full 
draughts  of  inspiration  from  the  entrancing 
conceptions  of  Raphael  and  Angelo's  mighty 
achievements,  grateful  that,  at  least,  I  was  per¬ 
mitted  to  cross  the  threshold  of  the  groat  Tem¬ 
ple  of  Art  which  enshrined  such  immortal 
genius.  1  hud  no  thought,  no  care  for  similar 
fame.  1  painted  for  the  same  reason  that  the 
robin  sings  or  the  poet  writes ;  in  no  other  way 
could  1  give  expression  to  the  surging  waves  of 
feeling  flooding  my  soul. 


I  heard  from  Charley  Wilson  often.  In¬ 
deed,  except  my  uncle’s  family,  he  was  the  only 
correspondent  I  had  retained. 

In  the  fall  of  I8W  I  had  commenced  prepara¬ 
tions  for  my  return  when  1  received  a  letter 
from  Charles,  saying  he  intended  embarking 
for  the  Continent  in  a  few  weelu — coming  to 
perfect  himself  in  the  science  of  modern  war¬ 
fare,  (fortifications,  intrenchmonts,  Ac.,  &c,.,) 
and  wished  roc  to  remain,  and  we  would  make 
the  homeward  trip  together. 

lie  never  came.  Weeks  lengthened  into 
months  crc  I  heard  from  him  again.  During 
this  period  came  the  distant  murmur  of  the 
approaching  storm,  thrilling  every  nerve  with 
strange  and  awful  apprehension.  I  would  not 
return  until  after  hearing  from  Charley,  and 
thus  I  waited  until,  Instead  of  sham  fights,  the 
mock  campaign  and  the  counterfeit  tinsolry  of 
war,  tbo  equipped  soldier,  the  field  of  carnage, 
of  dying  and  of  dead,  wero  the  nightly  visions 
haunting  my  weary  brain  and,  alas  !  desolating 
my  beloved  land. 

Then  rainc  letters  from  Charley,  who,  with 
Ills  command,  was  "at  the  front" — letters  so 
full  of  faith  in  the  final  triumph  of  Right— so 
full  of  trust  in  the  Good  Father’s  protection, 
and  so  much  confidence  in  the  Joys  of  the  fu¬ 
ture,  that,  unconsciously,  I  began  to  feel  the 
same  sweet  rest  and  peace. 

My  uncle  had  received  a  commission  and  was 
also  in  the  field,  and  they  wore  all  very  desirous 
of  my  remaining  on  the  Continent  until  the 
return  of  peace.  Therefore,  in  an  agony  of 
suspense,  1  waited— why  I  never  knew,  for  what 
I  little  dreamed  until  In  the  summer  of  1864 
came  the  terrible  message,  “  Charley  Wilson 
was  dead— died  the  death  of  the  Christian  sol¬ 
dier,  with  the  shout  of  victory  upon  his  lips." 
The  body  had  been  placed  by  his  parents  in 
Annapolis. 

For  weeks  life  and  deat.li  struggled  in  a 
mighty  contest.  Life  won  the  victory,  and, 
weak  as  an  infant,  I  began  the  race  anew,  feel¬ 
ing  1  had  survived  even  the  hope  of  earthly  Joy. 

In  the  taking  of  Atlanta  my  uncle  received 
his  death  wound.  My  aunt's  health  had  been 
feelde  for  years,  and  site  survived  her  husband 
but  a  few  months— thus  severing  the  last  tie 
binding  me  to  ray  native  land.  Since  tbe  com¬ 
munication  other  death  I  had  received  no  direct 
intelligence  from  home,  nor  did  1  wish  for  any. 

1  became  a  restless  wanderer,  remaining  but  a 
few  days  or  weeks  in  a  place. 

Painting  still  for  that  which  bad  been  the 
thank  offering  of  my  rejoicing,  thankful  heart, 
now  proved  the  balm  to  ease  ami  quiet  its  tu¬ 
multuous  throes— I  soon  discovered  that  suffer¬ 
ing  clot  lied  the  canvas  in  the  richer,  deeper 
.hues  unknown  to  happiness.  1  found  a  strange, 
weird  pleasure  in  loitering  amid  old  ruins  and 
picture  galleries,  whose  volcoless  eloquence 
thrilled  my  soul  with  mysterious  sympathy  and 
awe. 

Thus  for  two  years  I  had  wandered,  trying  in 
my  great  weakness  to  bear  uncomplainingly 
my  heavy  cross,  seeking  no  Lethean  fount,  save 
in  the  tender  earn  and  compassionate  love  of 
my  Redeemer,  rejoicing  that  “Earth  has  no 
sorrow  that  Heaven  cannot  cure,"— two  years, 
when  iu  the  cathedral  at  Antwerp,  amid  the 
finest  paintings  of  Vandyke  and  Udbenb,  I 
first  mot  Carlos  dm  Walters  and  Ida  Invalid 
mother.  Here,  where,  every  glance  was  an  in¬ 
spiration  and  every  sound  entrancing  melody, 
formality  vanished,  and  for  the  first  time  during 
my  eight  years'  exile  I  1  ecamo  interested  in 
strangers— the  tall,  handsome  man  and  the  fair, 
frail  lady  mother  over  whom  he  watched  so 
tendorly. 

Our  rooms  were  In  the  same  hotel,  and  It  soon 
became  a  pleasure  to  spend  n  part  of  each  day 
with  the  pat  ient  sufferer,  while  her  son  in  Ids 
studio  was  transmuting  canvas  into  gold.  Thus 
our  intimacy  increased  until  their  return  to 
England,  when,  at  tlielr  urgent  solicitation,  I 
accompanied  them.  Here  in  their  palace  home 
I  spent  the  winter,  wondering  If  I  had  not  lost 
my  Identity  amid  such  magnificence.  But  the 
old  pain  at  my  heart  would  very  soon  assure 
me  of  the  reverse.  I  had  given  my  dear  friends 
the  story  of  my  life,  and  was  therefore  sur¬ 
prised  and  pained  when  CARLO!}  offered  the 
whole  of  Ids  noble,  unselfish  heart  In  exchange 
for  the  broken,  withered  fragments  of  mine. 
He  did  not  expect  a  return  of  affection,  but 
would  lie  grateful  and  happy  if  I  could  bestow 
my  hand,  quite  willing  to  trust  to  the  future 
for  the  offering*  of  the  heart . 

We  wore  married,  and  never  had  1  regretted 
the  union.  We  spent  the  summer  in  a  general 
tour  of  the  British  Isles,  and  in  the  fall  went  to 
Dresden  to  revel  amid  those  galleries  of  gar¬ 
nered  gems.  I  think  I  lovod  my  husband,  but 
If  I  did  l  certainly  had  worshiped  Charley. 
Thus  passed  two  and  a  half  years, each  day  a 
new  revelation  of  the  unfathomable  depth  of 
love  In  which  1  reveled  with  Increasing  delight. 
Our  dear  mother  was  with  us,  happy  In  our  so¬ 
ciety  and  casting  a  gonial  glow  over  all  our 
pleasures. 

Again  must  I  bow  at  the  shrine  of  my  broken 
‘  Idol,  hear  again  the  voice  of  Love,  saying,  “Set 
your  affection  on  things  above,  not  on  things 
of  earth.”  One  evening  in  February  Carlos 
came  from  the  studio  complaining  of  chills  and 
illness.  But  tho  best  medical  skill,  l  he  anxiety, 
the  agonizing  prayers,  were  ineffectual  to  de¬ 
tain  the  pure  spirit  from  ite  desired  rest.  In 
less  than  a  w  eek  he  died— died.  No,  rather  en¬ 
tered  into  life.  Left  us  joyfully  singing : 

Into  the  harbor  of  Heaven  now  I  glide : 

I’m  home  at  last.” 

Softly  I  drift  on  Its  bright  silver  Md» ; 

I’m  home - ” 


Angels  beyond  the  River  may  hare  caught 
the  conclusion  of  the  triumphant  strain  and 
tuned  their  harps  in  glad  response,  but  the 
echo  was  not  wafted  to  mortal  ears.  Truly,  he 
traa  home,  and  the  reflection  of  its  joys  rested 
like  a  halo  on  his  feature*. 

"Though  Thou  slay  me,  yet  will  T  trust  in 
Thee,"  groaned  the  bereaved  mother,  as  she 
mourned  her  only  son.  Had  1  In  the  least 
doubted  my  love  in  the  past,  T  fully  realized 
now  the  precious  treasure  I  bad  lost  and  the 
deep  affection  I  felt  for  him.  Death  is  such  n 
revelation  of  the  heart.  Our  union  bad  been 
one  bright,  gala  day  of  Joy,  but  how  dark  Its 
night,  how  ray  less  appeared  the  future  years; 
and  how  hard  for  my  poor  lacerated  heart  lo 
say  “Not  my  will  but  'J'hiuc  be  done."  Still 
through  the  darkness  and  gloom.  Faith  caught 
the  otmlns  of  triumph  from  Bethany’s  broken 
sepulchre—"  t  am  the  resurrection  and  the  life. 
He  that  beiicvcth  in  me,  though  he  were  dead, 
yet  shall  he  live;  and  whosoever  liveth  and 
bolieveth  In  me  shall  never  die."  Heavon 
seemed  very  near  to  my  earth-worn  spirit  t  hen. 

I  felt  I  need  but  close  my  eyes  to  enter  the 
pearly  gates,  within  which,  not  only  all  the 
hopes  of  the  Future  were  anchored,  but  all  the 
dearest  treasures  from  earth  were  garnered. 
Hearts  nro  worthless  until  broken  by  sorrow 
and  purified  by  sanctified  suffering.  From  a 
life  of  careless  indifference  I  awoke  to  higher 
and  nobler  views  of  its  duties  and  responsibili¬ 
ties,  seeking  to  imitate  the  crucified  One  in  His 
deeds  of  benevolence  and  love. 

In  the  winter  of  ICTO,  for  the  first  time  since 
Charley's  death,  I  felt  a  strong  desire  to  re¬ 
turn  to  America.  T  longed  tb  visit  his  grave 
and  lay  the  stricken  heart's  pure  offering  of 
flowers  upon  the  sacred  shrine.  It  was  very 
hard  for  my  dear  mother  to  acquiesce,  but 
finally  she  gave  a  reluctant  consent,  insisting 
on  my  return  in  the  full. 

The  long,  lonely,  weary  journey  terminated 
at  last,  and  tho  train  stopped  at  Annapolis. 
The  streets  were  thronged  with  the  military 
and  citizens,  and  great  preparations  had  been 
made  for  tbe  decoration  services.  I  felt.  I  could 
not  join  in  that  ostentatious  parade,  and  pro¬ 
ceeded  Immediately  to  the  cemetery.  Once,  in 
the  long  agos,  I  had  visited  the  place  with  the 
dear  oue  for  whoso  quiet  resting  place  I  now 
sought. 

I  bod  endured  the  long,  perilous  journey  to 
And  -a  ffravt  t  Poor  heart!  wlmt  comfort  hast 
thou  here?  I  laid  my  flora)  offerings  upon  tho 
insensate  marble  and  watered  them  with  my 
bitter  tears.  Kora  long  time  I  yielded  to  the 
abandonment  of  grief;  but  overtasked  nature 
asserted  her  claim  my  head  dropped  upon  the 
cold  st.ono,  like  n  grieved  child  upon  the  bosom 
of  its  mother.  I  think  I  must  have  slept,  for  I 
became  suddenly  conscious  of  the  approaching 
crowd.  Not  having  an  opportunity  to  escape 
unobserved,  and  not  wishing  to  be  driven  from 
that  hallowed  spot,  I  drew  my  heavy  veil  moro 
closely  over  my  face  and  awaited  their  de¬ 
parture. 

“Comrades,”  spoke  a  voice  which  thrilled 
every  nerve,  "here  affection  hath  superseded 
gratitude.  Sorrowing  mourner,  permit  us  to 
blond  tho  offerings  of  a  grateful  Country  with 
tbe  aacred  ones  of  tho  heart.  Let  tac  harp  and 
crown  receive  an  added  luster  from  tho  victor’s 
wreath  of  triumphal  palm.  Permit  un  to  mingle 
our  sorrow  with  yours,  for  our  mutual  loss  in 
the  death  of  tho  Christian  hero,— the  brave 
Captain  WILSON.” 

"  ‘  Captain'  did  lie  say  V  Why,  my  Charley 
ranked  far  above  that ;  but  It  Is  so  easy  to  mis¬ 
understand.  But  that  voice!  surely  I  dreamed, 
but aucli  a  delightful  one,  I  prayed  it  might  last 
forever.  "  With  my  head  resting  In  my  hand,  my 
elbow  upon  the  cold  marble,  I  listened  en¬ 
tranced  to  eloquence  snob  us  only  a  dead  hero 
can  evoke  from  the  lips  of  a  livingone.  I  dared 
not  raise  my  eyes  to  the  speaker,  lest  tho  sweet, 
illusion  bo  dispelled.  Tho  magical  witchery  of 
that  richlv-niodulated  voice,  with  just  a  minor 
refrain  of  sadness  trilling  through  Its  artistic 
periods,  annihilated  the  past  weary  years,  and 
again,  with  CHARLEY,  I  skimmed  the  crystal 
stream  of  time,  with  Fancy,  Instead  of  Fate,  at 
the  helm  of  our  fairy  barque.  Again  tbe  life¬ 
blood  surged  through  my  veins  with  the  buoy¬ 
ancy  of  youth.  Life's  richest  blessings  might 
yet  be  mine— I  would  wait  and  hope.  Poor, 
foolish  heart,  how  evanescent  every  thrill  of 
joy  1  For  what  dost  thou  wait?  Ah!  the  fnr- 
off  springtime  of  rejuvenated  mortality— the 
dawning  hours  of  renewed  creation,  and  the 
!  only  Btar  of  Hope  gleams  over  the  jasper  sea, 

1  beyond  the  dark  river. 

Unheeded,  tho  crowd  dispersed,  and  still  I 
lingered,  the  strange  fascination  of  that  voice 
vibrating  through  every  avenue  of  my  soul. 
And  why  had  they  called  him  "  Captain  ?"  What 
did  it  mean?  The  slabs  over  the  graves  gave 
nothing  but  the  initials,  while  the  shaft  In  Jhe 
center  of  the  lot  bore  the  memorial,  dates,  &c. 
1  now,  for  the  first  time  turned  to  this  and 
read,  “Capt.  Carl  Sfmner  Wilson."  I  saw  no 
more.  The  earth  glided  from  beneath  my  feet 
and  left  me,  a  waif,  floating  in  mid-air.  I  real¬ 
ized  the  suspension  of  the  material  functions, 
mingled  with  such  a  delightful  sensation  of 
rest  and  peace,  that  1  neither  thought  or  cared 
for  an  awakening.  I  fancied  myself  sailing  over 
a  mystic  sea,  just  beyond  the  boundary’  of  time. 
Binging  the  happy  songs  of  childhood  and 
dreaming  tho  sweet  visions  of  those  earlier 
years.  But  through  It  all  rang  the  music  of  that 
beloved  voice,  lulling  my  soul  as  no  cradle  song 
had  ever  done. 

“  Can  she,  will  she,  live  ?  Oh,  doctor,  do  give 
me  one  ray  of  hope  I” 


“  I  think  the  crisis  now  passed,  and  with  tho 
best  of  care  she  will  recover.  But  it  has  been 
a  critical  case.” 

What  did  it  mean,  end  where  was  I  ?  I  tried 
to  open  my  eyes,  but  the  lids  were  so  heavy  that 
I  thought  I  would  sleep  again.  Thus,  in  a  semi- 
unconscious  state,  I  passed  several  days,  when 
one  morning,  opening  my  eyes  with  a  feeling  of 
returning  life,  there  stood  the  Charley  Wil¬ 
son  of  the  post,  happy,  grateful  tears  coursing 
down  his  noble  features. 

“Thank  Goo,  May,  that  you  live  I" 

I  did  not  feed  one  bit  like  fainting;  for  had  I 
not  been  conscious  of  his  presence  ever  since 
the  revelation  of  the  marble  shaft?  He  had 
taken  me  to  Ids  uncle’s,  which  had  been  ills 
home  since  his  resignation  nt  the  close  of  the 
war.  Here  for  two  weeks  the  dear  Aunt  IIcth 
of  the  past  had  been  my  untiring  nurse,  watch¬ 
ing  with  a  m<  ther's  anxiety  for  the  least  gleam 
of  consciousness.  Here  1  enjoyed  a  convales¬ 
cence  such  as  few  afflicted  mortals  ever  knew. 
Hope  is  such  a  stimulant,  lor  soul  and  body ! 

How  tranquilly  I  could  now  wait  for  tin;  so¬ 
lution  to  the  events  which  had  severed  our 
lives.  But  weeks  gli  led  by  with  no  allusion  to 
the  past.  One  evening  he  noticed  a  letter  on 
my  table  addressed  to  Mrs.  dr  Walters.  He 
glanced  at  it  a  moment,  and  then,  taking  a  scat 
near,  said  if  the  effort  would  not  weary  me  lie 
would  bo  very  grateful  for  the  history  of  ray 
life  since  we  parted. 

“May,"  he  said,  at  Its  conclusion,  “your  life 
hath  been  the  happier  one.  You  mourned  your 
loss  in  my  death,  rejoicing  in  my  supposed  re¬ 
lease  from  sin  and  Buffering.  I  knew  you  lived, 
but  dead  to  me,  not  even  knowing  why  you  had 
thus  proved  recreant,  to  your  plighted  troth.  I 
received  a  terrible  flesh  wound  and  a  broken 
arm  the  day  my  cousin  was  killed,  and  In  the 
report,  tho  names  were  changed.  I  did  not 
learn  of  this  until  my  recovery.  I  then  wrote 
you,  but  you  must  have  left  Naples  ere  the  let¬ 
ter  arrived,  and  in  your  wanderings  no  other 
over  reached  you.  Immediately  on  tendering 
my  commission  1  visited  the  Continent,  wan¬ 
dering  from  city  to  city,  from  one  picture  gal¬ 
lery  to  another,  looking  for  my  lost  fairy.  At 
Dresden  I  saw  you  with  your  husband,  Ids  hap¬ 
py,  tender  expression  and  manner  showing  that 
ho  appreciated  and  would  guard  well  the  jewel 
lie  had  won  from  me.  I  had  troubled  at  the 
possibility  of  finding  your  grave  amid  those 
stranger  skies,  but,  alas  i  1  must  make  it  in  my 
own  heart.  I  must  learn  the  most  bitter  lesson 
conned  by  mortal  tho  un-lovlng  of  the  heart’s 
cherished  one— the  immolation  of  its  idol.  I 
stepped  behind  a  pillar  and  you  paused  within 
a  j  ard  of  my  retreat,  unmindful  that  the  boats 
had  crossed  path*  only  to  diverge  Into  still 
wider  channels.  Since  that  hour  I  had  heard 
nothing  of  you.  When  J  saw  you  at.  my  cou;in'e 
grave,  the  wind*  truth  flashed  upon  me  ;  you 
still  believed  me  dead,  and  by  your  wldow’cd 
garments  I  knew  you  had  turned  from  the  grave 
of  your  husband  to  t  hat  of  your  first  love.  May, 
permit  mo  to  say  It,  that  w-as  the  happiest  mo¬ 
ment  of  iny  life.  I  saw7  you  recognized  my 
voice,  which  I  could  scarce  control  for  very 
joy.  When  I  saw  you  leave  the  grave  to  read 
the  inscription  upon  the  monument,  I  knew 
doubt  had  entered  your  soul  aud  you  wero  try¬ 
ing  to  solve  the  problem  of  life  from  death.  The 
stone  gave  the  solution,  and  you  fell  fainting 
In  my  arms.  May,  we  have  been  severely  dis¬ 
ciplined,  but  I  trust  are  bettor  prepared  for  our 
life-work  than  if  this  bitter  experience  had  not 
boon  ours.  Together  lei  us  erect  a  mausoleum 
for  the  Fast,  and  cover  It  with  the  flowers  of 
our  happy  future— a  future  radiant  with  the 
brightness  of  an  eternity  of  joy.  But,  May,  1 
have  wearied  you.  Are  yon  ill?" 

“  Not  ill,  but  very  happy.  This  sudden  gleam 
of  sunshino  upon  my  darkened  path  nearly 
overpowers  me.”  ♦*♦*** 

A  happy  bridal.  Aunt  Rr.'TH  insisted  upon 
making  it  a  brilliant  affair— a  general  re-union 
of  old  friends  and  relatives.  At  flrst  I  objected 
—but  It  would  not  uffect  my  happiness,  aud  if  it 
would  add  to  hcr’s,  it  were  selfish  to  refuse. 

One  evening  in  September  —  an  evening  so 
lovely  I  fancied  a  stray  glory-beam  from  Heaven 
illuminated  nature-  loving  hands  crowned  the 
brow  with  orange  blossoms,  where  the  cypress 
had  so  lately  twined.  About  my  dress,  only, 
had  I  been  particular.  In  a  simple  muslin,  of 
purest  white,  I  stood  beside  tho  altar,  at  lost, 
the  bride  of  Charley  Wilson.  Wo  sailed 
Immediately  for  Liverpool,  for  had  i  not  prom¬ 
ised  my  dear  mother  to  return  In  the  fall  ?  She 
received  us  both  a*  children,  my  noble  husband 
winning  his  way  to  her  unselfish  heart  hy  his 
genial,  sunny  temperament,  so  much  like  the 
dear  son  for  whom  she  mourned.  She  would 
not  consent  to  our  leaving  until  spring,  when 
we  intended  to  return  to  our  American  home. 

Of  what  mysterious  links  hath  tbe  chain  of 
life  boon  wrought!  We  have  seen  the  star  of 
Hope  sink  beneat  h  the  horizon  w  ith  no  prom¬ 
ise  or  prospect  of  a  rising  beam.  Through  im¬ 
penetrable  clouds  of  darkness  we  have  followed 
our  unseen  Leader,  trusting  that,  ever,  “If  led 
in  paths  we  had  not  known."  all  would  ho  well 
at  last,  for  where  doth  He  lead  his  people  but 
to  Himself,  and  where  is  that.  but.  Heaven? 

Ilut  the  darkness  hath  flown— the  bright  Min 
of  Joy  illuminates  the  present  and  the  future. 
Hand  In  hand  we  journey  down  the  years,  the 
thank-offering  of  our  grateful,  rejoicing  hearts 
ascending  like  sweet  incense  to  His  Throne. 

-  —  *  V - - - - 

Fame  is  an  undertaker  that  pays  but  little 
attention  to  tbe  living,  but  bedizens  the  dead, 
furnishes'out  their  funerals,  and  follows  them 
to  the  grave.— Colton. 


— — 


although  it  Is 


sweet  sounds.  And  to- 


OOZE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YOBHEfi. 


A  WISH. 

'Twkrs  vain  to  write  the  sweet  though  olden  story, 
80  often  told  by  gallant,  knight  to  a  lady  fair,— 
Whose  changeless  lovo  should  bo  the  crowning  glory 
Of  a  life  u  rut  I  earned  by  toll  or  oaro. 

For  always,  Just  the  same,  round  cot  or  palace, 

Bright  roses  must-  the  thorns  enshrine,* 

Nor  can,  in  Joyous  youth,  Life’s  golden  ohalloe 
Be  ever  tillod  with  rarest  wine. 

But  not  for  FfiTs  need  roses  sweet  ba  wasted, 

If  we  But  turn  the  thorns  aside 
Nor  must  we  leave  the  purest  joys  untested, 

Because  some  til  beneath  may  hide. 

Oold  Winter’s  storm*  wifi  come,  but  nil  the  brighter 
When  they  are  past  the  sunshine  seems  ; 

And  hearts,  though  sometimes  sad,  will  beat  the 

lighter, 

For  having  known  what  sadness  means. 

And  so,  dear  friend,  I  trust  that  ne’er  a  sorrow 
Will  be  too  great  for  then  to  bear;— 

That  Hope  may  gild  tho  dawn  of  every  morrow 
With  hues  that  brightest  rainbows  wear. 

May  homo,  and  friends,  and  all  the  fullest  measuro 
Of  dearest  onrthly  gifts,  be  thine ; 

But  when  thy  work  Is  done,  mar  nil  thy  richest  treas¬ 
ure 

Be  garnered  in  a  holler  clime.  b. 


WHAT  IT  IS. 


In  a  recent  number  of  the  Rural  New-  b 
Tourer  is  a  paragraph  in  regard  to  the  “  care-  e 
worn  faces,  sunken  eyes  and  comprossod  Ilpa"  n 
of  farmers*  wives,  and  then  somebody  (the  a 
editor,  I  suppose,)  asks,  “What  is  it?”  I  am  b 
glad  If  somebody  is  at  last  enough  intore*ted  f 
in  humanity  to  aak  what  it  Is  that  make*  a  das*  a 
of  women  who  ought  to  bo  the  strongest,  heal-  b 
thlest,  most  cheerful  and  happy  of  their  kind,  o 
the  poor,  pale,  nervous,  worn-out  beings  that  « 
they  almost  universally  are ;  and  I  had  hoped  M 
that  some  one  having  wisdom  and  experience  t 
would  have  feeling  enough  in  regard  to  the  d 
matter  to  spotlit  out,  for  tho  good  of  ail,  in  a 
reply.  But,  from  lack  of  Interest,  or  from  fear  f 
of  bringing  to  the  light  some  dark  thing  that  t 
they  would  rather  leave  hidden,  silence  reigns  l 
upon  the  subject.  t 

Though  I  have  not  wisdom,  nor  experience  ns 
a  farmer's  wife,  ever  since  my  eyes  first  opened 
to  the  light  of  t  his  world  I  have  lived  upon  ft 
farm  and  among  farmers ;  ever  since  I  could 
know  and  think  anti  reason  l  have  looked  upon 
and  studied  thorn,  their  lives,  Chair  ways  and  ] 
doings,  and  I  think  I  can  tell  what  It  Is,  If  no  | 
one  else  will.  It  in  drudging  like  slaves  -not  ; 
working  like  free  and  Independent  human  be-  1  i 
ings— eighteen  hour*  or  more  out  of  the  twenty-  i 
four ;  rising  and  retiring  at  all  sorts  of  irregular  ( 
and  unreasonable  hours,  year  In  ami  year  out ;  i 
bolting  meals  In  nervous  haste,  with  a  nursing  I 
child  in  their  arms,  usually  giving  it  nourish¬ 
ment  and  waiting  upon  their  husbands  and  i 
older  children  in  tho  meantime;  spending  the 
few  hours  alio  tied  to  rest  in  tossing  and  worry-  i 
ing  with  the  cross,  sickly  little  one  that  igno¬ 
rance  and  want  of  Judicious  care  deals  sadly 
with  (often  there  wilt  ha  u  young  child  and 
another  not  yet  out  of  it:,  babyhood  claiming 
the  mother's  care  and  attention  at  the  same 
time),  while  their  lords  and  masters  are  soundly 
sleeping  and  being  rested  and  refreshed  from 
the  labors  of  the  day,  not  one-half  as  hard  for 
them  as  for  their  overtasked  wives. 

It  is  spending  their  Uvea  In  hot,  close,  poorly- 
lighted,  soven-by-nlne  kitchens,  situated  in  tho 
farthest  back  and  meanest  part  of  the  house, 
without  ever  stopping  out  of  doors,  excepting 
to  get  a  pail  of  water  or  an  armful  of  wood  ; 
with  nevor  a  ride,  except  ing  It  lie  necessary  for 
them  to  go  to  the  village  tor  family  supplies,  and 
then  so  perplexed  and  anxious  as  to  how  they 
are  to  purchase  all  the  articles  needed  with  the 
scanty  allowance  of  money  in  their  possession, 
that  they  have  no  eye  for  seeing,  nor  car  for 
hearing  aught  of  Naturo's  beauty  arid  music; 
working  in  cold,  damp,  unventilated  cellars, 
going  into  them  from  overheated  rooms  In  a 
state  of  unnatural  warmth  and  perspiration : 
wearing  tight  -  waisted  dresses;  dragging  up 
stairs  and  down  stairs,  wherever  they  go,  long, 
heavy  skirts,  that  usually  rest  wholly  upon  the 
hips  and  lower  part  of  tho  body ;  wasting  time 
and  strength,  desecrating  themselves  and  their 
surroundings,  by  just  such  phases  of  life  os 
Sally  Teazel  has  described— for  I  declare  her 
words  to  be  too  true,  though  ’*  the  whole  world 
sweep  down  upon  her”  and  endeavor  to  prove 
them  false. 

And,  more  than  all,  it  Is  living  in  and  under 
this  wearying,  wearing  burden  of  toil  and  care, 
with  never  a  word  of  praise,  sympathy  or  en¬ 
couragement — with  ncyer  a  loving  look  or  a 
tender  caress  from  those  who  have  sworn  to 
“  love  and  cherish,”  hut  only  a  cold  Indiffer¬ 
ence  that  says,  “  You  are  only  doing  your  duty, 
madam  — you  ore  only  what  a  farmor’s  wife 
should  be,"  or  a  harsh  severity  that  soys,  “  Why 
don’t  you  do  more?— why  don't  you  bring  me 
more  and  save  me  more?— why  don’t  you  get 
my  meals  earlier  and  cook  them  better?— why 
don’t  you  keep  the  children  out  of  my  way,  and 
make  my  path  clear  for  me?”  In  other  words, 
“Why  isn’t  there  more  of  you?  why  haven’t 
you  more  strength,  more  tact  and  ability  that  I 
can  absorb  and  use  for  my  own  gratification, 
and  purposes?” — and  that  has  the  same  sort  of 
“pity”  for  a  «ick,  broken  down  wife  that  it 
has  for  a  horse  that  fall*  devm  in  the  harness, 


and  can  go  no  further.  Living  on  with  nothing 
to  look  back  upon  but,  blighted  hopes  and  with¬ 
ered  (lowers— with  nothing  to  look  forward  to 
but  the  same  old,  never-ending  trend-mill— 
nothing  but  toil  and  drudgery,  heat-  and  hurry 
and  discouragement ;  with  never  a  moment  for 
rest  or  mental  culture  ;  with  never  a  chance  to 
grow  higher  or  better ;  with  ever  the  same  tired, 
•despondent  worn-outness. 

I  do  not  denounce  husbands  as  brutes  or 
tyrants.  They  arc  human,  as  women  arc  hu¬ 
man  :  but  when  a  man  becomes  more  interested 
in  raising  crops  and  breeding  horses  and  cattle 
than  la  his  wife  and  children  ;  when  he  will 
ohiige  or  even  allow  a  woman  naturally  deli¬ 
cate  and  sensitive,  overburdened  with  the  tax¬ 
ation  and  cares  of  constant  motherhood,  and 
that  woman  hi*  wife— tor  perform  or  endeavor 
to  perform  tho  work  of  two  strong,  healthy 
worneu  ;  whan  he  becomes  so  absorbed  in 
money-getting  and  land-accumulating  that,  the 
tender  plants  of  love  and  kindness  that  were 
made  to  bud  and  blossom  in  the  human  .heart 
become  ashes  upon  the  marriage  altar,  there  la 
great  wrong  somewhere  i  And  woman  is  to 
blame,  though  in  a  lesser  degree,  for  she  is 
taught  from  hor  childhood  to  look  upon  man 
as  her  rightful  ruler  and  protector  as  her  sov¬ 
ereign  and  superior  that  to  live  with  and  for 
him,  to  attend  to  his  wants  and  do  his  bidding, 
is  her  highest  privilege  and  prerogative.  And, 
with  thin  prevalent  idea  deeply  instilled  in  and 
over  uppermost  in  their  minds,  farmers’  wives 
will  weai-  to  a  wreck  their  bodies  and  starve  to 
the  dregs  their  souls— will  shut  therusclves  up 
in  slavery,  darkness  and  seclusion  until  they 
become  Ignorant,  penurious  and  narrow-mind¬ 
ed,  will  drudge  on,  regardless  of  every  law  of 
nature,  health  and  reason  until  all  of  sweetness 
and  Juclnoss  are  sapped  out  of  them,  and  they 
become  wrinkled,  sallow,  hollow-eyed,  peevish, 
fretfut,  unlovable— blindly  and  mistakenly  im¬ 
agining  that  they  are  working  for  their  hus¬ 
bands'  Interests  when  they  arc  depriving  them 
of  all  that  is  most  desirable  in  a  wife,  and  must 
go  down  to  their  graves  with  Love's  hunger 
gnawing  at,  their  hearts  In  Consequence,— that 
they  are  tolling  for  tho  welfare  of  their  chil¬ 
dren,  when  they  are  robbing  thorn  of  health 
and  strength,  of  intelligent,  patient,  thought¬ 
ful,  happy,  cheerful  mothers,  which  are  the 
greatest  and  most  precious  gifts  that  earth  can 

I  hold,  and  that  which  makes  tho  life  which  they 
give  thorn  worth  the  having. 

Geraldine  Germane. 


Ufai 

hm  1 

{or  the 

* 

Jottnn. 

O'  .  4)  ) 

l  ^ 

BUTTERFLY  BLUE  AND 
YELLOW. 


GRASSHOPPER 


Butterfly  Blue,  nnd  Grashopper  Yellow, 

A  gay  little  fop.  anil  a  sprncc  little  fellow  ! 

A  sauntering  pair. 

In  the  soft  summer  air. 

With  nothing  to  rto,  either  .ancient  or  new. 

But  to  I, ask  In  the  sunshine,  or  pleasure  pursue. 

Or  fatten  on  honey,  or  tipple  on  dew  ; 

And  constantly,  when 
Thoy're  through  with  it,  then 
To  basic  ami  to  eat-,  and  to  tipple  again  ! 

Butterfly  Htuo,  nnd  Grasshopper  Yellow, 

The  guy  young  sprig,  and  thn  Juunty  young  fellow  ! 
They’re  always  arrayed  In  the  top  of  the  fashion, 
For  Butterfly  Blue  for  dress  has  a  passion  ; 

And  Grasshopper  Yellow, 

The  fust  little  fellow, 

His  very  long  whiskers  and  legs  cuts  a  dash  on  ! 
And  so,  aa  they  go, 

They  make  a  line  show. 

And  each  thinks  himself  the  most  exquisite  beau  I 

Is  there  any  nne  here  like  Butterfly  Blue? 

Not  you.  little  I, aura,  nor  you,  little  Sue  ! 
la  there  any  one  here  like  Grasshopper  Yellow  ? 

It  couldn’t  be  Jack,  the  nice  littla  fellow  ! 

And  yet  1  have  hoard— 

I  givo  you  my  word— 

That  somewhere  are  little  folks,  quite  as  absurd  ! 
Who  gase  at  their  clothes  with  admiring  eyes, 

And  would  rather  be  showy  than  useful  nnd  wise ; 
Who  love  to  bo  idle,  and  never  wtllthlnk 
Of  anything  else  hut,  to  sat  nrjd  to  drink  I 
Net  you,  dears,  oh  no  ! 

It  couldn’t  be  so ; 

This  moral  to  some  other  country  must  go, 

For  all  of  our  children  are  splendid,  we  know  ! 

[Our  Young  Folks. 

- — ♦♦-*- - 

WHAT  MAGGIE  AND  I  HEARD. 


WOMEN  FOR  RULERS. 

In  a  lengthy  article  on  “  Public  and  Private 
Morality,”  by  Mr.  Howard  A.  Freeman,  pub¬ 
lished  in  the  English  Fortnightly  Review,  the 
author,  in  speaking  of  tho  honesty  and  frank- 
neB6  of  Queen  Victoria,  says Indeed,  I 
should  be  perfectly  ready  to  accept  the  oxperl- 
#nce  of  the  present  reign  a.n  proving  that  for  an 
offic-e  Of  a  constitutional  sovereign,  women  are 
better  fitted  than  men.  An  office  which,  if  a 
pageant.  Is  yet  someth  ing  more  than  a  pageant, 
an  office  which  needs  not  only  uprightness  of 
purpose,  hut  a  large  shore  of  tact  and  good 
sense,  one  in  which  a  genius  an  1  a  fool  would 
be  equally  out  of  place,  seem*  to  me  to  be  ex¬ 
actly  suited  i  o  a  female  holder.  And  the  ex¬ 
pressions  and  ceremonies  of  devotion,  which 
are  ridiculous  and  degrading  when  done  by  one 
man  to  another,  become  in  the  cause  of  a  wo¬ 
man  little  more  than  ordinary  politeness  carried 
farther  than  usual.” 

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PLEASANT  LACONICS, 

A  a  heat  fortune  is  a  great  slavery. 

The  sun-dial  only  counts  the  bright  hours. 

An  ounce  of  help  is  worth  a  pound  of  pity. 
May  not  a  hermit  call  his  cave  a  manshun  ? 

A  quilting  party  is  now  styled  a  “piece" 
jubilee. 

Sense  must  be  very  good  indeed  to  be  as  good 
as  nonsense. 

War  is  love  like  a  canal-boat?  Because  it  is 
an  internal  transport. 

For  what  port  is  a  man  bound  during  court¬ 
ship  ?  Bound  to  Havre. 

Tue  craving  for  sympathy  is  the  common 
boundary  line  between  Joy  and  sorrow. 

Can  u  gentleman  who  sees  a  lady  home  under 
an  umbrella  be  fitly  designated  as  a  rain-beau? 

“  Well,  vlfe,  you  can't  say  I  ever  contracted 
bad  habits  I”  “  No,  sir.  You  geuerally  expand 
them." 

A  lady  calls  the  little  memoranda  her  butch¬ 
er  sends  in  with  the  meat-  “penciling#  by  the 
weigh." 

Fish  sensibilities  are  like  woodbine*,  delight¬ 
ful  luxuries  of  beauty  lo  twine  round  a  solid, 
upright  stem  of  understanding;  but  very  poor 
things  if  allowed  to  creep  along  t.hc  ground. 

A  lady  asked  her  doctor  If  he  did  not  think 
the  small  bonnets  the  ladies  wore  had  a  ten¬ 
dency  to  produce  congestion  of  the  brain? 
“Oijl  no,”  replied  the  doctor,  “women  who 
have  brains  don’t  wear  them.” 

They  tell  of  one  Boston  mother  who  says  of 
her  baby  that  “as  It  couldn’t  be  handsome  like 
its  papa,  it’s  going  to  be  good  like  Its  mamma." 
This  Is  the  first  baby  on  record  that  Ib  not  the 
prettiest  that  ever  wan— to  its  mother. 

“Did  you  ever  go  to  a  military  ball?”  asked  a 
lisping  maid  of  an  old  veteran.  “No,  my  dear,” 
growled  the  old  soldier.  “  In  those  days  I  once 
had  a  military  ball  come  to  me.  And  what  do 
you  think  it  did  ?  It  took  my  leg  off  I” 


Last  week  little  Rosa  Harmon  came  to  see 
me,  Rosa  is  taking  music  lessons  of  Mis*  Hale, 
so  of  course  1  asked  her  to  play  for  me.  She  sat 
down  to  the  organ  and  played  n  few  chords, 
then  sang  an  exercise  that  she  had  learned  in 
ber  Curriculum .  Rosa  is  a  neat  little  singer, 
and  tho  song  was  a  gem.  The  closing  lino  was  : 

“  C)h !  glad  Is  the  forest  this  fair  summer  day.” 
Those  words  came  to  me  this  morning  as  I 
opened  my  window,  and  heard  the  birds  Singing 
in  the  grove.  It  was  :>  little  after  sunrise ;  the 
prairie  hens  were  “ boo”-lng  across  the  lake, 
and  our  little  grove  was  full  of  sweet  sounds. 
Catching  up  my  hat,  I  called  to  Maggie  (n  come 
to  the  concert  with  me.  “A  concert?”  "To  be 
sure.”  “  But.  where  is  It?  and  in  it  Niliaon  or 
Kellogg  we  are  to  hear?”  (Maggie  Is  our 
city-bred,  cousin.)  “Both,”  I  replied,  “with 
several  entirely  new  stars.” 

So  we  went  into  the  grove  and  sat  down  on  a 
log,  very  quiet  and  attentive.  Of  course,  the 
first  piece  on  the  programme,  and  the  last,  and 
the  one  that,  continued  right  through,  was  the 
black  bird  chorus.  There  they  sit  I-  os  numer¬ 
ous,  ns  black,  arid  as  sweet-voiced  as  the  cele¬ 
brated  Nashville  chorus  of  the  Jubilee— in  the 
branches  of  an  elm,  chattering,  twittering,  chir¬ 
ruping  ns  though  their  very  lives  depended 
upon  their  energy.  Thc/lnging  master  (“Pro¬ 
fessor”  as  Maggie  called  him,)  sat-  alono  on  the 
highest  bough,  watching,  liBtonlDC,  now  throw¬ 
ing  in  a  few  notes  by  way  of  example  or  help, 
and  now  breaking  out  sharply  with  a  scolding. 
Yes,  I  am  sure  it  was  a  scolding,  by  the  crazy 
way  In  which  lie  hopped  about  and  vociferated 
angrily  at.  those  unlucky  pupils  who  chanced  to 
make  a  false  note. 

Maggie,  to  whom  such  scenes  are  new.  was 
perfootly  charmed,  and  “Oh  I  what  Is  that?” 
was  continually  her  cry  as  a  new,  sweet  note,  or 
a  merry  trill  gushed  from  the  musical  throats 
of  the  hidden  songsters.  The  blue  bird’s  happy 
song  and  the  robin’s  sweet  notes  we  were  never 
tired  of  hearing.  The  soft,  clear,  liquid  note 
of  the  meadow  lark,  Maggie  declared  to  be 
unsurpasslngly  sweet.  But  when  the  sweetest 
of  singers,  the  brown  thrush,  warbled  Its  lay 
from  the  hidden  depths  of  the  woods,  we  felt 
that  words  were  useless.  “  But,”  said  Maggie, 
“if  angels  make  sweeter  music,  what  can_it  be 
like?” 

“I’nniB,  1’heub!”  called  sharply,  a  voice  not 
far  away.  “Mnrnmu  has  lost,  her  little  girl,” 
said  I.  "Or  the  servant-  Is  a  gadding,"  said 
Maggie— and  we  laughed  and  mimicked  her. 
Hut  still  the  little  voice  called  on,  and  no 
Phkbk  answered,  but  me.  II  seemed  as  if  every 
bird  of  tho  forest  was  out  to  join  In  one  grand 
chorus.  We  could  hear  the  cheery  call  of  “  Bob 
White,"  now  and  then  the  blue  jay’s  “kee,” 
nnd  down  by  the  shore  of  the  lake  the  clamor¬ 
ous  “  quack, quack”  of  the  wild  ducks.  A  flock 
of  wild  geese  went  over,  and  their  loud  cry, 
»*  honk,  honk,”  proclaiming  that,  winter  is  over 
and  spring  has  come,  never  lacks  music  to  my 
ears.  A  hawk  sailed  lazily  by,  and  a  flock  of 
pigeons  flew  over.  In  a  hickory  tree  a  pair  of 
mourning  doves  cooed  their  sad,  mournful  notes 
to  each  other. 

“What  is  that?"  cried  Maggie.  “I  never 
hoard  such  a  noise.  It's  like  a  door  swinging 
on  rusty  hlngea,  or  the  creaking  of  a  pump- 
handle,  or  a  musical  wheelbarrow.” 

“Only  a  sandhill  orane,  my  dear.  Quite  an 
elegant  bird.  In  his  way,  and  some  people  do 
say  he  is  good  eating.” 

“Good  eating!  Not  for  me.  I  should  be 
afraid  I  might  swallow  some  of  that  voice.” 

We  spent  a  happy  hour  in  the  grove,  and  all 
day  long  the  woods  have  been  fllled  with  melody 


nearly  nine  o’clock,  I  have  just  heard  the  clear 
note  of  the  “  Kill-deer"  as  ho  Dew  over;  and  in 
tho  distance,  loud  and  dear,  is  tho  answer, 

“  Kill-deer,  Kill-  deer."  Aunt  Phebb, 

- - 

A  TRUE  STORY  OF  BIRDS. 

Oun  old  house  stood  in  an  orchard,  *>r  rather, 
we  had  set  small  fruit,  and  shade  trees  what 
then  seemed  a  proper  distance  from  it;  but 
they  hiul  grown  so  tall,  tuid  stretched  their  long 
arms  so  far,  they  could  shake  hands  over  the 
low  roof — only  they  had  no  hands  to  shake,  so 
t,luy  nodded  to  each  other  and  held  out  the 
sweetest  of  blossoms  before  the  open  window. 
They  bad  beautiful  boughs,  and  as  wo  allowed 
no  sly  cats  to  drive  them  away,  the  birds  sang 
sweet  songs,  built  nests  and  reared  their  young 
among  llumi. 

For  several  years  a  pair  of  golden  robins  had 
used  a  nest  hung  from  the  limbs  directly  over 
the  path  that  lad  up  to  tho  door,  bringing  tow 
from  a  neighbor’s  to  weave  it  of,  nnd  there  old 
Mrs.  Robin  would  sit,  with  only  her  bead  visi¬ 
ble,  while  Mr.  Robin  brought  food  and  sans 
songs  to  cheer  her.  Then,  when  the  nest  seemed 
fllled  only  with  open  mouths,  how  they  would 
hurry  around  to  find  food  to  Oil  them,  and 
1  ow  happy  they  were  when  they  were  grown 
large  enough  to  hop  out  of  the  nest,  on  the 
branches.  One  spring  an  old  chipping  bird 
came  before  them,  and  spying  the  nest,  took 
possession  of  it,  and  after  lining  It  with  soft, 
wool,  laid  her  eggs  and  began  sitting  on  them. 
Soon,  however,  old  golden-breast  dime  back  to 
take  up  hla  summer  residence  when,  what 
should  he  find  but  that  it  was  already  occupied. 
Ho  called  In  his  loudest  note*  to  hie  mate, 
"  Carrie,  Carrie,  come  ere,  come  ere."  And  she 
came,  and  after  flying  around  the  nest  awhile, 
began  pulling  It  to  pieces  and  building  on  an¬ 
other  tree.  We  tried  to  drive  them  away,  hung 
more  tow  on  a  limb  close  by  but  It  was  no  use  ; 
that  samo  nest  win  what  th  ?y  wanted,  and  soon 
poor  Mrs.  Chippie  had  nothing  to  do  hut  fly 
around  and  mourn  over  her  eggs.  Which  lay 
broken  on  tho  ground  ;  while  golden-breast,  and 
mato  worked  and  sang  as  if  nothing  had  hap¬ 
pened,  ami  made  mo  think  of  some  people  who 
are  Just  as  happy  when  all  other  people  may  be 
lu  trouble.  And  now,  If  the  little  Rural  read¬ 
ers  wilt  watch  close,  I  may  some  day  tell  them 
where  Chippie  next  built  hor  nest. 

Auntie  G. 


ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.-No.  15. 


Answer  in  two  weeks. 


GAME  OF  WORDS. 

We  have  a  game  of  words  which  I  think  in¬ 
structive  as  well  as  amusing.  Let  several  per¬ 
sons  get  ready  with  paper  and  pencils  and  take 
a  word  for  a  heading  to  choose  from  —say  Mer¬ 
chant,  for  instance.  Each  stnrt  at  a  given  time ; 
take  the  first  letter  and  write  ail  the  words  they 
can,  using  only  the  letters  to  be  found  In  th© 
word— ns  Man,  Match,  Ac.  When  two  minutes 
aro  up,  let  nueread  all  they  have ;  ana  for  those 
who  have  not  th®  same  word,  set  a  credit ;  then 
let  the  next  read;  then  take  the  next  letter, 
and  so  on  till  all  are  used,  taking  a  credit  each 
time  for  all  words  you  may  have  that  one  or 
more  of  the  others  have  not ;  then  add  up  the 
credits,  and  see  who  wins.  A.  R.  R. 


ANAGRAM. -No.  5. 

Egtra  nveets,  ew  tofne  nfid, 

No  lliettghiust  peendd; 

Dan  yvre  Imsal  sbeggnnnii 
Vhao  fot  a  ghllDty  den. 

Answer  in  two  weeks.  Claihxnelle. 


PROBLEM.— No.  9. 

If  two-thirds  of  12  be  0,  in  that  proportion 


what  will  be  three-fifths  of  35. 
pT  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


Scholium. 


PUZZLER  ANSWERS.-May  24. 


Biblical  Enigma  No.  1 
bear  false  witness. 

Illustrated  Rebus  No 
Greece  in  Europe. 


1.  —  Thou  shalt  n< 


18.  —  Turkey  and 


this  week.  The  prospect  for  fruit*  of  all  kinds 
's  not  very  flattering.  There  will  be  some  apple 
blossoms  but  In  all  probability  there  will  not  be 
one  bushel  where  there  was  a  hundred  lost- year. 
Blaekberrles  and  raspberries  suffered  badly, 
the  crop  will  be  small ;  xtrn wherries  are  looking 
fair  and  promise  an  ordinary  crop,  probably  not 
ns  good  as  last  year.  Grapes  are  not  forward 
enough  to  tell  anything  positive  about  yet;  1 
do  not  think  there  Is  much  of  the  wood  killed. 
Grass  is  looking  well  orj  new  meadows ;  old  will 
not.  lie  heavy ;  the  season  has  been  favorable  for 
grass  so  far;  wheat  and  rye  look  fair;  not 
much  winter-killed,  being  covered  all  winter 
with  snow  and  ice.  Currants  promise  a  fair 
crop.  Eggs,  IStfffiOe,;  corn,  80c.;  butter,  85@40c. 
—A.  8.  n. 

Wilton,  Franklin  Co.,  Maine,  May  22.— Sea^ 
son  is  quite  backward  ;  but  little  planting  done 
as  yet.  Partners  have  their  wheat  and  oats 
mostly  sown.  The  spring,  thus  far,  has  been 
cold  and  dry.  A  large  body  of  snow  covered  the 
ground  till  late  which  has  gone  off  ent  irely  by 
heat,  of  the  sun.  Huge  drifts  of  snow  are  now 
to  bo  seen  In  every  direction;  many  of  them 
probably  will  continue  till  far  into  June.  Veg¬ 
etation  is  backward  ;  apple  trees  just  bursting 
their  leaf  buds;  frosts  nearly  every  night,  but 
grass  is  not  winter-killed  and  looks  finely  and 
bids  fair  to  be  a  good  crop.— l.  f.  a. 


the  new  Chief  Justice  of  Mexico _ Fourteen 

persons  were  killed  on  the  38th  by  a  boiler  ex¬ 
plosion  iri  Brussels. .  Doncaster  won  the  Derby 
stakes  on  the  28th  ult _ Disturbances  lmve  oc¬ 

curred  on  Spanish  man-of-war. ..  .Three  men 
were  killed  at  the  Derby  races  —  Mr.  Motley 
made  a  speech  at  the  Royal  Literary  Fund  din¬ 
ner  In  London  —  Wolverhampton  is  importing 
iron  from  the  United  States. . .  .In  Milan,  on  the 
Kth,  100,000  people  attended  the  funeral  of 
Count  Manzoni.  The  Epsom  races,  on  the 
30th  ult.,  were  won  by  Marie  Stuart  The  two 
columns  of  Russians  in  Kim  an  have  formed  a 
junction  —  Tlio  Spanish  Cortes  is  In  session: 
Admiral  Toper  c  has  been  released  ;  a  great,  bat¬ 
tle  is  expected  In  the  vicinity  of  Logrouo. 

Mr.  Bradlaugh  has  been  seized  by  the  Carltsts. 

The  column  Vendomn  is  to’ be  rebuilt  ... 
Gen.  du  Barail  has  been  made  French  Minister 
of  War. 


Additions  to  Clubs  are  always  In  order.  Send 
them  In  onus,  twos,  fives.  t«n*  or  more,  as  you  please. 


Moore’s  Rural  is  the  Pioneer  Journal  tn  Its 
sphere,  and  keeps  ahead  of  all  imitators  and  abreast 
of  the  times  and  age.  Try  It  a  year,  and  see. 


The  Documents.— Specimen  Numbers,  Premium 
Lists,  Show  Bills,  etc.,  are  promptly  Bent  free  and 
post-paid  to  all  disposed  to  aid  in  circulating  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  in  their  respective  localities. 


The  It  ii  nil’s  Premium  Picture,  *'  Birth-Day 
Morning,”  »  Superb  Stool  Kngraving,  worth  *5,  Is 
Hent  post-paid,  to  every  one  paying  only  $2.50  for 
Moore’s  Rural  for  1878.  Jt  Is  ,\ow  Ileadu ,  and  will 
be  sent,  without  delay  to  ail  entitled. 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS, 


The  Grcnt  Attraction.— The  great  attraction 
of  this  week  Is  the  magnificent  new  rooms  of 
the  Wilson  Sowing  Machine  Company,  at,  the 
corner  of  Superior  nnd  Bond  streets.  Crowds 
of  people  may  be  seen  in  and  about  the  place, 
at  any  hour  of  the  day  or  evening,  gazing  at  the 
superb  carpets,  the  frescoing,  the  gilt  chande¬ 
liers,  the  wonderfully-carved  counters,  and  the 
general  elegance  of  everything  about.  A  prom¬ 
inent,  business  man  of  this  city  remarked,  after 
going  the  rounds  of  the  place,  t  hat  “  This  is  up 
to  the  style  of  the  Eric  Railway  offlees  in  New 
York."  The  laxly  visitors,  almost  without  ex¬ 
ception,  sit  down  and  try  one  of  the  machines, 
and  always  conclude  that  the  Wilson  Under¬ 
feed  Hewing  Machine  is  the  nicest  feature  of 
the  admirable  concern.  A  ad  they  are  not  mis¬ 
taken.  In  beauty  of  form  and  finish,  in  ease 
and  precision  of  work,  and  in  perfect  capacity 
for  any  kind  or  sewing,  the  Wilson  Machine  is 
unsurpassed.  Call  at  the  new  rooms  and  see  ft 
work. — Cleveland  Dnily  Lender. 

.Salesroom  at  707  Broadway,  New  York,  and  In 
all  other  cities  iu  the  United  States.  The  com¬ 
pany  want  agents  in  country  towns. 


How  to  Remit  Hafeljr.— Remittances  for  single 
or  club  subscriptions  to  the  Rural  may  be  made  by 
Draft,  Post-Otnce  Money  Order  or  Registered  better, 
at  our  rixk.  Draft*  and  I’.  O.  Money  Orders  preferred 
where  obtainable,— but  you  risk  nothing  in  sending  by 
either  of  tli«  modes  above  mentioned  provided  the 
remittance  is  properly  inclosed  and  mailed. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS 


CURRENT  TOPICS 


The  Death  of  Doad-Headiem. 

The  Springfield  Republican  says: — The  wide¬ 
ly-extending  prevalence  and  gross  abuses  of 
“  doad-headlam  ”  In  t  his  country  are  producing 
the  natural  result  of  a  grand  reaction,  and  the 
whole  ay  stem  is  being  fast  swept  away.  The 
last  Congress  cut  It  wholly  out  of  the  poat-oflioe. 
From  and  after  the  1st  of  July,  neither  paper 
nor  letter  nor  package  of  any  kind  Is  to  lie  car¬ 
ried  in  the  mails  without,  pay.  This  abolition 
of  the  free  privileges  of  the  newspapers  is  not  a 
very  groat  thing  In  itself.  At  the  outside  it,  will 
not  bring  n-hnlf  million  dollar*  into  the  pubilc 
t  reasury,  but  it,  enforces  a  principle  which  is  al¬ 
together  right,  and  we  regrot  to  see  any  portion 
of  the  proas  deprecating  and  denouncing  It. 
The  free  circulation  in  the  counties  was  an 
especial  demand  of  and  boon  to  the  country 
press ;  but  we  do  not  believe  its  loss  will  be 
found  to  harm  any  real  good  local  paper.  No 
inan  will  give  up  his  county  paper,  if  it  is  made 
of  any  value  to  him  for  the  matter  of  30  cents 
postage.  If  it  is  not  worth  t  hat  sum  additional 
to  the  old  price,  it  Is  not  worth  an  existence. 
The  payment  of  postageon  their  exchanges  will 
generally  lie  regarded  at  first  a  greater  burden 
to  the  newspapers;  but  in  the  end  it  will  prove 
greatly  economical  to  the  press,  by  reducing  the 
number  of  exchanges  which  they  send  and  re¬ 
ceive.  Nearly  every  paper  has  twice  or  thrice 
as  many  exchanges  as  it  really  needs,  many  of 
them  twice  as  many  as  they  want. 


lias  attended  to  his  Congressional  labors  during 
winter,  ami  at  the  same  time  was  preparing  the 
second  volume  of  his  historical  work  for  publi¬ 
cation  this  autumn.  His  physician,  Dr.  K.  II. 

|  Clarke,  now  orders  a  cessation  of  all  work, 
including  correspondence,  and  that  Mr.  Wilson 
shall  seek  rest  and  relaxation  during  the  glim¬ 
mer. 

A  la  non  Reform  Convention  was  hold  In  Bos¬ 
ton  last  Sunday  which  passed  a  singular  set  of 
resolutions,  of  which  the  following  was  one: 
“ Resolved,  That  while  not.  undervaluing  the 
short-time  movement,  co-operation,  financial 
reform,  or  free  trade,  it  is  an  especial  object  of 
this  league  to  concentrate  attent  ion  upon  the 
fact,  that  property  not  founded  upon  a  labor 
title  is  robbery;  and  we  demand  the  entire 
abolition  of  profits  and  the  restorat  ion  of  exist¬ 
ing  wealth  to  its  rightful  owners.” 

A  very  learned  family  t  his  Ib  in  Dos  Moines, 
Iowa  The  father  is  a  clergyman,  and  can  do 
all  the  spiritual  duty  of  the  house ;  the  mother 
is  a  physician,  and  so  the  domestic  circle  can  he 
physicked  for  nothing ;  the  daughter  is  studying 
law,  and  will  be  able  to  make  her  own  writs  for 
breach  of  promise— a  most  dangerous  maiden 
to  trifle  with  1  All  those  people  are  said  to  be 
of  the  quiet  sort,  Industriously  working  in  their 
several  vocations  and  never  making  any  fuss 
about  anything. 

A  Philadelphia  newspaper  says  that  the 
schools  of  that  city  do  notstand  as  high  as  those 
of  some  other  cities,  and  t  hat  this  is  owing  to 
the  Inferior  character  of  their  teachers.  This  is 
explained,  It  declares,  by  the  indifferent  person¬ 
nel  of  the  School  Boards,  which  are  composed 


Watch  No.  275 A — hearing  Trade  Mark  “Fay¬ 
ette  Stratton,  Marlon,  N.  J." — manufactured  by 
United  States  Watch  Co.,  (Giles,  Wales  &  Co.,) 
Marion,  N.  J..  has  been  carried  by  mo  two 
months;  its  total  variation  from  mean  time  be¬ 
ing  one  second.— Jas.  B.  Weaver,  with  A.  S. 
Barnes  &  C'o.,  Ill  and  113  William  Street.  Now 
York. 


released  from  prison  —  There  were  five  cases  of 
sunstroke  on  (ho  29th ....  Decoration  Day  was 
observed  by  a  suspension  of  business;  the  pro¬ 
cession  was  of  great,  length.  ..No  more  fire  bells 
are  to  bo  rung  in  this  city  . .  .The  Cooper  Union 
Art.  Department  Las  held  its  reception. 

Rome  New**. 

The  colored  people  of  Louisiana  propose  to 
support  Gov.  K'  Hogg  . .  .Cnpfc.  Jack  is  report  ed 
desperate.  He  has  2.1  warriors  who  wjlldie  with 
their  rifles  in  their  hands  .  The  U.  S.  Govern¬ 
ment  has  filed  its  papers  in  (he  Credit  Mohilier 
suit  .  .Mexicans  have  stolen  1,000 head  of  catt  le 
near  Brownsville,  Texas....  Seven  doe  tom  have 
been  expelled  from  the  .Massachusetts  Medical 
Society,  for  practicing  homeopathy _ The  Cab¬ 

inet  lots  held  a  meeting  on  Civil  Service  Re¬ 
form.  Speaker  Blaine  and  Brigham  Young 
have  had  a  conference  Osago  Mission,  Kan¬ 
sas,  has  been  visited  with  u  terrible  tornado  . 
Work  on  the  great  Exhibition  Building  in  Phil¬ 
adelphia  i*  to  commence  on  tlm  4th  of  July  . , 
The  National  Agricultural  Congress,  with  lf»o 
delegates,  met  in  Indianapolis  on  the  38th  ult. 
....Local  Option  has  been  killed  In  the  New 
York  Legislature  . . Tho  corner-stone  for  a  new 
City  Hall  has  been  laid  at  Rochester,  N.  Y  .  . 
Gov.  Davis  of  Texas  Is  urged  In  the  President 
to  pardon  the  Indians  Hat  ant  a  and  Big  Tree  . 
What  to  do  with  tho  surrendered  Modoc#  i? 
now'  a  perplexing  question  to  t  he  Government 

...Tho  New  York  Assembly  passed  t  he  Ohio 
liquor  law — Gov. .Jew  ell  accepts  the  mission  to 
Russia  A  Slate  Temperance  Convention  has 
been  called  for  New  York  ...The  health  of 
Vice-President  Wilson  is  so  poor,  he  lias  had  to 
give  up  business. 

Obituary. 

Jab.  W.  Wallace,  actor,  died  on  the  34th 
ult.,  on  his  way  from  Aiken  to  Richmond.  He 
was  born  in  London  in  1818...  Rev.  Father  de 
Hinet,  an  Indian  Missionary  of  note,  in  St.  Louis. 
Born  in  Belgium  in  1801. 

Firs*. 

Ice  buildings  in  Sandusky,  Ohio,  on  the  33d; 
loss,  £1.7,000  —  Stables  in  Brooklyn,  on  the  34th. 
with  17  horses  and  8  carriages ;  loss,  £ik,ooo 
House  of  Mr.  Deane,  at  Claremont,  N.  II.,  on 
the 35th;  loss,  £12.0(10  Barrel  factory  at  Ith¬ 
aca,  N.  V.,  on  i  he  38th  ult,.;  loss,  *30,000. .  ..Two 
blocks  of  stores  in  East  Saginaw,  Mich.,  mi  the 
311th;  loss,  $50.000. .  PaponnlUut  I  .Oakland,  < 
on  l  he  2.7th.;  loss,  £40,0000  ...  A  portion  or  the 
principal  street  at.  Callao,  South  America  ;  loss, 
£80U,(KI0. ..  I*  Ires  in  the  woods  on  Long  island  ; 
loss,  $30,000  Town  ol  Vardeti,  Mias.,  on  the 
38th;  loss,  £7.i, 00U — A  church,  factory,  etc.,  at 
Chatham,  Out  .,  on  the  38th  ;  loss,  *30,000. 
Stores  In  Carlisle,  Ky.,  on  the  38th  ;  loss,  £35,000 
Three  houses  In  Maloc,  Canada,  on  the  38tb  ; 
loss,  £10, 000  .  .Haw  mill  in  West  Hanover,  Mass., 
on  the  38th;  loss,  $20,000. .  .  Pinning  miLl  at  Al¬ 
legheny  City,  Pa.,  on  the 20th  ult.;  loss,  £10,000. 
—  Warehouse  in  Carlisle,  Ind.,  with  ii.OOObiisli- 


Six  -  Ton  liny  Scales,  @125,  —  The  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Yr.  Free  Price 
List. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


New  YonK,  Monday,  June  2,  1873. 

Receipts.—' Tho  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  aro  a*  follows  : 

Flour,  liljl* .  7e.;au  Pork,  bills .  3.178 

Wheat,  bush .  440,1*111  Reef,  pkg* .  \fi 

Corn,  push . .  380.800  Cut  incuts,  pkgH. . .  3,800 

Oats,  bush.  ........  ltiBJtHi  Lard,  pfcgs,.  .  4,530 

Gains  seed,  hush..  160  Butler,  pkgs .  20,700 

Barley,  hush .  10, 850  Cheese,  pkx# .  33,820 

Mult,  hush .  10,100  Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  390 

Menu*,  hush .  2,33i  Kegs,  l|l) Is .  13,400 

Corn  meal  bids.,  .  1,519  Wool,  hales, .  1,200 

Corn  liieal.  bags. . .  2,100  I  lops,  hales,  .  71 

Cotton,  bales.......  17,220  J'euuu (8,  bags .  1,058 

llye,  bush .  27,800  Dressed  ling*,  N’o. 

Hen  ns  nnd  Penn.- Exports  of  bean*  past  week, 
fly  pkgs.;  since  Jan.  1. 1 0,0.8»  do.;  *nme  t  ime  last  year, 
8,,'AO  do.  The  market  is  dull  tor  beaus  of  all  kinds, 
up  to  this  week  trade  ha*  been  very  steiulv  In  nmr- 
rows,  making  the  export  exceed  that  of  this  date  lust 
year.  Prices  for  both  mediums  and  marrows  are 
again  11  slut. 10  caster.  Pea  and  kidney  beuns  are  in 
light  stock,  and  not  much  varied  tn  rates.  Foreign 
beaus  are  reported  on  the  way.  Cariudhm  peas  are 
scarce ;  the  few  brund* arriving  have  been  all  bought 
ahead,  at  full  figures.  Green  peas  are  pressed  for 
sale,  at  roonecri  quotations.  Southern  It.  E.  peas 
have  advanced  wilii  a  firmer  market  in  the  West  In¬ 
dio  Islands,  where  they  are  taken  for. 

Wo  quote  prime  medium*.  *2.S6@2.€0;  Other,  £2  2080 
2.1.7;  prime  marrow  tat*.  »2.i3k8?.(i7;  other,  *2.4(K<u2.80'; 
prune  kidneys,  Y2.MX, <2.0(1 :  prime  pea  beans,  £3.75®M; 
fair  do.,  £2.25,-  red  kidney,  £3.5<ksii.i,iy  for  good  and 
prime;  white  kidney,  *2.2nc<«2.iiii ;  Canada  peas,  in 
bin*.,  free,  *1.45(91.50 1  green  pens,  bush.,  range,  *1.40 
Mil.fiO.  Southern  black-eyed,  £1.(91.25;  white  kidney. 
4s2.2fkie2.liO. 

Receipts  of  butter  beans  from  .tune  ’72,  to  Juno, 
73,  742, IWO  pkgs.;  exceeding  same  period  last  year  40, - 
000  pkgs. 

Biicjmvviix,— Exports  since  Jan.  1,  0.7,357  lbs.  Ship, 
pors  buy  sparingly,  tint  supplies  have  become  moder¬ 
ate  through  the  fair  outlet  recently,  and  no  further 
concessions  In  prices  are  made.  Halos  at  36®S7c.  for 
Western  and  Southern,  with  *orae  fancy  lots  bring¬ 
ing  88c. 

II  room  On rn.— The  old  stock  is  being  steadily  re¬ 
duced  through  the  demand  from  manufacturers,  and 
at  Jate  figures.  Sales  ut  Ii.ya7c.  for  hurl,  5<«.8c.  for 
green,  k95c.  1  nr  red.  Old  is  <1  noted  3®4c. 

Butter.— Tho  tono  of  the  market  is  not  strong 
though  Mlc.  has  been  made  throughout  the  wp  k  for 
finest  quality  uf  Stale,  in  firkin*  ;  lew  half-tubs  quote 
above  29 o.  Of  Western  the  supply  Is  larger  but  does 
not  bear  the  proportion  to  the  bulk  of  stock  that  was 
anticipated.  A  good  portion  at  Western  arrives  in  a 
soft,  oily  condition,  having  been  caught  in  close,  or¬ 
dinary  shipping  cars  .luring  the  few  days  of  hot 
weather  Inst  week.  Caution  must  now  bo  used  when 
lots  are  to  leave  remote  points.  Western  butter 
ranger  about  as  before,  but  as  with  State,  only  select¬ 
ed,  small  lines  will  realize  the  outbid,  price.  The 
stock  contains  some  fine  murksof  Western  that  draw 
custom  rrommarketmen  when  the  difference  In  price 
compared  with  State  is  so  decidedly  m  Lhelr  favor. 
Some  fancy  Reserve,  and  even  .Michigan  lota,  run 
State  pretty  hard  in  the  merit  of  quality.  Falls  are 
very  plenty  and  sell  no  higher  than  other  state  pack- 
age*'-  ,3, he  receipts  Include  runny  white  lots  that  have 
mjudiclouBly  held  back  too  long;  butter  of  that  grade 
will  meet  only  a  poor  price— say  'Ifrq.Dc, 

We  quote  prime  State  firkin.*,  yellow,  29®30c.J  do. 
halt  tubs,  yellow;,  28®29e. :  do.  Welsh  tubs,  24<®28c. 
M  estern  ranges,  best,  24®25c.;  other  Western,  20@22c. 
N.  R.  palls. 35(93004  Pennsylvania  store  packed.  Oka 


A  Balloon  Trip  to  Europe. 

Prof.  John  Wise  and  W.  H.  Donaldson,  two 
experienced  and  well-known  rorouauts, propose 
to  take  the  balloon  voyage  of  whloh  to  much 
has  been  said  and  so  little  done.  The  Boston 
Board  of  Alderman  have  responded  to  a  petition 
from  them,  and  made  an  appropriation  of  £3,000 
to  aid  them  in  fitting  out  their  terlal  ahlp,  in 
which  they  will  start  from  the  Common  in  that 
city  on  the  Fourth  of  July.  The  gentlemen  in¬ 
tend  taking  two  other  persons  with  them,  and 
through  the  co-oporation  of  the  Franklin  In¬ 
stitute  in  Philadelphia,  expect  to  secure  the 
services  of  twosetentific  men.  Prof.  Wise  bases 
ills  reason  for  undertaking  this  perilous  voyage 
on  tho  following  theories  At  a  certain  liiglit 
above  the  earth  there  is  a  continuous  air  cur¬ 
rent,  or  tide  setting  from  West  to  East,  caused 
mainly  by  the  centrifugal  force  generated  by 
the  revolution  of  the  earth  on  its  axis,  and  that 
this  current  moves  at  the  rate  of  from  DO  to  100 
miles  per  hour.  Thus  he  expects  to  reach  En¬ 
gland  in  two  days,  at  the  most,  from  the  time 
of  starting. 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC 


\  inrlnnd,  N.  J.,  May  29.  —  An  unusually 
backward  spring ;  enough  rain  until  recently— 
now  a  little  dry.  Light  frost  on  low  lands  on 
the  18t,h,  with  mercury  84°  tn  t  he  morning— frost 
did  little  harm  ;  rain  on  the  31st,  mercury  then 
58°;  on  the  23d,  811°  at  noon,  00  at  fl  P.  M.  Fine 
prospect  for  fruit,  strawberries  particularly; 
good  for  pears  and  peaches,  and  would  be  for 
grapes  were  there  Jess  (/trips  about,  which  did 
great  harm  last  year.  On  t  he  24th,  mercury  at 
84'  at  noon;  70"  at  6;  the  day  magnificent,  and 
the  growth  of  vegetation  was  almost,  visible  to 
I  lie  naked  eye.  Next  morning  mercury  62"  at 
about  (1  A.  M.  Yesterday  (38th)  hottest  day  of 
t  he  season,  <13c  in  the  morning,  SMI  at  noon,  08  at 
fi.  Wo  need,  and  hoped,  and  looked  for,  a 
shower,  but  Ibe  signs  all  failed  ;  some  rain  is 
needed,  clover  drooped  seriously  yesterday,  and 
strawberries  would  lie  much  benefited  by  a 
good  drenching.  Hunted  cureulios  this  morn¬ 
ing  In  tlie  peach  orchard,  and  found  them  plen¬ 
tiful,  and  so  arc  the  t  Imps  in  the  vitjeyard,  and 
they  seem  the  loss  manageable  of  the  two,  A 
good  deal  of  fodder  corn  will  be  grown  this 
year;  it  answered  admirably  last  winter  as  a 
substitute  for  lmy.  Surplus  fruits  and  vegeta¬ 
ble#  will  be  largely  preserved  by  our  Fruit  Pre¬ 
serving  Company.  These  fruit  preserving  fac¬ 
tories  promise  an  immense  impetus  to  fruit¬ 
growing,  and  perhaps  may,  in  a  measure,  solve 
the  agricultural  problem  of  fair  pay  to  farmers. 
Prices— Corn.  70c.;  oats,  60e.;  flour,  £5  per  100 
lbs.;  meal,  £1.30;  middling,  £1.60;  bran,  £1.60; 
choose,  20c.;  eggs,  20c.;  lard,  14c.;  sugars, 

13c.,  and  other  things  in  proportion.  Manufac¬ 
tures  are  steadily  increasing,  and  now  form  an 
important  element  of  prosperity.— m 

Westport,  Conn.,  May  23.— Tho  weather  here 
Ims  been  cold  for  the  time  of  year  nnd  as  a  con¬ 
sequence  everything  is  backward  ;  potatoes  and 
corn  not  all  planted  yet ;  very  few  potatoes  up 
yet,  last  year  we  finished  hoeing  potatoes  the 
first  time  on  the  2,7th ;  the  thermometer  was  up 
in  the  nineties  before  this  time.  This  year  I 
don’t  think  it  has  reached  70°  before  to-day. 
There  has  been  some  frost  one  or  two  mornings 


Crent  Fire  In  Boston. 

Early  on  the  morning  of  Decoration  Day  a 
fire  broke  out  in  a  furniture  manufactory  on 
Washington  street,  near  Boylston  nnd  Essex 
streets,  Boston.  A  northwest  wind  was  blow¬ 
ing,  and  the  fire  spread  with  fearful  rapidity. 
Three  acres  of  buildings  were  consumed,  at  a 
loss  of  over  £1,000,000.  Five  firemen  aro  report¬ 
ed  killed.  Some  fifty  stores  were  consumed, 
and  the  following  buildings Tiie  Globe  Thea¬ 
ter,  Chic  Icering’s  piano  warehouse,  the  Interna¬ 
tional  Hotel,  the  Jourdan  Gallery,  the  Chaon- 
cey  Hail  School,  the  Fireman's  Bank,  and  the 
9th  Regiment  headquarters,  Help  came  from 
other  cities,  and  the  military  was  called  out. 
The  excitement  and  incidents  of  the  great  fire 
in  November  were  repeated.  The  fire  raged 
fonr  hours. 


FOREIGN  NEWS, 


miscellaneous  Foreign  News. 

The  revolution  caused  no  disorder  in  France. 
M.  Thiers  has  taken  his  seat  in  the  Assembly. 
President  MacMahon  will  follow  the  policy  of 
M.  Thiers — The  English  Douse  of  Commous 
has  voted  to  pay  the  Alabama  award  .  Russia 
proposes  a  railway  across  Central  Asia,  to  con¬ 
nect  India  with  Europe _ The  resignation  of 

President  Thiers  was  accepted  by  a  vote  of  368 
to  339.  MacMahon  was  elected  President  by  a 
vote  of  390.  A  large  tumber  of  Republican  offi¬ 
cers  resigned ....  The  levy  is  being  enforced  in 
Spain — A  mutiny  occurred  among  tho  troops 

at  Bcrga,  Spain,  but  wa*  put  down . The 

Prince  of  Wales  has  returned  home _ Yellow 

fever  prevails  at  Montevideo _ Tho  Pope  is  de¬ 

lighted  with  the  turn  or  affairs  in  France.,,. 
The  new  French  Government  will  adopt  free 
trade  and  reduce  military  expenses . The  En¬ 

glish  Parliament  adjourned  over  June  5th— 
Derby  Day  —  It  is  proposed  to  proclaim  the 
Republic  in  France.  Titles  of  nobility  have 
been  prohibited  in  Spain.... Senor  Yglesias  is 


BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 


The  Gorman  saloon-keepers  of  Chicago  have 
taken  a  second  the  ught  and  decided  upon  a 
mud:  wiser  course  in  reference  to  the  law 
which  compels  t  hem  to  close  their  saloons  [on 
Sunday.  They  have  resolved  to  abandon  their 
course  of  a  defiant  violation  of  the  law,  and  to 
seek  relief  only  by  legitimate  means.  They  are 
convinced  that  their  breaking  of  the  law  last 
8unday  was  a  mistake.  The  Chicago  Tribune 
says  they  lost  by  their  indefensible  violation  of 
the  law  the  support  of  a  great  many  people  who 


not  cleared  off,  and  2  ear  loads  Texan  sheep  wero 
forced  off  on  private  terms. 

flogs.— No  quotations ;  this  forenoon,  live  wore 
held  for  Friday's  rates. 

RKCKIPTH  OP  I.IVE  STOCK. 

Sb(op  A 

Hoofs.  Cnws.  t'.lvro,  I  .anil,..  Hoim. 
One  Hundredth  8t...2,8ft4  9  812  72  000 

Forty-Eighth  St .  (10  111)  1,784  6,288  000 

Fortieth  8t .  00  00  1,101  6.269  17,070 

Common  ipaw . 5,031  (HI  00  4,219  12,740 

Weehawken .  604  00  00  000  000 

Totals  this  week.....' 8, 389  (ill  3,718  16,918  29,310 

“  last  week . 8,861  75  3,5!:,  16,497  45,238 

OOMPAIfATIVB  RATES, 

I, ast  week.  This  week. 

Cents.  Cents. 

Good  Steers  V  lb . 12X  ©  14  12M  0  14 

Fair . Ilk  ©  12  ILK  ©  12 

Poor . lo  ©  ii  lo  @  u 

Poorest .  8  f«#  OH  8  @  ox 

Gen.  selllna  rates . 12)4  ®  Ilk  11  ©  12k 


Vegetable**.— Exports  of  potatoes  past  week.  830 
bbl*.  Old  potatoes  are  slow  of  sale  i  prune  State 
Peach  Plows  held  pretty  still',  hut  the  (tenoral  market 
is  easy.  Bermuda  quoted  at  $s.5();  new  Charleston, 
15.50 for  best;  Inferior  lots,  *g®3.  Maryland  green 
pelts  are  In  mitrkoj  to-day,  quoted  at  $5,.W  V  bbl ;  lute 
Norfolk  marrow  fats,  $5..M*.  Bermuda  tomatoes  lower, 
75®90c.  1*  box;  do.  onions,  bush,  crate,  $1.50©  1,76. 
Southern  squash  and  cueumhers  are  here,  but  hardly 
marketable.  Asparagus,  II ._'.V,p>.75  v  lull  hunches. 
String  beans,  *1.50  »*  crate.  We  quote; 

Peach  Blows,  111  bulk  for  State  or  Wes¬ 

tern;  Curly  Hoh*i,  *'-’©2.25  do.,  Prince  Albert,  $2®2.7ft 
In  double  bonds;  coinniDD  potatoes,  *2(.J2  id  In  hulk. 
Peanuts  Hteudv  at  full  late  prices  at  tl.LVsil.60  for 
Wilmington  I  *1.23®1.76  for  Virginia;  TVijilllk'.  for  Ten¬ 
nessee. 

Whisky  is  selling  lit  93kd< 

Wool.— The  domestic  trade  has  become  very  light, 
with  dealers  disposed  to  sell  at  Into  prions,  but  not 
Inclined  to  make  further  concessions.  Foreign  Is  In 
liberal  supply,  and  with  an  absence  of  important  de¬ 
mand,  prices  are  nomtual.  The  prices  for  the  new 
clip  nt  domestic  are  not  made  yet.  Iu  the  Interior, 
the  view*  of  growers  and  buyers  are  very  much  spurt. 
At  the  moment,  4he.  Is  all  that  Is  Offered  in  Ohio,  with 
50c.  asked.  We  quote  New  York  and  Michigan  and 
Wis.  fleeces  lit  48c.  for  XX.  He.  for  V,  Lie.  for  No.  1. 
Ohio  and  Penn,  fleeces,  51c.  for  XX,  18c.  for  X.  10c.  for 
No.  1.  Ind.,  Kr.  and  Tenti.,  ISc.  fur  XX,  4i5c.  for  X, 
44c, for  No.  1.  III.,  town  and  Minn.,  I  .o.  for  XX,  44c. 
for  X,  13c.  for  Nil.  I.  Ha.,  Ala..  Miss,  and  l,a.,  28iiii80c. 
for  unwashed.  Pulled  at  4U©4Gc.  for  extra,  42©47c.  for 
super,  36©40o.  Cor  No.  1. 

KOCUKHTER,  Tiny  iirt.— Flour  steady  and  un¬ 
changed.  Wheat— E1.80ClpI.H0  red  winter;  $1. 90®2.1() 
for  choice  white.  Corn,  GSc.i  oats,  50®61c.;  rye,  86<M 
beans  In  demand  for  sood,  f2.26ffl2.6h;  butter  In  better 
supply,  at  25©28c.;  eggs  scarce,  16©He,  per  do*.  Pota¬ 
toes,  *1®1.12K  per  bush.,  for  nny  good  kinds.  The 
shipping  season  has  nearly  passed  :  the  sales  now  are 
omy  for  send  and  home  use.  Hay  is  In  better  supply, 
at  246426  V)  ton  for  beat.  Straw  Arm  at  $13©  14  #  ton. 
The  wool  market,  ts  very  dull.  No  buyers  yet.,  and 
dealers  talk  of  opening  at  406915c.  V  tb  for  medium. 


Cotton.  Business  has  been  very  slow,  and  the 
market  weak.  The  position  of  the  foreign  market 
admits  of  only  a  light  shipping  business;  the  spin¬ 
ning  demand  has  fallen  off  lately.  The  closing  prices 
for  future  delivery,  on  the  basis  of  low  middling,  are 
13  11-10.  for  June,  18  15-16c.  for  July,  19c.  for  August, 
17  lp-lflCi  for  September,  17  9-1(1® IV kc.  for  October, 
17  5 -16c.  for  November,  l7k«.  for  December.  The 
quotations  for  spot  cotton  are  ; 

l  yUmli.  Alnbiunn.  Suw  Orl tnuil.  T' x s,. 

Ordinary .  Ilk  Ilk  14  W  Ilk 

Good  Ordinary .  lllW  l(Pj  16«t>  16k 

Strict  Guild  Ordinary."  17k  1744  17k  17k 

Low  Middling .  18k  18k  18 -ft,  18  (f 

Middling .  1914  19k  19V  20 

Good  Middling .  21 M  2 Ik  21V  22 

Dried  Fr nils.  —  Exports  of  dried  apples,  Il2  bids. 
Business  has  become  very  slow.  Apples  »ro  hard  to 
*oll  either  to  shippers  or  the  homo  trade.  Peaches 
are  Inquired  for,  Imt  the  prices  offered  are  very  low 
and  but  few  holders  will  negotiate,  the  inclination 
being  to  curry  surplus  suppljascver  until  fall  In  pref¬ 
erence  to  accenting  concessions  on  the  now  nominally 
low  figures.  Blackberries  have  hardly  held  up  to  the 
average  quoted  last  week.  Small  fruits  are  (u  light 
supply. 

Southern  apples,  iftSfte.  for  ordinary  ;  do.,  sliced, 
prime,  5©6e. :  Western,  4f4©fte.j  State,  ilk©6c,;  do. 
prime  lots  of  sliced,  like.  Heeled  peaches  Prime 
Georgia  and  North  Carolina,  10®  120.;  ordinary,  4® He. 
I  In  peeled  peaches,  8  Ho.  for  quarters,  ami  3  h®4  Wa¬ 
fer  halves.  Plums  at  12© Ue.  for  State  and  il®13u. 
for  Southern.  Cherries,  hi©  17c.  for  State  uud  Houth- 
em.  Black  berries.  3e. 

Egg*.— Receipts  are  less  oppressive,  and  the  mark¬ 
et  may  ho  culled  steady.  Losses  begin  to  be  heavy 
enough  to  make  buyers  Insist  upon  marks  made  good. 
As  yot,  no  Canadian  stock  has  Increased  the  supply. 
Most  of  the  3 took  is  from  the  WokI.  Near  points  will 
be.  used  up  from  this  time  until  fall  before  they  strike 
here,  us  country  bourders  will  want  them.  Wo  quote 
Long  Island  and  New  Jersey,  19®2ocg  Htuteand  Penn¬ 
sylvania,  17k'®18We.;  fust  freight  Western  and  Ohio, 
I7ke.;  ordinal  y  western.  lt!)4<«iJ7c. 

Flour.  —  Further  liberal  coneeBSlona  have  been 
made  by  holders,  failing,  however,  to  Induce  in u eh 
life  to  trade.  Receipt*  are  liberal  with  the  railroad 
and  canal  deliveries,  and  stocks  accumulate.  Ship¬ 
pers  have  no  margin  lu  (heir  orders  at  current  prices, 
and  the  present  outlook  Is  very  unsatisfactory  to  sel¬ 
lers,  Corn  meal  !*  source  and  wanted. 

flu  peril  n«  Slate . $5  05®  6  la 

Common  extra  do . 6  75©  7  10 

Good  to  choice  rto . 7  15®  7  30 

Fancy  do . 7  2ft®  h  lft 

Superllna  Michigan,  ludiuuu.  Ohio,  Iowa...  ft  60®  II  10 

Extra  do  .  . 6  ?  00 

Choice  extra  do . .  7  05®  8  10 

Trade  brands  do . - .  i  15  10  i 

G . .  to  choice  white  wheat  extras .  8  Ids!  Ill  30 

Fair  to  very  choice  extra  Minnesota . (I  7,V*1I  7ft 

Common  to  fair  extra  St.  Louis .  7  2.Vg  9  10 

Good  to  oholcc  do .  9  I5®12  Ml 

Southern,  common  to  choice . (i  25©  8  10 

Family  do . . .  '.,11 

Rye,  common  to  line.  .....  _ 4  7.V.u  5  TS 

Corn  meal.  Brandy  wine .  3  35©  3  lift 

l»o.  Western . .  3  U@  3  f>o 

Fresh  Frnitw.  —  Apples  arc  almost  done  with 
commercially.  Tho  remnant  is  of  poor  quality,  none 
are  good  enough  to  command  last  week’s  top  figures. 
Best  remaining  Russets,  $3.75  per  bbl.;  poor  to  good. 
*l.ft0:<u3.  Norfolk  strawberries  begin  to  sink  with 
warm  weather,  the  best  of  the  picking  Is  over.  Mary¬ 
land  berries  arrive  regularly  and  range  at  2(!®3(fc!. 
Small  gooseberries,  8  .,  So.  P  quart;  uot  much  wanted. 
Bouthern  Cherries,  I6©18u.,  without-  much  demand. 
Reports  from  tho  Delaware  and  Maryland  poach  sec¬ 
tions  promise  mi  unusual  largo  crop,  notwlthstaml 
Ing  the  severe  winter  wo  have  passed  through.  Cran¬ 
berries  nominal,  lit  91.50® 2  ¥  crate,  $2.50® 4  t  bbl. 

4  4  im  I  ii.  Wear©  now  fully  upon  theseason  forllli 
eriil  receipt*  by  caoa),  nu<l  prices  generally  aro  lower. 
Shippers  buy  more  freely  at  the  concessions,  hut  they 
lino  quick  sellers.  For  wheat,  quotations  at  $l..'ift©l.G2 
tor  No.2*prlng  In  store  and  afloat;  tl.68®l.ti9  for  No.  I 
do.  hero;  »1.67©t.li9  first  half  June  ;  $1.47®l.il8  for  No. 
2  spring  tlrat  half  June,  $l.?A© l.sft  for  winter  red 
Wustern;  *1.88©  1.S0  for  amhor  no.;  *1,9(102.11)  for  In¬ 
ferior  to  fancy  white  Western.  Corn.  i>IH®65k  for 
sailing  lots  now  mixed  Western;  63®d5o. forsttuniur, 
do.,  closing  with  average  lots  of  do.,avulluhle  utR3o.; 
61©63o.  for  soft  and  dump  do.;  fl5©Qne.  for  nmv  yellow 
Western ;  SYo.  for  old  mixed  Western  afloat;  87c.  for 
do.  In  store.  (» its  at  18© ftl }<d.  for  new  mixed  West¬ 
ern,  closing  at  43o.  for  average  samples;  45®50c.  for 
new  black  do.;  S605HKO.  for  new  white  do.,  ana  55c.  for 
old  iu Ixod  Western  in  store,  ltyo  at  96>4©97c.  for 


For  sale  at  the  Rural,  New-Yorker  Office,  No.  6 
Bookman  8t.,  New  York,  or  sent  by  mall,  post¬ 
paid ,  on  receipt  of  price; 

Willard’™  Practical  Dulry  IIiiMbnndry 
(Jiiwt  i-mued) . 83  00 

Allen’s  (L.  F.)  American  Cattle . . .  2  00 

t»0.  New  American  Farm  Hook .  2  50 

l>o.  Diseases  of  Domestic  Animals .  1  00 

Do.  Rural  Architecture .  1  f$) 

American  Bird  Fancier..  .  SO 

American  Pomology  i&0  Illustrations)  Warder..  3  00 

American  Practical  Cookery . .  1  75 

American  Rows  Oultnrlst . . . .  30 

American  Btandard  of  Excellence  lu  Poultry..  50 

Ante; loan  Wheat  Cutturlet  iTodd) .  2  n0 

Architecture,  National  iHeo.  10  Woodward) . 12  00 

Atwood’B Country  and  Suburban  Houses,., .  I  50 

Barry’s  Fruit  Garden  (new  edition) .  2  50 

Boo  Keepers’  Tort  Rook,  Paper, 40c.;  Cloth .  75 

Be  in  (MB's  Rabbit  fancier... .  30 

Bieknoll's  Village  Builder  (55  Plates,  showing 

New  and  Practical  Designs) . 10  00 

Bummer'*  Method  of  Making  Manure* .  25 

Brook's  Book  of  Flowers  (new) .  .  1  76 

Brldgetnari’n  Gardener’s  Assistant .  2  50 

Holst's  Family  Kitchen  Hardener .  1  00 

Do.  Flower  Harden . 160 

Carpentry  Made  Kvsy  (new) . .  6  00 

t  hemiMry  of  the  Farm  (Nichols) .  1  26 

1 'horlton's  Grape  Grower’*  Guide .  76 

Cider  Maker's  Manual.,  . .  1  50 

('later's  New  111.  CatilH  Doctor,  oolored  plates...  6  00 

Cobbelt’s  American  Hardener .  76 

Cole's  American  Fruit  Book .  76 

Cole's  American  veterinarian . 75 

Cotton  Culture  (Lymun  nj .  I  50 

('ruck  Bind  1  Barber) . . .  1  75 

cranberry  Culture  (J.  .1,  While) . .!..!".,,!.!!  1  26 

Dadd’s  American  Cuttle  Doctor .  1  60 

Do  Modern  Ilorse  Doctor .  1  50 

Dana’s  Muck  Manual  . .  1  25 

Darwin's  Variations  of  Animals  and  Plants..!...  6  00 

Dead  Shot ;  or,  Bportuiun’s  Complete  Guide .  1  76 

Downing's  Fruits  und  Fruit  Trees  of  America, 

(HOO  pp.).. . . . .  6  00 

Do.  Kurin  Enku.vh .  ,  350 

Drainage  for  Proflt  and  Health . !!.,..!!  1  64) 

llyer  and  Color  Maker  s  Companioii .  1  25 

Kastwood's  Cranberry  Culture .  75 

Elliot'*  Lawn  aud  Hhade  Trees .  1  iiO 

Everybody's  Lawyer .  2  1)0 

Every  Woman  Her  Own  Flower  Hardener  (new), 

paper,  50c, ;  cloth.., .  X  00 

Farm  Drainage  (U.  F.  French) . !  1  50 

Farm  linpli"iii(hts  and  Machinery  (J.  J.  Thomas)  I  50 

Field’s  Pear  Culture .. .  . .  125 

Fishing  In  American  Waters  (Scott) . . !!!  3  50 

Flint  on  Grasses... . . 2  50 

Do.  Milch  Cows  and  Dulry  Farming.. 2  60 

Forest  Trees  (Urvunt.) . . .  1  50 

Frauk  Forrester’s  Field  H ports  (2  vols.) .  6  W) 

Do.  Fish  and  Fishing  (100  engravings) .  6  00 

Do.  Manual  Tor  Young  Sportsmen .  3  00 

Fuller's  Illustrated  Btrawberry  Cullurlst .  20 

1)0.  Forest  Tree  CuUnrlnt . . ’. .  1  50 

Do.  Small  Fruits  (Illustrated) . .  1  50 

Fulton's  Poach  (ftlltUre.  A  Hand-Book  and 

Guide  to  Every  Planter  . . 1  50 

Hardening  for  Proilt  (P.  Henderson) .  1  50 

Hardening  for  the  South  (While’s) .  2  00 

Urupe  Cullurlst  (A,  B.  Fuller) . . 1  60 

Gray’s  Manual  of  Botany  and  Lessons .  3  DO 

Do-  Hohool  and  Field  Book  of  Botany  . .  2  50 

Do.  How  Plants  Grow  (500  II  lustra  Ilona) .  112 

Do.  Introduction  to  Structural  and  Systematic 
Butaev  and  Vegetable  Physiology  (l,;ioo Ulus.).  3  50 

Guenon  on  Milch  Cow* .  76 

Gun.  Rod  and  Buddie . 1  50 

Harney's  Barns,  Outbuildings  and  Fences,..!.!!!  10  00 

Harris  on  Insects .  ...  .  4  00 

Do.  on  the  Pig—  Breeding.  Management,  Ac..!’.!  1  50 

Haltleld’s  A merlciili  House  Carpenter  . .  3  50 

Hint*  to  Horse  Keepers  (Herbert’s) .  t  76 

High  Furmlog  without  Manure .  36 

Holly's  Art  of  Saw-h'lllng  . .  75 

Holly’s  Carpenter’s  Hand  Book  (new) .  7b 

Hooper's  Dog  and  Gun .  30 

(loupes'  Hook  of  Evergreens . '  3  ijn 

Hup  culture- . .7 . 40 

Mow  Crops  Feed . . .  ]  2  00 

How  Crops  Grow . . .  2  00 

Mutitur  and  Trapper. .. .  . .....!'.  1  00 

Husmunn's  Grapes  utid  Wine . 1  54) 

Indian  Corn  :  Its  Value.  Culture  and  Uses .  1  60 

JonnlngH  on  Cattle  and  their  Diseases .  1  75 

Do.  Horse  and  his  Diseases .  1  76 

Do.  I  Ionic  Training  Made  Easy . .  1  26 

Do.  Hhecp,  Hwtiie  and  Poultry .  1  75 

Johnston's  Agricultural  Chemistry. .  1  75 

Do.  Eleuiuiiln  Agricultural  Chemistry .  1  50 

Kemp’s  Landscape  Hardening .  2  60 

Langttroth  on  the  liive  and  Honey  Bee . ’  2  00 

Lewis’  American  Bportsman .  „  2  76 

Lightning  Rods,  aud  How  to  Construct  Them, 

by  John  Ptilu. . . ’  25 

Maimuion  Flax  and  Hemp  Culture . !!!!'  26 

Mtiuuul  of  Tobacco  Culture .  25 

Mason’s  Farrier  and  Bind  Book.., .  '  j  jo 

Mayhew-s  Illustrated  Horse  Management .  3  00 

Do.  Illustrated  Horse  Doctor . 3  (jq 

Mechanic's  Companion  (Nicholson) .  ”!!  a  (X> 

Mechanics  lor  Millwrights,  .Machinists  and  others  1  60 

Miles  on  Horse’s  Foot  (cloth) .  75 

Modern  Cookery  (by  Miss  Autoe  and  Mrs.  S.  J. 

Hale) . 1  75 

McClure's  Diseases  of  Horse.  Cattle  and  Sheep!  2  U0 

Money  tn  the  Garden,  by  l\  T.  Oplno  .  1  60 

Norris’  Fish  Culture .  1  75 


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prices,  ill©  1754c.  He*,;  welgtits,(5®7t<  CWt.,  general  sides 
on  estimated  weight.  On  Thursday  and  Friday  fore¬ 
noons,  Linde  iu  beeves  was  slow,  und  sulusmen  held 
over  several  lots,  hoping  for  advance  rut-uion  Friday 
forenoon  ;  the  markets  cloned  weak  ;  prices  on  both 
days  ranged  from  0®123fc.,  weights,  5>£®8X  cwt.,  on 
ft(J®58  lbs.  to  the  cwt.,  net.  During  flic  past  week, 
lean  Texan  steers  sold  from  9®10£;  do,  grazed  east 
of  the  Mianlnnlppt,  sulil  iroiu  lO'-jdull1*'!!.;  weights, 
liill  l,  ewt.  llllnolH  steers  ranged  from  roarso  to  good, 
and  sold  lit  H©l2Jfc.;  weights.  cwt.  Missouri 

steers,  from  coarse  to  l'afr,  Ic.whityc.;  weight,  IIM 
©8  ewt.  Still-fed  Illinois  steers.  uRo.;  weight.  cwt. 
14ougU  Western  hulls,  l.Yc.;  live  weight,  L'lewt. 

IHIIcIi  C'oivh.  -Trade  opened  fair  last  Tuesday 
forenoon,  wbon  wiles  were  fully  effected  at  $35® HO 
per  head ;  general  sales,  $50©55.  ('lie  market  iield 
llrm  al  above  rates  during  the  latter  duys  of  the  past 
week.  Tho  quality  of  the  cows  on  hand  ranged  from 
poor  to  fair,  with  u  few  suited  for  family  use. 

Veala.— This  being  a  full  season  fur  veal*,  prices 
are  decided  by  quality  alone.  On  Wednesday  last, 
veulxsuld  at 7®He.I  on  Thursday, 6©l(IXc.;  011  Friday, 
same  rates.  Poor  buttermilk-fed  calves,  average 
weight,  1:19  lb*.  «'  head,  ifc.;  Plate  veals,  do.  i.'il  lbs., at 
8u.;  do.  lit?  lbs., 8,4c.;  choice  Jersey,  I5ulbs.,  10c. 

Sheep  untl  f.ninba.— This  Is  not.  the  season  for 
mutum,  consequently  the  trnde  In  sheep  is  dull,  and 
only  good  qualities  sell  even  at  fair  rates.  On  Wed¬ 
nesday,  sheep  sold  at  8©6>,u.  V  «>.;  Thursday,  at  same 
rates,  und  on  Friday  In  largo  lots,  ut  6®7c.  During 
the  past  week,  must  of  the  flocks  to  hand  were  from 
Ohio,  and  sold  as  follows  -  Ohio  sheep,  average  88 
!t»„tl©tJ!<c.;  do.,b!Mr.s.,  (14c.;  do.,  98  ms.,  7e.;  Missouri, 
average,  lllO  ms.,  sold  at  Go.;  Michigan,  864  Be..  6)40. 
Lambs  have  been  flrin  since  our  last  report ;  sales  us 
follows;— Jersey  lambs,  average,  ft6  lbs.,  18e.;  do.  Hi 
mu.,  14U.J  Delaware,  62  ms„  )2c.;  Virginia,  53  lbs.,  124c.; 
do.  47  tts.,  114c. 

K  win  e.-Trade  in  hog*  was  better  during  the  latter 
iluys  of  this  past  week  than  it  hud  been  for  some  days 
previously.  On  Wednesday  live  sold  at  5v,ft„„>;<i'..;  city- 
dressed,  7(gtl%o,  Trade  opened  le-s  active  on  Tliurs- 
day  forenoon  with  live  hogs  nominal,  and  city -dressed 
at  6,4©7>5e.  On  Friday,  live  nogs  sold  for5V©Ge.,  and 
elty  ilres.M'd  l!W®7M«.  Tho  market  Closed  with  an 
improved  feeling. 

Horse  Alnrltef.— Trade  in  horses  luia  already 
begun  to  fall  off  In  t.lio  number  of  sales  effected  week¬ 
ly  ;  still  choice  quality  carriage  horses  and  trotters  of 
good  speed  are  iu  fair  demand.  At  tho  TuttersaJl 
.stables,  7th  ave.  and  42d  Bt.,  3  pairs  of  stylish  carriage 
horses  sold  from  $l,i)l  10.(2, (M)  p  pair ;  3  choice  trotters, 
$l,S(XJ©3,fl00.  The  following  sale*  Were  effected  by 
auction  : -4  head  of  poor  quality  light  harness  horses 
$07®9t)  p  head;  6  common  do  ,  9  do.,  BlJU®, 

235  ;  5  pali  H  ftt  $275(^.iiX);  l  (lent  pair  of  1'haetou  horses, 
*800;  i  pair  of  ponies,  $260©  300.  Elghty-one  horses 
arrived  per  Erie  Railway  via  Oak  Cliff  Station  ;  461 
per  Central  New  Jersey,  via  Liberty  street,  ferry. 


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Practical  Poultry  Keeper  |L.  Wright) .  2  0(1 

Practical  Shepherd  1  Randall). .  . !  2  00 

Ouinby’s  Mysteries  of  Bee  Keeping .  1  50 

uulnoy  on  Bolling  Cattle .  1  25 

Randall’*  Fine  VVool  Sheep  Husbandry . !..!’  1  00 

Do.  Sheep  Husbandry  tu  the  Boalh . .  1  50 

Uieburdson  on  thn  Dog.  . . .....!...!!  30 

Saunders  Domestic  Poultry, . 

Buhenck’s  Haideiiers’  Text-Book . !!..!!!.  76 

fforlbner’s  Produce 'l'uble* .  30 

Do.  Ready  Reckoner  and  Log  Book . . .  30 

Si  rues,  m  s  Horse  Portraiture—  Breeding,  Rear¬ 
ing  and  Training  Trotters .  2  50 

Six  Hundred  Recipes... . . . 1  75 

Skeleton  Leaves . . .  2  on 

Skillful  Housewife., .... . ..  . ...!!!!  75 

Slack's  Trout  ('til lure  (now) . !!!!!  1  50 

Btewart’s  (John)  Stable  Uook .  j  50 

Tcgetmcler’s  Poultry  Kook  (colored  plates)  .  .  9  00 

Tegetuieier's  Pigeon  Book  (colored  plates) . 5  00 

Ton  Acres  Enough .  . .  150 

The  Bouton  Machinist  (Fitzgerald)... ..... !  ,'!’”  75 

The  Dog  (by  Dinks,  Mayhew  and  Hutchinson)..  3  00 

The  Dog  (new) . . .  2  50 

The  Horse  (Stonehenge).  8vu.,  822  pp . .  3  50 

The  Mule  iRIJey)— A  Treatise  on  the  Breeding, 
Training  and  uses  to  which  he  may  bo  put ...  1  fill 

The  People’s  Practical  Poultry  Boo* .  1  50 

Thomas'  Am.  Fruit  Culturist  (480  illustrations).  3  00 

Traouer’s  Guide  (New house) . .  2  00 

Trout  Culture  (Beth  Gn*«n) .  .  .  1  00 

Trowbridge’s  (.Mrs.  Laura)  Excelsior  Cook  Book 

and  Housekeeper's  Aid .  1  25 

Warder's  Hedges  and  Evergreens.. .  1  60 

Wunug's  Elements  of  Agriculture .  1  00 

Watson’s  American  Home  Garden .  2  00 

Wax  Flowers. and  How  to  Jtske  Them .  2  00 

Western  Fruit  Growers’  Guido  (Elliott) .  1  60 

Wheeler’s  Homes  tortile  People .  3  30 

Do.  Rural  Hum  ns.,.., .  . . .  2  00 

Window  Hardening  (II.  T.  Williams) . !!  1  50 

Woodruff’s  Trotting  Horse  of  America . .  2  25 

Woodward's  Graperies  and  Hort'l  Buildings  ....  1  50 

Do.  Country  Home* . . .  160 

Do.  Cottage*  and  Farm  Uouses.... .  1  50 

Do.  Suburbau  and  Country  Houses . 1  50 

Youall  and  Spooner  on  the  Horse .  1  60 

Youutt  and  Martin  au  Cattle...,.,., .  150 

Yonutt  and  Martin  on  tho  Hog . .  1  00 

Youatt  on  Sheep .  .  1  00 

Youman's  Hand-Book  of  Household  Science....  1  75 
Address  all  orders  tu 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  5  Beekman  St.,  New  York. 

IF*  Any  Books  desired,  not  named  in  thia  Hat 
will  be  furnished  on  receipt  of  price. 


Frcsli  Hone  SupcrnhoHpl 
DihmoIvciI  Hone.  Send  fur  0 
LUSTER  BUGS 


LEE’S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES 


VVholi'Miile  and  tiifiiernl  Supply  Nil  race  ten. 

An  Immense  stock,  of  superior  quality,  at  low  prices. 

tCST  4)80.11©  Hedge  Plniits  by  the  1,4)00  or 
1,000,4)00.  Bend  for  lb-ice  List. 

ill.A  I  It  HKDS,, 

Lee’s  Summit,  jHCkson  Co.,  Mo. 


Afonilny  n  Sales,— Heevcs- Trade  slow,  but  tho 
quality  of  steers  to  hand  being  generally  good,  sale* 
were  effected  at  II© l.’ic.  i)’  lb.;  top*  at  He.  Cherokee 
steers,  10)<C.  V  weight,  from  5K  to  9  cwt„  on  57©8U 
lbs.  to  the  cwt.,  net;  most  of  the  lots  to  hand  were 
Cleared  off  at  noon. 

.Illicit  Ouwh.— Slow,  with  sales  effected  at  *G5@75 
F  head ;  quality  from  poor  to  fair. 

Veale.— Trade  small  but  active,  prices  from  8)4® 

8Xc.  W  ». 

Sheep  and  Lambs.— Sheep  continue  dull,  but 
lambs  are  In  fair  demand.  Sheep  sold  In  large  lots 
at5)Y@5)ic.;  Iambs,  ll®12Ke.  The  flocks  to  hand  were 


assorted  lots. 

Pennsylvania  tillers . 

wrappers . 

assorted  lots. 

Ohio  tillers . 

wrappers . 

assorted  lots. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots. 


17HJ4D8  iron.  HATCHING,— I  will  now  book  or 
J  dors  for  eggs  from  my  wolj  Known  strains  of  Fan 
cv  Poultry,  Including  over  20  varieties  of  Fowls  und 
Ducks,  to  bo  shipped  as  soon  as  the-  weather  will  per¬ 
mit.  Inclose  stamp,  and  write  for  what  you  want  to 
C.  N.  BROWN,  Unadtlla  Forks,  Otsego  Co.  N.  Y. 


gmytcmcnttf  ana  pachincvy 


JintiUmss, 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


Gkn.  But  leu.  has  been  fishing  in  Maine. 

James  BROOKS  left  a  fortune  of  $1,260,000. 

President  Thiers  1b  tho  hero  of  two  duels. 

A  biouhapuy  of  Geu.  Canby  In  to  he  pub¬ 
lished. 

ItAEPU  W  A i.OO  KmkhSoN  1b  just  three  score 
and  ten. 

Make  Twain  1b  building  a  $40,000  house  In 
Hartford. 

M  r.  Btouy  of  Washington  1b  making  a  bust  of 
James  Brooke. 

Rev.  Dn.  Oiiapin  and  MIbb  Kate  Field  have 
gone  to  Ifuropo. 

Louisville  will  place  a  bust  of  Geo.  D.  Pren¬ 
tice  In  It*  (JIty  Hall. 

Ghat/.  Brown  Is  helping  to  build  the  new  8t. 
Lou  la  Custom  House. 

Prof.  Gold  win  Smith  has  given  a  dinner  to 
fifty  Cornell  students. 

Chief  Justice  Cockburn  will  reply  to  Mr. 
Caleb  Cuehing'*  book. 

Gov.  Andrew's  grave  was  etrewu  with  flow¬ 
ers  on  Decoration  Day . 

Kkv.J.  1MV.  Waui!  will  deliver  the  Boston 
Fourth  of  July  oration. 

Dr.  Emily  Blackwell  has  bought  Alice 
Cary's  home  In  New  York. 

All  Concord  turned  out  to  give  Ralph  Waldo 
Emerson  a  welcome  home. 

A  portrait  of  Goo.  Washington’s  mother  is 
on  exhibition  In  Now  York. 

A  monument  to  A.  D.  Richardson  has  boon 
dedicated  In  Franklin,  Muss. 

Rev.  W.  11.  H.  Murray  has  In  press  a  new 
work  on  “  Tho  Perfect  Horse." 

Rev.  T.  1)k  Witt  Talmaok  delivered  the  ora¬ 
tion  at  Arlington  on  Decoration  Day. 

The  ladles  of  Boston  have  given  George 
McDonald  $2,000  us  a  note  oT  appreciation. 

The  memory  of-  James  Fisk  Is  honored  by 
dressing  the  Erie  Railway  engines  In  mourning. 


NOVEL  INVENTIONS. 

BEEBE’S  FERTILIZER 


There  In  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  grostnr  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  nolo  of  tho  Family  Knitting 
Muahlno,  and  there  Is  no  mnohlne  thut  nossessis 
ono-hulf  the  fiuslltlios  which  urn  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  family  use  as  the 


Bleacher  and  Other  Matters. 

This  I'erllHner  Is  composed  of  the  gates,  Ac.,  of  coal 
of  ell  sorts,  liuving  carbon,  with  cokes,  combined  or 
otherwise.  I  claim  the  process  of  extracting  from 
nuy  kind  of  coal  or  coke,  gases,  Ac.,  by  tho  use  ol 
heat  or  ciihluutlon,  and  grinding  and  placiug  the 
coal  In  water,  where  the  gases  will  escape  and  Uu 
hold  with  tho  oxygon  or  the  water.  Tlio  <<>hr»  urc 
tilled  without  calcination.  This  Haunt  I-  spread  over 
the  land  and  every  kind  of  growing  crop  having  a 
root.  In  the  soil.  I  *1*0  sow  the  ground  coal  and  coke, 
or  either  of  them,  over  the  "W,  crop «.  Ac  ,  and  pot 
them  Into  the  bill  or  drill  with  the  seed  <  being 
n  reeel n hh>  »orm»Uon.  contains  about  >'  per  cent,  or 
oarhun.  which  U  the  only  element  or  roHonrco  loft  us 
tor  restoring  «„i/>,  vegolatUin,  Ac. 

l  also  use  this  Uu"*“  «»  »  «o»J  alkab  for  various 
Diirnosns.  1  claim  owl  und  cokes  and  the  alkalies,  as 
aiwrro,  as  a  buss?  for  oommerclsi  nnd  manufacturing 
purposes,  etc.,  etc.  i «  (aim  us  CDS  pruparty  of  It,  the 
reducing  Of  all  sufl  loetiOs  In  combination  and  solvi- 
tloti  with  It.  in  iromii.oo-f  i.  i-Hiii  nnd  (rnymi'm'i  goods 
and  ntiers  ot  erory  description.  includlug  soups,  tan¬ 
ning  Aides  and  curing  sko,.,  and  Improving  and  mak¬ 
ing  water-light  nil  kinds  of  leather.  snd  for  bronxlng, 
Coloring,  shading  and  dyeing  the  above,  or  any  other 
material,  or  sillier  of  thorn,  rtbrt  for  givijig  luster  to 
all  pelolfld  nr  varnished  surfaces. 

I  have  f-ir  some  time  past  manufactured,  used  nnd 
disposed  of  the  prodnels  of  all  til*  varieties  of  .  «il- 

clnod  coal*  and  ookes  above  nuue-d,  to  both  liquid 
and  dry  oondlWons.  as  »  cleanser  and  blaucbor  til  ail 
oleaginous  nnd  fatty  matter,  gums,  Ac.,  from  word, 
furs  is- id  ev.-rj  other  fiber,  snd  restoring  stained  cot¬ 
ton  nod  s tallied  goods,  threads  lwln*s  ourUuge,  Ac., 
cleaning  all  cloths,  and  preparing  and  cleansing  all 
cloths  for  receiving  dyos;  also  tor  removing  barks, 
Ac.,  front  "emp,  fl“».  Ac*,  *“  the  stalk  i  ts-  a.s-.; 

making  all  pager  stronger  ,  \ 


Its  simplicity  and  ease  of  management,  together 
51  with  its  capacity  fordoing  the  great  range  ot  work, 
A  and  Its  trifling  cost,  make*  it  u  matter  Of  economy 
3ft  for  every  family  to  have  one.  and  will  ultimately 
ml  bring  It  Into  »s  g'-ncrul  use  ns  the  Sewing  Machine. 
tti  The  practical  utility  of  the  machine  only  needs  to 
W  be  demonstrated  to  the  people  to  produce  an  un- 
limited  demand.  .  ,,  .. 

J  Many  sowing  Machine  AcenW.  finding  the  lu- 
W  exertftp  of  competition  and  tuo  dinit  ulty  of  ieillng 
”PrlC!<,|C^  niiicliliu'H  to  mjUtutr  iiK»iinht  a  flour- 
'U  tubing  bunlno**,  art?  taking  hold  of  tho 


BICKFORD 


nnd  meeting  with  the  greatest  anoeoss.  Mer¬ 
chants.  tl  ruling  lu  Hun  a  Bickford  B  Invention  a 
cheap,  simple  snd  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
find  it  pronto tde  to  nurchoAo  and  keen  on  sale. 
The  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  docs 
not  ronulre  the  "eternal  vlgll.inc«  '  to  roll  this 

machine  as  In  thoeasoof  sewing mnchintH. _ 

A  gent"  Wanted  Every  wliere.  Hood,  "'art 
Men  onn  make  *50  T’BR  WEKK  AND  uXPiNHKg. 
for  Instruction*  und  ClfCOlRM,  l  rice  t-k) 

to  |50, 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  HICK  FORD,  Prealdvat. 
Office  and  Salesroom,  6$9  Broad w&y,  N.Y. 


en  goons.  mrusu«. 
tloths,  and  p  re  par  I 


. . . i  j  und  also  lor 

_ _  - . Whiter  ami  without  odor, 

and  in  the  manufacture  of  parchment;  also  for  de¬ 
odorising  rubber,  gutta  |iereha  and  all  gums  ;  and  for 
Improving  *1)  Klovo  material  and  cloves,  und  color¬ 
ing  and  strengthening  the  same  ;  unto  for  Impimlng 
metals,  quit  or  wrought,  or  manufactured  Into  ar.y 
article,  and  all  bright  und  polished  surfaces— tele- 
graph  and  all  surface  wires,  piano  and  all  musical 
and  stvlnfi  luster  tint!  pollaLi  to  ttu*  sume  .  *P'o* 
tiles  "muobTuery,  Ac.,  Including  Iron  buildings,  rulls 
and  rolling  flock.  Iron  StpsmkhlBH  <>r  vessols,  arms 
and  nrniumeuts,  engines,  hollers,  Ac.,  by  Closing  and 
pouting  the  surl aeeii  with  this  absolutely  Indestruct¬ 
ible  com  pound,  preventing  rust  and  oxidation  ;  also 
for  converting  Iron,  through  ibis  inexpensive  pro- 
ness.  Into  steel.  It  also  draws  llic  saps  and  closes  the 
surfaces  of  ail  Mulshed  «  oish«,  ejirpentry,  timber,  Ao„ 
and  the  enriching  and  staining  »f  any  of  such  woods; 
also  hardening,  smoothing,  iriurhicuing  all  plastered 
wollf, through  mimhlnntlon,  with  or  without  coloring 
mutter  ;  cleansing  mid  lint) roving  all  stone  and  brick 
surfaces,  by  combining,  filling  and  making  smooth 
nnd  Indestructible  surfaces,  thus  protecting  them 
from  the  wont  liar;  und  tor  applying  the  above  pru- 
e.-KS  to  all  works  In  marble  ana  stone,  such  ns  sculp¬ 
ture,  Ae.,  and  removing  stein,  from  painted  lion,  etc. 

1  also  claim  ill''  at1”'*'  coni  pound  u-  an  auii-fihaion 
agent  or  entiling  for  gunnery.  I  also  el  aim  the  clean¬ 
sing  and  clarifying  ol  ail  oils,  varnishes,  etc.,  etc.,  by 
the  use  of  this  ooiil  and  water  compound.  1  also 
claim  Improvement  III  the  manufacture  of  lllural- 
listing  and  warming  gas,  by  cleansing  and  dei.rtorlv.- 
Ing  t  he  same,  and  affording  greater  illuminating  and 
heating  power,  hr  |«a.-«lng  the  said  gases  through 
this  coal  nod  water  compound ;  and  also  that  thla 
compound  Is  a  universal  dislnfoeliuil. 

A-.  to  the  fertilising  iiropnrlb-s  or  tho  Cokes  or 
coat*,  above  rotorred  to.  it  would  tut  a  simple  way  of 
tetUng  their  Immense  value,  by  using  or  spreading 
on  an  aero  of  common  land  ttooui.  two  tone  or  less  ot 
ground  ,'okui  or  one  ton  ur  less  of  the  |«re  cured  coal, 
or  about  two  tons  or  Uuwnt  the  p.-epared  tliiooiuu, 
wttli  deep  plotting,  for  producing  a  larg<*  crop  ttf  im¬ 
proved  tobacco,  hemp.  Mux.  or  any  other  staple  or 
crop  for  two  or  throe  veara;  or  It  may  lie  spread  In 
liquid  form  (in  uuautlties  of  «i  l"»  to  tii"  barrel, 
which  euu  be  rnflUed  four  Or  live  lllinis  »n<1  retain  Its 
properties.)  with  a  street  Mprlnkltug  apparatus,  once 
or  twice  a  week,  for  two  or  ihnyo  weeks,  for  the  pro- 
iluutlon  of  two  crops  of  hay  auriusliy. 

1  have  made  use  of  these  compound'  for  noth  mak¬ 
ing  and  llxlng  dyes  for  goods,  etc,,  und  also  In  iiiukmg 
cloths  and  all  substances  impervious  to  water,  and 
In  adding  luster,  e  -d  i  c  / tl,  to  I  he  surface  of  all  cloths, 
by  •ponging  or  otherwise .  also  for  glaring,  whiten- 
(iij.  y|*  cR»ltirlniJ  nil  i*oii^Uiui,HU<l  Intlic  nuuiufRCturo 
of  the  above  ware,  stone  ware,  pottery,  etc.,  etc. 

The  soaps  mad-  by  Oils  eompuumJ  have  hteucblng 
dualities  thut  sLr-riKlln.il  fiber  Instend  Of  injuring  It, 
and  great  bctsUng  iiuaUtios  for  t.arlierssud  toilet  use  j 
also  ohotee  pleparaUotm  of  “  (Ti/sf  d  .  'oat  'I  d'', 
(triulo-tnark  name,)  caroful I*  prepared  for  ladles 
use.  Its  whlhiul'iR  and  uurtfyll'g  effecta  upon  the 
skin  and  flue  billet  properties  urv  atbalnahlc  Hi  no 
other  way  but  through  lid*  process 

I ‘iirth-s  wishing  b.  lease  or  am  urc  rights  for  any  or 
all  of  these  Inventions,  or  form  companion  for  t  hem, 
wilt  please  address  me  for  particulars.  1  claim  to  be 
the  Inventor  ol  the  ubove,  under  the  1  utcnl  Laws, 
und  I  have  made  suooa»»tul  "ipurltnonis  timrcwuii. 
I  am  prepared  to  furnish  tha  iiroducUsand  compounds 
of  coal  and  watar,  eutnliinert  witli  rluc  or  any, other 
metallic  BubslJinco.  for  the  protoetton  of  ship  s  bot¬ 
toms,  and  all  metallic  and  outer  sarf aces. 

A  ijV  dit  hl.hnifi 
59  A:  «1  Mberljr  StM  New  York. 


IMITATION  GOLD  WATCHES  &  CHAINS 


Write  for  a  I'rloo  List  to  .).  It •  JOHNSTON 

GIOTWKIE!N3«3«S»JdBltWf)wc 


^JCUI  ;4*ul»Unition,?! 


fill  ME,  DIONKt  AM)  (STRENGTH  mATLO 
I  by  using  Clark’s  I'nlenl  Tobncc.  Riilgcr 
und  Hilling  Flow.  The  tmml  cmplvtc  Implement 
ever  pul  Into  tho  I. Budget  tin-  banner.  It  i-  the  situ 
plwst.  euslsst  UundUtd.  and  take»  up  no  more  room 
than  an  ordinary  plow.  It  vuMnhlnca  rour _of  t  ha  nmst 
valliahto  to. .Kin  one. snd  w  il  li  One  Horse  and  Roy  w  111 
do  nioro  work  than  ten  men.  A»  a  luhacoo  I  Huger  it. 
has  no  equal.  As  a  lOUtni;  Flow  It  stands  unrivu  ed. 
Asa  oultlvulor  of  all  crop*  that  require  lulling  UU 
unsurpHS*ed.  Asn  Hovso  Ho. uotUlng pompurus  with 
ll  Send  for  Circular,  and  get  description  of  the  host 
il,Ve  of  tools  rvvr  put  into  the  hands  4.1  the  Parmer. 
llKHJANCM  M  t«'C  CO.,  rilgganum.  t’<uiu. 

THE  TJJNTI03NT  JVI LW  AY 

HOUSE  POWER. 

td^tf'W  This  superior  Power 

fv  JJf  Tpt.'yKj'aVy-  produces  much  more 

~  power  than  other  ratl- 

[S',  to  — 2  way  powers,  and  with 

P / /e— *  (— »,  w— I.^i  errv  math  W«  ili  ixi- 
Yl WrSSaJjWV  II  (P/n.  Also,  Improved 
V  j  -  !  Ij_  Threshers,  Farm  tlrlat 

iei!^  .s'*mO»V  'Or.u-Hpflfr 
Kglttj  f  'ircutar.  Addn*as 


Clarke’s  Dollar  Instructor, 

For  Rood  Organs. 

Clarke’s  Dollar  Instructor, 

For  Piano-Forte. 

Clarke’s  Dollar  Instructor, 

For  Violin. 

Throe  vary  attractive  uud  usoful  Instruction  books; 
design "d  fur  thoso  who  wish  to  take  a  partial  uj  c 
eusy  c  )urse !  Full  of  bright,  popular  music  for  prat.- 
lice  tlm  first  two  ojUtaifilng  each  nculy  70  tunts 
and  the  luet  Fid  tunes,  bealdu  oxercisos. 


Tho  only  prftotleal  Cherry-Stoner  made.  It  leaves 
the  fruit  plump  nod  round,  with  Us  Juices  praserved. 
Sold  In  all  inarkata,  bend  *1  tor  safiiPle- 

II.  ll.  uwiiiir.i.iii 

Hole  Manufacturer,  66  Chum  bar-  St.,  New  York. 
Works  at  Antrim,  N.  H.  .  w.  . 

P  H.  Also.  Hole  Manufacturer  of  Lightning  aud 
Turn-Table  Appla-Farars,  Lightning  I’ouch-l'urara, 
and  Climax  Apple  Corcr  nnd  Hllcor. 


HTKACNH  DANCE  ittllSU'. 

Fpr  Violin  or  Klula  and  Fiano, 


THE  ROCHESTER 

f  BERRY  BASKET, 

'u  In  which  Berries  carry  arid  Bell  beat. 


inucr'a  Violin  uud  Fiuto  Duetl.. 

For  3  Violins,  or  3  Flutes,  or  Vlollu  aud  Mute, 


Agent*  wanted.  Clrcuhus  free.  Ad- 
dross  General  Ag-nts,  „  . 

JOHN  H.  COLLI  NH  \  CO..  Moorosbiwn,  N.  J. 

r  BIO  BNtmAVMRH.  FRINTKHH,  Af.  Large  stock 
I  well  soasonod  and  prepared  BorwOl,  Mahog¬ 
any,  Maple  and  Fine.  V  a.vdeii  in  no  n ,  W  i;u.h  aJ  <>., 
Type,  Cii bluet  A  Prew  Wuruboufte,  \*  tiuteh  ftt.  N.  Y 

in  mum 

lU  Dumlljllh  i;!aora0dObyNauVhe-prc« 

and  60,000  farmers.  It".  Piv  TO  AukSTS  H""lphl 
and  terms  to  dealers  sent  by  mull  on  receipt  of  ft. 
The  ivvt.N  roit's  M a n U v'ti  C0..L6  ltriM>iway.  N.  Y. 


HIJCCESHOn  TO  FROST,  BLACK  A  CO., 

Hus  Just  the  thing  thut  Is  naodud  by  tho  people, 

PA.TBI1JT 


IJAUMKK*.  HE  St  Elf  AND  EXAMINE 

F  theruperloi  Huy  (spreader  1  It  is  the  cheapest, 
iiiost  ooni|*l»#t$>uncl  immt  ilny  l  '•tv.\<tr  €Vf»r  put 

Into  the  (laid.  Read  a  fa W  of  tliooomments  r**oolred. 
Stmd  fur  circular  and  dcscnpUon  to  HILL  AN  U  M 
M  F'ti  CO.,  Ulgganuui,  Ot, 


Alt ic If !  SIONI)  FOH  A  NrisuiiiBiT. 

1  A  full  Cutnlogue  of  our  Htandard.  MUcollaneout 
nd  lllustrai.il  J 11  van  Hr  Books.  *»r  iPdrtmn  aum- 
ars  of  Oliver  Optic's  MsgHlIne.  sent  by  mail  free. 

LMK  *  BltlCFARD,  Fubltihars.  Boston 
hare  all  publloamirs  may  be  found. _ _ 

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my  house  guaranteed  as  represented. 

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of  Lime  (Acid  Phosphate)!  Muriate  ot  Potash,  Ac 
Also,  No.  1  Peruvian  G'i»no_:  Ground  Honot;  Am 
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let  Wft:  ,* — L-t/Se.  the  worst  case  of  raw  aud 

M  Inflamed  neck  In  I'm  Da  g*. 

Wk.,  .  1  >'•  D . . uni k  the  ii..r«<ri*n/d«g; 

-E7  g  and  will  not  chafe  or  wear 
XkV  ®  •  ‘Jf  #  the  mane.  For  sale  by  Had- 
V  ,1  lery  Hardware  Ucalsrs and 

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tured  by  the  ZINC  COLLAR  PAD  CO.,  Bu.  hanan. 
Mich.  Information  fumliiliod  on  appneaUou, 

riUIK  SUPERIOR  HAY  M'ltlltflHt  cam 


DANhALLhl  NUfTRAL  MIEI'- 
Xu  11  Hit  l>  :  A  Cowplet®  Treatls*  on 
thr  iirerdluK,  Wann*c»»»enl  and 
DltniwK  of'  Nlieeii. 

This  Work,  by  the  Hon.  llKNitY  fL  BANBAi.lj. 
1,1,  It ,  (author  of  ”  Sheep  Husbandry  In  tiic  8d»>th, 

“  Fill!'  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry,’  Ac.,)  Is  the  Stan d- 
nrd  Authority  mi  ilia  Subject,  It  i»  tha  most  00m- 
i.lnin  snd  T.  ltnhle  Treatise  n  Amnrtoati  Sheep  11  ««- 


Has  a  downward  pressure  upon  tho  tooth.  Just  suf¬ 
ficient  to  rtiku  the  hay  without scrntolUUdf  the  ground. 
Needs  no  constantly  olninging  proSAure  or  tN«  root 


I  not  bu  Hurpuascd  for  W01  tmanahlp, 

aud  I  jghtnuss  of  Draft. 


xv  Mims  nil  1  uunuiiiuy  a* . .  •  •  •  p.  . .  -  '  ...  .  _ 

or  luind  upon  levers  to  keep  it  to  Its  work,  works 
well  on  rough  or  smooth  laud  und  lu  till  kinds  of 
grass.  Is  of  light  draft  anil  easy  to  operate. 

MADE  ONLY  BY 


JANES  <&.  KIRTLAWD, 

UANO  FA  Cl*  U I'  Kits  OP 

FOUNTAINS,  VASES, 

XMD 

Garden  Ornaments, 

K,  If)  4.V  I  -A  Rowdu  Hi. .  New  York._ 

rill  IK  (SUPERIOR  HAY  HA*  READ  Ell.  saved 
I  mn  two  hundred  dollars  oa  my  hay  lust  season. 


anufactured  BYADRIANCE.PLATT&CO 

STYLES,  SIZES  &  PRICES  TO  SUIT  ALL  FARMERS 

D*»*rtagr»  Clrvntir*  Parw*rd*"l  by  M»U. 


AMES  PLOW  COMPANY 


W  A  K  K  H  O  U  «  E  : 

53  BccJiman  St.,  Now  York, 

and  Quincy  "Tall,  Boston 

SEND  FOR  DLSC1UFT1VE  CIRCULAR. 


WE  WOULD  NOT  HELI,  OUR  HUl’E- 
rior  Huy  Hprnudrr  for  five  Lutes  its  east  U 


we  could  not  obtain  another. 


JUNE  7 


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NEWS  CONDENSER. 


A  sheep  epidemic  prevails  In  Vermont. 

—  Schenectady  will  abolish  her  colored  school. 

—  The  Grand  Pacific  liotel  of  Chicago  is  open. 

—  Worcester,  Mass.,  la  to  have  a  Uolly  Tree 
Inn. 

—  Plymouth  Church,  Brooklyn,  lias  3,300  mem¬ 
bers. 

Lithographic  stone  has  been  discovered  !u 
Utah. 

—  The  last  Republican  newspaper  In  Georgia 
is  dead. 

Portland,  Mo.,  will  spend  $3,500  on  the  4th 
of  July. 

Tho  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  Navy  Yard  employs 
350  men. 

—  The  l  ack  room  bars  of  Boston  do  a  lively 

business. 

—  Cincinnati  is  to  have  a  Hebrew  Theological 
Seminary. 

The  Chinese  immigration  to  California  Is 
increasing. 

—  Boston  is  now  but  aovon  hours  distant  from 
New  York. 

—  Connecticut  lias  reduced  its  debt  one-half 
In  six  years. 

A  signal  station  la  to  bo  established  on 
Pike’s  Peak. 

Tho  ruins  of  the  Paris  City  Hall  are  to  bo 
demolished. 

The  lobster  factories  in  Maine  are  doing  a 
good  business. 

Three  men  make  all  tho  artificial  eyes  worn 
in  this  country. 

—  England  should  declare  her  neutrality  In 
tho  Modoc  War, 

Chicago  has  raised  Its  money  for  an  Indus¬ 
trial  Exposition. 

New  Ycij’k  has  an  Association  ef  Life  Insur¬ 
ance  Companies. 

—  California  agriculturists  have  begun  the 
cultivation  of  ginger. 

According  to  a  Boston  paper,  women  smoke 
in  New  York  street  cars. 

—  Boston  has  voted  to  have  no  fireworks  or 
balloon  on  tho 4th  of  July. 

The  Rhode  Island  strike  Is  ended,  and  tho 
operatives  have  gone  to  work. 

■  There  will  lie  a  grand  trial  of  farming  Im¬ 
plements  near  Tndianapolifl,  on  tho  23d  of  Juno. 


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G  It  BAT  NKN  NATION  l-Aunti*  ll'mif.d  Bo 
h'rtr  la-r/r.  r/inti  Gold  Address,  ai 
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once, 


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I  Agents  wanted.  Huslness  entirely 
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“Josiah  Allen’s  Wife” 

II AH  WROTE  A  BOOK, 

In  spite  of  JottnE's  determination  not  to  spend  a  cent 
to  hire  any  one  to  read  It. 

$500  a  mouth  can  bo  mada  selling  this  book. 

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dress  AMERICAN  rcni.imiiNG  CO,. Hartford, CL, 
for  Clroulurs  and  full  InforuUltloti. 


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SAMUEL  SLOAN . Pros’ t  Del.  Ac  Lack.  It.  It.,  cor.  Willluin  Ac  Kxchmigu  Place. 

H1CIIAHD  SCHELL . 31  Broad  St, 

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Address  1 1  <1  n  River  Wirt*  Co.,  130 
Malden  Lane,  N.  Y..  or  Clilrngo,  Ill. 


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IV1  U  II  C  I  ouMIU.  Catalogues,  samples  and  par- 
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HUlII  I  V  liiu  Inter. -el  and  Uislorluiil  value  Tlu> 
Grout  Biot*  uf  New  \  ark,  from  thu  Kiuve  Riots 
of  colonial  times  to  the  present  day.  Ity  lion.  .). 
T.  IlKAiu.KY,  the  dlsilngiil.di.sl  anl  lior  of  “  Sacred 
Mountains,’'  *'  Napoleon, ’’  Ac.  Illustrated.  *2. 

H.  11.  TREA  T.  tHV.  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


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Broadway.  Tho  moneys  arising  from  tho  sale  of  the  stock  hereby  sold  uro  paid  Into  the  Uulon  Trust 
Company,  and  cannot  lie  puld  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchors  showing  that  the  money  has 
boon  notuully  and  honestly  oxpondod  in  tho  erection  of  tho  Industrial  Exhibition  Building  or  In  acquir¬ 
ing  title  to  land, 

Tho  land  of  tho  Company  Is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  hounded  us  follows DStli  to  1012d  Streets 
and  .‘Id  to  4th  Avenues;  comprising  305  21-25  city  lota,  or  about  23  acres. 


A  RARE  CHANCE ! 

Wo  will  pay  all  Agent*  fhi  per  week  In  Cash  who 
will  engage  with  us  vr  oNcn.  Everything  furnlshiid 
and  expenses  paid.  Address 

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Charlotte,  Mich 


each  week.  Au’ls  wanted.  Business  new  and 
legitimate.  /l|tfle  .v  .  v>.,  78  .Vujciuu  .St, ,  N,Y, 


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Five  per  cent,  at  time  of  subscribing,  and  the  balance  In  Installments,  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent 
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on  Nuw  York  Island  and  the  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  the  same. 

In  necorditneo  with  tho  charter  and  by  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  tho  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  21th,  1872,  tho  following  iiiciiibniMlikpM  have  boon  created  uud  are 
offered  for  sale : 

At  the  above-named  places  and  by  authorized  Aguuts  throughout  tho  United  Stuton. 

The  proper  holder  of  any  of  those  Is  entitled  to  Tree  admission  to  the  Industrial  Exhibition,  the 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  the  Garden  of  Plants  durlug  tho  time  It  Is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  the  duration  of  tho  membership. 

These  memberships  do  not  entitle  the  holder  to  admission  to  special  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  tho  Exhibition  Company. 


1 1.  F  MTN  W  \  M  T  If  ||  Practiced  hands  for  best  books. 
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CANVASSING  BOOKS  SENT  FREE  FOR 


U'iirut  3/n.otvumcnt'i 


On  MauUood,  Womauhood  and  their  Mutual 
Inter-relations  ;  Love,  Its  Laws,  Power,  etc. 

Agents  are  selling  from  'All  to  30  eoples  of  this 
work  a  day,  nod  we  s.-ml  a  canvassing  hook  free  to 
tiny  book  agent.  Address,  staling  c.tpmJunco,  etc., 
NATIONAL  PUBLISHING  CO  ,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


(Established  in  1834,) 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 


Agents  Wanted  lor  this  foarloas  book.  It  com¬ 
prises  the  Adventures  ami  Experience  of  a  Woman— 
ice. On.  by  /(cm //—for  years  the  wlfu  of  a  Mormon 
Prophet— disclosing  all  that  is  mysterious,  wicked 
and  startling.  Lull  uf  tnrllliug  ud vuntnre,  humor¬ 
ous  and  pathetic  scones,— tpu  most  fasouintiox  book 
extant.  Portrait  of  the  Authoress,  and  of  leudlng 
Mormon*,-  an  a  «u<(  icami  n.  Life  mid  Keanus  In 
Utah,  *tc.  For  Circulars,  address 

HARTFORD  PUHL1SHINO  CO.,  Hartford,  Ot. 


A  CARD  TO  THE  PUBLIC: 

Partlos  desiring  to  purchase,  and  residing  In 
town*  wiioro  our  Plano- Forte*  are  not  repre¬ 
sented  by  agents,  can  purchase  direct  from  us, 
at  a  reduction  from  factory  prices,  until  an 
agency  Is  established.  Write  for  Circular  and 
Price-List.  Boxing  and  delivery  at  railroad 
depot  iu  New  York  I'lty  free. 


MEMBERSHIPS. -PRICE  AND  KIND. 


A  NEW  AND  EUGANT  KNGKAVING  FOB  AC  I.  NTS, 

THE  Q00D  PART 

or  Female  Agent  Wanted  In  every  Town  to  take  or¬ 
ders  by  sample  Largo  Profits.  VVrlte  for  terms,  ,v.\ 
GKu.  M.  PURINE,  Publisher,  Mi  Kendo  St..  New  York. 


dn*»  1st.  l*rice  $10.  30  Admissions 


Entitling  the  purchaser  to  thirty  ad  missions  to  tho  Exhibition.  Not  transferable 

Price,  $10. 


$|5Q  ABUTS.  1813.  AMTS. 

V  1  W  r  1  MAMMOTH  DOUBLE  MAP 


DO  Admissions 


Class  2d 


Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable 

Price,  $20. 


of  United  (Suites  and  World.  New 
State  Maps  ami  Charts.  Sulablo 
everywhere.  Live  men,  with  small 
or  largo  capital,  write  for  Catalogue 
to  E.  C.  BRIDGMAN,  6  Barclay  -St., 
Now  York. 


Class  »d.  l»rice  #10.  JtOO  Admissions 


U/flBtflNn  PI  ACC  MALE  OR  female, 
if  U  It  A  1 11  U  vi-HwO  $80  a  week  guaranteed. 
ItespCC  tuple  employ  meat  at  U'  quo,  day  or  av  eulng  ;  no 
oupltul  required  ;  lull  Instruction*  and  valuable pack¬ 
age  of  goods  sent  free  by  mull.  Address,  with  tic.  re¬ 
turn  stamp,  M.  YuU.no  a  Co.,  173  Greenwich  8i.,  N.  V- 


Not  transferable 


Entitling  tlio  purchaser  to  throe  hundred  and  sixty  admissions 

Price,  $40. 


I’ia/sw  Itli.  Price  #100.  I.iie 


VGENTK  WANTED  fur  the  clearest,  fulliuit  m  id 
most  effective  family  medical  book  ever  pabll-h- 
ed.  ilkAU'ii  at  Home.  Written  by  the  celebrated  Dr. 
Ham.  of  Journal  of  Health.  Deals  with  all  subjeots 
delicately  ami  exhaustively.  Circular*  Mint.  Adore** 
8.  M.  UKTT8  A  CO.,  Hartford,  CL,  or  Chicago,  111, 


Tei  in*  /item/, 


Entitling  tlie  purchaser  to  admission  at  auy  time  during  liSe ;  the  bulling  being  opeu  to 

the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 


A- GREAT 


'jrrej/awvv  uisejaq  ffer.  UoRAIK 

■  \* ..  "W-- >7 A T K US  A  SON,  481 

Hr  cad  war.  N.  Y.,  rn/1 
dispose  of  lOO  I’UNOS  on'/  OK«AJ«S  of  xlr*t- 
ti  I  lUTLKY,  of  *t- 


Ulnss  3lli.  Bamily  lor  1*1  lc.  Price  $300 


iUjt!  AbmiiU  wisnli.fl  f  All  of  working 

(wgiiU,  of  tiiJinr  tox ,  young  or  «!.l,  innK«  morti  nmnpy 
thulr  «FHr»  muui*(LlA  ur  nil  the  llmv  ILah  .« t  <U)J  11) Hi k 
•  •  liw*.  Aii.llrwd  G,  Sl)BV>u  A  Cv.,  PurClmitl,  Mains 


Entitling  the  purchaser  and  liis  immediate  family  [In  cssn  ut  tho  Lime  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  tho  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 


'  1»*«  mnkrra,  triflurltpg 
reinoly  low  prlcr*  for  cash.  ar  |«"xl  re*/i,  ami 
•'••lance  In  amnll  inonOily  juiyvltntt  Nrw  7- 
nro-rlai*  PIANOS,  all  modern  i*n- 
provritu'tits,  fnr  CO ih.  Organs  $*V5.  §75. 

■‘Ol  BLlMR  Jin  OHGAIVS,$IOOv4-S®OP, 
SI  IO,  S-STUP,  Sl-J-,,  upwards.  JLLl/STJtA TKl> 
('ATA/.OOvjc$  MAtl.Kn  Jbrnnc  stamp.  A  large  dis¬ 
count  to  Mm  liters,  Churches,  Sunday-Schools,  ifmprr- 

-  AIiENTK  wanteo. 


lUi^fUnneottj^ 


l»rice  #1,000 


Class  Dili.  HEKIlDITAKY  A  THAA'SFEKAKLl 


“  fiftl  II  ”  THE  GREAT  CURIOSITY  I 
OULU.  GENUINE  GOLD  QUARTER  DOL¬ 
LARS,  to  wear  us  ulutrms,  oriiMuenlr.  Ac.,  .to.  The 
moat  valuable  and  unique  or  all  kuopaakua.  War¬ 
ranted  nfliK  iidUi  yctiHluc  cum.  only  u  naiull  Int 
ever  made.  Sent,  scaled,  fur  40  eta.  uacii ;  5  for  $2. 
Can  ba  ha<J  only  from 

HUNTICH  A  CO.,  Illnadalo,  N.  H. 


Entitling  Uni  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
building  is  open  to  tho  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  used  by  the 
actual  owner.  Tho  holders  of  those  memberships  are  to  ho  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
tho  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  bo  grunted  them 
by  tho  Board  of  Directors. 

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TUlLIiAKDiS  PRACTICAL  DAI  It  Y 
HDSKANDItY  :  A  Complete  Treut- 
*"«  °«  Dairy  Farm*)  and  Farming, 
Dairy  Stock  and  Stock  Feeding, 

•  Milk,  Um  Management  and  Man¬ 
ufacture  Into  Rutter  and  Cheese, 
History  aud  Mode  of  Organiza¬ 
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BY  X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  Itt., 

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Yorker,  Lecturer  in.  Cornell  University,  Maine 
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Jiuliuitrial  ,'pcit. 


COL.  JAMES  R.  POWELL, 

Founder  of  the  City  of  Birmingham,  Ala. 

BY  MARY  DUFF -CORDON. 


In  the  whole  expanse  of  the  South,  from 
the.  blue  waters  of  the  PotorUae  to  the  prairies 
of  Texas,  there  is  probably  no  mall  so  uni¬ 
versally  known  and  distinguished  through 
the  wonderful  success  that  has  crowned  his 
energy  and  labors  as  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  In  the  material  development  of  the 
exhaustless  mineral  resources  of  the  South, 
especially  of  Alabama,  he  stands  forth  pre¬ 
eminently  us  its  Napoleon,  leading  it  on  to 
greater  victories. 

Born  on  the  7ch  ol-  December,  1814,  in 
Brunswick  county,  Virginia,  Col.  Powell’s 
early  years  were  passed  in  luxurious  ease. 
At.  the  age  of  seventeen  t  he  fortunes  of  his 
family  became  financially  wrecked,  and  sud¬ 
denly  he  was  called  upon  to  support,  aged 
parents  and  four  sisters  and  a  brother.  Re¬ 
moving  them  to  a  small  farm,  with  the  aid 
of  a  faithful  colored  man,  lie  toiled  by  day 
and  at.  night  taught  his  sisters,  not  being  able 
to  place  them  at  school.  After  two  or  three 
years  hail  passed,  with  only  a  horse,  fifty 
dollars  in  money  and  a  genteel  suitof  clothes, 
lie  sought  to  better  his  fortunes  in  the  fertile 
region  of  Southern  Alabama.  On  reaching 
his  destination,  lie  found  that  the  friends 
with  whom  he  purposed  staying  had  left  for 
Mississippi.  Lint  his  indomitable  spirit,  rallied 
friends  around  him,  and  in  a  short  time  he 
leased  the  leading  hotel  in  Montgomery, 
whither  he  removed  lvis  family,  and  was 
thus  enabled  to  complete  the  education  of 
his  sisters, 

la  1S7J7  he  went  to  Washington  City  to  bid 
for  a  mail  contract.  On  the  route  the  coach 
was  robbed  and  his  guarantees  were  lost ; 
but  his  Congessional  friends  supplying  the 
needed  security,  ho  entered  upon  his  career 
as  a  mail  contractor,  in  which  line  he 
achieved  such  distinction  that  the  outbreak 
of  (he  war  found  him  controlling  a  large 
share  in  every  stage  line  in  Alabama  and 
Mississippi,  together  with  lines  in  Oeorgia, 
Florida,  Louisiana  and  Texas,  and  eight 
hundred  shares  in  t  he  overland  mail  route  to 
.California  ;  this  latter  route  he  inaugurated 
in  1S5-,  audit  was  subsequently  established 
by  Congress,  The  annual  pay  of  the  Cali¬ 
fornia  route  was  one  million,  two  hundred 
uud  forty  thousand  dollars  per  annum. 
Among  all  his  experienced  partner-;  he  was 
the  leading  spirit.  No  contractor  in  all  the 
vast  mail  service  of  the  United  States  Gov¬ 
ernment  stood  so  high  in  official  circles  in 
Washington  City,  and  very  few  commanded 
the  unlimited  confidence  reposed  in  him 
through  such  a  long  period.  From  a  limited 
beginning,  after  twenty  years  he  possessed  a 
controlling  interest  in  the  passenger  and  mail 
transportation  of  the  South  and  West,  in¬ 
cluding  the  ownership  of  four  thousand  five 
hundred  homes  and  mules — enough  to  mount 
a  small  army. 

Col.  Powell’s  name  has  no  record  upon 
the  tented  fields  of  the  late  war,  but  is  sur¬ 
rounded  with  a  halo  of  generous  deeds,  help¬ 
ful  ministrations  to  the  helpless  and  suffer- 
ing,  and  liberal  outlays  of  means  that  will 
outlive  the  brightest  laurels  of  the  warrior. 
One  act  alone  must  be  mentioned  : — The  lack 
of  a  supply  of  ice  in  the  Southern  hospitals 
during  the  summer,  caused  fearful  suffering. 
Tn  the  winter  of  18ij;i — t  ho  gathered  all  the 


force  of  men  and  teams  in  Montgomery,  at 
his  own  expense,  and  secured  a  large  quan¬ 
tity  of  ice  ;  for  this  ho  refused  the  sum  of 
forty  thousand  dollars,  and  presented  it  to 
the  hospitals.  How  many  a  gasping,  bleed¬ 
ing  soldier  in  blue,  far  from  the  snows  and 
firs  of  the  North  has  blessed  him  as  the  cool¬ 
ing  draught  touched  his  burning  lips  —  bum- 


COL,  JAMES 

ing  with  the  heat  of  battle  and  the  fever  of 
death.  How  many  a  son  of  the  Southland, 
lulled  into  forgetfulness  of  the  gash  of  saber 
and  shot  by  the  inspiration  of  that  ice,  has 
dreamed  of  fragrant  orange  and  magnolia 
groves,  fair  blooming  under  the  banners  of 
Peace  ! 

In  18G0  Col.  Powell  made  the  tour  of 
Europe,  and  again  revisited  those  classic 
shores  of  the  old  world  in  1870.  Upon  his 
return,  fully  convinced  of  the  necessities  of 
the  South  for  the  development  of  that  body 
of  mineral  treasure,  whose  proportions  are  so 
enormous  that  to  give  them  would  seem  as 
wild  as  the  stories  of  Aladdin’s  Lump,  he 
conceived  the  tremendous  Undertaking  which 
has  made  his  name  so  famous.  Li  the  midst 
of  a  valley  fair  as  Wyoming  ;  at  the  base  of 
an  iron  mountain  containing  inure  ore  than 
any  similar  deposit  on  the  globe  ;  in  the  cen¬ 
ter  of  a  coal  region  vast  enough  to  supply  the 
world  for  centuries  ;  at  the  intersection  of 
A.  &  C.  and  L.  N.  and  Great  Southern  Rail¬ 
road  and  of  six  other  roads  now  building, 
where  for  years  a  cotton  field  had  been  culti¬ 
vated,  he  chose  the  location  of  his  city,  to 


which  he  gave  the  appropriate  name  of 
“  Binning  lmrn.” 

In  August,  1871,  in  company  with  his  ac¬ 
complished  engineer,  Mr.  Baker,  he  laid  off 
the  avenues  and  streets  of  a  large  city, 
arranging  every  detail  with  that  good  judg¬ 
ment  and  eye  to  the  necessities  of  a  thickly 
populated  manufacturing  mart  which  has 


FI-  POWELL. 

since  proved  so  wise.  \t  the  present  time  it 
has  one  hundred  and  fifty  stores,  tile  major 
portion  of  them  being  built  of  stone  and 
brick,  two  and  three  stories  high  ;  over  six 
hundred  residences  ;  six  churches,  five  hotels; 
a  first-class  bank,  whose  enormous  building 
of  iron  and  stone,  with  Mansard  roof,  would 
attract  attention  iu  New  York,  ludeed  the 
style  of  architecture  of  all  the  buildings 
would  do  credit  to  a  city  ol’  fifty  thousand 
population.  A  Union  Passenger  Depot,  four¬ 
teen  brick  kilns ;  several  grist  and  flouring 
mills  ;  railroad  machine  shops  ;  foundries  ; 
sash,  door  and  hlind  factories  ;  a  first-class 
car  factory  ;  two  fire  companies;  Bible  socie¬ 
ties  ;  good  schools,  &e.  On  a  hill  some  two 
miles  distant  from  the  city,  of  which  it  com¬ 
mand  a  fine  view,  are  the  water  works,  just 
completed  at  enormous  cost.  The  reservoir 
can  be  Oiled  with  a  million  gallons  of  water 
every  twenty -four  hours  ;  pipes  convey  the 
water  to  all  parts  of  the  city.  As  the  El 
Dorado  of  iron  masters,  the  character  of  its 
population  is  the  very  best.  Here  one  can 
meet,  attending  to  their  various  interests, 
the  Thomas’  of  Lehigh,  Pa. ;  Hillman  of 


Tennessee  ;  Woodward  of  Wheeling,  Va., 
the  owner  of  the  largest  nail  factory  in  the 
world,  and  many  of  the  wealthiest  iron¬ 
masters  of  England  and  Wales.  Furnaces  in 
every  direction  illuminate  (lie  night  with 
their  glare;  and  all  this  has  been  accom¬ 
plished  under  the  leadership  of  Col.  Powell 
in  less  Ilian  two  years.  Universally  beloved 
and  respected  by  all  the  citizens  of  Birming¬ 
ham,  he  is  not  only  its  founder,  but  major. 
He  has  exercised  sleepless  vigilance  in  sur¬ 
rounding  his  city  with  the  bulwarks  of  law 
and  order,  and  has  used  herculean  efforts  for 
the  establishment  of  free  schools  for  the  chil¬ 
dren  of  the  worthy  working  classes,  con¬ 
tributing,  as  usual,  liberally  towards  them. 

Before  the  war  Col.  Powell  was  married 
to  an  accomplished  Southern  lady,  the  graces 
of  whose  mind  and  manners  and  intellectual 
gifts  qualify  her  for  the  exalted  position  as 
helpmeet  to  such  a  hero.  His  only  child,  a 
daughter,  beautiful  as  a  dream  of  Southern 
roses  and  lilies,  is  pursuing  her  education  iu 
the  best  schools  of  Italy.  In  personal  ap¬ 
pearance  ho  is  above  the  average  bight, 
shite ly,  dignified,  yet  gentle  in  his  manner, 
with  a  pleasing  and  easy  flow  of  language.  A 
temperate  and  energetic  life  has  left  few 
wrinkles  on  a  noble  face,  over  which  a  rosy 
flow  of  health  lingers  ;  the  clear  eye  sparkles 
with  the  enthusiasm  of  youth  ;  a  mass  of 
snowy  hair  crowns  a  brow  which,  like  a 
tablet,  recort  s  only  generous  deeds  and 
great  ones.  His  knowledge  of  men  and  the  r 
adaptability  to  certain  pursuits  and  places, 
amounts  almost  to  ai.  inspiration  ;  it  is  this 
gift,  allied  to  a  cairn  and  unfaltering  judg¬ 
ment.  a  tireless  will  and  industry,  that  is  the 
secret  of  his  success  in  life.  His  fortune  is 
very  large,  and  it  speaks  volumes  in  his 
praise  that  in  this  hour  of  his  country’s  need 
he  rofuses  ease  and  rest  to  accept  labor  and 
hardship.  Some  writer  has  truly  said  that 
“  it  is  an  heroic  aspiration  which  has  .stimu¬ 
lated  the  really  great  men  of  all  climes  and 
ages  to  scorn  delights  and  live  laborious 
days.”  His  name  is  added  to  that  long  list 
which  has  made  Virginia  famous  as  the 
mother  of  great  men  ;  his  record  is  curved  in 
imperishable  letters  on  the  roll  of  honor  of 
Alabama’s  best  and  noblest.  Not  by  one 
sudden,  dashing  act,  but  slowly,  steadily  and 
brilliantly  his  star  arose  to  shed  the  efful¬ 
gence  of  its  splendid  power  on  fair  hills  and 
valleys  where  erst  the  night  of  want  and 
wrecked  hopes  were  glooming  ;  his  raonu- 
meut.  rises  in  the  blue  dome  of  that  iron 
mount,  and  wondrous  young  city  at  its  base. 
No  one,  from  North  or  South,  meeting  and 
mingling,  hears  his  name  but  love  anil  revere 
it.  No  man's  life  means  so  touch  of  useful¬ 
ness  and  prosperity  to  Alabama  ;  no  man’s 
name  conveys  so  much  of  the  genius  of  en¬ 
ergy  ;  no  man’s  life  could  be  so  illy  spared  in 
all  the  domain  of  this  State,  as  that  of  James 
R.  Powell. 

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ZADOC  PRATT. 

Tins  eminent  Farmer  and  Tanner  prided 
himself  on  minding  his  own  business.  He 
did  not  spend  his  substance  in  rearing  a  pyra¬ 
mid  on  which  to  inscribe  his  material  achieve¬ 
ments,  bul  dedicated  a  huge  rook,  flve  hun¬ 
dred  feet  high,  to  the  perpetuation  of  his 
fan  a*.  He  cut  a  zigzag  pal  It  upward  along 
the  face  of  the  rock,  rendering  it  a  comfort¬ 
able  pathway  to  tread,  by  carved  chairs,  set¬ 
tees  and  Me  a  tetc-H  at  intervals.  Then  his 
sculptor  carved  the  patriarch's  bust  and  that 
uf  his  son  so  as  to  face  the  village  of  Pratts- 
ville  and  the  farm  opposite.  The  inscriptions 
are  :  —  ”23.000  pounus  of  butter,  made  from 
100  cows  in  180*1,  on  the  farm  opposite.” 
”1,000,000  sides  or  sole  leather  tanned  with 
hemlock  bark  in  twenty  years,  by  Z.  Pratt.” 


37S 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


cxfjaijnt  fikoiiomir. 


I  PLOWING  WITHOUT  DEAD  FUEEOWS. 

We  copy  the  following  from  the  Country 
Gentleman,  which  says  that  for  the  simple 
and  easy  mode  here  given  ol'  determining  the 
centers,  and  for  placing  the  sides  of  the  ecu 
tral  figures,  it  is  indebted  to  Prof,  Evans  am! 
Dr.  Potter  of  Cornell  Univeivity  : 

The  common  practice  among  farmers  in 
laying  out  ground  for  plowing  is  often  more 
or  less  defective.  The  crooked  furrows  so 
frequently  seen  occasion  many  inconvenien¬ 
ces,  beside  the  uneven  strips  of  land  left  in 
finishing  the  dead  furrows.  Crooked  line; 
for  sowing  or  drilling  grain,  for  Bowing  grass 
seed,  and  for  every  crop  planted  in  rows, 
cause  cont  inued  annoyance.  To  obviate  some 
of  these  inconveniences,  and  to  avoid  deac 
furrows,  some  farmers  do  much  of  their 
plowing  by  going  around  the  whole  field,  and 
by  finishing  at  the  middle.  Tills  practice  still 
has  some  disadvantage*.  A  dead  furrow,  it 
made  at  the  middle,  and  towards  each  corner, 


Fig.  1  FUtwul-  Field  /'irie  .i  ft  at  the  Middle, 
leaving  I ie.it  i!  I'ui'rau!>f. 


as  shown  in  fig.  1,  which  represents  a  field  in 
the  form  of  a  parallelogram  plowed  by  begin¬ 
ning  at  the  outside  and  going  to  the  center. 
Another  disadvantage  is  the  banking  up  of 
the  earth  against  the  boundary  Avails  or 
fences  by  successive  repititions.  The  dead 
furrows  are  avoided,  and  the  fence-banking 
prevented,  if  the  field  Is  plowed  by  beginning 
at  the  center,  and  plowing  towards  the  out¬ 
side,  giving  tlie  result  shown  in  fig.  3. 

There  Is  but  one  difficulty  in  beginning 
thus  at  tire  center,  and  that  is,  to  know  ex¬ 
actly  where  to  strike  the  first  furrow.  If  the 
field  is  a  true  parellelognun,  as  shown  in  the 
preceding  figures,  the  process  is  comparative¬ 
ly  simple.  Measure  across  the  ends,  take 
half,  anil  drive  a  few  stakes  in  a  straight  line 
through  the  middle  of  the  field.  Then  meus- 
ure  in  from  the  two  ends  of  thin  lino  a  dis¬ 
tance  equal  to  half  the  breadth  of  the  field, 
and  drive  stakes.  The  plowman  is  now 
ready  to  begin,  by  plowing  a  perfectly 
straight  furrow  between  these  two  stakes, 
and  then  going  backwards  and  forward* 
around  them,  throwing  the  furrows  inward, 
until  the  field  is  finished.  If  the  work  is 
accuratcly  laid  out,  and  the  plowing  well 
done,  the  last  furrow  will  come  out  even  and 
parallel  with  the  boundary  fence  on  every 
side. 

But  it  frequently  happens  that  the  field  is 
more  or  less  irregular  in  form.  A  little  more 
care  is  required  in  such  cases,  but  beside  this 
additional  care  there  is  no  difficulty  what 
ever.  Suppose,  for  example,  that  the  field  n 
in  the  form  of  a  triangle,  as  shown  in  fig.  8. 
The  first  thing  is  to  rletermiue  the  center,  or 
a  point  equidistant  from  the  three  sides,  l! 
may  be  done  by  the  “cut  and  try”  process, 
but  this  will  be  laborious  and-  tiresome,  and 
many  will  give  it  up  before  they  have  done, 
and  then  pronounce  this  mode  of  plowing  r 


Fia.  2.  Flowed  Field  Begun  at  the  Center. 


vexation,  because  they  did  not  begin  right. 
In  order  to  determine  the  con  tor,  bisect  two 
angles  of  the  fiold  in  the  following  way  : 
Measure  with  a  tape  line  from  the  angle  or 
corner,  an  equal  distance  along  the  two  sides, 
say  30  feet,  and  put  in  a  stake  at  each  point 
thus  measured.  Then  stretch  the  line  from 
stake  to  stake  (os  shown  by  the  dotted  lines  i 
and  take  ono-half  or  the  middle.  This  wili 
divide  the  angles  into  equal  parts.  Then  put 
in  a  few  small  stokes,  until  the  lines  thin 
staked  shall  meet  at  the  intersection  of  the 
dotted  lines.  Tliis  will  be  the  center  of  the 
field.  It  is  thus  found  in  a  very  few  minute*, 
but  it  will  require  a  long  t  ime  to  do  it  by 
guess  work.  Around  the  center  you  must 
begin  to  plow.  But  it  is  important  in  begin¬ 
ning  to  go  in  the  right  direction,  that  is, 
exactly  parallel  with  the  three  sides.  To  do 


this  accuratelv,  measure  a  few  feet  outwards, 
at  equal  distances  from  the  center,  and  set 
stakes  parallel  with  the  boundaries.  This 
will  form  the  t  riangle  a  b  c,  which  is  exactly 
similar  in  shape  to  the  field,  only  smaller. 
Mark  this  triangle  with  the  plow,  and  the 


j  ’uj.  .i  — Laying  out  Triangular  Field. 


work  is  begun  ;  or  to  plow  the  whole,  begin 
at  the  center  and  go  out  towards  the  triangle, 
a  king  care  to  coincide  with  it  when  you 
reach  it. 

As  the  plowing  advances,  measure  the 
listance  between  the  furrows  and  boundaries, 
to  see  if  you  are  going  right,  if  it  is  new  work 
to  you. 

There  is  a  mode  of  drawing  the  central 
triangle,  just  described,  with  mathematical 
accuracy,  but  it  is  hardly  necessary  to  resort 
to  it  in  common  cases;  we  therefore  omit  it. 

If  the  field  is  irregular  and  four-aided,  as 
represented  in  fig.  -4,  a  similar  process  may  be 
employed  for  determining  the  center.  First 
find  the  two  centers  a  and  b,  by  bisecting  the 
angles,  as  shown  by  the  dotted  lines  at  the 
comers.  Then  measuring  perpendicularly 
from  b  to  the  nearest  side  by  the  assistance 
ol'  the  square  placed  on  that  side,  (which  is 
moved  along  backward  or  forward  till  in  the 
right  place),  measuring  the  same  distanco 
from  the  other  side  at  c,  d  and  e,  making 
these  measurements  perpendicular  to  the 
•rides  by  means  of  the  square,  Stakes  driven 
in  at  the  ends  will  form  a  t  riangle,  around 
which  the  plow  is  run  till  tire  field  is  finished, 
Or,  if  this  triangle  is  too  large,  as  will  be  a; it 
to  be  the  case,  begin  at,  a  and  run  the  fur-  ’ 
rows  parallel  to  the  throe  sides  of  this  tri¬ 
angle,  and  the  work  will  come  out  right. 

Fig.  5  represents  an  irregular  five -sided 
field.  The  same  course  is  to  be  adopted  as 


Fin.  4  Laying  out  T'ritpiioklal  Field. 
before,  the  places  for  the  two  central  stakes, 
a  and  b,  being  first  found,  and  the  sides  of 
the  central  figure,  |parallel  respectively  to 
the  other  sides,  found  as  described  under 
fig.  4, 

It  will  make  the  plowing  easier,  plainer, 
and  more  accurate,  to  plow  light  furrows 
from  the  corners  In  towards  the  centers ; 
and  also  to  plow  light  furrows  to  form  the 
enter  triangle.  The  corner  furrows  will 
show  exactly  where  the  team  turns  and  the 
work  will  be  kept  in  more  accurate  shape. 

To  some  all  this  work  at  measuring  may 
seem  troublesome  and  needless  ;  but  it  will 
be  found  a  great  saving  of  labor  in  the  end. 
Any  one  can  understand  the  rules  given  by  a 
few  minutes’  att  ention  ;  and  after  some  prac¬ 
tice  a  large  field  may  bo  laid  out  for  plowing 
in  an  hour’s  time.  Without  such  measuring 
the  plowman  may  finish  on  one  side  of  a  fifty 
acre  field,  when  he  has  left  an  unplowed  strip 
on  the  other  two  or  three  rods  wide,  which 
will  cost  him  an  additional  day’s  labor  to 
plow,  unless  he  finishes  up  in  the  irregular 
manner,  with  a  dead  furrow. 

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EOAD  MAKING. 


“  Good  roads”  are  very  desirable  for  social 
convenience,  and  exhibit  the  intelligence  of 
any  community.  To  form  or  preserve  a 


Iici. 5. — Five-sided,  laid  Laid  Oat. 


good  road,  it  was  deemed  indispensable  to 
break  up  the  ground  to  the  full  width  of  the 
road-bed  and  its  side  ditches.  When  suitably 


plowed,  it  required  good  judgment  and  no 
small  amount  of  experience  to  arrange  the 
earth.  We  scraped  the  earth  each  way  from 
the  extremes  toward  the  centre  so  as, 
ulways,  to  give  the  road  a  regular  form  of  au 
ellipse.  Wc  were  very  careful  not  to  leave 
the  road  in  such  a  manner  that  water  would 
run  lengthwise  in  the  path.  We  were  also 
very  careful  in  forming  the  ditches,  to  coia- 
ilcicly  dear  them  of  loose  earth,  so  that 
water  flowing  from  the  road-bed,  would  run 
,o  the  extreme  outside  of  the  ditch,  before 
;t  took  a  direction  along  the  roadside.  Wc 
were  also  careful  to  make  places  for  the 
water  to  escape  from  the  ditches,  so  that  the 
ditches  were  not  deeply  worn  in  any  places. 

By  bo  doing,  we  had,  what  1  now,  alas  1 
but  rarely  see  in  the  country,  good  roads. 

In  this  connection,  I  wish  to  state  that  we 
have  so  many  “  young  gentlemen”  who  spend 
a  largo  amount  of  time  in  training  “  fast 
horses”  that  we  no  longer  have  “mudsills” 
who  delight  to  make  “good  roads.”  Much 
time  is  also  spent  In  smoking,  in  mutation  of 
our  “great  men.” 

To  unfold  tho  results  of  our  present  neg¬ 
lect,  allow  me  to  state  that,  not  our  “cross¬ 
roads”  alone,  arc  extremely  bad  to  travel, 
but  our  “  main  road”  between  Ferry  and 
Castile  railroad  station,  and  between  Castile 
station  and  the  village  of  Pike,  is  dangerous 
to  travel  both  in  spring  and  fall,-  to  say 
nothing  of  its  dreadful  condition  during  some 
winters.  A  true  description  of  our  roads 
ought  to  be  indicted  as  a  libel  ! 

In  this  connection,  allow  me  to  state  we 
have  some  of  the  fruit  of  the  Brewers’  Na¬ 
tional  Association.  They  c.rial-  not  live-  with¬ 
out  sufficient  land  to  keep  a  cow.  Our  special 
(almost  divine)  road-law  boars  hard  upon 
them.  When  wc,  who  raise  hurley  on  a  large 
scale,  can  spare  them  from  the  ale  house,  and 
want  their  labor,  we  hear  from  them  bitter 
complaints  against  the  farmers  who  will 
neither  give  or  sell  them  pasture  But  they 
must  not  pasture  the  roads.  We  formers 
have  a  protective  law.  Are  we  not  hard 
i  ousters  ?  Do  we  not  most  severely  beat  our 
servants  ?  Rufus  Feet. 

Castile  N.  Y. 


MAKING  MONEY  BY  FAEMING. 


Prosperity  attends  one  farmer,  ruination 
another  ;  many  get  a  good  living,  and  some 
turn  their  hand  to  some  other  calling  to  save 
them  from  losing  capital  ;  in  short,  agricul¬ 
ture  results  just  about  in  the  same  propor¬ 
tion  with  regard  to  profit  or  loss,  as  mercan  ¬ 
tile  pursuits.  Although  there  -are  many 
mistakes.  Although  there  any  many  misfor¬ 
tunes  which  foresight  and  good  judgment 
cannot  forestall,  and  the  same  run  of  com¬ 
mon  accidents  which  attend  every  business, 
yet  none  need  be  timid  in  entering  on  a  good, 
fair  average  farm  ;  for  if  all  particulars  have 
been  weighed  and  allowance  made  in  the 
purchase  money,  a  few  disadvantages  can  be 
readily  overcome.  Even  a  stock  farm,  badly 
watered,  should  not  be  discouraging,  as  this 
having  been  calculated  on,  there  are  plenty 
of  ways  to  secure  a  supply  from  rain  to  last 
through  the  longest  drouths  ;  and  where  the 
water  Is  kept  clean,  the  writer  lias  seen  it  in 
standing  ponds  preferred  to  spring  or  other 
fresh  water  by  horses,  cattle  and  sheep. 
This  is  mentioned  as  one  of  the  greatest 
drawbacks,  because  most  people  dread  the 
trouble  of  keeping  in  order  temporary  drink¬ 
ing  places  and  the  losses  sustained  by  neglect. 

Making  money  is  as  readily  attained  by  at¬ 
tention  in  farming  as  in  trade  ;  and  it  is  a 
common  error  to  suppose  this  is  to  be  accom¬ 
plished  only  by  the  sweat  of  the  brow.  In¬ 
dustry  is  absolutely  necessary,  but  tact  in  di¬ 
recting  labor  aright  is  bettor  than  merely 
leading  a  lot  of  men  by  working  every  bit  of 
flesh  and  atom  of  fat  oil'  tho  body.  Then  it 
is  essential  to  be  posted  in  the  market  value 
of  every  commodity,  which  can  only  be  done 
by  attending  auction  sales  and  rendezvous 
for  buying  and  selling.  A  money  making 
farmer  will  ascertain  the  prices  of  all  varie¬ 
ties  of  livestock  and  calculate  the  compara¬ 
tive  cost  of  raising  so  as  to  be  certain  which 
pays  best  ;  ho  will  also  find  out  how  butter 
or  cheese  making  andhow  wool  growing  will 
pay.  Doubtless  in  these  times  of  highpriced 
and  unreliable  manual  labor,  a  system  of 
farming  which  will  permit  of  a  great  deal  of 
the  land  lying  down  in  perpetual  grass,  would 
pay  more  for  two  reasons First,  less  ex¬ 
penditure  in  wages  would  be  required  and 
2d,  the  fertility  would  not  be  extracted  by 
selling  oil'  grain  and  corn. 

When  a  farm  has  to  be  bought  to  com¬ 
mence  an  agricultural  career,  the  climate  as 
well  as  the  soil  can  be  chosen  and  then  a  sys¬ 


tem  of  breeding  and  raising  stock  ran  be  con¬ 
trived  to  be  adapted  for  the  end  of  having  a 
good  deal  to  sell  with  very  little  to  buy.  How¬ 
ever,  when  a  farmer  has  become  well  versed 
in  the  price  of  all  kinds  of  live  stock,  it,  is  often 
|  that  opportunities  can  be  taken  to  buy  in  a 
low  market,  and  when  there  is  temporary 
depression,  and  by  feeding  with  any  grain  or 
other  food  Which  is  selling  cheap,  money  cun 
be  made  arid  tho  manure  from  the  consump¬ 
tion  will  increase  the  value  of  the  farm,  being 
in  imitation  of  John  .Johnson  and  a  few  oili¬ 
er  high  farmers,  but  which  is  very  common 
among  a  class  of  tenant  fanners  in  several 
districts  in  England  and  which  the  frequent 
great  catt  le,  markets,  taking  place  annually  at 
certain  dates,  enables  them  to  make  a  regular 
practice  of  ;  for  if  one  market  should  be  too 
high  to  answer  their  purpose  to  buy  they 
can  try  others.  Working  Farmer. 

♦  ♦> - 

THE  SECEET  OF  SUCCESS. 


The  great  cry  among  farmers  is  that  their 
farms  are  paying  them  no  profits,  and  that 
they  are  losing  rather  than  making  money. 
Now  this  is  true,  perhaps,  in  part,  but  it.  is  due 
in  a  majority  of  cases  more  to  mismanage¬ 
ment  than  to  crops  or  prices.  It  is  true, 
prices  of  produce  are  low,  and  labor  com¬ 
mands  a  compensation  far  in  advance  of  its 
real  value,  when  compared  with  tho  value 
of  its  productions.  But  while  such  is  the 
ease,  farmers  must  rely  more  on  their  brains, 
and  make  calculation,  overcome  the  losses 
and  augment  the  profits.  One  great  trouble 
is  that  among  our  formes  there  is  too  much 
!  changing  about  from  one  tiling  to  another  ; 
that  is,  leaving  some  one  branch  of  thy  busi¬ 
ness  w  follow  another  branch,  which  is  at 
present  paying  a  larger  profit  than  the  one 
now  engaged  in,  but  which,  when  they  be¬ 
come  ready  to  reap  the  benefits  from,  tuny 
have  fallen  back  to  the  same  level  as  that 
which  they  followed  before.  For  instance, 
one  man  who  last  year  was  raising  and  fat¬ 
tening  cattle,  this  year  is  selling  off  his  cattle 
and  buying  sheep  because  just  at  present  trio 
profits  on  wool  are  greater  than  those  on 
cattle  ;  but  perhaps  before  ho  fairly  gets 
started  and  before  ho  has  reaped  any  profits 
from  his  wool,  the  prices  will  have  changed 
and  tlie  profit  will  be  in  cattle  and  not  in 
sheep.  At  present,  and  for  the  last  few 
years,  farmers  have  been  changing  from 
grain  raising,  Ac.,  to  dairying,  until  the 
country  is  now  filled  with  butter  and  cheo.se- 
producing  farms,  breaking  down  the  market 
and  placing  dairying  on  a  level  with  grain  in 
profits  ;  while  those  who  have  expended 
their  money  in  stock  and  dairying  utensils 
are  making  no  more  money  than  before  and 
lose  the  interest  in  their  investment.  So 
with  hops  and  grapes  and  all  those  produc¬ 
tions  which  have  their  ups  and  downs  in  the 
market. 

Now  my  advice  to  every  man  is,  to  adopt 
some  one  or  more  particular  branch  of  farm¬ 
ing— as  many  as  he  can  manage  well  and  no 
more — and  then  stick  to  it.  Don't  get  dis¬ 
couraged  if  there  is  no  great  profit  the  first 
year  and  rush  off  al  something  else  ;  for  in 
the  course  of  ten  years  it  will  pay  a  good  legit¬ 
imate  profit  for  the  whole  time.  The  prices 
of  grapes,  and  other  fruits,  are  so  low  now 
they  are  paying  but  little  profit ;  but  let 
those  who  have  their  vineyards  only  keep 
their  temper  and  not  get  discouraged  ;  for 
there  are  plenty  of  men  who  are  neglecting 
and  plowing  up  their  vineyards  and  the  time 
is  coming  when  grapes  will  again  pay  a  good 
profit  on  tho  investment.  D.  F. 

Burlington,  Iowa. 

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GOOD  SUGGESTIONS  TO  C0NTEIBUT0ES. 


I  have  read  your  paper  several  months, 
and  have  found  many  things  ’ of  practical 
benefit  therein.  I  have  also  found  many  ar¬ 
ticles  which  would  have  been  Of  great  value 
to  me  had  the  writers  stated  particulars  ;  us, 
for  instance  :  one  man  raises  big  squashes, 
but  gives  us  no  particulars  as  to  soil,  manure, 
time  of  planting,  season,  manner  of  culture, 
etc. ;  another  raises  big  hogB,  but  does  not 
tell  us  how  ;  another,  large  eggs,  but  no  par¬ 
ticular  as  to  keep  of  hens,  etc. 

I  am  a  firm  believer  in  cause  and  effect, 
and  would  like  to  know  how  such  things  are 
done.  As  I  understand  your  correspondence 
department,  it  is  a  kind  of  mutual  benefit 
society,  to  which  all  subscribers  are  mem¬ 
bers,  and  is  not  to  be  used  to  advertise 
either  one’s  self  or  productions ;  but  if  peo¬ 
ple  having  extra  productions,  are  too  selfish 
to  wish  for  others  to  share  their  knowledge, 
by  all  means  give  them  the  cheap  fame  of 

getting  their  name  in  the  newspapers. 

New  Mexico. 
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We  still  have  to  ask  the  patience  of  our 
correspondents  ■whose  valued  contributions 
properly  belong  in  this  department. 


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WASTE  IN  CHEESE  MAKING,  AND  HOW 
AVOIDED. 


The  waste  in  cheese  making  is  sometimes 
very  large.  Any  one  looking  over  the  re¬ 
turns  from  factories  for  several  years  past, 
will  observe  that  the  quantity  of  milk  re¬ 
quired  to  make  a  pound  of  cheese  va  ries  with 
different  makers  from  to  1 0 1 1  pounds, 
and  as  much  as  11  pounds  and  upward  arc 
required  to  make  1  pound  of  cheese.  Prob¬ 
ably,  in  some  instances,  the  difference  may 


be  accounted  for  in  the  cows,  their  feed  and 
management,  or  the  negligent  manner  in 
which  the  milk  is  delivered  at  the  factory. 

Of  course,  no  factoryman  can  be  expected  to 
make  as  much  cheese  from  imperfect  milk — 
milk  nearly  sour  when  it  arrives  at  the  fac¬ 
tory,  or  so  charged  with  decomposition,  pu¬ 
trid,  or  otherwise  out  of  order  — as  he  could 
from  milk  perfectly  sweet  and  sound. 

The  reports  from  factories  are  only  general 
in  character  ;  they  do  not  enumerate  the 
faults  of  the  milk  from  day  to  day,  and  iu 
most  instances  no  record  is  kept,  at  the  fac¬ 
tory  of  the  daily  condition  of  the  milk  or  its 
defect  in  working — whether  the  faults  may 
be  fairly  attributed  to  patrons  or  to  careless¬ 
ness  and  mismanagement  on  the  part  of  the 
factory  operatives.  It  would  not  he  fair, 
therefore,  to  charge  loss  in  all  instances  to 
the  manufacturer,  though  in  many  cases 
grave  faults  may  be,  without  doubt,  laid  at 
his  door.  We  refer  now,  more  particularly, 
to  the  manner  in  wliicli  the  curds  arc  han¬ 
dled  after  cutting  and  during  the  scalding 
process. 

It  was  an  old  adage  before  the  factory  sys¬ 
tem  was  inaugurated,  that  “it  takes  a  lazy 
person  to  make  good  cheese.”  The  fact  is, 
cheese  making  requires  patience  and  a  wil¬ 
lingness  on  the  part  of  its  operatives  to  let 
the  curds  do  a  good  deal  of  their  own  work. 
Rough  handling  and  violent  stirring,  as  are 
practiced  by  many,  especially  when  tho  curds 
are  tender,  will  as  effectually  work  off  the 
butter  as  when  the  cream  is  removed  from 
the  milk  with  the  skimmer.  Buyers  often 
complain  of  this  “loss  of  meat,”  and  the 
thick  layer  of  cream  upon  tho  whey  vats  is 
pretty  good  evidence  that  the  curds  have 
been  improperly  handled,  Then  there  is 
more  or  less  loss  in  attempting  to  work  in 
tho  cream  that  rises  on  the  milk  during  the 
night.  Where  an  agitator  is  used,  this  diffi¬ 
culty  is  for  the  most  part  obviated,  since  the 
gentle  agitation  of  the  milk  during  the  night, 
prevents  the  cream  from  aeounmlatiiig  on 
the  surface  ;  but  there  are  a  large  number  of 
factories  where  the  agitator  is  not  used,  and 
where  the  lack  of  flowing  water  will  not 
allow  its  introduction.  In  such  cases,  there 
wall  always  be  more  or  less  loss,  in  accord¬ 
ance  with  the  manner  iu  which  tho  milk  and 
cream  arc  handled. 

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  American  Dairy¬ 
men’s  Association,  Mr.  Good  enough  of  St. 
Lawrence  Co.,  gave  his  method  of  “working 
back  the  cream,”  together  with  his  general 
management  of  the  curds,  in  which  remarka¬ 
bly  good  results  were  obtained,  and  his  state 
ments  and  statistics  elicited  a  deep  interest, 
in  tile  convention.  Recently,  he  has  address¬ 
ed  a  letter  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Associa¬ 
tion,  giving  his  process  of  cheese  making 
somewhat  in  detail,  and  the  letter  is  printed 
in  the  Annual  Report,  just  now  come  to  hand. 
We  have  no  space  in  this  connection  to  give 
the  letter  entire,  but  shall  present  briefly 
some  of  the  leading  features  of  his  process. 

The  evening's  milk  is  cooled  by  dipping 
and  floating  ice  in  a  tin  tub  holding  about 
four  pails,  until  the  temperature  of  the  mass 
is  down  to  70'  ;  running  water  is  allowed  to 
pass  through  the  water  vat  under  tho  milk 
all  night  during  hot  weather  ;  in  cool  weather 
the  water  is  shut  off,  as  the  design  is,  iu 
either  case,  to  cool  tho  milk  down  to  65°  ; 
and  when  this  temperature  is  reached,  it  is 
preferred  that  the  milk  should  stand  still,  as 
Mr.  G.  believed  that  agitation  tends  to  sepa¬ 
rate  the  butter  from  the  caseine  aud  thereby 
cause  waste.  Under  this  treatment,  the 
cream  in  the  morning  is  limpid  and  light,  but 
should  not  be  stirred  until  the  morning’s 
milk  arrives  in  sufficient  quantity  to  enable 
the  maid  to  skim  at  the  same  time  that  the 
new  millc  is  running  in  the  vat.  Then  the 
cream  should  be  removed  with  the  dipper 
and  passed  through  tho  strainer  with  the 
new  milk,  while  the  temperature  of  that  in 
the  vat  is  at  70%  and  with  the  heat  turned  on 
to  secure  this  point,  if  -necessary,  gradually 
raising  the  heat  to  82°. 

At  this  point,  he  says,  if  due  care  has  been 
taken  and  the  milk  in  the  vat  sufficiently 
stirred  to  secure  an  even  temperature,  there 
will  be  no  more  appearance  of  cream  than 


on  new  milk,  nor  will  it  separate  any  more 
readily.  The  rennet  is  now  added,  and  there 
should  be  evidence  of  coagulation  within 
twenty  minutes.  Tho  mass  may  be  occa¬ 
sionally  agitated  up  to  this  time,  but  after 
coagulation  has  commenced,  agitation  should 
not  be  continued,  as  it  tends  to  produce  a 
soft  curd. 

The  slight  agitation  of  the  surface  of  the 
milk  keeps  the  cream  incorporated  with  the 
milk  until  the  action  of  the  rennet  is  suffi¬ 
cient  to  retain  it,  and  tins  is  an  important 
point  in  avoiding  waste.  In  about  50  or  00 
minutes,  when  tho  curd  is  ready  to  cut,  the 
horizontal  knife  is  used,  then  the  perpciulicu- 
lar  knife,  cutting  the  mass  into  cubes  ;  it  is 
now  left  at  rest  for  S  to  ID  minutes,  when 
the  curds  are  carefully  turned  up  with  the 
hands,  and  the  knife  in  a  skillful  hand  com¬ 
mences  its  work.  This  is  an  important  point 
where  there  is  much  danger  of  waste,  and 
care  should  be  taken  never  to  out  fast 
enough,  or  stir  hard  enough,  to  whiten  the 
whey.  It  should  take  at  least  15  minutes  to 
cut  a  vat  sufficiently  flue,  and  about  two 
hours— more  or  less,  as  tho  milk  works  fast 

or  slow _ to  raise  the  heat  to  08%  The  heat 

is  then  turned  off  and  the  curd  allowed  to 
re3t,  turning  it  up  once  in  half  or  three- 
fourths  of  an  hour,  until  tho  acid  is  sufficient 
ly  developed  ;  the  whey  is  now  drawn,  and 
cold  water  passed  under  the  vat.  to  cool  the 
mass  below  DO",  when  the  curd  Is  dipped  to 
the  sink.  1 1  is  salted  at  tho  rate  of  2J 4  pounds 
salt  in  ccxil  weather,  and  2%  pounds  in  hot 
weather  to  1,000  pounds  of  milk. 

Mr.  Goodenougu  claims  that  under  this 
process  the  cream  of  the  milk  is  nearly  all 
retained  in  tho  curds,  that  loss  from  waste  is 
reduced  to  the  minimum  point,  and  that,  a 
very  flue  quality  of  cheese  is  the.  result.  The 
report,  from  Mr.  Goomcxoimu’s  factory  foi¬ 
ls;*}  shows  that  only  «  87-100  pounds  of  nlllk 
were,  required  for  a  pound  of  cured  choose, 
and  tho  cheese  was  sold  at  a  price  averaging 
$13.4'!  per  100  pounds.  Those  averages  are 
comparatively  large,  and  speak  well  for  his 
process  of  manufacture. 

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THE  MILK  OF  JERSEY  COWS  FOR] 
CHEESE  MAKING. 


A  correspondent  makes  the  following  in¬ 
quiries  “  Is  not  cheese  improved  in  flavor 
and  quality  in  proportion  to  the  richness  of 
l ho  milk  ?  And  cannot  much  better  cheese 
be  made  from  the  milk  of  Jersey  cows  than 
from  that  of  any  Other  breod  1  Tf  this  bo  so, 
would  it,  not  be  advisable  for  one  who  con 
templates  going  into  cheese -dairying  to  have 
his  herd  made  up  of  Jerseys,  or  Jersey 
grades  i” 

The  proposition,  “  the  richer  the  milk  the 
better  the  cheese,”  is  not  correct,  when  car 
ried  beyond  certain  limits.  A  due  propor¬ 
tion  of  cream  is  needed  in  tho  milk  in  order 
bo  make  a  line  quality  of  cheese.  Increas¬ 
ing  the  quantity  of  cream  or  butter,  of  course, 
will  increase  the  fatness  of  the  cheese  ;  but 
It  does  not  follow  that  the  cheese  will  he  of 
better  flavor  or  more  palatable,  any  more 
than  that  the  cook  crui  improve  the  flavor 
and  palatableness  of  biscuit  or  other  articles 
of  cooking  by  adding  a  superabundance  of 
lard  and  butter.  We  have  a  standard  of  ex¬ 
cellence  in  cheese.  It  must,  be  mellow,  and 
of  a  clean,  sweet,  nutty  flavor.  Such  a  cheese, 
with  proper  manufacture  and  curing,  can  be 
produced  from  good  average  milk,  whether 
it  comes  from  Short-Horns,  Ayrshire*,  or 
their  grades,  or  from  tho  common  cows  of 
the  country.  We  do  not  believe  the  produc¬ 
tion  of  line  cheese  depends  so  much  upon  the 
breed  of  cows  as  upon  the  manner  of  obtain¬ 
ing  tho  milk,  its  treatment,  the  manufacture 
of  the  cheese  and  its  process  of  curing,  What 
we  deem  part  icularly  important  is,  that  the 


solid,  or  at  least,  will  stand  a  higher  temper¬ 
ature  without  melting  than  butter  from  most 
other  breeds.  These  qualities  have  distin¬ 
guished  the  Jersey  as  among  the  best  breeds 
for  butter  dairymen,  especially  where  soil 
and  climate  are  favorable.  Yet  there  are 
those  who  object  to  the  taste  of  Jersey  but¬ 
ter  as  lacking  in  flavor  mid  aroma,  and  ac¬ 
cording  fo  Charles  L.  Flint,  Secretary  of 
the  Massachusetts  Board  of  Agriculture,  this 
is  a  serious  defect  complained  of  among  con¬ 
sumers  in  Boston. 

For  cheese  making  we  do  not  think  the 
Jerseys  would  prove  ns  profitable  as  some 
other  breeds  of  cows.  They  yield  a  much 
less  quantity  of  milk  titan  t  he  Dutch  or  the 
Ayrshire,  or  milking  strains  of  the  Short, - 
Horn  family.  The  Jersey  has  not  so  good  a 
constitution  as  the  Ayrshire.  What  the 
cheese  dairyman  needs  most  is  a  breed  of 
animals  that  will  yield  a  large  quantity  of 
milk  of  average  good  quality.  With  the  but¬ 
ter  dairyman,  quantity  is  not  of  so  much 
importance  aa  quality  or  richness  in  butter, 
and  lienee  the  Jersey  may  be  said  to  give 
good  satisfaction  generally,  among  butter 
dairymen,  while  for  cheese  making  other 
breeds  have  taken  the  preference. 

It  is  a  good  jilan,  however,  for  the  cheese 
lairyman  to  have  two  or  three  Jerseys  in  his 
herd,  in  order  to  give  color  and  quality  to  the 
milk.  This  plan  is  adopted  by  the  cheese 
dairymen  of  Somersetshire,  England,  where 
tho  finest  Cheddar  cheese  is  made,  and  with 
the  best  results. 

In  tho  manufacture  of  Stilton  choose,  where 
xn  extra  quantity  of  cream  is  used  and  an 
extra  price  obtained  J'or  the  cheese,  it  might 
possibly  pay  to  use  the  milk  from  Jersey 
cows.  But  for  other  kinds  of  cheese,  like 
those  made  at  our  factories,  a  small  quantity 
of  very  rich  milk  is  too  vuluablo  to  bo  used 
in  lids  way.  Butter  usually  commands  a 
price  double  and  often  treble  that  of  cheese, 
hence  the  olieese  dairyman  would  not  ho 
likely  to  be  fully  remunerated  for  the  extra 
richness  of  his  jersey  milk  when  made  into 
cheese. 

We  do  not  remember  to  have  seen  any 
statements  concerning  tho  quality  of  cheese 
made  from  the  milk  of  Jersey  cows;  nor 
have  wo  had  opportunity  to  make  a  compar¬ 
ative  test  of  such  choose.  If  any  of  our  read 
ers  have  had  experience  in  tho  manufacture 
of  Jersey  milk  for  cheese  making,  and  can 
give  us  information  ns  to  tho  quality  and 
flavor  of  the  prodqct,  together  with  tho 
quantity  of  milk  required  for  a  pound  of 
cheese,  we  shall  bo  glad  t  o  print  the  same  for 
the  benefit  of  our  correspondent  and  others 
who  may  bo  interested  in  this  question, 

- ♦-*-♦- - — 

BUTTER  CHURNING  MADE  EASY. 


wife  than  the  saving  of  this  incessant  manip¬ 
ulation  of  milk,  to  make  it  ready  for  the 
churn.  The  washing  and  wiping,  scalding 
aud  sunning  of  milk  pans,  the  skimming  of 
milk  all  of  which  steal  so  much  time.  Then 
the  butter  which  would  result  1  A  product 
delicious  and  sweet  enough  for  t  he  gods  ! 
Not  butter  from  cream  which  in  its  best  es¬ 
tate  must  have  stood  long  enough  to  sour, 
and  often  goes  over  to  the  region  of  mold  be¬ 
fore  the  busy  housekeeper  gets  to  it — but 
sweet  milk  butter  !  Ijsigh  Lake. 


Horseman. 


YOUNG  STALLION  INJURED. 


G,  F.  Leonard  has  a  young  stallion,  three, 
years  old,  who  stepped  on  a  triangular  piece 
of  timber,  about  twelve  mouths  ago,  with 
his  left-hind  foot,  rolled  over  and  sprained 
One  of  the  joints  between  the  pastern  joint, 
and  coffin  hone  ;  and  it.  is  at  the  articulation 
of  the  pastern  (o«  suffraginu'm)  and  coronet 
bone  (os  corona)  or  at*  that  of  the  coronet 
bone  and  coffin  bone. 

In  training  for  the  trot ,  after  hard  exer¬ 
cise  the  joint  above-mentioned  uin  be  seen 
to  slip  and  gives  rise  to  a  dull  sound,  similar 
to  that  occasioned  by  the  re-adjusting  of  a 
dislocated  joint,  but  not  so  loud.  What  is 
the  remedy?  It  seems  to  produce  no 
In  /it,  fever  or  perceptible  lameness. — G.  H. 
Leonard. 

We  cannot  advise  our  correspondent.  If 
any  of  our  readers  can,  we  shall  be  glad  to 
give  space  to  the  answer.  If  the  horse  were 
ours,  wo  should  employ  some  thoroughly ' 
competent  veterinary  surgeon  to  make  an 
examination. 


MARE  WITH  RONE  SPAVIN. 

I  have  a  mare  which  has  a  bone  spavin  on 
her  leg.  Home  tell  me  to  use  t  he  Oil  of  Spike 
fi  nd  it  will  kill  it.  Others  tell  me  t.o  use  this, 
that  and  the  other  thing  and  it  will  take  it 
off.  One  man  told  me  to  let  it  alone  and  she 
would  soon  get  over  her  tameness,  and  it 
would  not  be  us  large  as  though  I  went,  to 
doctoring  it,  unless  1  put  on  some  stuff  that 
would  take  It  all  out;  and  that  would  cause 
it  to  be  sore  for  three  or  fi/ur  months.  He 
also  said  that,  film  was  wort  h  just  as  many 
dollars  with  it  on  her  us  with  it  off.  Now 
what  is  your  opinion  about  it  i  J.  Fuller. 

OUR  opinion  is  that  the  animal  is  not  worth 
as  much  wilh'the  spavin  as  without  it,  be¬ 
cause  she  would  not  sell  for  as  much  ;  and 
any  animal  or  thing  is  worth  only  what  it 
will  bring.  We  regard  bone  spavin  utterly 
incurable,  though  the  lameness  may  be 
removed. 

- - - - 

NOTES  FOR  HORSEMEN. 


animals  be  healthy  ;  that  they  be  well  cared 
for  and  have  good  food  and  good  water  in 
abundance  ;  then,  if  they  are  milked  in  a 
cleanly  manner,  and  fill  the  subsequent  ope¬ 
rations  in  the  management  of  the  milk  and 
cheese  be  conducted  properly  and  after  the 
best  processes,  a  fine  product  Will  be  the  re¬ 
sult,  even  though  the  milk  come  from  the 
common  cows  of  the  country. 

We  have  never  heard  tho  question  raised 
that  the  flavor  and  goodness  of  cheese  could 
be  improved  by,  or  was  at  all  dependent 
upon  any  particular  breed  of  cows,  though 
for  butter  making  much  has  been  said  and 
written  on  the  subject  and  strong  claims  are 
made  for  certain  breeds.  Thus,  for  instance, 
some  assert  that  the  most  delicately  flavored 
butter— that  which  is  richest  in  aroma— is 
produced  from  tho  Breton  cows.  The  Jersey 
is  a  noted  butter  cow,  and  many  claim  that 
no  breed  will  yield  so  fine  a  quality  of  butter 
as  it.  The  milk  of  the  Jersey  is  very  rich  in 
butter,  it  has  a  deep  yellow  color,  and  the 
texture  of  the  butter  appears  to  be  more 


Strain  the  milk  shallow  ;  the  more  sur¬ 
face  the  more  cream,  hence  large  pans  are 
best.  Keep  it  in  a  room  free  from  jars  ;  do 
not  churn  in  the  room  ;  keep  it  at  an  even 
temperature  ;  it  must  have  light  and  air  ;  it 
is  much  like  the  rest  of  us,  and  spoils  for  want 
of  good  pure  air  ;  but  it  is  averse  to  draughts. 
Watch  it.  if  you  want,  good,  sweet  butter,  and 
skim  just  when  the  milk  is  thoroughly  thick, 
or  loppered.  If  you  Bkim  sooner,  you  will 
lose  some  cream  ;  if  later,  there  will  be  spots 
on  it  or  mold,  and  your  butter  will  not  keep. 
After  skimming  tho  cream  into  your  cream 
pail,  stir  all  together  with  a  case  knife  or 
spoon  ;  a  knife  is  bust,  as  it  manipulates  the 
particles  against  the  sides  of  the  pail  more 
thoroughly.  This  process  takes  but  a  mo¬ 
ment,  and  if  you  do  it  each  time  that  you 
skim,  when  you  come  to  churn  (if  your  milk 
is  at  proper  temperature)  your  buttei  will 
come  in  less  titan  ten  minutes,  us  the  pat  ti¬ 
des  are  already  half  churned. 

When  churned,  take  it  up  and  work  mod¬ 
erately,  Don’t  put  a  drop  of  water  on  ;  it 
injures  the  flavor.  Balt  with  good  dairy  salt, 
—Ashton’s  Is  beat.  IL’  you  use  barrel  salt,  or 
that  from  the  small  bags,  your  butter  will 
taste  of  it,  and  will  not  keep.  Let  it  stand  a 
few  hours  and  then  work  again,  pressing  the 
buttermilk  out,  all  possible.  Do  not  work 
too  much,  as  it  will  bo  salvy.  When  your 
crock  is  full,  for  market,  wet  a  cloth  iu  cold 
water  and  lay  over  tho  top,  and  cover  that 
witli  .alt ;  tie  a  paper  overall.  For  packing, 
cover  with  a  weak  brine.  Keep  the  crock  in 
a  dry,  cool  place,  which  is  well  ventilated. 
Do  not  put  it  where  anything  smells,  for  but¬ 
ter  and  cream  are  great  absorbents,  and  take 
on  the  slightest  odor. 


This  Advice  is  for  present  emergencies ;  but 


there  Is  coming  a  millonium,  when  now  milk 
will  be  converted  into  butter  direct.  It  is 
done  now.  The  only  reason  of  its  uon-adop- 
tlon  t,o  universal  use  is  the  great  power  re¬ 
quired.  Who  will  devise  aud  invent  machin¬ 
ery  for  this  purpose  i  No  greater  benefac¬ 
tion  could  occur  to  the  overburdened  house- 


Spa/vin  Remedy.  —Take  pulverized  cantha- 
rides,  1  oz. ;  mercurial  ointment,  2  ozs. ;  tinc¬ 
ture  of  iodine,  1,'j  ozs.;  spirits  of  turpentine, 

2  ozs.;  corrosive  sublimate,  1  drachms ; 
lard,  1  pound.  MJ>  well,  and  when  you  want 
to  apply  trim  tho  hair,  wash  well,  and  then 
anoint.  Rub  it  in  with  the  hand.  Two  days 
after  grease  the  part  with  lard,  and  in  two 
days  more  wash  off  and  apply  tho  ointment. 
Repeat  the  process  as  long  as  necessary, 
which  will  be  two  or  three  weeks.  You 
need  not  lie  afraid  of  its  injuring  your  horse. 

1  have  tried  it  and  it  never  has  failed  to  effect 
a  cure.  It.  is  also  good  for  curbs,  splints,  Ac. 
H.  B.  II.,  Jefferson  Co.,  Pa. 

1’ut  a  toc-calk  on  the  side  of  the  foot 
where  the  strain  comes.  I  have  stopped  a 
number  in  this  way.— J  as.  Dean. 

Colt  ■with ■  llunck  in,  the  Neck.—  I  have  a 
colt  which  has  a  small  bunch  (about  the  size 
and  shape  of  a  peanut  shell)  under  his  neck. 

It  is  apparently  composed  of  bone  and  not 
connected  with  the  skin,  but  secured  firmly 
(o  tlu>  windpipe.  1  have  noticed  it  about 
tWo  months,  but  how  much  longer  it  may 
have  been  there  l  am  not  aware.  Hav  any 
Of  the  readers  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
ever  seen  similar  cases?  Jf  so,  will  they 
oblige  by  giving  the  cause,  effect  and  cure  ? 
—A.”  n. 

Swelled  Lege.—W*  B.  has  a  horse  whoso 
hind  legs  swell  to  double  their  natural  size. 
Wants  to  know  how  to  stop  it.  <  let  sulphate 
of  iron,  two  ounces  ;  pulverized  gentian  root, 
one  ounce  ;  pulverised  gmger,  half  an  ounce 
nitrate  of  potash,  half  an  ounce;  mix  am 
divide  into  eight  powders  ;  give  one  night 
and  morniug  with  good  nourishing  food,  al¬ 
lowing  no  corn  ;  hand  rub  the  legs  thorough¬ 
ly,  and  give  daily  exercise. 

Scratches  Remedy.  — In  reply  to  C.  W.  C.’s 
request  for  a  cure  for  scratches,  I  will  give 
him  mV  experience.  Wash  the  ;  arts  affected 
with  snap  aids,  wipe  dry.  and  paint  with 
white  lead.  One  ip  diem  n  will  euro  an  or¬ 
dinary  case.  The  lead  to  be  used  is  the  same 
as  used  in  ordinary  unit  ig,  just  as  it  comes 
from  the  keg, — J.  B.  Lee. 

Scratches  Remedy.  It* ash  with  warm 
water  and  Castile  -oap  ;  then  take  equal 
parts  of  spirits  of  turpentine  and  sweot  oiJ  — 
say  one  pint  each  ;  put  in  a  bottle  and  shake 
well  before  using  it.  I  insure  this  to  cure 
after  a  few  applications. — SI.  o.  E. 


i 


what  on  that  subject,  I  wj]l  give  her  the 
result  of  my  observation.  Some  eggs  mature 
more  quickly  than  others,  but  the  principal 
reason  is  t-lie  difference  in  the  temperature  to 
which  the  eggs  are  subjected  in  process  of 
hatching.  By  providing  a  nest  lined  with 
wool  and  giving  a  hen  only  six  to  eight  eggs, 
I  have  succeeded  in  hatching  the  e if! ire  lot  of 


LEMON  COCHIN  FOWLS, 


HANDLING  BEES, 


At  the  North  American  Bee  Keepers’  meet¬ 
ing  at  Indianapolis  the  question,  “  Will  right 


TUMBLING  PIGEONS 


disposition,  as  we  know  wrong  management 
develops  the  opposite,”  was  discussed  as  fol¬ 
lows  : 

Dh.  Bohrer  of  Iowa,  said  lie  had  handled 
bees  roughly  without  irritating  them,  with 
out  keeping  them  .peaceful,  lie  considered 
that  bees  had  flxed  habits,  and  that  they 
acted  wholly  on  the  defensive.  In  one  in¬ 
stance  he  had  for  six  days  handled  a  colony 
of  bees  continually  without  their  showing 
any  anger.  On  the  seventh  he  opened  them 


H.  A.  King  ol'  N.  Y. — Thought  that  bees 
should  be  thoroughly  subdued.  If  so  there 
would  be  no  irritabilily. 

Mr.  Merrill — Breat  hing  on  the  bees  would 
irritate  them,  He  had  known  instances 
where  the  breath  of  persona  six  or  eight  feet 
off  had  enraged  them. 

Mr.  Homer  ot  Minn. — Bees  can  be  domes¬ 
ticated.  Had  bees  that  set  by  a  path  that 
became  so  accustomed  to  passers  that  they 
never  tried  to  sting.  Believed  that  they 
could  be  familiarized  and  accustomed  to 
being  handled  so  that  they  would  be  perfectly 
peaceable. 

President  Clarke  thought  Mrs.  T upper 
correct  in  the  construction  she  put  on  the 
question.  It  was  an  interesting  subject.  It 
was  perhaps  more  so  to  him  than  others,  from 
the  fact  that  he  was  bee  hated.  Why  should 
we  not  improve  them  ?  While  there  was 
evidently  a  difference  in  the  temper  of  the 
same  variety  of  bees  it  was  also  true  that  they 
had  their  bad  moods.  They  are  not  always 
alike,  amiable.  Like  men,  some  you  can 
approach  at  all  times  with  confidence,  others, 
you  have  to  find  out  their  moods  iirst.  A 
mother  may  produce  a  quiet  progeny,  while 
queeus  from  her  may  have  a  vicious  offspring. 
As  a  rule  it  docs  not  take  as  much  to  arouse 
the  black  as  the  Italian  bees. 

Hoag  land  of  Penn. — Their  being  armed 
with  a  sting  was  a  wise  arrangement,  as 
without  the  means  of  defending  their  stores, 
they  would  soon  become  extinct,  Their 
existence  depends  on  their  stings,  and  he 
thought  they  could  not  be  entirely  deprived 
of  the  instinct  to  use  them. 

Dr.  Bohrer  thought  they  could  not  be  rid 
of  the  disposition  to  defend  themselves.  Li¬ 
quid  sweets  and  other  means  could  be  used 
to  control  them,  but  even  then  if  roughly 
handled  they  will  resent  it. 

Ashton  Pollen  of  I1L — Never  strike  at  or 
blow  your  breath  on  them. 

Dr.  Hamilton  of  Tenn. — Had  a  colony  that 
was  noted  for  crossness  ;  but  by'  being  very 
cautious  and  gentle,  and  taking  time  he 
handled  them  without  smoke. 


strychnin.  One  pigeon  which  had  its  brain 
ihus  pricked  recovered  perfectly,  but  con¬ 
tinued  ever  afterwards  to  perform  summer¬ 
saults  like  a  tumbler,  though  not  belonging 
to  any  tumbling  breed.  The  movement  ap¬ 
pears  to  be  of  the  nature  of  a  recurrent  spasm 
or  convulsion,  which  throws  the  bird  back¬ 
wards,  as  in  tetanus;  it  then  recovers  its 
balance,  and  is  again  thrown  backwards. 

Whether  this  tendency  originated  from 
some  accidental  injury',  or,  as  seems  more 
probable,  from  some  morbid  affection  of  the 
brain,  cannot  be  told ;  but  at  the  present 
time  the  affection  can  lmrdly  be  called  mor¬ 
bid  in  the  ease  of  common  tumblers,  as  these 
birds  are  perfectly  healthy  and  seem  to  eujoy 
performing  their  feats,  or,  us  an  old  writer 
expresses  it,  “showing  like  footballs  in  the 
air.”  The  habit,  apparently,  can  be  con¬ 
trolled  to  a  certain  extent  by  the  will.  But 
what  more  particularly  concerns  us  is  that  it 
is  strictly  inherited. 

Young  birds  reared  in  an  aviary,  which 
have  never  seen  a  pigeon  tumble,  take  to  it 
when  first  let  free.  The  habit  also  varies 
much  in  degree  in  different  individuals  and 
in  different  sub-breeds  ;  audit  can  be  greatly 
augmented  by  continued  selection,  as  is  seen 
in  the  house  tumblers,  which  can  hardly  rise 
more  than  a  foot  or  two  above  the  around 


BUFF  COCHIN 

would  cause  a  difference  between  two  hens, 
one  of  which  had  a  good  warm  nest  and  the 
other  a  colder  place.  New  Mexico. 


one,  but  all  of  them  flew  at  him,  and  he  was 
not  aware  of  doing  anything  unusual,  or  that 
should  have  irritated  them. 

Dr.  Lucas  of  Peoria,  Ill.,  differed  with  Dr. 
Bohrer.  Had  seen  one  Brooks  of  McLean 
county,  Ill,,  exhibit  bees  that  he  was  satisfied 
were  tamed.  He  carried  them  about  to  fairs 


UNIFORMITY  IN  HATCHING 


In  your  issue  of  April  12,  page  237,  M.  E.  M. 
asks  the  cause  of  difference  in  time  of  eggi 
in  hatching.  As  I  have  experimented  some- 


Gapes  Remedy. — An  English  remedy  is 
C-rive  each  chicken  affected  a  pill  of  camphor, 
size  of  a  small  pea,  every  second  day  till  ;■  1  ■  ( 


■ 


SUkricultural 


in  obtaining  a  fair  yield  of  fruit  from  the 
half  dozen  or  more  black  varieties  in  our 
garden,  although  complaints  of  unproduct¬ 
iveness  often  reach  us  from  other  localities. 
Perhaps  it  would  be  well  for  you  to  start  a 
new  plantation  from  a  better  and  known  to 
be  productive  stock. 


chest,  and  if  a  small  hole  was  made  from  the 
outside  to  let  the  air  out,  the  pig  would  get 
well.  T  have  tried  that  remedy,  and  it  did 
not  cure  the  disease,  nor  do  I  believe  this  is 
the  cause.  “Thumps,”  or  the  panting  dis¬ 
ease,  is  with  me  a  mystery.  1  examined  a 
victim  after  death,  and  found  the  bowels. 
Stomach,  lungs  and  liver  healthy.  After¬ 
wards  l  dedicated  to  science  a  live  pig  afllict- 
ed  with  this  strange  malady,  and  had  my 
knife  ready  to  begin  the  work  when  my  wife 
coaxed  me  to  try  an  outside  appli cation  of 
liniment  to  the  throat,  and  if  it  did  not  cure 
there  would  be  time  enough  for  the  sacrifice. 
1  yielded,  The  next  morning  the  pig  was 
dead,  and  science  lost  the  benefit  of  the  ante 
mortem  investigation.  Is  not  the  cause 
asthma  or  some  bronchial  affection  ?  It  may 
l  ie  dropsy.  Does  anybody  know,  and  is  there 
a  remedy  ?  f.  d.  c. 


ANOTHER  PLAN  WANTED.” 


CHINA  TREE  FOR  HEDGE 


In  reply  to  “  Another  Plan  Wanted”  (see 
Rural  New-Yorker,  April  s,  page  218)  for 
farmhouse  or  cottage,  by  M.  of  .Springfield, 
Windsor  Co.,  Vt.,  I  would  say  that  this 
sketch  may  be  a  help  to  M.  in  getting  what 
he  want  •.  I  have  sent  only  the  lower  floor. 
I  hope  this  may  be  of  some  use.  The  follow¬ 
ing  is  the  explanation  of  the  plan  : 


An  Alabama  correspondent  of  the  Planta¬ 
tion  writes  : — “I  have  been  casting  about  for 
the  last  two  or  three  years  for  a  substitute 
for  our  old  rail  fence ;  and  I  think  I  have 
found  one  which  is  far  more  economical, 
more  durable,  and  better  every  way  than 
any  other  fence  or  hedge. 

The  substit  ute  is  our  common  China-tree, 
and  the  inode  I  have  in  view  of  making  a 
fence  of  it.  is  as  follows  : — Lay  off  a  land 
where  a  fence  is  desired,  eight  or  ten  feet 
'vide,  cut  out  every  stump  and  root,  plow 
thoroughly  with  a  small  plow,  and  then  take 
a  turning-plow,  commence  on  the  outside  of 
this  land  and  throw  the  soil  from  the  center 
till  it  is  finished.  This  will  leave  a  good  fur¬ 
row  in  the  middle  of  the  land  ;  in  which  put 
a  sufficient  quantity  of  stable  manure,  cotton 
seed,  or  other  fertilizer.  Then  bed  on  that, 
open  with  a  small  cotton-plow,  drill  China- 
berries  as  thick  as  we  plant  cotton  seed. 
After  they  come  up,  and  the  plants  gain 
strength  enough  to  bear  working,  thin  them 
out  with  a  narrow  hoe,  to  two  plants,  four  or 
five  indies  apart,  and  after  they  take  suffi¬ 
cient  root,  pull  them  out.  to  one.  Perhaps  it 
would  he  necessary  to  keep  stock  from  then), 
manure  and  cultivate  for  two  or  three  years; 
at  the  expiration  of  which  time,  it.  is  my 
Opinion,  it  will  make  the  most  economical, 
safe  and  durable  fence  that  can  be  made. 

The  China-tree,  you  know,  grows  rapidly 
on  any  kind  of  soil  in  this  climate,  is  free 
from  the  attacks  of  insects  ;  in  short,  never 
dies.  Has  this  thing  ever  been  tested  ?  T 
have  never  made  the  experiment  myself,  but 
intend  to  do  so  next  winter,  If  I  live,  unless 
convinced  before  that  time  that  it  will  not 
do.  Would  have  made  the  experiment  be¬ 
fore  this,  but  have  been  able,  heretofore,  to 
keep  up  my  fences  without  much  trouble. 


To  Prevent  Ants  Ascending  Trees  it  is 
recommended  to  put  a  broad  band  of  wool 
about  the  tree. 


IMPORTING  FILBERTS, 


A  late  Turf,  Field  and  Farm  says  of  im¬ 
porting  Filberts  : — “We  were  surprised,  on 
visit  ing  one  of  our  Broadway  fruit,  shops,  to 
find  fresh  filberts,  imported  from  Kent,  in 
England,  soiling  with  their  heavy,  green 
husks  on  for  eighty  cents  per  pound,  ami  this 
has  been  the  average  for  several  years.  Why 
should  not  our  farmers  in  the  Middle  and 
Southern  Slates  grow  filberts  ?  The  climate 
which  will  produce  good  peaches  will  also 
produce  filberts,  and  all  of  our  light  tobacco 
lands  m  the  basin  of  the  Chesapeake  are.  as 
well  suited  to  flielr  growth  as  the  soil  of 
Kent,  and  certainly  at  the  prices  ruling  umv 
in  New  York,  or  at  even  half  these  prices, 
filberts  would  prove  the  most  profitable  pro- 
duet,  within  the  whole  range  of  agriculture. 
Nor  is  the  adaptation  of  the  soil  and  climate  of 
our  Middle  Slates  to  the  growth  of  these 
nuts  at  all  problematical,  for  they  have  been 
grown  in  a  small  way  on  some  of  the  old 
homesteads  ill  Virginia  for  more  than  a 
hundred  years,” 


WATER  FOR  PIGS 


Is  it  best  to  allow  pigs  access  to  a,  small 
stream  of  wider,  where  it  could  be  done 
conveniently  ?  By  extending  my  fence  a 
short  distance  l  could  enclose  a  small  spring 
Stream  ;  a  neighbor  informs  me.  if  is  bad 
policy  t  o  let  pigs  wallow  in  mud  and  water, 
so  did  nut  enclose.  sfren.m  ;  bill  I  have  fre¬ 
quently  been  asked  since  why  I  did  not  do 
so.  Being  a  novice,  hi  the  business,  a  little 
light,  on  tin-  subject  would  be  very  accept¬ 
able.  “  Harris  on  the  Pig”  seems  to  be  silent 
in  flic,  matter— s  f.  j. 

We  should  certainly  give  the  pigs  the 
comfort  of  the  stream.  They  will  bo  health¬ 
ier  and  thrive  better  for  it ;  at  least  such  is 
our  exfierience. 


FRUIT  AT  THE  VIENNA  EXPOSITION 


CABBAGE  AND  ONIONS  IN  TEXAS 


V  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  Tribune  says  of 
the  fine,  display  of  winter  apples  and  pears 
that  it  is  really  line — “apples  as  plump  and 
rosy-cheeked  as  if  just  picked  from  the  tree, 
and  pears  as  fragrant  and  toothsome  as  any 
that  come  from  California  in  August  to  our 
New  York  markets.  Our  American  farmers 
know  how  to  keep  apples  until  .Tilly  brings  a 
new  crop  of  Early  Sweets  and  Harvest  Pip¬ 
pins,  but  1  doubt  whether  many  of  them  have 
eaten  great,  luscious,  mellow  pears  in  the 
middle  of  May.  The  best  preserved  varieties 
in  the  Exhibition  are  the  Dechants,  the  Ver- 
galieu,  the  llerrn,  the  Oster,  the  Butter,  and 
the  Apothecary,  and  they  come  from  Styria, 
Trient,  and  Wurtemburg.  The  finest  apples 
are  from  Pomerania  and  Wurtemburg.” 


From  what  we  knew  of  the  New  ftalian 
Onions  in  Europe,  we  became  satisfied  they 
would  succeed  admirably  in  the  Southern 
States.  Not  liking  to  sell  anything  untried, 
we  obtained  all  the  seed  wo  cfmltt  possibly 
secure  in  Europe,  and  sent  them  for  trial  to 
over  a  dozen  of  our  principal  customers  in 
each  of  the  Southern  States,  and  also  to 
many  in  the  North.  The  report  from  the 
South  was  as  we  anticipated — a  most  uni¬ 
versal  approval.  The  next  season  wo  ven¬ 
tured  to  oiler  this  seed  for  sale.  The  follow¬ 
ing  note,  is  just  received  from  E.  (k  M,,  a 
friend  in  Georgetown,  Texas. 

“  1  still  think  the  Winningstadt  Cabbage 
the  very  best,  for  our  climate,  as  wo  have 
very  hot,  dry  summers,  with  no  dews  except 
early  in  the  spring  or  late  in  fall  ;  at  least  it 
is  tin-  very  best  of  all  1  have  t  ested.  *  *  * 
The.  New  Hatton  Onions  are  perfect  won¬ 
der*.  Mr.  S. ,  living  at  BrooksvilJe,  ordered 
seed  of  it  last  winter,  and  I  saw  him  not  long 
since,  and  he  was  perfectly  delighted  with  it; 
the.  Onions  fur  surpassed  his  expectations. 
So  far  as  I  have  tried,  they  keep  as  well 
here,  or  better,  if  anything,  than  any  other 
Onions,  but  I  think  they  will  do  better  sowed 
in  the  fall.  1  am  going  to  try  a  few  this 
fall.” — Vick’s  Guide. 


FREAKS  AMONG  THE  SUMACS 


I  inclose  you  a  leaf  taken  from  a  common 
Sumac  which  I  found  on  the  prairie.  What, 
causes  those  light  colored  spots  ?  Every  leaf 
mi  the  plant  was  spotted  in  a  similar  manner, 
-nine  of  them  alirmat  entirely  wbite,  giving 
the  bush  a  peculiar  appearance.  What  work 
on  Botany  is  best  lor  a  student  in  Texas  ?  T 
have  Gray's  “  School  and  Field  Book,”  but, 
if;  does  not  describe  near  ail  our  valuable 
plants. — D,  H,,  Sherman,  Texas. 

Wf,  only  wish  we  could  go  deep  enough  into 
the  mysteries  of  Nature  to  determine  the 
cause  of  all  the  variations  which  occur 
among  plants  and  animals.  We  have  many 
variegated-leaved  plauts  in  cultivation,  but 
the  cause  of  variegation  is  unknown,  al¬ 
though  many  theories  have  been  advanced 
in  explanation.  It  is  possible  that  this  freak 
of  nature,  as  shown  in  this  variegated  Sumac, 
may  be  perpetuated,  and  plants  propagated 
from  the  parent  or  original  stock  will  retain 
their  peculiar  characteristics  of  variegated 
leaves.  Many  years  ago  the  late  Dr.  Dar- 
LiNoroN  of  Pennsylvania,  found  a  variety  of 
the  Smooth-leaved  Sumac,  ( lihus  glabra ), 
with  finely  cut  leaves  resembling  very  much 
some  of  the  ferns.  This  variety  has  been 
propagated,  and  is  now  known  in  nursery¬ 
men’s  catalogues  as  Rhus  laciniatci  or  cut¬ 
leaved  Sumac.  In  reply  to  your  second 
question,  wo  regret  to  say  that  there  are  no 
botanical  works  published  in  this  country  in 
which  all  the  plants  of  Texas  are  described. 
Dr.  Gray’s  and  Wood’s  botanies  are  like 
abridged  editions  of  dictionaries,  the  rarest 
words  are  sure  to  be  left  out.  When  1  lotany, 
as  a  science,  becomes  sufficiently  popular 
among  the  masses  to  warrant  the  publication 
of  larger  works  than  those  now  in  the  mar¬ 
ket,  they  will  be  forthcoming.  A  thousand 
lottery  tickets  may  readily  be  disposed  of  in 
a  community  where,  it  would  be  difficult  to 
sell  a  copy  of  the  best  botanical  work. 


A,  parlor,  15  by  15  ;  B,  library,  15  by  15. 
C,  bedroom,  15  by  5  ;  the  L  7  feet  wider,  clos¬ 
et  under  front  stairs  ;  D,  dining  room,  15  by 
15  ;  E,  kitchen,  15  by  15  ;  three  feet  out, 
marked  for  back  stairs  and  cellar  stairs  ;  F, 
pantry,  5  by  8;  G,  milk  room,  5  by  U ;  H, 
wash  room,  10  by  11  ;  1,  bath  or  spare  room, 
6  by  7  ;  K,  front  hall,  7  by  15  ;  I ,,  back  hall, 
3  by  17  ;  M,  front  verandah,  7  by  21  ;  N,  do. 
do.,  4  by  14  ;  O,  back  verandah,  4  by  27  ;  P, 
cistern  ;  X,  doors  ;  r  j,  windows.  h.  b.  b. 


POMOLOGICAL  GOSSIP 


Pears  for  Maine. — The  Maine  Farmer  says: 
It  is  almost  impossible  to  give  a  list  of  pears 
suitable  to  our  climate  that  will  meet  the 
wants  of  all  parties  alike  ;  but  in  answer  to 
our  correspondent  at  Bath  we  ventnre  the 
following:  Summer  : — Madeleine,  Rostiozer, 
Tyson  ;  Autumn  : — Buffum,  Flemish  Beauty, 
Fulton — a  native  of  Bowdoinham,  having 
originated  on  the  farm  now  occupied  by  Dan. 
Fulton,  Esq., — Louise  Bonne  de  Jersey,  Nick¬ 
erson— a  native  of  Readfleld  ;  Early  Winter  : 
Buerre  d’  Anjou,  Duchesse  d’Augoulcme ; 
Late  Winter  : — Lawrence  McLaughlin,  Vicar 
of  Winkfield,  Winter  Nelis.  Other  pears  of 
much  promise  remain  to  be  tested  by  longer 
culture. 

Apples  for  Vermont. — Dr.  T.  S.  Hoskins, 
in  a  paper  before  the  Vermont  State  Board 
of  Agriculture,  gave  the  following  list  of  ap- 


GARDENER’S  NOTES 


To  Free  Cabbage  from  the  Cabbage  Worm , 
an  experience  of  thirty  years  enables  a  Ken¬ 
tuckian  to  say:— “Get  what  is  called  here 
shipstuffs,  or  shorts,  such  as  we  feed  to  stock 
—wheat  bran  will  do  as  good  as  the  shorts  ; 
examine  the  cabbage  before  they  head  ;  if 
you  see  the  web  of  the  cateiqtillar,  or  holes 
in  the  leaves  of  the  bud,  put.  a  table-spoonful 
of  the  shorts  in  the  head.  If  hard  rains  fol¬ 
low  you  may  have  to  repeat.  The  cure  is 
effectual.  The  worms  become  mired  in  the 
shorts  made  wet  with  the  dew.  The  worms 
seldom  attack  the  cabbage  after  they  are 
headed.” 

To  Destroy  Moles. — Shooting  them  is  re¬ 
commended  by  one  who  has  tried  it  as  fol¬ 
lows  : — “Be  out  early  iu  the  morning  with 
the  gun  when  they  are  busy  rooting,  steal 
quietly  to  the  place  (up  wind),  get  the  gun 
almost  perpendicular  over  them  —  muzzle 
about  a  foot  or  a  foot  and  a-half  from  the 
ground,  consistent  with  safety — watch  until 
they  commence  to  root,  then  “  blaze  away.” 
Dig  down  afterwards,  ten  to  one  the  mole  is 
there,  as  dead  as  a  herring,  although  he  has 
heen  six  or  eight,  inches  below  the  surface.” 

Coffee  Grounds  and  Melons. — It  is  said 
that  coffee  grounds,  which  are  very  rich  in 
nitrogen,  are  said  to  form  an  excellent  ma¬ 
nure  for  melons.  In  order  to  produce  the 
best  effect,  they  should  be  mixed  with  the 
earth  which  forms  the  bed,  so  that  they 
should  bo  well  decayed  by  the  time  the  roots 
begin  to  develop. 


HOW  TO  HARNESS  SWINE 


We  give,  herewith  an  illustration  of  the 
manner  in  which  swine  are  utilized  on  the 
shores  of  the  Danube.  The  engraving  ex¬ 
plains  itself,  and  is  sufficiently  suggestive  to 


UNFRUITFUL  CURRANT  BUSHES 


I  have,  in  my  garden,  a  largo  number  of 
very  thrifty  black  currant  bushes.  They 
blossom  profusely,  but  bear  no  fruit.  The 
berries,  as  soon  as  they  become  set,  all  drop 
ofi  Can  you,  or  any  of  your  numerous 
readers,  tell  the  cause  or  suggest  a  remedy 
for  the  berries  not  maturing  ?— Subscriber. 

The  old  English  black  currant  is  not  a  very 
productive  variety  in  this  country,  and  in 
some  soils  and  localities  the  fruit  almost  in¬ 
variably  falls  off  before  maturity.  The 
Black  Naples  is  considered  the  most  product¬ 
ive  sort  of  this  species,  but  all  are  less  pro¬ 
ductive  than  the  common  red  and  white  va¬ 
rieties.  Young  plants  seldom  bear  a  good 
crop  ;  but  as  they  become  old  and  well  estab¬ 
lished,  the  quantify  of  fruit  increases.  We 
have  never  experienced  the  least  trouble 


HOW  TO  HARNESS  SWINE 

pies  as  best  adapted  for  general  cultivation, 
embracing  the  hardier  sorts  :  Sammer  ap¬ 
ples — Red  Astrachan,  Peach  Apple.  Ameri¬ 
can  Summer  Pearmnin,  Tetofski,  and  Wil¬ 
liams’  Favorite. 

Fall  Apples — Duchess  of  Oldenburg,  St. 

Lawrence,  Fameuse,  Clyde  Beauty. 

Winter  Apples— Yellow  Bellflower,  Tail- 
man’s  Sweeting,  Blue  Pearmain,  Red  Cana¬ 
da,  1’omme  Grise,  Westfield  Seek-no-farther, 

Northern  Spy,  Ben  Davis,  Ribstone  Pippin. 


THUMPS  IN  SWINE 


A  correspondent  said,  ?ome  time  since,  in 
the  Rural  New-Yorker,  that  “thumps” 
in  pigs  were  caused  by  air  getting  between 
the  membranes  or  coatings  surrounding  the 


>  (? 
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MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


JUNE  U 


XI 


From  the  Diary  of  o  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City.; 


SOWING  FLOWER  SEEDS. 

May  26. — Wlille  transplanting  a  quantity 
of  annual*  to-day  J  thought  how  many  per¬ 
sona  there  are  at  this  moment  who  are  com¬ 
plaining  of  bad  seeds  and  swindling  seeds¬ 
men.  The  small  and  delicate  seeds,  such  as 
Mignonette,  Lobelia  and  Portulacca,  which 
were  undoubtedly  sown  in  the  open  ground 
weeks  ago,  have  probably  not  as  yet  made 
their  appearance  above  ground,  and  of  course 
the  seeds  were  bad  and  the  seedsmen  to 
blame  for  these  failures.  I  presume  there 
are  seedsmen  who  do  mix  old  seeds  with  the 
new  and  cheat  their  customers  in  various 
ways  ;  but  they  are  rare  exceptions.  T  pur¬ 
chase  and  sow  a  variety  of  flower  as  well  as 
vegetable  seeds  every  season,  and  many  of 
them  are  of  the  small  and  delicate  sorts;  but 
1  seldom  obtain  any  that  fail  to  grow  except 
when  grossly  neglected. 

Long  ago  I  learned  that  sowing  the  seeds 
of  our  more  delicate  annuals  and  perennials 
indiscriminately  in  borders  and  flower  beds, 
resulted  in  more  or  less  failures,  even  if  the 
seeds  were  fresh  and  good,  because  it  is  dif¬ 
ficult  to  give  them  the  proper  amount  of 
moisture  in  time  of  drouths.  Such  seeds 
must  not  be  sown  very  deep,  consequently 
a  few  dry,  hot  days,  even  after  the  seeds 
sprout,  is  likely  to  destroy  the  .plants  ;  and  if 
water  is  applied,  t  he  chances  uro  we  do  more 
harm  than  good  by  merely  wetting  the  sur¬ 
face,  causing  it  to  bake  so  hard  that  young 
seedlings  cannot  break  through. 

To  avoid  failures,  I  sow  everything  of  the 
kind  in  shallow  boxes  ;  say  about  twelve  to 
eighteen  inches  square  and  three  inches  deep. 
The  soil  in  those  boxes  is  made  very  rich  and 
of  such  light,  friable  materials  that  it  will 
not  become  hard,  no  matter  how  much  water 
is  applied.  The  surface  of  the  soil  in  these 
boxes  is  made  perfectly  level  by  using  a 
small  piece  of  board  pressed  firmly  upon  it 
at  the  time  of  filling.  The  seeds  are  then 
evenly  scattered  over  the  surface,  or  sown  in 
narrow  drill?  ;  then  soil  Is  sifted  over  them, 
not  thrown  on  with  the  hand  or  garden 
trowel.  The  boxes  are  then  placed  in  the 
green-house,  hot-bed,  or  in  any  warm,  pro¬ 
tected  situation  where  the  dry  winds  cannot 
sweep  over  the  surface,  carrying  oil'  the 
moisture  almost  as  fast  as  it  can  be  applied. 
Copious  applications  of  water  are  given  ev¬ 
ery  evening,  applied  with  a  watering  pot 
having  a  fine  rose.  When  the  plants  appear 
they  are  thinned  out  if  too  thick,  and  if  de¬ 
sirable  to  save  all,  then  transplant  into  simi¬ 
lar  boxes,  and  set  in  the  shade  until  new 
roots  are  produced. 

As  soon  as  the  plants  are  large  enough  to 
go  into  the  outside  borders  and  beds,  they  are 
removed  from  the  boxes.  Those  kinds  which 
are  very  sensitive  t  o  any  disturbance  of  roots 
(as  many  are)  may  be  lifted  in  clomps,  pro¬ 
vided  the  soil  is  well  soaked  with  water  be¬ 
fore  attempting  to  remove  them.  I  have 
sown  all  my  annuals  in  this  manner,  and  not 
a  variety  has  failed  this  season  ;  but  I  dare 
say  the  seedsman  from  whom  I  purchased 
the  seeds  has  been  blamed  more  than  once 
this  season  for  the  failure  of  seeds  taken 
from  the  same  packages.  It  costs  but  little 
to  make  a  fe\w  boxes  of  the  kind  1  have 
named,  and  if  put  away  when  not  in  use, 
they  will  last  for  many  years.  I  use  the 
same  form  of  boxes  for  my  vegetable  plants 
raised  in  liot-beds,  and  find  them  very  con¬ 
venient  for  carrying  plants  into  the  field, 
which  can  be  done  without  disturbing  or  ex¬ 
posing  their  roots.  The  lady  readers  of  t  he 
Rural  New-Yorker  who  have  such  poor 
success  in  raising  verbenas  and  similar  plants 
from  seed,  should  certainly  try  the  box  sys¬ 
tem  of  seed  beds. 

GUARDING  AGAINST  MITES  AND  MOTHS. 

May  27. — I  have  looked  over  all  my  insect 
cases  to-day,  atid  put  Into  each  a  few  small 
lumps  of  camphor,  to  kill  as  wolf  as  prevent 
the  little  mites  which  frequently  destroy  such 
collections,  doing  any  damage  during  the  hot 
weather,  livery  person  who  has  a  collec¬ 
tion.  or  even  a  few  specimens  of  insects  or 
stuffed  birds,  should  take  precautionary 
measures  against  the  attacks  of  antkreni 
which  appear  to  be  always  about  ready  to 
take  advantage  of  any  neglect  on  the  part  of 
those  who  possess  ornothological  or  entomo¬ 
logical  specimens.  Camphor,  turpentine,  cre¬ 
osote  or  benzine  introduced  into  cases,  will 
usually  put  an  end  to  the  ravages  of  these  in¬ 
sidious  pests.  Winter  clothing,  especially 
that  which  is  composed  in  part  of  fur,  re¬ 


quires  attention  at  this  season.  Of  course, 
the  ladies  are  never  negligent  in  attending  to 
those  articles  which  belong  to  their  apparel ; 
but  the  men  folk  sometimes  do  neglect  the 
buffalo  robes  and  horse  blankets  until  it  is 
too  late  to  save  them.  1  have  had  mine 
spread  out  in  the  sun  to-day,  the  dust  shaken 
out  and  then  rolled  up  and  put  into  tight 
canvas  bags.  These  bags  are  to  be  hung  up 
in  the  attic  or  in  my  liamess-room  in  the 
barn.  A  few  lumps  of  gum  camphor  or 
some  tobacco  put  into  each  bag,  will  keep 
out  the  moths,  should  there  be  any  holes  in 
the  )>ags  large  enough  to  admit  a  moth.  If 
the  bags  are  made  of  tightly- woven  cloth, 
there  will,  however,  be  no  danger  from 
moths.  1  have  practiced  this  plan  of  pre¬ 
serving  my  sleigh  robes  and  heavy  woolen 
hoi's®  blankets  for  many  years,  and  no  fur  or 
cloth  moths  have  ever  reached  them.  It 
costs  less  to  preserve  such  articles  than  to 
purchase  new,  although  one  may  riot  feel 
much  interest  in  fur  robes  and  thick  blankets 
when  the  mercury  marks  'JO '  in  the  shade. 

CUTTING  RYE  FOR  HAY. 

May  28. — Rve  is  almost  as  important  a 
crop  in  New  Jersey  as  wheat  is  in  Minne¬ 
sota  ;  and,  as  a  matter  of  course,  I  have  to 
sow  a  few  acres  every  year  or  be  ruled  out 
of  fellowship  among  New  Jersey  farmers. 
Ray  appears  to  be  always  scarce  in  my 
neighborhood,  and  whenever  I  have  to  buy, 
the  price  goes  up  to  about  t  wenty-live  cents 
per  hundred  above  New  York  City  market 
rates.  I  concluded  to  see  what  kind  of  hay 
green  rye  would  make.  This  morning, 
when  I  proposed  to  cut,  the  rye,  which  was 
just  merely  showing  its  flowers,  John  was 
ready  to  strike  ;  for  such  a  piece  of  folly  had 
never  before  been  heard  of  in  this  neighbor¬ 
hood.  The  rye,  however,  is  cut,  and  if  the 
weather  continues  fine  it,  will  be  hauled  into 
the  barn  to-morrow.  I  do  not  think  rve 
hay  will  equal  good  Timothy  in  quality;  but 
it,  is  certainly  superior  to  more  than  half  of 
the  stuff  called  hay  sold  ill  city  and  count  ry 
village  markets.  Another  advantage  which 
I  expect  to  gain  by  cutting  before  ripe  is  a 
bet, till  growth  of  grass  from  the  seed  sown 
among  the  rve  last  fall.  If  the  weather 
riiould  continue  dry  for  the  next  two  weeks, 
or  until  rye  is  ripe,  the  young  grass  growing 
among  it  must  suffer  more  or  less. 

By-the-way,  1  t  hink  T  mentioned  the  8*ct 
in  my  Diary,  last  fall,  that  on  a  portion  of 
this  field  no  rye  was  sown,  the  grass  seed  be¬ 
ing  harrowed  in  alone.  The  result  s  are  worth 
not  ing  ;  for  or  t  hat  portion  where  the  grass 
seed  was  sown  alone,  I  shall  get  a  fair  crop 
of  hay  this  season  ;  but  among  the  rye  it  is 
too  scatt  ering  and  backward  to  amount  to 
anything  t  his  year.  Hereafter,  when  1  want 
to  seed  down  land,  I  shall  sow  the  seed  alone, 
the  same  as  we  sow  other  grain,  either  in 
spring  or  fall. 

DIOSCOREA  AS  AN  ORNAMENTAL  PLANT. 

May  2!).— Years  ago,  when  the  Chinese  po¬ 
tato,  or  Dioseorea  Batata,  was  first  intro¬ 
duced,  1  planted  a  few  roots  in  my  garden, 
where  they  have  remained  undisturbed  ever 
since.  Every  year  they  throw  up  their 
strong,  turning  stems,  covered  with  dark, 
glossy,  green  leaves,  and,  withal,  make  quite 
a  pretty  ornament.  The  vines  will  grow  ten 
to  twenty  feet  long,  either  twining  around  a 
poll-  or  over  shrubs  or  trees.  It  was  claimed 
by  some  person  that  this  Chinese  potato 
would  supersede  our  common  sorts  ;  but  its 
habit  of  growth  is  against  it,  the  tubers  be¬ 
ing  very  long  and  slender  and  grow  perpen¬ 
dicular,  the  largest,  end  at  the  bottom;  and 
digging  two  feet  deep,  even  for  the  purpose 
of  securing  a,  three  or  four  pound  potato,  is 
out  of  the  question  in  this  land  of  high  prices 
of  labor  and  low  prices  for  food.  T  should 
think  this  Dioseorea  would  he  valuable  in 
localities  where  long  drouths  are  frequent, 
because  the  roots  and  tubers  go  so  deep  that 
they  would  find  moisture  if  there  was  any 
there.  Then,  ngaiu,  if  a  man  had  a  good, 
large  patch  of  this  potato,  he  need  not  fear  a 
famine,  because  when  once  well  established, 
it  will  take  care  of  itself  winter  and  summer, 
and  the  tubers  of  each  succeeding  crop  ap¬ 
pear  to  increase  in  size  for  the  first,  half 
dozen  years. 

As  un  ornamental  plant  this  Dioseorea  will 
rank  with  many  of  our  more  commonly  cul¬ 
tivated  climbers,  such  as  the  Grecian  silk- 
vine,  Madeira  vine,  and  score?  of  kinds  which 
are  valued  more  for  their  beautiful  foliage 
than  flowers.  The  plants  may  be  grown  in 
pots  or  boxes  the  same  as  other  ornamental 
■•limbers,  if  it  is  desirable  to  keep  them  in 
the  house  as  ornamental  plantB,  but  the 
tubers,  when  compressed  in  a  small  space, 
will  assume  every  variety  of  fantastic  shapes, 
and  of  course  their  value  for  cooking  de¬ 
stroyed.  In  propagation,  all  parts  of  the 
plants  may  be  used,  from  leaf  to  tuber,  and 
the  latter  may  be  cut  up  into  pieces  a  quarter 


of  an  inch  spuare  and  still  strong  plants  pro¬ 
duced  therefrom.  At  the  base  of  every  l°af, 
upon  strong  vines,  one  or  two  small  bulblets 
are  produced,  and  these  may  be  gathered 
and  laid  away  for  seed  in  addition  to  the 
tubers  produced  in  the  ground.  No  true 
seeds  of  this  species,  T  believe,  have  ever 
been  seen  in  this  country,  hence  the  scarcity 
of  varieties.  If  varieties  could  be  produced 
with  tubers  like  the  sweet  potato,  the  Dis- 
corea  Batatas  would  certainly  become  popu¬ 
lar  as  a  food-supplying  plant. 


HOW  TO  MOUNT  SMALL  BEETLES. 


Please  inform  me  if  there  is  any  way  of 
mounting  very  small  insects,  other  than  on  a 
pin.  I  have  read  of  entomological  pins,  but 
nave  never  seen  any.  Would  you  be  so  kind 
as  to  iufonn  me  whether  common  pins  will 
answer  the  purpose  well  enough  ?  -Young 
Naturalist. 

Scarcely  any  two  of  our  entomologists 
mount  their  specimens  in  the  same  manner. 
Each  has  his  own  peculiar  notions  in  regard 
to  the  styles  in  which  the  specimens  should 
be  mounted  ;  one  cares  nothing  for  appear¬ 
ance  Of  the  specimen  beyond  knowing  that 
they  are  perfect,  while  another  will  be  ex¬ 
tremely  fastidious  in  regard  to  the  pose  of 
each  specimen ;  every  foot,  leg,  antenna, 
wing,  or  other  member,  must  be  In  a  particu¬ 
lar  posit  ion  and  all  correspond,  else  the  value 
is  greatly  depreciated  in  his  estimation. 

No  one  will  deny  that  a  cabinet  with  every 
specimen  set  in  a  uniform  stylo  is  far  more 
attractive  and  beautiful,  even  if  not  more 
valuable  scientifically,  than  one  in  which 
there  is  no  uniformity  of  mounting  attempt¬ 
ed  ;  therefore  we  advise  all  beginners  to 
adopt  a  style  that  will  show  off  (lieu-  speci¬ 
mens  to  the  best  advantage,  even  if  it  does 
cost  more  labor.  We  will  also  say  that  ordi¬ 
nary  brass  pins  should  not  be  used  in  mount¬ 
ing  any  entomological  specimen.  Pins  made 
for  this  purpose,  and  of  various  sizes  and 
qualities,  can  be  obtained  so  cheaply  that  no 
one  should  think  of  using  any  other.  Any¬ 
thing  that  is  worth  doing  at  all,  is  worth 
doing  well. 

We  will  tell  how  we  mount  very  small 
specimens,  and  you  can  adopt  the  same  plan. 

or  any  other  if  this  does  not 
suit  yon.  Very  small  beetles, 
bugs,  flies  and  similar  insects 
we  mount  upon  small,  wedge- 
shaped  pallets,  cut  from  card¬ 
board,  of  the  form  and  size 
shown  at  a  in  the  figure.  The 
size  may  be  varied  a  little  to 
suit  the  size  of  the  specimens  ; 
but  they  should  not  be  much 
larger  than  the  one  shown  ; 
for  any  insect  too  large  to  put 
upon  this  size  can  usually  be 
mounted  by  thrusting  a  small 
piu  through  it  in  the  usual  manner  of 
mounting  those  of  larger  sizes. 

For  gumming  the  insect  to  the  pallet,  we 
use  gum  arable  to  which  is  added  a  little  pul¬ 
verized  gum  tragacanth.  Either  will  answer 
(lie  purpose,  although  we  prefer  a  mixture 
of  the  two.  Dissolve  in  water,  and  let  stand 
a  few  days  before  using.  Cut  up  a  quantity 
of  the  pallets  and  then  spread  out  the  beetles 
or  bugs  to  be  mounted  upon  a  paper  or  board. 
Lay  the  insects  upon  their  backs  with  head 
toward  you;  then,  with  a  small  pair  of  for- 
cepts,  take  up  one  of  the  pallets  and  dip  the 
small  end  in  the  gum  ;  then  place  it  under 
the  legs,  if  possible,  of  the  insect  and  against 
the  abdomen,  then  reverse  the  specimen  and 
pallet,  resting  both  upon  a  piece  of  cork  or 
soft  wood.  Now  take  a  phi  and  thrust  ft 
through  the  wide  end  of  the  pallet,  and  run 
this  and  your  specimen  up  to  within  about, 
three-eighths  of  an  inch  of  the  head,  as  shown 
at  b  in  the  figure.  If  you  pin  every  one  in 
this  maimer,  each  specimen  will  he  on  the 
same  side  and  head  in  the  same  direction. 
As  the  mounted  specimen  stands  before  you, 
the  pallet  will  point,  to  the  left,  with  tlic 
head  of  the  insect  furthest  from  you.  Our 
thousands  of  minute  specimens  of  beetles  axe 
mounted  in  this  way,  without  variation, 
each  the  same  bight,  consequently  their  ap¬ 
pearance  is  very  uniform,  although  variable 
in  form,  size  and  color. 

Very  minute  species  of  moths  may  be 
mounted  upon  pallets  the  same  width  at 
both  ends,  thus  giving  a  chance  to  hold  the 
wings  extended.  Where  it  is  desirable  to 
mount  specimens  so  that  both  the  upper  and 
lower  surface  can  be  examined,  I  have  found 
nothing  better  than  very  thin  layers  of  mica 
cut  into  pallets  of  the  requisite  size  and  form. 
To  hold  the  mioa  pallets  firmly  upon  the  pin, 


small  pieces  of  cardboard,  cut  out  with  a 
small  punch,  such  as  used  by  shoemakers, 
can  be  placed  above  and  below,  close  up 
against  the  mica.  There  are  also  many  other 
styles  of  mounting  microscopic  specimens, 
but  those  we  have  named  will  answer  very 
well  for  ordinary  work,  especially  for  the 
novice  in  entomology. 


INSECTS  DESTROYING  THE  PEACHES. 

The  peach  growei-s  of  Delaware  are 
alarmed  at  the  appearance  of  a  very  de¬ 
structive  insect  which  is  destroying  the  buds 
on  their  trees.  A  correspondent,  of  the  News 
and  Advertiser,  Milford,  Del.,  says: 

I  send  you  some  specimens  of  u  worm  that 
does  the  mischief,  if  you  examine  a  leaf 
bud  that  is  just  beginning  to  wilt,  you  will 
find  deep  In  the  bud  a  small  cavity  contain¬ 
ing  a  brown  worm  about  3- 16  of  an  inch  long. 
He  must  leave  very  soon  after  doing  the  mis¬ 
chief,  lor  although  I  examined  a  great  many 
buds  that  were  dead  and  found  the  cavity, 
the  worm  was  gone.  When  the  mischief  is 
done  on  a  thick  shoot  or  terminal  bud.  the 
damage  is  slight,  but  when  a  number  of  buds 
are  affected  on  a  small  shoot,  i't»s  invariably 
killed  will)  the  fruit  that  is  on  it. 

Now,  suppose  some  one  should  ask  the 
farmers  and  fruit  growers  of  Delaware  if 
they  would  give  one  dollar  each,  annually,  to 
pay  some  good  Entomologist  to  study  the 
habits  of  noxious  and  beneficial  insects  of 
the  .State,  and  be  ever  ready  to  impart  to  the 
masses  just  such  information  as  is  now  re¬ 
quired  in  regard  to  this  pest  which  is  destroy¬ 
ing  the  pouch  orchards,  would  they  give  it  ? 
We  do  not  believe  they  would  give  twenty- 
live  cents  towards  supporting  a  State  Ento¬ 
mologist  !  No  doubt  a  little  practical  ento¬ 
mology  would  be  quite  acceptable  just  at 
lliis  time,  but  to  have  the  article  always  at 
hand  when  wanted  is  more  than  the  masses 
are  prepared  for,  hence  their  aversion  to  any 
study  or  science  which  deals  with  things  as 
common  as  insects,  plants,  stones,  shells  and 
other  familiar  objects. 

Will  some  of  our  readers,  residing  in  Dela¬ 
ware,  send  us  some  specimens  of  this  worm 
which  is  doing  so  much  damage,  carefully 
.  inclosing  them  alive  in  a  small  box  with 

leaves  and  buds  ? 

- - 

WORKS  ON  ENTOMOLOGY. 


I  want  the  best  American  work  on  insects, 
(whose  cost  is  not  oA’er  six  or  seven  dollars) 
that  is  published.  1  do  not.  wish  a  book  con¬ 
taining  a  long  description  of  the  different 
orders,  as  1  have  enough  of  that,  but  a  book 
containing  the  most  American  species,  their 
names,  and  illust  rated  as  much  hs  possible,  so 
that  1  could  probably  find  nearly  all  North 
American  Insects  which  are  large  enough  to 
lie  impaled  on  a  pin. — N.  E.  L. 

There  is  no  such  book  or  books  to  be  had, 
and  wc  fear  will  not  be  in  your  lifetime.  To 
give  the  information  you  desire  would  require 
not  less  than  a  hundred  volumes  of  a  thou¬ 
sand  pages  each,  which  would  cost  a  good 
deal  more  than  nix  dollars.  If  you  are  not 
satisfied  with  such  works  us  Packard’s  Guide, 
Harris’  Noxious  and  Beneficial  insects,  Trans¬ 
actions  of  the  American  Entomological  So¬ 
ciety,  Say’s  Entomology,  and  similar  books, 
we  cannot  help  you.  We  have  not,  as  yet, 
been  able  to  learn  all  that  is  given  in  these 
books,  and  think  there  are  many  pretty  good 
entomologists  in  the  same  fix.  Our  advice  is 
that  you  take  one  order  and  devote  your  life 
to  its  study;  for  it  is  impossible  for  any  man 
to  know  more  than  the  species  that  belong 
to  one,  and  know  them  well. 


ofurm  Jnijilcmcnt.'i. 


REVERSIBLE  PLOWS. 

A  Correspondent  in  Rural  New-Yorker 
of  May  81,  makes  an  Inquiry  about  Swivel 
Plows.  ,1  have  used  one  for  the  last  ten 
years,  and  I  would  not  go  back  and  use  a 
landslide  plow  for  any  consideration  what¬ 
ever.  In  the  first  place,  land  plowed,  with 
a  Swivel  Plow  presents  a  smooth  surface  to 
the  mowing  maeliine,  tedder  and  rake,  and  1 
think  they  will  last  longer  than  where  they 
are  driving  in  and  out  of  dead  furrows. 
Corn  will  do  better  where  it  is  ull  smooth 
than  where  the  land  is  in  ridges,  for  the  row 
next  the  furrow  will  dry  up,  and  then  you 
can  begin  on  one  side  of  your  piece,  and 
plow  as  much  or  little  as  you  like.  What  is 
left  is  in  good  shape,  and  what  is  plowed  lias 
no  baulks  in  it,  providing  you  have  a  good 
plow,  I  think  it  easier  for  the  team;  you 
want  to  know  where  you  can  get  one,  and 
at  what  price;  if  you  want  the  best,  get  the 
No.jl  Hodge  Patent  Reversible  Plow,  and  you 
will  use  no  other.  I  know  of  some  fifteen 
different  plows,  and  I  think  this  the  best; 
price,  complete,  $16. 


•SUME  14 


OOB'E’S  BUBAL  WEW-YOBKER 


— n-s 
3S3  . 


Scientific  and  Useful. 


AERIAL  NAVIGATION. 

Comparatively,  the  world  is  in  its  infancy ;  ^ 
the  railroads  are  the  first  step  towards  the 
substitute  for  muscle  in  traveling  on  land, 
and  the  steamships  the  first  move  from  float- 
ing  with  the  tide  and  tacking  about  by  aid  of  ^ 
the  wind  ;  but  though  the  speed  of  the  fast-  j 
est.  animals  by  land  is  beaten,  there  has 
been  no  successful  means  of  moving  through 
the  air,  so  that,  although  the  race  horse  lias  • 
no  real  value  for  fast  motion,  the  birds  can  1 
still  laugh  at  the  benighted  intellect  of  the  11 
boasted  human  race  ;  for  they  can  change  - 
their  climate  at  pleasure,  moving  into  a 
warmer  atmosphere  without  any  of  the  la¬ 
bored,  slow  and  dangerous  modes  of  locomo¬ 
tion  at  the  command  of  reason  —  instinct  i 
being  still  superior,  in  many  respects,  to  tho 
most  ingenious  efforts  of  self-conceited  man  ! 

It  is  folly  to  suppose,  there  can  beany  trav¬ 
eling  through  tho  air  till  means  of  action  are  t 
brought  to  bear  on  it  similar  to  the  wheels  { 
on  water,  or  at  least  in  the  same  contradis-  ( 
tinetion  from  the  windmill  sails  ns  from  the  g 
water  wheel — then  invent  a  rudder  and  one 
to  act,  also  to  rise  or  descend,  and  the  air 
machine  will  bo  the  cheapest  means  of  t  rav¬ 
eling.  Some  light  kind  of  fuel  will  be  requi¬ 
site  ;  and  it  appeal's  the  step  from  present 
ways  of  carrying  passengers,  &c.,  to  tho  ma¬ 
chine  forced  through  the  ah',  will  be  less  dif¬ 
ficult  than  the  one  from  motion  by  force  of 
animal  muscle  to  present  modes  of  loco¬ 
motion. 

it  will  not  be  any  renowned  or  learned 
man  who  will  discover  the  way  to  imitate 
the  flight  of  birds  and  to  surpass  their  speed 
in  the  same  ratio  as  the  engines  do  that  of 
the  animal  of  land  ;  for  what  are  tho  great 
and  honored  of  the  present  in  any  age  ?  They 
merely  loam  from  former  clever  men,  and 
have  the  tact  to  work  on  the  minds  of  man¬ 
kind  in  general,  who  raise  them  up  to  places 
of  honor,  &c.  Those  who  are  the  greatest 
benefactors  to  their  fellow  men  seldom  gain 
any  credit,  for  some  wily,  cunning  man  is 
almost  certain  to  worm  from  them  the  se¬ 
cret  of  the  plan  and  turn  it  to  account  as 
their  own  original  idea. 

Working  Farmer. 

— r - - - 

TANNING  AND  DYEING  SHEEP  SKINS. 

In  answer  to  a  question,  a  correspondent 
of  the  Scientific  American  says:— Wash,  the 
pelts  in  warm  water,  and  remove  all  fleshy 
matter  from  the  inner  surface, #  then  clean 
the  wool  with  soft  soap,  and  rinse  the  soap 
thoroughly  out.  Second,  apply  to  the  flesh 
side,  the  following  mixture  for  each  pelt : 
Common  salt  and  ground  alum,  one-quarter 
pound  of  each,  and  half  an  ounce  of  borax. 
Dissolve  the  whole  in  one.  quart  of  hot  water. 
When  cool  enough  to  bear  the  hand,  add  rye 
meal  to  make  a  thick  paste,  and  spread  the 
mixture  on  the  flesh  side  of  the  pelt.  Fold 
tho  pelt,  lengthwise,  and  let  it  remain  two 
weeks  in  an  .airy  and  shady  place,  t  hen  re¬ 
move  the  paste  from  the  surface  ;  wash  and 
dry.  When  nearly  dry,  scrape  the  flesh  side 
with  a  knife,  working  the  pelt  until  it  be¬ 
comes  thoroughly  soft.  A  beautiful  blue 
may  be  imparted  to  the  wool  by  using  the 
following  recipe  : —  Add.  a  wine-glassful  of 
sulphuric  ucid  to  a  gallon  of  water.  Put  into 
the  solution  a  tablespoonful  or  more  of  im¬ 
perial  blue,  regulating  the  quantity  of  the 
dyestuff  to  the  shade  of  blue  required.  Put 
in  the  pelts  and  boil  for  ten  minutes.  After 
boiling,  the  pelt  will  need  working  again,  to 
make  it  soft. 

- 4“*-* - 

OPIUM  EATING  AMONG  ANIMALS. 


of  ammonia  in  water  ;  write  with  the  solu¬ 
tion  and  it  will  give  a  yellow  color,  when 
hea  ted,  which  will  disappear  when  cold. — A. 
Ross. 

Permit  me  to  inform  Nellie  RTrsHMORE 
that  skimmed  milk  can  bn  used  to  write  in¬ 
visibly  ;  and  to  make  it.  visible,  pass  a  hot 
Iron  over  the  paper.  The  writing  will  appear 
a  pale  brown  color  like  scorched  milk,  which 
it  is.  Lemon  juice  is  said  to  answer  ns  well, 
but  I  have  not  seen  it  tried.— Mrs.  P.  C. 
Hammond. 

Sulitiurtc  acid,  one  part. ;  soft  water  20 
parts ;  mix  together,  to  write  with  a  quill 
pen,  which  writing  can  be  read  only  after 
heating  it.— D.  IV.  H  ,  Ligonier ,  Ind. 


still  (Bronomit. 


HANGING  WHATNOT. 

In  answer  to  Lula  Howard’s  inquiry  in 
the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  May  3d,  I  send 
the  enclosed  sketch  of  a  hanging  Whatnot. 
Get  some  neat  small-figured  wall  paper  and 
some  nice  bordering  (eight  strip  velvet  border 


under  its  influence,  the  hair  is  retained  in  a 
moist  condition  for  a  long  time. 

,S teamed  Indian  Pudding. — Take  one  tea¬ 
cup  sweet  milk,  half  teacup  buttermilk,  half 
teacup  molasses,  two  cups  Indian  meal,  one 
of  flour,  one  of  English  currants,  one  teaspoon 
saleratus  and  a  little  sail  ;  put  it  in  a  basin, 
set  in  a  steamer  over  boiling  water  for  two 
hours ;  serve  with  a  sauce  made  of  butter 
and  sugar  or  sweetened  cream.  Yon  will 
have  the  best  pudding  ever  made;  for  my 
husband  says  so. — o.  G.  II. 

Ifirdtmcal,  ['adding.  —  Take  tart,  mellow 
apples ;  pare  and  slice  them  ;  spread  in  a 
buttered,  deep  t  in.  Make  the  batter  as  fol¬ 
lows  :  — QUO  cup  sweet  erbutu,  half  cup  sweet 
milk,  a  little  salt.,  one  teaspoon  cream  tartar, 
half  teaspoon  soda  ;  pour  over  the  apples  and 
bake.  It.  is  excellent  eaten  with  sweet  cream 
and  sugar —Mrs.  H.  a.  Brown. 

How  to  K pep  Na usage. — Sausages  will  keep 
splendidly  if  stuffed  in  sldns,  partially  cooked, 
packed  in  stone  jars  and  melted  lard  poured 
over  them.  Beal  the  mouth  of  the  jar  with 
circular  pieces  of  paper  smeared  with  flour 
paste,  and  put  in  a  dry,  cool  cellar. 


(Still) 


WHAT  OUR  BIRDS  EAT. 


The  Agricultural  Gazette  of  India  is  re¬ 
sponsible  for  the  assertion  that,  when  ani¬ 
mals  have  once  learned  to  know  the  taste 
and  properties  of  opium,  they  become  as 
fond  of  it  as  human  beings.  Li  China,  it  is 
necessary  to  fence  the  poppy  fields  very  care¬ 
fully  to  keep  out  the  cattle.  Horses  and 
cows  that  have  become  accustomed  to  being 
fed  on  poppies,  sicken  and  die  if  deprived  of 
them.  Hogs  fed  on  poppy-heads  fatten  | 
quickly,  hut  they  must  then  be  slaughtered. 
Bees  prefer  t  his  to  any  other  food,  and  rats 
come  to  opium  factories  to  enjoy  breathing 
*  the  very  dust  of  it. 

- -¥-*■■¥ - 

SCIENTIFIC  AND  USEFUL  NOTTS, 

Invisible  Ink. — Here  is  an  answer  to  Nel¬ 
lie  Rushmore  :— If  you  write  with  oil  of 
vitriol  very  much  diluted,  so  as  to  prevent 
its  destroying  the  paper,  the  manuscript  will 
be  invisible  except  when  hold  to  the  fire, 
when  the  letters  will  appear  black.  Dissolve 
equal  parts  of  sulphate  of  copper  and  muriate 


is  the  nicest)  and  six  or  eight  yards  of  the 
very  heaviest  picture  cord  to  hang  it  with. 
Make  the  shelves iueh  boards,  planed  on 
both  Bides,  and  cut  in  the  form  shown  or  any 
other  fancy  shape.  About  sixteen  inches 
wide  from  the  back  corner  to  the  front  edge 
(through  the  middle  of  the  shelf)  is  the  proper 
width  for  the  lower  sliclf,  and  each  shelf 
above  should  be  an  inch  or  an  inch  and  a 
half  narrower  than  the  one  next  below  it. 

Put  a  back  on  each  shelf  of  siding,  or  ot  her 
thin  stuff,  as  high  as  the  bordering  will  cover, 
ami  bevel  the  back  side  at  the  top,  so  that 
the  upper  edge  shall  not  show.  Bore  holes 
in  each  corner  just  large  enough  to  admit  t  he 
cord,  and  tack  a  strip  of  pasteboard  or  build¬ 
ing  felt  around  the  front  edge  as  wide  as  the 
bordering  will  cover. 

In  papering  the  shelves,  be  very  careful 
not  to  leave  any  blistered  places,  as  they  will 
cause  t  he  paper  to  break.  They  should  be 
pricked  and  rubbed  down,  and  the  papered 
surface  will  stand  as  much  wear  as  a  var¬ 
nished  one. 

Put  bordering  on  the  back  and  around  the 
front  edge,  and  it  is  ready  to  put  together. 
Adjust  the  cord  to  the  top  shelf  first,  tying  a 
knot  under  each  corner  to  hold  it  up,  then 
hang  it  up  and  put  on  the  other  shelves  in 
their  order,  tying  a  knot  under  each  one. 
About  ten  inches  or  one  foot  apart  is  as  near 
together  as  they  should  be  placed. 

I.  H,  Rogers. 

- 4-*-4 - 

DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 


Good.  Hair  Od.— A  correspondent  asks  us 
to  republish  a  recipe,  given  some  years  ago, 
for  a  mixture  for  the  hair,  that  is  regarded  as 
the  most  cleanly,  agreeable  and  safe,  as  fol¬ 
lows: — Pure  fresh  castor  oil,  two  ounces;  co¬ 
logne  spirits  (ninety-five  per  cent.),  sixteen 
ounces.  The  oil  is  freely  dissolved  in  the 
spirit,  and  the  solution  is  clear  and  beautiful. 
It  may  be  perfumed  in  any  way  to  suit  the 
fancy.  A  cheap  and  very  good  dressing  for 
the  hair,  is  made  by  dissolving  four  ounces 
of  perfectly  pure  dense  glycerine  in  twelve 
ounces  of  rose  water.  Glycerine  evaporates 
only  at  a  high  temperature,  and,  therefore, 


John  W.  Robinson  read  a  paper  before  ol 
the  Northern  Illinois  Horticultural  Society, 
from  which  wo  make  the  following  extracts  lli 
for  Rural  New-Yorker  renders  :  |!’ 

The  red- tailed  buzzard  feeds  upon  squirrels,  gt 
rabbits,  rats  and  mice,  and,  therefore,  is  the 
farmer’s  friend,  Tho  sparrow  hawk  occa- 
sionally  takes  a  barnyard  fowl,  but  feeds  ^ 
principally  on  mice  aud  moles.  Tho  king  p 
bird  eats  gadflies,  botflies,  ami  various  other  n 
insects,  and  80  me  times  fruit,  but  is  not  de-  y 
etructive  to  fruit  to  any  great  degree.  Tim 
great  crested  fly  catcher  and  pewo.e  are  fast  (, 
friends  of  tho  orclmrdist,  and  live  cm  insects  y 
solely.  The  bobolink  eats  the  seeds  of  weeds, 
insects,  and,  at  the  South,  rice.  Sportsmen  „ 
eagerly  kill  it  for  the  delicacy  of  its  flesh.  il 

The  red  winged  black  bird  in  the*  spring  / 
lives  principally  on  cut  worms,  wire  worms,  | 
caterpillars  and  the  larva-  of  noxious  insects  ;  s 
later,  they  attack  corn,  and  also  eat  the  seeds  t 
of  various  plants.  The  purple  graekle  follows  'L 
the  plowman  in  tho  spring,  aud  destroys  the  r 
larva;  of  many  noxious  insects.  Tho  Bali.i  1 
more  oriole  feeds  on  beetles,  curoulio,  pea  < 
curcullo,  and  the  long-snouted  nut  weevil,  j 
and,  w  •  may  add  in  parenthesis,  it  is  thor¬ 
oughly  detested  by  the  fruit  growers  in  south-  £ 
I  ern  Illinois.  The  orchard  oriole,  a  wren,  is  , 
too  little  known  and  appreciated  by  orclmrd- 
ists.  It  devours  hosts  of  worms  and  noxious  1 
insects,  and  is  tho  most  industrious  bird  the 
writer  knows.  The  meadow  lark  lives  prin-  ' 
oipally  on  subterranean  larvae.  The  blue  jay, 
this  pert  and  showy  bird,  the  writer  considers 
mean,  deceitful,  tyranieal  uud  sly,  yet  he  is 
one  of  the  few  birds  which  eat  the  orchard 
catberpillar. 

Tiie  butcher  bird  is  one  of  the  most  indus¬ 
trious  of  the  feathered  tribe,  and  feeds  on 
catterpillurs,  spiders,  grasshoppers,  etc.  The 
cedar  bird  eats  tho  canker  worm.  The  white¬ 
breasted  nut  hatch,  and  American  creeper 
live  on  tree  insects  solely.  Robins  eat.  grubs, 
the  larva-  <>P  the  May  beetle  and  cut  worms, 
aud  are  especially  destructive  to  the  canker 
worm  and  codling  moth.  The  finch  futullly 
includes  about  twenty  varieties  and  subdi¬ 
visions.  They  spreap  over  large  tracts  of 
Country,  in  search  of  grubs,  Iarvm  of  insects 
and  seeds,  The  American  red  start  is  a  gay 
little  follow,  flitting  about  from  place  to  place 
after  swarms  of  flics,  Tho  warblers  are  a 
great  service  to  the  fanner  and  horticulturist, 
i  for  they  destroy  greal  multitudes  of  noxious 
t  insects. 

Home  wrens,  the  patient,  persevering  and 
•  yet  I  irave  little  fellows,  feed  exclusively  on 
oat  ter  pi  liars  and  insects.  The  black-chapped 
titmouse  eats  the  larva;  and  cocoons  of  the 
codlingVnoth. 

Woodpeckers  are  the  true  laborers  for  man, 
their  chief  food  being  tree  larva;.  The  Amer- 
;  iean  or  rain  crow  is  a  quiet  bird,  having  a 
■,  timid  and  retiring  disposition.  He  guts  the 
s  tent  of  every  orchard  eatterpillar  he  meets. 

I  The  American  pa  rt  ridge  or  quail,  is  one  of  the 
»-  intermitting  destroyers  of  the  chinch  bug 
i)  and  the  sriped  pumpkin  bug,  and  is  one  of 
e  the  most  valuable  of  birds  to  the  farmer  and 
1.  horticulturist. 

e  The  essayist  believed  that  fanners  and  hor- 
>r  ticulturists  lwl  not  discriminated  enough 
is  between  friends  and  foes  ;  and  he  noticed  a 
e  number  of  cases  where  the  indiscriminate 
is  slaughter  of  birds  had  worked  evil  to  tho 
3,  products  of  the  farm  and  garden. 


Jiulustiiutl 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 

Premium  Lint  of  Auirrlcan  Ponwloglcnt  Ho- 
c-iet  y.  $500  have  been  offeree!  by  the  Massachu¬ 
setts  Society  for  Promoting  Agriculture,  and 
$100,  each,  are  tendered  by  the  following  gen¬ 
tlemen,  for  premiums,  and  the  promotion  of 
the  objects  of  tho  Society,  viz. :  Hun.  Albert 
Fearing.  I’reft't  (llnghnm  Ag'l  Hoc-.;  Joint  Cum¬ 
mings,  E.sq.,  PrpVl  Middlesex  Ag'l  Son, ;  Dr. 
Nathan  Durfoe,  Ex- Proa' t  Bristol  Central  Ag. 
Hoc. ;  William  Knowlton,  Esq.,  Ex-Fioa't  Wor¬ 
cester  S.  E.  Ag'l  Hoc.;  Charles  O.  Whitmore, 
Esq.,  Boston;  Gardner  Brewer,  Esq.,  Boston. 
The  following  prizes  will  therefore  lie  offered, 
in  accordance  with  the  above  generous  dona¬ 
tions  : 

.  Ipplett. — For  the  largest,  and  best,  collection  of 
Apples,  correctly  named,  from  any  State  or  So¬ 
ciety,  three  of  oach  variety  1st  Premium,  the 
Society's  Silver  Medal  and  $50;  2d  do..  Bronze 
Medal  and  $25.  For  the  largest  and  best  col¬ 
lection,  correctly  named,  grown  by  one  Indi¬ 
vidual.  three  of  each  variety  —1st  Prem.,  Silver 
Medal  and  $50 ;  2d  do.,  Bronze  Medal  and  | 

1‘carS.  For  the  largest  and  best  collodion  of 
Pears,  correctly  named,  from  any  Slate  or  So¬ 
ciety,  three  of  ouch  variety  tsl  Prem..  Silver 
Medal  and  $25;  2d  do.,  Bronze  Medal  and  $25. 
For  tho  largest  and  best,  collection,  correctly 
named,  grown  by  one  Individual,  throe  of  each 
variety-  1st  Prem.,  Silver  Medal  and  $00;  3d 
do.,  Bronze  Medal  and  $25. 

Grape*.  For  tlu-  largest,  and  host  colleel  ion 
of  named  Native  Grapes,  from  any  State  or  So¬ 
ciety,  three  hunches  of  each  variety— 1st  Prem., 
Silver  Medal  and  $50;  2d  do.,  Bronze  Medal  and 
$25  For  l  he  largest  and  best  rolled  ton  of  named 
Native  Hiuptfl.  grown  by  one  Individual,  three 
buurhes  of  each  variety  1st  Prem., Silver  Medal 
and  $50;  2d  dm.  Bronze  Medal  and  $25.  For  the 
largest  and  befit  collection  of  named  Grapes, 
grown  west  of  Rocky  Mountains,  two  hunches 
of  oach  variety  Hllvisr  Medal  and  850.  For  tho 
largest  and  best.  collection  of  Native  G rapes, 
correct  lv  named,  grown  south  of  the  southern 
line  of  Virginia,  Tennessee.  Missouri.  Are.,  two 
bunches  of  each  variety  -Sliver  Modal  ui. -I  $50. 
For  the  largest,  arid  best  collection  of  Grapes 
grown  under  rlnsF.  two  bunches  of  each  variety 
-  Silver  Medal  and  $50. 

I  rac/n  s.  For  tne  largest  aud  heat  collection 
of  Poaclu-s,  correct  ly  named,  from  any  State  or 
Society,  throe  of  ouch  variety  l«i  Prom.,  Stiver 
Modal* and  $50;  2d  do..  Bronze  Medal  and  $25. 
For  the  largest  and  best  collection,  correctly 
named,  grown  by  one  Individual,  throe  of  each 
variety  Silver  Medal  and  $50;  2d  do..  Bronze 
Medal  and  $25. 

JJlvrnH.~  For  the  largest  and  host  collection  of 
Plums,  correctly  named,  from  any  State  or  So- 
clelv,  three  of  each  variety— 1st  Pram.,  Silver 
Medal  and  $50 ;  2d  do..  Bronze  Medal  and  $25. 
For  tho  largest  ntid  befit  collodion,  correctly 
named,  grow*  by  one  individual,  three  speci¬ 
mens  of  each  variety  1st  Prem.,  Silver  Medal 
and  $50;  2d  do.,  Bronze  Medal  and  $25. 

Seedling  /•’/  nit*.  Best,  col  lection  of  seedling 
Apples,  grown  by  one  imlivULual  Silver  Medal. 
Best  collection  of  seedling  I’carn,  grown  L>  one 
individual  — Silver  Medal.  Boat  collection  of 
seedling  luinly  Native  Grapes,  either  from  na¬ 
tive  seeds  or  hybrids,  grown  by  nnn  individual— 
Silver  Medal.  Best  collection  of  seedling  Plums, 
grown  by  one  individual— Silver  Medal.  Best 
collection  of  seedling  Peaches,  grown  by  one 
indiv  iduad— Silver  Modal. 

Fi(/«,  Best,  collection  of  fresh  Figs,  grown  In 
open  air— Silver  Medal.  Befit  exhibition  of  dried 
Figs,  grown  and  cured  In  the  United  States  Sil¬ 
ver  Medal, 

OiWM/ftJ.— Best  collection  of,  grown  In  open 
air  Silver  Medal. 

Lemons.-  Best  collection  of,  grown  in  open 
air  Silver  Medal. 


Rat-tins  —  Best,  collection  of,  grown  In  open 
air—  Silver  Medal. 

/tried  /-Vi' Its.-  Largest  and  best  collection  of, 
with  ft  d  de.  eriptloii  and  expense  of  process — 
Silver  Medal. 

(  U7t/e,i.  i  i  arts. — Largest  and  best  collection 
of,  giving  fnj I  description  of  process  aud  ex¬ 
penses—  Silver  Medal . 

Premiums  are  subject  to  the  general  rule  of 
restriction,  that  where  objects  are  not  worthy, 
prizes  will  be  withheld.  No  State  Society  or 
individual  can  compete  for  more  than  one  pre- 
U"  i  with  the  same  variety  or  varieties  of 
fruits. 

Marylntid  Hlnu*  Poultry  Atia’n.  Such  an  or¬ 
ganization  was  effected  at  Baltimore,  May  9, 
and  the  I'ol lowing  officers  elected  :  I'ren. — W.  S. 

G.  Bv  kick.  V  in  r- 1 'raft#,-  K.  S.  G.  Woidcrmati, 

It.  T.Town,  E.  Whitman,  Baltimore;  John  Bus- 
sins,  Washington,  !>.(  '  ;  Glum.  14.  Collin,  Prince 
George's;  E,  A,  W  endell,  Albany,  N.  V.;  J.  M. 
Wade,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  W.  H  Churchman,  • 
Wilmington,  Del. ;  A.  Goebel,  Canada ;  Augus¬ 
tus  Shrlver,  Westminster;  John  boats,  Fred¬ 
erick  ;  C. C.  Magruder,  Prince  George's;  George 
Coulton,  Howard  Co.;  lion.  Win.  II.  Tuck,  An¬ 
napolis;  Major  Win  Matthews,  Port  Tobacco; 
Win.  B.  I'assln,  Georgetown.  D.  ;  Joseph  H. 
Bradley,  Montgomery.  75 rus.- Geo.  Schwinn. 
Financial  Set.  -John  W 11  liar,  Iter.  See.  -C.  P. 
Powell.  Cor.  See.  James  E.  Rooms.  Kx.C am. 

G.  W.  P.  Sf  nnz,  John  I).  Gate  ford,  C.  D.  Par¬ 
ker,  Andrew  Miller,  Dr  P.  V.  Benson.  The 
time  tlxed  for  the  first  exhibition  was  June  6. 

\.  V.  State  Ag.  Hoc. — At,  a  late  meeting  of 
the  Executive  Committee  of  this  Society,  Lu¬ 
ther  II.  Tucker  tendered  his  resignation  as 
Treasurer  uf  the  Society.  The  resignation  was 
accepted,  and  Mr.  Adin  Thayer  chosou  in  his 
place.  It-  J.  Swan,  Vice-President  from  the  7th 
District,  also  resigned,  and  Mr.  Wadsworth  of 
Geneseo  was  substituted. 

New  Euglnnd  Pairs  In  1973  — Tho  following 
arc  the  dates  fixed  for  the  Fairs  named  New 
England  Fair,  Sept. 2-5 ;  New  Hampshire  State 
Fair,  Sept.  30,  Oct.  1-3;  Maseoma  I liver  Valley, 
Sept.  HC 18;  Connecticut  lUver  Valiev,  Sept. I)  11 ; 
Merrimack  County,  Sept.  25,  26;  Hillsborough 
County,  Sept,  23, 24 ;  Graft  on  County,  Sept,.  23  25. 

WnnBImro,  \t .,  Ag.  Hoc.  Officers  elect  for 
1873 :  Fr'x.  Luther  Wtiitcomu.  Vies-Pres. 
Dexter  Wait.  Directors.  —George  O.  Randall, 
Jlenry  M.  Kidder,  Marcus  VV .  Johnson,  Myron 
Shine,  Charles  Ryder,  Francis  White,  Franklin 
.Johnson.  See.  and  Treats.  -N.  C.  Johnson. 

Slmnuichiinclt*  Hurl.  Hoc.  -This  Society  is  to 
make  a  grand  exhibition  of  Rhododendrons,  on 
pout,  at  Common,  commencing  June  5,  and  con¬ 
tinue  two  weeks.  We  acknowledge  the  receipt 
of  complimentary  tickets  from  tho  Secretary, 
E.  W.  Bus  well. 

The  Franklin  Co.,  Mr.,  Ag.  Hoc.  holds  its 
next.  Fair  at  Farmington,  Sept.  23,  34 

Barnwell,  fc-  CL,  Ag.  Hoe.— The  1th  annual  Fair 
is  to  be  held  at  Barnwell,  Nov.  24-20. 


PROGRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT.” 


threw  a  pinch  of  if.  Into  almost  every  garden  ho 
passed— threw  the  &eed  over  the  fence,  feeling 
convinced  that  the  plants  when  once  recognized 
would  not  afterwards  lie  banished.  His  efforts 
were  rewarded;  and  now  for  the  few  pence 
worth  of  seed  I  hue  distributed  he  is  enabled  to 
ride  miles  In  the  midst  of  sweet  odor.  Up  adds 
t  hat  if  be  used  a  public  path  he  should,  so  far 
as  sweet  annual*  are  concerned,  take  care  of 
himself.  If  others  would  do  the  same  t  hing  we 
might  have  miles  of  ozone,  pure  oxygen,  and 
health  and  happiness  in  place  of  the  unsightly 
weeds  t  hat  now  disgrace  onr  public  highways. 
New  V’ork  roadsides  are  not  grazed.  Whyshould 
they  not  bloom  with  odorous  flowers? 


the  flsh  food.  It  has  been  found  essential  to 
the  objects  in  view  to  thoroughly  examine  the 
feeding  grounds  by  dredging  operations,  and 
Prof.  Verrilii  is  considered  an  authority  oa 
such  matters. 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


The  drain  Trade  in  England. — English  pa¬ 
pers  of  date  May  26,  speak  of  the  grain  trade  as 
being  Arm  at  high  rat.ee.  The  weather  for  the 
week  had  been  unfavorable,  botli  in  England 
and  on  the  Continent.  The  main  reliance  is 
Upon  America,  both  In  England  and  France— 
the  latter  having  exported  in  1872  until  she  has 
a  short  supply.  The  truth  is, both  England  and 
France  arc  short,  and  the  prospect  for  a  good 
market  for  American  grain  during  the  next  two 
months  is  good. 


Conducting  Kctitor  mid  Publisher 


CHA8.  D.  BRAGDON,  ANDREW  S.  FULLER, 

Aseot'iute  Editors. 

HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.  D.,  Cortland  Village,  N.  Y., 

Edith*  OK  Till  D*i*aiitm*nt  or  Smtur  Huhbamihv. 

X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  little  Falls,  N.  Y„ 

Editor  or  thu  Dki'Aiiimicivt  nr  Dairy  Hcabamdry. 


Honey  Bct-s  by  .Mall. — Tito  Assistant  Post¬ 
master  General  having  decided  that  bow  can¬ 
not  bo  forwarded  through  the  mails,  It  Is  under¬ 
stood  that  General  linn, eh,  as  attorney  for  the 
bee-keepers,  ha.*  appealed  the  case  to  the  Post¬ 
master  General,  and  the  case  is  now  pending. 
The  objection  to  admitting  thorn  to  the  mails 
Is  that  tliuy  sling  the  postmasters,  and  the 
honey  leaks  out  and  soils  other  packages.  But 
t  he  bee-keepers  claim  that  it  was  not  necessary 
to  open  the  package  and  let  t  he  boos  out  where 
they  could  sting  that  the)  could  bo  seen 
through  the  wire  cloth  In  which  they  are  in- 
rloBed ,  and  that  thorn  i*  no  need  of  sending 
honey  with  bees  so  shipped— that  a  lump  of 
sugar  answers  as  well,  it  having  been  repeatedly 
tried.  Properly  enveloped  in  wire  cloth,  and 
the  sugar  and  not  honey  supplied,  we  seo  no 
reason  why  lines  may  not  be  sent  by  mall  as 
well  as  plants. 


The  New  York  fcinte  Editorial  Association  is 

to  meet  at  Poughkeepsie  Wednesday,  Juno  18. 
The  welcoming  addresses  will  be  delivered  by 
President  Heokman  and  Mayor  Eastman  ;  the 
Annual  Address  by  Henry  Ward  Beecher, 
and  tho  Annual  Poem  by  H.  P.  Shillarer 
(Mrs.  Partington.)  An  excursion  to  West  Point, 
reception  at  Mayor  Eastman'S  residence,  and 
a  visit,  to  Vaesar  College  and  other  public  insti¬ 
tutions,  are  included  In  the  programme. 


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The  butter  and  cheese  dealers  of  this  city  have 
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/Vea/.  Walter  S.  Fairchild. 

Vire-Prot'e  1st,  Joel  D.  Hunter;  2d.  Jno.  M. 
Webb;  ;id,  M.  Folsom ;  411),  It.  R.  Doty. 

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Washington  Belt. 

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strong,  It.  A.  Lannlng.  Tlios.  I  lumber,  S.  T. 
Wygant. 

Caw.  on  AfrrnDcrMp.-  James  Warren  Dun¬ 
ning,  Charles  Johnson,  John  Thallon,  C.  Steg- 
man. 

Com.  on  liaornx  and  Property. — W m .  Hiilhert, 
P.  I.  Hunk,  AiudsC.  UtteTl,  M.  I).  Conklin. 

Complaint  Com.  Washington  Winsor,  L.  B. 
Miller,  Thou.  Egbert.  John  urpe,  Jas  Kay. 

liifipactawrs  of  Kkotion. — (Joe  Adams,  Win. 
Oakley,  W  in.  1.  Young. 

Tin  exchange  meets  from  10  o’clock  A.  M.  to 
11  A.  M.  daily. 


Tho  Yew  Jersey  f 'omilliNsIoncr*  to  Vienna, 
recently  appointed  by  the  Governor  to  repre¬ 
sent  that  Btato  at  Hie  Exposition,  are  :  Steven 
Wells,  Paterson;  John  It.  Daggers,  Paterson; 
Acton  0.  Hantshorn,  Freehold,  and  George  W. 
Hubbell,  Newark. 


PUBLICATION  OFFICES: 

No.  5  Beekman  Street,  New  York  City,  and  No.  82 
Buffalo  Street.  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


Milk  Tubes  or  Tent  Openers. — S,  F.  G.  Is  in¬ 
formed  that  there  are  tubes  made  and  used  by 
veterinarians  for  opening  t  he  obstructed  teats 
of  cows;  but  we  cannot  inform  our  corres¬ 
pondent  where  they  are  to  be  obtained. 


RURAL  BREVITIES 


Salem ,  Oregon,  is  to  have  a  steam  plow  man¬ 
ufactory. 

It  is  said  asporting  paper  is  soon  to  be  started 
in  Chicago. 

A  three-year-old  colt  was  lately  sold  at 
Ticonderoga,  N.  Y.,  for  $7,500. 

The  next  New  England  Fair  is  to  bo  held  at 
Mystic  Park,  near  Boston.  Sept  .  2-5. 

ONLY  12.A5  per  cent,  of  Hu?  Inhabitants  of 
Massachusetts  are  engaged  in  Agriculture. 

Patrons  of  Husbandry  have  Increased  in 
Kansas  within  the  last  year  from  000  to  6,<KX). 

A  colon  v  of  Friends,  some  thousands  ill 
number,  propose  to  settle  in  Western  Texas. 

"A  Subscriber"  is  informed  that  Burr  & 
Suydam'b  Catalogue  Is  an  English  publication. 

Tin;  Texas  Paclllo  Railroad  lias  a  land  grant 
of  sixty-eight  million  acres  of  the  best  land  in 
Texas. 

The  maple  sugar  yield  In  Northern  New  En¬ 
gland  tills  year  is  estimated  at  only  about  one- 
fourth  of  last  year’s  crop. 

Fall  wheat  throughout  Canada  is  most  seri¬ 
ously  damaged.  Much  lias  been  plowed  up  and 
replaced  with  spring  wheat. 

The  Iowa  Agricultural  College  can  not  ac¬ 
commodate  all  tlio  students  who  offer.  They 
now  have  380.  Last  year  there  \  ere  250. 

"The  Perfecl  Horse’’— how  to  breed,  train, 
shoe  and  drive  him  by  Rev.  W.  H.  II.  Murray, 
is  soon  to  be  published  by  J.  It.  Osgood  &  Co., 
Boston. 

Frederick  Law  Olmsted  has  accepted  the 
commission  offered  him  by  the  Government  to 
superintend  the  embellishment  of  the  Capitol 
grounds. 

M.  B.  Ratkham,  Paincsvlllo,  Ohio,  has  cut 
down  his  peach  orchard  of  3,000  trees,  nearly  all 
of  them  having  succumbed  to  the  severity  of 
last  winter. 

Col.  W.  S.  Kino  of  Minnesota,  has  sold  to 
Messrs.  Chapman  and  Carr  of  California,  ton 
Hhort-Horns,  including  the  bull  Old  8am  and 
two  imported  cows,  for  $10,000  gold. 

A  CAT  and  bird  show  lias  been  opened  in  Glas¬ 
gow,  Scotland.  The  rat  depart  ment  is  divided 
into  thirty  classes  and  many  of  the  animals  are 
described  as  remarkable  for  their  size  and 
beauty. 

A  farmer  says  it  is  safe  enough  for  all  prac¬ 
tical  purposes  to  calculate  that  512  cubic  feet  of 
hay  in  mow  will  weigh  a  ton.  He  recently  test¬ 
ed  the  mutter  and  found  the  rule  remarkably 
correct. 

A.  It.  N.,  Brownsville,  Texas,  asks  us  to  state 
to  her  RURAL  friends  that  she  lias  been  pre¬ 
vented  by  sickness  from  returning  their  many 
favors  i  he  past  ten  months,  but  remembers  and 
will  remember  every  one. 

The  farmers  of  Carroll  Co.,  Ill.,  in  convention 
assembled,  recently,  forcibly  resolved  that  the 
“  increase  of  Congressional  salaries  in  these 
hard  times  is  an  infernal  outrage  upon  the 
working  people  of  tho  country."  Their  heads 
are  level. 

Mu.  Geo.  E.  White,  the  well  known  dealer 
in  fertilizers,  advocates  a  greater  division  of 
special  manures — such  as  the  applications  of 
potash  to  potatoes,  clover,  tobacco,  etc.;  of 


SATURDAY,  JUNE  14,  1873. 


The  lMiiI«<lcl|iliii*  Outi-militl.— The  New  York 
Tribune  of  June  0,  has  this  paragraph  :— "There 
is  another  complaint  that  the  Philadelphia  Cen¬ 
tennial  is  in  t  he  bunds  of  a  Ring  of  Pennsylva¬ 
nia  politicians.  ’Tile  Georgia  newspapers  assert 
that  the  Commissioners  from  that  State,  who 
were  appoint  ed  by  t  he  notorious  Gov.  Bullock, 
are  not  residents  of  Georgia  but  of  Pennsylva¬ 
nia,  and  therefore  cannot  properly  represent 
the  former  State.  This  is  tho  second  complaint, 
of  the  kind  that  lias  been  made.  Although  In 
the  case  of  Indiana  it  has  bheu  met  by  the 
resignation  of  the  Commissioner  and  the  ap¬ 
pointment  of  a  resident  of  tile  State,  yet  this 
was  not  done  till  considerable  comment  had 
been  made  in  the  public  press.  It  seems  strange 
that  Such  cases  should  occur  at  all,  and  their 
repetition  will  load  to  a  natural  suspicion  that 
there  is  some  truth  In  the  assertion  that  the 
Exhibition  is  in  the  hands  of  a  Ring." 


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Imports  nml  Exports — We  have  received  from 
the  Bureau  of  Statistics  the  following  atato- 
ment:— Imports  the  month  ending  January  31, 
1872,  $55,304,708 ;  domestic  exports,  (specie  value,) 
$61,011,744 ;  foreign  exports,  $1,832,500.  The  im¬ 
ports  during  the  month  ending  Jan.  31,  1873, 
wore  $51,003,088 ;  domestic  exports,  (specie  val¬ 
ues,)  $48, 87b, 869  ;  foreign  imports.  $1,271,767. 
Imports  the  seven  months  ending  Jan  31,  1873, 
$379,172,501 ;  domestic  exports,  (specie  values,) 
$329,306,257;  foreign  exports,  $16,970,762.  Im¬ 
ports  during  the  same  period  of  1872,  $338,934, 
868;  domestic  exports,  (specie  values,)  $274,010, 
815 ;  foreign  exports,  $13,093,880,  The  total  value 
of  foreign  commodities  remaining  jti  the  ware¬ 
houses  of  the  United  States,  Jan.  31,  1873,  was 
$68,995,690.  against  $70,426,185,  January  31,  1872. 
Making  allowance  for  the  difference  in  the 
warehouse  account,  the  Imports  are  in  excess 
id  the  combined  values  of  the  domestic  and 
foreign  exports,  duringt.be  seven  months  ended 
January  31,  1873,  to  the  amount  of  $.85,335,731, 
while  for  the  seven  months  ended  January  31, 
1872,  the  imports  exceeded  the  exports  by  $28,- 
218,783. 


Economy  In  Children's  Shoe* — Has  been  se¬ 
cured,  ns  many  judicious  parents  are  aware,  by 
1  he  Introduction  of  metallic  tips.  Shoes  made 
with  these  tips  are  very  durable,  lasting,  it  is 
claimed,  two  to  three  times  longer  than  those 
without;  thus,  while  adding  only  five  cents  to 
the  cost,  they  Increase  the  value  from  one  to 
two  dollars  per  pair— an  item  worth  heeding. 
Sensible  parents  should  not  remain  indifferent 
to  the  merits  of  metallic-tipped  shoes,  for  they 
are  not  only  very  economical,  but  look  much 
better  than  protruding  toes,  and  arc  also  much 
more  comfortable.  Their  failure  to  avail  them¬ 
selves  of  this  mode  of  reducing  shoe  bills  is 
probably  from  the  lack  of  their  attention  being 
called  to  the  matter— which  we  now  do  for  the 
benefit  of  all  interested. 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES 


.  “  Dead  Ilea  ”  Dead. — Wo  are  rejoiced  that 
the  progre  <  c'v.lu.  ition  is  fast  crushing  out 
the  not'. <n  that  it  is  e  ther  honorable  or  reput¬ 
able  fi-r  any  man  to  -  ’t  something  Tor  nothing 
— that,  it  is  any  one’s  d  y  to  give  without  com¬ 
pensation,  or  any  0110’s  privilege  live  with¬ 
out.  earning  a  living.  When  our  civilization 
becomes  more  perfect,  no  loafer,  gambler,  men¬ 
dicant,  or  other  person  who  has  no  visible  means 
of  support,  will  lie  permit, ted  to  haunt  our 
streets,  loaf  in  public  places,  or  play  the  drone 
in  any  way.  Such  persons  will  be  at  once  ar¬ 
rested  and  compelled  lo  work  put  whore  there 
is  work  for  them  to  do.  Then  (lie  industrious 
ami  economical  will  not  have  to  bo  taxed  enor¬ 
mous  sums  to  support  “  charitable  institu¬ 
tions,”  nor  to  feed  the  hungry  and  clothe  the 
naked,  who  are  made  hungry  and  naked  through 
indolence  and  dissipation  of  those  who  are 
bound  by  all  natural  laws  to  labor  for  1  heir  sup¬ 
port.  We  are  led  to  say  this  by  the  gratifying 
announcement  t  hat  at  a  recent  meeting  of  rail¬ 
way  managers  in  Ohio  ago,  it  was  resolved,  unan¬ 
imously,  to  cancel  all  outstanding  passes  at  t  ho 
end  of  tliis  month,  and  to  refuse  to  issue  any 
more  after  that  date.  This  order  is  absolute, 
except  with  regard  to  t lie  passage  of  employes 
over  roads  with  which  they  are  connected,  and 
except  in  cases  where  roads  are  compelled  by 
existing  contracts  to  grant  pusses.  Clergymen 
arc  no  longer  to  be  allowed  half-fare  tickets, 
and  railroad  officers  arc  no  longer  to  exchange 
passes  with  each  other.  The  roads  upon  which 
this  desirable  reform  is  to  lie  established  are 
the  Chicago  and  Alton,  tlic  Burlington,  the 
North-Western,  the  Illinois  Central,  the  St.  ! 
Paul,  the  Bock  Island,  and  Llic  Ohio  and  Mis- 


iVHiionul  Agricultural  Congress.  —  We  have 
carefully  read  Urn  proceedings  of  this  body, 
which  recently  met.  at  Indianapolis.  Like  its 
preceding  session,  at  St.  Louis,  last  year,  there 
was  a  great  deal  said  and  very  little  done. 
How  far  its  Influence  will  go  to  effect  reforms 
and  accomplish  results  which  seem  to  be  re¬ 
garded  so  desirable,  is  very  uncertain.  The 
general  temper  of  the  body  seems  to  have  been 
conservative;  but  the  members  refused  to  ask 
any  favors  of  railways!  This  probably  made 
railway  officials  feel  bad  insulted,  perhaps. 
Take  tho  proceedings  as  a  whole,  they  were 
IMn— that  is  a  good  word!  We  imagine  the 
men  who  attended  this  Congross,  asking  them¬ 
selves,  after  they  get  home,  Cui  bona?  We 
should  really  like  some  one  of  them  to  write  us 
his  answer  to  that  question ! 


The  Notable  Southern  Man  of  whom  we  give 
u  portrait  and  biographical  sketch  on  llrst  page 
of  this  paper  Col,  Jan.  H.  Powell  of  Alabama 
-is  evidently  entitled  to  honor  and  distinction. 
He  is  a  representative  Industrial  Man.  and  as 
such  is  worthy  of  imitation,  not  only  by  young 
men  in  the  South  but  all  parts  of  the  country. 
The  sketch  of  Ij  is  life  is  full  of  interest  to  those 
who  are  striving  to  rise  in  the  world  by  their 
own  unaided  industry,  pluck  and  perseverance. 
Whother  located  in  the  East  or  West,  North  or 
South,  let  every  young  man  read  the  sketch  and 
remember  the  lesson  it  Imparts. 


The  Work  of  the  Fish  Commissioners.-  The 
joint  expedition  of  Prof,  Baird,  United  States 
Fish  Commissioner,  and  Prof.  Verrill,  the 
Naturalist,  of  Yale  College,  has  beeu  located 
for  this  season  in  Casco  Bay,  with  headquarters 
on  Peak's  Island,  off  tho  coast  of  Maine.  The 
Fisli  Commission  was  originally  established  to 
investigate  the  causes  of  the  decrease  of  the 
various  kinds  of  edible  fish  along  the  coast, 
with  a  view  of  restoration ;  as  the  cause  is  sup¬ 
posed  to  be  dependent  in  a  great  measure  upon 


New  Way  of  Distributing  Seeds.— Here  is  an 
idea!  Let  our  readers  take  hold  of  it!  An 
English  gentleman,  whoso  residence  was  on  the 
outskirts  of  a  large  town,  and  who  had  to  pass 
many  gardens,  said  a  whiff  of  the  fragrance  of 
Mignonette,  here  and  there,  determined  him  to 
have  more  of  It.  Consequently,  the  following 
spring,  armed  with  a  few  ounces  of  seed,  he 


BUSINESS  NOTICES 


Are  you  troubled  with  garments  ripping?  Use 
the  Eureka  Machine.  Twist,  and  you  will  have  one 
trouble  less.  Try  it  and  you  will  use  no  other. 


SW©0BEs§  BUBAL  f*EW-Y08K£R 


itacir; 


THE  NEW  PRESIDENT  OF  FRANCE. 

Marshal  MacMahon. 

A  few  weeks  ago  Franco  passed  through  a 
bloodless  revolution  —  an  unusual  thing  for 
France— deposing  President  Thiers,  and  elect¬ 
ing  in  his  place  Marshal  MacMahon.  This  ac¬ 
tion  is  regarded  as  a  triumph  of  the  Conserva¬ 
tives,  and  is  thought  to  lean  strongly  towards  a 
monarchy.  Indeed,  at  this  moment.  It  is  report¬ 
ed  that  the  Bonaparttsts  are  active  In  France; 
that  Prince  Bonaparte  has  arrived  in  Paris, 
and  that  the  ox-Emprcss  lias  issued  an  appeal 
in  favor  of  her  son,  the  Prince  Imperial.  The 
new  French  President— an  excellent  portrait,  of 
whom  is  herewith  presented  was  born  at  Sully, 
France,  July  13,  1818.  Hu  was  named  Marik 
Edme  Patrick  Maurice  dk  MacMahon.  He 
is  descended  from  an  Irish  family  who  naked 
all  for  the  last  of  tho  STUART  Kings,  and  then 
fled  to  France.  It  is  a  little  remarkable  that 
the  Duke  of  Wellington,  who  conquered  the 
first  Napoleon,  was  an  Irishman,  and  the  pres¬ 
ent  President  of  Franco  is  of  tho  same  race. 
As  a  hoy,  MacMahon  entered  the  military 
service  of  France  at  the  school  of  St.  Cyr,  in 
1835.  Ho  went  to  the  Algerian  wars  in  1830; 
took  part  in  the  expedition  to  Antwerp  In  IKK; 
became  Captain  In  1833  :  took  part  In  the  assault 
of  Constantine;  was  made  Major  in  1810 ;  Lieu* 
tenant-Colonol  in  1818:  Colonel  in  1843;  Briga¬ 
dier-General  in  1848;  Division-General  in  1856, 
and  on  September  Bth  of  that  year  he  carried 
the  works  of  tho  MulakotT  In  the  Crimea.  For 
his  brilliant  success  on  this  occasion,  he  was 
given  the  Grand  Cross  of  tho  Legion  of  Honor, 
and  in  1856  was  nominated  a  Knight  Grand 
Commander  of  the  Hath.  General  MacMahon 
took  a  conspicuous  part  in  the  Italian  campaign 
of  1859,  received  tho  baton  of  a  Marshal,  and 
was  created  Duke  of  Magenta  In  commemora¬ 
tion  of  that  victory.  Ho  represented  France  at 
the  coronation  of  William  in.  of  Prussia,  In 
Novembor,  1*81,  was  nominated  to  the  com¬ 
mand  of  the  Third  Corps  d'Armoe  October  14, 
1862,  and  was  nominated  Governor-General  of 
Algeria  by  decree  September  1,  1804.  On  the 
breaking  out  of  the  FrancO-Prussian  War,  Mac¬ 
Mahon  was  in  command  of  tho  First  Army 
Corps,  at  Strasbourg.  Ho  had  50, OX)  men.  He 
was  defeated  in  several  battles,  and  driven  be¬ 
yond  the  Meuse.  Re  was  In  command  at  the 
battle  of  Sedan,  where  lie  was  terribly  wounded 
and  taken  to  Germany  as  a  prisoner.  He  came 
from  Wiesbaden  to  France  March  lif,  1671,  and 
Avas  soon  made  Commander-In-Chief  of  the 
army  at  Versailles.  Ho  successfully  conducted 
the  siege  of  Paris  against  the  Commune,  and 
assisted  M. Thiers  in  reorganizing  the  army. 
He  was  elected  President  of  Franco  May  21, 1873. 

■ - ■*-*-* - 

SIGNOR  RATTAZZI. 

This  great  Italian  statesman  died  on  the  5th 
of  June,  at  Frosinone,  a  small  town  near  Rome. 
He  was  born  In  1808,  at.  Alessandria,  Piedmont, 
educated  for  tho  liar,  and  admitted  to  practice 
In  Turin.  He  soon  entered  polities,  and  was 
sent  to  the  Chamber  of  Deputies,  where  ho 
took  his  place  as  a  Liberal  and  patriot.  Upon 
the  success  of  his  party  be 

was  given  a  place  in  the  (*  ■■'  ■ — — “ 

Ministry,  which  he  held  P' 

until  March,  16W.  when  f 

the  national  struggle  was  F 

finished,  owing  to  the  en-  R 

gagemont  with  tlieAustri-  ' 

an  forces  at  Navarre.  He  •  ■  • 

now  became  a  conserva-  p 
tive  and  rose  to  the  Presi¬ 
dency  of  the  Chamber,  -jjg 
and  afterwards  held  the 
portfolio  of  Minister  of 
Justice  in  the  Cabinet  of  ^ 

Cavour.  He  effected  in 
Piedmont  the  separation 
•f  Church  and  State. 

Upon  the  resignation  of  Bfi 
Cavoub,  ho  succeeded  to  pg" 
his  position,  holding  it  _ 
but  six  months,  however. 

istry  was  expressive  of  the  I /■ " 
aspirations  of  the  Italians  : 
for  the  possession  of 

Rome  and  tho  desire  to  \ 

satisfy  the  conditions  in  ,  fe 

favor  of  the  Pope  imposed  & 
by  the  French.  From  that  r^r  1,1 

tazzi  was  of  a  character 
which  cost  him  much  of  pBippS^A 

his  popularity,  lie  op-  rv 

posed  the  expedition  of 
Garibaldi  toward  Rome 
which,  August,  1862,  re-  y> 

suited  in  the  disaster  f 

which  overtook  the  vol¬ 
unteers  at  Aspromonto. 

This  course  of  the  Gov¬ 
ernment,  which  obtained  no  concession  from 
France,  carriod  the  current  of  public  opinion 
against  him.  At  the  samo  time  lie  added  to  the 
suspicious  with  which  be  was  regarded  oy  mar¬ 
rying  the  Princess  Marik,  daughter  of  the  Prin¬ 
cess  Lktitia  Bonaparte  and  granddaughter 
of  Lucikn  Bonaparte.  This  added  to  the 
supposition  that  a  very  close  understanding 
subsisted  between  Rattazzi  and  the  Govern¬ 


ment  at  Paris  and  rendered  him  more  unpopu¬ 
lar  with  the  Italians.  Ho  retired  from  office 
with  all  the  Ministers,  but  again  returned  to 
the  head  of  affairs  in  1867 ;  but  his  Ministry  was 
only  of  short  duration.  GARi8.vi.ni  undertook 
another  expedition  to  Rome,  and  w  as  defeated, 
Rattazzi  pursuing  the  samo  course  as  in  1862. 


fleet  horse,  taking  on  her  lap  a  lamb  or  goat, 
and  sotting  off  at  full  gallop,  Is  followed  by  the 
bridegroom  and  tho  other  young  men  of  the 
part  y,  iter  objoct.  being  to  prevent  her  pursuers 
from  getting  near  enough  to  snatch  from  her 
the  lamb  OP  her  lap.  The  bride  and  bridegroom 
do  not  live  together  until  a  year  after  marriage. 


Jutenum  totorhl. 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 

A  Chance  Acqnnliitiuice.— Uy  W.  D.  Howells. 

Boston  :  James  It.  Osgood  A  Co. 

Am.  of  Mr.  Howells’  stories  arc  worth  read¬ 
ing.  This  one  is  particularly  beautiful.  In  its 
refinement,  grace  and  flow  of  language,  one  is 
reminded  oT  the  author  of  tho  “  Marble  Faun.” 
The  chance  acquaintance  proves  to  lx'  a  young 
man  whom  an  American  girl  met  at  Quebec. 
There  is  no  plot  to  the  story,  very  little  move¬ 
ment,  and  the  characters  are  limited  to  four. 
Herein  consists  Hie  charm  of  tho  work— Its 
simplicity.  We  do  not  regard  the  ending  ns 
satisfactory-  The  principal  valuo  of  the  story 
Is  its  bits  of  description  and  history  relative  to 
Quebec  and  its  vicinity.  The  work  makes  a 
dainty  volume,  which  soils  for  $1.50. 

Protection  Against  Fire.  Jiv  JOSEPH  BIRD. 

Now  York:  uurd  A  Houghton. 

Mb.  Bird  has  long  been  known  as  a  student 
of  tho  emiso  t»f  fires  and  the  best  mode  of  ex¬ 
tinguishing  them.  In  this  thoughtful  and 
practical  volume  tie  has  I  rented  the  whole  sub¬ 
ject  with  common  sense.  He  takes  for  Ids 
motto  tho  proverb  that  “  An  ounce  of  preven¬ 
tion  is  better  than  a  pound  of  cure,"  ami  ho 
treats  of  the  best  moans  of  putting  out  Urea  tn 
cities,  towns  and  villages,  with  practical  sug¬ 
gestions  for  tho  security  of  life  and  property. 
The  volume  is  a  valuable  text-book  of  Instruc¬ 
tion,  worthy  a  place  In  every  house.  The  book 
is  a  handsome  one  of  278  pages,  selling  for  $1.50, 


Memoir  of  Humur 

Roberts  Broth  erg. 


Joseph  I>Iny.  Boston: 


ivc^vojVE-A-noisr. 

He  was  again  obliged  to  resign,  and  although  (*Tld*  singular  custom  might,  perhaps,  beintro- 
he  did  not  withdraw  from  polities,  ho  no  longer  duoed,  with  benefit,  into  the  United  States,  if 
exercised  a  controlling  influence  on  the  policy  it  would  only  accustom  our  young  folks  to  rid- 
of  tho  Government.  ing  horseback  and  add  to  domestic  happiness. 

.  _  _ ♦♦♦ - 

Tj  SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 

MPimlHItCOll 

*  |  If  you  are  cursed  with  an  insatiable  appetite, 


A  CHASE  FOR  A  WIFE. 

The  bold,  wild,  wandering  Tartar  has  always 
possessed  an  interest  for  people  of  a  more  quiet 


duoed,  with  bcnellt,  into  the  United  States,  if 
it  would  only  accustom  our  young  folks  to  rid¬ 
ing  horseback  and  add  to  domestic  happiness. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 

If  you  are  cursed  with  an  insatiable  appetite, 
buy  a  plaid  vest,  so  that  you  can  always  keep  a 
check  on  your  stomach. 

It  has  been  decided  by  the  Frackville  Debat¬ 
ing  Society  that  the  reason  why  hens  always  lay 
eggs  In  tho  day-time  Is  because  at  night  they 
arc  roosters. 

— — — - •;  1  j 


Tnr,  story  of  the  life  of  this  celebrated  clergy¬ 
man  anil  original  abolitionist  is  told  in  a  con¬ 
cise  and  pleasing  manner.  Mr.  May  was  a  man 
of  strong  character,  who  would  never  compro¬ 
mise  principle  for  expediency.  Those  who  read 
this  volume  will  discover  how  great  was  tho  in¬ 
fluence,  in  after  years,  of  Ills  early  life  and  sur¬ 
roundings.  Tho  book  contains  a  good  steel 
engraving,  and  makes  a  handsome  volutno  of 
fome  8(H)  pages. 

Slum.  Complice  and  arranged  by  CEO  ROW  B, 
BACON.  New  York :  Scribner,  Armstrong  A  Co. 

Anotiif.R  beautiful  volume  of  the  illustrated 
library  of  travel,  exploration  and  adventure, 
'l'lie  reader  will  find  in  this  book  a  carefully 
arranged  digest,  of  the  latest  and  host  Informa¬ 
tion  relative  to  the  land  of  tho  white  elephant 
as  it  was  and  is.  The  book  has  a  large  number 
of  beautiful  engravings  and  a  good  map.  It  is  a 
line  work  for  young  people  to  read. 

Alice  nuil  I’liebe  Gary.  — By  Mary  Clbmjvier 
Ames.  Now  York;  II aril  A  Houghton. 

All  admirers  of  these  sweet  poet-sisters  will 
welcome  this  memorial  volume,  which  contains 
a  well-written  account  of  the  llvosof  the  poets, 
a  large  number  of  their  later  poems  and  correct 
steel  portraits  of  the  sisters.  Two  hundred 
and  thirty-six  pages  are  devoted  to  the  lives 
and  over  a  hundred  to  the  poems.  Tho  book  is 
bound  In  green  and  gold. 

The  Passions  in  their  Relations  to  llenltli 
anti  Discuses.  —  By  Dr.  X.  Bourgeois.  Bos¬ 
ton  :  James  Campbell. 

This  rather  remarkable  book  has  been  trans¬ 
lated  from  the  French,  by 
5T  “ ’ ■**”*’’ t1 1  Dr.  H.  F.  Damon.  Orig¬ 

inally  written  for  tho 
French  people,  it  contains 
much  trut  h  of  value  to  all 
Americans.  Married  wo¬ 
men  can  read  it  with 
—  ,  profit.  The  subject  is  one 

upon  which  there  Is  great 
_  - need  of  light. 


FOR 


WIFE. 


life.  He  is  full  of  daring  and  adventure,  and 
has  a  contempt  for  life.  His  race  originated  in 
Asia,  but  many  of  them  can  now  be  found  in 
Europe.  They  are  very  skillful  riders  and  al-  | 
ways  conduct  their  expedition*  of  plunder  on  ] 
horseback.  One  of  their  curious  customs  Is  ' 
represented  In  tmr  engraving,  which  consists  in 
their  singular  marriage  ceremonial.  The  young 
maiden,  dressed  In  bridal  costume,  mounts  a 


The  following  is  a  true  copy  of  a  letter  re¬ 
ceived  by  a  schoolmaster  in  New  Jersey “  Sur, 
as  you  are  a  man  of  noledge  I  intend  to  inter  my 
son  In  your  skull.” 

Wri^soN,  tho  celebrated  vocalist,  was  upset 
one  clay  In  Ills  carriage,  near  Edinburgh,  A 
Scotch  paper,  after  recording  the  accident,  said, 
We  are  happy  to  state  that  he  was  able  to  ap¬ 
pear  tho  following  evening  iu  three  pieces  !" 


The  America  it  drainers’ 
II  a  ii  d  -  B  a  o  k.  New 
V«rk :  John  W.  Masury 
&  Son. 

All  who  have  any  occa¬ 
sion  to  do  house  painting 
will  find  in  this  popular 
treatise  nnicli  practical 
information  on  the  art  of 
Imitating  colored  and 
fancy  woods,  with  hand¬ 
some  illustrations.  This 
work  is  a  complete,  com¬ 
prehensive  guide,  worthy 
a  place  in  every  house. 

Lorrimcr  Lit  i  Intend. — 

By  Frank  E.  Smedley. 
Philadelphia :  T.  JB.  Pe¬ 
terson  A  Brothers. 

A  story  of  English  life 
and  adventure,  which 
may  bo  of  interest  to  some 
American  readers.  The 
author  is  not  a  favorite  of 
ours,  and  we  consider  Lis 
works  worthless. 


Lewis  Arundel. 

This  is  the  title  of  a 
yellow- covered  novel,  received  from  T.  B. 
Peterson  &  Bros,  of  Philadelphia. 

The  Old  Countess  i  Or,  The  Two  Proposal*. 

-Bv  Mrs.  ann  s.  Stephens.  Philadelphia:  T. 
B.  Peterson  A  Brothers. 

The  fact  that  so  many  hooks  from  this  author 
are  published  and  find  a  ready  sale,  shows  that 
she  has  many  readers.  This  story  Is  In  her 
usual  style. 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  HEW-YOBKEB. 


THE  SEED  AND  THE  SOWERS. 

Kveji  so  little  the  seed  may  be. 

Ever  so  little  the  hand, 

Hot  when  It  Is  sown  It  must  (trow,  you  see, 

And  develop  Its  nature,  weed,  flower  or  tree ; 
The  sunshine,  the  air  and  the  dew  are  free 
At  Its  command. 

If  the  seed  be  good,  we  rejoice  in  hope 
Of  the  harvest  It  will  yield. 

We  wait  and  watch  for  Its  springing  up, 

Admire  its  growth,  and  count  on  the  crop 
That  will  come  from  the  little  seeds  we  drop 
In  the  great  wide  field. 

But  if  we  heedlessly  scatter  wide 
Seeds  we  inny  happen  to  find, 

Wo  care  not  for  culture  or  what  may  betide, 

W e  sow  here  anil  there  on  t  lie  high  way  shin  ; 
Whether  they've  lived  Or  whether  they’ve  died, 
We  never  mind. 

Tet  every  sower  must,  one  day  reap 
Fruit  from  the  seed  he  lins  sown ; 

How  carefully  then  It  becomes  us  to  keep 
A  watchful  eye  On  the  seed,  and  seek 
To  sow  what  is  good,  that  we  may  not  weep 
To  receive  our  own. 


<Dur  j&orii-SMlqr, 


HER  DETERMINED  CHOICE, 


11  REMEMBER,  WIFE,  I  DIO  HOT  COAX  YOU.” 


“  Do  you  Wish  to  speak  to  me,  Mrs.  Harvey?” 
said  Mr.  Wentworth  to  his  housekeeper,  as  hu 
glanced  up  from  the  morning  paper  ami  saw 
her  slowly  and  deliberately  arranging  the  side¬ 
board,  and  wiping  a  few  imperceptible  specks 
of  dust  from  the  glasses. 

•“  Ahem !  ahem  1  Yes,  Mr.  Wentworth,  if  you 
please." 

“  Well,  Mrs.  Harvey?” 

He  laid  down  the  paper,  knowing  the  good 
woman  to  bo  usually  rather  prolix  iu  her 
speeches,  but  this  morning  she  came  suddenly 
to  the  point. 

“If  you  can  spare  me,  sir,  I  should  wish  to 
leave  your  service.” 

“To  leave’  And  Aimee— Miss  Rochelle— so 
lately  returned.” 

“  Why,  you  see,  sir,  when  Miss  Aimee  was  at 
school,  mid  only  here  during  the  vacation,  it 
was  another  matter;  but  now  she  has  come  to 
reside  with  you,  and  la  quite  a  grown-up  young 
lady.” 

“  What  can  have  occurred,  Mrs.  Harvey?  I  had 
hoped  you  looked  upon  my  house  as  your 
home." 

“  Thank  you,  sir,"  and  Mrs.  ITtirvey  smiled  at 
the  implied  compliment;  “and  I  shall  be  sorry 
to  inconvenience  you;  but,  of  course,  Miss 
Aimee  will  in  future  keep  the  keys  and  give  the 
orders,  iirul  1  never  wus  used  to  have  a  lady  over 
me,  lie  she  ever  so  nice;  so,  if  you  please, Mr. 
Wentworth,  I  prefer  to  leave.” 

“Certainly;  by  all  moans,  Mrs.  Harvey.” 

And  it  was  settled  that  the  housekeeper 
should  resign  her  trust  upon  t  hat,  day  week. 

The  pleasant  morning  roomoponed  by  a  glass 
door  on  to  the  lawn,  and  trained  around  and 
overshadowing  the  panes,  mingled  a  clustering 
rose  and  fragrant  honeysuckle;  but  brighter 
and  sweeter  oven  than  they  was  the  fair  young 
face  which  peeped  within.  Then  Alineo  Ro¬ 
chelle  entered,  her  hands  filled  with  the  flowers 
she  had  gathered. 

“  Oh,  dear  guardy !"  she  cried,  “  I  feared  you 
would  coax  her  to  remain  !” 

“What!  coax  n  woman,  Aimee  I  That  is  a 
species  of  argument  1  would  not  resort  to  with 
you  ;  though  I  fear  the  pleasure  of  your  coining 
home  will  he  lessened  until  we  can  replace  her, 
for  Bridget  la  young  and  Inexperienced.  But 
don't,  trouble  yourself  about  Mrs.  Harvey; 
Hridget  and  l  shall  get  on  famously.” 

If  Mr.  Wentworth  did  not  approve  of  the 
coaxing  system,  liis  ward  was  of  anot  her  opin¬ 
ion,  for  she  went  into  the  kitchen  arid  begged 
Mrs.  Harvey  to  let  her  make  that  day's  desyert, 
and  also,  under  superintendence,  some  excellent, 
cake,  for  which  t  he  housekeeper  was  justly  cel¬ 
ebrated,  and  she  charged  Bridget  to  allow  noth¬ 
ing  in  the  culinary  preparation  to  escape  her 
notice. 

And  so  the  week  passed  on,  until,  one  morn¬ 
ing,  Mrs.  Harvey's  trunks  were  all  in  the  hall, 
ready  corded,  and  she— her  hand  full  of  fresh, 
crisp  notes  was  eourtosytng  and  smiling  her 
way  out  of  Mr.  Wentworth's  study. 

“  Ah,  then,”  exclaimed  the  honest,  outspoken 
Irish  girl,  “and  may  her  shadow  never  darken 
our  doors  again!  I  am  glad  she  is  gone,  Miss 
Aimee:  it  is  yourself  I  would  rather  have  any 
day  for  the  mistress.” 

“  You  won’t  find  me  a  hard  one,  Bridget.  But 
will  you  do  me  one  favor?  Please  to  call  mo 
veryr  early  every  morning,  arid  wo  will  have  a 
nice  breakfast  ready  for  my  guarclan.  I  do  not 
wish  him  to  discover  the  difference  In  our 
housekeeping.” 

“Indade,  miss,  and  I  will.  But,  sure,  the 
master  does  not  know’  how  little  Mrs.  Harvey 
did  after  I  had  been  here  one  month.  Oh — sav¬ 
ing  yer  presence— she  was  a  desaitful  old  Jeze¬ 
bel!" 

Aimee  rose  early,  and  breakfast  was  ready  at 
the  usual  hour,  and  with  pleasure  she  observed 
her  guardian  glance  over  the  table  as  she  lis¬ 
tened  to  bis  praises  of  their  achievements. 

“  What  excellent  coffee!  And  really,  Aimee, 
these  biscuits  are  superior  to  Mrs.  Harvey's.” 


Then,  seeing  him  take  up  his  paper,  she  trip¬ 
ped  into  the  garden  for  her  morning  flowers. 

“Dear,  happy  child!"  cried  Herbert  Went¬ 
worth,  as,  with  a  sigh,  be  watched  her  flitting, 
like  a  butterfly,  from  tree  to  tree. 

It  only  seemed  the  other  day  since  he  had  led 
her  away  a  little  weeping  girl  from  the  bedside 
of  her  dying  father,  who,  confiding  the  young 
orphan  to  his  friend’s  care,  intrust  and  hope, 
turned  his  face  to  the  wall  und  then  resignedly 
fell  asleep. 

Herbert  Wentworth  wan  at  that,  time  a  man 
of  twenty-eight.  N ow  ten  years  had  passed,  and 
more  than  one  silver  lluend  mingled  In  his  dark 
hair,  and  the  child  bad  become  a  lovely  girl  of 
eighteen. 

“How  shall  l  boar  to  part  with  her?"  thought. 
Herbert.  “How  endure  this  darkened  home 
when  the  sunshine  of  her  presence  no  longer 

gladdens  it?" 

Aimee  returned  with  her  flowers,  but  she  had 
suddenly  checked  the  cheery  little  song  she  was 
singing,  upon  observing  the  sad,  grave  smile 
with  which  her  guardian  greeted  her. 

“What  is  the  matter,  guardy ?  Do  you  miss 
anything  t  his  morning?”  she  asked,  glancing 
around  the  room,  her  thoughts  reverting  to  her 
new  duties. 

“  Yes,  Aimee,  my  morning  kiss.  I  think  you 
have  forgotten  that  lately.” 

She  took  her  flowers  and  laid  them  gently  on 
his  lips. 

“This  is  better  than  a  mortal’s  kiss,  for  the 
moon  looked  down  upon  them  all  night  while 
the  fairies  danced  around,  and  then  hid  under 
their  soft  leaves,  leaving  sweet,  dewy  kisses 
there  for  you." 

Herbert  Wentworth  opened  Ills  anus  to  clasp 
her,  but  Aimee  had  fled  away. 

Three  happy  but  uneventful  months  glided 
by.  The  beautiful  Aimee  Rochelle  had  rejected 
lovers  Innumerable. 

At  length  one,  more  persevering  than  his  ri¬ 
vals,  importuned  Mr.  Wentworth  for  the  hand 
of  his  lovely  ward. 

The  day  he  so  dreaded  had  arrived  ;  his  cher¬ 
ished  bud  had  expanded  into  a  flower,  and  other 
eyes  beheld  its  beauties,  and  other  hands  would 
fain  gather  It.  to  transplant  it  in  their  own 
homes. 

“This  letter  concerns  you,  my  child,"  said 
Herbert  to  his  ward.  "  It  is  from  young  Prank, 
as  ho  is  called.  Ho  asks  my  consent  to  address 
you,  and  my  influence  in  his  favor.  He  is 
wealthy;  hut  you,  Aimee,  Mill  not  be  portion¬ 
less.  The  money  your  father  loft  has  been  well 
invested,  and  when  I  ronder  up  my  trust — “ 

"  Mr.  Wi  ni  wort  h,”  she  exclaimed,  “  never  let 
the  subject  of  money  he  named  between  you 
and  mo." 

“  What  answer  then  shall  I  give  ?”  said  her 
guardian. 

“Toll  Frank  Slater  I  decline  li is  offer.” 

“Pause  well,  my  dear;  it  is  a  most  eligible 
one.  He  is  of  good  family,  bears  an  irreproach¬ 
able  name—" 

“  Do  i/ou  wish  me  to  marry  tin's  young  man  ?” 
She  looked  up  at  him,  and  as  she  waited  his 
reply,  the  color  of  her  cheek  faded  to  an  ashen 
whiteness. 

“  Yes,  for  I  think  it  most  suitable,  and  douht 
not  you  will  lie  happy.” 

“  H  ippy !  Do  not  mock  me  with  that  xyord.” 
Aimee  clasped  her  raised  hand  as  she  spoke; 
then,  casting  upon  him  one  reproachful  glance, 
she  hurriedly  left  the  room. 

Herbert  Wentworth  started.  In  those  harsh, 
impetuous  tones,  he  hardly  recognized  the 
sweet  voice  of  Aimee,  nor  in  her  wild,  despair¬ 
ing  alt  it  ude  liar  childlike  gentleness. 

“What  can  It  mean?"  he  cried;  and,  after 
some  moment  s  of  wondering  thought,  he  slowly 
and  reflectively  followed  his  ward  to  her  own 
little  sitting-room. 

She  was  not  there;  hut  on  the  table  was  her 
open  desk,  and  spread  over  it  were  letters,  as  if 
hastily  torn  from  their  enclosures  his  own  let¬ 
ters,  which  8 lie  had  treasured.  Ho  looked  again. 
There  teas  a  small  likeness  of  himself.  Aimee 
must  have  painted  that  from  memory. 

“Oh,  my  God !"  lie  exclaimed  “hast  Thou, 
then,  sucli  deep  happiness  in  store  for  me?" 

A  white  figure  w»s  slowly  pacing  the  garden 
in  “the  dark  walk,”  as  Aimee  named  it,  and 
which  she  said  she  hated  for  its  gloom.  And 
now,  with  drooping  head  and  arms  hanging 
listlessly  clown,  the  poor  girl  sought  its  shade. 
"Aimee,  my  child!” 

“Did  you  call  me,  sir?" 

lie  raised  the  little,  cold,  trembling  hands, 
and  held  them  in  his  own. 

“  la  your  old  love  and  friendship  broken,  that 
you  speak  to  me  with  such  formality?” 

“If— if— 1  marry  Frank— it  will  be  proper,”  she 
sobbed. 

"  You  shall  not  marry  him!  I  cannot  part  from 
you,  my  darling-  my  happiness— the  angel  of 
my  house !" 

“  Then  you  do  not  wish  me  to  leave  you !” 

“Do  I  wish  St?  Would  I  banish  the  blessed 
sunshine  from  my  path  ?" 

The  blush  returned  to  the  fair  cheeks,  which 
she  laid  down  upon  Herbert’s  arm. 

“  Aimee,"  he  continued, 4 1  love  you  too  fond¬ 
ly  for  my  own  peace,  and  for  that  cause  I  urge 
this  marriage.” 

She  looked  up  proudly  and  bravely. 

“And  I,  Herbert  Wentworth,  cared  for  none 
but  you  In  the  wide  world.  And  ah  !  when  I 
rushed  away  to  destroy  your  dear  letters— and— 
well,  never  mind  what  else— it  almost  broke  my 
heart.” 

“But,  Aimee,  think  well  before  you  decide— 
Before  you  accept  au  old  fellow  who^  hair 
and  beard  are  already  turning  gray.” 


“  Herbert,  you  are  not  old  ;  you  never  will  be 
old  in  my  eyes,  and  you  are  far  handsomer  than 
Frank  Slater— and— I  hive  you,  dear  Herbert.” 

She  could  say  no  more,  for  his  kisses  closed 
her  lips. 

And  now,  when  they  speak  of  the  old  days  of 
their  brief  courtship,  Herbert  will  sometimes 
add :  • 

“Remember,  little  wife,  I  did  not  coax  you.” 

But  Aimee  only  laughs  as  she  replies : 

“  Ah !  yes,  it  was  too  bad.  I  was  compelled  to 
do  t  he  coaxing." 

But.  Aimee  Wentworth  never  regretted  her 
choice,  and  a  happier  couple  does  not  exist  in 
all  this  fair,  broad  land. 


MISERIES  OF  A  BACHELOR’S  LIFE. 

We  find  the  following  in  an  excellent  ex¬ 
change  edited  by  a  gray-headed  old  bachelor. 
Whether  this  is  his  own  confession  or  not,  we 
cannot  say;  and  since  wc  are  uncertain  about 
it  wo  suppress  the  name  of  the  paper  from  which 
we  copy  it.  Here  it  i  .  and  is  it.  not  pitiful? 

Poor  fellow  !  he  returns  to  his  lodgings— !  will 
not  soy  to  his  “  home."  There  may  be  everything 
lie  can  possibly  desire,  in  t  he  shape  of  mere  ex¬ 
ternal  comforts,  provided  for  him  by  the  offi¬ 
cious  zeal  of  Mrs,  ,  his  housekeeper;  hut 
still  the  room  has  an  air  of  chilling  vacancy; 
the  very  atmosphere  of  Hie  apartment  has  a 
dim,  nninhnhited  appearance;  the  chairs,  set. 
round  with  provoking  neatness,  look  reproach¬ 
fully  useless  ami  unoccupied;  and  the  tallies 
and  other  furniture  shine  with  impert  inent  and 
futile  brightness.  All  is  dreary  and  repelling. 
No  gentle  face  welcomes  his  arrival:  no  loving 
hands  meet  his,  no  kind  look  answers  the  list¬ 
less  ga/.e  he  throws  round  the  apartment.  Ho 
sits  down  1 )  n  book  alone.  There  is  no  oik* 
sitting  by  his  side  to  enjoy  with  him  the  favor¬ 
ite  passage  the  apt  remark— the  just  criticism  ; 
no  eyes  in  which  to  read  his  own  feelings.  His 
own  tastes  are  unappreciated  aud  unreflected. 
He  has  no  resource  but  himself.  All  his  happi¬ 
ness  must  emanate  from  himself.  He  flings 
down  the  volume  in  despair,  hides  his  face  in 
his  hands,  and  sighs  aloud, 4  O  me  miter  urn  /’ 

■ - . - 

CURIOUS  ANTIPATHIES. 


It  seems  certain  that  in  some  cases  the  dislike 
to  particular  objects,  and  even  sounds,  which 
we  are  wont  to  ascribe  to  tho  affection,  are  very 
genuine  and  deep-seated.  A  certain  clergyman, 
we  are  soberly  informed,  always  fainted  when 
he  heard  a  particular  verge  in  Jeremiah  read; 
and  another  case  was  even  still  more  unfortu¬ 
nate,  being  thiil  of  an  officer  who  could  not 
stand  the  beating  of  a  drum,  and  eventually 
vied  of  it.  One  man  would  Tali  down  at  the 
smell  of  mutton,  a»  though  deprived  of  life; 
another  could  not  eat  a  single  strawberry  ;  and 
another’s  head  became  frightfully  swollen  if  he 
touched  tho  smallest  particle  or  hare.  Orflla 
speaks  of  a  painter,  named  Vincent,  who  was 
seized  with  vertigo  whenever  there  were  rose* 
in  the  room.  Hippocrates  instances  one  Nica- 
nor  who  BWooneU  whenever  he  heard  the  flute. 
Boole  himself,  In  spite  r,f  his  philosophy,  fell 
into  a  syncope  whenever  he  hoard  the  splashing 
of  water.  The  Duke  d'Epernay  swooned  at 
seeing  u  luvoret.  1  hough  a  hare  took  no  effect 
upon  him  -which  is  os  much  os  to  say  thut  he 
waa  frightened  at  a  pony,  but  not  at  a  horse. 
Tycho  Brahe  fainted  at  the  sight  of  a  fox,  and 
Henry  III.  at  a  cat,  and  Marshal  d'Albert  at  a 
pig.—Ohambcr’s  Journal. 

- - - — 

BREACH  OF  PROMISE. 


“  When  Greek  meets  Greek,  then  cornea  the 
tug  of  war”  is  an  old  saying;  as  old,  perhaps, 
as  broaches  of  promise,  for  which  those  said 
“  faithless  Greeks  ”  were  so  famed.  No  woman 
of  true  refinement  no  woman  who  over  truly 
loved— [and  true  love  must  either  be  the  off¬ 
spring  of  true  refinement,  or  true  refinement 
the  offspring  of  true  love]  no  refined  woman 
who  loved  truly  could  ever  bring  her  hero  into 
open  court  and  heal  her  wounded  feelings  with 
u  plaster  of  as  many  bank  notes  as  a  jury  com¬ 
posed  of  twelve  of  her  countrymen  awarded. 
No  man  of  honor  could  ever  lie  arraigned  for  a 
promise  of  marriage  broken;  therefore,  it  is 
well,  perhaps,  for  the  restriction  of  evil-doers 
t  hat  unprincipled  men  should  Arid  tho  women 
they  would  trample  on  now  and  then  coarse- 
minded  enough  to  make  them  pay  in  hard  cash 
for  such  damage  as  they  might  have  done  to 
some. 

- - 

HOW  THE  PRESIDENT  IS  PAID. 

The  Washington  Star  says  :--The  President 
never  draws  his  salary  hims.yjf,  but.  receives  it 
through  Hie  First  Nations;,  Bank,  to  which  he 
has  given  a  power  of  attorney,  and  the  money 
is  always  drawn  from  Vee  Treasury  by  the  cash¬ 
ier  of  that  bank  and.  placed  to  the  credit  of  t  he 
President  in  the  oink.  The  warrants  for  the 
salary  of  the  President  and  Vice-President  are 
made  out  at.  the  Treasury  every  month,  the 
former  uc„cler  the  new  law  receiving  Sf.10ti.G6 
per  mo-ath,  and  the  latter  $833..TJ.  Members  of 
the  Cabinet  are  paid  from  the  rolla  of  their  re¬ 
spective  departments,  and  receipt  therefor  the 
Lame  as  all  other  employees.  The  President  a.r.d 
Vice-President  do  not  sign  any  pay  roll. 

- - _ 

WnEN  a  true  genius  appears  in  the  world, 
you  may  know  him  by  this  sign  ;  all  the  dunce* 
are  in  confederacy  against  him.— Stoift. 


T 


BY  MRS.  M.  P.  A.  CROZIER. 

Give  me,  O  Lord,  to  know  so  well 
The  love  that  in  thy  heart  must  dwell, 
That  I  iu  hymns  that  love  may  tell. 

Uplift  my  soul  to  be  so  near 

Thy  radiant  throne  t  hat  t  may  hear 

Some  strains  of  heavenly  music  there,— 

And  learn  to  echo  here  below 
The  songs  that  ungel  harpers  know, 

In  which  they  pruise  Thy  glory  so. 
- - 

HOW  LONG  AND  HOW  MANY. 


HOW  long  do  you  think  it  took  to  write  .the 
Bible?  Fifteen  hundred  years.  From  Moses, 
who  mqte  Genesis,  to  St.  John  who  wrote  Rev¬ 
elation,  It  was  that  long,  long  time. 

How  many  people  helped  to  write  it  ?  More 
titan  thirty.  There  were  Matthew,  Mark,  Luke, 
John.  Paul  and  Peter.  There  were  Moses  and 
Ezra,  and  David,  aud  Daniel,  and  Satnnel.  Some 
were  shepherds,  some  farmers,  some  fishermen, 
some  tent,  makers,  some  kings,  some  judges, 
some  princes;  some  were  learned,  some  were 
unlearned:  and  yet  they  all  agree  in  what  they 
write.  There  i«  trot  so  much  sis  a  word  of  disa¬ 
greement  in  the  whole  book.  How  could  that 
be?  Because  God  did  all  the  thinking  In  the 
Bible.  Tho  thoughts  In  the  Bible  arc  all  God's 
thoughts.  Those  thirty  men  only  did  tho  writ¬ 
ing.  They  wrote  just,  what  God  told  them. 
How  many  different  sections  or  books  are  t  here 
in  the  Bible?  Sixty-six,  all  bound  together, 
making  one  b6a.ut.iful  whole.  It  is  a  blessed 
book.  Prize  ft  above  all  the  books  in  the  wide, 
wide  world.  Make  it  the  map  of  your  counsel 
and  the  guide  of  your  life.  Your  life  can  never 
be  a  failure  if  you  follow  its  instructions. 
- - 

THOUGHTFUL  PARAGRAPHS. 


No  man  did  or  ever  will  do  his  duty  “  by-and- 
by.” 

Who  follows  truth,  carries  his  star  in  his 
brain. — AUjcr. 

Better  than  fame  is  still  the  wish  for  fame, 
t  he  constant  training  for  a  glorious  strife. — liul- 
wer. 

A  man  lias  not  risen  very  high  who  expands 
his  energy  only  in  scorning  and  contempt  for 
the  evil. 

Often  do  wo  think  when  wc 'ought  to  act, 
and  act  when  it  behooves  us  to  reflect;  hence 
caution  Is  frequently  as  fatal  as  rashness. 

No  man  can  go  to  Heaven  when  he  dies,  who 
has  not  sent,  his  heart  thither  while  he  lives. 
Our  greatest  hopes  should  he  beyond  the  grave. 
— Witoon. 

I  think  I  restrict  myself  within  hounds,  in 
saying  that  so  far  as  I  have  observed  iu  life,  ten 
men  have  failed  from  defect  in  morals  where 
one  has  failed  in  defect  in  lutellecl.  Horace 
Mann. 

The  whole  sum  and  substance  of  human  his¬ 
tory  may  bo  reduced  to  this  maxim—  thut  when 
man  departs  from  the  divine  means  of  reaching 
the  divine  end,  he  suffers  loss  and  harm.— T. 
Parker. 

“It  is  man’s  own  dishonesty,"  said  Cicero, 
“his  crimes,  his  wickedness,  his  audacity,  that 
takes  away  from  him  soundness  of  mind  ;  these 
are  the  furies,  these  the  fire-brands  and  the 
flames  of  the  wicked.” 

Dr.  Martin  Luther  once  blessed  one  of  his 
little  children  in  Its  aunt’s  arms,  and  said,  "Go 
thy  way,  aud  be  good.  Money  1  shall  not  be¬ 
queath  thee,  but  l  shall  leave  thee  a  rich  God. 
He  will  not  forsake  thee.” 

Busv  not  thyself  in  searching  into  other 
ineu’s  lives:  the  errors  of  thine  own  are  more 
than  thou  ennst  answer  for.  It 'more  concerns 
thee  to  mend  one  fault  ia  thyself,  than  to  find 
out  a  thousand  in  other*.  Bishop  Leighton. 

So  conduct  thyself  in  all  thy  actions  and 
thoughts  as  if  thou  wert  to  dio  this  day.  If 
thou  art  not  ready  to-day,  how  wilt  thou  he  so 
to-morrow?  And  how  dost  thou  know  that 
to-morrow  will  exist  for  < hee ?— That,  A'Kcmpis. 

We  should  every  night  call  ourselves  to  an 
account.  What  infirmity  have  we  mastered  to¬ 
day— what  passion  opposed- what  temptation 
resisted— what  virtue  acquired  ?  Our  vices  will 
abate  of  themselyes  if  they  be  brought  every 
day  to  the  shrift. 

Violets  do  not  open  once  a  day  arid  let  out 
their  little  prayer  of  perfume.  They  exhale  all 
the  while— at  somo  times  more  than  at  others, 
but  always  more  or  less.  Pray  er  is  a  thing  that 
should  all  the  time  be  going  on.  One  should 
live  continually  in  a  prayerful  state. 

We  rlid  not  make  the  world,  but  we  may 
mend  it,  and  must  live  in  it.  We  shall  find  that 
it  abounds  with  fools  who  are  too  dull  to  be 
employed  and  knaves  who  are  too  sharp.  The 
compound  character  is  most  common,  and  is 
that  with  which  we  have  the  most  to  do. 

Only  by  a  just  stewardship  of  the  temporal 
can  wo  hope  to  merit  the  eternal.  This  is  a  life 
of  trial,  and  when  we  are  through  with  it,  the 
soul  We  develop  out  of  time’s  dust,  and  bring 
Oriumphantly  to  the  gates  of  eternity,  will  bo 
worth  mere  t  han  our  handful  of  gold. — Chicago 
1  Divine , 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  HEW-YORKEB 


WILD  ROSE. 

by  h.  a.  alden. 

“Where’s  little  Wild  Rose?”  asked  the  Qneen  of 
tlie  Flowers. 

*•  She’s  fled  from  the  garden.  Its  beds  and  its  bowers. 
Fly  fairies,  (ly  quickly,  fly  fleet  on  her  track ! 

Tlie  Queen  of  the  Flowers  says  summon  her  back.” 

Forth  flew  from  the  garden,  tlielr  queen  to  obey, 

Not  any  reluctant,  each  bright,  shining  fay. 

"  Come  back,  little  Hose,  come  back  to  your  bower !” 
They  called  us  they  flew,  but  found  not  the  flower. 

Wild  Rose  was  away  to  the  hillside  so  fair. 

To  husk  and  to  blush  in  the  sunshiny  air. 

But  Kcho  repeating  her  oft-Boundlng  name, 

A  truant,  she  reddened,  anil  fearful  of  blame. 

She  raced  o'er  the  wayside  and  hid  In  the  bush 
That  grew  by  the  wood,  near  the  cool  water  rush, 
And  deep  whore  the  feathery  fern  could  be  seen 
She  laughed,  peeping  through  Its  pale  yellow  and 
green. 

She  laughed,  for  the  fairies  o’erlooked  her  retreat 
And  after  their  leader  flow  swiftly  and  fleet. 

On  and  on,  till,  dismayed,  they  returned  to  their 
queen. 

Saying,  sadly,  “Wild  Rose  never  more  will  bo  seen!" 

Then  Rose  from  her  covert,  sprung  forth,  and  v  »vay 
O’er  roadside  and  rock  ridge  she  scampered  i  1  play, 
To  nestle  In  moss  by  the  babbling  bruok-slde, 

And  clamber  the  wall  to  lay  in  her  pride 
By  Clethra  so  pure,  and  Golden-rod  bright, 

And  blushing  Hpiroa  tlint  paled  in  her  sight. 

The  Queen  of  the  Flowers  will  summon  In  vain 
Truant  Rose  to  return  to  the  garden  again, 

For  Nature,  enraptured,  decrees  that  her  child 
Run  henceforth  unchidden,  unbidden,  and  wild. 

- - ■+■*■+ - — — 

ABOUT  OUR  SCRAP-BOOK. 

BY  ma.tasa. 


“Rome  was  not  built  In  a  day,"  nor  did  one  I  i, 
“rosy  morn"  and  “dewy  eve”  measure  the  I  n 
growth  of  our  Scrap-Book.  Away  baok  in  the  I  « 
“  long  ago,”  when  the  sweet  poems  of  Fanny  « 
Forester  thrilled  our  childish  heart  with  un-  I 
spoken  delight,  little  scraps  of  verses  wore  cut  t 
out  of  old  newspapers,  carefully  rolled  up  and  I  | 
laid  away.  Again  and  again  were  they  read  \ 
until  memory  claimed  many  of  the  precious  J  r 
lines  as  pictures  hi  her  storehouse.  The  poets  t 
in  “blue  mid  gold”  and  “diamond"  editions  I  i 
wore  then  to  us  unheard  of  luxuries;  but  this  I  t 
miscellaneous  collection  was  increased  year  by  | 
year  with  “  getus  of  song."  1  c 

Well  do  we  remember  the  astonishment  with  1  i 
which  our  youthful  eyes  first  beheld  a  scrap-  i 
book.  Our  busy  mother  found  no  Iflisur?  mo-  I  i 
meets  for  such  employments,  and  the  home  1  i 
was  not  blessed  with  maiden  aunts  or  literary  I  . 
uncles.  Not  being  of  an  Imitative  turn  of  mind,  I 
the  idea  of  arranging  the  beloved  verscsin  such  I 
a  form  was  not  l lien  entertained.  V cars  after-  1 
wards  the  possibility  of  a  sciap-book  of  our 
own  began  to  haunt  our  day  dreams.  Then  fol-  1 
lowed  vigorous  inquiries  among  friends  skilled  J 
in  such  loro  aa  to  “ways  and  means"  of  pro-  I 
cording;  information  was  received  of  quite  J 
contradictory  character.— after  pasting,  “press  J 
the  damp  leaves  with  a  warm  iron,”  — then  J 
“don’t  use  an  iron."  and  so  on.  Comparing  I 
“small  things  with  great,"  the  advice  was  as  J 
varied  as  the  “immortal  dreamer”  received! 
when  he  showed  bis  book  to  ids  friends : 

Some  said,  “JOHN,  print,  It”— 

Others  said,  “Not  so;” 

Some  mild,  “  It  might  do  good’’- 
Olhers  said, "  No." 

After  a  vigorous  search  among  old  books  in  I 
the  library,  one  was  selected  as  the  foundation  I 
of  the  future  work  of  art.  Paste  was  made, 
articles  arranged,  and  the  task  begun;  but,  alas  .  J 
like  many  another  toller  in  a  new  Held,  success 
was  wanting.  In  spite  of  " icons”  and  “no 
irons,”  the  yellow  curled  leaves  would  keep 
their  wrinkles,  bearing  a  strong  resemblance  to  J 
the  foliage  of  a  peach  t  ree  wit  h  n  worm  at  the  I 
root.  A  good  friend  came  to  the  rescue  and 
promised  to  purchase  a  blank  book  made  ex-  I 
pressly  for  a  scrap-book.  One  spring  evening  it 
came.  < )h  1  oh  ! 

“  Backward,  oh,  time,  roll  hack  In  your  flight; 

Make  me  a  child  again,  just  for  to-night,” 

—just  long  enough  to  jump  up  and  down  and 
dap  one's  hands  in  true  childish  glee,  while 
gazing  on  the  beautiful  present.  About  t  ho  | 
size  of  one  of  grandpa's  old  ledgers,  t  he  thick, 
smooth  leaves  beautifully  tinted,  and  the  vary¬ 
ing  hues,  like  the  autograph  albums  of  former 

days.  .  . 

After  experimenting  with  a  liquid  called  by  a 
facetious  cousin  “gum-atlck-um,"  paste  was 
again  emplnvod  and  our  scrap-book  was  smooth¬ 
ly  afloat  on  the  tide  of  time.  The  first  leaf  was 
adorned  with  a  picture  of  the  loved  cottage 
home-the  deep  “Alma  Mnter”  underneath  in 
large  letters  the  cherished  name,  and  then  a 
few  lines  as  a  motto,  or  dedication  by  Bonar, 
the  poet,  of  “Faith  and  Hope.”  But  the  care¬ 
fully  guarded  gems  of  early  days  have  not  yet 
found  a  place  on  the  tinted  pages ;  ot  her  arti¬ 
cles  of  later  date  and  interest  have  taken  the 
place  of  the  former  friends—  perhapis  in  the  fu¬ 
ture  “  by-and-by,”  if  a  pause  ever  comes  in  a 
busy  life,  they  too  may  be  bound  in  a  leather- 
tipped  volume. 

So  much  for  a  scrap-book  in  particular.  Now 
for  scrap-books  in  general. 

Not  when  the  sun  shines  clear  and  the  brac¬ 


ing  air  whispers  of  toil  and  triumph,  but  on  a  I  ( 
dark  cloudy  day,  or,  better  still,  when  the  driz-  J 
zling  rain  prevents  even  the  intimate  friend 
across  the  street  from  dropping  in— then  brim 
out  the  clipped  treasures  and  arrange  the  hoard 
ed  materials.  For,  while  the  book  may  be  cl 
mingled  “prose and  poetry,"  "  grave  and  gay," 
still  there  is  need  of  arrangement.  Though 
“laughter  may  be  akin  to  tears,”  yet  ont  feel? 
an  uncomfortable  shock  after  t  racing  wKh  din. 
eyes  a  tender,  touching  story  — holding  the 
volume  before  the  face  that  others  may  not 
notice  the  uprising  emotion— then  to  encoun¬ 
ter  a  mirth-provoking  article,  or  ironical  des¬ 
cription. 

Who  has  not  some  literary  friend  whose  arti¬ 
cles  find  place  for  sweet  friendship's  sake?  The 
literary  value  may  be  small,  yet  that  such  and 
such  a  one  wrote  this,  or  that,  speedily  gives  it 
a  passport  to  your  favor.  Hero  is  nn  article 
written  for  some  college  gala  day,  and  printed 
in  the  village  paper,  IIow  you  congratulated 
the  author,  and  thought  it  a  wonderful  achieve¬ 
ment:  a  wider  culture  may  have  ehangadyour 
Judgment,  yet  give  it  room  for  tho  aako  of 
“  Au Id  Lang  Syne." 

This  article,  so  soiled  and  rumpled.  Is  on  one 
of  tlie  leading  questions  of  the  day  in  which 
)  oil  are  heartily  interested.  It  has  been  handed 
from  frieml  to  friend  until  it  is  returned  with 
tho  comment,  “  Thom’s  my  sentiments;”  y»ur 
heart  echoes  the  words,  and  it  is  posted  in,  not¬ 
withstanding  its  defaced  and  dilapidated  con¬ 
dition. 

At, ice  and  Phoebe  Cary,  sweet  “sister-sing¬ 
ers,"  the  payors  arc  dreary  without  their  songs. 
“The  Dim  Old  Forest,"  tho“  Dying  Hymn,"  “  A 
Woman's  Conclusion.”  “Waiting  tho  Change," 
-tearfully  give  them  room,  place  nearby  some 
of  tho  lender  tributes  to  their  memory. 

You  have  often  admired  the  spicy  articles  of 
“  Fanny  Fern" — preserve  her  thoughtful,  lov¬ 
ing  words  regarding  t  lie  dear,  mot  herless  grand¬ 
child— showing  the  lovo  strong  in  death.  “H  I 

die  in  tho  night,  don’t  toll  her  till  morning." 

By  the  side  of  one  of  his  vigorous  articles 
place  a  picture  of  the  lamented  I  Iohaujs  Gker- 
ixy  -a sketch  of  Ida  last  hours— “I  know  that 
my  Redeemer  liveth;”  “  It  is  done!"— t  ten  ac- 
'  counts  of  the  tributes  of  respect  at  tl)3  grave 
and  elsewhere. 

Are  your  materials  failing?  Come  up  In  this 
broad  garret,  look  over  these  flies  of  old  newa- 
I  papers.  Here  see  a  history  of  the  war,  given 
I  with  the  11  rat  coloring  of  deeply  Interested  wlt- 
*  nesses.  Cut  out  this  report  <*f  the  firing  on 
i  Sumter,  this  one  on  the  death  of  Ellsworth  ; 

=,  don’t  pass  over  the  buttle— but  a  warning  gea- 
i  ture  perhaps  follow  s. 

i’  Can’t  hardly  keep  up  with  the  present,  with¬ 
out  looking  to  tin*  thrilling  past.  Franco,  Uer- 
i  many,  Spain,  Italy,  Japan— history  recorded  in 

-  the  daily  papers;  ah,  my  scrap-book,  you  can 

-  easily  be  Oiled.  Down  the  stairs  again  ;  see,  tin 
e  sun  la  shining  once  move — lay  aside  for  the  pres- 
y  ent  the  scrap-book,  emblem  of  life,  with  here 
I,  a  smile,  there  a  tear,  while  tho  influence  of  true, 
ti  fai til ful  work  lives  on  when  those  who  smiled 
*-  and  wept  have  passed  away. 


leading  for  the  f filing. 


BEAUTY  SLEEP. 


Sleep  obtained  two  hours  before  midnight, 
when  the  negative  forces  are  in  operation,  is 
the  rest  which  most  recuperates  the  system, 
giving  brightness  to  the  eye  and  n  glow  to  the 
check.  The  dlfforeucn  in  the  appearance  of  a 
person  who  habitually  retires  at  10  o  clock,  and 
that  of  one  who  alts  up  until  1”  Is  quite  remark¬ 
able.  The  tone  of  the  system,  so  evident  In  the 
complexion,  the  clearness  aud  sparkle  of  the 
eye,  and  the  softm  hs  of  the  llnesof  the  features, 
Is,  in  a  person  of  health,  kept  at  “  concert 
pitch"  by  t  aking  regular  rest  two  hours  before 
12  o’clock,  and  there  obtaining  the  “beauty 
sleep"  of  t.ho  night.  There  is  a  heaviness  of  the 
eye,  a  sallowness  of  the  skin,  and  an  absence  of 
that  glow  in  the  face  which  renders  it  fresh  in 
expression  and  round  in  appearance,  that  read¬ 
ily  distinguishes  the  person  who  keeps  Late 
hours. 


HOE  YOUR  OWN  ROW.  r 

I  think  there  are  some  maxima 
tinder  tlie  sun 

Scarce  worth  preservation ;  t 

But  here,  hoys,  Is  one,  * 

So  sound  ana  so  simple,  1 

’Tls  worth  while  to  know,  , 

And  nil  In  a  shuttle  Hue !  I 

“  Hoe  your  own  row  I”  ( 

A  good  many  workers 
I’ve  known  In  iuy  time,— 

Some  builders  of  houses, 

Some  builders  of  rhyme; 

And  they  that  wove  prospered, 

Were  prospered,  I  know, 

By  the  intent  and  meaning  of 
“  iloe  yonr  own  tow.” 

I’ve  known,  too,  a  good  many 
Idlers,  who  said, 

“I’ve  a  right  to  my  living. 

The  world  owes  me  bread !” 

A  right- !  lazy  lubber! 

A  thousand  times  No! 

’Tls  bis,  and  Ids  only, 

Who  hoes  Ills  own  t  ow.  [Alice  Cary. 

LETTERS  EROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

Catching  Red  Birds. 

Mr.  Editor  :  T  am  going  to  write  a  short  let¬ 
ter  for  the  column  in  your  excellent  paper  which 
you  -so  kindly  give  to  this  little  hoys  and  girls. 

I  mil  11  years  old,  and  live  in  a  very  nice  town 
which  has  about  4,000  Inhabitants.  I  want  to 
toll  you  that  tuwn  people  take  l  lie  Rural,  and 
we  all  like  it  very  much.  We  have  been  taking 
It  for  I  wo  years,  and  when  this  year  is  up  .1  »"i 
going  to  get  up  a  club  for  the  Rural.  Fa  will 
give  his  money  for  ours  mid  I  can  get  three 
others,  and  then  our  Editor  will  give  me  n  nice 
picture.  I  am  cutting  out  ail  the  nice  pictures 
to  make  a  medley.  I  wonder  ii  Kitty  <  laiuc 
ever  made  one?  I  want  to  tell  her  that  I  can 
make  an  air  castle,  but  perhaps  not  so  nice  as 
hers.  I  caught  ten  red  birds  this  winter-some 
of  them  very  nice  singers.  I  will  tell  you  how 
I  catch  them.  I  hang  a  cuge  out  in  the  back 
yard  with  a  red  bird  In  It,  and  near  it  1  sot  an¬ 
other  cage  with  food  which  they  II let)  and  then 
tie  a  cord  to  the  dooraml  pass  through  the  win¬ 
dow  into  the  room;  I  lien,  when  the  bird  goes 
in,  I  pull  Hie  cord,  which  closes  the  door.  It  is 
necessary  to  have  snow  on  tho  ground,  ns  it 
compels  them  to  come  from  the  woods  to  get 
fund.  1  have  two  sisters  who  help  me;  one  is 
named  Maggie,  and  the  other  Liz/.  k.  If  this 
is  published  l  will  write  again,  and  tell  all  about 
,.ur  line  school  houses  aud  schools.— Minnie 
H.,  fliUshoro,  Ohio. 


From  a  Lively  Little  Ohio  Girl. 

Dear  Rural:  T  am  a  Very  little  girl,  only 
seven  years  old,  but  I  want  to  write  to  you  as 
the  other  little  boys  and  girls  are  doing;  it 
would  bo  so  funny  to  son  my  name  in  a  paper 
and  to  have  my  little  letter  read  by  so  many 
nice  children.  I  have  just  moved  with  my 
mother  out  into  tho  country,  because  mamma's 
health  is  quite  poor.  Bho  is  a  doctor,  but  now 
is  a  farmer  too.  I  like  the  country  hotter  than 
the  city,  aud  I  have  a  line  time.  Mamma  says 
she  likes  to  have  me  run  about  and  got,  tanned 
with  the  sun.  I  havo  been  trying  to  learn  to 
climb  trees  so  as  to  bo  a  “Tom-boy,'  for  ma.ni- 
ma  says  sho  used  to  be  one  when  she  war,  a  little 
girl,  and  she  Is  a  very  nice  mamma.  1  go  to 
school,  but  this  tine  weather  makes  me  like  to 
play  much  better,  and  1  wish  they  wouldn’t 

have  school  in  tho  summer.  I  had  rather  help 

mamma  dig  up  tho  “  Doctor  Burrs”  (burdocks.) 
We  have  lots  of  them, and  they  grow  very  thrif¬ 
ty.— Gr^cie  C.,  Jirownhelm ,  O.,  May  26. 


would  “make  believe”  that  "ho  had  bean  “to 
the  sto’  and  buyedlt."  One  day,  during  a  thun¬ 
der  storm,  she  came  to  her  mother  with  a  pair 
of  new  shoos,  and  proceeded  to  toll  how  she 
had  bought,  them,  Ac.  Her  elder  sister  inter¬ 
rupted  her  with,  “Sissy,  who  waa  struck  dead 
for  tolling  a  lie?”  The  question  was  followed 
by  a  terrific  clap  of  thunder  and  tlie  report  of  a 
gun  near  at  hand.  Sissy  thought  her  fate  was 
scaled,  and  dropping  on  her  knees  In  front  of  a 
window,  with  her  lit  tle  face  full  of  fright,  and 
earnestness,  she  exclaimed,  “  Oil !  Don.  I  tell 
you  what,  1  didn't  buy  dem  shoes  !"— G.  H.  W., 
Gallatin ,  Tcnn. 


On  a  Prairie. 

Mn.  Editor  :  —  We  take  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  cod  we  like  tlie  paper  very  much.  T 
like  to  read, especially  the  letters  from  the  boys 
aud  girls.  I  am  fourteen,  and  attend  school  on 
Round  Prairie.  Our  school  Is  composed  of  tho 
teacher  and  six  scholars.  The  boys  and  girls  of 
tho  Rural  will,  no  doubt,  think  that,  it  is  a 
small  school.  So  I  think,  and  would  like  it, 
much  better  if  wo  hud  moro  scholars.  In  tho 
summer,  Round  ITalrlo  is  »  pretty  place  ;  then 
t  ho  grass  and  trocs  arc  green,  and  llu  roare  sev¬ 
eral  prtRty  lakes  on  it,  which  look  likfc  basins 
with  green  edges.  1  hope  the  bov  -  and  girls  will 
write  more  letters  for  tho  Rural.  I  have  made 
u  poor  attempt— 8.  E,  it.,  Hound  Prairie,  Minn. 


From  a  Very  Little  Cirl. 

Dear  Rural:— I  am  a  little  girl  eight  years 
old,  and  1  live  on  a  dairy  farm  in  a  beautiful 
town  on  the  Western  Reserve,  We  are  making 
sugar  now,  hut  it  is  quite  cold  for  sugar  mak¬ 
ing.  We  live  near  a  cheese  factory.  Wo  send 
our  milk  to  be  made  into  cheese.  For  pets  I 
have  an  old  dog  and  five  cats.  They  keep  mlco 
away  nicely.— Laurie,  Granye  Co.,  Oh  it. 


Guinea  Pigs. 

Dear  Rural:  My  birthday  came  on  the 26th 
of  March,  and  my  papa  gave  mo  two  little  Guin¬ 
ea  pigs.  One  is  white  and  the  other  is  black. 
The  white  one.  is  named  “  Daisy"  nod  the  black 
one  is  named  “  Pet.”  I  feed  them  on  carrots, 
cabbage  and  bread.  Is  that  right  ?  Can  any  one 
toll  m«  if  they  need  water?  — Hattie  Bell, 
Can  wood. 


A  Touching  Story  is  told  of  a  lady  in  Ken- 
tnoky  who  was  stricken  wit  h  a  sudden  failing 
of  the  optic  nerve,  and  was  told  that  she  could 
not  retain  her  sight,  more  than  a  few  days  at 
most,  and  was  liable  to  be  totally  deprived  of 
it  (lt  any  moment.  Bhe  returned  to  her  home, 
quietly  made  such  arrangements  as  would  occur 
to  one  about  to  commence  so  dark  a  journey 
of  life,  and  then  had  her  two  little  children, 
attired  in  their  brightest  suits,  brought  before 
her  and.  so,  with  their  little  faces  lifted  to 
hers,  and  tears  gathering  for  the  great  misfor¬ 
tunes  that  t  hey  hardly  realized,  the  light  faded 
out  of  the  mother’s  eyes. 

- - t~*~t - - 

Mme.  Bbes  has  received  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Medicine  in  France.  Her  certificate  runs 
thus:  — “Mme.  Gres,  a  married  woman  and 
mother  of  two  children,  does  not.  pursue  the 
study  of  medicine  as  a  pastime  or  by  reason  of 
scientific  vanity.  Bhe  fulhlls  all  the  duties  of 
her  profession.  During  both  sieges  of  Paris 
she  never  left  the  bedside  of  our  wounded  sol¬ 
diers." 

_ - 

When  a  man  thinks  that  nobody  cares  for 
him,  and  that,  be  is  atone  in  a  cold  and  selfish 
world,  he  would  do  well  to  ask  himself  what  he 
has  done  to  make  anybody  caro  for  him,  and  to 
warm  the  world  with  faith  and  generosity. 
Generally,  those  who  complain  the  most  havo 
done  the  least. 


A  Sweet  Time. 

DEAR  Mr.  Editor  ;  f  am  a  little  girl  12 years 
old.  My  pa  owns  a  farm  of  95  acres.  1  have 
three  sisters  and  one  brother,  tho  youngest  of 
all,  so  we  girls  have  to  help  on  the  farm.  I 
drive  the  cows  from  the  pasture,  plaster  corn, 
kill  potato  bugs,  gather  apples,  etc.  1  attend 
the  district,  school  three-fourths  of  a  mile  from 
home.  I  wont  four  months  last  year  without 
staying  out  a  day  or  being  tardy  an  hour,  and 
received  a  prize  in  my  spelling  class.  We  havo 
an  Estey  organ.  I  can  play  u  few  pieces,  and 
am  going  to  take  lessons  this  summer.  We 
make  maple  sugar ;  we  had  a  sugar  party,  and 
had  quite  a  sweet  time.— F.  A.  H.,  DeWitt, 
Mich.,  April,  1873. 


PUZZLER  INQUIRIES.  No  4. 

1.  In  answer  to  J.  P.  Fuller,  in  Rural  of 
May  31,  Problem  No.  2,  I  will  state  that  I  havo 
sometimes  solved  it  as  follows : 

**  i  i  a(ld  equations. 

io+>.  +  t/*  +  'r-1/18. 

Add  M  to  both  members,  as  follows:— **  +  *+ 

+  y'i ,  y  4  >4- 18&-37.2- 71.4.  We  notice  that  the 
left  member  Is  composed  of  two  perfect,  squares, 
by  inspection  we  find  that  74.4  may  also  be  sep¬ 
arated  Into  tlie  squares  49.4  and  25.4 ;  from  the 
given  equations  wo  determine  that  the  value 
Of  y  is  the  greater,  hence  : 

,/J  *y+!4 -40.4  W-3 
-1  :r  s  >4. —  26.4  ,r— 2 

I  do  not  submit  this  as  being  n  first-class  solu¬ 
tion,  but  any  other  method  would  require  tho 
solution  of  an  equation  of  the  fourth  Uegreo— a 
long  process.  G.  M.  Record. 

2.  Answer  to  ditch  question,  Rural,  May  3: 
j/-  rods  one  digs;  100 — j/=* rods  the  other  digs; 
r- price  in  shillings  paid  per  rod  for  easy  part ; 
x  t- 1  —price  per  rod  paid  for  the  harder  part; 
jy** amount  received  by  the  first  one,  $60,  or  400 
shillings;  x+1  multiplied  by  100— y-lOO.r  «  lOOj-y 

qy,  the  amount  received  by  tho  other.  But 
both  received  equal  amounts,  viz  400  shillings. 
Hence  ry-lOOr  100  xy—y.  This  equation  re¬ 
duced  will  give  the  answer  required.  n. 

3.  The  ditch  problem  published  in  the  Rural 
of  May3,  for  the  solution  of  which  a  rule  was 
required  (and  which  W.  Mead  says  cannot  be 
solved),  can  be  solved  in  the  following  manner: 
Let.  x—  the  number  of  cents  B  received  per  rod, 
and  x  t- 25  the  number©!  cents  which  A  received 
per  rod.  Then 

5000  +  8000 

»*»  a-.  -  -100  rods. 

’  From  this  equation  the  value  of  x  is  found  to 
l  he  80.08882  cts.,  and  *+  26-  1U  .03882  ots.  Proof: 

8QOO  divided  by  114.03882-43.84472 -A. 

I  6000  divided  by  80 .03882-  50 . 1 5528  - II . 

,  100  rods. 

Wm.  H.  Hull. 


Letter  from  a  Deaf  Boy. 

Mr.  Rural  :  - 1  have  wanted  to  write  you  an¬ 
other  letter  for  some  time,  but  never  got  at  it. 
I  am  tho  little  deaf  boy  you  read  about  last 
June,  a  year  ago,  and  do  not  hear  any  more 
than  I  did  t  hen.  Please  tell  the  one  that  writes 
about  the  ”  Fur-Bearing  Animal-,"  that  I  wish 
he  would  put  in  an  animal  every  time,  for  1  like 
to  read  about  I  hem  as  well  as  I  do  the  letters 
from  boys  and  girls,  f  go  to  school  and  study 
book-keeping,  arithmetic  and  reading.  I  have 
a  woodchuck’s  hide,  and  l  wish  you  or  some 
one  would  tell  mo  if  it  is  worth  anything.  I 
I  think  I  have  taken  up  enough  room  for  this 
time,  and  will  say  good  bye— Wii.lie  A.  IT., 

|  Galway,  Tf.T.  _ _ _ 

**  Oldn’t  Buyod  ’Em.” 

Some  time  ago,  a  little  niece  of  the  writer’s 
developed  an  alarming  tendency  for  “  passing. 
When  anything  new  was  brought  home,  she 


ANAGRAM.-No.  6. 

Ofr  het  erosttvuus  hatt  ew  saire 
Mite  si  tJiiw  rallsmato  edlilf 
Dan  rou  say  dots  nnd  rostadyyse 
Ear  eth  sclobk  whit  chtwk  cwdilbu. 

{35r"  Answer  in  two  weeks.  Carrie. 

- •*« - 

ARITHMETICAL  PUZZLE.-No.  3. 

From  6  take  9;  from  9  take  10;  from  40  take 
50,  and  have  6  remainder.  x. 

J3T*  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.— May  31. 

Cross-Word  Enigma  No.  10.— La  Grange. 
Illustrated  Rebus  No.  14.— A  rebus  for  the 
prize  you  offer. 


$l;i,000. ,,  Woolen  mill,  Johnston.  R.  t.,  on  the 
;  loss,  $60,000  — Stores,  grist-mill,  etc.,  in 
Newbury  port.  Mass.,  on  the  tth  loss.  .<50,000. 
The  propellor  City  of  Chatham,  at  Hamilton, 
Grit.,  on  the  3d:  loss,  $32.«4). . .  Root  and  shoo 
£*OtoiT  in  Rochester,  N.  V.,  on  (he  4th;  lo3s, 
§MJ.(J00 — Mills  and  houses  at  Birch  Hill,  B.  I 
on  the  4th  ;  loss.  $55.(10(1  ,  Woolen  mill  ill  Phil¬ 
adelphia  on  the  4th;  loss,  $]:*), 000.  The  Otis 

block  In  Chicago  on  the  2d;  loss,  $200,000  .. 
The  Insurance  companies  lose  $070,000  bv  the 
Boston  fire  .  The  McCormick  block  in  Peru, 
III.,  on  the  1st  ;  loss,  *.<0.000  ..  .In  Cumberland 
Co.,  Me.,  1 ,00(1  acres  »l  tine  titnher  ..  Miller's 
restaurant  in  Nov  Orleans,  on  the  1st;  loss, 
$30,000  House  and  store  in  Higginsport,  O., 
on  the  .list  ult.;  loss,  $13,000. .  ..A  hotel,  shops! 
etc.,  in  Middletown,  N.  V.,  on  the  5th:  loss. 


having  lot  their  stables  get  out  of  repair,  sup¬ 
posing  t  hat.  spring  was  here.  For  t  he  past  eight 
days  it  rained,  some  timedurinft  the  twenty- 
four  hours,  so  that  it  Is  Impossible  to  do  any¬ 
thing  towards  putting  in  corn  on  old  ground. 
Not,  over  one-half  of  the  corn  is  planted.  Corn 
i«  worth  30c.;  oats,  30c.;  wheat,  $1.25;  cows,  $30 
to$(.j  ;  work  cattle,  $90  to  $130;  horse- ,  $30  to 
$150.  The  (list  settlements  were  made  in  this 
county  three  years  ago  this  fall,  with  perhaps  a 
half-dozen  exceptions,  and  from  present  appear¬ 
ances  f  think  there  will  be  very  few  desirable 
pieces  of  Government  land  in  the  county  by  the 
1st.  of  January  next.  The  large  proportion  of 
the  settlers  are  those  who  did  military  duty  in 
the  late  war. — j.  u.  r>. 

Flat  Gap.  .left,  to,,  Term.,  July  Wheat 
in  East  Tennessee  will  not  make  more  than  half 
on  average  crop.  Clover  is  almost  a  failure. 
Fruit  more  than  half  killed.  Bugs  and  worms 
are  destroying  garden  vegetables  and  potatoes. 
Corn  looks  hail  for  the  t  ime  of  year.  Oats  and 
grass  will  be  good  if  there  is  plenty  of  rain. 
Wheat  is  worth  $130;  corn,  75c.;  bacon,  10c.; 
bum  hands  plenty  and  cheap.  Good  fanners 


Additions  to  C'lults  are  always  In  order, 
them  in  ones,  twos,  fives,  tens  or  more,  as  vou 


began  a  conversation.  Suddenly  she  was  taken 
dreadfully  ill.  She  said  that  she  had  no  money 
and  could  not  go  to  t  he  hospital,  and  t  hey  would 
have  to  keep  her  through  a  run  of  fever.  They 
gave  her  $3  to  crawl  out  and  try  to  reach  the 
hospital ;  after  which  she  recovered  with  aston¬ 
ishing  rapidity  and  bought  a  new  blue  sash. 

Gen.  Sherman  thinks  t  he  effect  of  the  Modoc 
surrender  upon  all  the  tribes  in  Oregon,  Idaho 
and  Northwestern  Territories  w  ill  he  to  compel 
them,  through  fear,  to  keep  the  peace.  Ho 
doubts  whether  the  capture  will  terrlly  the 
warlike  Sioux  into  submission,  and  thinks  the 
Modocs  will  be  surrendered  to  thecivil  authori¬ 
ties  In  accordance  with  the  precedent  in  the 
case  of  Santana,  iu  Texas. 

Till;  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  has  di  ectod 
the  Assistant-  Treasurer  in  New  York  to  give 
notice  that,  during  the  month  of  June  lie  will 
purchase  $500,000  bonds  on  the  find  find  third 
Wednesdays  each,  and  w  ill  sell  $2,000,000  gold 
on  the  first  and  third  Thursdays  each,  and 
$1 ,500.000  on  the  second  and  fourth  Thursdays 
each.  In  all.  ho  will  sell  $7,000,000 gold  and  pur¬ 
chase  $1,000,000  in  hands. 

It  Is  known  that,  Brigham  Young  will  resign 
the  Presidency  or  the  Utah  Central  and  Sout  h¬ 
ern  Railroads  and  accompany  the  Missionary 
Company  to  Arizona.  The  company  will  bo 


Moore  s  Rural  Is  the  Pioneer  Journal  in  its 
sphere,  and  isceps  ahead  of  all  imitators  and  abreast 
of  the  times  and  ago.  Try  it  a  year,  anil  soe. 


I  lie  Document*,  -Specimen  .Numbers,  Premium 
bists,  Hhow  ttdls,  etc.,  are  promptly  sent  free  and 
post-paid  to  all  disposed  to  aid  In  circulating  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  in  their  respective  localities. 


Ilow  to  Remit  Sa  fely. — Remittances  for  single 

or  club  subscriptions  to  the  Rural  may  be  made  by 

Draft,  Post-Office  Money  Order  or  Registered  Letter 
at  out  rMt.  Drafts  and  P.  O.  Money  Orders  preferred 
where  obtainable,— but  you  risk  nothing  in  sending  by 
cither  of  the  modes  above  mentioned  provided  Die 
remittance  is  properly  inclosed  and  mailed. 


FOREIGN  NEWS, 


CURRENT  TOPICS 


The  Northern  Pacific  Railroad. 

A  telegram  from  Bismarck,  Dakota,  June 4, 
says: --The  I  rack  of  the  Northom  Pacific  Rail¬ 
road  readied  the  Missouri  River  at  this  place 
to-day,  and  the  entire  division  of  450  miles  from 
Duluth  to  Bismarck  la  open  to  business.  The 
people  arc  celebrating  the  event.  Connection 
is  made  here  with  the  navigation  of  the  upper 
and  lower  Missouri.  A  line  of  steamers  in  es¬ 
tablished  between  this  point  and  Fort  Benton, 
in  Western  Montana,  and  shipments  of  both 
government  and  private  freight  are  being  made 
by  thi*  new  route  to  Hie  Northwest.  The  rail¬ 
road  surveying  expedition,  with  a  military  es¬ 
cort  under  command  of  General  Stanley,  will 
start  ’vest,  June  1«,  with  the  intent  i*n  of  making 
a  final  and  definite  location  of  the  line  of  the 
road  from  the  crossing  of  the  Missouri  to  the 
crossing  of  the  Yellowstone,  and  along  that 
river  to  Central  Montana,  this  being  the  only 
portion  of  the  route  not  yet,  determined.  No 
serious  opposition  from  Indians  is  anticipated 
by  those  best  able  to  judge. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

The  Grand  Lodge  of  Masons  has  been  in 
session  in  their  new  hall  ... About  1.000 saloon 
passengers  sailed  for  Europe  on  Hie  31st  of  May. 

•  •  •  -4  Mrs.  Fitzpatrick  has  been  found  murdered 

■  on kers . .  A  number  of  old  buildings  in 
''■Inl  and  Crosby  streets  were  burned  on  the  3d, 

and  50  families  made  borne  lev- . The  regatta 

of  the  N.  Y.  Vaclil  Club  took  place  onthefil  h. 

•  •  In?  National  Guard  was  reviewed  on  the  3d 

and  It  li  Mansfield  Tracy  Will  wort  h,  the  au¬ 
thor,  WPS  -hot  by  Ids  son  on  the  3d  at  the  St u r- 
t want  House;  this  terrible  parricide  caused 
groat  excitement - The  »Spriiig  races  at  re¬ 

route  Park  have  commenced...  Geo,  MacDon- 
"oll.the  great  forger,  has  been  sent  to  Flight  nd. 

;  -I  he ;(’itv  militia  numbers  0, 733  Tim  Wood- 
null  trud  has  been  postponed...  Whitsuntide 
was  celebrated  by  the  Germans  .  Miss  Mnrv 
Carpenter  of  England  has  lectured  on  prison 
KiTorm  fstolu-s  is  in  good  spirits;  his  tale 
w  ill  be  decided  in  a  few  days..  The  jnn  in  the 
Walworth  parricide  find  Hint  voting  Walworth 
shot  his  father  ;  Mr.  ( 'Imrles  O'Coiumr  will  con¬ 
duct  the  defense  of  the  hoy  ;  Mr.  W  id  worth  lias 
been  burled  nt  Saratoga  .'  ,\  bov  lias  tried  to 
poison  Ids  father  In  Brooklyn  Tt  Is  proposed 
to  arm  the  police  with  breech  loaders  The 
session  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Masons  closed  on 

t  lie  <ith  .  ..Precautions  are  being  taken  against 
t  he  elKdcni .  .  The  Madeleine  won  the  prize  in 
the  X.  \  Yacht  race  on  the  fStb,  in  4  hours.  I 
iiiimue,  and  30 seconds.  ..The. steamship  Crom- 
wcll,  from  this  city  for  New  Orleans,  is  missing. 

Homo  Now*. 

The  McEnory  Government  of  Louisiana  has 
Surrendered,  rather  than  provoke  a  war  with 

the!  nlt.ed  Mates . An  improved  state  of  IT, 

S.  finances  1%  reported.  Two  bunk  defaulters 
have  been  louiul  in  Boston  the  past,  week 
Minnesota  will  regulate  railway  tariffs  .  The 
Union  Pacific  Railway  wlJl  bpijd  depots  at  Oinii- 
!M,  - n  ,)  (,t  the  Bender  family,  who  commit¬ 

ted  o  many  murder.-,  in  Kansas,  have  been  ar¬ 
rested  m  low#. ..  The  rescued  Polar  explorers 
have  reached  Washington  The  new  loan  has 
been  negotiated  in  London  The  President 
a  6  Brunch  for  the  summer 

A  railway  accident  at  Capetown,  Gut.,  on  the 


BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS 


The  President  has  submitted  to  the  Attor¬ 
ney-General  the  question  whether  those  Mo- 
does  who  took  part  in  t  he  assassination  of  Gen. 
Canby  and  Dr.  Thomas  cap  be  tried  by  a  mili¬ 
tary  commission.  While  no  intimation  has 
been  given  by  the  Attorney-General  as  to  what 
w  ill  be  the  character  of  his  decision,  the  belief 
outside  of  the  Department  is  that  it  w  ill  bo 
Mint  these  prisoners  can  be  so  tried.  Cnioss 
legal  objections  are  found  to  exist, it  Is  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  the  President  to  order  a  military  com¬ 
mission  to  be  organized  at  once  to  proceed  with 
the  trial. 

The  wholesale  destruction  of  lobsters  on  the 
Eastern  coast  has  suggested  to  a  Boston  news¬ 
paper  that  the  next  generation  will  not  enjoy 
this  first-rate  fish.  The  raid  on  lobsters  extends 
without  intermission  from  Boston  to  Halifax, 
tii o great  demand  being  for  canning.  A  percep¬ 
tible  deterioration  In  size  is  observed.  Once 
there  were  lobsters  in  Fan  an  11  Hall  Market 
which  it  required  the  strength  of  both  arms  to 
lift  from  the  bench  ;  now  most  lobsters  are  not 
much  too  largo  to  put  Into  the  vest  pocket. 

A  family  residing  In  Detroit,  the  other  day 
determined  to  replace  a  marble  mantel  grate 
and  hearth  which  had  boon  put  Into  the  house 
when  it  was  built  in  184S.  On  taking  up  the 
hearth-stone  it  was  found  to  have  been  once 

dosigned  to  mark  tlje  grave  of  Sarah - .  who 

died  in  1637.  Now  the  mistress  of  tho  house 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS, 


The  People’*  Friend. —  It  is  susceptible  of 
easy  proof  that  the  Sewing  Machine  has  been 
a  greater  blessing  to  the  American  people  than 
any  invention  of  the  presenl  century.  Nothing 
else  has  done  so  much  to  save  tho  lives  and 
health  of  the  wives  and  mothers,  and  the  pa¬ 
tient,  overworked  women  of  the  land  who,  as  a 
class,  most  needed  relief  from  t  he  burdens  of 
every-day  life.  Every  father  and  husband  fails 
in  Ills  duty  If  he  neglects  to  endow  life  house 
with  such  a  triumph  of  science  aa  the  Wilson 
1  nderfeod  Sewing  Machine.  It  is  the  cheapest 
and  best  Sewing  Machine  ever  offered.  Sales¬ 
room  at  707  Broadway,  New  York,  and  in  all 
other  cities  in  the  United  States.  The  com¬ 
pany  want  agents  in  country  towns. 


the  married  women  into  tho  belief  that  they  are 
not  legally  married,  and  that,  unless  married 
over  again  by  the  reverend  fathers,  their  hus¬ 
bands  may  leave  them  and  marry  again. 

Gov.  Leslie,  of  Kentucky,  has  tendered  the 
appointment  of  geologist  of  that  St  ate  to  Prof. 
N.  S.  Bhaler  of  Harvard  College,  who  is  a  native 
of  Kentucky.  The  Incumbent  is  by  the  law 
authorized  to  organize  his  corps  of  assistants 
Immediately  and  go  to  work. 

Eighteen  empty  pocket-books  were  discov¬ 
ered  last  week,  ip  cleaning  out  a  waste  pipe  in 
the  Park  House,  at  New  Haven,  and  are  sup¬ 
posed  to  bo  a  few  of  the  many  captured  by  the 
pickpockets  during  the  army  reunions  of  the 
previous  week. 

Three  hundred  thousand  dollars’  worth  of 
the  bonds  stolon  from  the  Waterford  bank 
have  been  returned  by  the  thieves,  who  have 
received  35  per  cent,  and  immunity  from  pun¬ 
ishment  for  their  trouble. 

The  herbarium  of  Professor  Meissner,  of  the 
University  of  Basie,  Switzerland,  containing 
«0,000  botanical  specimens,  has  been  purchased 
by  a  private  gentleman  for  presentation  to 
Columbia  College. 

The  French  Assembly  has  voted  to  rebuild 
the  column  of  Vendome,  and  adjourned  until 
the  5t;li  of  June. 


cU  A'*.  1 2003,  Stem  Winder  bearing 
Mark  "  United  States  Watch  Co.,  Marion, 
-  manufactured  by  United  States  Watch 
iles,  W ales  &  Co.,)  Marion,  N.  J .,  has  been 
by  me  two  months;  its  total  variation 
ic.-m  time  being  six  seconds  in  the  entire 
W.  8.  Dunn,  of  H.  B.  Clafiin  &  Co.,  New 


mi  I  ,  **  *  -x  ut  uut,  ugi* 

omi  I  he  brewers  have  been  in  council  in 
Cleveland.  <>  The  Sheffield  Scientific  School 
has  been  dedicated  at. Nowllaveu  Col. David 
lew  of  N.  J.  is  the  hero  of  the  Modoc  war; 
l  he  Modems  w  ill  probably  he  turned  over  to  the 
courts  or  Oregon  Tor  trial  .John  A.  Bingham 
or  Ohio  is  tlie  new  Minister  to  Japan  Two 
women  have  been  murdered  near  Suffolk.  Va  . 
Gornell  U  Diversity  has  received  more  lame  gifts. 
-  -  I  he  i  ofiUora  L\\  V.)  murderer,  has  hnon  ar¬ 
rested —  unrht  murders  in  one  week  are  re- 
ported  from  Virginia  .The  Chicago  Jubilee 
was  a  great  success ;  40,000  people  att  ended  one 
concei  t .  .  7  be  Secretary  or  the  Navy  lias  inves¬ 
tigated  the  survivors  of  the  Polaris;  lie  finds 
there  was  no  mutiny ;  tlie  separation  of  the 
crew  was  by  accident  .  A  colored  cadet  at 
Annapolis  has  been  assaulted  by  some  other 
cadets,  who  have  all  been  arrested.  Forty-nine 
cadets  at  West  Point  were  rejected  out  of  135 
examined;  two  colored  cadets  were  successful 
....Telegrams  have  bean  sent  from  San  Fran¬ 
cisco  t*  China,  advising  Chinese  not  to  emi- 
grat  e  It  is  now  reported  that  Mr.  Jackson 
Schultz  will  resign  hi*  Coin  mission  ersh  ip  at 
Vienna....  It  Is  expected  Gen.  Davis  will  shoot 


Fnrmeri*  are  apt  to  believe  too  much.  Don’t 
he  swindled,  when  you  can  buy  a  thing  proved 
and  improved  for  over  twenty  years.  Buy  the 
Blanchard  Churn. 


Five -Toil  Hay  Scales,  $1<)0. 
Scale.  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y 
List. 


The  Jones 
Free  Price 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC 

Edgar,  Clay  Co, 


Neb.,  May  til.—  The  present 
spring  and  winter  have  been  remarkable  ones 
in  the  history  of  this  country.'  Winter  set  in 
about  tho  middle  of  November,  and  remained 
froze  up,  with  little  snow  at  any  one  time,  until 
Feb.  i ;  from  that  time  until  the  20th  of  March, 
the  most  of  the  time  the  weather  was  warm  and 
pleasant.  Much  of  the  small  grain  was  sown 
before  the  latter  date.  About  that  time  a  series 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


New  York,  Monday,  June  9,  1673. 

Receipt*.— Tiir  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
product'  for  the  past  week  are  as  follows : 

JlOUr,  tit'ls .  91, M0  Pork,  bids .  2,364 

Wheat,  bush. .....  1,169,70(1  Heel,  ,,kgs .  107 

Corn ,  busli . .  1, 167,2(4,1  Cut  meu ts,  pk  g s , ,  2,969 

Oats,  bush..  — ....  fiysjuj  Lard,  pkgs .  2,909 

Grass  seed,  bush..  IM  Butter,  pkgs. ..  ....  21 ,400 

U&Def,  bush .  2,300  Cheese,  pkgs.  .  36,520 

Malt,  tmsh... .......  71,a00  Dried  Fniits,  pkg6,  444 

Beans,  bush  . .  1,310  Bags,  hbls .  , .  12,529 

Corn  meal  bids....  1,929  wool,  bales .  762 

Coni  meal,  bags...  1,657  Hops,  bales.... .  116 

Cotton,  hales .  11.7(f)  Peanuts,  bags .  659 

Bye,  bush . . .  40,500  Dressed  Hogs,  No.  — 

Mcnpi*  and  Feus.— Experts  of  beans  past  week, 
Jjcsa  ■  "’ji’lP  bush*  The  bean  market  is 
very  dull  anil  lower;  the  local  trade  in  destine  very 
tiBlitly  in  mediums,  and  (lie  export  demand  for  mar¬ 
rows  has  fallen  off  to  an  extent  that  denresscs  miotn- 


TOOL  CHESTS 


WITH  BEST  TOOLS  ONLY. 

FOR  CIRCULAR  ADDRESS 

J.T.PRATT  &  CO 

S3  FULTON  ST.N.Y. 


Monday'*  Sales.— Beeves  —Trade  in  horned  cat¬ 
tle  opened  fair  on  this  forenoon  and  closed  firm  at 
u@13e.  it..;  weight  from  0  to  84  ewt .,  strong  on  57® 

00  n>*.  to  the  owt..,  not ;  the  <| nulity  of  stoora  to  hand 
was  from  fair  to  good!  general  run,  smooth,  neat 
cattle. 

Milch  Cows.— Trade  wax  slow,  prices  ranged  at 
J  Mcj,  120  d  head;  general  salesatflffuiM  Wheatl;  qual¬ 
ity  generally  medium. 

Will*.  Trade  was  l> Heeled  lu  large  lots;  prices  at 
7:ipi894o.  V  It.;  quality  fair. 

Sheep  mid  LuihIi*.— Trade  was  fair,  hut  there 
was  a  slight  falling  oil  in  lambs.  Sheen  sold  In  (urge 
lots  at  a;tQlii'fc.  Lauth*  sold  In  a  elected  lots,  ll<iSllJ-je. 

Hog*. — Live  worn  not  quoted  on  this  forenoon,  as 
those  fresh  to  hand  we.ntdireet  to  slaughterers.  City- 
dressed  not  quoted  at  noon. 

RECEIPTS  OF  I.IVE  STOCK. 

Sh»  »M>  & 

ttlll'VMfl.  CmVH.  Cnlvi'H.  Lilt  1 1  09.  1  I OCf». 

One  Hundredth  St...  3.080  7  910  04  000 

Forty- eighth  St .  00  71  1,943  0,7l5t  000 

Fortieth  St, .  CHJ  (K)  037  4.508  24,1X18 

Communlpnw . 5,384  00  00  7.983  12,323 

Wcehawkeu .  858  UO  00  (XX)  000 


selling  at  $9©11.75  for  barreled  new  plain  mess,  $12® 
13.50  for  extra  mess.  Tierce d  beef  at  $23@25  for  new 
India  mess,  S.'JfituBI  for  now  extra  India  mesa,  anil  $21® 
23  for  new  prime  mess. 

Seed*.— Trade  Is  at,  a  stand  at  the  moment,  hut 
there  i-i  scarcely  auy  additions  to  the  supplies,  anil 
prices  lire  without  change.  Clover  at  84eJi8-\e,  for 
Western,  and  si TffiSta.  for  Slat*?.  Timothy  at  $1.50. 

Tobacco.  Crude*  of  Western  leaf  suited  to  the 
wants  of  Regie  buyers  lire  wanted  at  full  lute  prices. 
Seedleaf  stock  has  a  limited  sale. 

QUOTATIONS— N  1C  W  CROP. 

I.ight Grades,  lleavy  tirades. 

l.ugs . .  7  («)  7 >,«.  7M®  74c. 

Common  to  medium  leaf .  7  5,66  84c.  7 :*s on  8Hc. 

(lo*)d  do.  ..  8,460  1(1 4c.  9  (ifl  12  c. 

Flue  do.  ..U  (is  12  o,  12.4(h)  13 

Selections . . 124(01  13  C.  18454  In 

SEEDLEAF  CROP  OF  1871. 

Connecticut  and  .Massachusetts  tillers . II  64  It  e. 

seconds . .12  (*#25  c. 

wrappers, . . . . 40  64  56  c. 

selections . CO  6«  75  c. 

New  York  tillers . .  10  69  11  e. 

wrappers . ........18  64  36  c. 

assorted  lots . 11  64  i  t  c. 

Pennsylvania  niters . 13  64  U  c. 

wrappers.  22  64  00  c. 

assorted  lots.  . 18  68  25  e. 

Ohio  tillers . 8  i»j  9  c. 

wrappers . -18  64  85  c. 

assorted  lots .  9464  12  e. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots .  8464  9  e. 

Vegetables.  Old  potatoes  an*  now  in  variable 
condition,  ami  file-  qualitln*  of  State  only  will  bring 
extreme  prices  i  Western  are  neglected.  We  quote 
State  Poach  Blows,  in  hulk.  $2  62i*.\7e ;  do.  in  double 
heads,  f3t<ii.'l.25;  Early  Hose,  |2®&23  lr»  bids.;  1‘rinee 
A.lbert,  $2.50 *'62.76  do.;  Western  Peach  Blows,  prime, 
$7.'!.V,c‘!r5il ;  do.  common,  Jacksons,  &o,,  S$I .." u***  "2 ;  Ber¬ 
muda,  $8. uh  *'  (*h|.;  Charleston,  $.><j«8  fur  prime.  Del¬ 
aware  pen-  $3.oUioit  V  bhl.i  New  Jersey  and  Norfolk, 
f26}2  .51) ;  do.  string  beans,  $V  *lo.,  *1o.  tjilhbiigi  s,  $2.50(3. 
2.74  v  hhl.  Asparagus  is  nut  quotable.  Charleston 
ciicnnihors,  $l.&U64ll  V  crate.  Bermuda  tomato*  s  are 
all  too  ripe  for  use;  quoted  ut  25®69c. ,  which  does 
not  pay  freight  and  sorting.  Uurmudu  onions,  $1.50 
V  era  e. 

WlilsUy  is  Belling  at  91c.  for  Western. 

Wool.— Domestic  fiooee  Is  quiet,  hut.  with  light 
stocks  prices  are  without  change  N<*  settled  price 
for  the  new  dip  yd.  Tile  dip  is  thought  to  he  large, 
and  manufacturers  u  wall  developments. 

We  quote  New  York- and  Micnigan  and  Wiscon¬ 
sin  fleeces  at  48c.  tor  XX  44c.  for  X,  ilk!,  for  No.  1. 
Ohio  and  Penn,  deuces,  51c.  for  XX.lHc.  for  X,  Kiel  for 
No.  I.  1ml..  Ky.  and  TStlO,, 48C.  for  XX,  ll*C.  for  X, 
He.  for  No.  I  111.,  Iowa  and  Min li.,  too.  for  XX,  lie. 
for  X,  43c.  for  No.  I.  Ga.,  Ala.,  Miss,  and  La.,  28®80o. 
for  unwashed.  Pulled  at  (llwilfiu.  for  extra,  l2c#47o,  for 
super,  356440c.  for  No.  1. 


fair  do.,  $2.25;  red  kidney,  $3.50*33.75  for  good  and 
prime;  white  kidney,  $2.20@2.80;  Canada  peas,  in 
bhls..  tree.  $  1. <0(4.1.15 :  green  peas,  bush.,  range,  $1.40 

fl.nO.  SoTithern  black-eyed,  *4.684.25;  white  kidney, 
2.20®2Ji0. 

Beeswax,— There  is  sufflclentt  rode  from  shipimrs 
to  create  steady  prices.  Sales  at  <J06j)37c.  for  Western 
and  Southern. 

Broom  4'ni'n.  There  is  a  moderate  trade  from 
manufacturers.  Sab's  at  GJffaJe.  for  hurl,  6w8c.  for 
green.  Is*. To.  t*  ir  rtjil.  Did  l*  quoted  3uiilo, 

But  to  v.  rowan!-'  the  close.  Western  began  to  ar¬ 
rive  liberully  ;  as  prices  were  none  too  st  rong  during 
tt-s  absence,  they  urn  rather  unsettled  to-day,  ana 
point  lower.  Suite  butter  lm«  bad  several  weeks 
longer  Consumption  (ban  last  season,  owing  to  the 
backwardness  of  the  season  West,  hilt  will  soon  have 
to  give  place  I*,  the  all  rai  l  ive*|u  iced  good  grades  ol 
Ohio  iind  Michigan.  There  has  lieeti  less  out-of-town 
haying  latter  I  v,  us  gnu*  Is  guud  lu  ud.hieont  places 
and  sonic  supply  Is  niu  to  at  home  Jtiistarn  buyers, 
however,  will  soon  reu ppear,  as  the  rates  for  West¬ 
ern  slock  usually  stimulate  the  Inquiry,  t'hoteo  yel¬ 
low  Western  firkins.  In  lots,  '!8r<j'l'\ 

We  quote  prune  elite  Mrkluft,  yellow,  '-’9eg  do.  half 
tubs,  yellow,  27>nl28i-. ;  do.  Welsh  tubs,  236437c.  West¬ 
ern  ranges,  host,  21  Including  creamery ;  other 
Western  tubs,  2U*T!e.  N.  K.  pull*,  2664300.1  Penusyl- 
vauia  store  packed,  2(l64l!nC.  White  and  'trunked  but¬ 
ter.  126]>20c.  Low  grades  have  a  Wide  range. 

(Jbet'se.  -There  is  a  good  shipping  demand,  but 
the  very  tree  receipts  of  both  State  anil  Western 
compel  dealers  t*>  meet  shippers  when  tin*  hitter 
moderate  their  idler.  Western  cheese  is  slow  of  sale, 
except,  when  tip;  Inside  rate  is  accepted.  A  good 
many  States  are  otf  In  quality,  auil  to  keep  the  mar¬ 
ket,  clear  will  have  to  he  miciltlood.  For  fancy  State 
15c.  is  sometime-  made,  blit  tho  hulk  of  even  tine 
line  will  not  run  above  1 1  ,e  The  entile  has  declined 
to  G7s.  fid.  We  quote  :  titmice  Statu  factory,  It  4**4 
live.;  good,  do.,  13.4*f6ltc.;  fair,  do..  i;X./:134e,j  dairies, 
ll(.«l3!4c.;  skimmed,  :®7e.  for  full,  and  1I>t12c,  for 
partly;  Western  factory  quoted  at  10.466 124m 

Coiioil,  Prices  huve  not  varied  on  spot  uotluii, 
although  receipts  are  fair  and  offered  freely.  For 
forward  deliveries  there  Is  a  fair  murket,  at  is’<e-  for 
June,  19  5-100.  for  Juiv,  19  13-32e.  for  August,  and 
is  9-, ‘He.  for  September,  showing  au  advance.  The 
quotation*  for  spot  cotton  are : 

t  pb.iuU.  Alabii,ii>(.  New  Orloiuii.  TuXAtt, 

Ordinary .  144  HW  144  144 

liood  Ordinary .  lfit,  18‘i  1GW  184 

Strict  Good  Ordinary.  174  174  174  174 

Low  Middling .  184  184  1*4  18-Ji 

.Middling .  194  194  19*  20 

Good  M  hid  I  lug .  214  214  21  Jf  22 

Bl*ii*d  l"’i*iiiis.  Trade  ts  still  very  slow.  Apples 
are  nearly  neglected  beyond  tho  light  wants  ot  ship¬ 
pers.  Low  prices  are  offered  for  poaches,  but,  holders 
refuse  to  make  further  concessions. 

Southern  apples,  1.45c.  for  ordinary  ;  do.,  sliced 
prime,  5648c. ;  Western,  I pjiitSe.;  State,  54®Cc.;  do 

lots  of  . . .  **■  .* .  l’otded  peuehes — Prime 

Georgia  and  North  Carolina,  ll)tol2e.;  ordinary,  4®fic. 
Unpeeled  peaches,  8,4c.  for  quarters,  and  jkdotMo. 
for  halves.  Plums  at  I2<«,  1  tc.  for  State  ami  Il(stl2c. 
for Suiitliern.  Cherrlee,  18«il7e.  for  State  aud  South¬ 
ern.  Blackberries,  30. 

Egg*.— Receipts  are  falling  off.  although  we  have 
the  uddithm  of  Hamuli  au.  Tun  market  closes  rather 
firmer,  with  important  losses  in  count  made  good, 
We  quote  near  points,  Ilk-.;  State  and  Pennsylvania, 
19*i/)l9.4e.;  Wentern  fast  freight,  Ihi-pIH  1  <c.;  do.  ordina¬ 
ry  do.,  17'5  IT  He.;  Canadian,  17 4®  16c, 

Flour,  t’rlces  iiave  further  declined  about  26c. 
T>  barrel,  on  account  of  llheral  receipts  and  limited 
nates  ti)  exporters.  The  position  of  the  English  mark¬ 
et  does  nut  warrant  much  trade  from  tills  source. 

Superfine  Slate . .  $5  40(5)  li  00 

Common  extra  do . f.  70®  8  90 

Hood  to  choice  do . C  9.5®  7  (HI 

Fancy  do  .  7  Q6r<v  7  76 

Sup*'rllno  Michigan,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Iowa...  5  likgi  &  90 

Extra  do . (i  llk'c  )i  8a 

Cholco  extra  do . II  9066  7  80 

‘Prado  brands  tin . 7  76,.»  9  75 

Good  to  chotee  white  wheat  extras .  7  7566  9  *5 

Fair  to  very  clioicc  extra  .Minnesota . 8  YWlil  50 

Common  to  fair  extra  St.  f,ouls .  7  05*v)  8  75 

Good  t«)  Choice  do . .  . H  aa-t-ll  .9) 

Southern,  oouimon  to  choice . .  8  2e*n  7  90 

Fumlly  ill . . . . .  7  95c.l> II  25 

Bye,  eomiuun  to  tine .  4  7 56#  5  75 

Corn  mi  ul.  Brandy winu .  3  0066  3  BQ 

Do.  Western .  8  luau  3  59 

Fresh  Fruits,  -  I'horo  il  glut  ol  Southern  straw¬ 
berries  to-day,  from  Delaware  and  Maryland.  Trains 
wore  detained  on  Saturday  anil  stock  i-ftine  siruggilnq 
In,  leaving  an  unsold  surplus  over  Sunday.  Soft, 
stale  berries  are  selling  to  peddlers  to-day  at  5(>47c.; 
guud,  fresh  hits,  ikwlOo.  A  few  fanuy,  fi’oiii  lower 
Now  Jersey  are  quoted  ut  18c ;  Hitiall  baskets,  ICgy- 
port,  4685c.  each.  Guoatberrles  are  dull,  at  about  $7 
v  bushel  for  small.  Guod  specimens  ot  Southern 
cherries  are  O (Turin  *  |  best,  haw  the  range  Is  llKal.'io. 
Annies  are  dull,  ut  83.o0i5i3.Ta  for  choice ;  others  range 
n t  11.50662.50.  (hanherries  might  as  well  he  discon¬ 
tinued  from  quotations  for  all  the  triple  they  receive. 
Bids,  are  quoted  at  ;  grates,  .Vie.  tor  poor,  ami 

$1.50(8)2  for  sound,  1'canat.i  improving  in  demand 
and  arm  lu  price:;  Wilmington,  ?iw1,50:  Virginia, 
$l.506»l.(2l  for  common  to  fair;  Tennessee,  90o.(si$l. 
Pecan*,  106&lLc. 

IJrn in.  —  l*ric<*a  throughout  are  very  mueh  lower 
through  liberal  receipts  by  canal.  At  the.  concessions 
a  liberal  shipping  business  has  been  dona  and  the 
tone  ol'  the  m  'diets  at  the  close  are  steadier,  Wheat, 
81, 504)1.67  for  No.  2  spring;  f  1.8  2(«u  1.85  for  No.  1  do.  hero; 
$l.55*vj)1.58  for  No.  2  spnug  for  June;  $1,856(1.70  for 


Bor  sale  at  the  Ritual  Neiv-Youk kii  Otiice,  No.  5 

Bookman  St..  New  York,  or  sont  by  mail,  puat- 

pald,  on  receipt  of  price : 

Willard'*  Practical  Unify  HiiNbumlry 

IJMXt  I  HH  II  I*  ill . #3  00 

Allen  4  (L.  B'.)  American  I 'tittle. .  2  0U 

Do.  New  American  h'lirui  Book .  2  60 

Do.  Diseases  of  DoniesUC  Animals .  1  DO 

Do.  Rural  Architecture .  1  50 

American  Bird  B'amHer . 30 

American  Pomology  (200  I llustratlons)  Warder. .  3  OO 

American  Practical  Cookery, .  1  75 

American  Rone  (’iilt.iirlth .  30 

American  Standard  of  Nxoellencu  in  Poultry..  60 

Amerloao  Wheat  Cttlturlnl  (Toil ill .  2  nO 

A rchll.eeturc.  Nulliinal  (Goo.  K.  Woodward) . 12  id 

AtWOiitl’d  ComlU  y  and  iSutiurban  Houses .  1  5(1 

Barry’s  Fruit  Garden  (new  edition) . .  2  50 

Bee  Keepers’ Text  Hook,  Paper,  40c.;  Cloth .  76 

Bcmcnt's  Rabbit  Fmieier.  .  30 

Uleknell'N  Village  Builder  (55  Plates,  showing 

New  ami  Prantleal  Design*) . 10  (X) 

Bummer’s  Method  o(  Making  Manures . .  25 

Brook's  Book  of  Flowers  (new) . ,  . , .  . .  1  76 

Brldgeman’i*  Gardener's  Assistant. . , . . 2  50 

rtutsi.'»  Burnt!-  ;<tichen  Gardener..... .  1  00 

Do.  Flower  Gamlet) .  .  1  jsi 

Gsrpcnl  ry  Made  *y  (new) .  6  00 

Chemistry  uf  the  Farm 'Nichols) .  1  26 

Chorlton’s  Grape,  Grower's  Gable, . . .  75 

Cider  Maker’s  Manual . .  1  50 

Claler'n  New  [II.  (.kittle  Doctor,  Colored  plates...  8  OO 

Cotrhett's  American  Gardener .  76 

Cole's  American  B  ruit  Book .  76 

Colo's  American:  Veterinarian . 76 

Cotton  Culture  (Lymunsj... .  150 

crack  Shot  (Barber) .  175 

Crsnhurry  Culture  (J.J.  White) .  1  25 

Dadd's  American  Cattle  Doctor .  1  50 

Do  Modern  (torse  Doctor .  1  &() 

Dunn's  Muck  Manual .  1  25 

Darwin's  Variations  of  Animals  and  Plants .  8  00 

Dead  .Shot;  or.  Hportman’a  Complete  Guide .  1  75 

Downtmr's  Bruits  and  Bruit  Trees  of  America. 

(UOOpp.l  .  5  00 

Do.  It  a  nil  Bissuy* . .  3  50 

Drainage  ror  Profit  and  Health .  .  1  50 

Dyer  anil  Color  klakor'H  1  iimpimlon .  .  1  26 

Rastwood’s  Cranberry  Culture . .  75 

Billiot's  Lawn  and  Shade  Trees . . .  1  .Ml 

Everybody's  Lawyer.  . . .  2  00 

Every  Woman  llerOwn  Flower  Gardener  (new). 

paper.  rsJc. ;  cloth .  .  1  OO 

Farm  Drainai'e  (H.  F.  French) .  1  5Ci 

Farm  I  mplemmitH  and  Machinery  (J.  J .  Thoiuus)  1  50- 

Field's  Pear  Culture . .  1  25 

Fishing  In  American  Waters  (Scott) .  3  50 

Flint  on  Grasses .  .  2  SO 

Do.  Milch  Cows  and  Dairy  Farming .  2  50 

B'orest  Trees  (Bryant) . . .  \  50 

Frank  Forrester's  B’lohl  Sports  (2  yols.) .  fi  00 

Do.  Fish  and  Fishing  <100  engravings! .  5  00 

I m.  Manual  for  Young  Hpnmmen .  3  00 

Fuller's  Illustrate, (  Strawberry  Cultnrlst .  20 

Do.  Forest  Tree  Cultnrlst .  1  50 

Do.  Small  Fruits  (Illustrated)..,  . . . .  1  60 

Fulton’s  Punch  Culture.  A  Hand-Book  and 

Guido  to  Every  Planter  .  1  50 

Gardening  for  Profit  (P.  Henderson) .  1  50 

Gardening  for  the  S'mtb  (While’s) .  2  1)0 

Grape  Cultnrlst  (A.  S.  Fuller) .  1  5h 

Gray’s  Manual  of  Botany  ami  Lessons.,, .  3  00 

Do,  Softool  and  Fie  Id  Hook  of  Botany  . .  2  50 

Do.  How  Plants  Grow  (500  Illustration*) .  1  12 

Do.  Introduction  to  Structural  anil  Syshimatlc 
Butanv  and  Vegetable  Physiology  (1,300  Ulus.).  3  50 

Guenon  Oil  Milch  Cows .  76 

Gun.  Hod  and  Huddle .  .  1  50 

l[iirrtey’:i  Barn*,  Oiitliuildlnga  and  Fences . 10  no 

Harris  on  Insect*. .. .  . .  1  1X1 

Do.  on  the  Pig  -  Breeding,  Management,  Ac .  1  50 

Hatfield's  A mer lean  House  rarpeni.nr  . . .  3  50 

Uinta  to  Horse  Keepers  | Herbert's) .  . .  1  75 

lligli  Farming  without  Manure . . .  35 

lloUy’n  Art  of  Haw-FIIIng  .  75 

Holly's  Carpenter’s  Hand  Book  (new) .  75 

Hooper's  Dog  anil  Gan  . .  30 

HonpoV  Bonk  of  Evergreen* .  3  00 

Hup  Culture . . . . .  40 

How  Crops  Feed . . .  2  (X) 

tlow  Crops  Grow . .  2  00 

Hunter  and  Trapper.. . . .  1  00 

ilusmanri'fl  Grapes  and  Wine .  1  60 

Indian  Curb  ;  Its  Value.  Culture  and  Hues. ......  1  50 

Jcimings  On  ( (utile  and  their  Dlsoasea .  1  75 

Do.  Horse  and. h.l»  Disease*  . . .  1  76 

Dn.  Huron  Training  Abide  Fasv .  I  25 

Du.  Hheep,  Hwineai'd  Poultry. .  1  75 

Johnston's  Agricultural  Chemistry .  I  75 

Do.  Elements  Agricultural  Chemistry... . .  1  50 

ICeiup’s  Landscape  Gardening ..... ,  . .  2  50 

Lailgstroth  on  the  Hive  and  Honey  Bee .  2  00 

l  ewis'  American  Sportsman  . .  2  75 

Lightning  Rods,  and  llnw  to  Construct  Thom, 

by  John  Plila . .  25 

Ai  iiiuiiI  011  mix  and  Hemp  Culture .  .  25 

Manual  of '1‘obaeco  Cn Inn  e .  ,  . . .  85 

Mason's  B'arner  and  Bind  Hook .  )  i  ll 

Mayhew’s  lllMsl.rnt.ed  Horse  Management .  3  00 

Du  Illustrated  Hurse  Doctor . . .  3  00 

Mechanic's  Companion  (Nicholson)...  .  3  00 

Mechanics  forMillwrtglits,  Machinists  and  others  1  50 

Allies  on  Horse'*  ll’ilot  (Cloth)..., .  75 

Modern  Cookery  (by  Miss  Acton  and  Mr*.  8.  .1. 

Hale) .  1  75 

McClure's  Diseases  of  Horse,  Cattle  and  Sheep.  8  00 

Money  lu  the  Garden,  by  P.  T.  (Jutnn .  1  50 

Norris'  B'lsh  Culture. .  1  t r, 

Norton's  Blh-iuent.s  Scientific  Agriculture .  75 

Onton  Culture . . . 20 

Olir  Futui  of  Four  Acres  .  .  30 

Pardee  on  Strawberry  Culture .  76 

I 'arson*  on  the  Rose  .  1  25 

Pear  Ci.lt.um  for  Pudlt  (I*.  T,  Quinn) .  1  00 

Pudder’s  Land  Measure . 80 

Practical  and  Sclent nle  Fruit  Culture  (Baker).  4  Ol) 

Practical  B'lorloulinre  (P.  Gunderson  1 .  1  5n 

Practical  Poultry  Keeper  (L.  Wright) .  2  (X) 

Practical  Shepherd  (Randall) . . .  2  00 

(Julliby  's  Mvslerlus  "f  Bee  Keeping . .  I  50 

Quincy  on  Soiling  Cattle . . . . . .  1  25 

llamliiir*  Blue  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry....  .  1  00 

Im  Stump  Husbandry  111  the  Hoattl .  1  50 

Hh-.liards'di  011  tJiu  Dog.  .  . .  30 

Saunders  Domestic  Poultry .  40 

Sell c  uck'u  Gardeners'  Tuxt-Book .  76 

Scribner’s  Produce  Tables .  30 

Do  Heady  Reckoner  (Mid  Log  Hook . .  30 

Bimiisou  s  Horse  Portraiture  Breeding,  Bear¬ 
ing  ami  Training  Trotter*. . . .  2  50 

SIX  Hundred  IteOlpC*. . .  1  76 

Skeleton  Leave* .  2  (X) 

Skillful  Honsewire .  75 

Sluek'H  Trout  Culture  (new) .  1  60 

Htowart'*  (John)  Stable  llvok .  1  50 

Tegetnic.lcr  *  Poultry  Bock  (colored  plates) .  9  (X) 

Tegetnieler’s  Pigeon  Book  (colored  pUileti) .  5  (X) 

Ten  Acres  Enough . .  1  60 

The  Boston  .Machinist  (KlUgerald) .  75 

'1’hii  Dog  (by  Dinks,  Muytiew  uml  Hutchinson). ,  3  09 

The  Dug  (now) .  .  2  50 

The  I  lorsc  (Stonehenge).  Hvn.,  822  |*p .  3  50 

The  Mule  (Klicy)  A  Treatise  on  tin,  Breeding, 
Training  amt  uses  to  which  lu,  may  he  put....  1  61) 

Thu  People'#  Practical  Poultry  Book.. .  1  50 

Thomas’  Am.  Fruit  CaRiiriat  (480  Illustrations) .  3  00 

Trapper'*  Guido  iNewlmuse) . .  2  00 

'1  rout  Culture  (Seth  Green)  .  1  6U 

Trowbridge’s  (Mra,  Laura)  Excelsior  Cook  Book 

anil  Housekeeper's  Aid . . .  1  25 

Wurder1#  Hedges  and  Bivergreens .  1  50 

Wumig’s  Elements  of  Agriculture .  1  IX) 

Watson's  American  Home  Garden .  2  OO 

Wax  B’Uiwers.  and  How  to  Make  Them.... .  2  00 

Western  Fruit  Growers' Guide  (Elliott) .  1  50 

Wheeler’s  Homes  for  the  People .  3  90 

Do.  Rural  Homos .  2  00 

Window  Gardening  (It.  T_  Williams) .  1  50 

Woodruff's  Trotting  Horse  or  America .  2  25 

Wood  ward’s  Graperies  and  llort'l  Buildings....  1  50 

Do.  Country  Homes . .  1  50 

Do.  Cottages  and  Barm.  Houses . . .  1  :m 

Do.  Suburban  and  Country  Houses . 1  60 

Vouatt  ami  Spooner  on  the  Horse .  1  50 

Yoiiatt  aud  Martin  on  Cattle .  1  60 

YouaH  and  Martin  on  tho  Hog....;.' .  1  00 

Vouatt  on  Sheep . . . .  1  00 

Ycuman’e  Haud-Book  of  Household  Science....  1  75 
Address  all  orders  to 

D.  D.  T,  MOORE,  5  Beekman  St.,  New  York. 

KKf  Any  Books  desired,  not  named  In  this  IM 
will  be  furnished  on  receipt  of  price. 


Totals  tliis  week . 9,328  78  8,490 

“  lust  week . 8,389  09  3,748 

COMPAltATt VE  KATES. 

Last  week. 
Cents. 

Good  Steers  V  H> . 124  i<6  14 

Fair . .  . 114  <S>  12 

Poor . ...10  («i  11 

I’Obrest . 8  (<i)  9 

Gen.  soiling  rates . 11  @  12 


This  week. 

Cents. 
124  ©  I8jf 
H4  @  12 
hi  to  1 1 
8  (<«  94 

114  &  12X 


KANE.— In  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  suddenly,  Juno  7th,  1873, 
Emma  K.,  ?vife  of  John  It.  Kane,  in  the  53d  year  of 
her  age. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


The  Kent  Elustie  Truss  wittiout  metal  springs 
is  Pomeroy ’s  elastic  iippti’ke-iuclt.  The  bust 
Trusses  wltli  metal  spring*  are  Pomeroy's  Wire 
Srntv  upfiDKU  Sponge  and  Finuer-pah  Truss¬ 
es.  Tor  full  particulars, rnldro**  I’OMKUOY  Sc  CO., 
744  Broad  way.  Now  York. 

Pomeroy's  Trnases  urn  iht,  best  in  tlicworlil. 


itcuf  ;3i(U'cvti^cment,5i 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


ADORN  your  hollies  Willi  llir  New  Clil'oiuos, 

“  Awake”  and  “  Asleep."  Thu  pair  50  cents— or, 
with  “  Whittier's  Barefoot  Boy."  $1.  l.nrgodiscount 
to  Agents.  W,  I1’.  A  IIPKNTKK,  Foxhoru',  Muss. 


Little  Falls,  N.  Y.,  June  7,  1873. 

THE  market  at  Little  Balls,  for  the  week  ending 
June  T,  opened  very  brisk  for  farm  dairies,  and  sales 
were  made  L>r  skimmed  at  OtjkoUo.,  and  lor  fair  to 
line  it  I'JhU 'file  delivery  was  ahottl-  800  boxes. 
The  sales  of  factories  upuried  rather  dull,  as  the 
views  of  holders  wro  ahuvo  thl.Me  of  buyers.  A  hunt, 
B.Qttl buses  were  offered  and  l,00i>  were  sold,  exclusive 
of  those  sent  forward  on  eoinmlsslOIi.  We  ulve  the 
lendtug  tiuilSIU'tions,  us  follows  : 

North  Fuirtlijld,  1 5e. ;  Newvllle  Assoehithui,  Young, 
1 1 40.;  Geo.  Ltnluc,  Lotville.  Manbnlm  Center,  Mhl- 
tlleville.  Newport-,  Norway,  Palm-9.  Hollow,  Old  Sails- 
bury,  SimtUV  Bush,  smith  M'l’g  Co,,  Smith  Creek, 
Snell  '  Hush.  Snyder  ,t  Muxllehl.  St,  Joliilsvllle,  Zel¬ 
ler,  Avery  Si  Ives,  Bates,  Central  Valley,  Cold  Brook, 
OOok  a  IV' s,  Oral  no’s  Corm-rs,  Countryman,  Dairy 
Hill,  Katouvllle, Old  Fulrtlelil,  J.  II.  Ives.  H-lCe.-,  Mau- 
heiro.  Keys,  oppen helm  Lidon,  Pulatlne  Lniou, Spra- 
l;er.  Stub'  Ar.thiu.VVhile  Creek ,  I'lonujoliarle,  Ki  hi 'Ire 
Chcdihir,  Wuphrates.  B'lorida.  Foster,  Johnston  Cross 
Uuads,  Henderson  Home,  llWe.;  Van  Blpps,  Bethel, 
ChriMlimiii,  Dunkol,  I4'.,(e. s  Freeman.  He.;  Valley, 
J24o.;  Peek,  UJfc.i  Stretford  St,  Salisbury,  on  eom- 
mlsslun. 

There  was  only  a  light  delivery  uf  butter,  and  sales 
wore  made,  ut  2  i(ai28e.  for  common,  anil  27oi)2Me.  lor 
gross  rna-ke. 

Our  ftdvlces  from  abroad  are  to  1  he  middle  of  May. 
our  London  eorvewpondeut  reports  a  brisk  demand 
for  guild  ftml  medium  sort*.  Fine  wits  want'  d,  hut 
only  a  few  wore  on  hati(l.  The  Imnt  American  erodes 
were  quoted  at  745478*. ;  line,  tlfieo T'.'m.  ;  good,  .<iW68h's. 
Tho  oilier  descriptions  of  cheese  sell  as  follows  !—B3n- 
gllsh  Cheddar,  S40<;98rt. ;  Wiltshire  dotlbh',  ilfidjj78s. ; 
Cheshire  medium,  8lhl*7-l«. ;  line,  H(Ll'8(s. ;  Heoteli.  Ti(ui 
H'J*.  fluti.'h  cheese  -  Kdiuus,  .'JltoiUs.;  GoiKius,  IfiftiCtis.; 
Derby  shape,  6854i'>Hs. 

lu  butter  Increased  supplies  are  reported, and  prices 
of  European  clear  at  a  deduction  of  30a.,  more  eepe- 
i-ially  for  si'COudary  sorts.  We  ijtiote  Jeraeya,  9864 
liKis,;  -wcill.'ili,  tills.;  Normandy  extra.  120*.;  Cana¬ 
dian,  50(<*94h. 

Tho  weather  during  I  lie  latter  part  of  last  week  In 
Herkimer  was  cool,  with  frost  on  t  he  night  of  the 
:3lth  nil.  It  Is  very  dry,  and  rain  la  much  needed. 


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sold.  Only  $1  a  veftr.  A  S.'*  II I  I .  C II  It  OHIO  KIM-IIC. 
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lVi-:\v  York,  June  T,  1873. 

Beeves.— Trade  in  beeves  was  fair  on  last  Wed¬ 
nesday  forenoon.  The  lots  sold  went  at  ti)<«d24c.  V 
IT'.:  weights,  54<i7  ewt.,  on  5(16458  lb*.  0  ewt.,  net. 
Trade  opened  firm  on  Thursday  forenoon,  will*  a  full 
run  of  stem's,  ranging  from  course  to  good.  Prices, 
l(M  l24i’- ;  weights,  kV'tS  ewt.,  on  ,VRiu7  lbs.  f<  ewt., 
net  The  condition  of  tr.ole  improved  on  Friday 
forenoon  when  ratoH  ndvuncod  He.  V  it*.  Itanceof 
prices,  lOH'-'  l'JYe.i  weiglitu,  ik'VH  ewt.,  on  5B6jgi8  lbs.  V 
ewt,,  net.  The  markets  i.Tuse-d  fair,  with  seme  few 
lots  II ns" Id.  1  loll*. SC  .MbWJltrl  stew*.  S  invt.,  1  heroken 
steers, 54  cwtnlfi'fc.;  Texan  steers, G  ewt,.  lIPJc.  M II- 
nol.-i  steers  eutao  largely  to  bund,  ranged  trom  eourse 
fat.  cattle  to  amoulh  fat  steers,  ami  sold  at  ll(312%’c.; 
81//18  ewt.,  not.  Western  Lulls,  5He.:  144  ewt.j  quality 
coarse.  Missouri  oxen,  lie.,  1%  ewl.,  net. 

AI  ileli  f’mv*.  -Trade  was  raihur  less  active  Wed- 
neaday  than  It  hmi  beim  fur  the  previous  week,  still 
dealers  held  prlooH  llrni,  hoplnil  for  an  advance.  27 
cows  and  their  cal  yes  sold  ut  $35eiH0  V  heud ;  general 
sales,  $flfi6t(X).  Bates  were  Hie  same  Thursday,  and 
Friday  milch  cows  sold  ut  $10(3)79  fr*  head;  quality 
medium. 

Vruls,  on  Wednesday  trade  opened  brisk ;  on  . a 
heavy  run  prices  8*«)H4c.  Thursday  and  BYlday  veals 
were  still  active  at wjjlfic.  During  the  past  week  State 
veals.  132  lb*.,  sold  ut  8c.;  do.,  190  lbs.,  9J,e.;  Jersey 
veals.  180  lbs.,  U4e.;  do.,  149  lbs.,  lUe.i  course  butter¬ 
milk  fed  calves,  $3  each. 

Sheep  uml  Lambs— Sheep  were  slow  last  Wed¬ 
nesday  still  the  demand  for  selected  lots  was  better 
than  it  lm*l  been  for  several  days  previously.  Prices 
ranged  at  I'tLofiMc-  Wuullv  sheep.  Be.  There  was  no 
change  In  the  rates  Thursday  or  Friday,  save  that,  a 
small  lot  of  woo  liy  sheep  sold  at  84c.  Lambs  sold 
steadily  ut  12*a)14c  with  one  coarse  lot  at  214c,  Spe¬ 
cial  -ales  were.  Ohio  sheep,  average  80  lb*.,  fie.:  do., 
82  lbs.,  0)$c.,  with  a  few  at  t'Uc.l  do.,  89  lbs..  UXO-:  Vir¬ 
ginia  lambs,  52  lbs..  12e.j  State  lambs,  4k  lbs.,  134c.; 
course  Maryland  lambs,  694  lbs.,  114c.;  choice  Jersey 
lambs,  58  lbs.,  lie. 

Swiue.  Live  hogs  sold  Wednesday  at  54c.,  and 
light  pigs,  74<af ,4o.  Thursday  live  hogs  were  nonil- 
•  •  a  :  ci  y  dressed,  »54(«j7o.  Friday  live 

choice  lots  were  held  at  64c.;  city  uroased,  U}<&«xo.: 
bogs  sohl  ut  5® 5 4c.;  city  dressed,  (XgiBitfc.  During 
the  hi  tter  part  of  the  week  the  hog  market  was  weak 
and  uncertain. 

Horse  .11  urli el.—1 The  city  trade  In  horse*  grows 
steadily  less,  still  fresh  lots  of  poor  quality  harness 
horse*  are.  constantly  coming  to  hand.  The  follow¬ 
ing  sales  wore  made  at  auction  10  fair  quality  light 
harness  horses,  $IIX)6#235  bead;  10  d< $102ig.24b 
bead;  3  trotters.  $4 1054480  V  bead;  1  trotter,  $500;  1 
saddle  burse,  $297  ;  2  pairs  of  ponies,  $280(9)835  ¥  pair : 
a  few  poor  quality  light  harness  horses,  at  $75e»i90 
head.  Seventy-three  horses  arrived  per  Erie  Rail¬ 
way,  via  Oak  Cliff  Station;  271  per  Central  New  Jer¬ 
sey,  via  Liberty  street  ferry. 


i  MEDAL  MACHINES 


WII  Die,  itlElilCK  A  4  0., 

PROPRIETORS,  PATENTEES  &  MAN l"E AOTP REK8  OF 

RAILWAY  CHAIN  &  LEVER  HORSE  POWERS, 

Combined  THRESHERS  anil  Winnowers.  Overshot 
Threshers,  Clover  Ifullor*,  Feed  Cutters,  Huw- 
Mtlta,  Horse  Rakes,  Horse  Pitchforks,  shin¬ 
gle  Machines,  &e..  ALBANY,  N.  \ . 


12c.  for  middle  sides,  38(s)10c.  for  heavy  sides. 

Poultry  n.ml  Hume.— There  Is  only  a  nominal 
market  lot'  the  few  lota  Of  dressed  arriving.  Fowls 
range  at  Tl5Dl8e,;  turkeys,  12(4. He.  Live  poultry  In 
good  demand,  though  seldom  oringlng  outslilo  fig¬ 
ures.  We  quote  spring  chickens,  75c.6iitn.36  per  pair  ; 
Western  towls,  Ie@lSo.,  N.  J.,  17®10o.;  turkeys,  1 8(4; 
18c.  Goose,  Western,  [1  pair,  $1.60551.75.  Wild  pigeons 
form  the  principal  Item  in  game,  and  for  these  price* 
are  lu  buyer’s  favor.  Wo  quote  picked,  $1041.12  ; 
State  fed.  $1.50(8i  L  76. 

I’rovisilmi*.— The  general  market  has  Improved 
under  u  little  better  call  from  shippers  and  an  in¬ 
creased  speculative  trade. 

Bee!  hums— choice  Western,  $29©i32;  Texas  prime, 
*38®*).  Lard,  9c.  for  Western  steam  on  spot,  9c. 
for  June,  940.  for  July,  9  7-18  for  August.  Long 
clear,  814c..  short  ulnar,  S'Ko.;  short  rib,  84c.  Mess 
pork,  $18,034,  spot  delivery:  $18.60  for  June,  $18,824 
for  July;  Western  prime  mess  nominally  $16.58 
(aitT.aU.  Dressed  hugs,  city,  04f(j)74c.  CutmeHts 
are  selling  at  12&13C.  for  hams,  loose;  74(g*7%(e.  for 
shoulders,  loose;  84  fe)  111  4c.  for  pickled  bellies, 
loose.  Boxed  dry-salted  shoulders,  TJKc,  Smoked 
meats  at  l*3l4H'c.  for  loose  hams.  84(s)8jfe.  for  loose 
shoulders.  Tultow  at  8  16-1  ik&Ue.  for  prime  stock.  Beef. 


fl.  THE  ZINfl  COLLAR 

[3  \y-  PA  I)  Is  gum-ant, -."1  to  cure 

n't  worst  ease  of  raw  and 
V  -  -  *  1  H  inttamed  neck  in  'h  a  Daps, 

4  \  /  Lni'l  ici.il.-  Ihs  f/i //•*'■  rDi-f.y hi  11; 

/  M  an*l  will  not  chafe  or  wear 
n.  '  *-  tho  mane.  For  sale  by  Sad- 

dlery  Haidwiire  Deulersiind 

- ^  Httriiess  Ataker*.  Mnuufftc- 

tiured  by  tho  41, VC  COLLAR.  t*Al>  CO-.  (LpJ igioin, 
Mnch,  information  furnished  on  application. 

Till*  Company  Is  in  possession  of  hundreds  of  relia¬ 
ble  testimonial*  from  Banners,  Lumbermen,  Team¬ 
sters,  Dealers  and  others,  fully  endorsing  all  we  claim 
for  the  Zinc  Pud.  We  aone  >  the  following  notice  : 

McGhhooe,  Iowa,  B'eb.  14,  1872. 
MB.  Geo.  H.  Richards,  Su/it.  Zinc  Collar  Cad  Co., 
llucluinan,  Mich.: 

dear  Sir-— We  have  had  good  success  in  selling 
your  Zinc  Collar  I’ads.  Do  not  know  of  an  instance 
where  they  failed  to  give  entire  satisfaction. 

Kespoetfiillv  your*,  & c., 

S.  M  MoConnkl  &  Co., 
Dealers  In  Saddlery  Hardware. 


implements  and  &ttaclunery 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


John  G.  Saxe  now  lives  In  Brooklyn. 

Jo  Jefferson  has  gone  fishing  in  Minnesota. 

Hkv.  Newman  Hale  will  visit  Boston  in  Au¬ 
gust. 

The  Viceroy  of  Egypt  will  epoml  the  season 
at  Vichy. 

Hon.  1 1.  L.  Dawks  is  going  to  Europe  for  the 
summer. 

Julia  Ward  Howe  has  celebrated  her  54th 
birth-day. 

Central  Park  is  to  have  a  statue  of  Daniel 
O’Connell. 

Mr.  Darwin  will  spend  the  summer  In  the 
South  of  France. 

The  uniform  of  the  Persian  Shah  is  valued  at 
two  millions  of  roubles. 

Fanny  Fern's  monument  is  a  cross,  orna¬ 
mented  with  fern  loaves. 

Gen.  Canbv  left  nothing  to  his  widow  but  a 
pension  of  $30  per  month. 

Mrs.  Senator  Schurz  lias  had  a  fortune  of 
$170,000  left  her  in  Germany. 

Harriet  Fenimoub  COOPER  will  publish  a 
history  of  the  Oneida  Indians. 

Mr.  Healy  of  Homo  has  painted  a  fine  por¬ 
trait  of  Longfellow  and  his  daughter  Edith. 

Chief  Justice  Chare  gave  $10,000  to  Dart¬ 
mouth  College,  and  the  same  sum  to  Wilber- 
force  University. 


NOVEL  INVENTIONS. 

BEEBE’S  FERTILIZER 


Bleacher  and  Other  Matters. 

This  FtrMI i«r  I s  composed  or  Ut e  ga  -cs,  Ice.,  of  coal 
of  all  sorts,  having  carbon,  with  dikes,  combined  or 
otherwise.  I  dalm  the  process  of  extracting  from 
any  kind  of  coal  or  coke,  pws,  Ac..  by  tho  use  of 
heat  or  edelnation,  and  grinding  find  placing  the 
coal  In  water,  where  the  awes  will  escape  »utl  be 
bold  with  the  oxygen  of  the  water.  The  cokes  are 
used  without  calcination.  Tills  liutuil  Is  spread  over 
the  land  and  every  kind  Of  crowing  crop  having  a 
root  in  the  soil.  I  also  sow  the  ground  coal  and  cols, 
or  cither  of  them,  over  the  ‘anil,  crops  Ac.,  and  put 
thorn  Into  the  hill  or  drill  with  the  <  oat  be-ing 

»  vegetable  for -nation,  contain*  about  !M  per  CeDt.  of 
corbon,  which  is  the  only  element  or  resource  left  us 
for  restoring  ,  vegetation,  Ac. 

I  also  use  Hits  Hr/uid  as  a  coil  alkali  for  various 
purposes.  1  claim  coal  and  cokes  ni.d  tlie  aleaJlos,  as 
above,  its  u  base  for  commercial  ami  manufacturing 
purposes,  etc...  etc.  1  claim  as  one  property  of  it,  the 
reducing  of  nil  soft  metals  in  combinntion  and  solu¬ 
tion  with  it.  In  eethii.r,,'f  i,u? and  inijii'nenii/  goods 
and  fibers  of  every  desci  ipt.ion.  Including  soaps',  tan¬ 
ning  hi'lM and  during  -',//!•>, and  improving  and  mak¬ 
ing  water-tight  all  kinds  of  leather,  and  for  bronzing, 
Coloring,  shading  and  dyeing  the  above,  or  any  other 
ninteful,  or  either  of  then.,  and  fur  giving  luster  to 
nil  painted  nr  varnished  surfaces. 

1  have  for  suino  t'-me  past  manufactured,  used  and 
disposed  of  the  products  of  nil  the  varieties  of  cal¬ 
cined  coals  and  cokes  above  named,  ih  both  liquid 
and  dry  conditions,  as  a  cleanser  and  bleacher  of  all 
olcu gf ileus  and  fatly  matter,  cuius,  Ac.,  from  wool, 
furs  land  every  other  fiber, und  restoring  stained  cot¬ 
ton  and  stained  goods,  threads,  twine*,  cordage,  Ac., 
cleaning  all  clothe,  and  preparing  and  cleansing  ufl 
elothM  for  receiving  dye*;  also  for  removing  barks, 
Ac.,  from  hemp,  flax,  «C.,  in  the  sutik  ;  and  also  for 
making  all  papur  stronger,  whiter  and  without  odor, 
and  tn  the  wan  u factor*.*  of  parchment j  also  for  de¬ 
odorizing  rubber,  gut !«.  pern, a  and  nil  gurus  .  and  for 
Improving  all  glove  mm  rial  und  gloves,  amt  color¬ 
ing  aud  strengthening  the  nmo  ;  also  for  Improving 
metals,  cast  or  wrought,  or  mamifactnred  into  ar.y 
article.  aud  all  bright  und  poll  lin'd  surfaces— tele¬ 
graph  and  all  surface  wires,  piano  and  nil  musical 
wire*,  mut  giving  in  step  and  polish  to  the  same;  spin¬ 
dle*,  machinery.  Ac.,  Including  Iron  building*,  rails 
and  rolling  slock.  Iron  stciiu,. ships  or  vessels,  arms 
aud  aminnmntv,  engines,  boiler*,  Ac.,  by  closing and 
o  siting  the  snrxaccs  with  ibis  absolutely  ludoetruct- 
lule  compound,  iiroventlng  rust  and  oxidation ;  also 
for  converting  mm.  through  this  inexpensive  pro¬ 
cess,  Into  steel.  It  also  draws  Hie  saps  and  closet  the 
suiTucotof  all  finished  wood*. carpentry,  timber,  Ac., 
and  tile  enriching  und  staining  of  any  or  BUCh  wood*; 
also  hardening,  KinOOtloOff,  liaublelilhg  all  plastered 
walls, through  combination.  with  or  without  coloring 
matter;  cleans  lug  and  improving  ail  stone  and  brick 
8H r faces,  by  combining,  filling  and  making  smooth 
and  indestruetlblu  eurrio'es.  thus  protecting  them 
from  the  weather;  and  for  applying  the  above  pro¬ 
cess  to  all  Works  tn  marble  and  Mono,  -nrl,  us  sculp¬ 
ture,  Ac.,  and  removing  -tains  from  pi  I  r,  tod  iron,  etc. 

1  also  rlnlui  the  above  compound  as  an  autl-fl'letion 
agent  or  coating  for  gunnery.  I  also  claim  the  clean¬ 
sing  mol  ehintylng  of  all  oils,  varnishes,  etc.,  etc.,  hy 
the  use  of  tins  coal  and  water  compound.  I  also 
claim  Improvement  In  thn  manufacture  of  Ulumi- 
nutlng  and  wuvuilng  gas,  toy  cleansing  tind  deodoriz¬ 
ing  the  same,  and  affording  greater  illuminating  and 
heating  power,  liy  pussluK  the  said  gases  through 
this  coal  tinil  water  compound;  and  also  that  this 
compound  is  a  universal  disinfectant. 

As  tu  the  fertilizing  properties  of  the  coke*  or 
coals,  above  referred  to,  it  would  toe  a  simple  way  of 
testing  their  Immense  value,  by  using  or  spreading 
on  an  acre  of  common  luud  about  two  tons  or  loss  of 


TO  AGENTS 


There  is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  tale  of  the  Knmlly  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  is  no  machine  that  possesses 
one- half  the  quallihes  which  are  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  family  use  as  the 

Bieltford’s  Improved. 

);s  simplicity  and  ease  of  umnngmuent,  together 
with  iw  capacity  for  doing  the  great  range  of  work, 
and  its  trilling  cost,  makes  it  «  matter  of  economy 
for  every  family  to  have  one,  and  wlil  ultimately 
bring  It  Into  us  general  use  o*  tho  Sewing  Machine. 
The  practical  utility  of  the  machine  only  needs  to 
be  demonstrated  to  tho  people  to  produce  nn  un¬ 
limited  demand. 

Many  Hewing  Machine  Agents,  finding  the  in¬ 
crease  of  competition  and  tin*  difficulty  of  selling 
high-priced  machine*  to  militate  against  a  nour¬ 
ishing  business,  arc.  taking  hold  of  the 


§£uMiicati<r»i$i 


And  what  will  an  Organ  now  toe,  without  a  copy  of 
DPI’SON  A  CO.’S  new,  delightful,  complete  collec¬ 
tion  of  Rood  Organ  Music,  called  the 


BHCKFORD 


Every  Organ  needs  it !  The 


and  meeting  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer¬ 
chants,  finding  In  Dana  Bickford’*  invention  a 
cheap,  simple  and  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
find  it  profitable  to  purchase  and  keep  on  sale. 
Tlin  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  dues 
not  require  the  •‘eternal  vigilance'’  to  sell  this 
machine  a*  In  the  case  of  sewing  machines. 

Agent*  Wanted  Everywhere.  Good,  Smart 
Aten  cun  make  *51)  l‘LJt  wr.KK  ami  kxitnsus. 
Rend  for  Instructions  ami  Circulars-.  Trice  if.iO 
to  $50. 

BICKFORD  KNITTIKG  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  BICKFORD,  President. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


rgan  at  Horae !  Best  collection  for  Reed 


un-ized  that  no  dull  music  Is  in  thorn 


n,  smooth,  legato  stylo  usod,  hut 
^1  at  Home  should  bo  cheerful, 


nd  staccato  music  is  not  excluded.  At 


he  Organ  In  a  Homo  is  often  silent,  for 
orae  tnusio  is  not  provided  for  it.  Hero  is 


present 


rniJllS,  MONEY  AND  STRENGTH  SAVED 
X  by  using  Cfnrk’ft  Pntcnt  Tukuuiuo  ltidger 
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plest,  euslcsl  bandied,  and  tabus  up  no  more  room 
ig  ordinary  pi  v 

valuable  tool*  I  none,  und  with  Onu  Horns  and  Boy  will 
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THE  WESTINGHOTJSE 

Threshing  Machines 

and  Horse  Powers 

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WILLARD’S  PRACTICAL  DAlltY 
IIIJSRANDRY:  A  Complete  Treat¬ 
ise  on  Hairy  Farm*  and  Fannins, 
Hairy  Stock  and  Slock  Hooding, 
Milk,  it*  Management  and  Man* 
ufacturo  Into  Rntter  and  Cheese, 
History  and  Mode  of  Organiza¬ 
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BST  X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  BX., 

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Agricultural  OolUoe-,  Etc.,  Etc. 

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On  Duiry  Husbandry  extant;  indeed  the  only  one 
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Practical  Dairy  iiushandhy  embraces  5J6 
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this  work.  To  any  person  residing  where  there  is  no 
Agent,  or  who  cannot  wait  for  one,  the  Xhrblisher  will 
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er  one  year,)  Address 

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5  Beck  man  tst,,  New  York. 


The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 


IjA  iuh  r,nn,  nr.  ■■'ins  a  u  i,.\a  ui.i  r. 

the  superior  Hay  Spreader  ;  it  Is  the  cheapest, 
most  complete  aud  most  durable  Hay  Tender  ever  put 
Into  tire  Held.  Bead  a  few  of  the  comments  received, 
send  for  circiflar  and  description  to  IIIGGANUM 
M  F*<3  CO.,  HlgKunum,  Ct. 


A  ITER  ONE  DAY’S  USE  OF  THE  SU¬ 
PER  lO  R  HA  Y  SPREADER  no  farmer  wUl 
ever  pan  with  it. 


GROUND  BONE. 

BONE  MEAL, 

BONK  FLOUR. 

Fresh  Bone  StiprrphnHpliutc  ol  Lime,  or 
Dissolved  B«»e,  Send  for  Circular. 

LISTER  BROS.,  Newark,  N.  J. 


$mpUmcnt.$  anti  PurHinmi 


imirawiliW 


inmumffl 


Theoulypraetio.il  Cberry-btoner  made.  It  leaves 
the  fruit  iilump  and  round,  with  its  Juices  preserved. 
Sold  in  all  mai  kets.  Send  ft  for  sample. 

I).  H.  GOODELL, 

Sole  Manufacturer.  55  CUumbers  bt, ,  New  York. 
Works  at  Antrim.  N.  H. 

P.  S.-Also,  Sola  Manufacturer  of  Lightning  and 
Turn-Talilo  Apple- Parers,  Lightning  Peach-Furcrs, 
and  Climax  Apple  Oarer  and  Sltcer. 


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ficient  tu  rake  the  nay  without. scratching  tho  ground. 
Needs  no  constantly  ebon  gin.;  pressure  of  the  foot 
or  hand  upon  levers  to  keep  it  to  Its  work.  Works 
well  on  rough  or  smooth  laud,  aud  lu  all  kinds  of 
grass.  Is  of  light  draft  und  easy  to  operate. 

MADE  ONLY  BY 


IMPROVED  POWER 

f  a!  I  Press.  Hatchet  -  hkaji 

**ur  Jli  mm  Jmm  li  «  m  Keukus,  improv'd  G  hat¬ 
er  Iron  Pouts,  and  forty 
hther  things  for  Cider  MI1)»  ai.d  Vlnegor  Pactorteg. 
For  Circulars,  address  O.  K.  JOHNSON,  Medina-.  N.  Y. 


WAREHOUSES: 

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and  Quincy  Hall,  Boston 

SEND  FOB  DESCRIPTIVE  CIRCULAR. 


-TOCTUREO  BY  ADRIANCEjPLATT&CO 
STYLES,  SIZES  &  PRICES  TO  SUIT  ALL  FARMERS, 

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THE  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  can- 

i  not  bo  surpassed  for  Workmanship,  Durability 
and  Lightness  of  Draft. 


E.WOULH  NOT  SELL  OUR  SUPE 


HE  SUPERIOR  HAY  SPREADER  saved 
me  two  hundred  dollars  on  my  hay  last  season. 


11  rior  Hay  Spreader  for  live  times  its  cost  If 
we  could  not  obtain  another. 


<3U$iE  U 


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t-  Ice  still  remains  in  Moosehead  Lake,  Me. 

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use. 

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vania. 

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notes. 

—  Taunton,  Mass.,  caught  000,000  herrings  In 
April. 

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at  once. 

—  Australians  are  uow  making  their  own  loco¬ 
motives. 

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experiment. 

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the  last  tire. 

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cago  schools. 

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Geneva,  N.  Y. 

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been  blown  up. 

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been  discovered. 

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cess  of  erection. 

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is  worth  $250,0®0. 

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nexed  to  Boston. 

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seed  business  of  $7TO,0TO. 

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made  (if  marble,  4TO  foot  by  300. 

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ed  favorably  for  the  planting  Interests. 

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tional  double  track  from  Philadelphia  to  Pitts¬ 
burgh. 

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laid  in  a  stock  of  provisions  to  be  distributed 
in  case  of  a  fire. 

—  New  Orleans  consumed  70,000  barrels  of 
whisky  last  year.  No  wonder  they  don’t  know 
who  is  Governor. 


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AND 


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Company,  and  cannot  bo  paid  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchers  showing  tiiat  the  money  has 
boen  actually  and  honestly  expended  in  the  erection  of  the  Industrial  Exhibition  Building  or  in  aoquli- 
lng  title  to  land, 

The  land  of  the  Company  Is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  as  follows:— DNtli  to  10*id  Streets 
and  3d  to  -lili  Avenues;  comprising  355  24-25  city  lots,  or  about  23  acres. 


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§200?  W ••  answer — It  casts 
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to  over  500  Bankers,  Merchants,  Ac.  (some  of  whom 
you  may  know),  uaing  our  Piano*,  hi  44  States  and 
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T11E  PEOPLE’S  PRACTICAL 
POULTRY  BOOK  :  A  Work  on 
tbe  Breeding;,  Bearing,  Car®  and 
General  Aianagemeut  of  Poultry. 

By  Wm.  M.  Lewis. 

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pagee.  Sent,  by  mail,  post-paid,  for  41-50.  Address 
D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

5  Bachman  Hi.,  New  York. 

ALLEN’S  AMERICAN  CATTLE: 
Tlielr  History,  Breeding  and 
Management. 

Every  breeder  or  owner  of  Cattle  should  have  this 
work  by  Hon.  Lewis  F.  a  f.i.EN,  Er-Prest.  N.  Y.  State 
Ag.  Society,  Editor  of  “  American  Short-Horn  Herd 
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pages.  Mailed,  post-paid,  to  any  address  in  United 
States  or  Canada,  on  receipt  of  reduced  price,  42. 
Address 

j  D.  D.  T.  MOORE, 

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w  B  v  v  MAMMOTH  DOUBLE  MAP 

PER  of  United  States  ami  World.  Now 
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10:30  P.  M. 

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evening,  50  cents. 

Music  by  the  Germania  Band. 

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Nurseries  Cumpany,  lately  Incorporated.  Cap¬ 
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Entitling  tho  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  the  Exhibition. 

Price,  $10. 

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Price,  $20. 


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un  New  York  Island  and  tho  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  the  same. 

In  accordance  with  the  charter  and  by  a  resolution  of  tho  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  21th,  1872,  tho  following  memberships  have  been  created  and  are 
offered  for  sale: 

At  the  above-named  places  and  by  authorized  Agent/ throughout  the  United  States. 

The  proper  holder  of  any  of  thoso  la  entitled  to  free  admission  to  tho  Industrial  Exhibition,  the 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  Puinttngs,  and  the  Garden  of  Plants  during  the  time  it  is  open,  and  limited 
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as  conducted  by  tho  Exhibition  Company. 

MEMBERSHIPS.  -  PRICE  AND  KIND. 


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TRUE  TIME  FOR  $1 . 

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OROIDE  ease.  WARRANTED  U>  denote  correct 
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any  address,  for  only  41;  3  for  42.  Circulars  sent 
free.  Try  one.  Order  from  tho  manufacturers’ 
agents,  EUREKA  MANUFACTURING  CO., Hins¬ 
dale,  N.  H. 


Lias*  3d.  l*rice  $40.  300  Admissions. 

Entitling  tho  purchaser  to  tlireo  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $40. 

Class  4tli.  l*rice  $400.  Idle. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life ;  the  bulling  being  open  to 

the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

Class  5th.  Family  4‘or  Bale.  l*rice  $300. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  and  his  Immediate  family  {ill  esse  at  the  time  of  such  purchase)  oi 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  tho  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

Class  Gth.  IIFStFMTAUY  A  TRANSFERABLE.  Price  $4,000. 

Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
building  is  open  to  tbe  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  uaed  by  the 
actual  owner.  Tho  holders  of  thoso  memberships  are  to  be  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
tho  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Payment  to  be  mado  whenever  called  on  by  chcclt  payable  to  tho  order  of  the  -Jnion  Trust 
Company. 

A  suitable  Badge  will  be  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  members. 

Memberships  will  not  be  sold  after  the  Uuilding  is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

Banks,  Bankers  and  Individuals  are  wanted  to  act  as  Agonts  throughout  tho  United  States. 

For  further  Information,  please  address 

INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  COMPANY' 

No.  925  IBlSOAJBWAYf  NEW  YOUKICITY. 


sr  x  '."JO//, 

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TIUH  Work,  l>y  the  non.  Hbnrt  8.  IUNDAI.I, 
Jt-L*-  I>-,  (author  of  "  Sheep  Husbandry  in  Uie  South.- 


4UNI 44  ‘ 


GEO.  STECK  &  CO.’S 


|  PIANOS 

im>  now  everywhere  rccogn  Ified  as  the  beat.  For  line 
and  kymimtiii  tu 'rovy,  fnr  thorough  workmanstdp', 
and  the  greatest  noSBible  IUJUAhii.ity  thev  are 
wholly  unrivaled.  The  8TECK  VA HInktou  UPIUQHT 
Plano,  Cow  III  ul  iik  several  most  important  Improve* 
menu,  patrntku,  ih  proa  on  need  ny  all  con  potent 
Judge*  the  \l«sr  PKiirECl  Plano  Of  this  elans  ever 
produced.  Every  instrument  warranted  furtive  years 
NEW  WAREROOIMS25  East  l  lili  Hr.,  N.  Y. 


35,000  PEOPLE 

Will  tills  year  purchase  General  Accident  Policies  In 
the  Tha  v bi. kus  Insurance  Company  of  Hartford, 
Conn.— the  only  Company  In  America  writing  yearly 
or  monthly  Accident  Policies— which  has  shown  the 
great  value  of  its  insurance  by 

PAYING  $750  A  DAY 

for  every  working  day  during  the  past  nine  years,  in 
dl>oot  henellts  to  Us  policy-holders.  These  policies  , 
arc  sought  by  thousands  of  keen  business  men,  who 
know  when  they  pay  their  money 


>r  every  working  day  during  the  past  nine  years,  in  DESIGNS  FOR  3DOXjIL,Y  ~\7~  A.  ~R.T~>  Tn TVf  HA.TS. 

k>et  henellts  to  its  policy-holders.  These  policies  .  r,.,,,. „ 

o  sought  by  thousands  of  keen  business  men,  who  -  1  ~  ituo  lMsn.  "•  Normandy  Pippin.  3.  'Die  Spanish  Clerical.  4.  A  Palette  to  suit 

iow  wlion  they  pay  their  money  some  tastes,  o.  1  he  “  Savoy  ”  Biscuit.  6.  The  Coal,  very  dear  coal-scuttle. 

FOR  A  GOOD  THING.  Banking  House  of  Jay  Cooke  &  Co.. 


The  General  Accident  Policies  of  the  Travelers 
Insurance  Company  may  be  obtained  without 
delay,  and  at.  small  cost,  of  any  authorised  Agent, 
and  they  insure  against. 

RAILWAY  ACCIDENTS.  at 

STEAMBOAT  ACCIDENTS.  th 

CARRIAGE  ACCIDENTS.  K 

BRIDGE  ACCIDENTS. 

STREET  ACCIDENTS.  ar 

ACCIDENTS  BY  MACHINERY.  _l 

ACCIDENTS  IN  THE  SHOP.  , 

ACCIDENTS  IN  THE  FACTORY. 

ACCIDENTS  OF  FARMING. 

ACCIDENTS  OF  BUILDING. 

ACCIDENTS  BY  DROWNING. 

ACCIDENTS  OF  RIDING  OR  DRIVING.  'll 
ACCIDENTS  OF  WALKING. 

ACCIDENTS  OF  TRAVELING. 

ACCIDENTS  OF  STAYING  AT  HOME.  I 

ACCIDENTS  ON  THE  LAND.  m 

ACCIDENTS  ON  THE  WATER.  mn< 

ACCIDENTS  OF  ALL  OCCUPATIONS. 
ACCIDENTS  EVERYWHERE.  ' 

Now  is  the  time  to  procure  u  yearly  policy.  Apply  ^ 
to  any  Agent,  or  write  to  the  Travelers  Insur-  - 
anck  Company,  Hartford,  Conn.  9 

FOR  X  CENT  “ 

Tmy  :i  Postal  turd  and  arffi-cus  Hr  It  AC  HUM  I',  Buffalo, 

N-  Y.,fora  Pice,  Strongly  bound  18  page  M.moruinliiin  » 
Koalt»  or  as  many  as  wanted  for  neighbors,  fret,  post- 
paid.  Send  soon,  before  edition  Is  exhausted.  jb 


No.  20  Wall  St.,  New  York,  ! 

•lime  8th,  IN7«.  \ 

The  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Company  having  determined  to  close  its  7-80  First  Mortgage  Gold  Loan 
a  an  aggregate  not  exceeding  thirty  million  dollars,  and  thereafter  to  pay  no  higher  rate  of  Interest 
than  6  per  cent  on  further  issues  of  its  bonds,  (M  limited  remainder  of  the  7  3-1  o  loan  is  now  being  dis- 
1  osed  of  through  the  usual  agencies. 

A*  tho  bonds  of  this  issue  arc  made  receivable  in  payment,  for  the  Company’s  lands  at  1.10,  they 
are  in  constant  und  incrcastug  demand  for  this  purpose,  and  will  continue  to  be  after  the  loan  is  closed 
a  fact  which  much  enhances  their  value  and  attractiveness  as  an  investment. 

The  Company  lias  more  than  60U  miles  of  Its  road  built  and  In  operation,  has  earned  title  to  nearly 
ten  million  acres  of  Its  land  grant,  and  sales  of  lands  huve  thus  far  averaged  J5.66  per  acre 

All  marketable  securities  are  received  in  exchange  for  Northern  Pacifies  at  current  rates. 


JAY  COOKE  &  CO. 


BUILDING  PAPER! 

For  Sheathing.  Roofing,  Deafening,  Carpet.  Lining,  and  as  a  substitute  for  Plastering,  bend  for  Samples 
and  Circulars,  to  D,  F..  Hale  k  Co.,  5(1  &  58  Park  Place,  N.  Y.,  or  ltocit  River  Paper  Co.,  Chicago. 


The  Iowa  Homestead 

and  Farm  Journal. 

A  ultural,  live 

7\  (STOCK  nml  FAMILY  PAPER,  published 
ul,  lies  Hoi ne*,  the  Capital  of  Iowa 
The  Homestead  was  established  in  1855,  and  is  re¬ 
tarded  as  the  win  ‘el-horse  In  the  great  movement  of 
farmers  against  monopolists  In  the  West  and  through¬ 
out  the  country. 

It  bus  been  the  l'rieud  of  tho  Put  run*  of  Hus¬ 
bandry  from  Uieoi-gunismtlon  of  LlifllOrder,  lighting 
I'll-  its  principles  In  ( lie  midst  <)t  bitterest  Opposition, 
n util  in  Iowa  alone  it  numbers  a  Iliniilrril  Thou¬ 
sand  fariiiprs,  farmers'  wives,  sons  and  daughters, 
und  In  the  i  ,  igp  many  times  that  number  and  be¬ 
side  tty  ueparliueiils  on  Agriculture,  Stock  Breeding 
ami  Household  matters,  which  alone  ure  worth  runnv 
times  its  prlee.lt  gives  ail  official  weekly  record  of 
t  he  progress  of  (lie  Order  throughout  the  Union  and 
Canada,  with  Correspondence,  Questions  and  An- 
.  wits  from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

The  Homestead  n  read  everywhere,  and  lias 
the  widest  circulation  of  any  paper  in  ihn  entire 
North-West, 

Send  for  a  copy,  free. 

Subscriptions  . . . *3.00 

To  Patrons .  ]  .50 

HOMESTEAD  CO.,  Des  Moines,  Iowa, 


$75  to  $250  per  month,  everywhere, 

’  male  and  litmale. 
to  introduce  the  GENUINE  IMPROVED  COM¬ 
MON  SENSE  KAMII.V  SEWING  MACHINE. 
This  machine  will  si | tell,  hem.  fell, tuck, quill, cord, 
bind,  braid  and  embroider  In  a  most  superior  man¬ 
ner.  Price  only  $15.  I' ully  licensed  and  warranted 
for  live  years.  We  will  pay  $1,000  for  any  machine 
t  hat  will  sew  a  stronger,  more  beautiful,  or  more 
elastic  seaui  than  ours.  It  makes  tho  “  Elastic 
Look  fttiUih."  Every  second  Bitten  cun  no  cut,,  and 
still  the  cloth  cannot  he  pulled  apart  without  tear¬ 
ing  it.  Wu  pay  Agents  from  $75  to  $350  per  mouth 
and  expenses,  or  u  commission  from  which  twice 
(hut  amount  can  be  made.  SKC< 1MB  A  CO.,  Easton, 
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MAGIC  LANTERNS 


8t lc it KOPT1CON ft ,  Ac.,  Ac.  New  slides  at  greatly 
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•with  email  is  pit  at.  Scud  stamp  for  Catalogue. 

VV.  MITCHELL  Me  A LLISTEIt, 

1311  Chestnut  8t.,  Philadelphia. 

Nortliern  Ohio  Fair  Association. 

Promivnus,  3*30,000! 

The  Fourth  Annual  Fair  of  this  Association  will 
be  held  at  Clovelitud,  O,,  on  the  29th  of  Sep- 
t ember,  1 873,  and  continue  five  (5)  days. 

Premium  Lists  will  be  ready  >n  duo  season. 

Hon.  J.  P.  R u BISON,  Pres’t. 
8AM.  BRIGGS,  Sec’y. 

pr'  AGENTS  WANTED  FOR 

a  Tri*»drsifT#«' »» 


$732 
MADE  IN 
13  I  DAYS 


,By  one  Ageni  selling  Silvers  Patent 
It  room.  Recommended  bv  the  late 
Horace  Greeley,  Am.  Agriculturist, 
and  1 00. 000  Families  using  them. 
Onn  county  for  inch  Agent.  Success 
sun.  C.  A.  CLEGG  A  CO., 

20  Cortlandt  Bt.,  N.  Y. 


Silvers  Patent 


JESU: 


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FOR  PRESENT  PLANTING  FOR 

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Detailed  Price-List  now  ready.  Muiled  free. 

Seedsmen,  35  Cortlandt  Street,  N.  Y. 


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12.000,000  ACRES 

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Cheauest  l.iiud  in  Ilurhef, 

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A  CRUS  tu  CENTRAL  NEBRASKA  now  for  sale  in 
tracts  (d  forty  acres  and  Upwards  on  ft  tu amt  ten  wars' 
•liW  ,  aJ  ''71  A'!'!-.  aura  me  interest  mini  red. 

MILD  AND  HEALTHFUL  l  I.IMATE,  FEUT1I.K 
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Ting  supplied  by  the  farmer  ,  in  the  io.ni,  Vi,u,  „. 
SOLDIERS  ENITTLED  TO  A  HOMESTEAD  uF 
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♦  NiEb.  FREE  HOMES  FOB  ALL.  MtllwitHof acres 
ul  cnoit-i*  (jOVcTnmcrit  I-uuhIm  fcir  entry  under 

tho  j  Lit  hi*' fifth  t  Lilio,  nour  tthlti  dretit  LitrUfO  nil,  with 
Koun  uuirkots  mid  all  the  ormv4*iih»>noe8  of  an  old  aot- 
tleu  eumitry.  l-  rot*  to  imrcbaaera  of  Uullroud 

I.;in(l.  Sectional  maps,  ^howlthK  the  i'xuat  luctitlon 
o  land, ttlbO  new  edition  »r  LJ^ci  ipluu-  Pamphlet  with 
I\i  w  M.inx.  M, nit  it  Wtt  Hv,  eii win  rr*  Addrewy 

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U.  I>.  H*  II.  Co.,  Oniaiiu,  Neb. 

Y  For  Mot  li  Patclies,  Freckles  &Tau, 


SPERRY’S 

Modi  and  Freckle  Lotion. 

It  Is  reliable  and  harmless. 

For  Pimples  on  the  Face, 

BLACKHEADS  AND  HESHWORMS, 

Use  PjJuuv’e  Improved  Comedonk 
and  PiMPLi:  Remedy  — the  Great  8k in  Medicine. 
Prepared  only  by  Dit.  li.  r.  PERRY, 

Sold  by  Utl  Druggists.  Bond  St.,  New  York. 

DR.  1)10  LEWIS  has  opened  a  fine  “CUKE," 
on  Beacon  Hill,  Boston.  Baud  for  Circular. 

WANTED.- A  FARMER,  in  Every  Town, 
as  agent  torthe  Collins  Steel  Plows,  For 
terms,  Ac.,  address  COLLINB  St  CO., 

212  Water  St.,  New  York. 

DANDAtL'S  PRACTICAL  SHIil*- 
HER  D  :  A  Complete  Treatise  on 
the  Breeding,  Management  and 
Disease**  of  Sheep. 


SIXTY  YOUNG  MEN  AND  LADIES— To  place  in 
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A  MERINOS.-W®  offer  for  sale 

about  10)  of  our  fine  thorougli-breds.  Also,  pure 
Light  Brahmas  and  Eggs.  Send  for  Catalogue.  Orders 
solicited.  JOHN  SHELDON  A  SON,  Moscow,  N.  Y. 


L  .  ”  Bheep  Wiisbimdry,”  Ac.,)  is  the  Stand¬ 
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bandry  ever  published,  and  (as  (the  New  England 
Farmer  says)  “should  be  in  the  hand  and  head  of 
every  persob  owning  sheep." 

The  PRACTICAL  Shkvhekd  contains  452  pages,  and 
la  illustrated,  printed  and  bound  In  superior  style. 
Twenty-seventh  Edition  now  ready.  Sent  by  mall 
post-paid,  ou  receipt  of  prioe-H$2.  Address 

II.  D.  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

5  Beckman  81.,  New  York, 


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Orpiis  A  He  lotf cons 

The  Oldest,  Largest  and  Most  Perfect  Manufactory 
in  tlie  United  States. 

52,000 

Now  In  use. 

j  No  other  Musical  Instrument  ever  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

S37~  Send  for  Price-Lists. 

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NOTICE  TO  INVESTORS 

Chicago  &  Canada 

SOUTHERN. 

$5,000,000 

1  PER  CENT.  GOLD  BONDS 

At  BO  and  ACCRUED  INTEREST.  COUPON  AND 
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April  and  October. 

Wo  now  offer  these  Bonds  at  the  above  VERY 
LOW  PRICE. 

THE  CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Eastern  end 
of  this  lino,  whose  Bonds  were  so  rapidly  sold  last 
Summer, 

Is  Now  Finished, 

and  will  be  opened  for  business,  in  connection  with 
the  TOLEDO  AND  WABASH  and  other  Western 
roads,  at  a  very  early  day.  The  CHICAGO  AND 
CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Western  cud  of  this  lino, 

U  now  being  rapidly  built,  and  the  Company  expect 
It  to  be  finished  during  the  present  year. 

I  Ills  GREAT  TRUNK  LINE,  when  completed 
through,  will  bo  of  Immense  advantage  to  the  ship¬ 
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S rilAJdUr.  and  33  mUcs  Shorter  lliau  any  other 
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West,  and  under  the  management  of  some  of  the 
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must  bo  a  safe  and  profitable  Investment.  It  makes 
the  shortest  mid  best  connections  going  West,  both 
at  I’olcdo  and  Detroit,  and  is  <  he  only  Seven  percent*. 
Gold  Bond  on  any  through  Trunk  line  now  offered. 
Pamphlets  aud  ul)  Information  furnished  by 

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BANKERS, 

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nif*  VOU  EVER  SEE  A  CHILD  THAT 

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ir  you  did  they  were  protected  by 
„„  SILVER  TIPS. 

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I  kO  YOU  WANT  THE  BEST  SHOE  EVER 

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GA-BLE  SCREW  WIRE 
make.  All  genuine  bear  tile  Patent  Stamp. 

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weeding  and  mellowing  gar- 
don  or  field.  .1  lad  can  do  /T\  7 

mart  work  with  it.  than  six  (\Lf\ 
menunt.h  hiwx.  it  saves  near-  uGw^ei 
ly  all  hand  weeding,  ttis.x-  JMStSi 

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VOL.  XXVII.  No.  as.  ^ 
WHOLE  No.  laai.  ) 


NEW  YORK,  AND  ROCHESTER,  N.  Y„  JUNE  21,  1873, 

r  Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  tho  year  1873,  by  D.  D.  T.  Moom^  inTho  office  of  the  Librarian  "of  CongressTat  Washington.] 


t  PRTCE  SIX  CENTS 
1  *2.50  PBR  YEA  It. 


heep  gusskralrj. 


SHROPSHIRE  SHEEP. 

Although  a  comparatively  recent  breed, 
these  valuable  sheep  are  probably  more 
widely  distributed  than  any  others,  und  mer¬ 
it  increasing  patronage,  as  they  possess  many 
sterling  qualities,  which  it  is  the  object  of 
the  present  paper  to  describe.  Although 
moderns  in  their  improved  character,  tho 
original  stocks  were  the  Longmynds  in 
Shropshire,  and  the  denizens  of  Cannock 
Chase  in  Staffordshire.  Plymley  thus  de¬ 
scribes  the  sheep  : — “  There  is  a  breed  of 
sheep  on  the  Lnngmynd  with  horns  and 
black  faces  that  seem  an  indigenous  sort ; 
they  are  nimble,  hardy,  and  weigh  near  10  lbs. 
per  quarter  when  fatted.  The  fleeces  upon 
the  average  may  yield  3>.<  lbs,,  of  which 
lb.  will  be  the  breechens  or  coarse  wool,  and 
is  sold  distinct  from  tho  rest.  The  farmers  of 
the  hill  country  seem  to  think  the  greatest 
advantage  they  derive  from  the  access  of 
foreign  stock  is  from  the  cross  of  the  South¬ 


down  with  the  Longmynd  sheep  ;  the  pro¬ 
duce  they  state  to  be  as  hardy  and  to  bite  as 
close  as  the  Dongmynd  sheep,  and  the  weight 
of  the  carcass  is  increased.”  Flymley’s  work 
was  published  in  1803;  and,  after  such  evi¬ 
dence,  it  is  surprising  that  any  one  should 
contend  for  the  purity  of  tho  Hhropshires. 
Mr.  II.  Evekshed,  in  his  essay  on  Stafford¬ 
shire,  describes  the  dry  surface  of  Cannock 
Chase,  and  its  good  climate,  as  favoring  a 
heavier  heath-sheep  than  occurs  elsewhere, 
The  original  sheep  had  a  short,  light  fleece  of 
about  3  lbs.,  and  a  carcass  which  might  be 
fattened  at  three  years  old  to  eight  or  nine 
stone.  Their  descendants,  while  retaining 
the  same  hardy  character,  are  much  larger, 
mature  earlier,  yield  a  heavy  fleece,  and  a 
frame  weighing  ten  stone  at  thirteen  months 
without  extraordinary  treatment.  We  have 
quoted  these  authorities  in  order  to  show 
that  it  is  to  tho  Southdown  chiefly,  though 
uot  entirely,  that  (lie  present  form  and  char¬ 
acter  of  the  Shropshire  are  due  ;  indeed, 
about  the  only  objection  that  can  be  urged 
against  the  breed  is  that,  although  for  the 
last  twenty  years  it  has  received  much  atten¬ 
tion,  there  is  still  a  lack  of  uniformity,  Al¬ 


though  we  trust  this  is  now  rapidly  disap¬ 
pearing,  as  breeders  are  at  last  tolerably 
agreed  ns  to  the  particular  type  that  is  most 
desirable.  The  variety  could  only  be  ac¬ 
counted  for  by  the  supposition  that  different 
crosses  and  different  proportions  had  been 
tried,  und  we  thfuk  there  is  no  doubt  this 
lias  been  the  case. 

Of  the  earlier  breeders,  we  must  single  out 
for  special  notice  Mr.  Samuel  Meire  and  Mr. 
G gorge  Adney  as  men  who,  pursuing  a  dif¬ 
ferent  practice,  laid  tho  foundation  of  the 
present  breed,  M  r.  Meiiie  was  a  good  judge 
of  stock,  and  set  to  work  upon  the  coarse 
Shropshire,  going  chiefly  l'or  three  points — 
straight  spine  with  well-sprung  ribs,  oblique 
shoulders,  and  good  rumps.  These  points 
could  not  be  obtained  by  cultivation  or  se¬ 
lection  alone,  und  Mr.  Metre  introduced  the 
Houthdowns,  buying  or  hiring  rams  from  the 
late  Mr.  J.  Ellmann  of  Glymle.  Aptitude 
to  feed,  with  the  short  back  and  chine,  were 
derived  from  a  cross  of  Leicester  blood  intro¬ 
duced  with  great  judgment.  Having  thus 
obtained  what  he  desired,  Mr.  Meire  endeav¬ 
ored  to  fix  the  same  by  close  breeding.  That 
his  sheep  possessed  much  constitutional  vigor 


is  proved  by  the  history  of  his  celebrated 
ram,  Magnum  Bonum,  who  served  for  eleven 
seasons,  his  dam  living  to  be  twenty  years 
old.  He  was  the  sire  of  Perfection,  used  by 
Mr.  Foster  of  Kinver  Hill,  which  gob  the 
first-prize  shearling  at  Chester.  At  the  same 
Bhow  Mr,  Foster  secured  both  prizes  for 
ewuH  ;  the  first  prize  pen  bred  by  Mr.  Me  ire, 
and  described  in  catalogue  “as  two  11  years 
3  months  and  3  weeks  old,  two  9  years  8 
months  and  3  weeks  old,  and  one  7  years  3 
months  and  3  weeks  old  ;  pen  of  live  Shrop¬ 
shire  Down  ewes,  dark  brown  face  and  legs.” 

Mr.  Adney  pursued  quite  a  different  plan 
to  Mr.  Meire  ;  he  stuck  foe  lie  Shropshire  as 
ho  found  them,  making  hi*  Improvements  by 
selection  j  lus  judgment  was  undoubtedly 
good.  IDs  most  fortunate  investment  was 
the  purchase  of  Buckskin,  as  a  lamb,  from 
Mr.  Farmer,  a  celebrated  breeder  of  his 
time.  Buckskin  was  descended  from  a  South- 
down  cross,  and  if  the  picture  representing 
Mr.  Adnev  and  his  sheep  is  a  likeness,  this 
was  evident  in  his  fine,  rather  flat  head,  and 
gray  character.  Old  Patentee  was  by  Buck¬ 
skin,  being  a  twin  out  of  a  ewe  bred  by  Mr. 
Adney  ;  he  did  not  follow  his  sire,  having  a 
large,  plain,  and  dark  head  ;  he  was  an  ex¬ 
traordinary  getter,  and  his  blood  exists  in 
every  Shropshire  flock  of  any  note. 


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NATURAL  DISSEMINATION  OF  SEEDS. 

BY  O.  H.  PECK. 

That  was  a  wise  provision  of  nature  which 
multiplied  the  fecundity  of  plants  to  such  an 
extent,  that  to  a  person  unacquainted  with 
nature’s  laws,  it  seems  almost  beyond  belief. 
That  a  single  plant  should  be  found  by  close 
calculation  to  produce  the  almost  incredible 
number  of  880,000  seeds  is  a  fact  that  will 
cause  surprise  in  the  minds  of  many,  yet,  that 
computation  has  been  made  with  a  single 
plant  of  tobacco,  and  it  has  been  thought  by 
some,  that  a  single  stalk  of  spleen  wort  would 
produce  at  least  one  million  of  seeds.  Let 
one  given  to  mathematics  calculate  the  regu¬ 
larly  increasing  progression  of  the  number  of 
seeds  in  a  single  plant  of  tobacco  merely  to 
the  fifth  generation,  and  can  he  help  wonder¬ 
ing  why  the  whole  earth  is  not  covered  with 
tobacco  plants  and  become  a  smoker’s  para¬ 
dise. 

Were  it  not  that  there  are  many  causes 
which  tend  to  neutralize  in  part  this  aston¬ 
ishing  fecundity,  its  very  excess  would  prove 
injurious  to  its  healthy  reproduction.  Nature 
declines  to  place  oil  seeds  in  a  condition 
favorable  to  their  germination  ;  many  are 
devoured  by  birds,  many  animals  and  even 
man  himself  finds  much  that  is  nutritious  in 
f  i'll  its  and  seeds,  and  in  this  way  incalculable 
number  4  of  them  are  destroyed. 

The  dissemination  of  seeds  is  not  confined 
to  one  agency,  bill,  to  many.  The  natural 
dispersion  is  favored  by  many  circumstances. 
Take  for  instance  the  pericarp  of  t  he  impa- 
tiens  (Touch-me-not);  it.  consist*  of  one  cell 
with  five  valves  and  dispenses  its  seeds  with 
an  elastic  jerk ;  should  you  accidentally 
touch  it  when  ripe,  it  will  instantly  burst 
open,  and  the  valves  springing  quickly  from 
the  stem,  will  coil  themselves  up  in  a  spiral 
form,  discharge  the  enclosed  seed  and  (scatter 
them,  promiscuously  around.  In  this  in¬ 
stance  seeds  could  not  be  conveyed  any  great 
distance  ;  but  where  distance  of  dispersion  is 
required,  nature  is  always  furnished  with  a 
resource.  A  common  mode,  and  perhaps  one 
of  the  most  common  modes  by  which  seeds 
are  conveyed  from  the  plaeeof  their  growth, 
is  through  the  instrumentality  of  animals. 
Many  seeds  are  furnished  with  hooks  or 
hairs,  which  serve  as  a  medium  of  attach¬ 
ment,  to  the  bodies  of  animals,  which  acci¬ 
dentally  come  in  contact  with  the  plant,  in 
their  search  for  food  or  water.  The  animal 
carries  it  about  until  it  is  again  detached  by 
some  accidental  cause,  when  finally  it  is  com¬ 
mitted  to  the  soil. 

Nature  has  other  agencies  more  powerful 
than  animals.  The  wind  disperses  seeds  to 
great  distances.  Seeds  of  mosses,  lichens  and 
fungi  float  insensibly  in  the  air  and  arc  car 
ried  miles  from  their  plaeeof  growth.  Some 
seeds  are  furnished  with  an  attached  wing, 
as  will  be  found  in  the  case  of  the  fir  tree,  so 
that  the  seed  in  falling  from  the  cone  or  cap 
sole,  is  caught  by  the  wind  and  carried  to'  a 
great  distance  ;  other  seeds  are  furnished 
with  down,  as  in  the  case  of  the  dandelion, 
thistle  and  other  plants  of  the  class  sy  agene¬ 
sia  ;  the  down  is  so  large  and  light  in  propor¬ 
tion  to  the  seed  it  supports,  that  a  light 
breeze  wafts  it  afar  off,  and  at  the  time  of 
their  ripening  their  seeds,  great  numbers  of 
them  are  seen  floating  through  the  atmos¬ 
phere. 

Seeds  of  the  maple,  elm  and  ash  are  fur¬ 
nished  with  a  membraneous  wing,  which 
when  it  becomes  separated  from  the  tree,  the 
wind  catches  and  drives  before  it. 

If  all  accounts  arc  correct  with  regard  to 
the  great  distance  by  which  seeds  have  been 
conveyed  through  the  agency  of  water,  this 
element  then  lays  claim  to  ft  dispersion  of 
seeds  to  greater  distances  than  any  other 
agency ;  seeds  which  accidentally  fall  into 
the  mountain  stream  are  washed  down  to 
the  valley  below.  Rivers  winding  through 
extensive  countries  and  traversing  the  con¬ 
tinents  of  th5  world  convey  seeds  many  hun¬ 
dred  miles.  On  the  southern  shores  of  the 
Baltic  have  been  found  seeds  which  grew  in 
Germany,  and  the  shores  of  the  Atlantic  are 
visited  by  seeds  which  grew  in  the  interior  ol' 
America.  Fruits  indigenous  to  America  and 
the  West  Ladies  have  been  found  on  the 
shores  of  Europe,  having  been  driven  across 
the  ocean  u  distance  of  two  thousand  miles. 

Thus  it  will  be  seen  t  hat  nature's  laws  are 
not  only  perfect,  but  there  is  wisdom  in  all 
her  regularly  organized  forces— a  wisdom  far 
above  the  reach  of  man  ;  the  wisdom  of  a 
Divine  Being  who  overrules  and  governs  for 
good. 

Melrose,  June  1873. 


THINNING  POTATO  TOPS. 

Potatoes,  if  planted  in  good  soil,  produce 
very  strong,  slant  vines,  which  must  neces¬ 
sarily  take  a  great  deal  *»f  strength  from  the 
potatoes.  How  would  it  do  to  remove  a  por¬ 
tion  of  the  vines  from  each  hill  that  has  a 
larger  share  than  the  rest  ? — P.  u. 

The  larger  and  stronger  the  stems  and 
leaves,  the  better  and  larger,  as  a  rule,  are 
the  tubers.  The  great  mistake  which  many 
potato  raisers  make  in  forming  a  theory  as  a 
guide  to  culture,  is  in  supposing  that  the 
tubers  are.  produced  upon  the  roots,  when, 
ui  fact,  they  are  nothing  more  or  less  than 
lateral  branches  of  the  main  stems  of  the 
plant,  which  issue  above  the  roots.  The 
tubers  are  not  formed  until  the  stems  have 
become  strong  enough  to  throw  Oil  lateral 
subterranean  branches,  these  receiving  as¬ 
similated  sap  from  the  leaves,  swell  up  into 
a  thick,  fleshy  mass,  known  as  a  potato. 
There  are,  no  doubt,  instances  of  abnormity 
in  the  growth  of  potatoes,  and  the  stems  and 
lea  ves  are  out  of  all  proportion  to  the  quan¬ 
tity  of  tubers  produced,  but  we  should  doubt 
the  value  of  pruning  even  in  such  eases,  but 
if  you  have  any  curiosity  in  this  direction, 
tiy  the  experiment  upon  a  few  rows  and 
settle  the  question  practically. 

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APPLYING  PLASTER  TO  TOBACCO. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Rural  Sun,  near 
Clarksville,  Tenn.,  writes  : — “  Having  been 
using  land  plaster  for  two  years  on  tobacco, 
I  have  thought  it  might  not  prove  uninter¬ 
esting  to  give  a  few  facts  about  it.  J  used 
about  three  peeks  to  the  acre  of  3, 500  hills— 
putting  about  a  tablespoonful  on  each  plant 
and  sprinkling  it  with  the  Angel's  over  the 
bud  and  leaves.  I  put  it  on  at  topping  time, 
but  think  that  the  best  result  would  be 
obtained  by  putting  the  plaster  on  as  soon  as 
the  tobacco  has  spread  the  hill.  The  cost  i 
about  seventy-five  cents  per  acre.  The  in¬ 
crease  in  pounds  from  plaster  was,  by  my 
experiments,  about  ten  per  cent.;  the  im¬ 
provement  in  quality  about  five  per  cent. 
There  was  no  apparent  advantage  in  size 
over  the  tobacco  that  had  no  plaster  on  it. 
The  advantage  was  in  the  thickness  and 
richness  of  the  leaves.  There  was  a  striking 
difference  in  the  color  of  the  tobacco  while 
growing.  While  tobacco  treated  with  land 
pL  i  .cr  was  a  very  dark  green  color,  that  in 
adjoini ug  rows  without  the  plaster,  was  a 
mu  ‘li  paler  color.  The  land-plastered  t  .bc*\- 
eo  is  inclined  to  cure  a  dark  mahogany  color.” 

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FIELD  NOTES. 

Orchard  Gross.— Will  some  of  your  read¬ 
ers  be  kind  enough  to  tell  me  how  to  save 
orchard  grass  seed,  and  how  long  it  ought  to 
stand  after  it  is  hi  bloom  before  it  is  ripe 
enough  to  save.  I  want  to  Save  some  for  my 
own  us 3,  as  I  have  to  pay  from  30  to  35  cts. 
per  pound  for  it  here.  1  have  a  piece  that,  was 
sown  two  years  the  past  spring,  mid  the  clo¬ 
ver  is  running  out.  J  donl  want  tO  plow  it 
up  ;  how  will  I  manage  so  as  to  increase  the 
clover '!  The  grass  is  from  three  to  four  feet 
high  and  in  full  bloom.  Please  answer. — W. 
T.  T.,  Salisbury,  N.  C. 

Red  Jioch  Potato. —  1  have  heard  much 
talk  of  a  new  kind  of  potato  called  the  ‘‘Red 
Rock.”  Does  any  one  know  where  it  is 
raised  ?  1  am  told  they  originated  in  Canada, 
and  have  been  raised  to  a  considerable  ex¬ 
tent  in  New  York  State.  There  are  only  two 
farms  In  this  section  where  they  are  grown, 
and  these  only  enough  to  plant  three  or  four 
hills  for  seed.  By  the  description  given  of 
them,  it  is  a  very  excellent  potato  to  cook, 
and  an  enormous  yielder.  Will  some  one, 
having  them  for  sale,  advertise. — w.  a.  i\ 

English  Cluster  Hops. — Having  seen  an  ar¬ 
ticle  oil  Hop  culture  by  your  correspondent, 
will  you  please  inform  me  where  the  En¬ 
glish  cluster  plants  can  be  obtained,  and  at 
what  price  f  When  should  the  plants  be  set 
out,  spring  or  fall,  late  or  early,  or  will  either 
dj  > How  many  feat  apart  should  they  be 
planted.  Should  the  soil  be  rich,  mid  do  they 
need  much  care  or  weeding  !  How  large  or 
high  ami  thick  should  the  hop  poles  be  ;  mid 
when  the  hops  are  harvesiea,  should  the 
poles  be  removed. — G.  W.  Seii1,  M.  D. 

Tteyl'jiding  Corn. — We  see  it  stated  by  a 
corn  cultivator  that  he  always  replants  corn 
if  he  has  to  remove  a  hill  to  dp  if,  ‘‘because 
he  lias  observed  that  in  peculiar  seasons  the 
tassel  of  the  first  planting  dries  up  before  it 
has  fertilized  the  silk  on  the  ear,  and  that  the 
replant  bei ug  later  is  just  of  the  proper  age 
to  perform  the  duty  not  performed  by  the 
tassel  of  t.hcfirst  planting.”  it  is  not  our  ob¬ 
servation  that  nature  is  so  faulty  in  providing 
for  fertilization  as  all  this  amounts  to  1 

Potatoes  for  Seed. — We  see  it  asserted  by 
“  a  prominent  potato  grower”  that  ‘'the  eye 
of  the  potato  goes  clear  to  the  heart,  and 
that  a  piece  containing  any  portion  of  t  his 
sprout  will  grow  just  at-  well  as  though  it 
contained  the  eye  proper.”  We  should  like 
to  hear  whether  any  one  has  tested  this 
theory  or  not. 


cJjjtrut  (Bcoiumtir. 


HOW  TO  BRING  UP  FERTILITY  ON  EX¬ 
HAUSTED  LAND. 

In  Connecticut,  especially,  it  is  said  the 
soil  is  run  down  to  the  lowest  poverty.  .  In¬ 
quiries  are  frequent  respecting  the  means  to 
regain  plant  food  ;  and  there  are  numerous 
varied  methods  recommended  ;  but  some 
would  cost  more  than  buying  good  soil ; 
others  would  lose  the  purchaser  any  benefit" 
for  two  or  three  years,  and  tlie  growing  of 
clover,  the  favorite  idea  now,  cannot  be  of 
much  use  to  plow  in,  became,  even  with 
plaster,  ashes,  &c.,  to  start  it,  there  is  no 
stamina  to  produce  any  quantity.  In  En¬ 
gland  it,  is  the  usual  and  almost  universal 
practice  to  fetch  up  any  light  soil  which  has 
been  exhausted,  by  using  the  reliable  fer¬ 
tilizers  for  roots  uud  eating  them  on  tlie 
ground  with  sheep,  which  to  further  enrich 
their  droppings,  tiiey  will  feed  with  grain  ; 
but  the  consumption  of  roots  in  this  way  is 
not  understood  in  America,  and  the  New 
England  climate  would  only  permit  of  its 
being  done  in  t  he  autumn  ;  and  as  sheep  and 
hurdle*  or  other  means  of  distributing  the 
manure  and  urine  are  not  at  hand,  this  will 
not  be  adopted,  and  thus  other  courses  must 
be  resorted  to. 

With  all  respect  to  those  who  are  so  in 
favor  of  plowing  under  clover,  that  must  be 
grown  first,  and  any  exhausted  soil  will  not 
grow  enough  to  do  any  good,  therefore  When 
by  other  means  clover  is  produced  the  l  oots 
are  sufficient  fur  the  food  of  the  ensuing  crop 
without  sacrificing  that  wliich  would  be 
worth  $50  or  more  per  acre  as  hay. 

When  land  has  been  completely  worn  out 
by  the  straining  of  the  muscles  and  the 
studied  direction  of  every  contrivance  ema¬ 
nating  from  the  brain  of  men  whose  whole 
thought  is  employed  in  I  in  ning  every  particle 
of  support  within  roach  into  the  next,  harvest, 
it  requires  a  kind  of  reverse  in  the  manage¬ 
ment,  as  for  years  it  has  been  suck,  cultivate 
and  suck  again,  and  naught  is  left;  thus  a  re¬ 
verse  system  would  be  for  a  mun  to  buy  good 
improving  animals,  say  sheep,  and  buy  fond 
for  thorn  which  they  would  pay  for  eating, 
and  by  keeping  them  on  this  poor  land  it 
would  soon  become  rich. 

Mr.  Johnson,  who  is  so  often  referred  to, 
continually  bought  sheep  which  were  only  ( 
half  fat,  and  by  high  feeding  not  only  gained 
all  the  extra  weight  made,  but  the  frame 
wliich  lie  purchased  was  worth  so  much 
more,  too,  because  ripe  mut  ton  is  worth  so 
much  more  per  pound  than  lean,  scraggy 
carcass.  Depend  upon  it,  any  man  who  gets 
interested  in  high  feeding  as  a  means  of  high¬ 
ly  fertilizing  his  soil,  will  learn  to  buy  in  such 
localities  and  markets  as  to  insure  a  liberal 
profit ;  and  a  good  stock  farmer,  whether  he 
breeds  and  works  his  own  raising  through  to 
the  butcher,  or  if  he  buys  well-bred  animals 
from  those  who  have  not  the  heart  to  fatten 
anything  —  and  there  are  hundreds  who 
grudge  everything  belonging  to  them,  even 
their  own  offspring,  enough  to  eat,  or  at  any 
rate  of  that  which  is  good  —  then  either  the 
breeder  or  the  purchaser  will  do  well  by  him¬ 
self  and  his  farm. 

Poor,  thin  men  !  poor,  thin  cows,  sheep, 
&c. !  poor,  thin  land,  poor  in  pocket  and 
poor  in  ideas  I  whereas  a  fertile  brain  might 
make  a  jolly  sort  of  man,  with  contented, 
heavy  cows  and  sheep,  good,  rich  land,  pocket 
well  liued  and  ideas  ever  flowing  to  devise 
ways  of  turning  more  and  more  of  the  good 
things  of  the  earth  into  mutton  and  beef, 
into  butter  and  wool,  &e.  Trembling,  faint¬ 
hearted  meu  cannot  be  made  to  see  how 
much  cheaper  manure  is  bought  by  fatten¬ 
ing  animals  on  the  land. 

A  Working  Farmer. 

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TREATMENT  OF  MANURES. 

I  have  lately  become  a  reader  of  your 
paper  and  I  am  not  aware  as  to  what  discus¬ 
sions  may  have  been  lind  heretofore  on  the 
subjects  of  manure  and  its  application.  I  am 
convinced,  however,  notwithstanding  what 
your  columns  may  have  elicited,  that,  these 
subjects  are  not  by  any  means  exhausted.  I 
have  studied  manures  for  several  years  and 
made  some  few  experiments ;  but  I  am 
obliged  to  acknowledge  that  I  am  green  in 
these  important  matters.  Ido  not  wish  to 
impose  upon  t  he  good  nature  of  the  Rural 
fraternity,  and,  therefore,  will  introduce  my 
inquiries  by  giving  a  brief  statement  of  my 
own  opinions  (for  perhaps  they  are  nothing 
more). 

In  the.  first  place,  I  believe  all  manures 
should  be  composted.  Horse-stable  manure 
left  uneomposted  in  a  pile,  soon  bums  up  if 
kept  thy,  and  soon  lea  dies  out  if  kept  wet. 


Green  cow  manure  hardens  and  bakes  land 
manured  with  it.  Hog  manure  is  too  strong. 
Horse  manure  is  generally  considered  the 
best;  but  in  addition  to  the  objections  above- 
stated,  in  regard  to  it  as  it  is  too  otten  treat¬ 
ed,  I  may  say  it  is  too  volatile.  All  these  are 
good  manures  ;  but  how  shall  we  economize? 

It  is  my  opinion  they  should  be  composted 
immediately.  As  soon  us  a  Curt,  load  of  ma¬ 
nure  can  be  scraped  up  about  any  one,  or  all 
combined,  of  your  stables,  cart  it  to  the 
place,  where  it  is  to  be  used  next  season 
(twelve  months  hence).  The  pile  must  be 
shedded  over.  The  pile  of  what?  That  is 
just  the  question.  We  have  selected  the  site 
and  erected  our  lubratory ;  now  for  the 
operations.  Every  time  a  load  of  manure  of 
a  ny  kind  in  added,  a  covering  of  leaf  mold, 
rotted  wood  or  rich  dirt  must  he  spread  over 
it.  To  this  pile  you  may  add  waste  of  every 
kind— hay,  straw,  weeds,  green  or  dry,  vege¬ 
table*,  k  iteben,  laundry  and  dormitory  water. 
Keep  the  whole  mass  damp  and  warm 
enough  to  ferment  .  Leaelied  ashes  limy  he 
added,  uud  strong  ashes  or  lime  be  mingled 
with  all  green  vegetable  matter  added  to  the 
heap.  Neither  of  these  articles  will  injure 
the  general  mass  when  isolated  by  the  layers 
of  dirt,  &e.  After  remaining  in  this  condi¬ 
tion  for  half  the  year,  the  whole  pile  should 
be  thoroughly  worked  over,  and  the  working 
should  be  repeated  occasionally.  At  this 
time  a  new  heap  should  be  commenced,  lo 
undergo  tlie  same  treatment. 

Most  farmers  would  he  surprised  to  find  so 
large  and  so  rich  a  supply  of  available  fer¬ 
tility  as  this  plan  would  yield.  Top-dressing 
is  growing  in  popular  favor,  and  I  am  not 
aware  than  tiny  other  plan  would  yield  the 
same  amount  of  manure  in  so  good  a  condi¬ 
tion  for  use  in  this  way.  Manure  used  as  a 

op-dressing  is  nearly  lost  unless  it  is  thor¬ 
oughly  decomposed,  and  I  know  no  other 
method  to  decompose  it  without  sustaining 
a.  like  loss.  It  is  true  it  is  not  a  quick  stimu¬ 
lant  ;  but  this  is  seldom  required.  A  quick 
st  imulant  to  the  soil  is  like  brandy  to  man — 
soon  followed  by  bad  effects. 

The  time  is  surely  coming  when  tlie  rich 
(but  fast  diminishing)  yields  of  the  country, 
which  are  now  hauled  to  the  cities  to  be  con¬ 
densed  and  then  poured  into  the  rivers  or 
buried,  will  tie  gleaned  up  and  returned  to 
the  fields  which  produced  them,  and  which 
are  suffering  hi  consequence  of  the  loss. 

Ed.  S. 

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CANADA  THISTLE. 

I  write  to  gain  a  little  information  con¬ 
cerning  the  best  method  by  which  the  Canada 
thistle  can  be  extirpated.  If  you,  or  any  of 
tlie  readers  of  your  valuable  paper,  can  in¬ 
form  me,  i  shall  be  very  glad.  They  are  get¬ 
ting  to  lie  quite  plenty  here,  as  some  of  my 
neighbors  have  a  great  many,  and  they  are 
rapidly  spreading,  and  will  soon  make  acres 
of  the  most  valuable  of  our  land  worthless 
unless  soon  killed  out.  Is  there  any  time  to 
cut  them  that  will  kill  the  root  ?  If  any  one 
can  answer  from  experience,  please  do  so. 
All  of  my  experience  goes  bo  prove  that  plow¬ 
ing  through  them  only  cuts  the  roots  and 
causes  more  to  spring  up,  and  in  many  cases 
carries  roots  to  other  parts  of  the  field  on  the 
plow.  I  do  know  that  cutting  them  when 
they  are  just  up — that  Is,  by  taking  a  stick 
and  pushing  them  dowu  and  then  filling  up 
the  cavity  with  salt,  will  in  time  kill  them, 
if  persevered  in,  as  they  will  keep  coming  up 
around,  and  if  one  has  but  a  small  patch  can 
be  pursued  very  easily,  and  then  sheep  can 
be  turned  on,  and  they  will  gnaw  them  into 
the  ground  ;  but  salting  is  a  very  slow,  diffi¬ 
cult  and  somewhat  expensive  way  when  one 
has  many  to  contend  with.  I  shall  be  glad 
to  hear  from  any  one  on  the  subject. — B.  J. 
A.,  Southern  Wis. 

We  have-  never  faffed  to  get  rid  of  them  by 
summer  fallowing  : — Turn  over  the  sod  the 
last  of  June,  harrow  thoroughly,  plow  again 
middle  of  July,  harrow  again  and  plow  and 
harrow  again  middle  of  August  and  seed 
with  wheat  or  rye,  timothy  and  clover.  Mow 
the  grass  three  years,  cutting  it  before  any 
stray  thistle  blossoms  or  when  it  is  in  blos¬ 
som'  It  is  not  difficult  to  clean  a  farm  of 
Canada  thistles  in  this  way. 

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ECONOMICAL  NOTES. 

Wants  to  Know  How  to  Build  cm  Out¬ 
side  Cellar.— I  desire  to  build  a  cheap  yet 
substantial  cave  in  my  lot,  near  the  house, 
for  the  purpose  of  storing  apples,  celery,  tur¬ 
nips,  cabbage,  and  other  vegetables,  lor  safe 
keeping  during  the  winter  and  at  the  same 
time  have  it  easy  of  access.  Our  present  cel¬ 
lar  is  entirely  too  warm.  Con  any  of  your 
read  si's  furnish  me  a  good  plan? — W.  D.  O., 
Rock  Creelc,  Pa. 

Suit  us  a  Fertiliser— G.  A.  M.  aslcs  some 
one  who  has  had  experience  in  its  use  to  toll 
how  salt  is  used  and  the  best  advantage  as  a 
fertilizer. 


JUNE  21 


1VS 0 0 B E 9 S  BUBAL  WEW-Y©BKEB, 


iQaii'g  gjusbamlrg. 


MANAGEMENT  OF  HOT  WEATHER  MILK. 

We  have  a  great  many  kinds  of  poolers 
and  aerators  for  improving  the  keeping  qual¬ 
ities  of  milk  ;  and  although  some  of  t  hem 
are  complicated  and  impracticable,  still  their 
faults  suggest  improvements  or  stimulate 
invention  in  this  direction,  and  hence  the 
poorest  may  have  been  not  altogether  worth¬ 
less.  i  he  latest  device  we  have  seen  for 
botn  cooling  and  aerating,  is  a  kind  of  pump 
made  of  tin,  and  with  a  joint  at  the  valve  so 
as  to  be  readily  taken  apart  foreleansing. 
The  valve  is  simply  a  ball  and  socket,  so  that 
all  parts  can  be  easily  got  at  to  bo  cleaned. 
Below  the  valve  there  is  an  opening  with  a 
short  pipe,  which  is  provided  with  a  stop 
eoelc,  and  upon  the  end  of  this  pipe  is  at¬ 
tached  a  rubber  hose,  Tliis  arrangement  is 
for  the  admission  of  air. 

Now  the  operation  of  the  machine  is  as 
follows  ; — The  pump  is  set  into  the  can  of 
milk,  and  being  put  in  motion,  the  milk  rises, 
charged  with  air,  which  is  drawn  through 
tlie  rubber  hose,  At  the  top  of  the  pump 
the  tin  tube  enlarges  considerably,  and  the 
part  jutting  over  is  pierced  on  the  bottom 
with  hol'%  so  that  as  the  milk  reaches  tin's 
little  receptacle  at  the  top,  it  passes  through 
the  holes  and  falls  in  a  spray  back  again  into 
the  can.  It  takes  about  live  minutes  to  pump 
up  So  gallons  ol  milk,  though  of  course  the 
time  may  bo  lessened  by  increasing  the  ea- 
pacity  of  the  pump.  The  milk  in  this  way 
is  thoroughly  aerated,  and  by  drawing  the 
air  through  the  rubber  hose  from  an  ice 
house  or  through  ice,  the  milk  may  be  very 
rapidly  cooled.- 

The  machine  is  decidedly  novel  in  its  con¬ 
struction,  hut  whether  it  is  any  improve¬ 
ment  on  other  devices,  can  only  be  deter 
mined  by  trial  in  the  dairy. 

There  seems  to  be  a  great  deal  of  apathy 
among  farmers  in  regard  to  tliis  question  of 
cooling  and  aerating  milk  at  the  farm.  They 
very  nearly  all  admit  that  it  may  be  a  good 
thing,  but  the  matter,  they  say,  Is  too  much 
bother  and  labor.  Then  again,  some  dairy¬ 
men  who  are  convenient  to  the  factory  urge 
that  they  have  no  difficulty  in  delivering 
their  milk  in  good  order,  and  that  they  pay 
the  factory  operatives  for  taking  care  of  their 
milk.  II  they  lived  a  long  way  from  the  fac¬ 
tory  and  were  unable  to  deliver  milk  per¬ 
fectly  sound,  they  would  be.  willing  to  adopt 
this  or  any  other  plan  for  improvement.  On 
the  other  hand,  those  who  are  distant  from 
thu  factory  urge  that  every  patron  should  be 
served  alike,  and  with  the  conflicting  argu¬ 
ments  it  is  difficult  to  get  the.  milk  cooler  in¬ 
troduced  in  a  great  number  of  neighbor¬ 
hoods.  I  bo  matter  should  be  made  compul¬ 
sory  on  all  parties  delivering  milk.  Hot 
weather  is  now  at  hand,  and  until  the  last  of 
August  we  are  likely  to  have  a  vast  dual  of 
second-rate  cheese  simply  from  inattention 
to  the  treatment  of  milk  before  it  arrives  at 
the  factory. 

Tt  has  been  demonstrated  repeatedly  that 
the  cooling  and  aeration  of  miJk  at  the  farm 
and  as  soon  as  drawn  from  the  cow,  puts  it 
in  condition  to  keep  souud  for  a  much  longer 
period  than  when  no  such  treatment  is  had. 
It  has  been  repeatedly  proved  that  during 
the  carting  of  warm  milk  to  the  factory  it 
decomposes  rapidly,  and  not  unfreqilOntly 
in  hot  weather,  becomes  putrid  and  rotten. 
Floating  curds  are  the  result  of  such  milk' 
and  all  Could  have  been  avoided  had  the  milk 
been  cooled  and  aerated  as  soon  as  drawn 
from  the  cow.  To  charge  the  manufacturer 
with  the  fault  of  floating  curds  and  poor 
cheese  under  such  circumstances,  is  unmiti¬ 
gated  abuse,  and  yet,  we  not  unfrequently 
hear  of  cases  of  this  kind,  and  where  the  pa¬ 
trons  have  resorted  to  law  to  compel  the 
manufacturer  to  make  good  the  loss  on  such 
cheese.  We  believe  that  cheese  makers  should 
be  held  responsible  for  their  work  when  they 
have  good  material  to  handle  ;  but  to  com¬ 
pel  them  to  hear  the  loss  on  rotten  milk 
caused  by  neglect  of  patrons,  is  not  much 
better  than  robbery,  to  say  the  least. 

No  one  hut  those  who  have  liadsome  expe¬ 
rience  in  the  manufacture  of  bad  milk  can 
appreciate  the  vexation  in  its  manipulation 
and  the  trouble  the  curds  and  cheese  will 
sometimes  give.  If  patrons  could  have  a 
realizing  sense  of  this  side  of  the  question, 
they  would  be  more  ready  to  adopt  rn.mn« 
for  improvement. 

Again  ;  every  factory  that  sends  out  fll- 
navored  or  defective  cheese,  not  only  loses 
in  reputation,  and  in  money  receipts,  but  by 
throwing  such  goods  upon  the  market,  the 
sale  ami  price  of  line  cheese  are  more  or  less 
affected. 


The  great  variety  of  apparatus  now  to  In- 
had  for  cooling  and  aerating  milk,  its  cheap¬ 
ness,  and  the  benefits  which  accrue  from  its 
use,  demand  a  more  general  introduction,  it 
would  seem,  than  now  obtains.  We  hope 
factorymen  and  all  others  interested  in  the 
improvement  of  American  cheese  dairying, 
will  urge  forward  this  movement,  for  it  is 
one  which  can  be  adopted  at  once  with  profit. 

- - 

A  MODIFIED  CHEDDAR  PROCESS  OF 
CHEESE  MAKING. 

Geo.  W.  Davis  has  had  considerable  suc¬ 
cess  as  a  maker  of  “  fancy  cheese”  in  Herki¬ 
mer  Co.,  N.  Y.  His  factory  is  located  ou  the 
south  side  of  the  Mohawk,  nearly  at  the  foot 
of  a  high  range  of  lulls,  where  an  abundance 
of  cold  spring  water  is  easily  conducted  into 
the  building,  and  the  most  ample  provision 
is  made  for  cooling  the  milk  and  for  keeping 
it  in  good  order.  We  have  bad  opportunity, 
from  time  to  time,  to  examine  the  cheese 
manufactured  at  the  Davis  factory,  and  have 
watched  its  sales  at  the  Little  Falls  Market 
for  several  years  past,  and  find  that  it  com¬ 
pares  favorably  with  that  made  at  other  first 
class  factories, 

Mr.  Davis  has  recently  given  the  result  of 
his  seven  years’  experience  in  a  cheese  fac¬ 
tory,  and OUr  readers  may  be  interested  to 
learn  the  formula  of  his  procedure  in  cheese 
making.  Ho  claims  to  take  a  middle  course 
between  (lie  usual  factory  process  and  the 
English  Cheddar  method  of  manufacture,  and 
that  this  practice  is  an  improvement.  His 
method,  as  now  modified,  he  claims,  has  been 
attended  with  excellent  success,  and  is  des¬ 
cribed  as  follows  : 

The  night’s  milk  is  equally  distributed  in 
the  vats,  cold  water  having  run  around  the 
same  for  some  time,  to  cool  the  tins  and 
boxes  ;  the  agitators  are  set  to  work,  and 
when  t  he  milk  is  brought  to  HIT,  a  portion  of 
the  water  is  turned  off  ;  the  agitators  remain 
at  work  during  the  night  ;  the  morning's 
milk  being  added,  the  heat  Is  raised  to  H-y, 
when  the  rennet  is  added  in  sufficient  quan¬ 
tity  to  coagulate  (lie  milk  in  20  minutes;  in 
about  one  hour  it  is  cut.  one  wav  with  the 
knife  and  left  till  the  whey  makes  its  appear¬ 
ance,  when  it  is  cross-cut,  again  with  the  hor¬ 
izontal  knife  ;  then  the  lieat  is  applied,  and 
as  soon  as  the  bottom  of  the  vat  is  warm,  we 
commence  working  with  the  hands,  which 
proves  i  is  continued  until  the  boat  has  reach 
ed  1)7“ ;  it  is  then  stirred  at  intervals  and  left 
until  there  is  a  slight  acid  ;  then  the  whey  is 
run  off  and  the  curd  dipped  in  the  sink,  where 
it  is  left  until  the  whey  has  mostly  run  off, 
then  it  is  turned  over  with  the  hands. 

When  the  acid  is  sufficiently  developed, 
which  may  be  determined  by  taste  or  a  hot 
iron,  we  salt  it,  using  salt  according  to  the 
condition  of  the  curd,  from  to  2%  pounds 
in  summer  and  less  in  spring,  according  to 
the  quality  of  the  curd,  to  the  1,000  pounds 
of  milk.  Then  work  the  salt  in  with  the 
hands  and  let  Hie  curd  remain  for  a  short 
time  to  cool ;  in  hot  weather,  from  15  to  20 
minutes,  if  it  does  not  conflict  with  the  next 
vat ;  then  put  to  press.  This  mode,  Mr.  Da¬ 
vis  says,  tie  has  practiced  the  past  season, 
and  believes  it  to  bo  an  improvement  on  his 
former  practice.  He  calls  it  a  process  half¬ 
way  between  the  Cheddar  and  American 
methods,  and  claims  to  result  in  turning  out 
a  product  with  as  good  success  as  either,  if 
not  I  letter. 

This  practice  of  Mr.  Davis  may  prove  sug¬ 
gestive  to  some  of  our  readers,  and  some  may 
find  it  worthy  of  adaptation  in  whole  or  in 
part. 

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NOTES  FOR  DAIRYMEN. 

To  Make,  Cheese  from  Loppered  Milk. — 
Set  the  thick  milk  on  the  top  of  the  stove, 
where  it  will  gradually  scald.  Stir  gently 
now  and  then.  Tt  should  not  be  allowed  to 
boil,  as  that  makes  the  curd  too  herd  arid 
dry.  When  it  is  cooked  so  that  the  curd  will 
keep  its  shape  after  being  squeezed  in  the 
hand,  it  is  done.  Pour  it  into  a  colander,  to 
let  the  whey  drain  off,  and  when  cool  enough 
to  handle,  press  it  in  the  hands,  to  get  out. 
the  remainder  of  the  whey.  Then,  to  u  quart 
or  so  of  curd,  take  a  tablespoonful  of  butter, 
three  of  sweet  cream,  a  teaspoon  of  salt,  and 
mix  it  well  together.  Then  make  it  into 
cakes,  or  press  it  all  in  a  dish  together  and 
cut  it  with  a  knife  when  wanted.  I  do  not 
know  how  it  is  fitted  for  sale;  but  there  is  a 
brisk  demand  for  this  in  the  home  market.  — 
Farmer's  Wife. 

Alderney  and  Jersey  Cattle. — “A  Sub¬ 
scriber”  asks  : — “What  is  the  difference  be¬ 
tween  Alderney  and  ‘  Jersey’ cattle  <”  We 
don’t  know  of  any,  Some  people  pretend 
thut  there  is,  and  if  any  of  our  readers  have 
sunli  qpiuiuus,  we  prefer  to  open  our  columns 
to  their  statement  of  the  difference,  includ¬ 
ing  color,  form  and  milking  qualities. 


BREEDING  FOR  COLOR. 

We  give  an  address  recently  delivered  be¬ 
fore  the  National  Peristeronic  Sobiety,  by  its 
President,  Mr.  Wm.  B.  Teoetiieieu,  on  the 
subject  of  “  Breeding  for  Color  :  ” 

Gentlemen  : — All  breeders  for  color  should 
remember  that  their  effort  s  arc  influenced  by 
four  conditions,  which  are  as  follows  : — 1. 
The  color  of  the  original  stock  from  which 
the  variety  is  derived.  2.  The  law  of  analo¬ 
gous  variation.  3.  The  law  of  atavism,  or 
throwing  back  to  remote  ancestors.  4.  The 
different  degrees  of  facility  with  which  cer¬ 
tain  colors  interchange. 

1.  The  color  of  the  original  stock  from 
which  all  the  varieties  of  the  pigeon  are  de¬ 
rived  is  well  known.  The  wild  rook  pigeon 
is  blue,  with  two  black  bars  across  the  wings 
and  one  at  the  end  of  the  tail,  with  a  white 
croup  or  rump,  and  a  white  edge  to  the  t  wo 
outer  tail  feathers;  although  in  some  porta  of 
the  world — I  ndia — the  wild  pigeon  has  a  blue 
rump.  To  (Ills  Color  all  varieties  have  a  ten¬ 
dency  to  ‘throw  back,' and  there  is  not  a 
single  breed  of  pigeon  that  does  not  at  times, 
however  carefully  bred,  occasionally  produce 
blue  young  ones  marked  exactly  like  the 
wild  original ;  and  if  different  breeds  that 
have  been  bred  of  other  colors  for  scores  of 
generations  arc  crossed  with  one  another, 
they  will  invariably  produce  some  blue  young. 
On  this  point  1  will  quote  the  following  ex¬ 
periments  from  Mr.  Darwin’s  work  on  ‘  Vari¬ 
ations.’  That  gentleman  crossed  a  black  I  >n.rb 
with  a  red  spot,  and  also  a  second  black  barb 
with  a  white  fantail.  These  breeds  all,  as  a 
rule,  bred  perfectly  true.  The  mongrels  from 
these  two  crosses  were  muted  together,  and 
produced  blue  pigeons,  marked  precisely  as 
in  the  wild  blue  rock.  The  partial  reversion 
to  the  original  color  of  tlie  blue  rock  is  not 
an  uncommon  circumstance,  undone  of  great 
annoyance  to  the  pigeon-fancier  who  desires 
Other  colors  in  his  favorites.  The  slaty  blue 
tail  in  the  otherwise  brilliant  Archangel,  the 
ashy  bluish  gray  in  tlie  rump  of  t  he  almond 
tumbler,  the  blue  tinge  in  the  yellow  dragon 
and  red  pouter,  are  too  well  known  for  me  to 
dwell  on  here. 

3.  Thc^soCond  condition  influencing  breed¬ 
ing  for' c  olor  is  the  law  of  analogous  varia¬ 
tion,  by  which  is  meant  the  faet  that  all  vari¬ 
ations  in  color  that  arc  found  in  our  domestic 
pigeons  arc  similar  to  those  which  are  to  be 
found  in  the  different  wild  pigeons  belonging 
to  the  same  family,  and  l  icit  no  Others  are 
possible  ;  consequently  all  attempts  to  pro¬ 
duce  such  variel ics  arc.  perfectly  useless.  Be¬ 
fore  I  was  acquainted  with  this  fact  I  made 
several  attempts  to  breed  pigeons  with  feath¬ 
ers  bordered  with  black  as  in  a  laced  bantam  ; 
but,  as  no  such  feathers  exist  in  any  wild 
pigeon,  T  now  know  why  I  failed. 

It  may  surprise  some  fanciers  to  bo  told 
that  the  markings  and  patterns  of  their  pots 
all  exist,  in  greater  or  less  perfection,  in  tlie 
numerous  wild  doves  and  pigeons  known  to 
naturalists, 

8,  The  third  circumstance  to  which  I  would 
wish  to  direct  attention  is  atavism,  or  Hie 
well-known  tendency  of  all  varieties  to  throw 
back  to  the  grand-parents,  or  even  to  remo¬ 
ter  ancestors. 

4.  The  last  circumstance  is  the  different 
degrees  of  facility  with  which  colors  inter¬ 
change. 

The  most  ready  interchange  is  certainly 
that  of  black  into  white.  All  black  birds, 
even  in  a  state  of  nature,  are  apt  to  throw 
white  offspring  ;  and  even  when  the  plumage 
is  only  partially  black,  the  black  portions 
change  more  readily  than  those  tout  are  of 
other  colors ;  thus  the  black  bars  oil  our  blue 
pigeons  arc  often  changed  into  white  ones,  ns 
in  several  German  breeds.  The  white  bar  so 
often  aeon  in  the  tail  of  the  almond  tumbler 
is  a  relic  of  the  black  bar  of  the  bine  rock.  A 
pile  game  cock  is  a  common  black-red,  but 
with  all  his  black  feathers  changed  into 
White,  tlie  red  remaining  unchanged. 

In  breeding  the  different  varieties  of  pig¬ 
eons  it  is  found  that,  yellow  birds  produce 
red,  and  red  yellow  with  facility.  Duns  can 
be  matched  with  blacks  to  produce  both 
colors. 

Dims  matched  with  blues  often  produce 
silvers  aud  duns  in  the  same  nest ;  and  these 
Latter, matched  with  blacks,  sometimes  startle 
the  fancier,  who  does  not  trace  the  descent, 
by  producing  splendid  blues. 

1  now  come  to  the  practical  bearing  of 
these  rules.  The  cause  of  variation  of  color 
being  unknown,  the  fancier  who  wishes  to 
breed  birds  of  some  particular  color  has  to 
watch  for  its  appearance,  and,  having  secured 


a  specimen  of  the  desired  color,  ho  may  breed 
from  it.  But  he  should  not  despair  if  there 
is  not  one  of  its  young  like  it  in  color  ;  for  on 
breeding  from  these  the  desired  color  is 
almost  certain  to  appear  in  the  next  or  subse¬ 
quent  generations.  As  an  illustration  I  may 
mention  that  in  brooding  my  small  pouters  I 
took  a  small,  Clear-legged,  white  bird,  aud  to 
get  feathers  on  the  legs  crossed  it  with  a  yel¬ 
low  Isabel,  These  bred  me  many  birds  ;  but 
the  best-shaped  and  longest-leggerl  was  an 
ashy  red  cock  with  a  slaty  tail.  From  this 
bird  I  have  bred  my  best  whites,  the  form 
being  derived  from  tlie  cock,  the  color  from 
the  white. 

The  dread  of  crossiug  colors  which  many 
fanciers  have  appears  to  ine  to  be  very  ill- 
founded.  Almost  the  only  colors  that  fanci¬ 
ers  now  cross  freely  are  duns  and  blacks,  yel¬ 
lows  and  reds.  Now,  my  experience  is  that 
many  other  crosses  are  particularly  advanta¬ 
geous  ;  thus  bine  and  grizzle  dragons  will 
produce  first-rate  blues,  blue  and  silver  the 
best  silvers. 

Blue  itself  is  the  worst  color  to  throw  into 
blacks,  reds,  or  yellows,  as  it  produces 
chequers  with  blacks,  and  birds  with  slaty 
tails  with  the  reds  and  yellows.  Soft  duns 
may  be  crossed  with  almost  any  color;  aud 
‘mealy’  birds  will  also  breed  offspring  of 
every  variety  of  colors,  if  judiciously  mated. 

My  advice  to  young  fanciers,  if  lliey  wish 
to  establish  a  good  stock  at  a  moderate  cost, 
is  not  to  buy  good-colored  birds  of  a  second- 
class  strain  ;  but  if  they  cannot  afford  to 
commence  with  birds  perfect  alike  inform 
and  color,  to  endeavor  to  ■  *  I,  defective-color¬ 
ed  birds  from  a  good  strain,  and  breed  from 
them,  as  some  of  the  progeny  arc  certain  to 
I  brow  back  to  thu  ancestors,  To  my  mind 
there  is  much  greater  pleasure  in  such  a  pro¬ 
cess  than  in  buying  your  birds  ready  made. 

I  am  aware  that  the  facts  l  have  alluded 
to  arc  known  to  many  old  and  experienced 
fanciers  ;  but  I  mu  not  specially  addressing 
them.  Should  my  observations  be  of  any 
use  to  the  less  experienced,  I  shall  be  amply 
repaid. 

- - ■ 

FOULTRY  NOTES. 

Sicilian  Fowls. — W.  B.  F.  writes  : — “Can 
any  of  your  readers,  who  have  had  experi¬ 
ence  with  them,  tell  anything  about  these 
fowls  l  1  hear  they  are  highly  praised.  I 
want  an  honest  opinion,  bused  on  experience.” 
We  do  not  know  any  tiling  about  them,  but  a 
Massachusetts  breeder  has  recorded  the  fol¬ 
lowing  opinion: — “I  can  say  this  much  for 
the  Sicilians,  that,  of  all  fowls  f  have  kept, 
and  I  have  kept  quite  a  number  of  kinds, 
they  are  the  smartest,  liveliest,  toughest,  und 
best  layers  and  breeders.  They  lay  eggs 
that,  T  think  it  would  be  sale  to  say,  beat  the 
Brahmas  in  size,  and  arc  very  small  eaters, 
living  on  almost  nothing.” 

1  luck's  ihj/jH  Failing  to  Hatch.— A  corre¬ 
spondent  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  at 
Norwalk,  Conn.,  writes  The  difficulty  J. 
W.  L.  (see  page  38fl,  RUHal  Juno  7,)  labors 
under  with  his  ducks  is  perhaps  the  near  re¬ 
lation  they  bear  to  one  another,  i  had  the 
same,  last  year  ;  but  this  year  I  got  a  drake 
from  Mr.  Ci.ikt,  Mystic,  Conn.,  and  have  at 
present  forty  young  ducks  from  my  two 
ducks.  I  keep  the  clucks  in  an  inclosuro  un¬ 
til  eight  o’clock  in  the  morning,  and  then  let 
them  out.  If  J.  W.  L.  will  pursue  this  course 
he  Will  have  no  trouble  in  getting  their  eggs. 

Crippled  liens.  Can  you  or  some  of  your 
readers,  tell  me  what  ails  my  hens  ?  I  have 
two  that  when  they  try  to  walk,  cripple 
along  a  few  steps  and  then  drop  down  on 
their  knees;  they  (one  of  them  in  particular) 
have  largo  wart  scales  on  their  legs,  extend¬ 
ing  down  to  the  ends  of  the  toe*;  in  putting 
down  (.befool  the  tors  arc  generally  crumpled 
up.  They  are  perfectly  healthy  (or  appear  to 
be)  otherwise. 

Fowls  Dying.—  I  see  in  Rural  New-York¬ 
er,  Juno  7,  page  8(if>,  inquiries  concerning 
fowls  and  tlieir  ailments.  Let  your  corre¬ 
spondent  feed  bread  soaked  in  water  in 
which  a  few  drops  of  assaltetidu  have  been 
dropped.  Squeeze  tlie  broad  out  dry  with 
the  hand  and  feed  that  for  a  few  days  with¬ 
out  dry  feed.  A  difference  will  soon  bo  per¬ 
ceptible. — R.  R.  B.,  Norwalk ,  Conn. 

To  Prevent  liens  Eating  their  Eggs ,  it  is 
recommended  by  a  poulterer  to  let  some 
eggs,  equal  to  the  number  of  delinquents,  be 
heated  to  boiling  temperature  and  thrown  to 
the  fowls,  and  like  children  who  burn  them¬ 
selves,  they  will  f'o .  ever  uftor  dread  the  fire. 

“  Does  Meat  make  Fowls  Quarrelsome  t” 
— I  should  say  not.  I  keep  mine  at  a  slaugh¬ 
ter  house  and  they  eat  lots  of  raw  meat  ev¬ 
ery  day  ;  but  they  arc  just  as  social  as  other 
fowls.— ». 


MOORE'S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


and  both  sexes  incubate,  their  parental  care 
and  mutual  attachment  being  unsurpassed 
by  those  of  almost  any  other  bird.  Two 
nests  are  seldom  or  never  found  upon  the 
same  tree  ;  yet  they  build  in  neighborhoods, 
and  all  fly  out  to  protect  any  nest  which  hap¬ 
pens  to  be  disturbed.  They  become  gregari¬ 
ous  as  soon  as  the  breeding  season  is  over, 
forming  flocks  of  hundreds  and  even  thou¬ 
sands.  Towards  autumn  of  the  individuals 


and  honey,  &c.  There  has  always  been  a 
want  of  something  to  lessen  this  difficulty, 
and  that  something  is  supplied  in  the  form 
of  a  bee  trap,  which  has  been  invented  and 
made  by  a  man  named  Aston,  whose  traps 
bear  his  name.  They  are  made  to  allow  the 
bees  to  pass  out  from  the  super  without  the 
possibility  of  returning  to  rob  it.  The  accom¬ 
panying  i9  an  illustration  of  the  bee  trap. 

It  has  six  openings  to  let  the  bees  out ;  each 


COMMON  CROW 


THE  GOLDEN  CARP.  — (Cyprinus  auratus.) 


BY  ROBERT  KKNNICOTT 


This  beautiful  pet  of  the  glass  globe  and  of 
the  fountain,  belongs  to  the  carp  family,  and 
is  of  Chinese  origin.  It  is  said  to  have  been 
introduced  to  Europe  by  the  Portuguese,  and 
after  they  had  been  received  as  fashionable 
guests  in  the  ornamental  waters  at  Versailles, 
near  Paris,  about  1700.  they  spread  rapidly 
over  Europe.  Their  brilliant  scarlet  in  a 
crystal  vase  of  pure  water,  or  in  an  aquarium, 
makes  them  an  attractive  object  in  any  home 
of  taste.  In  China  the  wealthier  classes  keep 
gold  fish  as  a  matter  of  amusement.  They 
afford  great  delight  to  the  ladies,  who  tend 
and  cultivate  them  with  groat  care.  They 
keep  them  in  large  basins,  made  for  the  pur¬ 
pose,  with  a  smaller  basin  full  of  holes,  in¬ 
verted  upon  the  bottom  to  afford  shelter 
from  the  glaring  sun. 

The  fish  is  easily  transported,  and  came 
quite  early  to  this  country,  and  was  bred  in 
private  ponds  and  fountains  as  a  curiosity. 
It  is  thoroughly  acclimatized  and  is  as  easily 
cultivated  as  any  other  kind  of  fi.-h.  There 
is  much  less  difficulty  in  transporting  it  alive 
than  most  other  kinds  of  fish.  W if  h  frequent 
change  of  water  it  can  be  carried  all  over  the 
country,  and  it  could  be  sent  a  day’s  journey 
by  rail  without  any  attendant  in  comparative 
safety. 

They  are  most  frequently  seen  in  glass 
globes  or  vases  in  the  parlor  and  require  very 
little  attention  beyond  the  change  of  water 
every  morning.  They  will  live  a  long  time 
without  food  but  will  not  increase  in  size.  It 
is  better  to  feed  them  moderately,  as  they 
will  live  much  longer,  and  are  more  lively. 
They  will  not  breed  at  all  in  glass  vases.  They 
are  a  pond  fish  and  seem  to  thrive  best  in 
sluggish  and  rather  warm  water.  They  will 
breed  rapidly  in  any  pond  t  hat  does  not  diy 
up,  and  thus  mauy  small  ponds  may  be  util¬ 
ized  that  are  not  suitable  for  trout  or  black 
bass.  They  are  often  put  in  artificial  foun¬ 
tains  upon  the  lawn  or  in  ponds  planted  with 
water  lilies  and  other  water  plants  for  orna¬ 
ment. 

They  spawn  in  the  month  of  June  in  this 
As  the  spawning  time  approaches 


The  American  crow  is  generally  distrib¬ 
uted  from  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  to  the  Colum¬ 
bia  River,  throughout  the  interior,  and  along 
the  coast,  to  latitude  fifty-five  degrees,  and 
congregates  in  immense  numbers  in  the 
Southern  and  Western  States  during  winter. 
Wherever  they  are  found,  they  are  perse¬ 
cuted  and  destroyed  by  man,  with  guns 
and  poisons,  and  tins  regardless  of  the  vast 
benefits  they  confer  in  the  destruction  of 
myriads  of  grubs,  aud  innumerable  quadru¬ 
peds  inimical  to  poultry  flocks.  They  are 
consequently  fearful  of  man,  and  wonder¬ 
fully  adroit  in  evading  his  pursuit.  They 
evidently  know  Ins  weapons  of  destruction, 
and  hoe  from  him  the  more  prompt!}'  when 
these  are  exhibited.  A  sentinel  upon  the 
summit  of  a  lofty  tree,  who  has  been  ob¬ 
served  to  be  regularly  relieved,  is  faithful  to 
duty,  giving  timely  wannng  ol  the  approach 
of  dauger,  and  being  himself  the  last  to 
effect  a  retreat.  Perhaps  no  other  species  of 
the  feathered  tribe  has  so  taxed  the  ingenuity 
of  man  to  compass  its  destruction.  Its  dep¬ 
redations  upon  the  sprouting  corn,  in  spring, 
suggest  all  kinds  of  snares  and  t  raps,  and  of 
devices  to  frighten  it  from  the  fields.  As  it 
is  known  to  be  very  cautious  and  suspicious, 
every  manner  of  deception  is  used  to  take 
advantage  of  tins  trait  of  its  character,  and 
to  induce  it  to  think  i.hat  its  safety  depends 
upon  its  keeping  clear  of  the  specious  sham- 
traps  set  for  it.  Hence  corn-fields  are  strung 
round  with  twine  stretched  from  pole  to 
pole  beneath  effigies  of  men  and  boys  ;  min¬ 
iature  wind-mills  are  erected  on  poles,  or 
pieces  of  tin  or  glass  are  suspended  to  dangle 
in  various  partis  of  the  field.  But,  when  the 
crows  have  once  got  a  taste  of  the  corn,  they 
defy  all  these  appliances,  though  the  exhibi¬ 
tion  upon  a  pole  of  one  of  their  own  species 
slain,  is  not  without  effect  in  deterring  them 
from  depredations.  As  a  means  of  capturing 
individuals  for  this  purpose,  resort  is  some¬ 
times  successfully  had  to  the  use  of  corn, 
steeped  in  sweetened  whisky  or  rum,  which 
they  eat  freely,  and,  when  becoming  intox¬ 
icated,  they  fall  an  easy  prey  to  their  ene¬ 
mies. 

The  presence  of  this  bird,  however,  is  by 
many  regarded  as  a  proof  of  its  usefulness, 
aud  its  destruction  is  by  such  persons  deemed 
unwise,  the  service  it  l  enders  being  supposed 
to  be  far  greater  than  the  depredations  it 
commits  iu  gratifying  its  appetite  for  fruits, 
seeds,  and  vegetables  of  every' kind.  Snakes, 
frogs  and  lizards,  various  species  of  worms 
and  grubs,  insects,  aud  putrid  carrion  when 
pressed  with  hunger,  constitute  a  portion  of 
its  food.  It  is  also  fond  of  the  eggs  of  other 
birds,  and  in  unger  will  break  in  the  skull  of 
a  weak  or  wounded  bird,  and  delights  in 
annoying  its  twilight  enemies,  the  opossum, 
raccoon  and.  the  owl,  and  will  even  follow, 
by  day,  a  fox,  wolf,  panther,  or  any  other 
carnivorous  boost,  seemingly  to  share  the 
prey'  of  such  animal,  or  to  devour  it  when 
man  has  slain  it  ;  and  though  it  plunders 
the  fields  of  their  superabundance,  it  yet 
protects  the  poultry  of  the  fann-yrnrd  from 
the  depredations  of  the  thieving  hawk.  Af¬ 
ter  a  severe  winter,  however,  it  has  been 
known  to  pluck  out  the  eyes  and  destroy 
very  young  lambs  in  the  spring. 

The  breeding-place  of  the  American  crow, 
Mr.  Audubon  say's,  is  selected  with  great 
care,  in  the  interior  of  dismal  swamps,  or  on 
the  sides  of  elevated  and  precipitous  rocks, 
almost  alway's  admirably  concealed  from  the 
eye  of  man  ;  but  I  have  never  found  it  so 
very  cautious.  On  the  contrary,  in  the 
Northern  sections  of  the  Union,  they  gener-  , 
ally  build  their  nests  in  the  margin  of  the 
forest.  They  select  for  the  purpose  lofty 
trees,  from  which  they  can  see  a  great  dis¬ 
tance,  and  seemingly  watch  the  operations 
of  the  farmers  around  them.  Several 


latitude, 

they  change  their  listless  habit  of  floating 
near  the  surface  and  sink  in  deep  water. 
When  the  young  fish  buret  from  the  eggs 
they  are  black,  of  various  shades,  and  do  not 
gain  their  scarlet  hues  until  they  are  about  a 
year  old.  As  they  are  found  in  a  breeding 
pond  they  are  of  many  different  hues  and 
some  of  them  partly  colored  in  the  changing 
process.  Some  wonder  at  these  different 
hue3,  aud  think  they'  must  be  distinct  varie  - 
ties  of  carp.  They  are  not  altogether  a  car¬ 
nivorous  fish  and  do  not  take  the  hook 
readily. 

In  creeks  they'  are  best  taken  with  a  scoop- 
net  or  seine.  This  carp  is  of  chief  value  as  an 
ornamental  fish.  The  flesh  is  rather  soft  and 
not  of  high  flavor  but  is  frequently  eaten  iu 
the  absence  of  better  kinds  of  fish.  Their 
bright  colors  are  very  attractive  to  fish 
hawks,  and  this  enemy  will  need  to  be  guard¬ 
ed  against.  There  is  always  a  ready  market 
for  gold  fish  in  the  cities  ;  the  price  varying 
with  the  supply  and  demand.  The  demand 
generally  exceeds  the  supply.  To  city'  fam¬ 
ilies,  who  are  cut  off  from  trout  brooks  and 
fish  ponds,  they  are  exceedingly  attractive, 
especially  to  the  children.  The  gold  fisli  put 
into  the  fountains  in  the  capitol  grounds  at 
Washington  some  years  ago  found  their  way 
into  the  Potomac,  and  they  are  now  numer¬ 
ous  in  that  stream.  They  are  also  found  iu 
some  parts  of  the  Hudson,  having  escaped 
from  private  ponds  that  were  stocked  with 
them. — IE.  Clift,  in  Poultry  Bulletin. 


return.  It  is  much  ou  the  principle  of  those 
simple  contrivances  by  which  Pigeons  can 
enter  their  lofts  after  a  period  of  liberty,  but 
are  unable  to  lly  out  again.  We  shall  cer- 
tainly  make  use  of  it  ourselves  this  summer, 
and  report  our  success  in  due  time.” 


THE  INSTINCT  OF  SWARMING 


D.  L.  Auair 


say's  : — “Another  undesirable 
instinct  is  that  of  swarming.  In  a  state  of 
domestication  there  is  not  only  no  necessity 
for  it,  but  it  is  positively  injurious.  With 
proper  management  it  can  be  prevented,  and 
if  prevented  for  a  time,  longer  or  shorter, 
and  the  necessity  for  it  removed,  it  would 
disappear  as  other  wild  instincts  do,  under 
domestication.  Swarming  is  the  result  of 
abnormal  conditions,  aud  in  a  wild  state  is 
forced  upon  them  by  necessity,  and  in  pursu¬ 
ance  of  the  law  of  adaptation,  by'  which  in¬ 
stincts  are  developed  or  repressed  so  as  to 
accord  with  surrounding  conditions.  The 
ey'es  of  fishes  iu  eaves  are  never  used,  because 
the  conditions  will  not  permit,  and  conse¬ 
quently  they'  dry  up,  and  the  skull  openings 
are  closed.  Instincts  are  governed  by  the 
same  laws,  and  are  repressed  by  non-use.” 


BEE  TRAP 


How  shall  I  get  the  bees  out  of  my  super  ? 
This  is  a  question  that  crosses  tne  mind  of 
most  bee  keepers  when  their  supers  are  ready 


SHAD-FISHING  WITH  HOOK  AND  LINE 


Until  very  recently  it  has  been  the  cur¬ 
rently-received  belief  that  shad  could  not  be 
caught  with  a  hook  and  line,  and  their  appli¬ 
cation  to  shad-fishing  was  looked  upon  as  im¬ 
possible.  It  has  been  proved,  however,  that 
they  can  be  taken  with  hook  and  line  if  the 
right  bait  is  used,  and  hundreds  have  so  been 
taken  at  Holyoke.  Concerning  the  discover¬ 
er  of  the  practicability  of  catching  shad  with 
hook  and  hue,  there  is  no  doubt,  but  the 
Springfield  (Mass.)  Union  is  inclined  to  award 
the  discovery  to  Thomas  Chalmers,  a  Scotch¬ 
man.  Discovering  that  shad  taken  contained 
in  their  maws  large  numbers  of  a  peculiar 
kind  of  miller,  he  made  a  “fly”  closely  re¬ 
sembling  it,  and  after  repeated  experiments 
succeeded.  Keeping  his  secret,  he  took  more 
than  1,100  shad  during  1S71.  The  secret  final¬ 
ly  leaking  out,  the  Holyoke  people  fished  ex¬ 
tensively  last  year,  and  were  remarkably 
successful,  and  anticipate  fine  sport  this  year. 


pairs 

build  iu  the  neighborhood,  and  when  any' 
domicil  is  molested,  they  make  a  common 
cause  of  it.  aud  manifest  then’  sympathy'  by 
a  union  of  voices  aud  forces.  They  breed  in 
almost  every  portion  of  the  Union,  and  prob¬ 
ably  westward  to  the  Pacific.  The  period  of 
nestling  varies  from  February  to  the  begin¬ 
ning  of  June,  according  to  the  locality. 
Their  scarcity  on  the  coast  of  Labrador  sug¬ 
gests  a  doubt  to  Mr.  Audubon  of  then*  iden¬ 
tity  with  the  carrion-crow  of  Europe.  The 
nest,  however,  resembles  that  of  the  Euro¬ 
pean  crow,  being  formed  externally  of  dry 
sticks,  interwoven  with  grasses,  and  thickly 
plastered  with  mud  or  clay  within,  and  lined 
with  fibrous  roots  and  feathers.  Three  eggs, 
or  sometimes  four,  are  laid  by  the  female, 


SPRING  TREATMENT  OF  BEES. 


Mrs.  Tcpper  says  that  in  the  spring  she 
increases  her  bees  as  fast  as  possible  by' 
feeding.  Early  bees  make  all  the  honey. 
By  the  last  of  May  she  divides  every  hive, 
by  taking  out  a  strong  colony.  Gives  each  a 
queen,  af terwards  prevents  s  warming.  Gives 
the  queen  as  much  empty'  comb  as  she  will 
fill  with  eggs.  The  queen  lays  hi  the  spring 
in  proportion  to  the  room  she  has  and  the 
amount  of  food  and  temperature.  Makes  the 
hives  as  close  as  possible  in  spring  to  retain 
heat. 


to  be  taken  off.  There  are  several  plans  rec¬ 
ommended  and  tried,  but  each  is  attended 
with  a  great  deal  of  trouble,  and  loss  of  time 


it  presents  little  interest  to  the  connoisseur 
who  seeks  for  rarities.  There  are  many 
beautiful  specimens,  however,  of  well-known 
conservatory  plants.  The  azalias  are  partic¬ 
ularly  fine,  and  they  a.re  grouped  so  as  to 
make  the  most  brilliant  effects  of  color,  I 
never  saw  such  large  flowers,  such  dense 
masses  of  bloom,  or  such  a.  great  variety  of 
beautiful  tints.  The  roses  are  noteworthy  for 
their  size  rather  than  for  their  beauty.  The 
aim  of  the  Vienna  gardeners  appears  to  be 


Mademoiselle  Jeanne  Mam-sell  .Tanc  Marrlx. 
Marix, 

Mademoiselle  Marie  ile  Mam-sell  Mar-roe  der 
Villobolsnet,  Veol-bpaw-ntvy. 

Mademoiselle  Thereto  Mum-sell Tarase  Coumaro 
Conmar, 

Monsieur  PlnLnncon,  Mos-soo  Play-sahnR-snnK. 

Monsieur  Thiers,  Mos-soo  Tear. 

Madame  Cliirrard,  Muh-dulim  Sliay-rar. 

Madame  Louise  Seydcnix,  Hiih-dalun  Gono. 

Madame  Gonod,  Mah-dnhm  Gronc-dc-n. 

Madame  Grondler,  Mah-dalim  Looeez  Saydoo 

Madame  Marie  Clrodde,  Mah-dabra  Mar-roe  Co-rod 

Morveille  d’Aujou,  Maro-vny-ya  Dang-Joo. 

Meyerbeer,  May-yaro-boer. 

Olivier  Pellinmmc,  Olive-ay  neibom. 

Paul  de  la  Motile  ray,  Pole  deli  lah  May-yer-ray. 


PRONUNCIATION  OF  THE  NAMES  OF 
FRENCH  ROSES. 


Pauline  Lansczeaur,  Pauleon  Lahnjr-say-zoor. 

Pavilion  de  Pregny,  Pah-vne-yong  deb  Prny- 

noo-n. 

President  Mars,  Pray-see-dona  Mar. 

Prineo  Camille  de  Rohan,  Prongeo  Cuh-meeya  do 

Ito-hong. 

Prinee  do  Porola,  Prnngco  deli  Porehnv. 

Prlncesse  Clothllde,  Pronu-cess  Clotilde. ' 

Paul  Verdler.  Pole  Vare-dee-a. 

Madame  Paulino  Villot,  Mah-dalim  I'auleen  Veel- 

lo. 

Maroohnl  Snuchet,  Mar-nl-shal  Hooehnv. 

Madame  la  Comtesse  do  Mah-dalim  lab  Contes* 
Pallkao,  iii  I.  i  b-lee-kft-o. 

Madame  Bertha  I.eveque,  Mah-dahm  Hare-tali  La¬ 
va  ke. 

President  Willormoz,  Prny-soo-dong  Veelare- 

inoz. 

Prince  Humbert.  Hrongee  Iloom-bure. 

Sreur  dos  Angus,  Huurdase  Ange. 

Souvenir  do  Or.  Jnmln, '  Souv-neer  deh  l)r.  Jnh- 

rnang. 

Souvenir  de  Bornardln  St.  Poov-neor  dob  Baro-nuh- 
Plerre.  dang  Hang  Peer. 

Souvenir  de  Charles  Mon-  Sonv-nOer  doll  Charlo 
tault,  Mung-to. 

Senatenr  Uevell,  Senaht-oor  Knvayee. 

Senateur  Vnlsse,  Honiihtoor  Vn  vss. 

Souvenir  du  Comte  Ca-  Soov-noor  doo  Conte  Cah- 
vour.  voor. 

Sophie  dc  la  Villobolsnet,  So-fundch  lah  Veol-boaw. 

nuy. 

Souvenir  de  Caillat,  Soov-noer  doh  Cav-yar. 

Sauvenir  d’Adrlen  Bahl-  Soov-neer  Dahdreeong 
vet,  Bar-Uee-vav. 

Souvenir  do  Champ  de  Souv-neer  ri oh  shong  deh 
Mn-r9,  Mar. 

Souvenir  de  Francois  Pon-  Soov-noor  deh  Frong- 
sard,  soaw  Pongsar. 

Souvenir  dc  Pierre  Vlbert,  Soov-neer  deli  Peere  Vcc- 

bnre. 

Sorubrteul,  Sombreool, 

Triomplie  d’Aneers.  ’Preeomre  Dong-garo. 
Triomphede  VUlecresne*,  Trooomph  dell  Veel-crano 
Trlomphe  de  Rennes,  Treeonjfo  deh  Bonn. 

Vleomto  Vlgior,  Vee-eont  Vce-gee-a. 

Victor  Troulllord,  Veeet.or  Troo-yar. 

Victor  Verdier,  Vooetor  Vare-dee-a. 

Vitinqueur  de  Goliath,  Viing-keeordeh  Go-loo-nh 
Veloura  P.mrpre,  Vay-leor  Ptiorpre. 

Xavier  Olibo,  Zarveeu  Oleebo. 


ARBORICULTURAL  ITEMS 


to  produce  as  big  a  rose  as  possible,  and  to 
do  this  all  comeliness  of  shape  in  the  bush  is 
sacrificed.  It  is  trained  to  grow  like  a  straight 
stick,  and  only  a  small  bunch  of  leaves  is 
allowed  at  the  top.  These  rose  trees,  as  they 
should  be  called,  rather  than  bushes,  are 
often  ten  feet,  high,  and  they  bear  but  three 
or  four  flowers  each.  Standing  alone  there 
is  little  beauty  in  them,  but  massed  in  dense 
hedges  so  that  only  the  leafy  top  and  the 
great  roses  are  seen,  the  effect  is  striking, 
la  the  tent  they  are  a  rranged  along  the  walls, 
the  shortest  in  front,  and  the  taller  rows 
behind,  graduated  so  as  to  make  an  equal 
slope  along  their  tops  Nowhere  is  a  natural 
shaped  bush  to  be  seen,  and  while  the  great 
size  and  tine  color  of  the  flowei’s  excite  ad¬ 
miration,  one  soon  tires  of  them  and  wonders 
at  the  false,  taste  that  insists  upon  so  deform¬ 
ing  the  bushes  for  the  sake  of  getting  roses  of 
unusual  magnitude.  Next  to  the  azalias  and 
the  rose-,  the  rhododendrons  take  up  the 
most  room  and  make  the  most  brilliant  show. 
There  are  pansies,  of  course,  in  countless 
variety,  and  Cinerarias,  Hydrangeas^  Finks, 
Primroses,  &e.,  of  which  nothing  can  be  said 
except  that  they  are  all  perfect  in  kind. 
Among  rarer  flowers  there  are  a  few  orchids, 
a  Nidularium  splende us,  with  brown  flow¬ 
ers,  a  Franc.t9c.ia,  from  Brazil,  a  group  of  the 
Aralia  sieboldl,  and  a  few  others  whose 
long  botanical  name  I  have  forgotten. 


The  Wild  Cher  ry  is  considered  by  the 
Viennese  the  best  wood  for  pipes,  and  a  let¬ 
ter  states  that  this  tree  is  cultivated  in 
orchards  near  Vienna  and  tlmt  the  product 
of  these  orchards  amount  to  *250,000  annu¬ 
ally,  and  that  $500,000  worth  of  the  pipes  are 
exported  every  year  to  America,  France, 
England,  and  other  countries. 


THE  BEATRICE  PEACH 


United  States  are  particularly  iudebted  to 
Thomas  Fivers,  for  his  success  iu  producing 
an  early  variety  that  is  intrinsically  good. 
In  the  Beatrice  we  have  the  result  of  his 
hybridizing  his  very  superior  Early  Silver 
Peach,  with  the  new  White  Nectarine,  and 
it.  is  all  that  the  grower  can  desire  in  an 
early  Peach,  being,  though  rather  small,  of 
beautiful  color,  agreeable  flavor,  and  a  sound, 
healthy  bearer,  and  possesses  remarkable 
keeping  qualities,  ripening,  whether  with  Mr. 


DWARF  PITCHER -PLANT  OF  NEW 
HOLLAND. 

( Cephalotus  follic ulo/ris. ) 


This  forms  a  neat,  dwarf  greenhouse  plant, 
which  grows  from  two  to  three  inches  in 
bight,  and  has  short  spathulate  leaves  rising 
from  the  center,  and  comparatively  large 
oblong  pitcher-shaped  organs,  lying  on  the 
soil  in  a  somewhat  circular  outline  around 
the  leaves.  The  pitchers  are  green,  tinged 
with  purple  or  brown,  with  several  fringed 
linear  plates,  extending  lengthways  on  the 
outward  surface  of  each,  whilst  the  lower  lip 
or  mouth  is  formed  with  a  regularly  corru¬ 
gated  or  ridged  margin.  In  some  varieties, 
the  lid,  projecting  from  the  upper  or  back 
part,  is  prettily  marked  with  reddish-crimson 
bars.  It  forms  one  of  the  most  wonderful 
illustrations  of  singular  vegetable  structure 
and  economy.  It  thrives  well  in  a  warm 
greenhouse  temperature,  planted  in  a  mix¬ 
ture  of  chopped  sphagnum  and  rough  sandy 
peat,  well  drained  ;  the  principal  precau¬ 
tions  are  to  maintain  a  porous  texture  in  the 
material  in  which  it  grows,  admitting  a  free 
circulation  of  water,  with  a  partially  humid 
atmosphere  in  summer,  but  which  should  be 
gradually  lessened  in  winter.  A  partially 
elevated  bell-glass  over  the  plant  is  often 
found  conducive  to  its  vigor,  on  account  of 
its  maintaining  a  more  uniform  temperature 
around  it,  and  of  its  serving  as  a  screen  from 
the  chilling  effects  of  cold  air  or  water  upon 
the  leafy  appendages. 


APPLE  TREES  INJURED  IN  WINTER 


I  have  read  your  comment  upon  my  article 
in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  May  31,  and 
if  you  are  wrong  in  coming  to  the  conclusion 
that  it  was  the  cold  winter  that  injured  my 
trees,  I  shall  lay  the  blame  upon  myself  for 
not  giving  a  better  and  more  accurate  de¬ 
scription.  I  stated  in  that  description  that 
the  upper  purls  of  the  branches  were  affect¬ 
ed  the  worst.  By  the  “upper  parts, M  I  did 
not  mean  the  tips  or  extremities  of  the 
branches,  which  of  course  would  be  the  first 


POMOLOGICAL  GOSSIP 


Fruit  Shows  at  the  Meetings  of  the  Ameri¬ 
can  Potnologicul  Society.—  The  Western  Far¬ 
mer  of  May  31,  alluding  to  the  coming  meet¬ 
ing  of  this  Society  says  “  It  is  hoped  that 
the  Horticulture  of  Wisconsin  will  be  well 
represented  by  exhibitions  of  horticultural 
products  and  horticultural  men.  We  may 
express  our  personal  opinion  that  too  much 
importance  has  been  given  to  State  exhibi¬ 
tions  of  fruit  at  these  meetings,  and  that 
Kansas  and  Nebraska  have,  by  them,  ob¬ 
tained  reputations  which  we  have  no  wish  to 
say  they  do  not  deserve,  hut  which  the  exhi¬ 
bitions  made  did  not  prove  them  entitled  to. 
But  while  this  feeling  exists,  it  is  doing 
injustice  to  the  fruit  growing  capabilities  of 
Wisconsin  and  Minnesota  to  allow  these 
States  to  be  unrepresented,  and  so  we  hope 
the  Northwest  will  do  itself  full  credit  at 
Boston,” 

Fears  for  Southern  and  Central  Illinois. 
— W.  C.  Flagg,  in  Prairie  Farmer,  gives  the 
following  list  of  summer  and  autumn  pears 
for  Central  and  Southern  Illinois  : — Summer 
— Bartlett,  Seckel,  Autumn,  Duchess©  d’  An- 
gouleme,  Beurre  d’ Anjou, 


FLOWERS  AT  THE  VIENNA  EXPOSITION 


The  Tribune  correspondent  says  : — The 
flowers  are  nearly  all  of  hot-house  growth, 
and  come  from  the  establishments  of  the 
Vienna  florists,  with  the  exception  of  a  con¬ 
tribution  from  Munich  and  another  from 
Dresden.  The  exhibition  ha3  therefore  al¬ 
most  no  international  character,  and  besides, 


to  feel  the  effects  of  extreme  cold,  being  the 
most  tender  part  of  the  tree.  But  in  my 
trees  these  extremities  are  the  last  to  be 
affected.  The  “  blight,”  as  1  call  it,  makes 
its  appearance,  as  shown  in  the  annexed 
figure — turning  black  between  the  lines  a,  «. 
The  under  side,  b,  is  the  last  uffected,  and 


here.  This  exemption  our  friend  attributes 
to  his  exposure  to  the  river  which  Is  here 
about  three  miles  wide  and  runs  nearly 
northwest,  from  whence  come  their  coldest 
winds.  The  little  we  saw  of  Mandarin 
pleased  us  much.  Jt.  is  located  on  a  bluff 
about  fifteen  feet  above  the  river  and  the 
residents  arc  chiefly  people  of  culture  and 
refinement.  It  is  a  charming  place  tn  while 
away  the  winter  mouths  in  a  quiet  way. 

Our  three  hours  passed  rapidly  and  the 
steamer  coming  up  and  calling  for  us,  we 
were  again  soon  steaming  up  the  St.  Johns 
River.  Several  settlements  and  orange 
groves  along  the  river  offer  attractions  to 
visitors,  but  they  are  not  in  our  present  pro¬ 
gramme.  Pilatka.  on  the  west  bank  of  the! 
river,  75  miles  from  Jacksonville,  is  quite  a 
town,  pleasantly  located,  and  is  the  terminus 
of  the  Savannah  line  of  steamers.  From 
thence  up,  the  steamers  arc  of  light  draft. 
Hart’s  famous  orange  grove,  probably  the 
best  paying  grove  in  the  State,  is  directly 
across  the  river.  The  trees  are  about  fifteen 
feet  high  and  so  close  the  tops  touch  each 
other,  completely  shadowing  the  ground, 
which  is  kept  perfectly  clean  by  thorough 
cultivation. 

March  03.— Soon  after  leaving  Pilot  ka  W0 
encountered  a  dense  fog  and  had  to  cast 
anchor.  Towards  noon  the  sun  began  to 
penetrate  and  dispel  it  so  we  could  proceed. 
1\V  occasionally  passed  a  high  bluff  of  ;i[H 
porently  desirable  land  ;  but  large  quantities 
on  either  are  low  mid  undesirable.  These 
low  lands  are  very  rich  and  generally  covered 
with  a.  heavy  growth  of  hickory,  live  oak, 
cypress,  palmetto,  &c,  Mdonville  and  En¬ 
terprise,  *at  either  end  of  Lake  Mansoe,  are 
the  next  settlements  of  importance.  They  ate 
located  on  high,  sandjg  pine  land.  .M  the 
latter  is  one  of  the  largest,  and  best  hotels 
above  Jacksonville,  In  the  vicinity  of  Mel- 
onville.  orange  planting  is  being  extensively 
prosecuted.  Lands  at  these  points  are  held 
at  fancy  prices.  Both  below  and  above 
these  points  the  river  is  bordered  with  large 
quantities  of  low,  level  prairie,  similar  ha 
the  Jersey  salt  meadows,  over  which  roam 
at  will  herds  Of  cattle  and  swine;  and  th<>u- 
Fcnds  of  duck  inhabit  the  ponds  and  doughs, 
Fish  arc  constantly  jumping  out  of  t  he  water 
all  around  us,  and  alligators  furnish  us  abund¬ 
ant  opportunity  to  test  our  rifles  off-hand,  at 
long  or  short  range.  At  Cook's  Perry  wo 
went  ashore  to  see  an  orange  grove,  and  got 
our  first  installment  of  Florida  insects,  in  the 
shape  of  fleas,  which  gave  us  some  scratching 
to  do.  Two  miles  above  LuLe  Harney,  and 
450  above  Jacksonville,  we  made  our  lauding 
at  the  river  bank,  the  low  stage  of  water  not 
allowing  our  craft  to  go  further.  Soon  after 
landing,  a  gentleman  and  lady  from  Boston, 
Mass.,  and  four  gentlemen  from  Rochester, 
N.  Y.,  came  on  board  ou  their  robing  trip. 
They  had  made  the  journey  from  Sand  Point 
ill  an  open  wagon  ;  time,  9  hours  ;  distance, 
20  miles. 


grarjT  of  <t  llurafet 


RANDOM  LEAVES  T  .OH  MY  NOTE  ECOK, 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE, 


.TKkSEYMAX 


B7  THE  WAX: 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


CALLED  All  010  FOGY. 

June.  2.- — I  Am  in  receipt  of  the  following 
letter,  which  is  too  good  a  thing  for  me  to 
keep  all  to  myself,  therefore,  I  let  my  friends 
in  for  a  share  : 

Daily  Rural  Like—  Honored  .Sir;— Last 
season  one  of  the  members  of  our  family, 
while  looking  over  his  young  orchard,  found 
a  huge  worm  of  a  light,  bright,  green  color. 
It  was  about  four  inches  long  and  as  thick  as 
a  man's  finger,  and  had  stripped  nearly  every 
leaf  from  the  tree,  it  occupied.  Our  neigh¬ 
bors  declared  that  this  worm  was  a  stranger 
to  them.  One  lady,  however,  asserted  she 
had  seen  one  before  oh  a  hop  vine.  M.  (the 
finder)  presented  it  to  Miss  F.,  whose  house 
i*  the  receptacle  of  every  curious  worm  found 
by  roan  ,  woman  or  child  in  this  vicinity.  Hhe 
placed  it  in  a  small,  unoccupied  room,  till  she 
could  obtain  a  glass  case  of  the  right  ri.re  for 
it.  The  worm  seemed  to  know  the  door  as 
well  as  any  one,  and  made  amusing  efforts  t  o 
escape  whenever  it  was  opened.  This  spring 
a  very  large  and  beautiful  butterfly  issued 
from  the  cocoon  spun  by  the  worm  last  fall. 
No  one  here  has  ever  seen  one  like  it  before. 
I  told  Miss  F,  that  if  she  would  give  me  the 
insect  I  would  spud  it  to  “Daily  Rural  Life,’' 
and  lot  would  probably  name  it  for  her.  She 
was  pleased  with  the  idea,  saying  that  she 
“Often  obtained  specimens,  the  names  of 
which  she  would  like  to  know,  but  would 
keep  this  one  a  few  days  longer,  rill  other 
friends  had  seen  it.”  Yesterday  1  called  on 
her  to  procure  the  butterfly,  but.  she  said, 
“  You  could  have  none  of  Jier  worms  or  but¬ 
terflies  ;  for  she  had  seen  a  little  hint  from 
you  in  one  of  the  old  Hukals  that  she 
thought  showed  you  to  be  against  ‘Woman’s 
Rights,’  ”  and  l  hat,  in  her  eyes,  is  the  unpar¬ 
donable  siQ.  s  >  1  turned  away  in  disappoint¬ 
ment  with  the  words,  “  He  is  on  old  fogy,” 
ringing  in  my  ears.  1  believe  in  woman’s 
rights  (and  I  trust  in  all  other  rights)  myself  ; 
but  I  do  think  Miss  F,  is  rather  hard  on  you 
in  this  instance.— Julia  R.  B.,  Shermm . 
Wayne  Co..  Pa, 

To  be  called  an  “old  fogy”  is  almost  as  bad 
as  being  dubbed  a  “  Professor  in  fact,  the 


which  they  honestly  owe  me,  I  might  feel 
more  like  listening  to  the  arguments  offered 
in  favor  of  giving  the  opposite  sex  greater 
privileges  ;  but  equal  riqh In  is  the  platform 
upon  which  I  stand,  Pot  woman’s  rights  or 
men’s  rights. 

PFB81ES  AND  FOSSILS  FROM  WISCONSIN. 

June  4. — Mrs.  L.  13.  Kenosha,  WTs.,  lifts 
kindly  sont  me  a  box  >  f  fossils,  pebbles  and 
shells  gathered  in  part  on  the  west  shore  of 
Lake  Michigan.  Among  them  I  recognize 
many  an  old  acquaintance,  and  especially 
the  Lily  Eucrinite,  a  fossil  belonging  to  the 
star-fish  family,  but  differing  from  any  spe¬ 
cies  flow  living.  There  are  also  among  the 
fossil  shells  two  of  a  triangular  shape,  re¬ 
sembling  in  form  the  Greek  letter  D  ;  hence 
their  name,  Delta.  The  fossil  enrols,  which 
are  worn  almost  as  smooth  and  round  as  the 
lit  1  le  quartz  pebbles  which  aeeotnpa  fly  them, 
show  ns  that,  the  low  order  of  animals  now 
building  up  huge  reefs  and  islands  in  tropical 
climates  had  their  representatives  on  this 
earth  away  back  millions  of  years  before  our 
history  began.  The  limestone  ledges  all  over 
the  country  still  retain  the  unmistakable 
relics  of  bygone  races  of  animals.  It  is  true 
that  few  persons  who  saunter  along  the 
shores  of  our  lakes  are  able,  or  even  o are,  to 
read  t  he  great  book  of  t  he  past  spread  out 
before  them.  The  shining  quartz  pebble, 
worn  smooth  through  attrition  with  its  fel¬ 
lows,  reflects  no  view  of  the  past  to  the  ordi¬ 
nary  observer;  for  it  is  to  him  a  pebble  and 
nothing  more.  These  little  fossils  —  shells, 
corals,  encrinites.  as  well  «s  the  pebbles  of 
quartz,  feldspar,  agate,  and  hundreds  of  sim¬ 
ilar  materials —  are  but  the  types  employed 
by  the  naturalist  in  making  up  the  pages  of 
his  books  in  which  ho  gives  an  account,  of  the 
pre-histone  races  of  plants  and  animals. 

“DOBSON  TOR  FISH  BAIT.'' 

June  5,— If  S.  H.,  who  asks  for  informa¬ 
tion  about  a  certain  kind  of  fish  bait,  known 
by  the  name  of  “Dobson,”  in  his  neighbor¬ 
hood,  will  send  me  a  specimen  in  its  perfect 
state,  1  will  try  to  give  the  desired  informa¬ 
tion.  Common  names  of  plants  or  insects  are 
of  little  value  to  those  who  may  desire  tn 
I  earn  anything  further  about  them,  because 
they  are  of  local  application.  An  insect, 
known  as  the  “Dobson”  in  one  neighbor¬ 
hood  may  be  known  as  a  Crow  in  another. 
Send  rue  a  specimen  of  the  “Dobson.”  for  1 
confess  not  to  know  of  any  such  creature,  at 
least  not  by  that  name. 

ALTOGETHER  TOO  PERSONAL. 

In  my  Rural  jugt  received,  I  find  the  edi¬ 
tor  or  editors  have  again  been  referring  to 
my  age.  Now,  this  may  be  all  very  well  for 
that  “  Shukspeareaii  ”  Managing  Editor, 
whose  hair  is  not  tinged  with  gray,  but  it  is 
t  aking  all  the  poetry  out.  of  my  correspond¬ 
ence  with  the  ladies.  Suppose  I  am  old  and 
my  hair  grizzled  by  the  frost  of  many  win¬ 
ters,  it  is  not,  necessary  that  all  my  lady  cor¬ 
respondents  should  know  it.  Neither  Mrs, 
Ruralis,  Clarissama  or  myself  like  it;  and 
if  you  don’t  stop  giving  sucli  notices,  I’ll  get, 
the  handsomest  young  man  in  Nc-w  York  to 
sit  for  his  picture  and  then  send  copies  of  the 
same  to  all  my  correspondents,  with  a  certi¬ 
ficate  from  our  parson  that  they  are  tine 
likenesses  of  “Daily  Rural  Life.” 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NOTES 


AKum'.'itic  (Bijanamji, 


MOTHS  IN  FURNITURE. 

There  aro  two  species  of  moths  which 
infest  furniture.  One  is  «  1«  rge  My,  of  Silvery 
white  color  ;  the  worm  of  the  same  Is  shaped 
like  a  chestnut  worm,  ami  is  familiarly 
known.  It  rarely  infests  furniture.  The 
oilier  is  a  small  fly,  of  a  dark  drab  color ;  the 
worm  is  about  one-fourth  of  an  inch  long, 
and  tapering  from  the  head  to  the  tail.  It 
was  first  observed  by  upholsterers  about 
thirteen  years  ago.  This  lly  penetrates  a 
sofa  or  chair,  generally  between  the  back 
sofas,  or  under  the  seats,  where  the  vacancy 
among  the  springs  affords  a  safe  retreat.  It 
may  make  a  lodgment  in  one  week  after  the 
furniture  is  placed  in  a  house.  If  such  should 
be  the  ease,  in  two  months  the  worm  will 
appear  ;  and  the  continual  process  of  pro¬ 
creation  in  a.  few  months  increases  the  num¬ 
ber  to  thousands. 

This  moth  lias  no  season.  It  destroys  in 
winter  and  summer  alike,  as  it  is  kept  in 
active  life  by  the  constant  heat  of  the  house. 
We  find  at  the  Same  time  in  the  same,  piece 
of  furniture,  the  My,  the  worm,  and  the 
eggs — thus  showing  that  they  are  breeding 
and  destroying  all  the  time.  It  does  not  eat 
good  pure,  curled  hair,  but  fastens  its  cocoon 
to  it,  the  elasticity  of  which  prevents  its 
being  disturbed.  The  inside  of  furniture  is 
used  by  it  only  for  purposes  of  propagation. 

The  worm  when  ready  for  food,  crawls  out 
and  dest  roys  the  covering,  if  of  woolen  or 
plush  material,  and  falling  to  the  carpet 
destroys  it.  They  rarely  cut  through  plush 
from  the  inside,  as  it  is  of ’cotton  hack,  but 
there  arc  instances  where  they  have  cub  up 
muslin  on  the  outside  backs  of  sofas.  There 
is  no  protection  against  it  but  continual  care. 

Now  furniture  should  lie  removed  i  romthe 
walls  at  least  twice  a  week  at  this  season  of 
the  year,  and  should  be  well  whisked  all 
round,  and  particularly  under  the  seats,  to 
prevent  the  lly  from  lodging.  This  is  an 
effectual  preventive,  and  the  only  one  known, 
Cayenne  pepper,  Scotch  snulf,  turpentine, 
and  all  other  remedies  for  protection  from 
the  large  moth  are  of  little  or  no  avail  against 
the  furniture  moth.  Saturation  with  alcohol 
will  not  destroy  them  when  in  a  piece  of 
furniture, 

if  the  furniture  is  infested,  they  may  be 
removed  by  taking  off  the  muslin  from 
under  the  seats,  and  off  the  outside  ends  and 
backs,  where  they  congregate  most,  and 
exposing  it  to  the  air  as  much  as  possible. 
Heat  well  with  a  whisk  or  the.  open  hand, 
and  kill  all  the  flies  and  worms  which  show 
themselves.  This  done  often  will  disturb 
them,  and  may  make  them  leave  the  furni¬ 
ture,  as  its  desire  is  to  lie  left  quiet.  When 
the  furniture  is  flee  from  moths,  and  is  to  be 
left  during  the  summer  mouths  without 
attention,  it  may  be  protected  by  camphor 
in  small  bags,  or  highly  concentrated  pa¬ 
tchouly.  The  safest  way  is  to  have  the 
furniture,  well  whisked  twice  a  week. 

If  the  moth  attacks  the  carpet,  which  they 
will  first  do  under  the  sofas  and  chairs,  spread 
a  wet  sheet  on  the  carpet  and  pass  a  hot  flat- 
iron  over  it  quickly — the  steam  will  effect¬ 
ually  destroy  both  worm  and  egg.  If  furni¬ 
ture  is  delivered  in  a  dwelling  free  from 
moths,  the  upholsterer’s  responsibibitv  ends 
there,  and  all  rests  with  the  housekeeper,  as 
no  tradesman  can  tell  whether  the  moth  will 
attack  it  or  not.  There  are  cases  where  the 
furniture  has  been  in  use  t  in  or  twelve  years 
before  being  attacked.  It  would  be  as  fair 
to  hold  the  tailor  responsible  for  the  safety 
of  clothing  ns  to  hold  the  upholsterer  re¬ 
sponsible  for  the  safety  of  furniture. — Cabi¬ 
net  Maker. 

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COLORING  DRESSES. 


The  Scientific  American  says  it  is  not  often 
that  we  find  scientific  items  of  any  especial 
degree  of  interest  to  the  members  of  the  fair 
sex  who  may,  perchance,  glance  over  our 
pages  ;  hut  now  we  believe  we  have  got  one 
which  is  simply  absorbing.  Probably,  mad- 
arae  or  miss,  you  are  the  possessor  of  a  sum¬ 
mer  dress,  made  from  some  white  diaphan¬ 
ous-material  ;  and  it  may  be  also  imagined 
that  during  your  shopping  you  havo  inspected 
•goods  of  similar  nature,  only  of  varying 
colors,  from,  which  you  have  purchased  suffi¬ 
cient  material  to  constmet  a  number  of 
those  bewildering  garments  in  comparison 
with  the  intricacies  of  which  the  most  elabo¬ 
rate  work  of  modern  engineering  furnish  no 
parellel. 

Now,  a  learned  German  professor  has  in¬ 
vented  a  plan  whereby  your  single  white 
dress  may  be  changed  as  often  as  you  desire 
to  any  color  you  may  fancy,  and  this  in  your 


MOORE'S  BUBAL  MEW-YORtCER. 


own  laundry,  so  that  hereafter  the  money 
which  you  would  devote  to  several  robes  of 
varying  hues  may  be  entirely  saved,  while 
you  may  appear  daily,  if  you  choose,  in 
toilets  of  totally  different  complexion.  The 
process  is  very  simple,  and  consists  in  merely 
coloring  the  starch  used  in  “doing  up.” 

Suppose  a  white  dress  is  to  be  tinted  a 
beautiful  crimson  : — Three  parts  of  fuchsia, 
an  an  aline  color,  which  any  chemist  can 
readily  procure  for  you,  aro  dissolved  in 
twenty  parts  of  glycerine,  and  mixed  in  a 
mortar  with  a  little  water.  Then  ordinary 
starch,  finely  pulverized,  is  st  irred  in,  and  the 
thick  mass  obtained  is  poured  out  and  dried 
on  blotting  paper.  The  powder  t  hus  Obtained 
is  used  just  the.  same  us  common  starch,  and 
so  applied  to  the  fabric.  When  the  latter  is 
dry  it  is  -lightly  sprinkled  and  pressed  with 
u  moderately  warm  iron.  By  means  of  other 
coloring  materials,  mixed  as  above  described, 
any  desired  tint  may  be  obtained. 

We  should  counsel,  however,  an  avoidance 
of  damp  localit  ies,  and  strongly  deprecate 
going  out  in  the  rain,  as  we.  rloubt.  the  “  fast¬ 
ness”  of  the  dye  and  would  not  be  at  all 
surprised  to  behold  the  garment  shortly 
assume  a  rather  streaked  and  zebra-like 
appearance. 

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DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 


Tlartshom  Cookies, — One  pound  of  sugar, 
one  ounce  of  betters’  or  salts  of  hartshorn, 
one  pint  of  sour  cream,  mixed  with  butter¬ 
milk,  one  teaspoon  of  salt,  flavor  with  any¬ 
thing  to  suit  the  taste.  The  hartshorn  should 
be  pulverized  and  dissolved  hi  the  cream. 
This  quantity,  rolled  thin,  makes  a  hundred, 
cookies.  They  are  very  wholesome  and  con¬ 
venient.  It  is  better  to  buy  a  qua  rter  of  a 
pound  of  hartshorn  at  once  and  keep  it  bot¬ 
tled  t  ight,  as  it  loses  strength  if  exposed  to 
the  air.  The  above  quantities,  after  being 
weighed  once,  can  be  measured  and  the 
cookies  made  by  measurement  afterwards, 
which  is  shorter.  Good  hartshorn  is  very 
hard  and  needs  pulverizing  thoroughly. — A 
Farmer’s  Wife. 

Hair  Pin  Care. — 1  have  just  been  reading 
an  article  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  telling 
how  to  make  a  hair-pin  case.  I  have  made 
several  of  them.  The  prettiest  and  cheapest 
way  is  to  take  a  small,  round  collar-box, 
without  the  cover,  fill  it  with  curled  hair,  or 
any  hair,  cover  the  bottom  with  a  piece  of 
cambric,  then  crochet  a  piece  large  enough 
of  red  and  white  worsted  fur  the  top.  Then 
sew  it  on  tightly,  drawn  over  it ;  put.  a  piece 
of  red  flannel  or  merino  around  the  side  ; 
then  get  a  stick  of  scarlet  braid,  plait  it  box- 
plaits,  put  it  around  the  upper  and  lower 
edges  of  the  box,  and  you  will  have  a  neat 
hair-pin  case.  L  have  made  them  of  other 
colors,  but  none  so  pretty  as  scarlet.  —0.  o.  u. 


Hgjji enttt  J nfo rotation. 


ITCH  REMEDY. 


The  person  who  desires  a  remedy  for  that 
old-fashioned,  eruptive,  cutaneous  disorder, 
spelled  with  four  letters,  may  be  assured 
that  thorough  daily  bathing,  from  crown  to 
soles  in  clean  water  with  a  little  soap,  will 
help  to  render  the  malady  obsolete,  as  it 
ought  to  be.  Of  course,  nobody  could  sup¬ 
pose  that  a  family  of  intelligence  enough  to 
read  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  would  be  se¬ 
riously  troubled  by  such  a  disease  ;  every¬ 
body  knows  that  this,  and  a  kindred  relic  of 
barbarism  that  makes  fine  combs  and  barbers 
necessary,  arc  preserved  in. a  few  instances 
among  the  lowest  specimens  of.  humanity, 
and  occasionally  introduced  among  decent 
folks  by  contamination  in  the  public 
schools.  I  consider  this  liability  to  contract 
filthy  diseases  one  of  the  most  objection¬ 
able  features  of  public  schools.  Having 
had  many  years’  experience  as  a  teacher 
both  in  New  England  and  the  West,  1  know 
it  to  be  a  difficult  matter  for  neat  and  cleanly 
children  to  escape  unpleasant  results  from 
contact  with  those  who  are  neglected  and 
filthy,  but  who  have  the  same  rights  in  t  he 
schoolroom  as  the  most  tidy.  “  Eternal  ATig- 
ilance,”  with  the  free  use  of  water,  early, 
late,  and  constantly,  is  a  sure  remedy.  Keep 
clean,  and  you  will  not  be  troubled  with 
either  itch  or  lice  very  long. 

Mrs.  C.  Hammond. 
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CHRONIC  CONSTIPATION. 

In  Rural  New-Yorker  of  May  24th,  M. 
A.  8.  asks  for  a  remedy  for  constipation.  I 
give  a  remedy  which  1  believe  to  be  a  certain 
cure  if  followed  to  the  letter.  Never  use  fine 
flour  in  any  form.  Take  as  much  out-of-door 
exercise  us  you  can  bear  ;  sleep  in  a  well  ven¬ 
tilated  room  ;  bathe  at  least  four  times  din¬ 
ing  the  week  in  a  warm  room,  and  never  lie 
more  than  ten  minutes  doing  it;  for  your 
breakfast,  eat  oatmeal  or  when  ten  grit,;,  with 
milk  or  sugar,  Graham  bread,  and  beef  or 
mutton;  for  dinner  eat  beef  or  mutton,  veg¬ 
etables  ami  Graham  bread,  avoiding  all  des¬ 
serts  except  uncooked  fruit  or  some  plain 
sauce.  If  M.  A.  8.  will  try  this  for  one 
month,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  is  not 
benefited,  then  the  case  has  not  been  reached. 

Many  persons  eat  coarse  food  once,  or  twice 
a  day.  and  at  the  same  time  eat  something 
else  to  counteract  the  good  effects  of  it,  and 
come  to  the  conclusion  the  coarse  food  docs 
not  benefit  them.  I  know  of  persons  who 
have  been  cured  by  this  mode  of  treatment. 
Medicines  are  of  but  temporary  relief,  as  M. 
A.  8.  has  proved,  and  after  a  time,  cease  to 
act  at  all.  e.  t. 


room  to  spread  out  naturally,  and  bathe 
them  thoroughly  twice  a  day — morning  and 
evening — in  cold  water.  There  is  no  need, 
whatever,  of  having  corns, 

Enlargement  of  the,  Heart.—  My  wife  has 
been  severely  troubled  with  enlargement  of 
t,h3  heart,  and  has  tried  the  best  physicians 
in  this  vicinity  without  help.  Perhaps  some 
of  your  readers  can  suggest  something  that 
will  help  her.  Please  ask  them  to  do  so. — 
L.  Elms. 

M amjield's  A eoustic,  Instrument. — IV' IL- 
liam  Cochrane,  a  gentleman  in  his  eighty- 
fourth  year,  asks  us  or  our  readers  if  wo 
know  anything  of  the  value  of  instruments 
to  aid  the  deaf  to  hour,  advertised,  in  circu¬ 
lars,  by  H.  Mansfield  of  Connecticut.  We 
do  not. 

/ try  Mouth  and  Throat. — A  correspond¬ 
ent  writes  that  a  friend  is  afflicted  with  a 
dry  mouth  and  throat,  called  by  physicians 
“a,  contraction  of  the  stomach  ;”  can  get  no 
help  ;  asks  if  any  of  the  readers  of  the  Ru¬ 
ral  New-Yorker  can  suggest  any. 

Treatment  of  Scalds. — A  French  physician 
recommends  covering  the  scalded  part  of  the 
body  as  speedily  as  possible  with  a  thick 
coat  of  powdered  alum,  or  to  whitewash  it 
with  water  in  which  alum  has  been  dissolved. 

Chronic.  Bronchitis. — Anna  R.  1 1  ILLS  arks 
some  one  who  knows,  from  experience,  to 
send  the  Rural  New-Yorker  a  Bafe  and 
sure  remedy  for  chronic  bronchitis. 


Jsi'H'ntifiii  mut  Useful. 

HISTORY  OF  A  LEADEN  BULLET. 


On  Friday  last  Dr.  Small  was  called  to  at¬ 
tend  a  young  man  named  Clarence  Abbott. 
The  doctor  discovered  unmistakable  symp¬ 
toms  of  lead  poisoning,  it  appears  that 
Abbott  was  wounded  in  the  thigh  by  a  Minie 
bullet  at  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  in 
1804,  and  that  the  bullet  could  not  lie  found 
at  the  time.  He  has  suffered  somewhat  ever 
since.  Drs.  Sm  all  ami  Gordon  on  Saturday 
morning  etherized  the  patient,  and  proceed¬ 
ed  to  make  a  surgical  examination,  which 
resulted  in  the  discovery  of  the  ball  in  the 
thigh.  The  bullet  was  incased  in  a  bony 
substance  of  about  the  size  of  a  goose’s  egg, 
the  shell  of  which  was  one-fourth  of  an  inch 
thick.  The  bullet  has  been  tumbling  about 
in  this  cavity  for  eight  years  and  become 
worn  and  polished  as  smoothly  as  though  it 
lm.d  been  done  on  an  ornery  wheel.  Sufficient 
a  mount  of  the  lead,  however,  had  permeated 
the.  incasing  and  entered  the  system  to  pro¬ 
duce  lead  poisoning,  which  would  have 
proved  fatal  in  a  short  time  but  for  the 
timely  relief  afforded. — Portland  Argus. 


Sympathetic  Inks ■ — Nellie  Runhaiore asks 
for  sympathetic  inks  ;  if  she  has  not  already 
been  answered,  she  may  find  the  following 
useful:  Muriate  of  Cobalt  is  said  to  be  the 
best.,  but  Nitrate,  Chloride,  and  other  salts  of 
this  mineral  are  also  used.  When  written 
the  marks  become  invisible;  but  application 
of  heat,  even  that  of  the  hand,  or  breath, 
will  bring  out  the  color,  which  wifi  fade  as 
the  heat  is  withdrawn,  and  may  be  renewed 
in  the  same  manner  indefinitely.  Nitrate  of 
silver  may  bo  also  used,  avoiding  much  light, 
and  afterwards,  if  the  paper  be  placed  in  the 
sunshine  the  writing  will  assume  a  brown 
color,  which  will  remain, — E, 

A  Neat  Picture  Frame.— To  Julia  How¬ 
ard  : — A  neat  picture  frame  hangs  before 
me,  made  from  black  inoroeco  leaves  over¬ 
lapped  ;  CQt  after  a  small  oak  leaf,  the  vein- 
ing  marked  with  a  small  knife,  and  fastened 
ou  a  large  slate  frame  with  a  carpet  tack 
drived  in  the  stem  end  and  covered  with  t  he 
point  of  the  next  leaf,  slightly  turned,  to 
make,  it  viuing  ;  four. small  leaves  in  opposite 
directions  in  each  corner,  with  or  without  a 
bunch  of  acorns  glued  in  the  center.  For 
some  pictures  brown  leather  looks  best,  with 
wax  or  leather  grapes.  Varnish.— Anna  R. 

Rice  Pudding. — One  and  one-half  cups 
rice,  one  cup  sugar,  one  egg,  four  quarts 
sweet  inilk,  one  quarter  nutmeg.  Bake  three 
hours  and  stir  often  until  it  is  half  done.  This 
pudding  is  very  nice  when  eaten  cold,  as 

well  as  warm, — j.  At.  w. 

» 

Jelly  or  Tea  Cake.  —  Three  cups  white 
sugar,  3  eggs,  1  cup  butter,  1  cup  of  milk,  1 
teaspoon  of  soda,  4  cups  of  flour  sifted.  Beat 
up  well  and  bake  in  shalloAv  tins.  Flavor  to 
taste.— J.  M.  w. 

To  Mend  Rubber  Boots  it  is  recommended 
to  let  the  shoemaker  sew  on  leather  patches 
the  same  as  on  leather  boots.  They  will  last 
as  long  as  the  boots  do. 

A  Recipe  for  Pickling  Eggs  is  asked  for 
by  C.  G.  Stewart,  Jefferson  Co,  N.  Y. 


TO  REMOVE  FRECKLES. 

“Americus,”  in  Rural  New-Yorker, 
April  2(5,  calls  for  a  recipe  to  remove  those 
unattractive  discolorations  under  the  skin 
called  freckles,  to  which  persons  of  very  fair 
complexion,  Avho  aro  exposed  to  suu  and 
wind,  are  subject,  lean  imagine  how  very 
annoying  it  must,  he  to  endure  the  ridicule 
which  is  often  launched  at  the  devoted  head, 
or  rather  face,  of  the  unoffending  and  sensi¬ 
tive  victim.  Out  of  sheer  pity  1  send  to  that 
seeker  after  knowledge,  and  also  to  thou¬ 
sands  of  the  Rural’s  readers  and  out-of- 
door  workers,  this  ne  plus  ultra  of  recipes  : 

1  ounce  each  of  lemon  juice,  borax  and  rose 
water,  mixed.  Rub  on  at  night,  and  in  the 
morning  bathe  with  soft  water  ;  no  hard 
water  should  ever  be  used,  if  you  value  the 
complexion.  “Americus”  should  shave 
daily  for  a  few  months,  then  let  the  beard 
grow  out  and  apply  to  the  roots  of  the  hair 
a  mixture  composed  of  1  pint  glycerine  ;  1 
ounce  salts  of  ammonia  5  1  ounce  rose  water. 
It  is  a  nice,  clean  dressing  for  the  hair. 

Michigan.  Anna  R.  Hill. 

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HYGIENIC  NOTES. 

A  sthma  Remedy, — As  a  remedy  for  asthma 
is  wanted,  I  will  give  one,  both  simple  and 
effective  :— Gather  what  I.  call  brakes,  (by 
some  called  ferns,)  in  the. woods  ;  dry  them, 
place  some  under  the  sheet,  and  sleep  on 
them  ;  add  a  few  l’resh  ones  every  few  weeks, 
and  do  not  abandon  it  as  soon  as  a  little  bet¬ 
ter  ;  continue  a  year  or  more.  I  have  known 
persons  cured  by  this  remedy  who  never  had 
a  return  of  it.  This  is  an  old  Indian  remedy. 
— M.  E.  L. 

A  Sure  Cure  for  Corns  is  asked  for  by  “  A 
North-Easter,”  who  says  he  Inis  tried  many 
of  the  Rural  recipes  therefor,  but  to  no  pur¬ 
pose.  “North-Easter  ”  should  do  as  Ave  do  : 
Wear  boots  large  enough  to  give  the  feet 


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SCIENTIFIC  AND  USEFUL  NOTFS, 

A  Cement  of  Great  Adhesive  Quality, 
particularly  said  to  be  serviceable  in  attach¬ 
ing  the  brass  mountings  on  glass  lamps,  as 
it  is  unaffected  by  petroleum,  may  he  pre¬ 
pared  by  boiling  three  parts  of  rosin  with 
one  part  Of  caustic  soda,  and  live  parts  of 
water,  thus  making  a  kind  of  poap,  which  is 
mixed  with  one-half  its  weight  of  plaster  of 
Faria,  Zinc  Avhite,  white  lead,  or  precip¬ 
itated  chalk  may  be  used  instead  of  the  plas¬ 
ter,  but  when  they  are  used  the  cement  will 
he  longer  in  hardening. 

Dextrine,  Paste. — In  hot  water  dissolve  a 
sufficient  quantity  of  dextrine  to  bring  it  to 
the  consistency  of  honey.  This  forms  a 
strong  adhesive  paste,  that  will  keep  a  long 
time  unchanged,  if  the  water  is  not  allowed 
to  evaporate.  Sheets  of  paper  may  be  pre¬ 
pared  for  extempore  labels  by  coating  one 
side  with  the  paste  and  allowing  it  to  dry ; 
when  lo  be  used,  by  slightly  wetting  the 
gummed  side,  it  will  adhere  to  glass.  This 
paste  is  very  useful  in  the  off  ice  or  laboratory. 

To  Restore  Old  Files  the  following  direc¬ 
tions  are  given  :  -Boil  the  files  in  a  solution 
made  by  dissolving  four  ounces  of  saleratus 
in  one  quart  of  water,  for  half  an  hour. 
Then  wash  and  dry  them,  and  stand  them  in 
a  solution  of  sulphuric  acid  and  water,  mixed 
in  proportion  of  four  ounces  acid  to  one 
quart  water.  If  the  filesore  coarse  they  will 
need  to  remain  in  about  12  hours,  but  for 
fine  files,  6  or  8  hours  Avill  suffice.  When 
taken  out  they  should  be  washed  clean  and 
oiled. 

To  Darken  the  Hair  without  injuring  the 
health,  the  Scientific  American  answers  a 
correspondent  by  saying  “  Lead  is  one  con¬ 
stituent  of  nearly  every  hair  dye  in  market ; 
a  few  contain  silver.  Both  are  detrimental. 
A  decoction  of  chestnut  burs  will  darken  the 
hair,  and  is  less  injurious.” 


r  mm  V  vU 


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HINTS  FOR  THE  SEASON, 

One  of  our  correspondents  asks  “  Why  can 
you  not  give  us  some ‘hints  for  the  month’ 
occasionally?  It  would  do  us  good.”  Of  course 
we  want  to  do  our  readers  “  good hence,  we 
are  perfectly  willing  to  give  “  hints."  Let  us 
see : — It  is  now  the  middle  of  June,  as  we  write. 
It  is  not  to  bo  supposed  that  any  farmer,  no 
matter  how  wide  his  eyes  may  be  open,  nor  how 
thorough  a  farmer  he  may  be,  nor  how  enthu¬ 
siastically  he  may  go  about  his  work  every 
morning,  incited  thereto  with  a  desire  to  see 
t  hings  ship-shape,  watch  his  crops  grow  and 
become  ”  master  of  the  situation”  in  the  Fall, 
when  the  Harvest  Home  is  reached,  can  “  see 
things"  half  as  well  as  an  Editor  imprisoned 
within  four  walls,  shut  up  with  correspondence, 
newspapers,  books.  &e.,  culling,  sifting,  correct¬ 
ing,  writing,  and  preparing  therefrom  informa¬ 
tion  for  that  same  farmer  and  his  family,  to  be 
read  and  enjoyed  when  the  day’s  work  is  ac¬ 
complished.  Of  course  not!  Hence  that  farmer 
should  be  frequently  told  that  the  weeds  should 
be  kept  down  1  It  is  true  it  is  a  startling  bit  of 
information,  and  novel,  withal;  but  neverthe¬ 
less,  the  wise  Editor  knows  that  it  should  be 
written ;  accordingly  it  is,  much  to  the  farm¬ 
er’s  edification,  and  he  wonders  that  he  never 
thought  of  it  before !  Here  the  Editor  might 
rest  from  his  labors;  for  has  he  not  given  the 
farmer,  his  sons  and  hired  help  all  t  he  employ¬ 
ment  they  will  require  lor  at  least  a  mouth  ? 
Can  it  be  expected  that  they  will  do  much  more 
than  keep  down  the  weeds  during  the  month 
from  the  15th  of  Juno  to  the  15th  of  July  ?  Ought 
they  to  be  expected  to  do  much  more  ? 

But  if  a  man  pays  for  a  paper  and  it  only  gives 
him  that  amount  of  "  advice”  a  month,  or  only 


j  a  single  “  hint”  of  this  character,  wifi  he  take 
it  next  year?  Certainly  not.  Accordingly,  he 
should  be  advised  to  keep  the  hoes  and  culti¬ 
vators  going  in  his  corn,  potato,  beet,  carrot, 
broom  corn,  sorghum,  cotton,  tobacco  and 
other  fields.  True  this  is,  in  a  measure, synony¬ 
mous  with  his  firsl.  ‘‘hint,"  hut  not  altogether, 
if  the  reader  stops  tp  think  about  It  for  a  mo¬ 
ment;  for  the  hoc  and  cultivator  are  not  alone 
used  to  kill  weeds,  as  the  farmer  will  doubtless 
remember,  but  to  stir  the  soil  In  order  that  the 
growth  of  plants  may  be  promoted .  It  is  aston¬ 
ishing,  too,  how  few  people  there  are  (outside 
an  Editor’s  sanctum)  who  know  this  Important 
fact!  For  there  are  some  who  seem  to  think 
i  that  if  no  weeds  are  in  sight,  there  is  no  need  of 
culture.  Indeed,  there  are  some  who  really 
believe  that  the  less  the  soil  is  disturbed  after 
plants  take  root,  the  better  for  the  plants  and 
the  crop;  and  some  people  preach  that  doc¬ 
trine,  alt  hough  t  here  are  a  great  many  facts  in 
the  shape  of  recorded  large  crops  that  go  to 
unsettle  this  theory. 

We  don’t  “hint”  that  our  readers  should  tnilk 
their  cows  more  I  lian  three  times  a  day— unless 
it  is  necessary  In  Individual  cases  in  order  to 
save  the  milk  ;  and  even  in  such  eases,  for  the 
sake  of  their  own  convenience,  we  should  hint 
that  they  coat,  the  ends  of  the  tents  of  such  an 
animal  with  collodion;  nor  do  we  positively 
insist  that,  it  is  best  to  milk  cows  more  than 
twice  a  day ;  they  certainly  will  not  do  it  unless 
they  are  fonder  of  the  business  than  we  ever 
were.  But  we  do  insist  that  ft  is  someone's 
duty  to  milk  the  cows  and  milk  thorn  clean,  and 
put  all  the  strippings  into  the  milk  sent  to  the 
factory;  and  not  to  coo  I  such  milk  by  pouring 
water  into  it.  though  It  Is  certainly  desirable 
the  milk  should  be  cooled  before  flic  cans  are 
closed  and  shipped. 

We  iiint,  too,  that  young  calves  should  not  be 
allowed  to  bawl  because  they  are  hungry;  nor 
pigs  be  allowed  to  squeal  for  the  same  reason. 
They  should  be  taught  better  manners;  their 
mouths  should  be  stopped;  it.  is  an  annoying 
habit,  which  results  in  afflicting  sensitive  souls. 
We  know  that  there  are  some  farmers  who  get 
used  to  such  music  and  seem  to  enjoy  it  :  but 
it  does  not  follow  that  it  is  the  best  music  to 
which  they  can  listen,  nor  that  it.  is  healthy 
exercise  for  the  calves  and  pigs. 

One  hint  we  should  like  to  give ;  and  this  we 
do  without  compulsion— of  our  own  free  will 
and  accord,  to  wit : — That  now  that  the  “busy 
season”  is  at  its  bight,  the  farmer  shall  occa¬ 
sionally  reflect  that  his  strength  uud  comfort 
depend  largely  upon  the  food  he  eats, the  con¬ 
dition  of  t  he  clothes  he  wears,  and  the  quiet 
and  comfort  of  the  home  when  ho  rests;  and 
that  this  food,  these  clothes,  and  the  quiet  and 
comfort,  he  enjoys  there,  cost  a  pood,  deal  of  la¬ 
bor,  eare  and  forethought ;  that  it  costs  any  wo¬ 
man  who  bears  him  children  altogether  too 
much  to  be  economical,  and  that  It  is  the  be6t 
economy  to  have  in  the  bouse  all  the  help  that  i:> 
necessary,  even  if  that  help  has  to  be  a  man  ! 
This  hint  is  given  with  the  greatest  seriousness 
and  emphasis.  It.  is  regarded  by  l  he  Editor  who 
gives  it  the  most,  important  hint  for  the  month. 
It  means  that  whatever  can  be  done  t  o  lighten 
the  labor,  relieve  from  care,  facilitate  the  work, 
and  add  to  the  comfort,  quiet,  rest,  peace  of  the 
wife,  will  be  the  most  efficient  agencies  in  pro¬ 
moting  the  progress  of  farm  work.  Now,  if  our 
readers  And  these  “  hints”  useful  and  profitable, 
we  may  be  induced  to  give  more. 

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RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

Special  Scientific  Studies  for  Women.— The 
N.  Y.  Tribune  has  the  following: 

To  the  majority  of  young  women  we  doubt 
whether  special  scientific  studies  will  be  of 
much  practical  use.  In  the  now  popularity  of 
these  studies  lies  1  lie  danger  of  a  headlong  and 
indiscriminate  seizure  01  all  sorts  of  ol ogles, 
which  will  only  bewilder  an  unprepared  mind 
and  take  time  which  might  much  better  be 
given  to  other  intellectual  work. 

If  this  opinion  has  any  validity  at  all,  as  ap¬ 
plied  to  women,  it  is  equally  forcible  as  applied 
to  men.  But  we  do  not  agree  with  it  in  either 
case.  We  do  not  believe  that  any  danger  exists 
“of  a  headlong  and  indiscriminate  seizure  of 
all  sorts  of  ologles”  by  persons,  male  or  female, 
who  take  up  special  scientific  study ;  on  the 
contrary,  those  who  do  not  arc,  as  a  rule,  the 
most  fickle  In  their  attention  to  any  ology  !  Is 
ignorance  essential  to  stability  of  character  or 
continuity  of  conviction?  If  it  is,  give  us  in¬ 
stability  and  incontinuity  and  truth!  We  be¬ 
lieve  in  special  scientific  studies  for  men  and 
women.  Because  a  man  holds  the  key  of  a 
singl  1  safe  and  knows  the  combination  of  Its 
lock,  it  by  no  means  follows  that  he  will  be¬ 
come  a  lock-picker  or  burglar!  The  danger 
lies  now  in  the  fact  that  there  is  far  too  little 
special  study  and  far  100  general  superficiality 
among  both  men  and  women. 

Oh!  How  Mud  He  \Vu&!— Who?  Why,  that 
gray-headed  old  ”  Daily  Rural  Life”  of  ours  ! 
He  came  Into  our  office  Saturday  to  get  his 
boxes  of  beetles  and  letters.  We  banded  them 
to  him ;  and  with  all  the  eager  unconscious¬ 
ness  of  propriety  or  pain  that  a  boy  exhibits 
when  he  catches  his  first  flab,  he  tumbled  over 
“Webster’s  Unabridged”  on  to  the  floor,  and 
squatted  down  upon  it  like  a  Turk  upon  an 
ottoman,  out  with  his  big  jack-knife,  ripped 
open  the  wrappings  from  u  tin  box,  and  the  first 
thing  we  were  conscious  of  he  was  tearing 
away  at  his  hair  like  mad,  and  gazing  with  ma¬ 
lignant  eyes  into  the  opened  box,  uttering 
words  which  it  is  unlawful  for  any  but  mad  men 
to  utter  1  ”  What’s  the  matter  now,  old  Daily  ?"  I 


“Matter!”  he  responded,  “matter  enough! 
Why  can’t  people  learn  something — especially 
after  one  has  taken  pains  to  tell  them  ?  Here’s 
this  box  all  the  way  from  Montana,  with  noth¬ 
ing  but  paper  in  It  and  a  dozen  Calosoma,  alive! 
The  cannibals !  Don’t  every  man  know  that, 
they  live  by  eating  other  insects?  Sec  how  they 
have  been  eating  each  other  up !  and  1  don't 
know  how  many  other  rare  things  there  were 
in  this  box  which  t  hey  have  consumed  !  Why, 
they  have  oaten  the  paper  too !  Why  didn’t 
that  good  follow  first  kill  them  with  chloro¬ 
form,  Or  by  dropping  them  Into  a  bottle  of 
whisky,  and  then  send  them  to  me,  packed  in 
sawdust?  Oh  — !”  And  then  the  poor  old 
fellow  collapsed,  and  we  saw  him  disappearing 
out  of  the  door,  his  few,  stray,  white  locks 
flying  In  the  wind  as  if  they  were  as  excited  as 
he  was.  It  will  be  well  for  the  man  who  sent 
those  beetles  to  look  sharply  for  the  next  “  Diary 
of  a  Ruralist !” 

- KM - 

How  the  Farmers  of  Iowa  Do ! — Illustrating 
the  wonderful  discretion,  good  jndgment,  sou nd 
sense,  and  know-their-own-business  character¬ 
istics  of  some  men.  «c  quote thefollowingfrom 
a  let  ter  written  to  the  Iowa  Homestead  by  N  kl- 
son  V.  Woodman  of  Johnson  Co.,  Iowa.  He 
says; 

About  a  week  ago  some  meir  came  Into  this 
county  peddling  goods,  and  their  way  of  doing 
business  wns  this They  would  bring  into  the 
farmer's  house  an  armfull  of  goods,  and  sell 
only  by  t  he  bolt  and  on  time,  by  the  farmer  giv¬ 
ing  his  note  ;  but  they  would  not  sell  less  than 
$55  worth  to  a  man.  They  were  keen, sharp 
fellows,  and  sold  in  this  neighborhood  in  farm¬ 
ers  in  amounts  from  £00  to  and  $800  worth 
toon  many  as  seven  farmers,  :.u  I  the  farmers 
gave  t  hem  their  notes,  “  drawing  feu  per  cent, 
interest, due  in  six  months.”  Not,  011c  of  the 
men  who  bought  of  them  tmt.  what  would  take 
25  per  cent,  lees  than  what  they  gave,  although 
t  hey  thought  at  the  time  of  purchase  they  were 
doing  big  things.  All  that  I  have  seen  say  they 
had  no  Intention  whatever  of  buying  the  goods 
when  these  chaps  came,  but  they  talked  t  hem 
into  it.  There  were  four  of  the  scamps  together, 
and  they  go  through  the  county  and  meet  some¬ 
where  n'n  Saturday  and  start  agaiu  on  Monday. 
The  notes  t  hey  sell  to  the  bank  or  somebody 
who  w  ill  buy,  and  that  is  the  last  that  will  be 
seen  of  t  he  rascals. 

There!  If  here  is  not  proof  that  the  farmers 
of  the  West  are  a  keen  set  of  men,  know  what 
they  are  about,  know  how  to  conduct  their  own 
business  and  are  capable  of  instructing  others 
how  they  shall  conduct  theirs,  we  should  like 
some  one  to  furnish  such  evidence !  Such  men 
would  be  usoful  counsellors  for  some  Grange  or 
other ! 

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Market  Fairs  in  Kansan  seem  to  be  a  success. 
For  instance  a  correspondent  of  a  Kansas 
paper,  writing  from  one  of  the  interior  towns  of 
that  State,  says  the  farmers  “  hold,  every  Satur¬ 
day,  what  they  call  a  *  market  fair.'  Every 
farmer  brings  his  produce,  or  whatever  he  has 
to  dispose  of,  to  this  fair,  where  he  will  And 
purchasers  ready  to  buy.  They  generally  meet 
in  the  public  square  at  this  place  or  in  the  bot¬ 
tom  near  town,  where  they  spend  the  day  in 
trading,  buying  and  selling.  For  instauce. 
should  a  man  have  a  small  plow  which  he  wish¬ 
es  to  exchange  for  a  larger  one,  or  a  yoke  of 
oxen  which  he  wishes  to  trade  for  a  horse — in  ( 
fact,  whatever  he  has  to  sell  or  trade,  he  brings 
it  here,  and,  with  little  trouble,  finds  an  oppor¬ 
tunity  to  trado  or  sell,  I  am  informed  that  this 
has  proved  a  valuable  modus  0 perandi,  and  that 
the  farmers  are  highly  pleased  with  it.” 


Migration  of  English  Fnriuers  to  America.— 

J.  J.  Mecei  writes  the  Edinburgh  (Scotland) 
Farmer,  that  “Farmers  as  well  as  their  labor¬ 
ers,  are  finding  out  there  is  a  more  profitable 
field  for  their  capital  in  the  United  States  than 
in  England,  and  that  they  can  take  a  position 
there  as  land  owners  with  less  capital  than  they 
can  here  as  tenants.”  Accordingto  Mr.  Mechi, 
this  migration  Is  chiefly  to  North  Carolina  and 
Virginia,  and  much  commendation  is  bestowed 
upon  the  faithfulness  and  industry  of  colored 
laborers,  who  are  said  to  work  harder  than  En¬ 
glish  laborers  would  under  similar  circum¬ 
stances.  Evidently,  Mr.  Hechi  thinks  favor¬ 
ably  of  settlement  here,  judging  from  the  tone 
of  his  letter,  and  has  received  satisfactory  re¬ 
ports  from  those  who  have  settled  here. 

«♦»  — 

Gen.  Garfield  and  Farmers. — A  Washington 
dispatch  says Gen.  Garfeeld  has  been  in¬ 
vited  to  deliver  an  address  before  an  agricultu¬ 
ral  society  in  his  district.  He  proposes  to  take 
as  a  topic  the  relation  of  corporations  to  future 
National  politics.  He  is  of  the  opinion  that 
this  topic  will  be  as  much  of  a  keynote  to  the 
political  future  as  Slavery  has  been  in  the  past. 
He  does  not  think,  however,  that  the  farmers' 
Granges,  as  at  present  organized,  have  met  this 
question  in  a  proper  manner,  or  have  sought  to 
get  a  logical  solution  of  the  situation.  He  will 
endeavor  to  remedy  this  deficiency.”  We  may 
expect  plenty  of  prescriptions  for  farmers  from 
political  doctors  the  coming  six  months. 

Catalogues,  Etc,,  Received. — From  Col.  D.  S. 
Harris,  Soc'y,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Ninth  Annual 

Report  of  Ohio  Dairymen’s  Ass’n. - From  E. 

W.  Carpenter,  Sec’y,  Prem.  List  of  Fourth 
Annual  Fair  of  Montana  Ag.,  Mineral  and  Mech. 
Ass'n. 

- *M - 

Hop  Prospects. —  From  the  hop  regions  of 
New  York  the  reports  are  encouraging;  also 
from  Wisconsin  up  to  June  7,theKilbourn  Mir¬ 
ror  asserting “  The  hop  vines  in  this  vicin¬ 
ity  are  doing  splendidly.  Reports  from  all  the 
growers  round  about  are  encou  rrglug ;  the  pros- 


j  pect  is  flattering  for  an  excellent  yield.”  The 
:  Watertown  (Wis.)  Republican,  June  4,  however, 
says “  We  learn  that  the  frost  of  several  nights 
.  last  week  had  a  most  damaging  effect  on  the 
[  growing  hops  in  this  section,  killing  a  large 
number  of  vines,  and  setting  at  rest  all  expec¬ 
tations  of  a  fair  yield  this  season." 

- - 

Kotten  Fruit  from  MiMnissippi,  —  Mr.  WIL¬ 
LIAM  Raines,  Hickory,  Miss.,  under  dale  of 
June  0,  wrote  that  ho  had  sent  us  a  box  of  Early 
Harvest  and  Red  Astrachan  apples,  aud  Made¬ 
line  pears.  To-day,  .Tune  10,  tltebox  has  arrived. 
There  Is  not  a  sound  apple  in  the  box  and  the 
only  sign  of  pears  is  a  few  pear  stems  which  we 
fish  out  of  a  mass  of  rottenness.  While  we  ap¬ 
preciate  the  kindly  motive  which  prompted  our 
friend,  we  don’t  hunger  after  such  fruit  at  the 
rate  of  $2.25  express  charges,  per  peck.  Fruit 
,  is  not  so  rare  in  our  market  as  to  warrant  such 
j  extravagance,  on  our  part,  often. 

- M* - 

Grange*  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry. — An  offi¬ 
cial  statement  of  the  number  of  Granges  of  the 
Patrons  of  Husbandry  in  the  country  previous 
to  May  Hi,  1873.  shows  the  following  in  the 
I  States: — “  Arkansas,  15 ;  California,  8;  Georgia, 
hi;  Illinois,  431 ;  Indiana,  142;  Iowa,  1,507;  Kan¬ 
sas,  128;  Michigan,  24;  Minnesota,  219;  Missis- 
|  elppi,  112;  Missouri.  245;  Nebraska,  190:  Ohio, 
47;  South  Carolina,  118;  Tennessee,  13;  Ver¬ 
mont,  22;  Wisconsin,  140—  making  an  organiza¬ 
tion,  in  the  United  States,  of  3,377  granges,  with 
an  aggregate  membership  of  over  2,000,000.” 

File  and  Preserve  nil  Business  Papers. — This 
is  what  we  advise  farmers,  many  of  whom  are 
careless  In  this  respect :— Take  a  receipted  bill 
fur  everything  you  purchase.  Cancel  and  pre¬ 
serve  the  notes  you  pay.  File  nil  receipts.  Keep 
the  tax  receipts  you  get.  Keep  and  file  all  busi¬ 
ness  letters.  Make  copies  of  the  business  let¬ 
ters  you  write  aud  file  them.  This  course  will 
save  every  farmer  money ;  and  money  saved  is 
us  good  as  that  which  Is  earned. 

- 

The  Late  John  Htuari  Mill. — On  the  next 
page  we  give  a  portrait  of  the  late  John  Stuart 
Mill,  whose  death,  with  brief  biographical 
sketch,  was  recently  announced  in  these  col¬ 
umns.  .4  review  of  the  life  of  Mr.  Mill  would 
doubtless  Interest  some  of  our  readers ;  many 
are  familiar  with  his  history  and  works.  Ho 
has  made  a  profound  impression  upon  the  pub¬ 
lic  mind  and  the  Influence  of  his  work  is  not 
yet  ended. 

lion.  Hiram  Sibley’s  Donation  to  Cornell  I'nl- 
virslty.  — Hon.  Hiram  Sibley  of  Rochester, 
writes  to  President  A.  D.  White  as  follows: 
“To  show  my  feelings  regarding  Mr.  Cornell 
and  the  University  In  reference  to  these  charges, 

I  hereby  add  a  donation  of  $30,000  to  t  he  $20,000 
given  by  me  last  month  to  the  department  of 
Mechanical  Engineering."  This  makes  Mr.  Sib- 
leY'-s  entire  gift  to  that  department  4 00.000. 

- KM - 

Garden  Snails,  already  prepared  and  cooked, 
are  now  publicly  sold  in  the  streets  of  Glouces¬ 
ter,  Eng.,  and  appear  to  And  ready  customers. 
This  Invasion  of  the  monopoly  rights  of  British 
beef  producers  has  been  made  by  French  sail¬ 
ors— the  French  having  for  some  time  been 
snuil  caters.  It  would  be  interesting  if  some 
one  would  tell  us  how  snails  are  cooked. 

- M» 

Passport*  for  Those  Going  Abroad,  W.  G. 
M.  is  .informed,  are  not  necessary  in  England 
and  France ;  but  if  one  goes  to  Austria,  Italy, 
Egypt  or  Palestine,  he  will  find  a  passport  a 
great  convenience;  and  ho  will  certainly  save 
himself  trouble  by  obtaining  one  ere  he  leaves 
this  country. 

- *♦♦ 

A  Chromo  of  the  Yosemite,  given  to  subscrib¬ 
ers  to  The  West,  is  a  beautifully  colored  and 
apparently  truthful  picture— alone  worth  more 
than  the  price  of  the  paper.  We  are  Indebted 
to  the  publishers  of  The  West  for  a  handsomely 
framed  copy. 

- 4-*-* - 

RURAL  BREVITIES. 

There  are  now  three  hundred  and  forty 
Granges  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry  in  Missouri. 
All  except  nineteen  of  these  have  beeu  organ¬ 
ized  since  the  first  of  February  last. 

It  Is  estimated  that  the  farmers  of  Iciwa  alone 
have  already  saved  $150,000  by  buying  their  ma¬ 
chines  directly  fro  11  the  manufacturers  through 
the  Granges  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 

The  man  who  produces  the  largest  yield  to 
area  cultivated,  with  the  least  expense,  and 
increases  the  fertility  of  the  soil,  is  the  most 
scientific  farmer,  however  Ignorant  he  may  be 
of  the  fact. 

We  see  it  asserted  that  the  veteran  agricul¬ 
tural  writer,  Levi  Bartlett,  has  reaobed  his 
80th  birthday.  He  is  probably  the  oldest  agri¬ 
cultural  writer  in  the  country,  and  has  always 
been  a  sensible  one. 

Kansas  is  importing  plants  direct  from  Scot¬ 
land.  consisting  of  larch,  spruce,  Scotch  and 
Hungarian  firs.  ash,  birch,  oak  and  elm  plants ; 
also  several  varieties  of  Holland,  Portugal  and 
rhododendron  evergreens  and  roses. 

The  State  Legislature  of  Vermont  provides 
that  freight  wagons  carrying  more  than  three 
tons  in  weight,  and.  lees  thno  four,  shall  have 
the  rims  of  their  wheels  at  least  four  inches 
wide,  and  if  carrying  more  than  four  tons,  five 
inches, 

B.  B.  W.  ,s  informed  that  a  young  gentleman 
may  or  may  not  wear  kid  gloves  at  a  country 
church  ;  it  will  make  him  no  moie  nor  any  less 
a  gent  leman  whet  her  he  does  or  not ;  if  lie  does, 
a  dark  or  light,  but  not  a  gaudy,  color  is  the  best 
to  choose. 


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Rome,  Italy. 

Rome,  Italy  Slay  9,  1873. 

WHEN  I  was  a  child,  and  full  of  visions  of  the 
future,  one  of  which  was  to  visit.  Rome,  my 
father  rather  delighted  in  checking  my  exu¬ 
berance  by  repeating  an  old  couplet : 

“  How  much  a  fool  who  has  been  sent  to  Rome, 

Excels  the  fool  who  has  been  kept  at  borne." 

Which,  with  "Ribnzi’s  Address  to  the  Ro¬ 
mans,”  learned  In  a  school  reader  as  many  years 
ago,  have  rung  all  the  changes  possible  in  my 
head,  since  I  have  actually  been  in  Rome.  I 
may  as  well  write  It  down  at  onco  and  free  my 
mind— Borne  disappoints  me:  and  St.  Peter’s 
that  I  had  kept  in  reserve  for  a  sublime  exalta¬ 
tion,  has  not  exalted  me.  Ab  for  pure  enjoy¬ 
ment,  such  as  the  pictures  a  city  affords,  a  day 
in  Naples  is  worth  a  year  In  Rome,  which  is  my 
judgment  after  having  seen  the  latter  with 
wide-open  eyes  for  fourteen  full  days.  And 
why  ?  Rome  is  too  civilized.  It  is  modernized 
until  it  has  lost  its  distinctive  character— if  it. 
ever  had  one.  Its  very  ruins  are  scraped  and 
cleaned  so  that  vines  and  grasses,  that  only  add 
beauty  to  them,  have  no  foothold.  The  Tiber, 
which  runs  through  the  city,  is  a  muddy,  ugly 
stream;  the  skies  are  no  bluer  than  our  otvn, 
aud  Italian  scenery— at  least  from  Naples,  here 
— is  more  American  in  its  effect  than  any  I  have 
seen  this  side  of  the  sea— and  consequently, 
very  beautiful.  Nature  keeps  the  world  young, 
and  Mother  Earth,  grand  old  coquette  that  she 
is,  ornaments  herself  every  now  springtime  with 
robes  as  green  and  roses  as  red  aa  she  did  in  her 
eighteenth  year;  and  although  her  bosom  is 
honeycombed  with  arches  of  olden  palaces  and 
burdened  with  columns  of  temples  and  walls  of  j 
theaters,  she  contrives  to  look  as  young  as  a 
maiden.  Her  external  youth  and  freshness  are 
more  than  a  match  for  the  devices  of  men  who 
rear  monuments  to  mark  her  years. 

The  era  of  photography  has  rendered  travel¬ 
ing  for  mere  thi/ifis-seelng  unnecessary.  The 
photograph-gatherer  know*  everything  to  be 
soon  in  Rome.  I  f  he  walks  the  streets  he  recog¬ 
nizes,  like  an  old  friend,  the  Coliseum,  the 
churches,  the  columns,  tin-  forums,  the  foun¬ 
tains  and  bridges.  If  bo  visits  the  galleries  of 
the  palaces  he  finds  familiar  acquaintances  in 
Antinous,  the  Dying  Gladiator,  Canova's  Box¬ 
ers,  Ariadne,  or  the  wonderful  Torso  of  the 
Vatican. 

The  Vatican 

Is  the  Pope's  palace,  and  very  magnificent  in¬ 
ternally.  It  has  cost  money  enough  to  redoem 
Italy,  but  will  never  redeem  It.  In  going  there 
one  day,  I  drove  past  a  little  printing  establish¬ 
ment  In  sight  of  the  palacg,  whore  are  being 
printed  and  from  which  arc  being  disseminated 
the  first,  edition  of  Bibles  in  Italian  ever  dis¬ 
tributed  in  Italy,  us  the  edition  of  '49  was  sup¬ 
pressed.  V tort) a  Emantel  has  made  thl3  pos¬ 
sible,  as  well  as  the  establishment,  of  Protestant 
schools.  Mrs.  Gouxj),  an  American  lady,  Mr. 
Van  Meter,  another  American,  and  Rather  Ga- 
vazzi,  the  eloquent,  Italian  reformer,  have  each 
established  and  find  means  for  the  support  of 
such  schools. 

The  Most  Beautiful  Child 

I  have  seen  for  years  l  saw  In  the  Gavazzi 
school ;  a  girl  of  fourteen  years,  perhaps,  with 
a  face  bright  as  the  morning,  classic  as  a  statue, 
and  aa  full  of  Intelligence  and  Inspiration  as 
the  breath  of  Goo  can  put  In  a  human  face, 
fler  beautiful  head  was  in  groat  contrast  to  the 
shabby  clothes  she  wore,  but  her  soul  seemed 
quite  oblivions  to  her  patched  frock.  She  look¬ 
ed  the  Incarnation  of  a  free  and  victorious  Italy. 

I  hope  some  rich  visitor  to  the  school  will  give 
a  helping  hand,  and  lift  her  into  her  “  sphere.” 

The  Pope. 

At  the  Vatican,  I  went  through  the  Library 
one  aay,  and  saw  the  presents  which  the  Pope 
had  received  from  different  quarters— for  what, 
the  Lord  only  knows.  Pres  Ninth  is  undoubt¬ 
edly  a  very  charming  man,  but  he  has  abused 
his  power  and  wasted  opportunities  and  privi¬ 
leges,  in  a  way  unworthy  the  commonest  of  men. 

No  man  with  a  great  heart  or  a  great  mind  can 
sit  at  ease  in  a  palace  In  either  pontifical  or 
kingly  robes,  with  beggars  for  his  subjects.  I 
do  not  like  the  Pope's  face.  It  is  self-compla¬ 
cent,  and  self-complacency  drives  me  frantic. 

It  Is  the  heritage  of  unbounded  self-conceit,  j 
and  conceit  is  only  endurable  when  it  is  allied  j 
to  virtue.  I  sat  three  hours  one  afternoon  In 
St.  Peters’,  on  some  wooden  steps  leading  up  to 
6ome  sort  of  an  altar— for  chairs  and  seats  have 
no  part  in  the  Church's  maguiflcence.  I  sat  on 
the  highest  steps  like  a  Pharisee,  and  looked 
about  me— not  at  the  architecture  and  mosaics, 

(for  I  was  tired  to  death  of  all  that  sort  of  thing,; 
but  at  the  people  who  came  thronging  in.  Not 
far  away  was  the  ugly  bronze  statue  of  Jupiter, 
which  the  people  call  Saint  Peter.  It  is  placed 
ju6t  high  enough  so  that  the  great  toe  Is  lcissa- 
ble,  and  after  I  had  w’atched  old  and  young, 
men  and  women,  rich  and  poor,  priest  and  ' 
monk,  kiss  Jupiter's  toe  to  the  number  of  two  i 
or  three  hundred.  I  could  have  cried  out  from 
despair.  They  kissed  it  as  reverently  and  as  lov- 
ingly  as  one  would  the  hand  of  a  dear  friend, 
and  the  only  effect  produced  was  that  the  toe 
was  kept  polished  by  an  infinitude  of  kisses. 

The  Confessional. 

A,tera  while,  the  confessionals  all  about  in 

the  church  were  opened;  there  was  a  priest  in 

each,  and  one  for  each  and  every  general  lan-  ^ 


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THE  LATE  JOHN  STUART  3VEXE3L. 

guage  spoken.  The  priests  wielded  a  long  rod,  each  in  a  business-like  way  that  was  very  amus- 
wlth  which  they  ‘  blessed"  the  passers-by  who  lag.  One  of  the  priests  discovered  her  trick, 
m  front  of  the  confessional.  Tno  children  and  refused  to  lay  his  rod  on  her  head,  sending 
seemed  to  regard  tt  aa  great  fun,  for  boys  would  her  off. 

kneel  in  groups  of  three  or  four,  the  priest  At  Half-past  Five  Vespers  Began, 

wou  d  hit  their  heads  with  his  rod,  and  they  and  tho  choir  in  one  of  the  chapols-for  St  Pe- 
Z  ml  siTk  Ifn,,V!ll5ed  with  laushter-  contains  many  elegant  chapels  opening  out 

m  l!  f  t,  f  hd!  a  d°Zen  yearS  went  the  of  th0  great  nave  of  the  church-was  filled  with 
rounds  of  the  confessionals,  kneeling  before  priests  and  singers  in  long  black  gowns  and 


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short  white  sacques  trimmed  with  lace.  One 
of  the  men  sang  precisely  like  a  woman,  so  that 
the  absence  of  women’s  voices  was  not,  missed 
from  the  music,  which  was  very  fine,  but  only 
listened  to  by  visitors,  Priests  in  different  parts 
of  the  church  were  holding  children’s  meetings 
or  talking  with  groups  of  adults,  A  great  deal 
of  worshiping  was  being  done,  but  it  was  chiefly 
directed  towards  the  saints  and  tho  magnifi¬ 
cence  of  the  decorations. 

The  Church  of  St.  Pnul, 

without  die  city’s  gales,  and  near  the  lovely 
Protestant  Cemetery  where  Keats  and  Sher- 
lky  are  buried,  pleases  me,  as  regards  inside 
architecture,  better  than  St.  Peter’s;  while  St. 
John,  s  (Barllicaof  tho  Lateran)  pleases  me  quite 
as  well,  While  a  dour  little  country  church, 
with  sunshine  on  ils  unpointed  walls  and  peo¬ 
ple  with  hearts  full  of  love  to  Goo,  and  no  sign 
of  statues  or  saints  or  painted  i'hrists  or  Vir¬ 
gin  Marys,  would  please  me  a  thousand  times 
better.  I  am  rapidly  coming  to  the  conclusion 
that  the  only  place  to  worship  God  is  in  tho 
closet,  tho  field  or  the  forest —  that  church  wor¬ 
ship  is  false  and  unworthy  of  Christians.  There 
is  such  a  thing  as  dying  of  too  much  civiliza¬ 
tion,  and  I  bcliovo  thero  tiro  thousands  of  peo¬ 
ple  who  really  feel  that  it  would  be  a  relief  to 
jump  back  into  semi-heathenism,  and  live  in  a 
tree. 

The  Modern  Roman 

is  an  amiable  and  as  enterprising  a  sort  of  fel¬ 
low  as  he  well  can  be.  Aa  shopkeeper,  lie  is  the 
most  lackadaisical  person  I  know.  Nobody 
urge*  you  to  buy,  and  nobody  ace  ns  to  care 
whether  you  do  or  not,.  The  avenues  for  wrrk 
are  limited.  Marble  cutting,  mosaic  making, 
cameo  roliefs,  aud  tho  manufacture  of  Roman 
scarfs  form  the  staple  employment.  Tho  Ro¬ 
mans  are  excellent  artists  and  artisans,  aud  this 
leads  me  to  speak  of  sonic  American  artists  in 
Rome,  who  value  Rome  for  Its  "art  atmos¬ 
phere,  which  may  bo  a  very  incomprehen¬ 
sible  term  to  many.  There  is  an  excellent  art 
school  bore,  but  it  is  only  open  to  men  ;  and  yot 
there  are  u  number  of  women  artists  here. 

Harriett  Hosmer 

has  a  beautiful  studio,  with  flowors  and  birds 
and  fountains  inside  and  outside  of  it,  and 
across  the  street,  from  it  her  stables— for  she  i* 
a  famous  horsewoman,  and  keeps  fi  opi  three  to 
five  horses  always,  She  I*  a  grave,  kindly,  large- 
hearted  woman,  of  large  Intelligence,  free  from 
conventionalities  and  affectations,  fond  of  fun, 
sympathetic,  industrious,  and  understands  her 
business.  She  Is  not  a  handsome  woman,  but 
is  what  Is  more  fascinating,  exceedingly  inter¬ 
esting,  and  a  charming  companion.  She  is  of 
medium  size,  rather  tail  than  otherwise,  blue- 
gray  eyes,  a  strong  face,  wears  her  hair  short, 
and  while  dressing  in  the  mode,  does  so  sensi¬ 
bly.  She  is  one  of  the  few  women  who  seem 
never  to  give  attention  to  dross,  having  always 
work  of  too  much  importance  to  admit  of  such 
worry— but  looking  nice  and  tidy  withal.  Both 
as  a  woman  and  sculptor,  she  is  a  remarkable 
young  woman. 

A  Distinguished  Medallionlst 

is  Margaret  Poly,  a  little  New  England  wo¬ 
man,  who  began  her  career  up  in  Vermont,  in 
cutting  figures  from  chalk.  One  would  think, 
from  tho  work  she  has  done,  that  she  had  put 
half  the  people  In  the  world  in  marble  medal¬ 
lions.  She  lias  a  fine  head  and  face,  and  is  as 
clever  and  bright  as  the  Vermont  girls  are  so 
famed  for  being. 

Edmonia  Lewis, 

tho  little  colored  girl  from. New  York  State, 
who  had  an  Indian  for  u  mother  a  nd  a  negro  for 
her  father,  is  wrorking  her  way  bravely,  and  win¬ 
ning  both  laurels  and  money.  She  has  large, 
dark  eyes,  an  Intelligent  face,  and  abundant 
energy.  She  has  been  her  own  instructor  and, 
all  things  considered,  does  remarkably  good 
work.  Her  statue  of  “  Ilagur”  is  very  beautiful. 
She  came  hero  when  she  was  seventeen  years  of 
age,  and  is  now  but  twenty-four.  She  has  been 
dismayed  by  no  obstacle,  and  by  sheer  pluck 
and  faith  in  her  destiny,  has  conquered  a  place 
in  the  world  that  any  woman  might  be  proud 
of.  She  has  no  relatives  but  one  brother,  who 
lives  among  lire  Indians  up  in  Montana,  but 
,  who,  let  it  be  told  to  his  eternal  honor,  furnish- 
1  od  his  sister  with  tire  money  to  enable  her  to 
become  a  sculptor.  She  now  has  her  own  house, 
servants,  workmen,  and  money  laid  by  for  a 
rainy  day. 

Leaving  Artists  for  Monks, 

both  dead  and  alive,  leads  mo  to  the  drollest 
sight  I  have  seen  in  Rome.  Under  the  church 
of  the  Cappucoini  is  a  ce meter}  for  the  friars, 
divided  into  four  rooms,  and  lighted  from  grated 
windows.  The  earth  in  which  they  are  buried 
wa*  brought  from  Jerusalem,  and  to  be  buried 
in  this  holy  soil  is  the  (right  of  a  friar's  ambi- 

a»  F1®  &oll  Is  limited,  and  as  friars 
will  die,  the  friar  who  ha*  been  longest  burled 
is  exhumed,  to  make  room  for  his  last  deceased 
brother-  The  exhumed  friar,  who  may  have 
rested  undisturbed  from  four  to  six  vbars  is 
then  dressed  in  his  monk  robes  and  laid  out,  or 
stood  up  in  one  corner  of  the  chamber.  When 
he  has  no  longer  room  for  that.  Ids  bones  are 
used  to  decorate  the  Chamber— ail  cf  which  is 
held  to  be  a  great,  honor.  This  cemetery  is  not 
a  very  cheerful  spectacle,  and  a*  the  last  ex¬ 
humed  friar  had  not  been  buried  long  enough 
tu  lose  ail  hta  ilc$h  and  heard,  the  si^ht  affected 
mv  stomach  and  I  rushed  out,  with  a  live  monk 
after  mo.  declaring  ”  There  wa*  not,  the  least 
odor,  which  1  dldn  t  deny,  but  avowed  it  was 
pBilectly  horrid  and  heathenish.  He  grinned 
ghastfully,  and  went  back  to hla  dear!  friends.  If 
l  were  going  to  my  live  ones,  instead  of  a  drive 
°P  the  Appian  Way,  a  promenade  on  (he  Pin- 
clanillll,  or  a  stroll  along  the  stupid  Gorso— the 
finest  street  In  Rome— I  should  bo  happier,  far, 
than  the  poor  monks  in  expectation  of  ,i  “  holy 


burial.” 


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BY  BE  FORREST  P.  OL'MM F.rtSON. 


Sr ring,  with  its  idle  and  dreamy  hours, 

Its  budding  trees,  and  beauteous  flowers, 
Makes  glad  once  m  ire  the  heart  of  man, 

As  it  lias  since  ever  the  world  begun. 

And  over  the  far-off  plains  below 
1  catch  the  tint  of  the  sun’s  red  giow, 

And  watch  on  the  lakelet  dark  and  gray 
The  shadows  that  on  Its  bosom  play. 

And  I  think  of  a  dream  that,  once  was  mine. 
And  the  cup  that  I  drank  of  Cyprus  wine. 

And  how  that  the  dream  lias  never  come  true, 
And  the  wine  that  1  drank  was  hitler  as  rue. 


For  winter  Will  conic,  and  summer  will  go, 

Ar.d  the  flowers  we  love  will  lie  under  the  snow. 
Anil  the  fondest  dream  that  the  heart  has  known, 
I  ,Uce  theoutnmn  leaves  will  have  faded  and  flown. 


(Bur  j&urg-SWtyr. 


THE  GYPSY’S  AMULET, 


BY  M.  A.  AUDEN. 


“  On,  the  charm  of  this  beautiful  country  air, 
full  of  the  perfume  of  blossoms!  It  is  poetry 
to  be  here,  so  do  not  laugh  at  me,  Mr.  Practi¬ 
cality.” 

“No,  indeed, ‘Miss  Persiflage;’  I  enjoy  it 
as  much  its  you.” 

“Calling  each  other  names,  as  usual.  Carry, 
you  and  Mr.  Myrtle  are  now  under  rny  espe¬ 
cial  jurisdiction,  and  you  arc  to  conduct  your¬ 
selves  according  to  my  code  while  visiting  me,” 
and  the  speaker  laid  one  of  her  soft,  jeweled 
bauds  on  Carry’s  arm,  and  raised  the  other 
warningly  at  Mr.  Myrtle. 

“  What  is  your  code,  Mrs.  Tracy  ?”  asked  Mr. 
Myrtle,  with  his  most  deferential  air;  “while 
here,  I  abide  by  It." 

“And  good  habits  once  formed,  like  bad 
ones”— Carsy  begun. 

“  May  lie  reetilled,”  said  Mr.  Tkacy,  joining 
them  with  a  good-humored  smile. 

“Wrong,  as  usual,  Mr.  Tracy,”  said  his  wife, 
with  a  reproving  look,  “  no  one  wants  to  rectify 
good  habits.” 

“And  I  am  sure  nobody  want*  to  rectify  bad 
ones,”  her  husband  replied. 

Tims  talking,  they  passed  from  the  verandah 
to  the  pleasant  dining  room,  and  betook,  with 
many  frankly  uttered  words  of  praise,  of  Mrs. 
Tracy’s  snowy  broad,  and  delicious  strawber¬ 
ries  of  her  husband's  raising. 

“Isn't  it  early  for  strawberries?”  asked  Mr. 
Myrtle. 

“Yes  it  is,”  said  Mr.  Tracy,  with  becoming 
pride,  “  but  ours  have  riphned.” 

“  Wild  strawberries  are  the  most  delicious,” 
added  Carry  :  then  said  quickly,  noticing  the 
shadow  stealing  over  her  hostess'  face,  “  these 
taste  very  much  like  wild  ones.” 

“  Yes;  but  they  arc  live  times  as  large,”  re¬ 
plied  Mr.  Tracy,  triumphantly. 

Carry  saw  the  smile  lurking  in  the  corners  of 
Mr.  Tract's  mouth. 

“  There  never  were  such  strawberries  as  these 
before,”  she  said;  “is  not  that  true,  Mr. 
Tracy  ?” 

“Quite  true,  Miss  Gassy.  Shall  I  help  you  to 
some  more  ?” 

While  he  was  filling  her  saucer,  Mr.  Myrtle 
asked ”  Do  people  about  here  go  strawberry- 
ing?” 

“Are  there  any  people  about  here  to  go?” 
asked  Gassy. 

“  Oli,  yes,"  Mr.  Tracy  replied  ;  “  there  is  quite 
a  little  settlement  about,  a  mile  from  hero,  and 
when  huckleberry’  time  comes,  troops  of  chil¬ 
dren  promenade  my  estate,  and  realize  small 
fortunes  from  the  fruit  of  their  labor.” 

“Yes;  at  that  time  I  reel  the  blessedness  of 
giving,  doubly,  every  quart  of  berries  that  1 
buy,”  said  Mrs.  Tracy. 

“It  is  a  thrice  hcuretily  place  to  live,”  said 
Gassy,  sighing;  “if  I  were  here  at  huckleberry 
t  ime,  I  should  trespass  so  far  on  your  charity  as 
to  promenade  our  lands  for  the  coveted  fruit. 

I  would  let  you  have  what  I  picked  for  supper 
and  not  charge  you  anything.” 

“  Of  course  you  will  be  here ;  you  are  going  to 
remain  through  the  summer,  you  know.” 

”  Till  July,"  said  Gassy  :  “  then  I  have  another 
visit  to  make." 

Mr.  Myrtle  grew  visibly  pale.  There  were 
only  a  very  few  weeks  left  for  him  to  parry  and 
overcome  the  light  skirmishing  of  Gassy's  love 
artillery. 

“I  am  out  of  all  patience  with  those  two,” 
said  Mrs.  Tiiacy  to  her  husband.  "  Gassy  will 
leave  us,  and  that — that  foolish — blockhead — " 

“  Mrs,  Tracy  !” 

“Yes,  Mr.  Tracy,  ‘foolish  blockhead’  will 
let  her  go,  and  then  they  will  spend  their  days 
wondering  and  lamenting,  and  blaming  every¬ 
body— you  and  me  most.  Now,  dear,  what  shall 
we  do?" 

“  Console  ourselves  with  the  thought  that  the 
course  of  true  love  never  did  run  smooth.” 

“Would  that  have  consoled  you?"  she  asked. 
“  Listen  to  me and  drawing  him  intoa  retired 
corner  of  the  room,  which  was  quite  empty,  she 
revealed  to  him  in  a  whisper  something  which 
amused  him,  and  which  he  promised  to  con¬ 
sider. 

As  July  came  nearer,  the  roses  scattered  the 
I  earth,  blown  shapeless  and  withered  at  the  will 
A  !  of  the  wind. 


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They  wpre  fading  out  of  Carry's  cheeks,  not 
unnoticed  by  Mys.  Thacv’8  loving  eyes. 

“I  am  going  to  propose  a  little  excursion," 
she  said  to  Carry.  “There  Is  a  gypsy  encamp¬ 
ment,  a  plea-ant  drive  from  here,  which  I  want 
you  to  visit.  To  he  sure,  the  gypsies  are  a  thiev¬ 
ish  set;  but  if  we  go  armed  with  silver,  they 
will  rospeet  us,  and  1  think  we  need  have  no 
fear.” 

“Mr.  Myrtle  has  visited  the  encampment," 
said  Garry.  “He said  there  was  nothing  very 
picturesque  about  them.  They  were  a  party  of 
stragglers  ready  to  take  your  money,  and  with 
sufficient  provocation,  your  life.” 

“Then  perhaps  we  hail  better  not  go,”  Mrs. 
Tracy  said,  in  a  tone  of  disappoinl  merit  that 
resolved  Garry  at  once  to  undertake  the  trip. 

“Oh,  yes,  wo  had  better  go,”  site  said  ;  “  I  do 
not  think  Mr.  Myrtle  is  much  of  a  judge  of  the 
picturesque.  I  prefer  to  form  my  own  opinion 
of  the  place." 

Accordingly  one.aflermum,  under  a  sky  which 
shone,  yet  threatened  rain,  Mrs.  Tracy  started, 
with  Carry’  and  Mr.  Myrtle  under  her  wings, 
to  visit  the  gypsy  encampment  . 

Mrs.  Tracy,  disdaining  Mr.  MvuTLE'floirer  to 
drive,  banished  him  to  the  back  seat  of  the  ve¬ 
hicle,  whereupon  Gassy,  In  order  to  enjoy  the 
beauty  of  the  scenery  through  which  they  pass¬ 
ed,  clambered  on  to  I  he  front-seal,  leaving  him 
alone  in  his  glory.  1  f  steep  and  rugged  in  many 
ways,  the  woodland  road  through  which  they 
passed  was  charming,  and  Garry  allowed  her¬ 
self  a  flow  of  eloquence,  brought  to  short  stops 
by  Mr. Myhtlk’r  common-places. 

“  How  beautiful !”  she  cxeiai  med,  as  they  pass¬ 
ed  through  a  bower  of  willow  branches,  and 
saw  sparkling  on  either  side  the  waters  of  a 
brook  whoso  babbling  they  could  hear;  “  I  feci 
transported  to  Kiyshtn  fields.  I  sit  with  Juno 
in  her  chariot,  Apollo  ” 

“  Apolly’ON,  "  Interrupted  Mr.  Myrtle  ; 

“  Apollyon  on  the  back  seat,  longing  for - ” 

“His  lyre,”  said  Mrs.  Tracy’. 

"Liars,”  said  Mr.  Myrtle,  “ longing  for  his 
liars.” 

Whereat  Carry  laughed  ;  Mrs.  Tracy's  cheeks 
dimpled,  and  she  drew  down  her  chin,  as  if  tol¬ 
erant  of,  though  half  disdaining  such  foolish¬ 
ness. 

Aa  they  approached  the  scone  of  gypsydora, 
several  dogs  of  different  degrees  of  leanness  ami 
ferocity  approached,  and  welcomed  them  in  a 
manner  which  did  not  wake  any  exclamation 
of  delight  from  Gassy's  lips,  and  she  was  thank¬ 
ful  when  their  owners  whistled  them  away, 
leaving  only  a  surly  mastiff  to  guard  thoir  en¬ 
trance,  to  the  encampment.  The  dark-browed, 
indolent  gypsies  were  scattered  in  different  at¬ 
titudes  over  the  green  sward,  ami  in  front  of 
their  tents  dwellings  which,  stained  and 
weather-beaten,  presented  t  he  usual  foreground 
of  cross-sticks,  tires  and  kettles.  < 

As  they  tra  ersod  the  little  settlement,  beg¬ 
ging  and  basket  selling  commenced,  and  after 
giving  alms,  and  accumulating  purchases,  they 
started  merrily  on  their  homeward  journey. 

“  Apollyon,”  ns  Garry  still  continued  to  call 
Mr.  Myrtle,  entreated  to  drive ;  but  Mrs.  Tra¬ 
cy’  firmly  refused  him  the  privilege,  bidding 
him  attend  to  his  lyre. 

Whereupon,  he  devoted  himself  to  Gassy. 

A  few  drops  of  rain  fell,  and  as  they  approach¬ 
ed  the  densest  portion  of  the  woody  country 
i  lirough  which  they  were  passing,  a  black  cloud 
hovered  over  them.  The  pony  slackened  his 
pace.  A  crackling  of  underbrush  was  hoard,  and 
emerging  from  behind  a  group  of  dork  pines  a 
gypsy  stood  before  them.  A  heavy  cloak  hung 
gracefully  about  him,  while  a  slouching  hat 
yvvis  crushed  artistically  partly  over  his  eyes. 

1 1  is  straggling,  coarse  black  hair  gave  him  an 
uncanny  look,  and  an  exclamation  of  fear  es¬ 
caped  Carry's  lips.  Mrs.  Tracy,  cm  the  contra¬ 
ry,  coolly  stopped  her  horse  and  waited  for  the 
gypsy  to  approach. 

“  Why  do  you  not  drive  on  ?”  asked  Mr.  Myr¬ 
tle,  more  in  consideration  of  Gassy’s  fears 
than  of  his  own  alarm. 

As  lie  spoke  the  gypsy,  with  a  few  long  st  rides, 
placed  himself  in  front  of  the  carriage. 

“  What  do  you  wish  ?"  demanded  Mrs.  Tra¬ 
cy,  with  a  boldness  that  appalled  Carry’  nearly 
as  much  as  the  gypsy's  presence. 

“  Our  money  or  our  life,"  added  Air.  My’rtle, 
mentally,  whilst  he  regarded  t  he  gypsy  curious¬ 
ly,  determining,  at  least,  that  he  was  not  a 
robber. 

“  It  is  you  who  may  wish,"  the  gypsy  said, 
“  see !” 

As  he  spoke  the  sun  broke  through  the  clouds, 
and  dazzling  flashes  of  light  answered  hack 
from  something  the  gipsy  was  holding  in  his 
hand. 

Garry*  leaned  eagerly  forward,  forgetful  of 
every  fear, to  gaze  at  the  gorgeous  crystal. 

"An  amulet,’’  lie  said,  "possessing  wondrous 
powers.” 

“  As  we  perceive,”  said  Gassy*. 

“Powers  that  you  do  not  now  perceive,  lady,” 
he  said,  in  a  deep,  melancholy  voice;  “take  it 
in  your  hand  a  moment.” 

Gassy  obeyed,  and  a  new  exclamation  of  de¬ 
light  escaped  her.  “Is  it  not  glorious.  Apolly’¬ 
ON  ?"  ahe  asked. 

“Charming,"  said  Mr.  Myrtle,  regarding 
steadily  the  amused  face  of  the  gypsy;  “it 
Yvould  almost  answer  for  a  lyre.” 

•'  Do  not  be  nonsensical,”  said  Mrs.  Tracy’, 
frowning  at  Mr,  My  rtle.  "Explain  to  us  the 
powers  of  this  wonderful  amulet,  Mr,  Gypsy.” 

”  It.  is  of  such  a  nature,”  the  gypsy  said,  “  that 
I  can  only  reveal  it  to  one  person  at  a  time. 
The  fair  lady  who  now  holds  it  might  know  its 


secret  if  she  would  give  me  a  few  moments 
alone  In  her  presence.” 

'‘Would  you  ?”  asked  Garry,  in  an  undertone. 

“I  think  there  will  he  no  harm  in  it,”  said 
Mrs.  Tracy.  “  You  will  be  in  sight  ail  the  time 
if  you  stand  under  that  willow  tree." 

“Madam!”  exclaimed  the  gypsy;  “a willow 
tree  !  We  may  not  stand  beneath  a  willow  tree 
in  presence  of  this  amulet.  Would  you  have 
your  fair  lady  friend  bereft  of  all  her  lovers? 
left - ” 

“  Of  course  you  know  I  wouldn’t,”  said  Mrs. 
Tracy,  “  stand  under  the  best  tree  t  hat  you  can 
find  that  isn't  out  of  sight." 

“  Not  ice  those  feathery  plnoa,”  said  the  gyp¬ 
sy,  raising  his  arm.  over  which  his  cloak  hung, 
giving  it  a  .  wlng-likr  aspect, and  pointing  a  yard 
or  two  in  front  of  them;  “see  how  lovingly 
their  branches  twine  together,  whispering  se¬ 
crets  of  trusting  love,  kissing  and  caressing, 
lleneuth  them  we  may  safely  stand  in  presence 
of  the  amulet.” 

Garry’’h  eyes  grew  radiant  with  wonder  ami 
daring.  She  hastened  eagerly  to  dismount  from 
the  carriage,  no  longer  fearful,  only  eager  to 
learn  the  spell  of  the  wondrous  crystal.  She 
trembled  when  the  gypsy  took  it  from  her  hand 
and  held  it  close  against  his  heart. 

“You  may  wish  by  it,”  he  said.  “If,  as  I  di¬ 
vine,  if  as  it  whispers  to  me,  you  are  longing, 
yet  doubtful,  wish  by  it.  and  your  longing  and 
your  doubt  must  cease.  You  have  only  to  press 
three  kisses  upon  It  and  press  if  three  times 
against  your  heart,  speaking  the  name  of  him 
you  love— and  henceforth  he  Ih  yours." 

Garry’,  blushing  at.  her  own  credulous  foolish¬ 
ness,  took  the  precious  amulet,  and  kissing  it, 
laid  it  against  her  heart. 

“  Hut  you  have  neglecte!  to  utter  his  name,” 
the  gypsy  said. 

“  I  spoke  it  to  myself,”  said  Carry,  blushing 
more  and  more  at  her  own  folly. 

“  Ah,  lady,  that  xvill  not  do.  True  love  knows 
no  shame.  Speak  softly— only  myself  and  the 
trees  will  hear  you.  I  shall  forgot,  and  the 
trees  understand  only  their  own  sweet  mur- 
muvings.” 

“True,”  Raid  Carry,  “I  tut— I  cannot  speak  It." 
The.  gypsy  considered  a  moment.  “  You  may 
write  it,"  lie  said,  “and  place  it  dose  against, 
the  amulet;  kiss  It  three  times,  placed  against 
your  heart,  give  H  t<>  me.  and  I  promise  you 
that  before  three  days  you  shall  receive  it  from 
your  lover's  hand." 

“The  name?”  asked  Gassy’,  In  alarm. 

“  No,  lady,  the  amulet,”  said  t  he  gypsy,  sooth¬ 
ingly;  “it  shall  lie  yours,  and  a  token  of  his 
const  ant  endearing  love." 

Gassy  took  from  her  pocket  a  tiny  pencil  of 
gold,  and  YVTOtC  upon  a  piece  of  thin  white  bark 
the  gipsy  handed  her,  the  name  as  he  directed  ; 
then,  with  trembling  fingers,  wrapped  It  about 
the  amulet,  and  pressing  if.  into  the  gypsy's 
hand,  hastened  from  him  to  the  carriage. 

The  gypsy  disappeared  among  the  shadowy 
trees  os  Mr.  Myrtle  helped  Carry  to  her  seat. 
He  refrained  from  questioning  her,  and  she, 
with  averted  face,  seemed  lost,  in  contemplation 
of  the  scenery. 

A  few  gent  le ra i  nd rops  falling  in  Mrs.  Tracy 'r 
face,  she  cheered  the  lagging  pony,  and  at  a 
speedy  rate  they  approached  the  house,  whore 
Mr.  TraOy  hastened  to  the  gate  to  meet  them. 

•‘  I  am  very  glad  you  have  come,"  he  said  ;  "  I 
was  beginning  to  be  frightened- — then,  sud¬ 
denly  at,  a  signal  from  his  wife,  lie  disappeared 
within  the  house. 

“  It  was  fortunate  we  arrived,"  said  Mr.  My’r- 
tlb;  "  his  face  was  dark  with  fear.” 

"Tt  was  all  streaked  with  Something,”  said 
G.arsy  ;  “he  might  have  passed  for  a  gypsy.” 

“  Bread  and  molasses, “said  Mrs.  Tkacy.  “  He 
always  takes  the  opportunity  when  I  am  gone, 
t,o  eat  liread  and  molasses,  lie  knows  I  won’t 
allow  It  when  I'm  here.  In  his  haste,  ho  only 
half  washed  his  face.” 

“Is  it  all  off?”  asked  Mr.  Tkacy,  returning 
with  afaee  that  now  slume  from  snap  and  water. 
“I’ve  been  handling  room  paper,  off  which  the 
color  chose  to  come,  and  my  wife  hinted  to  me 
that  my  face  had  not  escaped.” 

Garry  passed  into  the  house,  Mrs.  Tracy 
drove  the  pony  round  to  the  barn,  and  Mr.  Tra¬ 
cy’  and  Mr.  Myrtle  were  left  regarding  one  an¬ 
other. 

Aftor  a  while  they  walked  down  the  garden 
path,  and  spent  some  time  conversing  together 
in  a  remote  corner  of  the  garden. 

Carry’,  before  her  mirror,  was  arranging  her 
hair  for  tea.  “Three  days,”  she  murmured  to 
herself ;  “  at  t  lie  end  of  three  days  I  am  to  know 
whether  he  cares  for  me  or  not.  the  dear,  pro¬ 
voking  man  !" 

Then  chiding  herself  for  her  foolishness,  she 
descended  to  the  dining-room,  where  it  seemed 
to  her  that  the  faces  that  met  her  ati  seemed  to, 
say,  “We  know  something  very  pleasant  that 
Yve’re  not  going  to  tell  you  yet." 

Falling  into  the  mood  of  the  expression.  Gas¬ 
sy  spent  a  strangely  happy  evening,  and  the 
following  day,  dreaming  it  over  in  the  summer 
arbor,  she  became  suddenly  conscious  that 
some  one  was  looking  through  the  leafy  trel¬ 
lis,  watching  her. 

“  Come  in,  Mr. -Myrtle, "she said ;  “  the  arbor 
will  hold  us  both.  The  mosquitoes  and  ants 
and  lady  bugs  accommodate  themselves  as  easi¬ 
ly  as  drops  in  the  ocean.” 

“Then  they  are  more  accommodatin'*  tpan 
usual,"  said  Mr.  My’rtle,  entering. 

“  Lady  bugs  are  nice,”  said  Cary  f  „  gee  w-hat 
pretty  red  and  yellow  spots  G  ,jS  one  has.” 

“A  toad  would  exhibit  ’oeauty  in  your  eyes,” 
said  Mr.  My'Rtle,  sttd.Vlng, 


“That  would  depend  upon  whether  I  saw  the 
jewel  in  his  head  or  not,"  said  Carry. 

“  You  call  to  my  mind  the  gypsy  and  his  amu¬ 
let,"  said  Mr.  Myrtle. 

Gassy  blushed  and  started,  then  sat  speech¬ 
less,  with  a  thrill  of  pleasure,  as  ho  seated  him¬ 
self  beside  her,  it  ml  slowly  drew  from  Ills  pocket 
—the  amulet. 

Ho  placed  it  in  her  hand,  and  as  it  lay  there 
It  caught  the  colors  of  the  sunset  and  set  them 
dancing  over  both  their  faces. 

“Everything  la  golden  and  rosy  and  light,” 
laughed  Carry’. 

You  accept  it  then  ?” 

She  looked  up  at  him  with  a  smile  as  radiant 
iis  the  amulet  in  reply. 

Later,  as  they  walked  slowly  t  oward  the  house, 
Garry  said  Cm  so  puzzled  to  know  how  it 
all  came  about.  It  is  quite  like  a  poem.” 

“A  lyrical  one,"  said  Mr.  Myrtle.  “When 
you  deal  with  Apollyon  and  his  liars,  nothing 
ought  to  seem  strange  to  you.” 

“  You  couldn’t  have  been  the  gypsy  unless 
you  are  Apollyon,  t  ruly,”  Carry  said. 

“  I  the  g>  psy  1” 

“  But  how  came  you  by  the  amulet  ?” 

“By  the  spell  you  wrought  about  it." 

“I  have  been  duped,”  said  Carry*.  “I  have 
been  betrayed  into  an  unblushing  confession  of 
— of " 

“Never  mind,”  said  Mr.  Myrtle. 

“  But  I  do  mind,  and  I’ll  not  take  the  amulet 
— or  you— till  I  know  how  you  came  by  it.” 

“  Do  not  be  unreasonable,  Carry*.” 

“  Unreasonable  1" 

“  The  sound  of  their  voices  is  not  very  lover¬ 
like,”  reported  Mrs.  Tkacy  to  her  husband, 
with  whom  slm  had  been  anxiously  awaiting 
t  he  Issue  of  affairs.  Not  that  Mr.  7  racy  was 
anxious,  fur  lie  was  not,  being  very  confident  of 
a  favorable  termination. 

“Their  first,  quarrel,"  he  said;  “they  have 
been  accepted  lovers  at  least  half  an  hour." 

“I’ll  ask  him,"  said  Carry,  excitedly,  enter¬ 
ing  the  room. 

"  Did  you— did  you,  deceive  mo?  Mr.  Tracy, 
were  you  the  gypsy  ?  Oh,  yes,  I  know  you  were. 
You  wicked,  wicked  man  !  Think  if— if  lie  had 
not  cared  forme;  of  my  chagrin,  my  mortifica¬ 
tion.” 

“  Hut  then  you  would  never  have  known,” 
Hald  Mr.  Tr  acy,  coolly. 

“Hut  you  would  have  known." 

“  And  am  I  not  n  man  to  be  trusted,  as  much 
ns  if  I  were  the  gypsy  you  mistook  me  for?  Hut, 
Miss  Gassy,  believe  nie,  I  would  not  have  forced 
your  secret  from  you  If  I  had  not,  beard  pre¬ 
viously  from  Mr.  Myrtle’s  lips  a  similar  dis¬ 
tressing  revelation. " 

“Obtained  in  a  similar  upplnudable  manner,” 
said  Mrs.  Trac  y.  “  You  never  would  have  had 
courage  tc>  speak,  Mr.  MYRTLE,  nnd  Gassy  never 
would  have  favored  you  with  an  opportunity. 

1  was  obliged  to  resort  to  strategy.” 

“  That  accounts  for  your  bravery.  You  would 
have  screamed  a#  I  did  if  you  had  not  known 
who  the  gipsy  tvas.  Did  you  know  him  thou, 
Mr.  Myrtle?” 

“  I  discovered  him  by  the  expression  of  hiR 
face  when  you  addressed  me  as  Apollyon.  All 
that  happened  afterwards  confirmed  my  suspi¬ 
cions." 

“  And  you  let  me  be  duped  1”  said  Cassy,  re¬ 
proachfully. 

“  I  thought  you  might  as  well  as  I." 

“  Did  you  kiss  the  amulet  and  press  it  against 
your  heart  ?" 

“Three  times;  and  spoke  your  name,  to  cap 
the  climax." 

“  With  right  good  will  too,”  said  Mr.  Tracy; 
"so  now  lie  happy.  You  see  no  unfair  advan¬ 
tage  Yvas  taken  of  you." 

Gassy  was  silent  regarding  the  amulet.  All 
at  once,  she  laughed  softly.  “Who  would  ever 
have  tii ought  of  it  but  Mrs.  Tracy  !”  she  cx- 
clai  med. 

”  Nobody,”  said  her  husband,  regarding  her 
proudly. 

“The  wonder  to  me  is,”  said  Mrs.  TRACY, 
pluming  herself,  “  that  Gassy  swallowed  the 
bread  and  molasses  so  readily.” 

”  Charge  all  things  to  the  amulet,”  said  Gas¬ 
sy.  “  My  thoughts  were  full  of  it.  If  you  had 
told  me  Mr.  Tracy’s  abolition  principles  were 
breaking  out  anew,  as  a  reason  for  the  appear¬ 
ance  of  liis  face,  1  should  have  heard  and  be¬ 
hoved,  and  never  have  guessed  t  he  truth." 

“I've  been  wondering,”  said  Mr.  Myrtle, 

“  how  you  reached  home  before  us,  unless  you 
rode  upon  the  amulet." 

“  I  strode,"  said  Mr.  Tract,  “in  a  rapid  man¬ 
ner  over  several  fences  and  break-neck  walls 
and  ditches;  arrived  here,  threw  off  my  dis¬ 
guise,  half-washed  my  face,  and  hut  for  Gassy’ 's 
belief,  should  have  betrayed  myself  then  and 
there.” 

“ The  question  now Is,”said  CaSSY,  “to  whom 
tiie  amulet  belongs.” 

“To  you,”  said  Mr.  Tracy,  “  on  the  word  of 
a  gypsy.” 

“  A  false  gypsy  and  a  false  word,”  said  Gassy*. 

“  It  belongs  to  Mrs.  Tracy,  as  a  reward  for  . 
matrimonial  designs.” 

And  Mrs.  Tracy’S  it  became  by  common  con¬ 
sent,  and  as  the  years  went  by  the  Myrtle 
blooms  bejit  eagerly  above  it,  smiling  with  pleas¬ 
ure  at  it;?  beauty,  and  laughing  merrily  at  the 
st”'ry  that  wag  told  them  of  the  part  it  played 
in  twining  the  parent  vines  together. 

- - - 

A  gushing  poet  asked  in  the  first  line  of  a 
recent  effusion.  “How  many  weary  pilgrims 
|  lie  ?"  We  give  It  up,  but  experience  has  taught 
ua  that  there  are  a  good  many. 


MOOSE’S  RUSAL  ?i£W-Y08K£B. 


JUNE  24 


THIRTEEN. 


BY  MA.TASA. 

Stkppj  no  out  upon  the  margin, 

Where  the  eliiht  and  woman  meet; 

■Leaving  now  the  vale  and  streamlet. 
Whore  have  danced  the  careless  feet. 

Sporting  with  the  passing  present, 

As  in  days  of  childish  glee ; 

Lookin':  to  the  untried  future, 

And  tho  vein's  so  soon  to  he,— 

Years— with  vomnno?  lightly  glided, 
Like  the  rising  morning  star, 

Binding  in  decisions  reaching— 

Ah,  we  may  not  know  how  far. 

Sighing,  with  a  glance  filing  backward, 
[•‘or  the  snowdrops  of  past  Springs  : 

Longing,  with  ft  gaze  heat  fo rward. 

For  the  laurels  Summer  brings. 

Not  the  valley  ■  not  the  upland, 
Walking  just  half  way  between, 

Oh,  may  Wisdom  guide  the  footsteps. 
Treading  now  the  path  thirteen. 

- - 

WHEN  AND  HOW. 


“Nkveu  too  old  to  lo  n  :i,"  as  niy  dear  grand¬ 
ma,  who  i«  in  her  ninety-second  year,  has  often 
remarked.  And  T  feel  more  fully  the  weight  of 
the  expression,  ns  1  read  the  experiences  of 
those  who  eontrlbuto  to  the  farmers’  wives’ 
friend,  the  Tint  A  i.  New-Yorker. 

I  was  married  to  a  farmer  when  very  yovag ; 
having  never  had  any  experience  to  speak  of  in 
the  duties  devolving  upon  one  in  that,  position, 
consequently  what  knowledge  T  have  in  regard 
to  house-keeping  I  fmvo  learned,  to  a  great,  ex¬ 
tent,  from  oloervntion. 

T  have  noticed,  also,  that  we  are  individually 
inclined  to  consider  “our  way"  a  little  the 
host  And  why  not?  I  always  endeavor  to  se¬ 
cure  the  I mv I  l>y  adopting  every  plan  Unit  com¬ 
mends  Itself  to  my  mind.  Doubtless  this  Is  a 
rule  among  most  persons. 

[  cannot  think,  however,  that  Saturday,  with 
all  its  euros,  should  be  converted  into  wash-day 
ft  may  work  very  well  in  families  where  the  r 
are  servants,  or  hoys  and  girls  who  are  old 
enough  to  assist.  Rut.  where  there  is  a  family 
of  small  children,  and  only  “mother”  to  do 
the  work,  she  must  of  necessity  work  vory  hard 
in  order  to  Accomplish  ii  all,  especially  whor 
there  is  more  or  less  milk  to  take  care  of,  as 
there  generally  Is  on  the  farm. 

I  think  “Mrs.  L.  A.  O.’b"  plan  for  washing, 
in  the  Rural  for  Feb.  15,  page  111,  splendid, 
and  recommend  It,  but  not  the  time,  for  the 
next  morning  is  Sabbath,  and  we  all  attend 
service,  of  course.  Now  1  always  try  to  arrange 
everything  the  previous  evening,  so  that  we 
may  prepare  t  o  go  without  the  worry  and  Inisl  le 
that  is  seen  in  some  families.  The  children  at¬ 
tend  Sabbath  school,  and  have  lessons  to  learn, 
and  we  mothers  must  see  that  they  are  properly 
understood. 

And  now  I  will  repeat  an  old  adage  which,  if 
not  scriptural,  i*  worthy  of  consideration : — “  It 
is  just  as  sinful  to  become  so  tired  on  Saturday 
that  wo  <•.•111110)  enjoy  the  Sabbath,  as  it  would 
bo  to  labor  on  that  day." 

I  had  always  practiced  washing  on  Monday, 
if  possible,  ami  U  bud  become  such  a  habit  that 
if  anything  prevented  I  was  very  much  dis¬ 
turbed,  and  the  week  would  be  so  shortened  i 
would  imagine  I  had  almost  lost  one  day.  • 
was  very  much  surprised,  and  almost,  shocked, 
when  grandma,  (whom  I  had  always  supposed 
to  have  boon  a  very  orderly  and  thorough  house¬ 
keeper,  asked  me  why  1  was  always  so  p:i:  Men¬ 
hir  to  wash  fni  Monday,  when  I  had  so  many 
other  duties  to  attend  to.  She  added  that  she 
had  washed  fewer  times  on  Monday  than  al¬ 
most  any  other  day  of  the  week.  And  now  we 
will  see  what,  follows.  She  has  arrived  to  a 
good  old  age,  with  apparent  good  health,  and 
in  fair  prospects  of  outliving  many  of  us  who 
have  hecn  so  very  anxious  to  be  up  to  i  he  I  irnes, 
and  just  a  little  ahead  of  our  neighbors. 

So,  after  having  seen  the  effect  of  this  useless 
slaving  upon  ray  own  constitution,  1  propose 
(as  some  others  have  done)  a  revolution.  I  am 
inclined  to  agree  with  the  lady  who  says,  Why 
choose  Monday  for  wash  day?  and  suggests 
Tuesday  as  being  a  more  suitable  day.  ft  is  a 
new  thing  for  me,  but  I  havo  tried  it  with  a 
purpose,  of  late,  and  succeeded  nicely.  Have 
accomplished  really  more  lhan  usual.  And  I 
would  say  to  those  troubled  Marthas,  who  are 
encumbered  with  too  much  serving,  to  remem¬ 
ber  Maky.  and  choose  the  goodly  part.  Don’t 
be  afraid  of  saving  your  strength,  as  too  many 
of  our  American  women  s.oorn  to  be. 

Notwithstanding,  I  love  to  see  a  systematic 
and  orderly  way  of  doing  everything.  A  clean 
house,  with  everything  in  its  place,  is  very  de¬ 
sirable.  Plenty  of  Powers,  sunshine,  pictures, 
fruit,  and  everything  to  make  a  pleasant  home, 
is  a  necessity.  But  never,  never  be  cross  or 
fretful  under  any  circumstances. 

Aunt  Jennie. 

■ - - 

TRAINING  CHILDREN  TO  BE  FEARLESS. 


“Daily'  Rural  Life”  says  that,  the  natural 
aversion  that  mankind  have  for  insects  and 
animals  is  the  result  of  education  and  super¬ 
stition,  and  I  have  no  doubt  that  what  ho  says 
may  be  true.  Children,  wdien  very  young,  re¬ 
ceive  Impressions  and  form  opinions  which  can¬ 


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not,  during  a  long  life,  be  eradicated,  and  all 
the  talking  and  reasoning  in  I  he  world  will  not 
remove  the  error.  |  was  made  very  timid,  and 
even  foolishly  afraid  of  the  dork,  by  listening, 
when  very  small,  to  some  horrible  (ales  told  by 
a  servant  girl.  The  girl  was  immediately  dis¬ 
missed,  but.  the  mischief  was  done,  ami  to  t  his 
day  I  cannot,  persuade  myself  to  sl  op  out  from 
the  light  into  darkness  alone,  and  at  the  same 
time  would  he  at  a  loss  to  toll  the  cause  of  fear. 
T  was  determined,  when  our  oldest  boy  was  yet 
a  baby,  Mutt  he  should  never  be  frightened,  if 
a  constant  watchfulness  could  possibly  guard 
against  it,  and  the  result  has  been  n  fearless¬ 
ness  that  lias  often  astonished  rne.  Orio  night, 
when  he  was  but  throe  years  old,  he  recollected, 
after  the  lamps  were  lighted*  that  ho  waul  ed  to 
put  tils  Malta  kitten  In  the  barn,  about  twenty 
rods  from  the  house,  to  have  a  Hi  mice  at  the 
mice  there.  Nothing  would  have  induced  ini' 
to  have  gone  out  into  that  intense  darkness, 
hut  to  him  i  raised  no  objections,  and  opening 
the  door  saw  him  go  nut  with  his  kitten  in  his 
arms,  and  he  soon  returned  safe  and  pleased 
with  wliat  he  had  done. 

Right  then  I  might  have  made  a  coward  of 
him  by  picturing  to  his  youthful  imagination 
the  lions  and  dragons  that  were  lying  In  wait 
for  him  till  along  the  garden  walk,  or  even  sug¬ 
gested  to  him  cross  dogs  or  baby-eating  rats 
and  cats. 

In  my  humble  judgment,  the  bad  habit  that 
many  children  have  of  prevaricating  and  de¬ 
ceiving  Is  formed  in  about  t  tie  same  way.  Let 
a.  mother  give  a  child  to  understand  that  she 
doubts  his  word,  and  she  will  soon  have  occa¬ 
sion  to;  but  let  her,  from  the  first  dawning  of 
her  child's  intellect,  show  to  him  daily  that  she 
has  implicit  confidence  In  whatever  he  .-ays, 
and  in  no  instunec  the  least  wavering,  oven 
when  faint  doubts  arise  maintain  to  him  her 
firm  belief  in  his  statements,  and  a  truth-lov¬ 
ing  child  will  reward  her  for  these  *  easy  Aral 
lessons,”  and  she  will  never  have  to  mourn  the 
sin  of  lying  In  that  child.  Haim; let. 

- - 

THE  LOOKS  OF  LITERARY  WOMEN. 


V KttY  Intellectual  women  are  seldom  beauti¬ 
ful;  their  features,  ami  particularly  their  fore¬ 
heads,  arc.  more  or  less  masculine.  But  there 
arc  exceptions  to  all  rules,  and  Miss  Lnudon 
was  an  exception  to  this  one.  She  was  exceed  ¬ 
ingly  feminine  and  pretty.  _\ fra.  Stanton,  like¬ 
wise,  Is  a  handsome  woman,  but  Miss  Anthony 
and  Mm,  Livermore  are  bot  h  plain,  Maria  and 
Jane  Porter  were  women  of  high  brows  and 
irregular  features;  as  was  also  Miss  Sedgwick. 
Anna  Dickinson  has  a  strong,  masculine  face; 
Kate  Field  has  a  good-looking,  though  !>y  no 
means  a  pretty  one,  and  Mrs.  Stowe  Is  thought 
positively  homely.  Alien  and  Phcebe  Cary  were 
both  plain  in  features,  though  their  swectim  J 
Of  disposition  added  greatly  to  their  personal 
appearance.  Margaret  Fuller  hud  a  splendid 
head,  hut  her  features  wen-  irregular  and  she 
was  anyth  jug  but  handsome,  though  sometimes 
in  the  glow  of  eon  vers, at  ion  sho  appeared  al¬ 
most  radiant.  Charlotte  Bronte,  hnd  wondrous- 
ly  beautiful  dark  brown  eyes  and  a  perfectly- 
shaped  head.  Sho  wu&amall  todlmUrativoness, 
ami  was  as  simple  in  her  manner  as  a  child. 
Julia  Ward  IOqws  Is  a  line -looking  woman, 
wearing  an  aspect  of  grace  and  refinement  and 
groat  force  of  character  in  her  face  and  car¬ 
riage.  Olive  Logan  is  by  no  moans  handsome 
in  person,  though  gay  and  attractive  In  conver¬ 
sation.  Laura  Holloway  resembles  Charlotte 
Bronte,  both  in  personal  appearance  am!  in  tho 
sad  experience  of  her  young  1  i  fo.  Neither  Mary 
Booth  nor  Marlon  Flarland  can  lay  claim  to 
handsome  faces,  though  they  are  splendid  spec¬ 
imens  of  cultured  women,  while  Mary  Clcui- 
nier  Arnes  is  just  as  p teasing  in  features  as  her 
writings  are  graceful  and  popular. 

- - 

A  TRUE  GENTLEMAN. 


Snow  us  a  man  who  can  quit  the  society  of 
t  he  young  and  take  pleasure  In  listening  to  the 
kindly  voice  of  the  old  ;  show  us  a  man  who  is 
always  ready  to  pity  and  help  the  deformed; 
show  us  a  man  that  covers  the  faults  of  others 
with  a  mantle  of  charity ;  show  us  v man  thut 
bows  as  politely  am!  gives  I  he  street  r.s  freely  to 
the  poor  sowing  girl  as  to  the  millionaire;  show 
nsa  man  who  abhors  the  libertine,  who  scorns 
the  ridicujcr  of  hi*  mother’s  sox  and  the  ex¬ 
posure  of  womanly  reputation;  show  us  the 
man  who  never  forgets  for  an  instant  the  deli¬ 
cacy'  and  respect  dlie  a  woman,  as  a  woman,  in 
any  condition  or  class— and  you  show  us  a  true 
gentleman. 

- - 

“Little”  is  a  pretty  little  adjective,  and 
‘little  baby,”  “little  darling,”  “little  dear,” 
as  applied  to  infant  s,  are  expressive  and  endear¬ 
ing  terms.  But  there  is  such  a  thing  as  having 
the  hahies  altogether  too  little.  Thus,  “  trip¬ 
lets”  lately  born,  all  living,  at  Klpon,  Wis., 
were  fairy-like  beyond  all  reason,  for  together 
the  trio  of  infant  beauty  weighed  only  six 
pounds.  Further  wonders  are  toid  of  them. 
They  are  too  small  to  be  dressed  and  are  kept, 
wrapped  in  cotton.  The  nurse  can  make  a  ring 
of  berthumband  forefinger  and  slide  it  over  the 
body'  of  any'  one  of  them. 


A  Lady  In  Lewiston,  Me.,  has  a  dress  which 
she  has  worn  every  summer  for  twenty-five 
years.  The  dry  goods  men  look  upon  her  with 
perfect  scorn,  while  she  is  loved  by  every  mar¬ 
ried  man  in  town. 


Jleitdmq  for  the  fgmmg. 


SING-SONG, 


BY  CHRISTINA  ROSSETTI. 

■Where  innocent,  bright-eyed  daisies  are, 
With  blades  of  grass  between, 

Each  daisy  stands  up  like  n  star 
Out  of  a  sky  of  green. 


Th  e  lily  has  un  air. 

And  the  snowdrop  a  grace. 
And  the  sweet  pea  a  way, 

And  tlie  hcartiioane  a  face — 
Yet  there's  nothing  iiko  the  rose 
When  slic  blows. 


Three  Utttu  children 
On  the  wide.  Wide  earth, 
Motherless  children— 

Cared  for  from  (heir  birth 
By  tender  angels. 

Three  little  children 
On  the  wide,  wide  sea, 
Motherless  ohlldren— 

Safe  «s  safe  can  he 
With  guardian  angels. 


What  do  the  stars  do 
Up  In  the  sky, 

Higher  than  tho  wind  can  blow. 
Or  tho  clouds  cun  fly  t 

Each  star  In  its  own  glory 
Circles,  circles  still ; 

As  it  wan  lit  to  shine  und  set, 
And  du  its  Maker's  will. 
- - - 

AUNT  VELMA’S  STORY. 


15V  L.  15.  P. 


Aunt  Velma  told  mo  this  story  one  evening 
Inst,  winter.  I  have  often  wondered  alneo  if 
there  are  many  such  noble-hearl  :•<!  girls  as  sho 
was.  She  promised  to  tell  me  a  slury  some¬ 
time;  so  one  evening,  when  the  rest  of  the 
family  were  at,  a  lecture,  I  made  her  keep  her 
promise.  After  adjusting  her  spectacles,  nrul 
smoothing  the  wrinkles  from  her  apron,  she 
began. 

”  Well,  Vbllie  (I  had  been  named  after  her), 
you  need  not  expect  an  exciting  story,  but  just 
n  simple  talc  of  my  younger  days.  You  know 
we  had  a  large  family  of  children,  myself  the 
oldest,  and  only  sixteen  at  that.  We  had  hard 
times  to  get  along;  father  was  often  too  ill  to 
attend  to  his  business,  and  as  wi  depended  en¬ 
tirely  on  him  we  would  run  so  short  of  money 
sometimes  we  could  not  buy  sugar  for  our  cof¬ 
fee.  That  would  scorn  ltfcrd  to  you,  Vkllii;, 
but  T  tried  not  to  notice  it.  As  mother  was 
able  to  do  but  very  little,  all  the  cares  of  tho 
house  a&rao  to  mo,  but  I  did  not  think  if  much; 
I  always  felt  so  happy  to  think  1  could  do  some- 
I  king  to  help. 

“  One  owning  father  came  in  looking  more 
careworn  than  usual,  I  thought.  I’ did  not  say 
much  to  him,  for  I  knew  lie  was  tired  and  it 
would  bother  him.  I  did  want  to  ask  him  if  he 
could  spare  me  a  few  dollars  fo  get  a  new  dress, 
but  I  could  not.  then.  When  tho  ohlldred  had 
fill  gone  lu  Led.  be  said  to  mo  ; 

“’Velma,  I  have  u  note  which  is  due  next 
month,  but  f  do  not  feel  able  to  collect;  will 
you  go  out  to-morrow  and  see  what,  you  can 
do?’  I  told  him  I  would  do  the  best  I  could. 
Then  lie  said,  with  a  sigh  *  But  I  don’t  sup¬ 
pose  you  w  ill  get  half  enough. ’ 

“  ‘  Never  rear,  father,'  I  replied ;  ‘  it  will  turn 
out  all  right.'  I  said  fids,  Vki.lik,  in  a  careless 
way,  but  I  was  thinking  differently.  Surely,  I 
thought,  I  must,  do  something  to  help  fattier,  or 
he  will  not  bo  able  to  pay  this;  but  what,  () ! 
what  shall  Ido?  Tasked  myself  over  and  over, 
when  a  bright  thought,  struck  me  ;  I  w  ill  begin 
this  very  evening,  I  thought.  As  soon  ax  father 
had  retired  I  commenced  writing,  and  wrote 
until  midnight..  Can  you  guess  what  [  was 
doing?  Ah  !  I  see  you  do  (and  of  course  I  did). 

“  Next  day  I  started  out  to  collect,  but  there 
was  something  in  my  pocket  which  worried  rne 
a  great  deal ;  it  was  my  story.  When  I  reached 
the  post-office,  I  stood  along  time  thinking;  at 
last  I  walked  up  and  dropped  it  in.  •  It  is  gone,' 
thought  I.  ‘Now- there  is  no  help;  but  what 
will  be  the  result?’  I  did  not  have  very  good 
luck  that  day  collecting;  seme  had  the  money, 
but  most  told  me  to  cal!  some  other  l  ime.  I 
was  passing  a  barber  shop,  when  the  t  bought 
occurred  to  me  to  sell  toy  hair.  Now’,  father 
always  said  he  never  saw  such  hair  as  mine;  it 
hung  in  curls  far  below  ray  waist,  and  I  usually 
wore  It  down,  I  had  always  been  very  proud 
of  it,  and  would  never  part  with  it,  hut  to-day  I 
determined  to  have,  it  cut ;  so  I  walked  in  and 
told  the  barber  to  cut  it  off  close  to  my  head. 

*“\Vhy,  miss,’  ho  cried,  ‘What  fur  you  has 
your  hairs  cut  fur  ?  Oh!  no!  don't  have  them 
cut ;  worth  fifty  dollars.’  I  told  him  to  cut  It. 
then,  and  give  me  fifty  dollars.  He  commenced, 
but  every  new  and  then  he  would  mutter  ’Too 
had;  beautiful  hair,.  Ah,  me!  too  bad.’  I  felt 
bad  about  It,  too,  but  then  I  thought  It  ail  for 
the  best.  He  gave  me  twenty-five  dollars.  Oh! 
how  rich  I  felt.  I  tell  you  they  *  ah-od  ’  and 
1  oh-cd  ’  me  when  1  got  home,  but  I  did  not  tell 
them  that  T  sold  it. 

“  f  waited  day  after  day  for  an  answer  from 
my  story.  Never  a  word  came  until  a  week 
after,  which  was  long  for  mo  to  wait.  They 
had  accepted  It,  but  would  like  me  to  do  better 
next  time  ;  I  tried,  anil  think  1  succeeded. 

“  When  the  day  came  that  the  note  was  due, 
father  said  to  me,  *  Well.  V elm  a,  the  piano  will 


have  to  go;  the  officer  will  be  hero  to  take  it 
away  this  evening.’  ‘No  ho  won’t,’  I  thought. 
I  hurried  off  and  paid  every  penny  of  the  debt. 
Father  does  not  know  t.o  this  day  who  paid  it.” 

- +■++ - 

THE  LITTLE  SCARECROW. 

In  England  wheat  Is  called  corn,  ami  is  tho 
great,  staple  for  broad.  The  English  people  havo 
an  idea  that  the  Indian  corn,  or  maize,  of 
America,  is  hardly  lit  for  anything  hut,  horses. 
I  f  a  man  hud  to  live  on  corn-broad,  he  would  bo 
considered  poor  indeed.  But  the  English  are  a 
queer  people,  for  they  call  some  of  their  horses 
“cobs."  A  young  Indv  In  England  is  said  to  bo 
fond  of  riding  on  her  cob.  In  this  country  we 
give  cobs  to  the  pigs,  or  wo  use  them  to  smoke 
bacon  with.  Ho,  in  England,  as  you  will  sec  by 
the  picture  on  page  401,  (painted  by  ’Ik  Dickskk, 
from  the  Exhibition  of  tho  British  Institution,) 
they  have  live  scarecrows  in  Ihoit  whettt  fields. 
A  lltt  le  girl  goes  out  to  watch  for  the  crows,  and 
when  she  sees  them  coming  to  oat  the  wheat, 
sho  sounds  the  great  rattle  »hc  has  In  her  right 
hand,  which  makes  a  sharp,  clattering  noise, 
and  frightens  the  birds  away.  In  America  wo 
set  up  stuffed  scarecrows  to  frighten  the  crows 
out  of  corn  Holds,  but  wn  never  trouble  our¬ 
selves  about,  the  wheat.  Little  Hally  SCahk- 
chow,  of  tho  picture,  Is  a  pretty,  fat,  black-eyed 
girl,  .and  sho  seems  to  enjoy  tho  fun  of  fright¬ 
ening  the  birds,  We  think  tho  little  girls  who 
read  the  Rural  Nf.w-Vokkku  would  sooner  be 
going  to  school,  picking  flowers,  or  helping 
their  mothers.  We  arc  sure  none  of  them  want 
to  bo  “  scarecrows." 

- »♦»  -■  - -  - 

STOP  AND  WEIGH. 

One  morning  an  enraged  countryman  came 
into  Mr.  M.’s  store  with  very  angry  looks.  He 
left,  a  team  hi  the  street,  and  had  a  good  stick 
in  Ills  hand, 

“Mr.  M.,”  said  the  angry  countryman,  "I 
bought  a  paper  of  nutmegs  herein  your  store, 
and  when  I  got,  home  they  were  more  Hum  half 
walnuts;  and  that’s  the  young  villain  that  I 
bought  ’em  of,"  pointing  to  John. 

“John,”  said  Mr.  M.,  “  did  you  sell  this  man 
walnuts  for  nutmegs?" 

“  No,  sir,"  was  the  ready  reply. 

“  You  lie,  you  little  villain,”  said  the  country¬ 
man,  still  more  enraged  at  hts  assurance. 

“Now,  look  here,”  said  John.  “If  you  had 
taken  the  trouble  to  weigh  your  nutmegs,  you 
would  have  found  that  I  put  in  the  walnuts 
gratis." 

“  Oh,  you  gave  them  to  me,  did  you  ?’’ 

“  Yes,  sir.  I  threw  In  a  handful  for  the  chil¬ 
dren  to  crack,"  said  John,  laughing  at  tho  same 
time. 

"  Well,  now,  if  that  ain’t  ayoung  scamp,"  said 
the  countryman,  his  features  relaxing  into  a 
grin  as  he  saw  through  the  matter. 

Much  hard  talk  and  bad  blood  would  be  saved 
if  people  would  stop  to  weigh  tilings  before  they 
blame  others. 

“Think  twice  before  you  speak  once,”  is  an 
excellent  motto,  - Christian  World. 


((Hie  iteler. 


ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.  No.  16. 


Answer  next  week. 


- *+* - 

GEOGRAPHICAL  ENIGMA,— No.  2. 


I  am  composed  of  15  (otters  : 

My  1, 12,  8,  5,  8  is  a  county  in  Virginia. 

My  s,  10,  6,  12. 15  is  a  county  in  New  York. 

My  9, 12,  B,  11, 8  Is  a  county  in  Pennsylvania. 

My  9,  IT,  12,  to,  14,  4,  13  Is  a  county  in  Virginia, 
My  TO,  3, 15,  2,  13  is  a  county  in  North  Carolina. 
My  11,  7, 12,  TO  is  a  county  in  Tennessee, 

My  whole  is  a  saying  Unit,  all  children  should 
do.  Marion  E.  Shepard, 

IW  A  nswer  next  week. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.-June  7. 


Illustrated  Redds  No.  15.— When  the  ass 
bears  too  light  a  load,  he  wants  to  lie  down. 

An ao  ram  No.  5.— 

Great  events,  we  often  find, 

On  little  things  depend; 

And  very  small  beginnings 
Have  oft  a  mighty  end. 

Problem  No.  0.-16,875. 


FOREIGN  NEWS 


Archbishop  Purcell,  of  Cincinnati,  has  for¬ 
bidden  t  he  Catholic  children  of  t  hat  city  to  read 
hooka  from  the  public  library,  on  the  ground  of 
the  immoral  character  of  American  literature. 

Nathan  Bundy  of  Lyndon,  Vt.,  comes  to 
the  front  with  a  sheep  story.  In  April  one  of 
his  ewes  gave  him  a  pair  of  twins,  and  after 
nine  days  rest  gave  him  another  lamb. 

Count  von  Ahnim,  Ambassador  of  the  Ger¬ 
man  Empire,  presented  anew  his  credentials  to 
the  French  Government,  and  was  formally  re¬ 
ceived  by  President  MaeMahon. 

A  Montiukllo,  Iowa,  jury  has  recently  ren¬ 
dered  a  written  verdict.,  the  most  beautiful 
specimen  of  phonographic  spelling  yet  seen. 
It  was,  “Kno  cos  of  axe  Ion,” 

Pnor.  Latimer  of  Bath  High  school,  was 
recent  ly  sued  bv  a  physician  for  whipping  his 
boy.  After  an  exhaustive  trial  the  professor 
was  sustained  by  the  court. 

It  is  rumored  that,  a  motion  will  be  made  in 
the  French  Assembly  to  proclaim  the  Republic 
and  confirm  MaeMahon  as  President  for  the 
term  of  live  years. 

Congressman  Justin  S.  Morrill  will  de¬ 
liver  the  address  before  the  literary  societies  of 
the  Massachusetts  Agricultural  College  at  Am¬ 
herst,  July  PI. 

Oveu  1,000  hotels  in  Pennsylvania  have  been 
closed  since  the  vote  on  the.  license  question  a 
few  months  ago.  At  least,  so  the  Philadelphia 
Press  says. 

Sir  Edward  Thornton  has  purchased  land 
in  Washington,  D.  C„  upon  which  to  erect  a 
permanent,  building  for  the  British  legation. 

An  English  member  of  Parliament,  who  has 
been  unaccountably  missing  for  some  time,  is 
said  to  be  a  leader  among  the  Carlists. 

There  is  to  be  a  display  of  carrier  pigeons  at 
the  Vienna  Exhibition,  with  prizes  for  the  best 
specimens  of  t  he  class. 

Prof.  Moses  Corf  Tyler  delivers  the  ad¬ 
dress  ai.  the  Syracuse  University  Commence¬ 
ment. 

The  ex-Empress  Eugenie  has  gone  from  En¬ 
gland  for  the  Continent  by  way  of  Ostend. 

Beecher  preachod  in  Boston,  recently,  and 
thousands  were  unable  to  hear  him. 

The  cholera  has  disappeared  from  the  coun¬ 
try  adjacent  to  the  Danube. 

The  Shah  of  Persia  has  arrived  at  Weisbaden, 
cn  route  for  London. 

The  Emperor  of  Russia  has  arrived  at  Stutt¬ 
gart,  from  Vienna. 


neighboring  city  of  Buda.  In  Pesth,  during  the 
second  half  of  April,  there  were  202  new  cases, 
with  102  deaths.  In  Buda,  where  the  disease 
had  apparently  ceased  on  February  2C,  there 
have  been  59  eases  since  April  Sit.  In  Bohemia, 
during  the  first  half  of  April,  three  new  cases 
were  added  to  40  remaining  under  treatment. 
Of  the  52, 10  recovered  and  28  died. 

The  Bank  of  France  has  paid  into  the  French 
Treasury  one-quarter  of  the  sum  due  to  Ger¬ 
many  on  account  of  the  war  indemnity.  The 
remainder  will  be  paid  in  monthly  installments. 
The  report  that  there  had  been  successful  nego¬ 
tiations  to  accelerate  the  departure  of  the  Ger¬ 
man  troops  from  France,  is  probably  false. 

The  memorial  fund  of  $300,000  for  the  endow¬ 
ment  of  Richmond  College,  which  the  Baptists 
of  Virginia  have  undertaken  to  raise  in  connec¬ 
tion  with  their  semi-centennial,  is  nearly  all 
secured.  Over  $205,000  is  already  pledged,  and 
arrangements  are  made  which  will  insure  the 
raising  of  the  remainder  at  an  early  day. 

A  young  man  in  a  suburban  (own  sent  off  his 
first  postal  card  on  Thursday  morning.  After 
writing  a  message  on  the  back,  be  enclosed  it 
in  an  envelope,  clapped  on  a  three-oent  stamp, 
and  dropped  it  into  the  post-office,  remarking 
that  it  was  a  very  handy  arrangement  and 
should  have  been  Introduced  years  ago. 

The  prerogatives  of  .MetliodJst  Episcopal 
bishops  are  under  discussion  in  the  Advocate. 
The  dissatisfaction  has  arisen  from  the  fact 
that  the  location  of  (.ho  episcopal  residences,  as 
directed  by  t  he  General  Conference,  has  been 
set  aside  or  tardily  adopted  by  the  recent  ly-elec- 
ted  bishops. 

The  munugers  of  t  he  American  Sunday-school 
Union  have  elected  as  president  of  that  society, 
to  succeed  John  A.  Brown,  deceased,  Robert 
Lennox  Kennedy,  of  this  city,  one  of  our  fore¬ 
most  Christian  bankers,  a  man  well  and  widely 
known  in  both  religious  and  financial  circles. 

A  San  FRANCISCO  telegram  of  Juno  12  says: 
Advices  from  Arizona  state  that  on  Monday 
last  a  band  of  Apache  Indians  started  south¬ 
ward,  probably  intending  to  invade  Sonora, 
Mexico.  Another  band  is  besieging  Santa 
Cruz,  in  Sonora,  five  miles  over  the  border. 

The  Mcrrimac  Journal  tells  of  a  smart 
woman  in  Vewburyport,  who  don’t  like  to  be 
called  old  at  nearly  seventy  years— who  last 
Monday  did  t  he  weekly  washing  for  her  family 
of  five  persons,  cooked  for  them,  and  cleaned 
t  he  paint  and  papered  two  rooms. 

A  humane  gentleman  of  Bangor  has  offered 
to  give  the  Society  for  th  a  Prevention  of  Cruelty 
to  Animals  the  sum  o^  t.OOO,  ou  condition  that 
the  Society  will  procure  the  passage  by  the  Leg¬ 
islature  of  a  law  prohibiting  the  use  of  a  check- 
rein  on  horses  in  the  Stat  e  of  Maine. 

There  is  a  serious  dispute  in  the  building 
trade  In  London.  The  journeymen  ask  an 
advance  of  a  halfpenny  per  hour  in  their  wages, 
which  the  master-builders  refuse  to  give.  It  is 
feared  a  dispute  will  lead  to  the  greatest  lock¬ 
out  ever  known  in  the  city. 

Many  of  the  students  at  Yale  are  taking  bo¬ 
tanical  and  zoological  excursions  under  the 
guidance  of  a  Professor.  They  go  into  the  woods 
and  the  mountains,  have  lunch,  and  return  with 
plants  and  fossils,  all  wearing  the  longest  and 
most  tremendously  hard  Latin  names. 

Two  sharpers  have  victimized  about  three 
hundred  girls  in  Middletown.  Ct.,  by  selling 
them  cheap  pictures  for  $1  each,  telling  them 
the  proceeds  were  for  a  Catholic  clarity,  and 
that  the  Sisters  ot  Mercy  would  come  around 
and  frame  them. 

About  two-thirds  of  the  immense  debt  of  the 
American  Presbyt  erian  Board,  $128,095,  has  been 
provided  for  by  pledges  given  at  the  General 
Assembly,  The  entire  debt  will  be  divided 
among  the  presbyteries, and  they  expected  to 
meet  it. 

President  MucMahop  lias  issued  a  proclama¬ 
tion  to  the  army,  in  which  he  says : — “  The 
choice  of  a  President  of  the  Republic  from  your 
ranks  shows  the  confidence  of  the  National  As¬ 
sembly  in  your  loyalty.” 

The  cholera  excitement  is  abating.  Absti¬ 
nence  from  stale  vegetables  has  undoubtedly 
had  a  tenedency  to  decrease  the  mortuary  re¬ 
ports.  as  there  were  only  19  interments  to-day 
from  all  diseases  against  24  yesterday. 

There  is  a  young  man  in  Buekland,  Me.,  who 
has  made  the  father  of  his  lady  love  a  present 
of  a  fine  load  of  wood  in  compensation  for  the 
fuel  used  during  his  regular  and  somewhat  pro¬ 
tracted  visits  the  last  winter. 

A.  Park  dispatch  says;— Ex-President  Thiers 
has  written  a  friend,  in  which  he  says  he  has 
retired  to  private  life,  believing  that  party 
Government  in  France  is  a  mistake,  and  will 
only  lead  to  fresh  divisions. 

The  Baptists  propose  to  commemorate  the 
national  centennial  in  1876  by  raising,  mean¬ 
while,  an  educational  fund  for  completing  the 
endowment  of  all  their  institutions  of  learning 
in  the  country. 

Vignettes  of  the  late  William  H.  Seward  and 
Thomas  Corwin  have  recently  been  engraved 
at  the  Treasury  Bureau  for  use  upon  the  checks 
of  the  State  and  Interior  Departments  respect¬ 
ively. 

Ex-Congressman  E.  Y.  Rice  of  the  Xth  ill. 
District,  is  said  to  be  building  a  new  house  with 
his  $5,000  of  the  salary  grab.  The  newspapers  in 
his  section  are  bidding  him  melancholy  fare¬ 
wells. 


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post-paid  to  all  disposed  to  aid  in  circulating  the 
Rural  NEW-YORKER  In  their  respective  localities. 


the  proclamation  of  the  Republic — On  the  9th, 
a  great  fire  broke  out  in  Dublin;  the  people 
commenced  to  plunder;  the  military  ami  police 
had  to  protect  the  firemen  ;  t  he  LordMayor  was 
ted  ,  the  loss  was  ball  a  million  of  dollars. 
_ The  Alexandria  Palace,  in  London,  wan  de¬ 
stroyed  by  fire  ou  the  9th;  the  fire  caused  great 
consternation  :  loss,  three  millions  of  dollars 
and  many  works  of  art — A  Radical  Govern¬ 
ment  has  been  elected  in  Lyons _ Ratazzi  had 

a  great  funeral  in  Rome  on  the  9th  It  is 
proposed  to  abolish  the  office  of  Lord  Lieuten¬ 
ant  of  Ireland _ The  French  Government  has 

attempted  to  subsidize  the  press.  ...Dissensions 
continue  in  Spain,  and  Figucras  is  unable  to 
form  a  Cabinet.  A  forced  loan  ia  probable  — 
Kaiser  v.on  the  Prim  e  of  Wales  stakes  in  the 
Ascot  races  on  the  10th  On  the  12th,  there 
were  tears  of  an  armed  revolution  in  Spain  ;  1  lie 
Cories  was  surrounded  by  armed  volunteers. 
Figucras  has  gone  to  Franco.  A  new  ruinistiy 
was  accepted  on  the  12th  Russians  and  K hiv- 
uus  have  both  met.  with  defeats. .  The  German 
Constitution  will  be  extended  to  Alsace  and 
Lorraine.  ..M.  Thiers  has  retired  to  private  life. 

.The  journeymen  builders  of  London  propose 
a  strike.  ..A  number  ol  French  officials  have  re¬ 
signed...  The  funeral  of  Sir  George  Cartier,  at 
Mont  real,  on  the  11th,  was  large  and  imposing. 
_ Ex-King  Amadeus  Is  in  England  —  'the  Sul¬ 
tan  has  made  Egypt  an  Independent,  kingdom. 
.  .. There  is  s  conflict  In  Brazil  between  1  ho 
clergy  and  secret  societies. . ,  The  French  Gov¬ 
ernment  is  actively  persecuting  the  Commun¬ 
ists...  The  new  Government  of  Spain  favors 
the  abolition  of  slavery. 


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BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS 


A  Washington  dispatch  says:— Mrs.  Hall , 
the  widow  of  the  unfortunate  Capt.  Hall,  has 
been  here  for  two  nr  three  day#,  but  lias  t  hus 
far  been  unuhle  to  learn  anything  regarding  the 
last  hours  ut  her  husband.  She  has  not  yet  seen 
Capt.  Tyson,  nor  any  of  the  crew  at  the  Navy 
Yard  in  this  city,  arul  is,  therefore,  as  Ignorant 
of  the  entire  circumstances  relating  to  her  hus- 
band’rs  death  and  probable  fat  e  of  t  he  Polaris  as 
the  public  at  large.  She  Is  almost  crushed  with 
grief,  and  came  here  on  the  sad  errand  of  ob¬ 
taining  what  fact*  wore  to  bo  known  from  the 
party  brought  here  by  the  Frolic.  She  much 
regrets  not  having  arrived  in  time  to  see  Joe 
and  Hannah,  the  Esquimaux  friends  of  her  hus¬ 
band,  find  she  says  if  she  could  divest  herself  of 
the  idea  that  the  Captain  did  not  die  a  natural 
death,  she  could  feel  his  loss  less  keenly. 

A  Madrid,  Spain,  dispatch  dated  June  12, 
says :  -The  Cortes  has  accepted  the  resignation 
of  the  Figueraa  Cabinet.  At  a  meeting  of  the 
majority  last  night  the  following  new  Ministry 
was  agreed  upon  : — President  of  the  Council  and 
Minister  of  the  I  nterior— Senor  Pi  y  Margall. 
Minist  er  of  the  Colonies -Senor  Sorni.  Minis¬ 
ter  of  Foreign  Affairs— Senor  Muze.  Minister 
of  War  Senor  Estavanz.  Minister  of  Marine— 
Senor  Aurioh.  Minister  of  Finance— Senor 
Ludus.  Minister  of  Public  Works— Senor  Be- 
not.  Minister  of  Justice— Senor  Gonzalez.  The 
authorities  are  determined  to  sustain  resolutely 
the  majority  In  whatever  measures  they  may 
adopt.  Senor  Figueraa  has  left  Madrid. 

An  Albany  dispatch  dated  June  12  says :— The 
Cornell  Investigating  Commttee  after  making 
an  examination  of  documentary  evidence  in 
the  Controller’s  office  here,  adjourned  to  meet 
at  the  Cornell  University  in  Ithaca  next  week, 
to  examine  into  the  management  of  the  Uni¬ 
versity,  especially  in  the  Agricultural  and  Me¬ 
chanical  Departments,  with  a  view  to  deter¬ 
mining  whether  the  conditions  of  the  land 
gram  are  fulfilled.  Mr.  Cornell  was  present 
here,  aiding  the  Commission  in  their  investiga¬ 
tion. 

A  Richmond,  Va.,  telegraph  says  :  The  sec¬ 
onds  in  the  recent  duel  between  Mordecai  anil 
McCarty,  having  been  refused  bail  by  a  police 
justice  during  the  convalescence  of  McCarty 
the  surviving  principal,  they  made  an  effort  to¬ 
day  to  procure  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus,  but 
Judge  Guigton,  to  whom  the  application  was 
made,  refused  to  grant  it.  They  will  have  to 
remain  in  jail  for  some  time  yet  before thej 
have  an  examination,  as  McCarty  will  not 
probably  be  out  for  a  month. 

Among  the  important  features  in  the  new 
Ohio  school  law  is  the  provision  constituting  all 
school  districts  in  Ohio  “bodies  politic  and 
corporate,"  wit  1  sole  and  exclusive  control  of 
educational  matters,  Including  the  full  title  and 
ownership  of  all  real  estate  and  all  other  prop¬ 
erty  now  used,  or  hereafter  to  .be  acquired 
therefor.  This  will  invest  Boards  with  every 
needed  power  for  independent  action,  while  it 
will  also  definitely  fix  responsibility  for  any 
failure  in  administration. 

A  gentleman  of  Nashua,  N.  H„  has  a  rare 
coin  that  was  recently  found  on  the  farm  of 
Loring  Hardy,  of  Windham.  It  is  inscribed, 
“Josephus,  L  D.  G.— Port  et-alg-rex,”  around 
the  bust  of  the  King.  On  the  reverse  is  the 
crown  and  shield  of  Portugal.  The  series  of 
which  this  is  a  specimen  was  cast  for  the  Amer¬ 
ican  colonies  of  Portugal.  It  was  found  with  a 
quantity  of  other  coin  in  a  meadow  some  two 
feet  below  the  surface.  It  appears  to  be  coined 
from  brass. 

The  Keene  Sentinel  says  that  in  a  fork  of  a 
large  elm  tree  in  Walpole,  N.  H..  about  fifteen 
feet  from  the  ground,  may  be  seen  two  flourish¬ 
ing  currant  bushes  that  have  been  growing  for 
the  past  twelve  years,  and  annually  yield  both 
red  and  white  fruit.  O11  another  elm,  just 
across  the  street,  ut  considerable  distance  from 
the  ground,  may  be  seen  a  raspberry  bush  in  a 
flourishing  condition. 

The  British  Medical  Journal  says  that  cholera 
is  again. spreading  in  Pesth,  Hungary,  and  the 


SEMI-Bl/SINESS  PARAGRAPHS, 


The  Modern  Wonder. —Experienced  people 
are  found  wondering  how  so  perfect  a  sewing 
machine  os  the  New  Wilson  Underfeed  can  be 
made  so  perfect  in  every  part,  so  thoroughly 
adapted  to  the  requirements  of  family  sewing, 
and  yet  be  sold  for  twenty  dollars  less  than  any 
other  first-class  machine.  The  reason  is  easy 
and  plain.  First  ,  because  the  Wilson  Company 
is  content  with  a  fair  profit,  and  do  not  belong 
to  any  combination  whose  object  is  to  keep  up 
the  price  of  sewing  machines;  and,  secondly, 
because  the  most  perfect  machinery  is  used  in 
its  construction.  The  splendid  establishment 
of  the  company  is  the  best,  evidence  that  this 
policy  has  been  a  success.  Salesroom  at  707 
Broadway,  New’  York,  and  in  ail  other  cities  in 
the  United  States.  The  company  want  agents 
in  country  towns. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS, 


New  York  €lty  and  Vicinity. 

V,  Springbok,  won  the  Bel  lont  stakes  at  t  he 

Jerome  Park  races . Pett  ’’a  pence,  to  the 

amount,  of  $130,000  was  collect' d  in  the  Catholic 
churches  on  the  8th  Cornu  stones  have  beeu 
laid  for  T.  DeW.  Talmadge  s  and  Stephen  II. 
Tyng,  Jr.’s  now  churches  . .  The  udssingsteam- 

or  George  Cromwell  is  safe _ A  lull  lias  been 

found  against  Frank  H.  Walworth  of  murder  in 
the  first' degree.... Stokes  has  been  granted  a 
new  trial. ...The  corner  stone  of  Dr.  Hall’s  new 
church  waa  laid  on  the  9th.  It  is  to  cost,  $900,000 

There  is  much  wrangling  over  the-  Brooklyn 
Bridge  James  L.  Orr.Jatc  Minister  to  Russia, 
hail  an  imposing  Masonic  funeral  on  the  18tn. 
The  remains  were  sent  to  South  Carolina — 
Young  Walworth  is  to  have  a  speedy  trial  for 
1  fie  killing  of  his  father  On  the  11th  a  hoy  of 
10  shot  his  friend,  aged  25,  In  Jersey  City..  A 
Peace  Conference  was  held  on  the  11th  at 
Cooper  Union  .Rev.  Celia  Burleigh  has  had  a 
dramatic  benefit  . 

Home  News. 

The  Modoc  captives  number  128.  Jack  has 
attempted  to  escape. .  .  .  ..Gen.  Sherman,  the 
President,  and  others,  have  been  to  West  Point 

.Six  soldiers  of  Co,  F,  Third  cavalry,  and  24 
horses  were  drowned  in  camp  in  Nebraska,  on 

the  fid  _ On  the  6th  t tie  Oregon  volunteers 

massacred  a  number  of  Modoes,  women  and 
children.  The  Modoes  wore  unarmed ;  a  ter¬ 
rible  scene  followed.  The  news  caused  great 
excitement.  The  remaining  Modoe  prisoners 
w  ill  he  tried  by  a  military  commission _ A  sol¬ 

diers’  mouumem.  has  been  dedicated  at  Cam¬ 
den,  N,  J  No  trouble  is  apprehended  from 
Mackenzie’s  raid  Into  Mexico  . .  A  lire  damp 
explosion  took  place  in  Sliamokin,  Pa.,  on  the 

loth.  Ten  lives  were  lost  .  .The  farmers  fleet¬ 
ed  Mr.  Craig  Judge  of  the  Supremo  Court  in 
Illinois — The  Habitual  Criminal  Act  of  New 
Fork  has  been  declared  constitutional  ..San 
Francisco  has  b«cn  passing  Infamous  aiui- 
C  hi  nose  ordinances  ...Gen.  Davis  was  all  ready 
to  -hoot  Capt.  Jack  and  the  Modoes  when  he 
got  word  to  give  them  a  militarv  trial  The 
Massachusetts  Legislature  has  adjourned  .  It. 
is  proposed  to  unite  all  the  Presbyterian 
churches  in  America — Capt.  Jack  denies  the 
killing  of  Gen.  Canby.  ,Dr.  West  of  Dover, 
Del.,  who  murdered  a  negro,  has  been  found 
not  guilty  Superintendents  of  the  poor  have 
had  a  convention  at  Buffalo. .  Wagner,  the  Isle 
of  Shoals.  N.H..  murderer,  is  on  trial  —  Mr. 
Colfax  Mill  make  the  Fourth  of  July  oration  iu 

Cincinnati . Forty-one  out  of  a  class  of  13 

graduated  at  West  Point . ,.  .The  Modoes  are  to 
6e  sent  to  Fort  Kalmath. 

Fire#. 

The  Hyde  Park  woollen  mills,  Mass.,  on  the 
7th;  loss,  $500,000  ...Hotel  at  East  Greenwich, 
R.  I.,  on  the  7th,  struck  by  lightning ;  loss,  $12- 
000  —  On  the  8th  a  large  pie  bakery  and  30 
horses,  on  Sullivan  St.,  New  York;  loss,  $183,000 
—  Paint  and  oi!  store  at  Burlington,  Iowa,  on 
the  7th;  loss,  $75,000  Three  million  feet  of 
lumber,  17  houses,  1,400  barrels  of  coal  oil,  and 
25  freight  cars,  in  Cincinnati,  on  the  8th  ;  loss, 
$150,000...  Bake  house,  engine  home,  etc.,  in 
Garden  Island,  Out.,  on  the  8th  .;  Joss.  $15,000.  • . 
Steamer  Meteor,  warehouse,  etc.,  in  Detroit,  on 

the  8th ;  loss,  8100,000 _ \  great  lire  broke  out 

on  the  river  front  of  Newburg,  N.  Y..  on  the 
9th,  burning  front  from  Third  to  Fourth  Sts.; 

loss,  $250,000  . .  Stores  on  Commerce  St.,  Cincin¬ 
nati,  on  the  13th;  loss,  $25,000 _ Store  in  Law¬ 

rence,  Kan.,  on  the  11th  ;  loss,  $75,000...  Woolen 
mills  at  Milton,  N.  H..  on  the  12th ;  loss.  $100,000. 


Watch  jNo.  lOOO,  Stem  Winder  —  bearing 
Trade  Mark  “  Frederic  Atherton  &  Co.,  Marion, 
N.  J.”— manufactured  by  United  States  Watch 
Co.,  (Giles,  Wales  &  Co.,)  has  been  carried  by 
me  three  and  one-half  months  ;  total  variation 
thirty  seconds.— Geo.  G.  Rockwood,  845  Broad¬ 
way,  New  York. 


The  Improved  Universal  Clothes  Wringer, 

with  its  new  malleable  iron  folding  clamps,  for 
fastening  it  to  a  tub  or  box,  is  the  neatest,  most 
compact  and  durable  Wringer  ever  made. 


Four-Ton  Hay  Scales,  $87.30. — The  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.  Free  Price 
List. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


New  York,  Monday,  June  16,  1873. 

Receipts.— The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  as  follows : 

FJour,  bbls .  88,6U0  Fork,  hbls .  1,344 

Wheat,  bush . 1,193,600  Reel,  pkgs .  104 

Corn,  bush.. . .  875,600  Cut  meats,  pkgs.. ..  2,990 

Outs, bush . .  296,410  Lanl.  pkgs..,. .  2,966 

Grass  seed,  bush 
Barley,  bush  — 

Mult,  bush . 

Beans,  bush . 

Corn  meal  bbls. 

Curn  meal,  bugs 
Cotton,  bales — 

Bye.  bush  ....... 


—  Butter,  pkgs .  20,780 

—  Cheese,  pkgs .  54,125 

8,300  Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  952 

‘Ml  Bugs,  bbls .  15,219 

2,970  Wool,  bales. .  1,675 

15,200  Hops,  bales .  57 

18.12s  Peanuts,  bugs .  468 

07,200  Dressed  Hors.  No..  — 

Hen  us  nudPcas.— Experts  of  beans  past  week, 
442  bbls.;  of  peas.  6,150  bush.  The  market  coutlUties 
quiet,  with  free  offerings  of  both  mediums  uml  mar¬ 
rows,  at  $2.50  for  selected  of  either.  There  bus  been 
a  good  payiDg  trade  for  the  last  crops,  and  dealers  do 
not  grumble  at  the  present  falling  oil  in  the  demand. 
Canada  peas  are  in  good  demand,  owing  to  the  pro¬ 
longed  scarcity.  The  stock  arriving  is  mainly  in 
bulk  and  not  of  desirable  quality.  Green  peas  not 
wanted-  Southern  B.  G.  peas  tn  few  bauds. 

We  quote  prime  meal  urns,  $2.50;  other.  $2  90® 
2.35;  prime  marrowfats,  $2.50;  other,  $2.20  <«.  2.30 ; 
prime  kidneys,  $2.5Qei'2.60:  prime  pea  beans,  $2.7&$3; 
fair  do.,  S2.2a;  red  kidney,  83.50c«>i.7i»  tor  good  and 
prime;  white  kidney,  t3.2Q©2.6U ;  Canada  peas,  in 
bbls.,  tree,  $1.4U@1.45 ;  Canada  peas  in  bulk.  9Do.©$l; 
green  peas,  bash.,  ranee,  ll.lOCltfcSff.  Southern  black- 
eyed,  $4, ©4-29;  white  kidney,  $2.20@2.GO. 

Beeswax.— There  is  a  small  shipping  trade  at  35® 
37c.  for  Western  and  Southern— latter  price  obtain¬ 
able  tor  choice  lots  only. 

Broom  Corn.— Small  sales  to  manufacturers,  at 
steady  prices-  Sales  at  644®“c.  for  hurl,  5® 6c.  for 
green,  4®oc.  for  red.  Old  is  quoted  3® 4c. 

Buirer.— The  market  stands  up  quite  satisfactorily 
under  the  free  receipts  and  hot  weather.  State  has 
stopped  coming,  and  for  that  the  market  is  rather 
steady.  Western  is  In  good  supply ;  the  receipts, 
however,  are  equally  dfitributeii  from  day  to  day. 


SEEDLEAi'  CROP  OF  1871. 

Connecticut  und  Massachusetts  fillers . 11  ©  li  c. 

seconds . 18  ©  aft  c. 

wrappers . 40  @  65  e. 

selections . no  ©  75  c. 

New  York  tillers .  10  ©  11  c. 

wrappers . is  ©  ;S5  c. 

assorted  lots,,.,.. . II  ©  U  e. 

Pennsylvania  tillers.  . ill  ©it  e. 

wrappers,... . •«  ©60  e. 

assorted  lots .  18  ©  85  r. 

Ohio  tillers . 8  ©  9  r. 

wrappers . 18  ©  .15  e. 

assorted  lots . <iw©  12  c. 

Wisconsin  asBorrod  lots .  8i$@  9  c. 

Vegotabloa.— Exports  of  potatoes,  750  hhN.  Prime 
ol'l  Peach  Klnwe  are  firmer.  New  are  in  Bond  receipt, 
hut  are  not  of  attractive,  size.  Wo  quote  Bermnda, 
?8,50;  Oliarludon,  Norfolk, 'it'.  Wc  quote 

State  Pencil  Blows,  pj  bulk,  f8@3.2T.;  do.  In  double 
hcadK  58.50  sH.7fi;  Early  Hose,  *2©2.25  In  'Uhls.;  Prince 
Albert,  Ji-  d<>. ;  Western  Peach  ninws,  prime, 
>9.75©1|  do.  common,  Jacksons.  *«.,  11. {til©::.  Charles, 
ton  tomatoes  are  arriving,  many  very  Breen.  Tim 
range  Is  &  I  @2.50  ?■*  crate.  Bermuda  tomatoes,  ~J 
crate,  30@'rtio.  unions,  fcl.au@9.  N.  J.  peas,  $3  v  nhl. 
Charleston  cucumbers,  $1.30@2.oQ  IP  ernte.  Norfolk 
eutihago,  8l.50@2..'tJ  V  bbl  Southern  string  heans.  *6 
©(’...‘,0  p  bbl, 

VThHUy— Is  selling  at  93&C.  for  Western. 

W  ool.-  for  domestic,  prices  rule  weak.  The  small 
stocks  prevent,  any  important  decline,  but  they  are 
generally  qillte  freo  sellers  at  Inside  prices,  the  <J1s- 
I'OSltloU  belli"  to  get.  supplies  Worked  oil  before  the 
oew  dip  comes  to  hand  to  any  ex  ten:.  Foreign  in  in 
liberal  supply,  and  offering  freely  at  lower  prices. 

We  qvfote  New  York  and  Ml  1: mean  and  Wiscon¬ 
sin  fleeces  n(.  .(8c.  for  XX.  Mo.  for  X.  13c.  for  No.  I. 
Ohio  and  Penn,  fleeces. noe.  tor  xx,  ise.  lor  x,  tile,  for 
No.  1.  led.,  Ky.  and  Tenu..  48c.  for  XX,  li'c.  lor  \  , 
'Me.  i for  No.  I.  111.,  lown  and  Mint).,  15e.  for  XX.  He. 
lor  ,\,  I3u.  fur  No.  1.  On.,  .Via.,  Miss,  and  I, a.,  2(S.i'3l)e. 
for  unwashed.  Pulled  at  4u@iCo.  for  extra,  42@4tc.  for 


Hogs.— lave  wore  held  up  to  noon,  therefore  there 
were  no  quotations.  City  dressed  opened  at  last 
named  rates. 

RECEIPTS  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 


For  sale  at  the  Herat.  New- Yorker  Office,  No.  5 
Bookman  St..  New  York,  or  sent  by  mall,  post¬ 
paid,  on  receipt  of  price : 

Wlllnrtt’tt  Pructlcnl  Dairy  Husbandry 
(Jusr  Ixmicd) .  . «;»  <)0 

Allen's  (I,.  K.)  American  Cattle .  2  (X) 

JO.  New  American  Farm  Book.  .  2  50 

[Jo.  [Uaeasus  of  Domestic  Animals .  1  00 

Do.  iturnl  Archtteatnre .  1  50 

American  Bird  Fancier . .  . . .  30 

American  Homology  (290  Illustrations)  Warder.’.  3  00 
A  marl  cAb  Practical  Cookery..  .  .  1  75 

American  Rose  Cnll.iirisi . J _ 1  IT !  I !  1 1 1*  30 

American  Htiimlnril  of  Excellence  In  Poultry.!'  50 

American  Wheat  Cnlturi't  (Todd) . ...  2  nO 

Architecture,  Nstion.il  (Geo.  ic.  Woodward) . 12  00 

Atwond  a  Country  and  Suburban  Houses .  I  60 

Barry  a  )•  ruit  Garden  (new  edition) .  .  2  60 


_  „  .  Hooves.  Cows.  Cal  van.  Lmnb*.  Hoes. 

One  Hundredth  St. ..2, 319  II)  837  56  000 

hortv-ElKhth  St .  00  61  1,805  9,533  000 

fortieth  St. .  00  00  1,161  1.(96  19.470 

Cwnmumpaw . 5.109  00  00  8,660  10  111 

Weehawken.. .  920  09  00  000  000 

Totals  this  week . 8,368  71  8,808  22,735  29,581 

last  week . 9,328  78  3,496  19.319  37,231 

COMP  A  KA  Tt  YE  RATES. 

Lost  week.  This  week. 
Cents.  Cents. 

]2.ki  ©  JR*  m  &>  I3X 
U.'-S  ©  12  llty  ©  12 
111  ©  11  |()  lid  11 

1  3  ©  9  If  8  ©  y  If 

UK  ©  12 jf  it y,  ©  isjf 


Good  Steers  tp  ft 

Fair . 

Poor . 

Poorest . 

Gen.  selling  rates 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


ts  Pomeroy’s  Elastic  Rf  i’tuhe-Belt.  The  best 
Trusses  with  tnetai  springs  are  Pom  icroy’s  Wire 
Spring,  Rubber  Sponge  and  Finger-Pa  o  Tiutss- 
t;.s.  For  full  particulars,  addreBs  POME  HOY  &  CO., 
714  Broadway,  New  York. 

Pomeroy’s  Trusses  are  the  best  in  the  world. 


pea*  §V(U'cvtio'cmeut,o 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


$7 55  OO  BoUIlI  WEEK. 

ents  wanted  everywhere.  Business  strictly  legltl- 
te.  Particulars  free.  J.  Worth  &  Co.,  st.  Louis,  Mo. 

)  \  DAY*  Agents  wanted.  Business  entirely 
.  now  (i  G  SHAW,  Biddeford,  Mo. 


Little  Falls,  N.  June  It.  1873. 

The  market  at  Little  Falls,  for  the  week  ending 
June  14  was  dull,  and  prices  lower  than  last  week, 
the  delivery  of  farm  dairies  aggregated  about  HIM) 
boxes,  and  .ales  wen-  made  at  lu©l4c-  —the  latter  fur 
extra  fancy.  Iri  factories  the  offerings  were  about 
b.HflU  to  7,UiW  boxes,  hut  the  views  of  holders  being 
above  Miosu  of  buyers,  many  refused  to  sell,  or  sent 
forward  their  goods  to  he  sold  on  commission.  VVe 
give  the  leading  trunsiieUoui,  us  follows  : 

.."ftMlhett's  Bridge,  Cold  Brook.  Countryman,  Dairy 
Hill,  Old FalrrteUI,  lieudorsun  Association,  Herltlmer 
Co.  Central,  J,  1).  Ives,  Goo.  La  lue.MItlillevllle,  New¬ 
port,  Newvtlle  Assoeiatlon,  N'lelioln,  old  Salisbury 
.SheH’s  Bush,  Smith  Creek,  Snell's  Bush,  St.  Johns- 
vIHu,  Stone  Arabia  Central,  White  Greek,  Ho.;  Brock¬ 
et!  A  looter,  Did  Stone  Church,  Fame's  Hollow,  13Ve. 

Butter  bus  till  Ion  off  in  delivery,  but  we  report  sales 
of  a  few  tubs  grass- nmJte  a’  27c. 

The  weather  In  Herkimer  County  Is  very  dry  and 
rears  are  entertained  that  the  hay  crop  will  be  light. 

PllatHFAU  t*i»  t'fillln.v  .-.ir  I..  ....  ‘ . ..  ’ 


.H  I  OU  III*!,  -  HO  Ar.niM  *40  Arrt»* 

;;orl ;  uo«d  rrumc.  houuu ;  i milos  from  hc*Umo1 
A  uiiltJB  from  rio8t-ofQt.M‘t  ntoros,  gv ial  mill,  miw 
rge;  timber,  beech  and  maple.  Price,  *2,11)0. 
LEItMONT,  Ituby  P.  O.,  Michigan. 


A  flFl  CIAL  LA  It  IHt  I  M  i«4,  for  restoring  the 
/ 1  huanug.  a  great  success.  By  one  who  w.l;  dear 
for  .0  y,  ars.  By  mull,  88  per  pair.  Send  stamp  for 
particulars  to  G.  j,  Wood,  Madison,  Ind, 


CIIE7YI?  I’AXUVtS  « 
rile  Clieimcsi.  liiiitil  in  Miirknl. 

the  tJNION  PACIFIC  ItAIbKOAD  COM- 
PANY,  In  the  tfrent  PlitKi-  Fd/f/l/f  It. 4)00.0410 
ACRES  In  1  K  N  TltAIj  NEBRASKA  now  for  sale  In 
inu  ts  of  forty  acres  aud  upwards  on  jin'  uno  tm  /a  n  ,  V 
,4  "1  Xi>  inlchh'e  )a4,'r,.d  iu  tin  ir,  it. 

M<J:“  ANI>  UEAL'PHJFt'L  CLIMATE.  I'KUTlL® 
*Q| l>  an  a  11  uni* a  nce  of  good  vv  a  tek.  t i  i  e 

P.KST  MARKET  IN  THE  WEST'  The  Great  Mln- 


SfM'MlKItfc  ENTfl'cMi  To  A  HOMESTEAD  Ok 
1  THE  BEST  LOCATIONS  FOB,  rob- 

vNlES.  FltKlO  HOMES  I' OH  A  I.I..  tf 
(>i  cltojL'ii  (aovornnjtmfc  I^unds  opc^n  for  i*ijtry  i? nd t*i* 

tlU!  /  h>  /nt'sf  >'fhl  L<ni>  noiir  tnl8  t  lCnthtHtd,  with 

m»iKi  market# And  u 1 1  the  coavtjxiicrirf,  ofnu  gld  twit- 
tJrd  you  ni vy -  1'rou  passen  to  prurehiujurs  of  Ittulronil 
Sijutionf11  mnpH.  yliu-ttiTi*  thv  o.iaot  locution 
ol  land,  ulso  new  edition  of  Uw'iptive  r  {t  „fihhi  with 
iyciv  Mtiys,  Muilril  J'hu1  rytrht  re.  Address 

O.  K.  DAVISi  Lund  Corn  111  inni <ni ot*t 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


New  Yoiik,  June  14,  1873. 

Beeves., -Trade  was  very  small  lust  Wednesday 
forenoon  ;  the  lew  sales  effected  were  at  KXiVJo.  »  ft., 
"«@7  ew t. ,  strong  on  5tJ©57  lbs.  to  the  cwt.  net.  Busi¬ 
ness  did  not  Improve  on  Thursday  foi'OdOun,  and  a 
largo  part  of  the  cattle  to  hand  were  held  over  for 
li  riday’H  mai'keb,  prices  on  both  forenoons  ranging  at 
lOSilJKo.  i'  ft..  oyysrfif  am.  ou  57©.’, 8  lbs.  to  the  ewt. 
I  lie  market  closed  slow,  with  only  u  f«tv  lots  of  pool 
quality  stoern  unsold,  Diu-ing  the  week  the  chief 
part  ol  tlio  herds  have  been  quoted  from  Illinois, 
soiling  generally  at  Utygil’Jc,;  extreme  range,  11© 
Ifjic.;  on  t.  tiuimnurtteaHis  sold  at  lllfc.,  6M  cwt.; 
Missouri.  I  M©I2Xe„  «i'©Bewt.:  Cherokee,  corn-l’eii 
n  Illinois,  1 1 V'.;  1!  k  cwt.;  Texans,  coarse  and  lean. 
Ini'  lu'ic.;  5K"'c'J»  cwt. 

Milch  Cows.— The animals  fell  in  value  lust 
\V  eiluesday  lorenouti,  um|  lit,-  -ales  nf  that  day  were 
uuly  lew  ill number,  prices  ranging  at  .t32©8;',  «4  head; 
general  sales  ?uil©,0.  This  condfttou  nt  trade  can- 
tinned  up  to  Friday  afternoon,  when  the  market 
closed  slow.  Special  -a ten  were  8  bows  at  *65, 2  at  wo 
3  at  $18©»5, 92 83a©7U,  3  at  $7S<ai8ii  P  head. 

Yen  1... -Trade  In  fair  quality  was  easy  last  Wed¬ 
nesday  forenoon,  when  prices  ranged  at  sK@9Vc 
i  liursday  foronooD,  sales  declined  oil  a  heavy  run’ 
ut  6' .  ..  llJe,,  and  the  »imo  rates  were  current  Friday 
I  ore  noon.  Special  sales,  average  weight,  lia  lbs.,  sold 


^  THE  ZINC  COLLAR. 

.  ’  ,A\  PAD  lagiianuiteod  to  cure 

tj 1  lie  worst  case  of  raw  and 
•  Y  -  -  "  \_j)  K  inflamed  nook  In  im  7tl(/s, 
1  -  a  *  H'l  «■*•»  k  t-hr  tlnnr  even/  tin  i/.- 

.  /  M  and  will  not  chafe  or  wear 

__  \  ..  'y,Y  the  mane.  For  sale  by  Sud- 

diary  Hardware  Dcaloranud 
7!  .7A-.  Harness  Makers.  Munufao- 

y  the  ZINC  COLI-AK  PAD  CO.,  Huclinnun, 
uformation  furnished  ou  applleutlon. 


tured  b 

Mich.  | 


roT  3?ijA]\rTs, 

Suitabi<-  for  Immedinlr  Flnwri-ne' 

BENT  SAFELY  BY  MAIL,  POST-PAID  " 
Y <>ur  choice  ol  the  lullovving  and  100  nthti 
splendid  vanetiewi 

5  for  $  I  ;  1 2  for  $2. 

4  urolliie  Muuals,  Devoniensls, 

Sombrleul,  Levison  Gower, 

. ln?".  ..  ....  .  Bofrano  de  flour  Pay 

Arelidnko  Charles,  Emotion, 

Isabel  la  Sprunt,  Pierre  St.  Cyr, 

Kegalis,  Mad.  Bravy, 

Agrippina,  Louis  Phillip, 

White  Cluster,  Pink  Daily, 

Madlle,  Christine  Niisson,  Amie  Vibert, 

I.11  Pactnle,  Bourbon  Queen, 

Cornelia  ( finite.  Mad.  Kassel, 

Celine  Forrester,  Mad.  Damassino. 


;y  dressed 

Frt-.l  1 _ _ 


nmrfcet  ciuaed  with  a  toettei*  leellng  on  a  light  run. 

Horse  Market,— This  season’s  trade  may  now  be 
eonsb.lt  I'L'il  at  an  end;  for  the  coming  mi  miner  months 
the  quotations  will  be  almost  exclusively  of  uuctivii 
sales.  During  the  pam  week  they  were;— 1  saddle 
uSSR?’.* 1  .  ‘  ,a}r  dunlity  light  harness  horses,  *2U(ii© 
350  i<  head;  8  do.,  rili(.l'w3F)  it  head;  I  thoroughbred 
Imported  saddle  horse,  *570  ;  a  few  poor  quality 
draught  horses,  tk3J©100  head,  03  horses  arrived  per 
Erie  Hu.lway,  via  Oak  Cliff  station;  214  per  Central 
New  Jersey,  via  Liberty  street  ferry. 


spot  deli  very;  MO.IRK  fur  June,  816,7.1© 
m.o.  'A  for  July;  W  estorn  prime  uiess  nominally  iL6.5n 
@17.81).  Dressed  bogs,  city,  ii-.@7:xc.  Cutm-uts 
are  selling  at  12  @  lie.  for  bams,  loose;  60.  tor 


shoulders,"  Inose 9>fc.  for  'iiiekled'  bellies' 
loose.  Boxed  dry-saltod  shoulders,  7«c,  Smoked 
ineats  at  UiSHIvo.  tor  loose  tmiu«,  9c.  for  loose 
s,*oulders.  Tallow  at  Sjtc-for  prime  slock.  Baef, 
at  f9@ll.75  for  barreled  new  plain  me  s,  <12© 
13.5J  for  extra  mess.  Tiereed  beef  at  f23.©25  for  new 
India  mess,<30.@Jl  tor  new  extra  India  mess,  and  82i@ 
Tov  new  prime  mess* 

Seetls.— There  is  a  slow  jobbing  trade  at  8&@9c.  for 
clover ;  $4.40©  (.50  for  timothy. 

receipts  of  Western  leaf  are  large, 
ana  easier  prices  are  obtained  on  the  common  grades. 
Out  desirable  stock  brings  varv  stenlv  nrioou  mi.J 


TTk'0,1  .,WVVT  TO  PIBCHABE  ANY- 

A  thing  Id  the  Mechanical  Line,  no  matter  what  It 
Is.'  I'urlleulars.  N.  Y.  SUPPLY  CO.  AM) 

MANUI'  HS  AGENTS,  178  Broadway,  New  York  City. 


IHcimlny  s  Sales.— Beeves— Trade  opened  brisk 
on  alight  run  ;  quality  ranged  from  poor  to  good: 
prices  at  0®lixo.  t'  ft.;  weight  from  b  to  9  cwt.  on  54t® 
Gi  fts,  to  theewt.,  net;  the  market  closed  Arm,  with 
a  few  lean  Texan  Steers  unsold  ;  good  beeves  sold  by 
the  head  at  f97@135.  1 

Hilcli  Cows.— Trade  slow,  and  the  supply  above 
the  demand  ,  prices  ranged  at  *32@79  ’  #  head,  with 
one  lurnily  cow  sold  at  $115. 

Veals. -Brisk  pricesat7Jf@9c.fi  tb.;  quality  coarse 
supply  abundant.  '  ’ 

Hhcep  nnd  Lambs.— Sheep  very  slow  this  fore- 
noon;  prices  at  5@U«c.  scant,  V  ft.,  quality  fair. 
Poor  lambs  had  to  be  held  over,  and  good  were  lc  ft 
ft.  less  than  on  last  Monday.  Prices,  9@lic.  fi'ft. 
I  rude  small  and  dull. 


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PERSONAL  ITEMS. 

Souyleb  Colfax  has  been  made  a  LL.  D. 

Kiev.  Dr.  John  Hall  is  ori  a  visit  to  England. 

Acinish  Ethel  has  an  annual  income  of 
$60,000. 

Bayard  Taylor  lias  been  suffering  from 
neuralgia. 

REV.  II.  W.  Beecher  -will  go  to  Colorado  for 
his  health. 

BOSTON  is  to  have  an  Irish  clergyman,  Rev. 
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i  ( I J5N ,  Jo.  Hooker  iias  gone  to  Watertown,  N. 
Y.,  for  the  summer. 

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July  at  Burlington,  Vt. 

The  celebrated  Indian  squaw,  “  Old  Bets  ’  of 
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Mirk  Smiley,  the  Quaker  preacher,  is  build¬ 
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Boston  remembered  Charles  Dickens  recent¬ 
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Oxford,  England,  will  give  James  Russell 
Lowell  D.  C.  L.  this  summer. 

Silt  Jos  1  ah  Mahon  will  build  a  scientific  col¬ 
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H.  W.  1 1  hmans,  the  British  Consul  at  Buffalo, 
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Whttklaw  Bird  is  to  deliver  the  address  at 
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Hon.  Hiram  Sibley  of  Rochester,  N.  V.,  has 
given  $30,000  additional  to  Cornell  University. 

Erast  its  Brooks  and  Charles  Dudley  Warner 
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NOVEL  INVENTIONS. 

BEEBE’S  FERTILIZER, 

Bleacher  and  Other  Matters. 

This  J'Vrtiti  ••  r  Is  composed  Ot  the.  gases,  &e.,of  coal  j 
of  all  sort!.,  having  eurboi  .  with  coke emthned  or 
otherwise.  i  elaim  the  proce-s  of  extracting  iroiti 
any  kind  of  cal  Or  coke,  gases.  Ac.,  by  the  me  o,  l 
beat  or  cab  inmloil.  imrt  grinding  and  plating  the 
coal  in  water,  where  the  gases  will  escape  ..nd  bo 
held  with  tb“  oxygen  of  the  water.  The  '  are 
used  without  calcination.  This  motet  ts  spread  over 
the  land  and  evejy  kind  of  growing  crop  having  a 
root  in  the  <oil.  I  also  sow  the  ground  -a I  and  coke, 
or  either  tit  them,  over  the  tio-o,  civq Ac.,  one!  put 
them  into  the  hill  or  drill  with  the  seed,  i  </.:/  being 
a  vegetable  formation,  contains  about  !M  per  cent,  ot 
qartion,  which  is  the  only  m-nl  or  resource  left  us 

for  restoring  o  i)  ,  vegetation,  Ac. 

I  also  use  tills  it'/iiiil  us  coil  ull.ili  for  various 
purposes,  i  elaim  etml  ami  cokes  and  t  he  nlkulle-.  as 
above,  as  a  base  for  commercial  and  iijanulue.turiug 
purposes,  etc.,  clo.  t  r.laltu  us  one  property  of  It.  the 
reducing  of  all  soil  metals  In  immbtaaBon  anil  roln- 
tlon  with  it,  In  i.mnu o.c/ei liei  and  anjiruvl/ii1  good 
and  flliere  of  every  description  bi  nding  unapt,  tap- 
ning/o  o  and  curing  oi>.  ami  lm|irt.vlrig  and  Hulk¬ 
ing  water-tight  all  kind-  of  leather,  and  for  browsing, 
coloring,  shading  and  dyeing  the  above,  or  any  other 
material,  or  cither  of  them,  and  ror  giving  luster  to 

all  painted  or  varnished  surfaer-s. 

I  have  for  some  time  past  manufactured,  used  and 
disposed  of  the  products  Of  !l*'  the  varieties  Of  cal  ¬ 
cined  coals  and  cokes  above  named,  In  both  liquid 
and  dry  <•  delitloM ns  a  cleanser  and  Mi  aolier  of  all 
oleai.  I  nous  .n.d  fatty  mat  ter.  gum-,  A<a,  from  wool, 
furs  agirt  every  other  libel,  and  restoring  stained  cot- 
Uinartd  stained  goods,  threads,  twines,  cordage,  Ac., 
cleaning  all  cloths,  ami  preparing  and  d causing  all 
elotlis  tor  receiving  dyes;  also  for  removing  harks. 
Ac.,  from  hemp,  flax,  hi  the  stalk  ,  and  also  for 
making  all  paper  stronger,  whiter  and  without  odor, 
anil  ill  the  manufacture  of  parchment  i  also  for  de¬ 
odorizing  rubber. gotta  porcini  und  all  gums;  and  for 
Improving  all  move  maierial  nml  gloves,  and  color¬ 
ing  and  stie  iigtliening  the  same;  also  for  Improving 
metals,  oast  or  wrought,  or  man tjt:.i;» nted  into  ur.v 
article,  and  all  bright  and  polished  surfaces  tele¬ 
graph  and  all  surface  wires,  piano  and  all  musical 
wires, ami  giving  luster  (Hid  polish  to  the  .same ;  spin¬ 
dles,  machinery,  Ac.,  including  Iron  building  s,  rails 
and  rolling  slock,  iron  Htcamshlp*  or  vessels,  arms 
and  armaments,  engines,  bolletw,  Ac.,  by  closing  aud 
coating  the  surlac  .s  with  this  absolutely  in-h  truci- 
il,lc  compound,  preventing  rust  and  oxidation  ;  also 
lor  converting  Iron,  through  tins  inexpensive  prn- 
oe-g, ini"  steel.  Ii  ills- 1  draws  the  saps  and  closes  too 
surface* of  all  finished  woods,  carpentry,  timber,  Ac., 
and  the  eiii  LCiilog  and  slatning  of  :m>  ol  such  ivooUi>; 
also  hardening,  so. nothing,  marblel/lng  all  plnstenal 
walls, through  combination,  with  or  wlttioui  eoioring 
ijiatl i*r  ;  cleansing  and  Improving  all  stone  and  brick 
surfaces,  by  combining,  filling  and  making  emntu’i 
and  Inde-trili  tllde  suita"  ?,  thus  pr. da  cLtag  them 
from  the  weather;  and  fur  applying  the  above  pro¬ 
cess  to  all  works  in  marble  and  slAJpe,  swell  ms  sculp¬ 
ture,  Ac., and  removing  stains  trout  painted  Iron,  etc. 

1  also  claim  the  atiove  compound  as  an  alftM-fi  letlon 
agent  or  coating  lor  gunner  v.  i  also  claim  the  clean- 
plug  and  clurlfylnx  of  all  oils,  varnhhes,  etc.,  cb  .,  L) 
iPe  use  of  thf*  coal  and  water  compound.  I  also 
claim  Improvement  in  the  man  a  tact  u  re  nl  uiiinii- 
liattng  and  warming  gas,  by  dcansini!  and  deodoriz¬ 
ing  t  he  same,  and  hoarding  greater  uluniinatlnp  a  ad 
heating  power,  hy  passing  the  salt)  guses  LUroUgll 
this  coal  and  water  compound  ;  and  also  that  this 
compound  is  a  universal  disinfect  ant. 

Ax  to  the  fertilizing  properties  of  the  cokes  or 
coals,  above  referred  to,  ll.  would  be  n  simple  way  ot 
texting  tin  lr  immense  vain*,  ay  using  or  spreading 
on  an  acre  of  eommop  land  about  two  tons  or  less  ol 
ground  cokes,  or  one  ton  or  le*»nf  the  prepared  coal, 
ot- about  two  tons  or  leas  o l  the  prepared  line  o.oal. 
With  deep  plowing,  for  producing  a  large  crop  el  Un¬ 
proved  tobacco,  hemp,  tlux.  or  any  other  slaiile  or 
crop  for  two  or  three  years;  or  d  mtij  lie  spread  In 
liquid  form  (ill  quantlMcv  of  fiU  Urn.  to  the  barrel, 
w  hich  can  lm  refilled  four  or  live  times  and  retain  Its 

properl  lex.)  with  a  kttWrt  sprinkling  apparatus, . . 

or  twice  a  Week,  tor  IWO  thre.-  weeks,  I  or  the  pro 
auction  >'f  two  crop.'  of  hay  annually. 

j  huvo  tu&<10  1 1 iff  Micing*  coiii |.»nu n <1^  tor  »><)Ui  milk- 
ing  and  ijxIturdyOB  tor otGi.uniliilRo  in  nmkinK 
cloths  and  all  HUlisLumes  tinpiiirious  lo  watoiN  Und 
in  addin*  Unstnr,  to  t  he  Mjrfuc«  of  all  olplun, 

by  MKHiuthrt  or  utJu-nvbe;  also  for  vvnlhjiJ- 

ing  <>r  coloriUK  all  js»rci‘lultis.aiid  lutno  munufittjtnrt* 
of  the  ubuvt*  warts  stone*  wsre.  pnMerj,  akn,  *.  tv- 

Thu  soapn  made  by  this  i  umpduud  auve  tduaclmv/ 
gualith'H  111  it  <  fll»ur  of  m.iuruiu  It, 

and  *m«t  hesfwx  dualities  fur  bnroors  und  toilet  uw;; 
also  choice  )>repu ruthm*  of  Mc  <  ont  B  du* 

•  trade-murk  mnue,)  carr.fuUv  orupavoa  tnr  i.kIh  . 
use.  Its  whlfcontn*  und  imrtfyiu*  effects  unon  Inc 
skin  ami  11m*  toilet  inohurMcs  lire  at  lain  able  in  no 
other  way  but  tbroiteh  tuls  process. 

PurtiaK  tvlshm#T to  ieii6e  up  Kucnru  rights  for  any  or 
all  of  these  luveutfons,  <*r  form  eompuntes  fur  them, 
will  please  address  me  for  partluularp,  I  claim  in  tw* 
the  Inventor  uf  the  above,  under  Lius  Patent  Laws, 
und  1  have  m/ule  NUCKSeShftll  ex purlinrntK  therewllb. 

1  um  prepared  to  furnish  the  Dfoducts  and  csompounds 
..I'  coni  und  water,  coin  blued  with  zinc  <-«  any  editor 
metallic  substance,  lor  itm  protection  of  snip’s  bot¬ 
toms,  and  nil  mo Utl lie  and  'dhor  surface*- 

A IA  A 1  i  (lEEHL, 

59  cV  61  Tiiborty  Si.,  New  \  ork. 


Ilmplcmcnt.si  antt  iUachincnj. 


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TO  AGENTS. 

There  is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  is  no  machine  that  possesses 
one-half  the  qualithe*  which  are  so  absolutely 
ncoes-ary  for  tandly  use  the 

Bickford’s  Improved. 

Its  simplicity  and  rase  of  management,  together 
With  its  capacity  fordoing  i  he  gnat  range  of  work, 
and  Its  trilling  cost,  in&kcS  It  a  matter  or  economy 
for  every  family  to  have  one,  ned  will  ultimately 
bring  H  min  us  general  use  a*  the  Sou  ing  Machine, 
q  he  practical  utility  of  the  machine  only  needs  to 
be  demon stXOtmJ  to  the  people  to  produce  aa  un¬ 
limited  demand. 

Many  Sewing  Machine  Agent*,  finding  the  in- 
ireiiso  of  competition  uml  the  difficult?  of  spiling 
filgli -priced  iiiuchtne.i  to  militate  against  a  fiour- 
Uliiug  lilntlnrsa,  are  tjiklng  h>ihl  of  the 

BICKFORD 


and  meeting  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer¬ 
chants.  finding  in  Dana  JJlcltTord’s  invention  a 
cheap,  .simple  and  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
Und  ll  | 1  roll  table  to  purchase  and  keep  •  *n  sale. 
The  almost  entire  absence  "t  compelitlon  does 
not  require  the  "eternal  y  I'.’flancc ”  t  •  sell  this 
machine  us  in  tin.*  case  of  serving  itmchDK*. 

Agi*,iIs  Wanlrrl  Kvcrj  u  bcrr.  tio  id,  Siuart 
Men  cun  inlikn  lySO  PWt  W'f I.K  AXt>  EX  I  I  NSKS. 
Send  tor  Instruction*  and  Circulars.  I*rlco  $30 
to 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  HICK  FORD,  I’lcxiilcnt. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  G89  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


imitation  oold  watches  a  chains. 

vtKBk'i 

postage  jin  hi  A. hirers  COLLIN^.  ..  " "  “  1  At- 

TOKY,  :>:t  >  ihiiadwar.  New  Nock  <  H5. 


<‘<5 

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%  § 

YCAS  E  XY  P  FJ 

&  y  v— ■ — — 


GROUND  BONE, 

BONK  DEAL, 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Fresh  Itoiw*  Superphosphate  ol  Lime,  or 
Dissolved  Bone.  «and  for  Ctrcnlar. 

LISTER  BROS..  Newark.  N.  J. 

Ifmjitcmcnttf  and  5Uaduncry. 


A  HAND  PRESS,  made  Of  all  metnl,  elegantly 
silver-plated,  Case  ol’Ty  pe,  bottle  of  Iridelliblc  ink 
and  inking  Pad,  all  Inclosed  In  a  neat  box,  with  full 
directions,  unci  sent,  post  -paid,  Ur  any  part  of  tire  If.  S. 
cm  receipt,  ot  $1.50-  With  tills  Pres*  r**l  Curds  can  bo  I 
printed  per  hour.  Envelope*  and  Labels  printed,  or 
clothing  lor  a  whole  family  neatly  and  indellihlv 
marked.  It  sells  at  right.  Agents  wanted  A  largo 
CoinudKslon  allowed.  Send  5  cents  for  terms,  or  $1.50 
ror  Sample  Frosa.  H.  NEWTON,  Troy,  N.  11. 

GREAT  OFFER!  SSToSi 

Fin1  at  Boston.'"  size  13x1- irietir-,  will  lie  sent.  pCwt- 
puld,  by  return  until,  and  also  The  Home  Coiti¬ 
on  uloii,  u  large  and  interestitu!  family  paper,  f,.r  a 
j  e*ar,  all  fur 25c.  A<ldress  IL.  C.  NEWTON,  Troy, N,  li. 


TWO  GOLD  MEDALS 


y.§5ic.||*|S  , 

f'1’1  r tr*‘  zSyi)  T> 
g  *''3 

rr r-  9  35r  ® 


y  and  durability  of  Gold,  Prices  \tlu._  A/  vl  i 
63  to  ?12  cadi,  (foods  sente.  0.  D.  fSftV  J  j 

set  one  free.  Send  stamp  for  our  M3»'/  i' >>y '■ $ 
nl  Order  and  we  will  send  guurts  YA  J  . 

NS  METAL  watch  FAC-  SzMA&jt-P 

,  Vor.iCiiv. 

R.  W.  FROST, 

SUCCESSOR  TO  FROST,  BLACK  A  CO.. 

Has  just  the  thing  that  Is  needed  by  tbo  people. 

BUREAUS  WARDROBE  BEDSTEADS 

AT  SvJA  AND  UPWARDS. 

Every  room  in  the  house  can  he  used  ax  a  sitting- 
room-  Call  and  examine  it  at  It.  W.  Frost  s  l  aten- 
tee  and  Manutaeturer  of  First-Class  Furniture,  CU 
Bowery,  near  Canal  St.  ;  A"  All  goods  purehased  at 
my  house  guaranteed  as  represented. 

K.  W.  FROST,  li!)  Bowery,  N.  Y. 

Write  for  a  Price  List  to  .1.  II.  JOHNSTON, 

GRMTWKTERNW^ClMWn.  „ 


8CHn »T/,  uuu it.  ?i.  oumoy  ruumn  u  u  um  nivvioAii-v- 
torv.  Apply  or  subMcribe  u*out  or  houiI  35  < 

I  s*3  ii  Ji  hi  us.  JO.VKrt  IlAl)J*KY,  Publislier*,  lio 
Broadway,  N.  Y- 

“  POULTRY  WORLD. 

A  Splendid  Illustrated  Monthly.  < UmiUil  entirely  to 
PuUltni.  ft-25  a  year.  Send  10  ets.  for  a  specimen 
copy.  Address,  POULTRY  WORLD,  Hartford,  Ct. 


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17IC13B  l-SEN»  FOU  A  UPBCIMKN. 

1''  A  fall  Catalogue  of  our  Standard,  Misoellaneou* 
and  Illustrated  .luvculle  Bunks,  or  specimen  num¬ 
bers  of  Oliver  Optic’s  Magazine,  sent  by  mall  free. 

LEE  A  SHEPARD,  Publisher*,  Boston 
where  all  publication*  may  be  found. 


The  only  practical  Cherry-Stoner  made.  It  leaves 
the  fruit  plumpund  round,  with  its  juices  preserved. 
Sold  in  nil  markets.  Send  tl  for  sample. 

D.  II.  GOODELL. 

Sole  Manufacturer,  55  Chambers  St.,  New  York. 
Works  at  Antrim,  N.  H.  ... 

1».  S.— Alsu.  Sole  Manufacturer  of  Lightning  und 
Turn-Table  Apple- Parers,  Lightning  PeacU-Parcrs, 
and  Climax  Apple  Corer  and  Sheer. 


jMS^NoyilA/73 

^^MITHFIELDST  PITTSBURGH  PAr^*®' 

Breech- Loading  Shot  Guns,  I'm  to  *3dfi.  Houide  Shot 
Gun  - .  if K to  J150.  Single  Guns,  ?3  to  1-1 1-  Ulllt-s.  S*  to$<5. 
Revolvers,  *il  to  825.  PlBtols,  il  to  ?H.  Gun  Material, 
Kishine  Tackle,  Ac.  Lang  ilLreitnto  toitfi’h  m  or  rJttb*. 
At,  n  Gun*.  Uevolvet*.  etc.,  tiu't  or  traded  tor.  Goods 
. .  >i>  exit  mined  before  paid  for. 

buy  THE  BjSST  l 


t  1ARIIARTS  l't:i.VF.Ui/.IN<I  CULT1VA- 

Iq  TOR  bus  more  practical  points  than  any  cultiva¬ 
tor  In  use.  and  la  indtspenaabb  as  a  farm  imolement. 
Price  $22.  BK  V  Id.EY  M  A N l.r K'G  Ct >., 

Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


AWARDED  THIS  MACHINE. 


ADJUSTABLE 

WINDOW 

SCREENS, 

WILL  FIT  ANY  WINDOW 

.bill  {jUht  ii  Jjlfetlmt. 

C.  C-  SELLERS, 

N.  Ii.  cor.  Seventeen  Hi  A  Market  St»., 
PIIILIDELP1IU. 

i  ff"  Send  for  Circular. _ 

mo  ENGRAVERS.  PRINTERS,  Ac.— Large  stock 
L  well  seasoned  and  iwepnrcd  Boxwood,  Mahog¬ 
any,  Maple  aud  Pine.  Va k dkiiwc ho  ii.WE i.LS  &  CO., 
Type,  Cabinet  <Y  Press  Warehouse,  Id  Dutch  St.  N.Y 


STYLES,  SIZES  &  PRICES  TO  SUIT  ALL  FARMERS. 

DuHcriutive  Circular,  Forwarded  by  Mall. 

A  MEM  PLOW  COMPANY. 

A  IMPLEMENTS  AND  MACHINES. 

53  Beekman  8k,  New  York,  and  Quincy  Hail,  Boston. 


JUNE  M 


HEWS  CONDENSER 

—  Vermont  has  67  cheese  factories. 

Crops  in  all  parts  <  f  Kansas  are  g<  od. 

St.  Louis  has  had  a  grand  premium  tobacco 
Fair. 

—  A  new  Republican  daily  is  talked  of  in  New 
York. 

St.  Paul  now  has  a  population  of  nearly 
30,000. 

—  A  colony  of  50,000  Jews  is  talked  of  in  Ne¬ 
braska. 

A  sheep  in  Michigan  lias  yielded  22  pounds 
of  wool. 

Hartford  is  to  have  a  statue  of  Gen.  Israel 
Putnam. 

Michigan  is  building  a  new  State  Prison  500 
feet  long. 

The  Northern  Ohio  Fair  gives  $30,000  in 
premiums. 

People  who  light  duels  in  Virginia  are  now 
imprisoned. 

I-  orests  in  California  are  being  stocked  with 
wild  turkey. 

—  Spiritualists  have  held  a  convention  at 
Dansville,  N.  Y. 

Worcester,  Mass.,  is  to  have  a  new  $100,000 
Catholic  church. 

Augusta  Co.,  Va„  made  390,786  gallons  of 
whiskey  last  year. 

I  tie  lobby  of  Massachusetts  is  said  to  have 
cost  $100,009  last  year. 

A  new  musical  journal  called  “  The  Globe  ” 
has  appeared  In  New  York. 

Turkey  has  ordered  300,000  rifles  of  the 
Providence  Tool  Company. 

One  thousand  muskrats  havd  been  caught 
at  Newport,  Vt.,  this  spring. 

English  and  German  postal  cards  are  much 
handsomer  than  the  American. 

Boston  common  lias  had  a  magnificent  dis¬ 
play  of  Rose  Bays,  Azaleas  and  Palms. 

Louisiana  lots  1,700,000  acres  of  cultivated 
land,  and  20,00(1,009  acres  which  might  lie  culti¬ 
vated. 

—  Some  of  the  fanners  of  the  West  say  they 
have  nothing  to  hope  for  from  either  political 
party. 

I  he  first  “  colored  "  Roman  Cath lie  church 
West  of  the  Mississippi  was  dedicated  at  St. 
Louis  on  May  18. 

4U  usual  If tt.stfttm nits'. 


Units'  Wanted. 

B«oU  Agents,— “Tweuty  Thousand  Leagues 

under  ti.e 


(s  an  entire  Nuvm.vv  In  Subscript kiu  Bonks.  Thou¬ 
sands  reading  It.  MlLl.to.vs  „  m  r-iiti  it,  Arabian 
Nights,  Gulliver  and  Robiunm  Crusoe,  on! done !  Pur¬ 
suit  ot  the  “Hen  Serpent,"  MW'  (iy>  rv  ol'  (lie  South 
Pole.  I  tenth  ill  the,  Maelstrom.  One  of  the  unis',  nt- 
triietive  and  s  \ i  a  ul,i  Sub-eripiimi  Books  over  is- 
sucmi.  rirst  iMiirjttn  ontUvOy  exUuujttfld.  Territory 
bein'.'  rapidly  taken  l.lloo  Ai  nvrs  \V  \  vri:i> — E„ 
W.,  N.  mid  S.  Write  lo i  tii.uagc  ui'il  Circular,  terttis, 
&l\,  to  (,.  it.  SMITH  A  C<>.,  Pub's,  Boston,  Mass. 

R  ARP  °r  swindlers.  Wo  are  reliable,  and 
Hut  will  pay  all  agents  a  ensh  Sttt  a 
week  salary.  G.V/KBBKR  £  CO..  Vl-i rl,,n,  Oliio. 


AND 


Agents 

.AINTS 

OF  THE 


Wanted  for 

TNNERS 

BIBLE. 


DUNHAM  &  SONS, 

^ESTABLISHED  IS  1S34,)  ' 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

PiAMO  - FORTES. 

A  CARD  TO  THE  PUBLIC  : 

Parties  desiring  to  purchase  would  find  it  to 
their  ml  vantage,  before  deciding,  to  examine, 
at  our  hk'iant  Warm  urns,  or  at  the  dealers 
t  .iniughoiit,  the  country,  the  Piano-Fortes  mnii- 
u  factored  by  us,  with  our  Patent  Hiitlro-I'tvr- 
hnnated  Snuiiihnu  Board,  which,  for  durability 
.mil  superiority  of  tone,  renders  them  unsur- 
im-sed.  Even  Instrument  Hilly  warranted.  II- 
tiorV  '*  ''b'eulnr*  and  prieem  sent  on  applica- 

Warerooms,  18  East  14th  St., 

ivrziw  iroxui. 

$100  One  Hundred  Dollars,  $100 

giratMtewa 

'I  i..'  bCHt  Organs  In  the  world  for  the  price,  and  we 
ft  tlu'm  egual  to  any  instrument,  ret  ailing  at 
double  the  amount.  WM.  A.  POND  A  ro, 

No.  517  Broadway,  New  York. 


Dissected,  uicdyzed  and  portrayed  to  real  men  and 
women,  Just  like  Saints  mid  Slniiers  of  our  own  day. 
Original,  Baoy,  Striking  and  Popular.  Bonds  like  a 
Novel.  Aieyler  A-  ,V  ’r;,n rfy,  318  lech  si r«. 

AGENTS  AVANTIil)  FOR 

BEHIND-' SCENES 

IN  WASHINGTON. 

The  spiciest  and  be.-.t  snllln,.'  book  ever  pnlillnUed. 
It  tells  all  about  the  fVrdlf  MubllUr  Scuuild,  Senate- 
r  id  Briberies,  Congressmen,  Kings,  bobbies,  and  the 
Wonderful  sighis  ,,f  the  National  Capital.  It  sells 
9,1./  'Of  t  ii  caJars,  amt  see  our  term:,  and  a 

full  deseroitlon  oi  (lie  work.  Address  Pi iNTINEN- 
TAI,  PI  ui.l.'l  1 1  Mi  CD.,  New  Vork.or  NATIONAL 
PUBLISHING  CO..  Philadelphia  run  I  I'idcago. 

AGENTS  KAHN  SUM)  Weekly.  Address 

HU  C  n  1  O  A1V  ICUS  M’K'U  CO.,  20W  Center  St.,  N.  V. 

“Josiah  Allen’s  Wife” 

It  VS  WROTE  V  BOOK, 

In  spite  of  Josiah’s  delermlnatltm  not  to. spend  a  cent 
to  hire  any  one  to  read  it. 

$500  a  mouth  can  bu  made  Belling  thin  book. 
AGENTS!  TAKS  NOTICE ! ! 

In  our  former  books  we  have  glvuu  you  harvests - 
we  now  promise  you  another,  nod  wise  agents  will 
secure  territory,  when  we  will  now  arrange  t.  r.  Ad- 
druHS  AMIClUl  A  N  PI '  B  I, mill  Nti  ( TO.,  lUitford.Ct., 
fort  irculurs  and  full  information. 

A  RARE  CHANCE^- 

We  will  pay  all  Agents  W0  per  week  in  Cash  who 
will  engage  with  ns  o-  oxcis.  Everything  furnished 
and  expenses  paid.  Address 
_ A.  COULTER  &  CO„  Clmrlotte,  Mich. 

<t)0n  ,{’**!, 1  WKKK  and  expenses  paid.  Wo  want 
\<  a  reliable  Agent  in  every  County  in  the  U.  8. 
OlJU  ''“'h'dasHudeoa i  Kiur  Wire  Co.,  130 
Tuu  Mftlden  Lane,  N.  \  ..  or  Chicago,  III. 

MONEY  V  lth  8t'onc"  &  Key  Check 

»  B  t  I  Outfits  Catalogue.-,  samples  and  par¬ 
ticulars /rar.  8.  II  MUCNnat,  117  Ilanover  8t.,  Boston. 

AGENTS  WANTED  for  the  new  work  a<  tlirtll- 
M-i.ni!  sj  inglnterestand  historical  value  The 
(,1'eni  Riots  ol  New  York,  from  thu  Sluve  Blots 

of  colonial  times  tu  the  present,  day.  By  It, . . 

T.  H hadley.  tho  dlsiliiiruDliod  author  of  “sitcred 
Mount, mis,  Napoleon. "  Ac.  Illustrated. 

b.  If.  TREAT,  805  Broadway,  N.  Y, 

3100  m'Cil.,iWUI;k’  AK’tawantifd.  Business  rn.w  and 

legitimate.  Tuttle  &  r„„  78  Naum  u  St.,  X.Y. 

ffe4-7i»  £  1',‘>NT*1  1,1  A/Wit*.— Articles  new,  and 
tlEP*  l  ».»  staple  as  Hour.  UTM.  i.i.\  i  Mproy,  Chicago. 

THE  MORMON  WIFE. 

A  gent  n  \V  anli'il  fortius  fearless  book,  lfe  com- 
prisen  the  Ail  venture.-  and  Experience  of  u  Woman— 
[?'!'!! ,•  {[  foe  years  th«  wife  of  a  Mormon 
l  rophot— dls.doslna  all  Unit  Is  mysterious,  wicked 
and  Startling.  KuU  of  thrilling  adventure,  humor- 

sss? 

tsra; 8»-“  >» 

UAHTUORD  Pt  Bl.lHiiiNi;  CO.,  Hartford,  Ct. 

A  NEW  ANU  ELEGANT  ENGRAVING  FOR  AGENTsT 

THE  GOOD  PART  t'h.  two bxsiers 

■  nt.  UUUU  rum  OK  Ultiianv.  a  Male 
or  female  Agent.  5\  anted  in  every  Town  to  Dlkeor- 

«B?»bl'<  r'W,,1’^  5Vrite  for  U-v,Z  &o, 

_  — 1  uhllbher,  (Hi  Jteade  St., New  \^ork. 


SUBSCRIFTBON  TO  THE  STOCK 

WILL  BE  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOLLOWING  PLACES  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY: 

UNION  TRUST  CO . .  Broadway. 

HOWES  &  MAOY . .  W„II  St. 

I'll<  111  NATIONAL  BANK. . Third  Av.  and  Twonij-sixili  Si. 

BULLS  HEAD  BANK . Third  Av,  and  Twcniy-fifili  St. 

[IAKLEiU  BANK . Third  Av.  and  One  Hundred  mid  Twcnty-lilth  St. 

A.  S.  1HVEN . Erie  Railroad  Office, 

SAMUEL  SLOAN . I’res’t  Del.  &  Lack.  K.  II.,  cor.  William  Exchange  Place. 

RICH  ARB  SCHELL . 31  Broad  St. 

ERAS  I  US  BROOKS . Publisher  New  York  Express, 

H.  1J.  CROSBY . .  N(Uwail  8t. 

fcllWAKD  ROBERTS .  . Eighty-fifHi  St.  and  Avenue  A. 

PAUL  N.  81'OFPOllD...29  llrondway;  anil  at  tlio  temporary  office  of  tlte  Co.,  Ovi-I  Broadway. 


All  payments  must  be  made  by  cheek  payable  to  the  order  of  the  UNION  TRUST  COMPANY,  73 
Broadway.  Tlio  moneys  arising  from  tlte  sale  of  the  stock  hereby  sold  are  paid  Into  the  Union  Trust 
tom  pan  y,  and  cannot  be  paid  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchers  showing  that  the  money  has 
been  actually  and  honestly  expended  in  the  erection  of  the  Industrial  Exhibition  Building  or  in  acquir¬ 
ing  title  to  land, 

The  land  of  the  Company  Is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  us  follows OSt  li  to  1  Ovid  Streets 
and  3d  to  4th  Avenues;  comprising  355  21-25  city  lots,  or  about  23  acres. 


T/AtKKsH’OA’Cliia’O  PTltTOROKGANS 

tMS*  Z'S  »'A'  beautiful  in 

t}  lr  a,,,t  perfect  in  tone 

ihidiIp  l  on.*  r/uir 


$150 


<»'<•  the  must  beautiful  to 
style  and  perfect  in  tone 
,  «ver  nuiilc  ^.  TheCON- 
\<  C 17  It  TO  MOP  fLbcst 
^  evrr  placed  in  any 
jTTTT  Otvan,  U  is  produced  by 
-Lt  a  tiara  set  oj'  reeds  pecu- 
^  t  i***i>"  voiced,  the 


swains 

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lillVG,  while  its  1M- 

itVJ101*  t,,e  11  c* 

MAN7  VOICE  ixStT- 
PEBB.  7  Vmu  liberal, 

A-GREAT 

OFFER.  HORACE 
WATERS  it  SO S,  481 
.r~_  — '  -- —  -  - '  Broadway,  N.  V.,  will 

'  o/lOrt  PIANOS  an1'  ORGANS  of  first- 
„  ,Ulakr,s,  including  WATERS’,  at  ei- 
•  >uely  low  prices  for  cash,  or  part  cash,  and 
_  .in«  m  small  monthly  payments.  New  7- 
'utiivr  Arxl-clftHH  PIANOS,  all  modern  im- 


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of  United  States  and  World.  New 
V’WS  and  Charts,  salable 
rn^rnTT  everywhere  Live  men,  with  small 

III  I  I  ill  I  H  1  eapital.  will,  for  Uutaloaue 

IriUlt 111.  . 

WORKING  n  I  AS  ft  Mf 1“ W  OR  FI-.M  A  lb, 
BUnillflU  WLHwO  *M)  a  week  guaranteed. 
Respectable  1 'inpl  1  jyniejlt at  homo, day  bf  evening ;  no 
eapital  required ,  full  instmetlonsaud  vahiuble paok- 
ageot  goods  sont  free  hy  mall  Whin  - 
turn  stamp,  M.  Vul'.v.  a  Co.,  1,'3  ftroouwloh  Mt.,  N.  Y. 

A  1  i  ENTS  U  V  s  'i'  KU  for  the  dearest .  1 11  Best  and 
most  ullcctive  liuuily  medical  book  ever  publish- 
VP •  '[‘‘“V!"  Written,  by  the, celebrated  Dr. 

Ball  of  Journal  of  Jioulth.  peals  with  all  subjects 

^''di'ars  sent.  Address 

S.  M.  SlCf  IS  &  CO-  Hartford,  Ct.,  or  Chicago,  111. 
Si  TO  $90  "•  All  BuMsTd  working 

,  ,  .  ^  "1  eilln-  •'.•» ,  yuungor  old,  muks  mon>  rnnie.'v 

f  wor’!,r'"  .'O  "  llinlr  «p»r«  moinon  ts  I  .r  nil  Unit  in.,  thsu  »t  anything 
nl«n.  l'-rli,A:,r.  |,,g.  Ad,lr,.^  (;.  Stlndun  Jc  Co.,  Portll, ..I,JA|«1m 


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File  per  cent,  at  time  of  subscribing,  and  the  balance  In  Installments,  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent 
at  any  one  Installment. 

I  hero  can  he  no  safor  investment  than  this.  It  Is  a  home  investment.  It  is  the  ownership  of  land 
on  New  York  Island  and  the  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  the  same. 

In  accordance  w|tli  the  charter  and  by  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  21th,  1872,  the  following  memberships  have  been  created  and  are 
offered  for  sale : 

the  above-named  places  and  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 

The  proper  holder  of  any  of  these  is  entitled  to  free  admission  to  the  Industrial  Exhibition,  tlio 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  the  Garden  of  Plants  during  the  time  It  is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  the  duration  of  the  membership. 

these  memberships  do  not  entitle  the  holder  to  admission  to  special  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  the  Exhibition  Company. 

MEMBERSHIPS.  -  PHICE  AMD  KIND. 

FIjism  1st,  l*rlce  $10.  RO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 

ad.  I*rice  $ao.  DO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $20. 

4'litsi.s  3d.  fi*rlce  $10.  300  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $40. 


,  , , IT  V‘,AvA>r  *~7fs  *«*.  Organs  $55,  S7J5. 

organs, si 00 1  4-stop, 

vw  ®  ,af**  ^JtUhtrds.  ILl.VST/tA  T£JJ 

' A* r-OGirfC.i  MA  //. KD  foe  one  stamp.  A  large  dts- 

4  ( '/Mrchc\ X'‘>"tay-&hooh,  Tevvner-  I  qul 
gyr  Societies,  Lodyes,  etc.  AGENTS  WaNTEIL  — 


Pi.otdUu»fo«,9'. 

l?OR  SALE.  A  VALUABLE  FARM.  110 

I  aci'iis,  near  Seneca  J,ake.  Good  house,  four  barns 
well  watered,  fertile  soil;  price  low,  terms  easy  in¬ 
quire  of  c  ol.  L. G.  RENO,  Havana,  Schuyler  Cin.  S.  V. 


mSTPSTtKa  YAIrryiS  You  ask  WHY  we  ean  gelt 
First  I’lass  7  Octave  Pianos  lor 
!  \V«  aiiHwvr— it  costs 

1 iSTlJSrSaWHN,  7  Iralcss  than  1300  to  make  anv 
s  6  O  O  Pkiiio  sold  through 
\Y*  IT  *  C 1  )*t  a.  all  '.f  whom  makr  |O0 

D  dl\  ?A'per  ct.  profit.  Wv  have  no 
V  I  |  «  l  ^  *L  Agcntn  but  ship  direct  lo  funu- 
6  Years  e5*,nT  "1*  Factory  price,  and  warrant 

to  over'aftft  clrehlar,  m  which  we  refer 

you  ,na?9?  ;  Merchant*.  Ac,  (some  of  whom 

know),  using  our  Pianos,  in  44  Riates  ami 
1  errttorles.  I  lease  state  wlmie  you  saw  this  notice 

u.  s.  Pluno  Co.,  8  1 0  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


1\ f  A/T,S,-V(T ll  1  ? E T  I' ^  VORKTLTI  H  V  L 

•vUOLLLGK.-Annivlusaiiy  EX8RUISBH,  July 
B,  15  and  lb.  EXAMINATION  roll  Ann  issiox  at  (I  A 
M,,  July  15.  GHABT’atjdV  DAY,  July  16.  AildrusHcs 
^  Presklen t  Wl  la°n ,  Governor  Waahtiurn  and 
Senator  Morrill,  Catalogues  sent  gratia. 

41  .  ..  _  8.  cIaAUK,  Frosldont. 

Amherst,  Maaa.,  June  otli,  1873. 

Rl  V  ERV 11;  \  v  MHUnvy  Aeademr,  POugh- 
JteupMle,  NA.  A Lhori nigh-going  aeliool  for  boys. 

W ANTBII.-^.  8EUR ETAlt Y-For  HMktV 
tT,7  “porlea  f  ',mpany,  lately  Incorporated.  Uap- 
^  (paid  up),  tiOO.OfK).  Must  become  a  stock¬ 
holder.  Address  \Y.  h'.  HEiliES,  Dayton,  Ohio. 


filatm  -1 1  li.  Price  $100.  Life. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life;  tlte  bulling  being  open  to 

the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

Class  Sill.  Family  lor  Life.  Price  $300. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  and  his  immediate  family  (in  sse  at  the  time  or  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

Class  Otli.  IIEKLDITAKY  &.  TBAiTISFERABLE.  l»rice  $1,000. 

Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
building  is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  used  by  the 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  these  memberships  are  to  be  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Payment  to  bo  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Union  Trust 
Company. 

A  suitable  Badge  will  be  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  mombers. 

Memberships  will  not  he  sold  after  the  Building  is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

Bank*,  Banker *  and  Individuals  are  wanted  to  act  as  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 

For  further  Information,  please  address 

INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  COMPANY, 

No.  925  BBOADWAY,  NEW  YORK  CITY. 


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$7  32 
MADE  IN 

3  I  DAYS 


GEO.  A.  PRINCE  &  CO., 

Organs  &  Melodeons 


ope  of  the  most  convenient 
and  dent  -  naylng  articles 
ever  offered  for  the  money. 
Ku.-lly  filled.  WlU  not  get 
out  of  order,  and  last*  a 
lifetime.  S-nd  for  circular. 
At  wholesale  by  CKAGIN 
HBOS.  A  CO.,  143  l.ake  St„ 
Chicago ;  SKLLEW  A  CO.. 
Cincinnati  j  j.  h.  rOcOCK, 
Ht.  Louis.  Manufactured 
only  by  tin;  IRON  CLAD 
CAN  CO.,  51  Ley  St.,  New 


The  Oldest,  largest  and  Most  Perfect  Manufactory 
in  the  United  States. 


No  other  Musical  Instrument  ever  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

jy  Send  for  Price-Lists. 

Address  BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


FOR  PRESENT  PLANTING  FOR 


Fall  and  Winter  Crops 

Detailed  Price-List  now  ready.  Mailed  free. 


UNIVERSAL  WRINGER 


Seedsmen,  35  Cortlandt  Stroet,  N.  Y, 


Excels  all  others  in  having 

ROWELLS  COG-WHEELS 

With  long  and  strong  alternate  teeth. 

THE  PATENT  STOP, 

To  prevent  the  Cogs  from  disconnecting. 


WOOD,  TABER  &  MORSE, 

EATON,  MAOISOA  CO.,  IN.  ¥ 

M  A  NU  FA  CTO  ft  K R8  OP 


Portable,  Statlouarr 
anti  Agricultural. 

Hundreds  In  use  in  Shops, 
Priming  Rooms,  Mills,  Mines, 
atid  on  Farms  and  Planta¬ 
tions,  for  Grain  Threshing, 


THE  IDilfcO-tLlNTT  OH1  IvIA-lNT. 

Figurative.  Party.  — “  So  long  as  J  am  a  man,  sorr,  wliat  does  it  matter  to  me  whether 
me  Great-grandfather  was  an  Anthropoid  Ape  or  not,  sorr  ?  ” 

Literal  Party. — “Haw  !  wather  disagweeable  for  your  Gwute-gvo andmo ther,  wasn’t  it  ?” 


Which  fits  any  thickness  of  round  or  square  tub. 

THE  APRON  "  CLOTHES  GUIDE 

To  carry  the  clothes  over  the  side  of  the  tub. 

A  PERFECT  WATER  GUIDE, 

Which  conducts  all  the  water  back  to  the  tub. 

The  Most  Elastic  and  Durable  Roll. 

SAVES  BUTTONS  AND  HOOKS  AND  EYES. 

Try  also  the  Cklmbhatkd 

Doty  Washing*  Machine 

Sold  by  dealers  generally. 

Metropolitan  Washing  Machine  Co. 

32  Corllnndt  St.,  New  York. 


Oil)  YOU  EVER  SUE  A  CHILD  THAT 

did  not  have  lmlcs  through  the  toes  of  Its  shoes  ? 
If  you  did  they  were  protected  by 

SILVKJLt  TIPS. 

They  never  wear  through  at  the  toe.  Try  them. 


nO  YOU  WANT  T11E  BEST  SHOE  EVER 

made,  that  will  not  rip  or  leak,  and  is  easier  than 
any  machine  sewed  or  pegged  shoe  ?  Buy  the 
CABLE  SCRIIW  WZB.S 
make.  All  genuine  bear  the  Patent  Stump. 


Tlie  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Company  having  determined  to  close  its  7-30  First 
Mortgage  Hold  Loun  at  an  aggregate  not  exceeding  thirty  million  dollars,  and  thereafter  to  pay  no 
tilgher  rate  of  Interest  than  C  per  cent,  on  further  issues  of  its  bonds,  the  limited  remainder  u.t  the 
7  3-JO  loan  t„  now  briny  di*i  used  of  through  the  usual  agencies. 

As  the  bonds  of  this  issue  are  made  receivable  In  payment  l’or  the  Company's  lands  tit  1.10.  they 
arc  in  constant  and  Increasing  demand  for  this  purpose,  and  will  continue  to  be  after  the  loan  Is  closed 
— a  fact  which  much  enhances  their  value  and  attractiveness  us  an  Investment. 

The  Company  has  now  more  Ilian  £00  miles  of  Us  road  built  and  In  operation,  Including  the  entire 
Eastern  Division  connecting  Lake  Superior  and  the  navigation  of  the  Missouri  River;  It  has  earned 
title  to  nearly  ten  million  acres  of  its  land  grant,  and  soles  of  lands  have  thus  far  averaged  $5.66  per  acre. 

All  marketable  securities  are  received  In  exchange  for  Northern  Pudiflcs. 

JAY  COOKE  &  CO., 

INTO.  20  Wall  Street,  TNToxtv^  York. 


Promiums,  S|J30T000  ! 

The  Fourth  Annual  Fair  of  tills  Association  will 
be  held  at  Cleveland,  O,,  on  the  20th  of  Sep¬ 
tember,  1N73,  and  continue  five  (5)  days. 

Premium  Lists  will  be  ready  m  due  season. 

Hon.  .J.  P.  R", BISON,  Pres’t. 
SAM.  BRIGGS,  Scc’y. 


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T>  AN  BALL’S  PUACTIGAL  SMISP- 
Hi  lt D  :  A.  Complete  Treatise  on 
tlie  Breeding,  Hist  liegemen  t  anil 
Diaeaaen  of  Slieep. 

this  Work,  by  the  Horn  Henry  8.  Randall, 
LL.  D.,  (author  of  “  Sheep  Husbandry  in  the  South ’’ 

Fine  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry,”  Ac.,)  Is  the  Stand¬ 
ard  Authority  on  the  Subject.  It  m  the  most  com¬ 
plete  and  reliable  Treatise  on  American  Sheep  Hus¬ 
bandry  ever  published,  and  i.hs  .the  New  England 
Farmer  says)  •»  should  be  in  the  bund  and  head  of 
every  person  owning  sheep.” 

The  Practical  SnKPitKitD  contains  152  pages,  and 
Is  illustrated,  printed  and  bound  in  superior  style. 
Twenty-seventh  Edition  now  ready.  Sent  by  mail, 
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D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

3  Beekmun  tet.*  New  York. 


#l  or  Moth  Patches,  Freckles  it  Tan, 

PERRY’S 

Moth  and  Freckle  Lotion. 

It  Is  reliable  and  harmless. 

J  For  Pimples  on  the  Face, 

BLACKHEADS  AND  fLESHWORMS, 

l  '  use  perry's  Improved  Comldom. 
and  pimple  Remedy— the  Groat  Skin  Medtduu. 
Prepared  only  by  Dr.  B.  C.  PERRY, 

Sold  by  all  Druggists.  19  Bond  St.,  Now  York. 


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REGISTERED.  INTEREST  PAYABLE  IN  GOLD, 
APRIL  AND  OCTOBER. 

Wo  now  offer  these  Bonds  at  the  above  VERY 
LOW  PRICE. 

THE  CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Eastern  end 
of  this  line,  whose  Bonds  were  so  rapidly  sold  last 
Summer, 


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THE  PEOPLE’S  Pit  ACT  IGAL 
^  POULTRY  BOOK:  A  Work  on 
the  Breeding,  Bearing,  Care  und 
(hnerul  Management  of  Poultry. 

By  Wm.  M.  Lewis. 

This  is  one  at  the  finest  eotten-UD  works  on  the 
subject  on  which  it  treats,  for  Its  sire  and  price,  of 
any  publication  ot  the  kind  In  this  country.  It  is 
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Is  Now  Finished 


WILLARDS  PRACTICAL  DAIRY 
HUSBANDRY:  A  Com  jilete  Treat¬ 
ise  on  Dairy  Farms  and  Fannins, 
Dairy  Stock  uml  Stock  Feeding;, 
Milk,  Its  management  anil  Man¬ 
ufacture  into  Butter  and  Cheese, 
History  anil  Mode  of  Organiza¬ 
tion  of  Butter  and  Cheese  Facto¬ 
ries,  Dairy  Utensils,  Etc.,  Etc. 
BY  S.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  OT., 

Dairy  Husbandry  Editor  of  Moore’s  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  lecturer  in  Cornell  University,  Maine 
Agricultural  College,  Etc.,  Elc. 

Trlj  la  the  most  full,  practical  and  reliable  work 
on  Dairy  Husbandry  extant;  Indeed  the  only  one 
which  describes  the  recoDt  great  improvements  In 
the  Dairy  Business.  It  is  highly  commended  by  lead- 
tug  Agricultural  und  other  influential  journals,  and 
iq ust  speedily  become  (in  fact  la  already)  the  Stand¬ 
ard  and  Only  AwtJuerity.  it  will  pay  every  one  en¬ 
gaged  in  any  branch  oi  dairy  business,  or  who  keeps 
u  single  cow,  to  obtain  and  study  this  work. 

Practical  dairy  IU'hiwndhy  embraces  546 
Large  Octuvo  Pages,  itr  handsomely  und  fully 
Illustrated,  printed  on  superior  paper,  and  elegantly 
bound.  It  is  a  Subscription  Book,  and  a  liberal  com¬ 
mission  is  given  Agents  wtio  canvass  Counties,  Ac. 
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those  in  Dairy  regions)  will  do  well  to  try  the  sale  ol 
thiB  work.  To  any  person  residing  where  there  is  no 
Agant.or  who  cannot  wait  tor  one,  the  Publisher  will 
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price,  $3— (or  for  $5  the  book  and  Rural  New-York¬ 
er  one  year.)  Address 

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5  Deelituan  tel.,  New  York. 


By  a  lie  A  gout  selling  Silvern  Patent 
I  <  a  mm.  Recommended  by  the  late 
Horace  Greeley,  Am.  Agriculturist, 
and  109.000  Families  using  them. 
One  county  for  each  Agent.  Success 
Hire.  0.  A.  CLEGG  &  CO.,  ,  „ 

20  Cortlandt  St.,  N.  Y. 


and  will  be  opened  for  business,  in  connection  with 
the  TOLEDO  AND  WABASH  und  other  Western 
roads,  at  a  very  early  day.  The  CHICAGO  AND 
CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Western  end  of  tills  line, 
is  now  being  rapidly  built,  and  the  Company  expect 
it  lu  be  finished  during  the  present  year. 

THIS  GREAT  TRUNK  LINE,  when  completed 
through,  will  be  of  immense  advantage  to  the  ship¬ 
ping  interests  of  the  Great  West,  being  LEVEL, 
STRAIGHT,  and  S3  miles  Shorter  thau  any  other 
route.  Having  connections  with  all  the  lines  run¬ 
ning  into  Buffalo  at  the  East  and  Chicago  at  the 
West,  and  under  the  management  of  some  of  the 
most  experienced  railroad  operators  of  the  country, 
ita  success  is  rendered  a  certainty,  und  Its  bonds 
must  be  a  safe  and  profitable  Investment.  It  makes 
the  shortest  and  best  connections  going  West,  both 
at  Toledo  and  Detroit,  und  is  the  only  Seven  percent. 
Gold  Bond  on  any  throne li  Trunk  Line  now  offered. 

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ALLEN'S  AMERICAN  CATTLES 
Tlteir  History,  Breeding  and 
Management. 

Every  breeder  or  owner  of  Cattle  should  have  thlB 
work  bvHon.  Lewis  F.  ALUSV,  Ex-Prest.  N.  Y.  State 
rtg.  Society,  Editor  of  "American  Short-Horn  tlera 
Book,”  Ac.,  Ac.  It  Is  a  handsomely  illustrated  and 
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MONEY  IN  THE  GARDEN:  a  Veg¬ 
etable  Manual,  Prepared  wltli  a 
view  to  Economy  and  Profit. 

This  Work  upon  Kitchen  and  Market  Gardening, 
ana  the  Field  Culture  ot  Root  Crops,  is  by  I*.  T. 

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ARCHITECTURE  OF  BIRDS. 

We  give  an  illustration  of  the  architecture 
of  the  Red  Flamingo  ( Phcenicopterus  ruber) 
wliich  build  their  nests  on  the  ground  of 
coarsely  tempered  mud.  These  nests  are  curi- 
iously  shaped,  like  a  narrow  truncated  cone, 
about  twenty  inches  high,  with  a  basin  at 
the  top  in  which  the  female  lays  two  or  three 
white  eggs,  in  order  to  hatch  the  eggs  by 
the  warmth  of  her  abdomen,  she  gets  astride 
the  nest,  with  one  leg  on  each  side  of  it. 

This  bird,  the  Rod  Flamingo,  measures 
fully  four  feet  from  the  tip  of  the  bill  to  that 
of  the  tail  and  six  feet  from  the  tip  of  the  bill 
to  the  claws.  The  male,  when  oi  full  plum¬ 
age,  is  of  a  rose-red  color  with  deep,  purple 
win^s  ;  the  female,  and  the  young,  for  sev¬ 
eral  years,  are  loss  brilliant,  the  young,  at 
first,  being  whitish,  and  the  red  first  appear¬ 
ing  on  the  wings.  Tins  Red  Flamingo  is 
f  .und  in  Southern  Europe.  The  American 
Flamingo,  (P.  Americanus)  is  found  in  many 
parts  of  both  the  East,  and  West  coasts  of 
America.  It  is  more  of  an  orange  color. 
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FOOD  FOR  YOUNG  CANARIES. 

Boil  an  egg  hard  and  allow  it  to  get  cold. 
This  is  important,  for  if  the  yolk  of  a  warm 
hard-boiled  egg  be  rubbed-up  or  chopped 
fine,  it  will  harden  and  dry  very  rapidly. 
The  difference  can  easily  be  seen  by  cutting 
a  cold  egg  through  the  middle,  and  also  a  hot 
ouc.  The  cold  one  will  remain  unchanged 
during  the  time  that  the  surface  of  the  hot. 
one  will  dry  and  crack  ;  and  if  the  whole 
yolk  be  so  exposed  by  being  chopped  fine, 
every  fragment  will  present  the  same  dry, 
caked  appearance.  Pass  both  the  white  and 
the  yolk  through  the  egg-box,  which  is 
simply  a  box  about,  say,  <5  or  8  inches  square 
(larger  or  smaller  according  to  fancy  or  the 
requirements  of  the  bird  room),  having  no 
top,  but  a  bottom  of  perforated  zinc  securely 
nailed  on.  The  egg  can  be  squeezed  through 
this  with  a  table-knife,  much  or  little  as 
occasion  may  require,  and  then  mixed  with 
its  bulk  of  bread-crumbs  rubbed  fine  in  the 
hand.  Some  breeder's  soak  the  bread,  which 
should  be  stale,  squeeze  it  dry,  and  mix  with 
the  egg.  Others  use  one  or  other  of  the 
many  plain  or  fancy  biscuits  which  are  sold 
in  such  variety  ;  but  nothing  is  better  than 
bread  crumbs.  This  is  a  good  stock  diet  for 
nestlings.  When  a  hen  is  disposed  to  feed 
she  will  feed  with  auything  and  needs  no 
tempting  delicacies,  but  in  case  of  disin¬ 
clination  add  a  little  crushed  hempseed.  Let 
the  food  be  fresh  at  all  times.  Do  not  allow  it 
to  remain  in  the  egg-trough  till  it  turns  sour. 
Keep  up  a  supply  of  fresh  green  food,  such 
us  groundsel,  duckweed,  or  lettuce,  and  see 
that  the  seed-box  is  duly  replenished  with 
cleau,  white  canary  seed  free  from  dust  and 
^i  -t.  Summer  rape  and  linseed  may  be 
given  occasionally  by  way  of  change. 

W.  A.  Blakston. 


ARE  ANIMAL8  GOVERNED  BY  INSTINCT  1 

The  Popular  Science  Monthly  lias  this  to 
say  about  the  “  instinct”  of  animals :  -What 
is  instinct  {  It  is  “  the  faculty  of  performing 
complex  acts,  absolutely  without  instruction 
or  previously  acquired  knowledge.”  Instinct, 
then,  would  enable  animals  to  perform  spon¬ 
taneous  acts  which,  in  the  case  of  a  man, 


presuppose  ratiocination,  a  logical  train  of 
thought.  But,  when  we  test  the  observed 
facts  which  are  usually  put  forward  to  prove 
the  power  of  instinct,  it  is  found  that  they 
are  seldom  conclusive.  It  was  on  such 
grounds  that  the  song  of  birds  was  taken  to 
be  innate,  albeit  a  very  ready  experiment 
would  have  shown  that  it  comes  from  the 
education  they  receive.  During  the  last  cen¬ 
tury,  Barringtou  brought  up  some  linnets, 
taken  from  the  nest,  in  company  with  larks 
of  sundry  varieties,  and  found  that  every  one 
of  his  linnets  adopted  completely  the  song  of 
the  master  set  over  him,  so  that  now  these 
linnets — larks  by  naturalization — formed  a 
company  apart  when  placed  among  birds  of 
their  own  species.  A  bird  reared  in  a  cage 
docs  not  construct  the  nest  peculiar  to  its 
species,  In  vain  will  you  supply  all  the 
necessary  materials;  the  bird  will  employ 
them  without  skill,  and  will  oftentimes  even 
renounce  all  purpose  of  building  anything 
like  a  nest.  Does  not  this  well-known  fact 
prove  that  instead  of  being  guided  by  in¬ 
stinct,  the  bird  learns  how  to  construct  its 
neat,  just  as  a  man  learns  how  to  build  a 
house  i 


ihcej  Httatomdrg. 


SCAB  IN  SHEEP. 

Mr.  Henry  Woods,  steward  and  chief 
manager  of  the  late  Lord  Walsingham, 
owner  of  one  of  the  largest  and  choicest 
Southdown  flocks  in  England,  recommends 
for  twenty  sheep  suffering  with  the  scab, 
soft-soap,  one  and  a  quarter  pounds  ;  shag 
tobacco,  one  pound  ;  spirits  of  turpentine, 
one  pint ;  spirits  of  tar,  one-half  pint  ;  white 
arsenic,  three  ounces.  This  to  be  safe  and 
effectual  must  be  boiled  so  as  thoroughly  to 
dissolve  the  arsenic,  and  that  he  regards  os 
an  important  point.  Bettor  put  the  tobacco 
when  boiled  into  a  flannel  bag,  and  squeeze 
it  sufficiently  to  get  out  all  the  strength,  in 
order  to  get  the  full  benefit  of  it.  Then  add 
water  enough  to  make  four  quarts  of  the 
wasli  for  each  sheep.  It  is  not  a  dip,  but  n 
wash,  and  to  put  it  on,  an  old  teapot  or  n 
spouted  tin  should  be  used.  The  way  to 
make  it  most  effectual  is  to  open  the  wool  by 
making  three  marks  on  each  side  of  th> 


THE  RED  TTIjA.T$/LTTSr  G-O. 


sheep,  also  one  down  the  shoulder,  one  on 
each  side  of  the  neck,  one  down  the  breast, 
and  one  down  each  thigh,  and  into  the  marks 
pour  the  liquid.  In  this  as  in  many  other 
things,  if  it  is  worth  doing  at  nU,  it  is  worth 
doing  well,  and  so  don’t  be  in  a  hurry  about 
it.  Do  the  work  well.  Rub  the  liquid  well 
into  the  skin.  After  passing  it  along  the 
grooves  work  it  well  In  with  the  hand.  Be 
in  no  hurry  about  ft  as  If  you  wanted  to  get 
over  it  as  quickly  as  possible.  Tho  liquid 
will  work  a  cure.  There  may  be  some  spots 
whore  the  liquid  has  not  penetrated.  Exam¬ 
ine  the  sheep  every  two  or  three  days  for 
three  weeks,  by  which  time  the  disease  may¬ 
be  expected  to  bo  eradicated.  If  there  are 
any  little  white  spots,  rub  on  some  of  the 
following  ointment  :  Mercury,  four  ounces  ; 
Venice  turpentine,  three  ounces ;  spirits  of 
turpentine,  one  ounce.  Let,  them  be  worked 
up  and  thoroughly  mixed  together,  then  add 
about  one  and  one-quarter  pounds  of  lard 
melted  over  a  slow  fire,  stirring  while  melt¬ 
ing.  When  taken  off,  continue  to  stir  till 
cold,  so  as  to  mix  the  mercury  well. 


RULES  FOR  BUYING  WOOL. 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Wisconsin  Wool 
Manufacturers’  Assn  at  Milwaukee,  the  fol¬ 
lowing,  in  reference  to  wool  buying,  was 
adopted : 

Resolved,  That  tho  following  rules  are 
adopted  and  will  be  strictly  adhered  to  by 
members  of  this  association. 

We  abolish  entirely  the  distinction  between 
washed  and  unwashed  as  a  basis  on  which  to 
establish  prices,  und  shall  purchase  all  wool 
on  its  merits,  as  merchantable  or  otherwise. 

Merchantable  fleeces  must  he  dry,  washed 
free  from  the  yolk,  well  tagged,  tied  up  with¬ 
out  more  twine  than  is  necessary  to  hold  the 
fleece  closely  together,  free  from  burrs,  chaff, 
and  other  foreign  substances.  The  standard 
price  on  all  wool  purchased  will  be  based  on 
the  price  of  mere!  an  table  wool. 

Unmerchantable  wool  consists  of  fleeces 
unwashed  or  poorly  washed,  damp,  burry, 
cotted,  stuffed  with  dirt  or  poorer  put  inside 
of  merchantable,  so  that  the  fleece  may  ap¬ 
pear  bettor  than  it  is  ;  also  black  fleeces, 
bucks’  fleeces,  anrl  those  put  up  with  undue 
amount  of  twine.  Meaning  to  cover  all  wools 
that  from  whatever  cause  under  our  denomi¬ 
nation  for  mcrchifn table  wool  would  be  re¬ 
jected.  This  includes  tegs,  which  should  be 
cleansed  and  tied  up  separately,  instead  of 
in  fleeces  otherwise  merchantable. 

Resolved,  That  we  will  purchase  no  un¬ 
merchantable  wool  at  full  prices,  or  any  price 
that  in  our  judgment  will  discourage  the 
grower  who  puts  up  his  wool  honestly  and 
well. 

COTS  WOLD  AND  MERINO. 

The  Country  Gentleman  says  of  Mr.  Ged- 
des,  one  of  the  most  practical  fanners  in  the 
State  of  New  York,  that  he  has  a  large  flock 
of  sheep — crosses  between  the  Cotswold  and 
Merino — beautiful  animals,  with  more  of  the 
line  wool  character  than  we  should  have 
expected,  the  fleece  rather  less  in  weight 
than  that  of  full  blood  Merinos,  but  losing 
much  less  by  washing,  and  selling  at  higher 
prices  for  combing.  The  cliief  object  of  the 
cross,  however,  is  the  mutton,  the  carcass 
averaging  about  twenty  pounds  more  than 
the  Merino,  and  excellent  in  quality. 


Goats  Breeding.— C.  E.  K.,  Cleveland,  0.: 
Yes  ;  goats  will  breed  after  two  years,  even 
if  they  do  not  bear  kids  at  one  year  of  age. 


□ 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


3U'NE  as 


Jiniw  of  it  Utoralist. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


KEROSENE  AND  KEROSENE. 

June  1). — Two  or  three  years  since,  I  read 
an  account  in  one  of  the  Western  papers  of  a 
wonderful  discovery  made  by  a  Mr,  Gregg 
of  Iowa,  namely,  that  kerosene  would  drive 
away  the  plum  cureulio.  Mr.  Gregg,  it  ap¬ 
pears,  hung  up  rags  that  had  been  dipped  in 
kerosene,  in  his  plum  trees,  and  that  season 
had  plenty  of  plums ;  the  theory  founded 
upon  these  two  facts  was,  that  kerosene 
would  drive  away  ouroulios.  Tf  a  little  kero¬ 
sene  was  good,  then  a  larger  quantity  would 
be  still  better,  appears  t  o  have  been  the  gen¬ 
tleman’s  ideas  of  the  subject ;  consequently 
next,  year,  the  stems  of  the  trees  were  wrap¬ 
ped  in  mgs.  and  these  saturated  with  the  oil  ; 
the  results,  as  I  learn,  are  perfectly  startling  ' 
No  curcidios,  no  plums,  no  trees,  the  kerosene 
having  done  up  the  three  all  at  once.  One  of 
my  neighbors,  a  few  years  since,  gave  the 
nests  of  the  tent  worms  in  his  apple  trees  a 
dose  of  kerosene  with  equally  as  unfavorable 
results.  Such  experiments,  with  their  disas¬ 
trous  results,  are  amusing,  to  say  the  least,, 
because  the  experimenter  usually  starts  off 
with  the  idea  that  he  is  going  to  astonish 
somebody  with  his  grand  discovery. 

I  once  knew  a  man  who  read  in  an  agricul¬ 
tural  paper  that  salt  was  an  excellent  fort  ili- 
zev  for  _  Well  he  laid  down  the  sheet  with¬ 
out  finishing  the  sentence,  and  started  for  Ins 
cellar,  whore  there  was  a  barrel  of  old  pork 
brine  that  should  have  been  thrown  out 
weeks  previous.  He  then  proceeded  to  give 
his  cucumber  vines  a  thorough  soaking  with 
brine  ;  result,  dead  vines  in  sixty  minutes  ; 
and  Mr  —  never  again  subscribed  for,  or  read 
an  agricultural  paper.  11c  declared  to  me 
that  in  his  opinion  nobody  but  a  set  of  city 
blockheads  ever  wrote  for  agricultural 
papers. 

How  many  times  have  the  fumes  of  sulphur 
been  recommended  for  destroying  certain 
kinds  of  insects,  particularly  for  the  Red  Spi¬ 
der  (Aoarus  talaris)  which  infests  greenhouse 
plants,  but  Stupid  persons  often  take  it  that 
fumes,  means  burning  sulphur,  which  of 
course  will  kill  a  plant  as  quick  as  it  would 
be.  if  struck  by  ligktuing.  YVheu  I  read  or 
hear  of  a  gardener  destroying  a  I  i  no  collect  ion 
of  plants  through  burning  sulphur  in  the 
house,  which  by  th©  way  is  a  frequent  occur¬ 
rence  with  those  who  read  little  or  carelessly, 
I  am  reminded  of  the  kerosene  and  salt  ex¬ 
periments,  or  of  another  neighbor  who  being 
very  much  annoyed  with  wasps  in  the  ganv t 
of  iiis  house  uudortt  >ok  to  smoke  them  out 
with  sulphur.  He  placed  a  half  pound  upon 
a  board  and  set  it  on  Are,  then  retreated  be¬ 
low,  closing  the  door  after  him.  1  ho  wasps 
were  destroyed,  and  our  unusually  quiet 
neighborhood  experienced  the  novelty  of 
being  aroused  by  the  cry  of  Arc. 

A  SPECIAL  TO  MY  CORRESPONDENTS. 

June  R).— To  D.  AV.  C.  Helena,  Montana 
Ter.  1  will  say  the  beetles  you  Rent  me  alive 
in  a  tin  box  came  to  hand  in  about,  the  same 
condition  as  the  two  bravo  Kilkenny  cats 
were  last  seen,  having  eaten  each  other  up, 
the  fur  on  the  tips  of  their  tails  was  still 
fighting  when  the  historian  of  the  event  left, 
the  battle  field.  Two  Calosomas,  which  be¬ 
long  to  a  noted  family  .of  cannibal  beetles, 
were  left  alone  in  the  box,  and  the  feet,  legs, 
heads  and  mutilated  bodies  of  their  victims 
were  unmistakable  signs  of  the  terrible  battle 
that  had  been  raging  all  the  way  from  Mon¬ 
tana  to  New  York.  I  wish  my  correspond¬ 
ents  would  remember  that  it  is  not  a  good 
way  to  send  beetles  safely,  to  pack  them 
alive  and  a  number  of  thorn  together  in  one 
box,  even  if  they  should  all  happen  to  be  one 
speeies  ;  for  their  moral  instincts  are  not 
above  those  of  man,  consequently  there  is 
danger  of  a  light.  I  have  frequently  received 
specimens  of  the  Colorado  potato  beetle  alive 
and  in  frail  paper  boxes,  which  might  have 
been  broken  allowing  the  occupants  to  escape 
into  fields  heretofore  free  from  this  great 
pest.  I  presume  this  potato  beetle  has  been 
assisted  in  its  distribution  over  the  country 
by  such  means,  and  it  is  time  for  people  t,o 
be  a  little  careful  in  such  matters,  I  am  not 
particularly  in  want  of  live  insects  of  any 
kind,  therefore  please  kill  them  with  whisky, 
alcohol  or  chloroform  before’  forwarding 
them  to  me.  The  larva*  (grubs  or  culerpiUa/rs) 
may  be  sent  alive  if  the  species  is  not  known, 
because  one  must  feed  such  things  until  they 
pass  into  their  pupa  state  in  order  to  secure 
the  imago"  or  perfect  insect. 

The  insects  sent  me  by  Rev.  R.  H.  C.,  Juni¬ 
ata,  Neb.,  arrived  in  excellent  order,  being 


par  ked  in  a  tin  box  filled  with  sawdust.  I 
was  much  pleased  to  find  among  them  sev¬ 
eral  specimens  of  THcania  sanguinepennis , 
Leo.  ,  not  so  much  on  account  of  its  rarity,  for 
it  is  found  in  my  own  neighborhood,  although 
exceedingly  scarce,  but  to  obtain  it  from 
Nebraska  adds  a  fact"  iu  regard  to  its  geo¬ 
graphical  distribution.  It  is  a  small  beetle, 
scarcely  u  ball  inch  long,  head  and  body 
black,  wing  cases  (elytra)  red,  hence  its  spe¬ 
cific  name.  It  belongs  t< ,  the  IjyUinl  or  can 
thn.  ie  family,  better  known  probably  under 
the  name  of  Mister  beetles.  Of  course  there 
were  other  acceptable  specimens  but  the  one 
named  was  the  most  interesting  to  me  and 
for  the  reason  stated. 

The  case  of  specimens  received  from  8.  O. 
M..  New  London,  Minnesota,  arrived  in  good 
order  and  are  very  acceptable.  Mr.  M  evi¬ 
dently  knows  how  to  send  specimens  safely 
by  mail,  t  he  ease  being  made  out  of  a  block 
of  light  wood  an  inch  and  a-lialf  square,  and 
four  or  five  inches  long.  A  hole  an  inch  in 
diameter  is  then  bored  lengthways  of  the 
block,  and  nearly  the  whole  length.  This 
wooden  tube  is  filled  with  beetles  and  Raw- 
dust,  the  hole  sealed  up  or  plugged,  and  the 
package  wrapped  in  paper.  There  is  no  dan¬ 
ger  of  specimens  becoming  broken  when 
packed  in  this  manner. 

PACKING  IN  COTTON  AND  WOOL. 

As  I  have  commenced  scolding,  perhaps  it 
would  be  as  well  to  growl  to  the  end  of  this 
chapter.  When  1  was  a  boy  and  like  all  other 
boys  very  fond  of  play,  my  mother  used  to 
try  my  putlence  by  making  me  hold  a  skein 
of  yarn  while  she  wound  it  into  a  ball,  and 
Bn, i,  was  waiting  and  whistling  outside  ; 
which  1  knew  meant,  “let’s  go  in  swimming 
or  fishing.”  Years  after  this,  and  when  1 
was  a  young  man  (which  by  the  way  was  a 
long  time  ago)  I  used  to  visit  a  young  lady 
now  known  os  Mas.  Rtjrauht,  who  tried  to 
find  out  how  much  patience  I  had  by  inviting 
me  to  unravel  a  snarled  skein  of  silk  ;  but 
under  th©  circumstance  the  trial  was  not  a 
severe  one,  although  it  would  be  now,  But 
.•til  these  vexatious  trials  are  but  pleasant 
pastimes  in  comparison  wit  h  a  box  of  beet  les 
packed  in  cotton  or  wool.  The  feet  of  beetles 
jure  usually  terminated  with  small  hooks,  and 
(.he  way  these  will  cling  t  o  any  small,  fibrous 
materia)  is  enough  to  make  any  modem  Job 
crazy.  The  feet,  legs  ami  antenna-  become  so 
entangled  in  the  mass  that  to  extricate 
them  without  breaking,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
loss  of  time,  is  next  to  an  impossibility:  If 
my  correspondents  do  not  want  to  hear  of 
mV  demise  m  a  fit  of  perplexity,  they  must 
cease  to  send  me  specimens  in  cotton  or  wool. 
Use  grass,  cut  straw,  sawdust,  paper,  in  fact 
almost  anytliing  but  cotton  or  similar  fibrous 
materials. 

DROUTH  AND  THE  STRAWBERRIES. 

June  12.— We  are  now  having  one  of  the 
most  severe  drouths  that  1  have  ever  known 
at  this  time  of  t  he  year.  Those  who  believe 
in  the  old  bed  system  of  growing  straw) fer¬ 
ries,  will  have  a  good  chance  to  test,  it  in  dry 
weather  ;  iu  fact  they  are  already  proclaim¬ 
ing  a  short,  crop.  My  strawberries  were 
never  bd  er,  and  although  it  does  cost  a  little 
more  to  carefully  cultivate  the  plants  in  single 
rows  and  apply  mulch  between  them,  still  it 
is  the  only  system  1  ever  tried  which  would 
insure  a  full  crop  of  good,  eleau  fruit  in  time 
of  drouths.  Of  eoui-sc  rich,  deep  soil  is  al¬ 
ways  a  necessary  adjunct,  to  success  ;  but  the 
mulching  is  the  finishing  stroke  in  the  battle. 
It,  is  seldom  that  we  have  too  much  rain  at 
the  time  strawberries  are  ripening  :  and  if 
such  should  be  the  case,  the  mulch  will  do  no 
greater  harm  than  to  increase  the  size  and 
make  the  berries  a  little  more  acid  than 
usual,  which  will  scarcely  injure  their  mar 
ket  value,  as  most  persons  purchase  fruit  that 
looks  well  even  if  the  quality  is  not  first  rate. 

CARE  Of  PLANTS  IN  ORY  WEATHER. 

June  14.—  1  begin  to  hear  my  neighbors  say 
there  is  no  use  in  cultivating  the  ground 
among  plants  because  there  arc  no  weeds 
growing  and  they  do  not  believe  in  stirring 
soil  In  tun©  Of  drouth,  Now  1  believe  this  is 
a  great  mistake,  at  least  my  practice  lias  al¬ 
ways  been  to  stir  the  soil  move  frequently,  if 
ossible,  iu  dry  weat  her  than  in  wet.  It  may 
e  that  1  am  wrong  in  this  but  I  have  always 
thought  there  was  a  marked  beneficial  result 
produced  by  frequently  starring  and  pulver¬ 
izing  the  soil  even  in  time  of  drouth.  Turn¬ 
ing  down  the  dry,  hot  surface  soil,  and  bring¬ 
ing  up  the  cool  from  below,  appears  to  cause 
a  condensation  of  moisture  from  the  atmos¬ 
phere,  from  whence  it  Can  be  drawn  no 
matter  ho w  severe  the  drouth.  Laying  theo¬ 
ry  aside,  we  can  soon  get  at  the  facts  in  the 
case,  by  trying  both  systems  side  by  side.  1 
am  keeping  t  he  hoes,  plow  and  cultivator 
going  among  mv  corn,  potatoes,  and  other 
farm  and  vegetable  crops,  without,  paying 
any  attention  to  the  growth  of  weeds.  In 
thu  flower  garden  I  do  the  same  thing,  and 
where  the  soil  is  deep  and  rich,  there  appeal's 
to  i»e  no  cessation  of  growth  although  the 
drouth  through  which  weave  passing  Ls  quite 
severe.  Those  who  prefer  a  shallow -plowed 
soil,  are  welcome  to  it  ;  for  my  part  I  do  not 
want  one  less  titan  twelve  incites  and  I  would 
have  it  stirred  two  feet  if  I  could  without  in¬ 
curring  too  much  expense.  A  piece  of  sponge 
two  feet  square  will  hold  moisture  longer 
when  exposed  to  the  sun  than  one  two  incites, 
and  the  same  truth  holds  good  ill  regard  to 
soil.  I  own  to  being  just  enough  in  the  old 
fogy  line  to  believe  m  deep  culture  every 
time. 


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CHEAP  POULTRY-YARD. 


Set  posts  firmly  in  the  ground,  six  feet 
high,  eight  feet  apart.  Take  No.  i)  wire,  and 
stretch  from  post  to  post  outside,  fastening 
with  staples  made  of  wire  driven  into  posts. 
Place  three  wires  one  inch  apart,  one  foot 
from  the  ground  ;  another  three  at  three  feet 
ten  inches  from  the  ground  ;  another  three 
at  top  of  posts.  Take  common  laths  and 
weave  in,  leaving  three  inches  space  between 
sides  of  each.  This  makes  the  fence  four  feet 
high.  Then  take  other  laths,  picket  one  end, 
and  chamfer  the  other  like  a  chisel  blade,  and 
interweave  among  the  top  wires  ;  then  shove 
the  chamfered  edge  down  beside  the  top  of 
the  bottom  lath,  lapping  under  wires  two 
inches.  This  makes  a  cheap,  durable,  pretty 
fence,  that  is  seven  l’eet  and  ten  inches  high, 
and  fowl-tight.  Wires  should  be  left  some¬ 
what  slack,  as  interweaving  the  laths  will 
take  it  up. — ./.  IP.  Lang  in  the  Poultry 
World. 

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CHARCOAL  FOR  FOWLS. 


pentine  up  each  nostril  as  possible,  by  using 
a  stiff  feather  or  small  brush.  Give  light 
diet,  or  grass  only  for  a  day  or  two,  and  a 
cure  is  effected. 

A  Colt  That  will  not  Fatten.— Having  a 
fine  colt,  about  four  years  old,  and  finding  it 
impossible  to  get  him  fat,  l  am  going  to  ask 
you  if  you  can  tell  mo  how  I  can  do  it.  I  feed 
just  as  much  as  he  can  eat  and  change  his 
food  often.  He  eats  hearty  and  seems  in 
good  health,  yet  lie  is  so  poor  that  I  am 
ashamed  to  ride  him.— Wii.l.  L.  C. 

We  advise  that  you  feed  less— say  one- 
third  to  one-half  less  food  and  feed  regularly 
three  to  four  times  per  day.  You  are  proba¬ 
bly  feeding  too  much.  The  horse  don’t  di¬ 
gest  his  food. 

Weight  of  Norman  Horses. — Isaiah  Dillon 
writes  to  the  Western  Rural  that  t  he  average 
weight  of  eight  Norman  horses,  owned  in 
McLean  Co.,  TIL,  is  1785  pounds,  thirteen 
yearling  colts  averaged  1210  pounds,  and  one 
tw  o-year-old  Ally  weighed  1540  pounds. 


MILK  FEVER  IN  COWS. 


The  benefit  which  fowls  derive  from  eating 
charcoal  is,  I  believe,  acknowledged.  The 
method  of  putting  it  before  them  is,  how¬ 
ever,  not  well  understood.  Pounded  char¬ 
coal  is  not  in  the  shape  in  which  fowls  usually 
find  their  food,  and  consequently  is  not  very 
enticing  to  them. 

I  have  found  that  corn  burnt  on  the  cob, 
and  the  refuse — which  consists  almost  entire¬ 
ly  of  the  grains  reduced  to  charcoal,  and  still 
retaining  their  perfect  shape  -placed  before 
them,  is  greedily  eaten  by  them,  with  a 
marked  improvement  iu  their  health,  as  is 
shown  by  the  brighter  color  of  their  combs, 
and  their  sooner  producing  a  greater  average 
of  eggs  to  the  flock  than  before. — *S.  Ruins 
Mason  in  the  Poultry  World. 

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POULTRY  NOTES. 

Crossing  Dorkings  and  Brahmas. — A  poul¬ 
try -keeper  says  Persons  desirous  of  ob¬ 
taining  large  fowls,  equally  good  as  layers  of 
large  eggs,  and  also  combining  good  table 
qualities  with  early  maturity  and  being  per¬ 
fectly  hardy,  should  cross  the  Dorking  hens 
with  a  small  Brahma  cock.  The  cross  be¬ 
tween  the  Dorkings  and  dark  Brahmas  is  also 
good  for  the  table,  being  also  easily  raised, 
but  their  eggs  arc  small.” 

Crop-Bound  Fouls.  —One  person  must  hold 
the  fowl  quite  still,  while  another  cuts  the 
crop  open,  and  entirely  empties  it  of  its  con¬ 
tents,  then  sew  it  carefully  up  again.  When 
this  is  done,  place  the  patient  iu  a  coop  by 
herself  for  a  few  days,  and  feed  her  on  soft 
food,  Under  this  treatment,  ninety  out  of 
every  hundred  will  recover. 


©he  Horseman. 


TESTING  A  MARE’S  ENDURANCE. 

THE  Western  Parmer  of  May  Si,  says: — w  It 
is  reported  that  on  a  wager  of  $200  a  mare  at 
St.  Paul  has  been  driven  200  miles  in  44  hours 
and  20  minutes — the  wager  being  that  she 
could  not  go  200  miles  in  48  hours.  This  was 
undoubtedly  a  cruel  test,  but  it  should  be 
boruc  in  mind  that  if  in  really  good  condit  ion 
and  carefully  driven,  she  may  not  have  been 
as  much  injured  us  many  men  injure  their 
horses  by  what  they  call  simply  “a  hard 
day’s  drive.”  Tile  trial  was  made  on  the 
Driving  Park  at  St.  Paul,  commencing  at 
4-20  in  the  morning.  The  first  50  miles  was 
made  inside  of  six  hours.  The  mare  was  then 
rested  until  1  o’clock.  Starting  again  she 
completed  the  second  50  miles  by  7-3U.  She 
then  rested  until  5  o’clock  the  next  morning, 
and  trotted  31  miles  by  10  o’clock.  She  then 
rested  two  hours,  and  again  started,  traveling 
until  7  o’clock  in  the  evening.  A  last  rest  of 
two  hours  was  made,  after  which  she  com¬ 
pleted  the  required  distance  at  a  few  min¬ 
utes  past  1  o’clock,  trotting  the  last  mile  in  0 
minutes  and  31  seconds. 

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NOTES  FOR  HORSEMEN. 


Blind  Staggers  in  Horses,  a  writer  in  the 
Southern  Cultivator  says  he  has  seen  cured 
by  the  following  remedy  : — As  soon  as  it  is 
known  that  the  animal  has  staggers,  which 
can  readily  be  told  by  its  dull,  sleepy  appear¬ 
ance,  disposition  to  move  round  in  a  circle, 
and  running  against  objects  that  come  in  its 
path,  bleed  copiously  from  the  neck,  and 
immediately  pour  into  each  ear  about  a  gill 
of  spirits  turpentine.  Also,  got  as  much  tur¬ 


In  answer  to  C.  B.  S.,  we  give  the  follow¬ 
ing  from  Prof.  Law  of  Cornell  University 
in  relation  to  its  character,  prevention  and 
curative  treatment.  He  says  : 

This  disease  is  essentially  connected  with 
plethora,  or  excessive  formation  and  richness 
of  blood.  Its  victims  are  mainly  the  cows 
that  lay  on  flesh  rapidly,  or  those  that  give 
an  abundance  of  rich  milk.  A  strong,  vigor¬ 
ous  digestion  and  great  powers  of  assimila¬ 
tion,  therefore,  propert  ies  which  render  their 
possession  so  valuable  for  feeding  or  daily 
purposes,  are  precisely  those  which  predis¬ 
pose  them  to  this  destructive  complaint. 
Let  a  cow  of  this  stamp  calve  early  in  June, 
on  our  pastures  of  rich  and  juicy  clover, 
exposed  to  the  great  heats  of  an  American 
summer,  and  with  little  loss  of  blood  in  the 
process,  and  she  is  but  too  likely  to  prove  a 
doomed  animal.  The  supply  of  blood  to  the 
womb  necessary  for  the  support  of  the  em 
bryo  calf  is  suddenly  arrested  and  thrown 
back  on  the  system  at  largo  ;  it  has  not  yet 
become  diverted  to  the  udder,  so  as  to 
establish  a  vicarious  secretion  of  milk  ;  the 
richness  and  plasticity  of  the  blood  supplied 
to  the  nervous  centers  are  incompatible 
with  the  due  exercise  of  their  functions,  and 
the  nervous  system,  already  exhausted  by 
the  strain  made  upon  it  during  parturition, 
and  sympathetically  depressed  by  the  loaded 
condition  of  the  digestive  and  circulatory 
systems,  is  suddenly  prostrated,  and  too 
often  beyond  recovery.  The  suppression  of 
the  secretions  alike  of  the  bowels,  kidneys, 
skin,  and  udder,  rapidly  aggravates  the  al¬ 
ready  unhealthy  state  Of  the  blood,  and  deuth 
often  results  from  apoplexy,  or  serous  effu¬ 
sion  on  the  brain. 

Prevention. — Then,  the  main  causes  of  the 
disease  cau  he,  to  u  great  extent,  obviated. 
It  is  not  desirable  to  seek  to  change  the  ten 
dency  of  the  animal  to  the  production  of 
beef  or  milk.  But  without  prejudice  to  these 
properties,  we  can  check  the  production  of 
blood  at  the  time  of  calving  and  even  reduce 
the  already  existing  state  of  plethora.  We 
can  keep  calving  cows  in  a  yard  for  a  week 
or  fortnight  before  the  expiring  of  gestation  ; 
we  can  rest  rict  then'  diet  to  a-lialf  or  a-fourtli 
Of  what  they  would  consume  if  left  in  the 
pastures  ;  wc  can  see  that  the  bowels  arc 
kept  acting  freely,  either  by  reason  of  the 
nature  of  the  food  or  by  giving  two  or  three 
ounces  of  sulphate  of  soda  daily  in  the  food  ; 
we  can  induce  a  considerable  depletion  from 
the  circulatory  system  by  giving  a  dose  of 
physic  (1  pound  to  2  pounds  Epsom  Salts 
according  to  size  of  the  animal),  to  act  at  the 
time  of  parturition  or  immediately  after- 
wurd  ;  we  can  rub  the  udder  and  draw  the 
teats  so  as  to  insure  an  early  anil  free  secre¬ 
tion  of  milk ;  and  we  can  keep  on  a  very 
restrictive  and  hixative  diet  for  the  first 
week  after  calving.  With  sufficient  care  the 
disease  may  be  almost  entirely  prevented. 

Curative  Treatment.—  This  is  so  uncertain 
in  its  results  that  it  is  folly  to  neglect  any 
measure  of  prevention.  Strong  purgatives, 
stimulants,  ice-bags  to  the  head,  nibbing 
the  udder,  drawing  the  teats,  copious  warm 
water  injections,  and  damp  sheets  laid  over 
the  body  aud  covered  by  dry  ones,  or  tepid 
sponging  over  the  surface,  may  all  be  em¬ 
ployed,  and  in  slight  cases  will  prove  success¬ 
ful  [n  the  earliest  stages,  while  the  animal 
is  still  able  to  stand  and  the  pulse  full  and 
strong,  bleeding  from  the  jugular  may  ward 
off  the  severity  of  the  attack  ;  later  it  will 
only  increase  It.  In  cases  attended  by  little 
fever,  half-dram  doses  of  nux  vomica  morn¬ 
ing  and  evening  are  often  of  great  value. 


JUNE  as 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER 


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^omcfitii!  (Bijunamg. 


PICTURE  FRAMES. 

Any  lady  can  ornament  her  walls  with 
pictures  if  she  has  skill  to  frame  them  ;  for 
it  is  usually  the  frame  that  Costs.  Tt  is  sur¬ 
prising  how  well  rustic  frames  look,  too,  in  a 
country  farm-house;  a  rude-  frame  put  to¬ 
gether  so  as  to  hold  the  ghiss  can  he  cove  re  a. 
so  handsomely  as  to  conceal  all  infirmit  ies. 
Cones,  shells,  leather-work,  autumn  leaves, 
form  some  of  the  materials.  T  have  “  Birth- 
Day  Morning  in  a  frame  of  my  own  construc¬ 
tion  hanging  in  front  of  me  as  T  write.  The 
frame  is  made  of  common  two-inch  lath, 
just  as  it  comes  from  the  mill,  nicely  fitted 
together  and  painted  black  and  varnished. 

Then  from  leather  hook  covers  l  found  in 
the  garret,  I  stripped  the  leather,  which  is 
thin  and  smooth,  and  cut  it  in  the  shape  of  a 
very  small  flat-iroo  an  inch  and  a-half  long 
and  laid  the  broad  end  in  ft  plait,  and  thus, 
beginning  at  the  bottom  of  the  frame,  I 
tacked  with  the  gimp-lack  two  rows  of 
these  leaves  around  the  frame,  with  a  rosette 
of  the  same  leaf  at  proper  intervals  to  give 
effect.  The  leaf  must  bo  laid  over  to  cover 
the  tack  on  the  one  below  it. 

The  frame  is  22x28.  The  glass  cost  75  ets., 
and  this  is  the  main  expense,  out,  of  the  pic¬ 
ture.  I  varnish  with  white  shellac  varnish, 
which  gives  to  the  work  a  proper  stiffness. 
Cones  laid  on  putty  make  very  pretty  frames. 
Small  pictures  can  be  framed  with  paste¬ 
board  wired  around  and  covered  with  black 
oil  paper,  with  a  strip  of  gilt  paper  on  the 
inner  edge  of  the  frame  or  without  a  strip  of 
the  latter,  or  a  frame  of  grape  vine,  boiled  to 
soften,  and  twisted,  is  quite  pretty  ;  then 
varnished.  I  saw  a  picture  frame,  a  day  or 
two  ago,  made  of  the  running  pine,  tastefully 
arranged,  and  it  was  very  pretty. 

Mns.  E.  A.  Warner. 

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DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 


separated  by  means  of  a  flannel  strainer,  and  | 
must  be  nixed  with  one-fifth  part  of  alcohol.  | 
The  juice,  has  a  very  delicate  odor,  but  will 
not  bear  the  least  heat  without  destroying 
its  taate. 

To  Make  Green  Pickles. —A  correspondent 
in  the  Scientific  American  replies  to  the 
question  “how  to  make  green  pickles,”  as 
follows If  hard,  green  encumber  pickles 
are  wanted,  salt  down  in  dry  salt,  putting  a 
layer  of  salt  in  a  jar,  then  a  layer  of  pickles, 
and  so  on  until  full.  This  will  produce 
pickles  as  green  as  they  can  be  made,  but  it 
is  more  costly  Mum  making  brine.  If  you 
have  stock  to  feed  the  salt  to,  it  will  be  belter 
than  the  old  process,  Souring  may  be  done 
in  the  usun1  way.  Of  course  the  above  pro¬ 
cess  is  not  calculated  for  manufacturers  for 
market. 

Ray.  Cai 7>et— L.  M.  R.  can  tell  “May 
Maple”  that  there  was  no  new  doth  torn  up 
to  make  pretty  stripes  of  the  carpets  made 
by  the  family  she  spoke  of.  They  do  not 
make  carpets  for  pastime.  It  Is  done  to 
save  and  get  out  of  the  way  old  trash  which 
accumulat  es  during  the  year.  If  Jane  Bran¬ 
don  did  not  mean  that  they  were  four  years 
making  their  carpet.,  why  did  she  say  so  J  It 
certainly  was  very  discouraging  to  new 
beginners.  If  she  had  ot  her  duties  to  attend 
to  which  helped  to  1  (lister  her  hands,  it  should 
have  been  so  stated. — L.  M,  R.,  Windham, 
Ohio. 

To  prepare  Raspberry  Juice  of  tine  color, 
flavor  and  aroma,  a  French  Journal  says  : 
Take  the  berries  well  ripened  and  cleansed, 
crush  theta  ill  a  glass  vessel  with  a  wooden 
pestle  into  ft  homogeneous  mass,  add  to  them 
five  to  ten  parts  per  one  hundred  of  cane  or 
grape,  sugar,  and  allow  the  whole  to  stand, 
mixing  up  occasionally.  By  means  of  the 
alcohol  resulting  from  the  fermentation  the 
pectin  is  precipitated,  and  a  clear  juice  is 
obtained,  preserving  perfectly  the  aroma  and 
taste  of  the  raspberry. 


(JIffrti(ittl«i|a!. 


How  Easily  Butter  is  Spoiled.— A  farmer’s 
wife  writes  to  an  exchange “  Of  all  the 
products  of  the  farm,  butter  is  most  liable  to 
be  taint  ed  by  noxious  odors  floating  in  the 
atmosphere.  Our  people  laid  some  veal  in 
the  cellar,  from  which  a  little  blood  flowed 
out  and  was  neglected  until  it  had  commenced 
to  smell.  The  result  was  that  a  jar  of  butter, 
which  I  was  then  packing,  smelled  and  tasted 
like  spoiled  beer.” 

Another  lady  writer  observes  that  there 
was  a  pond  of  filthy,  stagnant  water  a  few 
hundred  feet  away  from  their  house,  from 
which,  when  the  wind  was  from  a  certain 
direction,  au  offensive  effluvium  would  be 
borne  on  the  breeze  directly  to  the  milk-room, 
the  result  of  which  was  that  the  cream  and 
butter  would  taste  like  the  disagreeable  odor 
coming  from  the  pond.  As  soon  os  the  pond 
was  drained  there  was  no  more  damaged 
butter. 

To  Extract  Grease  Spots  from  Books  or 
Pa  per  : — Gently  warm  the  greased  or  spotted 
part  of  the  book  or  paper,  and  then  press 
upon  it  pieces  of  blotting  paper,  one  after 
another,  so  as  to  absorb  as  much  of  the  grease 
as  possible.  Have  ready  some  lino,  clear 
essential  oil  of  turpentine,  heated  almost  to 
a  boiling  state  ;  warm  the  greased  leaf  a 
little,  and  then  with  a  soft,  clean  brush  wet 
with  the  heated  turpentine  both  sides  of  the 
spotted  part.  By  repeating  this  application 
the  grease  will  he  extracted.  Lastly,  with 
another  brush  dipped  in  rectified  spirits  of 
wine,  go  over  the  place,  and  the  grease  will 
no  longer  appear,  neither  will  the  paper  be 
discolored. 

Nice  Butter.  —Have  everything  scalded 
clean  ;  skim  as  soon  as  the  cream  is  firm  ; 
leave  no  milk  with  the  cream — which  must 
be  kept  in  a  stone  crock,  with  a  tablespoon 
of  salt  in  the  bottom— in  a  cool  place  in  sum¬ 
mer,  and  stirred  with  a  wooden  spatula  once 
a  day,  which  insures  quick  and  easy  churn 
ings.  If  not  allowed  to  stand  over  four  days, 
the  butter  will  come  in  ton  minutes.  Work 
out  the  buttermilk  clean  ;  then  to  five  lbs. 
butter,  add  one  teacup  pure  flue  salt,  one  tea¬ 
spoon  white  sugar,  one  of  salt, peter.  Work 
in  thoroughly.  Let  it  stand  only  twelve 
hours,  then  work  out  all  moisture  and  your 
butter  can’t  he  excelled. — A.  R. 

To  Prepare  Strawberry  Juice  of  flue  color, 
flavor  and  aroma,  a  French  Journal  recom¬ 
mends  to  put,  two  parts  of  clean  strawber¬ 
ries,  without  crushing  them,  into  a  large¬ 
mouthed  jar;  add  to  it  two-and-a-half  parts 
of  sugar,  and  agitate  very  frequently  at  the 
ordinary  temperat  ure  without,  heating.  The 
sugar  gradually  extracts  the  juice  of  the 
fruit,  which  is  left  tasteless  and  colorless, 
and  forms  a  clear  syrup,  which  is  readily 


Jjtoral  SliThitrtturih 


GLASS  ROOFS. 

Not  long  since  a  fri  id  of  ours  suggested 
that  the  roofs  of  all  dwellings  should  be 
made  of  glass,  and  the  attics  used  as  conser¬ 
vatories  instead  of  lumber  rooms.  We  are 
reminded  of  his  suggestion  by  the  statement 
of  a  Boston  paper  which  says  : — The  new 
warehouses  going  up  in  the  burnt  district 
show  some  new  application  of  glass  for  roofs. 
One  building  on  Washington  street  has  each 
floor  smaller  than  the  one  under  it,  counting 
from  the  basement  up  to  the  fourth  story. 
This  retreat  of  the  wall  is  confined  to  the 
roar  only,  a  gain  of  about  ten  feet  to  each 
story  downward.  This  difference  in  the 
length  of  floors  is  covered  with  a  slop¬ 
ing  glass  roof,  made  of  wooden  rafters  and 
large  plates  of  heavy,  rough  glass.  Each 
wall  is  supported  by  iron  beams  resting  on 
the  side  walls,  and  Uie  gain  of  light  is  very 
great.  The  higher  the  floor  the  less  the  rent 
and  cheaper  the  cost  of  construction.  The 
gain  of  outside  air  space  and  the  increased 
width  of  the  rear  street  prevents  danger 
from  fire,  and  amply  compensates  for  the 
loss  of  room  on  the  upper  floors. 

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ARCHITECTURAL  NOTES. 


Cobble  Wall  in  Cement.— I  would  like  to 
inquire  if  any  of  your  readers  have  had  any 
experience  in  building  a  cellar  wall  hy  build¬ 
ing  a  plank  or  board  partit  ion  the  size  of  the 
Cellar  and  then  using  cobblestone  packed  in 
mortar  or  cement  ;  and  whether  it  makes  a 
durable  wall?  If  any  one  has  built  sucdi 
walls  and  will  give  tho  proportion  of  lime, 
s and  and  cement,  I  think  others  beside  my¬ 
self  will  be  glad  to  have  them  do  so  ;  also, 
opinion  ns  to itscost per  perch.--!1’,,  b.  Taylor, 

Plaster  a  Protection  Ayninst  Eire. — In 
Paris  it  was  found,  after  the  conflagration, 
that  whenever  good  plaster  work  covered 
beams  or  columns  of  wood,  they  were  en¬ 
tirely  protected  from  lire.  Where  limestone 
walls  had  been  utterly  ruined  on  the  outside 
by  the  flames,  on  the  inside  the  same  walls, 
coated  with  plaster,  escaped  almost  unscath¬ 
ed.  This  hint  may  serve  some  of  our  readers 
a  good  pu  rpose. 

A  Plan  of  Ebrst-Ckiss  Hen-House  is  want¬ 
ed  by  L.  F.  E.,  who  wants  to  build  one  with 
cot  loss  than  three  divisions  —  one  for  old 
birds,  one  for  young  and  one  for  hatching. 
Our  correspondent  will  find  plans  in  the 
“People’s Practical  Poultry  Book”  (for  sale 
at  this  office,  at  $1.50),  most  of  which  have 
been  published  in  this  journal.  We  shall  be 
glad  to  receive  and  publish  new  and  approved 
plans. 


GIVING  AWAY  FLOWERS.  -  DECORA-  < 
TION  DAY. 

I 

My  flowers  aro  the  admiration  of  our  , 
neighborhood,  and  many  growers  of  flowers  • 
say  they  have  none  so  fine.  Little  faces  peep  | 
through  the  fence  and  say,  "  Please  give  me 
a  flower,”  until  husband  cays  l  will  wear  ■ 
myself  out  and  spoil  my  mound  handing  out 
these  floral  treasures  to  tho  litt  le  passers  by. 

I.  do  not  mind  giving  pleasure  to  a  child  and 
see  its  bright  eyes  sparkle  when  the  blossoms 
are  fairly  in  its  little  hand  ;  but  T  did  fed  a 
little  grieved  on  Decoration  Day,  when  ladies 
and  even  gentlemen  came  aid  asked  for  my 
flowers  to  the  extent  that  I  had  to  pluck  off 
nearly  all  that  were  in  bloom.  It  is  hard  for 
me  to  refuse  those  who  ask  a  favor  of  this 
kind;  nor  do  I  wish  to  seem  selfish;  so  1 
kept  giving  until  they  were  nearly  gone.  The 
mound  is  beautiful  to-day,  but  nothing  to 
compare  with  what  it  was  the  morning  of 
Decoration  Day.  I  cannot  get  out  to  see  the 
beautiful  in  other  places,  on  account  of  poor 
health  ;  nor  can  I  touch  a  spade  or  a  hoc, 
although.  I  am  able  to  do  a  little  weeding  and 
transplanting  ;  hence  1  felt  worse  to  see  my 
flowers  all  going  so  soon  after  their  bright 
appearance.  They,  and  dear  ones  to  love, 
are  all  that  is  left  mo  of  the  delights  and 
beauties  of  Eden. 

It  may  be  all  right,  and  well  enough  to  have 
such  a  day  as  Decoration  Day  set  apart  as  a 
national  remembrance  of  the  worthy  dead  ; 
but  I  had  rather  give  my  flowers  to  cheer 
some  lonely  invalid  ;  and  for  such  a  purpose 
l  would  part  with  my  last  blossom,  though 
to  a  stranger,  should  he  or  she  ask  it.  But  1 
really  think  a  basket  of  clothing  and  provis¬ 
ions,  together  with  a  bright  bouquet,  to 
some  soldier’s  lonely  widow  and  orphans, 
weuld  be  a  far  more  acceptable  gift  in  the 
sight  of  Him  who  bids  us  remember  tho 
fatherless  and  the  widow,  than  the  millions 
of  flowers  scattered  over  the  sleeping  dead. 

I  think  the  one  may  be  done  and  not  leave 
the  other  undone.  1  am  sorry  to  say  that, 
even  in  our  city,  there  are  soldiers’  wives 
and  soldiers  themselves  suffering  for  the 
necessities  of  life.  I  know  it  ;  and  some  of 
those  people  who  are  most  zealous  to  carry  a 
beautiful  bouquet  to  a  soldier’s  grave  will 
not  give  a  supper  to  aid  the  living,  or  lift  a 
llug.r  t.<  raise  their  own  flowers  for  the  oc¬ 
casion. 

The  foregoing  is  an  extract  from  a  private 
letter,  written  by  a  lady  contributor  of  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  to  one  of  its  editors. 
It  seems  to  us  to  express  what  thousands 
have  felt ;  hence  we  take  the  liberty  of 
publishing  it. 

- ♦♦♦- - 

HYACINTH  FLOWERS  A  SECOND  8EAS0N. 

E.  C.  HiSCOX,  an  English  florist,  says : 
After  the  Hyacinths  have  done  their  duty 
the  first,  year  in  the  greenhouse  or  conserva¬ 
tory  l  take  them  to  that  part  of  the  garden 
where  the  sun  shines  nearly  all  day,  and 
plunge  the  pots  to  the  rim  in  prepared  and 
well-drained  materials,  most  ly  coal  ashes.  I 
leave  them  undisturbed  till  September  or 
October,  according  to  the  time  I  want  them 
to  flower,  and  then  take  them  up,  repotting 
them  carefully  in  good,  sandy  loarn.  I  have 
adopted  this  practice  for  the  last,  two  or 
three  years,  and  have  found  it  answered  well. 
The  bulbs  each  throw  up  two  or  three  spikes 
quite  equal  to  the  freshly -imported  bulbs  I 
have  also  had  bulbs  double  the  size  of  these. 
Tho  single  varieties  succeed  the  best  under 
this  treatment.  This  season  L  have  had  the 
following  beautifully  in  flower— viz.,  Prince 
Albert  Victor,  Lord  Macaulay,  Leonidas, 
Baron  Humboldt,  Voltaire,  Alula  .Jacoba, 
Victor  Hugo,  Norma,  L’Ometaent  de  la 
Nature,  Mont  Blanc,  with  many  others  hav¬ 
ing  spikes  from  (i  inches  to  8  inches  in  length. 


rooted  wax  plant  leaf  nearly  two  yearn  be¬ 
fore  it  produced  a  bud  and  stem,  and  pre¬ 
sume  many  other  persons  have  had  a  similar 
experience  with  this  and  other  plants.  Leaf 
cuttings,  as  a  rule,  especially  the  tardy  grow¬ 
ing  kinds,  require  bottom  heat  to  force  the 
growth  of  buds.  Some  kinds  of  plants  pro¬ 
duce  roots  readily  and  buds  slowly  ;  but  why 
we  do  not  pretend  to  know,  unless  we  fall 
back  upon  that  old  stereotyped  species  of 
wisdom  which  says  “it’s  natural.” 


CLUBFOOT  CABBAGE. 

N.  O.  IlAwxrnjRST,  Hicksvilla : — I  saw  a 
short  time  since  in  the  paper  a  subscriber 
complaining  of  clubfoot  cabbage,  and  asking 
for  information  as  to  cause  and  cure.  I  think 
I  can  give  both.  I  am  a  farmer,  and  gener¬ 
ally  raise  my  own  seeds.  1  formerly  set 
cabbage  and  turnip  close  together,  and  was 
troubled  with  clubfoot,  or  head  in  the  ground, 
as  we  always  termed  it,  until  1  thought  prob¬ 
ably  its  mixing  was  the  cause,  so  I  com¬ 
menced  to  set  them  apart  the  whole  width 
of  the  garden,  and  have  uot  had  a  case  for 
the  last  twenty  years—  E.n-h aayc. 

The  above  is  too  good  to  keep  all  to  our¬ 
selves,  therefore  we  print  it  for  the  benefit  of 
bhosc  who  may  desire  to  get  an  inside  view 
of  Mr.  IfAWXfumsT’s  theory  of  club-foot  in 
cabbages.  We  take  it  that  he  really  believes 
the  cabbages  hybridize  with  the  turnips,  and 
the  result  is  a  kind  of  half-and-half  sort  of  a 
plant  which  is  neither  a  good  turnip  or  cab¬ 
bage.  It  is  a  wonder  to  us  that  lie  did  not 
also  discover  that  the  moon  had  something 
to  do  with  the  club-foot,  because  old  Luna 
gets  the  creditor  “  blame  it”  for  every  varia¬ 
tion  which  cannot  be  accounted  for  in  any 
other  way.  That  club-foot  in  cabbages  is 
caused  by  an  insect,  is  as  well  known  as  any¬ 
thing  connecting  with  vegetable  gardening, 
and  we  supposed  everybody  knew  it.  Who 
says  New  York  State  does  not  need  an  Ento¬ 
mologist  ? 

■ - ♦  «-  > - 

BUFFALO  PEA. 

L  send  you  herewith  a  plant  common  to 
the  rolling  prairies  of  Nebraska.  They  are 
called  by  some  Buffalo  Peas.  The  pods  arc 
fleshy,  and  when  stewed  make  a  very  good 
substitute  for  asparagus.  They  grow  in 
clusters  from  ten  to  twenty  inches  in  diame¬ 
ter.  What,  are  they  ? — Nebraska  Reader. 

The  plant  belongs  to  the  great  pulse  fami¬ 
ly,  wherein  we  find  our  common  beans,  peas, 
etc.  Tho  name  of  the  species  which  you  send 
is  A utragalns  curyoca/rjms,  and  is  a  common 
plant  on  the  Western  plains,  It  is  sometimes 
known  as  the  “Ground  Plum,”  probably  be¬ 
cause  tho  pods  some  what  resemble  in  appear¬ 
ance  a  small  plum,  when  green  and  in  proper 
condition  for  cooking.  In  Europe  the  plants 
of  this  genua  are  more  commonly  known  as 
Milk  Vetch  among  farmers  and  country 
people.  We  have  many  native  species,  and 
they  are  particularly  abundant  west  of  the 
Mississippi  River. 

♦♦♦ - 

EGG  PLANTS. 

“Aunt  Aggie,”  Latrobe,  Pa,,  raises  egg 
plants  in  the  following  manner  : — “  We  raise 
tiie  plants  in  a  box  in  the  house.  Plant  out 
in  the  garden  in  May,  as  soon  as  the  ground 
is  warm  enough.  If  there  be  danger  of  frost, 
cover  with  boards,  supported  at  the  ends 
with  bricks  ;  let  the  air  pass  under  the  boards. 
As  soon  as  the  plants  begin  to  grow,  or  get 
the  least  start,  we  wet  the  ground  around 
them  with  liquid  manure,  keeping  a  vessel 
with  it  in  the  garden,  by  put, ting  manure  in 
the  vessel  and  filling  it  with  water.  We 
water  with  it  every  evening  until  the  plants 
are  large.  By  this  treatment  wo  have  raised 
as  fine  egg  plants  hero  in  Western  Pennsyl¬ 
vania,  as  1  ever  saw  in  an  Eastern  market. 
Tho  Long  Purple  is  most  productive,  but  the 

I  Improved  New  York  Purple  is  decidedly  the 
best,.” 


SLOW  EVOLUTION. 


Sometime  ago  I  read  of  some  one  who  had 
rooted  a  geranium  leaf.  I  t  ried  it,  of  course, 
and  succeeded,  but  lost  t  he  first  one  in  trans¬ 
planting.  Now  T  have  four  that  I  rooted  in 
a  pot  of  sand  ;  they  had  good  roots  Six  weeks 
ago,  hut  do  not  make  any  new,  upward 
growth.  Can  you,  or  any  one  of  your  read¬ 
ers  tell  why,  and  what  l  can  do  to  start 
them  ?  I  still  have  them  in  the  sand,  1  have 
had  the  leaves  of  the  wax  plant  rooted  a 
whole  year  without,  any  upward  growth  at 
all  ;  got  tired  of  them  and  put.  theta  out  in 
the  garden  where  they  eventually  died. 
Why,  when  well  rooted,  don’t  they  grow  ? 
Can  any  one  tell  mo  ( — AcaCCIA. 

Buds  must  form  before  a  stem  can  be  pro 
duced  ;  but,  as  in  the  case  of  the  wax  plant, 
we  have  sometimes  thought  the  process  of 
evolution  was  a  very  slow  one.  We  kept  a 


PUZZLER  ANSWERS.  June  14  and  21. 

Arithmetical  Puzzle  Nodi.  Write  the  num¬ 
bers  in  Roman  letters  in  the  following  order: 

v  i  r  x  x  l 
I  X  X  L 

- - (i  remainder. 

Anagram  No.  fi. 

For  the  structures  that  we  raise, 

Time  Is  with  materials  ailed; 

And  our  to-days  and  yesterdays 
Are  the  blocks  with  which  we  build. 

Illustrated  Kebus  No.  16.  The  sun  shining 
through  the  falling  drops  of  water,  forms  a 
rainbow. 

Geographical  Enigma  No.  2.— Honor  thy 
parents. 


©ORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


JUNE  23 


PROGRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT.’ 


.MOORE'S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 

A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 

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».  D.  T.  MOORE, 

Conducting  Kciitor  ud  JPulilisher. 

CHAS.  D.  BRAGDON,  ANDREW  S.  FULLER, 

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HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.  D.,  Cortland  Village,  N.  Y„ 

Editor  ok  tiik  DipaHTmIcni  ov  Shkki*  Kubbandby. 

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RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  high  as  at  any  time  during  the  past  year 


fng  sufficient  to  meet  all  our  demands,  in  addi¬ 
tion  to  the  wants  or  the  Continent.  The  Im¬ 
ports  of  last  week  were  above  rate  of  the 
consumption,  and  behind  this  there  is  1,280,000 
qr,  of  wheat  bound  for  the  United  Kingdom, 
all  of  which  may  be  expected  to  arrive  in  port 
before  harvest. 

- »»»  -  -  ■ 

The  Hop  Market.— Emmet  Wells  Hop  Circu¬ 
lar  dated  Thursday,  June  17,  says : 

The  almost  entire  absence  of  demand  in  the 
foci  of  the  threatening  aspect  of  the  English 
crop  Is  something  unprecedented  in  the  bistory 
of  the  trade.  Therein  literally  nothing  doing. 
The  receipts  have  fallen  off  to  almost  nothing, 
and  no  concessions  In  price  appear  to  offer  any 
inducement,  for  buyers  to  take  hold  Our  quo¬ 
tations.  therefore,  are  nearly  nominal.  Nothing 
short  of  a  bad  turn  to  our  own  crop  will  be 
likely  to  add  stimulus  to  this  market.  At  this 
writing  i  he  prospect  bide  fair  for  as  good  a  vield 
as  last  year.  If  it  don’t  exceed  last  year's,  of 
course  we  must  depend  largely  upon  Europe  to 
make  up  our  deficiency.  True,  many  new  >  nrtlB 

ave.  been  set  out  all  over  the  country,  yet  it  is 
believed  that  the  acreage  has  been  equally 
redueeo  by  the  freezing  out  and  plowing  up  of 
old  yards.  Under  the  most  favorable  circum¬ 
stances  the  American  crop  must  be  light,  even 
should  wo  escape  th  ravages  of  vermin  and 
honeydew,  and  price-  are  likely  to  rule  quite  as 
high  as  at  any  time  during  the  past  year. 


prospect  for  wheat  ts  not  good.  Fruit  crop  is 
not  very  premising.  Small  fruits  were  very 
seriously  injured  by  the  winter  and  are  giving 
us  very  meager  crops.  Grape  vines  suffered 
more  than  ever  before  known  by  the  cold,  even 
the  hardiest  kinds,  such  as  the  Concord,  Clin¬ 
ton,  Hartford  Prolific.  &c„  were  so  badly  dam¬ 
aged  that  many  of  them  arc  already  dead  and 
but  few  that  were  exposed  to  the  weather  will 
bear  fruit.  Those  that  were  laid  down  and  cov¬ 
ered  escaped  without  injury.  Where  the  vines 
have  been  killed  the  roots  are  generally  pushing 
strong  shoots  that  will.  If  properly  treated, 
make  fine  bearing  canes  for  next  year.— l.  j.  t. 


C'nble  Screw  W  ire  Hoot*  and  Shoes. — At,  first 
many  wondered  what  these  ware,  the  name 
being  so  novel  and  striking,  and  their  wonder 
was  greatly  increased  when,  upon  trial,  they 
obtained  so  great  a  luxury  as  a  pliable,  com¬ 
fortable  boot  or  shoe  that  would  not  rip.  The 
name  applied  to  this  excellent  class  of  goods 
Is  fast  becoming  a  household  word  In  this  coun¬ 
try,  -*o  satisfactory  has  tin*  work  proven,  and 
probably  the  day  is  not  far  distant  when  it 
will  supplant  most  other  methods  of  attaching 
soles  to  boots  and  shoes.  Millions  of  pairs  aro 
annually  manufactured,  in  the  construction  of 
which  nearly  150  tons  of  wire  arc  used. 


SATURDAY,  JUNE  28,  1673. 


A  SEMI-ANNUAL  GREETING. 

Before  adding  “Finis”  t,o  Vol.  XXVII  of 
the  Rural  New-Yorker,  which  closes  this 
week,  we  desire  to  tender  grateful  acknowl¬ 
edgments  to  all  who  have  In  any  manner  sec¬ 
onded  our  efforts  to  Increase  the  value  of  Its 
contents  and  augment,  Its  circulation  and  con¬ 
sequent  influence  and  usefulness.  And  a  host 
of  people  who  Lave  acted  as  Correspondents, 
Agents,  &c.,  are  entitled  to  more  than  a  mere 
expression  of  thanks,  for  they  have  voluntarily 
lent  their  kind  offices  to  add  Interest,  to  the 
Rural  and  widen  its  sphere.  To  all  such  we 
are  under  great  obligations,  and  assure  them  of 
our  appreciation  of  their  cordial  encouragement 
and  substantial  support. 

Our  aim  bus  been  to  render  the  volume  which 
now  doses  worthy  the  ardent  support  of  those 
whose  cause  we  constant  ly  advocate— the  Agri¬ 
cultural  and  kindred  Industrial  classes  — and 
the  many  manifestations  of  approval  received 
during  its  publication,  from  all  parts  of  the 
country,  indicate  that  the  paper  is  gaining  pop¬ 
ularity  and  Influence  among  the  right-thinking 
and  discriminating.  To  Increase  the  popular¬ 
ity  of  the  Rural  among  such  people  will  be 
our  aim  in  the  future,  and  we  shall  endeavor 
to  render  each  issue  of  the  ensuing  volume  so 
Interesting  and  valuable  that  it  will  be  prized 
by  every  Intelligent  reader.  But  we  cannot  do 
this  fully,  or  to  the  measure  of  our  desire,  with¬ 
out  the  co-operation  ol  friendly  readers,  and 
therefore  bespeak  the  aid  of  such  as  can  prop¬ 
erly  contribute  to  the  pages  of  the  paper  or 
otherwise  further  Its  usefulness.  To  these  we 
appeal  with  much  confidence,  for  correspond¬ 
ence,  suggestions,  facts,  hints— any  article  or 
item  which  will  add  to  the  information  and 
knowledge  of  our  widely-extended  parish  of 
readers. 

A  word  more.  Though  this  is  a  comparatively 
busy  season  with  farmers,  horticulturists  and 
others  to  whose  interests  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  Is  mainly  devoted,  wo  trust  none  of 
its  friends  will  forget  that  the  opening  of  a 
new  volume,  next,  week,  offers  a  favorable  op¬ 
portunity  to  extend  its  circulation.  Indeed,  we 
hope  all  our  readers— in  city,  suburb  and  vil¬ 
lage,  as  well  as  country— will  kindly  remember 
this  journal  at  the  present  season  by  such  t  i  mely 
words  and  acts  In  its  behalf  as  may  to  them 
seem  Just  gnd  proper- 


New  York  State  Editorial  Convention. — The 
State  Association  of  Editors  and  Publishers  met 
at  Po  kcopsie,  June  18  20.  There  was  a  business 
meeting  the  18  th ;  in  the  evening  speed)  es  of  wel¬ 
come  from  W.  W.  Hackman,  Editor  Po'keep- 
sle  Daily  News,  President  of  the  Association, 
and  from  Mayor  Eastman;  then  followed  a 
poem  by  H.  P. Shillabkr  ("Mrs.  Partington  ”) 
and  the  annual  address  by  Henry  Ward 
Beech t  R.  This  address  was  eloquent,  and  well 
received,  though  not  assented  to  in  all  respects. 
The  next  day  (19t  h)  the  Associat  ion  with  their 
hosts  of  Poughkeepsie,  visited  West  Point, 
touching  at  Ncwburg  i.  The  ride  was  a  pleasant 
one ;  but  the  heat  rendered  the  visit  to  West 
Point,  tedious  and  exhausting.  In  the  evening 
Mayor  Kastman's  reception  was  well  attended 
and  was  enjoyable.  A  business  meeting  was 
held  on  the  morning  of  the  third  day ;  in  the 
afternoon  the  Association  visited  Vassar  Col¬ 
lege.  was  received  and  welcomed  by  President  | 
Raymond,  explored  the  grounds  and  visited 
and  examined  its  museum,  art  gallery,  &o.; 
lunched  there  and  returned  In  time  to  attend 
the  banquet  at  the  Opera  House,  given  by  the 
cit  izens  of  Po'kcepete  to  the  Association.  Tl  <  ;  t 
wore  the  usual  toasts,  speeches,  buncombe,  etc., 
and  t he  Association  adjourned  sine  die.  This  is 
the  briefest  possible  summary  of  what  might 
be  extended  to  columns  had  we  the  space  and 
would  the  details  Interest  the  general  reader. 
There  was  no  lack  of  hospitable  endeavor  on 
the  part,  of  the  clt  izens  of  beautiful  Po’keepsie 
to  make  t  he  stay  of  the  editors  and  their  wives 
pleasant.  We  should  like  to  specify  in  this 
oaae,  but  it  would  lie  invidious  and  we  have  no 
space.  President  Hageman  of  the  News  was 
especially  uotive  and  hospitable. 


The  Title  Page  and  Index  to  this  Volume, 
given  herewith,  occupy  bo  much  space  that  we 
necessarily  omit  various  Departments,  Illustra¬ 
tions,  &c.  But  we  think  all  who  kcopthe  Rural 
Tor  reference,  binding,  etc.,  will  appreciate  the 
very  complete  Index,  and  find  it  invaluable  in 
many  instances,  ft  refers  the  reader  to  a  vast 
amount  of  useful  and  interesting  matter— prac¬ 
tical,  scientific  and  miscellaneous  —  and  will 
prove  very  convenient  to  those  desiring  to  recur 
to  any  important  triple  discussed  in  the  volume. 
With  such  an  Index,  th  is  semi-annual  volume 
is  worth  many  times  its  cost  to  any  one  engaged 
In  rural  or  domestic  pursuits. 

The  Tin-Lined  Lend  Pipe,  which  we  have 
often  commended,  is  very  properly  gaining  pop¬ 
ularity.  Asa  notable  instance  of  this  the  Water 
Commissioners  of  Rochester  City  have  Just  or¬ 
dered  over  seven  tons  of  tin-lined  pipe  from 
the  Colwell  Lead  Company  of  New  York.  A 
wise  thing.  In  a  sanitary  point  of  view  at  leash 
and  worthy  of  imitation  by  officials  and  indi¬ 
viduals  elsewhere. 

Wheat  Sacks  arc  a  very  important  item  to 
the  wheat  growers  of  California.  We  notice 
that  a  statement,  was  reoently  made  by  the 
President,  of  the  San  Joaquin  Farmers’  Club 
t  hat  a  San  Francisco  firm,  representing  a  capital 
of  $15,000,000,  had  offered  to  furnish  80,000  good, 
seoond-hand  sacks  for  U(4  cents  each. 


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THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 


The  Rhododendron  -how  at  Boston _ A  cor¬ 

respondent  writes “  The  exhibition  of  Rho¬ 
dodendrons  now  open  in  Boston,  Is  the  finest 
Flower  Show  to  which  the  public  of  this  coun¬ 
try  have  ever  been  Invited.  A  tent,  covering  a 
krrge  area,  has  been  erected  on  the  Common; 
gravel  walks  and  grassy  mounds  are  tastefully 
arranged  beneath  It,  On  entering,  one  finch) 
himself  surrounded  by  tall,  graceful  palms  and 
tropical  ferns,  which  rise  to  the  higiit  of  seve¬ 
ral  feet,  M  liile  beyond  are  seen  the  Rhododen¬ 
dron,  in  masses,  and  masses  of  color,  and  in 
endless  variety  of  shade.  The  plants  are  ar¬ 
ranged  with  artistic  skill  and  taste,  an  artifi¬ 
cial  rise  in  the  ground  contributing  greatly  to 
the  effect ;  indeed,  the  coup  dYeM  from  any  point 
is  one  of  bewildering  beauty.  Palms  andstrange 
looking  plants  we  noticed  from  Brazil,  from 
India,  from  Madagascar  and  Japan;  but  all,  it 
would  seem,  had  come  to  assist  at  the  en¬ 
thronement  of  our  own  native  beauty— the  Rho¬ 
dodendron.  A  queenly  beauty;  hardy,  and 
generous  of  flower,  and  growing  wild  in  the 
State  of  Pennsylvania.  The  exhibition  has  been 
arranged  at  great  expense  by  two  or  three  gen¬ 
tlemen  ;  but  the  Boston  public  are  apprecia¬ 
tive,  and  the  crowds  of  visitors  represent  the 
oulture  and  fashion  of  the  oity.  As  for  our¬ 
selves  in  t  his  scene  of  beauty,  we  thought  how 
many  readers  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
would  enjoy  it,  and  agree  with  us  that  the  sight 
was  a  pleasure  never  to  be  forgotten." 

Wheal  In  English  Markets _ in  a  London 

market  report  for  June  9,  we  find  the  following; 

Ninety  shillings  per  qr.  for  good  wheat,  and 
sixty  tor  flour,  are  the  gloomy  prospects  held 
out  to  us,  by  a  small  minority  of  persons  who, 
looking  at  two  consecutive  bad  harvests  and  a 
most  unfavorable  sowing  season  in  the  past, 
and  at  doubtful  weather  and  backward  crops 
in  the  future,  anticipate  a  general  failure  of 
this  year’s  European  wheat  crop.  Wo  do  not 
expect  such  gloomy  results,  nor  even  a  serious 
failure  of  the  Euglish  crop,  and  as  to  aEuropean 
failure,  it  Is  very  improbable  indeed.  A  large 
number  of  merchants,  however,  do  expect 
demand  to  exceed  supplies  during  the  next 
tw’o  months,  and  certainly  if  this  should  be 


Prescott,  Pierce  Po.,  \Vis.,  June  16 _ The 

winter  was  very  cold,  with  more  snow  than 
usual.  Fruit  trees  badly  winter-killed.  The 
spring  did  not,  open  very  early,  but  for  the  last 
three  weeks  the  weather  has  been  warm  with 
frequent  showers,  which  has  brought  vegeta  tion 
forward  remarkably  fast.  All  crops  look  line 
now ;  most  farmers  finished  sowing  in  April. 
Saw  the  first  red  clover  blossom  the  6th  Inst.— 
T.  J.  A. 

Clark,  Mercer  Co.,  I»a.,  June  Iff.—1 The  crops 
here  are  very  backward,  bui,  with  the  exception 
of  hay  and  corn,  look  middling  well.  Corn 
soiling  for  85c.  per  bush.;  oats,  tSg^Oc.;  wheat, 
$2;  butter,  15c.;  eggs,  15c.;  money  soiree.  Hors¬ 
es  high  ;  cows  and  cattle  low  or  middling.  The 
manufacturing  of  pig  metal  in  this  county  Is 
not  as  paying  as  in  former  years,  which  makes 
all  kinds  of  business  dull  and  not  as  remunera¬ 
tive  as  before.  Politics  lively.— s.  c.  k. 

Harlem  Spring©,  Ohio,  June  10.— Plenty  of 
rain,  consequently  fine  growing  weather.  Most 
of  the  corn  had  to  be  replanted  ;  bad  seeds  the 
principal  cause.  Wheat  badly  Winter-killed. 
Oats  look  well.  Potatoes  will  be  a  failure  un¬ 
less  closely  guarded;  Colorado  beetle  on  the 
war  path.  Hay  promises  a  better  yield  than 
last  year.  Peaches  ail  killed.  Apples  will  he 
an  average  crop.  Woo!  worth  about  40o.,  with 
a  good  supply  of  last  year's  clip  on  hand. 
Wheat  worth  $1.50  per  bush.;  oats,  40c.;  horses, 
$1503.250  per  head ;  cows,  $35®85.— j.  b.  l. 

Kokomo,  lud.,  June  15. — The  past  spring  has 
been  a  memorable  one  here.  The  winter  had 
been  the  oddest  ever  known,  and  the  spring 
proved  as  wet  as  has  been  known  for  many 
years.  The  streams  were  higher  than  for  thir¬ 
teen  years  before.  So  oonetant  was  the  rain 
that  up  to  May  10th  we  had  not  had  more  than 
one  day  that  the  ground  was  really  suitable 
for  breaking.  The  consequence  has  been  we 
got  no  oats  nor  flax  of  any  consequence  sown, 
and  our  corn  planting  has  been  the  most  tedi¬ 
ous  and  has  extended  the  latest  of  any  I  re¬ 
member  of  having  seen.  Even  at  this  writing 
all  arc  uot  entirely  done,  Another  unfortunate 
circumstance  has  been  the  fact  that  the  earlier 
planted  corn  quite  largely  failed  to  grow,  partly 
owing  to  the  cold  condition  of  the  soil  and 
parti)  to  the  damaged  oond’ti*  n  of  the  seed 
corn.  Many  have  had  to  plant  over,  and  nearly 
ail  hay k  been  compelled  to  replant  largely.  Our 


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Those  who  have  Once  used  the  Eureka  Machine 
Twist  will  use  no  other.  It  is  warranted  In  every  re¬ 
spect,  Sold  by  dealers  everywhere. 


2,500-Lb.  plntiurii.  5?cfile  liNG, 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 
List. 


Gon.  Grant  en  tnwat..  Rupubllcanfi  have  nom¬ 
inated  Mr.  Ding3ley  for  the  Governor  of  Maine 
..  The  official  Investigation  of  (ho  Polaris  mys- 


fl  ops.— The  npiitbr  In  the  market  recorded  tor  so 
long  a  time  past  continues,  notwlf  standing  the  un- 
Invorable  reports  from  tin;  English  hop  districts,  and 
It  looks  as  luoutih  a  thoroughly  unfavorable  crop  re¬ 
port  from  <iur  own  sextloflH  was  uteoBsary  to  impart 
life  to  the  market, 

Now  Yorks,  growth  187J,  40360c.:  Eastern,  growth 
1872,  SfelSe.i  wester n,  growth  18?-’,  JkVOC. ;  Ohls, 
grAWlll  1870.  lOatlfte.,  Old  Olds,  growths  istB  and  18110, 
8®l0c.;  Rinmna?’,  W@fl0e-i  English,  ;!0.!!)35e.;  Belgian, 
25®30e.;  CalUorulafl, 

Loniher.  Wo  quote  at  27Mtt2He.  t.m  H.'ht 
lock,  fTHviiSlt'.  for  middle,  Wad  ic.  for  iioav 
for  good  damaged;  oOOpa  at  l.'witjn.  for  light 
11  ,ulle.  for  middle  bucks  W/DKJb.  for  light  sides,  S3  A 
Go.  for  middle  sides.  88;gi4l)c.  for  heavy  sides. 

Poultry  ii n .LG (title.  Live  poulrry  unchanged. 
A  lew  drCHSod  rflilmlelphla  spring  ehlckct  9  q  ime  1 
"t  He.  We. .note  fowls,  N.  J.  and  Hue.  a  Co.,  1  ufllHc.: 
State,  H®l7c,;  turkeys  range  at  I2®1wc.  Live  poultry 
in  fair  stuck.  Heme  ol  our  nolghbcr )  uro  intno  i/rmi, 


tcry  has  been  published.  No  blame  attaches  to 
anyone.  ..Susan  B,  Anthony  has  been  found 

?;nllty  and  finedsKlOOfor  voting  ,  .Thirty  deaths 
rom  cholera  in  Nashville  on  the  18th  Wag¬ 
ner,  the  Maine  murderer,  has  been  convicted. 
One  of  the  Modoca  has  committed  suicide.  The 
tribe  la  to  be  broken  up  New  Civil  Service 
rules  haVo  boon  promulgated. 

Fire*. 

Franklin  House,  Salmon  Falls,  Mass.,  on 
the  15th ;  loss,  $8,000  .  Bigelow  Iron  Works, 
New  flavor),  Conn.,  on  the  151  h  :  loss,  $100,000. 
Stables  at  Fleetwood  Park,  N.  V.,  on  the  15t  h  ; 
*;i5,0G<)  Furniture  factory  in  Chicago  on  the 
1C  Ii ;  loss,  $30,000. . . .  Flour  mill  at  Sauk  Centro, 
Minn.,  on  the  Mi  ll ;  loss, $13,1X10  Town  of  Na- 
vasuta,  Texas,  on  the  14th  ;  loss,  $300, (HKI.. .  Flour 
mill  ill.  Yuba  City,  on  i  he  Ml  >.  .  i.,--.  :in, 
000  Stores  In  Mexico,  Mo.,  on  the  15th  ;  Ions, 
$30,1X10  Anglo-American  hotel  at  U x bridge, 
Out.,  on  the  loth;  Ions.  $10,000  A  block  in 
Woatboro',  Mass,,  on  the  10th ■,  loss,  $30,000, . 

10  houses.  Including  the  Opera  House,  hotols, 
etc.,  in  Burlington,  (own,  on  I  he  10th;  loss, 
$M>l,tXXI  —  Toe  village  of  Mayvlllfi,  Mich,  on  the 
ifitu  .  Cnrew  paper  mill  In  South  Hadley,  Mugs., 
on  the  10th;  Inns,  $60,000.  A  planing  mill  on 
Washington  st,,  N.  Y.,  on  the  18th  ;  loss, $68,000. 
—  Mt.  Vernon  cotton  mills  near  Baltimore  on 
the  20th;  loss.  $307, 0»H)  .Throe  houses  In  Ro¬ 
chester,  N.  Y\,  on  the  20th;  loss,  $6,000.  .  .20 
houses  at  Bast  Saginaw,  Mich.,  on  the  20th  ; 
loss,  $50,000  .  ,10  houses  in  Albany  on  the  301  h  ; 
loss,  $151,000. 

Crimes. 

A  Mrs.  York  of  Decatur,  Ill,  on  her  death 
bod,  confessed  to  poisoning  six  people  ..Three 
net-sons  were  found  murdered  in  Thorndike, 
Me.,  on  the  10th . . .  .Three  murders  wore  com¬ 
mitted  in  New  York  city  on  the  15th..  The 
trial  of  ex-Senator  Pomeroy  has  been  postponed 
until  December. 

Obituary. 

At  Norwalk,  Conn.,  on  the  8th,  Chief-Jus¬ 
tice  T  hos.  B.  Butler..  Mayor  Cassidy  of  Mon¬ 
treal  on  the  14th  .  .  Joseph  Brock,  a  distin¬ 
guished  horticulturist,  in  Brighton,  Mass.,  on 
the  Uth  Timothy  llulbort,  an  iron  manu¬ 
facturer  In  Winstod,  Conn.,  on  the  15th.  .  Ho¬ 
race  F.  Clark,  President  of  the  Union  Pacific 
Railroad,  on  the  20th.  John  A.  Kennedy,  ox- 
Superlntendent  of  Police,  on  the  20th. 


BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS 


A  most  exasperating  case  of  parental  cruelty 
was  brought  to  light  last  week  In  Savannah,  Ga. 
W.  G.  York,  a  restaurant  keeper,  kept  his  little 
son,  ten  years  old,  chained  for  three  months  In 
a  room  of  his  house.  Can-led  before  the  Mayor, 
York  made  the  excuse  that  his  son  was  addicted 
to  stealing,  and  that  he  chained  him  to  restrain 
him  from  that  vico.  The  Mayor,  on  visiting  the 
room,  found  the  child  entirely  naked,  In  a  most 
filthy  apartment,  and  fastened  by  a  chain  only 
threo  or  four  feet  in  length,  and  secured  to  the 
iron  leg  of  a  sewing-machine,  which  was 
screwed  to  the  floo  i\ 

As  an  up  passenger  train  over  the  Grand 
Trunk  Railroad  was  passing  the  West  Milan, 
(N.  H.)  station,  on  Saturday  night,  Juno  23d,  a 
young  lady  named  Jeannette  Cnrkund,  about 
eighteen  years  of  ago,  came  out  of  her  father's 
house,  which  stands  Otosd  by  the  track,  stepped 
In  front  of  the  engine,  was  run  over  and  in¬ 
stantly  killed,  tho  wheels  of  the  locomotive 
cutting  her  body  entirely  In  two.  No  cause  is 
assigned  for  the  act,  which  seems  to  have  boon 
.  deliberate  suicide. 

The  fortunes  of  Washington  and  Lee  Univer¬ 
sity  are  rising.  Kentucky  has  given  $3.5,000  for 
tho  endowment  of  a  chair  or  History  and  Polit¬ 
ical  Economy;  Missouri  has  subscribed  nearly 
$50, (XX)  fol- a  chair  of  Applied  Chemistry ;  Louis- 
iana,  $27,000  for  the  chair  of  Modern  Languages, 
and  Texas  $35,000  for  one  of  Applied  Mathemat¬ 
ics.  Each  Professorship  wears  the  name  of  tho 
State  endowing  It.  Last  year  in  bequests  and 
donations  the  University  received  very  near 
$100,000. 

Tue  President  has  tendered  to  the  Assistant 
Commissioner  of  Patents,  John  M.  Thatcher, 
the  appointment  of  Commissioner  from  the 
United  States  to  tho  International  Patent  Con¬ 
gress,  which  will  bo  hold  In  Vienna  noxt  Aug., 
with  the  object,  mainly,  of  considering  the  pro¬ 
priety  of  adopting  an  international  system  of 
patent  laws,  Tho  appointment  has  been  accept¬ 
ed,  and  Judge  Thatcher  will  sail  for  Europe  on 
the  5th  of  July. 

Miss  M.  E.  Lewis  of  Springfield,  111.,  has  been 
invited  by  various  prominent  citizens  of  San¬ 
gamon  County  to  become  n  candidate,  without 
distinction  of  party,  for  the  office  of  County 
Superintendent  of  Schools.  Long  and  praise¬ 
worthy  experience  as  a  teacher  has  fitted  her 
well  for  this  position.  Her  short,  practical,  and 
modest  letter  of  acceptance  Is  much  In  her 
favor. 

A  dispatch  from  Topeka,  Kansas,  nays  that 
the  reports  in  circulation  asserting  that  the  case 
of  ox-Senator  Pomeroy  was  presented  to  the 
Grand  Jury  and  a  bill  of  indictment,  ignored, 
are  entirely  untrue.  The  case  was  never  pre" 
sented  to  the  Grand  Jury,  but  will  bo  prose- 
outed  by  information  and  not  by  Indictment. 

The  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Boston 
schools  have  received  an  addition,  in  the  shape 
of  this  amendment:— That  uIn  no  case  shall 
corporal  punishment  be  Inflicted  on  any  Bcholar 
for  any  offense,  until  at  least,  34  hours  after  the 
offense  Is  committed  for  which  such  punish¬ 
ment  is  inflicted." 

A  committee,  led  by  the  Governor  of  Penn¬ 
sylvania,  will  visit  Pittsburgh  In  July  to  there 
consider  tho  organization  of  the  proposed  Me¬ 
chanics’  High  School. 

Schuyler  Colfax  has  been  decorated  with 
the  degree  of  LL.  D.  by  Otterbein  University, 
an  institution  in  Ohio. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS, 


ii i  i.un,  .mu  u  iurtucr  proionga- 

non  of  Ury  weather  will  mood  have  un  exciting  effect 
uouu  prices  of  many  Items.  Wo  are  Imdly  behind¬ 
hand  In  the  supply  of  garden  produce  that  I*  given 
Nmv  York  from  New  Jersey  ami  Long  Islauil.  up  to 
tlim  1,1  rue  Sout  hern  steamer:!  hove  brought  un  abun¬ 
dance  of  early  berries,  vegetables  ami  green  stuff, 
but  the  season  has  reached  ft  date  when  deteriorated 
condition  aCRompnnlQB  oointiarftLlvoly  loog  transpor¬ 
tation,  and  doctors  look  tor  stock  raised  in  our  own 
vicinity.  New  Jersey  strawberries  have  dried  up 
sadly,  o.nd  prices  are  at.  unheard-of  figures  for  the 
third  week  in  June.  On  Saturday  lust  we  should 
have  been  quite  scoot  of  stock  it  u  few  Invoices  of 
Western  New  York  had  not  been  timely  added  to  the 
up-river  pickings.  Greatest  anxiety,  however,  Is  o.\  - 
pressed  in  connoutiott  with  tne  grass  crop;  moistloss 
meadows  are  rather  alarming  in  t  he  UOe  of  the  short 
took  to  nay  that  bus  been  consequent  upon  the  long 
w. ntnr  s  feeding;  in  fact,  there uro  hardly  any  good 
retailing  grades  of  hay  In  market, 

It  err  i ms.  The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  Week  are  ns  follows : 

Flour,  bbla .  91,0)11  Dressed  Hogs,  No..  — 

Wheat,  hush .  023, (XU  Pork,  toils . 312 

Corn,  hush - -  7I3.2UU  Bpof,  plus, .  6(1 

Oats,  hush.. ..... ...  501,100  Cut  moats,  pk«s....  3,125 

Grnis  seed, bush..  -  Lard.  pkgM .  2.5HQ 

Barley,  bush .  -  Butter,  plops .  21,850 

Mai t,  bush  .  39,300  Clmcse  pkgs -  72,020 

Beans,  hush .  1,139  Dried  Fruits,  nkgg.  tilii 

Corn  meal  bbls....  2,519  Eggn, bbla .  12,400 

Coni  meal,  bags. ..  2.510  Wool,  bales .  2,000 

Cotton,  hales .  12,4rt'J  Hops,  halos . 86 

Hye,  bush  . . . . .  OJ.tOU  Peanuts,  hags .  2,205 

lieu  an  mid  Pens.  Experts  nl  hearts  past  week, 
•110  hills.;  of  peas,  2,775  bush.  Medium*  sell  for  Small 
ordinary  wants,  and  are  weak  at  *2@2.I5.  Pea  and 
kidney  are  nominal.  Canadian  peas  do  not  arrive 
liberally;  tho  quality  of  stock  Is  not  of  a  character  to 
mark  up  prices.  Green  peas  are  dull,  with  the  ex- 
tfemo  rate  barely  sustained.  Southern  B.  E.  peas 
firm,  and  ne  irly  used  up. 

We  quote  prime  mediums,  ¥2.46 ;  other.  $2  OOCti 
2..C;  prime  marrowfats,  93.46 ;  other,  *j.3o  eo 
prime  kidneys, 93.fi0ffl2,00 ;  prime  pea  he.uns,  82.70m2.K0  1 
fair  do.,  $2.25;  red  kidney.  $3.5(Wl,0n  for  good  and 
prime  1  white  kidney,  *2.W®ZM 1  Gunmlu  pirns,  In 
bids.,  free,  fl.t0®l.45;  Canada  peas  In  bulk,  IM|i&9f>o. ; 
green  peas,  bush.,  range,  *1,25<S1.60.  Southern  black- 
eyed,  $4,664.26. 

Brrswux, — Receivers  have  had  to  further  yield 
priuos,  through  liberal  supplies.  Sales  of  Western  at 
ole.  and  Southern  at  36<ai3liu.,  the  latter  price  for 
strictly  choice  lots. 

lii  ooci  Coni. —Tho  run  of  trade  for  some  time 
has  been  upon  ,  no  corn. tor  small  and  fancy  work, 
and  choice  hurl  and  brush  sorts  aretlrm,  a(7<»f«o, 
lor  hurl,  6.qr,,.nqo,  for  green,  40D6c.  foe  red,  .'C/ile.  lor 


FOREIGN  NEWS 


[ffUcelliuieiins  Foreign  Yews. 

The  Carlists  were  defeated  at  Vlttoria  on 
the  J5t,h,  with  .'MX)  killed  and  7<X)  prisoners  ...A 
Federal  Constitution  la  to  bo  drawn  up  for 
Spain  .  .Emperor  William  continues  111.  Von 
Rautnur,  the  German  historian,  died  on  tho 
Uth,  aged  02 ....  The  Sultan  of  Zanzibar  li-.m 
agreed  to  the  abolition  of  tdavery..  .Tho  Rus¬ 
sian  expedition  against  Khiva  ia  milking  good 
progress.  .  .Tho  Shah  of  Benda  reached  London 
OB  Cio  18th,  and  had  a  magnificent  reception.  . 
1  lie  Great  Eastern  Is  laying  a  cable  across  tim 
Atlantic  Spain  oontemplttt.es  a  tax  levy.  A 
m  w  cable  has  been  opened  with  England  M. 
Rune,  a  new  Member  nf  Assembly  from  Lyons. 
Is  to  be  put  cm  trial _ The  MU  to  suppress  re¬ 

ligious  corporations  In  Italy  has  passed  .On 
the  18th,  5(K)  Chinamen  arrived  in  Havana.  On 
the  Kith  418  miles  of  tho  new  cable  had  been 
laid  Belgium  refuses  to  allow  Geli.  CluBorot 
to  visit  that  country  The  Shall  dined  with 
the  Prince  of  Wales  at  Marlborough  I (bunu  on 
tho  lHth  — The  Kaplans  hav<*  won  two  groat 
battles  lu  Khiva,  and  the  Kbivons  have  fallen 
back  to  their  capital  The  captain  of  the  Mu¬ 
rillo,  who  sank  the  Nortblioei ,  hoe  bo-n  sus¬ 
pended  for  nine  months.  ...Isabella  pf  Spain  is 
In  Rome.  London  builders  threaten  to  strike. 
The  Czar  of  Russia  la  In  Darmstadt  .  The  Shah 
had  a  grand  ball  in  London  on  the  1'Jt.h . .  Chol¬ 
era  is  reported  at  Dantzlc,  Prussia. 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


New  York,  June  21, 1873, 

Becros-— Wednesday’s  trade  was  verv  small  flrcN 
ng  the  forenoon  ;  sales  wore  directed  ut  DalSc.  t4  in. 
luter  In  the  day  a  low  steers  were  sold  at  l2Mc.  P  R... 
estimate  weights  ct  6Ev si7  cwL  Tuurstlsy’s  sales 
larger,  trade  slow.  Friday,  the  fresc  euitleund  tnosd 
lroin  the  day  herore  wera  sold  off  at  ilia  nites  of  the 
I»S?iqb8  day :  price*  ut  U) <<,12 Ho.  m  a.,  6M®'Jcwt.  ou 
Ins.  to  (iwt,,  net*  Si>ouial  milo*  WuPG  ns  fui- 
ViW8,i  "Miorv,  U®12K«;.,  (ijnaoH  owt.-,  stUl-fcd 

do..  11  go.,  n*  owt.,  mixed  lots  of  liT.und  Midi,  stoera 
Olid  oxen,  course  quality,  t!le.,7V  cwt.;  C  Kir  so  hut  tat 
Missouri is  eto-H,  ll.H®12e;,  owi.;  fat  grade  Kv. 

steers,  |2J4c,,'j  owl.;  still -(oil  Ohio  st.  err,  "llHc.;  t fa 
owt.!  I  oxan  steers,  itoilljfc.,  5Kk6i  owt.  auaut. 

iHileh  CJo w». -Trade  is  so  slow  ana  small  as  to  bo 
couiprehended  Ui  a  very  few  wards.  I'nce*  at  *20v» 
75  P  lead;  gcnorul  sales,  *35<V£60 ;  quality  from  poor 
vO  i  air. 

Vent*.— VVoihmsdiiy,  veals  were  active  nt  8XQi5ko.i 
courso  grass  calve*,  k.gic.  Trade  opened  the  sumo 
1  hiirmiiiy  lore  noon,  hut  the  market  closed  rather 
weak,  trlibiy,  talr  i.ricos,  0®Jilc.;  grans  calve*,  4m 
5Kc;i  State  vails,  average  weight..  Lo  its.  #  bead, 
a t  8)40.1  do.  tw  lbs.,  JVc.;  Pcnusyl vanla,  DO  Iks.,  3o.i 
‘•'darso  do.,  iitJ  It*.,  tic.;  state  buttermilk  fed,  170  tbs., 


the  1  >axll y  cured  condition  or  stock.  Wosteru  sebs 
slowly.  Cutilc  q notations,  07s.  Wn  quote  1  Choice 
Statu  factory,  tg^AnUo.:  good,  do.,  l.Wc.;  fair,  do,, 
12XaS3»lrtet  fi^l-kc.;  skimmed,  6wi7c.  for  full, 
and  10®I3o.  for  partly;  Western  factory  quoted  at 

Coltuil.-Prlou*  wore  further  advanced  In  early 
deliveries  >j<*.  t'  lb.  Immediately  subsequent  to  our 
lust,  hut  there  Is  a  weak  feeling  towards  the  close, 
there  being  more  sellers  than  buyers.  Thu  elostn, 
prices,  on  the  basis  of  low  middling,  are  20c.  for  June, 
}0Xc.  for  July,  2Q<J-I0n.  for  August,  18  13-I«c,  for  Sep¬ 
tember,  14  1-UkauMo-  for  October,  IkffllH  l-lUo,  for  No¬ 
vember,  and  )8c.  for  December.  The  quotations  for 
spot  cotton  are : 

UpUn4«.  Alfibniiin.  l)4w  Orleiuu.  Tozia. 

ordinary .  14X  lij*  liv  go 

Good  Ordinary .  18  18  18  is 

Strict  Good  Ordinary.  19  19  19  19 

Low  Middling .  20  20  20  20 

Middling .  21  21  21  21 

Good  Middling .  23  23  23  23 

Dried  Kruila.— Business  Is  still  limited  to  job¬ 
bing  lots. 

Southern  apple*,  3K«l>lc.  for  ordinary  ;  do.,  sliced 
prime,  .IHiiiio. '  Western,  l.WkD.'ic.;  State.  .Vi;5Hc.;  do, 
prime  lots  Of  siloed,  5M*j6c.  Peeled  peaches- Primrt 
Georgia  aud  North  t  arulln*,  10:412c.;  Ordinary,  4e48c. 
Uupeelcd  pouches,  3)4c.  for  quarters,  and  t«vlKc. 
for  halves.  Plums  at  I2f.«lk\  for  State  and  lFSlic. 
for 8ou them.  Cherries,  ltldtlVe.  for  Ht.ato  and  Aontb- 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS, 


The  Premium  Machine 


Visitors  ut  tho 
Northern  Ohio  Fair,  last  autumn,  will  remember 
the  long,  arduous  struggle  between  the  eight  or 
ten  leading  Sewing  Machines  on  exhibition 
there  for  supremacy  in  family  sewing.  The 
samples  exhibited  were  valued  at  thousands  of 
dollars,  and,  taken  together,  made  up  a  display 
which  was  alone  worth  a  trip  to  the  fair  to  see. 
After  full  consideration  tho  committee  unani¬ 
mously  awnrdedtho  first  premium  to  the  Wilson 
Improved  Machine,  which  was  pronounced 
superior  to  all  others  in  family  work.  We  refer 
to  this  grand  triumph  to  remind  the  ladies  that 
this  same  Wilson  Machine  la  the  cheapest  first 
class  machine  ever  offered,  coating  *15  less  than 
any  other  machine  of  Its  high  rank.  It  is  dllli- 
cult  to  understand  why  the  people  of  this  sec¬ 
tion  should  purchase  or  use  any  other  machine. 
Salesroom  at  707  Broadway,  New  York,  and  In 
all  other  cities  In  the  United  States.  The  com¬ 
pany  want  agents  In  country  towns. 


7.  7  T  *  v  «  -  ‘  •»  |>i*i*o  ui  acjuau 

,iav2  k,0*1.1  fold  by  private  *ale  ut  M9000$ 
;  3  trrtttow.  «40U;  1  trotting  mare  wa.«  purchased 
by  M.  Fuller  fur  $0)0;  I  trott Itig  guiding  sold  for 
*3,21X1 :  1  do.,  *200;  1  for  *2,500.  Auction  <i»l4  of  voung 
stock  hre  now  being  held  In  various  county  districts. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS, 


tion;  71  per  Central  New  Jersey, ’via  Liberty  street 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

Most  of  the  liquor  saloons  are  now  open  on 

Sunday . Wall  street  talks  of  repudiating 

Southern  bonds  .  .The  trial  of  Sharkey  for  the 
murder  of  Dunn  has  commenced  . .  Mrs.  Wood- 
hull’B  trial  goe3  over  till  fall  ...It  Is  proposed 
to  out  down  the  salaries  of  school  teachers 
*40,000  ...Chancellor  Isaac  Ferris  died  on  the 
18th.  He  was  born  In  1799  ...  Six  new  suits 
against  Tweed  are  reported  .  It  Is  proposed  to 
change  Bellevue  Hospital  Into  a  prison  ..The 
7th  Regiment  refuses  to  have  anything  to  do 
with  Creedraoore  Horace  F.  Clark,  Vander¬ 
bilt  s  aon  in-l.xv,  died  on  the  19th  .  The  mer¬ 
cury  reached  VIA  on  the  19th  in  the  shade  ...The 
city  colleges  have  bold  their  commencements 
• . .  Toe  Charlestown,  Maas.,  cadets,  have  visited 
the oity  The  National  Divlston  of  the  80ns  of 
Temperance  has  been  In  session  Creedmoore 
was  opened  on  the  20th  .  Gov.  Dlx  has  vetoed 
the  Brooklyn  Bridge  Bill. 

Home  News. 

On  the  15th  an  attempt  was  made  to  wreck 
a  train  at  Dayville,  Conn.  The  oars  wero  thrown 
from  the  track,  and  several  people  badly  injured 
.-••The  President  will  spend  tne  4th  In  Pbila- 
delphia.  ..  Rumors  of  cholera  In  Tennessee  are 
plentiful. .  —  Five  persons  were  drowned  In 
Calais,  Vt.,  on  t  he  16th  —  The  free  exchange  of 
newspapers  has  ceased  ...The  so-called  Beau¬ 
regard  Committee  of  New  Orleans  has  passed 
soni£,  veJ7. S6nMble  resolutions  on  human  rights 

Ilic  Kiowm  are  peaceful ;  an  outrage  is  re¬ 
ported  from  the  Apaches  . .  Vessels  have  been 
sent  m  search  of  the  lost  Polaris  Ten  colleges 
have  entered  for  tho  regatta  at  Springfield, 
Mass.,  on  tnjilBth  of  Julv. . .  Mrs.  Quincy  Shaw 
has  given  $100,000  to  Prof.  Agassiz’s  museum  .. 


Monday’s  Sales.— Beeves— Trade  opened  dull, 
and  the  markets  closed  we. k,  with  several  lots  un¬ 
sold:  prices  at  lOkfll.tKc.  V  ft.;  weight  from  6to*J  cwt. 
on  56@58  lbs.  to  the  cwt.,  net. 

Milch  Caws.— Not  quoted. 

Veals.— Common  grass  calves  very  slow;  smooth 
veals  fair  at  8®i»c.  ft. 

Sheep  and  Lambs.— Trade  slow  ;  common  sheen 
at  KRWc.  P  ft.,  fair  quality,  5®«!4o.;  lambs,  fair,  SK 
@llc. 

Hogs. — Ono  car  of  still-fed  sold  on  private  terms 
at  city  dressed,  6 

RECEIPTS  Off  LIVE  STOCK, 

Shewn  Ac 

Dchvm».  Cowh.  Cm  I  vi*»,  L*">n». 

One  Hundredth  8t... 3, 609  7  934  147  0D0 

Forty- Eighth  St .  1  38  1,337  0,527  000 

Fortieth  St .  00  00  9.to  8.507  18,ti37 

Oommunlpaw . 4,927  OQ  00  5.7u3  10,.i»8 

Weehawken . 1,903  W  00  000  000 

Totals  this  week.... 10, 440  15  2,206  20,8sT  23.236 

last  week . 8,3&  74  3  806  22,736  20,581 

COMPARATIVE  RATES. 

Last  week.  This  week. 

_  .  ..  _  _  Cents.  Cents. 

Good  steers  V  n> . lijx  <a  i2u  &  uu 

Fair . 11«  ^  12  H>|  <§  12^ 

Poor... . 10  a>  11  10  ®  11 

Poorest .  8  @  9M  8  <a  9 v 

Gen.  selling  rates . lljx  < «t  12Y  fiv  @  i2w 


For  Six  yeur<  the  Doty  Washer  and  Uni  vernal 
'Wringer  have  been  invaluable  members  of  my 
kitchen  family,  and  I  have  foi  nd  them  most 
efficient  aids  in  the  weekly  task  of  cleansing 
clothes.  Every  assistant  I  have  had  haa  readily 
learned  how  to  use  them,  and  been  delighted 
with  their  work,  and  the  ease  with  whicn  their 
work  is  accomplished.  I  would  that  every 
housekeeper  possessed  these  valuable  labor- 
saving  machines.— Laura  E.  Lyman,  Edfltrw 
ir  Home  Interests"  N.  Y.  Weekly  Tribune. 


Watch  \o.  2  tons,  Stem  Winder— Trade  Mark 
“  United  States  Watch  Co.,  (Giles,  Wales  &  Co.,) 
Marlon,  N.  J.”— has  been  worn  by  me  about  five 
months,  flu flng  that  time  has  varied  but  eight 
seconds.  I  have  worn  It  while  riding  on  horse¬ 
back  and  In  railroad  ears,— Chas.  II.  Wolf, 
firm  Chas.  H.  Wolf  &  Co.,  Pearl  St.  Cincinnati, 
Ohio. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


The  Beal.  FJnstic  Truss  without  metal  springs 
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HOVEL  INVENTIONS. 

BEEBE’S  FERTILIZER, 

Bleacher  and  Other  Matters. 

Th's  Fertiliser  Is  composed  of  the  gases,  Ac.,  of  coal 
of  all  sorts,  having  carbon,  with  cokes,  combined  or 
otherwise,  f  claim  the  process  of  extracting  from 
any  kind  of  coal  or  coke,  guana,  Ac.,  by  the  use  of 
heat  or  calcination,  and  grinding  and  placing  the 
coal  in  water,  where  the  gases  will  escape  and  be 
held  with  the  oxygen  of  the  water.  The  cokit  are 
used  11  ii  lmiil  calcination.  Till.'  Ii</"iil  )a  spread  over 
the  land  and  every  kind  of  growing  crop  having  a 
root  in  the  soil.  1  also  how  the  ground  coal  and  eoke, 
or  either  of  them,  over  llio  hind,  rrnjis,  Ac.,  and  put 
them  Into  t  he  hill  or  drill  with  the  act'd.  <  n  il  being 
a  vegetable  formation,  contains  about  5*}  per  cent.  Of 
carbon,  which  Is  the  only  element  or  resource  left  us 
for  restoring '"d  ,  veuetntton,  Ac. 

I  also  use  this  liuui  l  as  a  coal  alkali  for  various 
purposes,  such  ps  the  distillation  and  tin*  brewing 
of  tin  above  oofUi,  Ac.,  awl  products,  with  or  with¬ 
out  other  vegetables,  grains,  Ac.,  or  other  liquids.  1 
claim  the  above  as  food  or  feed,  with  or  wit  hout  mix¬ 
ing  or  cooking  with  other  vegetable  matter,  grain, 
meal,  Ac.,  for  feedingor  fattening  poultry  or  animals. 

1  also  claim  the  above  coal,  Houma,  Ac,,  at  preserva¬ 
tives,  from  atmosphere  and  weather, of  nil  meats  and 
eatables,  and  the  packing  of  them,  ns  well  a'  fruits 
of  all  aorta,  and  lliu  lniiuotaloTi  of  eggs  III  trie  liquid 
carbon  to  give  a  new  shell.  Also  in  the  manufacture 
of  refrigerators  and  fire  safes,  the  using  of  prepared 
coal,  cokes,  Ac.:  arid  the  use  of  ovens  and  cylinders 
for  bakiltgaud  roasting  coni,  so  me  wbflt  similar -to  cof¬ 
fee  masters.  1  claim  coal  and  cokes  and  the  alkalies, 
as  above, ns  a  base  forcoromercbil  and  manufacturing 
purposes,  etc.,  etc.  I  claim  as  one  property  nt  it.  the 
reducing  of  nil  soft  metals  In  combination  and  solu¬ 
tion  with  it.  In  miiuu/orf oriiij and  imyrovum  goods 
and  fibers  of  every  description,  including  soaps,  tan- 
nini?  hhU'*-  und  <jurn»w  xitiYi.',  ntid  ImprovinK  -ino  tn;ik- 
ing  water-tight  all  kinds  of  leather,  and  for  hrnmting, 
coloring,  shading  and  dyeing  the  above,  or  any  other 
material,  or  either  of  them,  and  for  giving  luster  to 
all  painted  or  varnished  surfaces.  ,  ,  . 

I  hare  tor  some  time  past  manufactured,  used  and 
disposed  of  Die  product*  Of  all  the  varieties  of  cal¬ 
cined  cals  and  cokes  above  named.  In  both  liquid 
and  dry  conditions,  as  a  cleanser  and  bleacher  01  an 
oletu-lmuiv  ami  tatty  matter,  gums.  Ac.,  from  wool, 
furu  tual  every  ofcIMSt  tibnr, und  rwtorln^  ^Luineu  cot¬ 
ton  und  atainafl  g oocfaf  thriMwli^  i  vvliios,  cordage,  &c*. 
clearmiL?  till  elotim,  »nd  propnrln^  nod  r.lrunidnis 
ciotlis  Dir  receiving  dye* ;  also  for  removing  harks, 
Ac.,  from  hemp,  flux,  Ac.,  In  the  stalk  :  and  also  for 
making  all  paper  stronger,  whiter  and  without  odor, 
und  in  tlm  manufacture  of  parchment ;  also  fur  de¬ 
odorizing  rubber,  guttn  pcrehii  and  all  gums ;  and  for 
improving  all  glove  material  und  cloves,  anil  color¬ 
ing  and  M  rcugf in-ning  tbe  'liras  :  also  for  Improving 
metal*,  cart  or  wrought,  or  manotaelnrod  into  ary 
article,  and  all  bright  and  polished  surracus -tele¬ 
graph  and  nil  surface  wires,  piano  and  nil  musical 
wires, and  giving  luster  and  polish  to  the  same:  spin¬ 
dle*,  machinery,  Ac.,  loci  lining  iron  buildings,  mils 
and  rolling  stuck,  IrOu  start uuiftlp*  or  Vessels,  arms 
and  armament.*.  engine*.  hollers.  Ac.,  by  closing  and 
coating  the  surface*  with  this  absolutely  indestruct¬ 
ible  compound,  preventing  rust  and  oxidation  ;  al*" 
for  eon  verting  iron,  through  this  Inexpensive  pro¬ 
cess,  into  steel.  1  claim  the  heating  or  calcining  ol 
iron  and  all  other  ore?  and  TKctfils,  and  cooling  them 
lit  the  alknb  botom  smelting  the  ores,  und  «]*<■  nil 
radroad  and  all  other  Irons  and  metals,  and l  east  Iron; 
also  Hie  immersion  of  ores  and  coal  in  tlm  fluid,  w  o  n- 
OUt  heating,  for  one  or  1  wo  day  s.  And  tab  using  the 
prepared  or  calcined  coal, and  the  immersion  ol  it  in 
water,  as  fuel  and  flux:  and  also  ground  eokffl  and 
coal,  or  either,  with  or  w  itbout  ba  k  tug,  saturated  with 
petroleum,  ior  heat  In  burning  bricks,  making  steam, 
and  all  ol  her  purposes,  nmhtng  no  sparks  or  smoke.  1 
have  made  or  common  wire,  by  Coating  with  carbon 
anti  Hue,  a  steel  spring.  'The  sumo  results  may  be  but] 
with  li  ii,  iron- Ac.  It  draws  the  sups  und  close*  the 
surfaces  of  all  finished  woods,  carpentry,  limber,  Ac., 
and  Die  cnriohhig  and  staining  of  any  of  such  woods; 
also  hardening,  smoothing,  ruarble.isini:  all  plontereA 
walk-,  through  combination,  with  or  without  coloring 
matter ;  cleansing  and  improving  all  alone  and  brick 
surfaces,  bv  combining,  filling  and  waking  smooth 
and  indestructible  surfaces,  thus  protecting  (hem 
from  He  h  eu  her  ■  nod  I  or  appl: 
cess  to  all  w  orks  In  marble  atm  stone,  *t"'h  ns  sculp¬ 
ture,  ft?,, and  removing  stains  from  painted  iron, etc. 

I  also  claim  the  above  compound  as  an  antl-lrletion 
ng<‘nt  or  costing  for  gunnery.  I  also  claim  the  demi¬ 
sing  and  clarifying  of  nil  oils,  varnishes,  etc.,  etc.,  by 
the  use  of  tins  coal  and  water  compound.  I  also 
claim  Improvement  In  the  manufacture  of  lllumi- 
nalitig  and  warming  gas,  by  cleansing  und  deodoriz¬ 
ing  the  same.  Mild  afford  log  greater  Ilium  muting  and 
heating  power,  by  passing  the  suit)  gases  through 
till*  coul  and  water  compound!  and  also  that  this 
compound  is  a  universal  disinfectant. 

A'  to  the  fertilizing  properties  of  (lie  cokes  or 
coals  above  referred  to.  it  would  he  a  simple  way  ol 
testing  their  Immense  value,  by  using  or  spreading 
on  an  acre  of  common  land  about  two  tons  or  less  of 
ground  cokes,  or  one  ton  or  less  ol'  the  prepared  coal, 
or  about  two  tons  or  Its*  of  the  prepared  tine,  coal, 
with  deep  plowing,  f..r  producing  a  large  crop  or  un¬ 
proved  tobacco,  licmp,  flax,  or  any  other  staple  or 
crop  for  iwoor  three  years;  or  it  may  be  spread  in 
liquid  form  (iu  quantities  of  50  lbs.  to  the  barrel, 
which  can  he  refilled  tour  or  live  limes  and  retain  its 
properl  u  s, 1  with  a  street  sprinkiiug  apparatus,  once 
or  twice  u  week,  for  two  or  three  weeks,  for  the  pro¬ 
duction  uf  two  crop*  ofhuy  annually. 

J  it uve  made  use  id  Ihoseepm pound?  for  both  mak¬ 
ing  and  fixing  dyes  for  good*,  etc.,  und  also  In  making 
cloths  and  all  imbalance*  Impervious  to  water,  and 
in  adding  luster,  p.,*/f  i  rely,  to  tlio  surface  ol  all  cloths, 
bv  sponging  or  otherwise ;  also  for  glazing,  whiten- 
ilijj  cir  fill  pnfonliilru^fllli)  in  l  Ih*  inuimljtctiir© 

of  the  above  ware,  stone  ware,  pottery,  etc.,  etc. 

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TO  AGEMTS. 

There  is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  is  no  machine  that  possesses 
one-half  t  he  qua  lit, lies  which  are  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  family  use  as  tbe 

Bickford’s  Improved. 

Its  simplicit  y  and  ease  Of  ronnngement,  together 
with  it'  capacity  fordoing  Die  great  range  of  work, 
and  its  trilling  cost,  make*  it  a  matter o f  economy 
for  every  family  to  have  one,  and  will  ultimately 
bring  It  into  as  general  use  a*  the  Sewing  Machine. 
The  practical  utility  of  the  machine  only  needs  to 
be  demonstrated  to  the  people  to  produce  an  un¬ 
limited  demand.  . 

Many  Sewing  Machine  Agents,  finding  the  in- 
rrense  of  competition  and  the  difficulty  of  selling 
high-priced  machines  to  militate  against  a  flour¬ 
ishing  business,  are  Diking  bold  of  the 

BICKFORD 


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and  meeting  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer¬ 
chants,  finding  in  Dana  Bickford's  invention  a 
Cheap,  Simple  and  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
find  It  profitable  to  purchase  and  keep  on  sale. 
The  airin'- 1  entire  absence  .of  competition  does 
not  ren nlre  the  ''eternal  vigilance  »<•  sell  this 
machine  a*  in  the  case  of  sewing  machines. 

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ft,  -V  THE  ZINC  COLLAR 

■ffV  Jh  PA  D  Is  guaranteed  to  cure 

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1 ,  A  y/- n  anil  icm/ftlu  Hqrsr everyday; 

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for  the  Zinc  Pad.  We  annex  the  following  notice  : 

CHICAGO,  Feb.  7,  1872. 
Mr.  Guo,  II.  Richards,  SwpL,  B» uluman,  Mich.: 

DEAR  Silt:— We  have  heard  but  one  expression 
with  regard  to  yourOollnr  Puds,  and  that  i*  “it  is  a  1 
good  thing,"  and  from  our  experiene  *  of  them  during 
tho  past  veur  have  no  hesitancy  in  reeommendinF 
them  as  iho  best  pad  in  the  market,  and  would  ad¬ 
vise  everyone  using n  team  tn  liave  them  upon  his 
horse*.  Respectfully  yours. 

I1A  VD1.N  &  KAY, 

Dealers  in  Saddlery  Hardware. 

THE  WESTINGHOUSE 

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Ofthenbove  ware,  stone  ware,  pottery,  etc.,  etc. 

The  soap*  made  bv  thl*  compound  have  bleaching 
qualities  tlmt  ktrejigllK'ii  liber  instead  of  injuring  it, 
and  great  houllngg  null  lies  for  harher*  mid  tone1 
also  choice  preparations  of  '  ('riirtol  i'ual  11 'Ri.r, 
t trade-murk  mime,)  carefully  prepared  tor  Indies 
use.  Its  whitening  and  purifying  effects  upon  tho 
skin  and  line  toilet  properties  are  attainable  in  no 
oilier  wav  bn!  through  lids  process. 

Furtive  wishing  to  lease  or  secure  rights  for  any  or 
Oil  of  there  invention:1,  or  term  companies  tor  them, 
wiil  please  address  me  for  particulars.  I  claim  to  bo 
the  inventor  of  the  above,  under  Ihe  Patent.  Laws, 
and  1  have  made  successful  experiments  therewith. 

1  am  prepared  to  furnish  the  products  and  compounds 
of  coni  and  water,  combined  with  zinc-  or  any  other 
metallic  s\ih*tituei*,  i^rt-He  protection  of  Bmp  s  toot- 
toms,  and  all  metallic  and  ft  her  surfaces. 

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Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  the  Garden  of  Plants  during  tho  time  It  Is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  the  duration  of  the  membership. 

These  memberships  do  not  entitle  the  holder  to  admission  to  special  places  of  amusement,  except 
us  conducted  by  tho  Exhibition  Company. 


MEMBERSHIPS.  -  PRICE  AND  KIND. 

Class  1st.  l*rice  $10.  30  Admissions. 

Entitling  tho  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 

Class  2«1.  l*rice  $20.  DO  Admissions, 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $20. 

Class  3d.  l*rice  §  to.  300  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $40. 

Class  4th.  I*rice  $10(1.  Life. 

Entitling  tho  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life ;  the  bulling  being  open  to 

the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

Class  5 111.  Family  ior  Fite.  Price  $300. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  aud  his  immediate  family  (in  sue  at  the  time  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

Class  6tl».  HEREDITARY  A  TRANSFERABLE.  I»rice  $1,000. 

Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
building  is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  used  by  the 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  these  memberships  are  to  be  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
the  institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Payment  to  be  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Union  Trust 
Company. 

A  suitable  Radge  will  be  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  members. 

Memberships  will  not  be  sold  after  the  Building  is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

Banks,  Bankers  and  Individuals  are  wanted  to  act  as  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 

For  further  information,  please  address 

INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  COMPANY' 

No.  925  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK  CITY. 


oughly  from  200  to  *00 


wheat  and  a 


448 


GEO.  STECK  &  CO.’S 


PIANOS 

are  now  everywhere  recogrilxcd  a*  the  heel..  Forflne 
and  hympatiikticToxi:,  for  thorough  workmanship, 
and  the  greatest  pnnlM  DUIUIUUTy  they  are 
wholly  unrivaled.  The  htjbck CAfmnprou  Uruidht 
Piano,  combining  several  (ft oat  Important  Improve- 
menta,  patkvtrd,  la  pronounced  by  all  competent 
Judge*  the  Moot  Perfkct  Plano  of  this  class  ever 
prod  need .  Every  Instrument  warranted  forflve  years. 
NEW  VV  A  It  E If  OOM S.  *25  East  14th  St..  N.  V. 

•s'S75  to  $250  per  month,  .JKErBfflk 

to  Introduce  the  GENUINE  IMPROVED  COM- 
^  MON  SKN'SK  PAMII.tr  SEWING  MACHINE. 
~  This  machloc  will  stitch,  hem,  fell,  tuck.  t|  til  It,  cord. 
>  bind,  braid  and  embroider  In  a  most  superior  mnn- 
^  er  Price  only  f I. Fully  I  censed  and  warranted 
5.  for  tl vet  years.  We  will  paf  7UD0  for  any  machine 

that,  will  sow  a  stronger,  more  beautiful,  or  more 
v  elastic  seam  than  ours,  it  makes  the  “  Elastic 
w  l.ock  Stitch  ’■  Every  second  sili-ch  can  hocut,  and 
•*  atill  the  c'otimannot  be  pulled  npari  without tea.r- 
^  ing  It.  We  pay  Agi-nt*  from  f  76  to  (250  per  month 
g*  and  expenses,  or  a  commission  from  which  twice 
>5'  thatuinounr  can  he  made.  HICOt.lM  B  &  OO.,  Hasten, 
i  Mass..-  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  Chicago,  III.;  or  St.  Louis,  Mr,. 


MAGIC  LANTERNS 


SrEHEOPTicoys,  Ac.,  tSic.  New  slides  at  greatly 
reduoed  prices.  A  mu  »«-»K/nbD  httsiac  *  /«r  a  mint, 
■Ljlt.lt  email  c.i rii 'tl.  Rend  stamp  for  Catalogue. 

W.  MITCHELL  Me  A  MASTER, 
lilt  Chestnut  St. ,  Philadelphia. 

DURABILITY  AND  Flit  ability  are 

noth  combined  in  ibc 

CABIiH!  I5.CR.151W  WIRE 

Boots  and  Shoes;  one  trial  will  convince  you;  will 
not  rip  or  leak-  All  bear  the  Patent  Stump. 

rpiJE  BEST  INVESTMENT. 

A  Silver  Tipped  Shoes. 

Five  oents  laid  out  for  Silver  Tips  adds  one  dollar 
to  the  worth  of  a  pair  of  shoes.  Parents,  iry  It. 


GREAT  REDUCTION. 


TEAS  AND  COFFEES 

Increased  Knclllt'es  to  Club  Orgnn liters. 
Send  lor  New  Price  I.lm. 

THE  GREATAMERICANTEACO, 

P.  0.  Box  6tw3.)  31  A  33  Vesey  St.,  New  York. 


AGENTS  .WANTED  FOR 


ByOH  A  KI.KB~F~  DEEMS.  T).  D. 

His  dlviniiy  established  and  rationalism  routed. 
The  roost  popular  and  rapidly-selling  religious  work 
overissued.  For  Circulars,  address  UNITED  STATES 
PUBLISHING  CO.,  dll  Broome  St.,  New^Vm  k  . 

EVERY  SlWIXfi  MACHINE  DOUBLED  IN  VALUE 

BY 

PALMER’S 

COMBINATION  ATTACHMENT 

JPOJt  ALL  8®  IPEVe  JnACMJK'ES. 

The  perfection  of  making  and  arranging 
every  style  of  Dress  Trimming  with  as 
much  ease  and  simplicity  as  run¬ 
ning  up  mi  ordinary  seam,  with 
some  new  and  entirety  Orig¬ 
inal  A  ccamplUhments. 

AND  ALL  WITHOUT  BASTING. 

1.  — It  prepares  the  Milliner*'  Fold  hotter  than  can 

be  dono  by  hand. 

2. — It  prepares  Milliner*'  Fold  with  dill'eretu 

color*  and  pieces  of  goods  at  one  operation. 
8.— It  prepare*  ami  place*  a  fold  in  uny  seam 
perfectly*  without  basting. 

4.— It  prepares  mid  pul*  a  double  or  Mingle  fold 
OU  the  edge  of  n  baud, 
p. — It  cords  bin*  bunds. 

8.— It  prepare*  and  applies  a  double  French  hem 

finish. 

7. — It  prepuces  n  cord  welt  perfectly. 

8. — It  prepares  aud  places  a  cord  well  iu  any 

Benin  without  misting. 

9—  It  prepare*  a  cord  welt,  at  the  same  time  gatli- 
eriugnnd  placing  the  welt  in  rlie  gather¬ 
ing  Benin,  sewing  it  to  a  plain  bund,  if  de- 
sired,  ut  one  operation. 

10. — It  does  plain  gathering. 

11. — It  gathers  and  sews  ou  ut  the  same  time, 

nettir  than  any  other  gatherer. 

10.— It  hems  all  goods,  bins  or  straight. 

13.— It  binds  with  brnid. 

It.— It  binds  with  cut  binding. 

15.— It  sew*  any  seam  without  basting. 

The  arrangement  is  very  novel,  and  it  Is  one  of  the 
simplest  Attachments  In  use;  indispensable  In  its 
utility,  doubling  the  value  of  any  Sewing  Machine. 
In  ordering,  state  KIND  of  Sowing  Machine. 

Price,  83>  with  full  Instructions  for  its  use  mailed 
post  free.  Address 

PALMER  MANUFAOTUEIN G  00., 

SI  7  Broadway,  New  York. 

An  opportunity  seldom  offered  to  Agents  of  both 
sexes,  wbicb  are  wanted,  everywhere,  Immediately. 

ftl|  nury  Made  rapidly  with  Stencil  &  Kev  Check 
>»l  U  fl  C  I  Outfits.  Catalogues,  samples  and  par¬ 
ticulars  free,  8.  M.  Spencer,  11  f  Hanover  St.,  Boston. 


MOOSE’S  1RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


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GARDEN  WEEDING  MADE  EASY. -NO  PATENT. 

Rock  forward  and  grasp  your  weed  ;  then  rock  back,  and  up  it  comes. 


£$732 
MADE  IN 
31  DAYS 

Kyono Agent  selling  BUrert Patent 

IU  011111,  Recommended  by  the  late 
Horace  G>wdey.  Am.  Agriculturist, 
und  100.0(10  Families  using  them. 
One  comity  for  each  Agent.  Suer.ee- 
-lire.  0.  A.  CLEGG  k  C0„  . 

20  Cortlandt  St.,  N.  Y. 

FREEMAN  &  BURR, 

THE  STOCK  especially  adapted  to  Summer  weft t  Ir  of  immense  extent  and  variety,  embracing  all 
jr  .  l“u  reOTUtr  Styles  and  Fabrics  In  Linens,  Flannels,  Cnssl meres,  Cloths,  Ducks,  Marseilles,  Alpacas, 
Htrlpo  uno  Oheck  Goods  of  every  description,  in  the  piece,  and  the  same  made  up  for  immediate  wear, 
for  all  classes  and  occasions. 

O It  DF.lt  i*  for  garments  to  measure  neatly  and  promptly  executed,  at  MODERATE  PRICES. 

Summer  Coats,  $3  to  $10. 

Summer  Goats,  *15  to  &20. 

Suits,  *10,  *12. 

Boys’  Suits,  $3  to  sio.  Suits,  $15,  $20.  White  Vests,  $2  to  $4. 

Boys’  Suits,  $12  to  S20.  Suits,  $25,  *30.  White  Vests,  gs  to  $8. 

Suits,  $40,  gso. 

Linen  Coats,  $1  to  g3. 

Linen  Coats,  g3  to  go. 

Hojv.  Freeman  &  burr’h  new  system  for  self-measure,  of  wmch  thou- 

sands  avail  themselves,  enables  parties  In  all  parts  of  the  country  to  order  direct 
from  them,  with  the  certainty  of  receiving  the  most  PERFECT  FIT  ATTAINABLE. 

'v  Rules  for  Belf-Mcasure,  i 


Suits,  g3  to  sio. 
Suits,  $12  to  S20. 


V ESTB,  g2  to  $4. 

Vests,  gs  to  gs. 


ivuies  jo v  WHl-MtiaBure,  1 

W  1  Samples  ol‘  Goodn,  jP  rice- Li  ate,  FREE 

Illustrated  Book  ot  Fashions,  J 


on  application. 


DEPOSIT  TO-DAY. 

Thk  Free d man’s  Savings  and  Trust  Company, 
ciuirtered  by  the  i’niUU  stai , 

No.  l&S  Blbecker  Street,  New  York. 

ASSETS  OVER  $4,000,000. 

J.  W.  AliVOBD.  President . 

O.  ML  STICKNEY,  Actuary. 

A.  M.  8PEBRY,  Gen'l  I nrp tailor. 

SAM  L.  11A  KRIS,  Manager. 
Sena  for  Circular.  JOHN  J.  Z1IL1.K,  Ca  hler, 

THE  NATIONAL  FAVORITE. 

Nellit'  Original  Harpoon  Home  Hay  Fork  Improved. 
Nelli*’  Grapple  A  Wrought  Frame  Wood  Wheel  Pulley. 

Aina  manufacturers  of  Agricult'l  Steels  and  Irons, 
Beveled,  Holt-  vd,  Tempered 

aud  Finished  to  »ulu  all 

kind*  of  Soils ;  also  Proprie¬ 

tor*  anu  .Man-  Ac ufaoturers  of 
Him’*  l'o*»  yre^TJljvor  Hole  Anger. 

l&~  Over  1,0.11  fl-r'if.lFnfyiiy’.  _  State  and  Co. 

Fair  First  Pre-  I  ^**2? t-i®'  mlurna.  E  n  - 

dorsert  by  over  I  ,r"^<ec\r\  lOO.lDO  Farm¬ 
ers.  Couvinul-  5  -  ,7,  .  *  ble  evidence 

to  all  who  use  ’  NFlUS  fork  a  ORgEPitu1'  our  goods. 

MT"  Facts  given  in  our  Catalogue,  free. 

A.  J.  NELLIS  &  CO.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


WOOD,  TABER  &  MORSE, 

I IIATIW.  IUIIIKO*  CO.,  W.  V.. 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

STEAM  ENGINES, 

Portable,  Stationary 
nnd  Agricultural, 

Hundreds  In  use  In  Shop*. 
Printing  Rooms.  Mills,  Mines, 
and  on  Farms  and  Pl.xita- 
lions,  for  Grain  Thrnahlng. 
Food  Cooking  for  Stock,  Cot¬ 
ton  Ginning,  Rawing,  Ac. 

MOT  Circulars  seiii  on  application. 


THE  NOVELTY 

IS  TIIE  ONLY  LAWN  MOWER 

THAT  CAN  CUT  10NQ  GRASS  AND  DO  THE  TRIMMING. 

IS  BEST  AND  CHEAPEST. 

A.  J.  Oil  .MR  It . Hamilton.  Ohio. 

irfgjjySjt  For  Moth  Patches,  Freckles  A  Tan, 


lct— — — STANDARD 

CAiNK  MACHINERY 

-t-Cirjyzs  j  yor  gorgo  and  Hngur  Cane. 

f3f“  Tbe  only  recognized 
frrV  j standards  in  Cano  Ma- 

il!iil¥w  <Ook  (evaporator 
llilil  I (i®M  110,1  Victor  Cano  Mill. 

lumUlID  liiir  There  arc  of  these  ma- 
I  III  i!  Iff#3  o  chines  over ^3  I  AKHHlluse. 
iluL  1  iHy  -  =  They  Itavi  taut n  th,  l  fTc- 

■f-KpfT-.TOjv ^  inlums  at  117  State  Cain. 

KM  '  Send  lor  Descriptive  Cata¬ 
logue  and  Price  List.  BLYMVER  MANDF’G  CO., 
Sueeessors  to  Blymyer,  Norton  Jt  Co.,  Cincinnati,  O. 
Cane  Mills  and  KvupnraUir:i,  Improved  Thresher, 
Corn  and  Cob  Crushers,  etc.. 

127000,000  ACRES 

CHEAF*  FA.R.3V1S  I 

'l’lie  €heaiH*»t  l.ninl  in  Market. 

for  sale  by  the  UNION  PACIFIC  RAILROAD  COM¬ 
PANY,  in  the  Great  Plain  thillry]  R.OOCMlOO 
ACHE-  In  CENTRAL  NEBRASKA  now  for  wle  in 
tracts  of  forty  acres  and  upwards  on  jive  unit  ten  yean.' 
crel  It,  <|I  6  per  cent.  No  advance  inlermt  tea  aired. 
MILD  AND  HEALTHFUL  CLIMATE,  FERTILE 
SOIL,  AN  ABCNDANCK  OF  GOOD  WATER.  THE 
BEST  M  A  ItK  KT  IN  THE  WEST  ’  I'lie  Great  Min¬ 
ing  Regions  of  Wyoming,  Colorado,  Utah  and  Nevada, 
being  supplied  by  the  farmers  In  the  Plain  Valb  ». 
SOLDIERS  ENTITLED  TO  A  HOMESTEAD  OF 
Hill  ACRES.  THE  BEST  LOCATIONS  FOB  COL- 
« NIKS-  FREE  HOMES  FOB  ALL,  MithauytiJ  nerm 
of  choice  Government  Lauds  open  for  entry  under 
the  tlamentrad  Due,  near  thin  Great  ICailmad,  with 
good  market*  und  all  the  convenience*  of  an  old  set¬ 
tled  country.  Free  passes  to  purchasers  of  Kstlrond 
Land.  Sectional  maps,  showing  the  exact  location 
of  land,  also  new  edition  of  JJeecriptir.e  Pamphlet  until 
Ntw  Maps,  Mailed  Pm  Everywhere.  Address 

O.  F.  DAVIS,  Land  Comiuiaaioucr, 

U.  P.  R.  U.  Co.,  Oumka,  Neb. 

IF  YOU  WANT  TO  PURCHASE  ANY- 
thlng  tu  the  Mechanical  Line,  no  matter  what  It 
Is,  address,  for  particulars,  N.  Y,  SUPPLY  00.  AND 
MANUF'RS  AGENTS,  178  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

WANTED.-A  FARMER,  111  Every  Town, 
as  agent  for  the  Collin*  Siecl  Plow*.  For 
terms,  Ac.,  address  COLLINS  A  CO., 

212  Water  St.,  New  York. 


WI*  Id  R  RY’8 

JHotli  aud  Freckle  Lotion. 

It  is  reliable  and  harmless. 

flv  For  Pimples  on  the  Face, 

BLACKHEADS  AND  ftESHWORMS, 

Use  Perry’s  Impbovkp  Comeikjnm 
and  Pimple  Lemedy  —the  Great  8km  Medicine . 
Prepared  only  by  Dr.  B.  C.  PERRY, 

Sold  by  all  Druggists.  49  Bond  St.,  New  York. 


GEO.  a.  PRINCE  k  CO., 

Organs  &  Dlclodcons 

The  Oldest,  Largest  and  Most  Perfect  Manufactory 
in  the  United  States. 

52,000 

Now  In  use 

No  other  Musical  Instrument  ever  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

; 3F*  Send  for  Price-Lists. 

Address  BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


FOR  PRESENT  PLANTING  FOR 

Fall  and  Winter  Crops. 

Detailed  Price-List  now  ready.  Mailed  free. 


WITH  BEST  TOOLS,’ ONLY. 
FOR  C/  ft  C  UL  A  H  ADt>ft£SS 

J.T.PRATT  &  CO 

S3  FULTON  ST.  N.Y. 


DUNHAM  &  SONS, 

;  (Established  in  1834,) 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

PIANO-FORTES. 

A  CARD  TO  THE  PUBLIC : 

Parties  desiring  to  purchase  would  find  it  to 
their  advantage,  before  deciding,  to  examine, 
at  our  Elegant  IVarerooms,  or  at  the  dealers 
throughout  the  country,  the  Piano-Fortes  man¬ 
ufactured  by  us,  with  our  Patent  Hydro- Car— 
honated  Sounding  Board,  which,  for  durability 
aud  superiority  of  tone,  renders  them  unsur¬ 
passed.  Every  Instrument  fully  warranted.  Il¬ 
lustrated  circulars  and  prices  sent  on  applica¬ 
tion. 

Warerooms,  18  East  14th  St„ 

_ NEW  YORK. 

£95  A  11  AY  I  Agents  wanted.  Business  entirely 
UAl  *  new.  G.  G.  SHAW,  Biddeford,  Me. 


Seedsmen,  35  Cortlandt  Street,  N.  Y. 

Norton  Olio  Fair  Association. 

I*romium«,  $30,000! 

The  Fourth  Annual  Fair  of  this  Association  will 
he  held  at  Cleveland,  O.,  on  the  2fHli  of  Sep¬ 
tember,  1ST 3,  aud  continue  five  (5)  day*. 

Premium  Lmt*  will  he  ready  ,n  due  season. 

Hon.  J.  P.  R  BISON,  Pres’t. 
SAM.  BRIGGS,  Sec’y. 

BRUSHES. 

J.  FINLAY  SMITH,  No.  53  Chambers  St., 
New  York,  manuiactures  a  large  assortment  of 
Brushes  that  are 

AIsL  BRISTLE. 

KfT  Send  for  Illustrated  Catalogue.  All  goods  war¬ 
ranted  as  represented. 

New  York  Exposition 

AND 

SAMPLE  SALES  OF  WOOL. 

While  It  Is  true  that  no  one  article  grown  Is  of  more 
lmporia  ce  uj  Urn  industrial  tritcrcxt  than  Wool,  It  Is 
also  true  that  no  other  article  of  commerce  puriuk  s 
of  more  extreme  cm, nges  in  price,  ana  for  thirty  years 
It  ha*  seemed  more  uniformity  could  dl  axtc.ucied  to 
encourage  tbe  growth  anil  compensate  i  he  dealer  who 
gathers  it  up  lor  transit  to  die  manufacturer, 

11  the  merchant  will  »al«c4  two  tleoces,  as  near  alike 
a*  possible,  (in.:  to  retain  in  store,  the  other  to  express 
to  sirrn  .In.  room,  he  can  then  secure  reliable  quota¬ 
tions  of  It*  value  as  01  leu  us  he  nmy  desire. 

It  the  owner  has  a  allp  or  largo  pile  to  sell,  ho 
should  send  one  UoeQe  of  «ne  one  of  course  and  one 
of  medium,  with  a  Ictlur  stating  (bo  probable  amount 
of  each,  and  condition  and  price  of  same.  If  broken, 
tub  or  pulled,  it  »boulU  not  contain  less  than  four 
pounds,  llllti!*  Exploit!*  charges  are  pre-pajd. 

Tbe  .-ambles  are  carufully  bled  and  mini  bored,  and 
a  description  scut,  by  builotin  sheets,  to  nil  woolen 
manufacturer*,  und  when  sale*  ore  made  me  owners 
will  ship  direct  to  buyers,  If  any  owner  desires  an 
advance  before  Ills  wool  is  sold,  be  can  ship  to  a  ware¬ 
house  In  this  dig.  A  million  dollars  has  been  offered 
by  one  party,  with  wurcbo  ae  receipt*  ns  collateral, 
which  will  reduoo  tho  oust  of  bundling  it  id  selling  to 
a  low  figure,  unci  oniilde  Lhe  owner  to  control  his  wolI 
until  sales  are  made. 

In  advertising  through  the  Bulletin,  wool  will  be 
designated  by  numbers,  a  duplicate  or  which  will  be 
sent  to  the  owner*  when  thi’*:ini[ilesare  Grstiooelved. 

It  is  believed  merchants  will  be  Quick  to  discover 
the  advantages  this  method  will  suggest,  and  no  one 
will  fall  to  be  represented  by  one  or  morn  samples  at 
least,  for  they  cuiuiot  afford  to  do  without  It,  If  for 
no  other  object  thuu  to  obtain  reliable  iiuotations  of 
tbe  market,  such  as  no  previous  |,lan  has  i  ecured. 

».  N.  CIOOIIA  LE, 

182  Fill  tun  Si.,  New  York. 

We  have  examined  the  new  met  hod  Instituted  by 
S.  N.  Goodale,  lsU  Fulton  St..  N.  Y.  City,  for  handling 
wools,  and  believe  expenses  of  bundling  w  ill  be  great¬ 
ly  reduced  If  owners  of  wool  will  keep  express  *am- 
.  pies  In  tbe  exhibition  room,  where  manuiacturers 
esn  ut  all  lime*  *nc  them.  It  will  also  greatly  aid 
those  wishing  to  start  a  new  Hook  of  sheep  to  procure 
the  uddress  or  location  ol  such  as  have  the  best  stylo 
of  sheep  to  sell,  ami  we  must  cordially  recommend 
the  plan  to  manufacturers  ns  well  as  all  who  have 
WOOl  to  sell.  l>.  St  U.  STEARNS, 

Wool  Manufacturer*.  1‘ittsfmld,  Mass. 
We  bellc-ve  that  If  sample*  were  generally  kept  at 
uoentrul  point  like  New  York,  It  would  greatly  facili¬ 
tate  sales  of  wool.  Mr.  Goodale’*  long  experience 
Should  enable  him  to  carry  out  *tich  plan  with  suc¬ 
cess.  Samiiki.  H  a  hi. is,  Agent. 

Steam  Woolen  Co.,  Cuiskul,  N.  Y. 
We  fully  concur  with  Hamucl  Harris  in  tbe  above 
suggestion.  Pkakk,  01*1> yoke  &  Co., 

4i7  Broadway,  New  York. 

Reliable  Turnip  Seeds. 

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Strap-Leaved,  at  10c.  per  ox..  26c,  per  qr,  lb.-  75c.  per  lb. 

YELLOW  GLOBE  and  Yellow  Stone— at  10c. 
per  oz.,  80c.  per  qr.  lb  .  *1  per  lb.;  Sc.  per  lb.  for  post¬ 
age,  if  ordered  by  mall. 

R.  H.  ALLEN  &  CO., 

189  &  191  Water  st„  New  York. 
P.  O.  Box  376. 


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Circulars  free.  Address  J.  IS. 
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ARBORICULTURE. 

Araucaria  Irabricata .  25 

Ash,  inarched .  221 

Cycas  clrcinalia .  393 

Freak  among  Pears .  316 

Japanese  Conifer . . .  361 

Palm,  Areca.. .  201 

Tree  Measurer,  Self-adjusting .  76 

BIOGRAPHICAL. 

Agassiz,  Louis .  400 

American  Humorists . 331 

Bazalne,  Marshal. . . 385 

Billings,  Josh .  321 

Bret  Harte,.... . . 321 

Danbury  News  Man  — ,..., .  321 

Don  Carlos .  177 

Hay,  John .  321 

John,  a  Halifax  Indian .  273 

Mark  Twain . 321 

Nym  Crinkle .  321 

Orpheus  C.  Kerr  . . . 321 

Perkins,  Eli .  321 

Petroleum  V.  Nasby .  321 

Powers,  H  i  ram .  33 

Rivers,  Thomas .  137 

Schwartz,  Madame .  305 

Shah  of  Persia .  65 

Tyndall,  John .  97 

DOMESTIC  ECONOMY. 

Bathing  Costumes.  .  45 

Beadwork  for  Card  Stand  (2  figures) .  125 

Dinner  Table  Decorations . . . 12,  237 

Jacket  of  Mull,  Insertion  and  Lace .  93 

Ladies’  Work  Basket .  61 

Monograms . 44,  76 

Needle  Cushion  .  . .  109 

N eglige  Basket . 61 

Slumber  Boll . . .  13' 

Suit  for  Child  7  to  9  years  old .  124 

Venetian  Embroidery .  13 

Visiting  Card  Stand  .  125 

ENTOMOLOGICAL. 

Alaus  oculatus . . .  62 

Cabbage  Worm  Destractor .  286 

Ichneumon  Fly .  286 

Seed-corn  Maggot).  .  30 

F  ’  FAEOH  ECONOMY* 

Gates,  Fancy  Wood  (1  figures).  . J204 

Irrigating  Implements.  .  14 

Trimming  Hay  Stacks  for  Winter .  346 

FIELD  CROPS. 

Corn,  Story  of  an  Ear  of .  ^33  ! 

FLORICULTURE. 

Acacia  rieeana .  00 

Alpinfa  vittata .  92 

Arranging  Plants  In  Rooms .  364 

Begonia  chelsoni .  188 


Bavallia  hemiptera .  109 

Dllfenbachta  nobilia .  253 

Flowers,  Cheap  Shade  for  (3  figures) .  188 

Furulgator  for  Plants .  349 

Garrya  elliptic)*,  Female  Flowers .  236 

—  —  Male  Flowers . 236 

Hanging  Basket .  269 

Hyacinth  Supports . . .  12 

Lagerstnemla  indlca .  365 

LardizabaJu  biternata .  252 

Maerozamia  corallipes. .  173 

Mar&nta  raakoyana .  .  153 

Melasloma  malabathrica .  .  60 

Pyramidal  Shrub  Cover .  77 

Rhododendrons,  Grafting* .  205 

Bosa  cannablfolia .  221 

Hoses,  Basket  of. . . .  29 

Shades  and  Shelters  for  Plants  (3  figures)..  140 

Stftpclia  hfrsuta  min  eg .  349 

Tree  Fern,  New  Weeping .  285 

Umbrella-Shaped  Tree  Cover .  77 

—  Flower  Trainers .  44 

Water  Soldier .  361 

GARDENER. 

Melon  Cucumber .  265 

Pot  Plunger . 397 

HERDSMAN. 

Branding  Cattle  in  New  Mexico . 282,  284 

Catarrh  in  Cattle  (3  figures) .  380 

Cows  Kicking,  To  Prevent .  11 

Sample  of  Brands .  284 

HORSEMAN. 

norses,  draught . 409 

Poitou  Ass .  220 

—  Jenny  Ass .  317 

INDUSTRIAL  IMPLEMENTS. 

Aaparag  us  Gatherer .  157 

Cider  Press,  Boomer  &  Boschert .  301 

Curamtng  Lock  Nut  .  301 

Empire  Clothes  Wringer .  348 

Redmond  Strum  Plow  .  268 

Transplanting  Machine .  172 

Williams’s  Lock-Track  Railway  Power .  20 

LANDSCAPE  GARDENING. 

Buddhist  Garden .  169 

Vegetation  around  a  Country  House  in 

Mexico .  105 

MODES  AND  MANNERS. 


Cigar  Box . 

Costume  for  Elderly  Ladies. 


NATURALIST.  hJT  V 

American  Darter .  185 

Indian  Bird  Searer .  287 

Silkworms,  Apparatus  for  Breeding .  205 

Stilt  Plover .  185 

Quagga,  The .  217 

White-napcd  Crane  of  Japan .  90 


POMOLOGICAL. 

Strawberry,  Countess .  156 

—  Early  Crimson  Pine .  156 

—  Enchantress  . 157 

—  ’Gypsy  Queen  .  157 

—  Sir  John  Faletaff . 156 

POULTRY-YARD. 

Egg  inside  an  Egg .  222 

How  to  Clip  a  Fowl '8  Wing .  157 

Turkeys,  Honduras .  377 

PUZZLER. 

Illustrated  Rebus  No.  1 .  19 

—  —  No.  2 .  SI 

—  —  No.  3 .  83 

—  -  No.  4, .  115 

—  -  No.  5 .  163 

- No.  6 .  243 

—  -  No.  7 .  403 

Problem  No.  2 . 36 

—  No.  3 .  67 

No.  5 .  99 

—  No.  6 .  131 

—  No.  8 .  179 

—  No.  10 .  211 

—  No.  11 .  259 

—  No.  12 .  323 

—  No.  13 . 339 

—  No.  14 .  387 

READING  FOR  THE  YOUNG. 

Shadow  on  the  Wall. . .  —  193 

The  Evening  Prayer .  225 

RURAL  ARCHITECTURE. 

Cincinnati  Industrial  Exposition  Buildings.  141 

Cottage  Plan  .  127 

Glenwood  Institute . .  387 

Rural  Gothic  Cottage  and  Plans. .  .297 

Southern  Cottage  and  Plan.  .  .  .  .345 

SCIENTIFIC  AND  USEFUL. 

Animal  Hairs  (11  figures) .  28 

Eastern  Water  Cooler .  61 

PS  SHEEP  HUSBANDRY. 

Counting  Sheep  in  New  Mexico .  332 

Herd  wick  Sheep .  313 

New  Mexico  Sheep  Camp  by  night .  332 

—  - -Ranch . .  9 

Sheep,  Exmoor .  121 

—  New  Mexico— manner  of  Herding .  329 

—  Radnor .  249 

Tank  for  for  Sheep  Dipping .  122 

SOCIAL  TOPICS. 

Giving  up  the  Baby . .  113 

Le  Beau  Page .  161 

Race  for  Life . . . 401 

Sympathy— The  Wounded  Dove .  369 

The  Dinner-Horn .  17 

Tusks  of  the  Mammoth . 131 


SPORTSMAN. 


Fishing-Rod  Splice . 

Ilomakable  Fish  Story,  Illustrated. 
Spanish  Bull-Dog . 


TRAVELER. 

Asbantee  Priests  Invoking  National  Deities  353 

—  Soldier .  353 

Dyak  Marriage  Ceremony  in  Borneo .  305 

Geneva — Foot  of  Seneca  Lake, ,  .  41 

Horse-Shoe  Fall,  Niagara .  241 

Iceland  Bride .  337 

—  Bridesmaid .  337 

—  Priest  .  337 

—  Wedding  Scene .  337 

Italian  Monk .  257 

—  Peasant  Woman .  257 

—  Shepherd . ; .  257 

—  Soldier . 257 

King  Victor  Emanuel .  257 

Princess  Margherita . 257 

Profile  Rock,  Niagara..  .  241 

Ring  Strassc  Boulevard,  Vienna  .  81 

Scotch  Ferry . 289 

Street  Characters  of  Vienna . 145 

The  Pet  of  a  New  Mexican  Family .  73 

Types  of  Italian  Character . .  257 

Watkins  Glen. . 41 

—  Head  of  Seneca  Lake... .  49 

Woman  and  Man  of  Garaan .  353 

Willard  Asylum  for  Insane .  49 

VINEYARD. 

Santa  Barbara  Grape  Vino .  57 

WIT  AND  HUMOR. 

A  Couple  of  Boas .  408 

Aggravating. .  376 

An  Idea  of  Perspective . ’. .  104 

—  Unfortunate  name .  40 

Consolation . — .  416 

Dress  of  the  Period .  232 

Farmucs  and  the  Railroad  Monster .  162 

Fashions  for  the  Seaside .  120 

Grandpapa's  Grammar .  392 

Irrigation  of  Corns. .  200 

Never  Satisfied .  .  56 

Oh!  Good  Gracious .  344 

Parsing  and  No  Mistake  .  184 

Political  Economy . . . 312 

Positive  Proof .  88 

Practical  Father .  216 

Primary  Mathematics .  360 

Race  at  the  Frogtown  Fair .  168 

The  Bad  Pen .  328 

British  Tourist .  280 

Timely  Design  after  Nature .  72 

Time  Works  Wonders .  136 

Unsuccessful  Applicants  to  the  Patrons  of 

Husbandry . 296 

Would  Like  to  be  Patrons  of  Husbandry  ...  204 

You  Count  and  I'll  Eat . 24 

You-rope-in  Plan . 248 


t 


APIARIAN 


Pears,  a  freak  among . 316 

Pino  forest  In  Switzerland . 361 

Plum  treos,  coal  ashes  about.  ...411 
Pruning  a  necessary  evil . 60 

—  fruit  trees .  25 

—  in  summer,  torch . 201 

Richmond  cherry  on  !  Morel  Iq 

stocks.,..,, . 76 

Sassafras  tree,  a  large . 200 

Stealing  timber  from  UncloSam.269 

Tamaracks,  transplanting . 125 

Tea  culture  in  Georgia . 411 

Transfer  of  disease  from  cion  to 

stock . .  .  7(1 

Transplanting  much  mu . 172 

Tree  moa-uror,  self  adjusting..  76 

—  planting  in  Michigan, streot.30l 
Trees  as  htstorlansof  the  past.  ,361 

—  grafting  weeping . 236 

—  in  grass . 221 

—  —  Japan,  dwarfing .  45 

—  grow,  how . 221 

—  management  of  orchard . 201 

—  poisoned  with  gne. ,  25 

—  transplanting . 361 

—  unfruitful  vs.  fruitful  apple.201 

Weeping  willow  . 45 

White  pine,  mountain . 316 

—  thorn  In  Northwestern  Iowa  60 

Yew  poisonous . 230 


Dairy  notes  on  Colorado . 171, 

219.  251,  267 

—  - Utah.... . 299 

—  products  at  the  Central  Now 

York  fair . 315 

—  soilB,  an  old  notion  concern¬ 

ing . ...171 

Dairying  in  Illinois . *17 

Scotland  and  New  York 

compared . ..123 

Utah,  co-operative .  .209 

Dairymen,  convention  of  Ver¬ 
mont . 363 

Duirymon's  Ass'n,  transactions 

of  the  Vermont . 107 

Dipping  the  curds . 235 

Disease  contracted  from  un¬ 
healthy  milk .  27 

Drawing  She  whey . 236 

Exploits  with  cattle  thieves . 267 

F’laky  rinds . V 

Goo.  F.  Packard’s  farm . 210 

—  Yates’ farm . 219 

Gominelost. .  .,  so 

Grass  and  dairy  lands  of  Colo¬ 
rado . 267 

Hay,  yield  of . 219 

How  the  curd  saved  over  affects 

the  cheese .  .235 

Influence  of  food  on  milch  stock  91 

Irrigated  pastures .  ....219 

Irrigating  gram  crops . 210 

—  waters  In  Utah,  how  regu¬ 

lated — . . 290 

Irrigation  in  Colorado . 219 

Jewett  pans . 75 

Leaks  in  the  dairy .  .379 

Milch  stock,  Influence  of  food  on  91 
Milk  and  curds,  manipulating,  ..139 

—  appreciated . 395 

—  detecting  watered .  ...  13 

—  for  transport,  management 

of . 43,  208 

—  in  Texas,  marketing . 136 

—  making  good .  283 

—  of  diseased  cows . 379 

—  once  a  day,  delivering . 235 

—  poisons . 107 

—  F  skimming . ..“.139 

—  vegetable .  91 

—  working  bnd.v . 331 

Milking,  about . 379 

Mr.  Everett's  place . 219 

—  Rand’s  farm . 219 

N.  Y.  Dairymen’s  Ass’n . 331 

Nutritive  value  of  native  grass¬ 
es  . 171 

Parks  of  Colorado . 26C 

Pasturage  per  cow . 219 

People  of  Colorado  and  their 

tastes . 219 

Pultkase .  . . 50 

Rains  in  Colorado .  .  .251 

Reclamation  of  alkali  lands . 299 

Red-top,  curious  facts  about.. ..171 

8age  brush . . . . 231 

Sheep,  wintering . . . ,.219 

Steamer  for  cooking  cow  fndder.347 
Utilizing  water  on  grass  lands.  .351 
Water,  its  purity,  convenience, 
uses  and  abuses  In  Lhe 

dairy . 395 

Wheat  lands  without  rest.  ......319 

Wintering  stock  in  Colorado.... 219 

Work  on  dairying . 315 


At  St.  Louis .  91 

—  Staunton,  Va .  94 

—  White  Sulphur  Springs . 94 

Bark  lice  from  Minnesota .  14 

Barrier  to  progress. . . 125 

Beetles  from  Northern  N.  Y....  62 

Bergen  Park..... . 156 

Bolling  potatoes  and  beans . 156 

Boulder  City,  Col . 187 

Breakfast  at  Grand  Island . 22* 

Bridge  gone . .  .  . 174 

Cabbage  butterfly. . . 318 

Camping  out,..., . . 142 

Canadian  beetle  hunter . 238 

Caterpillar  from  Georgia . 25i 

Cheyenne  Canon . . . 142 

—  Wyoming  Territory  . 187 

Choice,  tender  plants,  a  few . 370 

Chrysalis  on  a  grape . 270 

Climbing  the  mountains . 158 

Coleus  chameleon . 270 

Colorado  flour . . ....366 

Cuttings,  exchanging.  . 382 

Daphne  Indica  odorata . 398 

Davenport  to  Chicago . 222 

Deep  vs.  shallow  culture . 142 

Denniston,  Texas . 110 

Denver,  at . 125 

returning  to . 187 

to  Colorado  Springs.  . . 142 

Dos  Moines  Valley..  . 222 

Dinastes  tetyrus .  91 

Dinner  at  a  mountain  hotel . 174 

—  In  Indian  Ter . 110 

Dobson  Is,  what .  30 

Do  fish  bear  ? . 318 

Drying  ofT  bulbs  ahd  tabors . 302 

Entomology  a  disgusting  study.398 

Evanston,  . .  187 

Fighting  grasshoppers... . 187 

First  buffalo.  ..... . 125 

—  night  camping  out . 158 

Flowers  and  insects . 110 

Gardens  on  tho  plains  . 125 

Giant  water  bug . 350 

Golden  city,.!,  drive  to . 123 

Gooseberries,  mildew  on . 30 

Grape  vine  pests .  14 

Grapbalium  lanatum . 270 

Grey’s  Peak,  ascending . 158 

Great  memory,  a . 350 

Greeley,  Col . 187 

Hard  ttines . 334 

Harper’s  Ferry . 94 

Health  of  the  excursionists _ 110 

Hickory  leaf  galls . 270 

Honesty  of  farmers  and  garden¬ 
ers . . 78 

Hummingbird  moth . 286 

Huntington,  West  Va .  9i 

Ichnemnou  fly,  a  large . 286 

Idaho  springs..... . 153 

Idlers  in  the  streets . 302 

Indian  territory  by  daylight.... 110 

—  - night . 110 

Katydid  eggs . 270 

Lectures  around  the  camp  fire. .174 

Little  Boulder  Canon . 174 

Looking  over  one’s  treasures.  ..238 

Manltou,  at . 142 

Maple  aphis...., . 318 

Mignonette  in  houses . 238 

More  Insects  for  names .  ....318 

Mormon  welcome . 1S7 

Mountain  thunder  storm . 125 

Naturalist’s  catalogues . 46 

Nebraska,  through . 322 

Novel  descent . 158,  206 

Off  on  an  excursion . 78 

—  to  the  mountains . 112 

Omaha,  at . 222 

On  the  move... . 04 

Ornamental  shrubs . 3S2 

Pelargonium,  Jean  Sisley . 270 

Photograph,  a . 142 


Pleasant  nights  for  sleeping.... 142 

Prairie  camp . . . 187 

Preparing  for  spring  planting... 386 

—  the  garden  for  winter . 254 

Professional  beggars .  14 

Raspberries,  choice .  46 

Reception  at  Ivan  nan  City . 110 

Retiring  from  business . ,.333 

Ride  on  a  cow  catcher . 110 

—  over  the  plains . .......222 

Royal-horned  caterpillar . 238 

Saddlo-back  caterpillar . 238 

St.  Louis  to  Dallas,  Tex . 110 

Seedling  society . .398 

Seven  kinds  of  cake . .366 

Sight*, vjeiog  about  Salt  Lake 

City . 206 

Sketches  of  oharacter . 94 

Stage  ride .  94 

Statuary  and  mountain  shower. 142 
Stealing  timber  from  Uncle 

Satu . 302 

Sweeping  for  Insects . . 110 

Tea  as  grown  In  tho  South . 62 

Tent-worms .  U 

Timber  In  Kansas..... . HO 

Tin  cans  add  4>apor  collars . 108 

Titled  gentlemen . 94 

Toll  gate . 158 

Torpedoes . 94 

Town  without  Inhabitants . 158 

TrtOxnplin  and  Mdmo.  Lomoine.270 

Trouble  with  house  plants . 350 

Tuberoses,  potting . 238 

Utah,  among  tho  farmers  of.  ...206 

Ute  Pass,  visit  to . 143 

Variety  wedding . 366 

Visiting  tho  reduction  works.. .  174 

Walking  sticks,  a  pair  of . 251 

Want  of  forest  trees . 222 

Watering  plants  in  time  of 

drouth .  30 

Wheat,  Illinois  crop . no 

Work  in  the  garden . 331 

Young  men  at  tho  front . 94 

Yuccas  as  ornamental  plants..,.  62 


Cake,  gold  and  silver . 79 

—  johnny . 30S 

—  loaf . 31 

—  quickly  made  fruit . 239 

—  railroad . 255 

—  Toast . 159 

Cakes,  buckwheat  pan . 319 

—  excellent  drop.... .  17 

—  fried  . . 367 

—  griddle . . . 351 

—  molasses . Ill 

—  nice  griddle . 207 

—  yeast . . 

Can  wo  afford  it  . 335 

Carpet  question . 17, 159 

—  to  cloanse  a .  47 

Carpets,  washing  rag . 399 

—  swooping. . 399 

Cauliflowers  pickled . 175 

—  to  cook .  79 

Cherries,  canning  and  preserv¬ 
ing.. .  95 

—  pickling.  . 95 

Chestnuts,  best  way  of  roasting.175 

Chowder  . 79,  339 

Cltroil  preserves . 255 

Cloth,  making  water-proof . 159 

Coddled  apples . . . 281 

Coffee,  substitute  for . Ill 

Cookies..  . . . Ill 

—  creum . 159 

—  good, . . . 95 

—  soft  ginger . - . 351 

—  sugar .  47 

Cooking  dried  green  corn . ill 

Corn,  canning  green . 303 

—  drying  and  cooking  sweet.. .  63 

Cotton  ulotb,  to  bleach . 159 

Cousin  Carrie’s  advice  asked.... 305 

Crullers . . 4T 

Cucumber  salad. .  95 

—  vinegar . 175 

—  to  pickle . 63,  111 

Currants .  95 

Dinner-table  decorations _ 63, 

239,  287 

Domestic  inquiries .  17 

Doughnuts . 367 

Dress  for  farmers'  wives. . .  .319,  335 
Eggs,  baked .  47 

—  packing . . Ill 

Faculty  in  the  kitchen . 255 

Faultfinding .  79 

Ffgs, drying... .  47 

Kish,  baked  rock. . Ill 

Floating  island .  15 

Flowors  on  the  tablo . 239 

F’reckles,  lotion  for . 303 

Fritters,  green  pea . . . Ill 

Fruit,  canned .  223 

—  for  canning . 63 

—  on  the  table . 230 

—  to  pickle . 255 

Ginger  snaps . 265, 303,  351 

Gherkins,  to  pickle . Ill 

Glycerine  hair  wash . 191 

—  plaster . 223 

Grease  spots,  removing . 175 

Gum  arable, to  keep.  . . 399 

Hair  coming  out,  to  prevent _ 309 

Hama,  to  keep. . . 47 

Hickory  bark  for  coloring . 207 

Home  atmosphere . 399 

Honey,  keening . 143 

Horse  radish  in  pickle .  309 

Housekeeping,  in  regard  to . 31 

How  they  do  things . . . 367 

lued  fruits .  47 

Jacket  of  mull...., .  95 

Jelly,  apple. .  .  . . 271 

—  raspberry,.,., . . . 31 

Jumbles,  soft . . . 255 

Lard,  refining . 411 

Lettuce  Salad . 191 

Meat,  recipe  for  curing . 255 


Agassiz  and  honey  bees . 

Bee  hive,  an  unpatented . 

-  keepers,  a  western  girl 

among . : 

—  robbers,  remedy . : 

sting,  remedy . ...Ill,; 

Bees,  Agassiz  and . . . . 

—  clipping  the  wings  of . 

—  and  toads.... . . 

—  feeding . . . 

—  indoor  wintering . 

injure  fruit?  do . 143, 

instincts  of  honoy . 

—  Italians  the  handsomest _ 

—  queen . . . 

—  salt  water  for . 

—  water  for . 

—  wintering . . . 

—  —  in  a  clamp . . . 

Books  for  beginners  in  bee  keep- 

•  ing, . 

Celebrated  health  restorer . 

Combi  bow  to  All  empty . 

Combs  straight,  building . 

Hive,  the  Qutnby . . 

Hives,  straw . . 

Hooey  boxes,  capacity  of . 

what  is. . . . 

Italian  queens . . . . . 

Kingbirds  destroy  bees . 

Sail  wuter  for  bees . 

Jipiders  and  bees . 

Swarming  nod  liiviug . . . 

Toads  and  bees...,,,. . . . 

Tuppor,  the  bee  culturist,  Mrs. 

Ellen  S....... . 

Winter  food  for  bees . 


DAIRY  HUSBANDRY 


Americans  as  butter  eaters . 219 

Breeds  of  cattle  for  Colorado 

dairymen . 267 

Butter,  a  talk  about . 155 

—  coloring.. . ... . 123 

—  consumption  of  Colorado...  .219 

—  dairies  most  needed . 219 

—  dairying  in  Colorado . 171 

—  factories  in  Colorado . 267 

—  milkers,  Chautauqua  Co., 

N.  Y . 395 

—  making,  practical . 139 

—  new  devices  lor  making . 123 

—  - for  packing.. . 123 

—  productof  Colorado  in  1870.. 219 

—  report . 395 

—  to  keep  cool . 156 

—  washing . 251 

Cattlo  by  the  mile . .267 

—  price  of . —  . 251 

Cheese  and  butter,  effects  of 

sour  wliey  upon . 75 

—  arc  introduced,  how  f  oreign 

varieties  of . 59 

—  Cheddar  and  Sttlten . 155 

—  dairy  In  Colorado . 267 

—  fair.  Canadian . ....203 

—  from  old  and  new  milk,  mak¬ 

ing . 11 

—  making,  questions  answered  11 

—  range  nud  turner  again . 186 

—  The  first  heating . 235 

Churns  and  quick  churning . 283 

Clinton  Co.  dairying . 235 

Colorado  butter  dairy.,  . 251 

—  climate . 171 

—  grasses . . . 171 

—  sol! . 171 

—  topographical  features  of.  ..171 

Cow,  a  remarkable . 203 

—  two  acres  to  the . 210 

Cows, renting....  . . 251 

—  The  keep  of . 219 

Creamery,  three  years  ill  a . 155 

Crops  in  Utah  an  dt.heir  average 

yield . ....299 

—  of  Colorado . 219 

Curd,  cutting . 235 

Dairy  matters  in  Northern  Ver¬ 
mont . 283 

—  middlemen . 363 

—  notes . 363 


ARBORICULTURE 


.F.sculus  hippocastanum . 201 

Ailatithus,  perfume  of . 239 

Apple  pomace . 380 

—  trees,  budding .  60,316 

—  —  injured . 316 

—  —  to  make  fruit  stay  on . 25 

—  —  unfruitful . 172 

—  - vs.  fruitful..., . ...201 

Arauicaria  imbrieata . 25 

Ash  marched . 221 

Barren  flg  trees . 269 

Boxwood . 201 

Bromo  chloralum  on  irutt  trees  93 

Buckeye  ( -Esc  ulus  pa  via) . 25 

Burr  oak  for  live  fence  posts. . .  45 
Cabob  tree,  or  Algaroba  bean. . .  45 

Cycas  Clremalis . . . 393 

Fall  vs.  spring  pruning — . 316 

Fig  trees,  barren . 45 

Fruit  trees  in  fall,  manuring.... 239 

—  —  pruning . . .  25 

F"ruits,  planting  stone . 201 

Hedge,  osage  orange . 201 

Hedges,  osage  orange . 125 

—  and  grass .  60 

—  native  thorns  for . 173 

—  treatment,  of  young . 125 

I  lonoy  locust  for  live  fence  posts  93 
Horse  chestnut,  origin  of  the 

name  of . 201 

Japanese  conifer . 361 

Library  of  woods . 361 

Manuring  fruit  trees  In  the  fall.239 

Orchard,  a  good  showing . .  ..316 

Orchards,  pasturing .  76 

Osage  hedge,  killing . 380 

Ozone  from  plauts . 386 

Palm  areca . 201 

Peach  trees,  budding  two-year- 

old . 45 

Pear  blight . 284, 301 

—  —  remedy . 361 

—  culture.............. . 348 


DOMESTIC  ECONOMY 


Ants,  to  exterminate . 159 

—  - largo . 271 

Apple-butter . 175 

Artichokes,  fried  groen . 271 

—  iced  green...... . 271 

With  white  sauce,  green . 271 

Bathing  costumes .  17 

Bean  porridge . 287 

Beans  in  Maine,  how  they  cook.  95 

Beautifying  homes.’. .  15 

Beef  salting . 3S3 

Boer  cream  . 175 

—  ginger .  . 143 

—  home-made . 143 

—  Ottawa . 175 

Blackberry  cordial . 175,  2*3 

—  wine . 223 

—  —  and  brandy . -17 

Blackberries . 95 

Black,  to  color . 150 

Blanc  mange . . . Ill 

Borax  and  despising  blankets.  .27) 
Bread,  exceUent  brown . 207 

—  of  brown  or  graham  flour. .  .255 

—  salt. anil  milk  rising . 207 

—  —  rising . 79,  say 

—  to  make  rye . 256. 

Buckwheat  cakes . 287,  399,  4JI 

Butter,  gilt-edged . 31 

Cabbage,  stuffed.. . .  . ©7 

Cake,  a  good  loaf . 47 

—  clove . 205 

—  cream  cup .  367 

—  delicate . 336 

—  hard  times  molusseB..,.,.,,,255 


DIARY  OF  A  RURALIST 


Among  the  Mormons . 

—  silver  mines . . 

Answers  to  correspondents. 

Arkansas  Valley . 

Asparagus  beds,  exhausting 
At  home..,..,. . 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


Meat,  to  pickle . 287 

Meat 4,  cooking . ..........808 

--  curing  and  preserving...  ....367 

Mildew,  troubled  with. ....... ...ISO 

Mint  chow-chow  for  roast  lamb.271 
Mold  in  ink,  pro  venting.........  191 

—  stains  from  books,  to  re¬ 

move . .....271 

Mrs.  Hrownc's  recipe* . .....287 

Mushrooms,  how  to  cook . 271 

how  to  distinguish  edible, ..223 

Mustard,  Fronrh., . H3 

Muclllago  of  gum  arable . ...271 

Needle  cushion..., . Ill 

uk«t .  .  63 

Night  clothes,  about . 20T 

ottawabeer... . 176 

Paste  for  a  scrap-book . 399 

Paper  holders  and  bracket*. ...169 

Parsnip  stew . Ill 

Paste  that  will  stick . 175 

Peaches,  a  new  way  to  serve....  96 

howto  treat....  . . ..Ill 

I'cMi  cooking..... . Ill 

Pickled  flannels . 47 

Tickle,  mixed . . . Ill 

Pickles,  cucumber . .......175 

Pickling  of  meat,  rapid . 271 

Picture  frames . 03 

Plums . 96 

—  without  skins,  to  preserve.. 

111,223 

Polish  on  furniture  . .....303 

Potato  soup..... . . 411 

Potatoes,  warming  cold  boiled. Ill 
Preserves,  melon . 175 

—  vs.  canned  fruit . ....169 

Prickly  pear  to  harden  tallow, .  47 

Prunes  a  la  russe . . ...176 

Pudding,  green  com... . Ill 

rice . ..907 

Puddings,  tomato...* . 191 

Quinces,  preserved . ...,,.263 

Hag  carpets  again . 127 

—  Aunt  Lou  and . 143 

Kaspbcrrie*.  their  use . .  95 

Recipe  for  a  good  husband ......  31 

Koeipns  from  Mrs.  llrowne . 256 

Reply,  to  M.J.  Smith . 361 

Kings  out  of  silk . .....271 

Rolls,  recipe  for . 15, 367 

Husk,  to  make  good. .......... ...335 

Hast  from  clothing,  how  to  re¬ 
move  . Ill 

Sachets  or  scent  bags . 47 

Salad,  a  new . . . 271 

Salmon  cutlets  with  caper 

sauce . ....159 

:->niicr  krout,  good . 2ffl 

Sausage  recipe . ...411 

Secret  powder  . . 387 

Servants,  In  regard  to . 143 

Silver,  to  polish . 399 

Slumber  roll  with  Venetian 
embroidery 15 
Small  fruits  and  the  best  way 
of  using  and  preserving 

them . 95 

Snow-flake  cream . 287 

Soap,  a  useful . . . 271 

—  to  make  totlet . 223 

Soft  soap  and  vinegar  for  the 

hand  - . 355 

Soup,  green  pea . ...239 

Soups,  wholesome . .......319 

Steaks  and  rousts  fresh  all  win¬ 
ter,  to  preserve . 255 

Suit  for  girl  seven  yenrs  old. ...127 

Table  sauce,  a  good .  271 

Tomato  catsup . 287 

—  —  how  to  make . .....265 

—  chapter.... . 191 

—  tigs,  how  to  make . .....143 

—  honey. . . . 191 

—  puddings . J91 

—  sauce . ...297 

Tomatoes,  baked . 191 

—  for  the  table . ...143  I 

—  pickled  green. . 223 

—  stowed . 191 

—  stuffed . 191 

Turkey,  boned . 383 

Vanilla  beans . '  **" . 399 

Veal  carry .  287 

Vinegar,  cucumber . 175 

—  cheap..... . 271 

Visiting  card  stand . 127 

Washing,  a  few  words  about. ..231) 

Wax  for  floors . 271 

Whatnot,  how  to  make  a .  79 

Whortleberrlrs . 95 

Wine,  blackberry........ . .223 

Work  basket... . ........111 

Yeast  cake . 159 

—  good . 207 

—  hop../ . 143 

EDITORIAL. 

About  facts . . . 80 

Advertising  agents .  32 

Adulteration  of  bone  dn*t . 32 

Agricultural  books.. . ,384 

—  college  endowment  bill . 64 

—  —  plowgctlas,. ......... ......  64 

—  colleges . 128 

—  schools  failures . 272 

A  lady  from  the  West .  64 

American  beef  cattle  in  Scot¬ 
land . 192 

—  Institute  Farmers’  Club . 4S 

- fair . 272 

—  jurors  at  the  Vienna  fair....  32 

—  Pomologieal  Society.128, 160,320 

—  - officers . 192 

—  reapers  and  mowers  at  Vi¬ 

enna . 80 

—  wheat  in  English  markets... 304 

Americans  at  Canada  exhibi¬ 
tions..  . 320 

A  new  public  conscience.......  368 

Arbitration  again . 320 

Arcb,  Joseph . 160,  224 

Article  on  Colorado . 176 


Begin  clubs  at  enee . 251 

Beet  root  sugar  crop  of  Europe. 1U 

—  syrup  manufacture  on 

farms . 256 

—  sugar  in  Wisconsin . 304,368 

Be  hopeful . 320 

Betting  on  the  price  of  cotton..  64 
Board  of  ’Trustees  of  III.  Indus. 

University-..- . 288 

Brock.  Joseph . . .  48 

Brighter  prospect* . 320 

Business  organisation . 362 

Cannot  do  without  It. . 240 

Capitol  Christmas  story . 384 

Catalogues,  etc.,  received... 32,  336 

Cuttle  plague  damages . 04 

Cush  and  economy  vs.  credit...  96 
California  silk-worm  eggs  and 

cocoon* . .  ...336 

Centennial  Hort.  Society . 208 

Cheap  phrases .  32 

City  v*.  country..., . . . 3(M 

Colton.  Prof.  H  K . 136 

Commissioner  of  Agriculture. 

another . . . 208 

Complimentary  tickets  to  fairs. 176 
Combination  of  capital  nnd  co¬ 
operation  among  farmers. 112 
Cornell  University . 32 

—  —  exhibits  at  Am.  Jnst.Tftlr.301 

Cost  of  farm  products, . ,288 

Counsellors  for  the  granges. 48. 112 

Country  vs.  city .  80 

Cows,  milking . 96 

Cranberries  from  the  Jersey 

swamps . 336 

Credit  In  the  South . 352 

Hally  Graphic  balloon . 240 

Danger  abend . . .  32 

—  to  the  farmers'  movement  .  .224 
Dealers  In  adulterated  guano.., 728 

Department  of  agriculture . 884 

Dignity  of  labor . 240 

Diseased  meat  to  market.,  send¬ 
ing . 128 

Disgraceful  to  producer* . 100 

Distribution  of  diplomas  at  Vi¬ 
enna.... . 304 

Dr.  Moflosh  on  the  reintion*  of 

theState  to  education . 128 

Drug*  vs.  fruit  and  bread . 160 

Hating  beef  nt  Vienna . .  04 

Economy  of  time  and  labor . 96 

Editors  as  officers  of  granges..  .352 

—  patrons  of  liuabnndry..  ..208 
Educating  farmers  to  lend 

themselves . 160 

Effect,  of  hard  times . 320 

Encouraging  arbitration  among 

farmers  . . . .176 

Enemies  of  Chinese  labor  In 

California . 144 

English  laborer* .  64 

—  lecturers . 7... 288 

—  v*.  American  mutton . 96 

European  agriculture  and  sta¬ 
tistics . 192 

Evergreen  hedges  at  Spring- 

side  .  16 

Ex-PreStdont  Thiers’  table  veg¬ 
etable*  .  . . 80 

Factory  butter  In  Canada .  48 

Fair  of  American  Institute . M0 

Falls  of  Niagara . 240 

Farm  products,  regulating  the 

price  of . 301 

Farmers'  declaration  of  Inde¬ 
pendence . . . 61 

—  gatherings . . . 240 

—  movement . .144,  UTS 

Farming  don’t  pay . 272 

Fenn.  George . ....128 

Fertilizer  gouging. .  32 

Fine  penrs  received . 320 

Financial  outlook . 240 

Folding  baby  carriage . . . 16 

French  telegraphic  inst  rument.128 
Geo.  Ayranlt’s  farm  nnd  stock.  16 

Give  men  work  - . 228,  320 

Glenwood  Institute . 256 

Going  too  fast . 320 

Good  Investment .  96 

—  security . . . 32 

Go  to  the  fairs..... . 144 

Granges  and  politics . 288 

—  of  patrons  of  husbandry  in 

United  State*  and  Canada. 320 

Grape,  Adirondack . 256 

Grass  culture . ..288 

Grasshoppers,  to  prevent  the 

ravages  of... .  16 

Greenhouse  of  artificial  flowers.  32 
Greatest  sale  of  Short-liorns  on 

record . 192 

Healthful  ehnngo  desired . 80 

Helping  English  laborers  to 

come  hither . 352 

Herd  hooks .  16 

High  priced  horse . 256 

Hog  trade  in  the  West . 368 

Home  industries . 384 

Hoosnc  tunnel . .....128 

Hop  crop . . . 256 

—  matters  and  prospects .  16 

—  prospects . 80,  96 

norse  epizootic  again . ,,852 

—  fovor  a . 16 

How  cattle  are  treated  at  Vi¬ 
enna..,.....— ...... . 80 

—  graded  freights  are  to  effect 

Western  farmers .  32 

—  the  farmers  of  Illinois  are 

doing . . .  96 

—  things  work . . . 80 

—  to  keep  boys  al  home . 304 

—  - selfish  and  ambitious 

men  out  of  the  granges. ...336 

Huntington,  I,.  I.,  mystery . 212 

Illinois  Industrial  University. . . 

128,352 

— ' '  matters . 384 

Illustrated  annual  register  of 
rural  affairs. . . 368 


Implements  in  the  field . 272 

Industrial  news... ....... .,....,,368 

Irrigation  in  Colorado . 48 

Italian  laborers.. . . . 368 

Jessamine  for  pipe  stems. .... .  .366 

.1.  .T.  Mechi  on  emigration  to 

America .  48 

John,  a  Halifax  Indian . 272 

Joseph  Arcb . . . 304 

—  —  and  the  Castle  Garden 

Labor  Bureau.... . 320 

—  Arch’s  English  laborer* . 336 

—  —  mission . 304 

Kansas  Agricultural  Col  lege. 96, 112 

—  politicians  and  granges .  54 

Kirby  homestead..- . 256 

Less  hours’  labor  on  the  farm.. 272 

Libelling  Illinois  farmers . 192 

Life  Insurance . 336 

Live  nnd  let  live .  80 

Local  markets  for  farmer* . 224 

Long-time  friend  of  the  Rural .240 

Love  of  agriculture . 862 

Make  notes . . . MU 

Management  of  I  tisane  asyl  ums.128 

Manufactures  in  the  West . 224 

Maas,  State  Board  of  Ag . 336 

Mathew  Vassal  '*  Sprlngsldc. ..  16 

Medals  of  merit  at  Viennn . 144 

Members’ tickets  at  fairs .  96 

Mon  from  the  trades  on  the 

farm . .384 

Mercantile  Prise  Association...  64 
Michigan  Agricultural  College 

graduate.* . 352 

Mtlllon-dollnr  tclcseope . 48.  352 

Mixed  farming . 48 

Modes  and  manner* . 368 

Moore’s  Rural  6or  1874 . 368 

Mutual  aid  fund . 400 

—  transportation  Co . 208 

National  Ag.  Congress . .  16 

Neglectful  patrons . 352 

New  agricultural  conundrum.  ..192 
Newark  Industrial  exhibition.. .240 

Now  England  fair . 176 

New  Jersey  State  fair . 141.  208 

New  York  Ag.  excursion .  49 

—  —  butter  and  cheese  ex¬ 

change  . 192 

—  —  State  fair . 224 

—  —  —  park  . . .  64 

No  granges  needed  to  secure! 

co-operation . 16 

No  premiums . . . .....224 

Notice  to  advertisers . 384 

Ohio  State  Board  of  Ag . ..266 

Opium  production . 256 

Orchard,  talking  about  the . 176 

Orchards  ns  poultry  yards . 176 

Our  great  national  school  or  ag,240 

—  love  of  home . . . 336 

Out  of  door  notes . . . 16 

Parvin's  steam  plow . 112,352 

Pntents  on  canned  corn.  . 16 

Patrons  of  husbandry  and  co¬ 
operative  stores . 112 

—  - objects . 400 

—  - politics . ..,.112 

—  - how  to  start . 128 

—  - in  New  York  State . 272 

—  - In  the  manufacturing 

business . 288 

Pears  In  New  England . 28S 

Peddlers  and  their  wonderful 

wares . 266 

Pennsylvania  Ag.  College...... .112 

—  State  Grange  of  Patrons  of 

Husbandry . 212 

Perkins  and  house  -  safety 

lamps . 384 

Personal  mention . 176 

Plowing  In  politicians . 320 

Polaris  survivors . .....212 

Polities  and  patrons  of  hus¬ 
bandry  In  Minn . . . 144 

Potatoes,  Early  Rose .  80 

Powers.  Hiram .  32 

Preparing  for  fairs..... . 160 

President  Of  the  Department  of 

Public  Works . 256 

Produce  markets . 384 

Railroad  outrages . 160 

Railway  complications . 128 

Rapid  telegraphing .  32 

Relation  of  roan  to  other  ani¬ 
mals  . 352 

Report  of  Commissioner  of  Ag. 

for  1872 .  372 

Reports  Of  fairs . 170 

Rowell,  George  P . 48 

Running  corn  stalks  through  a 

thresher..., . .266 

Rural  at  lairs . 160 

—  club  of  New  York . 351 

—  brevities.. .16,  32.  48.  64,80,  96, 

112, 128.  144,  160, 176,  196.  208. 
224,  240.  256,  272. 288. 304,  820, 

t  356,  3a?,  308, 400 
Saw. fish  outs  a  telegraph  cable.  64 
Scientific  education  for  farm¬ 
er's  children . ,.160 

Schools,  magazines  and  papers. 384 

Scotch  prevarication . 272 

Seeds  of  seed  pcddlors . 381 

Seedling  society . 400 

Seneca  Lake  and  Its  environs...  48 
Shall  I  go  West . 272 

—  we  abandon  farming .  ...320 

Sharpe,  w.  W .  16 

Sheep  and  pigs  in  orchards.. ...176 

Sitting  on  the  fence . ,272 

Spanish  atrocity . 336 

Standard  cranberry  packages.  .160 

Statistical  stones . 301 

Statue  of  Robert  Fulton . 224 

Story  of  an  ear  of  corn . 240 

Strike  among  Kansas  wheat 

growers . 112 

“  Strike  but  hear”. . .......400 

Sugar  planting  In  Louisiana..  .  362 
Suggestions  for  cotton  planters.224 
Tea  adulterations . 352 


Tea  frpm  Georgia . 208 

—  In  Iowa,,..,.,,.. . 160 

Teams  vs.  railways . 112 

Texas  and  Atlantic  Refrigera¬ 
tor  Co.  and  Texas  beef _ 400 

Thanksgiving..,, . 320 

The  agricultural  excursionists. H4 

—  cash  system . 330 

—  farmer*1  movement . 80 

—  first  lesson . 256 

—  146.000  cow . ...368 

—  good  fairs  do . 256 

—  great  financial  crisis . 5)J2 

—  the  office  should  seek  the 

man . .........288 

—  I’atrou*  of  Husbandry . 32 

—  rlghttalk . 400 

—  Yellowstone  navigable . 48 

Things  look  hotter . 336 

This  visit  home . 288 

Tobacco,  against . 128 

Tomatoes,  line  cluster  of . 144 

To  remove  the  burden  of  mo¬ 
nopolies . 288 

•  whom  It  may  concern . 384 

Training  French  agricultural 

pupils . 128 

Transportation  question ....... .368 

Tree  planting  on  government 

lands . 48 

Trees  bearing  human  fruit . 112 

Trying  experiments . 192 

Two  years  from  the  country _ 64 

Union  Pacific  U.U.  lands.. ......256 

Vacation  letters . 64, 80. .96,  112 

160, 176, 256.  288 

Value  of  ft  home . - . 288 

Very  oucotirnglng . 384 

Vienna  awards . 128 

Virginia  wants  labor . 288 

Wading  knee  deep  in  blood. ...100 

Weekly  crop  reports . :  32 

Western  New  York  fair . 208 

What  Is  a  capitalist .  48 

—  —  l lie  government . 351 

—  —  your  labor  worth . 384 

Wheat  crop,  the . .....240 

Which  will  win . - . 144 

Who  pays,  Indeed . 144 

William  Hauudera  for  commis¬ 
sioner  of  agriculture . 320 

Winter  of  1871-72 .  32 

Wool  growers,  interesting  to..  16 
Years  of  plenty . 32 

ENTOMOLOGICAL. 

An  unfortunate  fly... . 172 

Apple  tree  borer* . 351, 398 

Bag  or  basket  worm . 158 

Bark  lice,  to  exterminate . 46 

Beetles  on  wild  buckwheat. ...172 

BcloBtoroa  grandis . 187 

Borers,  apple  tree..... . 62 

Butterflies,  controlling  sex  In  .398 
Cabbage  butterfly  nets . .....254 

—  lice . 46 

—  worm,  to  destroy . .286 

Canker  worms,  destruction  of.. 832 

Carpenter  bee . ...286 

Codling  moth . . . 398  , 

Colorado  potato  beetle,  exter¬ 
minating . 158 

Colosoma  scrutator...... .  187 

Corn  meal  and  the  curcullo . 286 

Cotton  worm  may  he  destroyed.  30 

—  —  from  Texas . 187 

Dobson,  or  rorydall* .  0U 

Eggs  upon  a  string... . 172 

Fire-spotted  sphinx . 187 

Frogs  eatlug  potato  beetles . 187 

-  spittle  bugs . - . 62 

Insects  from  Minnesota . 172 

LepldOpterp  in  the  world . 332 

T/Ocusts  and  tea  plants . 187 

Lucunus  damn . 187 

Maple  leaf  cutter . 236 

Membracis  punctata . 254 

Molu  crickets . 172 

Muscular  force  of  insects . 187 

Orchard  Insects . 398 

Our  common  Insects . 332 

Passalusand  dosmooerus . 62 

Parsley  worms. . 172 

Peach  and  plum  borer  prevent¬ 
ive . 254 

Phylloxera  remedy . 351 

Potato  worm,  chrysalis  of . 398 

Bed  pepper  for  insects . 158 

llogal  walnut  molh . 172 

Seed  corn  maggot.,..  ,-.....80,187 
Spiders,  mounting  and  preserv¬ 
ing. . .  . 251 

Spittle  from  which  horse  flies 

come . 236 

Strong  alum  water  for  Insects.  46 

Ten),  caterpillar . 398 

Tree-hopper . ...254 

Turnus  butterfly,  larva  of .  46 

Unhealthy  maple  leaves .  187 

Worms  Infesting  orange  trees.  46 

—  —  grape  leaves .  187 

Young  entomologist .  187 

FARM  ECONOMY. 

Bone  dust,  bricks . 346 

Buying  weed  seed .  14 

Canada  thistles,  killing . 26 

Chemistry  of  sandy  land . 218 

Charcoal  as  an  absorbent.......  74 

Coal  ashes  a  fertiliser........... 298 

Composting  manure .  74 

Cost  of  production  . . 238 

Cotton  seed  meal  for  cows  and 

sows . . . 74 

Cow-halras  manure . 346 

Cut  worms,  destroying .  154 

Doubling  the  value  of  a  farm.  .201 

Fattening  the  soil . -252 

Fertilisers,  their  mechanical 

condition . 284 

Flaxseed  for  stock . 154 

Food  for  stock . . . 317 


Gates,  fancy  wood . 204 

—  how  to  hang . 154 

Guano,  effects  of.. . . . 317 

—  frauds . 410 

Gypsum  or  sulphate  of  lime. ...218 
Hand  mill  for  crushing  grain...  74 
Haystacks  for  winter,  trim¬ 
ming.... . 316 

Hops,  picking  andfeurlng . 204 

How  time  or  clearing  land 

effects  crops . 74 

Illegitimate  agricultural  crops. 170 
Illinois,  matter*  and  things  in.. 381 
Indian  meal  as  a  fertiliser. .... .410 

Irrigation  without  washing . 14 

Letter*  from  towards  sunset. .  .346 
Lime  on  worn  hind........ . 198 

—  with  manure . 238 

—  use  nnd  action  of . 26 

Liquid  excrement  of  animals. .252 

Live  Icnce  posts . 124 

Manure,  how  to  com  post . 74 

—  In  the  hill .  252 

—  under  shelter,  stable . 151 

—  vegetable . 218 

Manures,  about . HI 

—  for  sandy  land. . . 219 

Manuring  tn  the  hill . 317 

Mineral  substances... . 218 

Northern  vs.  Southern  ideas _ HI 

Phosphates . 218 

Plaster  on  wheat .  ..298 

Plowing,  deep  vs.  shallow .  90 

—  rough . ...410 

Potatoes,  how  to  keep  sweet...  61 

Reclaimed  land . 284 

Renovation  of  land . . . 61 

Salt,  common . 218 

—  On  wheat . 317 

Sawdust,  burning . 74 

—  in  the  stable . 394 

Silk  culture  in  California. . 90 

Soli,  economy  in  treatment  of. .394 

Soiling  nnd  howto  start . 252 

Subsoillng  lands  in  Nebraska.  .298 

—  land  . 298 

Systematic  farming . 141, 170, 238 

Tan  bark,  spent . 346 

Tile,  about  drain . 124 

Tobacco,  pole  rotted . 74 

Top  dressings  and  salt . .238 

Urine . . . 298 

Vegetable  manure . 218 

Waste  of  plant  food .  74 

Wire  fence . 61,  124 

—  —  to  snake . 154 

FIELD  CROPS. 

Alfalfa  hay.  how  to  cure  It . 58 

—  —  in  California . 314,  346 

—  seed  per  acre.... . 346 

Alsikc  clover  for  meadow . 366 

—  -  on  sundy  land . ...266 

Barley,  cost  of  five  ncres . 330 

—  good  reason;  for . 394 

—  In  Canada . 362 

—  —  Iowa.  — . 394 

Bono  dust,  experience  with  on 

potatoes . 126 

Buck  wbeift  crop,  cost  nnd  profit 
of  a . . . 394 

—  lor  stock . 894 

Castor  bean  culture...... . 170 

Chess,  origin  of .  58. 186 

Cbufa  culture . 266 

—  or  earth  almonds. 202. 282, 314,  346 

Clrsiuui  lancoolatura... . .  74 

Clover,  alslke  on  sandy  land — 266 

—  fields,  late  plowing  of . 26 

—  tn  Alabama,  bush . 298 

Coni,  a  crop  of . 298 

—  cost  in  eastern  New  York..  .330 

—  cribbing . 266 

—  cutting  and  feeding . 154 

—  flour . . . 410 

—  fodder,  value  of .  10 

—  for  winter  forage,  sowed..., 362 

—  howto  Improve . 74 

—  —  save  seed . 74 

—  in  hill,  watering . 350 

—  —  Ohio,  cost  of . .380 

—  —  the  west,  working . 106 

—  prolitlo  joint . 346 

—  suvlng  seed . 170 

—  sowed . ........106 

Cranberry  culture . 311 

Cotton  can  be  transplanted.... 282 

—  crop  of  1873 .  26 

—  seed  meal  on  tobacco  land. .  42 

Grain,  sowing  mixed . 10 

—  when  to  sell. . .  106 

Gross,  about  orchard . 282 

—  best,  early  cut . 330 

—  blue . ...266 

—  eradication  of  nut . 26 

—  esparto..,. . 26 

—  for  stopping  wash,  Ber¬ 

muda . 202 

—  for  timber  land...  . . 166 

—  how  to  save  orchard .  10 

—  Hungarian . 10 

—  in  Kansas,  blue . 26 

—  —  Virginia,  orchard . 218 

—  orchard . 266,  380 

—  Fall  meadow  oat .  170 

—  value  of  orchard . 12 

—  when  to  cut .  58 

Huy,  selling. . 141 

Hemp,  American  vs.  Russian..  74 

Hops,  picking  and  curing . 154 

Indigo  culture .  10 

Mangel  w Uriel.. .  26 

Meadows,  treatment  of . 282 

Oats  as  a  fertilizer . 380 

—  experiment  with . 186 

—  In  the  south,  fall . 2CfJ 

Opium  culture  In  North  Caro¬ 
lina . 298 

Peanuts  for  seed... .  10 

Peas  for  stock . . . 316 

—  worm-eaten . ,....*...'..394 

Peanuts  grow  In  the  night,  do.. 106 
Potato,  a  white  peach  blow — 282 


Potato  crops  after  the  vines 
have  been  denuded  of  foli¬ 
age . 42 

—  Campbell's  late  rose . 362 

—  Compton’s  surprise.  ...298,  330, 

362,  394 

—  correction . 410 

—  King  of  the  Kuriles.., . 282 

—  vines,  lifting  sweet . 26 

Potatoes,  arresting  the  decay  of.26 

—  diseases  of . . . 170 

—  early  rose..... . 218 

—  for  seed,  whole  or  cut....... .394 

—  how  to  keep  early  rose  in 

the  south., . —.......218 

—  growing  without  eyes . 58 

—  in  England,  new  American .314 

—  Jonathan  Taicott  on . . .  .410 

keeping  sweet . 186,  202 

—  premium . . . 394 

Prepared  hands  for  sheaves _ 106 

Rape  on  fallow* . . .  74 

Rye.  doc*  It  pay  to  grow . 282 

Seeding  on  sod .  74 

Howpd  corn  for  horses . 410 

Sowing  mixed  grains . 42 

Squashes  a*  New  England  crops.  74 
Tobacco  culture . 170 

—  exhausting,  why  ta . 90 

Turnip  fly  nnd  turnip  seed . 170 

—  the  G wede  . . 26 

Turnips,  not  too  late  to  plnnt...  26 
Wheat  at  Baraboo.  WIs.,  Fultz.170 

—  crop,  cost  of  a  winter . 380 

—  drilling  v*.  broadcast  sow¬ 

ing . 266 

—  fields,  harrowing .  10 

—  how  to  hybridise .  42 

—  In  Canada... . 186 

—  —  Ohio.  coBt.  of... . 380 

—  —  Illinois,  cost  of . 298 

—  —  Indiana,  Tappabannock,.266 

—  —  Marlon  co.,  Kan . 26 

—  preparing  seed. .. .  ...........126 

—  Pride  of  Butte . 330 

—  rolling . . 314 

—  Tappnhannock . 186 

FLORICULTURAL. 

Abntilon . 381 

—  a  pure  white .  12 

Acacia  rlcennu .  60 

Alplnta  vlttnta .  92 

Baskets  of  rose* .  29 

Begonia  cbelsonl . . . 188 

Begonias,  soil  for . 236 

Botanical  queries . 301 

Bouva rdU,  another  new . 396 

Buttercup  monstrosity .  12 

Cactus,  the . 221 

—  night  blooming . . . 140 

Cannus.  how  to  keep . 349 

Carnation*,  propagutlng . 236 

Chinese  yum  ns  a  climber .  44 

Chrysanthemum*,  care  of . 29 

Collodion  In  horticulture . 411 

Dahlias  from  cutting* . 60 

Dahlia  roots  In  winter,  preserv¬ 
ing . 286 

Davalllns . 108 

Dlffenbachla  noblll* . 263 

Dimorphism,  singular  instance 

of . 221 

Emission  of  light  by  flowers... 236 
Krythnnn,  herbaceous . 253 

—  seedling . ........140 

Kupatorlum  ngenitoides . 801 

Ferns,  hare's-foot . 108 

Floral  queries . 285 

FlorlouRural  queries .  60 

Floriculture,  cause*  of  failure 

In . 381 

Flower  chut . . . 205 

—  talk,  another . 269 

Flowers,  cheap  shade  for....... 188 

—  for  the  Shah,  vase  of . ..77 

—  In  the  wlnter./resh  blown  .301 

—  remove  the . 236 

—  to  freshen  cut . 381 

—  to  preserve  cut  flowers  f  resh.381 

Forget-me-not  In  the  drawing¬ 
room . — — .  — . ..,.108 

Fuchsia  seed,  saving . 285 

—  the  first . 12 

Fumigutor  for  plants . 349 

Garrya  elliptlca . 236 

Gas  tar  in  green-houses. . 44 

Geraniums,  summer  treatinent.205 

Hanging  baskets . 269,381 

House  plants . 270 

Hyacinth  flowers  a  second  sea¬ 
son. . .......301 

Hyacinths  In  glasses,  supports 

for . . . 10 

Iron  trellieos  for  vines .  29 

Ivy.  culture  of  German .  12 

Lagerstrcemla  indtea. . 365 

Lardizabala  blternata . 253 

Lily  culture,  pond. . —381 

Lilies  from  Iowa,  wild . 301 

Macrozumia  coralJlpea . 173 

Madeira  vine  culture . 29 

Maranta  rnukoyanu . 153 

Melastoma  roatabathrica . 60 

Mexican  climber . 381 

Mignonette  In  Franoo... . 188 

Myrtle,  a  sporting . . . 29 

Night-blooming  cactus . HO 

Palnsotta,  double . 396 

Pansies  In  Kansas .  44 

—  how  a.  lady  grows...,. . 236 

Pansy,  blue  king .  12 

—  society,  Scottish . 92 

Pelargoniums,  pot  culture  of. ..173 

Plant,  pretty  window . 285 

Plants  appreciated,  neglected..  12 

—  about  my .  .....396 

—  for  name . 236.301.396 

—  house . . . -216 

—  In  rooms . 366 

—  massing  bulbous... .  13 

—  the  sleep  of . ....411 

—  watering  bouse . ....M3 


OQBE’S  BUBAL  WEW-YO 


Re-potting  plants .  T* 

Rhododendrons,  grafting . *16 

Rose,  Baronne  de  Maynard....  77 
Roses  and  ladles  . . Kig 

—  at  the  New  York  sUvlo  fair, 3(15 

—  baskets  of . . .  29 

Roses,  call  for  aunt  Lou's  list. .268 

—  propagating  from  cuttings.  .153 

Rustle  basket,  my, .  153 

Schlzopetalon  walker! . 153 

Seeds  from  England,  to  got . SOI 

Shades  and  shelters  for  plants. HO 


HORSEMAN. 

Bot  s,  whale  oil  for . 331 

Brittle  foot,  cure  for . 331 

Buckwheat  for  horses . 347 

Callus,  to  remove  u . . . 252 

Colic  In  horses . . .  .247, 267 

—  - and  mules . 58 

Colt,  feeding  a  spring . 331,371) 

Colts,  breaking.,,, . . 

|  —  breeding . . 

—  strangles  In . 331 


Slugs,  destroying . 258  Corn  for  horses,  sowed  . 284 

Stapella  hirsuta  minor . 319  _ n,,w.  30, 

Tree  and  shrub  cover .  77  stalks  ft. /horses" ””"!.^317 

~  fern,  new  weeping . 285  Hester,  the  purchase  of .  71 

1  ullps,  early  flowering . 153  Files  from  horses,  to  keen  w.-r 


Umbrella  flower  trainer . .  44 

Violet,  sensation . 221 

Walls  of  churches. . 60 

Wardian  case  plants . 153 

Water  soldier . 306 

WIgella,  white  . 381 

Wild  balsam  apple . . . 365 

Wistaria,  double . 396 

Wistarias,  training .  44 

GARDENER. 


-  new . 394 

—  stalks  for  horses . 347 

Dexter,  the  purchase  of .  71 

Files  from  horses,  to  keep . 267 

Founder  remedy . ,...334 

Hair  on  mane  and  tall  to  grow, 

—  grow,  to  make . 394 

to  cause . . . 203 

Horse,  how  to  subdue  an  un¬ 
manageable . 284 


Wick  headache  remedy . 191 

More  throat  remedy . ,335 

Stoves,  taking  down. . 207 

Tea  and  coffee,  use  of . 15 

—  hygienic  use  of . .....191 

—  uutrltlvo  value  of  black . 31 

Time  devoted  to  meals . .  15 

Warls  t'rpm  the  hand,  to  ro-  | 

•novo .  . . 

Wash  for  the  hands  wanted _ 271 

Wuter,  excessive  use  of . 159 

Weak  son . . 287 

Weakness  after  hath  lug,  cause 

ot . . 

Wluit  crawley  is . 287 

Whooping  cough  remedy . ,175 

Wild  tea  for  cancer . 319 


Skive  Dealers  at  N.  T.  State 

E«'r . 284 

St.  Joseph  Indus.  Exposition. ..116 

Tioga  Co.,  N.  V.,  Fair . 228 

Tompkins  Co.,  N.  Y..  Ag.  and 

ltort.  80c, . . 15 

Vermont  Dairymen’s  Ass'n.....340 
Walworth  Co.,  WIs.,  Ag.  Hoc....  tfi 
Washington  Co.,  Vt.,  Ag.  Boo...  15 
Western  New  York  Hurt.  80c.. 388 

—  - PoultrySoo . .....3S8 

—  - Much,  and  Driving 

Park  Ass'n . . . 15 

—  Penn'a  Poultry  Ass'n . 228 

Wisconsin  State  Ag.  80c . 270 

—  —  Poultry  80c . 396 

Worcester,  Mass.,  Uort.  Boo . 388 


INDUSTR’L  IMPLEMENTS.  INDUSTRIAL  TOPICS. 


Asparagus  gatherer . 157 

Cider  press,  Boomer  &  Boschert.301 


start  a  bulky] ."394  ,  I)ill'1",lK'  bv  !'telun  Power . 268 


A  new  vegetable . 

Asparagus,  forcing . . 

Beans,  butter . . . 

—  poa  and  red  kidney _ 

Cabbage,  early . 

Cauliflower,  largo  Erfurt  . 

Cauliflowers  need  wuter.. 

. 29 

Celery,  11  cheap  way  with.. 

. 364 

—  manure  for . 

. 124 

—  various  modes  of  preserv- 

ing . . . 

Cucumber,  melon . 

Cucumbers,  to  raise  early. 

Diosoorca  batatas . 

Horseradish . 

....  307 

Hydrnpyrum  latifollum... 

. 124 

Lettuce,  canker . . 

,..,..,181 

Melons  ln  Colorado  valley 

. 302 

whole,  preserving . 

. 124 

Mushroom  culture . 

Mushrooms  In  opcnllawn.grow- 

Ing . 

17? 

—  In  pastures . 

. 205 

Onion  Is  strength,  In . 

sets,  raising . 

.  M 

Poa,  Philadelphia . 

. 205 

Pens,  blue  Peter . 

. 76 

*  Champion  of  England. 

. 397 

—  In  autumn,  sowing . 

.172,302 

Halt  for  strawberries . 

Strawberries,  planting . 

...  205 

Striped  bug  from  vines,  fright- 

cning . 

. 9ft 

Tomato,  Canada  Victor. . . . 

—  ln  Ontario . 

—  Frtizadlllo . 

—  new  strawberry  dwarf .. 

....  93 

—  the  best . 

. 381 

—  trophy . 

—  protector,  novel . 203 

—  with  swelled  legs  . . . 347,  394 

—  —  thumps . . 

Horses’  legs  swelling . 394 

Horses  and  mules,  cure  for  colic 

In .  58 

—  contracted  foet  in . .....281 

—  gorged  stomachs  in . . .  .267 


Empire  clothes  wringer . .....348 

(train  binder  for  a  reaper . 316 

Horse-powers,  home-made . 26 

l  m  pro vod  implements . 250 

Lock-nut,  the  Com  ruing . 801 

Slower,  Eureka..,.,.. . 7gt  268 

Plow,  the  swivel .  10 


—  gorged  stomachs  in . 267  "ws,  swivel .  78 

—  overheated,  treatment  of..  317  R’dmontl  steam  plow . 268 

—  physicking  . 252  Koll,'r"’  new  Idea  In . 157 

—  remedy  for  slabbering.. ....  .331  Steam  plow,  Redmond.... . 208 

—  shall  farmers  raise  trotting  234  Htnlwboriy  uimm.<'r .  78 

Inserting  coius  in  swellings.  ...371  'Transplanting  machlno . 172 

Itching  of  the  tail . 371  Williams  look,  track  railway 

Lice  on  the  mane  and  tall . 234  power . . 26 

Lockjaw,  to  cure . 203  Wlnd,ntU  power . 268,  310 

Mule,  a  breeding . 331 

Mules,  intelligent . 203  INDUSTRIAL  SOCIETIES. 

Mustangs,  how  they  catch . 125 

Hats  for  horses . 317  Agricultural  Implements  at  N. 

Overheated  horses,  treatment  Y,  State  fair . 220 

Of . 347  Albany,  N,  Y„  Ag.  and  Art 

Poitou  jenny  ass . 317  Ass’u .  15 

Scratches,  brown  oil  a  suro  cure  A  morican  Association  of  Short- 
far . 58  Horn  Brooders . 270 

—  remedy,  Mr.  Rogers’ . 267  Dairymen’s  Ass’n . 41,7 

—  surecure  for...,, . 203  —  Institute  Fair . 15 

Sweeny  remedy . 203  —  Pomolog.  Hoc.  at  the  Cen- 

Taih  Itching . ,394  tennlai  Exposition . 310 

Thumps  in  horses.. . . . 347  —  Pmn.Soc.. . ...388 

Water  taken  and  voided  by  a  I  —  Poultry  Ass’n . UH 


Agriculture  in  Belgium . 362 

—  —  Greece . 423 

—  —  the  old  world . 362,  378 

—  —  Germany . 362 

—  —  Great  Britain . . . 362 

—  —  Ireland... . . 362  j 

—  —  Japan . 46 

—  —  Switzerland . 362 

Agricultural  tendencies  In  Eu¬ 
rope . . 

Amateur  farming . 123 

Austrian  agriculture . 378 

Black  grass.... ’ . 166 

Boys’  department  at  fairs . 159 

Cal  loo  bush . ..106 

Chicago  pork  packing  houso..,.  123 
Cincinnati  industrial  Exposi¬ 
tion  bulldlugs, . Hi 

Ooue  flowers..., . 106 

Co>op6rutlon  In  agriculture. . .  .266 

Co-operative  stores . 169, 175 

Dutch  tonnntfuruiing...., . 46 

Eastern  farmers  complain . 175 

Farmers’  declaration  of  inde¬ 
pendence . 58 

Fire  from  railroads .  40 

French  agriculture . 378' 

Uawkweed . . 

How  Illinois  farms  are  mort¬ 
gaged . . 

H ungnrlan  agrlen I turo . 378 

Iowa  Agricultural  College . 396 

ltaliau  agriculture . ,178 

June  ramble  by  a  botanist . 106 

Maple-leaved  while  rod . 106 


NATURALIST,  Cecilias,  wbn 

.  ,  .  .  Corn  for  gro\ 

American  darter . .  _  „le  01ll)„ 

Ants  on  lawns . .  ora 

tuT  K0lar . m  Dressing  "ant 

Birds,  beneficial . 833  for  late 

-  how  to  stuff . .  1)uck8  U8 

Crane  of  Japan,  the  white-  —  for  the  t«i 

necked . ...89  Early  ducklli 

Cuckoo  and  gooseberry  eater-  market 

_  Pillar . . . 174  Egg  Inside  an 

Devil  Osh  and  direr . 333  -  producing 

^i'rrot8 .  HI  Eggs,  fertilit’ 

f  oxos.  to  poison . .  _  hatching 

Fruitfrom  lords,  how  to  protect.2«7  —  _  badly 

Gophers,  cunning . 185  -  large  . 

Indian  bird  (oarer . . 287  -  packing 

KlngUshfir*  and  Hah . 185  _  theory  of 

Manatee  at  Central  Park . 803  Fowls  breed  I 

Mites  on  canaries . 174  -  bronchitis 

Quagga,  the . 217  -  buokwhea 

Seals,  preservation  of .  31  -  care  Of  m< 

Silkworms  lu  the  open  air,  rals-  —  dying . 

„  ,inf . .  —  flush  bine 

Snails  for  market . 287  -  for  eggs  o 

Snakes’ eggs . m  _  iiccon.... 

Squirrels,  how  to  get  rid  of  —  roup  in... 

ground . 218  —  that  cunn 

Stilt  Plover . 185  -  tonic  for.. 

Trapping  vermin . 217  _  whlU!  0iir 

POMOLOGICAL. 

Apple  In  Illinois,  Bonl Davis.  ..’  12  Kl“"'i,u’ 

- Willow  Twig . 3U!  t{apeH  ,n  nhl<’1 

-  Meachem  sweet . 1561231  “  remedy  fo 

—  Rubicon .  28  “  ,ul,mv  for 

Smith’s  elder . "303  T"amir< 

—  Irons  for  Wisconsin . 316  not.  so  sillj 

Apples  forcider.  crab . 60  Hennery, 

—  autl  pears  for  Massachusetts.397  „  1  8t0?’’  ?x 

—  for  Texas . . .  12  Hens,  onpplei 

—  In  Allamakoo  Co>,  Iowa . 44  without  a 

—  —  England,  lino .  366  Ihcubator.an 

Illinois,  pine .  '  p.  Irregularity  B 

—  -  Maine . ”  u  Law  of  devoid 

—  — sawdust,  keeping .  316  'j'c°  on  fowls 

the  Northern  County  of  Ma,“ot"  ,l»  p0 

Maluo . .  Marketing  pm 

—  query  about,  pine .  28  Ostrich  hutohl 

—  rotting . 3!6  ,797  p«rtric|Ke  Rod 

—  Wealthy .  n  PlgoOns,  canki 

Apricots  In  Central  Illinois...,.  77  }’ip  rerae<1y— • 

Blaekberry.  Klttatinny . 77  Poultry  at  N. 


-r  niKon  ami  voided  by  a  '  i-uimry  asb’i . HU  .  . . .  Blackberries,  American  i,*t 

horse  in  24  hours . 207  Androscoggin,  Me.,  Ag.  80c . 388  „  f.k",  ",£  l’"y,U'0Cl . California  fruit  at  Boston.’ . no 


'Tomatoes  in  the  kitchen . 397 

Vitality  of  garden  seeds . 205 

Wages  of  gardeners  In N. York.  76 

HERDSMAN. 


Alderney  and  Jersey  cattlo 

.  75 

Ayrshlres  for  the  dairy . 

. 315 

Butter  ought  a  cow  to  make, 

how  much . 

. 366 

Calves,  costlveuees  lu . 

. 155 

—  catarrh  In . 

....380 

Cattle,  branding . 

. 281 

—  breeding  ln  some  of  its 

US- 

pects... . 

.  .-.,235 

-  catarrh  In . 

-  -  **S0 

—  highbred . 

. . .  139 

—  raising  In  New  Mexico.. . 

. . . .281 

—  Texas. . . 

. .  01 

Cow  giving  bloody  milk . 270,  .766 

—  hard  milking . 

....  27 

—  holding  her  milk,  to  prevent  27 

—  how  to  lead  a . 

....,715 

—  milk  easy,  to  make  a . 

75, 270 

—  points  of  a  good . 

...  27  1 

Cows  and  singers . 

...155 

—  Devon . 

.  200 

—  feeding  dairy . 

...  75 

—  giving  down  milk . 

...  27 

—  kicking,  to  prevent . 

....  11 

—  large  breeds  vs,  small _ 

....  27 

—  milk  easy,  making . 

...  .299 

—  pumpkins  for . ,.270 

—  short-horn...., . 299 

—  sucking  themselves,  to  pre¬ 

vent . . 

Daisy.  Miss  Dunbar’s . 139 

Food  for  stock . 346 

Gnddesby  short-horn  sale .  91 

Herdsmen  at  Vienna . 139 

Illinois  spick  farmer .  27 

ln-and-tn  breeding . 395 

Influence  of  soil  on  stock..  .261,  270 
Jersey  cattle  for  beef . 75 

—  stock  for  nitmo... . ......366 

Live  stock  in  Japan, . 75 

Modern  barbarism^ .  43 

“Old  Creamer” . 59,165 

—  —  doings  of .  43 

Poisoning  by  water,  dropwort..  75 

Producing  sexes  at  will .  75 

Pumpkins  for  cows . 27o  I 

Heyrnuur  short-hor:i  sale . 91  I 


HYGIENIC  INFORMATION. 

About  fried  food . /.  © 

Asparagus,  medical  value  of .. .319 
Asthma  and  catarrh  remedy 

wanted . . 

Baldness,  remedy  for. . 410 

Barley  water  . . 271 

Bathing  In  cold  water .  47 

Beef  tea,  now  method  of  mak- 

. . 

Bitter  apple . 143 

Bleeding  at  the  nose,  to  arrest. 159 

Blood,  something  for  the . 127 

Borax  and  niter  In  colds . 159 

Bruises  and  puts.. . .  47 

Castor  oil  for  corns . ....191 

Castor  oil  tasteless,  to  render... 319 

Catarrh  remedy.,.. . .....383 

Causes  of  injury  to  tho  ear . 31 

Chapped  bawds . 287 

Ohillbliilns.  treatment . 335 

—  cure  for . 410 

Cholera  mixture,  the  Sun.......  47 

Colds,  borax  and  niter  in . 159 

Consumption  remedies . 14,7 

Cough  remedy . ,....207 

—  sirup . . 

Corns,  castor  oil  for . 191 

Cundurango .  15 

Danger  from  wot  clothes . 319 

Deafness  wanted,  remedy  for.  .271 

Decoction  of  bran . 271 

Diarrhea,  chronic. . . 14.7 

-  to  check . 159 

Dietetic  preparations . 271 

Disinfection  of  a  room .  15 

Dried  meat  for  medical  pur¬ 
poses . 319 

Drinking  habits . . 

Ears,  curing  a  discharge  from.  .  47 

Eating,  regular . 383 

Eggs,  cooking .  63 

Fat  persons  lean,  making . 159 

Fish  chemically  considered . 191 

FroBted  feet..., . 319 

Getting  out  Of  bed . 175 

Glycerine  hair  tonic . 191 

Good  health . . 

Gowlnnd’s  lotion..,..,, . 383 

Green  window  shades  danger¬ 
ous  ?  are . . ,437 

Hair  grow  on  the  head,  to 
“>uke . ....763 

—  restorer,  a  harmless.... . 143 

—  to  promote  the  growth  of. .  .127 

Hay  fever . 319, 410 

Hints  for  young  mothers. ,14,7 

How  long  to  sleep . ..399 

Infants  in  hot  weather,  man¬ 
agement  of .  95 

Influence  of  climate  upon  life.  .287 

Infnsion  of  flaxseed . 271 

Lotion  for  the  hair . 339 

Light  In  the  room  for  the  sick .315  1 


Bibb  Co.,  Ga..  Ag.  Soc,,, .  15 

Brandon,  Vu,  Farmers’  and 

Mecli.  Club . .  15 

Caledonia,  Vt.,  Fair . ,340 

Carroll  Co.,  Md„  Ag.  80c .  15 

Cass  Co..  It.  T.,  Ag.  Sue . 328 

Centennial  Hort.  80c . 208 

Central  N.  V.,  Poultry  Soc . sill 

Chautauqua  Oo„  N.  Y.,  Poultry 

Ass’n . . . 228 

Coles  Co.,  111.,  Ag.  80c . ,...413 

Columbiana  Co.,  O.,  Ag.  Soe....  15 

Conn.  State  Poultry  80c . 3(0 

Conttcook,  N.  IL,  Ag.  and 

Mech.  Sue . . . ,3-10 

Doylcstown.  Pa.,  Ag.aud  Much. 

Inst . 15 

Dudly,  Mass.,  Ag,  800 .  15 

Eastern  Duchess,  N.  Y.,  Ag. 

Ass’n...., . 413 

East  Turin.  Division  Fair _ ....276 

Farm  Implements  at  N.  Y.  State 

Fair.,,. . . 

Floral  Hall  of  N.  V.  State  Fair. 220 

Frederick  Co.,  Mil.,  Ag.  Soe . 310 

Fulton  Co„  N.  Y.,  Fair . 228 

Grand  Traverse,  Mich.,  Union 

A  g.  Soc . . 

Hillsboro,  N.  H...  Ag,  Soc........ 388 

Illinois  State  Fair . 234 

—  —  Hort.  Soc . . . 340 

—  —  Poultry  Ass’n...,, . ,,340 

Industrial  Fairs  for  1873...!.  157.  pq 

Iowa  Poultry  Convention .  15 

Jacksonville,  Ill.,  Hort.  Soc . lib 

Kansas  City  Indus.  Exposition 

and  Fair  Ass’n . 15 

Lincoln,  Me.,  Ag.  and  Hort.  Soc.  15 
Live  Stock  Department  of  N.  V. 


Mountain  laurel . 106  «*  Boston . 60 

Notes  from  towards  sunset...... 220  _  Rj  ’Uuun . 285 

Prizes  at.  fairs  . 7,  *  i*!H  ln  Geor>tl'1 . 3#4 

Profits  of  co-operation . 334  1  ...........l. 

Protection  and  prices . m  “  '-■'oplCitl . 39 

Railroads  and  the  farm* . 334  ~  gatherer.  Belgian . 28 

Sea  club,  rush . 106  “  (Rowing  In  Coloradc . . 

Sllverweod . . . 106  ’imi  et  ng. ; .  I 

Superstition  among  farmers.... 236  oil, It',!, f „’7 . . 31 

The  man  deserving  what . 137  I  ^  “°W; . » 

Two-, caved  Smlhteim,  . .08  ^^SoSS tZ . t 

Uncertainty  n|  .agricultural  ef-  ^  _  fl)r  <  llllfornln . 

water N°nh«>rD ^1*0™*...  r 

What  u  Buckeye  boy  Is  doing..  10  _  "7  g»n7„‘I . 

Wild  radish . .  joe  “  ,KflDBaB’ .  * 

.  Gooseberry.  Downer’s  Prollflc,  .28. 

LAND  DEPARTMENT.  Meeting  of  American  Pomo- 
Aikansas  Valley,  Kansas . 173  „  !°^  ttt  Uo8ton . '« 

Baltimore.  Md . ’  379  ~  201  e  ^  Ht’  <JesIln . 4t 

Beatrice,  Nebraska . 550  “  1Ka'  y,  'r,?/-1 . **•»« 

Chances  In  West  Va,  and  East  ~  7  Colorado,  Hale’s  Early.  ..316 

•Tennessee .  99  ~  321,311 

East  Tennessee . 17, 3, 223  It'  \ . » 

Entering  land  by  pre-emption. .  92  ,..[,7  . . * . 

Essex  Co.,  Va . . .363  “  ihu.rbf°7 . . 

Females  securing  homesteads.  92  ,,  ”?,  1* 

From  one  wh, .  wishes  to  oral-  1  U,lrS  vli'S'1'  'i . » 

Fruits  and  farming  lu  West  Va.17.7  _  ",  !!-^ . ^  ^ 

Great  Arkansas  Valley., Z  S  T  n"n°l8 .  12 

Hickory.  Miss.,  from . S3  m,  I  . 

Jasper  Co..  Mo .  350  '  W"'1  anJ  '»«ier.  .385 

t  . . »  Ht.  .. _ 


Fruit  catalogues,  7. 7l90  I  Roup,n  cfitc-konn . 


Coehlas,  whnt  kind  arc  best. ...157 
Corn  for  growing  elileknns . 9( 

—  the  ouuse  of  chicken  chol- 

. ’162 

Dressing  and  packing  poultry 

for  late  market . '.>82 

Ducks  as  egg  producers . 319 

—  for  the  table,  best . 42 

Early  duckling*  in  the  London 

market . •(]» 

Egg  Inside  an  egg . ,222 

—  producing  capacity  of  lions. 304 

Eggs,  fertility  of .  42 

—  hatching  cold . 109 

—  —  badly .  I3 

—  large . . 364 

—  packing . . 

—  theory  of  keeping . 109 

Fowls,  brooding . 63 

—  bronchitis  in... . 13 

—  buckwheat  for . 268 

—  care  of  molting . 170 

—  dying . 263 

—  flesh  black  . . lit) 

—  for  eggs  or  meat .  31 

—  Iiccon . 190 

—  roup  In . . .  93 

—  that  can  nut  pick  up  corn _ 319 

—  tonic  for . 222 

white  oar  lobes  on  Brown 

Leghorns . 222 

wing,  how  to  clip...,, . 157 

Game  standard . 318 

Gapes  In  chickens .  13 

— •  remedy  for,.,.. . 190 

—  tallow  for,,, . . 

Goose  manure  and  grass . 109 

not  so  silly . . i;,7 

Hennery,  best  flooring  for .  93 

Hon  story,  extraordinary. . 109 

liens,  crippled .  03 

—  without  a  cock . 364 

1  ncubator,  an  1 11  expe  nsi  v  e . 361 

Irregularity  In  hatching . 28 

haw  of  development .  79 

Lice  on  fowls . I9j 

Maggots  ns  poultry  food . 819 

Marketing  poultry  unit  game.... 282 

Ostrich  hutching  Incubator .  13 

Partridge  Cochins . 319 

Pigeons,  canker  in...  . . . .  79 

Pip  remedy . . 

Poultry  at  N.  Y.  State  Fair . 254 

—  and  young  women.  .  79 

—  charcoal  for  packing . GO 

for  market,  how  to  prepare. 848 

keeping  on  a  large  scale . 282 

management  contrasted....  109 


—  cultivation  of  tropical . 397 

—  gatherer,  Belgian . 2s-, 

—  growing  In  Colorado . 103 

—  marketing. . 43 

—  orchards...., . 316 

—  originating  new . 221 

—  dealers,  tricks  of . 150 

Fruits  for  Ohio . 316 

—  for  California . 397 

—  from  Northern  California...  77 

—  new . 189 

—  of  Kansas .  28 

Gooseberry,  Downer's  Prollflc.  .285 
Meeting  of  American  I'omo- 

loglcal  Roe.  at  Boston ......  189 

Peach,  Alexander . 285 

—  Belle  de  8t.  Geslin . 44 

—  Early  Beatrice . 285, 519 

—  In  Colorado,  Hale’s  Early.  ..397 

~  Floqnet . 221,  316 

Peaches,  Persian . $15 

Pear.  Beurro  Dubuisson . 44 

—  Brtekett . 397 

—  Thurber . 397 

—  Koolstok . . 

Pears  In  Georgia . 364 

—  New  England . ,316 

—  ripening . 60,  285 

—  soil  for . 285 

Pineaplesln  Illinois .  12 

Plnm.  the  Hosted . .269 

—  Mlrabcllit  native . 221 


Kansas . . . . .  286 


Bornological  Society,  a  Western.  77 


state  Fair, . 

Machinery  Hall  of  N. 

Y.  State 

Fair . 

.  (JOfl 

Maine  Porn.  Soc . 

Maine  Poultry  Ass’n.... 

.  116 

Manufacturers'  Hall, 

N.  Y. 

Stale  Fair . 

Michigan  State  Fair . 

—  —  Grange  Patrons  of  Hus- 

bandry  . . . . 

.  row 

—  Poultry  Soc . 

o' Mini- . .  too  President  Wilder's  address . 189 

iicrlor  region."::::::::  '  92  ^wry.  addling . 125 


Montana  Ag.  and  Mech.  Ass’n.  15  ,?  .  an‘ 

Nashua,  S.  IL,  Hort.  Soc . 310  ,  *7  E"‘tI“n<1 

Nebraska  State  Fair .  15  '  P  !lUi:1”r,lul« 

New  England  Ag.  Soe .  if, 


^hjrt-horn  sales  . . . 91  I  Meat  eaters  and  vegetarians.... 


Short-horns  at  Cincinnati . .  395 

—  color,  custroii,  Ac .  .395 

Stock  for  New  England . .  27 

—  Influence  of  soil  on . 235 

—  poisoned  with  buckeye . 75 

Texas  cattle  and  the  probable 

future  of  the  business . 91 

Thoroughbred,  what  Is  a . 11 

Trunsportutton  of  live  stock. . .  .139 

Warts  on  cattlo.... . 155 

Zoological  garden  ln  Clnclnnatl.385 


MuHt  ,rt  plaster,  how  to  make.. 410  - - 

Nursing  babies .  63  Patrons  or  Husbandry.  .  5  Answers  to  correspondents . .767  BuffCocbinsln  Washington  Tcr.268 

Oatmeal,  experiments  with.... 271  Penn’a  Fruit  Growers’ Soc . 78h  Ronn*lt* . .  Cayenne  popper  and  eggs .  42 

drinks .  ,5  -  Poultry  Soc  ...  . m  V . Chicken  cholera . 819 

Obesity,  how  to  cure . ITo  PiproOCo.,  Wlfl.,  A  -  Hoc  nr  \r,stu,ue  for  elderiy  ladies . 39B  No  such  thing  as” . 368 

Plants  In  Sleeping  rooms .  47  Pike  Co.,  Ill.,  Ag.  Soc  ..  413  for  wlnter . 367  -  -remedy . 157,170 

Pomade  to  prevent  baldness. ..319  Poultry  Ass’n  of  Maryland . rtn  «  .  »  . aS3  Chlclt0n«  srtiflcially,  rearing...  uo 

Regular  eating  . 335  Power  Hall  at  N,  Y  State  Fair  2»4  areM . 383  ~  original  way  of  raising . 2« 

Rheumatism,  queer  speelflcfor.lW)  n„,.,.nU  1  v.  ?  ,  ,  ..  Luffs  for  ladies . ,...,78>3  —  the  best  layers,  late . (MS 


Hampshire  State  Fair . 234 

—  Jersey  Cranberry  Ass’n . 238 

—  —  State  Grange...... . 388 

—  —  Ag.  Soc . . . 116 

—  York  State  Fuir. . . 220,  234  | 

—  - Ag.  Soc .  15 

—  - Poultry  Soc . ...15 

Northern  WIs.  Fair . 116 

—  Dairymen's  Ass’n . 413 

North  American  Bee  Keepers’ 

Society . 310 

Onkwood  Hort.  Soc . . . . .  if, 

Oregon  State  Ag.  Soe . 340 

Pataskala,  O.,  Ag.  Soc  ... . 116 


—  concerning . . . ,,.,..122 

Luke  Superior  region . .  92 

Letters  from  tho  Northwest,  I..  92 

-  --  —  11 . . 

Manistee,  Mich . . . 132 

Missouri,  from  Southwest . 138 

Nebraska  lands,  Inquiries  about, 263 

Northern  Ohio  and  Indiana . 286 

North  Windham,  Conn . 252,350 

Oceana  Co.,  Mich . .....188 

Parkersburg,  West  Va . 335 

Price  of  lands  and  wages  In 

New  England . . . 252 

Ripley,  Lauderdale  Co.,  Tenn.,335 

San  Francisco,  CaL.i . 363 

Sand  Hills  of  the  Arkansas  Val- 

■oY . . 

Tennessee,  from . . 206 

Texas,  letters  from . 122  | 

Timber  tree  crowing . 335  I 

Trimble  Co.,  Ky... . 395 

Washington  Co.,  Pa . ,702 

LANDSCAPE  GARDENING. 

Aspects  of  vegetation . 105 

Buddhist  garden . 169 

MODES  AND  MANNERS. 


—  Gunurgita . . 

—  Hornet . 10m 

—  Hybrid  Mammoth  Crimson. .3(54 

Raspberries  for  the  South .  44 

—  from  seed . .,,,,.  77  1 

Strawberry,  Countess., . 156 

!  —  Early  Crimson  Pine . 159 

—  Enchantress . 156 

—  Gypsey  Queen . 156 

—  Lennig’s  White . 28 

—  Monarch  of  the  West . SO 

—  SlrJohn  Falstalf. . ....160 

—  Trtompho  do  Gand . 108 

Strawberries  lu  orchards . 269 

—  more  new .  44 

—  new  English . 156 

POULTRY-YARD, 

Aiding  a  chicken's  birth . 93 

Bantams,  a  girl  and  her . .  28 

Beans  for  poultry  food . 28 

Brahmas  compared  with  other 
L,w's . . 

—  imported  Dark . 319 

—  Light..,.,.. . . 

Bronchitis  in  fowls .  13 

Buckwheat  for  fowls. .... .  .282,  268 


Salt  and  chickens. . .  id 

-  for  chicken  cholera . ,777 

Rave  the  largest  gobbler,, . 319 

Scurfy  feet  remedy . 877 

Squash  seeds  for  fowls .  13 

Tonic  for  fowls . 222 

Turkey  chicks  destroyed  by 
thunder . . 

—  diseases . . . 416 

Turkeys  for  profit,  brooding.,, ,254 

—  Honduras . . 

—  ''“no . :  63 

—  treatment  of. . . .  79 

White  oorab.,,, .  93 

Wisdom  for  you . 222 

RURAL  ARCHITECTURE. 

Architect  Tor  Inside  finish . 127 

Asphalt,  as  flooring,  durability 

of .  345 

Cold  greenhouse., . 254 

Cottage  elevation  and  plans 

wanted .  00 

Criticism  on  house  plan.......,,  60 

Damp  basement . 254 

Dwelling,  hints  on  building  a...  13 
Fruit  houso  wanted, a  plan  of  a.345 
lee  house  and  milk  room  com¬ 
bined  . . . 

—  —  how  to  build . 345 

—  plan  of . . . 127 

Plan  of  a  cottage . . 127 

Rural  Gothic  cottage . 297 

Southern  cottage . 345 

Stone  or  brick  dwelling . 237 

SCIENTIFIC  AND  USEFUL. 

Aerial  navigation . 383 

Animal  hairs,  comparative  size 

"f .  28 

Bleaching  flowers . 207 

Boots  and  shoes,  squeaking . 207 

Camphor  for  preserving  furs...  23 

Castor  oil  and  tracing  paper . 223 

Cement,  a  valuable.. . . . 239 

Chamois  on  half-wbol  garments, 

to  color . ,...383 

Cider  mill,  howto  make . 239 

Coach  varnish. . . . . 239 

Coal,  Pltlsburg  vs.  Laekawanna.239 
Cooling  water,  Australian  meth- 


—  Poultry  Soc . ...340 

Plrrco  Co.,  Wis.,  Ag.  Soc . 116 

Pike  Co.,  Ill.,  Ag.  Soc . 413 

Poultry  Ass’n  0/  Maryland . 340 

Power  Hall  at  N,  V.  State  Fatr.264 


—  —  *•  No  such  thing  as” . 368 

—  —remedy . 167,170 

Chle.kens  artificially,  rearing...  .WO 

—  original  way  <rf  raising . 2*2 

—  the  best  layers,  late . 5M8 


Coral,  artificial . 239 

Death  by  lightning., . . . 207 

Farina  manufacture..., .  >4  ’ 

Farmer’s  barometer . 271 

Flannel,  bleaching  discolored.  .385 

Freezing  sup  ln  winter . 351 

Fruit,  vegetable  and  oyster 

cans,  use  for. . . . . 223 

Geological  periods . . 361 

Gold  varnish  for  picture  frames. 239 

Gutta  perchu  cement . . . 61 

Harness  blacking . .....2179 

Hygroscopc,  a  new . 207 

Ink,  black  branding . 351 

—  improved  drawing . 2.70 

—  Indsltble . . 

Light  on  Ore,  effect  of . 239 


nneumuusm,  queer  specific  for.  15!)  Queens  Co.,  L.  L,  Ag.  Soc  16  . Besl  "Re . »»  I  Lime  for  preserving  timber  351 

2  *  Hr . .  Shell) jr  Co.,  0.,  Ag.  LZ«Z  X  JSfX  X’."-. . %  . ~  ^  -rkln^o 


Sage  tea . . .  . 271 


State  Grange  of  Massachusetts. 413 


Stockings  for  ladles . m 

Wraps  for  girls . . 


—  remedy  for  chicken .  13 

—  salt  for  chloken . 377 


Manifold  writing  paper .  28 

Metal  hanging  for  walls . 861 


SIOORE’S  BD  RAL  JSEW-Y0BMEB 


Moon  on  vegetation,  Influence 

of  . . 30:1 

Paper  bag.  a  ne  w . . . . 20? 

—  fur  Greenback" . 303 

Parisian  wood  varnish . .....271 

Paste  for  bottle  labels . 

—  perpetual . . . . . . :  tM 

Pomade  of  castorloil  nnd glycer¬ 
ine . * . 271 

Protection  Of  pollen . fil 

Putty,  indestructible . 271 

Raw  lilde,  uses  of . 231* 

Rubber  belting  to  wood,  to  fat  l- 
en . . . * . 28 

—  hoots  and  shoes . . . 2k 

—  —  patching . :i38 

—  new  substitute  for . 271 

Rust  In  iron,  preventing . 383 

Siphon,  facts  about  the . 01 

—  want*  a.. . 23'.' 

Teasel  cards,  preservation  Of... 383 

To  soften  hard  water . 207 

Traga canth  mucilage . ®1 

Uniform  public  time . •  ••  '*® 

Waterproof  garments .  'll 


Wax  flowers . 

—  preparing .  • 

Weiss  beer . 

What  is  a  New  York  gallon?.. 
Zinc  signs . 


SEASON. 

Amherst.  Mass .  3US 

Angola,  Steuben  Co.,  Ind .  W 

Appleton.  Wis . . . ’'*2 

Baldwinsville,  N.  Y . 202 

Kloomington,  III . . . 188 

Brentwood, Suffolk  Co.,  I,.  1..  .11 

Bridgeville,  Sussex  Co..  Del . 110 

Rala,  Riley  Co.,  Kan .  02 

Central  Georgia .  03 


Cleveland,  East  Tenn . 130 

Condition  of  cotton  crop . 206 

Cora  prospects . 36 

Cotton  crop,  the . - . 212 

Rover.  l>el . 

Farmington,  St.  Francois  Co., 

Mo . - . *  •  ,;3 

Kcrrisburg,  . .  68 

Flat  Gap.  Jeff  Co„  Tenn . 68 

Fort  du  Idle,  Wis . HO 

Genesee  Valley,  Idaho .  OS 

Hackensack,  I.ehlgb  Co..  Pa.  ..100 

.lersy  City.  Wood  Co.,  O . hi.  388 

JersoyvUle,  111 . 

Jonesville,  Haratoga  Co..  N.  v.  .388 

Lola.  Montgomery  Co..  Ill . ^ 

Lyndon vllle,  Vt..., ,  52, 180, 292,  888 

Maroollus.  N.  V . 180 

Malvern.  Mill*  Co„  Iowa .  •  •  20 

McPherson,  Stephenson  Co., 

. . . . 88 

Meshoppen,  Wyoming  Co.,  Pa,. 308 

Milton.  . . 84 

Minneapolis,  Minn .  84 

Newport,  N.  V .  32 

—  Herkimer  Co.,  N.  V . 30 

Oconoraowoc.  Wi* . 100 

Philomath,  Oregon .  32 

Plain vlllo,  Allegan  Co;,  Mich. ..180 
Rye  Beach,  Rockingham  Co.,  N. 

. .  36 

Bclo,  N.  Y . 20 

South  Trenton.  Oneida  Co.,  N.V  .lf» 
Bprnkcr’s  liii.'ln,  Mont.  Co.,  N .  Y.388 

Starkey,  . . 244 

Things  in  Ohio . . .  O'2 

Titusville,  Mercer  Co.,  N.  J . ->2 

Vineland,  N.  J . * 

Walkerton,  Rid . 84 

Washington  Co.,  Pa .  308 

Washington,  orange  Co.,  Vt. . .  .100 


Webster,  Westmoreland  Co..Pa.  63 

Westport,  Conn . 20,144 

Wcybridge,  vt. . . . !•* 

Woburn,  Bond  Co.,  Ill . 84 

Yadklnville,  Vudkin  Co.,  N.  C..276 

SHEEP  HUSBANDRY. 

Angora  goats . 202 

Carbolic  add  for  scab . 237 

Doga  and  slicep . 376 

Goats  of  G uadalupe,  A  ngora .  300 

Itch  In  sheep . 130,  37g 

Lambs,  Blood  diseases  among  93 

—  fall  management  Of....* . 268 

—  wintering . . . '117 

LelOOSters,  management  of . 237 

Merinos  In  France . 378 

Mohair  and  its  uses . 283 

llama  should  Hut  run  with  ewcs.237 
Roots  and  oil  cake  lor  sheep  ..  .237 
Scab  and  carbolic  add . 93.  137 

in  sheep . 232 

Scour  in  sheep . 328 

Sketches  in  New  Mexico .  !' 

Sheep  by  dipping,  poisoning....  39 
characteristics  of  good . 311 

—  dip  for  tick . . 122 

—  Exmoor . 121 

—  Hcrdwick . •"3 

—  husbandry  abroad . 268 

—  in  Kansas . . 

_  _  Ntw  Mexico,  herding . 329 

—  —orchards . ...250,314 

—  —  the  West . 208 

—  Itch  in . 330,378 

—  laws  of  Minnesota .  9 

—  maggot.... . "47 

—  new  race  of  milking — .  43 

—  of  Wales .  300 

—  of  ticks,  to  clear . 237 

—  Radnor . 249 


Sheep  raising  in  New  Mexico  ...  9 

—  roots  and  oil  cake  for . 237 

—  scab  in . . . 202 

—  scour  in . - . 329 

—  shearing,  annual .  43 

—  walks  of  the  great  plains. ... 2(12 

—  water  for . 140 

South  Downs  in  Franco . 378 

stretches  in  sheep,  remedy . 237 

Water  for  sheep . 140 

Wool  a  sure  thing . 93 

—  growing . 314 

—  value  of  unwashed . .  43 

—  growers,  talk  tt .  314 

SPORTSMAN. 

Corydalis or  “Dobson"  . 304 

Deadfall,  how  to  make  a . 255 

—  —  for  mink . . . 346 

Dtp-net.  a .  77 

Dog.  Nelly  T.'s  shepherd . 109 

—  Spanish  bull . 300 

Ferrets  to  destroy  rabbits . 340 

Mango  on  dogs .  77 

Mink  and  muskrat  with  dead- 

tall,  catching . 2W 

New  Hampshire  game  law . 204 

Bhud  Ashing  with  a  fly .  77 

(Splice  for  a  Ashing  rod . 109 

bporl in  Greenland . 346 

Trout  killing  on  the  'Pruckce.  ..283 
Turtle  In  Southern  waters, 

catching.. . . 300 

Woodchucks  out  of  stone  walks, 
to  get . 283 

SWINE-HERD. 

Apples  for  hog  cholera . 366 

Arsenic  for  swine . 306 

Blind  staggers  in  pigs.. . 155 

Charcoal  for  swine . 410 


Chester  Whites  in  disrepute.. .  .410 

Cholera,  apples  for  hog . 366 

Diseased  hogs  in  Indiana . 333 

Hog  cholera . . . 250 

—  —  external  appearances . 250 

—  —  outbreak  of . 250 

—  —  remedy . . . 333 

—  disease,  a  new . 292 

—  for  Western  farmers... . 316 

Hog*  eating  dirt . 217 

Hungarian  pigs., . 155 

Kidney  worms  in  swine . 17G 

Lancaster  swine . -410 

Mange  in  swine,  remedy . 333 

Milk  killing  hogs .  70 

National  swlue-brecdors’  con¬ 
vention . . . 338 

Pigs,  blind  ataggers  in . 155 

—  In  trouble.... . 316 

—  Hungarian . 155 

Quinsy  in  swine.. . *5,  333 

Rural  snd  the  swine-herd . 219 

Salt,  and  wood  ashes  for  swine..2!9 

Bows  devouring  young . 219 

- - to  prevent...  .  45 

Bugar  beets  for  swine . 282 

Swine,  arsenic  for . ,...306 

—  breeding,  rearing  and  fat¬ 

tening  of . 107 

—  diseased. . 381 

—  experiments  in  feeding .  45 

—  in  Wisconsin,  prizes  for . 107 

—  kiduey  worms  in...... . 70 

—  lice  on . 410 

—  milk  killing .  70 

—  quinsy  In . 45 

—  salt  and  wood  ashes  for . 219 

—  Thumps  in .  13 

—  what  shall  I  feed . 155 

Thumps  in  swine .  13 

Urine  in  pigs,  stopping  of . 366 


VINEYARD. 

French  viticulture  In  North 

Carolina . ,...253, 333 

Grape,  Adirondack . 349 

—  Auburn  Pearl., . 349 

—  crop . 157 

—  Ithaca . .349 

—  limits  of  the  Seuppernong..237 

—  on  its  laterals,  grafting  the.  29 

—  Selma . 318 

—  seed,  planting. . . . 318 

—  —  beverage  from  roasted... 253 

—  vine  at  Santa  Barbara . 57 

—  —  in  N.  C.,  a  great . 349 

—  _  ties  again . . . 29 

—  vines,  a  new  medicine  for... 349 

—  —  diseased . 318 

—  —  layering . 157 

—  —  lice  on . 157 

—  —  manure  for .  29 

Grapes  for  home  use,  to  keep..  .253 

—  in  France . 253 

—  —  Illinois  affected  by  the 

winter. . 237 

—  more  new . 318 

—  packing . . . 237 

—  Pickett's  hybrids.  . 318 

—  on  Sotippernong.  grafting... 157 

thinning . 57 

—  together,  planting . .  57 

—  wasps  on . 253 

what  to  do  with  California..  109 

l.lco  on  grape  vines . 157 

Lime  in  a  vineyard .  57 

Manure  for  grape  vines . 29 

Knisln  making . 157 

Selma  grape . 318 

in  California . 109 

|  Wasps  on  grapes . 253 

I  Wines,  on  heating .  45 


^■8*0 


BIOGRAPHICAL. 

Adalbert  of  Prussia,  Prince —  05 

American  Humorists . 321 

Apple  growers,  the  prince  of.  ..382 

Baza  Hie,  Marshal . . 385 

Boy  organist. . . .  •  •  •  .385 

Brownell,  Hurry  Howard . 97 

Calhoun,  John  C...,  . 395 

Clark,  Rev.  Both  G . 385 

Chief  Justices  of  the  U.  &...... 385 

Crown  Prince  of  Prussia . 97 

Cummins,  Bishop.......  — . 385 

Don  Carlos . ’"0 

Francis,  Hon.  John  M .  .. .385 

Greatest  farmer  in  America.  .120 

Hardee,  Gen.  William  J .  -321 

Holland,  Sir  llenry . 321 

Humboldt,  Alex.  Von .  65 

Keene,  Laura . 321 

Landseer . *• . 321  j 

Men  personals . 177 

M.  Louis  Vietel . . . ...  65 

Mozart,  the  bi.y  organist . ..385 

Murdock  the  actor  selling  calf¬ 
skins . 137 

Odd  genius . 321 

Poll,  Robert  I* . 382 

Persian  wives . . 

Prince  of  Wales . . . 

Rivers,  Thomas . ^7 

Belt  wart/..  Muilame . 305 

Bhali  of  Persia . . * . 

Sumner’s  literary  work - -  97 

Swinburne  the  poet .  97 

Tennyson,  trait  of. . ,....o2l 

Tyndall,  Prof.  John . 97 

Webster  and  Huyne. , .  . 177 


LADIES’  PORTFOLIO. 

About  beauty . .  •••  35 

—  farmers’  homes . 83 

—  the  homesteads  . 355 

A  little  grave.. . 163 

American  women  In  Europe.... 371 

An  answer., .  83 

A  message . 339 

—  prayer. . . 147 

Baby's  mission . 07 

Beautvand  study . 195 

Bird  of  gold . 403 

Boasting  of  otters  of  marriage.179 

Capacity  to  work . 99 

Chinese  dinner . 131 

Coming  styles. . 22^ 

Completing  an  education . 93 

Cousin  Lottie . . 2,o 

Cry  of  an  isolated  life . 243 

Determining  one's  duty . 179 

Don’t  be  toy  critical . 493 

Do  spare  the  tall  chestnut . 179 

Education  of  women . 195 

Every-day  life . 179,  243,  ,355 

Experiment  lu  t  he  fine  arts . 339 

Fair  gambler' . 403 

Famous  female  climber . 118 

Farmer  Davis'  wife .  19 

Farmers'  festival . 243 

Flirting  as  n  fine  art . 51 

Forget  me  nr  remember . 307 

From  the  west,  fruit.. . 115 

Frulls  ol  solitude . 243 

George  Elliot  on  women .  19 

Girls,  marry  farmers . .  ....  79 

Glimpse  of  the  land  of  flowers. OUT 
Good  night,  a . 291 


Help  for  women . 371 

Hidden  treasures . 355 

In  November . 3»5 

Is  she  In  your  vicinity . 195 

•Labor's  reward . 131 

Lesson  for  women . *307 

Little  Annette . 403 

Lottie  and  1  are  out....  . . 147 

- in . 179 

. . 339 

Madamo  Idu  Pfeiffer .  19 

91a n  ns  a  leaf .  99 

Married  or  not  married -  . . -403 

Model  wile,  the . 227 

Mother's  visit . 19*1 

Mrs.  Brigham  Young.  No.  17. . .  .259 

Music  peddler . 27 j 

My  house-plant  mania . 328 

My  pictures  and  flowers.. . . 55 

_  90 


—  son. 


Never  again . - . 41" 

“No,  it  can’t  be  done" . 83 

—  letters . . . 323 

One  of  the  martyrs . . . 163 

Only  a  grave..... . . . 371 

Our  aborigines . 103 

—  baby . 147 

—  mother . ®7 

Poet  surprised . 403 

Presents  and  pictures . . .  — 387 

Rest  for  farmers’  wives . 07 

Schwartz  sentiments . -  •  •  -291 

Sensible  talk  to  girls . 355 

—  young  lady . 243 

Sentiments  ol  a  lurmer’s  wife.. 387 

Simple  ornaments . 403 

Snowball  blossoms . 3g 


Biay  on  the  farm . 291 

Stray  thoughts . 239 

Sunday  morning  walk . 179 

The  haymaker's  wooing . 131 

—  incapables .  83 

—  Jimmy  Johns . 213 

—  lover  true . .  51 

—  mother . . 337 

—  old  home .  211 

—  —  homestead  . . 41)3 

—  spirit's  song . 195 

—  vexing  question .  35 

Two  girls . 275 

—  sides  to  the  question . 227 

Unhallowed  resignation . 3C3 

Useless  work . 243 

Use  the  golden  eggs .  99 

Visiting  the  sick . 195 

Waiting  to  be  tensed .  51 

Way  of  the  world . 259 

Weaving  in  Greece . 115 

What  women  are  doing . 397 

Will  it  pay . 371 

Withered  leaves . . . 211 

Womanly  modesty . 227 

Woman’s  property  rights .  19 

Woman  with  a  faculty.. . 147 

Wouldn't  you . 147 

Your  workmen . . . 161 

LITERARY  WORLD. 

American  cyclopaedia . 289 

Behind  the  scenes  in  Washing¬ 
ton .  17 

Child  life  in  prose . 321 

Christianit  y  the  science  of  man¬ 
hood..  •  m  . . 41" 


Clark’s  dollar  Instructor . 257 

Commentary  on  the  New  Testa¬ 
ment . 257 

Cottage  and  constructive  archi¬ 
tecture  . 4*3 

Cyrilla .  49 

Digestion  and  dyspepsia  — . . . .  .1 13 

First,  book  of  botany . 257 

Fourteen  weeks  in  chemistry...  97 

Guyot's  physical  geography . 209 

Gypsey's  warning . 257 

Hitp-liazard . . . .  ,f’ 

Heiress  in  the  family. . . 283  i 

—  of  Sweetwater . 37 

How  to  conduct  a  debate  —  ....321 
Jsenh,  or  Jephtba's  vow..... 

Johannes  Olaf . *13 

Kenntth,  the  earl  of  Glengvle.  .257 

Landscape  architecture .  49 

Last  poems  of  Alice  and  Phebe 


Life  in  Danbury .  '7 

Love  In  the  XIX  century . 113 

Lynx  hunting . 118 

.Margaret  Maitland . .  17 

Master  of  GraylandB . 321 

Matt’s  follies . 337 

Monopolies  and  the  people . 200 

Motherly  talks  with  young 

housekeepers .  *9 

Mouth  of  gold . 

My  little  girl . 

Mystery  of  Edwin  Orood . 337 

New  life  in  new  lands .  1 1 

-  music . 209.321 

Northern  lights . 321 

Outline#  of  men  and  women... .  97 


Packard’s  business  training . 97 

Penruddocke . 321 

Perilous  incidents  in  the  lives 
of  sailors  and  travelers.  ...321 

Quixstur . 209 

River  of  life . 337 

Responsive  worship .  1> 

sermons  of  Henry  Ward 

Beecher . •••  *'•’ 

Bervlce  of  the  Episcopal  church.US 

Silver  and  gold....  .  289 

Son  of  su  organ  grinder . 321 

. .  17 

—  best  of  all  good  company....  17 

—  great  riot#  in  New  York —  1,7 

They  met  by  chance .  97 

Tour  of  the  world  in  eighty 

days . . .  *9 

True  successm  life... . 97 

Twenty  thousand  leagues  under 

the  sea .  1‘ 

Undeveloped  West,  the . 209 

I  Vagabond  heroine .  19 

What  to  wear .  13 

White  rose  and  red . 209 

Widdlflcltl'S  new  cook  book  ....  97 

Wild  thoughts  In  rhyme . 337 

Wit  and  wisdom  of  George  El¬ 
liot . 43 

Work..  .  13 

—  play  and  profit .  43 

Yale  lectures  on  preaching . 289 

OUR  STORY  TELLER. 


A  cold  dash . . . 

—  good  investment. 

-  little  help . 


An  old  folk*’  concert . 130 

Regie's  Thanksgiving . 338 

Buying  n  vase. . . 1R2 

Courtship  and  marriage., . . 146 

Good-by,  sweetheart . 2 26 

Grandmother's  story . 174 

Hasaan’s  pilgrimage . 25$ 

Hester's  picture .  9$ 

In  some  way . . 

.lohn  Jones’  new  leaf . 177 

Laughable  love  story . 178 

Leaving  the  farm.  .. . ;B2 

Loved  and  lost..... . 34 

My  kitchen  girl . 242 

—  Thanksgiving . 354 

Nellie’s  faith . ,.i,..385 

Once  and  again . 114 

only  three  of  us . 210 

our  city  friends  in  the  country.  82 
Santa  Claus  cured  of  the  panic.401 
The  missing  picture . 290 

—  prescription . gg 

What  came  of  a  find . . . 210 

POETRY. 

A  book  of  poems . 82 

rural  Santa  Claus . 411 

An  answer .  H3 

yKsop  in  rhyme . 211 

A  good  night . . . 291 

—  little  grave . 103 

—  message . . 

—  prayer. . . 

At  thy  feet . 50 

Autumn . 274 

Beroreand  behind .  82 

Better  than  gold. . 210 

Bird  of  gold . . 

Boll  it  down . 241 

Child  questions .  83 

Children  on  the  shore . 307 

Chippers  and  their  nest . 35 

(.’loiids . . 

Concerning  a  certain  red  npple.291 

Consecrated  by  Christ . ...338 

Country  children . ....227 

Cricket  and  the  butterfly . 403 

Dawn . . 

Her  baby . . .  m 

Dolly . 87 

Hriftlng . 226 


Evangelical  alliance . 

Faith . . 

Farmer  Davis’ wife..  .. 

—  Green . 

—  .Tones  speaks . 

. 146 

Farmers’  festival . 

Five  years  after . 

Forget  roe  or  remember . 307 

lie  glveth  his  beloved  sleep....  98 

Hymn  for  a  little  child . 371 

I  go  to  prepare  ft  place  for  thee.22C 

in  extremis . . 

Novoinber . . . 355 

—  the  full . ; . ,...306 

Lot  me  get  a  start . 183 

Life’s  limitations .  82 

Little  Annette . 403 

brown  hands .  99 

chatterbox . . 

Mother’s  welcome .  19 

My  inspiration . 322 

—  little  laborer . 179 

—  son...., .  99 

Never  again . 115 

Nn  letters . 323 

October . 242 

old  loves . 182 

Our  life  of  toil . .242 

Only  a  grave. . 351 

Orderly  habits . 339 

Our  baby . 147 

—  broken  cisterns., . 162 

—  mother . 87 

—  own . 114 


Over  and  over  again . 210 

Prayer....... .  50 

Prayers  I  don't  like . 146 

Ready  obedience . 243 

Saved . 385 

Seeds . 306 

Shall  the  baby  stay..... . 355 

Snow-ball  blossoms .  35 

Song  to  bring  sleep . 275 

Sufficiency . 290 

Summer,  sweet,  good-by . 305 

Sunday  morning  walk . 179 

The  aged . 98 

—  hoys . 259 

—  children's  church . 131 

—  conflict . 68 

—  days  that  are  no  more . 130 

—  haymaker’s  wooing. ........ .131 

—  lover  true .  51 

—  model  wife . 227 

—  mother . 387 

—  spirit’s  song . 195 

—  way . . . 

—  —  Of  the  world . 259 

—  will  of  God . 274 

There  was  11  little  boy . 115 

Twenty-five .  . 25$ 

Two  girls . . . . 275 

Willie  by  the  brook . 223 

Withered  leaves . 211 

Work  and  wait . 178 

Wouldn’t  you? . ,.147 

PUZZLER. 

Anagram  No.  1 .  83 

—  No.  2 . 355 

Biblical  enigma  No.  1 . 115 

—  —  N...  2 . 103 

- No.  3 . 195 

- NO.  4 . 275 

Charade  No.  1 . 366 

Concealed  flowers  No.  1 . 339 

—  -  No.  2 . 403 

—  fruit  No.  1 . 356 

vegetables  No.  1 . 307 

Conundrum  No.  1 .  51 

—  No.  2 .  87 

—  No.  3 . ....147 

No.  4 . 343 

Cross-word  enigma  No.  1 . 07 

—  —  No.  2 . 99 

- No.  3 . 131 

—  —  No.  4 . .163 

—  —  No.  5 . 195 

—  —  No.  6 . 211 

—  —  No.  7 . 243 

—  -  No.  8 . 275 

—  —  No.  9 . ...339 

—  —  No.  » . 371 

—  —  NO.  11 . 403 

Decapitations  No,  1 . 

Double  uerostic  No.  1 . 243 

Geographical  enigma  No.  1 . 307 

Grammatical  enigma’No.  1 . 181 

Hidden  cities  No.  1 . 339 

Illustrated  rebus  No.  1 .  19 

—  No.  2,. . 51 

—  —  No.  8 . , .  83 

—  -  No.  4 . 115 

—  !  —  No.  5 . 163 

—  —No.fi . 243 

-  —  No.  7 . 308 

Miscellaneous  enigma  No.  1 _  19  ' 

—  —  No.  2 . 35 

- No.  3 .  (.7 

—  —  No.  4 .  83 

—  —  No.  5 . 131 

—  —  No.  6  . . 179 

—  —  No.  7 . .......227 

—  —  No.  8 . 259 

~  ~  No.  9 . 291 

Poetical  enigma  No.  1 . 383 

Problem  No.  1... .  19 

—  No.  2 .  35 

—  No.  3 . 87 


Problem  No.  4 .  83 

—  No.  5.. .  99 

No.  6..... . 131 

—  No.  7 . 147 

—  No.  8 . 179 

—  No.  9 . 195 

—  No.  Ill . 211 

—  No.  11 . 269 

—  No.  12 . 323 

—  No.  13 . 339 

—  No.  14 . 383 

—  No.  15 . 4U3 

Puzzle  No.  1 .  19 

Puzzler  answers  July  6 . 51 

- 12.... . 07 

- 19 . S3 

—  - 28.., .  99 

—  —  Aug.  2 . 115 

- 9 . 131 

- 1C . 147 

—  - 23 . 183 

—  - 30 . 179 

—  —  Sept.  0 . 195 

- 13 . 211 

- -  20 . 227 

- -  27 . 243 

—  —  Oct.  4 . 259 

ll .  175 

—  - 18 . 291 

- 25 . 307 

—  —  Nov.  1 . 323 

- - 8 .  339 

—  - 15 . 356 

- -  22 . 371 

—  -  29 . 387 

—  -  Dec.  6 . 403 

—  - 13  and  20 . 411 

—  Inquiries  No.  1 . 5t 

.Square-word  enigma  No.  1 . 99 

—  -No.  2 . 147 

—  —  No.  3 . 179 

—  -  No.  4 . 195 

- NO.  d . 307 

- No.  0 . 371 

To  the  puzzlerites . 227 

Transpositions  No.  1 . 291 

—  No.  2 . 856 

Word  puzzle  No.  1 .  .  36 

No.  2 .  67 

—  —  No.  3 .  83 

—  —  No.  4 . 259 

—  —  No.  6 . 307 

- No.fi . 387 

READING  FOR  THE  YOUNG. 

About  hired  girls . 116 

/Usop  In  rhyme . 211 

An  aged  cut. . .163 

—  editor  and  tire-fighter . 329 

A  land  of  wild  game .  19 

llttfo  reader . 51. 195 

—  few  words  oti  dretts . 83 

—  girl  who  enjoys  life .  61 

—  motherless  housekeeper. .. .  fd 

—  nice  home .  19 

—  parable .  270 

strange  cobbler..  ,168 

voice  from  Vermont . 163 

young  engraver . 115 

Bear  iu  the  hush .  .343 

Because  father  does . 99 

Belter  than  gold . 24.3 

Boy  and  the  bird . 243 

Boys,  note  this  ! . 307 

Brief  temperance  lecture . ,.259 

Bright  boy  gone . . . 307 

BU8Mng  ln«  grandmother . 195 

Chestnut  expedition . 323 

Children  ou  the  shore . 307 

Children's  church . 131 

Child  questions .  83 

Chippies  and  their  nest .  85 

Concerning  a  certain  red  upple.291 
Country  children . 227 


Cricket  and  the  butterfly. ...... .403 

Der  baby . 51 

Dolly . . . 67 

.Villa  to  Wild  Rose . 259 

Evilsof  profanity . ...131 

Farmer’s  girl  In  reply  to  Frank 

S.O . 403 

Forgot  his  Sunday  School  les¬ 
son . 61 

Fond  of  the  Rural .  51 

From  a  little  farmer . 339 

—  —  Kansas  boy  hunter . Ill 

—  —  live  lloosler  hoy . 403 

—  —  printer’s  devil . 339 

—  —  sensible  Illinois  farmer’s 

son . 403 

—  —  Southern  New  York  girl. .403 

—  —  stupid  printer's  boy . 291 

—  young  naturalist . 227 

little  Minnie . 259 

—  our  young  Tiuturullst . 195 

Wild  Rose,  the  Indian  girl..  195 

Fruits  from  the  tropics,. . 147 

Fun  nn  horseback .  83 

G lenwood  Institute. . . 387 

Good  hens .  51 

Henry  Rergh'and  the  half-dol- 

lor..... . 307 

now  other  babies  live . 36 

Hymn  for  a  little  child . 371 

1  nscet  music . . .  . .  .307 

Lesson  In  Kngllsh . 211 

Letter  to  boys  and  girls . 291 

—  —  children...., . ...323 

—  from  Die  king  of  Slum . 211 

Letters  to  boys  and  girls,  No.  2.356 

—  —  young  Rural ists.  No.  17...  19 

- 18 . 163 

—  - 19..... . 365 

Let  me.  ma'am . ’ . 213 

—  —  get  a  start . . 183 

Little  Chatterbox . . 195 

—  brown  hands . 1*9 

—  Mary . 115 

"  Lively"  wants  funny  things.  .411 

Miseries  of  boyhuod . 275 

Mother’s  welcome..  .  19 

Muskrat  masonry . 275 

My  flowers  and  chickens . 259 

—  little  laborer . 179 

—  pets. .  83 

Only  seven  years  old .  19 

Orderly  habits . 339 

Playing  with  our  Rural  Ists . 83 

Queer  eure  for  dyspepsia . 83 

Ray  of  light . 387 

Ready  obedience . 243 

Rural’s  letters  from  young 

folks . 323 


Saint  Patty . 

. 307 

Scarecrow  of  u  mustache.. 

. 115 

Shall  the  baby  stay . 

. 355 

Sonic  to  bring  sleep . 

. 275 

Starting  for  snhool . . . . . 

Summer  Iplay . 

. 227 

The  boys . 

cock,  dog  and  Count. . . 

Rural  a  necessity . 

. 61 

ten  servants . 

—  wind’s  frolic . 

. 67 

There  was  a  little  boy . 

. 115 

Trades  of  animals.. ,  . 

. 211 

Whnro  are  the  girls  ? . 

. 259 

Willie  by  the  brook . 

. 323 

Woodchuck  skins.  . 

. 35 

Young  poultry  keeper . 

. 195 

SABBATH  READING. 

A  child-like  faith . 114 

—  prayer .  114 

An  analogy..... . 386 

—  Interesting  paper . 338 

At  thy  feet .  50 

Autumn  of  life . .  ,271 


Beautirul  farewell . 242 

Below  and  behind . 82 

Bible,  The . 1G2,  306 

Cheerfulness . Ill 

Consecrated  by  Christ . ...338 

Does  God  answer  prayer  ? . 82 

Evangelical  Alliance . 210.290 

Faith . 386 

—  and  Works . 146 

—  in  Jesus . 290 

Fine  prayers . 140 

Getting  rid  of  sin . 300 

God-fearing  emperor . 178 

—  In  love . ,380 

I  God's  promises . 271 

lie  giveth  Ids  beloved  sleep _ 98 

lln)d  on, Hum, . 98 

Hope  a  charming  trait .  98 

How  a  man  is  converted . 212 

—  to  use  your  experience . 338 

we  look  at  things . ....210 

1  go  to  prepare  a  place  for  thee.220 

Items  and  thoughts . 220 

Life  of  man . 258 

Life's  Imitations .  82 

Little  graves .  50 

Long- spun  sermons . .242 

March  of  Providence . 300 

Natural  condition  of  man . 242 

Our  broknn  Cisterns . 102 

—  life  of  toll . . . 242 

—  real  cares...  . 21(1 

Over  and  over  again.. . 210 

Paternal  government . 169 

Practical  thoughts  on  prayer...  03 
Prayer .  50 

—  of  Agassiz . 140 

Prayers  I  don't  like . 110 

Providence  In  creation .  00 

Religion  of  outward  nature .  82 

Hoods . 300 

String  of  pearls. . 258 

Suggestive  thoughts . . . 210 

Sure  liulper . 338 

The  body  of  religion . 290 

—  conflict .  06 

—  way . 258 

—  will  of  God . 274 

Trials . 60 

Vico  of  the  age,  The . 00 

Work  and  wait.. . 178 

SOCIAL  TOPICS. 

About  sunshine . 401 

An  explanation . 209 

Answering  letters . 225 

pit  ot  Italian  history . 

Bobolink,  the... . 209 

Boll  It  down . 311 

Boston  flower  mission . 337 

Church  welcome . 101  • 

Common  school,  the . 289 

Consumption  of  smoke . 113 

EqtiHstrlim  exercise . . . 401 

Fat  her's  advice  to  a  bride . .257 

*’  Female,"  the  word....  ........101 

Giving  up  the  baby . 113 

Historic  spot  marked . 101 

Home  fooling... . 257 

—  for  the  children . 129 

Homes  and  home  influences.  ...209 

How  does  he  sleep . 129 

Howe’s  musical  monthly . .161 

Lu  beau  page . 161 

Liberal  education  of  women... 101 

Life's  lessons . 249 

Love  of  dress . 225 

Luck  uud  labor . . . . .209 

Mammoth,  tusks  of . . .....129 

Marriage  customs  in  Borneo.. .305  I 

Method  in  work . 225 

Occupation . 161 

Origin  of  Hail  Columbia . 101 

Painless  death . 226 


Papers  before  books . 225 

Pithy  sermon . 101 

K.'ice  for  life . 401 

Remarkable  fish  story . 209 

Keotch  ferry . 289 

Holootlons  from  the  hymnul.,..161 

Seminary  album . 161 

Strange  sight,  a . 161 

Simpletou  and  the  wandering 

.heir . 101 

Some  wonderful  plants . 337 

Spiders’  u petite . 337 

Sublimity . 225 

Summer,  sweet,  good-by . 305 

The  lesson  of  the  day .  129 

-  magazines.... . 101 

To  young  men  . . 209 

Trifles  make  perfection . 129 

Types  of  Italian  character . 257 

Wedding  In  Iceland . 387 

What  the  leaf  does . 225 

Wife’s  rights . 241 

Women  as  teachers. . . 305 


TRAVELER. 

All’s  well  that  ends  well . 307 

American  paupers . 333 

American  department  at  Vien¬ 
na . . . 81 

Artistic  products  of  Italy . 193 

Austrian  beds . 241 

caste . . . 241 

—  cookery . 241 

—  department  ut  Vienna . 81 

—  wines . 241 

—  Women . 241 

Bologna  cemetery . 38 

Continental  travelings  ol'  a 

lone  woman . 273 

Douartmont  of  Franco  at  Vi¬ 
enna... . SI 

Droll  side  to  misery . 353 

Kldolwtdss .  81 

Egyptian  department. . . 193 

Exposition  saunter  Inga . 193 

Florence . 33 

—  und  Its  straw  works . 33 

Freedom  of  Austrian  wives _ 24 

Hog  fattening  establishment  ..145 
Hungary  and  the  Hungarians .145 

Industrial  department . 193 

Italian  department...... ..... ...193 

—  mode  of  living . 33 

—  women..., . 33 

Japanese  department . 193 

Kinder  gnrteu  schools  ol’  Vi¬ 
enna . , . 146 

Knitting  In  Austria . 241 

Luke  country  of  New  York.,  1H.  41 

Learn  French . 116 

Mount  Toppln . . . 369 

Munclien . 273 

Norman  face . 353 

t »ur  European  letter . 33. 81,  111 

193,  241,  273,  305.  353 

Paris  hotel  keepers... . .363 

Pet  of  th*  family . . 73 

Queer  Ideas  of  America . 353 

Religious  pilgrimages  in  France.  81 

P.oumnnla . 81 

Hennery  Iu  Austria . 81 

Helen t  Iflc  dopartm c nt 193 
Honeca  lake  und  its  environs...  41 
Sketches  in  Now  Mexico,  HI. . .  73 

Strasbourg  cathedral. . 305 

Sod  houses  In  Nebraska . 81 

Swedish  women . 193 

Theodore  Parker . . . 33 

Traveling  lu  France . 305 

—  with  a  dog . . . 306 

Turkish  department . 193 

Venice....,.,.. . 83 

Vieuna  exposition  building...  81 


WHAT  LEADING  JOURNALS  SAY  OF  THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER, 


Moore’r  Rural  New-Yorker  is  not  a 
sensation  paper,  and  may  not  win  patrons 
ho  fast  as  some  that  are  ;  but  those  it  wins  it 
keeps,  by  giving  them  the  full  worth  of  their  j 
money  in  instructive,  wholesome,  agreeable 
information  with  regard  to  Farming  and 
Household  Affairs,  with  a  goodly  array  of 
1  iterary  Matter,  Markets,  <fcc.,  &e.  We  pre¬ 
sume  that  no  man  who  took  The  Rural  was  ! 
ever  afraid  or  ashamed  to  be  seen  reading  it, 
or  hesitated  to  commend  It  to  his  neighbors. 
-Horace  Greeley,  in  N.  Y.  Tribune. 

We  huve  been  a  constant  reader  of  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  for  many  year’s,  and 
huve  t  herefore  no  hesitation  iu  saying  that 
neither  anything  contained  in  the  prospec¬ 
tus,  or  the  most  llattering  notice  we  cun 
give,  i:  in  excess  of  the  real  merits  of  the  ! 
paper.  Wenow  repeat  what  we  have  often  \ 
times  said  before,  that  it  is  the  best  Rural  1 
Newspaper  in  the  World.  -Sioux  City  Times.  1 


The  Rural  New-Yorker  is  a  paper  the 
fame  of  which  is  without  a  blot.  Character¬ 
istically  Agricultural,  it  is  in  the  broadest 
sense  a  Family  Paper— one  which  may  be 
admitted  without  doubts  as  to  its  tendency. 
It  has  an  immense  circulation,  and  merits 
patronage  wider  still.  Its  readers  ure  like 
Oliver,  always  asking  for— Moore.— Exam¬ 
iner  nml  Chronicle. 

The  best  Weekly  Agricultural  and  Family  , 
Newspaper  we  ever  saw  is  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker.  It  has  several  Editors,  all  men  of 
reputation,  besides  numerous  regular  con 
tributoi’s,  scattered  all  over  the  country. — 
Kentucky  Statesman, 

The  Rural  is  not  only  a  favorite  in  the 
rural  districts,  but  deservedly  popular  in  the 
cities.  No  newspaper  in  any  country  ever 
ran  a  more  prosperous  career  .—Louisville. 

< Ky .)  Journal. 


The  Rural  New-Yorker  has  now  for 
over  a  score  of  years  bean  an  honor  to  jour 
uulistn.  Excellent  and  pure  in  its  literary 
contents,  abounding  in  timely  information 
on  all  matters  pertaining  to  agricultural  and 
rural  affairs,  and  tasteful  to  fastidiousness  in 
its  arrangement,  aud  letter  press,  its  unri¬ 
valed  success  is  assured.— xV.  V.  Evanydist. 

Always  fresh  and  varied,  and  suited  to 
almost  every  phase  and  period  of  life, 
Moore’s  Rural  now  stands,  pre-eminently, 
the  most  beautiful  aud  popular  weekly  of 
its  class  published  anywhere.— &  S.  Visitor. 

Moore’s  Rural  New-Yorker  is  not  ex¬ 
celled  as  an  agricultural  journal.  In  all  that 
relates  to  the  farm,  duiiy,  stock,  garden, 
and  household,  it  is  an  authority.  As  a 
family  paper  it  is  excellent. — Mich.  Rep. 

The  Rural  is,  to  our  mind,  unequaled. — 
Reformed  Presbyterian ,  ($.  C.) 


[  The  Rural  New-Yorker  is  the  most  ele¬ 
gantly  printed,  ably  edited,  widely  circu¬ 
lated  and  heartily  welcomed  paper,  as  a 
whole,  which  now  fluds  its  way  among  the 
people. —  Williamsport  (Pa.)  Ilulldin . 

The  Rural  Nkw-Yorkf.k,  conducted  by 
Hon.  D.  D.T.  Moore,  has  attained  the  largest 
circulation  of  any  paper  of  its  class  in  the 
Country  or  the  world.— Roch.  Daily  Dem. 

The  Rural  New  Yorker  is  an  excellent 
and  deservedly  popular  Weekly.  It  is  rich 
in  contents,  beautifully  illustrat  ed,  and  com¬ 
plete  in. all  respects. — Y,  O.  Picayune. 

Moore’s  Rural  bus  a  Continental  Circula¬ 
tion,  and  is  a  favorite  in  every  State  and 
Territory  of  the  Union,  Canada,  etc.  Roch. 
Daily  Union.  p 

Moore’s  Rural  New-Yorker  is  an  able 
and  well  managed  |paper,  and  deserves  the 
success  it  has  achieved.— N.  1'.  Daily  Times. 


Packard,  E.  K....  : . 357,375 

Parr,  George . 54, 118, 183,  218,  S10 

Peterson.  Charles  J . 2ti0 

Poultry  World... . 54,88 

1‘rlnie  &  Co.,  S.  1 . 406 

Purdy.  A.  M . 214,  246 

Klley,  C.  8 . 278 

Huberts  Bros . 69 

Saturday  Evening  Post. 278,  294, 

310,  342 

Sheldon  &  Co . 391 

Shorey,  John  I. . 376 

Street  A  Smith . .376 

Sutton  &  Co.,  James. 278, 291, 310, 

326,  313 

“  Tim  Clipper  " . 869 

The  Golden  Age.. ..328,  .'U4,  380,  376 

The  South . 291.  342 

The  Tribune . 280,378 

Vlok,  James . 391 

Wade.  Joseph  M . 313 

Williams.  J.  I) . 209 

William  A  CO..  T.  .28,  71,  102,  134. 

150,  231,  247,  278,  310,  342 
Whlthall,  Henry . 199 


nainos,  R.  H . 246,  278,  294 

Hanford,  R.  G . 188,  182, 198,  214 

Harris,  Col.  S.  D....1PS.  214.  230.  246 
Helices  Nursery  Co.. 135, 181, 198. 

211,  IWI 

Hinrichs.  C.  V.  A. ............ ,..165 

HoopesliroS.AThoma 

HubharO,T.B 

J  en  k  in* ,  J..... . iS*  182#  lS» 

JaUW,  i).  A . 4l,.» . .  *2$) 

Reuser,  Chas.  A . ......216,  .189 

Richardson  A  Vail . .  •••-39. '>8 

Parry,  Wtn . 106. MB.  MB,  211 

Phoenix,  K.  K...103,  119, 136,  151, 
160.  182.  198.  211.  21*1.  246.  278.  394 

Quinn,  P.  T. . . 11.  87,  103,  1 19 

Saul.  J  ilin . 105.  198,230,216 

Shelter.  Alf.  8.. .160.  mi.  1«,  194,211 
.Skinner  A  Oo.,G.  H.184, 198, '214, 230 

Smith  A  Powell . 198 

Tabu  Nursery  Co... . 

Wilson  A  Co.,  O.  W . 166, 182 


Winslow,  Lanier  &  Co •  * 44 120 
Valentine  Tumbridge  A  Co 359 

FURNITURE. 

Paton,  Robert. ..102,  US,  131, 150, 

lob,  lw,  iy» 

FUR  GOODS. 

Gunther’s  Sons.  C.  G....37C, 892, 

4U»,  410 


BOOTS  AND  SHOES 


CORN  SHELLBRB  AND  HUSKKU8. 

Blyrayer  M’f’g  Co . i'jAV**® 

11*11  Husking  Glove  Co..l5W,_230,^_* 

Union  Uusker  Co. ...181, 198.230.  . 


AGENTS  WANTED 


Silver-Tipped  Shoes _ 10,  56, 

72,88,  ltn,  120, 136, 152, 168,  tW, 

200,  216,  232,  248.  204,  280.  296, 

312,  32'*,  341,  301,  -JT6,  392.  4U8,  416 

Cable  Screw  Wire , . .40, 56, 72.  88, 

104,  130.  138, 152.  l'P,  184,  24«, 
216,  232  218,  261,  280,  S«J.  312, 

328,  341.  360,  876,  3 Vi,  10a,  410 

BUILDING  MATERIALS. 

Kagan  A  Van  Doren . 191. 136, 

152,  16.8, 181,  200,  210,  232.  248, 
261,  280.  296,  3)2, 1428.  341,  360, 

370,  392 

Hale  A  Co.,  B.  K.120, 152,  1.-4,  216, 

218,  280, 312.  311,  392. 408 

Manufacturing  Co.,  S.  14....22SI 

245.  20),  2fil.  296.  310,  328 

Mica  Roofing  Co. .  328,  314.  300, 

676.  392,  408,  410 

Rock  River  Paper  Co.. ..120, 152, 
181,  216.  24#.  280,  312,  314,  392,  408 

■Wg* 

BURNING  OILS  &  LAMPS. 

Cleveland  Non-ExpluelveLamp 
Co... 8b,  120,  136,  152.  184,  216, 

248.  280,  312,  344,  376,  408 

Hapgood,  John  U . . . 342 

Pratt,  Charles... 261,  280,  296, 312, 

328,  344 

CLOTHING. 

Freeman  A  Burr . . . 261,  328 


CULT1VAT«R8, 
Bradley  M’f’g  Co.... 88.  5 


DAIRY  UTENSILS. 

Jennings  Bros...,. . 

Orange  Co. Milk  Pan  Co.;7 
131 

Whitman  A  Burrell . 


GROCERIES. 

Great  Am.  Tea  Co.  .40, 66.  72,  88, 
104,  120,  136,  152.  PM,  184,  200, 
216.  232,  218,  201,  330.  290,  312 
32S,  344  ,  300,  376,  392,  KM,  416 


3ARTH  CLOSETS. 

Grlfilng,  H.  B . 312 

FARM  AND  FAMILY  SCALES. 

Fairbanks  A  CO..360,  376,  392.408,  416 
Fairbanks,  Brown  A  Uo.  .300.  370. 


HARDWARE  DEALERS 

Pratt  A  4  o>'.',  ■  j .  T  '■ .' :m: 218.’  290." i 
Tabor  A  Co..  It.  . . 

Whlttemuro.  I>.  II...  .54,  86. 113, 


Continental  Publishing  Co.  .216,  'Ail 
Clegg,  c.  A. 40, 66,  72.  88. 104.  25, 130 

Dark,  M.  A..... . ••3>»9 

Douginas,  J'-'.  M. ........ ..........314 

Uurkuu  A  Koxnrofi.  llb.lJj,  i61, 


PURCHASING  AGENCIES. 


PAINTS  AND  OILS. 

Averill  Chemical  Paint  Co. .248, 

261,  277, 296, 312,  328 


N.  Y.  Supply  Co 


FARM  MILL*  AND  FODDER 
CUTTERS. 

Boyer  A  Brt>„  Wm.  1*. ..  .197. 229, 

Z77,  olU 

Gale,  Warren . ...... •  ■■■■  •  Jjjjj 

Sodgohoer,  Jr..,. 70, 102,  131. 150,  166 

FIRE  ARMS. 

Great  Western  Gun  Works ....  .54 
(Juaukenhush,  L.  R . 232,  248 

FOOD  STEAMERS. 

Prlndle,  D.R . 389 

foot  lathes. 

Baldwin,  N.  11.38.  70. 102,  134, 160. 

106, 230,  210,  296,  320 

GENERAL  DKALKRS. 

Ames  Plow  Co . 38,  54 

HAY  AND  COTTON  PRESSES. 

Uederlck  A  Co.,  P.  K .  38 

HORSE  POWER  AND  THUBB1IING 
MACHINES. 

BIrtuyer,  Norton  A  <  •<> . 38.70, 

102.  118 

Hlrdsell  M'f'g  Of . . .  184. 

200,  216, 282, 248,  261 

Harder,  Alinard . ,,....38,80 

Wheeler,  M  click  A  Co. ...64, 102, 118 

KNITTING  MACHINES. 

Bickford  Knitting  Machine  Co. 

3S.  51.  79,  HO,  102.  118,  131, 150, 

106,  182,  198,  23(1,  246,  295,  310,326 

MAPLE  SUGAR  MACHINERY. 

Post,  C.C . 198,230,216 


’  .  167. 197 

Dustin  Oilman  A  Co. ..71,  87, 103, 
199,  215.  231,  217  ,  279,  295.  311.^ 

Karla,.!.  II . 261,  277  W  311 

Kills  Miinuf.  C-O.. . 71, 87,  103 

Kills  A  Co.,  F.  A . 313 

iiluruku  Portable  Table  Co.  .181, 

m  H»,  215,  231.  247,  279,  296 
Girard  WTrc  Ml II*. ..186, 216,  217, 

Art  A* j  (511*  Oil) 

Hardcnburgh,  A.  B... 7^87,^119,^^ 

Hartford  Pub.  Co . .  39, 55 

Hodge  A  Co.,  George  B..296.  JU,  ^ 

Ho) laud  A  Co.  W.  J...  . ’.343 

Hubbard.  Streeter  A  Co . ..108 

Hudson  River  Wire  Co . 55.87 

Hurst  A  Co.. . . 33J 

La  Porlo  Rubber  Co.....;., 312,  327 
Livingston,  O.M...M,7L»,  U«, 


REAL  ESTATE 


LIFE  INSURANCE. 

Equitable  J.lfn  Ins.  Co . 311 

Provident  Life  anil  Trust  Co. 

l</»  ■  <ll» 

Travelers  1ns.  Co, .40.  72, 136,200, 
216,  282,  218,  280,312.  344.  37b,  104 
United  Slates  Life  lus.  Co . 326 


PATENT  AGENTS 


Brlstor  A  Herring . 328 

Cnrroll,  Harper . 295 

Cboever,  Hon.  8.  W . 261 

Copeland,  K.  M . 1K4,  200.  216,  232 

Davis.  O.  F . 37,  230,  296.  312,  328 

Dodge,  C, . 328 

Ksmuy,  Isaac . 199, 215,  231 

Fenn.  Geo . 107 

Gallagher,  Rebecca  A,. 277,  311,329 

HamlTn,  Palmer . 37,  56,  71 

Ingham,  Wm.  A . . .  89 

Moore  A  Co.,  Wm.  P . 389, 105 

Phelps,  U.  U . 88 

Pomeroy  A  Hon,  Geo.  K . 106 

Reynolds,  Job.. . 131 

Sheldon,  John.., 87. 151.  215,  279.  329 
Touzaltn,  A.  K...136,  152,  168,  181. 

200,  216,  232,  218,  264 


Briggs,  bymaii  W . .  -W4 

Hhaw,  C.  A . 247,  261,  277 

POUXTRY. 

Cory.  D.B . 119.105. 181.W.2U 

Finding.  C... . ,...29,  309 

Gralf,  fl.  C . ;R2 

Miller.  T.  B . 

Hhoemakur,  S . 197,  213,  22J 

Webster,  C.  11 . . .  .  ..3(4 

Whitney.  12. 1I...215. 231,  217., 279. 


LIVE  STOCK 


COMMISSION  MERCHANTS. 

Covert  A  Co„  W.  A . 293,  309,  328 


Dickson,  Thos.  1' 

Graff,  II.  C . 

Marsh.  S.  B . 


DRY  GOODS. 

Rureka  Machine  Twist. 32,  64,  96, 144 
**  Schwab  ” . 213 


MEDICAL 


PRINTING  PRESSES, 


Brown,  Abel . 279,295,310 

K.hbLc Truss  Co... 53.^.117^1:1.^ 

lAdrd,«e«. 

Mayfair,  Nathaniel.  .277, 293,  310, 

Wl,  ■)!* 

New  York  Hair  Treatment..  . 85, 

104*  liSII.  Lw 

Pomeroy  A  Co.  37,  63.69.  85,  JOj, 
H7,  133,  119,  US*,  181,  199,  2D, 
281,  217, 2 62.  279.  'Ala  811  327 
Tobias.  Dr... .101, 117.  133.  149.  UJ». 
181,199,  216,  211,  247.  ‘263,  279. 205 

llpham,  S.  q . *»,  jaj.  842 

Saint.  VV . Ilk*,  18o,  1 9,1,  »1.< 

Sbemian.  Dr . JJg 

soutb w astern  Agency-. ..... jr- -809 

Stephens,  J.  VV  .  .181.  199,  Hu,  .31. 

,£»*/,  OlVj  'b«ll 

Blowcll  A  Co . 215, 281,  217.  279, 

295,  310.  320.  M2 


EDUCATIONAL. 

Adams,  O.  S..,, . 32,  48 

A  merican  Seminary .86, 101, 119, 136 
Buffalo  Telegraphic  lnBt.86,  119, 136 
Cornell  University. .87,  56,  "1,  80, 

1(11*  1  1  v 

Kastman's  Business  College — 136 
lClmlra  Female  College.  .101,  119, 

l.iij  161 

Glonwood  Institute .264,  279,  296, 

•  >11*  <SJta 

Kimball  Union  Academy.. 7),  mi, 

lid,  119 

Leicester  Academy.. .71, 86, 101. 1X9 
Massachusetts  Agricultural  Col- 

lege  .37,  86, 101, 119,  135 
Michigan  State  Ag.  Co  I  lege..... 375 
Oburlln  Business  College. •  101.  , 
183,  1149.  315.  295 
Peekskill  Military  Academy .87.  _ 

56,  1 1 

Rlverview  Military  Academy, 

•10,66,  71,  86 

School  of  Mines . ►29.  293 

Shearman,  C.  A. .101,  U®,  l®. J.?',™, 
199.  21a,  329 

Vun  Normau's,  Dr.  D.  0.117, 131. 215 


SCIENTIFIC  INSTRUM’NTS 


Edwards,  J.  Y . 

Golding  A  Co . . . 344 

PRIZE  DRAWINGS. 

Bramlette,  Tbos.  E..136, 152.  1*». 
181,  200,  216,  23'-'.  348.  261,  &[‘m 

Sine,  L.  D...  .216,  262,  278, 294,  310, 

326, 342, 1158,  371.  390,  HE,  111 


McAllister,  W.  M . 10,  200,  210, 

232,218 

SEEDSMEN. 


Novelty  Co . ,V " "Sr  Wifii  3 

ferine.  Georae  45.... il.  87, 

103,  119,  M6,  151, 161. 184.  200, 

216,  232, 218. 264,  280.  296.  312, 

32H,  311,360,  376,  392,  108,116 

Plumb  A  Co . 103.  449, 13a 

Ross  A  Co.,  A.  L . .  ■■■■  •■'33 

Russell,  B.  B . ........103,119,1.15 

Soconib  A  Co . 72,  232,  264. 296.  328 

Hhaw  (  A . 216,229 

ShltwlG.G . 39,71.  S7.  MB,  119, 13a 

Hhaw,  41.  B.. 216,  231,  247.279,293, 

Oil,  !)*•  4 

Southwestern  Agency..  185, 161, 167 

“  Stack  polo  ".162.  lit?.  183, 193, 215. 231 
Stinson  &  Co. .  G .39,  .»,  jl,  87, 103, 
119,  135,  IjI,  161,  183.  193,  21a, 

*  ’  231.  217,  279,  295,  31 1 

KX.'SA'.!!:"  ■«;»»;«« 

Virtue  A  Y orstou . . .  .371 

Webber  A  Co.,  3 . }«*.  f>}- 

Wendell  A  >  rau cin...... 279,  2)C,  311 

W ostein  Art  Ahh  U.llH.  1.45.  l«d,  167 

White,  N.  H . .•••••-,•-"••••3041 

Wiley,  Waterman  &  do. .296,^1,^ 

Williams,  J.  David . '.371 

Williamson,  11 . .;••••  ■••••■• -419 

Worth  A  Co.,  J  •  -39, 5a,  .1,  87, 103, 
119,  135,  i.il,  167,  183,  199,  216, 231 
Worthington  A  Co..  A.  D....186, 

199,  215,  2J1, 217, 279 


Battles,  R.  H . 101, 120, 136 

CoxeACo.,  L.  n .  ...181,200 

Flemming,  Jus . ......211.  230,216 

Henderson  A  Co.,  Peter... 40.  56, 
108,  184,  200,  216,  '-'32.  318,  261,  280 
Thorburn  A  Co.,  J.  M..  .110, 182,  214 
Vick,  Jus . 138, 152, 168 


PUBLISHERS, 


Adams  A  Co . 294. 

Adams,  11.  W . 

American  Rural  Home.. 181,  200, 

2lS,  232,  248,  264  ,  280,  206,  312, 

328,  314.  376 

Appleton  A  Co..  D . .  . 312 

Arthur  A  Son,  'I' . .312 

llllteklo  A  CO  . 220,216,  2.8 

Bland  A  Co..  M.  C . JJr 

Bowen,  Henry  (! . 37a 

llraliiaid's  Sons,  H . v,'2  ,% 

Camp.C'.D . U7.JJ3 

Cutler,  U.  O . ..876 

Ditsou  A  Co..  Charles  H...  .88,  id, 
70,  «>.  102,  i IS,  I'M.  150.  lUi, 

211, 330. 246.  276,  294,  310.  326,  312 
Durkee  a  Foxcrofv..230  2ia,^8,  ^ 

Ford  A  Co„  J.  B . ..........325 

Harper  Bros . .  •  4'B 

HltelioOOk,  B.  W . 203,  309,328 

1 1 o ward ,  Cupt. . . . . .  •  •  •  -499 

ilusted,  J.  H.  .. . ....131. 150 

Ivisoh,  Blukoman,  Tuylor  A  Co. 

6>,  70, 131,  342 

Jone*  A  Hadley  .88, 51.70. 8»,  Wi¬ 
lts,  133, 150, 166 

J ndd  A  Co..  Grange . .  •• . .408 

Lee  A  Shepard....,, . 2.12,  2i*j 

Lee  A  Walker . 293,  810,  526,312 

Lewis,  H.  N.  F . 309 

McIntyre,  J.W  . •••••Jil 

Mason  A  I  n.,  Perry . 29b,  32iJ 

Murrlam,  G.  A  C . 166 

Miller,  John  W . ,••••2°* 

Miller  A  Cal.,  K.  P . 309,  3j« 

Munn  A  Co . . .,391 

Osgood  A  Co.,  James  H....3S,  54, 

70,  86,  102.  118.  134.  150,  166, 
182,  198,  211,  216,  23U,  246.  278. 

310,  326,  312 


SOCIETIES 


Clnclntmtl  Industrial  Exposi¬ 
tion .  31 

Nebraska  State  Fair . 103,  119 

Now  Jersey  State  Fair . 162 

Northern  Ohio  Fair  Association 


MUSICAL  INSTRUMENTS. 


MOWING  AND  UEAl’INQ 
MACHINES. 

Bradley  M’f’g  Co. ..166, 182. 198, 


ChiekcrlDg  A  Sons.  .376,  303,  HR  116 
Dunham  A  Sons..  .56,  87, 1W.  150, 

182,  200,  211,  210,  278,  310 
Mason  A  Ham  tin  Orguu  C0......197 

Pond  A  Cn..  WU1.  A. ...39,  55,  ,1 

87,103,  118,  131,  150,  106,  1>2,  193 
Prince  A  Co.,  Geo.  A. .  .10,  SO,  72, 

88.  101.  lk  136,  152.  168.  181. 
200,  216,  232,  248,  201,  280,  296,  312 
Stock  A  Co.,  Guo. . lf,.72,  ljd'  i:«!, 

168. 200.  232.  201.  Wi 
U.  8.  Piano  CO..  .39,®, TL  87, 103, 
118.  131.  150,  166,  182,  198.  230, 

216,  278,  291,  310,  32fi 

Waters,  Ilornco . 39,56,  71,87, 

103, 131, 150. 166,  198.  211,  2 30, 


ENGRAVERS  AND  PRINT 
ING  MATERIALS. 

Vanderburgh,  Wells  A  Co. 88, 54, 
70.  86,  102,  118,  151,  150.  166, 
18$,  lk  216,  231.  217, .278  291 


STATIONERY 


PLOWS 


Haynea,  C, 


Ames  Plow  Co 


Poultry  fountain. 

Iron  Clad  Can  Co . 56. 88 

SEWING  MACHINES. 

American  Sewing  Machine  Co. 

296,  311),  326 

Domestic  Sewing  Machine  Co.. 
168, 181,  200, 210.  232,  218,261.  ,, 
280,  296,  312 

Florence  Sewing  Machine  Co... 

296, 310,  326 

Secomb  A  Co . 40.  56 

Wheeler  A  Wilson. . J92 

Wilson  Sowing  Machine  Co. 149, 

162, 106, 181,  200 

SEWING  MACHINE  ATTACHMENTS. 

Palmer  M'f’g  Co..  .38,  70,  MB,  UK  ,, 
152,  182,  295,  320 


STEAM  ENGINES, 


Walratli,  Peter . 86,102,  118 

Whitman  A  Burrell . 120 

Wood,  Tower  A  Morse. 56,  72,  88, 
104,  120,  152,  184,  216,  248  280, 

312,  314,  376,  408 


FERTILIZERS. 

Beebe  Alvuli....33,  51,  70,  80, 102, 118 

Fisk.  II . . . 234 

Lisler  Bros.  .118,  54. 70.  86,  102,  148, 


TOYS, 


NURSERYMEN 


Kane,  Wm.  n 
West  A  Lee... 


AGRICULT’L  IMPLEM’TS, 
MACHINERY,  &C. 

CANE  MILLS  AND  MACHINERY. 
Blymyer,  Norton  A  Co..... . 38 

CIDKR  MILLS*  MACHINKHY,  &C. 

Johnson,  O.^0S.m 

llumsey  A  C# . . . 4*J 


Babcock  A  Co.,  1. 1L, 
Blair  Bros. ••38,  54,  71 
135, 151, 166,  1H2, 
2-18, 

Blakely.  J . . 

Brown  A  Sons,  D.  II 
Bryant,  Jr.,  A.  ...... 

i  link  A  Co.,  XC.  P.... 

Cochran,  K.  R . 

Dingee  A  Conard  Co, 

Ellwanger  &  Barry.. 


Flak  A  Hatch .  -  - . 161 

Freed  man’s  Mavl  n^Mrjatb,  ^ 

Industrial  Ex.  Co.  .39,  W,  71.86, 
103,  119.  135,  161.  167,  183,  199.. 
215,  231,  247.  263, 279,  295,  311,  .127 
Leonard,  Sheldon  A  Foster rtO,^ 

Robinson,  Chase  A  Co.. 10, 56,  71, 
104. 120, 136,  152, 168,  lk  200, 
218,  264, 280,  296,  312,  328,  311, 
300,  376,  392, 108,  41 


WATCHES 


Collins  Metal  Watch  Co, 


ZINC  COLLAR  PAD 


TIN-LINED  PIPE. 
Colwell,  Shaw  A  Willard  M’f’g 


Zinc  Collar  Pad  Co.  .38,  64,  70.  86, 


EMPHATIC  TESTIMONY  OF  ADVERTISEKS 


NEW  York,  Jan.  12,  1872. 
D.  D.  T.  Moore,  Esq.  -  Dear  Sir:  We  have 
advertised  during  the  year  1871  In  your  Journal, 
and  also  In  over  fifteen  hundred  (1,500)  other 
newspapers,  North  and  South.  In  the  letters 
we  have  rooeived  asking  for  specimen  copies, 
we  find  allusion  nrteuer  made  to  our  advertise 
men!  "  in  Moonu’b  RURAL  New-Yorker"  than 
to  all  of  tlm  fifteen  hundred  alluded  to,  com¬ 
bined.  We  send  this  unsolicited,  and  entirely 
unexpected  by  you,  jlmply  ha  a  compliment  to 
enterprising  Journalism,  resulting  In  a  capital 
Agricultural  paper.  Very  truly  yours, 

Van  Evkik,  Horton  &  Co. 

office  of  the  Piano-forte  House  of  ) 
Dunham  A  Sons  17  Union  8q.,  N.  Y„  Feb.U,  ’72.  S 
D.  D.  T.  MOORE— Dear  sir:  After  35  years 
experience  in  advertising  our  Piano-fortes,  we 
consider  your  Rural  New-Yorker  to  be  with¬ 
out  a  superior  as  an  advertising  medium. 

Respectfully  yours,  Dunham  &  liONa, 

UKISAT  WESTERN  GUN  WORKS,  / 
Pittsburgh,  Junu  13,  1870.  ) 
Mr.  D.  D.  T.  Moore  Dear  Sir:  The  adver¬ 
tisement  brought  me  over  3U0  applications  for 
price  lists,  ami  I  am  sure  that  I  made  the  cost 
of  the  advertisement  out  of  one  single  cus¬ 
tomer.  J.,11.  JOHNSTON. 


Claymont,  Del.,  Feb.  12, 1872. 

D.  D.  T.  Moore,  Hsq.— Dear  Sir:  Inclosed 
please  find  advertisement,  which  1  desire  in¬ 
serted  in  your  valuable  paper  three  times. 
Last  spring  I  advertised  (poultry)  only  once  in 
your  paper,  costing  |>l(l,  ami  received  more  bene¬ 
fit  from  it  than  all  the  advertising  In  other 
papers  combined,  which  cost  me  $150.  One 
mail  brought  me  eighty  Inquiries  for  stock, 
saying:  l  saw  your  advertisement  In  RURAL 

N kw-Yohkkic.”  Inclose  bill  to  me  at  Wil¬ 
mington,  Del.  Yours  truly, 

W.  H.  (JOUKCHMAN. 

Tub  Diamond  Mill  manufacturing  Co.,  ) 

Cindmmti ,  O.  J 

Pun.  Moohk’s  Rural  Nkw-Yorkkb— pear 
Sir  :  We  take  pleasure  In  banding  you  check 
for  $126,  In  payment  of  your  bill  for  advertising. 
Wo  find  your  journal  as  an  advertising  medium , 
SECOND  TO  NONK.  Y ours,  respo  itl'ull y, 

B.  Homans,  Jr.,  l’rea  t. 

St.  Joiinsville  Agiucultubax.  Works,  ) 
New  York,  Dao.  33, ’TO.  > 

D.  1).  T.  Moore  -  Dear  Sir:  M v  advertise¬ 
ment  in  the  Kurat.  New-Yohxku  Is  promising 
to  pay  at  least  1,000  per  cent,  hhall  advertise 
more.  Y  ours,  M.  WrLLiAMB. 


Office  of  Walter  a.  Wood  mowing  and  ) 
Reaping  machine  company,  N.  y.  ) 

1>.  D.  T.  Moore,  Esq.— Dear  Sir;  We  are 
glad  of  an  opportunity  to  testify  to  our  high 
appreciation  of  the  rual  value  of  the  Rural 
New- Yorker  iw nn  ndvertlslnff  medium.  Dur¬ 
ing  the  past  year  wo  ndvdrtiseu  In  a  large  num¬ 
ber  ul  the  bond  newspapers  In  the  country,  ami 
have  found,  upon  examination,  that  by  far  the 
greater  part  of  our  Inquiries  and  applications 
for  circulars  and  agendo#  are  traceable  directly 
to  i'ur  advertisement  inserted  in  your  columns. 

Yours,  very  respectfully, 

Walter  A.  Wood,  President, 

W.  A.  W.  M.  &  R.  M.  Co. 

widows’  and  Orphans’  Benefit  life  > 

INSURANCE  CO.,  New  York.  > 

Proprietors  illkal.  New-Yorker  —  mar 
Sir:  1  cheerfully  my  over  my  signal im>,  wl.at 
I  have  already  voluntarily  told  you  verbally, 
that  I  have  been  more  than  ueuully  satisfied 
with  the  results  of  advertising  in  your  paper, 
and  regal'd  it  as  one  of  the  best  mediums  for 
advertising  among  intelligent  readers  in  this 
•euntry.  Yours,  respectfully, 

Charles  H.  Raymond,  Pree’t. 


circulation  of  500,000,  1  received  more  orders 
from  the  “Rural"  than  all  other.,  combined. 
Respectfully,  M>  N,  Wibsjoi*. 

Office  Machdon  Aoriculturai.  v/oukb,  > 

MACK) ion,  N.  Y.  > 

D.  D.  T.  Mogul-  Dear  Sir:  Inclosed  find 
draft  I or  $91.13,  In  full  of  your  bill  Tor  advertis¬ 
ing,  U) hich  hat  proved  to  uc  llic  most  proiUuble 
investment  u:e  ever  made  for  the  amount.  Please 
ueknowledgu  reoeipt,  and  oblige, 

Yours  truly,  Bickford  &  Huffman. 


VOL.  XXVIT.  No.  1 
WHOLE  No.  l!iJ3 


f  Entered  according  to  Act  of 


sumo  Ci 


amp  two  nights  in 
herder  must  always  be 
and  for  wol 

about,  ut  night  to  pick  off 
from  the  camp,  In 
a  number  of  goats 
and  leaden 
their  wake,  j 

«...  K/%J  .Ml  I1J 

bility  to  manage  a  flock  without  them.  ‘ 

A.  J.  Russell, 

- — -»  »  «. - 

MINNESOTA  SHEEP  LAW-. 

Minnesota  has  the  following  law  whii 
was  approved  March  ti.  187.1,  and  is  in  f, 
effect  now,  to  wit The  owner  or  possess 
of  any  dog  that  shall  kill,  wound,  or  wor 
any  slioep  or  lamb  shall  be  liable  for  the  vali 
of  such  sheep  or  lamb,  to  the  owner  there 
without  proving  notice  to  the  owner  or  nr 


succession ;  the 
on  the  alert  for  strays 
vis,  which  are  always  prowling 
.  1  some  straggler 

every  flock  will  he  found 
;  these  are  the  starters 
rs,  the  sheep  always  following  in 
9.  It  would  almost  be  an  impossi- 


SKETCHES  IN  NEW  MEXICO.-II 


It  has  been  ascertained  that  a  fheep  will 
cot  Fume  three  pounds  of  hay  a  day  to  every 
1  pounds  ol  flesh;  that  a  sheep  weighing  86 

DC  un (is  Will  t  riAHt-ir)/ . ®  o 


“315? 


Jhulu.strial  ®o|uu. 


PRIZES  AT  PAIRS. 


OOBE?S  BUBAL  WEW-YOBKEB 


i 

I 


Since  our  earliest  school  days  we  have 
appreciated  “rewards  of  merit.”  This  thing 
is  very  broad,  and,  applied  to  great  interests, 
is  a  problem  deep  and  difficult.  Mentis 
greatly  encouraged  and  Sham  repressed  by 
public  recognition.  The  difficulty,  and  it  is 
mountainous,  is  in  the  tribunals  that  under¬ 
take  to  determine  real  and  comparative 
merit.  Take  the  wide  range  of  agricultural, 
horticultural,  mechanical  and  artistic  pro¬ 
ductions  in  all  their  various  forms  and  phases, 
who  has  mastered  them  ?  IV hut  knowledge 
of  principles,  what  nice  discrimination,  what 
large  experience,  what  rectitude  make  a 
judge  1 

Perhaps  it  is  proper  to  set  up  tribunals  to 
pass  judgment  upon  matters  and  things  in 
general,  we  think  it  is ;  certainly  there  is  no 
modest v  about  it,  but  there  is  a  very  grave 
responsil nlity-a  responsibility  t  hat  should  lie 
weighed  by  every  body  of  men  that  under¬ 
takes  to  decide  the  positive  and  comparative 
standing  of  what  is  submitted  to  them 
Has  this  responsibility  always  been  ielt 
Have  associations  awarding  prizes  fully  con¬ 
sidered  the  importance  of  this  department, 
of  their  work  ?  Have  they  not  rather  made 
it  incidental  and  accidental  V  if  tribunals 
were  selected  with  tolerable  care,  lias  not 
their  attendance  been  irregular  and  their  ab¬ 
sence  supplied  by  extemporized  “commit¬ 
tees  utterly  unqualified  i  The  known  incom¬ 
petence.  of  these  committees,  has  given  rise 
to  much  HI  feeling,  and  has  discouraged,  dis- 
, rusted  and  driven  away  the  best  class  of 
exhibitors,  thus  doing  serious  injury  to  the 
interests  the  exhibition  was  intended  to 
foster. 

It  is  useless  for  boards  of  managers  to  say, 
“We  do  the  best  we  can.”  Gentlemen,  you 
do  not  do  the  best  you  can.  You  under- rate 
the  importance  of  this  part  of  your  work 
and,  consequently,  do  it  imperfectly.  You 
do  not.  accurately  measure  the  grave  respon¬ 
sibility  you  assume  as  umpires  between  indi¬ 
viduals  modestly  following  their  callings; 
earnest  and  angry  contestants  for  public 
favor  ;  great  business  firms,  who  look  to  you 
for  the  best  advertisement  of  their  wares. 
You  have  undertaken  to  adjudicate  luatteis 
deemed  Important  by  others  if  not  by  your¬ 
selves.  You  do  it  as  coolly,  should  I  say  as 
carelessly,  as  a  woman  puts  on  her  washing- 
day  clothes.  It  is  notorious  that  exhibitors 
sometimes  nominate  their  judges 

The  “noise  and  confusion  ’  that  once  pie- 
vented  LEWIS  Cash  from  making  a  speech 
lias  been  your  apology  for  management  that 
might  be  excused  in  your  youth,  but  which 
disgraces  your  maturer  years. 

Gentlemen,  this  Fair  business  lias  large 
proportions.  There  is  back  of  it  a  great 
social  necessity  which  calls  people  together. 

If  we  had  move  religion,  we  might  assemble 
under  that  head  ;  if  We  were,  more  military, 
we  might  come  for  grand  “parades;”  as  it 
is  we  have  one  eye  for  business  and  the 
other  for  ei.joyment-that  is,  if  we  have  two 
eyes  which  some  have.  The  fourth  of  July 
Is  intangible,  and  «  e  have  got  its  affairs  dis¬ 
posed  of  ;  Christmas,  Goo  bless  it,  is  a  rising 
star,  but  it  is  rather  domestic,  and  it  comes 

in  the  winter.  The  Fair  is  the  people’s  holi¬ 
day  their  great  sociable,  and  the  occasion 
should  be.  improved  to  make  it  their  great 
educator  in  agriculture,  mechanics  and  art. 
Permanent  buildings,  graceful  in  outline, 
faultless  In  proportions,  but  of  cheap  ma¬ 
terials.  should  be  constructed  to  protect  the 
people  and  their  offerings.  Here  let  the  best 
models  in  every  department  of  industry  and 
art  be  put  on  exhibition  ;  let  their  merits  be 
canvassed  by  the  critics  and  the  official  de¬ 
cision  be  made  by  men  of  probity,  who  have 
obtained  eminence  in  the  department  as¬ 
signed  to  them.  The  decisions  of  such  men 
will  educate  the  people  and  satisfy  in  a  good 
degree  the  exhibitors. 

You  can  lead  a  horse  to  the  water ;  can 
you  make  him  drink?  “We  appoint  good 
judges,  how  shall  we  compel  them  to  serve  ?” 
First  of  all  we  must  accomplish  what  it  is 
the  design  of  this  communication  to  promote 
—a  full,  recognition  by  everybody  of  the 
necessity  for  honest  and  intelligent  decisions 
by  awarding  committees.  This  haphazard 
business  must  be  thoroughly  repudiated 
everywhere.  When  a  committee  has  been 
carefully  and  prayerfully  appointed,  the 
aut.h«  iritativo  public  sentiment  should  enforce 
sendee  A  man  is  not  to  decline  this  office 
and  live  comfortably  in  the  community.  We 
owe  duties  to  the  State,  and  this  kind  of 


it  in  like  manner  2  At  any  rate  a  knowledge 
of  the  situation,  a  full  appreciation  of  the 
actualities  and  possibilities  of  the  Fair,  wd 
go  far  to  correct  the  evils  complained  of. 
We  must  bring  this  thing  home  to  all  parties 
concerned.  These  autumnal  gatherings  ol 
the  people  will  rise  in  importance  and  exert 
ftn  ever  widening  influence  on  the  social,  in¬ 
dustrial  and  even  the  moral  and  intellectual 
interests  < if  the  country.  As  patrons  of  agri¬ 
culture  and  art  ,  there  are  no  bounds  to  the 
good  they  may  accomplish.  The  well¬ 
deserving  should  be  complimented  and  re¬ 
worded,  as  a  stimulant  for  improvement. 

When  mortals  play  the  part  of  a  special 
Providence,  rewarding  merit,  bestowing  or 
withholding  favor,  great  diligence  and  cir¬ 
cumspection  are  requeslt.e.  Horticultural 
establishments  have  made  fine  displays  o( 
both  fruits  and  flowers  at  ail  the  Fairs  of  the 
State  Society  since  its  first  organization,  and 
even  at  many  of  its  winter  meeting*.  The 
public  have  been  greatly  instructed  uui  <le 
lighted  iiy  their  magnificent  exhibitions. 
Have  they  not  a  right  to  expect  equal  honors 
with  those  who  have  been  honored  ?  Those 
State  Exhibitions,  regularly  kept  up,  have 
done  mueh  to  develop  on  interest  in  horticul¬ 
ture  and  correct  and  cultivate  the  public 
taste,  besides  constituting  one  of  the  princi¬ 
pal  attractions  Of  1  ha  great  Fair.  Let  none 
have  any  reason  to  suspect  that  they  arc  not 
treated  with  perfect  fairness  and  impar¬ 
tiality.  Let  all  organizations  making  awards 
attach  more  importance,  and  give  more 
scrutiny  to  this  department  of  their  work. 

We  trust  the  State  Agricultural  Society, 
yet  in  its  infancy,  will  assume  proportions 
corresponding  with  the  magnitude  of  the 
work  which  waits  the  doing.  Let  Rural  Im¬ 
provement  be  our  watchword.  The  rougher 
work  of  the  country  will  soon  be  done,  the 
land  will  soon  be  cleared  up  and  the  roads 
built;  every  ship  brings  laborers  and  every 
harvest  adds  to  the  national  wealth.  Gon 
irrant,  that  we  may  not  sink  into  debauchery 
or  fritter  away  our  lives  in  luxury  or  vain 
show,  but  mav  we  bring  rural  life  up  to  the 
poet’s  and  painter's  highest  conceptions. 
I.et  us  bring  our  organizations  lor  rural  im¬ 
provement  into  the  best  possible  working 
order;  and  now,  as  we  have  abused  their 
managers  pretty  roundly,  let  us  thunk  many 
intelligent,  generous  and  pubhc-j-pirlted  gen¬ 
tlemen  connected  with  them  for  then  in¬ 
valuable  services.  H.  T.  B. 


VALUE  OF  CORN  FODDER. 


service,  “in  the  good  time  coming,”  will 
supersede  military  service— why  not  enforce 


WHAT  A  “BUCKEYE  BOY”  IS  DOING. 

Friend  Rural  :—l  am  one  of  the  many 
new  ones  whose  names  appear  on  the  visa¬ 
ing  list  Of  the  Rural  New-Yorker.  _  The 
acquaintance  is  likely  to  move  agreeable  to 

me.  1  have  just,  framed  your  picture.  1 

procured  two  undone-half  inch  walnut  mold¬ 
ing,  with  gilt  lining  one-half  inch  m  width. 
Tills  makes  a  frame  heavy  enough  lor  that, 
size  picture.  The  picture,  my  wife  says,  is 
beautiful,  iuid  i  iidnitre  her  taste-  I  lo.el  well 
repaid  already  for  my  investment. 

In  eve  it  paper  1  (iud  something  which i  is 
of  use  to  me.  1  feel  a  great,  need  ol  a  dis¬ 
tinctly  agricultural  paper  to  Keep  my  every¬ 
day  life  toned  up.  We,  as  farmers,  aim  too 
low  and  then  fall  below  the  mark  wlueh  wu 
set  uii  Cor  ourselves.  Then  comes  the  disap¬ 
pointment  to  think  we.  have  not  attained  our 
ends  Without  our  paper  we  soon  grow  dis¬ 
couraged,  and  content  ourselves  with  doing 
as  others  around  us.  But  with  the  paper 
new  everv  week,  we  And  continual  help,  en¬ 
couragement  and  assistance.  it  is  a  needful 
tonic  or  stimulant.,  and  one  of  your  greatest 
rewards  must  be  the  thought  that  you  are 
helping  so  many  all  over  the  land  to  gain  the 
obieets  for  Which  we  strive  to  improve  our¬ 
selves  and  our  farms.  Seven  years  ago  I 
commenced  rny  life  on  a  farm,  three  years, 
next,  March  vr  commenced  on  our  own  farm 
1 1 1  solve  the  following  problem  ;  —  Given  fifty 
acres  of  nourish  laud,  four  head  of  cat, tie 
large  and  small,  for  stock,  a  small  amount  ol 
farming  utensils,  two  pan;  of  willing  bauds 
and  none  too  strong  bodies,  and  a  debt  ot 
about  four  hundred  dollars  with  which  to 
ucertnin  the  unknown  quantity  hoped  to  con¬ 
sist  of  a  ruu  down  farm  rejuvenated,  old 
buildings  repaired  and  new  ones  built,  a  farm 
well  stocked  with  tine  cattle  and  furnished 
with  needful  farming  implements,  a  little 
monev  ahead  for  a  time  of  need,  and,  above 
all  we  ourselves  and  those  whom  God  may 
give  us,  so  improved  by  the  discipline  of  life 
that  we  may  be  fitted  to  till  aright  whatever 
place  we  may  be  called  to  occupy. 

Now.  friend  Rural,  we  liave  been  at  work 
three  years  on  this  problem  and  are  ready  to 
work  ’a  good  many  more  before  we  give  up 
beat.  Yet  our  progress,  with  little  experi¬ 
ence  and  no  capital,  has  been  slow,  but  wo 
are  gaining  ground  ;  and  if  among  your  read¬ 
ers  there  are  any  we  call  help  or  encourage, 
we  shall  be  glad  to  do  so,  and  help  our  own 
mind  in  so  doing.  Should  the  waste-basket 
be  this  paper’s  filial  resting  place,  we  are 
none  the  worse  for  having  written,  and  your 
readers  avILJ  be  saved  the  trouble  ot  reading 
the  t  houghts  of  u  —  BUCKEYE  Boy. 

We  publish  this  letter  in  order  to  say  to 
“ Buckeye  Roy,’’  go  ahead'.  Keep  faith 
with  v ourself  !  Work  !  but  do  uot  fail  to 
read  and  think  !  Be  patient,  cultivate  con¬ 
tent  1  Enjoy  what  you  have  and  acquire  to 
the  uttermost.  Envy  no  one  1  Emulate  and 
strive  to  equal  in  accomplishment  all  who 
succeed  by  honorable  means  I  So  shall  you 
be  happy  and  prosperous. 


Dr.  Nichols,  in  Journal  of  Chemistry, 
says  : — The  opinion  we  have  always  held 
upon  the  question  of  the  value  of  green  corn 
fodder  for  milch  cows  has  been,  that  when 
raised  for  broadcast  sowing  it  is  nearly 
worthless,  but  when  sown  in  hills  or  in  drills, 
and  cultivated,  with  access  of  air  and  sun¬ 
light,  it  is  of  high  value.  During  the  present 
season  we  have  made  sonic  experiments  t  o 
test  the  correctness  of  these  view*.  Stalks 
were  collected  from  u>  Held  where  the  seed 
was  sown  broadcast,  and  also  stalks  growing 
in  drills  upon  the  same  field,  and  they  weio 
dried  in  a  drying  closet  to  expel  the  moist  ure. 
Both  specimens  were  planted  at.  the  same 
time  (the  «th  of  May),  and  it  was  found  that 
the  broadcast  sowing  contained  02  per  cent, 
of  water,  those  from  drills  SR  per  cent  ,  of 
water.  Thus  it  was  shown  that  the  differ¬ 
ence  of  solid  matter  in  the  two  was  relatively 
as  8  to  17  per  cent.  The  solid  matter  was 
composed  of  starch,  gum,  sugar  and  woody 
fiber.  There  was  almost  an  entire  absence  ot 
sugar  und  gum  in  the  stalks  from  the  broad¬ 
cast  sowing,  while  the  stalks  that  had  giown 
under  the  Influence  of  light  and  air  held  t  hese 
nutrient  principles  inconsiderable  quantities. 
The.  stalks  were  collected  at  the  period  oi 
growth  just  before  the  ear  begins  to  form,  a 
period  when  most,  farmers  commence  to  cut 
the  fodder  for  their  cows,  Our  experiments 
upon  corn  fodder  have  afforded  ns  important 
information  upon  other  points.  We  find  that 
the  stalks  cut  before  they  reach  a  certain 
stage  of  growth  are  deficient  in  nut  rient  mul 
ter,  end  therefore  it  is  a  waste  to  feed  them 
too  early.  The  corn  plant,  like  all  other 
vegetable  structures,  has  but  one  object  or 
aim  in  its  growth,  and  that  is  to  produce 
seed.  It  is  engaged  during  its  whole  life  m 
storing  up  large  quantities  of  starch,  which  is 
to  be  used  when  t  l  ie  pressing  occasion  arrives, 
or  the  seed  vessels  mature,  to  form  by  some 
subtle,  mysterious  changes  the  rich  nutrient 
principles  wh  irh  are  found  in  seeds.  As  soon 
as  t  his  struggle  is  over,  the  coin  plant,  like  all 
annuals,  dies  n  natural  death.  It  is  not 
necessary  for  frost  to  strike  it  ;  it  dies  from 
simple  exhaustion.  The  proper  time  to  cut 
and  feed  corn  st  alks  is  during  t  he  four  or  live 
weeks  which  succeed  inflorescence,  or  m  other 
word  s  they  should  not  bo  cut,  until  the  flower 
is  fairly  developed,  ami  the  car  commences 
to  form  ;  and  any  corn  that  is  so  planted 
that,  the  car  cannot  form  and  main  re,  h  prac¬ 
tically  worthies*  us  fodder.  Farmers  may 

learn' from  these  facts  that  corn  designed  to 

be  cut  for  fothlcr  should  be  planted  at  two  or 
three  periods  during  the  season  ;  some  fields 

quite  early,  others  somewhat  later,  and  still 

others  as  late  as  is  safe.  In  this  way,  when 
the  hot.,  dry  months  of  July  and  August  mic 
reached,  and  the  jaisLures  falter,  a  supply  of 
fodder  is  secured  at  a  proper  stage  of  growth 
to  afford  the  largest  amount  of  nutriment. 


aud  a  slight  sprinkle  of  manure  put  on  after¬ 
wards,  a  great  deal  of  the  clover  seed  would 
grow  in  the  spring.  ’This  is  the  best  way  to 
renew  the  clover  seed  without  reseeding,  and 
answers  his  second  query.— P.  d.  g. 

Sowing  Mixed  Groin.— A  correspondent  of 
the  Journal  of  the  Farm  says  he  sowed,  last 
season,  a  mixture  of  two  bushels  of  oats  and 
one  of  wheat  per  acre  and  got,  as  a  result, 
fully  one-fourth  more  grain  by  measure  than 
on  the  portion  of  the  held  seeded  with  oats 
alone.  For  stock  feed  he  recommends  mixed 
seeding.  Finds  barley,  oats  and  peas  do  well 
together  and  is  inclined  to  think  that  the 
more  kinds  of  grain  are  sown  together  the 
larger  will  be  tb<>.  crop,  in  weight,  obtained. 

Hungorinn  Grass.-"  Has  Hungarian  Grass 
proved  profitable  where  it  has  been  tried 
thoroughly  f”  So  asks  a  correspondent  of 
Hie  Ru  ra  l  N EW  YORKER.  W e  answer,  Yes. 
it  is  a  good  crop  to  sow  nou\  either  for  soil¬ 
ing  stock,  or  to  make  bay — cutting  it  for  ha> 
or  soiling  purposes  when  it  is  in  bloom.  In 
most  cases,  when  cut  at  that  stage  of  its 
growth,  it  furnishes  a  rich  after-math  for 
pasturage. 

Harrowing  Wheal  Field*.— 1  notice  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  accounts  of  harrowing 
wheat  in  the  spring  with  very  beneficial 
results.  Will  some  of  the  Rural  readers 
please  tell  us  if  harrowing  the  wheat  fields 
will  injure  Timothy  that  has  been  sown  the 
fall  before— the  only  way  we  can  insure  a 
“good  catch”  in  this  part  of  the  State.— O. 
L.  A.,  Clyde,  0. 

Peanuts  for  Seed.— OSENKR,  Colona,  Ill. 
Peanuts  for  planting  can  bo  obtained  at  aL 
most  any  corner  grocery  in  every  village  and 
citv  Of  course  you  do  not  want  those  that 
have  been  roasted.  It  Is  too  lute  in  the  sea¬ 
son  for  planting,  with  any  certainty  of  ob¬ 
taining  a  crop  so  far  North  as  Colona,  III 


INDIGO  CULTURE. 

Indigo  was  once  a  most  important  crop  in 
South  Carolina,  and  proved  equally  prolific 
in  Louisiana.  Enough  might  undoubtedly 
be  raised  in  the  United  States  to  supply  the 
homo  market.  Some  indigo  produced  at 
Baton  Rouge  was  pronounced  to  have  been 
equal  to  the  best  Caracas,  which  sells  at  ?1 
per  pound,  and  experience  has  proved  that 
one  acre  of  ground  there  will  yield  sixty  ll>s. ; 
that  it  requires  only  from  July  to  October 
for  cultivating  it,  that  there  is  not  connected 
with  it  one-third  of  the  expense  or  time  that 
is  generally  required  for  the  cultivation  of 
cotton. 

The  plant  is  somewhat  like  a  fern  when 
grown,  and  when  young  is  hardly  distin¬ 
guishable  from  lucerne  grass  ;  its  leaves  in 
general  are  pinnated,  and  terminated  by  a 
single  lobe  ;  the  flowers  consist  of  five  leaves, 
and  arc  of  the  pupilonoceoua  kind,  the  upper¬ 
most  petal  being  longer  and  rounder  than  the 
rest,  and  lightly  furrowed  on  the  side  ;  the 
lower  ones  are  short  and  end  in  a  point;  in 
this  middlo  of  the  ilower  is  formed  the  style, 
which  afterwards  becomes  a  pod  containing 
the  seeds. 

, - - — - - 

FIELD  NOTES. 


How  to  Saw  Orchard  Grass.— W.  T.  T. 
asks  liowto  save  orchard  grass.  When  the 
stalk  turns  white  the  grass  is  ripe  ;  then  cra¬ 
dle  off  the  tops  long  enough  to  bind  into 
bundles  and  set  them  up  in  the  field  unt  il 
thoroughly  dry,  when  they  may  be  taken 
into  the  barn  and  the  seed  threshed  out. 
The  stubblo  can  be  cut  for  hay.  it  clover 
seed  was  sown  on  the  ground  in  the  winter, 


THE  SWIVEL  PLOW. 

Youu  correspondent,  in  Rural  New  - 
Yorker  of  ,  May  31,  inquires  about  the 
swivel  plow— how  they  like  it  and  why  ?  ”  I 
have  had  one  of  the  iron  swivel  plows  in  use 
since  185T), which  I  boughtof  Paschal  Morris. 

I  have  been  much  pleased  with  the  plow  and 
consider  it  quite  an  acquisition  to  fanners 
having  hilly  ground  to  cultivate.  I  would 
not  part,  with  it  for  any  consideration,  if  it 
could  not  be  replaced.  It  is  for  superior  to 
any  other  pattern  of  aide-hill  plow  that  l 
have  overseen.  It  is  a  right  and  left-handed 
plow,  each  cut-off  about  the  middle  of  the 
mold-board,  and  the  two  forward  ends  with 
•the  shares  on  braced  together,  with  the 
hinder  ends  of  the  mold-boards  each  cast 
separate  and  connected  by  a  bolt  lunge,  to 
the  two  plows— one  right  and  the  other  left- 
handed,  so  t  hat  the  wing  not  in  use  is  im¬ 
mediately  behind  the  other.  There  being  a 
share  on  each  end,  in  a  line  on  the  ground,  it 
is  equivalent  to  two  perfect  plows,  llie  laud 
side  is  a  separate  piece  of  hardened  metal 
and  can  be  replaced  when  worn  out.  On  t  he 
top  of  the  center  is  a  thick  piece  of  metal 
with  an  inch  hole  perpendicular,  to  receive 
h  strong  screw  bolt,  passing  through  a  sim¬ 
ilar  piece,  being  part  of  the  beam,  which, 
when  brought  parallel  over  each  other,  are 
secured  by  a  long,  narrow  bridle  or  clevis 
hanging  to  the  beam  connecting  to  a  rod 
read  ling  back  to  the  handle,  wliieh  can  be 
thrown  forward  by  the  hand  of  the  plow¬ 
man.  The  beam  and  handles  being  bolted 
together,  when  the  clevis  or  bridle  is  shoved 
forward  they  are  Ioobo  to  turn  round  while 
the  lower  part  of  the  plow  stands  in  the  fur¬ 
row  ready  to  start  back,  the  other  end  fore¬ 
most.  The  wings  or  tails  of  the  mold-boards 
will  fall  back  whenever  the  plow  enters  the 
ground. 

The  swivel  plow  is  about  one  to  one  und  a- 
lialf  inches  narrower  than  the  ordinary  iron 
plow,  aud  is  about  four  to  six  in<  lies  long*  i 
on  the  ground,  being  more  tapering  and 
taking  rather  less  furrow  ;  it  runs  lighter 
and  makes  better  work  than  any  plow  we 
have  ever  had,  making  no  dead  furrows. 
The  horses  turning  right  and  left  on  the  qn- 
plowed  ground,  you  need  not  have  a  track 
on  your  plowing  ;  and  as  you  can  turn  in  any 
<1  part  of  the  furrow,  you  can  always  make 
your  plowing  to  suit  the  hill. 

It  is  equal  to  any  other  plow,  on  level 
ground,  or  plowing  around  a  land.  With 
care  it  is  not  liable  to  get  out  of  order.  The 
large  connecting  bolt,  in  time,  will  wear  out. 
It,  should  not  be  used  among  stumps  or  rocks, 
or  carelessly  strain  on  the  wings  ol  the  mom- 
boards.  The  plow  being  long  and  ot  good 
weight,  it  runs  very  steaddy  and  is  not  name 
to  be  easily  drawn  out  of  the  ground. 
Grampian  Hills,  Clearfield  Co.,  Fa.  E.  H. 


MOOSE’S  RURAL  DEW-YORKER, 


Bin 


QUESTIONS  IN  CHEESE  MAKING. 

•  ^  • —  I  have  a  few  questions 

inreganl  to  cheese  which  you  will  greatly 
obUge.  me  by  anaweriug.  1.*  What  should  be 
the  proper  teehng  of  a  cheese  well  cured  ? 
“•  "  hat,  effect  would  it  have  on  n  cheese 
press,  the  hoop  to  have  the  temperat  ure  in 
the  curing  room  run  as  high  a*  7G  to. 84'  » 
■i.  Do  you  consider  it  an  injury  or  any  dam¬ 
age  to  have  a  cheese  from  the  hoop, 'for  the 
tirst  few  days  ir.  is  on  the  shelves,  leak  !  4 
YV  111  a  Chec.au  properly  made  doso  If  the  tem¬ 
perature  is  kept  from  G.V  to  70°  *  5.  In  your 
I  metical  Dairy  Husbandry”  you  sneak  of 
cooling  the  curds  well  before  putting  to  press 
and  then  press  10  minutes,  gnud  in  milk  and 
then  sail.  ;  would  there  not  be  danger  of  de¬ 
veloping  too  much  add  ?  Is  the  hot  iron  test 
it  liable  f — R.  W.  Max  am. 

Tub  appearance  and  texture  of  a  good 
cheese,  ready  for  market,  have  been  some¬ 
times  described.  We  give  whnt  some  of  the  I 
noted  English  cheese  -  mongers  say  on  the 
subject.  The  Messrs.  Cokperoy  of  London, 
to  uso  their  own  language,  “  JVmit  cheese 
rii-h,  solid,  lliic-llavored,  firm,  sound,  hand¬ 
some,  and  that  will  continue  to  improve  for 
twelve  months,  and  longer,  if  required.” 

Mr.  Bates  of  Cheshire  says  :  “The  best 
cheeses  made  are  linn  and  imperishable 
keeping  in  the  cheese  room  for  12  months  or 
longer,  the  texture  being  solid  hut  not  tough 
and  the  flavor  fine.”  ’ 

All.  1  it  ley  of  Bath,  describes  the  charac¬ 
teristics  of  a  good  cheese  as  follows  ;—*•  Mel 
low  and  rich  iu  taste  and  flavor,  and  firm 
and  full  in  texture.” 

Mr.  Paterson  of  Edinburgh,  allinns  that ; 
“A  good  cheese  is  rich,  without  being  greasy 
with  a  sweet,  nutty  flavor ;  clear,  equal 
color  throughout  ;  of  a  compact,  solid  tex 
tfire,  without  being  waxy  ;  firm,  yet  molt¬ 
ing  easily  in  the  mouth,  and  leaving  no  rough 
flavor  on  the  palate.” 

Mr.  Ii akdi no,  the  great  exponent  of  chud¬ 
dar  cheese  making  in  England,  says  that  :  j 
“  A  good  cheese  is  close  and  firm  in  texture,  i 
yet  mellow  ;  in  character  or  quality  it  is 
rich,  with  a  tendency  to  melt  iu  the  mouth  ; 
the  flavor  full  and  fine,  approaching  that  of  * 
a  hazel  nut.” 

I.  We  should  say  that  a  good  cheese,  prop¬ 
erly  cured,  has,  under  the  hand,  that  peculiar  1 
firm,  yet  soft,  velvety  texture  which,  to  the  1 
expert,  is  always  satisfactory  evidence  of  its  ' 
quality.  It  is  neither  hard  nor  too  soft,  but 
will  feel  mellow  rather  than  elastic,  when  i 
pressed  with  the  finger. 

2.  11  the  temperature  of  the  cheese  room  fl 
is  kept  at  70  to  75  Fahr.  and  not  above  70°,  v 
we  should  expect  the  best  possible  results-  b 
so  far  as  curing  is  concerned.  When  the  » 

temperature  is  allowed  to  go  so  high  as  H4°  n 

and  remains  on  this  range  fur  any  consider-  ri 
able  time,  the  cheese  matures  rapidly,  and  b 
must  bo  consumed  early,  or  it  will  “turn  in  it 
flavor.”  A  largo  number  of  careful ly-con-  ti 
ducted  experiments  show  that  the  best  tern-  b 
perature  to  secure  a  mild,  clean  flavor,  is  at  a 
about  70  and  not  above  75°,  when  all  the  la 
cream  of  the  milk  Is  used  in  the  cheese.  If  I  in 
tlie  milk  is  very  poor  or  has  been  skimmed,  I  m 
the  cheese  made  from  it  will  bear,  and  should  ti. 
be  cured  in,  aji igher  temperature  than  cheese  tii 
made  from  rich  milk.  The  quantity  of  ren-  tji 
net  used,  also,  has  an  influence  on  the  curing  If 
process  much  rennet  and  a  high  tempera-  til 
'  ure  inducing  rapid  fermentation  and  early  w 
decomposition  or  decay.  pa 

•I.  VV  e  should  prefer  to  have  no  whey  run  cl< 
from  the  cheese,  though  a  slight  moisture,  th 
for  a  few  days  after  removing  from  the  hoop,  pe 
,  dfJ  Q0  material  damage.  A  cheese  that  th 


tlie  close  of  the  process.  To  an  experienced 
operator  there  is  no  t  rouble  in  regard  to  de- 
_  velopi ng  too  much  acid.  The  object  of  press¬ 
ing  the  curds  before  salting  is  to  expel  the 
whey  so  that  the  exact  quantity  of  salt  re¬ 
quired  may  bo  used.  It,  is  quite  difficult  to 
.  regulate  the  quantity  of  salt,  from  day  to 
s  daF>  when  the  curds  are  salted  before  press- 
?  ing,  since  we  can  only  guess  at  the  amount 
‘  of  whey  which  the/  contain,  and  more  or 
|  *eas  passes  oif  with  the'  whey.  Many 
factories  arc  troubled  with  unequal  suiting 
in  their  make  of  cheese,  and  not  unf requently 
considerable  losses  are  sustained  in  the  sales 
of  cheese  on  this  account. 

((  during  the  past  few  years,  at  some  of  our 
laney  factories,’’  the  cheddar  process  has. 
in  part,  been  adopted,  and  with  the  best  re¬ 
sults.  The  plan  is  to  draw  the  whey  early 
and  allow  the  curds  to  develop  acidity  heaped 
tip  in  the  vat.  When  the  right  point  has  been 
readied,  the  curds  are  put  through  the  curd 
mill  and  salted.  Tim  action  of  the  salt  checks 
acidity,  S< >mo  of  the  very  li  nest  of  t  he  Amor 
iean  factory  cheese  is  made  by  this  process, 
thus  briefly  outlined,  but  which  we  canuot 
giv’H  in  all  its  details  iu  this  connection. 

TTiuler  this  process  there  will  be  loss  whey 
in  the  curds  at  the  time  of  salting  as  a  rule, 
than  when  the  acid  is  allowed  to  develop 
folly  in  the  whey  and  the  curds  are  then 
thrown  upon  the  sink  to  drain. 

The  hot  iron  test  is  considered  valuable  by  I 
all  cheese  makers  who  have  tried  it.  It  is  I 
reliable,  and  gives  material  assistance  in  I 
making  up  an  opinion  as  to  the  required 
acidity  of  the  curds. 

To  all  cheese  making  one  should  not  de¬ 
pend  implicitly  upon  a  certain  Bet  of  rules. 

He  must,  on  occasion,  vary  his  processes  to 
suit  the  condition  of  the  milk,  the  action  of 
the  rennet  and  the  varied  texture  of  the  I 
curds.  Me  must  exercise  judgment  and  dis-  I 
crimination,  and  the  more  he  studies  and 
understands  the  nature  of  the  material  with  I 
which  he  has  to  do  and  the  changes  which  | 
it  undergoes,  the  more  likely  will  he  be  to  I 
reach  desirable  results. 


working  the  new,  then  quite  as  much  cheese 
can  be  made  from  the  old  milk  as  from  the 
new  •  for  there  is  no  other  constituent  of  the 
old  milk  that  would  he  likely  to  go  to  waste 
more  than  in  the  new,  provided  it  is  kept 
sound  and  in  good  order. 

The  use  of  an  agitator  worked  by  the  waste 
water  of  the  vat  prerents  the  ercutn  from 
rising  to  a  large  extent  yjhero  the  night’s 
milk  is  held  over  until  next  morning  •  but 
whether  tlie  agitator  kept  moving  fdr  -IS 
hours  will  give  tlie  same  results  without 
damage  to  the  milk,  is  a  question  which  can 
only  be  determined  by  experiment.  It  is 
possible  that  the  continued  agitation  of  the 
tuilk  for  that  length  of  time  may  operate 
somewhat  like  the  churning  process,  causing 
particles  of  butter,  more  or  less,  to  form  in 
the  milk.  To  keep  milk  sweet,  for  48  hours, 
it,  must  be  thoroughly  cooled  as  soon  as 
drawn  from  the  cow  and  kept  at  a  low  tem¬ 
perature,  and  if  left  at  rest  for  that,  length 
of  time,  the  cream  will  lie  all  up,  or  at  least 
as  much  as  will  rise  in  the  ordinary  process 
of  setting  milk  for  butter  making,  ft  would 
lie  difficult,  we  think,  to  work  such  cream 
back  again  in  thoinilk  and  carry  it  through 
the  process  of  cheese  making  without  loss, 
and  much  more  loss  than  would  result  in  the  I 
haudling  of  new  milk  for  the  same  purpose. 
Of  course,  improvements  are  being  made  in 
cheese  manufacture  from  year  to  year,  and 
Hie  time  may  come,  when  loss  from  t  his  waste 
Yvdl  be  reduced  much  below  that  which  now 


obtains  ;  but  under  the  processes  of  cheese 
making",  as  usually  conducted  at  our  L'uetor- 
ies,  we  could  hardly  expect  to  ace  so  large  n 
quantity  of  cheese  made  from  milk  18  hours 
old  as  from  milk  held  the  ordinary  length  of 
time  for  manufacture. 


TO  PREVENT  COWS  KICKING. 

We  give  a  patented  device  for  preventing  I 


MAKING  CHEESE  FROM  OLD  aND  NEW 

milk. 

YY  ill  you  please  inform  me  whether  milk 
kept,  in  a  perfectly  good  condition  for  48  I 
flours  will  make  an  much  cheese  as  new  milk 't  I 
— S u nsemuEK,  W aterford. 

VY  k  do  not  say  but  it  may  be  possible  to  | 
make  us  much  cheese  from  milk  kept  in  good  I 
condition  for  IS  hours  as  from  new  milk  ;  I 
and  yet,  under  ordinary  manufacture,  a  loss 
would  be  likely  to  result  in  working  milk  4S  1 
hours  old.  One  of  the  loading  causes  of  Joss  I 
in  cheese  making  is  the  waste  of  butyrous  I 
matter.  W  lion  the  cream  lias  once  sepu-  I 
rated  from  the  milk,  it  is  difficult  to  place  it  I 
hack  again  in  the  same  relative  position  tliul  I 
|  it  at  first  occupied.  If  the  butter  is  to  bo  re¬ 
tained  without  loss,  the  oily  particles  must  I 
be  pretty  uniformly  diffused  through  the 
milk  in  their  original  form,  so  that  us  eoagu-  I 
lation  lukes  place  Ihoy  are  eauglit  and  held  I 
in  the  easeine.  And  the  art  of  the  cheese 
maker  is  to  use  such  skill  in  tlie  manipula¬ 
tion  of  his  curds  as  will  retain  these  oily  par 
tides  in  their  relative  position  and  not  press 
them  out  by  rough  handling  or  overworking. 

If  the  oil  is  distributed  in  a  uniform  manner 
through  the  milk,  the  oaseiiio,  it  is  evident, 
will  have  greater  power  to  hold  these  little 
particles  of  oil  than  it  would  were  the  parti¬ 
cles  of  oil  unequally  distributed,  as  a  part  of 
the  milk  is  then  excessively  rich  at  the  ex¬ 
pense  of  another  portion  which  is  ootfipara  i 
lively  poor,  having  parted  with  its  butter  I 

mi  »  1  n 


a  cow  from  kicking  which  is  said  by  those  I 
who  have  used  it  to  he  effectual.  It,  consists 
of  a  light  iron  semi-circle  intended  to  go  over  I 
the  back  of  the  animal,  with  a  joint  am  I  I 
ratchet  at  the  side,  and  a  wooden  block  at  I 
each  end,  which  fits  to  the  flank  of  the  cow,  I 


if, 


and  prevents  her  from  moving  her  foot  for-  I 
ward.  The  inventor  claims  that  it  can  be 
affixed  in  three  or  four  seconds  and  t  hat  its  I 
operation  is  neither  cruel  nor  harsh.  On  the  I 
contrary  the  habit  has  been  entirely  cured  I 
after  it  is  used  for  ashort  time.  It  will  doubt-  I 
less  suggest  a  modification  that  will  be  use¬ 
ful  to  farmers  without  infringing  upon  the 
patent. 

- - - 

WHAT  IS  A  THOROUGHBRED. 


1  uiut  .c.j,  [«,oi,  uaviug  parted  with  its  butter. 

Dock-  f  y  U>  Lhe  fxtenfc  Qt  forming  little  This  not  (infrequently  takes  place  when  a 

yyuih  OI  W£LM*r  nn  tliA  llnnt>  . .  .  •  . . .  .  .. 


pools  of  water  on  the  floor,  is,  in  our  opin- 
lon,  not  property. made,  and  is  not  likely  to 
nin  out  first  class,  or  perfect,  in  flavor. 

Yes  ;  the  trouble  is  not  so  much  in  the 
empc future  of  tlie  curing  room  as  in  the 
manner  which  the  cheese  is  made.  There 
me  several  causes  for  “leaky  cheese;”  the 
core  common  one,  perhaps,  is  improper 
h  <l  dinS  of  curds,  working  them  off  too 
sweet— not  getting  them  down  close— msult- 
>ngm  a  spungy  curd.  The  press  often  will 
r'”,Kjv«  whey  from  sucli  curds,  but 

+f  ,!'r.  ‘L'y  upon  the  curing  table  and  begin 

V.  e™ent> lhe  whey  separates  and  passes  off. 
_  '  ,  Particular  process  to  which  oureor- 

vrocZT  rf  -r*‘  is  tlie  En^h  Cheddar 
In, I  T*  byT,wlur'h  Some  Of  the  finest  flavored 
„  EDg  iah  chee8e  is  mode.  In  this 

cmSs  L  ,X0M  7  18  drawn  carly  trom  the 

part  f  ?  a'J‘d  flllowod-  [or  the  most 

the  vat  ,7  Fu  UX. th*  CUI'd8  heilPed  UP  m 
moved  ri  fb®  With  1  he  whey  re- 

uml  ti,  .IL‘  a?  d0VUlop® slowly  tlie  curds, 
ter  com  TT'r  °f  aoidifyio*  ^  under  bet’ 

whey  k lii  °*  fc,h°  0I“-rat0r  Lhau  when  the 
-)  s  allowed  to  remain  on  the  curds  until 


considerable  quantity  of  cream  has  once 
risen  on  tho  surface,  and  it  is  attempted  to 
"  oi  k  it  back.  The  cream  will  be  found  iu 
layers  of  milk,  thus  makiug  them  excessively 
rich,  and  consequently;  there  is  too  small  a 
proportion  of  easeine  to  hold  the  oily  parti¬ 
cles  with  sufficient  tenacity  during  the  pro¬ 
cess  of  cheese  making,  and  hence  they  are  in 
part,  liberated,  and  pass  off  with  t  he'  whey. 
This  is  especially  tlie  case  where  extreme 
care  or  gentle  haudling  of  the  curds  is  not 
practiced. 

lhe  whole  question  of  loss,  then,  depends 
upon  this  matter  of  saving  the  oily  particles 
of  tlie  milk  and  retaining  them  in  the  curds 
until  they  have  become  assimilated  or  inti¬ 
mately  mingled  with  the  other  constituents 
of  tho  cheese  during  the  process  of  ferment¬ 
ation  and  curing.  Will  not  more  cream 
separate  from  milk  kept  48  hours  than  from 
new  milk  ?  Can  the  cream  lie  kept  from  ris¬ 
ing  on  the  milk  when  it  is  kept  48  hours  ;  or 
if  It  rises,  can  it  be  worked  back  again’ by 
any  process  of  cheese  manufacture  that  will 
entail  no  waste  ?  If  there  is  no  more  waste 
of  cream  in  working-  tlie  old  n  ilk  than  in 


Quoting  our  article  under  this  head  in 
Rural  New-Yorker  of  May  17,  page  315, 
lhe  Boston  Cultivator  gives  the  following: 
Relative  to  “thoroughbred”  discussed  above, 
wo  make  an  extract  from  an  address  before 
the  “Franklin  Co.  Agr.  Institute,”  at,  the 
meeting  at,  Shelburne  Falls  in  March,  by 
Demider  Wethc'rell of  Boston,  and  published 
iu  the  Greenfield  Gazette  of  March  24,  1873. 
It  is  as  follows  ; 

To  select  cows  for  milk  and  breeding,  im¬ 
plies  the  exercise  of  good  judgment,  which 
ii  you  have  not,  then  pause  and  inquire 
whether  you  are  fitted  to  be  a  stock  breeder 
at,  all  ?  If  you  have  a  good  herd,  a  good 
breed,  then  comes  the  query,  Do  you  know 
how  to  keep  it  so,  not  only,  but  how  to  im¬ 
prove  d  ?  Some  of  the  best  crosses  have  been 
accidental,  to  use  a  technical  phrase  with 
breeders,  nicked  iu  well  with  another.  The 
good  rule  is  to  breed  from  animals  that  have 
an  inherent  ascertained  typo,  i.  c.,  such  as 
came  from  a  type  or  a  prepotent — very 
powerful  line  which  lias  been  for  long  years 
carefully  bred,  regard  having  been  had  to 
tho  development  of  certain  qualities  and 
characteristic  points,  the  breeders  being  con¬ 
tinually  reserved  of  such  as  show  those  iiuos 
most  strongly,  until,  as  u  habit  grown  from 
tho  reception  of  acts,  a  type  is  established,  a 
mold  settles  from  a  continual  cncom— 


ase  ment  of  particular  habits,  all  “misfits,”  (i.  e., 
he  untowardly  produce,  such  as  is  not  wanted’ 
he  in  other  words  ill-bred),  being  got  rid  of  at 
fio  once.  Hi  us  by  careful  and  patient  eultiva- 
]>t  tii >u, desirable  points  become  stereotyped,  as 
it,  were,  as  varieties  of  the  geranium  and 
ite  I  picoteo.  Then  is  the  type  the  otdy  sensible 
m  thoroughbred,  in  the  first  signification  of  the 
•/s  word  thoroughbred,  though  not  probably  a 
at  thoroughbred,  such  as  the  vote  of  the  Mass. 
•18  ^tale  Board  of  Agriculture,  moved  by  a 
it,  br  coder  of  Short-Horns  in  Western  Massaehu- 
in  S®H*,  anil  passed  in  1871,  touching  premiums 
is  <ul(l  gratuities  to  bo  awarded  only  to  thor- 
oughbred  bulls,  Thoroughbreds,  or  thorough 
to  breeding,  means  more  than  a  pedigreed  thor- 

10  oughbred — an  ill-breed  animal  registered  per- 

in  chance  iu  a  herd  book,  whose  progeny  is  a 
s,  “misfit  ”  about  every  time,  whereas  that  of 
is  the  type,  thoroughbreds,  “misfits”  are  seldom 
i-  m  the  herds  of  such  8toek-brocder3, 

h  because  nil  such  are  rejected,  not  preserved. 
,t  Baric  breed.  Shelburne  breed,  Wilmington 
is  I  breed,  Central  N.  Y.  breed,  are  such  types 
d  ol  dairy  stock,  whoso  breeders  would  not 
n  exchange  them  l  or  herd-book  thoroughbreds, 

Ij  as  they  deem  their  thoroughbred  herds  su- 
i,  perior  for  milk,  work  and  tho  shambles  to 
e  I  wll,|t  the  thoroughbreds  star  excellence  are. 

,_  I  That  such  herds  as  just  mentioned,  produce 

11  their  like  is  matter  ol"  annual  certainty,  and 
1  inis  been  for  80,  40,  50  years  with  these  dairy 
'■>  tanners.  In  this  sense  Si r  .fohn  Sebright 
v  I  tls  quoted  by  Yarrell,  seems  to  have  used  the 
a  word  thoroughbred.  Breed  therefore  from 

noiu-  but  tested  stock  getters  among  bulls— 
l  pedigreed  or  unpedigreod  animals  should 

have  less  to  do  with  the  matter  in  hand  than 
f  the  quality  as  a  stock  getter.  First,  deter¬ 
mine  for  what  you  want  to  breed,  then  go  to 
.  work  intelligently  to  accomplish  your  pur- 
I  pose.  Neither  Bakewell  nor  Webb  could  be 
I  persuaded  to  sell  a  ewe  in  England.  Tho 
I  Bedouin  clings  to  his  family  mare.  R.  Booth. 

I  would  not.  part  with  a  prize  cow.  When  you 
I  consider  how  much  depends  upou  the  female 
I  —nearly  all  but  external  form  iu  which  the 
I  sire  is  followed,  and  when  you  calculate  the 
I  time,  pains,  cost,  every  eminent  brooder  has 

expended  In  procuring  type,  to  soli  sucli  a 
I  cow  even  for  a  startling  figure,  would  in  the 
|  eud  lie  bko  dissolving  pearls  in  a  goblet  fora 
I  single  reckless  draught.  The  value  of  a  cow 
I  is.  in  her  breeding,  her  power  of  prepotency 
I  as  with  the  bull.  “  Like  begets  like,”  is  an 
I  old  proverb  both  true  and  false.  A’.  0,y  fi,  the 
I  robin,  the  sparrow,  the  chipmunk,  the  wood- 
I  chuck,  like  begets  like.  But  it  is  not  always 
I  so  where  the  “prentice  hand”  of  man  has 
I  interfered.  Look  at  the  peerless  Short-Horn 
I  and  l  he  wild  cattle  of  the  park.  In  breeding 
I  game-fowls,  e.  the  same  brood  will  Yield 
I  from  a  duck-wing  pair,  a  mixed  brood  of 
I  ducklings,  black- breasted  red,  etc.,  etc.  So 
of  other  domesticated  animals  of  the  farm. 
Never  breed  from  any  but  healthful  animals. 
What  you  would  do  is,  to  combine  tho  two 
excellences  of  milk  and  flesh  in  your  cow— 

I  wool  and  flesh  iu  your  sheep,  quality  and 
I  speed  in  your  home,  etc.  Why  cross  au  ani¬ 
mal  defective  in  a  particular  point  with 
another  excellent  in  that  particular  ?  Is  it 
I  to  attain  a  mean  ?  VV  by  breed  from  a  defect- 
I  ive  animal  at  all  ?  Why  not,  do  your  “level 
best  every  time?”  thus  pairing  excellences 
with  excellences,  and  not  excellences  with 
defects.  Lot  the  malformed  alone.  D’ Israeli, 
in  his  eloquent  biography  of  Geo.  Bontick, 
remarks  in  his  chapter  on  the  Jews  “That 
it  is  in  vain  for  man  to  attempt  to  battle  the 
inexorable  law  of  nature  which  has  decreed 
that  a  superior  race  shall  not  be  destroyed  or 
absorbed  by  an  inferior.”  This  applies  in  all 
its  force  to  the  breeding  of  domesticated 
animals.  Tlie  infirm  may  be  raised  to  a  high 
pitch,  but  to  mu  down  again  as  did  Bako- 
[  well’s  New  Leicester  sheep.  A  fox  hound 
crossed  with  a  bull  dug,  and  bred  back,  gave 
courage,  while  all  external  traces  of  the  bull 
dog  were  lost. 

“’Tis  not  all  fun,  this  breeding  after  all.” 
Visit  a  yard  of  line  bred  Short-Horns— be  it  a 
Booth’s,  or  a  Bates,  or  an  Anderson’s.  Thar, 
heifer  is  a  marvel  !  that  bull  is  a  wonder  ! 
You  smile.  Ah!  You  know  not  the  art,  the 
skill,  the  toil,  the  risk,  the  anxiety  in  bring¬ 
ing  such  an  animal  to  the  point  of  perfection, 
of  mellow  bloom,  Thu  dear  bought  experi¬ 
ence  through  which  that  breeder  has  readied 
his  pride  of  place,  you  can  neither  measure 
nor  weigh.  You  could  not  guess  how  often 
he  has  failed  to  realize  his  ideal.  How  often 
and  by  how  many  among  farmers  is  the 
quality  m  a  bull  desiderated,  that  of  Obadi- 
ah’spet.  “Their  bull  gendercth  and  faileth 
not,’’  is  about  t,ne  only  quality  that  seems  to 
be  sought  or  thought  of.  Not  unusual  has  it 
been  practiced  in  the  past,  to  raise  the  calf  to 
he  used  as  a  bull  that  was  deemed  wort  hless 
for  veal  or  ft  steer.  Note  tlie  difference 
between  a  “thoroughbred”  according  to  tho 
books  and  tho  produce  of  thorough  breeding 
as  indicated  above.  A  bull  Mint  gets  good  I 
stock  is  Hie  one  the  practical  farmer  wants, 
whether  he  be  in  or  out  of  tlie  herd-book,  J 
and  if  well  or  thoroughly  bred  he  may  bo  { 
i  .  v. .4, ole  to  a  thoroughbred  per  se.  \ 


no  objection,  but  hope  none  of  the  readers  of 
the  Rural  New-Yorker  will  be  so  foolish  as 
to  take  it,  for  this  plant  will  not  compare 
very  favorably  with  the  choice  varieties  cul¬ 
tivated  by  our  florists. 


CULTURE  OF  GERMAN  IVY. 

Will  you  tell  me  what  is  the  best,  soil  and 
treatment  for  the  German  ivy,  and  oblige  a— 
Rural  Reader. 

The  climbing  vine  known  as  “German 
Ivy  »  jg  not,  in  fact,  an  ivy  or  any  relation  of 


“THE  FIRST  FUCHSIA.” 

Dr.  James  Eights,  who  accompanied 
riLKES  in  his  exploring  expedition  to  the 
luth  Seas  in  1838,  told  me  that  when  on 
the  Island  of  Juan  Fernan¬ 
dez  he  was  pleased  with  the 
exceeding  beauty  of  the 
fuchsia,  there  growing  wild, 
and  that  he  brought  the  seed 
to  New  York,  and  from  it 
grew  the  first  plants  that 
were  known  here. 

Humboldt,  in  his  Cosmos, 
makes  some  allusion  to  the 
doctor,  in  connection  with 
his  scientific  researches  in 
South  America,  and  about  a 
dozen  years  ago  Parsons 
added  ft  new  flower  to  his 
%.  catalogue  which  Dr.  Eights 

'  discovered  in  one  of  the 

Southern  States  and  for 
_  which  he  received  the  mu- 

p  IN.  nificent.  sum  of  fifty  dollars. 

l£i-\  An  article  on  the  introduc- 

'i,  a  \  tion  of  the  fuchsia  into  En- 

sl  glaiul,  in  a  late  number  of 

1  \  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  re- 

\  called  the  above  incidents, 

- - — -r-rffl  which  may  be  interesting  to 

IfIII  W™  the  admirers  of  the  delicate 
and  graceful  flower.  To  me, 
in  all  the  flora  of  the  North 
there  is  nothing  prettier  than  our  native 
fuchsia — the  Celandine  whose  golden  drops 
hang  over  meadow  brooks  and  contrast  har¬ 
moniously  with  the  surroundings. 


A  LATE  discussion  on  tms  auujw,  -  -  - 
m£t£ofthe  Alton  Horticultural  Sooety,  t 
as  reported  in  the  Frame  F^rme^  aflorde  f 
some  vigorous  statements  relative  to  the  l 

by  shpsbod  management.  After  recommend-  - 

ations  by  some  that  canning 
establishments  be  erected  for 
disposing  of  the  great  quan¬ 
tities  of  surplus  fruit  which 
could  not  be  sold.  Dr.  Hull, 
who  is  well  known  for  the 
excellence  of  Ids  crops 
through  good  culture,  and 
who  always  obtains  high 
prices,  remarked  : 

‘ ‘  I  have  figured  on  canning 
peaches  carefully,  and  am 
convinced  that  at  present  vf 

prices  you  cannot  buy 
peaches  at  a  dollar  a  bushel 
and  can  them  with  any 
profit.  Now,  1  have  a  bet-  f 

ter  plan  to  propose  than  can- 
ning  peaches,  or  drying  A 

peaches,  and  that  don  t  / Jfi. 

raise  any  more  poor  fruit,  to  /  ,  ^ 

get  rid  of  which  you  all  have  / 

to  go  to  the  expense  of  put-  / 
ting  up  canning  or  drying  / 
establishments.  If  you  can’t 
raise  peaches  which  will  be  Mil 

worth  more  than  a  dollar  a  ‘  ‘ 

bushel,  cut  your  trees  down 
and  put  in  something  that 
you  can  make  pay  you.  Unless  you  mean  to  | 
take  enough  pains  to  raise  the  best  peaches, 
and  only  the  best  peaches,— large,  high-col¬ 
ored,  without  worms,— then  the  most  scien¬ 
tific  course  left  for  you  is  to  grub  the  trees 
up.  I  call  those  second  grade  fruit  men  who 
only  saw  their  peach  trees  back,  contented  to 
go  on  in  the  old  slipshod,  haphazard  way, 
raising  peaches  every  year  at  a  loss.  Make 
up  your  minds  to  raise  the  finest  fruit,  or  else 
go  out  of  the  business  altogether.  Don’ t  flood 
the  market  any  longer  with  worthless  fruit, 
which  will  not  pay  the  cost  of  handling,  and 
break  down  the  price  of  good  fruit.  Some  of 
our  fruit-growers  don’t  even  have  enough 
good  peaches  to  line  all  the  cracks  of  then’ 
boxes.” 

To  these  remarks  Mr.  Challacombe  exclaim¬ 
ed— “That’s  me  I  1  have  never  had  enough 
to  go  all  the  way  around,  and  1  am  goiug  to 
give  it  up.  I  know  flow  to  raise  wheat  and 
com,  and  hogs,  and  potatoes,  too,  when  the 
bugs  will  let  me  alone,  but  1  always  expect 
to  have  two  worms  to  every  peach.  I  wont 


DECORATION  S.-(See  Page  lo.) 

one,  but  a  climbing  species  of  Groundsel  from 
the  Cape  of  Good  Hope.  Its  right  name  is 
Senecio  scandens ,  aud  it  resembles  ivy  only  ui 
its  leaves,  which  are  heart-shaped,  or  angled. 
The  flowers  are  yellow  and  produce  abund¬ 
antly  on  old  plants  which  are  exposed  to  the 
sun  and  a  dry  atmosphere  ;  but  under  such 
conditions  the  plants  lose  their  beauty,  as  the 
leaves  become  brown  and  burnt  in  appeal - 
ance.  The  plants  grow  rapidly  in  almost 
any  good,  rich  soil ;  but  a  light  lent  mold, 
with  a  little  decomposed  barnyard  manuie 
added,  improbably  the  best.  Shade  is  indis¬ 
pensable,  if  a  deep,  rich  green  color  is  desir¬ 
able  in  the  foliage,  consequently  it  is  veij 
suitable  for  room  decorations,  and  may  be 
trained  on  trellises  or  around  the  walls  where 
the  direct  rays  of  the  sun  never  reach  it. 
It  is  readily  propagated  from  cuttings  oi 
layers,  any  small  piece  of  the  vine  taking 
root  and  growing  with  great  rapidity. 


ment,  the  next  best  in  baskets  witn  my  name 
on  the  cover  and  the  last  in  baskets  with 
only  my  number  on  them.  I  have  had  no 
trouble  in  selling  my  crop  of  peaches  at  an 
average  of  three  doLlara  a  bushel  through  the 
Beason,  and  the  more  I  have  had,  the  better 
they  have  sold. 

Stewart, — We  need  to  study  the  demands 
of  the  market,  raise  the  kind  of  fruit  that 
will  sell,  and  then  see  to  it  that  wc  send  it  to 
the  market  in  the  most  attractive  shape.  In 
shipping  blackberries  last  season,  1  took  espe¬ 
cial  care  to  have  all  my  boxes  weU filled,  with 
no  soft  berries,  each  box  covered  with  fresh 
leave*  so  as  to  preserve  the  freshness  of  the 
fruit,  and  the  result  was  that  my  cases  wore 
all  sold  before  their  arrival,  and  it  paid  me 

weU-  _ _ — - - 

BEN  DAVIS  APPLE  IN  ILLINOIS. 

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  Warsaw  Horti¬ 
cultural  Society,  the  question  was  :  What  one 
variety  of  apples  combines  in  the  greatest 
degree  tho  three  following  conditions  ;  bcai  - 
ing qualities,  keeping,  und  commercial  value  f 

“  It  was  decided  that  the  Ben  Davis  apple 
met  these  requirements  more  fully  than  any 
other  variety.  Willow  Twig  would  stand 
next,  according  to  the  remarks  of  those  speak¬ 
ing  on  the  subject. 

•*  It  is  proper  to  observe  here  that  the  Ben 
Davis  apple  grown  in  this  locality  is  not  the 
leathery,  tough,  tasteless  apple  which  seems 
to  attach  to  it  m  other  localities,  but  is  a  flue, 
large  apple,  of  uniform  size,  and, 


4  Pure  White  Abutilon  nas  oeeu  in  ¬ 
duced  into  England  by  Messrs.  Staxdish  & 
i  the  South  of  France,  and 
withstood  the  winter,  grow- 
It  is  described  as  a 

u  _ "  t  blooming  with 

and  till' owing  its  chaste,  bell- 


Co.  of  Ascot,  from 
has  successfully  \.  - 
ing  in  the  open  air. 

“line,  bold-leaved  variety, 

great  profusion,  j -  -  f) 

shaped  blossoms  outside  the  leaves. 

Blue  King  is  the  name  of  a  new  and  really 
good  blue-colored  bedding  Pansy,  just  intro¬ 
duced  in  English  gardens.  The  flowers  are 
described  as  fine  in  form,  of  a  deep,  vuid 
blue  color,  with  a  bright  and  conspicuous 
yellow  eye.  it  is  not  liable  to  sport  nor  to 
be  scorched  by  the  summer’s  sun.  We  hope 
it  will  be  introduced  in  this  country. 

Manning  Bulbous  Plants. -  The  London 
Garden  complains  of  the  massing  s>  s  m 
bulb  growing,  and  says  it  is  illustrated  in 
Hyde  Park  now.  The  Hyacinths  have  all 
gone  out  of  bloom  at  nearly  the  same  time, 
and  the  vast  line  of  beds  devoted  to  these 
..lonfa  Vine  VinATi  worse  than  a  blank  foi  .  one 


NEGLECTED  PLANTS  APPRECIATED 


Ontario,  by  Mrs.  Gen.  Crutchlev,  Ascot 
where  it  is  said  great  bids  of  it  Btaud  aU  the 
winter  without  harm.  It  has  a  very  ee, 
vigorous  character  of  growth,  the  leaves  re- 
sembiing  those  of  strong  seedling  verbenas  m 
this  country;  it  is  very  free-blooming, beai- 
intr  trusses  of  flowers  of  a  pale,  losy-pmk 
hue  It  is  described  by  Mr.  Stasdish  as  a 
thoroughly  hardy  verbena,  while  the  tops  of 
the  yuimg  shoots  strike  in  beat  as  readily  as 
those  of  any'  cultivated  variety  in  tins  coun¬ 
try  Messrs.  Stan  dish  &  Co.  have  a  laige 
number  of  seedlings  coming  on.  Crosses 
made  between  this  new  species  and  »  . 
would  m  all  probability  produce  an  interest¬ 
ing  progeny,  and  if  it  were  also  used  by  rais¬ 
ers  of  seedling  verbenas  for  the  purpose  of 
restoring  something  of  the  lost  constitution 
which  lias  resulted  from  i liter-breeding,  the 
verbena  might  eventually  become  more  pop¬ 
ular,  or  at  least  better  fitted  f or  ?  uut-door 
purposes  in  our  gardens. — Gardener  s  thron 
icle. 

The  above  has  commenced  its  travels  in 
this  country,  and  no  doubt  many  will  be  in¬ 
quiring  where  this  wonderful  plant  can  be 
obtained.  Now,  this  same  species  was  in¬ 
troduced  into  English  gardens  in  l-N,  or  J9 
years  ago,  under  the  name  of  Verbena  Au- 
blelia,  by  which  name  it  is  also  known  in  this 
country.  We  believe  that  the  name  V.  Mon¬ 
tana  was  given  it  by  a  certain  R.  O,  Thomson, 
well-known  in  the  Western  States  for  his 
operations  in  selling  wild,  Rocky  Mountain 
plants,  mammoth  blackberries,  honey-pro¬ 
ducing  plants,  etc.  etc.  This  verbena  grows 
wild  in  Southern  New  Jersey,  Carolmas,  and 
westward  probably  to  the  Rocky  Mountains, 
although  we  should  not  like  to  take  Mr. 
Thomson’s  word  for  this  last-named  locality, 
even  if  he  did  pretend  to  get  his  stock  of 
seed  of  V.  Montana  from  that  region  of 
countiy,  because  it  grows  abundantly  in 
Illinois  and  Missouri,  where  he  could  have 


)  ports  for  Hyacinths  in  Glasses, 
t  who  was  bothered  about  adequate 
supports  for  Hyacinths,  come  to  . 
the  conclusion  that  they  must  >e 
fixed  to  the  glasses.  He  says  : 

“  With  this  object  1  got  a  piece  o 
oak  and  fashioned  it  as  in  I'  *  > 
the  notch  a  flits  on  to  the  hp  oi 
the  glass,  and  a  piece  of  string 
at  B  keeps  it  in  its  place.  t  1S 
very  easily  made,  and  with  a  little 
ingenuity  might  be  made  neat  and 
elegant,  I  have  tried  a  lot,  and  , 
find  them  answer  perfectly,  a 
present  they  are  rough  sticks,  as 
have  not  time  to  go  in  for  orna- 
,  mentation.  Fig.  3  is  the  ^  -Jj\ 


handsome,  large  apple,  of  unuorm  size,  unu, 
although  not  the  finest- flavored  apple  on  the 
list,  ia  nevertheless  a  very  good  apple,  and 
leads  all  others  in  bearing  and  keeping,  and 
beats  everything  in  the  market.  It  is  be¬ 
lieved  by  some  that  the  soil  of  the  white  oak 
clearings,  having  a  more  or  less  substratum 
of  limestone,  has  something  in  favor  of  orch¬ 
ards.  This  is  more  especially  so  commencing 
immediately  south  of  Warsaw,  along  the  tim¬ 
ber  ridges.  At  all  events,  tho  Ben  Davis  is 
growu  in  its  greatest  perfection  in  these  lo¬ 
calities.  The  apples  before  the  meeting  were 
noted  for  their  size,  beauty,  flavor,  aud  per¬ 
fectly  sound  condition.  We  shall  not  be  dis¬ 
appointed  to  witness  apples  of  the  same 


POMOLOGICAL  GOSSIP 


Pine.  Apples  in  Illinois.— Observer,  me 
apples  will  only  succeed  in  the  tropics,  where 
there  are  no  frosts.  They  are  sometimes  cul¬ 
tivated  in  what  are  termed  pine-pits,  that  is, 
greenhouses  made  expressly  for  the  purpose. 
The  cultivation  of  this  fruit  under  glass  can 
scarcely  be  made  profitable  in  this  counti  y , 
although  it  is  said  to  be  in  Great  Britain, 
where  labor  and  money  is  both  plentiful  and 
cheap. 

Apples  for  Texas— The  Rural  Alabamian 
furnishes  a  list  of  a  shipment  of  market  trees 
for  Texas,  to  show  what  sorts  stand  promi¬ 
nent  there,  viz. ;  —  Ben  Davis,  10,000  ;  Red 
June,  10,000;  Red  Astrachan,  10,000:  B&wles 
Janet,  5,000;  Grimes’  Golden,  5,000;  \V  lute 
Winter  i’earmain,  5,000;  Dyer,  3,000;  Willow 


giving  them  of  ordinary  salt  from  a  half  to  a 
teaspoon  ful  each.  As  the  article  is  sure 
death  to  poultry  under  ordinary  circumstan¬ 
ces.  it  may  be  administered  with  full  assur¬ 
ance  that  if  it  does  not  cure  it  will  kill, — n. 

.An  Ostrich  Hatching  Incubator  at  the 
Cape  of  flood  Hope  seems  to  be  a  success  ; 
for  it  is  announced  that  at  one  estabLishmeij^ 
75  ostrich  chickens  have  been  hatched  the 
present  season  ;  and  since  it  was  put  in  ope¬ 
ration,  155.  Of  45  eggs  placed  in  it  at  one 
time,  42  will  produce  healthy  chickens.  We 
are  not  informed  who  the  inventor,  nor  what 
the  name  of  the  apparatus  is. 

Foii'l*  for  Egg*  or  Mcat.—W.  E.  N.,  Iron- 
ton,  O.,  (page  360,)  asks  for  breeders’  ideas 
on  fowls  for  eggs  arid  meat.  I  think  it  would 
pay  him  to  keep  the  choicest  of  Gray  Dork¬ 
ings,  without  a  cross.  I  think  they  have 
more  meat  than  other  fowls,  especially  on 
the  breast,  and  are  very  good  layers  and 
mothers. — n.  r.  b. 


destroyed  by  picking  off.  An  ointment  com¬ 
posed  of  one  ounce  of  mercurial  ointment, 
one  ounce  of  pure  lard,  one-half  ounce  flour 
of  sulphur  and  one-half  ounce  of  crude 
petroleum  applied  to  the  heads  of  the  chick¬ 
ens,  is  said  to  destroy  these  parasites,  and 
where  they  are  destroyed  either  by  such  ap¬ 
plication  or  by  picking  them  off,  Dio  gapes 
do  not  occur. 

A  certain  cure  for  gapes  is  the  vapor  from 
carbolic  acid.  Place  a  little  of  the  crystal- 


propet  supply  of  wardrobes,  closets  and  pan- 
tries.  The  kitchen  should  be  in  the  rear  part, 
of  the  house,  often  in  the  rear  basement,  so 
as  to  prevent  the  smell  of  cooking,  washing 
<fec.,  from  reaching  the  other  parts  of  the 
dwelling. 

No  bedroom  should  open  into  the  kitchen, 
as  the  beds  should  be  made  and  the  air  thor¬ 
oughly  changed,  at  least  once  a  day,  the  foul 
air  and  dust  might  come  in  contact  with  the 
food.  The  odor  which  arises  from  cooking 


HINTS  IN  BUILDING  A  DWELLING 


As  there  is  just  now  considerable  inquiry 
about  the  style  and  manner  of  building  hous¬ 
es,  so  as  to  have  them  comfortable,  conveni¬ 
ent,  and  yet  not  too  costly,  and  as  I  have  had 
some  experience  in  the  matter,  allow  me  to 
make  a  few  suggestions  to  those  who  contem¬ 
plate  building.  A  circular  wall  of  any  given 
length,  will  inclose  more  superficial  area 
than  an  octagon  or  hexagon  of  the  same 
length  ;  an  octagon  or  hexagon  more  than  a 
four-square  of  equal  length  ;  and  a  four¬ 
square  more  than  an  oblong-square  of  the 
same  length.  But  whatever  is  saved  in  the 
outside  walls  of  a  dwelling,  by  building  it 
round,  eight-square,  or  six-square,  is  general¬ 
ly  lost  in  the  inside  walls.  Besides,  the  floor¬ 
ing  and  carpeting  will  cut  to  better  advan¬ 
tage,  and  the  furniture  be  more  neatly  ar¬ 
ranged,  in  a  square  house,  thau  in  one  which 
is  out  of  square. 

As  a  dwelling  is  generally  built  with  a  view 
to  economy,  comfort  and  convenience,  I 
would  advise  a  four-square,  or  au  oblong- 
square,  as  nearly  four-square  as  the  interior 
arrangements  will  admit  of.  If  a  single  house 
is  desired,  and  the  lot  or  grounds  will  admit 
of  it,  make  the  hall  nine  feet  wide  in  the 
clear,  and  the  suit  of  rcoms  on  the  side  I  S 
feet  wide,  with  depth  according  to  wants. 
So  that.  6  breadths  of  ingrain  or  8  of  Brussels 
carpeting,  will  cover  the  room  floors,  and  ?> 
of  one  and  1  of  the  other  the  hall  floors.  At. 
all  events,  the  size  of  the  rooms  should  be 
made,  not  only  with  reference  to  comfort 
and  convenience,  but,  so  that  the  furniture 
can  be  nicely  placed  between  the  openings, 
out  of  the  way  of  doors  and  windows. 

Sliding  doors  (if  not  too  costly)  are  more 
out.  of  the  way,  and  appear  neater  than  fold¬ 
ing  or  swinging  doors.  But  whatever  kinds 
are  used,  the  foundations  must  be  substan¬ 
tial,  so  they  will  slide  true  and  swing  easy. 

The  windows  and  openings  should  be  per¬ 
pendicularly  over  each  other,  so  as  to  leave 
the  solid  or  dead- work  in  substantial  perpen¬ 
dicular  columns,  the  better  to  strengt  hen  and 
support  the  building,  and  prevent  the  walls 
from  cracking.  If  a  cornice  is  desired  at  the 
top  of  the  outside  walls,  with  brackets  for 
support,  then  fasten  the  brackets  under  the 
cornice  and  against  the  dead-work,  to  denote 
strength.  For  a  bracket  over  a  window  or 
opening  would  seem  to  be  rather  weak, 
should  tin-  cornice  bo  light,  and  only  dentals 
or  3mall  fancy  work  Vie  needed  for  its  sup¬ 
port  ;  then  let  such  work  mu  the  whole 
length  without  regard  to  openings. 

If  a  basement  is  desired  with  doors  and 
windows,  plan  them  directly  under  those  in 
the  stories  above.  The  basement  should  lie 
alAut  half  above  ground  more  or  less,  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  make  of  the  ground  and  other 
circumstances, 


THUMPS  IN  SWINE 


Your  correspondent,  F.  D.  C.,  after  refer¬ 
ring  to  a  communication  in  the  Rural  New- 
YoiUCER  relative  to  thumps  in  pigs,  and  giv¬ 
ing  Ilia  experience  in  relation  to  that  disease, 
asks  : — “  Is  not  the  cause  (of  thumps)  asthma 
or  some  bronchial  affection  ?  It  may  be 
dropsy.  Does  anybody  know,  and  is  there  a 
remedy  4” 

F.  D.  C.  asks  the  very  question  that  I  would 
like  to  see  answered  by  some  one  who  knows 
what  the  correct  answers  should  be.  For  my 
part,  I  don’t  think  dropsy  or  asthma  is  the 
cause  of  thumps  in  all  cases,  though  a  pig 
ut ILicted  with  either  might  more  easily  take 
the  thumps  from  an  injmy  x-eceived  than  a 
well  pig.  The  thumps  in  pigs  operate  some¬ 
thing  like  the  hiccough  in  human  beings. 
They  follow  just  after  the  breath  is  drawn 
in,  the  same  as  hiccough  ;  but  what  causes 
them  in  all  cases  I  cannot  say,  but  will  give 
the  circumstances  of  a  case  for  illustration  of 
the  cause  of  tin uups, 

l  had  a  beautiful  Chester  White  pig  that  I 
prized  highly.  One  day  I  took  a  large  ear  of 
corn,  and  aimed  to  throw  it  before  him  from 
the.  second  story  of  my  bam,  the  pig  being 
about  forty  feet  from  me.  Just  as  the  corn 
left  tuy  hand,  the  pig  moved  forward  and 
the  ear  of  corn  struck  him  butt  foremost  just 
behind  the  shoulder,  and  about  two  inches 
below  the  backbone.  The  pig  squealed,  ran 
off  and  laid  down,  in  a  few  minutes  he  wai 
taken  with  the  thumps.  I  put  him  in  a  dry. 
warm  place,  bathed  his  side  with  spirits  of 
turpentine,  fed  him  from  day  to  day  sweet 
milk  and  mush,  and  in  about  six  weeks  he 
became  apparently  well,  and  began  to  grow. 
But  his  illness  had  put  him  back  so  much  that 
I  concluded,  on  the  tenth  week  after  the  hit¬ 
ting  with  the  corn,  to  castrate  him.  This  I 
did  carefully.  Immediately  after  letting 
him  up  he  took  the  thumps  again,  and  died 
in  about  three  hours.  I  cut  him  open  and 
examined  him  carefully,  but  discovered  no¬ 
thing  wrong,  and  am  still  in  the  dark.  I 
kuew  the  pig  did  not  have  the  thumps  before 
being  struck  with  the  corn.  I  know  he  had 
them  immediately  afterwards.  I  know  he 
had  not  had  the  thumps  for  five  or  six  weeks 
before  collating  him,  and  I  know  he  had 
them  immediately  afterwards. 

From  tli  is  state  of  facts,  I  conclude  the 
blow  from  tho  com  caused  the  thumps — that 
by  careful  treatment  he  recovered  from  them 
—that  the  struggle,  while  being  castrated, 
brought  on  a  relapse  of  the  thumos  from 
whicn  he  died.  Now  for  theory,  The  blow 
from  tho  corn  caused  a  strain,  or  rupture  of 
some  of  the  air  tubes  in,  or  leading  Into  the 
lungs  j  that  as  the  thump  always  follows  iusfc 
after  inhaling  the  breath,  the  ruptured  or 
strained  tube  closed  or  collapsed,  while  the 
lung  was  tilled,  requiring  au  extra  effort  to 
eject  the  gas  not  consumed  in  the  lungs. 
This  extra  effort  resulted  in  a  jerk,  or  thump, 
the  same  a*  when  a  human  being  ejects  the 

Iair  from  his  lungs  suddenly  and  by  an  unu¬ 
sual  effort,  Try  it,  and  see  if  your  side  don’ t 


POULTRY  NOTES, 


Eggs  Hatching  Badly. — Eggs  In  England 
have  hatched  badly  this  spring.  An  English 
Poultry  Journal  says  : — “  From  all  quarters 
people  write  to  ask  why  their  eggs  hatch  So 
badly.  We  attribute  much  of  it  to  the  bitter 
east  wind.  We  do  not  know  what  the  “  win¬ 
ter  wind”  was  in  Shakespeare’*  time,  but 
man’s  ingratitude  must  be  very  grout  indeed 
if  it  be  worse,  than  tho  wind  wo  have  had  for 
some  months.  It  makes  the  hen*  sit  hollow  ; 
if  they  are  in  contact  with  it,  it.  makes  them 
fidgety  ;  if  the  eggs  are  loft  a  little  longer 
than  usual  while  the  hen  Is  off,  il  dries  and 
chills  them.  Wo  believe  much  disappoint¬ 
ment  will  be  prevented  if  the  hens  are  always 
confined  when  they  are  sitting.  Wo  do  not 
mean  to  be  shut  in  an  outhouse  with  a  locked 
door,  but  at  liberty  to  leave  the  uests  if  they 
choose  ;  but  to  be  shut  in  a  small  basket. 
We  have  made  capital  nests  with  butter  fir¬ 
kins,  sometimes  knocking  out  the  top,  some¬ 
times  the  top  and  bottom.  In  these  cases  we 
have  a  Lid  to  cover  the  top.” 

Bronchitis  in  Fowls. — A  poulterer  asserts 
that  “  bronchitis  is  an  inflammation  of  the 
air-tubes  in  the  chest,  and  is  accompanied  by 
a  cough.  Probably  it  will  appear  but  rarely, 
except  as  an  accompaniment  of  “catarrh,” 
of  which  it  is  asimple  extension.  Sometimes, 


SQUASH  SEEDS  AND  FOWLS 


in  the  crop— a  watery  fluid  that  can  And  no 
outlet.  In  cases  where  fowls  are  so  affected, 
the  following  remedy  is  recommended  : — The 
fact  that  a  fowl  is  suffering  from  this  disor¬ 
der  may,  he  says,  be  ascertained  by  observ¬ 
ing  the  crop  puffed  out,  and  swollen,  and 
filled  with  fluid  and  quite  soft  when  handled. 
When  tins  happens  pills  of  soap  rubbed  with 
powdered  rhubarb  should  be  administered, 
three  as  large  as  peas,  at  a  rlose  ;  if  this  does 
not  bring  relief  half  a  teaspoonful  of  castor 
oil  may  be  given,  either  of  these  medicines  to 
be  followed  with  six  pills  of  breadcrumbs, 
with  ginger  or  red  pepper,  which  should  be 
fed  daily  for  several  days.  The  food  should 
be  scalded  meal,  fed  slightly  warm  and  mod¬ 
erate  iu  quantity. 

If  neither  of  these  remedies  are.  successful, 
the  crop  may  be  punctured  witli  perfect 
safety,  and  the  fowl  will  mend  at  once.  The 
skin  should  be  carefully  slit  up  with  a  pair 
of  sharp  scissors,  for  an  inch  and  the  crop 
laid  bare.  A  small  opening  is  then  to  be 
made  in  the  crop  and  the  liquid  allowed  to 
escape.  The  wound  iu  the  crop  is  then  drawn 
together  by  means  of  a  stitch  passed  through 
the  lips  with  a  common  needle  and  thread, 
the.  ends  of  the  thread  tied  and  cut  off.  The 
wound  in  the  skin  is  then  treated  in  the  same 
manner,  but  it  is  better  to  put  two  stitches 
here;  each  -titch  should  tie  separate — not 
made  as  in  sewing  cloth,  but  the  thread 
passed  through  both  lips  of  the  wound,  and 
the  ends  tied  and  cut  off.  This  is  a  surgical 
stitch.  When  fowls  are  crop-bound  or  gorged 
with  food  and  go  around  gaping  aud  stretch¬ 
ing  their  necks  as  though  they  were  choking, 
they  should  be  taken  instantly  and  relieved 
in  this  manner.  Food  of  a  soft  character,  as 
soaked  bread,  or  boiled  mush,  should  be  fed 
moderately  for  a  few  days,  and  no  harm  will 
accrue. 


The  steps  to  front  stoop 
should  have  wide  treads  and  gentle  risers. 

A  wide  outside  front  door  in  one  or  two 
leaves,  according  to  taste,  and  back  of  this  an 
inside  front  door  with  large  glass  intliesame, 
so  as  to  form  a  vestibule  or  lobby  ;  and  be¬ 
tween  the  vestibule  and  foot  of  principal 
story  stairs,  leave  room  for  a  table  or  hall- 
rack.  Thi3  arrangement  will  carry  the  foot 
of  stairs  far  enough  back,  so  that  a  person 
may  pass  up  or  down,  without  being  observed 
by  visitors  or  callers  in  the  parlor,  should  the 
door  be  opgn. 

If  a  house  of  this  kind  should  be  for  sale, 
the  purchaser,  seeing  the  building  on  a  good 
site,  with  good  surroundings,  a  neat  and  well 
arranged  front,  with  large,  nice  front  stoop, 
having  broad  treads  and  gentle  risers,  with 
neat  and  convenient  front  doors,  the  stairs 
leading  to  second  story  easy  of  ascent,  and 
properly  built,  it  would  lie  half  sold,  ere  the 
purchaser  entered  any  of  the  rooms  or  other 
apartments. 

All  the  rooms  should  be  entered  from  the 
halls  if  possible,  so  that  the  occupant  of  any 
one  room  may  step  into  the  hall,  and  pass 
into  the  bath  room  or  water  closet,  without 
being  observed  by  the  occupants  of  other 
rooms. 

The  principal  story  hall  should  run  full 
length  of  the  house  from  lront  to  rear  doors. 
The  upper  story  halls  to  extend  so  as  to  enter 
any  one  room,  without  disturbing  the  occu¬ 
pants  of  other  rooms. 

If  a  large  dwelling  is  needed,  build  a  double 
house,  with  suits  of  rooms  of  equal  width  on 
each  side  of  the  main  hall,  or  a  house  and 
a  half  (sometimes ,  called  a  three-quarter 
house,)  with  rooms  half  as  wide  on  one  side 
us  on  the  other,  then  the  front  elevation 
will  appear  more  uniform.  But  let  the  size 
of  the  rooms  be  made  with  a  view  to  conven¬ 
ience  and  economy  in  furnishing,  having  a 


GAPES  IN  CHICKENS 


VENETIAN  t, MbBO LDERY  FOR  SLUMBER  ROLL. 

when  there  is  a  wheezing  and  rattling,  tho 
disease  is  hastily  declared  to  be  roup,  whereas 
the  peculiar  discharge  at  the  beak  marks  the 
latter  disease.  Roup  may  or  may  not  be 
accompanied  by  a  rattling,  but  bronchitis  is 
never  attended  by  the  roupy  discharge.” 

Remedy  for  Chicken  Cholera.  -’An  ac¬ 
quaintance  of  mine,  who  resides  in  the  South, 
tells  me  that  he  has  cured  his  fowls  from 
what  appears  to  be  the  same  disease  described 
by  your  South  Carolina  correspondents,  by 


We  have  several  inquiries  concerning  gapes 
in  chickens.  It  ia  now,  we  believe,  generally 
accepted  that  the  disease  ia  caused  by  a 
worm,  the  progenitor  of  which  is  a  louse 
found  on  the  heads  of  chickens  soon  after 
hatching.  This  “louse  ”  deposits  its  egg  in 
the  nostril  of  the  chicken,  where  it  hatches, 
and  the  resulting  larva;  or  worms  arc  worked 
back,  or  work  their  way  back  into  the 
trachea  of  the  bird,  causing  the  gapes,  and 
finally  suffocation  unless  removed.  To  pre¬ 
vent  the  gapes,  therefore,  these  lies  should  be 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER 


JULY 


Bmro  of  a 

j  Go 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Centleman  near  New 
York  City. 

PROFESSIONAL  BEGGARS. 

June.  S3.  —  I  suppose  the  beggars  of  New 
York  City,  particularly  those  frequenting 
the  streets  through  which  I  am  obliged  to 
pass  in  my  visits  to  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
office,  think  1  am  one  of  the  hard-hearted 
old  curmudgeons  of  which  we  read  in 
novels.  T  long  ago  came  to  the  conclusion 
that  giving  anything  to  beggars  was  a  crime, 
and  that,  as  soon  as  the  public  would  close 
their  pockets  to  this  nuisance  it  would  disap¬ 
pear  and  not  before.  Perhaps  my  experi¬ 
ence  in  arriving  at  this  conclusion  is  not  dif 
ferent.  from  many  others  ;  but  1  will  mention 
one  circumstance  which  more  than  any 
other  hardened  me  against  street  beggars.  T 
once  lived  for  several  years  in  one  of  the 
thickly-settled  suburbs  of  New  York  and  had 
a  garden  of  some  thirty  lots  within  two  or 
three  blocks  of  my  residence.  When  we 
first  moved  into  our  new  home  the  beggars 
commenced  calling,  as  it  iR  their  custom,  and 
Mrs.  “Ruralist.”  having  had  no  experience 
with  that  class  of  people,  gave  something  to 
nearly  every  one,  remarking  to  me  occasion 
ally  that  it  must  be  very  hard  times  among 
the  poor  people,  as  so  many  had  to  beg  for  a 
living.  Brcud,  cakes,  clothes,  bedding  and 
even  the  small  change  disappeared  from  day 
to  day,  and  still  the  people  in  want  were  as 
numerous  as  ever.  At  last  I  kindly  hinted 
that  beggars,  us  a  class,  were  little  better 
than  thieves,  and  should  every  one  bn  sent  to 
prison  very  little  injustice  would  be.  done. 
But  it  was  a  long  time  before  Mrs.  “  Rural¬ 
ist”  could  be  made  to  *believe  that  small 
children,  to  say  nothing  of  grown-up  men 
and  women,  could  simulate  sm  h  distress, 
shed  tears  so  copiously  and  at  the  same  time 
be  retailing  a  well-learned  falsehood.  Occa¬ 
sionally  the  same  beggar  would  call  the 
second  time,  telling  an  entirely  different 
story  ;  these  instances  of  perfidy  at  last  be¬ 
gan  to  weaken  Mrs.  “R.’s”  confidence  in 
beggar  nature,  and  then  we  agreed  upon  the 
f  oho  wing  plan  of  disposing  of  the  beggars 
calling  at  our  residence.  As  nearly  every 
one  gave  the  same  answer  to  the  question, 
“  Why  don’t  you  go  to  work  and  earn  a  liv¬ 
ing?”  viz  :  —  “I  would,  if  i  could  get  any¬ 
thing  to  do,”  wo  concluded  to  give  all  such 
persons  employment,  ;  consequently  l  gave 
directions  that  every  beggar  calling  for  aid 
in  any  form  should  be  directed  to  my  gar¬ 
den,  where  they  would  be  given  so  mo  kind 
of  work  to  do  and  be  paid  liberal  wages  for 
the  same.  No  one  should  be  turned  away  ; 
small  boys,  girls,  the  maimed,  halt  uud  blind 
should  have  a  chance  of  earning  wages,  if  it 
was  to  do  nothing  more  than  sil  in  t  he  straw 
berry  patch  and  drive  away  t  he  birds.  Mrs. 
“Ruralist”  was  delighted  with  tiiis  pros¬ 
pective  opportunity  of  ameliorating  trie  con¬ 
dition  of  a  large  number  of  the  human  race. 
The  first  caller  after  our  plans  were  matured 
was  a  strong,  healthy-looking  man  who  had 
been  extremely  unfortunate,  if  we  were  to 
believe  his  story' ;  but  Mrs.  “R,”  propound¬ 
ed  the  question,  “  Why  don’t  you  go  to 
work  ?”  and  the  stereotyped  answer  came, 
“  Would  to  God  1  could  find  work !  ” 
“Well,”  replied  Mrs.  “  it."  “you  are  just 
the  man  my  husband  wants  at.  this  moment  . 
Here,  Mary,  show  this  mau  around  to  the 
garden  ;  ”  but  before  Mary  could  get  up 
from  the  kitchen  Mr.  Beggar  was  off  for 
fresher  fields.  For  ten  years  this  offer  of 
something  to  do  and  good  wages  paid  was 
kept  open  to  all  beggars  calling  at  our  house, 
but  never  a  one  accepted  it. 

I  might  fill  volumes  in  describing  the  tricks 
of  beggars,  but  1  will  only  tell  of  one  other 
instance  of  misplaced  confidence  in  tills  class, 
merely  because  the  victim  was  a  newspaper 
editor  and  a  man,  by  the  way,  who  has  had 
some  experience  with  New  York  City  beg 
gars.  Not  long  ago  1  happened  to  be  in  the 

editorial  rooms  of  the - .  a  well-known 

illustrated  weekly,  when  a  buy,  probably 
twelve  or  fourteen  years  old,  ratlur  shabbily 
dressed,  entered,  crying  bitterly;  <uid,  be¬ 
tween  sobs,  he  managed  to  tell  his  slow, 
which  was  as  follows  I  am  a  boot  black, 
and  have  a  sick  mother.  [Sobs  profusely, 
tears  coursing  down  Ins  cheeks.]  Some  boy 
has  stolen  my  box,  blacking  and  everything 
[breaks  out  crying  again,]  and  now  I  want  to 
buy  a  new  outfit.  I’ve  got  a  dollar,  sir, 
[shows  two  fifty  cent  bills]  and,  sir,  if  you 
will  please  lend  me  just  another  half  dollur, 

I  can  get  a  new  box  and  brushes.  I’ll  come 
and  black  your  boots  for  nothing  for  a  mouth 
if  you  will  only  please  lend  me  a  half  dollar. 


[A  new  and  fresh  burst  of  tears.]  I  don’t 
want  to  beg,  and  don’t  want  you  to  give  me 
the  money;  In  please  do  lend  it  to  me  until 
to-morrow.”  i  t  takes  a  hard  heart  to  resist 
such  an  appeal,  and  Mr.  Editor  was  not  of 
this  kind,  so  the  boy  got  his  money  ;  hut  as 
he  was  leaving  1  accosted  him  thus  :  —  “Are 
you  going  to  purchase  an  outfit  for  blacking 
boots?”  “  Yes,  sir,”  he  replied,  promptly. 
“  Can  you  get  a  box  rc«dy*made  ?”  “  Yes, 
sir.”  “  How  long  before  you  will  be  here  ?” 
“In  half  an  hour.”  “Well,”  said  I,  “here 
is  an  offer  : — If  you  will  come  and  black  our 
boots  this  afternoon  with  your  new  outfit.  I 
will  give  you  a  half-dolla  r  for  the  job.”  “  I’ll 
do  it,”  said  he,  and  he  bid  us  good-by. 
After  he.  was  gene,  Mr.  S.  asked  if  I  really 
thought  the  boy  was  lying  when  those* tears 
were  falling  so  rapidly.  “Wait  until  he 
comes  to  black  our  hoofs,  and  see,”  J  replied. 
But  he  never  came,  and  it  has  since,  been 
ascertained  that  the  same  piece  of  brilliant 
acting  has  been  done  up  in  nearly  every 
office  in  the  city. 

Now,  I  hope  no  one  will  think  I  am  op¬ 
posed  to  alms -giving  or  “lending  to  the 
Lord  by  giving  to  the  poor;”  far  from  it ; 
but  to  bestow  charity  indiscriminately  is 
worse  than  hoarding  wealth  like  u  miser,  for 
you  aid  crime  and  criminals.  The  first  test 
of  honesty  in  a  human  being  is  a  willingness 
to  earn  what  they  get,  or  in  other  words  do 
some  good  that  good  to  themselves  shall  fol¬ 
low'.  if  one  desires  to  give,  there  are  always 
abundant  opportunities  of  aiding  those  who 
are  really  in  want  and  are  desA-ving  of  your 
bounty;  but.  they  are  not  professional  beg¬ 
gars — such  as  wander  through  our  streets, 
occasionally  making  short  trips,  into  the 
country,  to  one  of  which  Mrs.  “Ruralist” 
has  just  given  a  good  dinner  uud  one  of  my 

- yes  and  a  good  coat  which  would  have 

lasted  me  all  next  winter  l'or  every-day 
wear  at  least,  even  if  it  was  not  quite  good 
enough  to  wear  to  meeting  or  the  city. 
Well  !  some  women  never  can  say  no  when 
their  sympathies  are  awakened,  and  I  sup¬ 
pose  w'e  men  ought  not  to  complain  ;  for  it 
is  barely  possible  that  some  of  ns  owe  our 
happiness  to  this  weakness  of  the  sex. 

BARK  LICE  FROM  MINNESOTA. 

.June  24.— 1’.  W.  Hollingsworth,  West 
Branch,  Iowa,  sends  me  some  pieces  of  apple 
tree  bark  covered  with  very  minute,  white 
specks,  and  asks  me  to  tell  him  what  they 
are,  through  Hie  Rural New-Yorker.  The 
specimens  are  not  in  first-rate  condition  for 
determination,  but  1  think  there  is  little 
doubt  but  w'hat  they  are  young  oyster  shell 
bark  lice,  (Anpidiotus  I'onchifurmis.  1  do 
not  know  of  any  better  way  of  ridding  apple 
trees  of  this  pest,  than  to  paint  the  stems 
over  with  soft  soap.  But  this  must  be  done 
while  the  Insect  is  young  and  before  it.  is  cov¬ 
ered  with  its  impervious  seale.  Prune  in  the 
branches  severely  and  cultivate  the  trees, 
adding  manure  to  insure  a  vigorous  growth. 
Healthy,  tlirlity  trees  are  seldom  injured  by 
any  of  these  scale  insects;  it  is  only  upon 
stunted  trees  that  they  make  any  headway. 
I  have  had  to  fight  these  insects  for  many 
Veal’s,  but  have  never  found  better  weapons 
than  those  obtained  in  the  barnyard,  with 
the  assistance  of  the  pruning  knife,  plow 
and  cultivator. 

GRAPE  VINE  PESTS. 

Wm.  P.  Woodruff,  Williston,  Vt.,  writes 
me  that  he  sent  a  package  of  insects,  May 
21,  which  were  doing  considerable  damage 
to  his  grape  vines.  Perhaps  lids  package  is 
among  the  many  received,  with  no  mark  or 
letter  giving  description  by  which  I  could 
tell  from  who  or  whence  they  came,  I  hope 
correspondents  who  desire  me  to  answer 
their  questions  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker, 
w'ill  be  particular  in  regard  to  these  matters, 
remembering  that  1  am  in  receipt  of  pack¬ 
ages  almost  every  mail,  and  it  is  quite  neces¬ 
sary  some  method  of  identification  should 
be  furnished  me. 

TENT-WORMS. 

Somebody  sends  me  a  small  paper  box, 
containing  a  few  tent  caterpillai-s  (Ctisio- 
cnmpa  America)  attached  to  leaves  of  wild 
cherry.  The  box.  as  usual  with  stlch  frail 
packages,  was  smashed  flat,  hut  from  the 
remnant  I  was  able,  to  find  the  caterpillars 
named,  and  presume  the  one  who  sent  it  will 
recognize  this  answer  to  a  question  he  prob¬ 
ably  intended  to.  if  he  has  not,  askod,  f>ese 
tern  -worms  are  great  pesvt  t*  orchards 
and  oruuin'-nt  i :  trees,  but  easily  destroyed 
by  ga  ther ji*  ihe  nests  early  in  the  morning 
or  on  rainy  days  when  the  worms  arc  all  at 
home  and  not  scattered  over  the  b  anebes, 
as  they  usually  are  in  the  middle  of  the  day, 
during  pleasant  weather,  t  here  are  tw'o  spe- 
species  of  this  worm  ;  one  is  known  as  C. 
sylvatica ,  and  the  other  as  C.  Americana. 
The  latter  is  usually  the  most  common,  also 


most  readily  destroyed,  because  its  large 
nests,  within  which  the  worms  seek  shelter, 
are  very  conspicuous,  and  has  only  to  gather 
them  with  their  contents,  burning  both. 
The  former,  (C.  gylvatica),  also  spins  a  web, 
but  the  worms  usually  rest  upon  the  outside 
of  the  nest  instead  of  within,  consequently 
in  gathering  both  we  have  to  be  more  care¬ 
ful,  else  a  portion  of  the  worms  will  drop  to 
the  ground  and  escape.  A  good  plan  is  to 
hold  a  basket  under  the  nest  when  attempt¬ 
ing  to  collect  llicm  ;  by  using  this  precaution 
few  worms  will  escape.  As  a  preventive  is 
always  better  than  a  cure,  one  may  prevent 
the  appearance  of  the  worms  by  going  over 
the  orchard  in  winter  or  early  spring  and 
gather  Hie  clusters  of  eggs  which  may  lie 
found  deposited  around  tic-  small  twigs. 
But  it  is  almost,  useless  to  talk  >f  precaution¬ 
ary  measures,  because  it  appears  to  be  nat  u¬ 
ral  to  shirk  work  ns  long  as  possible,  even  if 
we  know  when  it  does  come  it  will  be  in¬ 
creased  many  fold. 


.4! arm  (frctmomir. 


IRRIGATION  WITHOUT  WASHING. 

In  reply  to  C.  M.  I).,  Warsaw,  N.  Y.,  (Ru¬ 
ral  New-Yorker,  March  8,  p.  1.18,)  I  send 
you  the  inclosed  rough  sketch,  so  simple  that 
I  think  any  farmer  of  any  “gumption”  can 
do  all  of  his  own  surveying  for  drains,  ditch¬ 


X 


es,  etc.,  and  also  for  irrigating.  The  sketch 
presents  a  triangle  Mib.  feet,  span,  I  and  2 
being  the  legs  ;  K,  a  brace  to  strengthen  the 
legs  ;  A,  another  brace  to  which  is  fastened 
a  bracket  0,  in  the  form  of  a  Y,  to  sustain 
the  spirit  level.  There  should  be  two  of  the 
brackets,  and  they  should  lie  so  fast  ened  to 
the  brace  that  the  center  of  the  spirit  level 
will  come  in  the  centre  of  the  triangle. 

The  triangle  stands  in  a  small  trench,  say 
about  18  feet  long,  two  or  three  inches  deep, 
and  of  the  same  width.  This  is  filled  with 
water.  Two  stubs  (I))  art:  then  driven  into 
the  bottom  of  the  trench,  the  tops  being  just 
even  with  the  top  of  the.  water.  On  these 
the  l  ri angle,  with  the  level  attached,  is 
placed.  This  is  level. 

Now  under  the  foot  of  one  of  the  legs  and 
on  the  stub  (D)  is  placed  t  he  grade  block — i, 
it.,  if  you  want  a  lb-inch  grade  to  the  rod,  or 
;!<,  or  %,  or  any  other  grade,  just  have  a  little 
block  the  thickness  of  which  shall  bo  equal 
to  the  grade  required,  and  place  it  as  stated 
above.  Then  the  spirit  level  is  re-leveled  by 
insert  ing  a  thin  wedge  between  the  bottom 
of  the  end  of  the  spirit  level  and  t  he  bracket 
on  which  the.  end  rests.  When  the.  bubble  in 
the  level  is  m  t  he  center  again,  then  securely 
fasten  the  level  by  tying  it  at  both  ends  to 
the  brace.  The  triangle  is  now  ready  for  use. 

1  will  here  mention  two  cautions  necessary 
to  perfect  success.  Be  careful  and  keep  the 
leg  under  which  the  grade  was  placed  be¬ 
hind  ;  and  keep  the  level  from  you,  so  that 
it  will  not  get  moved  out.  of  place  :  this  wifi 
come  all  right  if  you  keep  on  the  down  hill 
side  and  have  tire  level  on  the  up  hill  side. 
Be  sure  and  look  to  this  when  you  are  adjust¬ 
ing  your  triangle  at  the  “  water  level.” 

Now,  to  survey  the  ditch  : — Go  to  the  place 
where  you  want  to  divert,  the  water  and  set. 
your  triangle,  (keeping  the  grade  leg  behind). 
When  the  level  says  level,  then  drive  a  little 
st  uli  on  the  lower  side  of  the  forward  leg  of 
the  triangle,  close  to  it.  Then  move  your 
triangle  and  place  the  hinder  or  grade  leg 
close  to  the  stub  (just  where  the  forward  one 
was)  and  get  another  level.  When  this  is 
done,  drive  another  stub,  and  so  on  until  you 
have  reached  the  objective  point.  The  stubs 
will  indicate  the  lower  side  of  the  ditch. 

It  *  or  %  of  an  inch  to  the  rod  is  the  grade 
nsed,  I  do  not  tliinkit  will  wash  or  cut  at  all. 
if  C.  M.  D.’s  ground  will  admit  of  the  snak¬ 
ing  process,  then  all  he  lias  to  do  is  to  plow 
small  furrows  from  four  to  10  feel  apart  and 
turn  on  a  small  head  of  water  and  let  it  rim  ; 
it  will  not  wash  to  hurt  anything.  If  he  has 
to  flood  the  ground,  then  tie  can  make  his 
irrigating  ditches  in  the  field  a  little  larger 
and  a  great  deal  further  apart.  I  have  irri¬ 
gated  10  acres  from  one  ditch.  If  the  field 
is  harrowed  and  cultivated,  then  harrow  and 
cultivate  as  near  the  way  you  want  the  water 


to  run  as  you  can.  Any  further  questions 
will  be  duly  answered  in  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker.  J.  D.  Kirby. 

Meadow  Creek,  Madison  Co.,  Montana. 

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BUYING  WEED  SEED. 

How  often  have  the  readers  of  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  been  admonished  in  regard  to 
sowing  grain  or  grass  seeds  that,  contain  the 
seeds  of  foul  or  noxious  weeds  ?  And  yet 
one  would  hardly  think  it  necessary  that 
farmers  in  this  day  and  age  of  improvement 
would  need  to  be  admonished  thus  ;  and  we 
are  glad  to  say  that  there  is  a  class  of  fann¬ 
ers,  although  t  he  number  may  be  small,  who 
have  battled  with  these  invaders  for  many 
year's,  with  marked  success.  But  to  the 
great  majority  of  farmers  it.  seems  to  require 
“  line  upon  line  and  precept  upon  precept” 
before  there  will  be  much  improvement. 

The  subject,  of  weeds  is  one  that  should 
arrest  the  attention  of  every  tiller  of  the 
soil  throughout,  the  land  ;  for  in  fact  they 
have  become  a  canker  upon  American  agri¬ 
culture.  In  many  places  they  have  taken 
undisputed  possession  of  the  roadsides,  along 
the  margin  of  fields,  and  in  autumn  their 
seeds  are  seen  floating  in  the  air  from  farm 
to  farm.  It  is  almost  useless  for  one  man  to 
destroy  his  weeds  if  liis  neighbors  allow 
theirs  to  mature.  The  question  that  presents 
itself  is,  How  can  we  most  effectually,  and 
with  the  least  expense,  destroy  the  weeds  l 
Here  allow  me  to  say  that,  perhaps  there  are 
no  other  two  weeds  throughout  l  lie  Eastern 
uud  Middle  States  so  injurious  to  the  farmer 
as  the  Canada  thistle  and  the  ox-eye  daisy. 
The  latter  we  have  had  but  litt  le  experience 
with  ;  the  former  we  have  had  a  sharp  in¬ 
troduction  to.  We  have  fought  it  with 
almost  every  farm  implement,  from  the  hoe 
to  the  plow,  but  have  always  hail  the  best 
success  with  the  plow.  We  have  some¬ 
times  been  rather  successful  by  seeding  with 
red  clover  (small  kind)  and  then  mowing 
twice  during  the  season  :  but  our  experience 
teaches  us  that  the  plow'  is  best. 

Five  years  ago  we  bought  a  farm,  one 
field,  containing  four  acres,  of  which  was 
one  waving  mass  of  Canada  thist  les,  many  of 
them  being  four  feet  in  bight.  This  was  in 
the  fall,  lu  the  summer  following  we  re¬ 
solved  to  summer  fallow  the  field  and  see 
w'hat  the  result,  would  lie.  Accordingly,  ou 
the  twelfth  of  June,  we  commenced  to  plow 
the  field,  taking  cure  to  turn  every  foot  of 
soil  over ;  next  we  proceeded  to  harrow 
thoroughly;  this  brought  the  greater  part  of 
the  roots  to  the  surface,  and  in  a  few  days 
the  sun  had  destroyed  their  vitality.  We 
also  allowed  a  flock  of  sheep  to  ramble  over 
the  field,  and  we  observed  that  they  were 
exceedingly  loud  of  the  tender  roots,  pulling 
up  and  eating  all  within  then'  reach.  It  then 
remained  in  this  condition  for  about  four 
weeks,  when  we  proceeded  to  treat  it  as  be¬ 
fore,  plowing  two  inches  deeper  and  Occa¬ 
sionally  throwing  up  portions  of  the  clay 
subsoil.  About  the  5th  of  September  we 
plowed  as  before,  sowing  two  bushels  of 
wheat  broadcast  to  the  acre  on  the  furrows  ; 
we  harrowed  and  rolled.  In  due  time  the 
wheat  made  its  appearance,  branching  out 
and  looking  very  fine,  but  the  thistles  were 
nowhere  to  be  seen,  and  at  harvest  time, 
where  there  had  been  six  bushels  to  the  acre 
harvested  formei'ly,  wo  gathered  eighteen  of 
nice  wheat,  and  no  thistles.  Since  then  we 
have  grown  a  crop  each  of  corn,  barley  and 
clover,  and  the  thistles  have  never  appeared. 

Let  every  reader  of  the  Rural,  -who  must 
necessarily  purchase  his  seeds,  beware  what 
he  buys.  It  is  always  safest  to  purchase 
only  of  responsible  dealers,  and  even  then  it 
is  best  to  examine  the  seed  carefully,  which 
may  be  done  by  moistening  the  hand  and 
dipping  it  into  the  seed,  when  it  can  be  ex¬ 
amined  more  readily;  and  if  there  appear 
any  foreign  seeds,  it  is  best  to  reject  it  at  any 
price.  A  neighbor  of  ours  went  to  a  seed 
store  a  few  years  ago  to  buy  some  seed  ;  but 
the  price  nbt  suiting  him,  he  concluded  to 
look  further,  and  finally  purchased  of  a 
liveryman  ;  he  sowed  his  seed,  and  in  due 
time  the  seed  spoke  for  itself.  He  had  one 
unbroken  sheet  of  daisies — a  terror  to  the 
whole  neighborhood. 

Our  attention  was  called  to  this  subject  re¬ 
cently  by  reading  the  report  ol‘  the  American 
Institute  of  New  York  tor  t  he  year  IKUO.  A 
gentleman  from  Chenango  Co.  stated  that  he 
considered  Canada  thistles  and  daisies  not 
only  ituinjurious  but  he  thought  they  were  a 
decided  benefit  to  the  farmer  :  that  they 
were  not  only  good  fertilizers  but  that  their 
mechanical  aetiou  on  the  soil  was  really 

beneficial;  and,  further,  that  be  never  sa  w 
them  growing  with  any  crop  where  they 
were  not  an  actual  benefit  lu  the  <Mop.  Now. 
brother  farmers,  what  are  we  to  infer  from 
such  statements  ?  Wo  conclude  that  either 
he  had  never  seen  Canada  thistles  or  that  he 
had  some  seed  for  sale.  Our  advice  to  each 
and  every  fanner  is,  look  sharp  for  the 
weeds.  c.  F.  K. 


JULY  5 


BEAUTIFYING  HOMES. 


I  have  just  been  looking  at  my  hanging 
baskets,  made  of  wire — old  crinoline  is  just 
as  good — and  lined  with  delicate  moss  from 
the  brook,  in  which  are  growing  Abronias, 
Verbenas,  Sanvitalijvs,  Strawberry  Gerani¬ 
ums  and  other  trailing  plants,  They  are  in¬ 
deed  strikingly  beautiful  and  would  adorn 
any  home,  however  grand.  Indeed,  flowers 
and  planks  are  almost,  indispensable  in  and 
around  our  homes  and  should  always  be  so 
regarded. 

A  case  of  beautiful  birds,  some  fifty  kinds, 
is  another  ornament  which  would  be  pretty 
in  any  home  and  add  much  to  its  interest.  To 
make  this,  first  prepare  your  birds  according 
to  directions  in  Taxidermy,  see  Rural  .New- 
Yorker,  Vol.  31,  pages  175,  3J'J  and  331).  At 
the  bottom  of  your  ease  place  a  quantity  of 
dried  grass  in  a  natural  position,  being  dyed 
in  green  tinulina  and  fastened  with  common 
glue.  In  the  center,  where  t  he  birds  are  at¬ 
tached  upon  it  with  wire,  place  t  he  limb  or 
branch  of  tree  in  an  upright  position,  having 
it  first  nicely  varnished  and  also  the  feet  and 
backs  Of  the  birds.  A  little  taste  should  be 
displayed  in  the  arrangement  of  these  birds. 
For  instance,  the  larger  ones  near  t  he  bottom 
and  central  branches,  always  placing  the 
swimmers,  nrdatnres  and  waders,  gralhdores 
at  the  bottom  on  the  grass,  and  f  he  tiny  ones 
scattered  about  on  tlie  outer  and  upper  twigs 
as  space  and  taste  may  dictate.  A  hawk  or 
owl  though  large,  perched  upon  the  topmost 
and  central  hough,  looking  down  upon  the 
others,  has  a  pleasing  effect. 

Almost  every  one  has  a  collection,  large  or 
small,  of  natural  curiosities— fossil  remains 
from  the  animal  and  vegetable  kingdom,  such 
as  petrified  turtles,  petrified  fishes  and  frogs  ; 
petrified  moss,  acorns  and  walnuts  ;  flowers, 
leaves  ;uul  shells  imbedded  in  rock  ;  crystal- 
i*'d  quartz,  stalactites  from  caves,  coral  and 
shells  from  the  sea  &e. 

These  are  ve.ry  interesting  to  many  and  are 
worthy  a  more  prominent  position  than  is 
sometimes  allotted  them.  If  your  collection 
be  large,  a  little  closet  with  glass,  such  as  is 
sometimes  used  for  china  closets,  is  just,  the 
place  for  t  hem,  It  is  well  to  have  the  shelves 
in  this  closet,  arranged  in  the,  form  of  stairs, 
each  shelf  growing  narrower  as  you  ascend. 
If  your  specimens  he  rather  small,  a  box  or 
case  in  the  shape  of  a  cottage  or  house,  hav¬ 
ing  glass  roof  and  sides,  and  shelves  on  either 
side  arranged  as  above,  is  quite  sufficient  for 
them.  The  sides  of  this  case  or  miniature 
cottage  may  be  made  of  wood  and  orna¬ 
mented  with  shells  and  other  fancy  work. 

Hows  Evermore. 
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SLUMBER  ROLL  WITH  VENETIAN 
EMBROIDERY. 


We  give  two  figures,  on  page  J3,  of  a  Slum¬ 
ber-roll,  to  bang  over  the  back  of  a  sol'a  or 
elsewhere.  It  may  be  made  with  cotton  or 
hair  covered  with  coarse  linen,  and  this  cov¬ 
ered  with  Venetian  embroidery  made  up  of 
fine  gray  linen  cut  in  patterns,  as  shown  in 
Fig.  3.  These  patterns  may  be  baistod  on 
the  body  of  the  roll  and  connected  with,  the 
braid  as  shown  in  fctye  pattern,  until  the  body 
of  the  roll  is  covered.  At  the  ends  of  the  roll 
buttons  should  be  sewed  all  around  it;  then 
a  ruche  is  made  of  red  silk  reps,  which  has  a 
band  in  which,  are  worked  button  holes  to 
correspond  with  the  buttons  on  the  end  of 
the  roll,  and  to  wliicli  the  ruehed  ends  are 
fastened.  TUb  cords  shown  are  designed  to 
hang  over  the  back  of  the  sofa  or  easy  chair 
on  which  the  Slumber-roll  is  to  be  used.  The 
band  in  which  the  button-holes  are  worked, 
and  which  connect  the  ends  with  the  roll, 
are  covered  with  a  small  ruche  of  silk  reps, 
as  shown  in  Fig.  1.  Six  tassels  are  after¬ 
wards  fastened  at  the  two  ends  of  the  roll, 
as  shown.  Tire  outer  coven  rig  of  embroidery 
may  be  removed  and  washed  when  soiled. 
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DINNER-TABLE  DECORATIONS. 


The  illustration  on  page  13  is  a  facsimile  of 
that  to  which  was  awarded  the  first  prize  at 
the  dinner-table  exhibition,  which  took  place 
in  tlie  Royal  Horticultural  Society’s  Garden 
at  South  Kensington,  on  May  15,  1S73,  except 
that  the  table  here  represented  is  laid  for 
sixteen  instead  of  for  twenty  persons,  as  at 
South  Kensington,  and  there  wore  two  Parian 
statues  i  -a  that  table  which  have  been  omit¬ 
ted  in  the  engraving.  The  center-piece  was 
arranged  thuB  : — In  the  bottom  dish  wore 
scarlet  Cactus  blooms  and  trusses  of  Stephan - 
otis  placed  alternately,  with  spikes  of  Astilbe 
(Spiraea)  japonlca  and  Cypcrm  allernif alius; 
around  the  edge,  resting  on  the  table-cloth, 


SVIOOBE’S  BUBAL  W-YOBKER. 


were  fronds  of  Adianlum  Farltyense  and  of 
Fieri 8  srmdata  alternately.  In  the  top  dish 
were  pale-flowered  zonal  Pelargoniums,  Lily 
of  the  Valley,  and  Maidenhair  Fern.  Ln  the 
trumpet,  Astilbe  (Spiraa)  japonlca,  Bho- 
drni  thc  Mangiest  f,  small-flowered  scarlet  and 
pale  pink  Bepaw  ns.  Maidenhair  Fern,  long- 
trailing  sprays  of  Lygodhim,  and  a  few  spikes 
of  wild  grass.  The  plants  put  through  the 
table  were  Ferns  (Fieri. s  tmnuln),  round  the 
base  of  which  were  arranged  trusses  of 
Stephana! is,  white  Rhodauthc,  Maidenhair 
Fern,  and  Last  rot  Filix- Mas.  The  baskets 
were  of  glass  and  contained  grapes,  two  of 
white  and  two  of  black;  the  four  oval  glass 

dishes  had  in  them  cherries  and  strawberries, 
the  top  and  bottom  a  melon  and  piue.  The 
small  circu'ar  stands  between  the  baskets 
were  sugar  dishes.  In  front,  of  each  person 
is  one  of  the  new  shaped  finger  glasses,  each 
containing  a.  button-bole  bouquet  or  coat 
’flower;  and  on  the  water  double  scarlet 
Pelargoniums,  pips  a  nd  small  leaves  of  sweet- 
scented  geranium  Lady  Plymouth. 

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DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 


Floating  island. — Take  one  quart  sweet 
milk ;  live  eggs ;  beat  the  whites  to  a  stff 
froth ;  let  the  milk  come  to  a  boil  and  put 
the  whites  in  the  milk  with  a  spoon  ;  turn 
and  then  take  out ;  mix  in  u  little  milk  two 
tablespoonsful  of  cornstarch  or  Hour;  also 
the  sugar  and  eggs,  then  stir  it  in  the  boiling 
milk  ;  when  simmered  a  little  put  in  a  deep 
dish  and  spread  the  whites  on  the  top.  it  is 
very  nice  with  some  jelly  dropped  on  when 
colil  ;  flavor  with  lemon.— C.  A.  R..  Lamar¬ 
tine,  Pa. 

SptU  Bolls. — One  egg,  well  beaten  ;  one  ta¬ 
blespoon  sugar ;  one  yeast  cake  dissolved  in 
a  cup  of  warm  milk;  two  teaspoons  salt; 
flour  enough  to  make  a  stiff  batter;  set  to 
rise.  When  risen  work  in  a  large  spoonful  of 
butter,  and  flour  enough  to  roll  ;  roll  out  an 
inch  thick,  spread  over  with  butter,  fold  in 
half,  cut  out  with  biscuit  cutter,  let  it  rise 
again  and  bake. — Mrs.  H.  S.  Brown. 

Boiled  Jelly  Cake.— One  cup  sugar  ;  1  cup 
flour;  IJ  eggs;  3  teaspoons  cream  tartar;  l 
teaspoon  sodu.  Bake  in  two  parts  ;  spread 
with  jelly  and  roll  very  soon  a  fter  it  is  baked. 
Cheap  and  very  puffy. — Mrs.  H.  S.  B. 


TIME  DEVOTED  TO  MEALS. 


Dr.  Derby  states  that  the  average  time 
occupied  in  the  process  of  taking  food  by  the 
people  of  Massachusetts  does  not  exceed 
from  twelve  to  fifteen  minutes  for  each  meal. 
Such  haste  is  injurious  to  health  for  ma  ny 
reasons.  The  process  of  digestion  begins  in 
the  mouth  with  the  action  of  the  teeth,  and 
I  h rough  excitement  of  the  salivary  glands  by 
the  presence  of  food.  Unless  saliva  is  abund¬ 
antly  mingled  with  the  latter,  the  first  act  of 
digestion  is  obstructed  and  .Nature's  plan  is 
changed.  This  fluid  not  only  lubricates  but 
acts  chemically  in  the  month,  if  a  reasonable 
t  ime  be  given  it,  upon  all  the  starchy  ele¬ 
ments  which  make  up  the  great  bulk  of  what 
we  eat.  Eating  In  haste,  a  great  deal  of  air 
is  swallowed.  Air  is  to  a  certain  extent  al¬ 
ways  entangled  in  the  saliva  and  assists  di¬ 
gestion,  but  when  "  wads  ”  of  food  succeed 
each  other  very  rapidly,  they  seem  to  act  like 
pistons  in  the  tube  leading  from  the  back  of 
the  throat,  and  drive  before  and  between 
them  into  the  stomach  such  amounts  of  air 
as  to  distend  that  organ  and  impede  its  func¬ 
tions.  Another  effect  of  eating  in  this  wav 
is  that  the  masses  of  food,  imperfectly  mixed 
with  saliva,  become  impacted  in  the  (esopha¬ 
gus,  checking  its  muscular  action,  which  is 
obviously  intended  to  propel  only  one  piece 
at  a  time.  This  embarrassment  is  overcome 
by  taking  at  one  gulp  as  much  fluid  as  the 
mouth  will  hold,  thus  distending  the  elastic 
tube  and  washing  the  obstructed  food  into 
the  stomach.  All  this  is  unnatural  and  can 
hardly  fail  to  work  mischief. 


CUNDURANGO. 


That  disciple  of  Isaac  Walton  who  threw 
the  trout  back  into  the  water  because  he  was 
angling  for  minnows,  is  a  type  of  a  la  rge  class 
of  medical  men,  as  well  as  of  too  many  of  the 
public  generally.  Because  cuudurango,  ad¬ 
vertised  apparently  in  good  faith  as  a  cure 
for  cancer,  was  found,  on  trial,  to  have  no 
power  over  that  disease,  whatever  might  be 
its  other  virtues,  it  was,  forthwith,  sweep- 
ingly  condemned  as  a  humbug.  Recent  ex¬ 
periments,  by  men  properly  qualified  for 
accurate  investigation— the  most  thorough 
and  conclusive  of  which  are  the  work  of 


Edmund  Andrews,  an  eminent  surgeon  of 
Chicago — prove  cundurango  to  be  the  most 
valuable  addition  to  the  materia  medica 
made  for  many  years,  not,  it  is  true,  as  a 
cancer  cure,  but  as  a  powerful  general  tonic, 
and  one  unequaled  in  furthering  plastic  pro¬ 
cesses  of  growth  and  repair.  Even  in  can¬ 
cerous  tumors  it  is  found  so  frequently  to 
diminish  the  pain,  lessen  the  discharge  and 
remarkably  improve  the  general  health,  as 
to  furnish  more  of  a  basis  Cor  the  claims  which 
ha  ve  been  made  for  it  than  many  an  unques¬ 
tioned  “specific”  would  be  found,  on  investi¬ 
gation,  to  possess.  Its  greatest  value  will 
probably  be  developed  in  military  surgery, 
favoring,  so  powerfully  as  it  does,  the  rapid 
healing  of  wounds  and  fractures  on  the  one 
hand,  while  its  “magnificent  tonic  influence 
on  the  general  system, ’’  to  quote  Dr.  An¬ 
drew’s  language,  must,  make  it  an  important 
prophylactic  agent  against  those  causes — 
insufficient  and  improper  food,  impure  water, 
exposure,  etc., — which  the  surgeon  dreads 
more  than  the  battle-field.  We  make  occa¬ 
sion  to  say  this  the  more  readily,  because 
of  pert  ain  recent  strictures  on  cundurango, 
which  have  their  animus  in  matters  entirely 
foreign  to  the  value  of  the  drug  itself. — 
Hygiene. 

- - - 

THE  USE  OF  TEA  AND  COFFEE. 

Dr.  Derby,  in  a  recent  report  says Both 
tea  and  coffee  have  properties  which  are 
universally  recognized  as  valuable.  Without 
being  nutritive,  they  sustain  nutrition  by 
limiting  the  body’s  waste  and  by  promoting 
the  absorption  of  animal  food.  Their  health - 
fulness  depends  on  the  amount  taken  and  the 
times  when  taken.  They  enliven  and  in¬ 
spirit  the  wearied  body,  and  supplement,  as 
it  were,  nutritious  food. 

There  is  nothing  simpler  than  to  make¬ 
good  tea  or  coffee,  but  nine  persons  out  of 
ten  are  unable  to  do  it.  Neither  should 
under  any  circumstances  be  boiled.  Tea 
should  be  prepared  by  placing  the  leaves  in  a 
well  warmed  (scalded  out)  tea  pot,  pouring 
fiercely  boiling  water  directly  upon  them  and 
drinking  the  fresh  infusion  almost  imme¬ 
diately.  If  left  stewing  dn  a  fire,  the  aro¬ 
matic  qualities  are  boiled  away,  and  there 
remains  a  concentrated  decoction  of  the  inn 
and  the  astringent  matters  with  which  it  is 
combined.  Such  tea  is  intoxicating,  pro¬ 
duces  nervousness  and  fretful  temper,  and, 
as  the  author  remarks,  often  underlies  much 
domestic  unhappiness,  (toffee  may  be  pre¬ 
pared  either  by  beating  up  the  ground,  fresh 
roasted  berries  with  the  white  of  an  egg, 
adding  boiling  water  and  standing  back  of 
the  range  for  a  short  time  where  it  cannot 
boil,  or  on  the  French  plan,  which  is  better, 
by  sin. ply  pouring  the  water  through  the 
very  finely  ground  beans  once  or  twice. 
Coffee  boiled  to  death  loses  all  its  aromatic 
and  healthful  principle,  the  caffeine;  ft  Strong 
decoction  of  tannin  is  principally  the  result, 
which  is  both  indigestible  and  harmful. 
Beef  tea,  Dr.  Derby  considers  is  better  than 
either  tea  or  coffee,  the  pure  meat  being 
better  for  the  purpose  than  any  of  the 
extracts  sold. 

- - 

OAT  MEAL  IN  DRINKS. 


This  is  highly  recommended  by  those  who 
have  tested  it.  One  writer  says  : — “  Last 
summer  we  attended  a  field  trial  of  plows, 
and  for  a  drink  in  the  field  we  had  buckets  of 
cold,  water  with,  oat  meal  stirred  in,  which 
we  found  to  be  both  victuals  and  drink,  and 
mighty  refreshing.”  A  Scottish  Medical 
Journal  also  says  of  oat  meal  that  in  its  raw 
state,  when  it  is  mixed  up  with  water,  it  is 
becoming  a.  favorite  dish.  The  brose  of 
“Auld  Scotland”  is  becoming  a  favorite 
dish — and  we  are  glad  to  note  this,  because 
we  believe  it  to  be  a  healthy  aud  muscle- 
forming  commodity — by  the  hunters  and 
trappers  of  the  West,  who  are  substituting 
Oat  meal  in  this  form  for  parched  Indian 
corn.  The  same  brawny  fellows— whose 
powers  of  endurance  are  proverbial,  whose 
scorn  of  fatigue  is  known  to  all  readers  of 
travel  and  natural  history— have  found  out 
that  a  very  acceptable  drink  is  made  by  put¬ 
ting  about  two  teaspoonfuls  of  oat  meal  to  a 
tumbler  of  water.  This  they — the  hunters 
and  trappers — aver  to  he  l  ho  best  drink  they 
can  use,  and  it  is  at  once  nourishing,  unstim- 
ulating  and  satisfying.” 

- - 

The  Disinfection  of  a  Room  is  not  com¬ 
plete  unless  the  walls  have  also  been  thor¬ 
oughly  cleansed.  If  they  are  papered  the 
paper  must  be  removed,  and  the  surface 
beneath  carefully  scraped  and  washed  ;  if 
the  walls  are  pointed  they  should  be  washed 
with  caustic  soda.  The  ceiling  should  also 
be  subjected  to  similar  treatment. 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 


Oak  wood  Hurt.  Hoe.  Such  asoeiety  has  been 
organized  at  the  Friend*-  Academy,  Union 
Springs,  N,  V..  the  leading  object  being  the 
ornamenting  and  polishing  the  grounds  of  the 
Institution.  Its  mem  hers,  many  of  whom  belong 
to  tho  class  in  botany  have  heel*  favored  at 
some  of  their  meetings  with  discourses  on 
pract  ical  gardening  and  t  in*  principles  on  which 
success  depends,  anil  on  the  evening  of  t  heXiii 
just.,  an  hour’s  lecture,  on  vegetable  anatomy 
was  given  by  J,  .1.  Thomas,  one  of  the  managers 
of  the  Academy,  Illustrated  with  over  fifty mag¬ 
nified  pictures  thrown  by  means  of  the  sc  I  opti¬ 
cal!  on  a  twelve-fool  screen. 

Albany,  V.  V.  Agricultural  ami  Arts  Assn, 
-Such  an  Association  has  been  recently  organ¬ 
ized,  44  acres  of  land  purchased,  which  is  to  bo 
In  proved  and  prepared  for  the  State  Fair  which 
Is  to  tv  held  In  Albany  the  week  com  poncing 
Sept.  83.  The  following  arc  the  officers  ol  the 
Associuiiim  ;  Ft.-*.  Thomas  W,  Oi.cott.  *  ic<> 
I’m t.  -  Maurice  K.  V  lelc.  Sec.— Volc.kert  1. 
t )on w.  Tints.  William  H.  Haskell.  Kx.  Cam. 

T.  II.  Van  Henson,  G.  It.  bauslug,  J.  U.  Ram¬ 
sey,  Walter  S.  Church,  0.  Van  Uonthuyseii,  VV m. 
Mi  Whitney,  Albion  Hansom. Daniel  Doncaster, 
Henry  A.  Fonda.  Ass’t  Her.— John  T.  Lansing. 

Shelljy  Co.,  (».,  Ag.  Institute.—1 ’The  14tb  An¬ 
nual  Fair  will  he  held  In  Sidney.  Ohio, on  Kept. 
Hi  ill,  1873.  The  officers  for  1873  arc:  I 'res. 

Ho  bison  .Iowan.  Vice- Fres.  K.  A.  Lackey. 
Tints.  G.  (’.  Weaver.  Sec.  .Jus.  8.  Head.  Di¬ 
rectors.-  William  Shinn,  W.  A.  Carey,  Harmon 
I  learn,  .1.  T.  Hetzler,  J.  K.  Prudeii,  John  El- 
dredgo,  David  Taylor,  Samuel  Young,  Cyrus 
McClure,  T.  Kelsey,  John  Duncan,  Curtis  Kel¬ 
sey,  Ed.  la  the.  T.  1$.  Graham,  W.  McCullough, 
II.'  M.  Heed,  Nathan  Moore,  Francis  Bailey  and 
Morris  Honntdl. 

Dudley,  Minx.,  Ag.  Hoc.  Officers  for  1873; 
I’ve#.  Itev.  11.  Pratt.  Vlec-Prcs'ts.-  Waldo  M, 
Hcjiiy,  Geo.  If.  Marsh,  Joseph  GUI  :  F.  E.  Kim¬ 
ball.  Ebeii  S.  Stevens,  Goo,  Edwards,  Kbetiozar 
Davis,  Win-  K.  l’aine.  Miss  Mary  A.  Dwight,  Mrs. 
John  Marsh,  Mrs.  Silas  While,  Mrs.  II.  If.  Ste- 
vcnsMiid  Mis.-.  Mary  Hoaly.  Sic.  -C.  A.  Babcock. 
Tints.  Daniel  Dwight. 

The  Western  N.  V.  Ag.  Merit,  and  Driving 
Park  Ahs'ii,  at  a  recent  meeting  of  its  stock¬ 
holders,  in  eousetpiencc  of  a  disagreement  be¬ 
tween  the  agricultural  and  driving  factions, 
adopted  a  resolution  whereby  the  dissatisfied 
stockholders  wore  permitted  to  withdraw  their 
subscriptions.  It  is  stated  that  over  fifty  have 
so  withdrawn. 

Ilrnmlon,  VI.,  Fur.  and  Meoli’s  Glob.  Officers 
for  1873:  I’m t.-  N.  T.  Sphaouf.,  Jr.  Viee.-Fres. 

Horace  Ellis.  Sec.  F.  J.  McGolIiun.  For. 
Sir.  A.  J.  Copeland.  Tons.  Charles  Winslow. 

I  lull  Com .  -  J  ames  H.  Taylor.  Win.  II.  Harrison, 
A.  M.  Hill.  Library  Coin,  Geo.  Briggs,  K.  C. 
Ihirkee,  II.  Hellerltt.  Meetings  every  Friday 
evening. 

Goliiinldnnn  Co.,  O,,  Ag.  Hoe.— Fair  at  Now 
Lisbon,  Sept.  23- 311.  Officers  elect  for  1873:  Firs. 
John  Robison.  Vin-Ftrs.  Jacob  Miller.  Sec. 
J.  F.  Benner.  Trots.  W  illiam  Myers.  Mima - 
gets.  Henry  Krldler,  Samuel  Bowman,  Andrew' 
Armstrong.  J.  S.  I  lerv,  John  Row,  J ,  L.  Cromdl. 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  A.  V.  State 
Ag.  Hoe.,  at  its  lad  meeting,  ordered  that  Hor¬ 
ace  Ames,  Moscow,  N .  V.,  anil  S.  ML  Thomas, 
Guba,  N.  V.,  “be  arid  are  hereby  excluded  from 
exhibiting  nl  the  fairs  of  the  Society,  on  account 
of  fraudulent  practices  at  I  he.  Elmira  Fair.” 

Washington  Go..  V|,,  \g.  Hoe.  -Officers  elect 
for  1873:  Pres.  W.  S.  Martin,  Plainfield.  Viir- 
Frcs.  l’hllnnder  Hjfnrd,  Warren.  Nee.  W.  e. 
White,  ftarre,  Trots,  Clark  King,  North  Mont¬ 
pelier.  The  next  Annual  Fair  at  East  Montpel¬ 
ier,  Kept.  17,  18. 

The  Kansas  City  Industrial  Exposition  and 
Fair  \*»Ti  holds  Its  next  annual  fair  at  Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  Kept.  15-30.  Officers:  Fres.-- Krney 
Coatks.  Vice- Pits.  Wm,  li.  Everhart.  See.  -  • 
D.  L.  Hall.  Trcas T.  8.  Case, 

The  quern*  «  o.,  I,.  i„  Ag.  Hoe.  holds  its  7th 
annual  horticultural  exhibition  at  Mineola  June 
18.  In  connection  therewith,  is  to  be  held  a 
market  fair  for  tho  sale,  or  exchange,  of  stock, 
farm  Implements,  etc. 

A.  V.  *tule  Ag.  Hoe,  'Phis  Society  has  or¬ 
dered  that,  the  scale  of  points  for  pigs,  adopted 
by  the  National  Convention  of  Swi nobreeders 
be  used,  a*  far  as  practicable,  in  judging  at  the 
fairs  Of  thy  Society. 


Nebraska  Male  Fair.  We  notice  that  Henry 
E.  Colton  of  the  New'  York  Times  is  to  deliver 
the  annual  address  at  the  Nebraska  State  Fair. 
Kubject,  “Horticulture  and  Civilization.’’ 

Carroll  Co,,  \g.  Hoc.  We  have  received 

the  prom.  list  of  i  Ids  organization  for  1873.  Tim 
fair  is  to  be  held  at  West  minster.  Kept.  30  Oct,  3. 
Tho  Scot  Clary  is  W.  A.  MeKolilp. 

Bibb  Co..  l«u..  Ag.  Hoe.  We  have  received 
from  T.  G.  Halt,  President,  pretn.  list  and  com¬ 
plimentary  ticket  lo  the  fair  ol‘  this  Society  to 
he  held  at  Macon,  (la. 

A  Poultry  Convention  is  to  he  held  at  Cedar 
Rapids,  Iowa,  July  10,  at  2  P.  M.,  for  the  purpose 
of  organizing  a  State  Poultry  Association. 

Tom pki us  Co  ,  N.  V..  Ag.  und  Ilnrt.  Hoe. _ 

Wo  have  the  prom,  list  of  this  society  which  is 
to  hold  its  fair  at.  Ithaca,  Kept.  23  25. 


The  New  England  A g.  Hoe.  has  leased  Mystic 
Park  at  Medford,  four  miles  front  Boston,  upon 
which  to  hold  its  next  annual  fair. 


I  be  Patrons  ol  Husbandry,  and  farmers  gen¬ 
erally  in  the  West,  are  to  hold  celebrations  in 
different  localities  July  t. 


The  N.  >  .  Htute  Ag.  Hoe.  is  to  hold  its  next 
fair  a<  Albany  enrumcnciug  Kept.  23  and  contin¬ 
uing  through  the  week. 


The  N.  V.  Hlute  Poultry  Hociely  holds  its 
semi-annual  inoetingat  14  Murray  St. N.  V.  bitv. 
July  8,  2  o’clock,  P.  M. 

Tlie  Doylestown,  Pa.,  Ag.  and  Merit.  Insti¬ 
tute  holds  its  next  annual  fair  at  Doylestown, 
Oct.  7-Hl. 

The  Walworth  Co.,  WU.,  >g.  Hoc.  holds  its 
next  annual  fair  at  Elk  I  urn  the  first,  week  in 
October. 

The  Montana  Ag.  Mineral  and  Merit.  Asa’n 
holds  its  next  fair  at  Helena,  Montana.  Sent. 
j  Get.  4. 

The  Lincoln,  Me.,  Ag.  and  Hort.  Hoc.  bolds 
its  next  annual  fair  at  Wiseasset,  Kept.  30,  Oct.  3. 

The  American  Institute  Fair  is  to  open  in 
I  New  York  City  September  10th. 


and  should  result,  and  has  often  resulted.  We 
call  the  attention  of  our  readers  to  the  good 
that  may  bo  done,  at  small  cost,  by  just  such 
joint  action— to  the  fact  that  It  Is  so  easy  to 
jointly  lift  a  load  of  care  from  the  shoulders  of 
an  afflicted  brother  and  plant  not  only  seed  in 
his  ground  that  will  produce  a  harvest,  but  hope 
in  his  heart  that  will  go  far  to  recover  him  of 
all  physical  ills  and  mental  depressions.  Don't 
wait  to  be  a  Granger  in  order  to  do  this ! 


alive,  presenting  banks  of  beautiful  green  for 
tbe  eye  to  rest  against— of  such  shade  of  green 
as  no  other  of  our  hardy  evergreens  equal,  in 
our  judgment.  Tt  is  plain  that  the  Hemlock 
ought  to  and  must  bocornc  the  popular  ever¬ 
green  hedge  plant,  of  the  Northern  States. 
None  excel  it  in  grace  and  beauty;  none  sur¬ 
pass  it  in  hardiness;  and  no  one  bears  the  use 
of  the  shears  better. 


PROCRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT 


These  were  mostly  purchased  in  Buffalo,  are 
two,  three  and  fou*  years  old;  have  been  se¬ 
lected  with  great  good  judgment,  the  cost  aver¬ 
aging  about  $.'55  each,  and  will  go  into  the  mar¬ 
ket  this  fall  and  early  winter,  when  they  will, 
most  of  them,  firing  $80  to  $90  each. 

It  will  be  remembered  by  those  who  were 
readers  of  the  Kukal  Nkw-Y0HKBH  then,  that 
this  paper  of  the  date  of  Feb.  5, 1870,  contained 
portraits  of  four  fat  steers,  fed  by  Mr.  Ayrault 
on  this  farm,  that  weighed,  respectively  (live 
weight),  when  slaughtered,  after  exhibiting  in 
Now  York  City  three  weeks,  3,220,  3,255.  3,315 
and  3,310  lbs.— a  total  of  13,103  lbs. ;  their  net 
weight  was,  respectively,  2,101.  2,122,  2,307  and 
2,170  lbs. -a  total  of  8,820  lb*.  In  the  KuRALof 
May  7, 1870,  we  gave  the  weight  of  these  animals 
at  three  years  old,  and  successively  each  New 
Year's  day  thereafter  up  to  the  time  they  were 
brought  here  for  slaughter. 

We  mention  these  facts  in  order  to  say  that 
we  saw  on  the  farm,  Juno  20, 1873,  a  pair  of  steers 
and  a  pair  of  heifers  that  promise  to  show  as  re¬ 
markably  (if  not  more  so)  on  the  scales,  when 
the  time  comes,  as  did  these.  We  never  saw, 
anywhere*  finer  animals  than  one  steer  and  one 
heifer  of  these  four.  We  do  not  go  into  the  de¬ 
tails  of  their  feed  and  the  cost  thereof  now,  for 
obvious  reasons ;  but  our  readers  may  be  sure 
that  Mr.  Ayrault  is  not  feeding  his  stock  for 
fun.  He  means  business,  which  means  money 
profit.  By  his  process  of  grazing  and  feeding 
stock,  he  makes  his  farm  pay  him  from  7  to  14 
per  cent.,  per  annum,  on  the  investment.  With 
a  different  treatment  of  his  pasture  lands,  we 
believe  he  will  do  better,  for,  in  our  judgment, 
they  are  far  below  t  heir  maximum  in  the  pro¬ 
duction  of  pasturage — we  mean  below  the  max¬ 
imum  they  may  reach  without  materially  add¬ 
ing  to  the  investment.  But  while  there  Is  no 
ostentatious  show  in  the  management  of  the 
furm,  the  grass  lands  and  the  land  in  corn  and 
other  crops  illustrate  intelligent  management, 
with  duo  regard  to  profl.  ;  and  probably  there 
is  no  other  mode  by  which  this  furm  could  be 
so  well  kept  up  at  so  small  an  expense,  and  with 
so  good  practical  results  to  its  owner. 

A  Horse  Fever. 

But  there  is  a  horse  fever  raging  In  the  neigh¬ 
borhood.  Evidently  Mr.  AYRAULT  has  felt  its 
influence.  The  high  prices  which  some  of  the 
Dutchess  County  farmers  have  been  gelling 
for  good  horse  stock  has  quickened  Its  devel¬ 
opment,  and  an  Association  has  been  organ¬ 
ized  (of  which  Mr.  Ayrault  Is  President),  and 
land  has  been  purchased,  is  to  be  improved,  an 
excellent  track  made,  and  premiums,  offered 
that  shall  draw  thither,  not  only  from  the  Hud¬ 
son  River  counties,  but  from  ot  her  parts  of  the 
State  ami  from  other  States,  the  beat  stock  of 
all  kinds,  horses  particularly,  that  can  be  got 
together.  It  is  to  be  a  sort,  of  nti  Eastern  State 
fair— with  the  addition  of  the  trotting  feature, 
which  Mr.  Ayrault  insists  is  legitimate,  since 
the  design  is  simply  to  encourage,  in  a  legiti¬ 
mate  manner,  the  breeding  of  trotting  stock 
for  a  market  that  is  now  poorly  supplied  in 
proportion  to  the  demand. 

Evidently  it  is  believed  by  Mr.  Ayrault  and 
others  that  these  grazing  lands  can  be  put  to 
more  profitable  use  in  the  production  of  such 
stock,  than  grazing  cattle  or  growing  corn  or 
grain.  A  knowledge  of,  taste  and  market 
center  for  good  horse  stock  is  to  be  created. 
From  $00,000  to  $80,000  are  subscribed  already 
with  this  object.  Live  men  and  those  who  are 
financially  and  otherwise  competent  to  put  the 
project  through  in  good  shape,  are  interested 
in  it,  and  we  may  expect  to  see  a  remark¬ 
able  impetus  given  to  stock  production  of  all 
kinds,  in  the  Hudson  River  counties,  through 
Its  agency.  _ 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


RUEAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


Conducting  Editor  and  .Putolinlier 


Herd  Hindis.  Ac.— Will  you  please  state  in 
your  paper,  where  I  can  get  tbo  American  Herd 
Book  ?  Also,  how  is  the  proper  way  to  proceed 
to  get  stock  registered  therein,  and  what  the 
price  of  the  book  is?  Also,  is  there  any  book 
giving  history  of  Jersey  stock?— A.  B.  C.  D., 
Sprinufkkl,  Mam*. 

For  copies  of  the  American  Short-Horn  Herd 
Book,  or  to  secure  a  registry  therein,  apply  to 
its  Editor,  Hon.  Lewis  F.  Allen,  Buffalo,  N. 
Y.  We  believe  the  price  of  tbo  work  is  $10  per 
volume.  The  American  Devon  Herd  Book  can 
be  had,  wo  presume,  of  its  Editor,  H.  M.  Ses¬ 
sions,  South  Wilbraham,  Mass.— price  $3.  There 
is  a  Jersey  Herd  Book,  or  rather  “  Herd  Regis¬ 
ter  of  the  American  Cattle  Club,”  which  con¬ 
tains  a  history  of  tho  breed.  Its  price  is  $5  ;  for 
sale  at  this  office. 


CHAS.  D.  BRAGD0N,  ANDREW  S.  FULLER, 

Amiociate  Jdditors. 

HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.  D.,  Cortland  Village,  N.  Y., 

Editor  ok  tbe  Depubtme.it  or  Sheep  HuiJBiMDBy. 

X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  Little  Falls,  N.  Y., 

Editor  of  the  Dei-a BTME'T  nr  Deikt  lilTEBAMPStV. 


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met  ically  sealing  the  name,  and  then  boiling  tins 
cans  until  the  corn  contained  therein  becomes 
completely  cooked,  and  for  a  longer  or  shorter 
period. 

Sometimes  the  cans  are  punctured,  after  being 
well  heated— say  ten  minutes— which  is  an  es¬ 
cape  for  the  confined  air,  the  cans  being  im¬ 
mediately  resealed.  When  the  cars  are  not 
punctured  their  ends  w  ill  remain  pressed  out¬ 
ward  after  cooling,  and  yet  t  ho  corn  is  perfectly 
preserved. 

fid.  A  now  and  useful  improvement,  in  pre¬ 
serving  green  corn,  consisting  of  the  application 
o  1  the  process  described  in  the  second  claim, 
without  regard  to  any  atmospheric  air  that  may 
he  in  the  can  and  contents. 

4th.  A  new  and  useful  improvement  in  pre¬ 
serving  vegetables  in  hermetically  scaled  cans. 

The  validity  of  these  claims  has  been  tested 
in  the  United  Stutes  Supreme  Cou  T  of  tho 
State  of  Maine  before.  Judge  Clifford  who  has 
rendered  a  decision  recognizing  the  validity  of 
the  first  two  and  a  dismissal  of  the  hill  as  to  the 
second  two,  thus  refusing  to  recognize  their 
validity.  This  result  lias  alarmed  ti  o  dealers 
in  hermetically  sealed  goods  li  this  city  and 
elsewhere,  and  has  resulted  in  an  Association 
called  “The  Packers  and  Dealers  of  Hermeti¬ 
cally  Settled  Goods  Defence  Association,"  which 
has  raised  and  is  raising  a  fund  xith  which  to 
carry  the  case  to  the  United  States  Supreme 
Court  at  Washington  for  final  decision.  This  is 
a  case  of  great  importance  to  those  who  grow, 
can  and  consume  fruit.  It  should  receive  the 
vigilant  attention  of  all  three  classes.  Its  im¬ 
portance  is  indicated  in  a  letter  we  have  seen 
published  from  a  New  York  firm  who  deal  in 
the  goods  put  up  under  this  patent,  who  say 
that  parties  buying  any  other  corn  except  that 
put  up  under  these  patents  “  will  Incur  the  same 
risk  as  the  packer  who  Infringes."  Thus  it  will 
be  seen  an  attempt  Is  being  made  to  exclude  all 
other  brumls  of  canned  corn  from  the  market, 
nr  compel  packers  to  pay  a  royalty. 


Hop  Matters  nnd  Prospects.  The  late  rains 

have  improved  hop  prospects  in  Madison  Co., 
N.  Y.  In  Michigan  there  is  no  old  stock  of 
hops  on  hand,  and  the  growth  of  the  plants  la 
not  as  promising  as  last  year.  Generally,  tho 
hop  prospect  is  far  better  than  was  anticipated 
early  in  tho  season.  Tho  London  market  is  firm 
und  excited  in  consequence  of  tho  precarious 
condition  of  the  crop.  In  Belgium  markets  are 
firm,  and  the  insects  ate  affecting  the  crop. 
English  hops  are  being  re-shlpped  to  Liverpool, 
and  our  own  markets  are  dull,  and  will  con¬ 
tinue  so  as  long  as  the  prospect  of  our  hop  crop 
continues  good. 


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Interesting  to  Wool  Grower*.— The  announce¬ 
ment  of  Mr.  S.  N.  Goodai.e,  in  our  advertising 
department,  (page  22,)  under  the  heading  of 
“New  York  Exposition  and  Sample  Sales  of 
Wool,”  will  naturally  attract  the  attention  of 
wool  growers.  If  properly  carried  out,  as  we 
trust  it  will  lie,  Mr.  Good  ale's  new  method 
must  prove  advantageous  to  both  wool  growers 
and  manufacturers.  Tbo  plan  is  certayily 
worthy  of  a  trial,  and  Mr.  G’s  long  experience 
in  handling  wool  ought  to  enable  him  to  render 
it  a  success.  No  wool  grower  should  fail  to 
read  the  announcement. 


SATURDAY,  JULY 


START  OF  VOX,  XXVIII, 


V  Repeal  of  Dulles  on  articles  that  enter  into 
i  be  manufact  ure  of  commercial fer.llizers,  such 
as  sulphate  of  ammonia,  sulphuric  acid,  nitrate 
sod i,  nitrate  of  potash,  common  salt,  &o.,  is 
urged  by  a  correspondent  of  tho  Rural  New- 
Yorker.  lie  urges  that  tho  Granges,  Farmers' 
Clubs,  and  Town,  County  and  State  Agricultural 
Societies,  should  move  in  this  matter.  We  sub¬ 
mit  bis  plea,  in  brief,  to  our  readers. 


This  number  commences  the  Twenty-Eighth 
Volumo  of  tho  Rural  New-Yorker— a  vol¬ 
ume  which  we  hope  to  render  especially  val¬ 
uable  to  its  supporiers  and  not  devoid  of  inter¬ 
est  to  others,  for  we  shall  strive  to  benefit  tho 
public  at  large.  Our  aim  will  he  to  make  such 
a  paper  in  tho  future  as  every  honest,  intelli¬ 
gent  and  right-thinking  man,  woman  or  youth 
will,  on  perusal,  approve,-  and  if  we  succeed 
in  this  endeavor  shall  be  content.  Horace 
Greeley,  when  tho  chief  of  American  journal¬ 
ists,  said  in  his  Tribune  : 

“  Moore's  Rural  New-Yorker  is  not  a  sen¬ 
sation  paper,  a.nd  may  not  win  patrons  so  fast 
;is  some  111  it  are. ;  but.  those  it  wins  it  keeps,  by 
giving  them  the  full  worth  of  their  money  in 
instructive,  wholesome,  agreeable  information 
with  regard  to  Farming  and  Household  affairs, 
with  a  goodly  array  of  literary  matter,  markets, 
iic.,  &c.  Wo  presume  that  no  man  who  took 
The  Rural  was  over  afraid  or  ashamed  to  be 
seen  leading  It,  or  hesitated  to  commend  it  to 
his  neighbors.” 

To  continuously  render  truthful  these  utter¬ 
ances  will  be  our  earnest  desire  and  ambition, 
and  if  we  fail  it  will  not  be  for  lack  of  disposi¬ 
tion  or  effort.  But,  as  stated  last  week,  we  can¬ 
not  succeed  fully,  or  to  the  measure  of  our 
desire,  “without  the  co-operation  of  friendly 
readers,  and  therefore  bespeak  the  aid  of  such 
as  can  properly  contribute  to  the  pages  of  tho 
paper  or  otherwise  further  its  usefulness.  To 
these  we  appeal  with  much  confidence,  for  cor¬ 
respondence,  suggestions,  facta,  hints  —  any 
article  or  item  which  will  add  to  the  informa¬ 
tion  and  knowledge  of  our  widely-extended 
parish  of  readers.”  And  we  also  bespeak  that 
material  aid  necessary  to  sustain  such  an  en¬ 
terprise,  and  which  is  particularly  appropriate 
and  requisit  e  on  the  opening  of  a  new  volume. 
All  disposed  to  lend  their  timely  Influence  in 
the  direct  ion  indicated,  are  assured  their  efforts 
will  be  gratefully  appreciated  by  us  and  redound 
to  the  benefit  of  community. 


Nntionnl  Agricultural  Congress.  —  The  New 

England  Farmer  of  a  recent  date  says : 

It  would  almost  seem  that  tho  old  caution 
about  riding  a  free  horse  to  death  had  been  dis¬ 
regarded  by  tho  constituency  of  the  National 
Agricultural  Congress,  which  has  Just  com¬ 
pleted  it*  second  session.  Ttio  expenses  of  the 
first  year  were  some  $1,100.  The  Secretary  made 
an  appeal  to  the  Associations  represented  in  the 
Congress  for  their  portions  of  tfie  tunds  to  dis¬ 
charge  its  indebtedness.  The  revolt  was  Hie 
receipt  of  only  $100,  tho  balance  being  drawn 
Irom  the  private  purses  of  the  delegates.  There 
Is  something  wrong  here.  Wuat  is  it  ? 

This  “National  Agricultural  Congress”  has 
assessed  the  Agricultural  Societies  for  its  sup¬ 
port.  Tbe  Agricultural  Societies  of  the  country 
have,  apparently,  seen  no  good  reason  for  Bup- 
poniogthis”  Congress. ”  In  that  we  think  they 
are  both  practical  and  sensible.  This  Congress 
has  not  yet  done  anything  that  warrants  any 
one  in  believing  l  hat  the  farmers  of  the  country 
would  not  be  just  as  well  off  it  the  Congress  did 
not  exist  and  had  never  hold  a  session.  Wo 
have  received,  once  a  month,  three  or  four  cop¬ 
ies  of  the  ”  Official  Organ  of  the  Agricultural 
Congress.”  We  have  never  been  able  to  discov¬ 
er  that  the  Congress  was  created  for  any  oilier 
purpose  than  to  sustain  this  “Official  Organ." 
This  “organ”  is  about  as  necessary  to  the 
farmers  of  tbe  country  as  a  fifth  wheel  to  a 
coach— not  anymore  so;  and  when  our  con¬ 
temporary  says  41  There  is  something  wrong 
here.  What  is  it?”  we  answer  that  the  wrong 
consists  in  t  he  attempt  to  make  farmers  con¬ 
tribute  to  sustain  what  is  of  no  earthly  use  to 
them.  We  rejoice  that  they  are  too  sharp  to 
do  it. 


Personal, — Mr.  W.  W.  Sharpe,  the  reliable 
and  successful  Advertising  Agent,  of  No.  25 
Park  How,  New  York,  has  just  returned  from 
Europe,  after  an  absence  of  over  a  year.  His 
“troops  of  friends ”  will  be  glad  to  learn  that 
he  is  in  excellent  health  and  spirits,  and  far 
more  weighty  than  formerly. 


The  Folding  Ha  by  Carriage,  advertised  and 
illustrated  in  this  paper,  is  a  good  thing  for  the 
rising  generation,  ft  is  neat,  convenient,  very 
portable,  and  in  fact  just  tho  vehicle  in  which 
to  give  tho  little  folks  an  airing,  in  town  or 
country  and  they  (tbo  little  folks)  abound 
everywhere  in  this  prolific  land. 


Matthew  Vassar's  “Sprlneslde." 

One  morning  at  five  o'clock  we  started  with  a 
hospitable  friend,  Geokok  Cohliks,  to  walk 
through  “  Bprtugsidc,”  the  suburban  homo  of 
Matthew  Vassar,  the  founder  of  Vassar  Col¬ 
lege,  it  is  situated  south  of  Po'koepsie,  and  is 
as  wild  and  beautiful  a  plane  naturally  as  we 
over  found  in  Eastern  New  York.  The  surface 
is  varied,  and  the  work  of  tills  man,  who  loved 
Nature  and  respected,  honored  and  was  the 
benefactor  of  American  women,  seems  to  have 
been  done  with  the  idea  that  it  would  be  sacri¬ 
lege  to  mar  tho  natural  outline  of  his  grounds. 
His  attempts  seem  rather  to  have  boon  directed 
toward  defining  it— toward  rendering  the  nat¬ 
ural  beauty  more  apparent  without  destroying 
it.  He  was,  at  the  same  time,  no  mere  fancy 
worKinan.  The  practical  was  kept  in  view. 
The  homely,  honest,  practical  character  of  tho 
man  is  exhibited  in  the  grouping  of  the  trees, 
the  evergreen  hedges,  tho  arrangement  and  un¬ 
ostentatious  ehaiacter  of  the  buildings,  and  in 
the  laying  out  of  the  drives  and  rambles.  Art 
seems  to  have  been  subordinated  to  nature— 
not  nature  to  art.  An  excellent  lesson  may  be 
learned  by  such  a  walk  as  we  had  this  bright 
June  morning  in  “Sprlngside,”  by  many  of  our 
pretentious  landscape  artists. 

The  Evergreen  Hedges  at  “  Sprlngside M 
attracted  our  attention— teaching  a  lesson  it 
w'Jl  be  wise  for  those  who  plant  to  learn  and 
remember.  It  is  this :  We  saw  hedges  made  of 
Hemlock  and  Arbor  Vita,  intermixed,  much  of 
it  very  closely  trimmed.  We  did  not  see  a  live 
Arbor  Vita?  (ihere  may  have  been,  though)  in 
any  of  these  hedges.  Whole  sections  of  the 
Arbor  Vi  tie  were  dead;  nnd  wherever  a  single 
plant  was  seen  dead  in  the  midst  of  the  Hem¬ 
lock,  an  examination  showed  it  to  he  Arbor 
Vitae.  Nor  did  we  see  a  single  dead  Hemlock 
plant !  Though  as  closely  planted  and  rigidly 
trimmed  as  the  Arbor  Vitm  had  been,  it  was  all 


To  Prevent  the  Ravages  of  Grasshoppers,  it 
is  stated  that  in  Russia  It  is  done,  or  at  least 
checked,  by  boys  with  fly  nets,  who  are  station¬ 
ed  at  the  “  hatching  beds,"  of  the  insects,  who 
catch  them  when  small  and  before  they  leave 
these  hatching  grounds. 


For  Publisher's  Notices,  Ac.,  the  reader  is 
referred  to  page  20  of  this  number.  And  for 
announcement  relative  to  Electros,  Wood  Cuts, 
&c.,  for  sale,  (aLd  also  about  wood  engraving, 
lithographing,  etc.,)  see  page  21. 


RURAL  BREVITIES 


B.  J.  Davis,  CbeBtervillo,  Ohio,  desires  to 
purchase  a  parrot  that  can  tie  taught  to  talk. 

Y.  N.  is  informed  he  can  get  the  article  he 
asks  for  (Entomological  Pins)  of  Queen  &Co., 
001  Broadway  New  York  City. 

Wm.  M.  Coryell,  Fayette,  N.  Y.,  asks  the 
merits,  cost,  &c.,  of  the  Blanchard  Churn.  Let 
the  manufacturers  inform  him. 

Charles  Music.  Moroni  City,  Utah,  asks 
where  he  can  purchase  some  good  forest  tree 
seed;  he  does  not  specify  what  kind.  We  can¬ 
not  inform  him. 

W.  E.  B.  asks  Rural  readers  to  tell  him  how 
to  construct  a  windmill  with  power  enough  to 
run  a  foot-lathe.  We  should  think  he  could 
buy  one  cheaper  than  be  can  construct  it. 


No  Granges  Needed  to  feei  ure  Co-operation. 
—It  is  stated  that  at  a  meeting  of  a  Kansas 
Grange  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  it  came  to  tbe 
knowledge  of  the  members  that  one  of  their 
number  h  d  been^fllieted  with  sickness  and 
death  in  his  family,  and  that  t  is  work  was  be¬ 
hind.  It  was  arranged  by  his  fellow  members 
to  “give  him  a  lift.”  Early  Monday  morning, 
greatly  to  the  bewilderment  of  the  afllioted 
brother,  who  was  scarcely  able  to  get  to  the 
door  of  hia  house,  the  neighbors  appeared,  and 
seventeen  plows  were  soon  running  in  his  field 
and  bis  crops  being  put  in  in  good  shape.  This 
was  good  I  Had  there  not  been  a  meeting  of 
the  Granges,  and  had  there  not  been  developed 
by  such  meetings  a  social,  neighborly,  brotherly 
feeling  and  sympathy,  this  co-eperation  might 
not  have  been  so  easily  brought  into  action. 
This  is  one  of  the  good  things  these  Granges  are 
doing.  But  we  want  to  say  that  where  such  an 
organization  does  nut  exist,  the  same  neigh¬ 
borly  action,  under  such  circumstances,  may 


OUT-OF-DOOR  NOTES. 


Ceo.  Ayrault’s  Farm  and  Stock. 

East  of  Po'keepsle,  three  or  four  miles,  is 
Geo.  Ayrault’s  farm  of  four  or  five  hundred 
acres— composed  ol'  intervale,  upland  and  hills. 
It  is  a  beautiful  farm  in  its  outline  and  aspect, 
with  a  commodious  farm-house  and  excellent 
barns  and  out-huildlngs  upon  it,  well  watered 
and  well  cared  for.  It  is  devoted  mainly  to 
j> -“is ng.  Over  100  handsome  steers  are  in  its 
v.i--  fitting  for  the  New  York  market. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES 


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JULY 


©ORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 

Twenty  Thousand  Leagues  Under  tlie  Sens. 

Translated  from  the  trench  of  JULES  Verne. 
Boston  :  Goo.  M.  Smith  &  Co. 

No  people  exceed  the  French  In  the  produc¬ 
tion  of  soml-scleiitifle  works  intended  for  mar¬ 
vellous  amusement  and  instruction  combined. 
A  more  magnlllcent 
or  enchanting  work 

than  thJa  one*  which  ff  >™^*x***** 

scription,  we  have  sel- 

guise  of  a  voyage  In  a  \ 

ship  which  is  able  to  f  - _ 

sail  beneath  tho  ocean  i  =hs—. 

the  reader  is  brought.  -  -  ~  .  -  : "  •  - 

ontaui  with  all  the  l  -  ■ 

wonders  of  tho  doeP)  * 
and  they  are  numerous  Mppr 

and  very  strange.  The  i_  Sc 

whole  forma  a  strange,  £  *31  ‘  JL, 

thrilling  romance,  the  |  ^g|M  jtfipjl 

Tho  book  sella  for  $8,  \  'Im'-- 

and  has  over  100  full  i  .  ^ Ri 

page  engravings,  exe-  '  ••-■<-- 

cuted  in  the  highest  ^  'if 

style  of  the  art.  Those  t  ~  '■Svf  »Bra 

who  take  a  voyage  i 


book  has  been  hurriedly  written  and  contrives 
to  spread  over  400  pages,  very  thinly  printed. 


The  Lnst  Poems  of  Alice  mul  Plicbe  Cary.— 

Now  York:  Hurd  &  Houghton.  1873. 

This  handsome  book,  which  sells  for  $2,  Is 
edited  by  Mary  Clkmmkr  Ames.  It  is  from 
the  celebrated  Riverside  press  of  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  and  contains  excellent  stool  portraits  of 
the  sweet,  singing  sisters.  The  poems  of  the 
Cary's  are  so  well  known  it  is  needless  for 
us  to  add  a  word  of  commendation. 


<®ur  J^tori)- teller. 


A  COLD  DASH. 

BY  O.  9.  ADAMS. 

Mr.  Adolphus  Hopkins  was  a  young  gentle¬ 
man  of  flue  sousibilitlos.  He  had  been  reared 
in  jealous  seclusion  from  all  manual  labor,  and 


wh  rrospecfc  was  appalling.  These  objec¬ 
tions  wore  Insurmountable.  After  cons'dor- 
ablo  discussion,  it  was  decided  that  he  betake 
himself  to  CUffdale,  a  charming  spot  in  tho 
country,  whoro  there  was  a  big  water  cure,  sul¬ 
phur  springs,  and  a  beautiful  lake.  Here  would 
be  rest  and  pure  air  to  improve  his  physique, 
and  plenty  of  natural  scenery  and  rustic  beauty 
to  satisfy  the  craving-  of  Ids  romantic  nature 
Immediately  on  his  arrival  at  CUffdale  he 


proceeded 


Doctor  Blast's 


Bchi ml  ihe  Scones  m 
Wnshingioii.  By 

Howard  Winslow 
Martin.  Published 
by  tho  Continental 
Publishing  Company, 

A  LAUGH  volume  of 
over  500  pages,  con¬ 
taining  a  grand  de¬ 
scription  of  the  city, 
with  numerous  Illus¬ 
trations  of  Its  well- 
known  public  build¬ 
ings.  The  work  also 
contains  tho  author's 
version  of  the  Credit 
Mvblller  Investigation 
—a  subject  pretty  well 
exhausted  by  this 
time.  The  work  con¬ 
tains  much  matter  of 
Interest,  pleasantly 
written.  Those  not 
familiar  with  Wash¬ 
ington  will  be  pleased 
with  the  book.  Hand¬ 
somely  printed,  bound 
in  red  and  gold,  it 
should  meet  with  a 
ready  sale. 

The  Great  Itlots  of 
New  York.  —  By 

J.  T.  Hea  LEV. 
New  York:  JS.  B. 
Treat.  1873. 

All  who  love  to 
read  of  such  intensely 
thrilling  affairs  as  riots 
in  New  York,  will  And 
a  complete  history  of 
them  from  1712  to  1873 
in  this  volume.  The 
great  draft  riots,  when 
the  mob  held  the  city 
for  three  days,  occupy 
a  considerable  portion 
of  the  book.  The  ac¬ 
counts  are  authentic, 
and  will  be  of  value  to 
all  who  wish  for  in¬ 
formation  of  the  kind. 
Mr.  Headley  writes 
in  a  very  interesting 
manner. 


Itcspons've  Worship. 

By  WM,  Ives  bud-  ^  _  , 

INGTON.  L>.  D.  A.  3.  Barns  &  Co.,  New  York 
and  Chicago. 

A  discourse  in  favor  of  responsive  worship. 
The  arguments  used  are  good,  and  as  there  can 
be  no  objection  to  a  congregation  joining  with 
their  pastor  in  reading  the  scriptures,  we  pre¬ 
sume  the  practice  will,  in  time,  become  gen¬ 
eral.  A  large  number  of  letters  are  published 
from  clergymen  who  favor  this  worship.  The 
hook  sells  for  sixty  conts,  by  mail,  pre-paid. 

Life  In  Danbury.  -  By  J  ames  M.  Bailey.  Bos- 
ton  :  Shepard  A  Gill.  1873, 

The  “  Danbury  News  "  man,  as  he  is  called,  is 
known  all  over  the  country  for  his  brilliant  and 
funny  paragraphs,  which  first  come  to  light  in 
his  paper.  This  book  is  a  compilation  of 
humorous  nowspapor  paragraphs,  and  as  such 
will  be  welcomed  by  many.  It  sells  for  $1.50. 
The  book  has  a  number  of  good  illustrations  as 
well  as  a  portrait  of  the  author. 

New  Life  In  New  Lunds.  -  By  Grace  Green¬ 
wood.  New  York:  .7.  B.  Ford  &  Co.  1873. 

A  handsome  book,  composed  of  notes  of 
travel  in  Chicago,  Colorado,  Utah,  Nevada,  Cali¬ 
fornia  and  homeward,  which  originally  ap¬ 
peared  as  tetters  in  the  New  York  Times.  The 
author  is  a  pleasing  and  brilliant  writer.  I8be 
proves  entertaining,  if  not  instructive.  The 


THE  DINNER-HORN. 


The  Best  of  All  Good  Company.— By  BLAN¬ 
CHARD  JERUOLD.  Boston:  tinepurd  &  Gill. 

A  series  of  small  pamphlet  books  with  the 
above  title  is  now  appearing.  The  drat  one, 
which  relates  to  Charles  Dickens,  is  out,  and 
others  are  to  follow  about  Sir  Walter  Scott, 
Thackeray  and  Douglas  Jbrrold.  Mr. 
Blanchard  Jerkold  is  an  able  writer,  and  the 
sketch  he  has  just  given  of  Dickens  is  very  in¬ 
teresting.  The  book  sells  for  85  cents. 

Margaret  Maitland.— By  Mrs. OUPHANT.  Phila¬ 
delphia  :  T.  B.  Peterson  &  Brothers. 

An  emotional  story,  which  has  bad  a  run  in 
England  and  will  please  the  admirers  of  Mrs. 
Oi APit a nt  in  this  countrv.  As  it  is  a  highly 
spiced  romance,  it  should  be  road  in  the  shade 
or  by  the  seaside.  The  book  is  a  large  one, 
closely  printed. 


Samuel 


ih.— By 

il  B.  W 


ells.  1873. 


New  York: 


IF  any  man  knows  how  to  write  of  the  bath, 
its  history  and  uses  in  health  and  disease,  it  Is 
Dr.  It.  T.  Trall,  who  lias  had  as  much  expert-  j 
once  as  any  man  living.  Those  who  wish  for  i 
complete  information  about  baths,  will  find  it  j 
in  this  little  volume. 

The  First  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Di¬ 
rectors  of  the  Denver  &  ttio  Grande  Railway 
makes  a  handsome  pamphlet,  with  numerous 
excel  lent  maps.  Published  by  J.  B.  Lippincott 
&  Co.  of  Philadelphia. 


had  been  taught  to  believe  that  he  was  confer¬ 
ring  an  Immense  favor  on  all  around  him  by 
consenting  to  exist.  Ho  wa<  a  light-haired, 
pale-cyod  youth,  given  to  dispensing  sickly 
smites  on  attractive  females,  and  stroking  a 
barely  perceptible  mustache  with  a  lily-white 
hand.  Ho  was  innocent — alarmingly  so;  for 
his  mother  abhorred  all  unclean  things  with  an 
uncompromising  hostility,  and  had  guarded  the 
surroundings  of  her  son  with  unceasing  vigi¬ 
lance.  She  was  a  woman  of  property,  and  cher¬ 
ished  high  Ideas  of  gentility.  Indeed,  she  had 
more  goutill  y  than  judgment,  more  pride  than 
|  wisdom  ;  otherwise,  Adolphus  might  possibly 
have  been  of  some  use  in  the  world  instead  of 
being  merely  ornamental.  But  to  be  ornamen¬ 
tal  satisfied  hia  highest  ambition,  and  he  was 
content. 

It  became  apparent  one  summer,  that  his 
health  was  failing.  He  was  never  robust,  but 
at  this  time  he  presented  an  appearance  partic¬ 
ularly  alarming.  In  fact,  his  mother  said  he 
|  was  “  drooping.”  Consequently,  it  was  decided 
j  that  he  must  rusticate.  But  where  to  go— th  t 
|  was  the  question.  Not  to  Saratoga  nor  Long 
Branch,  for  these  places  presented  naught  but 
a  whirl  of  giddy  fashion,  just  the  opposite  of 
what  was  requisite  for  one  whose  constitution 
needed  *  uildiug  up.  Then  again,  some  design¬ 
ing  heiress  might  lay  her  toils  and  capture  him, 


took  one  of  the  best  rooms,  and  was  soon 

comfortably  estab- 
lished.  lie  was  rather 
dl  -agreeably  astou- 

- - ia'ied  at  first,  with  tho 

•J  p  tin  fare  provided — 

|  Graham  hard  tack, 

j;  p lunded  wheat,  weak 

ig  t  IQ ;  no  meat,  butter 

'J,  n  >r  salt. ;  but  from  tho 

"-i  f  tree  of  circumstances 

\3  h  3  soon  became  ac- 

VL.it  W.  o  istomod  to  this. 

T"  Nr  i  And  it  was  not.  long 

\L  ^  before  ho  made  his 

’  V  v:  -  appearance  in  tho  por- 

wtojuj®  'Asfi®*  ^  lor  and  about  tho 

MBt  Y&ffi  1  grounds,  d  .spousing 

-  H  his  smiles  and  grace- 

f  h  Ml  ful  bows  In  liberal  pro- 

r/tf/Ml  _  -  D-: \\  fusion  to  the  female 

ffmi:  JKlra  denizens  of  tho  place. 

v  ,t  WIW  not  difficult  to 

JLdf f  'j  n  j  become  acquainted. 

I (|I  8 ijSSW ' -  Sociabilit  y  reigned  su- 

[."iwAP-CT ■  preme  there;  all  were 

1  oom men  friends  in  a 

,%•*'  ■  !M'j  common  cause  —  the 

pursuit  of  health. 

‘t&ttg Hke  other  young  men 
A  ]  in  one  respect,  no 
--V-.e  >•;  |  -  soon  solectod  out  faces 

\ that,  were  especially 
vy  A  y  i  attractive,  and  culti- 

£  vat  cd  particular  ac- 

,  . 

7 i  pocially  was  tho  for- 
turiitte  recipient  of  his 
most  flattering  atten- 
^  I’V  tlon>  She  was  rather 
^  '!•  nbovo  the  medium 
:■!  -  'Ik!  Size,  being,  in  fact, 
^  larger  in  every  way 

’’  j!  than  Adolphus.  Her 
y*?*}  s^,1  cheeks  wero  ruddy 

ajftMjfe.,  f  ^  ivlth  tho  hue  of  good 

byM/Yry.  health,  hor  eyes  were 

Jr/  D.k  largo  and  bore  a 

habitually  enthusias- 
V'  tic  expression,  and  her 
Py  cast  of  features 

'MWMxP  h  %  throughout  was  of  tho 
t  ^  decided  order. 

Wijtl'jrw  ill  1  “How  long  did  you 

ywmmMAin  say  you  ha,!  been 

\  .  'y-  ;  here?”  asked  Adol- 

'ilMaiBR  ph  US  of  her  one  day. 

“A  little  over  a  year,” 

'  waK  the  reply. 

^r.  '  ‘  And  are  you  not 

bBT  -  j  >t  will  take  some  time 
lo!\  \  yet  to  give  tone  to  my 
KCJr;  system,  the  doctor 

Pi  ll'tn  - \  says.  I  had  been  so 

5  long  wedded  to  the 

l v* '  i  the  ignorant  masses  in 

. .  TT  \  AS.v'f'V*v'  •  regal'd  to  diet  and  the 

i  general  care  of  my 

-•  j  health,  that  I  was  cor- 

nipt  through  and 
-rr.tflkv through.  A  radical 

chango  was  neeed,  and 
-  —  ■  1  I  have  made  up  my 

^sMwJtoititfiiifiiwivniivii/  mind  to  remain  here 

until  all  putrescence 
of  my  being  is  thor¬ 
oughly  eradicated.’* 

“Ah,  Indeed  1"  ejaculated  Adolphus,  with 
an  imliocllo  stare  of  astonishment. 

“  Yes,”  replied  Miss  Roomer,  complacently. 
“  Very  few  people  understand  tho  laws  of 
health.  But  there  Is  a  gradual  awakening  on 
the  subject.  People  are  beginning  to  think. 
Dr.  Blast  is  entitled  to  the  thanks  of  human¬ 
ity  for  his  good  work  in  the  m  tter.” 

I  “Is  Dr.  Blast  a  celebrated  man?”  asked 
Adolphus. 

“Oh,  yes.  Is  it  possible  that  his  name  is  not 
familiar  to  you  as  that  of  a  great  reformer? 
But  then  the  majority  of  people  are  so  unap¬ 
preciated— I  might  say  criminally  neglectful— 

I  of  such  thing?." 

“Yes,”  gasped  Adolphus;  “I  suppose  so. 
Do  they  have  any  music  here  ?” 

1  “  Certain-ly.  The  music  of  the  birds  and  the 

wind— of  running  waters  and  plashing  waves. 
But  then,  of  course,  I  know  what  you  mean,” 
with  an  arch  roll  of  her  brilliaot  orbs.  “We 
have  Mr.  Snoozle,  frequently,  who  sings  beau¬ 
tiful  ballads,  and  plays  the  inelodeon  with  ex¬ 
quisite  taste.  Did  you  ever  hear  him?”  she 
asked. 

“No,  I  don’t  think  l  over  did.  Does  he  sing 
from  tho  operas?"  • 

“Mercy,  no  !  Ho  has  not  that  depraved  taste 
that  imagines  screeching  and  howling  to  be 
music.  His  is  the  music  of  nature,  pure  and 


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midcflled.  He  has  composed  an  elegant,  poem 
on  liculth  and  set.  it  to  music." 

“On  health?  I  shouldn’t  think  the  theme 
would  he  very  Inspiring  to  ’’ 

“ The  theme  not  inspiring!  What  grander, 
nobler,  more  philanthropic  theme  could  bo 
imagined  ?’’ 

“To  be  sure,”  replied  Adolphus,  weakly. 
“Hut  then  love,  and  war,  and  and — madness 
are  generally  regarded  as  more,  romantic,  you 
know." 

“ Oh,  yes,  they  are  well  enough  in  their  way. 
Mr.  Sn< t;  sings  some  beautiful  love  songs, 
too.  By  the  way,  Mr.  Hopkins,  have  you  ever 
considered  love  in  its  msthetle  sense  -studied 
what  might  be  denominated  the  philosophy  of 
love  in  its  bearing  upon  the  great  mass  of  hu¬ 
manity?" 

“  No,  I  don’t  know  sis  I  have,”  replied  Adol¬ 
phus,  uncomfortably. 

“  The  subject  is  one  rich  in  opportunity  for 
the  widest  speculation.  A  mind  of  subtle  reas¬ 
oning  powers  and  keen  discrimination  can  ex¬ 
pend  its  utmost  profundity  in  contemplation 
of  the  varied  images  called  into  the  mental 
ether  by  such  exercises." 

“Ho  you  think  bo?”  asked  Adolphus,  whose 
own  mind  was  rapidly  becoming  helplessly  be¬ 
wildered. 

“J  know  it.  Yours  is  a  nature,  for  instance, 
that  when  onee  developed,  would  take  immeas¬ 
urable  delight  in  roaming  under  such  Helds  of 
thought." 

“  I  don’t  know  about  that,”  he  replied,  mak¬ 
ing  a  desperate  attempt  to  change  the  subject. 
“  Ho  you  know  how  long  this  Jake  is  ?" 

“Sixteen  miles  and  three-quarters,” she  re¬ 
plied,  with  int  imidating  accuracy. 

“  Do  you  like  to  row  ?’’ 

“  I  think  It.  Is  grand.” 

“Can’t,  wo  take  a  boat,  ride  to-morrow?  I 
suppose  they  have  boats.” 

“1  should  be  delighted." 

“The  scenery  seems  to  ho  very  romantic. 
How  far  dare  one  go  from  the  shore?” 

“1  have  frequently  rowed  across  and  back — 
making  in  all  three  miles — before  breakfast." 

“  Oh,"  he  responded,  looking  at  her  in  awe, 
“You  were  speaking  of  the  scenery.  It  is 
romantic.  There  are.  some  of  the  most  lovely 
little  bays  and  delightful  glens  that  can  be  Im¬ 
agined.  Nature  seems  to  have  lavished  her 
most  ingenious  handiwork  on  some  of  the  re¬ 
treats— as  I  call  them." 

“B>  '  rents— yes.  1  suppose  one  is  away  from 

all  the  dust  and  noise - ’’ 

“Oh,  heavens!"  exclaimed  Miss  Hoomer, 
springing  up  suddenly.  “There  goes  the  bell ! 

I  must  take  my  sltz-bath !  I  had  actually  almost 
forgotten  It..  Wo  will  see  each  other  again.” 

And  flinging  him  a  moiling  glance,  she  has¬ 
tened  away.  Adolphus  w:is  so  amazed  that  he 
did  not  even  bid  her  adieu,  but  sat  for  several 
minutes  transfixed.  The  vivid  blush  that  had 
at  llrsi  suffused  his  face  soon  failed,  and  was 
succeeded  by  an  unhappy  look.  Finally,  he 
arose,  and  began  walking  spiritlessly  up  and 
down  the  >aths.  He  felt  overpowered  for  the 
time  being  quite  annihilated. 

Suddenly,  i  ghast  ly  look  overspread  his  coun¬ 
tenance  its  I.  recollected  that  he  had  invited 
Miss  Boomer  t o  go  rowing.  “  f  don’t  know  the 
first  thing  about  boats,”  he  reflected.  “  What 
shall  be  done?  This  is  a  dreadful  situation. 
What  can  1  tell  her?" 

His  distress  was  truly  pitiable.  Ho  retired  to 
his  room  in  a  depressed  frame  of  mind,  where 
he  remained  in  seclusion  the  rest  of  the  day. 

As  if  the  fates  were  in  his  favor,  a  rain  set  in 
during  the  night,  and  the  next  morning  there 
was  a  most  encouraging  prospect  for  il  «  con¬ 
tinuance  for  forty-eight  hours,  at  least.  Thus 
he  was  absolved  from  passing  through  the 
dreaded  ordeal  for  a  time,  and  he  fondly  hoped 
that  when  the  weather  did. clear  up  Miss  Boom¬ 
er  would  have  forgotten  all  about  the  pro¬ 
posed  excursion.  At  any  rate,  lie  resolved  not 
to  mention  it. 

On  account  of  the  rain,  all  were  lounging 
about  indoors.  Tho  parlor  was  the  principal 
resort.  But  Adolphus  steered  clear  of  Miss 
Boomer:  he  preferred  to  contemplate  Iter  from 
a  distance.  There  was  a  pale,  yetlow-hairod, 
innocent-looking  damsel,  named  Miss  Minor, 
who  attracted  tits  attention,  and  he  became 
engaged  in  conversation  with  her. 

“Do  you  not  And  yourself  greatly  bonotited 
by  remaining  here,  Mr.  Hopkins?"  asked  Miss 
Mince.- 

“Benefited  ?  I  can’t  tell  yet.  In  fact,  I  have 
not  begun  to  take  treatment.” 

“Don’t  take  treatment  You  surprise  me. 
It  is  delightful !" 

“Is  it?"  doubtfully. 

“You  had  better  believe  it  is.  You  must  lis¬ 
ten  to  Dr.  Blast's  lectures  Saturday  morning. 
He  will  be  sure  to  convert  you.  He  deserves 
the  name  of  missionary. "* 

“Yes— so  I  am  told.” 

“  He  is  doing  a  great  work.  If  his  ideas  could 
only  be  generally  accepted,  there  would  be  a 
vast  amount  of  sin  and  misery  and  wickedness 
and  heart-agony  done  away  with.” 

“  I  suppose  he  is  a  very  smart  man?” 

“U— m  in,  yes!”  with  an  omphalic  motion 
of  her  head.  “  He  has  made  the  most  valuable 
discoveries  in  regard  to  the  laws  of  hygiene, 
and  hiseluokbSlonsof  them  are  perfectly  splen¬ 
did.” 

“  What  do  they  do  here  on  such  d«i#  s  as  WHa  ?” 
asked  Adolphus,  determined  nor  to  let  the 
conversation  take  the  turn  it  threatened  to. 

“Oh,  we  have  games  and  conundrums  and 
literary  debates.  Don’t  you  love  debating  ?” 
“Y’es— I  don’t  know— I  suppose  I  would.  I 


never  debated  much.  T  don’t  believe  I  could 
think  of  anything  to  say  if  J  should  get  up.” 

“  Couldn’t  think  of  anything  to  say,  with  as 
many  abuses  around  you  needing  reform  !  Oh, 
Mr. - " 

Here  the  young  lady  stopped  abruptly,  con¬ 
sulted  her  watch,  and  exclaimed  !— “Oh,  I  had 
almost  forgotten  the  time.  I  must  go  and  take 
a  pack  now.  Excuse  me:  I  will  he  back  in  an 
hour.” 

And  she  tripped  away  in  her  eager  haste. 
Adolphus  was  again  shocked  “  Back — sitz- 
batli,”  lie  murmured, and  with  a  painful  feeling 
of  outraged  modesty  ho  sat  down  In  a  chair 
and  began  turning  over  the  leaves  of  a  hook. 

Soon,  however.  Miss  Boomer  sailed  down 
upon  him  and  took  possession  of  him.  She 
seated  herself  alarmingly  close  to  him,  ami  said  : 

“  I  dare  say  some  people  would  call  this  day 
unpleasant,  but  It  has  Sts  lessons;  don't  you 
think  so,  Miss  Hopkins?” 

“Undoubtedly,"  replied  Adolphus;  “but  it 
Is  insufferably  dull.” 

“  It  is  te/t  dull  for  those  whose  minds  are  over 
on  the  alert  for  some  object  of  profit  able  con¬ 
templation,"  said  Miss  Boomer.  "Your  mind 
needs  educating  as  well  as  your  body,  Mr.  liop- 
K i ns.  Your  physical  habits  having  always  been 
had,  your  mind  is  naturally  in  an  unhealthy 
state." 

“  I  don’t  know  as  I  have  any  particularly  bad 
habits.” 

“Oh,  hut  you  certainly  have.  For  years  you 
have  been  filling  yourself  with  filth  and  corrup¬ 
tion  in  the  form  of  food  that  was  no  more  fit  to 
be  taken  Into  the  stomach  than  so  many  tons 
of  cast  Iron.  This,  of  course,  has  affected  your 
nature.  Your  blood  is  impure,  stagnant  and 
inactive.  You  are  totally  unfitted  for  perform¬ 
ing  tho  more  active  and  noble  duties  of  life. 
You  need  reforming  through  and  through." 

“Oli,  I  don’t  pretend  tu  say  that  I  am  per¬ 
fect." 

“No,  I  should  think  not.  Now,  I  dare  say, 
your  appetite  Is  poor  sometimes.” 

“  Oh,  yes— very  often.” 

“  Precisely.  J ust  the  condition  1  was  in  once. 
But  now  I  can  eat  six  Graham  biscuits  at  a 
meal,  three  saucers  of  pounded  wheat,  heaping 
full,  besides  any  quantity  of  rice  and  milk.” 
“Yea?"  faltered  Adolphus. 

“You  must  consult  Dr.  Blast,  regulate  your 
diet  ,  and  exercise  properly.  By  the  way,  it  was 
too  bad  that  we  wore  cheated  out  of  our  row 
to-day.  I  think  it  will  bo  pleasant  to-morrow, 
and  then  wo  must  not  forget  the  appointment." 

“Certainly  not,"  replied  Adolphus,  with  a 
sinking  heart. 

“  Well,"  she  said,  rising,  “  I  must  go  and  take 
a  cold  dash  now.  You  have  no  idea,  Mr.  Hop¬ 
kins,  how  a  cold  dash  every  day  would  benefit 
you.  It  would  he  the  making  of  you.’* 
Adolpiiuh  made  a  fuMIe  endeavor  to  laugh 
at  this  its  a  joke,  while  she  flitted  away. 

At.  dinner  time  he  took  pains  to  observe  her, 
and  xv as  startled  at,  the  amount  of  provisions 
she  disposed  of.  Her  enjoyment  of  the  Gra¬ 
ham  biscuit,  as  well  as  her  astonishing  capacity 
for  cracked  wheat,  received  his  secret  atten¬ 
tion,  and  he  felt  a  more  profound  respect  for 
her  Mian  ever. 

In  the  afternoon,  as  amusements  were  in 
order,  he  brought  down  his  guitar  and  sang 
some  of  his  choicest  songs.  He  was  loudly  ap¬ 
plauded,  and  by  none  more  heartily  than  Miss 
Boomer,  lie  had  sung  what  lie  considered  his 
masterpieces,  namely,  "Then  You'll  Remember 
Me,”  and  “Ah  Che  La  Murte."  when  Miss 
Boomer  asked  if  he  knew  “The  Cup  of  Cold 
Water,”  and  on  being  answered  in  the  negative, 
further  inquired  If  "  No  Bolted  Flour  for  Me" 
were  iu  his  repertoire.  Another  negative  elic¬ 
ited  from  hex  a  voluntary  proposal  to  sing  the 
latter  herself. 

Of  course,  a  general  murmur  of  assent  en¬ 
sued:  whereupon,  with  the  confidence  born  of 
conscious  power,  Miss  Boomer  took  her  place 
iu  the  middle  of  the  floor,  and  executed  the 
piece  iu  clarion  tones,  without  the  aid  of  any 
accompaniment.  Adolphus  held  out  his  gui¬ 
tar  Once,  signifying  that  if  she  would  give  him 
the  notes  he  would  accompany  her.  But  with 
a  seraphic  smile  Rhe  waved  him  aside,  refusing 
to  be  Interrupted. 

Just  as  the  song  began  Dr.  Blast  entered, 
and  seeing  what  was  going  on,  signified  his  ap¬ 
proval  by  a  bland  smile  and  a  lively  twinkle  of 
ills  eyes.  At  the  close  of  each  verse  he  waved 
his  hands,  and  with  the  other  inmates  of  the 
room  joined  ill  the  refrain,  which  was  as  fol¬ 
lows  : 

“  No  bolted  flour  for  me ; 

It  undermines  man’s  greatest  wealth. 

I’d  sooner,  by  far,  swallow  bran, 

Aud  lay  the  foundation  for  health !” 

At  the  close  there  was  an  immense  clapping 
of  hands  and  cheering,  whereat  Dr.  Blast  bow¬ 
ed  profoundly,  mid  with  many  smiles  left  the 
room. 

“  Dr.  Blast  composed  the  words,”  explained 
Miss  Boomer  to  Adolphus.  She  wnsvpiiteout 
of  breath,  and  panted  audibly.  “  Mr.  Snoozlk 
wrote  the  music,”  she  added.  And  after  a  short 
interval  she  expressed  her  opinion  that  “such 
songs  were  calculated  to  benefit  humanity  as 
well  as  to  delight  the  ear.” 

“Certainly,”  was  Adolphus'  weak  reply,  de¬ 
livered  wearily. 

The  next  morning,  when  Adolphus  awoke, 
t  he  first  thing  he  did  was  u>  look  anxiously  out 
of  the  window.  With  a  thrill  of  dismay  he  saw 
t  hat  the  sun  was  shining  brightly  and  ( he  birds 
were  hopping  among  the  branches.  The  lake 
was  calm,  there  being  a  mere  ripple  of  blue 
waves  across  its  surface.  A  distant  sail  was 


gliding  along  near  the  opposite  shore.  The 
scene  was  a  beautiful  one,  but  Adolphus  was 
in  no  condition  to  appreciate  it.  His  thoughts 
were  solely  occupied  with  his  engagement  to 
take  Miss  Boomer  out  rowing.  He  felt  sure 
that;  there  was  no  escape  from  it,  and  such,  in¬ 
deed,  proved  to  ho  the  fact. 

About  ten  o’clock,  as  he  was  promenading  in 
front  of  the  Cure,  n  tail  figure  in  a  short  calico 
dress  and  pants  lu  match,  thick  calfskin  shoes 
and  a  Shaker  bonnet,  boro  down  on  him.  As  it 
■hew  near  he  saw  I  hat  it  was  Miss  Boom  KR.  He 
looked  at  her  iu  consternation. 

“Well,  I’m  all  ready,  you  see,”  she  said,  cheer¬ 
ily.  “Miss  Mince  will  bo  along  soon,  with  a 
basket  of  provisions,  f  told  her  she  might  go 
with  us,  and  thought  we  might  as  well  make  a 
day  of  it.  There  are  a  few  especially  romantic 
spots  that  I  wish  to  show  you,  and  it  will  take 
some  time." 

“  I  shall  be  delighted,  I  am  sure,”  murmured 
Adolphus.  "But— excuse  ine — why  do  you 
wear  that  singular  looking  dress?” 

“  Oh,  that  is  my  American  costume.  I  always 
wear  it  when  I  go  on  an  excursion  like  tills.  In 
fact,  when  my  other  dresses  wear  out,  1  mean 
to  wear  it  altogether.  It  ought  to  bt  generally 
adopted,  and  it  will,  in  time.  It  is  greatly  con¬ 
ducive  to  free  movement  and  healthy  develop¬ 
ment  ;  and  it  is  graceful,  too.  Do  you  not 
think  so ?’’ 

“Well.  I  can’t  hardly  say  that  I  exactly  ad¬ 
mire - ” 

“Ah,  here  comes  Miss  Mince!”  exclaimed 
Miss  Boomer.  “  Now  we'll  lie  off.  I  suppose 
you  have  engaged  a  boat?" 

"No.  I  I  that  is,  I  was  just  going  to,  when 
you  came.  I  didn’t  know  that  we  were  to  start, 
so  early.” 

“It  will  make  no  difference,  I  guess.  There 
are  always  plenty  of  them.” 

“Good  morning,  Miss  Mince,”  said  Adol¬ 
phus,  when  that  young  lady  mine  up  to  them. 

“Good  morning,  Mr.  Hopkins.  We  have  a 
beautiful  d«y  for  our  row;  so  balmy.” 

“And  harmonious,”  added  Miss  Boomer. 
“Yes,” chimed  Miss  Mince. 

“Very,"  sulked  Adolphus. 

They  all  three  proceeded  to  the  boat  house, 
whore  a  boy  gave  them  a  key,  and  pointed  to 
an  apartment  where  there  was  a  good,  light, 
easy  rowing  hunt,  with  two  pair  of  oars.  They 
soon  had  the  boat  untied,  and  were  ready  to 
embark.  Miss  Mince  stepped  in  first,  and  seated 
herself  in  the  stem.  Miss  Boomer  followed, 
and  ADOLPHUS,  seeing  how  easy  it  was,  stepped 
in  also.  But  lie  had  not  calculated  on  balanc¬ 
ing  the  boat,  and  It  tipped  so  to  one  side  that 
lie  was  fain  to  make  a  sudden  grasp  at  the  first 
object  he  could  get,  hold  of.  This  happened  to 
be  Miss  Boomer  ;  but  he  did  not  perceive  It  in 
his  confusion.  He  gave  an  agonized  shout  for 
“help"  in  a  tone  denoting  >  xtreme  terror.  But 
lie  did  not  fall  in.  Miss  Boomer  proved  to  be 
a  firm  rock,  and  gallantly  supported  him  as  he 
clung  to  her. 

“  What’s  the  matter?”  she  asked,  in  astonish¬ 
ment., 

“Nothing,"  he  answered.  “We’re  all  right, 
so  far.  But  don’t  you  think  it’s  a  little  too 
rough  to  go  out  now?” 

“Rough?  Mercy,  no!  Why,  we  couldn't  have 
a  liner  day." 

She  then  sat  down,  and  waited  for  Adolphus 
to  commence  rowing.  By  dint  of  much  exer¬ 
tion.  lie  pushed  out  of  the  narrow  boat  house 
by  pressing  against  its  walls,  and  then  essayed 
to  take  the  oars.  Some  way,  he  couldn't  get 
them  to  going  right. 

“  Look  out  for  that  boy  1"  screamed  Miss 
Mince. 

“Where?”  shouted  Adolphus,  dropping  hie 
oars  and  staring  wildly  about. 

But  In  another  instant  there  was  a  collision, 
and  Adolphus  was  precipitated  over  back¬ 
wards,  again  finding  refuge  in  Miss  Boomer, 
into  whose  lap  he  pitched. 

Miss  Minor’s  attention  at  this  juncture  seem¬ 
ed  to  be  diverted  by  some  intensely  interesting 
object  in  the  opposite  direction,  and  a  convul¬ 
sive  motion  of  her  shoulders  might  have  indi¬ 
cated  to  a  keen  observer  that  she  was  agitated 
by  merriment. 

Adolphus,  however,  was  busy  picking  him¬ 
self  up.  With  an  expression  of  half  sheepish¬ 
ness  and  ha  I  f  anger,  he  seized  the  oars  and  com¬ 
menced  plashing  iu  the  water  vigorously.  And 
after  he  hud  pretty  well  drenched  ids  two  lady 
companions,  he  managed  to  start  the  boat 
forward,  propelling  it  with  nervous,  uneven 
strokes.  They  made  slow  progress,  their  course 
being  similar  to  that  of  a  yacht,  making  short 
tacks  against  the  wind. 

“Why  don't  it  go  straight?”  asked  Adolphus, 
panting. 

“  Oh,  you’ll  get  the  knack  of  it  pretty  quick,” 
said  Miss  Boomer,  cheerfully. 

Ho  struggled  desperately  with  the  obstinate 
oars,  the  blue  veins  in  his  forehead  swelling 
and  the  perspiration  starting  from  every  pore, 
"This  is  magnificent  exercise  for  you,”  said 
Miss  Boomer,  complacently.  “  It  develops  the 
muscles  and  impels  the  blood  to  a  healthy  flow. 
When  we  return,  you  must  walk  about  gently 
for  an  hour,  take  a  cold  dash,  sleep  a  few  min¬ 
utes,  and  then  your  appetite  for  supper  will  be 
excellent.” 

“Ain’t  we  pretty  near  there?”  gasped  Anoi,- 
FHU8. 

“  Where  ?"  asked  Miss  Boomer. 

"  l  don't  know :  that  place  you  were  going  to 
show  me.” 

“Oh,  no;  the  Devil’s  Cave  is  two  miles  fur¬ 
ther  on.  And  the  Fountain  of  Health,  a  beau¬ 
tiful  little  waterfall,  is  clear  across  the  lake. 


But  suppose  we  stop  here  for  a  moment  and 
look  about  us.  It  is  grand,  in  my  estimation. 
The  undulating  lines  of  those  hills,  sweeping 
down  to  lap  up  the  sparkling  water ;  the  trees, 
with  their  many  forms  and  colors,  reaching  up 
to  embrace  the  fleecy  clouds — all  are  suggestive 
of  so  many  human  emotions  and  passions  that 
the  stricken  heart  may  find  sympathetic  re¬ 
sponse  to  in  its  agonized  cry.  Is  there  not  an 
answering  vibration  in  your  own  breast,  Mr. 
Hopkins  ?” 

“  I  don't  know.  I'm  tryingto  get  my  breat  h.” 

“  Please  let  me  row  a  little  while,”  proposed 
Miss  Boomer. 

“  Oh,  no.  I'll  be  all  right  in  a  minute.” 

“But  I  insist  upon  it.  It  is  my  favorite  ex¬ 
ercise.” 

“  Well,  if  von  prefer  It,  I  shall  not  object.” 

“  We  will  have  to  eliange  places.” 

“  All  right.” 

“Walk  steady  now,  as  we  pass  each  other, 
and  not  let  t  he  boat  tip.” 

Adolphus  cast  a  wistful  glance  at  the  shore, 
which  was  some  forty  rods  distant,  and  rose  to 
a  pail .lally  standing  posture.  The  two  walked 
along  cautiously. 

“Oh,  Miss  Boomer!”  screamed  Miss  Mince, 
at  this  juncture,  in  piercing  tones,  “we'll  lose 
our  sltz  baths !" 

Adolphus  was  so  startled  that  he  jumped, 
made  a  misstep,  lost,  his  balance,  and  the  next 
instant  fell  Over  the  side  of  the  boat,  his  head 
and  shoulders  sinking  In  the  cold  water. 

“Oh!"  shrieked  both  the  ladies. 

Adolphus  would  have  shrieked  too,  if  he 
could.  1 1  is  heels  quickly  disappeared  also, 
but  lie  immediately  rose  to  the  surface  again, 
strangling  and  clawing  with  his  arms.  Miss 
Boomer,  whose  presence  of  mind  did  not  de¬ 
sert  htr,  reached  out  and  seized  him  by  the  col¬ 
lar.  She  held  his  head  above  water  until  he 
could  grasp  the  side  of  the  boat. 

“Oh, dear!"  ejaculated  Miss  Mince,  “what 
shall  we  do?” 

“Don't  he  frightened  —  he  won’t  drown,” 
calmly  replied  Miss  Boomer.  “We  will  have 
to  tow  him  ashore ;  for  he  mustn’t  try  to  climb 
in  the  boat  hero— that  would  tip  us  all  over. 
Can  you  hold  on,  Mr.  Hopkins?” 

Adolphus  couldn’t  speak.  He  was  blowing 
the  water  from  his  mouth  and  nostrils  and 
gasping  for  breath.  But  he  held  on  to  the  boat 
with  a  good  will. 

“1  think  I  had  bettor  keep  hold  of  his  coat,” 
said  Miss  Bo  .'SR,  “and  you  row  to  the 
shore,” 

So  Miss  Mince  t  ook  the  oars,  headed  the  boat 
around,  and  they  were  soon  gliding  slowly  to¬ 
ward  the  shore. 

“This  is  awful!”  exclaimed  Adolphus,  as 
soon  as  his  organs  of  speech  could  execute  their 
office. 

“Oh,  no,  it  might  have  been  worse,”  said 
Miss  Boomer.  “  You  lu’e  alive  and  safe.” 

“  You  ought  t.o  he  thankful  that  you  are  not 
drowned,"  chirped  Miss  Mince. 

“  I  was  speaking  of  this  romantic  scenery  as 
connected  with  human  emotions,”  said  Miss 
Boomer,  after  they  were  fairly  under  way. 
“And  that  brings  up  the  subject  of  aflinitles, 
those  mysterious  chords  that  scorn  to  have  a 
common  melody  In  two  human  hearts,  and  draw 
thorn  to  each  other  with  an  inexplicable  attrac¬ 
tion.” 

Adolphus  groaned,  and  prepared  for  the 
stream  of  philosophy  that  was  coming.  He  did 
not  appreciate  Miss  Boomer.  Ifo  whs  convinced 
of  that.  But  she  talked  on,  and  lie  gulped 
down  her  words  us  best  ho  could,  while  the 
steady  stream  of  cold  water  rushing  swiftly 
down  his  back,  chest  and  lugs,  chilled  him 
through  and  through.  Just  as  they  drew  near 
the  shore,  Miss  BOOMER  said  : 

"  For  instance,  you  and  l,  Mr.  Hopkins,  by 
daily  intercourse,  might  discover  sympathetic 
qualities  in  each  other  that,  while  perhaps  they 
may  be  long  in  coming  to  the  surface,  would  be 
none  the  less  irresistible.  And  in  the  course  of 
time  it  might  transpire  that  wo  were  created 
for  each  other,  and  that  tho  eternal  fitness  of 
tilings  required  that  wo  should  join  hands  in 
life’s  journey - ” 

“No  you  don’t!”  ejaculated  ADOLPHUS,  who 
eon  Id  now  touch  bottom  with  his  feet.  “That 
is  going  too  far!"  He  let  go  of  the  boat,  and 
commenced  wading  ashore  as  rapidly  its  he 
could.  “  I  shan't  stand  it  any  longer.  You’ve 
got  ine  into  this  tlx  and  you  ought  to  he  satis¬ 
fied.  I  think  this  is  a  cold  dash  in  earnest.  And 
it’s  tho  last  one  I  shall  take !” 

“  But,  come ;  are  you  not  going  to  get  into  the 
boat  again  ?” 

“No,  J'm  not.  You  go  on,  where  you  please. 
I’ll  pay  the  bill.  I’ll  go  and  settle  it  now.  Fin¬ 
ish  your  ride.  I’m  going  home,” 

And  lie  rapidly  climbed  to  the  top  of  a  bluff 
near  by,  and  disappeared  around  a  clump  of 
hushes,  despite  the  calls  and  appeals  of  the  la¬ 
dies.  When  they  returned,  a  few  hours  later, 
lie  had  left  Cliffdale,  hag  and  baggage. 

11c  gave  a  doleful  account  of  his  tribulations 
on  arriving  home,  declaring  the  boat  ride,  with 
its  accompanying  cold  tote,  tu  be  the  “crown¬ 
ing  outrage  of  ail."  He  is  now  reveling  in 
sweetmeats,  idleness  and  late  hours.  Alas!  we 
fear  that  this  cruel  world  has  in  store  for  him 
many  bitter  experiences,  and  that  lie  has  not  by 
any  means  received  his  last  “  cold  dash.” 
- - 

I  obacg’onirt  (to  youth  who  has  been  turning 
over  the  stock  of  pipes  for  the  last  quarter  of 
an  hour,  and  has  bought  nothing) : — “  Ah,  I  see 
what  it  is.  \  ou'ro  so  partiek'lor,  you  ought  to 
be  measured  for  a  pipe.” 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


FARMER,  DAVIS’  WIFE. 

BY  MARTHA  REJIICK. 

The  work  or  tho  day  lists  been  faithfully  done, 
Down  in  the  West  sinks  the  blood-red  sun  ; 

The  farmer  sits  in  his  cottage  door. 

His  land  and  Ills  stock  he  is  thinking  o’er, 

While  his  good  wife  toils  at  her  busy  round, 

Where  early  and  late  she  is  sure  to  be  found. 

( 

The  fields  are  all  planted,  tho  waste  slope  laid 
down, 

Tho  hands  of  tho  farmer  are  rugged  and  brown, 

He  has  toiled  In  the  sun  iu  the  long  spring  day. 

But  now  he  Is  taking  his  rest  on  Ills  way, 

And  ho  smokes  his  pipe  in  the  open  door. 

While  he  tells  his  plans  for  tho  morrow  o’er. 

The  good  wife  puts  the  last  dish  down, 

On  her  low,  white  brow  you  can  see  a  frown; 
There’s  a  basket  of  mending  and  many  things 
more. 

That  lightened  must  be  from  tho  morrow’s  store. 
She  would  like  the  rest  that  she  cannot  know 
In  the  treadmill  round  whore  she  still  must  go. 

“  I  wonder  my  .J  a  n  h  has  faded  so  fast,”— 

The  farmer’s  eyes  urc  open  at  last; 

“  I  know  she  was  hearty  and  hale  years  ago. 

Now  what  is  the  matter  I’m  sure  I  don’t  know  ; 

We  both  have  worked  hard, — 'Ms  a  farmer’s  life, — 
But  I’m  sure  I  don’t  know  what  alls  my  wife.” 

The  good  wife  is  withered,  and  old,  and  gray, 

And  tho  farmer  keeps  on  in  Ids  old-time  way  ; 

She  tolls  at  the  dairy,  the  kitchen,  and  all, 

The  work  of  three  men  on  her  broad  shoulders  fall, 
For.  reckoning  the  children.  I'm  sure  they’d  despair. 
If  they  had  but  a  third  of  her  labor  and  care. 

’Tig  a  hard,  troubled  world,  as  most,  of  us  know. 
And  early  our  dreams  mast  put  nil'  their  bright 
glow ; 

But  give  us  a  little  of  Change  and  of  rest, 

Who  by  burdens  so  many  are  sadly  opprest, 

And  a  little  thought  for  the  work  that  is  done, 
(And  never  is  finished  from  suu  to  sun.) 


WOMAN’S  PROPERTY  RIGHTS. 

In  the  Kttral  New-Yorker  .lime  21st,  (flee 
“  Diary  of  a  Ruralist.,)  i  here  was  an  article  just 
touching  Woman's  Rights,  in  the  light  of  the 
marriage  question,  or  rather  the  rights  of  mar¬ 
ried  women  holding  property  independent  of 
their  husbands.  On  a  slight  reading  it  may  all 
seem  very  good,  but  circumstances  have  led  me 
to  think,  as  well  as  read,  and  if  you,  Mr.  Editor, 
are  willing,  I  should  like  to  put.  Borne  of  my 
thoughts  in  your  paper. 

Until  reading 'Iho  article  in  question,  I  was 
unaware  that  a  woman's  property  was  not  liable 
for  her  own  debts  in  any  State.  That  seems 
rather  unjust,  to  me,  but  l  doubt,  if  it  holds 
good  in  many  of  the  States.  But  t  fail  to  see 
the  injustice  of  rendering.-!  husband  answerable 
for  the  debts  of  bis  wife.  Has  lie  not  vowed  to 
protect  her?  is  be  not  the  lawful  supporter  of 
his  family?  Where  should  a  woman  go  to,  if  not. 
to  her  husband?  Sometimes,  I  know,  they 
prove  but  frail  supports,  and  Instead  of  the 
dinging  ivy,  she  emblemizes  the  staunch  oak. 
When  called  upon,  does  she  not  do  it  grandly? 
Tills  is  a  fine  country  f  The  road  to  wealth  is 
said  to  be  open  to  all,  and  if  success  comes  to 
some  while  treading  that  path,  what  wrong  do 
they  if,  while  it  is  honofubiy  theirs,  a  portion  is 
laid  away  for  the  wife,  and  children.  Perhaps 
the  writer  would  not  object  to  its  being  given 
to  motherand  sisters!  Hut  should  not  provision 
be  made  for  wife  and  children  as  well? 

It  seems  to  me  that  a,  thoroughly  conscien¬ 
tious  woman  would  help  her  husband  to  right 
others  by  what  ho  has  given  her,  if  she  could 
do  so,  without  endangering  her  children.  She 
is  not  called  upon  to  do  that.  Even  the  lowest 
order  of  animal  life  is  taught  self-preservation, 
and  a  love  of  offspring)  and  they  who  cry  down 
this  law  iiwi/  see  the  time  u hen  they  would 
gladly  shelter  themselves  underneath  it,.  No 
matter  what  law  is  made,  there  will  always  be 
some  to  turn  It  to  their  own  bad  ends. 

Now,  take  another  look  at  tho  subject.  Sup¬ 
pose  the  property,  greut  or  small,  comes  to  her 
from  the  hands  of  a  father  -a  man  who  has 
grappled  successfully  with  die  world,  and  when 
his  feet  have  been  called  to  tread  i  he  dark  val¬ 
ley,  has  walked  through  It  all  the  mote  peace¬ 
fully  because  he  knows  the  daughters  he  leaves 
behind  him  are  provided  for,  it  may  be  richly 
endowed,  or  perchance  just  enough  to  keep 
them  from  the  need  of  the  world's  cold  help. 
If  in  after  years  they  marry  and  their  husbands 
through  misfortune,  failure  of  others,  or  it  may 
lie  crime,  become  impoverished,  would  it  be 
justice  to  wrench  their  property  from  them? 
Fathers  do  nol  labor  and  work  for  this  f  They 
seek  tliur  runney  for  their  children — not  for  the 
men  those  children  may  choose  to  marry. 

Cause  a  woman  to  be  liable  for  her  husband’s 
debts,  and  this  injustice  would  be  done,  unless 
the  law  was  very  discriminating.  Some  far- 
seeing  critic  may  say  ”  Do  not  fathers  work  for 
their  sous,  and  is  it  fair  that  their  portion 
should  be  liable?”  In  answer,  would -not  the 
daughters  if  they  too  should  enter  the  busy 
marts  of  trade  ? 

And  now,  Mr.  Editor,  I  have  given  you  some 
of  my  thoughts.  Perhaps  you  will  consider 
them  in  too  crude  a.  state  for  your  valuable 
paper.  To  have  them  deemed  worthy  is  all  that 
is  asked  by  A  Constant  Reader. 

- -♦  - 

u  One  of  the  lessons  a  woman  most  rarely 
learns  is  never  to  talk  to  an  angry  or  a  drunken 
man,” 


MADAME  IDA  PFEIEFER. 

Mme.  Ida  Pfeiffer  stands  at  t  he  head  of  all 
female  travelers.  Brought  up  at  Vienna  as  the 
playfellow  of  her  rough  brothers,  she  soon 
equaled  them  in  their  bold  independence,  and 
always  wore  their  dress.  At  tin*  age  of  four¬ 
teen,  l  o  her  great  grief,  her  parents  put  her  Into 
a  suitable  ensiume,  and  intrusted  the  care  of 
her  education  t<>  a  you  nit  professor,  from  whom 
she  received  four  years  of  solid  instruction,  and 
from  a  turbulent  child  was  changed  into  a  mod¬ 
est  young  lady.  Her  gratitude  was  boundless  ; 
and  when  a  Greek  asked  her  hand  in  marriage, 
at  the  age  of  seventeen,  she  discovered  that 
she  could  love  none  but  her  tutor,  who  was 
equally  pleased  with  her.  His  want,  of  fortune 
made  her  parents  refuse  their  consent;  three 
long  years  passed  without  their  meeting,  but 
their  feelings  were  unchanged.  Chance  hrought 
them  together  for  a  few  moments,  and  Ida’s 
emotion  was  so  great,  that  fever  came  on,  and 
she  was  not  expected  to  receiver;  but  a  strong 
constitution  overcame  all. 

Determined  not  to  stay  with  her  parents  site 
declared  her  intention  of  accepting  the  first 
offer  she  received.  An  estimable  man,  thirty 
years  older  than  herself,  came  forward  ;  and  In 
spite  of  her  romantic  disposition,  she  made  an 
excellent  mother  and  housekeeper.  Her  sons 
grew’  tip;  and  when  her  duties  wore  ended,  at 
the  age  of  fifty,  she  determined  t.o  indulge  in 
her  ardent  love  for  traveling.  Her  debut  was 
made  in  Palestine ;  and  from  thence  she  passed 
from  one  adventure  to  another,  endured  the 
most  rigorous  cold  and  overpowering  heat; 
went  among  the  savages  of  South  America; 
braved  the  tempests  of  Capo  Horn ;  sat  beside 
Queen  Pom, ire  at  a  banquet  in  tho  South  Sea 
Islands ;  hunted  tigers,  pistol  in  hand,  in  the 
Indian  jungles;  descended  into  the  diamond 
mines  of  Borneo;  was  taken  prisoner  ill  Mada¬ 
gascar;  and  explored  Ihu  country  of  those  ter¬ 
rible  cannibals,  the  Dyaks,  who  only  spared  her 
life  in  consideration  of  her  ago. 

Worn  down  by  a  terrible  fever  in  Madagascar, 
she  embarked  In  an  almost,  dying  state  for 
Mauritius;  tho  desire  of  once  more  reaching 
Europe  sustained  tier;  and  she  arrived  at  Vicu¬ 
na  in  1858,  only  to  pass  a  few  painful  months 
with  failing  strength  until  death  released  her. 
It  is  difficult  to  pass  a  judgment  on  such  a  sin¬ 
gular  life;  those  who  think  that  women  are 
most  to  In?  admired  when  they  display  their 
weakness  will  consider  such  bold  adventures  In 
tho  world  as  a  proof  of  madness;  while  others, 
believing  that,  women  are  endowed  for  every 
vocation  and  aspiration,  and  can  fool  the  noble 
enthusiasm  of  great  men,  will  not  hesitate  to 
consider  Mine.  Ida  Pfeiffer  as  a  wonderful  ex¬ 
ample  of  courage  and  self-dependence. 
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GEORGE  ELIOT  ON  WOMAN. 

_ _  • 

The  readers  of  Geohob  Eliot’s  works  hav  e 
found  many  wise  and  witty  passages  about 
women.  We  cull  a  few  for  the  benefit  of  the 
lady  readers  of  {he  Rural  New-Yorker.  In 
"  Adam  Bede  ”  wo  read  : 

“Wo  look  at  the  one  little  woman’s  face  we 
love,  as  we  look  at  the  face  of  our  mother 
Earth,  and  see  all  sorts  of  answers  to  our  yearn¬ 
ings,” 

“It  is  generally  a  feminine  eye  that  first  de¬ 
lects  the  moral  deficiencies  hidden  under  tho 
‘  dear  deceit '  of  beauty." 

“  The  vainest  woman  is  never  thoroughly  anx¬ 
ious  of  her  own  beauty  till  she  is  loved  by  the 
man  who  acts  her  own  passions  vibrating  in  re¬ 
turn,” 

“  Women  who  are  never  bitter  and  resentful 
are  often  I  lie  most  querulous;  and  If  Solomon 
was  as  wise  os  he  Is  reputed  to  bo.  I  feel  sure 
that  when  ho  compared  a  contentious  woman 
to  a  continual  dropping  on  a  rainy  day,  he  had 
not  a  vixen  in  his  eyes  njury  with  long  nails, 
acrid  and  selfish.  Depend  upon  it,  he  meant,  a 
good  creature,  who  had  no  joy  but  in  the  hap¬ 
piness  of  the  loved  ones  whom  she  contributed 
to  make  uncomfortable,  putting  by  all  the  tid¬ 
bits  for  them,  and  spending  nothing  on  herself. 
Such  a  woman  as  Lisrktu,  for  example  a  t  once 
patient  and  complaining,  self-renouncing  and 
exacting,  brooding  the  live-long  day  over  what 
happened  yesterday,  and  what  is  likely  to  hap¬ 
pen  to-morrow,  and  crying  very  readily  both  at 
the  good  and  the  evil.” 

“The  mother’s  yearning,  that  oompletost  type 
of  the  life  in  another  life  which  is  the  essence 
of  real  human  love,  feels  tho  presence  of  the 
cherished  child  even  in  the  base,  degraded 
man.” 

“  If  a  woman’s  young  and  pretty,  I  think  you 
can  see  her  good  looks  all  the  better  for  her 
being  plain  dressed  ...  It  seems  to  me  as  a 
woman's  face  doesna  want  flowers  ;  it’s  almost 
like  a  flower  itself....  It’s  like  when  a  man’s 
singing  a  good  tune,  you  don’t  want  t’bear  bolls 
tinkling  and  interfering  wF  the  sound.” 

“I’m  not  denyin’  the  women  are  foolish; 
God  Almighty  made  'em  to  watch  the  men.” 

“  I  daresay  she’s  like  the  rest  of  the  women— 
thinks  two  and  two’ll  come  to  make  live,  if  she 
cries  and  bothers  enough  about  it.” 

“  These  poor,  silly  women-things— they’ve  not 
the  sense  to  know  it's  no  use  denying  what's 
proved.” 

“Ah!  the  yomen  are  quick  enough— they're 
quick  enough.  They  know  the  rights  of  a  story 
before  they  hear  it,  and  can  tell  wun  what  his 
thoughts  are  before  he  knows  ’em  himself.” 


Reading  for  the  fming. 


MOTHER’S  WELCOME. 

UY  MRS.  St.  P.  A.  CROZXER. 

TnK  love  of  her  heart,  is  yours,  my  lad ; 

Do  you  sue  how  liar  ayes  grow  bright. 

When  slio  hears  you  open  t  he  cottage  door. 

And  year  heavy  step  ou  the  ashen  floor 
She  tins  scoured  so  clean  and  white  ? 

Do  you  see  the  flush  on  tier  brow,  my  lad, 

Like  the  piuk  on  the  damask  rose, 

When  she  hours  your  voice  grow  soft  and  sweet, 
If  you  chance  to  meet  on  tho  village  street, 

As  she  to  tho  market  goes  ? 

The  love  of  her  heart  is  yours,  my  lad ; 

You  have  only  to  ask  her  hand, 

Anil  you  may  gather  as  pure  a  flower 
As  overgrew  in  a  native  bower, 

Or  blossomed  In  tropic  land. 

’Tis  the  sweet,  first  love  of  a  trusting  girl, 

And  is  yours,  all  yours,  my  boy  ; 

I’m  glad,  for  I  know  that,  your  heart  is  true, 

And  you’ll  be  to  her  us  she  is  to  you, 

And  that  mutual  trust  brings  joy. 

So  bring  the  child  to  our  home,  my  lad  ; 

Tho’  your  mother’s  locks  are  gray, 

And  show  that  her  heart  must  he  growing  old. 

It  shall  never  bo  said  that  lier  heart  is  cold, 

And  cannot  love  to-day. 

A*  It  loved  when  you  were  a  bubo  at  my  brenst. 
And  I  stroked  your  sunny  hair, 

And  watched  tho  smiles  as  they  came  and  wont 
On  yeur  infant  face.  In  Its  sweet  content, 

Till  yon  were  sleeping  there. 

And  there  Is  room  In  my  old  heart  yet 
Fur  a  bird  to  build  its  nest, 

And  the  child  you  bring,  like  a  trusting  dove, 
Shall  never  want  for  a  mother’s  love, 

’Till  mother  has  gone  to  rest. 


LETTERS  TO  YOUNG  RURALISTS  -  No.  17. 

FROM  C0TT8IN  JOHNNIE. 

This  time,  Cousin  Joiinnik  is  going  to  write 
exclusively  to  the  boys.  Not  the  very  little 
buys,  either,  but  those  who  begin  to  think  they 
are  almost  men,  and,  in  consequence,  are  ex, 
trembly  anxious  to  appear  manly.  Now,  there 
is  nothing  I  admire  more  in  boys  t  han  manli¬ 
ness.  But  there  Is  a  difference  of  opinion  be¬ 
tween  some  boys  and  myself,  as  to  what  is 
manly;  so  I  will  mention  a  few  tilings  that  I 
do  not  consider  so,  First  and  foremost,  I  don’t 
think  it’s  a  bit  manly  to  swear.  Yet  some  boys 
seem  to  think  it  is  the  very  bight  of  manliness ; 
but  do  you  know  when  i  bear  boys  or  men  do 
so,  they  shrink  away  and  become  so  small  they 
are  not  a  whit  bigger  than  the  hall  of  my  little 
finger  I  -  I  don’t  think  it’s  manly  for  a  boy  to 
swagger  up  to  a  bar  and  order  a  “gin  cock¬ 
tail  "  or  a  “  brandy  smash,”  even  if  half  adozen 
old  loafers  do  look  on  and  laugh  and  applaud 
the  act.  I  don’t  consider  it  manly  for  a  boy  to 
make  himself  sick  t  rying  to  smoke,  and  then 
persevere  until  lie  lias  succeeded  in  fixing  a 
habit  upon  himself,  that  will  not  only  waste  Ids 
money  but  injure  his  health.  Why,  my  dear 
boys,  some  of  the  immUest  men  I  have  over 
known,  never  touch  either  loh;y?co  or  alcohol 
in  any  form. — l  don’t  liiink  il.’s  manly  to  give 
up  Sunday  school,  because  you  have  grown 
rather  tall,  and  fancy  you  are  too  old  to  be 
taught.  It.  -seems  to  me  aUtrr  unmanly  to  re¬ 
main  iu  ignorance  of  important  truths.  I  don't 
consider  it  manly  for  a  boy  to  apeak  of  his 
father  os  the  “governor,”  or  the  “old  man," 
and  his  mother  as  the  "old  woman!”  Nor  to 
“  brag,”  or  bo  ready  to  knock  everybody  down 
who  don’t  treat  him  with  quite  as  much  re¬ 
spect  as  he  thinks  ho  deserves.  Nor  to  monop¬ 
olize  the  conversation  when  older  and  wiser 
heads  are  by.  Nor  to  bet,  ami  talk  slung  like 
a  horse  jockey.  Nor  to  set  small  boys  or  dogs 
or  roosters  fighting.  Nor  to  loaf  round,  doing 
nothing  in  particular,  or  else  reading  dime  nov¬ 
els,  or  the  silly,  impure,  “  blood  and  thunder” 
illustrated  weeklies  with  which  the  land  Is 
flooded.  -I  don't  think  it's  particularly  manly 
to  try  and  raise  a  sickly  little  scarecrow  of  a 
mustache,  that  everybody  will  laugh  at!  Nor 
swagger  about  the  house  with  your  hat,  on, 
snubbing  the  younger  brothers  and  slaters,  tell¬ 
ing  the  latter  that  “girls  don’t  know  any¬ 
thing.”— I  don’t  think  it’s  manly  ever  to  break 
a  promise,  or  tell  a.  lie,  big  or  little,  black  or 
white,  or  to  take  advantage  of  any  one,  or  to 
do  anything  stingy,  or  small,  or  mean.  I  don’t 
think  it's  manly,  even  if  you  can’t  go  home 
with  the  girl  you  would  like  t.o,  to  let  any  girl, 
or  woman,  however  ugly,  or  old,  or  disagreea¬ 
ble,  go  home  alone,  on  a  dark  nipht. 

But  there— I  will  tire  your  patience  if  I  go  on 
any  further. 

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LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

A  Land  of  Wild  Came. 

Kind  Rdual: — My  name  Is  Virginia,  and  I 
am  eleven  years  old.  My  pa  is  a  farmer  and 
merchant.  I  am  going  to  school.  I  think  we 
have  the  best  teacher  in  the  world.  He  is  very 
strict.  He  has  about  sixty  scholars  now.  and, 
during  study  hours,  if  any  of  us  even  move  our 
lips  or  tongue,  so  as  to  make  a  noise,  he  will 
make  us  stand  out  on  the  floor,  hold  one  hand 
over  the  mouth,  the  book  in  the  other,  and 
study  for  a  half  hour.  Though  that  awful  war 
made  us  all  poor,  yet  we  are  thankful  to  Al¬ 
mighty  God  that  we  have  as  many  blessings  as  . 


we  do.  Qur  mountains  abound  with  wild  game, 
such  as  doer,  hear,  panthers,  wild  cats,  wolves, 
foxes,  opossums,  raccoons,  squirrels,  polecats, 
pheasants,  partridges,  quails,  and  a  variety  of 
other  pretty  birds.  Our  farms,  with  lint!  cattle, 
horses,  sheep  and  swine.  We  have  a  plenty 
of  good,  purr,  milk,  idee,  sweet,  yellow  but¬ 
ter,  and  plenty  of  domestic  fowls  and  eggs. 
Our  fruit,  this  year,  is  scarce.  We  are  soon  to 
haven  railroad.  The  Ohesapouke  and  Ohio  It. 
It.  w  ill  run  near  us.  They  arc  malting  a  great 
tunnel  near  here.  I  can  hear  the  loud  blasts. 
They  sound  like  cannon. — Virginia,  IF.  Va. 

Only  Seven  Years  Old. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor:  I  have  wanted  to  write 
you  a  letter  this  long  time,  but  I  am  only  seven 
years  old,  and  can  only  writo  my  name.  My 
tun  is  going  to  write  it  for  mo,  and  I  am  going 
to  t.ell  tier  every  word  what  to  say  ;  but  she  says 
I  mast  not  feel  bad  if  you  dou’t  print  it,  for  you 
Only  print  letters  that  the  girls  and  boys  writo 
themselves,  but  I  want,  to  try,  and  if  it  ain't 
good  enough  to  print,  when  L  get  older  I  will 
try  again.  My  pa  luis  taken  your  paper  ever  so 
long,  and  I  think  tho  letters  from  the  girls  and 
boys  are  tho  best  part.,  I  wish  I  could  see  you 
print  a  paper.  I  have  a  little  baby  brother,  ton 
months'  old,  and  I  think  be  is  tho  best  baby  in 
all  the  world  ;  he  can  say  dn-du.  and  ma-tna, 
and  creep  all  over ;  he  can  stand  up  by  a  chair, 
and  sometimes  he  pulls  my  hair.  I  wish  lie 
would  grow  faster,  so  I  could  play  horse  with 
him.  When  I  was  five  years  old  l  put  five  dol¬ 
lars  in  the  bank  ;  when  I  was  six  years  Old  L  put 
in  six,  and  when  1  was  seven  years  old  I  put  in 
seven,  so  now  I  have  eighteen  dollars.  I  guess 
t  will  buy  a  hurae.— Frankie  .1.  C. 

A  Nice  Home. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor  :  t  am  n.  little  girl,  twelve 
years  old.  My  papa  hart  been  one  "f  your  Rural 
readers  for  tho  last  eight  years,  and  wo  think  it 
a  very  valuable  paper,  for  it  lias  taught  Urt  a 
great  many  things  about  gardening  and  fann¬ 
ing.  I  read  a  great  many  letters  from  tho  girls 
and  boys.  I  thought  I  would  write  one,  and 
toll  you  what  a  nice  home  I  have.  My  papa  Is 
a  farmer;  lives  near  tho  center  of  Ohio.  I  have 
two  sweet  little  brothers  and  no  sister,  which 
makes  a  nice  little  family.  My  mother  takes  a 
great  deal  of  pains  in  .sending  me  to  school  and 
learning  me  to  sew  and  to  bake  pies  and  cakes. 
— L.  E.  Ettie. 


E  A 

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Answer  in  two  weeks. 

MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA,— No.  1. 

1  am  composed  of  fit  letters : 

My  4,  27,  11,  7,  13  is  a  necessary  article. 

My  27,  8,  9,  9,  3,  8,  'J  is  a  kind  of  dog. 

My  21,  27,  1,  0, 10, 13, 12,  20  is  an  island  in  tho  At¬ 
lantic. 

My  4, 14,  20,  27,  13  is  an  article  used  in  school. 

My  32,  20,  12,  22,  3,  24,  20,  I  I  is  a  celebrated  Car- 
thagenian  general,  born  B.  ('.  217. 

My  28,20,  3,  It  is  one  of  the  plagues  of  Egypt. 

My  25,  15, 1),  2(1  is  a  musical  instrument. 

My  24,  30,  21,  20,  5  is  a  girl's  name. 

My  18,  it,  20, 22,  31,  2  is  a  kind  of  fruit. 

My  19, 29,  22,  23,  9  is  what  some  men  lack. 

My  21, 11,  5,  2,  34,  20,  3  is  an  herb. 

My  10,  19,  18, 10,  8  is  more  than  half. 

My  9,  20,  3,  12,  is  what  ts  often  wished  for. 

My  9,  20,  14,  20,  3,  31,  17  is  the  capital  of  one 
of  t lie  United  States. 

My  whole  is  a  true  saying.  J.  J.  Harvey. 
C5ET"  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- «♦» 

PUZZLE.— No.  1. 

1  am  seven  letters.  I  am  a  most  credulous 
individual ;  and  1  am  used 'to  allure  others.  I 
am  also  a  part  of  a  machine;  and  yet  1  am  a 
Ugh.  While  I  have  but  seven  letters  I  really 
have  sixteen.  Tho  first  two  of  the  1(5  signify 
movement ;  t  he  first  three  a  poison-ball,  a  piece 
swallowed,  a  heap,  a  month,  s  ouL,  and  bird’s 
head  or  neck;  my  fourth  and  fifth  are  two 
vowls  and  my  ten  last  arc  very  uggcst.i ve  of 
water  wherever  they  are  used.  Wh  t  am  I  ? 

Unule  Charles. 
Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- »♦« - 

PROBLEM,— No.  1. 

A  sill  forty  feet  in  length  and  of  uniform 
size  from  end  to  end,  is  to  be  carried  by  six 
men  using  two  levers.  Now,  if  two  of  the  men 
take  one  lever  and  place  it  under  the  sill  al  the 
distance  of  nine  feet  from  one  end,  bow  far 
from  the  other  end  must  t  he  other  four  men 
place  the  other  lever,  so  that  each  man  shall 
carry  one-sixth  of  the  weight  uf  the  sill  ? 
Answer  in  two  weeks. 


fljc  |nblisl)tr's  jDcsh. 


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Battle  Creek  Journal  office,  and  since  that  time 
they  have  earned  from  eight  to  twenty  dollars 
per  week.  From  their  earnings  they  have  sup¬ 
ported  their  mother,  ns  housekeepers  have  lived 
well,  bought  a  piano,  taken  music,  gave  $100 
toward  the  building  of  the  Baptist  church  at 
Battle  Creek,  and  have  saved  $1,200.  They  are 
unmarried. 

A  mystery  in  the  English  postoffice  depart¬ 
ment  has  come  to  light.  Many  complaints  had 
been  made  of  letters  which  wore  deposited  in 
the  street  boxes  failing  to  reach  their  destina¬ 
tion.  As  there  are  in  London  a  large  number  of 
disused  pumps,  having  slits  in  them,  where  the 
handles  were  formerly  placed,  some  of  the  Lon¬ 
doners  have  for  a  long  time  quietly  deposited 
their  letters  in  the  old  pumps  under  the  impres¬ 
sion  that  they  were  letter  boxes. 

A  New  York  Central  Railroad  conductor 
seized  a  nobtly  dressed  I  oung  fellow  who  had 
dropped  an  Insulting  note  In  a  lady’s  lap  on  his 
train,  the  other  day,  dragged  him  from  his  seat, 
and  led  him  by  the  ear  through  the  train  to  the 
smoking  car,  where  he  bade  him  remain.  The 
passengers  hugely  enjoyed  the  young  repro¬ 
bate’s  discomfiture. 

The  Springfield  Republican  announces  that 
Prof.  L.  Clark  Seelye,  of  Amherst  College,  has 
accepted  after  hesitation,  tho  proffered  presi¬ 
dency  of  the  proposed  Smith  College  for  Wo¬ 
men,  at  Northampton,  He  leaves  his  present 
place  with  the  close  of  the  pending  term*  and 


will  spend  the  summer  in  a  vacation  trip  to 
Europe. 

The  body  of  Martin  Gerrish,  of  Springvale, 
Me.,  was  found  floating  in  the  Mousam  River  in 
that  village  on  Saturday  last.  He  had  been  i 
missing  for  two  days.  Foul  play  U  suspected, 
as  his  skull  was  broken  anti  his  head  otherwise  , 
injured.  Mr.  Gerrish  was  a  shoemaker,  forty 
years  of  age,  nnd  leaves  a  wife,  and  family.  , 

It  is  reported  from  Washington  that  Con¬ 
gressmen  are  exempted  from  many  of  the  taxes 
for  improvements,  &e.,  in  order  that  they  may  , 
not  officially  condemn  the  extravagance  of  the  , 
municipal  government.  It  is  also  said  that 
Congressmen  who  keep  house  are  not  charged 
anything  for  gas. 

Five  girl.-,  neither  of  them  over  twenty  years 
of  age,  have  entered  three  hi  ml  red  and  twenty 
acres  of  land  in  Kansas,  and  intend  to  make  a 
dairy  farm  of  it.  All  but  two  of  tho  girls  are 
graduates  of  Eastern  schools,  and  two  of  them 
are  proficient,  In  agricultural  chemistry. 

The  Indian  agent  for  tho  No*  Forces  in  Idaho 
Territory'  reports  to  the  Commissioner  that  the 
crops  on  t  he  reservation  are  looking  finely 
During  the  first  part,  or  May  the  Oregon  Presby¬ 
tery  held  a  regular  meeting  at  Lupuai,  which 
was  well  attended  by  many  Indians. 

The  sleeping-car  attached  to  the  lightning 
express  on  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Railroad 
jumped  the  track  near  Charlottesville,  Va„  and 
falling  down  an  embankment  was  smashed  to 
pieces,  involving  a  loss  of  $23,000.  The  passen¬ 
gers  escaped  with  slight  injuries. 

A  rev.  gentleman  of  Bethel,  Me.,  is  happy  in 
the  possession  of  an  iron  keel  le  brought  over  in 
the  Mayflower,  and  believed  it  to  be  the  iden¬ 
tical  utensil  in  which  those  blessed  old  Pilgrims 
prepared  tho  “pretty  kettle  offish”  wherewith 
they  favored  New  England. 

Jerry  Toomicy  was  buried  alive  in  a  well  in 
South  Bridgewater  on  Friday.  He  was  engaged 
with  other?  in  digging  a  well,  and  had  readied 
a  depth  of  twenty-two  feet  when  the  bank  sud¬ 
denly  caved  in.  All  efforts  to  save  him  were 
unavailing. 

A  Chicago  Darby  and  Joan  recently  cele¬ 
brated  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  their 
marriage,  and  the  Bar  Associations  indignantly 
protest  against  the  establishment  of  such  a 
precedent,  for  divorce  and  sundery  reasons. 

A  company  of  Philadelphians  are  now  raining 
about  200  tors  rer  day  of  the  finest  magnetic 
iron  ore  from  the  hills  of  Staten  Island.  The 
ore  Is  shipped  to  the  Pottsville,  Pa.,  lurnaces, 
and  yields  fit)  per  cent,  of  pure  iron. 

The  Chinese  companies  expend  about  $50 
each  for  bringing  Chinese  laborers  to  California, 
and  they  arc  paid  some  $200  in  return.  In  other 
words,  the  companies  make  nearly  $150  on  each 
laborer  they  import  to  California. 

A  FI8HING-BOD,  the  lower  joint,  of  which  is  a 
flute,  has  been  contrived  by  an  ingenious  ama¬ 
teur  of  this  city.  There’s  variety  in  it,  he  says, 
for  sometimes  he  plays  the  flute  with  it,  nnd 
sometimes  lie  plays  the  trout. 

WOMEN  members  of  the  congregations  of 
churches  of  Iowa,  propose  to  raise  an  endow¬ 
ment.  of  $20,000  for  the  female  department  of 
Iowa  College  by  Contributing  each  one  cent  a 
day  for  the  flext  five  years. 

The  .California  Legislature  passed  a  new  elec¬ 
tion  law,  which  specifies  that  the  tickets  shall 
be  twelve  inches  long,  and  that  the  printed 
matter  shall  be  “single  leaded”  and  in  long 
primer  type. 

Elias  Pike,  of  Salisbury’,  Mass.,  while  driuk- 
ing  at  a  spring  near  the  Rocky  Hill  meeting 
house  011  Friday,  fell  in  and  was  drowned.  He 
was  sixty-two  years  old  and  in  feeble  health. 

Scandinavian  settlers  in  the  Northwest  are 
about,  to  erect  a  monument  in  Lief  liricson, 
who,  they  say.  discovered  America  nearly  five 
centuries  before  Columbus  was  heard  of. 

A  german  Journal  seriously  declares  that  all 
the  great  fortunes  in  this  country  have  been 
made  either  by  petroleum  wells  or  by  the  sale 
of  pat  ent  medicines. 

An  international  chess  tournament,  for  $2,000 
in  gold  (to  begin  on  the  20th  of  July),  has  been 
resolved  upon  as  one  of  the  special  attractions 
of  the  Vienna  Fair. 

A  Paris  correspondent  asserts  that  Marshal 
President  MacMahon's  first  reception  was  the 
roost  brilliant  official  spectacle  seen  in  France 
since  the  empire  fell. 

The  Parisian  authorities  have  prohibited  a 
public  banquet  which  M.  Gambetta  intended  to 
give  on  the  anniversary  of  the  death  of  General 
Iloche. 

The  working  population  of  the  United  States 
is  estimated  at  13,000,000,  one-third  of  the  popu¬ 
lation. 

Mr.  P.  T.  Barntm  has  recently  constructed  a 
four  acre  aquarium  on  his  place,  Waldimere, 
Conn. 

The  Shah’s  visit  to  England  will  entail  a  cost 
of  over  £45,000  on  Queen  Victoria’s  privy  purse. 

Senator  CosKLiNG  has  not  yet  returned  his 
salary-grab  to  the  United  States  Treasury. 

Janesville,  Ohio,  odjects  to  the  boys  bath¬ 
ing  in  the  public  water  works  reservoir. 

Helm  bold,  the  buchu  man,  is  said  to  beship- 
|  ping  potatoes  from  Berlin  to  London. 

John  A.  Peters,  M.  C.,  of  Maine,  returned  his 
back  salary  on  the  24th  of  April. 

,  j  The  population  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  is  now 
27,000,  and  it  has  ten  railways. 


Dresses  woven  from  bamboo  fibres  are  the 
latest  things  for  belles  to  do  their  bamboozling 
in. 

A  special  school  for  advanced  colored  pupils 
is  proposed  in  Baltimore. 

Saco,  Me.,  forbids  firecrackers  for  the  Saco 
peace  and  quiet. 

- - 

THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 

Westport.  Conn.,  June  27.— The  weather  here 
since  my  last  report  has  been  very  dry,  and  is 
so  now.  Wo  have  had  no  rain  of  any  account 
for  six  or  seven  weeks.  I  do  not  think  I  ever 
saw  the  ground  as  it  is  now,  any  time  of  the 
year.  Grass  is  dry  enough  to  burn  on  dry 
ground.  Pasture  is  getting  very  short,  and  near¬ 
ly  everything  is  suffering  badly.  Tho  crop  of 
hay  la  very  small,  and  about  half  there  is  is 
daisies.  Very  little  timothy  anywhere.  Oats 
must  be  very  short;  some  of  them  are  begin¬ 
ning  to  head  out.  I  am  afraid  it  has  been  too 
dry  for  wheat  and  rye,  especially  on  dry  ground. 
Strawberries  have  suffered  considerably ;  some 
pieces  are  not  more  than  half  a.  crop ;  others  on 
low  land  have  done  well,  but  will  soon  he  gone. 
Grapes  are  looking  pretty  fair;  apples  will  be 
scarce;  no  cherries  or  peaches  of  any  account ; 
some  pears.  Unless  we  have  rain  soon,  early 
potatoes  must  be  very  small ;  garden  truck  not 
very  pleut  y  ;  plenty  of  cut  worms  in  the  ground  : 
some  cabbage  worms  and  caterpillars. — a.  s.  n. 

Malvern,  Mills  Co.,  Iowa.— This  county  lies 
next  the  Missouri  River  and  the  next  county 
but  ore  to  Missouri-  It  Is  a  great  corn  country. 
Every  available  acre  (except,  a  few  of  wheat, 
oats  and  a  “  t  ruck  patch”)  has  been  planted  to 
corn  until  there  is  no  sale  for  It  at  any  profit  . 
This  season  the  rush  is  for  wheat.  Should  I  heir 
be  even  an  average  crop  wheat,  will  be  as  un¬ 
salable  next  fall  as  corn  is  now.  There  is  con¬ 
siderable  flax  sown  this  season ;  also  some 
broom-corn.— l.  .1. 

Sclo,  (V.  Y.  June  21.— Season  has  been  very 
dry  here ;  it  Is  now  raining  finely;  has  been  ex¬ 
tremely  hot  hero  for  the  past  few  days.  Hay 
will  not  hoover  half  crop;  oats  paver  looked 
worse;  winter  wheat,  looks  as  well  as  we  could 
reasonably  expect ;  potato  bug  has  appeared 
here  in  great  numbers  for  the  first  time;  wool 
no  sales  yet;  store  cattle  must  be  cheap  hero 
this  fall,  owing  to  short  crops.— j,  m.  t. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

DOMESTIC  NEWS. 

New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

Brooklyn  lias  been  alarmed  over  a  sup¬ 
posed  ease  of  yellow  fever,  .Sharkey  has  been 
found  guilty  of  murder  io  the  first  degree 
The  funeral  of  Horace  F.  Cinrk  took  place  on 
the  22d  n It.,  Dr.  Adams  preaching  . .  The  Je¬ 
rome  Park  races  closed  on  the  21st  tilt  An 
explosion  of  n reworks  on  the  21st  nit.,  Injured 
several  persons  .  Lewi*  Tappan,  an  original 
abolitionist,  died  In  Brooklyn  on  the  21st  nil., 
aged  85  The  Twenty  second  Regiment  took 
must  of  the  prizes  at  Oeertmoor — Massachu¬ 
setts  editors  have  visited  the  city  The  Junia¬ 
ta  sailed  on  the  2-ltti  ult.,  to  search  for  the  lost 

Polaris _ Tho  trial  of  Walworth  commenced 

01  the  23d.  ..A  band  from  Saxony  has  arrived, 
and  will  give  concerts-  The  Board  of  Health 
is  taking  vigorous  measures  to  resist  the  chol¬ 
era _ M  r.  Beecher  made  the  address  at  the  fu¬ 

neral  services  of  Lewis  Tappan.  .John  A.  Ken¬ 
nedy  tiad  an  imposing  funeral  on  the  2-1  th , .  A 
lury  for  the  Walworth  trial  was  obtained  on  the 

"ttii  nit.,  without  difficulty.  So-called  riti 
arrests  continue. to  be  made  -Liberal  Repub¬ 
licans  hold  a  conference  un  the  26th  ult.,  tit  the 

St.  Nicholas _ C.  A.  Dana  has  been  arrestod  on 

two  suits  for  libel  The  Walworth  trial  pro¬ 
gresses  rapidly...  The  corner  stone  for  the 
Church  of  the  Puritans  has  been  laid  ...Belle¬ 
vue  Hospital  will  be  continued  its  such  A 
robbery  of  $200,000  worth  of  bondB  is  reported 
in  Brooklyn  insanity  has  been  set  up  for  the 
defence  ut  Walworth.  Mrs.  Woodhull  has 
been  acquitted  in  her  famous  trial. 


Home  New*. 

Cholera  was  reported  in  Washington  on 

the  22d  ult . Massachusetts  is  taking  prompt 

measures  against  the  cholera  .  There  were  62 
deaths  from  uliOlera  in  Nashville  on  Ihe22d 
ult.  The  pestilence  was  spreading  in  the  Mis¬ 
sissippi  Valley  ...Cholera  has  appeared  at  Cin¬ 
cinnati  and  Paducah,  Ky  An  effort  is  mttk.ng 
to  overthrow  the po.itioal  ring  in  Philadelphia. 

.Tho  Caledonian  games  have  been  introduced 
at  Princeton  College.  .Ten  students  from  West 
Africa  have  arrived  at  the  Lincoln  University, 
Oxford,  Pa. . .  .There  have  been  excessive  rains 
in  the  South  ;  the  prospects  for  sugar  and  cot¬ 
ton  are  said  to  be  gloomy  .  Five  cases  of  chol¬ 
era  in  Wheeling  on  the  23d  ult _ The  cholera 

is  abating  in  Memphis  and  Nashville  A  se¬ 
rious  railway  accident  took  place  20  miles  from 
St.  Louis  on  the  23d  ult.;  a  large  number  in¬ 
jured _ Yale.  Brown,  Dartmouth,  Princeton, 

Vassar  and  other  colleges  have  held  their  com¬ 
mencements  The  cholera  has  appealed  in 
Evansville,  I  ml ... .  Rumor  says  Minister  Jay,  at 
Vienna,  is  to  bo  removed  ..  Temperance  iueu 
have  held  a  convention  at  Albany — Wagner, 
the  Maine  murderer,  escaped  on  the  20th  ult  . 
Comcderate  and  Federal  West  Pointers  have 
held  a  meeting  of  reconciliation  at  St.  Lot, is.  . 
There  were  24  deaths  from  cholera  in  Nashville 
on  the  26th  uli.  It  is  said  15,000  people  have 
fled  lr  m  the  city  .  Alber’  H.  Smith  w  as  hung 
in  Springfield,  Mass.,  on  the  27th  ult — Vale 
graduated  113  young  men  .Washington’s  head- 


22d  ult.;  loss.  $90,000. . .  Stables  and  11  horses  at. 
Point  Breeze.  Pa.,  on  the  23d  1  It.:  loss.  $50, 000- 
Canal  stables  on  Lock  street,  Buffalo,  and  60 
horses,  on  the  23d  ult.;  loss,  $55,000  Tobacco 
warehouse  in  Covington,  Ky.,  on  the  24th  ult.; 
loss,  $92,000  Pork  packing  house  in  8t.  Louis 
on  the  26th  ult,;  loss,  $110.000. . .  Town  of  Ham¬ 
ilton,  Nevada,  on  the  27th  ult.;  loss,  $500,000. ... 
Great  fires  arc  raging  in  tho  woods  of  Cape  Cod, 
Mass  .  Stores  in  Olterville,  Onl .,  on  the  26th 
ult.;  loss,  $25  000  Car  works  at  Litchfield,  Ill., 
on  the  26th  ;  loss,  $50,000. 

- - - 

FOREIGN  NEWS. 

IHlNC*ellaneoaR  Foreign  New*. 

Senor  Margall  of  Spain  demands  power 
to  overt  brow  t  he  eucrniesof  the  Bepuivlic  ;  Cas- 
telar  is  drawing  up  n  Constitution,  which  is  to 
be  like  the  American:  the  Spanish  Republic 
will  contain  15  States;  the  President  is  to  Is 
elected  for  five  years  ;  it  new  Ministry  has  been 
formed  Mr.  Mehultz  ha-  resigned  the  U.  S. 
Cotornissionership  at  Vienna  :  Gen.  Van  Buren 
has  left;  the  Emperor  has  visited  the  American 

Department - Anti-German  candidates  havo 

been  elected  in  St  rasbourg  The  Pope  w  ill  ex¬ 
communicate  Victor  Emmanuel  ..Carii  tshuve 
organized  In  Havana  Cholera  haft  appeared 
in  Prussia,  Italy  and  Bulgaria  Tae  Shah  has 
visited  Woolwich  and  bad  a  grand  naval  review 
at  Portsmouth  ;  a  fleet  of  44  war  vessels  saluted 
him  :  he  ha-  sent,  hi*  regards  to  President  Grant 
and  1b  sorry  he  cannot  visit  ns — The  Russians 
have  captured  a  strong  fortress  in  Khiva  —  Sir 
Henry  Rowlinsou  is  1)1...  Several  Carlist  lead¬ 
ers  have  been  shot .  The  Cardiff  docks,  Wales, 
built  at  an  expense  of  $1,600,000, took  lire  on  the 

23d  nil . The  Shan  reviewed  7,000  troops  at 

Windsor  on  the  24th  ult . Paris  refuses  to  re¬ 
ceive  the  Shah _ Holland  Is  anxl ousto  end  the 

war  with  Atcbecn...  The  Mayor  of  Malaga  1ms 
been  killed  by  the  people:  the  Radicals  havo 
barricaded  I  he  streets  of  Seville..  Kx-Queen 
Isabella  is  delight cd  w  ith  her  reception  at  the 
Vatican...  Klilva  has  been  surrendered  to  Rus¬ 
sia  unconditionally,.  .  The  Shah  litis  visited 
Liverpool  Tho  Italian  Cabinet  has  resigned.. 
On  tlie  25th  ult.  the  Great  Eastern  had  paid  out 
1.535  mile*  of  the  new  cable  Fighting  contin¬ 
ues  in  all  parts  of  .Spain. . . .  Yellow  fever  is  rag¬ 
ing  lit  Havana  .There  has  been  serious  trouble 
in  Cork.  .  A  railway  is  to  be  built  from  the 
Caspian  Sea  io  the  capital  of  Persia  .  Several 
thousand  factory  operat/i’  e*  have  been  thrown 
oni  of  employ  raeui  at  £  ah  .  trid  •••.  England.  . 
Japan  is  to  have  a  Legislative  Congress. .. .  Jap¬ 
anese  I  armors  are  advised  to  u.*e  American  lu- 
bor-saving  machines  ...Isabella  is  in  Vienna... 

The  Khedive  is  in  Marseilles _ Hiram  Powers, 

the  American  sculptor,  died  in  Florence  on  the 
27th  ult. 

— . - - - 

SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

As  Broad  os  Civilization.— The  agent  of  the 
Wilson  Sewing  Machine  Company  will,  in  a  few 
days,  sail  from  San  Francisco  for  China  and 
Japan,  whore  he  will  establish  large  wholesale 
agencies  for  supplying  tho  natives  of  the  Orient 
with  that,  consummate  trinmpn  of  inventive 
skill,  the  Wilson  Sewing  Machine.  By  this  step 
the  Wilson  Company  will  complete  the  circuit 
of  the  globe.  They  havo  already  immense  agen¬ 
cies  in  England,  France  and  South  America. 
Supreme  in  ila  .superiority  over  all  other  sewing 
machines,  the  Wilson  goes  on  widening  its  field 
year  after  year,  carrying  the  blessings  of  a  cheap, 
capable  and  perfect  sew  ing  machine  to  the  re¬ 
motest  haunts  of  civilizal  ion.  Salesroom  at.  707 
Broadway,  Now  York,  aiid  In  all  other  cities  in 
(  lie  United  Stales.  Tho  company  want  agents 
in  country  towns. 

• - - - 

Gov.  Merrill  on  the  Morion  Watches. — Messrs 
Giles  Bros.  A  Co.,  Chicago,  Ill. :  I  take  pleasure 
in  saying  that  the  watch  I  bought  of  you,  being 
21,767,  "  Fayett  e  Stratton,  Marion,  New  Jersey," 
made  by  the  United  States  \)’atch  Co.,  (Giles, 
Wales  &  Co.,)  has  given  perfect  satisfaction  ;  its 
variation  from  mean  time  since  regulated  being 
scarcely  perceptible.— Sam’ L  Merrill,  Gov.  of 
Iowa. 

- - 

The  Improved  Universal  Idullies  Wringer  has 

Lite  peculiar  advantage  of  two  pressure  screws, 
either  of  which  secures  an  equal  pressure  the 
whole  length  ol‘  the  rolls,  independent  of  the 
other.  Either  screw  may  be  taken  out,  and  the 
remaining  one  will  act  as  perfectly  as  if  in  the 
center,  while  the  two  together  give  double 
pressure. 

1,250-Lb.  Platform  Scnle,  830.— THE  JONES 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.  Free  Price 
List. 


THE  MARKETS. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

New  York.  Monday,  June  30,  1873. 

The  coming  week  we  nave  a  long  interval  of  sus¬ 
pended  business.  'the  Fourili  occurs  un  'i'hiusduy, 
and  the  leading  business  Centers  nave  resolved  to 
adjourn  trade  until  Monday  next.  This  will  cause 
quite  an  unusual  exoduB  fioui  the  city,  and  it  is  likely 
that  many  items  will  open  uO.\t  week  vvitu  consider¬ 
able  surplus,  particularly  lur  item-  that  depend  upon 
n  local  outlet,  and  consequently,  trade  lor  the  fort¬ 
night  commencing  to-day  will  suuer  some  derange¬ 
ment. 

Receipts.— The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  lor  the  past  week  are  as  follows ; 

!  Flour,  bids .  78,900  Dressed  llogs.  No..  — 

Wheat,  bush .  714,000  Pork,  bids .  639 


quarters  at,  Morristown,  N.  J..  were  Bold  at  sue-  coru,  bush .  689,100  Beet,  pkgs . 

tion  on  the  25th  ult.  -Gov.  Carpenter  has  been  oats.  bust. .  160, 5o0  Cut  meats,  pkgs,... 

renominated  by  the  Republicans  of  Iowa.  Grass  seed,  bush. .  50  Lard,  pkgs . 


Fire*. 

Thirty-four,  houses  in  PottsvlIIe,  Pa.,  in¬ 
cluding  the  Court  House,  on  the  20th  uJt ;  loss, 
$125,000  ...Nineteen  houses  and  three  square 
miles  of  woods  in  Schuylkill  Co.,  Pa.,  on  the 
21st  ult. ;  loss  on  houses,  $30,000 —  Houses,  sta¬ 
bles,  etc.,  in  Passaic,  N.  J.,  onthe21si  ult.;  loss. 


Wheat,  hash .  714,000  Pork,  bbls .  639 

Coru,  bush .  ...  689,100  Beef,  pkgs... .  162 

Oats,  bush .  160,060  Cut  meats,  pkgs....  3,150 

Grass  seed,  bush..  50  Lard,  pkgs .  1,*9 

Barley,  bush .  6, 020  Butter,  ihigs. . . 

Malt,  bush .  7, MB  CUee«siVpkg8.......  74,822 

Beaus,  bush .  1.201.  Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  229 

Corn  meat  bbls,...  3,522  Eggs,  bbls .  IJ'ixa 

Corn  meal,  bags. ..  )  ,079  IV  oOl,  bales.. . .  2,2t8 

Cotton,  bales .  20 1-'2  Hops,  bales .  5b 

Rye.  bush . lu.-Joo  Peanuts,  bags .  1.822 

Beans  unti  Pens.— Experts  of  beans  past  week. 
676  bins.;  u!  peas,  9,150  hush.  From  our  above  re- 


Malt,  bush .  7, U51  Cheese,  pkgs . 

Beaus,  bush .  1 .201  -  Dried  4  rafts,  pkgs. 

Corn  meal  bbls..,.  3,522'Rggs,  this . . 

Corn  meal.  baas. ..  ) ,079  WOOL. bales.., . 


UIGO4  LUV»|  11*  WOUUJV1  Al  1  tv  .  |  Uil  VUV  . .  UIV  Ul'IC.|  '-IX  J’l.»  ■  'I  ....  — .  .  .  |  .  *, 

$60,000;  two  men  perished  in  the  flames _ _  marks,  it  will  be  seen  there  is  nothing  to  inlusehfe 

Amftri.'fln  Hr, tel  at  Petaluma  Pal  on  the  22il  into  tbo  bonn  trade,  and  weak  prices  will  rUIC  tliilll 

Ult  -  Vos*  $75  tKK)  The  S  salt  ami  lumber  either  a  consumptive  or  speculative  interest  r«jp- 
ult.,  loss,  fiajwu.  ,.iue  Huron  saiuauu  tuntoer  pBJirs  Canadian  peas  are  in  light  supply;  uo  mate- 

works  near  Bay  City,  Mich.,  on  the  «lBt  ult.,  ban  been  made  to  rcci  ipts  since  our  last, 

loss,  $125,000. ,.  A  block  of  brick  stores  m  Mt,  \y  e  quote  prims  mediums,  $2.45;  other,  $2  <W® 

Morris,  N.  Y.,  on  the  22d  ult.;  loss,  $80,000  .  2.35;  prime  marrowfats,  82.45;  other,  $~~0@  2.30 ; 

Lard  oil  and  candle  factory  in  Cincinnati  on  the  prime  kidneys,  $2.50<s,2,6Q;  prime  pea  beans,  $2.  1IK92.8O; 


-  course  Ohio.  30  lbs.,  4Kc.*  do.  w  0»c.$ 
a  few  at  «Kc.:  Missouri,  '.U  n.s„  5Xu'  Jersey  Jambs,  o- 
tts.,9iv,  ilo.,  55  lbs.,  1U4C.;  do- 0&  lbs..  12>4c.,  Start,  ao 
lbs..  Iltfu. 

— M’hort*  have  heim  tio  wiles  of  live  since  our 
UiStTJ  rti  S  ubo  has  been  dull.  Wednesday, 
11  vo  worn  nominal  at  ftKOWm;  city  drussud.  bHwJUt- 
Tliursdav,  Uv  •  were  not.  <t noted.  City  drttaaed.  ox® 
7-<jc.,  uml  tbo  market. closed  MOmowlia t ctisjei . ,1  i da>, 
live,  wore  nominal  at  S^iujaKC.;  city  dicasi'l,  i,  V*7  -,e. 
Trade  moderate. 


noon. 


tig  so  lie  oomnensatto 
eur’a  early  shipments 


Old  are  out  of  the  way,  and 
backward.  Lust  year  we  Imd 


VVc  quote  Charles- 
cv  old  I’eacb  Blow* 


OVJUUI  ir** »»  •  »  V’lf.  .  ~ ,  -a 

when  ♦bey  MCilil  i»t.  fa  on  wnMrt. 

«  .  ■  _  D  .11.  .1  f.iur  T  I 


mote  New  torn,  xuuuiuuu  “““  ”  '"V,'T""V 
at  ISo.  for  XX.«t3-H0.  for  X,  -IHsi-IOc.  for  No.  1. 
Hi  Pehn,  tlee.  es.  ado.  for  XX,  480,  for  X,  4G«. for 


cot..  cm  as.  ,i.  wiuuinv 

ROBERT  DONALD,  A.  M 


ifH?  ei, ;  |„,tnile,  40,  12140.;  M.uiliolm  Centre,  130,  I  He 
Miuuie’lm  Turnpike,  W2.  Middbiville.  'JH),  la: 

Newport,  IT',  1.40.1  Newvllle  As  u,  IK  O 

Stouo  Onuroli,  65,  tie.;  Ralhbutivdln,  12  a,  1-  *,0-,  Ol 
Salisbury,  urn,  ISO.;  Sholl's  Bush,  111,  12#c.;  A.  Sm 
ten  IsiMw  Smith  Creolt.  150.  Mc-i  St.  .fohnsvill 
ini,  ISo.,  Turner  ,t  Welch,  7  ft,  Hie.;  Whito  Creek,  1L, 
ISO.;  Zimmerman  Creek, Si,  Life.;  State  Mill,  H-,  l.k 


5  Principals, 


for  middle,  'Civile,  lor  lie.iv 
aaudi  coops  at  l !  ;i  lac.  f "r 


iglit  uack>,  U'jSMe 
t  aides,  Ostail-o.  for 


in  sheep  Unproved,  selling  at 


when  tue 


OOBE’S  B13BAL  iNEW-Y 0BKEB 


fair  do.,  $2.25;  red  kidney,  *3.t>0@4.00  for  good  and 
prime;  white  kidney,  $2.2032.t5.) ;  Canada  peas,  in 
bbls.,  free,  $l.4li®1.45;  Canada  peas  in  bulk,  OHsHbc. . 
green  neas,  bush.,  range.  $1.25  ">1.50.  southern  black- 
eyod,  $1j®4.25. 

Beeswax.—  Receivers  are  disposed  to  sell  at  late 
reduced  prices,  as  tiiev  tind  supplies  steadily  aueumu- 
latinarand  the  out  let  llgnt.  Sales  at.  31:2  ,«j.  for  V\  ast¬ 
ern  and  Southern,  with  one  or  two  strictly  choice  lots 
of  the  latter  at  Wc. 

B  room  Corn.— We  are  m it  receiving  any  material 
supplies,  end  toe  old  stock  is  being  steadily  reduced 
under  the  consumptive  demand,  with  prices  un¬ 
changed.  Sales  at.  73? ‘se.  for  hurl,  5)4  '55)40.  for 
green,  4<a5c.  for  red,  3!a)4c.  for  old. 

Butter,— The  market  is  nnehauoiert.  Very  fancy 
State  or  Western  will  bring  full  prices. 

m.niinu  nrlntn  State  firkins.  yellow,  28C.I  do.  hall 


ing  at  11 
shoulders, 
loose.  Re 
meats  at 
Shoulders. 


Shoulder*.  Tallow  at  HSetor  pnmc  sti'ek.  Ucol, 
selling  ut  $9  y  11,7  .  for  barreled  new  plain  mess,  $We> 
13.50  for  extra  mess.  T'lrroed  beef  at  $-3@3-j  for  new 
India  mess,  $31)331  for  new  extra  India  mess,  and  $21(0 
2;t  for  new  prime  mess. 


Tobacco. -The  receipts  have  been  liberal,  but 
prices  have  not  been  changed.  The  business  has 
been  fair  from  shippers. 

QUOTATIONS— NKW  CROP. 

I .ight  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

T *ugs  . 7  ©  TWO.  T.4C. 

Good  do"  ...  7Y3  8)*e.  me. 

Common  to  medium  leaf.  SKoi4  UHe.  J  ©  10J4C. 

Good  no.  ..10  (a)  10  Me.  11  (3  {2 

Kine  do.  ,.11  (3  12  C.  1214(3  14  0- 

SelHCtions  . 1‘2S@  13  C. 


Market.  —There  Is  scarcely  any  life  in 
the  eit  v  horse  trade.  A  tew  auction  sales  have  [men 
effected  as  follows  :  9  head  of  common  duality  light 
harness  horses  $5'ks>10;i  V  head  :  ft  Ueld  harness  do., 
$1273210  head  ;  l  pair  ponies,  tlMI.  lit lioiep* arrived 
iier  Erie  Hallway,  via  Oak  Cliff  Station  ;  .12  per  Cen¬ 
tral  New  Jersey,  via  Liberty  street  ferry. 


iff  mid  ,iv*  a  So  let.—  Beeves— Trade,  was  v  ery  dull, 
and  still  the  number  of  hornt-d  eattlo  ti  huml  waa, 
for  n  Aloud  1  r  forenoon,  Unusually  small.  t’lleos  lit 


Cheese,  Market  well  cleared  up.  Shippers  have 
taken  about  Ht)/)K>  boxes  BUM)  our  last.  I  here  is, 
however,  no  Mrmnffii*.  Cheese  are  dulnc  well,  com¬ 
pared  with  last  year’s  quotation-,  ut  t.itsdat  .  '  aide 
quotations,  67a.  Wo  quote  •  Choice  state  factory, 
lWc.:  good,  do.,  1254313c.;  fair,  do.,  ,12 ©lf4*R  dairies, 
ll@12)4c.!  skimmed,  ;V<t7c.  for  full,  and  likssLc.  for 
partly;  Western  factory  quoted  at 63 11c. 

Cotton.  The  price  of  spot  cotton  has  been  kept  up 
more  In  sympathy  with  the  prie  t  ruling  for  con¬ 
tracts,  us  tile  outlet  tor  supplies  Inis  been  exception¬ 
ally  limited,  spinners  buying  sparingly  on  bubuUuf.  of 
the  dill!  trade  In  their  product,  mid  the  foreign  ma'k- 
et  in  tin  iiDs.itisf  actor?  position.  Agro.it  many  sec¬ 
tions  South  report  a  gloomy  crop  prospect  ;  In  addi¬ 
tion  to  damaging  wet  weather,  the  WlintOl  Held  hands 
is  severely  loll  .  Tnu  elosm  price-,  on  thu  basis  of 
lowmiddllnK.  are  2J>fr.  for  June.  4DMc<  tor  .1  uly,  20Kc. 
for  August,  Ifi.k.c.  for  Suptember,  lftfc.  for  ueiuher, 
ia  3-lfif*.  for  November,  ami  He.  tor  Uceomber.  I  ho 
quotations  for  spot  cotton  arc  : 

U i>l. mils.  Alnbiimu.  New  Orloani.  Texn-i. 

Ordinary.. .  UW  11^ 

Good  Ordinary .  14  1»  13  1° 

Strict  Good  Ordinary.  1.1  1»  19  1J 

Low  Middling .  -3  20  20  20 

Middling... .  21  21  21  21 

Good  Middling..,,....  M  23  23  23 

Di'ifil  Fruits.  -The  few  sales  offeetod  have  been 
mainly  forced.  The  past  season  has  hern  about,  the 
most  unsatisfactory  km.wn  for  a  number  of  years. 
The  crops  were  lib iral,  generally  speaking,  and  low 
prices  followed  ;  hut  thl-  t.-iiMire  failerllo  Impart  life 
to  any  hraucli  of  the  trade,  the  cun -umotlve  demand 


8EEDLKAF  CROP  OP  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  tillers . tl  ®1<  «• 

seconds . jf  ®  f' 

wrappOi’B . . 13  @  «• 

setecLOuS.,, . I®7?.  G; 

New  York  tillers .  .  10  ®  “ 

I  fj  | 

Pennsylvania  flllere...... ;;;1|  |  ‘J  ^ 

. @25  «• 

Ohio  llllers.  ..  . . .S  ^  J  “• 

assorted  lots-...*.* . 12  o. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots . . . <8  ©  J  c- 

Whi*ky-ls  firmer,  selling  at  9 3K<®9*0. 
Vegetables.  -The, Southjrn  potato  trade  taNcettr- 


3K  to  9  owt.,  on  itvwM 
lbs.  to  the  cwt..  net;  quality  from  poor  to  choice. 
The  tot>  steers  on  hand  stood  unsold. 

Milch  Cows-  Three  cows  wore  sold  on  this  fore¬ 
noon;  prfwia  at  tST.fiu«>ti8  V  head- 
v..„  i_  — Thu  course  grass  calves  to  hand  stood  over 
uiMrprtoesatH®9e.  »  ».  for  smooth  quality  veals. 

Sihoou  Mini  La  mb*. —The  Hooks  to  hand  on  this 
forenoon  wore  generally  of  fair  quality, being  Hno 
woollcd  Ohio  sheep.  Home  sold  In  large  lots  at  1.-40- 
6c.  V  lb.;  lambB,  Trade  closed  slow. 

1 1  airs.  — Hen  vv  hogs  were  worth  fijdo.;  choice  were 
held  for  advanced  rates;  city  dressed  not  quoted  at 


14W 

lltf 

14K 

14). 

18 

18 

18 

18 

l:i 

19 

19 

10 

’20 

20 

20 

20 

21 

21 

21 

21 

23 

23 

23 

23 

the  latter  by  -Inly  4t.h.  This  year  there  is  scarcely 

>mv  sign  of  them.  At  the  close,  the  market  for  new 
any  sign"  V  *;  I,  W».ln«.uh,v  bint. 


arc  selling  U  As  u  stock,  old  are  not  plenty 

enough  to  quote.  Norfolk  cucumbers,  *10  per  bbf. 

Charlestou  tomatee-.  *l,rg)*4.ft0  per  crate,  as  to  ripe- 

riess  I  .one  Island  peas  scarce  at  $1  ((hag.  vye  shall 

liuvo  a  scant  orup  of  peas  this  season  :  Jew  Jersey  »  Good  Steers 

in! vo  mostly  «  up.  CUhbagos,  V  bhl.,  *2,5003.  Fair. . 

Wool.- We  are  receiving  ooly  a  few  lots  of  the  Poorest.’.’.'.*.’ 
new  clip,  buyers  and  growers  being  still  Ij'rfhi'r  apait  (i0I1  aolllng 
in  their  vit*ws  About  40c«  i?  itslcod  lu  thi.  uitciU  i. 

witb  37c.  offered,  riupplv  of  tbe  old  clip  Is  light,  and  _  — 

prices  are  steadily  held.  Wisconsin 


receipts  of  live  stock. 

Bh« 

Boevsn.  Cow«,  Cillvsi.  L» 
One  Hundredth  St... 2,32a  2  8GG 

Forty-Eighth  ft .  0i0  31  2,017  11, 

Fortieth  St .  W  J  4  J  •• 

Qoiamnmpaw . 5,.i84  u  u  e 

VV  eoliawken.  a  » .ljfoS  hi  w 

Totals  this  week....  8,917  S3  8,353  28 

"  last  week. .. .10,410  la  2,200  2U 

COMPARATIVE  RATES. 

Lust  week. 
Cents. 

0»„dSU„r,  V»...........:;.W»i|K 

!cr.: . w  ©  n 

Poorest . •••••.?  J®  M 

Gen.  selling  rates . If  ©  12>4 


This  week. 

Cents. 

12  V;  ®.  13 ‘4 

UX  ®  12 
10  &>  11 
8  @  9>4 
It  ©  12X 


blin  tuniuvi  ...  , .  - 

Southern  apples,  3!4'(lc.  u.r, orihnary  do.,  sliced 
Drutte  -IVi  'Oae.  •  Western,  ifa&ws,  Slate,  a.jjaite.;  (10. 
prime  tot*  of  sliOQil,  0'4  Me.  l'eejod  peaches-- trimo 
Georgia  ami  North  Carolina,  tOe  i'2c.;  ordinary,  t®0o. 
Unpoolod  peaches,  :f<o.  for  quarters,  and  i"-i  f- 
for  halves.  Plums  at  l'J©Uo,  for  t’tat  •  and  ll"il«C. 
forSoutliem.  f’hnrrun.  LO  ^KCi  tfT  oUitp  iui»l  tspilw)- 
orn.  lilaekhcrries.  YO&mcj- 

Eggs.— Tho  market  u  in  better  shape  than  it  has 
been  I'tjf  BOTne  tiuld  p(istw  old  stock  boon  woll 
worked  oil,  and  us  the  Weather  lia-  become  iin.suil- 
able  lor  shipment  from  the  far  West,  the  quoted 
Western  stock  13  mure  reliable.  The  sales  are  all 
loss  off  but  d  ml  era  rind  trade  running  smooth  r  and 
better  than  when  heavy  restorations  for  poor  marks 
had  to  be  made.  Wo  quote  Western  prime,  L  V'.wHc.; 
other  marks,  ITfijiliXc.;  State,  TJ©20c,i  1  annsylvanta 
and  New  Jersey.  22)4230-. 

Fltnir.  —  A  depressed  anil  very  unsatisfactory 
market  still  prevails  for  ilonr.  Receipts  are  liberal, 
and  too  outlet  limited,  The  shipping  business  is 
about  oon titled  to  the  wants  Of  the  Wet  India  trade, 
with  trade  wants  very  slow.  The  quotation  -  are ; 

Ixtm  ao°  f;:::::: 5  l  S 

No2do.':.:  ....' . 3  iw®  1 25 

Hound  hoop  Ohio . ®.  ![  fi 

Trade  brands  . . «  J  kl 

St.  LOutA  ..  . .  i  Jn 'J'  ijl 

Southern,  shipping  stock . «  ™ 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


■tie  for  No.  1.  Ill.,  Iowa  and  Minn.,  Ho.  lor  XX, 44c. 
for  X,  13c.  for  No.  1.  tJa.,  Ala.,  Miss,  and  La.,  28ja>lWc. 
for  unwashed.  Pulled  at  4(l;«)lt!c.  forextru,  420*170.  for 
super.  ILkSlUc.  for  No.  L 

ItOCllESTER,  June  -27.  -  Flour  tlrm  and 
stead, •;  $9  fornrobur  fflntt-r and |lh2)10.2&  far  white. 
Wheat  quiet  and  scarce ;  *LtW®UD  for  red  winter, 
*1.7j®l.ufff»jr  white  Corn, Me.  Oats,  L© He.  Fota- 
toeiare  twain  scarce;  Peach  Blows,  *lftil.2S  W  bvialL, 
and  other  voi'lctles  75c."«tl.  New  potatoes,  » 

uuart.  Butter  tlrm,  and  lc.  higher—  i lr<y28c.  Egg*.  17 
4  He  Straw  beetle*  plenty,  iHul'fe.  Hay  In  better 
supply,  11702*  «l  ton.  Dressed  hogs, $«.;)<)  f  ewi  .  Bepf 
cattle,  P  cwt.,  live  weight.  Wool  very  dull, 

and  nominal  at85@42c.  V  U>. 

COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

Little  Falls,  N.  Y.,  June  28,  1873. 


The  very  extensive  pntronftfite  now  enjoyed 
by  the  Now  Fustic  Truss  Is  the  trlbu  e  of  modern 
thought  to  the  greatness  of  the  solentlflc  discoverer. 
This  Truss  without  metal  springs  retains  the  Rup¬ 
ture  t#  1th  absolute  security  In  every  case.  It  is  wor  i 
with  the  greatest  ease,  night  and  day,  till  a  perma¬ 
nent,  oure  Is  otfcctod.  Sold  at  a  reasonable  price.  It 
Is  sent  by  mail  to  all  parts  of  Iho  country  by  Tiie 
Elastic  ThCTSH  Cu.,  No.  iW3  Broadway,  N^Y.  City, 
whofurnish  Descriptive  Circulars  free  on  application. 

The  absurd  atul  mischievous  statement  that 
an  Elastic  Truss,  so  called,  will  certainly  cure  rup¬ 
tures  is  not  endorsed  by  Messrs.  Pomeroy  A  Co., 
whose  Elastic  Rupture  Belt  ts.  nevertheless,  the  very 
best  Elastic  Truss  made.  For  correct  information  on 


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our  f Hands  of  the  Press,  Nurserymen,  Florists  and 
others,  In  various  parts  of  the  country,  and  our  stock 
,  und  facilities  are  how  such  that  we  think  the  estab- 
[  tishmont  of  a  in  REAU  OF  Illustration’s  In  eou- 
n  , lection  with  the  Rural  Nkw-Voukcu  will  prove 
'■  advantageous  to  many  parties  Interested,  lu  add - 
Mon  to  supplying  Electros,  Ac.,  we  are  prepared  to 
'  do  Wood  Engraving  promptly  and  In  good  style,  and 
will  also  attend  to  orders  for  lithographic  work,  steel 
and  copperplate  engraving,  etu.  Address  all  orders, 
inquiries,  etc.,  to  this  Oflloe. 


Ttif  market  it  Little  Falls,  for  the  week  ending  oest, ciasuo  rn  ur0ad- 

Juue’iH  was  exceedingly  dull.  The  dalivery  of  farm  this  subject,  address  POMLKUY  &  CO.,  741  Broad 
dairies  amounted  to  atmul  900  boxes,  and  sales  were  way.  New  York, 
made  at  10  <c  lie.  for  poor  to  fall’,  a  ad  II  A©  1214  c.  lut  , 

good  to  extt'i*.  In  factories,  the  offerings  worn  large,  - - 

•  n  r...  .  ±  -  lit  llRt  .  .  .1  ,in.l  H'llllg  Will'll  (tltltlll.  ‘.’.ft 


BaWSSffiSSli  *t„  3,toirtijKineitts. 

- —  — 

ui!  64.  130.;  Hrookott  A  Fuller.  3|),  I’2Kc.i  Hrnitli  Coryi.  nirkC 

in  *  Centrui  •*<)«  Gold  13U,  nj  p  Cl  i-4  I  O  E  I  Cl  S  ■ 

tin, btK\onirvt  rn 

1 ’ouittryman,  H5, 13c.;  Drum  Crook,  so,  I2kc-;  Dairy  a  line  lot  of  thoroughbred  Berkshire  Pigs  for  sale. 
1 1  ill  8Y  1 3c,;  Baton  villi’,  1-0, 13c.;  Frtlrtfcld  Ass’u.m  Address  VV.  If.  BARKER,  Onondaga  Valley,  N.  V. 

uw?ii^er®  \1I11T\PY  VI  VDEMY 


Vamtly  cxlnis  . . 

Ryu  Hour . . . 

Corn  meal.  C  ilorlc.. . 

Western,  yellow . 

Jersey .  . 

White  Western . 

Brandywine  — . . 

Bag  M sal.  Coarse  ... 

Yellow . . . . 

White . 


7  50*11  00 
•1  59  *  5  M) 

8  .V0j4  8  oO 

3  I5f*  3  h) 
3  20s#  3  35 
2  75*  3  25 
,  3  60  <1  3  65 
t  10*  I  15 
.  I  Zhi)  1  28 
.  1  26<iil  l  80 


over.  A  few  up-rtver  %  quarts  bring  6  -He.,  and  West¬ 
ern  qaurtr  -old  on  Saturday  at  12 .<•  IGe-  .Nothing  Is 
In  Hno  order.  Black-C  ups,  from  Delaware,  lt©»u.  loi 
pints.  Apricots,  7l  .(j  1.33.  Goose  berries,  green,  large, 
siaiwi  per  hush.;  small.  $2.7-"jit;  ripe,  ithnUial.ii. 
Cherries  saarce  and  tlrm,  i"  the  absence  of  other 


-The  strawberry  season  Is  uhtmt 


12,000,000  ACRES 

CHBA.E*  FA-mVlfei  1 


@.f*L  for  prime  Touoosacc*.  und  for  puor  do. 

Grain.-  Reeolpts  ot  wheal  have  been  very  small 
lately,  and  Mora  is  an  lnsulflotHnt  supply  ot  the  latter 
grade*  of  spring.  .Tim  -.hipping  demand  is  mod owe. 
Wheat  quoted  at  *1.LV^/I.jI  lor  No.  -  spring.  $1.55 <<.1.58 
for  No.  I  do.  here;  $1  <8  wl.o0  let;  winter  red  VV  estei  n . 
si. 62.11,1. 05  fill  .imlienio,,  and  a l.h J©  1  -83  f'|r  White  VVost- 
ern.  Itye  is  quhlt.  with  Western  selling  atB5</j86c. 
Corn  is  selling  freely  to  exporter*  au.l there  has  been 
some  HDacuUlivu  demand,  with  steamer  lots  of  new 
Wes  -ru  mixed  quoted  at  oKo.’lc,;  high  mixed,  j8iv. 
hoat  -d,  15:4 He.;  roll  West  *ra  mixed,  aLi  dc.  O  ils 
htive  been  in  speculative  demand  at  better  prices’, 
sales  at  t-l  id  lie- f  new  mixed  Western :  l.i«#.i2c.  for 
wuite  Western;  Hilfi-'-  for  uew  mlxod  Western;  i.H 
52.’.  for  white  do.;  4J,'« I5e.  for  black  do.,  and  lee.  i<ir 


52  t.  for  white  do.; 
mixed  State. 


Hay  uml  Siruxv.-Tbe  receipts  hove  been  uu- 
exueptlonally  meager,  and  prices  are  much  higher- 
Sales  of  prime  hay  at.  <200,3  <  per  ton;  good,  $-2(si-4 , 
good  shipping.  $i6aH;  Coiumun,  do.  M2^;f  .  Long 

ryo  straw.  si,»g>21  ’.  sliOft  tl(i.,fU^il5;  oat,  $Ilfg<l-. 

lion*. -The  market  is  very  much  depreMml,  not¬ 
withstanding  unfavorable  crop  reports  Irout  tlieother 
side.  The  reports  from  our  own  section  uru  btlli  fa¬ 
vorable.  Prims  are  lw>«.  lower.  1  be  batter  posi¬ 
tion  ot  the  foreign  mariiot  h  is  force.l  shipments  to 
Liverpool  -uhoui.  <500  bales  old  and  bales  English 
having  been  taken  for  export.  We  quota ; 

Now  Yorks,  growth  Hi.’,  "I'NL'C.;  K.istorn.  growth 
i87-,»  r.iiiittc  :  Western,  growth  16(3,  ootedUc.;  uia<», 
growth  HLi,’  LO". He.,  Old  bids,  growtns  HWa  and  HW, 
» giliic. ;  Bavaria’s  to <#15(5.;  En/lish, 30j|,3.)C. ,  Belgian, 
25A  lOc.;  Californian.  1?.'4  «,5'2Mc. 

f.enrhcr  Prime  grad cs  of  hemlock  arc  wanted 
at  stead  v  prices.  Other  stock  plenty  and  cheaper. 
iy„  mi, ito  at  27  ;■(, .li file.  lor  light  hetulock,  2lSi'ii3lo. 


'riiL*rG  wjih  cuuaidt?!  JiMw  ou  conTml^Hloi)-  *|-^o 
delivery  of  butter  was  light,  and  Bales  made  at,,. k«, 
27o.  for  extra  Hue  grass  make ;  26e.  was  paid  for  home 

UHVVc  have  advices  from  abroad  to  the  second  wo  k 
In  Juno.  Our  London  correspondent  says  that  slocks 
oi  nil  sorts  of  cheese  are  nearly  exhausted,  but  that 
new  American  will  bo  in  good  supply  the  following 
week.  The  following  arc  the  prices  :  , 

American,  extra  fine,  71<w72s.;  One,  1)86970*.;  good,  .<6 
tilths.  The  other  description*  *<dl  us  follows:  English 
Cheddar,  7'24/.-7t!s.;  Wiltshire  double,  B8WT28.’,  CUqshlre 
medium  and  tine  none  lu  market,  heotcli,  7*(<()74s., 

I  nitch  cheese  Edams,  04k#  <  Os.;  Gouda*,  I4g#  .  Os.;  Der- 

l’V|Ml,i', utter,' ^  European  Bells  a*  landed,  Jer»oy*,  88t$ 
100*.;  Normandy  extra,  1 1'ifto  1  Itls. ;  Canadian— none  In 

mA  season  of  protracted  drouth  Is  prevailing  in  Her¬ 
kimer,  N.  Y.,tuid  In  other  cheese  dairying  sections  lit 
the  State.  Pastures  are  rapidly  depreciating,  and 
the  make  of  cheese  promises  to  be  exceedingly  light. 
It  is  thought  tbuL  hay  will  not  average  more  than 
half  a  crop. 

- - - 

LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

Nkw  York.  June  28,  1873. 
lleevcs.— The  present  condition  of  the  trade  In 
borne  1  cuttle  is  ruinous  to  the  large  dealers,  ine 
cost  of  beeves  in  the  Western  markets  Is  actually 
more  &  than  can  be  realized  on  them  in  tho  East. 
Still,  with  this  condition  of  trude,  the  retail  rate*  of 
dressed  meat  are  as  high  a*  ever,  ibis  ts  a  subject 
that  demands  pnlilio  attention.  Uunng  the  past 
week,  trade  tins  been  slow.  Wednesday,  price*  were 
ut  OM'-'i  13 '■<<-•  V  weights fiJffsiV>,  cwt.,*iroug.  I  hnrs- 

dayfat  iu'4*18(-;c.  V  «>.,  weights,  t®S  cjvt.  Friday, 
prices  at  0>f<4l2;4e.  f 

erallv  been  allowed  to  the  cwt.,  net;  unly  top  lots 
couldobU.n  58  Its.  to  the  nwL.net  weight,  hpoclul 
sale*  were  a*  follows ;  Illinois  steers,  common  to 
good,  ILiUkC.,  t;-<#«>i  cwt.;  Missouri  *  eer*.  .-am- 
I  ooaiiiv.  at  name  rates,  6©8  cwt.;  Kentucky,  common 


Uliciincsf  IjiiimI  in  «*«■  ■•>  », 

for  sale  by  the  UNION  PACIFIC  RAILROAD  COM 
PANV,  In  the  Dfml  Witi.ir  Valid//  .t.OOO.liOO 
ACRE, 4  In  CENTRAL  NEBRASKA  now  for  sale  in 


EVERY  SfiWISfi  MACHINE  HIIEELEI)  IN  VA1BE 

BY 

PALMER’S 

COMBINATION  ATTACHMENT 

Foil  JILL  47i  rLV(J  .fUCfffrt’/f  V, 

The  verf action  of  mailing  and  arranging 
every  style  of  Dress  Trimming  with  as 
much  ease  and  simplicity  as  run¬ 
ning  ftp  (in  ordinary  seam,  with 
some  new  and  entirely  Orig¬ 
inal  Accomplishments. 

AND  ALL  WITHOUT  BASTING. 

L— It  prepares  the  Milliner*’  Fold  better  than  can 

’2.— It  primaru* ’Milliner*'  Fold  with  **,' 

colors  and  pieces  of  woods  ul  Ollc  opelntiou. 
3.  It  prepare*  add  Place*  a  laid  in  nuy  «en... 
I'lVcdVi  without  ImBtuu-  .  *  i  i 

urcptiri’S  and  pul  *  n  double  or  single  lold 
mi  I  lie  edge  ol  it  hnnd. 

5. — It  curds  bin*  bund*.  .  ,  js 

6.  it,  prepare*  and  applies  a  double  bioucu  utm 

7. — It  pi”  mires'll  coed  welt,  perfectly. 

t  —  1 1  ■iVAiiiLPiiii  uml  ttlUCiJfl  cord  'VC It  111  ttl  > 


K. — It,  ureparua  huQ  iduiit-'b 
ifituiit  without  tiastin 
U»— It  proiJurOH  si  c«nl  welt 
ei'lnitund  uittnu^  il 


At  the  sanictlniegn.li- 


UWU,,a,‘’  ‘  ■  (R’cliidtat  Government  iiii eds  open  for  entry  under 

Lnr  Kuropoan  sells  tiH  lftudBdi  JQDtDyHi 88(2  tlie  Hont.<  Hituot  haiif,  near  tbi*  u<ioi  >i  i< v ''  *  1 
rnLiudy  extra,  IMAMr,  CanudUm-nonc  In  goodiDMgt.  ami 

ju  of  protracted  drouth  Is  prevailing  In  Her-  Land,  dectlonal  maps,  showing  the  “AfllV 

Y,, and  in  other  cheese  dairying  suctions  In  ot  laud,  ulso  new  edition  ut  L).  .m  /  (it  ■  l  mvklel  unlit 
c.  'Pastures  are  rapidly  depreciating  and  m.w  Maas.  Mmlnl  LAnTl  Cuinmiiaioiier. 

5  ol  cheese  promises  to  be  exceedingly  light.  O.  I* .  DAVIS,  Ij  V  Vlfunbii.  Neb. 

ijjjit  that  hay  Will  not  average  more  than  U.  1*.  It.  K.  Co.,  onmnn,  «iu. 

op.  - —  1 

- “  Important  to  Farmers 

LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS.  a^d  T^reshermen. 

Nkw  York.  June  28,  1873.  nI^®  ^"^s^ToaMriipmvla^  ""fU‘ 

**,— The  present  condition  of  the  trade  In  compact  machine,  weighing,  with  b’Ver  pmiftT.  >■ 
mttle  is  ruinous  to  the  large  dealers.  The  complete.  Ie*»  ttmn  J.Odd  P‘- ufnda,  ‘ 'A^AV.-Vn  t, nor- 
hceves  in  the  West.urn  markets  Is  actually  witl,  f,,iirtoslx  horses,  to  sepal  ale  end  clean  tnor 
o>.,  than  c  m  be  realised  on  them  in  tho  East.  ,, uglily  from  2011  to  300  lusbel*  it  workenual 

;h  thi*  condition  ot  trade,  the  retail  rates  of  tlonatc  amount  of  oat*  per  tluy,  dulnv  It*  wot  K  l  jual 
meat  arc  as  htiin  «*  ever.  Thi*  i*  a  subject  lo  ,  |lf.  best  of  the  large  thresher*.  I  ru t.»  and  treiglil 


criiiRunil  plaCiuu  tlioivelt  iu  tut-  K  i^or 
ing  sen  in.  sowliic  it  to  a  pluiu  hand,  if  de¬ 
sired,  nt.  niR’  opt'i’nnuu. 

10.— If  does pla»u  (fathering.  - 

11  —It  curlier*  ami  sew*  <>u  ul  the  s.inn  imic, 
octter  than  any  other  gatherer. 

V2  -  It  lieiii*  all  goods,  blu*  or  *1  raigut. 

Ut,  It  bind*  wilb  braid. 

it. —  U  hind*  vviili  rut  binding. 

15.— It  new*  any  seam  wUUOUt  basting. 


The  arrangement  I*  very  novel,  and  It  la  one  of  the 
si m p?«te Wtttaolune n ts  lu  use ;  In^ispensab  e  to  its 

utility,  doubling  the  value  VL'^Tn^Tiacldne  bl 
In  ordering,  state  KIND  of  hewing  Machine. 

Price,  IS3.  with  full  Instruction*  for  its  use  mailed 
post  free.  Address 

PALMER  MANUFACTURING  CO,, 

817  Broadway,  New  York. 

All  opportunity  seldom  offered  to  Agents  of  both 

sexes  which  arc  wanted,  everywhere.  Immediately. 


Bolls,  etc. 


WANT 


if  Cane 
Church 


purchase  any- 


die *1  des,  JLtWiL  for  heavy  aides. 

Poultry  and  (ik.us.  Live  poultry  Isuttotedut  j 
620.5#$)  for  spring  chioken*.  ilifrtlTc  for  N.  J.  IuwtS, 
lftAlSe.  for  Western  do;  mrkoy*.  Hi^lSc.;  ducks  7fte. 
<44 xi.  Spring  dunks  In  a  -uv.nl  wav  at  J ’  <  Western 
ecHse  $1-50(3)1.75.  lee  liou*e  auJ  stall-fcu  pigeon*, 
$2.:25<ii2-i5  V  dozen.  English  snipe,  $;‘,5US)2.7.’>  v*  dor,. 

l’rovlsinti*.— Fu rther  failure*  at  the  West  have 
been  exerting  a  depressing  inilnencc  on  the  market 
tor  pork,  sales  at  one  time  luivmv  been  made  a*  J  .w 
as  <13.40;  the  market  Inter  ha*  reacted,  with  $0.0p 
paid,  anil  eloHed  with  $16.25  .<*ked-  Lard  has  been 
DifkiAUAd  tor  5ulo  attdwiM*  yrtcdS’  __ 

Uuina — choice  Wo*u*ru«  rexas  pnnio. 

*26®2».  Lard.  8Kc.  for  Western  sfcenm  on  spot, 
Stic,  for  July,  y;4<:.  for  August.  Long  cleai, 
9c.,  short  clear.  Me.;  short  rib,  Uc.  Mew 
pork.  $16.25.  spot  delivery:  for  July;  West- 

ern  prime  mew  nomiuully 

OCS  city,  GfcO&T&e-  Cutmeati  aro  aeUmg 


f  »  a uiilityt  ut  fuuue  C^<^  cwt*}  KontucKy*  coinnioii 
LT  to  fair!  lOHillc..  «  ewt.;  Texan,  OX^Hc.,  «  cwt., 
lld*  strung ;  Cherokee,  He.,  6  cwt.;  Virginia,  common  to 
good,  Il>45#l2>4c.,8  cwt. 


Milch  Lows.— Wednesday,  prices  at  $4(kfli7.>  V 
head,  and  trade  In  these  animals  ha*  continued  mow, 
and  small  at  these  rates  for  general  sales ;  poor,  $20(3) 
85;  trade  Is  slow  uu  a  light  run. 

Vuul*. -Common  grass  are  very  slowot  sale.  Wed¬ 
nesday,  some  sold  in.  5<4>7c.,aud  Thursday  and  krl- 
dav.  IXdlCv.c.;  smooth  quality  are  In  demand  at  8i4© 
0’.,c.,  top*, ‘loo.  Special  sales  ;  Coarse  quality  calves, 
average  weight  L59H  ms.  V  head,  sold  at  4Ke.  V  ®.; 
same  quality,  250  dn.,7o.;  smooth,  135  do.,  Me.;  do.  U0 
do.,  MJ4o„  witu  tops  at  We. 

Sheen  mid  Lit  nih*.— Wednesday  .trade  was  small. 
*Rieiuisoldut5j3t!Kd,;  laruhs,0<!^ UXc.  ihursday,  trade 


market  closed  a  tritie  off,  with  ueurly  all  tue  lots  to 
hand  cleared  off.  Special  sales  were;  lexas  sheep, 
average  71  lbs.>  4Kc.;  Kansas,  79  lbs,,  4e,;  do,  lbs., 


1  thing  in  the  Mechanical  Lino,  ,a/’™atter  what  it 
Is  address,  tor  particulars,  N.  V.  6L Pi  LY  CO.  AND 
MANUF’RS  At.KNTH,  176  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

deposit  to-day.  „ 

THE  FlUC ROMAN'S  SAVINOS  AND  I’RFST  Company, 
O harurra  In/  the  afM**. 

No.  185  BLEECKIill  8TREKT,  NEW  YORK. 

ASSETS  OVEK  ^4,000,000. 

j  W.  ALVORD,  President. 

G.  VV.  BTlCKNIuY,  Actuary. 

A  M  SPERRY.  Geu’l  Inspector. 

A.  Ai.  &L  JS  ,  SAM  ,  UAH1U&,  Manager. 

Send  for  Circular.  JOHN  J.  ZL'ILLE,  Cashier, 

tiTe  novelty 

is  THE  ONLY  LAWN  MOWER 

THAT  CAH  CUT  LONG  GRASS  AND  00  THE  TRIMMING. 

IS  BEST  AND  CHEAPEST. 

A.  J.  Oli.HKli . Hamilton,  Ohio. 


STANDARD 

CANE  MACHINERY 

For  Sorgo  and  Sugar  Cane. 

The  only  recognized 
standards  In  Cane  Ma¬ 
chine*  are  the 

Coo  It  i<;vit|*0,r,Uor 

nud  Vidor  Cane  Mill. 

Thort*  3i r<*  •  ma- 

_  chines  over  3 1,0011  in  use. 
q  /'le  i/  hare  C«  -<«  tar-  Ut  PR- 
11  isiiiiii-'  .if  117  St«f<  Idir*. 
rl  q,,,,,!  for  Descriptive  Cuta- 
blymver  MANOF’G  CO., 


lo"ue  and  Price  List.  UbVMYlSlt  MAflui'  o  yo., 

Successors  to  Blymyer,  Norton  *Y,r<’,'vYiVl  thresher’ 
Cane  Mills  and  Evaporators,  Improved  ihtesner, 

Corn  and  Cob  Crushers,  etc. 

lXSYCllOMANCY,  or  Su.il  Cliiirnl'ng.’’ 

I  How  either  sex  may  fascinate  anil  gain  the 
love  and  affections  of  tray  pei*  »i  they  choose,  in- 
i  .1-  MU. in.  aiii.tilta  mtinl.tl  .til  LdXl 


_ _  1.1  u  ■  u  ■  IMPHOVF.II  POWER 

»*  I  TsTt"  W  pine.**.  Ratchet  -  head 

1  Jl  II  JEllk.  SCREWS.  IMPROV’D  GRAT- 
eu  iiios  Posts,  and  forty 
other  things  for  Cider  Mills  and ^Vinegar fortes. 

For  Circulura.addrosaO*  K.  Medina,  in.  x. 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


KMptcttUtttja  and  Parlunmi 


^cvtiUsevjs, 


i  he  Shan  of  Persia  is  43,  and  wears  spectcles. 
Miss  Smiley  wears  her  bonnet  in  the  pulpit. 
N.  I’.  Hanks  is  going  to  South  America. 

WAONKB  reached  his  (Kith  year  on  the  22d  of 
May. 

Darmstadt  will  erect  a  monument  to  Baron 
Liebig. 

Susan  B.  Anthony  lias  been  found  guilty  of 
voti  og ! 

Prof.  JiuooLKs  of  Dartmouth,  is  going  to 
Europe. 

Hiram  Powers  has  been  an  invalid  for  18 
months. 

Krv.  Wm.  Mori.ky  Punshon  has  arrived  in 
England. 

Senator  John  Sherman  would  not  take  his 
back  pay. 

G  icx.  Joseph  Hooker  has  engaged  a  man  to 
write  his  life. 

The  King  of  Italy  has  congratulated  Presi¬ 
dent  MacMahon. 

The  King  of  Sweden  hopes  Gen.  Grant  will 
visit  Ids  country. 

I  hoe.  Orton  of  Vassar  College,  has  gone  to 
the  Amazon  River. 

Theodore  Tilton  hopes  to  see  Gen.  llutler 
Governor  of  .Massachusetts. 

(•en.  <  ANitv's  brother  became  insane  at  the 
news  of  (ho  General’s  death,  and  has since  died. 

Rev.  Dr.  Rorrins  of  Rochester,  N.  V.,  has 
been  offered  the  Presidency  of  Colby  Cniversi- 
ty,  Me. 

Hr.  J.  W.  Oi.mbtrad  and  wife,  of  the  Bos¬ 
ton  \\  atchniau  and  Reflector,  have  gone  to 


The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 

GROUND  HOVE.  ’ 

BONE  MEAL, 


It-  simplicity  ami  ease  of  management.,  logcthci 

\  ! >y  r°r  1 hr'  n,n(-'e  ol  work 

and  its  trilling  cost,  mulct  s  it  n  matter  of  euotinmi 
forever,  family  i„  m.vo  one.  amt  wtu  iiUmntelJ 
hruicH  into  as  general  Use  uh  tin,  sewing  Mac-blue 
the  practical  utility  of  ihenouihloe  only  needs  U 

hi) 'i l o ! !'!!! mn V '  lllL  pl'r’ple  to  produce  an  tin. 

Many  Bowing  Machine  Agents,  finding  the  in- 
crease  of  competition  and  the  difficulty  of  sellin 
tilgh-pru'i-d  luaehines  to  militate  against  u  flour¬ 
ishing  Inisloess,  are  taking  hold  of  the 


NOVEL  INVENTIONS. 

BEEBE’S  FERTILIZER 


Bleacher  and  Other  Matters 

Fertiliser  is  composed  ol  the  gn- 
J-  of  all  sorts,  having  carbon,  with  coke 
otherwise.  I  claim  the  process  of 
finy  kind  of  coni  or  coke,  g.. ...  t" 

'"'w.nr  culcimition,  and  grinding 
(•Old  In  wafer,  r.-.;,  ti,,. 

held  with  the  oxygen  of  the 
iised  without  calelnntton.  This  , 
the  land  orx3  evi'rjr  kind  r.f  omtu 

■  Sr'e.tnVwH8’;1,1'  '  ,1|>0  thg^ound  VnAY  McT^Ae” 

■  p1  <  Ithur  01 '  tlHMTI,  over  the*  t*tnn.  Ac 

-  V'1.'!  ll“>  ,llU  "r  flr11'  With  the  seed.  i  ,  , 

i  M  vegetable  formation',  contains  abo 
carbon,  which  is  t' 

'  for  restoring  wuL, 

i  1  “1*°  J»e  this  / . . .  „ 

,  purposes,  such  as  tile  dfstlllatlon  und  til 

or  the  above  coals.  Ac.,  - 

out.  ot  her  vegetal, -mips, 
malm  ( lie*  above  r  ‘  * '*  * 

i  in?  ‘-'"dtlng  with  other  vegetable  innttei  "t’*"' 
meal.  Ac.,  for  reeding  or  fatter.  poultry  raiiumU, 

I.also  claim  the  above  coal,  . . .  ,v<\, 

i  ;iV,V,T'/r0ltl  ap?P*Pltere  und  weather,  of  all 

of^n  sortsn»r‘i  "f  1  hem.  as  well  ns  fruits 

oi  nil  Mnrf«.  nrja  tin*  Immersion  •  •  f  eifirw  in  tin-  Jlnuifi 
rarhun  to  p>v  a  nnw*lwll.  AIM,  in  tin*  miADufrtctiVre 

eowl'  .TIEnl5* \,r*  "'U/!1,''  the  using  of  prepared 

i!«tnW’  *?•«  the  use  of  ovens  and  evJindera 
te,^  r  !,  I'  a-,  nt w. '  ns’  e"ii  t ,  aoiugw imi  similar  to  oof- 
r«  it,  u  i.  .  !  Olutni  f  f»nl  H.iitl  cvilcnn  tt nrt  tin* ‘i IknliftM 

mirnoMes ' etc b:! ,n.  f ‘T 1  nn,J  I1"' °»/e<turi  ng 
■  'J1  .  etc.  I  claim  us  Ope  property  ol  it  the 

Roll  wijf,  u  ln  coml.lnatuon  and  solu- 

siwVhkI.  r  n  1  1  mil itinl  iwiienihi  goods 

n  nlMm  ,  fvw'f  . . In,  hiding  soaps,  tan- 

niriL  htt/»  •.  iififl  cunnjr  and  Improvin'*  nml  nnk 
,n¥  WsHcr-f  itfljt  nil  kind*  of  Unther,  und  /W  bronzing 
<•••)' TiriH  ^hHdlliv  ur.rl  ilcii,,,  thn  nhovr.  op  :.i.v  othor 
mutorun.  or  either  .  f  tfiem.  nnd  for  giviug  uster  to 
all  painted  or  varnished  surfaces.  lo 

,u«t,  .V  /  ".'  r;""r' fust  man ufuetitred.  used  and 
i11  "’’l i products  of  all  (he  varieties  ,,f  enl- 
Iind"di  v°e  >,  ut"  Cokes  nlmve  named,  in  noth  liquid 
.in, I  ill,  I. oil, pilous,  II*  u  eleansei  mi.  hieaeher  all 
Oleaginous  and  fatty  rmrtter.  emus.  Vr,.,n  woo 
furs  fund  every  other IUn-r,  and  restoring  stained  cot ' 
eV.'anin  pitied  goods,  threads,  twines,  oirdage  %c. 
d  ,i  hi^inr  J,  eh'tl  s.  and  preparing  mid  eleunsiog  u|i 
lot  hs  uir  reeeD  mg  dyes ;  also  for  removing  barks 

mukhle  ^P'’  1,1  tl,p  '•"dk  .  and  also  lor 

ioIdiwVi,  ha  per  stronger,  whiter  and  without  odor 
Min]  In  thu  tiwntif urUirc  of  pnrThmonf :  aU«»  for  ilf- 
odori/lne  rubber,  vuiin  perel.u  and  nil  emus  •  und  for 
mprovtMg  all  glove  material  and  gl'nm"  und  color- 
atrengtlieulng  the  -tunc  ;  also  for  improving 
me  a  s.  cast  or  »nmgl„.  or  muifWartuicl  Into  arv 

rranll  nnH^.i  '"T'*"  !",(1  Mtrfn, os-tele'- 

kntpii  nncl  nil  Marfaoe  wirr^,  jdano  nn«i  nil  ma^iml 
wires  and  giving  mater  and  polish  to  th  "sum 

und'Sronlme,L»e>wAf>“  101,1  ""'"v  iron  buildings,  rails 
and  lolling  moor,  iron  steamships  or  resseTs  arms 
nd  armaments  engines,  boilers,  Ac.,  by  closing  and 
■o.i  i tig  the  all r fares  with  this  absolutely  llidestruet- 
Ow' r?,!^r'‘’oni  '  nist  and  ovidation  .  ,i]8o 

e  ^tnmT  .?.?  ,Hi  l*lri’W1,l  IhU  In.  ipetislve  pro- 
I  SS  into  steel.  I  cluim  the  heating  or  ealdnltlg  of 

n  /t.'e’oil'  if'1.  “V  ""  "  110,1  in.eals,  a, i, |  cooling  them 
.n,  '•«  alkali  be  tote  smelt, lug  the  ores,  and  also  all 

akir'ii!!  Is!'  "  “"icr  Irons  and  metals,  anden-t  iron- 
ont  &&?'  ,<>n  ”f  °^''H  110,1  coal  in  the  dnld.  with! 
ont  htatlng.  lot  tine  or  two  days.  And  the  using  the 
ja  .*1  .u ed  or  calcined  eoai.  and  thu  immersion  of  it  in 
water,  as  fuel  and  Huy  ;  and  alho  grcmnd  eoke  un 
coal,  nr  either,  with  or  w  itbont  bakliig'sulunited  with 
and',!  i'“!7’  Jl"  lleat  ,n  td'Edtng  brief  h.  making  stcum 
hav  ,,«i!I'Tri't"l|'S'  nail;  mg  no  sparks  or  smoke,  l’ 
have  made  of  common  wire,  fig  coating  with  curhnn 
r.,o  Tiie  sjoue  rcMilrs  may  lie  had 

*•,"  V,n'  ll  'haws  the  sap>  and  (  liis,  s  tip* 

.ui facea  of  all  ftnlsiied  wh,hIs.  ciriieiurv  tinihor  vc 

ShtoW ‘om  Jnk'  ?<!Un,,T  ,,f  Hoy  »f  "si!,i,  vvoods'i 

also  li.udening,  sm.iothlng.  murnieulng  ml  plastered 
"alls,  through  combination,  wit  h  or  without  .  otonne 
matter;  eli-at) sing  and  improyiiej  nil  sf,.|je  and  brick 
surfaces,  In  combining,  tlllnic  -and  tmikim‘  smr!r,th 
anil  iriitestriiei tide  surfaces,  thus  lent,-,  tiov  iheiu 
l.om  the  went  Per ;  und  for  applying  the  above  nro 
11  l.“urhlc  and  stone,  such  as  *e!tJn- 


o  gases.  Ac.,  of  coal 
'.t's.  comhfnod  or 
extracting  from 
gases,  Ac.,  t.y  the  use  of 
■  -  and  placing  the 

ft  here  the  gases  will  escape  and  bo 
•  *  water.  The  re,., s  are 
i  Is  spread  over 
ror_  crop  having  a 

and  put 
-  (  being 

—  ,  •••; . -...nit  9U  per  cent,  of 

the  only  element  or  resource  left  us 
•  vegetation,  Ac- 

im.’d  !»s  I*  Coil  alkali  for  sarious 
-  the  brewing 
and  products,  with  orwith- 
:  :  .".j„  or  otJltr  liquids.  I 

«»4f°dd  or  feed,  with  or  without  mix- 

r.  grain, 

’ . Is. 

preserva- 
ituat  Is  and 


BICKFORD 


and  meeting  with  the  greatest,  success.  Mer¬ 
chant.--,  wilding  In  liana  Bickford's  invention  a 
cheap,  simple  ami  practioal  Knitting 
Hod  It  prof) table  to  |  urclmse  and  keep  on  sale! 
I  lie  almost,  entire  absence  of  competition  dees 
ie,t  require  the  “eternal  vigilance-  to  sell  this 
machine  ns  In  (he  ease  or  sewing  machines 
Agent*  M  n  nl«sd  Every  where.  Hood,  Smart 
Men  can  make  tyAft  PER  in.t.k  AND  EXPljVskS 
bend  for  Instructions  and  tirciilur.s.  Urlce  m 

10  *mU* 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  BICKFORD,  Premidam. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y 


IMITATION  GOLD  WATCHES  A  CHAINS 


This  metal  has  all  the  bnlllnney  and  durability  of  Gold 
Ala,  *20  und  ViGeaeh.  chulns  I  rom  *2  t.o$12eucii.  Goods  sen 
by  express;  bv  ordering  sn  you  get.  one  free.  Send  stum] 
Illustrated  Circular.  Send  Postal  Order  and  we  will  ser 
l'‘'*»«««  twM-  Address  COLLINS  JIETAI,  WATt'l 
I  <1  U  A  ,  IL'I.y  iil'iiiiilwity,  Nnv  York  City. 


^’ubli cations 


ittijsrrUaiuou^ 


The  Emerson  Method 

FOR  REED  ORGANS. 


CRANBERRY  LANDS 


For  Bale,  a  tract  containing  785  acres,  in  Cumber- 
iund  Co.,  New  Jersey,  about  three  miles  from  italic 

I  lain  Million,  on  the  West  Jersey  It.  It.  About  KKI 
ileus  are  cedar  swamp,  In  Vitri,  as  -lag, lm,.wiI, 
A  tine  stream,  on  which  is  a  , him  winch  can  he  re¬ 
paired  at  a  small  expense,  ran  a  through  tig,  swamp. 
Ijn-  soil  Is  supposed  to  he  writ  adapted  to  l  he  .  iillui 
ol  I'vurdicri lefi,  us  there  I.  a  siicccsBfnl  crtmhenr 
pond  on  me  stream  just  below  this  tract.  Two  old 
beaver  dams  tlooil  about  live  acres  c«cli,  widen  ■•{- 
noire  no  ileariug.  Price  f-I.DOO  cash.  AKo.aUa.  t  of 

I I  acres  i  Injhei  land  with  s  ,tm  cedar  swamp,  i  •> 

•  j H?r  iH'.rn. 

Apply  to  rapt,  AXDRKVV  HEI8I.KH,  near  Port 
hi lzubel ll ,  who  Mill  show  the  property,  or  to  Wli,- 
II  AM  A.  1NG1I  Ail,  K2(J  Walnut  St.,  pinladelphtii. 


i.ensons,  Scales,  Studies,  Voluntaries  Interludes, 
Songs,  Qtinrtottea,  und  large  t'ollecUon  of  ('lioire 
Organ  Music.  Ky  i..  o.  Emerson  and  vv.  s.  R.  Mat- 
•i'n  kwh,  gentlemen  of  high  musical  culture,  who  have 
produced  a  thorough,  excellent  method,  tilled  with 
mnstc  which  cannot  fall  to  make  the  progress  of  the 
learner  most  agreeable,  as  it  is  sure  to  be  rapid 
Price  $2.n0.  1 


THE  RIVER  OF  LIFE 


nnirfiTPlinTfllfl! 


v  I  Mirnp  <>t  thefliifcKt  n!sidei>c»>tt  in  tlir-  V.illuv,  mjiw 
R.  R.  Impure  soon  of  JOHN  SHELDON,  upmi  the 
premises,  at  Moscow,  UvIngsP.n  Co.,  N.  V. 

V,  !*  1  ‘,KTTS  A  t It  It!  I  I.TI  IUL 

<,LLJ5GL.  A\NIVRR3AHV  KXVitCIBEH,  Julv 

l  ,  1,  and  lb.  examination  sou  Admission' util  A'. 

Al  July  15.  .IMDl-ATK.v  DAV.Jnb  111.  Addresses 
by  \  iec-1  resident  Wilson,  (lovernor  Wash  tin  in  and 
Senator  Morrill.  Catalogues  sent  gratt-. 

.  .  ,  „  vv.  8.  ' LARK,  ProsidL-nt- 

Amherst,  Mass.,  June  6th,  1872. 


i  he  I  nblishers  announce  the  near  completion  of 
tide  charming  SAUHATIl  SCHOOL  SONG  ROOK, 
to  which  more  than  Thirty  oj  tin  vert/ brut  writer*  unit 
composers  contribute.  It  M  ill  appear  in  July.  Send 
orders  early.  Specimen  pages  free.  Retail  price. 


1  u/-  only  practical  I  herry-Stoner  made,  it  leaves 
ie  I  ru  dpi  a  nip  and  round,  with  it.,  juices  preserved 
old  in  all  markets.  Send  SI  for  sample. 

^  I».  II.  tJOODF.J/L. 

Hole  Mannfuetnrer.  ai  ('humbers  St..  NeM-  York 
Works  at  Antrim,  if.  1  IK' 

P-  S.-Also  .sole  Manufaeturer  of  Lightning  and 

rdClTmav  . . 


The  Organ  at  Home, 

FOR  REFjD  ORGANS.  $2,50, 

Clarke-*  Dollar  Instructor  for  Kreil  Organs, 

**  ((  it  si  ||t  ¥, 

‘  Pin  no-Forte. 

**  ll*  ii  it  »r*  ». 

VlOllll. 

Dealers  will  bear  in  mind  those  popular  books, 
which  will  sell  with  the  best. 

OLIVER.  D  ITS  ON  &  CO.,  Boston. 

<  .  H.  1.J1TSON  A  CD.,  711  Uroiidwav,  New  \'ork. 


Few  York  Exposition 


Write  for  a  Price  List  to  .1.  II.  JOHNSTON 

QREAT  WESTERN  --  CilM  uin. 


AND 

SAMPLE  SALES  OF  WOOL. 

While  it  is  l  rue  that  no  one  artiele  grown  isof  more 
.,1!.1  L'_'A  'j?  *?  tU«-‘  indust  riul  inter, .  i  i  ban  Wool,  it  is 

- - t  commerce,  nnrtuk  * 

^  m  price,  and  lor  thirty  %•<  ars 

",l  "  . . . -unity  ouuld  be  extended  to 

. . . . .  '  eomperjaatc  the  Ueitlor  m  ho 

,  Hu-  manufeCturer. 

,  UK  near  alike 
■r  to  express 
quota- 


also  true  that  no  ot  her  article  or 
of  more  ext  kemr  rhangei 
it  lias  t~  •  . 

encourage  the  growth  uno 
gathers  it  tin  fur  transit  to 
tl  the  meiehant  will  select  t  wo  tierces,  it 
as  possible,  one  to  retain  in  <t,,,rm  theottie.  ... , 
to  sample  room,  In  can  men  secure  reliable 
1  VI18.,  ltf<  value  as  Often  a*  lie  may  desire. 

II  the  owner  has  n  dip  or  large  Pile  to  sell,  lie 
should  send  one  thvco  ol  Unc.  one  of  coarse,  and  one 
of  median, ,  w  ith  j,  jettiir  stating  the  prohiudu  amount 
,d' each,  and  condition  and  price  ol  sum,  .  n  broken 
tuli  t,r  pulled,  it  should  n,,t  contain  less  tiiun  tour 
poiuiijB,  unless  Express  charges  are  pro-paid. 

I  ho  ramples  are  eurotiiJIy  tiled  and  u umbered  and 
-■  ileseripnoii  sent,  by  bulletin  slieels,  to  all  woolen 
maiiutai-1  iirers  ttmj  when  sale's  are  made  the  ow  ners 
Mill  ship  direct  to  buyers.  If  any  owner  desires  an 
.'id  vance  be  tore  bis  wool :  i*  sold,  lie  can  mb  ip  m  «  ware- 
hnUBt*  In  tills  city.  A  million  dollars  bus  linen  uttered 
vidiidi'w  *1,1*  a  roll  ot.se  reCdlptet  as  coilat,  ml, 

IV.'Jfi'T',  rct*u,ee  (He  cost  of  handling  and  selling  to 

untlTttan.Muadm  ®  ""  uvr  U' <onLro1 

Jn  aavertiHitig  through  the  Bulletin,  wool  will  be 
des  g"'i  ed  by  uumbeiv,  a  duplicate  of  which  will  ne 
'i/e!'  Tovv,1!,’>  wln,'n  Ll*'  film  pies  are  Urslreci  ved. 
D  Is  believed  luff,  hunts  will  be  quick  to  discover 
the  ridviimag.  s  this  method  wUl  s.mgest,  uml  m,  one 
will  tail  to  he  represented  by  one  or  tank  "amides  at 
m  oVio  !•'  vahnet  afford  to  do  without  it,  it  for 
Ini  TOa^  o'^'1  ha n  to  obtain  reliable  quotutioos  ol 
Du  qiatket,  ,-ip.li  af,  no  previous  plan  has  secured. 

S.  N.  GOODAI.E, 

18»‘J  Fultou  S|„  New  York. 

We  have i  examined  Die  new  method  instituted  by 
H.  N.  GOOdale,  H2  Fulton  St.,  N.  Y.  City,  for  bund  Die 
wools, and  believe  expenses  of  handling  u  ill  lie  ,'reau 
ly  reduced  if  owners  of  wool  will  keepmt  Ire^  sanD 
pies  in  the  exhibition  room,  where  manufacturers 
can  at  al  times  see  them.  H  will  also  J  eat  y  a  il 
those  wishing  to  Start  a  new  flock  of  sheep  to  procure 

wafoftOBdU. “UUUfaCtUrCrD^W^1 

Wual  Manufncturer.s,  Pliuiield'.  Mass. 

W  obpllevL*  that  if  8hdj  riles  Weiv  geoerallv  kooL-it 
V  hoint  Jike*  Ne>\  Yurk>  it  wuuJd  iireatly  lacili- 
tate  Bales  of  wool.  Air.  Goodulo’a  long  oxe'erience 
“  'nabt  111,11  t° carryout  such  plan  wall  suc- 
ctB8-  ,,,,  Saar  ia,  Harris,  Agent, 

Steam  Woolen  Go.,  (.'uiukitl,  n.  y. 

We  fully  concur  with  Samuel  Harris  in  the  above 
suggestion,  Peake,  OpmcKk  a  co., 

42?  BroaUwuy,  New  York. 


0^smimth>si  pitt/bubgiTp^1**^ 

Breech-I.oadUig  Shot  (.hub,  f.«  i  to  *,mai.  j>.,ub)«  Shot 
Gujjb,*S  tQSI.SU.  hi Iigle  Guns, H*i  to  *20.  Uilies,  $s  i,< ,  i-TT,. 

i,'ion?oVt'!'o' t1!  ,ll,r-fl-  ,  P'Btnls,  f  I  to  '.lit,  Material, 
i  isjnng  l ankle.  Ac.  Loroctt is  mu l- m ,n 
Army  Guns,  Kevolvurs,  ere.,  bo’t  or  traded  lor.  Goods 
by  expresB,  V.  O.  D.,  to  be  examined  before  paid  for. 


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Organ.  It  is  -produced  by 
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yiOST  i  •  H  A  RM  I  ,\» 
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Ita  iVCi,  while  its  IW- 
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of  United  States  and  World.  New 
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everywhere.  iJve  men,  with  small 
or  large  capital,  write  for  Catalogue 
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Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable, 

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(Established  m  1834,) 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

PIANO-FORTES. 

A  CARD  TO  THE  PUBLIC: 

Parties  desiring  to  pure base  would  find  it  to 
their  advantage,  before  deciding,  to  examine, 
at  our  Kleoant  Ware, rooms,  or  at  the  dealers 
throughout  t  he  country,  t  he  Piano-Fortes  man¬ 
ufactured  by  da,  with  our  I’atent  liyilro-tai- 
bonated  Soundinu  Bord,  which,  for  diirabillt  . 
and  superiority  of  tone,  renders  them  unsu* 
passed.  Evcrv  Instrument  fully  warranted.  Il¬ 
lustrated  circulars  and  prices  sent  on  applica¬ 
tion.  • 


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Si  111  PU  neoi>lo,i>f  sillier young  »»  (uake  uiftre  money 

at,  work  ior  u*  in  ibeh  . . . .  the  tUnl  th«'<  ’it  mijthm* 

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WI  LLA  ItO’N  1M1A  fl’RA  L  DA  lit  Y 
HUSBANDRY:  A  Com plele Treat¬ 
ise  on  Dairy  Farms  and  Farmiug, 
Dairy  Stock  and  Stock  Feeding, 
filllk.  Its  Management  and  Ulan- 
nfacture  Into  Butter  and  Cheese, 
History  and  Mode  Of  Organiza¬ 
tion  of  Butter  and  Uliee»c  Facto¬ 
ries,  Dairy  Utensils,  Etc.,  Etc. 
BY  £.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M., 

Dairy  Husbandry  Editor  of  Moore's  litoral  New- 
Yorker,  Lecturer  in  Cornell  Unimrsitv,  Maine 
Ayr  u:  Mural.  VoUiQC,  Flo.,  Etc. 

This  Is  the  most  full,  practical  and  reliable  work 
on  Dairy  Husbandry  extant ;  indeed  the?  only  one 
which  describes  the  recent  great  Improvements  In 
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uuntial  journals,  and 


Class  4 tli 


Entitling  the  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  duri 

the  public.  Not  transferable. 

Class  5th.  Family  for  Lite 


urchasor  and  ills  immediate  family  (in  sse  at  tho  time  oL  such  purenase;  or 
ring  tho  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  open 

[ot  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

1 113 1C E  1>IX Alt V  Jk  ’Fit  AASFERAJBIjE .  I* rice  #1,000. 

i  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 

rt,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  used  >y  the 
to  be  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
ty  from  time  to  time  be  granted  thorn 


sr-isa  You  nsk  WHY  we  can  S’-U 
Syfe-JT/Br  rii  .i  Class  7  Octave  Pianos  ror 
S290  ^  Wc  tvnswcr — It  CGsta 
Uiob  $300  to  make  any 
SiKg&gjj'y  $600  1’iaiio  fill  through 
\HCUW,  nil  rifwluitn  illRkc  |0O 
fv  U  per  ct.  profit.  W"  have  no 
J#1  \  iff  Agents,  tmt.  ship  direct  tu  farm- 
■*  kJ.  W  lira  at  Factory  ptiee.  and  warrant 
nil  for  lllystrateil  circular.  In  winch  we  rer.-r 
)  Bankers,  Merchant*.  &<■  (some  of  whom 
liow),  iijc  our  PlAQOS,  In  44  SlaU<9  ui:a 
pi">«c  state  where  you  saw  this  notiee. 

S.  Piano  Co.,  QlfJ  Broadway,  k.Y. 


Entitling  tho  holder  a 
building  is  open  to  the  pu 
actual  owner.  The  holders 
the  Institution,  with  such 
by  the  Board  of  Directors 

Payment  to  be  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  tho  Union  Trust 

Company, 

A  suitable  Badge  wiUbe  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  members. 

Memberships  will  not  be  sold  after  the  Building  is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

Banks,  Bankers  and  rndlvkluals  are  wanted  to  act  as  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 
For  further  information,  please  address 

INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  COMPANY^ 

No.  925  BROADWAY,  NEW  KOllK  CITY. 


Inc  Agricultural  tind  ottitr  UitiuuntUil  Journals,  and 
must  speedily  become  (In  fact,  in  already)  the  Stand¬ 
ard  and  Only  Authority.  It  win  pay  every  one  en- 
in  unv  brunch  of  dairy  business,  or  who  keeps 
,t  single  cow,  to  obtain  and  study  Hub  work. 

Practical  DAiav  Husbandry  embraces  54« 
Large  Octavo  Pages,  Is  handsomely  and  fully 
Illustrated,  printed  on  superior  paper,  and  elegantly 
bound,  It  is  u  Subscription  Book,  a  ml  a  liberal  com¬ 
mission  Is  given  Agents  wi>"  canvass  counties.  Ac. 
The  Agents  of  the  RUHuLL  Nuw-Yorker  (especially 
those  in  Dairy  regions?  Witt  do  well  to  try  the  sale  Of 
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Agent,  or  wh"  cannot  wait  for  one,  the  Publisher  will 
send  a  copy  of  the  work,  post-paid,  ou  receipt  of  the 
price,  $8— (or  for  $o  the  bouk  and  HtlRAh  NEW-YottK- 


THE  PEOPLE’S  PRACTICAL 
POULTRY  BOOK  :  A  Work  on 
the  Breeding,  Bearing,  Care  and 
General  Management  of  Foultry. 

By  Wm.  M.  Lewis. 

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subject  on  which  It  trouts,  for  its  size  and  price  of 
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finely  and  profusely  Iliusirutpd,  sad  printed  and 
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bt  virtue  op  ax  Act  op  Legislature  passed 
April  21, 1S72,  untitled  “  As  Act  to  supply  the 
City  of  Rochester  witii  pure  and  wholesome 

WATER,”  THE  SAID  CITY  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  BOR¬ 
ROW  AN  AMOUNT  NOT  EXPEI  DtNO  THREE  MIL¬ 
LIONS  OF  DOLLARS,  and  to  issue  Bonds 
THEREFOR,  AND  PLEDOE  THE  CREDIT  OF  THE  CITY 
FOR  THE  PAYMENT  OF  THE  SAME,  WITH  INTEREST. 

A.  C.  Wilder,  Roswell  Hart, 

Mayor,  President, 

City  of  Rochester.  Board  Water  Commissioners. 


TO  INVESTORS 


ino  JNortheru  Pacific  Railroad  Company 
having  determined  |0  close  its  7-30  First 
Mm  Igugc  <«oId  Loan  anil  thereafter  to  pay  no 
higher  rate  of  interest  than  C  per  cent,  on  further 
issues  of  Its  bonds,  the  limited  remainder  oj  tlie 
7  3*10  I  »an  •>»  now  briny  disponed  of  through  the 
usual  agencies. 

Tills  affords  a  desirable  opportunity  to  persons 

wishing  to  reinvest  July  interest  or  dividends. 

The  Company  lias  now  more  than  500  miles  of  its 
road  built  and  in  operation,  including  the  entire 
Ea8tern  Division,  connecting  Lake  Superior  and  the 
navigation  of  the  Missouri  River ;  the  work  of  con¬ 
struction  is  progressing  satisfactorily;  the  Company 
has  earned  title  to  Dearly  ten  million  acres  of  its 
land  grant,  and  sales  of  lands  have  thus  far  aver- 
a#ed  $5,00  pflr  acre. 

All  marketable  securities  are  received  in  exchange 
for  Northern  Pacifies. 


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Sam.  S  that  so  ?  Wal,  you  count, 


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Willard’*  Practical  Dairy  Husbandry 
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Allen’s  (L.  K.)  American  Cattie . 

>o.  New  American  Farm  Book . . 

Mo.  Disease*  of  Domestic  Animals . 

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American  Bird  Panoler .  J  . . 

American  Pomology  (2«0  111 u  Stratton's)' Warder.' 

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Bement  s  Rabbit  Pander.., 

Bioknell'*  Village  Builder  (66  I 'liites,'  showing 

New  and  Practical  DesIgnsI . .  '  " 

Boinitier’s  Method  ot  Making  Manures . 

Brack  »  Book  of  Mowers  inewl.. 

Brldgeiuan's  Gardener's  Assistant.,...! 

ButaL's  PaiUlly  KBolien  Gardener .  . 

Do.  Kiower  Garden. . 

Carpentry  Made  pH?v(newl,., 

Chemistry  of  the  Fora)  iNIcboiJfl,.*.’,”!,'”! . 

Churl  ton  s  Grape  Grower’s  Guide,... 

Ciller  Maker’s  Manual  .  .  . 

Ciater's  New  III.  Cattle  lKmtor. colored  plates!! ! 

Lolrbett  h  Aniuri.nn  Gardener  .... 

Cole  s  American  Fruit  Book . 

Mile’s  American  Veterinarian..,.  . 

Colton  Culture  iLymuns.j . 

Crack  Shot  i  Bat  her) .  . 

Craniierry  Culture  (.),  .1.  White),,'.";.”.'!;;".'; 

Dadd  s  American  Cattle  Doctor . 

Do  Modern  Uunp  Doctor.  .. 

Dana's  Muck  Manual . !" . 

Darwin’s  Variations  of  A  nl mats  and' Plants. 

Dead  nil  of,  ;or.  Sportman's  Complete  Guide 
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ie  until  Saturday,  Oct. 
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iTiiCt  ca  and  Brum  Mila  fruit  Culture  (Baker) 
Practical  Floriculture  fP.  Henderson),,.  .  . 
met  ca  Poultry  Keeper  il..  Wright) . 

Practical  Bbuplierd  I Kandalll . 

Oujuby’s  Mysteries  of  Bee  Keeping.  . 

On  nicy  on  Soiling  Cuttle . . . 

Kandull  b  Fine  Wool  Sheen  Husbandry  ' 

Do  Sheep  Husbandry  in  tue  South..  .  . 

Uichurdnon  on  the  Dog.  .  . 

Sauiuler*  Domra  tic  Poultry!. !!!!" . . . 

Sehenck’s  Gardoners’  Text-Book  .  . 

Ken  oner  »  Pmduce  'I'atiies . ’ 

'*"•  Itr.atf  y  Rerkourr  and  Log  Uoii'k . 

‘'ortmiture  -  Breeding!  ’Rear. 

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Six  llniidreii  Recipes . . 

Skeleton  Ixuivok .  . . . 

Skill lul  Housewife .  . 

Slack’s  Trout  culture  fnew)!;;!.’ . 

Stewart's  (John)  Huthlc  Book  . 

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^  nvinn *ttley)  A  Treatise  on  the  Breeding, 
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The  People  s  Practical  Poultry  Book... .. 

Thomas  Am.  Fruit  Cult  m  ist  <4Su  Illustrations')" 

Traouer's  Guide  (Newlmuse) . .  UB1'rMUOnsj . 

lrput  Culture  (Seth  Green) .  . 

arowbrutge’s  (Mrs.  Laura)  Excelsior  Cook  Book 

nnd  Housekeeper’s  Aid . 

Warder’s  Hedges  and  Evergreen*'’  "" 
warmg’s  Elements  of  Agriculture.. 

Watson’s  American  I  loan:  Gul  den  . 

Wax  Flowers,  mid  llow  to  Make  Them;." . 

W  estern  Fruit  Growers'  Guide  ( Klliott) . . 

W  heeler's  1  lumes  l'or  the  People. 

Do.  Rural  Monies .  . 

Window  Gardening  (II.  T.  Williams')';:.':;;.' . 


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Do.  Small  Fruits  (illustrated)...  . 

m"".1  8.  P^'or)  A  Hand-Book  and 

Guide  to  Kvery  Planter . 

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Uiirdenlng  for  the  South  (WbUe’ai .  . 

Grape  Cuiturlsl  i  A  .  S.  F  uller) .  . 

Gray  s  Muniiuiof  Botany  and  Lessons... 

Do.  Hcliool  anil  Field  Book  of  Botany . 

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G  ua mm  oh  M 1  kd,^^.  ‘ • 

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Hg  i  Farming  wlllioul  Manure . 

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Hooper’s  Dog  and  Gun . .  . 

Hooper  Book  of  Kvergreens . 

Hop  Culture . . .  . 

Ilow  Crops  Feed .  . . 

How  Crops  Grow  . 

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Uusiuunn's  Grapes  and  Wine . 


\IDN»,V  IN  THU  G  VHIULN:  A  Ve- 
emble  M;,. un. I,  JPrpparvd  wiih 
view  to  Economy  and  l*rolft. 

Tuts  Work  upon  Kitchen  and  Maruat  c 

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CL  INN,  rT«U  liUJl)  \  i  1  Hlicu  1 1  II  |<|KI  {  A  Ilf  lii  ir  nf*  h  h. 

Culture  for  Profit,")  and  should  be  .iwned  and  studmd 
by  every  one  interested  in  Gardening  It  is  an 
practical,  pro,  useiy  illustruted  work'  of  ‘AiH  12ioo 

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IV.  F.  TmriE.  .This  specimen  is  about  seven 
feet  in  diametetr  and  fifty  feet  high.  Its 
'beautiful  proportion  and  graceful  habit  is 
well  shown  in  oui-  illustration. 


proved  by  the  very  lowest  orchards.  Mr.  TREES  POISONED  WITH  OAS. 

Grubb  of  Brown  Co.,  who  has  a  large  or-  How  can  a  shade  tree  (Maple)  that  is  grad- 
chard,  seventeen  years  old,  is  decidedly  in  uallv  dying,  owing  to  the  ground  being  per- 
favor  of  very  low-headed  trees,  and  he  prunes  meated  with  gas  through  n  leak  in  the  street, 
none  except  with  thumb  and  finger;  and  the  j  be  brought  to  a  healthy  condition  again  ’? 
best  lesson  he  said  he  ever  got  on  pruning  Trees  are  constantly  dying  in  this  manner  in 
was  from  the  late  Ruben  Ragan  of  Indiana,  our  city,  and  we  have  a  sick  one  that  we  val- 
who  said  when  he  found  that  pruning  was  ue  highly  and  wish  to  save  if  possible.  An 
coming  into  his  mind,  the  very  first  thing  lie  answer  through  your  paper  would  reach  us, 
should  do  was  to  throw  his  knife  into  the  well.  |  and  probably  many  others  similarly  situated. 

—Platt  <fe  Platt,  Eagle 

k  Office,  Po'ke.epxie. 

sonous  gasos,  and  when  its 

the  foundations  of  our  cities 


ARAUCARIA  1MBRICATA 


PRUNING  FRUIT  TREES. 

TriE  Kansas  Stake  Horticultural  Society 
has  been  discussing  pruning,  and  it  is  assert¬ 
ed  that  the  best  success  was  from  low-headed 
trees  little  pruned  ;  in  fact  this  is  said  to  bo 


Our  native  forests  are  so  rich  in  their 
abundance  of  beautiful  and  useful  trees  that 
we  have  really  no  need  of  seeking  others 
from  a  foreign  country.  Still  it  is  the  nature 
of  man  to  be  unsatisfied  so  long  as  there  is 
anything  to  bo  obtained, 
no  matter  if  lie  does  pos¬ 
sess  more  than  he  can 
properly  use.  One  might 
suppose  that  our  people 
would  be  satisfied  with  our 
native  evergreens,  begin¬ 
ning  with  the  trailing  Juni¬ 
pers  of  afoot  in  flight  and 
thence  passing  upward  to 
the  giant  Sequoias  of  four 
hundred  feet  high.  But 
foreign  species  are  planted 
to  the  exclusion  of  the  •  • 

natives;  we  import  from 
Europe  and  send  our  own 
species  buck  in  exchange, 
and  thus  we  add  variety 
and  probably -gain  some- 
tiling  in  wealth  and  knowl¬ 
edge  by  the  operation.  *  ~  _ 

The  Southern  half  of  our 
continent  also  contributes 
many  beautiful  evergreens 
to  the  Northern,  and  among 
them  perhaps  there  is  no 
one  tree  that  has  attracted 
more  attention  than  the 
Araucaria,  imbricata,  a 
native  of  the  Andes  of 
South  America.  It  is  not 
quite  hardy  in  the  North¬ 
ern  or  Middle  States,  al¬ 
though  we  have  known 
specimens  to  survive  for 
several  years  in  the  open 
ground  in  the  vicinity  of 
New  York  City.  Further  -  -  -  — -  < 

south  this  tree  will  no 
doubt  become  a  valuable  \ 

acquisition,  especially  r 

when  the  planter  learns 
what  kind  of  soil  and  ex-  ' 

posure  is  best  suited  to  this 
species,  it  may  thrive  in 
some  of  our  W estern  States 
or  Territories  and  at  some 
future  time  become  one  of 
our  most  valuable  ever- 
green  trees  for  ornamental 
purposes.  Even  should  wo  >4 
never  succeed  in  producing 
fine  specimens  in  this  cotin- 
try,  its  beauty,  grandeur 
and  value  remain  unim- 
paired  in  countries  where 
it  does  succeed,  and  wo  may 
with  as  much  propriety 
and  profit  visit  the  old. 
world  to  see  a  noble  tree  as  _ 

Notre  Dame,  the  VaticanTor 
any  noted  building  to-  "  ",t 
which  so  many  make  a  pil- 
grimage.  In  England  this  ' 
beautiful  tree  appears  to- 
succeed  almost  as  well  as  ^  1,. 

in  its  native  clime,  ami  the  . 

accompanying  illustration  ^"'v 

represents  a  specimen  ** 

planted  nearly  fifty  years  * 

ago  at  Woodstock,  the 
property  of  the  Right  Hon. 


BRIEF  NOTES 


The  Buckeye  (JEhcuIun 
Pavia),  nearly  allied  to 
the  Horse-chestnut,  is  sug¬ 
gested  by  the  Rural  Press 
as  a  source  from  which 
starch  can  be  manufac¬ 
tured.  A  large  factory 
near  Paris  is  making  starch 
exclusively  from  horse- 
chestnuts,  which  are  said 
to  yield  fully  Hi  percent. 
When  it  is  for  food,  it 
is  washed  in  waterin  which 
carbonate  of  soda  is  dis¬ 
solved;  and  it  is  afterwards 
washed  in  several  waters; 
thus  the  bitter  idement  is 
eliminated.  It  is  suggested 
to  Californians  as  a  new 
field,  since  noth  ng  is 
cheaper  than  starch  mak¬ 
ing,  and  starch  will  pay  in 
California.  The  Buckeye 
is  abundant  t  here  and  the 
nuts  are  cheaply  gathered. 

To  Make  Fruit  Stay  on 
Apple  Trees,  the  New  En¬ 
gland  Homestead  says : 
“  Girdle  an  apple  tree  when 
it  is  in  blossom  by  cutting 
a  slight  strip  of  bark,  say 
one-eighth  of  an  inch, 
around  the  tree,  and  it  will 
cause  the  fruit  to  stay  on. 
This  has  been  tried  and 
proved  to  no  a  harmless 
operation  to  the  tree.  Se- 
wall  Randall  of  Belcher- 
town  tried  it  on  some  of 
hi3  trees  last  year  with  suc¬ 
cess,  and  has  also  tried  it 
again  this  year.” 


attends  to  it  just  now  and  until  the  middle  of 
July.  The  stock  in  winter  will  appreciate 
and  pay  for  such  providence. 

Whrnt  in  Marion  Co.,  Kansas. — It  is  as- 
serted  that  a  Mr.  Miller  of  Marion  Center, 
Marion  Co.,  Kan.,  who  settled  there  in  1859, 
asserts  that  he  has  grown  fifty  bushels  of  fall 
wheat,  by  measurement,  per  acre  ;  and  that 
for  the  whole  time  he  has  resided  there,  fall 
wheat  has  averaged  twenty-five  bushels  per 
acre. 

The  Cotton  Crop  of  1873. — It  is  estimated 
that  there  is  an  increase  of  7  }4  Per  cent,  in 


seems  really  to  be  the  case,  strange  though 
it  may  appear.  Lime,  according  to  the  re¬ 
sults  of  experiments  made  with  the  view  of 
clearing  tip  this  subject,  a  ppearing  to  increase 
the  power  of  earths,  to  absorb  either  nitro¬ 
gen  or  ammonia,  or  both,  from  tho  air.  If 
this  be  the  case,  the  soils  which  ifjre  properly 
limed  will  produce  not  only  valuable  fertil¬ 
izing  material  by  the  decomposition  at  work 
of  their  material,  but  will  actually  absorb 
that  from  the  air. 

Besides  being  used,  lime  may  also  be  abused 
by  the  farmer  :  and  as  surely  as  the  rational 


then  be  hollow  ;  the  water  will  get  in  the 
hollow  and  rot  them,  so  they  will  never 
sprout  again.  Tf  they  are  cut  off  with  a  hoe 
or  plow,  the  ground  will  close  overthem,  and 
there  will  come  two  sprouts  for  one.  —  T.  H. 
W.,  Chester,  VI. 

In  Rural  New-Yorker,  June  21st,  B.  J.  A. 
asks  for  some  method  to  extirpate  Canada 
thist  les.  I  have  a  little  accidental  experience 
which  I  will  give  him  the  benefit  ol'.  In  the. 
best  field  on  the  farm  we  had  about  two 
acres  of  Canada  thistles.  Five  years  ago  we 
cut  a  good  crop  of  clover  hay,  and  the  last 
week  in  August  turned  the  second  of  seed 
crop  down  for  fall  wheat.  Harvested  a  good 
crop  of  wheat  but  no  thistles. — A.  H.  Elli¬ 
ott,  Erie  Co.,  Pa. 


THE  MANGEL  WURZEL 


Mr.  Dev  of  Wisconsin  recently  said : 
“  The  mangel  wurzel  beet  I  think  the  best  of 
all  roots.  It  will  take  nearly  four  lbs.  of  seed 
to  sow  an  acre  in  drills,  and  there  can  be 
raised  on  an  acre  from  600  to  800  bushels.  1 
plant  in  rows  or  drills  2 feet  apart  and  culti¬ 
vate  with  n  horse.  Last  year  1  planted  of 
an  acre  and  raised  800  bushels.  1  think  1 
would  have  had  more  if  1  had  not  ridged  my 
ground.  I  am  done  ridging  for  root  crops.  I 
planted  throe  kinds,  the  yellow  globe,  white 
sugar  and  yellow  vooid.  1  think  the  white 
sugar  and  yellow  globe  the  best.  I  think 
there  is  no  root  that  equals  the  beet  for  feed, 
especially  for  milch  cows.  They  cause  a 
great  flow  of  milk  and  there  is  no  bad  flavor 
to  the  milk.  They  are  excellent  for  sheep 
that  have  lambs  before  the  grass  starts  in 
the  spring;  and  to  any  farmer  who  has  80 
acres  of  land  1  would  recommend  him  to 
plant  at  least  2  acres  with  roots  which  will 


Jmlitstijmt  Pinitittfnr 


WILLIAMS’S  LOCK -TRACK  RAILWAY 
POWER. 


THE  SWEDE  TURNIP 


Mr.  John  Dev,  in  a  discussion  on  Root 
Culture  by  a  Wisconsin  Fanners’  Club,  said  : 
“  The  Swede  turnip  is  a  good  root  for  sheep, 
hogs  and  young  cuttle.  Cows  fed  on  them 
will  keep  in  good  heart,  but  they  are  not  as 
good  for  milk  as  the  carrot  or  beet.  It  will 
pay  well  to  raise  them.  If  we  do  not  wish  to 
feed  them  we  can  sell  them  ;  they  usually 
bring  40  or  59  cents  per  bushel,  and  if  we 
say  600  bushels  to  the  acre  at  40  cents  we 
have  $240,00;  and  if  we  allow  one-half  for 
raising  and  markotingwe  have  $120,00,  which 
would  buy  200  bushels  of  corn,  and  to  raise 
200  bushels  of  coni  we  would  want  4  acres  of 
ground  and  expend  more  to  raise  and  harvest 
than  we  would  the  turnips.” 


ARRESTING  DECAY  IN  POTATOES, 


Various  plans  for  arresting  decay  in  pota¬ 
toes  after  digging  have  from  time  to  time 
be.cn  made  public,  such  as  dusting  with  quick¬ 
lime,  gypsum,  charcoal  dust,  etc.  Prof. 
Church  of  Cirencester,  England,  tho  eminent 
agricultural  chemist  announces  that  sulphite 
of  lime  appears  to  exercise  a  very  remarkable 
influence  in  arresting  the  spread  of  decay  in 
potatoes  affected  by  the  potato  disease.  In 
one  expert  meat  the  -alt  was  dusted  over  some 
tubers,  partially  decayed  from  this  cause,  as 
they  were  being  stowed  away.  Some  months 
afterward  the  potatoes  were  found  to  have 
suffered  no  further  injury.  A  similar  trial 
with  powdered  lime  proved  to  lie  much  less 
effective. 


THE  USE  AND  ACTION  OF  LIME 


Besides  forwardin' 


the  interests  of  the 
agriculturists  by  showing  how  to  correct 
certain  evils  by  use  of  lime,  chemistry  has 
aided  agriculture  in  another  way,  viz.,  by 
encouraging  the  farmer  to  perform  this  oper¬ 
ation  more  generally  by  showing  him  the 
many  good  results  which  follow  it.  if  farm¬ 
ers  believed  now,  as  we  have  reason  to  sup¬ 
pose  they  did  some  seventy  or  eighty  years 
ago,  that  carbonate  of  lime  acts  only  by  im¬ 
proving  the  texture  of  the  soil,  is  it  possible 
to  believe  that  they  would  expend  so  much 
money  aud  time  in  applying  lime  to  their 
fields  as  the}’-  do  now  ?  I  think  not :  but  they 
have  been  told  by  chemistry,  und  the  state¬ 
ment  has  been  proved  by  experience,  that 
lime  acts,  and  acts  most  energetically  and 
usefully,  on  soils  tho  texture  of  which  stands 
in  need  of  no  improvement. 

I  have  already  stated  that  lime  is  advan¬ 
tageous  as  an  aid  to  the  decomposition  both 
of  mineral  and  vegetable  substances  existing 
in  the  soil ;  it  plays,  however,  another  very 
Important  part.  Lime  imparts  to  soil,  as  is 
proved  by  the  working  of  niter  or  saltpeter 
beds,  the  power  of  changing  the  nitrogen 
contained  in  decomposing  vegetable  and  ani 
mal  substances  into  nitric  acid,  which  acid, 
combining  with  tho  lime,  forms  the  powerful 
fertilizing  agent,  nitrate  of  lime,  or  lime 
niter.  During  the  French  Revolution,  the 
nitrate  of  potash  (or  potash  niter)  used  by  the 
French  army,  was  obtained  by  a  process  veiy 
similar  to  that  which  takes  place  in  a  well 
limed  and  drained  field.  The  French  niter 
was  obtained  by  mixing  manure  with  chalk, 
or  some  such  calcareous  matter,  and  water¬ 
ing  the  mixture  with  water  or  urine.  The 
heap,  after  having  been  treated  in  this  way 
for  some  months,  was  found  to  contain  a 
large  quantity  of  nitrate  of  lime,  which  sol¬ 
uble  salt  was  extracted  by  digesting  the  mass 
into  water,  and  converted  into  nitrate  of 
potash  by  being  treated  with  pearl  aslu  What 
took  place  in  these  niter  beds  takes  place  in 
a  properly  limed  field,  so  that  by  a  compara¬ 
tively  small  outlay  a  large  quantity  of  the 
richest  manorial  agent  can  be  produced  in  a 
soil  by  careful  and  judicious  liming.  Some 
chemists  claim  more  than  this  for  lime,  and 
assert  that  more  nitrate  of  potash  is  derived 
from  niter  beds  than  is  equivalent  to  the 
amount  of  nitrogen  in  the  substance  em¬ 
ployed,  which  is  tantamount  to  saying  that 
nitrogen  is  absorbed  from  without.  This 


FIELD  NOTES. 


Late  Plowing  in  of  Clover  Fields. — A  cor¬ 
respondent  of  the  Cincinnati  Gazette  details 
several  experiments  which  show  that  when 
clover  sod  is  turned  in  May,  after  the  clover 
is  up  some  inches,  corn  planted  thereon  is  far 
less  liable  to  be  troubled  by  the  cut  worm; 
than  if  t  he  land  were  plowed  the  fall  before 
or  earl//  in  spring.  The  worms  feed  on  the 
clover  instead  of  the  corn.  Besides,  if  the 
clover  is  in  rank,  growing  condition  when 
turned  under,  and  the  roots  full  of  sap,  it 
will  be  more  rotten  ax  August  than  if  plowed 
earner,  when  tho  roots  are  not  full  of  sap. 

The  Eradication  of  Nut.  Grass. — (Cypems 
rotundas ,  L.,  var,  hydra,)  the  Rural  Carolini¬ 
an  says  “cannot  he  eradicated  by  thorough 
cultivation,”  for  every  farmer  and  gardener 
South  well  knows  that  t  he  more  thorough  tho 
cultivation  (in  the  ordinary  sense  of  the  term) 
the  bet.  er  (or  worse)  the  coco  grows,  and  that 
not  hing  serves  so  well  to  propagate  it  as  to 
plow  and  re-plow  witii  a  view  to  destroy  it. 
Shade,  however,  will  eradicate  it,  the  only 
practical  difficulty  being  to  make  the  shade 
perfect  and  persistent  enough.” 

Blue.  Grass  in  Kansas. — Albert  Crane 
formerly  of  Kentucky,  it  is  reported,  has 
bought  land  for  a  stock  farm,  hi  Marion  Co., 
Kan,,  and  has  the  past  spiring  sown  seven 
hundred  and  fifty  bushels  of  blue  grass  seed. 
He  burned  off  the  wild  grass,  hamrwed  the 
sod  and  sowed  the  seed  on  if.  The  blue  grass 
is  said  to  be  growing  handsomely  and  he 
thinks  it  v  ill  drive  the  wild  grass  out  in  a 
year  or  two. 

It  is  not  too  Late  to  Plant  Turnips.— Plant 
them  wherever  there  is  a  vacant  space  in  the 
corn  or  potato  field,  or  wherever  an  early 
garden  crop  has  been  taken  off.  It  is  aston¬ 
ishing  how  large  a  supply  of  these  roots  may 
be  raised  on  such  vacant  spaces  if  one  only 


HOME-MADE  HORSE-POWERS, 


The  cheapest  and  best  way  to  make  a 
horse-power  for  dairy  and  other  light  use,  is 
to  put  a  light  drum  on  a  center  post,  nigh 
enough  to  have  the  belt  clear  the  horse’s 
head.  Attach  a  sweep  ten  or  twelve  feet 
long  to  the  center  post,  so  that  the  track  in 
which  the  horse  walks  will  be  from  twenty 
to  twenty-four  feet  in  diameter  if  possible. 
Let  the  track  be  soft  ground.  The  whole 
arrangement  may  be  made  of  white  pine, 
except  the  sweep,  which  should  be  hard 
wood.  Let  the  drum  be  about  ten  feet  in 
diameter  and  six  inches  face.  Use  a  two-inch 
rubber  belt.  Make  a  small  pulley  from  four 
inches  to  a  foot  in  diameter,  according  as  you 
want  fast  or  slow  motion.  If  you  want  the 
motion  still  faster,  gear  up  with  a  second  belt 
and  set  of  pulleys.  The  direction  of  the 
motion  may  be  changed  by  a  quarter  twist 
in  the  second  belt,  or  by  passing  the  first  belt 
over  idler  pulleys. 

Tin’s  arrangement  will  be  almost  noiseless, 
while  the  clatter  and  jar  of  a  circular  plat¬ 
form  would  be  enough  to  drive  a  sensitive  or 
nervous  person  almost  crazy.  Besides  it  is 
much  easier  and  safer  to  teach  a  horse  to  fol¬ 
low  a  circular  path  than  to  keep  his  balance 
on  a  revolving  platform. — Cor.  Country  G&n- 
tlema/n. 


KILLING  CANADA  THISTLES. 


Mr.  B.  J.  A.,  Southern  Wisconsin,  wants 
to  know  the  best  method  for  killing  Canada 
thistles,  1  have  had  considerable  experience 
with  them.  I  find  the  best  way  is  to  let 
them  grow  until  they  blossom,  then  cut  them 
off  near  the  top  of  tho  ground  ;  the  stalk  will 


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ARE  LARGE  BREEDS  OF  COWS  MORE 
PROFITABLE  THAN  SMALL'S 

There  is  a  great  deal  of  discussion  from 
time  to  time  among  dairymen  as  to  whether 
large  or  small  cows  are  most  profitable.  That 
is  to  say,  what  is  the  relative  proportion  of 
milk  to  bo  obtained  from  a  certain  weight  of 
food  when  given  to  the  two  classes  of  ani¬ 
mals  ?  If  we  have  ten  tons  of  hay,  for  in¬ 
stance,  which  is  to  be  turned  to  the  best  ac¬ 
count  in  milk,  what  cows  should  be  selected 
for  the  purpose,  the  large  or  small  breeds  ? 

If  any  exact  experiments  have  been  made 
among  1.1m  dairymen  of  the  United  States  to 
determine  this  matter  we  do  not  remember 
to  have  seen  the  record.  Almost,  every 
dairyman  of  experience  has  hia  notion  in  re¬ 
gard  to  the  question,  but  the  opinion  is  most¬ 
ly  based  on  “guess  work,”  and  not  from  any 
j  actual  test.  And  although  the  subject  is  one 
of  interest  to  dairymen,  they  cau  hardly  be 
blamed  for  not  making  the  necessary  investi¬ 
gation,  because  it  must  require  much  time 
and  trouble  and  a  degree  of  care  and  exact¬ 
ness  which  is  not  to  the  taste  of  the  ordinary 
!  farmer.  Kuch  investigations  belong  really 
to  our  agricultural  colleges,  and  should  be 
conducted  by  men  of  science,  so  that  the  re¬ 
sult,  when  given  to  the  world,  maybe  accept¬ 
ed  as  authority. 

Investigations  of  this  character  have  re¬ 
ceived  considerable  attention  in  Germany, 
and  according  to  the  Practical  Farmer  the 
results  of  some  of  them  are  as  follows In 
regard  to  the  size  of  cows,  C  as  part  made 
eighteen  experiments  in  feeding  milch  cows 
with  the  view  of  ascertaining  how  many 
pounds  of  hay,  or  its  equivalent,  it  required 
to  make  100  pounds  of  milk.  He  found  that 
in  Prussia  100  pounds  of  hay  fed  to*Holland 
cows  made  251^  quarts  of  milk  ;  and  the 
same  in  the  Allganers  made  SO  68.100  quarts 
of  milk.  At  eleven  dairies  in  Saxony,  the 
|  value  of  100  pounds  of  hay  produced  iu-— 


Olclonbiirgertf . 

Hollanders . . . 

Allganers . 

.  5».10  “ 

Villeroy  experiments  resulted  as  follows : 

Hollanders . 

Quarts  per 
100  lbs.  nay 

.  28.(12 

27,45 

HernfordB . 

. 

. 15.07 

AJlganora. . .  . 

Thus  it  is  claimed  to  bo  clearly  demonstrated 
that  the  larger  breeds  of  cows  are  more  prof¬ 
itable  both  for  milk  and  feeding  or  beef  than 
the  small  breeds. 

We  have  two  breeds  of  cows  that  are  now 
attracting  the  attention  of  dairymen.  The 
Dutch,  which  is  larger,  and  the  Ayrshire, 
which  may  be  claimed  as  small.  Some  have 
put  forward  the  claim  that  the  Ayrshire  will 
produce  more  milk  from  a  given  quantity  of 
food  than  any  other  breed.  It  would  be  in¬ 
teresting  to  have  our  several  breeds  of  cows 
tested  in  regard  to  the  relative  quantity  of 
milk  produced  from  a  hundred  pounds  of  hay 
or  its  equivalent. — x.  A.  w. 


COWS  GIVING  DOWN  MILK. 


Some  time  since,  one  of  your  correspond¬ 
ents,  traveling  in  the  South,  ridiculed  in  a 
covert  manner,  the  idea  of  a  cow  not  “  giv¬ 
ing  down”  her  milk  without  her  calf.  As 
men — even  such  a  high  authority  as  X.  A. 
Willard — assert  that  it  is  doubtful  if  a  cow 
lias  the  power  to  withhold  her  milk  except 
from  fear  or  anger,  I  desire  to  give  a  few 
facts  that  have  fallen  under  my  own  observ¬ 
ation  and  experience  ;  and  here  let  me  pre¬ 
mise  that  1  am  a  Northerner  born  and  bred, 
know  something  of  daily  management  in  the 
East,  and  therefore  am  not  writing  through 
sectional  prejudice,  but  merely  to  show  that 
what  is  applicable  to  one  section  may  not  be 
to  another. 

In  the  dairy  management  of  this  country 
the  eows  are  allowed  access  to  the  calves  at 
milking  time,  which  practice,  when  the  rais¬ 
ing  of  the  calf  is  an  object,  I  commend  from 
experience  for  two  reasons  ; — First,  it  makes 
the  cow  more  contented,  and  she  secretes 
her  milk  for  natural  reasons,  consequently, 
is  likely  to  give  more  milk  ;  and  Second,  with 
careless  hands  (and  we  have  no  others  here) 
the  cow  is  sure  to  be  milked  clean,  and  no 
cases  of  garget  or  caked  udder  are  ever  seen 
in  milch  cows.  The  calf  is  allowed  to  start 
the  milk  and  then  it  is  driven  away  ;  some 
tie  them,  but  I  prefer  to  keep  them  away 
with  a  tittle  stick  ;  they  veiy  soon  learn,  and 
the  quantity  of  milk  desired,  varying  with 
the  age  of  the  calf,  is  taken,  after  which  the 
eulf  is  allowed  to  finish  it.  Of  course,  the 
call’  gets  the  best  of  the  milk ;  but  to  my 


MOORE'S  RURAL  WEW-YOR 


notion,  it  should  have  it,  for  that  was  what 
milk  was  made  for,  was  it  not  t  If  the  calf 
is  not  allowed  to  start  the  milk,  you  might 
milk  at  the  cow  for  twenty-four  hours  and 
you  would  get  no  milk.  Cows  that  are  well 
broken  will  stand  quietly  ;  but  some  will  not 
stand  and  will  kick  ;  whereas,  if  the  calf  has 
sucked  a  very  little,  they  will  then  stand  and 
give  down  the  milk.  Again  ;  some  cows  1 
have  seen  that  would  hold  a  portion  of  their 
milk  for  their  calves,  and  upon  allowing  their 
calves  to  come  to  them  the.  second  t  ime,  a 
quantity  of  milk  almost  equal  to  that  at  first 
milked  could  lie  obtained,  there  not  being 
more  than  one  minute  between  the  two  milk- 
iDgs„  I  have  seen  cows  hold  it  from  their 
calves. 

I  have  experimented  somewhat  on  this  sub¬ 
ject  in  various  ways,  and  1  am  thoroughly 
satisfied  that  with  the  cattle  of  this  country 
at  least,  it  is  entirely  voluntary  on  the  part 
of  the  cow — the  free  How  of  her  milk.  If  a 
cow  here  loses  her  calf  she  will,  under  the 
most  careful  milking,  go  dry  in  from  two  to 
three  weeks.  Cows  are  milked  in  an  open 
yard  without  being  tied  ;  some  tie  their  hind 
legs  to  keep  them  from  kicking  ;  but  it  is  all 
in  the  way  they  are  broken.  Mine  are  not 
tied  or  strapped  in  any  way,  and  if  a 
man  in  striking  at  a  calf  makes  a  miss  lick 
and  hits  the  cow,  she  does  not  mind  it  in  the 
least.  1  admire  the  spirit  of  a  Texan  cow. 
Treat  her  kindly,  and  nothing  can  bo  more 
affectionate,  even  to  licking  you  when  you 
come  near  her  ;  but  abuse  her,  and  she  is  as 
mean  as  before  kind.  I  have  known  gentle 
cows,  perhaps,  raise  their  foot  or  start,  hav¬ 
ing  sore  teats  ;  and  upon  being  beaten,  never 
afterwards  would  allow  themselves  to  be 
milked  without  being  tied,  or  would  hold 
their  milk.  T  once  milked  a  cow  that  had 
been  beaten  and  spoiled  for  two  months, 
treating  her  very  kindly,  without  at  any  time 
getting  over  u  pint  of  milk,  though  she  was 
an  extra  good  milker.  I  had  to  give  her  up. 
I  have  cows  that,  when  their  teats  are  sore 
will  not  stand  or  will  kick  their  calves,  but 
will  allow  themselves  to  be  milked  without 
moving  though  so  bad  ms  to  make  them 
cringe.  Under  no  circumstances  will  t  allow 
a  cow  to  be  struck,  and  I  find  it  no  trouble  to 
have  gentle  cows.  I  have  not  one  kicking 
cow  in  my  dairy. 

Another  thing  about  drying  off  cows : 
Whop  a  cow  w  cans  her  calf,  she  does  it  by 
not  allowing  it  to  suck  at  all.  I  have  seen 
many  cases  of  cows  losing  their  calves  at 
from  birth  up  to  several  months  old,  and  1 
have  never  known  or  heard  of  any  bad  result 
from  non -milking.  On  the  other  hand, 
1  have  seen  numerous  eases  of  the  ill  effect  of 
but  a  portion  of  the  milk  being  drawn  ;  as, 
for  instance,  in  a  wild  cow  giving  more  milk 
than  the  calf  can  take,  which  would  result 
in  inflamed  udder,  sometimes  making  a  very 
bad  sore  ;  at  others  one  teat,  not  being  milk¬ 
ed,  would  be  spoiled,  forever  disfiguring  the 
cow,  etc.  Nature  Is  a  good  guide,  and  in  dry¬ 
ing  up  a  cow  she  says,  “don’t  milk  at  all.” 

- »■»»  - - - 

STOCK  FOR  NEW  ENGLAND. 


A  correspondent  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  asks 
“  Which  would  be  the  most  profitable  stock 
to  keep  on  rough  New  England  farms — Al¬ 
derney*  or  Durham* — where  feed  is  short  and 
pastures  hilly  and  rocky  We  prefer  to  let 
those  who  have  experience  answer  this  ques¬ 
tion,  for  we  have  had  no  experience  with 
either  breed  1 1  nde  r  such  circumstances.  Theo¬ 
retically,  aud  judging  by  our  knowledge  of 
breeds,  we  would  choose  neither.  If  the  ob¬ 
ject  in  keeping  stock  was  beef,  under  such 
circumstances,  we  should  choose  Devon :  If 
milk  or  cheese,  Ayrshire  ;  if  butter,  possibly 
Alderney,  though  wo  arc  not  fully  decided, 
even  in  that  respect,  and  in  doubt  whether 
we  should  uot  prefer  the  progeny  of  native 
stock  gotten  by  an  Alderney  bull.  We  shall 
be  glad  to  print  the  experience  of  men  who 
have  had  it. 

- ♦-*-* - - 

AN  ILLINOIS  STOCK  FARMER. 


Here  in  Vermillion  county  a  single  indi¬ 
vidual  owns  and  manages  seven  thousand 
acres,  while  other  farms  of  still  greater  mag¬ 
nitude  may  be  found  in  adjoining  counties. 
Mr.  John  Kidell.  of  the  townahip  bearing  his 
name,  has  a  domain  of  seven  thousand  acres. 
The  t  ract  is  six  miles  long,  and  varies  from 
one  to  two  miles  in  width.  Running  through 
its  entire  length  is  the  Little  Vermillion 
River,  skirted  for  two  miles  with  beautiful 
groves  and  clusters  of  thickets.  Three  thou¬ 
sand  acres  are  iu  meadow,  aud  as  much 
more  in  blue  grass  pasture,  and  the  remaining 
thousand  is  devoted  to  corn. 

Roaming  over  the  great  pasture  are  fifteen 
hundred  cattle,  a  thousand  of  which  will 
shortly  be  shipped  to  New  York  city.  Mr. 


Sidell  has  also  about  a  thousand  hogs  on  his 
place.  The  com  he  raises,  together  with 
thousands  of  bushels  that  lie  buys  annually, 
is  consumed  on  his  farm.  He  employs  about 
forty  teams  and  fifty  men,  and  has  nine 
comfortable  tenement  houses  upon  the  plan¬ 
tation. 

There  are  no  public  roads  through  his 
premises,  but  Mr.  Sidell  says  that  it  is  a  high¬ 
way  of  itself.  Wagon  roads  run  through  the 
pasture  from  one  end  of  the  domain  to  the 
other,  with  gates  at  the  fence  crossings. 
The  farm  abounds  in  springs,  aud  is  wed 
drained  throughout.  The  proprietor  of  this 
miniature  dominion  dwells  iu  a  brick  man¬ 
sion  of  size  and  surroundings  corresponding 
with  the  general  magnitude  of  his  compre¬ 
hensive  undertaking. — Danville,  111.,  Timex, 
- - - 

THE  POINTS  OF  A  GOOD  COW. 

She’s  long  in  her  face,  she’s  flue  in  her  hone ; 

She’ll  quickly  get  fat  without  cake  or  corn ; 

She's  clean  in  her  jaw  and  Tull  in  her  chine ; 

She’s  heavy  In  Hank  and  wide  in  her  line; 

Sbe’s  broad  In  her  rib  uml  long  in  her  rump ; 

A  straight  and  flat  back  with  never  a  hump; 

She’s  wide  In  her  hips  and  culm  In  her  eyes  ; 

She’s  flue  iu  her  shoulders  aud  thin  iu  her  thighs; 

She’s  light  in  hor  neck  and  small  In  her  tail ; 

She’s  wide  in  her  breast  and  good  at  the  pail ; 

She’s  tine  in  her  hone,  anil  silky  of  skin ; 

She’s  a  grinder  without,  a  butcher  within. 
- - 

NOTES  FOR  HERDSMEN. 

To  Prevent  a  Cow  Hoiking  up  her  Milk,  it 
i*  claimed  that  ad  that  is  needful  is  to  give 
the  cow  something  else  to  think  of — feed 
brat),  roots,  or  some  other  palatable  food, 
while  milking.  Tu  Holland  the  practice  is 
said  to  be  to  lay  a  cold,  wet  cloth  over  the 
animal’s  back. 

Hard  Milking  Cow. — I  have  a  Dutch  cow, 
four  years  old  that  milks  very  hard  ;  can 
you,  or  any  of  your  readers  ted  me  of  any 
thing  that  would  make  hor  milk  easier  ? — 
Fred.  C.  Kei.se a. 


DISEASE  CONTRACTED  FROM  UN¬ 
HEALTHY  MILK. 


Something  lias  been  said  heretofore  in 
these  columns  concerning  the  unhenlth  fulness 
of  the  milk  of  animals  suffering  from  disease. 
We  should  suppose  that  but  one  opinion 
would  he  had  in  regard  to  this  matter,  viz  ; 
that  if  the  cow  is  diseased  her  milk  must  in 
some  measure  partake  of  disease  and  cannot 
b©  used  with  safety  for  human  food.  We 
find,  however,  that  an  impression  prevails 
among  some,  and  it  may  be  with  many,  that 
so  long  a*  milk  appears  of  the  same  con¬ 
sistency  as  ordinary  milk,  and  does  not  differ 
from  it  in  odor  or  taste,  no  harm  can  come 
from  its  use,  even  though  tile  animals  pro¬ 
ducing  it  are  suffering  more  or  less  from  dis¬ 
ease.  Wc  are  inclined  to  think  tiuit  this  view 
is  held  by  a  good  many  dairymen,  otherwise 
why  do  we  see  so  little  care  manifested  in 
regard  to  keeping  the  milk  of  ailing  animals 
separate  from  that;  of  those  known,  to  be 
healthy. 

in  most  cases  of  foot-rot,  we  understand 
the  milk  is  considered  sound  and  wholesome. 
It  is,  at  any  rate,  sent  to  the  factory  to  be 
made  into  cheese,  and  we  fear  the  milk  of 
animals  that  are  suffering  with  more  serious 
complaints  goes  the  same  way,  or  perhaps 
may  be  used  directly  as  human  food.  We 
desire  to  call  the  attention  of  dairymen  who 
hold  the  opinion  referred  to  above  to  the 
following  case,  reported  in  a  recent  number 
of  the  British  Medical  Journal,  which  wo 
condense  as  follows  : 

Miss  S - ,  the  daughter  of  a  farmer,  had 

always  been  delicate,  but  had  enjoyed  better 
health  than  usual  last  spring  and  summer. 
She  assisted  in  the  work  of  a  large  dairy,  the 
cows  of  which  during  the  mouths  of  June  aud 
July  had  been  affected  with  foot-and-mouth 
disease.  She  had  occasionally  fed  and  milked 
the  sick  cows,  but  was  veiy  careful  to  wash 
hor  hands  afterwards.  She  was  not  aware  oi 
any  scratch  on  lior  hands  or  arms.  She.  axe.'j 
a  eonxidv  ruble  f/uantUy  of  milk  ax  an  wild f 
of  diet;  but  the  family  did  not  drink  the 
milk  of  the  cows  while  they  were  suffering 
from  (at  all  events)  the  acute  stage  of  the 
disease.  She  had  not  felt  well  for  the  last, 
six  weeks  ami  had  complained  of  lassitude, 
vertigo,  loss  of  sleep  and  appetite. 

On  August  “0th  the  mucous  membrane  of 
the  mouth  was  very  sore  to  the  touch  aud 
there  was  considerable  inflammation  of  the 
tongue  and  lower  lip.  The  submaxllary 
and  sublingual  glands  were  hard,  uodiffated 
aud  painful.  The  gums  were  red  aud  the 
teeth  sensitive,  and  the  symptoms  much  re¬ 


sembled  those  of  salivation.  The  treatment 
ordered  was  a  mild  saline  aperient  and  a 
mixture  of  bark,  chlorate  of  potash  and  am¬ 
monia. 

The  next  morning  all  the  symptoms  were 
worse.  The  tongue  was  protruding  two  and 
a -quarter  inches  out  of  the  mouth,  it  was  so 
increased  in  thickness  that  the  teeth  were 
wedged  into  it.  She  could  not  separate  her 
jaws  far  apart.  A  peculiar  odor  was  on  the 
breath.  Her  lower  lip  was  much  increased 
in  thickness,  the  glands  also  were  much 
harder,  larger  and  more  painful.  Kite  could 
not  articulate  a  word,  but  wrote  on  a  slate 
that  she  was  in  great  pain  in  the  hack  part  of 
the  mouth,  evidently  at  the  root  of  the 
tongue.  The  breathing  was  much  impeded 
and  it  was  almost,  impossible  for  her  to  swal¬ 
low'  nourishment.  The  discharge  was  more 
profuse ;  pulse  104  and  temperature  101°. 
Warm  poppyliead  fomentations,  with  con¬ 
stant  nourishment,  beef  tea,  milk,  cream, 
&c. ,  were  ordered.  in  the  evening  the 
symptoms  were  much  the  same  as  in  the 
morning.  The  breathing  was  much  easier. 
On  August  22d  she  seemed  better,  the  skin 
was  moist,  she  could  take  nourishment  a  lit¬ 
tle  better;  the  discharge,  more  profuse.  She 
complained  still  of  a  deep-seated  pain  iu  the 
tongue.  The  patient  continued  in  this  state 
until  August  27,  when  the  discharge  became 
thicker  and  more  foetid  ;  she  could  now  take 
nothing  but  milk,  anything  else  causing  much 
pain  to  the  ulcerated  mucous  membrane. 
Tho  disease  pursued  the  same  course,  the  dis¬ 
charge  become  dreadfully  foetid ;  sloughs, 
also  peeling  of  the  tongue.  About  the  17th 
of  September  she  began  to  Improve  very 
slowly,  the  discharge  becoming  thinner,  and 
finally  recovered. 

All  the  medical  attendants  agreed  in  tho 
opinion  that  the  disease  was  similar  to  that 
which  had  afflicted  the  cattle,  with  this  dif¬ 
ference — that  in  the  human  subject  it  ran  a 
much  longer  course  and  tho  feet  were  not 
affected. 

Now  in  this  case,  which  does  not  differ 
much  from  others  which  have  occurred  in 
England,  it  is  evident  the  disease  was  con¬ 
tracted  front  using  the  milk  of  tho  ailing 
animals;  and  the  fact  of  the  milk  being  used 
in  the  fanner’s  family,  shows  very  plainly 
that  no  danger  was  apprehended  from  its 
consumption. 

There  is  no  doubt  that,  diseases  more  or 
less  serious  uot  unfrequently  occur  in  fami¬ 
lies,  both  in  city  and  country,  from  the  use 
of  milk  from  cows  afflicted  with  diseases, 
and  we  call  attention  to  this  subject  at  this 
time  in  the  hope  that  more  care  be  taken  in 
regard  to  the  health  of  animals  yielding-milk, 
and  that  the  milk  of  sick  or  diseased  animals 
bo  discarded  for  human  food.  Good,  sound 
milk  from  healthy  animals  is  a  wholesome 
and  nutritious  diet,  its  wonderful  life-sus¬ 
taining  power  is  well  known. ;  and,  as  an  ex¬ 
ample,  the  case  referred  to  may  be  named 
where  the  patient,  unable  to  take  solid  food, 
was  sustained  wholly  on  good,  healthy  nnljc 
from  the  23th  of  August  to  the  2v)th  of  Sep¬ 
tember — a  period  of  thirty-six  days. 

- - 

FLAKY  RINDS. 


A  correspondent  inquires  the  cause  of 
“flaky  rinds  on  cheese.”  He  says  “  A  thin 
scale  oil  the  upper  and  lower  surface  of  the 
cheese  often  flakes  off  in  patches  and  gives 
the  cheese  a  bad  appearance,  but  otherwise 
seems  to  be  no  damage  to  it.  What  is  the 
cause  and  the  remedy  f” 

If  the  cheese  has  been  properly  manufac¬ 
tured,  the  rinds  have  probably  been  oiled  too 
soon  after  coming  from  the  press,  or  when  in 
a  too  nn  jist  state.  Then  very  likely  too  much 
oil  or  grease  has  been  applied,  from  time  to 
time  which,  accumulating,  forms  a  scale 
that,  after  a  little,  will  flake  off.  If  this  be 
the  case,  the  remedy  is  to  apply  the  oil  when 
the  surface  is  less  moist,  and  afterwards  to 
use  grease  sparingly,  finishing  the  dressing 
of  the  cheese,  as  they  ure  turned  daily,  by 
rubbing  them  smartly  with  the  hand.  When 
cheese  ure  properly  made,  they  do  uot  re¬ 
quire  much  grease  to  keep  them  in  order  ;  a 
little  oil  occasionally  to  keep  from  cracking, 
and  thorough  rubbing  is  the  way  to  keep 
them  looking  nicely  anti  prevent  the  attack 
of  flics.  It  the  cheese  are  imperfectly  man¬ 
ufactured  and  exude  a  thick,  gummy  sub¬ 
stance,  this,  with  the  grease  applied,  would 
also  be  likely  to  form  a  scale  after  a  time, 
which  gives  the  surface  a  bad  appearance, 
and  it  will,  in  time,  flake  off.  If  this  be  the 
cause,  the  remedy  is  in  an  improved  method 
of  manufacture.  Cheese,  to  look  well,  should 
have  a  smooth,  elastic  rind  free  from  crack, 
scale  or  blemish,  aud  iu  order  to  meet  these 
conditions,  they  should  not  ouly  be  well 
manufactured,  but  have  good  care  aud  thor- 
ough  dressing  in  the  curing  room.  __ 
s-* -tt- 1- _ k  —  •.  ■  ^ 


n 


in  reality  the  stool  is  a  cluster  of  plants  draw¬ 
ing  sustenance  from  the  soil  through  one 
stem  at  first  but  afterwards  new  roots  will 
issue  from  each  and  strike  down  into  the 
soil.  Each  fruiting  stem  is  crowned  by  a 
cluster  of  flowers  which  in  turn  become  a 
fruit. 


hairs  are  broad  and  flat  in  some  parts,  and  in 
others,  becoming  narrower,  they  suddenly 
taper  to  a  thread,  and  then  widen  out  again. 
The  hairs  of  the  Pekan,  one  of  the  Weasel 
family,  said  to  be  found  in  Canada  and  the 
Northern  States  of  America,  are  curious  for 
the  structure  of  the  leaf-like  cells  or  scales 
1  hat  surround  the  interior  of  the  hair.  The 
othei-s  are  too  well  known  to  require  further 
notice,  and  are  only  added  for  the  sake  of 
comparing  their  relative  sizes.  1  find  Canada 


RUBICON  APPLE.” 


IRREGULARITY  IN  HATCHING 


Not  long  since,  in  one  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorkers  you  quoted  an  article  from  the 
Poultry  Chronicle  in  which  the  writer  stated 
that  u  cause  of  irregularity  in  hatching  was 
Mot  damping  the  eggs.  While  I  fully  agree 
with  him  as  to  the  necessity  of  wetting  the 
eggs  a  few  days  before  hatching,  particularly 
in  dry  weather,  I  think  not  doing 
cause  of  failure  to  batch  than  of  ir 


POMOLOGICAL  GOSSIP 


Lenvig's  White  Strawberry,  the  Editor  of 
the  Rural  Carolinian  does  not  think,  as  grown 


so  is  more 
■regularity, 

as  I  have  invariably  found  the  chicks  dead 
in  the  shell  in  twenty-four  hours  after  the 
first  were  hatched,  even  when  they  were  able 
to  break  the  shell  and  could  not  extricate 
themselves.  It  seems  to  me  that  when  they 
reach  maturity  if  they  do  not  obtain  more 
air  than  is  contained  in  the  egg,  they  must 
die  of  suffocation.  I  have  devoted  three  set¬ 
tings  of  eggs  t  o  the  cause  of  science  in  regard 
to  this  matter,  and  that  is  the  conclusion  1 
have  arrived  at.  The-  skin  being  dry  and 
hard,  the  chicks  are  not  able  to  break  it. 
The  lat  er  the  eggs  arc  set  the  more  likely  the 
chicks  ai*e  to  die,  as  late  chickens  are  always 
weaker  than  the  early  ones. 

In  the  same  article  he  also  says,  “  A  hen 
pheasant,  partridge,  grouse  or  common  hen 
l  hat  steals  her  nest,  leaves  her  eggs  at  break 
of  day,  prompted  by  nature,  and  goes  to  the 
gr.iss  in  search  of  food.  She  returns  to  her 
nest  recking  and  sits  on  her  eggs,  etc.”  I 
have  closely  watched  the  habits  of  sitting 
birds  of  different  kinds,  not  only  common 
fowl  hut  wild  birds,  and  1  have  noticed  they 
almost  invariably  leave  their  nests  at  from 
nine  to  eleven  o’clock.  If  the  weather  is  bad 
they  frequently  sit  two  days  and  sometimes, 
in  fine  weather,  come  off  I  wioo  in  one  day. 
Fowls  of  the  kinds  named,  in  making  their 
nests,  select  as  dry  a  spot  as  possible;  hut 
even  then*  some  moisture  arose  from  the 
ground.  If  it  is  a  very  wet  season,  frequent¬ 
ly  their  eggs  do  not  hatch.  Following  nature 
as  nearly  as  1  can,  1  place  in  the  bottom  of 
my  nests,  when  sitting  hens,  wet  woolen  rags 
below  the  hay.  The  heat  of  the  hen  causes 
moisture  enough  to  ascend  to  keep  the  eggs 
in  good  condition.  If  they  get  dry,  wet  them 
again.  Water  fowl,  only,  I  think,  go  to 
their  nests  wet,  and  their  plumage  is  im 
pervious  to  water.  To  explode  that  theory, 
wet  a  hen  thoroughly  and  see  if  she  will  go 
directly  to  her  eggs.  f. 

Chico  Springs,  New  Mexico. 


Fig.  5 .  Haim  of  Omithorynchus  paradoxus ,  New  Holland 

in  his  garden,  quite  equal  to  the  “  Seth  Boy- 
den”  in  flavor,  as  it  certainly  is  not  in  size  or 
productiveness  ;  hut  he  adds,  “it  is  a  variety 
we  Rhould  be  sorry  to  lose.” 

Fruits  for  Kansas.— At  the  June  meeting 
of  the  Kansas  I  fork  Boe  ,  the  Vienna  rasp¬ 
berry,  the  Lawton  (where  not  too  much  ex¬ 
posed)  and  Kittatinnv  and  Wilson  blackber¬ 
ries,  Houghton,  Stan  bury  gooseberries,  the 
Red  Dutch  currant,  and  the  Concord  and 
Ives  grapes  were  recommended. 


SCIENTIFIC  AND  USEFUL  NOTES, 


Rubber  Roots  and  Shoes.— I  bought  a  pair 
of  $5  rubber  hoots  last  fall,  and  now  I  have 
to  throw  them  aside  unless  some  one  can  tell 
me  how  to  mend  them.  Just  a  little  crack 
in  one  of  the  feet  is  all  that  uils  them.  How 


work.  A  grower  cannot  control  taste  ;  and 
some  people  value  the  gratification  of  the 
senses  through  the  eye  as  highly  as  through 
the  palate. 


COMPARATIVE  SIZE  OF  ANIMAL  HAIRS 


The  hairs  of  animals  are  frequent  subjects 
of  interest  to  mieroscopists,  and  are  figured 
in  many  of  the  popular  handbooks.  It  is  cu¬ 
rious,  also,  to  study  their  comparative  sizes 
and  proportions  ;  and  as  I  do  not  remember 
to  have  seen  them  thus  noticed,  perhaps  the 


QUERY  ABOUT  PINE-APPLES, 


While  reading  the  article  on  t  he  pine-ap¬ 
ple  in  your  issue  of  last  week,  a  friend  and 
myself' were  unable  to  agree  as  to  how  many 
pine-apples  grow  on  one  plant  or  on  a  single 
spike.  He  maintained  that  each  spike  bore  a 
single  pine  apple,  while  1  maintained  that 
each  flower  Lore  one.  Please  let  me  know 
which  of  us  was  correct  and  oblige  one  who 
has  read  your  paper  for  the  past  sixteen 
years. — James  J.  YounulOVE,  Johnstown, 
N.  V. 

Your  friend  is  right  and  you  are  wrong  ; 
for  a  spike  only  produces  one  pine.  After 


1'iG.  G.— Center  of  Hair  oi  Fallow  Deer,  showing 
polygonal  cells. 

can  it  be  fixed  ?  I  have  heard  of  such  mate¬ 
rial  being  repaired  by  dissolving  India  rubber 
in  oil— hut  what  oil  *  and  whut  is  the  pro¬ 
cess*— b.  h.  o, 

Farina  Manufacture.  —  A  correspondent 
writes  :  Will  you  please  give  me  the  process 
of  making  farina  or  potato  flour  used  when 
calcined  for  silk  dressing  ;  also  for  sizing.  Is 
there  any  such  manufactory  ?  If  so,  where 
can  I  find  it,  and  is  there  any  hook  treating 
on  its  manufacture.”  Wo  cannot  answer ; 
perhaps  some  of  our  readers  can. 

Manifold  Writing  Paper  is  made  liy  coat¬ 
ing  the  paper  with  lampblack  mixed  with  a 
non-drying  oil  ;  also  by  rolling  it  with  print- 


A  GIRL  AND  HER  BANTAMS 


The  daughter  of  Charles  E.  Lawrence, 
Esq,,  New  Brighton,  Staten  Island,  was  pre¬ 
sented  by  a  friend  with  a  pair  of  Seabright 
Bantams.  This  little  girl,  only  ten  years  old, 
has  been  so  successful  with  her  miniature 


Fig.  9  —Hair  of  Tire-  Fig.  10 .—Hair  of  Gray 
trills.  Fox. 

hennery  that  we  want  all  the  young  readers 
of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  to  know  of  it 
and  see  if  any  one  of  them  can  equal  her. 
The  one  Bantam  hen  has  already  this  season 
laid  ninety-three  eggs  and  there  has  been  an 
increase  of  thirty  chickens.  The  care  and 
skill  of  one  little  girl  has  done  all  this  ;  and 
now  if  all  the  little  girls  who  read  the  Rural 
should  have  a  Bantam  hen  like  this  one  and 
they  should  feed  her  as  well  and  be  as  care¬ 
ful  to  gather  the  eggs  and  set  them  and  then 
to  look  after  the  buby  chicks,  what  a  nice 
thing  it  would  be  and  how  many  thousand 
eggs  and  chickens  it  would  make,  and  what 
a  hie  Cackle  ! 


Fig.  1. — Hair  of  Seal. 

the  fruit  is  ripe,  it  may  he  cut  and  the  old 
stool  then  throws  up  suckers,  each  of  which 
iu  time  produces  another  spike  of  flowers 
and  fruit,  thus  an  old  plant  may  produce  a 
number  of  specimens,  although  it  is  not  a 
usual  practice  to  allow  a  stool  to  produce 
more  than  one,  or  at  most  t  wo  pine-apples, 
because  the  greater  the  number  the  less  the 
size.  Perhaps  the  following  description  of 
the  flowers  and  their  position  upon  the  stem 
will  enable  you  to  decide  the  question  in  your 
own  mind  without  further  aid  from  others. 
Flowers  of  a  bluish  color,  small,  and  scat¬ 
tered  upon  the  thick  fleshy  receptacle, 
which,  after  the  flowers  fall  oil,  increases  in 


Fig.*  7  —Hair  of  Bat. 

ing  ink  and  drying  between  sheets  of  blot¬ 
ting  paper  for  some  weeks.  The  white  paper 
employed  with  it  is  thin,  oiled  paper. 

Camphor  for  Preserving  Furs. — Camphor 
is  hut  little  used  to  keep  furs.  Furriers  gen¬ 
erally  think  camphor  will  not  injure  the  col¬ 
ors  of  the  fur,  hut  they  also  deny  that  it  will 
preserve  them  from  moth,  etc. 


POULTRY  NOTES, 


Beans  for  Poultry  Food. — The  Plantation 
says  :  —  If  you  have  any  beans  that  you  can- 


Fig.  2,— Section  of  Hair  of  Peccary. 
size  and  becomes  a  succulent  fruit,  covered 
on  all  sides  with  small  triangular  scales  and 
resembling  the  cover  of  the  pine  ;  and  from 
this  resemblance  the  common  English  name 
of  pine  or  pine-apples  has  been  derived. 

It  is  not  unusual  to  permit  an  old  plant , to 
produce  one  or  more  fruit ;  hut  the  greater 
the  number,  the  smaller  the  size.  Old  stools 
may  produce  many  suckers,  each  of  which 
will,  if  permitted  bear  a  single  specimen,  but 


Fig .  3.— Hair  of  Fallow  Deer;  Fia.  4.— Root  of 
A,  Up  of  hair ;  B,  root.  Human  Hair. 

following  sketches,  taken  under  the  camera, 
may  interest  some  of  your  readers.  The  fig¬ 
ures  ait-,  all  drawn  under  the  same  power, 
viz.:  4- ID  objective  and  A  ocular,  magnifying 
about  V-D  diameters.  The  most  remarkable 
of  all  I  lnve  noticed  is  the  hair  of  the-  Orni- 
thorhynciua  paradoxus,  one  of  the  Monotre- 
mata,  which  is  covered  with  brown  fur.  It 
is  found  wily  in  Western  Australia.  The 


Fig.  11.— Hairs  of  Mole. 

not  market,  you  may  make  good  use  of  them 
for  fowls.  They  will  not  eat  them  whole, 
however,  as  everybody  knows,  but  they  must 
be  cooked.  Boil  them  well,  and  when  done, 
stir  in  at  once  about  one  part  of  corn  meal  to 
two  of  beans.  The  mixture  can  be  kept 
several  days,  and  the  hens  will  be  found  to 
thrive  well  upon  it. 


Fio.  8  —Hairs  of  Pekan ;  .4 ,  large  hairs ;  B,  small. 

A  Liquid  for  Marking  Boxes  is  made  by 
mixing  lampblack  with  coal  oil  until  of  the 
right  consistency  for  use  with  a  brush. 

To  Fasten  Rubber  Belting  to  Wood,  paint 
the  wood  with  white  lead  in  oil  and  let  it 
dry  ;  stick  the  rubber  on  with  glue. 


set  on  the  ridges,  and  between  these  are 
ditches  of  water.  Ever}'  dry  day  the  water 
is  bailed  from  these  ditches  upon  the  grow¬ 
ing  plants,  and  the  result  is  cauliflower  of 
enormous  size,  compact,  and  almost  as  white 
as  snow.  In  these  ditches  water-cress  is 
grown,  both  for  cutting  and  seed,  and  the 
two  crops  are  said  to  be  profitable,  while  the 
quality  is  certainly  excellent.” 


three  inches  in  diameter.  If  the  shoots  are 
tall  and  slender  at  the  time  of  potting,  pinch 
them  back.  In  a  few  weeks  shift  the  plants 
mto  larger  pots  and  pinch  off  the  ends  of  the 
shoots  again.  Good,  strong  plants  will  re¬ 
quire  pots  ten  to  twelve  inches  in  diameter 
by  the  first  of  July,  at  which  tome  the  pinch 
mg  should  be  dispensed  with  for  fear  of 
destroying  the  flower  buds.  The  plants  will 
require  an  abundance  of  water  and  they 
should  never  be  allowed  to  wilt  for  the  want 
of  it.  As  soon  as  the  flower  buds  appear 
p  ace  in  the  house  or  in  some,  half  shady 
pliu-c,  and  keep  them  there  until  the  bloorn- 


ERIGHTENING  THE  STEIPED  BUG 
FROM  VINES. 


GRAFTING  THE  GRAPE  ON  ITS 
LATERALS. 


I  find  it,  unnecessary  to  graft  at  the  root 
of  the  vine  and  often  inexpedient,  but  more 
Successful  to  graft  the  side  branches  or  later¬ 
als  of  the  vine.  Two  years  ago  1  laid  down 
two  wild  vines  sixty  feet  hi  length  each, 
buried  them  in  a  trench  ten  inches  deep, 
brought  up  their  side  branches  above  ground 
suitable  distances  apart  for  grafting.  I  then 
set  fifty  Iona  grafts  on  those  branches  just 
below  the  surface  of  the  ground.  Every 
graft  lived  and  has  made  strong,  healthy 
\  ines.  1  loft  live  of  the  branches  until  the 
20th  of  July,  and  then  grafted  with  Dela¬ 
wares.  Two  of  them  failed  to  grow,  the 
other  three  grew  and  made  about  us  much 
growth  as  the  Iona  vines  that  were  set  earlv 


GARDENERS'  NOTES 


Salt  for  Strawberries. 
art,  Upper  Alton,  HI. , 


mg  season  is  over.  The  pinching  back  of  the 
young  shoots  early  in  the  season  is  a  very 
important  operation,  as  it  makes  the  plants 
grow  stocky  and  well  furnished  with  bloom¬ 
ing  shoots.  It  |s  too  Iate  to  fchink  ()f  piuch 
ing  the  shoots  now. 


RAISING  ONION  SETS, 


W.  C.  Pelham,  Maysville,  Ky.,  writes  to 
the  American  Agriculturist  of  his  method 
of  raising  onion  sets  He  selects  a  level  and 
dry  piece  of  ground.  Ills  ground  is  rich 
alluvial  loam,  but.  the  character  of  the  soil  is 
of  no  special  importance.  Her  Is  are  formed 
two  feet  wide,  with  a  path  of  one  foot  be¬ 
tween.  The  “beds”  are  excavated  to  the 
depth  of  two  inches — or,  in  other  words,  the 
path  or  alley  between  is  two  inches  higher 
than  the  beds  ;  the  bottom  of  the  beds  is 
nicely  smoothed  with  the  back  of  a  spade,  so 
as  to  present  a  level  surface  whereon  to  sow 
the  set  d.  The  seed  is  sown  so  that  from  fif¬ 
teen  to  twenty  seeds  will  cover  a  square  inch. 
If  the  surface  of  the  beds  was  sprinkled  with 
piaster  or  white  sand,  the  seeds,  which  are 
block,  could  be  sown  more  evenly.  After 
sowing,  the  seeds  arer  covered  with  two  inches 
of  pure  clean  sand,  wkiclubrings  the  beds  and 
paths  to  the  same  level.  The  whole  is  then 


MADEIRA  VINE  CULTURE. 

Will  someone  having  experience  in  culti¬ 
vating  the  Madeira  or  Mignonette  vine  in  a 
window  tell  which  is  preferable,  to  keep  it 
growing  t.h«  year  round  or  cut  it.  off  in  the 
fall  and  put  it.  m  the  cellar  to  rest  during  the 
winter  ?-  Mum.  M.  A.  I, each. 

i'tiK  Madeira  or  Mignonette  vine  (Bims- 
singaiUUa  I  mane  Holden)  is  a  native  of  South 
America,  where  it  grows  as  a  perennial 
climbing  plant ;  hut  under  cultivation  it  is 
usually  treated  as  though  it  was  herbaceous, 
the  sterns  being  allowed  to  die  down  in  win- 
b‘r.  Tf  it  is  cultivated  in  a  greenhouse  or 
warm  room,  there  is  no  need  or  permitting  it 
1°  lose  its  leaves  in  winter,  but  may  be  kept 
growing  continually  from  year  to  year.  Of 
course  a  partial  rest  may  be  allowed  ;  in 
fact,  the  growth  will  usually  be  checked  at 
the  approach  of  cold  weather  even  if  in  the 
house;  but  if  kept  where  the  temperature 
does  not  fall  below  45°  to  50°,  the  leaves  will 
remain  fresh  and  green.  Tf  the  vines  become 
too  large,  it  is  an  easy  matter  to  reduce  the 
size  by  priming  ;  but  it  there  is  any  danger 
of  freezing  in  winter,  it  is  far  beRcr  to  allow 
the  roots  to  ripen  off  in  autumn  and  then 
preserve  them  in  dry  sand  during  the  cold 
weather,  planting  out  again  in  spring. 

- - - - 

IRON  TRELLISES  FOR  VINES. 

Are  iron  frames  or  trellises  injurious  to 
climbing  roses  ?  1  am  inclined  to  think  they 
are,  from  the  fact  that,  a  Solfuterre  rose 
which  I  had  blossomed  liriclv  when  urrowinir 
on  a  wooden  frame,  but  the  bram-he* 


MANURE  FOR  GRAPE  VINES. 


BASKETS  OF  ROSES. 

Roses  in  a  cut  state  are  always  welcome, 
and  a  tastefully  arranged  basket  of  them 
’  constitutes  one  of  the  most  i  logant  floral 
ornaments  that  can  be  obtained  for  the  dec¬ 
oration  of  the  drawing-room.  Three  import¬ 
ant  points  may  be  urged  in  their  favor. 
Firstly,  Roses  will  keep  fresh  for  a  compart 
lively  longtime  ;  Secondly,  they  are  not  diffi¬ 
cult,  to  arrange  ;  thirdly,  they  can  be  bought 
for  a  small  sum,  if  not  growing  in  one’s  own 
garden,  and  any  one  who  does  possess  a  gar¬ 
den.  large  or  small,  is  sure  to  have  Roses. 
Baskets  made  of  different  materials  for  hold¬ 
ing  ordinary  cut  flowers  can  be  bought,  but 
for  Roses  I  prefer  those  made  of  glass,  as  the 
Clear  crystal  shows  up  the  rich  colorB  of  the 
Roses  and  their  variously  tinted  foliage  bet¬ 
ter  than  any  other  material.  In  glass  bas¬ 
kets  the  flowers  should  nestle  among  Moss 
instead  of  sand,  which,  when  seen  through 
the  glass,  has  a  bad  effect. 

the  arrangement  as  to  color  must  be,  of 
course,  according  to  taste  ;  some  prefer  their 
Roses  to  he  all  of  one  color,  such  as  crimson  ; 
Others  Like  white  or  pink,  and  some  mixed 
colors.  In  the  accompanying  illustration, 
Mareclial  Niel  has  been  used  in  the  form  of 
full-blown  and  half-opened  buds,  set  off  with 
foliage  of  the  same  and  the  3roitug  brown 
foliage  of  other  Roses.  Round  the  handle  ts 
twisted  a  spray  of  Lygadium  smnde.m,  but  a 
piece  of  variegated  ivy,  Japan  Honeysuckle, 
or  anything  of  that  kind,  would  look  quite 
as  effectively.  Opinions  differ,  I  know,  as  to 
the  propriety  of  mixing  Ferns  with  Roses  in 
preference  to  their  own  foliage,  but  for  my 
own  part  I  prefer  their  own  leaves,  when  the 
arrangement  consists  wholly  of  Roses.  If  of 
mixed  flowers,  then  light  Ferns  might  be 
us°d  with  advantage.  I  need  scarcely  add 
that  besides  Roses  there  are  man  v  other  fiow- 


I  rof.  Bache  says  : — Herbaceous  plants 
and  vegetables  furnish  numerous  instances  of 
the  influence  of  peculi:..  manures  on  the 
quality  of  t  he  products.  The  cheese  and  milk 
ol  certain  localities  are  highly  prized  on  ac¬ 
count  of  the  peculiar  aroma  of  the  grass  in 
those  localities. 

Resides  this  bad  influence  of  odorous  nitro¬ 
genous  manures  on  wine,  we  must  bear  in 
mind  that  this  process  re  stores  to  the  soil 
only  a  small  portion  of  the  potash  consumed 
by  the  canes,  the  leaves  and  the  fruit,  and 
that  it  also  Lends  to  exhaustion,  since  it  re¬ 
turns  to  the  soil  but  one-fifth  or  one-sixth  of 
the  amount  of  potash  taken  from  it.  More¬ 
over,  nitrogenous  substances  exclusively  used 
hasten  the  decay  of  vineyards  and  the  ex¬ 
haustion  of  the  soil.  We  have  a  report  from 
Baron  Von  Liebig  of  the  exhaust  ion  of  a  vine¬ 
yard  at  Bingen,  on  the  Rhine,  through  the 
exclusive  use  of  horn  scrapings.  The  result 
at  first  seemed  good,  but  after  a  few  years 
the  growth  and  production  decreased  rapidly. 
The  extra  growth  induced  by  the  horn  scrap¬ 
ings  had  divested  the  soil  of  all  its  potash 
without  returning  any. 

Nitrogenous  manures  also  increase  in  the 
grape  the  proportion  of  albuminous  and 
mucilaginous  matters,  aud  correspondingly 
diminish  the  saccharine ;  the  wine  contains 
less  alcohol,  and  is  consequently  more  sub¬ 
ject  to  alteration.  In  fact,  sugar-producing 
plants  never  want  strongly  oitrogenous  ma¬ 
nures  ;  and  sugar-makers  are  aware  that 
beets  manured  with  highly  nitrogenous  com¬ 
pounds— although  more  bulky— contain  less 
sugar  and  more  organic  matter,  to  the  detri¬ 
ment  of  the  manufacturer. 


FRAZADILLO  TOMATO. 

What  is  the  tomato  Frazadillo,  and  how 
should  it  be  prepared  for  table  ?  I  planted 
some  seed  sent  me  by  a  friend  this  spring* 
thc-v  are  growing  finely,  and  will  soon  be 
ready  for  use,  but  l  do  not  know  how  to  use 
tiiom.  I  was  told  the  seed  came  from  Mexi¬ 
co,  and  that,  the  fruit  was  borne  in  a  green 
capsule.  — Carolinian. 

The  Frazadillo  tomato  belongs  to  the.  same 
genus  as  our  common  ground  cherry,  or,  as 
it  is  sometimes  called,  strawberry-tomato, 

( L’hgmUs  Alk&kengi ),  therefore  quite  a  dif¬ 
ferent  fruit  from  the  true  tomato.  Lyoopersi- 
cum  esculentum.  The  fruit  of  the  species  of 
Phy sails  are  enclosed  iu  a  kind  of  iu fluted 
husk  or  calyx,  hence  the  name  of  the  genus, 
which  is  from  a  Greek  word  meaning  blad¬ 
der,  or  bladders.  We  have  several  native 
species  which  are  sometimes  used  for  making 
pie.-.,  or  cooked  and  placed  upon  the  table  in 
the  usual  manner  of  preparing  plums,  goose¬ 
berries  aud  similar  fruits. 

This  Mexican  novelty  will  probably  have  a 
bnef  run,  the  same  as  the  Chinese  and  Jap¬ 
anese  species  introduced  a  few  years  since  ; 
hut  to  call  it  a  tomato  is  giving  it  a  rather 
laney  name,  although  it  is  about  as  near  the 
ruth  as  the  introducers  of  novelties  gener- 


GRAPE  VINE  TIES;  AGAIN. 

I  noticed  ail  article  on  grape  vine  ties  in 
the  Rural  New- Yorker  stating  what  E.  A. 
Rikul  says  in  the  Rural  World.  If  the  three- 
ply  jute  twine  which  he  mentions,  as  the 
cheapest  and  best  for  tying  grape  vines,  is 
the  same  that  is  commonly  known  as  wool 
twine,  ho  has  truly  given  us  the  cheapest  and 
best  material  for  the  purpose.  I  have  used 
wool  twine  for  many  years.  I  use  it  for  both 
old  arid  new  wood  and  find  it  Verv  durable 
and  easy  to  tie  quickly  ;  but  find  tarred  rope 
very  difficult  to  tie.  1  have  seen  articles  on 
grape  vine  ties  in  which  the  writers  recom¬ 
mended  ties  made  of  willow  twigs,  the  inner 
bark  of  the  bass  wood,  &0„  all  of  which  cost 
but  little  m  money,  perhaps,  but  cost  a  great 
deal  oi  time  to  prepare  for  use— especially 
the  bass-bark  ;  and  often,  if  ready  for  use 
it  is  bungling  aud  cannot  be  tied  quickly’ 
Wool  twine  costs  but  15  cents  uor  lb.  is  very 
light  and  flexible,  i  have  never  found  any¬ 
thing  cheaper  or  better.  w  l  d 


A  SPORTING  MYRTLE. 

I  inclose  a  slip  from  a  small  clump  of 
myrtle  I  have  laid  for  two  years.  It  main¬ 
tains  its  characteristic  equally  well  in  sun  or 
shade.  Is  ir.  a  sport  from  common  myrtle 
or  is  the  variegation  caused  by  a  disease  in 
the  plant  ?—  Rose  Geranium. 

1  H"k  v  allegation  ol  the  loaves  of  your  niyr- 
tie  may  have  been  caused  by  disease  or  in¬ 
sects;  and  this  variation  from  the  original 
type  would  bo  termed  by  florists  a  “sport.” 
It  is  quite  probable  that  you  may  perpetuate 
this  sport  by  taking  cuttings  from  the  varie¬ 
gated  branches.  The  large-leaved,  variegated 
myrtle  was  produced  in  this  manner;  also 
the  variegated  ivies,  and  hundreds  of  similar 
plants  cultivated  in  our  gardens. 


grarjr  of  n  JjteraM 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 


-  From  the  Diary  of  a  Centleman  near  New 
York  City. 

WHAT  DOBSON  IS. 

June  30. Sanford  Hartman  of  (Hen's 
Falls,  N.  Y.,  sends  me  specimens  of  the 
“  Dobson,”  used  for  fish  bait,  and  referred  to 
in  my  diary,  .Tune  8.  As  I  exported,  the  in¬ 
sect  proves  to  be  an  old  and  familiar  ac¬ 
quaintance,  and  T  can  now  answer  the  ques¬ 
tion,  “  What  is  Dobson  for  it  is  nothing 
more  nor  less  than  the  larva  or  pupa  (for  it 
is  used  for  fish  bait  in  both  stages)  of  the 
well  known  Hellgran unite  Fly,  ( Corydulitt 
cornntue,  Linn).  It  is  no  new  thing  for  boys 
and  older  fishermen  to  use  this  insect,  in  its 
larva  or  pupa  state,  for  fish  bait.  In  the 
Western  States  they  are  called  “crawlers,” 
or  “  hcllgrammites, "  and  we  have  now 
only  to  add  another  local  or  common  name 
of  this  widely  distributed  insect,  and  say 
that  in  some  localit  ies  it  is  called  “  Dobson.” 
Now  1  would  advise  the  boys  who  use  the 
larva  of  this  insect  for  fish  bait,  to  drop  the 
common  names  altogether  and  employ  the 
scientific,  for  Co-ryd-a  lis  is  just  as  easily 
pronounced  as  “crawlers,”  “  hellgraimnites,” 
or  “Dobson,”  and  then  every  entomologist, 
or  other  person  who  knows  anything  of  the 
insect  would  know  to  what  particular  thing 
you  refer.  There  is,  however,  one  unfortu- 
tunate  circumstance  connected  with  this 
name  and  it  is  that  we  have  a  genus  of  na¬ 
tive  plants  also  called  (Jorydulix;  but  there  is 
no  C-cnrmduD  among  them,  consequently  if 
both  names  are  used,  confusion  or  mistakes 
in  application  will  be  avoided. 

The  Corydolta  cornutua  is  a  gigantic  fly, 
the  male,  from  tip  of  horns  to  tip  of  wings, 
is  nearly  or  quite  four  inches  in  length.  The 
body  is  dark  grayish  or  brown,  the  wings 
transparent,  beautifully  spotted  with  white. 
There  are  also  numerous  triangular-shaped 
black  stripes  running  crosswise  of  the  wings. 
The  males  have  two  very  strong  horns  pro¬ 
jecting  from  the  head,  and  crossing  each 
other  at  the  tips  when  the  insect  is  at  rest. 
The  female  liy  deposits  her  eggs  in  clusters 
upon  the  stems  of  some  aquatic  plant  grow¬ 
ing  in  the  water,  such  as  reeds  and  coarse 
grasses.  When  the  eggs  hatch  the  young 
larva-  (worms)  take  to  the  water  and  there 
swim  about,  feeding  upon  the  eggs  and  lar¬ 
vae  of  other  insects,  and  themselves  in  turn 
are  devoured  by  fish.  Those  which  escape 
this  fate  grow  to  be  three  inches  or  more  in 
length,  have  six  logs,  partially  undeveloped 
horns,  and  small,  sharp  hooks  at  the  end  of 
the  tail.  Their  color  is  dark  brown,  nearly 
black  at  this  period,  but  when  fully  grown 
they  leave  the  water,  crawling  out  upon  the 
banks,  burrowing  under  old  logs,  stones,  or 
anything  that  will  give  them  a  secure  hiding 
place.  After  forming-  a  good  resting  place  in 
the  sand  or  mud,  they  gradually  pass  into 
what  Is  termed  the  pupa  state,  becoming 
somewhat  lighter  in  color.  The,  partially  de¬ 
veloped  horns,  wings,  antennas,  and  other 
organs  of  the  perfect  insect  can  now  bo  seen 
through  the  transparent  pupa  covering. 
About  the  first  of  July  the  tly  comes  forth, 
having  passed  through  its  four  different  sta 
gesof  existence,  viz.:  egg,  larva,  pupa,  im 
ago,  this  last  name  being  applied  to  the  fully 
developed  or  perfect  insect. 

Now,  boys,  when  you  are  looking  for  fish 
bait,  remember  tl  i.at  the  large,  dark-colored, 
somewhat  flat,  and  rough  looking  worms 
found  under  stones  and  similar  places  on  the 
banks  of  streams,  are  Cn-ryd-a-tis  larva*,  if 
you  happen  to  find  something  which  you  do 
not  know,  but  would  like  to,  please  send  it  to 
Daily  Rural  Life,  care  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  But  do  not  forget  to  writ  e  and  tell 
me  all  that  you  know  about  it — such  items 
as  where  you  found,  what  it  feeds  upon,  the 
common  name,  if  it  has  any  :  in  fact,  do  not 
be  afraid  to  give  all  the  particulars  ;  never 
presume  that  the  one  you  address  has  ever 
seen  or  heard  of  it  before,  because  it  is  more 
than  likely  that  he  never  has. 

MILDEW  ON  GOOSEBERRIES. 

June  27.— For  the  first  time  in  many  years 
all  of  my  native  gooseberries  are  attacked 
by  mildew.  For  two  or  three  weeks  after 
the  plants  were  in  bloom,  we  had  very  cold 
weather  and  frequent  frosts  in  the  low 
grouuds,  accompanied  with  dry  weather. 
The  fungus  which  soon  showed  itself  upon 
the  fruit  and  leaves  of  my  gooseberries  was 
quite  distinct  from  the  species  usually  att  ack¬ 
ing  this  fruit  in  summer,  it  being  of  a  bright, 
orange  color,  growing  in  close  tufts  or 
bunches  an  eighth  of  an  inch  or  more  in  di¬ 
ameter  and  of  a  cottony  appearance.  So 
abundant  were  these  tufts  on  fruit  aud  leaves 


MOORE’S  BURA 


that  they  gave  the  plants  quite'a  handsome, 
variegated  appearance.  The  infested  fruit 
has  dropped  otT,  but  the  leaves  remain, 
although  they  have  lost  their  bright  green 
color.  A  few  warm  days  destroyed  this 
orange -colored  fungus,  but  us  we  have  had 
no  rain  in  the  past  month,  the  plants  are  suf¬ 
fering  greatly  for  the  want  of  it,  and  now  T 
notice  the  ordinaiy  mildew,  which  has  a 
white,  dusty  appearance,  has  begun  to  spread 
over  the  fruit  of  nearly  all  kinds.  Among 
the  improved  sorts  of  what  arc  usually  called 
natives,  the  Mountain  appears  to  resist  the 
mildew  best,  although  some  wild  varieties 
from  Nebraska,  which  I  have  growing  in  my 
garden,  are  entirely  exempt  from  mildew 
and  do  not  appear  to  beat,  all  affected  by  the 
drout  h.  I  have  rend  many  an  exhaustive 
essay  upon  the  causes  of  mildew,  some 
writers  claiming  that  it  results  from  too 
much  moisture  in  the  atmosphere,  while 
others  have  taken  the  opposite  ground,  bring¬ 
ing  forward  an  array  of  facts  to  prove  that  a 
dry  atmosphere  was  most  congenial  for  the 
propagation  of  fungoid  plant*.  To  these  theo¬ 
ries  I  may  well  add  a  third  cause  and  put 
down  cold  as  a  promoter  of  mildew.  It  may 
be  that  each  of  the  three  conditions  named 
gives  rise  to  different  species  of  fungi  usually 
known  as  mildew  on  plants;  but  there  is  one 
thing  certain,  that,  any  extreme  which  weak¬ 
ens  the  plants  invites  the  attacks  or  aids  the 
development  of  such  low  orders  of  parasitic 
plants  as  arc  designated  by  the  common 
names  of  rust,  and  mildew.  The  foreign  va¬ 
rieties  of  the  gooseberry  are  the  first  to  be 
attacked,  but  the  natives  will  sometimes  fail, 
Us  they  have  in  many  localities  this  year.  Tf 
we  could  only  know  in  advance  what  kind  of 
weather  we  were  to  have,  then  preparations 
could  be  made  accordingly.  Mulching  the 
entire  surface  of  the  ground  among  the  plants 
would  save  the  crop  in  a  dry,  hot^eoson,  but 
should  it  prove  to  be  cold  and  wet,  then  the 
mulch  would  do  more  harm  than  good.  For 
my  part,  I  cannot  sec  how  we  are  to  avoid 
all  extremes,  still  if  farmers  and  gardeners 
would  make  preparation  for  irrigation  when¬ 
ever  it  was  required,  they  would  frequently 
escape  heavy  losses.  We  must  plow  deep 
and  underdrain  our  land  to  prevent  an  ex¬ 
cess  of  water  injuring  our  crops,  and  a  t  the 
same  time  be  prepared  to  apply  water  when¬ 
ever  drouths  occur.  The  time  must  soon 
come  when  1  lie  water  which  runs  to  waste  in 
all  our  small  streams  throughout  the  country 
will  be  utilized  in  irrigating  our  cultivated 
fields. 

WATERING  PLANTS  IN  TIME  OF  DROUTH. 

June.  28.— The  only  topic  discussed  in  my 
neighborhood  at  present  is  the  drouth.  For 
nearly  six  weeks  we  have  not  had  rain 
enough  to  lay  the  dust,  and  nearly  every  day 
the  wind  has  been  blowing  as  if  determined 
to  carry  away  what  little  moisture  there 
might,  accidentally  fall  in  the  form  of  dew. 
At  the  same  time  the  weather  has  been  cold, 
wind  north  or  northwest,  veering  round  to 
the  south  in  the  middle  of  the  day.  The 
strawberry  crop  in  my  neighborhood  was 
almost  a  total  failure;  ami  now  the  rasp 
berries  are  drying  up  without  showing  the 
least  signs  of  ripening.  The  season  is  at 
least  two  weeks  later  than  last,  year,  for  we 
were  in  the  flight  of  our  raspberry  crop  the 
first  week  in  July;  but  not  a  berry  has  shown 
color  yet,  and  will  not  for  a  week  to  come, 
even  should  we  have  rain.  Potatoes,  corn 
and  all  kinds  of  vegetables  are  likewise  suf¬ 
fering  on  account  of  a  lack  of  moisture,  and 
early  sorts  are  in  many  instances  past,  re¬ 
covery.  1  am  trying  to  keep  my  ornamental 
plants  alive  by  watering  them,  although  this 
is  an  irksome  task  where  one  has  not  made 
preparation  for  thorough  irrigation.  I  think 
most  persons  make  a  mistake  in  giving  too 
Little  water  at  a  time  and  applying  it  fre¬ 
quently  instead  of  thoroughly  souking  the 
soil  at  once  and  then  apply  no  more  for  a 
week  or  more.  This  sprinkling  the  surface 
does  little  or  no  good,  for  the  water  makes 
the  soil  bake  a  little  harder  each  time,  keep¬ 
ing  out  the  air,  forming  an  excellent  con¬ 
ductor  for  the  heat  to  penetrate  the  earth, 
driving  out  what  little  moisture  it  may  con¬ 
tain.  Water  should  be  applied  iu  sufficient 
quantities  to  saturate  the  soil  down  to  the 
lowest  roots,  and  if  this  is  done,  there  will 
be  no  need  of  giving  frequent,  applications. 
Around  trees  and  all  course  plants  a  mulch  of 
some  kind  should  be  applied  after  watering, 
to  prevent  evaporation  and  keep  the  soil  cool 
as  well  as  moist.  Among  small  plants  the 
hoe  and  rake  must  be  kept  in  constant  use,  to 
keep  the  soil  loose  and  prevent  it  becoming 
baked  and  hard.  Heat  will  passthrough  a 
brick  and  drive  out  every  particle  of  moisture 
in  much  loss  time  than  it  will  through  the 
same  quantity  of  loose  soil.  The  particles  of 
which  the  brick  is  made  are  pressed  toget  her, 
forming  an  excellent  conductor  for  heat,  aud 


NEW-YORKER. 


evaporation  proceeds  slow  or  rapid  as  heat  is 
transmitted  through  the  mass.  A  heavy,  clay 
soil  is  usually  very  wet  or  very  dry,  because 
of  its  compactness,  but  to  talk  of  breaking 
up  deeply,  aerating  and  draining  a  soil  that 
gets  as  hard  and  dry  as  a  brick  in  summer, 
may  appear  to  some  persons  the  bight  of 
folly,  but  it  is  the  cheapest  and  most  expedi 
tious  way  of  making  it  dry  in  wot  weather 
and  moist  in  the  time  of  drouth.  Hundreds 
of  ornamental  trees  have  died  and  arc  now 
dying  in  my  neighborhood  simply  for  the 
want  of  moisture  that  has  been  driven  out  of 
the  brick-like  soil  about  their  roots.  A  little 
water  and  a  breaking  up  of  the  earth  about 
them  would  have  prevented  their  death. 
Trees  that  are  worth  five  or  ^ more  dollars 
each  could  have  been  saved  by  an  outlay  of 
from  five  to  ten  cents  ;  but  there  is  little  use 
of  talking  to  those  who  will  neither  read  or 
reason. 


“SWARMING  AND  HIVING.” 


The  swarming  season  is  at  Itand,  and  al¬ 
though  many  are  prepared  for  it,  there  are 
those,  who  will  make  uo  provision  for  it 
until  they  hear  the  exclamation,  “The  bees 
a  re  swarming ;  ”  then  they  must  hunt  up  and 
get,  a  hive  ready,  or  if  a  hive  is  not  to  be  had, 
put  them  into  some  old  box,  and  that’s  the 
end  of  it.  If  asked  how  they  are  doing,  the 
reply  will  very  likely  be,  “well  I  don’t  koow, 
but  it  was  a  large  swarm,  and  must  be  doing 
well.”  There  have  been  but  very  few  swarms 
cast  for  the  past  two  years  in  this  vicinity, 
and  the  winters  being  very  severe  on  bees 
that  received  no  protection,  stock  hives  are 
scarce,  and  i  think  there  are  less  stocks  now 
than  ten  years  ago. 

Where  natural  swarming  is  depended  upon 
for  increase  of  stock,  hives  should  be  ready, 
and  where  practicable  young  queens  on  hand 
ready  to  introduce  to  old  stocks,  as  soon  as 
they  cast  swarms.  A  young  queen  at  swarm¬ 
ing  time  is  considered  worth  as  much  as  a 
swarm.  Swarms  generally  conic  off  after  a 
queen  cell  is  sealed,  or  started,  aud  1  think 
stocks  will  average  from  ten  days,  to  two 
weeks,  as  the  length  of  time  they  are  without 
a  laying  queen,  although,  in  case  the  swarm 
is  delayed,  the  time  would  be  less  ;  or  where 
cells  are  destroyed  and  then  the  yield  of 
honey  from  flowers  becomes  abundant,  and 
swarm  comes  off  soon  after,  time  would  be 
longer,  but  these  are  exceptions.  Brood  ma¬ 
tures  rapidly  during  the  swarming  season, 
and  where  queens  are  introduced  as  soon  as 
the  swarm  comes  off,  eggs  will  be  deposited  j 
in  cells  as  fast  o-s  young  bees  hatch,  and 
workers  will  soon  be  storing  in  boxes  again  ; 
but  where  a  queen  Ls  not  supplied,  bees  will 
store  honey  in  cells  as  fast  as  young  bees 
hatch,  so  that  by  the  time  the  queen  reared 
in  the  hive  commences  laying,  at  least  two- 
thirds  of  the  space  occupied  by  brood  when 
swarm  came  off  will  be  filled  with  honey, 
so  that  not  only  is  there  much  less  box  honey 
secured,  but  the  colony  will  not  recover  its 
strength  like  one  supplied  with  queen. 

If  bee  keepers  would  raise  queens  to  supply 
hives,  they  would  soon  find  that  it  paid  for 
t  ime  and  trouble.  In  Rural  Nkw-Yoricer 
of  Sept.  14th,  1873,  directions  are  given,  for 
making  and  stocking  nuclei  boxes  for  queen 
raising,  also  for  introducing  queens,  &c.  To 
those  who  make  bee  keeping  much  of  an 
object,  artificial  swarming  should  be  well 
understood  in  order  to  keep  up  stock.  The 
Italian  bee  (although  looked  upon  with  sus¬ 
picion  by  some)  1  think  is  conceded  by  all 
who  have  given  them  a  fair  trial,  far  superior 
to  the  black  bee,  and  after  breeding  them  for 
the  past  twelve  years,  my  experience  is  very 
much  in  their  favor;  and  although  they  do 
stow  more  honey,  swarm  curlier,  and  do  not 
seem  to  be  troubled  as  much  with  the  moth, 
the  difference  is  more  marked  in  poor  seasons. 
A  great  many  think  that  in  order  to  get  the 
Italian  stock,  they  must  buy  a  colony  or 
swarm,  when  all  that  is  necessary  is  to  re¬ 
move  native  queen,  and  supply  her  place 
with  an  Italian.  The  whole  apiary  can  be 
changed  to  Italians  in  a  short  time  in  this 
way,  and  at  a  great  deal  less  expense  than 
by  buying  full  stocks. 

Having  tried  feeding  again  this  season,  I 
ajn  well  satisfied  w  ith  the  result.  From  one 
hive  that  1  took  four  combs  of  sealed  brood, 
(replacing  with  empty  comb)  to  strengthen  a 
weak  stock,  which  had  a  superannuated  or 
barren  queen,  the  bees  are  now  storing  honey 
in  fifteen  surplus  boxes.  The  honey-yielding 
flowers  in  this  section  so  far  have  been,  1st, 
fruit  blossoms,  2d,  locust,  which  is  now  being 
succeeded  by'  clover.  Stocks  fed  regularly 
were  ill  as  good  condition  when  the  fruit 


blossoms  failed,  as  others  not  fed  were  when 
the  locust  failed. 

The  season  has  been  very  backward  for 
bees,  still  I  anticipate  a  good  honey  season. 

Opening  a  nucleus  hive  some  time  since, 
to  cut  out  a  queen  cell  for  a  friend  who  had  a 
queenless  hive.  I  found  a  queen  had  just 
hatched,  and  being  aware  that  young  worker 
bees  are  received  by  a  strange  colony,  I  re¬ 
moved  a  comb  from  a  qneeuless  hive,  placed 
the  queen  on  comb  among  the  bees.  She  was 
well  received  aud  is  now  in  the  hive. 


* 


- - 

WHAT  IS  HONEY? 


D.  L.  Adair  says  :— There  is  no  distinct 
substance  that,  can  be  called  honey7.  Bees 
gather  anything  that  has  enough  sugar  in  it 
to  give  it  a  decided  sweet  taste.  Three  kinds 
of  sugar  are  recognized,  fruit  sugar,  grape 
sugar,  and  cane  sugar.  They  are  all  vegeta¬ 
ble  secretions  and  differ  but  slightly  in  their 
constituent,  elements.  They  only  vary  in  the 
amount  of  hydrogen  and  oxygen  (which  are 
the  elements  of  water)  and  are  convertible 
into  each  other.  As  ordinai  Uly  gathered 
from  flowers,  honey7  is  a  mixture  of  sugar 
aud  other  secretions  of  plants,  and  conse¬ 
quently  differs  widely  iu  its  composition, 
depending  on  the  source  from  which  it  is 
obtained.  The  peculiar  scent  and  flavor  of 
the  honey  is  imparted  to  it  in  the  hive  by  the 
alisorbtiou  of  the  musky7  part  icles  given  off 
by  evaporation  from  the  bodies  of  the  bees, 
a  scent  that  all  Vice  keepers  will  recognize 
who  have  opened  a  hive  or  walked  among 
them  of  a  culm  evening. 


entomological. 

SEED  CORN  MAGGOT. 


Corn  in  this  vicinity  is  being  destroyed  by 
a  minute  worm  which  eats  out  the  germ  soon 
after  it  is  planted.  1  have  called  it  the  min- 
nie  worm  for  want  of  a  better  name,  in¬ 
closed  find  kernels  of  corn  containing  speci¬ 
mens  of  the  worms.  Please  give  us  light  in 
regard  to  this  new  pest. — S.  Cl.  D ./East, 
Shelby,  N.  Y. 


Five  years  ago  the  corn  in  some  parts  iff 
New  Jersey  was  attacked  by7  this  insect,  and 
wo  sent  specimens  to  C.  V.  Riley,  State  En¬ 
tomologist  of  Missouri,  who  named  it  An 
thomyla  scan.  The  worms  are  found  eating 
the  kernels  of  corn  soon  after  planting,  and 
they7  are  a  footless  grub,  about  0.25  of  an  inch 
long,  of  a  yellowish  color,  blunt  at  the  poste¬ 
rior  and  tapering  at  the  anterior  end.  The 
perfect  or  imago  insect  is  a  two-winged  fly7, 
of  t  he  order  Dipte.ru,  where  is  also  found  t  he 
parent  of  the  onion  maggot,  Avlhnmyia  ee- 
pui'um.  We  cannot  suggest  a  better  remedy 
than  soaking  the  seed  corn  in  tar-water, 
after  which  roll  it  in  piaster.  Of  course  we 
cannot  say  that  even  tills  precaution  would 
do  any  good,  but  it  is  worth  trying.  We 
have  neither  seen  nor  heard  of  t  his  pest  be¬ 
fore,  since  18158,  hoped  it  would  not.  again  ap¬ 
pear  ;  but  in  this  it  seems  we  are  disappoint¬ 
ed,  and  the  insect  is  no  doubt  more  widely 
distributed  than  our  entomologists  supposed 
it  to  be.  If  it  should  become  very  abundant 
our  corn  crop  would  very  likely7  suffer  to  an 
alarming  extent,  unless  some  simple  prevent¬ 
ive  is  discovered. 


Since  writing  the  above  we  remembered 

this  insect  was 
described  and  il¬ 
lustrated  in  the 
Rural  New- 
Yorker,  Jan.  2, 
18  0  9,  and  we 
herewith  give 
the  illustrations 
used  at  that 
time.  The  niag- 
'  got  is  shown  en¬ 
larged  ;  the  hair 
line  at  a  showing 
the  natural  size ;  after  having  become  full 
fed,  these  maggots  usually  leave  the  kernels, 
going  into  the  earth,  where  they  change  into 
a  smooth,  brown  pupa,  of  the  size  and  form 
of  b,  and  in  a  few  days  afterwards  the  little 
fly  pushes  open  a  cap  at  one  end  and- comes 
forth.  Two  of  the  eaten  or  infested  kernels 
of  com  are  shown  at  o.  Wc  hope  our  read¬ 
ers  will  look  carefully  for  this  insect  another 


year. 

*  - - 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  NOTES. 

The  Cotton  Worm  may  he  Destroyed,  Chas. 
V.  Riley  thinks,  in  the  same  manner  that 
the  Colorado  Beetle  is  destroyed  in  the  North, 
by  the  use  of  Paris  Green — the  mode  hav  ing 
been  repeatedly  given  in  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker. 


MOOSE’S  BUBAL  MEW-YOB 


IKimi'.'ilic  OYoiuimii. 


IN  REGARD  TO  HOUSEKEEPING. 

If  housekeepers  would  ever  hear  iu  mind 
that  while  they  are  keeping  houses  they  are 
also  keeping;  homes  ;  that  their  duties  pertain 
n«:  alone  to  the  space,  the  furniture,  utensils, 
food  and  clothing  inclosed  within  certain 
walls,  but.  to  the  welfare,  happiness,  growth 
and  cultivation  of  Immortal  beings,  how  dif¬ 
ferently  they  would  look  upon  their  Avork 
and  its  responsibilities.  Perhaps  they  then 
might  see  that  they,  no  more  than  other  peo¬ 
ple,  have  a,  right,  to  misuse  any  of  the  powers 
and  faculties  intrusted  to  their  keeping,  either 
of  body,  mind  or  soul,  end  that  the  three  are 
so  closely'  allied  that  they  cannot  abuse  ope 
without  receiving  retaliation  for  them  all ; 
that  they  have  no  right  to  become  worn  out, 
tired  and  nervous,  mid  then  give  vent  to  their 
weariness  and  nervousness  iu  fretting,  bick¬ 
ering  and  getting  out  of  patience  with  those 
over  whom  they  have  charge.  Never  think 
that  because  you  are  a  housekeeper  you  are 
a  mule  or  a  camel,  that  is  never  supposed  to 
need  rest,  pleasure  or  recreation,  or  a  ma- 
cliine  that  is  wound  up,  sot  a-going  and  war¬ 
ranted  to  run  a  certain  length  of  time  anti  to 
perform  a  certain  amount  of  work  without 
stopping  for  rest  or  repairs.  You  are  a  feel¬ 
ing,  knowing,  flunking,  responsible  human 
being,  just  as  much  as  the  teacher  at  her 
desk,  the  minister  in  hi-  pulpit,  the  editor  in 
his  sanctum,  the  ruler  avIio  holds  in  his  hands 
the  reins  of  government,  are  responsible  hu¬ 
man  beings  ;  and  though  your  work,  your 
duties,  your  circumstances  and  surroundings 
are  different  from  theirs,  yours  is  uouc  the 
less  a  responsible  position  ;  your  work  is  no 
less  important  than  theirs,  and  it  is  none  the 
less  your  duty  to  lit  and  prepare  yourself  for 
it,  and  then  to  keep  yourself  in  a  condition 
to  fulfil  its  duties  faithfully,  patiently  and 
cheerfully.  You  have,  capacities  of  heart  and 
miml  that  it  is  your  duty  to  cultivate  and 
expand  ;  you  have  a  soul  that  is  to  live  and 
groAv,  either  upward  or  downward,  and  there 
arc  others  looking  to  you  for  aid  and  comfort 
and  counsel,  just  as  there  are  to  every  human 
being.  They  may  be  those  that  are  bone  of 
your  bone  and  flesh  of  your  flesh  ;  those 
whoso  lives  arc  so  closely  interwoven  with 
your  life  t  hat  one  canuot  be  warped,  blight¬ 
ed  and  darkened  without  the  others  being 
blighted  and  darkened  also. 

Then,  1  beseech  you,  care  for  yourselves. 
Not  selfishly  but  wisely,  thoughtfully,  and  in 
a  way  that  will  enable  you  to  attain  to  the 
greatest  good  for  yourselves  and  for  those 
dependent  upon  you.  You  are  doing  but  a 
part  of  your  duty  when  you  economize  only 
in  household  supplies  ;  strive  always  to  econ¬ 
omize  your  strength  and  vitality.  Never 
work  in  a  tighl-waisted,  long-skirted  dress, 
but  have  garments  suitable  for  work  and  for 
your  occupation.  Do  not  keep  yourselves 
within  the  walls  of  your  house  ;  do  not 
breathe  close  air,  sickening  vapors  and  hot 
steam  when  the  world  is  surrounded  by  a 
pure,  fresh,  invigorating  atmosphere,  to  bo 
had  without  money  and  without  priee.  Get 
out-doors  whenever  it  is  possible  for  you  to, 
and  when  your  work  must,  of  necessity,  be 
in  the  house,  throw  open  your  doors  and 
windows  and  make  it  os  nearly  out-doors  as 
possible.  Never  exclude  the  air  and  light 
and  sunshine  from  your  rooms  for  fear  of 
flies  and  dust  or  faded  paper  and  carpets  ; 
better  a  little  dust,  a  little  soiledness  and 
fadeduess  than  damp  and  moist  and  mold 
and  disease  and  death. 

Do  not  keep  going  when  every  nerve  in 
your  body  is  unstrung,  when  every  muscle 
is  aching,  and  you  feel  as  though  each  step 
would  be  your  last ;  better  have  some  one 
else  take  your  place  ;  or,  if  that  cannot  be, 
it  were  better  even  to  let  your  work  go  un¬ 
done  and  take  time  for  needed  rest  than  to 
drag  about  your  daily  task  wearily  and  dis- 
couragiugly,  until  at  last  you  give  out  en¬ 
tirely  ami  bring  care  and  grief  and  sorrow 
upon  those  whom  you  were  so  anxious  to 
help. 

Have  pleasant  recreations  and  attend  places 
of  amusement  as  often  as  is  practicable  and 
convenient.  Plan  your  work  so  as  to  have 
some  time  for  useful,  instructive  reading, 
each  day,  that  your  mind  may  have  some¬ 
thing  to  feed  and  grow  upon,  for  there  are 
duties  and  responsibilities  resting  upon  you 
that  you  cannot  meet,  without  the  aid  of  a 
cultivated  intelligence. 

Above  all,  do  not  fret.  This  is  a  motto 
that  should  be  hung  upon  the  walls  and  car¬ 
ried  in  the  heart  of  every  "housekeeper.  Fret¬ 
ting  destroys  more  happiness,  sours  more 
tempers,  makes  more  unloving,  wilful,  dis¬ 
obedient  children,  more  negligent,  unfaith¬ 
ful  husbands,  brings  about  more  divorces 


than  any  other  evnl  under  the  sun.  Then 
again  I  say,  do  not  fret,  and  be  over-anxious 
and  troubled  about  many  things,  such  as  a 
footprint  upon  the  floor,  a  grain  of  dust  upon 
the  furniture  or  mantelshelf,  or  fly  speck 
upon  a  wall  or  picture  frame,  t\ie  exact  quan¬ 
tity  and  quality  of  pastry  and  sweetmeats  in 
your  cupboard  ;  or  to  have  t  he  exact  num¬ 
ber  of  stitches,  tucks  and  ruffles  upon  your 
own  and  your  children’s  clothes  that  your 
neighbors  have.  Remember  tluit  “  Life  is 
more  than  meat  and  the  body  itioro  than 
raiment that  the  physical,  mental  and 
moral  welfare  of  your  household  should  never 
bo  set  aside  l'or  reputation  and  untoward 
appearance.  Moreover.,  your  master,  if  you 
are  a  hired  housekeeper,  or  your  Disband 
and  children,  if  you  are  a  wife  and  neither, 
will  not  sympathise  with  you  in  your  anxie¬ 
ty;  they  will  only  feel  that  you  are  fretful 
and  exacting  ;  that  their  best  interest  are 
Overlooked  and  neglected  ;  that  they  are 
made  uncomfortable  and  unhappy,  their  Wes 
rendered  unpleasant,  and  disagreeable,  with¬ 
out  any  good  thereby  resulting  either  to  them 
or  to  you.  Rei  nember  that  gentle  words  and 
pleasant  looks  and  acts  are  more  toyourlius- 
baud  than  rich  pastry  and  sweetmeats  ;  that 
pat  ience,  and  mi  understanding  of  and  an¬ 
swering  to  the  moral  and  intellectual  wants 
Of  your  children,  are  more  to  them  than 
tucks  and  ruffles  and  starch  and  embroidery. 
These  are  only  for  time,  while  the  minds 
which  you  are  molding  and  the  charact  ers 
which  you  are  day  by'  day  building  up  are 
for  eternity.  Geraldine  Germane. 

- - ♦  ■ 

YEAST  CAKES. 

Some  one  inquired  in  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  how  to  make  yeast  cakes  that  would 
last  three  months.  1  have  some  that  i  made 
last  October  ;  1  tun  using  them  still,  and  they 
make  good  bread  : — Take  about  eight  large 
potatoes  and  two  large  handfuls  of  good 
strong  hops  tied  in  a  bag,  and  a  little  more 
than  three  quarts  of  water  ;  boil  all  together; 
when  the  potatoes  are  done,  jam  them  in  a 
pan  and  add  a  handful  of  salt,,  tablespoon  of 
ginger  and  about  three  quarts  of  flour.  When 
the  Imps  have,  boiled  about  au  hour,  pour  the 
boilmg  hop  water  on  the  Hour  and  stir  nil 
together;  when  milk-warm,  stir  in  a  small 
bowl  of  yeast;  cover,  and  set  aside  to  rise. 

I  usually  make  this  one  morning,  and  the 
next  stir  iu  corn  meal  until  it  is  stiff  enough 
to  roll  oiir,  in  the  hands  anil  out  into  cakes. 
Sprinkle  a  little  meal  on  hoards,  put  the  cakes 
on  them,  and  set  in  a  windy  place,  out  of  the 
sun  to  dry  ;  turn  several  times  during  the 
day,  and  take  in  the  house  at  night.  When 
well  dried,  tie  in  a  cloth  bag,  to  keep  from 
the  millers.  Aunt  Helen. 

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DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 

-s.  - 

Raspberry  Jelly. — To  each  pint  of  juice 
allow  %  lb.  of  loaf  sugar.  Let  the  raspber¬ 
ries  bo  freshly  gathered,  quite  ripe,  and 
picked  from  tho  stalks ;  put  them  into  a 
large  jar,  after  breaking  the  fruit  a  little 
with  a  wooden  spoon,  and  place  this  jar, 
covered,  iu  a  saucepan  of  boiling  water. 
Whan  the  juice  is  will  drawn,  which  AvilJ  be 
in  from  three-quarters  to  one  hour,  strain 
the  fruit  through  a  Hue  hair  sieve  or  eloth  ; 
measure  the  juice,  and  to  every  pint  allow 
the  abOVe  proportion  of  loaf  sugar.  Put  the 
juice  and  sugar  into  a  pr  eserving  pan,  place 
it  over  the  fire,  and  boil  gently  until  the  jelly 
thickens  when  a  little  is  poured  on  a  plate  ; 
carefully  remove  all  the  scum  as  it  rises,  pour 
the  jelly  into  small  pots,  cover  down,  and 
keep  in  a  dry  place.  This  jelly  answers  for 
making  raspberry  cream,  and  for  flavoring 
various  sweet  dishes,  when,  iu  winter,  the 
fresh  fruit  is  not  obtainable. 

Recipe  for  a  “Good  HUsband.” — Do  not 
marry  a  man  who  swears  at  his  father,  or  is 
unkind  to  his  mother  or  sister  ;  better  re¬ 
main  an  “old  maid.”  Marry  his  opposite  ; 
then  Avhen  he  is  in  trouble  soothe,  comfort 
and  help  him  by  self-denial,  economy  and  in¬ 
dustry,  and  when  he  snarls  don’t  snarl  baek. 
According  to  my  experience,  through  long 
years  of  sickness,  he  will  try  hard,  patiently 
and  tenderly  to  restore  the  cherished  one 
to  health  arid  happiness  again.  Try  this  re¬ 
ceipt.  and  no  divorce  will  be  required.— An  na 
Rm  1  Jills.,  Mich. 

Loaf  Cak<\— One  lb.  sugar,  1  lb;  butter.  2 
lbs.  flour,  y  pint  yeast,  1  pint  milk  ;  put  half 
the  sugar,  half  the  butter,  all  the  milk  in  the 
sponge,  at  night,  with  some  flour;  add  the 
rest  in  the  morning,  with  a  teaspoonful  of 
saleratus,  and  eggs  and  spices  as  much  as 
you  like.  Let  it  rise  in  the  tins  before 
baking. — x,  y.  z. 

Gilt-Edged.  Butter  is  what  a  fanner’s  wife, 
who  reads  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  asks 
some  one  to  tell  her  how  to  make. 


Iiligifitit!  Jnformatiflii 


CAUSES  OF  INJURY  TO  THE  EAR. 

A  monu  the  causes  of  in.?ary  to  t  iie  ear  must 
unfortunately  be  reckoned  bathing.  Not  that 
this  most  healthful  and  important  pleasure 
need,  therefore,  be  in  the  least  discouraged  : 
but  it  should  bo  wisely  regulated.  Staying 
too  long  in  the  water  certainly  tends  to  pro¬ 
duce  deafness  as  well  as  other  evils  ;  and  it  is 
a  practice  against  which  young  persons  of 
both  sexes  should  ho  carefully  on  their  guard. 
But,  independently  of  this,  swimming  and 
floating  arc  attended  with  a  certain  daugor 
from  the  difliouliy  of  preventing  tho  entrance 
of  water  into  the  ear  in  those  positions. 
Now,  no  cold  Until  should  ever  enter  the  ear; 
cold  water  is  always  more  or  less  irritating, 
and  if  used  for  syringing,  rapidly  produces 
extreme,  giddiness.  In  the  case  of  warm 
water,  its  entrance  into  the  ear  is  less  objec¬ 
tionable,  but,  even  this  is  not  free  from  disad¬ 
vantage.  Often  tho  water  lodges  iu  t  he  ears 
and  produces  an  uncomfortable  seusulion  till 
it  is  removed  ;  this  should  always  be  taken 
is  a  sign  of  danger,  Thai,  the  risk  to  hearing 
from  unwise  bathing  is  not  a  fancy,  is  proved 
by  the  fact,  well  known  to  lovers  of  dogs, 
that  those  animals,  if  in  the  habit  of  jumping 
or  being  thrown  into  t  he  water,  ao  that,  their 
heads  are  covered,  frequently  become  deaf. 

A  knowledge  of  the  danger  is  a  .sullieienl 
guard.  To  be  safe  it  is  only  necessary  to 
keep  the  water  from  entering  the  ear.  If 
this  cannot  be  accomplished  otherwise,  tho 
head  may  he  covered.  II.  should  lie  added, 
however,  that  wet  hair,  whether  from  bath¬ 
ing  or  washing,  may  be  a  cause  of  deafness, 
if  it  be  suffered  to  dry  by  itself.  Whenever 
wetted,  the  liuir  should  be  wiped  till  it  is 
/airly  dry.  Nor  ought  the  practice  of,  moist¬ 
ening  the,  hair  with  wutur,  to  make  it  curl,  to 
pass  without  remonstrance.  To  leave  wet 
hair  about  the  ears  is  to  run  great  risk  of 
injuring  them.  In  the  washing  of  chit  Iren, 
too,  care  should  lie  taken  that  all  the  little 
folds  of  the  outer  ea  r  are  carefully  and  gently 
dried  with  a  soft  towel.  But  1  come  now  to 
what  is  probably  the.  most  frequent  way  in 
which  the  ear  is  impaired  ;  i.iuit  is,  by  the 
attempt  to  clean  it.  it  ought  to  be  under¬ 
stood  that  the  passage  of  the  ear  does  not 
require  cleaning  by  us.  Nature  undertakes 
that  task,  and,  in  the  healthy  state,  fulfills  it 
perfectly.  Her  means  for  cleansing  the  ear 
is  the  wax.  Perhaps  the  reader  has  never 
wondered  what  becomes  of  the  ear  wax.  I 
will  tell  him.  lb  dries  up  into  thin  tine  scales, 
and  these  peel  off,  one  hv  one,  from  tho  sur¬ 
face  of  the  passage,  and  fall  out  impercepti¬ 
bly,  leaving  behind  them  a.  perfectly  clean, 
smooth  surface.  Iu  health  the  passage  of  t  he 
ear  is  never  dirty  ;  but,  if  avq  attempt  -to 
clean  it,  wo  infallibly  make  it  so.  Here— by 
a  strange  lack  of  justice,  as  it  would  seem, 
which,  however,  has,  nodoubt,  a  deep  justice 
at  the  bottom— the  best  people,  those  who 
love  cleunliuess,  suffer  most,  and  good  and 
|  carotid  nurses  do  a  mischief  negligent  ones 
avoid.  Washing  the  cur  out  with  soap  and 
water  is  bad  ;  it  keeps  the  wax  moist  when 
it  ought  to  become  dry  and  scaly,  increases 
its  quantity  unduly,  and  makes  it.  absorb  the 
dust  with  which  the  air  always  abounds. 
But  the  most  hurtful  thing  is  introducing  the 
corner  of  the  towel,  screwed  up,  and  twist  ing 
it  around.  This  does  more  harm  to  ears  than 
all  other  mistakes  together.  It  drives  down 
the  wax  upon  the  membrane,  much  more 
than  it  gets  it  out.  Let  any  one  who  doubts 
this  lu"  a  tube  like  the  passage,  especially 
with  the  curves  which  it  possesses  ;  let  him 
put  a  thin  membrane  at  one  end,  smear  its 
inner  surface  with  a  substance  like  the  ear- 
wax,  and  then  t  ry  to  get  it;  out  so  by  a  towel ! 
But,  this  plan  does  much  more  mischief  than 
merely  pressing  down  the  wax.  It  irritates 
the  passage,  and  makes  it  castoff  small  flakes 
of  skin,  which  dry  up  and  become  extremely 
hard,  and  these  also  are  pressed  down  upon 
the  membrane.  Often  if  is  not  only  deafness 
which  ensues,  but  pain  and  inflammation, 
and  then  matter  is  formed  which,  the  hard 
mass  prevents  from  escaping,  and  the  mem¬ 
brane  becomes  diseased,  and  worse  may  fol¬ 
low.  Tho  ear  should  never  be  cleaned  out 
with  the  serowed-up  corner  of  a  towel. 
Washing  should  extend  only  to  the  outer 
surface,  as  far  as  the  Anger  can  reach. — The 
;  Popular  Science  Monthly. 

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NUTRITIVE  VALUE  OF  BLACK  TEA. 

Tea  is  not  only  to  he  considered  as  a  stim¬ 
ulant,  but  also  as  nourishment.  That  people 
who  use  tea  are  able  to  live  longer  and  do 
more  work  on  an  insufficient  amount  of  food, 

:  than  those  who  abstain  from  the  beverage, 

!  is  attributed  to  its  power  of  preventing  the 


waste  of  the  body,  and  in  the  animal  econ¬ 
omy  may  be  compared  to  the  financial  prop¬ 
osition  that  a  “penny  saved  is  twice  earned.” 

From  the  large  amount  of  nitrogen  it  con¬ 
tains,  it  may  also  he  considered,  to  a  certain 
extent,  a  direct ’means  of  nourishment.  A. 
Vogel  lias  thought  it  wort  h  Ids  while  to  de¬ 
termine  how  much  of  his  nitrogen  is  em¬ 
ployed  in  tho  infusion.  The  tea  examined 
gave  6,6  per  cent,  ash,  and  25.5  of  extract, 
which  Avas  found  to  contain  *1.8  per  cent, 
nitrogen,  Avhilo  the  partially  exhausted  leaves 
contain  5.58  per  cent.  From  this  it  would 
seem  that,  unless  we  contrive  to  devote  the 
Avhole  leaf,  Ave  lose  the  largest  portion  of  the 
nitrogen. 


FERRETS. 

No  person  troubled  with  rats  can  afford  to 
do  Avithout  some  of  these  animals.  They  are 
used  for  driving  out  rats,  catching  rabbits 
&e.  To  hunt  rats  they  are  turned  out  where 
the  rats  burrow,  when  they  will  go  slowly 
through  the  rat  holes  and  as  soon  as  the  rats 
scent  them  they  avIU  immediately  rush  out, 
no  matter  what  the  consequences  will  be.  1 
have  had  them  to  start  in  less  than  a  micute 
and  plunge  Into  Lin-  water  and  use  all  other 
efforts  to  make  their  escape.  To  kill  the 
rats  it  is  necessary  to  be  prepared  with  dogs 
and  clubs.  It  is  very  easy  to  teach  dogs  not 
to  hurt  the  ferrets.  It  is  generally  supposed 
that  the  ferrets  catch  and  kill  all  the  rats,  but 
this  is  not  the  ease,  They  will  not  run  after 
a  rat.  They  will  kill  l  he  young  rata  that  are 
not  old  enough  t  o  make,  their  escape. 

For  hunting  rabbits  they  are  put  into  the 
burrow  and  a  net  set  over  it  and  when  tho 
ferret  comes  in  contact  with  the  rabbit  he 
clinches  it  like  ahull  dog,  when  the  rabbit,  in 
trying  to  make  its  escape,  jumps  out  of  the 
burrow  into  the  net. 

Ferrets  are  gentle  and  easily  handled. 
When  hunting  with  thorn,  they  frequently 
come  out  and  can  be  picked  up.  The  females 
will  sometimes  bite  when  they  have  a  nest 
of  young.  I'lie  young  will  also  bite  until 
they  learn  better  by  being  well  fed  and  fre¬ 
quently  handled.  Their  favorite  food  is  flesh 
meat.  They  do  first-rate  on  broad  and  milk, 
fed  twice  a  day.  The  prevailing  color  is  a 
yellowish  whito,  with  pink  eyes ;  some  are 
dark-colored  with  black  eyes.  The  males 
measure  about  21  inches  long.  The  females 
are  about  one-half  or  two-thirds  as  large  as 
the  males  and  long  in  proportion.  They 
breed  once  a  year,  in  the  spring,  five  to  eight 
at  a  litter.  They  are  hardy  and  easily  raised. 
They  are  fierce  for  blood  or  meat  before  their 
eyes  are  open.  By  keepirg  them,  we  can 
keep  our  grain,  &e.,  from  the  destruction  of 
rats  and  also  have  a  large  increase  of  these 
valuable  animals  each  year.  They  should  be 
kept  in  u  long  box  with  a  bed  in  one  end, 
rods  across  the  bottom  at  the  other  end,  and 
raised  from  the  ground  to  let  the  litter 
escape.  S.  K.  Marsh. 

Ionia  Co.,  Mich. 

■ - •+-*->- - 

PRESERVATION  OF  SEALS. 

Mr.  Frank Buckl and,  a  well-knoAvn  Avriter 
on  sporting  matters  and  on  the  culture  of 
fish,  and  who  lias  now  a  museum  of  fish  cul¬ 
ture  at  South  Kensington,  has  recently  called 
attention  to  a  question  of  both  humanitarian 
and  commercial  importance. 

It  seems  that  the  seal  hunters  are  in  tho 
habit  of  shooting  the  mothers,  and  leaving 
the  young  seals  to  perish  from  starvation. 
Mr.  Buoklaiid  describes  the  complaining  of 
these  little  animals,  when  left  orphaned  by 
the  cruelty  of  the  hunters,  as  being  most 
piteous,  their  cries  resembling  almost  exactly 
those  of  young  infants.  Ho  points  out  the 
obvious  fact,  that  if  the  present  practice  of 
the  hunters  is  not  discontinued,  that  the  seals 
will  become  practically  exterminated,  and 
that  the  supplies  pf  valuable  furs  obtained 
from  these  animals  will  ho  lost.  It  is  hoped 
that  by  Legislation,  or  through  the  influence 
Of  pecuniary  motives,  to  say  nothing  of  hu¬ 
manitarian  considerations,  the  hunters  Avill 
be  induced  to  adopt  a  more  provident  system. 

- ♦-*-> - ■ 

To  Poison  Foxes.— For  the  benefit  of  poul¬ 
try  raisers,  I  will  give  tho  following  Pro¬ 
cure  a  young  chick,  about  the  size  of  a  robin. 
Make  a  small  incision  under  the  wing,  just 
through  the  skin,  and  insert  a  dose  of  strych 
nine  ;  tie  the  chick  to  a  stake  with  a  thread 
outside  of  the  coop  where  the  fox  has  been  in 
the  habit  of  visiting  and  his  next  visit  will  be 
his  last.  The  reason  for  using  live  bait  is 
this  :  the  fox  prefers  to  kill  his  own  game— to 
be  sure  that  he  is  always  getting  it  fresh.  If 
the  bait  should  not  be  called  for,  care  snould 
be  taken  to  dispose  of  it  as  it  would  prove 
sure  death  to  the  animal  eating  it. — J.  B.  Lee. 


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SATURDAY,  JULY  12,  1ST3. 


“DANGER  AHEAD.” 


A  whiter,  signing  himself  “Granger, '* Writes, 
under  the  above  head,  to  one  of  our  contempo¬ 
raries,  that  the  44  groat  reform  movement  led 
by  farmers  is  mere  in  danger  from  its  strength 
than  from  its  weakness,"  and  gives  the  follow¬ 
ing  reasons  for  his  opinion  : 

The  price  the  farmer  can  get  for  Ids  land  and 
improvements  is  his  capiial,  mainly. 

In  much  of  the  West,  this  value  lias  been  giveu 
tin-  land  by  the  b  lilding  up  tf  villages  and  towns 
in  t  lie  neighbor  nood. 

in  almost  all  cumv,  especially  *>f  villages,  this 
building  up  of  towns  has  been  unduly  the  re¬ 
sult  of  the  merchant  sml  t  he  mechanic  Invest¬ 
ing  ihetr  capital  In  town  lots,  houses,  and  their 
stocks  In  trade.  * 

Is  it  not  plain  if  the  luerclu.nt  und  mechanic 
find  themselves  out  of  business,  that  they  will 
be  forced  eit  her  Into  emigration  or  bankruptcy, 
or  both  V 

Could  either  of  these  events  happen  without 
eausiug  a  docliue  in  farm  property  in  a  ra'io 
inverse  to  the  decline  in  value  of  their  town 
iota,  houses  and  stock  in  trade  ? 

Would  the  advantages  to  be  gained  by  the 
farmer  of  buying  of  lire  distant  city  wholesaler 
or  manufacturer,  be  an  equivalent  for  tire  loss 
he  would  sustain  by  the  depreciation  of  Iris 
farm  property,  consequent  upon  the  decay  oi 
the  town  or  vJIlugo  near  which  it  is  situated 't 

Wo  do  not  believe  It  necessary  to  the  pros¬ 
perity  of  the  farmer  that  there  should  be  as  1 
large  a  commercial  class  in  this  country  as  there 
is— mere  exchangers,  we  mean.  For  while  evety 
uon-produoer  of  food  is  a  consumer  and  must 
pay  for  what  he  consumes,  the  money  lie  pays 
for  his  food  comes  out  of  some  kind  of  a  pro¬ 
ducer.  He  gets  paid  for  handling  the  produc¬ 
tion  of  others ;  and  his  profits  mine  out  of  the 
producer  of  the  article  handled  and  the  con¬ 
sumer  thereof.  J  f  the  per  cent,  ho  thus  obtains 
from  handling  the  productions  of  others  is  an 
unnecessary  expenditure,  then  lie  wrongs,  prac¬ 
tically,  both  consumer  and  producer,  and  his 
services  can  and  ought  to  ha  dispensed  wiU. 
Tf  he  is  thereby  driven  into  some  work  of  pro¬ 
duction  lie  thereby  adds  to,  whereas  now  he 
takes  fr  mi,  the  resources  of  the  country. 

To  the  extent  that  money  in  the  hands  of 
non-producers  is  kept  in  active  movement,  pay¬ 
ing  for  anl  imptovlng  land,  building  bouses, 
&c.,  &c.,  the  producer  fares  belter  by  their  ex¬ 
istence  ;  but  if  the  uon-producer  accumulates 
largely,  and  uses  his  accumulations  to  increase 
his  po.ver  over  producers  and  consumers  for 
his  further  aggrandizement,  regardless  ctf  their 
prosperity,  he  becomes  an  oppressor  and  no 
benefit  in  a  community. 

There  is  no  fear  that  the  men  who  have  lived 
by  the  profits  of  exchange  will  enter  into  any 
business  that  will  not  pay.  They  know  too 
much  of  the  effects  of  over-production  of  agri¬ 
cultural  products  to  become  producers  of  the 
same.  Nothing  agriculturists  can  do  will  de¬ 
populate  villages  ;  nor  will  it  prevent  the  exist¬ 
ence  of  a  mi  idle  class,  who  must  do  the  hand¬ 
ling  between  producers  and  consumers,  and 
who  must  be  paid  for  their  work.  But  a  wiser 
and  more  economical  system  of  exchanges  will 
release  a  large  class  of  non-producers  and  com¬ 


pel  them  to  produce.  It  will  destroy  no  wealth, 
nor  affect  values,  relatively,  except  to  increase 
ttie  real  value  of  all  productive  property. 

The  value  of  town  lots,  especially  in  the  West, 
is  often  fictitious,  ami  depends  largely  upon  an 
abnormal  and  consequently  unhealthy  state  of 
tnings.  Tte  value  of  town  lots  largely  depends 
upon  the  opportunities  »  locality  offers  for  con¬ 
trolling  exchanges  between  the  producer  and 
consumer.  If  it  merchant  Unfi  t  be  can  sell  fcjOO,- 
0Q0  worth  of  good*  in  one  locality,  easier  and  at 
better  profit  then  In  another,  he  can  afford  to 
and  will  pay  a  larger  price  for  a  lot,  for  a  hom 
and  business  purposes,  ii  the  one  than  in  the 
other.  If  he  so  Invests  his  money,  in  most 
ca.-tes  it  is  kept  at  homo  and  circulating  there. 
If  such  Investments  help  to  pay  for  more  labor, 
and  involve  an  increase  In  the  local  consump¬ 
tion  of  food  by  tnen  who  do  not  produce  it, 
it  benefits  the  farmer  proportlonably.  But  it 
docs  not  follow  that  the  same  money  would 
not  reach  the  hands  of  producer*  and  the  same 
valuation  of  farm  land  would  not  obt  ain  if  pro¬ 
ducer  and  consumer  wore  brought  in  more  di¬ 
rect  communication,  without  the  Interference 
of  the  local  middleman. 

We  are  glad  to  see  such  considerations  as  this 
Correspondent  hits  written,  put  forward,  how¬ 
ever.  They  help  to  a  more  careful  and  catholic 
view  of  the  real  relations  of  each  class  to  the 
other,  and  all  of  us  to  discover  what,  our  de¬ 
pendence  is  and  where  it  lies.  Tile  machinery 
of  our  dally  life  runs  so  smoothly  that  wo  are 
apt  to  forget  that  ii  requires  oiling,  and  to  place 
a  right  value  upon  a  small  pinion,  or  bolt,  or 
screw,  which  seems  insignificant  to  look  at,  but 
which,  if  removed,  rimy  disorganize  the  whole 
system  upon  which  we  depend  for  comfort  and 
enjoyment,  it.  is  well,  therefore,  to  begin  to 
consider  the  offeut  of  costing  out,  as  useless, 
any  one  class  of  our  modern  society.  It  may 
be  best;  but  it  is  well  to  be  sure  we  are  right 
before  we  go  ahead. 

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OBITUARY. -HIRAM  POWERS. 


This  groat  American  sculptor,  the  pioneer  of 
American  art  Iti  Europe,  died  in  Florence.  Italy, 
on  the  87tb  of  June,  in  the  flOth  year  of  his  age. 
lie  was  the  son  of  a  Vermont  farmer,  I  be  eighth 
child  of  a  family  of  nine.  His  early  Hie  was 
spoilt  on  a  farm.  He  went  with  his  family  to 
Ohio,  where  his  father  died,  and  lie  entered  a 
cloekmaker's  shop  In  Cincinnati.  Here  a  J’rus-' 
siau  artist  taught  him  how  to  model  in  clay. 
He  loved  the  work,  st  udied  it  closely,  and  soon 
nad  a  local  fume.  Ho  went  t  o  Washington,  and 
in  1838  became  known  to  the  country'  through 
his  busts  of  prominent  men,  making  those  of 
Adams.  Jackson,  Wkbhtkb,  Calhoun,  M  a k- 
suaLi,,  EvHBKtt  and  Van  Burkn.  Finally  Mr. 
Long  WORTH  Of  Cincinnati  enabled  young  Pow¬ 
ers  to  go  abroad,  and  he  sailed  for  Florence, 
which  lias  boon  his  homo  over  since.  In  18118  he 
produced  his  “Kve,"  a  Hue  work.  Then  fol¬ 
lowed  the  “Greek  Slave,"  of  which  he  has 
made  six  duplicates.  Then  came  the  "  Fish¬ 
er  Boy."  “II  I'emaruM  ,  ’  “ California, ’’  and 
“  America. "  He  received  great  patronage  from 
the  courts  of  Europe  and  accumulated  n  haiul- 
ume  fortune.  He  rose  to  tin*  highest  rank  as 
an  artist,  was  everywhere  admired  for  his  tal¬ 
ents,  and  died  universally  regretted.  He  had 
an  imposing  funeral  in  Florence.  Our  picture 
of  him,  on  next  page,  is  a  good  representation 
of  the  sculptor  in  the  last  years  of  his  life. 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


How  Graded  Freight  Tariffs  are  to  Affect 
Western  Farmers,— An  Iowa  paper  lias  uttered, 
in  the  following  paragraph,  what  every  man 
familiar  with  through  freight  transportation 
knows  to  be  true.  Railroad  statistics  show 
that  the  profits  of  railways  are  chiefly  derived 
from  local  freights.  If  the  freights  are  to  be 
graded— If  the  local  tariff  is  to  be  only  in  pro¬ 
portion  to  the  charges  made  by  railways  for  the 
transportation  of  through  freights,  then  the 
railways  will  base  their  through  freight  tariffs 
upon  local  freight  charges.  Competition  on 
through  line*  Is  the  only  cause  which  has  en¬ 
abled  the  farmer*  of  t  lie  West  to  get  their  grain, 
pork,  beef  and  live  stock  into  Eastern  markets 
as  cheaply  us  they  have.  Tho  margin  of  profit 
on  this  through  freight  is  very  small  — so  small 
that,  it  Is  assorted,  theta  is  hot  a  railway  that 
could  ho  run  upon  such  a  basis  for  all  freights ; 
nor  would  tho  railway  companies,  jf  they  have 
to  submit  to  such  laws  as  the  pro  raid  laws  of 
Illinois,  adjust  their  tariffs  on  the  through 
freight  basis.  Of  that  law  the  Davenport  Ga¬ 
zette  makes  the  following  comment,  to  which 
we  call  attention : 

It  is  a  .serious  question  how  such  a  law  and 
other  laws  like  it  are  to  affect  the  Western  far¬ 
mer.  Jf  it  is  the  right  thing  for  Illinois, it  must 
be  equally  so  for  every  State,  and  if  a  succession 
of  graded  tariffs,  from  the  Mississippi  to  New 
York,  are  to  be  imposed  upon  Western  wheat 
and  oorn,  then  the  cost  of  sending  thorn  "'ill  be 
trebled,  and  no.  mure  corn  and  wheat  will  go 
that  way  to  the  ocean.  Tho  through  rates  are 
n^w,  and  always  have  been,  less  than  half  the 
local  rates ;  but  if  through  and  local  freights 
are  to  be  put  Into  one  cast-iron  scale,  increasing 
according  to  distance,  the  result  must  inevi¬ 
tably  become  prohibitory  on  Western  grain. 
Here  are  facts  which  ought  to  challenge  the 
Investigation  of  all  VS  estern  men  who  are  insist¬ 
ing  that  railway  tariff’s,  regulated  by  State  laws, 
will  cheapen  communication  between  the  East 
and  West, 

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Fertilizer  Gouging,— ft  seems  they  have  had 
a  Commission  for  the  Examination  of  Fertil¬ 
izers  in  New  Hampshire ;  and  that  Commission 
has  not  satisfied  everybody.  A  correspondent 


of  the  Mirror  and  Farmer  says  tbe  doings  of  the 
Commission  amount  simply  to  this:— “They 
have  indirectly,  though  not  wittingly,  contribu¬ 
ted  to  license  the  venders  of  a  worthless  com¬ 
pound."  He  adds:— "The  mass  of  small  farm¬ 
ers  in  the  State  are  more  or  less  in  debt,  A 
large  proportion  of  them  may  be  classert  as  old 
men.  They  can  hardly  be  expected  6»j  hold 
their  own.  They  are  honest  men.  They  have 
given  attention  personally  to  the  action  nod  in- 
|  lluence  of  the  different  fertilizers ;  they  have 
been  losing  confidence  In  them  fast,  as  they 
I  should  do  and  had  reason  *>  do.  They  tell 
pleased  when  the  Legislature  took  hold  of  this 
thing.  They  said,  For  once  our  Legislating;' 
shows  sifii*  of  care  for  the  tiller  of  the  ground. 
But,  sir,  if  they  are  to  be  influenced  by  the  ac¬ 
tion  of  his  Board  it  will  only  accelerate  their 
i*peed  t»  sure  perdition."  This  is  good,  straight 
talk,  and  suggests  the  Inquiry,  “"Why  do  not 
New  Hampshire  farmer*  make  their  own  fertil¬ 
izers.  Every  farmer  with  forty  acres  or  more 
of  land  can  do  so,  if  ne  will  ?  How?  by  keeping 
stock  and  soiling  it;  and  he  need  not  grow  a 
bushel  less  grain.  He  will  produce  double  after 
a  little. 

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List  of  American  Jurors  at  the  Vienna  Ex- 
povition.— The  following  is  a  list,  of  the  jurors 
who  have  been  selected  to  represent  the  United 
States  ct  the  Vienna  Exposition  : 

Group  1-  Mining,  Quarrying  and  Metallurgy— 
Thomas  P.  Eggleston,  New  York. 

Group  Agriculture,  Horticulture,  and  For¬ 
estry-  J.  A.  Warder,  Ohio. 

Group  3.  Chemical  Industry  -J.  Lawrence 
Smith,  Kentucky.  „  ,  „  . .  .  , 

Group 4.  Substances  of  rood  as  Products  of 
Industry— E.  V-  Hereford,  Massachusetts. 

Group  5.  ’textile  Industry  and  Clothing  — 
Elisha  Dyer,  Rhode  Island. 

Group  8.  Leather  and  India-rubber  Industry 
—Geo.  VV.  Allen,  Wisconsin. 

Group  7.  Metal  Industry— Howard  Painter, 
Pennsylvania. 

Group  8.  Wood  Industry— N.  L.  Lowe,  Massa¬ 
chusetts.  , 

Group  11.  Stone,  Earthenware,  and  Glass  In¬ 
dustry-  -Theodore  Lymai.n,  Massachusetts. 

Group  1U.  Small  Ware  and  Fancy  Goods— 
Frank  i>.  Millet,  Massachusetts. 

Group  II.  Paper  Industry  and  Stationery- 
AlfredO-  llorccs.  New  York. 

Group  12.  Graphic  Arls  and  Industrial  Draw¬ 
ing — Thomas  Na»t.  New  Jersey'. 

Group  13.  Machinery  and  Means  of  Transport 
-It.  II.  Thurston,  New  Jersey,  and  Josepn  E. 
Holmes,  New  York. 

Group  14.  Philosophical  and  Surgical  Instru¬ 
ment  R.  J).  Lines,  Massachusetts. 

Group  18.  The  Art  of  War  Rufus  Ingalls,  U. 
8.  Army. 

Group  is.  Civil  Engineering;  Public  Works, 
and  Architecture  -  Affred  W .  Craven,  New 
York. 

Group  25,  Fine  Arts. 

Group  28.  EIu cation,  Presidency— J.  W.  Hoyt, 
Wisconsin;  J.  D.  Pnllbrlck,  Massachusetts. 


Cheap  Phrases.  —  44 Agric; •  Hurt4-  is  the  life¬ 
blood  of  the  American  people,"  That  is  one  of 
them  —  now  thrown  about  the  country  in 
speeches  and  essays,  by  demagogues  and  those 
who  are  only  anxious  to  rush  into  prominence 
and  notoriety,  cheaply,  by  retailing  such  phrases 
for  tho  gratification  of  the  open-mouthed.  It 
is  sickening  especially  when  the  object  is  only 
to  create  or  deepen  discontent  .among  agricul¬ 
turists.  When  we  bear  a  man  using  such  lan¬ 
guage  as  an  introduction  to  a  tirade  against 
other  classes,  we  set  him  down  as  a  man  whom 
all  sensible  men  should  distrust.  He  means  no 
good  to  any  one  but  himself.  He  has  an  inor¬ 
dinate  desire  to  be  prominent.  He  is  the  last 
fellow  in  the  world  to  take  a  hoe  and  go  to 
work.  He  evidently  thinks  it.  is  his  mission  to 
do  other  people’s  thinking  for  them;  and  his 
egotism  is  quite  equal  to  the  task.  You  will  see 
his  name  in  every  paper  to  whose  columns  he 
can  gain  access,  lie  will  talk  mote  twaddle  in 
a  given  time  than  any  partisan  politician  ;  he  is 
a  chap  to  look  out  for! 


Advertising  Agents.— Mr.  J.  H.  Bates,  for 
many  years  of  the  firm  of  8.  M.  Pettingill  & 
Co.,  has  associated  himself  with  Mr.  D.  R. 
Locke  (“Nasby”)  of  the  Toledo  Blade,  and 
under  the  firm  name  of  Bates  and  Locke, 
opened  au  Advertising  Agency  at  No.  34  Park 
Row,  Now  York.  Mr.  B.’s  adaptability  to  and 
long  experience  lathe  business,  together  with 
Mr,  Locke’s  wide  reputation,  ought  to  assure 
the  success  of  this  new  Agency. 

Mr.  E.  N.  E hickson,  who  for  ten  years  had  an 
active  charge  in  the  affairs  of  the  Advertising 
Agency  of  Peas  lee  &■  Co.,  and  who  has  conse¬ 
quently  been  familiar  with  the  large  advertising 
contracts  of  that  firm,  has  now  become  manag¬ 
ing  partner  in  that  house.  His  thorough  famil¬ 
iarity  with  the  business,  and  with  both  adver¬ 
tisers  and  publishers,  will  make  the  connection 
a  desirable  one  for  all  concerned. 

- Ml 

The  Winter  of  1871-72  is  pronounoed  by 
Prof.  Shalek  one  of  the  dryest  and  coldest  on 
record.  The  snow  fall  was  light  and  the  ground 
froze  to  an  unprecedented  depth,  sufficient  in  I 
New  England  to  involve  the  roots  of  the  vege¬ 
tation  and  forests.  The  Arbor  Vitaa,  Red  Cedar. 
Ye.low  and  White  Pines  suffered  much,  and  all 
the  coniferao  in  New  England  have  been  injured 
more  or  less.  He  says  t  he  greatest  damage  was 
experienced  in  sandy  soils,  and  contends  that  a 
Blight,  addition  to  the  degree  of  the  drouth  and 
the  cold  might  have  made  such  ravages  with 
our  forests  as  to  have  modified  the  climate  and 
brought  about  a  series  of  changes  as  great  as 
those  which  mark  the  different  geological  for¬ 
mations  of  the  past. 


A  Greenhouse  of  Artificial  Flowers  is  on  ex¬ 
hibition  at  Vienna.  Forty-one  of  tho  leading 


artificial  flower-makers  of  Paris  have  combined 
to  send  to  the  Vienna  Exhibition  a  specimen  of 
their  united  skill,  which  will  prove  Incontesta¬ 
bly  that  the  capital  of  France  still  reigns  su- 
.  pretno  in  the  matter  of  artificial  flower  manu- 

•  facture.  This  patriotic  contribution  consists 
[  of  n  complete  greenhouse,  filled  with  flowers 

of  every  description,  perfectly  imttated.  In  it 
are  Hyacinths,  the  illusion  of  which  are  the 
fibers  thrown  out  by  the  roots;  bouquets,  in 
which  one  sees  the  flower  freshly-blown,  and 
I;  that  which  has  been  in  existence  but  two 
j,  hours;  wild  flowers,  the  soft  gray  down  of 

•  which  seems  ready  to  float  away.  The  whole 
j  work  Is  described  as  a  marvel  of  artistic  skill 
!  and  unexampled  patience. 


A  Good  Security.— The  City  of  Rochester  7 
per  cent.  Bonds,  —  authorized  by  Act  of  the 
Legislature,  entitled  “An  Act  to  Supply  the 
City  of  Rochester  with  Pure  and  Wholesome 
;  Water,”  and  advertised  on  our  last  page, 

,  should  attract  the  attention  of  I  hose  wishing  to 
invest  in  safe  and  desirable  securities.  These 
bonds  ought  to  sell  readily  at  a  premium,  for 
).  Rochester  is  among  tho  most  thriving  and 
1  prosperous  cities  in  the  Union,  and  few  so 
i  abound  in  resources  which  prorolte Inereasod 
advancement  and  wealth.  Savings  Banks,  In¬ 
surance  Companies,  &c.,  as  well  as  individual 
capitalists,  will  And  that  these  Water  Works 
,  Bonds,  issued  by  the  Metropolis  of  the  Eden  of 
America,  (as  the  central  city  of  Western  New 
York  has  long  been  just  ly  styled,)  will  hear  in¬ 
vestigation  as  a  first-class  .security. 

«♦« 

The  Years  of  Plenty  arc  set  over  against  the 
years  of  adversity.  American  farmers  have 
been  grumbling  because  their  garners  were  so 
|  full  and  prices  were  so  low.  The  testimony 
that  comes  to  us  concerning  the  crops  this  year 
warrants  ttie  belief  that  there  was  need  of  the 
storehouses  and  that  the  crops  of  the  past  years 
should  he  held  In  the  country.  It  may  be  that 
the  farmers  of  the  West,  wiil  yet  be  glad  that 
they  have  been  compelled  to  hold  the  old  crop 
of  corn  for  want  of  a  market.  The  indications 
are  that  they  will ;  and  in  the  light  of  tho  pres¬ 
ent  outlook,  we  are  glad  to  hear  that  there  are 
millions  of  bushels  of  old  corn  lu  the  country. 


Weekly  Crop  Reports.— It  is  announced  that, 
the  Secretary  of  the  Agricultural  Congress  Is 
about  to  issue  a  weekly  crop  report,  and  it  is 
said  “proposes  to  furnish  to  the  Associated 
Press  weekly  reports  by  telegraph  of  tho  con¬ 
dition  of  crops  in  every  part  of  the  United 
States."  We  hope  he  will  “realize  Wb  highest 
expectations;”  but  such  a  report  involves  more 
careful  labor  and  the  expenditure  of  more 
money  than  some  other  things  that  are  done 
weekly. 

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Adulteration  of  Bone  Dust, — It  having  been 
asserted  that  bone  dust  Is  being  largely  adul¬ 
terated  by  vegetable  ivory,  the  Manufacturer 
and  Builder  says,  that  vegetable  ivory  from  the 
ivory  nut  la  not  bo  abundant  as  to  cause  fear 
from  adulteration  from  this  source;  on  the 
contrary  it  is  impossible  as  long  as  bones  are 
economized  and  cheap.  But  the  adulteration 
Is  harmless  in  case  the  bone  dust  is  used  as  a 

fertilizer;  it  is  only  less  effective. 

I  _ _ _ 

Worn ati’s  Reason*  for  Liking  the  l’atrons  of 
Husbandry  is  thus  fftven Because  I  believe 
they  are  destined  to  place  our  fathers,  brothers, 
and  husbands  in  tho  highest  offices  of  trust  and 
honor,  and  also  to  elevate  us  poor  trodden- 
down  females  and  drive  cast  from  our  land,  and 
again  restore  life,  liberty  and  happiness,  which 
the  laboring  class  have  so  long  been  deprived 
of."  Reasons  enough  to  he  sure ! 


Rupid  Telegraphing.— We  shall  be  able  to  tel¬ 
egraph  as  fast  as  we  can  talk.  Tho  recent  speech 
of  Queen  Victoria,  containing  80S  words,  was 
transmitted  from  London  to  York,  200  miles,  in 
six  and  a  half  minutes,  or  at  the  rate  of  132 
words  per  minute. 


Cornell  University. — The  next  year  of  this 
popular  institution  begins  Sept.  8.  See  an¬ 
nouncement  in  our  advertising  department,— or 
for  Registers,  with  full  information,  address 

the  University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

- 

Catalogues,  Etc.,  Received.  —  From  R.  B. 
Woodward,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Illustrated 
Guido  and  Catalogue  of  Woodward's  Gardens, 
embracing  Museum,  Tropical  Animal-House, 
Conservatory,  Tropical  Plant-House,  & c.,  &c. 


RURAL  BREVITIES. 

Tbe  Fruit  Growers  of  Louisiana  are  to  hold 
an  exhibition  at  the  Exposition  Building  in 
New  Orleans,  July  17. 

C.  B.  M ERWIN:  —  We.  cannot  forward  to  you 
descriptive  catalogues  of  the  various  incubators, 
for  we  have  not  got  them,  and  do  not  know 
where  they  can  be  obtained. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES 


LYONS  MUSICAL  ACADEMY. 

ONE  of  the  most  thorough  and  successful  institu¬ 
tions  of  Its  kind.  Students  fitted  for  teachers.  Next 
School  Year  begins  Sept.  10.  Send  for  xB  .v  Circular 
aud  Catalogue.  O.  S.  ADAMS,  Principal, 

Lyons,  Wayne  Co.,  N.  Y. 

- *M - 

Bny  the  Eureka  Machine  Twist,  and  take  no 
other.  For  length,  strength,  smoothness  and  elas¬ 
ticity  it  is  unequaled. 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


The  Italian  Mode  of  Living 


When  this  is  finished,  it,  is  covered  with  a  ooat- 


is  like  that  of  the  French,  in  apartments,  so  ing  of  plaster,  that  applying  directly  to  the 


OUR  EUROPEAN  LETTER. 

Venice,  June,  1873. 

The  railway  from  Rome  to  Florence  runs 
through  a  delightful  valley  between  the  Apen¬ 
nines,  and  for  miles  on  the  day  I  left  the  “  Eter¬ 
nal  City,"  the  track  was  bordered  as  far  as  one 
could  see  on  either  side  with  fields  of  scarlet 
oppios.  Nothing  could  have 
been  brighter  and  gayer  than 
such  a  sea  of  color  against  ooca- 
sional  backgrounds  of  green 
sward.  They  seemed  indigenous  qfiScjfajsfHs 
to  the  soil,  and  In  the  fields  of 
grain  were  droves  of  men,  women  P3  £0H5ga®i 
and  children  wooding  out  the  rw  gffSgSuefe 
flowers.  The  Italian  farmer  plants  jS  BfiSwSsS 
his  grain  in  rows,  a  foot  In  width  KK  jmSSEK 
perhaps,  so  there  Is  sufficient 
space  between  each  for  persons  fiff  aSEHgjg 
to  pass,  as  between  the  rows  of 
corn  in  our  American  fields.  At  BSggagKgiy 
certain  Intervals  also,  are  a  row 
of  trees,  to  which  arc  festooned 
grapevines.  As  this  mixture  of  IbBTS?/ 
grain  and  grape-raising  prevails  58 J6§y 
all  over  Italy,  at  least  on  the  rail-  Kg  urn/ 
way  lines,  the  effect  relieving  and  8g  W/ 
brightening  the  beauty  of  the  raw 
landscape,  one  is  more  and  more  9h  1/ 
impressed  with  the  Idea  of  beau-  rfSjl  ^  V  ' 
ty  that  is  never  in  these  south-  §9W 
ern  countries  lost  sight  of.  no  jSV  ;  ^ 

matter  in  what  connection,  with  ffl  ^  ^ 

utility.  The  sooner  the  American  §7 
farm  >r  learns  its  uttttty— for  It  lias  SI  ^ 
one— the  better  it  will  be  both  for  J  -  y\'  -  :  j? 
his  heart  and  his  purse.  ! 

I  have  been  eating  straAvberries 
ever  since,  and  before  leaving  Na-  I  ,  v-V , 
pies,  and  as  yet  have  not  found  {  k;: 

one  anything  equal  to  even  the 
poorest  I  ever  ate  at  home.  They  r  v  •  ' 

are  dry,  flavorless,  and  utterly  1  B 

unsatisfactory.  I  sen  people  pour  li¬ 
on  wine,  or  lemon  juice,  to  give  S\ 
them  some  sort  of  taste,  but  in  i\ 
vain.  As  1  have  oaten  them  in  ; 

all  sires  and  shades  of  color,  and  gs\ 
in  a  variety  of  places,  1  am  forced  Ema 
to  believe  that  tho  Oiver  of  good 
gifts  withheld  Irom  Italy  tlic 
choicest,  ar.d  most  delicious  of  aBjBjav 
fruits- the  strawberry  in  its 
American  perfection.  «Sa 

Florence  as^wiSiSvSi 


that  one  bouse  consists  of  one  floor,  which  may 
bn  the  first,  second  or  fifth.  In  Italy,  these  are 
called  pianos.  It  seemed  odd  at  first,  when  re¬ 
ceiving  a  friend’s  card,  to  see  printed  in  one 
corner,  "2d  Piano,”  or  whatever  the  number 


model  receiving  a  shade  of  color.  When  the 
plaster  becomes  fully  dry,  the  clay  is  carefully 
dug  out  and  the  inside  thoroughly  washed,  a 
kind  of  soap  being  U8ed  which  leaves  tho  sur¬ 
face  of  the  plaster  mold  somewhat  oily.  This 


might  he;  or  in  asking  for  an  address.be  told  mold  is  thon  lined  throughout  with  plaster 


that  such  or  such  a  person  lived  in  the  "first 
piano.” 

But  I  have  formed  a  very  good  opinion  of  Ital¬ 
ian  housekeeping  and  rooking.  In  all  tho  ho- 


regulariy  plastered  over— which,  when  tho  sta- 
tue  is  complicated,  is  a  difficult  operation,  and 
oftentimes  necessitates  a  division  of  the  mold. 
When  dry,  the  mold  is  broken  off,  tho  presence 


is  the  complete  antithesis  of 
Rome— sunny,  bright  and  cheery. 

It  was  like  coming  from  darkness  §§SE£gK5^ 
Into  light  from  death  unto  life. 

After  spending  a  week  there,  one 
caunotliut  understand  the  charm  fflajSS 
the  locality  possesses  as  a  place  of 
residence,  and  that.  Mrs.  Brown-  tfSffinttSgSM 
xno  loved  it  so  well.  A  marble  jJg&ggS'gg 
slab  placed  over  the  door  of  the 
house  in  which  she  lived  bears 
her  name  and  records  tho  fact  of 
her  having  Jived  there.  A  gen- 
tleman  who  lived  In  the  same 
house  after  her  death  told  me  that 
many  people,  especially  English 
women,  used  often  to  come  .and  ask  which  wore 
her  apartments,  anxious  to  see  oven  the  door 
through  which  she  used  to  pass.  Tho  house  is 
uf  simple  front,  and  looks  upon  a  little  piazza, 
or  open  space,  near  the  PlttJ  palace  and  near 
the  gate  of  the  city,  called  Porta  Romana.  I 
wont  one  day  to  visit  her  grave  in  tho  Protes¬ 
tant  Cemetery,  which  is  a  beam  Ifni  spot,  now 
inside  Mm  city’s  walls.  I  was  disappointed  to 
find  It  80  uninteresting  and  severe.  Her  hus¬ 
band,  Robert  Browning,  being  a  pont  as  well 
as  was  she,  r  hoped  to  find  something  tender 
and  poetic;  but  found,  Instead,  a  sturdy  mar¬ 
ble  sarcophagus  resting  on  six  short  pedestals, 
which  in  turn  stood  on  a  marble  slab.  At  either 
end  of  the  sarcophagus  was  a  harp  carved  in 
marble  ;  on  one  -ide  was  the  inscription,  “  E. 
B.  IS.— O.  JL,  1802.”  Simply  her  initials  and  year 
of  decease..  Tbcs  >  were  put  In  in  black  enam¬ 
el,  which  was  rapidly  falll  g  out.  There  were 
no  flowers  nor  plants,  and  t  he  place  seemed  too 
small  and  confined  for  any  to  grow  The  rem¬ 
nants  of  two  or  three  faded  bouquets  attested 
to  the  loving  remembrance  of  some  visitors  to 
the  tomb  of  the  great  poet.  Not  far  away  is  the 
grave  of 

Theodore  Parker, 

a  simple  slab  in  gray  atone,  with  his  name,  eto., 
in  full.  About  it  are  flowers  and  vines,  those 
softening  touches  of  nature  that  seem  so  in 
harmony  with  rest  and  quiet.  Quantities  of 
roses  were  lying  on  his  grave,  some  of  which 
had  been  freshly  cut.  A  graveyard  of  this  na¬ 
ture  cannot  but  be  of  peculiar  interest.  In  this 
are  represented  all  nationalities — poople  who 
have  died  away  from  friends  and  homo,  but  all 
sharing  in  the  same  religious  faith  and  believ¬ 
ers  in  the  same  hope  of  immortality. 

Adjoining  the  tt  mb  of  Elizabeth  Barrett 
Buow.st.vo  is  that  of  the  wife  of  VV.  Holman 
Hunt,  the  eminent  English  artist-  She  was  a 
beautiful,  golden-haired  girl,  and  died  a  few 
months  after  her  marriage.  One  reads  upon  it, 
Love  is  strong  as  death.  Many  waters  cannot 
quench  Love ;  neither  can  the  floods  drown  it.” 
Another  tomb  bore  this  solitary  inscription,  "A 
L’ariiie  la  plus  digue  d’Eternels  Regrets"  (to  the 
fiend  most  worthy  of  uternal  regrets). 


THE  LATE  HXE.^fkdVC  POWERS. 


!  t-®l«  we  have  a  table  d'hote  dinner,  and  often 

have  our  plates  changed  a  dozen  times  for  dif- 
s  ferent  courses.  Mutton  la  universally  good,  as 
1  aie  beefsteaks;  but  the  Italian  mind  has  not 
tho  slightest  conception  of  roast  beef,  unless 
beef  first,  “boiled”  to  death  and  afterwards 
baked  dry  may  be  termed  roast  beef.  The  but¬ 
ter  is  not  so  good  as  In  France. 

Itailnn  Women 

wear  an  amount  of  hair  that  is  simply  enor¬ 
mous,  and  just  at  this  present  fashion,  with 
their  mountain  of  hair,  short-waisted  dresses, 
trained  skirts,  large  pannier  and  "Ragnbas" 
bonnets,  they  look  like  the  veriest  caricatures. 
They  possess  a  certain  sort  of  grace  which, 
combined  with  their  melodious  tongue,  make 
them,  in  spite  of  this,  rather  charming.  The 
men,  among  the  working  classes,  aro  greatly 
given  to  earrings,  and  in  all  classes,  to  snuff¬ 
taking. 

Florence  is  a  Creat  Depot  for  Straw  Work, 

and  the  Leghorn  hats  one  can  buy  there  from 
twenty  to  forty  francs  ($4  to  $8),  are  largo  enough 
and  fine  enough— all  In  one  plait— to  tempt  one 
to  empty  her  jjurso  on  the  spot,  to  say  nothing 
of  the  slippers  and  baskets,  lined  and  orna¬ 
mented  with  gay  silk,  even  to  parasols,  which 
novelties  wore  made  for  the  Vienna  Exposition. 
Women  and  girls  sit  in  the  street  doors,  or  walk 
in  the  streets,  weaving  the  straw  with  their 
fingers  in  a  magical  way,  only  equaled  by  the 
rapidity  of  those  wonderful  girls  over  the  sea 
who  make  tatting  in  a  fashion  that  you  woixld 
swear  was  only  a  make-believe,  and  that  tl^ev 
never  once  actually  sent  their  shuttle  through 
a  loop  of  thread.  Florence  is  also  a  popular 
place  for  artists,  and  among  them  aro  many  t 
American  sculptors.  Mr.  Storv— whose  studio 
is  in  Rome— had  the  kindness  to  tel)  me  one  I 
day,  just 

The  Process  an  Idea  Passed  Through  | 

from  the  brain  until  it  stood  out  crystalized  in  ! 

mtlFh  A  Tho  rTA.  .,l„l  . 1  •  »  it* 


1  |  Of  the  color  introduced  indicating  the  approach 

-  to  the  east  within.  Tho  thickness  of  the  walls 
5  of  tho  cast  of  course  correspond  to  the  size  of 
!■  the  statue— the  plaster  statuettes  often  seen  in 
i  country  houses  commonly  being  from  throe- 
1  fourths  to  an  inch  and  a  half  thick.  The  cast 
■  thus  obtained-  and  which  is  a  lac  simile  of  what, 
the  model  in  clay  wils,  and  what  the  statue  in 
marble  is  to  bo— forms  the  copy  for  the  marble 
.  cutter,  who  duplicates  It  in  marble  by  the 
means  of  measurement.  To  facij itate  the  meas¬ 
urement,  the  cast  is  dotted  all  over  with  black 
spots  an  inch  apart,  perhaps.  Corresponding 
dots  on  tho  marble  form  the  basis  for  the  car¬ 
ver’s  work.  A  number  of  different  men  are 
usually  employed  upon  the  samo  statue  in  the 
different,  degrees  of  its  progress  toward  comple¬ 
tion.  One  blocks  it  out,  leaving  the  outlines 
roughly  deflued ;  another  carves  the  hair;  an¬ 
other  tlie  drapery’,  or  the  parts  of  it;  another 
carves  in  such  delicate  fashion  as  making  veins 
or  wrinkles,  and  each  and  all  have  their  speeial- 
|  ty.  The  sculptor’s  work  ends  with  the  model, 
the  rest  being  merely  mechanical,  although 
very  necessarily  skillful.  The  reason  the  model 
in  clay  may  not  be  used  as  a  copy  for  the  out- 
tors  and  thus  dispense  with  the  necessity  of  , 
taking  a  cast,  is  that  in  drying,  it  shrinks  so 
much  as  to  affect  the  proportions  of  its  sym-  [ 
metry,  while  the  process  of  baking  it— which 
converts  the  clay  Into  wbat  is  known  as  terra 
cotta  (often  seen  In  statuettes)  is  too  dangerous 
to  subject  a  lino,  large  model  to.  Very  few  stat- 
ues  are  wrought  from  the  marble  in  less  than  a 
year’s  time,  and  as  for  the  model,  the  time  the 
j  artist  spends  in  fashioning  it  is  indefinite.  Mr. 

|  Hart,  a  Kentuckian,  showed  me  a  model— the 
figure  of  a  woman  and  Cupid,  from  whom  she 
1  had  taken  his  arrow  —  upon  which  he  had  been  I 
j  at  work,  I  was  told,  for  xixt.ee, a,  yews,  and  It  was 
|  not  yet  finished,  one  ol’  his  countrywomen — 

1  Makv  Curtis  Lee,  a  daughter  of  the  lato 


t-  been  completed  after  thirty  or  forty  years  of 
16  labor. 

10  But  f  shall  never  get  to  Venice,  where  I  actu- 
ly  ally  am,  if  I  linger  longer  in  Florence,  and  must 
a  omit  entirely  an  account  of  a  visit  I  enjoyed  In 
r-  a  vorltable  castle,  going  all  through  it,  from 
is  kitchen  to  chapel  and  turret,,  and  feasting  my 
-  eyes  upon  all  the  antique  furnishings  of  the 
1-  incdlffivai  stylos,  and  for  how  many  hours  we 
,1  rude  to  roach  it,  winding  around  and  around  a 
i.  hill  spiral  fashion  ;  neither  stop  to  telt  a  doleful 
|  tale  of  the  rid®  from  Florence  to  Bologna,  which 
________  is  through  tho  Appenlne  Moun- 

liiitis,  and  how  it  wusune  sucees- 
*i<>n  tUMn0,f'  and  tremendous- 
ly  fuiiguelng,  and  of  arriving  in 
Bologna,  whore  the  streets  aro 
covered  by  arcades  and  where 
R3jggS&  SeRgg  1  Bo  women  wear  three-cornered 
rajyfip  shawls  for  bonnets,  with  such  a 
«$§  crashing  headache  tha  t  1  couldn't 

cat  any  Bologna  sausage.  How- 
e'f;r’  a*ter  1,1  Right’s  rest,  we 

§  S  The  8ologna  Cemetery, 

^a5c5jS  IflSs!  i'B®  Bolognians  claim  to  be 

SaS|  finest  in  Europe  ami  which  is 
Y0OTW  certainly  tho  perfection  of  artistic 

The  plan  is  entirely 
WgHgS!  like  that  of  a  city,  if  tho  city  was 

\vh28w  a'1  of  marble  with  a  magnificent 
Mg®  roof.  The  walls  of  those  streets, 
Wmj  Instead  of  being  the  fronts  of 
wftgg  houses  for  the  living,  aro  those 
wgo  for  the  dead — the  coffins  being 
ml  placed  in  van  Its  for  these  streets 
vm  are  a  series  of  galleries  bonty- 
\a  coined  with  vaults.  Tho  end  of 
n  the  vault  Is  sealed,  a  slab  set  In 
►  |  and  numbered  like  a  door.  It  is 
5  light  and  airy  and  elegant  every- 
|  where,  the  statuary  beforh  some 
of  the  tombs  most  exquisite,  and 
'  j  bouquets  of  flowers,  wreaths  of 
immortelles,  and  olVntlmes  por- 
|  traits  of  tho  dead  when  living, 

I  adding  interest  to  the  tombs.  In 
J  an  upon  court,  around  which  the 
gallery  runs,  are  burled  the  poor, 
in  the  ground.  When  tho  snow 
and  rain  fall  upon  newly  made 
graves,  friends  often  feel  a  shiver 
'fflsf  of  ptlirl  at  t*10  thought  or  a  loved 
one  lying  out  in  the  damp  and 
cold.  Bui  from  this  Bologna 
-  cemetery  no  such  thought  can 

arise— there  is  no  damp  nor  mold, 
neither  green  grass  nor  growing 
:.v flowers  nor  singing  birds.  The 
expense  for  burial  in  this  real  city 
,,f  *'Bo  dead  is  comparatively 
trilling.  A  long,  wi  tilling  arcade 
/ifijOWSpigSOT  connects  the  cemetery  with  a 
church  a  considerable  distanco 
removed  and  situated  or,  a  high 
hill,  from  which  eminence  my 
pen  must  take  otic  grand  leap 
TCifl  a°ros8  a  charming  landscape. 

The  City  of  Venice, 

with  the  sunset  gilding  it,  rises 
like  enchantment  from  the  sea. 
Tired  and  sick  as  I  was,  the  sight 
EMBBflttaBfiSBSq  of  its  towers  and  musts,  the  fresh 
sea  air  of  the  Adriatic,  thrilled 
mo  like  an  elixir,  and  I  felt  that 
1  had  come  to, what  had  never  come  to  me— rest. 

1  If  you  remember  well  your  geographies,  you 
I  will  recall  the  fact  that  Vunee  is  built  upon 
three  large  islands  and  111  small  ones,  connect¬ 
ed  by  various  bridges.  A  long  bridge  connects 
tho  city  to  tho  main  land,  and  over  this  rolled 
|  tho  rail-cars,  leaving  land  behind  and  spinning 
on  toward  a  visionary- looking  city  sitting  on 
the  water.  Leaving  the  cars  at  the  depot,  there 
were  Innumerable  gondolas  to  transport  pas¬ 
sengers  to  their  various  destinations,  and  you 
may  well  imagine  how  grateful  it  was,  after 
weeks  of  travel  and  dust  and  filthy  carriages 
and  unwholesome  streets  and  tangle  of  horses 
and  cursings  of  drivers,  to  step  into  an  airy 
boat,  neatly  carpeted,  softly  cushioned  and  be 
borne,  with  scarcely  a  motion,  to  a  hotel, 
through  the  windows  of  which  came  no  sounds 
hut  the  plash  of  the  gondolier’s  oars,  the  pleas¬ 
ant  talk  of  people  riding  by  and  the  singing  of 
birds. 

After  a  fortnight’s  resting  here  I  can  conceive 
of  no  earthly  comfort  to  be  compared  with  six 
months  of  complete  leisure  to  spend  In  a  con- 
dola.  There  is  no  glare  on  the  water  to  pain 
the  eyes,  no  fear  of  unmanagable  horses— for 
j  there  is  not  a  horse  in  Venice,  except  a  few  on 
some  ol  the  neighboring  islands  kept  for  riding 
l  and  f,)r  show  !  and  one  can  ride  all  day,  seeing 
pleasant  things  on  either  side,  and  suffering 
from  not  the  slightest  fatigue.  A  gondola  with 
one  gondolier  costs  five  francs  (one  dollar)  a 


marble.  The  model  is  first  made  In  clay,  which  Southern  general  was  in  his  studio  at  the  samo 


must  be  kept  constantly  moist.  The  first  model 
or  sketch  is  made  small.  This,  when  worked  to 
suit  the  sculptor.  Is  reproduced  in  clay  to  the 
size  the  statue  is  intended  to  be,  and  for  solid¬ 
ity,  rods  of  iron  or  sticks  are  used,  to  form  a 
sort  of  frame  work  on  which  to  put  the  clay. 


time,  and  she  archly  scolded  him  for  wasting  a 
moment’s  time  until  it  was  finished,  while  the 
sculptor,  who  looked  for  all  the  world  like  an 
animated  Leonardo  da  Vinci,  seemed  to  be 
the  most  leisurely  person  in  the  world,  and  in¬ 
dulged  in  accounts  of  breat  ivorks  that  had  only 


One  can  walk  all  over  Venice  as  well  as  ride 
all  through  it.  The  streets  are  very  narrow',  hut 
at  every'  church  there  is  an  open  square,  Avhile 
tho  Piazza  5au  Marco,  a  very  l&rge  square  aur- 
rounded  by  the  royal  palaco  and  elegant  shops, 
u  the  rendezvous  for  all  the  world  every  eveiv 
mg.  The  band  plays,  people  promenade  or  sit 
at  their  coffee  and  ices  under  the  colonnades  or 
In  front  of  the  cafes.  Sometimes  there  Is  music 
on  the  Grand  Canal  and  fine  Illuminations, 
which  make  It  very  charming.  Just  notv  the 
moon  is  nearly'  full  and  a  ride  toward  and  hack 
from  the  Lido,  or  public  gardens.  Is  like  an 
|  outiance  Into  the  netv  Jerusalem.  It  ia  a  beauty 
so  weird,  so  falry-ilke,  so  like  an  ideal  picture 
never  before  realized,  that  you  doubt  if  you 
are  really  a  human  being  and  have  not  by  some 
suddf  n  transformation  slid  unperceived  into 
immortality  and  into  the  eujoyment  of  celestial 
I  scenes.  Mart  A.  E.  Wager. 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  I'iEW-YQBKER. 


M 


DAWN. 


BY  M.  A.  ALDEN. 

A  CKO  8*  tho  golden  barn  of  night. 

That  foil  and  faded  as  Hip  camn, 

The  joyoun  Dawn,  with  tresses  bright, 
Stepped  forth  with  sandals  all  nftame. 

Linked  arms  with  the  uprising  son, 

Whoso  Mm  sent  speeding  o'er  the  hluo 
Of  heaven,  such  glories,  one  by  one 
To  molten  Jewels  tbe  dew  drops  grew. 

Then  merrily  across  the  green 
The  happy  pair  began  their  raeo 
To  gather  tip  the  glittering  sheen 
Though  still  each  flower-cup  bore  a  trace. 

The  gently-waving  foliage  sang 
A  silent  song  that  each  glad  bird 
With  echoing  ronsle  sweetly  rang 
Through  all  the  life  and  light  that  stirred. 

Oh,  one  more  kiss  then,  happy  Dawn  ! 

Ere  the  proud  Sun.  still  mounting  higher. 
Takes  from  thy  breast  the  wakening  Morn, 
Who  smiles  all  glorious  on  her  sire. 


©itv  j$torn- Seller. 


LOVED  AND  LOST. 


BY  DE  FORREST  P.  GUMMERSON. 


CHAPTER  I. 

“  and  thus  forever,  throughout  this  wide  world. 

Is  love  a  sorrow  proving  ; 

There  ore  still  many  sorrowful  things  in  life, 

But  the  saddest  of  all  Is  loving.” 

No  one  whose  eye  was  fond  of  gazing  upon 
beautiful  soonest  could  pass  by  the  homo  of 
Nora  Wheaton  without  stopping  to  admire 
the  beautiful  flowers  and  smile  at  the  happy- 
faced  girl  who  worked  among  them.  No  one 
could  tell  just  when  Nora  Wheaton  came  to 
reside  in  the  collage.  All  that  you  could  learn 
upon  the  closest  Inquiry  was,  t  hat  the  place  had 
been  long  deserted  and  was  fast  goingto  decay, 
when  suddenly  there  came  to  occupy  It  a  slight 
looking  girl  and  an  aged  woman;  that  out  of 
the  tangled  ways  of  weeds  and  undergrowth 
there  soon  came  masses  of  blooms  and  beauty, 
tilling  the  air  with  tlnir  i  rugrance.  A I  t  he  close 
of  each  day  Nora  would  take  a  basket  tilled  with 
bouquets  and  go  Into  the  city,  where  she  would 
readily  dispose  of  thorn,  when  she  would  return 
and  prepare  more  for  the  next  day's  sale. 

Of  course,  there  was  much  wonderment  as  to 
where  the  beautiful  creature  came  from;  for 
that  Nora  Wheaton  was  very  beautiful  there 
was  none  to  deny.  That,  she  had  a  history,  there 
was  not  a  doubt,  in  the  minds  of  those  who  saw 
her  from  day  t.u  day,  and  one  of  no  common 
nature  eit  her,  cdse  why  should  she  labor  so  in¬ 
cessantly  among  her  flowers,  and  In  caring  for 
the  old  woman  who  was  but  litt  le  more  than 
helpless,  and  of  course  a  great  burden. 

Nora  Wheaton  bad  a  history  — and  who 
among  us  has  not?  True,  all  do  not  share  alike 
sorrow.  To  some  it.  is  given  to  dwell  lu  the 
uplands,  where  the  sun  always  shines  and  bright 
flowers  blossom  ever.  To  the  many  who  dwell 
in  the  volleys,  with  dark  clouds  shutting  them 
in  and  hiding  the  sun  from  their  view,  Nora 
Wl  ;at<  i.\'s  story  will  corneas  something  akin 
to  their  own,  In  that,  both  have  suffered  much, 
endured  much,  and  know  not  yet  the  end. 

The  first  time  that,  you  gazed  into  the  large 
and  expressive  eyes  of  Nora  Wheaton,  you 
would  have  said.  “Sho  is  hilt,  a  child.”  But 
when  you  bad  noticed  the  lines  of  care  under¬ 
neath,  you  would  have  added,  “She  is  much 
older  them  I  supposed  :  so  much  of  will-power 
and  endurance  could  not  belong  to  a  child.” 

And  yet  NORA  WHEATON  was  but  a  child,  not 
yet  eighteen.  Care  had  made  her  look  much 
older  than  sho  really  was,  without  marring  one 
1 :  :  i  i  r  - of  her  beauty. 

Sho  had  lived  all  her  days  in  a  small  village 
not  more  than  fifty  miles  from  Boston.  Her 
mother  had  died  while  she  was  yet  in  her  in¬ 
fancy,  and  sho  had  been  intrusted  to  the  care 
of  her  father’s  only  sister.  With  her  she  hud 
lived  until  she  was  fifteen. 

In  the  same  village  there  lived  a  widow  aud 
her  only  son.  This  widow’s  name  was  Law¬ 
rence.  Nora  Wheaton  and  Reuben  Law¬ 
rence  attended  the  same  school,  grew  up  to 
gether,  in  fact.  From  almost  the  first  day  of 
their  meeting  each  had  a  liking  for  the  otuer, 
which  through  the  years  that  followed  had 
grown  into  the  stronger  feeling  of  love.  They 
took  long  rambles  together  over  the  hills  in 
search  of  beautiful  flowers,  for  Ma  love  of  them 
was  as  great  as  hers.  Seated  at  times  upon 
some  n  oss-covered  stone,  beside  some  poarly 
brook,  w  lose  rippling  seemed  like  the  voice  of 
u  hidden  wood  nymph,  each  would  tell  the 
other  of  their  love;  aud  while  they  wove  gar¬ 
lands  of  moss  and  crimson  berries,  they  would 
also  weave,  in  imagination,  plans  for  their  fu¬ 
ture,  when  each  should  walk  the  same  path  and 
dwell  together. 

These  were  the  sun-crowned  days  of  their 
lives.  What  did  it  matter,  then,  if  later  clouds 
should  obscure  them?  '‘Sufficient  to  the  day 
is  the  evil  thereof.” 

One  day  there  came  into  the  peaceful  village 
a  rumor  of  an  approaching  Avar.  It  was  then 
;  hat  Nora  Wheaton  could  see  the  cloud,  uo 
oigger  than  a  man’s  hand,  which  was  to  hide 
her  sun,  perhaps  forever. 

It  was  not  long  before  this  rumor  grew  into  a 
fact.  In  the  great  city  that  was  so  near  them, 
men  were  enlisting  by  the  thousand ;  already 


had  the  call  for  more  men  reached  the  village 
wherein  Nora  dwelt;  and  when  the  sun  was 
going  down  one  day,  and  young  Lawrence 
bad  wandered  with  her  out  among  the  hills,  she 
knew  that  on  the  morrow  he  whom  she  loved 
would  lie  numbered  among  those  who  were 
base  enough  to  go  down  into  the  very  jaws  of 
death  for  the  sake  of  their  country  and  its 
honor. 

1  lays  are  as  nothing.  Even  months  come  and 
go,  and  are  remembered  but  as  the  shadows 
in  a  dream;  and  even  years  arc  soon  lost  be¬ 
yond  our  reach. 

Three  years  had  passed  already  since  young 
Lawrence  placed  upon  the  lips  of  Nora  the 
kiss  of  farewell.  Since  then,  he  had  been  in 
many  battles,  but  as  yet,  hud  not  received  a 
single  wound.  Ho  wrote  many  letters  to  her, 
and  now,  when  the  term  of  his  enlistment  was 
drawing  so  near  an  end,  his  pictures  of  tic  fu¬ 
ture  grew  so  bright,  that  Nora  would  carry 
them  in  her  pocket,  and  a  dcflfctf  t  linos  a  day 
gazo  upon  t  hem  with  all  the  eagerness  and  cn- 
rapturedness  that  an  enthusiast  aud  lover  of 
the  arts  \yould  gaze  upon  some  old  pictures 
painted  by  the  master  hand  of  Raphael. 

Alas!  that  these  hours  of  Hiss  should  ever 
cud.  Why  is  It  that  these  beaut  iful  ships  which 
we  send  out  to  sea  laden  with  the  fondest  hopes 
and  plans  of  our  lives,  so  often  strike  upon  a 
rock  and  go  down,  down,  down,  and  are  lost  to 
us  forever?  Who  can  tell? 

We  dream  to-day  of  a  possible  to-morrow, 
when  a  great  joy  awaits  us.  and  our  hear  ts  shall 
be  filled  with  that  Joy  to  overflowing.  The  elec- 
trie  flash  over  t  he  wire,  or  the  post  man's  ring, 
ami  where  is  the  joy?  The  garb  that  was  to 
have  been  as  white  as  angels  wear,  is  changed 
to  the  somber  hue  <>f  death,  ami  crape,  its  em¬ 
blem,  decks  us  Instead. 

Battle  fields  are  the  harvest  homes  of  death. 
There  he  holds  one  continuous  holiday.  What 
if,  In  some  distant  home,  hearts  will  break  Ire- 
cause  of  the  work  he  is  doing.  It  Is  his  to  gather 
In.  Let  those  weep  who  may;  he  can  only 
laugh. 

Nora  Wheaton  was  unusually  glad  the  day 
on  which  the  postman  brought  her  a  letter 
from  the  captain  of  the  company  In  which  the 
idol  she  had  set,  up  for  herself  belonged.  It 
needed  but  a  hasty  glance  for  her  to  see  that 
her  idol  was  no  more,  and  that  two  or  three 
great  throbs  of  her  heart  told  her  t  hat  she  was 
a  wrecked  and  bruised  being. 

Fnr  nearly  two  weeks  Nora  Wheaton’s  life 
hung  by  so  slight  a  thread,  that  those  who  were 
in  attendance  upon  her  watched  each  moment 
for  that  thread  to  be  severed  and  the  tired  spirit 
to  be  at  rest. 

Then  one  day  sho  Opened  her  eyes  and  gazed 
for  some  time  into  those  of  the  woman  who 
was  at  her  bedside.  Then  she  spoke  these  words  r 
”  II  is  all  over  now.  !  have  seen  him  ;  he  is  at 
rest.  T  can  give  him  up  now.  You  will  not  see 
mo  weep  any  more,  for  I  know  that  ho  is  at 
rest.  Henceforth,  1  shall  live  with  his  mother. 
It,  is  Ills  wish,  tie  told  ine  so  only  last  night. 
Undid  not  suffer.  1  am  so  glad  the  bullet  did 
its  work  at  once.  I  saw  the  hole  it  made;  It 
was  just  here,  above  the  heart;"  and  sho  placed 
her  hand  over  hers,  to  indicate  the  spot  where 
the  bullet  had  entered  the  body  of  her  loved 
one. 

The  woman  marveled  much  at  what  she  had 
heard,  arid  when  some  of  the  <  thera  who  were 
In  attendance  came  In,  told  them  of  the  strange 
words  she  had  heard. 

They  att  ributed  it  to  delirium,  and  believed 
that  t  hey  were  but  the  wandering  thoughts  of 
a  disordered  brain  ;  but  when  they  received  a 
letter  pontainlng the  particulars  of  L  \  w  rence’s 
death,  aud  found  that  ho  died  as  Nora  hud 
said,  and  that  the  bullet  had  entered  atthe pre¬ 
cise  spot  indicated  by  her,  they  marveled  still 
more,  and  fully  believed  that  t  he  spirit  of  young 
LAWRENCE  had  indeed  appeared  to  his  affianced 
bride. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  said  that  Nora  Wheaton  lived  with  her 
aunt  until  she  was  fifteen.  Then  her  aunt  con¬ 
tracted  one  of  those  unfortunate  marriages 
with  a  man  but  little  better  than  a  mounte¬ 
bank,  and  with  him  wandered  about  the  world, 
being  most  of  the  time  as  she  had  left  Nora— 
homeless. 

Nora  w  as  homeless  only  in  one  sense  of  the 
word.  So  far  as  the  want  of  a  roof  to  shelter 
her  was  concerned,  she  was  not.  Her  father 
provided  ample  means  for  that.  But  in  the 
little  things  that  go  so  much  toward  making  a 
Home,  the  little  kindnesses,  Nora  had  none  of 
these. 

Fora  time,  it  seemed  to  her  that  she  could 
not  live  in  this  way.  Had  it  not  been  for  the 
almost  daily  visits  of  young  Lawrence,  life 
would  have  been  too  groat  a  burden  to  bear.  In 
him  she  found  all  the  love  that  her  soul  hun¬ 
gered  for  and  that  she  had  uiissod  since  her 
mother  had  died.  But  when  he  had  gone  away, 
her  loneliness  would  come  back  to  her  again 
and  almost  crush  her. 

Young  Lawrence  was  poor.  He  and  his 
mother  dwelt  together  lti  a  little  cottage.  He 
was  an  enthusiast,  and  had  great  plans  as  to 
what  the  future  should  bring  to  him.  Tho 
mother  whom  he  loved  should  yet  have  all  the 
luxuries  that  could  be  obtained,  and  his  should 
ue  the  hand  to  bestow  them. 

When  his  golden  dreaniB  came  Hue  Nora  and 
he  would  dwell  together  in  some  lovely  spot 
and  make  his  mother’s  life  one  of  continued 
happiness. 

These  were  the  dreams.  Alas  !  that  reality  is 
so  often  unlike  what  they  seem.  Only  a  few 


short  months  since  the  dreams  were  dreamed, 
and  to-day  LAWRENCE  slept  in  a  far-off  grave, 
and  his  mother  and  Nora  dwelt  in  a  home  dis¬ 
tant  from  the  village  in  which  they  had  always 
made  their  home. 

It  came  about  in  this  way: — Nora's  father 
died.  He  had  been  at  one  time  of  his  life  what 
is  called  “well  off.”  But  being  of  an  easy  dis¬ 
position,  and  not  disposed  to  work  and  add  to 
that  which  he  already  had,  he  had  gone  on 
spending  from  time  to  time,  not  only  the  inter¬ 
est,  but  the  principal,  until  at  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  in  possession  of  but  little  over 
$1,000,  besides  the  little  cottage  in  which  we 
find  Nora  Wheaton  aud  her  “mother,”  as  she 
delighted  to  cal!  old  Mrs.  Lawrence,  with 
whom  she  had  lived  ever  since  Reuben  had 
died. 

Of  course,  all  that  her  father  possessed  be¬ 
longed  to  her  after  his  death.  It  was  not  enougli 
to  even  provide  the  few  wants  that  she  herself 
might,  need.  But  she  had  strong  faith  in  what 
she  could  accomplish.  She  had  not  iced  often, 
when  in  Boston,  the  beautiful  bouquets  for 
gale,  and  it  had  occurred  to  her  that  her  “small 
farm."  as  she  called  it.  might  bo  made  to  yield 
a  wealth  of  these  beauties  and  become  a  source 
of  profit.,  and  perhaps,  In  Mm  end,  be  the  means 
of  making  them  comfortably  Off. 

Once  having  solved  the  problem  as  to  what 
she  would  do  wit  It  her  land,  she  set  about  her 
work.  It  was  no  great  thing  to  move  the  few 
things  which  together  they  possessed ;  so  after 
she  had  some  repairing  done,  they  moved  into 
the  cottage  which  was  for  the  future  to  be  their 
home. 

Two  years  had  passed  since  the  day  on  which 
they  had  come  to  occupy  the  cottage.  Nora's 
plan  had  been  a  successful  one.  Hie  no  longer 
went  Into  the  city  herself,  but  sent  her  flowers 
to  the  different  florists  who  wore  established 
there. 

!  t.  was  at  the  close  of  a  lovely  June  day.  Mrs. 
Lawrence  was  sitting  in  her  arm  chair  in  the. 
open  doorway,  and  Nora  was  busy  in  trying  to 
train  some  obstinate  vine  up  a  trellis  at  the  side 
of  the  house. 

Nora,  with  the  rosy  freshness  of  health  upon 
her  checks,  and  her  wind-tossed  curls  playing 
about  her  faultlessly-shaped  hon’d,  was  a  bright 
picture  to  look  upon  at  tho  moment,  when  she 
had  succeeded  in  her  effort  with  the  trouble¬ 
some  vine.  Suddenly  the  gate  opened,  and  a 
stranger  was  seen  coming  up  the  walk  towards 
the  door.  He  carried  Us  ha!  in  one  hand,  while 
in  the  other  he  grasped  a  handkerchief  with 
the  snowy  white  folds  of  which  ho  endeavored 
to  wipe  the  perspiration  from  his  brow. 

“A  warm  day,  ma'am,”  he  said,  addressing 
Mrs.  Lawrence.  “The  beauty  of  your  flowers 
attracted  my  attention  so  much  as  to  preclude 
the  possibility  of  passing  them  by.  Jf  there  is 
one  beauty  of  nature  for  which  I  have  a  greater 
weakness  thou  any  other,  It  isfor flowers.  They 
are  to  me  what  gold  is  to  the  miser." 

of  course,  NORA  did  not  hesitate  to  join  In 
the  conversation.  Nor  did  she  fear  to  trust 
the  handsome  stranger.  Ills  love  for  flowers 
amounted  to  almost  a  passion  as  did  hers.  Be¬ 
tween  them  then,  there  was  a  friendship,  though 
unacknowledged.  The  same  law  of  love  which 
governed  one  of  these  two  beings,  to  some  ex¬ 
tent  governed  t  he  other. 

After  ;t  few  moments,  Nora  found  herself 
chatting  away  with  tbe  stranger  as  though  she 
had  known  him  for  years.  She  culled  the 
choicest  of  her  flowers,  and  made  them  into  a 
bouquet  for  him. 

When  he  luid  surveyed  the  grounds  to  his 
entire  satisfaction,  tie  thanked  them  both  for 
their  courtesy,  and  expressed  the  hope  that  ho 
might  cull  again  during  his  stay  in  tho  village, 
without  intruding  on  their  hospitalit  y  or  rob¬ 
bing  them  of  time  which  they  might  wish  to 
employ  in  some  other  way  than  devoting  It  to 
him. 

Nora  bade  him  come  whenever  he  felt  so  dis¬ 
posed;  then,  as  he  raised  his  hat,  bowed,  and 
disappeared  around  the  trees  that  lined  the 
walk  on  cit  her  side,  she  turned  and  went  into 
the  house,  followed  b\  -Mrs.  Lawrence. 

“A  very  pleasant  man,”  was  the  only  com¬ 
ment  made  by  Mrs.  Lawrence,  and  to  which 
Nora  responded  with  a  quiet  “  Yes.” 

Atthe  close  of  the  week  Leslie  Thorne  came 
again  to  the  cottage,  pleading  his  love  of  flow¬ 
ers  as  tl ,e  cause  of  so  soon  indicting  them  with 
his  presence. 

Bo!  NoRA  needed  no  excuse ;  nor  would  she 
accept  one.  Soshc  told  him  in  words  that  could 
not  he  misunderstood.  Yet,  if  he  chose  to  make 
the  flowers  t  Ue  “  open  sesame”  of  his  visits,  ho 
was  welcome  so  to  do,  for  she  was  “  Sure  the 
gate  would  be  always  open  for  him.  to  enter  if 
he  but  uttered  the  magic  words." 

Out  of  all  this  idle  talk  and  flower-worship, 
what  else  could  grow  but  love?  There  Is  a 
beauty  in  flowers ;  there  is  a  greater  beauty  in 
love.  Out  of  i  he  leaser  should  always  grow  the 
greater.  And  so  with  each  bouquet  that  Nor  \ 
Wheaton  wove  for  Leslie  Thorne,  site  wove 
a  chain  lor  both  which  neither  in  the  days  to 
come  would  have  the  power  to  break. 

And  what  need?  When  a  true  heart  meets 
with  its  counterpart,  it  is  right  that  the  twain 
should  become  one. 

There  camean  hour  in  which  the  tender  words 
were  spoken  that  made  Nora  Wheaton  tho 
affianced  wife  of  Leslie  Thorne.  After  the 
winter  had  gone  and  spring  had  come,  wooing 
once  more  the  bright  flowers  into  a  new  Ufa,  ho 
would  come  for  her,  and  then  their  lives  should 
blend  into  one,  in  the  fullness  of  a  great  and 
tender  love. 

Leslie  Thorne  lingered  in  Asheoate  until 


the  frosts  had  chilled  unto  death  the  flowers 
that  grew  about.  Nora  Wheaton's  home.  Then 
one  day  he  imprinted  a  kiss  upon  tho  brow 
where  years  ago  young  Lawrence  had  placed 
the  kiss  that,  made  her  his  and  went  away. 

To  gay  that  with  him  the  sunshine  went  for  a 
time  from  ont  Nora's  life,  would  be  but  true. 
Who  that  lias  learned  to  love  1ms  seen  the  ob¬ 
ject  of  that  love  depart  for  some  distant  place 
without  a  secret  pain,  and  a  feeling  that  the 
light  of  day  had  almost  disappeared  with  them, 
ami  an  a!  most,  despair  when  it  scented  that  per¬ 
haps  they  had  seen  that  loved  one  for  the  last 
time?  To  all  of  us  comes  at  one  time  at  least 
In  our  lives,  t  his  feeling.  When  we  cry  to  Hoo 
in  Our  hearts  to  guard  tenderly  our  loved  ones 
and  bring  them  in  safety  back  to  ns  again.  In 
the  days  that  come  lingeringly,  and  our  loved 
ones  come  no  more  back  to  us,  only  the  cold 
and  chilling  message— dead !  Is  it  a  wonder 
that  man,  in  his  weakness,  dot  h  cease  to  believe 
in  prayer,  to  doubt  almost  t  he  existence  of  a 
God? 

Spring  came.  The  flowers  in  their  beauty 
came.  But.  Leslie  Thorne,  where  was  he,  that 
Nora  Wheaton  gazed  so  long  each  day  from 
her  window  waiting  for  his  appearance,  but  in 
vain  ? 

She  had  not,  received  a  letter  for  over  a  month. 
Witten  lie  had  written  to  her  last  he  had  said 
that  in  May  he  would  come  to  claim  her  as  his 
wifo.  His  letter  was  dated  at,  San  Francisco, 
whither  he  had  gone  upon  leaving  Asheoate. 

But  there  came  a  time  when  Nora  knew  as 
In  the  probable  fate  of  Leslie  Thorne.  Tho 
vessel  on  which  he  had  soiled  was  burned  at 
sea,  and  out  of  the  two  hundred  passengers 
who  embarked  upon  it  ,  but  twenty  were  known 
to  be  saved.  Leslie  Thorne's  name  was  not 
among  this  list. 

Through  deep  suffering  Nor  a  Wheaton  had 
become  strong.  This  time  her  soul  gave  forth 
no  outcry,  no  evidence  of  the  bitter  pain-stings 
that  were  within.  She  only  knelt  arid  prayed 
that  (>ou  would  enable  her  to  hear  her  grief 
bravely,  and  above  all,  that  film  might  not  lose 
hsr  trust  in  Him. 

In  the  days  that  came  after  she  knew  Leslie 
Thorne  was  dead,  Goo  knows  that  there  were 
more  tilled  with  darkness  than  light.  Yet, 
through  all,  her  faith  was  unwavering  in  His 
goodness,  and  a  trust  that  in  some  far-off  day 
there  awaited  her  a  great  joy  when  she  should 
meet  her  loved  ones  again. 

After  her  first  great  sorrow,  tho  bitter  hours 
when  the  heart  t  hrobs  were  choking  her  and 
her  pain  seemed  too  great  to  bear  had  passed 
away,  and  she  could  look  the  future  full  in  the 
face  ami  say.  ”  Father,  Thy  will  be  done,”  she 
went  out  once  more  among  her  flowers. 

Everything  reminded  her  of  him.  Here  was 
a  bed  i'i  which  last  year  hod  grown  a  lovely 
heliotrope,  whoso  blossoms  lie  had  plucked  and 
placed  in  her  hair.  Here  had  blossomed  a  beau¬ 
tiful  tea  rose,  which  ho  had  placed  among  a 
little  cluster  of  lace  at  her  Ihroa.t.  Turn  which 
way  she  would.  She  could  not  banish  his  pres¬ 
ence  from  her ;  i1  seemed  as  If  ho  was  always  at 
her  side.  This  feeling  grow  upon  her  to  such 
an  extent  that  the  greater  part  of  each  day  was 
spent  in  the  spot,  where  they  had  Iasi  sat  to¬ 
gether  arid  planned  for  the  future. 

Mrs.  Lawrence,  good  old  soul  that  she  was, 
humored  every  whim  of  her  darling  child,  and 
would  often  talk  with  her  for  hours  about  both 
the  lost  ones,  jut-  Nora  never  forgot  the  first 
love  of  her  life. 

Toget  her  these  two  still  dwell.  The  cottage 
will  always  be  their  home  until  death  shall  call 
one  or  tho  other  to  another  and  a  better  home, 
where  there  shall  be  no  more  death,  neither 
sorrow  nor  crying,  neither  shall  there  he  any 
more  pain  :  for  the  former  things  are  all  passed 
away. 

- - 

SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 


How  to  arrive  at  the  bight  ol'  a  church  steeple 
on  a  hot  day— Por-spire. 

Aged  people  are  foml  of  telling  stories ;  they 
have  arrived  at  their  anecdot&ge. 

A  cheap  way  of  getting  credit  for  liberality 
was  devised  by  the  managers  of  a  fair  in  Illinois, 
who  offered  a  premium  to  the  oldest  spinster 
present.  Of  course  nobody  claimed  it. 

Swift'S  maxim  in  conversation  was:— Take  as 
many  half  minutes  as  you  can  get,  but  never 
Like  more  than  half  a  minute  without  pausing, 
and  giving  others  an  opportunity  to  strike  In. 

The  following  is  a  genuine  dialogue  which 
occurred  recent  ly  in  one  if  the  public  schools 
of  London:  Teacher  to  sebolur— “  What  gender 
is  mouse?”  Scholar—"  Feminine.”  Teacher 
“Please  give  the  masculine  gender."  Scholar— 
“  Itats.” 

“  O  m  amma,  mamma,"  said  a  tow-headed  little 
urcliiu,  in  a  tone  of  mingled  fright  and  peni¬ 
tence.  “  O  mamma  I's  been  thwearing !  ”  “Been 
swearing,  my  child;  what  did  you  say?”  “O 
mamma,”  (begins  to  sob),  “I — I  tiled  old  Dan 
Tucker." 

An  Irish  gentleman  of  a  mechanical  turn  took 
off  his  gas-meter  to  repair  it  himself,  and  put  it 
on  again  upside  down.  At  the  end  of  the  quar¬ 
ter  is  was  proved  with  arithmetical  correctness 
that  the  gas-company  owed  him  eight  dollars 
and  fifty-seven  cents. 

A  SCHOOL-GIRL,  in  order  to  convince  a  jealous 
boy  that  she  liked  him  better  than  some  other 
urchin,  exclaimed  :  "Of  course  I  like  you  bet¬ 
ter  than  1  do  Bill,  for  don’t  I  miss  words  in  my 
spelling  lesson  on  purpose  so  as  to  be  down  at 
the  foot  of  the  class  where  you  are?” 


SNOW-BALL  BLOSSOMS. 

BY  ALIQUA. 

Ball-like  blossoms  white  ns  snow 
In  the  warm  ruin  bending  low, 
Touching  faces  to  the  Krnss, 

Trembling  us  the  breezes  pass. 

Slinking  out  a  shower  of  drops, 
Catching  others  from  the  tops 
Of  the  maples  green  above,— 

(Jld-tlinc  blossoms  that  1  love. 

For  they  bring  me  tender  thought 
Of  the  change  the  years  have  wrought, 
Much  of  light  and  touch  of  gloom, 
Since  I  noted  first  their  bloom  ; 

Aged  heads  have  worn  tho  crown 
Of  gray  hair  and  laid  it  down 
At  (tenth's  call,  and  still  each  year 
Fresh  and  pure  tho  flowers  appoar. 

Manly  hands  In  maiden's  hair 
Placed  them  with  a  lover’s  cure, 

And  the  bending  blossoms  heard 
Knob  low-spoken  tender  word ; 

Little  lingers  plucked  their  hloom. 

And  were  folded  for  the  toinh 
With  the  waxen  flowers  between,— 
Purest  hands  were  over  seen. 

In  the  homestead  yard  I  know 
Still  the  blossoms  toss  their  snow 
Near  the  roses’  pink  and  gold, 

As  they  did  in  springs  of  old  ; 

A  nd  as  those  bend  in  the  rain 
Sighing  to  the  wind’s  refrain, 

Cornea  a  longing  aad  and  deep 
For  the  loved  ones  long  asleep. 


THE  VEXING  QUESTION. 

BY  ROSE  GERANIUM. 

If  I  wore  to  give  my  opinion  of  why  there  are 
so  few  hcnltby-looklug  farmers'  wives,  I  would 
explain.  In  a  general  way,  that  It  is  because  In 
their  bodies,  ns  in  all  others,  t  he  seeds  of  deat  h 
are  sown  and  germinating.  T>.  bo  more  partic¬ 
ular,  I  think  much  of  their  ill  health  is  owing 
to  ah  imperfect  knowledge  of  its  primary  law*, 
to  neglects,  risks,  and,  above  all,  to  mimla  un¬ 
easy  and  devoid  of  rest. 

Yet  I  am  not  assured  that,  as  a  class,  their 
health  is  inferior  to  others.  My  observation 
teaches  me  rather  to  the  contrary ;  and  going 
from  palace  to  hovel,  both  in  country  and  in 
town,  I  think  we  shall  be  compelled  to  give 
a  verdict  in  favor  of  the  former.  Nor  have  I 
any  proof  that  their  life  Is  more  wearing  than 
any  other— certainly  not  upon  the  mind.  If  we 
may  judge  from  t  he  reports  of  asylums  for  the 
insane. 

It  is  very  sad  to  feel  that  some  painful  pic¬ 
tures  of  woman-life,  drawn  by  several  writers 
in  the  ItURAT,  New  -  York  eh,  are  not  over¬ 
wrought.  Some  appeals  there  arc  which  touch 
the  sympathy,  as  that  alone  can  which  Hows 
from  a  heart  sickening  and  sinking  under  bur¬ 
dens  too  greivous  to  lie  borne,  and  yet  bound  to 
life  by  ties  which  love  will  not  sillier  to  bo  bro¬ 
ken.  Yet  the  dreariest  of  these  lives  is  not 
utterly  desolate,  and  there  is  in  the  soul's  bleak¬ 
est  winter  some  little  nook  left  whore  a  ray  of 
sunshine  may  steal  in  and  rest.  It  is  perfectly 
surprising  that,  lighted  as  we  arc  by  GOD'S  uni¬ 
verse  of  celestial  glories,  hemmed  in  by  the 
evidences  of  Ills  goodness  and  love  for  us,  we 
still  find  so  much  time  to  be  miserable,  so  little 
to  enjoy,  and  know  more  of  everything  else  than 
the  ethics  of  true  happiness,  'flic  world  is  as 
full  of  wretchedness  as  it,  might  lm  of  bliss  and 
restfulness,  could  wo  but  persistently  train  our 
minds  and  hearts  to  better  views. 

I  do  not  urge  that  woman’s  trials  are  magni¬ 
fied,  but  that  there  are  things  to  divert  her  from 
a  contemplation  of  them,  which  gnaws  like  a 
canker  at  the  foundation  of  her  life  and  happi¬ 
ness.  The  work  of  a  farm-house  is  unquestion¬ 
ably  hard,  but  no  more  so  than  tho  same  amount 
of  any  other  kind,  it  is  folly  to  suppose  that 
labor  can  be  less  than  labor,  and  certainly  t  hat 
which  tries  the  brain  is,  of  all,  the  heaviest.  1 
freely  admit  the  heavy  mental  taxation  that 
frets  the  wife  and  mother  upon  a  farm,  yet  dis¬ 
claim  its  being  the  most  exhaustive  kind.  As  a 
matter  of  interest,  and  prosperity,  it  is  necessary 
—but  it  is  not  vital,  in  all  the  earth  there  Is 
nothing  so  benevolent  as  the  broad  fields  of 
waving  grain, the  grassy  hillsides  Which  hard¬ 
working,  tired  women  almost  believe  they  hate. 
The  busy  brain-toiler,  the  artisan,  the  unfortu¬ 
nate  mechanic,  may  knock  in  despair  and  drop 
stone  dead  at  the  door  of  tile  world’s  hecdloss 
heart,  but  earth  never  refuses  her  meed  or  turns 
an  honest  toiler  away  hungry.  Ah!  mothers, 
do  you  forget  that  your  very  motherhood  in¬ 
voice*  sacrifice'/  and  though  you  go  late  to  your 
rest,  you  can  go  with  the  consciousness  that 
all  your  dear  ones  are  safely  housed  from  tho 
temptations  and  pit  falls  of  city  life,  and  no  late 
hours  for  them,  or  doubtful  companionships, 
will  leave  their  traces  upon  the  fair-hrowed 
girls  and  beardless  boys  who  will  come  clamor¬ 
ous  for  l.hcir  early  meal.  And  remembor  that 
many  hand  am  aching  because  they  uro  empty 
of  tasks  that  will  bring  even  food. 

I  regret  that  there  is  so  much  urged  against, 
and  so  little  in  favor  of,  life  in  the  country,  and 
especially  among  farmers.  All  my  visions  of  a 
home,  and  rny  Ideas  of  earthly  happiness,  cen¬ 
ters  in  a  home  lit  the  country.  Surely  it  holds 
much  to  be  desired  and  envied.  I  think  there 
is  a  chance  for  purity  here,  for  mental  and  soul- 
culture,  for  freedom  from  contaminating  vices 
to  be  found  nowhere  else. 


And  there  are  abundant  opportunities  for 
happiness.  When  necessity  intervenes  between 
ns  and  leisurely  pursuits  of  pleasure,  our  very 
toils  should  become  a  bond  of  strong  sympathy 
and  affection:  our  mutual  sacrifices  should  bo 
made  in  that  spirit  which  knits  loving  hearts 
closer  together.  0,  why  is  it  that  these  beauti¬ 
ful  pictures  should  exist  only  at  the  touch  of 
the  pencil  or  in  the  imagination  of  the  poet? 
Why  is  it  that  t  he  one  unalloyed  source  of  hap¬ 
piness  vouchsafed  to  mortals  should  be  so  sel¬ 
dom  realized  ? 

Chafing  under  regrets  and  disappointments, 
and  as  blind  to  the  source  of  their  misery  as 
the  means  of  its  cure,  too  many  wives  sink  into 
sullen  despair,  or  heap  wholesale  reproaches 
upon  their  husbands.  Ah !  my  dear  madam, 
he  is  truly  your  disposer,  but  If  h"e  Is  the  author 
of  all  your  woes  it  is  not  altogether  his  fault.  T 
think  you  may  safely  blame  your  nbtlher-in- 
law  (for  somebody  mmt  be  blamed,)  with  one- 
fourth  of  your  trials.  If  you  could  unveil  the 
past  you  might  behold  many  a  pleasant  picture 
of  ayoung  mother  smilingly  lil  ting  the  faintest 
shadow  of  a  burden  from  the  hands  of  her  baby- 
boy  ;  you  would  sec  how  she  gathers  up  neg¬ 
lected  garments  and  scattered  playthings  in  the 
’evenings  because  her  child,  worn  out  with  play, 
had  sought  his  pillow  and  left  them  in  disorder; 
how,  at  breakfast,  rather  than  have  t  he  sound 
of  untaught  feet,  ring  across  tho  floor  and  waken 
baby, she  would  rise  from  I  In.*  (able  and  go,  her¬ 
self,  to  the  kitchen  for  some  missing  knife  or 
Cup  ;  how,  when  the  little  sun-burned  boy  had 
to  go  out  wil li  father  to  the  fields  (and  that  was 
hard),  mother’s  hands  gathered  the  chips,  car¬ 
ried  the  wood  and  fed  the  poultry,  because  the 
poor  little  fellow  would  come  in  so  tired;  yes, 
and  the  bowl  must  bo  filled  with  water  for  his 
hasty  bath,  and  a  trip  must  be  made  for  the 
fresh  towel.  Then,  as  this  same  boy  grew  into  a 
broad-browed,  studious  young  man,  the  mother, 
who  was  so  vain  of  his  intellect,  would  give  up 
her  evening  reading,  and  amusu  the  younger 
children  in  the  dining-room,  that  hi'  might 
have  the  pleasanter  family  room  for  study.  He 
did  not  like  all  this  at  first,  aiul  repeatedly  op¬ 
posed  it,  but  mother  “would  Justus  lief,”  and 
so  by  degrees  he  came  to  regard  it,  and  all  his 
favorite  ways,  necessities.  He  was  not  very 
well  taught  in  tho  theory  of  making  sacrifices 
for  love's  sake.  And  perhaps  some  one  whoso 
eyes  fall  upon  this  page  might  find  similar  cases 
wonderfully  near  them.  I  f  they  would  that  the 
path  of  others  be  made  smoother,  there  is  much 
and  in  many  ways  they  cun  help  to  fashion  it. 

A.nothcr  and  vital  reason  why  domestic  life  Is 
unsatisfactory  is  because  of  dispositions  wholly 
unsultod  to  each  other.  So  many  maidens  do 
not  think,  nor  have  they  hem  taught  to  think , 
whether  tho  merry,  good-humored  and  hand¬ 
some  companion  who  wins  their  admiration  is 
of  a  nature  to  command  also  tholr reaped,  for 
upon  this  basis  alone  can  permanent  happiness 
rest.  Nor  does  the  girl,  whose  Ideal  position 
baa  always  been  that  of  a  professional  man’s 
wife,  and  a  lender  in  gay  society,  stop  to  count, 
tho  cost  when  she  falls  in  love  and  marries  the 
fine-looking  young  farmer.  Possibly  there  may 
be  left  enough  common  ground  for  tolerable 
loving,  but  in  nine  chances  out  of  ten  she  will 
awaken,  among  soiled  dairy  fixtures,  neglected 
poultry,  weedy  flower-beds  and  general  disor¬ 
der,  to  the  painful  consciousness  that  she  has 
gotten  nut  of  her  sphere.  Talk  about  “suffer¬ 
ing  in  silence  !'*  J  i  is  the  last  thing  she  thinks 
about;  and  who  remembers,  while  they  catch 
the  Chance  expression  of  dissatisfaction,  or  read 
the  wonderful  volumes  unfolded  in  bloiuulcHs 
face  and  lijslerless  eye,  that  there  is  anyone 
else  who  carries  an  aching  heart,  and  hides  his 
nameless  regrets  under  coldness  or  stoioal  in¬ 
difference?  Nobody  presses  hi*  hand  with  warm 
touches,  or  looks  that,  pity,  which  is  so  grateful 
a  boon  to  the  sorrowful  heart.  And,  too  often, 
no  one  who  is  able  steps  in,  while  there  is  time, 
and  teaches  these  two  unsatisfied  hearts  the 
depth  and  measure  of  their  distance  from  each 
other,  or  the  yielding*  and  efforts  which  might, 
bridge  over  the  chasm  and  reconcile  them  in 
their  differences.  And  so,  gradually  weakening 
in  sympathy  for  each  other’s  griefs  and  in  char¬ 
ity  for  errors,  the  paths, which  should  have  been 
one  broad  flowery  one,  diverge,  and  there  seems 
nothing  left  but  to  settle  down  to  “sober  liv¬ 
ing,"  and  a  confirmed  skepticism  with  regard 
to  everything  like  connubial  happiness. 

- *--*-♦ - 

ABOUT  BEAUTY. 

F.  B,  Perkins  says  in  Old  and  New “  Beauty 
of  feature  is  almost  common  in  America;  re¬ 
finement  and  intelligence  of  feature  are  abso¬ 
lutely  so.  Bui  gracefulness  is  very  rare.  With 
men  -why,  the  idea  is  superfluous;  no  matter 
about  it  either  way.  But  among  women,  whose 
business  Is  beauty,  a  man  who  knows  say  a  hun¬ 
dred  ladies  well  enough  to  recollect  distinctly 
the  traits  and  manner  of  oaoli,  can  perhaps 
select  one,  possibly  two,  but  very  likely  none, 
who  possess  that  supreme  and  divine  grace  of 
beautiful  motion.  Even  to  lie  able  to  recognize 
and  admire  it  if  not  due  to  unusual  keenness  of 
perception,  is  in  itself  an  elegant  culture. 
What  most  people  call  beauty  is  of  the  form 
and  color  of  the  face  only.  The  person  of  a 
woman  is  most  often  taken  for  granted,  or  ig¬ 
nored.  Hut  there  may  be  real  beauty— which, 
by  the  way,  U  of  the  whole  person,  from  the 
crown  of  the  head  to  the  tips  of  the  toes  with¬ 
out  gracefulness.  What  does  give  gracefulness 
—beauty  of  motion— is  unknown.  It  is  some¬ 
thing  of  the  body,  and  also  something  of  the 
soul.” 


Heading  for  the  fgmtng. 


THE  CHIPPIES  AND  THEIR  NEST. 

Tite  chippies  had  built  n  dried-grass  house 
Under  tho  thickest,  greenest  boughs ; 

Not  a  single  window  was  In  the  watt, 

Nor  any  door,  nor  any  roof  at  at^ 

The  place  for  the  skylight  was  the  door, 

And  n  soft,  soft  carpet  lined  the  floor. 

They  were  plain  and  homo-spun  little  folks 
None  of  those  gaudy  liats  and  cloaks 
Such  as  the  dandy  orioles  wear, 

Whether  tile  weather  he  dull  o,*  fair, 

Nor  even  us  much  as  a  crlmswn  vest, 

Snch  us  covers  the  robin’s  breast. 

Mrs.  Chippie  wore  mostly  brown, 

From  tiny  cjaw-gloves  to  shawl  and  gown  ; 

Anil  Mr.  Chippie  was  plain.  Indeed, 

In  a  dingy,  well-worn  suit  of  tweed ; 

But  the  oddest  of  all  was  their  family, 

Nothing  hut  brown  eggs,  one,  two,  three  ! 

Gold-looks  thought  It  was  very  queer 
Why  Mrs.  Chippie  should  disappear 
Whenever  she  peeped  through  tho  cedar  boughs 
To  look  at  the  cunning  dried-grass  house, 

And  count  through  Its  open  sky-light  door 
Little  brown  eggs,  one,  two,  three  four! 

Site  studies  within  her  eurnful  brain 
What  they  would  do  If  it  should  rain ; 

And  at,  night,  whenever  she  thought  of  it, 

She  looked  to  see  if  their  lamp  was  lit ; 

Always  so  wrapped  in  mystery 
Were  the  little  folks  m  the  willow  tree  1 

But  now  is  the  funniest  tiling  of  all. 

And  Gold-locks  laughs  until  tears  fall  : 

Four  baby  birds  are  in  the  nest— 

Big,  homely,  and  not  half  dressed  ; 

You  would  think  — they  open  their  mouths  so 
wide— 

They  could  swallow  each  other  If  they  tried. 

Wliat  do  you  think  bird  babies  eat  ? 

Nothing  so  very  nice  or  sweet. 

Their  mother  brings  them  for  cakes  and  pies 
Little  green  worms,  and  hugs,  and  flies ; 

And  when  they  are  grown  up,  I  suppose, 

She  will  dress  them  all  In  plain,  brown  clothes. 


STARTING  TO  SCHOOL. 

Out  of  thesliimlu'r-lniid  and  the  snowy  pillow 
ru files  two  little  eyes  are  kissed  opon  an  hour 
earlier  than  usual  to  get  themselves  ready  for 
school. 

Oh !  tlicro  arc  “  lmrrylngs  to  and  fro  ”  and 
stumblings  on  the  stairs  and  nervousness  of  lit¬ 
tle  lingers  and  larger  ones;  excited  Joy  in  live- 
year  old's  eyes  and  a  shade  of  half-regret  in 
mamma's;  one  more  ration  of  pickle,  jolly-cuke 
and  bread-and-butter  in  the  dinnor,  and  a 
primer  with  damaged  picture  alphabet  In  the 
satchel. 

A.  tiny  handkerchief  lias  to  bo  marked  with 
the  important  owner’s  name,  a  wee  apron  must, 
wait  l'or  its  ruffles  ami  then-  the  school  ma'am 
and  the  brunette  maiden  pass  out  at  the  front 
gate  I 

Mamma  swallows  something  that  has  sudden¬ 
ly  grown  in  her  throat  and  is  astonished  at  the 
mist  that,  comes  between  her  and  the  wealth  of 
wavy  brown  hair,  that,  glitters  like  silk  in  the 
sunshine.  Then  something  drops  on  tier  cheek 
and  hand  and— Its  no  use!  Mamma  is  crying 
some  tears,  presently  she  smiles  a  little,  weeps 
Some  more  and  then,  remembering  that  this  is 
only  a  repetition  of  what  every  mother  has  to 
endure,  she  tarns  with  a  little  show  of  bravery 
to  her  work,  pausing  to  press  the  mold  around 
the  stem  of  the  pot  rose  and  notice  It  has  anoth¬ 
er  bud,  and  tiu'ii  going  back  to  catch  another 
glimpse  of  the  scarlet  and  white  dot  moving 
around  the  bond  half  a  mile  away. 

Grandma  comes  out  of  her  room  saying  “how 
still  it  is;”  for  mamma  has  not  sung  a  bit  all 
morning  and  well,  grandma  sees  how  it  is  and 
sighs  and  smiles,  remembering  things  that  hap¬ 
pened  at  least  twenty  years  ago.  n.  o. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

WOODCHUCK  SKINS. 

I  notice  in  a  late  nil mber  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  that  Willie  A.  H.  has  a  woodchuck’s 
hide  and  wants  to  know  if  it  is  good  for  any¬ 
thing.  W ill! k  probably  has  heard  of  making 
whip- lashes  of  the  tanned  skins.  Tho  tanning 
is  done  by  putting  the  hide,  stretched  out,  In 
fresli  ashes,  kept  wet  until  the  hair  comes  off 
and  then  placing  it  in  soft-soap  for  a  week  or 
two.  After  this  it  must  lie  well  washed  and 
stretched  on  a  board  to  dry.  It  Is  (hushed  by 
being  rubbed  In  the  hands  until  quite  soft.  If 
Willie  wishes  to  experiment  a  little  he  can  try 
fresh  lime  for  inking  off  the  hair,  (anything  that 
removes  hair  in  this  way  is  called  a  depilatory , 
and  lime  is  tiie  heat  depilatory  known)  and  when 
he  Inis  taken  the  skin  from  the  soap,  let  him 
was  1 1  it  clean  and  scrape  off  all  the  roughness 
and  pieces  of  flesh  and  hang  it  up  in  the  smoke¬ 
house  while  the  hams  are  being  smoked.  I 
shouldn't  wonder  ir  lie  hud  something  very  like 
buckskin,  when  it  Is  done,  for,  in  old  times, 
Indian  buckskin,  the  best  over  made,  used  to 
be  smoked  in  a  wigwam  provided  for  tho  pur¬ 
pose.  And  while  1  am  talking  about  this  wood¬ 
chuck  skin,  let  me  tell  a  story  that  1  read  when 
l  was  no  larger  than  W illie  is  now,  and  which 
shows  how  a  little  knowledge  will  sometimes 
go  a  good  ways  and  share  a  great  deal  of  trouble. 
Many  years  ago,  when  our  soldiers  were  down 
in  Florida  fighting  the  Sqminoies  in  the  Ever¬ 
glades,  a  little  garrison  ol'  them  got  out  of  buck_ 


skin  which  they  needed  to  make  moccasins  and 
leggins  of.  But  the  officer  in  command  know 
that  the  Indians  made  it  by  removing  the  hair 
from  l  lie  fur  skin  wit  h  wet  ashes,  then  soaking 
It  in  the  brains  of  the  doer,  which  they  always 
carefully  kept  for  the  purpose,  ami  finally 
smoking  it.  lie  had  plenty  of  deer  pelts,  but 
the  season  for  killing  tho  animals  was  past  uud 
tie  could  not,  of  course,  get  the  material  for 
tanning.  Hut  lie  reasoned  I  hat  soft  -soap,  would 
soften  t  he  fibers  just  as  well  as  the  brains  and 
so  tried  it.  As  a  consequence  tho  soldiers  had 
plenty  of  first-rate  buckskin  all  through  the 
rainy  season  when  it  eame.  arid  their  shoes  and 
leggins  were  as  good  as  old  Osceola,  who  was 
Chief  of  the  Indians  in  that  war,  had  for  him¬ 
self.  Uncle  Oatstraw. 

- «-*-♦ - 

HOW  OTHER  BABIES  LIVE. 

The  dark-skinned  ladies  of  Guinea,  plant, 
their  babies  like  rose  bushes;  a  Unln  Is  dug  In 
the  ground,  and  tho  baby  packed  In  with  warm 
sand,  lie  stays  there  all  day,  thinking,  no 
doubt,  like  many  older  babies,  wluit  lie  will  do 
when  he  gets  to  be  a  man,  and  at  nightfall  Is 
dug  out  like  a  potato.  When  he  ts  dressed  for 
company  lie  is  clad  in  stripes  and  ornamented 
with  dozens  of  brass  bracelets  and  Hugs  on  hi* 
arms  and  legs.  The  Lapland  baby  lies  in  a  shoe 
and  the  shoe  is  mndo  of  reindeer  skin,  like  a 
slipper  turned  up  at  the  ends,  and  stuffed  with 
moss.  Tho  little  Lap  is  hung  upon  a  tree,  and 
may  be  mistaken  for  a  squirrel.  A  nothin*  baby, 
a  sober,  black-eyed  baby,  who  lives  lu  tho  frozen 
regions  of  the  Esquimaux,  is  cuddled  up  in  a 
fur  bag  at  his  mother's  buck,  and  wea  rs  a  furoap 
upon  Ids  head.  W'e  all  know  about  the  Indian 
babies,  packed  up  In  a  rude  box  like  a  mummy. 
The  Russian  mother  cradles  her  child  upon  a 
square  board  hung  from  each  corner  by  airings. 
In  India,  babies  are  carried  in  baskets  on  the 
mother's  head.  They  are  dressed  in  jewels, 
armlets,  bracelets,  anklets,  flnger-rlngs,  toe- 
rings,  ear-rings,  and  nose-rings.  Who  wouldn’t 
be  a  baby?  China  babies  (not  dolls)  arc  carried 
about  on  the  buck  liken,  sack  of  Hour.  Many 
poor  Chinese  live  In  boats,  and  the  child  Is  t  ied 
by  a  rope  to  tho  must,  with  a  sufficient  amount 
of  tether  to  proven!  him  from  fulling  overboard. 
American  babies  have  much  to  lie  thankful  for, 
and  yet  the  statistics  show  that,  they  cry  more 
than  those  packed  In  sand  and  moss.  Let  some 
follow  Invent  a  patent  packing  machine,  a  mix¬ 
ture  of  a  baby-jumper  and  1  lie  syrup  of  Mrs. 
Winslow.  His  iiatr.e  would  be  handed  down 
with  gratitude  to  babies  yet  unborn. 


if  fhtxdcr. 


PROBLEM.-No.  2. 


The  three  perpendiculars  of  a  triangle  when 
produced  intersect  each  other  at  a  point  with¬ 
out  the  triangle,  situated  30,  H)  and  50  rods 
respectively  from  Its  several  angles.  Required, 
tiie  sides  of  t.tn>  triangle. 


A  P=50  rods  ;  B  P*=80  rods ;  C  P  =40  rods. 

B.  F.  Burleson. 

XST'  Answer  in  two  weeks, 

MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA.— No.  2. 

I  am  composed  of  86  letters : 

My  11,  fi,  33,  33  is  an  herb. 

My  9, 14, 19,  fl,  30  means  sour,  bitter. 

My  lfi,  17,  10,  30  means  loving. 

My  K,  30,  13, 15,  3,  li)  was  a  British  admiral. 

My  3,  34,  7,  20  was  n»  English  poet  of  note. 

My  4,  lu,  30,3,  23  means  beneath. 

My  13,  3, 1,  5,  35  Is  a  famous  volcano. 

My  IS,  9,  19,  1  is  a  vehicle. 

My  l,  4,  23,  33,  17,  25  was  the  wtfn  of  Tarquin. 

My  33, 13,  33,  30  is  one  of  Byron’s  productions. 
My  32,  31,  I.  1,  33,  3,  8,  3,  33,  33  is  Dickens'  best 
character. 

My  whole  Is  a  celebrated  railroad. 

Marian  Harris. 

Answer  In  two  weeks. 

- »«♦ 

WORD-PUZZLE.— No.  1. 

I  AM  a  word  that  signifies  disaster  or  loss  and 
contain  nine  letters.  1  also  contain  an  instru¬ 
ment  of  corre  Ion,  a  measure,  a  company,  four 
personal  pronouns,  part  of  the  body,  a  word 
signifying  bribe,  a  cheerful  noise,  a  desire,  a 
small  bundle,  sagacious,  to  cleanse,  to  exhibit, 
an  article  of  food,  to  Join,  to  penetrate,  to 
scorch,  to  hazard,  to  move  nimbly,  a  cry  of 
anguish,  a  bird,  a  fish,  and  a  small  piece.  There 
are  no  two  letters  alike  in  the  word,  and  no  let¬ 
ter  repeated  in  either  word.  Della. 

%3T  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


commercial  and  lumber  circles  at  Ottawa 
Over  300  men  have  been  discharged  from  his 
mills  and  manufactories,  besides  women  and 
children,  causing  much  trouble  among  the  poor 
people  of  Hull. 

A  SlIAiu*  thief  presented  a  forged  order  of 
Gov.  Henry  D.  Cooke  to  the  Bank  Note  Engrav¬ 
ing  Company,  at  Washington,  for  all  certificates 
of  indebtedness  of  the  District  of  Columbia 
xvlib  li  were  finished.  Under  this  order  about 
$170,000  in  certificates  were  delivered,  and  thus 
(:vr  no  trace  of  the  thief  lias  been  discovered. 

It  is  delightful  to  read  that  in  Sandwich,  N. 
H.,on  June  10,  there  whs  a  snowdrift,  three  feet- 
deop  in  a  posture,  white  honeysuckle  blossoms 
near  it.  and  the  abundant  foliage  of  trees  bends 
apove  it.  On  the  southern  slope  of  Black  Moun¬ 
tain,  too,  there  Is  a  snow-drift  which  lias  resisted 
all  the  Him  and  rain  of  May  and  June. 

The  i'nivepdty of  Michigan  won’t  obey  the 
mandate  ol' tlie  Legislature  to  set  up  a  homeo¬ 
pathic  professorship  in  its  medical  department. 
The  allopathic  professors  utterly  refuse  to  live 
in  peace  with  the  homeopaths  if  they  are 
brought,  in.  declaring  that  they  will  resist  even 
to  the  destruction  of  the  department. 

Tuk  citizens  or  Salem,  Ind.,  intolerant,  of  the 
law’s  delay,  avenged  the  murder  of  Dr.  Halstead 
in  a  very  summary'  way,  June  29.  About  forty  of 
them  broke  into  the  jail  where  t  he  murderer,  | 
Delos  Jleffron.  was  imprisoned,  and,  after  pelt¬ 
ing  him  with  fire-balls  and  pistol-bullets,  took 
him  out  and  hanged  him. 

Tup  Governor,  Stale  officera,  and 


the  Western  Reserve  College,  died  at  his  resi¬ 
dence  in  Hudson,  0.,  Sunday  6th. 

Passage  by  the  White  Star  steamers  from 
England  to  America  was  Increased  July  1  from 
13  and  21  guineas  to  £21  and  £25. 

A  dispatch  says  that  the  Chinese  have  cap¬ 
tured,  with  great  slaughter,  Motneit,  a  consid¬ 
erable  town  in  Burmab, 

Prof.  Clark  Seeley  of  Amherst,  is  the  Pres¬ 
ident.  of  Smith  College  for  Women  at  North¬ 
ampton,  Mass. 

Hon.  James  G.  Blaine  and  Gail  Hamilton 
have  reconi  I y  returned  from  a  trip  to  the  Pa¬ 
cific  Coast. 

An  ox  at  Cleburne,  Texas,  has  four  feet  and 
ten  inches  between  the  tips  of  his  horns. 

Kansas  is  boasting  of  corn  seven  feet  high.  '?* 

The  Shah  is  to  go  to  Italy  next. 

The  Pope  is  able  to  walk  out. 


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THE  SEASON,  CHOPS,  PRICES.  ETC 


Crop  Prospects. — Recent  rains  have  given  lo¬ 
cal  relief  in  New  England,  New  York,  Pennsyl¬ 
vania.  Delaware  and  Maryland,  where  drouth 
has  prevailed;  yet  there  are  localities  which 
still  suffer  for  want  of  rain.  This  drouth  has 
been  disastrous  to  the  hay  crop,  early  potatoes, 
and  to  ornamental  grounds.  Wei  Is  and  streams 
have  dried  up.  Tobacco  plants  in  many  locali¬ 
ties  have  only  been  saved  by  persistent  water¬ 
ing.  In  the  South  the  corn  crop  promises  well 
Cotton  is  getting  too  much  moisture  and  hence 
too  much  grass  and  weeds.  The  corn  crop  of 
the  West  Is  scarcely  to  roach  an  average,  in 
consequence  of  late,  cold  spring  und  late  plant¬ 
ing— corn  requiring  a  definite  amount  of  time 
to  make  a  crop.  The  area  planted  is  also  less 
than  last  year.  Winter  wheat  is  not  an  average 
crop.  We  doubt  if  the  entire  crop,  spring  and 
winter,  reaches  the  average,  but  it  will  come 
pretty  near  It..  A  larger  breadth  of  land  has 
been  sown  in  the  great  corn-growing  States 
than  hithert  o,  and  this  will  help  bring  up  the 
aggregate  number  of  bushels  to  the  average. 
The  condition  and  prospects  of  New  York 
dairymen  are  not  hopeful.  The  drouth  has 
seriously  affected  i  lie  amount  of  t  he  product 
especially  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  State.  In 
Ohio  their  condition  is  better.  The  whole 
aspect  of  the  country  is  not  so  bad  ;  but  in  lo¬ 
calities  It  is  gloomy  indeed,  especially  where 
the  long-continued  drouth  has  prevailed.  We 
shall  be  glad  to  receive  and  publish  reliable  re¬ 
ports  from  our  readers  In  all  quarters. 

tlnelauil,  N.  J..  June  30. — A  pleasant  find 
reviving  rain  gladdened  "the  popular  heart,” 
just  a  week  ago.  the  first  in  a  long  while.  It 
came  slowly  and  at  intervals  through  the  day 
and  evening  so  the  thirsty  earth  cot  all  the  ben¬ 
efit  of  It— nothing  was  wasted  by  falling  too 
fast.  Strawberries  are  over  and  gone;  crop 
seriously  shortened  by  the  drouth ;  mulched 
plantations  again  proved  the  benefits  of  mulch¬ 
ing.  Trees  and  vines  look  well— pear  trees  in¬ 
dicate  a  splendid  crop ;  grapes  are  doing  well 
so  far.  Raspberries  arc  now  going  to  market, 
but  for  some  years  this  crop  has  not  been  prof¬ 
itable-strawberries  and  blackberries  yield 
most,  and  average  more  money.  June  was 
rather  cool  until  about  the  llith-  some  hot  days 
since,  but  nothing  marvelous. 

Rye  Beach,  Rockingham  Co.,  N.  II,,. June 
2*.  We  are  having  very  dry,  warm  weather, 
and  farmers  are  busy  in  their  hay,  although 
they  will  not  cut  over  two-thirds  as  much  as 
last  season.  Able-bodied  men  command  $2.50 
per  day  in  haying  and  $1.50  per  day  in  hoeing, 
hoard  included.  There  will  he  hut  little  fruil 
here  this  season,  and  the  demand  for  wheat  will 
be  greater  than  the  supply— that  -Is  the  farmers 
will  riot  raise  enough  for  home  consumption. 
Pine  lumber  is  abundant  at  $20(g>2o  per  1,000; 
corn,  85c.;  beans,  $3  per  bushel ;  eggs,  20c.  per 
dozen;  butter,  33c.  per  lb.;  and  other  things  in 
proportion.— if,  f. 

Newport,  Herkimer  Co.,  N.  Y.,  July  1.— A 
beautiful,  moderate  rain  to-day;  quite  warm; 
we  have  had  one  of  the  most  severe  drouths 
ever  known  here  this  time  of  the  year;  hay 
crop  very  light  ;  corn  uneven ;  oats  heading 
out;  some  not  over  six  inches  high;  we  shall 
want  some  of  the  Western  grain  the  coming 
winter,  to  keep  the  stock  i  hrough ;  pastures 
extremely  short. — a.  a. 

Angola.  Steuben  Co.,  Ind.,  July  1.— Since 
early  morn  ’till  noon  the  rain  has  fallen  in  tor¬ 
rents,  with  a  continuous  roar  of  heaven’s  artil¬ 
lery.  which  puts  to  shame  the  puny  efforts  of 
man.  Wheat  harvest  has  commenced  and 
promises  fair.— f.  b. 


PUBLISHER’S  SPECIAL  NOTICES, 


gave  notice  to  that  effect,  it  is  understood 
that  the  corporation  have  t  he  funds  ready  to 
meet  the  July  interest ;  but.  in  consequence  of 
this  Injunction,  they  have  prescribed  a  series  of 
interrogatories  designed  to  ascertain  the  various 
ownership  of  the  bonds  presented,  so  that  none 
of  enjoined  interest  may  be  paid. 

The  section  leaving  open  to  women  offices 
tliat  are  appointive,  which  was  adopted  by  the 
Ohio-Constitutional  Convention,  Is  objected  to 
on  the  ground  that  It  is  absu  rd  that  officers  with 
appointing  power  may  appoint  women  to  office, 
while  the  people  arc  not  allowed  to  elect  them. 
It  is  also  considered  absurd  that  while  Its  Intent 
is  to  give  women  only  subordinate  offices  it 
really  permits  them  to  take  the  judgships  on 
the  Supreme  Bench,  if  t  he  Governor  chooses  to 
appoint,  them  to  such  positions. 

Mrs.  D.  O.  Hill’s  statue  of  Dr.  Livingstone, 
at  Edinburgh,  is  thus  described :  -A  loose  cloak, 
which  forms  the  upper  garment,  is  thrown  back 
over  the  left  shoulder  so  as  to  expose,  the  waist- 
bolt  with  its  garnishing  of  pistol,  compass-box, 
5tc.  The  right  hand  holds  a  Bible  ;  the  left 
rests  on  the  handle  of  an  ax,  and  round  the 
feet,  which  are  shod  in  boots,  are  grouped 
objects  intended  to  suggest  various  points  con¬ 
nected  with  the  explorer’s  career. 

A  Pennsylvania  woman  who  lias  for  years 
been  afflicted  with  catarrh,  and  lias  been  treated 
by  eminent  physicians  without  obtaining  relief, 
dreamed  that  a  stranger  came  to  her  house  and 
gave  her  some  medicines,  saying  that  they 
would  effectually  cure  her.  Next  day,  on  going 
to  the  door  and  looking  out,  she  saw  the  identi¬ 
cal  man  of  her  dreams  approaching  the  house. 
He  offered  her  a  bottle  of  medicine  to  cure  her 
catarrh1.  She  took  it.  followed  his  directions, 
and  is  now — as  bad  as  ever. 

At  the  Milwaukee  House  of  Correction,  a 
prisoner,  Skohan  by  name,  disgusted  with  the 
situation,  determined  upon  starving  himself  to 
death.  For  one  week  lie  resolutely  swallowed 
nothing,  and  then  lie  changed  Ills  mind.  His 
pluck  was  gone.  Forty-eight,  hours  more  of 
fast,  and  he  would  have  been  a  dead  man,  as  ho 
desired  to  be ;  but  imperilive  nature  said, 
“Eat!”  and  eat  lie  did,  although  his  injured 
stomach  for  some  time  rejected  all  invitations 
to  resume  business. 

Gkn.  Howard,  referring  to  the  various  re¬ 
ports  concerning  him  in  connection  with  his 
late  management  of  the  affairs  of  the  Freed- 
men's  Bureau,  declares  t  hat  lie  never  misapplied 
one  dollar  of  the  public  money,  and  challenges 
proof  to  the  contrary.  The  moment  there  shall 
be  an  official  charge,  which  lie  says  is  not  likely 
to  occur,  he  will  demand  a  court-martial  as  the 
most,  effectual  means  of  clearing  him  of  every1 
vestige  of  unjust  suspicion. 

A  SUPPOSED  double  suicide,  occurring  Friday 
night.  June  27,  near  Baltimore,  has  just  come  to 
light.  David  Blacklock,  aged  10,  a  well-to-do 
farmer,  residing  some  miles  from  that  city,  on 
the  Hartford  turnpike,  was  found  dead  in  ids 
bed  from  an  overdose  of  laudanum.  A  few 
hours  later  a  sister  of  the  deceased  proceeded 
to  the  same  room  and  hung  herself  to  a  bed¬ 
post. 

John  \Y.  Fostf.r,  eminent  among  the  scien¬ 
tific  men  of  the  country1,  died  at  his  residence  in 
Chicago,  June  21,  aged  58.  He  was  very  actively 
prominent  in  Massachusetts  politics  in  1854- '55, 
was  subsequently  for  some  years  Land  Commis¬ 
sioner  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad,  and  was 
more  recently  President  of  the  American  Asso¬ 
ciation  for  the  Advancement  of  Science. 

information  from  one  of  the  engineers  em¬ 
ployed  to  examine  the  famous  Emma  mine, 
with  which  Minister  Schenck’s  name  was  at  one 
time  connected,  show's  that  the  mine  is  a  total 
failure.  The  British  stockholders  paid  £1,000,000 
and  are  now  £840,000  minus  and  have  little  or 
nothing  on  the  mine.  This  is  the  official  report 
to  the  atoukholders. 

The  failure  of  E.  B.  Eddy,  M.  P.  P.,  a  leading 
lumber  manufacturer  of  Canada,  for  something 
over  $1,000,000,  causes  a  profound  sensation  in 


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and  Free  Copies  or  Premiums  allowed  In  proportion. 
Clubs  for  ell  her  n  volume  (six  months)  or  year  are  in 
order,— or  part  may  bo  for  six  mouths  and  part  for  a 
year.  Club  papers  sent  to  different  offices,  If  desired. 


i  hf  governor,  Mate  <  ml  core,  and  some  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  legal  profession,  in  North  Carolina, 
irrespective  of  party,  have  joined  in  a  recom¬ 
mendation  to  the  President  to  appoint  Judge 
R.  M.  Pearson  of  the  North  Carolina  Supreme 
Court  to  be  Chief  Justice  of  the  United  States 
Supreme  Court. 

Judge  Robertson  died  Saturday  July  5,  at, 
Mount  Alhos,  his  residence,  in  Campbell  Co., 
Va.,  in  the  eignty-eighth  year  of  his  age.  He 
w  as  a  member  of  Congress  from  1834  to  1831),  and 
afterwards  Lieutenant-Governor  of  Virginia, 
and  Judge  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  Richmond 
City. 

The  question  as  to  the  constitutionality  of 
the  Graham  Temperance  law1  has  been  under 
discussion  before  the  Supreme  Court  of  W Iscon- 
.sin  in  the  case  of  the  State  against  the  Mayor  of 
Milwaukee,  and  the  decision  will  probably  be 
rendered  in  two  or  three  weeks. 

The  City  Counsellor  of  Detroit  gives  the  opin¬ 
ion  that,  the  Constitution  of  the  State  does  not 
permit  any  language  but  English  to  be  taught 
In  the  schools.  Therefore  German  will  proba¬ 
bly  1><>  excluded,  unless  some  special  provision 
can  be  made  for  it  . 

The  farmers  of  Minnesot  a  have  recently  held 
three  picnics  in  different  parts  of  the  State,  at 
each  of  which  there  were  estimated  to  be  8,000 
men.  That,  looks  as  if  it  would  be  a  bad  year  to 
run  a  railroad  man  for  Governor. 

The  Now  York  Court  has  decided  that  the 
publication  of  Woodhull  and  Claflin’s  Weekly 
is  not  Included  in  those  termed  obscene  by  the 
law,  and  Col.  Blood,  Mrs.  Woodhull,  and  Miss 
Clntlin  were  declared  not  guilty. 

Since  the  fall  of  Khiva  the  Government  of 
Russia  ha-  renewed  its  assurances  that  its 
troops  will  retire  from  the  country  when  the 
Khan  has  been  sufficiently  punished  for  his 
treatment  of  Russian  subjects. 

The  Pennsylvania  Constitution-makers  have 
reconsidered  their  hasty  action  in  adjourning 
over  until  fall,  and  will  continue  their  labors, 
which  w  ill  be  completed  in  time  for  adoption 
before  the  October  election. 

Lieut.  Gov.  Stearns,  of  Florida,  has  issued 
a  proclamation  assuming  charge  of  the  State 
Government  on  account  of  the  inability  of  Gov. 
Hart  to  administer  the  government  by  reason 
of  absence  from  the  State. 

Chico  fee.  Mass.,  lias  had  a  prodigious  sensa¬ 
tion  over  a  January  and  May  affair,  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Wildridge,  aged  40,  having  married  a  young 
woman  of  14  summers.  As  if  such  a  thing  had 
never  happened  before  1 

A  Rochester  mother  proposes  that  the  week¬ 
ly  holiday  of  schools  he  changed  from  Saturday 
to  Monday,  because  the  urchins’  play  on  Satur¬ 
day  spoils  Sunday’s  church-going  in  making 
them  so  tired. 

The  Archbishop  of  Cologne  and  his  suffragans 
have  been  summoned  by  the  German  Govern¬ 
ment  to  explain  their  reasons  for  excommuni¬ 
cating  two  priests  for  joining  the  old  Catholic 
organization. 

The  Connecticut  House  has  passed  a  resolu¬ 
tion  declaring  the  increase  of  pay  of  Congress¬ 
men  unnecessary,  and  requesting  Senators  and 
Representatives  to  labor  for  a  repeal  of  the  law. 

It  is  stated  that  the  presence  of  lady  students 
in  the  Missouri  State  University  has  always  been 
an  advantage,  a  means  of  refinement,  and  a  pro¬ 
moter  of  good  conduct. 

New  York  City  had  thirty  fires  on  the  glori¬ 
ous  Fourth ;  only  one  of  them,  however,  was  of 
much  account,  the  majority  being  of  the  $10, 
$25  and  $100  variety. 

In  the  New  Hampshire  Legislature,  a  bill  was 
introduced  making  it  unlawful  for  any  circus 
to  enter  the  State,  under  a  penalty  of  one  thou¬ 
sand  dollars. 

A  special  dispatch  from  Madrid  to  the  Lon¬ 
don  Times  says  the  present  Spanish  Ministry  is 
regarded  as  satisfactory  by  all  parties. 

Dit.  Henry  L.  Hitchcock,  ex-President  of 


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Morning,”  a  Superb  Steel  Engraving,  worth  *5,  la 
sent  post-paid,  to  every  one  paying  only  $2.50  for 
Moore’s  Rural  for  1873.  It  Is  Now  Itmdy,  and  will 
be  sent,,  without,  delay,  to  all  entitled. 


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Lists,  Show  Bills,  etc,,  are  promptly  sent  free  and 
post-paid  to  all  disposed  to  aid  in  circulating  the 
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BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS, 


Parsons,  Kan.,  July  2.  The  Parsons  Sun  ex¬ 
tra  contains  the  foil  owing  particulars  of  another 
fearful  tornado  in  Neosho  County ; — It  struck 
Galesburg,  a  station  on  the  Missouri,  Kansas 
and  Texas  Railroad.,  11  miles  from  here,  about 
9:30  P.  M.,  yesterday.  The  storm  was  a  fearful 
one.  The  heavens  were  one  sheet,  of  flame, 
accompanied  by  a  terrible  burst  of  wind  and 
rain.  The  tornado  came  from  the  south-west 
and  first  struck  the  stone  house  of  Mrs.  Gid- 
dtngs,  half  a  mile  south  of  Galesburg,  blowing 
It  down,  and  burying  Mrs.  Gi ridings  and  three 
children  in  the  ruins.  The  children  were  aged 
respectively  14,  12  and  10  years,  and  were  in 
stantly  killed.  Mrs.  Giddlngs  was  seriously 
injured.  The  gale  next  struck  Mr.  Roder’s 
house,  which  was  blown  down.  He  wasBOriousiy 
and  bis  wife  fatally  injured.  Two  other  houses 
were  blown  from  their  foundations.  The  tor¬ 
nado  moved  in  a  narrow  belt  and  swept  every¬ 
thing  in  its  track— houses.  fences,  and  crops— 
clean  as  a  mower’s  scythe,  At  Ransom’s,  three 
houses  were  struck  by  lightning,  but  no  serious 
damage  was  done.  The  rain  came  down  all 
night  in  torrents  and  much  damage  was  done 
to  the  wheat  and  corn  crops. 

One  of  the  most  cheerful  subjects  which  has 
engrossed  the  attention  of  Wall  st.  lor  a  long 
time  was  the  announcement  by  Press  telegram 
that,  the  German  Government  had  invested 
$10,000,000  iit  United  States  bonds.  It  is.  st  ated 
that  this  purchase  consisted  of  $7,000,000  New 
Fives  and  $3,000,000  Five-twenties.  It  was  re¬ 
ported  that  the  investment  was  for  the  German 
Invalid's  Fund,  which  consists  of  189,000,000 
thalers.  Of  this  amount  it  i3  stated  that  50.000.- 
000  to  75,000,000  thalers  have  been  invested  in 
foreign  funds,  and  that  previous  to  the  purchase 
of  American  bonds  a  large  amount  had  been 
invested  in  Russian  funds  and  French  Rentes. 
The  above  was  generally  regarded  as  one  of  the 
greatest  marks  of  confidence  in  the  ability  and 
honesty  of  the  Government  and  the  people. 

It  is  announce!  that  CoJ.  Thomas  A.  Scott 
will  proceed  to  Europe  on  the  10th  iixst.  for  the 
purpose  of  closing  the  negotiations  for  a  loan 
of  from  $70,000,1100  to  $75,000,000  for  the  Texas 
Pacific  Railroad  Company,  of  which  he  is  1 ’resi¬ 
dent.  The  Texas  Pacific  has  just  acquired  all 
the  Jand  grants  and  other  rights  held  by  the 
Memphis  and  El  Paso,  the  Southern  Pacific  and 
the  Transcontinental  Railroads,  the  Receiver 
John  A.  C.  Gray,  having  within  a  few  days 
signed  the  final  papers  transferring  all  these 


DOMESTIC  NEWS 


New  Vert!  City  and  Vicinity, 

Heavy  Custom  House  frauds  are  reported 
by  a  leading  lace  house. ...  .54  new  letter  carriers 
have  been  appointed  Mr.  Anthony  J.  Corn- 
stock  has  beeD  refused  the  privilege  of  super¬ 
vising  private  letters  in  the  Post  Office  ..The 
case  of  11.  W.  Beecher  and  those  who  are  obarged 
with  slandering  him,  is  to  be  investigated  by 
Plymouth  Church  ..  13  cases  of  sunstroke  on 
the 29tli  ult  ...Tammany  celebrated  the  4th  as 
usual  .  The  Superior  Court  sustains  Mrs.  Put¬ 
nam's  claim  for  $5, (MX)  from  the  railway  on 
which  tier  husband  was  murdered. . .  A  season 
of  intense  heat  lias  visited  the  city.  Mr.  Stock- 
well,  the  President,  has  commenced  a  suit 
against  the  Pacific  Mail  Co.,  claiming  over  $1,- 

200.000 . H.  W.  Beecher  denies  (he  charges 

brought  against  him  .  Tainter,  the  hank  de¬ 
faulter,  will  be  tried  in  the  fall..  Tho  Long 


oration  races  have  commenced _ The  bodv  of 

a  wealthy  Englishman,  Coi.  L.  P.  Sidney,  has 
been  washed  ashore  on  Staten  Island  .  The 
expenses  of  the  city  for  the  coming  year  will  be 
i  V,mm-  worth  was 
ti  » -m  mil3,  <jfT'"Vrdo1;  !m  the  second  degree  on 
,  L  -d  inst. ...It  has  been  decided  that  la,rer 
beer  cannot  by  sold  on  Sunday  The  Board  of 
Health  is  cleaning  out  the  cellars  The  Proton 

S  "n”“h?,  pW  7 |,,,vo  <‘!W108  of  sunstroke 
on  i  it  ...  1  ljLo Fourth  Wats  celebrated  with  a 
military  review, religious sgrylcea,  racing, yaelit- 
II  re  works,  etc  ..Controller 
Groi  n  has  been  arrested  for  refusing  to  nay  a 

I'ttveheldan  indignation  meeting  over 
Susan  15  Anthony  No  serious  Urea  or  acci¬ 
dents  occurred  on  t lm  Fourth. ..  Two  cases  ..f 
cholera  were  reported  on  the  ,1th  .  A  dozen 
cases  of  sunstroke  on  the  4th.  ...Shaekey  is  to 

be  h.'WIQ'rtil  nn  fh..  T54.U  fi  4 _  •  •  -«icw  rvt,>  in  bU 


and  American  goods  have  again  been  damaged 
,';rsn  v;ed  forth  all  Iier  power 

»?l  hti  vi-1*-0*  Hrll?ta  •  l  hG  Khan  of  Khiva  and 
)>as  nunwidored  to  rhe  Kus- 
"p!Vri  walk  the  Vatican 

grounds —  l  lie  fourth  was  celebrated  with  a 
grand  banquet  at  Madrid —  Germany  proposes 
to  control  the  Press.  1 


JJfSP  l  ?°1only  important  business,  and  prices  are 
without  change. 

In  hay  and  straw  supplies  are  moderate  and  prices 
»«'<'«  Hrc  at  *2Syi80  V  ton  for  prime  luiyj 

SfS!£&fiaaa,iSi9,0»H  lor  8°°l1  Shipping;  long  rye 
straw,  v*  ton, 

In  hop!)  (here  is  very  lit.tlo  business  doing  beyond 
a  small  shipping  trade  in  old;  State,  40@50c. 

,  HV1'  heen  steadily  neltf.  New  mess 

potk,  Mb.-L  7 ;  short  clear  bacon,  Do.;  lard,  Ske.  for 
W esteill  steam. 

'* 11 'v  -Flour  steady  and  un¬ 
changed.  W  heat  ipiiet  and  scarce;  $l.(!iVul.70  for 
i!™,* b^/hr  ljeHlwlii tc ;  (it hor grains  unchanged. 

n  :  6'  baeh'  «c.ak.«ftrdo. 

BUMBi  Hnn,  hwik;.  Eggs  Retiree  at  an  udvaucu  -  lit,.,, 
-Cki.  Cheese,  lSdlie.  Strawberries,  lOCj, lie.  fur  Wil¬ 
son  and  Italic.  lor  l  itoinnhe  de  (lands  ;  the  drouth 


pc w  <3Uvevti$em  cut, o' 


T  H  K  o  KNld.l.  I  N  I  V  fi  It  S  1  T  V, 
I  1 1  linen,  N.  \ offer*  liberal  and  practical 
Courses  for  agriculturists,  architects,  civil  engineers, 
muster  mechanics,  mcchanleul  engineers,  ugrleultu- 
rui  and  manufacturing  elionjtsiH,  printers,  veterinary 
surgeons,  etc.,  with  laboratoriea,  draughting  rooms, 
i urine  and  workshops,  lu  agrieulturo  uiul  mecliauio 
"Jts  various  eotirseR  fire  provldtui  to  meet  wutits  of 
all  Students  ;  also  general  courses  In  arts,  literature 
and  sWernie  preparatory  to  the  other  professions. 
Over  tlvo  bundled  free  scholarships.  Next  year  be- 
glns  .Sept.  8.  Nor  Registers,  with  full  Information, 
address  as  abuve. 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS 


The  United  states  Watch  Co.  (Giles,  Wales  <k 
Co.),  employ  500  hands  in  their  works  at  Marion, 
N.  J.,  and  are  turning  out  250  Of  their  celebrated 
time-keepers  daily,  or  one  watch  per  day  for 
each  two  hands  employed  ;  their  working  ti mo 
is  10  hours  per  day,  or  600  minutes,  producing  a 
One  watch  complete  every  two  and  a-half  min¬ 
utes,  and  n  little  more,  and  even  at  that  are  un¬ 
able  tu  keep  pace  with  l  ho  constantly  increas¬ 
ing  demand  caused  by  the  extraordinary  rec¬ 
ords  the  watches  are  making  as  accurate  and 
reliable  time-pieces,  an  instance  of  patient  and 
persevering  energy  and  enterprise,  rewarded  by 
prosperity,  which  we  are  glad  to  see. 


Is1  <»  ^  9  A  LIS.  VALU  ABLE  IMPROVED 

I  farming  lauds  in  Mont, go and  Madison 

Illinois.  For  particulars,  apply  to 

PA  I. MlSli  HAMLIN,  Nokorois,  Ill. 


E  IS  KSIULL  MILITA  It  V 

Pcoksklll,  ,N.  V.  $iuu  per  year. 
For..  (.’HAS,  .1,  W RIGHT,  A.  M 
ROBERT  HONAI.U,  A.  M., 


ACADEMY, 

Opens  sept.  10. 
,  (  Associate 
1  ITiueipals. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


„,i*  llll!1Twl?lvi5,  Bcw  students  have  been  nd- 
nuttod  to  VVest  Point. ...  Forty-four  cadets  have 
cen  a  imitted  to  tiie  Naval  Academy  ...Texas 
r  ‘  "  n\>1  ' >npi ovc  .Baltimore  has 

l,!?°  '"iKsof  tunnels  to  connect  its 
railways. ...  \V  niftier,  the  Maine  murderer,  was 
captured  In  New  Hampshire  on  theSilth  uit 
Nn  dctnui  win  be  taken  iji  relation  to  Gen.  Van 
nui. '0..  Fourteen  deaths  fr.)m  cholera  in  Fin- 
oinnatt  on  Mu*  v8Mi  ulf  .  ..Kivu  high  worn  killed 
on  the  mi.  ult.,  at.  Kuosie  T,"m"l  V». y  anjxi 
plosion  .  i  en  men  Were  killed  by  an  explosion 

at  Virginia  City,  on  Hie  noth  ult ...  Hon,  is  u 
opposed  to  be  Che  coming  Chief  jua- 

ti  u'  Pi^e  resident  continues  sick _ 

Tiuk?8?.11  ‘,4  fco  l,c  bridged  at  Poughkeepsie 
.in  '|T  ,ey.of,.NlJ,v  ' ''’Icnns  was  killed  In 

•?i  i'  /h  '*•  B-  Hhett,  Jr  Ten 

37  tioni  cholera  in  Finolnnati  on  the  2d, 
.i  1  lour  at  Cairo.  Judge  Red  fern  of  Autania, 
N.  1  ..committed  suicide  oil  the  3d  Oommo- 

fh n 'lm ku  ri1  it* : u  bt"1"  ''resident  of 

t be  Lake  Shore  Railroad  Neosho  Co.,  Kan- 

8a8Thn,.ll^d  llf,9irful  tornado,  with  loss  of  lire 
b  ,!?  'op  been  a  groat  sfcorra  in  St.  Louis 
I  reble  Co.,  ( >hio,  Juts  had  a.  torn, ado,  with  much 
damage  to  crops  .The  President  issued  a  proc- 

Ph'iV'VT  m  t,t.10  Wi  rol!tt'iv,:  to  the  exhibition  at 
1  h.Jadelptna  lu  1*K  n„  Invites  all  the  world 

inill  .,  ?«  ,VV,!/  V  in?!'-1  wl11  •I«"  «ve  and  a-hitir 
niUiions  of  gold  this  month  ...A  widespread 

drouth  has  Iti.fu red  crops  all  over  the  country 
mshirigtori  is  now  In  full 
made  a  temperance  speech 
Ufhnm,  Mass  ..The  Presl- 
'  ig  Branch  Prof. 

on  the  8th  .  .The 
commenced.  .  .  A  great 
mna,  Wisconsin,  Michigan, 
98.  on  the  II rat  of  July., 
ti,  ii  'i.  "10  pontons  were  drowned. 

......  i,n,  ,!  lu,vor" 1,1  Ohio,  ion  families 

arc  Doincli  ss,  and  the  damage  is  81,000,000.  Tel- 

-  ..ires  were  every wlmre  pros- 

,  ..  Iturni  did  great  damage  in  llii- 

m  v’  Kentucky  and  Missouri.  Thunderstorms 
i?  iriW  have  done  nnicH  damage 

!'1U„  '''“'Ooioake  on  the  oth.  ...The 
nn-8’  et,‘r‘  ;l\  I '  has  sent  a  letter  of  congrat¬ 
ulation  to  Senator  flu  inner . \  party  of  three 

young  folks  Irom  I’inelnuali  went  over  Niagara 
1  alls  on  the  4th  Inst  .  .T’hh  new  Gollegu  Uhurch 
ut  Amherst,  Mass.,  has  been  dedie  .ted  There 
SnTv'1^aV''0l0^ti<inS  Qt  "lO  B'l  ht  flt.  Louis, 
ton Newport,  Bingham- 


r,"oe  Gen.  Hutler . . 

on  the  1th  at  itmmlnahnm,  .VI 
dent  has  returned  to  Lot; 
Agassi/,  s  now  school  opened 
trial  uf  the  Modocs  has 
storm  swept  over  1  ml  i. 

Ohio  and  other  State 
At  Green  Lake,  VV|s. 

Along  the  Hoi  king 

egrapli  linos  'amfwJ 

t rated 

Ul»W. 

In  Ni 


CINCINNATI 

Industrial 

Exposition 

The  Leading  Industrial 

FAIR  OF  AMERICA. 


i  in*  Improved  tJoivrr»nI  ('loihru  Wringer, 
with  its  now  malleable  iron  folding  clamps,  for 
fastening  it.  to  a  tub  or  box,  is  the  neatest,  most 
compact  and  durable  Wringer  ever  made. 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


Nkw  V OKIC,  July  5,  1873. 

Beeves. -NO  Oi.miitton  of  trad o  could  be  more 
(iuJi  than  Unit  *»t  tho  boul'  mjii'knt  hiiuh1  our  I^Bt 
weekiy  report.  Wediieaday  lust,  beeves  solil  at  8 M(«t 
UHc.  -0  lb.,  weights  Odsfiy,  mvt.  Thursday,  prices  the 
same.  There  wore  no  sales  on  Friday,  it.  being  the 
national  holiday.  'The  fresh  cattle  ilijo  on  Friday 
stood  over  for  Saturday's  and  Monday’s  markets. 

-Hileli  Cows.  These  animals  sold  on  rather  fair 
terms  on  last  Wednesday  and  on  the  previous  after¬ 
noon,  when  l:’> cows  sold  at  MIjm, , .i  k  head.  These, 
prices  were  sustained  on  Thursday,  when  a  fuw  owe 
were  sold  off. 

Veil  Is,- -Trade  continues  fair  it,  smooth  quality 
veals  and  very  dull  for  course  buttavmllk  anil  grass- 
fed  cal  vus.  Wediu  sday  und  ThtU'sd  iy  veals  sold  at 
BMdOo.  1  he  choice  veals  to  hand  sold  singly  at  sl!w, 
l.i  {i  head.  Trade  was  small. 

Sheen  uud  Lambs.  There  Inis  been  quite  a  block 
in  tncshGep  market  oauaed  by  tho  hfiuvy  reooints  of 
the  past  week,  combined  with  the  dullness  of  trade 
bmee  Momluy  last.  On  Wednesday,  sheep  sold  hi 
largo  lots  at  .kaiSJfe.;  lamhs,  8If®l(IKc.  Tlnu-sihiv 
sheep  600c.;  lambs,  HmIUc.  No  quotatloaa  on  Friday! 

Swiue.  -There  was  a  sudden  depression  in  the  hog 
trade  last  Tuesday,  which  was  not  improved  on  the 
following  iluy  when  live  were  worth  5(25 Ue.;  oity 
ilressed,  7c.  Iiursday,  live  were  not  quoted.  City 


BOO- LI). 

Junes  Soa 
I  Vico  List. 


Sonic  on  Wheels,  S$22.50 
.e  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y 


3'it.h  iosi  AA'! oo;i,JV!hliM??  Pro*M®nce,  <»ti  the 

IOS9«  ¥1-0,1)00 ,  three  Ureinen  were  inlured- 
the  house  was  set  on  Are  ...  Dwelling  houses 

loss  ‘isaiom  n  VuiirJO,Jr  N'  ""  tho  »  uit.; 

••|OU  'v'!-k:S  "r  Bong  Island  City  on 
o.i  rV  '/  o  ll':  ''I**-  6150,001). . . . Tobacco  factory 
i'.1 '  io: it  on  the  39th  ulr,.;  loss,  8SOJOOO. . . 

*V*UW\  irriIW^  ?'  0,1  311  li  ;  loss. 

?! 50.000  . ..Village  or  Belleville.  Jeirerson  Co 
Frank Mn  \}c5  ;  lo8A  WOUO....  Ifi.ltlng  mill  at 

.  ,Ur,’  \V,V^',UI!  tlu)  loss,  ¥00,000  ...De¬ 
pot,  or  tho  Third  A vc.  Railway,  New  York  on 
11.0  411)  ;  loss  *10,1)00  ...a  r n\i iiuVaidij ry  i7n  Etus t 
Uth  street,  New  Vorlt.  nji  the  3d;  loss,  .$34,000 

iiwA'iim  In  Greenfleld,  Matia.,  on  the  ttli  ; 
iosh,$du,noo_.  ..Soap  factory  In  VVcatorlv  It  I 

s'"  \  r^Ln<J|’  <e&®i’IH)l!i'  Warehouse  at  t’he  li! 

siiidT  V1  ,Wli‘,i''llr’,,N’  Y.,  on  the  3d;  loss, 
$10,1)00..  rownseud  s  Mills  ut  Ncwburg,  N,  V 

ilti,tn0Odon°tShoqV,,,iW  .'Y,"olcl1  '"ill  at  Ham- 

uton,  o„  on  the  .Id  ;  loss,  $00,000. 

Obituary. 

i  iimn  V>eP'"  ,ult-  Fhuncellor  Zahriskie  of  N1 
J-  dled  In  Truckec,  Cal.  He  was  oo  years  of 
dos?,a  B.  Grant,  father  of  the 
Ffesidont,  died  in  Covington,  Ky.,  on  the  3!d,h 

oS  V.'.hn  w'"ivr,r'"'  Sts  aopi"-i,i,o„t 

ih  Germany . Thornton  Hunt,  an  lWliHh 

painter  died  On  the  :44th  of  Jn’ne  S 

Pstti1  \^?i.‘iaw°.vvski’  an  «I)«ratIo  composer,  in 


The  Fourth  Exhibition  will 
open  Wednesday,  Sept.  Bd,  and 
continue  until  Saturday,  Oct. 
4 tli,  1S7B.  Goods  received  iron^ 
X  "K-  ttli,  to  ft Otli.  Exhibitor^ 
Mhonld  make  ininiediatc  appli- 
Ciition  tor  spare. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS, 


Ni-:iv  Yciuk,  Monday,  July  7,  1873. 
**AMv  Ml  business  In  this  city  wa  praeLlually 
stopped  on  khc  evening  or  Thursday  hi  hi,,  and  there 
has  Imenun  Inlarixiisaam  Iq  trade  tip  to  lu-day.  The 

...1^ i .l.V#U * i . n.‘ r k " 1  f  COnacuu-uMy,  III  no  swipe  U> 

udiuR  tin.  u-uaL  style  of  detailed  report,  and  eom- 
niercliu  affairs  generally  will  admit  only  a  brief  allu- 

TUP  bean  mirket  dosed 
;  “i*",.  medium.,  and  M.,u  I  awlal  VV  e  have 

ti  e  novelty  of  an  invoice  of  mm  hush.  French  beans, 
w  ar'V!""!  ar  1,0  ( ‘,-,1  1:1111  -ito.'k,  ami  compare  well 
uniouiaS1 1  '  r?!  |'!,,U<I|U.I|1;"  The  export  of  beans 

^issASiawr UM*  "■*“*»  *” 

I'lonr.blds .  Ilressed  Hogg.  No.. 

Wheat,  bush .  ftj*l,HM0  Pork,  hnla .  yg 

bimh .  fta-l.diXUlm.f,  pkgs . !..  175 

iViS,a^l-,  li'  •-••••'••  844, 5UI1  ( !u(.  meats,  pkgs,...  Lguu 

lilliSS  RCCll,  l)USl|.(  |  jlLpd.  hlfifii 

jtye.bufth.  .  ^!ffituVTTO::::::::  wm 

Barmy  bush .  1,801)  Oheese,  pkgs .  70, 351 

#UK-  b  11  . . . . . .  10,000,  Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  K 

Beans,  bush .  474  Kgtfg,  bids. . ...  .  ..  ;  ,L, 

Gcr,.  moul  hhis..  .  C,H7a  Wool,  bales .  Fsia 

com  inesi.l,  bag». . .  t,2il)  Hops,  baleg .  id 

CCiLton,  balea. ......  lt|685ll'caputa,  bug» .  4,323 

Broom  corn  hag  advanced,  with  tine  grades  wanted 

kU(A<stUi£2rt  f.?r  harl,  6H@8^C.  for  green. 

3V;95o.  for  mil,  Old,  JwaJJtc.  Beeswax  quiet  at  8234 
(L'.  dc.,  the  stock  m.-unlv  Wn.M.epn, 

Hatter  lias  been  neglected  during  the  lull,  and  few 

Kft'T  UKhWML  ""Book  tor  price 

:?'■ Bwor,  ii>  t-he  quotations  of  the  present 
do  not,  create  any  effort  011  the  part  of  shippers  to 
ftnD|d)  15  aUln;,l,‘"-.  '|,||,Ib  *•'  specially  true  of  Mate  make. 

“Dl'.t(u-‘  weather  Is  adverse  to  remote  shipments,  bust 
veek  s  prices  are  the  quotable  ones  to-day,  though 
the  market,  is  not  yet  opeu.  <-nuugu 

Cheese  is  deoidedly  unsettled, ami  the  inter runtldn 
in  Baies  lias  tirobajdy  affected  this  more  than  any 
other  item  of  produce,  'I’liere  are  rumors  of  low 
figures  having  been  accepted  for  good  lines  of  factory 
Mj**  BwUew  *VJ5.r'!  •B’rald  to  carry  Over  to  this  week. 


jyi  OO  RE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  tho 

"  great  Illustrated  Krni*L,  Literary  and  Fam¬ 
ily  Weekly,  gives  an  Elajant  UUsUl'Mr  Eam'arhu^ 
i'iuik,  to  every  yearly  suhscriher  at,  ?2.:,u.  The  Pic¬ 
ture  is  u  splendid  one. entitled  “  Birlh-Dny  .Hom¬ 
ing,’  (Sizo  24  by  80.)  The  Paper  and  Picture  are 
Imtb  Mi'ht-elass,  The  Ito ha  t, contains  Sixteen  Quarto 
Pages  — ably  Edited,  and  Illustrated  and  Printed  lu 
extra  style.  National  In  Character,  Objects  and  Cir¬ 
culation,  and  tlie  Popular  Standard  In  its  Sphere, 
'fry  It  a  year.  You  can  begin  with  the  Summer 
Campaign  (July  I)  or  nt  any  time.  Terms*, —with 
Picture,  $2.30  a,  year  without,  hi  clubs,  only  $2.  Lib¬ 
eral  Cash  Commissions,,  ,r  Premiums,  to  Club  .Agents. 
Specimens,  Premium  Llats,  Atv.eont  free.  Address 
D,  D.  T,  HOOltE,  Now  York  City. 


ol,du.>  " '?*•  Bee-vcs—  I’liere  was  no  Im¬ 
provement,  In  the  tone  of  the  heel'  market  on  this 
forenoon,  lexiui  steers  sold  at  8)4®!)c.  V  n,..  with 
MMiuo  Still- ft'd  sit  lOjrfje,  ft  Itt.j  WL»iK*d-  from  5J<  to  <]'■' 
ewt  ,  on  OIK, ,57  ibs.'to  the  ewt.,  g.,et -  native  steers'* 
IDoid.l,  je.,  weights,  (JmU  ewt.  on  liiWis  lbs.  ’ 

-These  animals  sold  on  fair  terms 


FOREIGN  NEWS, 


IHileli  Cow  .. 

at  $61@85  V  head, 

Veuls.  -There  was  ji  moderate  demand  for 
quality  reals  at.S>je.  p  11, .;  grass  calves  slow  ai 

""‘J  lm  mbs.— Sheen  improved  In 
on  tins  forenoon,  and  sold  in  large  lots  at  3) 
4"  lb.;  larnba  were  slow  at  70110. 

7Kc°K8’— WVe  WC‘rU  W0J  ,h  5Ko.riKc.;  city  dres 

ukpeipts  op  live  stock. 

Shoo],  A 

,  „  ,  ...  nu.ivev,  (.uwa.  Cutvuv.  t.nrnb,. 

One  Uiindrodth  St. ..3,127  8  !Ki7  mo 

Forty- Figb Hi  st .  0U0  74  1,429  5,260 

fortieth  bt .  uu  Uu  UtB  7.10s 

Conun  uni  paw . 5.031  no  mi  5,311 

Wuehawkcu . 1,161  OU  U0  01)0 

Totals  this  week....  9,322  82  2  9.V.>  17  828 

’  last  week....  8, H17  33  3,883  28,028 

COMPARATIVE  RATES. 

J,ast  week. 

Cents. 
mi  <«  i3)4 
UK  <A  12 
10  («.  11 


ELECTROS,  WOOD  CUTS,  ETC 


IHiscellaneotia  Foreign  News. 

Yrt.  Tvauffmann  an  flounced  tho  fail  r»f 
Khiva  on  the  loth  of  June  A  New  Cab  noi 
in  T  Spal,ri,Pri  tJ*«  38th  lilt.  Sevilla  j, 

Ma  lH  i  i':  ’"f  "i  ,  l  hV  '•ttlaoo^f  the  Cortes  in 
i'  .ulrhl  is  guarded  by  the  troops.  Slavery  la  lu 
be  abolished  in  Cuba  at  once.  ..Christians  to 
nta  of,SI°  have  beep  murdered  in  Tius- 

Se  North  of  ft{^en!"'.ai8  il  ll,javy  earthquake  in 

weinti,  0i  ta|y,  on  the  ;;i)r,h  ult.  Churches 
ChoWl  ,  down,  ami  many  people  killed., 
as  fi^  wo  1,1  -  The  country 

to  Eevot  aor^Vb^0  *,UW  heen  aiillexeil 

m |  Jlllfj  tllG  slnVG  ‘tllonrimmul 

I  hnre.s  a  formidable  Corlist  o.ltbu  K  B&Y 
Vhn  ^t  "fAVo1,be‘!"  withdrawn  fh>ra  aevHla 
feu-  in  yi'on^'  lM0^.a?,i!a.UVr..J^«  Blyenu  great 


ituui.  uMiioia  wtir/r  arr/ild  tn  ojtrry  oven*  U>  this  week 
.  7*!  ,"1  L"  -settle  some  kind  of  a  range! 

‘u  ''RX-’d  to  I  J.U.e.  by  Thursday  lost.  ' 


01  Mien  Rugravings  as  have  appeared  In  the  rural 
New-Yorker.  Of  the  latter  we  have  aoverai  thou¬ 
sand,  a  largo  proportion  ol'  them  tl rat-elans.  Including 
many  engraved  from  original  designs— and  as  the 
wood  cuts  are  uninjured  easts  from  them  will  give 
as  good  impressions  as  new  engravings.  Our  stock 
of  cuts  is  so  large  and  varied  that  we  can  supply 
Electros  on  utmost  any  subject  desired,  and  at  prices 
wldrh  will  make  It  an  object  for  those  wishing  Il¬ 
lustrations  for  Newspapers,  Magazines,  Catalogues, 
Show-Bills,  Ac.,  Ac.,  to  send  us  their  orders.  Those 
having  hack  numbers  or  volumes  or  the  Rural  can 
select  therefrom — and  to  others  wo  can  send  proofs 
or  papers  for  examination.  If  we  do  not  always  him- 


....  CRR'iitm  heavily  In  supply,  and  prices 

Mn  proportionately  firm.  Western  are  losing  badly 
Long  Island  have  few  to  send  here! 
iSt.ate  and  I  ennsylvauia  are  tirm,  and  quoted  at  2R2 

Fresh  Fruits  are  very  irregular  in  price.  The  va- 

n,?M e hi? , 'Y* l'"1  ,J'"'h'n*  •?  *')  the.  Mile  condition 
wVe-ii.  season.  S  in  all  hour,  hern  peaches  are 

r? I  f ’’  'Ji:r  tditte.  cherries  scarce  at  lie/, is,-. 

'“fwy  1  low  stock.  tjiiaUc.  11  luck-caps'  I.'ka 
ti  ‘i'JLer  Alltwcrps  are  I  Igh,  quoted  2Ue  for 

•  ei/'  in’  BlaokhorriiiUj  ll)@l8o,  Florida  Watermelons 
;  H  M*'.,,  GnoMltierries,  $>r2..7U  for  small  green! 
Luiraut.s,  )—.'>  i.Hij .  1  nr  small  and  iso.  fornheiry,  vVhor- 

old  luhRftW  *0M  Ut  *H  per  '",rth-  hdht.uts,  see 

,  li  1,  -^#*w  ^  ‘iVUila  unions  are.  lit  nm-rkot 

? at  por  bbl*  ^urfolk  potatoes,  fJ..)(kaI 

‘j.,;!)  ;  fharlestoo  do.,  ;  ReriauJa, 

r  ,l^(i  *  "J 11 'try  I*  hi  good  dole  and  at  2lKa)28e,  per  Jb. 
for  spiiug  ohieks ;  fowls,  bY<jii8o.;  1 11  r k rv>  1IK,/,18,* , 
young  N .  .1.  ducks,  yiw.'l.2.'>  per  pair;  Western  ducks' 
t5o.48ll.ljU:  geese,  N.  .1.,  :.5U  ;  do  VV  ester  ,  ini 

C"  1-76 ;  stall-fed  pigeons,  $1.7.,^  ;.  I'K©  coming  "wick 
will  bring  a  better  variety  of  game  birds.  8  U 
iho  breadst-uffs  markets  have  been  lower  with  a 
w I Bhdo;  Huporllne  State  and  vv'estern 
$l.uo0!i.).lu,  and  extra  do.,  f  ■ dy-<  ii.  S(J,  with  doublo  trade 
brands  from  J6  to  $K..50.  W  heat  at  $l.40@L45  for  No  I 
wring ;  Fl.4Ut^l.ol  for  do.  Rye  at  80®83e.  for  Western 
Corn  at,  44>4',<if7e.  for  new  mixed  Western,  out.,  \\v 
<sD7o.  for  new  mixed  Western.  U  '  j 

In  dried  fruits,  exports  of  apples,  697  pkgs ;  this  lias 


This  week. 

Cents. 

12  >:w  l.'ihj 

1 1  fi’t  12 

10  W  11 

3  (to  9  Si 

ION  <)'.  11;Y 


Good  Steers  ¥  K> 

Fair . 

l’oor . 

Poorest . 

Gen.  selling  rates 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


The  absurd  anti  mischievous  statement  that 
an  Elastic  Truss,  so  called,  will  oertaiuly  cure  rup¬ 
tures  is  not  endorsed  by  Messrs.  Pomeroy  &  Co., 
whoso  Elastic  Rupture  Belt  is,  nevorthole«s,  the  very 
best  Elastic  Truss  made.  For  correct  information  on 
tins  subject,  address  POMEROY  &  00.,  711  Broad- 
wuy.  New  York. 


PERSONAL  ITEMS. 

Paul  TL  Du  Cjtaillu  is  net  lost. 

The  Hhali  is  a  fine  horseback  rider. 

M.  M.  Ballou  has  left  the  Boston  Globe. 

Gen.  Beauregard's  health  is  quite  infirm. 
Jean  Tngelow  has  a  new  novel  half  written. 
Ida  Lewis  has  separated  from  her  husband. 
Ole  Bull  will  spend  t  hree  years  in  Norway. 
John  Stuart  Mill  was  an  excellent  musi¬ 
cian. 

President  Grant  never  uses  profane  lan¬ 
guage. 

Ex-Gov.  Warmoth  will  spend  the  summer 
North. 

Joe  Jefferson  is  going  to  Europe  for  his 

health. 

Tiie  Crown  Prince  of  Swodon  will  visit  this 
country. 

The  Illness  of  Christina  Rossetti  causes  much 
anxiety. 

John  Russell  Young  is  editing  a  paper  in 
London. 

Hiram  Powers  had  an  imposing  funeral  at 
Florence. 

James  Parton  is  summering  at  Newbury- 
port,  Mass. 

Prof.  Maria  Mitchell  of  Vassar  has  gone 
to  Earope. 

Richard  B.  Kimball,  the  author,  has  been 
made  a  LL.  D. 

Gkn.  Van  Buren  says  the  place  sought  him, 
not  he  the  place. 

Gen.  McDowell  is  satisfied  with  the  condi¬ 
tion  of  the  South. 

Miss  Thorkait,  the  last  of  her  family,  has 
gone  to  Bangor,  Maine. 

A  statue  of  Stonewall  Jackson  Is  ready  for 
shipment  from  Germany. 

James  Russell  Lowell  has  received  an  hon¬ 
orary  degree  from  Oxford. 

H.  W.  Beecher  made  a  Fourth-of- July  ad¬ 
dress  at  Hudson,  X.  V . 

Prince  Bismarck  is  passing  the  summer  on 
his  eatate  at  Varzin. 

Miss  Leo  Hudson  ordered  a  bronze  horse  to 
be  put  over  her  grave. 

President  Grant  lias  been  visiting  a  horse 
farm  in  Oswego  Co.,  N.  V. 

Congressman  J.  G.  Wilson  of  Oregon  died 
in  Marietta,  Ohio,  on  the  2d. 

Rev.  Wm.  R.  Alger  has  given  up  preaching, 
to  write  tlio  life  of  an  actor. 

The  Shah  of  Persia  is  represented  as  proud 
willful,  sensual  and  arbitrary. 

Gen.  Butler  will  take  the  stump  for  the 
Governorship  of  Massachusetts. 

Prof.  WatSON  of  the  University  of  Michigan 
figs  leave  of  absence  for  one  year. 

*AIr.  Sidney  K  Morse  has  retired  from  the 
•  $Av  York  Observer,  to  Jive  abroad. 

John  Stuart  Mill  once  offered  to  bear  the 
expense  of  publishing  Herbert  Spencer’s  works. 


BUBAL  SEW-YOBMEB, 


ami  £Uacluncvy. 


^cvtiUsw, 


TO  AC  ENTS.  The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 

-  GROUND  BONE, 


There  Is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  sale  of  the  family  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  is  no  machine  that  Possesses 
one-half  the  nuslitiios  which  are  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  family  u*e  a*  the 


Bickford’s  Improved 

Its  simplicity  and  ease  of  management,  together 
■with  Its  capactty  for  doing  the  great  rangeof  work, 
and  its  trifling  cost,  makes  it  h  matter  economy 
tor  o  cry  fnrnilv  to  nave  one,  and  will  ultimately 
bring  it  into  aa  general  use  as  the  Sewing  Machine. 
The  practical  utility  of  the  machine  only  needs  to 
ilcmi >n,l  rated  to  the  people  to  produce  an  un- 


guMicntion.s, 

For  the  Country! 

For  the  Sea-Shore! 

CHOICE  COLLECTIONS  OF  HOUND  MUSIC! 

‘‘GEMS  OF  STRAUSS,” 

Oontaiulnfl:  nil  Strauss’*  best  Waltzes,  Galops, 
rillos.  Mazurka*,  About  20,000  sold*  l  nue, 

“  ORGAN  AT  HOME,” 

lust  out.  A  u'tw  collection  of  over  200  of  tho  most 
popular  pieces  of  tiie  day,  arranged  for  Heed  Organs, 
Ac.  Price,  t'Z.U). 

“  Musical  Treasure,” 

Filled  with  the  best  of  new  music  for  the  Voice  or 
tor  Piano.  Over  100  Gems,  all  established  favontes. 
Price  $2.50. 

“  Wreath  of  Gems,” 

Choloe  Songs.  Ballads,  Ac.  Price,  f'L.iO, 

“Piano-Forte  Gems,” 

Containing  the  best  Pliuio-Furte  Music.  Price,  $2.50. 

S  rT  The  above  books  ore  uniform  in  style  and  bind¬ 
ing,  all  the  pages  being  full  Sheet  Music  Size.  They 
will  befoumlm  valuable  lor  the  s^-shoreor  coun¬ 
try  resort,  containing  bright  and  pleasing  music,  all 
elso  being  carefully  uvoirted. 

The  Coming  SABBATH-SCHOOL  SONG  BOOK, 
entitled 

THE  RIVER  OF  LIFE, 

With  new  music  and  words  by  the  most  distinguished 
writers  in  tiie  country,  is  nearly  ready.  Specimen 

tuo  above  books  sent,  post-paid,  for  the  retail 

OLIVER  DITSON  &  GO.,  Boston. 

C.  H.  DITSON  &  CO.,  711  Broadway,  Now  York. 

10,000  VOICES  RING 

the  praises  of  the  new,  be.*  1  and  cheapest  fam  ily  paper- 
••  My  Own’  Fireside.”  Great  success.  ovcrlOO.OOU 
sold.  Onlyflaveai.  A  85  Oil.  CHKOMO  FREE. 
Tn  thoroughly  introduce  this  favorite  puper.  we  send 
H  three  months  tor  25  cents.  15  large  pages,  crowded 
wltli  freshest  stories,  answers  to  correspondents,  Ac., 
Ac  We  pay  good  ag  LXTSu  permanent  iiiul.thly  each 
salary.  Outfit,  $1.  Money  returned  it  not  satisfac¬ 
tory.  Applv  oi  subserlbc  nmr,  or  scud  2.)  cts.  and 
try  it  !i  inns.  JONES  A.  HaDLKV,  Publishers,  lib 
Broadway,  N.  Y. _ 

rilUE  UICST  FAMILY  PERIODICALS. 

A  T11L  ATLANTIC  MONTH  LY.  *4. 

nUit  YOUNG  POLK*,  S'A. 

EVERY  SATURDAY,  85. 

Published  bJAME8  OSGOOD  &  CO.. 

Boston. 

Sir-  Send  for  full  Prospectus,  and  for  Catalogue  of 
Standard  Works  by  first  American  and  English 
authors. 


PET  SEWING  HACIIIM:  DOUBLED  IS  VALUE 

BY 

PALMER’S 

COMBINATION  ATTACHMENT 

pon  jHjJj  sjnrtjyti 

The  perfection  of  making  and  arranging 
every  style  of  Dress  Trimming  with  as 
much  ease  and  simplicity  as  run¬ 
ning  up  an  ordinary  seam,  with 
some  new  and  entirely  Orig¬ 
inal  Accomplishments, 

AND  ALL  WITHOUT  BASTING. 

1. — It  prepares  the  Milliner,’  Enid  better  than  can 

2. — It  prepared ^M  jVl'iniTu’  Fold  with  different 

colors  and  pieces  ot  guodsat  one  ope  mi  ion. 

3,.  It  prepares  and  places  si  told  m  any  »eum 
Dcrfeelly,  without  basting.  .  .  ..  ,  , 

L— It  prepares  and  put*  a  double  or  sulglo  told 
on  the  edge  of  n  bund. 
b.  It  cords  btns  Imnds.  .  . 

6. -  It  prcjiaros  and  applies  a  dounln  I  roiicn  ntin 

finish.  .  _  i , 

7.  — It  prepares  a  cord  well  perfectly.  I 

5,  -It  prepares  aud  place'  u  e.ord  wolf  >•>  n  ny 

nen in  without  pasting.  ,  .  Jt 

9, — it  prepares  a  cord  well,  at  the  same  time  gallt-  ; 
erUigand  placing  the  well  In  the  gal  lie  c- 
intc  scrim,  sowing  it  to  a  plnlii  bund,  it  de¬ 
sired,  ni  one  oprrtiflon. 

10. — It  docs  plain  umbering.  . 

11. nlL  gathers  and  st-ws  nn  at  the  snnie  umo, 

hotter  than  any  other  gatherer. 

12. — u  hem*  all  goods,  bins  or  slringhl. 

13. — Jt  binds  wiib  braid. 

1*.— It  binds  w  ith  cut  binding. 

16. -it  sews  any  seam  wit  bum  busting. 

The  arrangement  is  very  novel,  and  it  Is  one  of  the 
simplest  Attachments  In  use;  indispensable  in  its 
utility,  doubling  the  value  of  any  Sowing  Machine. 

In  ordering,  state  kind  of  Sewing  Machine. 

Price.  #3,  with  full  instructions  tor  Its  use  mulled 
post  free.  Address 

PALMER  MANUFACTURING  CO., 

,Sl?  Broadway.  New  York. 

An  opportunity  seldom  offered  to  Agents  Of  both 
sexes,  which  are  wanted,  everywhere,  immediately. 

ATTENTIOMWNERS  OF  HORSES! 

a  *  the  zinc  collar 

»  V  /g«A  PA D  is g imrantevd  to cu re 

\\  the  worst  case  of  raw  and 
QtlSaDSBHKi  inuamt'ii  neck  m 

v  V  y  J  <ttid  work  th'  Hor»t  /very  uni/; 

.f'B  and  will  not  c li life  or  wear 
wkN*, the  mane.  For  sale  by  Had- 
\  "**■ 1  1  dlcry  Hardware  Dealers  and 

Harness  Makers.  Manufac¬ 
tured  bv  the  /INC  COLLAR  PAD 
Mich.  Information  furnished  on  application. 

romtmnv  is  in  possession  Of  lipridrcdsof  relia¬ 
ble  testimonials  from  Farmers.  Lumbermen,  leam- 
^ers  DeaU-w  and  others,  fully  endorsing  all  we  duim 
for  th e  /Inc  Pad.  We  annex  the  following  notlu. . 

Chicago,  Feb.  B,  1872. 

2ino  Collar  Pad  CO.,  HuchtM Urn,  Mh%: 

IJrsrLF.MEN: — We  have  bmi  selling  the  Curtis 
Zinc 'Collar  Pud  for  the  last  eighteen  months,  and 
take  pleasure  tn  saying  that  in  all  tlWl'Mm^e  have 
not  had  one*  word  of  cuiaplaiut  agwUUt  tllcitt,  hut  on 
the  contrary  our  customers  all  Vi Uu  them,  and  say 
there  Is  no  Pad  made  that  gives  such  general  satis¬ 
faction.  Very  respectfully, 

nuiiun.  OrTMAV Ml,  LEWIS  &  CO., 

Dealers  in  Saddlery  Hardware. 

T  IMPROVED  FOOT  LATHES, 

iCfrl  A  slide-rests,  Hand  Planers  for  Metals, 
/m  5  Small  Gear  Cutters.  The  very  beat,  sell- 
k§k=4A  ing  everywhere.  Catalogues  free. 
aJr^iP  N.  H.  BALDWIN,  Laconia,  N.  H. 

LEE’S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES. 

If  Usage  Hedge  Plant*  by  the  1,000  or 
1,000,000.  Send  for  **«*£“£*  BROS.. 

Lee’s  Summit,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 

TO  ENGRAVERS,  PRINTERS,  &a—Litrg^  stock 
well  teasoued  and  prepared  Huxvvood,  Mahog- 
aiiF  MadI? and  Pine-  VANDHRBUttOlltW l^LL^ &  CO.* 
Type,  Cabinet  A.  Press  Warehouse*  IS  butch  St#  Jv.  ^ . 


I*  IlIUlVvM  | 

f  Muuv  Rowing  .Miiohlno  Atfents.  finding  the  in-  j 
crease  ut  competition  und  the  dtfneulty  of  soiling 
U  high-priced  machine*  in  militate  against  a  flour- 
)  lulling  buMnettM,  are  taking  hold  of  the 

BICKFORD 

|  Family  KillUis  lachtia, 

/  ,md  meeting  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer- 
eJiants,  finding  In  Dana  Bickford’s  invention  a 
cheap,  simple  aud  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
find  it  profitable  to  purchase  nnd  keen  nn  sale. 
The  almost  entire  absence  of  compet  ition  does 
not  require  the  “  etnrnal  vlgllaneo  to  ,el1  thlB 
muoiiine  as  m  the  case  of  sewing  machine*. 

Age ii I*  Wanted  Everywhere.  < ,ood.  binart 
Men  can  make  S50  I’KU  WREK  AND  gxi'tNSF.s. 
Bend  for  Instruction*  and  t  treulars.  Price 
to  ffiO. 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  BICKFORD,  President. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y 

AddfuM  ft  P.  K.  DEDERiCK  &  CO.,  ALBANY,  H.Y. 

tor  Pries  Llil  /T|V  dK  B  A  L  K  S  IIAY 

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THE  P.  E.  EEDESIC2  PEEPETEAL  EAT  P8ISS 

Bales  hay  faster,  puts  It  In  belter  shape,  with i  less 
help  and  less  expense  than  suy  other.  _  A  whole  stat  ic 
or  mow  of  bay  may  be  pitched  into  * '  without  stopping 
or  tramping,  and  will  tie  discharged  in  hales  by  tho 
machine,  without,  assistant:*.  Sue  thorn  in  operation 
■it  our  works. Tivoli  St.,  Allmnv,  N.  Y. ;  No.  W  College 
St.,  Mom  real.  P.  Q.;  No.  105  West  10th  SC,  Chicago.  111.; 
Cor.  Wilkinson  Aye.  and  Third  St.,  N.  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

_ _  STA  NDA  UD 

f  CANE  MACHINERY 

For  Sorgo  and  Sugar  Cano. 

ptr  The  only  recognized 
standards  in  Cane  Ma- 

imjn  Cools  Kvaporntor 

Hill  JilWa-j  nnd  Victor  t  une  Milt. 

BbIIkiIMhWBBi  Them  are  "1  these  ma- 

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^ ^  07.Ce  1  Send  for  Descriptive  Cat a- 
logue  and  Price  List.  BLVMYKll  MANUF’G  C<>., 
Successors  to  Blj  myer,  Norton  &  <  o.,  ( Inclnnatt,  <». 
Cane  Mills  and  Kvaporators.  Improved  Thresher, 
Corn  and  Cob  Crushers,  etc. 

Important  to  Farmers 

and  Throshormen. 

We  will  send  free  on  application  a  Dese.rlptive  Clr- 
culur  and  Prices  of  onr  improved  Tliroahor— a  small, 
compact  mar  blue ,  weighing,  with  lever  power,  etc., 
complete,  less  than  2.000  pounds,  and  WARRANT*!’, 
with  four  to  six  horse*,  to  Bejiiirntc  and  clean  thor¬ 
oughly  from  200  to  HiXI  bushels  Wheat  and  a  propor¬ 
tionate  amount  of  oat  -  per  day,  doing  its  work  equal 
to  tiie  best,  of  I  lie  large  threshers.  Prices  and  freight 
much  less  than  tho  large  machines. 

IlIjYMYKK  MANUK'S  CO.,  Cincinnati,  O.. 
Successors  to  Blymyer,  Norton  &  Co..  M’f'rs  of  Cane 
Mills  and  Kvaporators,  Farm,  School  and  Church 
Bells,  etc. 


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FERRETS, 


For  clearing  oul 

Bats  &c.,  for  sale  by 
8.  B.  MAKSH, 
Palo,  Mich. 


BONE  MEAL. 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Fresh  Bone  Superphosphate  of  Lime,  or 
p1...ir.q  j. 

NOVEL  INVENTIONS. 

BEEBE’S  FERTILIZER, 

Bleacher  and  Other  Matters. 

This  Fertfliatr  is  composed  of  the  gases,  Ac.,  of  coal 
of  all  sorts,  having  carbon,  with  cokes,  combined  or 
otherwise.  I  claim  tiie  process  of  extracting  from 
any  kind  of  e.<ol  or  coke,  gases,  &c.,  by  the  use  ot 
heat,  nr  calcination,  and  grinding  and  placing  the 
coid  'll  water,  where  the  gases  will  escape  and  be 
held  with  the  oxygen  of  the  water.  Thu  coke*  are 
used  without  calcination.  This  uqjnsi  is  spread  over 
the  land  and  every  kind  of  growing  crop  having  a 
root  in  the  soil.  I  also  sow  the  ground  coal  and  coke, 
nr  either  of  thorn,  over  the  him/,  crops.  Ac...  and  put 
them  into  the  hill  or  drill  with  the  seed.  <  mil  being 
a  vegetable  formation,  contains  about  00  per  cent,  of 
carbon,  which  is  the  only  element  nr  resource  left  us 
fnr  restoring  wt/r,  vegetation,  &c. 

1  also  use  dds  ti'i  a  hr  as  a  coal  alkali  tor  various 
purposes,  such  its  tiie  distillation  and  the  brewing 
of  the  above  coals,  &c„  nnd  products  with  or  with¬ 
out  other  vegetables,  grains.  Ac.,  or  other  liquids.  I 
claim  the  above  ns  food  or  reed,  with  or  without  mix¬ 
ing  or  cooking  with  other  vegetable  ufcttor,  grain, 
meal,  Ac.,  for  feeding  or  tutD-iiing  poultry  nr  animals. 

I  also  claim  the  above  cfiiti.  liquids.  Ac  ,  as  preserva¬ 
tive*,  from  iitniDsphere  and  weather,  of  oil  meats  and 
eatables,  and  the  packing  of  them,  as  '•veil  as  mms 
of  all  sorts,  and  the  immersion  of  eggs  in  the  liquid 
carbon  to  give  a  new  sliclt.  Also  In  the  manufacture 
of  refrigerator*  and  fire  safes,  the  using  of  prepared 
coal,  rv ikes, \c.j  and  the  use  of  ovensaOd  cylinders 
for  baking* ml  roasting  coal,  somewhat  similar  to  cof¬ 
fee  roaster*.  ■  claim  coal  and  cokes  and  lire  alkalies, 
as  above. as  n  base  io”  .  otiinmrcud  and  manufacturing 
pnrpoMw.  etc.,  etc.  I  claim  a*  one  property  of  it.  the 
reducing  of  all  soft,  metals  In  combination  ami  solu¬ 
tion  with  it.  In  iii'in  ii'.irt  ii eiiitj  aud  illy  rui'intl  goods 
and  libers  oi  ev,  rv  description,  including  soap*,  tan¬ 
ning  In  h  i  ami  cniing  skirls,  and  Improving  ami  mak¬ 
ing  water-light  nil  kinds  of  leather,  and  for  bronzing, 
coloring,  -hading  and  dyeing  the  above,  or  any  Other 
material,  or  either  of  them,  and  for  giving  luster  to 
all  painted  or  varnished  surfaces. 

I  have  for  some  time  past  milipifu'.'tu rod ,  used  and 
disposed  of  the  products  of  all  tlm  varieties  of  cal¬ 
cined  coals  and  cukes  above  named,  in  both  liquid 
and  dry  conditions,  as  a  cleanser  and  bleacher  of  all 
oleaginous  and  fatty  mutter,  gums,  Ac.,  irom  wool, 
fiirsiuid  every  other  fiber,  and  restoring  .stained  cot¬ 
ton  add  stained  goods,  threads,  twines,  cordage,  &e.. 
c' caning  nil  cloths,  and  preparing  and  H causing  all 
cloths  for  receiving  dyes;  also  for  removing  barks, 
Ao.,  from  hemp,  tliix,  &o.,  in  tho  stalk  :  and  also  tor 
making  all  paper  stronger,  wtiiter  and  without  odor, 
and  in  the  manufacture  of  parchment ;  nUo  for  de¬ 
odorizing  rubber,  giittn  perebannd  all  gums;  and  for 
Improving  nil  glove  material  nnd  gloves,  and  color¬ 
ing  and  strengthening  the  -urne  ;  also  for  improving 
undid-  ,  cu -t  or  wrought,  or  lunnufitothrad  Into  any 

article,  and  all  bright  and  polished  surfaces  -tele¬ 
graph  nnd  all  surface  wires,  piano  and  all  musical 
wires, ami  glvluir  In  ■  ier  mid  iniltwii  to  the  same  ;  spin¬ 
dles,  mnciilnprar.  .Lxv  including  Iron  buildings,  rails 
and  rolling  b  '  k,  iron  steamships  or  vessels,  arms 
and  xinnun  olits,  engines,  boilers,  &c..  by  closing  and 
coating  the  •'urfaces  wlih  this  absolutely  lndeBtruct- 
tble  compomid,  iiraventing  rust  and  oxidation  ;  also 
fur  converting  iron,  through  this  Inexpensive  pro¬ 
cess,  into  steel.  I  slulm  the  healing  or  calcining  of 
iron  and  all  other  ores  und  metals,  and  cooling  them 
in  the  alkali  In-fore  smelting  the  ores,  und  also  till 
railroad  and  all  other  Irons  and  metals,  and  cast  Iron; 
also  the  Immondon  of  ores  and  coal  In  tho  tluiil,  with¬ 
out  hunting,  for  one  or  two  days.  And  the  using  tiie 
prepared  or  calcine* I  final,  and  til®  immersion  of  it  in 
water,  us  fuel  add  fiiix:  und  also  ground  coke  and 
coal,  or  either,  with  orwithoul  baking,  saturated  with 
petroleum,  tor  heat  in  burning  bricks,  making  steam, 
and  all  other  purposes,  making  no  sparks  or  smoke.  1 
have  made  of  o.itum<*b  wire,  by  o.  siting  with  carbon 
and  zinc,  a  steel  spring.  Tho  same  results  tuny  he  hail 
with  B.  B.  Iron,  Ac.  II.  draws  the  saps  and  closes  tho 
surfaces  of  all  opisbod  woofls.  curpotilry,  tlinber,  Ac., 
aodtiicenneUlngand  stolfilngoi  any  such  woods; 
also  hardening,  smoothing, mrirhlelzlntt  all  plastered 
Willis, through  cmnhtnatlon,  with  or  without  coloring 
matter;  cleansing  and  improving  (tO  atone  nnd  brick 
surfaces,  bv  combining,  filling  and  making  smooth 
and  Indestructible  rnrtan-s,  llius  protecting  them 
from  the  weather;  and  tor  applying  the  above  pro¬ 
cess  to  till  w,.rks  ill  marble  and  stone,  such  as  sculp¬ 
ture,  and  removing  stain* from  painted  iron,  etc. 
i  also  ciaiiu  the  above  compound  a*  an  anti-friction 
agent  or  coaling  for  gunnery,  i  also  claim  the  clean¬ 
sing  and  clarifying  of  all  oils,  varnishes,  etc.,  etc.,  by 
tlm  use  of  this  coal  and  water  compound.  X  also 
claim  Improvement  In  the  tnnniifneture  of  illumi¬ 
nating  and  warming  gas,  by  elofitisbii!  and  deodoriz¬ 
ing  tho  same,  anil  urtordlng  greater  illuminating  and 
heating  power,  by  passing  tho  suld  gases  through 
this  coal  and  water  compound;  and  also  that  this 
compound  la  a  universal  oiainfectaat. 

A*  to  the  fertilizing  properties  of  the  cokes  or 
ooa  l«,  above  referred  to,  it  would  be  a  simple  way  of 
testing  their  immense  value,  by  using  or  spreading 
on  an  acre  of  common  land  about  two  ton*  or  less  of 
ground  cokes,  or  ne  ton  or  less  of  the  prepared  coal, 
or  about  two  tons  or  less  of  the  prepared  fine  coal, 
With  deep  plowing,  for  producing  a  large  Crop  of  im¬ 
proved  tobacco,  hemp,  flax,  or  uny  other  staple  or 
crop  for  two  or  three  years;  or  It.  may  be  spread  in 
liquid  form  (In  quantities  of  50  lbs.  to  the  barrel, 
which  cun  lie  re!* fled  four  or  five  times  and  retain  its 
properties,)  with  a  street  sprinkling  apparatus,  oueo 
or  twice  a  work,  for  two  or  three  week*,  for  the  pro¬ 
duction  of  two  crop*  of  hay  ftunuulry. 

1  have  made  use  of  these  compounds  for  both  mak¬ 
ing  and  fixing  dyer  for  goods,  eto.,  and  also  in  making 
cloth*  and  nil  substances  Impervious  to  water,  aiid 
in  adding  luftor,  p«»d  irzlg, to  the  surface  ot  all  cloths, 
by  (•ponging  or  otherwise;  also  for  glazing,  whiten¬ 
ing  nr  coloring  ail  porcelains,  and  in  the  manufacture 
of  tho  above  ware,  stone  war®,  pottery ,  etc.,  etc. 

The  soaps  made  by  tills  compound  hav-c  bleaching 
qualities  that  strengthen  fiber  instead  of  Injuring  it, 
and  great  healing  qualities  for  barbers  and  toilet  use  i 
also  choice  preparation*  of  “  t'ryitlul  I'oul  ll'abr,” 
(trade-murk  name,)  carefully  prepared  for  ladies’ 
use.  Its  whitening  and  purifying  effect*  upon  the 
skin  and  due  toilet  properties  are  uUaiuuble  in  no 
other  way  hut  through  this  process 

Partins  wishing  to  lease  or  secure  rights  for  any  or 
all  of  those  inventions,  cor  form  coinpanloH  for  them, 
will  please  address  me  for  particulars.  1  claim  to  ho 
the  inventor  01  the  above,  under  the  Talent  Laws, 

>  and  I  have  made  successful  experiments  therewith. 

■  1  am  prepared  to  furnish  tlio  products  and  compounds 

’  of  coal  and  water,  combined  with  zinc  or  any  other 

•  metallic  substance,  tor  tho  protection  of  ship’s  bob- 

•  tom*,  and  all  metallic  ami  other  surface*. 

,  AIjVAH  bekbk, 

3D  &  OI  Liberty  Hiu  Ndw  York, 

pAND.Uh’*  PRACTICAL  SHEJP- 

II  HIDltD:  A  Complete  Treatise  on 

[  the  Breeding,  Management  and 

Diseases  of  Sheep. 


any,  Maple  and  Tine.  VaedkeiiL  ut.J  '•,Whu.>  At  4»  TV8YCHOMANC  Y,  or  So  ni  Charming.” 

Type, Cabinet tc  Pres*  Warehouse,  18  Dutch  ^t,  N.  .  X*  How  either  sex  may  fascinate  and  gain  the 
_ love  and  affections  of  any  person  they  choose,  in- 

C,  mi  i  iot’k  pui.vFRI/JNG  CCLT'IVA-  sunnily.  This  simple  mental  acquirement  all  can 
bis  uwre  practical  points  thah  tttjv  culuva-  possess,  free,  by  mail,  for  26  ct*„  together  with  a 

AMPS  PLOW  COMPANY’.  TF  YOU  WANT  TO  PURCHASE  ANY- 

'  .  ,  ,  .tv,  -, r  i  nTrrirnn  JL  thing  in  the  Mechanical  Line,  no  matter  what  it 

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63  Boekman  St.,  New  York,  and  Quincy  Hall,  Boston.  MAN UF’KS  AGENTS,  178  Broadway,  New  V  ork  t  tj . 


THiR  Work,  by  the  Hon.  HXXHY  S.  BaxdaIiTj. 
LL.  D.,  (author  of  “  Sheep  Husbandry  in  tiie  South.” 
“  Fine  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry,”  Ac.,)  is  the  HUuto- 
ard  Authority  on  the  Subject.  It  U  the  nioat  oma* 
ulete  and  reliable  Treatise  on  American  Sneep  1  bis- 
baudry  ever  published,  ^r.d  (as;the  New  England 
Farmer  says)  “should  be  in  tbe  hand  and  bead  or 
evefy  parsOp  owning  sheep.’ 

The  Thactioai.  Shephkrd  contains  152  pages,  and 
is  illustrated,  printed  aud  bound  in  superior  style. 
Twenty-seventh  Edition  now  ready.  Sent  by  mall, 
poBt-paid,  on  receipt  of  price— f2.  Address 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  PuhllahcG 
S  Beckman  h|q  New  York. 


4iU^cellanc0U'S 


i.rebn  roses  grow  in  Florida, 

There  sro  now  live  Atlantic  cables. 

We  are  sUli  importing  more  than  we  export, 
Kansas  nov  has  a  population  of  half  a  mil- 


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of  July.  -  “ - - - 

—  Terrapin  Tower,  Niagara  Falls,  will  not  be 
rebuilt. 

-  Glasgow,  Scotland,  htg  31  Holly  Tree  Coffee 
Houses. 

State  Bar  Association  is  to  be  formed  in 

Michigan. 

—  The  railroad  property  of  Ohio  i&  valued  at 
$79,200,550. 

-  Boston  is  to  have  a  new  Baptist  Church  to 
cost  $100,000. 

Chicago  street  car  drivers  receive  as  wages 
one  fare  in  seven. 

—  Boston  is  in  a  bitter  quarrel  over  Its  En¬ 
glish  High  School. 

-'The  government  of  New  York  City  for  1873 
will  cost  $30,131,967. 

1  he  day  atmosphere  of  the  moon  is  hotter 
than  boiling  water. 

-  Portland,  Oregon,  is  passing  ordinances  I  f! 
against  the  Chinese. 

—  In  Montreal  burial  gi 
for  unbaptized  infants, 

—  Williams  College  has 
open  its  doors  to  women. 

—  The  Boston  Transcript 
stone  for  a  now  building. 

-  The  political  contest 
Opened  in  Massachusetts. 

—  A  half-Saturday  holiday  for 
in  New  York  is  proposed. 

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IGiiifcAKU’N  PKACTICAI,  D  V  lit  Y 
T  T  Hl  SBAMHtV:  A  Com |d«te  Treat- 
Ihc  on  Hairy  Farms  ami  Fannin^ 
Hairy  Stock  and  Slock  Feeding, 
Milk,  its  Management  and  itlan- 
u  ike  tore  Into  Butter  and  Cheese, 
History  and  Mode  ot  Organize, 
tion  ol  Butter  and  Cheese  Facto¬ 
ries,  Hairy  Utensils,  JKtc.,  Ktc. 

B5T  S.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M., 

^y  ^usbanarv  Editor  of  Moore's  Rural  New. 

1  orKer,  Lecturer  in  Cornell 


POULJKY  BOOK:  A  Work  on 
the  Breeding,  Bearing,  Care  and 
General  Management  of  Poultry. 

By  w«.  M.  Lewis. 

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'  ;  'jI  Uh'  kli"1  '«  this  country.  It  i* 

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Indian  Corn:  It*  Value.  Culture  ana  Uses . 

Jcnuing"  on  Cattle  and  their  Diseases . 

Do.  Horse  and  his  Diseases  . . 

Do.  Horse  Training  Made  Easy . 

Do.  Sbucp,  Swine  ami  Poultry . . 

Johnston’*  Agricultural  Chemistry . 

Do.  Kleracuts  Agricultural  i  hetnlalry . 

Kemps  Landscape  Gardening . . . 

Lungs ttotb  on  the  Hive  and  lioney  Bee . 

Lewis'  A  men  nan  Sportsniun  .........  a .  ..  ... . 

Lightning  Rod*,  and  Hew  to  Construct  .1  hem 

by  John  Phlu . . .  •••• . 

Manual  on  Fiux  and  HumptUltur* . 

Manual  of  Tnbuuvo  Culture.... . 

Mason's  Farrier  and  Stud  Hook . . . 

May  now's  illustrated  Horse  Management . 

Do.  Illustrated  llurso  Doctor....... . 

Mechanic'*  Companion  iNlt'lioison) . 

Mechanics  for  Millwright.,,  Machinists  and  other 

Miles  on  Horse  s  Foot  (doth) . ............. 

Modern  Cookery  (by  Miss  Acton  and  Mr*.  8.  J 

UuU) . . . . . .  •• 

McClure's  Diseases  Ol  Horse.  Cattle  and  Sheep 

Money  In  the  Darden,  by  P.  T.  Quinn . 

Norris' Fish  Culture.,..,  . . 

Norton’s  Clements  Scientific  Agriculture . 

Onion  Culture  .  . . . 

Our  Farm  of  Four  Acres  . 

Pardee  on  Strawberry  Culture . 

Parson*  on  Hue  Rose — . 

Pear  Culture  for  PTottt  (1.1,  Quinn) . . 

Podder's  Land  Measure . . . 

Practical  and  Hcientlllc  Fruit  Culture  (Baker).. 

Practical  Floriculture  (P.  Hondersou) . 

Practical  Poultry  Keener  ( L.  .Vrlglit) . 

Practical  Shepherd  (Randall) . 

Quinbv's  Mysteries  of  Hue  Keeping . 

Quincy  uti  Bolling  Cattle . ;;•*••"*••*• . 

Randall  s  Fine  Wool  SliecP  Husbandry . 

Do.  Sheep  Husbandry  iU  the  Sonth . 

Richardson  on  the  Dog.  . 

Saunders  Domestic  Poultry.......... . 

gchenck'*  Hardeners  'lext-Book . 

Scribner's  Produce-  Tables i .......... . 

Do.  Ready  Reckoner  and  Log  Book.,.. . . 

Bimnsou'a  Horse  Portraiture  —  Breeding,  lteu 

ink  aud  Training  Trotters . . . 

Six  llulidred  Recipes. . . 

Skeleton  Leaves . * . 

Skillful  Housewife..,-.....- . * . 

Slack's  Trout  Culture  (new) . 

Stewart's (JoUn)  Stable  Book . . 

Tegetmeier's  Poultry  Book  (Colored  plates)... 
Tegetmeler's  Pigeon  Book  (colored  plates).... 

Ten  Acres  Enough . . . . . 

The  Boston  Machinist  (l' lUgerald).. .  ....  .. ..... 

Tt,e  Dug  thy  JJIuks,  May  hew  und  Hutcbinsoni 

The  nurse iStonehengo),  8vu.,622  PP..-- —  •••■ 
<ri>M  Muir*  (Riley)-A  Treatise  on  the  Breedin 


VVUInrd’H  Practical  Dairy  Ilualmndry 

(just  IsMied) . •••••• . *•*  , 

Allen’s  (I..  F.)  American  Cattle . .  * 

Do.  New  American  Farm  Hook... .  ■ 

Do.  Diseases  of  Domestic  Animals .  j 

Do.  Rural  Architecture . . . 

American  Bird  Fancier..... ..... . . —  v™' *  . 

American  Pomology  t^UO  Illustrations)  VY  arder. .  ; 

American  PpuCMch I  Cookery . . 

American  Bose  CultUrl St , 1 . . . 

Amur  lean  Standard  of  Excellence  in  Poultry.. 

Amen  cun  W  heal  CoRoHst  l  TOdfl). ^ . 

Architecture,  National  (Geo.  K.  Woodward}., ..-1 
Atwood’s  Country  and  Suburban  Houses........ 

Harry's  Fruit  Garden  (new  edition),  •-  ••v . 

Bee  Keepers’  Text  Book,  Paper,  40c.:  Cloth . 

Bement's  Rabbit  Fancier...  . . . 

Bicknelt’s  Village  Builder  i56  Plates,  showing 

New  and  Practical  Designs) .  . 1 

Komroer’s  Method  of  Making  Mauures . 

Brack'*  Book  of  Flowers  (new) . . 

Urldgeman'a  Hardener’s  Assistant .  ... 

Bulat's  Family  Kitchen  Hardener . 

1)0.  Flower  Harden.  . . . 

Carpentry  Made  Easy  (new), .. ... . 

Chemistry  or  the  Farm  'Nichols) . 

Chorlton’s  Grape  Hrowor’s  Guide . 

Cider  Maker's  Manual . . 

(Hater's  New  III.  Cattle  Dootar, colored  plates... 

(’nirbctt’s  Atnerlcnn  Gardener . 

Cole’s  American  Fruit  Book . 

Cole’s  American  Veterinarian.... . 

Cotton  Culture  (Lyman  . . 

Crack  8hot  (Barber)..,.  •••••••: . 

Cranberry  Culture White) . . 

Dadd's  American  CattW'  Doctor.... . . 

Do  Modern  Horae  Doctor*. . . . 

Ihinn'c  MUCk  Manual..*..  •  • . . 

Darwin's  Variations  of  Animals  and  Plants . 

Dead  Shot :  or.  Sportman  »  Complete  Uutde . 

Downing's  Fruits  and  Fruit  Trees  of  America. 

(HUB  pp.l . . 

Do.  Rural  Essay* . . . 

Driiiimgu  for  Protli  and  Health... . . 

Dyer  ami  Color  Maker’*  Companion . 

Kti si  wood's  Cranberry  Culture . 

Klllut's  Lawn  and  Shade  Trees . . 


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Farm  Implements  and  Machinery  (J.  J.  Ihouias)  1  eB 

Field's  Pour  Culture . . . . . * .  ‘  “S 

Fishing  in  American  Waters  (Soolt) .  eu 

Flint  on  Grasses . . . . .  ; 

DO.  Mil'  ll  Cows  and  Dairy  harming . .  -  at 

Forest  Trees  (Brvant )  ............... .  ... - - -  ‘  *" 

Frank  Forrester’s  Field  Sports  (2  vols.) .  b  uu 

Do.  FUh  and  Fishing  (ICO  ongravi ugs) .  5  W 

Do.  Manual  for  Vnnpg  Sportsmen  . .  ^ 

Fuller’s  Illustrated  Strawberry  Lulturlst .  A) 

Do,  Small  Fiutts  (lllustratedl....... ..  ••  1  00 

FultonH  Peach  Culture.  A  Ilaml-Book  and 

Gallic  to  Kvery  Plantar. . . . . . - . 1  S 

Gardening  tor  Prorlt  |P.  Henderson) .  1  au 

Uarttaning  for  the  Sooth  (White’s) .  2  00 

Grape  Guitarist  ( A.  8.  I  tiller).. .  }  jS 

Gray’*  Manual  of  Botany  and  Lessons., .  o  ut 

Do.  School  and  Field  Book  of  Botany  . .  *  ’.'S 

Do.  How  Plants  Grow  (tOO  UluBtfatlOns).. . .  1  L 

Do.  In  trod  noth  i  n  to  Structural  und  Systematic 
Botiuiv  aud  Vegetable  Physiology  <1.300  lUue.).  3  5( 

Guononou  Mild,  Cows . . .  .  i? 

Hun,  Hud  and  Buddie . . .  *  S 

Harney's  Barns,  Outbuildings  and  Fences, . iu  RJ 

Do.  on  the  Pig  — Breeding,  Management,  &c .  t  w 

Hatttcld's  Amor  (cun  House  Carpenter . .  3  “ 

Hints  to  Horse  Keepers  (Herbert  a) . . .  1 

High  Farming  without  Manure .  * 

Holly’s  Art  of  Saw-FUlng. .  . .  . . 

Holly’s  Carpenter’s  Hand  Book  (new) .  •' 

Hooper's  Dog  and  Oun  . . . .  ,  ? 

lloopes’  Kook  of  . .  a  u 

Hop  Culture . . .  o  A 

llow  Crops  Feed.... .  ,  JJ 

,  How  Crops  Grow . * .  f  X 

Hunter  and  Trapper..... .  *Y 

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the  west  shove,  near  where  stands  Geneva, 
then  called  Kanadesaga.  They  gave  their 
name  to  the  lake,  a  name  which  has  ever 
since  been  recognized  by  the  whites.  At  the 
grand  celebration  of  the  completion,  of  the 
Erie  Canal,  in  1835,  the  leading  boat,  which 
bore  the  dignitaries  of  the  State,  was  named 
“  Seneca  Chief,”  and  others,  named  “Young 
Lion  of  the  West,”  “  Niagara,”  etc.,  followed 
from  RulTalo  to  Sandy  Hook.  It  was  from 
the  “Seneca’s”  deck  the  water  from  Lake 
Erie  was  poured  into  the  Atlantic  Ueenn  by 
the  hand  of  the  immortal  Clinton  —  the  seal¬ 
ing  of  an  event  which  opened  the  West  to 
tho  white  man  and  decided  the  fate  of  the 
Indian. 

Seneca  Lake  is  now  the  most  important  ot 
the  interior  lakes,  owing  to  its  extent  of  sur¬ 
face,  the  wealth  and  fertility  of  the  sur¬ 
rounding  country  and  its  extensive  connec¬ 
tion  with  canals  and  railways.  From  its 
southern  end  those  mu  t,o  the  coal  and  oil 
regions  of  Pennsylvania  and  the  lumber  re- 
serve.s  of  both  States.  The  northern  end  is 
skirted  by  the  old  lino  of  the  Central  Rail¬ 
road  nia  Auburn  and  Canandaigua.  The 
nourishing  town  of  Watkins  is  at  the  head  of 
the  lake  and  Geneva  is  at  the  foot.  Its 
shores  have  numerous  landings  and  villas, 


LAKE  COUNTRY  OP  NEW  YORK,- III. 


BY  HON.  B.  H.  WILLIAMS, 


SENECA  LAKE  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Seneca  Lake  is  nearly  central  of  the  series 
of  lakes  that  distinguish  the  “  Lake  Country  ’ 
of  New  York,  having  Oneida  Lake  on  the 
east  and  Oonosus  on  the  west.  Although 
resembling  Cayuga  Lake  in  length,  breadth 
and  altitude,  Seneca  is  the  most  noted  in 
many  respects,  being  the  main  connecting 
link-*  of  water  communication  between  the 
Valley  of  the  Susquehaimah  and  the  north¬ 
ern  and  central  route  from  the  Hudson,  via 
the  Mohawk,  to  the  great  lakes  of  the  north¬ 
west— Ontario  and  Eric.  The  region  of  this 
lake  was  long  the  home  of  the  powerful 
Seneca  Nation  of  Indians,  who  ruled  the 
“Six  Nations”  of  the  Iroquois  Confedera¬ 
tion.  It  is  said  their  government  furnished 
t  TTu.rk.l  for  those  who  framed  the  union  of 


\ 


©OBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER 


Fayette,  in  Seneca  (the  last  five  spanning  the  summits  between  their  heads  attain 


peninsular  between  Seneca  and  Cayuga  tude  of  from  1,000  to  1,200  feet  in  the  towns 

of  Baniugton  and  Tyrone.  These  hills  form 
Tlie  town  of  Geneva,  at  the  foot  of  the  water-sheds  of  a  sufficient  extent  to  produce 
lake,  which  resembles  its  namesake  in  torrents  when  confined  to  a  narrow  channel, 
(Switzerland,  is  noted  for  its  business  facili-  is  the  case,  with  Glen  Creek.  Thus  we 
ties  and  interests,  as  well  as  its  beauty  of  need  not  be  surprised  at  the  work  it  has  per- 


an  alti- 


Situation,  It  was  the  seat  of  the  first  settle¬ 
ment  of  that  region  of  country  as  early  as 
1787-8,  First  comers  long  made  this  town 
a  rendezvous  before  venturing  further  and 
alone  into  the  wilderness.  Settlement®  rap¬ 
idly  sprung  up  on  both  sides  of  the  lake,  for 
the  pioneers  of  that  day  were  delighted  with 
their  prospects,  although  the  country  was 
one  unbroken,  densely- wooded  wilderness. 

Jemima  Wilkinson,  the  “Universal 
Friend,"  as  she  called  herself,  who  had  been 


formed  rushing  a  distanc  e  of  two  miles  under 
the  pressure  of  a  fall  of  800  feet  over  and 
through  a  friable  and  shaly  slate  rock,  which 
l  he  frosts  of  winter  and  heats  of  summer  are 
continually  aiding  in  disintergrating.  Still  is 
the  Watkins  Glen,  with  its  “Gates  Ajar,” 
“Glen  Cathedral,”  “Frowning  Cliff,”  “Mys¬ 
tic  Gorge,”  “Artist’s  Dream,”  “Narrow 
Pass,”  “The  Fairies’  Home,”  “  Rainbow 
Fall,”  “Shadow  Gorge,”  “Cavern  Cascade” 
and  “Rival  Pools,”  ft  modern  wonder,  pay- 


preaching  to  her  followers  in  Rhode  Island,  in&  richly  for  a  visit  by  both  the  pleasure- 
Connectieut  and  Pennsylvania  for  a  number  seeker  and  the  student. 


of  yearn,  and  longing  for  a  spot  where  she 
might  gather  them  into  one  fold,  was  one  of 
the  earliest  to  locate  a  colony  on  the  borders 
of  this  lake.  Hearing  of  this  delightful  re 
gion,  hIjo  sent  a  party  of  twenty  to  explore 
it.  They  went  as  far  as  the  spot  where  Dres¬ 
den,  in  Yates  county,  now  is,  and  made  such 
a  flattering  report  that  a  colony  was  sent  out 
the  next  year,  in  1789.  A  settlement  was 
made  one  mile  from  the  lake,  in  what  is  now 
the  town  of  Tony.  The  next  year  more 
came,  including  the  “Friend”  herself,  form¬ 
ing  a  community  of  some  200  souls.  These 
people -were  of  a  class  who  exercised  great 
influence  in  giving  character  and  stability  to 
the  succeeding  generations.  Turner,  the 
historian  of  the  Phelps  and  Gorham  pur¬ 
chase,  says  the  Gentiles  found  the  country  so 
attractive,  the  Saints  were  surrounded  and 
overwhelmed  by  their  temptations. 

Geneva  was  early  the  residence  of  the  cele¬ 
brated  laud  agent,  Charles  Williamson, 
Esq.,  who  managed  the  vast  landed  estates 
originally  purchased  by  the  Messrs.  Phelps 
and  GouHam,  after  passing  to  the  hands  of 
Sir  William  Pultney  in  17 12,  since  general¬ 
ly  known  as  the  “  Pultney  Estate..”  Geneva, 
instead  of  Canandaigua,  thenceforward  be¬ 
came  the  center  for  the  great  land  specula¬ 
tions  of  the  day,  and  grew  rapidily  as  a  town. 

It  now  boasts  its  Hobart  and  Medical  Col¬ 
leges  and  a  population  of  some  six  or  seven 
thousand.  Steamers  dally  ply  through  the 
lake,  carrying  immense  quantities  of  coal, 
which  is  destined  to  all  points  by  the  rail¬ 
ways  and  canals.  Passenger  steamers  make 
the.  through  trip  to  Watkins  iu  four  horn’s,  i 
including  stoppages,  and  running  a  distance  ] 
of  fifty-five  miles.  The  scenery  is  strictly  I 
rural  and  quite  beautiful.  Gentry-sloping  t 
farm-lands  kiss  the  rippling  shore,  gradually  < 
becoming  more  bold  and  bluff- like  until  they  i 
reach  an  altitude  of  some  8U0  feet  at  the  t 
head  and  summit  of  the  water-shed.  Along  1 
the  shores  of  the  lake,  from  the  village  of 
Dresden  and  on  Long  and  Shingle  Points,  p 
there  are  several  hundred  acres  of  vineyards  e 
in  a  flourishing  condition.  The  fruits  of  the  n 
orchard  are  everywhere  to  be  seen  in  abund-  i- 


ofichl  fljwp. 


SOWING  MIXED  GRAINS. 


On  the  east  side  of  the  lake,  opposite  Dres¬ 
den,  stands  the  imposing  structure,  erected 
by  the  State,  named  the  Willard  Asylum,  in 
honor  of  the.  originator,  for  the  cure  and 
treatment  of  tlie  pauper  insane  of  the  State. 
This  institution  occupies  the  late  Agricul¬ 
tural  College  farm,  which  proved  a  failure. 
It  is  under  the  care  of  Dr.  John  13.  CHAPIN 
as  Resident  Superintendent,  and  when  com¬ 
pleted  will  be  a  great  and  noble  institution. 
Looking  easterly  from  the  top  of  the  ridge 
that  separates  the  Seneca  and  ( layuga,  one 
sees  the  villages  of  Ovid,  Lodi,  Hector  Falls,  I 
and  others,  in  the  distance.  The  whole  basin 
and  slope  of  the  lake  is  beautiful,  rendering  a 
sail  upon  its  bosom  a  thing  of  joy. 

The  village  of  Watkins  bears  i  the  name  of 
its  early  founder,  a  conservative  old  gentle¬ 
man,  who  never  allowed  the  village  to  grow. 
Since  his  death  it  has  sprung  rapidly  into  an 
active  business  town,  under  the  auspices  of 
the  late  John  Maqkk  and  those  who  have 
followed  him,  who  did  much  to  develop  the 
coal  trade  and  mining  Interests.  It  now  has 
a  population  of  8, 000,  with  good  facilities  for 
commercial  and  manufacturing  purposes. 

Watkins  Glen,  so  celebrated  for  its  beauty, 
cuts  the  west  bank  of  the  valley,  about  80 
rods  from  the  head  of  the  lake.  Thousands 
annually  visit  this  spot.  The  Glen  has  been  : 
formed  by  the  waters  of  Glen  Creek,  which  ] 
drains  a  considerable  surface  and  in  the 
course  of  time  has  found  its  way  through  the  < 
•Gate  and  shale  formation  characteristic  of  i 


t  (  Jonathan  Talcott,  Rome,  N.  Y.,  writes 
H  to  the  Journal  of  the  Farm  as  follows  Ilav- 
v  ing  had  some  experience  in  sowing  mixed 
e  grains,  i  will  say  in  regard  to  experiments 
I  tied  by  me,  that  the  sowing  of  spring  grains 
1  tor  feed  to  be  used  on  the  farm  for  stock 
t  feeding  purposes,  has  proved  fully  equal,  it 
>  not  superior,  to  those  crops  that  were  kept 
Separate,  but  l’or  market,  such  mixed  grains 
■  would  not,  as  u  rule,  be  as  valuable  as  if  each 
’  variety  were  sown  by  itself.  1  have  known 
some  good  farmers  who  made  it  their  usual 
practice  to  sow  oats  and  peas  quite  exten¬ 
sively  for  u  field  crop  for  home  feeding  to 
stock,  also  rye  and  oats  and  barley  with  oats, 
all  which  crops  are  deteriorated  for  the  mar¬ 
ket  when  grown  together,  as  on  our  dairy- 
farms  in  Central  New  York  there  is  not 
usually  us  much  grain  raised  as  is  fed  to  the 
stock.  All  such,  1  think,  would  be  benefited 
by  the  sowing  of  their  spring  grains  mixed, 
but  they  still  should  sow  an  area  large  enough 
for  such  grain  dean,  else  in  case  of  a  wish 
to  sow  clean  seed  of  one  variety,  they  would 
be  under  the  necessity  of  purchasing  their 
seed  of  some  one  who  kept  his  grains  pure 
and  unmixed.  In  raising  com,  many  of  our 
best  farmers  say  they  prefer  to  mix  eight, 
ten  and  twelve  rowed  varieties  of  the  same 
color  together,  thereby  increasing  the  average 
per  acre  by  from  five  to  ten  bushels.  I  con¬ 
fess  that  lias  been,  and  still  is  my  practice, 

[  and  1  think  with  good  results,  and  in  the  case 
of  corn  when  all  of  one  color,  no  objection, 
is  made  by  the  purchaser.  Sometimes  when 
the  colors  are  mixed  the  price  will  be  a  little 
less  for  the  mixed  grain. 

in  regard  to  potatoes,  too  much  care  cannot 
be  taken  to  have  each  variety  kept  separate,  1 
especially  for  all  that  are  to  be  marketed,  as  t 
mixed  lots  never  sell  so  well  as  those  that  are  1 
kept  pure.  -  c 

While  tm  this  subject  of  mixed  grain,  I  t 
must  not  close  till  1  give  my  emphatic  dissent  £ 
to  all  this  sowing  of  mixed  grains  for  the  6 
food  of  the  human  family.  Go  where  you  p 


i-  of  removing  the  stamens  just  before  they 
is  discharge  the  pollen,  and  introducing  the 
n  pollen  of  some  other  variety  and  the  use  of  a 
e  small  pair  of  tweezers  in  making  the  change, 
I,  I  find  to  be  difficult  and  tedious. 

And  1  thought  I  was  lucky  if  I  gut  five 
hybrid  grains  from  one  head  by  the  old  way. 
r  Ry  my  new  method  I  have  got  as  high  as 
*  thirty-two. 

For  a  beginner,  a  watchmaker’s  eye  glass 
„  vr'A  show  t  he  different  stages  of  development, 
j  ;ui(i  when  they  become  familiar  with  the 
changes,  they  can  easily  be  seen  without  the 
r  fibLSS.  The  only  instrument  1  use  I  made  as 
r  follows  : — Take  a  piece  of  wood  an  inch  in 
p  diameter  and  three  inches  long,  and  bore  a 
J-16  inch  hole  through.  Then  make  another 
pieee  of  wood  the  same  length,  small  enough 
to  insert  in  the  first  piece  two-tliirds  of  its 
length.  Then  take  a  fine  needle  with  a  sharp 
point ;  run  the  eye  of  the  needle  iu  the  small 
end  of  the  small  piece  till  the  point  will  pro¬ 
ject  about  an  inch. 

1  lie  large  piece  is  to  make  it  convenient  to 
carry  the  needle  and  attachment  easily  in 
your  pocket.  I  remove  the  stamens  from  the 
wheat  blows  while  green  before  there  is  any 
danger  of  their  bursting,  by  carefully  rais¬ 
ing  the  chaff  with  the  point  of  the  needle  and 
holding  it  with  a  finger  of  the  other  hand  till 
I  oun  remove  the  three  stamens  that  every 
blow  contains.  When  the  part  of  the  flower 
called  the  pistil  develops  to  its  full  size  and 
the  honey  can  ba  seen  in  it  like  dew,  then  1 
take  stamens  that  have  just  bursted,  and  the 
pollen  will  move  like  dry  sand  if  it  is  nil  right. 
You  will  find  the  needle  the  best  tiling  you 
can  use  to  handle  the  pollen  with.  When  the  , 
polen  decomposes,  it  becomes  soft  and  \ 
gummy. 

The  reason  why  wheat  does  not  miss,  is  ' 
because  the  pollen  is  discharged  in  the  chaff,  1 
and  cannot  get  out  till  it  is  dead.  Then  the  ( 
chaff  opens  a  little,  and  the  stamens  shove  f 
out  and  farmers  Buy  their  wheat  is  iu  bloom,  j 
They  will  find  by  examination  that  impreg-  t. 
nation  has  taken  place  a  day  or  two  before,  v 
and  the  young  grain  has  attained  a  fourth  of  h 
its  future  length.  If  impregnation  does  not  t 
take  place,  the  young  grain  will  not  grow  in  r 
length,  but  may  grow  out  flat,  mid  open  the 
cli.-i  If  till  bees  can  get  at  the  honey.  The  pistil 
will  remain  in  bloom  sometimes  for  a  week, 
and  1  succeeded  in  getting  a  hybrid  a  week 
after  the  right  time.  Tlie  pistil  will  do  very  n 
soon  after  impregnation  takes  place.  j, 


18  Dan!. 


BEST  DUCES  FOB  THE  TABLE. 

B  rr 

I  egetmeier  says,  in  a  recent  article  : — For 
g  those  who  require  early  ducklings 

That  OOnie  before  the  green  peas  Cure,  and  take 

The  winds  of  March  with  beauty. 

(T  quote  from  memory),  there  is  nothing  like 
,  the  Aylesbury.  Others  again  prefer  a  more 
>  pronounced  and  gamy  flavor,  and  maintain 
i  rimt  there  is  no  equal  to  the  tome-bred  wild 
duck  if  allowed  a  good  range.  The  two 
things  arc.  very  different  in  their  way  ;  and 
I  confess  to  having  enjoyed  a  young  Ayles¬ 
bury  of  ten  or  twelve  weeks  old  and  a  tame- 
bred  wild  mallard  with  lemon  and  Cayenne 
with  almost  equal  relish.  T  was  talking  the 
matter  over  with  my  friend  Mr.  Lortund  one 
or  two  other  gentleman  a  few  days  since, 
when  it  was  mentioned  bv  one  of  the  com 
pn.03  that  the  best  table  ducks  he  had  ever 
reared  were  the  result,  of  a  cross  between  the 
common  white  coll,  or  decoy  duck,  and  the 
small  black,  known  as  East  Indian, 

Mr.  Lori  also  stated  that  the  result  of  his 
experiments  had  led  him  to  precisely  the 
same  conclusion,  stating  that  for  flavor,  sa¬ 
pidity,  and  shortness  of  flesh,  these  birds,  if 
allowed  a  free  range  and  liberty  to  fly,  are 
unequaled.  Both  gentlemen  described  them 
as  breeding  fairly  true  to  color,  being  black 
w-ith  a  small  streak  of  white  In  front  of  the 
throat,  and  usually  having  parti-colored  bills. 
As  the  merit  i  of  this  cross  wore  vouched  for 
hy  two  persons  who  had  no  previous  knowl¬ 
edge  of  each  other's  experiments,  I  concluded 
like  Cajit,  Cuttle,  that  having  found  my  in¬ 
humation,  the  best  thing  I  could  do  was  to 
make  a  note  of  It,  ’  which  note  I  here  pub¬ 
lish  for  the  benefit  of  all  whom  it  may  con¬ 
cern.  Mr.  Lort  also  informed  me  that  the 
flavor  of  these  ducks  could  be  greatly  im¬ 
proved,  and,  in  his  opinion,  rendered  equal 
to  that  of  the  famed  canvasbaeks  of  America, 
whose  acquaintance  he  made  in  their  native 
haunts,  by  giving  them  a  little  celery  seed  in 
their  soft  food  for  a  few  days  before  they  are 
required  for  the  table. 

•• 

—  ♦  - - 

CAYENNE  PEPPER  AND  EGGS. 


FIELD  NOTES. 

•  (iluc  of  Orchard  ( i runs. — Fjon.  Lewis  F, 
Allen,  Black  Rock,  N.  Y.,  says  “  We 


I  see  on  page  306  of  last  VoJ.  of  Rural 
New -Yorker,  that,  u  person  named  Enos 
Johnson  is  informed  that  red  pepper  (Cay¬ 
enne  pepper)  mixed  with  the  food  of  laying 
fowls  increases  egg  production.  Now  the 
question  I  would  like  to  ask  i&-Wliat  influ¬ 
ence  does  pepper  have  on  fowls  to  cause  this 
increase  in  productiveness  ?  Is  it  to  force 


have  a  field  of  if,  on  a  strong,  clayey  loam.  nature  in  tllQ  performance  of  its  duty  ?  if  so, 

_ I..*  v  i  j  «  »  v  J  J  fliAn  £  .  .  i.j  i 


which  has  stood  for  more  than  thirty  years. 
It  has  bean  cut  for  soiling  ;  it  has  been  cut 
for  hay  ;  it,  has  been  pastured  ;  it  was  first 
sown  with  red  clover  and  t  imothy,  which  it 
long  ago  run  out,  and  although"  the  wliite 
clover  and  blue  grass  venture  their  presence 
to  a  limited  extent  among  it,  the  orchard 
grass  retains  its  supremacy,  and  breast  high 
at  maturity,  lords  it  over  its  diminutive  tres- 


theu  the  practice  is  entirely  wrong,  and 
would  be  attended  with  disaster  to  poultry 
raisers,  I  believe,  and  it  has  boon  my  expe¬ 
rience,  that  excessive  stimulating  food  given 
to  poultry  will  very  soon  show  itself  by  cre¬ 
ating  d (sense  in  the  flock.  Nature  should  not 
be  forced  only  so  far  as  to  keep  them  in  a 
good  healthy,  thriving  condition,  which  can 
be  done  by  feeding  them  tlie  different  kinds 
of  grains,  fed  in  such  a  maimer  as  to  make  a 


food  of  the  human  family.  Go  where  you  passers  in  a.  bounteous  crop,  while  its  hum-  01  ^raJns’  U1  such  a  manner  as  to  make  a 
will,  you  will  see  but  few  fields  of  wheat  of  bier  attendants,  good  in  their  place,  modestly  ckunge  ol  diet ;  the  best  way  being  to  fix  it 
the  winter  varieties  that  are  not  badly  mixed  Ah  up  a  great  nutritious  undergrowth  at  tlie  80  t^iat  co,Ad  exercise  their  own  wishes 
with  rye  and  chess,  and  the  spring  varieties  bottom.  No  grass  which  we  have  ever  grown  U8  to  w^lu1,  they  choose  to  eat ;  in  this  man- 
wit, h  rye,  oats  and  barley.  I  um  satisfied  lias  yielded  so  heavy  swath  as  this,  nor  one  ner  P°ultry  <‘An  be  kept  with  profit.  But  if 
more  is  lost  by  tilts  way  of  mixing  seed  than  from,  which  so  much  cattle  food  to  the  acre  we  feed  ®ich  things  os  pepper,  or  oniona 
enough  to  pay  for  pure,  clean  seed  every  year  Can  be  grown,  aside  from  lucerne,  which  our  rnix,-,d  wiUl  coni  meal,  the  latter  being  of  it- 
in  the  United  States,  and  all  of  which  might  American  climate  will  not  consecutively  sel(  a  ver-v  stimulating  article  of  food,  by 
lie  saved  to  the  tillers  of  t  he  soil  if  each  one  year  after  year,  produce.”  '  producing  heat  and  lat,  we  may  expect  large 


in  the  United  States,  and  all  of  which  might 
be  saved  to  the  tillers  of  t  lie  soil  if  each  one 
determined  to  sow  pure,  olean  seed,  and  if, 
in  consequence  of  such  determination  not 
more  than  one-half  the  usual  area  were  sown 
by  each  farmer.  In  this  case,  1  speak  from 
personal  knowledge,  having  sow  u  mixed  seed 
of  wheat,  cockle,  chess  and  rye,  and  as  a 
matter  of  course  I  harvested  mixed  grain  for 
the  crop,  when  wheat  only  was  wanted,  i 
am  satisfied,  that  in  a  field  of  ten  acres,  i 
grown  some  years  since,  I  lost  more  than 
|  enough  to  pay  for  clean  seed  twice  over. 
Since  then  I  have  resolved  to  sow  only  wheat 
where  I  wished  to  harvest  that  crop,  and  it 
lias  worked  to  a  charm  with  me,  and  I  don’t 
doubt  the  same  course  would  do  so  with  all 
those  who  sow  clean  seed  on  clean,  well-pre¬ 
pared  soil ;  and  very  frequently  such  a  crop 
can  be  sold  for  an  extra  price  for  seed,  but  il 
not,  it,  will  always  bring  a  few  more  cents 
per  bushel  for  milling  than  the  mixed  article. 
Also  a  farmer  feels  much  better  when  lie  can 
carry  a  first-rate,  clean  sample  of  wheat,  to 
market,  than  he  would  do  if  it  was  pretty 


this  country.  Pi-om  the  hill-tops,  some  two.  well  mixed  with  chess,  cockle  and  r 
milea  above,  to  the  valley,  it  has  cut  a  gorge  many  of  our  farmers  are  wont  to  do 
of  surprising  magnitude,  of  wondrous  forms  _ „  ,  , _ 

and  depths,  which  excite  the  wonder  and  HOW  TO  HYRRTmYV 

admiration  of  the  beholder.  It,  will  be  re-  i  W  0  HYBRIDIZE  WHEAT. 

membered  that  the  Seneca  is  271  feet  lower  Ancel  B.  Jones  writes  to  the  Farmers’  Un- 
than  .the.  waters  of  the  Iveuka,  while  the  ion  (Minnesota)  as  follows  :— 1 The  old  method 


ye,  as  too 


Cotton  Seed  Meat  on  Tobacco  Land.— The 
New  England  Homestead  says  “  Hatfield 
farmers  are  using  cotton  seed  meal  this  sea¬ 
son  on  t  heir  tobacco  land,  at  the  rate  of  from 
1,900  to  1 ,800  pounds  per  aere.  Tins  has  been 
proved  te  be  a  good  fertilizer,  and  is  consid¬ 
ered  to  be  more  valuable  than  Lidian  meal. 
Silas  G.  Hu  hr  arc  has  ruised  tobacco  on 
kind  seven  years  without  any  stable  manure. 
Tim  first  year  he  compoBted  fish  with  muck 
and  used  superphosphates,  and  has  since 
used  cot  ton  seed  meal,  which  by  chemical  j 
analysis  has  proved  to  be  of  four  times  the 
value  of  corn  meal  for  a  fertilizer.  Mr.  Hub- 
I  bard  puts  on  about  8109  worth  Tier  acre  ” 

I 

A  Potato  Crop  Possible  after  Vines  have 
been  Denuded  of  Foliage.— A  correspondent 
of  the  Country  Gentleman  says:— “I  have 
heard  of  a  method  of  making  a  crop  of  po¬ 
tatoes  after  the  leaves  have  been  all  eaten 
from  the  vines.  Even  after  denuded  of  fo¬ 
liage  the  potato  stems  will  remain  green 
some  days  in  dry,  hot  weather,  and  eight  or 
ten  days  In  cool  and  wet  weather.  Then,  in 
order  to  make  a  crop,  the  vines  are  com¬ 
pletely  plowed  under  and  covered  up.  These 
vines,  so  protected,  push  new  roots  and 
stems,  and  sometimes  a  good  crop  of  pota¬ 
toes  is  made.” 


self  a  very  stimulating  article  of  food,  by 
producing  heat  and  lat,  we  may  expect  large 
pioflts  t  he  first  year,  but  the  second  you  will 
find  the  balance  sheet  against  you.  The  sur¬ 
est  way  is  to  keep  the  poultry  healthy  and 
iu  good  condition  ;  the  result  will  be  a  steady 
increase  of  profits  over  and  above  expenses 

Williams,  Buy  Co.,  Mich.  J.  C.  Bowden.  ‘ 

- -  •»  ♦♦ - - — 

POULTRY  NOTES. 

The  Fertility  of  Fugs,  John  Bennett,  Sun- 
man,  Iud.,  thinks,  is  somewhat  dependent  on 
the  character  of  the  run  to  which  the  fowls 
are  circumscribed— that  is,  if  fowls  are  kept 
in  a  small  and  dry  inclosure,  their  eggs  will 
not  hatch  well.  The  next  most  important 
thing  to  fertile  eggs,  is  proper  packing.  New' 
boxes  should  be  used,  and  sizes  adapted  to 
the  number  of  eggs  to  be  sent,  the  boxes 
allowing  inches  square  space  for  each 
egg,  and  having  a  depth  of  4j*  inches,  and 
the  eggs  packed  with  their  ends  up  and  down. 
The  boxes  ought  to  be  of  light  wood,  andl 
should  have  something  on  the  bottom  to 
deaden  any  jar  received  in  oourse  of  trans¬ 
portation.  I  claim  that  my  method  is  the 
best,— that  is,  to  have  a  cushion  on  the  bot¬ 
tom,  inude  of  sacking,  and  stuffed  with  hay. 
Tins  done,  and  a  handle  affixed,  by  which  to 
curry  the  box,  and  properly  marked,  eggs 
ought  to  be  transported  so  as  to  warrant  the 
hatching  of  at  least  two-thirds  of  a  sitting. 


MOORE’S  RURAL  1EW-YORKER, 


48 


amirir. 


DETECTING  WATERED  MILK. 

Dr.  W.  1'T.f.ikchman  of  Lind au,  lias  been 
making  some  careful  examinations  of  milk, 
with  the  view  of  determining  its  specific 
gravity,  and  lie  is  of  the  opinion  that  the 
employment  of  the  hydrometer  and  eream- 
ometor  furnishes  a  quick,  easy  and  trust¬ 
worthy  means  of  testing  any  considerable 
adulteration  by  watering  or  skimming,  or 
both.  Where  these  practices  have  been  car¬ 
ried  on  only  to  a  very  moderate  extent,  tlac 
instrument,  it.  is  true,  will  fail  to  expose 
them  ;  but  so,  also  remarks  Dr.  FleISCHMAN, 
will  the  most  elaborate  chemical  analysis. 

American  chouse  faetorymen  will  ho  very 
glad  to  learn  that  upon  the  continent  of  Eu¬ 
rope,  ami  especially  in  Switzerland,  the  tests 
when  properly  conducted  are  regarded  as 
trustworthy,  and  so  much  so  that  in  the 
Swiss  law  courts  all  disputed  points  as  to  the 
quality  of  milk  arc  settled  by  the  evidence 
given  by  these  instruments,  and  from  it  there 
is  no  appeal.  The  American  courts  have  not 
gone  quite  so  far,  but  the  fact  that  such  is 
the  case  in  Switzerland,  gives  additional 
strength  to  the  value  of  these  tests  as  conclu¬ 
sive  evidence  in  cases  of  water  adulteration. 

Dr,  Ei.kihckm am  inspected,  personally,  the 
milking  at  thirteen  different  cow  stables  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Liaflau,  containing  in 
the  aggregate,  128  cows,  lie  noted  the  spe¬ 
cific  gravity  of  t  he  milk  from  each  cow  sep¬ 
arately,  and  from  each  stable  of  cows  in 
bulk.  The  result  of  these  observations  is  as 
follows  : 

The  mean  specific  gravity  of  milk  from  the 
whole  123  cows  is  1.081098.  The  maximum 
specific  gravity  of  milk  from  any  one  of  the 
123  cows  is  1 .034300  ;  and  tho  minimum  spe¬ 
cific  gravity  of  milk  from  any  one  of  the 
whole  123  cows  is  I.0295Q0.  The  milk  of  9 
percent,  of  tho  cows  exceed  1.033  in  specific 
gravity.  The  milk  of  89  per  cent,  of  the 
cows  ranged  from  1.033  to  1.030  in  specific 
gravity  ;  and  the  milk  of  2  percent,  of  tho 
cows  was  below  1,080  in  specific  gravity.  Tho 
moan  specific  gravity  of  the  milk  from  13 
cow  stables  ranged  between  1.08085  and 
1.03285,  or  in  round  numbers,  between  1.031 
and  1.033. 

After  these  experiments,  says  Dr.  FLEISCH- 
man,  “  We  incur  no  charge  of  rashness  if  we 
assert  that  uo  winter  milk  (obtained  in  sheds 
of  at  least  0  cows  each;  shows  a  specific  grav¬ 
ity  below  1.030  or  above  1.033  ;  and  that,  on 
the  other  hand,  any  such  milk  which  exceeds 
these  limits  in  either  direction,  is  watered,  or 
both  watered  and  skimmed.  When  suffi¬ 
cient  statistics  have  been  collected  as  to  the 
fluctuation  in  the  specific  gravity  of  the  milk 
yielded  by  certain  broods  of  cattle  in  certain 
districts,  the  indications  of  the  areometer 
afford  very  useful  and  trustworthy  basis  for 
judging  of  its  quality.  All  recent  observa¬ 
tions  tend,  in  common  with  our  own  practi¬ 
cal  experiments,  to  prove  that  the  composi¬ 
tion  of  milk  is  mainly  dependent  on  the  in¬ 
dividuality  of  the  cows  and  on  the  breed  to 
Which  they  belong  ;  and  in  a  subordinate 
degree  only  on  the  quality  of  the  food  ;  pro¬ 
vided,  always,  that  this  be  sufficient  for  the 
animal’s  wants.  The  specific  gravity  of  milk, 
having  regard  only  to  healthy  beasts  kept 
exclusively  for  milking  purposes,  is  by  no 
means  so  subject  to  fluctuation  as  people 
were  formerly  inclined  to  believe.  Our  table 
gives  a  good  example  of  how  little  the  specific 
gravity  of  milk  is  altered  by  the  gradual 
change  from  stall  feeding  to  pasture  feeding, 
and  shows  also  that  a  decreased  amount  of 
food,  while  it  may  considerably  affect  the 
yield  of  milk,  has  veiy  little  influence  upon 
its  specific  gravity. 

“  We  often  hear  it  asserted  that  milk  which 
is  very  rich  in  fat  runs  the  risk  of  falling 
under  the  areometric  test,  because  its  larger 
proportion  of  fat  lessens  its  specific  gravity. 
This  assumption  is,  generally  speaking,  a 
fabe  one.  Our  experience  has  not  yet  reached 
far  enough  to  enable  us  positively  to  deny 
that  a  cow  may  Bomewhere  be  found  whose 
milk  shall  be  abnormally  rich  in  butter-fat 
and  yet  so,  relatively  speaking,  poor  in  all 
other  fixed  constituents  as  to  show  a  mark¬ 
edly  low  specific  gravity.  But  a  case  of  this 
nort  is  certainly  of  tho  very  greatest  rarity, 
if  indeed  it  ever  occurs,  in  a  healthy  beast,. 
Much  rather  ia  it  the  rule  with  us  that  a  milk 
very  rich  in  fat  is  also  rich  in  all  other  fixed 
constituents,  and  so  still  exhibits  a  high  spe¬ 
cific  gravity,  Tho  cows  that  figure  in  the 
above  table  were,  at  the  time  of  our  obser¬ 
vations,  almost  all  at  the  most  favorable  pe¬ 
riod  of  lactation,  and  the  milk  of  the  breeds 
to  which  they  belong  i»  admittedly  not  poor 
but,  on  the  contrary,  very  rich  in  fat  ;  never¬ 


theless,  the  lowest  specific  gravity  wo  found 
was  not  below  1.0295.” 

The  general  conclusions  of  Dr,  Fi.kischm  an  j 
in  regard  to  the  specific  gravity  of  milk  being 
without  much  variation  wh=re  the  herds  of 
a,  neighborhood  are  taken — the  milk  of  one 
herd  compared  with  another — agree  with 
the  observations  of  our  most  experienced 
factory  managers.  According  to  their  tes¬ 
timony  taken  in  courts  of  law,  the  nianufao 
turers  geein  to  be  pretty  generally  of  one 
opinion,  that  while  the  milk  of  single  anf 
nials  when  compared,  the  one  with  the  other, 
will  frequently  show  considerable  difference 
in  specific  gravity,  the  milk  of  one  herd  com 
pared  with  I  hat  of  another  herd  in  the  same 
neighborhood,  will  show  no  material  varia¬ 
tion.  The  question  is  of  considerable  im¬ 
portance  and  interest  to  faetorymen,  and  tho 
experiments  and  views  of  Dr.  t’r.filsciLMAH 
will  be  regarded  as  confirming  the  doctrine 
that  the  cream  gauge  and  lactometer  should 
be  admitted  as  trustworthy  evidence  in  the 
courts,  and  sufficient  to  convict  in  cases  of 
watering  milk. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

MANAGE  A  ENT  OF  MILK  FOR 
TRANSPORT. 

Him  von  By iikn  of  Klostor,  Nembsohen, 
in  Saxony,  lias  for  a  long  time  supplied  milk 
in  large  quantities  for  the  use  of  tho  Hospital 
at  Lcipzlc,  His  experience,  therefore,  in 
transporting  milk  Ov.r  long  distances,  enti¬ 
tles  him  to  speak  with  some  degree  of  au¬ 
thority  in  regard  to  the  manner  in  which 
milk  should  be  handled  so  that  it  will  lie  de¬ 
livered  in  Bound  condition.  The  milk  L  cooled 
on  a  plan  similar  to  that  practiced  in  Amer¬ 
ica  ;  that  is,  by  allowing  cold  spring  water 
to  tlow  about  thi  vessels  in  which  it  is  placed, 
but  with  this  difference — tho  vessels  are  of 
earthenware,  and  wc  infer  are  in  a  shape 
more  like  our  pans  than  tlm  deep,  narrow 
(mils  used  in  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.  Another 
point  of  difference  in  the  management  of  the 
milk  is  that  when  it  arrives  at  its  destination 
it  is  immediately  boiled.  Both  skimmed  and 
whole  milk  are  supplied,  and  he  says  this 
boiling  is  absolutely  necessary  in  the  ease  of 
skim  milk,  but  not  imperatively  so  as  regards 
whole  milk. 

When  properly  cooled,  as  above  described, 
and  then  boiled  after  it  arrives  at  its  desti¬ 
nation  it  keeps  quite  sweet,  even  in  the  hot¬ 
test  and  most  thundery  weather.  Perhaps 
some  of  our  city  milkmen  who  are  in  the 
habit  of  skimming  milk  freely,  and  who  arc 
troubled  more  or  less  on  account  of  its  sour¬ 
ing,  can  get  a  hint  from  this  plan  of  boiling. 

Again,  Her  VON  JJskun  prefers  that  the 
carrying  cans  be  made  of  wood.  He  says  he 
had  previously  employed  the  ordinary  tin 
cans  ;  but  they  were  so  frequently  broken  or 
bent  out  of  shape,  the  padlocks  were  so 
often  lost,  so  much  milk  escaped  from  them 
when  once  they  became  at  all  misshapen,  and 
their  contents  went  sour  during  the  transit, 

‘  that  they  were  discarded  hi  favor  of  wooden 
tubs,  and  with  the  most  satisfactory  result*. 
Although  we  cannot  agree  with  Her  von 
Byxkn,  that  wooden  vessels  are  better  than 
tin  for  keeping  milk  in  sound  condition,  we 
give  his  views  as  to  the  matter  and  adescrip 
tion  of  the  tub  or  can  used.  And  we  may 
remark,  in  this  connection,  that  it  is  quite 
probable  the  trouble  in  the  tin  cans  came 
from  the  defective  manner  in  which  they 
were  constructed,  together  with  the  light  tin 
from  which  they  were  made  ;  for  if  heavy, 
substantial  tin  cans  had  been  employed,  and 
of  u  pattern  that  did  not  allow  of  milk  lodg¬ 
ing  in  the  scams  and  corners,  but  all  parts  so 
formed  as  to  too  readily  cleaned,  we  see  no 
reason  why  the  milk  should  not  keep  sound  ] 
during  its  transit. 

Wood  absorbs  moisture  and  tin  does  not ; 
and  all  things  being  equal  as  to  shape,  the 
tin  Is  more  readily  cleaned  and  kept  sweet. 
However,  we  give  a  description  of  the  wood¬ 
en  can  and  the  method  of  keeping  it  sweet, 
as  it  may  he  suggestive  to  some  of  our  milk 
dealers. 

The  vessels  employed,  he  says,  are  made 
of  deal,  1  k*'  centimetres  in  thickness.  They 
are  00  centimetres  in  bight,  of  conical  shape, 
and  each  contains  20  litres.  At  th*  smaller 
end  is  a  large  opening  8%  centimetres  across, 
winch  is  closed  by  a  strong  wooden  lid  ;  on 
this  an  iron  band  is  riveted,  which  is  fastened 
at  one  side  to  the  cask  by  a  hinge,  and  is  fur 
nished  at  the  other  side  with  a  screw,  which 
works  in  a  female  screw  sunk  in  the  tub,  and 
keeps  all  secure.  Tho  cost  of  sueh  a  vessel  is 
about  4s.  6d  ($1.20).  As  yet,  he  says,  they 
have  never  required  any  repairs  ;  m>  milt 
has  ever  been  lost,  nor  has  it  at  any  time 
gone  sour  since  those  wooden  casks  were 
used  in  transport. 

As  to  their  treatment  after  use,  &c.,  he 
Bays  : — “  Directly  they  are  emptied  of  their 


Contents,  tho  vessels  in  which  the  milk  lias 
traveled  arc  rinsed  out  with  warm  water 
and  immediately  sent  back.  They  lie  till 
next  morning  at  the  railway  station  here, 
and  do  not  get  a  thorough  washing  until 
mid-day;  so  that,  after  having  thus  remained 
over  2-1  hours  in  an  imperfectly  cleaned  state, 
they  often  acquire  a  strong  acid  smell.  This, 
however,  completely  disappears  when  they 
are  washed  in  the  following  manner  ; — First, 
they  are  well  brushed  out  with  warm — not 
boiling- -water,  and  then  r'nsod  With  about 
R,  litres  of  .a  solution  of  soda  ;  this  is  poured 
from  one  cask  to  another,  and  the  quantity 
mentioned  will  suffice  for  20  vessels.  They 
Stand  upside  down  in  the  open  air  till  the 
following  morning,  and  immediately  before 
they  are  again  to  be  used  are  well  rinsed  with 
cold  water.” 

Tho  milk  trade  is  every  year  assuming 
larger  and  larger  proportions  la  this  country, 
and  in  order  to  meet  the  demands  of  con¬ 
sumption,  the  distance  of  transport  must  be 
extended  farther  and  farther.  Any  sugges¬ 
tions,  therefore,  as  to  the  successful  manage¬ 
ment  of  milk,  so  that  it  reaches  the  consumer 
in  good  order,  must  be  opportune  and  of  in¬ 
terest. 


She  in?  Huiikmlri). 


NEW  RACE  OF  MILKING  SHEEP. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Central  Society  of 
Agriculture  of  France,  in  a  report  for  the 
years  1 370-71,  thus  refers  to  a  new  race  of 
mi  Iking  sheep  :  Alter  so  many  ameliorations 
realized  m  England  and  France  in  relation  to 
tho  aptitudes  of  farm  animals,  wc  might 
think  that,  there  is  no  morn  progress  to  be 
made  in  this  direction,  if  new  results  do  not 
manifest  themselves  from  time  to  time.  W  c 
owe  to  our  colleague,  M.  Gayot,  the  commun¬ 
ication  of  a  recent  amelioration  of  tills  kind. 

M.  do  ltniy,  an  inhabitant  of  El-ko-lai, 
Algeria,  lias  carefully  studied  and  made 
known  a  precious  race  of  sheep  for  milking 
purposes,  which  ia  supposed  to  have  origin¬ 
ated  in  Chili.  The  owes  of  this  new  race, 
which  has  been  cultivated  at  Malta,  furnish  a 
veiy  abundant  and  prolonged  accretion  of 
milk.  They  furnish,  after  lambing,  as  much 
as  two  litres  a  day  ;  while  the  ewes  of  Avey- 
rOfl  produce  on  an  average  only  a  quarter  as 
much,  or  four  to  live  diaiitres  of  a  buttery 
milk,  containing  fat  bodies  with  volatile 
acids,  to  which  the  best  cheeses  of  Roquefort 
Owe  their  excellent  quality.  Wc  know  that 
ewes’  milk  is,  of  all  others,  the  meat  creamy. 
The  Maltese  ewes  can,  besides,  be  submitted 
to  fattening,  and  thus  furnish  successively 
milk  and  mutton.  M.  Gayot  endenWirs  to 
introduce  this  new  breed  into  the  interior  of 
France. 

- +>+ -  - 

VALUE  OF  UNWASHED  WOOL. 

Since  the  introduction  of  wool- washing 
establishments  has  rendered  it  possible  not 
only  to  have  wool  washed,  but  also  to  sell 
unwashed  wool,  and  thus  avoid  the  trouble, 
as  well  as  the  danger  to  the  health  of  the  an 
imal,  of  the  washing  previous  to  .shearing,  it 
has  become  of  importance  In  fixing  the  price 
of  unwashed  wool,  to  ascertain  with  exact¬ 
ness  the  actual  loss  by  tho  washing  previous 
to  the  shearing.  H.  Gokdkck  carefully  se¬ 
lected  average  animals  from  his  flock  of  No- 
gretti  and  Rambou filet  half  blood*  crossed, 
and  subjected  small  portions  of  wool,  clipped 
about  the  middle  of  April,  to  the  usual  pro¬ 
cess  for  washing  sheep,  with  the  following 
results : 

Pure  n'tHlriofi 

LOSS  by 'waHhhia.  Wool. 

per  cent. 


1.  Ewn  (Nearelti  breed  pre 


per  cent. 


il'imlndiil) . 

. . . .62.3 

37.7 

2.  Kwi< . 

....52.9 

•17.1 

3.  Yourlirut  ram . 

_ 59.7 

40.3 

4.  Yearling  ewe . 

_ 55.:i 

44.7 

5.  Kwelumb.. . 

— 01.0 

39.0 

These  numbers,  he  remarks,  will  undoubt¬ 
edly  be  affected  by  breed,  fodder,  pasturage, 
&o. ;  but  he  suggests  that  tlie  publication  of 
the  results  of  similar  experiments  by  others, 
accompanied  by  description  of  their  flocks, 
will  in  time  afford  a  basis  for  the  estimation 
of  their  sheep. 

- — 

ANNUAL  SHEEEP  SHEARING, 

Weight  of  fleeces  shorn  the  last  week  in 

x r  lwo  u.. 1.  ii  .  .1.  •?  


<$l^  ‘^critenuw. 


MODERN  BARBARISMS. 

In  all  parts  of  the  United  States  there  aro 
cruel  operations  for  fictitious  diseases,  and  it 
Is  extraordinarily  strange  that  men  with 
iwiy  pretensions  to  sanity  should  be  led  by 
popular  error  to  believe  In  such  absurdities. 
In  Kentucky  every  horse  happening  to  go 
lame  or  be  merely  stiff  in  his  fore  legs  has 
the  “sweeny,”  and  a  hole  is  made  in  the 
shoulder  and  a  quantity  of  irritating  stuff 
put  hi ;  and  when  a  sore  is  mode  to  discharge, 

“  There,”  says  the  wise  aero,  “  the  sweeny 
was  very  bad.”  In  New  York  State  1  have 
seen  tho  chief  farmer  of  a  gentleman  on  the 
Hudson  stuff  pepper  and  salt  in  the  opening 
after  altering  pigs  and  use  turpentine  or 
something  as  severe  on  every  wound  whether 
made  accidentally  or  not.  However,  though 
it  would  be  easy  to  add  to  cases  mentioned, 

I  will  only  say  that  there  is  ten  times  tho 
cruelty  inflicted  by  stupid  and  iguoranb 
countrymen  than  by  till  the  city  brutes  who 
only  lash  their  horses  with  a  whip;  and  if 
Mr.'  I  he  au  it  would  try  to  enlighten  the  raisers 
of  stock,  and  have  men  to  watch,  not  only 
the  injury  of  foolish  applications  of  inflam¬ 
matory  articles,  but  the  slow  starvation  of 
much  young  stock,  he  would  alleviate  much 
more  misery  on  “God’s  dumb  creatures” 
than  by  annoying  the  public  so  as  to  cause 
the  complaints  so  often  seen  in  the  New  York 
papers. 

When  I  alter  an  animal,  I  do  it  in  the 
quickest  possible  manner,  and  in  no  case 
linger  about,  dividing  or  dallying  to  cut  “  just 
so.”  1  slash  off  the  part  after  'an  opening 
lias  been  made  to  get  at  the  testicle,  and  do 
nought  more  ;  and  in  pigs,  little  or  big,  they 
I  never  do  amiss.  In  lambs,  [  draw  the  glands; 

for  it  can  be  done  quicker.  On  no  occasion 
j  do  1  use  any  application,  and  yet  there  are 
thousands  who  will  persist  in  punishing  un¬ 
necessarily  the  poor  animals  in  this  necessary 
operation  by  lingering  about  to  leave  such 
parts  as  die  away  and  are  of  no  earthly  or 
any  other  use  in  tho  world. 

1  feel  quite  certain  in  my  mind  that  if  every 
drug  store  was  smashed  up,  and  none  of  any 
kind  allowed  to  be  used,  that  the  number  of 
livcs  saved  by  the  absence  of  means  for  the 
foolish  people  to  drug  and  quack  would  be 
far  greater  than  the  few  who  would  be  lost 
for  tho  need  of  medicine.  However,  if  mis¬ 
sionaries  could  be  sent  around  to  warn  men 
who  deal  death  by  the  stupid  use  of  quack¬ 
eries,  and  mothers  against  dosing  their  young 
with  remedies,  there  would  be  a  thousand 
lives  saved  where  one  soul  is  in  foreign  parts. 

I  have  had  charge  of  stock  for  more  than 
forty  years,  consequently  must  know  some¬ 
thing  about  it,  and  would  willingly  say  more; 
but  these  ignorant  men  are  not  confined  to 
the  illiterate,  and  many  papers  are  afraid  to 
allow  correspondents  to  speak  plain  lest  sub¬ 
scribers  should  take  offense. 

Working  Farmer. 

- - 

THE  DOINGS  OF  “OLD  CREAMER.” 

The  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Journal,  June  12, 
publishes  the  following  :  —  “Old  Creamer” 
astonishes  even  her  owner  this  week.  It  is 
safe  to  say  that  the  cow  has  scarcely  an 
equal  iu  this  country  or  the  world.  Bhe  is 
nearly  full-blooded  Ayrshire,  weighs  about 
1,100  pounds,  is  a  handsome  animal,  and  car¬ 
ries  a  bag  that,  for  size,  excels  anything  we 
have  ever  seen.  Crowds  gather  from  far 
and  near  to  see  her,  and  many  of  our  citizens 
have  been  present  to  witness  tho  impressive 
ceremony  of  milking  and  weighing  the  milk. 
Below  w<3  give  her  wonderful  record  for  the 
past  week.  Can  it  bo  beaten  in  the  world  ? 

1  handed  you  a  statement  of  the  amount  of 
milk  which  tho  Ayrshire  cow,  “Old  Cream¬ 
er,”  gave  me  for  the  week  eliding  Monday 
evening,  June  2d,  1873,  which  was,  upon  an 
average,  over  81  pounds  per  day.  1  now  de¬ 
sire  to  hand  you  another,  for  the  last  week 
ending  last  evening,  June  Otl),  1873,  which  is 
an  average  of  over  92,V£  lbs.  per  day,  as  fol¬ 
lows  : 


ounces;  i  no.,  -it  urn.  n.oz«. ;  i  iiwunuu., 
lbs.  I  oz. ;  7  do.,  20  lbs.  to  20  lba.  2  ozs. ;  lfi  do., 
19 lbs.  to  19  lbs.  4  ozs.;  17  do.,  18  lbs.,  to  18 
lbs.  15  ozs.;  9  do.,  17  lbs.  I  oz.  to  17  lbs.  15 
OZS. ;  5  do.,  lfi  lbs.  7  ozs.  to  lfi  lbs,  11  ozs.;  4 
do.,  15  lbs.  to  15  lbs.  3  ozs.;  2  do.,  14  lbs.  I! 
ozs.  to  14  lbs.  12  ozs.;  4  do.,  18  lbs.  3  ozs.  to 
13  llis.  8  ozs. ;  14  do.,  18  lbs.  to  18  lbs.  12  ozs. ; 
18  do.,  11  lbs.  11  ozs.  to  11  lbs.  15  ozs.  The 
entire  tinck  of  190  slieep  of  all  ages,  mostly 
ungrown  owes  and  ewes  suckling  lambs,  av¬ 
eraged  13  lbs.  4  1-9  ozs. 


1873. 

At  5  A.M. 

At  12  M. 

At  7  P.  M. 

Total. 

June 

3. 

....37 ‘nibs. 

31 K 

29  lbs. 

87* 

*k 

4. 

31  g 

31 X 

91*4 

It 

ft. 

....29  (estim’U)  28^ 

29 

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93W 

It 

7. 

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32 

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06$ 

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8. 

81 

33 

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t« 

1). 

32* 

33 

98 

210 

219K 

218  X 

649K 

June 

10th,  morning’s  milk,  33  tbs. 

I  think  there  is  uo  one,  who  has  seen  the 
cow,  that  doubts  her  capacity  or  disposition 
to  yield  1,000  pounds  of  milk  in  ten  consecu¬ 
tive  days  in  the  month  of  J  une. 

I  challenge  tho  world  to  produce,  as  to 
quantity  and  quality  of  the  milk,  her  equal, 
with  the  same  amount  of  feed  and  care 
whieh  she  has  had — the  lactometer  and  scales 
to  be  the  test.— N.  JJ.  Jlungtrford. 


|hi mo  logical. 


THE  WEALTHY  APPLES. 

Peter  M.  Sideon  writes  the  Farmers’  Un¬ 
ion,  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  a>  follows  : — “Some 
twelve  years  ago  1  obtained  the  seed  of 
Albert  Emerson,  Bangor,  Ma  ine,  marked  crab 
seed,  which  1  suppose  was  correct,  from  the 
outward  polish  of  the  fruit,  as  well  aa  ex¬ 
treme  hardiness  of  the  tree— having  since 
grown  perfect  apple  trees  from  crab  seeds, 
and  perfect,  crab  trees  from  apple  seeds.  The 
old  Wealthy  tree  bore  in  seven  yearn  from 
the  seed,  and  now  a  seedling  from  it  is  bear¬ 
ing  only  four  years  from  seed  ;  and  the  young 
grafted  stock  bears  as  soon  as  crabs. 

“Tn  size  the  Wealthy  apple  is  large,  the 
form  and  outward  polish  perfection ;  juicy, 
almost  melting,  mellow  subacid,  as  good  as 
the  best ;  season,  early  winter,  but  With  care 
will  keep  till  March  or  April,  The  tree  is  a 
good  grower,  forms  a  handsome  head,  bears 
early  and  profusely,  every  year  that  any  ap¬ 
ple  will  bear.  This  year  is  an  cxeeptiog,  the 
crop  light,  its  is  the  case  with  the  Duchess 
and  the  crabs,  uone  holding  better  on  the 
same  exposure,  or  putting  forth  new  growth 
more  vigorously.  Of  all  the  large  varieties 
of  the  apple,  none  came  through  the  past 
winter  better  than  the  Wealthy  ;  the  Duch¬ 
ess  being  its  only  competitor  iu  hardiness, 
yet  not  its  superior.  The  Wealthy  must 
stand  at  the  head  of  the  apple  list,  comprising 
more  good  qualities  in  tree  and  fruit  than 
any  other  known  variety.” 

- - - - 

BEURRE  DUBUISSON  PEAR. 

Respecting  this  Pear,  which  attracted  so 
much  attention  last  season  iu  Belgium,  we 
read  the  following  remarks  in  the  Bulletin, 
d’ Arboriculture : — “  W e  consider  the  Beurre 
Dubuisson  the  most  valuable  acquisition  of 
tiie  present  generation,  as  it  equals  the  finest 
October  Pears  in  quality,  and  is  hi  perfect 
condition  iu  February  and  March— a  time 
when  thoroughly  melting  fruits  are  not  to  be 
had.  It  lias,  moreover,  another  invaluable 
quality,  viz.,  that  of  keeping  ripe  in  a  fruit- 
room,  without  suffering  any  change,  for  four 
months,  commencing  from  the  beginning  of 
December,”  The  following  description  of 
this  Pear  is  given  by  M.  Du  Mortier,  iu  the 
Pomone  Towmaiaienne  : — “  Fruit  very  large, 
oblong,  slightly  indented,  truncate,  and  rib¬ 
bed  at  the  base,  somewhat  attenuated  to¬ 
wards  the  trip.  Stalk  short,  thick,  oblique, 
not  much  sunk  in  the  flesh.  Skin  yellow, 
dotted  and  spotted  with  russet,  sometimes 
slightly  colored  on  the  side  next  the  sun. 
Flesh  fine-grained,  buttery,  sweet,  slightly 
aromatic,  and  very  juicy.  Quality  unsur¬ 
passed.”  The  Beurre  Dubuisson  is  liuoly  fig¬ 
ured  in  the  Bulletin  d' Arboriculture,  for 
September  1872,  where  its  aspect  in  the  cul- 
ored  plate  fully  supports  all  that  has  been 
written  in  its  favor. 

- »♦  »  — 

RASPBERRIES  FOR  THE  SOUTH. 

The  Rural  Carolinian  says  : — “If  our  tables 
are  not  supplied  with  an  abundance  of  tliis 
delicious  fruit  from  the  middle  of  May  to 
the  tenth  of  June,  or  later,  it  is  our  own 
fault.  We  have  only  to  properly  plant, 
prune  and  cultivate  the  plants  and  they  will 
give  us  their  crops  in  due  time,  with  only 
such  partial  failures,  in  unfavorable  seasons, 
as  all  other  objects  of  cultivation  are  liable 
to.  The  black  cap  varieties  are  the  surest 
for  our  climate,  perhaps,  and  of  these  Large 
Miami  or  Mammoth  Cluster  is  the  best ;  but 
the  Philadelphia  and  Clarke  (red)  have  never 
failed  with  us  to  give  satisfactory  results. 
We  now  have  on  trial  Herstiue and  Saunders, 
which  promise  well.  The  raspberry,  how¬ 
ever,  iu  our  climate,  requires  partial  shade 
and  should  be  planted  on  the  north  or  east, 
side  of  a  fence  and  mulched  in  summer. 
With  these  precautions  and  a  reasonable 
share  ol'  attent  ion  there  need  be  no  failure  ; 
aud  yet  how  few  raspberries  are  raised-  in 
the  South  1  ” 

- - 

A  NEW  LATE  PEACH. 

Under  the  name  of  Peche  Bella  de  Saint  - 
Gesliu,  a  new  Peach  is  described,  in  t  he  last 
number  of  the  Ilmw  TTorlicole as  the  latest- 
ripening  kind  known  to  French  cultivators. 
The  stock  from  which  it  sprung  was  discov¬ 
ered  some  years  since  growing  among  the  1 
ruins  of  the  old  tower  of  St.  Geslin,  near  ‘ 
RicheUeu  (Iudre-et-Loire).  The  discoverer  s 
(M.  Joutron)  finding  that  it  fruited  much  i 
later  than  any  of  the  other  kinds  he  pos-  £ 
sessed,  continued  to  propagate  it.  The  quul-  J 
ity  of  the  fruit  is  excellent,  the  flesh  being  i 
very  melting  and  sweet,  with  a  slightly  per-  i 


fumed  flavor.  It  is  also  of  large  size  and 
handsome  appearance.  Its  chief  merit.,  how¬ 
ever,  is  that  it  ripens  as  late  as  the  beginning 
of  November,  somewhat  later  than  the  Sal- 
way  Peach.  The  tree  is  described  as  a  vig¬ 
orous  grower,  with  long,  stout  branches  cov¬ 
ered  with  bark  of  a  uniform  blood-red  color. 
Leaves  long,  oval-lance  shaped,  very  finely 
toothed.  Flowers  like  those  of  Grosse 
Mignonne. 

- 4-*-* - 

MORE  NEW  STRAWBERRIES. 

Mr.  E.  H.  Bogert  of  Long  Island,  brought 
to  our  office,  a  few  days  since,  a  large  num¬ 
ber  of  new  seedling  strawberries.  Among 


UMBRELLA  FLOWER  TRAINER. 

These  Umbrella  Flower  Trainers  make 
plants  of  seandent  habit  look  well.  The 
flowers,  if  they  be  of  drooping  character,  like 
the  LapageHa  rosea,  hang  down  under  the 
foliage,  and  look  like  magnificent  coral  ear¬ 
drops.  Even  the  Clematis,  of  which  wc 
speak  elsewhere,  looks  admirable  trained  in 
this  way.  And  so  do  the  climbing  varieties 
of  Roses.  For  villa  garden  purposes  they 
form  admirable  requisites,  coming  in  well  for 


UMBRELLA  FLOWER  TRAINERS. 


!  the  number  there  were  several  very  promis¬ 
ing  varieties.  This  gentleman,  like  many 
others,  has  been  raising  seedlings  for  many 
years,  partly  for  pleasure,  but  no  doubt  not 
without  the  hope  of  produccing  something' 
better  than  any  now  in  cultivation.  That 
his  efforts  have  been  successful  we  have  the 
best  of  proof  in  the  many  handsome  and  ex¬ 
cellent.  sorts  shown  us  ;  but  whether  any  of 
the  number  will  prove  to  be  more  valuable 
for  general  cultivation  than  those  already 
disseminated,  remains  to  be  ascertained 
through  more  extended  experience.  We 
wish  Mr.  Bogert  success  in  his  efforts  to  im¬ 
prove  this  most  valuable,  as  well  as  best  of 
all  our  small  f  ruits.  There  should  be  thou¬ 
sands  of  persons  doing  the  same  thing,  in¬ 
stead  of  the  few  dozen  now  engaged  in  rais¬ 
ing  seedling  fruits  of  any  kind. 

- - 

POMOLOGICAL  GOSSIP. 

Apples  in  Allamakee  Co .,  Iowa. — Jah,  T, 
Mott  writes  to  the  Homestead  concerning 
the  effects  of  the  winter  upon  fruit  and  says  : 
“Of  course  some  varieties  of  apples  have 
fared  much  worse  than  others,  but  there  are 
hardly  any  that  are  exempt  from  injury.  I 
think  the  fruit  is  killed  on  many  trees  of  the 
Oldenburg  aud  Tetofoski,  which  are  our 
hardiest  varieties.  Many  trees  of  Fameuse 
are  killed,  and  I  do  not  remember  to  have 
(in  my  17  years’  experience)  seen  it  injured 
before.  Several  varieties  that  have  only 
been  called  half  hardy,  as  Janet,  Little  Ro¬ 
man  Lte,  Tulman  Sweet  and  Sops  of  Wine 
nearly  the  last  t  ree  dead,  and  the  Ben  Davis, 
that  hits  been  blowed  as  the  hardiest  tree, 
has  proved  itself  about  as  hardy  as  the  Sops 
of  Wine.  I  have  not  an  orchard  tree  left, 
and  1  do  not  know  of  a  bearing  tree  that  is 
not  dead.  It  is  not  much  loss  though,  as  the 
fruit  for  use  fe  so  nearly  worthless. 


1  such  simple  flowers  as  the  Canary  plant 
(Tropa alum  canarlensr),  or  Nasturtiums,  or 
Convolvulus,  or  oven  the  Common  Ivy, 
and  the  variegated  Japanese  Honeysuckle. 
Frames  like  these  do  to  set  isolated  on  lawns, 
or  they  may  form  the  center  piece  of  a  figure 
in  any'  flower  garden.  Their  extreme  for¬ 
mality  renders  them  objectionable  in  the  eyes 
of  many,  hut  when  once  they  get  covered 
with  foliage,  the  party  iu  charge  can  so  guide 
the  shoots  and  correct  them,  as  to  remove,  in 
a  degree,  the  formality  complained  of.  They 
have  the  particular  merit,  of  exposing  the 
shoots  to  sun  and  air,  and  inducing,  there¬ 
fore,  a  better  state  of  inflorescence.  Being 
portable,  too,  they  can  be  removed  at  plea  ,- 
nre,  kept  within  doors,  if  occasion  re  i  . 
in  winter,  and  set  out  in  summer  f  »* 
plants  that  are  selected  for  summer  w  i 
and  flowering.  They  are  cheap,  and  ca.i  bj 
either  had  painted  green  or  galvanized. 

- *-*■■* - 

PANSxES  IN  KANSAS. 

You  call  for  “brief  notes  from  the  ladie-, 
of  their  experience  in  the  cultivation  of  flow- 
era,  with  the  poetry  left  out."  Now  I  think 
it  would  only  be  fair  on  your  part  to  en light¬ 
en  us  as  to  what  is  considered  the  pot  try  part 
of  growing  aud  caring  for  flowers.  The  hoe¬ 
ing  and  digging  you  probably  call  plain  prose. 
Yes,  we  agree  with  you,  it  is  plain,  very 
plain  ;  but  not  to  be  allowed  the  privilege  of 
expatiating  on  the  beauty  and  fragrance  of 
the  flowers  we  have  grown,  and  have  told 
you  all  about  how  we  pruned  and  planted, 
and  hoed  and  shaded,  how  we  enriched  and 
pulverized  the  soil — would,  it  seems  to  me, 
be  something  like  the  play'  of  Hamlet  with 
Hamlet  left  out  ;  and,  is  it  a  fact  that  the 
briefest  and  plainest  statement  of  facts  are 
the  most  readable  of  newspaper  articles  ?  In 
answer  to  your  call  here  is  a  short  chapter  of 


MONOGRAM. 

Apples  in  Maine. — S.  Wasson,  East  Surry, 
Hancock  Co.,  Me.,  writes  the  Maine  Farmer  : 
“  Speaking  of  apple  trees,  I  And  the  Graven- 
stein  one  of  the  most  difficult  to  bear  trans¬ 
planting,  and  the  Tetoffsky  wanting  in  ener¬ 
gy  the  first  year  after  removal,  while  the 
Duchess,  Red  Astrakhan,  Keswick  Codlin  and 
King  of  Tomkins  like  a  broody  Light  Brah¬ 
ma,  are  content  to  ‘  set’  anywhere.” 


MONOGRAM. 

my  experience  in  the  garden,  and  the  poetry 
part — the  flowers  themselves,  I  will  retain. 

Every  one  admires  Pansies ;  and  most  of 
people  think  it  requit  es  a  great  deal  of  care, 
or  knowledge,  or  something  unattainable,  to 
grow  them  and  have  line  flowers.  With  some 
choice.  Pansy  seed  1  raised  and  set  out  in  the 
garden  last  spring  a  number  of  plants. 
Through  the  summer  they  grew  well  enough,  I 


but  although  I  kept  picking  off  the  buds  to 
prevent  flowering,  they  would  not  grow 
stocky  as  1  wanted  them  to,  and  by  fall  they 
were  straggling,  unpromising  looking  plants, 
I  concluded  to  place  over  them  for  thewiuter, 
an  old  cold  frame — which  almost  dropped  to 
pieces  when  we  moved  it — and  see  what  that 
would  do  for  t  hem  by  spring. 

In  placing  the  frame  where  I  did  I  covered 
up  a  Bourbon  rose  that  dies  down  to  the 
ground  every  winter,  and  a  short  row  of  the 
Trumpet  Narcissus — a  Feverfew  and  a  bunch 
of  Oxalis.  Two  panes  of  glass  were  broken 
out  of  the  sash,  and  I  covered  the  holes  with 
boards.  During  the  winter  everything  inside 
of  the  frame  was  frozen  just  as  solid  os  on 
the  outside,  aud  yet  the  rose  has  retained  its 
last  year’s  green  leaves  ;  the  Feverfew  looked 
in  April  as  well  as  if  kept  in  a  greenhouse, 
and  the  Narcissus  were  up  and  out  of  blossom 
before  others  ou  the  outside  had  thought  of 
such  a  thing  ;  and  the  Pansies  !  well  that  lit¬ 
tle  bed  of  ten  varieties  is  the  gayest  spot 
out-of-doors  !  Commenced  blossoming  veiy 
early  and  for  profusion  aud  size  of  flowers, 
their  beauty  surpasses  anything  I  ever  saw 
and  arc  a  marvel  to  all  who  see  them.  [Dear 
me  that  must  be  the  poetry,  and  I  did  not 
mean  to  !] 

After  working  in  a  garden,  and  cultivating 
flowers  of  all  sorts  for  a  groat  many  years,  I 
feel  that  I  have  just  learned  how  to  grow 
Pansies,  and  the  question  with  me  is,  was  it 
the  protection  the  plants  had  from  the  winds 
alone,  that  made  all  thut  difference  ?  The 
plants  had  the  same  light  and  the  same  cold, 
as  those  outside. 

In  December  1  threw  over  the  frame,  a 
piece  of  old  carpet,  which  only  partially  cov¬ 
ered  the  sash,  and  which  was  blown  off  many 
times  when  there  was  no  snow  to  keep  it  on, 
and  I  really  think  it  made  little  or  no  differ¬ 
ence.  Still  I  would  take  the  precaution 
another  time  to  apply  the  carpet  and  fasten 
it  on,  had  the  frame  been  a  good  tight  one  it 
would  seem  reasonable  that  the  plants  should 
come  out  well  and  in  good  condition,  but 
such  a  patched,  loose  old  box  reuders  the 
matter  a  little  puzzling.  Harriet. 

Wyandotte,  Kansas. 

- — - 

GAS  TAR  IN  GREENHOUSES. 

Peter  Henderson  in  Gardeners’  Monthly 
says  : — We  have  used  gas  tar  on  the  boarding 
for  our  benches  for  over  twenty  years  with- 
■  '  injury,  in  the  slightest  degree,  to  the 
•  l  Is:  but  it  is  put  on  boiling  hot,  and  when 
^  covered  with  sand  an  inch  or  so  in  depth. 
Wiiere  it  has  got  on  the  pipes,  there  is  no 
remedy  I  think  but  having  the  portion  taken 
out  ami  subjected  to  a  heat  strong  enough  to 
burn  it  out.  There  was  a  notable  instance  of 
this  kind  that  occurred  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
some  dozen  years  ago.  A  Mi'.  Park,  a  well 
known  florist  ,  took  it  into  his  head  one  day 
to  paint  bis  pipes,  and  as  black  was  a  suitable 
color,  and  gas  tar  cheaper  thuu  paint,  he  set 
to  work  and  painted  the  whole  of  them, 
numbering  several  thousand  feet.  All  went 
on  well  enough  until  getting  into  severe  win¬ 
ter  weather,  when  the  pipes  had  to  become 
heated  to  a  temperature  high  enough  to 
t  hrow  off  the  deleterious  gas,  when  off  came 
th  i  leaves  in  showers,  destroying  nearly 
every  plant  in  the  houses  lor  that  .  ea.-.un. 
He  tried  every  expedient  to  get  it  off,  but  all 
failed,  and  there  was  nothing  for  it  but  to 
take  down  the  pipes  and  subject  them  to  a 
red  heat,  which  was  completely  effectual. 

— - ♦•*-* - 

TRAINING  WISTARIAS. 

The  Gardeners’  Monthly  says  :  —  “  We 
should  like  to  call  the  attention  to  a  note  we 
gave  last  year,  that  some  beautiful  objects 
for  lawn  decorations  can  be  made  of  Wista¬ 
rias,  by  training  them  as  standards.  A  young 
plant  is  selected  and  trained  to  a  stuke  six 
feet  high.  When  the  plant  reaches  this  it  is 
headed  off.  The  second  year  the  stake  may 
be  taken  away,  and  the  young  plant  will  sup¬ 
port  itself.  It  will  never  make  running 
branches  after  this,  as  it  takes  all  its  nutritive 
powers  to  overcome  gravitation  and  sustain 
itself  erect.  A  beautiful  umbrella-lilce  head 
is  formed,  aud  its  hundreds  of  drooping  flow¬ 
ers  in  sprihg  thus  shown  off  to  beautiful 
advantage.  Another  point  of  interest  to  a 
nurseryman  in  this  is,  that  with  this  cheek 
to  growth  the  reproductive  po  wers  are  called 
into  play,  and  the  plants  then  usually  pro¬ 
duce  seed  abundantly.  There  is  hope  for 
numerous  improved  varieties  as  soon  as  these 
facts  become  generally  known.  This  is  a 
very  good  season  to  train  plants  up  for  this 
purpose. 

1  « ♦ » - - 

The  Chinese  Yam  is  recommended  as  an 
out-door  pillar  or  trellis  plant,  wherever  a 
variety  of  such  objects  is  desired. 


holds  that  by  heating  the  former  becomes 
much  more  brilliant  while  the  latter  is  im¬ 
proved,  which  fact  is  fully  illustrated  in  the 
vines  of  Chambertin  and  Volnay,  It  was 
also  recommended  that  the  wines  lie  subject¬ 
ed  for  several  months  to  a  low  temperature, 
but  this  he  has  shown  to  bo  unprofitable. 
Tie  further  states  that  it  is  better  to  heat  new 
than  old  wines,  and  Insists  that  when  they 
are  to  be  heated  in  quantity,  they  must  be 
kept  in  the  apparatus  employed  in  the  same 
quantity  as  in  bottles  before,  dining,  and 
after  the  heating,  and  that  the  air  must  bo, 
as  far  as  possible,  excluded,  since  it  may  rise 
to  a,  flavor  like  that,  imparted  by  boiling, 
which  is  generally  unpleasant.  The  want  of 
success  which  has  so  often  attended  the  heat¬ 
ing  of  wines  on  a  large  scale  is  due  to  the 
failure  to  observe  these  precautions. 


the  limb,  thus  excluding  all  air  from  the  bud. 
If  the  bark  is  very  thick  cut  out  a  little  of 
its  edges  around  the  stem  of  the  bud.  In 
this  way  I  have,  obtained  a  small  crop  of  late 
figs  the  same  season. 


THE  HEATING  OF  WINES 


DWARFING  TREES  IN  JAPAN 


Dwarf  plants  are  greatly  esteemed  by  the. 
Japanese,  and  they  are  wonderfully  clever  in 
making  miniature  gardens.  I  have  Seen  .a 
porcelain  flower  pot,  7  inches  square  by  3 
inches  in  length,  in  which  were  actually 
growing  two  Fir  trees,  a  fruit,  tree,  and  a 
Bamboo.  The  trees  and  plants  generally 
chosen  for  dwarfing  are  Bamboos,  Plums, 
Cherries,  Pines.  Junipers,  and  Thujas. 

I  will  endeavor  to  give  your  readers  a  de¬ 
scription  of  the  art  of  dwarfing  trees,  which 
I  have  learnt.  It  is  one  I  always  had  a  great 


BUDDING  TWO- YEAR-OLD  PEACH  TREES 


Japanese  plan  quite  different  from  our  En¬ 
glish  one,  it  will  no  doubt  concern  your  read¬ 
ers.  In  the  East  the  art  of  dwarfing  trees  is 
baaed  upon  one  of  the  commonest  principles 
of  vegetable  physiology.  Their  practice  is 
perfectly  correct,  and  would  astonish ’some 
of  our  cleverest,  horticulturists.  If  they  can, 
bv  the  means  they  adopt ,  check  or  retard  the 
flow  of  the  sap  in  the  trees,  they  prove  that 
the  formation  of  wood  and  leaves  is  likewise 
retarded.  This  they  do  by  confining  the 
roots  in  a  small  pot  .  withholding  water,  and 
training  the  branches  into  any  design  they 
wish.  They  generally  bend  the  main  stem 
into  a  zigzag  form,  which  cheeks  the  flow  of 
the  sap,  and  forces  the  side  branches  out  of 
the  stem,  where  they  are  most  required.  The 
pots  in  which  they  arc  planted  are  narrow 
and  shallow,  holding  a  very  small  quantity 
of  soil,  and  only  sufficient  water  is  given  to 
keep  the  plant  ali  ve.  When  1  he.  new  branch¬ 
es  shoot  they  are  tied  down  in  various  ways, 
and  twisted  into  any  design  the  gardener 
wishes.  All  the  strong  ones  ore  cut  off,  and 
everv  means  is  adopted  to  discourage  any 
young  shoots  possessing  any  degree  of  vigor. 
Nature,  as  a  consequence,  struggles  against 


EXPERIMENTS  IN  FEEDING  HOGS 


Mr.  John  W.  Riouer  of  La  Porte  County, 
Indiana,  reports  the  results  of  two  experi¬ 
ments  made  by  him  in  feeding  hogs,  as  fol¬ 
lows  Thirty-two  hogs  were  feci  f  weuty-six 
days  in  an  8-acre  lot.  They  consumed  103 
bushels  of  unsholled  old  corn,  70  pounds  to 
t  he  bushel.  Their  aggregate  weight  at  the 
beginning  of  '  he  period  v.  as  15,420  pounds  ;  at 
the.  end,  8, 7.511  pounds  ;  gain,  53,330  pounds. 
When  he  commenced  feeding  the  hogs  were 
worth  3’r  cents  per  pound,  amounting  to 
$224.70  ;  after  feeding,  3.8  cent  s  per  pound, 
amounting  to  $332.  JO  ;  gain  $107.80.  The  193 
bushels  of  corn,  at  35  cent  s  per  bushel,  cost 
$07. .55  ;  net  profit  on  the.  corn,  10.25.  Every 
t  8-5  pounds  of  (shelled)  coi  n  m  u  le  one  pound 
of  pork.  A  live  hog,  weighing  428  pounds, 
lost  by  bleeding,  7  pounds  ;  by  both  bleeding 
anil  dressing,  .58  pounds,  or  a  little  over  one- 
seveutli  of  the  live-weight. 

Mr.  ZluLEU  also  fed  to  15  hogs,  on  t  he  floor 
in  pen,  100  bushels,  by  weight,  of  old  shelled 
corn,  in  forty-two  days.  The  aggregate 
weight  of  the  hogs  at  the  beginning  of  the 
experiment,  was  2,490  pound.-;  at  the  end, 
4,200  pounds,  again  of  1,770  pounds,  or  2  4-5 
pounds  per  day  on  hogs  averaging  at  the 
commencement  106 pounds,  in  this  experi¬ 
ment  3  pounds  of  corn  made  one  of  pork,  in 
the  other  4  3-5  pounds.  In  the  latter  case 
the  pork  was  sold  for  10)2  cent  s  per  pound. 

Mr.  E.  Horsey,  Plymouth  County,  Massa¬ 
chusetts,  made  the  following  experiment 
with  a  special  view  to  ascertain  at  what  size 
the  gain  was  greatest  in  proportion  to  the 
amount  of  feed.  Two  pigs,  six  weeks  old, 
weighing  30  pounds  each,  cost,  $0  ;  they  con¬ 
sumed  33}<j  bushels  of  Indian  meal,  7S  cents 
per  bushel,  $520.18  ;  0  bushels  of  fine  feed,  30 
cents  per  bushel,  $1.80;  1:3  bushels  of  pota¬ 
toes,  85  cents  per  bushel,  $,'! ;  cost  of  dressing, 
$2  ;  total,  $88.93.  They  were  slaughtered 
when  eight  mouths  old,  aild  made  494  pounds 
of  pork,  which  was  sold  at  8  cents  per  pound, 
amounting  to  889.5:2 ;  profit,  59  cents.  The. 
feed  was  measured  and  the  pigs  weighed 
daily  until  they  reached  100  pounds  each  ; 
after  that  they  were  weighed  once  m  a  week. 
It  was  found  that  the  increase  of  pork  cost 
the  least  per  pound,  namely,  4  cents,  live 
weight,  when  the  pigs  weighed  about  100 
pounds  each,  and  the  most  when  they  were, 
at  their  greatest  weight. 


CAROB  TREE  OR  ALGAROBA  BEAN 


For  a  long  distance  along  the  coast,  of  Cat¬ 
alonia  and  Valencia  in  Spain,  the  Pacific 
Rural  Press  says,  where  vegetation  feels  the 
effect  of  the  direct  ocean  breeze,  grows  the 
algaroba  or  carob  tree,  an  exceedingly  useful 
und  valuable  tree,  because  furnishing  a  large 
amount  of  highly  nutritious  food  for  horses 
and  other  animals. 

The  carob  seems  nearly  related  to  the  sweet 
or  honey  locust  of  the  Southern  States,  but 
bearing  a  much  larger  pod,  tilled  with  rich, 
oily  seeds.  Large  quantities  of  these  pods 
are.  annually'  shipped  to  England,  where  they* 
are  used  as  a  substitute  for  oil  cake  as  food 
for  stock,  being  a  cheap  and  fattening  food, 
The  pods  when  ripe,  but  before  being  dried, 
are  said  to  contain  more  than  fifty  per  cent, 
of  sugar :  hence  thoir  fattening  qualities. 
For  transportation  the  pods  are  dried  whole. 
When  wanted  for  feed  they  are  broken  up 
by  pounding,  and  the  dry  pulp,  with  the 
seeds,  fed  without  further  preparation.  They 
grow  upon  almost  any  soil ;  on  any  sterile  and 
rocky  place  whore  no  other  tree  is  found, 
grows  luxuriantly  the  carob  tree,  with  its 
valuable  fruit. 


BATHING  GOSTT 

the  following  manner  : — Trim  your  trees  so 
as  to  leave  only  just  such  branches  as  you 
require  to  form  a  good  top.  Just  as  soon  as 
you  can  got  good  mature  buds  from  the  vari¬ 
eties  you  wish  to  propagate,  bud  them,  each 
limb  by  itself.  This  is  usually  about  the.  last 
of  June  in  this  part  of  Illinois.  As  soon  as 
the  buds  have  takeu,  cut  off  the  limb  a  few 
inches  from  the  bud  and  it  will  almost  imme¬ 
diately  start,  and  by  the  time,  frost  comes 
you  will  have  a  top  of  the  improved  varieties 
well  started.  1  tried  the  above,  years  ago, 
with  good  success. 


MES.  -(bee  png*'  - 1  '  -> 

fungus  would  affect,  with  other  matters,  the 
bouquet  of  the  wine,  was  one  which  could  be 
answered  only  by'  time  and  experience.  To 
this  end,  at  the  suggestion  of  Fasten r,  several 
brands  of  wine  which  had  been  subjected  to 
a  temperature  of  50*  to  75*  C.  were  stored  in 
the  cellar  of  the  Normal  School  of  Faria, 
alongside  of  some  which  had  not  been  thus 
treated.  In  1809  the  different  brands  were 
tested  byr  the  Commission  (Syndimfa  dr  vinx 
rte  Paris,  when  it  was  found  that  the  heated 
wines  were  superior  to  the  other  brands.  In 
1872,  again  at  Pasteur’s  suggestion,  a  second 
examination  was  inst  ituted  by  other  expert  s, 
who  embodied  the  results  of  their  investigu 
tions  in  a  protocol  showing  that,  with  regard 
to  twelve  brands,  those  which  had  been 
heated  were  superior  to  those  which  hud  not, 
been  thus  treated ;  with  regard  to  three 
brands,  that  which  had  not  been  heated  was 
equally  as  good  as  that  which  had  been 
heated  ;  and  of  nine  brands,  that  which  had 
been  heated  was  good,  while  that  which  had 
not.  been  heated  was  spoiled.  Referring  to 
the  protocol,  Pasteur  states  that  heating  may 
lie  regarded  as  a  very  efficient  agent  for  pre¬ 
serving  the  quality  of  common  as  well  as  of 
choice  wines.  Experiments  of  six  to  seven 
years’  duration  have  shown  that  even  the 
finest  wines,  when  suddenly  subjected  to  a 
temperature  of  5.T  to  65°  C.,  are  not  only  no 
longer  subject  to  disease,  but  are  improved, 


TO  PREVENT  SOWS  DEVOURING  YOUNG 


A  Scotch  farmer  writes  ; — I  noticed  some 
time  ago  a  method  for  preventing  sows  from 
devouring  then'  young,  which  they  will  do  at 
times,  and  sometimes  they-  won’t  let  down 
their  milk.  When  this  state  of  things  is  not 
caused  by  a  diseased  condition  of  the  uterus, 
it  is  said  that  the  sow  can  be  brought  to 
terras  by  pouring  a  mixture  of  from  ten  to 
twenty  grains  of  spirits  of  camphor  with 
fiom  one  to  three  of  tincture  of  opium,  into 
the  ear.  The  sow  will  immediately  lie  down 
on  t  lie  side  of  t  he  car  to  which  the  applica¬ 
tion  was  made,  and  remain  quiet  for  several 
hours  in  (Ids  position,  without  interfering 
with  her  pigs  ;  anti  on  recovery,  from  the 
stupor  will  have  lost  her  irritability  in  regard 
to  them.  Another  method  is  to  rub  the  pigs 
all  over  with  brandy,  and  make  the  same 
application  about  the  nose  of  the  sow  herself. 


THE  BABYLONICA  OR  WEEPING  WILLOW 


BARREN  FIG  TREES 


A  writer  in  Silliman’s  Journal  says  that 
from  the  investigations  of  Karl  Kock,  it 
appears  that  the  “  Garab”  upon  which,  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  psalmist,  the  captive  Jews  at 
Babylon  hung  their  harps,  is  not  the  weeping 
willow,  named  Salix  Babylonica ,  by  Linnaeus 
on  account  of  the  current  tradition  ;  and 
indeed  is  not  a  willow  at  all,  but  a  poplar, 
Ranwolf  had  long  ago  concluded  that  the 
tree  was  not  a  willow.  The  Salix  Babylonica , 
whose  hardiness  indicates  a  cooler  ehimate 
than  that  of  Mesopotamia,  is  now  regarded 
as  ol  Chinese  or  Japanese  origin  ;  so  that  its 
specific  Linnsen  name  gives  place  to  that  of 
Salix  pend v  ia,  Mceneh. 


“Theo,”  Solano  Co, 


These  trees,  of  which 
CaL,  has  a  number,  are  grafted  over  with  j 
thrifty,  productive  kinds  that  do  not  blight. 
He  says  If  the  trees  have  large,  limbs,  saw 
them  off,  in  the  month  of  February,  within 
from  two  to  six  feet  of  the  main  stem,  or  of 
the  larger  limbs.  Then  allow  two  shoots  to 
grow  from  near  the  end  of  these  stumps, 
keeping  all  others  rubbed  off.  These  shoots 
should  be  “budded”  as  soon  as  they  have 
become  the  thickness  of  one’s  linger,  taking 
the  green  bnds  from  the  young  growth.  By 
cutting  shoots  from  good  varieties,  in  the 
winter  season,  and  keeping  them  back,  many 
of  the  small  limbs  may  be  budded  in  the 
Spring,  after  the  trees  begin  to  grow.  The 
bark  of  the  fig  tree  being  of  such  thickness, 
it  is  important  to  wrap  the  bud  very  closely. 
For  this  purpose,  waxed  cloth  is  veiy  suit¬ 
able,  (such  as* is  used  for  root  grafting),  torn 
in  narrow  strips,  and  bound  tightly  around 


QUINSY  IN  SWINE 


A  correspondent  of  the  Iowa  Homestead, 
who  say's  he  has  treated  three  vases  of  quinsy 
in  swine  in  the  last  eighteen  months,  who 
has  had  the  disease  himself,  says  : — “  I  think 
when  1  see  a  hog  suffering  with  the  quinsy 
that  i  understand  the  pain,  and  where  and 
how.  But  the  treatment  is  what  you  want. 
This  is  what.  1  did.  1  poured  turpentine  all 
over  the  throat  and  sides  of  the  neck  first, 
wet  it  well,  then  put  a  plaster  of  tar  over  us 
1  did  the  turpentine  and  in  one  hour  the  hogs 
that  I  have  treated  thus  were  well.  1  would 
advise  a  change  of  feed,  when  the  animal 
gets  off  the  feed  or  loses  his  appetite.”  He 
thinks  it  is  caused  by'  sudden  cold,  settling  in 
the  throat. 


Burr  Oak  for  Live  Fence  Posts.— A  cor¬ 
respondent  of  the  Prairie  Farmer  says  : — I 
have  had  one  burr  oak  tree  standing  in  my 
fence  as  a  post  for  at  least  fourteen  years. 
The  boards  were,  nailed  on  to  the  tree  without 
disturbing  the  bark,  and  they  are  on  yret. 


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NATURALISTS'  CATALOGUES. 

July  1. — Every  one  who  has  had  occasion 
to  consult  the  catalogues  of  our  seedsmen 
and  nurserymen  during  the  past  ten  years 
must  have  noticed  the  wonderful  improve¬ 
ments  made  both  in  content*  and  typography. 
Many  of  these  catalogues  which  are  now  dis¬ 
tributed  free  to  customers,  are  really  elegant 
specimens  of  typographical  art  and  at  the 
same  time  encyclopedias  of  useful  informa¬ 
tion.  The  dealers  in  such  articles,  however, 
have  yo  monopoly  of  printer’s  ink,  and  the 
desire  to  let  the  rest  of  mankind  know  what 
one  is  doing  has  taken  possession  of  every 
enterprising  individual,  and  each  strives  to 
outdo  his  fellow  laborer  in  the  same  held. 
Of  course,  such  rivalry  cannot  fail  to  result 
in  great  good  to  al)  ;  lor  extending  trade  is 
synonymous  with  dissemination  of  knowl¬ 
edge.  At  first  glance  wo  might  conclude 
that  the  use  of  catalogues  was  confined 
mainly  to  channels  of  trade  where  articles 
were  bought  and  sold  for  money;  but.  if  we 
search  carefully  hundreds  of  another  class 
will  be  found — those  belonging  to  what  1 
shall  to  m  the  scientific  world.  Our  young 
naturalists,  in  particular,  arc  availing  them¬ 
selves  of  the  use  of  printer’s  ink  to  facilitate 
correspondence,  and  1  am  in  frequent  receipt 
oi  beautiful  little  catalogues  contain ging  the 
names  of  the  specimens  in  privat  e  cabinets. 
For  instance,  a  v  oting  man  begins  the  study 
of  conchology  and  at  the  same  time  forming 
a  cabinet  of  specimens  ;  ns  soon  as  a  goodly 
number  of  species  are  Collected,* he  will  tie- 
sire  to  make  exchanges,  and  to  do  this  he 
must  either  have  a  written  or  printed  list  of 
the  duplicates}  he  has  to  spare.  Specialists 
in  all  departments  of  natural  history  uowr 
use  either  the  catalogues  published1  by  sci¬ 
entific  societies  as  check  lists  to  aid  them  in 
exchanges,  or  publish  private  lists  of  their 
own.  1  know  of  a  lew  instances  where  stu¬ 
dents  have  small  hand-presses  and  fonts  of 
type  and  are  their  own  editor,  compositor 
and  publisher.  When  a  young  man  starts 
out  in  this  practical  manner,  he  is  pretty  sure 
to  learn  and  remember  the  names  of  "every 
species  collected  or  procured,  for  there  is  no 
better  way  of  fixing  a  name  in  one’s  mind 
than  by  writing  it.  A  person  with  strong 
mechanical  faculties  will  remember  the  form 
and  structure  of  a  word,  and  perhaps  forget 
its  application,  Avliile  to  anot her  the  thing  or 
subject  to  which  it  belongs  comes  first  to 
mind,  whiie  the  mechanical  structure  ap¬ 
pears  last.  One  will  have  no  difficulty  in 
spelling  the  word  correctly,  while  to  another 
this  is  the  most,  difficult  part,  although  in  re¬ 
sults  there  will  be  scarcely  any  difference. 

Tne  exchange  lists  or  catalogues  of  private 
and  public  cabinets  are  useful  to  all  interest¬ 
ed,  and  I  have  been  reminded  of  this  great 
value  in  disseminat  ing  a  knowledge  of  what 
co-laborers  in  the  same  field  were  doing  by 
the  reception  of  quite  a  number  withiif  the 
past  few  days.  1  have  received  a  catalogue 
of  the  Lepidoptera  of  New  Orleans  and  its 
vicinity  from  li.  C.  Kerr,  Librarian  of  the 
Now  Orleans  Academy  of  Sciences.  This 
list  contains  the  names  of  over  ‘100  species 
and  shows  us  at  a  glance  what  one  might  ex¬ 
pect  to  find  in  the  way  of  butterflies  and 
moths  in  Louisiana.  Gkokcje  Dimmocik  of 
Springfield,  Muss.,  issues  a  beautiful  little 
catalogue  of  the  1,800  species  of  cofiopfera 
(beetles)  in  ins  cabinet.  From  several  other 
sources  I  have  also  received  similar  lists,  all 
of.  which  show  that  students  of  natural  his¬ 
tory  are  constantly  increasing  in  numbers. 

Horace  Manx’s  “  Catalogue  of  the  Phte- 
nogamous  Plante  of  the  United  States  East 
of  the  Mississippi,”  is  a  most  excellent  aid  to 
those1  who  are  forming  herbariums.  Such 
catalogues  are  only  intended  as  check  lists  or 
for  cutting  up  and  using  for  labeling  speci¬ 
mens  in  cabinets;  larger  works  are  required 
for  determining  the  names  of  the  species.  As 
they  are  issued  in  pamphlet  form,  in  order  to 
be  sent  through  tile,  mails  for  a  nominal 
postage,  their  usefulness  among  specialists 
can  be  readily  understood.  Our  wealthy  in¬ 
stitutions,  which  pretend  to  have  for  their 
object  the  dissemination  of  useful  informa¬ 
tion,  do  occasionally  publish  catalogues  of 
value  to  the  scientific  students,  but,  as  a 
rule,  they  are  slow  coaches  and  far  behind 
enterprising  individual  naturalists.  Taken 
as  a  whole,  our  colleges,  universities,  insti¬ 
tutes  and  institutions,  are  mere  hospitals 
for  men  who  are  either  too  indolent  or  do 
not  possess  the  requisite  physical  or  mental 


power  to  obtain  a  living  by  a  fair  competi¬ 
tion  with  the  progressive  minds  of  the  age. 
There  are,  it  is  true,  a  few  honorable  excep¬ 
tions,  but  they  are  so  few  in  number  that  I 
scarcely  need  attempt  an  enumeration. 

CHOICE  RASPBERRIES. 

July  2.— A  few  of  the  earlier  sorts  of  rasp¬ 
berries  are  ripening,  although  the  drouth 
continues  in  all  its  scorching  severity.  1  have 
been  trying,  for  years,  to  ascertain  which 
half-dozen  or  dozen  varieties  were  the  very 
best  for  my  locality  and  soil  ;  but  just  when 
I  begin  to  think  the  question  is  settled,  some¬ 
thing  turns  up  to  unsettle  my  decision,  and 
then  I  wait  another  year  before  making  out 
my  list.  I  begin  to  suspect  that  all  mv 
troubles  on  this  point  come  from  having 
such  an  abundance  of  choice  sorts,  it  being 
difficult  to  limit  myself  to  a  select  few.  Of 
all  the  black  varieties  which  I  have  tried,  I 
consider  the  Doolittle  and  Surprise  the  very 
best.  The  latter  is  a  conical-shaped  berry 
and  not  oval,  like  the  majority  of  other  sorts 
of  this  species.  The  Heneca  is  an  excellent 
sort,  a  little  later  than  either  of  the  above, 
and  of  a  Jet-black  color,  which  is  far  prefer¬ 
able  to  those  with  a  whitish  bloom,  as  seen 
on  the  Mammoth  Cluster,  Ontario,  and  sev¬ 
eral  other  of  the  large  late  varieties.  Any 
blaek  raspberry  with  considerable  bloom, 
looks  dull  and  stale  after  being  gathered  a 
few  hours,  which,  of  course,  detracts  much 
from  its  value,  especially  when  sent  to 
market. 

There  are  several  “yellow-cap”  sorts  which 
make  a  splendid  show  upon  the  plants  as  well 
as  upon  the  table  ;  but  very  few  persons 
would  select  them  in  preference  to  the  black, 
and  for  this  reason  they  are  almost  worth¬ 
less  for  market .  Last  winter  was  a  severe 
one  upon  ali  l  ender  sorts  unless  protected. 
Most  of  the  black  raspberries  ns  well  as  the 
native  red  varieties,  will  withstand  the  cold 
of  winter  without  the  slightest  protection  ; 
but  the  best  foreign  sorts  or  the  seedlings 
therefrom  must  be  well  protected.  J  prac¬ 
tice  the  old,  and  1  think  best,  system,  which 
is  bending  down  the  canes  in  fall  and  cover¬ 
ing  with  earth.  The  expense  is  but  a  trifle 
at  most,  and  by  following  this  system  one  is 
almost  certain  of  obt  aining  a  good  crop.  1 
do  not  believe  any  reader  of  the  Hr  RAT.  New- 
Yorker  would  care  to  argue  with  me  on 
this  point  could  they  see  my  Clarkes,  Her¬ 
oines,  Elizabeths.  Von  Turks,  Kuevetts’ 
Giants,  Dometts,  and  u  score  of  other  choice, 
sorts  bonding  down  with  their  loads  of  splen¬ 
did  fruit,  as  1  see  them  to-day.  I  have  been 
looking  about  among  them,  endeavoring  to 
decide  which  was  the  best  sort.,  but  give  it: 
up  in  despair.  Taking  everything  into  con¬ 
sideration,  such  as  large  size,  brilliant  color, 
vigorous  growing  and  productive  plants,  I 
should  be  inclined  to  place  the  Clarke  at  the 
head  of  t  he  list  for  my  soil  ;  but  it  may  not 
do  as  well  elsewhere.  1  had  just  decided  in 
my  own  mind  that  it  was  also  superior  to  all 
•others  in  flavor,  when  Mrs.  Ruralist  called 
out,  “Do  come  and  taste  this  CutbusJi’s 
Prince  of  Wales  ;”  and  as  I  did  so,  my  opin¬ 
ion  changed  uguin,  and  then  avo  (the  whole 
family)  united  in  council,  and  after  due  de¬ 
liberation  came  to  the  conclusion  that  all 
were  worthy  of  good  cultivation,  without 
which  even  the  best  would  be  of  little  value. 

For  the  encouragement  of  those  who  have 
read  the  usual  stereotyped  advice  to  plant 
raspberries  in  clay,  heavy  shale  or  loam,  I 
will  say  that  mine  are  growing  in  a  light, 
randy  soil,  made  rich  with  barnyard  manure. 

But  I  have  discarded  the  double-crop  system 
so  generally  practiced— i.  e.,  one  being  weeds 
and  the  other  raspberries  ;  the  latter  1  con¬ 
sider  enough  at  one  time,  especially  in  a  dry 
season. 

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Jit  dus  trial  Sfojikfj. 


AGRICULTURE  IN  JAPAN. 


LARVA  OF  THE  TURNUS  BUTTERFLY. 


The  name  of  the  caterpillar  which  Mrs 
C.  C.  Stewart,  Columbia,  Term.,  sends  us, 
in  alcohol,  is  given  above.  It.  feeds  upon  the 
leaves  of  various  kinds  of  forest  trees,  but  is 
more  frequently  found  upon  the  apple  and 
wild  cherry.  When  fully  gro%vn  it  measures 
tAvo  inches  or  more  in  length  ;  of  a  green 
color,  with  small  blue  dots  in  rows  on  each 
side,  also  two  yellow,  eye-like  spots  with  a 
black  center,  on  the  third  segment.  The 
head  and  belly  ore  pink.  When  fully  grown 
it  folds  together  a  leaf  or  Iavo,  Avitoin  Avhich 
it  spins  a  web,  then  casts  its  caterpillar  skin 
and  becomes  a  chrysalis. 

In  the  Northern  States  there  is  seldom  but 
one  brood,  but  at  the  South  there  are  two. 
The  butterfly  is  quite  large,  expanding  from 
four  to  five  inches.  The  prevailing  color  of 
the  Avings  is  yellOAv.  with  broad  margins  of 
black,  on  which  there  is  a  row  of  yellow 
spots  ;  there  are  also  four  tapering  black 
bands  on  the  fore-wings,  extending  from  the 
trout  edge  nearly  or  quite  back  to  the  hind 
margin.  The  hind  wings  are  tailed  as  in 
Other  species  of  the  papilios. 


Japan  is  quite  an  agricultural  country, 
and  in  the  island  of  Nipon  two  crops  are  gen¬ 
erally  obtained  every  year.  At  the  end  of 
the  month  of  November  or  the  beginning  of 
December  t  he  farmers  sow  their  barley  and 
wheat,  and  these  crops  are  ready  to  cut  in 
the  months  of  May  and  June,  when  the  soil 
is  again  turned  up,  and  the  land  flooded  for 
the  rice,  crop,  or  prepared  for  turnips,  &c. 
The  barley  and  wheat  are  not  set  so  closely 
as  we  grow  ours  in  England,  the  rows  being 
about.  12  to  15  inches  Avido  ;  after  the  wheat 
and  barley  plants  are.  about,  S  inches  high 
they  are  enrthed-up  on  both  sides.  The 
I’Ioav  used  by  the  Japanese  is  made  of 
wood,  pointed  at  the  cud  with  a  small  piece 
of  iron,  and  is  so  light  that  a  boy  can  carry 
it.  It,  is  guided  by  a  single  handle  only,  and 
is  a  very  primitive  affair.  The  harrow  is  a 
piece  of  Avood  3  feet  long,  filled  Avith  iron 
spikes,  aud  with  a  handle  to  it,  so  placed  that 
[  the  farmer  can  press  the  spikes  into  the 
ground.  After  the  barley  and  wheat  crops 
are  ripe  they  are  cut  with  a  sickle,  the  same 
as  the  Irish  laborers  formerly  used.  The 
crop  being  carried  home,  all  the  heads  of 
grain  arc  pulled  off  from  the  straw  by  pass¬ 
ing  through  a  number  of  iron  spikes  The 
heads  are  then  thre*hed  with  a  flail  in  a  simi¬ 
lar  way  to  what  was  formerly  the  plan  in 
England,  after  which  the  corn  is  separated 
from  the  chaff  by  being  exposed  to  the 
wind. 

The  rice  crop  is  planted  in  the  folloAving 
Ayay  After  carefully  preparing  a  bed,  the 
rice  is  set  very  thick,  the  same  as  Celery  is 
in  England,  and  after  it  has  grown  to  be 
about  (i  inches  from  the  ground,  it  is  replant- 
|  ed  in  bundles  of  about  six  heads  each  in  the 
paddy  fields,  Avhich  have  all  been  previously 
turned  up,  prepared,  and  manured  for  the 
purpose.  The  distance  between  each  bunch 
is  about  0  niches.  The  rice  plant  haring 
grown  to  about  1  foot  high,  the  earth  is 
pressed  round  each  bunch  by  hand,  and  all 
weeds  carefully  removed.  At,  the  end  of 
October  or  the  beginning-  of  November  the 
crop  is  ready  to  cut,  after  which  it  is  thresh¬ 
ed,  and  the  rice  put  into  straw  bag*.  Tur¬ 
nips,  which  are  grown  and  used  along  with 
rice  by  the  Japanese  for  their  food,  are  sown 
in  the  mouths  of  May  and  June.  They  are 
not  (lie  same  shape,  or  description  us  the 
English  Turnip,  but  are  about,  the  size  and 
form  of  a  very  large  carrot,  only  white  in 
color.  Carrots,  potatoes,  peas,  sweet  pota¬ 
toes,  beans  and  mustard  are  cultivated  in 
much  the  same  way  as  we  raise  them  in 
England.  The  grass  here  is  very  coarse,  and 
sheep  will  not  live  on  it.  The  Japanese  Gov¬ 
ernment  has  commenced  a  largo  farm  in  (  lie 
island  of  Yesso,  Avhich  I  am  informed  is  very 
rich  soil,  but  owing  to  the  severe  winters  in 
that,  more  northern  latitude,  only  one  crop  is 
obtained  in  the  year. 

Poultry  is  extensively  reared.  We  have 
turkeys,  fowls,  geese,  ducks  and  pigeons. 
The  fowl.-:  and  ducks  are  very  plentiful,  and 
comparatively  cheap. 

Fruit  is  very  fine  and  plentiful.  It  consists 
of  peurs,  apples,  grapes,  pomegranates,  mel¬ 
ons,  peaches,  plums  and  oranges.  The  lat¬ 
ter  are  of  a  very  rich,  swoet  flavor,  though 
small,  and  do  not  generally  contain  many 
pips.  Your  English  gardeners  would  be 
surprised  to  see  a  Japanese  orchard,  as  all  the 
trees  are  grafted  dwarfs,  and  appear  to  be 
heavily  laden  Aritli  fruit— so  much  so  that  the 
branches  are  supported  by  bamboo  props. 

I  must  not  forget  to  mention  Unit  the  Japan¬ 
ese  have  one  great  fault  in  the  gathering  of 
their  fruit,  and  that  is  they  nearly  always 
pull  it  before  it  is  ripe,  and  then  leave  it  to 
ripen  afterwards  in  the  house.  We  conse¬ 
quently  do  not  get  the  full  flavor  of  their 
fine  peaches  and  plums.— J.  Tusker  Foster. 


DUTCH  TENANT  FARMING. 

I  have  somewhere  read,  or  have  been  told, 
that  the  Dutch  when  renting  their  farms  to 
a  tenant,  always  require  him  to  raise  cattle 
or  hogs,  so  that  the  sales  from  this  product, 
shall  amount  to  as  much  as  the  sales  of  grain, 
liay,  and  roots  or  vegetables.  If  animals  are 
kept  manure  is  made,  and  the  fertility  of  the 
soil  kept.  up.  Won’t  you  be  good  enough  to 
give  your  readers  Avh.it  information  you 
have  On  the  subject,  as  the  Dutch  arc  very 
old,  and  very  perfect  cultivators  of  the  soil, 
and  the  plan  doubtless  an  excellent  and 
necessary  one,  and  should  be  practiced  in  this 
sectii  m. —Header. 

Can  any  of  our  correspondents  enlighten 
“  Reader '{” 


duitomoloiiinil. 


WORMS  INFESTING  ORANGE  TREES. 

The  Avorm  which  B.  W.  Galverton,  Tex¬ 
as,  sends  in  a  paper  box,  was  smashed  be¬ 
yond  recognition.  We  must  again  repeat 
that  there  is  not  one  chance  in  a  thousand  of 
’insects  arriving  in  a  recognizable  condition  if 
sent  by  mail  in  paper  boxes.  Tin  or  wood 
should  be  used,  and  these  made  strong.  Our 
correspondents  should  remember  that  sev¬ 
eral  t  ons  of  mail  bags  are  frequently  put  into 
one  heap,  and  those  at  the  bottom  are  under 
an  i  m  metric  j iressure.  T! i  e  clerks  in  the  post 
Offices  sometimes  pnt  one  or  both  feet  into  a 
mail  bag  and  tramp  down  the  contents. 
Mail  bags  are  also  thrown  from  trains,  or 
caught  by  them  while  going  at  the  rate  of  4 ) 
miles  per  hour.  and  Ave  must  make  calcula¬ 
tions  accordingly. 

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ENTOMOLOGICAL  NOTES. 


FIRE  FROM  RAILROADS. 


Some  little  time  siuce  a  Pennsylvania  far¬ 
mer  had  a  barn  and  stables  consumed  Via  fire 
from  a  locomotive,  and  sued  the  railroad 
company  for  damages.  The  buildings  were 
some  distance  from  the.  railroad,  but  dry 
grass  and  weeds  in  abundance  occupied  the 
ground  over  the  intervening  space,  and  by 
this  a  long  train  communicated  the  fire  to 
the  farm  buildings.  The  jury  found  for  the 
plaintiff,  and  $2,300  were  awarded. 

The  railroad  company  appealed  to  a  supe¬ 
rior  court,  in  which  the  decision  of  the  first 
trial  was  OArerruled,  on  the  ground  that  no 
one  is  responsible  for  accidents  from  remote, 
but  only  from  immediute  causes.  The  sparks 
from  the  locomotive  did  not  fire  the  barn, 


Strong  Alum  Water,  avc  see  it  asserted, 
(but  we  do  not  knoAv  Avho  is  responsible  for 
the  assertion,)  is  sure  death  to  bugs  of  any 
description.  Take  two  pounds  of  pulverized 
alum,  and  dissolve  in  three  quarts  of  boiling 
water,  allowing  it  to  remain  over  the  fire 
until  thoroughly  dissolved.  Apply  while  hot 
with  a  brush,  or  what  is  better,  use  a  syringe 
to  force  the  liquid  in  the  cracks  of  the  walls 
and  bedstead.  Scatter  all  the  powdered  alum 
freely  in  all  those  places,  and  you  will  soon 
be  rid  of  these  insect  nuisances  Avhich  fill  one 
Avith  disgust. 

Bark  Lice  — Dr.  Le  Baron,  State  Ento¬ 
mologist  of  Illinois,  recommends,  according 
to  t  he  Prairie  Fanner,  a  wash  of  soapsuds,  of 
a  strength  varying  with  the  age  of  the  parts 
of  the  tree,  to  which  the  application  is  made. 
A  A-.-hitCAvash  brush  is  used,  first  with  strong 
suds,  made  of  one  part  soap  and  three  or  four 
water,  and  then  a  Avash  of  a  Aveak  solution, 
or  many  times  diluted,  applied  with  a  syr¬ 
inge.  This  must  be  done  the  last  of  May  or 
early  in  June,  Avhen  the  young  lice  are  just 
hatched. 

Cabbage.  Lice.— The  Horticulturist  recom¬ 
mends,  on  the  authority  of  a  correspondent, 
opening  the  leaves  as  soon  as  the  plant  begins 
to  head  and  the  louse  makes  its  appearance, 
and  sprinkling  in  common  salt,  AA'hich  it  is 
stated  has  been  entirely  successful. 


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but  the  grass,  and  it  Avas  the  grass  which 
fired  the  barn. 

It  Avas  the  duty,  so  the  court  decided,  of 
the  farmer  to  guard  against  the  possibility  of 
such  accidents,  by  not  leaving  a  train  of  litter 
to  communicate  the.  fire,  While  a  party  was 
liable  fur  damages  Avithin  reasonable  limits, 
it  was  for  the  parties  ^injured  to  show  that 
they  had  taken  reasonable  precautions  on 
their  part  to  avoid  the  chance.  The  damages 
Avere  therefore  reduced  to  $200,  the  value  of 
the  grass. 

This,  being  a  high  legal  decision,  will  no 
doubt  rule,  in  similar  cases  ;  and  it  will  be  as 
well  for  those  who  are  in  a  situation  exposed 
to  danger  to  see  what  may  be  done  on  their 
part  to  lessen  the  risk.  In  Australia  they 
have  found  much  protection  from  fires  by  the 
use  of  live  hedges  along  the  lines,  but  we. 
suppose  the  railroad  embankments  are  not 
full  of  the  luxuriant  weeds  whir  l,  fill  ours. 

When  our  fires  once  get  under  way  a  mass 
of  green  hedge  foliage  is  but  a  feeble  protec¬ 
tion.  Still  it  Avould  often  check  a  weak  firo 
AA'hich  might,  in  time  become  strong  ;  and  it 
might  be  worth  while  both  for  railroad  com¬ 
panies  aud  for  those  who  own  property  along 
railroad  lines,  to  consider  whether  it  Avould 
not  be  better  for  all  parties  to  ha\'e  fences  of 
this  material.  These  fences  would  also  serve 
for  snow-breaks.  Much  trouble  is  frequently 
experienced  from  snow-drift-,  in  cuts,  and 
live  hedges  Avould  be  the  most  effective  of 
protectors. — Forney’s  Weekly  Press. 


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lOOBE’S  BUBAL  WEW-VOR 


gomestiit  (Bcoiiomir. 


THE  CARPET  QUESTION. 

Tms  carpcb  question,  of  late  having  suck 
an  airing  through  the  columns  of  the  Rural, 
New-Yorker,  I  feel  a  good  (leal  of  interest 
in.  I  had  not  intended  to  speak,  but  see  no 
reason  why  I  may  not  also  east  my  "mite” 
of  experience  into  the  public  treasury  box 
of  information.  In  my  day  I  have  manufac¬ 
tured  rag  carpets  to  quite  an  extent,  but  will 
here  speak  of  only  the  last  three.  Within 
the  past  tlvo  years  I  have,  alone,  cut  and 
sewed  rags  for  82 1 yards  carpeting,  in  three 
pieces,  doing,  the  while,  house -work  for 
throe.  The  first  of  Jan.,  1873,  commenced 
cutting  for  35  yards.  Scissors  sharp ;  qo  blis¬ 
ters  ;  by  the  middle  of  Feb.  the  last  rag  was 
finished  and  sent  to  the  weaver.  The  first  of 
March  the  rag  carpet  was  brought,  home, 

"  as  handsome  a  patter  of  *  hip  o'  skip,’  ”  she 
said,  “as  over  was,”  I  will  here  say  that 
about  one-half  of  my  rags  are  collected  from 
the  cast-off  clothing  of  some  of  our  work¬ 
men  ;  the  rest,  with  an  occasional  handful 
thrown  in  by  a  neighbor,  the  accumulations, 
in  the  time  mentioned,  of  my  family  of  three 
persons.  For  this  last  I  colored  only  the 
blue  rags  used,  as  our  people  wear  flannels  of 
different  colors,  dilating  the  common  liquid 
blueing  of  the  druggist  to  desired  shades  for 
the  purpose,  and  setting  with  both  alum  and 
copperas.  These  colors  are  fast,  and,  used 
pretty  liberally,  impart  a  cheerful  look  to 
the  rag  carpet.  Now  for  expenses  for  the 
twenty  yards :  warp,  coloring  matter,  ex¬ 
pense  of  coloring  same  and  weaving,  $7.93— 
the  hill  1  have  mislaid  ;  this  is  the  amount. 
1  intended  to  keep  this  carpet  for  my  own 
use,  but  was  offered  75  ets.  a  yard  for  it,  and 
so  Changed  my  mind.  I  will  say  nothing  of 
my  own  labor,  it  will  be  variously  estimated 
by  different  ones,  i  here  leave  moralizing, 
accept  the  Rural’s  advice  to  new  writers, 
and  lay  down  my  pen  when  I’ve  no  more  to 
say.  M.  w. 

J  - ; - - 

DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 


replace  it  in  the  pan,  and  let  it  remain  until 
very  light ;  then  put  it  out  on  the  board, 
work  in  the  fruit ;  butter  your  pan  ;  put  it 
in  and  let  it  rise  again;  when  light,  hake  in  a 
moderate  oven.  This  is  very  nice  without 
the  fruit.— Celia  Hobby. 


PLANTS  IN  SLEEPING :  ROOMS. 


Sachets  or  Scent  Bug*.— A  correspondent 
of  the  Country  Gentleman  writes  Various  *' 
powders,  &c.,  placed  in  silk  bugs  or  ornu-  J 
merited  envelopes,  are  agreeable  to  smell  T>f, 
and  also  economical  for  imparting  a  pleasing 
odor  to  linen  and  clothes  as  they  are  packed  c 
away  in  drawers,  for  they  prevent  moths. 

For  heliotrope  powder,  take  half  a  pound 
of  orris-root,  one  quarter  pound  of  ground  I 
rose  leaves,  two  ounces  powdered  tonquin  | 
bean,  one  ounce  vanilla  bean,  one-half  dram  > 
graiu  musk,  two  drops  otto  of  almonds  ;  mix  ; 
it  all  by  sifting  through  a  coarse  sieve.  This  ] 
is  one  of  the  best  sachets  ever  made,  and  per-  j 
fumes  table-cloths,  sheets,  pillow-cases  and  1 
towels,  deliciously.  i 

For  lavender  powder,  take  one  pound  of  i 
powdered  lavender,  one-quarter  pound  of 
gum  benzoin,  and  one-quarter  of  an  ounce  of 
otto  of  iavouder. 

For  patchouli,  use  one-half  a  pound  of 
patchouli  ground  fine,  and  a  very  little  of 
otto  patchouli.  This  herb  is  often  sold  in  its 
natural  state  as  imported,  and  is  tied  up  in 
half-pound  bundles. 

Sandal  wood  sachet  powder  is  good,  and 
consists  of  the  wood  ground  fine.  Cedar 
wood,  when  ground,  forms  a  body  for  other 
sachet  powders,  and  will  keep  moths  at  a 
distance.  Dried  fennel,  when  ground,  is  also 
used  for  scent-bags,  and  ground  nutmeg  is 
liked  for  this  purpose.— D.  k. 

Pickled  Flannels— Under  the  very  appro¬ 
priate  title  of  “  Pickled  Flannels,”  a  corres¬ 
pondent  of  an  English  scientific  paper  com¬ 
plains  of  a  lot  of  flannels  which  he  ordered, 
and  which  were  so  full  of  salt  that  after  a  few 
days  they  actually  became  wel  and  could 
only  be  dried  with  difficulty.  He  states  that 
several  man ufae turd’s,  more  ingenious  than 
honest,  have  adopted  a  method  of  substi¬ 
tuting  salt  'for  wool,  by  weighting  a  light 
fabric  so  that  it  will  feel  heavy  and  substan¬ 
tial  in  the  hands  of  those  who  arc  not  ready 
judges.  But  it  would  seem  that  these  arts 
of  tirade  are  not  confined  to  English  producers. 
The  editor  of  the  Manufacturers’  Review, 
remarking  upon  the  case  just  cited,  states 
that  about  a  year  ago  some  samples  of  Amer¬ 
ican  repellants  were  placed  in  his  hands  for 
examination,  and  were  actually  found  to 
have  been  weighted  by  impregnation  with 
glycerine  and  grape  sugar. 

A  Good  Loaf  Cake. — Two  pounds  of  flour; 
half  a  pound  of  butter ;  half  a  pound  of 
sugar ;  one  pint  cf  sponge ;  one  pound  of 
currants,  (washed,  dried  and  picked).  Rub 
the  flour,  butter  and  sugar  together,  then 
add  the  sponge,  with  as  much  milk  as  will 
make  it  into  a  soft  dough.  Knead  it  well, 


To  Cleanse  Carpet.— I  teaspoonful  liquid  aiet 
ammonia  in  one  gallon  warm  water,  will  cult 
often  restore  the  color  of  carpets,  even  if  pro-  fuk 
duced  by  acid  or  alkali.  If  a  ceiling  has  Re, 
been  whitewashed  with  carpet  down,  and  a  plm 
few  drops  are  visible,  this  will  remove  it.  fact 
Or,  after  the  carpet  is  well  beaten  and  brush-  to  1 
ed’  scour  with  ox  gall,  which  will  not  only  con 
extract  grease  but  freshen  the  coh irs— 1  pint  spe 
of  gall  in  3  gallons  of  wa  rm  water,  will  do  a  flu< 
large  carpet.  Table  floor-cloths  may  be  t  hus  in  t 
washed.  The  suds  left  from  awash,  where  of 
ammonia  is  used,  even  if  almost  cold,  cleans-  fov 
es  these  iloor-eloths  well.  gre 

Bath  Ing  Costa  mes.—  Fig.  1  is  a  dress  to  r  a 
child  7  to  9  years  old,  made  of  white  flan-  ^ 
nel,  ornamented  with  red  worsted  braid.  | 
Fig.  3  is  made  of  gray  flannel,  ornament-  ^ 
ed  with  white  woolen  braid.  In  Fig.  3,  ^ 

the  pantaloons  and  blouse  are  made  of  dark 
blue  flannel,  ornamented  with  white  worsted  ^ 
cord.  The  collar  is  made  of  white  flannel.  fo| 
The  cloak  is  made  of  striped  flannel,  edged  ^ 
with  blue  braid.  The  cap  is  .of  transparent  ^ 
linen,  edged  with  blue  worsted  cord  ami 
fastened  with  a  rubber  band.  See  illustro- 
tions,  on  page  45.  tie 

Domestic  Inquiries. —  C.  W,  D.  asks  10, 

“  Wliat  is  the  proportion  of  rye  flour,  in  1 
weight,  to  the  water  Uflecl  in  making  paste  tli 

for  paper  hanging?” - Mrs.  \\yi.  M.  Cul-  “j 

vkr  asks  how  to  color  brown  with  Japoniea,  be 
what  is  used  to  set  the  Color,  and  bow  to  pro-  ti< 

pare  the  dye  ? - Mrs.  B.  C.  F.— “Would  be  m 

glad  if  the  Rural  readers  would  give  their  tli 
modes  of  preparing  fruit  for  use  on  the  table,  d« 
and  for  preserving  it.”  She  thinks  it  might  w 
he  profitable,  too,  to  discuss  the  best  mode  of 
preserving  vegetables — beans,  peas,  corn,  <Stc.  fi 
— for  winter.”  b; 

To  Keep  limns—  After  the  meat  has  been  (‘ 
well  cured  by  pickle  and  smoke,  take  some 
clean  ashes  from  bits  of  coal ;  moisten  them  1’ 
with  a  little  water  so  that  they  will  form  a  ” 
paste,  or  else  just  wet  the  liaius  a  little,  and  ‘ 
'  rub  on  the  dry  ashes.  Rubbed  in  thoroughly  u 
they  serve  as  a  capital  insect  protector,  ami 
‘  the  hams  can  be  hung  up  in  the  smoke-house  u 
j  or  wood  chamber  without  any  danger  of  J 

molestation. 

1  The  Prickly  Pear  to  Harden  Tallow— The  c 
l  Mobile  Register  says  Take  the  common  £ 
i  I  prickly-pear  and  boil  or  fry  it  in  the  tallow,  s 
i  without  water,  for  half  an  hour,  then  strain 
?  and  mold.  1  use  about  six  average  sized  j 
s  leaves  to  the  pint  of  tallow,  (by  weight  one  , 
•-  pound  of  leaves  to  four  of  tallow)  splitting  , 
1  them  up  fine.  They  make  the  tallow  as  hard 
as  stearine,  and  do  not  injure  its  burning  , 
if  qualities  in  the  least. 

,f  Iced  Frails.— Take  fine  bunches  of  ripe 
,f  currants  on  the  stalks,  dip  them  in  gum- 
.  arabii  water,  or  the  whites  of  eggs  well 
a  beaten  ;  lay  them  on  a  sieve,  sift  white  sugar 
)f  over,  let  them  dry.  They  are  very  nice  for 
ts  dessert  or  the  tea  table.  Bunches  of  grapes, 

■n  c’horrics  or  plums  may  bo  done  in  the  same 
,  way. — C.  H. 

id  .  .  .. 

ir  Drying  Figs.— A  Georgia  paper  having  said 

Dr  that  “  figs  dried  in  the  sun,  by  simply  mash- 
a  ing  and  placing  them  on  tins,  are  superior  to 
SO  those  imported  and  will  keep  as  long,”  the 
is  Mobile  Register  asks;—1 “But  they  get 
wormy.  Dry  them  on  a  kiln  or  even  in  a 
•o-  I  large  cook  stove.” 

;s-  Sugar  Cookies— One.  and  a-half  cups  sugar ; 
in  half  cup  milk  ;  a  small  half  cup  butter  ;  one 
*d,  egg •  one  teaspoon  cream  tartar  ;  half  do. 
iw  soda ;  half  a  teacup  caraway  seed.  Mix 
lid  I  pretty  well,  out  Into  small  cakes  and  bake. 
iat  —Mrs.  H.  S.  Brown. 

an  Crullers.— Four  eggs  ;  four  tablespoons  of 
*ti-  brown  sugar,  and  one  of  flour,  beaten  well 
fht  together ;  add  four  tablespoons  melted  bub- 
in‘  ter  ;  mix  hard  ;  roll  thin  ;  cut  in  two-inch 
dY  squares  ;  slit  in  bars  ;  fry  in  very  hot  lanl.— 
r,'s  Anna  R. 

|rs’  Baked  Eggs.— A  matron  says  Beat  up 
:W’  six  eggs,  one  tablespoonful  of  flour,  six  of 
tC3  sweet  milk;  melt  your  butter  in  the  frying 
fr'  pan  ;  when  hot,  turn  tho  whole  in,  well 
beaten,  and  bake  in  a  hot  oven. 

■ith  Excellent  Drop  Cakes— Two  cups  sugar ; 

one  cup  sour  milk;  three  teaspoons  soda;  two 
nr-  eggs  ;  one  teaspoon  cloves  ;  one  teaspoon  ein- 
0f  namon.  Stir  very  thick  and  drop  on  but- 
0f  tered  tins.— Mrs.  II.  Brown. 
tub  Blackberry  Wine,  and  Brandy.— J.  A.  W. 
hen  asks  if  any  of  our  readers  can  tell  how  to 
tvill  make  good  wine  and  brandy  of  blackberries; 
-ell.  '  also,  wine  out  of  fox  and  Concord  grapes. 


Gov.  Holt,  of  Michigan,  recently  addressed  of 
a  letter  to  Prof,  Kedzik  of  the  Michigan  Agri-  ta] 
cultural  College  with  reference  to  the  health-  yy 
fulness  of  plants  in  sleeping  rooms.  Prol'.  ho 
Kedzik  does  not  indorse  tho  theory  that 
plants  are  i inhca  ltlif ul  and  gives  the  following  it 
facts  to  sustain  his  opinion.  He  says:— “Not  mi 
to  leave  this  matter  in  the  condition  of  mere 
conjecture,  I  have  gathered  and  analyzed 
specimens  of  air  from  a  room  where  the  in¬ 
fluence  of  growing  plants  would  be  exhibited 
in  a  greatly  exaggerated  form.  Thus,  instead  oc 
of  taking  the  air  from  a  mom  containing  a  h< 
few  plants,  I  gathered  it  from  the  College  ai 
greenhouse,  where  more  than  (>,000  plants  are  m 
growing.  I  gathered  the  air  before  sunrise  d. 
on  the  mornings  of  April  16th  and  17th  ;  the  N 
room  had  been  closed  for  more  than  twelve  h 
hours,  and  if  the  plants  exhaled  carbonic  acid  “ 
to  an  injurious  extent,  the  analysis  of  air  r< 
from  such  a  room  would  certainly  disclose  q 
this  fact.  The  three  specimens  of  air  gath-  " 
ered  on  the  morning  of  April  16th,  from  dif 
Cerent  parts  of  the  room,  gave4.ll,  4.00  parts  t 
of  carbonic  acid  in  10,000  Of  air,  or  an  average  c 
of  4.03  in  10,000.  The  t WO  specimens  of  air  c 
gathered  April  17th  gave  3.80  and  3.80  parts  t 
of  carbonic  acid  in  10,000,  or  an  average  on  c 
the  whole  of  3.94  parts  of  carbonic  acid  in  t 
10,000  of  air  ;  while  the  out-door  air  contains  c 
4  parts  in  10,000.  Tt  will  thus  be  seen  that  l 
the  air  in  the  greenhouse  was  better  than  ' 
“  pure  country  air.”  This  deficiency  of  car-  * 
bouio  acid  was  doubtless  due  to  the  absorp¬ 
tion  of  carbonic  acid  and  consequent  accu-  * 
mulatton  of  oxygen  during  daylight,  since 
tho  windows  of  the  greenhouse  were  closed  ' 
day  and  night  on  account  of  the  cool 
weather. 

To  ascertain  whether  the  air  of  the  green¬ 
house  had  more  carbonic  acid  by  niglit  than 
by  day,  1  gathered  two  specimens  of  air  in 
diffet  cut  parts  of  the  house,  at  two  o’clock 
P.  M.,  April  17th.  These  gave  1.40  and  1.38 
parts  of  carbonic  addin  10,000,  or  an  average 
of  1.39  parts,  showing  that  the  night  air  con- 
1  tained  more  carbonic  acid  than  did  the  air  ot 
r  day. 

I  Now,  if  a  room  in  which  were  more  than 
ROOD  plants,  while  containing  more  carbonic 
£  acid  by  night  than  by  day,  contains  less  car¬ 
bonic  acid  than  any  sleeping-room  on  this 
continent,  we  may  safely  conclude  that  one 
e  or  two  dozen  plants  in  a  room  will  not  exhale 
u  enough  carbonic  acid  by  night  to  injure  the 
’  sleepers. 

n  jt  is  so  easy  to  be  deceived  by  a  name  !  1 
cl  lately  saw  an  article  showing  the  beneficial 
c  and  curative  influence  of  flower  in  the  sick 
S  room.  Instances  w  ere  related  where  persons 
d  were  cured  by  the  sight  and  smell  of  flowers, 

K  and  without  question  their  influence  is  good. 

Yet  flowers  exhale  this  same  carbonic  acid 
,c  both  by  day  and  by  night !  The  flowers,  by 

(heir  agreeable  odor  and  delicate  pei  fume, 
ill  impart  an  air  of  cheerfulness  to  the  sick 
u.  chamber  which  will  assist  in  tho  recovery 
w.  from  lingering  disease,  notwithstanding  the 
is  small  amount  of  carbonic  acid  which  they 
le  constantly  exhale. 

The  presence  or  absence  of  carbonic  acid  is 

not  the  only  question  in  regard  to  the  licalth- 
id  fulness  of  plants  in  a  room.  The  state  of 
d-  moisture  in  the  air  of  tho  room  may  become 
t0  an  important  question,  especially  in  tho  case 
ho  of  persons  afflicted  with  rheumatic  or  pul- 
.et  tnonory  complaints.  But  I  will  not  take  up 
a  that  subject.” 


Mix  the  above  in  equal  parts  ;  dose,  ten  to 
thirty  drops.  In  plain  terms,  take  equal 
parts  tincture  of  opium,  red  pepper,  rhubarb, 
peppermint,  and  camphor,  and  mix  them  for 
use.  In  ease  of  diarrhoea,  take  a  dose  of  ten 
or  twenty  drops  in  three  or  four  teaspoonfuls 
of  water.  No  one  who  has  this  by  him  and 
takes  it  in  time  will  ever  have  tho  cholera. 
We  commend  it  to  our  Western  friends,  and 
hope  that  the  receipt  will  be  widely  pub¬ 
lished.  Even  when  no  cholera  is  anticipated, 
it  is  an  excellent  remedy  for  ordinary  sum¬ 
mer  complaint.” 


THE  SUN  CHOLERA  MIXTURE. 


BRUISES  AND  CUTS. 

At  the  present  time,  when  accidents  are  so 
cornmoi,  it  Is  the  duty  of  every  one  to  learn 
how  to  take  care  of  the  sick  or  injured.  If 
any  serious  or  sudden  Injury  happens  to  a 
member  of  a  family  and  one  knows  what  to 
do,  it  may  he  the  means  of  saving  a  life. 
Young  people  on  the  farm  arc  liable  to  get 
hurt  or  injured  in  some  way  or  other.  Either 
“cut”  or  bruised.'  Tho  bruised  limb  Should 
rest,  be  kept  moderately  warm,  bathed  fre¬ 
quently  with  tepid  water  and  chafed  gently 
with  the  naked  hand. 

In  ease  of  incised  wounds  (cuts),  at  first 
there  is  free  bleeding  from  the  many  divided 
capillaries.  If  no  large  vein  or  artery  is  sev¬ 
ered  the  flow  of  blood  will  soon  cease  ;  press 
the  lips  of  the  wound  together  and  trickle  on 
cold  water  until  the  blood  and  all  foreign 
matter  is  removed  ;  then  apply  narrow  strips 
of  adhesive  pilaster.  Tho  union  of  the  divided 
parts  is  effected  by  the  action  of  the  blood 
vessels  and  not  by  healing  salves.  The  one 
thing  is  to  keep  the  parts  together  and  pro¬ 
tect  the  wound  from  the  air,  nature  will  do 
tl  ie  rest. 

In  any  deep  wouad  ;  where  a  vein  is  sev¬ 
ered,  tie  a  handkerchief  or  any  band,  below 
the  wound.  If  an  artery,  tie  it  above  the 
wound  ;  sometimes  in  case  of  an  artery,  it  is 
difficult  to  stop  the  flow  of  blood.  If  there  is 
any  trouble,  place  over  the  artery  and  under 
t  he  bandage  a  cork,  or  else  twist  the  hand¬ 
kerchief  by  placing  a  stick  under  it  and  keep¬ 
ing  the  knot  over  the  artery,  as  the  artery 
can  be  felt  by  its  pulsation.  In  binding  up 
the  wound,  keep  the  limb  so  to  have  as  little 
strain  as  possible  upon  the  wound.  1  he  care 
should  be  the  same  as  uuy  cut.  c.  K. 

- - - 

CURING  DISCHARGE  OF  THE  EARS. 

The  Manufacturer  has  the  following  on 
*  this  subject :— As  the  cause  of  suefi  trouble 
is  always  constitutional,  local  applications 
’  arc  of  no  benefit,  and  besides  may  be  danger¬ 
ous  for  the  delicate  organs  of  hearing.  Many 
(  a  patient  has  become  deaf  by  a  treatment 
I  which  was  recommended  with  tho  best  in¬ 
tentions.  The  causes  may  be  manifold,  a 
k  hereditary  taint,  want  of  exercise  in  the 
open,  fresh  air,  sleeping  in  an  ill-ventilated 
[’  bedroom,  improper  food,  injudicious  diet, 
j  use  of  stimulants,  indulgence  in  exhausting 
passions,  vicious  habits,  etc.  It  must  not  be 
;  lost  sight  of  that  conditions  differ,  and  that 
what  will  not  harm  one  man  except,  in  later 
U  life,  will  at  once  affect  others.  The  cure  is 
•.  evident ;  take  out-of-door  exercise,  sleep  with 
your  windows  op©n,  onJy  take  cure  not  to 
•V  catch  Cold  in  a  draft,  watch  your  digestion 
.  and  cat  only  what  agrees  with  you,  but 
**  indulge  in  variety  of  food,  use.  no  tobacco  nor 
*'  Uquor  of  any  kind,  but  if  necessary  some 
.  mild  cathartic,  and  add  to  this  tho  daily  use 
of  some  blood  purifying  decoction  of  sarsa- 
,  parillu,  sassafras,  or  its  equivalent,  and— 
\  marry,  if  you  have  no  wife.  Remember  that 
married  men  are  in  general  healthier  and 
Live  longer  tlmu  bachelors.  Life  insur&ncc 
companies  underfit  and  this. 


“More  than  forty  years  ago,”  says  the 
New  York  Journal  of  Commerce,  “when  it 
was  found  that  prevention  for  the  Asiatic 
cholera  was  easier  than  cure,  the  learned 
doctors  of  both  hemispheres  drew  up  a  pro 
scrip tion,  which  was  published  (for  working 
people)  in  the  New  York  Sun,  and  took  I  he 
name  of  “  The  Sun  Cholera  Mixture.”  Our 
contemporary  never  lent  its  name  to  a  better 
article.  We  have  seen  it  in  constant  use  for 
nearly  tvfo  score  years,  and  found  it.  to  be 
the  best  remedy  for  looseness  of  the  bowels 
ever  yet  devised.  It  is  to  be  commanded  foi 
several  reasons.  It  is  not  to  be  mixed  with 
Uquor,  and  therefore  will  not  be  used  -as  an 
alcoholic,  beverage.  Its  ingredients  are  well 
known  among  all  the  common  people,  and  it 
will  have  no  prejudice  to  combat ;  each  of 
the  materials  is  in  equal  proportion  to  the 
others,  and  it  may  therefore  be  compounded 
Without  professional  skill ;  and  as  the  dose  is 
so  very  small,  it  may  be  carried  in  a  tiny 
phial  in  tho  waistcoat  pocket,  and  be  always 
at  hand.  It  is  t  Tinct.  opii,  capsici,  rhei  co., 
menth.  pip.,  campho. 


BATHING  IN  COLD  WATER. 

We  do  not  know  who  is  the  author  of  the 
following,  but  it  seems  to  have  been  written 
by  some  one  who  professes  to  know  what  he 
is  talking  about  and  it  accords,  to  a  large  ex¬ 
tent,  with  our  own  experience  :  Nothing  is 
more  common  than  a  custom  of  many  per¬ 
sons  to  have  a  cold  water  bath  immediately 
on  leaving  their  beds  as  a  daily  habit.  Deli- 
cutely-organized  ladles  not  uji frequently  have 
established  the  same  course,  considering  it 
conducive  to  the  health.  There  is  an  Im¬ 
pression  that  it  invigorates  the  individual, 
hardens  the  muscles  and  -strengthens  the  con¬ 
stitution.  The  sudden  abstraction  of  caloric 
or  vital  warmth  in  that  way  has  not  only  in¬ 
jured  but  destroyed  more  than  ever  were 
benefited  thereby.  A  reaction,  as  it  is  called, 
a  glow  of  warmth  that  subsequently  follows, 
a  direct  draft  upon  the  system  to  meet  a  sud¬ 
den  loss  of  vitality,  Is  by  no  means  beneficial 
as  theoretically  imagined.  A  tepid  bath 
makes  no  such  injurious  demands,  and  there¬ 
fore,  is  not  injurious  nor  perilous  to  (hose  of  a 
frail  structure. 


0©BE5S  BUBAL  NE  W-YCRKE 


“  PROCRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT.” 

MOORE'S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 

A  rational  illustrated 

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SATURDAY,  JULY  19,  1878. 


“COUNSELORS”  FOR  THE  GRANGES. 

In  our  issue  of  .Tune  21  we  Quoted  a  paragraph 
from  the  Iowa  Homestead,  illustrating  how 
some  of  the  Iowa  farmers  had  been  “  taken  in  " 
in  their  attempts  to  buy  goods  cheap,  and  said, 
good-humoredly : 

There!  If  here  L  not  proof  that  the  farmers 
of  the  West  are  a  keen  set  of  men,  know  what 
l  hev  are  about,,  know  how  to  conduct  tlieirown 
business  and  are  capable  of  instructing  others 
how  they  shall  conduct  theirs,  we  should  like 
some  one  to  furnish  such  evidence  !  Such  men 
would  be  useful  counselors  for  some  Grange  or 
other ! 

Whereupon  the  Western  Rural,  with  its  usual 
vigilance,  pounces  upon  us  in  this  wise : 

We  are  sorry  to  sec  (lie  above  paragraph  In 
one  of  the  ablest  of  the  Eastern  agricultural 
papers,  and  cannot  suffer  il  to  go  by  without 
comment.  Neither  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry 
nor  the  members  of  the  farmers’ dubs  are  of 
the  class  of  men  who  are  taken  in  bv  these 
sharpers.  Neither  are  the  farmers  who  post 
themselves  through  journals  devoted  to  i|,. 
current  topics  of  the  day,  taken  in  bv  rogues 
and  swindlers;  these  operations  being  almost 
exclusively  confined  to  those  who  do  not  read 
the  papers.  The  harvest -Holds  of  these  confl¬ 
uence  men  are  on  soil  that  I-  uncultivated  bv 
contact  with  the  plowshare  or  knowledge,  ii, 
indeed,  as  our  entemporary  would  seem  to  inti¬ 
mate,  the  Grangers  of  Town,  who  number  t  iio 
majority  of  (he  actual  farmers  of  the  State,  are 
hable  to  be  so  gulled,  the  farmers  of  the  West 
bad  better  cry  quit  and  proclaim  themselves  at 
enee  as.  serfs  and  not  worthy  of  consideration; 
but  such  is  not  the  case. 

Now,  while  we  had  no  intention  to  reflect 
upon  the  Tanners  of  Iowa,  as  compared  with 
those  of  any  other  State.  East,  or  West,  and  have 
no  desire  to  bring  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry 
into  disrepute,  we  propose  tn  lake  issue  with 
our  contemporary,  and  assert  that  Patrons  of 
Husbandry,  Members  of  Farmers’  Clubs  and 
readers  of  (or  subscribers  to)  agricultural  papers 
ore  taken  in  byrwt*«*<md  mhu tier*.  Scarce  a 
week  passes  that  we  do  not  see  testimony  to 
this  effect.  True  it  is  not  a  peculiarity  of  West¬ 
ern  more  than  of  Eastern  fanners  that  they  are 
so  “  taken  in."  But  to  prove  that  such  ‘•Coun¬ 
selors  ’  as  we  suggested  (that  is.  men  of  crperl- 
cnee.  with  swindlers)  are  needed  in  the  Granges, 
e  ven  of  Iowa,  and  that  our  eon  temporary  either 
did  not  know  what  he  was  talking  about  in  the 
above  paragraph  or  wanted  to  tickle  some¬ 
body,  we  take  up  the  Iowa  Homestead  (from 
which  paper  we  quoted  before,  and  the  organ 
of  the  Patrons  in  Iowa,)  and  find  on  the  first 
page  of  the  issue  ol  June  20  a  letter,  signed  by 
‘’Patron,”  dated  in  Jones  Co.,  June  4,  and  ad¬ 
dressed  to  the  Secretary  of  the  State  Grange  of 
the  Patrons  of  Husbandry  of  Iowa,  which  wo 
quote  entire : 

Bro.  Wilson :  A  few  weeks  ago  there  was  a 
Pbpimu n i c a t i on  in  the  I  nva  Homestead  w  u  n- 
ing  the  people  against  spine  Beam  ps  that  were 
swindling  the  farmers,  from  Ceil  tr  Go..  I  think 
{•hem  cloths,  bilks,  &,>.  T|le  name 
gang  hjye  just  been  through  this  section,  and 
<!'.l.'!cli7,1r  lsaa,L'  victims,  and  T  am  sorry  to  sav 
wo  tint  i  know  of  are  mom tiers  of  the  Grange 
b uslosti  c  Master.  Tins  is  a  bad 
•mowing,  as  It  is  one  of  the  objects  of  the  P.  of 


H.  to  guard  each  other  from  such  impostors. 
They  came  to  this  place  ten  In  number.  They 
employed  some  men  of  the  town  with  a  lirerv 
team  to  pilot  them  to  the  responsible  farmers. 
Thcv  started  out  in  all  directions,  and  done 
their  work  soon  and  were  oil'.  They  sold  in 
packages  of  8|;V),  and  took  notes.  They  pell  the 
Botes  for  wbut  they  ran  get.  The  banks  Imre 
would  not  buy  the  notes,  knowing  the  cRyii  in¬ 
stance*,  so  I  hey  sold  them  to  private  parties  for 
about  oi. e-thlrd  off.  Our  enemies  In  town  are 
jubilant  over  their  success  with  the  Grangers. 

We  herewith  repeat,  emphatically,  our  good- 
natured  advice,  given  at  the  outset,  that  these 
swindled  men  (whether  Patrons,  Members  of 
Farmers'  Clubs,  readers  of  agricultural  papers, 
or  not.)  will  make  t  he  best  lcind  of  counselor'll  for 
Granges  among  whose  membership  are  found 
such  Masters  and  Patrons  as  those  described  by 
“Patron"  In  the  above  last-quoted  paragraph. 
H  e  trust  our  contemporary  will  sc  c  the  wisdom 
of  our  advice  and  adopt  It  for  its  own  readers. 
Reformed  drunkard.-,  make  the  best  temperance 
lecturers,  for  they  know  how  it  is  thontBelvea ; 
so  farmers  who  have  had  their  eyes  rubbed 
open  to  the  tune  of  $00  to  $i*Yi  each  ran  give 
practical  advice,  and  should  be  employed  by  I  he 
Patrons  as  missionaries  to  counteract  the  vi¬ 
cious  work  of  these  unmitigated  Iowa  swindlers! 

Since  writing  the  above,  I  lie  Iowa  Home¬ 
stead  of  July  II,  has  come  lo  hand  and  its 
editor,  after  quol  ing  the  paragraph  given  above 
from  our  Ikbuo  of  .1  une  21,  adds  wltaf  follows  : 

We  can  -ay  nothing  after  receiving  such  an 
ext  inguisher  from  a  journal  we  were  wont,  to 
regard  as  one  of  |  he  farmer's  staunchest  friends. 
Of  course  they  of  the  East  have  abundant  rea¬ 
son  to  thank  Providence  that  they  are  not  as 
ol  her  men  — their  humble  brethren  nN he  West, 
for  instance.  Don't  they  give  of  Ihelr  substance 
to  fe  ed  the  tutor,  buy  our  beef,  corn  ami  wheat, 
and  generously  send  us  a  bountiful  supply  of 
wooden  nutmegs  to  season  our  sauces  when  we 
are  fortunate  enough  to  have  any?  They  send 
ns.  too,  some  of  the  prime  elements  of  progress*, 
some  of  their  pious  chaps  who  cotno  West  ami 
/in ;/ without  ceasing.  Isn't  our  country  fijll  of 
t  heir  quack  doctors,  their  quack  lawyers,  and 
their  genuine  sharpers,  like  those  that  draw 
out-  the  aforesaid  remarks  from  the  aforesaid 
paper?  And  we  believe  that  they  have  lots  more 
of  them  left,  whom  our  farmers  may  expert,  to 
see  should  their  native  haunts  become  too 
uninhabitable  for  them,  either  from  the  scanti¬ 
ness  of  bread  to  steal  or  t  he  vigilance  of  justice. 
Look  Out  fur  them,  farmers!  A  few  of  (hem 
Ii  gee  in  our  Jails  and  penitentiaries,  but  the 
supply  Is  not  exhausted,  and  some  are  at  large 
still ;  mean  while,  with  a  proper  appreciation  of 
onr  own  littleness  inventing  ourselves  with  all 
t  ho  lomillit y  we  can  command,  let  us  devoutly 
pray  Mini  we  may  boootne  possessed  of  some  of 
the  “wonderful  discretion,  good  judgment, 
sound  sense  and  knuw-thejr-own  business  char¬ 
set  erist  ies  ”  of  onr  Eastern  neighbors  who  never 
get  cheated,  arid  ga/.e  Westward  so  pityingly 
upon  their  benighted  brethren. 

Now,  if  we  did  not  know  onr  friend's  (of  the 
Iowa  Homestead)  nature  better,  we  should  fear 
we  had  irritated  him  by  our  comments  upon 
the  credulity  of  some  of  the  Iowa  farmers.  But 
we  do  know  him  better !  Hu's  a  jolly  good  fel¬ 
low  !  We  hope  Iowa  will  catch  ami  keen  nil  of 


we  do  know  him  better !  IfuV  a  jolly  good  fel¬ 
low  !  Wo  hope  Iowa  will  catch  and  keep  all  of 
those  awful  fellows  from  the  East  who  swindle 
innocent  Farmers  and  Patrons  sol 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

New  York  Agricultural  Excursion.— A  com¬ 
pany  of  Fdit  irsaiul  their  wives  left  this  (N.  Y»l 
City.  Tuesday.  July  la.,  for  Virginia,  Indian 
Territory,  Colorado  and  the  parks  of  the  Rocky 
Mountains,  They  arc  to  be  absent  live  or  six 
weeks.  We  give,  herewith  1  he  names  of  those 
who  make  up  the  party  : 

IIicnky  T.  Williams.  Agricultural  Editor  N. 
V.  independent,  and  Editor  ol  Horticulturist. 
S.  I!.  Wi.ils  and  wife.  Editor  Phrenological 
Journal,  Editor  Science  of  Health.  Andrew  8. 
Fuller  and  wife.  Associate  l'Mitor  Ki  iiai.Nicw- 
Yor k i:h.  and  Agricultural  Editor  N.  V.  Week¬ 
ly  Hun.  Kinv  win  K  ing,  Cor.  Scribner’*  Month¬ 
ly.  Thomas  Meehan,  Agricultural  Editor 
Philadelphia  Press,  and  Editor  of  Gardena’s 
Monthly.  Josiaij  Hoonss,  Cor.  The  .Journal  of 
the  Farm,  and  Pres't  Pennsylvania  Fruit  Grow¬ 
ers'  Aas’n.  1UVTD  H.  Strother  (Porte  Crayon), 
Artist  and  Cor,  Harper's  Magazine,  and  Cor. 
Harper's  Weekly.  It.  P.  Eaton,  Editor  New 
England  Farmer.  IV.  Cm iT, Cor.  Country  Gen- 
i lemnp.  L,  A,  ('mask, Publisher  American  Agri¬ 
culturist,  and  Publisher  Heart  h  and  Home.  A. 
A.  VVTi.i.  vup.  H.iii-y  Editor  Rural  New-York- 
kr.  and  Pres.  N.  V.  State  Dairymen’s  Ass’n. 
P.  K.  Buss,  Representative  The  Rural  Club, 
New  York.  X.  .1.  Colvian  and  wife,  Editor 
Rural  World,  St.  Louis.  M.  L.  Dunlap  and 
wife,  Agricult  ural  Editor  Chicago  Tribune,  and 
Proa.  Illinois  State  Horticultural  Society. 
Clark  V  .  Bryan,  Editor  Springfield  (Mass.) 
Daily  and  Weekly  Union.  Barton  D.  Evans, 
Editor  Village  Record,  Word  Chester,  Pa.  Wm. 
P.  Thompson  ami  wife.  Rep.  U.  H.  Dop't  of 
Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C.  IV.  C.  I  lagg, 
Horticultural  Editor  Prairie  Farmer.  S.  A. 
Ellis.  <  hr,  American  Rural  Home.  T.  S,  Gqi.p 
and  wife,  bee.  Connecticut  st  ate  Board  of  Agri¬ 
culture.  ami  Cor.  New  England.  Homestead. 
Rev,  J.  W.  Tuck,  Cor.  Daily  Bulletin,  Norwich, 
Ct.,  and  Cor.  Weekly  Courier,  Norwich,  Ct. 
Samuel  Bowies,  Jr  .  Editor  Daily  and  Weekly 
Republican,  Springfield.  Mass.  C.  V.  Killy. 
State  Entomologist  of  Mo,,  and  Cor.  III.  Journal 
of  -Agriculture.  Prop.  A.  it.  MIXER,  Cor.  Daily 
and  Weekly  Democrat,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  IIlk- 
m an  Fcechsll,  Artist  The  Aldine,  New  York. 
Miss  Mary  L.  Clancy,  Cor.  Daily  Times,  Troy, 
N.  Y. 

This  list  is  not  complete ;  for  the  other  day 
that  gray-beaded  old  veteran.  “Daily  Rural 
Life."  came  into  the  office  and  said  he  was  "  go¬ 
ing  along  too."  He  has  not  bad  a  vacation  for 
years  and  he  “would  like  to  know  how  Editors 
do  when  they  excurse."  We  gave  him  a  special 
commission  to  Match  onr  valued  associates. 
Fuller  and  Willard,  Said  he  would  go 
“incog "as  princes  travel;  but  “he’d  warrant 
he'd  see  something  worth  talking  about,"  and 
promised  to  keep  up  his  diary  while  he  is^gone. 

1 1!  any  of  our  friends  find  him  out,  vve  hope  they 
will  treat  him  tenderly,  for  he  is  aged  and  un¬ 
sophisticated.  We  wish  the  whole  party  a  good 
time 


A  Million  Hollar  Telescope  is  projected.  It 
’  is  regarded  feasible.  Thousands  of  dollars 
have  been  already  offered  as  subscriptions  to 
!  such  a  project.  Dr.  P.  H.  Van  Der  Wtdr  has 
i  consulted  Mr.  Alvan  Clark,  the  great,  tet- 
;  escope  maker  of  this  country  as  to  its  practica¬ 
bility.  Tic  thinks  if  the  rough  glass  can  be  pro- 
•  duced  a  good  object,  glass  of  four  or  five  feet  in 
‘  diameter  could  be  worked.  He  can  not  under¬ 
take  such  a  work  within  two  or  three  years.  Dr. 
Van  Dkr  Wypk  suggests  that  the  work  of  ob¬ 
taining  subscriptions  go  on  ;  that  the  telescope 
be  built  and  mounted  in  Hie  rainless  and  dry 
climate  of  Colorado  upon  some  natural  project¬ 
ing  rock  that  will  furnish  a  secure  i  mndation 
and  which  f  irms  the  top  of  a  mountain.  The 
telescope  will  be  one  hundred  feet  long,  weigh 
many  tons,  be  balanced  with  counterpoise  and 
moved  by  clockwork.  He  proposes  that  the 
site  bo  selected,  cut  down  and  properly  shaped 
so  an  to  form  proper  support  for  the  telescope 
and  the  colossal  observatory  dome  to  he  built 
over  it,  the  workshop  built  in  time  to  have  the 
•corner-stone  of  Die  observatory  laid  and  the 
first  obj.vrt  glass  cast  on  the  centenary  of  our 
Independence,  J  uly  4. 1870.  This  would  be  quite 
ns  worthy  a  way  to  spend  our  money  as  in  the 
Centennial  Exposition  at  Philadelphia. 

i »». 

The  Yellowstone  Yaiignble.  This  river,  hav¬ 
ing  its  source  in  the  mountain  lake  of  that 
name,  varies  in  width  from  800 toiXWyardo,  with 
a  current  of  II  to  I  miles  per  hour.  It  has  no 
difficult  rapids,  has  numerous  densely- wooded 
and  heavily-timbered  islands,  and  the  sand  bars 
could  lie  removed  at  little  expense.  It  Is  not 
subject  to  sudden  or  excessive  floods,  and  com¬ 
petent  authorities  declare  tlral  in  their  opinion 
it  can  be  navigated  all  the  way  to  the  point 
where  It  issues  from  the  mountains,  from  the 
middle  of  May  to  the  first  of  August,  by  boat  - 
drawing  i  hrec  feel  of  water.  The  total  length 
of  the  Yellowstone  is  about  560  rnilns,  and  it  is 
expected  that  about  350  mi  lea  of  tin*  river  will 
be  opened  to  the  Western  steamboats.  The 
Northern  Pan  flu  Railroad  traverses  the  natural 
channel  of  t  he  Yellowstone,  and  with  fta  south¬ 
ern  connections  to  Cheyenne  and  Yankton,  will 
greatly  assist  in  populating  and  bringing  the 
untold  mineral  wen  II  hand  the  wonders  of  their 
volcanic  phenomena  williin  the  reach  of  the 
settler  and  the  tourist.  The  completion  of 
these  highways  to  this  most  attractive  region, 
will  draw  visitors  from  every  part  of  the  globe. 
- 

Factory  Ibilter  in  Canada.  We  learn  from  a 
Toronto  paper  that  factory  butter  is  in  far  bet¬ 
ter  demand  and  al  better  pricea  than  that  made 
by  farmers.  Why?  Because  in  butter  factor¬ 
ies,  as  In  cheese  factories,  skilled  labor  is  em¬ 
ployed  to  direct  or  control  the  manufacture. 
The  milk  from  (lie  cows  of  the  farmer  whose 
wife  knows  nothing  about  butter  making,  Isas 
valuable  as  that  from  the  cows  of  the  farmer 
whose  nife  understands  it  perfectly.  Once  at 
the  factory,  it  enables  the  one  to  get  as  large  a 
price  for  the  product  of  his  cows  as  the  other. 
Thus  the  system  of  co-operation  is  gradually 
yet  surely  winning  its  way.  It  M  ill  not  lie  long 
before  other  products  Mill  be  cared  for  in  a 
similar  manner.  The  necessities  of  civiliza¬ 
tion,  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  skilled  labor 
and  I  he  necessity  of  paying  good  prices  for  that 
which  is  available.  Mill  force  co-operation 
among  farmers,  which  will  result  in  cheaper 
and  better  products  and  greater  profits  to  the 
producer. 

- - 

The  American  Institute  Farmers’  Club  has 

been  declared  adjourned.  It  has  been  no  great 
Source  of  pride,  profit,  glory  or  gratification  to 
its  members  for  some  time  past.  Due  of  them 
was  asked,  a  week  or  two  since,  why  it  didn’t 
adjourn  for  the  summer,  and  replied:— “We 
used  to  have  an  old  horse  that  we  never  allowed 
to  lie  down,  because  we  knew  he  would  never 
get  up  again.  That’s  why  wc  don't  adjourn.” 
But  last  Tuesday  there  were  three  of  the  old 
veteran-talking  members  present,  beside  the 
gentle  and  gall.i  nt  Commander  of  the  Club.  The 
Commander  had  decided  that  Ihe  Club  should  1 
have  a  vacation,  whether  it  willed  or  not;  in¬ 
deed,  it  is  said  he  declared  ho  would  “prorogue” 
the  club  if  it  insisted  upon  not  adjourning.  1 
There  was  a  breezy  breaking  up  among  the  vet¬ 
erans,  with  not  any  too  much  good  humor  for 
July  weather.  Whether  or  not  this  Is  the obitu-  1 
ary  notice  of  the  Club,  remains  to  be  seen.  . 
There  are  some  people  who  think  so. 


Tree  Planting  on  Government  Lunds.— The 
Commissioner  of  the  General  Land  Office  lias 
issued  a  circular  to  Registers  and  Receivers, 
saying  he  had  received  numerous  letters  re¬ 
questing  a  modification  of  the  instructions 
under  the  act  of  Congress  to  encourage  the 
growth  of  timber  on  the  Western  prairies. 
It  was  claimed  by  his  correspondents  tnat 
parties  making  entries  are  entitled  to  three 
v  ears  to  complete  the  planting  of  the  proscribed 
area  with  trees,  and  that  they  should  not  be 
limited  to  one  year  in  the  regulations.  The 
Commissioner  says  tie  cannot  think  Congress 
intended  any  such  results  to  flow  from  theJaw, 
and  therefore  lie  shall  adhere  to  the  regulations 
he  has  issued,  and  limit  parties  to  one  year  in 
which  to  complete  their  planting,  and  to  one 
entry  under  the  act,  until  Congress  by  further 
legislation  authorizes  or  requires  a  modification 
of  the  rule. 


Irrigation  in  Colorado.— There  has  recently 
been  held  in  Denver,  Colorado,  an  Irrigation 
Convention,  embracing  among  its  members  the 


ft  most  prominent  citizens.  By  the  resolutions 
■s  adopted,  we  learn  that  it  is  the  opinion  of  those 
o  best  acquainted  in  Colorado,  that  the  Agricul- 
is  ]  tural  and  Pastoral  resources  thereof  never  will 
[-  J  and  never  can  be  developed  to  such  a  degree  as 
l-  to  supply,  if  nnly  approximately,  the  daily  in- 
i-  •Teasing  wants  of  food  for  men  and  animals, 
n  without  the  introduction  of  ageneral,  thorough 
and  economical  system  of  irrigation  ;  and  that 
r.  i  his  system  must  be  made  a  Territorial  or  a 
•-  j  National  affair.  It  is  therefore  proposed  to  se- 
.*  <  ore  the  public  unsold  lands  to  be  appropriated 

y  j  for  creating  a  fund  to  inaugurate  and  develop 
.  I  this  necessary  system  of  irrigation.  It  is  con- 
ii  I  ceded  that  it  is  far  beyond  the.  means  or  power 
o  I  of  a  private  person  or  corporation  to  secure 
n  I  necessary  irrigation. 

tl  - - 

c,  I  Mixed  Farming.— I  intend  to  buy  me  a  farm 
I  within  a  year,  and  hope  to  learn  something 

I  from  your  paper  In  advance-  Give  us  an  article 
c  on  mixed  farming— say  a  vineyard  of  20  acres, 
t  orchard  of  10  acres,  20  cows— to  cost  in  all  about 
,,  $5,000.*  p.  h.  il 

p  Our  correspondent  evidently  has  little  idea 
r  of  farming,  if  he  expects  us  to  teach  biiu  In  any 
p  one  article  how  to  manage  a  vineyard,  an  or- 
p  chard  and  20  cows  profitably.  If  he  reads  the 
different  dcparluientsfif  the  Ruiia  l.New-York- 
|  Kit  carefully,  he  w  ill,  wc  hope,  find  some  infor- 
|  (nation  that  will  be  or  use  to  him.  But  ir  he 
-  I  had  asked  us  how  to  manage  a  balloon,  a  steam- 
f  I  ship  and  an  iron  puddling  furnace,  expecting 
1  j  an  answer  in  a  single  article,  it  would  have 
’  been  about  as  easy  to  comply  with  his  request. 

■ - »+« - 

J.  .1.  Mcelii  on  Emigration  to  \ mrrica.— One 
I  of  the  most  sensible  and  Intelligent  defenders 
I  of  Englishmen  who  emigrate  to  America  is 
1  I  the  eminent  runner,  J.  J.  Mecrtt.  His  recent 
I  articles  in  English  papers  have  been  both  intel- 
I  ligent  and  just .  But  we  had  a  great  deal  rather 
lie  would  send  us  over  some  skilled  manufac- 
'  tiirers  with  a  surplus  of  capital  than  fanners. 
Why?  Because  we  now  produce  more  food 
than  we  know  wlial  to  do  with,  and  would  like 
someone  to  develop  our  other  equally  abun¬ 
dant  resources  affd  create  a  home  demand  for 
our  food  products.  It  is  a  gratification  to  know, 
however,  that  a  large  proportion  of  the  English 
farmers  immigrating  hither  are  capitalists,  and 
I  intelligent  men. 

- - - 

What  Ih  a  Capitalist  1— 'This  question  was 
answered  at  a  recent  English  Co-operative  Con- 
I  gross  by  a  man  who  said  ho  had  “thrown  his 
I  whole  soul  "  into  the  consideration  of  the  labor 
I  question  the  last  six  years  and  had  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  the  “  capitalist  was  only  a  man 
who  did  not  spend  all  he  had  got.”  That  man 
had  learned  more  in  six  years  than  most  people 
do  I  What  a  terrible  man  a  capitalist  is,  to  be 
sure  I— if  that  is  all  he  is  ;  and  is  it  not  t  he  I  rue 
definition  ?  But  nil  capitalists  do  not  recognize 
tho  right  of  those  who  arc  not  capitalists  to 
control  their  (capitalists’)  savings;  hence  the 
fuss  in  the  family— of  men. 

Obituary-  Joseph  Breek.— It  was  our  purpose 
to  have  noticed,  ere  this,  the  death  of  this  ven¬ 
erable  and  accomplished  florist— a  man  who 
was  the  publisher  of  the  old  New  England 
Farmer  and  the  author  of  the  “Book  of  Flow¬ 
ers,  ’  which  is  one  of  the  best  florist  books  ex¬ 
tant  now.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  the 
senior  proprietor  of  the  seed  firm  of  Joseph 
Bkeck  A  Son,  Boston,  and  a  proprietor  in  the 
nurseries  at  Brighton,  Mass.  Ho  was  one  of  the 
men  whom  all  horticulturists  delight  to  honor, 
and  who,  in  his  time,  has  contributed  largely 
and  wisely  to  our  horticultural  progress. 

Heneca  Lake  and  its  Environs.  -  The  illus¬ 
trated  urtielo  thus  entitled— the  third  of  a  se¬ 
ries  on  the  Lake  Country  of  Now  York— will 
interest  thousands  of  our  readers.  Seneca  Lake 
and  its  surroundings  present  eoniu  of  the  most 
charming  and  picturesque  views  in  the  land, 
and  happy  are  (or  should  be)  those  who  possess 
homesteads  thereabouts,  or  can  visit  such  re¬ 
sorts  as  Geneva  and  Watkins  Glen  during  the 
summer  solstice.  The  views  we  give  are  from 
photographs  by  G.  F.  Gates  of  Watkins,  J.  G. 
Vail  of  Geneva,  and  Mr.  Tomlinson  of  Penn 
Yan,  to  each  of  whom  wo  tender  acknowledg¬ 
ments  for  favors  received, 

Personal.— Mr.  Geo.  P.  Rowell,  the  popular 
Advertising  Agent  of  No.  ,1  Park  Row,  New 
York,  has  just  returned  from  a  brief  trip  to 
Europe,  apparently  in  good  health  and  spirits. 
Wo  believe  Mr.  R.’s  principal  business  xvas  to 
arrange  for  the  regular  importation  of  English 
type,  and  presume,  from  his  well  known  tact 
and  enterprise,  that  the  object  of  his  visit  M  as 
satisfactorily  inaugurated. 

- ♦♦♦ - •— 

RURAL  BREVITIES. 

Up  to  June  23,  1873, 148  Granges  of  Patrons  of 
Husbandry  had  been  organized  in  Mississippi. 

John  V .  Berry,  Ephrath,  N.  Y.,  asks  where 
he  can  get  a  couple  of  minks.  We  cannot  tell 
him. 

C.  L.  is  informed  that  M-e  do  not  knoM-  what 
is  the  best  shaving  soap,  nor"  what  will  cause 
the  whiskers  to  grow  thick  and  soft"  without  in¬ 
jury,  nor  how  to  extract  perfume  from  flowers. 

BUSINESS  NOTICES, 

LYONS  MUSICAL  ACADEMY. 

One  of  the  most  thorough  and  successful  institu¬ 
tions  of  its  kind.  Students  fitted  for  teachers.  Next 
School  Year  begins  Sept.  10.  Send  for  ne  ;v  Circular 
and  Catalogue.  O.  S.  ADAMS,  Principal, 

Lyons,  Wayne  Co.,  N.  Y. 


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ume  of  260  pages.  A  (food  index  of  subjects 
closes  it.  The  price  is  $1.85. 


around  the  world,  on  a  wager,  in  eighty  days 
The  American  reader  will  be  amused  at  his  ex¬ 
periences  in  this  country. 


Tlie  Sermons  ol'  Henry  Ward  Beecher.— New 

York :  J,  B.  Ford  &  Co.  1873. 

Two  largo  and  handsome  volumes,  compris¬ 
ing  the  sermons  of  this  great  preacher  from 
September,  1871,  to  September,  1872.  Those  are 
from  verbatim  reports,  as  delivered  in  Plymouth 
Pulpit.  Each  volume  contains  twenty-six  ser¬ 
in  one.  Or  their  well-known  quality  it  is  need¬ 
less  to  speak. 


OjTilln.-llv  the  Bnronoss  T autphoeus.  Phila¬ 
delphia:  T.  It,  Peterson  A  Bros. 

The  author  of  t  his  well-written  and  thrilling 
love  story  is  well  known  i  n  American  readers 
by  her  works,  among  which  "The  Initials,** 
“  Quits  ’’  and  14  At  Odds  "  stand  high.  She  is  a 
cousin  of  Marin  Edgeworth,  who  married  a 
Bavarian  nobleman.  The  book  under  notice 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS 


Motherly  Talks  with  Young  Housekeepers. 

—By  Sirs.  H.  W-  Beecher.  New  York:  J.  B. 

Ford  &  Co. 

A  good,  common-sense  book,  worthy  a  place 
in  any  house.  Mrs.  Beecher  writes  brief,  pithy 
articles.  In  this  volume  she  has  87  motherly 
talks  with  young  housekeepers 
on  all  sorts  of  subjects,  and  in 
the  second  part  of  the  hook  she 
gives  choice  family  receipts  in  s 

large  numbers  for  yeast,  bread,  jfajg§gi 

biscuitfl,  cake,  soups,  tlsh,  heef,  /  ■  " 
pickles,  puddings,  etc.  The  — 

book  has  a  thousand  things 
women  will  he  glad  to  know. 

It  makes  a.  volume  of  500  pages  g 
and  contains  a  very  good  por-  v  -  -  ■ 
trait  of  Mrs.  MEF.cn tin. 


BY  k.  nun  ART, 


These  harvest  days  the  machine  stands  at 
the  barn  door,  threshing  out.  the  grain.  The 
bronze  1-faced  men  hurriedly  feed  it,  and  dear 
away  the  straw  and  scoop  the 
grain  in  piles,  lions  oonteut- 
edly  pick  about  the  door,  while 
the  sun  shines  through  the 
barn,  illumining  (lie  dust-la- 
Ijljg®.  doned  air,  and  drowsily  goes 

\  I  lie  “  eld  I  i  t,  dal  i  or,  d;  t  ter,” 

-d  all  the  day.  The  cause  of  this 
busy  scene  is  two  horses,  strain¬ 
ing  every  muscle,  tolling  up  the 
^  /V /  machine,  yet  nover  reaching 

D!  weary  human  beings, 

•  whether  high  or  lowly,  who  are 

'  toiling  up  (he  steep  ascent  and 

:  never  Mini  a.  spot,  to  pause  and 

■  rest,  knowing  l.liy  pause  would 

;  _v=  stop  some  needed  work,  yd. 

gaining  nothing  lint  the  grain 
-  ye  eat,  I, oil  onward  bravely, 
mayhap  your  rest,  will  come  in 
time;  but,  should  It.  not, the 
p  jj  eternal  red.  will  lie  most  sweei . 

.  A  [i  Maria  Louise— or  in  home 

I  MlHEl  parlance,  *'  Lou”  was  the  eh— 

|  *"  *  *  * ,'JWhif  cst  chilli  at,  her  homo.  The 

j farm  was  rich  but,  mismanaged, 
-JWz'  ;ul<*  BO  unproductive.  These 

WP^  4ijS$  good,  mistaken  people  clung 

"bl  ways,  and  wore  also  “  sav¬ 
ing" — that  Is,  nnisele  and  nerve 
and  time  and  temper  expended 
were  of  no  account;  wlierec  \ 

‘  to  banish  an  old  iron  tea  kettle 
]  weighing  a  dozen  pounds,  or  to 
I  purchase  a.  clothes  wringer,  an 
apple  parer,  a  modern  churn, 
or  to  employ  a  carpenter  for  a 
—  day  or  ho  to  construct  a  few 

conveniences  for  the  house, 
would  bo  considered  a  fearful 
lilght  of  extravagance. 

Lou  was  Industrious,  expert,  faithful ;  so  she 
was  heavy  ladenod  with  care  ami  labor.  At  the 
time  of  which  we  write,  she  proposed  to  take 
sole  care  of  the  butter,  in  addition  to  other  du- 

_  *~  -  1  U.L ~~  ~  ties.  In  doing  this  she  be- 

'  ,  gan  curb  day  earnestly  and 

^  N  hopefully  ;  but  at  night 
\  both  courage  and  strength 

\  tvere  exhausted.  She  took 

■  \  Lings  as  she  found  them. 

When  half  was  grudgingly 
given  or  half  performed, 
she  learned  to  help  herself. 
(Header,  permit  inelegant 

faithfulness.)  When  her 

milk  pans  ;u«d  churn  were 
emptied,  .no  carried  the 
pailsful  of  milk  up  the 
stairs,  across  the  yard,  and 
lifted  them  over  the  board 

SbBBI  '  '*  l&  . . .  1"  pour  (lie  milk  ill 

j5r^^csrS'  the  pig’s  t  rough.  The 
weal  her  being  -nil  ry  clse- 
-----  -:=£  ^  where,  she,  day  after  day, 

—  ~  -  -  _  -  y  pinned  a  shawl  about  her 

lartow.c  k  her  butler. 

Present  ly,  the  right  wrist 
.  7  ,  became  lame,  Soon  the 

1  mni  grew  still',  arid  t  h  e 

shoulders  ached.  Ah  I 
'■  -  -fi®  rheumatism  ?  **  Well,  what 

<>r  it?  Butter  must  he 
worked,  and  weather  will 
wjjfc.  1 1 be  hot — so  y/itnrhudy  must 
Ov’1'  stay  in  the  cold  cellar  after 

WaL  1  *  violent,  exercise;  why  not 

IjJOk,  *  I,,1..--'' _  me?”  So  Lutr  reasoned, 

-.  U\ra|iiga.-C  and  thus  she  grew  into  an 
aversion  for  what  was  in- 
J  J.  M  evitable. 

^ ;  She  thought  butter 
'  iibimbl  be  a  dollar  a  pound. 
^  One  day  sho  essayed  to  sell 


Landscape  Architecture.  —  By 

H.  W.  S.  CLEVELAND.  Chicago: 
Jansen,  McClure  &  Company, 
lit  State  street. 

Tnrs  handsome  little  volume 
of  150  pages,  which  sells  for 
$1.50,  is  applied  to  the  wants  of 
the  West,  and  Is  from  the  pen 
of  a  practical  landscape  archi¬ 
tect.  It  contains,  besides,  an 
essay  on  forest  planting  on  I  lie 
great  plains,  a  notion  which 
was  always  a  favorite  one  with 
Horace  0  n  kelkv.  M r.  C i.evr- 
laxd  treats  the  whole  subject 
from  a  broad  and  progressive 
view,  applying  his  ideas  t.® 
cities,  towns,  parks,  etc.  lie 
has  written  a  valuable  work, 
which  will  prove  an  ornament 
to  any  man’s  library. 


V  Vagabond  Heroine.— By  Mrs. 

Annie  Edwards.  New  York: 

Sheldon  &  Co.  1873, 

The  reader  of  this  lively  story 
will  at  once  become  interested 
in  the  fortunes  of  Beruinda 
O’Shea,  and  will  have  some¬ 
thing  of  an  admiration  for  her 
vagabond,  full  o. 
scene  of  the  story  chan 
Spain,  and  at  all  titnei 
American  readers. 

]y  printed  one  of 
and  will  amuse  a  reader  for 
a  whole  evening. 


',  even  if  she  is  a 
f  odd  tastes  and  fancies.  The. 

:es  from  England  to 
is  fresh  and  piquant  for 
The  volume  is  a  handsome- 
237  pages,  _ 


l  it  auil  Wisdom  of  tJeorge  Eliot.— Boston : 
Roberts  Brothers. 

Somebody  has  gone  through  the  works  of 


Work,  Play  and  1’rofil. 

—  By  Anna  m.  Hyde. 
Philadelphia :  J.  B.  Eip- 
pincott  &  GO. 

Miss  Hyde  is  already 
known  to  readers  by  he. 
works,  such  as  41  Six  Hun¬ 
dred  Dollars  a.  Year,"  and 
44  American  Boys’  Life  of 
Washing!  n."  In  this  good 
story  forb  ns  and  girls  she 
has  endeav  >i'e<l  to  explain 
gardening  f  >r  young  folks. 
Everything  which  i  n  I  crests 
children  in  i  love  of  the 
beautiful,  which  g  i  v  c  8 
them  a  desire  to  cultivate 
fruits  and  flowers,  is  wel¬ 
come.  A  bettis-  book  for 
young  rurulists  we  seldom 
meet.  It  Is  handsomely 
illustrated. 


Hap  -  Hazard.  —  By  Kate 
Field.  Boston :  James 
R.  Osgood  &  Co. 

Miss  Field  is  a  brilliant 
and  dashing  writer,  but 
rather  too  frothy  for  sober 
people.  She  amuses  and 
interests  without  instruct¬ 
ing.  A  woman  with  good 
emotions,  she  is  a  little  too 
diffusive  and  flighty.  Her 
book,  which  sells  tor  $1.50, 
is  made  up  of  newspaper 
articles  which  site  has  writ¬ 
ten  from  time  to  time.  She 
writes  of  her  lecturing  in 
this  country  and  of  her 
trip  to  Europe.  Miss 
•Yager’s  letters  in  the  Ru¬ 
ral  are  far  more  valuable. 


Work  i  A  Story  of  Experi¬ 
ence.— By  Miss  Louisa  m. 
Alcott.  Boston :  Roberts 
Brothers. 

Miss  Alcott’s  style  is 
fresh,  piquant  and  inter¬ 
esting.  In  this  story  she 
tells  the  trials  and  adven¬ 
tures  of  Christie,  who 
went  out.  into  the  world  to 
seek  her  fortune.  She  had 
many  ups  and  downs,  but 
came  out  right  at  last.  The 
book  was  originally  run 
through  a  religious  paper. 
The  work  is  illustrated. 


"W  -tA.AjA.J_j.Nj  JEi-E  A  ID 

this  great  novelist,  culling  all  the  wise  and 
witty  passages.  Those  who  have  read  her 
“Adam  Bede,"  "  The  Mill  on  the  Floss,"  "Mid- 
dlemarch,”  etc.,  will  welcome  this  pretty  vol- 


O  F  fc_,  jz3kj- H-j-Z-A-fcAK. 

the  prese  at  system  of  woman's  dress  is  pointed 
out.  Extravagant  women  should  read  this 
book  and  learn  what  it  is  to  be  really  >1011  and 
sensibly  dressed. 


The  Tour  ol  the  World  i«  Eighty  Days. —  By 

Jui.es  Verne.  Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  &  Co. 

A  Frenchman  tells,  in  a  sprightly  manner, 
how  Phileas  Fogg,  an  Englishman,  went 


MOORE’S  RURAL  WEW-YORK1 


was  disgusted.  No,  she  must  have  more.  She 
drove  on  to  another  place.  The  programme 
varied  little,  except  he  offered  her  twenty-one 
.rents.  She  indignantly  proceeded  farther,  and 
'  found  a  shurper  who  would  give  her  twenty 
cents.  Horrified  at  this  gradual  descent  from 
the  proposed  and  first  price,  she  returned  to 
her  first,  t  he  twenty- 1  wo  cent  man.  Ho  settled 
Ids  hands  in  hla  pockets  impudently,  and  coolly 
offered  her  nineteen  cents,  though  he  “  had 
enough  on  hand.”  She  covered  her  melting 
butter,  drew  the  brown  veil  closer,  flourished 
her  whip  majestically,  and  sallied  homeward. 

She  did  not  cry.  It  was  all  so  mean  and  dis¬ 
agreeable.  The  men  were  so  pig-headed  and 
pigmy-souled  ;  her  nag  was  so  lanky  ;  her  but¬ 
ter  so  soft;  her  wagon  so  weak  and  her  pride 
so  strong,  that  a  latent  sense  of  the  ludicrous 
was  touched,  and  she  laughed  until  the  tears 
rolled  down  Imr  checks.  How  a  laugh  sweeps 
the  cobwebs  from  the  mind  J  How  it  strength¬ 
ens  and  sweetens!  BJ«s*od  he  laughter! 

One  day  Lou  stood  id  the  large,  cool,  damp 
cellar,  skimming  milk.  She  was  plain,  hoop¬ 
less  and  neat.  Her  hair  was  brushed  smoothly 
from  a  pale  face,  which  was  almost  gloomy 
certainly  sad  In  expression.  Yet  that  face  was 
capable  of  looking  unutterably  happy.  It  was 
almost  evening.  The  milk  which  had  thickened 
since  morning  rnusi  he  skimmed,  emptied,  and 
the  pans  washed  and  put  up  for  morning.  II 
was  all  very  pretty  aa  she  loosened  the  rich, 
yellow  cream  at  the  edge,  and  rolled  it  over  and 
over  to  one  side,  exposing  the  pure  white  mass 
beneath.  Lou  did  not  see  its  beauty;  she  was 
too  busy  taking  an  Inventory  <>f  her  troubles. 
A  shadow  darkened  the  small  grated  windows. 
8he  glanced  up,  and  saw  two  young  ladies  dain¬ 
tily  arranyed  In  white,  walking  down  the  road. 
She  said  to  herself : 

“  Why  should  7  be  shut  down  In  this  dungeon, 
while  others  are  free;  and  wear  ugly  calicoes, 
when  others'  clothes  are  fresh  and  pretty  ;  and 
look  at  cellar  walls,  while  gorgeous  sunsets  are 
without ;  and  wash  dishes,  when  J  want  to  read 
the  papers:  and  cook  dinners, when  T  love  to 
botanize;  and  make  hoy's  pants,  when  l  prefer 
to  draw  pictures  and  arrange  rooms,  to  make 
thorn  pleasant  as  well  as  neat?  Why  must  T 
forever  sew  carpel,  rags,  ugly  things?  And  not 
even  a  loving  word  in  recompense,  t  am  tired 
of  life  if  this  la  life.  It  it  was  for  a  stated  time, 
or  there  wag  an  intermission,  very  well;  but  it 
is  work  over,  and  over,  and  over,  like  a  tread¬ 
mill —  one  hopeless,  endless  monotony.  Cer¬ 
tainly,  I  might  change  servitude,  as  many  girls 
In  desperation  do.  William,  the  good-natur¬ 
ed,  industrious  hoy,  thinks  jny  pies  are  good;' 
t  herefore,  I  would  make  him  a  good  wife.  Ex¬ 
cuse  me.  William.  I  prefer  the  frying  pan  to 
the  fire,  so  1  expect  to  stow  here  in  the  frying 
pan  to  the  end  of  my  days;  but  I  do  hate  the 
very  sight  of  milk  and  butter.  I f  is  wicked  and 
futile  to  repine  this  way.” 

The  tears  came  into  the  eyes  and  rolled  down 
the  cheeks.  Both  hands  being  creamy,  she 
drew  her  sleeve  across  Inn*  face  and  wiped  (  hem 
off.  Her  cream  must  not  be  salted  witli  foolish 
tears.  So  she  absently  poured  the  milk  out 
and  carried  it  away,  and  returned  languidly  lo 
wash  her  pans,  feeling  most  desolate,  when  she 
was  roused  and  startled  by  a  whisper  shouted 
down  the  stairway : 

“LOU,  Lou!  Aunt  Nell  is  here.  Came  on 
the  six  o’clock  train." 

Lou  was  surprised,  but  not  happily  ;  nor  was 
she  in  the  least  disposed  to  rush  up  and  down 
and  greet  Aunt'NELL,  whom  she  had  never 
seen.  She  prepared  to  hide  her  tear-stained 
face  and  nurse  her  grief  alone.  Fhe  even  un¬ 
generously  wished  her  home  again,  and  won¬ 
dered  why  City  people  will  add  the  final  straw 
to  the  hack  of  tho  overburdened  country  camel. 
She  was  sure  the  back  would  now  break.  What, 
she  thought,  did  Aunt  Nell  know  of  stern 
realities— she  who  lived  in  luxury.  Lou  had 
not  considered  that  often  to  a  spectator,  work 
seems  far  more  difficult,  than  to  the  skilled 
hand  which  performs  it;  nor  did  she  pause  to 
think  that  strangest,  sweetest  sympathies  ami 
perfect  charities,  are  not  confined  to  humble 
life.  However,  alio  at  once  dutifully  made  her¬ 
self  presentable,  and  entered  the  parlor.  She 
there  met  a  lady  who  at  once  impressed  her, 
though  she  could  not  have  explained  it,  with  a 
sense  of  her  combined  strength,  elegance,  and 
winningness.  What  she  thought,  of  Lot:  I  know 
not.  !>hc  took  her  brown  hands  in  hers,  and 
said  some,  pleasant  words,  and.  looked  into  her 
eyes  with  a  discerning  gaze.  Perhaps  she  saw 
within  them  Alpine  solitudes,  and  glaciers,  and 
deep  chasms,  and  a  few  starved  Arctic  flowers. 
Surely,  she  saw  little  warmth  and  sunlight. 
Whatever  she  saw,  then  and  there  a  wordless 
compact  of  friendship  was  sealed. 

Thereafter,  Lot  was  not  alone.  “Another  of 
the  great  family  Is  neat — aod/erls." 

Aunt  Null  must  fit  Lou  a  pretty  jacket;  she 
must  invade  the  cellar  for  a  drink  of  butter¬ 
milk  ;  she  must  insist  upon  skimming  the  milk, 
while  talking  up  numberless  now  interests :  she 
must  amuse  the  busy  ones  in  a  busy  hour:  she 
must  shell  the beansfor  dinner;  shemustteach 
Lou  a  Professor  Bum  ’s  method  of  cooking  po¬ 
tatoes.  She  must  fan  a  flame  of  ambition  in 
Lou  by  keen,  graphic  criticisms  of  new  books. 
She  must  aptly  help  Lor  through  with  her 
work,  and  then  spirit  her  away  into  the  great 
woods  to  gather  ferns. 

O!  the  fragrance,  the  coolness,  the  freedom, 
the  tranquility  of  these  wood  rambles  l  Coun¬ 
try  people  are  mostly  too  burdened  and  pre-oc- 
cupied  to  seek  and  appreciate  the  rare  beauty 
about  them.  Cultured  people  from  the  city 


search  out  these  beauties  with  the  eager  aban¬ 
donment  of  children. 

Aunt  Nell  had  a  two-fold  purpose.  She  was 
hard  at  work  investigating  her  own  physical 
being,  and  fit  the  same  time  was  vitalizing  the 
starved  spirit  of  anot  her.  She  must  return  to 
her  home  now,  but  she  was  one  of  those  char¬ 
acters  who  refuse  to  leave  an  attempted  work 
unfinished.  She  and  Lou  had  been  gathering 
cardinals  from  among  the  flags  and  rushes  of 
the  marsh,  and  as  they  sat  on  the  hank  assort¬ 
ing  their  laps  full  of  flowers,  she  said: 
“Louise,  you  must  go  home  with  me." 

“It  is  impossible,  Aunt  Nell;  I  cannot  be 
spared.” 

“  Why,  child,  what  egotism  !  You  could  go 
out  of  the  world,  and  the  ranks  would  soon 
close  up  and  all  go  on  us  if  you  never  existed." 
“  but  I  have  nothing  to  wear." 

“  No  matter  :  sew  when  you  get  there." 

“It  Is  bo  sudden,  T  cannot,  comprehend  it." 

“  Well,  I  will  wait  a  few  days  longer.” 

So,  objections  overruled,  Lou  went  to  New 
York. 

The  Aunt  NkllS  of  this  world  are,  “like  an¬ 
gels’  visits,  few  and  far  between."  So  many 
prate  of  their  obligations  to  others,  so  few  talk 
of  self-denial  in  doing  good,  so  few  know  the 
luxury  of  helping  others.  Aunt.  Null  was  no 
mere  follower  of  precedent.  She  studied  hu¬ 
man  woes  and  wants  for  herself,  and  like  a  wise 
physician,  treated  them  accordingly,  bho  did 
not  east  so  large  a  sum  in  t  he  treasury  t  hat  t  he 
small  wants  about  her,  which  her  keen  sense 
failed  not  to  discern,  must  go  unrelieved,  it 
gave  her  more  pleasure  to  save  one  human 
being  than  it.  would  to  endow  a  college,  for  she 
gave  not  with  the  right  hand  that  the  left  might 
see  It. 

LOU  was  not  put.  fit  once  into  a  wearisome 
round  of  sight-seeing.  She  w  as  encouraged  to 
range  the  house  and  sleep  and  read  and  dream 
her  life  had  been  so  dreamless.  Sometimes 
they  would  read  some  funny  hook  or  a  poem  ; 
often  they  would  go  out  and  study  a  rare  paint¬ 
ing  together.  Frequently  they  would  Bit  down 
with  their  sewing  and  have  an  earnest  talk  like 
1  lib;  : 

“Aunt  Nell.  1  have  wondered  much  how  a 
woman  like  you  could  reach  a  beautiful  ad¬ 
vanced  womanhood  without  being  gobbled  up 
into  matrimony.  'Won't  yon  approve  of  mar¬ 
riage  ?" 

“  Yes,  dear,  I  surely  approvo  of  marriage.  I 
should  bo  sorry  to  know  you  would  never 
marry.  Yet,,  if  you  have  a  reasonable  ideal  of 
the  excellence  of  the  man  you  would  marry— 
cling  to  it!  If  you  never  marry.  Reach  up.  If 
you  step  flown,  you  lose  soul-power.  If  you 
lose  soul-power,  you  lose  t  he  only  power  really 
worth  possessing.  But  do  not  make  mo  a  model 
in  anything.  You  sec,  my  dear,  I  am  unmarried, 
and  very  happy.  I  could  have  been  equally 
happy  In  a  suitable  married  life.  It  is  less  the 
circumstance  t.hnn  the  spirit  you  carry  into  life, 
t.'ircumstaueaa  do  not  work  Inward  with  half 
the  power  that,  spirit  works  outward.” 

"But,"  said  Lou,  “ circumstances  at  home 
made  me  wretched." 

“  No,  your  spirit  was  true ;  but  It  was  neglect¬ 
ed,  cramped,  undeveloped,  and  it  could  not, 
therefore,  strongly  uplift,  itself  above  trouble. 
Tho  nearer  to  (ion.  the  stronger.  I  trust  you 
would  now  return  to  your  home  with  a  strong, 
trustful  spirit,  ready  to  boar,  to  hope,  to  per¬ 
sistently  sfriye  to  sluipr  circumstances  rather 
than  be  shaped  by  them," 

Soon  tho  charming  quiet  was  disturbed.  Aunt 
Nell  could  no  more  belli  attracting  tlmn  the 
magnet,  or  warming  than  (  lie  sun,  nr  refreshing 
than  can  the  shower.  People,  finding  she  was 
at  home,  thronged  t  o  sec,  discussing  this  socie¬ 
ty,  and  that  character,  find  church  matters,  and 
t  he  topics  of  the  hour.  These  social  interrup¬ 
tions  were  pleasant.  Gradually  they  inspected 
many  of  tho  wonders  of  tho  great  city.  They 
made  calls.  They  drove  in  flic  Park.  Would 
you  believe  it  ?  Lou's  face  became  happy.  The 
eyes  grew  lustrous,  the  mouth  relaxed  and 
gentle;  and,  “vanity  of  vanities,”  the  prim 
smooth  hair  became  crimped  and  graceful,  and 
the  form  rounded,  and— and — rheumatism  de¬ 
parted.  Her  young  heart  overflowed  with  glad¬ 
ness.  Do  we  not  know,  “A  merry  heart  doeth 
good,  like  a  medicine  ?” 

In  society,  Lou  was  at  first  shy  and  reserved, 
boon  she  conversed  with  dignity.  Presently 
that  latent  humor  gleamed  forth  in  most  orig¬ 
inal  scintillations,  bhe  was  unconventional 
and  unique.  She  unconsciously  drew  people  to 
her.  Among  the  guests  of  Aunt  Nell  wore 
two  young  men,  who  much  admired  Lou.  In 
striving  to  please  her,  their  tactics  differed  with 
their  characters.  Montague  was  adroit ;  Butt- 
leigh  was  artless  and  open.  The  one  was  in¬ 
attentive  to  Lou,  luit  conversed  with  her  aunt 
most  charmingly,  slyly  observing  the  effect  on 
Lon.  He  spoke  with  consummate  grace  of 
business,  of  sporting,  of  books,  of  society— con¬ 
veying  a  true  impression  of  his  wealth  and  in¬ 
telligence  and  popularity.  With  all  this  Lou 
was  naturally  entertained ;  farther,  she  gave  no 
sign.  The  other  went  directly  to  Lou  and  sat 
before  her,  and  looked  purely  and  artlessly 
into  her  eyes,  and  talked  with  rare  sympathy  of 
human  life,  its  curious  phases,  its  aims  and 
motives— of  religion,  of  progress;  now  with  in¬ 
tense  earnestness,  again  overflowing  with  tun 
and  redundant  vita)  ity— no  matt  er  how  abstruse 
the  subject,  taking  Lou  with  him,  assuming 
she  was  familiar  with  it. 

She  met  both  and  was  happy.  For  once  she 
dreamed  without  a  stern  reality  to  rouse  her. 
She  walked  on  enchanted  ground.  She  deli¬ 
ciously  dreamed  and  did  not  analyze. 


One  evening  Mr.  Montague  invited  her  to 
walk.  The  night  was  a  perfect  one,  and  chat¬ 
ting  delightfully,  they  walked  a  long  time  and 
a  long  way.  Presently  they  came  to  Broadway, 
and  tho  night  being  warm,  they  dropped  into 
M  ah, laud’s  for  an  ice  cream,  and  sat  together 
on  a  tete-a-tete. 

“Mias  Louise,”  he  said,  “I  mean  to  marry 
the  first  young  lady  I  strongly  admire  who  will 
ask  me.”  s 

“  How  will  you  manage  It  ?”  laughed  LOU. 

“I  will  make  my  admiration  so  visible  she 
cannot  hut  see  it,  and  then,  when  she  proposes, 

I  will  accept  with  alacrity.  This,  you  see,  will 
insure  me  against  a  rejection,"  lie  explained, 
looking  up  into  her  face,  half-ear  nest,  half¬ 
laughing. 

“  If  people  were  only  truthful,  and  acted  nat¬ 
urally  and  without  disguise,  what  a  world  of 
trouble  it  would  save.  There  would  scarcely 
he  need  of  formal  proposals  to  find  the  truth. 
As  it  is. 

“  ‘  O,  purblind  race  of  miserable  men  I 
How  many  ntnong  us  nt  this  very  hour 
Ho  forge  a  life-long  trouble  for  ourselves, 

By  taking  true  for  false,  or  false  for  true,’  ” 
Lou  responded,  thoughtfully;  and  then,  with 
woman’s  tact,  she  glided  into  another  veiu  of 
conversation. 

One  charming  afternoon  Mr.  Burleigh  In¬ 
vited  her  out  for  a  drive.  They  passed  leisurely 
through  the  Park, scan ning  the  brilliant  throng, 
and  thence  away  up  town. 

“  You  must  see  High  Bridge,  Miss  LOUISE." 

They  moved  onward.  Thl3  part  of  the  city 
was  new  to  her.  She  admired  and  criticised 
and  questioned.  They  at  length  left  the  car¬ 
riage  and  sat.  on  the  bight  above  the  steps  that 
lead  down  the  rock.  They  looked  down  upon 
(he  Bridge — that  monument  of  civilization, 
where  man  compels  one  river  to  cross  another 
for  his  service.  They  looked  into  the  shallow 
waters  of  t  he  Harlem  and  at  the  sunlight  slant¬ 
ing  across  the  opposite  hills.  Now,  Lou's  hand 
was  not  over  pretty,  either  in  form  or  color— 
because,  you  know,  hard  work  is  not  a  beauti- 
tler.  But  I  must,  tell  you  a  silly  thing.  Lou’s 
friend  took  both  her  hands  In  his  and  hold  them 
very  tightly,  and  told  her  they  were  t  he  pret¬ 
tiest  hands  in  all  the  world.  Moreover,  he 
looked  into  her  face  in  i  is  frank,  manly  way, 
and  Bald,  with  grave  energy:—14  Precious,  I  love 
you  dearly.  Could  you  be  my  wife?" 

And  somebody's  heart  flut  tered  so  furiously 
she  could  not  make  fti  respectable  reply.  But 
what  she  said  was  eloquence  itself  to  him  who 
caught  the  words. 

Some  days  afterwards,  as  this  couple  were 
sitting  together,  this  little  confab  took  place: 

“  I  should  have  told  you,  puss,  t  hat  i  am  your 
church-mouse.  1  am  not  worth  a  tithe  the 
money  that”— hesitating  Montague  Ik;  but 
then  niv  business  is  good,  and  wo  shall  l>e  very 
comfortable  while  I  atn  making  my  untune. 
You  must  see  my  good  mother.  Do  you  know 
1  am  country  bred  ?  Yes,  we  have  a  little  farm 
nn  hour's  ride  from  the  city,  where  L  usually 
spend  my  Sundays,  and  often  run  out  during 
the  week.  Soon  wo  will  go  out  together,  will 
we  not?” 

Lou  looked  intently  at  a  certain  flower  in  the 
carpet,  By-and-by  she  said  : 

“  No ;  1  know  a  better  way.  I  will  help  you 
make  your  fortune,  i  have  had  such  an  active 
life,  that  to  board  would  neither  be  good  for 
my  mi. id  nor  body.  I  would  nut  Jive  an  idle 
woman  when  God  has  been  so  good  to  me.  Let 
mo  go  to  your  mother  in  her  old  age,  and  nt&ko 
her  home  and  yours  beautiful.  You  do  not 
know,  darling,  what  I  am  capable  of  doing. 
Then  you  could  come  out  to  our  home  every 
night." 

Lou  has  a  country  home.  The  carpets  are 
not  yot  Brussels,  nor  are  the  curtains  lace— 
neither  is  the  glass  “  cut,”  and  the  silver  solid. 
Nevertheless,  it  is  aa  charming  a  place  to  visit 
EH  the  sun  ever  shone  upon.  The  rooms  con¬ 
tain  plain  furniture,  choice  pictures  and  books 

fresh  magazines  and  papers,  and  elegant  vases 
of  flowers.  The  kitchen  and  cellar,  and  milk 
room  contain  all  needed  conveniences,  and  n 
strong  woman  to  use  them  and  keep  them  in 
order. 

Now  1  will  tell  you,  privately,  that  when  Lou 
has  finished  her  work  and  put  on  her  pretty 
cambric  dress,  with  its  etceteras,  and  somebody 
comes  home  lrom  business,  she  not  infrequently 
entices  him  down  cellar  and  proudly  opens 
certain  Jars  to  show  him  the  butter  she  has 
made ;  and  he  cal  Is  her  tho  great  est  “  puss”  for 
tnilk  he  ever  saw. 

You  say.  “What,  Lou  liking  to  fuss  with 
milk  and  butter  I  What  magic  is  this?” 

Only  the  magic  difference  bet  ween  hope  and 
hopelessness— love  and  lovelessness. 

- ♦♦♦ - — 

Reading  maketh  a  full  man  ;  conference,  a 
ready  man ;  writing,  an  exact  man ;  and  there¬ 
fore  if  a  man  write  little,  he  need  have  a  great 
memory,  if  he  confer  little,  have  a  present  wit, 
and  if  he  read  little,  he  had  need  to  have  great 
tact  to  seem  to  know  what  he  doth  not.  Histo¬ 
ries  make  men  wise,  poetry  witty,  the  mathe¬ 
matics  subtle,  natural  philosophy  deep,  morals 
grave. 

- «-♦> - — 

Deliver  us  from  a  person  who  never  does 
wrong— and  knows  it!  Deliver  us  from  a  man 
whose  tongue  never  made  a  mistake,  and  who  | 
keeps  a  note  of  the  fact!  If  there  is  anyone  J 
thing  more  provoking  to  a  sinner— and  we  are 
all  sinners— than  another,  it  is  one  of  these  con¬ 
scientiously  perfect  folks. 


AT  THY  FEET. 

BY  DE  FORREST  P.  GUMMERSON. 

Ah  !  rosy  days,  that  have  been  dead, 

For  many  and  many  a  dreary  year ; 

My  feet  grow  weary  when  1  tread 

The  grassy  mold  anear  thy  grave, 

And  from  these  eyes  drop  mnny  a  tear. 

For  Hope  was  warm  within  my  breast, 

And  Joy-bells  rang  the  whole  day  long : 

And  in  my  heart  Love  had  found  rest. 

And  life  to  me  seemed  then  as  sweet 
As  did  the  nightingale’s  clear  song. 

But  now!  Hope  Is  no  longer  mine, 

Dead  Love  lies  bleeding  at  my  feet ; 

The  stars  ot  heaven  re  ruse  to  shine. 

And  life  is  very  dark  and  drear, 

Behold  me,  Father,  at  Thy  feet. 

- ■*■-*-+ - • 

PRAYER. 

Great  things  ask  for  when  thou  dost  pray. 

And  those  great  are  which  ne’er  decay. 

Pray  not  for  silver,  rust  eats  this ; 

Ask  not  for  gold,  which  metal  is ; 

Nor  yet  for  houses,  which  are  here 

But  earth ;  such  vows  ne'er  reach  God’s  ear. 

[Robert  Herrick. 
- - 

LITTLE  GRAVES. 

Fab  and  near,  over  our  broad  land,  lie  scat¬ 
tered  those  little  graves,  speaking  a  language 
of  their  own  to  all  who  have  been  taught  by 
bereavement  to  understand  it..  Those  little, 
pathetic  graves!  What  mother,  who  has  laid 
her  own  child  beneath  tho  green  sod,  can  ever 
pass  one  without  a  heart-throb  of  anguish  for 
that  unknown  mother,  wherever  or  whoever 
she  may  be,  who  has  known  and  suffered  all 
she  has  known  aud  sutlicrerJ  of  grief  and  deso¬ 
lation  !  There  la  no  other  loss  just  like  the  loss 
of  a  baby.  Other  losses  may  be  greater;  our 
grief  may  perhaps  be  more  poignant  for  older 
friends;  but  the  little  baby,  taken  right  out  of 
a  mother's  arms,  and  from  the  heart  of  a  family 
whose  pet  and  plaything  It  has  been  for  the 
few  short  months  of  itw  Innocent  existence, 
leaves  a  vacancy  which  nothing  exit  exceed. 
Oh,  desolate  mothers !  how  empty  are  our  arms ! 
And  yet  how  full  of  an  unseen  presence  Is  every 
corner  of  the  room  where  the  little  life  was 
passed!  Here  he  sat.  on  I  he  floor  with  his  piny-  . 
things  around  him.  Do  you  remember  how,  ' 
when  he  took  uf»  the  toy  that  pleased  him,  he 
would  raise  those  sweet  eyes  to  yours,  looking 
even  then  where  Instinct  (.aught  him  he  would 
find  sure  synipalhy?  And  1,1  e  little  dimpled 
hand  that  lifted  the  toy  for  you,  too,  to  see,  tiie 
happy  laugh  that  bubbled  to  the  ro  -y  lips— can 
you  ever,  ever  forget  ?  A  ml,  sometimes,  as  you 
open  a  drawer  in  your  bureau,  there  lie  the 
little,  half-worn  shoes,  taken  from  the  tiny  feet 
that-,  perhaps,  have  never  trodden  on  Gob's 
b  autiful  eart  h,  and  will  take  their  first  steps 
uphold  by  angels ; — nr  the  hat  that,  made  him 
look  so  cunning  when  he  first  wore  it,  so  like  a 
hoy-  t  he  first  stage  beyond  babyhood— and  you 
shrink  back  us  if  the  knife,  was  plunged  afresli 
Into  your  bleeding  heart..  Then  you  think  of 
that  little  green  grave,  where  so  calmly  sleeps 
your  darling;  where  the  blessed  sunlight  falls, 
and  the  gentle  rain  from  heaven  ;  where  the 
birds  sing  in  summer,  and  the  pure  snow  en¬ 
folds  it  in  warm  embrace  in  winter,  aiul  you 
feel  that  lie  is  safe— safe  from  ever  experiencing 
such  agony  as  you  feel  now— safe  from  all  life's 
woes ! 

Oh, sorrowing  mothers!  7  have  joined  your 
band— but  I  say  to  you.  Our  Father  is  mercif  id.' 
We  have  laid  our  treasures,  at  His  command, 
out  of  our  arms  onto  His  loving  bosom — but 
there  is  no  power  on  earth  or  in  heaven  that 
can  undo  the  links  that  (Jon  hltnaelf  has  riv¬ 
eted  between  the  souls  of  mother  amt  child. 

<  Mir  babe  is  ours  forever  and  forever !  VVe  wait 
here  now,  a  desolate  and  mournful  company; 
but  it  is  only  a  mist  before  our  earthly  eyes 
which  veils  from  us  those  happy  little  forms, 
and  when  the  Sun  of  Death  shall  arise,  dispers¬ 
ing  for  each  one  of  us  that  cloud,  think  of  the 
rapture  of  that  meeting !  Oh,  wait  patiently ! 

It  shall  all  bo  made  up  to  us—  the  agony  of  grief 
—tho  long  weary  years  of  waiting— the  bitter 
tears  wrung  from  our  aching  hearts— all  will  bp 
as  not  hing  compared  to  that  bliss  of  possession 
to  last  through  eternity!  “  And  silence  shall 
be  up  Iri  heaven  to  hear  our  greeting  kiss !” 

A.  L. 

- ♦  ♦♦- - 

THE  VICE  OF  THE  AGE. 

A  lively  sermon  on  the  “  Vice  of  the  Age  ” 
was  preached  in  St.  Louis  recently  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Holland,  of  that  city,  and  in  the  course  of  his 
remarks  he  said  The  middle  classes  spend 
their  income  la  keeping  up  false  appearance. 
They,  toe,  must  wear  dove-colored  pantaloons 
and  shiny  boots.  They  must  wear  diamond 
studs  and  seal  rings,  and  carry  young  ladies  to 
the  opei  a  in  Hired  carriages  at  the  rate  of  three 
hours’  us  e  for  three  days’  wages.  They  must 
take  a  tin'11  now  and  then  at  billiards,  stand 
treat  to  tht  cocktails,  bet  upon  their  veracity 
when  called  iu  Question,  and,  last  of  all,  lest 
they  should  b  0  deemed  timid,  must  demon¬ 
strate  their  nor  ve  bY  ‘  fighting' tho  tiger,’  until 
It  claws  the  last  c,’ime  out  of  their  pockets,  and 
claws  lasting  scratches  upon  their  souls." 


0' 


CORE’S  JS1J1AL  M3 


THE  LOVER  TRUE. 

[Frederick  W .  l.o m  no,  who  was  slain  by  the 
Apache  Indians,  near  Wlckenburg,  Arizona,  Nov., 
1871,  while  serving  as  a  correspondent,  of  the  Tribune 
with  Lieut.  Wueelkr’s  Expedition,  wrote  the  fol¬ 
lowing  poem,  which  was  found  in  his  pocket-book 
when  he  fell.  It  is  the  best  exposition  of  true  love 
we  remember  ever  to  have  met  with  in  verse.— Eds. 
Rural.] 

T. 

DO  you  ask  me,  starry  eyes, 

To  describe  the  lover  true  i 
Wonder  not  at  my  surprise. 

Who  should  know  as  well  as  you  ? 

Think  of  ail  that  you  have  seen, 

All  the  lovers  that  have  been : 

He  is  true  whose  love  is  shown, 

For  her  sake,  and  not  his  own. 


What  he  docs,  he  does  alone  j 
Yet  ho  hopes  it  wins  her  thought. 
All  tliut.  in  his  soul  has  grown, 

To  her  sovereign  feet,  is  brought ; 
To  Ills  soul  her  imago  clings. 

She  seetns  woven  In  all  things, 

And  each  thought  that  in  him  stirs, 
Is  not  for  his  suite,  but  for  hers. 


For  her  sake  he  will  endure, 

For  her  sake  will  sacrifice  ; 
Bravoly  bearing,  her  love  sure, 
Censure,  slander,  scorn,  advice. 
If  another  wins  her  heart. 

Sadly  he  will  from  her  part ; 
Sadly,  bravely,  true  love  is, 

For  her  sake  and  not  for  his. 


This  is  the  true  lover  sweet,— 

True  ns  ever  I  am  true  ; 

For  rny  love  Is  all  complete, 

Perfect ,  since  it  comes  from  you. 
Darling,  yet  ’tis  not  true— no  ! 

For  I  could  not  let  you  go. 

I  must  keep  you  where  you’ve  grown, 
For  roy  sake,  and  for  your  own. 


For  your  own,  because  I  lovo 
Mora  tlmu  any  other  can ; 
Move  than  ever  lovo  could  move 
Heart  of  any  former  man. 
Look  at  mo  and  then  agree. 
None  have  ever  loved  like  me ; 
For  whatever  1  may  do, 

Is  because  l  live  In  you. 


Kiss,  and  so  shut  speech  away, 

When  old  age  our  life  hits  spent. 

'Twill  be  time  enough  to  say, 

What  is  lovu  in  argument. 

For  t  ho  proseDt  all  stars  shine ; 

You  are  here,  and  you  are  mine. 

Love  makes  light,  and  song,  and  llowers, 

For  whose  sake  t  Dear  love,  for  ours. 
- ♦  +  ♦ 

MY  PICTURES  AND  FLOWERS. 

BY  MINNIE  D.  BATEHA.U. 

I  want  to  toll  you  how  much  pleased  wo  all 
aro  with  the  engraving  “Birth-Day  Morning," 
anti  to  thank  you  for  sending  it.  Wc  think  it  a 
beautiful  thing,  so  finely  executed  and  t  lie  char¬ 
acters  so  natural  and  life-like.  The  you ng  lady 
looks  pleased  and  happy  as  she  bends  back  her 
head  to  look  at  the  rose  on  hor  bosoni,  and  the 
kindly  old  gardener  is  evidently  much  gratitiod 
at  the  success  of  his  gift,  holding  the  knife 
between  hi*  lips  while  ho  feels  for  a  pin  with 
which  to  fasten  the  miniature  bouquet.  Those 
of  your  young  readers  who  have  not  seen  tne 
picture  soon  will,  1  hope,  and  to  those  who 
have  the  real  thing  before  them  any  descrip¬ 
tion  would  seem  unnecessary. 

It  is  a  noble  thing  which  so  many  of  our  pub¬ 
lishers  are  doing,  sending  out  all  over  tire  land 
such  beautiful  works  of  art,  to  brighten  and 
make  happier  thousands  of  hearts  and  homes. 
Some  of  us  had  a  good  number  of  pictures  be¬ 
fore,  but  change  is  desirable  j  to  those  who 
cannot  go  out,  it  almost  serves  the  purpose  of 
an  entire  change  of  scenery. 

I  lio  on  my  bod  and  watch  the  wondrous  “Ni¬ 
agara  Kails”  pouring  its  cataract  of  foaming 
waters  into  the  chasm  beneath,  and  the  roll¬ 
ing  masses  of  white  vapor  ever  rising  from  the 
seething  abyss  below.  Then  the  scene  changes, 
and  a  broad  meadow  in  “  Springtime  ”  stretches 
out  before  me,  where  a  little  maiden  is  busily 
lllling  her  apron  with  the  precious  buttercups 
and  daisies.  “  Little  Towhead  ”  looks  down 
with  great  pathetic  eyes,  while  she  carefully 
guards  her  childish  treasure  clasped  in  her 
arms,  and  bits  of  charming  Swiss  scenery  please 
and  rest  the  eye,  with  their  distant,  snow- 
crowned  mountains,  blue,  winding  rivers,  rus¬ 
tic  bridges  and  peasants  wit  h  their  Docks,  Close 
by,  there  is  evidently  "  Mischief  Brewing,”  and 
we  share  the  delight  of  the  little  girl  in  the  barn 
who  is  so  eagerly  watching  her  brother  fashion 
a  frightful  Jack-o’-lantern  out  of  a  huge  pump¬ 
kin.  Here  “Mother’s  Moral  tig  Glory”  stands 
under  the  vines  for  which  she  is  named,  and 
fills  her  hands  with  the  fragile  blossoms.  "Lit¬ 
tle  Runaway,"  too,  mischievous  rogue,  capti¬ 
vates  your  heart,  at  once.  He  has  evidently 
escaped  from  the  house  in  the  early  morning, 
and  stands,  dressed  only  in  the  Uttlo  white  gar¬ 
ment  which  is  so  becoming  to  babies,  holding 
back  with  unconscious  grace  the  tall  wheat, 
from  which  he  peeps  out  with  merry  blue  eyes 
and  unuo  vered  golden  curls,  a  perfect  picture 
of  child! g, h  innocence.  Then  the  beautiful 


flower  chromos,  which  are  sent  out  bo  froely  by 
other  of  our  public  benefactors,  so  distinct  and 
natural  in  form  and  coloring  that  we  could 
almost  believe  wc  wore  looking  at  a  bouquet  of 
nature’s  own  making;  but,  the  most  beautiful 
of  all  to  me.  is  the  “Wreathed  Cross,”  with  its 
hopeful  and  comforting  suggestions.  I  think 
it,  shows  us  how  our  crosses,  painful  and  weary¬ 
ing  as  they  may  be,  can  be  changed  Into  things 
of  beauty  and  oven  joy,  if  they  are  wreathed 
about  with  the  flowers  of  fait  h  and  trust  and 
lovo. 

With  pictures  and  flowers  one  may  almost 
forget  the  outside  world.  I  am  sure  there  is 
hardly  a  home  in  our  favored  country  yjhich 
does  not  cherish  at  least  a  few  house  plants  in 
its  sunniest  corner  through  the  winter,  and  a 
whole  garden  of  flowers  I  hope,  in  the  summer- 

All  last  winter  our  south  windows  wore  bright 
with  geraniums  and  tulips,  am!  tbo  nodding 
hyacinths  and  narcissus  filled  the  air  with  their 
fragrance;  while  high  over  all  the  beautiful 
vines  went  climbing,  climbing  up  and  around 
the  picture  frames,  wreathing  the  whole  with 
beauty.  Do  you  think  it  a  small  pleasure,  espe¬ 
cially  to  an  invalid  who  is  shut,  in  the  liouso 
from  the  time  when  the  last  tinted  leaf  falls  in 
autumn  till  the  spring  snowdrops  and  crocuses 
appear,  to  have  such  a  bower  of  beauty  contin¬ 
ually  before  the  eyes?  Ah  I  I  think  we  could 
all  say  from  oar  hearts,  Thank  God  for  Pictures 
and  Flowers ! 

■ - ♦♦♦ - 

WAITING  TO  BE  TEASED. 

I  asked  a  young  lady  to  play.  Said  she,  “  Oh, 
I  can’t  -don't  ask  me."  “  What,  so  line  a  piano 
as  that,”  I  replied,  pointing  to  a  grand  instru¬ 
ment,  “  and  don’t  use  it !  A  ren't  you  a  lover  of 
music?"  “(Hi!  yes,  I’m  passionately  fond  of 
music."  “And  can't  play  V"  said  f.  “Why,  l 
should  think  you  would  learn.  You  have  good 
teachers  here,  t  suppose?”  “Oh  !  yes,  the  very 
best."  “  Well,  you  arc  young  yet, ;  and  possibly 
your  parents  t  hink  host  for  you  to  wait,  there¬ 
by  completing  your  Other  studies  before  begin¬ 
ning  music." 

Then,  noticing  her  seeming  embarrassment,  I 
changed  I  ke  subject,  and  very  soon  found  her 
quite  agreeable.  boon  dinner  was  announced, 
and  during  the  meal  nor  father  said  to  mo, 
“  Well,  how  do  you  think  Clara  plays?"  Think 
of  my  astonishment,  and  Imagine  I  thought 
mine  an  ombanisslng  position!  But  I  could 
not  desire  to  change  places  with  Miss  Clara, 
who,  with  face  as  red  a#  scarlet,  finally  said,  in 
a  low  l  one,  “  t  didn’t,  play,  father."  Which  did 
I  really  pity  the  most— the  daughter,  who  had 
striven  to  consider  it  polite  to  be  teased  (the 
common  term)  to  play,  and  felt  that  she  must 
not,  walk  to  tile  piano  ami  do  the  best  she  could 
1  —or  that  indulgent  parent,  who  allowed  hi* 
daughter  to  have  no  wish  tingratilled,  and  each 
day  was  studying  to  find  new  things  for  her  en¬ 
joyment  ? 

It  was  no  new  act,  I  could  plainly  see.  No 
more  was  said.  Of  course,  I  had  nothing  to  say, 
and  only  added  one  more  proof  to  my  observa¬ 
tions,  gathered  on  similar  occasions,  and  con¬ 
clude  it  Is  Invariably  the  case  that  nine  young 
ladies  out  of  i  en,  refuse,  when  asked  to  play. 
Of  these,  t  wo-thirds  consider  themselves  pond 
planers,  and  will  feel  badly  If  not  asked  the  sec¬ 
ond  time.  Now,  where  is  the  secret,  and  why 
do  they  not  play  when  politely  Invited  bj*  their 
friends?  I  know  not  the  reason,  and  can  only 
say  I  hope  there  will  be  a  reformation  among 
the  lady  musicians,  so  that  wc,  who  are  so  un¬ 
fortunate  as  not  to  know  how  to  play,  may  now 
and  then  have  the  pleasure  of  listening  to  music 
with  ease  (fig1  certainly  t  here  is  often  more  labor 
t'orthe  listener  than  the  player),  and  without 
allowing  so  much  time  to  run  to  waste,  as  usu¬ 
ally  does. 

A  good  writer  has  said,  “Good  manners  Is 
the  art  of  making  those  people  easy  with  whom 
we  converse.  Whoever  makes  the  fewest  per¬ 
sons  uneasy  is  the  best  bred  in  the  company." 
These  aro  words  which  all  might  do  well  to 
practice,  and  especially  would  we  commend 
the  last  clause  to  the  rising  generation  of  lady 
musicians.  Tempest. 

- - - - 

FLIRTING  AS  A  FINE  ART. 

Tin.  Samuel  Osgood,  in  Harper’s  Magazine, 
has  the  following  on  tills  subject The  science 
of  society  amounts  to  little  true  art  unless  a 
certain  genius  goes  with  the  knowledge;  and 
who  wilt  deny  that  there  is  a  certain  natural 
gift  for  social  influence,  as  there  is  for  all  beau¬ 
tiful  arts.  Some,  persons  have  a  rare  social 
Witchery  who  have  not  any  other  form' of  gen¬ 
ius,  and  some  women,  of  very  moderate  abil¬ 
ities  in  other  respects,  have  an  art  of  pleasing 
that  amounts  to  fas-  inatipn.  One  woman  in 
famous  attire  will  gather  a  great  crowd  of  nota¬ 
bles  in  a  grand  house  and  give  them  a  great 
slipper,  and  all  shall  ce  flat  and  dull;  while 
some  winsome  little  body,  without  any  flashy 
costume  or  parade,  and  even  without,  rare 
beauty,  will  entertain  her  circle  of  guests  in  a 
charming  way  of  her  own,  and  make  them  all 
at  home  with  her  and  each  other.  Fho  plays 
upon  their  various  tempers  and  traits  and  asso¬ 
ciations  us  a  master  hand  plays  upon  the  harp 
or  piano.  I  have  sometimes  thought  that  wo¬ 
manly  charm,  and  perhaps  even  what  in  the 
best  sense  is  called  flirting,  could  be  made  one 
of  the  line  arts,  and  consecrated  to  charity,  aud 
even  to  religion.  That  bright  girl  takes  that 
hall  dozen  striplings  fri  hand,  and  touches  each 
in  turn  with  playful  grace,  until  they  are  wil¬ 
ling  captives  to  her  spell,  ami  ready  to  buy  her 
pincushion-  or  watch  chains  at  the  fair,  or  go 
to  her  church  and  worship  by  her  r  rayer-hoolc. 
There  is  a  Hue,  indeed,  beyond  which  this  flirt¬ 
ing  cease,  to  baa  fine  art,  and  becomes  quite 
business-like  and  utilitarian,  a  practical  opera¬ 
tion  in  making  a  market  and  bagging  a  husband 
—a  useful  but  not  alwavs  ideal  result. 


failing  for  the  iloung. 


DER  BABY. 

So  help  me  gracious,  efery  day 
I  laugh  rue  wild  to  see  der  vuy 
My  small  young  baby  drle  to  play— 

Dot  funny  little  baby. 

Vlion  1  look  of  dlicin  little  tons, 

Und  saw  itat  funny  little  nose, 

Und  heard  der  vay  dot  rooster  crows, 

I  sU Hide  like  1  was  grazy. 

linn  vlion  I  beard  the  reel  nice  vay 
Dhem  hooplas  to  my  wife  dbey  say, 

“  More  like  his  father*  every  day," 

I  vas  so  broud  Uke  blazes. 

Sometimes  dhere  come  a  lectio  schqnall, 
Dot’s  vhen  der  vlndy  vtod  vlll  crawl, 

Itlgbd  in  its  lectle  stomuclc  soli  mall. 

Dot's  too  bad  for  der  baby. 

Dot  makes  him  sing  at  night  so  schvect, 
Und  gorrybarrls  ho  must  ead, 

Und  1  mustehumb  shbry  on  my  feet, 

To  help  dot  little  baby. 

He  bulls  my  nose  und  kicks  my  hair, 

Und  g  raw  Is  me  ofor  everywhere, 

Und  shlobbers  on  tne— vat  I  euro? 

Dot  vas  ray  small  young  baby, 

Around  my  head  dot  lectio  arm 
Vas  sehquoezin  me  so  nice  und  varm— 

On  !  may  dhere  never  coom  some  harm 
To  dot  schmnll,  leetlo  baby. 

*  Dot  vns  me  hiiuBelf. 


LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

A  Motherless  Housekeeper. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor:— I  saw  a  letter  from  two 
schoolmates,  telling  about  their  school.  I  will 
tell  you  about  mine.  At  intermission  wc  some¬ 
times  walk  around  and  look  at  the  younger  chil¬ 
dren  playing,  but  then  we  bring  pur  work,  sit 
and  embroider  or  crochot,  talk  to  our  teacher, 
read  or  look  over  the  lessons  that  come.  Tho 
older  girls  here  hardly  ever  play  much,  not  that 
they  consider  themselves  young  ladies  before 
their  lime,  but  there  i-.  nothing  to  play  noth¬ 
ing  but  simple  games,  lit  for  little  children. 

1  know  how  to  feci  for  Florence  CL,  for  I 
know  what  it  is  to  lose  a  parent,.  1  lost  my 
mother  when  I  was  eleven  years  old  ;  my  father, 
a  year  after,  moved  to  California,  and  bought  a 
farm  hero,  and  T  Went  to  keeping  house  and 
taking  care  of  my  younger  brother.  I  am  now 
fourteen  years  old ;  have  been  keeping  houso 
all  tho  time ;  can  cut  and  make  all  my  clothes, 
and  my  brother's.  Ai,  first  1  did  not  like  it,  ,nd 
ftdl.  inclined  to  murmur  at  what  seemed  a  vory 
hard  lot,  but  I  liko  It  much  bettor  now.  I  do 
not  think  itat  nil  hard;  indeed  I  ought  to  bo 
thankful  for  such  a  good  home  and  kind,  pa¬ 
tient  father.  I  foar  my  letter  Is  too  long.  I 
hope  Florence  will  answer  this,  and  tell  more 
about  her  home  and  invalid  sister.  How  1  pity 
anyone  that  Isslckand  helpless.— Hattie  Lylio, 
Smith  River,  Cal. 

A  Little  Reader. 

Mr.  Editor:— I  see  a  good  many  letters  in 
your  paper,  from  young  ruraliats  in  your  own 
and  other  Northern  States,  but  none  from  the 
South.  It  seems  very  far  off  for  you  to  receive 
one  from  Texas;  buL  you  aro  brought  so  con¬ 
stantly  before  us,  by  reading  the  Rural,  that, 
you  really  seem  quite  near.  We  live  in  the 
country,  about  eight,  miles  from  our  county 
scat,  and  consequently  see  but  little  of  the 
world  ;  but,  pa  lifts  a  line  library,  nml  L  am  fond 
of  reading,  so  that  time  passes  pleasantly.  I 
am  fifteen  years  old,  nnd  have  read  Scott's  Po¬ 
etical  Works,  some  of  Plutarch’s  Lives,  as 
well  as  sonic  ancient  and  modern  history;  hut 
of  all  hist  ory  tho  Scottish  is  the  most  interest¬ 
ing  to  me.  We  have  to  do  all  of  our  own  work, 
it  being  a  difficult  matter  to  got  servants,  but  I 
think  the  exercise  ib  good  for  us  ;  I  only  regret 
that  I  have  not.  more  time  to  devoto  to  book*. 
My  little  brother  and  myself  often  mount  our 
ponies  and  ride  from  sixteon  to  twenty  miles, 
without  much  fatigue ;  tho  country  la  beauti¬ 
ful,  and  vve  enjoy  It  very  much.  Pa  has  received 
tho  “  13cc  Keepers’  Text  Book,"  and  thanks  you 
for  it.  Wishing  you  much  prosperity,  i  am,  a 
Texas  girl.— Louise  Mai, lf.tt. 

A  Girl  who  Enjoys  Life. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor:— I  live  in  the  State  of 
New  York.  I  am  a  little  girl  eleven  years  old. 

I  live  on  a  farm,  and  feed  hens  and  chickens, 
and  feed  cows,  and  drive  them,  too.  r  some¬ 
time^  milk  them.  1  have  a  pleasant  home,  and 
have  ever  so  much  fun  t  here.  I  read  the  Rural. 
and  love  to  read  the  letters  of  the  girls  and  boys 
the  best  of  any  part  of  It.  I  have  to  go  a  mile 
anda-half  to  school.  Our  school  term  this  sum¬ 
mer  was  sixteen  weelt3,  and  J  went  every  day. 
The  term  has  closed.  The  last  day  we  had  a 
paper  read,  some  conundrums  and  a  scholar's 
alphabet,  in  it.  Wo  had  dialogues,  and  single 
pieces,  and  enjoyed  ourselves.  Kittle  W.  J., 
South  Champion. 

_ 

Fond  of  the  Rural. 

Dear  Rural  :— I  see  the  rest  of  the  children 
have  been  noticed  in  your  paper,  by  Inserting 
their  letters,  and  I  would  like  to  be  sooiable, 
too,  because  we  appreciate  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  more  that  all  the  rest  of  the  papers, 
and  we  take  Appleton’s  Journal,  Homo  Jour-  i 


nal,  Harper's  Bazar  and  Venango  Spectator  be¬ 
side.  But  none  fills  tbo  place  of  the  Rural. 
Wc  livo  in  the  oil  regions,  and  there  is  a  new 
well  in  our  vicinity  flowing  eighty  barrels  per 
day.  I  suppose  there  arc  lots  of  little  folks 
(and  perhaps  big  ones)  who  never  saw  an  oil 
well.  I  will  not  write  any  more  this  time,  for 
fear  I  am  not  noticed.— SuBIK  SHORT,  Plcasant- 
ville,  Pa.  s  _ 

The  Rural  a  Necessity. 

Mr.  Editor:— I’ve  Just  finished  the  last 
Rural,  and  I  must  say  I  like  it  very  much.  It 
Contains  a  little  of  everything,  and  is  really 
a  necessity  in  every  country  family.  Every 
Wednesday  I  hurry  to  the  olllcc,  thinking  “The 
Rural  will  be  there;"  and  when  1  get  it,  it  is 
opened  in  a  jiffy.  My  friend  Lilias  has  had 
such  good  success  in  getting  correspondents 
that  I  think  I 'must  try.  I  am  seventeen  years 
old,  nearly  eighteen,  and  would  be  very  happy 
to  correspond  with  a  few  young  persons  about 
my  own  age.  I  fear  this  will  not  be  published 
if  I  make  it  any  longer,  so  “good-by"  for  a 
while.— Ella  A.  Smith,  TstUp,  L.  I. 

Forgot  His  Sunday-School  Lesson. 

My  pa  takes  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  and  I 
like  to  read  it  so  much  that  my  ma  gays  that  I 
forget  to  learn  my  .Suuday-school  lesson.  I  had 
to  learn  four  verses  last  Sunday.  It  was  in 
John.  We  are  farmers.  We  mixed  our  corn  in 
tar  before  planting  it,  so  as  to  keep  the  crows 
oil  of  It.  I  think  they  will  not  cat  much,  If  they 
do  pull  up  some.  Now,  Mr.  Moore,  I  have  writ¬ 
ten  you  a  long  letter  for  me,  and  my  hand  is  get¬ 
ting  tirod.  I  am  a  little  boy,  and  have  not  been 
to  school  much.  John  Atwater. 

Qood  Hans. 

Editor  Rural;— I  will  tell  the  boys  and  girls 
about  my  hens.  I  bad  eighteen  last  year  and 
they  laid  two  hundred  and  ninety-three  dozen 
eggs.  There  have  been  persons  who  have  had 
better  luck  than  I  have,  but  as  1  had  nothing 
but  common  breeds,  I  think  I  did  pretty  well. 
One  of  our  neighbors  set  their  gobbler  turkey 
three  times,  and  hatched  out  three  broods— one 
of  turkeys,  ono  of  ducks,  aud  another  of  chick¬ 
ens.  He  Is  tbo  most  wonderful  thing  I  ever 
heard  of.— Wit.i.ie  I).  11.,  Delaware  Co.,  N.  Y. 


lie  ftelcr. 


ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.-No.  2. 

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Pv'“  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


PUZZLER  INQUIRIES.— No  1. 

Here  is  au  algebraical  “  nut  ”  forsomebod 
to  crack.  Suppose  we  have : 

a- 1  ?i=  98  (1) 

b  +  c=  94  (2) 

c+d-  50  (3) 

d+e-139  (4) 

6+/- 111  (5) 

/  +  </«  56  (6) 

</  +  «=  44  (7) 

To  find  the  values  of  o,  h,  &c.,  it  comes  easily  a 
follows : 

Subtract  (  7)  from  (6)  and  f— a*=  H  (  8) 

“  (  8)  “  (5)  “  e+a=99  (  9) 

“  (  9)  “  (4)  “  d— «=  40  (10) 

“  GO)  “  (3)  “  c+a-10  (11) 

“  (11)  “  (2)  “  b— a=84  (12) 

“  (12)  “  (1)  “  2a  >=14 

Hence  a=  7,  &c. 

That  is  all  easy  enough ;  but  suppose  we  have : 

a  +  b  =  98 
b  +  c  =  94 
c+d-  50 
d +  6=139 
e+/*=lll 

.  /  +  a—  26 

This  looks  easier  than  the  other,  for  there  ar 
less  unknown  quantities,  and  other  thing 
seem  equal.  But  will  some  one  give  a  solutio 
of  this,  and  also  explain  why  it  oannot  be  don 
the  same  as  the  first  ?  Pythaqorus. 


CONUNDRUM. -No.  1. 

My  first  is  in,  my  second  Is  fat,  my  third  and 
fourth  you  ate.  Mrs.  C.  S. 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 


PUZZLER  ANSWERS- July  5. 

Illustrated  Rebus  No.  1.— A  letter  turn 
upside  down  ;utd  wrong-end-to,  in  readii: 
brings  one  to  a  lull-stop. 

Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  i.— He  isnev 
lonely  who  has  noble  thoughts. 

Puzzle  No.  1.— Gudgeon  ( Gobio  fluviatilie). 
Problem  No.  1.— Uy2  feet. 


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BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 


Cincinnati,  July  8.— A  hurricane  swept  over 
Odin,  Illinois, last  night,  unroofing  the  Meth¬ 
odist  church  and  otherwise  wrecking  that, 
building.  The  Methodist  church  and  railroad 
engine-house  at  8alctn.  III.,  were  destroyed. 
Orchards,  miles  of  fences,  and  thousands  of 
acres  of  corn  were  blown  down.  At  Harris¬ 
burg.  III.,  the  storm  blew  down  a  circus  tent 
while  full  of  people.  The  lamps  fired  the  can¬ 
vass,  but  the  lire  was  extinguished.  AtOarmi, 
Ill.,  on  Friday  last,  a  lad  named  Upton,  while 
driving  a  reaper,  was  killed  by  lightning,  as  also 
were  Ills  two  horses.  A  terrible  storm  visited 
that  place  last  night,  demolishing  orchards, 
fences,  and  crops.  Several  men  and  horses 
were  killed  by  lightning. 

A  LOCOMOTIVE  that  had  got  astray  on  the 
Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railroad,  ran  into  a 
carriage  in  which  Miss  Lizzie  Hield  and  Miss  Ida 
Jones  were  crossing  the  track  at  Janesville, 
Wis..  throwing  Miss  Jones  to  one  side  of  the 
track,  and  carrying  Miss  Hield  about  thirty  rods 
and  throwing  her  into  the  bushes.  Miss  Jones 
Wits  unconscious  when  picked  up,  and  as  no  one 
knew  that  she  had  a  companion.  Miss  Heild  lay 
in  the  bushes  several  hours,  entirely  helpness. 
Her  skull  was  fractured  and  she  cannot  recover. 

In  accordance  with  the  treaty  signed  in  Ber¬ 
lin  last  march,  under  which  the  Departments  of 
Vosges,  Ardennes,  Meuse,  and  Meurlhc-et- 
Moselle,  as  well  us  the  fortress  and  arrondisse- 
niont  of  Belfort,  are  to  be  evacuated  on  the 
payment,  of  the  second  installment  of  the  last; 
milliard  of  the  war  indemnity,  the  German 
troops  began  to  retire  on  the  3d  inst.  The  wit  h¬ 
drawal  will  continue  by  detachments  until  the 
15th  of  August,  when  the  above-mentioned 
country  will  he  entirely  evacuated. 

IOWA  City.  July  10.— A  wind  and  rainstorm 
occurred  here  at  8  o'clock  P.  M.  yesterday,  ac¬ 
companied  by  hail,  which  devastated  the  trees, 
orchards,  and  crops  over  a  limited  area  as 
effectually  as  a  fire  would  have  done.  But  four 
farms,  those  owned  by  Hinrnan,  Hedges,  Craw¬ 
ford  and  Singleton,  were  so  visited.  The  storm 
was  remarkable  for  the  completeness  of  its 
destructive  effect  and  the  narrowness  of  its 
range. 

There  are  two  astonishing  young  brothers  In 
u  Massachusetts  town,  aged  respectively  22  and 
21,  who  are  intelligent,  who  comprehend  all 
that  is  said  to  them,  but  who  cannot  :md  never 
could  speak  the  English  language.  They  seem 
to  bo  incapable  of  learning  it.  They  talk  to 


each  other  in  a  strange  and  outlandish  tongue 
wbiclt  they  alone  understand,  and  which  no 
other  person  has  ever  been  heard  to  use  except, 
it  is  said,  a  so-called  “  medium,”  who  speaks  in 
it  only  when  under  the  mysterious “  influence.” 

A  little  romance  from  the  post-office  of  a 
New  England  town  speaks  of  hope  deferred  and 
a  sick  heart,  and  all  that,  sort  of  thing.  Regu¬ 
larly  every  two  weeks  for  the  last  six  years,  a 
letter  has  arrived  there,  addressed  in  a  feminine 
hand,  to  some  unknown  person.  Over  and  over 
they  are  advert  ised  hut.  he  never  comes  to  claim 
t  hem,  and  one  by  one  they  arc  sent,  to  the  dead- 
letter  office  at  Washington.  Still  they  come 
and  still  the  mystery  continues. 

The  statistics  of  1  mports  of  the  U  nlted  States, 
just  published,  show  an  Increase  of  seven  mil¬ 
lion  dollars  in  coffee,  eighteen  millions  in  sugar, 
nearly  six  millions  in  tea,  nearly  three  millions 
in  tin  plate,  more  than  seven  millions  in  raw 
wool,  t  wo  millions  in  pig  iron,  ten  millions  in 
manufactures  of  iron,  five  millions  in  manufac¬ 
tures  of  cotton,  Tour  millions  In  manufactures 
of  silk,  and  about  seven  millions  in  manufac¬ 
tures  of  wool. 

The  estimates  of  the  customs  receipts  for  the 
year  ending  with  the  goth  of  June  last  were 
$190,000,1100.  The  receipts  were  below  t  he  esti¬ 
mates  about  $1,500,000,  which,  it.  !s  explained  at 
the  Treasury  Department,  was  owing  to  the 
high  and  fluctuating  prices  of  gold  in  May  and 
June,  Inducing  some  merchants  to  defer  taking 
their  goods  from  the  warehouses  until  a  more 
favorable  money  market. 

Post  masters  appointed— Austin  A.  Prentiss, 
Croghan,  Lewis  county!  Thomas  Newberry, 
Oropseyvillc,  Rensselaer  county  :  Oliver  (’rank, 
Fort  Montgomery,  Orange  county ;  John  II. 
Scriven,  Grafton,  Rensselaer  county;  Alfred 
Ilashrook,  Hughsonvillc,  Dutchess  county; 
Thomas  H.  Slln gsjey.  Rouse’s  Point,  Clinton 
county;  George  Churchill,  South  Bombay, 
Franklin  county. 

Gen.  Rf.au  regard's  address  to  the  people  of 
Louisiana,  advising  a  union  bet  ween  the  whites 
and  blacks,  is  stirring  up  a  tremendous  storm 
among  the  more  extreme  of  the  Southern  news¬ 
papers.  They  denounce  him  in  the  bitterest 
terms  for  recommending  nothing  less  than 
miscegenation,  and  declare  that  lie  lias  sounded 
his  political  ruin  In  his  attempt,  to  regenerate 
the  State. 

PriiLADELPHlA,  July  10.— The  Mint  is  now 
engaged  in  remelting  vast  quantities  of  light 
gold  coins.  Since  Jan.  1  some  $28,000,000 worth 
have  been  melted,  and  $10,000,000  more  will  he 
received  and  recoined  this  week.  Orders  for 
the  new  trade  dollars  will  he  filled  in  tbe  early 
part  of  next  week.  Over  $1,000,000  in  gold  were 
received  from  New  York,  to-day,  for  recoinage. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  July  7.  This  city  waft  visited 
by  two  distinct  shocks  of  earthquake  about 
nine  o’clock  yesterday  morning.  The  shock 
was  distinctly  fell,  in  all  parte  of  the  city. 
Reports  from  Webster's  Corners,  a  town  about 
nine  miles  dist  ant,  state  that  two  dist  inct  shocks 
were  fell  there  a  bout,  t  he  same  hour. 

Berlin,  July  II. — It  is  announced  this  morn¬ 
ing  that  Prince  von  Bismarck  has  resolved  to 
retire  from  the  Prussian  Cabinet.  It,  is  gener¬ 
ally  understood  here  this  step  is  taken  in  conse¬ 
quence  of  Ills  failing  health,  which  renders 
relaxation  from  his  public  duties  absolutely 
necessary. 

Cincinnati,  July  11.— Dr.  John  C.  Peters, 
Inspector  of  the  New  York  Board  of  Health, 
who  has  been  here  for  several  days  past,  exam¬ 
ining  into  cholera  cases,  pronounced  the  disease 
here  to  be  genuine  Asiatic  cholera.  There  were 
no  new  cases  reported  yesterday. 

It  is  rumored  that  Miss  Nellie  Grant,  daughter 
of  tin?  President,  is  at.  work  on  a  summer  book, 
to  he  called  “  Sketches  from  Life  at  Long 
Branch." 

Miss  Francis  Charles  has  been  appointed 
Register  of  Deeds  for  Oxford  Co.,  Maine,  on 
aecOUnt  of  her  good  looks. 

- - 

THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 

Things  in  Ohio.— After  people  had  done  with 
complaining  about,  the  lateness  of  the  spring 
season,  they  suddenly  began  to  complain  of  a 
June  drouth,  and  when  the  corners  of  their 
mouths  were  drawn  very  low  for  the  drouth, 
the  plug  wau  pulled  out  from  overhead  and  the 
rains  poured  and  splashed,  and  beat  down  the 
clover  and  the  wheat,  and  the  winds  arose  and 
blew  down  the  corn  and  upset  buildings  and 
tore  up  trees  and  made  people  pray  for  quiet. 
What  the  next  turn  of  the  elements  will  be,  we 
shall  see  when  it  comes  to  pass.  Meanwhile 
t lie  season  takes  its  round;  the  corn  looks  well 
in  most  places,  and  as  it  takes  July  and  August 
to  make  the  corn  crop,  there  is  plenty  of  time 
to  fetch  out  tho  present  stand.  Wheat  i»  not 
heavy  generally  but  the  crop  looks  healthy. 
Grass  will  not  be  full  Size  on  clay  uplands,  hut 
the  hay  crop  will  bo  fair  in  most  places.  The 
potato  crop  will  he  saved  from  the  Colorado 
bug,  to  a  considerable  extent,  though  it  has  cost 
a  good  deal  of  extra  labor.  Berry  fruits  are 
very  abundant  and  so  are  pears;  the  apple  crop 
will  he  light  and  tho  grape  crop  lighter  still, 
with  a  large  destruction  of  the  vines,  in  the 
North. 

The  dairy  business  in  Northeastern  Ohio  is  in 
a  healthy  condition,  and  prices  have  kept  up 
hotter  than  last  season,  and  as  this  is  the  leading 
item  in  our  agriculture,  the  farmers  are  as  well 
off  as  could  be  expected  after  the  losses  of  last 
winter.  The  low  price  of  fleece  wool  is  discour¬ 


aging,  but  the  wool  business  is  not  of  near  so 
much  importance  now  a-  it  was  eight  years  ago, 
and  our  wool  growers  had  not,  put  much  de¬ 
pendence  upon  high  prices;  sheep  flocks  had 
been  kept  up  inure  as  a  collateral  in  general 
husbandry,  than  as  a  leading  branch  of  it,  while 
the  main  force  of  the  farm  is  more  frequently 
centered  upon  the  dairy. 

Away  from  the  dairy  region  of  Ohio, the  lead¬ 
ing  business  is  the  raising  of  com  and  hay,  for 
the  feeding  of  hogs,  cattle  and  horses,  and  this 
business  la  in  fair  condition,  at  the  present 
t  ime.  Among  the  larger  public  enterprises  of 
our  State,  are  the  building  of  railways  and  the 
working  of  our  rich  mines  of  coal  and  iron, 
which  lie  in  the  Eastern  and  Southern  parts  of 
tho  Slate,  and  our  superior  quarries  of  sand¬ 
stone,  which  lie  in  tho  North,  along  the  shore 
of  Lake  Erie.  The  immense  iron  manufactories 
in  the  vicinity  of  Cleveland,  where  the  mineral 
shipped  from  Lake  Superior  meets  tho  coal 
from  Eastern  Ohio,  by  canal  and  railway,  bits 
grown  beyond  all  expectation,  and  embraces  a 
great,  variety  of  forms  of  iron  and  steel,  of  all 
sorts,  shapes  and  sizes.  So  it  is,  that  by  intelli¬ 
gent  perseverance,  all  our '■industries  are  in  a 
prosperous  condition. — S.  D.  H.,  Cleveland ,  July 
7, 1873. 

I.y ruhmvlllc,  Vt.,  July  7.— The  season,  until 
wit  hin  a  week  past,  haft  been  exceedingly  dry, 
so  much  so  that  vegetation,  grass  in  particular, 
has  materially  suffered.  The  hay  crop  in  this 
sect  ion  will  be  at  least  one-third  less  than  the 
usual  yield.  Corn  and  the  smaller  grains  are 
small  for  the  time  of  year,  ami  but  for  tho  fa¬ 
vorable  change  in  tin-  weather  a  week  ago  they 
would  have  been  In  a  suffering  condition  from 
the  drouth.  The  past  week  was  warm  and 
rainy,  and  every  green  thingsliot  forth  wonder¬ 
fully.  To-day  the  weather  Is  cooler  with  indi¬ 
cations  of  a  change  to  favor  tbe  haymakers. 
Tho  “glorious  Fourth”  wax  glorious  this  year 
with  me,  not  so  much  for  its  patriotic  associa¬ 
tions  and  smell  of  powder,  as  for  its  liberal  rain 
fall  which  well  saturated  t  he  soil,  to  the  re¬ 
newed  growth  and  glory  of  all  vegetation. 

T.  W.  S. 

Philomath,  Oregon,  June  25.  -The  season 
lias  been  very  good;  early  grain  looks  well; 
Tall  grain  all  headed  out  and  from  3  to  1  feet 
high:  late  spring  sowing  looking  rather  poor; 
harvesting  will  commence  July  first.  The  pros¬ 
pect,  for  liny  harvest  Is  very  good.  Wheat,  72c.; 
oats,  49c.;  corn.  $1 ;  potatoes,  25c.;  new  pota¬ 
toes,  $1  ;  butter,  15c.;  eggs,  15c.;  bacon,  12c.  per 
ll>,;  beef  cattle,  3c.  on  foot;  hogs,  3c.  per  lb.; 
chickens.  $3  per  dozen;  young  chickens,  $2; 
farm  labor,  $1  per  day.  There  is  an  abundant 
fruit  crop  in  Oregon  this  year. — s.  a.  h. 

Titusville,  Mercer  Co..  N.  .1.— Hay  is  pretty 
good  but  not  a  full  crop;  wheat  Is  ripening 
wdl,  grain  good,  straw  short,  and,  in  places, 
thin  on  the  ground.  Oats,  very  short  but  grow¬ 
ing  freely  now.  Corn  short,  and  uneven,  but 
improving  very  fast,  as  the  weather  I*  now 
warm  and  wet.  Fruit  will  he  a  partial  crop 
only— 1>.  J.  R. 

Unlit,  Riley  Co.,  Kun.,  June  25. — We  had  a 
heavy  rain  1  In?  22d  inst:.,  doing  a  great  deal  of 
datnags  along  the  creeks  and  rivers  the  water 
washing  out  the  grain  on  the  bottoms.  We 
have  hud  a  wet,  backward  spring,  corn  looks 
well,  lint  is  very  weedy.  Wheat  and  oats  bid 
fair  for  a  heavy  crop.-  .r.  a.  u. 

Newport,  N.  Y.  July  H.— Wc  have  had  the 
past  week,  delightful  showers,  making  all  Na¬ 
ture  smile,  and  farmers  laugh,  it  rains  finely  to¬ 
day,  catching  considerable  hay  out,  fine  for 
grass  that  was  not  dried  too  much ;  potatoes 
looking  pretty  well;  oats  improving ;  old  hay, 
$25  per  ton.— G. 

- - - 

DOMESTIC  NEWS. 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity, 

In  June,  39,160  immigrants  arrived . The 

deaths  for  the  week  ending  July  5th  were  630... 
The  Orangemen  had  their  usual  parade  on  the 
12th...  TiieAl  icrmenand  the  Mayor  arc?  al  a 
deadlock  over  the  Holme  Justices.  .'The Tigress 
will  soon  sail,  to  search  for  the  Polaris..  The 
church  of  8t.  Cecilia  has  had  a  billiard  tourna¬ 
ment . lames  Gordon  Bennett  has  offered  a 

prize  of  $500  for  a  running  race,  open  to  all  un¬ 
dergraduates  of  American  colleges  ;  the  race  is 
to  take  place  on  the  17th  at  Springfield,  Mass. . . 
Carl  Kustner.  a  German,  has  been  assassinated 
in  Hoboken  and  thrown  into  the  river  for  hi? 
money  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  Jacquier  were 
drowned  in  the  Narrows  on  the  6th,  after  a  hard 

struggle . The  mother  of  Win,  M.  Tweed  Is 

dead  John  C,  Scl  ut,  n .  fcq 

mitted  suicide  on  the  8th _ A  husband  and  son 

beat  Mary  McCabe  to  death  on  the  3d  —  The 

police  are  not  to  he  armed _ Walworth,  GilJen 

and  several  burglars  were  sent  to  Sing  Sing  on 
the  9th  —  The  autumn  rifle  shooting  at.  Creed- 
moor  will  take  place  in  October _ The  paint¬ 

ings  belonging  to  the  City  are  advertised  for 

-ale _ Tbe  man-of-war  Brooklyn  has  arrived 

after  an  absence  of  t  hree years . I udge  1  )aniols 

decides  that  two  offices  cannot  be  held  legally 
at  once...  The  murderess  of  Charles  Goodrich 
has  been  arrested _ Kate  Stoddard  has  con¬ 

fessed  that  she  killed  Mr.  Goodrich  of  Brook¬ 
lyn  John  Stephenson,  a  Deputy  S.  Mar¬ 
shal,  was  stabbed  to  death  in  Jers!?y  City  on  the 
11th  by  one  John  Pritt,  a  Russian  sailor,  who 

afterwards  attempted  suicide _ The  weather 

since  the -ith,  has  been  cool  and  delightful  . 
The  ship  Tigress  has  sailed  to  search  for  the 
Polaris. 

Home  Newt, 

The  steamship  City  of  Washington  of  t  he 
Inman  lino,  from  Liverpool.  June  24th,  ran  on 
to  the  rocks  of  Nova  Scotia  July  5th.  in  a  dense 
fog,  70  miles  west,  of  Cape  Sambro  :  all  the  pas¬ 
sengers  and  baggage  saved ;  the  ship  is  a  wreck  ; 
Ihe  passengers  numbered  400  ...Seven  deaths 
from  cholera  in  Cincinnati  on  the 7th  ...  .A  con¬ 
ference  with  the  Indians  will  be  held  in  Texas 


. .  Gov.  Baxter  of  Arkansas  is  accused  of  sell¬ 
ing  himself  for  $25,000  The  Yellowstone  Ex¬ 
pedition  expects  to  reach  that  river  by  the  1st 
of  August  .  At  the  Long  Branch  races  on  the 
si  b,  the  horses  Beatrice,  Kate  Pease  and  Wan¬ 
derer.  all  favorites,  won  On  the  7t.h  a  hurri- 
■ane  swept  over  parts  of  Illinois,  Indiana  and 
Kentucky,  unroofing  houses,  damaging  crops, 
demnlMiing  churches,  etc.;  the  loss  in  Ohio 

and  Indian  .  is  estimated  at  over  $1,000,000. . 

There  is  a  sharp  contest  in  Kansas  over  the  va¬ 
cant  Senatorshlp-  Three  young  ladies  have 
entered  the  University  nf  Vermont..  -Gen. 
Howard  of  the  Freedman’s  Bureau  will  hold 
himself  responsible  to  the  military  power  for 
his  use  of  public  funds  New  fifty  cent  notes 
are  to  be  issued  ..  .Mrs.  S.  S.  Farrell  succeeds 
t  he  President’s  father  as  post  master  of  Coving- 
l  on. .  lilac-pie  Bey.  the  Turkish  Minister,  has 
been  recalled  .Cholera  has  appeared  at  Little 
Rock,  Ark  The  National  Convention  of 
M  r.  A.  has  been  in  session  at. Poughkeepsie... 
The  trial  of  the  Modoes continues  ■  There  will 
tig  an  average  crop  in  the  West,  not  withstand¬ 
ing  tint  recent  “forms  Dr.  H.  L.  Kills  of  Dans- 
ville,  X.  V.,  killed  a  Mr.  Hass  on  July  4th;  a 
trdict  if  malicious  murder  has  be©n  found  — 
The  steamship  City  of  Washington  haft  broken 
in  two,  and  become n  total  wreck  .  Vast  quan¬ 
tities  of  light  gold  coins  are  being  melt  ed  at  the 

Philadelphia  mint _ The  great  boating  regatta 

at  Springfield  excites  much  attention  ...Geo. 
Sands,  son  of  Rear-Admiral  Sands,  committed 
suicide  at  Norfolk,  Va.,  on  th.e  10th  —  There 
are  rumors  of  abuses  in  the  Vermont  Insane 
Asylu  m. 

Obituary, 

Col.  Joseph  L.  Henshaw  of  Boston  on  the 
9th. .  Prof.  Thomas  D.  Baird,  principal  of  Bal¬ 
timore  City  College,  on  the  9th . Frederick 

Winterhalter,  a  celebrated  portrait  painter,  died 
in  London  on  tlie  10th.  He  was  born  at  Baden- 
Baden  in  1800. 

Fires. 

Most  of  the  village  of  Frog  Level.  8.  C.,  on 
the  6th ;  loss.  $00,000  ...A  block  in  St  rat,  hoof. 
Out.,  on  the  oth  :  loss,  $50,000  .  Steamboat  City 
of  Cairo  at.  New  Orleans  ontheOth  ;  loss,  $25,000 
. .  A  child  was  burned  to  deal  h  and  two  Injured 
at  Weathersflcld.  Conn.,  on  the  Olh  Brewery 
in  Morrisania,  N.  Y.,  on  the  Oth  ;  loss.  $15,000... 
The  Leominster  House.  Arlington  Piano  Com¬ 
pany's  factory.  200  pianos,  and  other  houses,  in 
Leominster.  Mass.,  on  the  10th  :  loss,  $125,000  . . 
Cushman’s  paper  mills  at  North  Amherst,  Mass., 
on  the  10th:  loss,  $50,000 ...  Sawmill  and  cabinet 
factory  on  Ridge  avenue,  Philadelphia,  on  the 
11th ;  loss,  $48,000. 

- +++ - - 

FOREIGN  NEWS. 


ITlIacellaneonft  Foreign  New*. 

It  is  rumored  that  the  Shah  of  Persia  and 
Lord  Granville  have  con  e  to  an  understanding 
on  the  Asiatic  question  .The  Spanish  general, 
>u\  .  has  resigned  . .  France  has  paid  the 

-econd  installment  uT  the  last  mil  lard  lo  Ger¬ 
many;  500,000.000  francs  remain  due  There 
has  been  an  attempt  to  burn  the  Vienna  Exhi¬ 
bition  Building.  TheFairope.au  and  American 
Postal  Congress  meet  -  at  Berne,  Switzerland, 
Sept,  Vt h  A  new  Cabined,  has  been  formed  In 
Italy  Carl  I  sis  have  captured  the  town  of  San 
Gneva,  in  Navarre  In  Malaga  the  Deputy 
Mayor  and  Councillor  have  been  assassinated  . . 
The  Hermans  have  commenced  the  evacuation 
of  France,  which  will  be  completed  by  tbe  15th 
of  August...  Cholera  rages  III  Breslau,  Germany 

.Baron  Schwarz  has  been  decorated  Fi¬ 
nancial  prospects  arc  poor  in  Austria,  and  tho 
wheat  crop  ol’  Hungary  shows  signs  of  failing. . 
M,  Rune  and  M.  Cassagnac  of  Paris  have  fought 
a  duel;  the  latter  was  seriously  wounded 
The  Russian?  have  burned  the  town  of  Mangit, 
in  Khiva  ;  they  have  found  IDJKKI  Persian  slaves 

_ The  Shah  gave  the  servants  of  Buckingham 

Palace  $8,000  and  the  Police  $12,000 :  the  French 
Assembly  ad  journed  in  honor  of  I  lie  Shah. 
The  city  of  Vlch,  in  Spain,  is  blockaded  by  the 
Car  lists  .  .The  prosecution  In  tlie  famous  Tlcli- 
boruo  ease  has  closed .  .Tin?  Swiss  Assembly  is 
in  session. .  Rear-Admiral  Jenkins  has  had  an 
interview  with  tlie  Viceroy  at,  FooChow.  .There 
are  hopes  of  saving  the  cargo  of  the  City  of 
Washington  Yucatan  is  in  astate  of  siege... 
18  Norwegians  of  the  German  Andie  Navigation 

( 'o.  have  been  found  dead  at  Spitsbergen - 

Prince  Iti  smart,  will  retire  from  the  Prussian 
Cabinet,  hut  will  retain  the  German  Chancel¬ 
lorship _ The  marriage  of  the  Duke  of  Edin¬ 

burgh  with  l  he  Grand  Duchess  .Maria  ol  Russia 
has  been  arranged.  The  Republicans  have  cap¬ 
tured  San  Gnesa  from  the?  Curl  lata. ..  .A  battle  at 
Itipoll  has  resulted  in  disaster  to  the  Republi¬ 
cans,  who  were  4,000  strong;  the  artillery  was 
captured  ami  half  the  command  taken  prison¬ 
ers.  A  bat  Me  has  been  fought  at  Santa  Coloma, 
and  there  has  been  a  rising  in  Alcoy,  the  mayor 
shot,  anil  00  houses  burned. 

- ■*-*-» - 

THE  CHESAPEAKE  AND  OHIO  RAILROAD. 


Tue  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Railroad  Company, 
which  comprises  some  of  the  most  substantial 
and  honored  capitalists  and  business  men  of 
this  vicinity  in  its  Direction,  and  which,  some 
three  years  ago,  undertook  the  extension  of  the 
Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Railroad  across  the  terri¬ 
tory  of  West  Virginia  to  the  Ohio  River,  have 
completed  their  task.  The  line  is  now  in  suc¬ 
cessful  operation  from  Richmond  (on  a  navi¬ 
gable  indentation  of  the  Chesapeake  Bay)  to 
Huntington  (at  the  head  of  low  water  naviga¬ 
tion  on  the  Ohio  River),  425  miles,  and  Is  enjoy¬ 
ing  a  very  gratifying  traffic.  The  equipment 
provided  for  the  through  line,  though  before 
deemed  to  be  adequate  (being  larger  than  that 
of  the  other  Groat  Trunk  Lines  at  si  milar  stages 
of  their  career),  is  found  to  hi?  altogether  too 
small  for  the?  traffic  offering.  It  is  contem¬ 
plated  to  build  an  extension  of  the  line  from 
the  present  wharves  at  Richmond,  where  there 
are  1C  feet  of  water,  to  the  open  waters  of 
the  Chesapeake  Bay,  near  its  entrance,  where 
the  largest  European  steamers  can  be  moored 
alongside  its  tracks,  so  as  to  establish  a  new 
through  line  between  the  chief  cities  of  the 
West  and  European  ports. 

It  is  also  contemplated  to  erect  a  great  Iron 
Bridge  across  the  Ohio,  at  the  Western  termi¬ 
nus;  to  build  a  branch  to  the  mouth  of  the 
Kanawha ;  and  to  otherwise  increase  the  facil¬ 
ities  for  handling  freights  at  the  termini. 

For  these  purposes  the  Company  have  author- 


Ordinary . 

Good  Ordinary 
Strict  Good  Ord 
Low  Middling. 

Middling . 

Good  Middling 


ShfM'JI  ,V 
I.juinn.  Hnfru, 


Communipnw. . . . 
Weebawken . 

Totals  this  week 
“  last  weak 


Oats,  bush . 

Rye,  bush . 

Barley,  bush . 

Malt,  bush . 

Beans,  bush . 

Corn meui  bbls.... 
Corn  ui oal,  bags. . . 


440,. km  Boot,  pkes . 

105.200  Laid,  pkgs . 

460  Butter,  pkgs. 

I'i.suO  Cheese,  pkgs.  . 

I.JOU  Wool,  bates . 

3,.'Ws  Grass  seed,  bush.. 
t*B  Dreasea  Hugs.  No,. 


MOQBE’5  BUBAL  HEW-YORKER 


Ized  the  sale  of  a  limited  quantity  of  their 
seven  percent,  bonds,  gold  interest,  at  90  and 
accrued  interest.  The  high  standing  of  the 
financial  agents— Messrs.  Fisk  &  Hatch, — the  ] 
character  of  the  Directors  of  the  Company,  to¬ 
gether  with  the  great  value  of  the  property,  are 
sufficient  guarantees  of  the  desirableness  of 
this  class  of  securities  for  investment.  Besides 
a  large  share  of  the  movement  of  Western  pro¬ 
ducts  to  tiie  seaboard,  it  has  a  specially  valua¬ 
ble  local  traffic  in  the  coal  and  iron  deposits 
lying  along  300  miles  of  its  route.  These  arc  so 
valuable  that  a  large  mining  and  manufactur¬ 
ing  interest  must  spring  up  along  the  road,  all 
of  whirii  will  rapidly  build  up st(oh  a  bush 
as  to  make  it  one  of  t  he  busiest  and  most  pros¬ 
perous  thorough  fares  of  the  country. 

- ■+■*■+ - 

SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

The  Test  of  Excellence.  -  Notwithstanding 
the  unprecedented  success  and  popularity  of 
the  Wilson  Sowing  Machine,  there  are  still  a 
few  incredulous  people,  easily  Influenced  by 
the  representations  of  parties  in  maintaining 
the  high  prices  of  sewing  machines,  to  believe 
that  a  sewing  machine  must  necessarily  be  sold 
at  a  higher  price  to  bo  a  good  one,  and  thereby 
submit  willingly  to  be  imposed  upon.  To  all 
such  we  have  one  brief  piece  of  advice.  Go  to 
the  salesrooms  of  the  Wilson  Sewing  Machine 
Company,  examine  the  work  of  the  Wilson 
carefully  and  critically,  see  it  operate  on  all 
classes  of  goods,  inspect  its  workings  in  detail, 
and  finally  set  down  to  the  maehinoand  operate 
it  yourself.  Ask  any  lady  who  has  used  one  for 
a  year  or  more  and  hear  her  verdict.  If  this 
does  not  convince  you  that  a  really  firat-eluss 
machine  can  be  sold  at  a  popular  price,  then 
you  arc  past  conviction  of  anything.  Salesroom 
at  707  Broadway,  New  Fork,  and  in  all  other  cit¬ 
ies  in  the  United  States.  The  company  want 
agents  in  country  towns. 

“  Blessings  on  the  man  who  first  invented 
sleep,”  devoutly  prayed  the  immortal  Sancho 
Panza,  and  doubtless  he  would  have  as  fervent¬ 
ly  desired  blessings  on  the  man  who  invented 
the  Universal  Clothes  Wringer,  had  that  bene  ¬ 
factor  lived  in  Sancho's  day.  This,  at.  least,  is 
certain,  that  a  million  American  homes  would 
echo  union  to  such  a  prayer  every  time  the  in¬ 
evitable  washing-day  conics  round. 

~  - 

Watch  No.  1SS1T,  Stem  Winder  bearing 
Trade  Murk  “  Frederic  Atherton  &  Co.,  Marion, 
N.  J.,” — manufactured  by  United  States  Watch 
Co.  (Giles,  Wales  &  Co.),  has  been  carried  by 
me  six  months:  its  total  variation  from  mean 
time  being  eight  seconds.  II.  Cottrell,  128 
Front  St.,  New  York. 

— - «♦« — — — 

Union  Seale,  $$!>.—  )4  oz.  to  210  pounds.  The 
Jones  Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.  Free 
Price  List. 


THE  3ME2LB.ZIETS. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

New  York,  Monday,  July  14, 1873, 
Receipts.— The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  us  follows  : 

Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  2H  Cotton,  hales .  16,220 

Eggs,  bbls .  7,200  Hops,  bales .  82 

Flour,  bbls .  66,80 1  Peanuts,  bugs .  912 

Wheat,  bush . 1,000, 600  dot  wonts,  pkgs.  . .  2,958 

Com,  bush .  732, tmn  Pork,  bbls _ _  660 


Uplands. 

Aliibnma, 

N*»w  Orlenn* 

T«xm. 

...  14 

14 

14 

14 

...  47Jf 

17  X 

1731 

1TK 

■y.  10;Y 

18V 

1831 

1831 

...  mt 

1934 

19Y 

19-Y 

...  20Y 

20V 

m 

2031 

...  22 Y 

22Jf 

22& 

22  Y 

Dried  Frill l m. — For  apples,  with  exports  of  1,100 
blits  for  the  week,  prices  are  higher.  Western  grades 
have  been  most  sought  litter  and  retain  most  show 
of  strength.  Beyond  this  trade  is  quiet. 

Southern  apples.  t.>.  l.L'e.  for  ordinary ;  do.,  sliced 
prime.  SXfsMIRo.r  Western,  State  .'iJfGSOe. : 

Peeled  peaches— Prime  Georgia  and  North  Carolina, 
10rti12e.;  ordinary ,  ti  '  Cc •  Popeeled  peaches,  3Vc.  for 
quarters,  and  L'l'.o.  for  halves.  Plums  ui  tv  13e, 
tor  State  ami  ip.  rv.  r or  Southern.  merries,  WdslSc. 
for  Slate  ami  Southern.  Block  berries,  Ti-fTi. 

Eggs.  Receipt*  have  fallen  to  u  very  convenient 
lOtal  tor  dealers,  and  t.no  market  is  very  tlrm  ut  the 
advanced  Maurer.  Our  supply  Is  mostly  Western  and 
tor  fancy  use.  State  and  a  few  Pennsylvania,  have 
I  i  take  the  plucu  of  New  .Jersey  uml  Long  Island. 
We  quote  State  uml  Pennsylvania,  2334230,;  Western 
prime,  WA’U'.;  other  Western,  W-i’fOc.:  Canadian,  20 
(5)210.;  all  Urns  otf. 

Flour.— The  movement  in  State  and  Western  flour 
has  been  more  liberal  during  the  past  week  and 
higher  prices  are  ruling.  Grades  suited  to  the  wants 
of  West  India  shippers  have  been  bought,  up  finely 
and  the  local  trade  Inis  manifested  a.  disposition  to 
stock  up  freely  at  late  current  figures.  At  the  close 
there  Is  a  quiet  feeling,  bill,  a  lino  market  ruling. 


fuiperllne  State . . . 

Extra  do . 

Supertl no  Western . 

Extra  do . . . 

No.  2  do. . . . 

Round  hoop  Ohio . 

Trade  brands  do . 

White  wheat  extras . 

St.  Louis  .  . 

So  alii  orn ,  shipping  stock . 

Fatally  extras . . . 

Rye  flour.  . . 

Corn  muu.li  Caloric . 

Western,  yellow . 

Jersey  . . 

White  Western  . . . . 

Brandywine . 

Bag  ileal.  Coarse . . 

’follow. - . . . 

White . 


.if;,  iivni  fi  r.o 

.  it  2564  7  20 
.  0  IOivs  5  50 
..  a  in.  i  is 

.  — i<v  - 

.  li  25(r)  ti  05 
, .  B  Bik  e  8  60 
, .  7  15m  H  30 

, .  It  ‘,ii m  ,l) 

. .  li  2(h"i  7  86 
.  7  '.Hlsulll  00 
, .  4  20m  0  20 

.  — — <& - 

..  3  15®  3  10 
.  3  25m  3  35 

.'.  - M  - 

..  * - OH - 

.  — -®  - 

..  - 69  « — ’ 


No.  1.  liicl.,  Kv.  and  Tonn.,  46e.  for  XX,  Ho. for  \,43 
fil  l le.  for  No.  1.111..  Iowa  ami  Minn.,  tie.  for  XX,  lie. 
for  X,  43c.  tor  No.  1.  l fa.,  Ala.,  Miss,  and  Lit.,  2856300. 
for  unwashed.  Pulled  at  40®llic.  f Of  extra,  4264470.  for 
super  35("; lOo.  for  No.  t. 

ROCHESTER,  July  10.  -Flour  unchanged. 
Wheat  dull;  1.70  for  red, 8 1. MV  1.90 for  white. 

Outs  higher,  selling  at  00c.;  other  grains  nuoliangod. 
The  barley  crop  hereabouts  is  very  llylit.  bill  we  hear 
ol  no  con  tracts  being  made.  Butler  is  scarce,  22M2;ic. 
Eggs  seurou  at  U)yo2(io.  New  potatoes  are  not  yet 
plenty;  price,  $2.50  7  •  bosh.;  old,  76c.(»  1.25.  Raspber¬ 
ries,  black  cups,  lk«  160.  V  quart;  rod, 30®— c>  Green 
peas,  61  V  btish.  Wool  Is  very  dull,  w  ill  no  siucci. 
T  ;e  nominal  auoiatlnns  am  uneUanuud.  Hay  very 
scarce.  Old,  .*22030  W  ton  ;  new,  511, 'is  21). 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

Little  Fa  r.t.s,  N.  Y.,  .July  12, 1873. 
THE  market  at  Little  Falls,  for  the  week  ending 
Julv  12th,  was  exceedingly  dull,  uud prices  lower  time 
i  i  week  by  fully  Me. 

About  731)  boxes  ol  farm  dairies  wore,  delivered  and 

sold  at  front  10  to  tie.  for  common  to  good,  audlSo. 
foruxtra.  „  ,  , 

The  offering*  from  fnetories,  it  1h  estimated,  were 
10,0110  boxes,  about  V.OOil  of  winch  were  sold.  A  nuin- 
bur  of  lots  were  sent  forward  on  commission,  and 
some  l  aetorymen  refusod  to  sell  at. t.he  ruling  lluurea. 
preferring  to  hold  over.  The  lop  price  wn  12', P,, 
though  in  one  Inst  ' nee  !7  '(< .  was  paid.  Wo  give  the 
leading  transactions  as  follows  : 

Arnold  Bros,  38  boxes,  at.  He.;  A  very  ti  Ivpp.92, 


nuts  have  advanced,  uml  close  strong;  Tennessee, 
fi'L25®1.6n:  Virginia,  Fl .75643.25 ;  Wilmington,  $l.5Uv«3. 

1»  ruin. -Receipts  of  wheat  have  been  very  light 
und  they  have  buuu  placed  easily  ut  bolter  prices. 
Shipper.-,  are  buying  quite  freely.  No.  2  spring,  $1.1004 
1,17;  No,  l  da,,  fl.jikw  1.5,3  winter  red  Western  $l.fi(i(<v 
1.5:1;  amber  dm.  f. l.»;  t;  white  Western,  ..'•ih.v  i .7.T. 
Corn  Is  higher  and  ill  fair  shipping  demand  it  I.  5(l^;.riSe. 
for  steamer  grades  of  Weseru  mixed;  59®fi0bjo.  for 
do.  sail  lota;  flic,  for  yellow  Western;  W®89<!.  for 
white  Western.  O  its  bav.i  been  In  loss  (ipoculatl vo 
demand,  Hut.  bite  advanced  prices  are  hold  (Irmly; 
sales,  c,<. i;i);.(, vile,  for  new  mixed  Western;  48(..«52e.  for 
white  Western  ;  12oj* lie-,  for  black. 

liny  und  Sirtnv.  We  have  had  unusually  light 
receipts,  ami  prtcos  areiuiich  hlglior.  Baleaof  priiuo 
buy  lit  $30<gi33  per  ton;  good,  *23<.i-25;  good  shipping, 
$lS6>il9;  uoiuiuoii,  do.  * l2',<  l  I.  Long  rye  straw ,  *18(31 
19;  short  do.,  $12® lii;  oat,  $126413. 

II ups.  There  Is  no  Improvement  In  trade.  Hold¬ 
ers  remain  Arm,  particularly  for  [trim e  lots,  as  they 
contend  that,  current  snpplies  will  not  prove  exces¬ 
sive  even  In  view  of  till'  present,  demand.  Reports 
from  our  own  hop  sections  speak  enecnii'iigtngly  of 
the  prospects  for  the  next  cron.  Small  sales  or  State 
have  been  made  at  50c.  for  strictly  choice. 

Now  Yorks,  growtli  1872,  KIMlee.;  Kaslern.  growth 
1873.  J'Kailllc. ;  Western,  growth  IK?2,  ii.Vsi  lOo. ;  Olds, 
growth  1870,  In MlHc.;  Old  itlds,  growths  lt)68  and  1809, 
sm15o.;  Buvariu",  -10 -vise. ;  English,  .10(.435e.  1  Belgian, 
‘.t.V'aiille.;  Californian,  I7>j...  .)2><e. 

Loullier.  Stock  plenty  and  cheaper. 

We  quote  at  'tiHwf.in,  for  light  hemlock,  27Kffl>3lc. 
for  middle, 21!(.'2(i)e.  tor  lieav  /,  2f®2llo.  for  good  dam- 
agml;  coops  at  12- l  ie.  for  light  backs,  lb.,  lie.  for 
middle  backs,  41K-9 48c.  for  light  miles,  H8(<642o. for  mid¬ 
dle  sides,  ,;s  ./j ioc.  for  heavy  Bides. 

Provision*.—  Fork  has  been  advanced  materially, 
through  diminished  supplies,  light  react nts,  und  re¬ 
ported  combination*  at  the  West,  to  “  bull"  prices. 

deof  hums—  choice  Western,  Wi’.icjJJl;  Texas  prime, 
k3.Yii28.  do.  fair  lots,  $lSi'is2t.  Laid,  SWj9  1-lfiu.  lor 
Western  steam  on  spot,  9  !-!6«.  fur  July,  II  l-lllo.  for 
August.  Long  clear,  9c.,  short  clear.  9V<J.i  Short  rib, 
9>;«.  Mess  pork  $17.87 H'.  spot  delivery;  $17.25  for 
July;  Western  prime  iaes»  uomihully  il(J.25(.4l7.5(). 
Dresseil  bogs,  city,  6 A® 7 He.  Cutmeuts  are  selling 
lug  at  I2'-J fa;  l3Ne.  for  baniH,  loose,  969UWC.  for 
shouhlei'H,  If  lose  ;  7  (5>  '.IfiC,  for  pickled  hollies, 

loose,  lloxed  dry -salted  Shoulders,  7x®8c.  Smoked 
meats  at  l-Mlnc.  for  loose  hams,  tOc.  for  loose 
shoulders.  Tallow  at  S^c.lor  prime  stock.  Beef, 
selling  at  $6(1)11.7,1  for  barreled  new  plain  ntees,  $12® 
13.50  for  extra  uxess.  Ticreed  beef  at  $23M25  for  new 
India  moss, $30.'<iul  tor  new  extra  ludia mess,  und  $2leo 
23  for  new  prune  mess. 

Foil  I  try  uml  (luuir.- Live  poultry  Is  in  good  de¬ 
mand  and  firm  ut  our  quotations.  We  quote  spring 
chickens,  pair.  7ftO»Si>4U.8f>:  fowls,  V  Tt.,  lllM20c.,  West¬ 
ern  ami  New  .Jersey  quoting  alike.;  turkeys,  l3@21o.; 
ducks,  9()c.M$l  lor  New  Jersey  ;  young  do.,  $1.116641.26; 
Western,  ri)(ii0(Kl.;  goose,  N.  J.,  $2,61)342.76;  Western, 
$1.15691,60,  Game  Is  not,  In  large  fltock.  Woodcock 
have  appeared,  and  are  quotable  at  7569350.  B  pair, 
hjtall-feu  pigeons,  $2®2.2o  ,H  dozen,  The  watering 
places  use  up  a  large  quantity  of  game  tluit  used  to 
coma  to  the  .New  Y'ork  maruet. 

Seeda.— Clover  sold  at  9c.,  timothy  at  $4.25@4.50  ; 
rough  flax,  $2.10692.50. 

Tobacco.— Shipplug  demand  is  liberal  for  West¬ 
ern  leaf,  and  sloudy  prices  rule. 

QUOTATIONS— NEW  CROP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 


JLteniiH  and  Fens.  —Exports  of  hemis  past  week. 
450  bbls,,  of  peas,  SMI  hush.  The  bean  market  has 
turned  In  seller’s  fuvorand  prices,  it  is  thought,  can 
be  susi nine, I  while  receipts  continue  moderate.  The 
invoice  of  French  Block  noticed  recently  is  offered  at 
$2.50  in  bags.  Peas  of  all  kinds  are  very  quiet ;  South¬ 
ern  B.  Jfi.  are  out  Of  stock. 

We  quote  prime  tnedlitmn,  :2.(2);  other,  $2.20® 
2.50;  prune  nmvrnwfuts,  $2.00;  other,  $2.30 64  2.60 , 
prime  kidneys, $2.05., .3.70:  prime  pea  beans, $2.7(J®2.MU ; 
fair  do.,  <:.'.25;  red  kidney,  $4,OU6»4.20  for  good  uud 
prime;  wltlt.-  UL.lni-y,  $2.26(^3.70;  Canada  neus,  in 
bbls.,  free,  $1.10®  1.15 ;  Canada  peas  in  bulk,  uOwJtoe. ; 
green  peas,  bush.,  range,  $  1.2.5m  1.50. 

Ueeswux,- We  have  a  larger  supply  than  can  bo 
placed  at  the  moment,  and  prices  rule  weak,  sales 
of  Western  ut  33c.  and  Suiitnern  at  84®31Hc. 

Broom  Corn.  The  market  Is  stronger,  in  sym¬ 
pathy  with  (be  better  prices  ruling  for  brooms.  Sales 
at  7@7hjc.  for  hurl,  5>j(.vfl>Vc.  for  green,  4(a)6c.  for  red, 
3@4o.  for  Old. 

Butter.— The  market  is  extremely  dull  for  butter, 
and  although  Western  is  quoted  easier,  it  seems  im¬ 
possible  to  add  anything  to  the  actual  moderate 
wants  of  summer.  We  expect  a  lull  in  trade  at  this 
season,  but  tint  retirement  of  buyers  is  rather  more 
sudden  than  usual.  There  is  nothing  to  remark  in 
reference  to  State  butter;  as  before,  very  choice  par¬ 
cels  are  held  for  special  trade,  at  29®30u.  b  ur  West¬ 
ern  stock  holders  begin  to  cast  longing  glances  to¬ 
ward  foreign  shippers,  and  intimate  that  (hoy  will 
make  a  large  reduction  in  prices  if  exporters  will 
come  forward  and  help  to  lighten  the  stock.  State 
pastures  are  reported  in  good  order. 

We  quote  prime  State  (Irk  I  ns,  yellow,  286429c.;  do. 
half  tubs,  do.,  206929c. ;  do.  Welsh  tubs,  22®2Mc.  West¬ 
ern  ranges,  best.  206jl2lC.,  including  creamery;  other 
Western  tubs,  l.xivliu.  N.  It.  pulls,  25c<43(lcs.;  Fenntyi- 
vania  store  packed,  •'O.giiJc.  White  and  streaked  bat¬ 
ter.  12(ml6e. 

Cheese.  Frlces  hnvo  been  ruling  Jfo.  lower.  Tiiis 
co  ieesslon  wa  ncCesrury  in  nrdi;.  to  clear  the  mar¬ 
ket  of  the  lib  ral  rccttlpts.  The  li  navy  supplies  re¬ 
cently  sent  forward  to  the  other  side  llavr0  ettuspd  u 
decline  in  the  markets  pretty  generally  abroad,  and 
the  orders  eoiniug  forward,  although  advising  free 
purchases,  name  a.  trifle  easier  figures.  With  the  de¬ 
cline  acceded  to,  wo  have  had  a  very  active  market, 
with  tile  receipts  taken  about  oh  arrival.  The  better 
grades  of  Western  meet  with  more  attention. 

Wo  quote  :— Choice  Stabs  factory,  I2is'6vl'.’k'c.;  good, 
do.,  124012*0.:  fair,  do.,  lFiOUFc.;  dairies,  10j.;®I2c.: 
Skimmed,  .Vmdc,  for  full,  aud Dwluc.  for  partly ;  West¬ 
ern  factory  quoted  at  SJidjURe. 

“Cotton. -The  reports  from  the  South  have  boeu 
adverse  to  stroug  markets,  and  there  have  been  gen¬ 
erally  quite  free  sellers  of  contracts  ut  lower  ligures, 
July  closing  ut  Jpi-Kc.;  August,  19*c.;  September, 
18Xc.;  October,  17%c.  We  quote : 


jxorui  lourflehi,  (25,  1)  '.  (.lid  l-’im  Held.  250,  17 3]' 

rial  L'reew.W,  12 *'(*.{  Herkinior (’o. (.‘onlTOl,  109,  I' 

J.  D.  Ives,  1(10, 1 mv..\  Klock  &  Nollls,  90.  12*<’.;  Mull 
helm  (Vntcr,  350,  L!'ie.;  Mlinhclm  TnrttpiUe,  .si>,  I 
Middlovtlli-,2113, 131.1'.;  Mother  Creek,  Hh,  t'.’e  ;  Ne  w¬ 
port,  131, r.’Sc.;  Newport  11111,6(1,  Newylile  As- 

soomlioti,  ;W,  rtq  ,!.;  Norway  Assueiatlon.  I.,(  ,  I -few.; 
Old  Stone  Chitr<  li,  140,  12*c.  ;  I’aiuo’s  Hellow,  [0, 
I2'ie,;  Krtthbunvllie.  13U,  121  ,e..  Heel,  12s,  I"  e..  Old 
Salislmry,  180,  I2*e.:  Slioll’s  Bush,  91.  1 2 s, » • ;  Slato 
11111,210.12'  Hn.nll  *  Bash,  103,  If  •(«•-:  Smith  Mum- 

iifue.turhig  Co., 80,  190.;  vv.  S.  smilll,  50,  12e.;  Smith 
Greek,  Wi,  12«o.;  Snell’*  Busli.m  I2  ..m.;  Strntt  ;ni  ^ 
Salisbury,  1<H>,  I’JKe.;  Turner  &  Weleli,70, 12*00  "  hi  to 
Creek,  l:i Vc.t  Wlhnnrth, 50,  lie 

Butter  tiiis  week,  was  m  light  delivery,  and  sales 
wore  made  at  2741300 •  tor  home  use. 

The  copious  ruins  last  week  have  improved  pas¬ 
tures,  and  cows  are.  gaining  in  the  yield  of  milk. 


Fresh  Fruits. --Thu  variety  Is  lunge,  still  includ¬ 
ing  Southern  und  Western  cuiilrihuttons.  The  mark¬ 
et  i»  working  very  unsettled  this  season;  SO  much 
sin  If  arrives  too  late  to  meet,  the  grocery  trade  in  the 
uioraing,  and  the  unsold  stock  hits  to  be  run  out  at 
Irregular  prices.  Tills  has  been  particularly  the  rase 
with  Itucheslcr  Cherries  during  the  week,  when  they 
were  very  ubumhiut.  We  quote  Cherries,  fancy,  |2(«i 
lie.;  fair,  3(}tlflc.;  poor,  OMSu.  C’urrunts,  0647  c.  for  com¬ 
mon  and  11(4,1  lie.  for  large.  Raspberries,  Ifi(gil7c.  for 
third-quart  Antwerp*  uml  lOcwtAe.  for  quarts  Black 
Cups.  Lawton  Blackberries,  isi.i.giir,;  common  do.,  H 
Op  li)o.  Green  ( loose  berries,  $:j.50m3.75  X  hlisll.  Wliortle- 
liorrles,  $.']!.])(!  V  bush.  Small  N.  C.  pouches, 82695  V 
box  ;  some  Norfoiks  liavi- S' ‘ldut  $3 average.  AugtiH- 
tu  watermelons,  MUo'iMI  A  II W:  Fh  irlilu,  SIMSiriO.  Pcu- 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

New  York.  July  12,  1873. 

Beeves.— The  sales  in  horned  cattle  last  Wednes¬ 
day  were  small,  lint  trade  was  lair,  prices  ranging  ut 
•,K«>'12c.  F  1b.,  weights  5'X(,.;7I4  ewt.,  general  sales  on  57 
Jbs.  to  tin*  ewt.  net.  Thursday,  prices  omillnued  firm 
and  trade  fair  nr  above  rules  find  choice  steers  tit 
Yl'/iC.',  ewt.  Friday,  good  cattle  fell  off  VC.  4* 

a.  Trudivwas slow, ami  thore  was  no  demand  for 
poor  steers,  a  few  head  id’  which  Mold  uts  ),e.  Special 
sales  were ;  Texan  steers,  uvet'ace  weight  owl.  s< 
head, 8c.  a>.;  <1«.  7  ewt.:  lH*c.;  Cherokee. 6 cwl,.,  llle.; 

II  j  mills,  common  to  pu  id,  liUbts-,'  owl.,  116<t'Uf  e.;  L 1 
lucky,  TV  ewt.,  12c.;  Missouri,  eon r»0  uuu  Kit,  iw.8Ji 
ewt.,  HK5SI3C.;  Indiana,  7  ewt.,  IK-JlMc. 

01  i loh  l  ows.  -These  animals  sold  fairly  'in  Wed¬ 
nesday.  prions  ranging  at  $106v55  f  head.  Thosn  rules 
remained  ou  Thursday  and  Friday,  when  the  mark¬ 
ets  closed  fair. 

Vcnls.  -There  is  a  largo  trade  hi  veals,  but  as  the 
quality  of  several  of  the  lota  to  hand  is  coarse  mid 
poor,  prices  have  fallen  lor  such  like.  Wednesday, 
.mu until  quality  vaals  Sold  at.  Wr'.l'.e.;  grass  calves 
not,  quoted.  Thursday,  ikatic.:  grass  calves,  liw.ao. 
Them  rates  wereofitahmd  on  Friday  also,  when  trade 
was  not,  quite  so  good  as  on  tile  previous  forenoon. 
SpuCial  sales :  Stale  veals,  average  weight  135  ti.s  F 
luvud,  85ic.  B  fl>.;  I'ciinsylVtidla.  135  tbs..  So.;  do.  200 
lbs.,  He.;  grass  calves,  weight  200  ms,,  5c. 

sliced  «  nd  Lambs.— Trade  in  sheep  and  lambs 
has  been  fall-  the  past,  week.  Wednesday,  slieop  sold 
aUUi./'A'.e.;  lums,  7®llc,;  Thnrsduy.  dicep,  iU.ojiU'..; 
lamlis.  7'0'l'..”«e.,  Friday,  sle  ep,  a^CttiVc,;  l  imbs,  lOa, 
ut.  12c.  Special  Hides  were;  Ohio  sheep,  average  weight 
88  lbs.  V  head,  5Ye..  V  tin.  85  lh«„  f!iv.  State.  96  #.s„ 
CO.;  Kv.  Iambi,  W  »«.,  7e.;  SMd.e  lutnlis,  15  lbs,.  9c.; 
do.  59 1<;  lbs.,  UHlki  Jeraoy  do.,  67  lbs.,  Khllq.J  (III.. C0  lbs., 
12c. 


7Ke.  Trade  closed  firm. 

Horse  Market.  -  There  has  been  almost  a  dead 
lock  In  tho  city  irndo  in  horses ;  even  those  offered 
for  sale  at  aeetlon  has  to  bo  bought  in.  Quotations 
Iihvo  been  merely  nominal.  I  horse  arrived  per  Frio 
Railway,  via  Oak  Cliff  Station  ;  178  per  Central  New 
Jersey,  via  Liberty  street  ferry. 


Monday’s  Sole*.  Boeven.— Trade  was  easier 
i  him  no  Monday  last,  which  was  due  to  tho  fuel  that 
the  quality  was  better.  Prices,  10J<;®13J4c.,  0|!f(!i'8M 
ewt. 

Mileli  fhiwx.— Only  a  very  few  wore  sold;  prices, 
$35®87  V  head. 

Veals. -Trade  opened  slow;  prices,  7X648HC. 

Sheep  und  Lamb*.—1 ’There  was  a  brisk  trade,  but 
to  uiToct  siteb  the  lots  Imd  to  be  small  and  selected ; 
prices,  ivasil^c.  for  sheep,  for  lambs. 

Ilog*.— Thore  were  no  live  hogs  for  sale,  and  clty- 
drossed  were  not  quoted. 

RECEIPTS  OP  LIVE  STOCK. 


Forty- Eighth  St.. 


Cow*. 

Clll  VIM, 

...8,800 

7 

ais 

...  ouo 

41 

1,319 

. .  00 

00 

784 

..4,500 

00 

0(1 

..1,370 

00 

00 

.  9,730 

48 

2,881 

. .  9,322 

82 

2,959 

J . 7  69  7RO.  ,  o. 

Good  do.  ...  ?iV®  8'qc.  7^60  8)ic. 

Common  to  medium  leaf.  9j$®  9)ic.  9  60  i()>ac. 

Good  ao.  ..10  ®  lOVie,  11  ®  12 

Fino  do.  ..11  @  12  e.  12V64  13  c. 

Seleotlons.. . 12X64  13  c.  13>6<£4  15 

SEEDLEAF  CROP  OP  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  ft  llors . 11  (.All  c. 

seconds . . . 12  on  25  e. 

wrappers . til  et  53  c. 

selections . lilt  («>  70  e. 

New  York  tillers. .  .  10  69  11  q. 

wrappers . 18  64  35  e. 

ussorted  lots . II  ou  14  c. 

Pennsylvania  tillers . 12  6j>  It  c. 

wrappers . . 22  (.«  0(1  e. 

assorted  lots . IS  @  25  c. 

Ohio  fillers . it  (To  S  o, 

wrappers......... . '..18  64  35  e. 

assorted  lots.  . .  . . . 9)46(9  12  c. 

Wisconsin  ussorted  lots .  8  im  9  c. 

Vegetable*.  Stuff  from  near  points  has  started 
up  favorably  since  the  recent  acceptable  rains,  and 
buyers  are  enabled  to  supply  themselves  with  loss 
trouble.  Cuciimhors  are  not  wanted ;  there  Is  enough 
cholera  talk  to  spoil  their  salu.  Tomatoes  active  at 
$1..j0®2.25  for  Nor folk.$l.fi0to  1.75  for  Charleston.  Rus¬ 
sia  turnips,  $2.50643  V  bbl.  New  Jersey  cabbage,  $664 
8  (3  100.  Virginia  unions,  $(k<47.5U  F  bbl. 

Whisky— 1b  quiet  at  93@93>4c. 

Wool.  -The  market  has  been  quiet  but  not  quot- 
ably  uhauged,  as  supplies  of  desirable  tlccces  are 
moderate. 

We  quote  New  York,  Michigan  and  Wisconsin 
fleeces  at  48c.  for  XX.  436444c.  for  X,  416443c.  for  No.  1. 
Ohio  and  Penn,  fleeces,  50c.  for  XX,  48c.  for  X,  46c.  for 


COMPARATIVE  HATES. 

Lust.  week. 
Cents. 

Good  Steers  r6*  18 . 12V  64  13V 

Fair . 11V  6(  12 

Poor . . . lo  4“  II 

Poorest . .  8  @  9V 

Gen.  selling  rates . 103f  64  UK 


Tills  week. 

Canto. 

12  F  (,»  15V 

11 V  69  12 

10  64  11 

8  64  9V 

11  64  12 


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Ho.  Ulstyusus  of  DoinestiO  Animals.... .  1  00 

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Amerlcim  Bird  Fancier . . .  30 

Aiiierus.in  Poaiolngv  (200  Illustrations)  Warder..  3  00 

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Farm  Implements  and  Machinery  (J.J.  Thomas)  1  50 

Field's  I 'car  Culture .  1  25 

Fishing  In  American  Waters  (Scott) . . .  3  50 

Flint  oil  Grasses  . . .  2  50 

Do.  Milch  I'nws  am]  Dairy  Farming .  2  50 

Forest  Trees  (Bryant! .  1  50 

Frank  Forrester's  Field  Hports  (2  vol*.) .  li  00 

Do.  Fish  and  Fishing  GOO  engravings)  . .  5  QO 

Do.  Manual  tor  Young  Sportsmen  . . 8  00 

Fuller’s  Illustrated  Strawberry  Culturist .  20 

Do.  Forest  Tree  Culturist .  I  50 

Do.  Small  Fruits  (llhlstratad) .  1  50 

Fulton’*  Peach  Culture.  A  Hand-Book  and 

Guide  to  Bvet  I  50 

Gardening  for  Profit  (P.  Henderson) .  i  50 

Gardening  for  the  South  (White’s) .  2  00 

Grape  Culturist  (A.  S.  Fuller) .  1  60 

t. ray's  Manual  of  Botany  and  Lessons . .  3  IX) 

Do.  HCbOld  affd  Field  Book  of  Botany  . .  2  511 

Do  IIoW  Plants  Grow  (000  illustrations) .  112 

Do.  tnlroduOtlnu  to  Structural  and  Systematic 
itotanv  and  Vegetal) I u  Physiology  |l,.!08  Bins.).  3  50 

Gneuon  nn  Milch  Cows .  7ft 

cun.  in  Id  and  Saddle  .  i  uti 

Harney’s  Barns,  Outbuildings  and  Fences . 10  00 

Harris  on  Insects . .  . .  4  IX) 

lln.  on  the  Pig  Breeding,  Management,  Ac .  I  30 

Hatfield's  American  House.  Carpenter  ......... ..  3  50 

Hints  to  Horse  Keepers  i  Herbert’s).. . . .  I  75 

High  Farming  without  Msuiire . . .  35 

Holly’s  Art  of  Saw- Filing .  78 

Holly's  Carpenter's  Hand  Book  (now) .  7!> 

Hooper’s  Dog  ami  Gun .  30 

lloopes*  Book  of  Evergreens . 3  (X) 

Hop  Culture .  to 

How  Crops  Feed . .  2  00 

How  Crops  Grow  .  2  00 

Hunter  and  Trapper .  1  00 

Husmann's  Grapes  und  Wine . . . .  1  60 

Indian  Corn  ;  Its  Value,  Culture  ana  Uses .  1  GO 

Jennings  on  Cattle  and  their  Diseases .  1  75 

Do.  Uorse and  ills  Diseases.... .  .  1  76 

Do.  Morse  Training  Made  Easy . .  I  26 

Do.  Sheep,  Swine  uml  Poultry  .  175 

Johnston's  Agricultural  Chemistry . . .  1  75 

Do.  Elements  Agricultural  Chemistry .  1  GO 

Kemp's  Landscape  Gardening . .  2  50 

Lungslroth  on  the  Hive  and  Honey  Bee .  2  (X) 

Lewis’  American  nportsiumi .  2  75 

Lightning  Rods,  und  How  to  Construct  Them, 

Joy  John  Phtn .  26, 

Manual  on  Max  ami  Hemp  Culture .  26, 

Manual  ot  Tobacco  Culture . . . .  %> 

Mason's  Farrier  and  Stud  Book .  1  'jj 

Muyliew'n  llluslritfcd  Horse  Management .  X  iX) 

Do.  Illustrated  Horse  Doctor .  i  ijfl 

Mechanic’s  Cam  nankin  (Nicholson) .  3  IX) 

.Mechanics  tor  Mill  wrlglus.  Machinists  atul  others  1  50 

Miles  on  Horse’s  Foot  lidoth) .  .  76 

Modern  Cookery  iky  Miss  Acton  and  Mrs.  8.  J. 

Httlftl .  175 

McClure's  Diseased  of  Horse.  Catth  and  Bheep.  2  U0 

Money  in  the  Garden,  by  P.  T.  Quinn .  I  50 

Norris’  Fish  Culture .  .  1  75 

Norton  s  Elements  riclenl.nlc  Agriculture .  75 

Onion  Culture . 20 

Our  Farm  of  Four  Aures  .  30 

Pardee  on  Htrawherry  Culture .  76 

Parsons  on  the  Rose  ..  .  .  1  25 

Pear  Culture  for  Profit  (P.  T.  Quinn) .  1  00 

Pedder’s  Land  MeaeuVu  . 80 

Practical  and  Scientific  Fruit  Culture  (Balter)...  4  00 

Practical  Floriculture  (P.  Henderaou) .  1  50 

Practical  Poultry  Keeper  (I Wright) .  2  1)0 

Practical  Shepherd  (Randall) .  2  00 

Quitthy’s  Mysteries  ot  Bee  Keeping . 1  50 

Quincy  on  Soiling  Cattle .  1  25 

Randall's  Fine  Wool  Shoot)  Husbandry .  1  (X) 

Do.  Sheep  Husbandry  in  the  South.. .  .  1  50 

Richardson  on  the  Dog . 30 

Saunders  Domestic  Poultry . to 

Schenek’s  G.irUnners'  Text-Book .  75 

Scribner's  Produce  Tables .  . .  .  U0 

Do.  Ready  Reckoner  a  nd  Log  Book .  30 

8imuson  s  Horse  Portraiture— Breeding,  Bear¬ 
ing  and  Training  Trotters . 2  80 

Six  Hundred  Recipes..., .  ;  75 

Skeleton  I.eaveH . 3  uo 

skillful  Housewife. . . . . 74 

Slack's  Trout  Culture  (new) .  150 

Stewart’s  (John/ Stable  Book  ...  .  I  50 

Tegetmeier's  Poultry  Hook  (colored  plates) .  9  00 

ToguliiieierV  Pigeon  Book  luoiored  vilutesj .  5  00 

Ten  Aoreo  Enough... . . . .  1  U) 

The  Boston  Machinist  (Fitzgerald). .  75 


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It.  i*  ino*t  reiinti’kiihlo  that  the  uow  and  very 
simple  invention  for  the  cure  of  Rupture  now  so  ex¬ 
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Elastic  Truss  without  metul  springs  retains  the  Rup¬ 
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The  Bouton  Machinist  (Fitzgerald). .  76 

The  Dog  I  by  Dink*,  Mayliow  and  Hutchinson)..  3  0(1 

The  Dog  (new),...  . .  2  50 

The  Horse  tSlanchengel.  8vo.,  1122  pp .  3  5lj 

The  Mule  I  Riley)-  A  Treatise  oil  the  Breeding, 
Training  110,1  uses  to  winch  tie  may  be  put...  1  a) 

The  People’s  Practical  Poultry  Book .  1  50 

Thomas’  Aru.  Fruit  (  ulturlst  ((fill  Illustrations).  3  (XJ 

Traoner's  Guide  (Nowlioitse) . . .  2  IX) 

Trout  Culture  (Both  Green) . .  1  go 

Trowbridge's  (Mrs.  Laura)  JSxucUtor  Cook  Book 

and  Housekeeper's  Aid . . .  1  25 

Warder's  Hodge*  and  Evergreens .  I  ,50 

Wuring's  Elements  ot  Agriculture .  1  uo 

Watson's  American  Home  Garden .  2  00 

Wax  Flowers, and  How  to  Make  Them... .  2  UO 

Western  Fruit  Growers'  Guide  (Klltott) .  I  50 

Wheeler's  Homes  for  Hie  People .  3  90 

Do.  Rural  Homes .  2  00 

Window  Gardening  (H.  T.  Williams) . .  1  50 

Woodruff’ll  Trotting  Horse  of  A  merlea .  2  25 

Woodward’s  Graperies  aud  Uorl’l  Buildings ....  :  "U 

Do.  Country  Homes. . . . .  1  50 

Do.  Cottages  and  Farm  Houses .  1  50 

Do.  Suburbqn  and  CoUDtry  Houses .  1  50 

Youatt  and  Spooner  on  the  Horse .  1  50 

Youatt  and  Martin  on  Cattle . .  1  50 

Youatt  and  Martin  on  the  Hog . . . .  1  00 

Youatt  on  Sheep .  .  100 

Youmau’s  Uaud-Book  0/  Household  Science.. ..  1  75 

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This  ycrttUger  la  com  posed  of  the  gases,  Ac.,  of  coal 
of  all  sorts,  having  carbon,  with  cokes,  combined  nr 
otherwise.  1  claim  the  process  of  extracting  from 
any  kind  of  txial  or  coke,  gases.  Ac.,  bv  the  use  of 
heat  or  calcination,  atid  grinding  and  placing  tbe 
coal  in  water,  where  tho  gases  will  escape  and  be 
held  with  the  oxygen  of  the  water.  The  coket  arc 
used  without  calcination.  Vh|*  lu/ont  ts  spread  over 
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root  in  the  soli.  )  also  sow  the  ground  coal  and  coke, 
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of  the  above  coals,  &e„  arid  nrodncls,  with  or  with¬ 
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ing  or  cooking  with  other  vegetable,  natter,  grain, 
meal,  &c.,for  feeding  or  fattening  poultry  or  animals. 

I  also  claim  the  above  coal,  liquids,  4c,,  as  preserva¬ 
tives,  from  atmosphere  ami  weather,  of  all  moats  and 
eatable*,  tmd  the  packing  of  them,  u*  well  as  fruits 
of  all  sort.*,  null  the  Immersion  of  eggs  in  the  liquid 
carbon  to  given  now  shell,  I  claim  that  hue#,  pork 
and  meats,  dressed  in  quarters,  and  all  other  animals, 
fish,  poultry.  4o. ,  may  be  preserved  fresh  for  trans¬ 
portation  on  railroads,  vessels  or  otherwise,  by  Im¬ 
mersion  of  them  Itu  my  coal  water,  or  coke  water,  or 
both,  for  six  days,  more  or  less,  and  hung  up  In  rooms 
or  eompfH'tTrc  ot*.  the  four  rides  made  fflo'ee  Incllc- 
thick,  packed  with  ground  coke  or  Gotti,  with  small 
opening  on  the  inside,  Covered  with  tine  wire  Cloth, 
to  admit  the  curium  and  gases  Into  the  compartment. 
Also  of  pans  about  a  foot  deep  or  over,  metal  or  oth¬ 
erwise, With  perforated  covers,  holding  prepared  coal 
or  cokes,  &c,,  with  water  or  fluid*  from  two  to  three 
Inches  deep,  affording  carRm,  Ac.,  to  compartment; 
these,  also,  are  used  in  smaller  establishments,  in 
like  manner.  -I  any  size,  with  false,  strong  wlrc-i  loth 
floor  or  shelves  inside,  for  aucb  preserving  utensil, 
which  limy  be  placed  In  enmpartmonts,  on  Hoots  or 
shelves,  In  any  structure,  on  land  or  on  water;  tho 
bottom  ban  may  contain  let*.  1  claim  tjtn  use  or  my 
coal  ami  coke  alkali  for  preserving  meats,  eatables, 
ham*,  bacon,  beef,  sea-food,  4c.,  as  a  pickle,  to  keep 
the  articles  for  a  longtime,  on  lo  ig  voyages,  perfect¬ 
ly  sweet,  Tbe  carbon  pickle  is  made  with  about  six 
lbs.  (d  coal  or  Coke,  two  lbs.  > 'f  brown  Migur,  two  lbs. 
suit,  ten  gallons  ol  wa„er,  stand  two  daysi  to  receive 
all  kinds  of  meat— hams,  beef,  pork,  bacon,  sea-food, 
4c.— ror  sun  iking,  drying  and  preserving,  after  re¬ 
maining  'n  pickle  ten  nr  fifteen  day*,  ns  required. 
The  same  kind  of  pickle,  except  Mint  the  sugar  is 
white,  I  use,  about  all  inch  dee),,  oil  butler,  lard, 
Ac.,  in  packages,  to  keep  the  whole  sweui  fur  ship¬ 
ment,  transportation,  Ac.  Also  In  the  manufacture 
of  refrigerators  nml  tire  sales,  Lie  using  of  prepared 
coal,  cokeai&c. ;  and  the  use  of  ovens  nod  cylinders 
fur  halting  and  roasting  coal,  somewhat  similar  to  c  if. 
fee  rooster*.  1  claim  coal  and  cokes  and  the  alkalies, 
as  above,  ur- a  base  for  commercial  and  utnnufuot  uilng 
purposes,  etc.,  etc.  1  claim  us  one  property  ot  it,  the 
reducin';  of  all  soft  metal*  in  coni  hi  nation  and  solu¬ 
tion  witTi  it.  In  wont  iJ.tacf  uring  and  improenty  goods 
and  liber*  of  every  description.  Including  soaps,  tan¬ 
ning  filar*  ami  curing  ikiue, and  improving  arid  mak¬ 
ing  water-light  all  kinds  of  leather,  and  for  browing, 
coloring,  shading  and  dyeing  the  above,  or  any  other 
material,  or  other  of  tlienj,  and  for  giving  lusturTo 
all  painted  or  varnished  surfaces. 

1  have  for  snmu  time  past  manufactured,  used  and 
disposed  of  the  products  of  all  the  varieties  ,,f  cal¬ 
cined  coat*  anti  coko*  above  named,  in  both  liquid 
and  dry  condition*.  a  cleanser  and  I, lonelier  of  all 
oleaginous  and  fatly  matter,  puma.  Ac.,  from  wool, 
turn  tixul  every  other  fiber,  and  reatoriog  plained  cot- 
tun  and  Btalued  goods,  threads,  twines,  cordage.  Ac., 
cleaning  all  Olotlis,  uU'l  preparing  and  cleansing  all 
cloth*  for  tcepJvmg  dyes;  also  lor  ramovlng  barks, 
Ac.,  from  bump.  flax-.  Ac.,  In  the  stalk  ;  und  ul*o  for 
making  all  paper  stronger,  whiter  and  without,  odor, 
and  in  the  manufacture  of  parchment ;  also  for  de¬ 
odorizing  rubber,  gnttii  porefm  and  eii  g ume .  and  for 
Improving  all  gluse  material  and  gloves,  and  color¬ 
ing  anil  etroriglUeuiug  the  same  ;  also  for  improving 
metals,  cast  or  wrought,  or  manufactured  Into  any 
article,  and  nil  bright  and  polished  surfaces -t.ele- 


and  u  fn  m 'lent*,  engine*,  boiler*.  Ac.,  by  el  "Mug  and 
entiling  tile  surface*  with  Mils  alwulm.  lv  indestruct¬ 
ible  compound,  preventing  rust,  and  oxidation;  also 
for  converting  iron,  through  this  Inexpensive  pro¬ 
cess,  into  steel.  I  claim  the  heating  or  calcining  of 
Iron  and  all  other  ore*  and  tiielul*.  und  conlinp  them 
tn  tho  alkali  before  smelting  (lie  ores,  and  also  all 
railroad  and  all  other  Irons  nml  metals,  and  oast  Iron; 
also  the  immerMuu  of  ores  and  coal  in  the  buhl,  with¬ 
out  heating,  for  one  or  two  titty.4  And  the  using  the 
prepared  or  calcined:  Cool,  ami  the  immersion  ot  it  in 
water,  as  fuel  and  (lux;  and  also  ground  coke  and 
coal,  ot  cither,  with  or  without  bn  king,  saturated  vviih 
petroleum,  lor  heal  In  burniuu  bricks,  nutting  steam, 
and  all  other  purposes,  making  no  spark*  or  smoke. 
Leather,  as  now  made,  requires  nhnut  *ix  days  In  the 
nlkalics  to  remove  nil  the  dead  matter  nml  stench; 
when  the  liquid  is  changed,  It,  requires  about  six  days 
more  to  cure  the  liber  and  make  merotuujtahlp,  water¬ 
proof  leather  of  all  aorta.  1  require  thirty  days,  or 
less,  to  manufacture  hides  and  akin*  of  nil  klnda  into 
superior  leather,  including  glove  leather,  parchment, 
Ac.  I  have  made  scud  skin  leather  in  twelve,  days, 
soft  and  wutcr-proof.  The  shun  unit  I  mol  makers  ate 
anxious  to  get  good  leather,  made  by  my  process,  for 
custom  work,  Tho  cost,  of  the  material  for  making 
leather— sole,  upper,  calf ,  Ac.— Is  20  cents  for  about 
one  hundred  pounds  of  loulher:  factories  may  be 
made  in  warehouses,  with  tight  flour*  and  drainage. 
1  have  made  of  common  wire,  hycnting  with  carbon 
and  zinc,  ft  steel  sprint.  The  saute  results  may  be  had 
with  K.  it.  iruu.  Ac.  ft  draws  the  saps  and  dunes  the 
surfaeesof  all  tint-shed  woods,  carpentry,  timber.  Ac., 
and  tiie  enrlchlugnmt  staining  of  any  of  such  woods ; 
also  hardening,  smoothing,  nmrblelziitg  all  plastered 
walls, through  combination,  with  or  without  coloring 
matter ;  cl, , arising  and  improving  all  stone  and  brick 
surfaces,  by  combining,  aliir.g  and  making  smooth 
and  Indestructible  aurfaces,  thus  protecting  them 
from  the  weather;  and  l'or  applying  the  above,  pro¬ 
cess  to  nil  works  In  marble  and  stone,  such  n*  sculp¬ 
ture.  Ac.,  and  romuvtng  stains  from  painted  iron,  etc. 
1  also  claim  tho  above  compound  ns  an  nut  1. friction 
agent  or  coating  ror  gunnery.  1  also  claim  tin-  cinq- 
sing  and  clarifying  of  all  oils,  varnishes,  etc.,  etc.,  tty 
the  n sc  of  tills  coal  and  water  compound.  J  claim, 
also,  the  distilling  und  using  my  compound  of  gases 
In  fluids,  In  tbe  manufacturing  and  perfecting  illumi¬ 
nating  and  warming  gases.  1  also  claim  the  use  of 
my  gn*  fluids  for  creatlug  more  vitality  and  better 
gas,  by  the  introduction  of  them,  distilled  or  not, 
Into  tho  heat  or  retort,  in  course  of  manufacture  of 
gun,  by  means  of  sprinkling,  lets,  or  in  vapor,  steam, 
or  otherwise :  and  al.-ti  Lbe  Immersion  or  cosil  into 
my  gas  fluids,  before  it  is  placed  into  the  re¬ 
torts,  addin*  quality  nnd  quantity  lo  the  gas.  and 
not  requiring  so  much  heat  as  will  destroy  the 
gas  in  making ;  anti  that,  by  my  process  of  making  or 
improving  gas,  less  material  will  be  required,  l  also 
claim  improvement  In  the  manufacture  of  Illumi¬ 
nating  and  warming  gas,  by  Cleansing  and  deodoriz¬ 
ing  the  same,  and  aflordmg  gmatcr  lllnmtnatiUKand 
heating  power,  by  passing  the  said  gases  through 
this  coal  and  water  compound ;  and  also  that  this 
compound  is  a  uidvcrsal  disinfectant. 

As  to  the  fertilizing  properties  of  the  cokes  or 
coals,  above  refeTTed  to,  it  would  be  a  simple  way  of 
testing  their  immense  value,  by  using  or  spreading 
on  an  acre  of  common  laud  about  two  tons  or  less  ot 
ground  cokes,  or  one  ton  or  loss  of  the  prepared  coal, 
or  about  two  tons  or  less  of  the  prepared  fine  coal, 
with  deep  plowing,  for  producing  u  large  crop  of  im¬ 
proved  tobacco,  hemp,  flax,  or  any  other  staple  or 
crop  for  two  or  three  years;  or  it  may  be  spread  In 
liquid  form  (in  quantities  of  50  lbs.  to  the  barret, 
which  can  be  refilled  four  or  five  times  and  retain  its 
properties,)  with  a  street  sprinkling  apparatus,  once 
or  twice  a  week,  for  two  or  three  weeks,  for  the  pro¬ 
duction  of  two  crops  of  buy  annually. 

1  have  made  use  of  these  compounds  for  both  tnak- 


I  ing  and  fixing  dyes  for  goods,  etc.,  and  also  in  making 
cloths  and  all  substance*  Impervious  to  water,  and 
in  udding  luster,  pusifiiv/v.to  the  surface  of  all  cloths, 
by  sponging  or  otherwise;  also  for  glazing,  whiten¬ 
ing  or  coloring  nil  porcelains,  and  in  the  manufacture 
of  the  above  ware,  stone  ware,  pottery,  etc.,  etc. 

Tbe  soaps  made  by  this  compound  have  blenching 
qualities  that  strengthen  fiber  Instead  of  Injuring  it. 
and  great  healing  qualities  for  barber*  and  toilet  use : 
also  choice  preparations  of  “Crustal  t oat  wvh,t,” 
(trnde-mark  name,)  carefnllv  prepared  for  ladles' 
use..  Its  whitening  and  purifying  effects  upon  the 
skin  and  fine  toilet  properties  are  attainable  In  no 
other  way  but  through  Ini*  process. 

Parties  wishing  to  lease  or  sonirc  right*  for  env  or 
all  of  these  inventions,  or  form  companies  for  them, 
will  please  address  me  for  particular*.  I  claim  to  bo 
the  inventor  of  the  above,  under  the  Patent  Laws, 
and  I  have  made  successful  experiments  therewith. 

I  am  prepared  to  furnish  the  products  and  compounds 
of  coal  aud  water,  combined  with  zinc  or  any  other 
metallic  substance,  for  the  protection  of  ship’s  bot¬ 
toms,  and  all  metallic  and  other  surfaces. 

ALVA II  BEEBE, 

59  &  61  Liberty  St.,  New  York. 

The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 

GROUND  BONE, 

BONE  MEAL, 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Frcsli  Bone  Superphosphate  ol  Lime,  or 
Diasolvod  Bane.  Send  for  Circular. 

LISTER  BROS.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

KmpUmfttt#  nml  pnehimvm 


ELECTROS,  WOOD  CUTS,  ETC. 

As  we  have  frequent  urders  from  Publishers  and 
others  for  Electrotypes,  Wood  Outs,  Ac.,  we  have 
concluded  to  devote  special  attention  in  future  to 
the  furnishing  of  1  (lustrations—  particularly  Electros 
of  such  Engravings  as  have  appeared  tu  the  Rural 
New-Yorker,  of  the  latter  we  have  several  thou¬ 
sand,  a  large  proportion  of  them  flr-t-class,  including 
many  engraved  from  original  designs— and  as  the 
wood  cuts  are  uninjured  casts  from  them  will  give 
as  good  impressions  a*  now  engravings.  Our  stock 
of  cuts  Is  so  large  and  varied  that  we  can  supply 
Electrri*  on  almost  any  subject  desired,  and  at  prices 
which  will  make  It  an  object,  for  those  wishing  Il¬ 
lustrations  for  Newspapers,  Magazine*,  Catalogues, 
Show-Bills,  Ac.,  Ac.,  to  send  us  their  orders  Those 
bavin*  back  numbers  or  volumes  of  the  Urn  At.  can 
select  therefrom— and  to  others  we  can  send  proofs 
or  papers  for  examination.  If  we  do  not  always  hap¬ 
pen  to  have  what  is  wanted,  wo  can  probably  procure 
or  engrave  the  same  without  delay,  us  we  have  a 
competent  corps  of  artist*. 

For  years  past  we  have  supplied  Electros,  Ac.,  to 
our  friend*  of  the  Press,  Nurserymen,  Florists  nnd 
others.  In  various  parts  of  the  country,  and  our  stock 
and  facilities  are  now  such  that  we  think  the  estab¬ 
lishment  of  a  BUREAU  of  Ii.f.tisi  i cations  hi  con¬ 
nection  with  tho  Rural  New-Yorker  will  prove 
advantageous  to  many  parties  Interested.  In  addi¬ 
tion  to  supplying  Electros,  Ac.,  we  are  prepared  to 
do  Wood  Engraving  promptly  und  In  good  style,  and 
will  also  attend  to  orders  for  lithographic  work,  steel 
and  copperplate  engraving,  etc.  Address  all  orders, 
inquiries,  etc.,  to  this  Office. 

Perfect  Locomotive  for  $2.50. 


Manufactured  by  1).  II.  WHITTEMOltK,  Worcester, 
Mas*.  Sold  by  Dealer*. 

In  nothin*  lut*  there  been  Such  nstonlshiug  per¬ 
fection  attained  as  in  the  manufacture  of  those  ma¬ 
chines  that  by  four  turn*  of  the  crank  the  apple  ts 
pared,  cored  and  sliced,  ready  for  thu  pie  crust  nr  the 
Stew  pan."  Hock  lxlau*t  A  ryan.  “  The  very  best,  ma¬ 
chine  lor  tipple  ctirer*  l  ever  saw."  Horace  (Ireeleu. 
The  Peach  Stoner  and  Halvc.r  works  splendidly  on 
‘  cling  stone'1  aud  all  kinds  of  peaebe*.  Take*’ but 
one  blow  of  the  band  to  a  peach.  All  kind*  of  the 
machines  represented  In  the  cut  are  warranted  satis¬ 
factory. 

Write  for  a  Price.  J.i-t  1..  J.  II.  JOHNSTON, 

^^MITHriQDSr  PITTSBURGH 

Breech-Loading  Shot  Guns,  $40  to  .fiou.  Double  Shot 
Guos,  ffto  2 150.  Single  Gnus,  f.t  to  $20.  Rifles  Rs  to  $75. 
Revolvers,  $6  to  $2Ji,  Pistols,  $1  to  fet.  Gun  Material, 
Fishing  Taclth-,  A >*-  Lii ryi. elixcuitntj*  foot. oh  rn  m  ri  nbs. 
Army  Guns,  Revolvers,  etc.,  ho’tor  traded  lor.  Goods 
by  express,  C.  O.  n.,  to  be  examined  before  paid  fur. 


“THE  XjATEST  TOY.” 

Ryder’s  New  Parlor  Locomotive. 

BUNS  BY  STEAM , 

And  Is  perfectly  froe  from  danger. 

IT  rf.QUIUKS  NO  TRACK.  It  will  run  inn  straight 
lino  or  circle  around  the  largest  room  a,  or  on  the 
smallest  tables.  Nothing  so  Interesting  hit*  ever 
before  been  introduced.  It  I*  only  eight  inches  In 
length,  and  weighs  but  twelve  ounces.  Ifiuch  in  a 
nice  box.  It  will  run  from  thirty  to  forty  minutes, 
Alcohol  being  used  for  fuel. 

DT  Price  only  $2.50. 

Hent  by  Express  on  reeeipt  of  price.  Circulars  sent 
free.  Address  WM.  H.  KANE, 

Boom  3.  5Beekrnan  i$t.,  New  York. 


ATTENTION, OWNERS  OF  HORSES!  MEDAL  MACHINES. 

ft,  mil  I.  I  V/1  imt  ■  I  •  WMciiAgiiV 


W  THE  ZING  COLLAR 

a  _ _  /.>V,  PAD  is  guaranteed  to  euro 

ft\  tl,i;'  worst  case  of  raw  and 

S  y .  -•  i  inflamed  neck  In  ten  Days, 


-  n,  -Y’  am/  •»!«.  I.  the  Uorxt> everyday; 

\\  J.y  and  will  not  chafe  or  wear 

V  the  mane.  For  sale  by  Had - 

_ dlt  ry  Hardware  Dealevsand 

j-4^  Harness  Makers,  Manufac¬ 
tured  by  the  ZINC  COLLAR  PA1)  liucluuiun. 
Mull.  Information  furnished  on  application. 


LEE’S  SUMIT  NURSERIES. 

WIioU'MHlt?  and  General  fsupply  Nurse  ilea. 

An  immense  stock,  of  superior  quality,  at  low  prices. 

fcSf*  flange  Hedge  Plain*  by  the  1.000  or 
1,000,OOU.  Send  for.  Price  Li.yt- 

BLA1R  BUDS,, 

Lee’s  Summit,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 

CAR  11  ART’S  PULVERIZING  CULTIVA¬ 
TOR  has  more  practical  points  than  any  cultiva¬ 
tor  in  uso,  and  Is  indispensable  a#  a  farm  implement. 
Price,  <22.  BUAULEV  MAMOF’G  CO., 

Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

A  WES  PLOW  COMPANY. 

X  IMPLEMENTS  AND  MACHINES. 

58  Beekman  St.,  New  York,  and  Quincy  Hall,  Boston 


N.  Y.  Stale  Apicnltnral  forts, 


WHEELER,  IIULIGK  &  «'0., 

ruOPKIETOUS,  r ATKXTKKS  a  «ANUTAOTU1lEItS  of 

RAILWAY  CHAIM  A  LEVER  HORSE  POWERS, 

'"'ri!- "V1  T’W-HBSHBHS  und  Winnowers,  Overshot 
threshers,  Clover  Hu  Hers,  Feed  Cutlers.  Miw- 
AJUK  florae  Bakes,  Horse  Pitchforks,  Shin¬ 
gle  Machines,  At).,  ALBANY.  N.  Y. 


TO  AGE  SITS. 

There  is  no  flehl  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  is  no  machine  that  possesses 
ttno-half  the  quailtheB  which  are  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  xatnily  uso  us  die 

Bickford’s  Improved 

Its  simplicity  und  ease  of  management,  together 
with _its  capacity  fordoing  the  great  lunge  ol  work, 
and  its  trifling  cost,  makes  it  a  matter  of  economy 
fur  every  family  to  Imve  one,  and  will  ultimately 
bring  u  Into  asgcneml  use  as  the  Sewing  Machine, 
lite  practical  utility  of  thfMiiachinc  only  nuedB  to 
be  demonstrated  to  the  people  to  produce  un  un¬ 
limited  demand. 

Many  Sewing  Machine  Agents,  finding  the  in¬ 
crease  ot  competition  and  tin*  uithcultv  of  aelling 
bigi' -pneed  machines  to  militate  against  a  flour¬ 
ishing  bustness,  are  talcing  hold  of  tho 

BICKFORD 


and  meeting  with  the  greatest  aucces*.  Mer¬ 
chants,  finding  In  Dana  Bickford's  invention  a 
cheap,  slmoLn  und  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
find  it  profitable  to  nut-chase  and  keep  on  sale. 
The  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  does 
not  require  thu  " ctornul  vigilance ’’  to  *ell  this 
machine  as  in  tbe  ease  of  sewing  machines. 

Agents  Wit  tired  Everywhere.  Good,  Smart 
Men  can  make  &5U  pot  Wi’itit  ^nd  explnsks. 
bond  for  Instructions  and  Circulars.  Price  $o0 
to  $50. 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  BICKFORD,  Presidont. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y 


IMITATION  GOLD  WATCHES  &  CHAINS, 

This  metal  lias  all  tho  brilliancy  and  durability  Of  Gold.  Prices 
$15,  $20  und  $25  each.  Chains  from  $2  to  $12  each.  Goods  sent  C.  O.  I). 


UKUTO  KTOf*  is  the  beat 
^  »'vir  placed  In  any 

;  r  It  i*  produced  by 

a  l/itnl  set  qf  reeds  pecu- 
■:  ■  voiced,  (Ae 

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>fty ,  — ■-  •  rU  MOW  ClliJUd N« 

■  ;,  7i  „,.  sour,  smt- 

BjlOJ.  white  its  Ijf- 

’•'nsftiffiSnlj  ITATIOIV.. /  the  lie- 

1  I  M  ajv  Void: 

——  *  M  If  *  I'-K35.  Tervis  liberal. 


J-l  XJ  T»  U  UUi 1  J-'XJXI  rJXJXVi 

—  Georgia  State  University  now  lias  330  stu¬ 
dents. 

—  Central  New  York  promises  a  fine  crop  of 
grapes. 

—  Utah  has  7,000  tons  of  wheat  left  over  from 
last  year. 

—  Tlie  salmon  catch  in  Oregon,  this  season,  is 
very  large. 

—  The  new  Trinity  Church  in  Boston  is  to 
cost  $-100,000. 

—  The  spire  of  the  Cologne  Cathedral  is  to  lie 
000  feet  high. 

-  Danby,  Vt.,  ships  99,000  bushels  of  char¬ 
coal  per  week. 

London  has  1,937  people  who  give  their  oc¬ 
cupation  as  poets. 

Tlie  Intcr-Ooeiin  of  Chicago  is  giving  chil¬ 
dren’s  excursions. 

-  San  Francisco  gave  its  firemen  a  dinner  on 
the  Fourth  of  July. 

-A  comply  of  South  Carolina  Militia  has 
been  visiting  Boston. 

—  rrhe  Liberals  are  in  the  majority  in  tlie 
Austrian  Parliament. 

-Potato  vines  have  been  killed  by  frost  in 
some  parts  of  Vermont. 

I  here  has  been  another  new  Democratic 
departure  In  Allen  Co.,  Ohio. 

—  The  London  churches  on  the  13th  of  June 
subscribed  $150,00(1  lor  hospitals. 

I  lie  Good  Templars  of  England  have  in¬ 
creased  150,000  in  twelve  months. 

—  Miami  University,  Ohio,  has  been  closed 
for  the  present.  It  is  $8,000  in  debt. 

—  Tlio  last  of  the  Confederate  dead,  3,400, 
have  been  removed  from  Gettysburg. 

—  The  exploring  expedition  in  Colorado  ex¬ 
perienced  severe  snow  storms  in  Juno. 

The  earnings  of  the  Central  Pacific  Hail- 
road  for  the  last  month  were  $1,350,000. 

—  Senator  Carpenter  has  made  a  speech  in 

favor  of  back  pay,  and  upholding  Credit  Mobil- 
ier.  , 

—  The  Rush  Library  building  in  Philadel¬ 
phia  is  to  cost  $700,000.  It  will  be  tlie  finest  in 
America. 

rl  lie  Harvard  crew  met  with  an  accident  at 
Springfield,  Mass.,  on  the  (itii.  Their  shell  was 
broken  and  they  came  near  being  drowned. 


Itoi cut  $ n.sitvumcnt.o’. 

$100  One  Hundred  Dollars,  $100 

For  now  r>-octav«,  doiiWe  reed,  ti  stops,  beautifully 
PI'TOI*.  for  Church,  Chapel 

The  best  Organs  in  the  world  for  the  price,  and  we 
guarantee  them  equal  to  any  instrument  retailing  at 
double  the  umount.  \ViM.  A.  ro.Ni>  &  CO., 

No.  517  Cro.nl way,  New  York. 

Waters’  <  o.\  r;:  mo  Pari.oroiwans 

M%t,  Zr  ,"'e  UV,st  beautiful  i„ 
*l>  !‘  and  perfect  in  tone 


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It  contains.  nearly  till)  line  Scripture  lllustrn thins, 
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SIXTY  YOUNG  MEN  AND  I,  A  OIKS  To  place  In 
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HAS  WROTH  A  BOOK, 

in  spite  of  Josiah'n  determination  not  to  spend  a  cent 
to  lure  any  one  to  vend  It. 

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In  our  former  books  no  have  given  yon  harvests; 
Wi»  now  promise  you  another,  and  wise  agents  will 
seen  re  territory,  winch  we.  will  now  arrange  for.  Ad¬ 
dress  A.YIKIilOA.N  PUBLISHING  CO., Hartford, Ct„ 
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Ann  I’HK  WKKK  ami  expenses  paid.  We  want 
\  •  4)1  a  reliable  Agent  m  every  County  In  thn  (J.  H. 
llil  I  Address  Hudson  River  Wire  Go,,  130 
Vj/UU  Malden  Lane,  N.  Y..  or  Chicago,  ill. 

MftMCM  Made  rapidly  with  Stencil  A  Key  Cheek 
ctfS  \P  IV  It  I  outfits  Catalogues,  samples  uiid  par¬ 
ticulars  jn-\  S.  M.SPW.Viu:ii,  117  Hanover  St.,  Boston. 

72  OO  13  A,CH  W  80  BO  K 

Agents  warned  everywhere.  Business  strictly  legiti¬ 
mate.  Particulars  five.  .J.  WotiTH&Oo.,  St.  Louis, Mo. 

V  )  j  1  || ,1V  I  Agents  wanted.  Business  entirely 
V'*  '  u  l  1  ’  now.  G.  <L  HI  f  AVv,  Blddcford,  .Mo. 

A  fi  jC  UT<1  WANT  131)  for  the  now  work  of  llirill- 
nUCH  1  CP  Ing iutcrestuml  historical  viluo-  'l’ho 
Grew  l  if  ints  of  New  York,  from  the  Slave  Riots 

,  .  f  onlotiinl  *  i  n  i  <>u  t..  li\r.  nrr,  .  .  .  r>  I  .In  II  IT  ..  r 


(T*  i  "T  -"C  ^  MONTH  te  Agents.-  Articles  new,  and 
uy-fc  t  <•}  staple  us  flour.  P.  M .  I/iNlNimjV,  Chicago. 


SUBSCRIPTION  TO  THE  STOCK 

WILL  BE  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOLLOWING  PLACES  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY: 

UNION  TRUST  CO . .  Broadway. 

HOWES  &  IlIACY . .  kVa II  St. 

PII1  I’ll  NATIONAL  BANK . Third  Av.  anil  Twenty-si  xi h  St, 

BU  1,1, ’S HEAD  BANK . Third  Av.  mid  Twenty-fifth  St. 

!IA  If  Llvll  BANK. . Third  Av.  and  One  Hundred  nud  Twenty-lift  h  St. 

A.  S.  1)1  VEN . . . Erie  Railroad  Office. 

SAJI  DEL  SLOAN . l*re»’t  Del.  &  Lack.  R.  R.,  cor.  William  &  Exchange  Place. 

RICHARD  SCHELL . .  Btond  St. 

ERAST IJS  BROOKS . . Publisher  New  York  Express. 

H.  B,  CROSBY . 1  (>  Nassau  St. 

EDWARD  ROBERTS . . . Eighty-fill  h  St.  and  Avenue  A 

PAUL  N.  SPOFFOR D.. .‘3D  Broadway;  and  at  the  temporary  office  of  the  Co.,  1)‘J5  Broadway. 

All  payments  must  be  made  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  the  UNION  TRUST  COMPANY,  73 
Broadway.  The  moneys  arising  from  the  sale  of  the  stock  hereby  sold  are  paid  iuto  the  Union  Trust 
Company,  and  cannot  be  paid  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchers  showing  that  the  monoy  lias 
been  actually  aud  honestly  expended  in  the  erection  of  the  Indifttrial  Exhibition  Building  or  in  acquir¬ 
ing  title  to  land. 

The  land  of  the  Company  is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  us  follows  :-9Srli  to  JOiid  Streets 
and  Jd  to  4th  Avenuos;  comprising  355  24-25  city  lota,  or  about  28  acres. 


Agent**  Wanted  for  tills  fearless  bock.  Itcoin- 
prbes  the  Adventure*  and  Kxpurlencfl  of  a  Woman— 
■wnllni  hu  hr  ml, I  for  years  the  wife  of  a  Mormon 
Prophet  .disclosing  all  that  Is  mysterious,  wicked 
and  startling.  Pull  of  Uirilliiig  adventure,  humor¬ 
ous  nml  pathetic  scenes,— I  pe  most  fasepiaLlng  hook 
extant.  Portrait  of  the  Authoress, 'and  of  leading 
Mormons,  —  mm  anil  winm n,  —  Life  aud  Scones  iu 
Utah,  etc.  For  Circulars,  add  rest) 

HARTFORD  PUBLISHING  CO..  Hartford,  Ct. 


Ill 


M  rt  l  l.KS  &  SOX,  481 
-  --1  BroaiDray.  N.  Y.,  will 

dispose  of  SOO  PXAIVOS  and  ORGANS  of  tlrxt- 
f;  lass  makers,  including  VV.tTlS  1!S' ,  at  cx— 
vemely  low  prices  for  rush,  or  put  t  cash,  and 
•jilanct  in  small  monthly  pagmenls.  New  7- 
tlrsl-cinKt  PIANOS*  nil  modern  ttn-. 
/‘>r$ti7n  cash.  Organs  $7W,.  $75. 
I)OrieLK.T{Kr<1>  ORGANS,  $100  5  4-STOP, 
5  « 1‘JIS,  upwards.  1L LUST  11 A  TED 

^  ALOG  UkS  M a  / jor  tin*  stamp,  .1  large  dig- 
count  to  Ministers,  Churches,  , Sunday-Schools,  Temper- 
ance  Societies,  Lodges,  etc,  AGKN'TS  WANTED. 

DUNHAM  &  SONS, 

(Established  in  1834,) 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

PIANO-FORTES. 

A  CARD  TO  THE  PUBLIC: 

Parties  desiring  to  purehftso  would  find  It.  to 
their  atl vantage,  before  deciding,  to  examine, 
at  unr  Elegant  Warermnux,  or  at  the  dealers 
throughout  t  he  country,  the  Piano-Fortes  man- 
ufacturet*  by  us,  with  our  Patent  Hudra-Car- 
honated  Sounding  Board,  which,  for  durability 
and  superiority  ol  tone,  renders  them  unsur¬ 
passed.  Every  Instrument,  fully  warranted.  II- 
rated  circulars  and  prices  sent  on  applica- 

Warerooms,  18  East  1 4th  St., 

NEW  YORK. 


MVni)  ask  WITY  we  can  sell 
First.  Class  1  Ociave  Pianos  lor 
S20O?  Vi'e  an&ww—  It  costa 
U'sa  Ilian  8300  to  make  any 
$600  Piano  sold  through 
Agents,  all  of  who  in  make  iqo 
por  ct.  profit.  We  have  no 
Agents,  but  ship  direct  to  fami¬ 
nes  at.  I  actory  price,  aud  warrant 
circular,  In  wr.icli  we  refer 
*»«*««.  Alnrijiauis,  Ac.  (some  of  whom 
‘  pl1,  ,ht:  ol,lr  Pintos,  in  44  -Slates  und 
xemtorluGS.  lle^w!  .•  where  von  saw  tbu  R0tk«. 

U.  s.  Plano  Co.*  8  1 0  Broadway*  N.  Y. 


MAMMOTH  DOUBLE  MAP 

PER  of  United  Stales  and  World.  New 
Stale  Maps  and  Charts.  Salable 
HirrUTmTT  nverywhero.  Live  mon,  with  small 
ll  I  'I  U  or  large  caidtul,  write  for  P  tiub ■/.'  :: 

lulll  11. 

AGKNT.H  WANTED  for  the  clearest,  fullest  and 
ruost  uifectivo  family  medical  book  ever  uublish- 
„  od,  IIkaltu  AT  IfoiB.  Written  by  the  celebrated  Dr. 

Hai.i.oJ  Journal  of  Health.  Deals  with  nil  eulceetH 
*  delicately  ami  exhaustively.  Circulars  sent.  Aduress 
f  S.  M.  BETTS  .t  CO..  Hartford.  Ct.,  or  Chicago,  111. 

»  - - - 

47  Tfl  tlfi  yer  day  t  Ag,-nti  wiknl«d'l  All  tduiiiFa  nf  working 
-  p  HI  0  * u  p«o»le,  nf  i.ith«r»ivc,youngornlil,  uiul.«  imirsmooey 

-  Hi  work  for  uj  in  klintr  ajijirH  momonU  nr  nil  lb#'  tim*  than  nl  uny  thing 
.  «lhU.  I'nrlicnUiA  Iruii.  Adilriow  Q,  StiiiNon  A  COi,  I'orilnDil.  &l>uuo 

i  TX7M*LAR»»S  Pit  ACTIO  A  L  DAIRY 
’  V  ID  OSH  A  N  DRY :  A  Coin  plcie  Treat- 
I  I*e  on  Dairy  Parma  and  Farming, 

l  Dairy  Stock  aud  Stock  Feeding, 

»  Milk,  it«  management  and  Ulan- 

;  aikctnre  into  Batter  and  Gkoe»e, 

■IlMtory  aud  Mode  of  Organiza¬ 
tion  of  Uulicr  aud  Cheese  P'acto- 
rles.  Dairy  U ten cdle,  lite.,  I3ic. 

BY  S.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  BI., 

Dairy  II  vxbandru  Editor  0/  Moore's  Sural  New- 
xorktr.  Lecturer  in  Cornell  University,  Mains 
Agricultural  College,  Etc..  Etc. 

This  lx  the  most  full,  practical  and  reliable  work 
on  Dairy  Husbandry  extant:  indeed  the  only  one 
w.uuli  describes  the  recent  great  improvements  in 
the  Dairy  Business.  Jr.  is  highly  commended  by  lead¬ 
ing  Agricultural  and  other  inllnentlal  Journals,  and 
must  speedily  become  (in  vaot  Is  already)  th8  Stand¬ 
ard  and  Only  Authority,  H  will  pay  every  one  en¬ 
gaged  In  uny  branch  ol  dairy  bustness,  or  who  keeps 
a  single  cow,  to  obtain  and  study  this  work. 

practical  dairy  n CSDANDKY  embraces  546 
Large  Oeinvo  l*n^c»l,  4  handsomely  and  HUly 
Illustrated,  printed  on  supi  lor  pi  pm  ,  and  eh-gHntiT 
bound.  It  1  s  a  Subfioriptiou  Book,  and  a  liberal  eom- 
rnisslpn  is  given  Agents  who  canvas*  Counties.  Ac. 

1  he  Agents  ot  the  tautxi.  Nkw-Yuhkku  (espoeklly 
those  in  Dairy  regie, 7, s)  will  do  well  to  try  the  i.ale  of 
this  Work.  To  any  demon  residing  when*  there  i»  no 
Agent, or  who  cuurui  wait  for  one,  lltti  Pabllsher  will 
send  u  copy  of  the  work,  post-paid,  on  reoelol  of  t.he 
prtce.  13— (or  tor  45  the  book  and  ltfUAL  NKW-YoiiK- 
Eit  one  year.)  Address 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 
_ 5  Beckman  St.,  New  York. 

DANOAU'S  PRACTICAL  SHEP- 
HERD  :  A  Complete  Treatise  on 
the  Rreeding,  Management  and 
Diseases  of  NUcep. 

This  Work,  by  the  Hon.  ITknry  B.  IUndall, 
LL-  D.,  (author  of  Stump  Husbandry  In  the  South,1’ 
F|n«  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry,"  Ac.,)  t*  the  Stand- 
ard  Authority  oa  the  Subject.  It  is  the  moat  com. 
plate  and  reliable  rreutlsnon  American  Bheop  llng- 
buiidry  ever  published,  and  (as  ;the  New  England 
fiarmer  sayB)  should  be  In  the  bund  and  head  of 
every  person  owning  sheep." 

The  PRACTICAL  SrntniERD  contains  462  pages,  and 
Is  illustrated,  printed  and  bound  in  superior  stylo. 
Twenty-seventh  Edition  now  ready.  Sent  by  mail 
post-paid,  on  receipt  of  price— 12.  Address  1 

D.  D.  T.  OIOORK,  Publisher, 

.  —  .  3  Beckman  8t„  New  York. 


Payments  to  be  made  a*  follows: 

Hvn  per  cent,  at  time  of  subscribing,  and  the  bulunoo  I11  Installments,  not  exceeding  ton  per  cent 
at  auy  one  installment. 

There  can  bo  no  safer  investment  than  this.  It  is  n  home  investment.  It  Is  the  ownership  of  land 
on  New  York  Island  and  the  erection  of  :i  permanent  building  oir  the  same. 

In  accordance  with  tlie  charter  and  by  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  24th,  1372,  the  following  iiirmbcrcihipH  have  been  eroated  and  are 
ottered  for  sale : 

At  the  above-named  places  and  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 

the  proper  holder  of  any  of  these  is  entitled  to  free  aduiisalun  to  the  Industrial  Exhibition,  the 
Art  GulJery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  the  Garden  of  Plants  during  the  time  it  is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  the  duration  of  the  membership. 

1  hese  memberships  do  not  entitle  the  holder  to  admission  to  special  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  the  Exhibition  Company. 


Claws  1st.  l*ricc  $10.  JSO  Admissions. 

Entitling  tlio  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 

Class  2d.  S*ricc  $20.  DO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $30. 

Class  3d.  l*rice  $-10.  360  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $40. 

Class  -fill.  l*rice  $100.  Life. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life ;  the  bulling  being  open  to 

the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

Class  SHi.  Family  Tor  Life.  Price  $300. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  and  his  immediate  family  (in  sse  at  the  time  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of  auy  of  them,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

Class  6th.  HEREDITARY  &  TRANSFERABLE.  Price  $1,000. 

Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
building  Is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  bo  used  by  the 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  these  memberships  are  to  be  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  the  Board  of  Directors, 

Payment  to  be  made  whenever  called  ou  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Union  Trust 
Company. 

A  suitable  Badge  will  be  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary’  members. 

Memberships  will  not  be  sold  after  he  Building  is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  ue  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

Banks,  Bankers  aud  Individuals  are  wanted  to  act  as  Agents  throughout  the  United  Stated. 

For  further  information,  please  address 

INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  COMPANY^ 

No.  925  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK  CITY. 


BANKING  HOUSE  OF  FISK  &  HATCH 


FISK  &  HATCH 


HEALTH  AND  ECONOMY 


The  Colwell  Lead  Co.  having  had  seven  years’ 

#  experience  in  the  manufacture 
Of  TlK-LlSKti  LEAD  I'H’E,  have 
reached  twit,  perfection  in  its 
eousiruot  h'n  wnleh  leaves  noth¬ 
ing  to  desire.  Our  Patent  1  ill- 
1, Inrcl  l.ead  Pipe  ii  as  tlexllilp 
and  easily  soldered  as  ordinary 
lead  pipe,  and  la  cheaper  when 
strength  and  tlur.ibliltjr  are  con¬ 
sidered.  Water  Hows  through  It 
as  clear  as  at  the  fouuMn  head, 
and  free  from  the  slightest  taint 
of  lead  and  aiito  poison  or  Iron  rust.  in  addition  to 
the  plumbing  of  houses  H  la  largely  used  for  eon- 
vevinjf  vrulrtr  from  and  Mprln^-;  fur  hi  r 
pumps,  mineral  waters  and  water  coolers ;  in  Ret, 
wherever  parity  ami  safety  to  health  are  desirable. 
Descriptive  pamphlets  sent  t>y  mail  free.  I  rice,  1J- 4 
cents  a  pound  for  all  sl’/es.  Be  not .  dceclve.t  hy  Un¬ 
washed  or  lin-coated  imitations.  AddrCSBCOi.W  hi, I, 

l.EA!)  CO..  213  Center  St.,  New  York  Also,  jmtnii- 
facturers  111  l.ead  Pipe,  Sheet  Lead,  Bar  Lead.  Bb»  k 
Tin  Pipe,  Bar  Tin.  Pig  Tin,  Pig  Lead,  Solder  &C. 
Orders  filled  at  sight. 


7  Per  Cent.  Bonds 


NEVER  SATISFIED. 

don’t,  fnow  bow  blue  I  feel  that  I  am  not  married, 
don’t  know  how  much  bluer  I  feel  tliat  I  am. 


PrcxniTiius,  $30,000! 

The  Fourth  Annual  Fair  of  this  Association  will 
he  held  at  Cleveland,  O.,  on  the  39ib  of  Sep¬ 
tember,  I  S7R.  and  continue  five  (5)  days. 

Premium  Lists  will  he  ready  n  due  season. 

lion.  .1.  P.  R»  BISON,  Pros’ t. 
SA-V.  BRIGGS,  Sec’y. 


’aciflc  Railroad  Company  having  determiiu»d  to  close  its  7-30  First 
an  and  thereafter  to  pav  no  higher  rate  of  interest  than  (5  per  cent,  on  further 
the.  limited  remainder  of  the  7  3-10  loan  U  now  briny  disposed  of  through  the 

table  opportunity  to  persons  wishing  to  reinvest  July  interest  or  dividends, 
now  mure  than  600  miles  of  its  road  built  and  in  operation,  Including  the  entire 
uecting  Lake  Superior  and  the  navigation  of  the  Missouri  Kiver;  the  work  of  con- 
ig  satisfactorily ;  the  Company  has  earned  title  to  nearly  ten  million  acres  of  its 


A  PENNY  *AVED  IlEitE  AND  THERE 

counts  up  at  the  end  Of  the  year.  Buyonly 
SIL  VHH  TIl’I'EID  SHOWS, 
and  you  will  save  dollars  instead  of  cents.  Parents, 
remember  this. 


Bankers,  18  Broad  St.,  New  York 


7t  OO  XOIII  is  \V  EA  LT  II 

2j  best  Bnoc  is  the _ 


c  'VEI.I'I  SCREW  WIRE 

They  never  rip,  leak  or  come  apart.  Try  them, 
genuiue  goods  stumped. 


$75  to  S250  per  month,  nl(S;ca1d  female, 

to  Introduce  the  GENUINE  IMPROVED  <  OM- 
MOff  SENSE  KAMI1.V  SEWING  MACHINE. 
This  machine  will  BtlWJb,  hem,  fell, tuck, q till t, cord, 
bind,  braid  and  embroider  in  a  most  superior  unm- 
iw,  Price  only  WS.  Fully  licensed  and  warranted 
foi  five  years.  We  will  pay  $1,000  for  any  machine 
that  will  sow  a  stronger,  more  beautiful,  or  more 
elastic  Beam  than  ours.  H  makes  the  '  Elastic 
Lot  k  Stitch.”  Every  second  stitcli  can  be  cut,  and 
still  the  cloth  cannot  be  pulled  apart  wii  bout  tear¬ 
ing  It.  We  pay  Agents  from  $75  to  ♦330  per  month 
and  expenses,  or  a  commission  from  which  twice 
that  amount  can  be  made.  SKl’OM  B  ,v  OO.,  Host  on. 
Mats.;  IHIMbtnV,  ihuaao ,  IV.;  or  St.  Units.  Mo. 


Flowing  Spring  Poultry  Fountain, 

one  of  the  most  convenient 


GEO.  A,  PRINCE  k  CO., 

Organs  A  Mclodeons 


and  best -paying  articles 
ever  offered  for  the-  money. 
Easily  hik'd,  will  not  got 
out  of  order,  and  lasts  u 
lifetime.  S‘  lid  lor  ,  iirpln  . 
At  Wholesale  hy  CRAG  IN 
BROS.  &  CO..  Lake  St,, 
Chicago;  SELLEW  ,<fc  CO., 
Cincinnati;  J.  H.  POcQCK, 
St.  Louis.  Manufactured 
onlv  by  the  IRON  CLAD 
CAN  CO.,  61  Hey  St..N.  V. 


The  Oldest.  Largest  and  Most  Perfect  Manufactory 
in  the  United  States. 


II il miry  Academy,  mugn- 
A  thorough-going  school  for  boys. 


VEGETABLE  PLANTS 

FOR  FALK  CROPS. 


AP  1C  B  S  T  E  11  >  S 

Pocket  Dictionary 

OF  THE  ENGLISH  LANGUAGE. 

Abridged  from  Webster's  Quarto,  illustrated  with 
nearly  TWO  II V  NDli  KH  engravings  on  wood.  This 
voiuine  einbraees  a  careful  selection  of  more  than 
IH.IKX!  ot  the.  most  important  words  of  the  language. 
The  Introduction  contains,  beside  the  Pictorial  Illus¬ 
trations.  Tit  hue  of  Honey .  Weight  and  H ens¬ 
ure,  Ylihreviuliuus.  Words.  I’hmacsi  Prov¬ 
erbs,  Ac.,  from  tile  Greek. the  Latin  and  the  Modern 
ForelgD  Languages,  Rules  lor  Spe  lling.  Ac.,  Ac,, 
making  altogether  the  iiiusl  complete  mid  use¬ 
ful  pocket  companion  exlam.  It  is  beautltu  ly 
printed  on  tinted  paper,  and  bound  in  Morocco,  i  neks, 
gilt  edges,  ?l.  Fttr milt  eeirpuilme.  Kent  by  mall  on 
receipt  ot  the  price. 

IVISON,  ELAKEMAN,  TAYLOR  &  00,, 

PUBLISHERS, 

13S  &  110  Gratul  St„  New  York. 


Now  in  use- 

No  other  Musical  Instrument  ever  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

ZW  Send  for  Price-Lists. 

Address  BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


PrJOO,  I'r.MII).  I’r  1000. 

CELER  Y  —  Henderson's  Dwarf 

White . 30  75  $3  00  13  00 

-  Sandringham  Now  Dw’f  White  1  00  4  (»0  7  50 

l.arge  White  Solid .  0  75  3  Oil  5  00 

-  Hood’s  Dwarf  Red .  1  00  4  00  7  X 

—  l<evhithun  White .  0  75  3  (X)  o  00 

—  Turnip-rooted  (Ccluruio),  used 

for  salads .  1  00  4  00  7  .->0 

We  can  send  anv  of  the  above  Plants  by  E <71  res*,  so 
that  they  will  roach  the  purchaser  in  perfect  order, 
when  the  time  in  transit  does  riot  exceed  three  days. 
Special  prices  for  larger  quantities  on  application, 

Turnip  Seeds,  by  Mail. 

Early  DutcU,  Purple-topand  White  Strap-leaf,  Yel¬ 
low  Aberdeen.  Golden  Ball.  Cow  Horn,  Improved 
American  rtutubuga.— per  oz„  lOe.;  per  &  lb.,2jc.;  per 
lb.,  75c. 


CHEAT  REDUCTION 


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la  I  temz  oe  Dominguez,  after  her  residence 
then.  «m  during  many  years.  In  the  year 
1965  r  ibe  dkposed  of  it  by  will  to  her  son,  Don 
Jose  Lkmrsiiuicz,  wlio  has  now  conveyed  it 
to  M.  Kiaitvan,  Esq.,  of  Canton,  Ohio.  Soon 
after  1  Wring  made  her  will,  she  departed  this 
life  at  tlibe  ripe  old  age  of  105  years,  leaving 
800  lint  *iJ  descendants. 

We  i  junto  from  Hyatt’s  Hand-Hook  of 
Crape  Culture  : — “Santa  Barbara  Mam¬ 
moth.  — We  call  this  the  Mammoth, 

not  so  n  well  on  account  of  the  size  of  its  fruit 
as  of  its  vote  and  of  its  prodigiously  prolific 

He  then  proceeds  to 


ured  it  himself.  To-day  the  trunk  of  the 
vine,  in  the  thickest  place,  measures  four 
feet  four  inches  in  circumference,  its  branch 
os  being  supported  by  58  trellises,  having  lor 
a  number  of  years  produced  annually  from 
live  to  six  tons,  or  from  10,000  to  12,000 
pounds  of  grapes.  It  is  estimated  that  during 
the  last  sixty  years  its  total  yield  approxi¬ 
mates  thi!  enormous  product  of  half  a  million 
pounds  of  grapes,  which,  at  five  cents  per 
pound,  would  amount  to  twenty-five  thou¬ 
sand  dollars. 

Rev.  Robert  Bentley,  in  his  Thanksgiv¬ 
ing  sermon,  delivered  at  the  Union  Thanks 
giving  services  held  in  the  ganta  Barbara 
Congregational  church,  November  30,  1871, 
thus  refers  to  this  vine: — “A  nuncio  from 
Romo,  who  visited  this  place  not  long  since, 
and  who  in  his  observations  and  readings  had 
made  the  subject  of  vines  his  specialty,  as- 
•sertod  that  the  great  grape  vine  in  this  vicin¬ 
ity  is  as  large  again  as  the  famous  vine  of 
I'Vutainebleau  in  France,  larger  than  any 
found  among  the  villas  in  the  vicinity  of 
Rome,  and  surpasses  any  of  which  ’i.iny 
gives  record  in  his  history  and  travels.” 

The  laficho  on  which  this  vine  stands  Ls 
situated  bn  Montecito  Creek,  and  is  watered 
by  a  stream  from  the  hot  springs  a  mile  dis¬ 
tant.  The  land  and  sea  view  is  unsurpassed, 
the  situation  being  equi  distant  from  the 
Pacific,  on  the  south,  and  the  Santa  Yuez 
Mountains,  o*  the  north.  Montecito  soil  is  of 
the  very  richest  of  this  vertile  valley,  and  as 
you  have  said  before, 

-r— - happy  are  they  who 

5  /  own  land  in  the  fa- 

voied  vicinity  of  Mon- 
teeitc 


THE  SANTA  BARBARA  GRAPE  VINE 


boring  fig  tree  nnuuully  laden  with  tigs. 
These  people  truly  have  long  had  \ke  privi¬ 
lege  (now  passed  away)  of  sitting,  as  well  as 
dancing,  under  their  own  vine  and  fig  t/ee. 

According  to  Hyatt,  before  the  death  of 
the  aged  Dona  this  vine  “was  made  t<i pro¬ 
duce  more  than  any  known  grape  vine  iti  all 
America,  North  or  South,  Between  1850  *,ud 
1800  it.  had  trailed  over  some  80  yards  iV- 
cumleronce,  with  a  trunk  18  inches  In  diam. 
eter,  risiug  dear  8  feet  from  the  ground. 

“  Some  years  it  has  borne  over  6,000  bundles  1 
of  ripe  and  sound  grapes,  or  close  on  to  8,000 
pounds,  and  become  the  wonder  of  every 
resident  or  sojourner  in  this  part  of  Cali¬ 
fornia  ;  and,  what  is  more,  for  tiie  last  thirty 
years  it  has  principally  maintained  the  old 
woman  and  her  numerous  family. 

“  l’rof.  BilLIMAn,  when  he  visited  it  last 
year,  said  he  had  never  heard  of  such  an  im¬ 
mense  grape  vine  in  any  other  country,  which 
is  saying  a  great  deal,  as  he  has  traveled 
much  in  the  south  of  Europe.” 

Charles  Loring  Brace,  in  his  work  on 
California,  refers  to  this  vine,  having  meas- 


bearing  properties, 

say: — “  Ohs*  of  the  celebrities  of  Spanish  Cali¬ 
fornia  i.  »  .the  immense  and  beautiful  grape 
vine  nm  ir  growing  at  the  Montecito,  two  or 
three  mi  lies  beiow  Santa  Barbara.  The  plan¬ 
ter  of  th  e  vine  was  Dona  Marcellina  Feliz 
HE  Domi  .VGl'EZ  of  the  earliest  expedition  to 
Sonora,  before  1780.”  This  now  famous  vine 
about  si  twenty  years  since  was  the  riding 
whip  of  I  im's  Spanish  lady,  presented  to  her 
by  her  1  ovor,  which,  after  the  ride,  was 
planted  b  y  her,  and  has  now  developed  into 
that  gram  1  ameuaento  of  love,  the  largest  and 
most  I’ami  uts  vine  in  the  world. 

Beside  t,  be  old  vine  is  an  offsxjring,  only  18 
years  old,  Ifast  approaching  the  dimensions 
of  its  paid  it  and  fully  as  prolific.  Under  the 
genial  brai  aches  of  this  youthful  vine  is  a 
large  danci  Big  floor,  where,  according  to  the 
custom  of  the  Spaniards,  on  Sabbath  days 
and  Sabbatli  evenings,  are  performed  the 


VINEYA2.D  NOTES 


Planting  Grapes  To¬ 
gether.  —  Novice  asks  : 
“Can  I  plant  half  a 
dozen  kinds  of  graces 
on  the  same  arbor,  on 
the  same  side,  at  inter¬ 
vals  of  eight  feet, 
without  fear  of  ad¬ 
mixture  ?”  Yes. 

Thinning  Grapes. — 
Will  some  of  your 
readers  tell  me  if  they 
have  ever  practiced 
thinning  the  fruit  on 
Concord  vines  where 
they  have  seemed 
overburdened  with 
fruit  ?  Some  of  my 
vines  seem  in  such 
condition,  and  I  am 
not  sure  but  it  would 
be  wise  to  thin  the 
fruit.  What  do  your 
experienced  readers 
advise  ? — n. 

Why  not  try  the  ex¬ 
periment  in  a  small 
way  and  determine 
the  matter  for  your¬ 
self  ? 

Lime  in  the  Vine¬ 
yard.  —  S.  C.  is  in¬ 
formed  that  lime  is  an 
excellent  application 
for  a  vineyard,  in  light 
soils  especially.  It  may 
be  applied  as  a  top¬ 
dressing  and  cultivat¬ 
ed  in  lightly. 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


'JULY  2S 


Jit(Iusti;i;tl  Scipicfi. 


FARMERS’  DECLARATION  OF  INDE¬ 
PENDENCE. 


They  have  procured  charters  by  which  Legislature— enemies  to  the  producer— to  the 
they  condemn  and  appropriate  our  lands  J  monopolists,  friends. 

without  adequate  compensation  therefor,  and  We,  therefore,  the  producers  of  this  State 
arrogantly  claim  that  by  virtue  of  these  jn  onr  scvcrai  counties  assembled,  on  this  the 
charters  they  are  absolutely  above  the  con-  I  anniversary  of  that  day  that  gave  birth  to  a 


[The  farmers  of  the  West  have  declared 
their  independence  in  the  language  which 
follows,  and  held,  July  4th,  ratification  meet¬ 
ings  all  over  the  West,  We  give  the  text  of 
their  declaration  as  a  matter  of  general  inter¬ 
est  and  record.] 

When  in  the  course  of  human  events  it 
becomes  necessary  for  a  class  of  people,  suf¬ 
fering  from  long  continued  systems  of  oppres¬ 
sion  and  abuse,  to  rouse  themselves  from  an 
anathetic  indifference  to  their  own  interests 
which  has  become  habitual ;  to  assume 
among  their  fellow  citizens  that  equal  sta¬ 
tion  and  demand  from  the  government  they 
support  those  equal  rights  to  which  the  laws 
of  nature  and  of  nature’s  God  entitles  them; 
a  decent  respect  for  the  opinions  of  mankind 
requires  that  they  should  deelare  the  cause 
that  impel  them  to  a  course  so  necessary  to 
their  own  protection. 

We  hold  these  truths  to  be  self-evident, 
that  ull  men  are  created  eq  ual ;  that  they  are 
endowed  by  their  Creator  with  certain  in¬ 
alienable  rights ;  that  among  these  are  life, 
liberty  and  the  pursuit,  of  happiness.  That 
to  secure  those  rights  governments  are  insti¬ 
tuted  among  men,  deriving  their  just  powers 
from  the  consent  of  the  governed  ;  that 
whenever  the  powers  of  a  government  be¬ 
come  destructive  of  these,  either  through  the 
injustice  or  inefficiency  of  its  laws,  or  through 
the  corruption  of  its  administrators,  it  is  the 
right  of  the  people  to  abolish  such  laws  and 
institute  such  reforms  as  to  them  shall  seem 
most  likely  to  effect  their  safety  and  happi¬ 
ness.  Prudence  indeed  will  dictate  that  laws 
long  established  shall  not  be  changed  for 
light  and  trifling  causes  and,  accordingly,  all 
experience  hath  shown  that-  mankind  are 
more  disposed  to  suffer  while  evils  are  suffer¬ 
able,  than  to  right  themselves  by  abolishing 
the  laws  to  which  they  are  accustomed.  But 
when  a  long  train  of  abuses  and  usurpations, 
pursuing  invariably  the  same  object,  evinces 
a  desire  to  reduce  a  people  under  the  abso¬ 
lute  despotism  of  combinations,  that,  under 
the  fostering  care  of  government,  and  v  ith 
wealth  wrung  from  the  people,  have  gown 
to  such  gigantic  proportions  as  to  overshadow 
all  the  land,  and  wield  an  almost  irresistible 
influence  for  their  own  selfish  purposes,  iu 
all  its  halls  of  legislation,  it  is  their  right— it 
is  their  duty,  to  throw  oil  such  lymnny  and 
provide  new  guards  for  their  future  security. 

Such  has  been  the  patient  sufferance  of  the 
producing  classes  of  these  States  and  such  is 
now  the  necessity  whieh  compels  thorn  to 
declare  that  they  will  use  every  moans  save 
a  resort,  to  arms  to  overthrow  tliis  despotism 
of  monopoly,  and  to  reduce  all  men  claiming 
the  protection  of  American  laws  to  an  equal¬ 
ity  before  those  lows,  making  the  owner  of  a 
railroad  as  armytable  thereto  as  the  “  veriest 
beggar  that  walks  the  streets,  the  sun  and 
air  his  sole  inheritance.” 

The  his*r>rv  of  the  present  railway  monop-  ' 
oly,  Is  A  history  of  repeated  injuries  and  1 
oppression,  all  having  in  direct  object  the  1 
establishment  of  an  absolute  tyrrany  over 
thr  people  of  these  States  unequalled  in  any  ' 
monarchy  ol'  the  Old  World,  and  having  its  ' 
only  parallel  in  the  history  of  the  medieval  1 
ages,  when  the  strong  hand  was  t  he  only  law,  J 
and  the  highways  of  commerce  were  taxed  1 
by  the  feudal  barons,  w  ho  from  their  strong-  ‘ 
holds,  surrounded  by  their  armies  of  vassals,  1 
could  levy  such  tribute  upon  the  traveler  as  1 
their  own  wills  alone  should  dictate.  To 
prove  this  let  facts  be  submitted  to  a  candid  1 
world :  i 

They  have  influenced  our  executive  officers,  1 
to  refuse  their  assent  to  laws  the  most  whole-  u 
some  uud  necessary  for  the  public  good,  and  J 
when  such  laws  have  been  passed  they  have  1 
utterly  refused  to  obey  them.  f 

They  have  procured  the  passage  of  other 
laws,  for  their  own  benefit  alone,  by  which  0 
they  have  put  untold  millions  into  their  own  v 
coffers,  to  the  injury  of  the  entire  commer-  v 
cial  and  industrial  interests  of  the  country.  0 
They  have  influenced  legislation  to  suit  c 
themselves,  by  bribing  venal  legislators  to  n 
betray  the  true  interests  of  their  constilu-  tJ 
ents,  while  others  have  been  kept  quiet  by  g 
the  compliment  of  free  passes.  u 

They  have  repeatedly  prevented  the  re-  e 
election  of  representatives,  for  opposing,  with  f< 
manly  firmness,  their  invasion  of  the  peo-  tl 
pie’s  rights.  a 

They  have  by  false  representations  and  f] 
subterfuge  induced  the  people  to  subscribe  u 
funds  to  build  roads,  whose  rates,  when  ji 
built,  are  so  exorbitant  that  in  many  in-  a< 
stances  transportation  by  private  conveyance  tc 
is  less  burdensome.  ox 


trol  of  legal  enactments. 

They  have  procured  a  law  of  Congress  by 
'  which  they  have  dispossessed  hundreds  of  far- 

1  mern  of  the  homes  that  by  years  of  toll  they 
'*  have  built  up  ;  have  induced  others  to  mort- 
'  gage  their  firms  for  roads  never  intended  to 
r"  be  built,  and  after  squandering  the  money 
thus  obtained  have  left  their  victims  to  the 
’  mercy  of  courts  over  which  they  held  abso¬ 
lute  sway. 

s  They  have  obstructed  the  administration 
11  of  justice  by  injunctions  procured  from  venal 
s  judges,  by  legal  quibbles  and  appeals  from 
°  court  to  court,,  with  intent  to  wear  out  or 
1  ruin  the  prosecutor,  openly  avowing  their 
'  determination  to  make  it  so  terrible  for  the 
public  to  prosecute  them  that  they  will  not 
dare  under  luke  it. 

They  have  virtually  made  judges  depend- 
*'  ent  on  their  will  alone,  and  have  proexired 
°  their  appointment  for  the  express  purpose  of 
reversing  a  decision  of  the  highest  court  of 
'  the  nation,  by  which  millions  were  gained  to 
0  them,  to  the  injury  of  the  holders  of  the 
l*  bonds  and  the  breaking  down  this  last  safe- 
^  guard  of  American  freemen. 

They  have  affected  to  render  themselves 
H  independent  of  and  superior  to  the  civil 
j  power,  by  ordering  large  bodies  of  hirelings 
to  enforce  their  unlawful  exactions,  and  have 
protected  them  from  punishment  for  an  in¬ 
jury  they  might  inflict  upon  peaceful  citizens 
while  ejecting  them  from  their  conveyances 
j  for  refusing  to  pay  more  than  the  rate  of  fare 
prescribed  by  laws. 

They  have  arrested  and  summoned  from 
g  their  homes  for  f  inal,  at  distant  points,  other 
‘  citizens  for  the  same  offense  of  refusing  to 
I  pay  more  than  the  legal  fare,  putting  them 
to  as  great  inconvenience  and  expense  as 
possible,  and  still  further  evincing  their  de- 
r  termination  to  make  it  too  terrible  for  the 
jieople  to  dare  engage  in  any  legal  conflict 
with  them. 

They  have  combined  together  to  destroy 
competition  and  to  practice  an  unjust  dis¬ 
crimination,  contrary  to  the  expressed  pro¬ 
visions  of  our  constitution  and  the  spilit  of 
our  laws. 

They  have  virtually  cut,  off  our  trade  with 
distant  parts  of  the  world  by  their  unjust 
discriminations  and  by  their  exorbitant  rates, 
of  freight,  forcing  upon  us  the  alternative  of 
accumulating  upon  our  hands  a  worthless 
surplus,  or  of  giving  tlxrcc-fourths  of  the 
price  our  customers  pay  for  our  products  for 
transportation. 

Under  the  false  and  specious  pretence  of 
developing  the  country,  t  hey  ha  ve  obtained 
enormous  grants  of  public  lands  from  Con¬ 
gress,  and  now  retard  ratlxor  than  develop 
its  settlement,  by  the  high  prices  charged  for 
such  hind. 

They  have  converted  the  bonds  fraudu¬ 
lently  obtained  from  the  government  into  a 
great  corruption  fund,  with  whieh  they  are 
enabled  to  bribe  and  control  legislatures  and 
subvert  every  branch  of  government  to  their 
own  base  and  sordid  purpose. 

They  have  increased  the  already  intolerable 
burden  of  taxation,  which  the  people  have  to 
endure,  compared  with  whieh  the  tea  and 
stamp  tax  which  precipitated  the  war  of  the 
revolution  seems  utterly  insignificant,  by  the 
appropriation  of  money  from  the  public 
treasury,  wlifle  they  have  escaped  taxation 
themselves  bv  evading  and  violating  the 
expressed  provisions  of  their  chart urs. 

In  every  stage  of  these  oppressions  we  have 
petitioned  our  Legislatures  for  redress  in  the 
most  humble  terms.  Our  repeated  petitions 
have  been  answered  only  by  silence,  or  by 
attempts  to  frame  laws  that  shall  seem  to 
meet  our  wants,  but  that  are,  iu  fact,  only  a  1 
legal  snare  for  courts  to  disagree  upon  and 
for  corporations  to  disobey. 

Nor  have  we  been  wanting  in  attempts  to 
obtain  redress  through  Congress.  We  have  { 
warned  them  from  time  to  time  of  these  , 
various  and  repeated  encroachments  upon  ( 
our  rights ;  we  have  reminded  them  of  the  i  . 
circumstances  of  our  emigration  and  settle-  j 
ment  here  ;  we  have  appealed  to  them  as  c 
the  administrators  of  a  free  and  impartial  f 
government,  to  protect  us  from  the  encroach-  c 
meats,  which,  ii  continued,  would  inevitably  1: 
end  in  the  utter  Uestruetion  of  those  liberties  c 
for  whieh  our  father*  gave  their  lives,  and  g 
the  reinstatement  of  privileged  classes  and  E 
an  aristocracy  oft  wealth  worse  than  that 
from  which  the  wfr  of  the  revolution  freed 
us.  They,  too,  liava  been  deuf  to  the  voice  of 
justice  and  of  duty.  We  must,  therefore, 
acquiesce  in  the  necessity  which  compels  us  tl 
to  denounce  their  criminal  indifference  to  p 


nation  of  freemen  and  to  a  government  of 
which,  despite  (he  corruption  of  its  officers, 
we  are  st  ill  so  justly  proud,  appealing  to  the 
Supreme  Judge  of  the  world  for  the  recti¬ 
tude  of  our  intentions,  do  solemnly  declare 
that  we  will  use  all  lawful  and  peaceable 
means  to  free  ourselves  from  the  tyranny  of 
monopoly,  and  that  we  will  never  cease  our 
efforts  for  reform  until  every  department  of 
our  government  gives  token  that  the  reign 
of  licentious  extravagance  is  over,  and  some¬ 
thing  of  the  purity,  honesty  and  frugality 
with  which  our  fathers  inaugurated  it  has 
taken  its  place. 

That  to  this  end  we  hereby  declare  our¬ 
selves  absolutely  free  find  independent  of  all 
past  political  connections ;  that  we  will  give 
our  suffrage  only  to  such  men  for  office,  from 
the  lowest  officer  in  the  State  to  the  President 
of  the  United  States,  as  wo  have  good  reason 
to  believe  will  use  their  best  endeavors  to  the 
promotion  of  these  ends ;  and  for  the  support 
of  this  declaration,  with  a  firm  reliance  on 
Divine  Providence,  we  mutually  pledge  to 
each  other  our  lives,  our  fortunes,  and  our 
sacred  honor. 


<$m  d|ro|s. 


3  ALFALFA  HAY-HOW  TO  CUEE  IT. 

$  "  » 

,  A  w Ulrica  in  a  Sacramento,  Cal.,  paper 
says  : — As  many  farmers  are  cutting  alfalfa 
for  hay  who  have  hod  no  practical  experience 
iu  curing  the  same,  a  few  words  of  instruc¬ 
tion  may  not  he  out  of  the  way.  In  he  first 
place,  to  make  good  hay,  the  al faffs  should 
be  sown  so  thick  on  tho  ground  that,  Eg  stalks 
will  crowd  each  other,  and  thus  be  forced  to 
grow  somewhat  spindling.  A  singb  bunch 
of  alfalfa  grown  from  a  seed  plucol  in  the 
ground  so  as  to  have  a  plenty  of  room  to 
stool  will  produce  large,  coarse  Stalks,  and  if 
allowed  to  stand  and  mature  Its  sued  these 
stalks  become  almost  like  dry  sticks,  Iu  tliis 
condition  the  hay  becomes  comparatively  of 
but  little  value.  Therefore  the  soul  should 
he  sown  so  thick  as  to  oi'cate  a  pi'xtty  even 
growth  all  over  the  ground  and  to  create  a 
pretty  strong  sod.  The  stalks  wil  then  he 
thin  and  slender,  and  the  leaves  vill  boar  a 
good  proportion  to  the  stalks  tlemselve?. 
Alfalfa  should  be  cut  as  soon  us  it  has  fairly 
commenced  to  blossom,  and  should  be  al¬ 
lowed  to  remain  spread  upon  the  ground  as 
left  by  the  mower  only  long  enotgh  to  wilt 
it  well.  It  should  then  be  raked  ixto  winrows 
and  allowed  to  remain  in  this  coidition  only 
long  enough  to  guard  against  betting  when 
put  into  the  cock.  It  should  then  be  put  into 
tile  cock  and  lined  so  as  to  prevent,  heating 
and  mildewing  when  in  the  stack  or  mow 
and  no  more.  When  packed  in  tho  stack  or 
mow  it  should  be  sprinkled  with  salt  pretty 
freely — sny  two  or  three  pounds  to  a  ton. 

Alfalfa  bay  cured  in  this  way  is  among  tho 
most  valuable  varieties  of  hay  we  have  for 
homes,  cattle  or  sheep.  Those  who  have  fed 
their  working  teams  upon  it  have  found  it  to 
b  fully  as  nutritious  as  the  best  of  oat  bay. 
When  horses  have  become  accustomed  to 
eating  it  they  will  prefer  it  to  all  other  kinds. 
For  milch  cows  good  alfalfa  hay  is  next  to 
green  grass  In  value,  and  sheep  will  eat  it 
when  tie'}'  would  leave  oat  or  barley  hay. 
Our  own  experience  in  feeding  stock  of  all 
kinds  has  been  a  considerable,  and  we  do  not 
hesitate  to  pronounce  good  alfalfa  hay  more 
hearty  and  nutritious  than  the  other  varieties 
of  hay  now  in  this  State.  While  wc  make 
this  assertion  we  are  fully  aware  that  there 
are  those  whose  experience  lias  been  equally 
as  great  as  our  own  who  differ  with  us.  The 
reason  of  this  difference  arises  more  from  the 
manner  of  miring  and  handling  the  hay  than 
from  any  other  circumstance.  If  allowed  to 
be  dried  iu  the  sun  as  spread  out  oxx  the 
ground  by  the  reaper,  the  stalk  not  only  be¬ 
comes  dry  and  b little  and  loses  much  of  the 
gluten  aud  saccharine  matter  that  it  natural¬ 
ly  contains,  but  the  leaf  almost  entirely  drops 
off,  even  while  handling  it  sufficient  to  trans¬ 
fer  it  into  the  barn.  If  then  it  is  handled 
over  to  bale  mid  send  it  to  market  there  is 
nothing  but  dry  sticks  left,  and  it  is  justly  ' 
condemned.  The  great  secret  in  making  ' 
good  alfalfa  hay  is  in  the  time  of  cutting  and 
manner  of  curing. 


this  time.  Two  theories  hare  long  contended, 
or  their  adherents  have,  for  the  mastery, 
and  both  have  been  equally  unsuccessful,  for 
the  reason  that  both  are  false.  One  of  these 
theories,  and  the  most  rational  one  is,  that 
chess  is  a  native,  independent  plant.  The 
other,  which  has  no  foundation  in  science,  or 
nature,  or  art,  is  that  it  is  a  sort  of  fungus, 
or  emanation  from  an  injured  stalk  of  wheat 
before  it  heads. 

Now,  T  have  another  theory  which  is,  that 
chess  is  a  hybrid  ;  a  cross  between  wheat,  and 
a  certain  grass,  (probably  Bromus  pubescens 
of  Prof.  Eaton)  which  does  not  affect  the 
maturing  of  the  wheat  the.  present  season  ; 
but  the  germ,  being  impregnated  with  the 
J  pollen  from  the  grass,  will,  when  it  grows, 
produce  a  plant  different  from  either.  Tliis 
I  think  is  the  time  solution  of  the  question. 
There  are  many  arguments  in  favor  of  this 
theory  which  I  need  not  now  name,  but  con¬ 
tinued  examination,  and  investigation  of  the 
subject  strengthen  my  com  ictions. 

Hartford,  Ohio.  Edmund  Bouden. 

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WHEN  TO  CUT  GRASS. 

An  English  paper  say*: — If  for  horses  at 
work,  the  grass  should  be  mowed  after  it  has 
passed  out  of  blossom,  when  the  seed  is  in 
the  milk,  because  at  this  stage  it  contains 
tho  largest  quantity  of  nutritious  substances, 
such  as  sugar,  starch,  gum,  etc.,  which  are 
of  the  highest  value,  contributing  much 
towards  rendering  hay  sucll  a  choice  article 
of  food.  If  for  cows,  it  should  be  cut  earlier, 
so  as  to  leave  the  grass  its  nearly  in  the  green 
state  as  possible— soft  and  succulent — because 
in  tliis  condition  it  contains  a  larger  quantity 
of  juices  which  assimilate  well  in  the  animal, 
and  produce  a  greater  flow  of  milk,  if  for 
young  stock  and  sheep,  the  grass  should  be 
mowed  when  in  full  flower,  because  after 
flowering,  and  as  the  seed  forms  and  ripens, 
it  is  exposed  to  loss  in  its  nutritive  matter  by 
the  seeds  being  shaken  out  and  the  brittle 
foliage  breaking  off  during  cutting  and  mak¬ 
ing,  and  tho  grain  itself,  especially  the  rye 
grass,  becoming  almost  a  woody  fiber,  losing 
nearly  all  its  sap  and  sweet  uroiua.  In  short, 
hay  made  from  over-matured  gras3  is  no  bet¬ 
ter  than  ordinary  straw,  if  indeed  so  good. 

4  ♦  » - 

FIELD  NOTES. 

Potatoes  Growing  Without  Eyes. — In  an¬ 
swer  to  the  query  whether  a  potato,  or  a 
piece  of  one,  without  the  eye  proper,  will 
grow,  I  will  say  I  took  two  potatoes  and 
cut  the  eyes  all  off,  from  one-eighth  to  one- 
fourth  inch  deep  ;  and  then  cut  them  in  two, 
and  planted.  The  result  was,  no  sprouts. 
They  had  tried  to  grow,  so  that  they  had 
formed  small  tubers  on  the  smooth  surface 
of  the  potato. — t.  s.  b. 


Stluj  !)or;;cmait. 


CUEE  FOE  COLIC  IN  HOESES  AND  MULES. 

To  cure  colic  In  the  ordinary  medical  way, 
the  Stock  Journal  says,  you  can  prepare  a 
good  “colic  drench”  thus: — Take  tincture 
of  opium,  one  ounce ;  sulphuric  ether,  half  an 
ounce  ;  mix  with  a  pint  of  tepid  water.  If 
necessary,  repeat  in  half  an  hour.  A  much 
better  way  to  relieve  the  horse  is  the  appli¬ 
cation  of  a  fomenting  bandage  to  the  abdo¬ 
men.  In  winter  wet  a  woolen  blanket  in  hot 
water,  wring  it  slightly,  and  apply  to  the 
abdomen,  bring  the  ends  up  over  tile  back 
and  fasten.  If  the  weather  be  very  cold,  put 
a  dry  blanket-  over  this  to  keep  it  from  cool¬ 
ing  too  fast.  In  the  summer  apply  a  blanket 
wet  in  cool  water.  This  fomenting  blanket 
will  relieve  the  horse  in  a  few  minutes,  by 
determining  internal  heat  to  the  surface.  \Vre 
have  found  in  summer  almost  instant  relief 
to  the  horse  from  lying  down  in  the  water. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

NOTES  FOE  HORSEMEN. 


THE  ORIGIN  OF  CHESS. 


I  am  aware  that  this  subject  has  been  worn 
threadbare,  but  not  exhausted  ;  and  the  im¬ 
portance  of  the  subject,  to  the  farmer,  is  my 


our  wrongs,  aud  hold  them  as  we  hold  our  apology  for  bringing  it  to  public  notice  at 


Brown  Oil  Sure  Cure  for  Scratches,  grease, 
wound,  cut,  collar  gall,  aud  good  for  man  or 
beast.  One  quart  linseed  oil ;  one  quart  spir¬ 
its  turpentine  ;  two  fluid  ounces  sulphuric 
acid.  Put  oil  aud  turpentine  together  in 
common  stone  jug  ;  add  the  acid  slowly, 
(keeping  it  uncorked)  and  keep  it  in  motion 
until  eooL  To  cure  scratches  use  no  wash 
but  the  oil,  and  after  two  day’s  application 
rub  the  affected  part  with  a  cob  and  apply 
oil  every  day.— C.  H.  DkWolk,  Crawford 
Co.,  Iowa. 

Scratches  on  Horses. — In  answer  to  inqui¬ 
ries  of  C-  W.  C.,  take  1  oz,  spirits  of  niter  ; 
1  do.  British  oil ;  do.  oil  spike  ;  %  do.  spir¬ 
its  turpentine,  well  shaken  together.  Apply 
to  the  frog  of  the  foot  twice  a  day.  Hold  up 
the  foot  and  let  it  soak  in  thoroughly.  I 
have  tried  this  many  times,  aud  given  it  to 
others,  and  never  knew  it  to  fail.— J,  H. 
Rookks,  Elmira. 


used  in  making  this  variety  of  cheese,  as  the 
acid  of  the  milk  acts  on  the  metal,  and  the 
formation  of  verdigris  results.  In  winter 
time  a  little  buttermilk  is  generally  added, 
to  improve  the  flavor  of  the  cheese.  The 
milk  is  gradually  warmed'  up  at  a  steady, 
slow  lire  ;  all  clots  must  he  detached  from 
the  sides  of  tlio  kettle  as  they  form,  so  that, 
they  may  be  run  together  and  form  a  mass 
in  its  center.  To  insure  uniform  action  of 
the  heat,  the  milk  i<  stirred  slowly  round, 
and  now  and  then  ft  spoonful  from  near  the 
circumference,  where  it  is  warmest,  is  taken 
out  and  poured  iuto  the  center  ;  gradually, 
as  the  heat  increases,  the  clots  of  cheese  be¬ 
come  smaller  and  more  compact,  while  the 
whey  gets  clearer  ;  by  constant  stirring  the 
cheese  must  be  prevented  from  falling  to  the 
bottom  and  forming  huge  lumps  or  cakes. 
In  about  an  hour  the  cheese  should  be  in  a  fit 
stal  e  to  be  removed  from  the  pot  ;  the  tem¬ 
perature  at  this  stage  ought  to  be  about  60“ 
to  62°  C.  (MO"  to  143*  Fahr).  The  whole  con¬ 
tents  of  the  kettle  are  now  poured  into  a  thin 
Linen  bag,  which  is  placed  over  a  large  tub, 
so  that  the  whey  may  ho  strained  off  ;  when 
this  has  occurred,  the  bag  is  tied  up  and  hung 
for  a  few  hours  to  drain  off  any  remaining 
whey,  and  to  lot  the  cheese  get  dry  enough 
for  the  first  working  up.  The  cheese-mass 
being  now  laid,  by  large  lumps  at  a  time,  in 
a  suitable  fiat  wooden  tray,  is  picked  in  pieces 
by  the  hand,  and  then  thoroughly  kneaded 
with  a  wooden  pestle  till  it  presents  the  con¬ 
sistence  of  a  line,  dryish  pap.  When  all  the 


The  mode  of  preparation  is  not  everywhere 
tho  same.  Some  makers  prefer  a  greater 
degree  of  sourness  in  the  milk  than  do  others. 
Enough  milk  having  been  collected  to  make 
a  good,  light  cheese,  it  is  placed  over  the  fire 
in  any  suitable  vessel;  a  large  iron  pot  is 
considered  best.  In  some  dairies  these  pots 
are  built  with  brick  work,  but  it,  is  better  to 
have  them  portable.  Some  makers  bring 
the  milk  at  once  to  t  he  boiling  point  before 
disturbing  it ;  others  beat  it  gradually  and 
stir  about  from  the  commencement,  agin  the 
process  of  Pultkase.  When  the  milk  is  boil¬ 
ed,  the  stirring  about  is  continued  until  tho 
boiling  point  is  reached  ;  the  pot  is  then  re¬ 
moved  from  the  fire  and  allowed  to  stand  so 
that  the  clots  may  sink  to  tho  bottom,  when 
the  whey  is  drawn  off  as  quickly  as  possible. 
The  mass  is  now  again  well  stirred,  the  forms 
are  filled  with  it  and  placed  over  a  tub  to 
drain.  "No  pressing  takes  place.  It  is  a  point 
of  some  importance  to  let  the  forms,  when 
filled,  stand  over  the  warm  whey,  so  as  to 
prolong  t  he  cooling  process. 

When,  on  tho  other  hand,  the  milk  is  not 
heated  up  to  the  boiling  point,  the  clots  are 
scooped  out  of  the  pot  when  t  hey  are  suffi¬ 
ciently  warm,  firm  and  fine,  and  put  into 
cloth  forms,  which  are  placed  over  a  tub 
large  enough  to  hold  the  whey  from  all  of 
them.  When  all  the  forms  are  filled,  the 
covers  are  stuck  together  and  then  subjected 
for  an  hour  to  slight  pressure,  sous  to  squeeze 
out  more  whey  and  give  the  cheese  a  firmer 
body.  This  pressure  is  sometimes  omitted  ; 
but  whether  it  be  practiced  or  not,  the  cheese 
is  at  this  stage  put  back  into  the  whey,  which 
has  been  meanwhile  heated  up  to  boiling 
point,  and  left  there  from  three-quarters  to 
one  hour,  according  tosize.  On  removal,  the 
cheeses  are  placed  aside  in  a  warm  situation, 
and  turned  daily  till  a  crust  has  formed. 
Some  makers  subject  them  to  pressure  before 
putting  them  away.  A  week  or  a  fortnight 
is  required  to  make  tho  crust  hard  and 
cracked. 

By  whichever  of  these  two  methods  they 
have  been  made  (and  each  has  its  strong  par¬ 
tisans)  the  cheese  when  a  fortnight— or  at 
most  three  weeks — old,  are  wrapped  in  hay 
or  straw  that  lias  been  boiled  in  a  decoction 
of  juniper,  and  packed  in  suitable  casks,  ac¬ 
cording  to  their  size  ftlul  number.  In  some 
parts,  specially  constructed  boxes  are  used, 
and  in  this  ease  the  old  packages  are  much 
preferred  to  new  ones — experience  having 
shown  that  the  cheese  ripens  better  in  them. 
Some  makers  pack  their  cheeses  in  bay  or 
straw,  damped  with  water,  whey  or  beer. 
Others,  on  the  contrary,  prefer  dry  packing, 
and  change  the  hay  if  it  should  iu  any  way 
get  wet.  Some  rub  down  the  chooses  with 
fresh  oil  or  cognac.  If  they  get  too  soft,  the} 
are  unpacked  and  left  out  a  few  days  to  dry. 
If,  on  the  other  hand,  they  become  too  hard, 
they  are  damped,  or  even  boiled  up  again  in 
whey.  When  the  cheese  is  well  ri pencil 
throughout,  the  hay  wrapping  is  taken  off, 
and  it  is  either  returned  to  the  case  without 
a  covering,  or  at  once  dispatched  to  market. 
It  is  generally  fit  for  sale  in  two  or  three 
months.  One  pound  of  ripe  gaminelkaso  is 
obtained  from  about  3G  to  40  pounds  of 
milk. 

There  is  another  kind  of  cheese  much  used 
in  Norway,  which  is  made  from  whey.  It  is 
said  to  be  a  palatable  and  useful  article  of 
food.  Perhaps  such  a  cheese  could  bo  made 
from  the  whey  at  our  factories  and  exported 
at  a  profit.  If  ho,  it  would  be  an  important 
matter  for  American  dairymen  who  have 
been  for  a  long  time  trying  to  devise  means 
for  utilizing  whey  so  that  it  will  yield  more 
profit  than  as  a  food  for  swine.  We  shall 
give  the  details  of  the  process  for  making 
whey  cheese  in  a  subsequent  article. 


HOW  FOREIGN  VARIETIES  OF  CHEESE 
ARE  INTRODUCED. 


POISONING  OF  SHEEP  BY  DIPPING 


THE  PULTKASE  AMD  OOMMEIOST  OF  NORWAY. 

The  bulk  of  American  cheese  is,  and  doubt¬ 
less  always  will  be,  of  English  type.  In  the 
earliest  cheese  made  in  the  country  we  cop¬ 
ied  from  English  processes,  and  of  late  years 
great  efforts  have  been  made  by  our  dairy¬ 
men  to  produoealcindof  cheese  that  is  adapt- 
ep  to  the  wants  of  Britain,  not  only  in  flavor 
and  texture,  but  eveu  in  color  and  shape. 
We  have  studied  all  the  prejudices  of  our 
foreign  customers,  and  have  at  least  been 
able  to  put  upon  the  English  market  an  arti¬ 
cle  which  is  acknowledged  in  that  market  a3 
equal  to  the  best  English  home  make,  while 
the  bulk  of  our  shipments  is  of  better  quality 
and  more  uniform — when  measured  by  the 
English  standard  of  excellence— than  can  be 
produced  in  the  British  dairies.  In  other 
words,  by  our  painstaking,  by  our  persist¬ 
ence,  by  the  introduction  of  machinery  and 
improved  methods,  (not  to  say  science,)  we 
excel  them  in  tho  art  of  making  a  chease 
suited  to  their  own  peculiar  tastes.  W e  need 
not  stop  to  analyze  the  motives  that  have 
prompted  all  this  ;  it  will  ho  sufficient  to  say 
that  dairymen  wanted  the  English  trade  and 
English  gold,  and  hence,  “no  stone  was  left 
unturned”  until  the  end  was  accomplished. 

But  while  our  dairymen  have  been  intent 
upon  this  great  object,  and  while  the  large 
production  of  a  particular  kind  of  cheese  has 
had  its  influence  in  educating  the  tastes  of 
our  people  to  a  liking  for  English  cheese,  an¬ 
other  element  has  been  operating  slowly 
amongst  us,  and  has  now  assumed  such  pro¬ 
portions  that  it  demands  recognition.  Wo 
refer  to  the  large  emigration  from  Germany, 
from  Sweden,  and  from  other  nations  of 
Europe — a  people  who  have  their  own  pecu¬ 
liar  notions  concerning  the  preparation  of 
food,  and  who  have  been  accustomed  to  a 
different  kind  of  cheese  to  that  used  in  En¬ 
gland. 

A  few  years  ago,  all  the  Swiss  and  Lim- 
burger  cheese  used  by  our  citizens  of  foreign 
birth  was  Imported,  and  such  cheese  was 
quite  unpalatable  to  our  native  population. 
It  is  different  to-day.  The  foreign  element 
lias  introduced  among  us  some  of  its  charac¬ 
teristic  features,  and  among  other  things  we 
are  acquiring  a  liking  for  their  different 
kinds  of  cheese.  There  are  now  many  of  our 
people  who  are  excessively  fond  of  Swiss 
cheese,  many  who  have  acquired  a  liking  for 
Limburger,  who  a  few  years  ago  regarded  it 
with  disgust.  The  manufacture  of  both  Swiss 
and  Limburger  is  now  carried  on  to  a  consid¬ 
erable  extent  in  some  sections,  and  elaborate 
factories  have  been  built  for  the  purpose. 
Tho  production  of  this  kind  of  cheese  not 
only  becarno  u  necessity  to  meet  existing 
wants,  but  greater  profits  are  realized  from 
it  than  from  the  ordinary  English  cheese. 
We  shall,  in  time,  become  familiar  with  other 
kinds  of  European  cheese,  and  wo  shall  learn 
to  use  it  and  to  like  it.  And  why  not  !  Why 
should  we  not  supply  a  variety  of  cheeses  to 


cloth  is  laid  smoothly  over  all.  A  good,  sound 
sack  is  now  drawn  over  tho  tray  of  cheese, 
pieces  of  wood  being  laid  across  the  latter  so 
as  to  prevent  the  sack  touching  tho  cheese. 
As  tho  cheese  begins  to  ferment  and  get 

This  is  confined  by 


warm,  it  gives  off  vapor, 
tho  sack;  which  also  serves  to  keep  away  the 
flics.  The  tray  is  now  set  aside  in  a  proper 
place  till  the  cheese  is  sufficiently  fermented 
for  the  next  stage  of  working  tobeunder- 
In  one  or  two  days  it  general iy  gets 
assumes  a  yellow  color,  and  becomes 
firmer  in  consistence, 


taken. 

warm. 


As  soon  as  it  is  noticed 
to  be  warm,  it  must  be  well  stirred  about 
and  again  spread  out,  covered  over,  and  put 
aside  to  ferment  as  before.  This  must  bo 
done  two  or  three  times  a  day  for  two  or 
three  days,  until  it  is  found  that  the  cheese 
is  sufficiently  firm  and  mellow,  and  thorough¬ 
ly  fermented  throughout  its  whole  substance, 
so  as  to  have  its  characteristic  smell  and 
taste.  At  first,  it  has  a  temperature  about 
86°  Fahr.,  and  this  rises  later  in  the  process 
to  117’  and  US  Fahr,  The  more  gradual  the 
drying  of  tho  cheese  the  more  complete  is 
its  fermentation  and  tho  richer  its  color.  Of 
course,  in  this  period  the  cheese  loses  a  great 
ileal  of  its  moisture.  What  weighed 
pounds  at  first  working  up  before  fermenta¬ 
tion  commenced,  will  now  be  no  more  than 
14  Wf  pounds. 

The  cheese  being  now  well  fermented,  it  is 
spread  evenly  on  a  tray  and  sprinkled  over 
with  caraway  seeds  and  fine  salt,  according 
to  taste.  The  longer  it  is  to  be  kept  the  more 
salt  must  be  added.  Now  the  whole  mass 
must  again  be  well  kneaded,  so  as  to  insure 
uniformity  of  consistence,  and  an  equal  dis¬ 
tribution  of  the  salt  and  caraway  seeds.  If 
it  be  too  dry  to  work  up  well,  a  little  water, 
or  what  is  better,  a  small  quantity  of  good, 
thick  cream  may  be  used.  The  cheese  is  now 
put  into  well-cleaned,  air-tight  wooden  ves- 
suls  of  convenient  shape.  It  should  be  put 
in  bit  by  bit  and  well  pressed  down,  so  that 
no  holes  are  left,  and  the  whole  forms  one 
solid  lump.  It  is  now  ready  for  use,  but  im¬ 
proves  much  in  flavor  after  being  kept  for 
one  or  two  months.  From  15  to  16  pounds  of 
milk  suffice  to  make  one  pound  of  this  cheese. 

THE  QAMMEIOST. 

This  is  a  sort  of  cheese  peculiar  to  Norway 
and  but  little  known  in  other  countries.  As 
the  name  indicates,  (Goimnel-old),  it  must 
have  attained  a  certain  age  before  it  is  ripe 
and  fit  for  use.  It  is  made  in  certain  fixed 
shapes,  generally  about  twelve  inches  in 
diameter,  and  from  eight  to  ten  in  hight.  It 
has  a  sharp),  not  altogether  pleasant  smell ; 
its  exterior  presents  a  dark  brown,  dirty 
color ;  inside  it  varies  from  golden  brown  to 
greenish.  The  taste  is  sharp,  sweetish,  but 
pleasant ;  it  is  much  esteemed,  and  when 
well  made  commands  a  higher  price  than 
any  other  Norwegian  cheese,  selling  as  high 
as  24  schilling  (about  22  cents)  per  pound. 
This  variety  of  cheese  is  made  exclusively 
from  sour  milk,  and  is  generally  prepared  in 
the  mountain  stations,  ou  account  of  the  great 
annoyance  caused  by  Hies  iu  the  lowland  dis¬ 
tricts. 


and  more  upon  a  home  market.  Perhaps, 
“by-and-by,”  the  home  markets  will  be  able 
to  take  all  our  make  of  cheese  and  at  better 
prices  than  we  are  how  getting  by  sending  it 
abroad. 

We  have  given  in  these  columns  from  time 
to  time,  some  accounts  of  the  way  iu  which 
several  different  kinds  of  cheese  are  made, 
and  we  shall  add  that  of  others.  Consider¬ 
ing  the  large  immigration  which  we  have 
and  are  likely  to  have  from  Northern  Europe, 
perhaps  a  description  of  a  kind  of  cheese  al¬ 
most  wholly  unknown  to  Americans,  will  be 
opportune  and  of  interest.  The  substance  of 
our  description  is  from  a  paper  by  Director 
Dahl,  which  appeared  in  the  columns  of  the 
Milch  Zcit.ung,  an  able  journal  on  the  dairy, 
somewhat  recently  established  in  Prussia. 

PUITKASE. 

This  land  of  cheese  is  generally  made  from 
sour,  thick  milk.  Tho  skimmed  sour  milk  is 
treated  by  preference  in  large  quantities,  as 
the  labor  is  just  tho  same,  whether  this 
cheese  is  made  on  a  large  or  a  small  scale. 
The  milk  is  poured  into  a  well  scoured  cheese 
kettle,  which  should  be  so  arranged  that  it 
can  bo  easily  put  on  to  or  removed  from  the 
fire.  Untinned  copper  vessels  must  not  be 


OLD  CREAMER, 


I  see  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  July 
19,  a  record  of  the  milking  exploits  of  S.  D, 
Uungerford’s  “  Old  Creamer.”  There  are 
some  tilings  every  owner  of  a  cow  who  reads 
that  record  would  like  to  know  concerning 
this  feat.  How  was  tliat  Cow  fed  i  It  is  not 
so  difficult  to  get  up  a  big  record  of  tin’s  sort 
provided  one  knows  how  to  do  it.  But  we 
are  not  told  how  it  was  done  !  Was  “  Old 
Creamer”  compelled,  regularly,  to  drink  the 
milk  she  produced  l  Such  practices  are  not 
unusual  among  those  who  seek  to  make  such 
a  record  for  a  cow.  Why  ure  we  not  told 
how  many  pounds  of  butter  that  milk  made  l 
Let  Mr.  Hukuerford  tell  us  how  tho  cow 
was  fed,  what  was  done  with  the  milk  pro¬ 
duced,  how  much  butter  or  cheese  was  ob¬ 
tained  from  it,  und  whether  “Old  Creamer” 
was  compelled  to  drink  her  own  milk  regu¬ 
larly,  in  order  that  this  record  might  be  ob¬ 
tained.  So  shall  we  be  better  informed,  all 
of  us  !— F.  u.  c. 


oughly  conversant.  By  this  many  agents, 
perfectly  harmless  to  the  sheep,  bat  deadly 
poisonous  to  the  porasiteB,  may  be  used,  con¬ 
veying  comfort  to  tho  animals,  effecting  a 
more  speedy  cure,  and  preventing  not  only 
the  loss  of  flesh,  which  i  never  regained,  but 
also  the  loss  of  animals  themselves.  Among 
the  few  relies  of  agricultural  barbarir  iu 
which  still  remain  dangerous  remedies  as 
sheop-dips,  are  those  which  ero  long  must 
disappear,  and  safety  will  be  as  certain  in  this 
as  any  other  operation  which  is  resorted  to 
for  the  production  uud  conversion  ol'  stock, 
that  forms  the  staple  food  of  a  largo  und 
growing  countiy  like  our.:.  —Scottish  i W mcr. 


Sheep  in  Kansas.— -While  the  past  winter 
is  accounted  one  of  the  most  severe  ever 
known  in  Kansas,  Mr.  Guam.  Stone,  Pea¬ 
body.  Kan.,  writes  to  the  Western  Planter  : 
“  Vou  wanted  to  know  in  your  lust,  letter 
how  my  sheep  got  along.  They  are  doing  as 
well  as  one  could  ask  for,  or  as  good  as  they 
ever  did  in  York  State.  1  have  got  tliem 
sheared.  My  ewes  averaged  sixteen  pounds 
per  head  this  spring.” 


LT 


ant  and  desirable  feature,  in  sandy  soil.  Some 
of  the  leaves  were  five  inches  in  length.  Mr. 
Pkrky  asserts  that,  side  by  side  with  his  fin¬ 
est.  W ilson’B  A  llmny,  it  commanded  fifty  cents 
per  quart,  while  the  Wilson  was  slow  sale  at 
fourteen  cents. 

Hi  inning  Pears.— Jostah  Hoopes  after 
alluding  to  the  common  test  of  ripeness  for 
picking,  namely,  gently  raising  the  fruit  to 
see  if  it  will  readily  detach  itself  at  the  stem, 
he  directs  that  the  specimens  be  placed  thinly 
and  evenly  on  the  floor  of  a  cool  room,  on  a 
blanket  previously  spread,  and  then  covered 


The  seeds  of  nearly  all  tropical  plants  require 
a  higher  temperat  ure  to  insure  germination 
than  those  native  of  cool  climates, 

2.  Wo  cannot  tell  what  to  do  with  a  sick 
rose  ;  but,  at  a  venture,  you  might  prime 
and  give  it  new,  fresh  soil. 

”•  The  small,  fine-leaved  climbing  plant,  a 
few  leaves  of  which  you  inclose,  is  Adlumia 
cirrhom,  or  climbing  fumitory. 


CRAB  APPLES  FOR  CIDER 


BUDDING  APPLE  TE.EES, 


We  are  often  asked  whether  the  Siberian 
crabs,  of  which  many  people  in  this  part  of 
the  State  have  so  unavailable  an  amount,  are. 
good  for  cider  and  vinegar.  They  have  cer 
tainiy  been  recommended  by  the  troe-ped 
dlers  as  excelling  all  others  in  this  respect, 
but  we  must  confess  that  we  have  not  yet 
been  able  to  see  it  so.  Almost  all  of  them 
ripen  too  early,  and  keep  for  too  short  a 
time,  to  be  ol'  any  use  for  cider  making. 
Then,  according  to  our  experience,  they 
make  a  thin,  pale,  sour,  belly-ache  kind  of 
liquid,  that  it  is  an  insult  to  good  cider  to 
call  by  that  name.  Such  Cider  will  not  make 
good  vinegar,  without  the  addition  of  sac¬ 
charine  matter,  either  sugar  or  molasses. 

An  article  known  as  “crab  apple  wine,” 
almost  as  strong  as  brandy,  and  very  much 
liked  by  at  least  one  tomperence  editor  we 
wot  of,  is  made  by  adding  sugar  to  crab 
apple  juice,  aud  fermenting  the  mixture. 
We  cannot  say  that  we  fancy  it,  butitiloubt- 
less  has  its  use  in  enabling  speculative  moral 
reformers  and  political  tomperence  men  to 
make  themselves  innocently  happy,  without 
discredit  or  derogation  to  their  consistency. 
“  Only  domestic  wine,  you  know.” 

We  refer,  in  the  above  remarks,  mainly  to 
the  September  crabs,  which  are  almost  the 
only  kinds  which  have  been  extensively 
planted.  But  there  are  better  kinds,  not. 
generally  known,  which  keep  into  the  winter, 
and  seem  to  have  a  flavor  and  richness  that 
indicate  good  cider  fruit.  Among  these  we 
might  mention  the  Gold  Drop  and  Ball’s 
Winter  crabR,  of  Mr.  Bryant,  the  Marengo 


In  budding  the  apple,  are  the  buds  taken 
from  this  year’s  growth  ?  Is  grafting-wax 
used  in  budding  ?  Should  the  stock  be  cut 
back  at  time  ot  budding?  If  so,  how  much 
and  when  tine  remainder  ?— S.  K  M  Palo 
Michigan. 

The  buds  to  be  used  are  taken  from  the 
young  shoots  of  the  present  season’s  growth, 
selecting  shoots  that  are  vigorous  and  upon 
which  the  buds  are  plump  and  fully  devel¬ 
oped.  No  glutting- wax  is  used,  but,  instead, 
bass  bark,  eerrn  husks,  or  even  strong,  narrow 
strips  of  cotton  cloth.  The  budded  shoots 
are  not  to  be  out  back  until  next  spring.  If 
pruned  now,  or  even  after  the  buds  had 
taken,  it  would  be  pretty  sure  to  destroy  the 
buds. 


DAHLIAS  FROM  CUTTINGS. 

Is  it  a  common  practice  among  florists  to 


ARBCIRICULTURAL  ITEMS, 


Jjtitriii  glrrhiteilure 


CRITICISMS  ON  HOUSE  PLAN 


California  Fruit  at.  Boston, — The.  Fanners’ 
Club  of  Sacramento,  Cal,,  lias  appointed  I. 
N.  Hoag,  A.  8.  Greenland,  E.  F.  Annex, 
James  Rutter,  and  Amos  Adams  to  make  all 
the  necessary  arrangements,  collect  fruit  and 
send  the  same  to  Boston  at  the  time  ol  the 
meeting  of  the  American  Pomologies  1  Socie¬ 
ty,  co-operating  with  t  he  State  Hoard  of  Ag¬ 
riculture  of  California. 


FLORICULTURAL  NOTES 


M <  lastoma  Malabathrtca,— This  is  an  easily 
grown  plant  and  one  which,  if  well  attended 
to,  makes  a  good  busli  ;  it  even  produces  fine 
heads  of  blucish -purple  flowers  when  not 
more  than  from  one  to  two  feet  in  hi  "lit. 
Cuttings  of  it  strike  freely  hi  bottom-heat 
under  bell-glasses.  Its  foliage  is  of  a  purplish- 
green,  very  hairy,  and  contrasts  well  with 
that  of  its  associates  in  a  mixed  stove.  This 
species  oi  Melastoma  is  very  common  in 
Malabar,  where  it  is  used  much  in  the  same 
way  as  the  common  Laurel  is  with  us  It  is 
therefore,  called  the  Malabar  Laurel.  Some 
oi  the  Melastomads  are  considered  difficult 
to  grow,  but  this  one  grows  as  freely  as  a 
Pelargonium.  It  likes  a  soil  consist¬ 
ing  of  equal  parts  of  loam  and  peat,  to 
which  should  be  added  a  dash  of  sand. 

Acacia  lUeeana.  —  This  beautiful 
y  species  of  Acacia  has  a  habit  of  growth 
something  like  that  of  a  Weeping 
\  "  illow.  Its  deep  green  foliage,  its 

^  long,  whip -like  pendant  branches 
hotbed  with  golden  flowers,  the  fa- 
cUiiy  witb  w|och  it  can  be  trained 
?  V  over  columns  and  arches,  and  the 

T  kngth  of  time  during  winch  it  remains 
^  in  flower,  render  it  one  nf  *V.o 


FLORICULTURAL  QUERIES, 


would  be  in  full  bearing  in  five  years,  aud 
furnish  fruit  that  could  be  easily  sold  or 
made  into  cider  of  the  highest  quality. 

For  Summer  —  Tetofsky  and  Pringle’s 
Sweet. 

For  Fall — Duchess  of  Oldouburgh,  Bartou 
Scarlet,  General  Grant,  and  Beadle’s  Sweet. 

For  Winter — Rose  of  Baiton,  Mareugdj 
Winter  Gem,  Chicago,  Chase’s  Winter  Sweet. 

Every  one  of  these  varieties  may  be  war¬ 
ranted  to  stand  any  amount  of  cold  that  we 
ever  have  in  Vermont,  aud  grow  right  along, 
yielding  full,  regular  and  heavy  crops  of 
fruit  that  will  give  a  succession  from  July  to 
April. — Vermont  Fanner. 


POMOLOGICAL  GOSSIP, 


grown  in  New  Jersey  tins  year,  is  described 
as  follows  : — “  It  is  a  fine-looking  berry  of 
very  large  sixe  ;  one  of  those  left  with  us 
measured  five  inches  in  circumference.  The 
flesh  is  solid,  the  flavor  exquisite,  and  the 
color  a  bright  red,  just  such  as  is  calculated 
to  please  the  eyo  of  fastidious  purchasers.  It 
is  quite  prolific,  late  ripening,  and  from  its 
solidity  well  calculated  for  marketing  pur¬ 
poses.  The  berries  grow  in  clusters  of  from 
six  to  twelve,  presenting  a  very  rich  and 
beautiful  appearance.  The  stalk  is  a  very 
strong  one,  and  capable  of  bearing  the  heavy 
crop  of  fruit  from  the  ground,  a  very  import- 


ARCHITECTURAL  NOTES, 


Cottage  Elevation  and  Plans  Wanted,— 
I  wish  tlie  elevation  and  plan  of  a  one  story, 
eight  -room  cottage,  with  verandas,  hall,  &c. 
I  wis  h  the  house  to  face  south-east,  and  to  be 
as  convenient  aud  comfortable  as  possible- 
well  ventilated,  plenty  of  light,  aud  prefer 
the  h  alf-gothic.  roof.  In  fact  I  want  a  real 
southern  cottage,  capable  of  being  warm  in 
wintesr  and  cool  in  summer.  Any  aid  you 
can  render  in  the  above,  will  be  thankfully 
received.  —  Thomas.  P.  Hudson,  Campbell 


ACACIA  RICEANA. 

out  and,  before  they  get  their  growth,  wilt 
as  it  scalded.  Can  you  name  specimen  for 
mo  t — Fan  Palmer. 

1.  The  Cory  pints,  or  Fan  Palms,  are  readily 
grown  from  fresh  seed  sown  in  a  liot-bed  or 
wherever  they  can  be  kept  warm  and  moist. 


circumstances.  The  holes  through  the  posts 
were  bored  with  n  half-inch  bit.  The  end 
posts  were  large  and  firmly  set.  One  cud  of 
I  each  wire  was  put  through  the  post  atone 
I  end,  wound  around  rhe  post  once  and  twist¬ 
ed,  to  fasten.  Then  the  wire  was  passed- 
1  through  each  post  to  the  other  end  post, 

'  where  it  was  wound  two  or  three  times 
a  round  a  horizontal  capstan,  consisting-  of  a 
Hound  block  of  hard  wood  three  oi*  four 
invehes  in  diameter  and  a,  foot  or  eighteen 
iu  ches  long,  through  each  en  cl  of  which  was 


covering  a  house.  Now  cover  boards  with 
corn  Btalks,  straw  or  hay,  n.  foot  thick. — then 
pub  on  dirt,  until  a  foot  thick,  and  your  pota¬ 
toes  are  safe,  until  spring.  Cover  the  e  xposed 
end  of  flue  with  abroad  board,  to  keep  water 
from  riimiing  down  sides  of  (lue.  1  never 
put  a.  shelter  over  my  potatoes. 

The  second  is  from  Summit,  Miss.,  and  the 
writer  says:— “Tell  C.  L.  F.,  that  we  have 
for  thirty-live  yearn  put  up  our  sweet  pota¬ 
toes  after  the  following  plan,  and  novel1  hav¬ 
ing  lost,  any  from  rotting,,  conclude  that  it 


that-  the  protection  of  the  pollen  against  (he 
injurious  effect  of  premature  moisture  is  the 
more  perfect  the  smaller  the  number  of  flow¬ 
ers  and  of  pollen-grains  in  the  individual,  the 
greater  their  degree  of  coherence  and  the 
more  exclusively  the  (lower  is  fertilized  by 
insect  agency.  In  those  plants  where  the 
flowering  extends  over  a  great  space  of  time, 
where  the  anthers  in  the  same  flower  vary  in 
the  period  of  their  dehiscence  to.  allow  the 
escape  of  the  pollen,  and  where  t-lie  number 
of  flowers  in  an  inflorescence  is  very  large, 
the  protection  of  the  pollen  against-  the  influ¬ 
ence  of  the  weather  is  reduced  to  a  minimum, 
as  in  UinheiliiVre  and  many  species  of  (Jmci- 
fei'Li-  <md  KuxilYngn. 

Finally,  Kernel1  draws  the  conclusion  that 
those  plants  whose  coherent  pollen  renders 
insect  agency  necessary  fur  their  fertilization 
can  only  have  existed  in  very  recent  geologi¬ 
cal  periods  ;  ami  those  new  species  or  varie¬ 
ties  must  necessarily  have,  the  advantage, 
and  tend  to  become  perpetuated,  which  pos¬ 
sess  superior  advantages,  in  respect  to  the 
climate  in  which  they  grow,  for  the  protec¬ 
tion  of  their  pollen  from  all  injurious  influ- 
o,uces.  1  ho  plants,  the  remains  of  which  are 
found  in  the  oldest  geological  formations,  are 
generally  of  that  class  which  do  not  require 
insect  agency  for  their  fertilization. 


RENOVATION  OF  LAND 


AUSTRALIAN  METHOD  OF  COOLING 
WATER. 


NEGLIO-E  BAJ3.KET. 

inserted  a  short  lever  with  which  to  turn  it. 

This  capstan  was  laid  against  the  side  of  the 
post,  just  under  the  hole  through  which  the 
wire  passed.  One  man  took  hold  of  the  wire 
and  another  turned  the  horizontal  capstan, 
thus  straining  the  wire  tight.  Then,  when 
the  wire,  is  taut,  one  of  the  men,  with  a  bas¬ 
ket  of  white  pine  or  cedar  pings  previously 
whittled  to  the  required  size  and  soaked  in 
oil,  passed  along  the  entire  line  of  posts  and 
drove  with  a  hammer  one  of  t  hese,  plugs  into 
the  hole  on  each  side  of  each  post  over  the 
wire,  thus  dividing  the  strain  of  thy  wire 
among  the  posts  and  protecting  it  from  water 
where  it  enters  the  same.  After  these  plugs 
wore  driven,  the  wire  was  taken  from  the 
capstan,  carefully,  and  wound  about  and 
fastened  to  the  end  post.  The  wires  wen- 
then  painted.  So  made,  the  fence  proved  an 
effectual  one  against  horses,  cattle  and 
sheep,  and  will  last  twenty  years  without 
repair.  No.  9  wire  wus  used,  and  the  posts 
were  of  the  usual  size  for  an  ordinary  board 
fence.  Some  find  twelve  feet  apart  near 
enough  to  set  the  posts.  We  should  prefer 
eight 'feet  for  a  pasture  fence.  The  cost  will 
depend  upon  the  cost  of  wire,  of  the  posts, 
and  of  labor  in  the  locality  where  it.  is  made. 


IjAkue  buckets  of  canvas,  says  the  Bulletin 
du  Musee,  are.  made  about  4  feet  high  and  15 
inches  in  diameter.  A  bag  of  linen  or  flannel 
stretched  across  the  top  serves  as  a  sieve  and 
a  siphon  ;  a  wooden  oock  and  a  canvas  tube 
inserted  below  the  level  of  the  water  are 
used  to  draw  off  the  content*.  These  reser¬ 
voirs  are  suspended  to  branches  of  trees  in 
shady  places  and  exposed  to  the  light  breezes 
which  in  summer  always  exist  in  Australia. 
From  the  damn  surface  of  l.lm  w*u.l« . i.i 


these  one  foot  into  the  ground  and  leaving 
tom  feet  above.  Around  this  on  the  ground 
put  pine  straw  8  or  10  Inches  thick,  then  pile 
up  the  potatoes  to  the  top  ol  the  stake,  giving 
the.  pile  a  neat  -say  a  sugar-loaf  form.  Cov- 
or  potatoes  with  pine  straw  8  or  10  inches 
thick.  Over  this,  put  pine  bark,  placed  so  as 
to  turn  water — finish  with  a  piece  of  thick 
bark  on  north  side  at  top,  over-lapping  the 
top  of  the  stake.  Cover  the  whole  with  earth 
0  or  8  inches  thick.  Should  be  thick  at  base 
ol  the  bark,  Ray  13  inches,  to  facilitate,  tile 
lodging  of  tlie  earth  on  the  bark,  as  It  is 
worked  Lo  the  top.  This  is  the  old  Indian 
Mound  plan,  we  doubt  not  is  the  best  and 


HOW  TO  KEEP  SWEET  POTATOES 


The  Southern  Cultivator  publishes  the  fol¬ 
lowing  answers  to  an  inquiry  upon  this  sub¬ 
ject.  The  first  is  from  Artesia,  Miss Throw 


lm.  A.  Jvkrner  reprints  from  the  “pro¬ 
ceedings  of  the  Medical  and  Scientific  Society 
ot  Innsbruck  ”  an  interesting  memoir  on  this 
subject.  Pollen  is  of  two  kinds,  powdery 
and  coherent.  The  former  kind  is  found  al¬ 
most  ex elusivaty  in  those  plunts  whose  fertil¬ 
ization  is  effected  by  the  agency  of  the  wind. 
I’he  quantity  of  pollen  is  iu  these  eases  enor¬ 
mous  ;  tlie  anthers  are  frequently  attached 
very  slightly  to  the  end  of  elongated  fila¬ 
ments,  so  that  the  pollen  is  shuken  out  of 
thorn  by  the  least  breath  of  wind  ;  the  flow¬ 
ers  grow  on  the  most  exposed  parts  of  the 
plants,  frequently  appearing  before  the 
leaves,  so  as  to  give  greater  facility  for  the 
dispersion  of  the  pollen,  und  are.  not  provided 
with  bright  ly  colored  corolla,  powerful  scent, 
or  nectar,  for  Ihe  purpose  of  attracting  in¬ 
sects.  Plants,  on  the  other  hand,  whose 
pollen  is  coherent,  arc  dependent  on  insect 
agency  for  its  dispersion  and  transport  to 
the  stigma.  In  is  therefore  absolutely  essen¬ 
tial  in  these  eases  that  some  means  should  be 
pi  ovided  for  its  protection  from  moisture, 
whether  rain  or  dew,  which  would  immedi¬ 
ately  destroy  its  efficacy,  until  such  time  as 
it  may  be  carried  away  by  insects,  A  varie¬ 
ty  of  contrivances  is  actually  found  in  na¬ 
ture  for  effecting  this  end,  which  may  be 
classified  under  the  following  heads  : 

1.  Protection  by  portions  of  the  pistil  or 
stamens  themselves,  as  in  the  petaloid  stig- 
ias  of  Iris.  3,  By  portions  of  the  calyx  and 
corolla  ;  this  occurs  in  an  immense  variety 
of  forms.  3.  By  sheaths,  bracts*  or  fnlirt  oi»_ 


FACTS  ABOUT  THE  SIPHON 


In  June  last,  John  Welt*  of  Truxton, 
Cortland  Co.,  N.  Y . ,  laid  a-half  inch  lead  pipe 
according  to  the  following  survey  bill The 
ground  rises  from  the  spring  in  a  distance  of 
34  rods  10  links,  17  feet  5 inches  ;  from  thence, 
in  a,  distance  of  05  reds,  there  is  a  fail  of  30 
foot,  leaving  a  balance  of  13  feet,  7  below  the 
spring.  Ever1  since  the  water  was  started 


WIRE  FENCE 


c.  D.  B.,  Clyde,  O.,  writes  :  —  “I  wish  to 
inquire  concerning  wire  fence— first,  what  is 
the  size  of  wire  used,  and  about  what  the  cost 
per  IOO  pounds  ?  How  many  wires  does  it 
require  to  make  a  fence  to  turn  all  stock  but 
bogs  ?  What  is  the  proper  distance  for  posts  ? 
How  is  the  expansion  and  contraction  caused 
by  heat  and  cold  prevented  ?  Have  wire 
lences,  when  built,  generally  proved  satis¬ 
factory  ?” 

Some  of  these  questions,  we  hope,  our 
readers  will  answer.  We  answer  such  as 
come  within  range  of  our  own  experience. 
We  once  made  a  wire  fence  in  this  way  : 
Larch  or  red  cedar  posts  were  set  eight  feet 
apart  and  three  feet  in  the  ground.  Holes 
were  bored  through  the  posts  six,  eight  and 
twelve  inches  apart.,  the  lower  wire  being  one 
foot  from  the  ground,  the  two  wires  above 
khc  inches  apart,  and  another  eight  inches 
above  und  the  last  t  welve  inches  above  that, 
ihese  distances  were  varied  according  to 


SCIENTIFIC  AND  USEFUL  NOTES. 

Gutta-Percha  Cement.—  Dissolve  as  much 
gutta-percha  in  a  mixture,  of  10  part*  of 
bisulphide  of  carbon  with  L  of  oil  of  turpen¬ 
tine,  so  as  to  make  a  thick  mass.  Clean  the 
leather  to  be  united  from  all  grease,  heat  the 
surfaces  before  applying  the  cement,  and  dry 
under  pressure. 

Weiss  Beer.—  A  correspondent  asks  if  we, 
or  our  correspondents  can  give  the  composi¬ 
tion  of  the  German  weiss  beer.  We  carmot. 
We  understand  it  is  made  from  wheat,  but 
know  nothing  of  the  process. 

Water-Proof  Garments—  It  is  asserted  that 
soaking  the  clothes  for  34  hours,  ffi-st  in  a 
watery  solution  of  alum  and  then  of  sugar 
of  lead,  and  drying  them,  will  prevent  the 
rain  from  penetrating. 


EASTERN  WATER  COOLER, 
up  the  ground,  where  your  bank  is  to  be, 
twelve  or  fifteen  inches  above  the  level — take 
four  planks  four,  five  or  six  inches  wide,  and 
six  inches  longer  than  your  bank  will  be 
high  ;  nail  them  together,  making  a  flue,  or 
what  will  answer  the  purpose,  get  a  hollow 
pole,  bore  several  inch  holes  on  all  sides — now 
set  your  flue  in  center  of  bank  and  pile  your 
potatoes  nicely  around  it,  from  twenty-five 
to  forty  bushels.  Now  cover  with  boards 
from  bottom  to  top,  breaking  joints  a*  in 


bugs.”  Flies,  no  doubt,  frequent  these 
bunches  of  spittle,  but  do  not  produce  it  any¬ 
more  than  those  which  frequent  a  sugar 
hogshead  have  anything  to  do  with  the 
manufacture  of  sugar.  There  are  many  spe¬ 
cies  of  these  frog-spittle  bisects,  and,  of 
course  we  could  not  name  the  one  to  which 
you  refer  -without  seeing  a  specimen ;  and 
even  then  it  is  quite  likely  that  it  has  never 
been  named  or  described,  although  the  hab¬ 
its  of  the  genus  are  well  known. 


ment  several  dozen  seedlings  of  the  Yucca 
filamenlom  in  full  bloom,  and  this  spring 
flowers  produced  on  stems  five  or  six  feet 
high  are  not  surpassed  in  elegance  by  any¬ 
thing  in  my  garden  at  this  time.  The  flow¬ 
ers  arc  mainly  pure  white,  although  an  occa¬ 
sional  variety  will  be  found  with  a  slight 
yellow-green  or  reddish  tinge.  In  form  they 
are  usually  oval,  the  ettds  of  the  petals  turn¬ 
ing  back  only  when  the  flowers  arc  nearly 
ready  to  drop  oiT.  They  also  vary  somewhat, 
in  size  and  form.  I  have  raised  varieties  of 
the  species  named  above  with  flowers  that 
were  perfectly  globule  r  in  form  and  not  more 
than  an  inch  in  diameter,  and  others  that 
were  two  or  more  inches  in  length  and  ex¬ 
panding  about  the  same.  A  good,  vigorous 
stem  will  produce  from  200  to  200  flowers. 
The  plant  is  evergreen,  the  lea  ves  are  about 
ail  inch  and  a-half  wide  and  a  foot  or  more 
in  length,  from  the  edges  of  which  hang 
numerous  thread-like  filaments,  hence  the 
specific  name— fllatne.nl  osa.  This  species  is 
found  growing  in  Virginia,  south,  and  west¬ 
ward  to  Texas,  and  is  knowu  by  several  com¬ 
mon  local  names,  such  as  Bear-grass,  Adam’s 
Needle,  etc,,  etc.  There  are  several  valuable 
local  wild  varieties,  which  were  described 
by  our  early  botanists  as  distinct  species. 
The  narrow-leaved  Yucca  (Yucca  angusti- 
folia )  grows  in  great  abundance  on  the  plains 
west  of  the  Mississippi.  It  is  smaller  than 
the  former,  the  leaves  not  more  than  a  half 
inch  vide,  distinctly  edged  with  white.  The 
flowers  are  yellowish-white.  It  is  quite 
hardy  in  our  Northern  States,  and  well 
worthy  of  a  place  in  every  garden.  There 
are  also  many  other  species,  natives  of  t lie- 
extreme  South  and  Mexico,  not  hardy  at  the 
North.  The  seeds  are  borne  in  large  pods 
and  several  hundreds  in  each.  They  arc  flat 
and  thin,  resembling  in  form  those  of  our 
common  lilies.  The  plants  may  be  propa¬ 
gated  by  division  of  the  large,  fleshy,  tuber¬ 
ous  roots,  but  I  prefer  to  grow  them  from 
seed  for  the  sake  Of  vis  riety.  The  seed  grow 
almost  as  readily  as  corn,  and  may  be  sown 
in  fall  or  spring.  The  plants  require  consid¬ 
erable  room,  therefore  it  is  well  to  transplant 
the  seedlings  when  a  year  old,  placing  them 
at  least  two  or  three  feet  apart.  As  the 
plants  come  into  bloom  just  after  the  first 
flush  of  spring  flowers  is  past,  they  are  wel¬ 
come  additions  to  our  gardens. 

ANSWERS  TC  CORRESPONDENTS. 

July  5.— A  correspondent  signing  himself 
“  Galveston  Boy,”  sends  me  two  wox-ms  and 
asks  for  a  name.  The  worms  are  completely 
dried  up— nothing  left  by  which  I  could  even 
make  u  reasonable  guess  as  to  what  family 
they  belong.  It  is  difficult  to  pack  such  per¬ 
ishable  specimens  and  have  them  arrive  in 
2x>od  order  for  identification.  The  better 
way  would  be  to  feed  the  worms  mil  il  they 
pass  into  the  pupa?,  then  send  rolled  in  some 
soft  material  which  will  prevent  injury.  It 
is  not  always  an  easy  task  to  identify  the 
perfect  insect,  and  it  is  still  more  difficult  to 
name  worms,  grubs  and  caterpillars.  I  will 
always  do  my  best  to  impart  information 
and  answer  the  questions  of  correspondents, 
but  they  should  bear  in  mind  that  there  is  a 
limit  to  human  knowledge. 

The  bottle  of  beetles  sent  me  by  Dimon 
Kkoft,  Hinsdale  Co.,  Mich.,  arrived  in  good 
order,  but  they  were  all  species  common  in 
this  vicinity.  This  fact,  however,  should  not 
discourage  or  deter  you  from  making  still 
larger  collections.  I  wish  my  young  friends 
who  gather  bisect  s  or  other  specimens  would 
try  and  gather  knowledge  tit  the  same  time. 
Always  observe  the  habits  of  insects  and 
note  when  and  where  found.  Learn,  if  pos¬ 
sible,  their  food  as- well  as  abiding  place.  If 
you  gather  plants,  remember  tho  location, 
soil  and  whether  very  abundant  or  other¬ 
wise.  Always  do  the  same  in  collecting 
minerals,  fossils  and  shells, — in  other  words, 
do  not  be  afraid  of  learning  too  much  of  your 
surroundings.  Remember  that  some  one 
may  be  asking  for  information  of  you  by- 
and-by,  and  it  will  be  very  pleasant  and 
profitable  to  be  able  to  give  it.  Knowledge 
brings  wealth  as  well  as  power,  and  that 
which  many  persons  may  think  is  vey  simple 
and  useless  may  be,  in  the  end,  the  most 
valuable.  To  know  the  character  and  com¬ 
position  of  rocks  enables  men  to  find  gold, 
silver  and  other  precious  metals.  Every  man 
and  woman  during  some  period  of  their  lives 
tread  upon  fortunes,  but  for  the  lack  of  the 
proper  knowledge,  few  are  able  to  gather 
wealth  or  happiness. 


DOBSON 


OR  CORYDALIS, 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 


In  the  matter  of  “  Dobson,”  mentioned  in 
“Daily  Rural  Life,”  Rural  New-Yorker, 
July  12,  I  have  had  more  inquiries  about 
them  than  any  other  water  insect  for  the 
past  five  years  ;  have  only  known  what  they 
were  for  three  years,  the  other  two  I  spent  in 
asking  scientific  men,  but  as  I  sent  no  speci¬ 
mens  I  never  found  out  until  I  did.  Now,  I 
wish  to  say  the  name  “  Dobson  ”  is  too  firm¬ 
ly  fixed  to  try  to  change  ;  and,  to  use  “Daily 
Rural  Life’s  ”  own  argument,  Dobson  is  as 
easy  to  pronounce  as  Corydalis;  and  then 
every  fisherman,  angler  and  sportsman  who 
knows  anything  of  the,  insert,  would  know  to 
what  particular  thing  you  refer.  The  “Dob¬ 
son”  is  known  as  a  “Dobson”  by  every 
bass-fisher  from  Maine  to  California  ;  and 
when,  three  years  ago  I  asked  that  distin¬ 
guished  entomologist,  Cjias.  V.  Rii.ey,  the 
simple  question,  “What  is  a  Dobson?”  I 
must  confess  to  a  feeling  of  disappointment 
at  his  answer  —  “  I  do  not  know  -what  insect 
is  called  a  “  Dobson  ”  in  your  locality.”  The 
italics  lire  mine,  but  merely  put  to  show 
where  my  disgust  at  a  learned  man’s  ignor¬ 
ance  of  coinman  names  comes  in.  I  immedi¬ 
ately  put  Mr.  Rily  down  as  no  fisherman. 
He  will  feel  the  disgrace  as  keenly  perhaps 
as  I  should  if  you  were  to  intimate  that  I  was 
no  entomologist. 

But,  seriously,  scientific  men  should  try  to 
inform  themselves  as  to  popular  names  more 
than  they  do,  for  although  the  latter  are 
fearfully  mixed,  yet  we  of  the  common  herd 
are  attached  to  them,  as  J  am  to  the  name 
of  “  Dobson.”  I  do  not  think  that  there  is  a 
black  bass  of  my  acquaintance  who  would 
condescend  to  nibble  at  your  hook  if  you 
were  to  drop  him  a  line  with  “  Corydalis  ” 
upon  it ;  but  just  give  him  a  hint  that,  •’Dob¬ 
son”  is  on  your  bill  of  fare,  and  you’ll  find 
that  he  will  “  bite  like  a  steel  trap  and  pull 
like  a  horse.”  I  never  could  discover  what 
they  feed  upon  in  the  larva  state,  although  I 
have  opened  many.  Fred.  Mather. 

Hoaeyoye  Falls,  N.  Y. 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 

DUTIES  TROM  NORTHERN  NEW  YORK. 

July  3.— The  following  has  just  come  to 
hand  : 

Daily  Rural  Life: — Inclosed  find  two 
bugs  or  beetles.  The  larger  one  was  taken 
from  an  old  apple  tree.  Is  it  an  insect  that 
will  destroy  fruit,  and  what  is  its  name  ! 
Please  answer  through  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker.  —  N.  L.  Stevens,  ,S7.  Lawrence. 
Co.,  N.  Y. 

The  largest  beetle,  with  two  black,  eye¬ 
like  spots  on  the  top  of  the  thorax,  and  wing 
cases  spotted  with  white,  is  the  A  laws  ocu~ 
latus,  Linn,  frequently  referred  to  and  de¬ 
scribed  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  [The 
accompanying  illustration  of  this  beetle  ap¬ 
peared  in  the  Rural,  April  5,  page  221. — 
Editor.]  This  beetle  — \ 

is  sometimes  known  Jr 

by  the  name  of  big-  \  ^ A,  Jj 

eyed  spring-beetle,  be- 
cause  when  laid  on  its 
back  it  will,  with  a 
sxidden  jerk,  throw  it- 
self  upward  several  \ 

inches,  usually  falling  S  \ 

spots  on  Its  thorax,  '  vf  jwK 

which  look  like  eyes,  I  Kr'uJfllin  u 
are  more  ornamental  /  A 

than  useful,  the  ej  es  (  wjw  J 

being  quite  small  and  ” 
situated  on  the  head  the  same  m  other  in¬ 
sects  or  animals  of  higher  order.'.  There  are 
hundreds  of  species  of  these  spring-beetles, 
but  this  is  the  largest  found  in  our  Northern 
States.  The  beetles  do  no  harm'  either  to 
fruit  or  plants — at  least  I  have  never  known 
them  to  1  jurio  ;  but  1  1  ■  Ian 
which  is  transformed  into  a  beetle,  may  do 
harm  by  boring  into  wood  or  perhaps  vege¬ 
tables.  You  should  always  remember  that 
beetles  pass  through  four  different  stages,  in 
two  of  which  they  may  bo  injurious  or  bene¬ 
ficial.  The  first  stage  is  the  egg,  in  which,  of 
course,  they  can  do  no  harm.  The  next  is 
the  larva,  usually  called  grubs,  worms  and 
caterpillars.  In  this  stage  of  their  existence 
a  majority  of  insects  do  harm,  if  at  all,  be¬ 
cause  they  eat.  and  grow  until  ready  for  the 
next  change,  which  is  termed  the  pupa  or 
chrysalis  stage,  when  they  remain  quiet, 
neither  eating  nor  possessing  the  power  of 
moving  from  one  place  to  another.  From 
the  pupa  they  change  to  the  imago  or  perfect 
insect,  and  tro  born,  as  it  were,  full-size, 
never  becoming  any  larger.  I  wish  aD  the 
young  folks  who  read  my  Diary  would  re¬ 
member  that  beetles,  bugs,  butterflies,  moths 
and  even  house  flies  do  not  grow,  but  are 
born  just  the  size  that,  we  find  them. 

Now,  the  grub  or  larva  of  the  big-eyed 
spring-beetle  no  doubt  lived  in  and  fed  upon 
the  wood  of  the  apple  tree  in  which  you 
found  him,  but  it.  did  not  eat  the  live  wood, 
only  the  dead  and  decaying,  consequently 
we  can  scarcely  place  it  among  the  injurious 
insects.  Sometime  I  may  tell  you  and 
other  of  my  young  friends  how  important  is 
the  work  which  these  minute  creatures  per¬ 
form,  even  in  eating  nothing  but  the  wood  of 
dead  trees. 

The  other  beetle  which  you  sent  did  not 
seem  to  have  attracted  your  special  atten¬ 
tion— at  least  you  say  nothing  of  its  habits  or 
where  caught.  It  is  about  an  inch  long  wit  h 
quite  a  large  and  prominent  hea  d  ;  antennee, 
or  feelers,  about  uu  eighth  of  an  inch  long, 
terminated  with  a  yellowish  knob.  The 
body,  legs  and  thorax  black,  but  the  wing 
cases  (elytra)  have  quite  a  large,  reddish,  ir¬ 
regular-shaped  spot  near  the  extremi  t.y  and 
another  about  the  same  size  near  the  front. 
The  name  of  this  beetle  Is  Nceropharuss  arhi- 
caltis,  Sat.  It.  is  a  carrion  beetle,  its  larva 
feeding  upon  t  he  dead  and  decaying  carcasses 
of  animals.  A  dead  snake  appeal's  to  be  par¬ 
ticularly  attractive  to  this  beetle  and,  if  there 
is  one  about  they  are  pretty  sure  to  find  it, 
for  the  purpose  of  feeding  upon  as  well  as 
depositing  egg*  in  the  carcass.  This  beetle 
is,  therefore,  useful,  inasmuch  as  it  helps  us 
to  put  dead  luiimd.s  out  of  the  way,  prevent¬ 
ing  the  noxious  effluvia  passing  into  the  at¬ 
mosphere  which  we  are  obliged  to  breathe. 

YUCCAS  AS  ORNAMENTAL  PLANTS. 

July  4. — The  Yuccas  are  all  more  or  less 
showy  plants,  belonging  to  the  great  lily 
family.  For  many  years  1  have  been  raising 
seedlings  of  our  hardy  native  species,  not 
only  because  i  admire  them  as  ornamental 
plants,  but  by  adopting  this  mode  of  propa¬ 
gation  one  stands  a  chance  of  producing  new 
and  improved  /varieties.  I  have  at  this  rno- 


APPLE  TREE  BORER, 


Inclosed  find  specimen  of  an  insect  which 
I  find  preying  upon  the  tender  twigs  of  trees. 
What  is  it  ?— -Wm.  Clawson.  Arlington,  Mo. 

The  beetle  is  the  well-known  striped  apple 
tree  borer,  Saperda  biviltata,  frequently 
mentioned  in  answer  to  our  correspondents. 
The  beetles  do  very  little  injury  in  the  way 
of  eating  the  bark  from  the  tender  twigs  of 
apple  trees,  but  their  larvie  bore  into  the 
stems  of  tho  trees,  frequently  killing  them. 
Wrapping  the  lower  part,  of  the  stems  with 
tar-paper  in  spring  will  prevent  the  female 
laying  her  eggs  upon  them. 


AN  UNPATENTED  BEE  HIVE 


M.  S.,  New  Salem,  Fairfield  county,  Ohio, 
writes  to  the  Cincinnati  Gazette,  telling  how 
to  make  a  good  bee  hive,  as  follows  : — In  the 
first,  place  you  want  rabbets,  half  an  inch 
deep,  at  each  end  of  the  hive  to  receive  the 
ends  of  the  frame  ;  next  you  want  your 
frames  made  true,  so  that  they  will  hang 
plumb  in  the  hive.  There  should  be  one 
frame  for  every  inch  and  a-half  of  space  in 
width  of  our  hive.  Next  prepare  your  bot¬ 
tom  board  and  lay  it  level.  Rut  your  hive 
on  the  board  so  that  the  frames  will  run 
from  front  to  rear ;  then  elevate  your  luve 
about  three  inches,  and  your  hive  is  ready 
for  the  bees.  Make  your  frames  just  three- 
fourths  of  an  inch  shorter  than  the  inside  of 
your  hive,  and  have  them  SO  that  they  will 
not  touch  at  either  end  nor  swing  against 
each  other.  I  have  a  center-opening  hive 
that  is  very  convenient,  and  different  from 
any  that  1  have  seen. 

I  wish  it  understood  that  when  I  raise  the 
rear  of  the  hive,  that  1  raise  the  bottom  board 
with  it.  If  your  hive  lean  to  one  side,  the 
bees  will  build  across  the  frame.  I  have  my 
bees  in  a  yard,  and  each  hive  is  covered  with 
a  cover  made  by  nailing  two  boards  together 
and  resting  it.  on  the  top  of  the  hive.  I  make 
the  top  board  of  my  hive  in  three  pieces,  by 
nailing  two  cleats  on  the  top  of  them,  and 
making  two  holes  to  run  across  the  frames, 
each  hole  six  inches  long.  This  is  to  make 
room  for  tho  bees  to  pass  into  the  surplus 
honey-boxes.  When  the  boxes  are  on,  the 
cover  alluded  to  rests  on  t  he  box. 


PASSALUS  AND  DESMOCERUS 


W.  F.  M.,  Jamestown,  Pa.  The  large, 
black,  shining  beetle,  a  little  over  an  inch 
long,  with  short  horns  projecting  over  the 
head,  and  which  you  probably  found  in  old, 
half-rotten  wood,  is  Passalus  r,ornutux, 
Faiir.,  frequently  referred  to  in  our  columns. 
It  was  figured  and  described  on  page  150  of 
last  volume.  It.  is  a  perfectly  harmless  in¬ 
sect,  and  we  might  call  it  useful,  inasmuch 
as  its  larva?  aid  in  the  decay  of  old  stumps 
and  logs. 

The  smaller  beetle  of  the  two,  which  is  of 
a  bright  Prussian  blue,  with  a  broad  band  of 
orange-yellow  extending  entirely  a  cross  the 
front  of  the  wing  covers,  like  a  cloak  thrown 
over  one’s  shoulders,  is  now  known  as  Des- 
mocerus  eyancus ,  Fabr.  Li  Harris’s  work 
you  will  find  it  under  the  name  of  D.  palli- 
ut as.  Fa  1ST.,  the  latter  name  meaning,  or 
was  designed  to  mean,  cloaked.  It  is  plenti¬ 
ful  wherever  the  common  elder  bush  grows, 
and  will  be  found  feeding  upon  its  flowers 
at  whatever  time  this  shrub  comes  into 
bloom.  Tho  larvie  are  said  to  live  in  the  elder 
berry,  stems  feeding  upon  the  pith. 

The  beetle  which  W.  A.  Egbert,  Bedford, 
Ohio,  sends  as  a  unique  specimen,  as  an  insect 
never  before  seen,  even  by  the  “oldest  in¬ 
habitant”  in  that  locality,  is  the  same  as  the 
one  named  above,  viz :  D-cyaneus.  They 
are  probably  abundant  enough,  only  requir¬ 
ing  eyes  that  are  accustomed  to  look  for 
such  things,  to  see  them. 


HOW  TO  FILL  EMPTY  COMB 


A  correspondent  having  asked  Mrs.  Tup- 
fer  the  following  question,  “How  we  can 
best  fill  up  a  number  of  hives  of  empty  combs 
with  bees  ?  We  have  ten  living  colonies 
healthy,  though  weak,  and  twenty -nine  ltives 
full  of  comb,”  she  replies  through  the  Iowa 
Homestead  as  follows: — “The  best  way  to 
fill  up  your  comb  is  to  watch  the  bees  now 
that  warm  weather  has  come,  and  every  few 
days  put  one  empty  comb  between  two  that 


the  queen  has  filled  with  brood.  hi  this  way 
you  will  soon  have  any  love  full  of  hro*d  if 
honey  is  plenty  ;  if  not,  you  must  feed  quite 
liberally  with  sugar  sirup.  There  will  be  no 
trouble  in  getting  your  hives  all  full  of  bees 
again  if  you  manage  in  this  way.  if  the 
season  is  good,  it  may  be  necessary  for  you 
to  extract  honey  frequently  from  the  comb 
to  give  the  queens  room.” 


BEE  NOTES  AND  QUERIES 


FROG- SPITTLE  BUGS, 


Spiders  and  Bees . — A  correspondent,  of  the 
American  Bee  Journal  says  : — “  Most  apia¬ 
rians  have  considered  the  spider  the  common 
enemy  of  the  bee.  That  they  make,  their 
webs  in  unwelcome  places  about  an  apiary, 
and  now  and  then  entangle  a  bee  is  true,  hut 
the  web  iseasily  brushed  away,  audit-  murks 
destroyed  ;  the  writer  has  found  that  inside 
of  a  Langstroth  hive  (/.  e„  where  the  boxes 
are  put  on)  the  spider  is  a  real  benefit.  A 
little  observation  will  show  that  no  moth 
miller  escapes  them,  and  though  the  spider 
cannot  get  into  the  innermost  hive,  he  i*  a 
complete  exterminator  of  all  intruders.  Let 
him  live.” 

Book  for  Beginners  in  Bee  Keeping.— A 
correspondent  asks  the  best  hook  for  begin¬ 
ners  in  bee  keeping.  We  don’t  know  which 
is  the  “best,”  but  Quinby’s  mysteries  of 
Bee  Keeping,  which  may  be  obtained  at  this 
office  for  $i.'5L),  is  an  excellent  one. 

Italian  Queens.  —  W.,  Friendship,  N,  Y., 
asks  where  he  can  get  Italian  queens.  Our 
advertising  columns  have  told,  and  ought  to 
tell  now. 


At  this  season  we  are  annually  troubled 
with  a  great  many  of  (what  we  call)  the 
Prairie  or  Horse  Fly — three  or  more  kinds, 
A  little  matter  resembling  spittle  or  froth  is 
deposited  on  the  weeds  and  grass  with  the 
young  fly,  which  in  a  few  days  can  fly,  and 
in  places  will  attack  a  horse  m  such  numbers 
and  with  such  ferocity  as  to  kill  him,  from 
irritation  and  loss  of  blood.  I  have  never 
been  able  to  ascertain  what  insect  deposits 
the  said  spittle.  Can  1  be  informed  through 
the  Rural  J— J.  S.  V.,  Muscogee,  Indian 
Territory,  June  13,  1873. 

The  spittle-like  substance  found  upon 
grass,  weeds,  and  frequently  upon  various 
kinds  of  trees,  is  produced  by  a  genus  of 
insects  belonging  to  the  Ceroopts  familly  of 
the  order  Homoptera,  or  whole-winged  bugs. 
The  larvae  of  these  bugs  suck  out  the  juices 
of  the  plants,  and,  after  passing  through,  it  is 
deposited  about  them  in  the  form  which  lias 
been  termed  frog-spittle;  hence  the  more 
common  name  of  these  insects,  “  Frog-spittle 


Tea,  as  Grown  in  the  South,  is  said  to 
lack  the  indispensable  theme  for  which  it 
is  alone  valuable  —  that  it  does  not,  when 
Steeped,  yield  the  flavor  or  fragrance  of  the 
Chinese  production,  is  this  true  l  Can  any 
of  our  Southern  readers  send  us  a  sample  of 
American-grown  tea  ? 


weather  also  ;  a  little  more  time  being  re¬ 
quired  in  dull  weather.  The  cook  will  soon 
learn  what  allowance  to  make  for  her  uten¬ 
sils  ;  and  for  the  rest,  she  must  use  her  judg¬ 
ment  evei’y  time.  They  are  not  so  easily 
spoiled,  however,  as  in  boiling.  If  left  in  a 
little  too  long,  they  can  he  plunged  into  cold 
water  for  a  minute  or  two.  If  even  kept  hot 
until  the  yolks  stiffen,  the  whites  will  not  he 
hard.  The  yolk  should  be  cooked  just  enough 
not  t,o  break  rapidly  when  turned  out.  These 
are,  properly  speaking,  not  “boiled  eggs,” 
but  “curdled  eggs.” 

These  curdled  eggs  make  an  admirable 
dressing  for  many  breakfast  dishes — boiled 
samp,  oatmeal  mush,  cracked  wheat,  and 
especially  for  small  hominy.  The  gentle 
method  of  eookiug  eggs  may  also  he  observed 
in  making  egg-toast.  Have  the  milk  almost 
boiling  in  a  flat  dish,  and  break  in  the  eggs 
one  by  one,  cooking  a  few  at  a  time,  and 
being  careful  not  to  Let  them  run  together. 
Sprinkle  in  a.  little  salt,  and  let  them  stand 
hot  and  covered,  until  firm  enough  to  take 
up  without  breaking.  Then  have  ready  some 
split  batter  biscuit  (gems),  softened  in  hot 
milk  and  laid  on  a  platter,  and  when  the  eggs 
are  done,  dish  them  one  on  each  half  of  a 
biscuit,  and  serve  warm.  This  is  a  handsome 
dish,  and  though  not  quite  so  digestible  a* 
hominy  dressed  with  eggs  curdled  in  the 
shell,  it  is  still  tar  better  than  the  fried  potu- 
toes  and  griddle-cakes  that  form  the  staple 
of  so  many  breakfast®.— Setenoe  of  Health. 


usual,  lay  between  elaborateness  and  sim¬ 
plicity  ;  and,  as  usual,  simplicity  gained  the 
day.  We  suppose,  after  a  time,  the  lesson 
will  be  learned  by  competitors  at  exhibitions 
and  private  decorators,  that  overloading  is 
vulgar,  and  that  in  regard  to  such  matters, 
enough  is  better  than  a  feast.  The  prize 
table  was  dressed  with  a  light  hand.  Three 
tall  March  glasses,  with  slend  r  stems,  were 
dressed  with  a  few  drooping  fuchsias  and 
maidenhair.  There  was  little  color,  and  no 
excess  of  green.  Four  simple  glasses  were 
also  placed  on  the  table,  with  a  single  small 
iris  and  fern  leaf  in  each.  The  top  portion  of 
the  center  glasses  was  furnished  with  tall 
grasses,  sprays  of  Schizanthus  and  Rodanthe 
Manglesii,  which  contrasted  admirably  with 
the  fuchsias  in  the  branches  of  the  glasses. 
The  napkins  wero  slightly  raised,  aud  a  tiny 
bouquet-like  “button-hole”  was  placed  on 
each.  The  fruit  was  rattier  commonplace,  a 
small  melon  and  pine  at  top  and  bottom,  and 
six  dishes  of  other  fruits.  Assuredly,  neither 
the  quality  of  the  dessert  nor  of  the  flowers 
had  anything  to  do  with  the  gaining  of  the 
prize — but.  taste,  pure  and  simple,  only.  But. 
it  is  possible  to  carry  simplicity  into  poverty 
or  barrenness.  This  is  what  Miss  Blair  al¬ 
most  seemed  to  rlo  on  this  occasion.  Two 
tiny  palms  were  let  through  the  table  at  the 
ends,  and  one  March  glass,  nicely  dressed, 
formed  the  center.  A  dozen  or  more  tiny 
glasses  were  placed  around.  The  napkins 
were  nicely  folded,  and  the  dessert  was 
good.” 

We  copy  the  foregoing  because  of  the  sug¬ 
gestions  it  contains  as  to  floral  decoration  of 
tables,  and  in  order  to  suggest  that  prizes  of 
this  character  might  he  profitably  and  prop¬ 
erly  offered  by  agricultural  and  horticultural 
societies  in  this  country— certainly  as  profit¬ 
ably  as  for  fat  babied  and  pet  cats. 


SALT  AND  CHICKENS 


SEASONABLE  RECIPES 


In  Rural  New-Yorker  of  July  5,  some 
person  says  salt  is  fatal  to  fowls  ;  and  some 
months  since,  a  lady,  l  think,  recommended 
its  use  Where  hens  lost  their  feathers  on  their 
head  from  some  unknown  eauso  ;  that  cause 
though,  l  think,  to  be  the  secondary  effects  of 
roup.  The  fowl’s  head  seems  feverish,  and 
soon  all  the  feathers  come  off.  Mine  were 
so  and  i  said  1  would  kill  or  cure  ;  so  I  mixed 
up  a.  half  pail  of  soft  feed  and  put  in  a  large 
handful  of  salt,  1  went  out  next,  morning  to 
see  what  the  result  was,  and  all  my  hens 
were — what!  Dead  i  No,  but  awful  thirsty. 
Ho  1  gave  them  some  water,  and  the  next 
evening  more  salt.  My  hens  all  feathered 
out  on  their  heads,  and  (hey  stopped  eating 
each  other’s  feathers,  a  habit,  hard  to  break. 
Salt,  is  a  simple  remedy  for  many  things.  It 
will  cure  sick-headaehe,  make  cream  freeze, 
make  the  butter  come,  take  ink  stains  out  of 
cloth  of  any  kind,  kill  weeds,  kill  worms, 
make  the  ground  cool  so  it  is  more  congenial 
to  celery,  cabbage,  &c,,  ease  the  itching  pain 
caused  by  irritable  skin  diseases  like  hives, 
itch,  <&c.,  produce  vomiting  or  stop  it,  as  you 
like  ;  and  many  other  tilings  too  numerous 
to  mention.  Still,  I  once  fed  some  potatoes 
to  young  cliicks  and  turkeys  that  had  been 
boiled  with  salt  corned  beef,  and  killed  every 
one  of  them.  O’ Brink. 

Greenville,  Pa. 


I  have  tried  the  following,  and  know  them 
to  be  good  : 

To  Pickle  Green  Cucumbers. — Take  small 
ones  of  a  uniform  size,  wash,  put  in  a  porce¬ 
lain  kettle,  cover  with  cold  water,  add  a  little 
salt ;  set  it  on  the  stove,  let  it  heat,  gradually 
and  boil  five  minutes  ;  then  drain  off  all  the 
water  ;  add  good  vinegar  ;  to  one  gallon  of 
vinegar  add  one  cup  molasses,  0119  table- 
spoonful  cloves,  do.  cinnamon  ;  let  boil  five 
minutes  ;  remove  to  an  earthen  or  stone  dish  ; 
pour  over  them  the  hot  vinegar  ;  cover  tight ; 
when  cold,  they  are  ready  for  use.  i  never 
use  any  acids,  nor  cook  in  brass  to  make,  them 
look  green,  considering  both  injurious  to  the 
health.  When  we  prepare  t  hem  for  winter, 

I  wash  and  seald  my  barrel  to  make  it  per¬ 
fectly  clean  ,  cover  the  bottom  with  salt,  wash 
the  cucumbers  in  plenty  of  cold  water,  lay  in 
a  layer  of  cucumbers,  sprinkle  over  with  salt, 
and  so  continue,  putting  in  alternate  layers 
of  cucumbers  iiud  salt  each  time  of  putting 
into  the  barrel  ;  cover  with  cold  water,  lay¬ 
ing  on  a  flat  stone  to  keep  them  all  under 
water  ;  if  any  are  allowed  to  come  to  the  top 
of  the  brine,  thereby  being  exposed  to  the 
air,  they  will  rot.  These  will  keep  perfectly 
sound  one,  two,  or  three  years  il’  desired. 
When  wanted  for  use,  soak  in  cold  water, 
changing  every  six  hours  ;  keep  covered 
while  freshening,  as  the  light  has  a  tendency 
to  fade  them;  when  .the  salt  is  all  drawn 
out.  prepare  as  green  cucumbers,  except  to 
cook  them  longer. 

Drying  and  Cooking  Siccet  Corn.— I  gather 
the  corn  when  it  is  large  enough  to  eat,  and 
cook  about  fifteen  minutes  ;  then,  with  a 
sharp  knife,  cut  the  top  of  the  kernel,  scrape 
off  the.  rest,  leaving  the  hull  on  the.  cob  ; 
spread  thin  on  plates  and  dry  in  a  warm 
place  near  the  stove  ;  it  will  dry  in  six  hours  ; 
when  thoroughly  dry  place  in  a  tight  sack 
(a  paper  flour  sack  is  good,)  hang  in  a  dry, 
cool  place  ;  this  needs  no  airing  to  keep  it 
from  getting  musty.  When  wanted  for  use, 
take  a  sufficient  quant  ity,  place  in  upon  with 
plenty  of  water,  cold  or  warm,  not  hot ;  let 
it  soak  over  night ;  set  on  the  stove  with  the 
same  water  it  soaked  in  ;  lot  it  cook  slowJy 
for  l”,  hours  ;  when  nearly  done,  add  a  piece 
of  butter,  salt  and  pepper  and  sweet  cream, 
if  you  like.  If  you  want  succotash,  add  to 
the  corn  about  halt'  as  much  well  cooked 
beans.  Beans  are  better  soaked  over  night 
in  cold  water,  then  parboiled,  and  cooked 
slowly  in  fresh  water  ;  when  nearly  done  add 
salt,  and  season  to  taste. 

For  Cunning  Cruft, — I  use  mostly  glass 
cans,  knowing  they  are  the  cheapest  and 
best — cheapest  because  the  cost,  at  first  is  but 
little  more  than  for  tin  ones,  and  they  can  he 
used  for  a  succession  of  years  just  as  good  as 
at  first,  while  tin  cans  can  be  used  with  safety 
but  oue  year.  The  glass  cans  are  better,  be¬ 
cause  we  can  see  every' day  just  how  the  fruit 
is  keeping  ;  and  if  any  show  signs  of  not 
keeping  good  we  can  nse  them  first.  We 
often  heai’  people  say  if  the  top  of  the  fruit 
in  the  cans  molds,  it  is  a  sign  the  fruit  is 
keeping  good.  It  is  true  that  after  the  fruit 
molds,  and  forms  a  thick,  solid  coating  over 
the  fruit,  the  fruit  will  not  ferment  or  work, 
as  it  is  often  called,  but  the  flavor  of  the  fruit 
is  injured  very  mucin  Two  years  ago  I  read 
in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  how  to  can 
peaches  in  cold  water.  I  thought  it  would 
be  a  very  nice  way  if  the  peaches  would  keep 
good  ;  but  being  a  little  fearful,  I  only  filled 
one  can  that  way  and  did  it  exactly  as  di¬ 
rected.  My  peaches  did  not  go  up;  they 
looked  all  right ;  but  when  I  opened  the  can, 
the  juice  or  water  was  as  thick  as  jelly  and 
tasted  very'  bad  ;  the  rest  of  my  fruit  kept 
good,  and  I  think  it  a  better  way  to  cook  the 
fruit  just  enough  to  heat  it  boiling  hot  all 
through  ;  put  in  the  cans  while  hot  and  sea'. 
We  think  fruit  of  all  kinds  retains  its  natural 
flavor  better  without  adding  sugar  till  ready 
for  tna  table. 

Very  pretty  picture  frames  may  be  made 
by  covering  rough  frames  with  sealing  wax, 
such  as  is  used  for  sealing  letters  ;  then  cover 
with  rice,  and  apply  with  a  brush  another 
coat  of  wax.  The  wax  is  prepared  by  dis¬ 
solving  it  in  alcohol.  Try  it. 

Huntington,  West  Va.  A.  E.  Rogers. 


ABOUT  FRIED  FOOD 


We  copy  the  following  from  a  foreign 
paper  because  we  believe  there  i3  a  good  deal 
of  sense  in  it !  We  Should  be  glad  if  the 
housewives  who  read  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  would  tell  us  how  much  the  con¬ 
sideration  of  health  anti  strength  enters  into 
their  mode  of  cooking  : 

One  of  the  first  scraps  1  light  upon  is  one  1 
picked  up  somewhere,  evidently  from  an 
American  newspaper,  from  the  dishes  men. 
tinned,  is  about  the  health  of  farmers.  What 
singular  combinations  of  edibles  ihey  make 
use  of  in  the  United  States.  This  jotting, 
after  assuring  us  that  farmers  out  in  tin. 
Wert  are  not  So  long-lived  as  other  classes, 
although  under  proper  dietetic  condition 
they  ought  to  be  more  so,  proceeds  to  say  : 
Fried  dishes  several  times  a  day,  with  several 
fried  articles  at  each  of  the  t  hree  meals,  i; 
one  of  their  common  dietetic  abominations  ; 
dried  beef,  old  cheese  and  pickles  are  among 
the  common  relishes,  while  lard  andsaloratuf 
make  their  richer  dainties  infectious  and 
caustic.  We  have  seen  on  a  farmer's  table 
fried  pork,  fried  eggs,  fried  potatoes  and 
fried  grid  die- cakes  for  breakfast ;  fried  ham, 
fried  hominy  and  fried  parsnips  for  dinner, 
and  fried  sausages  and  fried  doughnuts  foi 
supper— all  the  frying  done  in  lard, 

No  class  is  so  troubled  with  canker,  erysip 
elas,  tumors,  cancers  and  humors,  as  farm 
era  ;  and  the  excessive  nse  of  pork,  lard,  line 
flour,  rich  cakes  .and  greasy  pastry,  arc 
enough  to  account  for  it.  In  dietetic  habits 
our  farmers  are  sadly  misled  by  the  agricul¬ 
tural  journals,  nearly  all  of  which  pander  t< 
their  prejudices  and  flatter  their  morbid 
appetites  by  recommending  and  commending 
swine  breeding  and  pork  eating,  while  they 
fill  their  Kitchen  Column  with  recipes  for 
making  “rich  and  palatable”  puddings,  pies, 
cakes  and  other  complicated  dishes,  whicl 
no  stomach  ever  carried  inside  of  a  humai 
body  could  king  tolerate  without  death  o. 
dyspepsia.  The  essential  need  of  our  farmer* 
is  plain,  wholesome  food,  properly  cooked. 
This  would  give  them  much  more  available 
power  for  work,  relieve  them  of  many  of  the 
distresses  and  expenses  of  sickness,  add  many 
years  to  their  life,  and  render  old  age  “  green” 
and  normal  instead  of  dry  and  decrepit],  a* 
it  is  in  most  cases  under  existing  habits. 


BREEDING  FOWLS, 


A.  B.  W. ,  contributes  the  following  to  the 
Poultry  World  : — W.  B.  S.  wants  to  know 
how  long  a  hen  must  be  mated  with  a  cock 
to  breed  true  to  his  kind,  As  T  have  studied 
this  matter,  I  will  give  W.  B.  8.  iuy  experi¬ 
ence.  A  heti  luus  never  more  than  two  un¬ 
laid  eggs  impregnated  at  any  time, — so  the 
third  egg  she  lays  will  be  OS  true  to  the  last 
eo"k  mated  witli  her  as  the  fiftieth.  But  I 
will  say  to  YV.  B.  8.,  if  he  wauls  to  breed 
"owls  true  to  their  kind,  there  is  but  one  way 
to  do  it,  especially  to  have  them  true  to 
feather  as  well  as  form.  For  instance,  if  he 
wants  White  Leghorns,  1  would  advise  him 
to  take  five  young  pullets  that  have  never 
been  mated  with  any  cock,  and  these  I  would 
mate  with  a  Leghorn  cock  of  another  strain, 
and  not  breed  from  them  until  the  second 
year.  If  he  does  this,  he  will  have  fine, 
healthy  chickens,  true  to  form  and  feather. 
Chickens  cannot  be  bred  true  to  feather  if 
from  hens  that,  have  previously  been  mated 
with  a  cock  of  a  different,  breed.  If  poultry 
raisers  doubt  this,  let  them  try  it,  and  bo 
convinced.  A  good  way  to  try  it,  is  to  take 
t  few  White  Leghorn  pullets  true,  to  color, 
and  mate,  them  with  a  Dominique  cock  the 
first,  season,— the  second  season  with  a  trim 
White  .Leghorn  cock.  If  you  raise  thirty 
chickens  from  them,  about  fifteen  of  th?m 
will  be  entirely  white,  from  three  to  six  w  ill 
be  Dominique,  and  the  remainder  will  be 
white,  with  a  few  colored  feathers, — just 
enough  to  spoil  them.  The  same  rule  holds 
good  with  any  other  breed. 


Neglige  Basket.— We  give,  on  page  61,  an 
illustration  of  a  Neglige  Basket  — a  useful 
article  for  a  bedroom  as  a  receptacle  for 
ladies’  and  children’s  night-clothes.  The 
frame  can  be  made  of  rustic  work  if  desir¬ 
able,  lined  with  any  colored  material ;  it 
should  have  two  half-covers  or  lids  at  the 
top,  which  may  be  embroidered  to  suit  the 
taste  or  fancy.  The  sides  may  be  festooned 
with  silk,  ornamented  with  fringe  or  ot  her 
material,  with  tassels  at  the  corners.  It  is 
given  as  a  suggestion  to  those  who  enjoy  the 
making  of  such  fancy  conveniences. 


COOKING  EGGS. 


CRIPPLED  HENS 


In  perusing  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of 
June-21,  1  find  an  article,  “  Crippled  Hens,” 
asking  information  for  a  cure.  Always  be¬ 
ing  on  the  look  out  for  information  myself,  I 
am  always  willing  to  impart,  what  little  I 
know  for  the  benefit  of  others,  I  have  at 
present  a  young  Game  chicken,  four  months 
old  (out  of  stock  that  I  imported  from  Dr.  J. 
W.  Cooper,  Westchester,  Fa.),  that  was  the 
same  as  your  correspondent  states.  I  gave 
him  every  morning  about  four  grains  of 
citrate  of  iron,  i  mixed  it  up  with  a  piece  of 
fat,  and  it  is  now  the  filth  day  since  I  com¬ 
menced  with  him  and  he  walks  as  good  as 
ever.  I  take  good  care  to  keep  him  worm 
nights.  I  should  like  your  correspondent  to 
try  the.  same  ;  he  will  find  a.  difference  in  a 
short  time.  J.  I.  DO  CO  ART. 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 


of  digestion.  Hence  eggs  are  more  easily  di¬ 
gested  raw  than  cooked,  and  hence  also  the 
objection  to  hard  boiling.  Dr.  Beaumont 
found  bits  of  hard-boiled  egg-white,  no  larg¬ 
er  than  a  pea,  sometimes  remained  in  the 
stomach  after  everything  else  had  yielded  to 
the  action  of  the  gastric  juice.  Such  logic  is 
unanswerable.  lie  deduced  from  it  the  im¬ 
portance  of  careful  mastication.  We  women 
can  go  a  step  further,  and  find  in  it  On  intel¬ 
ligent  reason  for  so  cooking  the  eggs  tliat 
they  will  not  require  this  extra  care.  Fried 
eggs  are  still  worse  than  those  which  are 
boiled,  both  because  subjected  to  a  greater 
degree  of  heat,  and  because  of  cooking  fat 
into  them. 

Even  in  the  common  method  of  boiling 
them  rapidly,  “three  and  a-half  minutes,” 
the  albumen  next  the  shell  is  quite  too  hard. 
It  should  be  uniform  and  custard-like,  and 
this  is  secured  by  the  method,  now  becoming 
quite  common,  of  merely  letting  the  eggs 
stand  from  seven  to  ten  minutes  in  hot  water. 
This  should  be  boiling  hot  at  first,  but  the 
At  the  Royal  Horticultural  Show  at  Bath,  cool  eggs  reduce  its  temperature  somewhat. 
Eng.,  four  prizes  were  offered  for  dinner  The  exact  time  required  will  vary  with  the 
table  decorations,  and  two  Judies— Mrs.  E,  relative  proportions  of  eggs  and  water,  with 
Harris  and  Miss  Edith  Blair — took  the  first  the  size  of  the  eggs,  with  the  heat  and  thick- 
and  second  prizes.  An  English  paper,  speak-  ness  of  the  utensil  used,  with  the  warmth  of 
ing  of  this  contest,  says “  The  contest,  as  the  place  where  it  stands,  and  with  the 


NURSING  BABIES, 


Dr.  P.  H.  Van  Per  WYDEin  Manufacturer 
says  : — “A  child  must  absolutely  not  be  given 
anything  before  it  is  laid  at  its  own  mother’* 
breast  within  one.  hour  after  birth,  unless 
the  mother  is  positively  unable  to  bear  it: 
ii  must  then  have  the  breast  every  two  hour- 
till  six  weeks  old,  then  every  thr  oe  hours  till 
several  teeth  commence  to  appear  ;  then  give 
addit  ional  food  every  four  hours.  The  best 
additional  food  Is  good  bread  or  biscuit  boiled 
in  water  and  sweetened  with  sugar.  Never 
nurse  after  IIP.  M.  or  before  5  A.  M.,  and 
lengthen  this  nocturnal  intermission  gradual¬ 
ly  till  the  time  of  weaning,  which  must  de 
pend  upon  circumstances.  Mind  that  a  child, 
before  it  has  teeth,  can  not  posit  ively  digest 
any  starchy  or  vegetable  food,  like  iloui ,  ar¬ 
rowroot,  sago,  etc.,  and  may  bo  starved  to 
death  on  this  when  it  has  no inilk  or  beef-tea. 
Milk  must  be  the  main  reliance  ;  it  is  what 
nature  intends  for  the  child  and  it  must  have 
it,  as  experience  has  conclusively  shown  that 
without  human  milk  it  is  difficult  to  rear  a. 
child  ;  and  without  any  milk  at  all,  it  is  next 
to  impossible  to  keep  it  alive.” 


POULTRY  NOTES, 


Lame  Turkeys.— I  write  to  ask  information 
concerning  a  lameness  that  has  appeared 
among  my  young  turkeys.  It  begins  with  a 
swelling  of  the  joint  and  continues  until  they 
lose  the  use  of  the  leg  entirely — the  foot  being 
almost  turned  round.  Have  had  seven  so  af¬ 
fected,  but  Live  discovered  neither  cause  nor 
cure.  As  it  is  a  new  disease  litre,  an  curly 
answer  from  some  of  your  poultry  growers 
will  greatly  oblige— A  Constant  Reader. 

We  know  nothing  of  such  a  trouble.  Do 
our  readers  ? 


DINNER  TABLE  FLORAL  DECORATIONS, 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


JULY  28 


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SATURDAY,  JULY  26,  1873. 

VACATION  LETTERS. 

A  Working  Editor  Out  of  Harness. 

It  is  nearly  two  years  since  I  (Irat.  wrote  that, 
heading,  and  nearly  two  years  since  I  have  had 
a  breathing  spoil— two  years  of  exacting  labor. 
It  is  only  the  “  habit  of  work,"  now,  that  Impels 
to  lake  this  pencil.  Of  course,  I  have  no 
consideration  whatever  for  those  chaps  in  the 
Ruhai<  office  who  have  the  “copy”  to  make! 
Nor  have  I  any  ambition  in  gratify;  indeed,  I 
have  but  little  left.  You  would  not  have,  if  you 
were  hanging  in  a  hammock  underneath  two 
such  apple  trees  for  a  canopy  and  with  such 
glimpses  of  water  and  land  as  I  get  without  a 
movement  of  my  head. 

Two  Years  from  the  Country  ! 

.  Do  you  know  what  that  means 7  And  how 
does  the  country  look  after  two  years’  absence  ? 
lsil  Improving?  Are  t  here  any  marked  changes? 
A  few ;  not  many.  The  maples  have  lengthen¬ 
ed,  and  the  shadows  they  throw  arc  a  trifle 
deeper.  The  old  orchard  trees  look  older  and 
more  iotlrm ;  the  younger  orchards  are  getting 
more  mature  and  fruitful.  The  stones  in  the 
walls  are  a  trifle  more  mossed  :  tie  paint  on  the 
buildings  more  dingy:  Hie  gate  fastenings  are 
more  worn  :  the  barn  floors  need  new  planking; 
some  of  the  battens  on  t  he  buildings  need  nails ; 
the  old  wagons,  some  of  them,  need  new  paint ; 
some  have  new  wagons  ;  the  snow  in  the  hair 
Of  some  of  my  Old  friends  shows  more  than  it 
did  two  years  ago;  the  furrows  in  their  faces 
are  deeper ;  they  walk  slightly  stiffer ;  the  boys 
arc- taking  the  burl  hens  of  care  and  labor,  and 
are  talking  more  thoughtfully  of  the  manage¬ 
ment  of  crops  and  stocks,  of  wool  and  cheese, 
of  transportation  and  Granges.  Mary  Jane, 
with  whom  I  went  picking  pea*  two  years  ago, 
has  a  new  light  in  her  eye.  She  does  not  aet  so 
listless,  wearied,  and  overworked.  1  hear  that 
she  is  soon  to  have  opportunity  to  build  up 
that  homo  superstructure  of  which  she  talked 
so  eloquently  to  me  on  the  pea  patch.  If.  is 
wonderful  what  a  tonic  love  and  hope  is !  Why, 
the  moment  I  began  to  think  that  1  might  pos¬ 
sibly  gel  out  of  the  sanctum  for  a  few  weeks, 
my  work  became  easier,  and  it  was  quicker  and 
better  done!  But  talking  upon  this  subject 
reminds  me  that  yesterday  I  met 

A  Lady  from  the  West 
who  has  been  here  visiting  her  friend,  whom 
she  had  not  ceen  in  fifteen  years.  She  has  helped 
her  husband  to  build  up  his  Western  home, 
worked  hard,  brought  up  her  family  of  children 
and  was  worn  out  with  care.  She  said  to  me : 

“  The  moment  I  really  began  tn  hope  that  I 
was  coming  hack  to  the  old  home,  a  new  life 
sprang  up  within  me;  I  grew-  youngor  every 
moment;  I  have  grown  more  elastic  ever  since 
I  left  home.  Instead  of  my  visit  making  me 
restless  and  discontented,  it  will  enable  me  to 
appreciate  my  own  homo  more  than  ever,  and 
to  settle  down  there  contented.  Even  now  I 
am  heginning  to  anticipate  the  date  and  count 
the  days  that  will  intervene  ere  I  start  back. 


Sorry  I  came?  No,  sir  I  I  am  glad  I  It  has 
added  ten  years  to  my  life,  because  it  has  not 
only  broken  Hs  monotony,  but  furnished  me 
with  new  material,  with  which  to  weave  happi¬ 
ness  Into  the  web  of  the  life  of  rny  family.” 

How  well  I  remembered  those  warm,  relax¬ 
ing  spring  days  on  the  old  farm,  when  I  was 
just  largo  enough  ttr  “  pick  up  stones.”  What 
tedious,  dull,  back-aching,  hand-rasping,  boy- 
disheartening  days  time  were  !  But  do  I  not 
remember  "'hat  force  tt  gave  us  boys  when  wo 
were  told  In  the  mornJng, 41  Boys,  pick  up  a 
dozen  good,  large  heaps  of  stone  and  t  hen  go  a 
fishing  the  rest  of  the  day  I” 

How  we  did  sling  stone! 

Don't  all  this  show  that  the  motive  for  work 
must  be  our  own  pleasure  and  happiness  or  the 
pleasure  and  happiness  of  others  whom  we  love  ? 
is  there  not  a  lesson  to  W  learned  here  as  to 
the  causes  of  discontent  «n  the  farm  ?  Why  do 
the  boys  and  girls  desire  to  leave  home  and  the 
homestead  ?  1  was  talking  with  one  the  other 
day-  the  son  of  an  old  frieud.  He  was  Inquir¬ 
ing  about  life,  lit  the  city.  “Stay  at  home, 
James,"  I  said. 

“  But  you  went  away,  mid  have  come  back  an 
Editor.  You  nave  made  a  name.  You  are  re¬ 
spected,  and  your  old  friends  here- defer  to  you 
as  to  some  one  who  Is  wiser  than  they.  Is  not 
that  worth  struggling  and  striving  for— to  re- 
ccivo  such  a  welcome  as  you  get  whenever  you 
come?  Why,  I  might  work  here  until  dooms¬ 
day  and  receive  no  such  consideration.  Sup¬ 
pose  you  have  worked  hard?  Haven’t  you  en¬ 
joyed  a  good  deal?  Haven’t,  you  jrowu  iu 
knowledge,  broadened  In  your  Ideas  of  things  ? 
Don’t  you  look  at  life  and  those  who  live  from 
a  different  standpoint  than  you  would  if  you 
had  spent,  your  days  upon  a  farm  ?  What  object 
have  I  for  work?  To  accumulate  u  few  more 
acres;  to  get  a  few  more  dollars  In  the  bank; 
to  marry,  and  educate  my  children,  who  will 
leave  me  the  first  chance ;  to  be  known  as  tlm 
best  farmer  in  town  ;  to  drive  the  best  team, 
milk  the  best,  cows,  keep  th*  best  sheep, swino 
and  cattle !  Why,  I  tell  you,  I  must  have  some 
other  motive.  It  is  all  very  well  to  say  4  be  con¬ 
tented  to  tell  me  that  L  am  making  more 
money  than  you  are.  What  Is  money,  unless 
we  use  it  to  increase  our  knowledge  ana  in¬ 
fluence  in  the  world  ?" 

I  confess  1  could  not  make  Jakes  understand 
how  hollow  is  all  that  a  professional  man  gets 
tn  the  way  of  reputation,  nor  what  it  costa  of 
labor,  care  and  torture  to  get,  it.  Because  1  am 
here  loafing  for  a  tew  weeks,  ho  t  hinks  1  have 
an  easy  life  !  He  cannot  know  what  such  lei¬ 
sure  has  cost  me !.  He  docs  not  and  will  not  be¬ 
lieve  Unit.  I  would  give  up  the  whole  for  the 
quiet  content,  peace  and  delight  of  five  years 
on  a  farm,  with  all  the  exacting  labor,  labor! 
What  Is  the  labor  of  a  farmer  who  Is  Inde¬ 
pendently  circumstanced,  compared  with  that 
of  the  man  who  must  weigh  every  word  ho 
writes  and  everything  he  does  because  of  its 
possible  Influence  Upon  the  public? 

I  tell  you,  Brother  Moohk,  If  a  man  wants  to 
knowhow  to  appreciate  an  Independent  lid'*, 
let  liim  attempt  to  serve  the  public  awhile,  and 
then  go  back  to  the  quiet,  and  comparatively; 
Irresponsible  position  of  n  farmer.  JIc’ll  no 
longer  sigh  for  fame,  nor  yearn  for  distinction, 
nor  wish  that,  he  may  44  see  the  world”  again  1 
But  the  shadows  and  the  dew  are  fulling  !  In¬ 
stead  of  going  to  bed  at  one  o'clock  in  the 
morning,  as  in  the  city,  1  shall  be  asleep  when 
the  clock  strikes  nine.  I  shall  be  up  to  hear 
the  bird  matins  In  the  morning, uad  will  have 
breakfast  about  the  time  the  milk  curls  and 
meat  wagons  and  heavy  trucks  begin  to  shako 
the  earth  under  your  window  to  waken  you. 
I’ve  no  desire  to  exchange  places  with  you  now  ! 

- - - 

RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

netting  on  the  Price  of  Colton.—' The  creation 
of  h  cotton  exchange  tn  this  city  has  resulted  in 
the  establishment  of  that  vicious  system  com¬ 
mon  on  t,l)t*  Gold.  Corn  and  other  exchanges — 
betting  on  the  price  of  cotton.  The  effects  of 
this  practice  are  not  confined  to  New  York. 
All  through  the  Southern  States  men  are  mak¬ 
ing  advances  to  cotton  growers,  and  pledging 
to  pay  them  a  certain  price  for  their  crop  at  a 
certain  date.  In  other  words  they  put  up  their 
money  on  the  price  o('  cotton  within  a  certain 
time,  with  the  privilege  of  realizing  all  they  can 
from  the  sale  thereof  up  to  the  date  fixed.  The 
result  is  tnnt  they,  as  often  as  otherwise,  gel 
disappointed,  and  in  many  cases  have  failed 
financially  and  gone  Into  bankruptcy.  We 
know'  a  young  man  who  told  ue  that  he  bought 
a  certain  amount  of  cotton  in  this  way  of  a 
planter.  He  lost  $500  to  $500  on  his  purchase, 
and  the  total  absorbed  most  of  bis  ready  capital. 

It  is  a  vicious  system,  of  no  real  gain  to  the 
planter,  creates  fictitious  values  and  demoral¬ 
izes  trade.  It  is  a  species  of  gambling  which 
ought  not  to  be  encouraged  by  planters  at  all. 
Cotton  is,  as  a  consequence  of  this  system  two 
or  three  cents  per  pound  higher  here  than  in 
Liverpool,  and  it  is  asserted  that  it  is  actually 
being  re-shipped  hero  to  meet  contracts. 


we  have  to  find  with  It  is  that  it  does  not  pledge 
its  proclalmers  to  fight  for  freedom  from  debt. 

that,  it  does  not  recognize  the  fact  that  the 
evils  under  which  farmers  suffer  are  not.  alone 
concentrated  In  monopolies,  nor  in ’corrupt 
Legislatures  and  Congress.  It  Is,  however,  a 
good  long  step  taken  when  farmers  no  longer 
consent  to  be  the  dupes  and  tools  of  politicians 
nor  the  machinery  with  which  to  perpetuate 
party  power  for  the  sake  of  party.  The  good  to 
grow  from  this  movement  is  that  farmerii  will 
discover  their  own  power  and  how  It  may  be 
used  to  clean  out  corruption  from  high  places; 
the  danger  lies  In  the  chances  that  demagogues 
may  get  control  of  that  power  and  direct  it  to 
attain  their  own  ends.  This  it  will  require 
great  vigilance  and  w  isdom  to  guard  against. 
- »♦« - 

Kaunas  l*otltidn ns  and  Uranges. — It  is  as¬ 
serted  that  a  squad  of  local  politicians  at 
Leavenworth,  Kansas,  recently  organized  a 
Grange  and  applied  for  a  charter.  It  has  been 
a  sort  of  a  mystery  why  the  charter  was  not 
granted  promptly.  We  do  not  learn  that  they 
have  yet  been  favored  with  It.  Some  inquisitive 
follow  Interrogated  a  leading  Granger  on  the 
subject,  who  said : 

“We  must.  <lraw  Hie  line  somewhere.  If  wo 
admit  Col.  Coffin,  we  would  have  to  admit  Ltx 
Smith.  If  Smith  were  admitted,  we  would  he 
obliged  to  admit  Jim  Legate.  When  LkGa’IE 
wji  ,  admitted,  ,M  \ rig  SON  would  apply.  If  we 
admitted  Makkson,  Tow  Johnson  would  have 
to  be  admitted  and  within  less  than  two  months 
every  do-nothing  individual  in  town  would  be¬ 
long  to  the  order.” 

It.  in  astonishing  what  a  number  of  persons 
think  this  44  order  one  of  the  grandest  reforma¬ 
tory  movements  of  the  age."  Within  three 
weeks  we  have  been  called  upon  by  men  who 
were  anxious  to  know  44  all  about  it,”  whether 
there  was  a  Grange  they  44  could  get  into,”  and 
how  t  hey  must  go  to  work  to  get  a  charter.  Not 
one  of  these  men  have  any  more  intcrost  in  the 
prosperity  of  farmers  than  a  partisan  politician 
hits  In  telling  the  truth  concerning  an  opposing 
candidate.  They  had  got  a  notion  that  it  was 
the  wave  thev  must  ride  on  and  so  their  zeal 
was  manifest.  There’ll  bo  plonty  of  such  fel- 
lowa  before  the  next,  election. 

■ - «♦«  ■  .  . 

A  New  York  Ntnte  Park.  It.  is  proposed  to 
convert  834,000  acres,  embraced  In  the  counties 
of  Clinton,  Essex,  Franklin,  Hamilton,  Herki¬ 
mer,  St.  Lawrence  and  Lewis  Into  a  grand  Stal  e 
Park.  This  Is  what  Is  known  as  the  44  Adiron¬ 
dack  region.”  The  last,  Legislature  created  a 
State  Park  Commission,  consisting  of  ex-Gov. 
Seymour,  Patrick  il.  Ag  in,  Wm.  B.  Taylor, 
Gbo.  Raynor,  Wm.  A.  Wheeler,  Verplanck 
Colvin  and  Fkanklln  B.  Hough.  This  Com¬ 
mission  report  in  favor  of  the  creation  of  this 
Park.  It  is  recommended  to  establish  It  on  the 
grounds  of  political  economy,  rather  than  for 
the  purposes  of  recreation.  It  is  not  for  the 
accommodation  of  pleasure  seekers,  but  with  a 
view  not  only  to  the  preservation  of  timber,  but 
that  the  water  supply  of  the  Hudson  arid  other 
outflowing  streams  may  be  kept  up.  It  is  not 
proposed  to  Inclose  the  Park,  nor  to  improve 
it,  beyond  the  repairing  of  a  few  roads  through 
it;  but.  the  Commission  recommend  that  the 
wild  lands  owned  by  t  he  State  bo  still  held  in 
its  possession  intact. 


Mercantile  Prize  Ahs'ii.  A  correspondent  in  5j( !J" 
North  Carolina  sends  us  a  circular  embracing  a  *u  " 
schedule  of  prizes  purporting  to  be  destributed  '{  !' 
by  the  above-named  association— cash  prizes  to  an  at 
the  amount  of  $955,000,  and  other  prizes  valued  w 
-it  $1,250,000,  every  ticket  drawing  a  prize,  and  i  woc 
asks  if  there  is  such  an  Association  and  if  it  Isa  Duk< 
cheat,  steal  and  Imposition,  or  reliable.  We  jjk 
know  nothing  of  the  Association ;  but  we  assure  livelj 
our  correspondent  that  we  would  just  as  soon  m  itt 
throw  our  money  Into  tho  lire  with  the  hope  i',:rm 
that  it  would  be  quadrupled  or  multiplied  ten  Th 
Thousand  fold,  as  to  Invest  money  in  any  such 
concern  as  this  with  the  hope  of  gain.  It  Is  very 
sustained  by  credulous  fools.  Men  who  engage  Mfii 
in  such  schemes  are  enriched  by  the  desi.eof  stock 
thousands  to  get  something  for  nothing.  Prob-  aro  *' 
ably  not  ono  man  out  of  100,000,  who  send  their  <,att  1 
dollars  to  this  Association,  gets  a  dollars’  worth  '^HJ 
of  value  therefrom.  We  hope  none  ol  our  read- 
ers  are  such  ninnys  as  to  invest  a  cent  therein,  amuu 


education  Is  denaanded  and  must  be  provided. 
The  spirit  as  well  as  the  letter  of  the  law  en¬ 
dowing  these  Agricultural  Colleges,  must  be 
observed. 

Eating  Beef  at  Vienna.— Dr.  Maddox,  in  a 
paper  upon  parasite  worms,  read  before  the 
Royal  Microscopical  Society,  says  that  the  five 
capped  bljidder  wurm  Of  Austrian  oxen,  is  but 
one  phase  In  the  life  of  a  tape  worm,  to  which 
all  who  cat  underdone  beef  in  Austria  proper, 
run  great  risk  of  playing  unwitting,  but  unwil¬ 
ling  gueBte.  He.  therefore,  cautions  all  those 
who  contemplate  visiting  the  Vienna  Exhibi¬ 
tion,  to  be  extremely  shy  of  eating  beef  which 
Is  not  thoroughly  cooked.  We  trust  that  this 
timely  warming  may  have  a  good  effect  upon  the 
prices  i if  butcher's  meat  in  the  Austrian  capital, 
during  the  sojourn  of  t  he  strangers  now  within 
its  gates. 

Cattle  Magna  Damages.— Gov.  DlX  has  ap¬ 
pointed  Marsbna  It.  Patrick  of  .5131)11118, 
Lewis  F.  Allen  of  Buffalo,  and  Wm.  Barnes 
of  Albany,  Commissioners  to  retry  and  rede¬ 
termine  the  award  of  the  Commlssionners  ap¬ 
pointed  by  the  Supreme  Court  on  the  claims 
of  Henry  Rankin  ami  Henry  Livingston 
against  the  State  for  cattle  killed  by  order  of 
the  State  Commissioners  during  the  prevalence 
of  the  cattle  plague  a  few  years  ago. 

- — 

The  English  Lnborcr*  who  have beenseduced 
to  go  to  Brazil,  arc  telling  sad  tales  of  their  life 
there.  There  is  great  dissatisfaction,  and  with 
much  reason.  From  the  quiet  of  pastoral  lilo 
in  England,  and  the  comforts  of  cottagers’ 
homes,  they  have  been  lured  to  huts  and  a  wild 
life  for  which  they  are  as  illy  adapted  as  a  lamb 
is  to  the  wilds  of  Africa. 

A  Hnw-Flsh  has  cut  n  Telegraph  Cable  be¬ 
tween  Singapore  and  Penang,  in  the  China  Sea, 
breaking  three  out  of  tho  seven  wires.  Thlsfact 
has  been  ascertained  by  .Mr.  Frank  Buckland, 
to  whom  was  referred  the  tooth  of  some  animal 
found  embedded  in  the  damaged  cable,  and  who 
discovered  that,  it  was  the  tooth  of  a  saw-fish— 
Prietis  antfguorum. 

- - - 

RURAL  BREVITIES. 

The  Japanese  are  importing  Short-Horn  cat¬ 
tle  from  Ohio. 

Granges  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry  are 
Increasing  rapidly  In  Indiana. 

Horse- row  ku  for  raking  cranberries  is  the 
newest  invention  In  that  particular  line. 

The  grasshoppers  are  doing  great  damage  to 
crops  in  the  western  counties  of  Minnesota. 

At  Mr.  Dorsey’s  sale  of  Gold  Dust  stock,  38 
head  of  horses  brought  an  average  of  $582  each. 

Paris  consumes  ;i5<), 000,000  eggs  annually, 
Greta  Britain,  1,500,000,000,  New  York  City 
100,000,000. 

The  Kansas  Farmer  of  June  15,  says .300 Farm¬ 
ers’  Clubs  and  150  Granges  arc  already  organized 
in  that  State. 

The  Indianapolis  Exposition  Building  is  rap¬ 
idly  approaching  completion,  and  will  be  grand 
and  imposing. 

Minnesota  is  telling  of  the  coming  grasshop¬ 
per— who  is  generally  agrass  whopper,  too— and 
its  devastations. 

A  train  of  cars  recently  reached  Pittsburg 
from  Chicago,  containing  1,500  dead  animals, 
suffocated  cn  route. 


Thirteen  Swiss  bulls,  cows  and  calves  were 
sold  for  $1,914,  at  Waltham,  Illinois,  recently, 
sn  average  of  $147.23  each. 

Wm.  WARFfEij},  Lexington,  Ky„  has  sold  a 
Iwo- thirds  interest  in  the  bull  calf,  London 
Duke  X.,  six  weeks  old,  for  $1,000. 

Messrs.  Chenkry  and  Whiting  are  having  a 
lively  debate  in  the  newspapers,  over  the  pro¬ 
priety  of  calling  Dutch  cattle  Holstein  and  vice 


Agricultural  College  Pluwgettn* _ New  En¬ 

gland  and  New  York  have  been  boiling  over 
with  excitement  because  eleven  boat  crews 
from  colleges  within  their  borders  have  been 
training  to  see  which  could  row  a  distance  of 
three  miles  in  the  shortest  time.  Yale  won  ! 
Now  why  not  let  the  boys  ol  the  Agricultural 
Colleges  of  the  country  meet  annually  to  com¬ 
pete  for  colors  (or  whatever  else  may  be  selected) 
to  be  awarded  for  the  best  day's  work  plow¬ 
ing— a  regular  Plowgetta !  Wouldn’t  It  be  just 
as  sensible,  as  exciting,  as  muscle-developing, 
etc.,  etc.  ?  How  many  boys  in  our  Agricultural 
schools  know  how  to  plow  well  ?  We  should 
like  a  census  taken  that  will  tell. 


The  Formers’  Declaration  of  Independence, 

which  we  print  in  another  column,  will  attract 
attention.  This  is  a  declaration  against  monop¬ 
olies,  especially  railway  monopolies,  corrupt 
Legislatures  and  an  unsympathetic  Congress, 
and  of  independence  ol  ali  past  political  con¬ 
nections,  resolving  to  give  votes  only.to  such 
men  as  will  promote  the  Interests  of  farmers. 
So  far  as  this  declaration  goes  it  is  temperate  in 
language  and  wise  Jn  purpose.  The  only  tuult 


The  Agricultural  College  Endowment  BUI 
before  Congress  at  its  last  session,  was  thrust 
before  the  recent  Agricultural  Congress  at  In¬ 
dianapolis  for  indorsement.  It  failed,  however, 
to  get  it.  For  that  refusal  we  must  commend 
the  Agricultural  Congress,  as  we  did  that  at 
Washington.  It  is  appareut  that  the  farmers 
of  ibis  country  are  no  longer  In  a  humor  to 
permit  the  squandering  of  the  public  lands 
upon  these  schools,  simply  that  sectarian  and 
classical  scholars  may  profit  thereby.  It  is 
come  to  pass  that  technical  and  professional 


THE  California  Farmer  says  the  sugar  beet 
I  crop  belonging  to  the  .Sacramento  Sugar  Com¬ 
pany  looks  splendidly,  and  the  profit  will  be 
very  large  per  acre. 

Messrs.  Scott,  Ward,  and  Porter  have  a 
stock  farm  near  Denver  City,  upon  which  there 
aro  fifty  head  of  Jersey  and  ten  head  of  Ayrshire 
cattle — all  Herd  Book  animals. 

The  United  States  has  become  the  leading 
cheese-producing  country  in  the  world;  From 
an  exportation  of  1,000,000  pounds  in  1852,  the 
amount  rose  to  80,000,000  in  1872. 

Col.  John  W,  Pornkv  has  accepted  the  invi¬ 
tation  of  the  State  Agricultural  Society  of 
Texas,  to  deliver  their  annual  address  at  Mar¬ 
shall  in  that  .State,  on  the  30th  of  September. 

At  the  June  meeting  of  the  Alton,  III.,  Horti¬ 
cultural  Society  Dr.  Hull  said  that  the  <  ,'nllosa- 
mla  beetle  which  he  had  been  collecting  for 
years,  frees  his  orchard  of  all  tent  caterpillars. 

By  nipping  the  eods  of  the  tomato  plants  the 
fruit  matures  perhaps  a  week  earlier.  It  also 
causes  the  plant  to  branch  and  produce  more 
abundantly.  This  can  be  done  now  only  with 
the  late  plants. 

The  weights  of  the  heaviest  cattle  competing 
at  tho  Birmingham  (England)  show  for  butchers5 
premiums,  were  as  follows Horeford,  2,387 
lbs,;  Short-Horn,  2,50#  lbs.;  Devon,  1,875  Ids.; 
Scotch  Ox,  2,686  lbs. 


BUSINESS  N0TI0ES, 


Children,  begin  now  to  save  your  pennies,  that 
when  the  long  evenings  come  you  can  buy  41  Avllude, 
or  Game  of  Birds.”  If  your  storekeeper  bag  not  got 
It,  send  scventy-Bve  cents  to  West  &  Lee,  Worces¬ 
ter,  Mass.,  and  it  will  bo  sent  by  mall,  post-paid. 

“Avilude  is  a  superior  game,”—  Worcester  Palla- 
clmm. 

- KM - 

Ludiea.— The  next  time  you  buy  a  spool  of  silk  be 
sure  and  get  the  Eureka.  It  is  the  best  iu  the  mar¬ 
ket.  Warranted  to  give  satisfaction. 


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prepared  for  his  travels,  taking  with  him  the 
most  beautiful  of  his  .jewels,  the  most  favored 
of  hts  wives  and  the  most  wise  and  observing 
of  his  courtiers  and  counselors.  The  Itrsi  por¬ 
tion  of  his  journey  lay  through  the  great  mili¬ 
tary  empires  of  Russia  and  Germany,  He  soon 
found  it  was  host  for  him  to  sdiid  li is  wives  Imek 
to  Teheran.  Accustomed  to  the  twilight  of  the 
seraglio,  they  were  dazzled  by  the  glare  of  West¬ 
ern  civilization ;  they  would  fain  go  wherever 
their  lord  and  master  went,  and  so  it  was 
deemed  politic  to  send  them  back  to  the  laud 
of  otto  of  roses.  The  next  territory  which  the 
Shah  entered  was  Belgium,  a  lit  stepping-stone, 
bv  reason  of  its  fertility  and  industry,  for  the 


the  people.  In  the  first  place,  a  plurality  of 
wives  necessitates  a  plurality  of  households,  for 
as  the  Eastern  poet,  Sadek,  says : 

"  Two  Kings  cannot  rest  hi  One  kingdom,*’ 

and  much  less  van  two  wives  lie  expected  to 
“rest”  in  one  house.  Thus  it  is  ouly  the  rich 
that  can  afford  such  a  luxury.  Then  again,  peo¬ 
ple  are  apt  to  think  that  a  wife  in  the  East  is  a 
mere  slave.  So  she  muybctotheShali-in-Shah, 
or  to  a  bad-tempered  Aga;  but  there  is  only 
one  Shah  and  few  Agios,  ami  for  the  rest,  if 
there  lie  n  slave  in  the  household,  ten  to  one  it 
is  the  husband.  The  wife  is  most  stringently 
protected  by  both  law  and  custom.  The  law 


both  parties.  As  in  weddings  nearer  homo,  re¬ 
freshments  form  no  mean  part  of  the  enter¬ 
tainment,  coffee,  cakes,  and  substantial  meat 
dishes  floating  in  the  grease  that,  like  the  Tur¬ 
comans,  the  Persians  delight  in.  being  served 
up  to  the  guests;  while  the  ceremony  usually 
concludes  with  a  grand  display  of  somewhat 
primitive  but  noisy  fireworks,  discharged  as  the 
bridegroom  meets  bis  better  hair  on  her  way  to 
her  future  home. 


THE  SHAH  OF  PERSIA 


The  Asiatic  kingdom  of  Persia  and  Its  ruler 
has  suddenly  attracted  uncommon  and  univer¬ 
sal  attention  from  the  fact  that  the  Shah  has 
been  making  a  tour  of  Eur  >pc  to  see  with  his 
own  eyes  the  results  of  Western  civilization. 
Russia,  Germany,  England  and  Franco  have 
each  given  him  magnificent  receptions,  spend¬ 
ing  millions  of  dollars  for  his  entertainment. 
Accustomed  to  Ori¬ 
ental  lu  xury  and  bur-  .  _ _ _ 

baric  splendor,  he 
has  seen  sights  In 
Europe  far  surpass¬ 
ing  the  most  bril¬ 
liant  dreams  of  the 
Arabian  Nights. 

Whether  he  has  been  , 

duly  impressed  or 

not,  remains  to  be 

seen.  It  is  said  that 

when  an  Eastern 

Prince  visits  the  ’  .4j 

of  Nad  i  it  Bus  n.  The 
present  Snali  is  the 

gland's  India  forces, 
but  was  defeated  by 
Generals  Octram 
and  Havelock.  He 
signed  a  treaty  of 
peace  with  England 
In  1857 r 

In  personal  appear¬ 
ance  the  Shah  is  of 
middle  hlght,  with  a 
bright  and  intelli¬ 
gent  though  Orlen-  ■  - - 

tally- grave  face, 
which  Is  ornamented 

with  a  heavy,  black  moustache.  Like  all  Per¬ 
sians,  he  is  a  perfect  horseman,  but  has  a  good 
carriage  when  on  foot,  A  great  many  queer 


PRINCE  ADALBERT  OF  PRUSSIA 


This  genial  and  intelligent,  prince  died  on  the 
6th  of  .June,  at  Carlsbad,  In  Bohemia.  He  was 

a  cousin  of  the  pres- 
- — -  ent  Emperor  of  Prus¬ 
sia  and  grandson  of 
tho  late  King.  Ho 
was  born  in  1811,  en¬ 
tering  the  army  at  an 
early  ago.  Possessed 
of  a  great  taste  for 
traveling,  in  the 
v  course  of  a  few  years 
he  made  tho  tour  of 
Holland,  England, 
Scotland,  Russia, 
||k  Turkey,  Greece,  tho 

||1|\  Ionian  Islands, 

I|||k  Spain,  Hilly  and  Bra- 

llllll^v  zll.  On  his  return  he 

published  an  intor- 
ostlng  account  of  his 
observations.  Ho  was 
made  Admiral  in 
18)8.  In  lBSu.he made 
||||jym|m|ra|\  a  trip  along  the  coast 

of  Morocco,  and 


was 

wounded  In  an  en¬ 
gagement  with  the 
pirates.  Prince 
Adalbert  did  much 
to  create  a  navy  for 
Prussia.  In  personal 
appearance  ho  was 
below  tin*  medium 
stature  and  careless 
in  hts  dress.  He 
loved  to  walk  the 
Streets  of  Berlin  in  a 
short  jacket,  and 
loose,  sailor  penta¬ 
gons.  lie  had  a 
keen,  deep-sot.  eye ; 
was  sharp  -  wltted, 
full  of  entertaining 
anecdotes.  In  1851 
married  TnRRESiA 
El88I.RU,  sister  of 
the  celebrated  Fan- 
ivy  Elrst.br,  the 
Austrian  ballet  girl. 
She  was  made  Bar¬ 
oness  von  Barium 
by  -Wilhelm  iv. 
The  fruit  of  this 
union  was  one  son, 
who  died  at.  an  early 
age  from  a  fever  con¬ 
tracted  in  Egypt. 


M.  LOUIS  VIETEL 


r  President  of  the  Na- 

France,  died  on  the 
6th  of  June,  in  Paris. 
Hts  was  born  in  1802, 
was  a  tnomber  of  the 
institute  of  France, 
an  editor,  an  Mi  or  and 
statesman.  Flo  wrote 

tion  of  1830  he  was  at 
the  head  of  affairs. 
'  Ills  critical  articles 

were  mostly  on 
Archeology. 

He  was  very  hos¬ 
tile  to  Republican¬ 
ism,  and  after  the 
cotip  d'etat  retired  to 
private  life.  He  be- 
camo  one  of  the 
leading  conserva¬ 
tives  In  the  present 
National  Assembly. 
He  possessed  great 
versatility,  and  was  eminent  in  many  walks  in 
life  — a  trait  which  appears  characteristic  of 


THE  SET  _A_H 

wonderful  Island,  Great  Britain,  which  the  Shan 
desired  to  see,  above  all  other  cou  ntrles,  because 
it.  was  the  birthplace  of  most  of  the  marvels 
which  specially  distinguish  the  West  from  the 
East.  Nothing  In  recent  English  history  has 
exceeded  the  magnificence  of  the  reception 
given  to  the  Shah.  The  whole  nation  has  been 
mad  over  him  for  a  month.  The  Shah  visited 
Paris,  and  Is  now  supposed  to  be  on  his  way 
home. 


protects  her  dower,  which  must  be  restored  to 
her  should  she  be  divorced,  and  gives  complete 
command  over  it  while  married.  She  has  abso¬ 
lute  power  over  her  children ;  sho  is  most  read¬ 
ily  supported  hy  her  relatives  in  the  slightest 
grievance  against  her  husband;  has  what  visit¬ 
ors  she  likes;  visits  when  and  where  she  like-, 
the  presence  of  the  husband  In  both  cases  being 
reckoned  an  unpardonable  intrusion ;  while  at 
homo  in  the  harem  ehe  Is  supreme  sovereign, 
few  husbands  daringto  dispute  her  power.  One 
wife  like  this  is  reckoned  amply  sufficient  by 
most  men,  save  perhaps  for  the  Irishman’s  rea¬ 
son,  that  when  there  were  two  they  would  fight 
each  other  and  leave  him  In  peace. 

Again,  marriages  arc  almost  always  organized 
and  conducted  by  the  women.  The  prelimin¬ 
aries  are  usually  settled  by  the  mothers  of  the 
couple,  who  take  some  time  to  arrange  the 
dowry  of  tho  bride,  &e.  When  the  marriage 
does  come  off,  it  is  a  most  gorgeous  and  expen¬ 
sive  affair,  often  entailing  Immense  expense  ou 


PERSIAN  WIVES. 


Though  Mahomet  permitted  four  wives  to 
his  followers,  and  set  the  example  of  polygamy 
by  obtaining  a  special  dispensation  from  Heaven 
for  nine  for  himself,  comparatively  few  Per¬ 
sians  avail  themselves  Of  the  privilege.  We  are 
too  apt  to  take  our  ideas  of  internal  Eastern 
life  from  the  households  of  the  wealthy  and 
great,  who,  in  so  despotic  a  country,  live  far 
different  lives  from  the  mass  ancl  generality  of 


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FARMER  GREEN. 

bt  r.  ransom  sANrono. 


He  lives  in  the  country  and  owns  a  good  farm, 

His  clothing  is  common,  from  boots  to  hat, 

He  makes  no  display,  other  people  to  charm. 

But  Jogs  on  liis  way,  doing  nobody  harm, 

Yet  he’s  not  so  green,  "  for  a'  that.” 

Ho  rises  each  morn,  ero  the  bright,  sun  appears, 
Stops  not  to  brush  clothing,  or  don  a  cravat, 
Attends  to  Ills  horses,  Ills  bogs  and  his  steers, 

And  then  a  pint  j  breakfast  hia  honest  heart  cheers, 
But  lie's  not  so  green,  *'  for  a'  that.” 

His  wife  he  has  chosOn  from  poverty’s  ranks, 

8ho  lives  not  for  baubles,  or  idle  chit-chat  ; 

He  married  her  not  for  her  senseless  pranks, 

But  from  a  pure  love,  which  all  else  outranks, 

Do  you  think  ho  wan  green  "  for  a’  that?” 

His  farm  Is  his  pride,  and  his  castle  is  home, 

His  children  are  rude,  unpolished  and  fat, 

But  in  each  little  face  he  beholds  a  love  tome, 
Growing  dearer  and  dearer,  as  days  go  and  come, 
But  he’s  not  so  green  “  for  a’  that.” 

He’s  a  library  stored  with  the  Choicest  books, 

Can  talk  any  city  Bombastes  quite  flat.; 

In  arguing  law,  you'd  scarce  Judge  from  his  looks. 
Or  the  manner  lie  meet*  all  your  hooks  and  crooks, 
That  he’s  quite  so  green  "  for  a-  that.” 

He  goes  to  the  city  his  produce  to  rend, 

Stares  not  out,  of  countenance  t  his  one  or  that, 
Stops  not  over  night,  the  new  play  to  attend— 

The  fashion  is  not  to  him  life’s  only  end, 

And  he’s  not  so  green  “  for  a’  that.” 

His  task  he  performs,  like  a  man  of  true  worth, 

At  no  place  like  his  hearth  has  he  ever  sat; 

What  though  of  due  polish  there  may  be  a  dearth  ? 
I  would  there  were  more  Farmer  Greens  on  this 
earth— 

For  he’s  not  so  green  “  for  a’  that.” 


THE  PRESCRIPTION. 


DEDICATED  TO  THE  HUSBANDS  OF 
FARMER’S  WIVES. 


“T  wish  you  would  tell  James,  when  he  comes 
in,  to  turn  the  cows  into  the  lower  lot.  And  If 
Turpin  calls,  tell  him  I  have  concluded  to  take 
those  sheep  I  want  the  Merinos.  And  while  1 
am  getting  ready,  please  lake  my  memorandum 
book  and  note  down  four  harness  straps,  five 
pounds  of  nails,  and  a  gimlet,  half  a  joe  key - 
Btrap,  and— and  —yes,  J  believe  that  Is  all.  I  for¬ 
got  them  when  J  made  out.  the  Items  this  morn¬ 
ing." 

Mrs.  Streeter  rose  wearily,  laid  her  sleeping 
babe  carefully  In  its  crib,  and  proceeded  to  re¬ 
cord  the  art  icles  mimed.  She  was  young  not 
over  twenty-live-  but  the  complexion  was  sad b 
faded,  and  faint  linos  were  already  marking  the 
white  forehead,  while  the  tired  eyes  told  of 
care,  and  hinted  strongly  of  an  unsatisfied 
heart. 

And  this  thin-ehcekod,  pink-lipped  woman 
had  been  called  a  beauty  only  seven  years  be¬ 
fore  !  And  when  she  gave  her  hand  to  Newton 
Streeter,  she  could  aay  what  so  few  girls  can: 
“I  married  my  first  lovo." 

Judge  Streeter,  the  father,  was  supposed  to 
be  wealthy.  But  soon  after  his  son’s  marriage 
a  financial  crisis  came,  and  Lis  thousands  dwin¬ 
dled  into  hundreds. 

It  was  false  pride,  perhaps,  but  the  young  man 
shrank  from  a  position  under  (hose  who  bad 
once  looked  up  to  him.  And  his  thoughts  turned 
wistfully  toward  the  Western  prairies.  He  ex¬ 
pected  objections  from  his  young  and  accom¬ 
plished  wife.  But  she  saw  with  his  eyes,  and 
was  not  only  willing,  hut  eager,  to  go  and  help 
him  make  a  home  that  should  be  all  their  own, 
The  purchasing  of  a  prairie  team,  some  farming 
implements,  and  the  expense  of  building  a 
small  house,  exhausted  his  capital— and  the 
young  couple  began  I  heir  married  life  as  many 
others  had  done  who  had  not  been  blessed  with 
their  advantages.  The  small  dwelling  contained 
hut  throe  sleeping  apartments;  and  this  fact, 
added  to  their  uncertain  income,  induced  Mrs. 
Streeter  to  take  upon  herself  the  entire  care  of 
the  household. 

Two  children  had  come  in  the  seven  years  to 
nestle  in  her  bosom.  But  one,  u  fairy  child  of 
three  summers,  bad  slid  away  from  thorn,  and 
was  now  sleeping  beneath  the  flowers  of  the 
prairie;  and  the  tried  wife  had  sighed  as  she 
looked  on  the  cold,  folded  hands. 

“She  will  never  toil  as  I  have  done  ;  but,  oh, 
I  wanted  her  so  much,"  the  lonely  mother  sob¬ 
bed  forth. 

Mr.  Streeter  was  now  considered  a  wealthy 
farmer.  His  acres  had  broadened  and  his  stock 
increased.  Physically  and  mentally  strong,  and 
with  a  gentle,  loving  wife  ever  studying  his 
tastes  and  wishes,  why  should  lie  wear  out  fast  ? 

But  of  her?  Naturally  frail,  she  had  been 
like  a  willow,  bending  beneath  a  burden  volun¬ 
tarily  taken  up.  With  the  exception  of  an  effi¬ 
cient  girl  for  afew  weeks  when  little  Mary  died, 
she  had  performed  all  the  labor  required  in  the 
house  since  she  became  its  mistress. 

Newton  Streeter  took  the  memorandum, 
glanced  hastily  at  the  neatly-written  Items,  and 
then  he  stepped  into  the  light  buggy  and  drove 
away. 

But  no  longer  might  she  linger,  forthesponge 
was  waiting  in  the  kitchen  to  be  kneaded,  and 
the  baby’s  naps  were  like  angels’  visits.  And 
before  the  task  was  well  over  his  bugle  note 
sounded  to  arm;,  and  the  fretful  child  was  taken 
up  and  caressed  and  soothed  to  quietness. 


She  was  conscious  of  a  strange  dizziness. 
When  she  arose  from  a  stooping  position  her 
head  was  aching  miserably  and  her  eyes  seemed 
burning.  What  was  coming  over  her?  She 
must  be  111.  Oh,  no  ;  she  had  no  time  for  that! 
And  then  her  t  hought  s  drifted  away  ton  the  dear 
old  homo  of  childhood  ;  and  she  asked  herself, 
for  the  first  time,  if  she  had  done  wisely  to  leave 
It  for  this  life  of  toil  and  care? 

It  was  a  dangerous  question  for  a  wife-moth¬ 
er,  and  she  clasped  her  child  more  closely  to 
suppress  In  her  heart  the  disloyal  answer. 

When  Mr.  Streeter  returned,  exultant  over 
the  dollars  he  hail  deposited  in  the  bank,  he 
found  no  supper  prepared,  and  his  wife  helpless 
upon  the  bed,  with  cheeks  flushed  with  fever, 
and  the  wailing  child  distracting  her  with  de¬ 
mands  for  care. 

A  physician  and  nurse  were  soon  summoned 
from  the  city,  and  the  weary  wife  enjoyed,  the 
luxury  of  being  ill. 

But  con  va  lose  nee  soon  followed;  and  before 
leaving  his  patlont,  the  old  doctor,  a  close  ob¬ 
server  and  deep  thinker,  took  the  husband  aside 
and  asked : 

“Do  you  know  what  brought  tills  fever  on 
your  wife,  Mr.  Streeter  ?  You  have  worked  her 
nearly  to  death.” 

“  You  are  speaking  of  my  wilo,  not  my  horse.” 

“Granted ;  and  I  say  again,  you  are  working 
her  to  death.” 

“Really,  doctor,  such  language  is  unpardon¬ 
able.” 

“And  yet  you  will  pardon  it.  And  further¬ 
more,  by  your  groat  love  for  the  self-sacrificing 
woman  wo  have  just  left,  I  shall  perform  an 
operation  on  your  eyes  that  you  may  see  evc*i 
as  I  Bee." 

And  then  he  placed  the  cold,  hard  facts  be¬ 
fore  him,  from  the  time  she  came  a  bride, 
beaut  iful  and  accomplished,  to  tho  village,  up 
to  tho  date  of  present  illness,  in  which  domest  ic 
cares  only  had  haunted  her  feverish  dreams. 
In  concluding,  he  added  : 

“I  truly  believe,  if  she  takes  up  her  old  bur¬ 
den  at  once,  that  before  a  year  lias  passed  the 
grave  or  the  insane  asylum  will  receive  her." 

The  strong  man  shuddered. 

“As  heaven  is  my  witness,  sir,  I  have  only 
permitted,  not  exacted  this  sacrifice.  She  vol¬ 
untarily  took  her  place  by  my  side,  and  has  un¬ 
complainingly  kept  step  wdth  me,” 

“  \  o,  she  has  not  kept  stop,  to  follow  your 
own  figure.  Unable  to  keep  up  with  your  long, 
rapid  strides,  she  has  fallen,  faint  and  footsore, 
by  the  way.  I  tell  you,  she  must  lia\e  rest  for 
both  mind  and  body,  or  I  will  not  answ’cr  for 
the  result.  And  It  would  be  bettor  if  founa 
away  from  home," 

“Yes,  I  begin  to  comprehend  ;  and  it  can  be 
found  away.  And,”  offering  his  hand,  “I  will 
take  care,  doctor,  that  you  do  not  get  a  chance 
to  administer  another  such  dose  to  me.” 

Mr.  Streeter  went  back  to  the  room  where  his 
ivi to  was  sitting,  propped  up  by  pillows,  and  a 
,'iish  of  unutterable  tenderness  swelled  In  his 
heart  as  lie  glanced  at  her  pale  face  and  almost 
transparent  hands.  He  sat  down  besido  her 
and  said  softly : 

“  You  don’t  know  howr  glad  I  am  that  you  are 
better." 

“Thank  you.  Yes.  I  am  almost  well  now— 
shall  soon  bo  able  to  bo  in  the  kitchen.  J  am 
sure  I  must  bo  sadly  needed  there  by  thistime." 

“No,  you  are  not  needed  there.  By  the  way, 
would  you  like  to  have  me  put  the  farm  to  rent 
this  summer,  and  you  take  the  boy,  and  go  back 
to  the  old  granite  hills  ?” 

“Oh. could  you ?  May  I  go?”  and  the  voice 
quivered  with  excitement ;  then  wistfully,  “  but 
the  expense,  Newton.  It  would  put  us  back  so 
much." 

"Yes,  there  It  is ;  the  old  doctor  was  right!” 
he  thought.  And  then  aloud “Do  you  know 
what  I  went  to  the  city  for  the  day  you  were 
111?" 

“To  deposit  some  money  for  more  land,  I 
think  you  said,"  sho  replied,  wearily. 

“Yes;  but  I  do  not  need  that  land.  I  have 
far  more  than  I  can  cultivate  now.  And  you 
shall  have  that  money— or,  at  least,  all  that  you 
want  of  it— and  go  home  and  stay  all  summer, 
and  try  to  got  some  of  your  bloom  back.  I  shall 
write  to-day  that  you  are  coming." 

Mrs.  Streeter  could  hardly  believe  it  was  not 
one  of  her  feverish  dreams. 

But  it  all  came  about  in  good  time,  and  she 
arrived  safely  at  home,  where  she  was  petted 
and  caressed  to  her  heart's  content. 

“You  arc  all  trying  to  spoil  me,”  she  would 
expostulate;  “  I  shall  never  be  fit  for  a  farmer’s 
wife  any  more.” 

And  thus,  among  loving  friends,  riding,  walk¬ 
ing,  and  when  at  home  reading,  music  and  writ¬ 
ing  long  letters  to  her  husband,  the  summer 
passed  swiftly  away. 

And  now  he  had  written  that  he  was  coming, 
and  she  was  counting  the  days  that  must  elapse 
ere  she  could  look  back  upon  his  face  and  he 
clasped  to  his  heart.  Sho  was  eager  to  go  now. 
Her  holiday  was  over.  Health  had  returned, 
aud  not  for  an  instant  did  she  shrink  from  the 
old  life. 

And  when  the  husband  came  and  saw  the 
wonder  ono  summer  had  wrought,  he  again  told 
himself  t  hat  the  good  old  doctor  was  right. 

A  few  days  w  ere  given  to  the  old  friends,  and 
then  t  hey  turned  their  faces  toward  their  West¬ 
ern  home. 

It  was  evening  wrhen  they  arrived,  and  the 
wife  looked  with  bewilderment  on  the  change. 
A  handsome  front  had  been  added  to  the  old 
dwelling ;  aud  before  she  had  time,  to  question 
she  was  ushered  into  a  parlor  newly  furnished 
and  already  lighted.  An  elegant  piano  stood  in 


a  recess  evidently  constructed  for  its  reception. 

She  turned  towards  her  husband  to  assure 
herself  that  he,  too, had  not.  changed  intosoroe- 
thing  or  somebody  <dsc.  But  the  merry  twinkle 
in  his  eye  told  her  that  he  was  enjoytughcr  sur¬ 
prise,  and  slowly  she  began  to  realize  the  whole 
situation.  Yes,  now  she  understood  his  strange 
reluctance  to  mention  what  he  was  doing,  and 
his  willingness  to  have  her  remain,  even  after 
she  had  expressed  her  anxiety  to  return. 

“Come,  1  have  more  to  show  you  and  he 
showed  her  Into  a  large,  commodious  room, 
furnished  for  her  own  sleeping  apart  ment,  even 
to  her  bahy's  crib. 

“This  Is  for  you.  And  now  lay  aside  your 
dusty  garments  and  prepare  for  tea.  It  must 
have  been  ready  an  hour  ago.  J  will  go  and  see." 

When  he  returned  he  found  his  wife  sitting 
in  her  litt  le  rocker  and  weeping  silent  ly. 

“Havel  wounded  where  1  wished  to  heal  ?" 
he  asked,  reproachfully. 

“  Forgive  me,”  she  said,  smiling;  "I  am  a 
goose,  but,  a  tireil-wing  one,  you  know.  And  I 
am  so  happy  to  bo  at  homo  in  such  a  home,  that 
J  have  no  words  in  which  t.o  tell  my  happiness.” 

He  stooped  In  kiss  t  he  offered  Ups.  And  t  hus 
the  now  life  began.  Anil  what  a  different  life 
it  was— busy,  not  burdened.  Time  for  the  wants 
of  the  mind  as  well  as  the  body.  Good  help  in 
the  kitchen  all  the  time, and  choice  reading  for 
any  leisure  hour. 

The  farm  was  an  unfailing  source  of  income, 
fully  defraying  all  expenses  each  year  and  show¬ 
ing  a  balance  in  favor. 

“  Been  Improving,  I  see,"  said  Dr.  Meeker,  as 
he  reined  his  light  carriage  to  she  neat  fence. 

“Yes,  doctor.  Come  in.  I  want  to  show  you 
all  the  Improvements.  Here,  Mary,  the  doctor 
wants  to  see  you,” 

And  as  she  came  to  greet  him,  rosy  with  health 
and  happiness,  lie  nodded  his  head  at  her  bus-, 
band.  “  Yes, that  will  do;"  and  then  glancing 
at  the  open  piano.  “  1  am  going  to  stay  Just  long 
enough  to  hear  ono  In:  o  played.  Will  you  favor 
me?"  And  with  the  old  gallantry,  fitted,  so 

awkwardly  to  hia  brusque  manners,  he  led  her 

to  the  instrument,  and  stood  hat  in  hand  while 
she  played.  “There,  thank  you  ;  I  have  cut  off 
my  own  supplies.  No  more  foes  for  me  here,  1 
see.  Just  my  luck.  I  never  did  know  enough 
to  secure  my  own  bread  and  butler.  Good  bye, 
Mrs.  Streeter.”  And  again  nodding  to  tho  hus¬ 
band,  he  trotted  out  to  his  vehicle  and  went  on 
his  way,  his  elusory  voice  humming  to  Ids  horse, 
perhaps  the  tune  he  had  just  heard. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 

Clerical  loans— Lent  sermons. 

Si’ENimmnn's’  Capitals  -I  O  U. 

A  Woman’s  ailment.  The  stitch. 

A  star  of  the  evening  a  policeman. 

The  shade  of  night— window  curtains. 

At  what  ago  do  pigs  end  their  existence  ?— 
Saus-age. 

When  is  a  singer  like  a  price-list  ?— When  he 
is  invoice. 

Why  is  a  musk  melon  like  ahorse  ?— It  makes 
the  man  go. 

When  is  a  man  done  brown?  When  his 
friends  toast  him. 

When  are  eyes  not  eyes? — When  the  wind 
makes  them  water. 

Speaking  by  the  Card— Corresponding  under 
the  now  postal  law. 

A  friend  at  a  pinch— one  who  shares  his 
snuff-box  with  you. 

When  is  a  captain  in  his  heaviest  attire? — 
When  he  wears  h:s*hip. 

The  paper-makers  say  their  business  is  such 
as  it  brings  them  to  rags. 

WrHV  is  meat  not  done  like  a  good  conun¬ 
drum  V— Because  it  is  rare. 

“  Home— sweet,  sweet  home,”  as  the  bee  said 
when  he  entered  his  hive. 

Why  is  a  nice  young  lady  like  a  hinge?  Be¬ 
cause  she  is  something  to  adore. 

Why  arc  handcuffs  'like  guide-books?  Be¬ 
cause  they  are  made  for  two  wrists. 

A  had  marriage  is  like  an  electric  machine; 
it  makes  you  dance,  and  you  can’t  let  go. 

The  man  most  likely  to  make  his  mark  in  the 
world — one  who  cannot  write  his  own  name. 

Tiie  fork  is  very  quarrelsome— it  is  perpet¬ 
ually  throwing  something  into  your  teeth. 

Why  was  the  elephant  the  last  animal  to 
enter  the  ark  ?—  Because  he  had  to  carry  his  own 
trunk. 

When  a  woman  tries  to  catch  a  rich  man,  it  is 
evident  that  she  cares  less  about  husbanding 
him  than  his  cash. 

Whenever  a  young  lady  has  neither  pearls  in 
her  gums  nor  pearls  in  her  mind,  she  had  better 
keep  her  mouth  shut. 

Most  young  ladies  are  fond  of  beaux,  but 
young  gentlemen  should  remember  that  none 
of  them  are  partial  to  cross  beaux. 

An  old  bachelor  says ; — “It  is  all  nonsense  to 
pretend  that  love  is  blind.  I  never  yet  knew  a 
man  in  love  that  did  not  see  ten  times  as  much 
in  his  sweetheart  as  I  could.” 

Many  young  ladies  are  going  through  a 
series  of  calisthentlp  exercises  in  order  to  give 
their  wrists  the  strength  necessary  to  wield  the 
monster  Trianon  fans,  now  fashionable. 

A  young  lady  reoeutly  presented  her  lover 
with  an  elaborately  constructed,  pen-wiper,  and 
was  astonished,  the  following  Sunday,  to  see 
him  come  into  church  wearing  it  as  a  cravat. 


THE  CONFLICT. 


BY  A.  CLEVELAND  TRINULE. 


In  the  full  fountain  of  Thy  matchless  love, 

Weary  Of  earth,  O  !  Father  grant  repose. 

Give  vow  the  quiet  which  comes  from  Thee  above, 
Blest  token  that  with  Thine  my  hand  cloth  blend. 

Bugged  the  path  amid  the  tangled  thorn ; 

And  long  the  way,  to  pilgrims  weary  feet. 

My  strength  Is  gone,  loud  roars  the  angry  storm, 
Impart  7'hy  strength  and  crown  Tby  grace  complete. 

I  am  so  weary  r>f  the  nimlr.ss  strife— 

Tho  soul's  fleree  st  ruggle  ’gainst  Its  prison  bars  :— 
The  restless  lunging  for  a  purer  life,— 

The  countless  errors  which  my  spirit  mars. 

Earth  hath  no  balm  for  neliine,  suffering  hearts, 

Nor  panacea  for  the  mind's  unrest. 

Her  only  letbean  fountain  is  the  grave. 

Her  only  hope,  assurance  of  Its  rest. 

To-niglit  I  fain  would  rise  above  the  world 
And  catch  from  angel  lips  some  sweet  refrain  j— 
Whose  inspiration,  quelling  every  fear. 

Would  fit  me  wholly  for  tho  martyr’s  pain. 

The  martyr's  pain— Ah,  there  are  other  fires 
<Wliicli  purify  the  soutfrom  earthly  dross) 

Than  those  which  bore  In  chariots  of  flame 
A  ransomed  flame  to  glory  from  the  cross. 

Amid  the  fires  a  pjrao  would  1  raise 
To  Him  who  kindles  for  my  good  the  liame. 

I  raise  the  song.  He  floods  my  so;  1  with  praise. 

My  weary  soul  Is  laving  in  »  fount  of  love. 

Earth  and  Us  trials  are  beneath  my  feet, 

Its  thorns  are  changed  to  amarunthinc  flowers. 

The  victor’s  crown  is  sparkling  on  my  brow, 

The  conqueror's  song  of  triumph  thrills  the  hours. 

- >-*■* - 

PRACTICAL  THOUGHTS  ON  PRAYER. 

Prayer  I  What  battles  has  it  not  fought! 
what,  victories  has  it  not  won!  what  burdens 
has  it  not  carried !  what  wounds  has  it  not 
healed!  what  griefs  has  it  not  assuaged  !  It  is 
tho  wealth  of  poverty  ;  the  refuge  of  afUiolion  ; 
tho  strength  of  weakness;  the  light  of  dark¬ 
ness.  It  is  the  oratory  that  gives  power  to  the 
pulpit;  it  is  the  hand  that,  strikes  down  8al.au, 
and  breaks  t  he  fetters  of  sin ;  it  turns  the  scales 
of  fate  more  than  the  edge  of  the  sword,  the 
craft  of  statesmen,  or  the  weight  of  scepters; 
it  has  arrested  t  he  wing  of  time,  turned  aside 
the  very  scythe  of  death,  ami  discharged  heav¬ 
en's  frowning  and  darkest  cloud  In  a  shower  of 
blessings.— Hen.  Dr.  Guthrie. 

If  the  predetermination  and  immutability  of 
God  render  it  improper  for  men  to  pray,  because 
their  prayers  cannot  change  his  purposes,  then 
the  same  things  must  render  it  equally  Improp¬ 
er  for  men  to  plow,  sow.  reap,  or  make  any 
other  effort  for  any  end  whatev^£kpVlt  these, 
without  the  Divine  blessing,  will  bc"in  vain,  and 
can  no  more  change  I  lie  purpose  of  God  than 
prayer.  This  reasoning,  wore  wo  governed  by 
it,  would  plainly  put  an  end  to  all  human  exer¬ 
tions  at  once;  and  we  should  neither  plow  nor 
build,  nor  collect  food  nor  fuel;  nor  teach,  qor 
study,  nor  make  any  other  attempt  to  promote 
tho  good,  either  of  ourselves  or  others. — Ilcv. 
Dr.  Timothy  Dwight. 

Though  Christians  at  this  day  have  no  prom¬ 
ise  t  hat  whatever  they  pray  for  shall  be  granted, 
yet  they  sometimes  have  a  strong  impression  on 
their  minds  that  a  certain  favor  they  ardently 
desire  will  be  bosto wed,  if  they  pray  for  it  on 
the  ground  of  that  impression.  But  since  they 
have  no  promise  to  believe  in,  they  have  no 
right  to  believe  in  any  impression  that  what 
they  pray  for  shall  be  granted.  There  is  reason 
to  fear  that  Christians,  many  times,  believe  in 
an  impression  instead  of  a  promise,  and  confi¬ 
dently  expect  that  God  will  grant  what  they  are 
deeply  Impressed  he  will  grant,  if  they  ask  for 
it.— Dev.  Dr.  Em  mom. 

- - 

PROVIDENCE  IN  CREATION. 

Many  sorts  of  rare  engines  we  acknowledge 
are  contrived  by  the  wit  of  man,  but  who  hath 
ever  made  one  that  could  grow,  or  that  had  in 
it  a  self-improving  power?  A  tree,  an  herb,  a 
pile  of  grass,  may  upon  this  account  challenge 
all  the  world  to  make  such  a  thing;  that  is,  to 
implant  the  power  of  growing  into  anything  to 
which  it  doth  not  natively  belong,  or  to  make  a 
thing  to  which  it  doth.  By  what  art  would  they 
make  a  seed  ?  and  which  way  would  they  Inspire 
it  with  a  seminal  form?  And  they  that  think 
this  globe  of  the  earth  was  compacted  by  tho 
casual,  or  fatal  coalition  of  particles  of  matter 
by  what  magic  would  they  conjure  so  many  to 
come  together  as  should  make  a  clod  ?  You 
with  whom  the  daily  productions  of  nature  (.‘is 
you  call  it)  are  so  cheap,  see  if  you  can  do  t ho 
like.  Try  your  skill  on  a  rose.  Yea,  but  you 
must  have  pre-existent  matter.  But  can  you 
ever  prove  that  tliB  Maker  of  the  world  had  so, 
or  even  defend  l he  possibility  of  uncreated 
matter?  And  suppose  they  had  the  free  agent 
of  all  the  matter  between  the  crown  of  I  he  head 
and  the  moon,  could  they  tell  what  to  do  with 
it,  or  how  to  manage  so  as  to  make  it  yield  them 
one  single  flower  that  they  might  glory  in  their 
own  production? 

- - 

TRIALS, 

Trials  make  our  faith  sublime, 

Trials  give  new  life  to  prayer; 

Lift  us  to  a  holler  clime. 

Make  us  strong  to  do  and  bear. 


JULY  “M 


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Our  mother's  lost  her  youth fulness, 
Hof  locks  fir*  •  turning  gray, 

A  ml  wrinkles  t  ike  the  place  of  smiles— 
She's  fading  every  day. 

We  gaze  at  her  iu  sorrow  now, 

For  though  we’vo  ne'er, boon  told 
We  can  but  feel  the  weary  truth— 

Our  mother's  growing  old. 

Our  mother’s  lost  her  youthfulness, 

Her  eyes  grow  dim  with  tears, 

Yet  still  Within  her  heart  there  shines 
Some  light  of  other  years  s 
For  oft  sha’ll  speak  in  merry  tones, 
ihnllc  ns  in  youth  she  smiled, 

As  o’er  her  heart  some  memory  steals 
Of  when  she  was  a  child. 

Our  mother's  lost  her  youthfulness, 

The.  light  step  has  grown  slow, 

Tho  graceful  form  lias  learned  to  stoop. 
The  bright  check  lost  Its  glow. 

Her  weary  hands  have  grown  so  thin, 
Her  clear  hand  trembles  no-w ; 

•'  Passing  away,”  iti  sad,  deep  lines, 

Is  traced  upon  her  hrow. 

Our  mother’s  lost  her  youthfulness, 

Her  smiles  are  just  as  kind, 

Her  tones  to  us  are  soft  as  erst,— 
Where  should  we  dourer  tlncl  ? 

But  as  we  note  the  trembling  tongue. 
And  mark  tho  stooping  form, 

A  sad  voleo  whispers  to  our  hearts— 

11  Yc  cannot  keep  her  long.” 

Our  mother’s  lost  her  youthfulness, 

Wo  see  it  every  day, 

And  feel  more  drearily  the, truth, 

8ho  soon  must  pass  away. 

Ail !  even  now  the  “  boatman  pale  ” 

We  fear  Is  hovering  oiali ; 

Wailing,  with  white  sails  all  unfurled 
Ho  will  not  heed  our  cry, 

Butgently  hear  the  wearied  form 
Into  the  phantom  bark. 

3lic  will  not  fear— Cl tii i,vr  went  before, 
The  way  will  not  be  dark  : 

And  3tifo  beyond  tho  troubled  stream, 
Her  tired  heart’s  strife  o’er, 

Our  angel  mother,  glorified, 

Will  grow  old  nevermore. 

- *♦., - 

BEST  FOB  FARMERS’  WIVES. 

BY  FLORENCE  BURLEIGH. 


There  is  something  wo  all  need  and  must 
have — I  mean  rest!  Our  hymn  books  are  full 
of  “Sweet  Rest  in  Heaven;"  “Rest  Beyond 
the  Grave;”  “A  Rest  for  Weary  Pilgrims 
Found,”  etc.,  etc.,  but  I  am  in  favor  of  having 
a  little  of  it  now,  day  by  day,  hour  by  hour,  as 
tiaue  llows  on.  By  -  md-by  we  will  be  so  refrosh- 
ed as  to  bo  able  to  sing  those  hymns  with  the 
true  spirit  and  understanding,  as  of  something 
of  which  we  have  had  a  foretaste— not  wearily 
drawl  out  the  words,  as  If  wo  bad  waited  fill 
our  lives  for  the  fulfillment  of  the  promise*,  and 
had  almost  despaired  of  seeing  the  precious 
hope  realized.  We  ought  to  allow  ourselves 
time  to  cultivate  the  faculties  with  which  wc 
have  been  endowed.  This  is  a  duty  wo  owe  to 
the  Giver  of  All  Good  ;  for  had  He  not  intend¬ 
ed  them  for  our  use,  Ho  certainly  would  not 
have  bestowed  them  upon  us.  Woman  was 
created  a  finely  organized  being,  as  far  as  struct¬ 
ural  constitution  is  concerned;  and  did  Goo 
intend  that  all  these  minute  organs,  all  this 
complicated  and  perfected  machinery,  shoo  hi 
be  worn  out,  or  rusted  out,  before  it  had  tier- 
formed  half  Its  mission  ?  Our  next  duty  Is  to 
our  family.  Why  wear  one’s  self  out  caring  for 
children  before  they  aro  half  able  to  care  for 
themselves?  Reserve  you  r  strength  now ;  there 
will  be  constant  demands  for  it,  but  there  is 
no  earthly  use  in  exhausting  it  in  a  few  short 
months,  or  years,  at  best. 

Men  call  women  the  “  weaker  vessel yes, 
and  they  ought  to  think  of  this  when  they  see 
her  daily  and  hourly  weighed  down  by  burdens 
of  work,  and  do  not  remonstrate.  Do  a  little 
less  cooking  or  scrubbing,  or  stitching,  and  no¬ 
body  will  be  the  worse  of  it,  but  the  whole  fam¬ 
ily  will  bo  the  better  for  your  rest.  Each  morn¬ 
ing,  after  getting  the  children  cifT  to  school,  per¬ 
form  the  most  nectary  labor,  tidy  up  your 
room  and  person,  and  stop  right  there!  Seat 
yourself  iu  the  most  comfortable  cliair  about 
tho  house,  and  with  paper  or  magazine  prepare 
to  refresh' both  mind  and  body.  A  delicious 
sense  of  repose  will  steal  over  you,  and  you  will 
enjoy  it  as  much  as  does  the  desert  traveler  his 
draught,  from  the  long-sought  spring.  Y on  will 
naturally  start,  half  frightened  at  the  flight  of 
time,  but  will  feel  so  recreated  as  to  “wonder 
if  I  be  1?"  Preparations  for  dinner  will  then 
be  comparatively  easy,  and  you  can  welcome 
the  family  to  tho  well-spread  board  with  a 
cheerful  and  cheering  smile.  After  this,  as 
you  go  about  your  tasks,  if  a  half-lorgotton 
song  of  your  girlhood's  happy  days  bursts  from 
your  lips,  do  not  hasten  to  repress  it,  and  re¬ 
sume  the  worried,  weary,  careworn  expression 
of  countenance  you  have  worn  so  long.  Sing 
and  laugh,  too,  as  much  as  you  can.  This  is 
the  result  of  the  morning's  cessation  from  toil. 
You  will  feel  better,  and  consequently  look  bet¬ 
ter,  and  John  will  begin  to  wonder  “What  in 
the  world  has  come  over  Mary?”  Don’t  tell 
him ;  be  can’t  understand  it ;  he  isn’t  a  woman ! 
But  ask  him,  if  ha  h  is  not  already  done  so.  to 
buy  you  a  sewing  machine.  He  will  doubtless 
tell  you  he  caYmol  afford  it,  he  ba3  so  much  to 
pay  out ;  you  can  hire  your  sewing  done,  if  you 


have  more  than  you  can  do  yourself.  AH  right ; 
no  doubt  it  will  put  food  into  some  hungry  or¬ 
phan’s  mouth.  Hire  the  work  done,  and,  mean¬ 
time,  rest  yourself.  If  you  pay  your  seamstress 
in  meat,  lard,  flour,  or  other  products  of  the 
farm,  which  is  often  done,  keep  it  strict  account 
of  all  she  gots,  watch  the  market  prices,  and  ut 
the  end  of  three  months,  or  six  at  furthest,  con¬ 
vince  him  that  these  seeming  little  items,  sold, 
would  pay  for  the  machine. 

“  Ah,  me,”  1  fancy  I  hear  you  say,  “  this  is  all 
very  easy  to  write,  and  very  fine  to  talk  about, 
I  ut  not  so  easily  done.”  Try  It  and  see.  If 
you  think  you  haven't  time  for  useful  reading 
or  a  healthful  walk  through  tho  woods,  when 
the  weather  is  fine,  J  answer  lake  time.  I  know 
it  requires  strength  of  will  and  energy  to  do 
t hip,  but,  depend  upon  it,  if  you  don’t  take  the 
good  of  the  passing  hour,  you  will  nevor  got 
any,  for  it  comes  not  back  again.  An  old  gen¬ 
tleman  onco  said  to  me,  “  1  always  manage  to 
get  a  litt  le  pleasure  out.  of  every  day  as  it  passes, 
for  T  find  if  we  wait  for  future  pleasures  we  are 
sure  to  be  cheated  out  of  them  in  the  end." 
Now,  my  Rural  sisters,  let  me  entreat  you  to 
take  a  little  respite  every  day.  Forget  that 
thero  ever  wa6  a  lamb  driven  to  the  slaughter, 
and  that  the  comparison  has  boon  made  be¬ 
tween  this  famous  lamb  and  humble,  unresist¬ 
ing  humanity,  for  years  past.  Remember  only 
that  you  are  free-born  American  women,  capa¬ 
ble  oT  taking  care  of  yourselves,  and  bound  not 
to  be  imposed  upon,  nor  worked  to  death,  nor 
harassed  with  care,  till,  when  the  time  comes 
for  you  to  “go  hence,”  there  is  hardly  enough 
of  you  to  justify  the  purchase  of  a  coffin  ! 

■ - - - 

BABY’S  MISSION. 


BY  ROSE  GERANIUM. 


TO  keep  our  hearts  fresh  and  tender  and  sym¬ 
pathetic  by  unavoidable  association.  To  en¬ 
dow  ua  with  such  patience  and  charity  as  shall 
not  bo  bounded  by  the  domestic  circle,  but  shall 
roach  out  into  tho  world  as  far  as  onr  lives, 
brightening  and  sweetening  and  soothing.  To 
give  us  more  of  joy  as  well  as  grief,  of  repose  as 
well  as  anxiety.  To  widen  and  deepen  the  cur¬ 
rent  of  our  lives.  To  help  us  toward  Heaven, 
lest  the  little  ones,  in  following,  be  lost. 

There  is  a  feeling  akin  to  pity  which  should 
go  forth  toward  the  child  loss.  Even  though 
there  are  crosses,  oh  !  so  heavy,  and  weariness 
of  heart  and  brain,  yet  what  picture  of  ease 
could  buy  away  tho  binl-notc  which  greets  a 
mother  at  the  dusk  of  morning  -the  litt  le  hands 
from  which  fall  such  soft  caresses?  1  think 
if  thero  were  to  bo  taken  from  me  every  earthly 
affection  save  one,  I  would  say  leave  me  the 
love  of  a  little  child.  )t  would  he  safer  to  trust, 
purer,  more  unselfish  than  any  other,  and,  if  I 
deserved  it,  more  enduring. 

Mothers  who  yield  their  offspring  up  to  tho 
care  of  hirelings  arc  tiielr  own  r<  libers,  steal¬ 
ing  away  such  rays  of  crystalline  enjoyment  as 
can  emanate  from  no  other  source.  In  after 
years,  when  the  world,  perchance,  has  proven 
bitter  and  disappointing,  can  they  marvel  If 
they  look  in  vain  for  the  messengers  which 
fancy,  true  in  her  instincts,  had  equipped  to 
bear  peaco  and  heart-plenty  and  thanksgiving 
into  the  autumn  of  their  lives?  Mow  naturally 
wo  turn  from  the  illusions  of  life  to  find  recom¬ 
pense  in  our  children  ;  and  “  according  to  that 
we  have  sown  wc  shall  surely  reap,”  It  is  easy 
to  gaze  upon  tho  repose  of  infancy  and  fondly 
foretell  a  life  of  usefulness  or  greatness;  but 
who,  from  tho  subtle  fingers  of  grace  and  inno¬ 
cence,  is  willing  to  depict  the  future  monster? 
Yot  often,  sad  to  tell !  they  are  of  tho  unthink¬ 
ing  mothers’  making. 

Oh!  ye  who  pride  in  the  sunny-haired  dar¬ 
lings  around  your  feet— to  whom  tlmir  voices 
is  as  the  gladdest,  ripple  on  tho  stream— watch 
well  and  prayerfully  over  their  ways,  remem¬ 
bering  they  arc  your  legacy  to  the  world  -your 
defenders  or  accusers  In  eternity.  Keep  them 
close  to  your  hearts.  Hove  them  much,  arid 
win  them  from  error  by  the  look  of  pain,  the 
oft-repeated  caress  and  ceaseless  wooing  of 
kind  voice.  Bring  them  face  to  face  with  Jksuh 
in  prayer— every  hour  in  the  day,  if  need  be 
teaching  them  to  regard  111m  as  one  constantly 
present  and  deeply  interested  in  alt  that  con¬ 
cerns  them,  nut  as  a  far-olf  and  terrible  Judge, 
bent  only  upon  tlmir  misery  and  punishment. 
Teach  them  to  dread  nor.  so  much  Ilia  anger  as 
His  sorrow  for  their  waywardness.  Encourage 
them  In  the  Jeast  act  meant  for  good  ;  forgive 
them  kindly,  with  kisses,  when  they  repent  of 
wrongs,  showing  them  that  you  desire  not  the 
mortification  of  their  feelings  but  the  correc¬ 
tion  of  their  natures.  Do  not  seek  to  establish 
yourself  in  their  hearts  as  a  pattern  of  perfec¬ 
tion,  for  hy-and-hy  they  will  find  you  out,  -and 
woe  betide  you,  hypocrite ! 

Seek  to  stamp  truths  upon  their  lives  more 
by  your  own  living  than  by  precept,  and  the 
time  will  conic  when  you  will  discover  that 
motherhood,  though  ofttimes  fraught  with  all 
that  is  deepest  of  care  and  privation,  has  its 
imperishable  riches,  and  baby’s  mission  was  to 
bring  you  a  blessing. 


Be  Hopeful.— Those  who  mourn  over  their 
petty  aches  and  pains  may  learn  a  lesson  in 
pluck  and  hope  from  a  young  man  in  Missis¬ 
sippi.  In  the  war  lie  lost  one  leg,  and  recently 
tho  other  one  was  so  crushed  as  to  require  am¬ 
putation.  During  the  operation,  he  s&Jd  to  his 
friends "  I  thank  God  that  I  have  two  strong 
arms  left  to  get  a  living  with.” 


HA,  when  will  Dolly’s  birth-day  be  ?  t  never  can  re¬ 
member. 

I  know  I  got  her  Christmas  day :  Is  Christmas  in  De¬ 
cember? 

I  want  to  Icoep  ’count  of  her  age,  for,  mother,  don’t 
you  know, 

I’m  always  going  to  keep  this  doll,  and  never  let  her 
go? 

I  had  to  givo  up  Lucy  Ann,  to  Belle,  when  she  was 
sick, 

Ami  then  I  lost  my  1’rudle  Jane,  and  that  nice  hoy 
doll,  Dick. 

I  lo  had  on  Ilia  best  suit  of  clothes,  that  Cousin  J ENN y 
made, 

With  little  shiny  buttons  on,  and  trimmed  so  nice 
with  braid. 

I  think  I  left  him  on  the  bank,  when  1  wont  in  tho 
brook. 

We  waded  round,  and  up,  and  down,  and  when  1 
went  to  look 

For  Dioit,  I  hunted  nil  around,  where  any  one  could 
look, 

But  I  have  nevor  found  him  yot,  nor  that  new  pic¬ 
ture  book. 

But  now  here’s  Dolly,  just  as  nice,  and  bigger  than 
the  rest. ; 

With  such  red  checks,  and  curly  hair,  and  Just  ns 
nicely  dressed. 

lint  then,  I’d  like  to  have  Dick,  too ;  how  nice  they'd 
look  together  I 

I  mean  to  hunt  for  him  again,  when  it  comes  pleas¬ 
ant  weather. 

- - • 

THE  WIND'S  FROLIC. 


BY  MRS.  GEORGE  BARTLETT. 


“  On,  dear,  now  that  horrid  wind  !”  exclaim¬ 
ed  little  Pinky,  as  a  gust  took  Off  her  hat  and 
sent  it  whirling  down  tho  gravel  walk.  Bob 
and  Tom  were  quickly  after  it,  and  a  pretty  good 
chase  indeed  they  had  before  they  caught,  it 
and  brougdt  it  back. 

“  Now,  I  don’t  soo  Avlmt  tho  wind  wanta  to 
blow  for,  at  all,”  said  Pinky. 

“Well,  the  wind,  beside  being  so  frolicsome 
aa  to  blow  off  little  girls’  lists,  is  a  very  useful 
agent,”  said  A  rthur,  who,  like  a  good  brother, 
always  tried  to  instruct  his  younger  brothers 
and  sisters.' 

“Yes,  of  course  it  is,”  said  little  Bob;  “how 
could  wo  fly  our  kites  now  if  there  wasn't  any 
wind  ?” 

“  But,  BOB,  what,  good  do  you  really  suppose 
the  wind  docs?”  asked  Arthur. 

“  I  don’t  know.” 

“Tom  knows,  I’m  sure,  now  that  he  goes  to 
tho  grammar  school.” 

“  Yes,  of  course ;  the  wind  is  made  to  blow 
the  ships  across  tho  ocean.  Capt.  Tanner  told 
mo  where  Micro  warn’t,  no  wind,  the  ships 
couldn't  go  at  all.  I  don’t  know  as  there  is  any 
other  good  it  does.” 

“Did  you  ever  notice  tho  way  the  wind  blows 
In  March?”  asked  Arthur. 

“  Why,  yes  ;  that's  kite  time,"  said  Bob. 

“Well,  did  you  ever  notice  tho  frozen,  aleepy- 
looking  trees  ?  Tho  sun  comes  out  warm  and 
bright,  but  still  tho  trees  and  all  flic  hushes  aro 
sound  asleep,  and  appear  to  have  forgotten  all 
about  leaves  or  anything  of  the  sort.  Then  up 
comes  tlio  wind,  with  a  great  rush  and  rustle, 
as  though  he  had  a  grout  deal  of  work  on  hand, 
and  directly  ho  gives  tho  old  elm  a  good  rousing 
shake,  and  says, 4  Come,  come  old  fellow,  waku 
yourself  up;  don’t  you  know  the  spring  has 
come,  and  it’s  time  your  sap  was  beginning  to 
stir?’  Then  round  it  whirls,  and  bangs  away  at 
the  great  oak  ;  then,  with  a  whistle  and  a  rush, 
off  It  goes  to  thoapple  trees  down  in  the  orchard, 
and  a  good  shaking  they  get;  and  the  sap  in 
them,  too,  gets  i  he  first  start,  and  commences 
slmvly  to  rise  up  In  the  trunk,  toward  the 
branches. 

“But  the  wind  is  off,  and  is  whisking  now 
through  whole  rows  of  currant  bushes,  and  in 
his  wild  frolic,  ho  gives  them  such  a  rousing 
that  they  wake  up  quickly  enough,  all  surprised 
to  find  tho  spring  lias  come,  and  that  it  is  high 
time  for  them  to  begin  to  think. oT  getting  out 
their  leaves.  A  great  deal,  to  be  -.ure,  the  wind 
lias  to  do  ;  with  so  many,  many  trees  to  wake 
up,  starting  the  sap  to  rise,  and  circulate.” 

“Well,  after  tho  trees  huvo  come  out,  why 
don’t  the  wind  shut  up  ?"  asked  Bob, 

“Why,  the  ships,”  said  Pinky. 

“  Yes,  the  ships  would  be  apt  to  be  in  tho 
lurch  without  the  wind,"  said  Arthur;  “but 
really,  if  there  was  no  such  thing  as  wind,  i  fear 
there  would  he  no  ships;  indeed,  we  ourselves 
should  not  he  alive  to  need  ships,  or  anything 
else." 

“Not  alive!  Why,  how  docs  the  wind  keep 
us  alive?”  asked  Bon. 

“  Now,  Bob,  don’t  you  see  that  iu  order  for  us 
to  live,  wo  must  ha  ve  food  and  drink ;  and  don’t 
you  see  that  t  he  little  streams  that  come  run¬ 
ning  down  from  the  mountains  must  be  fed 
with  rain?  And  without  rain,  or  the  water 
from  the  streams,  the  grain  could  not  grow 
for  our  food  ;  so  it  all  works  together.  But  now 
tell  me,  where  does  the  rain  come  from?” 

“Oh,  I  know  that,”  said  Tom;  “it  rises  by 
evaporation  from  tho  large  bodies  of  waterand 
makes  clouds,  and  then  it  rains  down.” 

“Well,  Tom,  suppose  there  was  really  no  such 
thing  as  wind  ;  the  great,  heavy  clouds  would 
rise  and  gather,  and  down  they  would  be  apt  to 


fall  again,  while  the  rivers  would  dry  up  and 
tho  earth  become  parched  and  slit  i  veiled ;  noth¬ 
ing  could  grow;  so  neither  food  nor  drink  could 
wc  have,  and  with  such  u  state  of  things,  not 
very  long  could  wo  live.  But  (she  good,  strong 
wind  keeps  on,  blowing  first  Ohe  way  and  then 
tho  other,  sending  the  clouds  in  one  direction 
and  then  in  another,  t.o  fall  in  refreshing  rain. 
Then,  beside  this,  keeping  up  a  motion  in  tho 
atmosphere,  It  drives  off  noxious  gases,  and 
keeps  the  air  pure  and  healthy." 

“Welt,  l  don’t  like  it  when  it  blows  and  both¬ 
ers  anil  roars  so,  all  night,"  said  Pinky. 

“Hi,  hi!"  cried  Bob,  as  a  little  bit  of  a  breeze 
that  just  seemed  to  have  been  listening  to  this 
talk,  lifted  up  bis  cap  a  very  trille,  as  though  it 
would  say  “  by  your  leave ;’’  but  another  whiff 
was  all  ready  for  the  fun,  and  quick  as  a  wiulc 
BOb’S  cap  was  over  so  far  off,  whirling  and  danc¬ 
ing  in  gay  stylo.  And  now  Bob  and  Tom  and 
the  wind  are  racing  together,  and  a  high  old 
time  of  it  they  had  before  the  cap  was  caught. 

- - •-*-* - 

TniN  party  (to  street  urchin) “  Boy  what 
do  you  suppose  that  dog  is  following  me  for?” 
Tho  youngster  casts  a  knowing  look  at  him, 
and  readily  replies : — “  Guess  ho  takes  you  for 
a  bone !” 


it lu'  |litHler. 


PROBLEM.— No.  3. 


From  a  point  within  a  triangle,  equally  dis¬ 
tant  from  all  of  ils  angles,  perpendiculars  aro 
drawn  to  the  throe  sides,  which  measure  re¬ 
spectively  15,  8  and  10  rods.  Required,  the  sides 
of  the  triangle. 


E  P=10  rods ;  F  P=8  rods ;  D  1J=3  rods. 
%$?"  Answer  in  two  weeks.  b.  f.  b. 


- - 

MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA.— No.  3. 


I  am  composed  of  81  letters: 

My  16, 11, 17  Is  a  Spanish  title. 

My  3, 10,  7,  4,  9  is  a  department  of  Government. 
My  20,  8,  8  is  a  verb  denoting  motion. 

My  12,  15,  21  is  a  character  in  one  of  Dickens’ 
novels. 

My  5, 18,  21, 20,  8  is  a  fraction. 

My  2,  II),  1),  8  Is  the  name  of  a  college. 

My  i),  2,  a,  21,  15, 11  is  the  name  of  a  noted  author. 
My  12.  it,  13,  1,  10  Is  the  platform  of  every  sect. 
My  19,  14,  13  Is  that  in  which  we  all  live  and 
Without  which  we  can  do  nothing. 

My  whole  aro  the  last  svords  of  a  farewell  song. 
£A/"  Answer  in  two  weeks.  Sampi. 


W0BD-PUZZLE.— No.  2. 


I  am  tho  name  of  an  honorable  occupation 
and  contain  nine  letters.  1  also  contain  a  piece 
Of  money,  a  two-wheeled  vehicle,  an  instru¬ 
ment  used  in  writing,  u  tenant,  a  covering  for 
the  head,  a  destructive  animal,  a  vessel,  a  fish, 
a  very  slow  gait,  a  feline  animal,  one  of  the 
members  of  a  firm,  an  insect,  a  covering  for  a 
vehicle,  a  sport,  a  verb,  an  animal  that  re¬ 
sembles  man,  a  railroad  carriage,  and  the  month 
of  a  volcano.  What  am  1  ? 

Walter  W.  R.  Fisher. 
iiif"  Answer  In  two  weeks. 

- »>♦ 

CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA.— No.  1. 


My  first  is  in  stone  but  not  In  rock, 

My  second  is  in  goose  but  not  in  hawk  ; 
My  third  is  in  fib  but  not  in  lie. 

My  fourth  is  in  wheat  but  not  in  rye  ; 

My  fifth  is  iu  city  but  not  in  farm, 

My  sixth  is  in  cool  but  not  In  warm  ; 

My  seventh  is  In  gobbler  but  not  in  hen, 
My  whole  is  an  article  used  by  men. 

S2?“  Answer  In  two  weeks.  b.  c.  d. 

- w - 

CONUNDRUM. -No.  2. 


In  my  first  my  second  sat, 

My  third  and  fourth  guess  if  you’re  able ; 
And  now  you  ought  to  guess  my  whole, 

It  lies  before  you  on  the  table. 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS. -July  12. 

Problem  No.  2.— 

t  42.231734  rods. 

J  33.916884  “ 

{ 18.546861  “ 

Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  2.— Union  Pa¬ 
cific  Railroad. 

Word-Puzzle  No.  1.— Shipwreck. 


J)e  JhtMrs^er’s  ^csli 


ted  in  Penn,  Chester  Co.,  Pa. ;  an  unknown  man 
was  murdered  by  one  Wm,  E.  Cdderzook,  who 
escaped  .  .JT.  8.  Commissioner  W.  L.  Stores  of 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  committed  suicide  on  the  Ilth 
....The  Methodists  have  celebrated  their  100th 
anniversary  in  Philadelphia  .The  designs  for 
the  Centennial  Crystal  Palace  have  been  exam¬ 
ined  . .  .Southern  crop  reports  are  encouraging 
...  Four  men  were  drowned  near  Baltimore  on 
the  14th  Amos  PiUabiuy.'Superintendent  of 
the  Albany  Penitentiary,  died  on  the  11th 
The  Yale  exploring  party  ha*  gone  to  Port  rtrlril 
ger.  Cleveland.  O..  ha*  bad  two  cases  of  chol¬ 
era.  The  passengers  of  the  Washington  have 
gone  West  John  Biglin  won  the  single  scull 
race  Rt  Springfield.* Ma.se,,  on  the  15th  Tom 
Bowling  was  beaten  at  the  Long  Branch  races 
on  the  Hth  The  great,  college  regatta  took 
place  at  Springfield.  Mass.,  on  the  17th.  11  col¬ 
leges  taking  part  ;  Yale  Wuh  the  race,.’!  miles. 
In  Klin..' ids.;  VVc-leyari  was  '.V.  behind,  and  Har¬ 
vard  45! j«.  behind  the  latter.  The  base  ball 
game  Was  won  by  Harvard.  The  Bennett  prize 
of  1500  was  won  by  Mr.  Howie  rd  McGill  Colic  ye 
or  Montreal.  Yale  won  in. the  Freshman  race: 
the  English  si  roke  did  the  business  There 
have  been  7  deaths  from  cholera  in  the  Colum¬ 
bus,  Q.,  Penitentiary  ..Arm  Eliza  Webb,  Brig¬ 
ham  Young’s  IVth  wife,  has  left  him.  and  will 
sue  for  a  divorce  ...More  Modoc*  have  been  cap¬ 
tured  —  Oakes  Ames  left  nearly  sj.x  millions  of 
dollars.  .A ruasa  Walker  favors  the  purchase 
o!  all  i he  railways  by  Government.  Commo¬ 
dore  W.  M.  Gletidy  died  in  Baltimore  on  the 
lfith.  aged  72  .40  deaths  from  cholera  at  Mt 

Vernon,  Tnd.,  are  reported  . 200  Apuche  In¬ 

dians  have  surrendered.  ..Philadelphia  has  had 
a  season  of  excessive  heat  Hr.  A .  1 1 .  Morrison 
of  Windsor,  Conn.,  was  killed  liy  a  locomotive 


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Genesee  Valley,  Idaho,  .Inly  4.  —  To-day,  the 
warmest  of  the  season,  mercury  at.  noon  stood 
at  78°  Fahr.  Pleasant  In  the  shade.  The  spring 
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higher,  the  middle  of  June.  Rains  have  been 
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went  through  the  winter  in  fine  condition,  many 
cattle  and  horses  not  fed  any,  all  of  which  are 
now  rolling  fat.  The  hills  are  robed  In  a  luxu¬ 
riant  crop  of  bunch  grass,  affording  the  finest 
pasture  t  ever  saw.— ,J.  h.  k. 

Flat  Gnp,  Jeff.  Co.,  Tenn.,  July  17.  -Wheat 
has  been  cut ;  half  crop  is  all  wc  will  have ;  oats 
are  very  good;  meadow  gra&g  splendid;  corn 
looks  Hal  tering;  we  have  had  plenty  of  rain  for 
the  last  six  weeks,  and  some  portions  of  cur 
county  have  been  visited  by  damaging  storms  of 
wind  and  rain ;  weather  very  bat;  very  little 
fruit  of  any  kind  in  this  county  ;  wheat  is  worth 
$1.35;  corn,  05c.;  oats,  30c.;  bacon,  lie.;  hogs, 
4c.  per  lb.  gross;  butter,  20c.;  chickens,  12'^c.; 
harvest  hands,  $1.25  per  day ;  common  labor, 
50o.  per  day.— j.  t. 

MePh  eraon,  Biapheaon  C.’o.,  Kansas. — Crops 
here  uro  looking  splendid  ;  winter  w’heat  is  be¬ 
ing  harvested.  Spring  wheat  nearly  ripe;  corn 
five  feet  high,  early  varieties  commencing  to 
car.  Plenty  of  rain  all  the  time,  a  little  too 


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Toe  Captain-General  of  Cuba  has  been  or¬ 
dered  to  adopt  extraordinary  measures  against 
the  insurgents.  ...The  people  of  Malaga  have 
risen  against  the  authorities.  Gen.  Cabrlneiti, 
a  Republican,  bos  been  defeated  and  killed  by 
the  Carlists.  Band*  of  insurgents  are  organiz¬ 
ing  In  old  Castile.  Tho  Mayor  of  Alcoy  ha*  been 
assassinated.  Mobs  are  burning  factories  and 
committing  excesses  all  over  Spain.  At  Alpena 
5,000  Insurgents  have  joined  t  he  Carlists  .  The 
IChiin  of  Kliiva  has  become  l  vassal  or  Iht  '-ia. 
His  throne  has  been  restored,  and  on  the  241  li 
Of  June  lie  abolished  slavery.  Persia  has  been 
requested  to  take  care  of  the  10/XKI  Persian 
-lavPH  found  in  Khiva. . . .Tho  IYimjcIj  Assomldv 
lias  broken  up  in  disorder. ..  The  Ashatitee  war 
is  progressing  with  vigor.  The  natives  have;*® 
(MO  men  in  camp;  the  English  force  is  small  .A* 
I  he  Emperor  or  Chinn  baa  given  an  audience  to 
all  the  foreign  ministers.  AH  quiet  in  Ireland 
on  Orange  day  'The  Pone  will  give  i  wo  Amer¬ 
ican  archbishops  cardinal*’ huts  . .  The  Sultan 
declines  to  visit  V lenna  ...  A  motion  to  have 
the  confessional  added  to  the  Church  of  En¬ 
gland,  has  been  lost  In  the  House  The  Span¬ 
ish  insurgents  are  masters  of  Can  hagena.  Tho 
people  are  making  groat  efforts  to  restore  order 
all  through  Spain.  Carlists  in  Biscay  have  re¬ 
ceived  a  supply  of  muskets.  A  decree  has  been 
issued,  reso  hiding  all  embargoes  ...  The  office 
of  the  Japan  Mail  hits  boon  destroyed  by  fire. 
The  rice  prop  in  Japan  is  poor,  ami  trade  is  dull 
. .  There  h  is  been  a  great,  fire  of  coal  store*  in 
Amsterdam  ...Peru  is  encouraging  emigration 
t  o  that  country  .  Spain  Is  maintaining  a  strong 
garrison  in  Barcelona.  Well-to-do  people  are 
leaving  the  count  ry.  The  crew  of  I  he  war-ship 
Solmanza  have  deserted.  Hon  Carlos  has  taken 
personal  command  in  Spain.  Petitions  are  cir¬ 
culating  in  Cuba  against  the  reforms  proposed 
at  Madrid  There  la  great  excitement  al  K  iritr*- 


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A  Bus  Moines  (la.)  girl  is  about  to  start  for 
the  Sandwich  Islands  alone,  expecting  to  meet 
there  a  missionary  whom  she  is  to  marry.  She 
doesn't  expect  to  return  to  the  United  States 
for  six  years. 

Mrs.  Adelia  Bennett  of  Lansing,  Mich., 
whose  husband  was  compelled  to  fleo  to  escape 
arrest  for  Incendiarism,  was  so  overcome  by 
shame  and  mortification  that  she  committed 
suicide. 

fN  Oakland,  Ill.,  flour  shipped  from  Paris, 
Douglas  county,  is  sold  for  forty  cents  less  than 
the  home-made  article,  and  in  Paris,  Oakland 
flour  is  sold  at  40  cent*  los*  than  the  Paris  flour. 

The  fifth  annual  meeting  and  exhibition  of 
the  National  Photographic  Association  of  t  he 
United  States  will  be  held  at  Buffalo,  N.  V'., 
beginning  July  15  and  continuing  all  the  week. 

Tite  steamer  Virginias  succeeded  In  landing 
a  valuable  cargo  of  munitions  of  war  at  the 
island  of  Cuba,  having  eluded  the  vigilence  of 
the  Spaniards  at  aspinwall. 

The  office-seeking  mania  appears  to  be  epi¬ 
demical  in  Tioga  county,  Penn.  There  is  a 
Sheriff  to  be  elected,  and  eight  candidates  are 
running  for  the  place. 

A  destructive  freshet  washed  away  the  corn 
patch  of  a  Wisconsin  farmer,  and  laid  bare  an 
almost  inexhaustible  lead  mine. 

The  net  debt  of  Boston  was,  April  30, 1873, 
$23,744,391.30.  Last  year’s  payments  from  the 
City  Treasury  were  $17,500,000. 

A  Vermont  mail  has  gathered  1,850  pounds  of 
spruce  gum  in  three  months,  and  sold  it  in 
Portland  for  $1  a  pound. 

The  dry  and  deserted  condition  of  a  large 
part  of  Persia  has  been  caused  by  a  gradual 
upheaval  of  its  surface. 

There  is  a  woman  in  Pioche,  Nev.,  who 
claims  to  be  the  lawful  wife  of  E.  S.  Stokes. 


BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS 


Probably  not  one  man  in  one  hundred  thou¬ 
sand  of  the  citizens  of  the  United  States  was 
aware  that  a  gentleman  named  Dexter  is  i  he 
third  Secretary  of  tho  Treasury.  Nevertheless 
we  arc  Informed  that  on  the  now  issue  of  fifty 
cent  notes  t  he  portrait  of  Mr.  Dexter  is  to  take 
the  place  of  the  present  portrait,  of  tho  into 
Secretary  Stanton. 

Jenklns,  the  author  of  “  Ginx's  Baby,”  is  t  o 
lecture  hero  next  winter.  Tie  was  born  at  My¬ 
sore,  in  India;  is  3t  years  of  age,  mid  was  par¬ 
tially  educated  in  Ibis  country.  Hois  a  son  of 
the  Rev.  John  Jenkins  of  the  Church  of  Scot¬ 
land,  Montreal.  Canada.  His  lectures  w  ill  bo  on 
the  “English  Satirists’’  and  tho  “England  of 
To-duv." 

Gen.  Sh  erman  has  received  a  letter  from  Gen. 
Sheridan,  inclosing  a  telegram  from  Brig.-Gen. 
Terry,  dated  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  July  5.  He  says  : 
“I  have  Just  heard  from  Stanley,  13  days  out. 
He  baa  had  very  bad  weal  her,  but  no  trouble 
from  Indians.  Ho  expects  to  reach  the  Yellow¬ 
stone  by  the  1st  of  August. 

Vambery  has  written  a  letter  to  the  London 
Times,  in  which  lie  highly  eulogizes  the  enter¬ 
prise  and  endurance  of  the  Russian  army  in  the 
Kliivan  campaign,  and  says  that  they  have 
accomplished  a  task  which  throws  quite  into 
the  shade  the  famous  campaigus  of  Hannibal 
and  Napoleon. 

TnE  Tribune  reminds  t  hose  of  its  young  lady 
readers  who  may  be  fascinated  with  the  notion 
of  marrying  some  titled  foreigner  that  there 
are  no  less  than  30,000  of  those  gentlemen  in 
France.  Italy  must  have  about  as  many,  and 
the  German  Barons  can  be  counted  by  the 
thousand. 

Singe  aholition  of  t  he  franking  privilege  on 
the  1st  inst.,  there  has  been  a  marked  decrease 
IQ  the  amount  of  mail  matter  passing  through 
the  New  York  Post-office.  Postmaster  James 
sO?»  that  the  reform  has  caused  a  falling  off  of 
18,000  free  newspaper  exchanges  during  the 
week. 

The  wife  of  Don  Oarlos  is  described  as  tall, 
possessed  of  a  noble  mien,  having  golden  hair 
and  dark  blue  eyes,  and  is  considered  a  beautiful 
blonde.  She  is  reported  to  have  masculine 
courage  and  to  be  anxious  to  march  with  her 
husband  at  the  head  of  the  Carlist  insurgents. 

Mark  Twain  was  recently  entertained  at  a 
banquet  at  the  Langham  Hotel.  London,  by 
about  a  dozen-  English  literary  gentlemqm 


DOMESTIC  NEWS, 


New  Ifork  City  and  Vlelntty. 

The  coroner's  jury  has  found  a  verdict 
against  Kate  Stoddard  for  the  murder  of  Chas. 
Goodrich  ;  six*  i*  supposed  to  be  insane....  A 
woman  aged  50,  has  been  found  dead  live  weeks 
after  death,  in  a  house  on  87r.K  street  The 
Orange  parade  numbered  300,  escorted  by  800 
policemen —  Agricultural  editor*  have  gone 
on  an  oxouslnn  to  Colorado.  A  ease  of  cholera 
reunited  on  t  he  13th  The  Swiss  have  been 
celebrating  their  national  games.... The  Aider- 
men  and  Mayor  still  disagree  about  the  Police 

Justices . Kal;c  Stoddard  rtf  uses  to  confess 

her crIina....Tho Manhattan  Yacht  Club  held 
Its  regatta  on  the  15th  ;  (he  Nvrnhus,  Mary  Gib¬ 
son  and  Cora  won  the  race..."K.  S.  Mills,  a  citi¬ 
zen  of  Brooklyn,  was  drowned  at  Coney  Island 
on  the  lfith...  Jose  Maria  Mayorsa,  a  'wealthy 
Cuban,  died  on  tho  14th  ...There  were  8  cases 
of  sunstroke  on  the  15t.h  ;  the  heat  was  Intense 
..  .Mormons  to  t  he  number  of  I, non  arrived  on 

the  15th . It  Is  proposed  to  sell  the  Pacific 

Mail  steamers  Summer-night  concerts  are 
now  given  in  all  the  parks...  It;  lias  been  <l«ci  led 
that  Mr.  Dana  of  the  Sun  cannot  bo  taken  to 

Washington  for  trial  for  libel _ The  trustees  of 

the  Peabody  Fund  have  hold  their  annual  meet¬ 
ing  . .  .Tlie  71st  Regiment  will  visit  New  Haven 
on  the  24th  —  The  search  for  Jtosooe,  of  the 
Goodrich  murder,  continues...  -Albert  Day,  a 

lawyer,  has  boon  sent  to  jail  for  libel . The 

claims  for  fees  made  by  Sheriff  O’Brien,  have 
been  disallowed.  James  Cushing,  Jr.,  a  mem¬ 
ber  of  the  Board  of  Education,  died  on  the  15th 
.  ..The  funeral  of  Rev.  Ch ns.  W.  Whitehead, 
chaplain  of  i  lu;  City  Hospital,  took  place  on  the 
lfith  —  Mr.  A.  T.  Stewart  has  sailed  for  a  tour 
of  Europe.  ..  Ami  now  it  turns  out  that  Mr.  E. 
S.  Mills  of  Brooklyn,  who  was  drowned  on  the 
15th,  was  a  defaulter  to  t  he  amount  of  $400,000; 
he  kept  his  carriage  Kate  Stoddard’s  insanit  y 
is  to  be  legally  discussed  ...  Ex-Chief  of  Police 
McWilliams  of  Jersey  City,  is  on  trial  for  com- 
plicitv  in  a  robbery.  .  .Brooklyn  tax  records 
have  been  stolen  —  Washington  Market  booths 
are  to  be  removed. 

Home  News. 

The  famous  Lord  Gordon-Gordon  has  been 
arrested  near  Fort  Garry  ami  taken  to  Minneap¬ 
olis;  there  is  much  excitement  over  what  is 
calk'd  the  raid  into  Manitoba  by  the  Americans 
—  Astounding  revelaltous  have  been  made  in 
connection  with  the  Brattleboro’,  Vt.,  Asylum 

for  the  insane  . The  officers  of  the  City  of 

Washington  are  charged  with  mismanagement 
. . .  .The  Branch  races  have  closed. . .  .Capt,  Phil¬ 
lips  of  the  lost  Washington  made  no  soundings 
during  the  voyage.... The  Vice-President  has 

hau  an  attack  of  paralysis  _ Wheeling,  Vu., 

Springfield  and  Pail  River,  Muss,,  anil  Fort 
Wayne,  Ind.,  are  to  have  the  free  letter  delivery 
system  —  A  horrible  murder  has  been  Commit- 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC 


Central  Georgia,  July  13.— The  people  of 
this  generation,  now  living  in  Georgia,  have 
never  seen  such  a  season  as  we  now  have.  The 
heat  has  not  yet  passed  over  90*  in  the  shade, 
and  if  the  weather  continues,  as  It  has  begun, 
it  will  make  an  overwhelming  crop  of  corn; 
but  if  a  dry  spell  of  three  weeks  comes  on,  the 
corn  crop  will  be  cut  short..  I  never  saw  a  finer 
time  for  the  farmers  of  Central  Georgia  in  my 
life ;  cotton  looking  well ;  oats  and  wheat  are 
abundant,  and,  if  Providence  permit,  this  year 
will  be  noted  for  the  great  corn  crops.  We  have 
had  small  fruits  in  profusion,  and  now  have 
trees  weighted  down  with  peaches,  apples  and 


SEMI-BUSINE8S  PARAGRAPHS, 


The  Universal  Clothes  Wringer  is  one  of  the 
inventions  that  has  held  its  own  in  the  house¬ 
hold.  We  have  used  one  for  ten  years,  and  it 
has  done  good  service  during  that  time,  al¬ 
though  in  weekly  use.  One  advantage  of  this 
Wringer  is  that  of  a  patent  stop,  in  tho  form  of 
a  screw,  placed  over  the  cog-wheels,  prevent¬ 
ing  them  from  getting  out  of  gear.  But  the 
principal  advantage  of  this  Wringer  over  oth- 


id  Term.,  4nc.  for  XX.  -Mo.  for  X,  4i 
Iowa  and  Minn.,  fie.  for  XX,  44c. 
.  Ua.,  Alii.,  Mins,  and  I -a.,  28030c, 


Mile.  f.,r  No.  l.lll 
for  X.  UiC.  for  Nu, 


LOVE  IN  THE  NINETEENTH  CENTURY. 

Price  $1.25.  "  Miss  Preston  is  one  of  our  most 

promising  writers,  and  lier  translation  of  '  Mlrulo  ’ 
was  a  distinct  addition  to  tins  literature  of  the  day.” 

WIT  AND  WISDOM  OF  GEORGE  ELIOT. 


.£,0“,:*-T''ere  has  been  un  active  shipping  husi. 
ness  and  prices  are  higher,  closing  steady. 

»rSUte . «  20®  9  71 

Western . !.!!.!!  & §Cta  I  7* 

«o*3ao .  a  3 nZ  a  a 


rtniois.Ks  12'i'c.;  Keys, M)  UJlcg  Manheim Turnpike, 
102,  lVJfC.;  Mejutwk,  84,  1 1  ’if o,;  Mother  Creek.  65,  ]2‘4e.| 
Newport,  fa,  12. -;e.;  NewvlUo  Association,  225,  12We.; 
Nichols,  tfj,  I2tta;  Paine's  Hollow,  ml,  t2Ue.i  itoot, 
16.7, 13KC4  OKI  Salisbury,  11(1,  HWc.;  Schuyler,  till.  l2e.; 


Price  $1.  "  A  book  that  ought  to  huve  a  pla 
every  household.” 

MRS.  ABBA  GOULD  WOODSON'S 

WOMAN  IN  AMERICAN  SOCIETY 


SV1  © 0 B £ 5  S  B U B k L  UEW40R 


ers,  is  the  patent  double  gear,  which  is  one  of 
the  best  devices  in  mechanical  movements  that 
has  come  under  our  observation  for  a  long  time. 
~N~.  F.  Mechanic. 

- - 

I  lie  Wilson  Underfeed  has  reached  what 
seems  to  ho  the  point,  of  perfection  among  sew¬ 
ing  machines.  Improvements  have  been  made 
from  time  to  time,  until  now  it  stands  at  the 
head  of  the  list,  combining  all  t  hat  can  bo  de¬ 
sired  for  a  family  machine.  It  is  truly  a  family 
friend,  as  thousands  of  its  admirers  bear  wit¬ 
ness.  It  is  sold  at  a  much  loss  price  than 
any  other  lira t-c lass  machine.  Salesroom  at  707 
Broadway,  New  York,  and  in  all  other  cities  in 
the  United  States.  The  company  want  agents 
in  country  towns. 

- - ■ 

Watch  No.  2IIMJ1,  Hteni  Winder  —  bearing 
Trade  Mark  “United  States  Watch  Ca„  Marion, 
N.  J.,”— manufactured  by  United  States  Watch 
Co.  (Giles,  Wales  &  Co.),  lias  been  carried  by 
me  three  months :  its  total  variation  from  mean 
time  being  one  second.— Noah  D.  Payne,  Pub¬ 
lisher  Providence  (R.  1.)  Post. 

-  — 

Don't  be  deceived  by  Imitations,  Be  sure  that 
you  got  a  genuine  Blanchard  Churn. 


Corn  meal.  C-uiortc . . ®  - 

Western,  yellow .  I!  15®  3  40 

Jersey . .  3  26@  3  35 

White  Western . . ®  — 

Brandy  wipe .  3  75®  3  as 

Bug  Meal,  Coarse . . . l  ns®  l  70 

Yellow .  1  25®  1  30 

White . .  2  90®  S  10 

Grain,-  Wheat  has  been  in  small  supply,  and  In 
active  shipping  demand  at  higher  prices.  Corn  has 
been  ruling  strong,  with  jnoiierur.n  supplies.  Oats 
have  been  weak.  Wheat,  quoted  at  $1.. 74m  1.33  for  No. 
I  Milwaukee  spring  1  $1.5001.52  for  No.  '•’  C'hietigo. 
Coro  at.  r>6®r»0c.  for  Western  mixed,  steamer  grades  t 
60061  ‘<yC.  for  do,  sail  ;  I'd®  62c.  for  yeilow.  (lata  at  43® 
I  IMP,  lor  new  mixed  Western;  49®52c,  .for  white  <1n, 
Rye  at  78o.  for  Western. 

liny  mul  Qfra.w.  Receipts  are  larger  and  prices 
rule  weak.  Sales  of  prime  nay  at  $30®33  per  ton; 
good,  $22025;  good  shipping,  $IS@19;  common,  do. 
$l3t,U4.  Louis  rye  straw,  $18®19;  short  do.,  $12®15 { 
oat,  $12013. 

1 1  ops.  -There  is  a  bettor  trade  from  brewers,  at. 
Inside  prices.  Reports  from  the  crop  are  unfavor¬ 
able  in  this  State,  but  from  other  sections  at  the 
moment  point  to  an  a  verage  crop. 

-New  Yorks,  growth  1872,  I0®4;,c.:  Eastern,  growth 
1872.  3.'>  ,i  llle,  i  Western,  growth  1872,  83040c,  I  Olds, 
growth  137(1,  iOlidlSo.;  Old  Olds,  growths  IHIW  and  18(19, 

15c. ;  Bavarian,  40®4iu.  s  English,  80035c. ;  Belgian, 
2s®30o.;  Californian,  47)4062>iio. 

licntliiT.-  tin |> nlles  fair,  with  weak  prices. 

Wo  quote  at  '.o.WtfWHc.  for  light  hemlock,  2~tt®31c. 


Jones 


Advice.  — Send  for  free  Price  List. 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

_  THE  MARKETS. 

PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 


New  York.  Monday,  July  21, 1873. 
Receipt*.— The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  as  follow* : 

Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  1,111(1  Cotton,  bolus .  15,100 

Eggs,  bhls .  7,055  1  lops,  hales,.  .  20 

Hour,  bbls .  72,201  Pouriuts,  bugs .  313 

Wheat,  bash .  718,400  Cut  meats,  pkgs....  3,219 

Com,  bush .  429,000  Pork,  bbla . .  713 

Oats,  bush .  391,600  Beef,  pkgs .  865 

Rye,  bush .  84 ,300  bard,  pkgs .  1,519 

Barley,  bush...,..,  375  Belter,  pU-s .  22, MO 

Malt,  bush . .  31,200  Cllmese,  pkgs .  108,850 

Beaus,  bush  .  2.150  Wool,  bales .  5,;, 40 

Corn  meal  bbla....  8, 7W  Grass  seed,  bush..  50 

corn  meal,  bags...  9001  Dr  cased  llogs.  No.. 

.Henna  uml  Pens.  Exports  ol’  beans  past  week. 
-40  hush,;  of  peas,  1,1100  buali.  Thu  local  demand  for 
tieiins  continues  very  good  for  the  season,  and  prices 
still  rule  In  sellers’  favor  for  mediums.  Marrows  uro 
llrmly  held,  blit  the  reports  from  the  Cuban  market 
an-  unfavorable  for  heavy  operations,  and  as  Ha¬ 
vana  Is  the  eliief  outlet  for  this  class  of  helms,  the 
market  hero  is  quiet.  Oilier  grades  of  bean*  art)  ilrm 
and  scarce.  Peas  are  dull;  Canudlan  particularly  so 
under  the  unfavorable  foreign  advices. 

\Vo  quote  prime  mediums,  12. 05;  other,  *2.20® 
8.;id;  prime  marrowfats,  *2 Jft;  other,  S2,;:0  0  2,50 ; 
prime  kidneys,  $2,0602.70;  prime  pea  beans,  ${.7002.80; 
lair  do.,  $2.29;  red  kidney,  ?4.tK)(jo4,20  for  good  and 
prime :  white  kidney.  t2.2rsi42.7U;  Giiuttilu  peas,  in 
bulk,  90® 92c. ;  green  peas,  bnsh.,  range,  $1.2501,50. 

Ilocswax.— Tho  market  is  somewhat  more  active, 
and  best.  Southern  Is  tinner.  An  Important  lot  of  20,- 
IHJII  lbs,  went  to  Europe  during  the  week  direct  from 
the  West.  We  quote  JS214®36o.  for  Western  uml 
Southern. 

Broom  Corn.  Fine  qualities  scarce,  and  wanted 
at  full  prices.  We quote  hurl,  BH0UJ4u.;  green,  6>joa 
OMo.;  red,8X®5e.;  old,  30.3^0. 

Unitin',  -The  market  Is  ft  shade  better,  owing  to 
less  UurdOD80.mil  receipts,  though  Stale  stock  is  the 
Only  ijunlity  that  fools  tiiu  bt-Mioiif.  In  8ti'011tt6F  prloi*s. 
Httttottlso  ru<!i  lvoH  somit  lidvitntatfe  from  t.hu  laci 
Western  la  not  running  lit  tine  lots,  and  much  of  the 
late  receipts  are  of  poor  color.  There  Is  plenty  ol 
good  Western  offering,  hilt  for  best  use  dealers  are 
more  willing  to  pay  the  difference  In  prices  than  they 
were,  as  tile  trouble  of  selection  lias  been  of  some 
importanee  during  such  hot  weather  us  we  have  hud. 
i-auoy  Michigan  oniy  will  bring  un  outside  ratu  in 
>V  L'MtrTU. 

'v“  'juoti.-  prime  State  flrlclns.  yellow,  29®30c.;  do. 
hult  tubs,  do.,  3‘J030c. ;  do.  Welsh  tubs.  22®2iic,  West¬ 
on  rang,-*,  bust,  2d..ji3lc.,  including  dreamery;  other 
u<h-.,  I.iwITc.  N.  U.  pulls,  2.'a'5i:'0c.;  Pemisyl- 
vaniu  store  packed,  18®23o. 

*  Kxporte,  past  week,  78,811  bxs.  The 
^  „ket.llu7  very  ‘“:tlvo>  ami  prices  have  ruled 
voiy  steady  throughout  the  week.  The  quality  of 
(.necso  Is  now  greatly  III  favor  of  buyers  ut  the  com¬ 
parative  prices.  The  bulk  of  the  stock  hns  given 
general  satisfaction  this  season,  and  thu  fact  will 
help  work  oif  the  large  ..urpliis  on  the  other  side. 

We  quote;— Mne  State  factory,  12J<@13^0..  with  a 


Lugs .  7  0  7J<C.  7)4®  V-i<s- 

Good  do.  ...  ?Y®  8140.  7 If®  8>*c. 

Common  to  medium  leal.  8K®  OFJc.  9  ®  IQtto. 

Good  OO.  ..10  0  10)40.  II  ®  13 

Fine  do.  ..II  ®  12  e.  13K@  13  0. 

Selections . 12 >4®  i3  0.  13.m®  15 

8KEDLEAP  CROP  OP  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  llllers . 11  ®  l  l  e. 

SeCOUdS. . 12  (tu  26  o. 

wrappers . ,,.40  0  55  e. 

selections . IJO  ®  75  c. 

New  York  llllers . 10  ®  H  c. 

wrappers . 18  ®  36  c. 

assorted  lots . II  ®  14  c. 

Founaylvauia  llllers . 12  utt  li  e. 

W nippers . 22  ®  60  o. 

assorted  lots . 18  ®  25  e. 

Oldo  llllers .  6  ®  8  c. 

wrappers . 18  <5j  35  c. 

assorted  lots . . .  OH®  12  e. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots .  8  ®  9  e. 

Vearo tables. — The  supplies  of  garden  stud' are 
pretty  regular  from  adjacent  points,  and  prices  are 
steady.  Potatoes  vary  little  for  Southern  or  North¬ 
ern  :  the.  range  Is #3.50&4,2a  V  bbl.  Norfolk  tomatoes, 
sH  l.filJ  {»  crate.  Onions  source  and  firm  at  $7.31 1&8  i-i 
bid.  New  Jersey  cabbage,  $i>®8  ,n  luo.  Cueumbers, 
NOlToni,  $I.50®2  (•  libl.t  Long  Island,  ;f;i®3.5l).  Green 
corn,  >1  ..Hi.jo  1  .v.i  per  100.  Russia  tui  rdbs,  f;!®2.20  c  bbl. 
New  Jersey  tomatoes  will  bo  quotable  next  week. 

VVliialty— Is  selling  at  ®'J3Xe.  for  Western. 

Wool.— There  lias  been  rather  more  inquiry  for 
fleeces,  at  steady  prices.  In  tin;  Interior  lie.  bus 
been  paid. 

We  quote  New  York,  Michigan  and  Wisconsin 
Reeces  at  48c.  for  XX.  13(9  lie.  for  X,  4l®43o,  for  No.  1. 
Ohio  ami  Penn,  fleeces,  .Vie.  for  X X.  4kc.  for  X .  liic.  for 


f(jw  fancy  ut  Me.;  other,  I0>,®l2c.,  skim,  3®llc.;  half  tlrm  The 

SSirSMar'*"” 

Col  ton.  There  la  a  short  interest  in  this  months’  Butter, Mfti 
delivery,  and  prices  are  Irregular  ami  !,o.  higher.  HfWlHo.  N( 

Upljinrlft,  Alilbiini:..  NevOrlpftin,  T«:w.  4'*  70r,/2*'  V| 

Ordinary .  lit;  lltt  | ( u  pp/  5,';,  ,;''. 

Good  Ordinary .  18  18*  18  18  ^  rtl^ 

Strict  Good  Ordinary.  ID  19  19  19  cr(.ps,  espe 

Low  Middling . .  20  20  20  an  0')  °*'  ant* 

Middling . .  21  21  21  ‘>1  Very  scare 

Good  Middling .  23  23  23  23  nearly  out 

Dried  Fruits.— Shippers  have  been  purchasing 
apples  liberally  at  better  prices,  the  market  closing  m 

very  strong,  with  expected  light  crop.  w 

southern  apples,  I X® 5c.  for  ordinary;  do.,  sliced 
prime,  0®7kO. ;  Western,  &X®rtc. ;  Stun-  (Wu7c. ;  sliced, 

?nr\J ‘euied  ueuehes  (Time  Gu.  and  North  Carolina,  at  the  i 
1 0®  120.;  ordinary,  4®iJo.  Uupeoled  pouches,  4®4 vie.  r„ u- io?p 

for  quarter  and  5c.  for  halves.  Plums  at  12®l3u.  jSKv.T!?'  , 

^•jp  frtutu,  JUiil  llr»il2c*- fur  Southern.  ObvirlPH,  18(Vi>*,i0c  th.  ti^^ruut 

for  State  and  Houtherii.  tUaektierrlos,  7®8o.  ~  ranging  In 

rii* nu  .  o  si 

Egg*.— The  demand  is  small  and  I  lie  stock  ample,  top  of  the  i 
Dealers  are  free  sellers,  as  it  Is  likely  the  firmness  of  one  extra 
last  week  Ims  started  considerable  stock  this  wav.  realizing  t! 
Wo  quote  Stale  uml  Pennsylvania,  22j<  23c.;  Western  as  low  us  10 
and  Canada,  21®22c.;  loss  on.  having  bet 

Fresh  Fru  its.  Thu  tradft  la  active, as  preservers  ^Not  imitt 


super  S5o<i4fle.  for  No.  1. 

ROCHESTER,  July  17.— Wheat  quiet  but 
tlrm.  The  crop  hereabout  is  vury  light.  No  new 
•  wheat  in  market  vet.  Red  q irptod  *1.1/1®  1.70;  best 
white,  $1,B0®1.90.  Corn  dull,  Oiksoiiae.  Oats  linn  at  50e. 
Butter, 20® 23c.  Eggs,  20e.  Cheese,  12®13e.;  retailing  at 
til®  liilj.  New  potatoes,  W.50®1.TB.  Green  pea.-i,  62®75c. 
per  bushel.  Uherrloa,  $2®2.6u  per  hindiei.  Currants, 
$3..r)0®3.60  do.;  black  raspberries,  ll@13o.  per  quart; 
red  do.;  I2®20c.  The  aevere  drouth  has  Injured  all 
crops,  especially  berries  and  garden  truck.  Wool  Is 
qulot  and  noiulua)  at  35@40c.,  with  no  sales.  Ilay 
very  scarce,  new  hay  brings  $20@20  per  ton.  Old  Is 
nearly  out  of  market. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

Little  Falls,  n.  Y.,  July  19, 1873. 

At  the  Little  Falls  market,  for  the  week  ending 
July  19th,  thu  delivery  of  farm  dairies  amounted.  In 
the  aggregate,  to  710  boxes.  Trade  Opened  with  prices 
ranging  from  !*e.  to  hi'c.  off  last  week’s  tlgnres -good 
farm  lots  selling  at  lie.;  line  at  Il^e.;  while  the  verr 
top  of  the  market  may  tie  quoted  at  ll.Ve.,  with  only 
one  extra  tine  lot,  bong  lit.  for  home  consumption, 
realizing  this  price  We  heard  of  11  few  loads  going 
as  low  as  10c.,  bill  they  were,  quite  inferior  in  quality, 
having  become  soft  and  somewhat  out  of  shape  fn 
consequence  of  the  warm  weather. 

Not  quite  thu  usual  dumber  of  factories  wore  in 


We  quote  at,  27>4'®2!le.  for  Ugh  l  hemumlc,  27tt®3le. 
lor  middle,  26® 31  lit,  for  heavy,  24®2Ge.  for  good  dam¬ 
ag'd;  coops  at  t ■;.«»! ISe.  f or  light,  nacks,  ii®44e.  for 
middle  back.',  10'  ,  13c.  for  light,  sides.  38®!2c.  for  mid¬ 
dle  •‘ides,  38®40(.'.  for  heavy  sides. 

Pmillry  11  ml  Lame. -The  demand  Is  good  for 
live  stock,  uml  pi  ices  are  favoring  shippers.  We 
quote  turkeys,  I'.vrtJe.;  spring  chickens,  putr,  *!(«'!. 1.1; 
fowls,  Now  .lOI'SOv. 20(,,.'Jlo.;  Western  and  gtllto.  200j» 
2l0,  New  Jei  sey  ducks.  90e.®ti ;  young  tin..  75o.®$l ; 
Western,  V.V-  oe..;  geese,  N..l„  g'.*.75®3;  Werlem  do,, 
II..YM2.  In  value,  woodcock  oru  lower,  at  75®85c.  “«( 
pulr.  Stull-fed  pigeons.  fl®2.25  P  dozen. 

Provisions.  -Pork  Inis  been  pressed  for  sale  at  a 
marked  tleoHne  in  prices.  I.urd  has  been  hnrd  to  soli. 

Beef  hams  -uholee  Western,  $20® 3 1 ;  Texas  prime. 
S25®28.;  do.  law  lots,  *ln7,i,tl,  Laru.  ajao.  tor  West- 
eni  steam  071  spot,  8  15. Me.  fur  July,  6  15-llic..  for 
August.  Lung  clear,  90.,  short  clear.  9|,,e.;  short  rib. 
9®UKo.  Mess  pork.  -?!i.  spot,  ilellviwy  :  *16.90  for 
July;  Western  prune  mess  nominally  *10.25)9)17.50. 
pressed  hogs,  cltv,  tiv®7Ko,  Cutmeul-i  ure  soiling  at 
1304140.  for  hariin.  loose  ;  9c.  for  shoulders,  loose;  7tt 
®U,V(C  for  pickled  bellies,  loose.  Boxed  dry-salten 
shoulders,  8,S'.'.  Suipked  melds  ,it  IKnillle.  for  loose 
hams,  lue.  for  loose  shoulders,  'fallow  fit  sqje.  lor 
prime  stock.  Bet-r,  selling  lit  tllwll.75  for  barreled 
new  plain  moss,  8b!o'>lo.50  for  extra  mess.  Tie  reed 
beef  al  928®25  lor  uew  India  mess,  >30(«i3l  for  new 
exlru  India  mess,  and  $3i®33  for  new  prime  mess. 

Seeds.  —  There  Is  rio  trade  ol  importance,  the  mar¬ 
ket  being  about  id  a  stand,  as  usual  al  this  season  of 
the  year.  Glover  8', ®9o,;  timothy,  ?d.20®4.40.  Rough 
Max  quoted  at  2, 10®2.50. 

Tobacco.— Exporters  have  been  buying  Western 
leaf  liberally,  at  steady  prices.  Heedleaf  has  been 
selling  slowly,  the  home  trade  only  purchasing.  No 
Changes  ure  muiie  In  prices. 

QUOTATIONS  NEW  CROP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 
Lugs .  7  &  7«c.  Vk,®  7>4C. 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

New  York,  July  19,  1873. 

Beeves. —  Nothing  could  be  more  discouraging 
than  the  present  condition  of  trade  in  horned  cuttle. 
Prices  obtained  in  the  Western  markets  ure  not  real¬ 
ized  In  the  Fast-  The  demand  Is  small  and  the  sup¬ 
ply  heavy,  therefore  shippers  have  to  suffer  heavy 
losses.  On  Wednesday  last  trade  was  very  small. 
Prices  ranged  ut  8>£(«.12o.  ^  9).;  weights,  SK®7  cwt., 
strum.'.  Only  a  few  of  the  ton  stems  were  allowed 
67  lbs,  to  the  cwt  ,  net.  Thnrsuuy  the  fresh  steers  to 
hand  could  not  heeleared  off. and  again  en  Friday 
the  same  lots  stood  over.  Some  fresh  lots  were  sold, 
bul  trade  was  slow  and  small  On  both  duys.  Beef 
cattle  sold  at  9® I.’,;.  %>  lb.;  weights,  fi®8(4  mvt.,  en  56® 
57  lbs.  to  the  cwt...  net  ,  with  SO  head  of  choice  steers 
that  were  allowed  58  Iba.  to  the  cwt...  net.  During 
the  past,  week  Texan  steers,  average  weight 5)<;  cwt. 
V  head,  wild  ill.  8Wc.  lb.;  do.,  de.,  6  Cw  t.  If  head,  0® 
'Jhj'e.  -V  coarse  Missouri  do.,  7®7jk'  cwt.,  ll';®lltte. 
T’  lb.;  common  Kentucky  do.,  Ira  ewt., Iflife,  y  m,;  Il¬ 
linois  do.,  common  to  fair,  85t'®(h'  cwt,,  It®  12c.  V  lb,; 
to;i  Ulliuus  do.,  12>4c.  !!•.,  8(9)8) A  cwt. 

Milch  Cows.— Last  Wednesday  there  was  a.  sud¬ 
den  full  In  the  value  of  fresh  milch  cows  of  fully?.) 
pur  head  on  all  grades  of  quality.  On  that  day  19 
cows  and  their  calves  were  sold  at  $35® lift  Jl  head. 
One  cow  without  her  calf  sold  for  4(75.  There  was  no 
Improvement  during  the  latter  days  of  the  past  week, 
When  trade  closed  dull. 

Veulw.—  These  animals  opened  slow  on  last  Wed 
nesday .  when  prices  fo*  smooth  quality  veals  ranged 
at  8H'®9'’jO.  V  lb.,  and  from  $5.50® 8. 40  *>  head  lor 
eoiirse  quality  grass  calves.  Trade  Improved  on 
Thursday,  and  aonliDiied  fair  Friday,  with  the  same 
range  of  prices  for  smooth  quality  veals,  and  grass 
calves  ut  *5. 50® 7  lb  head.  Special  sales  were  ;  Penn¬ 
sylvania  calves,  average  weight  Mil  lbs.  <4  head.  9c.  <4 
it,;  coarse  do.,  do.,  2iXI  lbs.  p  bend,  8^1  e.  V  lb.;  Jersey 
veals,  193  |l>8.  1'  liend.Oc.  V  lb.;  State  do.,  133  lbs.  8k'C 

lb.;  do.  do.,  ill)  lbs.,  9c.  V  lb. 

Hlieep  mill  Ln mils. -Trade  was  slow  Wednesday. 
A  few  lots  of  sheep  were  forced  off  ut  9,li0^II.V4e.  f(  tb 
with  a  very  small  trade  In  lambs  at  9®IO.'je.  f)  tt> . 
Larger  sales  were  effected  on  Thursday,  sheep  Bell¬ 
ing  at  5,K®(il4c.  V  lb.;  bltiit m,  HtridOSze.  t(  tl>.  Again 
Friday  trade  was  qaaler.  fthcep  sold  in  large  lots  ut 
fi®0.Ki!.  42  lb.;  lambs,  HjkftBlle.  lb.  Mpoel/tl  sales  as 
follows:  Ohio  sheep,  average  87  lbs.  head, i>Sa.  V 
It,.;  do.,  do,,  91  IbS.,  5.t£o.1  do  ,  do..  IHJ  lbs.,  5JtO,!  do., 
do.,  85  ll)s.,  fie.;  do,,  do.,  MX  lbs.,  fl.Qc.;  Canada  limilis, 
57  I ltu.,  I0o>;  Kentueky  do.,  55k  lbs.,  9e.;  State  do.,  58 
lira.,  Hh-jc..  Jersey  do.,  69  lbs.,  TOlfC. 

Hogs.  Live  hogs  were  oof. quoted  on  Wednesday. 
Nominal  values  wore  5K®5j<c.  19  Pi.;  city  dressed,  UK 
M7 (fc.;  trade  moderate.  Trade  Improved  on  Thurs¬ 
day  ;  all  I  In*  bogs  to  band  were  couslgtiml  direct  to 
slaughterers;  city  dressed,  tcV6ii7-jfc.  The  market 
opened  tlrm  an  Friday.  Live  hogs  wore  worth  lie.; 
city  dressed,  6jf®7K. 

Horae  MnHi.fi!.—1 The  city  trade  in  horses  is  so 
small  and  dull  as  set  rcely  to  constitute  a  market  A 
few  private  salus  have  been  effected,  but  nothing 
worthy  of  note  hns  been  reported.  31  horses  arrived 
per  Erie  (lull  way,  via  Oak  Cliff  Station;  155  per  Cen¬ 
tral  New  Jersey,  via  Liberty  street  ferry;  all  uhlefly 
consigned  direct  to  City  Railroad  Go’s,  and  a  few  to 
Stage  Line  Go’s ;  quality  Inferior. 


Monday's  Sules.— Ileeve*,.  Trade  opened  fair 
011  a  light  run,  and  rates  ranged  ttc.  V  it.  better  Hum 
on  the  previous  Monday.  Prices,  lOEfrOMKc..  weights. 
6®8V  cwt.,  net.  Quality  ranged  from  common  to 
choice ;  Illinois  steers  being  the  best  to  hand. 

Milch  Hows.— Improved  since  the  close  of  past, 
week.  Prices,  $l(!®77  V  head. 

Veuls. — Trade  small;  prices,  C@'Je. 

Hlieep  uml  Lnniha. -There  was  a  heavy  run  of 
both,  and  the  market  closed  weak.  Prices,  4tt®8K'e. 
for  sheep,  8®  Me.  for  lambs.  The  lots  to  bund  were 
not  cleared  off  at  noon. 

IloffN.— One  oar  Of  hogs,  average  wclghtl83Tbs.fi 
head,  sold  at  6Kc.  18  lb.;  extreme  range  of  value  for 
live  hogs,  5 K<si«fte-  Clty-dressod  not  quoted  at  noon. 

ItECBri'TH  OF  LIVE  stock. 


RURAL  AND  OTHER  GOOD  BOOKS, 

For  sale  at  the  Rttrai.  New-Yorker  Office,  No.  6 
Beekmun  St...  New  York,  or  sent  by  mall,  post¬ 
paid,  on  receipt  of  prloo  ; 

YVlIliird'*  Practical  Dairy  I Im*biin<lrv 

ijuxt  Issnsd).... . *3  00 

Allen's  (L.  K.l  American  Guttle .  2  01) 

Ho.  New  American  Furni  Book .  2  541 

Do.  Diseases  of  Domestic  Animals .  1  uo 

Do,  Rural  Architecture . .  1  go 

American  Bird  lanolor .  30 

American  Pomology  (290  Illustrations)  Warder..'  3  lie 

American  Practical  Goolrery . . .  I  75 

American  Rose  Guitarist  .  311 

American  Sian  aura  of  Excellence  in  Poultry..  50 

American  Wheat  Gulturlst  (Todd). . .  2  (ill 

Architecture,  National  (tied.  It  Woodward) . 12  00 

Atwood's  Country  unit  Suburban  ILmses .  IN) 

Barry’s  Fruit  Garden  (new  edition) .  2  M) 

Bee  Keepers’ Text  Book,  Paper,  40e.;  Cloth .  75 

Bemeut'a  Rabbit  ritnolor . 30 

Uieknell'n  Village  Builder  (55  Plates,  allowing 

New  aiul  Practical  Designs) . ,  100(1 

Boriimer  s  Mettiod  of  Making  Manures .  25 

Brock's  Book  of  Flowers  (new) . .  1  75 

Brldgeniaii's  Gardener’s  Assistant .  ...  2  50 

Bulat's  Family  Kitchen  Gardener .  1  00 

Do.  Flower  Garden.  ..  .  150 

Carpentry  Made  Easr(newl . .  5  00 

Ohoinlstry  of  the  Farm  (Nichols) .  1  25 

(  Imrltau  s  Grape  Grower’s  Guide .  76 

Cider  Maker's  Manual  . . 160 

Glitter’s  Now  III.  Cattle  Doctor, colored  plates...  l>  00 

Gobbett  s  Amerlemi  Gardener .  7.5 

Pole’s  American  Fruit  Book.....,, .  75 

Gobi’s  American  Veterinarian .  76 

Cotton  Culture  (Lyman  s,i .  1  50 

Crack  Shot  (Barber) . . .  j  75 

Cranberry  Culture  iJ.  J.  White) .  1  25 

Dadd’s  American  Cattle  Doctor .  1  50 

Ini  .Modern  Horse  Hooter .  i  50 

Dune's  Muck  Manual .  ”  . ”  ;  26 

Darwin’s  Variations  of  Animals  and  Plants... ...  6  00 

Dead  Shot;  or,  Hnorluiati’a  Complete  Guide .  1  75 

Downing's  Fruits  and  Fruit  Trees  of  America. 

(1100  pp.).  .  5(10 

Do.  Rural  Essays .  .  3  5U 

Drainage  lor  Profit  und  Health . ,])  1  50 

Dyer  and  Color  Maker's  ( 'ompunton .  1  25 

Eastwood's  1 'ran berry  Culture .  76 

FI  1  lot’s  Lawn  amt  Shade  Trees. ........ ..  ........  1  rsj 

Everybody’s  Lawyer .  . .  ■}  igj 

Every  Woman  Her  Own  Flower  Gardener  (Hew). 

paper,  60e. ;  cloth. .  1  qy 

Farm  in IUnag<  ( 1 1  IP.  . . . li .  .  1  go 

Farm  I  mplemetil.H  and  Machinery  (J.  J.  Thomas)  I  50 

Field’s  Pear  Culture . .  ,  .  125 

Fishing  in  American  Waters  (Scott) . . .  3  60 

Flint  on  Grasses .  2  50 

Do.  Milch  Cows  and  Dairy  Far  ml  ug . ...1...  2  50 

Forest  Trees  (Brvantl  .  1  50 

Frank  Forrester’s  Field  Sports  (2  rots.),.,, .  6  00 

Do.  fish  and  Fishing  (100  engravings)  .  .  5  00 

Do.  Manual  for  Young  Sportsmen .  3  mi 

Fuller’s  Illustrated  Htrawbnrry  Gulturlst .  20 

Do.  Forest  Tree  Gulturlst . . .  1  50 

Do.  Small  Fruits  (Illustrated) .  1  50 

Fulton’s  Peach  Culture.  A  H.unl-Buok'  arid 

Guide  to  Every  Planter .  1  50 

Gardening  for  Profit  (P.  Henderson) .  ]  HI 

Gardening  for  thu  SnliUi  (While's) .  2  00 

lira  pe  Gulturlst  (A  .  8.  Fuller) .  1  50 

Gray’s  Munualof  Botany  and  Lessons.... . .  3  uo 

Do.  School  and  Field  Boole  of  Botany .  2  50 

Do.  How  Plants  Grow  (iWO  Illustrations) .  1  12 

Do.  Introduction  to  Structural  and  Systematic 
Bulan v  and  Vegetable  Physiology  (la>00  Ulus.),  s  60 

Guenon  on  Milch  Cows .  75 

Gun.  Rod  and  Saddle . 1  60 

Harney’s  Barns,  Outhnllrtlngs  and  Fenees, . 10  00 

Harris  on  Insects . .  4  5j) 

Do.  on  the  Pig  Breeding,  Management,  Ac.....  150 

IIuMtDkl's  American  House  Carpenter .  3  50 

Hints  to  Morse  Keepers  (Herbert's) .  1  76 


One  Hundredth  St. 

B«pvhh, 

Cow*, 

Cn!vo«i. 

Sh'iOD  i 

..1.95C 

34 

727 

78 

Furty-Eighth  St.... 

..  UK) 

87 

908 

9,182 

Fortieth  St . 

. .  IK) 

no 

485 

10.530 

Commnnlpaw . 

.5.013 

00 

00 

7,751 

Weohawkon . 

..  973 

00 

OO 

000 

Totals  this  week. . . 

.  7,942 

121 

2,130 

20,484 

”  last  week... 

.  9,730 

4.8 

2,881 

22,252 

COMPARATIVE  RATES. 

Last  week. 
Cents. 

Good  titeors  $  lb . 12  uii  13 K 

Fair . 11  ®  113f 

Poor . 10  @  tOY 

Poorest . 8  @  9K 

Gen.  selling  rates . 11  Qs  13 


This  week. 

Cents. 

.12  ®  13  W 

11  @  lP)f 

10  (3  M  k 

8  @  9K 
UK  a  i2K 


SPECIAL  NOTICES, 


The  absurd  and  mischievous  statement  that 
an  Elastic  Truss,  so  called,  will  certainly  cure  rup¬ 
tures  Is  not  endorsed  by  Messrs.  Pomeroy  Sc  Go., 
whoso  Elastic  Rupture  Belt  Is,  nevertheless,  the  very 
best  Elastic  Truss  made.  For  correct  Information  ou 
this  subject,  address  POMEROY  &  CO.,  744  Broad¬ 
way,  New  York. 

Do  fa rinei'H  realize  that  they  can  save  the  en¬ 
tire  cost  of  Nellis’s  original  Harpoon  Horse  Hay 
Fork  In  one-half  day’s  use  during  the  rainy  weather? 
Manufactured  by  A.  J.  Nellis  Sc  Co.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
and  kept  for  sale  la  principal  towns. 


High  Farming  without  Manure . .'(5 

Holly's  Art  of  ftiiw-KIIIng. . . 75 

llolly’a  Gurpunter’s  Hand  Book  (new) . .  7b 

Hooper's  Dug  and  Gun .  35 

Moopes’  Book  of  Evergreens .  3  00 

Hop  Culture . 40 

How  Crops  Feed... . . . 2  00 

How  Crops  Gvn w  . . . . . . . . 2  00 

Hunter  and  Trapper . . . .  X  00 

Hqsnmnn's  Grapes  end  wtne . 1  50 

Indian  Corn  :  Its  Vuiue.  culture  and  Lees . .  1  50 

Jennings  on  (  attic  and  their  Diseases .  1  76 

Do.  Horse  and  his  Diseases . .  1  75 

Do.  Horae  Training  Made  Easy . 1 . !.....  1  26 

Do.  Sheep,  Swine  and  Poultry .  1  76 

Johnston's  Agricultural  )  liemistry .  1  75 

Do.  Element*  Agricultural  Chemistry .  1  6(1 

Kemp's  Landscape  Gardening .  .  2  80 

Lungatroth  on  the  llivc  and  Honey  Bee . 2  00 

Lewis'  American  Sport* until .  2  75 

Lightning  Rods,  and  How  to  Construct  Them, 

by  John  Pbln . ’  25 

Manual  on  Max  and  Hemp  Culture . !.!!!!!!  28 

Manual  of  Tobaouo  Culture  .  25 

Mason’s  Farrier  and  Stud  Book .  1  io 

Maybew’ii  lIiuM.rutud  Horse  Management ..!!!!!  3  no 

Do.  Illustrated  Uorse  Doctor.  .  3  00 

Mechanic's  Cottlbltriioil  INlclinlaob) _  '  3  00 

Mechanics  for  Millwrights,  Machinists  and  othera  1  50 

Milos  ou  Horan's  Foot  (cloth) .  75 

Modern  Cookery  (by  MIhh  Acton  and  Mrs.  's!  j. 

1  rale) .  . .  1 75 

McClure's  Disease*  of  Horse.  Cattle  arid  Sheep!  2  U0 
Money  in  this  Garden,  by  P.  T.  Qtjinn  ...  ;  50 

Norris'  Fi»b  Culture  .  1  75 

Norton's  Elements  Solentltlc  Agriculture. . .  75 

Onion  Culture . . .  20 

Our  Farm  of  Four  Acres  . ...!!!!!!!!!  30 

Purdue  on  Strawberry  Culture . ....!!!!!!  75 

Parsons  on  the  Rose .  1  25 

Pear  Culture  for  Profit  (P.  T.  Quinn) . 1  00 

Pedder’s  Lund  Measure . .  (k) 

Practical  and  L<c1  entitle  Fruit  Culture  (Baker).!!  4  00 

Practical  Floriculture (P.  Henderson) .  1  50 

Practical  Poultry  Keeper  II..  Wright) .  2  00 

Prautlual  Sheplfnrd  (Hunduil) . . .  2  00 

Sulnby’s  Myaterles  of  Bee  Keeping . . !!!!!  1  50 

ulricy  on  soiling  Cuttle . . .  X  25 

audall’s  Fine  VVool  Sheep  Husbandry .  1  00 


ool  Sheep  Husbandry. 


nre  using  up  all  Mott  the  local  and  shipping  trade  do  nxwtei1^ iZk  Wo  Z K  '  1®  at 

Llu.1  berries  and  currants.  Delaware  about  8.000  ht ir,  ..ami  tl.eJ '  S 'La'1;,, 


peuuli eft  begin  to  show  ;  ,mcl(  quoted  to-day  ai  Ki.50® 
4  K  crate ;  xorlolk,  #3.50®8.  Ill  ickberiies  are  of 
choice  quality  this  season,  and  bring  steady  good 
prices;  we  quote  Lawton  and  Dorchester,  2(l®2le  |( 
quart.  Raspberries,  scarce;  Antwerp*,  12®J50.  l'or 
third- quarts.  Black  Caps,  U®20e.  for  quart.  South frrn 
pears  are  quoted  at  f3® 6  18  crate  for  good  to  fancy 
iQOludioga  few  Bartletts;  poor. «1(,/ji.7.V  Whorth*- 
I'crrle,.  ?o®6  »  bush.  Currants  red,  9®l0c.  V  tb,; 
do.  black,  12k lie,  Glicrrit-  ere  running  mtti  lino 
Rochester,  Hour,  1 3®  15c.  WutermfeloiiB, |30®45  V  100; 
the  latter  for  Augusta.  Norfolk  apuJes  of  good  size, 
T  bbl.;  New  Jersey  do.,  |3®4.  Peanuts  llrm  at 
late  prices. 


itcur  gutufvti^cmcnt.^’. 

For  Summer  Eeading 

MI8S  ALGOTT’S  New  Novel, 

WOItlv,  A  Story  of  Experience. 

Price  $1.75;  18,000  have  been  sold  in  six  weeks. 

PHILIP  G1BGRT  HAMERTON’8  delightful  and 
instructive  liook, 

TIIE  INTELLECTUAL  LIFE. 

Price  $2.00. 

MISS  HA  RRIXC  l'  \V.  PRESTON'S  New  Story, 


Vise.;  Fiat  Creek,  »5,  J2KO.I  Fulton,  113  13K(**Hen-  Price  $1.25.  ’’A  treasure  house  of  wit  and  wisdom.” 

dm-son  Association,  200, 12u«.i  Herkimer  Go.  Central  ...  „  - 

90, 12KC.;  Iflll,  70,  15kc.;  J.  D,  Ives,  IM,  Mfe!;  L.  D  11 *  11  «.  BITS  OF  TALK  ABOUT  HOME 

T.vintM....  (to.  n.v,».  _ _  pr  i»»J  .  '.V.  *  11  \  1*  ^ 


place  in 


TTa^branUftflo.. . S  t  g 

st  br  mi7«heal  <iXtrfta . . 7  H  65 

Southern,  sb lpplng  stock . !!!!!! ! !! ! !  C  40®  .8  00 


.-Siuau  »  UUKU.  .SU,  Ci.-sl-..,  .-V.  ffmirn  SL  LO.,  (ill,  J  J’.O. : 

Snell’s  Bush,  lift,  l2Ke.;  Stone  Amblft.W,  I2’<c.-,  strat- 
2JY‘}  A  »alt8b»ry.  iff),  H«e.:  Warren  Center,  to,  12c.; 
W  hita*  Creek,  Ou,  l2K'c. 

But  few  factor! e*  sent  their  goods  on  commission, 
preferring  to  accept  the  ruling  price  paid  hero,  or 
hold  over  their  cheese,  rather  than  trust  to  the  pos¬ 
sibility  of  not  realizing  as  much  in  New  York  City. 


Price  $1.57.  ”1  eunnot  withhold  an  expression  of 
my  high  appreciation  or  thu  services  you  have  ren¬ 
dered  your  sex,”  says  Wm.  Lloyd  Garrison. 

J3T Our  books  are  sold  by  all  book  and  newsdeal¬ 
ers.  Mailed  postpaid  by  the  publishers, 

ROBERTS  BROTHERS,  Boston. 


Do.  Sheep  Husbandry  In  the  South . .  1  50 

Richardson  on  tin;  Dog .  30 

Saunders'  Domestic  Poultry . 40 

Bcheuok’s  Gardeners’  Text-Book .  75 

Kcribner'a  Prmlune  Tables  . .  30 

Dw.  Ready  Reckoner  am!  Log  Book . !!.!!!!  30 

Simpson  *  Horse  Portraiture  -  Breeding,  Rear¬ 
ing  and  Training  Trotters .  2  50 

Six  Hundred  Recipe*...,, .  1  75 

Skillful  IloHsewM'e .  . ;  7^ 

Slack's  Trout  Culture  (imw). . . .  ....  .!  1  an 

Stewart’*  (John)  Stable  Book .  ”  ]  55 

Tngtttmoler'*  Poultry  Book  (colored  plates)!."!  9  00 
Tegetmeler'*  Pigeon  Book  (colored  plates).....  5  00 

Ten  A  urea  Enough .  X  50 

Tile  Boston  Machinist  (Fitzgerald) . . !!!  75 

The  Dog  (by  Dinks,  Muytiew  and  Hutchinson)'  3  it) 

The  flog  (new) . .  .  2  50 

Thu  flm-se  (Siouehungitl,  8vo.,  022  pp . 3  50 

The  Afule  (Riley)  A  Treatise  on  thu  Breeding, 
Training  uml  uses  to  which  he  may  be  put . . . .  18) 

The  People’s  Practical  Poultry  Book .  X  50 

Thomas'  Am.  Fruit  Gulturlst  (4SU  Illustrations).  3  00 

Trancnr  s  Guide  (Newhouse) .  2  (JO 

Trout  Culture  (Seth  Green) . !  1  (JO 

Trowbridge’s  (Mrs.  Laorai  Excelsior  Cook  Book 

and  Housekeeper’*  Aid .  1  25 

Warder's  I  ledge*  and  Evergreens...,  . !.!.!!!  150 

Waring’s  Element*  uf  Agriculture .  1  110 

Watson’s  American  Hunn;  Garden .  2  00 

Wax  Flower*. and  How  to  Make  Thorn.. .  2  00 

Western  Fruit  Growers’  Guide  (Elliott) . !!!  1  60 

Wheeler’s  Homes  for  the  People.. . . . .  3  90 

Do.  Rural  Homes . . .  2  00 

Window  Gardening  (II.  T.  Williams) . ..!!!!  1  00 

Woodruff’s  Trotting  Horne  of  America .  2  25 

Woodward’s  Graperies  and  Uort'l  Buildings  ....  1  =1 

Do.  Country  Home* . .  i  80 

Do,  Cottage*  and  Farm  tioueog .  1  50 

Do.  Suburban  and  Country  Houses .  1  5) 

Youatt  and  Spooner  on  the  Horse .  1  50 

You lltt  and  Martin  on  Cattle .  150 

Youatt  and  Marlin  on  thu  Hog . .  1  00 

Youatt  on  Sheep . .  1  00 

youman'B  Hand-Book  of  Household  Science _  1  76 

Address  all  orders  to 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  5  Beekman  St„  New  Yo-a. 

t&~  Any  Books  desired,  not  named  In  this  L4*t 
will  be  furnished  on  receipt  of  price. 


-f  cvtitisn.si, 


insf  and  firing  dye*  fi«r  goods,  etc.,  and  also  in  making 
cloths  anil  all  subs*-  mces  Impervious*  to  water,  anil 
In  adding lu»tw,  w7)/ttotne  surfiienot  all  cloths, 
by  hj>ongtng  or  otherwise;  also  for  during,  whiten¬ 
ing  or  coloring  all  porcelains,  and  In  the  manufacture 
of  the  above  ware,  stone  ware,  pottery,  etc.,  etc. 

The  soap*,  made  by  this  compound  Lave  bleaching 
qualities  that  strengthen  Jl her  Instead  Of  injuring'  it., 
and  ureut  healing  quaUt  ies  for  barbers  and  toilet  nsn ; 
also  choice  preparations  of  "•'rust, ,i  root  K r, 
(trade-mark  name,)  carefully  prepared  for  ladles’ 
use.  Its  whiten! up  and  ponfytng  effects  upon  the 
skin  mid  line  toilet  properties  are  attainable  in  no 
other  way  but  through  this  process. 

forties  wishin.tr  to  lease  or  secure  rights  for  any  op 
oil  of  these  inventions,  or  form  Companies  for  thorn, 
trill  please  address  me  for  i  artiouiars.  r  claim  to  be 
the  inventor  of  the  alb/vn,  under  the  Patent  Taws, 
and  J  have  made  successful  experiments  therewith. 
1  am  prepared  to  furnish  the  productsaod  <  (impounds 
of  coal  and  water,  combined  with  xino  or  anv  other 
metallic  substance,  for  the  protection  of  ship’s  bot¬ 
toms,  and  all  metallic  and  oilier  surfaces. 

„  ,  AJYVAH  BEEBE, 

Sit  as  (J1  Liberty  r»j..  New  York. 


ELECTROS,  WOOD  CUTS,  ETC 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


SHOVEL  INVENTIONS. 

iEEBPS  FEFITILIZEB 

Bleacher  and  Other  Matters. 


Rubinstein  will  play  no  more  in  public- 

Thomas  NAgT  has  been  illustrating  Pickwick. 

M.  Victor  Iluoo  has  just  finished  a  new  book. 

When  a  boy,  Hiram  Powers  dreamed  of  mak¬ 
ing  statues. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  John  Todd  of  Pittsfield,  Mass., 
is  seriously  ill. 

John  G.  Whittier  and  Bret  Harte  arc  at  the 
Isle  of  Shoals. 

Mu,  Baknum  has  presented  a  stuffed  sea-lion 
to  Vale  College. 

Senator  1'enton  Is  manufacturing  alpaca  at 
Jamestown,  X.  Y. 

A  lady  ol'  Greeley,  Col.,  has  this  year  sowed 
eighteen  acres  of  wheal  . 

The  late  President  Juarez  of  Mexico  is  to 
have  a  $50,000  monument. 

Susan  Coot, took  is  ill  Venice.  She  will  pub¬ 
lish  a  new  book  In  the  fall. 

PRINCE  ARTHUR  will  solicit  the  hand  of  Prin¬ 
cess  Tliyra  of  Copenhagen. 

John  G.  Saxe  is  credited  with  having  won  a 
house  with  a  lottery  ticket. 

Hon.  R.  M.  Blatch pono  of  New  York  has 
given  Union  College  $10,000. 

Dll.  Emily  Blackwell  has  bought  the  home 
of  the  Cary  sisters  in  New  York. 

II.  W.  Beecher  has  given  $6,000  to  the  Con¬ 
gregational  Church  at  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y. 

Mrs.  Susan  Wilms  of  Charlestown,  Mass., 
has  given  $100,000  to  Carle!  on  College,  Michigan. 

Rate  Field  was  disgusted  with  the  Shah. 
The  Shah  has  not  expressed  his  opinion  ol' 
Kate. 

Tub  sum  of  $1,500  is  needed  to  complete  the 
monument  to  Gov.  John  A.  Andrew  of  Massa¬ 
chusetts. 

Schuyler  Colfax  spoke  on  the  great  rail¬ 
road  question,  in  his  Pourth-of-July  Oration, 
at  St.  Joseph,  Mich. 

Gkn.  ButijuR  is  determined  to  have  the  Gov¬ 
ernorship  of  Massachusetts  if  lie  has  to  canvass 
the  State  personally. 

“Susan  CoOludoe,”  the  story- writer  and 
poet,  is  a  niece  of  ox-Prosident  Woolsoy  of  Yale 
College,  ami  stands  live  l'eet  ten  in  her  slippers. 


As  we  have  frequent  orders  from  Publishers  and 
others  for  Electrotypes,  Wood  Cuts,  &c.,  we  have 
concluded  to  devote  special  attention  in  future  to 
the  furnishing  of  Illustrations— particularly  Electros 
of  such  Engravings  as  have  appeared  in  the  UciiAt. 
New-Yorker.  Of  the  latter  we  have  several  thou¬ 
sand,  a  largo  proportion  of  them  first-class,  including 
many  engraved  from  original  designs— and  as  the 
wood  cuts  are  uninjured  easts  from  them  will  give 
as  good  impressions  as  new  engravings.  Our  stock 
of  cuts  is  so  large  and  varied  thnt  we  can  supply 
Electros  on  almost  any  subject  desired,  and  at  prices 
which  will  make  it  an  object  for  those  wishing  Il¬ 
lustrations  for  Newspapers,  Magazines,  Catalogues, 
Show-Bills,  &c„  Ad.,  to  send  us  tbeir  orders.  Those 
having  back  numbers  or  volume.!!  of  the  Bubal  can 
select  therefrom— and  to  others  we  can  send  proofs 
or  papers  for  examination.  If  we  do  not  always  hap¬ 
pen  to  have  what  is  wanted,  wo  can  probably  procure 
or  engrave  the  same  without  delay,  ns  wc  have  a 
competent  corps  of  artists. 

For  years  past  wo  have  supplied  Electros,  &c.,  to 
our  triends  of  the  Press,  Nurserymen,  Florists  and 
others,  in  various  parts  of  the  country,  and  our  stock 
and  facilities  are  now  such  that  we  think  the  estab¬ 
lishment  of  a  Bureau  of  Illustrations  in  con¬ 
nection  with  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  will  prove 
advantageous  to  many  parties  interested.  In  addi¬ 
tion  to  supplying  Electros,  Ac.,  we  are  prepared  to 
do  Wood  Engraving  promptly  and  in  good  style,  and 
will  also  attend  to  orders  for  lithographic  work,  steel 
and  copperplate  engraving,  etc.  Address  all  orders, 
inquiries,  etc.,  to  this  Office. 


This  Tertitizrr  is  composed  of  t  he  gases,  Ac.,  of  coal 
Of  all  sorts,  having  carbon,  with  cokes,  combined  or 
otherwise.  1  claim  the  process  of  extracting  from 
anv  kind  of  coni  or  coke,  gases,  &e.,  by  the  use  of 
heat  nr  calcination,  and  grinding  and  placing  the 
coal  in  water,  where  the  gases  will  escape  and  he 
held  with  the  ox 'geil  Of  the  water.  The  enk's  are 
used  Without  calcination.  T Ms  liquid  is  spread  over 
the  land  and  every  kitul  of  growing  crop  having  a 
root  In  the  soil,  l  also  sow  the  ground  coni  and  coke, 
or  either  ol  tnoni,  over  the  land,  crop*.  Ac.,  and  put 
thorn  Into  tie.  hill  or  drill  with  the  reed.  <  on)  beliig 
a  vegetable  formation,  contains  about  9(1  per  cent,  of 
carbon,  which  is  the  only  element  or  resource  left  us 
for  restoring  ,  >il,  vegetation,  Ac. 

I  also  lie  this  Hymn  u»  a  coil  alkali  for  various 
purposes,  such  ns  too  distillation  and  the  brewing 
of  the  above  coals,  (ft:.,  and  products,  with  or  with¬ 
out  other  Vegetables# grains.  Ac.,  or  other  liquids.  I 
claim  the  above  as  food  or  feed,  with  or  without  mix¬ 
ing  or  rooking  with  other  vegetable  emitter,  grulo, 
meal,  s.c.,1  or  feeding  or  fattening  poultry  or  animals. 
1  also  claim  the  above  coal,  liquids.  Act,  a*  preserva¬ 
tives,  from  atmosphere  ami  weather,  of  all  meat, -and 
eatables,  and  the  packing  of  them,  as  well  as  fruits 
<jf  nil  sorts,  and  t  he  Immersion  of  egg*  In  the  liquid 
Cttrhon  to  gives  new  shell.  1  claim  that  beef,  pork 
and  meats,  dressed  in  uuart  ers.and  all  other  animals, 
Hull ,  poultry,  Ac.,  ntav  be  preserved  fronh  tor  trans¬ 
portation  on  railroads,  vessels  or  otherwise,  by  Im¬ 
mersion  of  them  In  my  coal  water,  or  coke  water,  or 
Both,  for  -lx  days,  more  or  Icssr  ,  and  hung  up  in  rooms 
or  compartments’  the  four  sides  made  three  Inches 
thick,  pueked  with  ground  c.kn  or  coal,  with  small 
opening  on  the  inside,  covered  with  lino  win-  eloth, 
to  admit  the  carbon  and  gases  into  the  <?:> n. pertinent. 
Aiso  of  pans  about  a  foot  deep  or  over,  metal  or  oth¬ 
erwise,  with  perforated  cover*,  holding  prepared  foal 
or  cokes.  AC.,  with  water  or  11  u  id--  from  two  to  La  roe 
inches  deep,  affording  carbon,  &C.,  to  emnpartmont ; 
them',  also,  at'*-  UtO|  io  smaller  t-dnbll  litnonp:.  in 
like  manner,  of  any  size,  with  false, strong  wlio-cloth 
door  or  shelves  inside,  for  such  pre-orv'hfc  utensil, 
which  may  bo  placed  in  coinjiartmeuts,  on  floors  or 
shelves,  in  any  structure,  on  land  or  on  water;  On: 
bottom  pan  may  contain  Ice.  I  claim  the  use  ••!  my 
coal  and  coke  alkali  for  preserving  menu,  eatables, 
hams,  bacon,  ta-cf,  sua-lood,  Ac  .  as  a  pickle,  to  keep 
the  articles  torn  longtime,  ou  lo-ig  voyages,  perfect¬ 
ly  sweet.  The  carbon  pickle  is  made  with  about  nix 
lbs.  of  coal  or  coke,  two  lbs.  of  brown  sugar,  two  lbs. 
Balt,  ten  gallon*  of  water,  stun  it  two  days  }  to  receive 
all  kinds  of  moat— hams,  boer.pork,  bacon,  son-tood, 
Ac.— for  smoking,  drying  and  preserving,  after  re¬ 
maining  in  pickle  ten  or  fifteen  days,  a*  required. 
The  same  kind  of  pickle,  except  that  the  rugae  is 
white.,  I  use.  about  an  Inch  deep,  on  butter,  lard, 
Ac.,  In  package*,  to  keep  the  wnole  sweci  for  »bl|  - 
incut,  transportation.  Ac  ADo  In  the  manufacture 
nf  refrigerator*  and  tire  safe*,  the  using  of  prepared 
coal,  cokes,  &c- ;  and  this  use  of  ovens  and  cylinders 
lor  talking  and  roasting  coal,  somewhat  similar  to  col  - 
fee  roasters.  1  claim  coal  and  cokes  and  the  ulU«Uc*, 
us  above,  as  a  base  forconmwclnland  maim  fact  ining 
purposes,  etc.,  etc.  I  claim  as  one  property  of  u,  t  he 
reducing  of  all  soft  metals  in  combination  and  solu¬ 
tion  with  it.  In  mdtm/urt  iirtuu  uud  i nspr-onnq  goods 
and  fibers  of  every  description,  Including  soaps,  tan¬ 
ning  noii  c  and  L-unng  »M«»,  and  Improving  and  mak- 


G ROUND  BONE, 

BONE  MEAD. 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Fresh  Bone  Supevphosplmro  ol  Dime,  or 
Dissolved  Bone.  Send  for  Circular. 

LISTER  BROS.,  Newark,  X.  J. 


implements  and  Machinery 


Monpareil  Farm  Feed, 

Hone,  Drug  and  Hand  Mills  s  ten  sizes.  Also, 
Cotton  Seed  Duelers.  Illustrated  Pamphlets 
free.  Address  J.  fcjKDGEBKEB, 

Painesville,  Ohio. 


Important  to  Farmers 

and  Thrcshermcn. 

We  will  send  free  on  application  a  Descriptive  Cir¬ 
cular  and  ID  ices  of  our  Improvod  Thresher— u  small, 
compact  machine,  weighing,  with  lever  power,  etc., 
complete,  less  than  ?.0;«i  pounds,  and  warranted, 
with  four  to  six  horses,  to  separate  and  clean  thor¬ 
oughly  from  200  to  5011  bushel*  wheat  and  a  propor¬ 
tionate  amount  "1  oats  per  day,  doing  Its  work  equal 
to  tin;  bust  of  the  large  threshers.  Prices  and  freight 
much  less  than  the  large  machines. 

BUY  MY  Kit  M  A  NUK'D  00.,  Cincinnati,  O., 
Successors  to  Ulymyer,  Norton  &  Co..  M'f’rs  of  Cuno 
Mill*  and  Evaporators,  Farm,  School  and  Church 
Beils,  etc. 


To  make  more  ami  better 
BUTTER,  ulso  sure  labor. 
Send  for  Illustrated  Circu¬ 
lars  to  OK  ’  NCK  CO.  MILK 
RAN  co„  Franklin,  Dela¬ 
ware  CO.,'  N.  Y. 


Kc  THE  ZINC  COLLAR 

[A  ,V  FA  I)  i.*  guaranteed  to  enro 

'  rathe  worst  case  of  raw  and 
h.  .  S,  '  \  — •,  •  H  inUamod  neck  In  to.  Doiis, 

w,\  ^  tV  --7  ,w  oiiilwnrkthr  tin r.' r  treruduu; 

nS»-  V  y  a  and  will  not  chafe  or  wear 

^  l  oemanc.  For  salu  by  Sad- 

Uiu  d  I  cry  Hardware  Dcah-rsand 

—  Uarness  Makers.  Manufac¬ 

tured  by  the  ZINC  Collar  FAD  CO.,  Buchanan, 
Midi.  Information  furnished  on  application. 

This  Com  jinny  is  In  possession  of  hundreds  of  relia¬ 
ble!  testimonials  from  Farmers,  Lumbermen,  Team¬ 
ster*,  Dealers  and  others,  lully  endorsing  all  we  claim 
for  the  Zinc  Fad.  Wo  annex  the  following  notice  : 

Janesville,  Wis„  Fob.  7,  1872. 
Ztno  Collar  Pad  Co.: 

Gentlemen  YVc  Imvo  sold  the  Zinc  Collar  Pad  for 
the  past  eighteen  month*,  til'd  the  constantly  in¬ 
creasing  demand  fur  them  lead  08  Io  pronounce  it 
the  best  selling,  untl  wo  believe  it  the  most  practi¬ 
cable  Pad  In  the  market. 

IfAYNF.it,  Hors*  A  Cti„ 
Dealers  in  Saddlery  Hardware. 


The  perfection  of  making  ami  arranging 
every  style  of  Dress  Trimming  with  as 
much  ease  and  simplicity  an  run¬ 
ning  up  an  ordinary  scam,  with 
some  new  anil  entirely  Orig¬ 
in  a l  Aeco nip l is h incuts. 

AND  ALL  WITHOUT  BASTING. 

1. — It  prepares  the  Milliners*  Fold  bettor  than  can 

be  done  by  ha ud. 

2. — It  prepares  llUlliif-rw’  Fold  with  dlffc rent 

color*  und  piec  sot  goods  at  one  operut  inn. 

3. — It  prepares  and  plain  -  n  fold  in  uuy  beam 

perfect  ly,  without  basting. 

4. — It  prepare*  and  puls  it  (Inutile  nr  single  1‘nDt 

on  the  edge  of  a  bund. 

0, — It  curds  bias  bund*. 

6. — It  prepares  and  ajipllus  a  double  French  hem 

finish. 

7. — It  prepares  a  cord  welt  perfectly. 

8. — it  prepares  and  places  a  curd  welt  in  any 

seum  without  basting. 

9.  — It  prepares  u  cord  welt,  at  the  same  time  go.  th¬ 

ermit  and  pi  firing  the  welt  ill  the  gather¬ 
ing  scum,  sewing  it  to  a  plain  bund,  if  de¬ 
sired,  at  one  oner  at  ion. 

10. — It  does  plain  gathering. 

11. — It  gathers  and  sews  ou  nf  the  same  time, 

bettor  than  any  other  gatherer. 

12.  — It  heais  all  goods,  bias  or  straight. 

13. — It,  hinds  wit  h  braid. 

14.  — It  binds  with  cut  binding. 

15. — It  hews  any  seam  without  busting. 


New  Music  Books 


For  tlie  Coming  Musical  Season. 

THE  STANDARD.  EMERSON  &  PALMER.  $1.50 
Unexcelled  as  a  Collection  of  Church  Music. 

THE  JUVElt  OF  DIFE.  Perkins  & 

BENTLEY . .  50 

The  Newest  and  Freshest  of  Sabbath  School 
Song  Books. 

CHKEItFUD  VOICES.  T..  O.  Emerson.  50 
Very  beautiful  School  Song  Book. 

GEMS  OF  STRAUSS.  Johann  Strauss.  2.50 
All  the  host  Strauss  Music. 

ORGAN  AT  HOME.  For  Reed  Organs.  2.50 
80.i  most  attractive  piece*. 

CLARKE'S  DOLLAR  INSTRUCTORS 
For  Reed  Organs,  Piano  and  Violin. 

EMERSON'S  CHANTS  nml  RESPONSES. 

1.00 

DR.  STREETER’S  VOICE  BUILDING.  1.50 
Sold  everywhere.  Sent,  post-paid,  for  retail  price. 

OLIVER  D1TSON  *fc  CO.,  Boston. 

C.  H.  D1TSON  &  CO.,  711  Broadway,  New  York. 


TMPROVKD  FOOT  DATIIES, 

4-  Slide-rests,  Dund  Planers  for  Metals, 
Small  Gear  Cutters.  The  very  best,  sell¬ 
ing  everywhere.  Catalogues  free. 

N.  U.  BALDWIN,  Datum] a,  X.  H. 


improved  power 

CMS  fj  0  J?  fi"*  ^niss-s.  Ratchet  -  head 

NJttX  lx:  Uia  SCREWS.  IMPROV'D  tiliAT- 

Hlt  Iron  Posts,  and  forty 
other  tilings  for  Cider  Mills  and  Vlnegur  Factories. 
For  Circulars,  address  O.  K.  JOHNSON,  Medina,  N.  V. 


The  arrangement  is  very  novel,  and  tt  is  one  of  the 
simplest  Attachments  in  use;  Indispensable  in  its 
utility,  doubling  the  value  of  any  Sewing  Machine. 

in  ordering,  state  kind  of  Sewing  Machine. 

Price,  S3,  with  fall  instructions  tor  its  use  mailed 
post  free.  Address 

PALMER  MAttUTACTURDIG  00, 

817  Broadway,  New  York. 

An  opportunity  seldom  offered  to  Agents  of  both 
sexes,  which  are  wanted,  everywhere,  immediately. 


/'1ARH A RT’S  PUDVER1ZING  CUDTIVA- 

\J  TDK  has  more  practical  points  than  any  cultiva¬ 
tor  in  use.  and  is  indispensable  as  a  farm  imolement. 
Price,  *22.  BRADDEY  MANUF  G  CO., 

.  (Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


ripO  ENGRAVERS,  PRINTERS,  Ac.— Large  stock 
A  will  seasoned  and  prepared  Boxwood,  Mahog¬ 
any,  Maple  and  Pine.  V  a  nukkuiihgii,  Wells  A  Co. 
Type,  Cabinet  &  Press  Warehouse,  18  Dutch  St.  N.  Y 


There  is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  is  no  machine  that  possesses 
one-half  the  uuahtiics  which  sire  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  family  use  as  the 

Bickford’s  Improved 

I  ts  simplicity  and  ease  of  management,  together 
with  its  capacity  fordoing  tl>0  great  range  of  work, 
and  its  tuning  cost,  makes  it  a  matter  ot  economy 
1  |  family  to  lijivi  une.  and  will  ultimately 
bring  it  in  to  as  general  use  ua  dm  Sow  iug  Machine. 
The  practical  utility  of 'the  machine  only  needs  to 
he  demonstrated  to  the  people  to  produce  an  un¬ 
limited  demand. 

Many  Sewing  Machine  Agents,  finding  the  in¬ 
crease  of  competition  and  the  difficulty  of  selling 
high-priced  machines  to  militate  against  a  flour¬ 
ishing  business,  are  taking  hold  of  the 


IV T  liBSTEU'S 

Pocket  Dictionary 

OP  THB  ENGLISH  LANGUAGE. 

Abridged  from  Webster’s  Quarto,  illustrated  with 
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Judges  the  Most  Perfect  Plano  or  this  class  ever 
produced.  Kvery  Instrument  warranted  forflve years. 
NEW  YVA  KEKOOM8, 25  East  11th  Ht.,  N.  V. 


No  other  Musical  Instrument  ever  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

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APRIL  21, 1872,  ENTITLED  "  AN  ACT  TO  SUPPLY  THE 
ClT  V  OF  ItOCHESTEH  WITH  PURE  AND  WHOLESOME 
WATER,”  THE  SAID  CITY  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  BOR¬ 
ROW  AN  AMOUNT  NOT  EXCEEDING  THREE  M  I  L- 
LIONS  OF  OOLLAItS,  and  to  issue  Bonds 
THEKICI'OJt,  AND  PLEDGE  THE  CREDIT  OP  THE  CITY 
FORTUM  PAYMENT  OP  THE  SAME,  WITH  INTEREST. 

A.  C.  Wilder,  Roswell  Hart, 

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STATEMENT 


OF  THE 


We  oiler  the  above  bonds  for  sale,  nt  PAR 
and  interest  from  July  1st,  uml  unqualified¬ 
ly  recommend  them  ns  a  FIRST-CLASS 
Investment.  They  have  THIRTY  YEARS 
to  run,  with  interest  payable  January  and 
July,  at  the  olliee  of  the  Transfer  Agency, 
the  Union  Trust  Company  of  New  York,  and 
are  issued  in  COUPON  or  REGISTERED 
FORM. 


ENTH  ANNUAL  STATEMENT  OF  THE 

ritAVKLKHS  INSURANCE  CO. 

Hartford,  Conn.,  July  l,  1873. 


ASSETS. 

Rea)  estate  owned  by  the  company . $  (17,000  00 

Cash  in  bank  and  bands  of  agents .  ....  202,409  18 

Loans  on  tint  mortgages  real  iwlati* . 975,347  66 

Loans  on  personal  and  collateral  security. .  66,830  73 
Deferred  premiums  (being  balance  of  semi¬ 
annual  and  quarterly  premiums) .  .  59,642  91 

Accrued  Interest .  88,466  40 

Commuted  commissions .  14,171  60 

United  States  government  bonds .  363,710  (X) 

State  and  municipal  bonds .  1 15,050  (X) 

Railroad  stocks  and  bonds .  139,030  00 

Bank  stocks .  .N‘45,3fW  (X) 

Railway  Passangers  Assurance  Co.  Stock...  156,000  00 

Total  assets . . .  . . $2,51 3,893  38 

liaiiilitikb. 

Claims  unadjusted  and  not  clue . .$  172  839  88 

Reserve  for  re-insurance,  life  department  1,819,588  00 
Reserve  for  re-lnBuruuce,  acc.  department  201,072  W 


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WILLARD’S  PRACTICAL  DAIRY 
HUSBANDRY:  A  Com plele Treat¬ 
ise  on  Hairy  Farms  aud  Fannins;, 
Hairy  Stock  ancl  Stock  Feeding, 
ITIllk,  Its  management  and  Man¬ 
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jogging  along  through  the  country  with  their 
toes  almost  touching  I  he  ground,  chatting 
and  smoking,  and  swinging  their  Tent  about 
like  the  pendulum  of  a  cheap  Yankee  clock. 
They  have  no  bridle  or  reins,  but  guide  the 
Boom,  as  the  donkeys  are  railed,  with  a 
cudgel  by  touching  him  on  the  think  or  fore 
shoulder.  The  rider,  if  but  one  is  Upon  Inin, 
invariably  takes  his  position  over  the  hind 
legs  as  near  the  tail  as  possible.  It  is  less 
work  to  ride  one  in  this  position,  and  of  all 
the  multitudinous  duties  of  man  they  shun 
this  one  the  most.  If  many  of  them  would 
study  half  as  hard  to  do  the  work  as  they  do 
to  get  rid  of  it,  the  work  would  he  done  with 
less  actual  labor. 

The  duties  of  the  men,  as  a  general  rule, 
seem  to  be  to  hang  around  the  house  and 
see  the  women  work.  If  the  outside  of  the 
house  needs  whitewashing,  the  women  do  it, 
smoothing  it  over  in  many  cases  with  their 
hands,  both  inside  and  out.  The  floor  in 
nearly  every  habitation  is  of  earth,  patted 
down  and  smoothed  with  the  hand  of  the 
housewife,  while  the  lord  of  the  manor  quiet¬ 
ly  looks  on,  fully  appreciating  the  situation, 


smoking  and  philosophizing  over  the  good 
day’s  work  of  his  better-half.  The  men  nearly 
always  build  the  house — that  is,  put  up  the 
walls  and  roof  it  in — while  the  women  finish 
the  walls  and  make  the  furniture.  The 
buildings  are  made  of  adobes,  or  sun-dried 
brick  ;  said  brick  are  about  a  foot  wide  by 
eighteen  inches  long  and  three  inches  thick, 
a  little  cut  straw  in  their  composition.  The 
buildings  are  but  one  story  high,  covered  with 
earth  ;  the  walls  of  the  house  rest  on  a  rough 
stone  foundation,  which  is  made  by  excavat¬ 
ing  a  trench  and  throwing  in  t  he  rock  work 
in  as  careless  a  manner  and  with  as  little 
work  as  the  circumstances  will  permit.  This 
prevents  the  water,  during  the  rainy  season, 
from  undermining  the  structure.  The  walls 
are  lniilt  from  eight  to  twelve  feet  high; 
then  logs  are  thrown  across  (the  pilch  of 
the  roof  is  about  inch  to  the  foot);  over 
these  are  laid  brush,  and  in  the  more  aristo¬ 
cratic  dwellings  little  sticks  with  the  bark 
peeled  off,  then  straw  laid  over  these  and  the 
whole  covered  with  earth  about  one  foot  in 
thickness,  being  well  wet  and  thoroughly 
mixed  u,»  before  plastering  it  on;  when  this 


becomes  dry,  it  takes  a  long  time  before 
water  can  penetrate  through  it.  These  mud 
dwellings,  in  neatness  and  order,  many  of 
them,  would  put  to  shame  a  great  many  of 
their  Northern  neighbors,  wfio  have  ponses 
built  after  the  most  approved  fashion. 

Their  beds  are  always  clean;  the  mattress¬ 
es  or  eolchoons  are  home-made.  They  are 
usually  about  six  inches  thick,  fiUeil  with 
wool,  and  form  a  very  cool,  springy  resting 
place.  Very  few  psople  use  bedsteads,  but 
Spread  the  mattresses  on  the  earth  floor. 
During  the  day  they  are  folded  and  placed 
against  the  wall,  forming  a  row  of  couches 
around  the  room,  and  these  are  always  cov¬ 
ered  with  calico,  hanging  in  little,  graceful 
curtains  down  to  the  floor.  These  form  nearly 
all  of  the  scats  of  the  establishment,  ;  chairs 
arc.  at  a  discount,  although  in  nearly  every 
house  will  be  found  a  few  chairs  of  curious 
and  sometimes  neat  construction. 

In  this  country,  to  sum  it  up.  the  women 
are  industrious  and  neat ;  the  men  are  glad 
of  it.  Everybody  smokes.  They  chain  up 
their  hogs  and  let  their  dogs  run  loose. 

A.  J.  itUKSELr,. 


SKETCHES  IN  NEW  MEXICO.-III 


THE  PET  OF  THE  FAMILY. 

Thu  Donkey  in  New  Mexico  is  made  one 
of  the  most,  useful  (if  not  ornamental)  ani¬ 
mals  of  the  household.  Owing  to  their  cheap¬ 
ness,  nearly  every  family  possesses  one,  and 
they  are  used  for  everything — carrying  wood 
and  water,  bringing  in  the  grain  and  vegeta¬ 
bles,  carrying  rhe  wool  and  everything  else 
to  market  and  in  fact  they  are  a  Jack-of-aU- 
trades.  One  carries  sometimes  two  and  three 
men  on  its  back  at  a  time.  There  seems  to 
be  nothing  vicious  about  them,  and  they  are 
often  seen  standing  with  their  heads  in  the 
door  of  the  house  while  the  family  duties  are 
going  forward ;  and  the  children  always  enjoy 
their  presence,  climbing  on  the  back  by  the 
score  almost ;  and  poor  Jack  Rays  never  a 
word  but  wags  his  great  ears  forward  and 
back  anfLseems  to  enjoy  it  as  well  as  the 
children.  It  is  amusing  to  see  two  great, 
trapping  men  on  one  of  those  little  fellows 


BalphEvans  ftgt 


MOOBE6S  E y B Ai  WfW-YORKEB. 


(Jicld  (Crojifi. 


AMERICAN  VS.  RUSSIAN  HEMP. 


Ax  officer  of  the  United  States  Navy  lias 
made  some  inquiries  as  to  the  relative  merits 
of  American  and  Russian  hemp  and  gives  the 
following  as  the  result : 

Iris  the  general  idea  that  rope  made  of 
Russian  hemp  is  stronger  than  rope  made  of 
American  hemp,  but  tests  made  at  the  U.  S. 
Naval  Rope  Walk,  at  the  navy  yard,  as  shown 
by  the  enclosed  paper,  which  shows  the  re¬ 
sults  of  the  tests  made  of  the  various  sizes  of 
rope,  prove,  quite  the  contrary,  and  that  the 
American  is  much  the  strongest. 

You  will  observe  that,  the  tests  referred  to 
were  made  of  rope  tarred  and  rope  not  tarred, 
and  that  the  rope  made  of  dry  hemp  is  much 
stronger  than  rope  made  of  tarred  hemp. 

The  A  mcrican  hemp  does  not  take  tar  equal 
to  the  Russian  hemp,  and  for  some  purposes 
is  preferable,  while  the  Russian  hemp  is  pre¬ 
ferred  for  others  ;  which  hemp  is  the  best  for 
ship  purposes  it  is  impossible  to  say,  us  suffi¬ 
cient  tests  and  experiments  have  not  been 
made  to  decide  the  question  satisfactorily. 

From  what  I  have  seen,  however,  the 
American  hemp  for  some  purposes,  on  ac¬ 
count  of  its  superior  strength,  is  preferable 
to  the  Russians. 

Owing  to  the  very  large  amount  of  wire 
rope  Tu  id  mauilla  rope  used  at  the  present 
time  on  all  sea  going  vessels,  the  demand  for 
hem]  i  has  decreased  greatly.  If  these  facts 
are  sufficiently  interesting  to  publish,  you  are 
at  liberty  to  do  so. 


Size  Rope,  a 

Circumference  L  r- 

Dry  Hus 

Tarred 

Am’ciin 

j  arrui 
Russian. 

2%  inches .  6760  Ub»J 

6320  1  6510 

030 J 1  lbs. 
6110  \  6305 

6626  Ubs. , 5360  •  lbs. 
6175  <  6500  5300  (  5300 

214  inches . 5510  \  .,-«t 

|6G40 < 

$3  {5188 

$00  s  wJjm  ‘  lyty) 
•>37U  /  i7W 

2  inches . 6120  \  ,,,,,,,  4300  < 

4300 1  |4330  1 

1300  \  iM*.  1360  )  docij 

inches .  4000  (  ..,,,,  4140  J  JftSn 

4420  (  4“1(l  8020  i 10,10 

3U30  ( 

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18  tbl  ea<J . j  3205  jj|g  |  8026 

2640  j 
24021"“* 

15  tb lead .  2300  >  2360  j  2065 

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88 

12  “ . |®  Jig*™, 

1376  J  ,  1200  1 
lA86l13l5|  1205?  1202 

9thrCad . '1Ik|U«>|i08o1“!»I 

1025  V  i/irnr  1025  S  jivkQ 
1085  W5  l  ,UUU 

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865?  “** 

S  ftorj  t  »D/i]  046  j  rn* 

645  1  88j|  045  <  (iW,i  546  (  •,9-1 

The  above  figures  show  the  tests  made  of 
hemp  rope,  made  of  American  and  Russian 
hemp  ;  both  of  dry  and  tarred  hemp  ;  of  rope 
varying  in  size  from 2ty  inches  to  rope  made 
of  six  (rope  yams  or  threads).  The  rope  is 
measured  by  taking  the  circumference.  Two 
tests  were  made  of  each  size  of  rope  and  the 
mean  taken  to  show  the  average  strength, 
and  in  all  cases  the  figures  give  the  preference 
to  American  hemp  for  strength. 

• - «  «  ♦ 

RAPE  ON  FALLOWS. 


I  have  seen  various  kinds  of  grain  recom¬ 
mended  in  your  paper  to  be  sown  on  fallows 
to  plow  under.  Last  year  I  resolved  to 
experiment  a  little  in  that  direction.  I  ac¬ 
cordingly  took  afield  of  iiftoen  acres,  plowed 
it  about  10  inches  deep,  with  a  double  plow 
and  three-horse  team  ;  finished  about  the  last 
of  J unc  ;  harrowed  five  times  ;  sowed  two 
bushels  of  peas  on  about  an  acre,  and  sowed 
the  rest  to  rape  seed  at  the  rate  of  five  pounds 
per  acre  ;  harrowed  once  and  went  over  it 
with  the  roller.  The  seasou  being  dry,  it 
was  very  slow  incoming  up  aud  finally  came 
up  spotted.  When  about  eighteen  inches 
high,  on  an  average,  it  was  plowed  under  and 
sowed  to  wheat.  While  it  was  growing,  my 
sheep  were  kept  on  it  and  got  fat.  The  win¬ 
ter  was  so  severe  that  it  killed  the  wheat  so 
that  I  thought  best  to  plow  it  up  and  sow  it 
to  spring  wheat,  on  the  25  day  of  April,  with 
a  drill.  The  month  of  May  wasvei-y  cold  and 
the  m  nth  of  June  very  dry  till  the  lost  week, 
when  copious  showers  fell,  and,  notwith¬ 
standing  the  unfavorable  weather,  it  now 
presents  a  fine  appearance.  What  the  final 
results  will  be  I  cannot  tell  with  certainty. 
With  me  the  sowing-  of  rape  is  an  experiment 
which  1  think  will  give  satisfaction.  It  is 
easier  to  plow  under  than  peas,  as  it  does  not 
hang  together.  It  is  also  valuable  as  pasture 
for  sheep  and  cattle  that  are  to  be  fattened. 
I  have  sowed  ten  acres  this  year  and  intend 
to  sow  fifteen  more  soon  to  pasture,  and  plow 
under.  The  seed  cost,  in  Brantford,  eleven 
cents  per  pound,  making  it  cheap  seeding. 

Brantford,  Ontario.  T.  D.  Crawford. 

- - - 

FIELD  NOTES. 


Seeding  on  Sod. — Mr.  H.  R.  Wood  of  New 
Lenox,  Will  county,  recently  gave  the  Prairie 
Farmer  an  account  of  some  experiments  he 


tried  last  spring  with  seeding  on  an  old  pas¬ 
ture  sod.  On  the  second  day  of  February, 
when  the  soil  was  only  thawed  one  and 
a-half  inches,  he  run  the  harrow  over  two 
acres  of  tough  sod  and  sowed  thereon  one 
peck  of  clover  seed,  afterwards  going  over 
the  ground  with  a  roller.  Notwithstanding 
the  seed  was  of  the  crop  of  1870,  he  cut  a 
heavy  crop  from  tins  land,  and  at  the  time 
he  talked  with  us,  the  second  crop  was  nearly 
ready  to  be  cut  for  seed.  He  also  put  in 
considerable  Alsike  clover  seed,  a  few  days 
alter  the  common  red  clover  wits  sown,  which 
produced  an  excellent  crop.  In  this  instance 
he  used  the  cultivator  instead  of  the  hamow 
in  preparing  the  land. 

Bouton  Marrow  Squashes  us  a  New  En¬ 
gland  Field  Crop.— A  correspondent  of  the 
Vermont,  farmer  writing  from  the  seaside, 
says  : — 1  saw  in  the  cornfield  every  ninth 
row  planted  to  Boston  marrow  squashes, 
instead  of  corn.  Tliis  Farmer  has  practiced 
this  for  six  years,  and  while  every  year 
squashes  sell  well,  two  years  out  of  the  six 
the  squash  crop  was  worth  more  than  the 
good  crop  of  corn  on  eight-ninths  of  the  land. 

How  to  Improve  Corn. — A  Western  corn 
grower  says  : — “Plant  early  on  the  best 
ground  you  have.  Plant  but  two  kernels  to 
the  hill,  or  at  least  let  only  that,  number  of 
stalks  mature.  Mauure  liberally,  cultivate 
thoroughly.  Tliis  treatment  will  give  a  ten¬ 
dency  to  produce  two  or  more  cam  to  the 
stock.  Again  plant  all  such  double  ears. 
Continue  t  his  for  a  number  of  years,  and  the 
result  will  be  a  new  variety  of  corn,  aud 
very  prolific.” 

Cirsium  Lanceolatu  m. — J.  T.  R.,  Flat  Gap, 
Jefferson  Co.,  Term.,  sends  “the  leaf  of  a 
weed”  which  he  says,  “is  becoming,  very 
plenty  here,”  and  asks  its  name.  We  have 
given  it  above.  It  is  a  common  thistle,  and 
we  recommend  our  correspondent  to  destroy 
it  before  it  matures  and  distributes  its  seed, 
whenever  he  finds  it.  It  will  prove  trouble¬ 
some,  though  it  „is  not  so  bad  a  weed  as  the 
Canada  thistle. 

How  to  Save  Seed  Corn. — Will  you  allow 
me  to  ask  your  farm  readers  to  give  their 
respective  methods  of  saving  seed  com  ?  Do 
they  select  it  before  cutting  the  com  ?  If  so, 
how  ?  And  how  do  they  preserve  it  through 
the  winter? — W.  M.  B.,  Vermont. 


J?arm  OToitomir. 


COMPOBTING  MANURE. 


I  want  to  see  the  manure  question  well 
ventilated  through  the  columns  of  the  Run  a  a 
New  Yorker.  1  hear  of  compost  heaps ; 
and  we  have  in  this  county  things  called  com¬ 
post  heaps.  Let  us  hear  all  about  them,  the 
manner  of  /unking  them,  what  with,  how 
long  before  the  manure  Is  fit.  for  the  soil  and 
crops.  The  greatest  portion  of  the  people  in 
East  Tcnnesce  let  their  horses  stand  and 
tramp  their  manure  in  t  he  stall  six  mouths 
and  then  haul  to  the  field  ;  and  a  portion  of 
the  fanners  throw  their  mauure  out  into  the 
bleaching  rains  and  sunshine  until  they  have 
to  haul  it  away  to  get  to  their  stables.  A  few 
compost  their  manure  or  do  something  called 
composting.  We  formers  of  East  Tennessee 
know  how  to  -wear  out  land  and  we  ought  to 
loam  how  to  enrich  laud.  1  know  of  no  bet- 
ter  way  than  to  get  every  farmer  to  subscribe 
for  the  Rural  New-Yorker. — j.  t.  r. 

The  object  of  composting  manure  is  to  save 
all  its  fertilizing  properties  in  a  condition  for 
llio  immediate  use  of  plants  when  it  is  applied 
to  the  soiL  Decomposition  must  take  place 
with  all  solid  manures  before  they  are  avail¬ 
able  for  tbo  use  of  the  plant.  We  therefore 
save  the  fertilizing  material  and  the  time 
required  to  decompose  raw  manure  when 
applied  to  the  soil  in  the  fresh  state  by  com¬ 
posting  it  properly  before  applying  it. 

The  compost  heap  should  he  under  shelter. 
Neither  the  rays  of  ttye  sun  nor  rains  shoidd 
reach  it.  (True,  compost  heaps  are  made 
without  such  shelter,  but.  always  at  a  loss  of 
fertilizing  properties.]  If  the  floor  upon 
which  the  compost  is  to  be  prepared  is  water- 
tight,  all  the  better.  A  good  stiff  clay  bot¬ 
tom,  scooped  out  in  the  center  so  as  to  hold 
the  liquids,  will  answer  ;  or  the  floor  may  be 
(Often  is)  so  constructed  that  the  liquids 
which  drain  from  the  heap  flow  from  it  at 
one  point  into  a  cistern  or  rank,  and  are 
thence  drawn  and  used  direct  upon  plants. 
It  is  important  the  liquid  portion  of  the  ma¬ 
nure  should  be  carefully  saved  and  used.  It. 
is  most  valuable. 

The  best  foundation  for  a  compost  heap  is 
a  bed  of  muck,  one  foot  to  eighteen  inches 
thick.  This  is  an  absorbent,  bolds  the  liquids, 
or  the  ammonia  they  contain  as  they  filter 
down  through  it.  If  muck  is  not  available, 
leaf  mold,  dry  leaves,  rotten  wood,  chip  ma¬ 
nure  from  the  back  yard,  straw,  or  even 
clayey  loam  soil  should  be  used.  On  this 


bottom  layer  of  muck,  leaves,  etc.,  put  a 
layer  of  manure,  a  few  inches  thick ;  then 
another  layer  of  muck  and  again  manure, 
until  the  manure  is  all  incorporated  with  the 
muck.  Be  sure  to  have  a  layer  of  muck  on 
top  of  the  manure  always. 

On  this  compost  heap  should  be  poured  all 
the  liquid  manure  that  can  be  obtained,  in¬ 
cluding  the  drainings  from  the  stables,  cham¬ 
ber  ley  from  the  house,  soapsuds,  greasy 
water  from  the  kitchen.  It  will  be  well,  if 
there  is  not  liquid  enough  to  thoroughly  wet 
this  heap  once  or  twice  a  week,  to  give  it  a 
good  wetting  down  with  rain  water.  But  in 
either  case,  care  should  l  ie  taken  to  save  the 
liquid  that  filters  through  the  mass.  The 
heat  resulting  from  fermentation  is  reduced 
by  tliis  wetting  process  and  does  not.  essen¬ 
tially  retard  decomposition,  for  it,  furnishes 
a  fresh  supply  of  oxygen  to  the  mass  ;  and  it 
is  a  substitute  for  forking  over  the  mass 
thoroughly  once  to  five  times,  which  is  im¬ 
portant  where  liquids  are  not  thus  supplied, 
and  which  many  farmers  do,  even  when  they 
do  supply  liquids.  If  the  liquids  have  not 
been  supplied  in  the  way  indicated,  then 
after  the  compost  lias  laid  two  or  three 
weeks,  the  farmer  should  begin  at  one  side 
of  the  heap  and  carefully  pitch  it  over  with 
a  manure  fork,  making  another  heap  and 
working  the  moss  together  thoroughly.  Two 
or  three  such  forkings  over  are  generally 
sufficient ;  and  when  the  whole  mass  has 
become  homogeneous  in  character  and  thor¬ 
oughly  decomposed,  it.  is  ready  to  apply  to 
any  crop  at  any  time  iw/d  in  any  manner 
desired. 

It  is  an  excellent  plan  to  mix  lime  and  salt 
with  the  muck  as  it  is  hauled  out  of  the 
swamp  and  piled  up,  before  adding  the  stable 
manure  to  it.  It  decomposes  and  sweetens 
the  muck  and  does  not  affect  its  absorbing 
qualities.  But  lime  should  not  be  added  to 
the  stable  manure  unless  it  is  completely 
covered  with  muck.  It  hastens  decomposi¬ 
tion,  and  liberates  the  ammonia  ;  and  unless 
there  is  absorbing  material  enough  covering 
it,  it  almost  destroys  the  value  of  manure. 
As  a  rule  it  is  better  to  apply  lime  direct  to 
the  soil. 

- ♦-*♦ - 

WASTE  OF  PLANT  FOOD. 

There  cannot  be  a  greater  instance  of  na¬ 
tional  folly  than  England  exhibits.  In  future 
ages  it  will  be  scarcely  credited  that  a  city 
like  London  with  nearly  four  millions  of  in¬ 
habitants,  should  have  expended  tons  of  gold 
1  in  poisoning  the  water  of  the  beautiful  river 
running  through  it  with  millions  of  dollars’ 
worth  of  the  richest  manure  to  be  found  in 
any  part  of  the  world  and  at  the  same  time 
as  this  pollution  is  continued  millions  of  gold 
is  expended  in  procuring  subs titutes  for  what 
is  thus  wantonly  cast  Into  the  sea  through 
the  river  Thames.  America  has  proved  her 
inventive  ability  to  be  extraordinarily  active, 
and  if  some  of  the  talent  on  tliis  quarter  of 
t  in-  globe  could  be  directed  to  the  formation 
of  companies  to  collect  tliis  valuable  and 
mercantile  matter  without  injury  to  health 
or  offense  to  the  olfactory  nerves,  the  exam¬ 
ple  of  turning  tliis  plant-food  to  account  by 
transfer  to  the  soil  requiring  it,  instead  of  to 
the  waters  which  need  it  not.  fortunes  might 
be  made  and  a  shameful  and  wicked  waste 
prevented.  Working  Farmer. 

•  -»  »♦ - 

ECONOMICAL  NOTES 

Burning  Sawdust. — W.  asks,  “could  saw¬ 
dust  that  has  lain  in  a  pile  for  two  or  three 
years  lie  handily  burned  ;  if  so,  what  value 
would  the  ashes  have  as  manure  ?  ”  Wheth¬ 
er  it  can  be  “handily  burned  ”  or  not,  must 
depend  upon  its  dryness  and  upon  the  facili¬ 
ties  for  burning  it.  If  used  to  feed  a  furnace 
with  a  strong  draft,  it  could  be  quickly 
burned.  But  whether  it  would  burn  in  bulk 
or  not,  our  correspondent  ought  to  know  a 
great  deal  better  than  we.  The  ashes  will 
be  valuable  lor  soil ;  but  their  relative  value 
will  depend  upon  the  kind  of  wood  of  which 
they  are  made.  Hard  wood  ashes  contain 
more  potash  than  the  ashes  of  pine  or  other 
light  woods. 

How  the  Time  of  Cleaving  Lumber  Lund 
Affects  Crops. — A  correspondent  of  the 
Country  Gentleman  asks  a  question  which 
our  experience  answers  in  the  negative,  but 
upon  which  we  would  be  glad  of  our  readers 
experience.  It  is  : — “Is  there  any  truth  in  a 
statement  I  have  heard  that  timber  land 
cleared  in  mid-summer  will  have  its  soil 
spoiled  for  years,  which  soil  would  have 
proved  highly  fertile  if  the  timber  had  been 
out  off  in  mid-winter  ?  Does  the  sudden  ex¬ 
posure  of  a  shaded  surface  to  the  heat  of  the 
mid  -  summer  sun  impoverish  the  soil 
thereon !” 

Cotton  Seed  Meal  for  Cows  and  Sows. — A 
North  Carolina  correspondent  of  the  Journal 


of  the  Farm  says  : — For  some  time  I  fed  both 
cows  and  sows  with  hulled  cotton  seed,  from 
which  the  oil  had  not  been  pressed.  The 
result  was  that  for  a  whole  year  my  cows  did 
not  have  a  calf  nor  my  sows  a  pig.  Believing 
that  the  cotton  seed  meal  was  the  cause  of 
the  difficulty,  T  discontinued  its  use,  and  in 
about  six  months  my  sows  brought  pigs,  and 
in  about  eighteen  months  my  cows  brought 
calves.  I  have  conversed  with  several  gen¬ 
tlemen  whose  experience  coincides  with 
mine. 

Pole-Rolled  Tobacco. — We  notice  that  dur¬ 
ing  a  recent  discussion  by  Pennsylvania  farm¬ 
ers,  buyers  complain  that  much  of  the  to¬ 
bacco  has  been  pole-rotted — spoiled  by  hang¬ 
ing  it  too  close  on  the  poles.  Some  farmers 
get  SO  cents  per  pound  for  their  tobacco, 
while  others  find  it  difficult  to  sell  it  at  any 
price  in  consequence  of  pole- rotting. 

Charcoal ,  remember,  is  one  of  the  best 
absorbents  ever  used  ;  that,  applied  to  any 
kind  of  soil,  its  influence  is  marked  upon 
crops  for  years  afterward.  Tt  is  one  of  the 
best  mulches  for  plants  that  require  moisture 
we  know  of. 

Hand-Mill  for  Crushing  Grain  for  Slock. 
— W.,  Gibsons,  O.,  asks  if  there  is  a  hand- 
mill  that  will  grind  or  crash  grain  for  stock. 
If  so,  where  it  can  be  found?  We  know  of 
none. 


She  Horseman. 


THE  PURCHASE  OF  DEXTER. 


The  Turf,  Field  and  Farm  gives  the  follow¬ 
ing  as  the  true  story  of  the  purchase  of  Dex¬ 
ter  by  Mr,  Robert  Bonner.  It  says  1 There 
having  been  wilful  misrepresentation  in  re¬ 
gard  to  the  purchase  of  Dexter  in  18(17,  it 
may  not  be  amiss  to  put  the  public  in  full 
possession  of  the  facts.  Dexter  was  matched 
to  trot  a  race  of  mile  heats,  J  in  5,  with  Ethan 
Allen  and  running  mate  at  Fashion  Course, 
June  21,  1807.  A  few  days  before  the  event 
a  party  of  gentleman  standing  on  the  stoop 
of  the  Dubois  Club  House  were  discussing 
the  match.  George  B.  Alley  remarked  that 
Dexter  would  beat  2:18,  but  be  found  nobody 
to  agree  with  him,  the  majority  thinking 
that  2:20  would  be  nearer  the  mark,  Mr. 
Robert  Bonner,  who  was  present,  took  Mr. 
Shepherd  F.  Knapp  aside  ami  after  a  few 
explanatory  words,  authorized  him  to  pur¬ 
chase  Dexter  in  ease  the  white  legged  gelding 
beul  Ethan  Allen  and  running  mate  and 
trotted  one  heat  in  the  race  below  2 :20,  “How 
high  shall  I  go?”  asked  Mr,  Knapp.  “Go 
as  high  as  forty  thousand  dolla  rs  provided  he 
beats  the  team  and  2:20,”  was  the  response. 
The  race  came  off  at  the  proper  time,  and  as 
is  well-known  Dexter  did  not  win  it,,  although 
he  trotted  remarkably  fast,  being  not  more 
than  a  second  from  the  score  when  Ethan 
Allen  crossed  it  in  2:15.  As  it  was  stipulated 
that  Dexter  should  beat  Ethan  Allen  and 
running  mate,  Mr.  Knapp  did  not  open  nego¬ 
tiations.  Several  weeks  later  Mr.  Bonner 
made  a  direct  offer  for  Dexter  through  a 
friend  of  Mr.  Fawcett’s.  That  friend,  in  a 
few  hours,  brought  Mr.  Bonner  and  Mr. 
Fawcett  together  for  the  first  time  iD  then- 
lives.  In  the  interview  which  followed,  Mi-. 
F.  said  that  he  could  not  sell  Dexter  then, 
but  would  ugree  to  sell  and  deliver  him  on 
the  10th  of  September.  Some  days  after  the 
first  interview  the  following  agreement  and 
receipt,  embodying  the  facts,  was  signed : 

“Received,  New  York,  August  o.  1S67, 
from  Robert  Bonner,  one  thousand  dollars 
on  account  of  the  trotting  horse  Dexter, 
which  I  have  sold  to  Mr.  Bonner  for  thirty- 
three  thousand  dollars — said  horse  to  fie  de¬ 
livered  to  Mi-.  Bonner,  sound,  on  the  10th  of 
September  next.  In  the  meantime  he  is  to 
trot  as  my  horse  in  the  races — one  at  Roches¬ 
ter,  one  at  Buffalo,  and  two  at  Chicago,  one 
in  Harness  and  one  in  wagon. 

A.  F.  Fawcett.” 

- ♦-*♦ - - 

BREAKING  COLTS. 

The  gentling  of  colts  should  begin  when 
they  are  but  a  few  weeks  old.  Frequent 
handling  and  occasional  salting  or  feeding 
them  from  out  of  your  baud  and  stroking 
their  necks  are  all  good  practices.  From  two 
to  three,  years  old  they  should  be  accustomed 
by  degrees  to  the  saddle  and  bridle.  Thus 
treated,  breaking  becomes  an  easy  task. 
When  first  being  driven  they  should  be  har¬ 
nessed  with  a  good,  steady  horse.  In  fact, 
kindness  and  firmness,  together  with  good 
common  sense,  is  what  is  needed  in  breaking 
colts.  And  if  they  are  rightly  managed  they 
will  seldom,  if  ever,  play  any  tricks.  In  the 
first  place  they  should  be  made  to  understand 
what  is  wanted  of  them  and  then  in  the 
proper  way  make  them  perform  accordingly. 

/  w.  G. 


:tii[g  &)usb;nulnr 


experiments]  of  otliers  may  show  different 
results. 

Bearing  upon  this  point,  some  German  ex¬ 
periments  have  been  made,  in  which  it  ap¬ 
pears  that  some  food  has  a  decided  effect  in 
doereasing  tku  butter  of  tho  milk.  In  a 
communication  to  the  Munster  Agricultural 
Academy,  and  the  subsequent  investigation 
hy  Dr.  Koenig,  the  following  facts  are 
'  brought  out : 

Since  January  last,”  he  says,  “we  haro 
been  giving  to  SO  head  of  cattle  weighing,  on 
an  average,  some  800  lbs.  each,  a  daily  allow¬ 
ance  ot  about  three  centners  of  so-called 
sour  food7  along  with  their  mid-day  meal. 
It  consisted  of  grass  of  tolerable  quality,  beet 
leaves,  Swede  turnip  leaves  and  carrots,  and 
was  stored  in  a  well-cured  pit.  As  usual,  for 
the  first  34  hours,  the  cattle  did  not  take 
kindly  to  it  ;  but  afterwards  they  ate  it  with 
a  certain  degree  of  relish.  After  we  had 
been  giving  it  forsome  little  time,  we  noticed 
that  our  butter  was  losing  its  good  flavor, 
and  soon  acquired  a  rancid  taste;  the  milk 
also  was  deficient  in  fat,  so  that  where  we 
formerly  used  14  litres  for  a  pound  of  butter, 
now  at  least  17  or  18  wore  required.  After 

its  discontinuance,  we  again  got  a  pound  of 

butter  from  13.13  litres  of  milk  on  green 
feeding.  It  would  bo  interesting  to  know  if, 
a, ml  in  what  way,  this  so-called  ‘sour  food’ 


accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  the  people  live 
chiefly  upon  fish  and  vegetables,  and  their 
garments  are  either  cotton  or  silk.  In  addi¬ 
tion  to  eats  and  dogs,  the  only  domestic  ani¬ 
mals  possessed  by  the  Japanese  arc  horses 
and  homed  cattle.  The  horses  were  origin¬ 
ally  brought  from  the  Corea,  and  are  larger 
and  stronger  than  those  of  Chinn  ;  they  are 
docile  but  timid,  and  quite  useless  for  caval¬ 
ry.  They  feed  exclusively  upon  rice  straw 
in  place  of  grain  ;  their  hoofs  wear  away  so 
rapidly  that  the  best  horses  are  useless  after 
their  sixth  year.  In  1870  the  whole  number 
of  horses  in  the  empire  amounted  to  350,000, 
and  the  number  of  oxen  was  reckoned  at 
01)0,000  head  The  latter  are  indispensable  to 
t  he  cultivation  ol  rice,  and  are  also  frequently 
used  as  pack  oxen.  Cows’  milk  is  shunned 
as  “  white  blood,”  and  the  Japanese  are  con¬ 
sequently  unacquainted  with  butter  or 
cheese.  Asses  are.  rare,  and  goats  and  pigs 
are  only  to  he  found  in  the  seaports  fre¬ 
quented  by  Europeans. 


EFFECT  OF  SOUR  WHEY,  &c.,  UPON  THE 
CHEESE  AND  BUTTER  PRODUCT. 


FEEDING  DAIRY  C0W3 


The  following  statement  is  credited  to  an 
experienced  Herkimer  Co.,  N.  Y,,  dairyman, 
1  Lvkius  Lewis.  We  do  not  know  where  it 
was  first  published : 

During  the  seasons  of  1846,  1847  and  ISIS  I 
instituted  a  Berios  of  experiments,  which 
were  conducted  with  all  the  care  l  was  able 
to  bestow,  for  the  express  purpose  of  testing 
tho  value  of  the  various  kinds  of  grain  as 
cattle  feed  in  conneclion  with  pasturage. 
And  in  every  instance  1  found  that  while  my 
cows  obtained  sufficient  good,  fresh  grass, 
feeding  meal  and  shorts,  either  with  or  with¬ 
out  whey,  would  not  increase  the  quantity  of 
milk  or  the  quantity  of  butter  or  cheese. 
Bub  as  soon  as  the  pasture  supply  failed  to 
afford  all  the  cows  required,  or  as  the  grass 
became  less  succulent,  as  it  usually  does  lo- 


A  question  of  considerable  importance 
has  been  raised  among  tho  patrons  of  cheese 
factories  as  to  whether  the  milk  of  cows  at 
pasture,  which  are  fed  upon  whey  or  other 
sour  slops,  will  make  as  much  butter  and 
cheese  as  when  the  cows  are  fed  only  upon 
good  grass  i  Cheese  manufacturers  of  expe¬ 
rience  are  now  pretty  generally  of  the  opin¬ 
ion  that  the  milk  of  whey-fed  cows  is  more 
liable  to  turn  sour  or  take  on  putrid  taints 


ALDERNEY  AND  JERSEY  CATTLE. 

About  a  year  and  a  half  since  the  Messrs, 
® OWLER  imported  some  Alderney  and  Jersey 
cattle.  Those  under  the  first  denomination 
were  chiefly  dark  gray  or  fawn-colored,  and 
all  had  black  noses  and  the  points  so  insisted 
on  by  fancy  breeders;  while  those  called 
Jerseys  had  white  nosea  and  were  spotted, 
or  marked  more  or  less  with  several  shades 
ot  color,  mostly  light  red.  Tho  price  was 
highest  tor  tho  first  mentioned,  but  all  sold 
well.  1  w  it mussed  this  sale  in  Baltimore. 

I  think  the  origin  was  the  same,  but.  during 
later  years  a  few  breeders  have  made  rules 
and  have  bred  to  certain  standards.  At  any 
rate  half  a  century  ago  all  the  Aldorneys  I 
ever  saw  in  England,  which  all  came  from 
the  Island,  were  most  like  those  called  Jer¬ 
seys  ;  )>ut  I  have  seen  hundreds  of  cows 
brought,  from  Franco  to  Ipswich  in  England, 
some  being  in  that  market  weekly,  and  their 
milk  is  the  same  as  the  Alderneys,  and  their 
genera  I  appearance  much  like  t  hem,  only 
very  hollow  in  tho  back,  and  a  plain,  homely 
look  from  bad  feeding.  These  French  ani¬ 
mals,  as  heifers  of  two  and  three  years  old, 
would  sell  for  $30  to  $30  each  ;  the  highest 
Price  for  the  best,  whe.n  just  about  to  have  a 
calf,  would  not  exceed  £10,  ($50).— Working 
Farmer. 


Those  that  feed  whey  claim  that  they'  get 
more  milk  on  account  of  such  feeding,  and 
believe  it  the  most  profitable  way  to  dispose 
of  the  whey.  Those  who  do  not  feed  whey 
are  of  the  impression  that*  given  quantity 
of  whey-fad  milk  will  not  make  so  much 
i  lieese  as  milk  produced  from  grass  alone, 
and  hence,  that  they  are  robbed  of  their  just 
rights  by  those  who  feed  whey.  This  not 
i infrequently  causes  dissatisfaction  and  ill- 
feeling.  A  case  of  this  kind  came  under  our 
observation  several  years  ago.  A  certain 
dairyman  who  had  a  large  farm  and  herd, 
and  who  was  an  excellent  cheese  rnanuflie- 
tnrer,  built  a  large  factory  upon  his  farm  for 
the  accommodation  of  himself  and  neighbors. 
He  manufactured  at  a  certain  rate  per  pound, 
and  was  to  have  all  the  whey.  At  first  hogs 
were  kept  to  consume  the  whey  ;  but  after 
a  time,  as  the  number  of  patrons  increased, 
as  there  was  often  a  surplus  of  whey,  he 
arranged  pipes  for  conducting  it  to  his  milk¬ 
ing  stables  and  in  boxes  before  in's  cows.  By 
and -by  it  was  known  among  the  patrons 
that  the  whey-fed  herd  was  yielding  more 
milk  than  any  other  herd  in  the  neighbor¬ 
hood,  and  some  complaint  was  made  that 
the  milk  was  of  inferior  qualify,  and  the 
manufacturer  was  requested  not  to  use  the 
whey  in  this  manner.  He  paid  no  attention 
to  it  at  first  ;  but  as  the  talk  and  feeling  in 
the  neighborhood  soon  warmed  up  to  fever 
heat,  he  found  it  necessary  to  convince  his 
patrons  they  were  in  error,  or  else  abandon 
the  feeding.  He  therefore  invited  his  patrons 
to  meet  at  his  premises  on  a  certain  day  and 
see  his  cows  milked,  and  after  the  milk  should 
have  been  placed  in  a  separate  vat  by  itself, 


VERMONT  CATTLE  LAW. 

The  last  Vermont  Legislature  passed  the 
following  law  “  Any  person  who  shall  suf¬ 
fer  any  cattle,  horses,  sheep,  or  swine  to  run 
at  large  in  tho  public  highway,  or  yard  be¬ 
longing  to  HJiy  public  building,  except  on  his 
own  premises,  ahull,  for  every  offense  wil¬ 
fully  or  knowingly  committed,  forfeit  and 
pay  a  line  of  not  loss  than  three  dollars  nor 
more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every 
offense  so  committed,  with  full  coat  of  prose¬ 
cution,  to  be  recovered  before  any  justice  of 
the  peace  of  the  county,  whether  residing  in 
said  town  or  not,  where  such  offense  is  com¬ 
mitted,  on  complaint  of  any  grand-juror  of 
the  town  in  which  suell  offence  is  committed, 
oi  the  State’s  attorney  of  the  comity  ;  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  town  grand-jurors  and 
State  attorueyB  to  prosecute  violations  of 
this  act.” 


POISONING  BY  WATER  DROPWORT. 

Dn.  Cha.iu.e8  A.  Cameron,  Professor  of 
Hygiene,  Royal  College  of  Surgeons,  Ireland, 
and  Analyst  of  the  city  of  Dublin,  has  sent  to 
the  Lancet  the  following  case  of  cattle  poison¬ 
ing.  A  herd  of  seventy-four  oxen  were  at 
the  end  of  last  April  turned  into  the  demesne 
of  Lord  Dunravcn,  Adore,  County  of  Lim¬ 
erick.  In  a  few  days  the  animals  began  to 
sicken,  and  In  about  a  week  forty-three  died. 
Mr.  Keyes,  V.  8.,  who  saw  Rome  of  them, 
stated  that  in  most  of  the  eases  death  took 
place  very  soon  after  the  illness  was  observed. 
The  animals  foamed  at  the  mouth,  had  dis¬ 
tended  nostrils,  shivered  at  the  loins  and  hind 
extremities,  the  respiration  was  rapid  and 
laborious,  and  they  had  tetanic  spasms,  the 
neck  being  curved  laterally.  Some  of  the 
annuals  reeled  iu  a  circle  fur  several  minutes, 
and  then  fell  and  died  instantaneously.  As 
it  was  suspected  that  the  animals  had  been 
poisoned,  tho  stomachs  of  some  of  them  were 
Bent  to  Dr.  Cameron  for  examination.  He 
could  not  detect  any  of  the  ordinary  poisons, 
but  in  the  herbage  found  in  the  first  stomach 
he  observed  numerous  fragments  of  a  plant 
wliieh  he  suspected  was  the  Water  Drop  wort 
(CEncmthe  crucutn).  Dr.  Cameron  sent  for 
Borne  of  the  herbage  of  the  demesne,  and  this 
was  found  to  include  a  largo  proportion  of 
the  Water  Dropwort,  ouo  of  the  most  viru¬ 
lent  of  British  poisonous  plants.  There  are 
on  record  a  few  oases  of  poisoning  of  man* 
and  some  of  the  lower  animals  by  Water 
Dropwort.  The  symptoms  noticed  by  Dr. 
Keyes  aro  similar  to  those  observed  by  M. 
Bellamy,  and  described  by  him  in  the 
Rucuil  tie  Medecine  Veter  inawe,  for  1856. 


THE  JEWETT  PANS 


^  Laura  B.  Boyce  writes  to  the  Vermont 
1*  'inner  :  ”  We  had  a  set  of  Jewett  pans  put 
in  on  trial  tho  10th  of  June,  and  they  are 
such  an  improvement  on  the  old  method  that 
I  am  quite  us  enthusiastic  over  them  as  Mr. 
Douglas  predicted.  I  can  take  care  of  the 
milk  of  our  34  cows  as  easily  in  these  pans  as 
i  could  the  milk  of  five  in  the  old  way  ;  but 
taking  care  ol'  the  butter  is  quite  another 
matter,  as  1  churn  seven  times  a  week— just 
a  day’s  cream  at  a  time.  I  find  that  the 
cream  cornea  much  quicker  than  when  I  at¬ 
tempt  to  ch  urn  more  at  once.  I  can  skim 
and  wash  one  of  our  pans  in  30  minutes— 
some  claim  they  can  do  it  in  30,  but  I  cannot ; 
there  is  no  handling  of  the  milk  ;  it  is  carried 
to  its  receptacle  remote  from  the  milk  room, 
and  the  men  can  use  it  when  they  choose.  It 
seems  to  me  that  there  is  the  least  possible 
work  in  taking  care  of  the  milk  by  the  use  of 
these  pans,  and  the  butter  is  as  nice  as  1  ever 
tasted.  V  e  have  made  10, 1)00  pounds  in  June 
from  the  milk  of  33  cows  (we  have  now  34, 
but  have  been  fatting  calves,  so  that  we  only 
had  the  milk  of  32). 


A  V  ermont  paper  says  It  is  frequently 
objected  to  the  use  of  Jerseys  and  their 
grades,  that  although  they  are  valuable  for 
the  dairy,  a  common  farmer  cannot  afford  to 
grow  stock  which  will  not  be  useful  for  the 
butcher  when  its  dairy  days  are  over.  This 
implies  that  the  Jerseys  do  not  fatten  well, 
an  opinion  for  which  there  is  not  the  slightest 
foundation.  A  good  Jersey,  so  long  as  she  is 
milking,  turns  her  fat  into  the  pail  to  that 
degree  that  she  looks  like  a  rack  of  bones  ; 
but  when  she  ceases  milking  she  does  not 
lose  her  appetite,  nor  does  she  waste  the  fat- 
producing  elements  of  her  food.  On  the 
contrary,  she  stores  them  away  in  a  rich, 
highly-colored,  and  well-flavored  deposit, 
that  makes  much  better  beef  than  can  be 
obtained  from  uny  other  cow  of  her  age  or 
size. 


<  oncerned,  and  the  whole  proceeding  was 
carried  out  in  a  strictly  honest  and  straight¬ 
forward  manner,  extending  even  to  the  cur- 
mg  of  the  two  samples  of  cheese.  And  it 
'•vas  found  that  the  whey-fed  milk  not  only 
made  the  most  green  cheese,  but  that  the 
difference  in  weight  wus  maintained  during 
the  jjroceas  of  curing. 

ihis  experiment  silenced  complaint  in  that 
neighborhood;  and  yet  it  does  not  prove 
that  whey- fed  milk  will  make  any  more 
cheese— or  even  so  much— as  grass-fed  milk, 
the  test  should  have  beeu  made  with  tho 
same  cows  and  under  favoral  >lo  circumstances 
as  to  a  sufficient  supply  of  grass.  And  it 
must  be  observed  that  in  this  experiment 
t  le  manufacturer's  cows  were  a  choice  lot, 
vHijJe  among  them  were  several  farrow  cows 
'vhieh  were  giving  an  extra  rich  milk.  All 
things  being  equal,  whey-fed  cows  may,  and 
probably  will  give  more  milk  than  when  the 


NOTES  FOR  HERDSMEN 


io  Make  a  Cow  Millc  Easy , — Always  let 
your  cow,  or  cows,  go  dry  in  the  down  sign 
of  tho  moon,  that  is  when  the  moon  is  taken 
off.  A  siue  result  follows.  Try  it.— Fran- 
sana  Lour,  Frederick  Co.,  Md. 

Stock  Poisoned  tvith,  Buckeye,  L.  D  IIoit, 
Livingstou,  Ala.,  says,  may  be  relieved  by 
feeding  the  affected  animals  freely  with  cot¬ 
ton  eeod.  It  should  be  begun  at  once  after 
poisoning  and  continued  several  days. 


Producing  Sexes  at  Will— M.  T.  Rolovt 
Renville  Co.,  Minn.,  writes  tho  Farmers5 
union :  “  I  can  give  yon  a  rule  which  has 
proved  almost  unexceptional  with  me  fur  the 
last  five  years.  This  year  my  three  calves 
were  all  heifers.  Have  the  female  served 
with  the  male  as  soon  as  possible  after  com¬ 
ing  in  heat  for  a  female,  and  vice  versa  for  a 
male.  You  will  not  miss  your  calculation 


Live  stock  in  japan 


In  place  of  iron  shoes,  the  horses  are  shod 
with  straw  ones,  which  scarcely  lust  longer 
than  a  day,  and  are  then  throwu  away  to  be 
replaced  by  fresh  ones.  Herds  and  flocks 
are  not  common  in  Japan.  This  is  readily 


away  of  so  much  wood  increases  the  growth 
of  numerous  shoots  and  renders  constant 
after-thinning  a  necessity.  When  an  orchard 
is  grazed,  the  stock  naturally  lie  in  the  shade 
during  hot  weather,  and  of  course,  the  trees 
benefit  from  the  constant  evacuations,  being 
thicker  where  the  roots  gain  nourishment. 

1  have  tlie  present  summer  some  yearling 
heifers  lying  in  the  orchard,  and  they  nave 
done  most  extraordinarily  well;  for,  although 
the  pasture  is  very  bare,  many  people  sup¬ 
pose  meal  or  other  food  is  given  in  addition 
to  the  grass ;  at  the  same  time  the  apples 


or  accumulate  such  an  amount  of  wax  upon 
it  as  to  frustrate  all  her  efforts.  When  the 
old  queen  has  peacefully  departed  the  new 
one  is  set  free.  What  makes  this  fact  more 
extraordinary  is,  that  usually  the  workers 
have  never  seen  the  birth  of  a  queen  or  a  per¬ 
fect  female  before  ;  their  hive  has  known 
but  one  queen,  and  yet  they  anticipate  and 
guard  against  till  the  dangers  likely  to  arise 
from  a  second.  (Jan  it  be  that  these  creatures 
do  the  right  thing  at  the  right  time  con¬ 
sciously  by  means  of  any  faculty  similar  to 
our  reason. 


KIDNEY  WOHMB  IN  SWINE 


AGASSIZ  ON  HONEY  BEES. 


A  correspondent  of  the  National  Live 
Stock  Journal,  commenting  upon  an  article 
previously  published  in  relation  to  this  trouble 
in  swine,  says  In  regard  to  rubbing  ‘  pores,' 
open  on  the  inside  of  a  swine’s  fore-legs, 
and  then  filling  them  with  lard,  you  ask, 

“  What  good  purpose  is  served  by  such  a 
process?”  Let  me  say,  1  understand  that 
their  secretions  are  not  wholly  soluble  in 
water — even  with  the  addition  of  soap— but 
that,  they  may  be  in  lard,  or  soft  grease  of 
any  kind.  In  the  same  way,  when  our  hands 
get  pitched  or  tarred  badly,  we  use  lard  in 
combination  with  soap,  the  two  acting  to¬ 
gether  us  a  solvent  better  than  either  separ¬ 
ately.  It  is  the  same  with  grease  heels  in 
horses.  It  is  almost  impossible  to  remove 
the  secretion  with  soap  and  water,  but  if, 
afltr  being  washed,  a  mixture  of  one  part 
verdigris  and  ten  parts  lard  is  rubbed  in, 
the  scabs  fall  off  in  a  few  hours.  And,  by 
the  way,  the  mixture.  I  have  made  is  one  of 
the  best  and  safest  of  all  applications  for 
grease  heels.  All  this  for  nothing. 

And  now  about  feeding  arsenic  to  hogs. 
Ilogs,  like  dogs,  •omit  readily,  and  therefore, 
no  dose  will  kill  them,  except  in  unusual 
conditions  of  the  stomach.  To  feed  a  tea 
spoonful  of  arsenic  is  the  sheerest  folly,  ii 
Mr.  G.  desires  to  kiU  kidney  worms,  let  him 
feed  live  grains  at  a  time,  once  a  day,  for  a 
week.  Under  such  a  course  the  system  be 
comes  arsenteieed,  just  as  after  the  use  of 


FACTS  UPON  MONEY  BEES. 

In  a  recent  lecture  Professor  Agassiz  said, 
in  reference  to  honey  bees,  the  bee  hive  con¬ 
sists,  when  iu  full  activity,  of  one  queen,  sev¬ 
eral  hundred  drones  and  many  thousand 
working  bees.  These  constitute  a  community 
by  which  a  combined  system  of  labor  is  car¬ 
ried  on  transcending  in  many  respects  trie 
most  complicated  actions  of  man  himself. 
Their  structure  shows  no  organ  similar  to 
those  by  which  the  mental  functions  are 
manifested  in  the  higher  animals  and  in  man. 
They  have  no  brain  proper,  nor  docs  their 
nervous  system  correspond  in  any  way  to 
that  of  the  vertebrates.  In  all  vertebrates 
tiie  solid  front  mass  of  the  nervous  system 
which  we  call  the  brain  is  prolonged  back 
ward  into  a  long  curd,  known  as  the  spinal 
marrow,  from  which  many  nervous  threads 
arise  and  branch,  spreading  through  the 
whole  organization.  Tliabrain  and  the  spinal 


TOADS  AND  BEES, 


F.  Glasgow,  8t.  Louis  Co,,  Mo.,  writes  to 
tiie  Bee  Keepers’  Magazine  : — 1  have  read 
that  toads  do  little  or  no  damage  to  the  bee 
keeper,  but  I  lately  found  several  on  the 
front  board  of  my  hives,  and  one  J  watched, 
and  within  fifteen  minutes  saw  him  cat.  four 
Italians  and  two  (lies  ;  then  i  executed  and 
dissected  him,  and  found  Ids  stomach  per¬ 
fectly  crammed  with  Italian  workers.  'lids 
was  a  very  small  toad,  and  I  suppose  could 
not  have  had  less  than  twelve  bees  in  liis 
stomach.  A  toad  twice  as  large  would  likely 
cut  twenty-four  bees,  and  three  meals  a  day 
(1  think  1  am  right)  makes  scveiily- 
two  bees  for  one  toad  in  a  day,  and  a  g 
small  family  of  four  would  make  xV 
away  with  iW8  bees  a  day.  Pretty 
stiff.  Perhaps  my  calculation  may  rl 
be  too  high  about  his  three  meals  a 
day,  but  I  am  certain  that  when  a  toad  finds 
how  easy  it  is  to  get  his  meals  at  t  he  entrance 
of  a  bee  hive  lie  won’t  look  for  bugs  or 
worms.  But  the  most  serious  thing  they  can 
do  is  to  gobble  up  the  young  queens  in  re¬ 
turning  home  from  their  bridal  trip.  Let 
those  who  ha  ve  their  hives  near  tlic  ground 
look  out  l’or  toads. 


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BKLl’VAIM U8TINU  TU1G10  MKABUHKK. 
compare  favorably  with  another  orchard  not 
grazed,  and  are  better  than  iu  a  third  one 
which  has  been  mowed. 

Although  experience  of  over  twenty  years 
in  England  proves  grazing  decidedly  prefer¬ 
able,  yet  nearly  the  same  length  of  observa¬ 
tion  ou  this  continent  has  failed  to  allow  of 
writing  confidently,  because  there  have  uot 
been  opportunities  for  proving  the  good  ef¬ 
fects  of  continued  grazing,  as  the  American 
farmers  are  so  given  to  use  the  plow  on  old 
grass  to  what  the  English  farmers  arc.  It 
would  in-  well  for  farmers  to  state  tlielr  ox 
porioneo.  in  this  respect  for  crops  of  any  kind; 
besides  grass  is  a] it  to  fail  in  returning  much 
for  growing  in  the  shade,  and  the  work  of 
cultivation  and  harvesting  Is  greater. 

Workengf  Farmer. 


SELF-ADJUSTING  TREE-MEASURER 


The  accompanying  illustration  shows  an 
instrument  now  used  for  measuring  the  bight 
of  trees,  It  is  called  a  ‘‘self  adjusting  oc¬ 
tant.”  it  is  made  of  brass,  and  it  will  be 
seen  that  it  forms  a  right-angled  triangle, 
two  sides  of  which,  A  F  and  F  K,  are  equal  ; 
the  other  side,  A  1*J,  is  furnished  with  ‘‘a 
sight,”  D,  exactly  like  that  on  the  barrel  of  a 
rillc.  A  brass  pin,  (J,  is  passed  through  tiie 
plate,  at  such  a  point  that  when  the  plate  is 
balanced  ou  this  piece,  between  the  linger 
and  thumb  (for  which  purpose  the  left  hand 
with  the  knuckles  down  is  found  most  con¬ 
venient),  the.  side  A  F  shall  be  perfectly  hori¬ 
zontal,  the  long  edge  then  falls  into  an  angle 
Of  45"  to  the  horizon,  and  the  observer  (allow¬ 
ing  the  octant  to  swing  Irccly  by  the  piece 
between  his  finger  and  thumb)  looks  along 
the  long  side,  through  the  hole  in  the  heel 
sight,  advancing  or  retiring  till  tiie  top  spray 
of  tiie  tree  is  in  Hue  with  the  sight.  The  dis¬ 
tance  then  from  the  place  where  he  stands  to 
the  point  vertically  beneath  the  spray,  plus 
the  bight  of  his  eye  from  the  ground,  is 
exactly  equal  to  the  bight  of  the  spray  from 
Lin-  ground,  provided  (  lie  ground  is  level ; 
and  on  one  side  or  anot  her,  level  ground  may 
generally  bo  selected. 


TRANSFER  OF  DISEASE  FROM  CION 
TO  STOCK. 


PIG-PEN  PAPERS 


Some  twelve  months  ago  my  attention  was 
directed  to  a  tree  having  golden  foliage, 
which  surpassed  anything  of ‘the  sort  I  bad 
over  seen  for  richness  of  color  und  effect. 
On  examination  I  found  it  to  be  a  Horae 
Chestnut,  evidently  suffering  from  disease, 
caused  cither  by  soil  or  situation.  In  July 
last  1  got  some  buds  from  it  and  worked 
them  on  some  young  trees,  at  about  three  or 
four  feet  from  the  ground,  a  number  of  which 
have  failed  ;  but,  strange  to  say,  many  of  the 
stocks  have  produced  foliage  exactly  like 
that  of  the  parent  of  the  cion,  though  the 
buds  themselves  are  dead.  I  cannot  say 
whether  or  not  the  -  tucks  in  which  the  buds 
are  growing  arc  similarly  affected,  as  It  iu 
not  usual  to  let  such  stocks  produce  foliage, 
nor  can  I  see  any  signs  of  the  yellow  color  in 
the  growing  buds.  My  opinion  is  that  many 
of  the  buds  bad  not  vitality  enough  to  keep 
them  alive  through  the  winter,  but  that  dur¬ 
ing  their  short  period  of  existence  they  man¬ 
aged  in  some  way  to  impart  the  variegation 
to  the  stock,  and  that  iu  case  of  tiie  growing 
buds  they  may  have  been  more  vigorous,  and 
by  the  help  of  the  stock  may  have  outgrown 
the  variegation  altogether.  Another  curious 
tiling  connected  with  the  matter  is  (but  there 


Milk  Killing  I /ops.  —  J.  Fuller  asks— 
“Will  the  milk  of  a  new  milch  cow  kill  hogs  ? 
1  lost  one,  and  know  of  nothing  else  that 
could  have  killed  it.”  We  never  knew  of  an 
instance  where  wc  supposed  it  had  such  an 
effect. 


queen,  aim  some  uiousanus  oi  wonting  ooes 
or  undeveloped  females,  some  hundreds  of 
males  or  drones.  This  is  the  normal  combi 
nation  in  the  community,  and  hives  so  organ¬ 
ized  may  survive  and  keep  together  for  many 
years.  There  are  reports  of  hives  a  century 
old.  This  is,  probably  an  exaggeration,  for 
bee  hives  twenty  years  old  are  rare,  and  they 
do  not  often  survive  more  than  seven,  eight 
or  perhaps  ten  years.  When  1  speak  of  the 
life  of  a  bee  liivo  l  do  not  mean  to  say  that 
tihe  individuals  eomjiosilig  it  live  together  for 
that  length  of  time,  indeed,  a  queen  rarely 
lives  beyond  three  or  four  years  ;  one  of  sev 
en  yearn  is  seldom  seen,  while  the  males 
never  survive  the  summer  in  whicli  they  are 
born,  and  t  he  working  bees  die  gradually  and 
arc  replaced  by  now  ones.  But  the  hive  as  a 
community  holds  together  for  a  longer  period, 
being  constantly  renewed  by  tiie  process  of 
reproduction,  and  conies  at  last  like  a  human 
settlement,  to  consist  of  u  variety  of  individ¬ 
uals  born  at  different  times. 

QUEEN  BEES. 

When  a  swarm  breaks  off  from  an  old 
community  to  form  anew  colony  the  division 
is  generally  due  to  the  appearance  of  anew 
queen.  The  queen  bee,  usually  quite  con¬ 
tented  with  her  lot,  watching  over  her  prog¬ 
eny,  active  and  patient  in  the  care  of  her 
eggs,  furious  if  a  rival  arises  in  the  hive.  She 
pounces  upon  her  and  they  sometimes  fight, 
to  the  death.  So  well  is  Ibis  understood  in 
the  liivo  that  the  workers  take  care  to  pre¬ 
vent  such  conflicts  by  holding  back  the  new 
queen  just  ready  to  be  hatched  from  her 
royal  cell  till  the  bees  have  swarmed.  At 
such  a  time  the  workers  will  stand  by  the 
coll  out  of  which  u  queen  is  to  be  born,  ascer¬ 
tain  iiow  far  her  transformation  is  com¬ 
pleted,  and  should  there  be  a  disposition  of 
the  young  queen  shortly  to  creep  out  they 
increase  the  deposit  of  wax  upon  the  lid 
which  shuts  the  cell,  thus  preventing  the 
egress  of  the  royal  prisoner.  If  she  tries  to 
break  through  or  attempts  to  gnaw  her  way 
out,  the  workers  crowd  around  the  opening 


DIOSCOREA  BATATAS 


pupae  /  Will  they  endure  the  climate  ol  tins 
region  ?  1  am  of  the  impression  that  varie¬ 
ties  similar  to  the  sweet  potato,  in  tuber  and 
manner  of  growth,  may  bo  produced,  and 
wish  to  make  some  experiments.—  H.  Wan 

ford,  Wilson,  N.  Y. 

We  cannot  answer  our  correspondent  as  to 
where  and  at  what  price  those  plants  can  he 
obtained.  Nor  are  we  certain  that  they  will 
thrive  in  Niagara  Co.  We  once  planted  some 


PASTURING  ORCHARDS, 


In  England  almost  every  orchard  Hes  in 
permanent  grass,  and  those  that  ojc  annually 
grazed  with  sheep  or  only  some  calves  lying 


GARDENER’S  NOTES, 


Wages  of  Gardeners  in  Neui  York. — Peter 
Henderson  states  that  the  rates  in  the  vicin 
ity  of  New  York  vary  for  single  men  from 
to  $00  per  month  and  board,  and  for  mar¬ 
ried  men  from  $35  to  $75,  with  house  to  live 
in.  The  uverage  of  the  former  may  be  giv¬ 
en  us  $40  per  month  and  board,  of  the  latter 
at  $50  per  month  and  house.  The  grading  of 
price  paid  of  course  is  in  the  ratio  of  ability , 
or  amount  of  charge  to  be  taken. 

il  Blue  Peter  "  /  Vex.— From  live  quarts  of 
“Blue  Peter”  1  shelled  two  quarts  of  peas, 
and  have  peas  two  inches  high  to-day  (July 
14).  from  seed  raised  tins  year.  Will  they 
i-ii.en  and  be  as  good  to  sow  next  spring  as 
Ee  from  the.  first  sowing  ?- Gardener, 
Greenville,  Pa-  .  - 

We  know  of  no  reason  why  they  should 
not.  We  always  depend  upon  the  second 
crop  for  our  seed. 


MONOGRAM. 

with  them — and  the  animals  well  fed  in  the 
winter — will  give  more,  fruit  and  cause  the 
trees  to  prosper  better  than  if  cultivated  with 
the  plow.  The  droppings  and  urine  from  tiie 
live  stock,  when  an  orchard  is  grazed,  mature 
Che  roots  of  tiie  trees  quite  as  well  as  the  ap¬ 
plication  of  manure  by  hauling  it  thereto. 
There  is  much  less  pruning  hi  farmers’  or 
chards  of  apple  trees,  and  they  last  longer, 
which  is  partly  attributable  to  the  climate, 
as  the  wood  grows  slower ;  but  the  cutting 


MONOGRAM. 

is  not  the  least  trace  of  variegation  in  tiie 
foliage  of  any  one  of  the  stocks  below  the 
incision  made  at.  the  timo  of  budding. — //. 
House,  in  Garden. 


W.  H.  Ragan,  a  prominent  horticulturist 
of  (Jlayton,  hid.,  says  tiie  Early  May  or  Rich¬ 
mond  cherry,  worked  on  Morello  stocks,  are 
injured  much  more  than  those  on  their  own 
roots  or  on  Mahaleb  stocks, 


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AMS,  2 


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SHAD-FISHING  WITH  A  FLY. 

A  SPORTSMAN  went  to  Hnlyoko  to  fish  for 
shad  with  Hies.  We  make  the  following  ex¬ 
tract  from  his  letter  to  the  Journal  of  Com¬ 
merce,  telling  of  his  success  : 

“  What  (lies  do  shad  tako  ?” 

This  was  a  grand  question.  One  man  had 
said  they  would  only  take  a  white  moth. 
Another  had  shown  us  a  nondescript  fly  with 
dark,  woodcock  wings,  and  of  tolerably  largo 
body,  black,  with  a  black  hackle  and  tail. 
Another  had  shown  us  a  lly  with  a  dark  yel¬ 
low  body  and  golden  pheasant  wings.  All 
these  wore  large  flics,  and  each  of  our  in¬ 
formants  had  said  his  was  the  only  fly  to 
be  used. 

I  had  flies  similar  to  each,  and  I  made  up  a 
cast  of  three,  and  having  crossed  the  river 
toward  the  South  Hadley  side,  and  anchored 
the  boat  in  the  tail  of  the  rapid  west  of  an  i 
old  bridge  pier,  1  began  diligent  casting.  It  I 
was  of  no  use.  Wo  saw  breaks  of  large  flsh 
in  the  rapids,  but  we  could  not  touch  them. 

I  changed  my  flies  again  and  again,  going 
through  ii  well-stocked  book.  We  changed 
our  position,  Ashing  various  rapids,  for  the 
river  was  low  and  flowed  under  the  bridge 
in  several  distinct  channels.  The  day  wore 
on,  dark  and  cloudy,  and  in  every  way  suited 
to  angling,  but  at  one  o’clock  I  had  not  seen 

a  shad,  and  T - had  only  taken  a  black  bass 

and  a  largo  dace. 

And  now  1  noticed  a  singular  occurrence., 
which  I  a  m  persuaded  will  seem  to  fly-fl.sher- 
moii  a ,  ludicrous  as  it  did  to  mo.  Several 
persons  came  out  on  the  lofty  bridge  twenty- 
five  or  thirty  feet,  above  the  water  and  low¬ 
ered  their  lines  to  the  rapids,  which  carried 
them  down  stream,  so  that  they  were  actual 
ly  fishing  with  hand-linos  two  hundred  feet, 
long,  each  line  with  flics  on  the  end.  Think 
of  it,  I  Fly-Ashing  with  a  hand  line  two  hun¬ 
dred  feet  long  I  But  this  gave  me  a  hint.  If 
t  hey  take  shad  in  that  way  I  may  as  well 
save  my  arms  and  stop  casting.  Ho  i  said  to 
myself,  “I  will  change  the  flies  once  more, 
and  now  try  very  small  flies,  and  let  them 
trail  down  and  across  the  current,.”  I  ac¬ 
cordingly  put  on  for  the  first  bobber  a  very 
email  fly,  pure  lemon  color,  body  and  wings 
and  tall ;  for  second  bobber,  a  green  drake 
of  the  same  size  ;  for  tail  fly,  a  dark  blue 
body  with  dun  wings  tame  size.  Those  wero 
till  trout,  (lies,  all  very  small,  and  tied  on  tin- 
most,  delicate  gut.  As  1  threw  the  cost  down 
stream,  just  in  the  tail  of  the  rapid,  the  first 
bobber  was  struck  wit  h  a  sharp  rush  by  a 
heavy  llsh.  He  did  not  show  above  water, 
but  took  the  fly  head  on,  and  wont  away 
with  a  gentle  swing.  The  question  was  an¬ 
swered.  1  had  seen  it  with  my  own  eyes, 
felt  it,  with  iny  own  hands,  and  as  I  said  this 
to  myself —lie  made  a  long,  swift  rush,  and 
then  u)>  into  the  air  he  went  gleaming  in  sil 
ver  and  purple,  a  noble  shad.  Then  ensued 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  struggles  I  have 
ever  known  with  a  fish.  He  was  full  of  life, 
rushed  up  against,  the  current,  down  stream 
with  it,  now  across  and  back,  now  diving  for 
deep  water,  always  on  the  move,  now  and 
then  out  of  water  showing  bis  broad,  white 
side  us  ho  swerved  and  swung  around  the 
boat  on  ilfty  feet,  of  line,  coming  in  with 
great  unwillingness,  and  yielding  only  after 
iiftoen  minutes  of  fair  light. 

Do  you  know  the  bounty  of  the  shad  when 
fresh  caught  ?  This,  my  first  shad  taken  on 
a  fly,  as  I  lifted  him  in  the  landing  net, 
seemed  to  me  the  most  gorgeous  flsh  I  had 
ever  seen.  Ills  back  was  irridesccnt  with 
every  color  known  to  the  eye,  and  his  sides 
white  as  snow. 

I  east  again  and  let  the  line  pay  out  ilfty  or 
sixty  foot,  ami  moved  the  rod  gently  from 
side  to  side  to  give  the  flies  a  cant  across  the 
current,  in  less  than  three  minutes  I  had  a 
gentle  touch,  not  unlike  the  nibble  of  a  fish, 
and  a  short  but  easy  stroke  instantly  booked 
him.  He  took  the  tail  fly,  the  block  and 
blue.  He  was  a  six-pound  fish,  more  active 
and  lively  than  the  first.  It  was  full  fifteen 
and  I  think  over  twenty  minutes  bofore  I 
could  bring  him  t,o  the  landing  net.  it  had 
been  raining  quite  briskly  when  these  two 
fish  rose,  and  now  it  had  ceased.  Fifteen 
minutes  more  passed  before  it  began  to  rain 
again,  and  then  a  sharp  stroke,  suddenly 
followed  by  another,  puzzled  me,  until  I  saw 
that  two  shad  had  risen,  one  liaving  taken 
the  lemon,  and  t  he  other  the  green  drake, 

I  hus  all  three  flies  had  done  service,  and 
after  that  1  did  not  make  any  change,  but 
went  on  taking  lish  on  thiH  cast  untiJ  about 
four  o'clock,  when  it  was  necessary  to  leave 
for  the  return  home. 

I  can  assure. the  angler  that  there  is  no 


better  sport  than  the  action  of  a  shad  on  a 
fly-rod.  His  fight  is  the  perfect  poetry  of 
motion.  T  never  saw  a  more  beautiful  pic¬ 
ture  than  was  presented  when  T - hud  one 

on  his  little  Norris  rod,  and  the  angry  fish 
went  into  the  air  again  and  again  and  again. 

If  shod  rise  to  the  fly  at  Holyoke,  why  not 
elsewhere  y  I  see  no  reason  why  they  should 
not  bo  taken  as  well  at  t  he  railroad  bridge  a  t 
Warehouse  Point,  near  Hartford,  or  in  the 
Hudson,  Delaware,  Potomac  and  other  riv¬ 
ers.  1  am  inclined  to  think  any  small  files 
will  prove  successful,  but  my  experience  of 
m.  single  day  would  lead  me  to  recommend 
yellow  colors  in  on©  or  two  of  them.  I  have 
no  doubt  that  any  fly-fisherman  of  expnriertcoi 
may  go  to-morrow  to  Holyoke  and  lish  in  the* 
evening  and  the  following  morning,  and  kill 
thirty  or  forty  shad.  Perhaps  It.  is  get, ting 
late  in  the  season.  Next  June  1  have  no 
doubt  hundreds  will  enjoy  thn  sport,  and  as 
the  river  is  wide  and  there  is  plenty  of  room 
for  all  the  rods  that  may  come,  the  sport  will 
probably  be  lively 

l  have,  written  tills  letter  for  the  informa¬ 
tion  of  brother  anglers,  who,  I  have  no 
doubt,  will  be  glad  to  have  the  question 
definitely  Answered  by  my  assurance  that  I 
have  killed  shad  with  the  fly  and  that  it 
is  worth  doing. 


and  to  repent  the  colors,  instead  of  varying 
them,  upoi:  each  tier  of  their  vases.  The 
most  artistic  decorations  that  have  come 
under  my  observation  have  been  produced 
either  with  flowers  of  the  same  colors  that 
occur  in  the  lowest  tier  being  replaced  by 
smaller  and  smaller  flowers  of  the  same  color, 
in  the  succeeding  upper  tiers,  or  (if  smaller 
flowers  fire  not  attainable)  by  paler  shades  in 
I  bo  upper  tiers  of  the  colors  used  below, 
riiis  vaso  for  the  Shah’s  room  presented 
illustrations  of  both  these  principles  com 
billed, —  IV.  T.  in  Garden. 


flcrntalffgmtl. 


BARONNE  DE  MAYNARD  ROSE. 


J.  Wright,  in  Cottage  Gardener,  says  ; 
‘  As  a  general  garden  decorative  rose,  this 


SPORTSMEN’S  NOTES. 

Manyr  an  Dogn.— Two  parts  olive  oil,  one 
part,  spirits  turpentine,  and  enough  flour  of 
sulphur  to  make  it.  yellow,  well  rubbed  in,  is 
a  specific  for  mange  on  dogs. — a. 

A  Dip-Nut. — Will  you,  or  some  of  youi 
Rural  readers,  inform  me  how  to  tie  a  dip- 
net,  and  what  size  to  make  it  ?— Philetuh 
Wakefield. 


(Jjiariqitititiptl. 


A  VASE  OF  FLOWERS  FOR  THE  SHAH. 


On  the  occasion  of  the  visit  of  this  “at¬ 
tractive  celebrity”  to  the  Crystal  Palace  on 
the  :t(lt,h  of  June,  the  private  rooms  appropri¬ 
ated  to  Royalty  were  nicely  decorated  with 
flowering  plants  by  Mr.  Laino  of  the  Hlan- 
sted  Nursery,  Forest  Hill,  and  with  a  number 
of  vases,  very  tastefully  a  rranged  by  a  young 
lady  of  the.  neighborhood,  well  known  among 
amateur  exhibitors  at  the  Crystal  Palace 
Flower  Shows.  A  mong  them,  that  selected 
for  the  center  table  in  the  Shah’s  private 
room  especially  merits  a  record.  The  vase 
chosen  was  composed  of  four  tall  .rumpets 
standing  In  a  glass  dish,  the  centre  trumpet 
being  taller  than  the  other  three  which  sur 
rounded  it,  and  curved  away  from  it.  In  the 
dish  wore  four  flneblomnsof  crimson  Cactus 
alternately  with  large  flowers  »f  white  Water 
Lily  ;  these  were  set.  oil  with  a  few  fronds  of 
Maiden  hair,  judiciously  placed,  in  each  of 
the  three  curved  trumpets  was  a  flower  of  a 
fine  white  fjilium  (in  form  and  color  interme¬ 
diate  between  nuriitim  and  L.  cnndiuntn) 
in  which  the  deep  yellow  of  the  eye  of  the 
Nymplmn  was  sparingly  repeated.  Around 
each  (AUwn  were  a  few  blooms  of  blue  Corn¬ 
flower,  among  which  peeped  out  two  little 
pieces  of  Kalommthes  cncdnta,  of  the.  same 
color  as  the  Cactus  below.  The  tallest  trum¬ 
pet  was  dressed  with  white  Rhodanthn, 


umbrella-shaped  tree  cover. 


mixed  with  two  or  three  paler  blue  Corn¬ 
flowers  and  a  little  grass,  and  edged  with 
small  sprays  of  little  orimson-tubed  yellow - 
mouthed  Echevarria.  The  stems  wore  twined 
with  climbing  Fern  ( Lygodium  japonicum), 
and  between  the  three  curved  stems  stood  up 
three  well-chosen  pieces  of  w hit©  Rhodanthe. 
The  whole  formed  one  of  the  best  specimens 
of  floral  arrangements  1  have  evor  seen,  the 
flower*  being  of  the  best  quality  and  in  the 
best  condition,  and  the  grouping  being  fault¬ 
less.  I  wish  that  decorators  could  be  induced 
generally  to  use  fewer  colors  in  their  vases, 


PYRAMIDAL  TREE  COVER. 

Quite  heads  the  list,  in  my  opinion,  among 
the  whit  es.  It  is  an  easy  and  free  grower,  is 
less  susceptible  of  rose  ailments  than  many  of 
its  neighbors  and  is  au  exceedingly  free 
bloomer.  It.  ought  l.o  be  in  every  garden 
where  roses,  and  especially  white  ones,  urn 
cherished  ;  and  who  would  not  cherish  them, 
mul  who  does  not  covet  them,  both  to  tone 
down  and  bring  out  the  richer  colors  by  the. 
force  of  innate  purify  and  vivid  contrast,  i 
My  attention  was  first  drawn  to  this  variety 
by  my  employer,  who  tnice*  the  opportunity 
of  seeing  nli  old  and  new  roses  both  at  the 
principal  exhibitions  and  In  my  gardens.  He 
has  long  pronounced  it  the  host  white  rose, 
and  up  to  the  present  time  stands  by  it  firm 
ly,  and  I  as  firmly  believe  In-  is  right.  It.  is 
not,  however,  an  exhibition  rose.  It  lacks 
the  build  and  cup-like  contour  to  take  its 
place  amidst  a  group  of  perfect  cut  blooms. 
Plant  it,  however,  in  the  garden,  and  a  lady 
armed  with  a  pair  of  scissors  and  engaged  in 
decorating  her  room  will  never  pass  it  by, 
On  that  recommendation  [  am  content  to 
leav it,  because  it  shows  as  plainly  as  any¬ 
thing  can  do  that  a  garden  is  ineomplede 
without  a  plant,  or  plants  of  Baronno  de 
Maynard,  the  beat  early  and  late  white  rose. 

I  should  like  to  see  a  large  bed  or  hedge  of 
this  and,  say*  General  Jacqueminot  alter¬ 
nately  planted.  The  effect  could  not  fail  to 
bo  exceedingly  line, 

- - - 

GALVANIZED  TREE  AND  SHRUB  COV¬ 
ERS. 

We  give  illustrations  of  contrivances  for 
Protecting  fruit  trees  when  in  flower,  from 
spring  frosts,  by  throwing  a  tiffany  cover 
over  them  ;  or  they  may  be  used  to  protect 
small  trees  from  birds  during  the  fruiting 
season,  I  hey  are  made  of  various  sizes  ; 
and  are  light  and  elegant,  in  appearance, 
Covered  with  tiffany  or  with  oiled  paper, 
these  covers  may  also  bo  used  to  protect, 
Rose  blooms  for  exhibition,  and  other  flor- 
ist’s  flowers,  ms  they  can  be  used  with  stakes 
of  any  length  ;  or  even  without  stakes  in  the 
case  of  dwarf  plants  requiring  temporary 
protection.  When  not  in  use  as  fruit-tree 
protectors,  they  might  be  utilised  ns  trellises 
on  which  to  train  half-hardy  or  hardy  climb* 
ing  annuals,  such  as  Tropujolums,  Convol¬ 
vulus,  Canary  flower,  or  for  climbing  green¬ 
house  or  lmrdy  shrubs.  A  glance  at  the 
accompanying  illustrations  will  show  how 
these  contrivances  are  applied. 


APRICOTS  IN  CENTRAL  ILLINOIS. 

W.  C.  Flagg,  after  experimenting  ten 
years  with  apricots,  finds  the  Early  Golden 
and  Breda  hardiest,  and  healthiest.  The  lat, 
ter  is  rather  smaller  mid  some  days  later  than 
the  other,  and,  to  our  taste,  notquitcso  good. 
Much  larger  and  liner  flavored  is  the  Moor 
park,  but  it  tends  to  Notch,  apparently  with 
some  kinds  of  fungus,  and  in  wet,  weather  to 
crack  open  and  conduct  itself  like  some  of 
our  white  peaches. 

Tn  the  Prairie  Farmer  Mr.  Flagg  gives  a 
list  of  upricuts  ripening  in  succession  : 

French. — Abricotin,  end  of  June;  Musch, 
middle  of  July;  Gros  St.  Joan,  end  of  July; 
Gros  Rouge  Hat  if,  July  and  August;  Albcr- 
gievde  Montagnmot,  July  end  August;  Gros 
Commune,  beginning  of  August;  Vieard,  be¬ 
ginning  of  August;  Pnurrett,  middle  of  Au 
gust;  Royal,  middle  of  August;  Peach,  end 
oi  August;  Do  Versailles,  end  of  August; 
Bcauge,  beginning  of  September. 

Downing,—  Red  Masculine,  end  of  June; 
Must  h  MuSch,  middle  of  July;  Largo  Early, 
end  ol  July;  Largo  Red;  July  and  August; 
Mon  tagamet;,  July  and  August;  Royal,  mid 
die  of  August;  Peach,  end  of  August;  Beaugc, 
beginning  of  September. 

Hus  list,  covers  two  months,  during  one  of 
Which  the  peach  is  hardly  a  competitor,  and 
suggests  the  possibility  of  covering  the  period 
from  the  latter  end  of  June  until  the  end  of 
July  with  this  delicious  stone  fruit.  With 
special  culture,  it  seems  to  us  that  it  can  be 
made  profitable. 

Du  Breitil  recommends  the  growing  of 
them  us  seedlings,  because  lie  finds  the  seed 
lings  more  vigorous  and  longer  lived,  and 
states  that  the  Red  Masculine,  Montagamel, 
and  the  Peach  re  produce  themselves  from 
seed. 

- - - . 

RASPBERRIES  FROM  SEED. 

I  wish  some  one  to  inform  me  how  to  raise 
raspberries  from  seed.  I  have  tried  twice 
and  failed  ;  but  still  I  think  It  can  tic  done 
Horace  Hanford, 

Gather  the  fruit  when  fully  ripe,  and 
either  dry  and  preserve  the  seeds  in  this 
manner  until  wanted  for  planting  or  wash 
t  he  seed  from  the  pid”  cod  proserve  in  sand 
or  sow  them  limned  . ...  Hie  open  ground. 

If  sown  in  the  fall,  they  will  ge.  .ninate  early 
in  spring  and  usually  prdfluoo  canes  sufficient¬ 
ly  strong  to  fruit,  the  second  year,  if  the 
scad  is  from  a  tender  variety,  then  the  young 
plants  should  be  protected  m  winter,  either 
by  being  taken  up  and  heeled-in  or  by  bend 
ing  down  and  covering  with  soil.  It,  is  usually 
better  to  take  up  the  seedlings  in  the  fall  and 
lied  them  in  until  spring,  than  plant  again, 
cutting  them  down  ©lose  to  the.  ground  at, 
the  time.  This  will  cause  them  to  throw  up 
strong  canes  that  will  produce  fruit  the  next, 
(ilio  third)  year  in  sufficient  quantities  to  on 
able  the  grower  to  determine,  very  nearly, 
its  relative  value  to  other  kinds. 


POMOLOGICAL  GOSSIP. 

Fruitn  for  Northern  California,  I  desire 
to  ask,  through  the  column*  of  the  Rural 
New-Yorker,  if  some  person  who  has  had 
experience  in  the  matter  will  be  «o  kind  as 
to  give  a  list  of  hardy  fruits —apples,  pears, 
cherries,  <fec,,  suitable  for  Northern  Cali¬ 
fornia,  in  a  climate  subject  to  late  frosts, 
sometimes  coming  in  May  or  Jutto  and  kill 
ing  fruit  when  the  size  of  hickory  nuts,  at 
other  times  when  in  bloom  ?-  A  Subscriber, 
Quincy,  Phonon  Co.,  Cal. 

A  Western  Ponwlogic.nl  Society  is  pro¬ 
posed,  the  Kansas  Hort.  Hoc.  at  its  recent 
meeting  having  directed  its  secretary  to  cor¬ 
respond  with  the  secretaries  of  Stain  socie¬ 
ties  west  of  the  Allogh/mics,  with  a  view  to 
learning  whether  such  an  organization  can¬ 
not  bo  effected— which  means  that  the  next 
meeting  of  the  American  Homological  Society 
must  bo  hold  in  the  West  or  a  new  society 
will  be  organized. 

I'he  KiUatinny  Blackberry  is  tims  com¬ 
mended  by  a  gentleman  who  lias  had  experi¬ 
ence  growing  it  as  a  market  fruit  at  Normal, 
Ill.:— Wore  I  going  to  set  out  blackberries,  I 
should  prefer  the  Kittatinny  to  any  variety  I 
have  seen  yet,.  For  hardiness,  flavor  and 
productiveness,  and,  for  a  market  berry,  I 
think  they  have  no  equal. 

The  Caro  on  Cherry.— The  Bucks  Co.  (Pa.,) 
Intelligencer  says  the  most  popular  cherry  of 
that  region  is  the  Caroon.  It  is,  it  says, 
rather  large,  solid,  white  and  pink,  and  prob¬ 
ably  belong*  to  the  Biggareaus.  They  are 
excellent  for  eating,  baking  or  preserving. 


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giarg  of  a  Jlttralisi. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Centlema*  near  New 
York  City. 

EXHAUSTING  ASPARAGUS  BEOS. 

July  10. — Many  person?  appear  to  -think 
that  cutting  asparagus  'ias  no  exhausting 
effect  upon  the  roots.  This  idea,  however, 
s  erroneous,  for  no  pl/rnt  can  withstand  the 
successive  removal  of  the  steins  and  leaves 
fi  r  any  considerable  length  of  time.  Some 
will  bear  it  better  than  others,  and  asparagus 
is  one  possessing  great  vitality,  and,  owing 
to  its  peculiar  habit  of  producing  new  buds  at. 
the  base  of  stems  removed,  a  repetition  is 
kept  up,  and  quite  rapidly,  provided  a  great 
amount  of  stimulating  food  is  applied  to  the 
roots.  But  the  time  must  come  during  the 
season  when  the  roots  demand  a  supply  of 
assimilated  sap,  which  can  only  be  furnished 
through  the  agency  of  the  leaves.  If  the  soil  is 
made  very  rich  and  kept  so  by  an  anuuai  np- 
Jication  of  fertilizing  materials,  cutting  of  the 
young  shoots  for  a  few  weeks  in  spring  will 
have  very  little  effect  in.  weakening  the 
strength  of  the  roots,  and  an  asparagus  bed 
properly  cared  for  will  last  a  lifetime.  But 
one  season  of  abuse  in  removing  the  stems 
beyond  a  certain  period,  will  destroy  the  best 
and  most  vigorous  plantation.  !  was  re¬ 
minded  of  tills  fact  from  passing  a  neigh¬ 
bor’s  farm  upon  which  there  has  been  for 
many  years  a  huge  plantation  of  asparagus  ; 
but  to-day  it  is  dead,  scarcely  a  plant  sur¬ 
viving.  Last  year  asparagus  brought  a  good 
price  in  market,  even  up  to  very  late  in  the 
season,  and  my  neighbor,  hi  his  eagerness  to 
make  money,  continued  to  cut  the  stems 
until  the  hot  and  dry  weather  had  com¬ 
menced — the  last  of  dune  and  ilrstof  July. 

1  took  occasion  to  warn  him  of  his  folly  in 
practicing  this  late  cutting,  but  he  knew  bet¬ 
ter  and  that  you  could  not  kill  asparagus  by 
cutting  off  the  stems  while  small  and  tender. 
IILs  dead  asparagus  plantation  to-day  shows 
how  much  wisdom  thwre  was  in  his  practice. 
After  cutting  the.  young  shoots  for  a  month 
in  spring  the  growt  h  of  stems  should  be  en¬ 
couraged  as  much  as  possible. 

HONESTY  OF  FARMERS  AND  GARDENERS 

July  11.— 1  was  in  New  York  to-day  and 
had  business  in  the  markets,  where  one  has 
a  good  opportunity  of  seeing  waat  country 
people  are  doing  in  the  way  of  sending  pro¬ 
duce  to  market.  Being  a  farmer’s  sou  my¬ 
self.  and  having  lived  upon  a  farm  a  good 
share  of  my  life,  besides  being  accustomed 
to  listen  to  the  speeches  of  politicians  just  be¬ 
foreelection  as  well  as  on  the  Fourth  of  July, 
wherein  we  are  always  reminded  of  the  im¬ 
maculate  honesty  of  t  he  entire  agricultural 
community,  it  is  not  strange  that  1  should 
take  a  just  pride  in  belonging  to  thiH  class, 
but  «cc.asionai)y  something  turns  up  to  shake 
my  faith  in  the  honesty  of  farmers  and  gar¬ 
deners,  as  well  as  of  other  people.  Last  win¬ 
ter  I  purchased  a  few  bales  of  hay  that  were 
sent  dowu  to  our  station  by  one  of  the  honest 
farmers  of  Rockland  Co..  N.  Y.,  and  after  it 
was  in  my  bam  we  unpacked  it.  The  first 
thing  that  attracted  my  attention  were  the 
binders  of  wood,  which  were  green  beech, 
two  inches  square,  they  not.  only  being  the 
heaviest  wood  that  could  be  found  but  were 
twioe  as  large  as  necessary,  there  being 
twenty  pounds  of  this,  at  two  cents  per 
pound,  on  every  bale.  The  hay  appeared  to 
be  bright,  green  timothy  outside,  but  the  in¬ 
side  of  the  bales  was  mainly  half  rotten 
clover  or  wild  lowland  hay,  some  of  which 
no  animal,  unless  nearly  starved,  would 
t  meh.  I  have  never  had  much  experience  in 
purchasing  baled  hay,  but  my  city  friends 
who  have,  say  that  my  limited  experience  is* 
not  different  from  theirs.  But,  1  commenced 
to  tell  what  I  saw  to-day  in  the  store  of  a 
“commission  merchant,"  or,  as  usually  called 
of  late,  a  “swindling  middleman,"  There 
ware  crates  of  tomatoes,  all  the  outside 
specimens  that  could  be  seen  were  large,  ripe 
and  handsome,  while  the  center  of  each  was 
tilled  up  with  small,  wormy,  green,  worth¬ 
less  trash,  that  a  policeman  would  order 
dumped  into  the  garbage  carts  if  one  of  these 
“  swindling  middlemen "  dared  to  expose 
t be. a  for  sale.  These  crates  of  tomatoes ex¬ 
cited  my  curiosity,  and  I  asked  the  privilege 
of  further  investigation,  and  it  was  satisfied 
to  the  fullest  extent.  Barrels  of  potatoes 
just  received  were  opened  before  me  ;  the 
top  layers  down,  for  six  inches  or  more,  were 
large  and  line,  but  upon  dumping  them  out 
at  least  a  bushel  in  the  center  wore  not  big¬ 
ger  than  walnuts.  Barrels  of  green  cucum¬ 
bers,  filled  in  the  middle  by  wilted,  half -ripe 
specimens  from  dead  vines.  But  I  had  seen 
enough,  and  begged  my  friend  to  stop  or  I 


MOORS’S  RyVSAL  NEW-Y0B5CEB, 


■  ■  i  ~ 

would  feel  inclined  to  declare  that  the 
“  noblest  work  of  God  ”  —  an  honest  man  — 
had  long  since  departed  from  this  I'arth. 

Now,  ray  brother  farmers,  gardeners  and 
fruit  growers,  charity,  like  honesty,  must 
begin  at  home.  How  can  you  expect  others 
to  be  honest  if  you  are  not?  This  “cut¬ 
throat”  game  of  trying  to  take  advantage 
of  those  to  whom  you  sell  the  products  of 
your  farm  is  coming  back  ;  for  “chickens 
usually  come  home  to  roost,”  and  there  is  no 
escaping  the  penalty  of  dishonest  dealing 
with  our  fellow  man,  for  any  great  length  of 
time.  I  know  full  well  the  temptation  which 
besets  us,  and  that  the  honest  man  goffers 
for  the  sins  of  the  dishonest,  in  spite  of  all  his 
efforts.  The  farmers  who  send  pure  grain  to 
market  get  but  little  more  for  it  thuu  those 
who  send  that  which  is  mixed  with  cockle, 
chess  and  other  foul  seeds,  simply  because 
the  best  quality  is  required  to  mix  with  the 
inferior,  to  bring  up  the  standard  of  the 
whole.  But  because  others  cheat,  it  is  no 
excuse  for  for  you  or  me.  Men  must  be  men 
in  the  full  sense  of  the  word,  even  if  their 
purses  grow  light  in  consequence.  There  are 
scores  of  dishonest  middlemen  in  our  mar¬ 
kets,  but  1  fear  they  have  iittlo  encourage¬ 
ment  to  be  otherwise,  judging  from  my 
twenty  years’  acquaintance  with  the  mar¬ 
kets  and  market  men  of  New  York  City. 

Off  ON  AN  EXCURSION. 

July  12.  —  Yesterday,  after  my  visit  to 
market,  I  went  up  to  the  Bubal  New- 
Youkkh  office,  and  on  the  way  met  Mr.  Id. 
T.  Williams,  editor  of  the  horticulturist, 
who  has  been  getting  up  an  Editorial  Excur¬ 
sion  to  visit  Indian  Territory,  Kansas,  Colo¬ 
rado  and  Utah.  He  gave  me  a  cordial  greet¬ 
ing  and  said,  “  Old  Daily,  we  have  just  room 
for  a  couple  more  in  our  Pullman  ear,  and  we 
want,  you  and  Mrs.  *  lluralist  ’  to  fill  the 
place.”  Now,  this  invitation  to  join  the 
young  folks  on  such  a  trip  was  rather  unex¬ 
pected,  and,  of  course,  I  could  not.  decide  the 
question  without  consulting  the  wife  at 
home,  and  I  told  him  so,  but  agreed  to  report 
to-day  if  lie  would  keep  the  seats  for  us  until 
this  morning.  After  1  got  home  last  night 
Mi's.  “  Iluralist  ”  and  I  talked  the  matter 
over  and  decided  to  go.  Of  course,  my  com¬ 
mand  of  our  President’s  English  will  not  en¬ 
able  me  to  describe  the  topsy-turvy  condition 
of  things  about  the  house  tills  morning. 
Mrs.  “liurahst”  has  emptied  all  t  he  bureau 
drawers  upon  the  floor,  uud  the  picking  out 
of  woman’s  and  man’s  apparel  for  the  trip  is 
a  thing  to  be  imagined  rather  than  described. 
Of  course,  1  am  busy  with  my  fixings.  There 
are  pocket- “ pistols”  of  various  kinds  tube 
loaded  in  case  they  should  be  needed.  My 
nets  must  be  re-covered,  bottles  of  alcohol, 
ether,  chloroform,  poisons  and  boxes  of  vari¬ 
ous  sizes  for  carrying  whatever  specimens  1 
may  find  on  the  trip  must  be  packed  ;  in  fact, 
t  here  is  a  st  rife  going  on  between  Mrs.  II.  and 
myself  to  see  which  shall  fill  up  first  tlio 
allot, ed  Space  in  the  trunk  and  valise  which 
we  are  allowed  to  take  with  hs.  Then,  again, 
I  have  to  make  arrangements  for  my  out-door 
business,  as  we  are  just  in  the  midst  of  the 
busy  season,  and  it  w  ill  not  do  to  let  the  fruit 
go  to  waste  while  away.  I  have  one  conso¬ 
lation  In  leaving  home  at  this  time,  and  it  is 
that  the  severe  drouth  lias  so  burned  up 
everything  there  is  comparatively  little  to 
sell.  The  beny  crop  is  about  one-fourth 
what  it  would  have  been  in  a  favorable  sea¬ 
son,  and  the  same  cause  prevents  the  weeds 
growing,  consequently  1  have  expense  in 
labor.  But  I  must  stop  writing  and  go  to 
packing  again,  or  some  of  my  “traps”  will 
be  left  out. 

P 

RE-POTTING  PLANTS. 


The  Fruit  Recorder  says: — “ To  ascertain 
if  a  plant  wants  fresh  potting,  turn  it  care¬ 
fully  out  of  the  pot,  with  the  earth  attached 
to  it.  and  examine  the  roots.  If  they  are 
matted  about  the  sides  and  bottom  of  the 
ball,  the  plant  evidently  requires  fresh  pot¬ 
ting.  Then  carefully  reduce  the  ball  of  earth 
to  about  a  third  of  its  original  bulk  ;  single 
out  the  matted  roots  and  trim  away  all  that 
are  mouldy  and  decayed.  Probably  the  same 
pot  may  then  be  large  enough,  but  if  it  re¬ 
quires  a  larger  one  it  should  be  about  two 
i  itches  broader  for  a  middle-sized  plant ;  three 
or  four  for  a  large  plant.  Lf  the  roots  are  not 
matted,  but  the  pots  are  filled  with  fibers, 
keep  tile  ball  entire  and  carefully  plant  it  in 
a  larger  pot.  At  the  top  of  a  large  pot,  an 
inch,  a  val  of  a  small  one,  half  an  inch  should  be 
left  for  reception  of  water,  without  danger  of 
overflow.  A  little  gravel,  charcoal  or  pieces 
of  broken  pots  should  always  be  placed  at 
the  bottom  for  drainage.  A  plant  newly 
potted  must  never  be  exposed  to  a  strong 
sun.  It  should  be  watered  and  placed  in  the 
shade  immediately  and  there  remain  till  it  is 
rooted,  which  may  be  known  by  its  starting 
to  grow.” 


WHAT  IS  A  NEW  YORK  GALLON? 


This  question  has  been  frequently  asked  of 
late,  and  although  it  is  probable  that  most 
diligent  schoolboys  could  tell  us  all  about,  the 
Imperial  gallon,  which  holds  10  lbs.  of  water, 
and  the  United  States’  gallon,  which  holds 
8.389  lbs.,  and  the  New  York  gallon,  which 
holds  exactly  8  lbs.,  yet  there  are  a  few  points 
which  have  not  been  discussed  in  any  of  the 
articles  that  have  come  under  our  notice,  and 
which  are  nevertheless  the  most  important 
point®  connected  with  the  whole  question. 

It  is  not  difficult  to  tell  exactly  the  weight  of 
water  and  the  number  of  cubic  inches  which 
each  gallon  contains,  but  the  reply  to  the 
question,  “  What  is  a  New  York  gallou  ?”  is 
a  very  different  thing. 

Before  attempting  a  definite  answer,  it 
may  be  well  to  say  that,  nearly  all  the  laws 
hi  relation  to  weight*  and  measures  are  either 
permimive  or  definitive— very  rarely  prohib¬ 
itory,  and  the  prohibitory  laws  are  almost, 
always  local.  Thus,  the  law  of  Congress 
which  establishes  the  length  of  the  loch,  the 
size  of  the  gallon  and  the  weight  of  the  pound, 
is  chiefly  deiiniti  ve.  It  declares  that  whenever 
the  term  “pound’’  is  used  in  contracts  made 
in  the  United  State®,  it  si  mil  mean  a  certain 
thing,  and  the  same  is  true  of  the  gallon.  The 
law  passed  in  regard  to  the  so-called  metrical 
weights  and  measures  was  chiefly  permissive, 
though  it  also,  of  necessity,  defined  the 
weights  and  measures  mentioned.  In  many 
cities  and  villages  there  is  an  ofllcer  called 
the  “Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures,”  and 
his  duty  is  to  see  that  all  weights  and  meas¬ 
ures  used  within  his  jurisdiction  are  correct 
according  to  the  legal  standard,  the  use  ol 
weights  and  measures  other  than  those  re¬ 
cognized  by  law  being  strictly  prohibited. 
But  even  in  such  cases,  if  two  parties  were  to 
enter  into  a  definite  contract  in  which  A,  for  | 
and  in  consideration  of  a  certain  sum,  should 
agree  to  deliver  to  B  a  certain  number  of 
measures  of  wheat,  the  measure  being  de¬ 
fined  to  be  n  certain  box  which  could  be 
easily  identified,  it  is  very  certain  that  such 
a  contract  would  be  good  in  law.  Nay,  fur¬ 
ther  ;  if  A  aud  B  wore  to  agree  that,  for  their 
purposes  a  well  known  measure  should  con¬ 
tain  more  or  less  than  the  legal  quantity,  as 
for  example,  that  the  ton  should  contain 
3,000  lbs.,  even  such  a  bargain  would  stand  ; 
but  in  this  case  the  word  Ions  is  evidently 
superfluous  ;  the  contract  simply  calls  for  so 
many  times  3,000  lbs,,  and  t.ho  pound,  and  not 
the  ton  is  here  the  standard  by  which  the 
weight  is  defined. 

In  t  he  same  way  ,  if  A  should  agree  to  de¬ 
liver  to  B  1,000  gullons  of  milk,  the  gallon  in 
tills  case  being  expressly  stated  not  only  to 
be  the  Now  York  State  gallon,  but  to  contain 
exactly  8  lbs.  of  water,  it  is  very  certain  that, 
such  a  bargain  would  stand,  and  the  delivery 
of  so  much  milk  as,  would  fill  a  vessel  capa¬ 
ble  of  containing  8,000  lbs.  of  water,  would 
fully  comply  with  the  contract.  Here  again, 
however,  the  standard  is  evidently  not  the 
gallon,  but  the  pound,  and  the  word  gallon 
is  superfluous. 

Let  us,  therefore,  further  suppose  that  A 
agrees  to  deliver  to  B  1,000  gallons  of  milk, 
the  gallon  here  mentioned  being  stated  to  be 
the  New  York  Stale  gallon  ;  the  question  at 
once  arises,  To  what  weight  of  water  is  this 
hulk  of  milk  equivalent  ? 

It  is  a  well  understood  fact  that  the  Con¬ 
stitution  of  the  United  States  provides  that. 
Congress,  and  Congress  alone,  shall  have 
power  to  regulate  the  weights  and  measures 
used  iu  this  country.  Congress  has  enacted 
that  the  gallon  used  in  these  United  Elates 
shall  contain  exactly  231  cubic  inches,  or 
8.339  lbs.  of  water,  aud  when  the  State  of 
New  York  passed  a  law  providing  for  a  gal¬ 
lon  that  should  hold  exactly  8  lbs.  of  water, 
the  wiseacres  at  Albany  exceeded  their  pow¬ 
er,  and  the  law  was  unconstitutional,  and 
consequently  null  and  void.  There  is  but  one 
standard  gallon  in  the  State  of  New  York, 
and  that  gallon  is  the  United  States’  gallon. 
Any  person  can,  of  course,  make  a  contract 
to  sell  any  number  of  times  the  contents  of 
any  given  vessel,  and  this  vessel  may  contain 
7,  8  or  9  lbs.  of  water  and  be  called  a  gallon  ; 
but  in  all  such  cases  reference  must  be  had 
either  to  a  certnin  individual  vessel  or  to  a 
certain  number  of  pounds,  or  other  weight  or 
measure.  Where  the  word  “gallon”  is  used 
alone,  the  courts  will  always  enforce  the  defi¬ 
nition  which  declares  that  the  gallon  con¬ 
tains  2*31  cubic  inches,  and  as  in  virtue  of  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  States,  there  can 
be  no  legal  gallon  except  that  defined  by  Act 
of  Congress,  it  is  evident  that  when  the  term 
“Gallon  of  the  State  of  New  York”  is  used, 
the  gallon  of  231  cubic  inches. or  8.339  lbs.  of 


water  will  be  the  only  one  recognized  by  the 
courts. 

There  arc.  every  year,  thousands  of  con¬ 
tracts  made  to  deliver  milk  according  to  the 
New  York  State  gallon,  aud  in  some  cases 
the  gallon  of  8  Ihs.  of  water  is  understood  by 
the  parties,  although  not  pointedly  defined. 
In  all  such  contracts  the  courts  would,  uo 
doubt,  decide  that  the  quantity  of  fluid  to  be 
delivered  is  so  many  gallons  of  231  cubic 
inches. 

Before  leaving  this  subject,  it  may  be  well 
to  allude  to  the  laws  passed  in  the  different 
States,  declaring  that  the  bushel  shall  con¬ 
tain  so  mauy  lbs.  of  different  kinds  of  grain. 
It  is  a  serious  question  whether  these  laws 
arc  constitutional.  We  feel  inclined  to  regard 
them  as  entirely  worthless,  and  have  no 
doubt  that  when  a  contract  is  made  for  so 
many  bushels  of  grain  the  courts  would  en¬ 
force  the  delivery  of  so  many  measures,  each 
of  which  should  Contain  2150.42  cubic  inches. 
The  definition  “Illinois  bushel”  or  “Iowa 
bushel”  would  not  affect  this  decision.  Illi¬ 
nois.  Iowa  and  other  States  have  no  right  to 
adopt  a  bushel  which  differs  from  that  of  the 
United  States.  In  making  contructsin  which 
it  is  intended  to  substitute  a  certain  number 
of  pounds  for  a  certain  number  of  cubic  inch¬ 
es,  the  only  safe  way  is  to  give  a  clear  defini¬ 
tion  of  the  proposed  change.  If  A  agrees  to 
deliver  to  B  1,000  bushels,  each  bushel  to  con¬ 
tain  56  lbs,,  the  contract  is  perfectly  good. 
But  if  the  contract  i*  merely  for  1,000  bush¬ 
els,  then  the  delivery  of  21504.20  cubic  inches 
is  the  only  thing  that  will  fulfil  its  terms. 

John  Piiin. 

- >-*-♦ - - - 

How  TO  Test  Water.— An  English  teclmi- 
cal  periodical  points  out  an  easy  way  of  test¬ 
ing  whether  water  is  good  and  fit  for  general 
use.  It  says  : — Good  water  should  be  free 
from  color,  unpleasant  odor  and  taste,  and 
should  quickly  afford  a  lather  with  a  small 
portion  of  soap.  If  half  a  pint  of  the  water 
be  placed  in  a  perfectly  clean,  colorless  glass- 
stoppered  bottle,  a  few  grains  of  the  best 
white  lump  sugar  added,  and  the  bottle  freely 
exposed  to  the  daylight  in  the  window  of  a 
warm  room,  the  liquid  should  not  become 
turbid,  even  after  exposure  for  a  week  or 
ten  days.  If  the  water  becomes  turbid,  it  is 
open  to  the  grave  suspicion  of  sewage  con¬ 
tamination  ;  but  if  it  remain  clear,  it  is 
almost  certainly  safe. 


cdfmpit  Jmpli'ineni.T 


SWIVEL  PLOWS. 

Your  correspondent,  of  May  31,  inquires 
about  swivel  plows.  You  printed  an  article 
from  E.  H.,  Grampian  Hills,  Pa.,  in  reply. 
The  plow  he  describes  is  of  no  use  except  for 
meadow  land  ;  I  say  so,  because  I  know  all 
about  it.  It.  is  called  the  “shuttle  plow.”  It 
is  very  heavy  and  t  he  landside  is  so  long  it  is 
of  no  use  except  on  level  land.  It  is  manu¬ 
factured  at  Chicopee  Falls,  Mass. — A.  W.  H., 
Greenfield,  Manx. 

The  above  correspondent  complains  be¬ 
cause  we  have  not  printed  an  article  in  which 
he  describes  a  plow  that  is  just  as  good  for 
hilly  as  for  level  land— one  that  will  work 
anywhere  where  a  cast-iron  plow  will  scour. 
Had  we  received  such  oil  article,  it  or  its 
substance  would  have  been  printed. 

As  the  manufacturers  of  Hodge’s  Reversi¬ 
ble  plow  do  not  consult  their  own  interest 
enough  to  advertise  iu  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  iv  ill  your  correspondent  please  give 
the  address  of  the  firm,  andvery  much  oblige. 
If  suited  to  plowing  hill-sides  they  are  just 
what  we  need  here. — J.  H.  E.,  Le  wiston,  I.  T. 
- - 

IMPLEMENT  NOTES. 


Strawberry  Trimmer . — A  writer  in  the 
Western  Rural  says: — “I  have  been  invent¬ 
ing  a  machine  for  trimming  off  strawberry 
runners,  and  it  works  so  well  that  I  thought 
others  might  like  to  try  it.  The  ‘  strawberry 
trimmer’  is  a  hoop  of  sawplate.  say  two  or 
three  inches  wide  and  about  tjliree.  feet  long 
— the  lower  edge  sharp.  Long,  tliin  strips  of 
tin  secure  the  hoop  to  a  wooden  handle, 
About  five  feet  long.  A  set  screw  fastens  the 
lapped  ends  of  the  sawplate  together,  and 
thus  allows  the  hoop  to  be  made  larger  or 
smaller.  Use  the  ‘trimmer’  as  the  housewife 
cuts  biscuits  with  a  cake  cutter,  the  rim 
being  large  enough  to  encircle  the  plant  and 
cut  the  runners. 

The  Eureka  Mower.— A.  W.  H.  asks  if  the 
Eureka  Mower  is  a  more  desirable  machine 
for  cutting  grass  than  a  side  cut-nmchiue  ;  if 
so,  why?  “Will  farmers  who  have  used 
them  please  answer  ?”  We  may  say  that  if 
it  is  a  more  desirable  machine  than  those 
with  side-cut  or  draft,  one  reason  is  because  it 
is  of  lighter  draft  and  more  work  can  be  done 
with  the  same  power  in  a  given  time.  W  e 
saw  it  operate,  experimentally,  some  years 
since,  and  thought  it  promised  well  when 
perfected.  • 


A  US,  1 


M  0  9  B  i  ’  S  BUBAL  WEW-¥@BKEB 


FAULT-FINDING. 

Grown  people  are  so  apt  to  forget  that 
they  were  once  young  !  It  is  a  most  lameut- 
able  forgetfulness.  There  is  no  need  of  the 
heart  growing  old.  Gray  hairs  may  be  the 
glory  of  old  ago,  but  freshness  of  heart  and 
soul  are  its  beauties. 

“  What  a  dear,  precious  old  man  is  that 

‘Father  E - os  you  call  him  1”  exclaimed 

a  lively  young  girl,  after  my  “dear,  pre¬ 
cious”  elderly  friend  had  bid  us  good  night ; 
“he  seems  to  know  just  how  young  folks 
feel,  and  don’t  ‘pooh’  and  look  nonsense  at 
our  ambitions  and  likes.  I’d  like  to  have  him 
for  my  father,  T  would  ;  he  isn’t  always  find¬ 
ing  fault  about  everything,  /  know.” 

How  many  young  men  and  women  do  you 
suppose  are  annually  driven  from  the  paren¬ 
tal  roof  by  the  fault-finding  of  father  or 
mother,  or  both  ?  Wo  know  of  no  statistics 
to  resort  to,  to  ascertain  the  number,  but 
using our  personal  observation  as  a  basis, 

the  number  is  large.  More  boys  leave  than 
girls,  because  they  are.  boys.  It  is  not  un¬ 
common  for  girls  to  marry  because  they  can 
have  no  peace  at  home.  That  is  one  outlet 
to  them.  It  may  give  only  a  “change”  of 
cultivation,  however.  Only  a  few  mornings 
ago,  we  had  a  young  girl  committing  suicide, 
because  of  the  eternal  wrangling  and  fault¬ 
finding  of  her  parents. 

If  wo  wanted  to  make  a  child  deceitful  or 
a  liar,  we  should  find  fault  with  him  about 
great  as  well  as  small  things.  If  he  broke, 
or  lost,  or  destroyed  anything,  we  should 
give  him  such  a  lingual  castigation  that  if  a 
similar  accident  befei  him  again,  he  would 
rather  lie,  steal  or  run  away,  than  to  encoun¬ 
ter  the  parental  ordeal  the  second  time. 

When  a  child,  we  had  a  great  number  of 
very  prominent  “traits”  that  were  cata¬ 
logued  olf  as  “  faults.”  As  we  had  a  propen¬ 
sity  fur  climbing  trees  and  scaling  fences,  we 
naturally  made  considerable  havoc  with  our 
calico  dresses.  But  being  deft  with  the  nee¬ 
dle,  we  usually  managed  to  make  the  rents 
keep  “mum”  until  ironing  day  came,  when 
the  quick  eye  of  mother  or  Bridget  would 
ferret  out  the  mischief.  So  ironing  day  be¬ 
came  a  sort  of  Day  of  Judgment  to  us.  We 
never  could  get  used  to  being  found  fault 
with,  and  were  often  put  to  our  wits’  end 
how  to  escape  the  wrath  we  knew  would 
surely  overtake  us.  It.  didn’t  make  us  a  bit 
more  careful,  and  all  the  fault  finding  in  the 
world  never  made  any  child  more  careful. 
There  are  words  that  will  make  them  more 
careful  and  thoughtful,  but  they  are  not 
words  of  “fault-tinding,” 

Another  one  of  our  distinguishing  “traits” 
was  what  seemed  to  be  a  propensity  for 
breaking  crockery.  We  had  to  dear  away 
the  table,  and  wash  dishes  when  it  took  a 
stool  to  make  us  tail  enough  to  get  our  hands  j 
well  into  the  dish  pan  ;  so  we  received  sev-  \ 
eral  castigations  both  of  a  physical  as  well  as  | 
spiritual  nature  for  breaking  dishes.  And 
until  this  day,  the  sight  of  a  girl  carrying  or  ' 
lifting  dishes  makes  us  actually  nervous  for  \ 
fear  she  will  let  them  fall,  and  father  or  ( 
mother  will  give  her  such  uu  “awful  scold-  , 
iug,”  when  she  feels  badly  enough  about  it  . 
already. 

No  child,  in  a  normal  condition,  feels  any-  , 
thing  but  sorrow  at  misfortune  or  losses  , 
which  accrue  from  i nishaps.  Ru t  a  generous  t 
amount  of  fault-finding  will  harden  some  t 
young  hearts  into’a  sort  of  “  don’t-care-ism.”  t 
Sensitive  natures  Aviil  be  so  overwhelmed  A 
wit  h  the  dread  of  the  eternal  fault-finding,  as  i 
to  look  out  for  an  escape-valve,  rather  than  t 
how  to  avoid  another  similar  occurrence  in 
the  future. 

Fault-finding  never  cured  us  of  tea  ring  our 
dresses  or  breaking  dishes  ;  for  we  do  both  * 
unto  this  day,  when  we  have  a  chance.  Wo  1 
haven' t  traveled  so  far  into  womanhood  m  to  ^ 
lorget  how  very,  very  miserable  we  used  to 
be  from  much  fault-finding— so  very  miser-  3 
able  that  we  thought  Goo  even  was  ugly  for  ' 
allowing  us  to  suffer  ho,  and  wishing,  oh,  so  C 
earnestly !  for  the  time  to  come  when  wo  " 
should  be  a  woman  and  would  break  a  whole  C 
store  of  dishes,  and  not  then  be  made  to  feel 
just,  as  had  as  if  our  little  sister  had  died  l! 
vvhy,  people  Will  say,  “  Not  of  the  least  con-  ' 
sequence,”  if  a  guest  breaks  a  dish  or  spills  s 
gravn*.  But  if  their  own  little  child  does  f 
10  ^aine  thing,  they  consider  it  a  matter  of  <1 
great  consequence — so  great,  that  the  child  < 
is  rendered  as  miserable  as  it  can  be,  which 
is\ei  \  miserable  indeed,  when  we  consider  t 
our  own  capacities  for  misery.  0 

Talking  with  a  gentleman  on  this  theme  a  b 
iew  evenings  ago,  he  remarked  “  I  thought  s 
my  own  childhood  must  have  been  an  e:Jep-  J  A 


tional  one,  in  point  of  unhappiness,  until  I 
grew  up  and  compared  notes  with  others.” 

“But  what  is  the  cause  for  such  reports  ?” 
we  asked. 

“  I  don’t  know  fully,”  he  replied.  “I  know 
my  boy  shall  never  pass  such  a  boyhood  !  I 
think  perhaps  ranch  of  it  grows  out  of  the 
old  theory  that  children  ought  to  owe  every¬ 
thing  to  parents,  when,  in  truth,  it  is  more 
the  reverse.  Bringing  souls  into  this  world 
is  a  fearful  responsibility,  aud  all  that  parent  s 
can  do  for  their  children,  it  is  their  hounden 
duty  to  do.  The  most  they  can  do  for  1 1  lem 
will  not  even  compensate  for  the  inheritance 
of  trouble  and  sorrow  that  is  the  birthright 
of  every  child  born.” 

Ob,  fathers  and  mothers  !  We  do  not  plead 
for  your  salvation,  although  wo  know  full 
well  that  Heaven  will  not  be  Heaven  with 
fault-finders  in  it..  But.  for  the  sake  of  your 
sons  and  daughters  and  those  around  you, 
whose  happiness  should  moan  more  to  you 
than  t  he  gratification  of  your  ill  feelings,  wo 
beseech  you  to  abjure  the  spirit  of  fault-find¬ 
ing— a  spirit  that  has  nothing  of  Ciirist,  or 
of  Love,  or  of  Nob.eness  in  it.  v.  a.  e.  w. 


fhiultn?  IJanl. 

THE  LAW  OF  DEVELOPMENT. 


HOW  TO  MAKE  A  WHATNOT. 

Lula  Howard  wants  to  know  how  to 
make  a  Whatnot.  Here  is  my  plan  -.—Take 
three  boards,  cut  them  in  the  shape  of  a 
quarter  of  a  circle,  the  bottom  board  the 
largest,  12  inches  from  the  point  corner  to 
the  round  corner  ;  the  next  hoard  the  same 
shape,  but.  two  inches  smaller  ;  the  top  board 
the  .same  shape,  only  two  inches  smaller  than 
the  middle  board  and  four  inches  smaller 
than  the  bottom  board.  Put  holes  in  each 
corner  of  each  board,  half  an  inch  from  the 
edge.  Take  strong  cord,  pass  it  through  each 
hole  in  the  bottom  board  ;  then  take  twenty- 
seven  spools,  all  one  size  ;  put  nine  on  each 
cord  ;  then  put  on  the  middle  board,  and  use 
the  same  number  of  spools  as  before.  Put 
on  the  top  board  ;  tie  the  cords  together  at 
the  top  to  hang  it  up  by.  Take  pasteboard 
five  inches  wide  and  just  long  enough  to 
reach  around  the  round  part  of  the  boards, 
scallop  out  one  side  to  our  fancy.  You  can 
make  them  deep  or  shallow  ;  tack  the  other 
side  to  the  boards  with  scallops  downward  ; 
take  all  kinds  of  shells,  acorns,  small  pine 
cones,  corn,  beans,  anything  you  wish  to  put 
on  ■  you  call  fasten  these  things  to  the  paste¬ 
board  with  glue.  To  make  it  more  fancy, 
take  those  little  cedar  bells  that  grow  on 
cedar  trees,  hang  them  to  the  scallops  below 
so  as  t.o  form  a  friuge,  two  to  odch  string, 
three-fourths  of  an  inch  apart.  You  thus 
have  a  Whatnot.  Hang  it  in  the  corner  of 
your  room,  put  on  each  shelf  just  what  you 
please — any  kind  of  ornament  that  you  may 
have.  Lizzie  J.  Lour. 


DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 

To  Cook  Cml'ijla wers.  —Select  those  that 
have  the  fewest  tiny  leaves  upon  their  sur¬ 
face  and  the  whitest  blossoms.  The  large 
leaves  must  be  opened  at  the  sides  to  make 
sure  that  no  cabbage  worms  —  those  hateful 
pests— infest  it.  Wash  the  head  in  Btrong 
salt  and  water;  pin  it  up  closely  in  a  cotton 
cloth  and  place  it  in  boiling  water;  let  it  boil 
constantly  for  twenty-five  or  thirty  minutes, 
according  to  size.  Care  must  be  taken  not 
to  boil  it  too  much  or  it  will  fall  to  pieces 
when  dished.  Place  It  as  whole  as  possible 
upon  a  platter  and  pour  over  it  white  butter- 
sauce  made  of  half  a  pint  of  milk,  a  heaping 
teaspoonful  of  flour  aud  a  small  piece  of  but¬ 
ter.  Tims  served,  it  is  one  of  the  handsomest 
vegetables  that  you  can  place  upon  your 
table,  and  it  goes  charmingly  with  sweet  po¬ 
tatoes,  squash,  corn  and  beans,  aud  meats  of 
all  kinds. 

Fish  Chowder.  —  One  layer  of  thin  slices 
sweet  pork  and  one  of  fresh  fish;  season  with 
pepper,  &c. ;  one  layer  of  split  crackers,  and 
so  continue  to  repeat  until  sufficient  to  cook. 
When  done,  cover  the.  whole  with  cold  water 
and  boil  slowly  cue  hour,  keeping  it  just 
covered  with  boiling  water.  After  the  whole 
once  boils,  add  scalding  new  milk,  let  it  boil 
•  ip  once  and  serve  hot.  Thin  slices  of  onions 
can  be  added  at  first,  If  desired. 


lx  my  last  paper  I  tried  t.o  show  by  the 
.  example  of  the  Game  fowl,  that  if  the  atten- 
1  tinn  of  the  brooders  of  a  variety  he  mainly 
fixed  upon  one  point,  or  set  of  points,  other 
points  will  and  must  lose,  while  those  sought 
increase  in  perfection.  It  will  be  found  on 
examination  that  this  law  is  general,  and 
explains  moat  of  those  changes  of  fashion 
which  can  bo  remarked  in  poultry-breeding 
But  it  will  also  be  found  ou  examination  that 
when  perfection,  or  what  is  considered  suffi- 
clent  perfect  ion,  Is  once  reached,  other  points 
can  be  attended  to  without  much  deprecia¬ 
tion  of  the  points  already  gained,  provided 
only  these  last  are  not,  as  often  happens, 
again  comparatively  lost  Bight  of. 

I  have  been  singularly  interested  to  observe 
how  this  simple  law  iH  to  be  clearly  traced 
through  the  past  history  or  many  breeds,  as 
shown  by  the  copious  notes  winch  have  been 
placed  at  my  disposal  by  various  breeders. 
A  good  example  is  found  iu  the  Spangled 
Haoiburglis.  Mr.  Beldon— than  whom  there 
can  hardly  be  a  better  authority — believes 
that  the  original  of  this  breed  was  the  York¬ 
shire  Pheasant,  fromwhich,  by  careful  breed¬ 
ing,  was  made  the  Lancashire  Mooney.  In 
this  breed,  as  is  well  known,  the  spangling  of 
the  hens  was  the  one  poiutsought,  and  it  was 
obtained  in  glorious  perfection.  But  in  fast¬ 
ening  attention  upon  this,  other  points  were 
lost  sight  of,  and  accordingly  the  breed  de¬ 
teriorated  in  neatness  of  head,  in  ear-lobe, 
and  m  the  plumage  of  the  cock,  which,  there 
can  be  little  doubt,  became  hen -leathered 
through  this  close  breeding  to  get  well-span- 
gled  hens,  as  it  is  still  found  that  heavily- 
spangled  cooks  arc.  the  best  for  this  purpose. 
After  awhile  the  neglect** l  points  were  re¬ 
quired  by  the  judges,  but  Were  only  obtained 
at  first  by  such  a  sacrifice  of  spangling  in  the 
hens  that  these  could  not  be  shown,  the 
Mooney  being  required  to  be  shown  in  this 
sex.  By  degrees,  however  the  pullets  pro¬ 
duced  by  the  cross  became  better  and  better, 
till  at  length  several  Hamburgh  breeders 
possess  strains  which  breed  first-rate  Bilvcr- 
spangled  cocks,  while  yet  the  pullets  pro¬ 
duced  are  little  inferior  to  the  old  Sliver 
Mooneys,  which  have  consequently  almost 
disappeared.  Other  instances  could  lie  named, 
but  one  adequate  illustration  is  as  good  as 
many,  mid  I  am  anxious  to  come  to  the 
practical  application  of  what  we  have  been 
considering. 

If  I  wished  to  put  that  into  the  fewest 
words,  it  would  be  those  of  the  old  proverb 
“  One  thing  at  a  time,”  a  maxim  which  de¬ 
serves  writing  in  lettei-s  of  gold,  so  little  is  it 
understood  by  young  and  inexperienced  fan 
ciors.  As  a  rule  they  will  not  believe  in  It 


Gold  and  Silver  Cake. — One  cup  sugar, 
half  cup  butter,  half  cup  sweet  milk,  the 
whites  of  four  eggs,  two  cups  flour,  one  tea¬ 
spoon  cream  tartar,  one-half  teaspoon  soda; 
for  the  gold  cake  use  the  yolks  and  flavor 
differently.  —  Mrs.  H.  S.  Brown,  Greene 
Co.,  N.  Y. 

Salt  Rising  Rread. — I  would  like  to  hear 
through  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  from  some 
of  its  readers,  the  process  of  making  salt  ris¬ 
ing  and  milk  rising  bread  ;  or  are  they  the 
same?  I  am  not  posted  in  either  process.— 
!  Mss.  A. 


till  they  have  tried  the  other  way  and  lost, 
heavily  by  it ;  and  many  never  learn  it  at  all. 
But  1  never  knew  a  good  breeder  of  any 
breed  who  did  not  act  upon  It,  whether  he 
thought  lie  did  or  not.  The  young  amateur, 
however,  goes  on  a  different  plan.  Having 
mated  his  birds  and  bred  his  first-year’s 
chickens,  he  finds  he  has  in  his  yard,  in  all 
probability,  Some  prevalent  fault,  lie  buys 
a  cockerel  at  a  good  price  to  reinddy  this 
fault,  and  breeds  again.  Probably  this  fault, 
is  somewhat  better,  but  some  other  fault 
now  appears,  aud  ho  now  perhaps  buys 
another  bird,  or,  if  not,  mates  up  his  own, 
almost  entirely  with  a  view  to  remedy  that, 
when  he  finds  to  his  dismay  that  either  the 
first  fault,  or  perhaps  a  third,  again  appears 
to  trouble  him,  and  show  that  he  is  as  far  off 
perfection  as  ever  ;  and  so  lie.  goes  on.  If 
has  been  the  experience  of  hundreds. 

Now  the  reason  of  all  this  is,  that  he  has 
never  bred  for  any  point  or  perfection  long 
enough  to  really  fix  it  in  his  yard.  He  never 
stays  to  secure  what  ground  he  has  already 
gained,  lmt  thruws  this  away  while  trying  to 
get  some  more.  He  has  no  fi  xed  ideas,  which 
all  good  breeders  have,  and  lie  gets  the  pro¬ 
verbial  reward  of  every  man  who  works 
without  a  purpose  or  a  plan.  Ho  tries  to 
remedy  fault  after  fault,  just  as  it,  appears 
the  most  glaring  of  the  season  to  his  eyes, 
and  if  there  be  any  brief  change  of  fashion  in 
judging,  as  there  occasionally  is  (generally, 

I  believe,  it  will  he  found  these  changes  of- 
fashion  occur  in  order  to  counteract  the 
faults  of  the  day),  he  tries  to  meet,  them  too. 
In  brief,  he  fails  simply  because  he  does  not 
understand  it  must  be  one  thing  at  a  time. 

Every  breed  has  its  ideal  standard  or 
model.  The  amateur  must  first  get  this  well 
into  his  mind  ;  or,  if  he  thinks  the.  understood 
ideal  faulty,  he  is  at  liberty  to  form  in  his 
mind  a  better— if  he  can.  Few  men  think 
exactly  alike  on  these  things,  and  hence  the 


difference  wo  see  in  different  strains.  Now, 
having  formed  his  ideal,  he  has  to  consider 
what  classes  of  points  are  at  once  the  hardest 
to  secure,  anil  the  most  valuable  when  made 
permanent.  In  nearly  ail  varieties  these  a,ro 
beyond  question  the  points  of  color  or  feat  her. 
As  a  rule,  therefore,  these  should  be  the  first 
points  bred  for,  and  breeding  should  for  sev¬ 
eral  years  be  mainly  directed  to  securing 
them  in  the  highest  perfection,  and  in  such  a 
degree  that  the  stock  can  be  depended  upon 
t(A  breed  birds  satisfactory  in  this  respect 
While  doing  this  other  points  need  not  be 
altogether  ignored,  of  coarse ;  but  they 
should  tic  kept,  somewhat  subordinate,  and 
only  a  general  kind  of  attention  be  given  to 
them  to  see  that  they  do  not  become  very 
bail,  while  the  ground  being  more  specially 
cultivated  is  made  thoroughly  secure.  Then, 
when  so  much  has  been  done,  comparatively 
little  care,  will  ho  needed  to  preserve  the 
points  thus  attained,  and  from  the  chickens 
bred  from  the  strain  thusdar  formed  such 
may  bo  selected  as  present  other  points  de¬ 
sired.  Crossing,  or  at  least  a  thoroughly 
alien  cross,  should  very  rarely  lie  ventured 
upon,  nearly  always  doing  much  harm  from 
a  more  fancier’s  point  of  view,  for  the  simple 
reason  that  you  can  never  be  sure  the  bird 
selected  has  been  the  product  of  a  similar 
“  course”  of  breeding  to  your  own  yard,  and 
if  not,  he  will  introduce  an  element  of  uncer¬ 
tainty  which  is  undesirable,  and  often  dan¬ 
gerous.  But  by  steadily  persevering  with  one 
stock,  working  steadily  towards  a  definite 
object,  and  securing  all  ground  really  gained, 
a  gradual  but  sure  approach  to  excellence 
will  be  ensured,  aud  every  year  will  see  some¬ 
thing  evidently  gained. 

This,  then,  is  what  I  mean  by  tho  law  of 
development.  You  have  simply  to  breed 
steadily  towards  any  desired  point,  selecting 
those  birds  which  show  it  best,  and  you 
infallibly  get  it  (if  the  st  andard  you  set  up 
lie  a  possible  one,)  if  you  keep  on  long  enough. 
While,  doing  this  you  can  pay  only  subordi¬ 
nate  attention  to  other  points ;  but  when 
done  you  can  pay  more  to  them  also,  since 
your  fixed  strain  will  give  you  so  many  birds 
with  the  points  you  first  sought,  that  you 
OH II  select  from  them  all  you  want  to  secure 
.  he  next  point.  It,  is  simple  as  A,  B,  C,  arid 
bears  the  same  relation  to  the  whole  science 
>f  breeding  which  those  letters  do  to  all 
written  language.  I  am  not  sorry  that  the 
dillerencc  between  some  breeds  of  poultry 
jiast  and  present,  bus  given  me  occasion  for  a 
few  words  upon  it. — L.  Wright 

■ - - .. 

YOUNG  WOMEN  AND  POULTRY, 


Dear  Mr.  Editor  : — I  read  with  great  in- 
I  ei  est  everything  that  is  presented  in  your 
.  nultry  Department.  I  sometimes  wonder 

if  other  young  women  who  rend  the  Rural 

New-Yorker  delight  in  attending  to  poultry 
a*  I  do  and  find  it  as  profitable.  My  poultry 
(and  1  have  Dark  and  Light  Brahmas,  Ban¬ 
tams,  Houdahs,  Aylesbury  ducks,  Towlouso 
geese,  and  a.  cote  of  fancy  pigeons,  and  am 
going  to  have  some  fancy  rabbits  in  addition) 
are  my  pets.  They  not  only  give  me  pleas¬ 
ure,  but  profit.  I  have  purchased  nil  my 
clothing  and  had  a  modest  supply  of  pin 
money  from  the  products  of  my  fowls  the 
past  two  years.  It  does  not  consume  much 
time  either,  to  take  care  of  them.  1  don’t 
spend  any  less  time  at  tho  piano,  nor  do  I 
neglect  my  household  duties  in  consequence. 

I  think  I  enjoy  ail  my  work  the  better  for 
having  the  care  of  these  pets.  1  learn  sonie- 
l  huig  every  day  from  them,  and  my  young 
Udy  friends  “Wish  they  had  something  to 
care  for,”  aud  watch  mo  as  l  look  after  my 
fowls  with  interest,  but  do  not  make  any 
well-directed  attempt  to  begin.  It  only  re¬ 
quires  the  energy  to  start  and  the  persever¬ 
ance  and  will  to  succeed,  and  one  more  very 
important  attraction  is  added  to  the  country 
home.  1  thank  you  again  for  what  1  have 
I  earned  from  your  poultry  columns,  and  trust 
*  itliers,  especially  the  ladies  who  take  interest 
in  the  management  of  fowls,  will  write  for  it. 
Please  do  not  print  my  name.  Maud. 

- - - - , 

POULTRY  NOTES. 

Canker  in  Pigeons,  according  +.0  a  great 
authority,  should  not  be  cut  out,  but  the 
cankered  place  dressed  twice  a  day  with  a 
solut  ion  of  zinc  or  copper  (cryst.alized),  about 
half  an  ounce  to  a  quart  of  water.  Merely 
wash  the  sore  with  a  flight  feather.  The  lo¬ 
tion  must  not  be  too  freely  used  in  the  mouth. 

Treatment  of  Young  Turkeys.  —  N .  N.— 
Doubtless  your  young  turkeys  get  out  of 
doors  and  into  the  wet  grass  too  early  in  the 
morning.  They  should  not  bo  allowed  to  do 
so.  Let  the  sun  get  well  up  and  the  grass  get 
dry  before  they  are  permitted  to  go  abroad. 


alas !  What  times  are  these,  when  a.  farmer 
claims  the  right  to  do  his  own  business  in  his 
own  way.  buy  where  he  can  buy  cheapest  and 
sell  where  he  can  get  most  for  his  products? 
Such  demoralizing  action  ought  to  be  suppress¬ 
ed,  to  be  sure  !  What  right  have  farmers  to 
combine  against  other  combinations?  This 
.  question  is  being  solved,  men  and  brethren  ! 


S.  Hoffherr  Mower,  Vienna,  Austria. 

4.  Champion  Mower,  Springfield.  O. 

5.  Superior  Mower,  Wheeling,  West  V  irginla. 
r,.  Hu  ok  ere  New  Model  Mower.  New  tork. 

7.  Buckeye  Senior.  Akron,  O. 

K.  W ' toil  Mower,  HOOSlC  halls.  N.  Y. 
y.  Kirby  CornhlneiJ,  Auburn,  N.  >  • 
in,  McCormick  Combined,  Chicago,  Ill. 

"•  n  jiui  tmrU  Combined,  Itoonester,  N.  Y. 

HI2.  jDxcelslnr  Ciiiuhlnpd,  Akron.  O. 

13.  Ruckeve  Combined,  Akron,  O. 

14.  Champion  Combined.  Springfield.  O. 

15.  Johnston  Combined,  Broekport,  N.  Y. 

The  Tribune  correspondent,  to  whom  we  are 
indebted  for  this  Information,  s  “The 

Johnston  and  Superior  mowers  wen  .he  first  to 
finish  their  work:  but  there  were  a  number  of 
others  that  came  out  only  n  few  minutes  later. 
It  is  reported  t  hat  all  the  American  •  .oweraand 
reapers  that  took  part  In  the  trial  will  get 
medals— the  Buckeye  Senior  the  medal  of  pro¬ 
gress.  probably,  for  its  new  table  rake,  which 
attracted  much  attention  from  the  jury,  and 
the  Superior  mower  for  It*  new  and  simple 
method  of  communicating  the  motion  from  the 
wheels  to  the  knives  by  a  screw,  and  perhaps 
two  or  three  others  for  improvements  made 
since  the  Paris  Exhibition,  Those  that  do  not 
get  the  medal  of  progress  will,  it  is  expected 
receive  the  medal  of  merit.  All  are  excellent 
machines  and  deserve  such  a  recognition.  It  Is 
wdlthy  of  especial  remark,  as  In  a  high  degree 
creditable  to  our  exhibitors,  that  every  mower 
and  reaper  shown  in  onr  agricultural  hall  was 
in  the  trial,  with  two  exceptions— the  Sprague 
Mower  and  the  Marsh  Harvester ;  and  t  hese  had 
no  agents  here,  and  consequently  no  one  to 
make  the  necessary  arrangements  for  their 
trial.  The  award  of  medals  will  not  be  made 


ten  to  twelve  and  even  more  hours  per  day  in 
bad  atmospheres,  often  at  unhealthful  employ¬ 
ments.  Have  the  girls  got  this  lmlf-boliday? 
No!  Why  not?  Because  employers  said  they 
could  not  grant  it  unless  the  movement  was 
general  among  those  engaged  in  the  same  line 
of  manufacture;  for  if  their  girls  were  given  a 
half-holiday  In  a  week,  receiving  the  same  rate 
of  wages,  those  who  did  not  enter  Into  the 
movement  could  and  would  undersell  t  hem  In 
the  market  and  their  trade  would  he  gone. 
This  Is  what  competition  does  for  community 
for  farmers.  This  Illustrates  the  law  which 
should  be  recognized  by  farmers.  If  too  many 
grow’  wheat,  or  corn,  then  those  who  cun  put 
the  most  of  it  on  the  market,  at  the  least  cost 
will  make  the  most  profits  and  become  most 
prosperous,  financially.  If  a  farmer  is  going 
into  the  business  of  growing  corn  or  any  other 
crop,  he  cannot  necessarily  make  the  moat 
money  by  locating  w  here  he  can  grow  the  most 
corn  at  the  cheapest  rate  per  bushel ;  for  if 
may  be  in  the  Sandwich  Islands,  or  any  other 
remote  place  away  from  consumers.  He  has 

and  cost  of  getting 


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Country  vs.  City. — In  these  sweltering  days, 
when  the  thermometer  ranges  from  00°  to  tOCP 
in  the  shade  In  the  city,  our  country  friends  are 
to  be  envied,  for  they  are  generally  blessed  with 
pure  air  and  other  accessories  to  health.  They 
know  not  the  sufl'erings  or  city  denizens,  yet 
many  of  them  foolishly  long  to  become  city 
folk.  We  trust  it  is  not  true  in  this,  as  in  other 
instances,  that— in  sentiment  at.  least— 

**  They  know  the  right  and  they  approve  It,  too. 
Condemn  the  wrong  anil  still  the  wrong  pursue.” 

The  GOD-mad e-country  tony  he  drear  and 
desolate  Tor  awhile  in  Winter,  hut  when  Sum¬ 
mer  arrives  It  is  the  Paradise  of  earth,  com¬ 
pared  with  the  man-made-town,  and  all  its 
habltans  ought  to  be  glad  and  rejoice  that  their 
lines  (and  lives)  have  fallen  In  pleasant  places. 

Afoml— “  Stick  to  the  farm,"  and  there  serve, 
to  the  best  of  your  ability,  both  your  God  and 
your  Country.  _ ^ _ 

A  Healthful  Change  Desired.— Thousands  of 
New-Yorkers  desire  to  go,  for  a  month  or  two, 
into  the  country  not  to  Saratoga,  Long  Branch, 
Newport,  but  to  some  farmer's  liomr.  where 
they  will  get  good  air,  eating  and  sleeping. 
They  w  ant  a  change  from  City  to  Country,  and 
yet  wish  to  avoid  extra  expense,  extravagance 
in  externals,  (fashion,)  and  prefer  stile  to  style 
—the  bars  being  preferable  to  bows,  (boaux?) 
etc.  Will  thoa  j  of  our  readers  within  thirty  or 
fifty  miles  of  New  York,  w  ho  can  accommodate 
health  and  comfort  seekers,  please  address  this 
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got,  to  consider  the  mean 
his  corn  to  market  and  L 
with  other  producers  for 
this  business  the  same  calculation  and  nice  ad¬ 
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ten  days,  and  talked  with  n  score, 
find  one.  who  can  tell  me  the  exuot  coat  of  a  sin¬ 
gle  product  of  ilia  farm  ;  or  who  knows  what  it 
will  cost  him  (if  lie  ships  it  himself)  to  put  it 
on  the  New7  York  market !  Not  one! 

This  “Farmers’  Movement,” 

therefore,  is  going  to  be  of  great  benefit  to 
farmers  in  a  direction  they  least  expect,  in  my 
judgment.  Some  of  the  Granges  are  organized 
to  enable  farmers  to  steer  clear  of  middlemen. 
To  do  this,  they  have  got  to  got  ut  fact*  and 
figures  In  relation  to  the  handling  and  sale  of 
their  produce,  and  in  relation  to  the  cost  and 
value  or  what  they  buy  for  their  own  Use  and 
comfort,  of  which  they  have  been  almost  totally 
ignorant  hitherto.  They  arc  going  to  discover 
how  complex  are  their  ml  at  ions  to  other  classes, 
and  how  their  business  relations  to  each  other 
rnay  be  affected  by  a  small  difference  in  the  cost 
of  farm  management.  It  is  going  to  develop 


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Early  Rose  Potatoes.  —  Our  friend  P.  T. 
Quinn  whs  in  our  office  the  other  day  feeling 
very  happy.  He  said  while  the  dry  weather  had 
affected  garden  crops  somewhat,  the  good 
prices  they  were  bringing  made  up  for  all  de¬ 
ficiency.  He  had  Just  sold  100  barrels  of  Early 
Rose  potatoes  in  market,  for  *H25.  They  have 
been  sold  as  high  as  $9  per  bbl.  this  season,  and 
we  learn  the  truck-farmers  of  Norfolk,  Va., 
have  re  pud  a  bountiful  harvest  of  greenbacks 
hero  with  their  produce. 


SATURDAY,  AUGUST 


Hop  Prospects.— Our  advices  from  Wisconsin 
indicate  that,  while  quality  of  the  product 
promises  to  be  fine,  the  vitality  of  I  lie  root 
scorns  to  have  been  affected  by  t  he  severity  of 
the  winter,  and  the  plants  are  not  likely  to 
produce  as  well  as  wus  ul  one  time  anticipated. 
The  crop  is  likely  to  be  light  and  recent  moist, 
hot  weather  has  developed  vermin  in  the  yards 
in  great,  numbers.  There  is  less  complaint  from 
t  he  New  York  hop  regions,  but  there  is  no  hope 
of  a  heavy  crop. 


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“  Facts  are  grout  t  hings,"  said  Jam  us  Ste¬ 
venson  to  me,  to-day.  “  But  the  trouble  is 
t  hat  we  err  in  judgment  often  because  wrc  pos¬ 
sess  too  few  of  them.” 

That  is  precisely  the  case.  Something  Is 
wrong  because  the  farmer  does  not  get  I  lie 
price  for  his  butter,  or  choose,  or  potatoes,  or 
hops,  or  corn,  that  pays  him  a  handsome  profit. 
He  quickly  sets  that  if  It  cost  him  leas  to  get 
his  produce  into  the  hands  of  the  consumer 
and  if  the  consumer  was  willing  to  pay  the 
same  price  for  produce  lie  now  docs,  t.he  mar¬ 
gin  of  his  (the  farmer’s)  profit  would  be  greater 
and  he  would  be  more  happy  and  prosperous; 
ergo,  the  middlemen  and  the  railroads  charge 
too  much  for  handling  Ills  produce— hence  they 
are  leeches,  swindlers,  etc..  and  are  to  be  put 
down  ilh  cu inherent  ol'  the  ground.  The  fact 
that  tie  does  not  get  adequately  paid  for  his 
labor  is  impressed  upon  him  :  the  fact  Mint  t  he 


Ex-I’reuldent  Thiers’  Table  Vegetable*,  dur¬ 
ing  his  term  of  office,  promise  to  make  him 
trouble.  It  seems  that,  the  vegetables  and  fruit 
for  Ids  State  dinners  were  furnished  from  the 
Versailles  hot-houses,  and  the  Court  of  Ac- 
oountB  insist  that  the  State  cannot  be  legally 
called  upon  to  defray  such  expenditure;  hence 
It  Is  about  to  sue  M.  Thiers  for  150,000  francs, 
the  value  of  vegetables  and  fruit  so  used.  That 
is  a  tolerably  heavy  bill  for  “garden  sauce." 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES 


America n  Reapers  and  Mowers  al  ieniia. — 
The  trial  of  reapers  and  mowers  at  Vienna  has 
resulted,  it  is  asserted,  in  an  American  triumph. 
Although  there  were  English  and  French  mow¬ 
ers  on  exhibition,  none  of  them  entered  into 
competition  with  the  Americans  in  the  field. 
One  Herman  firm  entered  three  reapers,  and  a 
Vienna  mower  and  reaper  competed.  The 
awards  are  not  yet  made.  The  arrangements 
>vere  bad.  There  w  as  no  system.  The  follow¬ 
ing  reapers  entered  the  field  : 


How  the  Cottle  Men  are  Treated  In  \ieiina. 

—There  has  been  a  good  deal  of  complaint  (as 
there  always  Is, ami  will  beat  such  exhibitions,) 
concerning  the  management  of  the  Vienna  Ex¬ 
position,  but  here  seems  to  be  a  cause  for  com¬ 
plaint  tus  stated  by  a  Vienna  correspondent : 

Loudest  of  all  the  complaints  made  In  Lite 
Austrian  Press  find  among  the  Germans  gener¬ 
ally,  is  that  of  the  extra  charge  for  the  cattle 
show.  It  puzzles  them  to  know  why  live  ani¬ 
mals  should  be  dieting  Ills  bed  from  oilier  arti¬ 
cles  exhibited,  and  why  the  numbers  of  the 
visitors  should  be  made  as  select  as  possible,  to 
the  great  Injury  «»r  breeders,  who  have  gone  to 
nse  and  r>.:i<  "t  forwarding  valuable 
animals.  The  breeders  have  another  grievance, 
which,  although  it,  is  personal  to  themselves,  m 
I  he  meantime  is  very  likely  tore-act  later  upon 
the  Exhibition.  The  season  tickets  given  them 
are  only  good  for  t  heir  oattlo  yard.  A  man  who 
ha*  sent  a  drove  of  cattle  and  a  herd  of  merino 
sheep  finds  himself  treated  worse  than  the  pro¬ 
prietor  of  a  basketful  of  coarse  pottery  or  a 
spring  mattress,  and  when  lie  is  requested  to 
contribute  to  the  next  exhibition  of  live  stock, 
be  is  very  unlikely  to  respond  cordially. 


Correspondents  of  Rally  Rural  Life"  will 
have  to  be  patient.  The  old  gentleman  is  in 
Kansas,  Texas,  Utah,  or  Colorado  ami  will  he 
absent  four  or  five  wdfeka;  meantime  Ids  cor¬ 
respondents’  fa  vors  will  have  to  await  Ids  ret  u  rn 
before  receiving  attention. 


same  products  ne  Knows;  mu.  precious  xew 
farmers  know  what  ii  actually  costs  those  who 
are  intermediate  between  them  and  consumers 
to  handle  those  products,  lienee  their  judg¬ 
ment  is  as  likely  to  be  unjust  as  just. 

Now  fanners  are  not  singular  in  this  respect. 
Other  classes  are  just  as  liable  to  err  In  their 
judgments  and  do  err  fiotn  the  same  want,  of 
facts.  Producers  are  often  charged  by  consum¬ 
ers  with  being  inordinately  avaricious  ntnl  ex¬ 
acting.  What  can  they  know  of  the  toil  and 
care  incident  to  production?  Don't  things 
grow  of  themselves?  it  is  a  simple  thing  to 
produce.  Plant  the  sood  and  it  germinates, 
grows  and  produces  fruit.  It  is  a  very  simple 
matter.  It  costs  nothing!  You  and  1  have 
heard  such  talk.  What  right  have  men  to 
charge  jptch  Inordinate  prices  for  the  produc¬ 
tions  of  nature?  The  talk  and  deductions  of 
one  are  about  as  reasonable  and  just  as  the 
other.  Both  ignore  the  fact  that  l  here  is  a  Jaw 
which  regulates  all  these  relations,  and  that  is 
self-correcting  In  its  influence  upon  all  human 
concerns  and  dependencies ! 

And  how  manifold  are  these  dependencies  ! 
There's  the  rub?  Wt  don’t  stop  to  think  where 
all  these  comforts  come  from,  nor  what  capital 
and  labor  is  invested  in  their  production— these 
common  things.  I  mean,  that  we  go  into  a  store, 
call  for  and  pay  a  few  cents  to  got !  Yet  those 
who  supply  t  hem,  from  t  he  capitalist  who  builds 
the  manufactory  and  sets  up  1  lie  machinery  to 
the  operatives  who  work  up  t  he  raw  material, 
the  jobber,  transporter  and  retail  dealer,  are  all 
consumers  of  food  and  producers  of  none.  They 
help  the  farmer  to  his  market.  Every  man.  wo¬ 
man,  boy  and  girl  thus  employed  enhances  the 
profits  of  farm  labor  ! 

Think  of  it!  Right  there  in  New7  York  City, 
an  effort,  lias  been  made  this  summer  to  induce 
employers  to  give  their  working  girls  a  half- 
holiday,  Saturday  afternoon  — girls  that  work 


RURAL  BREVITIES, 


The  vineyards  of  Portugal  are  said  to  be  badly 
affected  by  vine  disease  this  ye;tr. 

In  Carroll  Co.,  III.,  at  the  Farmers’  celebration 
July  4,  it  is  said  there  was  a  procession  of  six 
thousand  persons.- 

Oliver  Da lrymple,  Washington  Co.  Minn., 
sowed  :-*.lK>0  acres  of  wheat  last  year  t  he  average 
profit  per  acre  being  *lJ.5o— a  total  of  t-T.uHi. 

Mr.  Alexander  macAdam,  of  Fori  Plain, 
Montgomery  county.  N.  Y.,  has  the  superinten¬ 
dence  of  ten  cheese  factories  in  that  vicinity. 

The  New  England  Agricultural  Society  is  to 
offer  few  nr  no  horticultural  premiums  out,  ot 
regard  for  the  interests  of  the  Masa.  Hort.  soc. 

Col.  Co  nu  an,  Editor  Rural  W orld,  is  stu mpiw? 
Missouri  in  the  interest  of  the  Farmer  s  Move¬ 
ment.  Col.  C.  is  a  totlguey  editor  and  generally 
talks  sense. 

WASHING  seed  wheat  in  a  solution  of  blue 
vitriol  will  it  is  said  prevent  smut;  In  lime- 
.  —  .mill  I  #4 oe  *w»v  tv»*A-  actus  ol  oarasites  tJiat 


It  is  Very  Funny  to  watch  the  way  in  which 
things  work.  So  long  as  two  classes  of  men 
were  likely  to  be  benefited  by  cheap  transpor¬ 
tation  they  wrought  wit  h  zeal,  side  by  side— 
that  is,  the  shippers  of  products  and  the  ship¬ 
pers  of  goods.  But  as  soon  as  it  becomes  appa¬ 
rent  that  the  shippers  of  products  not  only  in¬ 
tend  to  cut  down  expenses  by  reducing  rates 
of  transportation  but  Ly  co-operating  to  pur¬ 
chase  groceries,  dry  goods,  etc.,  at  first  hands, 
ignoring  the  existence  and  profits  of  local  retail 
dealers,  then  there  is  a  squirming  that  is  equal 
to  the  wriggling  of  a  snake  with  a  pitchiork 
tine  through  its  head.  The  scene  changes  sud¬ 
denly.  The  farmers’  movement  Is  call:  d  “  con¬ 
temptible  pettifogging!”  The  war  goes  into 
Africa  !  What  right  have  farmers  to  buy  goods 
at  wholesale !  It  is  defrauding  the  local  trade  ! 
It  is  injustice !  It  is  oppression !  Such  combi¬ 
nation  is  intolerable !  It  is  going  to  revolution¬ 
ize  the  whole  social  system  1  It  is  going  to  de 


AUS  2 


OORE’S  RURAL  -NEW-YORKER. 


Sffa  teiielcr  .  |  As  one  approaches  Vienna  from  the  South, 

^  the  countVy  for  miles  about  the  city  seems  like 

- — — -  - — — — - -  a  vast  plain.  The  tall  and  numerous  brick 

OUR  EUROPEAN  LETTER.  towers  that  rise  Trom  factories  and  brick  kilns 

_  in  the  suburbs  of  the  town  >ri vrs  it  au  imposing 

„  air.  The  city  baa  its  peculiarities;  one  must 

ikn'NA,  Austria,  July  4,  1873.  pay  for  the  privilege  of  getting  into  the  city,  to 
I  journeyed  by  the  Adriatic  Sea  from  Ven-  say  nothing  of  the  demand  made  upon  florins 
ice,  entering  the  Austrian  dominions  at  Trieste,  after  oneo  inside.  The  entrance  fee,  however, 
In  traveling  by  rail  one  becomes  gradually  ar-  |n  passing  the  city’s  gate,  is  sinnll  -eight  or  ton 
customed  to  the  changes  that  manifest  them-  kreutzers.  If  one  is  out  later  than  ten  o’clock 
selves  In  going  from  one  country  into  another,  in  the  evening,  he  must  pay  front  ten  to  twenty 
Hut  in  sea-going  it  is  quite  different.  It  is  like  kreutzers  to  the  portierof  his  hotel  or  boarding 
a  blank  loaf  only  between  t.wo  pictures.  So  the  house,  to  let  him  in.  If  be  is  a  traveler,  or  a 
Italians,  with  their  handsome  faces,  their  polite  member  of  the  Exposition  Commission  or  any- 
manners,  their  musical  language  and  the  bliss-  body  above  the  rank  of  a  workman,  he  must 
fnl  tranquility  of  Venice,  were  confronted  by  pay  twenty  kreutzers.  as  the  fee  is  according  to 
the  gross,  ugly,  Southern  Ger¬ 
man  type,  the  rmle,  Austrian 
manners,  the  horrible  jargon 
of  Southern  Austria,  that  Is 
neither  one  language  nor  an¬ 
other,  and  of  the  tumult  of 
Trieste,  which  seemed  to  he  the 
noisest  city  In  the  world.  I 
longed  again  for  Italy,  a  wish 
also  intensified  by  the  awaken¬ 
ing  knowledge  that  every  ar¬ 
ticle  pertaining  to  human  needs 
teosts  just  double  the  moment 
one  crosses  the  Austrian  line  ; 
and  as  neither  my  soul  nor  my 
purse  were  indifferent  to  dol¬ 
lars  and  cents,  which  in  Austria 
became  guilders  and  kreutzers, 

I  was  not  made  happy  by  the 
change.  I  hope  when  the  Mil¬ 
lenium  dawns  there  will  be  a 
universal  currency  at  least.  To 
calculate  one’s  expenses  and 
ono’s  probable  expenses  to  the 
last  penny  before,  so  ns  not  to 
carry  the  currency  of  one  coun¬ 
try  into  another,  where  it  will 
be  worthless.  Is  one  of  tho  trials 
of  European  travel,  to  say  noth¬ 
ing  of  learning  the  names  and 
values  of  new  coins  and  bank¬ 
notes,  Although  possessing  a 
head  moderately  mathemati¬ 
cal,  it  was  several  days  before  1 
ascertained  the  value  of  a  guil¬ 
der,  or  llorin,  tube  fifty  cents  of 
American  money,  and  a  kreut- 
zor  to  be  worth  half  a  cent, 

I  here  bcinga  hundred  kreutzers 
in  a  florin.  In  Austria  t  here  is 
no  paper  money  smaller  than 
the  florin  ;  Iho  silver  coins  in 
common  use  are  in  ten  and 

twenty  kreutzer  pieces;  coppers  K.I1NTG-  STRASSE  JBO 

in  four  and  one  kreutzer  pieces. 

In  Italy  there  were  coins  current  of  the  value  one’s  rank.  I  do  not  know  whether  this  rulf 
of  a  quarter  of  a  cent  the  toll  being  on  one  of  has  a  tendency  to  bring  people  In  earlier  or  not 
the  bridges  of  that  amount.  1  do  know  that  il,  makes  strangers  furious,  at 

The  8cenery  In  Austria  one  can  hardly  turn  around  in  Vienna  without 

is  charming.  The  freshness  and  richness  of  Paying  twenty  kroutBers  for  the  privilege.  No- 
June  was  on  everything.  The  farm-house  gar-  body  doca  ,hft  •""k'hlest  favor,  such  as  the 
dens  worcJl) led  with  the  old-fashioned  Mowers-  foniinonest  »Pirlt  of  kindness  prompts  people 
peonies,  snowballs,  roses,  pansies  looking  for  "?  "l  101  *’ !l,  ps  do’  "d'lout  putting  in  a 
all  the  world  as  they  did  years  ago  at  my  old  <’n»rgo  lor  th«  service.  All  these  things  preju- 
homein  Central  Now  Vork.  Men  and  women  djce  stranK°ra  !,sai,,sf  1,10  Viennese,  and  they 
were  harvesting ;  for  in  all  German  out-of-door  Cf,ny  ;,fuy  w,th  them  anything  but  a  pleasant 
work  there  arc  throe  and  four  times  as  many  rellie,n  ’ramv  ol  \  ictina.  Trie  city  is  clean, 
women  employed  as  men.  There  wore  no  raa-  've“  ril"n<-rous  handsome  gardens, 

chines  doing  tins  work,  at  at  home.  Cut  grass  ,mt  'lothln‘»r  tf>  particularly  distinguish  it  from 
was  put  up  to  dry  on  sticks  driven  into  tho  any  ,sirsc’  m^nly-built  town, 
ground.  Most  of  the  farm-houses  were  while.  The  Exposition  Building 

as  well  as  the  churches,  and  the  latter  were  stands  in  the  Prater,  a  large  park,  which  Is  to 
usually  built  on  the  top  of  a  high  hill— always  Vienna  what  Central  Park  is  to  Now  York.  The 
in  a  bold,  picturesque  spot,  that  produced  a  fine  main  building  is  cons!  ructed  on  what  is  called 
effect.  Tho  Austrian  landscape,  to  me,  is  in-  tho  fishbone  plan  a  central  hall  with  courts 
finitely  liner  than  t  he  Italian,  while  the  Bern-  branching  from  each  aide.  This  main  passage  is 
inering  Pass,  between  Grata  and  Vienna,  is  [  Interrupted  in  the  middle  by  an  immense  Ro- 
indescribably  magnificent,  it  is  a  ride  through  tunda.  In  this  building  are  displayed  all  tox- 
niountaJns  and  over  mountains,  with  enchant-  tile  fabrics,  everything  pertaining  to  house 
ing  valleys  hundreds  of  feet  below,  and  green  furnishing,  ornaments,  minerals,  etc.  Added 
hills  reaching  into  the  clouds  above.  There  j  to  this  are  numerous  out-buildings,  a  picture 
were  the  Winter  pines,  which  reminded  me  of  gallery,  hall  for  machinery,  model  buildings, 
some  balsam  I  had  seen  advertised  In  the  restaurants,  etc. 

Rural.  At  the  railway  stations  were  droves  of  Each  country  lias  a  section  to  Itself— a  portion 
boys  and  girls  with  bouquets  of  flowers  to  sell,  I  of  the  main  hail,  with  its  adjourning  courts  if 


may  entertain  in  regard  to  tho  machinist's  pro¬ 
fession,  they  cannot  but  confess  that  the  great¬ 
est  benefactors,  and  consequently  tho  greatest, 
men,  the  country  has  been  honored  with,  were 
the  men  who  invented  the  telegraph,  tho  sew¬ 
ing  and  reaping  machines.  But  this  crossing 
the  ocean  to  moralize  on  homo  affairs,  will 
never  take  us  through  the  Exposition. 

The  American  Educational  Department  has 
an  attraction  in  the  stereoscopic  vlows  of  scones 
in  the  New  York  public  schools.  There  arc  al¬ 
ways  a  crowd  of  heads,  eager  to  get  a  glimpse 
of  our  school  children  and  ourschool  discipline. 
Our  Educational  Department  is  the  only  ono  in 
the  Exposition  which  has  no  display  of  needle¬ 
work.  I  remmuber  hearing  an  English  woman 
make  a  spirited  attack  against,  tho  system  which 
required  sewing  to  be  taught  in  English  schools. 


KliNT  G-  STRASSE  BOULEVARD,  VI  EINTTsT  A. 


one's  rank.  I  do  not  know  whether  this  rule 
has  a  tendency  to  bring  people  in  earlier  or  not; 
l  do  know  that  il  makes  strangers  furious,  as 
one  can  hard ly  turn  around  in  Vienna  without 
paying  twenty  kreutzers  for  the  privilege.  No¬ 
body  does  one  t  he  slightest  favor,  such  as  the 
commonest  spirit  of  kindness  prompts  peoplo 
in  other  places  to  do,  without  putting  in  a 
charge  for  the  service.  All  these  things  preju¬ 
dice  strangers  against  the  Viennese,  and  they 
carry  away  with  them  anything  but  a  pleasant 


and  I  thought  she  was  quite  right.  And  the 
other  day,  when  1  heard  an  earnest  Ohio  woman 
making  a  like  attack  against  the  system  which 
» r/iu/bvlit  from  our  public,  schools,!  thought 
she  was  quite  right.  In  another  letter  r  hope  to 
lie  able  to  write  fully  about  the  .Klndor-garten 
system  so  popularly  In  vogue  throughout  Ger¬ 
many. 

My  first  impression  of  the  Exposition  was  that 
it  was  simply  a  vast,  bazar,  and  that  there  was 
nothing  I  had  not  already  seen,  or  at  least  its 


and  tho  little,  white,  woolly-faced 

Eldelweiss 

fastened  on  branches  of  pine.  A  Berlin  gentle¬ 
man,  who  had  been  our  traveling  companion 
for  the  last  three  days,  bought  Eidclweiss  for 
myself  and  the  English  girl  with  me,  which  fact 
greatly  amused  her  and  an  old  German  sitting 
in  another  corner  of  the  car.  When  she  had  an 
opportunity  to  explain  her  amusement,  she  did 
so,  saying  Mint  in  Germany  it  is  the  custom  for 
a  young  man  to  offer  himself  in  marriage  to  the 
girl  he  loves  by  giving  or  sending  her  Eidel- 
weiss.  A  friond  of  hers,  who  had  spent  some 
time  in  Germany,  had  made  the  acquaintance 
of  a  young  German,  who  became  so  much  at¬ 
tached  to  her  that  after  her  return  to  England, 
in  a  letter  he  sen*  her.  he  inclosed  the  Eidel- 
weiss  flower.  She,  being  in  entire  ignorance  of 
its  meaning,  accepted  the  letter  as  an  expres¬ 
sion  of  pleasant  compliments,  ana  thought  no 
more  about  it.  The  poor  young  man  meantime 
was  overwhelmed  with  despair  that  his  offer 
had  not.  even  elicited  a  response  of  any  sort, 
and  he  really  fell  ho  ill  from  hts  chagrin  that  his 
mother  wrote  in  his  behalf  to  the  English  girl 
whom  she  herself  also  dearly  loved— reproach¬ 
ing  her  for  her  cruelty  in  not  replying  to  her 
son’s  proposal.  The  astonished  girl  wrote  back 
that  she  had  received  no  offer  from  her  son,  and 
it  was  only  after  the  exchange  of  some  letters 
that  she  learned  the  meaning  of  the  little 
white  flower. 


remembrance  of  Vienna.  The  city  is  clean,  like,  in  New  York  or  I’aris;  and  my  first  sur- 
well  built,  has  numerous  handsome  gardens,  prise,  that  among  so  many  people  from  so  many 
but  nothing  to  particularly  distinguish  it  from  supposed  different  nationalities, an  little  variety 
any  large,  modernly-built  town.  I  of  costumes  should  be  seen.  China  Is  largely 

The  Exposition  Building  represented,  hut,  there  is  not  a  Chinese  to  be 

stands  in  the  Prater,  a  large  park,  which  Is  to  I  h.er®*  Jf*'®  iU®tr.,lin  M,nJ,*:.‘T  Chi,,ttws»8 
Vienna  what  Central  Park  is  to  Now  York.  The  ,  nZ  Ch,n,,St’  ,!rxh""ttlon  an<l  t0?k 

main  building  is  const  ructed  on  what  is  called  ZTl  m  T  ,7  ?rh,° 

the  fishbone  plan-  a  central  hall  with  courts  ^ave  a  little  irfHco  or  salon  In  the  uj.dst  of  tlielr 

branching  from  each  Side.  This  main  passage  is  fhauMm  i  ntr  Z  f traet  J?",rM 

interrupted  in  the  middle  by  an  immense  Ro-  than  their  country  »  prod  nets.  They  are  dressed 

tunda.  In  this  building  are  displayed  all  tox-  lulJ*  '“Monabla ;  oJvlIiaed  mode,  look 

tile  fabrics,  everything  pertaining  to  house  ^SSlT  tt,r  ot  mb'eU 

furnishing,  ornaments,  minerals,  etc.  Added  ^  J  ,  ,  e<>r^'"'[s  Drc 

to  tills  are  numerous  out-buildings,  a  picture  ,  .  ".'T  hdlC86,sbl,0H;  bcau‘ 

gallery,  hall  for  machinery,  model  buildings,  ' "y  hTVf' w*°dB and  ivnrHwan«l  «ir.ed  herbs 

restaurants  etc  enough  to  stock  a  drug  store.  '1  lie  oddest  things 

Each  country  has  a  section  to  Itaelf-a  portion  «  presenting -the  Chinese  in 

of  the  main  hail,  with  Its  adjourning  courts  if  Z-  ™  n“  tUde  and  costume-thc 

so  much  space  is  required.  This  arrangement  Chmu7  lau<?h  or  eating,  wrestling,  J 

ba.  but  one  alvautnV  5  fu, ntal'iTSSmw  SSi  *  «“• 

;<  tbo  products  ,,r  the  country  it  represents.  '*  odd.  pretax,...  a,„l  tame. 

But.  it  brings  nothing  but  arrangement  int  o  dl-  Roumanla, 

rect  competition  and  comparison;  and  as  for  which  is  a  little  country  beyond  the  Danube, 
arrangement,  has  not  much  to  exhibit;  but  her  department 

The  American  Department  is  the  most  beautifully  and  artistically  arranged 

s  simply  hideous  the  very  worst  of  all.  ofany'n  Gic  Exposition,  and  wholly  oriental, 
lit  hough  America  exhibits  some  good  things—  The  niOKt  ‘"'siffnl&«ant  articles  are  arranged  so  j 
’or  instance,  the  best  photographs,  tho  finest  as  to  be  attr;i,'tivc.  There  are  quantities  of  | 
lOttori  hale,  the  best  wines,  the  most  complete  heautlful  embroidery;  rustic  wood,  covered 
lehool-house  —  yet  the  only  thing  that  saves  with  vinea5  a«d  everywhere  about  figures  of 
IS  from  tot  si  failure  is  our  machinery.  In  rnen  and  women  dressed  in  the  greet  variety  of  ' 
hat  department  we  are  triumphant.  One  rea-  costume8  tbat  abound  in  that  country,  In  one 
ion  why  our  machinery  is  so  superior  is  because  cnd  c'f  the  section  there  is  an  artificial  rnoun- 
t  is  matte  by  machinery.  If  there  is  one  raa-  tain’ covered  with  P^es,  with  a  lake  at  its  base, 
shine  more  than  another  that  attracts  special  mountain  trees  and  the  lake  are  stocked 

ittentlon,  it  Is  that  which  fits  a  wagon  tire  to  a  with  the  birds’  fowlsand  flshea  of  the  country, 
vheel— not  heating  the  tiro  to  expand  it  or  cut-  bome  of  the  birds  are  8,lsPendt,d  in  the  air,  as 
ing  out  a  piece  if  It  is  too  targe,  but  simply,  by  if  flying’  by  imperceptible  threads.  Then  there  | 
beer  force,  compressing  it  to  the  required  size.  a  salon— very  simply  hut  prettily  fur- 

It  is  a  matter  for  surprise,  that  America  is  so  nished— the  chairs  made  bright  by  having  the 
ich  in  inventions,  when  toe  country  has  done  back*  and  bottom  covered  with  difbsrent-eol- 
,nd  still  does  so  lit  tle  to  encourage  inventions  ored  tapes,  of  an  inch  in  width,  which  are  cross- 
>r  to  educate  boys  possessing  marked  mechan-  I  ed  *n  and  out  like  splints  in  a  chair  bottom. 
i:al  genius.  Our  inventors  liavo  groped  along,  The  Department  of  France 

ftentjmes  Into  direct  poverty,  laughed  at  for  is  magnificent— brilliant.  Every  article  that 
heir  devotion  to  their  “absurd"  ideas ;  but  in  i  man,  woman  or  child  can  wear— every  article 
pite  of  every  obstacle,  have  marched  witli  set  j  that  can  decorate  a  house  or  a  palace,  are  here 
ace  and  set  purpose  until  the  light  dawned  and  found  in  tiioir  coinpletest  perfection  and  beauty 
he  inspiration  took  visible  shape.  And  what-  and  arranged  with  fantastic,  taste.  Spools  of 
ver  false  notions  boys  or  the  fathers  of  boys  ■  thread,  skeins  of  silk,  buttons,  cords,  tassels,  1 


so  much  space  is  required.  Tins  arrangement 
has  but  one  advantage-  it  furnishes  a  summary 
of  the  products  of  the  country  It  represents. 
But  it  brings  nothing  but  arrangement,  Into  di¬ 
rect  competition  and  comparison;  and  as  for 
arrangement. 

The  American  Department 

is  simply  hideous  —  the  very  worst  of  all. 
Although  America  exhibit*  some  good  things — 
for  instance,  the  best  photographs,  the  finest 
cotton  bale,  the  best  wines,  the  most  complete 
school-house  —  yet  the  only  tiling  that  saves 
us  from  total  failure  is  our  machinery.  In 
that  department  we  are  triumphant.  One  rea¬ 
son  why  our  machinery  is  so  superior  is  because 
it  is  math  by  machinery.  If  there  is  one  ma¬ 
chine  more  than  another  That  attracts  special 
attention.  It  Is  that,  which  fits  a  wagon  tire  to  a 
wheel— not  heating  the  tiro  to  expand  it  or  cut¬ 
ting  out  a  piece  If  it  is  too  large,  but  simply,  by 
sheer  force,  compressing  it  to  the  required  size. 

It  is  a  matter  for  surprise,  that  America  is  so 
rich  in  inventions,  when  tne  country  has  done 
and  still  lines  so  little  to  encourage  inventions 
or  to  educate  boys  possessing  marked  mechan¬ 
ical  genius.  Our  inventors  liavo  groped  along, 
oftentimes  Into  direct  poverty,  laughed  at  for 
their  devotion  to  their  "  absurd"  ideas ;  but  in 
spite  of  every  obstacle,  have  marched  with  set 
face  and  set  purpose  until  the  light  dawned  and 
the  inspiration  took  visible  shape.  And  what¬ 
ever  false  notions  boys  or  the  fathers  of  boys 


and  all  such  minor  articles,  are  festooned  and 
arranged  to  represent  flowers,  fruits  or  land¬ 
scapes.  Tho  brocaded  silks  and  royal  velvets 
from  the  Lyons  looms  arc  only  rivaled  by  the 
laces  wrought  by  the  patient  toll  of  hundreds 
of  peasant  women.  In  the  musical  section 
there  is  a  machine  Tor  playing  tile  piano.  It  is 
the  same  length  of  the  key-hoard  of  the  piano, 
and  has  Angers  corresponding  to  the  keys.  A 
man  turns  n  crank  to  work  the  machine,  and 
these  wooden  or  bone  fingers  strike  tho  piano 
keys,  lo  play  a  certain  tunc,  a  roll  of  paper, 
full  of  differently  shaped  ami  sized  boles,  ap¬ 
parently  corresponding  to  the  notes  of  the 
music,  and  which  act  upon,  or  secure  from  be¬ 
ing  acted  upon,  by  certain  springs  In  the  ma¬ 
chine,  is  introduced  in  it,  anil  gradually  unrolls 
and  works  out  at  thu  opposite  end  as  the  music 
progresses  and  finishes.  Thnt 
is  nil  I  was  able  to  see  of  tho 
mechanism.  I  only  know  that 
the  melodies  were  accurately 
playod  and  very  agreeably  ren¬ 
dered. 

One  very  ciovorly  arranged 
section,  called  the  Flax  Room, 
belongs,  1  think,  to  Holland  or 
Belgium.  In  tho  center  is  a 
fountain  composed  of  flax  in 
every  stage  of  its  ripeness,  from 
the  seed  to  linen  thread.  The 
silky  libers  fall  over  the  urn  in 
imitation  of  water,  while  all 
about  the  basin  are.  ornamenta¬ 
tions  of  flowers,  fruits  and  vinos 
wrought  of  Max.  About  tho 
fountain  are  counters  lined 
with  linen  goods,  from  the 
coarse  toweling  to  the  finest 
damask.  A  very  cleverly  ar¬ 
ranged  section  in 

The  Austrian  Department 

is  devoted  to  soap  — soap  In 
every  color  and  shade  of  color 
and  degree  of  transparency — 
soap  monuments,  soap  hens’ 
nests  and  eggs  of  soap,  baskets 
of  soap  with  soa  p  fruits— slices 
of  Cake,  cheese,  meats,  and 
sandwiches  of  soap  In  perfect 
imitation  — but  no  soft  soap. 
That  is  an  article  tho  Austrians 
make  no  use  of— at  least  in  a 
metaphorical  sense. 

Every  day,  from  four  to  eight 
o'clock,  there  is  music  in  the 
Prater,  and  Straubs  ofen  plays. 
He  is  a  black-eyed,  wax-mous¬ 
tached  little  follow,  active  und 
lively  as  his  waltzes,  and  wears 
an  air  « »f  perfect  harmony  and 
self-satisfaction.  At  7  o’clock 
the  Exposition  closes,  and  everybody  is  driven 
out.  There  arc  police  stationed  at  every  suc¬ 
tion.  People  who  are  unable  to  walk  through 
the  Exposition  can  lie  wheeled  In  a  chair  for 
I  ten  florins  a  day.  The  entrance  fee  Is  a  florin 
each  day,  except  Sunday  and  Monday,  when  it 
|  *s  fifty  kreutzers.  On  such  days  large  excursions 
often  arrive  from  the  country. 

Mary  A.  E.  Wager. 
- - 

SOD -HOUSES  IN  NEBRASKA. 

True  sod-house  builder  finds  his  material 
ready  to  Ills  hand  in  every  furrow  of  the  virgin 
prairie  bis  plow  turns  up.  The  sods,  compacted 
by  the  tramp  of  buffaloes  and  bound  together 
by  tho  roots  of  the  “devil’s  shoe-string”  and 
every  other  vegetable  production,  form  better 
bricks  than  tho  Hebrew*  could  liavo  furnished 
Pharaoh  even  before  he  denied  them  straw. 
Out  of  this  prairie  quarry  about  nine  days’  labor 
of  one  man  stillices  to  complete  a  sod-house 
fifteen  feet,  square  on  the  inside -a  dwelling 
warmer  in  winter  and  cooler  in  summer  than 
any  frame  house.  I  have  seen  such  an  abode 
nine  years  old,  yet  still  in  good  repair.  Many 
dwellers  in  houses  of  this  sort,  have  assured  me 
that  they  have  suffered  nothing  from  dampness, 
oven  when  they  had  no  floors,  no  ceilings,  no 
plastering  nor  paper  hangings.  But  all  these 
four  additions  soon  garnish  the  original  sim¬ 
plicity  of  many  sod-houses. 

The  very  roofs  of  sod-houses  are  often  made 
of  sods  supported  on  poles,  which  the  settlor 
can  cut  along  the  banks  of  every  watercourse. 
Hut  if  he  Uvea  near  no  stream,  tie  must  buy  at 
least  rafters,  and  perhaps  boards  and  shingles 
for  covorlnghis  housetop.  Sod  roofs  are  wanner, 
lumber  roofs  are  less  liable  to  leak. 

RELIGIOUS  PILGRIMAGES  IN  FRANCE. 

The  Paris  correspondent  of  the  Tribune  says : 
That  Christian  pilgrimage  to  Paray-le-Monial, 
continuous  through  I  he  month  of  Juno,  in  no 
way  interfered  with  others.  The  Abbe  Ror- 
QtfETTE  says  t  hat  the  daily  average  of  visitors 
to  the  Sanctuary  of  Lourdes,  since  the  summer 
set  in,  is  2,(100.  A  correspondent  of  L’  Uniters, 
writing  from  there  oil  the  3d  of  July,  says  that 
•5,000  pilgrims  were  present  the  preceding  day, 
and  it  records  a  miracle  performed  in  the  sight 
of  all.  “  Cakoltne  Esskutaux,  aged  33,  very 
infirm  these  ten  year’s,  and  pronounced  incur¬ 
able,  by  her  physicians,  of  an  hereditary  spinal 
malady,  being  brought  to  the  grotto  in  a  car¬ 
riage,  was  taken  out.  and  dipped  In  the  divine 
pool,  whereat  she  presently  cried  out,  ‘  L  am 
healed !  ’  and  straightway  her  distorted,  para¬ 
lyzed  limbs  became  flexible,  her  dimmed  eyes 
clear-sighted,  and  the  sores  that  covered  her 
body  disappeared,  leaving  no  trace  of  scars.” 


M  OOBE’S  R  U  B  A  L  NEW-YORKER. 


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A  BOOK  OF  POEMS.'. 

BY  EBEX  E,  REXFORD. 

To-nxv  I  found.  In  a  drawer 
Where  I  hft<l  not  looked  for  years, 
A  volume  of  little  poems ; 

My  eves  grew  dim  with  tears 
As  I  turned  t  he  yellow  pages 
And  found  sumo  daisies  dead, 

That  marked  tlie  Inst  sweet  poem 
My  darling  ever  read. 

How  well  1  can  remember 
That  afternoon  In  May  ! 

We  saw  the  white-sailed  vessels 
Go  drifting  down  the  bay. 

We  heard  the  robins  singing, 

And  all  the  world  was  fair 
With  sunshine  not  more  golden 
Than  was  my  durllng’S  hair. 

She  read  me  this  quaint,  sweet  poem, 
Her  little  hand  In  mine ; 

I  can  hear  tlie  ocean  sobbing, 

And  see  the  blue  warns  Bhlno, 

And,  like  some  dream  of  sorrow, 

The  years  burn  passed  away, 

And  1  am  by  her  side  again 
This  cheerful  summer  day. 

1  look  in  her  eye*,  and  listen 
To  her  voice  so  soft  and  sweet, 

As  her  lips  this  sweet,  strange  fancy 
Of  the  Poet’s  brain  repeat, 

And  think  that  love  Is  it  poem, 

So  old  and  yet  so  new ; — 

The  sweetest  of  all  sweet  poems 
To  tlioHu  who  make  it  true. 

Ah !  but  the  poem  Is  ended ; 

The  benutful  dream  Is  done ; 

The  fairest  flowers  are  the  frailest 
Of  all  flowers  under  the  sun. 

My  book  of  life  has  Its  poems, 

Hut  the  sweetest  poem  there 
Is  the  memory  of  my  darling, 

Safe  where  the  angels  nre. 


<®ur  j&targ-Styltyr. 


OUR  CITY  FRIENDS  IN  THE  COUNTRY. 

BY  RUTH  1.KE. 

The  spring  was  so  tardy  In  her  coining,  that 
wo  had  only  a  glimpse  of  her  in  her  bridal 
robes  ere  she  vanished  from  sight,  and  the  fair, 
rejoicing  June  brought  us  the  flowers  that 
should  have  crowned  the  bride  of  the  year.  Hut 
w<J  weave  our  garlands  all  the  same,  and  grow 
strong  and  hopeful  once  more. 

While  the  air  was  yet  fragrant  with  apple 
blossoms,  we  received  dainty  epistles  from  our 
far-off  city  friends,  reminding  us  that  the  sea¬ 
son  of  their  annual  flitting  was  near  at  hand. 
Somehow,  they  had  quite  forgotten  us  in  the 
winter  time,  when  all  the  glory  and  beauty  of 
summer  was  hidden  away  under  a  white  mantle 
of  snow;  but  Just  now,  when  the  woods  had 
donned  their  robes  of  brightest  green,  and  the 
white  plumes  of  the  loeusLS  were  waving  in  the 
breeze,  t  hey  remember  us  and  our  Eden  ;  they 
send  us  loving  messages,  and  recall  with  delight 
the  beautiful  panorama  of  hills  and  lake  and 
shore  which  so  enchanted  them  in  t  he  su  minor. 

Well,  i!  ; is  a  pretty  picture,  and  in  our  egotism 
wo  almost  fancy  the  bluo  sky  never  framed  a 
lovelier  one,  and  seldom  pause  long  enough  to 
admire  It  without  wishing  that  all  the  friends 
whom  we  love  might  occasionally  share  our 
pleasure.  Wo  oven  lent  a  credulous  car  to  the 
oft-repeated  assurances  of  our  last  summer's 
guests,  that  their  sojourn  here  was  perfectly 
charming,  and  that  they  should  take  back  to 
the  city  with  their  restored  health,  only  pleas¬ 
ant  memories  of  all  the  restful,  happy  days. 
We  know  the  dear  lilt  to  children  grew  rosy  and 
sweet  in  the  joyous  freedom  of  their  country 
life;  but  in  the  meantime,  how  fared  the  in¬ 
mates  of  the  farm  house? 

Let  us  sec.  We  have  our  remembrances  too, 
but  it  seems  to  us  that  we  were  nearly  in  the 
same  plight,  that  a  little  four-year-old  friend  of 
ours  once  found  horself.  She  was  an  especial 
pet.  of  her  grandmother,  whom  she  had  been 
visiting,  and  on  her  return,  when  asked  if  she 
had  a  good  time,  replied  : “  Yes,  I  hud  a  good 
time  and  a  bad  time.  1  had  a  good  time  dress¬ 
ing  my  dull,  playing  with  the  kittens  and  Look¬ 
ing  over  grandmother's  drawers,  but  a  very  bad 
time  when,  for  some  misdemeanor,  1  received 
a  severe  switching." 

So  we  were  both  glad  and  sorry  ;  glad  to  know 
that  others  were  happy  and  free  from  care  and 
wo  have  pleasant  visions  Of  the  twilight  re¬ 
unions,  when  oar  long,  weary  day's  work  was 
done,  and  lor  a.  brief  season  we  could  enjoy  the 
merry  songs  and  stories :  but  wo  recollect  more 
distinctly  the  wearisome  toil  entailed  on  tlie 
mistress  of  the  mansion,  and  the  unusual  de¬ 
mands  on  her  time  and  strength  for  the  suitable 
entertainment,  for  weeks,  of  a  small  army  of 
hired  men,  members  of  the  family,  and  numer¬ 
ous  guests. 

Jt.  happened  in  this  wise:— Tn  June,  we  were 
apprised  that  a  party  of  friends  from  a  distant 
city  would  visit  us,  and  with  them  some  stran¬ 
gers  whom  we  had  never  met.  What  a  commo¬ 
tion  reigned  at  once !  To  be  sure,  the  house  had 
a  good,  orthodox  cleaning  in  early  spring;  but 
houses  have  a  wonderful  knack  of  getting 
dusty  and  out  of  order  in  short  notice  in  the 
summer,  when  amid  the  press  of  other  work 
minor  things  elude  tlie  housekeeper's  atten¬ 
tion.  A  general  inspection  from  attic  to  cellar 
seemed  indispensable.  The  spare  rooms  were 
duly  arranged  for  the  expected  guests,  and  at 
last  we  surveyed  our  domestic  kingdom  with  a 


sigh  of  relief,  when  the  froshly-cut  flowers  lent 
a  finishing  grace  to  the  rooms  we  meant  should 
look  cheerful  and  homo-like  to  the  teachers. 

At  the  appointed  time,  John  drove  to  the 
station  to  moot  them,  and  very  soon  the  old 
bays  dashed  up  to  the  door  with  a  merry,  laugh¬ 
ing  load.  Between  hand  shakings  and  kisses 
for  the  old  friends  and  greetings  for  the  stran¬ 
gers  who  were  genial  and  affable,  we  almost 
forgot  our  misgivings  lost,  our  simple,  country 
ways  should  Inspire  them  with  contempt.  Half 
an  hour  later,  we  stood  aghast  at  the  quantity 
of  luggago  left  in  the  porch.  We  thought  we 
knew  where  we  could  put  each  guest;  but  just 
where  we  should  stow  those  immense  “  Sarato¬ 
gas,”  was  a  vexed  question  for  the  instant.  In 
vain  the  two  stoutest  men  on  the  place  essayed 
to  get  them  all  up  stairs.  With  a  limited  por¬ 
ter  education,  they  were  not  equal  to  the  task. 
The  ancient  architect  of  the  farm  house  never 
dreamed  of  such  traveling  wardrobes  when  he 
planned  the  somewhat  narrow  stairway ;  and 
to  the  evident  annoyance  of  the  indies,  the 
most  ponderous  ones  occupied  retired  corners 
of  the  lower  hall.  These  matters  of  the  toilet 
being  arranged,  we  returned  to  our  guests.  The 
new  acquaintances  were  refined,  intelligent  peo¬ 
ple,  with  whom  we  soon  found  ourselves  on 
excellent  ter/ns,  and  for  a  few  days  all  went 
merrily. 

The  farmer  and  his  sons  spent  all  the  time 
they  could  spare  in  pointing  out  objects  of  in¬ 
terest  in  the  vicinity,  and  each  day  the  horses 
and  light  wagon  were  in  readiness  to  convey 
the  company  to  and  fro  in  their  search  after 
pleasure.  If  the  housewife,  left  a  captive  In  tlie 
hot  kitchen,  longed  to  follow  in  their  wake, 
when  tlie  woods  and  dells  were  luring  her  with 
wondrous  beauty,  she  stifled  ail  regrets  and 
gathered  such  crumbs  of  comfort  as  she  might 
from  the  reflection  that  for  two  or  three  hours 
at  least,  she  could  sweep,  dust,  cook  and  pre¬ 
pare  the  dinner  without  interruption. 

Our  friends  had  come  from  homes  of  afflu¬ 
ence,  and  accustomed  to  the  Bervlce  of  others, 
had  no  idea  of  the  labor  required  to  keep  even 
their  own  rooms  in  order,  so  they  lent  us  no 
helping  hand.  Their  traveling  attire  bore  wit¬ 
ness  t.o  the  dusty  Journey,  and  as  no  competent 
laundress  lived  near  us,  we  could  do  no  less 
than  offer  our  services  instead.  Though,  like 
the  lilies  of  the  Held,  the  ladies  toiled  not.,  yet 
they  were  dally  arrayed  In  fine  linen,  with  nu¬ 
merous  ruffles  and  laces ;  and  the  gentleruen'.'- 
whitc  suits,  looking  delightfully  cool  for  a 
morning  walk,  had  a  ooar  affinity  for  t  he  road¬ 
side  dust,  and  the  wearers  returned'  in  disgust 
with  the  dew-spangled  grass,  while  the  soiled 
garments  swelled  tlie  contents  of  the  clothes- 
basket.  Their  afternoon  siestas  enabled  them 
to  enjoy  moonlight  walks  and  rides  till  a  late 
hour  of  the  night,  while  we,  weary  and  exhaust¬ 
ed,  would  gladly  havo  sought  our  couch  at  night. 

The  hired  men  required  an  early  breakfast ; 
but  our  guests  seldom  made  their  appearance 
before  8  A.  M, ;  so,  to  make  it  possible  for  us  to 
prepare  a  second  table,  we  were  obliged  to  rise 
long  before  t  he  spin.  Butter  could  only  be  cool 
and  golden  by  being  churned  ift  the  early  morn¬ 
ing,  and  the  work  of  the  dairy  claimed  our  first 
care.  Under  so  many  burdens,  our  energies 
began  to  flag.  1 1  was  I  mposslblo  for  one  woman 
and  her  little  maid  to  perform  the  work  for  so 
large  a  family  without  doing  themselves  injus- 
t  ice,  and  no  additional  help  could  be  procured. 
Conscious  that  our  reputation  for  hospitality 
was  at  stake,  and  lest  some  “  Sam, y  TeaZLB" 
should  take  to  the  city  an  ill  report  of  our  ways, 
we  wore  a  smiling  face  and  kept  a  brave  heart. 
Yet,  none  of  those  people  were  exacting  mu- 
desirous  of  causing  extra  trouble.  They  were 
ladies  and  gentlemen,  whose  companionship 
we  should  have  highly  enjoyed  If  our  physical 
strength  had  been  equal  to  our  work :  and  the 
children  were  so  bright  and  beautiful  that  wo 
could  not.  resist  their  loving  ways  nor  refuse 
them  our  choicest  flowers. 

The  days  lengthened  Into  weeks,  and  still  our 
visitors  lingered  in  the  country.  The  blossom¬ 
ing  clover  fields  beckoned  the  mowers  to  tlieir 
work,  anil  the  haying  could  no  longer  be  de¬ 
ferred,  so  the  gentlemen  of  the  party  were  left 
to  their  own  devices.  Tlie  grand  old  maples 
had  fur  years  been  t  he  summer  homes  of  nu¬ 
merous  birds,  and  all  about  the  yard  the  old 
farmer  hud  put  up  boxes  for  the  use  of  his 
leathered  friends,  receiving  a  rich  reward  in  the 
sweet  concerts  at  early  dawn.  As  our  city 
sportsmen.  In  the  absence  of  the  stout  rowers, 
could  not  fish,  the  polished  rifles  were  brought 
out,  and  soon  several  of  oxir  beautiful  pots  lay 
dying  on  the  front  doorsteps.  This,  if  not  “  the 
la.<l  straw  on  the  camel's  back,”  was  certainly 
a  heavy  one,  and  wo  were  almost  indignant 
enough  to  lend  each  hunter  a  rake  and  send 
him  to  the  hay  field,  regardless  of  his  white 
hands  and  linen  costume ;  but  politeness  over¬ 
ruled,  and  wo  mildly  suggested  that  a  white 
paper  should  bo  a  target  for  future  shots  1  These 
trilling  annoyances  were  not  allowed  to  mar 
their  pleasure,  and  tboy  sought  amusement  in 
their  own  way.  At  last,  when  autumn  came, 
our  patty,  with  many  good  wishes,  bade  us 
adieu ;  and  with  *he  stimulus  of  necessity  with¬ 
drawn,  our  remaining  strength  departed,  and 
by  weeks  of  illness  we  paid  the  penalty  that 
nature  demanded  for  our  exertion. 

I  Now,  do  you  ask  if  these  people  must  stay  in 
1  the  dust  and  turmoil  of  the  city  when  so  many 
of  their  kindred  have  pleasant  country  homes 
to  which  they  mi  ?lit  go?  Oh.no!  We  have  no 
wish  to  defraud  them  of  t  heir  birthright.  The 
mountain  air,  the  beautiful  valleys  and  wood¬ 
land  shades  are  free  to  all.  Then  let  them  come. 
We  would  only  vary,  somewhat,  the  manner  of 


their  coming  and  their  staying.  We  ought  to 
know  each  other  better.  Then  need  to  learn 
that  all  farmers  and  their  families  are  not 
coarse  ana  Illiterate— that  agricultural  pursuits, 
though  requiring  strong  muscles  and  unfailing 
courage,  do  not  detract  from  social  nr  moral 
worth.  TFe  should  know  that  all  city  people 
arc  not  frivolous  and  conceited  votaries  of  fash¬ 
ion.  Dispute  the  fact  a*  wo  will,  the  refinement 
and  culture  of  polished  society  impart  a  charm¬ 
ing  ease  and  grace  of  manner  seldom  acquired 
by  a  long  residence  in  the  country  ;  and  a  mon 
frequent  and  cordial  intercourse  would  dispel 
much  of  the  prejudice  with  which  each  class 
regards  the  Other. 

Having  assured  our  city  friends  that  they 
should  occasionally  share  our  rural  pleasures, 
mid  that  on  certain  conditions  we  shall  be  de¬ 
lighted  to  entertain  them,  let  us  discuss  the 
manner  and  time  of  their  coming.  Just  here, 
it  may  be  well  to  mention  that  our  remarks  do 
not  apply  to  our  poor  city  relatives.  If  they,  by 
any  fortunato  chance,  shall  be  able  to  stray  out 
of  the  dust  and  beat  of  the  city  into  the  blessed 
country,  they  will  not  be  so  very  much  in  Do¬ 
wny.  Belonging  to  the  great  army  of  worker? 
themselves,  they  are  generally  helpful  sort  of 
people,  and  will  not  bo  surprised  that  our  busy 
farm  life  brings  us  »o  few  leisure  hours.  If  need 
bo,  the  women  could  wait  on  themselves,  the 
men  could  "  paddle  their  own  canoe."  So  these 
are  welcome  to  come  when  and  how  they  can,— 
but  for  the  rich,  whose  moans  are  sufficiently 
ample  to  allow  them  to  choose  their  summer  re¬ 
sorts,  we  have  arranged  a  different  programme. 
Let  them  start  as  early  In  the  season  as  possi¬ 
ble  after  their  elegant  centum  OB  arc  ready,  but 
go  around  by  Saratoga  or  Niagara,  by  Newport. 
Long  Branch,  or  any  ot  her  sln  ine  of  wcaltii  and 
fashion.  They  can  linger  long  at  tlie  seaside, 
so  t  hat,  by  no  contingency,  unless  urgently  in¬ 
vited,  they  will  alight  at  the  farm-house  before 
haying  and  harvest  are  well  over.  By  this  time, 
the  farmer  and  his  Bonn  may  need  recreation, 
and  be  jin.;  v\  oary  enough  to  lounge  in  the  shade 
or  bait  hooks  for  inexperienced  anglers. 

Let  the  travelers  appear  at  our  house  with 
modcst-slrcd  trunks  that  they  can  carry  val¬ 
iantly  up  any  farm-house  stairs,  and  bring  only 
their  plainest  garments- -something  serviceable 
and  comfortable,  that  will  not  require  the  skill 
of  a  professional  laundress  on  ironing  day.  With 
the  fine  clothes  left  in  the  city  homes  they 
should  leave  some  of  their  luxurious  tastes,  so 
thnt  our  country  customs  will  not  seem  so  very 
rustic.  1  he  arrangements  suitable  for  a  Fifth 
Avenue  mansion,  where  numerous  well-trained 
servants  attend  to  every  detail,  would  bo  en¬ 
tirely  out  of  place  in  the  average  country  home, 
whore  the  mistress  is  fortunate  if  she  can  se¬ 
cure  the  services  of  o)m  competent  hired  girl 
through  the  season. 

When  we  visit  our  cit  y,  cousins,  we  conform 
to  their  ways.  Though  every  bone  ache  with 
enforced  idleness,  we  do  not  roam  about  the 
bouse  at  5  o'clock  in  the  morning,  as  we  do  at 
home,  but  quiet  ly  await  the  summons  to  a  lute 
breakfast,  dine  at  our  usual  supper  hour,  and 
towards  bedt  ime  sit  down  to  the  tea  table.  This 
is  all  right.  We  ought  not  to  disturb  the  usual 
routine  of  our  friends,  and  if  it  should  not 
please  us  we  can  return  to  the  country  and  its 
good,  old-fashioned  ways:  but  it  is  only  fail 
that  they  should  adopt  our  mode  of  living  dur¬ 
ing  tlieir  stay  with  us.  If  they  were  boarders, 
our  mutual  compact  might  regulate  those  mat¬ 
ters  :  but  being  visitors,  we  can  only  trust  to 
their  courtesy  for  a  ready  observance  of  things 
which  may  seem  trifling  to  them,  but  are  really 
essential  to  our  comfort. 

Remembering  the  lessons  of  last  year,  we  con¬ 
fess  that  much  of  our  fatigue  and  discomfort 
w.-ui  due  to  the  fact  tbut  we  tried  to  do  too 
much  in  the  line  of  entertainment,  and  this 
summer  we  propose  to  establish  it  new  order  of 
thing?.  The  domestic  muebino  can  only  run 
smoothly  when  all  secure  regular  hours  for 
sleep;  so,  inooniighl  or  starlight,  everybody 
about  our  house  will  expect  to  retiro  by  10 
o'clock  at  night.  A  vigorous  ring  of  the  bell 
shall  rouse  every  sleeper  at  0  o’clock  in  the 
morning,  with  a  warning  note  that  breakfast 
waiteth  for  no  tardy  guest  .  As  our  hired  men 
are  very  clean,  respectable  yeomen,  we  shall  all 
oat  at  an  ample  table— patrician  and  plebean 
for  the  time,  on  a  common  level.  The  table 
linen  shall  he  spotless,  but  the  food  thereon, 
though  abundant,  will  not  consist  of  too  many 
kinds  at  once,  but  be  varied  enough  for  health. 
No  more  shall  we  be  miserable  over  vain  efforts 
to  rival  the  dinners  of  "HeUnonioo,”  but  our 
bill  of  fare  shall  not  disgrace  the  thorough 
country  training  received  in  our  mother's  kitch¬ 
en.  The  traditional  pork  and  beans  grace  not 
our  table  in  summer;  but  instead,  the  grass-fed 
beeves  and  fat  Soul  hdmvns  roaming  over  our 
pastures  shall  furnish  the  juicy  moats  that  lend 
strength  and  vigor  to  the  feeble.  Vegetable? 
fresh  from  the  garden ;  fruits  just  gathered 
from  tree  arid  vine ;  milk,  cream  and  butter 
brought  forth  from  the  coolest  of  cellars,  with 
bread  faultless  to  country  eyes,  shall  atone  for 
the  absence  of  rich  pastry  and  highly-seasoned 
viands. 

Sometimes,  having  put  everything  nicely  m 
trim  for  the  day,  when  John  drives  to  the  door 
for  his  usual  "load,  the  housewife  will  just 
quietly  don  her  bonnet  and  join  the  party ;  and 
when  fishing  is  to  be  the  sport,  she  will  try  her 
skill  with  the  anglers.  It  the  sportsmen  will 
spare  onr  beautiful  singing  birds  in  the  door- 
yard,  they  can  hie  to  the  grand  old  woods, 
w  here  the  partridge  and  squirrel  may  tempt 
their  random  shots,  while  we  guide  the  ladles 
to  the  silvery  brook  in. search  of  tho  loveliest 
Terns  and  mosses.  Oh,  we  shall  have  glorious 
times  in  the  country  thl&  summer!  With  rid¬ 
ing,  boating,  picnics  and  woodland  rambles,  we 
shall  all  be  young  together.  What  if  work  in 
the  kitchen  does  go  the  least  bit  awry,  now  and 
then?  With  our  renewed  health  and  vigor, 
things  can  soon  be  “  put  to  rights.”  After  two 
or  three  weeks  of  such  high  carnivtil,  which  is 
about  as  long  as  our  friends  could  reasonably 
expect  busy  people  to  be  perfectly  amiable  and 
hospitable,  they  should  take  their  departure, 
leaving  with  us  pleasant  memories  of  our  mu- 
I  tuallyhappy  days. 


BEFORE  AND  BEHIND. 

There  was  a  soul  one  eve  autumnal  sailing 
Beyond  the  earth’s  dark  bars, 

Towards  the  land  of  sunsets  never  paling, 

Towards  the  heaven's  sen  of  stars. 

Behind  there  w»w  a  wake  of  billows  tossing, 

Before  a  glory  lay. 

O  happy  soul !  with  all  sail  set,  just  crossing 
Into  tho  fur  away  : 

The  gloom  and  gleam,  tho  calmness  and  the  strife, 
Were  death  before  thee,  and  behind  thee  life. 

And  as  that  soul  went  onward,  sweetly  speeding 
Unto  Its  home  and  light. 

Repentance  made  it  sorrowful  exceeding, 

Faith  made  it  wondrous  bright; 

Repentance  dark  with  shadowy  recollections 
And  longing*  unsufficed. 

Faith  white  and  pure  with  sunniest  affections 
Full  from  the  face  of  Christ. 

But  both  across  the  sun-besilvered  tide 
Helped  to  tlie  haven  where  the  heart  would  ride. 

.  -  -+-*-■*. - 

LIFE’S  LIMITATIONS. 

Gifted  with  noble  tendency  to  climb 
Yet  weak  at  the.  same  time, 

Faith  is  a  kind  of  parasitic  plnnt 

That  grasps  the  nearest  stem  with  tendril  rings ; 

And  as  the  climate  and  the  soil  may  grant, 

So  is  the  sort  of  tree  to  which  it  clings. 

[ Thomas  Hood. 

- - - 

DOES  GOD  ANSWER  PRAYER  1 

There  are  two  striking  cases — one  in  the  Old 
Testament  and  the  other  in  the  Now— of  men 
bolowd  of  God,  praying  perseveringly  and  with 
the  utmost  Intensity  and  fervor  for  something 
which  was  denied  t.uem.  An  answer  to  a  prayer 
is  not  nccessarilly  an  affirmative  answer.  It 
may  be  an  answer  in  the  negative— an  answer 
of  the  wiser  love  that  secs  further  than  we  do 
and  ictuses  in  mercy.  Vet,  there  are  some  peo¬ 
ple  who  talk  as  though,  if  prayer  were  not 
always  and  of  course  answered  in  the  affirma¬ 
tive,  and  the  tiling  wo  susk  given,  there  were  no 
use  in  praying.  “Who  is  the  Lord,  that  we 
should  serve  Him,  and  what  profit  shall  we  have 
to  pray  to  Him?"  lint  prayers  are  often  an¬ 
swered  in  the  affirmative.  Tho  voice  of  Chris¬ 
tian  experience,  through  all  time,  hus  united  in 
calling  our  God  “a  very  present  help  in  lime  of 
( rouble.”  Vary  present  ,  either  to  remove  the 
trouble  or  help  us  to  rise  above  It.  The  true 
doctrine  Is,  that  God  our  Father  is  a  reality— a 
living,  loving  presence — throbbing  with  sympa¬ 
thy,  but  with  plans  and  purposes,  and  knowl¬ 
edge  of  the  situation  infinitely  transcending 
ours;  that  He  is  near  to  us,  hears  our  prayer,  * 
considers  it  tenderly  and  patiently,  and  does 
for  us  the  very*  best  that  iB  possible  consistently 
with  tho  best,  good  of  all.  That  it.  is  not  always 
possible  for  God  to  grant  what  we  ask  is  made 
certain  by  the  most  interesting  and  most  awful 
prayer  ever  left  on  record — the  prayer  offered  in 
extreme  anguish  by  His  only  and  wtdl-*eloved 
Son.  It  was  to  attain  the  sympathetic  insight 
of  a  personal  experience  that  our  Lord  passed 
through  depths  so  deep  that  no  son  or  daughter 
of  Adam  ever  could  sink  below  Him.  In  the 
awful  passage  Ho  felt  the  same  agonized  ina¬ 
bility  to  endure  that  we  feel,  and  called  out  as 
we  do  for  relief ;  but  with  the  controlling  sense 
of  a  nobler  purpose  which  He  preferred  even  to 
that,  present  relief.  And  in  this  sense  every 
true  prayer  is  answered.  For  when  wo  pray 
truly  we  always  do  In  our  deepest  heart,  in  our 
higher  and  better  nature,  so  confide  in  our 
lleavon]y  Father  that  wc  prefer  His  will  even 
to  the  most  important  clamor  of  our  own  wild 
desires.— Mrs,  Harriet  Bcccfier  Stoive. 

- +++ - 

THE  RELIGION  OF  OUTWARD  NATURE. 

In  our  ardor  for  spiritual  religion  we  have 
neglected  too  much  the  religion  which  springs 
from  nature.  Spiritual  religion  alone  leaves 
part  of  our  nature  unsatisfied,— all  that  largo 
region  of  imagination  and  feelings  which  are 
kindled  into  awe  and  joy  by  the  influences  of 
natural  beauty,  by  ihe  activity  and  change,  by 
the  passion  and  calm  of  nature.  The  poets  have 
siezed  on  tide  region  and  made  it  their  own, 
and  it  might  be  called  the  region  of  natural 
poetry.  It  has  lost  its  true  name,  which  is,  the 
region  of  the  religion  of  nature.  It  is  considered 
a?  the  realm  in  which  beauty  and  sublimity,  and 
a  hundred  other  abstractions  are  revealed :  it 
has  ceased,  practically,  to  lie  considered  as  the 
realm  in  which  God  is  revealed.  We  coniine  the 
revelation  of  God  to  the  spiritual  truths  dis¬ 
closed  in  Christianity.  It  is  not  too  much  to  say 
that  that  is  a  great  practical  mistake-  There  are 
two  books  of  revelation,' — the  book  of  nature 
and  the  book  of  God’s  speech  to  man's  spirit. 
When  the  latter  succeeded  the  former,  it  did 
not  intend  to  push  the  religion  derived  from 
nature  away  forever,  but  to  supplement  it. 
Both  are  to  be  retained  by  us,  only  one  naturally 
was  to  be  higher  than  the  other.  But  Lh<*  over¬ 
whelming  Importance  given  to  spiritual  religion 
has  removed  out  of  the  sphere  of  our  religious 
thought  the  religion  of  nature.  Consequently, 
the  study  of  nature  by  scientific  men,  and  the 
contemplation  of  nature  by  poetic  men,  have 
both  become  irreligious. — Stopford  -4.  Brooke. 

- — ■*-*-*. - - 

The  work  of  God  must  be  nearer  to  us  than 
our  friends,  dearer  to  us  than  our  liberty,  and 
pleasanter  to  us  than  all  earthly  comforters. 


©ORE’S  RURAL  HEW-YOB 


Jfadtqs'  |Jortfolio. 


AN  ANSWER. 

BY  HOSE  GERANIUM. 

It  is  sweet  to  abide,  under  wishes  like  thine, 

To  be  held  in  thy  raernory’s  thrall,— 

And  to  find  as  I  fathom  it,  line  upon  line. 

That  pain  is  but  pain,  utter  all. 

bometiraes,  looking  back  o’er  a  troublesome  way, 
Where  we  blindly  groped  out  from  the  mark. 

It  Is  Joy  to  remember,  as  often  we  may, 

Tha  t  friends  were  linear  lu  the  dark. 

And  hands  that  were  willing  and  hearts  that  wore 
true 

Save  pressed  back  the  thorns  from  the  vino, 

That  only  the  fragrance  enshrined  in  the  dew 
And  only  the  roses  were  mine. 

It  is  sweet  to  abide  under  wishes  like  thine, 

To  repose  in  the  heart  of  a  friend. 

And  to  catch,  faintly  gleaming,  the  glories  that 
shine 

O’er  the  river  that  flows  at  the  end. 

- . 

“COMPLETING  AN  EDUCATION.” 

Emma  CL  “fools  bad,”  she  says,  “because 
other  girls  have  opportunity  to  complete  their 
education  by  continuous  study,”  while  she  is 
compelled  to  teach  or  do  other  work  in  order 
to  get  the  means  to  attend  school.  Hut  she 
says  she  la  “  courageous.1'  Why  should  she 
“feel  bad?"  The  education  she  is  gel  ting  as  a 
teacher  will  bo  of  far  more  value  to  her  than 
any  she  can  obtain  by  rushing  through  any 
school  and  graduating.  She  lias  opportunity 
to  apply,  iu  practice,  what  she  learns.  Then, 
again!  Wlmt  un  absurd  Idea  it  is  that  “other 
girls  have  opportunity  to  com) ieU  their  educa¬ 
tion.”  Education  is  never  “  completed."  This 
loose  kind  of  talk  and  looser  Idea  ought,  to  be 
driven  out  of  all  girls'  minds.  It  is  vicious  in 
its  influence  and  effects.  Education  is  ncvei 
complete;  and  it  matters  little  in  what  situa¬ 
tion  one  is  placed  so  that,  ho  or  she  remembers 
that  every  experience,  word,  act,  is  a  part  of 
the  education ;  and  if  these  experiences,  words 
and  acts  bear  upon  the  vocation  chosen  or  the 
business  one  is  compelled  to  pursue,  the  time 
and  effort  thus  employed  are  not  lost ;  nor  is  the 
education  retarded.  These  schools  which  grad¬ 
uate  pupils  in  a  given  time,  and  call  their  edu¬ 
cation  “complete”  after  they  havo  pursued 
certain  studies,  ought  to  bo  written  down  os 
humbug,  as  they  are.  Emma  G.  had  a  great  deal 
better  get  her  education  aS  a  teacher  than  en¬ 
ter  one  of  them  1 


THE  INCAPABLES. 

Miss  Emii.y  Pa  mum,,  in  her  recent  address 
to  the  working-women  in  New  York,  who  gave 
her  such  a  hearty  and  enthusiastic  reception, 
stated  that  in  her  Own  land  there  were  over  two 
and  a  half  millions  of  women  who  depended  on 
their  own  work  for  a  support.  We  have  not 
statistics  to  show  how  many  women  in  our 
country  are  thus  plodding  for  daily  broad;  but 
we  need  only  to  look  about  its  to  be  convinced 
that  the  army  Is  a  vast  one.  It  Is  not  for  them¬ 
selves  alone  that  they  toil.  Often  little  hands 
are  dinging  to  them,  and  reaching  out  toward 
them  for  daily  food.  Often  t  he  tottering  steps 
of  uge  or  iaflrmity  look  to  them  as  the  sole 
support.  Many  have  come  down  from  a  com¬ 
fortable  competence,  and  a  few  even  from  af¬ 
fluence.  When  a  father  has  lived  up  to  hla  in¬ 
come  all  his  life,  his  death  often  plunges  his 
family  into  the  deepest  pecuniary  distress.  The 
bjj s,  if  they  have  avcrngo  energy,  will  And  a 
hundred  doors  open  to  them  ;  but  the  helpless 
lady  daughters— what  are  they  to  do?  Teaching 
and  sewing  are  the  main  avenues  open  to  thorn, 
and  both  branches  aro  crowded  to  overflow¬ 
ing.  An  advertisement  for  a  teacher  recently 
brought  70  applicants. 

Now,  it  is  partly  woman’s  fault  that  so  few 
want  her  work.  The  experiment  was  tried 
quite  extensively  a  few  yoars  since  of  introduc¬ 
ing  her  into  the  compositor’s  room.  But  most 
of  the  papers  were  glad  to  go  back  to  the  old 
system  again.  The  few  who  ma.de  good  type 
setters  w  mid  succeed  iu  almost  any  branch  of 
effort  they  chose  to  put  their  hand  to.  They 
were  efficient  anil  thorough.  A  want  of  thor¬ 
oughness  is  the  great  source  of  misery  among 
worklng-worman.  It  is  this  that  (ills  the  ranks 
of  the  groat  army  of  lncapables.  A  thin  layer 
of  accomplishments  in  our  school  girls  covers 
avast  amount  of  mis-informatlon  and  slipshod 
learning.  Then,  though  a  girl  has  not  been 
trained  to  work,  if  Bhe  has  close  mental  disci¬ 
pline.  she  will  stand  a  fair  chance  to  take  care 
of  herself  comfortably  if  loft  to  her  own  re¬ 
sources. 

Who  has  not  seen  an  energetic  Yankee  school 
ma'am,  all  her  life  conversant  with  books  rather 
than  with  household  matters,  develop  into  a 
first  class  farmer’s  wife?  1  have,  and  have 
eaten  of  their  ‘‘gilt-edged  butter"  and  snow- 
wlntc  bread,  and  never  desire  to  see  better.  Ho 
the  thorough-disciplined  girl  can  takeupallne 
of  effort  quite  foreign  to  her  early  training  and 
pursue  It  successfully. 

Now  we.  who  have  the  care  of  the  little  twigs 
just  taking  their  life  bent,  should  aim  to  make 
them  thorough  in  allthings.  Let  us  not  grudge 
the  time  it  takes  to  fully  explain  a  matter. 
Show  just  how  the  bread  is  made,  the  cake 
mixed,  the  garment  fitted  together.  These  are 
little  things,  but  they  help  to  set  the  habit.  Fol¬ 
low  up  the  teachings  faithfully.  Never  fear 


but  a  bright  child  will  ask  you  questions  enough 
to  draw  you  out.  And  remomber,  by  just  these 
trifles  you  are  helping  your  child  to  take  care 
of  herself  in  future  yoars,  if  a  turn  of  the  wheel 
of  fortune  makes  it  needful.  In  any  case,  you 
will  add  largely  to  her  future  happiness  and 
usefulness.  ,j,  E.  m’c. 

- ♦♦♦  ■ 

ABOUT  FARMERS’  HOMES. 

A  GRE  AT  deal  is  said  and  written  about  farm¬ 
ers’  homes ;  how  to  make  them  attractive,  and 
how  to  keep  the  boys  on  the  farm.  Little  of  it 
proves  seed  sown  upon  good  ground,  important 
a  subject  as  it  is.  It  needs  experience  in  this 
as  iu  other  matters  to  make  correct  decisions 
as  to  the  elements  necessary  in  a  farmer’s  home 
and  life  to  make  them  attractive  to  youth. 
Having  just  passed  the  meridian  between  youth 
and  manhood,  I  think  myself  qualified  to  name 
some  of  the  true  elements  of  success  in  this  line. 

In  the  first  place,  young  boys  should  not  be 
overworked,  for  nothing  will  sooner,  or  more 
certainly,  alienate  them  from  homo  and  the 
farm.  Believing  both  to  l)c  only  places  of  toil 
and  confinement,  they  seek  at  their  oarlloAt  op¬ 
portunity  for  some  more  congenial  sphere  of 
labor,  ami  leave  the  farm  and  home  to  degen¬ 
erate.  Boys  should  have  time  fur  recreation, 
and  when  they  work,  such  work  as  will  interest 
them.  They  should  be  allowed  full  advantage 
of  all  school  privileges,  with  means  for  study, 
ami  willing  assistance  at  home.  Books,  papers, 
&e.,  of  a  proper — not  all  of  a  serious— character 
should  be  provided,  and  a  taste  for  study  and 
reading  thus  early  Inculcated,  engaging  their 
minds,  and  keeping  them  closed  to  the  glitter¬ 
ing  Illusions  of  the  world.  The  house  should 
not  be  made  a  prison,  but  a  place  of  unlimited 
freedom  In  proper  games  and  amusements,  with 
the  flash  of  laughing  eyes  to  light  its  rooms,  the 
coats  of  affection  to  warm  its  hearth,  mirth  and 
wit  to  cheer  the  occupants.  At  the  table,  in¬ 
stead  of  grim  silence  lot  tlio  thoughts  have  vent ; 
converse  upon  matters  of  general,  personal  or 
Public  interest;  diseuaB  the  topics  of  the  day. 
and  the  affairs  of  the  farm.  Keep  the  house  and 
grounds,  after  thoy  are  tastefully  laid  out,  In 
thorough  repair;  let  order  and  neatness  prevail 
in  both,  and  keep  the  daily,  monthly  and  year¬ 
ly  work  systematically  arranged  and  performed. 
Educate  the  children  In  religious  as  well  as  sec¬ 
ular  affairs,  and  seek  to  instil  a  habit  of  regular 
attendance  upon  divine  services.  .Solicit  and 
engago  the  fullest  confidence  in  all  mattora, 
either  of  little  ur  great  Importance.  Preserve 
unity  in  family  relations,  lotting  no  bud  exam¬ 
ple  of  the  parent  meet  the  eyes  of  the  children, 
and  show  a  discreet  liberality  of  opinion  in  all 
matters.  The  girls  may  do  n  good  deal  towards 
keeping  the  boys  at  homo,  for  if  they  try  to 
make  the  in-door  affairs  Interesting,  pleasant 
and  agreeable— -which  Is  the  natural  sphere  of 
their  sox— the  boys  will  appreciate  their  efforts 
and  be  more  contented  at  homo.  Omega. 
- -*-*-• - 

NO,  “IT  CAN'T  BE  DONE.” 

I  have  been  a  constant  reader  of  the  Rural 
for  eighteen  years,  and  have  often  wished  to 
express  my  approbation  or  disapprobation  (as 
the  case  might  be)  of  the  subjects  presented  in 
that  most  excellent  department  of  your  paper, 
the  "  Ladles'  Port-Folio,”  1  have  been  watch¬ 
ing  with  much  Interest  thu  controversy  on  the 
work  that,  can,  or  cannot,  be  accomplished  by 
farmers’  wives;  and  as  I  am  a  farmer's  wife,  I 
think  1  can  Judge  a.  little  what  may  Im  accom¬ 
plished.  by  one  occupying  that  position. 

Although  1  flatt  er  myself  my  bump  of  calcu¬ 
lation  Is  well  developed,  and  my  ouoe  little  ones 
arc  all  large  enough  to  get  out  their  “  flstlos" 
themselves,  1  still  often  find  night  overtakes 
me  with  many  duties  which  1  had  laid  out  for 
that  day  unaccomplished,  which  shows  we  can¬ 
not  always  do  all  we  calculate  to  when  wocom- 
inence  a  day's  work  |  for  the  numberless  calls 
of  “Mother"  from  all  members  of  the  family 
are  groat  disturbers  of  calculations;  but  they 
must  and  should  be  attendod  to.  Happy  is  the 
mother  who,  when  she  lays  her  weary  head  on 
her  pillow  at  night,  can  rollout  on  her  day’s 
labor  with  pleasure  in  the  thought  that  al¬ 
though  she  may  not  have  performed  all  the 
household  duties  she  had  laid  out  b>r  that  day, 
she  has  listened  to  all  the  calls  from  husband 
ami  little  ones  (and  oftimes  many  others)  with 
patience  and  a  ready  response.  For  wherein 
should  exist  the  happiness  of  awifeand  mother 
if  not  in  the  gratification  of  her  family?  It 
may  be  a  gratification  when  our  day’s  labor  is 
ended,  to  think  how  much  milk  we  have  skim¬ 
med  ;  how  much  butter  churned  and  worked; 
washing  and  ironing  done;  food  we  have  pre¬ 
pared  ;  dishes  washed  ;  beds  made ;  rooms 
swept,  dusted  arid  put  in  order;  and  when  it  Is 
all  done  In  this  line,  how  much  making  ol'  new 
garments  and  mending  of  old  we  havo  done.  1 
say  this  may  he  a  gratification  ;  but  it  will  be  a 
darripor  on  those  reflection*  to  think  how  many  \ 
heartaches  we  have  caused  because,  when  called  j 
upon  for  some  little  favor,  we  have  answered:  I 
“  Run  away,  now;  mamma  has  too  much  to  do 
to  tend  to  little  ones."  Oh,  mothers;  stop  In 
your  great  desire  to  do,  and  toll  of  how  much 
work  you  can  do  in  one  day  or  summer;  stop 
and  see  how  much  you  can  enjoy  your  family 
in  one  day  or  ouo  summer.  Your  husband  or 
little  ones  may  be  taken  from  you  by  death  or 
the  circumstances  of  life,  and  then  whore  will 
be  the  gratification  in  your  loueliness  to  think 
how  much  happiness  has  been  sacrificed  in  the  1 
desire  to  do  a  “  big  day’s  or  season’s  work.”  i 

G.  A.  L.  i 


for  tfu{  jgoitiuj. 


CHILD  QUESTIONS. 

Oh,  sun,  big  sun,  what  makes  you  so  bright? 

What  makes  you  so  hot?  who  gave  you  your  light  ? 

Hounrl  morning  glories,  tell  me  true, 

Do  little  fairies  hide  in  you  ? 

Buzzing  old  bee,  how  do  you  fill 

Yourself  up  with  honey  ?  Show  me  your  bill. 

Guy  little  butterfly;  where  do  yon  hie 

When  great  dark  raindrops  fall  out  of  tlio  sky  ? 

Fire-fly,  tire-fly,  Is  It  your  eye 

That  winks  out  the  light  when  you  flutter  by  ? 

Fat,  speckled  lady-bug.  must  you  go  home  ? 

Will  the  ionise  burn  up  and  the  children  roam  ? 

What  are  those  drops  that  I  find  In  the  grass 

That  I  can’t  pick  up  ?  Who’s  that  girl  in  the  glass? 

What  is  this  something  that’s  tossing  my  hair? 

That  I  hear  in  my  ear,  that  I  feel  everywhere? 

What  makes  me  a  girl,  and  pussy  a  cut? 

W here  did  1  come  from  ?  Do  tell  me  that ! 

- 4-V-* - 

LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

Playing  with  Our  Ruraltsts. 

Winn  you  allow  one  of  your  readers  to  lay 
aside  the  dignity  of  “young  ladyhood,"  and 
join  your  circle  of  little  folks  ?  I  don’t  care  for 
ruffles  and  lanes.  I  just  like  to  put  on  my  pink 
calico  and  white  apron,  and  have  a  good  romp 
iu  the  orchard  or  in  the  dim,  old  burn  I  Please 
ask  the  little  ones  if  I  may  come,  for  I  was  a 
country  girl  once,  and  lived  on  a  great,  breezy 
farm,  whore  there  were  green  meadows,  and 
golden  Helds,  and  deep,  dark  woods,  and  a 
quaint  old  house,  with  a  groat,  garret,  which 
whs  it  perfect  storehouse  of  treasures  for  a 
rainy  day.  Large,  brass-bound  chests,  filled 
with  old-fashioned  dresses,  mantles,  shawls 
and  brocades  that  delighted  the  hearts  of  our 
great-grand  mothers,  in  the  “good  old  times.” 
Wo  laughed  at  the  short  walBts,  the  plain,  nar¬ 
row  skirts,  or  tho  full,  sweeping  trains,  and  the 
tiny  satin  slippers,  with  high  heels,  that  went 
through  the  stately  "minuet"  very  gracefully 
In  1775.  And  the  bonnets,  oh !  what  funny  bon¬ 
nets  thoy  wore  1  Our  little  heads  got  quite  lost 
in  their  ample  depths.  The  groat,  stiff  sun¬ 
shades,  and  the  big,  black,  spangled  fans  were 
•ill  very  beautiful  to  us,  and  we  often  played 
"going  to  housekeeping "  with  a  spinning 
wheel,  a  pair  of  brass  andirons,  an  old  high 
clock,  a  chest  of  drawers,  two  or  three  straight- 
backed,  ladder-like  chairs,  a  silver  candlestick, 
and  an  old  trooper’s  war  hat.  Oh !  it  was  rare 
sport.  Tho  rain  pattering  on  the  roof,  the  wasps 
buczlng  against  the  window  panes,  tho  hanging 
bunches  of  dried  herbs  sending  forth  a  peculiar 
odor,  the  shadows  hovering  in  the  dark  corners. 
I  never  enjoyed  u  city  party  half  so  well ;  but 
even  a  day  in  that  delightful  garret  was  not  to 
be  compared  to  the  long,  sunny  afternoons  oil 
tho  hill-side — the  ramble  down  by  the  brook, 
where  mint  grow  higher  than  our  curly  heads. 
And  I  owned  a  llttlo  cow,  whose  name  was 
“Star;"  and  a  little  pig  named  “Johnny;”  and 
a  savage-looking  turtle,  whoso  prison  was  the 
min  cask,  and  his  name  was  ’■  Muddle  ;”  aud  a 
great  ugly  toad  lived  under  a  big  stone,  and  I 
called  him  “Beauty;"  and  1  owned,  also,  lots 
of  chickens  and  ducks,  but  none  of  the  geese, 
for  they  run  at  me,  and  spread  their  wings  in  u 
frightful  manner,  and  I  considered  them  very 
rude  Indeed.  Now,  I  suppose  many  of  my 
little  playmates  have  all  those  on  their  farms, 
and  don’t  think  them  worth  writing  about  to 
the  Rural.  But,  Indeed,  they  aro.  A  feather 
from  the  wing  of  my  old  enemy,  the  goose,  is 
very,  very  wonderful,  and  your  kind  friend,  the 
Rubai,,  oould  toll  you  many  strunge  things 
about  it ;  but  just  now  ho  says  I  had  better  tie 
on  my  “sun-dow/i”  and  go  home.  Perhaps 
the  next  time  I  come  to  play  with  you,  ho  will 
let  me  stay  longer.  “  Cousin  Marie, ’’  East 
New  Yorli. 

A  Few  Words  on  Dress. 

Dear  Rural: — For  some  time  I  have  been 
trying  to  summon  courage  enough  to  tell  you 
how  much  1  look  for  your  coming  each  week, 
and  what  a  pleasure  It  is  to  me  to  rend  the  let¬ 
ters  sent  to  you.  1  think  that  It  is  in  a  great 
measure  the  fault  of  young  gentlemen  that 
young  ladies  are  so  fond  of  dress.  I  am  one  of 
the  plain  young  girls,  am)  know  from  experi¬ 
ence  that  those  who  dress  the  finest  are  the 
moat  sought,  after,  irrespective  of  mental  or 
moral,  vjprth.  Our  city  is  noted  for  the  large 
number  of  handsome  aud  fashionable  young 
ladies  winch  it  contains,  and  I  have,  therefore, 
the  best  opportunities  for  observation. 

My  mother  says  that  the  handsomest  and 
best-dressed  young  ladies  do  not  always  make 
the  best  wives.  I  might,  perhaps,  be  charged 
with  l  izlnoBS,  for,  as  l  have  attended  school 
regular ly  lor  the  past  few  years,  l  have  had  lit¬ 
tle  opportunity  to  learn  those  household  duties 
which,  in  my  estimation,  should  bo  a  part  of 
evory  young  lady's  education,  but  am  now  try¬ 
ing  to  bear  a  part  of  the  household  burdens. — 
Alice  M.  B.,  Vincennes. 

Queer  Cure  for  Dyspepsia. 

Dear  Rural  :  -I  am  also  a  country  girl,  and 
live  in  “a  shady  nook  by  a  babbling  brook 
that  flows  at  the  foot  of  a  hill.”  I  have  neither 
brother  nor  sister,  yet  I  think  I  am  just  as  happy 
as  I  should  be  if  I  were  one  of  a  quiver  full.  I 
can  do  all  kinds  of  work.  I  can  make  excellent 


bread  (so  mother  says),  and  can  cook  all  kinds 
of  plain  cooking  very  well.  I  can  out  and  make 
drosses  and  other  garments  neatly,  although  I 
must  admit  that  I  had  rather  study  Botany  out 
among  the  flowers,  or  solve  a  problem  In  Alge¬ 
bra,  than  do  either.  1  like  to  go  to  school  and 
learn,  and  wish  that  I  could  attend  more  regu¬ 
larly.  1  have  no  pets  except  some  cats,  and 
they  are  persecuted  nearly  to  death,  Tor  father 
is  troubled  with  a  disease  called  dyspepsia,  and 
for  the  want  of  exercise  and  u  better  remedy  he 
chases  my  eats  around  the  house  i  ll  I  they  sweat 
(a  cure  which  some  humorous  editor  Inserted  in 
liis  paper  some  time  since).  Father  takes  eight 
papers,  all  of  which  are  weeklies.  I  prize  the 
Rural  very  highly  (ns  I  know  all  Its  readers 
cannot  help  doing),  and  take  especial  interest 
in  the  column  “  For  Young  People.’’— Milkhed. 

Fun  on  Horseback. 

As  J  havo  read  many  letters  In  the  Rural 
New-Yorker,  and  like  to  read  them  very 
much,  I  thought  l  would  try  to  write  one.  too. 
I  Hvo  iii  Alabama,  three  miles  from  tho  nearest 
town.  I  go  to  school,  two  and  a-lmlf  miles  from 
home,  but  I  do  not  mind  going,  for  1  have  a  lit¬ 
tle  pony  to  ride.  I  am  twelve  years  old.  1  have 
nice  times  with  tho  other  girls  that  go  to  school 
with  me.  There  Is  a  boy  that  lives  near  us  that 
rides  to  school,  and  I  have  a  great  ileal  of  fun 
evory  evening  coming  homo.— Mary  E.  S.,  Car¬ 
rollton,  Ala,  _ 

My  Pets. 

1  RAVE  some  pots.  There  is  a  parrot  named 
“Polly;"  she  will  say  most  everything.  And 
there  is  a  pair  of  white  rabbits;  (hoy  are  so 
lame  that  1  can  catch  them  anywhere.  I  have 
a  dog;  he  will  jump  over  a  stick,  and  If  I  throw 
a  stick  in  the  water,  he  will  bring  it  to  mo  ;  he 
will  catch  an  apple  when  thrown  up  in  the  air. 
— e.  a.  k. 


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ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.-No.  3. 


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Answer  in  two  weeks. 

MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA,— No.  4. 

I  am  composed  of  28  letters: 

My  1(5,  8,  21, 13,  10,  8  Is  a  household  name. 

My  31,  0,  23, 1 1  was  a  mantle  used  by  Romans. 
My  8,  7,  28,  11,  2,  4  means  not  brave. 

Mv  If),  8, 12,  22  was  a  celebrated  Roman. 

My  25, 13, 11, 17,  21, 5  was  one  of  the  “  seven  wise 
men  of  Groeee." 

My  2l,  27,  5,  12,  2,  8  is  a  mythological  goddess. 
My  21 , 31, 8,  la,  18,  28  was  ono  of  tho  ships  Sir 
John  Franklin  started  with. 

My  20,  19, 20,  what  a  vicious  horse  will  do. 

My  1, 10, 11,  25,  means  to  strike. 

My  9,  2,  23  is  a  delicious  fruit. 

My  11, 12, 17,  8,  5  Is  said  to  boar  the  world  on  his 
back. 

My  whole  is  a  truthful  old  proverb. 

Marian  Harris. 
22?”  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - . 

WORD-PUZZLE.— No.  3. 

I  am  live  letters.  My  first  is  27,32.2,  45  and  54 
inches  long  ;  my  first  and  second  Is  advice  that 
one  may  observe  ;  my  first,  second  and  third  is 
something  which  happens  without  human  de¬ 
sign  or  forethought;  is  a  quantity,  a  prize,  a 
mode  of  separation  and  t  he  name  of  ;,  fellow 
who  had  a  mineral  wife.  My  fourth  and  fifth  is 
always  you  and  me.  My  whole,  I  nin  told,  en¬ 
ables  you  to  forget  your  native  country.  What 
am  *  t  Uncle  Charles. 

*2?”  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

PROBLEM,— No.  4. 

The  sides  of  a  certain  piece  of  land  arc  re¬ 
spectively  and  in  order  40,35, 17  aud  45  rods  in 
length.  Determine  the  length  of  the  line  that 
will  divide  tho  field  into  two  equal  parts  by 
passing  through  a  point  equally  distant  from  all 
its  angles.  B.  F.  Burleson. 

IW"  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


ANAGRAM.  No.  1. 

Ey  givlin  llrdens  sa  ouy  asps  yb, 

Lewd  wvei  het  rougnd  rhewe  yuosmut  ile. 
Sa  I  ma  own  os  ouy  stum  ob ; 

Ppeerraorf  thead  dan  wolllo  em. 

Answer  in  two  weeks.  w.  f.  b. 

■ - *-*-• - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.  -  July  19. 

Illustrated  Rebus  No.  2.— I  lisped  in  num¬ 
bers  before  the  numbers  came. 

Conundrum  No.  1. — Infatuate. 


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BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 

Postmasters  throughout  the  country  are 
writing  to  the  Postmaster-General  respecting 
their  authority  to  allow  Government  officers 
who  were  not  allowed  to  exercise  the  franking 
privilege  to  send  their  official  correspondence 
now,  by  affixing  thereto  official  postage  stamps. 
Each  Department  is  responsible  for  the  proper 
use  of  its  stamps,  and  if  it  furnishes  subordi¬ 
nates,  such,  for  instance,  ns  storekeepers  lyni 
gaugers,  ami  others  who  were  never  entitled  to 
the  franking  privilege,  with  these  stamps,  it  is 
a  matter  for  which  the  department  so  furnish¬ 
ing  ia  answerable,  and  Postmasters  cannot  hold 
back  the  mall  as  above  mentioned. 

The  movement  looking  toward  the  formation 
of  a  new  State  out  of  North  Mississippi,  West 
Tennessee,  and  Western  Kentucky  is  being  dis¬ 
cussed  with  considerable  animation  by  the 
newspapers  published  in  the  section  interested. 
A  convention  is  to  he  held  at  Jackson  on  the 
SOlii  inst.,  when  delegates  are  to  be  present 
from  every  city,  town,  and  civil  district  within 
the  limits  of  the  proposed  new  State.  The 
general  sentiment  seems  to  be  in  favor  of  the 
movement. 

A  “Jubtic  uv  the  Piece,"  in  Guinnett  Co., 
Ga.,  last  week,  passed  this  sentence  on  a  man. 
rt  was  written  out  in  full "let  the  prisoner 
StaN  Up.  yu,  sir,  has  bin  Found  Guilty,  &  tried 
uv  tbe  Offense  uv  shutin  at  your  Nabor.  Yu 
shal  then  bo  took  from  the  bar  uv  this  court  by 
the  honorable  baleef  of  this  court,  and  carryed 
into  the  adjlnen  county  ov  rokDale,  and  thar 
yu  shall  remain  in  Everlnstin  banishment  for¬ 
ever  from  l  lie  honorable  county  of  guinnett.” 

The  San  Francisco  Bulletin  publishes  tables 
showing  tbe  present  indebtedness  of  the  Central 
Pacific  Railroad  Company  to  be  $108,618,000  in 
honds  borrowed  money  unpaid,  and  interest 
due.  The  net  earnings  of  tbe  road  for  the  year 
ending  June  30, 1872.  the  date  of  the  last  official 
report,  was  $5,066,433.  It  is  estimated  that 
$600,000  per  annum  goesinto  the  hands  of  private 
speculators,  and  not  toward  the  release  of  the 
Company's  obligations. 

Among  the  philosophical  apparatus  at  Dart¬ 
mouth  is  a  battery  of  thirty-six  cells,  which  was 
used  by  Franklin  in  his  celebrated  experiment. 
It.  has  quite  a  history,  having  been  brought  to 
America  hy  Dr.  Priestly  at  the  time  of  the  Irish 
riots.  After  Franklin  owned  It,  it  fell  into  the 
hands  of  Dr.  Prince  of  Salem,  and  finally  was 
obtained  by  the  grandfather  of  Prof.  Young, 
who  at  present  has  it  in  possession. 


It  is  a  fact  perhaps  not  generally  known  that 
Barnwell  Rhett,  Jr.,  editor  of  the  New  Orleans 
Picayune,  who  killed  Judge  Cooley  in  a  duel 
recently,  is  of  New  England  descent,  and  a 
relative  of  the  Adamses.  Rhett  was  formerly 
editor  of  the  Charleston  Mercury,  an  original 
and  bitter  secessionist,  arid  u  son  of  the  dis¬ 
union  agitator  whose  name  he  bears. 

A  horse  thief  named  Howard,  lateli1  hanged 
by  a  vigilance  committee  in  Missouri,  was  ascer¬ 
tained  to  have  been  a  member  of  that  commit¬ 
tee.  The  regulations  of  the  committee  demand 
in  such  cases  that  the  offender  shall  bo  dragged 
to  the  plur  e  of  execution  hv  the  tail  of  a  horse, 
an  act  of  cruelty  that  was  lit  erally  carried  out 
lu  the  case  of  Howard. 

The  Post  master-General,  at  the  request,  of  the 
military  authorities,  has  ordered  an  extension 
of  tho  mail  service  from  Jacksboro’,  Texas,  to 
Port.  BUI.  Indian  Territory;  and  has  also  In¬ 
creased  the  service  on  the  Missouri,  Kansas  and 
Texas  Railroad,  from  Caddo  to  Fort  Bill,  to 
I  liree  times  a  week,  to  commence  on  the  1st  of 
August. 

A  respect  ABLE  London  newspaper  is  good 
enough  to  say "  People  talk  much  of  pecula¬ 
tion  in  the  United  States,  but  our  firm  convic¬ 
tion  i*  that  the  loss  in  England  due  to  sinecures, 
sham  service,  and  to  general  waste,  amounts  to 
far  more  than  ten  times  the  sacrifice  which  the 
vicious  Civil  Service  syst  em  of  America  entails.’’ 

Tbe  Prohibitory  Law  has  met.  With  tho  usual 
fatality  in  Rhode  Island.  The  Supreme  Court 
has  declared  about  one  hundred  complaints 
against  liquor-seller-  for  single  sales,  to  he  null 
and  void,  for  want  of  averment  that  the  liquor 
sold  was  not  liquor  of  foreign  Importation 
under  tho  United  States  revenue  laws. 

It  I*  probable  that  the  recommendations  of 
the  Royal  Commission  on  the  Marriage  Laws  of 
England,  that  all  ministers  of  religion  shall  he 
entrusted  with  the  powers  now  exercised  by  the 
registrars  In  marrying  persons,  and  that  mar¬ 
riages  may  be  solemnized  at  any  time  and  any 
place,  will  l>e  adopted. 

The  story  that  Harriet  Fenitnore  Cooper, 
daughter  of  Fenimore  Cooper,  the  novelist,  is 
writing  a  history  of  the  Oneida  Indians  is 
entirely  true,  with  two  slight  exceptions.  No 
such  history  is  being  written,  and  there  is  no 
such  person  as  Harriet  Fenimore  Cooper,  and 
there  never  was. 

Halt  Lake  city,  July  34.  A  frightful  t  ragedy 
occurred  at  the  mouth  of  Brigham  Cation  this 
afternoon.  A  ranebero  named  Cotton  and  bis 
two  sons  ware  killed  by  another  ranchero  named 
Butcher,  with  a  rifle.  The  cause  of  the  triple 
murder  is  unknown,  hut  is  probably  the  result 
of  an  old  feud. 

Isabella  McBride,  age  70  years,  living  with 
her  husband  near  Williamsport,  Penn.,  was 
murdered  on  Wednesday  night..  Her  husband 
was  at  the  same  time  knocked  down  with  a 
club  ami  severely  wounded.  The  crimes  were 
committed  by  unknown  persons  for  the  purpose 
of  robbery. 

“Per li A  1*8  the  biggest  price  ever  paid  for  a 
refreshment  contract  has  just  been  given  by 
the  restaurateur  of  the  Crystal  Palace,  who  has 
commuted  the  payment  of  8:V£d.  a  head  on  every 
visitor  to  the  Palace  into  a  fixed  annual  sunt  of 
twenty-five  thousand  pounds  sterling. 

A  dispatch  from  Breslau  says  a  violent  type 
of  cholera  has  appeared  in  t  hat  city.  Thus  far 
there  have  been  18  cases,  14  of  which  proved 
fatal.  In  the  town  of  Lauterburg,  34  miles 
nort  h-east  of  Strasburg.S  persons  were  stricken 
with  tho  disease,  and  4  died. 

The  Bangor,  Me.,  mechanics  are  greatly  indig¬ 
nant.  because  a  State  Prison  Agency  has  been 
established  there  for  the  sale  of  boots,  shoes, 
carriages  and  harness  manufactured  by  con¬ 
victs;  and  a  public  meeting  has  been  called  to 
take  act  ion  in  the  mat  t  er. 

Jesse  Grant,  the  father  of  tlje  President,  is 
said  to  have  left  an  estate  valued  at  $100,000. 
He  was  worth  half  a*  much  as  that  twenty 
years  ago.  The  stories  of  his  having  acquired 
great  wealth  since  his  -son’s  election  have  no 
foundation  whatever. 

Queen  Victoria  has  granted  a  pension  of  a 
hundred  pounds  a  year  to  Dr.  Livingstone.  But 
the  English  papers  regard  it  as  a  disgrace  to 
turn  off  with  such  a  mean  pittance  a  man  who 
has  spent  his  life  in  the  service  of  bis  country 
and  mankind. 

Trim  following  Post-Office  changes  in  New 
York  were  made  during  the  week  ending  July  5 : 
Offices  established  —  Deer  Park,  Suffolk  coun¬ 
ty,  Augustus  Hudson,  Post  master :  West  Gib- 
boa,  Schoharie  county,  Cornelius  Latham, 
Postmaster. 

R.  W.  Strienlett  and  William  King,  con¬ 
tractors  on  the  Kentucky  and  Great  Eastern 
Railroad,  quarrelled  at  Concord,  Ky.,  on  Mon¬ 
day.  Strienlett  fired  two  or  three  times,  when 
King  turned  and  fired,  Instantly  killing 
Strienlett. 

Prince  Frederick  Charles  of  Germany  has 
tendered  to  Marshall  Bazaine  evidence  in  his 
favor,  on  his  trial  for  the  surrender  of  Metz  to 
the  Prussian  army.  The  Marshall,  however, 
declined  to  permit  the  evidence  to  be  in¬ 
troduced. 

A  dispatch  from  Khiva  says  the  decree  Issued 
by  the  Ivhan  on  the  34th  ti It.,  totally  abolishing 
slavery  throughout  his  dominions,  provides 
that  ail  persons  held  ia  bondage  shall  be  made 
citizens  or  returned  to  their  native  countries. 

The  heroic  statue  of  Ethan  Allen  was  inaugu¬ 
rated  in  Burlington,  Vt„  on  the  4th.  The  statue 


was  presented  to  the  State  of  Vermont  by  John 
N.  Pomeroy,  of  Burlington,  and  was  accepted 
on  behalf  of  the  State  Ly  Governor  Converse. 

A  COLORADO  spring  has  such  extraordinary 
virtues  that  the  thinnest  women,  after  drinking 
its  w  .ter  for  a  few  months,  have  no  further 
occasion  for  padding  of  any  sort.  It  is  known 
as  the  anti-cotton  and  bustle  spring. 

The  fifteen  and  a-half  millions  of  gold  dollars 
due  to  ns  under  the  Geneva  arbitration  will 
weigh  twenty-three  tons.  The  arrangements 
as  to  how  the  money  Is  to  be  paid  have  not  yet 
been  completed. 

A  PLAYFUL  darky  at  an  Indianapolis  picnic 
wound  a  snake  that  be  had  killed  around  tho 
neck  of  a  colored  girl  named  Mattie  Ward,  and 
the  fright  threw  her  into  convulsions  from 
which  site  died. 

A  CnTCAfiO  dispatch  states  that  the  managers 
or  the  Chicago  ami  Alton  Railroad  Company 
have  decided  to  abolish  the  pass  system  alto¬ 
gether,  refusing  to  give  return  trip  passes  to 
cattle  shippers  over  their  line. 

A  special  dispatch  front  Mount  Vernon,  Ind., 
states  that  a  panic  prevails  there  on  account  of 
cholerai  Forty  deaths  have  occurred  within  a 
week,  and  eight  or  ten  yesterday.  The  people 
are  fleeing  from  the  city. 

The  great  University  race  at  Springfield, 
Mass.,  the  past  week,  resulted  In  a  victory  for 
Yale,  t  he  Wesleyan  crew  coining  in  second  and 
Harvard  third.  In  the  Freshman  race  the  Vale 
crew  also  won, 

A  letter  from  West,  Point.  Nebraska,  states 
that  the  grasshoppers  are  doing  an  immense 
amount  of  damage  in  that  portion  of  the  Slate, 
and  are  fast  destroying  the  crops,  particularly 
that  of  oats. 

None  of  the  hotels  at  Saratoga  are  crowded, 
all  reports  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  and 
there  Is  no  reason  to  believe  that  any  of  them 
will  be  at  any  period  during  the  "fashionable 
season." 

A  St.  Petersburg  letter  says  that  450  German 
residents  of  Russia  have  left  in  a  body  for  the 
United  States,  because  the  Government  declares 
them  liable  to  enforced  military  service. 

Rumor  has  it  that  the  Administration  party 
in  Ohio  is  trying  to  pack  the  next  Legislature 
of  that  Slate  In  such  a  way  us  to  send  Secretary 
Delano  to  the  Unit  ed  States  Senate. 

Frederick  Schultz  of  near  Pleasant  Mi U, 
Neb.,  lutcly  killed  til*  sister,  Mrs.  Luckrouse, 
with  an  ax,  and  then  committed  suicide.  No 
cause  can  be  assigned  for  t  he  deed. 

Reports  have  reached  London  that  several 
cases  of  cholera  have  occurred  at  Vienna.  It  is 
said  that  the  authorities  of  Vienna  are  endeav¬ 
oring  to  suppress  the  particulars. 

This  treaty  entered  Into  between  Russia  and 
Khiva  at.  the  close  of  the  campaign  gives  Khtvu 
seven  years  In  which  to  pay  to  Russia  a  stipu¬ 
lated  amount,  as  war  Indemnity. 

Henry  A.  Williams  of  Providence,  R.  1.,  was 
found  dead  on  the  Stonivgion  Railroad  track 
in  that.  city.  It  is  believed  he  fell  asleep  and 
was  crushed  by  a  passing  t  rain. 

Thu  decision  of  the  Court  of  Inquiry  Into  the 
cause  of  the  disaster  to  the  steamship  City  ol 
Washington  has  been  rendered.  Capt.  Phillips 
is  suspended  for  one  year. 

Thi!  statement  that  the  Government  has 
parted  with  4,000,000  acres  more  than  the  whole 
area  of  arable  lands  in  the  United  States  is 
officially  denied. 

The  London  Gazette  announces  that  Queen 
Victoria  has  given  her  consent  to  the  marriage 
of  Prince  Alfred  and  the  Grand  Duchess  Marie 
Aloxandrovna. 

A  .joint  decree  has  been  issued  for  the  sale 
of  the  Brunswick  and  Albany  (Ga.)  Railroad, 
with  its  equipments,  franchise,  &c.,  at  Bruns¬ 
wick,  Oct.  15. 

A  great  interest  in  temperance  has  recently 
been  developed  in  Richmond,  Va.  All  trades 
and  professions  are  included  in  the  movement. 

The  Italian  Gazette  of  Chemistry  announces 
the  discovery  of  a  new  acid,  which  has  been 
named  Amidornono-eliloro-beuzeneeulphonic. 

It  is  mentioned  that.  Ida  Lewis,  the  Newport 
heroine,  has  separated  from  her  husband,  Wm. 
Williamson,  and  returned  to  her  light-house. 

A  bur-committee  of  the  United  States  Con¬ 
gressional  Committee  on  Mail  Transportation 
will  meet  in  San  Francisco  on  the  25th  inst. 

The  Emperor  of  China  has  agreed  to  receive 
foreign  ambassadors  on  terms  which  are  con¬ 
sidered  satisfactory  and  non-humiliating. 

The  Emperor  of  Austria  will  go  to  Bt.  Peters¬ 
burg  in  the  Autumn.  The  visit  is  regarded  by 
the  press  as  of  deep  political  significance. 

A  horse-power  cranberry-picker,"  tbe  in¬ 
vention  of  a  Wisconsin  man,  is  among  the  ma¬ 
chines  recently  patented  at  Washington. 

It  is  reported  that  the  Shah  will  return  at 
once  to  Teheran,  on  account  of  an  insurrection 
which  has  broken  out  in  his  dominions. 

The  American  Oriental  Typographical  Corps 
have  sailed  from  Alexandria,  Egypt,  on  their 
return  voyage  to  the  United  States. 

A  certain  Flora  McFlimsey  bathed  at  Narra- 
gansett,  a  day  or  two  ago,  in  a  suit  of  blue  silk, 
trimmed  profusely  with  white  lace. 

A  new  Court  of  Appeals  is  to  be  established 
in  England,  and  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Peers  in 
appeal  cases  is  to  be  extinguished. 

Henri  Rochefort  will  be  sent  to  New’  Cal¬ 
edonia  on  the  31st  of  J uly. 


It  is  rumored  that  the  minority  in  the  Spanish 
Cortes  will  leave  Madrid  and  set  up  a  new  gov¬ 
ernment  at  Carthagena. 

There  Is  talk  of  a  renewal  of  the  troubles  in 
the  Scranton  region  between  the  miners  and 
coal  companies. 

The  liabilities  of  II.  S.  Kimball,  who  recently 
failed  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  are  said  to  reach  thesum 
of  $5,000,000. 

7  Gen.  Devkns  is  now  mentioned  as  a  desirable 
anti-Butler  candidate  for  Governor  of  Massa¬ 
chusetts. 

Tnn  Mayor  of  Sioux  City  has  been  presented 
with  a  diamond  worth  $12,000  by  his  fellow- 
Clti/.ens. 

It  is  announced  that  Gen.  Butler  has  already 
promised  the  Massachusetts  Chief-Justiceship. 

A  woman  at  Saginaw  lately  committed  suicide 
after  keeping  awake  five  days  and  nights. 

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THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 

Jersey  City,  Wood  Co.,  Ohio,  July  21. — The 
present  season  has  not  beon  very  favorable  to 
farmers.  We  had  a  very  cold,  wet,  backward 
spring  which  was  followed  bv  a  long  dry  spell 
lasting  until  about.  June  26th.  Since  t  hat  time 
we  have  had  a  large  amount,  of  rain  which  made 
it.  rather  unpleasant  harvesting.  Corn  is  ex¬ 
tremely  weedy.  Tbe  ground  is  too  wet  to  allow 
of  working.  Wheat  is  about  one-half  a  crop; 
hay  not  so  good :  oats  promise  to  be  a  fair  crop ; 
most  of  tho  corn  will  be  a  fair  crop  if  the 
weather  should  lie  favorable.  As  corn  Is  our 
principal  crop  we  are  not.  greatly  discouraged  ; 
flax  looks  well ;  but  little  was  sown.  Of  fruit, 
apples  will  be  an  abundant  crop;  peaches  are 
an  entire  failure.  We  will  have  but  few  pears, 
some  insect  has  stung  parts  of  the  limbs,  (or 
that  is  our  idea  at  least.)  and  many  t  rees  are 
nearly  ruined.  Some  apple  trees  have  been 
Injured  in  tbe  same  way.  Grapes  will  be  a  tol¬ 
erable  crop :  hay  is  worth  $12  per  ton;  butter, 
12o.;  eggs,  12c.;  potatoes,  $1  ;  apples,  75c.;  hogs, 
304c.  live  weight ;  beef.  $1  per  cwt.  live  weight ; 
chickens,  8010c.;  feathers,  60e.;  lard,  708c,; 
corn,  45c.;  sheep,  $103 ;  wheat,  $1.5001.75; 
wool,  40055c.;  oats,  38040c.— H.  w. 

Wolkerton,  Ind.,  July  17.  Weather  to-day 
mol  and  pleasant;  last  Monday  very  hot ,  ther¬ 
mometer  up  to  100  In  the  shade.  We  had  a  very 
hard  storm  here  of  wind  and  rain  about  three 
weeks  ago,  also  a  very  heavy  flood  of  rain  on 
jt.h  of  this  month,  which  flattened  down  the 
young  corn,  but  it  soon  rose  again.  Wheat  Is 
harvested  and  farmersare stacking;  all  in  good 
condition.  Crop  light,  owing  to  being  winter¬ 
killed  in  spots.  Corn  looks  well  for  being 
planted  so  late,  as  we  had  a  -very  backward 
spring.  Oats  will  bo  light ;  potatoes  middling; 
bugs  about  all  gone ;  garden  vegetables  look 
fine ;  apples,  cherries  and  small  fruit  average.— 
8.  c. 

Minneapolis,  Minn.,  July  21. — ThoFarmers’ 
Union,  the  Agricultural  organ  of  the  State,  in 
this  week’s  issue,  says  :■ — •*  Commencement  has 
been  made  on  the  great  wheat  harvest,  of  Min¬ 
nesota  for  1873.  and  a  most  bountiful  harvest,  is 
promised.  From  a  careful  estimate  we  think 
tho  State  can  export  this  year  30, (XX), 000  bushels 
of  wheat,  provided  we  have  our  usual  good 
weather  during  harvest,  and  provided  further, 
the  crop  escapes  worms  and  is  secured.”  The 
Union  further  advises  farmers  to  market  all 
their  wheat  as  soon  as  possible,  for  fear  of  still 
lower  prices. 

Woburn,  Bond  Co.,  III.,  July  14.— Farmers 
busy  stacking  wheat;  very  much  wet  weather 
since  cutt  ing,  some  of  the  grain  sprouting  in  t  he 
shock.  Estimated  average  yield  of  wheat,  per 
acre,  18  bushels.  Oats  very  light  In  consequence 
of  late  sowing;  corn  is  looking  finely;  season 
noted  for  cold,  blustering  weather.  No  fruit 
worth  mentioning,  except  apples.  Wages  of 
farm  hands,  $140.18  per  month.  Section  im¬ 
proving,  farmers  becoming  more  enterprising; 
the  log  cabins  (last  relics  of  squatter  life)  are 
being  displaced  by  large  frame  buildings.— 
w.  Rw  o. 

Milton,  Ky.,  July  21.  — Fruit  an  average 
crop,  except  peaches,  which  are  almost  a  fail¬ 
ure.  Wheat,  oats,  hay  and  early  potatoes  about 
half  a  crop.  Prospect  for  corn  no  better.— b.  m. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS. 

New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

The  Brooklyn  Trust  Company  has  suspend¬ 
ed,  owing  to  the  stealings  of  the  late  President, 
Mr.  Mills  ;  the  city  Is  said  to  lose  half  a  million 
of  dollars  ... The  funeral  of  Bishop  Rush  took 

place  on  the  20th . A  Commission  has  been 

created  to  examine  city  accounts.  It  is  pro¬ 
posed  to  add  largely  to  the  city  supply  of  warer 
. .  .There  are  rumors  of  heavy  revenue  frauds. 
The  71st  Regiment  went  to  New  Haven  on  the 
24th  The  Washington  Market  booths  have 
been  demolished  The  house  of  Henry  Genet 
has  been  robbed  of  $8,000. . ..Work  on  the  hew 
York  Museum  of  Natural  History  will  begm  at 

once . Police  officer  Patrick  F.  Byrne=  has 

been  presented  with  $1,000  for  His  courage  and 
descretion.  .  Business  to  the  amount  of  $p,000,- 
000  is  said  to  have  been  destroyed  by  the  demo¬ 
lition  of  the  Washington  Market  booths.  One 
Hyanes  has  attempted  to  shoot  Dr.  Miller  of  the 
Hospital  for  Cripples  .  .  The  Washington  mark¬ 
et  men  will  bring  100  suits  against  the  city.  •  •  •  • 
The  Geneva  watch  swindles  have  been  revived 
_ The  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  con¬ 
demns  wooden  pavements — Six  eases  of  sun¬ 
stroke  on  the  21th ;  the  heat  was  Intense 
There  is  much  dissatisfaction  with  the  tax  as¬ 
sessments....  Witnesses  in  the  Stokes  case  are 
tired  of  their  confinement. ...  Six  cases  of  sun 
stroke  on  the  25th,  with  intense  beat. . ...  JR® 
city  annually  employs  7,000  men,  and  spends 


Ifrt“li  Inriii.  -The  market  is  native  tor  all  «en- 
so  liable  lots.  Peaches  move  briskly ;  thin  week  winds 
up  irinlks.  Delaware  Is  nut  shipping  largely— about 
* » v i •  partly-tilted  ears  have  arrived  dully  alone  our 
lust..  Home- 1  kink  tim  variety  "  liulo’a  Early  "  shows 
Improv'd  flavor  with  Inter  crops.  We  quote  Dela¬ 
wares,  per  crate,  #2,51)08 :  N01T1  .Iks,  #2  In  lots.  Illaek- 
lierrios  pro  In  fair  demand,  ut  20©22c,  per  quart,  for 
cultivated,  and  #2.75©3  per  terdu.d  l  or  common  hush 


Creek,  too,  IBP.;  Herkimer  Co.  Union,  185.  ISRe.;  Un¬ 
due,  GJ,  Uic.:  Man  helm,  luK,  Use.;  VUuibeun  Center.  226, 
file.;  MlnaviJle.  DU,  Du.:  Mohawk,  I2«c.;  Nun  v, lie 
Association,  2:i(),  13c.;  Norway  Association.  83, 12*e.; 
Old  Stone  fliureli,  IIW,  Do,;  Palestine  Union, 52,  l2*c.; 
itoot.  Hi.,  me.;  small  s  itusb.  mi,  I2'<ic.;  A.  smith  & 
La.,  7.1,  I  .c. ;  Smith  Creole,  HO,  13c.;  Top  Notch,  UU, 
lave.:  Waterville,  8a,  lie. 


growth  IK7I.1, 100180.5  Old  Olda,  growths  1883  and  1809, 
8015c, ;  Bavaria:?,  Ill©l5fl.)  English,  ;i0t«i3fic. ;  Belgian, 
J.JkeJOe.;  Cullfornlun,  17062c. 


Ultra  Is  very  much  depressed.  Bacon  is  Imrd  to  sell 
Beef  hams— choice  Western,  *20031;  Texan  prime, 
#25028,:  do.  fair  Iota.  :t 1H©24.  I.nm,  8*o.  for  Went- 


M3g, 


SWOOBE’S  BUBAL  M Ij Wt Y © B K E B . 


$7,000,000  on  public  Improvements . Civilian 

military  parades  have  been  forbidden  by  the 
police. 

Home  Newa. 

A  new  $5  note  is  to  be  Issued  by  the  Gov¬ 
ernment — The  cholera  was  raging  In  Mt.  Vor- 
'•be  20th,  and  half  the  population 
hud  left  the  town. .. .Paul  Dahlgron  has  hoen 

made  Corisul-Oencral  at  Rome . An  Italian 

has  been  arrested  in  Mew  Haven  for  enslaving 
II  alum  children . The  New  Jersey  Constitu¬ 

tional  Convention  is  in  session,  .Two  persons 
were  drowned  at  Atlantic  City.  N.  J.,  on  the 
:fcd .  .A  train  was  stopped  by  highway  men  on  the 
22d.  li.i  miles  west  of  Ues  Moines,  Iowa,  and  rob¬ 
bed  :  the  euginucr  was  shot;  the  robbers  were 
on  horseback,  disguised  as  K  u-K  tux  ;  ;»  great 
Imnl  is  in  progress  after  them  ;  the  whole  West 
o  state  <>r  excitement  over  the  daring  affair 
....  1  he  extradition  of  Carl  Vogt  has  been  re- 

ft ism l  by  the  Government . The  American 

Philological  Association  has  been  in  session  in 
Easton,  Pa...  There  havo  been  recent  abundant 
rams  in i  California. .  .The  new  American  steam¬ 
ship,  Ohio,  has  made  her  trial  trip  from  Phila¬ 
delphia.  ....  Hon.  John  P.  Hale  of  New  Hamp¬ 
shire  has  broken  his  hip  bone. ...The  Crispin 
lodges  of  Massaehusetts  arc  in  a  demoralized 
state  File  sutnmeusracos  havo  commenced  at 
Saratoga.  .  .Duels  have  recently  been  fought  in 
W  ilkesbsrre,  Pa.,  and  Augusta,  Ga _ It  is  pro¬ 

posed  to  build  a  summer  white  House  at  Long 
llraueh,  and  give  it  to  the  nation ....  Further 
prosecutions  against  the  Ku-KIux  will  beaban- 
doned  The  Iowa  car  robber*  hare  been  tracked 
inf, I.  Missouri. . ..Tom  Bowling  won  the  race  at 

Saratoga . Cigar  dealers  are  opposed  to  the 

use  or  Lint  patent  boxes  tho  Government  intends 
;.9r<l?,rs  for  P°8tid  cards  amount  to 
M.UHJO.UOO  ...  lhe  Government  will  not  allow  any 
of  the  Signal  Corps  to  go  with  Prof.  Wise  across 
i.hc  IMantlo in  a  balloon.. . K^pubUcaai  in  Mas¬ 
sachusetts  are  organizing  against  Gen.  Butler, 
who  bones  to  become  Governor  of  that  State. . . 
Some  Creek  Indians  have  hail  a  failing  out 
among  themselves,  with  0  killed  Cholera  has 
disappeared  from  Kentucky  In  tho  matter 
Of  the  College  race  it  lias  been  decided  that  Yale 
was  first,  Wesleyan  second,  and  Harvard  third 
.  ..The  one-term  amendment  tu  the  Constitu¬ 
tion  will  be  proposed  in  the  next  Congress. 

Obituary. 

Samuel  Wilberitorce,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of 
Winchester,  England,  was  kilted  on  the  Kith  by 
being  thrown  from  his  horse ;  he  was  born  in 
1805.  and  was  the  author  of  a  number  of  church 
books.  .Hon.  Richard  Bethel  1.  Lord  Wear, bury, 
died  in  Loudon  bn  the  10th  ;  horn  In  1800:  he 
became  Lord  Chancellor  in  1801  .  .Chief-Justice 
Chapman  ot  Massachusetts  died  on  the  24th  of 
Juno  at  Flufillen,  Switzerland  ;  he  was  burn  in 

1801 . Kx-Gov.  Colby  of  New  Hampshire,  at 

Concord,  on  the  80th  Rov.  Dr.  Guiiuburg  of 
Boston  on  tho  81st,  a  distinguished  Hebrew 
Ouatav  Rose,  a  celebrated  German  chemist,  in 
Berlin,  on  tho  2g( | ;  lie  was  born  in  1798  Abel 
C.  Collins,  stock  editor  of  the  N.  Y.  Tribune,  on 
the  Altli  . .  Robert  Ethridge,  acting  Naval  Offl- 
Cor  of  New  York  city,  on  the  28d. 

Fire*. 

Twenty  houses  in  Montreal  on  the  20th  : 
loss  $160,000,  and  18  families  homeless .  Sus¬ 

pender  factory  in  Norwich,  Conn.,  on  the  80th  ; 
lews.  #57,000  .  ..Stores,  etc.,  In  Jackson,  Teniu, 
on  the  21st ;  loss,  $110, o< hi  .  Machine  simp  mi 
2lsl  Ht.,  Philadelphia,  on  tho  81st;  loss,  $15,000 
.  Store  rooms  of  tho  Provtdenofc  Iron  Co.,  in 
Providence,  It.  I.,  on  the  8Jst;  loss,  $23,000. . 
1'ouuiJry  in  Bath,  ile.,  on  the  32d;  loss,  $113,000 
..  ...Paint  and  oil  store  in  Toledo,  O.,  on  the 
~2d  i  loss,  $35,000  Distillery  on  James  St., 
Cleveland,  O.,  on  tim  22d  ;  loss,  $75,000  ,,8 tallies 
in  Brooklyn,  L.  1.,  on  the  33d;  Joss,  $3.5,000. ... 

16  buildings  in  Mt.  Carruol,  Pa,,  on  the  :JUh  : 
mss,  $40,000  A  tremendous  lire  broke  out  In 
Baltimore  on  the  morning  of  the  dM.li,  which  at 
one  time  threatened  the  destruction  Of  tlui  city 
Help  arrived  from  Washington  and  Philadel¬ 
phia,  and  after  a  long  struggle  the  fire  was  got 
under  control.  Some  tun  blocks  were  burned, 
bounded  by  Howard,  Lexington,  Liberty  and 
Mulberry  streets.  The  flames  ran  from  roof 
to  roof,  leaping  over  the  streets.  A  line  Pres¬ 
byterian  ebureb,  a  German  Lutheran  church, 
and  a  part  of  the  Maryland  University  were  de¬ 
stroyed.  The  Cathedral  was  several  times  on 
lire.  I  he  Washington  engines  wore  ut  work  on 
the  fire  in  120  minutes  after  the  alarm.  The  lire 
raged  il  hours.  The  loss  is  $1,000,000 ;  100  houses 
were  destroyed,  and  00  families  left,  homeless, 
Great  tires  are  raging  in  the  woods  on  Long  I«_ 
land.  .  Three  houses  in  Melrose,  N.  Y.,  on  the 
Joth  ;  loss,  $20,009.  .  .Stove  siiop,  machine  shop, 

Iiofjoo1  Pawtucket’  H*  1-  yn  the  ~>th;  loss, 

- ♦♦♦- - -  I 

FOREIGN  NEWS.  ( 

ITHMcellaneouH  Foreign  News. 

Members  of  tho  Canadian  Government  are  j 
Implicated  in  the  great  railway  scandal . .  The  1 
crews  of  live  of  the  best  Spanish  men-of-war  J 
have  revolted,  and  the  ships  have  been  turned 
over  to  the  insurgents.  Spain  has  declared  them  < 
to  be  pirates,  lawful  prizes  for  any  nation  to  ( 
capture.  Spanish  soldiers  continue  to  mutiny.  ? 
in  Vlitoria  there  are  7,000  Republican  soldiers  5 
in  a  demoralized  condition.  Spain  proposes  < 
to  cull  out  9o,000  men  of  the  reserves.  Extra¬ 
ordinary  war  taxes  will  be  levied.  A  German 
war  frigate  is  in  pursuit  of  one  of  the  Spanish  {“ 
pirates.  The  people  of  Uareeh.nu  are  fleeing,  in  5 
fear  of  ft  disturbance.  The  Carllsta  now  have  a  « 
lorce  of  30,000  men.  France  refuses  to  grant  h 
belligerent  rights  to  tim  Oc Gists.  .The  German  1 

evacuation  of  Franco  progresses _ England  low  1 

been  visited  with  severe  thunder  storms.  .  Jm-  £ 
sertions  from  the  Government  ol  Spain  continue 
in  VaJeiicia  .  In  Barcelona,  230  soldiers  Joined  5 
the  vurlists,  Spain  has  a  new  Ministry,  with  p 

-N  •  Salincroti  for  President ;  lie  is  in  favor  u 
of  u  federal  Republic.  The  Civil  Guard  will  be  H 
increased  to  10,000.  A  number  of  tho  Spanish  “ 
provinces  and  cities  have  declared  their  inde¬ 
pendence.  An  Orsiui  bomb  has  been  exploded 
at  the  door  of  tho  Cortes.  The  new  Conslitu-  r< 


is  barricaded  for  an  attack.  It  is  now  proposed 
to  place  a  princo  of  Hohenzollern  upon  the 
Spanish  throne.. . »The  [ntornationals  are  be- 
coming  active  in  Europe  . . .  .The  Grand  Duke 
Nicholas  has  returned  from  Khiva  to  Russia 
Orangemen  have  made  a  great  demonst  ration 
at  Artragh,  Ireland.... Tim  Spanish  Cories  has 
suppressed  the  Admiralty.  Tin?  President  has 
called  out  80,000  men.  (Jen.  (’on  boras  is  march- 
lug  on  Madrid  with  f’,,000  men.  Hu  will  seize  all 
German  ships  at  Cartagena  unless  I  lie  Vigilante 
is  restored.  The  soldiers  of  Barcelona  havo  re- 


Whitc  wheat  extras .  7  16©  8  30 

8t.  Louis  .  IJ  55®  10  75 

Southern,  shipping  stock .  6  30®  7  DO 

Family  extras .  7  95010  75 

Rye  Hour.  . .  I  30©  5  25 

f  <rn  meal.  Caloric .  2  SO®  3  35 

Western,  yellow .  3  iao>j  .1  30 

Jersey .  R  25®  3  36 

Wliite  Western .  2  75®  3  15 

Brandywine .  3  850  3  DO 

Bag  Meal.  Coarse .  1  r, 5©  1  70 

yellow .  1  25©  i  30 

White .  2  90®  :>  1.5 


amounted  to  about  708  boxes,  which  sold  at  prices  a 
trifle  better  than  wore  received  last  week,  tile  best 
farm  lots  bringing  Pie.  and  the  poorest  ttbjo,  The 
ruling  rates  paid  woro  from  lie.  to  llpjc. 

The  ntlerlngs  from  factories  we  estimate  ut  about 
8,01X1  boxes,  and  tile  wales  foot  up  nearly  0,500.  The 
t"P  iifleo  obtained  forfaney  factory  was  l;ie.,  which 
Is  U  of  a  cent  better  thun  last  week’s  quotations. 
The  leading  trunMietlonx  wo  report  as  follows  : 

Eagle.  12s  boxes,  ut  PiVc.;  Avery  A  Ives,  inn,  18c.; 
Ueeelier,  CiO,  lie.;  Brocketl'u  llrldge,  |:«l,  13c.;  Hrock- 
etl,  N.  Feetor,  60,  l?H0.;  Cftyad utta,  121, 13Nc.;  Central 
Valley,  75, 13e.;  (,'barlestown  t-Cijrners, 71, TiLc.;  Cold 
Brook.  89.  130.:  Cold  Spring.  100.  120  e.;  Dairy- Lilli,  87, 
Me.;  Euphruia,  105,  li’tc.;  Fulrflela  AssoeiuUou,  300, 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

The  Improved  Universal  Clothes  Wringer, 
will;  its  new  malleable  iron  folding  clamps,  for 
fastening  it  to  a  tub  or  box,  is  the  neatest,  most 
compact  and  durable  Wringer  ever  made. 


Advice.  — Send  for  free  Price  List. 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


Jones 


Instead  of  BITTER  use  SWEET  QUININE. 

THE  MARKETS. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

New  York,  Monday,  July  28,  1.873. 
Receipts.— Thu  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  lor  tun  past  week  an?  un  follows  *. 

Dried  Fruits,  pkits.  970  0.  tton,  fifties .  16,159 

Eggs,  bbls. . .  .  0,769  I  tops,  bales .  ...  159 

®loi»r.  bWs. .  63,820  I'eauutu,  bugs .  1,812 

Wheat,  bush .  892,5011  <  'ut  meets,  pkgs....  3,550 

Loru,  bush .  070.300 IlNyrk,  bids . . .  7 

4  hlldl  TIB  36(1  II,.  .r'  .1  in. 


•wif .  77  nut ui-uui i h:,1.,  i>t*i  i Mjn u ,  vvauermei- 

OU8.  $30®B0--li.u  higher  price  owing  to  a  bettor  line 
ol  fruit  arriving.  Southern  pears  are  quoted  lit  $4®li 
per  crate  f,jr  Bartlett:  $:k.ra  for  Bell;  common,  $3. 
I  hero  Is  too  mucli  bttrry  South  to  realize  on  pears; 
tlie  difference  in  price  for  better  grown  lots  would 
pay  the  sill  >p«r.  Cherries  are  abpm  gone,  ltaspber- 
rleH  lhrultic.  per  quart  for  lilack-Cups,  and  ll©12c.  for 
thirds  A ntworps.  AnidcB  PM!  In  fair  demand  for 
bakers  use,  iind  n  few  sizable  boughs  uro  selling  for 
retail.  The  general  run  Is  $3®3.5I) ;  n  lew  extra  size 
quoted  W.5U.  Peanuts  ttrni,  as  quoted  before 

Gi’n in.  Prices  tliroughmit  for  wheat,  corn  and 
oats  ore  lower,  with  a  disposition  to  press  bur  luoss 
and  a  mode  rule  outlet  for  supplies.  Wheal  at  #1.40© 
1.4a  for  No.  2  spring;  #1.19@L02  for  No.  I  do.,  #1.60 
01.63  for  winter  red  Western;  #l.55®1.03 for  amber 
do.,  and  .f I.OOmI.so  for  white  Western.  Rye  at  78c.  for 
Western.  Corn  at  Sl©65kc-  for  steamer  grades  of 
Western  mixed  ;  StkicWfi:.  for  Hailing  do. ;  58080c.  for 
yellow  Western  ;  47©5.,e.  for  kiln-dried.  Outs,  Ilk® 
42Re.  for  now  mixed  Westeru,  4a©Mlo.  for  white  do., 
nod  41®41  ’-.e,  for  black  do. 

liny  nud  Straw,  Prices  are  lower,  us  supplies 
are  no. re  liberal.  Prime  hay ,  $2f)f...33  per  ton;  Rood, 
#22024;  good  shipping,  $18020 [  CODUnon,  do.  #13® II. 
Long  rye  straw,  $l.S©lii;  short  do.,  $12015;  nut. 
#12013. 

II opt,.- There  has  been  a  fair  trade  from  brewers 
aud  prices  huve  boon  well  sustained.  HupuHos  have 
become  very  light,,  more  particularly  of  line  stock, 
and  if.  Is  the  impression  that  stocks  will  be  worked 
down  closer  than  usual  beforu  tho  appearance  of  the 
new  crop. 

New  Yorks,  growth  1872,  4()©45e.;  Eastern,  growth 


gutter  lias  been  otfered  In  market  this  week. 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

New  Vork.  July  20, 1878. 

If eeves,— Wednesday’s  trade  in  beeves  was  small 
and  slow,  prices  ranging  ut  MS©  12c.  V  k>.,  a  few  top 
steers  selling  at.  12,Sc.  <K  it.;  weights,  5Pjc.«7Vl  owt. 
I  humbiy  trade  opened  fair,  at.  a  reduction  ot  Re.  V 
it.,  on  all  grade.-;  of  quality.  Tills  was  chiefly  owing 
to  the  fact  that  the  Kcnoral  run  of  the  steers  to  hand 
was  poor  and  largely  consisted  of  Texans.  Prices 
ranged  at  7.t.©121fc.  n  lit •;  5©hj^  cwt.  Krldo.y  there 
was  the  same  aspect  of  trade.  Prices  9!zru:d;,"ie.  lb.: 
U  j©9  cwt.  Tile  various  lots  ol  steers  '  die  red  for  sale, 
us  a  hove  quoted,  were-  seldom  cleared  oh  nn  due  fore¬ 
noon,  aud  several  lots  were  still  unsold  at  uild-day 
on  Friday.  05uk5(7  lbs.,  with  57  llis.  for  topi  steers,  was 
all  Unit,  could  be  obtained  mi  net  weight  Special 
sums  as  follows Coarse  Indiana  cuttle,  7  cwt.  f' 
head,  UJja  V  It.;  common  Virginia  steers.  Ii;k  cwt., 
BM«.  *  to;  Ohio  do..  0k  owl.,  Uke.  r.r  lb.;  poor  ills- 
BOlirl  do.,  ti  cwt.  SCnlit,  hlRe.  -p  it.;  eour.-c  do.,  do.,  0^' 
cwt.,  11  Nc.  V  it.;  OouuuOu  Illinois  do.,0R  cwt,  strong, 
U©U>iU.  P  Ho;  good  do.,  do.,  7®il  cwt..  u0i2.Sc.  V  it.; 
Texan  do,,  50U  cwt.,  7Fj©9F<c.  It.;  Cherokee  do., 
4>4  cwt.,  stood  over  unsold. 

Hllrli  Gown.  Tru  ’e  hi  these  animals  bus  been 
both  small  and  dull  since  last  Monday.  The  few  lots 
ills  nosed  of  were  fomnl  oil' at  reduced  rates.  Gen- 
l*i  u)  nidus  at  $3tkjbAi  4*  bead. 


Oats,  bush . 

Rye.  bush . 

Harley,  bush . 

Malt,  bush . 

lleans  bush . 

Coru  meal,  bbla. . 
torn  meal,  bags.. 


330,;!(HJ|  Upof,  pkgs .  485 

98,300  Lard,  pkgs .  2,860 

Butter,  pkgs .  10,100 

U-iM'Cheese,  pkgs. .  lUM.SuU 

1,889  Wool,  bales .  4,II.Vt 

1,154  Crass  seed,  bush... 

1.713;  Dressed  Hogs,  No.. 


Pt’iis.  Experts  of  beaus  past  week, 
•lOUbbls.;  of  polls,  2,1X10  bush,  The  market.  Is  ilrin  for 
medium  and  marrows  the  latter  calling  for  more 
money  other  grades  of  beans  are  only  nominally 
quoted,  as  they  are  very  scarce.  There  is  room  for 
kidnoy s,  ir  any  remain  to  come  forward.  The.  trade 
lu  mediums  Is  not  active  sliii  holders  adhere  to  still 
quotations,  particular  I  y  lor  choice  parcels  iu  store. 
In  (.anaihutj  peas  there  is  no  special  movement,  and 
Pilous  are  nut  inutcrlnlly  changed,  Green  peas  havo 
imil  a  spurt  and  prices  are,  after  a  long  time,  In  stll- 
or’s  favor.  ’ 


Hllrli  I, own.  Tru  'e  lu  these  animals  bus  been 
both  small  and  dull  since  lust  Monday.  Tho  few  lots 
tl Is nogod  of  were  forced  off  at  reduced  rates.  Gen- 
t'nd  Sidu»  at  $8(1070  head. 

VchIn.  Them  Is  only  a  slow  demand  l'or  veals, 
and  as  tho  supply  Is  abundant,  quality  regulates 
the  prices  obtained.  Smooth  quality,  7)4®9}<u.  S»  lb.; 
outline  do..  5  grazs  calves,  #5©7  head,  with  a 

Leftllier.-FOr  light- hemlock,  27R©29c;  27,'*©3h;.  few  of  same  at  #12.  General  weights,  on  average, 
for  middle,  2fi®3fle.  tor  lionvy,  24®20O.  for  good  dam-  are  120©15U©2UU  lbs.  V  bead, 
aged ;  coops  at  |:.'©45c,  for  light  packs,  41©44c.  tor 

middle  liueks,  n>A  I3c.  lor  light  sines,  S8®42c.  for  mid-  Sheep  a  ml  l.n  mbs.  There  was  no  sain,  oven  at 
die  sides,  380406.  for  heavy  sides.  reduced  rates,  on  Wednesday  last,  for  ..hoopor  lambs 

Poultry  . .  Gaum*. -Spring  chickens  are  in  ex-  iamb's" 7?j0iaHefB' UTudo' 

cesa  of  tlie  fleuuiild ;  prime  fowls  aro  steady  and  sal-  held  Arm Tfriduy  ‘whon  so  so  iilirJe  VltLsoid  Jit's  5 
able  at  full  prices.  Small  turkeys  also  Uud  a  demand,  ©flS.  •  la.ubi WfillPfo  I  ^ 

»Sk 

keys,  190211c,;  did  ones,  low  l/giiine,;  N.  J.  ducks,  90®  ' 

W  i  vs  ter  u  gm!ie  * 1 1  ,'JUU“  ****'®i  lings  There  ,m  demand  for  coarse  quality, 

wi.sti.ru  goiise,  #i..si®1.46.  I„!livy  vVesteru  hogs,  and  trtulo  Is  only  modorute  lu 

Provision*.  -There  has  been  a  sharp  advance  In  nomWa^fiLiTc  vT^cl'tv 'tefchKkc 
the  price  of  pork  based  upon  supply  »mi  demand,  c ,... ..L.V..  ...  y . .  ,3  'u ’  .  'KsfiAC: 


!  ,r  .t.  seue.-y.  rz.juotz. iu ;  uiHuun  puns,  in 

bulk.  ;i(l©92o. ;  green  peas,  bush.,  range,  #1.1501.16. 

Ilccstvux.— Exports  since  Jan.  1st,  UO.Hixi  lbs.;  same 
IKU’tOd  last  year,  172,550  do.  The  demand  is  mainly 
for  prime. sou  thorn,  lor  which  ;H©35e.  IS  readily  given 
by  exporters.  Western  Is  barely  staady  at  82.W®33e. 

Broom  Gorn.  There  Isuo  stock  arriving,  aud  ohi 
juppuas  are  being  aloud lly  closed  out  ut  full  prices 
Wo  quote,  hurl,  8K0944O.;  gre.-n.  5W®0^e.;  red,  3 
oC.;  old,  iWl^e. 

B Hirer.  -8 mall  reoeipts  hegln  to  tell  offoctlvely 
upon  tho  market,  and  prices  are  showing  a  good  deal 
of  strength.  Statu  butter  almost  rules  the  market  at 
present,  particularly  where  the  ilonmnd  is  directed  to 
flue  and  good  table  grades.  Dealers  fuel  safe  in  do- 
umudlng  strong  prices  for  half-tubs  and  firkins,  as 
line  Western  U  hard  to  llud,  ami  North  River  pads 
havo  advanced  to  82035(4,  We  quote  State  firkins,  in 

oe.s,  .Sic.;  ilii.  hall-tuhs.  do.,  31©33e.;  a  few  selected 
flrkiuN  bring  3204  Welsh  tubs,  when  lino,  bring  28c.; 
low  grades  of  Slate,  20© 27c.;  flue  Western,  2l022ii, 
othor  tots,  14©17c.  1 

ChooNO,  —  Exilurts,  past  week,  90,000  hxs.  A  con¬ 
tinued  hh«rid  demand  has  somewhat  HUrprise.il  the 
trade  here,  fVB  It  was  thought  that  with  the  unusual 
free  shipments  lately,  the  markets  on  the  other  side 
would  be  temporarily  glutted:  but  shippers  are  ns 
eager  as  ever  to  secure  supplhi and  with  the  re¬ 
ceipts  worked  up  Goan,  prices  have  been  advanced 
Lilly  Kc.,and  in  instances,  jgc.  e  lb.  Tim  market 
i  closed  with  a  confluent  tone,  the  appearance  of  lute 
arrivals  shoayig  somewhat  green,  leading  to  the  Im¬ 
pression  IlmjLCho  factories  tiav,i  forwarded  their 
lhake  promptly,  and  there  is  no  important  uccumu- 
lations  ol  stock  on  the  shelves. 

We  quote:— Floe  8tate  faotory,  i:k,il3Wc„  with  a 
few  fancy  at  WWc.J  ottior,  ll®12c.;  Hkun,  5©Uc.;  half 
do.,  9010c.;  VVesteru  factory,  llX©18We.;  Nngiish 
dairy,  U>40l2>4c. 

Cotton.— There  has  been  a  "short  interest’’  for 
tbls  month,  and  prices  have  been  sustained,  |n  for¬ 
ward  deliveries,  August  attracts  most  attention,  as 
it  Is  believed  that  there  will  be  considerable  Inquiry 
to  cover  contracts  in  this  month.  Prices  show  con¬ 
siderable  irregularity,  however,  closing  at  '0  19-,T3c 
for  July,  19  21-32C.  for  August,  18}<e.  for  September. 
17&e.  for  October,  17  ll-liic.  for  November,  I7;sic.  for 


orn  steam  on  spot,  8,V  cents,  for  July,  SJkc.  for 
August.  Long  clear.  Be.,  short  clear,  9>t«.;  short  rib, 
9®10i(6.  Muss  pork.  #JT.b8K  spot  delivery  ;  #17. N)  for 
July;  Western  prime  moss  nominally  $18.25017.60. 
Dressed  lings,  city,  0 H07Ru.  Gutiueuts  ure  seUInu  ut 
l:t'o. I  le.  !  ir  heies,  loose  ;  be,  for  shoulders,  loose  ;  7R 
09kic.  for  Pickled  bhlllcs,  loose..  Boxc<l  dry-suited 
shoulders,  KFjc.  Smoked  incuts  at  14018c.  for  loose 
halus,  lUo.  for  loose  shmilders.  'I'allow  at  0>((<il8%( i.  for 
prime  stock.  Beef,  soIIImk  at  #9011.75  for  barreled 
umv  plain  mess,  #12013.50  for  extra  muss.  Tierceil 
heel  at  #23025  Tor  uew  India  mess,  #30081  for  now 
extra  India  mess,  and  $2t©23  for  now  prime  mens. 

Seeds.  -There  lx  a  dull  trade,  as  usual  at  tbls  sea¬ 
son  of  the  year.  Clover,  8Y©9c.;  timothy,  #1,2004.40. 
Rough  llax  quiet  at  $2.4002.50. 

Tolmrco. -Wij  are  carrying  very  full  stocks  of 
Western  leuf,  the  warehouses  being  pretlv  well  lin¬ 
ed,  but  a  lively  shipping  business  is  counted  upon 
when  1  might  morn  Is  available  lu  a  sulllelent  extent, 
us  there  are  Indications  of  supplies  being  wanted 
Ireol  :,  with  aa  increased  business  (luring  the  last 
few  days.  Very  full  prices  arc  maintained.  Neudlcul 
meets  with  very  little  attention,  the  home  trade  being 
about  tho  only  purclhisufs,  but  they  pay  very  steady 
prices. 

IjriOTATIONS  NIHV  CROP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 
Lugs .  7  ©  7!^c.  71*0  ?>$(!. 


December. 

UpUiitlM.  AlHbiunn.  Now  Orlciitn*.  Tojim. 

Ordinary .  14J4  ll>i  UW  itu 

Good  Ordinary  .  18  la  is  m'4 

Strict  Good  Ordinary.  19  19  19  19 

Low  Mliidliug .  20  2U  20  2(1 

Middling . 21  21  21  21 

Good  MJddllug .  23  23  23  23 

Dried  Fruits. -Tho  highest  prices  ruling  for  ap¬ 
ples,  which  were  based  upon  the  undimlnisned  sup¬ 
plies  through  tlie  late  liberal  shipping  demand,  have 
attracted  the  attention  of  holders  in  the  Interior  and 
started  shipments  forward  to  this  market.  With  the 
Increased  receipts,  the  market  cloned  a  little  unset¬ 
tled.  with  buyers  uud  sellers  apart  In  their  views,  al¬ 
though  full  late  price*  are  still  asked.  Peaches  have 
u  little  better  sain,  particularly  appealed,  which  are 
Inquired  for  on  speculative  account. 

.  Southern  apples,  4*05>fc.  for  ordinary  ;  Western. 
aK00Xc. ;  Mtuto  11.4(070.;  sliced,  70©SXc.  Pooled 
peaches  Prime  Gn.  and  Nurth  Carolina,  12c. ;  ordi¬ 
nary,  309c.  Unpeeled  poaches,  404MC.  for  quarter 
and  5®6Mc.  for  halves.  Plums  at  12© 1 3c.  for  State, 
aud  ll®Do.  forHouthern.  Cherries,  18©20e.  fur  State 
and  Southern.  Blackberries,  70Sc. 

Kggs.— The  market  Is  extremely  dwll,  and  although 
receipts  would  warrant  tlrrn  prices,  there  am  free 
sellers  at  lb®2Uc.  lor  Western  and  Ciuiada,  aud  20© 
28c.  for  Stale  and  Pennsylvania,  Stock  begins  to 


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Uugs.. . 7  ®  7Mc.  Die.  ®7Kc.  Trade  b 

Good  do.  ...  7F0  8Rc.  7*|f®  Hitm. 

Common  to  medium  loaf.  8H®  BJ50.  9  ©  hike. 

Good  no.  ..10  0  lOH'c.  11  ©  12 

Fine  do.  ..II  ®  12  c.  12k0  i3  o.  ,, 

Selections . 1J}>,0  13  c.  i3K®  15  GOB  Humlrodth  8t. 

HEEDI.EAK  CROP  Of  187).  Fortieth ^^St' *’ 

Connecticut  and  Jlassachusctts  tillers . II  @14  c.  Coinmunipaw.'.  " 

seconds.. . 13  ©  25  c.  VV eehawken. ... 

wrappers . ID  ©  55  o. 

seleeuons . 00  ©  75  c.  Totals  this  wool 

New  York  inters . .  Ill  @  II  c.  "  last  wee 

wrappers . 13  ©  35  0. 

assorted  lots . ....11  ©  il  e., 

Pennsylvania  tillers . 12  ©  ;.»  c, 

wrappers . 22  ©  00  0.  r.  .  0. 

assorted  lots . 18  ©  25  e.  Loorl  tsteers  IP 

Ohio  tillers .  8  ©  3  c,  ['  air . 

wrappers . . . 13  ©35  c.  K001'  -. . 

assorted  lots... . 9H@  12  e  1  cores t. . 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots .  8  ©  9  c.  Len.  selling  rati 

Vegctnlilm*.— Potatons  are  In  good  supply,  and 
New  Jersey  and  Long  Island  have  crowded  Houthurii  rivm 

out  of  use.  Wo  quote  #J0JJSOV  bhl.  Tomatoes,  $3  V  Oilj 

Gusli.;  Norfolk,  75coj»#l  P  crute.  Green  corn,  75e.® 

$1.25  per  lUO.  Onions,  #li..'AI©7.60  ti  Ub!.;  stock  in-  ■ 


IlngN.  There  is  no  demand  for  coarse  quality, 
heavy  Western  bugs,  anil  trade  Is  only  modorute  la 
lighter  weight  hogs.  Wednesday  last  uvo  hogs  were 
nominal  ut  6>4©u9<C.  W  in . ;  city  dressed,  l!R©7kc. 
1  hursday  live  wore  not  quoted  ;  city  dressed  slow  at 
bR©7Xo.  Friday  live  wore  5'/,'®6Jtc. ;  ohy  diussod, 
0J4.07J4C, 

II  orso  IWi* rkflt.  —  'l*h,«ro  hn«  beur*  no  improvo- 
rnunt  in  tlieoity  fcriule  In  burst'tt.  aiticu  our  larttwoekly 
report.  H(‘V»*ml  lots  huvu  boon  otftsriH)  for  uule,  but 
•10  buyttm  have  boon  fouuci.  J  Inr^n,  styliMii  bruutfbam 
liorMn  tiMltl  fOP  ff'jOi  J  tuidnlo  *lp.,  <>‘430  i  l  pair  pbuoton 
borrtfH,  lia  liunioH  urrivid  i»or  ICrle  Railway,  via 
Oalt  (>hll‘  StjiMon;  1235  per C’riiitraj  Nt?w  Jurboy,  vm  Lib¬ 
erty  fltreei  furry;  quality  l  in  ml  or. 

>1  oihIh v’k  Sab'H,— Jl4M!V09> — Beevea  wore  very 
s  ow  on  a  heavy  run;  quality  ranged  from  poor  to 
L'flnico.  Prices,  9>40l3)4o.,  weights.  5>i©u  owt.,  on  56 
2|W;fl  to  the  owt.,  net.  BteOrs  by  the  head  fetohed 
tmwllu  ou  intimate  weight. 

Hilcli  flows.  Very  dull;  quality  generally  poor. 
Prices,  #82050  lieiul ,  a  few  lots  at  $<i0©70. 

VcuIn.  — There  was  a  heavy  run  of  coarse  quullty 
grass  calves,  which  sold  at  $7.50©  10  p  head.  Veals 
ymiumlly  at/  Trudb  nlow  /iikJ  quality  medium. 

Slieoii  ttml  Innnlw.  Tlie  huiuo  UullneHH  of  trade 
wa«  muni  fust  In  thlg  branoh  of  bu.sinesd.  Sheep  aold 
at  hnnbtj,  SovuraJ  lota  stand  over 

unsold. 

Hogs.-Live  nominal  at  5X05Rc.;  city-dressed,  0K 
07R c.  Trade  barely  moderate. 

RECEIPTS  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 


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Ctdvep, 

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1,170 

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COMPARATIVE  RATES. 

Last  week. 

_  .  .  Cents. 

Good  Steers  19  !t> . 12  ©  13^ 

Fair . 11  ©  pv 

J’oor . lu  ©  toy 

Poorest .  8  ©  y.'5 

Gen.  selling  rates . W/i  ©  12R 


This  week. 

Cents. 

12  0  1SK 
11  0  11* 
10  ©  10* 
7H  0  9K 
11  0  12 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


-  -  vuv  wi  vuo.  tun  m.i  u  vGllo  11  LL4  —  <  •  ......  • 

tion  ini-i  iol  qjauaea.  Carlist^  have  been  repulsed  flLi 

The  oJtiaeus  of  Barcelona  are  orean-  %?*£«**  "  H,ld  ^^Ivaula, 

Izing  for  protection.  The  Garlists  have  Le,,..  “.s,,  seriously, 

aeieated  u  a  terrible  battle  at  Igualada :  ties-  ,  FeurherN.-Thedenjand  la  light.  Prime  Western 
R?f»te  lighting,  which  lasted  18  hour#  ;  the  Car-  llvo’  other,  OO^rue. 

41tf.tMyt0o,k  to‘‘Jrn  %;;  Tilero  have  been  Flour. -Tho  course  of  the  market  the  past  week 
u  laiai  case*  of  cholera  in  Vienna  ..  Tho  Chi-  has  been  at  variance  with  the  views  entertained  by 
ues„  m  Luba  aro  dissatisfied  with  tbelr  wages.  the  trade  a  lew  days  since.  The  rapid  distribution 
More  mayor*  have  been  assassinated  in  Spain.  Rf  supplies  lately  with  the  depleted  stocks,  hadgiven 
The  town  of  Igualada  has  been  destroyed  hv  the  1  ,* m prosHioti  that  a  very  satisfactory  run  or  the 
Carllsts  .  Au  attempt  boon  made ^to  ass-m  “et  would  follow  ;  but  since  our  last  there  has 
siriutP  MftfSilci!  p  ^  i  urnwK y  td  nvdlM,  und  uoiwJfchumndiug  unu- 

hlv  . Tli6  Freuch  Aaaem-  auully  MimiU  rec61pt«  r<*r  the  period,  lowor  dtUmih 

44i(^uiUi>NnUHtHine{lrt,ll?J?ovem,Ilel4t  by  a  vote  of  have  been  conceded  from  day  to  day,  the  market 
^wto^ii  ine  ilchborne  trial  La-s  resumed. ..  closing  depressed  and  with  a  very  uusatisfuetory  tone. 

tin?,r  o0tJ  *rr®at  InLondon _ A  por-  Superfine  state . . $5  05©  5  40 

lion  of  tho  Spanish  Lories  propose  to  go  to  liar-  Extra  do.  .  . 6  15©  7  30 

tegena.  f  retu'livoluntoersarotirrivluginapaiu.  Superflue  Western .  6  Ui©  5  4u 

The  Prussian  frigate  Frejerio  Charles  has  can-  v11?/0 . 5  7  ^ 

1 8&s^eee=::::  Sii 


eludes  some  of  foreign  grewtli.  Marrow  squash,  #2,60 
©3  v  bhl.  Cab buge, $8©  11  V  100.  itnsslu  turnips.  #1.25 
@1.50  y  bbl.  Cucumbers,  $1  >1  1(10. 

W trinity— Is  blglicr  and  wanted,  selling  at  95c. 

Wool.  The  market  Is  In  a  much  hotter  position. 
The  Orth  views  of  holders  iii  the  interior. and  the  full 
prices  paid  thereby  parties  who  must  have  supplies, 
exert*  sumo  Influence  hem  on  trade,  more  pa  rticu¬ 
larly  as  the  good*  market  warrants  a  rather  more  ex¬ 
tensive  use  of  stocks.  Supplies  of  old  fleeces  have 
become  very  small. 

We  quote  New  York,  Michigan  atui  Wisconsin 
fleece*  at  48c.  for  XX. 43;, rile,  for  X,  41043c.  for  No.  1. 
Ohio  and  Penn.  Ueccos,  Sic.  for  XX.  4He.  for  X,  40c.  for 
No.  1.  lad.,  Ky.  and  Term.,  48e.  for  XX,  4ic.  for  X,  43 
©lie.  for  No.  1.1IJ.,  Iowa  and  Minn.,  Lie.  for  XX,  44c. 
for  X,  48c,  for  No.  I .  Ga.,  Alu.,  Miss,  und  l.u.,  28030c. 
l'or  unwashed.  Pulled  at  40©48c.  for  extra,  43047c.  for 
super  35©4Qo.  for  No.  L 

U(H'|] ESTER,  July  'J5.— Flour,  (mu-kut  un- 
ciittngod,  amber  winter,  #9;  white,  $9.51)  ©  10.20. 
W  heat  dull  at  unchanged  prices.  Corn,  eu©85c.  Oats, 
60051c.  Brewers  are  opening  barley ;  four-rowed  at 
95c.0#t ;  no  sales  ot  two-rowed  are  reported,  hut  It  is 
quoted  nominal  at  30085c.  New  potatoes,  #101.25: 
the  potato  bug  lias  made  Its  appearance,  but  in  small 
numbers  as  yet.  Vegetables  ure  In  better  supply. 
Grcoa  peas,  02c.  per  bushel,  retailing  at  2U©2afc.  v 
peck.  Wool  market  bits  oeen  rather  firmer,  but  the 
market  has  fafleu  back  to  38040c.  flheop  and  other 
skins,  25© 50c.;  lamb  skins,  50© 7 5c.  each.  Butter  is 
plenty,  21©23e.,  with  very  choice  at  24c. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

Little  Falls,  N.  Y.,  July  26, 1873. 
The  Little  Falls  market,  for  the  week  ending 
July  25th,  showed  more  activity  thin  It  has  for  two 
or  three  weeks  past.  The  delivery  of  farm  dairies 


It  is  a  notable  event  in  the  life  of  a  ruptured 
person  to  And  an  appliance  that  will  Instantly  relieve 
him  from  all  pain  and  soon  cure  Mm  pcrui  raently. 
Tho  New  Elastic  Truss  without  rnebil  springs  retains 
the  Rupture  safely  iiUuit/yt,  It  Is  always  worn,  night 
and  day,  with  tho  greatest  cusp,  and  soon  effects  a 
perfect  cure.  Sold  at  moderate  prices,  aud  sent  by 
mail  to  all  parts  of  the  country,  by  THE  ELASTIC 
TRUSS  CO.,  No.  083  Broadway,  N.  V.  City.  Full  De¬ 
scriptive  Circulars  sent  free  on  application. 

Hundred*  of  Men  nud  Women  are  suffering 
for  the  want  or  Surgical  Elastic  stockings,  to 
relieve  enlarged  veins,  which  are  liable  to  burst  and 
ulcerate.  VV  rite  to  POME  It  0  V  &  CO.,  714  Broadway, 
New  York,  for  prices,  Ac.  Also  for  the  latest  Im¬ 
proved  “Elastic  Truss”  for  ruptures. 

Slew  gulrevtis'ement.s. 

AI 

B«foro  tr»»tnient.  -  Afirr  lre»tmeilt. 

Full  directions  scut  on  receipt  of  One  Dollar.  Addres: 
N*w  York  QjLk  TaasTgEMT,  699  BuoADW.tr,  New  York. 


m m 

c->mt  w««n. ,  MtfMCTw  a«»  wk  Jy  ■*  bw  suit  HtUr^ua, 


PERSONAL  ITEMS. 


©ORE*  8$  BUBAL  'flEW-YORKER 


Anna  Dickinson  is  visiting  in  Kansas. 
Laura  Keene  Is  reported  in  consumption. 
Kate  Field  is  what  the  world  calls  an  old 
-*  maid. 

Bret  Halite's  sister  has  taken  to  writing 
poetry. 

The  Bender  family  is  supposed  to  have  fled 
to  Europe. 

Mrs.  Hanakord  lias  been  called  to  preach  in 
Jersey  City. 

London  is  to  have  a  statue  of  the  late  John 
Stuart  Mill. 

Grace  Greenwood  thinks  there  are  too 
many  women. 

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BEEBE'S  FERTILIZER, 

Bleacher  and  Other  Matters. 

This  Fertilizer  is  composed  ol  the  gases,  A'C.,  of  coal 
Of  all  sorts,  having  carbon,  with  cokes,  conjoined  or 
otherwise.  I  claim  the  process  of  extracting  from 
any  kind  of  coal  or  coke,  gsue*.  Ac.,  by  the  use  of 
heat  or  oalcinutSon,  and  grinding  and  placing  the 
coal  in  water,  where  the  gases  will  escape  and  no 
held  with  tlin  oxygon  of  the  water.  The  coke*  are 
ii  hen  without  eulen  natron.  Tide  liquid  Is  spread  over 
the  land  and  every  kind  nt  growing  crop  having  a 
root  in  the  ‘Oil.  I  also  »crw  the  ground  c.  >ul  and  Ci.se, 
Or  cither  of  them,  over  llie  mt. a,  crop*.  Ac.,  and  put 
them  Into  the  hill  or  drill  with  the  seed.  Cool  being 
a  vegetable  formation,  Contains  about  HU  per  cent,  of 
carbon,  which  t*  the  only  clement  or  resource  left,  us 
lor  restoring  soi/*»  vegetation,  Ac, 

1  also  use  this  Hout i  a*  a  coil  alkali  for  various 
purposes,  such  as  the  distillation  and  the  brewing 
of  the  above  Coals,  Ac...  and  product*,  with  or  with¬ 
out  other  vegetables,  grulup.  Ac-,  or  other  liquids.  1 
claim  the  above  its  food  or  feud.  w  Ith  01  » ItlllJUt  mix¬ 
ing  or  cooking  with  other  vegetable  Matter,  grain, 
meal,  Ac., for  feeding  or  fattening  poultry  oraiutnals. 
1  also  claim  the  above  coal,  liquids,  Ac.,  as  preserva¬ 
tives,  from  atmosphere  and  weather,  of  all  meats  and 
eatables,  and  the  packing  of  them,  a.  well  us  fruit* 
of  all  sorts,  and  the  immersion  of  eggs  In  the  liquid 
carbon  to  given  new  ahull.  I  claim  that  beef,  pork 
and  meots,  dressed  In  uuiirlert,  and  all  other  animals, 
d*h,  poultry.  Ac.,  may  be  preserved  fresh  for  truus- 
poiTuliou  on  railroad*,  vessel*  or  otherwise,  by  Im¬ 
mersion  of  them  in  my  coal  water,  or  nolle  water,  or 
berth,  for  six  days.  UiOru of  Ier*,um1  lumg  up  m  room* 
or  compartments,  the  four  slues  outdo  three  Inches 
thick,  packed  with  ground  coke  or  coai.  with  small 
opening  on  the  in»t<i<\  coveicd  with  due  wire  cloth, 
to  admit  the  carbon  and.  gusty*  Into  tint  compartment. 
A  Do  of  pan*  about  «  foot,  deep  or  over,  metal  or  oth¬ 
erwise,  with  perforated  covers,  holding  prepared  coal 
or  coke*,  Ac.,  with  water  or  fluids  from  two  10  three 
inches  deep,  Affording  carbon,  Ac.,  to  compaitment; 
those,  also,  arc  used  In  smaller  establishments,  in 
like  manner, of  any>ixe,  witu  false,  strong  wlre-clotli 
floor  or  shelves  inside,  for  such  preserving  utensil, 
which  rimy  be  plaeud  111  compartments,  ou  doors  or 
shelve*,  in  any  structure,  on  laud  or  oil  water;  the 
bottom  pan  may  contain  ice.  I  claim  the  use  of  my 
coal  uuu  OOke  alkali  tor  preserving  meats,  eatable.-, 
hunts,  bacon,  beef,  sea-food,  Ac.,  as  u  pickle,  to  keep 
the  articles  for  a  long  l  one,  on  long  voyage*,  perfect¬ 
ly  sweet.  The  carbon  pleklc  is  made  with  doom  six 
lbs.  of  coal  or  ooke,  two  lbs,  of  brown  sugar,  two  lbs. 
salt,  ten  gallon*  of  water,  stand  two  days ;  to  receive 
all  kinds  of  meat  ham*,  beef,  pork,  bacon,  sea-food, 
Ac. -for  smoking,  drying  and  preserving,  after  re¬ 
maining  111  pleklc  tea  or  fifteen  day#,  a*  required. 
The  same  kind  or  pickle,  except  that  the  sugar  is 
white,  I  use,  about  an  inch  deep,  on  butter,  lard, 
fir...  in  packages,  to  keep  the  whole  sworn  fur  ship¬ 
ment,  transportation,  Ao.  Alsu  it  tho  manufacture 
of  refrigerators  and  nre  safes,  the  using  of  prepared 
coal,  euku*.  Ac. ;  and  the  use  of  oven*  ami  cylinders 
fur  baklngand  roasting  eoal,  somewhat  similar  tncof. 
tee  roasters,  J  claim  coal  and  pokes  and  the  alkalies, 
!ls0.bOVC‘.aBa  base  lurriHuuicreiftland  mull  u  fa  el  lid ;  ig 
purposes,  etc.,  ete.  1  claim  a*  line  property  til  it.  the 
reducing  of  all  sofl  metals  in  combination  uiul  solu¬ 
tion  with  it.  In  nomujact iirlno and  hnpr<ti<tm>  goods 
aad  libers  of  every  (inscription,  Including  soaps,  tun¬ 
ning  /ioP*and  curing  skin  , uud  improving  uud  mak¬ 
ing  water-tight  all  kinds  of  leather,  uud  lor  bronzing, 
Coloring,  dhadiug  and  dyeing  the  above,  or  any  otliet 

material,  or  either  oi  them. . I  for  gl  ter ti 

all  painted  or  varnished  surfaces, 

1  nave  for  so nn'  time  past  manufactured,  used  and 
disposed  of  tho  product*  of  all  the  varieties  of  cal¬ 
cined  coals  uud  cokes  above  named,  in  both  liquid 
uud  dry  coudUlous,  a*  8  cleanser  and  blvaeher  of  all 
oleaginous  and  fatly  /natter,  gums,  Ac,,  from  wool, 
rnrsiuid  every  other, fiber,  trod  restoring  m«i nod  oot- 
K/n  and  stained  goods,  threads,  twines,  cordage,  Ac., 
cleaning  nil  cloths. and  preparing  and  cleansing  all 
cloths  for  receiving  ayes ;  also  for  removing  barks, 
Ac.,  from  hemp,  flax,  Ac.,  in  the  stalk;  and  also  tor 
making  all  pnpar  stronger,  whiter  and  without  /'dor, 
and  In  the  manufacture  of  parchment;  alfO  for  de¬ 
odorizing  rubbur, gulta  perclni  and  all  minis;  and  Tor 
improving  all  gtuvu  niulerial  and  gloves.  and  color¬ 
ing  und  strengthening  the  Hiuue  ;  also  for  improving 
metals,  cast  or  wrought,  or  manufactured  into  any 
ni'UCle,  and  ull  bright  nnd  polished  surflp  es— tele¬ 
graph  an>l  all  surlaoc  wires,  piano  nrui  all  musical 
wires, and  giving  luster  and  polish  loUiesutne;  Spin¬ 
dles,  machinery .  Ac.,  Including  iron  bnUdiuu*,  rails 
and  rolling  stock,  iron  steamships  or  vessel*,  arms 
and  armaments,  engines,  boiler*,  Ac.,  by  closing  und 
oi  siting  the  surfaces  with  this  absolutely  Indestruct  ¬ 
ible  compound,  preventing  rust  and  oxidation  ;  also 
tor  converting  iron,  through  this  Inexpensive  pro¬ 
cess,  into  Steel.  I  claim  the  heating  or  .ealeiniug  of 
iron  nnd  ull  at  her  ores  and  metals,  and  cooling  thorn 
m  the  alkali  before  smelting  the  ores,  and  also  ull 
railroad  and  all  other  irons  uud  metals,  and  c«*t  troD  ; 
also  llie  ImmerMon  of  ores  and  coal  hi  the  fluid,  with¬ 
out  heating,  for  one  or  tw  o  day*.  And  the  using  tho 
prepared  or  calcined  Coal,  and  the  immersion  of  It  in 
water,  a*  fuel  ami  flux;  and  also  ground  coke  anil 
coal,  or  either,  with  or  without  baking,  saturated  with 
.lolroleuni,  tor  heat  In  hurtling  bricks-,  making  steam, 
mil  all  other  purpose*,  making  no  sparks  or  smoke. 
Lent  icr.  as  uu-v  made,  require*  about  six  days  in  the 
,d  loi  lie*  to  remove  all  the  dead  mutter  nnd  stench  ; 
when  the  liquid  Is  ehunged,  It  requires  about  six  days 
more  lo  cure  tho  filler  uud  make  merchantable,  water¬ 
proof  leather  of  all  sorts.  1  require  Unit}  days,  or 
icxs,  to  i  uuufacUire  hide*  anil  skin*  of  nil  kinds  into 
superior  leather,  including  glove  leather,  parchment, 
xc.  1  bttVQ  luadu  seal  akin  leather  in  twelve  days, 
.oft  and  water-proof.  The  shoe  and  bool-  makers  are 
inxlou*  to  get  good  leather,  made  by  my  process,  for 
niRtmu  work.  The  cost  /it  the  mutoriuJ  tor  making 
eathor  sole,  upper,  calf,  Ac.— 1*  20  cents  for  about 
one  hundred  pounds  of  leather;  factories  may  he 
.uadu  ill  warohrquc*,  witli  tight  floors  and  drainage. 

1  huve  made  of  common  v,  ire,  by  coating  with  carbon 
oid  7, Inc,  a  steel  spring.  The  same  rt  sotis  may  bo  hud 
with  J{.  14.  iron,  Ac.  It  draw  *  the  sap*  and  closes  the 
'Url'aces  of  all  finished  woods,  carpentry,  timber,  Ac., 
uni  me  enriching  and  staining  of  any  of  such  woods ; 

1 1*.,  horde uiuj!,  smoothing,  miirbleiziiig  all  plastered 
wall*. through  combination,  with  or  without  coloring 
, natter ;  cleanitag  and  hunrovlnt  nil  stone  and  brick 
surfaces,  by  combining,  Uillag-aad  making  smooth 
nul  indestructible  surfaces,  thus  proteotltig  them 
iroin  the  weather;  and  for  applying  the  ubOve  pro- 

-  -  ,,  ..ii  works  in  inai bio  trod  . .  mi>  Ii  us  sculp- 

ture,Ac.,nnd  removing  stains  from  painted  Iron, etc. 
t  also  uhtlm  the  unove  uompuuud  us  an  autl-friction 
,gont  or  coating  for  gunnery.  I  also  chum  the  clean¬ 
sing  and  clflrifving  of  all  oils,  varnishes.,  ote.,  etc.,  by 
the  use  of  this  ooul  and  water  compound.  I  claim, 
also,  the  distilling  mid  u*iug  uiy  compound  of  gases 
,n  fluids, in  tho  manufacturing  and  perfecting  illumi¬ 
nating  and  warming  gases.  1  also  olttim  the  use  of 
my  gas  fluids  lor  memlng  more  vitality  und  better 
gas.  by  the  lntri/ducUon  of  them,  distilled  or  not. 
into  the  heat  or  retort,  in  course  of  manufacture  of 
-as,  bv  ineau.H  of  sprinkling,  jets,  or  in  vapor,  steam, 
dr  otherwise;  and  also  the  immersion  or  coal  into 
my  gas  flaids,  before  it  Is  placed  into  tho  re¬ 
torts,  adding  quality  and  quantity  to  the  gas,  and 
not  requiring  so  much  beat  ns  will  destroy  the 
gas  in  making ;  and  that,  by  my  process  of  making  or 
improving  gas,  less  material  will  be  required.  1  also 
claim  improvement  lu  the  ummiiauiure  of  IUumi- 
uatlng  and  warming  gas,  by  cleansing  and  deodoriz¬ 
ing  the  same,  and  affording  greater  illuminating  and 
imati&g  power,  by  passing  the  said  gases  through 
Uiis  coal  and  water  compound;  and  also  that  this 
compound  is  a  universal  dUiufoctunt. 

As  to  the  fertilizing  properties  of  the  cokes  or 
coals,  above  referred  to,  it  w  uuld  be  a  simple  way  of 
testing  their  immense  value,  by  using  or  spreading 
on  on  acre  of  common  Imid  about  two  tons  or  less  Of 
ground  cokes,  or  one  ton  or  less  of  tbo  prepared  coal, 
or  about  two  ton*  or  less  of  the  prepared  tine  coal, 
with  deep  plowing,  for  producing  a  large  crop  of  im¬ 
proved  tobacco,  ben/p,  flux,  or  any  other  staple,  or 
crop  for  two  nr  three  years;  or  it  may  be  spread  in 
liquid  form  (tn  quantities  of  5U  lbs.  to  tho  barrel, 
wnlcli  can  be  relllpd  font  or  five  times  and  retain  its 
properties,)  with  a  street  sprinkling  apparatus,  once 
or  twice  a  week,  for  two  or  three  w  eeks,  for  the  pro¬ 
duction  of  two  crops  of  hay  annually. 

i  nave  made  use  of  these  compounds  for  both  mak¬ 


ing  and  fixing  dyes  for  goods,  etc.,  and  also  in  making 
cloths  and  all  substances  impervious  to  water,  and 
In  adding  lu.tor,  p.i.-,r  ii  rly.to  the  surface  of  all  cloths, 
by  sponging  or  otherwise ;  also  for  glazing,  whiten¬ 
ing  or  coloring  all  porcelains,  and  in  the  manufacture 
of  the  above  ware,  stone  ware,  pottery,  et<:.,  otc. 

Tho  snap*  made  by  this  compound  have  blenching 
qualities  that  strengthen  fiber  In-toad  of  injuring  it, 
and  great  healing  quutitlot  tor  barbera  and  toilet  use  ; 
also  I’bnlce  preparations  of  “l  /•;/>(. il  Cool  Wal.tr, 
(trade-murk  uannjJ  carefully  prepared  for  ladles' 
use.  It*  whitening  and  purifying  effect-  upon  the 
skin  and  tine  toller  properties  are  attainable  in  no 
other  way  blit  through  till*  process. 

Parties  wl-blug  to  louse  or  secure  rights  for  anyor 
all  of  these  Iwt  nullon.-,  or  form  compauiea  for  them, 
will  please  addn  -*  me  for  particular*.  1  claim  to  be 
the  Inventor  of  the  above,  under  the  Patent  Laws, 
and  l  have  inude  successful  experiments  therewith. 
1  am  prepared  to  furnish  the  product*  and  e-mj pound* 
Of  coal  and  water,  combined  with  zinc  or  any  ether 
metallic  substance,  Lir  the  protection  of  ship’s  hot- 
toms,  and  all  mcLvlIle  and  other  surface*. 

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The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 

GROUND  BONE, 

BONE  MEAL, 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Fresh  Bone  Superphosphate  of  Liine,  or 
Dissolved  Bone.  Hend  for  Circular. 

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uri*  vurloii*  courses  are  provided  to  meet  wants  of 
all  students;  also  general  courses  itt  arts,  lltoriitu.ru 
and  scle.neo  preparatory  to  tin-  other  professions, 
(Ivor  live  hundred  free  scholarships.  Next  year  be¬ 
gins  Bept.  H.  For  Registers,  with  full  information, 
address  a*  tlhOVv. 

RIVEKVIKW  Military  Academy,  Pough- 
■  keepsle,  N.  Y.  A  thorougll-gomg  school  for  boys. 

/  1A It II ART’S  PULVERIZING  Cl’LTIVA- 

Ve  TOR  has  more  practical  points  Chau  any  cultiva- 
tor  In  use,  and  is  indispensable  us  a  larm  Imulemci/t. 
Price,  *22.  RRzYDLEV  MANUF’U  CO,, 

_ Syracuse,  N.  V'. 

mO  ENGRAVERS.  PRINTERS,  &0L— Largo  stock 
II  well  seasoned  and  prepared  Boxwood,  Mahog¬ 
any,  Maple  and  Pine,  v  ANin.uiuTKnii.  Wki.ls&Oo., 
Type,  Cabinet  &  Press  Warehouso,  1H  Dutch  St.  N.Y. 


Manufactured  by  n.  H.  will tt mmii  RE,  VYorcesler, 
Mass,  sold  by  Dealers. 

“  In  nothing  has  there  boon  such  asUlnishlng  por- 
feetton  attained  as  m  the  manufacture  of  those  ma¬ 
chines  that  by  four  turns  ol  the  crunk  the  apple  is 
pared,  cored  and  sliced,  road y  for  the  pie  cru»t  or  tho 
slew  pan.”— Bock  Island  .1  ry as.  "  The  very  host  ma¬ 
chine  for  apple  (.Hirers  I  ever  saw." — Horace  ftrcilcy. 

The.  Peach  Bloner  and  Hulvcr  works  splendidly  on 
“clingstone”  and  all  kinds  of  peaches.  Take*  but 
one  blow  of  the  hand  ton  peach.  A II  kinds  of  the 
machines  represented  In  tho  cut  are  warranted  satis¬ 
factory. 


TWO  GOLD  MEDALS 


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AWARDED  THIS  MACHINE 


ATTENTION, OWNERS  OF  HORSES! 

/k  THE  ZINC  COLLAR 

(:  -.v  ‘v  ,  PAD  1*  guaranteed  to  eii  re 

bt. - M  1 11,1  wore!  case  of  raw  and 
Cj  \  ''“ll  N  inflamed  neck  iu  1  i  n  Doy», 

•  *'  .  \r  .  ]))  md  wockltir  Horse  e eery  tiny: 

V  '  •  / JS  and  will  not  ehufc  or  wear 

yy  ®  the  mane.  For  sale  by  Sitd- 

tilery  Hardware  Dealers  and 
c  Barnes*  Jlukers.  Manufac¬ 

tured  bv  tho  ZINC  COL  ,AU  PAD  CO.,  Buchanan, 
Mich,  fnformat.un  furu  *hed  on  application. 

TO  AGENTS. 

There  is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knitting 
Machine,  and  f'  ore  is  no  machine  that  possesses 
one-half  the  qua  ithes  which  are  so  absolutely 
necessary  fu,  iam  iy  us©  as  the 

{  Bickford’s  Improved 

in  its  simplicity  and  ease  of  inanagement,  together 
^  With  its  capacity  fordoing  t  lie  grout  range  of  work. 
HI  anil  Its  trifling  cost,  make*  It  a  matter  of  economy 
aes  for  every  family  lo  have  one,  and  will  ultimately 

Hns  bring  It  Into  as  general  use  a*  the  Sewing  Machine. 
The  practical  utility  of  thomuelilnc  only  needs  to 
he  demonstrateii  to  the  people  to  produce  an  uu- 
u-a  limited  demand. 

P  Many  Sewing  Machine  Agents,  fluding  the  in¬ 
crease  of  competition  and  the  difficulty  of  selling 
high-priced  machine*  to  militate  against  a  flour¬ 
ishing  business,  are  taking  hold  of  the 

h  BICKFORD 


and  meeting  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer¬ 
chants,  finding  In  Dana  Bickford’s  invention  a 
cheap,  simple  and  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
find  it  profitable  to  purchase  and  keep  on  sale. 
The  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  dues 
not  require  the  "etoroal  vigilance”  to  soil  this 
machine  U9  iu  the  case  of  sewing  machines. 

A  gouts  VV  unit'd  Everywhere.  Good, Smart 
Men  can  make  S>50  pjsk  week  and  expense*. 
Send  for  Instructions  and  Circulars.  Price  ZM 
to  $50. 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  BICKFORD,  President. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y 


IMITATION  GOLD  WATCHES  &  CHAINS. 

This  metal  has  all  the  brilliancy  and  durability  of  Gold-  Prices 
$15,  |20  and  ?25  each.  Chains  from  #2  to  $12  each.  Goods  sent  P.  O.  D. 
by  express;  by  ordering  six  you  get  one  free.  Send  stamp  for  our 
Illustrated  Circular.  Send  Postal  Order  and  we  will  send  goods 
postage  paid.  Address  COLLINS  METAL  WATCH  FAC¬ 
TORY,  335  Broadway,  New  Y'ork  City. 


—  Paris  has  36,573  street  lamps. 

—  The  vine  disease  is  spreading  in  Portugal. 

The  Odd  Fellows  have  106  lodges  in  Kansas. 

Quicksilver  beds  have  been  discovered  in 
Iowa. 

—  Chicago  is  building  11  hotels,  with  5,373 
rooms. 

Organ  grinders  are  making  much  money  in 
Saratoga. 

—  Texas  is  sending  60,000  beef  cattle  to  Brigh¬ 
ton,  Mass. 

—  American  tourists  are  swarming  like  bees 
in  Scotland. 

It  costs  Boston  §17,500,000  annually  for  Its 
government. 

—  The  cultivation  of  raspberries  is  profitable 
in  Delaware. 

The  Capo  Cod  Railway  to  Provincetown  hits 
been  opened. 

—  California  has  received  35,000  young  shad 
from  the  East. 

—  The  Baptists  have  started  a  new  college  at 
Havana,  N.  Y. 

Niagara  Falls  has  added  a  faro  bank  to  its 
other  attractions. 

The  hay  crop  in  Oregon  this  year  is  the 
heaviest  ever  known. 

—  Hartford,  Conn.,  is  to  build  a  §50,000  monu¬ 
ment  to  its  first  settlers. 

—  The  bewy  crop  is  very  abundant  in  the  Al¬ 
leghany  Mountain  region. 

—  A  very  rich  gold  mine  lias  beon  discovered 
in  the  Argentine  Republic. 

—  Speculators  are  flocking  to  the  end  of  the 
Pacific  Railroad  in  Oregon. 

—  The  Tigress,' in  search  of  the  Polaris,  ar¬ 
rived  at  St.  John's  on  the  33d. 

—  The  5th  Maryland  Regiment  has  beon  in 
camp  at  Cape  31  ay  for  10  days. 

An  Industrial  Congress  has  recently  been 
in  session  in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

A  circulating  library  has  been  opened  in 
Rome  for  the  working  classes. 

—  A  steam  fog-horn  is  used  as  a  signal  for 
closing  the  Vienna  Exhibition. 

—  The  city  of  Mt.  Vernon,  Ind. 
sorted,  on  account,  of  the  cholera 

—  Colored  children  are  not  yet  admitted  to 
the  public  schools  of  Washington. 


Premiums  830,000 


Premium  Mats  are  now  ready  for  the  Fourth  An- 
mnil  lour,  to  lie  held  in  Cleveland,  Scptenber 
■itMtl  to  Orlolx-r  3<l,  Inclusive. 

Address  (lie  Secretary,  S3  Stvtu-oa  St.,  Cleveland,  O. 

8AM.  UJUGUS,  Sea’y. 

f  lEEEItJt’  FI, ANTS,  nwiiri  p . .  parable  and 

VS  White.  Solid  Celery,  T.'W.  per  100;  *5  per  UXM).  White 
Sandringham  (new),  fil  per  UK) ;  ST.50  per  100(1.  When 
ordered  by  mail.  l.,e.  per  100  additional  tor  postage. 

P.  T.  QUINN,  Newark.  N.  f. 


mjnWKKVAUEV  FARMS  FOR  SAM.. 

h  *  some  ot  the  finest  residences  ill  the  Vullc.j,  near 
It.  It.  Inquire  soon  or  JOHN  SHELDON,  upon  the 
premises,  at  Moscow,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  V. 

LEE’S  SUMMIT  &JURSlR!Es7 


WILL  BE  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOLLOWING  PLACES  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY 

UNION  TRUST  CO . 

HOWES  &  MACY . 

FIFTH  NATIONAL  BANK 
BULL’S  HEA  O  RANK 

HARLEM  HANK . 

A.  S.  OIVEN . 

SAMUEL  SLOAN . 

RICH  A  ICO  SCHELL... 

ERA  ST  US  BROOKS... 

H»  B.  CROSBY . 

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Wholesale  n», I  (leiifnil  Supply  NiiihimL-h. 

Am  Itnnienae  st.ook.  ot  superior  quality,  at  low  prices. 

.vrY“OsngG  Hedge  Plant',  bv  the  1,000  or 
1,000,000.  Send  for  Price  List.  ’ 

BLAIR  BROS., 

Lee’s  Summit,  Jackson  Co..  Mo. 


. 7  3  Broadway. 

. 30  Wall  St. 

Third  Av.  and  Twenry-sixi h  Si. 
..Third  Av.  and  Twenty-fifth  St. 

. Third  Av.  nml  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fill h  St. 

. ....Eric  Railroad  Office. 

Pres’t  Del.  &  Lack.  R.  It.,  cor.  William  A  Exchange  Place. 

. * . . . ,,31  Broad  St. 

. Publisher  New  York  Express. 

. .  •  . Hi  Nassau  St. 

. Eighty-fifth  St.  sind  Avenue  A 

Ai!)  Broadway;  and  at  tho  temporary  office  ol'  the  Co.,  92-5  Broadway. 


OE5JT.S  WANTED,  everywhere,  for 


Ono  of  i!m  moil  ftinpularly  fttirnittivE,  valuablo  anil 
!ntt  roMUnpf  work:«  rvorliUliofl.  Kvory  iumllgr  ti*iuU»nii 


vrii  1  linvo  i  t.  Itbdu  proved  I  twlf  to  be  the  btsift  payi n  & 

J.nolc  pTtanl.ftlul  i\ny  eiifirgoHr,  muU  or  f«mala  A^nTcan  muk« 
^2,600  »  y*nr#  or«ior»  for  It.  t>ur  uirewlur* (|«nt  fr«o  ) 

wlil^lve  £>n  our  uxctfouinicty  liRrul  torn:*,  full  ]ifirt!culnn,en« 
jtfonomcotN.  .  Oltl  A^cuU,  or  any  oil*  il*«irtng  a  luoruilva 
bufllnoaa*  will  do  wcl  1  to  wi  Ho  ha  or.  o n«*»s 

m,Sl  IN,  r.ir.MAN  .k  CO,*  HwtfonL  Cana. 


All  payments  must  bo  made  by  chock  payable  to  the  order  of  the  UNION 
Broadway.  ’Hie  moneys  arising  from  tho  sale  of  tho  stock  hereby  sold  are  pal 
Company,  and  cannot  bo  paid  out  by  said  Company  except  anon  vouchers  show 
boon  actually  and  honestly  expended  in  the  oroction  of  tho  Industrial  JSxhlbltlo 
lug  title  to  land, 

The  land  of  the  Company  is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  as  follows 
Had  3d  to  4th  Avenues;  comprising  355  21-25  city  lots,  or  about  23  acres. 


CANVASSING  BOOKS  SENT  FREE  FOR 


On  Manhood,  Womanhood  and  their  Mutual 
Inter-relations;  Love,  Its  Laws,  Power,  etc. 

Agents  are  selling  from  ‘20  to  30  copies  of  this 
work  a  uay,  and  we  send  a  canvassing  book  tree  to 
•my  b""!c  agent.  Address,  staling  experience,  etc. 
NA  I  lONAL  PUBLISHING  (JO,,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  " 

/  i  A  SI  I  in  a  DVANC'F.  to  PE  M  A  LE  AGENTS. 

V  /  One  wanted  in  every  county  to  perform  easy 
labor  at  home  that  will  not.  Interfere  with  other  du¬ 
ties.  Address,  wi'h  certificate  of  character, 

A.  II.  II A KPK.N BU HUH,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 


f'Sth  to  102<1  Streots 


has  been  de- 


Payments  to  be  made  as  follows : 

live  per  cent,  at  time  of  subscribing,  and  tlie  balance  In  installments,  not  exceeding  ton  por  cent 
at  any  ono  installment. 

There  can  be  no  safer  investment  than  this.  It  is  a  home  Investment.  It  Is  the  ownership  of  land 
on  New  York  Island  and  the  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  the  same. 

In  accordance  with  tho  charter  and  by  a  resolution  of  tho  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  31th,  18X2,  tho  following  membei-xl.ii>>,  have'  boon  created  and  are 
ollerod  for  sale : 

* 

At  tho  above-named  places  and  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  tho  United  States. 

I  he  proper  holder  ol  any  of  these  Is  entitled  to  free  ndmi.xxion  to  tho  Industrial  Exhibition,  tho 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  PainMngs,  and  the  Garden  of  Plants  during  tho  time  it  is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  tho  duration  of  tlio  members  li  I  j>. 

These  memberships  do  not  entitle  the  holder  to  admission  to  special  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  the  Exhibition  Company. 


Pujs'ial  gnstvumcntt 


Can  easily  make  A I  SO  and  over  per  month  selling 
our  M  oili-in  ami  Krlinhlc  Haps  and  Our  Popu¬ 
lar  Pictorial  <  hurt*.  Terms  and  Catalogues  free 
E.  CL  BRIDGMAN,  5  Barclay  St.,  N. Y 

$J  QtZ  A  Month  to  Lady  Agents.  Address 
8  i£-J  1.1,1.1s  M  b  G  CO.,  Wnlthnin,  Muss. 


(Established  in  1834,) 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 


Aon  VV  EEK  and  expenses  paid.  We  want 

V  <11  a  reliable  Agent  In  every  County  in  the  U.  S. 
tillll  iSdtires,s.  **«4ijI0,i  River  Wire  Ou„  130 
Yuu  Malden  Lane,  N.  Y..  or  Chtnago,  111. 

$ri  oo  so  a  €  st  w  so  sol IT 

Agents  wanted  everywhere.  Businewj  strictly  legiti¬ 
mate.  Particulars  free.  J.WoimiACo..rft.  Louis,  Mo. 

TETiATJ)  T7  ft*  ALL  -  Mole  or  Female. 
WW  (3  B  rf,  Light,  respectable  business. 


A  CARD  TO  THE  PUBLIC  : 

Partins  desiring  to  purchase  would  find  if,  to 
their  advantage,  before  deciding,  to  examine, 
at  our  Khy/nil  Warrriums,  or  in  the  dealers 
throughout  the  non n  t  ry,  the  Piano- Fortes  man¬ 
ufactured  by  us,  with  our  Patent  Ihidro-i'ar- 
nonated  iitmndiny  Hoard,  which,  for  durability 
and  superiority  of  torn?,  renders  them  unsur¬ 
passed.  Every  Instrument  fully  warranted.  Il¬ 
lustrated  circulars  and  prices  sent  on  apnlica- 

t.irtii  *  * 


rgui  y  r>  D  a  H  ,  - - -v  - - 1 - UUC>IUCBB, 

Good  Profit.  Write  for  full 

OKU.  K  HKM.NK. 


Class  1st 


BO  Admissions 


Josiah  Allen’s  Wife 


Warerooms,  IS  East  14th  St„ 

KHW  YORK. 

$100  One  Hundred  Dollars,  $100 


Entitlinj 


the  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  tho  Exhibition.  Not  transferable, 

Price,  $10. 


HAS  WROTE  A  BOOK, 

in  spite  of  Josiuh's  determination  not  to  spend  a  cent, 
to  hire  any  one  to  read  it. 

$500  a  month  can  be  made  selling  this  book, 

AGENTS!  TAKE  NOTICE!! 

.In  our  former  books  we  have  given  you  harvests- 
we  now  promise,  you  another,  and  wise  agents  will 
secure  territory,  w  Inch  wo  will  now  arrange  for  Ad¬ 
dress  A  M  WUIi'An  PI.  HUSHING  CO.,  fcfai-tVord.Ct. 
for  C  irculars  unn  full  ufoi  mailon. 

aptMy  with  stencil  &  Kev  Check 
i.  Catalogues,  samples  and  par- 
lne'"*".  "“.nover  St.,  Boston. 

stits  wanted.  Business  entirely 
Q.  G.  SHAW,  niddefom.  Me. 

A  ft  P  S3T.ft  WANTED  for  the  new  work  of  thrill- 
1H S3  til’ll  t  <9  lng  Intornr.tand  historical  value— mi.  „ 


A/Ia«s  Ld.  “rice  $20.  90  Admissioioi, 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable, 

Price,  $30. 


For  new  5-ootavc.  double  reed,  6  stops,  beautifully 
ami  Piirlor.''4^  °rt'aua’  fu‘  '•<  >'-  Chap.-l 
ThO  host  Organs  in  the  world  for  the  price,  and  wn 
guarantee  them  equal  to  any  instrument  rrtalUnn  al. 
double  the  amount.  WM.  A.  POND  h  Co, 

_ _  No.  517  Broadway,  New  York. 

lYA'rlus?  CO. \U! Ill'l  l)  FAUXbli'OROAKS 

°'v  <h>'  most  beautiful  in 
an,i  perfect  in  tone 
*vt*  made.  v  The  C  0  N~ 
jer-  i>  \>®f  1  yi  STOP  is  the  beat 

.V  -  w  placed  in  any 

»  wmmm  t  a  ^ 

liurly  voiced,  the 
J-I  I  TCT  »J  which  is 

most  <  harming 

Mild  SOUL  STIR- 
RlIVG,  while,  t(s  iy I- 

fTATIOM  of  the  IIU- 
NAIV  VOICE  is  SC- 
J'EltB  - 


Class  3d.  l»ricc  £40.  360  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable, 

Price,  $40. 


MONEY  Outfits.  v.JRN<h>(VB,  : 

ticulnrs /m-.  S.  M.  Spenoicii,  in  liai 


v  - - -  -  -  Inglntcrestand  historical  value  The 

l.rcat  Riot*  ol  New  York,  from  tho tilavu  Riots 

of  colonial  times  to  the  present  day.  Dy  lun.  j 
t.  Headley-,  the  rllstinguUlujy  author  of  “Saered 
Mountains,’  1  Napoleon."  Ac.  lllnstnuno.  *2. 
_ L.  B.  THgAT.  305  Broadway,  N.  Y. 

A  \  t0  Agents.— A rtlolos  new.  and 

L  A t  it  nl  ft  flM  limit*  I'  l.ivivr  mu  ohi  ... 


iao  purenaser  and  his  immediate  family  (in  sse  at  the  time  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

Clttss  6th.  HEREDITARY  &  TRANSFERABLE.  l»rice  $1,000. 

Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
building  is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  salo,  gift,  or  devise,  lmt  only  to  be  used  by  the 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  these  memberships  are  to  bo  regarded  us  honorary  members  of 
the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Payment  to  be  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  tho  Union  Trust 
Company. 

A  suitable  Badge  wi  1  be  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  members. 

Memberships  will  not  bo  sold  after  he  Building  is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  se  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

Banks,  BaiiJuire  and  Individuals  are  wanted  to  act  as  Agents  throughout  tho  United  States. 

For  further  information,  please  address 


Ax.iiA  1.-*  XV  j\  a  i  r,  IK  tor  we  clearest,  fullest  and 
Diost  effective  tiuutJy  medical  book  ever  imblish- 
ujl.  UKALiH  AT  Ho  VIE.  Written  by  the  celebrated  Dr. 
IIat.i.  of  Journal  of  Health.  Deals  with  nil  nubjects 

<jJr9!llarB  “Qt-  Aduresa 

8.  M.  QUITS  &  CO.,  LLirtlurd,  Ct.,  or  Chicago,  III. 

TO  ,"’r  !a5’ '  Aeoiila  wknteil !  All  tl».,M  nf  working 
-  |i«(qil°»  either  -ex,  ytninx  nr  old,  tank,'  mor.uou^y 
ttl  >york  lone  u  ilieir .pure moium.,  ,-r  all  Ihn  tlrau  than  »l  unythlei 
viw.  Carllculars  free.  A,i,ir<-M  C.  Slluson  A  Co.,  l',jnlajid/'.|aluu 

T>  AND  ALL’S  PRACTICAL  SlIEp. 
HERD:  A  Complete  Treatise  ou 
tl»e  K reeding,  management  and 
Diseases  of  Sbecp. 

This  Work,  by  the  Hon.  Henry  8.  Randall, 
LL.  D..  lautlior  of  “  Sheep  Husbandry  in  the  South,” 
"  Fine  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry,”  Ac.,)  Is  t,he  Stand¬ 
ard  Authority  on  the  Subject.  It  is  the  most  com¬ 
plete  and  reliable  Trontlse  on  American  Sheep  Hus¬ 
bandry  ever  published,  and  (as  *the  New  Bug! arid 
Farmer  says)  “should  be  in  the  hand  and  head  of 
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Modern  Cookery  (by  Miss  Acton  and  Mrs.  B.  J. 

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The  Horse  (Hlonehenge).  8vo.,  022  pn .  3  50 

The  Mule  (Riley)- A  Treatise  on  the  Breeding 
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The  People’s  Practical  Poultry  Book .  1  50 

Thomas'  Am.  Fruit  Culturlst  UH0  Illustrations) .  3  00 

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Wunng’a  Elements  of  Agriculture. .  1  Ot) 

Watson’s  American  I  Ionic  Garden .  2  00 

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tion  of  crane  is  perversely  misappropriated 
in  many  instances,  so  that  it  is  difficult  to 
understand  sometimes  what  kind  of  bird  is 
meant  when  the  name  is  used.  Thus  in  the 
Scottish  highlands,  and  again  in  Ireland,  the 
heron  is  popularly  so  denominated  ;  in  North 
and  Smth  America,  Australia,  and  New 
Zealand,  the  white  egret-herons  are  styled 
cranes  (what  are  currently  and  somewhat, 
contemptuously  known  as  “paddy  birds”  in 
India)  ;  and  the  great  adjutant-stork  is  fre¬ 
quently  termed  “  the  gigantic  crane”  by 
authors  who  should  know  better  than  to 
perpetuate  such'  a  misnomer.  Again,  in 
North  America,  the  White  and  Sand-hill 
Cranes  of  that  continent  are  sometimes  re¬ 
spectfully  miscalled  the  the  White  and  Sand¬ 
hill  Storks  ;  and  in  Australia  the  only  Crane 
of  the  country  is  chief  y  known  as  the  “  native 
companion.”  The  name  Crane,  like  its  equiv¬ 
alent  in  many  languages,  derives  obviously 
from  the.  loud  trumpeting  cries  for  which  the 
birds  of  this  group  are  particularly  noted. 


When  uttering  their  loud  cries  while  on  the 
ground,  and  commonly  when  not  seeking  for 
food,  the  Cranes  carry  t  hemselves  remarkably 
erect,  with  the  head  loftily  and  proudly 
raised,  and  the  vertebral  column  nearly  ver¬ 
tical.  The  beak,  when  they  thus  majestically 
strut,  or  rather  when  they  stride  defiantly, 
is  pointed  downward.  In  the  act  of  trum¬ 
peting  the  neck,  at  full  sfcietch,  is  thrown 
backwards,  and  the.  gaping  mandibles  point 
to  the  sky.  They  have  a  peculiar  mode  of 
nodding  t he  head  and  expanding  the  wings 
widely  when  at  play,  meanwhile  dancing 
about  in  a  graceful  manner.  In  defense  of 
their  young  they  are  fierce  and  aggressive, 
and  strike  both  with  beak  and  wings,  quite 
formidably  with  the  former,  while  the  inner 
toe  is  furnished  with  a  sharp  hooked  claw, 
with  which  a  wounded  bird  cun  inflict  severe 
tearing  scratches,  and  must  therefore  he  ap¬ 
proached  with  caution  ;  the  same,  of  course, 
when  attempting  to  catch  hold  of  one.  They 
fight  or  defend  themselves  alike  with  beak, 


wings,  and  feet,  and  in  valorous  style,  which 
was  surely  known  to  him  of  old  who  sang  of 
their  reputed  combats  with  the  pygmies. 
“We  have  known  instances, V  remark*  Sir  J. 
RiCllARDBOW,  writing  of  the  American  White 
Crane  (G.  A  mcrlraua),  “of  the  wounded 
bird  putting  the  fowler  to  flight,  and  fairly 
driving  him  oil-  the  field  ;”  and  of  the  same 
species  Mr.  H.  Yoiii.e  Hind  states  that  “  it  is 
a  dangerous  antagonist  when  wounded,  strik¬ 
ing  with  unerring  aim  and  with  great  force 
with  its  powerful  hill.  When  the  bird  is 
wounded,  the  best  way  to  avoid  its  attacks  is 
to  present  the  muzzle  of  the  gun  as  it  ap¬ 
proaches  ;  it  will  fix  its  bill  in.  the  barrel,  and 
may  then  be  destroyed  without  danger.  In¬ 
stances  have  been  known  of  this  bird  driving 
his  b(ill  deep  into  the  bowels  of  a  hunter  when 
not  successful  in  warding  off  its  blow.”  Like 
many  other  birds,  they  are  clamorously  noisy 
before  rain,  and  in  the  early  morning  and 
evening.  In  general,  it  may  be  asserted  of 
them  that  the  species  inhabiting  the  Northern 


THE  WHITE-NAPED  CRANE  OF  JAPAN 


This  Crane,  Gruff  leucnuchen ,  has  been 
imported  and  is,  now  to  be  found  in  the 
Zoological  Gardens  of  London.  Wo  know 
little  of  it— have  never,  seen  it  described  but 
we  give1  the  illustration  that  our  readers  may 
contrast  it  with  our  American  Sand-hill 
Crane  (G.  Meximnct)  and  the  American  White 
Crane,  (Q,  Ainei  icann)  with  which  some  of 
these  may  he  familiar.  Tips  is  an  interesting 
family  of  birds  about  whose  habits  far  too 
little  is  known  in  the  country. 

The  Cranes  constitute  an  exceedingly  well 
characterized  family  of  birds — so  much  so 
that  nobody  who  properly  recognizes  any 
one  of  them  asbeing  rightfully  so  designated, 
can  possibly  mistake  a  member  of  the  group 
for  any  other  sort  of  bird.  Yet  the  appello- 


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Hemisphere  are  migratory,  most  of  them 
pre-eminently  so,  some  only  partially ;  while 
those  of  the  Southern  Hemisphere  are  hardly, 
if  at  all,  migratory.  Most  of  the  traveling 
species  congregate  in  flocks  more  or  less 
numerous,  and  sometimes  enormous,  to  per¬ 
form  their  seasonal  jour-nays,  and  continue 
t 'j  us  gregarious  while  in  their  winter  quarters. 
At  the  seasons  of  migration  their  loud  trum¬ 
peting  cries  are  heard  from  vast  altitudes 
in  the  air,  as  the  flights  pass  over  in  V-like 
array,  like  those  of  wild  geese.  Maj.  Long, 
writing  of  the  American  Sand-hill  Crane 
(G.  Mexicuna),  remarks— and  his  observa¬ 
tions  apply  equally  to  other  species — that : 

They  afford  one  of  the  most  beautiful  in¬ 
stances  of  animal  motion  we  can  anywhere 
meet  with.  They  fly  at  a  great  hight,  and, 
wheeling  in  circles,  appear  to  rest  without 
effort  on  the  surface  of  an  aerial  current,  by 
whose  eddies  they  are  borne  about  in  an  end¬ 
less  series  of  revolutions.  Bach  individual 
describes  a  large  circle  in  trie  air,  independ¬ 
ently  of  its  associates,  and  uttering  loud,  dis¬ 
tinct,  and  repeated  cries.  They  continue 
thus  to  wing  their  flight  upwards,  gradually 
receding  from  the  earth,  until  they  become 
mere  specks  to  the  sight,  and  finally  disap¬ 
pear  altogether,  leaving  ouly  the  discorda  nt 
music  of  their  concert  to  fall  faintly  on  the 
ear,  exploring 

Heavens  not  its  own,  and  world*  unknown  before. 

These  birds  rise  with  some  difficulty,  run¬ 
ning  forward  two  or  three  paces  before  gain¬ 
ing  the  use  of  their  wings,  and  during  flight 
they  extend  both  neck  and  legs,  their  feet 
showing  beyond  the  tail-tip.  Ou  alighting 
they  also  run  two  or  three  paces.  Mr.  Gould 
remarks  of  the  Australian  species  that : 

When  near  the  ground  the  action  of  the 
wings  is  very  labored  ;  but  when  soaring  in 
a  scries  of  circles  at  such  a  hight  in  the  air  in¬ 
to  be  almost  imperceptible  to  human  vision, 
it  appears  to  be  altogether  as  easy  and  grace¬ 
ful  ;  it  Is  while  performing  these  gyrations 
thatit  frequently  utters  its  loud,  croaking  cry. 


WHY  IS  TOBACCO  EXHAUSTING! 


Why  is  the  growing  of  tobacco  considered 
to  be  so  exhausting  to  the  soil '(  What  are 
the  elements  of  plant  food  required  hi  the 
growth  of  tobacco  ? — A  Subscriber. 

In  answer  to  our  correspondent,  we  make 
the  following  extract  from  a  report  made  by 
Prof.  8.  W.  Johnston  to  the  Connecticut 
State  Board  of  Agriculture  ; 

The  practical  issues  of  thesp  considerations 
is  to  give  great  probability  to  the  view  that 
the  tobacco  crop  is  fed  unnecessarily  (and 
wastefully  ?)  high. 

Matters  Removed  by  Various  Crops  from  an  Acre. 


Description. 

I  IS  i 
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T  1  A 

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a  ■‘3 
m  (L 

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l/i 

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Soda. 

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B 

_  K 

15  c 

C5  o 

1  Qq> 

1  5  & 

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Nitrogen. 

Tobacco. 

Leaves,  3,800  Ids.,  (1,300 
lhs.  dry.) . 

Ill  7K 

73 

u 

1  71 

u 

306 

49 

Stalks,  1,1001b#.,  dry... 

8  15 

13 

47  10  ' 

9&X 

83 

Total . 

17  W 

88 

19  i 

11815 

snx 

82 

Rye. 

Grain,  32  bu.— 1,900  lbs. 

1115 

1 

3V 

10I 

KXi 

31 

32 

Straw,  3,800  lbs . 

3  7 

12  j 

•»  1 

29 1 

5 

155 

9 

Total . 

4 '23  i 

13 

8X 

39 

5)1  180  1 

41 

Indian  Corn. 
Grain,  75  bii.=4,2l)<J  lbs. 

I  I 

123 

IX 

;X' 

14 

1 

. 

07 

Stalks  &  le’v-s,  8,000  lbs. 

20  30,'Z 

4J  i 

21 

183 

4  878 

“rs 

Total,.... . 

21  53-;  41V 

38X 

147 

5  |430  | 

lUo 

Hay. 

2%  tons . 

1  1  i 

2,23  43  | 

i8x; 

1 

90 

20  ‘873 

73 

POTATOES. 
Tubers,  300  busuels. . . . 

11:32  ! 

4  | 

7  1 

101 1 

2 

173 

58 

Tobacco  has  the  reputation  of  being  a  very 
exhausting  crop.  This  repute  may  be  de¬ 
served  when  the  crop  is  considered  from 
certain  points  of  view,  but  it  is  not  deserved 
when  we  regard  what  it  removes  from  the 
soil.  In  the  table  above  I  give  a  statement 
of  the  export  in  case  of  a  number  of  standard 
crops,  in  comparison  with  tobacco. 

It  is  seen  from  the  figures  that  the  export 
in  an  average  crop  of  tobacco  leaf,  so  far  as 
concerns  the  aggregate  of  matters  taken 
from  the  farm,  is  not  so  much  as  in  a  heavy 
crop.  It  is  in  fact  not  much  more  than  in 
rye  when  grain  and  straw  are  sold  off,  or 
than  iu  potatoes.  It  is  true  that  the  above 
figures  refer  to  a  yield  of  rye,  corn,  hay  and 
potatoes  much  heavier  than  is  commonly 
realized  ;  but  3'2  bushels  of  rye,  75  of  corn, 
SOI)  of  potatoes,  and  %%  tons  of  hay  are 
simply  very  good  crops,  and  are  frequently 
obtained  in  good  seasons  when  the  ground  is 
of  tlie  right  character  and  is  well  manured. 
The  common  crops  of  15  bushels  rye,  30  com, 
tons  hay,  and  100  bushels  potatoes,  should 


be  compared  with  a  tobacco  crop  of  not 
more  than  000  or  S00  lbs.,  such  as  I  am  in¬ 
formed  is  usually  obtained  in  the  Southern 
States  on  unmanured  or  slightly  manured 
land.  If  the  care  and  skill  that  arc  bestowed 
on  the  fertilization  of  our  tobacco  fields  were 
applied  to  the  other  crops,  the  returns  would 
not  fall  short  of  the  figures  1  have  given. 

In  case  of  tobacco  I  assume  that  the  let  ves 
only  are  sold  off  the  farm.  The  stalks  may 
be,  and  commonly  are,  returned  to  the  land 
in  compost.  Compared  with  a  large  rye 
crop,  we  observe  that  the  tobacco  leaf  re¬ 
moves  more  of  every  ingredient  except  phos¬ 
phoric  add,  but  in  comparison  with  the  hu  ge 
hay  crop,  we  see  that  the  latter  removes 
more  of  every  element  save  lime  and  sul¬ 
phuric  acid.  The  farmer  who  should  raise  a 
crop  of  33  bushels  of  com,  and  sell  it  and  the 
stalks  also  off  the  farm,  would  export  more 
than  goes  off  in  1300  lbs.  of  iobacco  leaves, 
save  what  could  be  replaced  by  a  bushel  of 
lime  and  half  a  bushel  of  plaster. 

Tobacco  is  commonly  reputed  to  remove 
from  the  land  a  great  deal  of  potash.  Hay 
and  jKitatoeH,  however,  considerably  exceed 
'  it  in  this  respect,  and  less  potash  is  required 
for  the  entire  tobacco  crop  than  for  the  entire 
corn  crop. 

Lime  is  the  substance  which  tobacco  takes 
off  more  largely  than  any  crop  in  our  table. 
Clover,  however,  requires  and  carrie?,  away 
more  lime  than  tobacco. 

Phosphoric  acid  is  exported  in  the  tobacco 
crop  at  the  small  rat  e  of  8  lbs.  per  acre.  The 
nitrogen  sold  off  is  but  50  lbs.  per  acr  e. 

Ih  Tobacco  an  Exhausting  Crop? — We 
have  seen  that  the  substances  which  the 
tobacco  crop  (leaf)  takes  out  of  the  land  are 
not  such  in  total  amount  or  in  kind  as  to 
make  their  restoration  by  fertilizers  difficult 
or  costly. 

This  restoration  may  be.  metre  than  effected 
by  adding  to  one  acre  the  tobacco  stalks,  and 
the  following  substances : — 500  lbs.  Uuanape 
guano,  or  800  lbs.  dry  fish  guano ;  500  lbs. 
potash  salts  (Kaiuite) ;  50  lbs.  quicklime. 

It  is  certain,  however,  that  to  sustain  the 
producing  power  of  the  soil,  more  of  every 
fertilizing  element  must  be  added  than  a 
crop  receives,  because  1st,  the  roots  of  the 
crop  cannot  occupy  every  portion  of  the  soil, 
especially  in  the  early  stages  of  growth,  anti 
M,  certain  fertilizing  elements  (the  nitrates) 
are  liable  to  waste  from  the  soil  by  washing 
or  decomposition,  and  may  thus  partially 
escape  the  plant. 

How  much  more  of  the  fertilizing  matters 
must  be  added  than  the  crop  removes  it  is 
not  easy  to  ascertain.  What  would  suffice 
mi  one  soil  might  not  on  another  ;  enough  for 
a  wet  season  might  easily  be  insufficient  for 
a  dry  year. 

The  demand  made  on  the  soil  or  on  fertil¬ 
izers  by  the  tobacco  crop,  is,  for  curtain  rea¬ 
sons,  greater  than  that  made  by  other  crops 
which  receive  more  of  nearly  every  kind  of 
plant  food.  Hay  is  more  exhausting  than 
tobacco  as  measured  by  total  export  from  the 
soil,  but  grass  grows  the  whole  year  thro  ugh- 
ont,  save  when  the  ground  is  frozen  or  cov¬ 
ered  with  snow,  or  for  more  tiutfi  night 
months. 

The  period  of  active  growth  which  is  re¬ 
quired  to  mature  a  hay  crop,  begins  indeed 
iu  April,  aud  is  finished  by  July,  a  period  of 
three  months,  but  during  the  ye?  tr  previous, 
for  at  least  live  months,  in  east  >  of  the  first 
crop,  the  gross  plants  liave  bo  en  getting  a 
hold  upon  the  soil,  filling  it  wif  h  their  roots, 
and  storing  up  food  iu  their  ’root-stocks  or 
bulbs,  for  the  more  rapid  aftergrowth.  To¬ 
bacco,  on  the  other  hand,  canmot  ho  set  out 
in  the  field  before  about  t'ne  filth  of  June,  aud 
should  be  in  the  shed  in,  about  three  months, 
its  growth  then  must  be  a  very  rapid  one, 
and  the  supplies  of  for  id  in  the  soil  must  be 
very  abundant  so  tha  t  the  quick-extending 
room  may  be  met  at  •every  point  with  their 
necessary  pabulum.  A  crop  of  1,S60  lbs.  dry 
leaves  requires  iffient  1,10(1  lbs.  of  dry  stalks 
to  support  the  leaver  making  a  total  of  3,300 
lbs.  of  dry  vegetable  matter.  As  new  hay 
contains  not  less  than  one-sixth  of  moisture, 
we  Increase  the  above  dry  weight  of  the 
tobacco  crop,  by  one-sixth,  to  make  a  fail’ 
comparison,  and  obtain  as  the  yield  of  an 
average  tobacco  field  2,750  lbs,  of  air-dry 
vegetable  mattes-,  or  more  than  tons. 
The  matter  stands  then  thus : — An  acre  of 
iirst-i’ate  grass  land  yields,  as  the  result  of 
eight  month/  growth,  2%  tons  of  crop,  while 
the  tobacco  land  must  yield  tons  in  three 
months. 

If  the  above  data  are  correct,  the  a/verage 
rate  of  growth  of  tobacco  is  greater  than  that 
of  a  corresponding  hay  crop,  in  the  ratio  of 
9.7.  The  real  disparity  is,  however,  much 
greater.  The  principal  growth  of  tobacco 
is  accomplished  in  the  hottest  summer 
weather,  and  in  a  period  of  some  forty  or 


fifty  days.  Very  heavy  mauurings  are  there¬ 
fore  essential  to  provide  for  its  nourishment, 
and  the  more  so,  because  the  best  tobacco 
lands  are.  light  in  texture,  and  may  suffer 
great  loss  by  drainage  and  evaporation,  or 
decomposition. 

We  conclude  then,  that,  as  regards  exports 
of  crop-constituents,  tobacco  is  not  more  ex¬ 
hausting  than  some  other  standard  crops, 
but  from  the  rapidity  of  its  growth,  it  re¬ 
quires  very  heavy  mauurings,  and  from  its 
short  occupancy  of  the  soil  makes  occasion 
for  much  waste  of  the  soluble  or  decomposa¬ 
ble  ingredients  of  the  soil,  and  of  manures. 


DEEP  VS.  SHALLOW  PLOWING. 


There  is  still  a  difference  of  opinion  in  this 
country  as  to  the  policy  of  deep  plowing. 
Tlie  shallow  plowing  advocates  claim  the 
acquisition  to  their  ranks  of  men  who  have 
long  advocated  deep  plowing.  We  believe 
that  the  difference  of  opinion,  and  in  the 
results  of  experiments,  is  largely  due  to  lack 
of  knowledge  as  to  how  and  when  and  where 
deep  plowing  should  be  performed.  In  En¬ 
gland  a  Mr.  Evehrhkt)  has  been  opposing 
deeper  cultivation  of  the  soil.  Mr.  Mf.chi 
thinks  ho  is  thereby  doing  much  harm  to  the 
cause  of  agricultural  progress  and  insists  that 
the  present  disturbance  of  soil  is  too  shallow. 
We  copy  Mr.  MeciII’s  interesting  article. 
He  says  : — I  say  “  ‘oil,’’  because  iu  Nature  it 
comprises  what  we  call  soil  and  subsoil.  The 
more  proper  definition  would  bo  “  disturbed 
and  undisturbed  soil.”  Why  plants  or  trees 
prefer  the  upper  and  disturbed  soil  is  obvious. 
Disturb,  aerate,  and  manure  the  subsoil,  and 
then  the  plant  or  tree  will  multiply  its  fibers 
of  roots  in  that  lower  soil,  especially  as  the 
surface  becomes  more  heated  and  dry.  I 
have  a  striking  proof  of  this  in  my  back  yard, 
where  there  was  once  a  piggery.  I  filled  up 
the  space  some  six  feet  deep  with  ordinary 
clay  soil,  aud  planted  on  it  some  aueubas, 
laurels,  bays,  arbor-vitses  and  box,  in  order 
to  hide  a  stable  wall.  Although  the  plants 
were  small,  their  growth  has  been  so  rapid 
and  luxuriant  that  they  ore  from  ten  to  fif¬ 
teen  feet  high,  and  they  absolutely  wedge  or 
press  each  other  with  a  development  which 
surprises,  and  also  proves  that  if  the  lower 
soil  is  both  disturbed  and  amply  manured,  a 
small  surface  space  is  sufficient  to  maintain 
an  immense  vegetable  growth.  They  have 
found  in  the  deeper  soil  the  needful  food  hi 
some  droppings  from  the  ancient  piggery. 
As  regards  the  removal  or  transplanting  of 
fruit  trees,  it  Is  only  another  proof  of  the 
necessity  for  more  deeply  disturbing  and 
manuring  the  soil.  By  removing  them  after 
having  exhausted  their  surface  food,  they 
thus  go  to  a  new  supply  and  prosper  accord¬ 
ingly.  The  removal  would  not  be  necessary 
if  they  had  an  ancient  piggery  or  well  ma¬ 
ne  red  soil  to  feed  on  deep  below  the  surface. 
Said  my  bailiff  to  me  this  morning,  “  Do  you 
know  why  these  cabbages  don’t  grow  as  they 
generally  do?”  I  said  “No.”  “Well,”  he 
replied,  “  because  we  omitted  to  follow  the 
plow  with  a  second  one  going  some  inches 
deeper.  We  were  busy  and  could  not  spare 
the  horses,  and  now  the  roots  are  on  an 
un tilled  bottom.” 

The  fact  is,  the  plowmen  are  always  too 
glad  to  escape  the  subsoiling,  because  it  is 
harder  work.  The  loss  in  crop  by  late  and 
shallow  plowing  is,  taking  the  whole  country, 
something  fearful.  The  roots  of  crops  soon 
strike  through  the  thin  furrow-slice  and  come 
on  to  what  1  call  a  paved  floor,  and  then  tlie 
palmand  sickly  plants  give  evidence  of  their 
uncomfortable  and  unprofitable  condition. 
?J»ny  a  mangel  crop  has  failed  to  make  its 
appearance,  because  the  thin  furrow-slice 
has  been  dried  through.  We  never  miss  our 
plant  of  mangel,  because  the  soil  is  deeply 
doublc  or  trench  plowed  before  winter,  and 
it  thus  holds  and  gives  moisture,  as  well  as 
being  a  good  filter  in  wet  weather. 

I  attribute  the  generally  satisfactory  ap¬ 
pearance  of  all  my  crops  to  very  deep  culti¬ 
vation,  and  I  would  make  it  much  deeper 
had  I  steam-power,  keeping,  however,  the 
lower  soil  still  under  the. .older  cultivated 
surface. 

1  consider  it  both  a  national  misfortune  and 
disgrace  that  our  general  agricultural  pie 
crust  iB  only  as  thick  as  an  old  family  Bible 
It  ought  to  be  as  deep  as  our  tables  are  high, 
uud  it.  is  so  in  the  case  of  Mr.  Campbell,  of 
Buscot,  who,  after  draining  four  feet  deep, 
cultivates  with  thirty-home-  pow  -  r  engines 
thirty-six  inches  deep. 

We  are  now  a  I to  manure  and  plow 

our  land  for  transplanting  cabbage  after 
green  tares  mowed  off.  After  spreading 


twenty  loads  per  acre  of  good,  rich  shed  ma¬ 
nure  (no  rain  on  it),  two  horses  will  be  on  the 
first  plow,  the  second  one,  without  its  breast, 
following  in  the  track  of  the  first  one,  and 
drawn  by  four  strong  horses.  That  is  the 
way  to  grow  maximum  crops.  Draining, 
where  required,  should  precede  deep  culti¬ 
vation. 

It  should  always  be  remembered  that  wc 
cannot  manure  the  subsoil  through  the  top 
soil,  for  a  few  inches  deep  of  the  latter  have 
the  power  to  arrest  and  fix  a  much  larger 
quantity  of  mammal  elements  (especially 
ammonia,  phosphate  ol'  lime,  and  potash) 
than  is  ever  applied  in  ordinary  farming. 
This  is  why  clover  and  other  deep-rooted 
plants  can  only  be  grown  at  long  intervals, 
for  only  a  very  small  portion  of  manorial 
elements  can  pass  the  surface  soil  or  escape 
being  fixed  by  it.  Tlie  raw  and  unaltered 
appearance  of  undisturbed  soil  immediately 
beneath  the  plowed  land  gives  unmistakable 
confirmatory  evidence  of  the  fact  stated. 
Liebig  and  Way  explain  the  cause  of  this 
flxiug. 

It  is  therefore  rnfite  certain  that  if  wo 
desire  to  manure  the  subsoil,  the  manure 
must  be  Incorporated  with  the  subsoil,  ortho 
subsoil  must  be  intermixed  with  the  surface 
soil.  The  Rev,  8.  Smith  of  Lois-Weedon, 
used  to  throw  a  ide  the  cultivated  soil  and 
incorporate  the  manure  with  the  undisturbed 
subsoil. 

- - : - - 

SILK  CULTURE  IN  CALIFORNIA. 


The  Sacramento  Weekly  Record  of  July 
18,  has  the  following  Although,  through 
bad  faith  in  the  administration  of  the  laws 
for  the  encouragement,  of  silk  culture  in  our 
State,  this  important  industry  has  been  set 
back  for  years,  still  we  have  never  for  a  mo¬ 
ment  despaired  of  its  final  great  success. 
Time  has  demonstrated  that  those  who  first 
undertook  the  feeding  of  the  silkworm  a  few 
years  ago  in  our  State  made  two  great  mis¬ 
takes,  either  of  which  could  pot.  have  proved 
otherwise  than  fatal  to  success.  One  of  those 
mistakes  was  in  the  choice  of  location,  and 
the  other  was  In  attempting  to  conduct  the 
business  upon  too  large  a  scale.  Silk  culture, 
like  the  cultivation  of  the  vine  for  wine, 
should  never  be  attempted  on  the  rich  alluvial 
lands  of  our  river  bottoms.  Its  natural  home 
is  the  foot  hills,  wdiere  the  soil  is  compara¬ 
tively  light  and  less  fertile,  and  where  the 
prevailing  winds,  'either  from  the  north  or 
from  the  south,  have  less  scope,  and  the  tem¬ 
perature  of  the  nights  and  the  dpys  is  more 
even. 

The  history  of  this  industry  in  every  silk 
producing  country  in  the  world  goes  to  prove 
this  proposition  and  the  short  history  of  its 
attempt  in  California  points  to  the  sumo  con¬ 
clusion.  In  the  riel)  bottom  lauds  the  trees 
grow  too  rapidly  and  the  leaves  contain  too 
much  water,  and  when  fed  to  the  worms, 
the  effect  upon  them  is,  as  might  be  expected, 
something  like  the  effect  produced  upon  stock 
by  feeding  upon  the  hay  cut  on  the  low  tule 
lands  near  the  mouth  of  the  Sacramento  and 
San  Joaquin  rivers.  They  do  not  contain 
enough  of  the  fattening  qualities.  Worms 
cannot  make  silk  unless  they  are  fat,  and 
that  fat  must  be  something  of  the  character 
of  the  fat  of  the  eora-fed  hogs  to  produce 
the  best  of  results.  Then,  too,  the  winds  of 
our  valleys,  it  is  well  known,  change  fre¬ 
quently  from  north  to  south,  and  the  north 
winds  come  charged  with  electricity  to  such 
an  extent  as  to  very  sensibly  affect  all  animal 
life— even  the  human  system  feels  its  prostra¬ 
ting  influence.  Then  the  south  winds  come 
loaded  with  dampness,  and  generally  in  the 
night  time,  producing  too  great  a  change— 
especially  for  the  worms  feeding  on  so  unfit 
a  food.  The  result  is  natural,  and  such  was 
the  experience,  the  worms,  having  no  silk 
material  in  them,  died  just  about  the  time 
the}’  should  have  commenced  spinning. 

The  other  mistake,  attempting  to  feed  too 
many  worms  in  the  Bame  building,  was 
greatly  aggravated  by  the  unfitness  of  the 
food,  just  as  an  attempt  to  raise  too  many 
chickens  in  a  small  inclosure  is  rendered 
positively  impossible  when  in  addition  they 
are  fed  upon  unfit  and  unhealthy  food.  If 
any  proof  were  wanting  to  substantiate  both 
these  positions  it  is  found  in  the  fact  that 
while  nearly  all  the  efforts  tb  feed  worms  in 
the  valleys  and  in  large  numbers,  and  in  a 
single  building,  were  unsuccessful,  all  those 
who  fed  in  the  foothills,  and  in  small  num¬ 
bers  were  universally  successful.  To  make 
Bilk  culture  successful  and  profitable  it  must 
bo  conducted  as  one  of  the  adjuncts— one  of 
the  little  things  of  the  farm.  Let  the  trees 
to  be  planted  about  the  place  and  along  the 
street  and  cross  fences  for  shade  and  orna¬ 
ment  be  of  the  best  varieties  of  mulberry 
and  they  may  be  made  to  serve  the  treble 
purpose  of  shade  for  the  stock,  feed  for  the 
silk  worms  and  pin  money  for  the  family. 


9a 


INFLUENCE  OF  FOOD  ON  MILCH  STOCK. 


There  is  no  doubt  that  very  great  losses 
are  sustained,  from  year  to  year,  in  the  pro¬ 
duction  of  milk  on  account  of  the  character 
of  food  which  cows  are  fed.  When  extra 
food  is  to  be  given  to  cows  to  promote  an 
increased  flow  of  milk,  the  choice  should  be 
governed  by  some  settled  principle,  and  not 
be  a  matter  of  guess-work,  as  is  too  frequent¬ 
ly  the  case.  In  our  experiments  for  Increas¬ 
ing  the  flow  of  milk,  wo  early  learned  the 
fact  that  grains  rich  in  nitrogen  gave  better 
returns  than  those  having  less  nitrogen  and 
a  larger  proportion  of  starch  and  oil.  Thus, 
for  instance,  ground  oats,  whe.aten  bran,  pea 
meal,  &a,  produced  better  results  than  corn 
meal  or  other  mixtures  of  meal  composed 
largely  of  starch,  and  which  were  poor  in 
nitrogen.  Bearing  upon  tliis  question,  we 
find  some  practical  rules  for  the  use  of  fod¬ 
der  presented  by  Professor  T.  von  Go h  ken, 
before  the  National  Convention  of  German 
agriculturists,  chemists,  physiologists  ami  di¬ 
rectors  of  the  experimental  stations  held  in 
1871. 

The  Professor  says  : — “  In  iixing  such  rules 
it  is  necessary  to  know,  First,  the  general 
principles  on  which  the  desired  results  in 
feeding  stock  depend  ;  Second,  the  most  con¬ 
venient  means  of  attaining  these  results. 
Other  things  being  equal,  every  method  may 
be  recommended  which  makes  fodder  more 
palatable  and  diminishes  the  tax  on  the  di¬ 
gestive  organs.  It  is  necessary  to  distinguish 
between  food  designed  to  sustain  the  exist¬ 
ing  condition  of  the  animal  and  that  designed 
in  addition,  to  lay  on  flesh,  produce  milk, 
supply  the  demands  of  labor,  increase,  &e. 
With  regard  to  the  former  kind,  the  farmer 
may  assume,  as  shown  by  the  experiments 
of  WenDK,  that  the  amount  of  nourishment 
needed  for  100  pounds  of  live  weight  is  from 
one-half  to  one  pound  of  nitrogenous  food, 
and  from  seven  to  eight  pounds  of  food  free 
from  nitrogen  or  of  the  same  composition  as 
.  starch. 

“  For  producing  flesh,  an  increase  of  food 
in  substances  not  containing  nitrogen  is  need¬ 
ed.  Albumen  must  be  furnished,  and  tliis 
can  be  done  to  the  best  advantage  when  the 
effect  of  oxygen  in  the  circulation  is  reduced 
to  its  minimum,  a  result  sc  ured  by  the  use 
of  hydro  carbons,  such  as  oils  and  oily  grains, 
which  are  far  cheaper  than  albuminoids. 

“  For  producing  fat,  the  farmer  should  use 
noil-nitrogenous  foods,  because  they  are  the 
cheapest.  Fats  can  be  produced  from  other 
fats,  from  hydrocarbons  and  from  albumi¬ 
nates  ;  of  these  three  ways,  practical  agri¬ 
culturists  will  choose  the  least  expensive. 

“For  producing  milk,  if  quantity  rather 
than  quality  is  aimed  at,  the  lacteal  glands 
must  be  stimulated  to  their  greatest,  activity, 
and  for  this  purpose  food  rich  in  nitrogen  is 
needed  ;  and  since  storing  up  fat  is  inconsist¬ 
ent  with  the  activity  of  the  superficial 
glands,  to  which  the  udder  belongs,  foods 
which  contain  a  large  amount  of  hydro-car¬ 
bon  must  be-  avoided.’' 

The  experiments  of  HorkefaLL  in  the  use 
of  bean  meal,  a  substance  rich  in  nitrogen, 
furnish  conclusive  evidence  of  the  value  of 
this  kind  of  food  for  the  production  of  milk. 
He  attached,  very  justly,  the  greatest  im¬ 
portance  to  maintaining  the  condition  of  his 
cows  giving  a  large  yield  of  milk,  and  he 
states  that  he  was  enabled  by  the  addition 
of  bean  meal  to  avert  the  loss  of  condition  in 
those  giving  16  to  18  quarts  per  day,  whilst 
on  those  giving  a  leis  yield,  and  in  health,  he 
invariably  effected  an  improvement.  And 
he  infers  from  his  experiments — long  and 
carefully  conducted— that  albuminous  mat¬ 
ter  is  the  most  essential  element  in  the  food 
of  milch  cows,  and  that  any  deficiency  in  the 
supply  of  this  will  be  attended  with  loss  of 
condition  and  a  consequent  diminution  in  the 
quality  of  milk. 

Professor  von  GOHREN  makes  some  sugges¬ 
tions  in  regard  to  raising  stock  for  the  dairy 
which  we  do  not  remember  to  have  seen 
brought  forward  by  other  writers.  It  is  that 
Calves  which  are  allowed  to  suckle  for  a  long 
time,  or  which  are  reared  on  an  abundance 
of  new  milk  do  not,  as  a  rule,  make  the  best 
cows  for  the  dairy.  On  the  other  hand, 
young  cattle  intended  for  fattening  should 
be  brought  forward  as  fast  as  possible,  and 
to  attain  this  end  milk  and  grain  must,  be 
fed.  The  development  of  the  chest  and  vis¬ 
cera,  he  says,  will  be  retarded  by  want  of 
exercise  and  pure  air,  since  this  renders  the 
labor  of  the  lungs  less.  The  development  of 
the  fourth  stomach  is  promoted  by  food  that 
is  easily  digested  and  full  of  fat.  “  The  oppo¬ 
site  rule  should  be  observed  with  young  cat¬ 
tle  intended  for  milk,  The  animal  should  be 


— ^ 

. .  ii 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-VOBKEB. 


kept  rather  thin,  and  hence,  should  not  bo 
allowed  to  suckle  too  long.  Skimmed  milk, 
hay  tea,  Ac. ,  is  much  better  food  for  calves 
intended  for  the  dairy,  as  well  as  much 
cheaper  than  the  milk  of  the  dam.’’ 

Does  not  this  explain,  in  part,  the  reason 
why  some,  of  our  thoroughbred  Short-Horns, 
though  descended  from  good  milking  stock, 
are  inferior  for  milk,  and  is  not  the  practice 
with  some  breeders  ol‘  Ayrshires  in  pushing 
the  forcing  system  of  the  young  animal  pre- 
judical  to  its  future  milking  qualities  f  Some 
of  the  best  milkers  wc  have  ever  owned  have 
been  raised  (after  the  age  of  10  days)  on 
skimmed  milk  and  whey,  and  in  recalling 
our  experience  in  this  direction,  we  are  in¬ 
clined  to  lilink  there  may  bo  more  truth  in 
the  Professor’s  statement  than  would  appear 
at  first  thought  to  most  dairymen.  If  the 
Professor’s  theory  be  true,  it  is  an  important 
fact  for  dairymen  and  the  breeders  of  dairy 
stock  to  understand.  The  wide  development 
of  the  dairy  interest  in  this  country  is  direct¬ 
ing  much  attention  to  those  breeds  of  cattle 
noted  for  milking  qualities,  and  to  the  breed 
ingof  good  cows  for  the  dairy.  If  fond  and 
the  manner  of  rearing  the  calf  has  so  import¬ 
ant  a  bearing  upon  the  milking  capacity  of 
the  animal,  it  is  well  that  the  facts  be  gener¬ 
ally  known,  lost  we  defeat  the  great  object 
sought,  in  our  zeal  to  get  the  best  results  by 

extra  feeding. 

- - 

VEGETABLE  MILK. 


A  correspondent  makes  inquiry  concern¬ 
ing  the  cow  trees  of  South  America,  and 
“  Would  like  to  know  whether  the  milk  of 
these  trees  is  similar  in  character  to  that  of 
animal  milk,  and  whether  it  can  be  used  for 
making  butter  and  cheese.  Should  tliis  be 
so,”  he  thinks,  “the  time  is  not  far  distant 
when  the  product  oou  be  utilized,  and  may, 
even  now,  offer  a  good  field  for  speculation.” 

The  milk  of  the  cow  tree  has  not,  as  yet, 
come  under  our  observation,  and  what  little 
knowledge  we  have,  of  it  is  from  accounts 
given  by  travelers.  According  to  well-au¬ 
thenticated  statements,  the  juices  of  certain 
trees  found  in  South  America  resemble,  both 
ill  color  and  consistency,  the  milk  of  animals. 
There  are  some  kinds  of  trees  that  yield  a 
milky  fluid  which  is  poisonous,  while  that  of 
others  is  wholesome  and  nutritious  ;  and, 
from  the  fact  that  the  latter  is  used  by  the 
natives  of  the  country  as  on  article  of  human 
food,  we  suppose  oomos  the  name  of  the  so- 
called  cow  tree. 

We  do  not  know  that  any  analysis  has  been 
made  of  this  vegetable  milk  ;  at  least,  ive 
have  none  at  hand,  and  therefore  cannot 
give  its  constituents.  Nor  can  we  find  any 
record  of  experiments  showing  that  either 
butter  or  cheese  has  been  made  from  such 
milk.  Our  impression  is  that  tliis  vegetable 
milk  has  no  qualities  in  common  with  ani¬ 
mal  milk  other  than  a  certain  resemblance 
in  color  and  consistency.  Of  this,  however, 
we  are  not  quite  certain,  but  wc  are  confi¬ 
dent  in  the  opinion  that  it  cannot  be  used 
successfully  in  the  manufacture  of  dairy 
goods. 

The  following,  by  Mr.  Jackson,  curator  of 
the  Museum  at  Kew,  England,  in  a  recent 
number  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal,  may 
be  of  interest  in  this  connection.  He  says  : 
“The  presence  of  milky  juices  in  plants  is 
not  uncommon  ;  indeed,  it  is  a  character  of 
many  natural  orders.  In  the  numerous  plants 
which  yield  caoutchouc,  (or  India  rubber,) 
the  juice,  as  it  flows  from  the  treo,  is  milky 
white,  becoming  colored  on  exposure  to  the 
air,  or  in  the  process  of  solidifying.  The 
juices  of  some  of  the  milk-yielding  trees, 
however,  do  not  solidify,  and  they  are  used 
as  an  article  of  food.  Several  of  these  trees, 
from  the  fact  of  their  yielding  wholesome 
milks,  are  known  as  cow  trees.  In  South 
America,  which  is  the  headquarters  of  these 
cow  trees,  they  are  called  Palo  do  vaca,  or  Ar- 
bol  do  lechc.  Perhaps  the  best  known  of  these 
trees  is  one  growing  in  the  largo  forests  on 
the  mountains  about  Cariaco,  and  in  other 
parts  of  the  sea  coast  of  Venezuela.  It  forms 
a  tree  frequently  over  400  feet  high,  and  often 
running  to  a  htght  of  60  or  70  feet  before 
branching. 

The  milk  which  is  obtained  by  making  in¬ 
cisions  in  the  trunk,  is  said  to  have  a  very 
agreeable  taste,  somewhat  resembling  that 
of  sweet  cream,  and  a  slight  balsamic  odor  ; 
the  only  unpleasant  feature  about  it  is  that 
it  is  somewhat  glutinous  ;  but  it  is  very  nour¬ 
ishing  and  perfectly  wholesome.  Humboldt 
says;— “Wo  drank  considerable  quantities 
of  it  the  evening  before  we  went  to  bed  and 
very  early  iu  the  morning,  without  feeling 
the  least  injurious  effect.  The  negroes  and 
the  free  people  who  work  in  the  plantations, 
drink  it,  dipping  into  it  their  bread  and  maize 
or  cassava.  The  major-domo  of  the  farm 


told  us  that  the  negroes  grow  sensibly  fatter 
during  the  season  when  the  Palo  de  vaca  fur¬ 
nishes  them  with  most  milk.  This  juice,  ex¬ 
posed  to  the  air,  presents  at  its  surface— per¬ 
haps  in  consequence  of  the  atmospheric  oxy¬ 
gen — membranes  of  a  strongly  annualized 
substance,  yellowish,  stringy,  and  resembling 
a  cheesy  substance.  Like  animal  milk.  it. 
turns  sour  and  putrefies  after  a  few  days'  ex¬ 
posure  to  the  atmosphere.  It  has  been  found 
to  contain  more  than  JO  per  cent,  of  gela¬ 
tin.” 

The  Hyo-Hya,  or  cow  tree,  of  British  0 uin- 
en,  (Tabemcrmontana  utills,  Aun.,)  like¬ 
wise  yields  a  milky  juice,  which  is  perfectly 
bland  and  wholesome,  though  the  general 
characters  of  the  orde.r  are  poisonous  and 
acrid.  The  tree  is  tapped  to  obtain  the  milk. 
The  milk  or  cow  tree  of  Para,  known  as  the 
Mossaran  duba,  has  been  referred  to  Memu- 
sops  data,  Ai-lem  ;  but  its  determination  is 
doubtful,  though  there  is  no  question  of  its 
belonging  to  the  natural  order  Sapotaceu-. 
The  milk,  which  flows  slowly  from  the 
wounded  bark,  resembles  good  cream  in  con 
sistenoe,  but  is  said  to  be  too  viscid  to  be  a 
safe  article  of  food.” 

Mr.  Jackson  refers  to  another  tree,  the 
Clutu'n  gaUe-lodendron  of  Disnaux.  This 
tree  has  :t  thick  bark  with  rough  tubercles, 
and  is  a  native  of  Venezuela.  Its  milk,  be¬ 
sides  its  general  utility,  is  a  valuable  reme¬ 
dial  agent  In  dysentery.  Mr.  E.  B.  White 
of  Medellin,  says: — “For  upwards  of  two 
years  1  saw  it  constantly  used  amougst  the 
workmen  employed  on  tiu  Buena  Ventura 
R  oad,  Pad  lie  Coast,  and  iu  the  most  un¬ 
healthy  climate.  We  had  at  times  from  500 
to  701)  men  employed,  and  out  of  the  number¬ 
less  cases  of  severe  dyseutc  ry,  1  never  know 
a  fatal  case,  and  I  have  seen  cures  effected 
when  the  cases  had  gone  so.  far  as  to  seem 
hopeless.” 

That  trees  are  found  yielding  a  fluid  so 
closely  resembling  milk  as  that  above  de¬ 
scribed,  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  fea¬ 
tures  of  the  vegetable  world.  They  doubt¬ 
less  furnish  an  important  service  to  the  in 
habitants  of  the  country  where  they  grow  ; 
but  whether  this  vegetable  milk  lain,  in  any 
form,  be  made  an  article  of  commerce,  from 
which  any  considerable  profits  are  to  be  de¬ 
rived,  is  a  quest’on  concerning  which  we 
have  serious  doubts. 


TEXAS  CATTLE 

AND  THEIR  PROBABLE  FUTURE  INFLUENCE  UPON  THE 
CATTLE  BUSINESS. 


Tiik  cattle  business  of  the  country  has  been 
greatly  embarrassed  l,y  the  number  of  Texas 
cattle  forced  upon  the  market  since  the 
termination  of  the  war.  The  trade  in  cattle 

has  been  mieei'l.ii.in  and  often  imrei  Mine  na¬ 
tive;  and  even  now  intelligent  men  engaged 
in  the  business  feel  that  there  is  no  safety  iu 
extensive  operations,  If  the  market  from 
lime  to  time  is  to  bo  over-run  with  immense 
herds  of  Texas  cattlo. 

Heretofore  dealers  found  but  little  trouble 
in  understanding  the  probable  demand  and 
supply.  When,  however,  Texas  cattle  wore 
driven  into  our  Western  States,  at  a  very 
small  cost  per  head,  and  woro  there  fattened 
to  supply  the  Eastern  markets,  our  cattle 
men  found  themselves  wholly  unable  to  esti¬ 
mate  the  probable  supply  from  that  State. 
Hence  it  became  important  that  move  accu¬ 
rate  information  in  reference  to  the  number 
and  condition  of  the  catt  le  in  Texas  should 
be  ascertained.  To  obtain  the  most  reliable 
testimony  upon  the  subject,  the  Agriculture  1 
Department  at  Washington  lias  recently 
taken  steps  to  obtain  all  the  information 
available  in  reference  to  the  relative  number 
of  Texas  cattle  and  condition*  with  other 
facts  connected  with  the  subject,  80  that 
cattle  men  in  all  parts  of  the  country  migh  t 
be  able  to  judge  understanding!/. 

For  the  information  of  those  interested,  T 
will  give  a  brief  statement  of  some  of  the 
points  made  by  the  correspondents  of  the 
Department : 

t.  The  testimony  is  conclusive  that  the 
number  of  cattle  in  Texas  has  largely  de¬ 
creased  within  the  last  few  years,  and  their 
number  must  continue  to  rapidly  decrease. 
From  data  furnished  and  given  in  the  report 
of  the  Department,  the  aggregate  number 
has  fallen  off  one-third.  Not  only  is  that  the 
fact,  but  there  is  not  now  over  three-fifths  of 
the  number  of  milch  cows  that  were  report¬ 
ed  in  1870. 

3.  This  decrease  hay  resulted,  in  part,  from 
the  exportation  ol'  cattle  and  from  the  want 
of  care  and  food.  In  some  counties  it  is  e& 
timated  that  one  half  of  the  stock  died  from 


cold  and  starvation  during  the  last  fall  and 
winter.  One  correspondent  writes  “  that 
the  mortality  of  cattle  during  the  winters  of 
1871  and  L872  has  been  without  a  parallel.” 

3.  The  testimony  indicates  clearly  that  the 
business  of  cattle  raising  hi  Texas  is  not  as 
remunerative  as  heretofore.  In  Hunt  county 
a  gentleman  states  that  “  the  raising  of  cattlo 
in  this  county  is  rapidly  decreasing,  owing, 
first,  to  the  failure  of  range,  the  settling  up 
of  the  county  and  the  disposition  of  owners 
to  turn  their  attention  to  agricultural  pur¬ 
suits.”  Another  says  : — “  Grass  is  giving  out 
and  stock  raising  falling  off  thirty -five  per  ,, 
cent  yearly;  instead,  agricultural  interests 
are  advancing.”  A  correspondent  from  an¬ 
other  county  says  :  —  "  Bub  the  old  pro¬ 
gramme  must  now  be  changed.  Our  wild 
grass  is  rapidly  giving  way,  and  as  yet  we 
have  no  tame  grass  that  we  can  rely  upon.” 

And  another  corroborates  the  foregoing  by 
saying: — “The  whole  county  is  now  eaten 
out  by  wandering  herds  of  cattle  and  horses, 
and  where  beautiful  grass  formerly  grew 
nothing  but  weeds  can  be  seen.” 

4.  Texas  cattle  are  deteriorating.  One  of 
the  correspondents  states  that  their  cattle  do 
not  attain  the  same  size  at  the  same  age  they 
once  did.  Tills  statement  would  seem  to  be 
perfectly  reliable  when  we  consider  the  fall¬ 
ing  off  of  the  grass  upon  which  they  have  to 
rely  exclusively,  and  when  Texas  men  affirm 
“that  it  takes,  on  an  average,  ten  of  our 
cows  to  give  a  water-bucket  of  milk — poor 
at  that.” 

Let  our  cattle  raisers  who  reside  in  the 
Middle  and  Western  States,  and  who  have 
been  discouraged  in  their  business  by  the  in¬ 
troduction  of  the  immense  herd-;  of  Texas 
cattle  into  our  markets,  take  courage  and  re¬ 
new  their  offorts  in  their  own  favorite  .em¬ 
ployment.  The  facts  at: ted  above  are  furn¬ 
ished  by  reliable  men,  residents  in  the  various 
counties  from  which  they  write.  The  great¬ 
ly  decreased  number  of  cattle  now  in  Texas, 
the  failure  of  their  wide  and  heretofore  valu¬ 
able  range,  the  want  of  means  to  protect  and 
oare  for  their  stock  and  its  tendency  not  only 
to  deterioration  but  barrenness,  show  very 
clearly  that  Texas  cattle  have  done  us  all  the 
injury  they  can,  and  that  hereafter  no  serious 
disadvantages  will  be  done  by  their  numbers 
to  the  regular  business  of  the  careful  stock 
breeder  or  shipper.  j.  m.  m. 

Butler  Co.,  O. 

■ - - 

SHORT-HORN  SALES. 


The  Seymour  Sale  in  Ohio.—  R.  R.  Sey¬ 
mour,  a  veteran  breeder  of  Ross  Co.,  O.,  dis¬ 
posed  of  his  liue  herd  at  auction  July  34,  at 
Chillicothe.  There  were  about  300  strangers 
in  attendance,  The  aggregate  sales  amount 
to  about  $30,000,  about  100  animals  being  dis¬ 
posed  of  ;  41  cows  brought  prices  rar  ging 
from  $50  to  $1,275  each,  but  one  cow  bring¬ 
ing  less  than  $100  ;  Hi  bulls  were  sold  at  prices 
ranging  from  #55  to  86,600  each  ;  the  latter 
price  was  paid  for  “  Third  Duke  of  Oneida,” 
bred  by  Wolcott  A  Campbell,  New  York 
Mills,  New  York,  The  purchaser  was  John 
Montgomery,  Newark,  O.  w,?  doubt  if  any 
larger  price  lias  ever  been  jiaid  for  an  Amer¬ 
ican  bull.  The  purchasers  of  stock  at  thi» 
sale  were  A.  >S.  Scott,  Seymour,  Hi. ;  Claude 
Matthews,  Clinton,  hid.;  Georoe  Grimes, 
Bournevdle,  0. ;  J.  O,  B.  Renick,  Columbus, 
0. !  Wb,  A.  Jones,  Bourneville,  O. ;  A.  W. 
Seymour,  Bainbridge,  O. ;  S.  C.  Roberts, 
Washington,  (), ;  F.  G.  SEYMOUR,  Seymour, 
Ill.;  J#amks  PKRILL,  Washington,  O. ;  H.  W. 
Sargent,  Kkctou,  0. ;  J.  S.  Klrk.  Washing¬ 
ton;  O. ;  M.  Dunlap,  Chillicothe,  O. ;  A.  L. 
Ray,  Saybrooke,  Hi.;  Wm.  Fn tiu: kin,  King¬ 
ston,  O.;  John  Montgomery,  Newark,  O. ; 
Jacob  Mace,  Ross  Co.,  O. ;  Nelson  Dunlap, 
Kingston,  0.;  Lincoln  (!.  D  la.no,  Chilli¬ 
cothe,  O. ;  F.  F.  Parrott,  Lyndon,  O. ;  It. 
Pitzer,  Washingtcn,  O.  Thus,  it  will  be 
seen,  the  bulk  of  this  herd  remains  in  Ohio. 

The  Second  Qaddesby  Short- Horn  sale,  the 
property  of  Edward  11.  Cukeney,  Gaddesby 
Hall,  Leicestershire,  Eng.,  came  off  early  in 
July.  There  were  present  3fX)  to  500  of  the 
largest  graziers  in  England.  The  highest 
price  realized  for  a  single  animal  was  for 
Twelfth  Duchess  of  Geneva,  red,  calved  April 
37,  1873,  by  the  Ninth  Duke  of  Geneva,  (38- 
391.)  dam  Duchess  of  Geneva,  by  Baron  of 
Oxford,  (33371,)  and  bought  by  Sir  W.  Law- 
son,  M.  P.,  for  035  guineas.  The  lowest  price 
paid  for  any  cow  was  60  guineas.  The  highest 
price  paid  for  any  of  the  bulls  was  830  guin¬ 
eas  for  Third  Duke  of  Gloucester,  red,  calved 
December,  1872,  by  Tenth  Duke  of  Thorn- 
dale,  (38458,)  dam,  Duchess  of  Airdrie,  by 
Royal  Oxford,  (18774.1  and  which  was  bought 
by  Lord  BjbOtivk.  The  lowest  price  paiafor 
a  bull  was 43  guineas.  The  amount  realized 
tor  cows  and  neifers  was  £8,903,  5s. ,  the  aver¬ 
age  price  being  £321  8s.  fid.  The  total  sales 
of  bulls  amounted  to  £1,314  12s. ;  average 
price,  £187  Is.  6d.  each. 


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LETTERS  FROM  THE  NORTHWEST.  I. 

THE  LAKE  SUPERIOR  REGION. 

Dutatth,  Mlnti.,  July  21,  1873. 

Eds.  Rural.  New-Yorker:— I  send  you  a 
greeting  from  the  head  of  Lake  Superior, 
having  reached  this  place  last  evening  by 
steamer  on  the  upper  lakes,  by  way  of  Sault 
St.  Marie.  Up  to  that  point  1  need  not  say 
anything,  as  it  is  now  within  the  pale  of 
everyday  life  and  civilization.  The  Sault  is 
by  no  means  that  fearful  and  romantic  thing 
our  early  education  taught,  us  —  for  in 
grandeur  and  volume  of  water  it  is  vast¬ 
ly  inferior  even  to  the  American  Rapids 
at  Niagara  Falls,  leaving  the  greater,  or 
Horse-Shoe  side  of  the  river  entirely  out 
of  the  account. 

The  whole  descent  in  a  mile  of  the  rap- 
id  is  but  twenty-two  feet,  and  is  easily 
passed  down  in  boats.  We  saw  these 
go  down  while  our  steamer  was  pass¬ 
ing  the  locks,  which  are  two  in  number, 
each  of  about  ten  feet  lift,  and  capable  of 
passing  steamers  of  twelve  hundred  tons. 
Government  is  enlarging  and  deepening 
the  canal  and  locks  so  as  to  pass  boats 
of  greater  tonnage  ;  and  steam  excava¬ 
tors  are  removing  the  boulder  clay,  which 
is  the  geological  formation.  The  inter 
vale  lands  extend  about  a  mile  back  on 
each  side  of  the  river,  and  then  rise 
gradually  into  low,  wooded  hills.  The 
soil  is  evidently  cold  and  unproductive, 
except  for  grass.  I  did  not  see  a  single 
field  of  grain,  and  the  only  vegetable 
garden  worth  mentioning  was  that  con¬ 
nected  with  the  Catholic  Mission  Church  „r 
on  the  Canada  side  of  the  Sault.  No 
grain,  no  gardens,  few  cattle  and  but 
little  grass,  except  the  wild,  native  grass¬ 
es  of  the  region,  it  is  quite  evident  that 
the  Lake  Superior  region  must  depend 
for  its  prosperity  upon  the  products  of 
its  forests,  fisheries  and  mines.  W  e  saw 
the  Indians  at  the  Sault  dipping  the  white 
fish  out  of  the  eddies  with  small,  hand 
scoop-nets,  and  as  they  lifted  them  into 
the  sunlight  their  white  sides  glistened 
like  silver.  8t.  Peter  might  reasonably  ^ 
have  said  here,  “  1  go  a  fishing  and 
his  co- Apostles  responded,  “We  go  with 
thee.” 

Keweenan  Point  is  a  remarkable  penin¬ 
sula  thrust  forward  for  sixty  miles  into 
the  lake,  half  way  between  its  upper  aud 
lower  extremity.  It  is  on  this  projec¬ 
tion,  and  on  Isle  Royal,  lying  off  its 
northern  coast,  that  the  ricliest  copper 
mines  in  the  world  are  located ;  one 
single  corporation,  the  Calumet  &  Heeln, 
producing  the  amazing  quantity  of  ten 
thousand  tons  in  a  single  year.  The  cop¬ 
per-bearing  rock  is  not,  technically  speak¬ 
ing,  an  ore,  but  the  metal  is  scattered 
through  the  rock  in  a  native  state  from  mass¬ 
es  of  pure  copper,  down  to  the  minutest  par¬ 
ticles  ;  and  hence  mechanical  rather  than 
chemical  processes  are  resulted  to  for  its  re¬ 
duction.  The  large  lumps  are  removed  by 
hand  and  then  the  rock  is  first  pulverized  by 
stamps  and  the  pulverized  mass  subjected  to 
the  washing  process,  by  means  of  which  the 
copper  grains,  being  heavier,  sink  to  the  bot¬ 
tom,  and  the  lighter  and  worthless  material 
is  carried  off  by  the  water.  The  Quincy 
mine  runs  sixty-four  of  these  large  pestles, 
each  weighing  half  a  ton,  in  sets  of  four 
each.  They  are  raised  by  cranes  or  shafts 
run  by  steam,  anti  the  amount  of  rook 
crushed  is  surprising.  The  whole  waters  of 
Portage  Lake  for  miles  are  discolored  and 
rendered  unfit  for  use  by  the  stamp  washings. 

The  corporations  like  to  run  upon  mass 
copper,  but  do  not  like  to  fiud  it  in  too  large 
lumps,  it  is  so  tough  aud  difficult  to  cut.  It 
cannot  be  exploded,  nor  split  nor  sawed,  but 
has  to  be  chiseled  out  by  hand.  The  Central 
Mine  is  now  engaged  in  chiseling  up  at  the 
bottom  of  their  shaft  a  mass  of  pure  copper 
weighing  (by  measurement)  two  hundred 
and  fifty  tons. 

The  copper  interest,  for  a  few  years  back, 
has  been  much  depressed,  und  none  but  the 
richest  of  the  mines  would  pay  for  working; 
and  hence  these  places — such  as  Copper  Har¬ 
bor,  Eagle  Harbor,  Eagle  River,  &c. — that  de¬ 
pended  on  the  trade,  look  dilapidated  and 
distressed.  Some  mines  once  extensively 
wrought,  are  utterly  abandoned ;  and  the 
decay  and  ruin  of  their  structures  are  sor¬ 
rowful  reminders  of  disappointed  hopes  and 
expectations.  Truly  Yours,  E.  w. 

- -*-►> - 

ENTERING  LAND  BY  PRE-EMPTION. 

In  regard  to  entering  land  by  pre-emption, 
and  under  the  Homestead  Law,  G.  W.  F.  is 


informed  : — Homestead  settlers  may  pay  for 
their  land  in  cash  or  warrants  at  the  Govern¬ 
ment  price,  $1.25  or  2,50,  upon  making  proof 
of  actual  residence  and  cultivation  for  a 
period  of  not  less  than  six  months  from  the 
date  of  entry  to  the  time  of  payment,  but 
tliis  does  not  Interfere  with  the  right  to  pre¬ 
empt.  The  fact  that  a  person  has  had  the 
benefit  of  the  pre-emption  act  does  not  in  any 
case  interfere  with  his  right  to  homestead. 
The  fact  that  a  person  has  had  the  benefit  of 
the  homestead  act  does  not  prevent  him  from 
pre-empting,  hut  no  one  can  leave  his  or  her 
own  land  in  the  same  State  or  Territory  to 
take  the  benefit  of  the  pre-emption  act.  In¬ 
asmuch  an  both  homestead  and  pre-emption 


>ricntific  and  Kstfttl. 


UNIFORN  PUBLIC  TIME. 

The  New  York  Post  says  : — As  the  country 
has  increased  in  wealth  and  population,  and 
the  most  distant  parts  have  been  brought 
into  communication  with  each  other,  by  rail 
and  telegraph,  the  need  of  an  accurate,  uni¬ 
form  public  time  has  constantly  become  more 
apparent.  The  work  of  securing  this  was 
lately  undertaken  by  the  managers  of  the 
Western  Union  Telegraph  Co.,  and  their  ef¬ 
forts  promise  to  result  in  complete  success. 


ALPINIA  VITTATA. 


require  actual  residence  upon  the  land  | 
claimed,  no  person  can  hold  land  under  both 
acts  at  the  same  time.  No  person  can  pre¬ 
empt  more  than  once.  No  person  can  home¬ 
stead  more  than  once.  No  person  can  make 
a  second  entry  to  a  homestead  unless  the  first 
entry  was  illegal. 

- - 

FEMALES  SECURING  HOMESTEADS. 

The  Iowa  Press  says  Some  time  hist  fall, 
Mrs.  Robert  McConnell,  a  soldier’s  widow, 
went  to  Clay  county.  Kansas,  and  took  a 
homestead  under  the  soldiers’  act.  Five  or 
six  weeks  since,  Mi’s,  David  Kilgore,  Mrs. 
Robert  White,  and  Mrs.  James  Shields,  all 
soldiers’  widows,  went  to  said  county,  and 
with  Mrs.  McConnell,  mounted  an  ox  cart 
drawn  by  Texan  cattle,  drove  to  the  land 
office,  and  entered  claims.  They  have  bought 
lumber  with  which  to  build  cabins  aud  they 
propose  to  live  there  the  time  required  to 
perfect  title  to  their  claims.  Under  the 
amended  act,  female  homesteaders  can  de¬ 
duct  from  the  five  years  required  to  secure  a 
homestead,  whatever  time  their  husbands 
served  in  the  army.  This  provision  will 
shorten  their  term  of  exile  from  civilization. 
The  act  of  the  resolute  women  appears  the 
more  heroic  in  this,  that  none  of  them  have 
children  of  any  age  to  be  helpful  to  them. 
- «■«■» 

“Chances”  in  West  \rA.  orEastTenn. 

— N.  S.  of  Michigan  asks  correspondents  in 
West  Virginia  or  East  Tennessee  to  tell  him 
what  the  chances  are  for  a  man  who  knows 
how  to  work,  to  get  land  on  time  and  work 
to  pay  for  it  off  from  the  land  in  crops ;  or 
are  there  owners  of  large  tracts  who  would 
give  a  few  acres  to  get  improvements  and 
settlements  started.  We  may  say,  at  a  ven¬ 
ture,  that  any  man  who  knows  how,  and  is 
willing  to  work,  can  get  land  in  any  State  in 
the  Union,  provided  lie  is  economical  and  en¬ 
terprising.  Just  such  men  are  needed  in 
Western  Virginia  and  East  Tennessee. 


The  details  of  the  plan  were  arranged  by 
General  Eckert,  Mr.  Brown  aud  Mr.  Hineh- 
man,  the  superintendent  of  the  first  district, 
with  Professor  Harkness  and  others  connect¬ 
ed  with  the  National  Observatory  in  Wash¬ 
ington.  This  is  said  to  be  the  only  place  of 
the  kind  in  the  country  where  absolutely 
correct  time  is  obtained,  as  no  other  has 
been  fitted  up  with  the  requisite  instruments 
and  appliances  on  such  an  elaborate  and 
costly  scale.  The  great  clock  here,  alone, 
was  constructed  at  an  expense  of  $10,000  in 
gold. 

To  form  the  connection  between  the  ob¬ 
servatory  and  the  principal  office  of  the  tele¬ 
graph  company  in  tin's  city,  a  cup  of  vulcan¬ 
ized  rubber  was  placed  beneat  h  the  pendulum 
of  the  observatory  clock,  supporting,  upon  a 
little  iron  stand  in  the  center,  a  globule  of 
mercury.  This  is  so  near  the  bottom  of  the 
pendulum  that  the  latter  just  grazes  the  mer- 
cur3T  as  it  swings  above  it  in  the  center  of  its 
arc.  A  wire  extends  from  the  bottom  of  the 
cup  to  a  battery  in  the  observatory,  while 
another  wire  from  the  top  of  the  pendulum 
connects  with  an  electric  bell  in  the  telegraph 
office  in  this  city.  The  time  is  received  here 
at  noon  in  the  following  manner,  the  differ¬ 
ence  in  time  between  the  two  cities  being  12 
minutes  and  12  seconds  : 

The  wire  by  which  the  time  is’  communica¬ 
ted  from  Washington  is  used  for  ordinary 
business,  except  for  a  few  minutes  at  mid¬ 
day. 

As  no  machinery  is  perfect,  a  device  has 
been  introduced  by  which  the  chronometer 
in  this  city  is  regulated  automatically.  At¬ 
tached  to  the  ,bottom  of  the  pendulum  are 
two  steel  rods,  which  pass,  at  each  vibration, 
into  the  center  of  a  coil  of  fine  wire  on  either 
side.  These  coils  are  magnets,  which,  com¬ 
pleting  the  circuit  with  the  clock  at  the 


observatory,  hasten  or  retard  the  movement 
of  the  pendulum,  so  as  to  render  it  uniform 
with  the  clock  in  Washington. 

It  is  designed  to  have  clocks  in  the  depots 
of  the  leading  railway  lines  in  the  principal 
cities,  to  be  regulated  by  the  clock  in  the 
Western  Union  office,  as  that  is  regulated 
from  Washington,  thus  securing  a  uniform 
public  time.  From  them  connections  will  be 
made  with  the  smaller  t  owns  along  the  line, 
either  in  the  same  way  or  by  dials  operated 
by  electric  magnets. 

At  two  minutes  before  12  o’clock  in  Wash¬ 
ington,  all  business  having  been  suspended 
on  one  of  the  wires  extending  to  New  York, 
the  wire  which  connects  with  the  battery  is 
joined  to  the  cup  at  the  bottom  of  the 
pendulum,  thus  forming  a  complete  cir¬ 
cuit  whenever  the.  pendulum,  at  the 
interval  of  one  second,  touches  the  ball 
of  mercury.  The  seconds  are  thus  indi¬ 
cated  on  the  electrie  bell  in  the  office 
here,  which  is  placed  in  front  of  a  ehro- 
nometer,  so  that  any  variation  of  the 
latter  is  observable  by  comparing  the 
vibration  of  ita  pendulum  with  the 
strokes  on  the  bell.  Two  of  these  strokes 
are  made  at.  exactly  noon  in  Washing¬ 
ton,  and  they  are  continued  for  sixty 
seconds  thereafter.  The  clock  in  this 
.  city  is  run  by  New  York  time,  that  is 
&  to  say,  it  is  kept  12  minutes  and  12  sec- 
V  onds  faster  than  the  clock  in  the  observ¬ 
atory. 

The  clock  in  the  office  here  is  now 
gaining  about  a  quarter  of  a  second  per 
day.  Since  the  system  was  put  into  op¬ 
eration  on  the  21st  of  June,  its  daily  viot- 
ation  from  Washington  time  lias  aver¬ 
aged  barely  half  a  second.  The  pres¬ 
ent  workings  of  the  plan  aro  considered 
simply  as  experiments,  and  when  all 
the  arrangements  are  perfected  it  is  be¬ 
lieved  that  there  will  be  no  variation 
whatever. 

Two  sets  of  hands  will  be  attached  to 
the  regulated  clocks,  operated  by  the 
same  movement,  and  indicating  at  once 
the  standard  and  the  local  time.  A 
clock  of  this  kind  was  lately  put  in  the 
telegraph  office  at  Port  Hastings,  Cape 
Breton,  the  terminus  of  the  Western 
Union  line,  which  shows  at  a  glance  the 
difference  of  50  minutes,  10  seconds  and 
14-00  of  a  second  between  that  time  and 
the  New  York. 

A  costly  clock  is  now  on  the  way 
from  England,  to  be  placed  at  the  termi¬ 
nus  of  the  French  cable,  in  Duxbury, 
Mass.  This  has  a  double  set  of  hands, 
and  will  show,  for  the  first  time  in  this 
country,  the  time  of  Washington  and 
Greenwich  together.  The  Washington 
time  will  be  furnished  from  the  tele¬ 
graph  office  in  this  city,  while  the  Green¬ 
wich  time  will  be  transmitted  by  cable. 
The  difference  of  time  between  this  city 
and  Duxbury,  Mass.,  is  said  to  be  about 
twelve  minutes. 


rifloriculturat. 


ALPINIA  VITTATA. 

This  pretty  variegated  plant  is  a  native  of 
the  South  Sea  Islands.  Its  distichous  lanceo¬ 
late  leaves  vary  from  G  to  8  inches  in  length, 
and  are  strikingly  marked  with  pale  green  or 
creamy-yellow  stripes  on  a  dark  green 
ground.  It  is  a  perennial,  and  grows  freely 
under  ordinary  stove  treatment,  making, 
when  thoroughly  established,  a  very  effective 
decorative  plant.  Each  plant  presents  charm¬ 
ing  variety  in  the  coloring  of  its  individual 
leaves,  the  yellow  stripes  preponderating  in 
some  cases,  and  the  fight  green  in  others.  It 
is  easily  propagated  by  dividing  its  under¬ 
ground  rhizomes,  and  should  be  added  to  all 
collections  where  variegated  foliage  plants 
are  a  desideratum.  Even  when  grown  in 
small  pots  it  is  an  effective  plant  for  stove 
decoration. 

- - 

FLORICULTURAL  NOTES. 

The  Scottish  Pansy  Society  is  the  name 
of  an  organization  in  Scotland,  at  an  exhibi¬ 
tion  of  which  hundreds  of  unnamed  blooms 
of  all  known  shades  and  markings  were  ex¬ 
hibited.  Among  the  24  first-prize  dissimilar 
blooms  the  following  were  named  as  especial¬ 
ly  fine  : — Dickson’s  Golden  Gem,  Snowflake, 
Canury,  Aman,  Magnifica.  Butterfly  and 
Striata  Alba.  The  best  white  ground  was 
Jane  Grieve;  the  best  yellow  ground  was  not 
named.  Snowdrop  was  the  finest  white  self, 
Cherub  the  finest  yellow,  and  In  Memory  the 
finest  blue.  Jane  Grieve  won  the  first  prize 
as  the  best  bloom  at  the  Exhibition. 


Yesterday  morning  the  hen  in  returning  to 
her  nest  trod  upon  and  thoroughly  crushed, 
the  original  shell.  I  think  it  was  weakened 
hy  a  previous  small  crank  in  the  narrow  end, 
which  I  had  covered  with  a  little  bit  of  posh 
age  stamp  edging.  T  was  certain  the  chick 
would  die  if  left  ;  as,  if  not  crushed,  the  skin 
would  bind  it  and  dry  to  it  ;  but  it  would 
probably  have  been  crushed  between  the 
other  eggs,  as  T  have  often  had  happen. 
They  were  due.  to  hatch  to-day,  and  I  there¬ 
fore  thought  that  an  outside  shell  might  pre 
serve  it  for  the  necessary  time  ;  so  I  took  an 
egg-shell  that  had  been  used  at  breakfast, 
raised  it  a  little,  and  slipped  it  over  the  small 
end.  and  joined  it  to  the  original  top  (which 


SHEPHERD  NOTES 


Lorfxutc  A  cid  and  Scab.— Th«  sheep  edi¬ 
tor  of  the  Western  Rural  says:— “If  any 
sign  of  the  scab  remain  in  your  flock,  do  not 
negledt,  it  a  day.  We  have  found  the  most 
useful  as  well  as  efficacious  cure  for  scab  to 
be  carbolic  sheep  dip.  It  not  only  cures  this 
loathsome  disease,  but  is  extremely  beneficial 
m  producing  such  a  healthy  sl  ate'of  the  skin 
;us  lK»  materially  increase  the  growth  of  wool. 
U  will  also  destroy  ticks,  which,  after  shear¬ 
ing.,  will  mostly  be  found  on  the  lambs.  It 
is  (Still  further  useful  in  that  it  will  keep  off 

ner  insects— posts  which  may  be  infesting 
ax  ly  gore  or  wound.  We  have  estimated  the 
tx  so  of  this  compound  to  cost  about  3#  cents 
Tper  animal,  for  the  cure  of  scab  or  destruc¬ 
tion  of  ticks.” 

Wool  a  Sure  Thing. — An  Illinoisan,  who 
doubtless  contrasts  the  profits  from  his  corn 
and  wheat  fields  with  the  wool  his  sheep  pro¬ 
duces,  says; — “Wool  is  a  sure  tiling  every 
year,  and  brings  cash— perhaps  not  much, 
but  will  keep  years  and  years  and  not  spoil 
if  you  can  afford  to  hold.  Wool-growing  re¬ 
quires  hut  little  hired  help,  and  you  are  free 
from  these  Btrikes  that  wheat  harvests  will 
always  have.  The  work  is  done  when  we 
hare  pleasant  weather  and  there  is  no  abso- 
lute  pressure.  Sheep  will  increase  the  fortil- 


ROUP  IN  CHICKENS 


BLOOD  DISEASES  AMONG  LAMBS 


I  wisn  to  inquire  what  the  disease  is  that 
is  troubling  my  fowls.  It  commenced  in  the 
old  ones,  and  has  commenced  in  the  little 
chicks.  They  ulcerate  about  the  eyes  and 
mouth,  and  it  is  accompanied  with  a  bad 
smell.  The  eye  fills  with  a  hard,  yellow 
matter.  In  some  cases  I  can  Lake  it  out  with 
a  needle  and  they  get  well.  What  can  I  use 
as  an  effectual  remedy  ?— J.  Scott,  Franklin 
Co.,  0. 

The  trouble  is  roup.  In  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  of  April  19,  we  published  the  follow¬ 
ing  from  a  correspondent  at  Paducah,  Ky. : 
“A  Houdan  hen,  the  only  one  of  the  breed 
that  I  have  had  sick  during  the  past  two 
years,  had  the  roup  badly  about  four  weeks 
since.  Being  but  a  tyro  among  chickens, 
and  having  loaned  my  volume  of  wisdom  on 
chickens  known  as  the  “People's  Practical 
Poultry  Book,”  1  was  somewhat  at.  a  loss 
for  a  treat  ment ;  but  something  bad  to  be 
done  quickly.  T  had  in  the  house,  for  medi¬ 
cal  purpose,  a  solution  of  carbolic  acid,  35 
grains  to  4  ounces  of  water,  and  determined 
to  apply  it.  1  did  so  by  wetting  a  cloth  in 
the  solution  and  carefuliv  washing  the  hen’s 
bill,  eyes  and  nostrils  with  it.  lu  half  an 
hour  she  was  much  better,  when,  hoping  that 
she  might  possibly  live,  I  gave  her  six  drops 
of  the  solution  in  a  teaspoonful  of  water. 
Two  hours  after  she  began  to  eat,  when  she 
was  taken  in  and  received  a  good  washing, 
face  and  eyes,  with  warm  water  and  milk, 
and  a  dose  of  castor  oil.  The  next  morning 
she  was  perfectly  well,  and  has  been  laying 
ever  since.” 

In  our  issue  of  April  12,  in  answer  to  an 
inquiry  how  to  treat  roup,  we  said  (—Those 
affected  should  at  once  be  separated  from 
the  rest  and  kept  in  a  warm  and  dry  place. 
Then  strip  a  feather  to  within  half  or  three- 
fourths  of  the  end,  dip  it  in  nitric  arid  and 
thrust  it  into  the  nostril  of  the  sick  bird,  giv¬ 
ing  it  a  twist  while  in.  Do  this  two  or  three 
times  a  day,  removing  the  burnt  scab  before 
applying  the  acid.  Three  or  four  applica¬ 
tions  generally  cure. 

An  English  remedy  is  separation  and  con¬ 
finement  as  above  ;  a  tablespoon  ful  of  castor 
oil  every  morning,  fed  with  soft  food  only, 
mixed  with  ale  and  chopped  vegetables.  It 
also  recommended  to  wash  the  head,  eyes 
and  inside  of  the  mouth  and  nostrils  with 
vinegar,  it  being  very  cleansing. 


From 


various  districts  wc  learn  that  losses 
of  greater  or  less  numbers  have  been  taking 
place  among  lambs  and  sheep  from  an  affec¬ 
tion  which  exhibits  similar  signs  in  both  pa¬ 
rents  and  offspring.  In  the  outset  it  appears 
the  lambs  were  first  to  suffer,  and  they  gave 
indications  of  pain,  lameness,  and  subse¬ 
quently  swelling  in  a  hind  or  fore  quarter. 
Somewhat  later  a  sero-sang a/in co us  or  blood 
and  water  discharge  issued  f"om  the  affected 


a.  martin  of  L/hfton  ”  gives  the  follow¬ 
ing  testimony  concerning  the  effect  of 
l  lromo-iChlomlum  upon  trees  as  affecting  the 
attacks  of  the  curculio.  We  do  not  take 
miuc*  stock  in  the  advertisement,  as  it  is  in¬ 
tended  to  be,  but  publish  it  as  a  matter  of 
record  : 

4  Having  received  some  fine  trees  from  Mr. 
Kaundkrs  of  the  IT.  S.  Propagating  Gardens 
a  few  years  ago,  I  was  unable,  with  themosl 
careful  culture,  to  obtain  good  fruit;  after 
flounslung  early  it  was  attacked  by  the 
worm,  and  the  fruit  when  quite  large,  dried 
and  fell  off.  It  occurred  this  spring  to  try 
Bromo-Chloralum.  Before  the  trees  put  forth 
1  went  over  them  carefully  and,  with  a  pen¬ 
knife,  cut  out  the  part  which  was  ‘‘bored  ’ 
last  year,  removed  the  gum  and  Wren,  with  a 
small  brush,  painted  the  holes  and  branches 
with  Bromo-Chloralum  freely;  this  I  con 
tinned  every  five  days  after  the  sap  began  to 
run.  1  used  one  part  Bromo  to  eight  parts 
witter;  of  course,  n  gardener  of  experience 
ought  increase  or  decrease  the  strength  by 
observation.  Well,  at  present,  this  27th  of 
June,  wc  have  a  fine  selection  of  apricots 
well  matured,  large  and  smooth,  first  time  in 
fotir  years.  I  have  no  doubt  the  effect  will 
be  the  same  on  plums  and  nectarines.  I  in¬ 
tend  to  syringe  grape  vines,  to  prevent 
blights.  I  experimented  very  carefuliv  -ml 


TURKEY  CHICKS  DESTROYED  BY 
THUNDER. 


I  tried  to  raise  some  turkeys  this  summer, 
and  thought  I  should  have  a  nice  brood  ;  but 
a  few  days  before  the  time  of  hatching  we 
had  a  thunder  storm  which  killed  all  the 
chicks  in  tin  eggs.  I  do  not  understand  how 
it  could  lie  that  l  huuder  would  kill  the  chicks, 
but  i  was  told  that,  it  often  happened  ;  yet  1 
do  not  feel  quite  sure  about  it,  and  t  hought  I 
would  write  to  the  Rural  to  see  if  i  could 
get  an  explanation.  Some  one  has  just  told 
me  that  it  is  not  the  thunder  that  kills  the 
chicks  by  detonation,  but  that.  It,  is  the  lighte¬ 
ning  acting  as  an  electric  shock  through  the 
ground,  i.  e,,  the  ground  being  the  medium 
or  conductor.  Will  you  please  explain  the 
matter,  and  oblige  one  of  your  young  read¬ 
ers.—  Sammib,  Manlius ,  N.  V. 

Sammie,  we  cannot  explain  it,  for  we  don’t 
understand  it.  YVe  don’t  suppose  any  one 
knows  whether  it.  was  thunder,  or  lightning, 
or  both,  or  neither,  except  theoretically, 
Because  it  thundered  and  lightened  and  the 
chicks  died,  it  don’t,  follow  that  they  died  be¬ 
cause  it  thundered  and  lightened,  any  more 
than  because  it  rained.  We  are  not  sure 
that  the  rain  did  not  have  as  much  to  do 
with  the  death  of  the  chicks  as  the  thunder, 
or  the  lightning,  or  both.  But  suppose  it 
was  the  thunder  or  the  lightning  that  killed 
the  chicks,  and  it  is  proved  to  you  that  it 
was,  what  are  you  going  to  do  about  it  ? 
Stop  attempting  to  raise  turkeys  because 
there  maybe  thunder  storms?  We  would 
not.  We  have  raised  turkeys  in  spite  of 
thunder  storms.  Be  sure  that  if  a  man  who 
tells  you  the  thunder  storm  killed  the  chicks 
cannot  make  it  clear  to  yon  why  and  how  it 
does  it,  he  knows  nothing  about  it ;  has  prob¬ 
ably  been  told  it  is  so  by  some  one  no  wiser 
than  he  is.  Ask  for  reasons  of  such  folks, 
and  you’ve  “got  ’em”— the  folks,  not  the 
reasons  always  ! 


notice,  we  are  informed  that  the  lambs  were 
finely  grown  and  in  excellent  condition,  and 
shortly  after  tin*  tails  were  amputated  the 
mortality  took  place.  Later,  the  sheep,  which 
were  subjected  to  the  operation  of  olipping 
have  also  become  affected,  and  aft  er  suffering 
in  an  ident  ical  manner,  die  off  as  the  lambs 
did.  From  a  careful  Consideration  of  the 
details  as  they  have  reached  us,  we  do  not 
hesitat  e  to  conclude  the  disease  in  both  young 
and  old  animals  is  the  same— a  blood  poison, 
known  as  black-quarter,  quarter- felon,  black- 
spauld,  Ac. 

It  will  not  be  without  interest  if  we  ex¬ 
amine  what  connection  there  may  he  exist¬ 
ing  between  the  appearance  of  the  disease 
and  the  operation.  There  cannot,  possibly 
arise  any  question  of  probability  that  either 
docking  or  clipping  were  the  causes  primari- 


WHITE  COMB 


“How  can  I  cure  this  disease?  It  has 
appeared  on  my  fowls.”  So  asks  A.  P.  S. 
Bemunt says  it  can  be  cured  “by  applying 
cocoanut,  oil  and  trumeric.  This  simple  rem¬ 
edy  has  been  tried  with  perfect  success.  No 
other  oil  but  that  of  cocoanut  seems  to  an¬ 
swer  the  purpose.  The  proport  ions  are  about 
a  quarter  of  an  ounce  of  turmeric  powder  to 
one  ounce  of  cocoanut  oil.  The  latter  at  an 
ordinary  temperature  is  solid  and  very  much 
resembles  spermaceti  ;  but  it  easily  blends 
with  the  turmeric  and  forms  a  yellow  oint¬ 
ment.  Three  or  four  applications,  with  a 
day’s  interval  between  each,  will  usually  be 
found  effectual. 


ARBORICULTURAL  NOTES. 

Honey  Locust  for  Live  Fence  Costs. _ - 

Subscriber,”  Jonesville,  Wis.,  asks  “  What 
do  you  think  of  honey  locusts  planted  te*  or 
twelve  feet  apart  for  live  fence  posts.  Other 
trees  have  been  suggested  in  your  columns- 
why  will  not  the  locust  do  ?  ”  They  will  for 
aught  we  can  see.  We  never  saw  this  tree 
so  used,  but  know  no  objection  to  using  it. 


POULTRY  NOTES 


Best  Flooring  for  a  Hennery, — Will  you,  or 
some  of  your  experienced  readers,  tell  me 
the  best  kind  of  ;i  floor  for  a  hennery.  Should 
a  plank  floor  be  used  under  any  circum¬ 
stances  ? — Novice. 

No  ;  the  best  floor  is  dry  gravel ;  not  too 
coarse,  and  it  should  not  be  packed,  but,  kept 
loose  to  the  depth  of  two  or  three  inches. 
Coal  ashes  is  an  excellent  substance  to  mix 
with  the.  gravel,  especially  if  the  latter  is  tol¬ 
erably  coarse.  The  floor  of  a  hennery  should 
always  be  dry — that  is,  good  drainage  should 
be  secured. 

Indian  Corn  for  Growing  Chickens ,  it  is 
asserted  by  experienced  poulterers,  is  not 
profitable  feed.  Indian  corn  meal,  it  is  as¬ 
serted,  does  not  make  bone.  Ground  oats, 
barley  meal,  meat  scraps  and  curd  of  new 
milk,  turned  with  rennet,  are  recommended 
instead. 


GARDENER’S  NOTES. 

T7ie  “New;  Strawberry  Dwarf  Tomato ” 
was  announced  in  England  last  spring  by 
seedsmen  there,  in  |;he  following  language ; 
“  An  entirely  distinct  variety,  of  novel  form 
and  totally  different  in  appearance  to  all 
other  tomatoes.  The  fruit  has  a  juicy  pulp 
of  a  pleasant,  strawberry-like  flavor,  with  a 
certain  degree  of  sweetness  and  ’acidity. 
With  the  addition  of  lemon  juice,  it  is  fre¬ 
quently  preserved  like  plums,  ae  well  as 
stewed  hke  cranberries,  if  kept  from  the  frost 
tifl  spring.  It  has  proven  to  be  the  Cape 
Gooseberry  —  Physalis  edulis.  There  are 
some  English  gardeners  disgusted. 

Canada  Vidor  Tomato,  —  An  Ohio  cor¬ 
respondent  writes  he  planted  seed  in  a  hot- 
beil  April  3,  transplanted  the  laBt  of  May  to 
opn  ground  and  had  ripe  Cquatoes  from  the 


AIDING  A  CHICKEN’S  BIRTH 


A  writer  in  the  Journal  of  Horticulture 
says  “  1  send  with  this  an  egg-shell  from 
which  a  chick  has  just  been  hatched.  If  you 
examine  it  you  will  find  it  a  double  shell.  1 
do  not  mean  to  say  that  the  hen  laid  it  so, 
but  I  forward  it  as  a  successful  dodge  by 
which  I  think  1  saved  the  life  of  a  chick. 


94 


ADOBE’S  BUBAL  W1W-YOBKEB, 


AUS,  9 


gistrj  of  a  pluralist. 


DAILY  DURAL  LIFE. 


From  the  Diary  of  r  Oontleman  near  New 
York  City. 


THE  BIO-BUO  OF  KITTRElt  SPRIMOS,  H.  C. 

July  14. — Among  the  letters  received  from 
the  Rural  New-Yorker  office  this  morning 
I  found  the  following  letter  in  my  box  : 

I  send  you  in  the  inclosed  tin  box  one  of 
the  “Big-bugs  of  KiffcreU.”  Please  hand 
him  over  to  the  “  old  gentleman  ”  of  tue 
“  Diary,”  for  his  use  and  to  name.  I  suppose 
he  has  a  plenty  of  the  same  kind  on  hand  ; 
but  as  I  have  never  seen  one  before  so  large, 
1  would  like  to  kno  a'  his  name.  —  T.  J. 
Blacknall,  KittrcU,  N.  C. 

The  beetle  referred  to  arrived  in  apparenty 
good  health,  as  it  was  alive  and  quite  lively; 
but  a  little  alcohol  soon  put  it  to  rest.  The 
specimen  is  a  female  of  our  largest  scavenger 
beetle,  and  its  name  is  7 Hnastcx  t  tyux,  lloi’E. 
The  male  has  an  immense  horn  projecting 
from  the  top  of  its  thorax  forward  to  point, 
meeting  another  one  starling  from  the  top 
of  the  head  and  projecting  upward.  They 
vary  somewhat  in  size,  the  largest  being 
nearly  two  inches  long  and  an  inch  1  rood. 
The  elvira  are  usually  spotted  or  mottled 
with  yellow  and  black.  The  specimen  from 
Kittrell  is  the  largest  female  Dynastes  that  1 
ever  saw,  and  for  this  reason  it  is  a  very 
valuable  addition  to  my  cabinet. 

BN  THE  MOVE. 

July  15.-  At  about  7  o’clock  this  morning 
the  ladies  and  gentlemen  who  were  to  make 
up  the  proposed  N.  Y.  Agricultural  Editorial 
Excursion  party  to  Utah  and  various  points 
east  of  the  Mormon  Paradise,  began  to  ar¬ 
rive  at  the  Pennsylvania  Central  Railroad 
Depot  in  Jersey  City.  1  noticed  that  a  few 
of  the  number  looked  a  little  uneasy  about 
something,  and  upon  iuquiry  leansed  that 
they  had  not  eaten  any  breakfast,  which 
everybody  knows  is  a  bad  thing  to  take  along 
on  a  journey.  At  the  appointed  hour  all  of 
our  party  were  comfortably  seated  in  a  Pull¬ 
man  Palace  Car  ;  not  one  had  failed  to  put 
in  an  appearance,  our  train  being  a  “special,” 
furnished  by  the  Pennsylvania  Central  R.  If. ; 
and  wo  are  to  pass  over  the  new  Air  Line  to 
Washington  via  Baltimore,  passing  through 
the  new  tunnel  made  under  the  latter- named 
city.  In  old  times  a  railroad  passed  to  a  city 
and  from  it — not  through,  over  or  under;  but 
those  days  are  passed,  and  the  people  de¬ 
mand  haste  and  no  delays,  consequently 
cities,  villages  and  mountains  must,  be  tun¬ 
nelled,  rivers  and  volleys  bridged  or  filled  up, 
the  cost  never  counted  so  long  as  the  public 
is  benefited. 

Time  is  being  annihilated  by  these  railroads 
and  telegraphs;  but  the  gentlemanly  officers 
of  the  P.  C.  R.  R.,  not  being  content  in  send¬ 
ing  us  through  at  the  rate  of  forty  miles  an 
hour,  have  added  wliat  fire  known  in  fash¬ 
ionable.  society  as  the  el  cetera*,  iu  the  shape 
of  a  hotel  car,  upon  the  tables  of  which  we 
have  discovered  various  “pop”  bottles, 
chickens  roasted  and  saladed,  salmon  and 
lobster  ditto,  e’;c.,  etc.  These  things,  oi 
course,  add  much  to  the  comfort  and  pleas¬ 
ure  of  railroading. 

AT  WASHINGTON 

the  President  failed  to  welcome  us,  but  some 
other  equally  as  great  men  did,  although 
their  names  are  not  so  well  known  in  society. 
After  a  few  moments  of  hand-shaking  and 
exchanging  of  good  wishes,  we  were  trans¬ 
ferred  to  the  newly  -  finished  Washington 
Branch  of  the  B.  &  O.  R.  R.  to  Harper’s 
Ferry.  This  new  route  is  certainly  a  great 
improvement  over  the  old  one,  being  fifty- 
five  miles  shorter. 

HARPER  S  FERRY. 

Two  hour’s  ride  brought  us  to  Harper's 
Ferry,  and  our  car  was  run  upon  a  side  brack, 
where  we  remain  during  the  night.  Of 
course  everybody  has  read  about  Harper’s 
Ferry  and  John  Brown’s  raid;  but  it  is  only 
the  visitors  to  this  region  that  are  made  pa  in¬ 
fully  aware  that  the  okl  man’s  “  soul  is 
marching  on,”  in  the  simp  a  of  scores  of  boys 
who  visit  every  car  which  halts  at  the  sta¬ 
tion,  each  trying  to  sell  you  the  “  Life  of 
John  Brown.”  Now,  here  is  an  unmistak¬ 
able  in  Elan  ce  that  the  poor  old  man  has  left 
an  everlasting  blessing  and  source  of  wealth 
to  the  inhabitants  of  this  town  among  the 
hills.  As  distance  is  said  to  lend  enchant¬ 
ment,  etc.,  so  will  time  give  value  to  the 
“  Life  of  John  Brown,”  and  boys  yet  unborn 
will  drive  a  thriving  business  in  veiling  new, 
and  I  hope  improved,  editions  of  the  martyr’s 
life.  The  old  adage  of  “It’s  an  ill  wind  that 
blows  no  good  to  any  one,”  is  certainly  veri¬ 
fied  in  the  case  of  John  Brown’s  raid. 


HARPER'S  FERRY  TO  CHARIOTTEVILIE. 

July  1C. — This  morning  we  left  the  above 
place  in  a  special  trlain  provided  by  the  Bal¬ 
timore  and  OJfio  and  Virginia  Midland  B.  R. 
Co.,  accompanied  by  its  efficient  Superin 
tendont,  0.  SPENCER,  Esq.  A  few  moments’ 
ride  brought  us  to  Winchester,  where  John 
Brown  waa  executed,  and  naturally  enough 
the  boys  here  drive  a  good  trade  in  selling 
liis  life  to  strangers.  Agriculturally,  the 
country  about  is  not  first-rate  ;  the  corn,  po 
tatoes  and  other  field  crops  look  poor  and 
backward.  Horn  after  leaving  Winchester, 
going  westward,  wo  ran  Into  a  very  hand¬ 
some  country  and  one  in  which  the  people 
were,  a  few  years  since,  rich  and  prosperous; 
but  they  have  allowed  that  vile  pest  of  a 
weed,  Blue-Devils  or  blue  thistle  ( ICch item 
e idy arc),  to  take  possession  of  thousands  of 
acres,  and  now  we  see  field  after  field  one 
solid  muss  of  blue  flowers,  reminding  one  of 
the  Canada  thistles  of  Central  and  Western 
New  York.  Our  Virginia  farmer  lias  prob¬ 
ably  a  better  excuse  for  allowing  such  pests 
to  take  possession  of  his  land  than  the  North¬ 
ern  farmer;  but  it  is  shameful  for  either  to 
permit  vile  weeds  to  crowd  out  the  useful 
plants.  Corn  looks  poor  all  through  this 
region  of  country,  but  the  hay  crop  and 
wheat  appear  to  be  good.  Much  of  the  for 
mer  still  remains  ungathered,  and  I  presume 
for  the  want  of  laborers,  nearly  every  avail¬ 
able  man  being  at  work  on  the  railroads, 
new  lines  being  built  in  various  directions. 

TITLED  GENTLEMEN. 

At  almost  every  station  we  are  visited  by 
the  titled  nobility  of  the  surrounding  coun¬ 
try,  and  my  old  ears  are  constantly  greeted 
with  such  prefixes  as  “colonel,”  “general,” 
“major,”  “mayor,”  until  I  begin  to  long  to 
see  a  man  who  inis  no  title  except  that  oi 
plain  “  Mr.”  The  oldest  inhabitant  has  just 
been  introduced,  and  he  informed  us  that 
Winchester  changed  hands  during  the  Rebel¬ 
lion  84  times,  the  capturcrs  vicing  with  each 
other  in  stripping  the  place  of  its  wealth  ; 
but  it  five  years  of  peace  has  done  something 
towards  restoring  trade  to  this  ill-fated  city. 

A  CURIOSITY. 

Our  Pullman  Palace  is  said  to  be  the  first 
of  its  kind  which  has  passed  over  this  road, 
and  to  many  of  the  Inhabitants  along  the 
line  it  is  a  great  curiosity.  Whenever  we 
halt  at  a  station,  numbers  of  persons  come 
aboard  to  take  a  look  at  t  he.  car,  and  1  was 
pleased  to  notice  how  polite  and  gentlemanly 
our  conductor  and  other  men  having  charge 
of  the  train  were  in  answering  the  questions 
asked  by  such  visitors.  The  mantle  of  the 
okl  Virginia  gentleman  has  certainly  fallen 
upon  some  of  the  young  men  of  this  region, 
and  I  wish  a  like  influence  could  reach  the 
railroad  officials  with  which  1  am  sometimes 
compelled  to  Come  in  contact  nearer  home. 

YOUNG  MEN  AT  THE  FRONT. 

1  have  noticed  that  nearly  all  the  railroad 
officials  with  which  we  have  come  in  contact 
are  young  men— few,  if  any,  over  30  or  35 
years  old.  Sami,.  Carpenter,  Ticket  Agent 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  Geo.  W.  Bar¬ 
ker,  Superintendent,  and  J.  Wo  loot  .Tack- 
son,  General  Agent  of  the  same  road,  are 
comparatively  quite  j'oung  men  to  hold  such 
responsible  positions,  while  Mr.  S.  Spf.NCER 
of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  road  is  a  more  boy 
in  years,  but  no  doubt  as  fully  competent  for 
his  position  as  though  he  was  sixty  years  old. 
I  believe  that  the  placing  of  worthy  and 
competent  young  men  iu  such  positions  is 
just  win  it  many  of  our  railroads  need  to 
make  them  successful.  An  old  man  who  has 
made  his  murk,  or  has  failed  to  have  done 
so,  really  finds  no  Incentive  to  drive  business 
or  even  to  bo  honest  and  faithful;  his  ambi¬ 
tion  and  youthful  ardor  have  cooled  and  he 
either  works  merely  for  a  living  or  because 
he-  thinks  it  his  duty.  Young  men  have  the 
strength  as  well  as  a  laudable  amb  lion  to  go 
higher  ;  for  the  world  of  fame  and  honor  is 
before  them  and  not  behind.  Of  course  I  do 
not  know  who  the  principal  owners  are  of 
the  great  lines  of  road  over  which  we  have 
passed,  but  I  am  certain  of  one  thing,  and  it 
is,  that  the  appointing  power  has  displayed 
more  wisdom  in  the  selecting  Of  these  officers 
who  come  in  direct  contact  with  the  public 
t  han  any  other  of  the  many  roads  over  which 
I  have  traveled. 

A  STAGE  RIDE. 

At  one  o’clock  we  bade  adieu  to  railroads 
and  took  stages  at  Hirmonsburgh  for  Staun¬ 
ton,  25  miles  distant.  Now  come  a,  little  of 
old-time  experience,  which  carried  me  back, 
in  thought  at  least,  to  the  time  when  the  ar¬ 
rival  of  the  stage  with  its  four  horses  ujion 
a  gallop,  the  driver  blowing  hia  horn  and 
cracking  his  whip  alternately,  brought  out 
all  the  boys  in  the  neighborhood.  Even  the 
old  folks  rested  so  long  as  the  stage  was  in 
sight  or  the  horses  were  being  changed,  the 


mail  assorted  and  the  driver  and  passengers 
lunched.  A  stage  twice  u  week  were  great 
events,  and  the  stranger  passengers  great 
people,  else  they  could  not  afford  to  ride  in 
such  style.  Throe  of  the  old,  fifty  years  ago 
pattern  coaches  were  brought  into  requisi¬ 
tion  to  carry  our  party,  but  the  drivers,  alas! 
had  none  of  the  old-time  pride  In  then*  occu¬ 
pation.  No  whips  were  cracked  nor  stories 
told,  but  we  lumbered  along,  at  a  slow  pace, 
over  a  beautiful  road  and  through  one  of  the 
finest  farming  regions  in  the  world.  It 
ained  one  moment  and  1  he  sun’s  rays  poured 
down  the  next.  Some  of  the  ladies  of  our 
party  took  outside  seats,  in  order  to  have  a 
better  view  of  the  country  as  well  as  to  enjoy 
the  fresh  air;  and  the  laughter,  sighs  and 
oh  1  ’s  which  frequently'  greeted  our  ears 
were  proof  that  they  were  having  a  good 
time. 

AT  STAUNTON, 

our  arrival  was  anticipated,  and  an  excel¬ 
lent  supper  provided,  to  which  we  did  full 
justice.  After  supper  we  took  the.  ears  for 
Charlottesville,  where  we  rested  for  the  night 
at  one  of  the  modern  hotels  of  this  region. 

TWENTY  MILES  FOR  BREAKFAST. 

At  six  we  are  around,  and  informed  that  a 
twenty -mile  ride  is  in  order  before  breakfast: 
but  twenty  miles  by  rail  is  scarcely  more 
than  a  walk  of  a  mile,  and  before  we  got. 
fairly  seated  we  arc  brought  to  a  stand-still 
before  a  neat  little  cottage  up  among  the 
hills,  and  invited  to  step  out  and  prepare  our 
stomachs  for  a  day’s  journey.  Of  course,  the 
summons  was  promptly  responded  to. 


AT  WHITE  SULPHUR  SPRINGS. 

This  evening  finds  us  at  the  Saratoga  of  the 
South,  where  we  are  the  guests  of  Col.  Pay- 
ton,  the  proprietor.  I  suppose  agricultural 
editors  can  enjoy'  good  fare  as  well  as  their 
political  brethren;  but  I  cannot  for  the  life 
of  me  sen  where  the  fanning  is  coming  in, 
unless  wo  are  to  take  our  cue  from  the  choice 
vegetables  on  the  table.  Here  we  have  met 
Pliny  Fisk,  Esq.,  of  the  firm  of  Fisk  & 
Hatch,  the  well-known  brokers  of  New 
York.  This  gentleman  is  to  accompany  us 
for  the  next  two  or  three  days  and  show  us 
West  Virginia  by  railroad. 

WHITE  SULPHUR  SPRINGS  TO  CHARLESTON. 


July  18. — We  are  wandering  among  the 
mountains  by  railroad,  for  one  could  call  it 
little  more,  because  the  rood  winds  around 
hills  and  mountains  —  at  least  those  which  it 
does  not  go  through,  and  these  are  not  a 
few,  there  being  some  seven  miles  of  tunnels 
on  tills  line.  If  I  were  an  artist,  and  wished 
to  find  somo  of  the  most.  charming  pictures 


naginable,  this  would  he  the  place  to  find 
hem.  Everything  seems  to  be  upon  the 
randest  natural  scale  hero;  even  thethun- 
cr  showers  are  apparently  got  up  to  order. 
Lt  one  moment  wo  are  enveloped  in  a  mist, 
he  next  the  rain  pours  down  in  torrents  ; 
vc  minutes  later  we  are  all  out  on  the  ob- 
ervation  cm-  enjoying  the  bright,  warm 
unshine, 


A  half-dozen  loud  reports  from  bursting 


torpedoes,  placed  upon  the  track,  startl.d 
the  party  a  few  minutes  since,  and  those  who 
are  familiar  with  the  sound  knew  that  it 
meant  danger  ahead.  A  few  minutes  later 
,mr  train  stopped,  and  right  before  us  stamps 
and  rocks  laid  upon  the  track,  these  having 


been  loosened  by  the  last  shower  and  had 
slid  down  upon  the  track.  "Workmen  were 
at  work  endeavoring  to  remove  these  ob¬ 
structions.  We  ware  delayed  an  hour  or 
more,  during  which  time  we  ull  had  an  ex¬ 
cellent  opportunity  of  enjoying  the  scenery 


of  at  least  one  spot  among  the  mountains. 


SKETCHES  GF  CHARACTER. 

We  have  among  ns  probably  as  great  a 
variety  of  character  us  could  well  be  found 
among  any'  company  of  thirty  well-informed 
persons  picked  up  at  random.  Of  course,  1 
am  not  going  to  try  the  painting  of  pen- 
pictures  of  the  entire  party,  but  cannot  re¬ 
frain  mentioning  our  artiste;  for  we  have 
three.  “Porte  Crayon,”  with  his  silvery 
beard,  is  looking  for  the  graud  and  beautiful, 
while  Fuecttske  waits  with  patience  to  see 
the  Canons  of  Colorado  before  lie  unsheaths 
his  pencil.  Lusfley,  however,  keeps  his 
pencil  always  sharpened,  and  half  of  the 
people  he  has  met  are  already  down  in  his 
Sketch-book  and  on  the  read  to  fame.  If  one 
of  the  party  is  caught  napping  and  happens 
to  get  into  a  grotesque  position,  his  or  her 
portrait  is  taken  without  an  order  from  the 
original. 

TAKING  THE  MAYOR  S  PORTRAIT. 

The  Mayor  of  Charleston,  the  Capital  of 
West  Virginia,  came  some  fifty  miles  from 
homo  to  meet  us  and  welcome  the  party  to 
the  Capital.  After  hand-shaking  all  round, 
he  went  out  upon  the  open  observation  cur, 
which  has  been  attached  to  our  train  all 
through  the  mountains.  A  sharp  gust  of 


wind  decapitated  the  Mayor,  and  his  beaver 
rolled  down  the  valley,  and  his  honor  found 
himself  hatless  and  away  from  home.  For¬ 
tunately',  I  had  two  hat*  with  me,  and  he 
graciously*  accepted  ( >f  one,  no  doubt  feeling 
highly  pleased  with  the  honor  of  covering 
his  head  with  a  hat  that  had  been  worn  by 
old  “Daily  Rural  Life;”  at  least  that  is  the 
way  I  looked  at  it !  His  honor,  after  chat¬ 
ting  a  few  moments  with  the  distinguished 
ladies  and  gentlemen  who  were  about  to 
visit  Charleston,  returned  to  a  more  com¬ 
fortable  scat  in  the  coach,  and  there  rested 
his  weary  head  (in  my  hat)  against  the  win¬ 
dow,  and  was  soon  fast  asleep.  Lcm  ley 
soon  copied  him,  and  while  the  Mayor 
dreamed  of  fame,  honor  and  perhaps  £50,000 
a  year  as  President,  a  pencil  was  going  with 
wonderful  rapidity  over  the  pages  of  a 
sketch-book,  each  stroke  showing  that  his 
honor  would  soon  be  immortalized  by  our 
artist.  His  dreams  over,  he  awoke  amid  the 
roars  of  laughter  from  his  to  be  distinguished 
guest,  while  L.  showed  liis  honor  how  a 
Mayor  looked  when  asleep  in  a  car  going  at 
twenty  or  thirty  miles  an  hour. 

AT  CHARLESTON 

invitations  to  parties,  steamboat  excursions 
up  the  river  among  the  salt  works  and  coal 
mines,  are  awaiting  us  as  thick  as  musquitoes 
at  Newark,  N.  J. 

AT  HUNTINGTON,  WEST  VA. 

July  10.  —  YVe  arrived  here  this  evening 
and  were  met  by  a  depatal  ion  of  the  citizens, 
and  escorted  to  a  fine  new  hall  erected  by 
the  Land  Company,  and  there  welcomed  in 
good  Western  style,  which  means  plenty  to 
eat  and — no  speeches  or  parade  beyond  what 
every  sensible  man  and  woman  understands 
and  appreciates.  This  new  town,  which  is 
the  terminus  of  the  road  over  which  we  have 
been  traveling  for  the  past  few  days,  is  situ¬ 
ated  on  the  Ohio  river,  upon  a  beautiful 
plain,  where  it  must  soon  command  the  at¬ 
tention  not  only  of  capitalists,  but  those  >vho 
desire  to  find  a  home  in  the  healthy  climate 
of  West  Virginia.  The  village  is  scarcely  a 
year  and  u-hulf  old,  but  even  now  its  fine 
churches,  stores  arid  other  buildings  show 
that,  its  citizens  are  wide-awake,  enterpris¬ 
ing  and  intelligent,  and  mean  to  make  Hunt- 
1  igton  one  of  the  choice  spots  which  shall 
attract  the  wealthy  and  enterprising  from 
all  parts  of  the  country.  YV"e  take  the  steamer 
here  for  Cincinnati,  and  bid  adieu  to  West 
Virginia  and  her  people,  who  have  showered 
us  with  hospitality,  giving  us  a  cordial  wel¬ 
come,  as  T  believe  they’  will  give  those  who 
may  come  among  them,  either  to  visit  their 
country  or  take  up  a  permanent  residence. 

AT  ST.  LOUIS. 

July  21.  —  Everybody  who  visits  St.  Louis 
for  the  purpose  of  knowing  anything  of  her 
climate  or  natural  or  artificial  suburban 
beauty,  must  see  Shaw’s  Garden,  the  new 
City  Park,  and  Fail*  Grounds.  Of  course  we 
had  to  make  the  pilgrimuge  this  afternoon, 
paying  our  respects  to  the  various  officials  in 
charge,  not  forgetting  to  reciprocate  the  fa¬ 
vors  bestowed  upon  us  by  partaking  freely 
of  the  good  things  provided  for  the  inner 
man.  The  daily  paper  noticed  our  arrival, 
but  in  one  instance  I  thought  in  rather  a  sar¬ 
castic  manner,  the  editor  giving  a  hit  as  fol¬ 
lows  “Those  Eastern  Agricultural  Editors, 
who  are  taking  a  summer  excursion  for  the 
benefit  of  their  healths  and  inspection  of  the 
growing  crops,  likewise  the  prospects  of  the 
chinch  bug,  and  who  are  endeavoring  to  do 
so  by  stopping  at  the  principal  hotels  of  the 
large  cities  through  which  they  pass,  arrived 
here  this  afternoon  at  2  o’clock.” 

"Whether  the  editor  who  penned  the  above 
thought  we  would  have  a  better  opportunity 
of  examining  a  certain  other  bug  which  is 
most  surely  related  to  the  chinch  bug,  by 
stopping  at  the  best  hotels  at  St.  Louis,  I  do 
not  know;  but  us  our  party  is  looking  for  the 
best  of  everything,  probably  the  largest  B. 
B.’s  aie  to  be  found  in  Missouri’s  greatest 
city.  The  St.  Louis  editors  may  not  think  it 
proper  for  agriculturists  to  stop  at  good  ho¬ 
tels,  but  if  they  can  afford  it,  no  one  else 
should  complain.  Prof.  O.  V.  Riley  has 
joined  us  here,  and  I  shall  not  hereafter,  dur¬ 
ing  the  trip,  be  alone  in  my  pursuit  of  rare 
or  common  insects. 

WESTWARD  AGAIN. 

At  10:30  P.  M.  we  started  again  on  our 
journey  westward,  via  the  Missouri  Pacific 
R,  R.,  which  extends  from  St.  Louis  to  Vini- 
ta,  Indian  Territory,  304  miles.  Of  course, 
there,  was  no  chance  of  seeing  the  country  in 
the  night;  but  morning  brought  us  into  one 
of  the  most  beautiful  regions  that  it  has  ever 
been  my  lot  to  visit. 

- - - 

It  is  reported  that  Hemp,  when  the  blos¬ 
soms  are  jiut  opened,  is  an  infallible  pre¬ 
servative  to  textile  fabrics  against  the  at¬ 
tacks  of  moths.  The  stalk,  with  leaves  and 
flowers,  is  cut  when  blooming  (about  July), 
and  dried  in  the  shade. 


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SMALL  FRUITS. 

THE  BEST  WAVS  OF  USING  A^D  PRESERVING  THEM. 

I  do  not.  aim  to  instruct  old  and  experi¬ 
enced  housekeepers  ;  but  these  simple  things 
which  I  shall  write,  many  a  young  housewife 
will  be  glad  to  read  rather  than  to  learn 
them  through  her  own  trying— which  is  al¬ 
ways  wearing — experience. 

The  strawberry  season  is  over  and  all 
housekeepers  know  that  strawberry  short¬ 
cake  is  a  most  welcome  dish  for  dessert. 
But,  a  word  as  to  canning  them  ;  allow  from 
%  to  ><{  lb,  of  sugar,  to  1  lb.  of  fruit,  and 
cook  them  thoroughly  ;  they  will  thus  retain 
their  color  and  flavor  bettor  than  when  less 
sugar  is  used  ;  when  cold  go  over  the  tops  of 
your  cans  and  see  that  they  are  tight ;  then 
set  them  away  in  a  cool,  dark  place.  Keep 
all  canned  fruit  cool  and  dark  ;  if  necessary, 
cover  the  cans  with  paper. 

RASPBERRIES)  WHITE,  REG  AND  BLACK. 

Use  your  white  raspberries,  freshly  picked, 
for  the  table  ;  never  cook  them.  Use  the  red 
for  jam  ;  they  are  lino  for  this  ;  if  you  can 
them,  use  as  much  sugar  as  recommended 
for  strawberries.  Do  not  can  black  raspber¬ 
ries  in  the  common  way  ;  make  what  you 
wish  into  a  preserve,  using  %  lb.  of  sugar  to 
every  pound  of  fruit ;  cook  thoroughly  anti 
can  while  hot.  Black  raspberry  jam  is  most 
excellent. 

We  seal  up  all  our  fruit  while  hot,  whether 
canned  proper,  preserved,  or  made  into  jam. 
Dry  all  the  black  raspberries  you  do  not  wish 
to  use  in  other  ways;  you  will  find  that  the 
oven-dried  berry  when  cooked  has  retained 
its  flavor  and  color  almost,  intact  ;  (being 
greatly  superior  to  the  berry  as  it  is  usually 
canned)  and  can  be  used  for  pies  and  tarts  as 
well  as  for  the  table. 

Every  housekeeper  knows  that,  a  dish  of 
freshly-picked  black  raspberries,  with  sugar 
and  cream,  is  most  acceptable  at  tea  time  ; 
but  nil  do  not  know  that  black  raspberry 
short-cake  is  good  too, 

CHERRIES. 

For  canning,  the  common  red  cherry  is  the 
very  best ;  pi b  them,  sti  r  into  them  j  ust  sugar 
enough  to  sweeten  them  well  ;  pour  a  very 
little  water  into  your  kettle,  just  enough  to 
prevent  the  fruit  from  burning  when  first 
put  in,  and  turn  in  the  cherries,  (If  you 
have  not  a  porcelain  lined  kettle,  use  a  height 
tin  pan).  Cook  them  well,  and  can  ;  do  not 
hurry  while  putting  them  up  ;  be  sure  the 
air  bubbles  are  out  and  they  are  almoit  cur¬ 
tain  to  keep.  Make  a  few  red  cherries  into  a 
preserve  (if  you  can  afford  it)  using  lb.  of  i 
sugar  to  I  lb,  of  fruit:  ;  oven-dry  all  you  can 
spare  ;  they  make  a  most  excellent  sauce 
when  stowed.  Do  not  use  the  common  red 
cherry  for  pickles  ;  they  are  too  juicy  ;  use 
the  fair,  red -cheeked  firm-meated  cherry  for 
this  ;  a  dish  of  these  fair,  plump  cherries, 
pickled  with  their  stems  on,  is  quite  an  ad¬ 
dition  to  the  ten-table. 

The  rich,  early  cherries  use  freely  upon  the 
table  ;  they  lose  much  of  their  flavor  when 
canned,  and  arc  not  satisfactory.  Dry  them  ; 
you  will  iind  them  very  nice  for  puddings, 
and  even  for  cake, 

RECIPE  FOR  PICKLING  CHERRIES. 

3  lbs.  of  sugar  to  1  quart  of  vinegar  ;  (if 
your  vinegar  is  very  strong  reduce  it  with 
water)  ;  spices  to  taste  ;  this  for  seven  lbs.  of 
fruit ;  when  the  syrup  is  hot  put  in  the  cher¬ 
ries  ;  cook  them  well  but  not  until  the  skin 
shrivels  ;  watch  them,  and  have  them  as 
plump  as  when  first  picked  from  the  tree  ; 
we  put  ours  into  cans  and  seal  them  up  hot. 

THE  COMMON  CEO  AND  WHITE  CURRANTS, 

made  into  jelly,  preserved,  canned,  or  dried 
are  always  excellent.  The  black  currant 
growing  in  many  gardens  is  yet  not  a  great 
favorite,  but  made  into  a  preserve  nothing 
is  superior  to  it,  for  the  pudding  known  as 
roly-poly.  A  spoonful  of  this  rich  preserve 
in  a  glass  of  cold  water  with  a  little  sugar 
added,  is  a  most  refreshing  drink  in  a  warm 
day. 

HUCKLEBERRIES. 

What  visions  of  bright  mornings  radiant 
with  glistening  dew-drops  ;  of  golden  har¬ 
vest  fields,  rail  fences,  and  draggled  skirts 
the  word  calls  up  !  But  the  f  picy  odor  of  the 
woods  is  life-giving,  and  (yonr  feet  well  pro¬ 
tected)  tho  draggled  skirts  will  not  harm  you 
if  you  keep  moving. 

Cream  and  Riigur  and  huckleberries ! 
Bread  a  nd  milk  and  huckleberries  !  Huckle¬ 
berry  pic  !  Huckleberry  short-cake  !  If  you 
can  them,  malm  them  very  rich  and  cook 
them  thoroughly,  else  they  are  not  apt  to 
keep.  Dry  them  for  pies  in  the  winter.  No 
cultivated  berry  equals  in  flavor  the  wild 


one.  In  one,  all  the  spicy  odors,  of  the  woods 
seem  commingled  ;  in  the  other  more  vulgar 
and  powerful  manures  contribute  to  larger 
growth  and  often  to  tho  aridity  of  the  fruit 
(not  unimportant  items  surely)  but  the  line 
aroma  seems  to  elude  the  gardener’s  devices. 
What  shall  bo  feed  them  with  i  Cedar 
boughs  and  pine  cones,  lilies  of  the  valley  and 
violets  i  I  do  not  know. 

BLACKBERRIES. 

The  cultivated  ones  are  excellent  for  the 
table  when  fully  ripe  and  freshly  picked ; 
but  if  you  can  get  wild  ones  for  canning  do 
so.  For  these  you  should  use  at  least  from 
X  to  M  lb.  of  sugar  to  1  lb.  of  fruit. 

PLUMS. 

Almost  all  plums,  with  the  exception  of 
green  gages,  are  good  for  canning  ;  never 
remove  the  skins  or  the  pit,  most  of  the 
flavor  is  contained  in  these  ;  use  ouly  just 
enough  sugar  to  sweeten  them.  The  large 
varieties  make  an  excellent  pickle  ;  remove 
the  stems,  wipe  them  clean  and  pickle  same 
as  cherries.  Marjoram. 

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DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 

Ilnw  They  Cnolc  Beans  in  Maine. — I  wish 
1  some  of  your  readers  who  stew  beans  would 
try  the  following  recipe  for  bilking  them. 
This  is  the  way  tho  down  East  lumbermen 
cook  them,  who  cat  them  twice  a  day  for 
four  or  five  months  each  year: — Take  one 
quart  of  beans  ;  first  soak,  if  pen  beaus,  until 
they  arc  swelled  full  ;  it  will  take  over  night 
certain  ;  if  yellow  eves  parboil  until  the  skins 
crack  open  when  blown  on  with  the  breath  ; 
drain  off  the  water,  put  about  two-thirds  the 
beans  in  the  pot,  put  hi  one  and  one-half 
pounds  fat  salt  pork,  then  tho  rest  of  tho 
henna  ;  bake  not  less  than  twelve  hours,  first 
covering  the  beans  with  hot  water.  These 
are  genuine  Yankee  pork  and  beans.  The 
way  they  are  cooked  in  toe  woods  is  this  : 
A  hole  is  dug  at  the.  foot  of  tho  lire,  filled 
with  hot  coals,  tho  bean-pot  put  in,  filled 
around  with  coals  and  covered  with  hot 
ashes,  where  it  remains  from  about  three 
P.  M.  until  breakfast  the  following  morning — 
about  fourteen  or  fifteen  hours.  There,  are 
probably  more  beans  eaten  in  Maine  than  in 
the  whole  State  of  New  York. 

CucsMnber  Salad. — We  have  just  prepared 
our  winter’s  supply  of  cucumber  salad,  and 
this  is  how  wo  mad©  it: — There  were  about 
a  dozen  ripe  White  Spine  cucumbers  lying 
on  their  vines,  and  these  we  picked,  washed, 
pared,  out  into  strips,  taking  out  the  seeds, 
and  then  to  each  dozen  ououmbers  which  we 
cut  up  into  pieces  like  small  dice — wo  put 
twelve  large  white  onions,  chopped ;  six 
large  green  peppers,  also  chopped  ;  onoquar 
tor  pound  each,  black  and  white  mustard 
seed,  and  a  gill  of  celery  seed.  These  were 
all  mixed  together,  a  teacup  of  coarse  salt 
added,  and  they  were  then  hung  up  in  a  cot¬ 
ton  bag  to  drain,  for  twentv-l’our  hours. 
Then  the  salad,  with  enough  cold  cider  vine¬ 
gar  added  to  cover  it,  was  put  into  stone  jars 
and  fastened  nearly  air-tight.  In  six  weeks 
it  will  be  fit  for  use.  We  found  the  recipe  in 
an  old  paper  some  years  ago,  and  it  has 
proved  one  of  the  nicest  pickles  we  overused. 
It  looks  as  well  as  it  tastes,  so  white  and 
crisp,  and  makes  an  elegant  salad  for  a  joint 
of  cold  meat. — Hearth  and  Home. 

A  New  Way  to  Serve  up  Peaches. — Take 
good-sized  freestone  peaches,  wipe  them  with 
a  towel,  halve  them,  and  place  them  flat  side 
down,  in  hob  butter  or  lard.  Let  them  fry 
to  a  nice  brown,  then  turn  and  fill  the  seed- 
cup  with  sugar,  which,  by  the  time  the  fruit 
is  properly  coated,  will  be  melted  and  form 
with  l ho  juice  of  the  peach  a  rich  syrup. 
Serve  up  hot,  and  if  you  don’t  like  them  join 
need  not  repeat  the  experiment.  Most  per¬ 
sons  think  the  dish  a  super!)  one.  Medical 
writers  caution  people,  against  eating  peaches 
served  up  in  any  form  in  the  evening.  It  Is 
asserted  that  they  are  depressive  to  the  circu¬ 
lation,  and  exhaust  the  system  by  the  prussic 
acid  which  they  contain.  It  is  better  to  oat 
them  in  the  morning  or  not  Inter  than  an 
early  dinner  so  that  some  exercise  may  follow 
eating  to  aid  their  proper  digestion, — Anon. 

Jacket,  of  Mull,  Insertion  and  Lace. —On 
page  03  we  give  an  illustration  of  an  article 
of  dress  which  will  attract  the  attention  of 
our  young  lady  readers  at  this  season.  It  is 
made  of  mull  puffs  and  insertion  edged  with 
lace.  The  bows  are  of  narrow,  rose-colored 
gros  grain  ribbon,  and  a  broad,  rose-colored 
gros  grain  ribbon  is  used  for  the  large  bow  at 
the  back.  It  is  unique,  pretty  ancl  comfort¬ 
able  as  a  par;  of  a  summer  costume. 

Good  Cookies. — One  cup  white  sugar,  one 
of  butter,  1  egg,  half  teaspoon  soda,  a  pinch 
of  ground  mace;  mix  soft,  roll  thin,  bake 
quick.  Will  keep  well  if  let  alone.— Anhie  B. 


MANAGEMENT  OF  INFANTS  IN  HOT 

WEATHER. 

Ttik  following  excellent  rules  for  the  rare 
of  infants  during  the  hob  months  were  pro 
pared  by  a  committee  of  six  physicians  ap¬ 
pointed  for  tho  purpose  by  the  Obstetrical 
Society  of  Philadelphia : 

hale.  1. —  Bathe  the  child  once  u  day  in 
tepid  water.  If  it  is  feeble,  sponge  it  all  over 
twice  a  day  with  tepid  water,  or  with  tepid 
water  and  vinegar.  The  health  of  a  child 
depends  much  upon  its  cleanliness. 

ttule  3. — Avoid  all  tight  bandaging.  Make 
the  clothing  liglu.  and  cool,  and  so  loose  that 
the  child  may  hoVo  free  play  for  its  limbs. 
At  night  undress  it,  sponge  it,  and  put  on  a 
slip.  In  tho  morning  remove  the  slip  and 
dress  tho  child  in  clean  clothes.  If  this  can 
not  ho  afforded,  thoroughly  air  tho  day- 
clothing  by  hanifing  it  up  during  the  night, 
l  ie  clean  diapers,  and  change  them  often. 
Never  dry  a  s-oiled  one  in  the  nursery  or  in 
the  sitting-room,  and  never  use  one  for  a 
second  time  without  first  washing  it. 

Iiule  3. — Tho  child  should  sleep  by  itself  in 
a  cot  or  cradle,  it  should  be  put  to  bed  at 
regular  hours,  and  be  early  taught  to  go  to 
sleep  without  being  nursed  in  the  arms. 
Without  the  advice  of  a  physician,  never 
give  it  any  spirits,  cordials,  carminatives, 
soothing -syrups,  or  sleeping-drops.  Thou 
sands  of  children  die  every  year  from  the 
HSO  of  those  poisons.  If  the  child  trots  and 
does  not  sleep,  it  is  either  hungry  or  ill.  If 
ill  it  needs  a  physician.  Never  quiet  it  by 
candy  or  cake  ;  they  arc  the  common  causes 
of  diarrhea,  and  of  other  troubles. 

i.ule,‘\, — Give  the  child  plenty  of  fresh  air. 
In  t  he  cool  of  the  morning  and  evening  send 
it  out  to  the  shady  sides  of  broad  streets,  to 
tho  public  squares,  or  to  tho  Fork.  Make 
frequent  excursions  on  the  rivers.  When¬ 
ever  it  seems  to  suffer  from  the  heat,  let  il 
drink  freely  of  icc-wate.r.  Keep  it  out  of  the 
room  in  which  washing  or  cooking  is  going 
on.  It  is  excessive  heat  that  destroys  the 
lives  of  young  infants. 

Hi  tie.  5.— Keep  your  house  sweet  and  clean, 
cool  and  well  aired.  In  very  hot  weather 
let  tho  windows  bo  open  day  and  night.  Do 
your  cooking  in  tho  yard,  in  a  shed,  in  the 
garret,  or  in  an  upper  room.  Whitewash 
the  walls  every  spring,  and  see  that  the  cellai 
is  clear  of  all  rubbish.  Let  no  slops  collect 
to  poison  the  air.  Correct  ail  foul  smells  bj 
pouring  r.-i rbolio  add  or  quick-lime  into  tin 
sinks  and  privies.  The  former  article  can  hi 
got  from  the  nearest  druggist,  who  will  givi 
the  needful  directions  for  its  use.  Main 
every  effort  yourself,  and  urge  your  neigh¬ 
bors,  to  keep  the  gutters  of  your  street  oi 
court  clean,  - 

Rule  Breast-milk  is  the  only  proper 
food  for  infants.  If  the  supply  is  ample,  anc, 
tho  child  thrives  ou  it,  no  other  kind  of  food 
should  be  given  while  the  hot  weather  lasts. 
If  the  mother  has  not  enough,  she  must  not 
wean  the  child,  blit  give  it,  besides  tin 
breast,  goat’s  or  cow’s  milk,  as  prepare* 
under  Rule  8.  Nurse  tho  child  once  in  two 
or  three  horns  during  the  day,  and  us  soldou 
as  possible  during  the  night.  Always  remms 
the  child  from  the  breast  as  soon  as  it  ha 
fallen  asleep.  Avoid  giving  the  breast  when 
you  are  over-fatigued  or  over-heated. 

Rule  7. — if,  unfortunately,  the  child  must 
be  brought  up  by  hand,  it  should  be  fed  on  u 
milk-diet  alone,  and  that,  warm  milk  out  oi 
a  nursing-bottle,  as  directed  under  Rule  3 
Goat’s  milk  is  the  best,  and  next  to  it  cow’.- 
milk.  If  the  child  thrives  on  this  diet,  nc 
other  kind  of  food  whatever  should  be.  givei 
while  the  hot  weather  lasts.  At  all  season: 
of  the  year,  but  especially  in  summer,  then, 
is  no  safe  substitute  for  milk  to  an  infant 
that  has  not  cut  its  front  teeth.  Sago,  ar¬ 
row-root,  potatoes,  corn-flour,  crackers, 
bread,  every  patented  food,  and  every  article 
of  diet  containing  starch,  cannot  and  mu.«t 
not  be  depended  on  as  food  for  very  young 
infants.  Creeping  or  walking  children  must 
not  be  allowed  to  pick  up  unwholesome  food. 

Rule  8. — Each  bottlcful  of  milk  should  be 
sweetened  by  a  small  lump  of  loaf-sugar,  or 
by  half  a  teaspoonful  of  crushed  sugar.  Ii 
the  milk  is  known  to  be  pure,  it  may  have 
one-four th  part  of  hot  water  added  to  it ; 
but,  if  it  is  not  known  to  be  pure,  no  watei 
need  be  added.  When  the  heat  of  the  weath¬ 
er  is  great,  the  milk  may  be  given  quite  cold. 
Be  sure  that  the  milk  is  unskimmed  ;  have 
it  as  fresh  ns  possible,  and  brought  very  early 
in  the  morning.  Before  using  me  pans  into 
which  it  is  to  be  poured,  always  scald  them 
with  boiling  suds.  In  very  hoi  weather,  boil 
the  milk  as  soon  as  it  comes,  and  at  once  put 
away  the  vessels  holding  it  in  the  coolest 


place  in  the  house — upon  ice  if  it  can  be  af¬ 
forded,  or  down  a,  well.  Milk  carelessly 
allowed  to  stand  in  a  wanu  room  soon  spoils, 
and  becomes  unlit  for  food. 

Rule  9. — If  the  milk  should  disagree,  a 
tablespoonful  of  lime-water  may  be  added  to 
each  bottlcful.  Whenever  pure  milk  cannot 
he  got,  try  tho  condensed  milk,  which  often 
answers  admirably.  It  is  sold  by  all  the 
leading  druggists  and  grocers,  and  may  be 
prepared  by  adding,  without  sugar,  one  tea- 
spoonful.  or  more,  according  to  the  age  of 
the  child,  to  six  tablespoonfuls  of  boiling 
water,  Should  this  disagree,  a  teaupoonful 
of  arrow- root,  of  sago,  or  of  corn-starch  to 
the  pint  of  milk  may  be  cautiously  tried.  If 
milk  in  any  shape  cannot  be  digested,  try, 
for  a  few  days,  pure  cream  diluted  with  three- 
fourths  or  throe* fifths  of  water — returning  to 
the  m  ilk  iib  soon  as  possible. 

Rule  10. — The  nursing-bottle  must  be  kept 
perfectly  clean  ;  otherwise  the  milk  will  turn 
sour,  and  th©  child  will  bn  made  ill.  After 
each  meal  it  should  be  emptied,  rinsed  out, 
taken  apart,  and  tho  tube,  cork,  nipple,  and 
bottle  bo  placed  in  clean  water,  or  in  water 
to  which  a  little  soda  has  been  added.  1 1  is  a 
good  plan  to  have-  two  nursing-bottles,  and 
to  use  them  by  turns. 

Rule  11.— Do  not  wean  the  child  just  before 
or  during  tho  hot  weather,  nor,  as  a  rule, 
until  after  its  second  summer.  If  suckling- 
disagrees  with  the  mother,  she  must  not 
wean  the  child,  but  feed  it  in  part,  out  of  a 
nursing-bottle,  on  such  food  as  has  been  di¬ 
rected.  However  small  the  supply  of  breast- 
milk,  provided  it  agrees  with  tho  child,  tho 
mother  should  carefully  keep  it  up  against 
aickncHB  ;  it  alone  will  often  save  the  life  of  a 
child  when  everything  else  fails.  When  tho 
child  is  over  six  months  old,  t  he  mother  may 
save  her  strength  by  giving  it  one  or  two 
meals  a  day  of  stale  bread  and  milk,  which 
should  lie  prCfi-ed  through  a  sieve  and  put 
into  a  nursing-bottle.  When  from  eight 
months  to  a  year  old,  it  may  have  also  one 
meal  a  day  of  tho  yolk  of  a  fresh  and  rare- 
boiled  egg,  or  one  of  beef  or  mutton-broth 
into  which  stale  bread  has  been  crumbled. 
When  older  than  this,  it  can  have  a  little 
meat  finely  minced  ;  but  even  then  milk 
should  be  its  principal  food,  and  not  such 
food  as  grown-up  people  eat. 

For  the  convenience  of  mothers,  the  follow¬ 
ing  receipts  fur  special  forms  of  diet  are 
given  : 

Roiled  Flour,  or  Flour  Ball. — Take  one 
quart  of  good  flour,  tie  it  up  in  a  pudding-bag 
o  tightly  as  to  get  a  firm,  solid  mass,  put  it 
into  a  pot  of  boiling  water  "curly  in  Ihc  morn¬ 
ing-,  and  let.  it  boil  until  bedtime.  Then  take 
t  out  and  id  it  diy.  In  tho  morning,  peel 
iff  from  the  surface  and  throw  away  the  thin 
ried  of  dough,  and,  with  a  nutmeg-grater, 
trata  clown  the  hard,  dry  mass  into  a  pow- 
ler.  Of  tin’s  from  one  to  three  teaspoon  fills 
nay  bo  used,  by  first,  rubbing  it  into  n  paste 
with  a  little  niiik,  then  adding  it  t.o  about  a 
pint  of  milk,  and,  finally,  by  bringing  the 
whole  to  just  t  he  boiling  point.  It  must  be 
riven  through  a  nursing-bottle. 

An  excel  Inn  t  food  for  children  who  are 
-■ustive  in  their  bowels  may  be  mad©  by  using 
oran-meal  or  unbolted  flour  instead  of  the 
white  flour,  preparing  it  us  above  directed. 

Rice  Water.—  Wash  four  tablespooofuis  of 
rice,  put.  it  into  tsvo  quarts  of  water,  which 
/oil  down  to  one  quart,  and  then  add  sugar 
uul  a  little  nutmeg.  This  makes  a  pleasant 
drink. 

A  half  pint  or  a  pint  of  milk  added  to  this, 
just  before  taking  it  from  tho  fire,  and  al¬ 
lowed  to  come  to  a  boil,  gives  a  nourishing 
food  suitable  for  cases  of  diarrhea. 

Hugo,  tapioca,  barley,  or  cracked  corn  can 
bo  prepared  in  the  same  manner. 

Reel  Tea.— Take  one  pound  of  juicy,  lean 
beef— say  a  piece  off  tho  shoulder  or  tho 
round— and  mince  it  up  with  a  sharp  knife 
-n  a  board  or  a  mincing-block.  Then  put  it 
with  its  juice  into  an  earthen  vessel  contain¬ 
ing  a  pint  of  tepid  water,  and  let  it  stand  fox- 
two  hours.  Strain  off  the  liquid  through  a 
clean  cloth,  squeezing  well  the  meat,  and  add 
a  little  salt.  Place  the  whole  of  tho  juice 
thus  obtained  over  the  lire,  hut  remove  it  as 
won  as  it  has  become  browned.  Never  let  it 
boil ;  otherwise  most  of  the  nutritious  mat¬ 
ter  of  tho  beef  will  be  thrown  down  as  a 
sediment.  A  little  pepper  or  allspice  may  bo 
added  if  preferred. 

Mutton-tea  may  be  prepared  in  the  same 
way.  It  makes  an  agreeable  change  when 
i, he  patient  has  become  tired  of  hoof-tea. 

Raw  Reef  for  Children.  —  Take  half  a 
pound  ot  juicy  beef,  free  from  any  fat  • 
mince  R  un  very  finely;  then  mb  it  into  a 
smooth  pulp  either  in  a  m-rtar  or  with  an 
' '»;<■•» nary  potato-masher.  Spread  a  little  out 
upon  /x  pinto  ami  sprinkle  ovbi*  it  sorn©  n&lt 
or  some  sugar,  if  the  child  prefers  it.  Give 
.t  with  a  teaspoon  or  upon  a  buttered  slice 
ot  stale  bread.  It  makes  an  excellent  food 
for  children  with  dysentery . 


liged  to  borrow  because  they  are  running  be¬ 
hind,”  it  is  quite  time  Illinois  farmers  quit  the 
business  or  changed  their  system  of  farming. 


PROCRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT 


pumps  the  fact  from  him  that  he  had  rather 
have  one  such  customer  as  Farmer  Pay-as-he- 
goes  than  three  like  “ Cbargz'-it.”  With  cashin 
hand  he  can  buy  his  goods  cheaper  in  the  city. 
He  saves  there.  Jle  turns  his  money  anti  real¬ 
izes  his  profits  quicker.  He  Joses  no  debts,  and 
docs  not  have  to  add  a  per  cent,  to  his  charges 
to  cover  such  losses  nor  the  interest  he  has  to 
pay  on  his  own  thirty  to  sixty  day  bills.  He  Is 
content  with  small  margins.  He  has  to  take 
them  because  a  c ash- paying  farmer  buys  where 
lie  can  buy  the  best  cheapest.  •*  And  yet,”  said 
this  merchant,  “I  have  some  customers  who 
pay  only  once  In  three  to  six  months  who  are 
profitable  to  me,  because  l  make  them  pay  me 
roundly  for  my  waiting.  I  must  do  so  if  I  trade 
with  them.  They  are  good  for  their  bills,  but, 
if  they  only  knew  it,  really  luse  money  every 
time  they  say  ‘Charge  it.’  That  is,  they  have  to 
pay  more  than  they  need  to  for  everything  they 
buy.  Of  course,  1  had  rather  sell  to  them  cheaper 
for  cosh;  but  I  cannot  afford  to  on  credit,  and 
and  take  tin*  risks  J  have  to." 

Talking  with  an  old  friend  who  is  a  banker, 
he  says  his  depositors  among  farmers  are,  nine- 
tentbs  of  them  at  least,  /and  he  thinks  a  larger 
per  cent.,)  of  the  Pay-as-you-go  class.  I  caunot 
see  how  it  can  be  otherwise ;  nor  do  I  ever  ex¬ 
pect  to. 


them.  You  should  see  the  cows  start  the  mo¬ 
ment  they  hear  him  yell !  From  their  peaceful, 
|  pastoral  rumination,  or  from  their  cool-of-the 
I  morning  breukfast  off  the  dewy  grass,  they  are 
galvanized  by  the  yell  of  the  farmer  and  the 
yelping  of  the  yellow  cur  into  a  race  for  the 
milking  yard.  Half  of  them  come  up  through 
the  lane  on  the  run.  panting  like  high-pressure 
steamboats.  They  gouge  and  gore  each  other 
with  desperate  abandon.  They  switch  their 
tails  about  with  a  restlessness  that  suggests 
perpetual  motion.  There  are,  say,  twenty  of 
these  kine,  and  by  the  time  they  have  swept 
through  and  tumbled  over  the  half-drawn  bars 
into  the  yard.  Tim,  liie  hired  man,  Susan,  the 
hired  girl,  Betty,  the  farmer's  daughter,  and 
Sam,  the  fourteen-ycar-old  son  of  the  farmer, 
arc  clambering  over  the  fence  into  the  yard, 
with  one  to  three-legged  milking  stools  and 
wooden  or  tin  palls  in  their  hands,  ready  to 
make  these  heated  cows  "So!"  “  Stand  still  !” 
"Hist!"  and  submit  to  have  the  lacteal  fluid 
squeezed  out  of  their  udders. 

Jones  told  me  yesterday  that  his  cows  were 
“  beginning  to  shrink  their  milk  bad."  He  did 
n’t  “see  why  it  should  lie;  feed  was  uncom¬ 
monly  good  for  the  time  o'  year.  Reckon  the 
flies  and  the  elderberry  bushes  have  somethin’ 
to  do  with  It.”  I  didn’t  tell  him  that  I  thought 
his  cur  and  himself  were  most  to  blame,  but  I 
thought  so. 

Bight,  across  the  street  from  him  is  his  neigh¬ 
bor  (I  ibson — one  of  your  quiet,  systematic,  care¬ 
ful,  sensible  farmers.  He.  too,  gets  up  betimes 
in  the  morning,  takes  his  long  staff,  quietly 
walks  inty  the  pasture  and  gently  says,  "Come 
boss!  Come  boss!”  The  cows  know  his  voice 
and  heed  it  as  surely  as  Jones’  cows  do  li  is.  lie 
walks  slowly  around  them,  scarcely  speaking 
to  them,  quietly  gathers  thorn  together,  and 
they  crop  the  sweet  herbage  as  they  slowly 
travel  toward  the  stable,  which  they  enter  with¬ 
out  goring  each  other  or  violence  from  any  one. 
They  take  their  places  in  the  stanchions,  are 
quietly  fastened,  the  milkers  are  at  hand ;  no 
noise  is  made;  the  milking  is  quickly  done,  the 
cows  salted  and  tinned  loose.  GIBSON’S  cows 
do  not  "shrink  their  milk."  They  are  not  al¬ 
lowed  to  do  so.  When  the  pastures  do  not  yield 
herbage  enough,  or  "fly  time”  prevents  forag¬ 
ing,  there  is  soiling  material  for  them.  As  is 
the  man,  so  is  the  brute  beneath  him.  The  na¬ 
ture  and  habits  of  the  one  are  reflected  by  the 
other.  Jones  hasn’t  got  a  cow  that  will  not 
jump  a  staked  and  ride  red  fence  to  escape  him 
or  bis  cur.  Gibson  hasn't  a  cow  that  knows 
bow  to  jump  I  Jokes  liasn’L  a  cow  but  expects 
stoning  or  mauling  with  a  milking  stool,  or  a 
kick  on  occasions.  Gibson  hasn’t  a  cow  that 
has  received  a  blow  or  a  kick  since  he  owned 
her.  Jones  busn’t  a  cow  that,  will  not  run  from 
him  at  sight  If  there  is  a.  possible  chance  of  get¬ 
ting  away.  Gibson  hasn’t  a  cow  that  will  not 
come  to  him  at  bis  call. 

Cash  vs.  Credit. 

I  go  up  to  the  village  occasionally  and  lounge 
away  a  half-day  talking  with  the  storekeepers 
and  the  farmers  who  come  into  “do  their  trad¬ 
ing."  Times  are  different  than  when  all  trade 
was  barter,  as  In  my  youuger  days— when  we 
had  to  save  eggs  to  got  tea  and  sugar  with ;  when 
a  pound  of  butter  would  scarcely  pay  fora  yard 
of  the  cheapest  calico ;  when  a  letter  from  out 
the  Stare  coat  two  shillings,  and  was  often  held 
by  the  postmaster  a  month  because  the  fanner 
could  convert  none  of  ids  produce  into  cash 
enough  to  pay  the  postage.  Those  days  were 
not  so  lung  ago,  either.  Weusodtogo  to  market 
then  witli  ox-teams  and  iu  lumber  wagons. 
There  were  no  spring  wagons  then  ;  no  throe- 
minute  roadsters;  no  top  buggies  for  farmers; 
no  ready-made  clothing.  We  used  to  wear  but¬ 
ternut-colored  suits,  home-made,  in  winter,  or 
tow  pants  iu  summer. 

I  say  things  are  different,  now.  But  there 
must  be  a  further  ohatlge.  It  is  gradually  but 
surely  coming.  Occasionally,  you  will  find  "a 
cash  store."  I  wish,  tor  all  concerned,  there 
wore  no  others.  How  1  shiver  when  I  sit 
in  the  back  of  a  store  and  hear  a  farmer  who 
has  purchased  a  bill  of  goods  say  to  the  spruce 
clerk,  with  a  self-confident  tone  and  air, 
as  he  gathers  up  the  parcels,  "  Charge  it !"  Be 
sure  the  clerk  dim  “  charge  it!”  He  charges  it 


Kansan  Agricultural  College.— The  Board  of 
Regents  of  this  institution,  at  Its  June  meeting, 
resolved  that  the  diplomas  of  the  College  should 
hereafter  be  printed  In  the  English  language ; 
and  also  adopted  the  following  remarkable 
resolution : 

Resolved,  That  the  resignation  of  the  entire 
faculty,  agents  anu  employees  bo  received  at 
the  next  meeting  of  the  Board,  to  be  hold  July 
16th,  1873. 

Tidings  whether  the  Board  did  receive  these 
resignations  the  16th  ult.,  have  not  reached  us. 


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Editor  ok  the  Dkpahtmxm  or  Shxkf  Husbandry. 

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tising  of  a  really  good  instrument.  Their  sales 
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RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


Members’  Ticket*  ul  Fair*.  A  correspond¬ 
ent,  and  an  officer  of  a  County  Agricultural  So¬ 
ciety.  writes  us:— "You  have  no  idea  how  many 
‘  honest  farmers 1  and  their  wives  there  are  who 
will,  without  apparent  scruple,  gel  on  to  a  Fair 
ground  on  a  single  member’s  ticket  which  ad¬ 
mits  one  person  during  the  Fair.  Such  tickets 
ought  not  tu  be  issued  ;  but  some  of  our  folks 
think  we  cannot  make  the  Fair  pay  without 
them."  Yob,  wo  think  we  have  "an  idea"  how 
“  honest  farmers  ”  buy  a  member’s  ticket,  pass 
through  the  gate,  go  around  inside  the  fence, 
slide  it  through  a  crevice  Into  the  hand  of  the 
good  wife  who  enters  upon  It,  and  then  it  is 
returned  to  Tom,  Hick  and  Harry,  Sue,  Sally 
and  Jane,  et,  id.,  until  the  whole  family  is  safe 
within  the  lnclosuro.  And  these  good  people 
don’t  think  It  swindling  to  do  this  thing!  Don’t 
issue  season  tickets.  Make  every  man  pay  every 
time  he  enters  the  Fair  ground ;  if  be  is  an  ex¬ 
hibitor  and  you  want  to  favor  him,  let  him 
show  he  is  an  exhibitor  and  give  him  a  check 
when  he  goes  out  that  will  admit  him  when  ho 
returns;  but  let  him  understand  that  be  must 
present  the  check  in  order  to  get  in  and  that  it 
will  be  taken  up.  We  hope  to  see  the  day  when 
county  Fairs  can  be  run  without  the  necessity 
of  charging  any  admission  fee— if  they  areto  be 
run  at  all.  But  we  have  no  sympathy  with 
swindlers,  whether  they  are  farmers  or  other 
folk. 


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RURAL  BREVITIES, 


The  hog  cholera  is  raging  near  Carlin ville, Ill. 

Senator  Hamlin  is  to  discuss  "  The  Grasses  ” 
at  the  Maine  State  Fair. 

The  Kansas  Patrons  of  Husbandry  do  not  ap¬ 
prove  of  iioise-rucingat  Fairs. 

California  l'ruit  is  beginning  to  arrive  in  the 
New  York  market— chinny  pears. 

Seven  cents  a  head  is  the  ruling  price  for 
shearing  sheep  in  Eastern  Oregon. 

Vermont  is  reported  to  have  twenty-three 
Granges  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 

The  rinderpest  is  spreading  among  the  cattle 
in  Gutteuoerg,  Hudson  county,  A.  J. 

The  Orleans  Co.,  S.  Y.,  Ag.  Soc.  has  issued  its 
premium  list.  Fair  at  Albion,  bept.ffO  and  37. 

At  a  recent  sale  In  Baltimore  sixteen  Per- 
cberon  horses  were  sold  at  prices  ranging  trom 
gltXJ  to  $1,11X1  each. 

Julf 28 "countless  millions  ”  of  grasshoppers 
filled  the  air  atrhoux  Uity, Iowa,  with  "a gen¬ 
eral  tendency  southwest,” 

Hon.  Schuyler  Colfax  has  accepted  an  in¬ 
vitation  i"  address  the  Platt  i  in.,  Agricul¬ 
tural  .society  on  the  3d  of  October. 

Julv  28  the  Chicago  elevators  contained 
■1,006,171  bushels  ot  grain  of  all  kinds  against 
tqifiilaJOO  bushels  at  the  same  date  last  year. 

Gen.  Samui  l  Jones  has  been  elected  Presi¬ 
dent  of  the  Maryland  Agricultural  College  m 
place  of  Dr.  Samuel  Register,  lately  re-imiad. 

A  convention  of  Wisconsin  Grangers  is  railed 
at  Milwaukee  for  ihcffJUsl  oi  August,  furor 
delegates  from  each  Grange  will  ia-  lnaltem,- 
anee. 

There  is  a  great  scarcity  of  farm  laborers  in 
Iowa.  In  the  northern  part  farmers  are  mmole 
to  get  help  enough  at  .-d  a  day  to  attenu  trie 
crops. 

General  Butler  has  accepted  an  Invitation 
to  deliver  an  address  at  the  Aew  England  Agri¬ 
cultural  Society  Fair,  to  oe  held  at  mystic  i'«riv 
in  September. 

President  Welch  of  the  Iowa  Agricultural 
College  fiaa  uecliiiod  the  Presidency  ui  me  Ar¬ 
kansas  Industrial  College  and  decided  to  re¬ 
main  with  towa. 

The  higii  price  of  stock  in  Australia  is  still 
seriously  impeding  meiu-preserviug,  and  me 
operations  oi  most  of  uie  companies  are  entire¬ 
ly  or  partially  suspended. 

The  editor  of  the  Sail  Diego  World  records 
that  lie  "  took  iiome  and  ate  a  .  urn  ip  measuring 
two  leet  four  inches  in  cm.umiercncc  anu 
weighing  over  nine  pounds." 

A  Connecticut  farmer,  who  set  out  an  elab¬ 
orate  scare-crow  in  his  strawberry  paten,  was 
disgusted  to  find  that  a  pair  of  rooms  had  hunt 
their  nest,  and  were  raising  their  young,  under 
its  Hat. 

The  visible  supply  of  grain  at  the  principal 
points  ol  aeeuimuauoii  at  lake  and  seaouard 
ports  and  in  transit,  July  IS),  lent),  was  18,&W4,i*U 
bushels,  embracing  4,DiV,48u  bifsttels  of  wueat, 
y.'.fPJAi'i  bushels  of  corn,  bushels  of  oats 

and  Mi, 7 Iff  bushels  of  barley. 

A  correspondent  of  flic  Rural  Alabamian 
says  the  curse  ot  tuo  South  is  a  class  of  kid- 
gloved  farmers,  who  leave  a  set  of  lazy,  careless 
negroes  to  half  till  t  neir  lauds,  while  wiese  Kid- 
gloved  fellows  loaf  about  the  grog  shop,  gabble 
politics  and  complain  of  k  ham  times.  ’  ” 


SATURDAY,  AUGUST  9,  1873. 


VACATION  LETTERS 


orking  Editor  Out  of  Harness 


English  vs.  American  Mutton.  —  The  New 
England  Farmer  has  this  paragraph ; 

A  prominent  sheep  breeder  of  New  York,  who 
has  traveled  extensively  in  Europe,  recently 
gave  his  opinion  of  the  cause  of  the  superiority 
of  English  mutton  over  that,  produced  in  Araor- 
ion  in  the  simple  sentence, "  They  teed  turnips." 
That  sentence  is  rather  too  "  simple."  It  *1101110 
have  been  that  they  feed  turnips  grown  on 
English  soli  and  in  English  climate. 

Wc  take  issue  with  the  assumption  that  the 
best.  English  mutton  is  superior  to  the  best 
American.  We  don’t  believe  it.  We  believe 
(and  our  belief  is  confirmed  by  the  testimony 
of  Englishmen  who  have  eaten  mutton  in  both 
countries,  and  who  fattened  sheep  here  and  in 
England,)  that  we  can  and  do  produce  just  as 
good  mutton  here  as  is  produced  in  England. 
The  difference  between  the  bulk  of  American 
mutton  in  the  markets  and  the  bulk  of  the 
English,  is  that  ours  is  not  the  product  of  care¬ 
ful  feeding  and  the  English  is. 


pieces  nf  extravagance— too  costly  Investments 
iu  proportion  to  the  per  cent  ,  of  return  they 
annually  yield.  If  a  portion  of  the  expense  in¬ 
curred  in  erecting  them  was  directed  in  the  way 
of  increased  production  ;  if  the  grain  was 
threshed  soon  after  harvest  and  near  or  on  the 
Held  upon  which  it  is  grown ;  if  the  hay  were 
put  in  ricks  on  the  land  where  it  grows  and  fed 
out  therein  cheap,  portable  and  yet  comfort¬ 
able  shelters,  it  would  save  an  immense  amount 
of  hauling  and  handling  grain,  grass  and  ma¬ 
nure. 

Economy  of  Time  and  Labor, 

however,  is  something  which  has  yet  to  be 
learned  by  the  majority  of  farmers.  The  scar¬ 
city  and  high  price  of  labor,  in-doors  and  out, Is 
gradually  teaching  a  much-needed  lesson.  The 
time  is  speedily  coming  when  there  will  be  the 
same  skilled  devices  with  this  view  as  there  are 
in  the  mechanic  arts— when  “hard  times”  will 
have  thinned  out  or  decimated  the  great  army 
of  thoughtless,  non-calculating  plodders  who 
oall  themselves  farmers,  but  who  are  as  little 
entitled  to  that  title  as  a  monkey  is  to  be  called 
a  man.  Capital  and  brains  are  yet  to  control 
the  business  of  production  just,  as  they  do  now 
that  of  manufacturing.  Business  talent  and 
systematic  business  management  on  a  farm  are 
quite  as  sure  to  prove  remunerative  as  in  any 
mercantile  or  rnanufacturingbusiness,  provided 
the  same  intelli  ent  knowledge  of  the  theories 
and  practical  details  of  agriculture  are  super- 
added  to  the  husiness  qualifications.  I  have 
seen  some  examples  which  prove  what  I  here 
assert,  and  they  shall  be  recorded  at  another 
time. 

Milking  Cows. 

"What  a  difference  there  is  in  cow  manage¬ 
ment  !  There  across  the  fields,  three-fourths  of 
a  mile  away,  is  Jones— a  wide-awake,  driving 
fellow.  In  fact,  he  is  too  wide-awake !  He 
keeps  everybody  and  everything  about  him  stir¬ 
red  up.  1  am  awakened  in  the  morning  by  hear¬ 
ing  him  yelling  at  his  cows,  and  by  the  barking 
of  his  yellow  cur  of  a  dog  that  he  sends  after 


Hop  Prospects. —  The  following  paragraph 
from  Emmet  Wells’  Hop  Circular  is  a  con¬ 
densed  statement  of  the  condition  of  tilings  in 
the  Imp  regions  and  accords  with  our  advices  : 

Oar  mail  advices  this  week  fully  confirm  the 
report*,  wo  copy  herewith  from  uiir  exchanges. 
By  1  hose  report*  it.  will  be  seen  that  the  chances 
for  a  good  crop  are  considerably  less  encourag¬ 
ing  loan  a  week  ago.  The  great  hop  center  of 
this  .State,  which  embraces  the  Oneida,  Water¬ 
ed  le  and  SaugetUeld  districts,  are  reported  as 
being  infos  ten  with  vermin.  Honey-dew  has 
also  made  Its  appearance  to  an  alarming  extent 
in  some  of  the  districts  which,  a  week  ago, 
gave  promise  ol  a  lair  yield.  Tue  severity  of 
the  past  winter,  followed  by  a  very  late  spring, 
and  a  severe  and  almost  unprecedented  drouth 
all  through  the  month  of  June,  has  produced  a 
most  tclimg  effect  upon  the  hop  plant  of  this 
country.  Tne  season  is  now  too  lar  advanced 
to  hope  for  much  improvement  in  the  crop,  even 
should  the  weather  lrom  this  time  out  prove 
the  most  lavorable.  Tne  cable  reports  the  crop 
in  England  and  Germany  improving;  the  for¬ 
eign  markets,  in  consequence,  are  dull  and 
declining. 


How  the  Farmers  of  Illinois  ore  Doing, — We 
have  the  authority  of  Mr.  S,  M.  Smith,  Secre¬ 
tory  of  the  State  Farmers’  Association  of  Illi¬ 
nois.  for  the  following: 

"The  majority  of  the  farmers  of  this  State 
have  hard  work  to  support  their  families.  Year 
by  year  new  mortgages  are  given  to  pay  new 
debts,  and  it  is  the  exception  rather  than  the 
rule  lor  a  farmer  to  bo  saving  anything.  At 
least  une-half  of  the  farms  in  this  part  of  the 
State  arc  mortgaged  for  money  borrowed  at  IU 
per  cent,  interest, and  the  majority  of  them  will 
never  be  redeemed.  Yet  let  it  be  known  that  a 
man  in  this  village  has  * 1,000  to  lend  on  iirst- 
ciass  security,  and  he  will  have  a  dozen  appli¬ 
cations  before  night !” 

If  such  is  the  case,  and  if,  as  Mr.  Smith  as¬ 
serts,  “In  most  cases  the  farmers  have  been  ob- 


BUSINESS  Nimukii 


Children,  begin  now  to  save  your  pennies,  that 
when  the  long  evenings  come  you  can  buy  "Avilude, 
or  Game  Of  Birds.”  If  your  storekeeper  has  not  got 
it,  send  seventy-five  cents  to  West  a  Lee,  Worces¬ 
ter,  Mass.,  and  it  will  he  sent  by  mail,  post-paid- 
“Avilude  is  a  superior  game,”—  Worcester  Falla - 
dium. 


Call  for  Eureka  Machine  Twist  and  Eureka  But 
ton  Hole  Twist,  if  you  want  the  best. 


7* '•/" 


m. 


AUS.  ® 


©OBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YOBKE1. 


,  PROF.  JOHN  TYNDALL. 

One  of  England’s  greatest  scientific  men,  who 
is  well  known  throughout  t  his  country,  is  Prof. 
John  Tyndall,  LL.  D.,  F.  R.  {?.,  etc-,,  of  whom 
wo  this  week  give  thn  readers  of  the  Rural  an 
excellent  portrait.  He  was  born  in  Ireland 
about  1820,  of  humble  parentage,  but  by  in¬ 
domitable  perseverance  has  placed  himself  at. 
the  head  of  the  burned  men  of  Great  Britain. 
For  some  years  be  was  employed  by  the  Ord¬ 
nance  Survey  of  England,  and  in  1848  he  went  to 
Germany,  studying  in  the  University  of  Mar¬ 
burg,  and  afterwards 
in  the  laboratory  of 
Maynns.  in  Berlin. 

He  conducted  many 
scientific  investiga¬ 
tions  in  relation  to 
the  magneto  -  optic 
properttesof  crystals, 
the  relation  of  mag¬ 
netism  to  molecular 
arrangement,  etc., 
and  published  a. vol¬ 
ume  on  these  sub¬ 
jects.  In  1863  he  suc¬ 
ceeded  t  he  celebrated 
Faraday  as  Super¬ 
intendent  in  the  Itoy- 
al  Institution  of 
Great  Britain.  With 
Professor  Huxley  he 
visited  the  glaciers  of 
Switzerland  in  18545. 

He  returned  to  that 
country  several  times 
and,  among  other 
things,  determined 
the  winter  motion  of 
the  Mer  de  Glace.  In 
I860  he  commenced 
h  i  s  researches  on 
Radiant  Heat,  a  sub¬ 
ject  upon  which  he 
has  published  many 
essays. 

He  has  written 
“  The  Glaciors  of  the 
Alps,”  published  in 
1880;  “Mountaineer¬ 
ing,”  in  1861 ;  “A  Va¬ 
cation  Tour,"  in  1862 ; 

“  Heat  Considered  as 
Mode  of  Motion,"  In 
1863 ;  “  On  Radiation 
— the  ‘Redo  ’  lecture. 

May  16. 1865,”  In  It  65. 

He  has  also  published 
a  volume  on  Sound  ; 

“Faraday  as  a  Dis¬ 
coverer,"  and  two  re¬ 
cent  works,  the  one 
entitled  "  Fragments 
of  Science,"  and  the 
other  “  Hours  of  Ex¬ 
ercise  in  the  Alps." 

His  lecture  tour  In 
this  country  last  win¬ 
ter  was  a  source  of 
great  enjoyment  and 
satisfaction  to  the 
American  people. 

The  profits  of  these 
lectures,  some  $30,- 
000,  he  generously  loft 
in  the  bands  of  a 
committee  to  found 
a  scholarship  for  the 
aid  of  students  who 
devote  themselves  to 
original  research. 

Prof.  Tyndall,  as 
a  man  of  science,  in 
common  with  Prof. 

Huxley,  possesses, 
in  a  very  remarkable 
degree,  the  power  of 
lucid  explanation, 
and,  under  his  skill¬ 
ful  guidance,  the 

most  unlearned  reader  is  enabled  to  master 
many  of  the  difficulties  of  scientific  study. 

Recently  lie  lias  been  persistently  attacked  in 
all  of  the  regular  religious  papers,  because  he 
proposed  to  ascertain  the  practical  value  of 
prayer  by  statistical  observations  taken  in  hos¬ 
pitals.  All  the  possible  and  impossible  changes 
upon  Prof.  Tyndall’6  prayer-gauge,  as  it  is 
called,  have  been  rung  through  all  the  papers.  I 
Orthodox  people  bole  that  while  prayer  is  ef¬ 
fective  and  answers  are  given  to  special  prayers,  ; 
it  is  impious  to  submit  prayer  to  a  scientific 
test.  For  this  reason  Prof.  Tyndall  is  the 
latest  man  who  has  excited  the  wrath  of  those 
who  are  opposed  to  him. 

- »♦  »  ■ 

THE  CROWN  PRINCE  OF  PRUSSIA. 

An  Englishman  who  has  recently  had  an  op¬ 
portunity  of  studying  the  character  of  the  heir 
to  the  Prussian,  o.'r  German,  throne  gives  this 
picture  of  him ' lac  Crown  Prince  is  rather  of 
a  grave  and  pensive  character.  He  is  sedate  iti 
speech  and  not  much  given  to  laughter.  A  joke 
he  does  not  value  much,  and  the  spright Best 
jest  finds  but  moderate  favor  with  him.  He  is  j 
scarcely  addicted  to  field  sports,  and,  leader  of  j 
sports  as  he  is,  he  would  rather  drive  than  ride  | 
any  day.  He  is  essentially  a  Liberal  in  politics  j 


as  far  as  an  Imperial  Prince  can  go,  and  is  all 
for  constitutional  government.  His  tastes  are 
simple.  He  drinks  but  little,  and  never  smokes 
except  when  ho  is  campaigning.  Ho  likes  beer 
as  well  as  the  finest  Lafltc,  retires  early,  and 
does  not  care  for  the  pleasures  of  the  table. 

»  •  ♦ - 

SENATOR  SUMNER’S  LITERARY  WORK. 

Mr.  Sumner  is  excessively  fond  of  hooks. 
The  fact  is  that  his  reading  is  well  nigh  om¬ 
nivorous,  ami,  science  excepted,  ills  knowledge 
is  encyclopedic.  The  habits  of  study  formed 
early— when  a  young  scholar  lie  attended  the 
lectures  of  every  distinguished  professor  in 
Paris,  in  every  department  of  knowledge,  law, 
philosophy,  art,  be//i:a  lit ires,  and  When,  in  1839, 
at  Rome,  he  embraced  In  his  studies  the  whole 


Greek,  the  French  and  English  prose  and  met¬ 
rical  translations. 

- - 

SWINBURNE,  THE  POET. 

An  American  gentleman  in  London,  who  lias 
recently  met  Swinburne,  says : — “  Somehow  lie 
does  not  strike  me  pleasantly.  He  is  fearfully 
ugly,  and  has  nervousness  about  him  that 
makes  you  wish  he  would  keep  still  just  one 
moment.  Swinburne  lives  with  his  father,  a 
short  distance  out  of  town.  Every  now  and 
then  he  escapes  from  rigid  parental  authority, 
takes  a  run  up  to  London  and  has  what  he  calls 
a  ‘time.’  We  would  call  It  a  ‘spree.’  But  he 
seems  to  have  the  kindest  feelings  for  his  fel¬ 
low-men.  To  see  this  famous  poet  write  is  a 
terrible  experience,  ne  took  a  sudden  inspira- 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 


PROFESSOR  .TO  PAINT  TYNDALL,. 


of  the  Italian  literature,  reading  from  6  o’clock 
in  the  morning  until  5  in  the  afternoon,  daily, 
and  forsaking  Ids  books  only  to  study  works  of 
art  under  the  tutalage  of  the  great  genius, 
Crawford,  and  to  converse  with  the  master  of 
Italian  language  and  history,  Green,  then  the 
American  Consul  at  Rome,  —  the  habits  then 
formed  have  continued  since,  and  now,  with 
I  ills  convalescence,  the  old  passion  is  renewed 
in  all  its  fervor.  Passing  into  his  study,  a  few 
!  days  since,  I  saw  a  hundred  or  more  volumes 
I  piled  in  the  hall,  and  learned  that  they  were 
books  which  he  had  recently  read  and  which 
were  to  be  returned  to  the  Congressional  library, 
and  to  books  from  the  library  must  be  added 
the  large  number  he  receives  dally  from  his 
booksellers  and  from  authors.  Among  other 
books  which  the  Senator  mentioned  as  having 
lately  read  with  great  satisfaction  was  a  work 
upon  the  principles  of  government,  recently 
published,  and  from  certain  references  in  this 
to  the  contributions  which  the  ancient  Greek 
dramatists  had  made  to  the  science  of  govern¬ 
ment,  he  had  been  led,  he  said,  to  study  anew 
those  authors* and  had  found  the  greatest  profit 
I  and  pleasure  iu  so  doing,  especially  in  the  study 
of  Euripides,  to  whom  he  considered  the  sci- 
|  ence  of  government  immensely  indebted.  In 
j  reading  these  authors  the  Senator  used  the 


I  tion  In  my  room  one  day  and,  without  a  word 
I  of  explanation  or  apology,  seated  himself  at  my 
writing-table, displaced  all  my  things  and  com- 
mericed  writing.  1 1  is  whole  face  worked  ve¬ 
hemently;  ho  pounded  steadily  with  his  left 
I  hand  on  the  table,  and  his  feet  kept  time  in 
unison  with  his  body  to  the  monotonous  thump¬ 
ing.  As  soon  as  ho  had  finished  he  jumped  up, 
seized  his  hat  and,  with  a  hurr'ed  ‘good-by,’ 
rushed  off  to  find  his  friend  Watts,  to  whom  he 
always  submits  every  line  for  criticism.  Ilis 
hand-writing  is  as  cranky  and  nervous  as  his 
manner." 

- t-M - 

HARRY  HOWARD  BROWNELL. 

This  gentleman  recently  died  in  Hartford,  Ct. 
Dr.  O.  W.  Holmes  called  him  the  laureate  of 
the  war.  He  was  of  a  noble  race.  His  father, 
Dr.  Brownell,  who  died  byan  apopletic  stroke 
while  delivering  a  speech  Jn  1 8*14,  was  a  gentle¬ 
man  of  marked  power.  His  wife,  the  mother 
of  Harry  and  his  well-known  brothers,  was  a 
DkWolp  of  Bristol,  R.  I.  She  is  a  lady  of  rare 
and  peculiar  intellectual  and  moral  gifts.  She 
lost  a  daughter  more  than  30  years  ago.  They 
have  lived  a  happy,  retired  life  at  the  old  home¬ 
stead  on  Hartford  street.  Harry’s  war  lyrics, 
since  published  in  book-form,  evinced  genius, 


Packard’s  Complete  Course  of  Business 
Trniniue,  mid  Key*  —  By  s.  S.  Packard. 
New  York:  S.  S.  Packard  &  Co. 

The  author  of  this  work  is  a  well-known  prac¬ 
tical  teacher,  who  lias  spent,  the  best  years  of 
Ids  life  in  this  field  of  labor.  This  Key  naturally 
follows  the  Manual  published  some  years  ago, 
and  is  intended  first,  for  teachers,  but  will  be 
found  of  great  advantage  to  pupils.  The  book 
lacks  an  index,  but  treats  of  all  the  important 
subjects  In  connection  with  a  business  educa¬ 
tion.  All  who  possess  Mr.  Pack  ard’s  Manual 

should  have J.hls Hoy. 
The  mechanical  exe¬ 
cution  of  the  book  is 
perfect. 

They  Wet  byCliauce. 
—By  Olive  Lou  an. 
New  York:  Adams, 
Victor  &  Co. 

This  “society  nov¬ 
el,”  as  its  author  calls 
it,  should  not  be  con¬ 
founded  with  Mr. 
Howell’s  “Chance 
Ac q u  aintance,"  a 
very  diff  erent  kind  of 
hook.  Miss  Logan, 
net 5  Sikes,  writes  in  a 
slap-dash  style,  and 
puts  any  amount  of 
slang  into  the  mouths 
of  her  characters. 
Those  who  like  such 
reading  will  find  a 
plenty  of  it  in  this 
book. 

The  Heiress  of 
Sweet  \vh  l  e  r.—  By 
J.  Thornton  Ran¬ 
dolph.  Philadel¬ 
phia  :  T.  B.  Peterson 
&  Brothers. 

An  American  story 
of  love  and  adven¬ 
ture,.  in  the  Olden 
time,  with  the  scene 
laid  In  Now  Jersey 
and  elsewhere.  It 
lays  some  claims  to  a 
historical  tale,  and  is 
written  in  the  usual 
style  of  such  hooks. 
The  Uncle  Law¬ 
rence  of  this  story 
has  the  reputation  of 
being  a  fine  old  gen¬ 
tleman. 

Outlines  of  Men, 
\V  o  iu  e  n  n  n  d 
Things.— By  Mary 
Clumsier  Ames. 
New  York  ;  Hurd  ,V 
Houghton.  1873. 

Mrs.  Ames  is  a 
chatty,  pleasant  wri¬ 
ter,  good  enough  for 
a  daily  paper,  but 
hardly  solid  enough 
for  a  book.  She  rat¬ 
tles  away  about 
everybody  she  has 
seen  and  nearly 
everything  she  has 
heard  of.  People  who 
read  simply  to  be 
amused,  will  find 
topics  of  interest  in 
this  book  with  its 
llaming  red  covers. 


The  Month  of  Gold. 

—  By  Edwin  .John¬ 
son.  New  York:  A. 
S.  Barnes  &  Cs. 

A  HANDSOME  little 
volume,  consisting  of 
lively,  well  -  written 
and  historical  sketch¬ 
es  In  blank  verse, 
illustrating  the  life  and  times  of  Chrysostom. 
The  book  is  well  worthy  of  attention. 

True  Success  in  Life. -By  Ray  Palmer.  New 
York  :  A.  8.  Barnes  &  Co.  1873, 

Kev.  I)r.  Palmer  of  Albany  is  favorably 
known  as  a  forcible  and  earnest  writer.  The 
present  volume  is  addressed  to  young  men  and 
women.  The  book  is  composed  of  addresses 
delivered  to  young  folks  by  tlioir  pastor.  We 
do  not  find  it  very  practical,  and,  as  a  rule,  it  is 
above  the  heads  of  youths.  The  sum-total  of 
the  book  is “  Be  Good.” 

Fourteen  Weeks  in  Chemistry.— By  J.  Dor¬ 
man  steel.  New  York:  A.  S.  Barnes  &  Co. 

This  handsome  and  profusely -illustrated 
book  of  300  pages  selLs  for  $1.50,  and  is  admirably 
adapted  to  the  use  of  beginners  in  tlie  delight¬ 
ful  study  of  chemist  ry.  Prof.  Steele  has  suc¬ 
ceeded  in  making  the  science  interesting  and 
easy  to  be  comprehended. 

VViililiflclil’s  New  Cook-Book.  — Philadelphia: 
T.  B.  Peterson  He  Brothers. 

For  our  part  we  can  see  no  difference  in 
cook-books.  This  one  has  the  usual  thousand- 
and-one  recipes,  and  pays  considerable  atten¬ 
tion  to  preparing  food  for  the  sick, 


ADOBE'S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER 


98 


THE  AGED. 

On,  pass  ye  by  tbe  a 
With  gentle  step  itnrt  slow ; 

They  have  the  burden  of  years  to  bear, 

And  the  tide  of  their  (tie  Is  low. 

Speak  kindly  a.-;  ye  erect  them, 
l<’or  their  world  Is  dim  and  cold, 

And  a  beaming  look  from  a  youthful  heart 
Is  the  sunlight  of  the  old. 

And  commune  with  the  aged ; 

Ask  them  of  days  gone  by : 

You  know  not  what  a  store  they  have 
Of  hoarded  memory: 

Of  hopes,  that  like  the  rainbow  shone. 

Only  to  fade  In  tears : 

And  love  anu  sorrow,  change  and  death, 

Bind  their  long  scroll  of  years. 

And  learn  yn  from  the  aged 
Hdw  with  a  tranquil  eye 

They  look  buck  on  JAfe’s  stormy  sea 
And  all  its  vanity ; 

The  hope  deferred,  the  dark  despair, 

The  dally  toll  ami  strife, 

They  are  burled  all  in  the  waves  of  time ; 

Of  the  aged  ask  of  life ! 

And  pray  yo  for  the  aged  ; 

Wit):  tottering  steps  they  stand 

Upon  the  very  borders 
Of  the  Bverlosting  band. 

Ask  for  them  strength  in  weakness, 

And  Faith's  supporting  rod  ; 

And  through  Death's  cold  dark  water 
The  strong  right  arm  of  God. 

[Dnmh  Lynch. 


HESTEE’S  PICTURE, 


BY  ESEN  E.  REXFORD. 


Hester’s  picture  hunt;  over  the  mantel  In 
the  plain  little  sitting  room,  ami  challenged 
admiration  from  every  beholder.  It  was  a 
landscape:  In  the  distance,  great  mountains 
lifted  up  their  snowy  peaks  to  a  warm  and  hazy 
sl;y,  At  t  he  mountain's  foot  stretched  a  valley 
through  which  a  river  ran,  foaming  and  danc¬ 
ing  against  the  .rocky  shores,  until  the  valley 
spread  itself  out  into  a  wide  and  level  meadow, 
and  through  this  meadow,  over  which  the  sun- 
si  line  lay,  bright  and  beautiful,  the  river  flowed 
in  a  placid,  tranquil  way,  pa  d.  willows  leaning 
on  the  banks,  to  dip  their  slender  branches  in 
the  water.  Visitors  always  saw  this  picture  the 
minute  they  entered  the  little  sitting  room.  It 
seemed  to  Impress  persons  with  a  sense  of  its 
beauty  before  they  examined  It  closely.  There 
was  something  km  natural,  so  real  about  it,  that 
It  hardly  seemed  a  picture,  but  a  glimpse  of 
mountain  and  meadow  and  river  seen  through 
an  open  window. 

There  was  a  pretty  little  story  connected  with 
the  picture,  which  made  it  more  interesting  to 
those  who  knew  about  it.  An  old  man— a  sort 
of  podler— had  stopped  at  Hester’s  one  day, 
and  asked  for  something  to  eat,  saying  that  he 
felt  sick  and  faint.  Hester  gave  him  some 
food,  and  seeing  how  pule  he  was,  insisted  on 
his  lying  down  and  trying  to  re  t  himself  be¬ 
fore  he  went  on.  lie  laid  down,  and  H  was 
nearly  a  month  before  ho  left  his  bed.  All 
through  his  sieltncss  Hester  nursed  him  faith¬ 
fully,  and  attended  to  his  many  wants  as  if  he 
had  been  her  father.  The  old  man  was  wonder¬ 
fully  grateful  for  her  kindness,  and  when  he 
went  away  gave  her  this  picture,  to  prove  Ids 
gratitude.  11  ow  he  came  by  It  was  never  known. 
That  he  underst  ood  something  of  its  value  was 
evident,  for  ho  told  Hester,  as  he  gave  it  to 
her.  that  if  occasion  over  demanded,  she  could 
dispose  of  it  in  the  city  at  a  good  price. 

Hut  Kkrter  never  once  thought  of  patting 
with  K.  dlie  had  never  enjoyed  (he  inllmmco 
of  beautiful  things  in  her  plain,  Utile  country 
home,  and  this  picture  was  to  lier  like  a  revela¬ 
tion  fro  m  some  new  world  of  beauty.  She  would 
sit  for  hours  and  study  it. and  always  sbo  found 
something  to  admire  that  she  had  not  seen  be- 
fo.-e.  And.  like  all  beautiful  things,  it  acted 
as  a  incans  of  refinement,  and  helped  to  develop 
her  strong  natural  taste  for  the  beautiful  all 
about  her. 

“  isn't  it.  beautiful  she  used  to  say  to  Wire 
Dare  often,  as  he  sat  with  her  on  Sunday  even¬ 
ing?,  in  the  little  sitting-room.  “I  forget  my¬ 
self  sometimes,  and  think  1  am  looking  at  a 
real  meadow,  and  can  almost  hear  the  water 
running  by." 

Of  course.  Will  agreed  with  her  fully.  Will 
was  not  exactly  HESTER’S  lover  in  the  country 
sense  of  t  he  word,  because  he  had  never  "spo¬ 
ken  out’’  regarding  his  "  Intentions but  the 
neighbors  nil  Interred,  from  the  regularity  with 
which  he  visited  her,  that  he  did  intend  to 
"speak  out"  some  time,  and  they  thought  they 
could  tell  pretty  near  what  his  “  intentions" 
were.  Though  there  had  never  been  any  verbal 
understanding  between  them  on  Hip  matter  of 
marriage,  1  think  both  Will  and  Hester  un¬ 
derstood  each  other  well  enough.  Young  peo¬ 
ple  are  quite  apt,  to  come  to  an  understanding 
with  each  other  without  putting  it  in  words. 

One  day  Wtt.l  came  to  Hester  with  great 
news.  He  had  been  otter.  >d  a  position  in  a  large 
exporting  bouse  in  South  America.  Thcsalory 
was  something  unusual  for  those  days,  and  if 
he  accepted  the  position,  what  he  would  earn 
in  two  or  three  years  would  be  enough  to  start 
him  in  business,  in  a  modest  way. 

Hester  found  it  hard  to  think  of  having  him 
go  so  far  away  and  for  so  long  a  time,  but  was 


willing  to  trust  to  his  judgment.  If  bethought 
it  for  the  best,  she  would  not  say  anything  to 
keep  him  back. 

And  Will  went. 

It  was  very  lonesome  for  Hester  after  ho  was 
gone.  She  found  herself  counting  the  months 
over,  sometimes,  that  must  elapse  before  his 
return.  Time  seemed  to  move  at  a  snail's  pace, 
just  because  she  wanted  it.  to  hurry. 

The  end  of  tho  second  year  after  Wrr.L'S  de¬ 
parture  found  Hester  and  her  mother  In  the 
city.  A  great  change  -and  a  sudden  one— had 
come  Into  t  heir  lives.  A  mortgage  about  which 
they  had  known  nothing  had  fallen  due,  and 
the  owner  of  it,  ahard,  grasping,  merciless  man, 
had  turned  thorn  out  of  house  and  home,  with 
nothing  but  their  hands  between  them  and  ab¬ 
solute  want.  Hester  had  tried  to  get  a  living 
in  the  little  village  by  sewing :  but,  as  in  most 
small,  country  places,  very  little  sewing  was 
done  outside  the  families,  and  at  Just  she  had 
to  give  up  the  attempt  to  live  in  that  way.  Then 
she  had  concluded  to  try  tho  city.  At  first,  af¬ 
fairs  went  on  smoothly.  Bbe  had  succeeded  In 
getting  plenty  of  work  to  do  and  at  fair  wages. 
Then  her  mother,  never  very  strong,  had  fallen 
sick,  and  demanded  a  good  deal  of  time  and 
care,  and  the  drain  upon  her  slender  purse  was 
frightful  to  think  of,  because  so  little  was  com¬ 
ing  into  it. 

Hester  worked  on,  resolutely.  She  was  not 
one  of  those  young  women  who  give  tip  easily. 
She  felt  that  she  vWtSt  work.  1 1  or  mother  must 
not  Buffer,  if  she  did.  Late  into  the  nights  she 
sat  before,  her  table  and  stitched  away  its  if  life 
depended  upon  it.  And  when  she  thought  of 
her  mother,  growing  thinner  and  whiter  every 
day,  she  felt  that  life  did  depend  upon  it.  The 
invalid  must  have  generous  diet,  the  physician 
said;  whatever  her  appetite  craved  must  be 
given  her.  Often  Hester  contented  herself 
with  a<  rust,  that  her  mother  might  have  the 
luxury  she  craved ;  but  the  sick  woman  never 
dreamed  of  tho  sacrifice. 

Hester  sat  before  the  one  window  in  the  old 
tenement,  house  this  hot,  August  afternoon, 
and  thought.  The  doctor  had  told  her  that 
very  day,  that  what  her  mother  needed  ihore 
than  anything  else  was  the  pure  air  of  her 
native  hills;  this  city  air,  hot,  dry,  dusty,  was 
stilling  her.  She  would  never  be  any  better 
unless  she  could  leave  the  city.  Hut.  how  to  get; 
her  Into  the  country  '<  Hester  thought  the 
problem  over  until  she  was  dizzy.  She  was  half 
worn  out,  herself,  with  overwork,  and  the  rent 
was  due,  and  several  things  mutt,  be  had  right 
away.  And  taking  all  those  into  consideration, 
where  was  the  money  to  corne  from  to  take  her 
mother  to  the  paradise  of  green  fields  and  wide, 
blue,  skies  ? 

Thinking  of  the  country  made  her  look  up  at 
her  picture,  which  had  been  the  one  bright 
spot  in  their  city  home.  Looking  at  that  had 
rested  her  many  times  when  her  eyes  ami 
Ungers  ached  and  her  head  seemed  to  hold  an 
imprisoned  whirlwind  in  it.  Looking  at  the 
picture  brought  back  the  remembrance  of  what 
tho  old  podler  had  said  when  he  gave  tt  to  her : 

“//  you  ever  want  to  dimpose  of  it,  you  can  do 
so,  at  <J.  (/00d  price,  in  thr  city” 

Here  she  was  in  the  city,  and  there  hung  tho 
pie, tine,  and  if  ever  she  felt  the  need  of  money, 
she  felt  It  now.  Why  not  see  what  could  ho 
done  with  it?  But.  the  thought  of  letting  her 
picture  go  was  like  that  of  part  ing  with  an  old 
friend.  She  had  formed  an  attachment  for  it 
that  was  strong  and  deep.  Many  associations 
clung  to  it  which  she  liked  to  think  of.  Could 
she  let  it  go  ? 

“f  oughtn't  to  think  about  that,” she  said, 
getting  up  resolutely.  “I  ought  to  think  of 
how  much  good  mother  may  derive  from  it.  I 
must  oot  he  selfish.” 

She  took  down  the  picture  and  wrapped  it  in 
a  paper  and  went  out. 

"Mother,  mother  I"  she  cried,  an  hour  later, 
os  she  came  hurrying  up  thestairs,  "  1  huvesold 
my  picture  for  $200.  Think  of  that!  And  you 
can  go  to  the  country  now." 

The  invalid  smiled  sadly.  “  You  are  wearing 
your  life  out  for  me,  Hester,”  she  said,  kissing 
her  daughter's  face ;  "Gon  will  repay  you,  if  I 
never  can.” 

“You  have  paid  me  a  thousand  times,”  an¬ 
swered  Hester.  “All  I  ask  of  you  now  is,  that 
you  will  get  well  as  fust  as  possible,  when  we 
get  away  from  this  horrible  den.  Think  of  it, 
mother!  We  shall  bo  able  to  see  something 
besides  a  great  desert  of  dusty  old  houses,  with 
a  little  patch  of  blue  sky  overhead,  and  lot  the 
thought  strengthen  you  for  the  journey." 

It  was  arranged  that  they  were  to  leave  the 
city  on  Monday.  This  arrangement  would  givo 
them  two  days  to  get  ready  in.  Hester  busied 
herself  in  making  all  needful  preparations,  and 
tried  to  forget  the  picture ;  but  every  t  ime  she 
looked  up  at  the  place  where  it  had  hung,  it 
seemed  as  if  something  like  sunshine  had  gone 
out  of  her  life,  leaving  it  v  ary  bare  and  bleak. 


They  were  sitting  alone  on  Saturday  evening. 
Hester  had  got  everything  ready  for  their  de¬ 
parture  bright  and  early  Monday  morning.  As 
she  sat  there,  she  fell  to  wondering  about  Wfll. 
She  had  not  heard  from  him  since  she  came  to 
the  city.  Somehow,  lie  seemed  to  have  drifted 
out  of  her  sphere  of  life.  She  couldn’t  tell  why; 
perhaps  because  her  sphere  of  life  had  changed 
so.  She  wondered  what  she  should  do  when 
the  money  tho  picture  had  brought  was  gone. 
Out  in  the  country  she  didn’t  expect  to  find 
much  work  to  do.  Winter  was  corning,  by-and- 
by,  and  she  must  do  something  toward  gettiog 
ready  for  it.  The  look,  ahead  was  gloomy 
enough,  because  it  was  so  full  of  uncertainty. 


If  she  could  only  know  what  to  depend  on,  she 
could  tell  what  to  do.  But  the  trouble  was  the 
same  with  her  as  with  all  of  its— she  couldn’t 
forsee  what  time  would  bring  to  pass. 

Hester  couldn't  tell  why,  but  she  bad  never 
been  so  completely  discouraged  as  she  was  that 
night.  She  laid  her  head  down  on  her  hands 
that  her  mother  might  not  see  her,  and  cried. 
There  was  a  step  on  the  stair,  a  knock  at  the 
door.  She  went  and  opened  it,  and  a  man  stood 
on  the  threshold. 

“  Hester,  Hester  !’’  cried  a  cheery,  gla 
voice,  “don't  you  know  me?"  and  two  stron 
arms  were  around  her  before  she  half  compre¬ 
hended  what  was  taking  place,  and  Will  was 
kissing  her. 

“  Oh,  Will  !  i*  It  really  you  ?”  she  cried.  “  I 
have  just  been  thinking  of  you !”  and  then  she 
just  laid  her  head  down  on  his  shoulder  and 
sobbed  for  very  happiness, 

By-and-by,  when  they  were  sitting  together, 
talking  of  the  past  and  the  present,  he  tedd  her 
how  he  had  returned  to  his  old  home  and  found 
that,  she  was  gone,  and  none  of  the  old  neigh¬ 
bors  could  tell  him  where  to  look  for  her  ex¬ 
cept  “  in  tha  city."  Taking  this  uncertain  clue, 
he  had  come  to  the  city  and  searched  from  one 
end  of  it  to  the  other  unsuccessfully.  lie  had 
nearly  given  up  the  search  In  despair,  thinking 
that  she  had  gone  elsewhere,  when  what  should 
he  happen  to  see  that  afternoon,  in  a  picture- 
dealer’s  window,  but  Hie  dear  old  picture  of 
Hester's?  From  the  dealer  he  had  learned 
her  whereabouts— and  here  be  was! 

“I’ll  be  back  pretty  soon,"  ha  exclaimed, sud¬ 
denly,  and  went  out.  l'retty  soon  he  came  back, 
bringing  the  pleture. 

“We'll  never  let  it  go,"  lie  said,  kissing  Hes¬ 
ter.  “  I  shouldn’t  have  found  you  if  it  hadn’t 
been  for  this.” 

And  to-day  that  picture  hangs  above  their 
mantel  in  their  pleasant  homo,  the  most  cher¬ 
ished  of  all  Hester’s  “earth  possessions." 
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SPARKS  A  HD  SPLINTERS. 


A  tip-top  band— Hat  band. 

A  bad  miss— A  misdemeanor. 

Food  for  imagination  Fancy  bread. 

Current  views— Those  from  the  river. 

A  Western  settler— The  sun  at  evening. 

Tub  year  of  jubilee  for  frogs— Leap  year. 

A  criminal  court— Flirting  with  married 
men. 

What  part  of  a  fish  is  like  the  end  of  a  book  ? 
The  fln-is. 

One  way  to  get  out  of  a  scrape — Let  your 
board  grow. 

What  relation  is  the  door  to  the  mat?  A 
step-father. 

When  is  a  thief  like  a  reporter  ?— When  he 
takes  notes. 

SuLrnun  comes  from  Vesuvius — therefore  it 
is  good  for  eruptions. 

Josh  Billings  says  that  a  red  herring  will 
keep  a  man  dry  better  than  an  umbrella. 

Why  do  "  birds  In  their  little  nests  agree  ? 
Because  they  would  fall  out  if  t  hey  didn’t. 

A  man  had  an  aching  tooth,  and  had  it  taken 
out.  lie  says  he  forgot  the  pain  directly  it  was 
out  of  his  head. 

The  reason  why  young  ladies  tue  so  anxious 
to  get  husbands  is  because  every  woman  is 
amiss  until  she  is  married. 

The  opponents  of  the  Woman's  Rights  move¬ 
ment  insist  that  at  the  time  of  her  creation, 
woman  was  only  a  side  issue. 

A  dandy  asked  a  barber's  boy  if  he  had  ever 
shaved  a  monkey,"  No,  sir,"  answered  the  lad, 
“but  if  you  will  take  a  scat,  I'll  try." 

“I  always  sing  to  please  myself,”  said  a  gen¬ 
tleman  calling  on  a  lady  friend  last  evening. 
“Indeed,  you’re  easily  pleiiaed  then,"  said  she. 

The  man  who  thought  he  could  do  business 
without  advertising  has  been  compelled  to  givo 
in.  His  first  advertisement  was  headed  “  Sber- 

;  ■  ■  .1,-  1 

“  How  does  that  look,  eh  ?  ”  said  a  big-fisted 
Wuli-street  man  to  a  friend,  holding  up  one  of 
his  brawny  hands.  "That,"  said  the  friend, 
“looks  as  tho'  you'd  gone  short  on  your  soap.” 

A  Terra  Haute  editor,  who  speaks  with  the 
air  of  a  man  who  has  discovered  a  new  fact  by 
experience,  says  that  the  way  to  prevent  bleed¬ 
ing  at.  tho  nose  is  to  keep  your  noso  out  of 
other  people's  business. 

If  the  Government  believes  In  placing  things 
where  they  will  do  the  most  good,  why  don't 
they  send  the  peace  commissioners  to  the  front 
and  let  the  more  valuable  soldiers  fall  back  out 
of  the  way  of  the  bullets? 

A  man  who  married  a  buxom  Irish  girl,  greatly 
to  the  horror  of  his  mother  amt  sister,  made 
the  following  defence:— “If  I  married  an 
American  girl  I  must  have  an  Irish  girl  to  take 
care  of  her,  and  1  cannot  afford  to  support  both 
of  them.” 

An  unconscious  play  upon  words  was  made, 
the  other  day,  by  a  little  girl  while  relating  to  a 
sympathizing  lady  the  loss  of  two  pet  calves. 
What  caused  their  death  ?  asked  the  lady.  Oh ! 
was  the  answer,  one  was  hooked  to  death,  and 
the  other  died  on  its  own  hook. 

An  exquisitely-dressed  young  gentleman, 
after  buying  another  seal  to  dangle  about  his 
person,  said  to  the  jeweler  that  he  would— ah, 
Jike  to  have — ah,  something  engraved  on  it— 
ah,  to  denote  what  he  was!  Certainly,  certain¬ 
ly  1  said  the  tradesman,  I’ll  put  a  cipher  on  it. 


“HE  GIVETH  HIS  BELOVED  SLEEP.” 


BY  DX  FORREST  P.  GUMMKRSON. 

AH,  friend  !  tbon,  too,  bast  drank 
From  sorrow’s  cup ; 

And  know  bow  sad  and  drear  does 
Grew  the  world: 

Vr'ben  some  beloved  voice 
Hath  silent  grown, 

Whose  music  was  to  tbee,  of  sounds, 

Most  sweet. 

Hast  In  the  silent  watches  of  the  night 
Listened  with  longing,  hut  in  vain  ? 

Upon  tho  stair  will  sound  those  feet 
Never  again ! 

I  mind  me  of  a  time,  in  days  like 
These  of  thine : 

When  all  the  world  was  dark,  the  sun 
To  me  was  hid  ; 

And  life  seemed  all  too  dreary. 

And  1  prayed  to  die, 

That  I  my  loved  ono  still 
Might  linger  near. 

And  in  that  hour,  when  all  of  life  seemed  droar. 
And  X  could  only  sit  alone  and  weep, 

There  came  these  words  to  comfort  me : 

“  He  glvoth  His  beloved  sleep.” 

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HOPE  A  CHARMING  TRAIT. 


Hope  is  a  charming  trait  in  men.  There  is 
something  very  admirable  in  conscientious¬ 
ness;  in  Its  depths;  in  its  endurance ;  in  the 
acceptance  of  unwelcome  labor  and  duty  which 
it  carries  with  it.  There  is  also  in  the  stringency 
of  fear  much  that  is  to  he  admired.  It  carries 
with  It  great  activity  and  intense  provocation. 
But,  after  all,  commend  me  to  the  sweetness 
and  the  Inspiration  of  hope.  Men  who  have 
this  faculty  largely  developed,  though  they 
have  but  lit  tle  education,  are  children  of  the 
daylight.  They  are  perpetually  alive,  to  that 
which  Is  sweetest  and  best  in  life. 

It  is  true  that  hope  itself  has  its  own  peculiar 
dangers.  The  whole  generation  of  what  are 
called  Hchcntcrx  are  children  of  hope.  They  are 
not  balanced  by  suitable  caution,  reflection  and 
development.  Schemers  are  pioneers  of  suc¬ 
cess.  We  always  laugh  at  them,  and  nbver  rec¬ 
ognize  how  much  we  are  under  obligation  to 

them.  % 

If  you  are  starting  in  an  unknown  channel, 
you  are  not  glud  of  any  mishap  to  him  that 
goes  ahead  of  you  ;  but  if  he  run  upon  a  sand¬ 
bank  lie  is  a  buoy  for  you,  and  you  do  not  go 
there;  and  if  auothcr  strike  some  obstacle  on 
the  other  side,  you  take  note  of  him,  and  avoid 
that  obstacle.  You  profit  by  the  misfortunes 
of  the  two  men,  and  go  between  them.  You 
take  the  channel  which  they  both  meant  to 
take,  but  missed. 

The  men  who  go  ahead  concoct  new  schemes, 
seeking  something  better,  laying  the  founda¬ 
tion  for  valuable  results,  though  they  do  not 
reap  them.  To  be  sure,  the  inventor,  in  his 
day,  received  nothing  from  his  invention;  but 

then,  l  hat  invention  boro  fruit  in  another  man’s 
hand  a  little  later. 

Here  is  a  man  that  sought  some  public  im¬ 
provement.  For  thirty  years  he  has  talked 
about  it,  ami  labored  for  it, ;  and  nothing  came 
of  it  during  Ids  life-time ;  but  when  he  died, 
somebody  else  got  the  proceeds  of  his  labors. 

It  is  the  function,  then,  ol  schemers  to  go 
ahead;  to  be  pioneers;  to  find  new  paths;  to 
break  up  the  wilderness;  to  prepare  the  way 
for  those  who  come  after  them.  Wo  speak  of 
them  slightingly  ;  we  crown  their  memories 
with  contempt  almost;  we  say  or  them,  “  Well, 
they  had  no  ballast ;  they  never  succeeded. ” 
ff  success  means  to  freight  one's  own  pockets, 
they  did  not  succeed  ;  hut  if  a  man  hus  succeed¬ 
ed  whose  life  has  been  a  benefit  to  Ids  lcllow- 
men,  whether  it  has  benefited  him  personally 
or  not,  then  they  did  succeed. 

- - • 

“SOLD  ON,  SAM.” 

In  the  life  of  Samuel  Hick,  ono  of  John  Wes¬ 
ley's  preachen?,  is  an  incident  which  may  some¬ 
times  be  of  use  to  those  who  solicit  funds  for 
tho  cause  of  Ch ristian  benevolence.  Hick  was 
a  blacksmith  by  trade ;  but  he  was  constrained 
by  the  love  of  Christ  to  preach  the  Gospel,  and 
he  continued  in  the  work  forty-two  years,  until 
his  death.  He  was  a  most  active  propagator  of 
the  doctrines  of  Wesley,  and  a  mau  of  uucon- 
querable  faith.  So  bold  and  mighty  was  his 
spirit  of  prayer,  that  he  often  did  almost,  in¬ 
credible  things,  and  received  almost  incredible 
answers.  He  once,  in  company  with  his  brother, 
visited  the  place  of  his  birth,  to  collect  money 
for  a  chapel.  lie  proposed  to  call  on  a  man 
who  was  well  known  to  be  very  wealthy,  but 
penurious.  Tito  brother  thought  it  would  be 
of  no  use.  But  Hick  went  and  begged  for  a 
contribution,  and  received  in  return  an  abso¬ 
lute  refusal.  At  once  he  was  upon  his  knees, 
praying  for  the  stingy  sinner.  “  Hold  on,  Sam,” 
exclaimed  he;  “I  will  give  you  half  a  crown.” 
But  Sam  continued,  saying  to  the  Lord  that  that 
was  far  too  little  for  such  a  rich  man.  Sudden¬ 
ly  he  exclaimed  again.  “Hold  on;  I  will  give 
you  two  crowns.”  Sam  ;  ow  rose  from  his 
knees,  and  bore  away  the  v ;  :swer  to  his  prayer. 

A  desperate  case  demane  ••  a  desperate  rem¬ 
edy.  When  men  beg  for  Christ,  sometimes  a 
bold  stroke  is  the  wisest  stroke.  Conscience  is 
arrayed  against  avarice ;  and  when  conscience 
and  Christ  both  plead  against  an  avaricious 
spirit,  the  avaricious  spirit  has  the  worst  of  it. 
—Tramlatid  /mm  the  Serulhote. 


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MY  SON. 

BY  charlotte  cordier. 

I  hate  no  need  to  speak  ; 

He  knows  It  ail. 

If  I  but  of  ldra  think, 

Without  my  Call 
He  soon  draws  near. 

And  when  I  meet  his  eyes, 

So  soft  and  clear. 

The  gospel  of  the  skies 
I  seem  to  hear, 

In  one  word  told. 

Upon  hla  brow,  enthroned, 

Sits  every  grace  i 
For  there  the  sweet,  broad  word 
Each  one  can  trace, 

Of  charity. 

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USE  THE  GOLDEN  EGGS. 

The  farmer  who  works  to  the  last  limit  of 
daylight,  and  thus  hoes  his  garden  moonlight 
nights,  is  a  poor  manager,  lie  docs  not  get  the 
most  out  of  life.  It  is  not  worth  while  to  hoard 
up  the  golden  eggs,  whieh  the  good  goose  lays, 
until  they  are  stale.  Better  use  them,  day  by 
da) .  as  you  need  them.  In  ot ear  words,  don’t 
be  so  greedy  of  gain  that  you  deny  yourself  all 
comfort  and  pleasure  as  you  go  along,  In  the 
hope  of  securing  the  means  for  taking  a  long 
rest,  by-and-by.  When  the  capacity  f->r  enjoy¬ 
ment  is  gone,  how  worthless  will  tie  tho  means 
for  securing  it  1  What  is  a  tine  gallery  of  paint¬ 
ings  to  the  man  who  baa  lost  bis  eyesight? 

The  young  farmer  should  quit  work  early 
enough  to  v.a.-ih  up,  change  lib'  soiled  clothes, 
arid  slip  on  a  fr<  .h  linen  coat  or,  better  still,  a 
good  dressing  gown,  before  he  sits  down  to  hi* 
supper.  Ho  will  enjoy  it  ten  times  as  welt,  and 
so  will  bis  family,  ft  w  ill  have  an  elevating  in¬ 
fluents®  on  the  whale  household.  Let  tho  sup¬ 
per  bo  early  enough  to  ensure  good  sound  sleep, 
even  for  the  children.  If  there  is  time  after 
supper,  often  take  the  tired  wife  and  little  ones 
out  fora  ride  of  hair  an  hour,  or  drop  mto  a 
neighbor's  and  spend  a  social  evening.  Y  bon 
at  home,  make  tho  evening  hour  pleasant  by 
some  cheerful  game  or  entertaining  reading. 
It  is  these  little  matters  that  make  the  differ¬ 
ence  between  an  intelligent,  refined  and  happy 
household,  and  one  where  Its  members  are  little 
more  than  drudges  and  slaves. 

I  shall  never  forgot  a  little  brick  cottage, 
where  r  often  visited  in  early  life.  The  inmates 
were  hard-working  people,  yet  there  was  an  aii 
of  tru«  refinement  and  culture  apparent  on 
every  side.  Two  elderly  daughters  kept  house 
for  their  aged  father  and  two  younger  brot  hers. 
The  lending  periodicals  of  tho  day  were  found 
on  their  table,  and  were  all  thoroughly  read. 
Thfc  hoUfle  *vvns  nhvayn  in  ttift  ncat^t*  ordor,  stud 
the  two  sisters  were  tho  happiest,  cheeriest 
old  maids  1  evor  knew.  Tho  oldest  son  was  a 
horn  artist,  and  various  specimens  of  his  skill 
adorned  the  walls.  His  groupings  of  flowers  In 
wreaths  and  bouquets  wore  most  exquisite. 
Though  self-taught,  bo  had  often  been  em¬ 
ployed  to  make  sketches  of  rural  head-pieces 
for  newspapers,  receiving  very  good  compen¬ 
sation.  It  did  not  turn  his  head,  however,  and 
cause  him  to  give  up  a  good,  sure  living  on  the 
old  farm  lor  the  precarious  gains  of  art.  Draw¬ 
ing  was  a  pastime,  not  an  occupation.  The 
other  brother  was  a  flue  musician.  Indeed, 
both  boys  played  and  sang  wcdl ;  and  often,  on 
summer  evenings,  as  they  sat  In  u  group  on  the 
broad  stone  steps,  the  sound  of  the  flute  and 
violin  blended  sweetly  with  the  singing  of  the 
sisters,  and  caused  many  a  pa-  ser-hy  to  pause, 
and  peer  through  the  bower  of  green  in  which 
the  house  stood,  to  catch  a  glimpse  of  the  musi¬ 
cians.  It  was  tho  pleasantest  farm-house  and 
happiest  farmer’s  family  lever  knew.  If  they 
did  not  grow  rich,  they  did  better:  they  en¬ 
joyed  a  comfortable  living  as  they  went  alonr. 
Don't  hoard  up  for  the  winter  of  life  what  you 
need  to  make  you  comfortable  in  tho  spring¬ 
time  and  summer.  Don’t  harden  your  chil¬ 
dren's  natures  by  a  close- listed  policy,  that 
shall  make  them  unloved  and  unlionored  and 
wretched  through  life.  J-  W’C. 

- - - - 

GIRLS,  HARRY  FARMERS, 

«  _ i 

Ginns  1  Make  up  your  minds,  love  and  other 
contingencies  included,  to  marry  a  iarmer,  if 
such  a  thing  he  lu  your  power.  With  this  end 
in  view,  cultivate  your  tastes  and  habits  to 
meet  its  requirements,  taking  advantage  of 
every  opportunity  for  perfecting  yourselves  in 
such  employment  as  will  best  befit  you  for  such 
a  station,  remembering  always,  that  however 
wealthy  or  fashionable  you  may  be,  there  is  no 
disgrace  attached  to  any  labor  that  can  make 
ourselves  or  others  more  happy  or  comfortable. 
It  is  the  hands  that  ennoble  the  work,  not  the 
work  that  soils  the  hands  of  the  true,  right- 
minded  woman  1  And  should  you  choose  rather 
to  become  the  wife  of  a  merchant  or  mechanic, 
depend  upon  It,  your  husband  will  think  none 
tho  less  of  you  because  you  are  familiar  with 
all  the  necessary  details  of  housekeeping,  so 
that,  the  sudden  dis.ifb  etion  of  Bridget  need 
not  create  a  panic  in  bis  home.  There  is  not  a 
family  in  whieh  such  a  contingency  may  not 
occur.  How  much  more  agreeable  to  the  tired 
husband  to  find  hia  wife  pleasantly  preparing 
the  evening  meal,  which  the  sudden  departure 
of  t  he  cook  has  made  her  duty,  than  to  tlnd  her 
bewailing  her  dreadful  position,  which  she, 


knowing  nothing  of  such  matters,  is  powerless 
to  remedy,  while  ho,  poor, tired  mortal,  is  com¬ 
pelled  to  search  cupboard  and  panl  ry,  satisfying 
his  hunger  with  any  stray  bits  which  Bridget 
may  have  loft -or  yet ,  perhaps,  go  forth  to  some 
saloon  in  scorch  of  his  supper. 

When  you  have  found  tho  honest,  intelligent 
farmer,  who  fills  the  measure  of  all  your  love, 
and  is  In  your  eyes  the  noblest  and  best  of  all 
God's  croatiou,  rqujBinber  that  yen  arc  to  bo  a 
“  helpmeet  for  him  !”  Not  only  as  regards  the 
daily  routine  of  labor  attending  farm  life,  but 
in  mind  and  Intellect  his  equal;  helping  him 
to  add  to,  rather  than  forgot,  i  be  knowledge  he 
acquired  as  a  young  man  ;  ids  "  helpmeet.  ”  In 
the  way  of  pleasures  and  amusements,  which 
serve  to  make  him  at  times  forget  the  weari¬ 
ness  of  body  resulting  from  his  labors;  a  “  help¬ 
meet”  in  taste,  which  will  adorn  his  home, 
within  and  without,  that  it  may  ever  bo  a  thing 
of  beauty  in  the  eyes  of  its  owner.  A  wife 
should  know  enough  of  the  requirements  of  a 
homo  to  plan  one  that,  will  b& neat,  pretty  and 
convenient;  she  should  control  her  ambition 
so  as  to  bo  content  with  such  a  beginning  as  tier 
husband's  means  will  admit,  and  want  no  more ; 
she  should,  as  far  as  able,  surround  his  home 
with  trees,  fruits  and  flowers ;  let  its  walls  bo 
adorned  with  a  tew  pictures, and  its  shelves  con¬ 
tain  good  and  entertaining  books;  let  papers, 
both  agricultural,  scientific  and  literary,  bo  ever 
ready  to  tho  husband’s  hands.  Thus,  while 
making  for  herself  and  husband  n  pleasant 
homo,  it  will  over  bo  a  pleasure  to  friends  to 
gat  her  in  and  while  away  an  Idle  hour,  to  their 
own  pleasure  and  profit. 

Now  tlsat  you  arc  ready  to  begin  housekeep¬ 
ing,  if  it  Is  possible, dispense  with  the  “hired 
girls,”  Not  that  I  think  farmers'  wives  ought 
not  to  keep  help,  but  because— unless  you  nan 
be  blessed  with  the  one  exception  to  the  gen¬ 
eral  rule— you  will  be  so  much  happier  without 
them ;  but  If  you  feel  that  your  means  will 
justify,  in  anticipation  of  the  need  of  help  that 
may  come  to  after  years,  you  may  look  about, 
among  the  many  orphan  waifs  that  are  scatter¬ 
ed  up  ami  down  tho  whole  earth,  and  gather 
into  your  little  nest  of  a  home  soma  half-starved 
nestlings,  who  will  grow  up  under  your  oare  and 
cultivation,  intelligent  and  active— a  help  to 
you,  and  a  blessing  likewise,— while  you  will  be 
obtaining  tho  blessing  that  Is  promised  to  all 
who  “  give  tho  cup  of  cold  water  to  one  of  those 
little  ones  l”  Aunt  Lott. 

- - — — »-»-».■—  - - 

THE  CAPACITY  TO  WOKK. 

Tiie  faculty  with  which  some  are  endowed 
to  do  certain  kinds  of  work,  and  to  do  it  well, 
seems  almost  miraculous.  And  it.  may  ho  pos¬ 
sible  that  there  exist  those  who  can  accomplish 
general  housework  in  tho  same  marvelous  way. 
I  have  known  a  woman  who  had  worked  all 
day,  making  a  great,  stir,  and  yet  when  night 
canm,  another,  moving  so  quietly  that,  you  hard¬ 
ly  realized  her  presence,  hud  accomplished  fully 
one-third  more. 

There  are  wonderful  adopts  In  the  ranking  or 
tine  laces,  and  rich  embroideries ;  fairy  stories, 
cunningly  wrought;  exquisite  portraying*  of 
nature's  most  beautiful  scenery  ;  and  enchant¬ 
ing  strains  of  a  wool  melody  being  wafted  in  the 
air.  Yet  since  all  are  not  thus  gifted,  the  many 
pay  homage  to  !  ne  few,  doubting  riot  what  their 
eyes  behold  nr  their  ears  hear,  merely  because 
they  themselves  have  not  tho  skill  to  produce 
the  same  result. 

There  may  b,:.  other  “  crisp  "  writers,  yet  there 
ha  been  but  one  Fanny  Fern:  other  represen¬ 
tations  of  dross  and  character,  but  none  like 
those  of  Dickens;  so  also  docs  the  modesty 
and  sweetness  of  Hawthorns  stand  alone. 
Then  why  not  a  pre-eminently  able  woman 
have  tiie  credit  due  her,  if  she  excels  “In  doing 
much  housework?"  Why  is  It  that  we  are  so 
prone  to  believe  that  one  cannot  do  more  than 
many  others.  In  general  housework,  and  yet, 
admit  that  there  have  boon  those  far  excelling 
all  others  in  music,  painting  and  writing? 

However,  instead  of  discussing  this  question, 
my  object  was  to  propose  that  those  interested 
in  general  housework  would,  for  the  benefit  of 
young  housekeepers,  glide  Into  the  channel  of 
tolling  them  what  they  had  to  do,  and  how  they 
did  it.  My  beginning  housekeeping  was  with  a 
limited  knowledge  of  Its  manifold  labors;  and 
hardly  before  the  first  meal  had  been  prepared, 
a  friend  was  ready  to  partake  of  it.  with  us. 
Knowing  judgment  would  be  passed  respecting 
my  ability  to  succeed,  there  was  a  iittlo  Inward 
flurry,  at  least.  A  good  beginning  surely,  but 
no  bettor  than  has  been  pretty  well  kept  tip ; 
and,  Mr.  Editor,  whenever  the  Rural  has  been 
“  full  jeweled  "  with  valuable  recipes,  one  heart 
has  been  made  glad.  C.  V.  h.  s. 


MAN  AS  A  LEAE. 

Man  is  no  bettor  than  a  leaf  driven  by  the 
wind  until  he  has  completely  mastered  his 
great,  lonely  dut‘66.  If  he  has  no  habit,  of  re¬ 
tiring  from  all  that,  is  worldly,  and  of  convers¬ 
ing  lace  to  face  with  his  inner  man.  If  he  does 
not.  draw  down  upon  his  soul  “  the  powers  of 
the  world  to  come,  then  he  is  no  man  yet  ',  he 
has  not  found  tne  life  of  man,  nor  the  strength 
of  man;  he  is  a  poor,  unhappy  man,  sporting 
only  with  shadows,  and  affrighted  before  the 
real  and  l lie  eternal.  He  owns  a  great  house,  a 
wonderful  house,  but  it  is  shut  up,  and  lie  lives 
outside  with  his  fellow-cattle;  the  inside  is 
wholly  unknown  to  him.  and  he  has  lived  out¬ 
side  so  long  that  he  is  afraid  of  the  inside. 
Think,  mv  good  brothers  and  sisters,  of  the 
groat,  high,  serene  world,  in  which  you  might 
live  and  move  and  have  your  being. 


LITTLE  BROWN  HANDS. 

They  drive  home  the  cows  from  the  pasture, 

Up  through  tho  lung,  shady  lane 

Where  the  quail  whistles  loud  In  tho  wheat-fields 
That  are  yellow  wit  h  ripening  grain. 

They  Arid  in  the  thick,  waring  grasses, 

Whore  the  scarlet-lipped  strawberry  grows ; 

They  gather  the  curliest  snow -drops, 

And  the  first  crimson  buds  of  the  rose. 

They  toss  the  new  hay  In  tho  meadow  | 

They  gather  the  elder-bloom  white  j 

They  find  where  the  dusky  v rapes  purple 
In  the  soft-tinted  October  light. 

They  know  where  the  apples  hang  ripest. 

And  are  sweeter  than  Italy  wines ; 

They  know  where  the  fruit  hangs  the  thickest 
On  tho  long,  thorny  blackberry  vines. 

They  gather  the  delicate  sea-weeds, 

And  tmild  ttuy  castles  of  sand ; 

They  pick  up  the  beautiful  sea-shells,— 

Fairy  barks  that  have  drifted  to  land. 

They  wave  from  the  tall,  rooking  tree-tops 
Where  the  oriole’s  hammock  neat  swings. 

And  at  night-time  are  folded  in  slumber 
By  a  song  that  a  fund  mother  sings. 

Those  who  toll  bravely  are  strongest; 

Tho  humble  and  pour  become  great; 

And  from  ihesn  brown-handed  Children 
Shall  grow  mighty  rulers  of  state. 

The  pen  of  the  author  and  statesmen,— 

The  nohle  and  wise  Of  the  land,— 

The  loving  and  motherly  woman, 

Who’ll  wisely  mold  all  with  her  hand. 
- * - • 

“BECAUSE  FATHER  DOES.” 

BY  NELLI®  BENTON. 

When  Jack  Sullivan,  a  fast  boy  of  14,  came 
Into  hia  mother's*  parlor  the  other  day,  half  in¬ 
toxicated,  she  reprimanded  him  In  my  pres¬ 
ence.  His  answer  was :  •“  Talk  to  father,  I  say, 
ol*  woman.  Now,  ye  know,  dad  likes  good 
whisky  mighty  sight  better’n  Ido;  of  tie'll  stop 
I'll  stop ;  of  ho  won’t,  bo  durned  cf  I  will !”  and 
he  wont  out. 

She  turned  to  mo  in  despair.  Wbafcisa  mot  In  r 
to  do  in  such  abase?  If  she  talks  to  Mr.  Sul¬ 
livan,  he  says:— “You  wear  my  life  out  by 
your  peevish  fault-finding.  You  are  over-  watch¬ 
ful,  as  if  I,  John  Sullivan,  a  mail  that  wo* 
never  known  to  he  drunk,  needed  a  woman's 
apron  string  to  bo  Med  to  his  jacket  buttons  to 
tail  me  Just  how  far  to  go.” 

“  Now,  dear  Mrs.  Smith,  what  would  you  do? 
What  shall  I  do?” 

Your  duty  ia  plain.  Talk  to  him,  keep  talk¬ 
ing  to  Idrn.  Urge  him  for  the  Hake  of  the  boy, 
his  bey,  to  stop.  W  hy,  he’s  your  boy ;  your  own 
flesh  and  blood.  You  have  a  right  to  diotato  in 
the  matter,  it’s  that  boy's  future  bore  and 
hereafter  that  is  at  stake.  You  can't  afford  to 
keep  silent.  Talk,  Mrs.  Sullivan  ;  act,  and 
that  without  delay. 

When  good  Mrs.  Brown's  little  boy  of  four 
years  swore  at  liia  hobby  horse  a  great,  big  full- 
grown  oath— and  she  corrected  him,  Ills  answer 
was : — “  I  swear  jos  like  Papa  Brown  swears  at 
his  hosses.  I  gcij  I  can  talk  to  my  horse  like 
Papa  Brown  does  to  his  horses,  I  ges  I  can. 
Mam  mu,  Why  can’t  I  swear  like  papa?”  She, 
poor,  feeble  woman,  turned  to  mo  imploringly: 
“  What  shall  T  do,  Mrs.  Smith  I” 

“  Have  you  ever  talked  with  Mr.  Brown  about 
this  fearful  habit?” 

“Oh,  yes,  many  times,  even  until  it  makes 
him  angry;  and  he  sometimes  swears  at  me. 
Yes,  good  as  he  Is  in  every  other  respect,  at  me 
he-  swears  when  I  expostulate." 

“Well,  keep  expostulating;  make  him  bear 
you.  Ho  has  no  right  to  ruin  your  hoy.  Let 
him  swear  at  you  till  he  is  ashamed  of  it.  Keep 
your  temper;  then  ask  him  it  ho  would  like  to 
hoar  ills  boy  sweet-  like  that." 

I  went  home,  fueling  that  there  was  about  to 
be  a  great  reformation  In  the  lives  of  JohnSul- 
T-rvAN  and  Mat  Brown,  and  all  due  to  a  little 
encouragement  and  advice  from  Mrs.  John 
Smith  to  their  nspeell vo  wives.  “I  could 
manage  their  oar-cs,  T  know  1  could,”  I  said  to 
myself,  as  I  hurried  down  the  road. 

Justus  I  lifted  the  latch  of  our  little  gate,  I 
hoard  a  slight  tap  at  our  sitting  room  window. 
1  looked  up.  Thero  stood  our  Johnny,  our 
pride,  our  only,  a  dear  little  fellow  of  two  years, 
with  two  obi  Ijhtvk  chm  pipes  in  his  mouth,  and 
both  little  fists  full  of  tobacco.  I  sprang  into 
the  house  like  one  mad.  I  caught  the  pipes,  I 
rushed  to  the  stove.  I  threw  them  in,  and  sent 
tlic  tobacco  in  after  them.  Then  I  shook  my 
fists  at  those  pipes  and  said ”  I’ll  talk  to  you, 
John  Smith,  when  you  get  home,  see  if  I 
don’t.”  Then  l  caught  the  baby,  washed  him 
with  soap  suds,  hia  little  hands,  his  little  face, 
but  the  taint  was  there  yet.  Then  he  laid  his 
little  lo  ad  up  against  me  and  sobbed  “  ’Twas 
dood,  matnrna,  so  dood.  Johnny  want  to  moke 
like  papa :  give  Johnny  pipe”— the  living  truth 
this  is,  and  lie  only  two  years  old.  I  just  put 
my  hand  on  my  face  and  cried.  Then,  before  T 
knew  it,  I  looked  to  see  if  John  had  any  more 
pipes  lying  around.  I  could  find  none.  Then  I 
went  to  the  tobacco  box.  There  was  just 
enough  tobacco  for  “  one  good  smoke.”  I  con¬ 
fess  J.  folt  relieved  at  that.  Then  I  said : — “  Oh, 
dear,  I  wish  l  hadn’t  been  ho  hasty.  John ’ll 
count  on  his  after-dinner  smoke,  and  he’ll  be 
so  angry,  I  wonder  if  the  pipes  are  broken? 
burning  won’t  hurt  them,  only  do  them  good.” 
Quick  as  lightning  l  flow  to  thestovo.  One  pipe 
was  whole.  Carefully  I  drew  it  out  with  the 


tongs  and  laid  it  away  to  cool.  Then  I  got  din¬ 
ner  ready  and  John  came.  T  looked  solemn,  1 
know  I  did.  John  saw  it.  ami  asked  so  pleas¬ 
antly,  “  What's  the  matter,  Martha  V”  that.  1 
couldn’t  toll  him.  ft  would  made  him  angry  in' 
a  minute  if  1  had  told  him  it  was  only  a  piece 
of  that  old  bone  of  contention  sticking  In  my 
tooth.  For  hadn't,  hoeolomniy  warned  me  that 
I  had  said  enough  on  the  tobacco  question?  So 
I  pat  nty  hand  over  my  heart  and  said,  “I’m 
troubled  with  a  pain  right  here, ".which  was  the 
literal  truth.  After  dinner,  John  s»t  himself 
down  in  tho  path  bei  ween  the  dinner  table  and 
pantry  und  smoked  for  one  mortal  hour.  IV  lien 
he  had  finished,  he  said,  “  I  didn’t  know  I  had 
a  new  pipe  hero.” 

“I burned  it  out,"  l  said,  quietly.  Would  it 
have  done  one  iiuvi Me  of  good  to  have  told  him 
what  a  breeze  I  raised  about  It? 

“  Thunk  you.  Good  by,  baby,  papa’s  boy ;” 
and  he  was  gone  to  tiie  shop  with  a  happy  heart 
and  ready  hand. 

That  was  the  way  I  “  talked  t  o  John  Smith  ;” 
I,  who  had  been  so  free  with  my  advice  an  hour 
before. 

Now,  ll’ anybody  has  a  recipe  that  lie  or  she 
has  actually  tested,  for  curing  fathers  from  this 
loathsome  habit,  I,  for  one,  will  be  doubly 
grateful  for  a  little  advice  from  such  an  one. 
And  1  may  safely  say  that,  ho  will,  by  so  doing, 
confer  a  favor  on  thousands  less  frank  I  ban  my¬ 
self,  but  not  less  anxious.  T  don’t  want  any  of 
your  ftiia  theories  t  hough,  such  os  I  spun  to 
Mrs.  Sullivan. 

It.  is  not  for  myself  to  speak.  I  can  get  along 
tolerably  well  with  cleaning  the  spittoons;  I 
can  manage  to  boar  tiie  disagreeable  odor.  I 
have  got  accustomed  to  the  kiln-drying  process 
that,  shows  Itself  on  John’s  face.  1  can  save  up 
on  calico  frocks,  in  order  to  furnish  John  with 
cigars,  i  am  willing  to  scrimp  tho  sweetening 
in  the  plum  sauce  for  JOH  N  Is  fund  of  stowed 
plums,  and  I  never  cut  them.  It's  only  for  tiie 
boy's  sake  that  I  lmve  come  to  foul  that  some¬ 
thing  must  be  done,  but  for  the  life  of  me,  I 
don’t  know  what. 

Don’t  tell  mo  there’s  no  hope  only  in  tolling 
the  boy  to  shun  the  example  of  his  fat  her.  That 
sickens  me.  Women  have  come  to  that,  I  know. 
All  liver  our  land  to-day,  mothers  are  t  itching 
this  lesson  to  their  sous,  while  the  text  should 
be,  “Honor  thy  rather."  Must  wo  mothers  close 
our  mouths  -which  Is  tho  greatest  trial  a  woman 
can  la*  put  to,  John  says  arid  see  the  work  of 
destruct  ion  go  on  ? 

Make  llgln.  of  this  if  you  will.  To  me,  it  is  a 
serious  question.  And  I  mean  more  than  T  say, 
John  Smith. 


m  fuller. 


PROBLEM— No.  5. 

The  three  perpendiculars  of  a  triangle  inter¬ 
sect  each  other  at  a  point  within  tho  triangle, 
situated  20.  8  and  (i  rods  respectively  In  perpen¬ 
dicular  distance  from  Us  several  sides-  Re¬ 
quired,  the  sides  of  the  triangle. 


K  P— 20  rods ;  F  P-fi  rods ;  D  P-3  rods. 

Ji.  F.  Burleson. 
"gST  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - 

CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA.— No.  2. 

My  first  is  in  apple  but  not  in  peach, 

My  second  is  in  talking  hut  not  In  speech ; 
My  third  is  in  laugh  but.  not  in  weep, 

My  fourth  is  in  wake  but  not  in  sleep  ; 

My  fifth  is  in  wagon  but  not  in  cart, 

My  Hixth  is  in  tarry  but  not  in  start , 

My  seventh  Is  in  limb  but  not  in  tree, 

My  eighth  is  in  coffee  but,  not  in  tea ; 

My  whole  is  a  large  hotly  of  water. 

Walter  W.  It.  Fisher. 
23?”  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

SQUARE-WORD  ENIGMA.— No.  1. 


1.  A  REVERBERATION. 

2.  To  cut  off. 

3.  A  reward. 

4.  Free  of  access. 
Answer  in  two  weeks. 


D.  d.  h. 


PUZZLER  ANSWERS.  -  July  26. 

Problem  No.  3.— 

( 28.100580  rods. 

-  23.807135  “ 

1 20.031047  “ 

Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  3.— “My  Native 
Land,  Good  Night.” 

Cross-Word  Enigma  No.  1.— Tobacco. 
Word-Puzzle  No.  2.— Carpenter. 
Conundrum  No.  3.— Insaturable. 


they  are  not  named  in  the  reports  that  reach  us 
as  a  cause)  are  reducing  the  fruit  on  the  trees 
rapidly. 

Washington,  Orange  Co.,  Yt.,  August  I _ 

Crops  are  looking  very  well :  corn  seems  to  he 
two  weeks  late  hut  is  a  very  good  growth;  the 
hay  crop  is  the  best  it  has  been  for  years  on  the 
lowlands.  Uplands  were  too  far  advanced  to 
he  helped  by  the  rains  of  the  first  week  in  July. 
The  potato  bugs  have  made  their  appearance  in 
all  stages  from  the  egg  to  the  size  of  half  a  pea ; 
apples  now  indicate  an  average  crops.— n. 

Oconomowoe,  Min.,  Vug.  1.— Harvesting  In 
full  “blast;"  weather  Very  warm  and  dry;  mar¬ 
kets  dull:  butter,  13®  21u. ;  eggs,  12c.;  wheat, 
£1.20 ;  oats,  81c,;  corn,  30c.:  hops  are  poor-Iook- 


their  platform  of  principles  by  means  of  postal 
cards,  on  which  they  have  it  printed.  The 
declaration  states  that  “the  organization  is 
opposed  to  railroad  steals,  tariff  steals,  salary- 
grab  steals,  bank  steals,  and  every  other  form  of 
thieving  by  which  the  farmer  and  laboring 
classes  are  robbed  of  the  legitimate  fruits  of 
their  labor.” 

I HDI  ana  conns,  Ind.,  July  31.-  Cyrus  McCarty 
living  near  Rochester,  Ind.,  shot  Mrs.  Wright, 
his  mother-in-law,  t  hrough  the  i  heat  this  morn¬ 
ing,  infliotingprobably  fatal  injuries.  He  after¬ 
wards  tired  five  times  at  his  wife  without  effect, 
and  then  shot  himself  in  the  forehead.  There 
are  no  hopes  of  his  recovery.  The  affair  grew 
out  of  the  separation  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCarty, 
which  he  claims  was  caused  by  Mrs.  Wright. 

Tn  b  Treasury  Department  Is  now  paying  the 
claims  for  SO  per  cent,  additional  compensation 
•allowed  certain  civil  employes  of  the  Govern¬ 
ment  in  the  city  of  Washington,  by  the  recent 
decision  of  the  Court,  of  Claims,  under  the  act 
of  1867.  About  500  of  such  claims  have  been 
paid  this  week,  and  there  are  at  least  500  yet  to 
pay. 

M t'.M  phis,  July  27.— On  the  night  of  July  18,  a 
man  named  Hall,  living  on  the  plantation  of 
Mr.  Thomas  Reid,  In  Madison  county,  Tenn., 
was  taken  out  of  his  bed  by  a  mob  of  15  negroes 
disguised  as  Ku-K-ux,  and  hanged  on  u  tree, 
they  charging  him  with  having  outraged  an  old 
negro  woman  living  in  the  neighborhood. 

A  Convention  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry 
of  Dodge  county,  Wis.,  held  at  Beaver  Dam, 
adopted  a  resolution  oalllug  upon  their  brethren 
throughout  the  State  to  meet  in  State  Conven¬ 
tion  in  Milwaukee  on  Thursday,  August  21,  for 
consultation  and  such  action  as  may  he  deemed 
best  for  the  interests  of  the  order. 

On  Saturday  evening,  July  28,  it  was  seven 
years  since  the  Telegraph  fleet,  entered  Trinity 
Bay,  Newfoundland.  Yesterday  was  t  he  seventh 
anniversary  Of  I, he  landing  Of  the  Cable,  and  it 
la  seven  years  to-dav  since  the  line  was  opened 
for  business.  Saturday  evening  was  celebrated 
by  a  banquet  at  Heart’s  Content. 

Gun.  M  vers,  Chief  of  the  Signal  Corps  of  the 
Army,  has  decided  not  to  detail  any  employes 
of  the  Signal  Service  to  accompany  Prof.  Wise 
in  a  balloon  across  the  Atlantic.  Over  20  volun¬ 
teer  applications  had  been  received.  This  action 
on  his  part  is  taken  on  account  of  the  extreme 
peril  Incldeut  to  such  a  trip. 

The  Hon.  Augustin  Haines  died  at  his  late 
residence  in  Portland,  Maine,  recently,  aged 
68  years.  He  was  County-Attorney  in  1832,  and 
United  States  District-Attorney  under  Polk. 
In  October,  1840,  he  became  the  agent  of  the 
Laconia  Mills,  at  Blddeford,  which  position  lie 
retained  until  last  year. 

THE  Post-Office  Department  states  in  reply  to 
inquiries  t  hat  it  has  no  use  for  cancelled  stamps, 
and  of  course  pay&  no  attent  ion  to  letters  offer¬ 
ing  them.  The  report  that  cancelled  stamps 
would  be  purchased  by  l, ho  Do  part  men!  j*  a 
hoax,  and  was  first.  circulated  several  years  ago. 

Mu.  Wst.  H.  Wiialley,  member  of  Parliament 
for  Peterborough,  and  prominent  as  a  friend  of 
the  Tlchborne  claimant,  will  soon  proceed  to 
the  United  States  for  the  purpose  of  soliciting 
subscriptions  to  enable  the  claimant  to  defray 
the  expense  incurred  in  his  trial. 

The  St.  Paul  Pioneer  says  the  action  of  the 
late  Republican  State  Convention  in  Minnesota, 
In  refusing  to  indorse  the  Administration,  is 
resented  at  Washington,  and  that  some  of  the 
Postmasters  in  tlic  Stare  will  lose  their  official 
heads  on  account  of  It. 

Miss  Matter  Stow  eel,  aged  15  year 


Ijc  publisher's 


NEW  VOLUME  JULY  5 


a_ review  of  6Q.U00  troops  The  Russian  army  in 
Khiva  h  well.  Good  Templars  will  be  allowed 
to  establish  lodges  in  Prussia  Prince  Napo¬ 
leon  wishes  to  be  restored  to  his  rank  In  the 

army - Queensland  will  pay  the  passage  of 

10.00(1  emigrants  from  England _ A  Santo  Do¬ 

mingo  revolut  ion  is  talked  of  lOO  French  dep¬ 
uties  have  sent  an  address  of  devotion  to  the 
Pope  Demonstrations  have  been  held  in  Lon¬ 
don,  Nottingham  and  Birmingham,  against  al¬ 
lowing  the  Duke  of  Edinburgh  an  immense 

marriage  portion _ Sevilla  was  set  on  fire  by 

the  insurgents  on  the  30th  nit.  The  insurrec¬ 
tion  was  suppressed  and  the  lire  put  out.  Al- 
meria  has  been  attacked ;  t  he  women  and  chil¬ 
dren  loft  the  city;  the  rebels  were  repulsed. 
The  bombardment  of  Valencia  continues;  the 
bombardment  of  Almerla  continued  on  the  31st. 
nit.  The  Spanish  frigate  Villa  Madrid  at  Cadiz 
joined  tin*  insurgents  and  opened  tire  on  the 
arsenal.  There  ha*  been  great  confusion  In  the 
Spanish  Cortes  .  Don  Carlos  has  entered  Bis¬ 
cay —  Count  Selnpls  I?  delighted  with  the  plate 
sent  to  him  by  the  United  States _ The  Amer¬ 

ican  reapers  ami  mowers  have  taken  all  the 
prizes  at.  Vienna  .  .The  Liberals  of  Spain  are 
offering  their  service*  to  the.  President.  There 
has  been  fighting  in  Malaga..  5,000  of  the  in¬ 
habitants  of  Maturo  have  fled  to  Barcelona.  Don 
Carlos  is  south  of  Bayonne,  with  ;i  force  of  15,000. 
The  Government  has  attacked  Valencia,  and 
demands  uncondit  ional  surrender.  Sevilla  pro¬ 
poses  to  return  to  loyalty.  Capital  punishment 
is  to  be  abolished  The  Shah  reached  Milan 
on  the  atjr.ii  Newfoundland  has  celebrated 

the  landing  of  tLe  first,  cable _ The  people  of 

Honolulu  are  opposed  to  the  annexation  of  the 
United  Stale*.  ,  On  the  28th  a  battle  was  re¬ 
ported  in  Spain— the  t'arlists  Victorious,  with 
300  prisoners.  Some  3,000  Remington  rifles  have 

been  landed  for  the  Carlists _ The  rebels  have 

been  defeated  at  Malaga,  Spain -87  killed.  The 
rebel  fleet  has  sailed  from  Almerla.  Cadiz  held 
out  as  late  a*  the  1st.  The  Government  cap¬ 
tured  20  cannon  In  Seville.  The  Cortes  has  pass¬ 
ed  a  resolution  of  censure  against  the  rebel  dep¬ 
uties.  The  Carlists  have  been  defeat  ed  at  Por- 
tugalilc.  Four  German  men-of-wnr  are  watch¬ 
ing  the  rebel  fleet  at  Malaga.  Don  Carlos  him 
captured  Katfclla...The  annuity  bill  to  the  Duke 
Of  Edinburgh  has  passed.  Drummond  and  Vic¬ 
tor  won  the  principal  prizes  nt  the  Goodwood 
races.  The  Bank  of  England  forgers  will  be  I  ried 
on  Hie  18th,  Miners  at.  Wigan  have  struck 
The  first  steamer  of  the  new  Engle  line,  irom 
Hamburg  to  New  York,  has  made  her  t  rial  trip 
—  The  Gormans  have  evacuated  Nancy.  .  Dis¬ 
turbances  have  broken  out  in  France _ Italy 

contemplates  a  new  loan _ A  Carlist  plot  has 

been  discovered  in  Cuba. 


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DOMESTIC  NEWS 


New  tork  City  and  Vicinity. 

Large  fraud*  in  guano  are  reported . Tt 

will  cost  $80,000  to  put  the  wood-paved  streets 
in  good  order.  A  Gorman  named  Schule  killed 
his  wife  on  the  26th  ;  both  were  given  to  drink 

The  Liquor  Law  Is  enforced  on  Staten  Is¬ 
land.  ...  Sidney  DorloTi,  tin-  well-known  oyster- 

man  of  Fulton  Market,  died  on  the  27t.li _ It 

is  proposed  to  build  the  new  City  Prison  on 
the  Bowerv,  near  Bleeckcr  street  .The  Free 
Labor  Bureau  is  denounced  as  a  failure. 
Charges  are  brought  against  the  Ilarbor-Maa- 
tors  There  has  been  an  advance  of  40  per 
cent,  in  coal  Fulton  Market  booths  have  been 
torn  down  The  bills  for  King's  Bridge  arc  to 
be  reduced  $60,000. 

Home  New*. 

Mr.  Frank  Moore,  si  citizen  of  Memphis, 
ho*  been  murdered  ;  ho  was  shot  on  the  27th 
A  tornado  blew  a  railway  bridge,  down  near  Old 
Tow.  ii.  Me.,  <ui  the  27th  ;  an  engine  plunged  Into 
the  river,  killing  the  engineer  A  n  engine  ran 
away  on  the  271  h.  near  Cumberland,  Va.,  on  the 
Baltimore  and  Ohio  mud  :  8  were  killed,  and  20 
can*  smashed  The  President  has  not  yet  de¬ 
rided  u pon  a  < 'li io f  Justice A  reward  of  $13,- 

000  is  offered  for  t  he  Iowa  railway  robbers _ A 

white  iran  named  111)1  has  been  hung  by  a  mob 
of  negroes  In  Tennessee  fbr  outraging  a  hlack 
woman.  .No  more  free  mulls  with  Canada  are 
to  be  allowed  Indh  13  fa  sal  > 

of  cholera  on  I  he  27th  Senator  Sumner  has 
gone  to  Nohant  .  ..The  Department  of  Agri¬ 
culture  ha-  ordered  400  bushel*  of  all  kind-  of 
wheat  from  France  —  German  teachers  have 
been  in  convention  at  St.  Louis.,  Ku-Klux  have 
commenced  outrages  in  Kentucky.  .Clouds  of 
grass  homier*  have  appeared  at  Sioux  City.  Iowa 
...  The  President  has  been  on  a  visit  to  King¬ 
ston,  N.  V..  .  Knight*  of  Pythias  have  been  in 
session  at  Poughkeepsie  .Newark,  N.  .1..  has 
had  a  #100,000  thunder  storm  .  22  Chinese  wo¬ 
men  were  sold  in  .San  Francisco  on  the  20th. . . . 
Kingston  gave  President  Grant  a  great  wel¬ 
come  Liberal  Republicans  and  Democrats 
have  been  in  convention  in  Ohio  The  Boston 
police  arc  to  be  dismissed  for  not  enforcing  the 

Liquor  Law . Virginia  Republicans  have  had 

a  convention . .  The.  result  uf  t  he  Modoc  trial  Is 
not.  yet  known  .  .The  New  York  University  has 
held  Its  convention  at.  Albany...  Indians  In 
Dakota  are  hostile  The  Post-office  at  Wash¬ 
ington  is  tube  enlarged _ Vice-President  Wil- 


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Office  of  The  Mutual  Life  Insurance) 
Company  of  New  York,  r 

144  and  146  Broadway.  i 

Mr.  Homans,  formerly  our  Actuary  (dismiss¬ 
ed  from  his  position  in  1871),  in  pursuance  of  his 
repeated  threats  that  unless  he  wore  restored 
to  his  former  position  he  would  not.  cease  his 
opposition  to  this  Company  and  Its  manage¬ 
ment  so  Jong  as  he  lived,  lias  published  certain 
charges  which  have  been  so  often  examined 
and  found  destitute  of  truth  as  to  make  further 
response  useless  except  fur  the  information  of 
those  to  whose  notice  they  may  come  for  the 
first  time.  It  is  not  intended  at  this  lime  to 
answer  these  charges  in  detail.  Mr.  Homans 
was  removed  from  his  position  in  this  Company 
for  sufficient  cause,  by  the  unanimous  action  of 
its  Board  of  Trustee.-..  The  issue  is  thus  squarely 
presented  whether  the  policy-holders  and  the 
public  will  give  greater  credit  to  the  assertions 
of  tliis  discarded  officer  or  to  the  statements 
of  the  forty  well-known  gentlemen  who  have 
carefully  investigated  his  charges  and  reported 
substantially  as  follows ; 

That  they  have  investigated  the  various  char¬ 
ges  against  the  Executive  Officers  of  the  Com¬ 
pany  which  have  appeared  in  the  public  prints, 
and  find  none  of  recent  date  arid  none  which 
have  not  been  heretofore  investigated  and  thor¬ 
oughly  exploded.  Therefore  the  Com  mi  tie  unite 
with  the  Trustees  in  their  unanimous  vote  of 
Oct.  16th,  1872,  in  expressing  their  perfect  con¬ 
fidence  in  the  ability  and  integrity  of  the  Ex¬ 
ecutive  Officers.  This  report  is  signed  by  Alex. 
H.  Riet  ,  John  Wadsworth,  John  E.  Develxn 
and  F.  It.  Stake  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
and  by  Jas.  J).  Fisk,  E.  A.  Quintard,  H.  It. 
Baltzer  and  J.  O.  Herrick  of  the  Policy- 
Holders. 

The  vote  of  Oct.  16th,  1872,  above  referred  to, 
is  highly  laudatory  of  the  Executive  Officers 
and  is  signed  by  every  member  of  the  Board  <>f 
Trustees;  and  a  former  Committee  of  policy- 
holders,  resident  in  Boston,  made  even  a  more 
flattering  report,  concluding  with  the  language 
of  the  Superintendent  of  Insurance,  “That  the 
Mutual  Life  Company  ha*  been  managed  with 
peculiar  ability  and  integrity,  and  that  its  con¬ 
dition  is  eminently  sound."  This  report  was 
signed  by  B.  F.  Nourse  and  William  Hilton. 
Committee. 

And  in  a  memorial  addressed  to  the  Legisla¬ 
ture  by  the  Board  during  the  jjast  session,  rela¬ 
tive  to  the  same  and  other  charges  which  were 
the  subject  of  investigation  by  a  committee  of 
that  body,  the  Trustees  say  that  it  is  patent 
that  the  Company  has  been  managed  with  rare 
integrity,  as  not  one  dollar  of  Its  vast  hoard  has 
ever  been  lost  through  dishonesty  ol'  any  officer 
of  the  Company  ;  and  that  it  has  been  managed 
with  economy,  is  proven  by  the  fact  that  its 
expenses  are  smaller  in  proportion  to  its  re¬ 
ceipts  than  those  of  any  similar  institution ; 
and  the  best  proof  of  the  efficiency  of  its  man¬ 
agement  lies  in  its  unparalleled  growth,  being 
now  the  largest  Life  Assurance  corporation  in 
the  world. 

The  Trustees  hold  that  this  pre-eminent  posi- 


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BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS, 


The  result  of  careful  inquiry  is  that  President 
Grant  has  not  yet  decided  upon  the  selection 
of  a  Chief-Justice.  While  newspaper  notices  in 
favor  of  certain  gentlemen  have  been  carefully 
brought  to  his  attention,  no  political  friends 
have  ventured  upon  direct  recommendations. 
The  President  will  make  his  own  selection 
independently  of  newspaper  or  personal  sug¬ 
gestions.  It.  is  said  he  lias  recently  reported 
that  he  is  in  no  hurry  to  do  so,  there  being  no 
present  public  necessity  lor  such  action.  He 
will  not  make  the  appointment  until  it  can  he 
acted  on  by  the  Senate,  and  in  the  meantime  lie 
will  endeavor  to  select  n  Chief-Justice  who  will 
be  acceptable  to  t  he  entire  count  ry. 

They  have  a  wild  and  gamesome  sort  of  ghost 
in  Pennsylvania.  There  is  one  farm  whore 
stones,  bones,  green  walnuts,  and  a  variety  of 
other  small  missiles  arc  continually  coming 
down  from  nowhere  in  unexpected  showers,  to 
the  exceeding  discomfort  of  t  he  dwellers.  All 
tli  ia  happens  in  broad  day-light,  as  does  likewise 
the  making  of  tracks  under  the  very  eyes  of  the. 
beholders.  These  tracks  are  of  the  most  re¬ 
markable  and  unusual  kind,  being  of  tremen¬ 
dous  size,  and  all  made  with  the  right  foot, 
They  arc  seen  to  follow  people  on  horseback, 
while,  horrible  to  think  of,  the  form  that  makes 
them  is  wholly  invisible. 

On  the  30th  of  J  unc  a  public  meeting  of  native 
Hawaiian*  was  held  at  Honolulu,  when  a  Mr, 
Rhodes  made  a  speech  against  annexation  and 
the  United  States.  It  was  then  resolved  “  That 
t  his  meeting  expresses  the  sentiment  of  a  ma¬ 
jority  of  the  nation  as  opposed  to  t  he  cession 
of  Pearl  Harbor  to  the  United  States.  That  if 
any  of  His  Majesty’s  Cabinet  advocates  the 
cession  of  Pearl  River,  this  meeting  disapprove 
of  his  course.”  On  motion  a  committee  of 
seven  was  appointed  to  draft,  a  memorial  to  the 
king  against  the  cession  of  Pearl  River,  or  any 
part  of  Hawaiian  territory. 

The  annual  account  of  the  Sergeant-at-Arms 
of  the  Senat  e,  to  close  the  last  fiscal  year,  has 
been  completed,  and  makes  excellent  showing 
in  the  way  of  retrenchment  for  Mr.  French.  He 
has  now  held  the  office  for  four  years,  and  the 
saving  effected  over  that  ol  the  four  years  pre¬ 
ceding  these,  ltas  been  at  the  rate  of  $40, (XX)  per 
year.  The  total  expenditures  during  Mr  French’s 
administration  were  $686,425,  and  of  the  preced¬ 
ing  officer  for  the  same  time.  $856,261. 

“  The  Farmers'  and  People’s  Anti-Monopoly 
Party  of  Livingston  county,  Illinois,"  circulate 


•s,  daughter 

of  a.  Baptist  clergyman  at  Hunt's  Hollow,  A  Ho¬ 
gan  v  County,  and  Harry  White,  were  drowned 
in  a  millpond,  at  that  plaoe,  recently,  by  the 
parting  of  a  raft  on  which  four  young  persons 
wore  floating. 

Cavt.  Joseph  Jackson,  it  is  said,  died  at 
Rochester,  N.  II. ,  lust  week,  from  the  effects  of 
t  he  bite  of  a  spider  received  ten  years  ago.  It 
was  a  white  spider,  and  upon  a  fair  trial  for 
murder  would  he  entitled  to  a  verdict  of  Not 
Guilty. 

Attempts  to  form  Granges  of  the  Order  of 
Patrons  of  Husbandry  among  the  farmers  of 
New  England  hare  proved  almost  total  failures. 
Only  one  Grange  is  said  to  have  been  formed, 
and  that  is  in  Greenfield,  Mass. 

A  shower  of  reptiles  fell  in  Minnesota  re¬ 
cently,  and  some  one  has  described  them  as 
about  six  inches  long,  with  gills  and  tins,  and 
four  legs.  The  same  animals  are  found  in  a 
Mexican  Lake. 

Tub  Controller  of  the  Currency  has  issued  a 
circular  to  National  Banks,  saying  that,  hence¬ 
forth  $10  notes  will  only  be  printed  from  the 
new  plates,  the  cost  of  which  is  to  be  reimbursed 
by  the  banks. 

The  atmosphere  of  the  oil  regions,  which  is 
strongly  impregnated  with  the  odor  of  petro¬ 
leum,  is  said  to  be  beneficial  to  people  afflicted 
with  the  asthma ;  it  is  also  a  preventive  of  con¬ 
sumption. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 


lUlncellaneouM  Foreign  News. 

Republicans  in  Valencia  have  joined  the 
Carlists.  German  and  English  men-of-war  have 
arrived  at  Cartagena.  A  naval  engagement  was 
expected  on  the  28th,  The  rebels  threatened  to 
massacre  all  consuls  and  foreigners.  Strangers 
were  flying  lor  their  Jives.  England  will  not 
recognize  the  Carlists . The  Pope  urges  bish¬ 

ops  to  defend  the  Church,  and  denounces  Free 

Masons . A  revolution  is  expected  in  Nucva 

Leon,  Mexico  —  Prance  abolishes  the  shipping 
tax.  .  .The  Queen  has  announced  the  betrothal 
of  the  Duke  of  Edinburg. .  The  Extreme  Left 
of  the  French  Assembly  has  formed  a  Vigilance 
Committee —  Seville  was  attacked  on  the  88th. 
Two  of  the  rebel  steamers  have  sailed  for  Amer¬ 
ica;  170  clergymen  have  fled  from  Spain  to 
France.  Germanv  ha?  given  the  Vigilante  to 

Spain .  The  French  Assembly  has  closed. 

MacMahon  will  maintain  the  peace  England 
propose.* to  give  the  Duke  of  Edinburgh  £'25,- 
000  a  year  There  have  been  200  case.*  of  cholera 
among  the  troops  in  Vienna, . , .  Kbivu  remains 

tranquil . Contreras  is  in  command  of  the 

Spanish  insurgent  fleet  ;  he  proposes  to  bom¬ 
bard  A I  maria.  A  British  squadron  is  off  the 
Spanish  eqast —  It  is  reported  that  the  French 
President  will  resign  in  six  months.  A  mon¬ 
archy  is  looked  for. .  The  Patent  Rights’  Con¬ 
gress  is  in  session  in  Vienna;  20  deaths  daily  at 
Vienna  from  cholera,  Americans  will  take 
many  of  the  highest  prizes  at  the  Exposition. 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC 


Peaches  in  Delaware,— From  the  Information 
we  have  received  from  Delaware,  there  is,  in 
our  mind,  no  doubt  that  the  crop  of  peaches  is 
to  be  short  as  compared  with  last  year— not 
more  than  half  as  large.  The  fruit  has  been 
falling  and  continues  to  fall  from  the  trees. 
The  drouth,  the  cold  winter  which  injured  the 
vitality  of  the  trees,  and  perhaps  insects  (though 


prime  khlno 


tion  has  been  obtained  by  attending  to  its  own 
business,  by  avoiding  alike  participation  in  po¬ 
litical  strife  and  attacks  upon  other  corpora¬ 
tions;  and  that,  notwithstanding  the  incessant 
attacks  of  the  last  six  years,  whether  made  from 
malice,  disappointed  avarice,  or  those  resulting 
from  the  spleen  and  rage  of  a  dismissed  em¬ 
ploye,  and  after  the  fullest  and  freest  investi¬ 
gations,  in  which  the  chief  accusers  have  been 
atye  to  overhaul  every  book,  paper,  record  and 
employe  of  the  Company,  no  charge  of  mal¬ 
feasance  or  mal-ad  ministrut  ion  has  ever  been 
in  any  way,  shape  or  form  sustained. 

Referring  to  the  recent  action  of  an  Assembly 
Committee,  which  consisted  of  seven  members, 
four  of  whom  signed  a  report  censuring  the  olli- 
eers,  and  three  members  made  a  report  vindi¬ 
cating  the  same  officers,  the  Hoard  of  Trustees 
say  that,  ns  no  act  ion  was  taken  on  either  report 
by  either  house,  although  the  Company  used  its 
utmost  elf orts  to  bring  the  matter  to  an  issue, 
it  is  certain  that  the  members  who  signed  the 
ni  jority  report  did  not  dare  to  force  a  vote  on 
their  report,  knowing  that  it  would  be  over¬ 
whelmingly  rejected. 

Notwithstanding  these  facts,  Mr.  Homans, 
who  is  Secretary,  Treasurer,  and  member  of  the 
Executive  Committee  of  an  organization  recent¬ 
ly  created  In  hostility  to  this  Company,  and 
whose  powers  of  taxation  of  the  companies 
composing  It  are  almost  unlimited,  called  the 
“Chamber  of  Life  Insurance,”  and  his  alders 
and  abettors  are  Hooding  the  country  with  this 
majority  report,  falsely  and  fraudulently  con¬ 
veying  to  the  public  the  idea  that  it  has  the 
sanction  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State. 

The  Intelligent  public  must  judge  in  whom  it 
is  most  safe  to  repose  confidence,  this  discard¬ 
ed  officer  or  the  following  Trustees  of  the  Mu¬ 
tual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York: 
Frederick  S.  Winston,  President  of  the  Com¬ 
pany  ;  John  V.  L.  Pmiy.v,  Albany,  N.  V.; 
Robert  II.  McCurdy,  id  East.  J4th  Street; 
Isaac  Green  Pi:  arson,  Vleo-Prcs’t  Relief  Fire 
Insurance  Co. ;  Martin  Bates  of  Martin  Bates 
Si  Co.;  William  Betts,  LL.  D„  of  Letts  Sc  Rob¬ 
inson;  John  Wadsworth  ;  Oliver  II.  Palm¬ 
er;  Samvel  E.  Sphoulls;  Samuel  m.  Cor¬ 
nell,  Catskill,  N.  Y.;  Lucies  Rouinhon.  Elmira, 
N.Y.;  W.  Smith  Brown  of  W.  6.  Brown  Sts  Co.; 
Richard  Patrick,  Vice-Pres’t  Bank  State  of 
New  York;  William  JI.  Popuam  ;  William 
A.  IIainks  of  Halstead,  II  tines  Sc  Co.;  Sey¬ 
mour  L.  Hunted,  Pres’t  Dime  Savings  Bank, 
Brooklyn;  Samuel  l).  Babcock  of  Babcock 
Bros.  Co.;  David  HOadlkv,  Pres’t  Manhattan 
Iron  Co.;  Henry  A.  Smythk,  Prea’t  N.  Y.  State 
Loan  and  Trust  Co.;  W.  E.  Douce  of  Phelps, 
Dodge  &  Co.;  George  S.  Coe,  Pres’t  American 
Exchange  National  Bank;  William  M.  V'kr- 
milye,  late  of  Vermilyo  Sc  Co.;  John  E.  Dkvk- 
i.r.N;  Henry  E.  Davis,  late  Chief  Justice  Court 
of  Appeals;  Richard  A.  McCurdy,  Vice-Presi¬ 
dent  of  the  Company;  Francis  Skiddy  of 
Skiddy,  Mlnford  A  Co.;  J.  Elliot  Conlht 
of  J.  E.  Condit  &  Co.;  James  C.  Holden  of 
Holden,  Hopkins  &  Stokes ;  Herman  C.  Von 
Rost  of  Oelriehs  &  Co. ;  George  C,  Richard¬ 
son,  Boston,  Mass. ;  Alexander  H.  Rich,  Bos¬ 
ton,  Mass.;  W.  T.  Babcock,  San  Francisco, 
Cal.;  F.  Ratchfokd  Starr,  Philadelphia; 

F.  II.  Cossitt,  No.  183  Madison  Avenue ;  Lewis 
May  of  May  &  King,  Bankers;  Oliver  Hak- 
ujman  of  Low,  Ilarriman  &  Co.,  Dry  Goods. 
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SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

Ilenry  Ward  Headier  on  Clothes  Wringers. 

After  a  constant  use  of  the  Universal  Clothes 
Wringer  for  more  than  four  years  in  my  family, 

I  ain  authorized  by  the  “powers  that  be”  to 
give  it  the  most  unqualified  praise,  and  pro¬ 
nounce  it  an  Indispensable  part  of  the  machin¬ 
ery  of  housekeeping. 

- »■*« - 

Canada  is  ordering  large  numbers  of  the  Blan¬ 
chard  Churn.  They  appreciate  real  merit  iu  a 
farming  implement. 

- 

Advice.  — Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  A". 

- •♦, - 

Instead  of  BITTER  use  SWEET  QUININE. 

THE  IVliLIUtETS. 

PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

New  YORK,  Monday,  Aug.  2,  1873. 

nrr»Lw>‘1!r>,,T,I'he  receipts  Of  the  principal  kinds  of 
prouuce  lor  the  past  week  arc  ns  follows  : 

!*?2f  PI(  Uun'  H1*"’3 .  11,700 

. Hops,  nates .  157 

WhealbVmS-i .  40,850  Peanut-*,  bags .  072 

r.irn  V,.!  '1 .  *40,iKM|t'ut  meats,  pkgs.,.,  3,850 

SS?* .  711 .250  Pork,  hl.lv . .  185 

Rwf’ilira!1 .  853,801)  Beef,  pkgg .  172 

lw-ley  bush .  2S,1'JJ  L‘arV’  l'“*s .  V*tf 

.  -  Butter,  pugs .  ly.iss 

BeiwJ  h  n  ii, . 1,700  Cheese.  pty* .  108,200 

Beans,  hush  .  .  ..  ;{, 220  Wool,  hales .  4  01)4 

Lorn  mciV  »lj,  H'”’  3.84U  Crass  seed,  bush., .  200 

corn  meal,  bag#..,  1, ;mi  Dressed  i lugs.  No..  — 

1  rmi'mliT  "V1  Exports  of  beans  past  week, 

tive  ^A''1  bush.  There  has  been  an  ne- 

m  , . im'I.., n,  w.  beans,  as t lie  export  shows,  ano 

beyond  Vied  rnmu  {Itglier.  Mediums  have  not  sold 
other  varhfH...  e.'JuRements,  but  in  sympathy  with  1 
ttn'  '“-ld  tlrmcr .  pea  and  kidney  * 
lii.n  ‘■cen  peas  are  firm  at  the  new  quota  i 

range.  "anaaian  peaa  are  hot  plenty  and  have  a  better  i 

2.6®  M-fy  o titer,  *2.60®  J 


m2? 

bulk.  80e.toW;  green  peas,  hush.,  range,  *U5®Ua. 
Beeswax, — Fur  Western  32e.  is  offered  forstmio-ht 

te'paidSCee^-  8°ttUlem  is  Wttated- 


1  Broom  Corn.  Supplies  here  are  small,  and  the 
stocks  at.  other  prim  leal  distributing  points  are 
moderate.  The  trade  here  say  that  the  supplies  will 

•  be  worked  up  close,  and  they  are  paying  advanced 
t  prices,  as  follows:— Long,  green  hurl,  prime  to  olioioe, 

10®12c.;  short  and  medium  brush,  choice  green,  H<" 

1  100.  Medium  qualities,  red-tipped,  5®iio.;  common 

;  qualities,  rod,  coarse  and  stemmy,  huBMP- 

Butter.  The  demand  K  fair,  t  he  inquiry  continu¬ 
ing  to  shift  (roil)  Western  bi  State.  Prices  are  not 
really  belter  for  State,  but  there  are  more  dealers 
t  quoting  \  good  feature  of  t  he  trade  is  the  call 
I  for  tine  State  from  Eastern  points,  and  lines  of  100 
1  lirkiiiB  for  tli.it  use  have  been  taken  at  80c.  right 
through.  New  England  watering  places  S.I  this  sea- 
mn,  nt  lute  years,  draw  pretty  steadily  upon  onr 
-took,  fliOUul)  ula idly  t  hrough  Eastern  cities.  Welsh 
i-  not  plenty,  nil  I  hue  would  readily  cornnmnd  ;!Se. 
Fails  are  linn  ter  fancy,  at  35c.  Western  i-  not  a 
commercial  fen  urent  this  ttroo.  A  few  fancy  marks 
"f  Miuhlgnn  and  nholee  Ohio  will  bring  23®24o  The 
hulk  is  quoted  at  UMftTJc.  VYo  quote  State  Itrkins,  In 
lines,  Mica  do,  balf-Milm,  do..  3li«32e.;  a  fnw  .selected 
.  Itrkins  bring  -de.;  Wclan  tubs,  when  line,  brine  use.; 

dm  range.  2t®2So.;  low  grades  of  State,  20®2?c.;  Hue 
i  Western,  2Imi22c.;  ohorlots,  Mm18c. 

<'lllM»ae.— Exports,  past  week,  99,9119  boxes.  The 
i  market  advanced  b,  1-ij.fe.  Immediately  subsequent 
to  onr  last  report,  with  this  price  paid  by  shippers: 

'  toil  the  arrivals  were  very  large,  and  tluty  aceumu- 

*  luted,  with  shippers  holding’ off  to  some  extent, 
awaiting  developments.  Lower  prices  were  soon 

1  effected,  anil  ut  the  (fluke  l;ljfc.  Is  the  top  price  paid 
by  shippers.  This  reaction  was  expected  to  some 
extent  to  follow  the  rapid  advance,  hut  it  is  thought 
current,  prices  Will  bring  sufficient  Inside  to  create 
an  easy  feeling  among  receivers,  a  d  a  confident 
'  feeling  is  engendered  through  this  and  the  belief 
s  that  the  make  has  been  shipped  forward  to  market 
close. 

We  quote;  Flue  Stale  factory,  ISMlSStSJfu.;  ether, 
B'»b*KC.;  skim,  5®7c.:  half  dm,  UM&MOHc*;  Western 
t  factory,  1(IM®13M(.'.;  Engl  lull  qnlry,  l  l.'iP'.dk’Kc. 

.  Got  ton.— With  tlia*'  short  interest"  covered,  prices 

have  dropped  \e.  qn  spot  eoftOIl,  allowing  a  Shipping 
■  trade,  and  Inducing  it  liberal  spinning  demand.  For¬ 
ward  deliveries  are  dull  and  pressed  for  sale  ut  weak 
prices,  with  August  quoted  at  19340  :  September,  IS 
i-100d  October,  I November,  17  13-1 0i*. 

Ppisit'L.  Aiiilminn.  N«>v  OrlejilDi,  Ti'X'ifl, 

Ordinary .  14k  DM  14K  MR 

Hood  Ordinary .  17M  17 X  17 X  17M 

Hi, riot  Good  Ordinary,  lsjg  ism  18#  is« 

Low  Middling .  19*5  91m  ifiK  i;ik 

Middling .  211%  30K  20%  20% 

Good  Middling .  22M  22 !qj  22;V  22:Y 

Dried  Fruits.  The  feature  of  trade  has  boon  a 
shorn  advance  in  Hie  prices  nf  impeded  pearlies, 
bused  upon  a  liberal  inquiry.  The  demand  has  been 
mainly  from  oil t-oi -town  parties,  and  they  Imve 
picked  up  small  lets,  here  and  there,  to  a  very  fair 
amount.  For  apples,  the  demand  is  mainly  fur  the 
Coarser  eut,,  or  lots  suitable  for  shipment,  at  steady 
prices.  Home  new  rnabbeiTtCs  brought  iltc.  HoutJi- 
ern  apples  quoted  at  4  Y-iMu.;  State  siloed,  7%@8KC.i 

lie.,  qrs.,  t M)  i'e.;  tV. ■  sl rn ,  .  Peeled  peneiics, 

prime,  1  iPblBQ.;  ordinary, 4i®3c.i  unpeeled  do.,  74mm«. 
for  halves  arid  He.  for  quart, ora.  Rliuskbcrrles,  Ho. 
Fitted  cherries,  WnDlsc,  for  tRate  and  Suuthern. 

Kgga.  The  trade  is  very  unsatisfactory :  receipts 
are  moderate,  but  the  demand  Is  t(m  light  f,,r  deal¬ 
ers  to  advance  prices,  Eggs  are  losing  badly,  and 
dealers  mildly  complain  of  the  advantage  many  buy¬ 
ers  take  nf  the  MiiTFTTuT  condition  nf  eggs,  saying 
Uipy  " count  ]p»> off  P,o  liberally."  We  quote  State 
ami  Pennsylvania,  10  j  vt20c.|  Western,  prime,  18® 
ltl%c;  do.  poor,  1-, ■„  15;-.e.;  Canadian,  1  7po ISu. 

Fear  hern. — The  demand  is  light.  Prime  Western 
live,  80®85u.;  other.  III  Kit  7  lie. 

Flour.  -Further  slight  changes  have  been  made  in 
firlces  in  1'uvor  of  the  buyer,  with  but  very  little  trade 
induced.  The  receipts  arc  unusually  small  fur  the 
season,  but  they  accumulate. 

Superfine  State . *d  95®  5  20 

Extra  do . i;  ;;0cr)  7  2ft 

Superllm*  Western . 1  !i,V,«  ft  2d 

Extra  do .  II  no®  (i  8.5 

No.  2  do .  ;;  aft®  1  85 

Round  hoop  Ohio .  li  IKK.,,  i!  40 

Trade  brands  do .  I!  75®  7  40 

While  wheat  extras .  7  76m  8  00 

St,  Louis .  II  fti I- III  on 

Southern,  shippiug  stock .  (1  2ft®  7  85 

Flinilly  extras .  7  '.KJrZUIO  75 

Rye  dour .  4  80®  5  2ft 

Corn  muni.  Caloric . . .  3  3(1®  3  35 

Western,  yellow...... .  3  In®  3  30 

Jersey .  y,  j  ;j5 

White  VV’eslern . 2  7fKw  3  16 

Brandywine . ks®  ;i  no 

Bog  Meal.  Coarse .  1  oft®  i  m 

Yellow .  .  |  2 ft®  I  80 

White . .  I  45®  |  55 

Fresh  Fruits.  Peaches  are  In  good  demand,  the 
arrivals,  ns  yet.  moderate.  The  current  estimate  of 
the  Delaware  and  Maryland  crop  together  is  about 
-O'ljlllll  baskets.  Nr w  Jersey  wlllsend none  of  account. 
Troth's  are  unusually  small  this  year.  The  range  is 
Il.a0sl3.30  for  era  ton  of  Hale’s  und  Troth 'a.  Ulltuk- 
herrles  ar"  In  tine  condition,  and  sell  quicker  than  tn 
:uiy  L.rmer  season  ;  18Ay23e.  per  quart  for  cultl  viitod, 
and  •3w  I  per  bushel  for  hush.  Apples  are  dull  at  *8 
Including  sour  and  sweet  boughs.  California 
Bartlett!  have  appeared  twice  since  our  last,  opening 
at  *8  lor  scant  bushel  box,  and  closing  at  *5® 7.  Rasp¬ 
berries,  Aotw  I  p4, illlc.  'll  qu  irts.  .3,.  ut.lie,  e  peius, 
f<®5;  not  salable.  North  Carolina  grapes,  15c.  V  tt. 
Whortleberries;  4M,ftU®7  per  bush.  Watermelons,  *10 
StUd  *i  It'D  for  best;  *10® 20  for  other;  Virginias  are 
coining  green.  Nutmeg  ui  do  ns,  t2..V®3.  In  peanuts, 
perhaps  the  most  ayeciUativc  martinet  Inquiry  known 
in  the  trade  for  a  number  nf  years  has  occurred  late¬ 
ly,  and  them  is  nooutident  tone  to  the  market  at  the 
close,  with  the  marked  advance  in  price:,  easily  sux- 
L'llned.  The  quolntluiis  are  tor  Virginias  nr,  *2,30® 
2.110 ;  WilmlugLon,  fl.75®2.25;  T’enuessce,  81.85. 

,  Grain.  Thu  markets  total]  kinds  are  lower,  with 
fair  supplies  and  a  moderately  active  shipping  trade. 
Wheal,  Mill.  Spring,  No.  1 .  81  47  ®  1  IS 

'•  Chicago,  new,  No.  2 .  1  3G  ®  I  38 

“  Milwaukee,  No. 2 .  1  id®  1  42 

“  Red  Western,  new .  I  to  ®  1  44 

A  labor,  Western .  1  63  &  1  80 

“  White,  Statu .  .  1  55  ®  1  7ft 

State,  winter,  amber. .  1  4ft  ®  1  50 

“  While,  Michigan .  1  50  ®  1  78 

“  Amber,  Michigan .  1  58  ®  1  80 

Rye,  Western . 80®  81 

Barley  malt,  C.  VV  .  1  2ft  @  1  3., 

State,  four-rowed .  1  1ft  @  1  25 

*•  tw-o-rowed .  U5  ®  l  io 

Oats.  Western  mixed,  new .  4u  ®  12 

“  White,  Western,  uew .  47  ®  fti 

“  State,  mixed .  42  oy  42K 

Corn,  Western,  yellow . .  58®  fill 

*’  Western  mixed,  new,  steamer .  81®  55 

“  “  “  sailing .  51!  ®  57K 

‘  “  White .  7ft  m  77 

Southern,  yellow .  58®  59 

liny  and  Sti'itw.  For  hay  there  i»  a  better  trade, 
and  the  arrivals  are  promptly  placed,  Straw  is  quint. 
Sales  of  choice  timothy  Ray  ut  S3u®34  per  ton:  do. 
prime,  *2S(, >.30;  do.  fair  lots,  *23®81 ;  shipping,  *1.1® 

20.  Long  rye  M.raw,  *18® 20  per  ton;  oat.  *12.  A 
prominent  dealer,  who  has  been  canvassing  the  pros¬ 
pects  Of  the  next  supply,  estimates  us  follow  i 
Maine  and  New  Hampshire,  a  fun  crop;  Massachu¬ 
setts,  Connecticut  .,nd  Vermont,  three-quarters  of  an 
average  crop}  New  York.  New  Jersey  and  Fennxyl-  , 
vania,  two-third  crop;  Ohio,  Indiana  and  Michigan, 
three-quarter  crop ;  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  Iowa  and 
Missouri,  full  crop;  Southern  Suites,  good. 

Hops,- Prices  are  without  much  change.  There 
Isa  steady  moderate  demand  front  brewers.  The  i 
crop  prospects  are  unfavorable  from  stnuo  sections 
Of  this  State,  with  lice  Increasing  on  the  vines.  From 
the  Western  sections  of  this  Store  the  reports  indi¬ 
cate  a  lair  crop,  it  is  reported  that  the  lndicutionx 
are  not  favorable  »o  uu  average  crop  in  other  States,  > 
and  that  there  will  be  a  deficiency  in  the  supplies  1 
which  will  have  to  be  made  up  bv  importations.  i 

New  Yorks,  growth  1872,  4l)®4Bc*.;  Eastern,  growth  i 
1872,  35®lGo. :  Western,  growth  18*2,  3ftwlGc. :  Olds, 
growth  ISM,  10® Me.;  old  Olds,  growths  ls«8  and  1385, 
8®l.ftc. ;  Bav-arlap,  40®45c. ;  English,  30®3o<;. ;  Belgian,  ! 
25® 30c.;  Californian,  47®52c.  J 

Leather.— For  light  hemlock, •.27K@29c;  27K@31c.  1 


for  middle,  2Hi»i30c.  for  heavy,  24®2lic.  for  good  dam¬ 
aged;  coops  at  I8®45c.  for  light  packs,  41®44e.  for 
middle  backs,  40® 4 3c.  for  Light  sides,  38®42c.  for  mid¬ 
dle  sides,  38i.ft  (0c.  for  heavy  sides. 

Poultry  nuil  G nine.  Market  largely  supplied 
with  live  fowls  and  chickens,  and  prices  arc  easy. 
We  quote  live  spring  chicks,  V  lb.,  l8®]'Jc..  fowls, 
l.i®  18c.,  for  Western  and  Jersey ;  young  turkeys.  Is 
®19c.;  old  enefl,  low— I5®iiic,;  N.  .1.  ducks,  '.ki6.®*1  ,w 
pair,  young  do.,  75e.®*l;  young  geese,  *3o>i3.2ft ;  West,- 
eWtt  geese,  *1.50@L75.  Woudeook  in  demand  at 00c.® 
*1  ?'  pair.  Flight  pigeons,  *l.76®1. 87.  Stall  fed,  *2,25 
®2.50. 

ProvisimiH.— Pnrk  1ms  bueu fating Urm,  with  light. 

•  upplles.  Lard  lower. 

Reef  hams  choice  Western,  *29® "1 ;  Texas  prime. 
*26®2H,;  do.  fair  loth,  *18®2I.  Lard,  8®e.  for  VVest- 
oru  steam  on  spat;  8  U-llie.  for  August.  Long 
dear.  8 Me.,  and  for  short  eleui'.  !l>;e.;  abort,  rib. 
9t-'’9K<!.  Mess  pork.  *17. ID.M  Spot  delivery  ;  *17.59  for 
July;  Western  prime  mess  nominally  *1U.26®17.60, 
Dressed  hogs,  cltv,  (l‘<,®7>jc.  Cuiuieui-'  tire  selling  at, 
I'ft"  I  la.  for  hums,  loose  ;  !i:,e.  for  shoulders,  toose  i  7.9; 
®9Ko.  for  pickled  bellies,  loose.  Boxed  dry-salted 
shoulders,  s.'fto.  smoked  meats  at  I  '.KwdSMc.  ror  loose 
hauls.  ‘.Ffc.  I  or  loose  shoulders.  Tallow  at  S.MtiiiHSIc.  fo 
prime  stock.  Reef,  selling  at  *9®U.75  for  barreled 
new  plain  mess.  *I2®13.5II  for  extra  moss.  Tiereml 
beef  nl  *:!S®25  for  new  Imllii  mess,  *8lkiMl  for  now 
extra  India  mess,  und  *2I®23  for  new  prime  mess. 

Seeds,  i  lover  brings  timothy,  :-ii.'.!ilm, l.lll. 

Bough  llax  at  *2.4l)(a)2,50, 

Tobacco.— There  itns  been  a  moderately  active 
trade  In  Western  leaf  and  seodleaf  at  very  steady 
prices. 

QUOTATIONS— NEW  CROP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

I  Jigs . . . 7  ®  7K«.  79,®  I  Mo.  i 

Good  do.  ...  7Sf®  8Kd-  7 if®  8Mc. 

Fotumon  to  medium  leal .  8 M®  ilWc.  !l  <■»  10Mc.  1 

Good  no.  ..10  (it  lOMc,  11  W  12 

Flno  (lo.  ..11  ®  12  c.  12M®  <3  c. 

Selections . 12 X®  13  o.  13  M®  1ft 

SUED  LI!  A  If  CROP  OR  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  llllers . II  ®  M  o. 

seconds . 13  ®  25  e. 

wrappers . . . Ill  ®  55  it. 

selections . lid  ®  75  c. 

New  York  llllers .  Id  ®  11  c. 

wrappers . 18  ®  35  c. 


assorted  lots . II  ®  II  e. 

Pennsylvania  tillers . 12  ®  li  e. 

wrappers . 22  ®  Hi)  c. 

assorted  lots . 18  ®  25  c. 

Ohio  tUlors . (i  ®  8  e. 

wrappers . 18  on  35  c. 

assorted  lots  . . UK®  12  c. 

Wisconsin  ussorlcd  lols..... . H  ®  9  c. 

VegelntilcM.  — Potatoes  are  in  fair  demand  (it  $3® 
3.5U  l'or  Early  Rose.  Sweet  potatoes,  Virginia,  *8®7 
in  bhls.;  Delaware,  crates,  *3,  Tonui toes,  *I,5lK«i2  l'or 
Norfolk,  Pi-rate;  Now  Jersey,  *2, 5d®3  buHh.  Onions, 
*(!®0.oO  T  hbl.  Marrow  squash ,  *2.50  m  hid.  Russia 
turnips, *1.20®1.6U  P  bbl.  Cabbage, *11®  10  p  UK). 

VVhishy— Is  selling  al-97Mc.,  with  light  supplies. 

VV mil. -The  receipts  of  the  new  are  fair,  hut  mun- 
iifucturers  are  purehiislng  quitu  freely,  us  the  goods 
market  Is  hi  n  heltnr  position.  Prices  rule  very  tlrui, 
and  In  some  lnstflnc.es  higher. 

Wo  quote  New  York,  Michigan  and  Wisconsin 
lleeces  fit  18c  for  XX.  I3®tlc.  tor  X,  4l®13e.  foi  No.  I. 
Ohio  and  Penn,  fleeces,  ftOn.  tor  XX,  ISO.  for  X,  hie.  for 
No.).  Iruh,  Ky.  and  Term.,  Ilio.  for  X  X,  41c.  lor  X,  43 
(»  He.  for  No.  l.lll.,  Iowa  and  Minn.,  15c.  for  XX,  lie. 
for  X,  48c.  for  No.  1.  (in.,  Ain,,  Miss,  and  La.,  2H®30c. 
for  unwashed.  Pulled  at  idwiliic.  for  extra,  42®47c.  for 
super  35®4(lii.  for  No.  I. 

UOCIl  USTIIlt,  .lull1  711.  Flour,  dull  and  un- 
chunged.  Wheat  dull,  $1,811  for  red  winter,  *1.7U®1,85 
lor  choice,  white.  Other  gr.iJn  iincliiiugeiL  New  po¬ 
tatoes  are  plenty  at  75c.  |i  bush.  Butter  tlriuur,  21® 
2fic.  Eggv.  I7®19c.  Green  Corn,  2d® 25c.  doz.  Fu- 
oumbers,  2»(81c,  eiicb.  Green  peas  higher,  tl®l,I2M  V 
bush.  Wool  dull  und  unuhanged,  at.  35®40e,  V  it,  Hay 
scarce,  *2(I®2H  &  ton.  Hops  are  quiet  at  85®38C.  R  ft. 


lie,:  Maaflcim  Center,  23>j,  lie.;  Mlnriunvttlc,  267,  lie.; 
Mohawk  V alloy, 90,  lSL'e.l  Newport,  tOd,  14c, {  Sowville 
.VSMoeniUon,  240,  lie.;  Old  Stone  Church,  101,  15MO.I 
PRmtlnfi  Colon,  nid.DKp.;  Root,  130.  14c.:  Smith  Mfg 
Co.,  103,  13Mc.:  Snyder  ,t  Max  del d,  1(10,  l3Mc.;  stone 
Arnidii,  180,  ISXi'.;  White  Creek.  8.4,  lie.;  /.oiler,  175, 
13Ce.;  I’erTyvtlie,  21ft.  13Kc.;  UtRqungo,  40.  UNO. 

We  have  advices  from  abroad  up  to  July  7.  Our 
Loudon  correspondent  says  Amerii  un  cheese  L  all 
cleared  u.“  landed,  being  far  cheaper  t  han  any  oilier 
brands.  It  may  he  worth  conxIdorattOn  wMther  tliu 
pnet*  is  not  getMog  near  the  bottom.  Quotations 
areas  follows :  —  English  Chiuldar,  7ik>«»4s.;  Wiltshire 
double,  tllftc74».;  Cheshire  medium,  88®72s.j  tine,  78® 
80*.;  Scotch,  new,  72®74s.  American,  new,  extra  line, 
lit’knJirS.!  tine,  'i(l®83s.;  good,  .*4S80s.;  seconds,  60®52s. 
Dutch  cheese  Edaina,  ak5»T09.;  Goudus,  ftiWOs,  j 
Derby  shape,  80®70h. 

The  weather  continues  showery,  In  consequence 
of  winch  much  hay  throughout  Herkimer  county  is 
being  Injured. 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

New  York,  August  2, 1873. 

Reeve*. -The  present  condition  of  trade  is  so  un¬ 
satisfactory,  that  all  therein  concerned  see  that  there 
must  be.  a  radical  change  effected.  W  hlle  u  slow  trade 
ut  reduced  rates  falls  to  force  off  lots  in  Hus  Eastern 
markets,  prices  In  the  West  have  not  fallen  In  a  like 
proportion,  especially  wheu  the  Inferior  quality  of 
the  steers  now  being  sent  forward  is  taken  Into  ac¬ 
count,  tdirgo  herds  of  Texan  cattle  arrived  during 
the  week,  several  droves  of  which  remained  gvet  un¬ 
sold  at  present  date.  On  Wednesday  last  beeves  sold 
ut9®12e.  (/  ft.;  weights,  ftp®', J M  cwt,;  Thursday  fore¬ 
noon,  at.  H®l3Mc  .  and  on  Friday  rales  were  the  same. 
Both  days  weight  ranged  at  ftM'sS.M  ewt.  During  the 
week  salesmen  could  obtain  from  .Waft;  It*.  V  <  wl., 
net;  a  few  of  the  be:  t  steers  to  baud  were  allowed 
81  V  head  extra,  l.'oacse  Missouri  steers,  average 
weight  7®7M  owl.,  sold  at  HKu.  P  ft.;  common  Illi¬ 
nois  Uiif,aK  owl.  KIM".  ¥  U>.;  fair  do,,  7  gwt„,  1 1  To-  P 
ft.;  good  do.,  SM  cwt.,  12Mc.  7<  ft.;  Chorokoo  do,,  8 
cwt.,  IOMmWMc.  V  ft.;  Texan  do.,  5M®5;Y  cwt.,  8®ilc. 
V  ft. 

Jlilcli  Chuvx.— During  the  past  week  sales  ranged 
at  *22® 4 7  h  head,  general  sales;  a  few  lots  went, at 
*50®73  T  head.  Tra  e,  ou  the  whole,  was  easier,  al¬ 
though  the  quality  of  tile  animals  was  poor,  save  a 
few  fair  quality  top  lots. 

Veal*.—' There  Ims  been  only  a  slow  trade  iu  veals 
since  our  last  report.  Wednesday  forenoon,  veu Is 
sold  generally  nt  SKe.  V  ft.  Thursday  forenoon,  7® 
8M'c.  19  ft.;  quality  fair;  poor  calves,  0®8c.  P  ft.; 
grass  calves,  *.i.50®7  -V  head.  There  was  no  change 
on  Friday  forenoon,  and  the  market  closed  dull. 

Sheep  nod  Lambs. -Trude  opened  slow  on  Wed¬ 
nesday,  when  sheep  sold  in  selected  lots  at  5Jlf(ajTc.; 
in  large  lots  at  1M®5Mc  ;  lambs,  7®9Kc.  Trade  was 
very  small  ou  Thursday,  when  a  few  lots  ol  iffieep 
were  sold  at  4M®8c.;  lambs,  9;£®8>4e.  On  Friday 


there  were  it  few  more  sales.  Sheep  sold  at  4M®8e. 
IU  lb.;  lambs,  li&®8Mc.;  the  flocks  to  hand  were  not 
closed  off.  Special  sales  were  Ohio  sheep,  average  86 
pounds  per  head,  l)W  d  ,e.;  do.,  do.,  !I0  poiituG,  .V’iC,; 
do.,  do,,  9IF;  ihs,,  8c.;  Ky.  lambs,  58M  lbs.. 8Jtc.;  Penn¬ 
sylvania,  5S  lbs.,  7 Me*i  Jersey,  60  lbs..  So.;  State.  53 
lbs.,  8M«. 

Hog*.  -  Live  have  been  nominal  since  our  lost  ro- 
port.  Wednesday .  live  hogs  were  quoted  at  5R'®69fc. 
v  ft.:  city  dressed.  6@7’iO.  Thursday,  live  at  5s® 
5)iie.;  city  dressed.  0l<;®7Me.  Friday  live  were  6M@ 
5-H'o. ;  oil  y  dressed,  liF,®iif<ic.  Trade  moderate,  but 
looking  up. 

Horsi*  I>lurket.— Trade  almost  umulnnl.  One 
light  harness  Uursi-  sold  nt  *300;  1  saddle  Uorse,  *275; 
l  draught  horse,  *IIHI.  18  horses  arrived  per  Erin  Rail¬ 
way,  via  On  k  Cliff  Station;  132  per  Central  New  Jer¬ 
sey,  via  Liberty  street  ferry;  quality  common. 

LHondiiy’M  Sale*.  Heeves.  -Reeves  were  slow 
•of  sale  until  the  hour  when  the  markets  wore  nearly 
over;  then,  owing  to  the  non-arrival  of  some  cars  of 
horned  cuttle  due  nt  (00th  street,  i < . •  -i  went  'ill  brisk¬ 
ly  ;  rate*  did  not  advance.  Prices  ranged  from  7 MS" 
l.iMc.;  weights.  3K®'.i  cwt..  on  55i®i0  lbs,  to  the  cwt., 
net. 

II  ileli  Gown.— no  Iiuprnvomeit i  iu  these  animals ; 
quality  generally  poor  mill  rales  low. 

Veal*.— Trade  very  slow.  Prices  at  7®Ro.;  coarse 
calves,  6  l;e.;  grass  calves.  *5®7  Jt  heud. 

Sheep  anil  Lamb*.— Sheep  sold  fairly  in  large 
lots  at  1  M®ftkc„  ami  selected  at  i’c.  Lambs  were  very 
slow  ut7M®0e.  Several  lots  stood  over  unsold. 

Hog*.— There  were  no  live  for  sale, and  clty-dress- 
ed  were  not  quoted  at  noon. 

RECEIPTS  OP  LIVE  STOCK. 


Boovpi. 

Cow* 

i.  CnlvoH. 

hhunn 

I.HIHHM. 

One  1 1  nndrodtfl  St. 

.  .2,427 

17 

655 

in; 

(WO 

Forty- Eighth  St _ 

..  two 

87 

852 

7,881) 

two 

Fortieth  Si  ....... 

.  ,  99 

(HI 

315 

5.829 

22,38;; 

( ’ouimuuipaw . 

. .1,783 

91) 

09 

fi,0(!3 

11,320 

VVceUawkcu . 

..1,151 

99 

(111 

0(19 

000 

Totals  this  week. .. 

.  8,811 

191 

1,822 

18,509 

33,709 

“  Inst  week... 

.  3,285 

79 

2,154 

33,915 

35,123 

COM 

PAUATrv  r. 

UATKB. 

Lust  week. 

This  week. 

COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

Little  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Aug  1,  187.3. 

At  Little  Falls,  for  the  week  ending  Aug.  I,  there 
was  a  brisk  market  for  dairy  products,  and  prices  ad¬ 
vanced  Me.  on  lurni  lots,  while  t  he  raise  on  factories 
was  fully  lc.  sK  ft,  Hales  and  Shipments  of  farm  dai¬ 
ries  reached  about  620  boxes.  These  sold  ut  ll®1 1.Mo. 
for  fair  U>  good,  and  11*®12M(L  for  tine  to  fancy,  with 
hut  low  sub's  nt  the  latter  price. 

A  large  number  of  factories  were  represented  In 
market  this  week,  the  offerings  reaching,  in  tb*>  ag¬ 
gregate,  fully  W.dlM  boxes,  of  which  the  .ales  foot  up 
uliotit Sl.ilOD  We  append  the  following  leading  sales: 

Brackett's  Bridge,  2*1  boxes,  at  12c.;  Fliriatniun,  98, 
IpMC. ;  Cold  Cteek,  111,  14c.;  Cook  &  Ives,  109,  Mo.; 
CrulniYs  Corners,  170, 14a.;  Countryman,”",  lie.;  (’rum 
Creek,  100. 13M'-'.:  Crumor  *  Cor  Or*. 73,  13MC.;  Danube 
Cold  opring,  sO,  lilrg  ICatonvtlln,  14c.;  Fttlffleld  A-so- 
idaclon.  lOu,  14c.;  North  FalrOhld,  l/O,  Me.;  Old  t 'air- 
del*!.  120,140.;  Hut  Creek,  87,  lie.;  Fort  Plain. 78,  LP, «.; 
Ki  Foster.  VI.  He.:  Hanenalevor,  129,  14c.;  Hendeianti 
AssoeiuUon,  291,  I4i  .,  Henderson  Home, Hi,  13c.;  Her- 
Idraer  Co.  Central, 230,  l.eXc.;  J.  f».  Ives,  I9U,  lie.;  old 
Clty,KI,13Le;  Extiter  Cell  ter,  100.  IS.Me,;  Manboltu,  l!KI, 


(  ents. 

\iood  Hteers  ft . ]y  («>  18K 

Fair . II  (.a  111? 

Poor . . . . . Ill  ®  194, 

Poorest .  7K  ®  9>i 

Gen.  selling  rates . It  ®  12 


Cents. 

12  ®  13  M 
11  ®  11% 
19  f<4  HIM 

7M  ®  »M 
11  ®  12 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


The  Greatest  Pain  Reliever  in  the  World 

is  Dr.  Tobift*'  Venetian  Liniment,  established  over 
28  years.  Every  bottle  sold  has  been  warranted  to 
give  satisfaction,  and  not  ode  returned,  so  the  term 
tmmbuij  cannot  he  applied  to  It.  It  Is  perfectly  Inno¬ 
cent,  to  lake  Internally  (see  oath  on  the  pamphlet),  it 
is  warranted  to  euro  when  first  taken,  Cholera,  Diar¬ 
rhea,  Dysentery,  Croup,  Colic  and  He  a  fcjteknuss, 
and  externally.  Chronic  Rheumatism,  Sore  Throat, 
Mumps,  Old  Sores.  Sprains,  Bruises,  &c.  Depot,  10 
Park  Place,  Now  York. 

- - 

Hundred*  of  Men  and  Women  are  suffering 
for  the  want  of  SrmaiOAL  Elastic  stockings,  to 
relieve  enlarged  veins,  which  are  liable  to  burst  and 
ulcerate.  Write  to  POM  EROY  CO.,  714  Broadway, 
New  York,  for  prices,  Sec.  Also  for  the  lutest  Im¬ 
proved  "  Elastic  Tairas”  for  ruptures. 

(fifthurutiottnl, 

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lege  or  bUKiQhi-s,  Personal  earn  in  study,  habits  and 
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inn  m"r,J  young  men  and  ladies  to  III  them 
selves  for  permanent  situations  as  book- 
IUU  keepers,  salesmen ,  teachers  of  penman 
ship,  etc.,  at  a  salary  of  $800  to  *1,500  a  year. 
Situations  guaranteed.  Address  jM.  W.  COBB, 
President  Business  College,  Oberlin.O. 


1  liliDUllill  11  Ilium  UIJLj. 

Young  VI  nu  nn<l  Lailfe*  quid  Wed  at  the  Buf¬ 
falo  TELE  1 1.A  I'll  IVSTITI  "I  i:  .1  NO  CITY  LINE  TKL- 
j:  graph  l  or  competent  operators,  to  earn  a  salary  of 
$.  >0  to  *100  per  month.  The  largest,  most  complete 
aiad  practical  In  America.  Address,  for  Catalogue, 
0.  L.  BRYANT,  Snpt„  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 


SIXTY  YOUNG  MEN  AND  LADIES  -Tn  place  In 
positions  where  they  will  acquire  a  thorough  ami 
ppactical  knowledge  of  Telegraphy,  und  receive  a 
commission  while  practicing.  Adurcss,  with  stamp, 
C..  A.  SHEARMAN,  Hup’t  Union  Telegraph  loui- 
pi«ny,  Oberlln,  Ohio. 

Kimball  Union  Academy, 

MERIDEN,  N.  H. 

Expenses  lower  than  any  other  strictly  flrst-eluss 
A  oudemy  iu  New  England. 

Rev.  I..  A.  AUSTIN,  A.  M.,  Principal. 

hlisiied  1 7sy.  -  Leicester  acaoemy, 

I  .1  I .eicester.  Alass.— Classical  course  fits  for  college 
English  course  for  husluess.  Instruction  thorough  ; 
rarms  moderate.  Military  drill  and  discipline.  Fall 
Teirm  opens  Aug.  28.  C.Jt,  Wntinwit.A.  91.,  1‘rlncif.ul. 

rpilE  (OHM  ELL  l  \  I  V  I,  It  S I  TV, 

*  1 1 linen,  N.  Y„  offers  liberal  and  practiOOt 

ivinrses  fur  agrtenlt.iirists,  architects,  civil  engineer*, 
master  mechanics,  uicohunlcul  engineer*,  agricultu¬ 
ral  and  manufacturing  chemists,  printers,  veterinary 
surgeons,  etc.,  with  laboratories,  draughting  rooms, 
farms  and  workshops,  til  agriculture  and  mechanic 
arts  various  courses  are  provided  to  meet  want*  of 
nil  studeuls;  also  general  coursea  In  arts,  lltorature 
and  scionoe  preparatory  to  the  other  professions. 
Overlive  hundred  free  scholarships.  Next  year  be¬ 
gins  Sept.  8.  For  Registers,  with  full  information, 
address  as  above. 


Sjijlkft  tlRtULAft4.CKKti.IU 


PeterWalrath 

CHI  T  T  CNANCO.O.Y: 


in(f  snd Axing  dyeii  far goods,  etc., nnd  also  Inmoking 
cloths  and  hi)  substances  Impervious  to  -water,  and 
in  adding  luster,  pn.tiiiivfy.lo  lue  surface  of  ail  cloths, 
by  sponging  or  otherwise;  also  for  glaring,  whtten- 
ing  or  color! i ik  all  porceluins.  and  In  the  manufacture 
of  the  above  ware,  stone  ware,  pottery,  etc.,  etc. 

The  soaps  uiado  hr  this  compound  nave  bleaching 
qualities  that  strengthen  liber  Instead  of  Injuring  it, 
and  great  Healing  qualities  for  barber*  and  toilet  use; 
also  .  hnloo  props  rath  ns  or  "  i  Vy»i  d  <  i  ir«frr, 
(trudc-mark  name,)  carefully  prepared  for  ladies’ 
use-  Its  whitening  and  purify;:;,;  effects  upon  the 
skin  and  fine  toilet  properties  are  attainable  in  no 
other  way  hut  through  this  process. 

Parties  wishing  to  lease  or  secure  right*  tor  a r.y  or 
all  of  these  Inventions,  or  form  e<  nipuntcs  lor  them, 
will  plea  -f  ftiJrlvesH  me  lor  |<n,:e  .airs  I  >  to  he 
the  inventor  of  too  above,  um.-r  the  P^i*  •  Lavr*, 
and  J  have  made  successful  .  vjierlrnents  therewith. 
1  am  prepared  to  furnish  the  products  and  Compounds 
of  coal  aiul  water, combined  with  /Inc  or  any  other 
metallic  substance,  for  the  protection  of  ship's  bot¬ 
toms,  and  nil  metallic  and  other  surfaces. 

Ai.V  AM  BEEBE, 

Mf  >V  (51  Liberty  Si.,  Netv  York. 


^CVtUirW,  tof 


gmplmcnttf  amt  attach inevy 


PERSONAL  ‘  ITEMS, 


Bund  Tom  has  tt.  farm  near  w  arrenton,  v  a. 

josh  Hillings  ia  doing  t  he  White  Mountains. 

A.  T.  Stewart  went  to  Europe  for  his  health. 

The  Duke  of  Manchester  bus  arrived  at  Que¬ 
bec. 

The  Seward  statuo  in  Central  Park  is  to  cost 
§30,000 

Charles  Dickens  left  a  son  who  is  a  good 
reader. 

Ralph  Waldo  Emerson  promises  a  new  lit¬ 
erary  work. 

Gov.  Hix  of  Now  York  spends  the  summer  on 
Long  Island. 

GekbIt  Smith  is  opposed  to  legislating  down 
intemperance. 

Rev.  E.  E.  Hale  has  reached  Boston  from  his 
tour  in  Europe. 

The  late  William  Whiting  gave  §50,000  to 
Harvard  College. 

John  P.  Hale  is  too  old  to  have  the  broken 
bone  of  his  leg  set. 

Hr.  II.  T.  IIf.lmdold  gave  a  free  lunch  in 
Paris  on  the  4tli  of  J uly . 

Mu.  Gladstone  has  Invited  the  Jubilee  Sing¬ 
ers  to  sing  at  his  residence. 

Caleb  Cush  i no  has  had  a  famous  dog  suit  at 
Washington,  which  ho  gained. 

The  Gormans  of  Aust  ralasia  have  presented 
Bismarck  with  a  golden  inkstand. 

Hr.  Von  Bollinger  has  been  made  Presi¬ 
dent  of  tho  Bavarian  Academy  of  Science. 

Mrs.  MacMahon,  wife  of  the  President  of 
Franco,  has  her  maids  of  honor  on  state  occa- 


Bleacher  and  Other  Matters. 

This  Fert  ilizer  Is  composed  of  the  gases.  &e.,  of  coal 
of  ail  sorts,  having  carbon,  with  cokes,  combined  or 
ul  her  wise.  I  churn  tie-  prO'-CMi  "I  extracting  from 
any  kind  of  coal  or  colic,  gases,  &o..  by  the  use  of 
Boat  or  calcination,  r.'iri  grinding  anti  placing  the 
ci ini  In  water,  where  the  paves  will  escape  and  be 
held  with  tho  oxygen  of  the  water.  The  coin i  are 
used  without  calcination.  This  hauid  Is  spread  over 
the  land  and  every  kind  of  growing  crop  Having  a 
root  ill  tile  soil.  I  also  sow  the  ground  coal  and  coke. 
Or  either  of  them,  over  tho  fit.'il,  crops,  Ac.,  and  put 
them  into  the  bill  or  drill  with  tlic  seed.  '  >nu  beutr 
a  vegetable  formation,  contains  about  00  pur  cent,  of 
carbon,  which  is  tue  >  uly  cdomer.t  or  riMOurce  loft  us 
ior  restoring  <r.e,  vegetation,  Ac. 

1  also  use  this  haul, I  as  u  CO il  alkali  tor  various 
purposes,  such  a«  t,hn  distillation  and  the  brewing 
or  the  above  opals,  Ac.,  and  products,  with  or  with¬ 
out  other  vegetables,  grains,  Ac.,  or  other  liquids.  I 
claim  the  above  as  food  or  food,  with  or  without  mix¬ 
ing  or  conking  with  utbor  vegetal, Ic  matter,  grain, 
meal,  Ac.,  for  feeding  or  Intieulag  poultry  or  uuinuils. 
raise  claim  Hie  above  coal,  liquids,  &c„  ns  preserva¬ 
tives,  from  atmosphere  and  weather,  of  all  meats  and 
eatables,  am)  tin  packing  of  theta,  as  well  ns  trulls 
of  u  1 1  sorts,  aod  the  In  merslon  «,1  eggu  in  the  liquid 
carbon  to  given  new  siiell.  I  olnhu  that  beef,  pork 
and  meats,  dressed  in  quarters,  nod  all  other  animals. 
Hah,  poultry,  Ac.,  may  im  pres-rved  fresh  for  traus- 
portation  on  railroads,  vessels  or  otherwise,  by  Im - 
merslon  of  them  In  my  coal  watt,  or  coke  water,  or 
both,  for  six  daws.  moiv  or  less,  and  hung  up  In  rooms 
or  compartments,  the  four  vide-  mode  three  inches 
thick,  packet  with  ground  coke  or  coni,  wltti  muall 
opening  on  the  inside,  covered  with  lino  wire- cloth, 
to  admit  the  oarbea  und  gases  into  the  compartment. 
Also  of  puns  about  a  font  deep  or  over,  metal  or  oth¬ 
erwise,  with  perforated  covers,  holding  prepared  cal 
..rootle-,  Ae_,  wltn  water  or  fluids  from  t  wo  to  three 
Indies  deep,  n Herding  carbon,  Ac.,  to  compartment; 
thesis  also,  are  used  In  smaller  ortobUshincnts,  in 
Ilk.  manner,  of  any  size,  with  lube,  strong  vv Ire-cloth 
floor  or  shelves  Inside.  tor  such  preserving  utonsil, 
which  tnav  Im  placed  In  com|.artments,  on  floors  or 
shelves,  In  any  structure,  On  land  or  on  water;  the 
bottom  pan  may  contain  lee.  1  claim  the  uso  of  my 
coal  anti  coke  alkali  for  preserving  meats,  eatables, 
liwros,  liaCDBj  beef,  son-fond,  Ac.,  us  a  plcklo,  to  keep 
the  articles  for  n  long  time,  on  lo-g  voyages,  nerfeot- 
ly  sweet.  The  carbon  pickle  is  made  with  about  six 
lbs.  of  coal  or  coke,  two  lbs.  of  brown  .'Ugur,  two  lbs. 
salt,  ten  gallons  of  water,  stand  two  days ;  to  receive 
all  kinds  of  meat  hams,  oecf,  pork,  bacon,  sea-food, 
Ac.— Tor  smoking,  diytng  and  preserving,  after  re¬ 
maining  In  pickle  ten  or  IO teen  days,  as  required. 
The  shiao  kind  of  plekle,  except  Unit  the  sugar  is 
white.  I  liso.  about  an  inch  deep,  On  butter,  bird, 
Ac.,  in  package*,  to  beep  the  whole  sworn  lor  ship¬ 
ment,  tmnsportal  Ion.  &e.  Also  in  the  manufacture 
of  refrigerators  and  tire  rit  es,  the  using  of  prepared 
coal, cokes,  Ac.;  and  the  use  ot  ovens aud  cylinders 


Tits,  perfection  of  making  and  arranging 
every  style  of  Dress  Trimming  with  as 
much  ease  and  simplicity  as  run¬ 
ning  up  an  ordinary  seam,  with 
some  new  and  entirely  Orig¬ 
in  al  A ccompl ishme.n ts. 


GROI  N!)  BONE, 


AND  ALL  WITHOUT  EASTING, 


BONE  JIEAL 


BONE  FLOUR. 

hate  ot  Lime,  or 

lireniar. 

„  Newark.  N.  .1. 


It  prepares  the  'Milliners'  Fold  better  than  can 
be  done  hv  hand. 

It  prepares  J1  i! liners’  Fold  with  different 
color*  and  pieces  of  goods  at  one  operation. 

It  prepares  and  plncies  a  fold  in  Buy  seam 
perfectly,  without  bastlnc. 

It  prepares  and  put*  n  double  or  single  fold 
on  the  edge  ol  a  bund. 

It  cords  bins  bands. 

It  prepares  and  applies  a  double  French  hem 
finish. 

It  prepares  u  cord  welt  perfoctly. 

it  prepares  ur.O  places  ,n  cord  welt  in  any 
sen  m  without  barfing. 

-It  prepares  a  cord  \>  rli,  at  the  samp  time  gath¬ 
ering  and  placing  t  he  well  in  the  gHi bor¬ 
ing  sen  in.  sewing  it  to  u  plain  hand,  if  de¬ 
sired,  nt  one  opera  Moil. 

-It  doss  plain  gat  tiering. 

-It  gnehers  and  sewn  on  a!  Hie  same  lime, 
Better  than  any  other  gatherer. 

■It  helms  all  goods,  bias  »:r  straight. 

-It  binds  wit  h  braid. 

-It.  hinds  with  cut  binding. 

-It  news  any  seam  without  bunting. 


Fresh  Bono  Superphospl 
Dissolved  Bone.  Bono  for  < ' 
LISTER  BROS, 


ami  SUachincvii 


ROBERT  PATOIS, 

Hi  tinBEOVBi  ST.,  YEW  YORK, 

— Has  the  largest 

_ rr-f.  and  best  assort- 

mont  of 

school 

Furniture 

Ijftmm  SUNDAY 

SCHOOL 

SETTEES 

INT  AMERICA. 

C  7r~  Catalogue  sent  on  application  with  stamp. 


The  arrangement  Is  very  novel,  and  It  is  one  of  the 
simplest  Attachments  In  use;  Indispensable  in  its 
utility,  doubling  the  value  or  any  sewing  Machine. 

In  ordering,  state  ktxd  of  Sewing  Machine. 

Price,  $3<  with  full  instructions  for  its  use  mailed 
post  free.  Address 

PALMEK  MANUFACTURING-  00, 

S17  Broadway,  Now  York. 

An  opportunity  eldom  offered  to  Agents  of  both 
sexes,  which  arc  wanted,  everywhere,  Immediate!) . 


Important  to  Farmers 

and  Throshermen. 

Wo  will  semi  rice  on  application  n  Descriptive  Cir¬ 
cular  and  Prices  of  our  Improved  Three  her  n  small, 
compact  machine,  weighing,  with  lever  power,  etc., 
complete,  less  than  2,(0)  pound*.  und  WARRANTED, 
with  four  to  six  horses,  to  separate  und  clcun  thor- 
cughiy  from  200  to  BtO  bushels  wheat  and  a  propor¬ 
tionate  amount  Of  oats  per  day,  dolnu  Its  work  equal 
to  the  best  of  i  be  large  threshes.  Prices  and  freight 
much  less  than  the  large  machines. 

BLYMYEU  MANUF’G  CO..  Cincinnati,  O., 
Successors  to  Hlymyer,  Norton  A  CO„  M’t’rs  of  Cane 
Mills  and  Kvapor.  tors,  Farm,  Hcnnol  uud  Church 
-  etc.  _ _ _ 


|  M  r  U  U  V  E  l>  FOOT  LATHES, 

-Y  Slide-rests,  luind  Planers  for  Metals, 
Small  Gear  Cutters.  The  very  beat,  sell¬ 
ing  everywhere.  Catalog ues  free. 

N.  H.  BALDWIN,  Laconia,  N.  H, 


MEDAL  MACHINES 


VALUABLE  BOOKS 


GEMS. 

Gems  of  Sacred  Song. 

Gems  of  German  Song. 
Gems  of  Scottish  Song. 
Wreath  of  Gems. 
PT3AKX.S. 

Shower  of  Pearls, 

The  best  Vocal  Duets. 

Operatic  Pearls, 

Best  Opera  Songs. 

Price  of  each  book,  Boards,  $2.50;  Cloth,  $3;  Full 
Gilt,  6t 

The.  above  volumes  are  quite  unsurpassable,  us 
each  one  is  filled  und  crowded  with  the  very  host 
VOCAL  M  PHI  oof  its  kind.  Books  are  largo,  and  WOl- 
derfullv  cheap.  Pages  full  sheet  music  sl/.e.  (-'Oil  to 
250  pages.)  _ _ _ 

REMHMBKR  Ottr  New  ORGAN  AT  IIOMF,, 
Home  is  not  complete  without  It.  $2,5U 

LOOK  AT  The  Standard,  for  Choirs,  &c.  1.60 

Cheerful  Voices,  lor  Schools.  60 
River  of  Life,  for  Sunday  Schools.  85 


IMPROVED  POWER 

PRESS,  ' 


Ratchet  -  iilau 
Nla^'glhiflfc^ tSUlklrita  Bi»  SeltiiAVS,  l.Meuov'jLi  CltAT- 

Kil  !  rto  .  Pi  ia  |"%  I .  forty 

other  tilings  for  cider  Mills  and  vinegar  Factories. 
For  Circulars, address  O.  K.  JOHNSON,  Medina,  N.  V. 


^r>.  THE  ZINC  UOI.LAR 
I.Vr  v4  f.  ;  A  PA  1>  is  gu:u  j  tiL-rd  to  pu rc 

Kft. yi  .  i  hu  worst  case  of  raw  ami 
vf ,  birlauied  neck  In  Vert  thojs, 
Nk,  \  >,  -  j  •••>»'*•  K  the  H<ir»e  mu  rort-ck; 

\\  •  ■  '  /  h  and  will  nut  chain  or  wear 

ir‘  •  -ffs1  y  tlie  mane.  Fur  sale  hy  Siui- 
Ngv  diery  i  lard  ware  lienlersnort 

llanivsg  Mtikers.  Manufac¬ 
tured  bv  the  ZINC  COLL  A  U  PAD  CO.,  Budtamn, 
Mich.  Information  furnished  on  iipplieutlon. 

This  Company  is  in  possession  of  hundreds  of  relia¬ 
ble  testimonials  from  Farmers,  Lumbermen,  Team¬ 
sters,  Dealers  and  Others,  lull)  endorsing  all  WO  claim 
for  the  Zinc  Pad.  We  annex  the  following  notice : 

Fort  Wayne;  Fob.  13,  1872. 
Zinc  Collar  Pad  Co.,  Buchanan,  Mien,: 

Gents  \vg  have  had  good  success  in  selling  your 
Zinc  Collar  Pad.  Its  uso  has  cured  some  very  bad, 
sore-necked  horses  in  this  county.  U  has  given  en¬ 
tire  satisfaction.  Wc  anticipate  a  greatly  increased 
demand  this  season.  Yours  truly. 

B.  W.  OAKLEY  &  Son, 
Dealers  In  Saddlery  Hardware. 


hiclick  a  <  <>., 

PROPRIETORS,  I’ATK.VTJCES  A  MANPr  ACTP  'OCRS  OF 

RAILWAY  CHAIN  A  LEVER  HORSE  POWERS, 

Combined  THHKSHERS  and  Winnowers.  Overshot 
Threshers,  Oi-ver  lle.ller.-,  Feed  Cutters.  :-aW- 
Mills.  llurse  Rakes.  Horse  Pitehfcirke,  shin¬ 
gle  Machines,  See.,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


Nonpareil  Farm  Feed, 

Bonk,  Dki:g  and  Hand  Mills;  ten  sizes.  Also, 
COTTON  Seed  Hollers.  Illustraied  Pamphlets 
free.  Address  J,  eKDGKBKEK. 

Palnesville,  Oldo. 


To  make  mine  and  better 
BUTTER,  also  .«ot  Uibor. 
send  for  Illustrated  Circu¬ 
lars  to  OHANGIC  CO.  MILK 
PAN  00,,  Fiunldiu,  Dela¬ 
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BUTTER 

MAKERS 


CfARIIART’.-i  Pi  HVEUIZ1NG  CULl'IVA- 

J  TOR  hus  mure  practical  points  than  any  cuJUvh- 
tor  in  use,  and  is  indispensable  as  a  farm  Implement. 
Price,  *22.  BRADLEY  MANUF'G  CO., 

Syracuse,  N.  f. 


r|)0  ENGRAVERS,  PRINTERS,  &C.— Large  stock 
S  well  sousonml  uud  prepared  Boxwood,  Mahog¬ 
any,  Mapleand  Pine.  VANDi’.RurRuii,  Wells*  Co., 
Typo,  Cabinet  A  Press  Warehouse,  18  Dutch  Bt.  N.Y. 


There  is  no  held  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  sale  ol'  the  Family  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  is  no  maehiue  that  possesses 
one-half  the  qualittioa  which  uro  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  family  use  as  the 

Bickfoi’d’s  Improved 

Its  simplicity  and  ease  of  management,  together 
with  Its  capacity  for  doing  the  great  runge  ul  wurk , 
und  Us  trilling  cost,  makes  It  a  mutter  ot  economy 
for  every  family  to  have  one,  and  will  ultimately 
bring  it.  Into  us  general  use  as  the  Sew  ing  Mui'-hlue. 
The  practical  utility  of  the  machine  only  needs  to 
lie  demonstrated  to  tho  people  tu  produce  an  tui- 
IbMitcu  demand. 

Many  Sewing  Machine  Agents,  finding  the  In¬ 
crease  of  competition  and  the  difficulty  of  selling 
high-priced  machines  to  mill  tutu  against  a  flour¬ 
ishing  business,  are  taking  hold  of  the 


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HEWS  CONDENSER. 


—  A  Japanese  dramatic  company  is  coming 
to  America. 

—  Hops  yield  a  profitable  crop  in  many  parts 
of  California, 

—  Liverpool,  O.,  settled  in  1829,  lias  never  lost 
a  building  by  fire. 

—  The  Vermont  farmers  are  discussing  cheese 
making  on  Sunday. 

—  Chicago  is  to  have  a  great  Inter-State  Ex¬ 
hibition  in  September. 

—  Illinois  has  the  largest  railway  mail  service 
of  any  State  in  the  Union. 

—  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  has  a  horse  railroad  under 
Presbyte  rian  m  an  age  men  t . 

—  "Dolly  V.trden"  trains,  so-called,  run  on 
the  Hudson  River  Railway. 

—  The  St.  Paul  and  Pacific  Railway  will  sot 
out  500,000  frees  next  spring, 

—  The  value  of  whoatand  grain  exported  by 
California  last  year  was  $10,252,000. 

—  A  new  degree  lias  boon  invented  for  female 

graduates— M.  Maids  of  Science. 

—  Recently  nearly  seven  inches  of  rain  fell  in 
Rochester,  N.  Y„  in  as  many  hours. 

—  Street  sellers  of  mutton  broth  and  iced 
water  are  familiar  in  Persian  1  owns, 

—  The  towers  of  the  Brooklyn  bridge  are  to 
be  18  feet  higher  than  Trinity  steeple. 

—  Half  of  the  summer  population  at  Long 
Branch  is  said  to  be  of  Hebrew  origin. 

—  The  State  Teachers'  Association  of  New 
York  has  just  closed  its  session  at  Utica. 

—  A  Virginia  railway  runs  a  "grass  widows" 
train  from  Richmond  to  the  watering  places. 

—  The  Oread  Institute  at  Worcester,  Mass., 
will  be  enlarged  to  accommodate  1,000  pupils. 

—  The  citizens  of  Now  Haven  gave  the  win¬ 
ners  of  the  boat  race  a  reception  and  banquet. 

—  Passengers  on  the  unfortunate  Atlantic 
have  brought  suits  against  the  White  Star  lino. 

—  Hereafter  no  statue  can  bo  erected  in  Cen¬ 
tral  Park  until  the  subject  has  been  dead  five 
years. 

—  A  convention  of  tin-  veterans  of  the  Mexi¬ 
can  War  Is  to  be  held  In  St.  bonis  on  the  8th  of 
October. 

—  The  sum  of  $15,000  has  been  raised  to  pur¬ 
chase  Washington’s  Headquarters  in  Morris¬ 
town,  N.  J.,  for  the  State. 

<l  vcfv,  i’lnnt.o,  &c. 

600  ACRES  I  i OatalagncB  no  Cti  i  18  GREENHOUSES 

(1)  Descriptive;  (2)  Wholesale ;  (Mi  Bulb;  (I)  Fruit  and 
Flower  Platen.  immense  stock  ami  kw  prices.  Ad¬ 
dress  F.  K.  PHOENIX,  Bidomlnaton  Nursery,  Ill. 

t  nail  nan  fruit  an n  ©rn a- 

menu  1  Trees.  V  goncval  line 
of  Nursery  Stock  'it  low  prices.  Pear 'I 'rcea  a  special¬ 
ty.  Write  for  vfliuleiuilerirratiiil  Price  Diets.  Agents 
wanted.  H.  MOODY  &  HONS,  J.ockport,  N.  Y. 

.NTs.  Dwarf  incomparable  and 
\j  White  Solid  Uelery.ISc,  per  ICO;  $5  per  loot).  White 
Sandringham  (new),  H  per  Iflri;  per  10(111.  When 
ordered  by  mail,  lac.  per  M>)  additional  for  postage. 

P  T.  QUINN.  Newark.  N.  ,f. 


2Sti,sic.cna«C6ttjs. 


i  IF.LER V  PLANTS.  -Dwarf  incomparable  and 
\J  White  Solid  Celery. 76c,  per  100 1  $5  per  1000.  White 
Sandringham  (new),  #1  pur  10(1 ;  i?..'/l  per  100b.  When 
ordered  by  mail,  loc.  per  1(a)  Additional  for  postage. 

P  'I'.  QUINN,  Newark.  N.  ,f. 

I.EES  SUMMIT  fJiJ ’ISERIES, 

\VbolM«lr  tind  Geuera!  Supply  Ntivnericn. 

An  Immense  stock,  of  superior  quality,  at  low  prices. 

fiyOmtgt!  Hriljr  I’lanis  by  I  be  1,000  or 
1,000,00U.  Send  tor  Price  List. 

BLAIR,  BROS., 

Lee’s  Summit,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 

gttu-tal  ^ntftvuro  cuts*. 

$100  One  Hundred  Dollars,  $100 

For  new  5-octave,  double  rood,  li  stops,  beautifully 
paneled,  warranted  Organs,  for  Church,  C Impel 
umi  Parlor. 

The  nest  Organs  In  the  world  for  the  price,  and  we 
guarantee  them  equal  to  any  instrument  retailing  at 
double  the  amount.  VVM.  A.  POND  A  CO., 

No.  517  Broadway,  Now  York. 

V  /  u  Rs>  ( m  d:  mo  i»a  uXoit  obSans 

are  ,hf-  molt  Lcautilul  in 
anil  perfect  in  tone 
«ver  tn.-idc  \  The  COW- 
„_5'  '  .  t'1  ‘  STOP  is  the  best 

P  l  '5  *  L  m  produced  by 

]'  ii'l  I  «  third  set  oj  reeds  ptcu« 

?‘.s  voiced,  the 

r  -  tyv-  -  •  •■rhsty  -1  i.f  T  t\f  which  is1 

m'h  ■  7  •  -  •  -  Urwo-ST  CHARMING  I 

:  a  -  72  while  its  Ltt- 

..tl  I'DITIONV/ttf  HR- 

'%-tr-ii  w  *  }'•:>'£?  pj  VOICE  use- 

■Hi  li it,  ral J 


1  ■  t  f  AW****,  ivnuc  as  1JH« 

\noxonhc  uu. 

ri  '•  "  -;f"  C.J  MAS  VOICE 

'  !]  I  (  KB.  In  ms  liberal. 

A-GREAT 

F£R.  HORACE 
\\  ATKKS  &  SON,  481 
•  Broadway.  X.  Y.,  will 

'Vote  of  100  PIANOS  and  ORGANS  y/tirst- 

'  las*  makers,  i-nchuUt iff  WATERS’,  at  ex- 
j,«nsely  low  prices  for  rtpli ,  or  pirt  cash,  and 
f’-c’nci  in  star. U  monlhly  jun/mnns.  New  7- 
'ctave  lirst-elass  PI.4ROS,  all  modern  im- 
IVjP.^'nents,  /or*275  cash.  Organs  $.V>.  $75. 
iV'^UK-R EHK  flRC.49[S,  6  f  OO  -  4-STOP, 
7**°;  8-STOP,  #125,  upwards.  ILLUSTRATED 
_‘l  FA-LOf!  UES  Id -I  I  LED  Joe  one  stamp.  A  large  dis- 
-ount  to  Ministers,  Churches,  Sunday-Schools,  Temper- 
ante  Societies,  Lmlges,  etc.  AbEUrTS  WANTED, 


Nebraska  State  Fair. 

ST  A  me  BOARD  OP  AGHICT7LTIIKE. 

At  Lincoln,  Neb., 

September  1st,  2d,  Sd,  4th,  5tk  and  6th,  1873. 

Open  to  the  World!— Entries  Free  ? 

$25,000  CASH 

And  1G  Farms  ©It'orcd  »«  I'rrmiiims. 

Go  and  gee  It.  Railroad  reduction  of  faro  from 
Chicago. 

DANIEL  II.  WII El’LKH,  ROBERT  W.  FURNAS, 
HocroU  :•  y ,  President, 

Phutsmouth,  Neb.  Lincoln,  Neb. 


AND 


1073. 


1873. 


Norton  Olio  Fair  Association. 

Premiums  S80,00®, 

Premium  Lists  are  now  ready  for  the  Fourth  An¬ 
nual  Fair,  to  ho  held  in  Cleveland,  September 
29th  to  October  3d,  inclusive. 

Address  the  Secretary,  83 Seneca  St.,  Cleveland,  O. 

SAM.  BRIGGS,  Suc’y. 

LAIRDVS~ 

BLOCK*  OF  YOUTH. 


This  delight  ful  and  harmless  toilet  prepa¬ 
ration  is  undoubtedly  the  best  in  the  world 
for  preserving  the  Hkiri  and  Beautifying  the 
Complexion.  It  will  remove  Tan,  Freckles, 
and  all  disoolrations  from  the  skin,  leaving  .it 
beautifully  white,  soft,  smooth  and  clear. 

Sold  by  all  Druggists  and  Fancy 
Goods  Dealers. 

'»  pSYCHOMANCV,  or  Soul  Cliurmingr.” 

A  Huw  cither  box  may  jssotimio  ufid  gain  the 
love  and  affection*  of  my  person  they  chouse,  In¬ 
stantly.  This  Dimple  mental  acquirement,  ail  can 
posse*.#,  free,  hy  mail,  for  25  et*..  together  wltli  a 
Mailiage  Guide,  Egyptian  Oracle,  Dream*,  1  lints  to 
Ladies,  Wedding  Night  Shirt,  Ac.  A  queer  hook. 
Address  T.  WLLL1A M  ,V  t:i)..  t'nhllsliora,  1* li  1  la. 

IWWW»W»^W>—<fWIIHSlllMl  W  —  Miwwnil 

:4Vncut.’>'  'iFuntfiD 

VVrANS’RI),  AMENTS-  Worthy  the  special-  notice 

r  T  of  old  and  experienced  omi  vasiei'S.  ThOflC  cel¬ 
ebrated  steel  line  F.rujrayliig*,  viz  "  Cult’s  Voyage  of 
l Aft POl'It  heaiitli  ul  ploturcs,  representing  (  liita- 
uoou,  Youth,  Manhood  and  or, u  Aok;  now  offered 
by  caiivasBorn  for  the  first  time.  Price  roducod  to 
Suit  the  tniiBsim;  nothing  like  It  ever  offered  to  the 
American  public.  Extraordinary  ternns  and  induce¬ 
ments,  Full  particulars  free.  AddruHs  ij.  b.  RUS¬ 
SELL,  PuhliBher,  55  L'oralull,  Boston. 

4  GENTS  WA NTED- Hale  or 

/  ,  .  i\  '*,nialo  —  to  sell  our  Put,  lit  Spool 

J  ’  syt  ,  '  Holder,  Thread  Cutter  and  Needle 
1  ,/7  /  Threader,  uombltn-d.  Just  out.  8am- 

7  1/  pie  box  of  two  eiyloB,  by  mail,  25  ct». 
1  /  p  A  Also  other  110 veltlns.  8ond  forcircu- 
lara.  AddressPLUMfl&Co.,  Phlla,,Pa. 

Hi  ’  Agents  wanted  to  *ell  a  new  ftrllelo  need- 
od  in  overy  house.  U  retails  at  LY,  cents. 
To  introduce  it,  rapidly,  wo  will  send  sample  and 
term,  to  Agents,  post-paid,  for  only  15  via.  Ad¬ 
dress  HUBBARD,  STBEjfcTfcR  k  CD.,  Troy,  N.  H. 

t  GENTS  WANTED,  cvcrywhorc,  fos 

The  Home  of 
God's  People.  ■ . 

Or>»  of  th*  rr.o«t  .lumilurly  sttracllvii,v*lttjit>1e  snd 
Intsrtwtlng  work,  ovrui^ued.  Evury  tnuiily  n«mlii and 
w.llhiivou.  It im»  provodl t.«l t to  bo  tho  Lent  paying 
V„k  on.n t./iml  »ny  onrrgotlo  molt,  nrfomolo  Ayonleiia  matte 
$2,000  a  year,  tsk’ng  oritur. for  R.  Onr  rlr,  u  tn(wa(  fr.o  ) 
will  giv"  you  our  oidwieirly  lilwral  lcniHi,fu,l  purlieu  lam,  en- 
dorauuunt..  Ar,  flirt  ajtnt.,  or  any  ouo  duirlng  a  lucrative 
buainau,  will  J'»  wrll  to  wilto  u.At  om*.  Ail,) f.s., 

UliS  UN,  GIIJIAN  it  CO.,  Horforrt.  Cornu 

CANVASSING  BOOKS  SENT  FREE  FOR 

Prof,  FOWLER’S  GREAT  WORK 

On  Manhood,  Womanhood  and  their  Mutual 
Inter-relations;  Love,  Its  Laws,  Power,  etc. 

Agents  are  selling  from  20  to  30  copies  of  this 
work  a  day,  and  we  send  a  canvassing  book  free  to 
any  book  agent.  Address,  stating  0  •  perteneo,  etc. 
NATIONAL  1*1'  Bi.lHUING  CO.,  Philadelphia. V™ 

PLUCKY  ACENTS 

Can  easily  make  $150  and  over  per  month  selling 
our  Modern  and  (tellable  .Maps  and  our  Fonu- 
lur  i’jt  trirml  Cliiirm.  Terms  and  Catalogues  free. 
E.  C.  HR.IDGMAN, ^Barclay  St.,  N.  Y. 

Si  C*1  Fy,  A  .MaUthttiLndy  Agent#.  Address 
"  «J>  ELLIS  M’h’G  C'O.,  Waltham,  Muss. 

$72  OO  MCE  WJKliit, 

Agents  wanted  everywhere.  Business  strictly  legiti¬ 
mate.  Particulars  free.  J.  Worth  A  Co.,  8t.  Louis,  Mo. 

TtVy/ViHl  "VIF  1Vir  ALL  -  Mule  or  Femitle. 
Va j  8  0  St4  Light,  respectable  business. 
Sf  JLvJLi^  Good  Profit.  Write  for  full 


syescRSPTso^  to  the  stock 

WILL  BE  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOLLOWING  PLACES  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY: 

UNION  TRUST  CO . 73  Broadwny. 

HOWES  &;  i>IAC Y . . 30  Wall  St. 

FIFTH  NATIONAL  HANK . Third  Av.  it  ml  Tweniy-sixi  h  St. 

BULL'S  HEAD  BANK . Third  Av.  »n*l  Tweiity-fiflli  St. 

HARLE.M  BANK .  .Third  Av.  unit  One  Hundred  mid  Twenty-flltli  St. 

A.  H.  DIVEN . Ev/u  Kiiilroiul  Office. 

SAMUEL  SLOAN . Pres’t  Del.  dfc  Lttck.  U.  R„  coV.  Willium  ite  Kxelmnge  Place. 

RICHARD  SCIIELL . . . 31  Broad  St. 

ERASTIJS  BROOKS . Publisher  New  York  Express. 

H.  13,  CROSBY . 16  Nassau  St. 

EDWARD  ROBERTS . . . Eighty-filtli  St.  and  Avenue  A 

PAUL  N.  S  POP  FORD... 2!)  Broadway;  and  at  the  temporary  office  of  the  Co.,  925  Broadway. 


•  All  payments  must  be  made  by  obeok  payable  to  the  order  of  the  UNION  TRUST  COMPANY,  7.3 
Broadway.  The  moneys  arising  from  the  sale  of  the  stock  hereby  sold  are  paid  into  the  Union  Trust 
Company,  and  cannot  be  paid  out  by  nald  Compauy  except  upon  vouchor*  showing  that  the  money  has 
been  actually  and  honestly  expended  in  the  erection  of  the  Industrial  Exhibition  Building  or  In  acquir¬ 
ing  title  to  land, 

Tho  land  of  tho  Company  is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  as  follows SlSth  to  102d  Streets 
and  3d  to  4th  Avenues;  comprising  355  21-25  city  lots,  or  about  23  acres. 

SHARES  $100  EACH. 

Payments  to  Do  made  as  follows : 

Five  per  cent,  at  time  of  subscribing,  and  the  balance  in  installments,  not  exceeding  ton  per  cent 
at  any  one  installment. 

There  can  be  no  safer  Investment  than  this.  It  is  a  home  investment.  It  is  the  ownership  of  land 
on  New  York  txland  and  tho  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  the  same. 

In  accordance  with  the  charter  and  by  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  21th,  1872,  the  following  memberships  have  been  created  and  are 
offered  for  sale :  ‘ 

At  the  above-named  placos  and  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 

The  proper  holder  of  any  of  these  is  entitled  to  free  ndmiswlon  to  tho  Industrial  Exhibition,  the 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  PalnMngs,  and  the  Garden  of  Plants  during  the  time  it  is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  the  duration  of  the  membership. 

Those  memberships  do  not  entitle  tho  holder  to  admission  to  special  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  tho  Exhibition  Company. 


!Tb  7/V?n)  77*  (M>-  ALL  -  Male  or  Female. 
ytJnJ  3  0  S"i  S4  Light,  respectable  business. 
If  Good  Profit.  Write  for  full 

..  .  particulars,  circulars,  Ac.,  to 

LED,  E.  FERINE,  Pubiiahor,  BG  Ueude  St.,  New  York. 

“Josiah  Allen’s  Wife” 

III  AS  WROTE  A  BOOK, 

in  spite  of  Josiuh’wiietorminution  not  to  spend  a  cent 
to  hire  any  one  to  read  it, 

$500  a  mouth  can  he  made  selling  this  book 

AGENTS  J  TAKE  NOTICE!! 

In  our  former  books  we  have  given  you  harvests; 
we  now  promise  you  another,  and  iviais  agents  will 
secure  territory,  which  we  will  now  arrange  for.  Ad- 
dress  A MEltlOA N  F UBLlSi I  UNO  GO.,  fcfaitlord.Ct., 


fur  Circulars  unci  full  information. 


ffevIT* '■?  You  ask  WJIY’wi*  can  sell 
KM  Blais  7  Octave  Pluuos  fhr 
:  ‘  ;±  8290?  W  0  a'lS'viT — It  cr-Sti 
.•*!! tea*  ti  an  $300  to  make  nay 
00  I’ni'Mi  sold  through 
jfcjffi-Agwda,  t.li  til  whom  tnukc  IOO 
b  V  V  >-  per  ct,  profit.  Wr.  have  no 

t(J  C  ss  If  A.  Agvtilw.  nut  ship  direct  to  fatal- 

,*V  _  J  ^ '• 111  -  in  Focioiy  price,  ami  warrant 

6  Years.  Send  for  illustn.I.  J  circular.  In  which  we  refer 
to  over  500  Biuikcrr,  Idarcbania,  ic.  (unme  of  whom 
yon  may  using  our  Pianos,  in  44  Slates  uud 

territories.  1  lease  t?tate  where  you  ^D^v  this  notice. 

U.S.  Piano  Co.,  8  I  _  Broadway,  N.Y. 


/»?*•  —  "■  - 
I>.  Ui  A  n  \  V  !  A  Sent*  wanted.  Business  entirely 
-  7-rI  d  U-Vl  ■  ttew.  G.  G.  HilAW,  Biddoford,  Me. 

?.n  Si/i.  T  A  4  to  Agents.  —  Article*  new.  and 

or  »T?  rb  4  t)  staple  as  tlonr.  CTm.Lini.no  ion,  Chicago. 


AGENTS  WAN  IED  for  the  Clearest,  fullest  ana 
mosi  effective  fumily  medical  book  ever  publish¬ 
ed,  HtcALTi!  AT  Mom  ic.  Written  by  the  celebrated  i)r 
Hall  or  Journal  of  Health.  Deal*  with  all  sublects 
delicately  and  exhaustively.  Cireular*  sent.  Address 
B.  M.  BETTS  &  CO..  Hartford,  Ct.,  or  Chicago,  ill. 

45  I'll  4(5fl  putlayl  A^uuL  wvnUd !  All  that,  of  working 

v  J  1  w  v u  pcoplo,  of  either  sox,  yoong  or  old,  m»kenior«  money 

at  work  for  us  in  their  spare  moments  or  *11  the  time  than  at  anything 
else.  Particulars  free.  Address  G.  Stineon  S  Co.,  Portland,  Maine 


Class  1st.  Price  $!<>.  ISO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 

Class  2d.  Price  $20.  DO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $20. 

Class  3d.  Price  §10.  3GO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $40. 

Class  4th.  Price  $  1 4)0.  Life. 

Entitling  tho  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life ;  the  bulling  being  open  to 

the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

Class  fflli.  Family  lor  Life.  Price  $300. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  and  his  immediate  family  {in  sse  at  the  time  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

Class  6th.  MKKFIFITAILY  &  TRANSFERABLE.  Price  $1,060. 

Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  arty  time  when  the 
building  is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  used  by  the 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  these  memberships  are  to  be  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  tho  Board  of  Directors. 

Payment  to  be  made  whenever  called  on  by  c-hcck  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Union  Trust 
Company. 

A  suitable  Badge  wi  I  be  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Heredit:iry  members. 

Memberships  will  not  be  sold  after  he  Building  is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

Banks,  Bankers  and  Individuals  are  wanted  to  act  as  Agents  throughout  tho  United  Statoa. 
For  further  information,  please  address 

Hi  INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  COMPANY' 

No.  925  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK  CITY. 


SILVER 

TIPPED 

SHOES 


GEO.  STECK  &  CO.’S 


GEO.  A.  PRINCE  &  CO,, 

Organs  &  Melodeons 


The  Oldest,  Largest  and  Most  Perfect  Manufactory 
In  the  United  States. 


Now  in  use. 

No  other  Musical  Instrument  evor  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

S3?-  Send  for  Price-Lists. 

Address  BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


are  now  everywhere  recognized  im  the  best.  For  fine 
and  SVMPATHKTICTONK,  for  thorough  workmanship, 
and  the.  greatest  possible  Durability  they  are 
wholly  unrivaled.  The  Hteck Cakivktok  Upkigitt 
Plano,  combining  several  moat  important  Improve¬ 
ment!!,  PATENTED,  la  pronounced  by  all  competent 
Judges  the  MoftT  pKKi'KCr  Plano  of  this  cIshs  ever 
produced.  Every  instrument  warranted  ford ve  years. 
N  KVV  \v  A  It  Kit  IIO.IIS,  Kant  1  till  Si.,  N.  V. 


•M/M 


White  Diehl  Seed  Wheat. 

I  will  sell  two  bushels,  in  good,  new  bug,  delivered 
at  Express  Office  or  Depot,  for  to.  The  Diehl  Wheat 
la  tl.e  In  ti  and  most  jrn/U/icUvr  variety  raised,  having 
produced  47  Sf  bush,  pe  acre  for  me  for  the  entire 
field,  Mv  wheat,  is  nearly  pure,  having  hud  my  seed 
hand-picked.  No  order  for  leas  than  two  bushels  re¬ 
ceived,  and  iiiuat  be  neenmpunied  with  the  money. 
Order  at  Once,  its  in y  steel:  h  limited. 

It.  S.  CATTLES,  Girard  Erie  Cd.,  Pa. 


7  Per  Cent.  Bonds 


Issued  for  Construction  of  Water  Works,  under 
Act  of  Legislature,  Passed  April  27,  1872. 

Rochester  possesses  the  element*  of  a  pros¬ 
perity  unexcelled,  If  equaled,  by  any  other 
city  in  thin  Suite.  It  i*  the  cantor  of  trade 
to  il  surrounding  population  of  about  500,- 
000,  to  whom  tiie  menus  of  t ritusportulioii 
arc  furnished  by  Itatiroada  radiating  front 
the  city  in  eleven  different  direction*. 

Its  iudebleduen*,  excluding  tlii*  loan,  is  less 
than  SI  ,.S50,D00.  while  It  lias  Public  Prop¬ 
erty  h  mourning  to  about  $('2,550,000,  mid 
Private  Real  Estate  valued,  at  $70,000,000. 

The  Bonds  are  issued  In  olttnr  Coupon  or  Regis¬ 
tered  form;  the  Registered  being  transferable  at  the 
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VEGETATION  A.EIOTJXS JJD  OOTJJST  I’.R,  Y  IIOUdE  ITsT  IVtBO'CtC’O 


[Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  In  the  year  1373,  by  D.  D.  T.  Moons,  In  the  offlco  of  the  Libraries  of  Congress,  at  Washington.] 


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ASPECTS  OF  VEGETATION. 

Constantly  living  in  northern  latitudes, 
■vve  form  but  feeble  notions  of  the  extreme 
vigor  and  luxuriance  of  tropical  vegetation, 
a  vigor  induced  in  a  great  measure  by  an 
enormous  rainfall  and  the  genial  heat  and 
brilliant  light  of  a  tropical  sun.  Bathed  in 
constant  heat  and  humidity,  vegetath >u  grows 
rampant ;  flowering,  fruiting,  reproduction, 
and  decay  go  on  simultaneously,  or  follow 
each  other  in  quick  succession.  Travelers 
frequently  tell  us  in  their  works  of  the  won¬ 
drous  vegetation  they  have  met  with  in  the 
tropics,  but  it  is  not  every  one  who  cares  to 
wade  through  page  after  page  of  descriptive 
matter,  and  when  wo  attempt  the  task  we 
often  obtain  but  very  faint  ideas  of  the  ef¬ 
fects  described.  H.  is  not  every  one  who 
possesses  the  sparkling  imagine l  on  and  de¬ 
scriptive  power  of  a  Kingsley  ;  were  it  so, 
the  tropics  would  be  far  better  understood 
than  they  are  at  present,  and  it  is  only  by 
the  combined  use  of  pen  and  pencil  that,  we 


can  hope  to  make  various  aspects  of  vegeta¬ 
tion  understood  by  our  readers.  In  the  illus¬ 
tration  now  before  us,  wc  have  a  Mexican 
scene,  showing  a  neat  little  hacienda,  snugly 
embowered  in  a  strip  of  forest,  trees,  among 
which  rambling  Lianas  twist  and  twine 
themselves  into  giotesque  and  weird  con¬ 
torted  masses,  or  coil  themselves  round  the 
stems  and  branches  with  all  the  grace  of  a 
serpent’s  folds.  Here  and  there  in  these 
strips  of  primaeval  forests,  these  Lianas  be¬ 
come  partially  detached  by  the  fall  of  some 
mona’-cli  of  tho  forest.,  and  hang  from  the 
over-hauging  branches  of  the  surrounding 
troea  in  irregular  wi oaths  of  fresh  drooping 
foliage  and  bright-colored  sweetly-perfumed 
ilo wei^.  Here,  in  the  no  .ntido  heat,  flit 
gaily -painted  butterflies — like  living  moving 
flowers— while  richly  enameled  diurnal  bee¬ 
tles  flit  to  and  fro  In  tho  golden  suul  ght.  In 
tho  foreground  of  our  picture  we  have  an 
impenetrable  fence  formed  by  planting  tho 
common  American  Aloe,  or  “Century  plant” 
(/I  gave  A  mericanu),  Interspersed  here  and 
there  with  columnar  Cacti  (Cere us).  Other 
succulent  plants  are  used  for  forming  fences 
and  boundaries  in  Mexico,  one  of  the  most 
important  being  OpvnHn  Tuna  or  Prickly 


Pear.  Both  the  Opu/Htia  and  the  Agave  are 
also  utilized  iu  other  ways,  the  latter  yielding 
a  ‘valuable  fiber  and  a  vinous  juice,  which, 
after  being  fermented,  is  known  by  the  ver¬ 
nacular  name  of  “  pulque,”  and  is  of  a  re¬ 
freshing  nature,  but  characterized  by  the 
odor  of  decomposed  moat.  From  this  juice 
an  intoxicating  spirit  is  made,  of  an  extreme¬ 
ly  fiery  nature,  called  “  Mexico!,”  or  “  Aguar¬ 
diente  de  Maguey.”  On  the  left  side  of  tho 
picture,  graceful  Palms  throw  up  their  fcath- 
ery  foliage,  and  their  fibrous  roots,  ever 
seeking  for  moisture,  dive  deep  into  the  de¬ 
cayed  bed  of  huiuus  below.  Tho  little  ranch 
is  nearly  covered  with  juicy  Gourds  and 
other  rank  trailing  plants,  and  here,  once 
more,  we  see  nature  striving  for  the  mastery 
against  all  opposition.  Great-leaved  Musas 
and  rank  Grasses  occupy  the  middle  distance, 
and  beyond  arc  two  fine  Palms,  probably 
planted  as  ornaments  to  the  little  “  hacienda  ” 
or  planter’s  house,  which  forms  a  prominent 
feature  iu  the  annexed  illustration. 

Wo  here  sec  some  of  the  picturesque,  effects 
to  be  obtained  by  judiciously  grouping 
I  massive  succulents  along  with  graceful  Palms 
I  in  our  conservatories  or  sub-tropical  grounds, 
j  and  this  effect  would  bo  all  the  more  appa¬ 


rent  if  tho  Agaves  were  in  great  clumps  or 
irregular  masses,  instead  of  being  in  tho 
monotonous  and  formal  lino  of  the  fence.  Jn 
tho  picture  before  us,  it,  must  be  borne  in 
mind  that  wo  have  little  else  but  a  natural 
scene  pure  and  simple,  and  one  in  which 
planting  for  effect  was  perhaps  the  last  con¬ 
sideration,  if  we  except  the  pair  of  Fulms  to 
which  we  have  just  alluded.  Another  lesson 
given  here  is,  that  extremely  lino  cfl’octs  may 
be  obtained  in  our  gardens,  during  the  sum¬ 
mer  and  autumn  months,  by  planting  somo 
of  the  strong-growing  Gourds  in  light,,  richly  • 
manured  earth,  and  training  them  over  any 
low  out-house  or  low  retaining  wail  We 
,  may  hope  that  as  our  knowledge  of  tho 
1  varied  aspects  of  the  worl  .’s  vegetation  in¬ 
creases,  so  will  tho  bounty  of  our  gardens  be 
also  enhaneod  by  well-arranged  group  of 
varied  and  striking  vegetation,  amid  sur¬ 
roundings  that  will  show  off  their  beauty  to 
the  best  advantage,  white  characteristic  vig¬ 
or  and  simple  elegance  of  form  shall  at  least 
be  thought  as  effective  in  garden  scenery  as 
gaudy  masses  of  color.  There  is  great  oppor¬ 
tunity  for  study  iu  this  matter,  and  great 
need  of  it  also.  Yet  there  are  thousands  of 
our  renders  who  will  say  “  Wherefore  ?” 


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DO  PLANTS  GROW  IN  THE  NIGHT. 

The  popular  teaching  j«  that  plants  do  not 
grow  in  the  night.  This  doctrine  is  accepted, 
1  believe,  by  vegetable  physiologists  in  gen¬ 
eral.  The  theory  is,  that  during  the  day,  or 
in  the  presence  of  sunlight,  the  leaves  of 
plants  absorb  or  inhale  carbonic  acid  gas, 
analyzing  it  and  appropriating  the  carbon  to 
the  structure  of  the  growing  plant,  while  the 
oxygen  is  expelled  again ;  but  in  the  night, 
in  the  absence  of  sunlight,  this  operation  is 
reversed,  and  the  plant  really  loses  instead  of 
gaining  substance.  A  little  experiment  that 
I  recently  made  seems  to  show  that  some 
plants,  contrary  to  the  common  belief,  do 
grow  in  the  night. 

I  selected  a  stalk  of  growing  Indian  corn 
(Zm  ways),  about  two  feet  high.  Choosing 
tiie  center  blade,  the  tip  end  of  which  was 
just  making  its  appearance,  T  set  ft  stake  by 
it  and  marked  its  bight  at  sundown.  The 
night  was  very  warm,  clear  and  sultry;  the 
moon  shone  a  part  of  the  night.  At  sunrise 
the  blade  had  grown  one  and  a-half  inches. 
The  next  day  was  warm  but  cloudy,  with  a 
light  shower  early  hi  the  morning.  During 
I  lie  day  it  grew  one  inch.  The  next,  night, 
warm  and  cloudy;  growth  one  inch.  The 
second  day,  warm  and  clear;  growth  one  and 
a-half  inches.  Third  night,  warm,  with  thun¬ 
der  clouds  in  the  horizon  the  most  of  the 
night;  growth  one  and  a-half  inches,  Tlie 
third  day  was  clear  and  warm  till  3  o’clock, 
when  a  light  thunder  shower  came  up; 
growth  this  day  was  one  inch,  it  will  be 
seen  that  during  tlie  three  days  and  nights 
the  blade  increased  in  length  four  inches 
during  the  night  and  three  and  one-half 
inches  during  the  day  time,  showing  a  greater 
increase  during  the  night  than  day.  The 
time  of  measuring  in  each  case  was  at  sun¬ 
rise  and  sunset. 

I  find  the  opinion  quite  common  among 
oiir  farmers  that  warm  nights  are  necessary 
to  make  corn  grow  well,  and  that  it  makes  a 
large  part  of  its  growth  in  the  night.  Tlie 
above  experiment  seems  to  confirm  this  idea. 

But  if  this  be  true,  what  becomes  of  the 
doctrine  of  tlie  absorption  and  elimination  of 
the  atmospheric  gases  during  sunshine  and 
the  reverse  during  the  night,  i  Are  the  doc¬ 
tors  mistaken,  or  ure  we  mistaken  in  our  ob¬ 
servations  of  the  teachings  of  the  plant  itself  / 
Kokomo,  Ind.  L.  J.  Templin. 

- ■»■»  +  — 


is  to  inform  them,  by  Baying,  ‘‘1  must  raise 
some  money  to  pay  debts,  what  can  you 
give  me  a  bushel  for  my  grain  ( ”  That  gives 
them  to  understand  that  you  are  obliged  to 
sell,  uo  matter  what  you  get,  and  they  take 
the  advantage  of  you. 

- - ■ 

PREPARED  BANDS  FOR  SHEAVES.? 


A  French  correspondent  of  the  Massaclm- 
sets  Ploughman,  says :  — The  approach  of 
harvest  has  revived  tlie  subject  of  employing 
prepared  bands  for  sheaves;  hitherto  bands 
were  prepared  from  rye  straw,  and  sold  at 
the  rate  of  oOf.  per  thousand  ;  they  hardly 
served  beyond  a  single  harvest  and  suffered 
from  the  attacks  of  rats  and  mice.  The  plan 
at  present  coining  into  favor  is  to  use  bands 
made  of  tarred  cord,  with  a  light  wire  hook 
at  one  end  and  a  series  of  knots  at  the  other 
to  bite  into  it.  These  sell  at  the  rate  of  50  or 
80f.  per  thousand,  hold  good  for  four  years 
and,  after  binding  the  sheaves,  arc  used  to 
bundle  the  straw  when  threshed.  A  binder 
executes  three  times  more  work  by  having 
the  bauds  prepared.  The  hook  end  is  kept 
under  Lhe  left  foot  when  the  slieaf  is  to  be 
tied,  the  binder,  by  means  of  a  hand  crook  in 
light  iron,  draws  the  knotted  end  under  the 
band  itself  and  home  to  tlie  hook. 

• - - — 


Working  Corn  in  the  West. — A  Minnesota 
paper  says  ; — The  great  evil  to  the  corn  crop 
In  this  part  of  the  West  is,  farmers  will  work 
it  too  much.  Of  course  the  weeds  must  be 
subdued,  but  the  practice  of  putting  a  shovel 
plow  into  the  corn  field  up  to  the  beam,  is  a 
bad  one,  especially  after  it  is  in  the  tassel  or 
silk.  Before  that  time  this  kind  of  a  plow 
may  be  used  with  profit.  The  breaking  off 
of  the  roots  of  corn  by  plowing  lias  a  tend¬ 
ency  to  put  back  the  ripening  of  the  crop. 
New  roots  and  fibers  have  to  form,  which  re¬ 
tards  the  growth  of  the  ears  and  grain. 


more  than  a  grass.  But  the  pretty,  pinkish, 
coiling  stigmas  and  yellow  stamens  are  even 
now  succeeded  by  small  pods  thickly  clus¬ 
tered  at  the  summit  of  the  tough  stalk,  each 
containing  a  large  quantity  of  fine,  powdery 
seeds.  This  is  not  the  only  plant  popularly 
called  a  grass  which  has  no  affinity  with  the 
grass  family ;  but  the  very  dark  brown 
aspect  which  it  imparts  to  the  meadows 
warrants  the  use  of  tlie  term  “black ”  in  de¬ 
scribing  it.  Botanically,  this  is  known  as 
./miens  g&rardi. 

Turning  now  inland,  across  the  unculti¬ 
vated  areas  given  up  to  the  cattvier,  the 
bayberry  and  wild  grape  vines,  wondering 
why  land  so  easily  susceptible  cf  cultivation 
has  not  been  cleared  long  since,  we  presently 
reach  a  field  that  is  gi veil  up  to  weeds  ;  and 
certainly  the 

CHARlOCKlCR  WHO  RADISH  'RAPHANUS  RAPHANISTRUMi 

is  no  improvement  upon  tlie  primitive  occu¬ 
pants  of  the  soil.  This  is  one  of  the  worst 
weeds  our  farmers  have  to  contend  with; 
and  where  once  it  gets  as  thoroughly  estab¬ 
lished  as  it  has  on  some  farms  that,  I  know  it 
is  well  nigh  impossible  to  eradicate  it.  A 
tradition,  for  which  1  will  not  vouch,  says 
that  it  was  formerly  sown  there  by  the 
revered  proprietor  as  a  plant  of  great,  value. 
However  this  may  be,  the  rascally  boys  who 
once  worked  until  midnight  sowing  it,  upon 
a  grain  field,  us  a  joke,  were  doing  the  work 
of  the  one  whom  the  Scriptures  say  “  came 
out  and  sowed  tares,”  and  should  have  been 
made  to  smart  severely  for  their  sport.  Near 
the  border  ol  this  field  1  next  came  across  a 
creeping,  or  rather  low-climbing,  plant  that 
1  had  never  seen  before  in  bloom.  The  flow- 
eis  were  just  tlie  shape  and  size  of  those  of 
the  cultivated  Morning-glory,  though  of  a 
light,  pinkish-purple  color,  not  as  pretty  as 
they.  This  is  known  as  the 


the  tension  does  not  release  them  from  their 
confinement  nor  allow  them  to  scatter  their 
pollen  until  some  insect,  or  other  foreign 
body  touches  them,  when  they  fly  out  elasti- 
cnlly,  spreading  a  shower  of  pollen  around. 
A  cultivator  of  rare  plants  once  imported 
this  shrub  from  Eurojie,  and  in  showing  his 
collection  to  a  friend  reserved  it,  to  the  last 
as  the  greatest  rarity  of  all.  The  friend,  who 
knew  that  it  grew  plentifully  within  two  or 
three  miles  of  the  place,  certainly  deserves 
credit  for  not  enlightening  him,  as  he  must 
have  been  so  strongly  tempted  to  do.  Still 
further  on,  amongst  the  meadow  grasses, 
grew  the 

SILVER  WEED  <POTENTIUA  ANSERIHA  , 

a  near  relative  of  the  common  Cinquefoil, 
but  a  much  more  striking  plant.  The  pri- 
mately-divided  leaves  arc  all  from  the  root, 
about  a  foot  in  length  and  silvery-scurfy  un¬ 
derneath.  The  flower-stalks  are  about  the 
same  hight  and  crowned  with  a  small,  light 
yellow  blossom  about  the  size  of  that  of  the 
strawberry,  which  the  fruit  somewhat  re¬ 
sembles  in  appearance.  A  taste  would  doubt¬ 
less  have  destroyed  the  illusion,  but  I  did  not 
place  confidence  enough  in  appearances  to 
try  it.  Along  these  salt  marshes  also  grew  the 

SEA  CLUB-RUSH  SCIRPUS  MARITIMUS1, 

with  simple  flowers  like  all  the  sedges,  hav¬ 
ing  only  bristles  to  represent  the  floral  en¬ 
velopes  and  packed  together  in  dense,  brown 
heads  a  half-inch  or  more  in  length.  Three 
or  four  of  these  spikes  at  the  summit  of  a 
culm  one  or  two  feet  high,  and  surrounded 
by  several  grassy  leaves,  make  up  the  tout 
ensemble  of  this  salt  marsh  species.  But  we 
had  now  reached 


Jmlusii|ial  Sfopip. 


A  JUNE  RAMBLE  BY  A  BOTANIST. 


SOWED  CORN. 


Some  time  ago  I  made  an  inquiry  through 
the  Rural  New-Yorker  in  regard  to  sow¬ 
ing  corn  for  fodder,  tiie  manner  of  sowing, 
the  kind  to  sow  and  when.  I  received  an 
answer  from  the  editor;  also  from  a  sub¬ 
scriber.  I  acted  partly  on  advice  given  and 
partly  on  my  own  knowledge.  Now  for  the 
result: — I  have  its  fine  a  piece  of  fodder  corn 
as  one  could  find  if  he  was  to  search  far  and 
wide.  The  corn  was  common,  eight-rowed 
white,  and  I  sowed,  on  naturally  good  soil, 
broadcast,  without  manure.  The  ground 
was  plowed  in  the  spring  when  I  was  about 
plowing  for  field  corn,  the  first  of  May,  and 
laid  in  that  condition  until  the  middle  of 
June,  when  I  sowed  the  seed  and  harrowed 
well  after  sowing.  1  could  not  have  taken  a 
season  that  one  would  have  felt  the  need  of 
some  such  thing  for  soiling  stock  as  this,  on 
account  of  the  dry  weather.  The  pasture  is 
nothing  here;  to  see  the  cattle  about  feeding 
time  marching  up  for  their  daily  rations  does 
one’s  heart,  good;  and  the  way  they  punish 
the  juicy  stalks  ol’  corn  is  a  caution.  I  send 
this  as  my  first  experience  in  raising  corn  for 
fodder.  As  long  as  1  run  a  farm  I  shall  man¬ 
age  to  have  a  piece  of  corn  sowed  for  stock. 

I  remain  a  reader  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
and  am  thankful  for  the  information  gained 
therefrom.  Horace  Truman. 

- »»» 

WHEN  TO  SELL  GRAIN. 

A  correstonoent  of  the  Evening  Wiscon¬ 
sin  writes  I  would  say  to  you  the  one  great 
mistake  of  the  farming  community  is  this: 
Tlie  practice  of  contracting  debts  to  be  paid 
in  Die  fall  of  the  year  instead  of  having  them 
come  due  in  J  one  or  July,  in  order  to  have 
the  benefit  of  fall  and  spring  markets.  I  find 
a  great  many  of  the  farmers  sell  their  last 
bushel  of  grain  at  one-half  or  two-thirds  its 
value  in  order  to  pay  their  liabilities,  and  so 
lose  the  profits,  thereby  damaging  themselves 
and  tlie  surrounding  community  by  draining 
the  country  of  evei-y  dollar,  leaving  nothing 
to  make  improvements  with.  I  have  noticed 
that  the  middlemen  are  fulty  aware  of  your 
obligations,  or,  if  not,  the  first  thing  you  do 


Not  “through  a  storm  of  leaden  hail,” 
but  through  thick  clouds  of  rolling  dust  that 
at  times  hid  from  view  the  road  before  us, 
did  our  family  party  take  the  six-mile  ride 
that  brought  us  to  the  cool,  shaded  groves 
that  border  M attitude  Creek,  near  where  it 
finds  its  outlet  into  the  Sound,  and  where  the 
fresh,  salt  breezes  sweep  across  the  level 
meadows  that  alone  lie  between  us  and  the 
vast,  salt  ness  that  glittere  and  sparkles  in  the 
summer  sunshine  with  dazzling  brightness,  a 
half-mile  distant. 

The  objects  we  Juad  in  view  were  various, 
the  mule  portion  of  the  party  being  in  pur¬ 
suit  of  those  bivalve  mollusks  yclept  Qua- 
hogs;  the  Ladies  having  in  view  a  day  in  the 
open  air  and  a  pic-nic  under  the  trees;  and 
the  writer  being  incited  by  the  hope  of  ob 
taing  botanical  specimens.  Wagons  kept 
arriving  until  our  village  was  pretty  well 
represented  on  the  creek  by  men  euougli  to 
clean  out  no  small  number  of  tlie  aforesaid 
mollusks,  and  a  goodly  gathering  of  tlie  fair 
sex  in  the  grove.  Doubtless  there  is  enough 
of  the  doloe  far  niente  in  our  composition 
for  us  to  have  enjoyed  reclining  there  on  the 
bank  at  the  foot  of  a  wide-spreading  oak, 
simply  gazing  upon  the  bright  scene  before 
us  and  listening  to  the  voices  of  the  birds  and 
tlie  babies;  but  with  portfolios  and  collecting 
box  in  hand,  we  speedily  sallied  forth  on  our 
ramble,  gathering  first  some  specimens  of 
the  earliest  species  of 

HAWKWEED  HIFRACIUM  VEN0SUM-, 
whose  bright,  golden-yellow  flowers  were 
now  quite  abundant,  but  growing  as  it  does 
in  light,  sandy  soil,  tlie  withering  leaves 
showed  how  it,  felt  the  drouth  of  the  last  six 
weeks.  This  is  rather  a  delicate  -  looking 
plant,  of  the  compound  family,  with  a  clus¬ 
ter  of  twenty  or  thirty  flowers  in  a  single 
head  having  flat,  strap-shaped  corollas,  like 
those  of  its  nea  r  relative,  the  common  Dan¬ 
delion,  but  much  smaller,  the  whole  bead 
being  about  a  half-inch  in  diameter.  The 
ueariy  leafless  stem  arises  from  a  cluster  of 
purple-veined  root-leaves  to  the  hight  of  one 
or  two  feet,  bearing  at  the  summit  a  very 
loose  puuicle  of  flowers  which  bloom  only  in 
the  morning  and  only  for  a  day.  Passing 
into  the  edge  of  the  salt  marsh,  I  pulled  some 
of  the  small  rush  known  as 
BLACK  GRASS, 

wliieh  covers  large  areas  of  our  salt  meadows 
and  makes  a  valuable  hay,  much  relished  by 
stuck  in  winter,  and  which  is  all  as  carefully 
cut  and  secured  as  the  best  of  our  cultivated 
grasses.  This  grows  from  six  inches  to  one 
and  a-half  feet  in  liight,  and  iu  the  structure  i 
of  its  minute  flowers  resembles  a  lily  much  * 


WILD  MORNING-GLORY  CAlYSTEQfA  EXPIUM) 

and  is  common  in  wet  meadows,  but  not 
often  found  in  dry  soil  as  here.  A  little 
further  on,  in  a  grass  field,  grew  the 

CONE  FLOWER  'RUDBECKIA  HIRTA>. 

This  is  a  plant  two  or  three  feet  high,  be¬ 
longing,  like  the  common  Daisy,  to  the  Com¬ 
posite  family,  and  having  heads  somewhat 
larger,  but  with  fewer  bright  yellow  rays, 
and  a  purple  center  or  disk  which  is  cone- 
shaped  and  like  a  small  sugar-loaf  in  size.  It 
is  getting  to  be  a  troublesome  weed  in  some 
places,  but,  unlike  most  immigrants  of  that 
kind,  it  comes  from  the  West  instead  of  the 
Old  World,  being  a  native  of  our  Western 
States  and  having  advanced  backward  in 
clover  seed  from  that  region.  Although  it 
was  so  early  in  the  season,  the  blue  grass 
that  filled  one  field  was  even  now  dead  and 
dried  up,  so  severely  was  the  want  of  rain 
for  a  month  past  felt  on  this  dry,  sandy  soil. 
Still  [further  on,  in  a  piece  of  open  woods,  I 
found  a  few  specimens  of  a  loose-flowered 
CONEX  (C.  DIGITALIS'. 

These  grass-like  sedges  are  neither  conspicu¬ 
ous  nor  handsome  to  the  ordinary  observer, 
but  the  botanical  student  finds  much  to  in¬ 
terest  him  in  studying  their  varying  forms 
and  degrees  of  relationship.  Emerging  from 
the  wild  woods,  where  adore  are  much  more 
to  my  liking  than  the  miscellaneous  ones  of 
a  crowded  city,  I  next  crossed  a  field  of 
strawberries  of  this  springs  planting;  for  be 
it  recollected  we  were  in  Mat  lituck,  tlie 
“head-center”  of  the  Bmall  fruit  and  mar¬ 
ket-gardening  operations  of  tlie  East.  This 
heing  the  case,  I  was  interested  to  observe 
that  the  fruit  had  not  been  pinched  from  the 
vines  in  its  earlier  stages  to  promote  their 
spreading,  but  that  the  plants  hung  full  of 
the  large,  ripe  berries,  I  “tested”  their 
quality,  and  can  bear  testimony  to  their 
toothsomeness.  But  it  would  not  do  to  liuger 
here  and  the  upper  waters  of  the  creek  are 
invitingly  near,  it  is  a  luxury  to  wade  into 
its  sandy  margin  and  feel  its  cooling  effects 
after  a  long  walk  through  tlie  dry  and  dusty 
uplands.  Here  it  is  quite  a  broad  aud  pretty 
sheet  of  water,  and  on  the  opposite  bank, 
surrounded  by  forest,  is  a  picturesque  cot¬ 
tage  owned  by  a  city  gentleman,  who  knows 
how  to  enjoy  such  surroundings,  judging  by 
the  rowboats  moored  at  the  shore.  Passing 
along  the  grassy  margin  of  the  creek,  I 
picked  up  some  of  the 

WATER  PIMPERNEL,  OR  BROOK  WEED,  (SAMOLUS  VAIER- 
AHDt), 

a  little,  branching  herb  a  few  inches  in  liight, 
with  very  small,  delicate,  white  flowers  ; 
then,  on  a  sandy  bank,  I  found  the  first  speci¬ 
men  of  the 

CALICO-BUSH,  OR  MOUNTAIN  LAUREL,  CKALMIA  LATIFOLIA,) 

I  had  ever  seen  in  bloom,  although  it  is  quite 
a  common  shrub,  growing  five  to  ten  feet 
high  and  literally  covered  with  huge  bunches 
of  pink-white  flowers,  each  flower  an  inch  in 
diameter.  The  stamens  are  confined  in  little 
pouches  of  the  corolla,  so  that  the  filaments 
bend  like  a  bow  when  the  flower  opens.  Yet 


THE  OLD,  MOSS-GROWN  MILL, 

which  deserve*  a  moment’s  notice.  It  forms 
a  part  of  a  very  pretty  picture  with  its  dam 
stretching  across  f  he  marshes,  the  high  cliffs 
on  cither  side,  and  the  green  and  brown 
meadows  through  which  the  creek  meanders 
towards  the  low  cliffs  which  shut  in  the  view 
in  the  direction  of  the  Sound  beyond  it.  A 
small  'sloop,  which  runs  as  a  sort  of  market 
ferryboat  to  the  Connecticut  shore,  is  tied  to 
the  dam ;  but  the  mil]  is  still,  for  the  tide  is 
not  yet  quite  down,  and  it  is  the  tide  alone 
that  is  depended  upon  to  move  the  huge 
water  wheat  How  desirable  it  is  that  we 
j  should  learn  to  utilize  more  of  this  tidal  pow¬ 
er  that  is  daily  exerted  in  sufficient  quantity 
to  do  a  thousand  t  imes  the  labor  that  is  douo 
in  the  whole  world.  When  wo  have  foimd 
out  how  to  profitably  UBe  a  small  portion  of 
the  force  daily  wasted  in  a  single  one  of  our 
coast  bays,  we  shall  have  done  much  toward 
economizing  our  coal  supply.  Power  is  here 
in  amounts  perfectly  inexhaustible  and  prac¬ 
tically  infinite;  but.  who  will  teach  us  how  to 
make  it  compete  with  the  steam  engine  in 
driving  the  spindles  aud  the  lathes  of  a  thou¬ 
sand  mills  and  factories  ? 

But  we  must  not  linger  here,  for  it  is  past 
noon,  and,  tired  and  hungry,  thirsty  and 
perspiring  under  a  cloudy  sky  with  its  close 
atmosphere,  we  scent  afar  off  tlie  bounteous 
repast  and  tlie  cool  draughts  that  await  us, 

I  and  press  on.  The  banks  along  the  side  of 
tlie  marshes  become  more  steep  and  rocky, 
with  a  tortuous  outline,  and  were  covered 
with  a  fine  tall  growth  of  hickories  and  other 
trees,  forming  most  beautiful  groves  which, 
it  seemed  to  me,  were  now,  or  soon  would  be, 
worth  far  more  t  han  they  ever  could  be  after 
they  were  cleared;  and  yet  the  short-sighted 
owners  had,  at  one  poiut,  commenced  de¬ 
stroying  them  for  the  sake  of  obtaining  a 
lit  tle  cord  wood.  In  a  region  where  there 
was  no  more  level  land  to  cultivate  and  the 
thinness  of  population  rendered  its  desir¬ 
ability  as  a  pleasure  resort  questionable,  such 
desecration  would  be  more  pardonable.  But 
here  it  is  simply  killing  tlie  goose  that  would 
lay  golden  eggs.  In  these  rocky  woods  I 
gathered  the 

MAPLE-LEAVED  WHITE  ROD  (VILURHUM  ALERIFOLIUM), 

whose  leaves  differ  from  those  of  other 
species  of  Viburnum  in  beiug  larger  and 
deeply  lobed,  resembling  much  those  of  the 
Red  Maple.  It  is  a  small  shrub,  from  three 
to  six  feet  in  hight,  hearing  broad,  flat  clus¬ 
ters  of  small,  white  flowers.  Here,  too,  was 
tlie  congenial  home  of  the  little 

TWO-LEAVED  SMILACIHA  (S.  LIFOLlAi, 
now  just  out  of  bloom,  and  of  some  Carices 
of  doubtfid  species;  but,  passing  on,  I  soon 
reached  tlie  camping  ground,  somewhat  dis¬ 
satisfied  with  having  found  so  little  that  was 
new  in  an  unexplored  locality.  When,  how¬ 
ever,  I  was  seated  on  the  grassy  hill-side  at 
the  table  spread  upon  the  ground,  I  liad  rea¬ 
son  to  be  more  than  satisfied;  for  with  fresh¬ 
ly-roasted  clams,  plenty  of  strawberries,  and 
cakes,  pies  and  all  the  el  ee.te.ras  that  go  to 
make  up  a  pic-pic  dinner,  spread  before  us, 
with  the  appetizing  sea-breeze  blowing  over 
us,  how  could  one  help  forgetting  to  be 
1  *  temperate  in  all  things  ?  ”  Cirsium. 


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c 


which  demand  correction.  On  pages  'hi -7, 
where  reference  is  made  to  dairy  market  days 
and  Dairymen  Boards  of  Trade,  t  he  following 
language  is  used  — “  The  association  in  Little 
Falls  has  been  in  operation  only  since  last 
May,  while  that  in  U  tica  has  been  going  ever 
since  cheese  factories  have  been  established, 
although  not  ns  a  regular  organization.” 

This  language  must  seem  strange  to  those 
familiar  with  the  facts,  since  it  is  well  known 
that  the  system  of  marketing  cheese  on  cer¬ 
tain  days  of  the  week  was  commenced  at 
Little  Falls  before  the  factory  system  became 
established,  and  indeed,  was  the  first  regu¬ 
larly  organized  system  for  selling  cheese 
(where  buyer  and  seller  met  to  transact,  busi¬ 
ness)  that  was  lmd  in  the  United  States.  The 
Now  York  State  Dairymen’s  Board  of  Trade 
was  organized  at  Little  Falls  in  February, 
1871,  and  the  Utica  Dairymen’s  Board  of 
Trade,  modeled  after  that  at  Little  Falls,  was 
organized  afterward,  and  has  had  a  hard 
struggle  to  maintain  its  existence.  W  e  com¬ 
menced  reporting  the  Little  Falls  Daily  Mark¬ 
et  in  186-1,  and  in  1871  a  meeting  was  called 
for  the  first  time  in  Utica  to  induce  dairymen 
and  cheese  dealers  to  meet  on  certa  in  days  in 
the  week  and  transact  business  on  the  Little 
Falls  plan.  Previously,  the  cheese  dealers 
purchased  the  bulk  of  cheese  by  going  about 
and  doing  the  business  at  the  factories. 

We  hope  the  Utica  Dairy  Market  will  suc¬ 
ceed,  as  wo  hope  all  markets  for  the  sale  of 
dairy  products  may  prove  a  success.  We  be¬ 
lieve  in  the  system  ;  and  whilo  Little  Falls 
has  done  so  much  to  inaugurate  this  plan  for 
the  sale  of  dairy  goods,  demonstrating  prac¬ 
tically  its  benefits  to  the  dairymen,  it  seems 
no  more  than  just  that  her  claims  ns  the  orig¬ 
inator  of  the  system  should  be  recognized. 

Of  course,  dairymen  in  Central  New  York 
are  well  acquainted  with  the  facts  as  wc  have 
Stated  ;  but  in  other  States  it  might  be  other¬ 
wise,  and  for  the  truth  of  history  wo  cannot 
let  so  gross  a  misstatement  as  that  to  which 
we  have  referred  go  to  the  public  without 
correction. 

Mr.  O.  8.  Bliss,  Secretary  of  the.  Vermont 
Dairymen’s  Association,  seems  to  haveedilod 
the  Pamphlet  with  care,  and  it  is  issued  in  an 
attractive  style. 


water,  alive  with  organisms,  which  no  one, 
would  think  it  safe  to  drink,  is  not  uufre- 
quently  considered  good  enough  for  the  dumb 
beast  that  supplies  the  family  with  milk. 
The  milk  is  used  without  question  ns  to  its 
wholsomencss,  and  if  typhoid  fever,  or  some 
malignant  disease  attacks  and  carries  oif 
some  of  the  inmates  of  a  household,  the  cause 
is  laid  to  an  inscrutable  source,  some  epidem¬ 
ic,  or  contagion  which  is  wafted  by  the  winds 
from  afar.  There  are  poisons  other  than 
those  found  in  the  minerals  and  drugs  of  the 
apothecary.  They  are.  in  the  cesspool,  the 
dram,  and  in  the  heaps  of  accumulated  filth 
often  permitted  to  dillu.se  their  noxious  in¬ 
fluence  about  our  living  apartments  ;  and 
then  there  are  those  other  poisons  coming 
from  the  milk  and  the  flesh  of  animals  which 
have  been  improperly  fed  and  cared  for. 


is  good  and  cheap,  tv  former  of  enterprise  can 
easily  raise  fruit  enough  for  his  own  family 
and  several  tenant  families,  and  still  leave 
more  than  a  good  stock  of  hogs  will  consume. 
The  million  have  yet  to  learn  the  true  value 
of  trees  that,  will  give  from  ten  to  fifty,  and 
some  twice  fifty,  annual  crops  of  fruit  for 
once  planting. 

Among  annuals  grown  for  pigs,  guberpoas, 
or  peanuts,  arc  one  of  the.  most  prolific  and 
profitable,  especially  on  poor,  sandy  land. 
Canada  peas  sown  early,  with  oats  to  hold 
up  the  vines,  make  capital  summer  grazing 
for  breeding  sows  uud  pigs.  In  the  South  we 
should  drill  iu  u  field  with  the.  curliest  Canada 
corn,  to  he  harvested  by  hogs,  which  will 
gather  the  crop  before  southern  corn  is  in 
roasting  ear.  Cow  peas  are  raised  so  easily 
that  they  make  cheap  pork  and  corn,  M i xed 
with  com,  half-and-half,  ground,  the.  meal 
well  cooked  ns  mush,  and  fed  cold,  fattens 
hogs  very  rapidly.  Our  largest  farmers, 
however,  ruisu  large  fields  of  corn  and  (teas 
for  hogs  to  gather  without  any  labor  from 
man.  Crops  consumed  in  this  way  fatten 
the  soil  ns  well  as  pigs  ;  but  it  makes  un¬ 
pleasant  plowing  among  pea  vines  and  corn¬ 
stalks  m  winter  or  spring. 

Properly  considered,  meat  is  concentrated 
bread,  und  where  the  back  bone  is  taken  out, 
and  the  hams,  shoulders  and  middlings  well 
dried  and  cured,  (as  practised  iu  the  Soul  h), 
a  rich  article  of  food  is  obtained,  that  may 
be  kept  iu  prime  condition  many  years. 
Neither  the  art  nor  the  science  of  keeping 
meat  m  the  best  possible  condition  for  con¬ 
sumption  is  sufficiently  studied.  The  exclu¬ 
sion  of  damp  air  and  all  insects,  after  bacon 
is  well  dried,  will  keep  it  perfectly  sound  and 
sweet.  Rusty,  rancid  or  musty  bacon  is  a 
too  common  defect.  Rut  up  in  tight  casks 
and  packed  in  sun-dried  oafs  so  that  no  two 
pieces  touch,  with  the.  casks  kept  in  a  cool, 
dark  room,  (cellar  or  smoke  house),  bacon 
rarely  deteriorates  with  age.  Fumes  of  red 
pepper  burned  slowly  when  smoking  meat 
tend  to  keep  off  both  mold  and  Hies.  Thin 
iron  vessels  made  air  t  ight-  to  exclude  damp¬ 
ness,  will  probably  be  found  best  iu  point  of 
economy  and  efficiency,  to  keep  well  dried 
wheat,  corn,  flour,  meal,  fruit,  meat,  lard, 
butter  and  cheese  from  all  deterioration.  A 
small  investment,  in  something  to  exclude 
oxygen  and  humidity  from  perishable  sub¬ 
stances  of  every-day  consumption,  that  will 
last  a  life-time,  like  an  air-tight  iron  safe, 
will  pay  a  big  interest.  This  line  of  thought, 
however,  is  leading  me  away  from  sugges¬ 
tions  for  the  improvement  of  swine  and 
other  farm  stock,  as  the  reader  might  expect 
from  the  heading  of  this  article. 

There  is  a  sound  physiological  reason  for 
not  allowing  pigs,  sheep,  neat  cattle  or  horses 
of  either  sex,  to  supply  parental  calls  for 
oflsprir.g  while  young  and  growing.  Off¬ 
spring  abstract  vitalized  matter  of  great  val¬ 
ue  from  the  blood  of  both  parents,  which 
their  own  bodies  need  when  young  for  their 
full  and  perfect  development. 


MILK  POISONS 


The  importance  of  providing  good,  clean 
water  for  milch  cows  fo  drink,  has  been  very 
clearly  shown  from  repeated  examinations 
of  specimens  of  bad  milk  under  the  micro¬ 
scope.  Some  two  years  ago  we  gave  in  these 
columns  an  account  of  a  somewhat  noted 
cheese  which  had  come  under  the  observa¬ 
tion  of  Professor  Sawks.  The  milk,  from  a 
certain  milkman,  soon  after  received  was 
found  to  be  defective.  Under  the  microscope 
vegetable  organisms  were  found  growing  in 
it.  A  drop  of  this  had  milk  when  added  to 
milk  perfectly  sound,  introduced  the  same 
class  of  organisms,  which  increased  and  mul¬ 
tiplied  with  great  rapidity  in  the  sound  milk, 
causing  it  soon  to  be  bad.  On  examining  the 
blood  of  the  cows  under  the  microscope,  the 
same  class  of  organisms  were  found  and  their 
source  was  traced  to  the  water  from  which 
the  cows  obtained  their  supply  for  quenching 
thirst. 

For  a  long  time  it  has  been  observed  that 
the  milk  of  cows,  drinking  from  stagnant, 
pools  and  mud  holes,  soon  becomes  bad,  and 
is  the  fruitful  source  of  floating  curds  during 
hot  weather.  In  St.  Lawrence  Co.  a  noted 
dairyman  Btated  to  us  that  during  a  certain 
dry  season  lie  was  unable  to  make  good  but¬ 
ter  from  the  milk  of  his  cows,  yet  his  neigh¬ 
bors  had  no  difficulty.  His  pastures  were  not 
well  provided  with  water,  and  the  cows  were 
forced  to  drink  from  sloughs  and  frog  ponds. 
He  tried,  for  a  long  time,  to  discover  the 
cause  Of  the  trouble  iu  his  butter,  and  at  last 
suspected  it  came  from  the  water  the  cows 
were  drinking.  Then  he  sunk  a  well  and  ob¬ 
tained  an  abundant  supply  of  good,  clean 
water  for  his  herd,  and  he  had  no  difficulty 
in  making  sweet  butter  arid  as  good  as  could 
bo  produced  by  his  neighbors. 

There  is  abundant  evidence  to  show  that 
certain  living  organ:  ms  found  in  unwhole¬ 
some  water,  when  taken  into  the  system,  re¬ 
tain  their  vitality,  enter  into  the  blood  and 
are  carried  into  the  milk.  Doubtless,  in  many 
instances,  disease  and  blood-poisoning  results 
from  the  use  of  bad  milk  ;  tho  cause  of 
which,  if  properly  traced,  would  be  found  in 
the  unwholesome  water  which  the  cows 
drink.  N  early  a  year  ago  the  Canada  Lan¬ 
cet  gave  an  account  of  a  serious  case  of  poi¬ 
soning  produced  from  using  freshly-churned 
buttermilk,  the  substance  of  which  is  thus 
given  in  the  Milk  Journal “  A  medical  man 
was  summoned  to  a  house  where  he  found 
four  men  apparently  Buffering  from  the  ef¬ 
fects  of  a  narcotiro  -  irritant  poison.  The 
symptoms  were  vomiting,  purging,  burning 
pains  in  the  bowels,  cramps  and  contractions 
of  the  lower  extremities,  stupor,  constant 
thirsty  small  pulse  and  clammy  surface.  On 
inquiry,  It  was  found  that  each  patient  had 
some  time  previously  (from  an  hour  to  an 
hour  and  a  half)  drank  a  tumblerful  or  more 
of  freshly -churned  buttermilk,  and  were 
shortly  afterward  seized  with  giddiness. 
Seven  otlr-r  persons,  relatives  of  the  family, 
had  drank  of  the  same  buttermilk,  and  were 
seized  with  similar  symptoms,  although  not 
quite  so  severe.  Tho  milk  was  palatable  to 
the  taste,  un  i  all  assorted  that  it  was  impos¬ 
sible  that  any  poison  could  have  been  put 
into  It.  Carbolic  acid  in  ten-drop  doses  wus 
administered,  subsequently  followed  by  opi¬ 
um,  under  which  treatment  all  recovered. 
The  milk  was  then  tested.  No  trace  of  veg¬ 
etable  or  minoral  poison  was  found  ;  but  on 
examining  it  microscopically,  numerous  ani- 
malovflae  were  perceived,  of  about  l-5000th 
to  1-7000 Lh  of  an  inch  in  diameter.  A  sam¬ 
ple  of  the  injurious  milk  and  a  like  quantity 
of  good  milk  freshly  churned  (in  which,  how¬ 
ever,  it  ia  stated  a  few  animalculae  were  visi¬ 
ble  on  examination)  were  then  set  aside  for  a 
week,  when  the  latter  divided  into  curds  and 
whey,  but  the  former  retained  its  consisten¬ 
cy,  and  looked  as  fresh  as  when  churned  and 
was  literally  swarming  with  animalculae, 
while  the  latter  was  nearly  free  from  them. 
The  theory  advanced  by  the  medical  attend¬ 
ant  who  contributes  the  article,  regarding 
the  animalculae,  was  that  the  germs  which 
produced  them  had  existed  In  water  supplied 
to  the  cow  from  which  the  milk  was  obtained. 

This  theory  was,  without  doubt,  correct, 
and  it  is  not  improbable,  that  the  cases  of  poi¬ 
son  from  eating  cheese,  which  not  unfra- 
quently  occur,  may  be  laid  to  the  same  source. 
Dairymen  are  not  generally  aware  of  the  se¬ 
rious  consequences  that  are  liable  to  result 
from  neglect  in  supplying  their  herds  with 
good,  clean  water.  The  impression  seems  to 
prevail  that  the  cow  has  wonderful  powers 
of  separating  all  the  poisons  in  her  food  and 
water  in  some  mysterious  way,  so  that  they 
shall  not  be  secreted  in  her  milk.  Filthy 


TRANSACTIONS  OF  THE  VERMONT 
DAIRYMEN’S  ASSOCIATION. 


The  Third  Annual  Report  of  the  Vermont 
State  Dairymen’s  Association  for  the  year 
ending  October,  1 87”,  recently  printed,  is  a 
pamphlet  of  164  pages,  anti  contains  much 
valuable  information.  The  report  opens  wi th 
the  address  of  President  Mason  before  the 
Association  tit  the  winter  meeting  at  Rut¬ 
land,  and  is  followed  by  the  address  and  dis¬ 
cussions  on  the  various  topics  relating  to  the 
dairy,  which  wp»c  had  on  that  occasion.  The 
most  prominent  speeches  are  as  follows  : 
Address  of  Welcome,  by  TTon.  Henry  Clark 
of  the  Rutland  Herald  ;  “  Associated  Cheese- 
Making,”  by  T.  D.  C turns  of  Utica,  N.  Y. ; 
“  Taints  of  Milk  and  Floating  Curds,”  by  H. 
Lewis  of  Herkimer,  N.  Y. ;  “The  Breeding 
of  Dairy  Stock,”  by  C.  L.  Flint,  Secretary 
Massachusetts  Board  of  Agriculture  ;  “Pro¬ 
duction  of  Milk  for  Butter  and  Choose,  and 
the  Breeds  Adapted  to  Each,”  by  T.  8.  C  old, 
Secretary  Connecticut  Board  of  Agriculture  ; 
“Milk  and  its  Products,”  by  Alexander. 
Hyde  of  Lee,  Mass. ;  Remarks  of  Col.  Need¬ 
ham,  Ac.,  &o. 

President  Mason  makes  some  pertinent  re¬ 
marks  in  regard  to  the  looso  way  in  which 
many  dairymen  keep  an  account  of  their 
farming  operations  and  tho  cost  of  the  arti¬ 
cles  they  have  to  sell.  Tho  same  applies 
equally  to  farmers  engaged  in  other  branches 
or  farming.  He  says  “  Wc  dairymen  arc 
a  stubborn  class  to  learn.  Wc  do  not  accept 
facts  without  a  good  deal  of  proof  and  per¬ 
suasion,  and  in  too  many  eases  work  out  our 
own  injury  through  a  fear  of  being  too  easily 
deceived.  This  is  a  progressive  age,  and 
those  who  allow  themselves  to  fall  in  the  rear 
in  the  march  of  improvement  must  be  con¬ 
tent  to  occupy  second-rate  positions  and  be 
satisfied  with  small  pecuniary  rewards.  It  is 
somewhat  surprising  that,  notwithstanding 
the  improvements  in  dairy  f  i  rming  so  little 
has  been  effected  toward  inducing  dairymen 
to  perform  their  operations  iu  a  more  system¬ 
atic  manner  and  keep  a  regi  ilar  record  und 
account  of  their  dairy  business  generally  and 
specifically. 

“  For  one  who  practices  such  a  method,  00 
keep  all  their  accounts  ‘in  their  heads,’  us 
it  is  termed,  and  arc  rightly  called  *  guess 
dairymen,’  for  they  never  know  anything, 
only  guess  it  is  so-and-so.  They  don’t  know 
whether  this,  that,  or  tho  other  mode  of 
dairying  pays  the  best ;  whether  they  can 
afford  to  sell  their  produce  at  a  given  price  or 
not ;  they  cannot  tell  whether  it  is  for  their 
interest  to  continue  iu  the  dairy  business  or 
not,  nor  even  ut  the  end  of  the  year  are  they 
sure  whether  their  names  should  be  on  the 
loss  or  profit  side  of  the  ledger.  Having  kept 
no  record  of  their  doings,  they  arc  almost 
wholly  in  the  dark.  They  can  only  guess 
‘it’s  about  so.’  It  is  high  time  for  all  such 
to  take  ‘  a  new  departure  ’  and  commence  a 
thorough  reform.  Of  course,  keeping  such 
records  occupies  some  time,  but  how  can  it 
be  better  spent  than  in  thus  obtaining  a  bet¬ 
ter  knowledge  of  our  profession  and  the 
workings  in  that  special  branch  in  which  we 
may  be  engaged. 

“  Farmers  should  keep  on  exact  account  of 
everything  connected  with  then-  dairy,  bo 
that  at  the  end  of  the  year  they  can  sum 
it  all  up  and  know  all  about  it  and  not  have 
any  guess-work.  They  ahou  Id  be  ai  >le  to  show 
just  what  it  costs  to  make  100  pounds  of 
cheese  or  butter.  Then,  and  not  till  then,  can 
they  tell  whether  it  pays  to  continue  dairy¬ 
ing.  They  should  also  keep  a  similar  account 
in  all  other  farm  operations,  and  then  there 
would  Tie  an  end  of  tho  continuul  guessing 
and  thinking  and  ignorance  in  regard  to  those 
things  we  shoidd  know  all  about.” 

We  shall  have  occasion,  hereafter,  to  refer 
to  some  of  the  papers  and  discussions  em¬ 
braced  in  this  pamphlet.  We  have  only  space 
to  say  in  this  connection,  that  the  article  on 
“Dairy  Market  Days”  contains  some  errors 


THE  BREEDING,  REARING  AND  FAT 
TENING  OF  SWINE. 


Tue  flesh  and  fat  of  the  pig  are  largely 
consumed  by  the  American  people,  and  often 
in  districts  where  mutton  and  beef  might  be 
used  with  greater  economy  as  substitutes  for 
bacon  and  pickled  pork.  One  can  produce 
good  mutton  and  wool  without  grain  ;  l>v.t 
meat  from  live  porkers  is  made  usually  at 
the  expense  of  the  corn  crib.  Every  South¬ 
ern  State  has  more  hogs  than  sheep  ;  and 
it  is  rare  indeed  that  one  sees  a  Southern 
farmer  kill  either  a  veal  or  lamb  for  tho 
table.  Young  meat,  is  not  popular,  whether 
pigs,  calves  or  lambs. 

Tho  most  common  error  in  breeding  swine 
is  the  result  of  carelessness  in  permitting 
both  males  and  females  to  propagate  their 
species  at  too  young  an  age.  Young  sows 
are  apt  to  die  in  giving  birth  to  their  first  lit¬ 
ter  of  pigs.  The.  writer  has  lost  four  in  this 
way  which,  raised  in  the  woods  outside  of  all 
fence,  could  not  be  kept  from  boars  ;  and  to 
spay  them  would  destroy  their  value  for 
breeding  purposes.  To  avoid  the  loss  of 
young  sows,  and  to  prevent  the  degenera¬ 
cy  of  both  sexes  by  early  pairing,  breeding 
animals  should  bo  reared  separate,  males 
from  females,  and  not  allowed  to  run  in  the 
forest.  Castrated  pigs  of  cither  sex  maybe 
raised  in  the  woods  in  many  sections  of  our 
extended  country  at  a  large  profit.  The 
southwestern  farmer  who  makes  fat  hogs  his 
principal  crop  for  market,  should  have  not 
only  a  plenty  of  corn,  peas,  oats  and  clover 
for  this  kind  of  stock,  but  large  orchards  of 
plum,  peach,  apple  and  mulberry  trees ;  not 
to  name  persimmon,  oak,  chestnut  and  hick¬ 
ory,  whose  fruits  pay  liberally  in  the  rearing 
and  fattening  of  swine.  Mulberries  deserve 
far  more  attention  than  they  receive  ;  and 
the  same  remarks  will  apply  to  our  own  na¬ 
tive  plums,  which  bear  profusely. 

Where  the  climate  permits  figs  and  Scup- 
peraong  grapes  to  grow  and  ripen  them  fruit, 
probably  no  other  perennial  plants  will  yield 
so  much  food  for  hogs  for  the  labor  expend¬ 
ed  as  these.  Experience  proves  that  a  plenty 
of  rooting  sows  and  pigs  in  peach,  plum  and 
cherry  orchards  so  destroy  the  curculio,  that 
if  one  chooses  to  gather  the  fruit  in  place  of 
letting  it  be  oaten  by  swine,  this  is  perhaps 
the  best  way  to  secure  it  in  abundance,  free 
from  worms  and  other  defects.  Where  land 


By  all  means 
we  should  make  the  system  of  each  parent 
perfect  before  attempting  to  draw  out  of  it 
a  perfect  being  to  serve  as  the  parent  of  fu¬ 
ture  generation*. 

A  ripe  parent  is  like  a  ripe  seed.  If  all  the 
conditions  have  been  favorable,  its  vital  force 
and  organization  may  be  an  improvement  on 
those  of  its  progenitors  ;  and  it  is  important 
to  extend  this  gain,  whether  physical  or 
physiological,  to  the  next  generation.  To 
attain  this  purpose  both  the  maternal  and 
paternal  cells  that  form  the  germ  of  a  new 
animal  must  come,  not  from  the  depleted 
blood  of  growing  Immature  flesh,  bones, 
nerves  and  brain,  but  perfect  blood,  where 
every  organ  and  function  has  reached  matu¬ 
rity,  and  those  of  reproduction  have  the  uni¬ 
ted  force  of  the  whole  system  in  its  best  es¬ 
tate.  Pigs,  calves,  lambs  und  colts  propaga¬ 
ted  and  reared  on  this  principle,  (always 
making  judicious  selections  in  pairing),  can 
hardly  fail  to  improve  from  one  generation 
to  another. 

All  breeding  Btock  should  have  room  for 
abundant  exercise  in  walking  and  running  to 
develop  Lone,  sinew,  muscle,  nerve  and 
sound  longs.  Hogs  are  getting  weak  lungs 
in  many  places  ;  in  others  I  notice  unsound 
livers,  which  with  weak  kidneys,  are  often 
infested  by  worms.  Cholera  and  pneumonia 
are  common  maladies  ;  and  parasites,  such 
as  lice  and  worms,  are  still  more  prevalent. 
Give  hogs  corn  meal  with  salt,  sulphur  and 
wood  ashes  mixed  well  therein,  frequently, 
to  prevent  or  cure  these  evils.  Sulphur  with 
salt  will  drive  ticks  off  from  sheep  and  cattle. 
In  the  South  ticks  on  cattle  are  common  and 
very  large.  d.  l. 


Prizes  fob  Swine  tn  W  is.  —  A  County 
Agricultural  Society,  in  Wisconsin,  offers 

Ere  mi  urn  s,  among  others,  for  Swine  of  Wo- 
urn,  Irish  Grazier,  China  and  Middlesex 
breeds. 


D.  Elegans.  —  Another  creeping  species 
from  various  parts  of  tropical  Asia,  admirably 
adapted  for  covering  the  old  dead  trunks  q£ 
Tree  Ferns  or  rock-work  in  the  warm  con¬ 
servatory  or  Fernery,  its  f ronds  are  larger 
than  those  of  the  last  species,  and  of  a  bright 
green  color.  Both  this  species  and  its  still 
more  elegant  variety  2).  disaeetu,  are  admir¬ 
ably  suited  for  culture  in  vases  or  hanging 
baskets,  being  of  free  and  vigorous  growth. 

1).  nemiplera.—A  pretty  little  species  from 
the  tropics,  bearing  a  profusion  of  dark  green 
pinnate  fronds,  which  vary  from  three  to 
twelve  inches  In  length.  It  grows  very  freely 
in  a  temperate  Fernery,  and  makes  a  dense 
and  effective  plant  grown  in  a  shallow  pan. 
Our  illustration  shows  its  habit  and  general 
characteristics. 

D.  Mooreana.  —  One  of  the  most  noble 
species  in  cultivation,  producing  gracefully 
curved  fronds,  two  to  four  feet  high,  nearly 
as  broad  at  the  base,  and  of  a  delicate  pale 
green  color.  The.  large  fronds  are  elegantly 
cut  into  numerous  small,  blunt  segments,  and 
are  remarkable  for  the  prominent,  manner  in 
which  the  sori  show  in  a  dotted  manner  on 
the  upper  surface.  It  will  make  a  grand 
exhibition  plant,  and  grows  vigorously  in  an 
intermediate  temperature. 

D.  Pnrvuln.  — This  is  a  very  dwarf  species, 
of  Liliputian  proportions,  but  useful  for 
growing  on  a  block  of  wood,  or  on  the  stem 
of  a  tree  Fern.  Its  small,  daik  green,  finely- 
cut  fronds  are  about  an  inch  long,  aud  nearly 
os  broad  at  the  base,  produced  at  short  inter¬ 
vals  u'ong  a  slender  rhizome.  This  little 
plant  is  a  native  of  Borneo,  whence  it  was 
sent  to  Messrs.  Veitch  by  their  enthusiastic 
collector,  Mr.  Thomas  Lobb. 

D.  Pcntaphylla, — This  is  rather  an  uncom 
mon  species  iu  collections,  and  very  distinct, 
somewhat  resembling  a  Pteris  in  the  shape 
of  its  thick  fronds,  which  are  of  a  dark  and 
shining  green  color,  generally  divided  into 
fine  segments,  hence  its  specific  name.  It 
makes  an;  effective  plant  grown  iu  a  broad, 
shallow  pan,  well  elevated  on  a  .compost  of 
rough  fibrous  pnat  and  sand.  1 1  is  a  native 
of  Malaga,  and  requires  stove  treatment. 

D.  Pyxidata. — A  strong-growing  aud  very 
ornate  species  that  does  well  in  a  moderuto 
temperature.  Its  large,  triangular  fronds  arc 
borne  on  durk -brown  rhizomes,  which  Affect 
an  erect  habit.  Its  young  fronds  are  of  a 
charming  light  green  color,  while  the  older 
ones,  when  thoroughly  hardened,  keep  a  long 
time  in  water  after  being  out.  When  well 
grown  this  plant  makes  an  effective  speci¬ 
men,  especially  in  spring  and  early  summer. 
It  is  a  native  of  Australia. 

I).  Tenuifolta. — A  slender-growing  species 
of  elegant  habit,  forming  beautiful  specimens 
when  well-grown.  Its  fronds  are  elegantly 
cut  into  a  multitude  of  light  green  segments, 
aud  droop  over  at  the  points  iu  the  most 
graceful  manner  possible.  Its  variety  strieta 
is  rather  more  erect  in  habit,  and  both  make 
fine  exhibition  or  decorative  plants  grown  in 
pots,  in  a  stove  or  intermediate  temperature. 
Native  of  the  tropics. — F.  W.  R.,  in  Garden. 


dryness  of  the  climate.  Often  trees  seem  to 
be  literally  dried  up. 

The  smaller  fruits,  on  the  contrary,  pro¬ 
duce  abundantly  in  Colorado.  Strawberries 
yield  enormous  and  delicious  crops.  Rasp¬ 
berries  do  well.  Melons  grow  large  and 
abundant.  In  the  extreme  Southern  part  of 
t  he  Territory,  along  the  ltio  Grunde,  in  the 
Mexican  district,  there  are  many  fine  vine¬ 
yards,  and  wine  making  is  an  important 
industry.  This  is  250  miles  south  of  Denver. 
When  the  narrow  gunge  rail  way,  now  in 
operation  to  Pueblo  and  under  const  motion 
to  Trinidad  is  pushed  forward  down  the  Rio 
Grande,  reaching  the  great  vineyards  about 
El  Paso  in  New  Mex  ico  and  the  fine  tropical 


HARE’S-FOOT  FERNS.-fDavallias.) 


FRUIT  GROWING  IN  COLORADO 


Denver,  Col.,  Aug.  4,  1873. 

No  fruit  is  raised  in  Colorado.  Her  people 
are  entirely  dependent  upon  “the  States” 
for  their  supply.  It  comes  principally  from 
California,  and  is  freighted  at  enormous  cost. 
It  often  happens  that  pears,  plums,  peaches 
and  grapes  are  purchased  In  the  Sacramento 
market  for  from  two  to  four  cents  per  pound 
and  sold  in  Denver  at  twenty,  with  no  profit 
to  the  dealer,  on  account  of  the  excessive 
rate  for  transportation  and  the  waste  en 
route.  Peaches  are  sometimes  from  Salt 
Lake,  and  grapes  (Concord  and  Catawba) 
from  Kansas,  at  less  cost :  but  the  latter  do 
not  come  into  very  successful  competition 
here  with  the  California  varieties,  and  the 
shipments  are  inconsiderable. 

Fruit,  therefore,  is  dear  in  Colorado.  The 
prevailing  quotations  the  season  tlirough, 
lasting  from  the  middle  of  June,  to  the  last 
of  September  are  ;  peaches,  20  to  SO  ets.  per 
lb. ;  pears,  15  to  25c. ;  plums,  25  to  30c. ;  grapes, 
20  to  40e. ;  apricots,  20  to  25c.  There  seems 
to  be  no  “graduating  scale,”  no  regular 
supply.  Sometimes  there  will  lie  no  fmit  on 
the  market  for  several  days,  or  an  entire 
absence  of  some  kinds  find  scarcity  of  others. 
Then  the  price  for  what,  little  there  is  will  be 
doubled.  Now  and  then  several  car  loads 
will  arrive,  and  dealers  will  strike  up  a  brisk 
competition,  often  bringing  in  for  a  few 
hours  u  kind  of  fruit  panic,  when  fine  pears 
can  be  bought  at  from  0  to  8  cents  per  pound 
and  grapes  10  to  15.  by  the  quantity. 

Apples,  until  September,  are  held  up,  sel¬ 
dom  getting  below  ten  cents  per  pound.  But 
later,  the  Missouri  aud  Michigan  varieties 
are  brought  in,  California  and  Utah  cease  to 
ship  any,  and  the  price  drops  as  low  as  4  or  5 
cents  per  pound,  often  good  qualities  selling 
at  $5  per  barrel. 

During  each  season  upwards  of  *100,000  is 
sent  out  of  the  territory  for  fruit,  and  almost 
double  this  amount  is  paid  to  the  railways 
for  freight  on  this  single  article.  Bueh  being 
the  ease,  it  is  often  asked  why  the  gardeners 
and  farmers  of  Colorado  do  not  begin  to  raise 
fruit.  We  answer  that  up  to  three  years  ago 
it  was  not  thought  that  it  could  bo  raised 
here,  aud  any  attention  to  its  culture  was 
purely  experimental.  The  past  two  years, 
however,  many  orchards  have  been  started 
iu  various  parts  of  the  territory,  find  several 
nurseries,  while  Eastern  fruit  growers,  notic¬ 
ing  this  lack  have,  especially  during  the  past 
spring,  shipped  hither  small  trees  by  the  car 
load.  There  are  some  drawbacks  that  still 
deter  many  from  engaging  in  this  branch  of 
husbandry.  Generally  speaking,  results  thus 
far  do  not  justify  the  opinion  that  this  will  be 
a  good  fruit  country.  Taking  examples  of 
every  thorough  trial  that  have  come  to  our 
knowledge,  both  in  Northern  and  Southern 
Colorado,  the  outlook  is  not  encouraging. 

Mr.  Feiuun,  iri  his  place  near  Denver, 
began  his  experiments  in  18(50,  when  he  set 
out  (JO  three-year-old  dwarf  pear  trees.  Up 
to  1872  their  growth  was  satisfactorjn  They 
stood  from  fi  to  10  feet  high  and  measured  10 
incites  in  circumference  at  one  foot  from  the 
ground.  Soon  after  leaving  out  last  year 
the  blight  took  hold  of  them  and  thus  far 
about  twenty  hav  c  died,  while  several  others 
made  no  growth  the  past  season.  In  1870,  he 
set  1.^1  more  three-v ear-olds.  Up  to  now  one- 
third  have  died  and  half  the  balance  are 
These  trees  were  all  cultivated 


The  old  genus  Davnllla  is  now  broken  up 
into  various  sections  by  modern  pteridolo- 
gist«,  but  as  the  name  is  still  familiar  in  most 
gardens,  we  shall  adhere  to  it  in  this  case. 
Most  of  the  species  are  natives  of  tropical  or 
sub  tropical  countries,  and  produce  their 
fronds  at  intervals  along  a  creeping  rhizome 
which  is  more  or  less  covered  with  chaffy 
scales.  Many  of  the  species  are  valuable 
decorative  Ferns,  and  useful  either  for  pot 


HEMIPTER  A  . 

eulture  or  for  hanging  baskets,  and  orna¬ 
mental  vases  in  the  conservatory  or  drawing 
room.  Some  furnish  elegant  fronds  for  cut¬ 
ting,  and  among  others  useful  for  this  pur¬ 
pose  we  may  mention  D.  pyxidata,  I),  ele- 
ya/ns,  D.  disftecta,  1).  but  lata,  D.  tenui  folia, 
and  one  or  two  others.  The  fronds  selected 
for  this  purpose  should  lie  well  developed, 
and  then  they  will  last  a  long  time  in  water. 

These  plants  grow  well  in  a  compost  of 
fibrous  peat  and  sand,  to  which  about  one-fifth 
of  fresh  turfy  loam  may  be  added.  The  pots 
should  be  thoroughly  well  drained,  for  though 
DavalUas,  like  most  other  Ferns,  like  an 
abundant  supply  of  vvuter  when  growing, 
they  speedily  show  signs  of  weakness  in  a 
sour  and  stagnant  compost.  Borne  of  the 
smaller  species,  as  D.  parvula  aud  D.  peduta, 
may  be  grown  on  the  trunks  of  the  larger 
Tree  Ferns,  and  grow  very  well  in  such  situa¬ 
tions  if  plentifully  supplied  with  water  by 
syringing  them  over  once  or  twice  a  day. 
Jj.  aruleala  is  a  curious  seandent  species, 
and  may  be  grown  as  a  stove  climber.  One 
or  two  fine  species  have  been  added  to  our 
collections  recently,  as  the  stately  D.  Moore¬ 
ana,  and  the  elegant  D.  tyernumni.  D. 
hemiptera  is  another  pretty  little  species. 
This  plant,  of  which  we  give  an  excellent 
illustration,  reminds  one  of  some  of  the 
smaller-growing  Lindsay#  in  habit  and  gen¬ 
eral  appearance.  We  shall  here  allude  briefly 
to  a  few  of  the  best  Davallias  in  cultivation 
for  general  decorative  purposes. 

D.  Bullata. — A  dwarf -growing  species  from 
the  Malayan  Archipelago,  bearing  fight  green 
triangular  fronds  at  intervals  along  a  creep¬ 
ing  rhizome,  the  latter  being  covered  pro¬ 
fusely  with  reddish-brown  scales.  It  is  a 
useful  Fern,  and  soon  envelopes  the  pan  or 
wire  basket  in  which  it  may  be  grown  with 
its  dense  green  fronds.  Its  elegantly  cut 
fronds  are  valuable  for  grouping  along  with 
choice  cut  flowers. 


fruits  of  old  Mexico,  Colorado  will  be  supplied 
with  all  the  choicest  varieties  at  much  cheap¬ 
er  prices  than  now.  But  the  El  Paso  region 
lies  six  hundred  miles  south  of  us,  and  it  is 
not  probable  that  the  railway  will  be  opened 
through  Inside  of  five  years.  Meanwhile  the 
young  orclmrded  Colorado  will  be  maturing, 
and  wo  shall  know  better  wliat  kind  of  a 
fruit  raising  country  this  is.  Up  to  now  a 
Colorado  apple  would  be  a  curiosity.  b. 


FLORICULTURAL  NOTES, 


Forget-Me-Not  in  the  Drawing-Room. — A 
large  handful  of  MyosotiS  pal  nutria  or  For¬ 
get-me-not,  were  gathered  in  August  and, 
as  related  by  T.  W.  Trussler  in  the  Garden¬ 
er’s  Magazine,  to  preserve  them  as  long  a 
period  as  possible,  they  were  put  in  a  large 
soup  plate  filled  with  rain  water.  The  flow¬ 
ers  were  placed  near  the  window,  so  as  to 
enjoy  the  advantages  resulting  from  an 
abundance  of  light  and  air,  and  the  water 
was  replenished  when  needful.  In  a  surpris¬ 
ingly  short  spuec  of  time — three  weeks.  I 
believe — white,  thread-like  roots  were  emit¬ 
ted  from  the  portion  of  the  flower  stalks  iu 
the  water,  and  they  ultimately  formed  a 
thick  net-work  over  the  plate.  The  flowers 
remained  quite  fresh,  excepting  a  few  of  the 
most  advanced  when  gathered,  and,  as  soon 
as  the  roots  began  to  run  in  the  water  the 
buds  began  to  expand,  to  take  the  place  of 
those  which  faded,  and  up  to  the  middle  of 
November,  the  bouquet — if  it  may  be  so 
called — was  a  dense  mass  of  flowers,  aud  a 
more  beautiful  or  chaste  ornament  for  an 
indoor  apartment  cannot  be  Imagined. 

Roues  and  Ladies— A  well-known  German 
florist  related,  in  a  high  state  of  irritation, 
his  troubles  in  this  way.  He  said— “I  have 
so  much  drouble  mit  de  Ladies  ven  dey  come 
to  buy  mine  rose  ;  dey  vants  him  hardy,  dev 
vauts  him  doubles,  dey  vauts  him  moontly, 
dey  vants  him  fraerand,  dey  vauts  him  nice 
gooler,  dey  vants  him  ebery  dings  in  one 
rose.  I  hopes  I  am  not  vat  you  calls  von 
uncallant  man,  hut  I  have  somedbues  to  say 
to  dat  ladies,  ‘  Madame,  I  never  often  sees 
dat  ladies  dat  vas  rich,  dat  vas  good  temper, 
dat  vas  youngs,  dat  vas  clever,  dat  vas  per¬ 
fection  in  one  ladies.  I  see  her  much  not  1’  ” 


THE  HORNET  RASPBERRY 


We  find  the  following  in  a  late  German¬ 
town  Telegraph  “The  Rural  New-York¬ 
er  states  ‘  that  after  a  trial  of  one  hundred 
different  raspberries,  and  fifteen  years’  expe- 
riene,  there  are  now  really  no  better  and 
more  profitable  kinds  than  these  r — These  fa¬ 
mous  old  sorts,  such  as  Miami,  Doolittle, 
Franconia,  Briiii-kie’s  Orange,  Knevitl.’s 
Giant  and  Hudson  River  Antwerp  have,  as 
yet,  no  superiors.  We  have,  it  is  true,  made 
some  progress  in  numbers  of  varieties,  but 
only  in  important  qualities.’  Not  a  word  is 
said  here  of  the  ‘Hornet,’  which  we  not  only 
greatly  prefer  to  any  in  this  list,  after  having 
grown  nlL  of  them,  but  would  prefer  it  to  all 
other  varieties  in  a  bunch.  We  have  refer- 
euce  only  for  growing  it  in  private  gardens  ; 
hut  we  believe  that  even  for  murket  purpos¬ 
es,  where  the  market  is  near,  it  would  be  the 
most  profitable  of  all  from  the  high  juice 
which  it  would  command.  Our  erop  this 
year  was  graud  enough  to  repay  our  friend, 
Col.  Moore,  for  a  visit  of  inspection.” 


likely  to, 

thoroughly.  Of  100  Washington  plum  set  in 
is;  I,  but  lew  are  left.  Apples  and  quinces 
do  well.  He  has  grape  vines  eight  years  old, 
but  either  late  frosts  iu  spring  or  early  frosts 
iu  fall  liave  generally  destroyed  tie  l'ruit. 

In  Southern  Colorado,  however,  on  the 
Arkansas,  results  seem  to  have  been  better. 
At  Canon  City  Mr.  Frazer  has  au  orchard 
of  1,000  trees,  mostly  apples  and  pears.  After 
rejieated  experiments  and  care  to  secure 
hardy  varieties  lie  finds  that  all  hi*  apple 
trees  are  now  doing  well.  The  varieties  on 
his  place  are  chiefly  the  Ben  Davis,  Fameuse, 
Romanite,  Red  Astraehan,  Early  Harvest, 
Perry  Rupert,  Yellow  Bellflower  and  Wine 
Bap.  With  peaches  he  has  not  succeeded  at 
all,  so  with  ajiricots  ;  while  plums  and  grapes 
promise  well. 

The  past  winter  in  Colorado  was  ojieu  and 
mild,  and  .vet  all  the  nurserymen  aud  garden¬ 
ers  iu  the  vicinity  of  Denver  complain  of 
serious  losses.  Mr.  DiLLOJt  reported  to  the 
Denver  Farmers’  Club,  that  nearly  all  his 
peach  trees  were  killed,  so  with  the  quince  ; 
Many  plum  trees  which  had  been  out  four 
years,  aud  apple  trees  three  years,  were 
killed.  Borne  attribute  the  loss  of  trees  not 
so  much  to  cold  weather  as  to  the  extreme 


The  Triomphe  De  Gand  Strawberry,  in 
California,  bears  two  crops  in  a  season — the 
fruit  of  the  second  crop  larger  in  size  than 
that  of  the  first,  but  not  so  abundant.  It  is 
said  to  stand  the  hot  season  without  water 
better  than  other  berries. 


me  through  your  columns  if  goose  manure 
(where  a  field  has  been  used  as  a  goose  pas¬ 
ture)  does  not  poison  grass,  and  prevent  it 
from  growing  the  following  season.  Such 
has  been  my  experience.  If  it  does  so  affect 
a  pasture,  has  any  one  any  experience  in  ap¬ 
plying  Rome  sort  of  mineral  fertilizer  that 
will  counteract  such  effects  ?  Will  lime  ou  a 
diy,  loamy  soil  do  it  1  I  should  much  like  to 
to  hear  how  those  who  keep  geese  keep  up 
the  growth  of  grass  on  their  geese  pas¬ 
tures.  H.  M. 

Western  Pennsylvania. 


spending  the  afternoon  in  getting  drunk.  I 
do  not  want  you  to  understand  that  every 
vineyard  is  a  nest  of  drunkards,  for  this  is 
Uot  true.  In  the  Napa  and  Sonoma  Valleys, 
in  the  foot-hills  of  the  Sierra,  at  Anaheim 
and  elsewhere  in  the  Southern  country,  you 
may  find  mauy  men  cultivating  the  grape 
and  making  wine  in  all  soberness.  But  every¬ 
where,  too,  and  in  my  own  experience  far 
oftoner,  you  will  see  the  proprietor,  or  his 
sons,  or  his  hired  men,  bearing  the  marks  of 
strong  drink;  and  too  often,  if  you  come 
unexpectedly,  you  will  see  some  poor  wretch 
in  the  wine-house,  who,  about.  1  o’clock  is 
maudlin. 

Seeing  all  t  his,  I  advise  no  new  settler  in 

the  State  to  make  wine.  He  runs  too  many 


brown  paper  laid  between  the  vine  rows. 
They  do  not  trim  out  poor  grapes  from  the 
bunches,  because,  as  they  assert,  there  are 
none  ;  but  I  suspect  this  will  have  to  bo  done 
for  the  very  finest  raisins,  such  as  wou  d 
tempt,  a  reluctant  buyer.  The  bunches  re¬ 
quire  from  18  to  34  days  of  exposure  in  the 
sun  to  be  cured.  During  that  time  they  am 
gently  turned  from  time  to  time,  and  such  us 
are  earliest  cured  arc  at  once  removed  to  a 
raisin-house.  Thus  is  fitted  with  shelves,  on 
which  the  raisins  are  laid  about  a.  foot  thick, 
and  here  they  are  allowed  to  sweat  a  little. 
If  they  sweat  tpo  much  the  sugar  candles  on 
the  outside,  and  this  deteriorates  the  quality 
of  the  raisin.  It  is  an  object  to  keep  the 
bloom  on  the  berries.  They  are  kept  in  the 
raisin-house,  I  believe,  live  or  six  wo  ks, 
when  they  are  dry  enough  to  box.  It  is  as 
yet  custouuuy  to  put  them  in  25-pound 
boxes,  but.  no  doubt,  as  more  experience  is 
gained,  farmers  will  contrive  other  parcel-. 
Chinese  do  all  the  work  in  raisin-making,  ami 
are  paid  $1  a  day,  they  supplying  themselves 
with  food.  There  is  no  rain  during  the  raism- 
makiug  season,  and  consequently  the  whole 
out-door  work  may  lie  done  safely  as  a  veil 
as  cheaply. 


POULTRY  MANAGEMENT  CONTRASTED. 

Among  the  Live  stock  on  a  farm  there  are 
many  who  would  not  give  a  thought  to  the 
feathered  creation;  yet  where  fowls,  of  all 
the  varieties,  are  well  managed,  there  is 
nothing  which  gives  f.o  much  comfort  to  the 
household,  naught  which  is  such  a  conven¬ 
ience  in  times  of  unexpected  calls  from 
friends  or  so  really  valuable  to  the  family  all 
the  year  round ;  besides,  what  notable  farm¬ 
er’s  wife  but  can  at  any  season  make  twenty, 
thirty,  or  oven  fifty  dollars  otf  a  reserved  lot 
of  some  kind,  if  an  extraordinary  “  pinch  ” 
or  any  occasion  out  of  the  usual  way  should 
arrive  ? 

A  great  deal  depends  on  the  situation  of  a 
homestead  and  the  contriving  of  everything 
to  make  the  young  and  old  of  each  species 
happy;  for  happiness  is  quite  as  essential  to 
the  turkeys,  the  geese,  ducks  and  chickens 
as  to  the  children;  cud  undue  restraint,  ir¬ 
regular  feeding,  bad  and  improper  food,  as 
also  unhatund  lodging,  will  bo  as  disastrous 
to  the  one  as  the  other. 

The  careful  manager  of  a  full  stock  of  all 
the  varieties  comprised  in  a  ro:-pectablo  es¬ 
tablishment,  will  be  particular  to  place  the 
turkeys  so  they  cannot  worry  the  common 
hens;  the  geese  so  that  they  will  not  tyran¬ 
nize  over  the  ducks,  and  so  on  with  the  rest, 
F.t  the  same  time  preventing  the  breeding 
portion  from  being  annoyed  by  their  own 
species;  for  the  young  broods  do  best  when 
away  from  the  regular  haunts  of  the  old 
fowls. 

At  the  present  moment  I  know  of  two 
places  where  poultry  have  been  raised  and 
arc  being  raised.  They  are  within  sight  of 
each  other.  The  first  started  with  80  com¬ 
mon  hens,  11  turkey  hens,  G  Guinea  hens,  G 
Muscovy  ducks  and  10  pairs  of  old  pigeons. 
The  management  at  this  place  was  about  as 
follows  ; — The  women  walked  around  every 
morning  and  evening  calling  “  Biddy  I  biddy ! 
chick  I  chick  !  ”  throwing  first  corn  and 
then  wetted  meal,  never  looking  to  the  right 
or  left  to  sec  whether  old  hens,  turkeys  or 
Guinea  fowls  ate  up  the.  food;  and  the  broods 
of  young  chickens  got  next  to  none.  The 
eggs  were  looked  up  two  or  three  times  a 
week  and  sometimes  not  so  often;  every 
species  laid  and  were  set  in  hay-iuows,  man¬ 
gers,  &c.,  and  Commenced  sitting  ou  about 
13  eggs;  but  others  would  be  laid  to  them  till 
30  would  be  there,  and  some  would  be  put 
under  other  liens.  The  result  of  this  has 
been  about  three  dozen  eggs  per  week,  be¬ 
sides  what  have  been  broken  and  spoiled  by 
the  general  casualties  attending  the  situa¬ 
tion  ;  about  80  chickens  from  at  least  50  sitting 
he'-H,  two  or  three  hatchings  making  up  a 
lyroori;  8  young  turkeys  from  the  6  old  hens, 
and  Guinea  birds,  in  proportion.  The 
pigeons  do  the  best;  yet  the  80  old  pigeons 
have  only  about  20  nests,  and  those  and  the 
floor  of  their  room  is  three  inches  or  more 
thick  with  dried  dung;  and  the  floor  of  the 
room  has  as  many  nests  as  the  pigeons  cun 
agree  upon.  In  other  buildings,  those  not 
liking  to  fight  for  a  place  in  the  crowded  cute, 
find  corners,  <fcc.,  and  bring  forth  young  giv¬ 
ing  a  better  return  than  the  other  feathered 
creatures. 

The  second  place  alluded  to  is  a  long  way 
from  being  perfect,  as  the  nremises  are  not 
so  convenient,  there  being  no  farm  buildings 
and  consequently  no  shelter  beyond  where 
the  fowls  roost.  This  place  had  nearly  as 
many  common  fowls,  3  turkey  liuus  and  12 
ducks.  These  had  nests  made  cltiefly  by 
placing  old  dour  ban-els  about,  and  the 
young  chickens  were  fed  every  two  or  three 
hours,  from  sunrise  till  they  went  to  rest; 
eggs  looked  up  every  day;  sitting  hens’  eggs 
all  marked  and  every  one  looked  under  each 
day;  fowls  never  called,  but  old  ones  fed 
morning  and  evening,  always  at  one  time; 
result s  not  so  good  as  might  have  been,  as  a 
fox  took  over  40;  vermin  and  hawks  more 
than  that  number,  and  a  heavy  thunder 
storm  drowned  several  turkeys,  &c.  How¬ 
ever,  380  chickens  survive  or  have  been  used 
for  the  table;  37  young  turkeys  and  102 
ducks;  the  eggs  having  averaged  over  ten 
dozen  per  week  —  fifteen  dozen  some  weeks; 
the  chickens  sold,  made  85  and  86  per  dozen, 
and  the  eggs  20  cents  and  upwards  per  dozen 
(40  cents  at  the  start).  The  food  consumed 
has  been  about  the  same  at  both  places,  the 
pigeons  being  great  eaters— from  1%  to  2 
bushels  of  com  per  week  at  each  place.  The 
range  is  unlimited  at  either  place. 

A  Working  Farmer. 


POULTRY  NOTES. 

Hatching  Cold  Eggs.— A  correspondent  of 
the  Scientific  American  says:— A  hen  having 
left  her  nest  lor  two  days  and  a  night, 
after  silling  within  two  or  three  days 
of  the  time  of  hatching,  and  the  eggs  A 
being  perfectly  cold,  out  of  curiosity  '£ 
I  determined  to  try  an  experiment.  I 
removei  I  them  to  a  garret  room,  winch  r?V 
was  very  hot,  the  thermometer  in  the  fflj 
coolest  part  of  the  house  being  at.  the 
time  95*  Fah.  On  the  third  day  from 
the  time  the  eggs  were  left  by  the  , " 
hen,  t  hey  hatched  by  themselves,  and  j  jr 

the  chickens  are  now  running  about  j  i 

the  yard,  quite  strong  and  hearty.  I  Jjf 
would  like  to  know  if  any  one  ever 
met  with  such  an  incident.  ||j|j| 

Extraordinary  Urn  story. — We  find 
the  following  story  circulating  ; —A  f 
staid  and  respectable  female  fowl  in 
Pulaski,  Tenn,,  has  for  years — the  story  rj 

says  fourteen — laid  and  incubated  with  & 

admiral  success.  Now  she  1ms  indeed  w 
suffered  a  change.  She  is  growing  to 
look  exactly  like  a  rooster.  Her  cornb  JI 
has  become  greater  and  brighter.  Her  JM 
tail  feathers  are  growing  out  with  a  Jam. 
brilliant  luxuriance.  She  struts  about 
with  all  the  importance  of  n  juvenile  •=§! 
rooster,  and  although  she  has  not  yet 
found  voice  and  crowed  a  shrill  clarion, 
such  a  demonstration  is  expected  by 
everybody  every  morning. 

'Theory  of  Keeping  Eggs. — Our  theory  of 
keeping  egg  is  to  keep  the  yolk  well  inclosed 
within  the  glair,  or  wliite,  of  the  egg.  llow 
to  tin  it  is  the  question.  Simply  imitate 
mother  “Biddy,”  when  sitting,  by  turning 
the  eggs  over  daily,  or  once  in  two  or  three 
days  at  most.  We  have  never  had  any 
tremble  in  keeping  eggs  from  October  to 
May;  and  I  think  they  would  keep  one  or 
two  years,  if  necessary.  We  simply  lay  them 
in  something  that  will  hold  from  one  to  two 
dozen,  and  fasten  so  they  can  be  turned 
without  much  trouble.— l.  y. 


NELLY  T.’S  SHEPHERD  DOG 


Nef.i.y  T.  writes  the  Ruhal  New-Yorker 
that  she  has  a  shepherd  dog  which  is  sorely 
afflicted  ;  uud  from  her  description  of  the 
condition  of  this  poor  fellow,  we  suppose  he 
lias  the  mange  badly.  She  wants  to  core 
him  and  we  want  to  help  her.  Now  if  she 
will  go  to  a  drug  prescription  store  and  got  : 
quantity  of  resin  ointment  (ung.  resini)  suffi¬ 
cient  bo  annoint  the  dog  thoroughly,  and 
enough  sublimed  sulphur  (sulph.  sub.)  to 
make  the  resin  ointment  very  thick,  and 
enough  oil  of  juniper  (ol.  junip.)  to  make  the 
whole  of  proper  consistency  for  annointing 
the  dog,  but  not  loo  thin,  and  applies  this  to 
the  animal,  taking  pains  to  rub  it  into  the 
skin  well,  mul  applies  this  once  one  day,  and 
washing  the  dog  thoroughly  the  next,  and 
then  applying  the  dressing  again  until  it  has 
been  applied  and  t  he  dog  washed  three  times, 
wc  tli  ink  the  poor  dog  will  feel  better.  At 
any  rate  we  would  wait  and  see ;  but  if  he 
begins  to  itch  uud  be  uneasy  again,  go  over 
with  the  whole  process  once  more. 

Meantime,  the  place  where  the  dog  sleeps 
should  be  a  clean  place.  If  ho  sloops  in  a 
kennel  il  should  be  thoroughly  cleansed ,*«and 
it  should  not  be  too  close.  If  straw  is  gi»*Ji 
him  to  sleep  on,  it  should  never  be  fiuney 
straw.  Oat  or  rye  straw  is  best.  Then  the 
dog  should  not,  be  allowed  to  eat  any  meat  so 
long  as  he  remains  diseased.  He  should  only 
have  vegetable,  food.  When  he  gets  well  do 
not  give  too  much  meat,  nor  feed  him 
enough  of  any  thing  to  gorge  him.  On  the 
other  haigl  fie  should  never  go  hungry.  Too 
much  or  too  little  food,  too  close  or  confined 
a  kennel,  or  a  dirty  or.e,  or  a  filthy  bedding 
will  cause  mange. 

If  N ELLY  succeeds  in  curing  her  dog,  will 
she  not  let  us  know-  ? 


Ladies’  Work-Basket.—  See  page  111. 
risks,  with  children  and  laborers,  even  if  he 
himself  escapes.  Fortunately,  no  one  need 
make  wine,  though  every  man  may  raise 
grapes ;  for  it  is  now  a  fact  established  by 
sufficient  and  practical  trial,  that  raisins, 
equal  in  even  respect,  to  the  boat  Malaga, 
cun  be  made,  iu  California  from  the  proper 
varieties  of  grapes,  and  can  l  ie  sold  for  u  price 
which  will  very  handsomely  pay  the  maker, 
and  with  a  much  smaller  investment  of  capi¬ 
tal  and  less  skill.  The  vineyard  owners 
already  complain  that  they  cannot  always 
readily,  sell  their  crude  wine  at  a  paying 
price;  but  the  market  lor  carefully -.nude 
raisins  is,  as  I  am  told  by  the  principal  fruit 
dealers  in  San  Francisco,  open  and  eager. 
To  make  wine  requires  uncommon  skill  and 
care,  and  co  keep  it  so  tiiat  age  shall  give  it 
that  merit  which  commands  a  really  good 
price,  demands  considerable  capital  in  the 
!  necessary  outlay  for  casks.  While  the  skill¬ 
ful  wine-maker  undoubtedly  gels  a  largo 
profit  on  his  vines,  it  begins  to  bo  scon  hero 
that  there  ia  an  over-supply  of  poorly -made 
wine. 

PROGRESS  OF  RAISIN-MAKING. 

But  any  industrious  person  who  has  the 
right  kind  of  grapes  can  make  raisins  ;  and 
raisin-maw ing,  which  18  months  ago  had  still 
a  very  uncertain  future  in  this  State,  may 
now  safely  be  called  ono  of  the  established 
and  most  promising  industries  here.  Last 
year  I  ate  excellent  raisins  in  Los  Angeles, 
and  tolerable  ones  in  Visalia;  but  they  sell 
very  commonly  in  the  shops  what  they  call 
j  “dried  grapes,”  which  are  not  raisins  at  all, 

,  but  damp,  sticky,  disagreeable  things,  not 
good  even  in  puddings.  This  year,  however, 
I  have  seen  iu  several  places  good  native 
raisins ;  and  the  head  of  the  largest  fruit  im¬ 
porting  house  in  Ban  Francisco  told  me,  the 
other  duy,  that  ono  raisin  maker  last  fall 
sold  the  whole  of  his  crop  there  at  82  per  box 
of  35  pounds,  Malagas  of  the  same  quality- 
bringing  at  the same  time  but  82  37 ‘.3.  There 
is  a  market  for  all  well-made  raisins  that  can 
be  produced  in  the  Statj,  fie  said,  and  they 
are  preferred  to  the  foreign  product.  At 
Folsom,  Mr.  Bug  by  told  me  he  had  made, 
last  year,  1,700  boxes  of  raisins,  and  that  he 
was  sat  1 '  lied  with  the  pecuniary  return ; 
and  I  judge  from  the  testimony  of  different 
persons  that  at  seven  cents  per  pound  raisins 
will  pay  the  farmer  very  well.  The  Malaga 
uud  the  Whit®  Muscat  arc  the  grapes  which 
appear  here  to  make  the  best  raisins.  No¬ 
body-  has  yet  tried  the  Seedless  Sultana, 
which,  however,  bears  well  here,  and  would 
make,  1  should  think,  an  excellent  cooking 
raisin. 

For  making  raisins,  they  wait  until  the 
grape  is  fully  ripe,  and  then  carefully  cut  oil 
the  bunches  and  lay  them  either  on  a  hard 
clay  floor,  formed  in  the  open  air,  or  on 


WHAT  TO  DO  WITH  CALIFORNIA 
GRAPES. 


Charles  Nordhoff,  writing  from  Cali¬ 
fornia,  says,  in  the  Tribune  ; — I  have  now 
seen  the  grape  grow  in  almost  every  part  of 
California  where  wine  is  made.  The  temp¬ 
tation  to  a  new  settler  in  this  State,  is  always 
■  strong  to  plant  a  vineyard  ;  and  lam  moved, 
by-  much  that  I  have  seen,  to  repeal  here 
publicly  advice  I  have  often  given  to  indi¬ 
viduals : — Do  not  make  wine.  I  remember 
a  wine  cellar,  and,  cheaply  built,  but  with 
substantial  and  costly  casks  containing  (be¬ 
cause  the  vineyard  was  badly  placed)  a  mean, 
thin,  fiery  wine  ;  and  on  a  pleasant,  s  nny 
afternoon,  around  these  casks  a  group  of 
tipsy  men,  hopeless,  irredeemable  beasts, 
with  nothing  much  to  do  except  to  encourage 
each  other  to  another  glass,  and  to  wonder 
at  the  Eastern  man  who  would  not  drink. 
There  were  two  or  three  Indians  staggering 
about  the  door ;  there  was  swearing  and 
there  was  a  pretentious 


SPLICE  FOR  A  FISHING  ROD 


A  hpokthman  lias  devised  the  splice  here¬ 
with  illustrated  for  a  fishing  ro\  He  says: 
I  have  now  a  new  splice,  which  may  be  call¬ 
ed  the  “shoulder  and  collar  wedged  spliced 
joint,”  and  for  permanent,  or  glued  up  and 
tied  joints,  it  appears  to  me  to  be  firs!  rate 
where  the  cane  or  wood  is  of  sufficient  thick¬ 
ness  to  allow  such  a  joint  to  be  made. 

The  spliced  rod  is  shown  in  the  accompany¬ 
ing  sketch  ;  also  the  wedges  for  the  hole,  a. 
The  ends  of  the  wedges  are  to  be  cut  off 
when  the  splice  is  firmly  wedged.  If  the 
splice  is  to  be  glued  up  as  a  permanent  one, 
it  must  be  closely  tied  with  wuxed  silk  or  fine 


filthy  talk  inside  ; 
tasting  of  this,  that,  and  the  other  cask,  by 


thread,  and  varnished.  If  used  as  a  movar 
ble  one  by  the  riverside,  a  slight  y  tapered 
ferrule  must  embrace  the  rod  from  h  to  c, 
fully  covering  each  end  of  the  joint. 

This  splice,  also,  might  be  used  in  the 
joints  of  a  rod  not  permanently  glued  up  and 
t  ied  (all  being  secured  by  a  sliding  fermle), 
f  the  fisherman  chose  to  be  at  the  trouble  of 
punching  out  the  wedges  at  the  end  of  u  day’s 
fishing.  The  tighter  the  wedging  and  firmer 
the  splice  ends  are  fixed  into  the  corners  of 
flu*  top  and  bottom  shoulders,  the  better. 
For  movable  splices,  I  question  whether  such 
would  not  lie  improved  by  a  thin  facing  of 
copper  or  brass ;  and  even  metal  wedges 
might  be  advantageously  used  if  properly- 
made  of  tine  exactness  to  tit  the  squaro  hole 
in  the  center  of  pho  splice. 


Needle  Cushion.— See  page  111. 
a  parcel  of  sots,  who  in  their  hearts  would 
have  preferred  “forty-rod”  whisky.  And  a 
little  way  off  there  was  a  house  with  women 
and  children  in  it,  who  had  only  to  look  out 
of  the  door  to  see  this  miserable  sight  of  hus¬ 
band,  father,  friends,  visitors  and  hired  men, 


GOOSE  MANURE  AND  GRASS. 

IV  ill  not  some  of  your  correspondents 
who  have  had  experience  or  observation,  tell 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL.  NEW-YORKER 


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Jhtrtr  of  it  Huralist. 


DAILY  ETIRAL  LIFE. 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 

FLOWERS  AND  INSECTS. 

The  people  along  the  line  of  our  travel 
must  think  that  we  are  a  set  of  wild  men  or 
lunatics ;  for  every  time  the  train  stopped, 
which  was  quite  frequent,  the  entomologists, 
botanists  and  other  curiosity  collectors,  would 
rush  for  the  weeds,  one  pulling  one  here  and 
there  ;  another  with  trowel,  digging  with  a 
vengeance,  us  t  hough  not  a  moment  was  to 
be  lost,  while  the  entomologists  went  slosh¬ 
ing  and  sweeping  over  the  woods  and  brush 
like  one  possessed  with  a  desire  to  smash 
something,  Wo,  by  which  I  mean  those  who 
wished  to  collect  spool mens  of  natural  his¬ 
tory,  were  certainly  in  luck  in  getting  a 
chance  to  leave  the  ears.  First  the  locomo¬ 
tive  gave  out,  and  «  twenty-minutes  delay 
gave  me  a  chance  to  make  a  line  haul  of 
beetles  infesting  the  plants  along  the-  road. 
Another  start  and  a  run  of  two  or  three  miles 
and  then  another  stop,  this  being  repeated 
for  at  least  fiO  miles,  our  naturalists  rejoicing 
and  blessing  the  old  locomotive  for  its  ineom- 
petency.  At  last  we  got,  another  engine,  and 
the  impatient  members  of  the  party  thought 
their  troubles  were  over  and  our  fun  at  an 
end  ;  but  luck  was  still  on  our  side,  for  after 
a  few  miles’  run  a  hot  journal  caused  more 
delays,  much,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  plant 
and  bug  limiter.-.  If  the  inhabitants  along 
the  line  of  the  railroad  won'  astonished  at 
our  antics  while  collecting  ;  the  strangers 
aboard  the  train  who  visited  our  car  were 
equally  surprised  at  the  language  used  by  our 
scientists  when  talking  of  their  captures.  The 
entomologis  ts  hurled  their  Latin  about  in  a 
fearful  manner.  Lema  MUneata ,  which  has 
long  been  known  as  infesting  the  potato  in 
the  Eastern  States,  but  supposed  to  be  un¬ 
known  at  the.  We3t,  was  found  ;  then  follow¬ 
ed  in  rapid  succession  various  species  of  Gn 
term'd,  Coeci/np'la,  DelaLyn  chrysoehus,  and 
other  leaf-inhabiting  beetles  in  addition  to 
the  moths  and  insects  belonging  to  other  fam¬ 
ilies  and  orders.  The  botanists  wore  also  in 
liigh  glee,  as  acres  of  the  beautiful  tall  pur¬ 
ple  flowers  of  hint ria  pycnoatochya  came 
in  sight.  Thou  that  dry,  husk-like  plant, 
Erynginm  ngnnrfolia,  and  PelalosU'.mtna 
candidma,  and  P.  violar.ea,  intermingled 
with  hundreds  of  other  interesting  species  of 
prairie  plants,  were  looked  over  and  gathered 
with  a  zest  which  no  tine  but  a  naturalist  can 
feel  or  appreciate. 

Among  the  many  visitors  who  called  on  us 
from  the  ears  making  up  our  train  was  the 
well  known  and  quite  noted  “Brick”  Pome¬ 
roy,  who  was  on  Ids  way  to  Texas,  where  he 
is  to  deliver  an  address  before  an  agricultural 
society.  He  joined  me  in  my  beetle-hunting 
expedition  among  the  weeds,  and  captured  a 
pair  of  Pusai  m  achna  elongatua ,  and  presented 
them  to  me  as  a  memento  of  Ins  iirst  attempt 
in  bug-hunting. 

ST.  LOUIS  TO  DALLAS,  TEXAS. 

July  2d.  —We  left  St.  Louis  at  night,  con¬ 
sequently  could  see  nothing  of  the  country 
along  the  line  of  the  road  until  morning,  but 
at  daylight  wc  wore  in  Seda! i a,  Mo.,  a  thriv¬ 
ing  town  in  a  magnificent  country,  where  the 
people  appear  to  be  making  rapid  progress  in 
building  themselves  beautiful  homes.  The 
well  known  “  Brick”  POMEROY  of  New  York 
joined  us  here,  being  on  Ida  way  to  Texas, 
w  lie  re  ho  is  going  to  ascertain,  practically, 
whether  a  Northerner  can  live  in  that  coun¬ 
try  during  the  summer  months  or  not.  We 
were  furnished  a  special  train  by  the  Missou¬ 
ri,  Kansas  and  T  >xas  Pi,.  R.  The  crops  all 
along  the  line  of  the  road  to-day  look  very 
promising,  the  fruit  trees  healthy  and  vig¬ 
orous.  At  ParsonB,  another  thriving  town, 
we  strike  the  Kansas  border,  and  where  a 
branch  of  the  M.  R.  and  Texas  R,  R.  leaves 
the  main  line,  running  northwest  to  Junc¬ 
tion  City,  151)  miles,  and  over  which  we  ex¬ 
pect  to  make  an  excursion  next  Friday. 
There  is  far  more  timber  in  sight  of  the  road 
th.au  1  expected  to  see  ;  still,  there  is  n  scar¬ 
city  in  some  localities.  Coal  is  plenty  and  of 
fair  quality,  therefore  none  need  sailer  for 
want  of  fuel.  Hundreds  of  fanners  are  cut¬ 
ting  prairie  hay  and  putting  it  up  in  large 
stacks,  showing  that  the  past  rather  severe 
winter  iias  taught  them  better  than  to  rely 
upon  pasture  during  the  cold  months.  The 
want  of  laborers  is  seen  everywhere  in  this 
region,  still  prosperity  prevails.  The  set¬ 
tlers  of  this  portion  of  Kansas  are  of  a  better 
class  than  is  usually  found  as  pioneers  in  new 
countries,  as  they  are  from  Ohio,  Indiana, 
Minnesota  and  other  more  northern  locali¬ 


ties.  They  come  here  in  search  of  a  mild 
climate,  and  iu  this  I  think  they  ore  wise, 
judging  from  the  plants  and  trees  which 
thrive  here.  The  farmer  (in  Southern  Kau- 
sas,  at  least,)  gets  as  good  a  price  for  his  farm 
produce  as  those  in  Illinois  or  Wisconsin,  and 
at  the  same  time  has  the  advantage  of  a  less 
severe  climate.  Kansas  is  certainly  well  sup¬ 
plied  with  railroads,  having  more  miles  in 
proportion  to  her  population  than  any  other 
State  in  the.  Union. 

INDIAN  TERRITORY  BY  NIGHT. 

J  uly  23. — W e  are  now  passing  down  through 
the  Indian  Territory  by  night.  The  weather 
is  warm  through  the  day,  mercury  frequent¬ 
ly  reaching  1)0“  in  our  car  ;  but  t  he  nights  are 
coo],  one  sleeping  quite  comfortably  even 
under  a  heavy  blanket.  The  residents  of  all 
tills  Western  country  say  that  this  is  the  rule 
everywhere,  and  my  former  experience  in 
the  West  has  taught  me  that  man  can  with¬ 
stand  a  high  temperature  during  the  day, 
provided  he  can  have  cool  nights  in  which  to 
rest. 

AT  DENNISON,  TEXAS, 

the  citizens  turned  out  enmattue,  and  tendered 
the  hospitalities  of  the  place  to  our  party, 
Mi\  II.  A.  Rogers  welcomed  US  to  Texas  in 
a  short,  pithy  speech,  n.  T.  WlX.TXA.M8  re¬ 
sponded,  and  then  we  passed  to  the  more 
practical  part  of  the  entertainment.  After 
showing  the  citizens  of  Dennison  that  our  ca¬ 
pacity  for  consuming  the  good  things  they 
had  provided  was  of  no  mean  order,  we  de¬ 
parted  for  Dallas,  passing  through  Sherman. 
These  three  villages — or  in  Western  parlance, 
"  cities”— are  rivals,  each  striving  to  be  the 
city  of  Northern  Texas.  The  progress  which 
each  ia  making  is  somewhat  startling  to  an 
Eastern  man,  but  not.  at  all  wonderful  to  one 
who  has  seen  a  Western  city  grow.  A  little, 
beyond  Sherman  we  roach  the  highest  eleva¬ 
tion  between  the  Red  River  and  the  Gulf,  it 
bring  873  feat  above  the  ocean,  This  eleva¬ 
tion,  of  course,  insures  a  pure  and  healthful 
atmosphere.  At  Dallas  we  were  received  by 
tlm  citizens,  who  welcomed  us  in  real  West¬ 
ern  style,  which  always  means  the  best  at 
command.  In  the  evening  the  Common 
Council  invited  us  to  meet  them  and  the 
more  prominent  citizens,  to  which  we  re¬ 
sponded  in  our  Eastern  style.  This  of  course, 
needs  no  explanation.  Northern  Texas  is  a 
far  better  wooded  region  than  I  expected  to 
see  ;  the  oak,  pc  etui,  elm  and  several  other 
good  timber  trees  beingquite  abundant.  The 
opening  of  the  new  railroad  from  St.  Louis 
to  this  place,  where  it  meets  the  Texas  Cen¬ 
tral,  has  been  a  great  tiling  for  this  region, 
giving  an  outlet  to  the  North.  The  busy 
street*  and  the  rapid  increase  in  population 
show  that  the  railroads  are  the  one  thing 
needful  to  all  of  this  Western  country.  Hav¬ 
ing  done  up  Dallas  we  returned  to  Dennison, 
and  remained  here  over  night,  in  order  to 
pass  through 

INDIAN  TERRITORY  BY  DAYIIOHT. 

July  24.  —  To  -  day  we  have  been  riding 
through  a  country  almost  unknown  to  tour¬ 
ists  or  other  people,  except  the  hunter  and 
Texas  cattle  drover.  Indian  Territory  is,  as 
yet,  entirely  in  the  hands  of  the  Indians,  no 
white  settlers  being  allowed  to  reside  or  hold 
property  within  its  borders  excel  a  under 
certain  restrictions.  The  country  through 
which  the  railroad  posses  is  a  charming  one, 
being  well  supplied  with  timber,  hut  not 
enough  to  impede  the  progress  of  cultivation, 
should  it  ever  be  open  to  the  white  man.  We 
have  not  seen  1 00  acres  in  the  300  miles  which 
would  not  make  a  first-rate  farm.  The  “  In¬ 
dian  question”  has  been  freely  discussed  by 
the  various  members  of  our  party  and  the 
railroad  officials  who  accompanied  us.  Of 
course,  their  opinions  are  as  varied  us  the 
minds  and  characters  of  those  who  have  ad¬ 
vanced  them  ;  but  eacli  thinks  he  knows 
just  how  to  manage  “poor  Lo”  to  the  sat¬ 
isfaction  of  all  parlies. 

A  BIDE  ON  THE  COY/-GATCKEB. 

Riding  ou  the  cow-catcher  has  been  the 
favorite  amusement  to-day,  and  Mrs,  “Ru- 
ralist”  and  myself  took  our  turn  in  this  rat  ti¬ 
er  novel  method  of  traveling.  Riding  on  the 
cow-catcher  is  all  very'  well  if  you  don’t  hap¬ 
pen  to  pick  up  a  cow  or  hog,  which  is  not  a 
very  unfrequent  occurrence  in  this  wild  coun¬ 
try,  judging  from  the  number  of  dead  car¬ 
casses  seen  along  the  side  of  the  track.  The 
nearest  we  came  to  an  accident  of  this  kind 
(although  it  often  seemed  to  be  unavoidable) 
was  the  striking  one  of  the  real  six-rowed 
breed  of  Western  hogs.  He  was  demolished 
at  the  first  blow  ;  but  being  a  very  dry  speci¬ 
men,  we  escaped  a  bath  of  lard  or  blood.  As 
we  wefe  shot  through  the  air,  as  it  seemed, 
at  the  rate  of  40  or  more  miles  an  hour,  my 
long  white  hair  streaming  behind,  I  could  not 
help  thinking  that  the  Indians  would  take 
me  to  be  a  flag  of  truce.  We  stopped  at  va¬ 
rious  points  along  the  road,  gathering  speci¬ 


mens  of  rock,  petrified  shells,  and  conversing 
with  the  few  Indians  who  lived  in  huts  near 
the  wood.  We  visited  one  hut  where  we 
found  the  squaw  washing  and  the  papoose 
rocking  in  a  cradle  of  civilized  pattern.  In 
answer  to  questions  asked  her  by  Mrs.  “  Ru- 
ralist,”  she  said  she  was  a  Chickasaw,  but 
her  husband  was  Cherokee.  She  also  in¬ 
formed  us  that  she  could  read,  having  been 
educated  at  one  of  the  many  mission  schools 
in  the  Territory. 

At  several  of  the  stations — If  a  small  hut  or 
two  is  worthy  of  such  a  name — wc  saw  tame 
fawns,  which  /unused  us  much,  they  appear¬ 
ing  to  have  no  fear  of  strangers;  Rome  of  the 
wild  flowers  wore  very  showy,  particularly 
the  cmitncr.  eoronopifolia ,  a  beautiful  plant 
with  beautiful  scarlet,  flowers,  frequently 
cultivated  in  our  gardens  under  the  name  of 
Ipomopsis,  or  Bush  Cypress, 

SWEEPING  FOB  INSECTS. 

I  have  used  my  sweep-net  whenever  I  had 
a  good  opportunity,  but  found  very  few  new 
species  of  insects,  although  I  did  obtain 
many  which  1  was  glad  to  add  to  my  stock 
for  exchanges.  I  found  our  Northern  potato 
stalk  weevil  (Baridhis  trinutalu)  feeding 
upon  the  wild  Suleiman  rostratum. 

A  DINNER  AT  MUSCOGEE,  INDIAN  TERRITORY. 

Eating  houses  arc  not  common  in  this 
country,  and  we  had  made  preparations  to 
lunch  on  the  train  if  no  better  accommoda¬ 
tions  presented  themselves;  but  our  Captain 
telegraphed  this  morning  to  Muscogee  that 
//  party  of  80  would  want  dinner  at  the  best 
hotel  III  the  place.  On  our  arrival  we  found 
that  structure  consisted  of  a  rough  cabin 
made  of  what,  appeared  to  be  pieces  of  old 
boards  and  slabs,  picked  up  from  among  the 
flood  wood  of  some  stream.  There  were 
cracks  in  the  side  of  the  cabin  large  enough 
for  the  ingress  or  egress  of  a  good-sized  cat 
or  prairie  dog,  and  the  floor  was  pure  mother 
earth,  trodden  hard  by  the  occupants  and 
visitors  to  this  primitive  hotel.  The  uppeur- 
nnee  of  ibis  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel  of  Muscogee 
was  anything  but  inviting,  although  it  was 
the  largest  building  in  this  infant  city.  The 
ladies  looked  the  picture  of  despair  whan  the 
establishment  was  pointed  out  to  them  as 
our  dining  saloon.  But  wc  were  all  most 
happily  disappointed  with  our  entertain¬ 
ment;  foi-,  really,  we.  obtained  a  meal  second 
to  none  since  we  started  on  our  travels. 

The  presiding  angel  of  the  establishment 
was  a  Northern  woman;  and,  with  the  as¬ 
sist, /race  of  two  Indian  girls,  she  had  really 
prepared  for  us  a  most  agreeable  surprise. 
The  bread,  butter,  milk,  tea,  chicken  and 
other  meats,  would  shame  many  a  New 
York  dining  saloon  or  first-class  hotel.  Two 
tame  fawns  greeted  us  at  the  door,  and  were 
petted  by  each  one  of  us  iu  succession.  I 
shall  long  remember  this  dinner  at  Muscogee 
as  one  of  the  little  events  that  brought  pleas¬ 
ure,  physically  as  well  as  mentally  to  our 
ent  ire  company. 

THE  ARKANSAS  YALLEY. 

July  25. — Through  the  kindness  of  the 
agent  of  the  Atchinson,  Topeka  and  Santa 
Fe  It.  R.,  we  were  treated  to  a  ride  of  150 
miles  up  the  Cottonwood  and  Arkansas  Val¬ 
ley.  Laud,  land  on  every  side,  as  far  as  the 
eye  could  reach;  not  a  bush  or  tree  to  be 
Seen  for  fifty  miles.  Some  of  our  company 
cried,  "Wlmt  a  glorious  country  I”  others, 
“What  a  dreary  sea  of  grass!”  This  di¬ 
versity  of  taste  is  just  what  is  required  to 
fill  up  this  or  any  other  country.  The  soil  is 
rich,  the  climate  good,  and  both  Government 
and  the  railroad  Company  invite  settlers 
either  to  purchase  or  pre-empt  the  Govern¬ 
ment  lands.  Several  New  Yorkers  have 
already  pm-chased  land  and  commenced 
making  themselves  homes  upon  these  prairies. 

■ONES  OF  THE  BUFFA10. 

Htmdreds  of  tons  of  buffalo  bones  were 
piled  up  along  the  track,  having  been  gath¬ 
ered  by  the  few  settlers  who  are  probably 
glad  of  the  chance  to  earn  a  little  money  by 
gathering  bones  and  delivering  them  at  the 
stations  for  £5  per  ton.  These  bones  are 
shipped  Eastward  and  used  for  making  bone- 
black  for  the  sugar  refinery,  or  made  into 
superphosphates  of  lime  and  then  used  for 
mauure. 

RECEPTION  AT  KANSAS  CITY. 

Wo  arrived  here  this  morning  and  had 
breakfast  at  the  Broadway  Hotel.  After 
breakfast  carriages  were  sent  for  us,  and  we 
made  the  tour  of  the  city,  There  are  few 
Western  cities  that  I  have  see u  which  show 
such  permanency  in  growth  and  struc¬ 
ture,  the  greater  portion  of  the  buildings 
being  of  brick  and  stone;  besides  they  arc,  as 
a  rule,  substantially  built,  having  no  specu¬ 
lative  appearance  as  is  frequently  seen  in 
Western  towns.  Chicago  was  far  behind 
Kansas  City  in  permanence  find  elegance  of 
its  structures  when  it  only  had  40,000  in¬ 
habitants,  which  is  not  far  from  the  present 


number  in  Kansas  City.  It  really  seems  to 
be  a  misnomer  to  name  a  city  in  Missouri 
“  Kansas  City;”  but  the  great  State  of  Kan¬ 
sas  Iras  to  bear  tire  affliction.  The  railroads 
have  made  this  city,  and  1  regretted  to  hear 
some  members  of  a  certain  Secret  Society 
talking  loudly  and  defiantly  against  these 
very  aids  to  Western  progress  and  civiliza¬ 
tion.  Nearly  twenty  years  ago  Mrs.  “  Rural- 
lst  ”  and  myself  started  for  Kansas;  but  upon 
our  arrival  at.  St.  Louis  news  of  the  breaking 
out  of  the  famous  border  war  reached  n: , 
and  we  halted  on  our  march  Westward. 
After  waiting  a  year,  near  St.  Louis,  and  no 
signs  of  a  cessation  of  hostilities  were  ap¬ 
parent,  we  returned  East,  and  thus  just 
missed  becoming  residents  of  this  now  great 
and  prosperous  State. 

0EF  FOR  DENVER. 

After  our  ride  around  Kansas  City,  we  en¬ 
tered  our  Pullman  Car,  and  started  for  the 
great  plains. 

HEALTH  OF  THE  EXCURSIONISTS. 

The  members  of  our  party,  as  a  whole, 
have  enjoyed  pretty  good  health,  considering 
the  temptation  which  has  beset  them  at  all 
points  along  the  route  in  the  way  of  fine  din¬ 
ners.  But  nearly  every  day  some  one  has 
been  slightly  indisposed  to  ta.ke  the  regular 
rations  provided  by  our  friends.  I  have  kept 
my  ears  open  and  from  time  to  time  taken 
down  the  names  of  medicines  offered  as  sure 
cures  for  the  various  afflictions  of  different 
individuals  of  the  party.  Considering  that 
they  all  thought  themselves  healthy  enough 
to  travel  7,000  miles  without  having  any  op¬ 
portunity  for  rest  or  recuperation  during  the 
journey,  besides  being  almost  a  unit  against 
doctors  and  doctoring,  the  following  list, 
which  is  correct  as  far  as  it  goes,  is  some¬ 
what  startling.  I  think  that  could  I  get  the 
entire  members  down  to  the  confessional, 
the  list  of  nostrums  provided  in  ca  r  of  acci¬ 
dent  might  be  extended  ;  but  probably  this 
secret  should  not  be  fully  told,  but  here  it  is 
as  far  as  made  known  to  my  old  but  still 
acute  ears  :  —  Brandy,  3  bottles  ;  whisky,  6  ; 
Catawba  wine,  3 ;  champagne,  1  ;  Hosford’s 
phosphate  of  lime,  1  ;  podophyllum  pills, 
Ayre’s  do.  ;  quinine  do.  ;  homeopathic  do., 
No.  4,  5,  6  and  10  ;  bromide  of  ammonium  ; 
pain  killer  ;  ether  ;  chloroform  ;  Jamaica 
ginger  ;  glycerine  ;  pepsin  ;  camphor  ;  lauda¬ 
num  ;  Davis’  cough  mixture  ;  sticking  plas¬ 
ter;  court  plaster:  arnica;  rhubarb;  essence 
of  peppermint ;  chlorate  of  potash  ;  hydrate 
of  chloral :  alum  ;  borax  ;  scidlitz  powders; 
Tarrant’s  aperient ;  hot  drops  ;  aconite  ;  cal¬ 
amus  root ;  Sloan's  ointment ;  cologne  ;  bay 
rum  ;  hoorhound  candy. 

Now,  if  we  don’t  reach  the  Rocky  Moun¬ 
tains  in  safety,  it  won’t  be  tor  the  want  of  a 
variety  of  medicines.  We  are  a  healthy  and 
happy  crowd  so  far.  in  spite  of  the  poisons  in 
our  individual  satchels. 

TIMBER  IN  KANSAS. 

As  we  go  west  from  Kansas  City,  on  the 
K.  &  P.  R.  It.,  there  is  very  little  timber  in 
sight,  and  what  there  is  grows  along  the 
banks  of  the  river  or  the  little  tributary 
streams,  and  it  consists  of  Cottonwood,  Wil¬ 
low,  Negundo  Maple,  Elm  and  Borne  Ash  ; 
but  none  sufficiently  abundant  to  furnish 
seed  from  which  new  plantations  should  be 
grown.  If  I  were  to  attempt  farming  here, 
the  first  work  would  be  planting  a  forest,  if 
for  nothing  more  than  to  mark  the  place  I 
wish  to  call  my  home.  The  oats  and  corn 
look  fine  all  along  the  line  of  the  road,  and 
the  fanners  certainly  cannot  complain  of  the 
yield  of  their  crops.  But  I  wanted  to  get  off 
the  cars  and  give  some  of  them  a  lecture  on 
rotation  and  variation  in  crops.  Cora  is  so 
abundant  that  it  brings  nothing  in  market, 
and  much  of  the  old  crop  is  on  hand;  and 
still  we  see  thousands  and  thousands  of  acres 
of  this  very  grain  being  grow  n  while  the  cul¬ 
tivator  has  no  prospect  of  selling  his  surplus 
stock.  If  there  were  sheep,  hogs  and  cattle 
enough  to  consume  it,  then  there  might  be 
some  good  reason  for  growing  such  large 
quantities;  but  there  is  not;  and  this  is  the 
weak  point  in  a  great  deal  of  Western  farm¬ 
ing.  I  would  make  beef,  pork,  butter  aud 
cheese  instead  of  selling  corn ;  for  these  ar¬ 
ticles  can  be  made  profitable  even  in  the 
far  Western  prairies.  Brains  and  a  little  ex¬ 
perience  are  all  that  farmers  here  need  to 
bring  down  the  rates  of  interest  and  get 
themselves  out  of  debt. 

- - 

As  Illinois Crof OF  Wheat.— John  W: xst- 
rich,  Shiloh  Valley,  St.  Clair  Co.,  IB.,  has 
harvested  (it  is  reported)  from  twelve  acres, 
this  season,  538'^  bushels  of  wheat.  It  is 
said  to  have  been  “  Bolz  ”  wheat,  the  seed  of 
which  was  obtained  in  Pennsylvania.  Can 
it  be  that  it  was  Fultz  wheat  instead  of 
“Bolz?” 


way  of  keeping  eggs  as  above,  we  shall  be 
glad  to  print  it. 

Green  Pen  Fritters. — One  pint  cooked  peas; 
mash  while  hot  ;  season  to  taste  ;  make  bat¬ 
ter  of  two  eggs,  one  cup  milk,  quarter  tea¬ 
spoon  soda,  half  teaspoon  cream  tartar,  half 
cup  (lour  ;  beat  hard  ;  cook  as  for  griddle- 
cakes. 

Cookies.— I  cup  of  butter  ;  3  cups  sugar  ; 
3  eggs;  %  cup  milk  or  sour  cream ;  tea¬ 
spoon  of  soda.  Mix  soft,  roll  thin,  and  bake 
in  rather  quick  oven. — h. 


an  hour  of  trial  which  would  have  discour¬ 
aged  muny  a  bravo  man,  After  years  of  toil 
and  labor,  with  a  large  indebtedness  to  her 
late  partner,  a  large  family,  an  invalid  hus¬ 
band,  thus  to  lind  herself  almost  where  she 
begun,  was  soul-trying  ;  but  with  the  indom¬ 
itable  will  which  she  possesses,  site  mar¬ 
shalled  her  energies  for  a  new  battle  of  life, 
and  amid  all  lifer  misfortunes  there  was  not 
a  shadow  on  her  face.  Moneyed  men  came 
forward  and  tendered  her  means,  but  she 
refused  it,  choosing  to  paddle  her  own  canoe. 
With  $200  she  purchased  four  Italian  queens, 
and  with  a  few  stocks  of  bees  which  she 
secured  elsewhere  she  started  again.  Soon 
after  a  fanner  from  a  distance  offered  her 
iifty  colonies  of  common  black  booH,  to  be 
paid  for  wheu  she  pleased  and  at  wliat  price 
she  pleased.  Mr.  James  Smith,  the  well- 
known  horticulturist,  who  resides  a  mile 
south  of  the  city,  and  two  miles  from  her 
residence,  offered  her  the.  use  of  his  fruit 
farm,  on  which  to  Bet  lip  her  new  colonies, 
aTnl  she  accepted  the  kind  offer  and  removed 
her  bees  there,  and  immediately  set  about 
removing  them  to  movable  comb-hives  and 
Italianizing  them.  This  colony  will  this 
season  increase  from  50  to  163,  and  will  pro¬ 
duce  over  7,000  pounds  of  honey,  so  that 
before  the  year  is  gone  she  will  have  recov¬ 
ered  very  much  from  her  loss.  At  her  home 


DOMESTIC  BREVITIES, 


MRS.  ELLEN  S.  TUPPER,  THE  BEE 
CULTURIST. 


Des  Moines,  July  28, — Mrs.  TUPPER  was 
born  at  Providence,  It.  L,  in  1832.  Who  was 
a  daughter  of  Noah  Smith,  afterwords  a 
prominent  politician  iu  Maine,  and  for  fifteen 
years  First  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  United 
States  Senate.  Her  mother  was  a  sister  of 
Hknhy  Wheaton,  author  of  the  well-known 
treatise  on  international  law.  Mrs.  Tcppeii 
was  educated  at  Providence,  having  zxll  the 
advantage^  that  wealth  could  give.  Iu  1843 
she  married  Mr.  At.t.en  Tuppeu,  a  successful 
lumber  merchant  at  Houitou,  Me.,  herfather 
having  already  removed  there  ami  engaged 
in  the  lumber  business.  There  bIlo  resided 
ten  years,  enjoying  all  the  luxury  that  wealth 
could  give,  when  her  husband  removed  to 
Newton,  Mass.,  where  her  health  failed  and 
she  became  a  confirmed  invalid.  Her  physi¬ 
cians  pronounced  her  heart  diseased  and  her 
stay  on  earth  very  short.  Thinking  a  change 
of  climate  might  be  beneficial,  the  family 
came  to  Iowa  in  1851,  locating  at  Brighton, 
Washington  County,  she  so  feeble  as  to  be 
unable  to  leave  her  bed.  The  fresh  and 
invigorating  air  of  her  new  location  soon 
revived  her  wasted  energies,  and  she  regained 
her  health.  Her  husband  in  the  meantime 
had  invested  lus  money  in  a  tract  of  timber 
land  and  steam  saw-mills.  His  health  soon 
failed,  and  being  unable  to  attend  to  his  busi¬ 
ness  liis  wealth  melted  away  like  dew  before 
the  sun,  and  poverty  and  bankruptcy  came 
upon  them.  Thrown  thus  upon  her  own 
resources,  Mrs.  Topper  sought  some  way  of 
relief.  She  had  never  done  a  moment’s  raau- 
ual  labor.  Necessity  stared  her  in  the  face, 
and  several  small  children,  one  a  babe,  rang 
their  demands  in  her  cars.  She  engaged  as  a 
teacher  of  a  school  three  miles  distant,  ut  $20 
a  month,  and  with  her  babe  in  her  arms  she, 
on  horseback,  daily  went  to  her  tafik,  attend¬ 
ing  to  her  household  duties  when  out  of 
school.  After  the  close  of  thus  school  she 
established  a  school  in  her  own  house  ;  she 
loves  little  children,  and  soon  she  had  a  house 
full  of  pupils.  Thus  she  managed  to  support 
her  family  unt  il  1857,  when  she  turned  her 
attention  to  bees.  Who  purchased  two  colo¬ 
nies,  and  began  to  work  with  them,  mean¬ 
while  reading  everything  which  she  could 
find  relating  to  bee  culture  ;  but  she  soon 
learned  that  theory  and  practice  were  two 
quite  opposite  matters.  Her  two  colonies 
Increased  rapidly.  She  bought  improved 
hives  as  hist  as  she  could  afford  them.  She 
soon  after  became  interested  in  Italian  bees, 
and  procured  a  few.  She  then  began  to 
write  about  bees,  giving  the  result  of  her 
practical  knowledge.  Her  first  article  was 
published  in  the  Burlington  Hawkeye,  she 
receiving  pay  therefor,  fu  1865  she  wrote  an 
essay  On  bees  for  the  United  States  Agricul¬ 
tural  Report,  which  was  pronounced  by  good 
judges  to  bo  the  beat  essay  ever  published  by 
the  Department,  and  a  Washington  paper 
said  of  it,  “Though  written  by  a  woman,  it 
is  a  model  for  efforts  of  that  kind.  She  knew 
what  she  wrote  about,  and  told  it— not  one 
waste  word  in  sixteen  pages.”  Her  reputa¬ 
tion  soon  began  to  be  established  ;  she  was 
sought  out  by  various  journals,  and  she  now 
writeB  regularly  for  the  National  Agricul¬ 
turist  and  Bee-Keepers’  Magazine,  the  New 
Vork  Tribune,  National  Bee  Journal,  and 
Colman’s  Rural  World.  She  also  has  the 
position  of  lecturer  on.  bee-keeping,  natural 
history  of  bees,  &c.,  in  the  Statu  Agricultural 
College  at  Ames,  whither  she  goes  regularly. 
With  the  officers  of  that  institution  she  has 
visited  different  parts  of  the  state,  holding 
farmers’  institutes,  and  wherever  she  goes 
never  fails  to  elicit  much  interest  in  her 
subject.  In  the  spring  1873  she,  with  her 
family,  removed  to  Dea  Moines  iu  order  to 
gain  a  more  central  location.  She  formed  a 
partnership  with  Mrs.  Annie  Savery,  there¬ 
by  adding  abundant  capital  to  her  practical 
knowledge,  and  the  firm  was  known  as  the 
Italian  Bee  Company,  An  agent  was  des¬ 
patched  to  Lake  Como,  Italy,  to  procure 
queen  bees,  find  the  business  was  rapidly 
increased.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  she  pur¬ 
chased  the  interest  of  Mrs.  Saveiiy  in  the 
business,  and  placed  her  bees  for  the  winter 
in  the  collar  of  her  house  at  Cottage  Grove, 
about,  one  mile  from  the  city.  Early  thin 
spring,  while  she  was  in  the  city,  '.with  her 
family,  her  house  took  fire  and  her  300  liivea 
or  bees  were  destroyed.  Writing  to  a  friend, 
she  said  : — “  I  came  home  at  dark  to  find  my 
house  a  wreck  and  the  200  stocks  of  bees 
ruined.  Is  it  not  hard  sometimes  to  believe 
that  ‘ 1  all  things  work  t  ogether  for  our  good '{ 1 
I  have  worked  so  hard  and  am  so  tired  that 
I  can  form  no  plans  for  the  future.”  It  was 


SELECTED  RECiPES 


Green  Corn  Pudding. — Allow  one  long  ear 
of  sweet  corn  for  each  person.  Take  half  a 
pint  of  milk,  one  egg,  a  dessertspoo afu I  of 
white  sugar,  one  of  sweet  butter,  and  a  tea- 
spoouful  of  salt  to  every  two  ones.  Beat  the 
eggs  and  sugar  well  together,  aud  add  the 
milk  and  salt.  Cut  the  com  oh'  the  cobs  with 
a  sharji  knife,  and  chop  the  divided  grains 
with  a  chopping-knife,  but  not  too  fine  ;  or, 
better  still,  split  each  row  of  grains  down  the 
middle  before  cutting  them  off  the  cobs.  The 
com  must  not  be  boiled  first,  ytir  the 
chopped  corn  into  the  milk,  and  bake  iu  a 
brisk  oven  in  custard  cups  or  a  tin  pan  until 
the  top  is  nicely  browned,  but  not  hardened. 
Serve  hot,  without  sauce.  This  is  a  delicious 
dish.  Some  persons  prefer  it.  cold.  Common 
corn  may  be  used,  if  young  and  tender,  but 
requires  as  much  again  sugar. 

Cooking  Pens.  —  An  English  paper  says: 
No  vegetable  depends  more  for  its  excellence 
upon  cooking  t  han  peas.  Have  them. freshly 
gathered  and  shelled,  but  never  wash  them. 
If  they  are  not  perfectly  dean,  roll  them 
in  a  dry  cloth  ;  but  tin's  is  seldom  required, 
and  then  only  through  carelessness.  Pour 
them  into  the  dry  cooking-dish  and.  put  as 
much  salt  over  them  as  is  required  ;  then 
pour  on  buffing  wat  cr  enough  to  cover  them; 
boil  them  fifteen  minutes  if  they  are  young  ; 
no  pea  is  fit  to  cook  which  requires  more 
than  half  an  hours  boiling.  When  done,  put 
to  a  quart  of  peas  three  tablespoon fuls  of 
butter,  and  pepper  to  your  taste.  Put  all 
the  water  to  them  in  which  they  were  boiled. 
The  great  mistakes- in  cooking  peas  ure  in 
cooking  too  long,  and  in  deluging  them 
with  water. 

Preserving  Plums  Without  Skins. — Pour 
boiling  water  over  large  egg  or  magnum 
bom mt  plums;  cover  them  until  it  is  cold, 
then  null  off  the  skins.  Make  a  sirup  of  a 
pound  of  sugar  and  a  teacup  of  water  for 
each  pound  of  fruit ;  make  it  boiling  hot  and 
pour  it  over  ;  let  them  remain  l'or  a  day  or 
two,  then  drain  off  and  boil  again ;  skim  it 
clear  and  pour  it  hot  over  tlm  plums  ;  let 
them  remain  nnt.ll  the  next  day,  then  put 
them  over  the  fire  in  the  sirup  ;  boil  them 
very  gently  until  clear  ;  take  them  from  the 
simp  with  a  skimmer  into  the  pots  or  jars  ; 
boil  the  sirup  until  rich  and  thick  ;  takeoff 
any  scum  which  may  arise,  thim  let  it  cool 
and  settle,  aud  pour  it  over  the  plums.  If 
brown  sugar  is  used,  which  is  quite  as  good, 
except  for  green  gages,  clarify  it  as  directed. 

Daniel  Webster's  Chowder, — A  Newport, 
R.  I.,  correspondent  furnishes  the  German¬ 
town  Telegraph  with  the  following Four 
tablcspoonfuls  of  onions,  fried  with  pork  ,  1 
quart  of  boiled  potatoes,  well  mashed  ;  l 1 
pounds  of  sea  biscuit,  broken;  1  teaspoonful 
of  thyme,  mixed  with  one  of  summer  savory  ; 
hi  bottle  of  mushroom  catsup  ;  1  bottle  of 
port  or  claret ;  1  j  nutmeg,  grated  ;  a  few 
cloves,  mace  and  allspice  ;  6  pounds  nf  lish, 
sea  bass  or  cod,  cut  in  slices  ;  25  oysteis,  a 
Jittle  black  pepper  and  a  few  slices  of  lemon. 
The  whole  put  in  a  pot  aud  covered  with  an 
inch  of  water,  boiled  for  an  hour  and  gently 


APIARIAN  NOTES 


bee  stings.  1  recommended  him  to  apply 
common  soil  to  the  wound,  as  described  by 
Mr.  Gordon,  aud  it  immediately  relieved  the 
pain  and  prevented  the  swelling.  Such  a 
receipt  is  of  more  value  than  gold  to  all  who 
have  anything  to  do  with  bees.  I  formerly 
used  common  blue  for  bee  stings,  but  coni 
moil  soil  is  preferable.” 

Salt  Water  for  Bess. —Are  bees  fond  of  salt 
water,  and  does  it  do  them  any  good  to  have 
it  supplied  to  them  ?  When  I  was  a  boy 
I  remember  my  father  kept  bee:-,  and  after 
making  a  box-liive  of  new  boards  he  used  to 
drench  the  inside  with  strong  brine.  I  never 
asked  nor  knew  why.  1  was  reminded  of  it 
by  seeing  a  statement,  sometime  ago,  that 
bees  weie  benefited  by  having  access  to  salt 
water.  How  does  it  benefit  them  ?  Cun  any 
of  your  apiarians  answer  *—  C.  F.  (loss. 

Building  Combs  Straight.  —  Is  there  any 
device  invented  which  will  compel  bees  to 
build  their  combs  parallel  and  of  equal  size  f 
if  so,  where,  can  I  obtain  such  device  * — s.  f. 

We  know  of  none. 

King-Birds  Destroy  Baas,  a  Marylander 
has  discovered,  by  dissecting  them,  and  he 
shoots  all  that  approach  his  apiary. 


“  double flr&t-class  ”  freight.  and  for  which  they 
charge  accordingly.  And  they  cau  transport  it. 
to  Chicago  by  teams  at  about  half  the  charges 
made  by  the  railways.  For  Instance,  Irom  Os¬ 
wego,  Kendall  Co.,  a  distance  ef  perhaps  45 
miles,  more  or  lcs3, 5.000  pounds  of  this  freight, 
each  way  by  rail,  costs  $45.  Two  teams  carried 
the  same  freight  each  way  at  an  expense  of 
$23.50.  The  result,  is  that  “  teaming  ”  is  coming 
iuto  rogue  again,  and  railways  will  have  to 
compete  with  them. 


we  hare  made  no  apology ;  and  the  silly  attempt 
of  the  Western  Rural  to  make  capital  by  mis¬ 
representing  the  Ruiur.  New-Yorker  goes  far 
to  prove  that  It  U  too  demagoguish  In  Its  ten¬ 
dencies  to  bo  honest.  It  has  a  miserable  way 
of  confessing  a  humiliating  exposure  of  Its  own 
ignorance  or  Insincerity.  We  are  sorry  to  be 
compelled  to  such  a  conclusion,  as  it  has  forced 
us  Into,  concerning  Itself. 


PROCRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT 


stoves  that  are  uunocwwary  and  wearing  and 
tearing  nearly  four-fifths  more  kitchen  appa¬ 
ratus  than  they  need  to,  when  three  of  these 
women,  at  the  most,  could  do  all  the  requisite 
cooking,  If  It  was  all  ooncentmted  In  one  kitch¬ 
en,  furnished  with  suitable  appliances,  and  do 
It  better.  There  la,  aa  a  consequence,  at  least 
four-fifths  more  of  worry,  labor,  not  to  say 
fret,  than  there  need"  be  to  render  these  five  fam¬ 
ilies  comfortable  so  far  os  the  Indoor  work  Is 
ooncoruod. 

And  so  it  goes  I  It  Is  waste  1  waste  1  waste  1 
notwithstanding  all  the  economy  these  good 
people  practlco--w3ste  of  capital,  time,  labor, 
machinery,  comfort,  peaoo  of  rulnd,  vitality  and 
prosperity,  because  there  la  not  this  concentra¬ 
tion  and  co-operation.  There  la  no  mistake 
about  It.  I  um  glad  tomo  here  are  beginning,  in 
a  small  way  it  la  true,  to  recognize  something 
of  this.  As  an  Instance,  one  man  does  most  of 
the  mowing  for  some  neighborhoods.  Men  who 
own  machines  let  them  stand  In  the  barn,  pay 
74  cents  per  acre  for  mowing,  and  use  their  own 
team  and  labor  to  secure  the  crop.  They  find 
It  pays.  Other  truths  will  dawn  In  time.  The 
Bubjcct  Is  by  no  means  exhausted,  and  I  shall 
rcour  to  It  again  provided  I  am  not  lured  to  for¬ 
get  it  by  the  delights  which  came  of  “  going-a- 
fisliing,"  which  I  am  going  to  do  within  an  hour, 
provided  the  boys  have  got  worms  and  “•Dob¬ 
son"  enough  for  halt. 


▲  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


r».  D.  T.  WOORE, 

Ooadattiag  Editor  and  3r,u.'blii*lier, 


“  Counselor*  for  the  Uranges." — The  Boston 
Cultivator  prints  the  article  under  this  head  in 
our  Issue  of  July  ID,  entire,  and  comments  at 
length.  It  says ; 

The  same  tricks  have  been  played  on  farmers 
in  this  section,  within  a  few  miles  of  the  *  Hub.’ 
and  patrons,  too,  of  the  agricultural  press,  If 
not  of  *  husbandry.’  When  such  a  farmer  came 
to  our  office  and’told  his  doleful  story  of  now 
he  lmd  been  defrauded,  etc.,  we  asked  bjra, 

‘  How  came  you  to  >  ign  such  a  note  V  ’ — like  the 
above,  which  bad  got  into  n  hank  In  Salem,  said 
farmer  having  been  notified  ol  the  fact— ami  he 
said,  *  Well,  1  think  lie  had  a  power  over  me  !' 
Ay,  thought,  wc,  a  power  indeed !  but.  it  was  that 
only  and  only  that  of  sharper  over  sharp  less, 
i  he  former  having  the  power  to  make  the  latter 
believe  white  1*  black  or  black  is  white,  Just  as 
should  for  the  time  being  beat  promote  the 
sharper  s  Interest  in  victimizing  him  whom  be 
had  Hi  his  power.  It  is  the  desire  and  hopa  of 
buying  cheap  that  leads  so  many  farmers  every¬ 
where,  both  East  and  West,  to  invest  In  tho 
promises  of  these  swindling  venders  of  worth¬ 
less  wares. 

The  machine  that  the  swindlers  in  Eastern 
Massachusetts  otfeied  for  sale,  or  rather  the 
right  for  man uf.-c  tu ring  and  using,  referred  to 
above.  It  was  claimed,  would  mow.  reap,  rake, 
pitch,  lift  rocks  from  their  beds,  dig  po  atoe?, 
otc.,  etc..  Which,  of  course,  sahl  larmers  be¬ 
lieved  or  else  they  would  not  have  invested 
therein  to  the  amount  signified  In  the  notes  to 
which  they  severally  affixed  their  signatures. 
So  lung  ti.cn  as  men  will  thQs  suffer  tin  tuselves 
to  be  victimized,  Just  so  long  those  fraudulent 
victimize!-*  will  travel  the  country,  seeking 
whom  they  may  defraud.  So  lone  a*  there  la  a 
market  for  ‘  wooden  nutmegs’  Went,  so  long 
will  they  continue  to  lie  sent  thither  for  sale, 
for  there  is  no  win :lut  for  them  East.  When  the 
demand  for  wooden  nutmegs  and  wooden  cu- 
Ct  m her  seeds  out  West  ceases,  tho  manufac¬ 
turers  of  such  wares  will  change  their  business, 
for  such  men  only  engage  In  what  they  deem 
will  pay. 


Make  Note*.— All  soil  cultivators— especially 
those  now-  engaged  In  the  field,  Orchard  or  gar- 
den-shoukl  "mako  n  note"  of  every  item  of 
value,  whether  a  new  discovery  or  the  result  of 
experiment,  that  would  be  likely  to  prove  In¬ 
teresting  to  their  fellow  rurallsts,  and  ere  long 
(when  at  leisure)  communicate  the  same  for 
publication.  t)uo  of  the  most  valuable  features 
of  the  Agricultural  Press  consists  in  the  facts 
and  suggestions  furnished  by  the  practical  soil 
culturists  of  the  country.  Will  our  friends 
“  make  a  note  ”  of  this  not  very  original  sugges¬ 
tion  arid  communicate  stich  facts  and  discov¬ 
eries  as  they  may  dovelop  for  the  benefit  of  the 
readers  of  this  and  other  journals? 


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stores.  They  have  tried  the  experiment  to  their 
satisfaction,  and  find  it  impracticable  and  un¬ 
profitable."  We  have  seen  no  Intimation  in  the 
Iowa  papers  of  such  dissatisfaction  with  the 
co-operative  store  experiment ;  but.  if  it  is  true, 
it  does  not  surprise  us,  since  the  same  or  a  sim¬ 
ilar  experiment  was  tried  throughout  the  East 
fifteen  years  ago,  and  we  don't  know  of  a  singlo 
ruse  of  satisfactory  success.  If  our  readers  do, 
we  shall  bo  glad  to  hear  of  It. 


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There  has  been  a  good  deal  of  severe  criti¬ 
cism  expended  upon  this  College  and  its  man¬ 
agement  by  Pennsylvanians  and  by  tho  Press  of 
.hat  State.  8ome  of  these  criticisms  we  have 
copied.  The  Practical  Farmer,  edited  by  Pab- 
cnAJ.i.  Morris*  has  also  commented  unfavor¬ 
ably  upon  the  College  management.  Last  March 
the  Penn.  State  Ag.  Soc.  appointed  a  committee 
consisting  of  George  Beroner,  George  Rhey, 
Paschall  Morris,  Amos  Karp  and  George 
Blight  to  visit  this  institution  and  report  upon 
Its  condition.  Only  Messrs.  Morris  and  Blight 
have  performed  this  duty,  and  in  t  he  July  Prac¬ 
tical  Farmer  we  Uml  an  editorial  by  Mr.  Morris 
(concurred  in  by  Mr.  BLIQUTJ  wherein  are  given 
tne  result  of  hla  personal  observations,  be  visit¬ 
ing  the  College  with  strong  prejudices  against 
It,  We  have  not  space  for  tho  article  entire, 
but  tho  following  extracts  will  show  that  Mr. 
Morris  has  changed  his  mind,  lie  says : 

Every  place  was  freely  opened  to  us  within 
doors  or  on  tho  farm.  Wc  mingled  freely  with 
tliestudonts,  attended  their  recitations,  and  the 
conclusions  arrived  ai  were  that  however  defi¬ 
cient  the  management  may  heretofore  have 
been  the  Institution  under  the  present  regime 
is  in  a  flourishing  condition  and  Worthy  the 
support  of  the  people  of  the  State.  How  lur 
those  agricultural  ttollogds  In  any  of  the  States 
are  u  success  as  regard*  carrying  out  the  Inten¬ 
tions  of  Congress  ui  making  the  land  grant,  to 
a*  to  introduce  on  Improved  agricultural  system 
and  educate  an  Intelligent  class  of  young  men 
lor  ilio  business  of  practical  farming,  remains 
to  beseem  i  but  that  Dr.  Calder  and  his  talented 
corps  of  professors  are  doing  ell  l  hey  can  under 
the  circumstances,  and  i  hat.  they  ace  reasonably 
eucce.fc.ful,  wo  have  no  doubt. 

Defects,  radical  defects  in  the  plan  of  the 
building,  which  never  should  have  occurred, 
are  beiog  remedied.  Close  ;o.d  lark  staircases 
are  being  opened  to  the  light.  Windows  have 
boon  opened,  admitting  tur  and  light  to  the 
corridors,  which  wore  formerly  dark  and 
gloomy,  so  that  the  inside  arrangements  ore  far 
bettor  and  more  convenient  than  we  had  antici¬ 
pated.  Wo  looked  in  v.tln  for  the  crack  iu  the 
main  wall,  of  which  we  had  heard. 

The  locution  of  the  fmm  i*  in  Nittany  Valley, 
tho  counterpart  of  many  similar  beautiful  val¬ 
leys  which  abound  among  the  mountains  of 
Pennsylvania.  It  lm.3  u  Strong  m.d  sill!  lime¬ 
stone  soil,  specially  adapted  for  wheat,  mid 
having  no  water  on  It,  and  not  calculated  fur 
permanent  pustwago  like  m  ny  of  our  lulls  in 
On  ester  county.  It  lacks  one  Important  element 
of  a  model  and  experimental  farm.  Wc  were 
pleased  to  see,  however,  on  the  farm  and 
through  the  section  luxuriant  flelde  of  clover. 
Tho  growth  of  this,  and  plowing  down  as  a  fer¬ 
tilizer,  would  seem  to  be  Indicated  as  a  ready 
and  effectual  means  of  improvement  .  We  could 
not  divest  ourselves  of  the  idea  that  such  soils 
by  growing  clover  could  be  laid  down  in  perma¬ 
nent  grasses,  and  thus  be  more  available  as 
stock  larins.  We  have  never  seen  finer  fields  of 
clover  In  any  Bcction.  Corn  followed  by  \\  heat 
the  next  season,  and  allowing  the  land  to  lay 
fallow,  without  an  intermediate  crop,  would 
seem  to  be  the  common  practice.  Wc  saw  in 
various  places  our  Kentucky  blue  grass 
prater. ttie)  growing  spontaneously, 

The  new  era  of  the  College  stems  to  us  to 
have  commenced  with  Dr.  (.'aider  and  his  pres¬ 
ent  corps  of  professors.  They  have  not  been  in 
office  two  years,  have  accomplished  great  re¬ 
sults  in  this  short  time,  aud,  considering  their 
Inheritance  of  debt  and  odium  attached  to 
years  of  failure,  arc  until  led  how,  we  think,  to 
the  support  of  tne  people. 

The  female  branch  of  the  Institution,  so  tar 
as  we  could  see,  was  also  under  good  manage¬ 
ment,  but  our  time  was  too  limited  to  give  full 
attention  to  every  department. 


Kansas  Agricultural  College. — We  recently 
published  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Regents 
of  this  College,  asking  for  the  resignation  of  the 
entire  faculty,  agents  and  eraf  loyea.  Tho  Kan¬ 
sas  Farmer  of  August  1,  says  at  tbo  mooting  Of 
the  Board  July  Its,  tho  entire  faculty  were  re¬ 
elected,  but  Dr.  Denison  declined  a  re-elec¬ 
tion.  The  Farmer  BayB :— ll  Wc  arc  not  advised 
of  the  exact  status  of  affairs,  but  we  have  some 
reason  to  believe  that  all  is  not  satisfactory. ’’ 


PUBLICATION  OFFICES: 

No.  5  Beekman  Street,  New  York  City,  and  No.  82 
Buffalo  Street,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


“  Tree*  Bearing  Human  Fruit.”— A  dispatch 
to  a  dally  paper,  concerning  a  meeting  of  the 
farmers  of  Scott  Co.,  III.,  says  of  a  speech  de¬ 
livered  by  S.  M.  Smith,  Secretary  of  tho  State 
Fanners'  Association : 

“The  address  woe  very  long  and  heated)  and 
was  listened  to  with  eager  attention.  Ho  eon- 
t raided  the  hovels  In  which  hundreds  of  farm¬ 
ers  were  forced  to  live  with  the  palaces  owned 
by  railroad  monopolists  and  middlemen,  and 
prophesied  that  auay  would  come,  If  other  rem¬ 
edies  tailed,  when  if  the  farmers  were  hood¬ 
winked  and  swindled  as  they  had  been,  he  und 
his  boy*  und  thousand'  of  other  farmers  end 
their  buys  would  ride  some  of  the  villains  out 
of  the  State,  aud  that  many  a  tree  would  hear 
human  fruit,  lie  believes,  however,  some  other 
remedy  would  be  found.  The  audience  ap¬ 
plauded  the  sentiment," 

Tho  farmers  of  the  vVost  better  lock  up  such 
a  lunatic,  lie  will  do  them  and  their  cause  ir¬ 
reparable  Injury.  No  Blend  of  Agriculture  or 
of  Agriculturists,  unless  he  is  a  monomaniac, 
would  utter  such  sentiment*.  Tht*  man’s  head 
is  getting  turned  with  the  notoriety  he  nos  ac¬ 
quired.  He  will  do  more  to  break  down  what 
he  has  helped  to  build  up  t  han  any  ten  of  the 
farmer's'  worst  enemies  can  do,  if  he  goes  about 
the  country  ranting  at  this  rate.  It  Is  too  bad. 
We  are  sorry. 


KtriUr  among  Hamm*  Wheat-Growers. — The 
Douglas  Co.,  Kan.,  wheat-growers  assert  “That 
It  is  Impossible  for  us  to  produce  arid  market 
wheat  lor  less  than  $1.25  per  bushel,"  and  there¬ 
fore  have  resolved  not  to  “  sell  ourprosent  crop 
Of  first-class  wheat  for  loss  than  $1.50  per  busb- 
ej,"  and  that  if  they  "  cannot  secure  a  fair  and 
remunerative  price  for  our  wheat  in  this  mark¬ 
et,  wo  will  seek  a  market  abroad." 


SATURDAY,  AUGUST  16,  1873. 


VACATION  LETTERS, 


A  Working  Editor  Out  of  Harness. 


There  is  the  same  complaint  in  the  country 
there  was  two  years  ago  concerning 

Hired  Help. 

It  la  asserted  that  things  grow  worse  and 
worse,  and  available  labor  less  and  less.  The 
young  men  don’t  come  around  to  hire  out.  Tho 
girls  have  to  be  hunted  up;  the  farmer,  when 
the  wife  or  daughters  “  break  down"  in  conse¬ 
quence  of  their  exhausting  duties,  having  to 
lido  all  over  town  for  two  or  three  days  at  a 
time  to  find  a  girl  who  Is  willing  to  “  work  out," 
and  then,  ten  chances  to  one,  it  exhausts  more 
vitality  to  watch,  direct  and  control  her  than  it 
would  for  the  wife  to  do  the  work  herself.  It 
Is  a  serious  problem.  O,  for  an  automatic  dish¬ 
washer  1  Ditto  cooking  apparatus I  Dittoscrub¬ 
bing,  scouring,  washing  a'd  ironing  machine  1 
Ditto,  bed-making  apparatus!  Ac.,  &*:.  0,  for 
a  hired  man  that  has  some  sense  ox  responsibil¬ 
ity,  gumption,  faithfulness  I  &c.,  &c.  This  is 
the  burthen  of  whut  I  hear.  Have  1  any  sugges¬ 
tions  to  make?  Notone!  I’ve  been  watohing 
things,  and  can’t  devise  any  mode  or  remedy 
worth  patenting.  The  only  one  I  can  see  that 
looks  feasible  Is  that  there  shall  farmers  enough 
abandon  t  he  business  to  enable  the  balance  to 
offer  wages  that  shall  command  all  the  good 
help  needed.  I  said  “  the  ouly  one !”  No ! 
There  is  one  other  which  1  expect  to  Sbe  adopt¬ 
ed,  In  some  form  or  other,  if  things  continue  as 
they  are.  What  is  K  ? 

Combination  of  Capital  and  Co-operation 
among  Farmers, 

There  you  have  It!  Want  of  capital  is  now 
the  chief  embarrassment,  combined  with  a 
knowledge  of  how  best  to  use  it  in  farming. 
Labor  here  is  too  much  diffused— spread  over 
too  great  an  area.  There  is  too  much  capital 
wasted  in  paying  taxes  on  unproductive  lands, 
In  buying  superfluous  machinery.  Capital  lacks 
t  he  concentration,  consolidation  and  direction 
that  would  bring  better  results  and  more  com¬ 
fort,  leisure  aud  intelligence  to  those  who  ope¬ 
rate  it.  Here  are  five  mowing  machines  on  as 
many  farms  where  one  would  do  every  particle 
of  the  mowing  and  when  It  ought,  to  be  done. 
Here  are  as  many  reapers  that  lie  idle  eleven- 
twelfths  of  the  year  when  one  is  all  that  is 
needed  to  do  the  work.  Hero  are  five  sets  of 
dairy  apparatus  where  only  one  is  needed.  Here 
are  five  farmers,  with  auy  as  many  more  sous, 
and  perhaps  six  or  seven  hired  men,  struggling 
along  in  the  hardest  and  most  laborious  kind  of 
a  way.  Isolated  from  each  other,  half-doing  the 
work  because  they  attempt  to  do  too  much  to 
do  it  well,  who,  if  the)  united  their  efforts  aud 
concentrated  their  labor,  and  got  rid  of  their 
unproductive  laud,  would  live  easier,  make 
more  money  and  bo  happier.  Here  are  five  to 
ten  women  cooking  15  distinct  meals  per  day, 
running  five  kitchen  fires,  burning  up  four  times 
the  amount  of  wood  they  ougLt  to,  using  four 


RURAL  BREVITIES, 


Geo.  Brown,  Brantford,  Out,,  is  to  sell  65 
Short- Horns  Sept.  18. 

llUHRARD  Bradley,  onoof  the  earliest  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  Connecticut  Poultry  Society,  is  dead. 

Our  Home  Journal  and  the  Ruial  South¬ 
land,  both  published  in  New  Orleans,  have  con¬ 
solidated. 

More  than  one  thousand  mortgagee  on  grow¬ 
ing  crops  have  been  recorded  in  the  probate 
office  at  Butaw,  Alabama. 

The  farmers  of  the  Blue  and  Kansas  River 
Valley  have  inaugurated  market  fairs.  Don’t 
yet  know  how  they  succeed. 

Tub  Ea*t  St.  Louis  (Mo.)  stock  yards  embrace 
564  acres  of  laud,  part  Inclosed.  Present  capa¬ 
city,  18.000  cattle  and  15,000  hugs. 

It  is  estimated  that.  Alabama  pays  $60,000  000 
p -r  annum  to  the  West  for  corn,  meat,  hay,  &c., 
which  might  be  produced  at  home. 

During  the  thirty  days  beginning  July  29, 
$180,000  have  been  and  will  be  trotted  for  at 
Cleveland,  Buffalo,  Utica  und  Springfield,  Mass. 

The  forthcoming  sale  of  Mr.  S.  Campbell’s 
Short-Horn  herd  is  at.ractlng  great  attention 
among  herdsmen  in  both  this  country  aud  Eu- 
l’ope. 

Mr.  A.  C.  Stevenson,  President  of  the  Na¬ 
tional  Short-Horn  Breeders'  Association,  sells 
69  head  of  Bbort-Horns  August  13,  at  Green  cat¬ 
tle,  Ind. 

It  is  stated  that  Dr.  Gregory,  Regent  of  the 
Illinois  Industrial  University,  lias  been  dis¬ 
placed  or  resigned,  and  Prof.  Shatxuck  ap¬ 
pointed  Regent  pro  l am. 

Mu.  McCandless,  for  two  years  Professor  of 
Agriculture  lo  Cornell  University,  has  been  ap¬ 
pointed  by  ilie  Ontario  Government  principal 
of  the  Agricultural  College  at  Gudiph. 

Sixty-six  cut  of  eighty-five  sheep  were  killed 
by  a  single  stroke  of  lightning  while  lyinc  in 
the  shade  o f  a  burr-oak  tree  on  the  farm  of  W  M. 
Brown,  in  the  township  of  Petifield,  Mich.,  a 
short  time  since. 

WALTER  HANDY,  Lexington,  Ky.,  July  30, 
sold  45  Short-Horn  cows  and  heifers  at  an  aver¬ 
age  price  of  $308.67,  and  17  bulls  at  an  average 
price  of  S162.94.  The  highest  price  paid  tor  a 
bull  was  $500 ;  for  a  cow,  *36G. 

The  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company  sola 
during  the  month  of  J ul  y,  1873,  acres 

of  land,  at  au  average  price  ot  $0,732-10  per  acre, 
amounting  to  $138^677723.  Sales  averaged  108.42 
acres  1  o  each  porchaser.  Total  Bales  t  j  Aug.  L 
1873.  756,644.57  acres,  at  an  average  price  of  $4.37 
5.10  per  acre,  amounting  to  $3,313, 495.53. 


Parvln’a  Si  cam  Plow.— A  steam  plow  made 
at  Tarmlncton,  111.,  was  exhibited  at  some  of 
the  agricultural  fair*  of  that  State  last  fall.  A 
new  machine  that  la  somewhat  different  from 
that  exhibited  then,  though  the  principal  fea¬ 
tures  are  the  same,  was  tested  on  the  fourth  of 
July  at  Farmington.  The  test  Is  regarded  by  a 
correspondent  of  the  Prairie  Farmer  u-s  satis¬ 
factory  in  the  highest  degree.  The  trial  was 
made  cn  clover  sod.  A  gang  of  eight  thirteen- 
inch  plows  was  drawn  readily  with  fifty  pounds 
of  steam,  and  made  fair  headway  with  only 
forty  pounds  of  steam.  Tho  machine  was 
managed  with  perfect  ease  In  going  forward, 
backing  or  turning  round.  The  company  are  so 
well  satisfied  with  the  results  that  they  Intend 
to  manufacture  machines  for  sale.  It  is  called 
the  Parvln  Steam  Motor.  Tho  next  question  to 
be  decided  is  the  economy  of  the  apparatus, 
compared  with  the  ordinary  mode  of  plowing. 
To  test  this  Mr.  Parvin  has  contracted  to  plow- 
150  acres  of  laud  at  once,  and  will  keep  an  ac¬ 
curate  account  of  all  the  expenses  of  the  work. 


Patrons  of  Husbandry  and  Politics. — The 
Dodge  Co.  (Wls.)  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  having 
issued  a  call  for  a  State  Convention  of  Grang¬ 
ers,  to  meet  at  Milwaukee,  Ang.  21,  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  nominating  a  State  ticket,  the  Execu¬ 
tive  Committee  of  the  State  Grange  has  adopted 
a  resolution  repudiating  that  action.  The  offi¬ 
cial  circular  of  the  Committee  6ay» The 
State  Grange  considers  this  action  very  unwise, 
and  counsels  all  Its  patrons  to  beware  of  the 
machinations  of  those  who  desire  thus  to  vio¬ 
late  one  of  the  fundamental  principles  of  the 
Order,  by  entering  into  the  turmoil  of  political 
strife."  Good  for  the  State  Grange  of  Wiscon¬ 
sin!  Let  It  educate  Patrons  to  comprehend 
their  political  duties  and  interests;  but  let  It 
not  surrender  Its  power  to  do  good  by  joining, 
as  an  organization,  in  any  political  movement, 
whereby  It  becomes  a  partisan  machine. 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


The  Western  Rural  and  ihe  “  Counsellors  for 
the  Granges.”— We  are  very  sorry  to  see  that 
the  Western  Rural,  which  is  frequently  a  sen¬ 
sible  paper,  has  not  the  good  sense  to  publish 
the  evidence  we  adduced  (In  our  issue  of  July  12) 
that  it  “  Did  not  know  what  It  was  talking 
about,  or  else  wauttd  to  tickle  somebody,”  nor 
accept  and  adopt  our  advice  to  make  the  swin¬ 
dled  farmers  and  Patrons  of  Husbandry  of 
Iowa  “Counsellor  for  the  Granges."  Evidently, 
the  Western  Rural  lacks  the  candor  and  manli¬ 
ness  which  we  had  credited  it  with  possessing. 
It  professes  (in  a  most  unoandld  manner)  to 
"  aocept.  our  apology  for  the  farmers  of  the 
West."  Having  said  nothing  of  or  to  the  "  farm¬ 
ers  of  tho  West"  for  which  we  should  apologize, 


BUSINESS  NOi'lOBS 


The  best  use  you  can  make  of  seventy-five  cents 
will  be  to  buy  a  game  Ol  Avilude,  the  most  Instruct¬ 
ive  and  delightful  game  ever  published.  If  your  deal¬ 
ers  have  not  got  It  send  the  money  to  West  &  Lee. 
Worcester,  Muss.,  who  will  forward  it  by  mall,  I>ost- 

pald.  . 

••  The  hem  ot  its  class.”— Boston  Bvmlnv  Transcript. 


Teams  vs.  Railways.— In  Kendall,  Du  Page 
and  adjoining  countries  iu  Illinois,  merchants 
and  farmers  who  deal  in  aud  sell  butter,  eggs 
and  other  products  that  railways  class  as 


sells  for  $1.50,  and  records  tho  incident  of  a 
winter's  sport  in  the  backwoods  of  .Maine.  The 
book  is  divided  Into  eighteen  chapters  of  one 
day  each,  which  are  crowded  full  of  Incidents, 
and  contains  eight  full-page  illustrations.  It  is 
one  of  tho  freshest  and  best-paying  books  of 
the  season. 

Digest  ion  nmi  Dyspepsia.— By  R.  T.  Txlall,  M. 

D.  New  York:  R.  Wells. 

Tins  little  work  is  a  complete  explanation  of 
tho  physiology  of  the  digestive  processes,  with 
the  symptoms  and  treatment  of  dyspepsia,  ac¬ 
cording  to  Dr.  Trall's  idea  of  the  matter.  Ho 
is  what  is  known  as  a  cold-water  doctor.  Ho 
prescribes  tho  usual  hygienic  remedies. 


mother’s  hands.  Ho  is  a  stout,  chubby,  little 
fellow,  and,  like  many  another  boy,  will  have  t© 
make  his  own  way  in  the  world.  We  have  no 
fears  for  him.  Already  he  dreams  of  a  soldier’s 
life,  for  he  has  made  a  paper  cap  and  stuck  a 
feather  in  it. 


aneous 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS, 


GIVING  UP  THE  BABY 


Detail  f'nitngi’  nn«l  Construrtlvc  Architec¬ 
ture.— New  York  :  A.  J.  Blcknell  A  Co. 

A  very  large,  handsome,  quarto  volume,  sent 
by  mall  for  $10.00,  coni aini rig  seventy-five  forte 
lithographic  plates,  which  show  a  vast  variety 
of  designs  for  all  parts  of  the  most  elaborate 
buildings  as  well  aa  the  simplest.  Such  a  work 
must  be  invaluable  to  the  builder,  as  in  it  he 
wilt  And  details  for  cornices,  doors,  windows, 


A  volume  of  romance  might  be  written  about 
the  pretty  and  sad  scene  we  are  permitted  to 
behold  in  this  week’s  Rural.  Tho  widow  of  a 
musician  finds  herself  stricken  with  consump¬ 
tion  and  reduced  in  circumstances.  She  has 
seen  better  days,  for  her  little  attic  room  gives 
numerous  evidences  of  the  wealth  and  happi¬ 
ness  of  the  past.  There  hangs  against  the  wall 


CONSUMPTION  OP  SMOKE 


The  proprietors  of  the  Cleveland  Herald  havo 
recently  applied  an  apparatus  to  their  office 
chimney  which  Is  claimed  to  be  a  perfect  pre¬ 
ventive  of  smoke  and  a  great  saver  of  fuet. 
The  discovery,  which  the  Herald  thlnkB  is  a 
very  valuable  one.  was  purely  accidental.  A 


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The  Service  ol  the  Episcopal  Church.  Ar¬ 
ranged  to  Music,  by  Jas.  Pkarce,  Mua.  Bao., 
Oxeon.  New  York:  Pond  A  Co. 

The  music  of  the  Episcopal  Church  is  peculiar 
to  itself  — its  characteristics  differing  much 
from  thoso  found  in  the  music  of  other  denomi¬ 
nations  of  Christians.  It  Is  less  graceful  and 
more  exact — the  mathematics  of  music.  For 
those  who  like  tiie  Cathedral  style,  we  know  of 
no  book  more  desirable. 


the  violin  from  which  her  husband  evoked  such 
bewitching  strains,  and  over  it  reposes  a  laurel 
wreath  with  which  he  was  crowned  by  his  ad¬ 
mirers  upon  tho  last  night  ho  w;ts  ever  permit¬ 
ted  to  appear  before  the  public.  There  is  a 
covered  mahogany  cabinet  in  the  room ;  a 
quaint  cradle,  with  the  legend  “  I.  H.  8.”— 
Jews,  the  Saviour  of  Man,— and  other  evi¬ 
dences  of  former  prosperity.  The  poor  widow 
has  been  left  with  two  children— a  little  four- 
year-old  boy,  and  a  girl-baby  ox  but  a  few 
months.  A  rioh  lady,  who  knew  and  admired 
her  husband  when  he  was  alive,  lvas  offored  to 
adopt  the  little  child,  bring  it  up  and  educate  it 
as  her  own.  Tho  hour  of  separation  has  couio. 
Young  as  the  chill  is,  it  turns  towards  its 
mother,  beseechingly,  holding  out  its  little 
hands.  Tho  mother  looks  at  the  child  sorrow¬ 
fully,  with  a  tear  upon  lior  face,  but  culm  and 
hopeful,  for  she  knows  that  tho  little  one  has  a 
bright  future  before  it  and  a  better  homo  than 
she  can  ever  hopo  to  give.  As  for  the  boy,  he 
has  left  his  little  toy-horse  and  clings  to  his 


mechanic  of  that  city  was  trying  to  secure  a 
better  draft  for  a  sluggish  fire,  and  the  thought 
occurred  to  him  after  other  devices  had  failed, 
to  try  the  effects  of  steam.  A  small  pipe  was 
made  to  conduct  the  dry  steam"  from  tho  top 
of  the  boiler  to  the  upper  part  of  the  furnace, 
where  It  entered  in  two  small  jots  striking 
downward  on  tho  burning  fuel.  No  sooner  was 
tlxe  steam  injected  into  the  furnace  than  the 
sluggish,  smoky  fire  sprang  up  into  a  clear,  bright 
yellowish  and  intensely  hot  flame,  filling  the 
whole  furnace  with  a  loud  roar.  The  man 
found  he  had  not  ouly  secured  a  strong  draft, 
but  something  much  more  important,  asmoke- 
ices  fire.  As  an  experiment  the  apparatus  was 
attached  to  the  furnace  of  tho  Herald  engine, 
which  was  converted  from  a  neighborhood 
nuisance  of  smoke  and  soot  Into  a  smokeless 
flue. 


Dove  iu  the  XiXtli  Ceutiiry.— By  Harriet  W. 

Preston.  Boston :  Roberts  brothers. 

All  who  read  this  well  -  written,  healthy, 
thoughtful  book  will  be  charmed  with  it.  The 
courtship  of  Clara  Henson  and  Julius  May  is 
so  sensible,  with  no  nonsense  about  it,  as  to  be 
absolutely  charming. 


Johannes  Olwf.—  A  novel  by  E.  De  Wllle.  Boston : 

Roberts  Brothers. 

A  German  story  of  over  550  pages,  which  sells 
for  $2.  It  iB  pronounced  well  worth  reading, 
ami  will  be  found  a  far  better  romance  than 
most  modern  American  novels. 


Lynx  Hrtnling.— By  C.  A.  STEPHENS.  Bostoa: 
James  It,  Osgood  &  Co. 

All  boyB  fond  of  out-of-door  sports  will  be 
glad  to  know  of  this  handsome  volume,  which 


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MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


AU8.  *§ 


OUB  OWN. 


If  I  had  known  In  tho  morning 
How  wearily  nil  the  day 
The  words  unkind  would  trouble  my  mind 
That  I  said  when  you  went  away, 

I  had  been  more  careful,  darling, 

Nor  given  you  needless  pain  ; 

But  wo  vex  our  own  with  look  and  tone 
We  might  never  take  back  again. 

For  though  In  the  quiet  evening 
You  may  give  me  the  kiss  of  peace, 

Yet  It  well  might  he  that  never  for  me 
The  puln  of  the  liuart  should  cease ; 

How  many  go  forth  at  morning 
Who  never  come  home  at  night. ! 

And  hearts  have  broken  for  harsh  words  spoken, 
That  sorrow  can  ne’er  set  right. 

We  have  careful  thoughts  for  the  stranger, 

And  smiles  for  the  sometimes  guest ; 

But  oft  for  our  own  the  bitter  tone, 

Though  we  love  our  own  the  best. 

Ah !  lips  with  curl  Impatient. 

Ah  !  brow  with  the  shade  of  scorn, 

’Twere  n  cruel  fate  were  the  night  too  late 
To  undo  the  work  of  the  morn,  . 


<©ur  ^toru-i^Uej', 


ONCE  AND  AGAIN. 


BY  A.  A.  O. 


“  Young  Underwood  lias  been  here  and  left 
that  bouquet  for  you,  Maggie.” 

While  making  this  communicat  ion.  Mrs.  Car¬ 
penter  watched  her  daughter's  face  anxiously, 
to  discern  its  effect.  But  Maggie  nell  her  smiled 
nor  blushed  ;  and  ns  her  mother  was  not  quick 
to  road  faces,  she  was  pujt&lcd  by  the  expression 
of  the  sweet  face  that  bent  over  the  flowers. 

“  Mother,”  said  the  girl,  presently,  “  l  should 
like  to  go  to  Aunt  Jane’s  to  spend  a  week,  if 
you  feel  well  enough  to  spare  me.” 

“Why,  Maggie  1”  her  mother  exclaimed, 
“  and  miss  the  Banks'  party  and  the  shore  pic¬ 
nic!  I  thought  you  had  promised  young  Un- 
dehwooi)  to  go  to  both  with  him.” 

“  Yes,  I  know  it,”  said  Maggie,  indifferently, 
“but  I  am  tired  out  with  such  things,  and  want 
a  little  quiet.” 

“  My  dear  child."  said  tho  querulous  invalid, 
In  an  excited  tone,  “  if  you  are  going  to  be  sick, 
I  don’t  know  whatever  I  shall  do.  1  am  sure 
you  are  coming  down  with  a  slow  fever,  or  you 
would  never  talk  of  getting  weary  of  young 
folks'  pleasuring." 

“  No,  no,  mamma,"  said  the  girl,  rocking  im¬ 
patiently,  “  don’t  begin  to  Imagine  and  fret.  I 
am  not  sick,  nor  going  to  be."  Then,  seeing  by 
her  mother's  face  that  more  questions  were 
coming,  she  stopped  them  liy  saying  abruptly, 
with  n  faint  blush,  “I  want  to  get  away  from 
Charlie  Underwood.  Why,  mamma?  Be¬ 
cause  he  is  getting  to  think  too  much  of  me, 
and  I  like  him  too  well  to  want  the  bitterness 
of  a  refusal  between  us." 

“My  dear,  if  you  like  him  so  well - " 

“  Mamma,"  she  said, springing  up,  “  you  don't 
understand.  Can't  a  girl  love  a  man  well  enough 
to  die  for  him  and  not  well  enough  to  mnrry 
him?  lean." 

After  her  daughter  had  left  the  room,  Mrs. 
Carpenter  sighed  a  little,  thinking  how  her 
own  wedded  misery  had  probably  marked  the 
girl  with  a  horror  of  marriage ;  and  then  smiled 
a  little  at  the  child's  thinking  that  a  week’s  ab¬ 
sence  could  prevent  tho  “bitterness  of  refusal 
coming  between  them."  *  *  *  *  * 

Sunday  at  Aunt  Jane's  even,  at.  11  A.  M„ 
promised  to  he  a  long  day,  and  when  M  AGGIE, 
coming  slowly  down  tho  broad  staircase,  saw 
“Young  Underwood,"  as  her  mother  called 
him,  “  Dr.  Underwood,"  as  She  called  him,  or 
Charlie,  as  she  thought  of  him,  standing  be¬ 
fore  the  open  door  with  outstretched  hands, 
she  could  no  more  help  springing  down  the 
last  two  steps,  and  smiling  w  elcome,  than  she 
could  help  blushing  at  the  looks  with  which  he 
answered  hers.  It  w  as  so  pleasant  to  have  him 
want  her  enough  to  come  so  far  that,  with  an 
instinct  for  preserving  her  happiness,  aho  put 
hack  the  though!  of  “what  It  meant."  But  as 
they  sat  in  the  vine-covered  porch  together, 
the  young  man’s  eager  tones  and  excited  eyes, 
and  the  dangerous  conversational  ground  he 
ventured  on,  made  her  wonder  at  herself  for 
allowing  their  meeting  to  be  what  it  had  been, 
in  spite  of  the  good  resolutions  which  had 
brought  her  there.  She  was  obliged  to  exert 
all  her  qulrk-w ittedness  to  keep  away  from 
fatal  topics.  It  was  close  sailing.  Tf  she  were 
merry,  he  was  more  so.  and  began  to  compli¬ 
ment  her  alarmingly.  If  she  grew  sad.  he  grew' 
tender.  If  she  frowned  or  even  looked  cold,  he 
so  ined  about  to  make  some  desperate  move ; 
so  she  was  much  relieved  when  ho  at  last  per¬ 
ceived  her  weary  looks  and  asked  if  she  w  ere 
sick.  To  w  hich  question,  put  with  almost  lu¬ 
dicrous  anxiety,  she  answered  with  studied 
coolness.  “No,  but  1  am  very  tired;  I  came 
down  for  rest.” 

On  this,  the  doctor  rose  quickly,  quite  hurt 
and  embarrassed,  and  apologized  for  bis  long 
stay.  Ho  stopped,  however,  at  the  foot  of  the 
step3,  and  plucking  nervously  at  the  vine  leaves, 
asked  stiffly  If  a  short  call  that  evening  would 
be  too  great  a  weariness  to  her. 

How  well  she  would  have  liked  to  have  said, 

“  Do  oomo,  Charlie  ;  I  am  always  happier  for 
your  company."  “  What  a  pity  friendship  can¬ 
not  be,"  she  sighed  to  herself,  as  she  answered 
with  much  show  of  polite  indifference,  “I  shall 


be  happy  to  see  you,  sir,”  and  then  added,  earn¬ 
estly,  “  if  you  will  bo  content  with  a  quiet,  per¬ 
haps  dull,  evening,  and  not  talk  on  exciting 
topics,  and  then,  laughing,  “nor  expect  me  to 
be  responsive  or  entertaining." 

(’hahi.es  Underwood  walked  slowly  and 
musing.  “What  could  she  mean  by  exciting 
topics?  I  wanted  to  tell  her  I  loved  hew,  to¬ 
night.  Hut  I  suppose  I  must  wait.  Perhaps 
she  knows  It.  J  should  think  she  would.  A 
fellow  can’t  have  on  as  much  steam  as  I  have 
without  blowing  the  whistle  occasionally.  What 
if  she  shouldn’t” — and  tho  thought,  though  but 
half  expressed,  mode  hlmstop  with  a  set,  troub¬ 
led  look  In  his  eyes;  but  he  continued  to  him¬ 
self,  smiling  as  the  memory  came,  “  how  beau¬ 
tifully  she  met  mo  this  morning  I  Such  asndle  ! 
By  Jove!  I  almost  kissed  her.  She  drew  off 
with  a  little  scared  look  just  In  time."  *  *  ♦ 
At  evening  Maggie  met  him  at  the  gate  with 
a  proposal  to  go  rowing  on  the  little  lake,  afew 
rods  distant.  The  late  sunlight  made  darker 
things  golden  than  Maggie’s  curls,  as  St  slanted 
over  the  still  water  and  darted  over  the  broad 
shoulders  of  the  oarsmen,  who  pulled  fast  when 
he  felt  inclined  to  broach  forbidden  “topics." 
The  two  talked  with  the  ease  of  old  friends 
while  the  sunlight  lasted,  and  sank  into  easy 
silence  when  H  faded.  At  last,  the  long  quiet 
was  broken  by  the  young  man’s  asking  after 
Maggie’S  comfort,  as  the  air  rtcw  chill.  She 
answered,  unguardedly,  “  I  am  very  comfort- 
aide,  thank  you  ;  but  It  Is  too  bad  to  let  you  do 
all  the  rowing." 

The  quick  answer  was,  “  I  should  ho  quite 
content  to  do  all  tho  rowing,  Maggie,  if  I 
might  always  have  you  in  rny  boat." 

Marguerite  could  hear  his  quick  breath, 
could  feel  her  heart  beating  strong,  felt  a  mis¬ 
erable  sense  that  she  must  hurt  tho  heart  that 
loved  her.  Words  would  not  come;  all  she 
thought,  of  seemed  too  harsh,  booking  up  at 
last,  with  a  senseless  instinct  of  looking  for  a 
way  of  escape,  she  met  his  eyi  =.  She  fell  as  if 
she  were  putting  them  out  when  she  said,  slow¬ 
ly.  “  No,  Charlie,  that,  would  not  bo  fair,  and 
we  could  never  row  together."  The  poor  fel¬ 
low  dropped  t  he  oars,  and  covered  ills  face  with 
that  strange  instinct  which  wo  all  possess  of 
hiding  the  expression  of  pain  on  the  face  from 
everyone.  They  drifted  a  few  moments  in  si¬ 
lence;  then  Marguerite  said,  gently,  “You 
can  row  very  well  without  me,  CHARLIE ;  take 
up  the  oars.” 

“I  can’t,"  ho  said,  hoarsely;  and  then,  bend¬ 
ing  forward  to  see  her  face  in  the  darkness,  he 
began  to  pour  out  the  heart  full  of  love  which 
not  even  his  pride  could  keep  back. 

She  shrank  from  him,  crying,  “  Don’t,  don’t ! 
Why  will  you  torture  tut  both  for  no  good  ?" 

“  Both  ?”  ho  repoated,  eagerly. 

“  Yes,"  she  said,  “  for  I  love  you  so  well - " 

he  grasped  her  hand,  which  she  drew  away 
quickly,  looking  at  him  steadily  the  while  and 
repeating,  “I  love  you  so  well  that  it  almost 
breaks  my  heart  to  have  you  expect  more  of  me 
than  I  can  give,  or  he  disappointed  in  my  heart.” 

“  You  said,"  ho  murmured,  "  that— that  you 
loved  me.” 

“I  do,  but  not  enough,”  she  said. 

He  took  up  the  oars  and  rowed  with  despe¬ 
rate  rapidity.  Whon  he  helped  her  from  the 
boat  he  felt  her  hand  tremble  and  held  It  tight, 
while  he  asked,  “No  repeal  ?” 

“  No  repeal,"  she  said. 

The  boat  darted  from  the  shore,  and  Mar¬ 
guerite  watched  him  In  it  half  the  night,  but 
with  her  light  out,  lost  he  should  see  It. 

Boeing  her  white  face  in  tho  glass  next  morn¬ 
ing,  she  smiled  sadly.  Haying,  “I  guess  he  will 
get  over  It  first,  after  all;"  and  wiping  away  a 
few  hot  tears  with  the  face  towel,  sighing,  “I 
have  lost  my  dearest  friend." 

Poor  bird,  trying  to  fly  with  a  broken  wing! 
She  was  wounded,  but  not  conquered.  Hhe 
could  not  give  up  all  to  her  love,  and  her  love 
would  not  give  up  all  to  her,  and  so  there  was 
nothing  to  do  but  to  get  over  it,  as  she  said  to 
herself,  with  great  show  of  bravery.  *  *  *  * 
rive  years  passed,  and  Marguerite  Carpen¬ 
ter  began  to  confess  that  getting  over  It  wms 
hard  work.  The  dead  friendship  showed  signs 
of  a  resurrection  in  a  more  glorious  form  ;  but 
Ch  arlie  was  not  there.  Her  home  had  been  in 
Florida  since  her  mother's  death,  where  her 
father  had  large  orange  groves.  He  never  could 
get  her  to  wear  t  lie  flowers  In  her  hair ;  she  said 
it  made  “her  sick ;  so  it  did— at  heart.  When 
she  took  the  fever  her  father  was  anxious,  but 
she  only  said,  “  I  shall  get  over  it."  One  day  he 
came  in,  looking  very  happy,  and  shouted  at 
her.  “  Good  news,  my  dear;  a  real  providence. 

I  met  Dr.  UNDERWOOD  on  my  way  to  Augusta  ; 
ho  has  come  right  here, and  will  have  you  about 
In  no  time ;  he  has  had  great  luck,  he  tells  mo. 
In  bucIi  coses.  His  coining  has  saved  us  the 
week  it  would  have  taken  to  get  some  one  from 
Augusta.  Shalt  i  bring  him  right  up  ?" 

“Oh,  no,  don't,”  she  replied,  trembling.  “I 
can't  see  him.  I'd  rather  wait  till  you  go  to 
Augusta.  I’m  not  very  tick.  Please  don’t  bring 
him  here - " 

“  Well !  ”  interrupted  her  father,  testily, 
“what  ridiculous  talk  is  this?  Not  see  him? 
What's  got.  into  my  sensible  girl's  head?  You 
needn’t  be  afraid  of  a  young  doctor,  for  he  looks 
old  enough.  Don't  let  rue  hear  another  word  ; 

I  shall  bring  him  right  up." 

She  tried  to  smooth  her  thin  hair  with  her 
weak  Augers,  caught  sight  of  her  sallow  face  in 
the  glass,  and  hid  it  on  the  pillow.  She  heard 
footsteps  on  the  stairs  and  her  father's  voice, 
Baying,  "The  ilrst  door  to  the  right;  go  in. 
There's  a  man  waiting  for  me,  so  you  must  get 


on  alone ;  you  will  find  her  rather  nervous,  but 
I  suppose  you  expect  that." 

He  stopped  a  moment  outside  tho  door,  ns  if 
he  wore  wait  ing  for  her  to  get  a  steady  voice, 
with  which  to  say  “Come  in,”  which  she  did 
not  got  after  ail.  Ho  wont  in,  bowing  gravely, 
and  after  one  glance  at  her  stood  silent,  com¬ 
pressing  iiis  pale  lips  and  looking  away.  He  sat 
down  when  she  invited  him  to,  and  said,  grave¬ 
ly  : — “  I  could  not  avoid  hearing  your  objections 
to  my  presence,  and  oouhl  not  have  intruded  if 
I  had  not  felt  that  I  must  save  you  a  long  sick¬ 
ness,  Which,  by  curing  at  once,  I  hope  to  do.  If 
your  objection  arose  from  a  fear  that  I  would 
take  advantage  of  this  opportunity  to  press 
upon  you  again  my  rejected  love,  I  can  remove 
it  by  assuring  you  that  1  will  not  annoy  you  by 
a  single  word,  nor,  if  possible,  by  a  look.  I  feel 
it.  cruel,"  he  added,  with  a  painful  flush,  “to 
intrude  myself  upon  you  In  the  Intimate  capa¬ 
city  of  a  physician,  but  he  walked  to  the 
window  for  a  moment,  and  then  turned,  saying 
with  a  professional  air,  “Your  hand  — your 
pulse,  1 mean,  if  you  please." 

She  put  Out  her  hand,  and  its  thin  Angers 
clasped  his  in  a  burning  grasp  and  drew  him  to 
the  bedside. 

“  I  love  you,"  she  said. 

“Enough,  Maggie?” 

“Enough,"  she  said. 

- - V+4 - 

SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 


FIVE  YEARS  AFTER. 

I  Din  not  love  your  yellow  hair, 

Or  skin  of  tawny  hue ; 

I  never  said  your  hand  was  fair, 

Or  that  your  eyes  were  blue. 

I  iltd  not  call  your  ilgiiro  tine, 

Or  praise  your  tiny  fret ; 

Nor,  when  to  sons  you  did  Incline, 

Declare  your  voice  was  sweet. 

I  did  not  woo  as  others  woo, 

With  vows  Pot),  weak  and  rash  ; 

For  every  charm  I  saw  In  yon 
Was  told  in  one  word— Cash ! 

Pluck  requires  a  good  stomachful. 

The  (light  of  Cupid-ity  Love-making. 

“Weight  for  the  wagon,”  sang  the  fat  lady. 

Scots  on  i  lie  sun— Freckles  on  your  boy’s  face. 

What  word  is  always  pronounced  wrong? 
Wrong. 

A  woman  who  tells  fortunes  from  a  tea-cup 

is  a  sauceress. 

A  man  that  ought  to  be  re-membered— A 
one-legged  soldier. 

A  kangaroo  is  a  curious  chap ;  whon  it's 
wideawake  it's  leaping. 

People  who  are  always  wanting  somothing 
new,  should  try  neuralgia. 

A  bore  is  a  man  who  spends  so  much  time 
talking  about  himself  that  you  can't  talk  about 
yourself. 

Drinkers  in  this  country  can  hardly  be  called 
heathens,  but  still  the  great  idea  with  them  is 
Jug-or-not. 

A  YOUNG  lady  iu  Springfield  dismissed  her 
Im  cr  the  other  day  because  he  said  she  couldn't 
hear  arms. 

New  apples  are  one  dollar  and  ten  cents  a 
quart.  Ten  cents  for  the  apples  and  a  dollar 
for  a  doctor. 

Wh  at  was  the  proverb  that  King  Lear  heard 
from  the  lips  of  his  two  daughters?— Go  father 
and  fare  worse. 

A  Kentucky  man  has  named  his  sixteenth 
child,  recently  born  to  him,  Omega,  hoping  it 
will  be  the  last. 

It  is  said  tb«t  iron  is  a  good  tonic  for  debili¬ 
tated  young  ladies.  That  may  be  so,  but  iron¬ 
ing  is  a  better  one. 

It  is  said  that,  to  be  perfectly  consistent,  Miss 
Anthony  always  concludes  her  prayers  with 
“Amen  and  Women.” 

A  debating  society  in  North  Carolina  is 
engaged  in  discussing  liie  difference  between 
a  horse-radish  and  a  reddish  horse. 

When  Shakespeare’s  mother  wished  him  to 
confess  a  theft,  what  distinguished  character 
did  she  hold  up  before  him?— William  Tell. 

We  never  knew  a  man  to  be  elected  to  an 
office  of  trust  who  carried  horse-chestnuts  in 
his  pocket  as  a  preventive  of  rheumatism. 

“If  you  don’t  want  the  soot,  don’t  go  up  the 
chimney,"  was  the  reply  of  an  editor  to  “re¬ 
spectable  ’’  partiee  wrho  requested  him  not  to 
mention  the  fact  that  they  had  been  arraigned 
in  the  police  courts. 

A  man  lately  learned  what  it  was  to  have 
Insult  added  to  injury,  in  being  first  scared  out 
of  bis  wits  by  his  horse  running  away  with  him, 
and  then  arrested  and  fined  for  driving  at  an 
Illegal  rate  of  speed. 

An  ambitious  Nashville  youth  says  he  only 
lacks  three  tilings  of  being  perfectly  happy  and 
contented,  and  these  are :  a  handsome  wife, 
plenty  of  money  and  black  curly  hair.  Let  him 
supply  himself  with  t  he  second ;  It  will  buy  him 
the  other  two. 

Said  a  tipsy  husband  to  his  wife,  “  You  need 
—needn’t  bl— lame  me !  'Twas  woman  that  first 
tempted  man  to  eat  forbidden  things."  “  Wo¬ 
man  may  have  tempted  man  to  eat  forbidden 
things,"  said  ids  w  ife,  “  but  lie  took  to  drinking 
of  his  own  accord." 

Smith  sued  for  damages  in  a  case  of  breach  of 
promise  of  marriage.  He  was  offered  two  hun¬ 
dred  dollars  to  heal  his  broken  heart.  “Two 
hundred!”  he  exclaimed— " two  hundred  dol¬ 
lars  for  ruined  hopes,  a  broken  heart,  blighted 
affections  and  a  blasted  life !  Two  hundred  dol¬ 
lars  for  all  this!  No,  never!  Make  it  three 
hundred,  and  it’s  a  bargain.” 


ablinth  Reading. 


A  PRAYER. 


BY  OLIVE  HENRI. 


Oh  !  to  be  led  by  Thee,  Father, 

In  the  paths  where  the  Saviour  has  trod, 

With  onr  faith  on  the  Beautiful  City, 

And  Boarinir  above  the  clod 
TUI  from  sin  all  redeemed,  we  meet 'round  the  throne, 
Where  grief  1r  unfelt,  and  sorrow  unknown. 

Oh  !  to  be  led  by  Thee,  Father, 

When  Spring  In  the  heart  reigns  bright, 

When  the  sky  bends  serenely  above  us, 

And  our  paths  gleam  with  life's  fairest  light ; 

Oh  I  our  step  would  bo  lighter,  and  our  hearts  beat 
more  free. 

To  know  we  were  walking  In  paths  found  by  Thee. 

Oh  !  to  be  led  by  Thee,  Father, 

When  sorrow  and  grief  gather  ’round  ; 

When  our  brows,  no  more  circled  with  sunshine, 

Are  rather  with  thorny  wreaths  crowned, 

May  thy  arm  he  around  ns,  nnd  thy  love  shed  a  light, 
To  dispel  the  dark  gloom,  and  guide  us  aright. 

Oh !  to  be  led  by  Thee,  Father ; 

In  thy  promises  none  sweeter  we  BOO 
Than  this -that,  wherever  our  footsteps, 

Wo  may  ever  be  guided  by  Thee. 

Whether  o’er  Joy's  fair  plain,  or  through  sorrow’s 
dark  sea. 

May  we  ever  be  guided  and  led  by  Thee. 

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A  CHILD-LIKE  FAITH. 


I ’a  rents  who  neglect,  the  religious  training 
of  tho  little  ones,  unconsciously  lose  much  that 
would  be  of  spiritual  benefit  to  themselves,  be¬ 
sides  the  incomparable  loss  to  the  children  thus 
neglected.  Nothing  can  be  more  touching  or 
beautiful  than  the  simple  and  perfect  trust  and 
confidence  of  a  child's  faith  In  God.  Its  doubts 
and  fears  arc  so  easily  removed.  It  comes  to 
you  with  a  troubled  face.  Son  10  puzzling  ques¬ 
tion,  concerning  God,  has  arisen  l:i  its  little 
mind,  nnd  how  anxiously  it  awaits  your  answer ! 
What  can  be  more  gratifying  to  a  mother’s  heart 
than  to  see  its  face  brighten  and  the  clouds  dis¬ 
appear,  as  your  answer  Is  slowly  Impressed  on 
its  mind  ?  As  it  resumes  its  play,  perfectly  satis¬ 
fied,  you  will  surely  discover  a  now  beauty  in 
those  words,  “  A  child-ilke  failh.” 

The  following  truthful  Incident  beautifully 
illustrates  the  practical  benefit  and  controlling 
influence  resulting  from  the  pious  training  of 
children : 

One  afternoon,  through  the  absence  of  their 
mother,  two  little  children,  Willie  and  Edik, 
aged,  respectively,  seven  and  five  years,  were 
left  alone.  She  was  necessarily  detained  from 
her  home  until  after  dark,  and  tho  children 
vainly  watched  for  her  coming,  until  they  could 
no  longer  distinguish  one  object  from  another 
in  the  fast-gathering  darkness.  Their  only  light 
being  a  dim  nrio,  proceeding  from  the  stove,  it 
was  no  wonder  that  an  undefined  fear  came 
creeping  into  their  little  hearts ;  but  Willie, 
being  the  older,  put  on  a  bravo  “outside”  for 
a  while,  answering  cheerfully  to  F.pie’s  ques¬ 
tion,  “ Ar’ilt  you  afraid?"  “No,  what  do  yon 
suppose  can  hurt  me  hero?"  But  when  Edge 
crouched  down  in  affright,  declaring,  between 
her  sobs,  that  she  heard  something,  be  uncon¬ 
sciously  realized  the  need  of  a  higher  power 
than  his  own.  Taking  hold  of  her  hand  he  said, 
“  Please  don’t  cty.  Edif.  ;  lot  cs  pray.  God  can 
take  care  of  ns.  even  if  there  was  a  Hon  right  in 
the  room."  “Why,  how  could  He?"  “God 
can  do  anything,  Edie.  Don’t  you  remember 
how  mamma  told  us  about  Daniel— how  he 
was  put  right  in  among  lots  of  lions,  and  God 
cauic  and  shut  their  mout  hs  so  they  couldn’t 
bite  nt  all?"  “Couldn’t  they  growl,  either?" 
“  Well,  I  don’t  know,  for  sure,  about  t  hat, ;  but 
I  know  God  could  make  them  atop  growling,  if 
Ho  wanted  to,  for  I  tell  you  God  can  do  any¬ 
thing."  “  Well,  Willie,  if  He  can  do  anything, 
I  wish  He  would  make  mamma  come  home." 
“  May  be  He  will,  if  we  ask  Him  to,”  Clasping 
her  little  bauds  together,  Edie  said,  “Oh,  God, 
please  make  mamma  come  home,  and  make  it 
light  so  we  can  see."  “  Why,  Edik,  that  isn’t 
tho  way  to  pray ;  we  must  kneel  down,  and  try 
to  think  what  a  big  God  Ho  is,  and  how  He 
knows  ail  about  whether  wo  have  been  good  01 
not.”  “  Then  let’s  kneel  down,  and  you  pray." 
They  knelt  down,  and  Willie  repeated  the 
Lord’s  Prayer,  and  then  said,  “  Please,  God,  wo 
know  we  have  been  very  naughty,  lots  of  times, 
but  we  want  you  to  help  us  to  lie  good.  Please 
take  c  are  of  us,  and  make  mamma  come  home 
quick,  for  we  are  all  alone."  Edie  then  said 
her  little  prayer,  “  Now  I  lay  me  down  to  sleep.” 
They  arose  from  their  knees  with  a  peace  of 
mind  they  could  not  express,  and.  young  as  t  hey 
were,  they  realized  a  perfect  tru&t  in  the  willing¬ 
ness  and  ability  of  God  to  care  for  them  under 
any  circumstances.  u.  h.  n. 

• - 

Cheerfulness— “Be  cheerful,”  says  the  man 
who  Is  easy  in  his  circumstances,  missiug  no 
loved  face  at  the  table,  nor  by  the  hearth.  But 
does  he  ever  consider  how  hard  it  may  he  to  be 
“cheerful"  when  the  heart  aches,  and  the  cup¬ 
board  is  empty,  and  there  are  little  fresh  graves 
in  the  church  yard,  and  friends  are  fewer  indif¬ 
ferent,  and  even  Hoaveu,  for  the  time  being, 
seeniB  to  have  forgotten  us.  So  desolate  is  our 
lot!  How  difficult  for  one  man  to  understand 
another,  in  such  differing  circumstances !  How 
easy  to  say,  “  Be  cheerful !  ”  How  iiard  he 
would  find  it  to  practice  it,  were  lie  stripped  of 
all  life’s  brightness ! 


AU§,  *16 


OBE’S  BUBAL  ^EW-VOB 


NEVER  AGAIN. 

BY  BBBN  E.  REXFOIU). 

Never  again  will  the  roses  blow 
For  us,  like  tho  roses  we  used  to  know. 

Oh,  never  again  will  tho  wide  sky  hold 
Such  wealth  of  glory,  anti  sunset  gold. 

And  never  again,  at  day'*  decline, 

Shall  I  sit  with  your  little  hand  in  mine, 

And  look  at  the  beauty  of  the  sunset  skies 
And  the  sweeter  beauty  of  your  sweet  eyes. 

Never  again  I  for  tho  dream  Is  done, 

That  a  word,  and  a  look,  and  a  touoh  begun. 

J.ove,  if  we  always  could  dream  !  ah  then  ! 

The  words  aru  as  sad  ns  “  It  might  have  been." 

For  us,  there  is  nothing  but  memory, 

In  the  coming  days,  of  what  could  not  t><‘ ! 

Love,  you  are  near  mo,  and  yet  as  far 
As  the  round  earth  is  from  the  furthest  star. 

Kiss  me,  and  smile  In  my  eyes  once  more. 

Though  your  lipsshuuld  quiver,  and  tears  run  o’er. 

Put  your  hand  in  mine,  for  one  moment,  one, 

And  then  good-by.  for  the  dream  1)  done  ! 
- - 

“FROM  THE  WE8T,  FRUIT.” 

BY  CLIO  STANLEY. 

“  Than  longen  folk  to  gon  on  pilgrimages, 

And  paltnerers  fur  to  sekon  strange  strondcs.” 

Long  before  Columbus  followed  t  he  hidden 
instincts  of  his  soul,  and  discovered  a  Now 
World,  men  began  to  turn  toward  tho  great 
West,  as  t  oward  a  land,  redolent  with  perfumes 
sweeter  than  the  breath  of  atmospheie  that 
floats  through  magnolia  groves,  fair  with  a 
richer  promise  than  gilds  tho  sky  at  dawn. 

The  West  is.  to  me,  synonymous  with  a  world 
of  Nature,  where  Society  only  exists  on  a  broad 
and  benevolent  scale  ;  where  men  are  counted 
as  brothers,  hut  where  brotherly  love  still  leaves 
room  for  a  feeling  subtle  and  far  liner,  a  genial 
sympathy  with  (ion's  entire  creation;  where 
the  plants  and  weeds  by  the  wayside  hang  out 
green  banners  as  you  pass ;  where  the  trees  blos¬ 
som  Into  language  as  they  greet  you,  and  the 
birds  sing  sweetest  snatches  of  song  In  gladness 
at  your  approach  ;  where  every  insoct  and  ani¬ 
mal  roams  abroad  free  and  contented  ns  Goo 
made  them,  and  tho  shadow  of  fear  has  not 
reached  then).  Of  such  a  West  I  sometimes 
dream,  to  such  a  land  I  turn  with  all  the  glad 
impulses  of  my  human  nature. 

(ion  created  us  to  use  and  enjoy  life,  and  tho 
man  or  woman  who  makes  Infinite  demands 
upon  life,  grows  fast. 

1 1  Is  scarcely  possible  for  any  one  to  be  utterly 
Indifferent  as  to  how  many  foggy  days  there  are 
in  his  life;  and  I  think  there  are  few  of  us  so 
ignorant  as  not  to  know  that  existence  would 
become  a  nobler  and  sweeter  thing,  passed 
among  the  sublime  inspirations  of  the  high 
mountains  than  lapped  in  dreamy  and  lndolenl 
repose  in  the  valley-country.  And  so  wc  may 
confess,  with  t  he  same  truthfulness,  that  our 
thoughts  would  b©  fresher  and  clearer,  our  im¬ 
aginations  purer,  end  our  knowledge  more  self- 
sustaining  in  tho  land  where  Nature  Coeds  her 
hungry  children,  giving  them  food  from  forest 
and  Hold  and  drink  from  the  pure  springs ! 

Perhaps,  as  one  of  the  best  and  most  earnest, 
men  of  this  country  lius  said,  “  there  would  bo 
something  of  kvta  and  glabra ,  at  Joyous  and 
serene  in  our  very  faces,’’  could  we  all  drink  at 
these  fountains  of  perpetual  youth. 

To  the  least  of  us  all,  to  the  busiest  of  us  all ; 
to  the  man  crowned  with  happy  leisure,  to  the 
man  loaded  down  with  heavy  cares;  to  youth, 
to  manhood  and  to  old  age,  the  sunset  land 
offers  one  hour,  at  least,  of  recreation  from  toll 
and  Incentive  to  purity.  At  this  hour,  when 
daylight  begins  to  fade,  ami  there  is  no  room 
for  work,  let  us  go  forth,  merry  emsadors,  to¬ 
ward  the  glowing  West,  drinking  in  light  and 
glory  to  cheer  the  next  day’s  labor. 

Let  us  bo  real  saunterers,  going  “  a  la  Salute 
Terre,”  being  at  home  everywhere,  so  it  be 
under  God's  sun;  for  tho  more  wo  live  in  the 
air  and  sunshine,  the  more  of  both  will  be  mani¬ 
fest  in  our  thoughts.  The  pure  air  dispels  tho 
breath  of  idleness,  blows  away  selfish  thoughts, 
sends  wickedness  adrift,  while  the  sun  shines 
In  upon  our  souls  with  bis  pure  beams,  warm¬ 
ing  us  to  new  life,  and  Inciting  us  to  a  better 
performance  of  our  every-day  duties. 

I  remember  some  one  saying  to  mo  once,  that 
he  never  expected  to  have  leisure  for  real  de¬ 
light  and  recreation  out  In  the  fields  and  wild 
places,  this  side  the  daisies,  yet  he  doubtless 
had  in  his  mind  a  whole  summer's  rest  from 
toll ;  for  the  genial  soul  stamps  itself  upon  the 
face.  Ho  wears  Con's  seal  upon  his  forehead, 
and  L  know  he  could  not  pass  a  clump  of  daisies, 
or  oven  dandelions  by  the  wayBide,  without  a 
smile  lighting  up  his  face,  and  a  prayerof  grati¬ 
tude  rising  in  liia  heart  to  Him  who,  even  in 
the  dust  and  turmoil  of  the  city,  has  made 
some  of  His  good  things  to  grow ! 

All,  tho  West,  the  bountiful  West,  full  of 
fruit !  How  comes  it  that  so  many  of  us  over¬ 
look  the  treasures  found  there !  Westward  the 
sun  goes  daily ;  the  migratory7  birds  follow,  and 
their  songs  drift  back  to  us  through  the  mellow 
sunshine,  over  new  fields  of  bloom  and  beauty 
inviting  us  all  to  “come."  if  we  could  but 
find  a  West  us  fair  as  tliat  into  which  the  sun 
goes  dowu,  how  gladly  would  we  follow ! 


Among  the  Scandinavians,  the  younger  sons 
took  for  Iheir  Inheritance  tho  wide  wators,  and 
so  the  young  generation,  now  growing  up,  are 
moved  by  strong  Impulses  toward  the  far  West. 
Gon  bless  them  as  they  go  1 

Qrammattca  parrla.  tawny  grammar,  as  Tho- 
reau  translates  the  expression,  is  what  we  all 
need  to  study  and  teach  our  children.  Let 
them  leave  their  letters  for  a  while,  studying 
the  dusky  language  of  the  woods  and  the  old 
brown  earth,  and  they  would  make  better  men 
and  women,  wiser  in  their  generation  than  we 
who  go  before.  Perhaps,  too,  we  should  read, 
in  another  quarter  of  a  century,  books  whose 
language,  full  of  intimate  relations  to  Nature, 
should  he  full  of  her  light  and  fragrance;  where 
even-  word  would  blossom  like  a  rose,  and 
whore  each  new  chapter,  ended,  would  be 
marked  by  a  fresh  spray  of  honeysuckle,  trail¬ 
ing  it*  green  and  golden  length  along  the  page. 

One  day.  In  a  summer  not  long  dead,  I  took  a 
walk  out  beyond  tho  space  where  bricks  and 
marble  flourish,  to  a  desolate-looking  common, 
just  at  sunset;  i  suppose  most  people  were  sat¬ 
isfying  their  appetites  then,  even  as  I  was  satis¬ 
fying  mine,  but  as  they  were  of  a  different  kind, 
I  had  all  out-doqra,  as  far  as  I  could  see,  to  my¬ 
self.  There  was  the  green  grass,  and  a  silent 
little  pool  of  water  witli  one  or  two  ducks  on 
the  brink  of  It,  and  the  beautiful  West  alive 
with  Are!  How  its  warmth  penetrated  my  in¬ 
most  being ;  how  the  light,  softened  by  n  veil 
of  clouds,  w  ooed  me,— and  I  think  the  thoughts 
that  awoke  in  my  brniu,  just  In  that  one  quiet, 
hour,  were  worth  more  to  me  than  a  day’s  study 
over  musty  books  would  have  been. 

It  is  this  power  of  thought,— of  contrast  and 
association,  of  impulse  and  new  strength,  of 
freshness  and  purity,  of  a  drawing  nearer  to 
Goo,  as  wo  follow  on,  through  tho  gates  of  the 
Sunset,  toward  the  Holy  Land — the  Land  of  tho 
Hereafter,— tho  golden,  blossoming  West,  that 
the  ripe  fruit  lies,  that,  touching  our  thirsty 
lips,  will  make  us  young  and  pure-hearted  even 
as  “  little  children.” 

- ♦♦♦ - - 

A  FAMOUS  FEMALE  CLIMBER. 

A  woman  was  famous,  long  before  the  Alpine 
Club  existed,  as  having  made  tho  ascent  of 
twenty-live  Swiss  mountains.  This  was  Mile. 
d'AngevlUe,  who  was  born  In  1794,  and  was  early 
seized  with  “tho  climbing  monomania,"  for 
which  her  vigorous  health  and  strong  will  early 
prepared  her.  Her  first  attempt,  leading  her  in 
tho  end  to  try  the  ascent  of  Mont  lllano,  was  to 
the  Mar  do  Glace  and  the  Jardln.  After  more 
than  twelve  hours*  stiff  walking,  she  returned 
without  fatigue  lo  Charnounl.  Looking  up  to 
I  lie  summit,  then  Illuminated  by  the  Betting 
Klin,  and  transported  with  admiration,  she  said: 
“I  shall  go  there.”  A  few  mouths  after,  her 
desire  was  fulfilled;  the  Grand  Plateau  was 
reached  without  difficulty ;  but  the  pulsation 
of  the  heart,  owing  to  the  rarifiod  air,  amount¬ 
ed  to  140  boats  in  a  minute,  rendering  tho  latter 
part  painful ;  but  once  seated  on  her  snowy 
throne,  she  could  enjoy  the  view,  wroto  several 
let  tors  to  her  friends,  and  drank  the  health  of 
tho  newly-born  prince,  the  son  of  tho  Duchess 
of  Orleans,  Passing  over  many  other  ascents 
she  made,  here  Is  one  of  the  latest.  At  the  age 
of  sixty-nine,  accompanied  by  a  single  guide, 
she  climbed  the  Ohlouhorn  in  ten  hours  from 
tin-  Hotel  lies  Diablerets.  The  night  overtook 
them,  and  the  guide  declared  ho  had  lost  Ills 
road.  Mile.  d'Angevllle  decided  to  wait  on  the 
spot  until  tho  break  of  day,  so  as  to  incur  no 
risk  ;  but.  this  the  guide  said  would  be  too  dan¬ 
gerous,  on  account  of  the  cold.  They  separated, 
and  he  wont  in  search  of  tho  nearest  chalet,  for 
a  lantern;  in  two  hours  he  returned,  and  then 
the  courageous  lady  saw,  not  without  emotion, 
that  her  resting-place  was  but  a  few  yards  from 
a  treincudouB  predipioo.  Happily,  they  soon 
descended  into  a  place  of  safety. 

During  her  travels,  she  made  a  large  collec¬ 
tion  of  plants,  minerals,  autographs,  and  the 
portraits  of  thoso  she  met.  She  was  an  excel¬ 
lent  mimic,  and  one  of  her  amusement#  was  to 
dress  up  in  character  and  act  a  part.  Thus,  bor- 
rov.  ing  that  of  an  old  beggar,  she  started  ou  the 
tramp  ;  the  cottagers  treated  her  liberally ;  the 
cure's  servant  shut  the  door  In  her  face  ;  but  in 
the  course  of  three  hours  she  found  how  good  a 
trade  it  was,  having  received  between  four  and 
five  francs.— Chambers’s  Journal. 

- ♦  - 

WEAVING  IN  GREECE. 

Ellis  H.  Roberts,  Editor  of  the  Utica  Her¬ 
ald,  writing  from  Greece,  says :— At  Argos  we 
saw  a  modest,  pretty-faced  girl  sit  at  her  loom, 
weaving  a  sort  of  blue  jean.  Her  loom  was 
more  rude  in  form  than  Penelope  used  lu  the 
presence  of  her  suitors.  To-day  the  frame  Is 
of  simple  workmanship,  and  is  sot  upon  the 
ground  floor  of  the  hovel.  A  hole  Is  dug  In  I  he 
earth,  in  which  the  weaver  sits,  level  with  the 
surface.  Treadle  and  beam  and  shuttle  are  at 
the  lowest  denomination.  It  la  with  such  an 
implement  that  Greek  women  weave  cotton 
and  woolen  In  alt  the  provinces.  Even  at  Li- 
vidhia,  where  are  factories  for  making  the 
thread,  and  where  cotton  is  largely  raised,  no 
cloth  is  made  except  by  the  hand  loom.  Sheep 
are  on  all  the  mountains  and  many  of  the  plains. 
They  are  used  for  food,  and  tho  wool  is  made, 
but  by  baud  only,  into  flannel  and  a  coarse  cloth 
for  capotes.  Gout's  hair  is  woven  for  the  same 
purpose. 

- ♦  ♦  ♦ 

A  Western  paper  heads  a  description  of  a 
bride's  trousseau  “  Duds," 


Jading  for  thi>  ®owttg. 


THERE  WAS  A  LITTLE  BOY. 

Thebe  was  a  Ultle  boy,  with  two  little  eyes, 

And  he  had  a  Uttto  head  that  was  Just  the  proper 
stie. 

And  two  little  aims,  and  two  little  hands ; 

On  two  little  legs  this  little  hoy  he  stands. 

Now  this  little  hoy  would  now  aud  then  bo  cross, 
Because  that  lie  could  only  be  the  very  thing  he  was ; 
He  wanted  to  be  this,  and  then  he  wanted  to  he  that ; 
Hls  head  was  full  of  wishes  underneath  Uis  littlo  hat ! 

"  l  wish  I  was  a  drummer  to  bent,  a  kettle  drum  ; 

I  wish  1  was  a  giant  to  say  aeu-fo-fi-faw-fum  ; 

I  wUU  l  was  a  captain  to  go  sailing  In  a  Bhlp ; 

I  wish  I  was  a  huntsman  to  crack  u  nice  new  whip. 

“  I  wish  )  was  a  horse  to  go  sixty  miles  an  hour ; 

I  wish  I  was  the  man  that  lives  up  in  the  lighthouse 
tower ; 

I  wish  I  was  a  sea  gull  with  two  long  wings  j 
I  wish  t  was  a  traveler  to  see  all  sorts  of  things. 

'*  I  wish  I  was  a  carpenter ;  I  wish  I  was  a  lord  ; 

I  wish  l  was  a  soldier  with  a  pistol  and  a  sword  ; 

I  wish  I  was  the  man  that  goes  up  high  in  the  bal¬ 
loon  ; 

1  wish,  I  wish,  I  wish  l  could  bo  something  else,  and 
soon !" 

But  nil  the  wishing  In  the  world  Is  not  a  bit  of  use  : 
That  littlo  boy  tills  very  day  ho  stands  in  his  own 
shoos ; 

That  little  boy  Is  still  but  little  Master  Whut-do-you- 
call, 

As  much  as  If  that  littlo  boy  had  never  wished  at  all. 

Ho  eats  hls  broad  and  butter,  and  lie  likes  It  very 
much, 

Ho  grubs  about,  and  bumps  hls  head,  and  bowls  Uis 
hoop  and  such ; 

And  bis  father  and  hls  mother  they  say,  “  Thank  tho 
gracious  powers, 

Those  wishes  cannot  wish  away  that  little  boy  of 
ours  !”  [ Good  Things. 

• - v*) - 

LITTLE  MARY. 

A  Story  for  the  Children. 

Uotii  tho  father  and  mother  of  littlo  Mary 
wore  dead,  and  a  woman  had  taken  her  who 
wna  hard  and  unkind  to  her.  She  made  tho 
child  do  hard  work  so  that  aho  was  faint  and 
unhappy,  and  often  cried,  and  wished  she  wore 
with  her  father  and  mother  in  heaven. 

In  the  winter  little  Mary  often  had  to  go  out 
to  tho  woods  to  pick  up  sticks  of  wood,  and  if 
she  did  not  bring  enough  into  tho  house,  tho 
bad  woman  would  sooUl  her  very  harshly  and 
even  strike  her. 

Once,  when  she  was  sent  out  into  the  woods, 
aho  wont  along  crying,  for  though  the  winter 
was  over,  It  was  cold,  and  little  MABY’B  frock 
was  Bliort  and  full  of  holes;  she  had  not  had  a 
now  one  since  the  death  of  her  parents. 

When  she  got  Into  the  forest  alie  went  to  work 
Industriously,  collecting  tho  dry  branches,  and 
stooped  for  them  here  and  there  till  her  little 
arm#  could  hold  no  more.  Then  she  started  for 
tho  house,  and  came  to  an  open  spot  in  tho 
woods.  Then  aho  saw  a  snowdrop  under  a  tree, 
and  as  she  was  tired  with  walking  and  stooping 
so  much,  she  sat  down  by  the  snowdrop  and 
laid  her  load  down  beside  It.  As  she  sat  there, 
looking  at  the  flower,  she  said:  “Dear  little 
snowdrop,  what  a  pretty  green  dress  you  wear, 
and  how  splendid  It  make#  you  look  I  You 
never  freeze  like  me,  poor  child,  In  my  ragged 
dress,  and  the  bad  woman  will  never  give  mo 
such  a  beautiful  little  white  cap  hs  yours  !"  Say¬ 
ing  this,  she  laid  her  little  head  down  ou  the 
bundle  of  sticks  and  begun  again  to  weep  till 
at  Inst  she  went  to  sleep.  Then  she  had  a  dream, 
and  saw  the  gentle  wind  moving  the  snowdrop, 
and  listened  as  it  begun  softly  to  ring  and  tinkle 
like  a  bell.  Tim  other  snowdrops  which  were 
still  under  the  ground  asleep,  heard  the  ring¬ 
ing  and  rubbed  their  ayes  open,  ami  stretching 
their  limbs,  oarne  out  into  daylight,  and  open¬ 
ing  their  bells,  began  also  to  ring  softly  with 
silvery  tones,  bo  that  the  woods  were  full  of 
strange,  sweet  sounds.  But  little  Mary  did  not 
wake  up  again  from  her  beautiful  dream,  but 
went  dreaming  to  her  fattier  ami  mother  In 
heaven. 

The  uext  (lay,  as  they  went  to  look  for  her, 
they  found  her  dead,  surrounded  by  blooming 
Bnowdrops,  with  a  sweet  smile  on  her  pale, 
sweet  face,  wldch  seemed  to  say,  “All  the  sor¬ 
rows  of  earth  are  forgotten  in  the  glories  of 
heaven."  And  the  snowdrops  bail  covered  he  r 
after  her  death  with  their  green  leaves,  flow 
thankful  wo  ought  to  be  to  think  that  we  have 
kind  parents  (as  I  hope  my  little  readers  all 
have)  to  clothe  us  arid  take  such  good  care  of 
US.  SOVILLE. 

■  ■  ■  -  - 

LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 
About  Hired  Girls. 

Mr.  Editor:— In  reading  your  columns,  I 
have  noticed  a  great  deal  in  regard  to  hired 
girls,  about  their  being  so  saucy  and  indepen¬ 
dent.  I  will  tell  you  why  ;  they  have  not  had  a 
chance  to  bo  anything  else.  I,  myself,  am  un¬ 
fortunate  enough  to  he  One  of  them;  I  never 
had  but  littlo  chance  to  go  to  school ;  I  had  to 
take  care  of  myself  since  I  was  twelve  years  old. 
Let  your  little  girls,  or  larger  ones  if  you  have 
them,  work  as  long  in  the  kitchen  as  I  have  and 
see  if  they  will  always  be  in  good  humor  and 
not  be  Baucy.  If  we  had  time  to  play  on  the 
piano,  or  walk  out,  at  crochet,  or  take  notes, 
perhaps  we  would  be  bettor  qualified  for  our 


position.  If  mothers  would  give  their  daugh¬ 
ters  more  kitchen  training,  there  would  not  bo 
so  many  cure  less  and  slovenly  housekeepers  In 
our  land ;  men  would  not  have  to  go  with  their 
toes  out,  and  children  would  be  hotter  oared 
for.  Some  people  look  at  hired  girls  with  dis¬ 
dain,  and  think  they  need  no  rest.  I  am  almost 
persuaded  to  say  they  think  wo  have  no  souls, 
t  have  to  work  almost  every  Sunday  and  all 
through  tho  week,  and  the  folks  where  I  live 
think  I  have  not  done  enough.  You  let  your 
daughters  have  no  better  chance  than  T  have 
had  ;  see  how  much  better  they  will  be.  All  I 
have  heard  since  1  can  remember,  is,  "  The  min¬ 
ister  and  his  family  are  coming  here  to  dinner 
next  Sunday,"  or  some  one  else.  They  have  a 
hired  girl,  and  they  can  come  just  as  well  as 
not.  They  don’t,  need  to  read  any  or  have  any 
time  for  improvement.— A  Hired  Girl. 

“Scarecrow  of  a  Mustache.” 

In  the  Rural  New-Yokher,  some  months 
ago,  there  appeared  an  article  written  by  tho 
so-called  “Cousin  Johnnie,"  exclusively  for 
the  boys.  1  considered  the  points  given,  and 
thought  them  well-pointed,  with  the  exception 
Of  one  or  two.  Now  aa  l  am  a  boy,  and  as  tho 
article  has  been  written  for  such,  1  think  it  not 
more  than  rigid,  for  me  to  defend  my  rights. 
First,  the  “  Scarecrow  of  a  mustache.’’  I  would 
just  simply  ask  “Cousin  Johnnie"  if  she 
thought  a  false  mustache  of  art  would  not  ho 
more  unmanly  and  more  unbecoming  than  tho 
small  “  scarecrow”  (as  she  terms  It)  which  na¬ 
ture  brings  forth?  1  think  I  hoar  “Johnnie” 
remark,  “  It  Is.”  Well,  then,  if  this  false  mus¬ 
tache  is  yet  more  unbecoming  than  the  little 
“scarecrow,"  how  much  more  unbecoming, 
and  in  what,  relation  does  the  false  mustache 
stand  to  the  false  bunch  of  hair  which  is  so 
common  for  tho  ladles  of  to-day  to  wear?  Well, 
It's  fashionable.  Vos,  fashion  rules  the  day— 
there's  the  difference.  I  suppose,  if  it  wore 
fashionable  for  a  young  man  to  have  a  small 
mustache,  “Cousin  Johnnie,”  and  many  more 
of  her  kind,  would  think  it  manly  enough. — 
Young  Mustache. 

A  Young  Engraver. 

Hear  Editor  :  I  ntn  a  boy  about  IS  years  old. 
My  fatiier  has  been  one  of  your  Rural  readers 
for  the  last  three  years,  and  we  all  think  tho 
Rural  is  a  very  valuable  paper.  I  am  at  the 
business  of  engraving,  ami  as  soon  as  wo  get  tho 
paper  I  always  look  at  tho  pictures.  Tn  the 
paper  for  the  5th  of  July  there  was  a  splendid 
picture,  “The  Dinner  Horn."  I  have  all  the 
papers  saved  for  the  last  two  years.  I  hope  all 
the  boys  and  girls  will  do  tho  same,  for  it  is  nice 
to  look  at  them  to  amuse  yourself.— George  L. 


xt  flutter. 


ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.-No.  4. 


I  !2 


137“  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- H4 - 

BIBLICAL  ENIGMA.— No.  1. 

I  AM  composed  of  74  letters : 

My  13,  63,  1,  67,  78,  16  l#  a  name  by  which  the 
Children  of  Israel  are  known. 

My  86,  50,  66,  8,  one  of  tho  judges  of  Israel. 

My  9, 21, 48, 69  was  where  Peter  was  when  he  fell 
in  a  trance. 

My  18, 38, 116,  55  win  what.  Aaron  made  for  a  God. 

My  3,  8,  1,  28,  '/A,  grandfather  to  a  part  of  the 
twelve  patriarchs. 

My  1, 8,  41, 37, 1,  1,  37,  .50  was  a  murderer. 

My  7, 21, 36,  44,  one  of  Saul's  chief  herdsmen. 

My  3,  72,  17,  6,  16,  64  was  son  of  Shaphal . 

My  40,  60,  8, 34,  45,  64,  74,  30,  66,  61  was  King  of 
Assyria. 

My  20, 37,  43,  43,  49,  54  was  King  of  Persia. 

My  60,  (15,  48,  61  was  one  of  the  Judges  of  Israel. 

My  46,  10,  34,  64,  13,  son  of  Nahor. 

My  25,  VI,  9,  60, 13,  56,  39,  one  of  the  sons  of  Levi. 

My  11,  32,  14,  37,  31,  70, 27, 8  was  one  of  the  seven 
churches  of  Asia. 

My  28, 19, 37, 67,  a  wicked  King  of  Israel. 

My  73,  49.  39.  Ill,  18,  63,  28,  1  was  the  man  who  fell 
from  a  window  while  Paul  was  preaching. 

My  6,  71,  33,  the  priest  and  judge  of  Israel. 

My  64,  07,  70,  60,  59,  37,  17,  one  of  King  David’s 
mighty  men. 

My  33, 48,  67,  mount  near  the  border  of  Edom. 

My  18,  8,  60,  68,  1,  one  of  the  epics  that  Moses 
sent  into  I  he  land  of  Canaan. 

My  17, 63, 37, 33,  G4,  4ft  was  a  great  prophet. 

My  38,  47,  f>4,  58,  49,  35  was  Governor  of  Judea. 

My  whole  is  a  verse  In  the  Hook  of  Matthew. 

ZW  Answer  in  two  weeks.  Lute. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS. -Aug.  2. 

Anagram  No.  1.— 

Ye  living  friends,  as  you  pass  by, 

Well  view  tho  grounds  where  you  must  He; 

As  I  am  now  so  you  must  be ; 

Prepare  for  death  ami  follow  nie. 

Illustrated  Hkbus  No.  3.— Economy  is  the 

parent  of  independence. 

Problem  No.  4.  30.63993  rods. 

WORD-PUZZLK  NO.  3.— Lotus. 


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BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 


A  Colorado  correspondent  writes:— “Our 
butcher  is  a  graduate  of  Yale ;  one  of  the  gentle¬ 
men  working  in  the  printing  ofll  e  Is  a  graduate 
of  Oambr.dgc  mid  a  winner  of  the  Bishop's 
Medal  for  proficiency  In  the  classics;  a  ranch¬ 
man  near  hero  is  the  sou  of  n  General  In  the 
British  army,  and  u  near  relative  of  George 
Stephenson  of  railroad  fame.  Four  other  ranch¬ 
men  are  the  four  sons  of  a  former  Governor  of 
Bengal,  who  1*  still  very  wealthy.  Two  ate  the 
gone  of  mi  eminent  London  Bank',  r.  A  graduate 
of  on  a  of  the  universities  manages  n  dairy,  and 
attends  to  most  of  the  milking  personally." 

A  MAN  of  Springfield  VI,.,  has  invented  a  new 
suspension  bridge.  Jr.  consists  of  a  single  wire 
stretched  across  Black  river,  and  a  car  Uml  will 
contain  two  persons  travels  back  and  forth  on 
tiio  wire.  Tho  cast  end  of  the  wire  Is  the  high¬ 
est,  and  the  momentum  of  the  car  serves  to 
carry  H  across,  a  distance  of  two  hundred  feet, 
in  fifteen  sooonds.  Returning  tho  car  travels  to 
the  center  of  t  e  wire  without  help,  and  from 
thence  Is  drawn  up  by  a  cord  attached  to  the 
car,  the  entire  trip  occupying  only  thirty  sec¬ 
onds. 

Some  of  tho  Indian  mounds  near  Vincennes, 
Ind.,  have  been  explored  by  Prof.  Charlton  and 
Prof.  Townsend.  Sinking  a  shaft  from  the  top 
they  found  at  ten  feet  below  the  surface  a  bod 
of  charcoal,  and  under  this  remains  of  bones 
crumbling  into  dust  as  soon  a*  touched.  As 
the  mounds  .are  perfectly  dry  this  condition  of 
tho  hones  is  regarded  as  affording  evidence  of 
very  great  antiquity,  arid  it  is  supposed  that 
they  belong  to  the  old  Toltee  race  which  Inhab¬ 
ited  the  locality  throe  thousand  years  ago. 

The  feminine  college  at  Evanston,  Ill.,  is  in 
future  to  be  known  as  the  “  Woman’s  College 
ol  tho  North-Western  University."  A  rule  of 
the  institution  is  that  at  least  one  of  the  faculty 
must  be  a  woman.  The  first  feminine  professor 
appointed  is  Miss  Frances  E.  Willard.  She  oc¬ 
cupies  the  chair  of  Esthetics,  and  has  a  salary 
for  the  first  year  of  $1,800,  with  assurance  of  an 
annual  advance  for  the  next  three  years  of  $300. 
Five  ladies  buve  been  elected  to  the  Hoard  of 
Trustees  of  the  University. 

The  California  ladles  seem  to  be  constitu¬ 
tionally  thirsty  if  the  following  remark,  made 
by  a  lady  at  Calistoga,  Springs,  is  any  criterion 
of  the  common  feeling:  — “Lemonade!  No, 
Indeed  1  I'm  going  to  stick  to  ice  water  to  day. 
Yesterday  I  drank  champague,  buttermilk,  lem¬ 


onade  with  a  stick  In  it,  more  champagne, 
Calistoga  punch,  more  lemonade  with  hair  oil 
or  something  else  in  It.,  and  I  was  sick  enough 
all  night.  No,  sir;  I  shall  stick  to  ice  water 
to-day." 

When  the  salary-grab  bill  was  pending  in 
Congress  last  winter  one  argument  in  its  favor 
was  that,  a*  tho  franking  privilege  had  been 
abolished  Congressmen  would  hereafter  have 
to  pay  their  own  postage  the  name  as  all  others ; 
bat  now  it.  seems  that  some  Congressman  are 
under  the  impression  that  they  ought  to  bn 
supplied  with  the  official  postage  stamps  for 
official  communications.  Demands  for  them 
have,  however,  been  refused  In  all  eases. 

The  Chicago  Times  sees  In  the  “  Grange  sys¬ 
tem”  of  electing  delegates  to  the  Farmers'  Con¬ 
vention  a  decided  improvement  on  tho  caucus, 
and  thinks  that  “if  tho  farmer*’  movement 
should  cause  the  club  system  to  take  the  place 
of  the  caucus  system,  it  would,  even  if  it.  should 
accomplish  no  more,  bn  a  movement  of  im¬ 
mense  influence  for  good  in  our  polities.” 

The  Shah  is  taking  with  him  back  to  Per -in, 
among  all  the  wonderful  tokens  of  western 
civilization  he  has  been  collecting  during  his 
stay,  no  more  remarkable  evidence  of  it.  than  n 
collection  of  the  Journal  of  the  day  describing 
his  reception  In  En( land,  the  Illustrated  news¬ 
papers  especially  being  objects  of  wondering 
delight  to  his  suite  and  attendants. 

THERE  is  a  fly  in  Cayenne,  Guiana,  known  as 
the  man-eater,  which  Is  tho  cause  of  many 
deaths  in  that  penal  colony  of  France.  M. 
Coqnerol,  who  ha*  investigated  the  subject, 
describes  the  Insect  as  laying  Its  eggs  In  the 
mouth  or  nose  of  a  sleeping  person.  The  off¬ 
spring  in  their  larval  state  usually  bring  about 
the  death  of  the  victim. 

The  everlasting  school  quest  ion  is  now  agita¬ 
ting  Springfield,  Mass.  The  Roman  Catholic 
clergy  have  contemplated  the  establishment  of 
regular  denominational  schools,  but  tho  laity 
arc  said  to  oppose  this,  not  hesitating  to  toll 
the  clergy  that  thoir  schools  can  never  bo  as 
good  as  the  public  schools. 

A  Georgia  paper  recently  c.mtalnod  the  fol¬ 
lowing  Item  In  Its  Society  Gossip:— “The  ami¬ 
able  and  delicious  Miss  Pilkington,  whose 
charms  of  mind  and  person  have  turned  the 
heads  of  our  gallants,  now  does  her  hair  In 
braids,  and  patronizes  this  j>  .j<  r  exclusively  in 
her  personal  make-up." 

Victor  Emanuel,  it  is  reported,  is  to  be  ex¬ 
communicated  by  the  next  encyclical  of  the 
Pope.  The  Papal  edict  will  be  read  In  Bt. 
Peter’s  amid  tho  greatest  solemnity ;  the  cathe¬ 
dral  will  be  draped  with  black,  uud  yellow 
tapers  will  burn  on  the  altar. 

The  whistle  Is  to  be  "substituted  in  the  French 
army  for  the  luiglo  when  troops  are  engaged  in 
skirmishing.  During  the  recent,  war,  the  whi  I  !o 
was  found  to  act  very  well  in  tho  free  com¬ 
panies,  while  the  calls  on  the  bugle  revealed  too 
much  to  tho  enemy. 

The  Southern  Fertilizing  Company  now  mix 
thoir  various  compounds  In  Libby  Prison,  while 
tho  famous  Castle  Thunder,  used  during  the 
war  as  u  prison  for  Southern  deserters,  is  now 
the  manufactory  and  warehouse  of  a  tobacco 
firm. 

The  following  la  a  literal  copy  of  a  notice 
which  has  recently  been  displayed  in  a  field  in 
South  London :— Ladles  and  Gentlemen  are  rc- 
roq i tested  not  to  steal  the  turnips.  Other  per¬ 
sons,  If  detected'  will  l»e  prosecuted. 

It  Is  said  that  half  of  the  counties  in  Illinois 
are  In  search  of  feminine  candidates  for  the 
office  of  School  Superintendent.  Miss  Eliza 
Livermore  is  named  for  Madison  county. 

California  lias  another  headless  rooster. 
This  oue  i*  provided  with  a  silver  tubo  through 
which  it.  is  fed,  and  is  an  object  of  envy  in  the 
feathered  tlo-k  of  which  it  is  a  member, 

A  Fort  Wayne  girl  engaged  herself  to  a 
young  man  “  for  fun,"  but  she  fainted  when  she 
found  that  he  had  procured  the  publication  of 
the  engagement  in  a  newspaper. 

Columbus,  Aug.  1.— Tho  Constitutional  Con¬ 
vention  to-day,  by  a  vote  of  41  to  40  adopted  a 
resolution  to  adjourn  from  Aug.  8  to  Dec.  2, 
and  then  meet  in  Cincinnati. 

All  requisitions  for  postal  cards  up  to  the  let. 
of  July,  have  boon  filled,  amounting  to  31,000,000 
since  tho  cor’d  was  issuod.  The  orders  up  to 
date  amount  to  00,000,000. 

Is  Kansas  more  bodies  have  been  discovered 
at  the  Bender  graveyard,  and  a  clue  to  the 
wherabouts  of  the  Bender  family  has  been 
obtained. 

TUB  net  debt  of  Boston,  funded  and  unfunded, 
is  $23,744,894,  and  the  gross  debt  $37,6141,672.  The 
increase  of  debt  during  the  year  1872-73  was 
$2,185,002. 

A  Syracuse  lad  had  his  clothes  taken  com¬ 
pletely  off  by  passing  through  a  space  of  six 
inches  on  a  belt  between  the  wheel  and  the 
celling. 

Ten  thousand  Central  New -York  Spiritual¬ 
ists,  in  council,  resolved  against  the  proposed 
religious  amendments  to  the  Federal  Consti¬ 
tution. 

Sixty  armed  horsemen  rode  into  Fulton,  Mo., 
with  the  intention  of  lynching  a  inule-stealer 
named  Kessler,  but  were  baffled  by  the  author¬ 
ities. 

The  movement  to  create  a  new  State  out  of 
West  Tenessee,  North  Mississippi  and  Southern 
Kentucky  meets  with  but  little  favor  at  Mem- 
1  phis 


_ 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 


Brldgcvtllc,  giinsex  Co.,  Delaware,  July  2.1. 

— Since  1862  we  of  Central  Delaware  have  not 
experienced  so  unfavorable  a  season.  Winter 
wet;  spring  unusually  late;  before  crops  and 
vegetables  were  established  and  out  of  danger 
of  frusta  it  became  hot  and  dry.  It  lias  been 
about  eight  weeks  since  we  had  any  rain  to 
speak  of.  Corn  almost  ruined;  early  planted 
cannot  be  improved  much  by  any  amount  of 
ralr.  Peaches  have  dropped  badly,  and  ripen 
slowly;  no  Hales  except  on  sandy  soils.  Apples 
rather  scarce,  and  up  to  date  are  looking  poor 
and  small.  Garden  vegetables  all  gone  except 
late  tomatoes.  Late  potatoes  attacked  by  the 
tobacco  worm  and  vine*  eaten  to  a  skeleton. 
Grape*  have  an  unrelenting  enemy  In  a  little 
black  i  !  yellow  worm  that  hatches  In  armies 
on  the  leaves  which  are  not  only  skeletonized , 
but  is  now  destroying  the  stems  and  fruit. 
Delawares  suffering  first,  and  most.  Sweet  po¬ 
tatoes  looked  never  so  badly.  Carrots  and 
sugar  beets  are  dying  In  the  drills.  Sugar  com 
can  never  be  anything;  tassel*  dead,  no  silks. 
All  young  clover  and  grasses  on  wheat  stubble 
are  burned  up.  To-day  high,  hot  wirds,  siroc- 
oa-llke,  roasts  and  twists  the  distressed  corn  to 
such  a  degree  that  we  aro  almost  disheartened 
but  for  the  peach  crop,  which  is  always  our 
hope,  and  often  our  pride,— Kate  J. 

Fond  du  Lnc,  Wl*.t  July  31. — We  were  highly 
favored  with  copious  showers  and  several  heavy 
rains  from  last  of  April  up  to  July  15,  which  we 
appreciate,  having  had  no  rain  to  speak  of  for^ 
the  past  three  years.  Of  course  our  crops  are 
heavy;  harvesting  Is  commenced.  Crops  of  all 
kinds  havo  not  looked  as  well  since  I860.  Har¬ 
vest  help  scarce.  Granges  of  Patrons  of  Hus¬ 
bandry  are  quite  numerous.— 0.  Berry. 

♦  »  »  ■  - - — 

WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 


A  Bornological  and  Horticultural  Uiclrty  lor 
the  Southern  Stale*  is  proposed  by  the  Norfolk, 
Va.,  Pom.  and  Hort.  Soc.,  which  nails,  by  reso¬ 
lution,  upon  similar  organizations  throughout 
the  South  to  unite  with  it  in  organizing  such  a 
society,  to  lie  auxiliary  to  the  American  Porno- 
Ioglcal  Society,  and  to  send  delegations  to  Nor¬ 
folk,  Aug.  20,  with  Mich  purpose. 

St.  Joseph  Industrial  ICx|mfi(iloii, — The  Board 
of  Director*  of  the  8t.  Joseph  Industrial  Expo¬ 
sition  announce,  that  an  exhibition  of  manufac¬ 
tures,  stock,  products,  art*  and  inventions  will 
be  held  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  opening  on  Monday, 
$ept.  29,  (one  week  previous  to  the  St,  Louis 
Fair)  and  continuing  one  week.  Low’d  Fletch¬ 
er,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  is  Secretary. 

Fair  Notice*  Received.  —  Kansu  City,  Mo., 
Fair,  Sept.  16.  and  continues  n  week. - North¬ 

ern  Kansas  District  Fair  at  Atchison,  Sept,  8 
Platte  City,  Mm,  Fair,  Platte  City,  Sept.  23 
28 - Anderson  Co„  Kan.,  Fair,  Oct.  1  3.— Cof¬ 

fee  Go..  Kan.,  Fall’,  Oct.  8-10-  —Fair  of  Western 
N.  Y.  Poultry  Soc.,  at  Buffalo,  Jan.  16-20,  1871. 

The  American  Poultry  A»»n. — The  Secretary 
of  this  Association  niinourieo  that  he  Intends 
to  call  a  Convention  tho  coming  lull,  with  u 
view  to  a  revision  of  the  American  Standard  of 
Excellence  for  all  descriptions  of  fancy  fowls. 
The  Secretary  is  Joseph  M.  Wade,  83  North 
Seventh  street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

The  Jacksonville,  ID,,  Hurt.  Hoc.,  at  its  June 
meeting,  elected  the  following  officers:  l‘ret.- 
Edward  Scott.  Yta-l'rcPt. — K.  ii.  Chapman. 
C or.  See.— Dr.  il.  W.  Milligan,  /iso.  See.— A.  L. 
Huy.  aVeas.-Tho*.  Dowoo.se.  Directors.— IS,  T. 
Miller,  T,  Baldwin,  J.  Ueinl,  II.  11.  .Massey-  and 
il.  W.  Milligan. 

The  Riley  Co.,  Kao.,  Ag.  See.,  holds  Its  next 
Fair  Sept.  30,  and  continues  from  day  to  duv.  We 
arc  not  Informed  where  it  Is  to  he  hold,  its  of¬ 
ficers  are:  Pros.  O.  \V,  i •- >  i ,  i  .  \ricc-l‘n*'t J, 
N.  JJnbockcr.  See--  J.  Q.  A.  Sheldon.  Treat. — 
Samuel  Long. 

The  Xew  York  Shale  Ag.  Sue,  ha*  decided  to 
open  ilm  gates  of  its  exhibition  at  Albany,  to 
tho  public  on  Wednesday,  Sept.  21,  and  continue 
the  exhibition  until  Wednesday,  Oct.  1.  The 
entry  books  for  iho  exhibition  close  August  23. 

The  Fair  ol  the  Seneca  Co.,  A.  V.,  Ag.  Soc. 
will  be  held  at  Seneca  Falls,  Oct.  7-9.  Officers 
for  the  year  are  :  John  G.  King.  I  icc- 

prex’t,.— Jos.  Wood.  Trcaa.—\ John  D.  Cox.  See. 
— Wm.  W.  Stung. 

The  Maine  Poultry  V**’n  Is  already  In  the 
field  with  Us  Premium  List  for  an  Exhibition 
to  be  held  in  City  Hall,  Portland,  Me.,  Jan.  13- 
16,  1874.  W.  1*.  Atherton,  HalloweJI,  Me.,  is 
the  Secretary. 

The  Northern  Win.  Fair  is  to  be  hold  at  Osh¬ 
kosh.  Sept.  29  and  Oct.  13.  The  Annual  Address 
is  to  bo  delivered  by  Hon.  J.  Blaine,  it.  D. 
To uituv,  Oshkosh,  W is.,  is  Secretory. 

The  Vermont  Mate  Ag.  Soc.,  is  to  hold  its 
next  Fair  at  Hut  laud,  Sept.  9-12.  The  Premium 
List,  is  issued,  and  may  be  obtained  of  Henry 
Clare,  Secretary,  Butlaud,  Yt. 

The  New  Jersey  State  Ag.  Soc.  has  issued  its 
Premium  List  for  1873.  The  next  Fair  is  to  be 
held  on  its  grounds  at  Waverly  Station,  Sept. 
16-20. 

The  Pat  i«  ska  I  u.,  O.,  Ag.  Soe.  will  hold  their 
next  Fair  Sept.  24-26.  Geo.  N.  Rowling,  Seo’y. 

The  Quebec  Provincial  Ag.  and  loans.  Exhi¬ 
bition  is  to  he  held  at  Montreal  Sept.  16-19. 

The  Pierce  Co..  \VU„  Fair  is  to  be  held  at 
Prescott,  Wis..  Sept.  16-19. 

- -  -»»■» - 

DOMESTIC  NEWS. 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

The  Pacific  Mall  Co.  lias  paid  Its  taxes  of 
$124,000  to  the  Government,  anu  its  ships  have 
been  released. -Tho stall* around  Fulton  Market 
have  been  destroyed... .Russian  emigrants  have 
commenced  to  arrive  ■  On  the  4th  an  unknown 
man,  aged  35,  was  murdered  in  Green  street. .. 
War  on  the  coopers  continues  because  they  are 

society  men _ There  is  much  anxiety  over  the 

German  steamship  Baltic,  missing,  with  350 
passengers  aboard ....  Mr,  WUuHoy,  a  Member  of 


Parliament,  lias  arrived,  to  hunt  up  evidence  in 
the  Tiohborne  case. .. .The  Brooklyn  Trust  Co. 
has  resumed  business. 

Home  News. 

Three  men  were  burned  at  an  oil  well  in 
Butler,  Pa.,  on  the  2d  The  Democrats  of  Ohio 
have  nominated  a  full  ticket  .  Virginia  wants 

a  “white  man’s  government” . The  Labor 

parly  of  Ma viachusett*  indorses  Gen.  Butler. ... 
Gov.  Dlx  of  New  York  declines  to  sign  the  Life 
Insurance  Policy  Bill _ The  Germans  of  Wis¬ 

consin  will  hold  a  National  Convention.  ..The 
President  has  signed  the  Japanese  Postal  Treat  y 

_ Col.  Hughes  is  the  Virginia  candidate  for 

Governor  .  Long  Branch  has  had  n  grand  ball 
In  aid  nf  iho  sufferers  by  Hit*  Portland,  Or.,  fire 
...  .The  Cherokee*  have  held  a  general  election 

. Yale  Collect'  Is  to  build  anew  Theological 

Hall,  to  cost  $160.1.09.  Poor  Yale!.  The  Con¬ 
servative*  of  Virginia  have  nominated  one  Mr. 
Kemper  for  Oovernor . The  formers’  move¬ 

ment  is  progressing  in  the  West  .  Cholera  lin¬ 
gered  in  Kentucky  on  the  7th,  and  there  were  8 
easts  in  Columbus.  O  Great  real  estate  fraud* 
have  beer,  discovered  In  Philadelphia  Vermont 
soldier.!  lm\  >■  hurl  a re-Unlon  ..  The cholera lin¬ 
ger*  in  many  places  in  the  West  ..  The  debt  of 
tho  District  of  Columbia  Is  $  17,000,000 — All  tho 
lager  beer  In  Worcester,  Mass.,  is  being  .seized 

. Air.  Dent,  the  President’s  father-in-law,  is 

quite  ill-.  The  President  went  to  Washington 
tho  5th,  and  hold  an  unlmportuntCuhmet  meet¬ 
ing.  He  Is  now  the  guest  of  Sneaker  Blaine,  in 
Maine  Two  men  were  killed  by  an  explosion 
in  a  coal  mine  at  Wilkesbarrc,  Pa.,  on  the  4th.. 
Tho  Ku-Klux  are  growing  verv  bold  in  Ken¬ 
tucky  _  Some  politicians  in  Cincinnati  have 

repudiated  both  the  Democratic  and  Republi¬ 
can  parties  !.. .  Gen.  Sherman  ha*  had  a  great 
reception  at  Cape  May . Salt  Lake  City  re¬ 

cent  ly  hod  It*  first  rain  In  3  months.  Brigham 
Voung’s  divorce  suit.  Is  un  in  the  Salt  Lake 
court.-.  Southern  war  claim*  to  the  amount 
of  $66,000,000  have  been  presented  Indian  out¬ 
rages  are  reported  in  Wyoming. ..14  beer  heller* 
In  Worcester.  Mo**.,  have  been  fined  and  impris¬ 
oned  The  Cherokee  Indian*  have  had  a  bloody 
battle  in  Kao.  ■ is  .  A  Mr.  /  lien  has  I  con  bru¬ 
tally  murdered  near  Owensboro’,  Ky . Gen. 

But  ler  ha3  written  a  long  letter,  defending  back 

pay _ President  Grant  has  issued  an  order  for 

the  enforcement  of  I  lie  Civil  Service  rules . 

The  final  plan  for  I  bn  great  Exhibition  building 
at  Philadelphia  will  be  solectcd  the  last  of  Sep¬ 
tember  .The  steamship  Wawaonet,  on  the  Po¬ 
tomac  River,  was  burned  at  noon  of  the  8th  inst. 
near Ohatalou landing;  there  were  160  passen¬ 
gers  mi  board,  50  of  whom  are  supnosed  to  have 
been  lost.  Tho  Uames  spread  rapidly,  and  many 
jumped  Into  the  water;  over  40  people  were 
drowned. 

Fires. 

Portland.  Oregon,  was  set  on  Are  on  the 
2d  inst ;  23  block*  of  t  he  city  were  burned,  com¬ 
prising  hundreds  of  houses.  The  loss  was  $1,- 
500,000.  Hundreds  of  people  were  made  liomc- 
le.  -.  ami  had  to  camp  in  the  cltv  parks.  Several 
persons  worn  lulled  and  wounded  during  tho 
conflagration.  The  best  part  of  the  city  was 
saved.  The  people  ask  aid  of  Chicago,  St.  Louis, 

New  York  and  Ban  Francisco _ Shoddy  mill  In 

Ayer,  Mass.,  un  tin  4th;  hiss,  $400,000 — Finn¬ 
ing  mill  In  Exeter,  N.  H.,on  the  4th;  loss. $8,000 
....Shoe  establishments  In  Nantucket,  Mass., 
on  the  4th;  loss,  $16,000  ..  There  were  137  fires 
in  New  York  city  during  July  ;  loss,  $263,705 — 
Five  shiji.’  and  15,000  ban'tds  of  o.l  were  destroy¬ 
ed  at  Hunter's  Point,  N.  Y.,  on  tho  5t  h;  loss, 
?Ci(X),l)00.  Ore-  man  was  burned  to  aenl.lt  . .  Prince 
fSL.  distillery  In  Boston  on  the  8th  ;  loss,  $65,000. 

Obituary. 

Philarete  Ch aisles,  an  eminent  French 
author,  died  on  the  2d.  He  was  a  professor  in 
the  College  or  France  . ..The  Duohesa  of  Inver¬ 
ness  died  in  London  on  t,he2<l.  She  was  the 
wife  of  the  sixth  son  of  George  III  Gen.  Sid¬ 
ney  Sherman  of  the  Fun  Jacinto,  in  Galveston, 
on  the  1st —  Robert  S.  <  hew ,  chief  clerk  of  tho 
State  Department,  on  the  3d,  at  Washington; 
bo  waa  62  M.  Barret,  President  of  tho  French 
Council  of  Slate,  on  the  6th.  .Prof.  John  F. 
Stoddard  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  on  the  6th. 

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FOREIGN  NEWS. 


miscellaneous  Foreign  Neivs. 

Sevtlt.a  was  pillaged  by  the  rebels.  Tho  in¬ 
surgent,  frigates  arc  manned  by  galley  slaves. 
Foreign  powers  will  bold  Gen.  Contreras  as  a 
hostage  until  the  rebel  vessels  are  returned  to 
Spain.  A  bill  ha*  been  given  to  the  Cortes  for 
I  he  separation  of  Church  and  State.  The  Cortes 
propose  to  divide  Spain  into  40  Cantoris.  Carlisle 
arc  increasing  In  some  of  the  province  .  The 
foreign  powers  have  the  rebel  chief  Contreras 
on  a  German  man-of-war.  Tho  Republican  bat¬ 
teries  have  opened  on  Sevilla.  France  will  re¬ 
main  n  utral  toward  Spain  —  Tho  Vicuna  Ex¬ 
hibition  building  has  been  on  lire.  ...There  was 
n  fearful  railw  ay  accident  in  England  on  the2d  ; 

12  people  were  killed  and  30  wounded  . The 

Shah  has  visited  the  Vienna  Exhibition — Cen¬ 
tral  A  mcrii  a  is  sending  aid  to  Cuba.  Lima, 
Peru,  has  hod  a  $500,1)00  rain  storm. .  July  7th 
there  was  a  great,  earthquake  at.  Valparaiso 
The  King  ui  Belgium  and  the  Emperor  of  Ger¬ 
many  are  to  have  a  meeting . There  Is  much 

excitement  in  France  over  the  reconciliation  of 

the  Legitimists  and  OrJeanlsts .  Tbo.U.  S. 

steamer  Shenandoah,  at  Cadiz,  has  the  Villo  do 
Madrid  under  her  guns.  There  ha*  been  despe¬ 
rate  lighting  at  Valencia.  The  village  of  Mis- 
Lata  was  taken  and  lost  several  times  and  then 
burned.  A  mortar  fire  has  opened  on  Valencia. 
At  M.vaiuas*  village  160  men  were  killed.  Se¬ 
villa  has  mado  a  demonstration  in  favor  of  the 
Government.  Granada  lias  surrendered.  Italy 

will  send  a  fleet,  of  war  ships  to  Cartagena . 

There  ha*  been  a  railway  accident  near  Man¬ 
chester,  Bng.;  1 8 persons  'injured  Turkey  will 
raise  a  new  loan  of  $75, 000, IKK)  ...John  Lathvop 
Motley,  the  great  American  historian,  was 
struck  with  apoplexy  In  London  on  tho  6th ;  his 
recovery  is  doubtful ...  .  Cadiz  has-  surrendered 

to  the  Republicans . The  Germans  have  cap¬ 

tured  two  frigates  at  Malaga.  A  powde:  roaga  • 
2ine  at  Valencia  has  exploded,  killing  a  great 
many  rebels.  The  rebels  make  an  obstinate  re¬ 
sistance  at  V alencia  . . .  Lozada.  a  Mexican  rebel 
chief,  has  been  executed... Sir  John  A. .McDon¬ 
ald  of  Canada  denies  that  he  has  committed  sui¬ 
cide  Vlctoriahas  prorogued  Parliament ;  she 
is  happy  over  the  large  sum  of  money  voted  tho 
Duke  of  Edinburgh  The  French  troops  have 
entered  Nancy  . .  Prince  A  nh'ir  of  England  t* 
betrothed  to  Prince-s  Thvru  of  Denmark — Mr. 
Mot  ley  was  much  better  on  the  7th  Inst  .Thera 
have  been  great  change*  in  the  British  Cabinet. 
Mr.  Low  o  takes  the  Home  <  Iffico ;  M r.  •  Badri  one 
is  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer ;  tne  Marquis  of 
itlpon  and  Mr.  Childers  retire  to  private  life; 
Mr.  Bunco  becomes  Lord  President  of  the  Coun¬ 
cil  ;  John  Bright  euteis  the  Cabinet  as  Chancel¬ 
lor  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster;  Mr.  J.  G,  Dod- 


son  becorres  Joint  Secretary  of  the  Treasury... 
Count  fie  Chambord  fa  acknowledged  as  the 

head  of  the  House  of  Bourbons _ The  Spanish 

Cortes  has  granted  constitutional  guarantees  to 
Porto  Rico.  Carllsts  claim  a  victory  at  Klqueta. 

with  flUO  prisoners . Tlio  A  uiericfto  European 

squadron  has  been  ordered  to  Spain,  to  protect 
American  interests.  Valencia  has  uncondition¬ 
ally  surrendered  . .  Count  do  Chambord  hits  ac¬ 
cented  the  throne  of  France  from  i lie  Lefdti- 
iniste  ..Cholera  has  appeared  among  tho troops 
,  "?E',n*  •  tho  Emperor  of  Austria  will  visit 
the  Emperor  of  Germany  at  Gaatoin. 


5^  common  cooking,  *203.  Southern  plums,  $3.50fiiJ 
4.o0  V  bush.  North  Carolina  Hartford  Prolific  grapes, 
lOo.  d  if',  Blackberries  are  running  out:  cultivated, 
20<j#28o,;  bush,  *2.50(a>3  It  bush.;  Whortleberries,  sfta.r^) 
rat  do.  Watermelons,  $10(.#50  ih  luo  for  Augusta  and 
*8®10  71  100  for  Virginia.  Nil  lav -ff,  *2.o0f^3.50  p  bbl. 
Peanuts  continue  excited;  North  Carolina,  11.76(82 ; 
Virginia, *2.7,r><it5  for  prune  and  *2.3Ofi#2.C0  ror  good , 
Pecans.  l2<d>12H<'. 

Grain.—' Them  him  been  un  active  export  trade  lu 
Wheat  at  dig  idodly  butter  prices.  Com  has  been  in 
libcriil  supply  and  offerings  at  easier  prices.  Oats 
liuvi:  boon  ruling  llrm  and  In  aotive  speculative  de- 
tuflnfl.  The  quoiatlouaare  ;  No,  3  Milwaukee  s-pring, 
October  delivery,  Cl.lluil.43,  mainly  ut  $1.42 ;  for  spot 
do  livery,  M.dllwUd  ror  HO.  2  spring;  $1.49(31 .58  for  No. 
1  do.;  Sl.lOfitl.oa  for  pour  to  choice  winter  red  West¬ 
ern  ;  $1,654*1.(3)  f  Tii rubor  do.,  and  #l.r<.V>v  1.30  for  white 
Western.  Western  rye  will  bring  860.  Corn  at  .Mas 
5i>e.  lor  steamer  grades  of  Western  mixed,  inferior  to 
prune:  .u, lyeg  sic.,  for  choice  do,  in  lota;  MtaftMc.  for 
sailing  vessels  grades  do.,  the  latter  for  choice  tots  of 
car  stuck;  ITurdc.  for  heated  and  Inferior  stock,  and 
67(«(j0o.  for  yellow  Western.  Oats  at  42(w44>fc.  for 
mixed  Western ;  poor  to  primn  lots  principally  at 
for  full  lots  ,  48fi# 5 b *.  for  white  do.;  ordinary 
to  very  ehOlCe,  attoat.  .Vic.,  tic.  for  very  poor  do.,  mid 
ilw  fie.  for  black  do.  Hurley  malt,  Canada  West,  t!.2fi 
fifil.80;  four-rowed  (Stale,  do.,  ?l.l5ft.L26 :  two-rowed 
do.,ll&C,®tI.10. 

Hay  ft  lid  Stfftw ■ — Receipt* lire  liberal,  and  prJcos 
rnie  weak. 

hales  ■  t  choice  timothy  buy  at  ;3llfiJ34  per  ton;  do. 
prime,  #!SWi3tl ;  do.  fair  lots,  *22<»J24,4  shipping,  fhkii 
20.  Long  ryostrow,  $tMta2u per  ton;  oat,  $12. 

Oops,— Outside  of  one  or  two  rather  full  lots, 
amounting  to  about  200  bales,  chnnglog  hands,  there 
has  been  a  very  quiet  market.  There  are  usually  but 
little  doing  at  this  period,  pending  definite  reports  In 
regard  to  rim  growing  crop,  and  In  lusliinOes  business 
bus  been  forced.  The  recent  statements  soem  to  be 


0*ifit70s.;  flne,76®ai)8.;  Scotch,  new,  73®i76s.  American, 
new,  extra  flue,  62<ai838.|  flue,  UO-iUtls.;  good,  5H<jS68b.; 
seconds,  4174628.  Dutch  cheese  Edam*,  nOfiHOOs, 

The  weather  Is  warm  and  pleasant,  with  no  rain 
this  week  up  to  the  7th  Inst,  occasional  showers 
have  been  falling  during  the  past  two  weeks. 


For  sale  at  the  Rural  New- Yorker  Office,  No.  6 
Beekniun  8t.,  Now  York,  or  sent  by  mall,  post¬ 
paid.  on  receipt  of  price; 

Willard’s  Practical  Dairy  Husbandry 

.  J-l'?"1,  >»*"'«*d) . 00 

Allen’s  (L.  l«.)  American  Cuttie . . .  3  00 

Do.  New  American  Farm  Book .  2  60 

Do.  Diseases  of  PomeHtiu  Animals .  1  uo 

Do.  Rural  Architecture . . .  I  60 

American  Bird  Fancier .  ;t0 

American  Pomology  (SHU  tlluatratioim)  Warder..  3  IX) 

American  Practicul  Cookery .  1  75 

American  Rose  Cuitllflsl.... .  30 

American  .Standard  of  Excellence  in  Poultry..  60 

American  Wheat  Culturlsl  (Todd) . .  2  00 

A  rob  I  lecture,  National  Man.  1C  Woodward) . 13  00 

Atwood’s  Country  and  Suburban  Houses .  1  60 

Barry’s  Fruit  Durden  (new  .  lliiori) .  2  60 

Bue  Keepers'  Ten  Hook,  Paper.  tOc.:  Cloth .  76 

Unuient's  Rabbit  Fancier..  .  30 

Utckne-U's  Village  Builder  ti5  Plates,  showing 

New  and  Practical  IV-ilgnsl . 10  00 

Bounder's  Method  of  Making  Manures..... .  25 

Brock’s  Book  of  Flower.-'  |new) . . .  1  75 

Brldgemun'u  Gurdnner'n  Assistant . 350 

Bulat's  Family  Kitchen  Hardener .  1  00 

Do.  Flower  (iardOM . .  j  fy) 

Carpentry  Made  Kssj  (new  .  6  1)0 

Chemistry  of  the  Farm  iNlehola) .  I  26 

I’horUon's  Drupe  Grower'#  Guide .  76 

Cider  Maker’s  Manual . .  |  50 

(Hater’s  New  III.  Cuttle  Doctor,  colored  plates...  (i  (X) 

Cobbott’a  American  Gardener . 75 

(’ole's  American  Fruit  Umik . 76 

Cole's  American  Veinrlnurtuu .  76 

Cotton  Culture  (Lymans,).. .  1  60 

Crock  Shot  (Barber) .  .  I  75 

Cranberry  Cut  tine  (J.  J.  While) .  1  :»s 

Dndil's  Ameriuiui  Cuttle  Doctor .  1  50 

Do  Modern  Horse  Doctor . 1  60 

Dana’s  Mltolt  Manual .  .  I  25 

Darwin’s  Variations  of  A  n  I  am  Is  and  Plants .  «  (X) 

Dead  mint;  or,  HpurLnmn's  Compleui  Guide .  1  76 

Downing's  Fruits  uml  Fruit  Trees  of  A  me r lea. 

OHM  PP) .  5  00 

Do.  Rural  Essays... .  3  50 

Drainage  for  ProOt  and  Health .  1  60 

Dyer  and  Color  Makar's  Companion .  1  25 

Kentwood's  Cranberry  Culture . 76 

Klimt's  l.uwn  and  Shade  Trees.... . 1  60 

Kverybody’s  I.awyer. .  .  2  DO 

Kvnry  Woman  llorOwn  Flow  rO»  deuer(new). 

paper.  50c. :  uluth .  ....  .  j  00 

Farm  Drainage  (II.  F.  French' . 1  50 

Farm  Implements  mm  Much  Ditto  pi.. I.  Thomas]  1  50 

1'  Iain's  Pear  Culture  .  . .  126 

Fishing  in  American  Waters  (8oott) .  3  60 

Flint  on  Grasses .  2  60 

Do,  Milch  Cows  unci  Dairy  Farming . .1.,  2  &o 

Forest  Trees  (Brvunt) . . .  1  50 

Frank  Forres  tor’s  Field  Hports  (2  vols.) .  6  no 

Do.  Fish  and  Fishing  (100  engravings  1 .  5  HO 

l>0,  Manual  for  V tiling  Sportsmen . .  .  3  U0 

Fuller's  illustrated  Strawberry  Guitarist .  20 

Do.  Forest  True  Cullurlst . . .  .  1  50 

Do,  Small  Fruits  (Illustrated) . . .  1  50 

Fulton’s  Peach  Culture,  A  lland-Uook  and 

Guldii  to  Every  Plantar .  1  50 

Gardening  for  PrOlll  IP.  Henderson) . . .  I  60 

Gardening  for  tin*  South  (W  lino's  I .  2  00 

Drupe  Oulturlst  (A.  M.  Fuller) .  1  50 

Gray's  Manual  of  Botany  and  t, assorts .  3  00 

Do.  School  and  Field  Book  of  Botany .  2  60 

Do.  How  Plants  Grow  (500  Illustrations) .  1  12 

Do.  Introduction  to  Structural  nr  I  Systematic 
Botanv  m "I  Vegetable  Physiology  (1.300  illiis.).  3  50 

Diieiinu  on  Milch  Cows .  .  75 

Gun.  Rod  Hitd  Muddle . . .  ;  50 

Harney's  Barns,  Outbuildings  and  Fences . 10  DO 

Hat  rls  on  Insects. . . . ;  (j<j 

Do.  on  the  Pig—  Breeding,  Management,  Ac.. . . .  1  50 

Hntllold's  Ain er loan  House  Carpenter .  3  50 

Hlius  to  dorse  Keepers  (Herbert's) .  1  75 

High  Farming  without  Manure . .  35 

Holly’s  Art  of  Baw-Flllng  .  75 

Holly’*  Carpenter's  Hand  Book  (new) .  76 

Hooper's  Dog  and  Gun . 30 

I  (dopes'  Kook  of  Kvergruttiis .  3  00 

Hop  Culture .  10 

How  Crops  Food .  2  OO 

How  Crops  Grow . . . .  2  DO 

Him  ter  and  Trapper . . .  100 

Husmunn's  Grapes  arid  Wine . .  1  50 

Indian  Corn  ;  Its  Valtin.  Culture  and  Uses.......  1  60 

Jennings  on  Cattle  and  their  Diseases .  1  75 

Do.  Horse  and  Ills  Discuses .  1  76 

Do.  llurse  Training  Made  Easy .  1  25 

1)0.  Sheep,  Swine  and  Poultry .  1  75 

Johnston's  Agricultural  Chemistry . . .!!  1  76 

Do.  Klcrnonts  Agricultural  Chemistry .  1  50 

Kemp  s  Landscape  Gtirib-oing . .  2  50 

Laugstroih  on  the  Hive  end  Honey  Bee .  2  00 

Lewis’  American  Sportsman .  2  75 

Lightning  Rods,  and  flow  to  Construct  Thom, 

by  John  Plun . . . .  26 

Manual  on  Fiaxand  Iletrip  Culture...! . 2a 

Manual  of  Tobacco  Cult  uru .  25 

Mason’s  Farrier  and  Bind  Book..., . .  1  ;o 

Mayhew’s  Illustrated  Horse  Management .  3  U0 

Do.  Illustrated  Horse  Doctor. . .  3  00 

'•leuhiuile's  Cninimnlnn  (Nicholson) . \  '  3  uo 

Mechanic*  for  Millwrights,  Machinists  and  others  1  50 

Miles  oti  Horse's  Foot  (cloth)..... . .  76 

■VI oder  11  Cookery  (by  Miss  Acton  and  Mrs.  8.  J. 

Hale) .  . 175 

McClure's  Discuses  of  Horse,  Cattle  and  Sheep.  2  (X) 

Money  in  the  Garden,  by  P.  T.  union  .  1  50 

Norris' Fish  Culture . .  .  1  75 

Norton’s  Kluments  Sclontlilo  Agriculture .  75 

Oiilnn  Culture . .  20 

our  Farm  of  Four  Acres  . .“  30 

Pardee  on  Strawberry  Culture .  75 

Parsons  on  the  Rose .  1  25 

Pear  Culture  for  Profit  (P.  T.  Quinn) .  1  00 

Pedder’s  Land  Measure  . .  00 

Practical  and  Scientific  Fruit  Culture  (Baker)...  1  on 

Practical  Plnricullnre  |P.  Ueridorsoio .  1  .51) 

Practical  Poultry  KeepuriJ,.  Wright) .  2  00 

Practical  Shepherd  (Randall) . . . . .  2  00 

Qulaby’s  Mysteries  of  Bo«  Keeping .  1  50 

Quincy  on  Soiling  Cattle,. . . . .  1  26 

lland all's  Fine  Wool  Sheet,  Husbandry.. .  1  00 

Do.  Sheep  Husbandl  y  in  the  South .  1  50 

Richardson  on  the  Dog...... . :m 

nan  infers-  Domestic  Poulr  ri . . .  to 

Soli  a  tick '*  Uurdonern’  Text-Book . ....i...  76 

Fcribner's  Produce  Table  -  .. . .  30 

Do.  Ready  Reckoner  uml  1  o-g  Book . 30 

Simpsons  Horse  Portraiture— Breeding,  Rear¬ 
ing  ami  Training  Trotter*. . . .  . .  2  50 

Six  Huridrud  Recipes . . .  1  75 

Skeleton  Leaves .  ’  o  00 

Skillful  Housewife . .  •  ‘  75 

Slack’s  Trout  Culture  (new) . ”)•  1  50 

Stewart’s  (Job mi  Stable  Book .  1  50 

TegeUnuier’s  Poultry  Book  (colored  plutea).....  9  U0 

Tegetuielcir’s  Pigeon  Kook  (colored  plates) .  &  00 

Ten  Acres  Knougli . .  .  . .  .  1  50 

The  Boston  MacliinUt  (Fitzgerald) .  75 

The  l)og  (by  Dinks.  Muyhew  and  Hutchinson)..  3  01 

The  Dog  (new) . . .  ....  ,  2  50 

The  florae  (Stonehenge),  Bvo.,  032  pp, .  .  .  350 

The  Mule  (Klloy/  A  Treatise  on  the  Breeding 

Training  and  use*  to  which  he  iu»y  be  put _  1  &) 

The  People’s  Practical  Poultry  Book . .  ..  1  50 

Thomas’ Am.  Fruit  Cnllurlai  (4SU  Illustrations) .  3  00 

Traouer’s  Guide  (Ncwiiouse) .  2  00 

Trout  Culture  (Beth  Greoui .  1  0H 

Trowbridge’s  (Mrs.  Laura)  Kxcnlslor  Cook  Book 

and  Housekeeper’s  Aid... . .  128 

Warder’s  Hedges  and  (evergreens . "  1  so 

Waring’*  Kiements  of  Agrlculturu . .  1  no 

W-iOimiA  A  inerlcafi  iiOuie  Garden .  2  |)0 

Wax  Flowers, and  liow  to  Make  Them .  2  00 

Western  Fruit  Grower*  Guide  (Klliott) .  1  60 

Wheeler's  Houmx  for  the  People . 3  ao 

Do.  Rural  Homes,,... . . .  2  00 

Window  Gardening  (If  T.  Williams) . 150 

Woodruff’s  Trotting  Horse  of  America .  2  26 

Woedward's.Graperiesand  Hort'l  Buildings....  I  =r 

Do,  Country  Homes . .  ,  60 

Do.  Cottages  and  Farm  Houses .  1  60 

Do.  Suburban  and  Country  Houses... .  1  50 

Youutt  and  Bummer  on  the  Horse .  1  60 

Yohau  and  Martin  oo  Cattle .  1  60 

Youutt  and  Martin  on  tile  Hog . .  1  (JO 

Youutt  on  Sheep . .  1  00 

You  man’s  Hand-Book  of  Household  Scleace....  X  75 

Address  all  orders  to 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  5  Beekman  St.,  New  Yo-a. 

\W  Any  Books  desired,  not  named  In  this  List 
will  be  furnished  on  receipt  of  price. 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


New  York.  August  9, 1873. 

Beeves.—^ Trade  was  small  last,  Wednesday.  Prloea 
ranged  a .  at  &3l2*ke.  ^  is.,  weights, iiiaiTW  ewt.  Thurs¬ 
day,  ther  way.  a  slow  hut  large  trade  In  beeves  at.  7Q 
6iiJ2Mc.;  weights,  4)45*8  owt,  Friday,  trade  was  much 
smaller  thnu  on  the  previous  duy,  and  all  of  the  fresh 
lots  to  hand  were  not  elunred  off;  nrtces,  '.iKf'>12c.; 
weights,  6hiaT}<.  The  uimllty  of  UieVierdafroiti  taior 
to  fair,  with  s.imognud  stool's  im  top  lots;  ofx.tiT  »*. 
was  allowed  to  the  cwt„lli!t.  Special  sales  worn  :  11- 
linoU  steers,  ooreimon  to  fair,  ibyl'to.  p  good  do., 
t)  it> ..  average  weight,  tVyirf  uwt.,  cuarso  Ken¬ 
tucky  do,.  TS  cwt.  lHf(<al2t'.  (P  common  Virginia, 

■  -  f.^  cwt.,  hl«Cy 

Texan  do.. 4.-,op 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS, 


Of  the  superiority  of  the  “Universal”  over 
all  other  Wringers  xve  have  been  perfectly  con¬ 
vinced  for  several  years.  That  Wringer  always 
did,  and  probably  a  I  way  will,  take  the  lead. 
The  late  Improvements  make  it  bettor  than  it 
was  a  few  years  ago.— Jctfcnon,  Mich.,  Manner. 


do.,  OR  owl.,  lOK’ifillc.  V  to.;  do.,  do., 
coarse  fat  do.,  do.,  8  uwt.,  ll  WiiilU’Rc.: 

5  cwt.,  TK&Mc.;  do.,  do.,  (i  owf.,  tk^9\c. 

itfilch  U«*wh«— Thl*  branch  of  trade  In  live  stock 
Is  most  discouraging;  the  quality  of  the  cows  to  hand 
is  generally  poor,  only  u  few  fair  qinilltv  cows  came 
to  hand.  ITlcos  throngli  tlto  imst  week  have  been 
*23070  V  head. 

Veil  la,  There  Is  Just  at  this  season  of  the  year  a 
heavy  run  of  course  quality  veals  and  of  rough  leuu 
grass  culves;  there  fore,  I  rude  Is  slow,  and  sales  have 
been  forced  off.  Extreme  range  of  prices  have  been 
tills  past  week  ut  aifflOflfe.  V  lb.  for  coarse  veals,  76# 
8Rc.  for  smooth  quality  do.,  with  grass  calves  at  $6(o) 
7.S0  -V  head.  Special  sales  were  state  veals,  average 
weight  13)4  a*,  p  head,  HctiSXc.  V  tb.;  one  lot  of  very 
poor  grass  calves  sold  at  $3  p  head. 

fslierp  n ml  Lit  mbs.— Trade  win  fair  on  hift  Wed¬ 
nesday,  and  would  have  been  better  had  the  quality 
of  the  Hocks  offered  for  salu  been  ns  good  as  the 
butchers  needed.  Prices  ranged  at  SkCtlS^c;  lamb* 
wore  slow  at 8>44p'.*a.  Tbiirsduy, sheep  sold  at%)UMo.; 
latiibs,  0>4r«)0,tit  i  trudo  was  brisk.  On  Friday  slump 
held  firm,  luit.  sales  were  not  as  large,  lambs  also  did 
fairly.  Special  sales  were  Oli lo  ancon,  nveruge  lki)4 
pound*  per  bead,  .c.;  (lo,,  do.,  80  pniinils,  lie.;  do.,  do., 
85  IhB.,  IIRo.t  Jersey  lambs,  61)J  lbs,,  8e.;  do.,  do.,  01 
)b8.,9c. 

Hogs.— On  Wednesday  last,  live  Iiocb  wore  worth 
-  iO  S  ib.;  city  rtrossod,  i;  ,  Thursday  Uva 

were  5Rffl,7)»o. ;  city  dreMfliL  ilKi.yVAc.  Friday  live 
wore  i.JfiKij.j  city  aressed,  OfylSu.  During  the  past 
week  onu  car  Ohio  bogs,  average  lBii  lbs,,  sold  unlive 
weight  at  a!4c.  H  tb. 

liofie  iMurkel.— The  past  week  there  have  been 
the  following  sales  effected  at  auction  :  Two  pairs 
of  light  harness  ImrsoB,  at.  FISHkicCrri  m  bead;  2 bead 
of  poor  quality  work  horses,  *75opt)0  t>  bead ;  3  punlos 
at  f'lfLiKia  p  bend;  7  bead  of  fair  quality  light,  hnr- 
m*-i  horses,  3187ffl360  W  head;  10  head  of  cononou 
quality  do.,  do.,  $liXXii275  H  head.  The  general  tone 
of  the  city  trudo  Is  weak.  60  horses  arrived  per  Erie 
Railway,  via  Guk  Out'  Station;  168  per  Central  New 


Advice. —  Send  for  free  Price  List.  Jones 
Scale  Works,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


Instead  of  BITTER  use  SWEET  QUININE 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


Flour,  bbl? .  58,201)  Peanuts,  bags .  1,500 

Wheat,  bush .  8IS,iXk)  Cut  meats,  pkgs.. ..  2,210 

Coro,  bush -  ...  000,600  Pork,  libit* . .  530 

Oat-*,  bush .  Hs, 500  Beet,  plcg* .  295 

Rye.  bush .  lojXlO  Lard,  pkg* .  7,990 

Barley,  luisli .  —  Buttar,  pke* .  23,400 

Malt,  hush .  13,000  Cheone,  pkg» .  103  800 

Beans,  bush .  2, who  Wool,  bales .  4,;,i« 

(  <,i  n  meal,  bbl* —  6,800  Grass  seed,  bush... 

com  lueal,  baga..,  1,130  Dressed  Hogs,  No..  — 

Benin*  and  Pens.  —  For  marrowfats  there  la  a 
very  strong  market,  and  a  confident  fueling  among 
holders.  Bale*  of  prime  have  been  made  at  $0,l5yi» 
3.20,  and  tlm  principal  bolder*  retime  to  noli  under 
W.20.  Alodiums  urn  steadily  hold  at  *2.80;fl)2.85  lor 
prime.  The  quotations  are :  -For  prime  pea  i icons, 
•,  do.  fair  lots  down  to  93.40 ;  prime  mcdinina, 
?  ',80(ii.i2.8o ;  do.  fair  lota  down  to  82.80;  prime  marrow¬ 
fats,  $3rai8.15;  do.  fair  lots,  $2.80;  prime  kidnuv,  $2.90 
<y3;  do.  fair  lota,  12.50;  prime  red  kidney,  $*(J64.50. 
l’mui  ure  quiet  at  HOtoUSc,  for  Canada,  In  bulk. 

B pmwr x.  -There  Is  a  very  fair  wile  for  ru  i  me  lots, 
of  both  Western  mid  Southern,  to  shippers  at  steady 
prices.  Sales  embrace  2,, Ml  I  Ilia.,  at  34R(!£.;.;o.  for  West¬ 
ern,  and  tB)C<S>36c.  for  Southern. 

Broom  4  'ora.— Manufacturer*  use  supplies  frunly, 
and  there  1;.  a  strong  market.  J.ong,  greuu  hurl,  prime 
to  choice,  Mwl2e.;  short  and  medium  brush,  choice 
green,  sail  c.  Medium  qualities,  red-lipped,  ftfJUo.; 
vommon  qv  illt Ins,  rod,  course  ami  stemmy,  4t(<4’ie. 

Balter.— Tint  market  continue*  fairly  active  for 
Hue  grude*  for  city  use,  and  there  La  null  something 
moving  for  Knaleru  au(l  Southern  tno.  The  latter 
trade  will  take  good  yellow  stuta  or  tine  West«m 
Hrkl' ,s,  when  they  can  be  found.  ’The  medium  local 
trade  calls  for  a  better  supply  of  Welsh  tubs.  Wnst- 
>  ru  begins  to  arrive  aguln  ;  In  fact,  the  receipts  from 
that  section  are  regarded  large  for  thu  season.  Wo 
quote  Orange  (lo.  pulhi,  fancy,  3360, Tai.;  other  good 
palls,  poor  white  or  weedy  tluvor,  2(F.#25c  - 

state  firkin*  and  half-tubs,  Hnc,  30®81c.  In  lines,  and 
'L’c,  for  selections;  fair  to  good  Htate,  26@38o.;  Wel*n 
tubs,  25(.7(29c.;  choice  Weutcrn,  21(A23c.;  good  do., 

200.;  poor  do.,  150 17e. 

Cheese.— There  has  been  a  very  unsatisfactory 
market  during  the  past  week.  Shippers  have  been 
)m I'eli '.slug  sparingly,  nod  notwithstanding  the  arri¬ 
vals  Were  morn  moderate,  they  accumulated.  Lmvi'r 
prices  wore  conceded.  Strictly  choice  lots  have  been 
over  plenty,  am  I  >.  ha  boon  dull 
*  tan  coa;  outturn  of  this,  the  goneral  Hgures  realized 
for  flue  lots  were  UcetSXc.  I'lm  exports  for  the  week 
were  ro,500  box)*s.  The  quotations  are  . 

Fillu  and  choice  factory,  lS<>sl3«n. ;  do.  good  to 
prime,  12/"Racg  do.  fair  lots,  lie.;  State  fu>m  d.-ilay, 
good  to  prime.  I»:al2kc.;  do.  fair  lot-,  UDF-fdl Me.;  do 
Kxlmmeil,  6c#l0c'.;  Western,  tine  Cheddar,  12c  -  (lo. 
good  Hat,  I2'qil2ko.t  do.  fair  lots,  Ueq  do.  skimmed, 
->S47c.;  English  dairy,  lt%@l2)ic. 

Cotton. — Them  lias  been  considerable  of  a  dispo¬ 
sition  to  sell  the  low  grades,  ami  vei ;  Irregular  and 
lower  prices  have  been  conceded.  Later  deliveries 
lmvo  been  unsettled,  closing  at  19  7-32oil9!<o  for  Au- 
gust,  IHtfeHH  !l-(2c.  for  Naptombor,  I'/LfalT  15-I6c.  for 
October,  IvKtjilf  11-Mc.  for  Novcinber,  17  9-ltic.  for  Do- 


uuiuH-wuiMi'r  rN'-nrifi  T  .wfl.iii  iuiun  priiuw. 

$';6t”i2H.t  tin.  fair  lots,  $IM(oi24.  Lanl.  SEC,  for  Western 
steam  on  *pnf  6mc.  for  August;  8  ll-llie.  for  Hept.; 
8  11-ittaSYc.  for  Oct.  Long  cl, -at,  8)fc.;  short  clear, 
'•IVC.;  short  rib.  9<a9V;c.  Mess  pork.  $1.h  spot  delivery  ; 
318  for  Aug.;  Western  prime  mp-s  at  $Ut.2V'J7.5U. 
Dressed  hogs,  cit  y,  C'ud)7)4o.  Outiiieftts  are  selling  at 
13'}'  lie.  fnrliaimi.  loo  -c  ;  8.vfC.  forslmulilers,  loose ;  7M 
(i'-'JRo-  for  pickled  bellleH,  loose.  Boxed  drv-saitod 
shoulder*, sue.  Hmoked  meals  At  I3)4(<ti5)4c.  for  loose 
hams,  $HO'  rur  loos,'  should  era.  Tallow  atBJiwH^c.  for 
prime  stock.  Beef,  selling  at  (96611,76  Cor  barreled 
aew  plain  mess.  $T.’, "13.60  ter  extra  mess.  T'lerOed 
beer  ut  $31(333  lor  new  liitlla  mefts,  $24020  for  new 
extra  India  mesa,  and  $19»21  for  uew  prime  mm*. 

He  iln.— New  t'l'nj i  rough  Uurseed  Is  soiling  :it.  $2.10. 
Clover  Is  neglected  ;  quoted  ut  8V®9,  Timothy  q  uiet 
at  $-L15(j#4.;XL 

Tobiiceo. — Western  leaf  meet*  with  »  better  ship¬ 
ping  dumatuL  with  u  fair  nail  from  the  local  trade. 
Reedleuf  ha#  n  fair  home  trade,  hut  shippers  are 
doing  very  little  at  the  moment. 

gtTOTATIONR— NKW  CROP. 

,  Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

Lugs... . . . 7  7 )<ie.  7fi®  7Xc. 

Good  do.  ...7 Xon  8)fo.  ~V<7i  H)ye, 

Common  to  medium  leal.  H(^i.u  in>ie.  9  oq  IhWc. 

Good  oo.  ..10  (-j  IIIXC.  11  (■#  12 

Fine  do.  .,11  iL  12  c.  12X®  13  c. 

Ruleutloua . 12X(T»  18  e.  13X68  15 

SBKDLKAP  CROP  OP  1871. 

Conneetlout  and  Maesaohusetta  fillers . 11  on  H  e. 

seconds,.,,.....* . 12  (<■>  25  c. 

wrappers . IP  (i#  55  o. 

selections .  ....*>0  ft#  75  a. 

New  York  tillers .  10  11  c. 

wrappers . . IS  68  36  c. 

assorted  lots. . 11  6#  14  e. 

Pennsylvania  Oilers . 12  w  i  t  e. 

wrappers . 22  0j>  tk)  e. 

assorted  lots . 18  (.«  25  «. 

Ohio  illlcrs .  0  r;a  «  0. 

wrappers . . . 18  85  c. 

assorted  lots . own  12  e. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots .  8  w  9  c. 

Veifeiablea.— There  Is  a  free  supply  of  potatoes, 
and  prices  have  ruled  easy,  quoting  to-day  $2.26(D2.7;i 
for  Rose.  Tie*  second  setting  of  tomatoes  promise 
an  abundant  yield ;  prices  have  dropped  to  7fie.(w;$l 
1.)  bush.  Onions  scarce  at  $9m7.  Russia  turnips,  *1,25 
®I.fi0  v  bhl.  Lima  beans,  $1.20(»L50  9  bush.  Cab- 
huges. *0<i#9  W  100.  Green  corn,  C  100, 5(l<a75c,  Marrow 
squash  vary  In  price  according  to  color,  ranging  at 
7oc.ftj»$l,25  V  bhl. 

Whisky— Is  lower,  selling  at  95X<*.  for  Western. 

Wool.— There  is  u  more  active  movement  In  all 
descriptions,  manufacturers  pnrchaelttg  with  more 
conlldcnce  on  accuimt  of  Hie  better  trade  In  the 
goods  market,  and  the  reports  from  the  West  of 
steuny  liberal  purchases  at  very  full  ilgnros. 

We  quote  :  Onto  tloecos,  extra,  .'ii kit’  vac.;  do.  medium 
nnd  Coarse,  41L#46e.T  N.  Y.  and  Mich,  fleeces,  extra,  48 
®49c.:  do,  mixed  Ids,  46q.;  do.  medium  to  course,  41' 
41c.;  lutl,  and  Wls.  ttccecs.  Oitca,  -ISCy  I9e.i  do.  coarse 
and  medium,  41flt+4c.  Texas  at  Bl'itS-lo.  for  line,  25'# 
32c.  for Tiiixod.  1'nllod  at  12ft518e.  for  extra.  Latest 
*al os  are  of  Texas  28a#31i:.;  burry  unwashed  fleeces, 
27HC-I  No.  I  pulled.  Ohio  fleeces,  50c.;  Western 


Monday’s  Snlr*.  -Decvcm— Beeves  sold  freely 
when  of  good  quality,  but  weie  very  slow  when  com¬ 
mon  or  poor.  I ’flees  »H(.'4lJKe.  i'  ».;  weights,  5H®10 
cwt.,  on  5oftiitI0  lbs.  <i  cwt.,  net. 

Milch  Cirn-n.-  Very  slow,  with  2  cows  sold  at  *50 
B  head,  and  2  at  $(!?  V  head. 

Veals.  There  wee  very  few  sales  this  forenoon. 
Brices  at  Bd>i8Xe.  V  a>.;  grass  calve*.  $5</#7.50  i-’  head. 

Sheep  mid  Liiinhx.-  Trade  was  fair  Bhoop  sold 
at  iH  tt.;  lambs  at  Tiw'JXc.  Quality  common 

to  good. 

Hogs.  Trade  opened  uncertain.  Live  iioinlnul  at 

5X@6So.  ‘fJ  n>.;  city  dressed,  HMoriio- 

UKCKIPTS  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 

Sheep  h 

Keeveii.  Cowe,  (Jftlvp*.  Lainns. 

One  Hundredth  St... 2, 583  3  402  171  (Xtl) 

Forty-Eighth  St .  37  34  1,703  10,952  000 

Fortieth  Ht .  00  00  702  8,746  20,229 

Commutiipuw . (1,841  i  xi  (ki  o.noo  s.irto 

Weehuwken . 1,289  00  oo  ooo  1)00 

Totals  this  week,.,.  10, 700  87  2,807  25,479  28,K*ifl 

“  last  week....  8.011  104  1,822  18,509  38,709 

COMPARATIVB  RATES. 

Iutst  week 

„  Cents. 

Good  Hteers  79  n> . . . 12  is  13 

Fair . li  «#  11 

Door... . II)  fi#  10 

Poorest . ..7x<i#  9 

Gen.  selling  rates . 11  (5)  12 


This  week. 

Cents. 

12  <«i  I3M 

11  6#  ll-'k 

Id  fid  10X 

V4  fid  9)fi 

11  fit)  12 


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NOVEL  INVENTIONS. 

BEEBE’S  FERTILIZER, 

Bleacher  and  Other  Matters. 

This  Fertilizer  Ig  composed  of  the  gases,  &c.,  of  coal 
of  all  Min-s.  having  carbon,  with  eokes.  dimbitied  or 
Otlierwtso.  I  claim  the  ptocc**  of  extracting  from 
any  kind  of  coal  or  coke,  «a«oR.  Ac.,  by  the  urns  of 
heat  or  calcination,  and  grinding  and  placing  trie 
coal  it)  water,  where  the  gases  will  escape  and  be 
held  with  the  oxygen  of  the  water.  The  mart  urc 
used  without  calcination.  ThU  Mcpibl  Is  spread  over 
the  land  and  every  kind  of  growing  crop  having  a 
root,  in  the  soil.  1  also  how  t  he  ground  coal  and  c >kc, . 
or  either  Of  them,  over  the  hunt,  imyr.  Ac.,  ;uid  nut 
them  Into  the  hill  or  drill  with  the  seed.  >  out  being 
a  vegetable  formation,  cental  us  about  90  per  cent,  of 
carhop,  which  Is  the  only  element  or  resource  left  us 
for  restoring  cjiO,  vcgetullon,  Ac. 

I  also  uso  this  Ifeuod  as  a  txntl  alkali  for  various 
purposes,  such  as  the  distillation  and  the  brewing 
of  the  above  coals,  Ac..,  and  products,  with  or  with¬ 
out.  other  vegetables,  grains.  Ac.,  or  other  liquids.  I 
claim  the  above  as  food  or  feed,  with  or  without  mix¬ 
ing  or  cooking  with  other  vegetable  mutter,  grain, 
meal.  Ac., for  iVeillngor  ratten  ng  poultry  or  animals. 

1  also  claim  the  above  coal,  liquid  .  Ac.,  us  preserva¬ 
tives,  from  atmosphera  and  weather,  Of  all  meats  and 
eatable-,  owl  the  packing  of  them,  as  well  as  fruits 
Of  all  sorts,  and  the  Immersion  of  eggs  In  the  liquid 
carbon  to  given  new  shell.  I  claim  that  beef,  pork 
and  meats,  dressed  in  quarters,  mtnl  all  other  animals, 
llsli,  poultry,  Ac-,  may  ot  preserved  fresh  fur  trans¬ 
portation  on  railroads,  vessels  or  otherwise,  by  lm- 
merslon  of  them  In  my  coal  water,  or  coke  water,  or 
both,  lor  six  day*,  morn  or  less,  and  hung  up  In  rooms 
or  compartment*,  the  lour  sales  made  throe  Inches 
thick, packed  with  ground  cuke  or  Goal,  with  small 
opening  on  tho  inside,  covered  with  line  wire  cloth, 
to  admit  the  curbon  and  xsso*  Into  the  compartmenU 
Also  ot  p.rns  about  a  foot  deep  or  over,  metal  or  olli- 
erwlse,  with  pert  orated  covers,  holding  prepared  coal 
or  cukes,  Ac.,  with  water  or  fluids  from  two  to  three 
inches  deep,  affording  carbon,  Ac.,  to  compartment } 
these,  ulso.  are  used  In  smaller  establishments,  In 
like  manner,  ol  any  size,  with  false,  strong  Wire-Cloth 
door  or  shelves  inside,  for  sueti  preserving  utensil, 
which  may  he  placed  in  cnBimu'tniiuita,  on  Boors  or 
shelves,  In  any  structure,  on  land  or  on  water:  the 
bottom  pan  may  contain  Ice,  I  claim  the  use  of  my 
coal  amt  coke  alkali  for  preserving  meets,  eatables, 
barns,  bacon,  beet,  sen-food,  Ac.  os  a  pickle,  to  keep 
the  articles  for  a  long  time,  on  long  voyages,  Perfect¬ 
ly  sweet.  The  carbon  pickle  Is  made  with  about  six 
lbs.  of  coni  or  coke,  two  lbs.  of  brown  sugar,  l wo  lbs. 
sail  inn  gallons  Ol  water,  stand  two  days :  to  receive 
all  kind*  "f  meat— hams,  beef,  pork,  bacon,  sea-food, 
Ac.— for  smoking,  drying  and  preserving,  after  re¬ 
maining  In  pickle  ten  nr  fifloen  days,  as  required. 
The  same  kind  ol  pickle,  except  that  the  sugar  la 
white,  1  use,  about  an  Inch  deep,  on  batter,  lard, 
Ac.,  in  packages,  to  keep  the  whole  sweet  for  ship¬ 
ment,  transportation,  Ac.  Also  to  the  manufacture 
of  refrigerators  and  lire  safes,  the  using  of  prepured 
coal,  cokes,  Ac.  |  and  the  use  of  ovens  rind  cylinders 
fur  buklng  and  rou- ling  coal,  some  wild  l  .similar  to  cof¬ 
fee  masters.  I  claim  coal  and  Cokes  and  thcolk.ihos, 
a',  above,  as  a  bo*0  for  commercial  and  manufacturing 
purposmi,  cto.,  etc.  >  claim  us  one  property  of  it.  the 
reducing  '.d  all  soft  tneUUs  In  combination  and  solu¬ 
tion  with  It.  In  iiuniuuo  l  iiriiig aafi  tmprovmn  goods 
and  II hers  of  every  description,  including  soaps,  tan- 
ulng  huU*  and  curing  «kiv  ■.  and  Improving  and  mak¬ 
ing  water-tight  all  kinds  of  leather,  and  tor  bronzing, 
coloring,  shading  and  dyeing  the  above,  or  any  other 
material,  or  either  of  them,  and  forgiving  luster  to 
till  painted  nr  varnished  surfaces 
I  have  for  some  time  p;i>'  manufactured,  used  and 
disposed  of  the  products  Of  all  the  vane  ties  of  cal- 
uined  cools  and  cokes  above  named,  in  both  liquid 
and  dry  conditions,  as  a  cleanser  and  bleacher  of  all 
oleaginous  and  fully  matter,  gums,  Ac.,  from  wool, 
furs  aiid  every  other  fiber,  and  restoring  stained  cot¬ 
ton  and  stained  goods,  threads,  (wines,  cordage,  Ac., 
cleaning  all  cloths,  and  preparing  and  cleansing  all 
cloths  lor  receiving  dyes;  also  tor  removing  harks, 
Ac.,  from  Ueuip,  lias,  Ac.,  in  the  stalk  ;  and  also  lor 
making  alt  paper  stronger,  whiter  mul  without  odor, 
and  lu  tho  manufacture  of  parohmhnt;  also  for  de¬ 
odorizing  rubber,  gutta  perofin  and  all  gums:  and  for 
Improving  all  gloVe  material  and  gloves,  and  color¬ 
ing  and  strengthening  the  same;  also  for  Improving 
metals,  oast  ot  wrought,  or  manufactured  into  any 
article,  and  all  bright  and  polished  -urfsces— tele- 
gruph  aiut  all  surface  win  s,  piano  and  all  musical 
wires,  nod  giving  luster  and  polish  to  the  same;  spin¬ 
dles,  machinery.  Ac.,  Including  iron  buildings,  rails 
and  rolling  slock,  Iron  steamships  or  vessels,  arms 
and  armaments,  engines,  boilers,  Ac,,  by  closing  and 
coat  ing  th>-  surraces  wit  h  this  absolutely  indestruct¬ 
ible  compound,  preventing  rust  ami  oxidation;  also 
for  converting  Iron,  through  this  Inexpensive  pro¬ 
cess,  Into  steel.  I  claim  tho  healing  or  calcining  uf 
iron  and  nil  ot  her  ores  and  menus,  mid  cooling  them 
in  the  alkali  before  smelting  the  ores,  and  also  all 
railroad  and  nil  other  jrons and  metals, and  cast  Iron ; 
also  the  immersion  of  ore*  and  coal  in  tlici  fluid,  with¬ 
out  heating,  for  nue  or  two  days.  And  the  using  the 
prepared  or  calcined  coal,  and  the  immersion  of  It  in 
water,  as  fuel  ami  dux  :  and  also  ground  coke  and 
coaCin  either,  with  or  without  baking,  saturated  with 
petroleum,  lor  heat  in  burning  bricks,  making  steam, 
and  all  other  purposes,  making  up  sourks  or  smoke. 
Leoi  o  r.  oi  fiu  v  made,  ri  qulri  about  uU  days  in  tlie 
alkalies  to  remove  all  the  dead  mutter  and  stench; 
when  tlie  liquid  Is  changed,  It  req  ill  ms  about  six  days 
more  to  cure  the  fiber  uml  make  merchantublo.  water¬ 
proof  leather  of  alt  sorts.  1  require  thirty  days,  or 
loss,  to  n  auufacruTc  hales  and  skins  of  all  kinds  into 
superior  lea  ther.  Including  glove  leather,  parchment, 
Ac.  I  have  made  seal  rkm  leut  ner  in  twelve  duys, 
soft  and  water-proof.  Tim  hor  ami  limit  makers  are 
anxious  to  got  good  lealln  i ,  m  »de  b>  my  pmcaiut,  for 
custom  work,  The  cost  of  the  uiaieriiil  for  making 
leather— sole,  upper,  rulf.  Ac.— is  CO  cents  for  about 
one  hundred  pounds  ot  leather;  factories  may  be 
made  In  warehouses,  with  tight  flours  and  drainage. 

I  have  made  of  common  wire,  t,y  euaUng  wli  h  carbon 
and  zinc,  a  stool  spring.  The  same  results  nmy  lie  had 
with  R.  It.  iron,  Ac.  it  draws  the  mips  and  closes  the 
surfaeoBot  all  tminhnd  woods, carpentry,  timber, Ac., 
and  the.  enriching  and  stalnlugof  any  of  such  woods; 
also  hardening,  smoothing,  tnarbmUltig  all  plastered 
wells,  through  combination,  with  or  without  coloring 
mattor ;  cleansing  and  improving  all  stone  and  brick 
mii faces,  by  combining,  filling  and  making  smooth 
ami  Indestructible  surfaces,  thus  protecting  them 
from  the  weather;  and  for  upplying  the  above  pro¬ 
cess  to  all  works  lit  marble  and  stone,  ruth  as  sculp¬ 
ture,  Ac.,  and  removing  stains  from  palmed  Iron,  etc. 

I  also  claim  the  above  compound  its  an  anti-friction 
agent  or  coating  for  gunners ,  I  also  claim  t  he  clean¬ 
sing  and  clarifying  of  all  oils,  varnishes,  etc.,  etc.,  by 
the  use  of  this  ooal  and  water  compound.  I  claim, 
also,  the  distilling  and  using  my  compound  uf  cases 
in  fluids,  In  the  manufacturing  and  perfecting  Illumi¬ 
nating  and  warming  gases.  I  also  claim  the  use  of 
my  gas  ilulds  for  creating  more  vitality  and  better 
gas,  by  tho  intro  it  action  uf  them,  distilled  or  not. 
InUi  the  heat  or  retort,  In  course  of  manufacture  Of 
gn*.  by  means  of  sprinkling,  lota,  or  in  vapor,  steam, 
or  otherwise;  and  itl  o  the  immersion  id  coal  into 
my  gas  fluids,  before  it  is  placed  Into  the  re¬ 
torts,  adding  quality  and  quantity  to  the  gas,  and 
not  requiring  so  much  heat  us  will  destroy  the 
gas  ill  making;  and  that,  by  my  process  of  making  or 
improving  gas,  less  material  will  he  required.  I  also 
claim  improvement  In  tho  manufacture  ol  Illumi¬ 
nating  and  warming  gas,  by  cleansing  and  deodoriz¬ 
ing  t  he  sumo,  and  u  hording  greater  illuminating  and 
heating  power,  by  passing  tlm  said  gases  through 
this  coal  and  water  compound :  urul  also  that  this 
compound  is  a  universal  disinfectant. 

As  to  the  fertilizing  properties  of  the  ckos  or 
coals,  above  referred  to,  it  would  he  a  simple  way  of 
test) i ig  their  immense  value,  l»  using  or  spreading 
o,i  1,0  non*  'if  common  land  about  two  tons  or  less  ol 
ground  cokes,  or .  no  ton  or  less  of  the  prepared  coal, 
or  about  two  tons  or  less  of  the  prepared  fine  coal, 
with  deep  plow  log,  for  producing  a  large  crop  of  Un¬ 
proved  tobacco,  hemp,  flax,  or  any  other  staple  or 
emp  for  two  or  throe  years;  or  it  may  be  spread  in 
liquid  form  (in  quantities  of  ol)  lbs.  to  the  barrel, 
wnteh  cun  he  rc.llled  four  or  five  times  and  retain  its 
properties,!  with  a  street,  sprinkling  apparatus,  once 
or  twice  a  week,  for  two  or  three  weeks,  lot  the  pro¬ 
duction  of  two  crops  of  hay  annually. 

I  have  made  use  of  these  compounds  for  both  mak- 


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ing  and  firing  dye*  fnr  goods,  etc-  and  also  In  making 
clotbR  and  all  substances  Impervious  to  water,  und 
In  adding  Instor,  P'>*(tfcc/j/,to  the  surface  of  all  cloths, 
by  sponging  or  otherwise:  also  for  glazing,  whiten¬ 
ing  or  coloring  All  porcelains,  and  in  tho  manufacture 
of  the  above  ware,  atone  ware,  pottery,  etc.,  etc. 

The  soaps  made  liy  this  compound  have  bleaching 
qualities  that  strengthen  fiber  instead  of  Injuring  It, 
and  great  healing  qualities  for  barber*  and  toiler  urc: 
also  choice  preparations  of  “'  ri/zhil  I'onl  Halrr. 
(trade-niark  name,)  carefully  prepared  for  Indies’ 
uso.  Its  whitening  and  purifying  effect*  upon  tfie 
*kln  and  lino  billet  uropurties  arc  attainable  In  no 
Other  way  but  through  this  process. 

Parties  wishing  to  lease  or  si-cnro  rights  f  r  nny  or 
all  of  these  Inventions,  or  form  n<  mpantes  for  them, 
will  please  address  me  for  particular*,  1  claim  to  be 
the  inventor  of  the  above,  under  tlie  Patent  Laws, 
and  l  have  made  successful  experiments  therewith. 
I  am  prepared  to  furnish  the  products  und  compounds 
of  coal  nnd  water, combined  with  zinc  or  any  other 
metallic  substance,  for  the  protection  of  ship’s  bot¬ 
toms,  and  all  metallic  and  other  »urlaces. 

A  I. YAH  BEEBE, 

59  A  61  Liberty  .Sr,,  \o>v  York. 

The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 

GROUND  BONE, 

BONE  MEAL, 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Fresh  Bone  iSiiperpliosplinte  ol  Lime,  or 
DiuKoivcd  Bone.  Send  for  Circular. 

LIWTER  BROS.,  Newark,  N.  .1. 

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$100  One  Hundred  Dollars,  $100 

For  new  5-octnvc,  double  reed,  fi  stops,  beautifully 
paneled,  irarnintrit  Organs,  for  Cburcli,  Chapel 

nnd  Parlor. 

The  best  Organs  In  the  world  for  the  price,  and  wo 
guarantee  them  equal  to  any  Instrument  rrtn  iliiio  at 
double  the  amount.  VVM.  A.  I’ONI)  a  CO., 

No.  547  Broadway,  New  York. 

DUNHAM  &  SONS, 

(Established  in  1834.) 
MANUFACTURERS  OF 

PIANO-FORTES. 

A  CARD  TO  THE  PUBLIC: 

Partiea  deal  ring  to  purchase  would  find  it.  to 
their  advantage,  before  deciding,  to  examine, 
at  our  Elegant  Horerooms,  or  at.  the  dealers 
throughout  the  noun  try,  the  Piano-Forte*  iii.m- 
iifarl.il red  by  ns,  with  our  Patent  H t)dro-<  ar- 
brmalcd  Smtndtng  Hoard,  which,  for  durability 
and  superiority  of  tone,  renders  llicm  unsur¬ 
passed.  Kvcry  lnstrument  fully  warranted.  Il¬ 
lustrated  circulars  and  prices  sent  on  applica¬ 
tion. 

Warerooms,  18  East  14th  St., 

NEW  YORK. 


fmplcMfttts;  mut  ^ttachincni. 

Important  to  Farmers 

and  Threshcrmen. 

We  will  send  free  on  application  a  Descriptive  Cir¬ 
cular  and  I’rli  cs  of  t,ur  Improved  Thresher— a  small, 
compact  machine,  welshing,  with  lever  power,  etc., 
complete,  less  than  2,0iXi  pound*,  and  WARRANTED, 
with  four  to  six  lioreea.  to  oopnnvto  and  clean  thor¬ 
oughly  from  200  to  .TOO  bushels  wheat  and  a  propor¬ 
tionate  amount  of  oats  nor  day,  doing  It*  work  equal 
to  the  best  of  the  large  threshers.  Prices  and  freight 
much  less  than  the  large  machines. 

BLYMYKK  M AN U FT!  CO.,  Cincinnati,  O., 
Successors  to  Blytuyer,  Norton  ft  Co.,  M’f’ra  of  Cane 
Mills  und  Evaporators,  Farm,  School  and  Church 
Bells,  etc. 

llEDAL  MACHINES? 


N.  Y.  State  Apnltnral  Worts, 

lVIlFJiLEK,  MltLICK  A  <  «., 

PROPRIETORS,  PATKNTtB.K  A  M ANTP.ICTPREHS  OF 

RAILWAY  CHAIM  A  LEVER  HORSE  POWERS, 

Combined  THRESH  Kits  and  Winnowers,  Overshot 
Threshers,  Clover  Hallers,  Feed  Cutters.  Saw- 
Mills,  Horse  Rakes,  Horse  Pitchforks,  Shin¬ 
gle  Machines  Ac,,  ALBANY,  S.  Y. 


You  ask  WHY  wo  can  sell 
Hint  Cilia*  7  Octave  Pianos  for 
$200  ?  M-'  aiwwer—  H  costa 

ki»'  tltnn  $300  to  make  .-.ay 
$000  Piano  sold  tlirmigis 
Agents,  ill  of  wliou,  Mai..  100 
por  ct.  profit.  We  have  no 
Attor.tn,  but  *lilp  direct  t»  fainl- 
p  *-*.  »  lies  at  Fsiffory  price,  ar.il  warrant 

6  Years.  Send  for  l!l»*t>ale<!  circular.  111  ’vhlch  we  ref  r 
to  over  soo  Uuhkrf,,  Mcrclia'iUt,  A'’,  (some  of  whom 
you  may  knowi,  using  our  Pin, o*.  in  A-%  Pi'  i*  and 
Torrllortes.  Flc»<i'  rlatc  n  !  ere  '  eii  raw  tld<  liol'.ce. 

U.  8.  Plano  Co.,  O  I  Broadway,  N.Y. 

implement, o'  amt  parhinevy. 

ROBERT  PATON, 

$o  guovi:  st.,  >*:w  iokk, 

lias  the  largest 
^  i  and  host  assort- 

-wvOiXX-XT A  ment  of 


Manufactured  by  D.  H.  W HITTEMORIC,  Worcester, 
Muss.  Sold  by  Dealers. 

“  In  nothing  has  there  been  such  nxtoritshing  per- 
fectlon  attained  as  in  the  manufacture  ot  those  ma¬ 
chines  that  by  four  (urns  of  the  crank  the  apple  is 
pared,  cornu  und  sliced,  ready  for  tho  pie  crust  or  the 
stew  pan.’'-  Hock  Island  -l r/jur.  ’•  The  very  best  nm- 
cliine  for  apple  curcr*  I  aver  saw.”—  Horace  OrteUu, 
The  Poach  Stoner  and  Hulver  works  splendidly  on 
*’  ding  slune”  aud  all  kind*  of  punches.  Takes  hut 
one  blow  uf  the  hnnil  to  h  peaeli.  All  kinds  uf  the 
machines  represented  In  the  cut  are  warranted  satis¬ 
factory. 


School 

Furniture 


/j  S  SCHOOL 

SETTEES 

IN  AMERICA. 

JS*  Catalogue  sent  op  application  with  stump. 


ATTENTION, OWNERS  OF  HORSES! 

gk  st,  THE  ZINC  COLLAR 

E:  ,V  amBI  PA B  Isguarantued  to  eu re 

av\  ■v-J^*'S). m lty  the  worst  case  of  raw  anil 

■  I.  :  . .  '  "  ■  -I.  :  1  ‘ 

w.  \  4  f  tool  work  the  llmst  everyday; 

NjaNv  ’mbs':  •'/  m  and  will  not  chare  or  wear 
S  Jot  the  mane.  Fur  Mile  by  Hud- 
dlery  Hardware  Dealers  and 
' -  Harnhs*  Makers.  Manufac¬ 

tured  by  the  ZINC  COLLAR  PAD  CO„  Ituchuuan, 
Mich,  information  furnished  on  application. 

mo  ENGRAVKR8,  ITUN’I’ERS,  &C.— Large  stock 
I,  well  seasoned  and  preiiareil  Boxwood,  Maliog- 
nu  v,  Maple  und  I’lne.  V.vMiKitiu  iKiii.  Wki.ls&Co., 
Type,  Cabinet  .it  Press  Warehouse,  18  Dutch  bt.  N.Y. 

nAKHAitrs  PULVERIZING  ti  i/riVA- 

VV  TOR  has  more  practical  points  than  any  cultiva¬ 
tor  In  use,  and  is  indispensable  as  a  farm  luiuteruent. 
Price,  $22.  HRADLKV  MANIJK’O  CO., 

Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

TO  AGENTS. 

There  is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  Is  no  machine  thut  possesses 
one-half  the  qualitiies  which  are  so  absolutely 
necessary  fur  family  use  fts  the 

{  Bickford’s  Improved 

si  Iis  simplicity  und  case  of  management,  together 

S0L  with  its  capacity  for  doing  the  grout  range  ol  work, 
and  its  trilling  cost,  make*  It  a  mutter  of 


with  Its  capacity  for  doing  the  grout  range  of  work, 
und  its  trilling  cost,  make*  It  a  matter  tit  economy 
for  every  family  to  have  one,  and  will  ultimately 
bring  It  Into  as  general  use  as  the  Kewtuv  Machine. 
The  practical  utility  of  the  machine  only  needs  to 
he  demonstrated  to  the  people  to  produce  an  un¬ 
limited  demund. 

Many  Hewing  Machine  Agents,  finding  the  In¬ 
crease  Of  competition  und  the  dliliculty  of  selling 
high-priced  machines  to  militate  against  a  flour¬ 
ishing  business,  are  taking  hold  uf  the 

BICKFORD 


1  UUIUJ  liflllliu^,  ALL  UUT.il  11  Uj 

nnd  meeting  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer¬ 
chants,  finding  in  Dana  Bickford’s  Invention  a 
cheap,  simple  and  practical  ICulttlpg  Machine, 
find  it  profitable  to  purchase  mul  keep  on  sale. 
The  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  doc* 
not  require  the  "eternal  vigilance  "  to  Sell  this 
machine  us  In  the  case  of  sewing  machines. 

Agents  Wanted  Everywhere,  Hood,  Smart 
Men  can  make  £.50  1*131  WEEK  AND  KXP’IXSKS. 
Send  for  Instructions  und  Circulars,  trice 
to  $80. 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  BICKFORD,  President. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.Y 


PROVIDENT  LIFE  ANTITRUST  CO. 

ASSETS  -°S  -1  J‘-  OVER  $2,500,000. 

ciToHnr  to  thw'^k'ri  end  *’ Provident”  of  Bnglund.  Risks  not  confined  to  Friend*;  Low  rates  of  Mortality 
Similar  to  the  ^^"SrwSid  and  economical  management.  Strictly  Mutual. 

Business  Men  wanted  as  Agents. 


NEWS  CONDENSER 


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—  New  York  lias  increased  75,000  the  past 
year. 

—  There  are  400  roligious  newspapers  in  this 
country. 

Massachusetts  soldiers  have  a  camp  called 
Henry  Wilson. 

—  It  will  take  a  year  to  rebuild  the  Column 
Vondome  in  Paris. 

—  There  wore  nineteen  wrecks  of 


—  jnero  wore  nineteen  wrecks  of  American 
vessels  during  July. 

—  Australia  has  fifty  sorts  of  wine  at  the 
Vienna  Exhibition, 

—  Lyons,  France,  will  hereafter  close  its  pub¬ 
lic  gardens  at  0  P.  M. 

Chicago  pays  #7,000  a  week  for  amusements 
at  ono  Theater  alone. 

-Boston  received  25,000  watermelons  from 
Baltimore  In  ono  day. 

I  hirty  young  ladies  have  just  graduated 
from  Oberlln,  O.,  College. 

t  lrginla  City,  and  Golden  Hill,  in  Nevada, 
have  got  now  water  works. 

-  Worcester,  Mass.,  Increased  six  millions  of 
dollars  In  valuation  last  year. 

The  Vienna  Exhibition  will  bo  a  loss  to  the 
Austrian  Government  of  $10,000,000. 

—  The  Inscription  “for  sale  '»  or  “to  rent "  is 
posted  on  more  than  0,000  houses  in  New  Or¬ 
leans. 

~ Two  subscriptions  of  $100,000  each  have 
been  received  for  the  great  Episcopal  Cathedral 
In  New  York. 

—  A  boa  constrictor  “nineteen  feet  In  length 
and  capable  of  swallowing  an  ox,”  was  recently 


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•20  Broadway)  and  at  the  temporary  office  of  the  Co.,  935  Broadway. 


events  Wanted 


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s  given  to  every  subscriber  to  that  Oom  of  Month! 
irn,  .  Iivor  Opt lu b  Magazine,  for  Young  ami  uhj, 
published  tiy  Messrs.  I  ,ou  &  Shepard  OoltH  will  bo 
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lled  with  It  you  can  return  It.  m  Uh  C.  O.  D.  Agent* 
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engineer*,  ngricultu. 


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labor  nt  home  that  will 
not  Interfere  wUti  othcriliitie.'i ;  one  wanted  in  evorv 
county.  I  have  nothing  for  wile.  ln  ‘wery 

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suit  the  luusscK ;  nothing  like  it  over  offered  in  tin. 

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There  can  be  no  safer  Investment  than  this, 
on  Now  York  Island  and  the  creetion 

In  aceordanca  with  tho  charffer 
Exhibition  Company, 
offered  for  sale : 

At  the  above-named  places  and  by 

The  proper  holder  of  any  of  these 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  PalnMngs, 
only  by  the  duration  of  the  tneinbursh 

These  memberships  do  not  entitle  I 
as  conducted  by  the  Exhibition  Com  pi 


rai'imd  manufacturing  chemists,  pnntehs!  vtitoiViiary 
Burgeons,  etc.,  with  laboratories,  draughting  rooms 
farms  aria  workshop*.  In  agriculture  and  meoliunlu 
arts  various  courses  are  provided  to  meet  want*  of 
all  student*;  also  general  course*  Iri  arts,  literature 
ZVSlTZ  .JiT-/!,i* yU‘ryJn , 1 " ",  <,Ul  1  •  . Professions. 


It  is  a  homo  investment.  It  is  the  ownership  of  land 
of  a  permanent  building  on  the  same. 

and  by  a  resolution  of  tho  Board  of  Directors  of  tho  Industrial 
passed  July  24th,  1872,  the  following  memberships  have  been  created  and  are 


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ApPpIntmento,  Degrees,  complete.  Mush 
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A  family  honrUlrw  aphnol.  On  thn  Jfnrtom  ...Ul - 

as,’  "*Sl*  & 

i ortletll  year  begins  Sept.  10.  S.  T.  FROST,  A.  M. 

Massachusetts  Ag’l  College. 

Founded  and  endowed  by  the  State  for  the  Ulmral 
neit’«t.°a  tUo  Industrial  Classes,  will  begin  its 
next  academic  your  A ug.  27.  For  catalogue  or  Inf,  r 
matlou,  address  Bres  t  W.  S.  Ola  r“;  AmS?«t,  & 


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On  Manhood,  Womanhood  and  thoir  Mutual 
Inter-relations  ;  Love,  Its  Laws,  Pov/er,  etc. 

-•Ytf'mta  ar<*  hnllin^  (run\  to  gooIoh  of  Hum 
work  u  «Lay,  iiml  we  Scud  a,  oanvmMHinLr  Look  to 


ClaMS  1st.  l»rlc*c  .30  Admission*. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable 

Price,  $10. 

Class  ad*  **»  icc  oo  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $20. 

Clams  .3d.  Price  #10.  360  A<lmi*«ions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 


Cun  eaedly  make  «1*0  and  over  per  month  *..|in„ 
our  Modern  and  Ueiinhlc  Mups  /u“  l  our  Pam,1 
lar  Pictorial  G  .ar.s  Term»  ai^G^C,,1^;, 
_  l-  *  •  •»*{  I llbillAN,  o  Barclay  st..,  s.  Y. 

$79  EACH  WEEK. 

Agents  wanted  everywhere.  Buslne*n  ui i  ...u, 
mate.  I’articular*  free.  J.  WomtT 


n,wo,Y  yGUNG  MEN  and  LA  DIES -To  iduei 
nrifrii/.T?  u  r?  V111  acquire  n  thorough 
cominL«iAn»'ho dKU  u*  ’I'elegnipliy,  and  rrcnlv 

comadsBbjn  while  pruntlelug  Address,  wtth  gta 
J-1-  -A-  SIIKAIIM A1S,  Hup’t  Union  Teloiminli  Ci 
puny,  oberllti,  Ohio.  reiogrupu  Li 

Kimball  Union  Academy, 

-  MERIDEN,  N.  H. 

AtefiVNMglanftdny  Ut"°r  StriCtIy  ,,rst'<!! 

Bev.  I..  A.  AUSTIN,  A.  M.,  I’rinclpa 

11LI8/IED  17M7.  LEICESTER  ACAOE 

EnBM‘ShC^5ttr’  %*88-~ Classical  course  Uts  lor  roll,- 
tern  !  m '°iurs?  for. >M1Rlness-  Instruction  thorom 
Term  ,lIlodc‘r.'lt0-  MUitory  drill  and  discipline,  f 
1  erm  opens  A  ug.  2(1.  t  \  A.  Wetmore,  .4  Af  fv  .  ri, 


WORK 


Class  Jtli.  I*rlce  8100.  IJfe 


Josiah  Allen’s  Wife 


g  tne  Purcllaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life;  tho  bulling  being  open  to 
the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

Class  Cumily  lot*  JLife.  Price  #300. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  and  his  Immediate  family 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable, 

Class  Ctli 


(i/t  sue  at  the  time  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  open 
Price,  $000. 

HEREDITARY  &  TRAN  SEER  Alt  EE.  Price  #1,000. 

Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
mildlng  m  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  used  by  the 

nr:;-  n,ul!0klT  °f  thCSe  n,embef8hipa  are  to  be  warded  as  honorary  members  of 

PrlvUegesasmayfiotn  time  to  time  he  granted  them 

Company^"*  ^  mUd°  W,1<m0Ver  Cal,ed  on  bY  *«*  liable  to  tho  order  of  the  Union  Trust 

A  suitable  Radge  wi  1  be  adopted  for  Life,  Family  nnd  Hereditary  members 
Memberships  will  not  be  sold  after  he  Building  Is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

BmiAvt,  Bankers  and  Individuals  are  wanted  to  act  as  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 
For  further  Information,  please  address 


i’lunb,  etc 


HowWt’L65  42)  Wholesale ;  <S)  Bufb;  (LTru!l  an® 

SreM  F  11,1,1  hjw  Prices.  Ad- 

<-sa  r.  K.  I  KOifiNIX,  Bloomington  Nur»ury,  III, 

1.000  ()|)|),K1!>  !'J'  and  obna- 

Cwi,Vk^  Dwarf  lnooniptiruhlu  ami 


ANTED  FOR 


CITY  DF  ROCHESTER  r  «. 

7  Per  Cent.  Bonds,  .ifV^ 

Issued  for  Construction  of  Water  W orks,  under 
Act  of  Legislature,  Passed  April  27,  1872. 

Rochester  pnaneMCa  the  Clemente  of  a  pros-  [ 
parity  unexcelled,  il  rfiBRlIoii,  by  iiuy  other 
City  in  title  Htate.  It  ie  the  center  of  trnde  j 
to  u  surrounding  population  o!  about  500,- 
000,  to  whom  the  menus  ol  trnneportatlon 
tire  furnished  by  Railroad*  radiating  from  ‘ 

the  city  in  eleven  different  directions.  / 

Its  indebtedness,  excluding  this  loan,  l*  less  -A 

tbnn  81,850,000.  while  It  bns  Public  Prop-  /&i 

erty  nniounling  to  aboat  84,350,000,  mid 
Private  Ileal  Estate  valued  at  870,000,000. 

The  Bonds  are  issued  In  either  Coupon  nr  Regis-  v 

tered  form ;  the  Registered  being  transferable  at  the 
office  of  the  Union  Trust  Company  of  New  \  ork, 
where  both  principal  and  Interest  la  payable 

The  expenditure  of  money*  derived  from  their  sale 
Is  directed  by  the  Mayor  of  the  city  and  the  Board  of 
Commissioners.  | 

PRICE  PAR  AND  INTEREST.  CIRCU¬ 
LARS  UPON  APPLICATION. 

ROBINSON, CHASE&CO  gg 

Bankers,  18  Broad  St.,  New  York.  / 


Eagan’s  Artificial  Stone ! 

IS  TUB  BEST. 

Patented  . ...1872. 

ThiB  Patent,  lu  the  manufacture  of  Building  fronts 

901»,  Idotel*.  OopittB.Btepa,  Door  and  WlndOwHoads, 

Mantels,  Hearth*.  Tiling,  Curbing,  Sidewalk*.  har¬ 
den  an  '  Ltvn>  Walks,  Floor*  for  In-  Houses,  mange¬ 
ier  Hons Csr Mage  House-,  Malt  House*,  Brewer¬ 
ies,  Cellars,  KttiUen*.  Taun*iV  Vats,  HUitjloa,  etc  . 
etc.,  odor*  a  good-paying,  prrmaoeht  and  lagttuajate 
business  In  every  olty  and  town  In  the  Uniloa  states. 
Aseots  wftoted.  Fur  B&IO  of  lit*chl3,  ftnu  a!j  farther 
information,  address 

EAGAN  <fc  VAN  DOREN. 

945  Broadsvny,  New  York. 

The  Perkins  &  House 

SAFETY  LAMPS, 

Safety  Filling  Cans  &  Lanterns, 

Cy-FOK  SALH  BY  DEALERS  EVERYWHERE. 
Manufactured  hy 

CLEVELAND  NON  EXPLOSIVE  LAMP  CO., 

44  Barclay  Hr.,  N.  V..  uud  Cleveland.  Ohio. 

White  Diehl  Seed  Wheat. 

I  will  Bell  t  wo  bushels.  111  rood,  new  baa,  delivered 
at  Express  office  or  Depot,  for  ;•>.  I  ho  Diehl  Wheat 
Is  the  fast .  mi  moor  jworfm  ti<  c  variety  raised,  having 

S reduced  4?«  bush,  pc  acre  for  me  for  the  entire 
eld.  Mr  wlioat  is  nearly  pure,  having  had  my  seed 
hand-picked.  No  order  for  less  than  two  bushels  re¬ 
ceived,  uud  must  be  accompanied  with  the  money. 
Order  ut  once,  as  my  stock  la  limited. 

R,  s.  BATTLES,  Girard  Erie  Co.,  Pa- 

GRAPE  VINES. 

All  leading  varieties.  Extra  duality.  Genuine. 
Cheap.  Price  List  free.  T.  8.  HUBBARD. 

Fredonla,  N,  Y. 


I®  '  '  ^  ~ 


£’^VSia;XOINrS  FOR  the  sea-side. 

1,  The  Mermaid.  2,  The  Sea-Waif.  3,  The  Commodore. 

Satisfaction  Demonstrated  &  Guaranteed 

BY  30  DAYS’  TRIAL. 

The  Best  and  the  Cheapest. 


IMPORTANT 

TO 

FARMERS, 

Cotton 

Planters, 

AND  ALT,  WHO  DESIHK  4 

BOILERS, 

r  a 


SEVEN  SIZES. 


FROM 


1 1»  12  HOUSE 


4  99  WITH  Oft  WITHOUT 


ENGINES. 


33;V  I'er  it.  Saved 

BY  STEAMING  HAY 
AND  ALL  FOOD 
FOR  STOCK. 


Hia  divinity  established  uud  rationalism  routed. 


The  racist  popular  and  rapidly-selling  religious  work 
ever  issued.  For  Circulars,  address  UNITED  ST  A 


PUBLISHING  CO.,  411  Bsoome  St.,  New  York. 


Some  parents  object  to  large 
families  on  account  of  their 


ISILVER 

TIPPED 

SHOES 

l6ABIiE 

SCREW 

WIRE 


heavy  shoo  bills:  by  buying 
Silver  Tipped  Shoes,  you 
dan  reduce  them  two-thirds. 

Boots  and  Shoes  Should  be 
worn  by  Ministers,  Law¬ 
yers,  Doctors,  Merchants, 
Farmers,  and  every  Son 
and  Daughter  of  Adam. 


Our  ANDERSON  PATENT  STEAM  BOILERS  nnd  Kipp's  New  Engines  THE  BEssT  IN  THE 
WORLD.  Boilers  tested  to  200  lbs.  Cannot  explode  or  collapse.  Are  Belf-feeding  from  water  tank. 
NO  PUMP  REQUIRED. 

Hundreds  of  Testimonials  ns  strong  ns  following  furnished  : 

COWI, KSVfLI.lt,  N.  Y.,  May  21),  ’73.  |  White  A  kers,  of  Hush 

“I  simply  write  to  make  known  nnr  unrounded  •*  bkYGNDA  LL  EXPECTATION  THEY  ARE  J  UST 
SATISFACTION  with  the  Boiler  i  bought  of  you.  It  |  n,Ht-,i«HING  ” 

la  the  BEST  EVER  SEEN.  Is  run  with  the  LXA8T  mainmo.  Pontiac.  Mieh..  May  31,  ’78. 

ms  mm  S  'ILt  01’  Steam  hit  Messrs.  Whitman  A  BubAXIX:— Inclosed  find 

Et  lr  UfcLD  oh  Kt  hit  SLKN  R  MII.LER,  Chech  for  steamer  you  shipped  mo  this  swing.  U 

For  Cowlesv  Ule  Manufacturing  Co.  works  hncty.”  Yourstruly,  M  .  S.  cuu.nl  t . 

S3T  Send  for  Complete  Illustrated  Circulnr  nnd  Price  List. 

WHITMAN  &  BURRELL, 

Exclusive  Agents,  Eittle  Falls,  N*  'u 

Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Factory  Apparatus  of  all  kinds.  Farmers'  and  Dairy  Supplies.  Exclusive 
Agents  for  sale  of  Annattoiue.  Importers  of  Bavarian  and  IRISH  Rennets,  &t. 


Ays.  48 


GEO.  A.  PRINCE  &  CO., 

Organs  &  Mdodeons 

The  Oldest,  Largest  and  Most  I  erfect  Manufactory 
In  the  United  States. 

52,000 

Now  In  use 

No  other  Musical  Instrument  ever  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

S&~  Send  for  Price-Lists. 

Address  BUFFALO,  N.  i. 


NOTICE  TO  INVESTORS 

,  Chicago  &  Canada 

SOUTHERN. 

$5,000,000 

1  PER  CENT.  GOLD  BONDS 

At  90  and  ACCRUED  INTEREST.  COUPON  AND 
REGISTERED.  INTEREST  PAYABLE  IN  GOLD 
APRIL  AND  OCTOBER. 

We  now  offer  these  Bonds  at  the  above  VERY 
LOW  PRICE. 

THE  CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Eastern  end 
of  this  line,  whose  Bonds  were  so  rapidly  sold  last 
Summer, 

Is  Now  Finished, 

and  will  be  opened  for  business,  tn  connection  with 
the  TOLEDO  AND  WABASH  and  other  Western 
roads,  at  a  very  early  day.  1  be  CHICAGO  AND 
CANADA  SOUTHERN,  or  Western  end  of  this  line, 
is  now  being  rapidly  built,  and  tbu  Company  expect 
It  to  be  finished  during  the  present  year. 

THIS  GREAT  TRUNK  LINE,  when  completed 
through,  will  be  of  Immense  advantage  to  the  ship¬ 
ping  interests  of  the  Great  Best,  being  LEVEL, 
STKAIUIIT ,  and  S3  miles  Shorter  ttinu  any  other 
route.  Having  connections  wbh  all  the  lines  run- 
1  nlng  into  Buffalo  at  tbo  East  and  Chicago  ut  the 
i  West,  and  under  thu  management  Of  9ome  of  the 
I  most  experienced  railroad  operator*  of  the  country, 
its  success  Is  rendered  a  certainly,  and  its  bonds 
must  bo  a  safe  and  profitable  Investment.  It  makes 
the  shortest  and  best  connretft  us  going  West,  both 
at  Toledo  and  Detroit,  and  is  tin  only  Seven  percent. 
Gold  Bond  on  any  through  Trunk  Line  now  offered, 
j  pamphlet*  and  all  informntiot  furnished  by 

LEONARD,  SUELDOA  &  FOSTER, 

BANKERS, 

No.  10  WALL  ST,,  MEW  YORK. 

WINSLOW,  LANIER  &  €0., 

f.  BANKEHS, 

No.  27  PINK  STKEET,  NEW  YORK. 


$732 


WOOD,  TABER  &  MORSE, 

EATO.^,  NADIfiON  CO.,  1%.  V., 

M.t  NUFACTPBF.ua  OF 

STEAM  ENGINES, 

Purlnble,  Stationary 
nnd  Agricultural. 

Hundreds  in  use  in  Shops, 
Pri tiling  Rooms. Milts,  Mines, 
mid  on  Farms  and  Planta¬ 
tions,  for  Grain  Threshing, 
Food  Cooking  for  Stock.  Cot¬ 
ton  Ginning,  Sawing,  Ac. 
ttr*  Circular*  a»*tii  .*n  ttnnllcation. 


y \  }  B|  j 


OTJTS-Xj 

YO’JB 

yiAin 

No  Hot  lions! 

No  Drugs! 
^Process  extremely 
beneficial 


itier  treatment 


Full  directions  front  on  reculi-t  of  One  Dollar.  Auures 
Nkiv  York  HaIB  Tskltuc.nt,  59a  Bnoeowiv,  New  Yons. 

ALLIv  N  '  N  AlttUltlOAN  GAI'TLEs 

Their  History,  Breeding  and 


Manaf'enicnl. 

Evehy  breeder  or  owner  of  Cattle  should  have  this 
work  by  Hon.  l.KWTS  F.  ALLEN,  Kx-Prest.  N.  V.  State 
Ag.  Society.  Editor  of  "  American  Short-Horn  Herd 
Book.'’  iu.,  Ac.  It  is  a  handsomely  illustrated  and 
well  printed  and  bound  volume  of  523  duodecimo 
pages.  Mulled,  post-paid,  to  any  address  in  United 
States  or  Canada,  on  receipt  of  reduced  prioe,  (2. 

Address 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE, 

5  Beeftiniin  St.,  N,  Y. 


For  Sheathing,  Roofing.  Deafening,  Carpet  Lining,  and  as  a  substitute  for  Plastering,  bend  for  Samples 
and  Circulars*  to  B.  E.  H  Co..  5fi  &  53  Part  Place.  N.  Y..  or  Lock  River  Paper  Co.,  Chicago. 

ITS  USES. 

FOR  SUEATHINft. 

Tills  Is  a  hard  compact  article,  composed  of  Straw  PujP.and  other  materials,  and  Mtura^d  trtth  Tar 


SSraiKTudd inr  It  is  put  up  in  rolls  32  inches  wide,  to  ^app‘lied  lengthwise  to  studdi^  set  10 
Inches  apart. U  It  is  impervions  to  cold  and  beat,  and  is  very  much  cheaper  and  better  than  briclc  filling 
or  board  lining. 

ROOFINtt. 

This  is  all  Woo)  Felt,  made  very  thick,  in  one  web,  and  saturated  with  tar.  When  covered  with  our 
quartz  cement,  it  makes  a  cheap  and  very  durable  roof. 

DEAFENING  BOARD. 

Tliis  is  a  very  hard,  close-textured  material,  to  be  used  under  floors,  instead  of  double  boarding.  It  is 
a  non-conductor  of  sound,  and  is  much  cheaper  than  any  other  article. 

CARPET  FELT.  ,  „ 

This  is  a  thick,  soft,  spongy  article,  to  use  under  carpets,  and  as  their  protector.  It  is  put  up  in  rolls 
33  inches  wide,  and  weighs  one  pound  to  the  square  yard. 

PREPARED  PLASTERING  BOARD. 

This  is  a  crand  desideratum  for  securing  cheap,  substantial  walls  and  ceilings,  without  the  tiseof 
lath  orplaaterTu1  is  put  up  In  rolht  32  Inches  wide,  is  damp-proof,  and,  when  applied  according  to  direc¬ 
tions,  makes  a  wall  at  less  than  half  the  usual  cost. 

CT  For  Samples  nnd  Descriptive  Circulars  of  these  Gauds,  send  to 

B.  E.  HALE  &  CO., 

I  56  and  5*  Parle  l*lace,  New  York. 


By  otic  A  geui  Polling  Nffcrrs  Cub  "! 

Brarnn.  lu-eommendod  l>y  the  Into 
Horace  Greeley,  Am.  Agriculturist, 
and  ‘  1 00,000  families  using  then., 
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EXMOOR  SHEEP. 

In  the  far  corner  of  West  Somerset,  En¬ 
gland,  sea-girt  on  the  one  side  at  Minehead 
and  Pollock,  and  bordering  North  Devon  on 
the  other,  is  a  wild  tract  of  mountainous 
country,  the  greater  portion  of  which  still 
consists  of  open,  uncultivated  commons,  bear¬ 
ing  little  else  but  heather,  the  home  of  the 
blackcock  and  wild  deer.  But  a  race  of 
mountain  sheep  has  always  been  native  to 
the  region  as  far  back  as  either  history  or 
tradition  will  cany  us,  no  one  being  able  to 
tell  whence  it  came.  Probably,  however,  the 
Exmoor,  as  the  breed  is  most  popularly  called, 
had  origin  from  the  same  ancient  stock  as 
the  Portland,  and  even  the  Dorset,  for  the 
sheep  that  once  existed  on  the  Mcndip  Hills 
seemed  a  connecting  link  between  them. 
You att,  in  comparing  the  Mendip  sheep 
with  the  Dorset,  states  that  the  former  would 
lamb  quite  as  early,  and  bear  two  crops  a 
year  if  required,  but  that  they  had  smaller 
horns,  white  countenances,  and  were  more 
diminutive  in  size ;  and  he  adds,  “thesesheep 
appear-  to  be  an  intermediate  race  between 


the  Exmoor  and  the  Dorset.”  Those  desirous 
of  tracing  the  family  resemblauce  further 
may  be  informed  that  Exmoor  ewes  are 
frequently  applied  to  the  production  of  fat 
lambs  ;  while,  if  fed  well,  they  are  bountiful 
In  doublets  and  sometimes  triplets,  which 
they  are  usually  allowed  to  rear,  being  the 
veiy  best  of  nurses. 

As  to  points,  a  loading  breeder,  says  : — “  I 
take  It  the  chief  merits  of  Exinoors  lie  in 
their  round  barrels  and  good  constitution, 
with  fine-flavored  mutton  and  fair  quantity 
of  wool.”  The  late  II.  II,  Dixon  enumerated 
them  as  follows  A  very  strong  constitu 
tion,  which  will  bear  being  buried  in  a  snow¬ 
drift  for  several  days  ;  a  line,  curly  horn  ;  a 
broad,  square  loin  ;  round  ribs  ;  a  drum-like 
and  not  a  square  carcass  on  short  legs  ;  and 
a  close-set  fleece,  with  wool  well  up  to  the 
cheeks.”  To  the  above  description  it  may  be 
added  that  they  possess  white  faces,  legs,  and 
fleeces,  and  have  been  termed  “the  little 
white  ivories;”  but,  although  they  stand 
tolerably  well  on  their  fore  legs,  there  is  a 
failing  point  behind  the  shoulder,  and  none, 
even  of  the  improved  sheep  we  have  yet 
%een,  girth  particularly  well  there.  They 
are  also  rather  indifferent  about  the  neck. 

The  elevated  mountain  ranges,  which  are 
from  1000  to  1800  feet  above  the  sea  level,  are 


intersected  by  narrow,  circuitous  valleys, 
when'  the  farms  and  hamlets  appear.  These 
valleys  are  tolerably  fertile  in  their  nature, 
and  cultivation  often  extends  far  up  the  hill¬ 
sides  by  the  agency  of  the  turn  wrist  plow. 
Catch-water  meadows  are  also  formed  wher¬ 
ever  a  trickling  stream  can  be  utilized,  and 
luxuriant  verdure  always  follows  in  the  train 
of  irrigation  here. 

AhtiIUR  Young,  in  “Annals  of  Agricul¬ 
ture”  for  1704,  mukes  a  passing  allusion  to 
Exmoor  sheep,  which  had  been  brought  un¬ 
der  his  notice  in  a  visit  to  Monksilver.  Ho 
states  that  they  wore  at  that  period  sold  at 
South  Molton  market  as  hoggets,  at  from  !)s. 
to  His.  each,  and,  after  heing  kept  on  the  hills 
two  or  three  years  for  the  annual  profit  of 
their  fleeces,  they  were  fattened  on  turnips, 
and  sold  without  their  fleeces,  the  average 
weight  of  which  was  8  lb.  to  4  lb.,  and  that 
of  their  carcasses  Hi  lb.  per  quarter.  The 
weight  of  the  fleece  is  about  one  pound  heav¬ 
ier  now,  with  which  exception  this  descrip¬ 
tion  will  apply  to  the  present  period.  Brr.i,- 
inowliht,  in  ids  survey  of  Somerset  furnished 
to  the.  iVru'tl  of  Agriculture,  gives  a  very 
similar  account,  adding  thereto  the  follow¬ 
ing: — “Though  these  sheep  in  appearance 
are  vastly  inferior  to  those  before  described 
I  (the  old  Burapton  breed),  being  in  their  youth 


subject  to  a  precarious  subsistence  on  the 
forests  and  hills,  it  is  the  opinion  of  many 
sensible  farmers  that  they  are  .altogether  as 
profitable  stock.” 

Mr.  J.  M.  King,  Jr.,  of  Steart,  Dumter, 
has  allorded  some  valuable  information  as  to 
the  present  management  of  Exmoor  flocks. 
He  says  : — “  The  usual  period  of  lambing  is 
from  March  to  the  middle  of  April,  and  the 
weaning  takes  place  about  mid-summer. 
They  are  turned  on  to  tho  hills  early  in  the 
spring,  and  many  of  them  remain  there  the 
whole  year  round,  the  only  time  they  are  got 
in  being  for  shearing  and  weaning,  the  latter 
of  which  is  effected  by  keeping  the  lambs  for 
some  weeks  in  the  iueloaures.  .The  Exmoor 
is  a  larger,  higher  quality,  and  in  every 
respect  better  animal  than  the  Welsh,  and 
has  been  much  improved  in  the  last  fifteen 
years.  Stores  command  very  high  prices, 
and  have  advanced  25  to  80  per  cent,  in  value 
during  the  last  two  years.  Winsford  Fair, 
held  about  the  middle  of  August,  would  be 
about  the  likeliest  place  to  obtain  them. 
The  demand  for  the  rams  is  limited,  as  the 
breed  can  scarcely  be  considered  one  for 
general  use  ;  but  still  much  core  and  atten¬ 
tion  have  of  late  years  been  bestowed  upon 
it,  and  good  rams  often  fetch  from  ten  to 
fifteen  guineas.” 


NEW  YORK,  AND  ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.,  AUG.  23,  1873. 


(Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  In  the  year  1873,  by  D.  D.  T.  Moore,  in  tho  office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington.] 


EXMOOR  SHEEP. 


VOL.  XXVIII.  No.  8i.  I 
WHOLE  No.  1*230.  ) 


t  PRICE  SIX  CENTS. 
1  #2.50  PER  YEAR. 


Exmoor  ewes  will  lamb  earlier  than  the 
time  mentioned  by  Mr.  Kino  if  required  eo 
to  do.  Mr.  Stranger  says  “  The  lambing 
season  begins  in  January,  and  continues 
through  February  and  March  ;  early  lambs 
arc  generally  the  best  for  rearing.”  Some 
other  points  of  management  are  particular 
ised  in  ”  Dixon’s  Prize  Essay  on  Mountain 
Sheep,”  published  In  1860.  He  says  : — ”  The 
original  Exmoors  milk  better  than  the  ‘Im¬ 
proved,’  and  old  ewe*  especially.  There  are 
instances  of  ew  es  rearing  three  lambs  well 
after  the  first  fortnight.  The  ewes  are  always 
brought  down  to  the  lower  ground  to  lamb, 
and  get  a  few  turnips  und  oats ;  and  then 
come  in  again  from  the  hills  in  November  to 
the  poorest  inclosed  lands.  They  are  put  to 
the  tup  at  two  years  old,  and  are  generally 
drafted  after  three  crops  of  lambs,  though 
some  old  favorites  go  on  far  longer.”  There 
Is  a  demand  ful‘  the  draft  ewes  of  the  Exmoor 
just  as  for  those  of  the  Dorset  breed,  to  bear 
lambs  for  fattening  in  other  purls  of  the 
country,  to  answer  which  purpose  more  ef¬ 
fectually  they  are  tupped  with  Leicester 
rams.  The  same  cross  is  also  freely  resorted 
to  for  rearing  purposes,  as,  whenever  the 
land  is  a  little  better,  the  west  country  cross¬ 
breds  are  kept,  generally  obtained  from  Ex¬ 
moor  ewes  and  Leicester  rams  ;  and  a  great 
many  small  farmers  even  of  the  hill  districts, 
not  having  a  large  run  of  common,  find  it 
more  profitable  to  keep  this  kind  instead  of 
the  pure  Exmoor.  Divert,  alluding  to  this 
matter  observes  “  They  (the  Exmoors)  hold 
their  own  on  the  purely  lull  districts  •  but 
since  the  Commons  Inclosure  Act  many 
farmers  have  crossed  then i  with  the  Leicester. 

A  larger  sheep  has  been  secured,  but  at  the 
expense  of  stamina  and  number*.  These 
‘knolls,’  as  they  are  styled,  are  generally 
without  horns.  Ewes  of  the  sort  liuve  been 


kansas  Rivers,  which  in  time  will  add  largely  grown,  and  makes  a  fence  impe 
to  the  productive  power  of  our  farms  and  anything  larger  than  a  rabbit,  and  c 
aid  materially  in  keeping  up  their  fertility,  or  nothing  for  care  or  repairs  when 
The  climate  is  temperate  and  healthful,  tablished. 

while  being  such  as  to  incite  and  permit  the  Of  minerals  the  principal  are  con. 
greatest  activity.  The  springs  arc  of  mod-  gypsum,  which  are  each  found  in  ij 
erate  length,  March  and  April  being  much  able  quantities.  Coal  mining  is  bei 
less  subject  to  storms  than  the  samo  months  cuted  very  successfully  in  many  cou 
east  of  the  Mississippi  we  are  enabled  to  do  salt  is  being  manufactured  quite  ex 
more  farm  work  in  a  given  number  of  weeks,  in  Saline  county.  As  yet  no  one  ha 
May  ordinarily  gives  us  more  rain  than  our  upon  the  conversion  of  gypsum  jnt 
eastern  neighbors  have,  rapidly  advancing  of  commerce.  A  beautiful  variega 
vegetation.  June,  July  and  August  also  ble  has  been  found  in  Bourbon  coun 
give  us  more  rain  (as  is  shown  by  the  meteor-  Manufactures  of  woolen  goo< 

ologioal  reports  of  the  Agricultural  Depart-  wagons,  carriages,  stove,  quartz  n 
ment  covering  a  period  of  ten  years)  than  chinory,  agricultural  implements, 
have  any  of  the  States  lying  north  of  the 
37th  parrallel  of  latitude.  As  these  urc  the 
months  when  nearly  all  crops  grow  and 
practically  mature,  the  presence  or  absence  of 
the  requisite  moisture  is  of  vital  importance, 
while  an  excess  in  other  months  may  readily 
be  dispensed  with.  The  meteorological  re¬ 
ports  named  above  show  that  the  four 
months  of  May,  June,  July  anrl  August  give 
a  (agregate)  yearly  average  of  19.19  inches 
for  Kansas  and  17.21  inches  for  New  Jersey, 
which  is  the  next  lughest  amount  for  a  State 
lying  as  far  north  as  Kansas.  Some  of  the 
States  bordering  on  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  show 
a  higher  average. 

Here  are  a  few  facts  which  ut  once  destroy 
the  theory  of  those  who  say  that  the  clim¬ 
ate  of  Kansas  is  too  arid  for  a  mixed  hus¬ 
bandly.  The  simple  truth  is  that  Kansas 
when  but  in  her  infancy  suirered  (as  all  sec¬ 
tions  do  at  times)  from  a  severe  and  protract¬ 
ed  drouth,  and  her  people  being  poor,  suffer¬ 
ing  resulted.  This  visitation  has  given  the 
State  a  bad  name,  and,  us  1  have  shown, 
moat  undeservedly.  I  am  prepared  to  show 


tick  and  its  eggs.  The  decoction  is  poured 
into  a  narrow,  deep  box,  which  has  an  in¬ 
clined  shelf  on  ono  side,  covered  with  a 
grate,  as  shown  in  the  cut.  One  man  holds 
the  lamb  by  the  fore-legs  with  one  hand,  and 
i  with  the  other  elnsjm  the  nose  so  as  to  pre¬ 
vent  any  of  the  fluid  from  entering  the  nos¬ 
trils  or  mouth  ;  another  holds  the  lamb  by 
the  hind-legs,  and  they  then  entirely  immerse 
it.  in  the  fluid.  It  is  immediately  taken  out, 
placed  on  the  grate,  and  every  part  of  its 
wool  carefully  squeezed.  The  grated  shelf 
conducts  the  liquor  back  into  the  box.  In 
default  of  a  dipping  box,  two  tubs  may  be 
used.  After  dipping  the  lamb  in  one  it  is  set 
on  its  feet  in  the  empty  ono,  its  wool  squeezed 
out,  and  the  liquor  returned  to  the  dipping 
tub  as  often  as  is  necessary. 

Mr.  Thorne  informs  me  that  he  mixes 
whale  oil  with  the  tobacco  water,  until  the 
latter  is  considerably  thickened  by  it ;  and 
lie  thinks  this  renders  the  wash  beneficial  to 
the  fleece. 


A  LETTER  FROM  TEXAS 


CONCERNING  KANSAS 


ners.  I  do  not  find  any  bad  feeling  hereto 
us,  but  everybody  seems  glad  to  have  people 
come  in  and  settle  up  the  country,  more  so 
than  in  any  place  I  have  yet  been  since  I  left 
New  York!  What  will  pay  in  Texas  is  what 
I  want  to  state.  First,  there  is  not  such  a 
stock  country  in  the  world— I  mean  all  kinds 
of  stock,  horses;  cows,  sheep  and  hogs.  A 
little  money  so  invested  will  soon  grow  out  a 
fortune.  Blooded  stock  Is  what  Texas  just 
now  needs,  and  what  will  pay  best.  1  hoard 
before  I  came  that  Texas  was  no  fruit  coun¬ 
try.  It  is  a  mistake. 

1  have  seen  as  fine  fruit  grown  here  as  I 
ever  tasted,  viz.:  peaches,  plums  cherries, 
summer  apples,  pears,  figs,  pomegranates, etc. 

I  It  is  a  great  vegetable  country.  Fruit  cul- 
|  lure  just  now  would  bo  a  splendid  business. 
A  few  are  at  it  and  making  it  pay.  First 
class  mechanics  can  get  rich  here.  Texas  is 
greatly  needing  them.  Dairying  will  pay, 
and  alio  bee  culture. 

There  are  certain  diseases  which  I  think 
Texas  climate  will  cure.  I  judge  so  because  1 
see  little  or  none  of  it  here — viz. :  rheuma¬ 
tism,  liver  complaint  and  lung  diseases.  I 
have  hoard  a  great  many  say  they  have  got 
well  of  these  after  they  liuve  been  here  two 
or  three  years  •  also,  asthma,  Texas  iB  filling 
Up  fast.  I  think  hundreds  of  thousands 
would  come  if  they  knew  matters  were  as 
they  are  here.  It  is  a  good  country,  lands 
rich,  cheap  ;  climate  healthy  and  pleasant, 
and  people  very  civil  and  hospitable.  I  find 
nothing  wrong.  Railroads  are  hieing  built  all 
over  the  State.  If  this  will  do  any  good  you 
can  publish  it.  I  am  no  writer,  but  I  have  a 
good  heart  and  may  do  somebody  some  good. 
Hallettavilte,  Tex.  I.  Rhoukb. 


SHEEP-DIP  FOR  TICKS, 


In  your  last  1  see  something  pertaining  to 
sheep-dip  its  dangerous  effects,  &e.,  when 
made  of  arsenic  and  other  poisons.  When  I 
saw  the  heading  I  was  in  hopes  to  find  some 
means  by  which  to  rid  sheep  of  ticks,  but  in¬ 
stead  only  found  a  caution  not  to  use  such 
nostrums,  which  is  all  very  well,  but  many 
sheep  farmers  would  like  to  know  just  how 
safely  to  rid  sheep  of  those  pasts.  There  is 
an  agricultural  paper  of  pretty  high  standing, 
advertises  that  they  will  supply  us  with, 
sheep-dip  by  which  they  will  lie  able  to  ac¬ 
quire  a  little  means  for  a  nostrum.  Now, 
I  think  all  nostrums  and  uuknown  medica¬ 
tion  of  all  kinds,  sliould  be  Scrupulously 
avoided  by  every  intelligent  person  whether 
for  man  or  beast.  Can  you  tell  us  what  will 
do  the  work  safely  ?  iv,  e. 

Yes,  in  answer  to  the  last  question.  By 
the  way,  in  our  issue  of  April  26,  last,  we  did 
give  directions  for  dipping  sheep  to  get  rid  of 
ticks.  Wo  give  herewith  directions  in  full  as 
given  in  the  Practical  Shepherd  (for  sale  ut 
the  office  for  $2), 


.  ,  _  ’  seaboard  States.  Our  winters  are  ordinarily 

i  ^I*  ’a  . ,n<  USU,re, Un  short,  mild  and  dry,  favorable  to  health,  and 
rnti’'!'  '  S'ri-Ul  !  iUS"  eutlbling  us  to  winter  our  live  stock  of  all 
“  U1,  a  f  a\  is  Jdodg  with  a  comparatively  small  expendi- 
]  aS  "r-  \inar’ni.<  ’  turc  of  forage  and  labor.  It  is  an  extraor- 
10,1  ^vl  iI,,Ui=  dinarily  severe  winter  when  store  cattle  re- 
j  fi  ll  ung  of  artesian  qUjw  m0re  than  one  hundred  days’  feeding, 

va  t  r  neoessaiy  oi  and  they  are  often  wintered  in  the  Southern 
>y  wind-mills— wind  half  „f  thc  gfcato  with  lesB  th:m*halr  thig 

ion  t  c  p  ains.  amount  of  feeding.  The  entire  absence  of 

ding  from  the.  98th  swamps  and  marshy  lands  is  conducive  of 
’ountains,  and  from  health.  Pulmonary  diseases  arc  but  little 
latitude  to  the  con-  known  and  but  rarely  originate  in  the  State, 
lapted  only  to  graz-  Tho  region  now  embraced  within  the  limits 
already  arrived  at  of  the  State  of  Kansas  was  first  thrown  open 
this  so-called  desert  to  settlement  in  1854  by  the  passage  of  the 
.1  section  of  the  Re-  Kansaa-Nebraska  act. 

or  t  hat  portion  of  The  experience  of  these  eighteen  years  has 
Sth  meridian,  is  un-  been  such  as  to  demonstrate  that  the  soil  and 
al  country;  and  it  is  climate  are  such  as  to  produce  in  all  their 
racing  an  area  of  perfection  the  crops  usually  grown  in  the 
s,  which  is  usually  temperate  latitudes  on  this  continent.  One 
at  portion  of  the  hazards  nothing  in  saying  that  there  is  no 
bed  even  here  is  area  of  equal  extent  better  adapted  to  the 
And  in  reading  the  production  of  Indian  corn,  or  that  there  is 
Kansas  please  bear  no  country  east  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  that 
aly  to  so  much  of  produces  greater  yields  of  wheat,  barley,  rye 
e  98th  meridian.  or  oats  per  acre.  The  State  is  too  young  to 
is  that  of  a  some-  have  extensive  orchards  or  vineyards,  but 
ng  between  valleys  whenever  planted  sufficiently  long  all  vario- 
of  the  uplands  is  ties  of  fruits  have  yielded  as  abundantly  as 
mough  so  to  effect  in  nny  other  portion  of  our  country. 
r  in  rare  instances  Blue  grass  (Poa  pratensis)  succeeds  quite 
i  the  soil  to  wash  as  well  on  our  fertile,  calcareous  soil  as  it  does 
ration.  The  soil  of  in  Kentucky,  and  wherever  introduced 


It.  is  by  Mr.  Randall  and 
is  the  practice  of  our  best  shepherds : — A 
very  ticky  flock  of  lambs  cannot  he  kept  in 
good  order,  and  when  they  become  poor  and 
weak,  toward  spring,  these  destructive  par¬ 
asites  rapidly  reduce  them  lower  and  render 
it  extremely  difficult  to  save  their  lives. 


FROM  MANISTEE,  MICHIGAN, 


There  are  some  very  remarkable  features 
in  this  country.  The  soil,  on  the  average,  is 


Ax*  vmo  ijuuuw  j  »  xuu  avu,  uji  unc  avci  ac. 

a  sandy  loam  ;  and  what  seems  so  remark¬ 
able  is,  that  a  climate  so  far  north,  should  bo 
so  much  like  New  Jersey.  I  saw  a  cherry 
tree  in  the  garden  of  Mr.  Eaton,  in  Grand 
Traverse  Co.,  in  September  lust,  from  which 
the  early  fruit  had  been  picked,  but  there 
were  on  the  tree  ripe  fruit,  half  developed 
fruit,  and  blossoms.  Gardens  are  frequently 
made  in  the  fall,  where  people  wish  to  get 
potatoes,  peas,  onions,  &c.,  very  early. 

Fruit  is  indigenous.  All  the  smaller  fruits 
are  found  in  lavish  quantities  in  this  garden 
of  nature’s  own  planting.  The  Grand  Trav¬ 
erse  Horticultural  Society  holds  exhibitions ; 
beside  our  own  fruits,  pears  have  been  ex¬ 
hibited  from  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.  There 
wus  no  perceptible  difference  in  size  or  flavor, 
but  the  pears  of  this  region  had  a  more  rich 
and  beautiful  appearance.  In  grapes,  the 
only  difference  was.  New  York  grapes  were 
earlier  than  ours.,  Peaches  grown  here  have 
as  rich  a  flavor— and  perhaps  a  richer— than 
those  grown  in  New  York  ;  and  a  more  deli¬ 
cate  appearance.  The  peach  crop  has  not 
failed  here  ns  vet. 

All  the  little  towns  along  the  shore  are 
doubling  in  population  yearly.  The  country 
is  fast  settling.  The  people  who  are  taking 
the  homesteads,  as  a  rule,  are  people  of  small 
means,  and  need  encouragement. 

The  timber  along  the  water  courses  is  pins 
and  hemlock  ; — back  is  maple,  beech,  elm, 
basswood,  iron  wood,  birch,  ash,  cherry,  &<■■ 

No  cases  of  fever  and  ague  are  to  be  found 
in  the  Grand  Traverse  region  except  when 
people  come  in  with  it  in  tlieir  system.  The 
water  of  the  numerous  interior  little  lake>  is 
so  clear  that  the  pebbles  may  be  seen  on  the 
bottom  80  feet  below  the  surface.  The  snows 
are  deep,  but  the  winters  are  mild.  The 
meterological  tables  show  a  warmer  climate 
for  the  Grand  Traverse  region,  than  for 
Monroe  Co.,  New  York. 


soon 

kills  out  the  native  grasses,  which  are  most 
luxuriant  in  their  growth  and  very  nutritious. 
I  hazard  the  prediction  that  the  census  of 
1880  will  place  the  State  of  Kansas  first  as  a 
wool  and  beef  producing  State. 

Kansas  is  well  watered,  having  many  large 
streams  which,  with  their  numerous  afflu¬ 
ents,  penetrate  every  county  and  township. 
Springs  abound,  and  wells  affording  ample 
supplies  of  pure  water  are  everywhere  at¬ 
tainable  by  digging  from  twenty  to  fifty 
feet. 

Timber,  which  is  quite  abundant  along  the 
Missouri,  Lower  Kansas  and  some  of  the 
other  rivers,  is  scarce  in  many  sections ;  al¬ 
though  all  the  streams  are  skirted  by  belts  of 
oak,  ash,  walnut,  cottonwood,  etc.  This 
scarcity  of  timber  is,  in  a  very  great  measure, 
compensated  for  by  the  exigence  of  coal, 
which  imderlies  a  very  large  portion  of  the 
State,  as  also  by  ledges  of  limestone  and 
sandstone,  which,  cropping  out  in  every 
township  in  the  State,  afford  an  abundance 
of  the  best  material  for  building  and  fencing. 
Stone,  lumber,  rails,  wire  and  Osage  Orange 
are  all  used  for  enclosures,  the  last  being  by 
far  the  cheapest  and  best.  It  is  most  easily 


Ticks  are  found  on  all  sheep  in  neglected 
flocks,  but  the  heat  and  cold,  and  the  rubbing 
and  biting  to  which  they  are  exposed  on  new 
shorn  sheep,  drive  them  to  take  shelter  in  the 
long  wool  of  the  lambs.  Here  they  are  so 
readily  exterminated,  that  it  is  as  much  of  a 
disgrace  as  a  loss  to  the  flock-master  to  suffer 
them  to  remain  in  a  breeding  flock.  About 
a  fortnight  after  shearing,  every  lamb  should 
be  dipped  in  a  decoction  of  tobacco  strong 
enough  to  kill  the  ticks.  The  last  point  can 
be  readily  settled  by  an  experiment  on  a  few 
of  these  insects.  The  rule  used  to  be  to  boil 
5  lbs.  of  plug  tobacco  (after  chopping  it  flue) 
or  10  lbs.  of  stems  for  a  hundred  late  Saxon 
lambs.  The  larger,  earlier  and  longer  fleeced 
lambs  of  the  present  day  require  more — say 
6)4  lbs.  or  7  lbs,  The  decoction  is  used  cold 


Pure  annatto,  when  properly  prepared,  is 
very  successfully  used  for  imparting  a  good 
color  to  fall  and  winter  butter.  Annatto,  of 
course,  adds  nothing  to  the  flavor  or  quality 
of  butter,  but  as  the  pure  article  when  thus 
employed  is  quite  harmless,  there  can  be  no 
serious  objection  to  its  use.  In  coloring  but¬ 
ter  with  annatto  it  is  important  that  a  prime 
article  be  used,  and  to  have  it  prepared  so 
that  it  shall  be  free  from  sediment.  Nich- 
OLL's  English  liquid  annatto  is  a  very  good 
article  for  this  purpose,  but  the  anuattoine, 
or  dry  extract  of  aimutto,  prepared  as  for 
cheese-making,  is  the  best  material  for  color¬ 
ing  butter  artificially  that  I  have  seen. 

It  gives  a  rich  shade  of  color,  is  quite  free 
from  sediment,  and  from  any  deleterious 
adulteration.  Doubtless  the  best  way  of 
coloring  butter  late  in  fall  and  spring,  is  to 
feed  the  cow  upon  early  cut  hay,  nicely 
cured,  with  the  addition  of  a  daily  mess  of 
caiTots,  oat  and  corn  meal,  etc.,  us  no  arti¬ 
ficial  coloring  will  then  be  required,  while  the 
flavor  and  quality  of  the  butter  approximates 
more  nearly  to  that  made  when  the  cows  are 
at  pasture.  But  as  the  kind  of  hay  I  have 
named  may  not  be  at  hand,  something,  of 
course,  must  be  done  to  take  away  that  tal¬ 
lowy  look  which  winter  and  spring  butter  is 
apt  to  have. 

I  have  Been  a  rich  yellow  color  imparted 
to  butter  by  coloring  with  carrots.  The  car¬ 
rots  should  be  thoroughly  cleaned,  then  with 
a  knife  scrape  off  the  yellow  exterior  only, 
and  soak  it  in  boiling  milk  ten  or  fifteen  min¬ 
utes.  It  is  then  strained  t  hrough  a  flue  cloth, 
and  the  liquid  added  to  the  cream  before 
churning.  It  not  only  gives  a  nice  color,  but 
some  think  it  imparts  ft  sweetness  of  flavor 
to  the  butter,  somewhat  resembling  that 
obtained  when  the  cows  are  feeding  upon 
grass.  When  carrots  are  used  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  indicated,  the  outer  or  yellow  portion  of 
the  root  only  is  employed,  r  have  heard  it 
suggested  that  batter  colored  in  this  way 
(with  carrots),  is  injured  somewhat  in  its 
keeping  qualities,  but  in  my  own  experience 
I  have  not  found  this  to  be  the  case.  in*  the 
use  of  annatto  it  is  understood,  of  course, 
that  the  coloring  is  to  be  added  to  the  cream 
before  churning. 


turn  to  the  sides,  shoulders,  etc.,  aa  they 
come  through  the  sluices  from  the  upper 
floor.  The  trimmed  sides  and  shoulders  arc 
first  rubbed  over  with  salt,  then  put  up  in 
piles  from  four  to  Bix  or  more  feet  in  hight, 
with  layers  of  Onondaga  or  Liverpool  salt, 
where  they  are  permitted  to  remain  five  or 
six  days  before  overhauling  and  subjecting 
to  another  rubbing  over  with  salt.  This 
overhauling  is  repeated  three  or  four  times, 
when  tboy  are  retriramed,  cleaned,  weighed 
and  pressed  into  boxes,  containing,  on  an  av¬ 
erage,  from  five  hundred  and  twenty  to  five 
hundred  and  forty  poundB,  in  which  it  is 
shipped  to  market. 

The  greater  part  of  the  packing  houses  do 
not  smoke  any  hams,  selling  them  fresh  at 
present;  but  some  are  intending  to  erect 
smoke-houses  in  addition  to  the  packing 
house.  Geo.  R.  Drake. 

Pliny,  Saline  Co.,  Kan. 


DAIRYING  IN  SCOTLAND  AND  NEW 
YORK  COMPARED. 


THE  CHICAGO  PORK-PACKING  HOUSE, 


According  to  Gilbert  Murray,  there  are 
some  interesting  features  in  dairy  manage¬ 
ment  peculiar  to  the  southwestern  counties 
of  Scotland,  The  cows  are  frequently  let  to 
men  who  either  pay  a  fixed  rent  per  cow,  or 
deliver  over  to  the  farmer  a  stated  weight  of 
cheese;  these  men  are  principally  called 
“bowers.”  The  fanner  owns  the  cows  and- 
furnishes  a  stated  quantity  of  food,  the 
“bower”  and  his  family  performing  the 
whole  of  the  manual  labor  of  feeding  and  at¬ 
tending  to  the  cows  and  making  the  cheese. 
In  Ayrshiro  many  dairy  farms  have  a  very 
limited  area  of  permanent  pasture,  many  of 
the  farms  being  under  arable  culture,  and 
managed  on  a  five  or  six  course  rotation. 
The  cows  are  principally  pastured  on  I  lie  one 
or  two  years  “seed  layers,”  which  on  good 
land  keep  a  large  quantity  of  stock.  Not  (in¬ 
frequently,  24  imperial  acres  of  second  years' 
seed  will  pasture  22  Ayrshire  cows  and  a  bull 
from  the  1st  of  May  to  the  end  of  September. 

The  Scotch  dairy  fanners,  as  a  rule,  use  hay 
very  sparingly.  On  most  farms  oat  straw  is 
substituted,  and  of  this  they  have  an  abuu- 
dant  supply,  When  cows  are  let  to  a  “bow¬ 
er,”  the  usual  allowance  is  from  five  to  six 
tons  of  roots  per  cow,  in  about  equal  propor¬ 
tions  of  Swede  and  common  Aberdeen  tur¬ 
nips,  and  %%  hundred  weight  of  bean  meal 
to  each  animal.  The  rent  per  cow  varies  in 
accordance  with  the  quality  of  the  pastures 
and  the  merits  of  the  herd,  from  3  cwt.  to  -I 
cwt.  (536  to  448  pounds)  per  cow,  or  when 
paid  in  cash,  £13  to  £14  (§60  to  §70)  per  cow. 
The  present  price  for  ordinary  daily  cows 
ranges  from  £14  to  £21  or  $70  to  $105.  Show 
cows,  or  such  as  are  selected  for  exportation, 
command  from  £50  to  £70,  equal  to  $250  and 
$350  American  gold. 

Some  of  the  best  Ayrshire  herds,  it  is  said, 
will,  when  in  their  best  condition  and  well 
fed,  produce  a  total  of  800  gallons  per  cow 
during  the  season  ;  but  on  the  whole,  600  gal¬ 
lons  per  cow  during  the  year  is  thought  to  be 
a  fair  average.  #  From  this  it  will  beseen  that 
the  Ayrshire  herds  yield  at  the  rate  of  500  to 
600  pounds  of  cheese  for  the  season.  The 
rent  per  cow,  it  will  be  observed,  is  very 
much  more  than  is  obtained  In  America ; 
while  it  is  evident  the  cost  of  keeping  the 
oow,  under  the  peculiar  management  of  the 
Scotch  farmer,  is  less  than  with  us.  In  the 
daily  regions  of  New  York,  dairy  farms 
stocked  with  cows  are  rented  on  shares,  the 
landlord  getting  three-fifths  of  the  butter  and 
cheese  and  one-half  the  grain  and  vegetables 
raised  and  one-lialf  the  pork.  Mo3t  of  the 
grain,  however,  is  fed  out  on  tho  farm,  and 
if  grain  is  to  b©  purchased,  each  party  fur¬ 
nishes  one-half.  Eaeh  party  alRo  furnishes 
equal  shares  of  swine  for  fattening. 

The  best  rented  dairies  of  New  York  turn 
off  during  the  season  from  406  to  50!)  pounds 
of  cheese  per  cow.  Probably  400  pounds  per 
cow  would  be  a  large  average,  taking  the 
whole  of  such  herds.  At  this  rate,  the  land¬ 
lord  gets  240  pounds  of  cheese  as  his 'share 
for  the  rent ;  which,  if  13  cents  per  pound  be 
assumed  as  the  average  net  price,  will  amount 
to  a  little  less  than  $20  per  cow.  Thus,  it  will 
be  seen  that  tho  American  farmer  who  rents 
his  farm  and  cows  gets  only  about  half  as 
much  rent  as  the  farmers  in  Scotland. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  one  of  the  leading 
faults  in  American  dairying  to-day  is  the  low 
yield  of  cheese  per  cow,  and  this  results  not 
altogether  from  the  breed  of  cows,  but  from 
the  manner  in  which  they  are  managed  and 
from  the  negligent  way  in  which  they  are 
often  milked.  Wo  know  of  herds  of  the  so- 
called  “native  cattle”  which,  wheumanaged 
by  careful  Herkimer  county  dairymen,  have 
been  made  to  yield  during  the  summer  from 
600  to  700  pounds  of  cheese  per  cow.  These 
dairymen,  however,  are  not  tenants,  but  are 
the  owners  of  the  herds  they  milk.  We  ap¬ 
prehend  the  Scotch  11  bower”  is  a  more  care¬ 
ful  manager  and  better  milker  than  is  usually 
found  among  the  American  tenant  dairymen, 
and  this  makes  a  wide  difference  in  the  yield 
of  milk,  whether  the  herd  be  first-class  or 
only  ordinary. 


AMATEUR  FARMING, 


There  are  many  amateur  farmers  around 
the  great  cities  of  the  States.  They  do  a  vast 
deal  of  good  in  several  ways,  for  they  employ 
a  number  of  hands  and  try  a  great  many  ex¬ 
periments  which  the  common  farmer  bene¬ 
fits  by  when  one  of  the  results  proves  to  be 
good  for  the  county,  climate  and  profits  of 
the  form,  which  encourages  this  class  and 
sets  the  brains  working  more  vigorously. 
These  amateur  farmore  are  often  merchants 
who  have  succeeded  in  making  an  independ¬ 
ency;  and  any  man  having  sufficient  busi¬ 
ness  tact  to  accumulate  a  fortune  is  a  valu¬ 
able  adjunction  to  the  agricultural  com¬ 
munity.  Mr.  Mkghi,  the  English  farmer, 
who  is  at  the  present  day  su  often  quoted 
from,  commenced  his  career  as  an  agricul¬ 
turist  when  I  was  young.  I  recollect  his  at¬ 
tendance  at  the  agricultural  shows  when 
they  first  formed  in  England,  and  the  laugh¬ 
ing  there  was,  every  now  and  then,  at  the 
blunders  he  made  in  his  fanning  operations 
and  also  at  his  mistakes  in  his  speeches;  for 
lie  spoke  a  good  deal,  to  the  great  amuse¬ 
ment  of  the  old  fanners,  who  were  quick  to 
detect  aught  proving  his  inexperience  and 
in  many  instances,  thirty  years  ago,  his  rash 
and  Un remunerating  expenditure.  The  ten¬ 
ant  farmers  of  those  davB  were  jealous  of 
any  claimed  success  by  trio  uninitiated,  and 
ufraid  that  improvements  which  Mr.  MKCHI 
published,  as  causing  extraordinary  crops, 
would  act  on  the  landowners’  mind  inju¬ 
riously  to  the  tenants,  inasmuch  as  they 
might  expect  to  receive  more  from  their  es¬ 
tates;  however,  in  time  a  good  feeling  was 
brought  about,  and  Mr.  Mkchi,  by  his  annual 
gathering  and  liberal  hospitality  (such  din¬ 
ners  !).  gained  the  counsel  of  great  practical 
agriculturists;  for  those  occasions  brought 
out  the  ideas  from  the  guests,  which  so 
shrewd  a  man  as  Mr.  M.  acted  on  in  his  own 
peculiar  way,  and  by  his  accounts  the  costly 
expenditure  lifts  been  made  to  pay  interest 
of  money,  though  a  long  one. 

However,  what  is  not  generally  known  on 
lliis  side  the  Atlantic  has  been  accomplished 
by  the  notoriety  brought  about  by  this  cele¬ 
brated  “Giptree  Hall”  farm;  the  business 
which  Mr.  MEcm  was  engaged  in  so  Increased 
that  he  has  made  au  immense  fortune  in  that 
way,  Amateurs  in  America  will  continue  to 
enter  the  agricultural  arena  and  will  doubt¬ 
less  still  further  assist,  in  developing  the  taste 
for  high  farming,  which,  when  carried  out 
systematically,  upon  a  sound,  common-sense 
standing,  must  put  on  one  side  all  the  poor, 
trembling,  over-cautious  laud  suckers. 

A  Working  Farmer. 


NEW  DEVICES  FOR  MAKING  AND 
PACKING  BUTTER. 


It  is  said  that  tho  Patent  Office  records 
show  that  more  than  8,000  different  patents 
have  been  taken  out  for  churns,  and  yet  our 
inventors  go  on,  bringing  out  .something  new 
in  this  line  from  year  to  year.  Of  tho  recent 
inventions,  Whipple’s  rectangular  churn  de¬ 
serves  mention  from  the  peculiar  manner  in 
which  it  is  hung.  It  is  simply  a  cubical  box, 
and  hangs  suspended  on  gudgeons  from  the 
two  diagonal  corners  of  the  cube.  As  the 
box  Is  revolved,  the  cream  constantly  falls 
from  corner  to  corner,  thus  giving  a  more  di¬ 
versified  agitation  than  when  in  the  box 
chum  os  ordinarily  arranged.  It  is  more 
easily  operated  than  the  ordinary  revolving 
box  churn,  and  the  butter  forms  in  coarse 
grains,  its  operation  in  this  respect  being  su¬ 
perior  for  a  first-class  product.  Tho  ease 
with  which  the  churn  is  operated,  tho  uni¬ 
form  manner  in  which  the  milk  or  cream  Is 
agitated  in  all  parts,  together  with  the  con¬ 
venience  of  the  machine  for  being  cleaned, 
all  make  it  preferable  to  any  revolving  box 
or  barrel  churn  we  have  seen. 

The  McComb  churn  is  also  a  box  chum  in 
form,  in  which  two  dashers  operate.  The 
dashers  work  alternately  up  and  down,  being 
suspended  from  an  iron  crank  above  the 
churn  and  resting  on  supports  rising  at  each 
end  of  the  box.  The  crank  is  accelerated  in 
its  motion  by  gearing,  and  as  it  revolves  the 
dashers  are  operated  up  and  clown.  The  new 
feature  of  this  machine  is  in  the  manner 
which  the  dashers  are  made  to  operate.  We 
did  not  see  it  tested  in  churning  cream  or 
milk,  but  presume  the  choraoter  of  batter  it 
would  produce  is  similar  to  that  where  the 
old  dash  churn  is  used. 

A  new  device  for  butter  packages  has  also 
been  brought  out.  It  consists  of  a  cylinder 
of  glass,  stone,  or  galvanized  iron,  with  wood¬ 
en  heads  grooved  so  as  to  receive  the  ends  of 
the  cylinder.  Then  there  are  four  or  five 
icon  rods  which  go  through  the  headings  out 
side  the  cylinder  with  nut  and  screw,  by 
which  tl^  heads  may  be  drawn  together, 
thus  making  the  packages  water-tight,  Tho 
inventor  claims  that  the  packages  can  be 
made  very  cheaply,  and  may  be  used  for 
other  purposes  than  butter  after  they  have 
been  sent  to  market  and  served  once  as  but¬ 
ter  packages.  The  device  does  not  strike  us 
favorably,  and  we  do  not  believe  galvanized 
sheet  iron  will  make  a  good  material  to  be 
used  for  butter  packages. 


AGRICULTURE  IN  GREECE 


In  Northern  Greece,  agricultural  imple¬ 
ments  are  of  the  rudest  character.  On  the 
rich,  Crisaaean  plains,  within  an  hour  of  tho 
bay  of  Corinth,  the  Homeric  plow  still  turns 
the  earth.  A  stick  of  hard  wood,  sharpened 
and  held  point  downward,  is  drawn  by  ox  or 
donkey.  1 1’  tlic  form  of  a  plow  Is  giveii,  with 
rude  coulter,  the  acme  is  obtained.  Whore 
wealth  exists  and  intelligence  is  more  ad¬ 
vanced,  it  is  difficult  to  introduce  modern 
implements.  The  attempt  was  made  near 
Livadhia  to  use  an  iron  plow  of  the  pattern 
approved  elsewhere,  anil  the  peasants  reject¬ 
ed  it  and  clung  to  the  fashions  of  their  ances¬ 
tors.  Only  the  sickle  is  used  iu  reaping. 
Grain  is  threshed  on  earth-hardened  or  atono 
doors,  by  the  treading  of  cattle,  horses  or 
men,  as  the  Old  Testament  describes  the 
process  in  the  days  of  the  patriarchs.  It  is 
winnowed  by  tossing  it  into  the  air,  and  al¬ 
lowing  the  wind  to  carry  off  the  chaff,  while 
i  lie  kernel  falls  into  a  sieve  shaken  by  hand. 
These  methods  prevailoven  under  the  shadow 
of  the  Acropolis  of  Athens.  It  is  no  wonder 
that  the  donkeys  have  not  much  burden  of 
harvest  to  carry  to  distant  markets,  even 
from  fruitful  Boeotia. 

Nor  is  it  strange  that  out  of  four  million 
acres  of  arable  land  iu  the  kingdom,  only  one 
million  and  a  half  are  under  cult  ivation  at  all. 
The  government  tax  is  one-tenth  of  the  pro¬ 
duct  in  kind.  Notwithstanding  all  these 
drawbacks,  the  value  of  cereals  produced  in 
Greece,  according  to  the  official  figures  of 
last  year,  was  $7,532,333,  and  tin;  principal 
products  exported  amounted  to  $8,348,864. 
Of  currants,  the  crop  ranges  from  70,000  to 
82,000  tons  a  year,  valued  at  from  $5  to  $6 
per  ton.— Ellis  11.  Roberts, 


COLORING  BUTTER 


J.  W.  Jaggau,  St.  Paul,  Minn,,  writes: 
“  If  you  can  uid  me  iu  getting  a  simple  recipe 
for  coloring  salted  butter  so  as  to  make  a 
uniform  color  with  the  agency  of  some  harm¬ 
less  substance  please  to  do  so.”  In  response 
we  copy  the  following  from  Willard’s  Prac¬ 
tical  Dairy  Husbandry  (for  sale  at  this  office  ; 
price  $3.)  page  499, 


©ORE’S  BUBAL  N£V¥-¥©BK£B. 


AU8.  as 


(Bconom]). 


WIEE  FENCE. 

In  a  late  Rural  New-Yorker  I  Bee  P.  D. 
B.  of  Clyde,  O.,  asks  information  concerning 
wire  fence.  In  this  countiy  wire  fences  are 
much  in  use  and  many  styles  of  structure  are 
tried.  1  think  the  beet  plan,  all  things  con- 
t  idercd,  is  as  follows  : — Sot  posts  two  rods 
apart—  for  a  fence  eighty  rods  in  length  ; 
brace  the  two  end  posts  very  firmly  ;  begin 
at  one  end,  reel  off  your  wire-making  splices 
as  often  as  may  be  necessary  by  twist  ing  the 
wiies  strongly  together ;  wind  your  wire 
around  the  beginning  post  at  the  right  hight 
for  the  bottom  wire  ;  after  you  have  reeled 
off  the  whole  length,  make  fast  at  the  other 
end  right  hight ;  then  reel  oil  and  fasten 
each  successive  wire  until  you  get  the  num¬ 
ber  of  wires  you  intend  to  put  up  ;  after  you 
get  your  wires  all  laid  along  on  the  ground 
by  your  string  of  posts,  one  end  well  fastened 
to  corner  post  at  right  hight,  you  go  to  the 
other  end  and  loose  the  bottom  wire,  pull 
tight  and  wrap  around  a  good  handspike  ; 
take  a  pry* against  the  comer  post,  draw  as 
tight  os  you  can  and  have  an  assistant  make 
fast  to  the  post  at  right,  hight,  and  so  on  with 
oil  the  wires,  to  the  top.  Then  proceed  to 
the  next  post,  making  the  wires  fast  at  proper 
higlit  and  so  on  to  the  end  of  your  fence, 
being  careful  not  to  drive  your  staples  so 
tightly  as  to  bind  the  wire  except  at  the  end 
posts,  in  which  they  should  be  driven  tightly. 

Then  you  want  to  put  in  your  tighteners. 
If  your  ground  is  level  one  set  of  tighteners 
is  sufficient  for  eighty  rods  ;  if  hilly  it  will 
require  more.  To  make  the  tightener  you 
take  a  piece  of  wood,  2  by  4,  three  feet  long, 
make  a  two-inch  hole  near  one  end,  make  a 
pin  four  or  live  inched  long  of  hard  wood, 
fasten  well  in  the  hole— then  cut  a  notch  in 
the  pin  endwise,  down  to  the  2  by  4,  wide 
enougli  to  admit  the  wire — one  of  these  for 
each  wire— put  the  wire  into  the  notch  ;  take 
hold  of  the  long  end  of  the  tightener  and 
wind  the  wire  around  the  pin  until  suffi¬ 
ciently  tight,  then  drive  a  staple  across  the 
wire  in  the  stick  that  forms  the  tightener. 
After  your  wires  are  suflieiently  tight  then 
take  common  four-foot  pickets,  1  by  2)4 
inches,  divide  by  a  live  and  a-hall  loot  stick 
your  two  rod  panels  of  wire  fence,  into  six 
spaces,  putting  live  pickets  between  each  two 
posts  ;  put  your  Btaples  in  and  your  fence  is 
complete.  The  top  and  bottom  staple  in  your 
picket  should  be  driven  close  ;  the  others 
should  not  bind  the  wire,  else  it  will  not 
work  well  when  you  wish  to  slack  your 
tightener  for  winter  or  retighteu  for  warm 
weather.  If  left  tight  during  winter  the 
wire  is  apt  to  break. 

For  cattle,  horses,  &o.,  live  wires  are  am¬ 
ple  ;  but  for  sheep  seven.  I  set  the  posts  two 
feel  four  inches  in  the  ground,  the  end  ones 
about  three  feet.  Be  careful  to  set  the 
staples  so  that  both  points  are  not  in  the 
same  grain  of  the  wood,  else  the  post  or 
picket  is  liable  to  crack  and  the  staple  come 
out.  We  use  No.  9  annealed  wire  ;  costs  here 
eight  ceuts  per  lb.  Iluv  season  ;  staples,  L3)$'c, 
'per  lb.  No.  9  wire  weighs  about  a  pound  to 
tin:  rod  and  is  put  up  in  bundles  of  t>3  lbs. 
each,  3  put  up  tins  summer  240  rods  ;  used  18 
bundles  wire  and  40  lbs.  staples.  I  put  mine 
five  wires  high — the  first  1 inches  from  the 
ground  and  t:ie  wires  10)4  inches  apart.  As 
soon  us  the  fence  was  done,  plowed  two  fur¬ 
rows  deeply  on  each  side  the  fence,  making 
a  ridge  four  furrows  wide,  raising  the  earth 
within  about  four  inches  of  the  lower  wire. 
N,..w,  when  I  wish  to  turn  sheep  to  the  fence, 
by  Inserting  two  more  wires  in  the  two 
lower  spaces,  it  will  make  a  good  sheep  tcnce. 

Such  a  fence  here  costs  very  little  more 
than  half  what  a  good  boai'd  fence  would 
cost. 

A  very  convenient  reel  is  made  as  follows  : 
Take  two  pieces  2  by  G,  SO  inches  long  ;  halve 
them  together  ;  bore  a  two-inch  hole  through 
the  center  to  set  on  the  pivot  or  post ;  make 
a  post  four  feet  long,  cut  a  shoulder  near  the 
top  end,  forming  a  tenon  or  pivot  on  which 
to  place  the  cross  ;  plant  the  post  at  one  end 
of  the  fence  to  be  built,  say  18  inches  deep ; 
put  the  cross  on,  lay  on  it  a  bundle  of  wire  ; 
then  inside  of  wire  bore  a  hole  in  each  cross 
piece  and  put  in  a  stake  to  keep  the  wire 
from  slipping  off  ;  find  the  end  of  the  wire, 
fasten  to  w  hippie  tree,  hitch  a  slow  horse 
and  start  your  boy  with  horse  to  the  other 
end  of  the  fence.  As  one  coil  of  wire  »s  ex¬ 
hausted,  attack  another,  and  so  on  to  the  end 
of  the  fence.  Then  to  mark  off  the  hight  on 
the  posts  I  cut  plastering  lath  about  7  inches 
long  and  bailed  on  a  piece  of  boai'd  at  the 
right  hight ;  set  it  by  the  post  and  marked 
across  on  the  strips  of  lath. 


I  have  made  this  pretty  lengthy— perhaps 
too  much  so,  though  I  have  seen  the  time 
when  I  should  have  been  very  glad  to  have 
had  such  instructions.  The  distance  apart 
of  posts  may  eeeui  too  great,  but  experience 
proves  them  amply  close  when  pickets  are 
put  on  as  described  above.  N.  Engle. 

Elgin,  Mjnn. 

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LIVE  FENCE  POSTS. 

J.  R.  Allen,  Madison  Co.,  III.,  writes  to 
the  Pi’airie  Farmer “  I  have  seen  quite  a 


Scientific  and  Useful 


PREPARING  WAX  FOR  MAKING  WAX 
FLOWERS. 

The  material  or  wax  in  its  ci'ude  state  is 
unfit  for  modeling  purposes  ;  it  requires  to  be 
prepared  as  follows,  that  is,  if  the  modeler  is 
desirous  of  preparing  Ids  own  material, 
otherwise  it  may  be  purchased  ready  made 
for  use  at  anv  artificial  florist’s. 


SUIT  3' ’OR  GrIRL  7  TO  9  YJGA.RS  OLD.— (Rage  127.) 


number  of  live  fence  posts  growing.  If  any 
of  your  numerous  readers  wish  to  try  it,  let 
them  get  either  willow,  cottonwood  or  Lom¬ 
bardy  poplar,  large  enough  for  post,  cut  it  off 
the  right  length,  space  it  off  the  width  they 
want  the  planks  apart,  take  two- inch  auger, 
boro  two  or  three  holes — to  suit  t  he  board  for 
six-inch  fence  plank  two  holes  are  enough- 
then  chop  out  the  center  with  a  long,  narrow 
bit-ax,  point  the  plunk  so  each  end  will  pass 
into  the  post,  dig  the  holes,  set  the  posts  in 
early  spring  as  soon  as  the  frost  is  out  of  the 
ground,  taking  care  not  to  injure  the  bark, 
and  either  of  the  woods  named  will  grow. 
Get  young,  thrifty  timber}  not  too  largo. 
Cutting  holes  through  the  post  does  not  iu- 
jui'e  it  from  growing,  and  the  plank  remains 
firm,  if  not  broken,  for  years,  i  know  of 
posts  and  rails  made  in  this  way  that  have 
been  in  use  fifty  years  and  good  yet ;  the  post 
of  willow  and  the  rails  of  white  cedar.  The 
center  post,  if  inch-plank  is  used,  will  have 
to  be  bored  with  inch  auger  and  cut  out  to 
let  the  plank  slip  through.  If  of  poles  (or 
good  rails  are  best)  then  only  the  ends  want 
pointing  to  pass  in  the  post. 

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ABOUT  DRAIN  TILE. 

i  • 

1,  How  deep  should  di'ain  tile  be  laid  to 
effect  a  thorough  drainage  on  loam  soil,  sur¬ 
face  nearly  level  and  no  surface  water,  only 
in  a  wet  time  i  2.  Where  can  drain  tils  be 
bought  i  3.  What  is  the  cost  per  foot  or  rod  t 
4.  What  size  tile  would  I  need  for  main  drain, 
5U  rods  in  length  ?  5.  What  size  for  side 

drains  20  rods  in  length  ? — L.  M.  w. 

In  reply,  we  would  not  lay  tiles  less  than 
three  feet  deep.  We  cunnot  answer  where 
tile  can  be  bought,  uox-  the  cost  per  foot,  for 
the  cost  will  depend  upon  the  size  and  the 
distance  they  must  be  transported.  For  main 
drains,  we  should.use  2}£  inch  tile  ;  for  side 
drain,  1^.  In  the  soil  you  describe,  perhaps 
inch-tube  would  answer  for  the  area  you  de¬ 
sire  to  drain  for  the  side  drains  and  a  2-inch 
tube  for  the  main  drain.  We  should  think  it 
would.  You  ought  to  be  able  to  get  the  IX 
inch  tile  and  collars  at  not  over  20c.  per  rod. 


“Procure  some  of  the  purest  beeswax,  and 
having  first  cut  it  in  pieces,  place  it  in  a  ves¬ 
sel  and  dissolve  by  means  of  heat.  When 
dissolved,  add  Venice  turpentine  in  the  pro¬ 
portion  of  2  ozs.  to  each  pound  of  wax.  The 
addition  of  the  turpentine  rondel's  it  of  a 
softer  nature,  ami  prevents  it  from  cracking 
in  the  mold,  as  it.  would  be  apt  to  do  if  used 
otherwise.’’  The  modeler  can  “impart  any 
color  to  the  dissolved  wax  by  rubbing  to¬ 
gether  iu  a  vessel  a  small  quantity  of  the 
particular  color  required,  mixed  with  olive 
oil  with  a  portion  of  the  liquid  wax,  until  it 
gets  hard  by  cooling,  when  it  should  be  well 
stirred  into  the  body  of  the  dissolved  wax.” 
The  liquid  is  strained  through  muslin  to  re¬ 
move  impurities,  and  is  then  fit  for  use. 

A  mold  of  the  fruit,  Ac.,  desired  to  be 
copied  is  next  required.  This  is  generally 
made  from  plaster  of  Paris,  and  consists  of 
two,  three,  four,  and  even  more  separate 
pieces,  according  to  the  form  and  size  of  the 
fruit  to  be  modeled.  It  is  obtained  in  this 
way : — First  construct  a  card  form,  some¬ 
what  like  a  collar  box,  about  one  inch  or  so 
larger  than  the  fruit  tq  be  copied.  Then  mix 
with  water-  such  a  quantity  of  plaster  of 
Parts  as  will  be  of  a  moderate  thickness ; 
pour  just  as  much  of  this  into  the  form  as 
will  allow  the  fruit,  which  Luis  been  previous¬ 
ly  olive-oiled,  to  sink  only  half  way  iu  the 
plaster.  Having  allowed  some  time  for  it  to 
get  set,  remove  the  paper  and  make  a  few 
holes  on  and  around  the  edge  of  the  mold. 
Thun  scrape  the  edge  quite  smooth,  and 
re-oil  the  uncovered  part  of  the  fruit  edge  of 
the  mold,  replace  the  form,  and  pour  on  the 
fruit  as  much  plaster  as  will  be  of  an  equal 
thickness  to  the  first  part  of  mold.  Let  this 
also  stand  for  some  time,  then  take  fUT  the 
paper  form  and  the  mold  is  complete.  By 
giving  the  first  half  of  mold  more  or  less 
“cup-like  holes,!’  the  second  part  will  receive 
a  similar  number  of  projections,  which,  fit¬ 
ting  into  the  cavities,  allow  the  parts  to  be 
exactly  placed  together,  and  render  the  mold 
more  secure. 

Leaf  molds  are  ldade  by  giving  the  leaf 


(which  should  be  first  made  quite  clean,  and 
then  oiled,  and  placed  face  upwards  on  a 
sheet  of  paper),  first  thin,  then  thicker,  coat¬ 
ings  of  plaster,  allowing  a  little  time  for  the 
first  coat  to  become  set  before  giving  it  the 
second,  andsoou,  until  the  mold  has  acquired 
the  requisite  thickness.  The  face  of  the  leaf 
only  should  be  covered  with  the  plaster. 

Having  shown  how  to  obtain  the  fruit  and 
leaf  molds,  1  will  now  describe  the  method 
of  using  them.  Before  doing  so,  however, 
I  wish  to  observe  that  no  molds  should  be 
used  before  they  are  thoroughly  set  or  hard¬ 
ened,  and  that  preparatory  to  using  the 
mold,  it  should  be  placed  in  hot  water  for  a 
few  minutes,  and  then  carefully  wiped  diy 
with  a  soft  cloth.  On  casting,  take  one- half 
of  the  mold  in  the  left  hand  and  pour  in  the 
liquid  wax  so  as  to  nearly  fill  the  hollow  ; 
then  quickly  place  on  the  other  part,  in  such 
a  way  that  the  projections  of  the  one  fit  into 
the  cavities  of  the  other  part  of  the  mold. 
Hold  both  parts  tightly  together,  and  gently 
turn  the  mold  the  hand  so  that  the  wax 
may  be  disposed  on  the  inside  evenly.  Hav¬ 
ing  allowed  some  little  time  to  elapse,  place 
the  mold  in  hot  water  for  about  two  or  three 
minutes,  then  take  it  out  and  separate  the 
parts  carefully,  and  remove  the  fruit  as 
gently  as  possible.  Should  there  be  any 
roughness  on  the  fruit,  it  can  be  easily  re¬ 
moved  by  rubbing  it  with  a  flannel  dipped  in 
turpentine. 

Wax  leaves  may  be  painted  green  by 
means  of  Prussian  blue,  chrome,  and  burnt 
sienna,  and  polished,  when  necessary,  by 
means  of  a  soft  brush.  The  stems  of  fruit 
are  made  from  wire  covered  with  wax  of  the 
required  color. 

The  characteristics  of  both  fruit  and  leaves 
are  mostly  produced  by  the  comring  uud  its 
various  modes  of  application ;  to  give  rules 
for  such  would  be  but  waste  of  time,  and 
only  tend  to  mystify  (ho  reader.  Practice 
and  study  of  the  works  of  Nature  alone  will 
enable  the  reader  to  acquire  any  proficiency 
in  this  art.  I  may  mention,  however,  by 
way  of  a  guide,  that  most  fruits  require  a 
body  tint  according  to  the  particular  color 
required,  and  that-  all  colors  must  dry  on  the 
wax  before  any  decision  can  be  pronounced 
as  to  the  correctness  of  tint.  If  the  modeler 
always  endeavors  to  copy  Nature  in  all  her 
parts,  so  that  each  part  wlic?n  taken  con¬ 
jointly  shall  resemble  the  whole,  he  will  not 
only  achieve  but  deserve  Success. — English 
Mechanic  and  World  of  Science. 


©fy  (Barden. 


A  NEW  VEGETABLE. 

The  Gardener’s  Chronicle  says  : — “  In  the 
current  number  of  the  Journal  of  Botany, 
Dr.  Hauce  describes  a  Chinese  Culinary  Veg¬ 
etable,  consisting  of  the  shoots  of  a  grass, 
Hydropyrum  latifolium ,  wild  in  Northern 
Cliina  and  Amoor  Land,  and  cultivated  in 
Southern  China  in  Standing  water.  As 
brought  to  market  the  “  cane  shoots”  occur 
in  cylindrical  pieces  of  a  white  color,  2)4  to 
2X  inches  long,  1  to  IX  inch  in  diameter, 
tapering  upwards  into  a  conical  point,  and 
surmounted  by  the  leaves  and  culm,  from 
which  they  are  readily  detached.  In  taste 
the  raw  shoot  is  not  unlike  a  half -ripe  nut, 
but  it  is  never  eaten  uncooked.  By  the  Chi¬ 
nese  it  is  stewed  with  meat,  and  by  foreign¬ 
ers  cut  longitudinally  into  two  or  three 
pieces,  well  boiled,  and  served  with  melted 
butter.  Prepared  in  this  way  it  is  stated  ly 
Dr,  Hunce  lo  be  one  of  the  most  agreeable  of 
vegetal  lies.  “It  is  difficult,”  says  the  writer 
from  whom  we  quote,  “to  describe  its  exact 
flavor,  but  it  is,  j  crimps,  nearer  to  fiat  of 
unripe  Maize,  us  boiled  and  eaten  by  Ameri¬ 
cans  under  tlie  name  of  green  corn,  though 
it  possesses  a  richness  and  delicacy  to  which 
I  know  no  parallel  in  ally  other  vegetable.” 
The  species  in  question  is  nearly  allied  to  the 
American  species  H.  esculcutum,  formerly 
growi  in  this  country.  There  is  little  doubt 
that  the  Chinese  plant  would  also  thrive  iu 
our  climate,  on  which  account  wo  arc  glad 
to  hear  that  Dr.  Hance  intends  to  send  home 
living  plants. 

— - - 

GARDENER’S  NOTES. 

Manure  for  Celery. — A  correspondent  asks 
“  what  kind  of  manure,  (except  stable  ma¬ 
nure  w  hich  is  scarce  here)  is  best  for  celery 
in  the  trenches.  Guano  and  ground  bone  have 
been  recommended  to  me.”  Celery  in  the 
market  gardens  hereabouts  is  always  trench¬ 
ed  as  a  second  erop.  Where  this  is  practiced, 
with  the  high  manuring  for  a  first  crop,  no 
additional  fertilizers  are  usually  used.  Either 
of  the  fertilizers  named  may  be  used,  how¬ 
ever,  if  the  soil  is  very  poor. 

Preserving  Melons  Whole.— 1  should  like 
to  ask  if  there  is  any  process  or  mode  by 
which  melons  may  be'kept  fresh  until  winter. 
If  any  of  the  Rural’s  readers  have  succeeded 
in  so  preserving  them  will  they  not  state 
how  ? — Gardener. 


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OOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YOBKEB 


425 


frarg  of  a  pluralist. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Centleman  near  New 

York  City. 

THE  FIRST  BUFFALO. 

July  28.  —  This  morning  we  are  nearing 
Denver,  and  the  Rocky  Mountains  in  sight. 
Pike’s  Peak  on  the  left,  and  probably  75 
miles  away,  shows  its  snow-capped  summit. 

A  large  herd  of  buffalos  were  passed  a  few 
moments  since,  the  first  we  have  seen.  They 
bounded  away,  and  gave  us  the  “  good-by  ” 
withou t  delay.  Antelope  appear  on  all  sid os, 
frequently  turning  about  to  look  at  the  train. 

W e  are  constantly  in  sight  of  buffalo  carcasses  , 
in  all  stages  of  decay ;  hundreds  cab  be  count¬ 
ed  from  the  car  windows,  showing  what  a 
fearful  slaughter  has  been  going  on  here  for 
several  years  past.  It  is  really  too  bad  to 
kill  this  noble  animal  merely  for  its  hide, 
which  is  only  worth  about  85.  At  some  of 
the  stations  there  are  cords  Of  buffalo  hides 
piled  up,  awaiting  shipment  east.  Everyone 
except,  the  hunters  regret  this  perpetual 
slaughter  ;  but  there  appears  to  be  no  power 
or  authority  t.o  check  it  short  of  extermina¬ 
tion. 

GARDENS  ON  THE  PLAINS. 

Gardens  and  gardening  are  not  at  home  on 
the  plains,  although  attempts  are  seen  on 
every  side  to  grow  some  of  the  common  veg¬ 
etables  and  a  few  fruits.  Whore  there  are 
facilities  Cor  irrigation,  the  growth  of  plants 
of  all  kinds  Is  healthy  and  luxuriant.  Cattle 
do  well,  for  the  small  nutritious  grasses  are 
abundant,  and  the  water  in  the  streams  is 
sufficient  to  supply  animals  with  nil  they  re¬ 
quire.  Meat  and  hides  must  continue  to  be 
the  chief  products  of  this  region  for  many 
years  to  come,  and  I  have  no  doubt  that, 
large  profits  are  realized  by  those  who  own 
the  great  herds  seen  in  every  direction. 

AT  DENVER. 

As  we  arrive  in  sight  of  Denver  the  city 
appears  to  be  right  among  the  foot,  hills  of 
the  mountains  ;  but  when  we  reached  the 
hotel  the  hills  were  still  fourteen  miles  away. 
This  new  city  has  disappointed  me,  inasmuch 
as  it  is  larger  and  more  substantially  built, 
than  l  expected  to  find.  There  are  scores  of 
large  brick  blocks  that  would  not  be  out  of 
place  or  disgrace  Broadway.  Everybody 
seems  to  be  in  a  hurry  to  get  rich,  still  there 
are  no  signs  of  shoddy  ;  everything  shows  a 
substantial  wealth  and  a  permanence  ft  r  be¬ 
yond  many  of  what  were  called  Western 
cities  twenty  years  ago.  I  expected  to  see 
cheap  structures  made  for  the  occasion,  and 
such  as  a  man  would  not  regret  to  leave  in 
case  the  tide  of  speculation  took  another 
course ;  but  there  is  nothing  of  the  kind,  and 
Denver  is  not  only  now  a  great  and  beautiful 
city,  but  its  future  is  certain  to  be  a  glorious 
one. 

The  American  House,  at  which  our  party 
stopped,  is  a  large  and  handsome  structure, 
which  might  shame  many  an  Eastern  city  a 
hundred  years  old.  It  is  furnished  with  nil 
the  modern  improvements,  and  in  setting 
down  at  the  table  one  might  well  imagine  he 
was  dining  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  or  Delrnoni- 
co’s.  The  tables  are  supplied  with  all  the 
luxuries  of  the  season,  which  come  mainly 
from  California,  although  splendid  vegetables 
are  grown  here  in  abundance. 

Having  arrived  too  late  to  get  the  morning 
train  to  Golden  City,  where  Mrs.  “  Ruralist” 
wished  to  go  to  see  an  old  uncle,  aunt,  and 
cousin,  I  went  t.o  a  livery  stable  for  a  horse 
and  carriage,  and  found  a  large,  substantial¬ 
ly-built  brick  structure  filled  with  as  elegant 
turnouts  as  are  seen  in  any  of  our  older  cities. 
The  chorges  for  livery  are  really  no  higher 
than  at  the  East,  for  I  only  paid  ?8  for  a  span 
of  horses  and  carriage  for  the.  day. 

A  DRIVE  TO  GOLDEN  CITY. 

A  qjde  over  the  road  from  Denver  to  Gold¬ 
en  City,  a  distance  of  14  miles,  gave  me  a 
good  opportunity  of  seeing  splendid  fields  of 
oats,  wheat  and  other  grain  grown  under  the 
irrigating  system,  which  is  the  only  safe  one 
for  this  region.  The  wheat  was  very  short, 
the  straw  seldom  more  than  two  feet  high, 
but  the  heads  were  plump  and  large.  The 
yield  of  grain  will  average  more  than  in  the 
Eastern  States,  and  the  quality  unsurpassed. 
Ever  since  we  have  been  west  of  Kansas 
City,  the  bread  upon  every  table  has  been 
excellent,  and  far  better  t  an  I  ever  saw  at 
any  eating  house  in  the  Eastern  States,  and 
its  superiority  is  owing  entirely  to  the  wheat 
from  which  the  flour  is  made.  Good  bread 
is  the  rule  and  poor  bread  the  exception. 
Mrs.  “Ruralist”  is  quite  in  love  with  the 
country,  and  I  think  the  excellent  flour  is  the 
cause.  About  one-half  the  land  between 


Denver  and  Golden  City  is  under  cultivation, 
and  more  ditches  being  dug  to  irrigate  the 
remaining  portion.  About  noon  wo  reached 
Golden  City,  and  soon  after  sat  down  to  din¬ 
ner  with  our  old  friends,  five  in  all,  just  as 
we  had  many  times  21  years  ago.  Twenty 
years  had  made  very  little  change  in  any  of 
us — a  veiy  few  more  white  hairs,  otherwise 
very  much  the  same.  This  new  city,  right 
among  the  toot,  hills  of  the  Rocky  Mountains, 
has  a  great  future  before  it ;  rich  coal  mines, 
in  addition  to  gold,  copper,  silver  and  other 
precious  metals,  abound  in  the  vicinity,  and 
are  now  being  brought  here  for  smelting. 
Substantial  brick  and  stone  buildings  are 
being  constructed  on  all  the  principal  streets 
as  well  as  in  the  suburbs. 

The  school  houses  show  that  the  people  are 
not  neglecting  the  education  of  their  chil¬ 
dren  even  among  the  rash  attendant  upon 


mile  or  more  of  this  exceedingly  greasy  road. 

Late  in  the  evening  we  reached  our  hotel, 
satisfied  that  thunder  storms  In  the  Rocky 
Mountains  are  about  as  good  things  of  their 
kind  as  found  elsewhere,  and  must  be  expe¬ 
rienced  to  be  appreciated. 


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Fig.  1.— Visiting  Card  Stand.— Page  137. 
the  settling  and  money-making  of  anew  min¬ 
ing  region  of  country.  Prof.  Randall’s 
Divinity  Schools  are  located  here,  also  the 
School  of  Mines.  The  buildings  of  those  two 
institutions  cost  8125,000. 

A  MOUNTAIN  THUNDER  STORM. 

This  is  often  referred  to  as  an  almost  rain¬ 
less  region ;  but.  we  have  scarcely  been  out 
of  sight  of  a  shower  in  the  past  two  or  three 
days  ;  and  tills  evening,  while  driving  back 
to  Denver,  Mrs.  R.  and  myself  had  a  little 
practical  experience  in  the  way  of  a  Rocky 
Mountain  thunderstorm.  When  about  four 
miles  from  Golden  City,  the  heavens  sudden¬ 
ly  darkened,  and  the  rushing  wind,  the  con¬ 
stant  peals  of  thunder  and  flash  of  nature’s 
fireworks  forhoded  anything  hut  a  pleasant, 
ten  miles’  ride  to  Denver,  especially  as  it  was 
getting  late  in  the  evening.  We  stopped  at 
the  first  cabin  on  the  rood,  which  proved  to 
be  that  of  Steve  Eldred,  one  of  the  old 
pioneers  of  this  region.  Steve  very  kindly 
loaned  us  a  ponMio,  to  cover  our  carriage  in 
front ;  and  after  making  everything  as  secure 
as  possible,  we  again  started.  Very  little  rain 
had  as  yet  fallen  ;  but  it  soon  came  down  in 
torrents,  and  the  pyrotechnic  display  which 
accompanied  this  mountain  storm  beat  any¬ 
thing  I  ever  saw  at  home.  There  is  no  dis¬ 
count  on  the  thunder  showers  of  this  region, 
and  the  scores  of  shivered  telegraph  poles 
show  that  the  electric  fluid  as  well  as  the  one 
known  as  water,  is  no  stranger  here. 

A  BARRIER  TO  PROGRESS. 

In  such  a  storm  as  we  were  passing  through, 
I  did  not  feel  inclined  to  drivo  very  slow,  al- 


THE  TREATMENT 


YOUNG  HEDGES. 


TnoMAS  Meehan,  in  the  Weekly  Press, 
says  Of  late  years  a  discovery  has  been 
made  in  the  treatment  of  hedges,  of  supreme 
importance.  It  was  the  universal  advice, 
and  the  general  practice,  to  cut  the  plants  to 
the  ground  at  planting,  and  this  part  is  st  ili 
right.  But  the  practice*  went  further.  The 
following  svunmar  the  growth  was  out  back 
to  make  the  shoots  sprout,  and  perhaps  the 
succeeding  winter  they  were  cut  again,  and 
the  next  summer  and  winter,  and  so  on  ;  but 
this  we  now  know  is  ail  wrong.  Not  only  is 
it  wrong  so  far  as  the  making  of  a  good,  stout 
hedge  is  concerned,  but  it  takes  a  good  deal 
of  money  and  labor  to  attend  to  It. ;  audit 
was  very  natural  for  the  farmer  to  say  that 
labor  was  his  great  bugaboo,  and  if  he  was 
to  be  continually  bothered  in  this  way  ho 
would  rather  pay  double  or  treble  for  a  lum¬ 
ber  fence  and  be  done  with  it. 

Many  who  kept  to  the  faith  in  constant 
trimming  in  the  hedge’s  youthful  period, 
found  to  their  sorrow  that  with  all  their 
labor  there  would  be  holes  which  would 
admit  dogs,  and  in  time  larger  animals  ;  and 
only  those  who  had  knowledge,  and  skill 
enough  to  hoot,  to  look  well  after  their 
hedges,  kept  on  with  this  way  of  making 
them. 

The  plashing  system  followed  this.  In  this 
way  the  plants  were  allowed  to  grow 
straight  up  for  three  or  four  years  after 
planting,  and  then  each  one  cut  half  through 
near  the  ground  and  bent.  over.  This  pre¬ 
sented  a  series  of  horizontal  stems  along  the 
hedge  line,  and  made  a  successful  barrier 
against,  intruders.  Only  half  cut,  they  live, 
although  making  of  course  a  weakened 
growth  ;  and  from  below  the  cut,  a  lot,  of 
sprouts  come  up,  which  help  to  thicken  the 
whole  mass.  But  although  this  way  is  much 
superior  to  the  old-fashioned  plan,  in  this, 
that  it  involves  no  labor  for  the  first  two  or 
three  years,  the  plashing  itself  is  a  laborious 
process,  and,  moreover,  the  result  does  not 
always  prove  a  perfect  hedge. 

The  new  plan  was  foreshadowed  in  a  speech* 
by  the  agricultural  editor  of  the  Press  at 
Harrisburg  some  six  years  ago,  and  of  which 
an  abstract  is  given  in  the  Pennsylvania 
Fruit  Growers’  Society's  report,.  It.  was 
there  shown  that  the  old  idea  that  pruning 
strengthened  a  tree  was  wrong.  The  branch¬ 
es  seem  to  grow  more  vigorous  after  a  prun¬ 
ing,  It  is  true,  but  a  few  years  of  this  treat¬ 
ment  show  the  true  state  of  affairs.  A  dozen 
willows  left  to  grow  unpruned  will  make 
trmiks  of  enormous  size,  mul  probably  last 
fifty  years  ;  while  the  same  willows  annually 
cut  down  for  basket-making  purposes,  die 
out  iu  twenty-five,  and  hardly  ever  make  a 
trunk  more  than  a  foot  or  so  in  diameter. 
Knowing,  then,  how  pruning  weakens,  we 
apply  the  knowledge  to  hedge  culture.  We 
want  to  weaken  it  after  it  has  been  made 
into  a  perfect  hedge,  but  not  before.  For  a 
few  years  we  desire  to  give  it,  all  the  vigor 
possible.  This  is  obtained  by  letting  it 
entirely  alone.  T n  this  way  the  roots  become 


Fig.  2. — Be  ad- Work  for  Card  Stand. 
though  the  road  was  not  very  distinct,  there 
being  no  fences  to  guide  us  across  the  prai¬ 
ries  ;  but  all  at  once  my  horses  came  near 
falling,  and  I  discovered  that  we  had  struck 
a  clay  soil  which,  when  the  surface  became 
wet,  was  like  grease  ;  and  it  was  as  much  as 
our  horses  could  do  to  keep  their  feet  without 
trying  to  move  faster  than  a  walk.  This,  of 
course,  was  an  unlooked  for  barrier  to  our 
progress,  and  we  had  to  patiently  wait  until 
our  team,  could  wriggle  their  way  across  a 


Fig.  3.— Bead  Work  for  Card  Stand. 
very  strong  after  a  growth  of  four  or  five 
years.  Then  in  the  winter,  or  in  the  spring 
before  the  leaves  have  pushed,  we  saw  or 
chop  it  off  close  to  the  ground.  The  result 
is  a  mass  of  strong,  vigorous  growth  which 
surprises  every  one.  It  can  lie  mowed  into 
shape  with  a  scythe  the  next  summer,  and  a 
perfect  hedge  is  made  at  small  cost. 

- - 

How  ARE  THE  Trees  Doing  that  you 
planted  last  spring  ?  Let  us  here  about  them. 


ARBORICULTURAL  NOTES. 

Osage  Orange  Hedges. — A.  Yanoy,  Mount 
Pleasant,  Iowa,  says,  in  Prairie  Farmer  : — I 
would  gtat  i  there  are  plenty  of  Osage  hedges 
in  Southeastern  Iowa  over  twenty  years  old, 
and  as  yet  they  show  no  signs  of  decay.  Tt, 
is  true,  however,  that  the  Osage  needs  a  well 
drained  soil,  and  will  not,  stand  any  great 
amount  of  tramping.  Hence  it  is  not  very 
well  suited  for  a  barnyard  fence,  or  where 
cattle  congregate  in  large  herds  and  tramp 
the  ground  very  hard.  I  have  had  some 
killed  in  this  way.  But  for  ordinary  pur¬ 
poses  as  a  field  fence  it  is  too  late  in  the  day 
for  any  reasonable  man  to  claim  the  Osage 
is  a  failure. 

Transplanting  Tamaracks, — A.  A.  Me.,  is 
informed  that  the  best  time  to  transplant  the 
American  Larch  or  Tamarack  is  in  early 
spring,  when  other  deciduous  trees  should  be 
transplanted. 


florntrlirpcal. 


A  SEEDLING  RASPBERRY. 

W.  8.  Carpenter  writes  to  our  associate, 
Andrew  8.  Fui,i,er,  who  is  absent  in  Colora¬ 
do,  under  date  of  July  29,  as  follows: — “You 
will  find  iu  this  box  a  seedling  rtvspberry  of 
mine.  It  is  the  second  season  of  fruiting.  I 
have  but  ono  stool  of  it  and  a  few  scattering 
suckers  of  last  year’s  growth.  It  is  a  very 
strong  grower.  The  ennoa  are  at  least,  eight, 
feet  high  aud  quite  hardy,  as  it  was  fully  ex¬ 
posed  last  winter  ;  and  it  was  alive  to  the  tip 
this  spring.  It,  appears  to  be  very  product¬ 
ive,  and  the  frail,  very  large.  We  have  been 
picking  from  this  stool  nearly  three  weeks, 
and  it  will  last  a  week  or  two  more,  from 
present  appearances.  Wa  have  had  a  fearful 
drouth,  which  has  caused  the  fruit  to  be 
much  f mailer  than  last  season.  This  seed¬ 
ling  has  not  been  watered  or  treated  differ 
ent  from  my  othor  berries,  and  alongside  I 
have  the  Herstine,  which  is  not  more  than 
half  the  size  of  this  seedling  ;  and  the  Hers¬ 
tine  and  Clark  are  nearly  done  fruiting.  1 
sent  a  specimen  to  our  mutual  friend,  On  as. 
Downing,  about  two  weeks  ago.  Do  you 
think  it  worth  taking  care  of  ?  Is  there  any 
merit,  from  what  you  ean  discover,  over 
other  new  varieties  ?  If  I  should  be  satisfied 
there  is  I  should  take  good  care  of  it.  We 
have  a  good  crop  of  apples  and  pears  this 
season.  We  were  favored  wi  , ,  :  show¬ 
er  on  the  97th,  Otherwise  but  little  ruin  I  . 
fallen  since  the  middle  of  May.” 

If  our  associate,  Mr.  Fuller,  had  been 
here,  he  could  have  judged  little  of  the  fruit, 
for  there  was  not  an  unmashed  berry  on  the 
branch  sent.  The  flavor  of  the  raspberry 
juice  received  is  not  equal  to  other  red  rasp¬ 
berries  we  have — the  Clarke,  for  instance. 
Beyond  that  we  can  say  nothing,  for  the 
fruit  was  not  in  condition  to  judge  of.  The 
foliage  seems  healthful. 


gflrsemnn. 


HOW  THEY  CATCH  MUSTANGS. 

The  editor  of  the  Pleasanton  Stock  Journal 
gives  the  modus  openmdi  of  capturing  wild 
horses  in  Texas,  which  will  no  doubt  prove 
instinctive  to  many.  It  will  be  perceived 
that  all  the  popular  notions  in  which  the 
lasso  and  fleet-footed  charger  play  an  import¬ 
ant  part,  have  little  foundation  in  reality. 

As  soon  as  a  herd  of  horses  is  discovered, 
the  party  of  hunters  divide,  one  portion 
striking  camp  while  the  other  sets  off  in 
pumiit  of  the  herd.  The  frightened  animals 
go  bounding  across  the  prairie  through  the 
prickly  pear  and  dense  cbapparrel,  leaving  a 
trail  which  the  hunters  steadily  pursue  at  a  n 
easy  gait  until  they  come  in  sight  of  the  herd 
which  scampers  off  as  before.  Thcso  tactics 
are  kept  up  by  pursuers  and  pursued  for 
days,  the  mustangs  returning  to  their  first, 
starting  point— which  they  are  sure  to  do— 
when  the  camping  party  takes  the  place  of 
th.e  tired  pursuers,  and  thus  follow  the  herd, 
until  the  poor,  wearied,  and  half  starved 
creatures,  with  swollen  and  bloodshot  c*-es, 
give  up  the  struggle  and  submit  to  bo  driven 
anywhere.  The  object  of  the  hunters  has 
been  merely  to  keep  close  enough  to  the  mus¬ 
tangs  to  prevent  them  from  grazing.  Starv¬ 
ation  soon  brings  them  to  terms,  and  the 
prairie  monarch,  with  drooping  crest  and 
deject  look,  leaves  his  native  wilds  henceforth 
to  become  the  slave  of  man.  This  is  what 
hunters  call  “walking  mustangs  down.” 


look  forward  with  fond  anticipations  to  the 
hour  of  returning  to  the  simple  life  of  a  Vir¬ 
ginia  farmer,  of  which  he  wrote  to  Alexander 
Spots  wood  :  “  I  think  with  you  that  the  life 
of  a  husbandman  of  all  others  is  the  most 
delightful.  It  is  honorable,  it.  is  amusing, 
and,  with  judicious  management,  it  is  profit¬ 
able.'*  An  opinion,  gentlemen,  the  truth  of 
which  I  sincerely  trust  you  may  all  realize 
in  your  own  operations. 


THE  GREATEST  FARMER  IN  AMERICA 


Thk  following  is  an  abstract  of  remarks 
made  by  CoL  Jakes  Baron  Hope,  before  the 
Norfolf,  Va.,  Pom.  and  Hort.  Societv  re¬ 
cently.  Col.  Hope  said  It  is  my  int  ention 
to  t  ake  you  to  the  Estate  of  the  Father  of 
his  Country,  and  to  show  you  George  Wash¬ 
ington  as  a  Virginia  Farmer  of  the  last  cen¬ 
tury.  A  protracted  sickness  has  prevented 
my  putting  the  ample  facts  at.  my  command 
in  a  satisfactory  shape ;  but  while  I  am 
ashamed  of  the  poverty  of  my  art,  1  do  not 
blush  for  the  cure  with  which  I  have  made 
my  investigations,  nor  for  the  copiousness  of 
my  materials,  only  a  small  part  of  which  I 
can  use.  Passing  by  the  great  worth,  lofty 
virtues  and  illustrious  career  of  Washing¬ 
ton,  to  which  we  all  pay  an  homage,  I  begin 
first  with  Mount  Vernon,  where  indeed  I  shall 
linger  for  the  greater  part  of  the  time  I  have 
allowed  myself  in  illustrating  his  system  of 
agriculture.  This  estate  consisted  of  the 
Mansion  House  Farm,  on  which,  as  its  name 
indicates,  his  residence  stood.  Then,  attached 
to  it,  were  the  following : — Union  Farm, 
Muddy  Hole,  Dogue  Run  rind  River.  These 
estates,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  contained 
an  aggregate  of  8,027  acres,  as  may  be  seen  b  v 
reference  to  IPs  will,  and  a  water  front  o'f 
over  ten  miles  in  extent.  He  owned  lands  in 
Fayette  and  Washington  counties  equal  to 
4,644  acres  *  on  t  he  Ohio  and  Great  Kanawha. 
58.37.5  acres,  which  land,  in  his  own  language,', 
was  '  the  cream  of  tin-  country, ”  and  here  lie 
had  a  river  front  of  58  miles.  In  addition, 
lie  had  a  tract  of  1,800  acres  on  Four  Mile 
Run,  then  the  Round  Bottom  opposite  Pipe 
Creek,  15  miles  below  Wheeling,  containing 


EXPERIENCE  WITH  BONE  DUST  IN 
RAISING  POTATOES. 


I  am  one  of  that  numerous  class  of  small 
farmers,  who  own  from  four  to  six  acres, 
consequently  cannot  keep  cows  or  llGrses 
profitably  ;  so  we  have  no  ham-vard  manure, 
and  have  to  depend  on  the  commercial  fer¬ 
tilizers  in  order  to  raise  our  crops.  Having 
used  fish  scraps,  and  Peruvian  guano  year 
after  year  successfully,  but  thinking  that  a 
change  from  these  very  ammonial  manures 
to  one  less  stimulating  would  l  ie  an  ad  vantage 
to  the.  soil  (which  is  sandy  loam),  and  crops, 
I  endeavored  to  inform  myself  as  to  the 
qualities  of  the  different  manufactures  of 
bone  manures,  and  thought.  I  would  give 
“  Ralston’s  Crescent  Bone”  atrial ;  so  bought 
a  barrel  of  255  lbs.  from  Ralston's  agent  here, 
on  May  27,  and  the  following  week  planted 
my  potatoes,  about,  one-sixth  of  an  acre. 

In  Ralston’s  pamphlet,  or  circular,  there 
were  no  special  instructions  how  to  use  this 
manure  on  potatoes;  for  “corn  in  hill  300 
lbs,”  So  inferred  if  it  was  to  be  used  on 
corn  in  the  liili  it  would  do  to  sow  it  iu  the 
drill  for  potatoes.  My  rows  or  drills  were 
300  yards  long,  and  1  sowed  of  the  “  Crescent 
Bone”  dust  nine  pounds  by  weight  on  this 
300  yards,  and  planted  my  Early  Rose  seed  ; 
covered  with  a  hoe  and  mellowed  the  ground 
as  in  garden  culture.  1  also  planted  one-half 
my  patch  with  Peach  Blow  seed,  cut  from 
large,  well-formed  potatoes,  and  sowed  also 
nine  pounds  actual  weight,  in  my  drill  of  300 
yards,  and  treated  the  Peach  Blows  iu  all 
respects  like  the  Rose,  hoping  in  the  full  to 
have  a  nice  crop,  and  a  good  experience  to 
relate. 

When  I  thought  my  potatoes  had  been 
planted  long  enough  to  be  coming  up,  I  dug 
Into  them  with  my  hand  and  found  the 
Peach  Blow  seed  all  rotten  and  full  of  small 
maggots ;  also  most  of  Early  Rose,  were 
rotten,  and  not  a  single  Peach  Blow  ever  did 
come  up ,  Of  the  Rose  a  few  sickly  plants 
came  up  every  one  or  two,  and  sometimes 
three  rods  apart.  Of  these  plants  I  was  very 
choice,  hoeing  them  often,  and  top  dressed 
them  with  plaster,  as  the  weather  was  very 
dry,  hoping  the  plaster  would  help  to  attract  . 
some  moisture  from  the  atmosphere,  as  well 
us  ammonia.  The  largest  of  the  Rose  pota¬ 
toes  from  these  few  plants  are  as  large  as 
hen  eggs,  and  soggy  and  insipid  things 
enough. 

It  will  be  said  by  some,  “  why  did  you 
plant  right  on  to  the  bone  dust  ?”  I  say  if 
Mr.  Ralston  knew  it  was  a  dangerous  ma¬ 
nure  to  use  so,  why  did  he  not,  iu  his  circular, 

“  Crescent 


would  be  Baron  of  Cameron,  as  bis  younger 
brother  now  in,  though  he  dues  nor  take  upon 
himself  the  title.”  Tims  you  see,  gentlemen, 
that  a  kinsman  of  the  gallant  Guardsman, 
the  Lord  of  Grcenway  Court,  who  ended  his 
eventful  life  in  Virginia,  abandoned  his  rank 
ami  renounced  a  title  among  the  most,  hon¬ 
orable  of  the  British  Empire.  The  prow  of 
this  story  is  found  in  the  fact,  that  this  estate 
was  then  in  the  market,  at  &J3.33  per  acre  a 
sum  equal  to  at  least  $10.')  of  our  currency/ 
All  t  his,  however,  has  been  iu  the  nature  of 
a  digression,  and  I  now  return  to  the  heroic 
figure  of  our  great  Virginia  farmer.  For  his 
daily  life  and  habits  at  Mount  Vernon  I  must 
refer  you  to  the  pages  of  Irving,  where  all 
the  life  and  movement  and  coloring  which  1 
exclude  from  this  paper  will  lie  found  com¬ 
bined  in  a  vivid  pienn  e.  I  oniv  remark  that, 
like  a  good  farmer  lie  rose  at  dawn,  and  was 
one  of  the  very  few  grandees  in  the  colony 
or  infant  Republic  who  personally  looked 
after  his  own  affairs.  He  was  fond  of  Geld 
sports  and  kept  a  pack  of  hounds  which  he 
I  followed  with  hearty  enjoyment ;  but,  this 
exhilarating  sport  was  always  made  a  matter 
of  incidental  amusement,  and  not  a  pun-nit, 
as  was  unfortunately  lint  too  common  with 
the  gentry  of  that  period, 

1  have  shown  3-00  the  magnitude  of  the 
estate  on  which  he  lived,  and  f  now,  by  your 
permission,  will  show  you  how  he  systemati¬ 
cally  increased  its  area  and  productiveness. 
This  he  did  by  reclaiming  heads  of  creeks  and 
inlets  just  as  we  may  do  here.  In  his  direc¬ 
tions  for  managing  Union  farm,  he  says  : 
“Although  I  may  find  myself  mistaken,  lam 
inclined  to  put  the  other  prong  of  this  swamp 
into  meadow,  and  have  directed  the  mode  to 
60  pursued  to  accomplish  it.  Next  to  this 
let  ns  much  of  the.  inlet  in  [field]  No.  2,  as  can 
be  laid  dry  for  the  purpose  bo  put  in  corn, 
and  when  this  is  effected,  planted  in  grass. 
As  the  Geld  comes  round  all  the  inlets’ may 
be  prepared  for  grass  if  circumstances  will 
permit.  The  inlets  at  the  ferry  might,  be 
brought  into  excellent  meadows  at  very  little 
expense  ;  but  t.o  dwell  ou  the  advantages  of 
these  would  be  a  mere  waste  of  time.”  So 
also  in  speuking  of  the  River  farm  he  said  : 
“And  as  the  fields  come  into  cultivation,  or 
us  the  labor  can  be  spared  from  other  work, 
t  he  heads  of  all  the  inlets  in  them  must,  be 
reclaimed  and  laid  to  grass,  whether  t  hey  be 

lurcrn  rtv  amnipi  T!  J  i  -  g  j  \ '  r>  J  i  ,i  I  -  Q  j  , 


'  1  01  nines  ueiow  vvnecjmg,  containing 

5S7  acres,  with  2 XA  miles  of  river-  front,  and 
251  acres  at  Great  Meadows  on  Br;vd dock's 


Road,  a  line  which  will  forever  remain  asso¬ 
ciated  with  the  courage  and  sagacity  of  Col. 
Washington,  when  on  the  staff  of  that  gallant 
but  unfortunate  commander,  1  n  addition,  he 
acquired,  by  bis  murriaga  with  Mrs.  Oustis, 
control  oC  15,000  acres  of  land  and  300  slaves, 
for  which  information  1  am  indebted  to  the 
President  of  our  State  Agricultural  Society. 
I  need  not  say  1  mean  Major  Genera!  W.  i'i. 
F.  Lee,  who  now  resides  at  the  White  House, 
where  his  ancestress  wag  married  to  Wash¬ 
ington.  In  addition,  he  owned  lauds  in 
Pennsylvania,  lu  Gloucester  and  in  the  Great 
Dismal  Swamp,  which  he  personally  sur- 
veyed,  and  out  of  this  examination  and  his 
report  thereon  grew  the  company  which  is 
now  iu  existence  in  the  city  ol  Norfolk.  Fi¬ 
nally  he  owned  lots  in  Williamsburg,  Rich¬ 
mond,  Manchester,  Fredericksburg  and  Alex¬ 
andria. 

You  will  observe  that  I  have  been  only7 
able  in  part  to  give  you  the  extent  of  bis 
possessions ;  but  we  sec  that  he  owned  or 
managed  us  a  fiduciary,  during  the  most, 
vigorous  years  of  his  fife,  an  aggregate  of 
61.244  acres,  and  that  his  riparian  ownership 
amounted  to  70 '  j  miles.  Having  given  you 
this  general  and  imperfect  view  of  bis  pos¬ 
sessions.  a  very  great  part  of  which  were  its 
primeval  forest,  to  which  on  a  more  formal 
occasion  J  might  have  ventured  to  give  some 
coloring,  1  rut  urn  lu  tlm  Mount  Vernon  estate 
as  it  was  iu  1762.  Ac  that  time  it  contained 
8, 21 50  acres  under  cultivation,  and  was  worked 
bj-  the  following  force  of  hands  : 

Men.  Buys.  Women.  Girls. 


gageu  m  tne  crops  should  so  soon  as  corn 
planting  is  completed  in  the  spring  be  unin¬ 
terruptedly  employed  in  raising  inud  from 
the  pocoxonR  and  from  the  beds  of  the  creek 
into  the  scow  ;  untl  the  carts,  as  soon  as  the 
manure  for  the  corn  and  potatoes  is  carried 
out,  ure  to  be  incesmnUy  tlraioino il [the  mudj 
to  t  he  compost  heaps  in  the  field  which  are 
to  be  manured  by  it.” 

It  is  hardly  neoessaiy  for  me  to  say  any¬ 
thing  on  this  point,  bui’the, Mayor  of  Norfolk, 
the  Hon.  John  R,  Ludlow,  has  achieved  such 
wonderful  results  under  this  system  that,  I 
beg  leave  to  attract  your  attention  to  his 
garden,  and  especially  to  his  trees,  which, 
transplanted  in  some  eases  full  grown,  arc 
strong  and  vigorous,  while  the  results  of  his 
horticulture  must  be  seen  to  be  believed.  The 
fert  ilizer  he  lias  used  has  been  t  he  mud  which 
he  has  taken  up  from  the  river  bottom,  and 
this  is  within  reach  of  almost  every  farmer 
in  tide-water  Virginia.  But  with  all  this 
minute,  core,  judicious  economy,  and  accurate 
utilitarianism,  Washington  had  an  eye  to 
the  beautiful,  as  is  shown  by  his  love  of  trees 
and  flowering  shrubs,  for  as  we  learn  from  a 
letter  of  his  to  Mr.  Jefferson,  he  had  a  botan¬ 
ical  garden  of  his  own,  to  which  he  was 
Xt  eatly  devoted.  In  evidence  of  hi?  fondness 
for  trees  we  And  him  writing  an  order  to  one 
of  his  managers  to  save  him  all  the  honey 
locusts  possible,  and  in  the  fail  to  plant  them 
on  the  ditches,  where  they  are  to  remain, 
says  lie,  about  .six  inches  apart,  one  seed  from 
another.  Again  in  directing  certain  work, 
he  say?  :  The  cedars  are  not,  to  be  cut  down, 
but  only  trimmed,  the  other  trees  left  here 
and  there  for  shade.  ' 

Again  he  writes  ;  Li  clearing  the  whole  of 
this  ground  let  all  the  ivy  and  flowering 
shrubs  remain  on  it  over  and  above  the 
clumps  and  other  single  trees  where  they 
may  bethought  requisite  for  ornament.  1 
niight  go  011  thus,  gentlemen,  at  great  length 
in  my  quotations ;  but  in  reproducing  the 
words  ot  Washington  it  is  not  necessary  to 
multiply  them  on  this  or  any  other  subject, 
and  I  have  only  dune  so  to  a  very'  limited 
extent  in  order  to  show  what  value  he  at¬ 
tached  to  a  thorough  system  and  undeviating 
economy  in  his  farming  operations — an  econ¬ 
omy  which  was  far  from  parsimony  as  light 
is  from  darkness.  But,  us  he  himself  says  in 
his  directions  to  George  A.  Washington, 

••  His  object  is  to  labor  for  pro  lit.”  His  views, 
gentlemen,  require  no  elaboration  at  my 
hands.  You  can  all  appreciate  their  worth, 
mid  lu  this  region  can  apply  them  by  the 


Mansion  House  Farm . 12  (>  —  .1 

MuilUy  Hole  Farm .  3  —  <j  — 

Ferry  Furm .  7  4  18  — 

River  Farm .  8  —  18  — 

Hogue  Run  Farm.. .  (i  —  8  2 

Total  force,  12fi.  SC  10  63  25 

The  above  is  taken  from  Iris  Manager's  Re¬ 
port  for  April  14,  1792. 

Going  a  step  further  I  find  in  a  letter  to 
Arthur  Young,  of  England,  dated  Philadel¬ 
phia,  December  12,  1 793,  that  the  General 
described  his  estate  as  follows,  and  Mr.  Irving 
in  hjs  charming  life  has  copied  in  full  the 
paragraph  from  which  I  quote  n  part : — “  No 
estate, ”  says  the  General,  “  in  United  Amer¬ 
ica  is  more  pleasantly  situated  than  this.  It 
lies  in  a  high,  dry,  healthful  country,  300 
miles  from  (lie  sea  on  one  of  the  finest  rivers 
in  the  world.  A  husbandman's  wish  would 
not  lay  the  farms  more  level  than  they  are. 
The  river,  which  encompasses  the  land  the 
distance  above  mentioned  (ten  miles),  is  well 
supplied  with  various  kinds  of  fish  at  all  sea¬ 
son?  of  the  year,  such  as  shad,  herrings,  bass 
carp,  perch,  sturgeons,  &c„  &c.,  a-ud,  several 
valuable  fisheries  appertain  to  the  estat  e-—  the 
whole  slime,  in  short,  is  oue  entire  fishery.” 

The  separate  farms  wore  divided  into  fields, 
numbered  from  one  to  seven,  the  better  to 
enable  him  to  carry  on  the  vise  system  of 
rotation  iu  crops  to  which  he  so  rigidly  ad¬ 
hered.  Having  arrived  at  some  conception 
of  the  topographical  and  other  advantages 
possessed  by  the  Mount  Vernon  ©state  it 
cannot  fail  to  interest  this  assembly  to  know 
how  it  was  stocked  at  the  date  above  men¬ 
tioned.  In  t.lie  letter  already  quoted  he  says 
ou  the  four  farms  there  are  15  draft  horses, 
12  mules,  317  cattle,  oxen  included,  634  sheep, 
and  “  many  hogs;”  but.  says  he.  us  these  run 


large  or  small  |  JHHWH _ 

bis  judicious  s.vstem.  Rut  on  tills  point  let, 
the  great,  farmer  speak  in  his  own  language  : 
“A  system,”  he  ?ays,  “as; /stem  closely  pur¬ 
sued.  although  it  may  not  in  all  its  parts  lie  the 
best  that  could  be  devised,  is  attended  with 
innumerable  advantages.  The  conductor  of 
the  business  in  this  case  can  never  be  iu  any 
dilemma.” 

He  also  writes  r  “Nothing  can  so  effectually 
obviate  the  evil  of  misdirected  labor,  or  lost 
time,  as  an  established  system  made  known 
to  all  who  are  actors  in  it.”  And  in  illustra¬ 
tion  of  this  1  may  mention  that  when  absent 
from  home  lie  had  weekly  statements  sent  to 
him  from  his  plantation  und  lie  held  two 
cardinal  points  : 

1st.  .System  and  method  01113-  ore  required 
to  accomplish  «uy  reasonable  results ;  and, 

2dly.  And  that  whenever  he  ordered  a 
tiling  to  he  done  it  should  l  ie  done.  For,  says 
the  General,  “it  is  not  for  the  person  receiv¬ 
ing  an  order  to  suspend  or  dispense  with  its 
execution  :  and  after  it  has  been  supposed  to 
have  gone  into  effect  to  tell  me  that  nothing 
has  been  done  in  it,  that  it  will  be  done,  or 
that  it.  could  not  be  done.”  From  the  quota¬ 
tions  i  have  made  it  is  easy  to  see  that  Gen. 
Washington  was  a  careful  farmer.  We  doubt 
if  Virginia  ever  boasted  one  more  accurate— 
and  in  illustration  of  this,  I  will  now  give 
you  farther  extracts  from  hi*  agricultural 
papers.  In  ordering  ihe  ©Obstruction  of  a 
barn  at  Dogue  Run,  a  barn  said  to  have  been 
the  best  in  America,  lie  issued  this  order; 
“Make  the  bricks  at  the  place,  and  in  the 
manner  directed,  and  let  there  be  no  salmon 
bricks  in  that  budding.”  Thus  you  see  from 
great  questions  of  statesmanship  and  the 
growth  of  the  largest  tobacco  crops — crops 


give  instructions  how  to  use  his 
Bone  Dust.” 

I  will  relate  an  experience  of  a  piece  which 
I  planted  in  the  garden  eight  rods  long  by 
one  wide.  Planted  this  piece  hi  hills,  half  of 
it  to  Peach  Blows  and  half  with  Early  Rose, 
putting  of  this  “  Crescent  Bone”  in  each  hill 
a  smaJ  l  clam  shell  full,  two  ounces  perhaps, 
and  mixed  up  thoroughly  with  my  hand. 
Now  for  the  results.  Never  a  Peach  Blow 
came  up  ;  seed  all  rotted  as  in  field  culture. 
Of  the  Early  Rose  in  the  garden  four  plants 
came  up  on  the  four  square  rods.  (Rows  3  ft. 
(I  in.  apart  ;  hills  2  ft.  apart  in  rows. 

In  dry  weather  the  ground  above  where 
this  bone  dusr.  lay  would  be  white,  as  with 
an  incrustation  of  salt.  I  wrote  Mr.  Ralston 
(170  Front  St.,  N.  Y.)  in  regard  to  my  experi¬ 
ences  with  liis  hone  dust  and  said  it  was 
largely  adult  crated  with  salt  eake.  He  v#ote, 
he  was  sorry  I  had  such  a  failure,  calling  the 
salt  cake,  bisulpliate  of  soda  ;  said  it  was  not 
an  adulteration,  but  a  benefit.  Ralston  also 
acknowledged  that  a  few  tons  “had  acci¬ 
dentally  got.  out  from  the  factory,  which  was 
not  properly  made.”  Ou  a  one-half  acre  of 
corn  1  tried  this  same  stuff  in  the  hill  this 
spring  ;  it  killed  all  except  a  spear  in  a  100 
hills  or  so.  These  are  facts,  I  can  make  affi¬ 
davit  to  if  necessary.  Have  an  3'  of  my  Rural 
brothers  suffered  by  the  use  of  this  stuff. 

Xslip,  L.  I.  Joseph  Kiuley. 


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EAG  CAKPETS  AGAIN. 

I  have  been  much  interested  in  the  rag 
carpet  question  in  the  columns  of  the  Rural 
New-Yorker,  and  determined  to  add  my 
mite  of  experience.  I  confess  my  sympa¬ 
thies  were  with  J  axe  Brandon  and  her  blis¬ 
tered  hands.  The  hist  speaker  recommended 
sharp  scissors  aa  a  preventive,  but  with 
constant  use  the  shears  will  wear  the  fingers 
to  v  blister  if  they  are  not  cushioned— the 
shears  I  mean,  and  the  tin gere  too.  Wind 
the  hows  of  the  shears  with  several  thick¬ 
nesses  of  clot#,  and  those  of  your  fingers 
which  come  in  contact  with  them,  with  as 
many  more.  Now  this  is  not  all  theory  ;  it 
has  been  tested  by  practice.  Our  people  have 
made  several  carpets  within  my  recollection, 
and  I  have  done  my  shure  of  cutting  and 
sewing. 

Rag  carpets  and  their  manufacture  form 
an  essential  branch  of  domestic  economy 
among  farmers  ;  for  being  made  principally 
from  cast-off  clothing,  the  expense,  aside 
from  tile  labor,  need  not  be  very  great,  and 
the  old  garments  are  t  hus  made  to  do  double 
duty.  Furthermore,  the  carpels  are.  not  too 
fine  for  use  ;  yet,  when  well  made,  and  the 
colors  nicely  blended,  are  really  handsome, 
and  give  an  ah*  of  cheerfulness  and  substan¬ 
tial  comfort  to  the  dining  and  living  room  of 
the  farm  house,  not  easily  attained  by  a  shab¬ 
by,  threadbare  ingrain  or  three-ply.  I  know- 
many  farmers  whose  chambers  and  sitting 
l-Oom,  and,  in  fact,  every  part  of  the  house, 
except,  it  may  be,  the  parlor,  are  carpeted 
with  thiR  home-made  tapestry;  the  sensible 
“  woman-folks’ ’  prefering plain  furniture,  to 
the  privations  attending  so  many  line  things, 
and  the  difficulty  of  keeping  up  a  Rtyle  to 
correspond,  upon  the  not  always  immense 
income  of  the  working  farmer.  If  any  of 
the  family  can  engage  in  any  employment, 
like  .Tank's  friends,  which  will  enable  them 
to  get  carpets  for  the  parlor  or  chambers 
more  easily  than  to  make  them  at  home,  it 
would,  of  course,  be  better,  and  BnisseUs  or 
ingrain  would  give  better  satisfaction  ;  yet 
for  more  common  use,  for  the  sleeping  rooms 
of  the  family  and  the  dining  room,  which,  in 
winter  at  least,  is  often  used  us  kitchen,  too, 
give  us  rag  carpets. 

Some  people  take  great  pains  in  preparing 
their  rags,  I  do  not  wish  to  reflect  upon 
those  ladies  who  make  them  in  so  short  a 
time,  for  1  know  nothing  of  their  method. 
But  I  know  there  is  a  vast  difference  in  the 
quality  of  rag  carpets.  Home  cut  the  rags 
very  tine,  and  instead  of  cutting  around  the 
corners  of  an  angular  piece  of  cloth  cut  ev¬ 
ery  strip  off  and  sew  on  the  next  one,  in  or¬ 
der  to  avoid  the  uneven  places  and  ragged 
corners  sticking  up  in  the  carpet.  This  ne¬ 
cessitates  an.amount  of  sewing  which  would 
look  rather  formidable  for  two  months’ 
work.  Again,  instead  of  turning  any  of  the 
cotton  rags  they  cut  them  all  to  avoid  the 
fringed  and  ravelled  edges.  Hence,  the  al¬ 
ternative  of  cushioned  shears  or  blistered 
fingers.  No  doubt  all  this  seems  to  many 
like  useless  labor,  “just  for  a  rag  carpet.” 
But  there  is  a  preceptiblo  difference  in  curpet 
made  in  this  way,  and  the  shabby  affairs  we 
sometimes  see  which  were  made  years  ago. 
Besides,  those  of  us  who  depend  upon  rag 
carpets  for  our  best  rooms  naturally  wish  to 
carry  their  manufacture  to  the  highest,  passi¬ 
ble  degree  of  perfection. 

As  to  '-hip-slop”  or  “hit-and-miss”  car¬ 
pets  they  are  very  pretty  while  now  and  the 
colors  are  bright,  but  with  constant  use  and 
frequent  sweeping  even  the  fast  colors  will 
grow  dim  long  before  the  web  begins  to  fail. 
Then  they  are  no  longer  chenc,  but  all  of  a 
of  a  color,  and  their  want  of  design  or  form 
makes  them  seem  very  homely,  while  a  stripe 
holds  its  own  far  better.  Of  course  it  need 
not  be  a  glaring  contrast  of  red  and  yellow, 
or  green  and  orange,  but  shaded  greens,  a 
little  red  and  Jess  yellow— almost  none  at  all 
of  the  latter— rich  brown,  rnaroon,  etc.  Two 
or  three  shades  of  a  color  are  almost  as  ne¬ 
cessary  to  produce  a  pleasing  effect  as  in  em¬ 
broidery  hi  worsteds.  A  light  aniline  red 
shading  into  inaroon,  or  if  you  are  partial  to 
brighter  colors,  a  cochineal  scarlet,  madder 
led,  which  usually  has  a  yellowish  tinge,  and 
orange.  Blue  was  always  a  perplexity  to  me. 

I  could  not  find  a  place  for  it  anywhere  in  a 
stripe;  it  would  not.  harmonize  with  anything. 

I  should  have  left  it  out  entirely  if  I  had  had 
iny  own  choice  in  the  matter.  But  finally, 
after  looking  at  some  green  and  blue  plaid 
cress  goods,  a  bright  idea  crossed  my  mind, 
t- put  a  thread  of  black  and  a  thread  of  blue 
alternately  until  I  had  five  of  black  and  four 
of  blue,  and  on  either  side  two  shades  of 


green,  the  darkest  next  the  black  and  blue. 
This  proved  to  be  the  handsomest  stripe  of 
all,  and  the  blue  did  not  look  out  of  place  or 
jar  upon  one’s  nerves  of  vision.  Black  and 
white,  “  thread  and  thread,”  makes  a  very 
pretty  center  for  a  rod  stripe.  Many  of  these 
colors,  the  blue,  yellow,  orange,  and  two  or 
three  shades  of  green,  may  be  colored  upon 
cotton,  and  are  as  durable  as  anything  in  a  rag 
carpet.  Old  calico  dresses  and  aprons  dyed 
with  cutch  make  a  good  brown  ;  and  an  old 
worsted  dress,  either  gray  or  brown,  if  not 
too  dark,  dipped  in  an  aniline  dye,  will 
make  a  garnet  or  maroon. 

By  way  of  consolation  for  Jane  Brandon, 
who  seems  to  regret  her  four  years’  labor,  1 
must  tell  her  of  a  good  lady  I  knew,  who  was 
tea  years  making  a  carpet!  Of  course  she 
had  other  work  w  id  other  sewing  to  do,  but 
she’  cut  rags  more  or  less  every  winter  for 
ten  years.  See  cut  thorn  all  straight,  and  in 
sewing  doubled  in  the  edges  and  sewed  them 
over  and  over !  A  trifle  old  mnidish  wo  all 
thought,  but  her  carpet  is  very  nice  and  is 
expected  to  last  indefinitely. 

.  A  Farmer’s  Daughter. 

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DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 

Stand  for  Visiting  Cards. — Figure  1  (see 
page  125)  is  a  stand  for  visiting  cards.  The 
frame  is  made  of  black  varnished  rattan,  but 
may  be  made  of  wood  in  the  form  of  rustic 
work.  There  are  two  flat  plates  which,  may 
he  ornamented  to  suit  by  painting.  The 
edges  of  these  are  hung  by  bead  ornaments 
as  shown  in  figures  3  And  3.  Figure  2  illus¬ 
trates  one  kind  of  bead  work.  Take  a  small 
strip  of  oil  cloth  which  fits  around  the  edges 
of  the.  respective  plates,  measure  equal  dis¬ 
tances,  sew  black  jet  buttons  on  and  string 
bronze  beads,  thus  constructing  the  first  row. 
Then  take  gold  or  amber-colored  beads  and 
make  the  second  row;  the  third  row  of  white 
beads.  Stick. these  around  the  jet  buttons  to 
the  oil-cloth.  The  four  double- twisted  rows 
may  he  made  of  different  colored  beads. 
The  ends  of  these  can  be  sewed  on  to  the  oil¬ 
cloth,  and,  after  they  are  securely  fastened, 
cut  the  oil-cloth  which  shows  from  under  the 
ornament,  and  then  fasten  it  to  the  edges  of 
the  plates.  Figure  3  shows  a  '  different  pat¬ 
tern  of  ornamentation,  which  any  ingenious 
lady  can  work. 

Suit  for  Girl.  7  to  0  Years  Old. — (See  page 
125).  This  suit  is  made  of  striped  Mozam¬ 
bique;  the  edging,  fluted,  of  light  brown, 
striped  linen.  The  hat:  is  of  light  straw,  or¬ 
namented  with  light  and  dark  gros  grain  rib¬ 
bons  and  a  bunch  of  artificial  flowers. 


|lunit  ^rchitcilitrt 


PLAN  OF  A  COTTAGE. 

In  compliance  with  your  suggestion,  I  send 
you  sketch  of  cottage  specially  adapted  to 
the  many  families  of  culture  and  refinement, 
who  are  unable  to  build,  or  maintain  a  more 
pretentious — but  often  less  comfortable — es¬ 
tablishment.  I  have  considered  cost  of 
building,  cost  of  warming,  ventilation,  con¬ 
venience  and  comfort,  and  believe  there  is 
much  more  comfort  to  be  had  in  a  house  of 
this  character  than  in  one  costing  a  great 
deal  more  to  build  and  maintain. 

Many  of  your  fair  readers  will  remember 
how  often  company  has  called  when  the 
parlor — being  across  the  hall — was  as  cold  as 
all  out-doors,  and  the  family  room  all  in  con¬ 
fusion,  and  how  she  skipped  around  gathering 
towels  and  clothes,  and  d— (triangular  fixins), 
while  the  friend  froze  at  the  door.  Prompted 
by  pity,  pure  and  unadulterated,  for  these 
good  folks,  I  provide  for  the  economical 
warming  of  the  whole  house,  so  the  visitor 
can  at  once  be  admitted  to  a  warm  and  tidy 
room. 

A  is  the  family  room,  15  by  U),  also  used 
as  a  dining-room.  H  is  a  large,  stove,  the 
door  of  which  is  in  family  room,  and  the 
chimney  for  it  is  built  directly  over  it,  but 
the  pipe  enters  with  an  elbow,  and  has  a 
damper  in  it ;  the  Stove  is  separated  from  the 
parlor  by  a  Russia  iron  plate,  made  iti  the 
form  of  a  half  dome  ;  this  should  have  the 
polish  on  the  Inner  side  deadened,  to  permit 
the  freer  absorption  uf  the  heat  from  the 
stove,  which  is  radiated  by  the  bright  side 
in  the  parlor.  A  moderate  fire  will  keep  the 
parlor  and  family  room  comfortable  at  all 
times ;  but  you  must  have  a  good  large 
stove,  it  will  burn  loss  coal  than  a  small  one. 
If  you  burn  wood,  you  can  have  an  open 
fire-place  in  the  family  room  if  you  choose, 
and  have  a  cast-iron  chimney  back,  which 
will  transmit  the  heat,  usually  wasted,  to 
the  parlor.  You  will  thus  save  your  friend’s 


patience,  and  perhaps  some  of  her  religion, 
your  own  hurry  and  flurry,  and  the  trouble, 
dirt,  and  expense  of  another  fire,  and  find  it 
vastly  more  comfortable,  and  easier  to  tend 
than  a  furnace  in  the  cellar. 

The  kitchen,  10  by  12,  is  back  of  family 
room,  and  the  two  bedrooms  10  by  12,  com¬ 
municate  with  the  family  room  and  parlor 
by  sliding  doors  4%  feet  inside  ;  there  is 
ample  room  in  them  for  a  large  bedstead, 
bureau  and  washstaud,  and  two  or  three 
chairs.  With  the  large  doors  open  they  will 
be  cool  enough  in  summer  and  warm  enough 
in  winter.  The  windows  and  doors  are  placed 
so  as  to  allow  furniture  to  be  well  arranged, 


and  permit  a  fine  draught  of  air,  and  health- 
giving  sunshine,  dear  through  the  house. 
All  the  rooms,  except  the  kitchen,  open  on 
porches  which  shelter  the  doors,  and  in  some 
degree  take  the  place  of  halls.  Closets  may 
be  made  betwepn  family  room  and  kitchen, 
and  corner  closets  in  bedrooms,  and  a  trap 
door  in  the  kitchen  gives  you  admittance  to 
the  lofts. 

The  pump  anti  sink  ought  to  he  in  the 
kitchen  ;  the  wood  shed  is  just  outside  the 
kitchen  door,  and  a  porch  extends  from  shed 
to  the  end  of  house. 

This  house  is  nearly  square — the  cheapest 
form  in  which  a  house  can  be  built-  and  con¬ 
tains  ample  room  for  a  family  consisting  of 
parents  and  four  or  five  children.  For  com  - 
pany,  you  can  havo  one  of  the  folding  sofas, 
now  so  generally  used  in  the  parlor,  Tf  it  is 
desired  to  make  the  house  two  story,  some 
change  will  be  necessary,  and  if  you  or  your 
readers  desire  it,  i  will  send  you  sketch. 

Hillsboro,  0.  Cjias.  M.  O’Hara. 

F.  8. — The  following  is  the  description  of 
the  rooms  in  detail  : — A,  family  and  dining¬ 
room,  15  by  19  ;  B,  parlor,  15  by  15 ;  0, 
kitchen,  10  by  12  ;  D,  D,  bedrooms,  10  by  12  ; 
E,  wood  shed,  10  by  12 ;  F,  porch,  6  by  15 ; 
G,  porch,  4  by  15 ;  El,  stove  ;  I,  kitchen 
stove  ;  J,  sink  ;  K,  K,  washstands  ;  L,  L, 
bureaus  ;  M,  M,  beds  ;  N,  N,  sliding  doors, 
4 Yi  feet  wide  ;  O,  O,  glass  doors  or  windows 
opening  on  the  back  porch ;  P,  P,  closets ; 
R,  R,  R,  R,  corner  closets. 

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NOTES  FOE  BUILDERS. 

Plan  of  Ice  House  Wanted. — Will  you  be 
kind  enough  to  insert  in  your  next  week’s 
paper  this  inquiry  : — What  is  the  best  kind 
of  an  ico  house  ?  Should  it  be  built  all  above 
ground,  how  lined,  and  if  it  can  as  well  be 
filled  by  a  small  stream  of  running  water  and 
freezing,  as  by  putting  in  cakes  of  ice. — H.  E. 
Damon. 

Ik  our  correspondent  will  look  at  page  212, 
Rural  March  30,  1873  ;  also  Rural  January 
1,  1870,  page  15  ;  also  Rural  Nov.  27,  1869, 
page  763  ;  also  Rural  Oct.  29,  1870  ;  also  of 
Dec.  3,  1870,  page  361  ;  also  Rural  Jan.  14, 
1871,  page  27  ;  also  Rural  Sep.  9,  1871,  page 
155,  he  will  find  just  the  informatian  he  wants 
we  think.  If  he  has  not  these  papers  they 
can  probably  be  fumisned  from  this  oiliae — 
most  of  them. 

Architect  for  Inside  Finish. — What  archi¬ 
tect  is  best  for  inside  finish,  scroll  and  orna¬ 
mental  work,  especially  for  country  build¬ 
ings.— J.  A.,  Bluff  ton,  Ind. 

We  regret  to  say  that  we  do  not  really 
know  what  our  correspondent  means  to  ask. 
If  he  really  wishes  us  to  name  the  architect 
most  skilled  in  designing  such  work,  we  must 
confess  our  ignorance  and  inability  to  reply. 
If  he  means  to  ask  for  a  work  on  architecture 
especially  suited  to  his  wants,  we  are  equally 
incompetent  to  state  which  is  best.  We  ad¬ 
vise  him  to  address  the  Manufacturer  and 
Builder,  New  York  City,  for  information. 


Jiifonnation. 


AEE  GREEN  WINDOW  SHADES  DAN¬ 
GEROUS  1 

Thk  following  letter  contains  questions 
which  have  no  doubt  suggested  themselves 
to  many  of  our  readers  : 

Editor  Rural  ; — Will  you  please  give  me 
a  little  space  iu  vour  columns  for  a  chat  on 
green  window  shades.  We  frequently  see 
articles  in  the  newspapers  saying  that  the 
green  used  in  wall  paper  contains  arsenic  ; 
that  minute  particles  of  this  arsenic  pervade 
the  air  of  rooms  in  which  this  green  papering 
is  used,  thus  poisoning  the  atmosphere,  and 
often  causing  feeble  health,  and  even  severe 
Ulriuss.  Now,  Mr.  Editor,  will  you,  or  some 
of  your  correspondents,  tell  us  whether  this 
arsenic  poison  is  also  contained  in  the  thick, 
green  paper  used  for  window  shades  ?  Is  it 
in  the  popular  green  linen  shades  ?  Ts  it  also 
found  in  green  muslin  and  worsted  goods  ? 
If  so,  how  c»u  we  detect  its  presence  ? 

If,  as  is  often  stated,  arsenic  is  found  in 
green  tissue  dresses,  why  are  veils  of  green 
barege  always  preferred  us  better  for  the 
eyes  ?  The  green  color  is  so  beautiful,  and  It 
matches  so  well  where  the  larger  windows 
only  have  blinds,  mid  the  smaller  ones  in  the 
Same  room  are  furnished  with  papers,  that 
wo  should  bo  very  sorry  to  condemn  it  un¬ 
justly.  Please  give  us  some  information  on 
the  subject.  We  see  in  your  paper  so  many 
instructive  items  on  just  such  household  top¬ 
ics,  that  we  come  to  you  for  light  on  the 
shade. — J.  L.  v. 

All  greens  do  not  contain  arsenic — some 
very  fine  shades  of  this  color  being  entirely 
free  from  it.  W e  cannot  give  any  simple  and 
easily  executed  process  by  which  arsenic 
may  lie  detected  in  papers  and  dry  goods  ; 
oven  the  simplest  of  the  known  tests  are  effi¬ 
cient  and  trustworthy  only  when  employed 
bv  an  experienced  chemist  who  can  be  relied 
upon  to  exclude  all  sources  of  fallacy  as  he 
proceeds.  If  any  sped  men  of  j  japer  or  other 
fabric  is  suspected  to  contain  arsenic,  the 
best  plan  is  to  have  the  sample  examined  by 
an  _  experienced  chemist.  Bine©  the  receipt 
of  our  correspondent’s  letter  we  have  had 
several  samples  of  the  common  paper  exam¬ 
ined,  and  in  every  case  they  were  free  from 
arsenic. 

In  this  connection  it  must  be  remembered 
that  arsenic  is  not  volatile  at  ordinary  tem¬ 
perature,  and  a  veil  may  be  saturated  with 
arsenic  and  yet  produce  no  bad  effects  pro¬ 
vided  it  is  not  subjected  to  abrasion  so  aa  to 
rub  off  fine  particles  which  may  thus  find 
their  way  into  Urn  system.  Papers  covered 
with  loose,  llocculent  green  matter  should 
always  lie  regarded  with  suspicion,  and  it  is 
from  these  papers  that  most  of  the  poisoning 
mentioned  in  the  public  journals  arises. 
Glazed  papers,  and  papers  that  give  off  no 
dust  When  severely  beaten  or  rubbed  are  not 
dangerous,  even  though  containing  large 
quantities  of  arsenic.  The  same  is  true  of 
oil  paint.  Arsenical  oil  paint  is,  os  a  general 
rule,  perfectly  harmless.  Of  course  great 
care  must  be  taken  that  such  paint  or  color¬ 
ing  matter  docs  not  get  into  food  nor  drink. 
There  is  on  record  a  case  of  severe  poisoning 
arising  from  the  use  of  green  paint  in  a  ba¬ 
ker’s  shop,  'fhe  shelves  having  been  newly 
painted,  the  paint  adhered  to  the  hot  loaves, 
and  was  thus  conveyed  into  the  systems  of 
the  consumers.  But  so  far  as  the  diffusion 
of  dust  or  vapor  is  concerned,  oil  paint  is  per¬ 
fectly  harmless. 

Veils,  even  though  dyed  with  arsenical  col¬ 
oring  matter,  are  harmless  if  well  glazed. 
We  believe  that  the  materials  of  most  veils 
are  coated  with  a  species  of  gum  which  takes 
the  place  of  the  starch  used  in  common 
goods.  Where  this  is  the  ease  the  veils  are 
harmless. 

The  subject  is  an  important  one,  and  we 
intend  to  institute  a  more  extensive  exami¬ 
nation  into  the  character  of  the  coloring 
matter  used  in  wall-papers  and  dry  goods. 
These  results  we  will  give  to  our  readers  in 
due  time. 

- ♦ 

HYGIENIC  NOTES. 

Something  for  the  Blood.- 1  wish  some  one 
through  your  paper  would  inform  me  of 
something  that  is  good  for  the  blood  ;  havo 
been  troubled  for  some  time  with  impure 
blood  but  have  not  as  yet  found  relief.— h. 

Change  your  diet.  Stop  eating  meal  un¬ 
less  it  be  rare  beefsteak  or  rare  roast  beef. 
Eat  that  but  once  a  day  and  not  much  of  it. 
Drink  only  cold  water.  Eat  a  good  deal  of 
fruit,  wholesome  bread,  but  little,  if  any 
butter.  Take  plenty  of  exercise  in  Lhe  open 
aii*.  Use  no  tobacco,  and  your  blood  will 
quickly  become  pure  and  healthful,  provided 
you  keep  clean,  bathing  at  least  once  a  day, 
all  over. 

To  Promote  the  Growth  of  Hair,  a  scien¬ 
tific  journal  says,  a  decoction  of  burdock  root 
is  the  safest  wash  for  the  scalp,  strengthens 
the  skin  so  as  to  prevent  the  hair  falling  out. 


PROCRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT 


Professor  of  Agriculture,  and  the  new  Board 
is  resolved  to  have  one,  at  the  expense  of 
Latin  and  Oreek,  if  necessary.  An  effort  Is  to 
be  made  to  secure  Dr.  Manly  Milks  of  Mich. 
Ag.  College.  A  committee  has  been  appointed 
to  correct  and  amend  the  course  of  study,  and 
so  to  arrange  it  that  hereafter  every’  student 
will  have  to  study  one  or  more  branches  rela¬ 
ting  to  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts. 


the  most  display,  medals  have  been  given  to 
fifty  exhibitors — to  about  one  of  every  three  of 
the  competitors.  The  discussion  of  merit  and 
the  decision  of  the  awards  will  conclude  on 
Monday,  the  18th  instant,  and  the  pronounce¬ 
ment  be  made  next  day,  as  stated. 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


RURAL  ROTES  AND  ftUERI 


Management  of  Insane  Asylums.  -  VVo  know 
sufficient  of  Insane  Asylums  from  those  oi  our 
own  acquaintance  who  have  been  inmates,  and 
from  published  reports  of  investigating  com¬ 
mittees  to  Know  that  there  Is  Indeed  In  this 
country  some  such  means  of  communication 
with  tho  outside  world  or  the  authorities  as  Is 
provided  hy  the  Belgian  Government.  The  Bel¬ 
gian  Government  has  recently  ordered  securely 
locked  letter  boxes  to  bo  placed  In  all  the  In¬ 
sane  Asylums  of  the  country,  public  or  private, 
In  positions  where  they  will  he  easily  accessible 
to  all  tlic  Inmates.  They  are  designed  to  allow 
complaints  and  suggestions  to  bo  made  to  tho 
authorities  In  a  way  Independent  of  any  of  the 
officers  or  attendants.  No  one  connected  with 
tho  institution  can  have  access  to  them.  They 
are  in  charge  of  the  Proou/feUT  dv  ROtOf  I  he  dis¬ 
trict.  ami  the  letters  they  contain  arc  taken  to 
him  weekly  for  examination.  The  complaints 
made  are  investigated,  and  if  any  one  claims  to 
he  sane,  he  Is  ordered  to  be  examined  by  modi* 
cal  experts.  Abuses  are  corrected.  The  sys¬ 
tem  exerts  a  wholesome  influence,  and  tends  to 
secure  proper  management  In  all  its  details. 


Hallway  Complication*.  —  The  Chicago  Tri¬ 
bune  says “  The  Railroad  Commissioners  of 
Illinois  have  given  an  opinion  that  the  pro  rata 
principle  of  the  new  Railroad  law  must  be  ap¬ 
plied  to  freight  shipped  from  other  States  after 
It  reaches  the  borders  of  Illinois,  whether  it  he 
tn  t/raruntu  across  the  State,  or  destined  for  any 
given  point  within  the  State.  At  the  same  time, 
information  comas  from  Dcs  Moines  of  an  opin¬ 
ion  shortly  to  he  announeet^by  one  of  the 
Courts  of  Towa,  to  the  effect  that  freight  eon- 
tracta  made  in  Iowa  to  any  point  in  Illinois, 
over  roads  operated  in  both  Iowa  and  IJlinois, 
will  ho  binding.  Irrespective  of  the  legal  rates 
In  Illinois.” 


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AgninKt  Tolmeco, — The  Hon.  Chak.  W.  GOD- 
akd  of  Brooklyn,  late  Captain  of  the  Port  of 
New  York,  and  now  President  of  the  Florida 
Improvement  Company,  recently  delivered,  in 
the  former  city,  an  able  and  eloquent,  lecture  on 
tho  Use  of  Tobacco,  in  which  he  demonstrated 
Its  deleterious  influence.  Oapl.  Godard  makes 
n  most,  logical  and  unanswerable  argument 
against  tho  use  of  the  vile  weed,  and  ought  to 
be  heard  and  hooded  hy  every  elicwor,  smoker 
ard  young  man  In  America  and  elsewhere.  His 
lecture,  published  at.  length  in  the  Religious 
Herald,  should  lie  widely  road,  and  hut  for  the 
pressure  upon  our  columns  we  would  publish  it 
entire.  We  wish  Capt.  G.  could  have  an  oppor¬ 
tunity  to  lecture  in  every  lyceum  throughout 
this  land  of  cliewors,  smokers  and  snuffers. 


A  Long-Time  Subscriber  to  the  RuRA  L  Nkw- 
Youkek— Mr.  George  Fknn— writing  us  from 
the  little  but  luscious  (in  a  peachy  sense,  at 
least,)  State  of  Delaware,  says  "  I  have  been  a 
reader  of  arid  subscriber  to  your  paper  from  the 
first  publication  of  it,  ami  have  received  many 
valuable  premiums  (Including  Webster’s  una¬ 
bridged)  for  raising  crops  therefor  when  living 
in  New  YorkHtate.” 


PUBLICATION  OFFICES: 

No.  5  Beekman  Street,  New  York  City,  and  No.  82 
Buffalo  Slreet,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


Dealer*  in  Adulterated  Guano  in  this  city 
and  neighborhood  have  been  enjoined  against 
selling  or  dealing  In  anything  purporting  to  be 
Peruvian  guano.  In  consequence  of  action  Insti¬ 
tuted  in  the  name  of  the  Peruvian  Government. 
The  following  Arms  are  reported  as  having  been 
so  enjoined  L.  i  t.  Cox  e  A  Co.,  Geo.  E.  White, 
Gko.  Ricardo  Sc  Co.,  E.  H.  Reeves  &  Co.  and 
Robert  C.  Reeves. 


Prof.  II.  E.  Colton,  late  Agricultural  Editor 
of  tho  New  York  Tiinoa,  after  being  ill,  nigh 
Unto  death,  partially  recovered  and  went  South 
for  his  health.  Having  been  greatly  benefited 
by  his  stay  In  West  Virginia,  he  started  homo 
and  had  scarcely  been  on  the  train  two  hours 
before  flic  car  in  which  ho  was  sleeping  jumped 
the  track,  broke  in  pieces,  rolled  down  an  em¬ 
bankment,  breaking  Mr.  Colton’s  collar  bone 
and  otherwise  seriously  injuring  him.  We  are 
glad  to  say  that  he  is  so  far  convalescent,  as  to 
be  around  again,  1  ut  wo  arc  sorry  to  loarn  that, 
his  misfortunes  have  cost  him  his  place  on  the 
Times.  We  hope  that  he  mny  speedily  enter 
upon  some  work  where  his  well-known  ac¬ 
quirements  may  he  made  useful  pro  bono  imb- 
lico. 


SATURDAY,  AUGUST  23,  1873, 


AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGES, 


Dr.  MoCosh  and  the  Relatione  of  the  State 
to  Education  Reviewed. 


Training  French  Agricultural  Pupils.— These 
pupils  arc  taken  from  the  Agricultural  School 
at  Guynon  and  allowed  to  travel  In  certain  dis¬ 
tricts  famed  for  special  culture,  accompanied 
by  their  professors.  This  one  means  of  acqnlr- 
lng  a  sound  practical  education  la  found  to  be 
excellent.  • 


DR.  MoCobh,  in  bts  address  before  thu  Nu- 
tional  Educational  Association,  at  Elmira,  is 
reported  as  having  said  some  things,  at,  least, 
that  were  sensible,  and  which  deserve  attention 
and  emphasis,  tic  opposed  the  bill  before 
Congress,  last  winter,  granting  more  of  the  pub¬ 
lic  lands  to  the  so-called  Agricultural  Colleges 
of  the  country,  and  for  tho  following  reasons, 
which  we  summarize : 

L  The  purpose  was  narrow  and  sectional. 
These  ”  agricultural”  schools  were  not  accom¬ 
plishing  so  great  a  good  a*  to  entitle  them  to 
8ich  an  endowment.  Before  such  an  endow  - 
ment,  should  be  granted,  there  should  be  special 
inquiry  what  they  arc,  what  they  are  doing, 
what  numhor  of  bouo  .fide  agricultural  pupils 
they  arc  (raining  ami  have  trained,  and  as  to 
t  he  mimberof  those  w ho  turned  their  attention 
to  agriculture, 

2.  In  Scotland  agriculture  is  promoted  by 
magazines  and  lectures,  and  not  br  special  col¬ 
leges.  In  Germany  there  are  lint’ six  Agricul¬ 
tural  Colleges,  ami  somo  of  them  are  very  feeble 
institutions.  1  f  a  youth  desires  to  he  a  scientific 
agriculturist,  let  him  go  to  a  scientific  institu¬ 
tion  with  a  chair  of  agriculture  attached,  and 
let  him  learn  the  art  on  the  farm. 

3.  To  the  plea  that  these  ore  more  than  agri¬ 
cultural  schools,  that  they  me  schools  of  science 


The  Hoomhc  Tunnel  had  been  opened,  up  to 
July  1,  20,024  fcot,  leaving  a  distance  of  1,407  feet 
yet  to  be  opened  at  that  date.  During  the 
month  of  June,  the  headings  had  been  advanced 
an  aggregate  of  267  feet. 


bending  IMseaned  Meat  to  Market,  is  proper¬ 
ly  and  promptly  punished  In  England.  A  rich 
cattle  dealer  named  John  Pollen,  described 
as”  a  highly  respectable  man,"  had  a  cow  suf¬ 
fering  from  hlp-disonsc,  slaughtered  her,  care¬ 
fully  removed  the  diseased  hip  and  sent  the  rest 
of  tho  carcass  to  London,  with  tho  following 
memorandum  to  the  consignee Three  quar¬ 
ters  and  a  loin  of  beef,  very  wholesome.  The 
bullock  (it  was  a  cow)  hurt  its  leg.  Please  sell 
best  you  can."  The  authorities’  attention  was 
called  to  this  moat;  it  was  condemned,  the 
“highly  respectable”  Mr.  Pcllen  arrested  and 
sentenced  to  a  month’s  imprisonment.  We 
like  that  way  of  dealing  with  such  characters, 
however  “  highly  respectable.” 


RURAL  BREVITIES 


The  Pennsylvania  Agricultural  College  opens 
its  fall  term  August  22. 

A  national  Convention  of  Pork  Packers  Is 
to  be  held  in  Chicago  Sept.  10. 

Tub  potato  disease  is  reported  as  destroying 
the  crop  in  some  parts  of  England. 

It  is  expected  that  the  Ontario  Provincial 
Agricultural  College  will  be  opened  to  students 
in  October. 

M.  T.  Austin,  Texas,  is  adviRod  to  purchase 
the  “  Practical  Shepherd."  It  will  be  of  the 
moat  service  to  him. 

The  Missouri  State  University  (with  which  is 
connected  the  State  Agricultural  College)  opens 
the  fall  term  Sept.  15. 

Col.  Harris  disclaims  being  in  any  wise  re¬ 
sponsible  for  the  lame  1  lie  Ohio  Farmer  is  get¬ 
ting  as  a  humorous  paper. 

Tjib  Ohio  Agricultural  College  will  begin, 
next  month.  Its  first  session  with  two  depart¬ 
ments  of  study  and  six  professors. 

The  first  halo  of  cotton  of  the  season  was  re¬ 
ceived  at  Shreveport,  La..  August  14.  The  first 
bale  last  year  was  received  August  13. 

John  P.  Wrioht  of  Iowa  o»n  get  a  work  on 
hop  culture,  which  will  give  him  the  informa¬ 
tion  he  asks  for  by  remitting  to  this  office  40 
oents. 

A  Northeastern  Convention  of  Farmers 
with  a  view  to  an  organization  by  which  the 
price  of  farm  produce  may  be  controlled  Is 
talked  of. 

The  first  bale  of  cotton  of  the  new  crop,  was 
sold  by  auction  at  Montgomery,  Ala.,  August  14 
for  29M  cents  per  pound.  The  worms  aro  doing 
much  damage. 

' ' J.  H.  E.,  Lewiston,  I.  T.,  Is  Informed  that 
Hodge’s  reversible  plows  have  been  advertised 
In  Rural  New-Yorker.  They  are  manufac¬ 
tured  by  Oneonta  Manufacturing  Co.,  Oneontn, 
Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y. 


American  Puuiulogical  bocieiy. — A  note  from 
Marshall  P.  Wilde  it  informs  us  that  the  pros¬ 
pects  that  the  largest  and  beet  exhibition  of 
fruits  ever  made  In  America  will  be  made  in 
Boston  at  the  coming  Quarter-Centennial  mat¬ 
ing  of  this  Society,  are  good.  Large  prepara¬ 
tions,  East,  West,  North  and  South,  are  being 
made  to  have  a  full  representation  of  fruit  and 
of  fruit-growers  there.  The  Western  States, 
Canada,  and  some  portions  of  the  South,  are 
especially  active  in  preparing  an  exhibit  of 
their  fruit  products ;  and  Boston  and  the  New 
England  States  aro  working  with  equal  dili¬ 
gence  to  givo  u  worthy  welcome  to  all  who  visit 
Boston  September  10. 


VIENNA  AWARDS, 


r  mr  r  ney>  nas  raised  a  cert  ain  portion  (say  nne- 
half)  of  the  necessary  funds  for  the  nmintaln- 
ance  of  a  school.  This,  he  thinks,  would  stim¬ 
ulate  the  erection  of  high  schools  all  over 
America.  And  those  schools  would  aid  the  Col¬ 
leges  far  more  powerfully  than  a  direct  grant 
to  them.  These  schools,  so  organized,  should 
he  open  to  all  children,  rich  and  poor.  They 
should  bp  in  convenient  localities,  so  that  all 
the  population  may  have  access  to  them.  They 
should  embrace  every  useful  branch  suited  to 
young  men  and  women  under  K!  and  18  rears 
of  age. 

5.  nils  he  proposes  for  the  Northern,  Middle 
and  Western  States  :  ho  would  modify  it  for  the 
Southern  State*  whore  he  finds,  outside  the 
great  cities,  there  is  little  or  no  education  pro¬ 
vided  for  whites  or  blacks.  He  proposes  that, 
one-half  of  tho  money  allotted  to  t  he  Southern 
States  should  go,  If  the  States  wish  it,  to  aid 
and  encourage  the  States  in  establishing  com¬ 
mon  schools,  and  the  other  half  reserved,  as  In 
the  North,  for  imparting  ji  higher  education  to 
all  who  wish  it. 

We  agree,  in  the  main,  with  the  sentiments 
and  opinions  expressed  by  Dr.  McCosh.  We  do 
not  believe  the  General  Government  should 


A  special  dispatch  from  Vienna  dated  Aug. 
15,  says;— Nine  grand  diplomas  of  honor,  the 
highest  prizes,  have  been  awarded  to  America. 
The  more  prominent  areas  follows 1st.  To 
the  United  States  Government  for  display  of 
cotton  and  cotton  products.  2nd.  To  National 
Bureau  of  Education.  3rd.  To  the  State  of 
Massachusetts.  4th.  To  the  city  of  Boston.  5th. 
To  the  Smithsonian  Institute,  Washington. 
These  four  for  excellence  in  methods  and  pro¬ 
gress  of  education  and  schools,  fith.  To  W.  A. 
Wood,  of  Hooaic  Falls,  New  York,  lor  agricul¬ 
tural  machinery.  7th.  To  Wm.  Sellers  A  Co„ 
Philadelphia,  for  progress  in  iron  manufactures, 
fith.  To  S.  S.  White,  for  dentistry,  ttth.  To  G. 
U.  Corliss,  of  Now  York,  for  machines.  There 
was  too  much  competition  nrnnng  the  exhibitors 
of  sewing  machines.  No  diplomas  have  been 
given  in  the  section,  but  all  have  obtained 
medals  of  merit  and  for  progress.  In  the  ma¬ 
chinery  department,  where  the  Americans  make 


BUSINESS  NOTICES 


Invito  none*  but  undoubted  farmers  and  mom-  The  best  nso  you  can  make  of  aeventy-flvo  cents 
bet-H  .If  their  families  to  join,  as  this  is  strictly  win  bc  t0  t)Uy  a  game  of  Avilude,  the  most  instruct- 

a  farmers  organization^ _  lvo  and  delightful  game  ever  published.  If  your  deat- 

‘  _  ers  have  not  got  It  send  the  money  to  West  &  LBK, 

The  Illinois  Industrial  University  has  a  new  Worcester,  Mnss.,  who  will  forward  it  by  mall,  po*t- 
Board  of  Trustees,  appointed  by  the  Governor,  paid. 

This  institution  has  been  three  years  without  a  "  The  best  of  Its  class.”— Boston  Evrniny  Transcript- 


maam 

■  -  ;«/5K»^5S; 


*'/*!• 


TUSKS  OF  THE  MAMMOTH. 


and  long  winter?,  alternating  with  Uerooly  hot 
summer#,  which  continued  several  thousand 
years  In  succession,  and  which  was  probably 
due  to  astronomical  variations  in  the  declina¬ 
tion  of  the  earth's  polar  ails  from  the  axis  of 
the  ecliptic  or  apparent  circle  of  the  sun's  ob¬ 
lique  path  round  the  earth.  Whatever  may 
have  been  the  cause  of  this  amazing  series  of 
events,  usually  called  the  Glacial  Epoch,  which 
covered  on  r  part  of  the  world,  as  wc  can  seo  by 
the  plainest  marks,  with  sliding  glaciers  and 
floating  icebergs,  big  enough  to  remove  moun¬ 
tains  and  scoop  out  basins  for  lakes,  or  valleys 
for  the  (low  of  rivers,  cutting  and  grinding  the 
hardest  primeval  rocks,  there  Is  reason  to  be¬ 
lieve  that  a  few  species  of  the  larger  beasts  sur¬ 
vived  the  stern  ordeal,  fitting  themselves  with 
a  good  thick  hairy  or  woolly  coat  to  endure  the 
more  than  Arctic  rigors  of  Its  awful  climate. 

“  Immense  numbers  of  teeth  and  tusks  of  the 
mammoth,"  says  .Tuke’s  Manual  of  Geology, 
“are  found  In  Siberia,  and  complete  beds  of 
them  In  Escholtz  Bay,  on  the  north  coast  of 
America.  The  whole  carcass  of  the  animal  has 
actualy  been  recovered  from  a  frozen  cliff  in 
Siberia,  and  was  found  to  bo  coated  with  long, 
coarse  hair,  forming  a  shaggy  mane  about,  the 
neck,  underneath  which  was  a  woolly  soat,  evi¬ 
dently  a  defense  against  the  severity  of  a  cold 
climate,  and  showing  that,  unlike  our  modern 
elephants,  the  animal  is  not  tropical,  but  Arctic. 
Its  tusks  are  largely  exported  from  Siberia  to 
be  used  as  ivory,  and  some  found  in  England 
have  been  thus  used.  They  are  longer  and  more 
incurved  than  those  of  either  of  the  existing 
elephants,  some  <>f  the  tusks  measuring  ten 
feet  In  length  ;  while  the  transverse  plates  of 
the  teetli  were  closer  and  narrower  than  In  the 
Asiatic  elephant,  and  very  different,  therefore, 
from  the  African,  In  which  the  plates  of  enamel 


thought  this  curiosity  worthy  of  a  Hketoh,  and 
of  the  Illustration  here  engraved.  Tho  largest 
tusk  weighs  201 11m.;  Its  length  being  10  ft.  G  ins.; 
hut  if.  has  evident  ly  been  longer.  The  diameter 
of  the  tusks  at  their  base  Is  6  ins.  to  G  ins.  on 
an  average.  Their  Ivory  la  not  equal  in  quality 
to  that  of  the  elephant,  and  some  of  it  is  much 
decayed  by  time.  The  best  tusks,  however, 
should  be  worth  £00  to  £70  per  cwt.,  and  the 
whole  lot  is  valued  at  £50,000  to  £60,000.  There 
was  a  sale  of  seventeen  tons  of  it  on  Tuesday, 
by  public  auction. 

- - 

HOW  DOES  HE  SLEEP  1 

A  man  who  achieves  any  great  thing  in  any 
department  of  human  effort  must  have  assist¬ 
ants  In  the  shape  of  employes,  lieutenants, 
deputies,  marshals— whatever  you  may  choose 
to  call  them,  ffe  has  brain  enough  to  furnish 
direction  to  the  energy  of  many  men.  fils  suc¬ 
cess  or  failure  will  bo  due  to  the  judiciousness 
of  his  selection.  Ho  must  know  his  men.  They 
must  be  capable.  They  must  be  faithful.  They 
must  have  no  bad  habits. 

ThtB  last  brings  me  to  what  I  wish  to  present 
to  my  readers. 

One  of  the  most  Important  things  to  know 
about  any  man  upon  whom  you  are  going  to 
place  any  dependence  Is,  how  he  sleeps  ?  Sleep¬ 
lessness  may  sometimes  be  involuntary.  There 
may  have  been  some  shock  to  the  man's  nerves 
which  has  made  him  inxonmolent;  but  sleep¬ 
lessness  is  more  frequently  voluntary.  Men 
choose  to  push  their  studios  or  their  work  Into 
thuHO  hours  when  they  should  bo  asleep.  It 
does  not  matter  for  what  ouuso  any  man  may 
do  this ;  tho  mere  fact  of  not  sleeping  spoils 
his  case.  He  may  spend  his  nights  in  the  thea¬ 
ter,  in  the  study,  or  in  the  “  protracted  meet- 


dent  who  is  fast  asleep  at  eleven  o'clock  every 
night,  and  Is  wide  awake  at  seven  In  the  morn¬ 
ing,  is  going  to  surpass  another  student  of  the 
same  intellectual  ability  who  goes  to  bed  after 
twelve  ami  rises  before  live.  In  sleep  tho  plate 
on  which  the  picture  is  taken  1#  receiving  its 
chemical  preparation,  and  It  is  plain  that  that 
which  is  best  prepared  will  take  tho  premium. 

Mon  who  are  the  fastest  asleep  when  they  are 
asleep  are  tho  widest  awako  when  they  are 
awake. 

Groat  work*w»  must  be  great  rosters. 

Every  man  who  has  clerks  in  his  employ 
ought  to  know  what  their  sleeping  habits  are. 
Tho  young  man  who  is  up  till  two,  three  and 
four  o’clock  in  the  morning,  and  must  put  In  an 
appearance  at  the  bank  or  store  at  nine  or  ten 
o'clock,  and  work  all  day,  cannot  repeat  this 
process  many  days  without,  a  certain  shakincss 
coming  into  tho  system,  which  he  will  endeavor 
to  steady  by  some  delusive  stimulus.  It  is  in 
this  way  many  a  young  man  begins  his  course 
to  ruin.  Ho  need  not  necessarily  havo  been  in 
bad  company.  He  has  lost  his  sleep ;  and  los¬ 
ing  sleep  Is  losing  strength  and  grace.— Chew*.  F. 
Deem*,  D.  D. 

■ - »♦  » 

HOME  FOR  THE  CHILDREN. 

Tith  ties  which  bind  a  child  to  home  are  cre¬ 
ated  not  so  much  out  of  great  as  from  little 
things.  There  should  be  a  good  many  holidays 
in  the  home.  I  believe  In  anniversaries,  and  t 
love,  by  observing  them,  to  connect  time  with 
events,  and  so  give  to  both  a  deeper  interest. 
The  birth-days  of  a  family  should  bo  always 
noticed,  and,  In  some  way,  celebrated.  The 
busy  preparation  of  the  whole  household  to 
|  make  some  present  to  father  or  mother,  or  »is- 


gone  and  other  homes  have  claimed  them.— 
A  Ikma/n'a  Life  at.  Home. 

— - - — — — 

THE  LESSON  OF  THE  DAY. 

Thb  Boston  Advertiser  remarks  that  it  is  now 
nearly  ton  years  since  tho  rebellion  was  van¬ 
quished.  There  are  young  men  now  entering 
upon  the  responsibilities  of  citizenship,  flushed 
with  ambition  to  honor  their  native  land  by 
faithful  living,  who,  when  the  conflict  was 
waged,  were  too  young  to  realize  more  than 
dimly  Its  momentous  issues.  For  t  hem  Decora¬ 
tion  Day  affords  a  lesson  of  Incalculable  worth, 
ilalf  tho  children  In  our  public  schools  have  no 
memory  of  the  war  itself.  For  them  it  I  sal  most 
as  much  an  affair  of  the  past,  with  which  they 
have  ho  personal  relation,  as  to  us  The  War  of 
Independence  is.  Some  know  that  because  of 
It  they  are  fatherless,  and  others  have  heard, 
from  fathers  spared,  the  story  of  its  hardships 
and  Its  horrors.  Who  can  rightly  estimate  the 
power  of  The  impression  made  on  these  young 
minds  by  the  annual  spectacle  o t  national 
honors  to  those  who  fell  in  the  struggle? 

- ♦-*--♦ - — ■ 

TRIFLES  MAKE  PERFECTION. 

A  FniXNn  called  on  Michael  Angelo,  who  was 
finishing  a  statue;  some  time  afterwards  he 
called  again  ;  the  sculptor  was  still  at  his  work; 
his  friend,  looking  at  tho  figure,  exclaimed: 
“  You  have  been  ldlo  since  I  last  saw  you.” 
“  By  no  means,"  returned,  tho  sculptor.  “  l have 
retouched  this  part,  polished  that  ;  I  have  soft¬ 
ened  this  feature,  ami  brought  out  this  muscle  ; 
I  havo  given  more  expression  to  this  lip,  and 
more  energy  to  this  limb." 

"Well,  well,"  observed  ids  friend,  “but  all 
these  uro  trifles.”  “  It  may  bo  so,"  replied 
Angelo,  “  but  recollect  that  trifles  make  per¬ 
fection,  and  that  perfection  Is  no  trifle.” 


129 


,  TUSKS  OF  THE  MAMMOTH. 

[London  Graphic.) 

In  a  remote  period  of  geological  history, 
termed  the  Post-Pliocene  Age  of  tho  Neozoic 
or  Tertiary  Epoch  of  creation  for  this  earth  we 
inhahlt,  there  still  lived  many  huge  mammals, 
the  offspring  of  those  still  more  gigantic  and 
terrible  beasts  which  had  thriven  In  the  warm 
climate  of  the  Miocene  Age.  But  the  condi¬ 
tions  of  animal  life  were  greatly  altered,  in  the 
latitudes  of  the  best  known  countries  of  Eu¬ 
rope  and  Asia,  by  a  visitation  of  extremely  cold 


form  lozenges  on  the  upper  surface.  At  Es- 
choltz  Bay  the  cliffs  arc  said  to  be  either  ice,  or 
coatod  with  lee :  and  on  the  top  of  them,  em¬ 
bedded  in,  and  partly  covered  by,  tho  boggy  and 
sandy  soil,  are  numberless  bones  that  have  lost 
but  little  of  their  animal  matter,  hair  being 
dug  up  with  them,  and  the  whole  island  having 
a oharnol-hoHSe smell.”  Itissnid  tbnt  in  Siberia, 
not  many  years  ago,  the  partly-decomposed 
flesh  of  a  mammoth,  which  hud  lain  many 
thousands  of  years  imbedded  In  tho  loo,  sup¬ 
plied  a  dinner  to  some  half-starved  and  half- 
savage  men  of  that  forlorn  country;  hut  we 
doubt  the  truth  of  this  story. 

A  quantity  of  Siberian  mammoth  tusks,  Im¬ 
ported  from  Revel,  In  the  Baltic,  has  been  on 
view  lately,  upon  tho  floor  of  the  ivory  store¬ 
house  at  the  Loudon  Docks ;  and  we  havo 


ing.”  It  will  make  mo  difference ;  the  result  to 
the  body  will  be  the  same.  The  sleep  was  not 
hod,  and  for  that  the  man  must  pay.  One  man 
may  do  with  a  little  loss  sleep  than  another; 
but  its  a  general  rule,  if  you  want  a  clerk,  a  lieu¬ 
tenant,  a  lawyer,  a  physician,  a  legislator,  a 
Judge,  a  president  or  a  parson,  do  not  trust 
your  interests  to  a  man  that  does  not  take  on 
an  average  eight  good,  solid  hours  of  sloop  out 
of  every  twenty-four.  Whatever  may  be  hts 
reason  for  It,  If  he  does  not  give  himself  that, 
ho  will  snap  stmioMmos  Just  when  you  want 
Idm  to  bo  strong. 

The  Intellectual  and  moral  connections  of 
sleeping  have,  I  think,  not  boon  sufficiently  ap¬ 
preciated.  Mon  and  boys  havo  boon  praised  for 
“burning  the  midnight  oil."  Now,  this  “  mid¬ 
night.  oil  ”  Is  ajd elusion  and  a  snare.  The  stu- 


ter  or  brother,  on  a  birth-day  or  holiday ;  the 
workings  in  by-oorners  and  at  odd  times ;  the 
bundling  of  work  out  of  sight  as  the  step  of  the 
favored  one  Is  heard ;  tho  careful  stowing  of 
gifts  away  till  the  appointed  tithe;  and  then, 
when  the  looked-for  day  has  come,  the  presen¬ 
tations,  the  confused  and  merry  voices,  the 
lllled  eve,  t  he  choked  voice,  the  heart,  too  full 
to  speak  In  words,  memory  touched  as  with  an 
angel’s  hand,  love  that  can  only  look  Its  thanks 
— all  these  1  who  can  toll  t.lioir  sweet  and 
mighty  power  ?  A  homo  familiar  to  such  scones, 
will  It,  can  It  lie  one  that  children  shall  not 
love?  No,  no,  from  It,  when  tho  Inexorable 
time  comes  to  go  away,  daughters  shall  pass 
with  aolis  of  sorrow,  and  sons  with  compressed 
lips  and  swimming  eyes,  and  while  mother  lives 
it  will  bo  a  home  still,  home,  though  years  have 


OOfSE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


THE  DATS  THAT  ARE  NO  MORE. 

OH,  memories  of  green  and  pleasant  places, 

Where  happy  hlrcts  their  wood-notes  twittered  low  ! 
Oh,  love  that  lit  the  dear,  familiar  faces 
Wo  hurled  long  ago. 

From  barren  hlebti  their  sweetness  we  remember, 
.And  backward  gate,  with  wistful,  yearning  eyes, 
As  hearts  regret,  ’mid  snowdrifts  of  December, 

The  summer’s  sunny  skies. 

Glad  hours  that  scorned  their  riilnbow  tints  to  borrow 
From  some  Illumined  page  of  fairy  lore; 

Bright  days  that  never  lacked  a  bright  to-morrow, 
Days  that  return  no  moro. 

Fair  gardens  with  their  many-blossomed  alleys. 

And  red,  ripe  roses  breathing  out  perfume ; 

Dim  violet  nooks  In  green,  sequestered  valleys, 
Empurpled  o’er  with  bloom. 

Sunsets  that  lighted  up  the  brown-leaved  benches. 
Turning  their  dusky  glooms  to  glimmering  gold ; 
Moonlight  that  on  the  river's  fern-fringed  reaches 
Streamed,  whlto-ruyod,  silvery  cold. 

O’er  moorlands  bleak  we  wander  weary-hearted, 
Through  many  u  tangled  wild  and  thorny  maze, 
Roroomberlng,  as  In  dreams,  the  days  departed. 

The  bygone  happy  (leys  1 

®ur  J^tcrrg-S^r. 

AN  OLD  FOLKS’  CONCEKT, 

BY  MARY  L.  BOLLES  BRANCH. 

“I  am  sure  I  don't  know  what  I  shall  wear,” 
said  my  little  sister  Faith,  looking  up  rather 
wearily  from  the  brown  lion  she  was  working 
on  Aunt  Derby's  sofa  pillow. 

“  V ou  ought  to  try  to  look  pretty,  because  you 
have  to  sing  a  solo,"  I  replied ;  “  but  if  you  can’t 
think  of  anything  bettor,  dress  aa  I  do.  Thank 
fortune,  there  are  two  of  those  monstrous 
feather  fans  up  garret!  I  shall  wear  one  of 
grandmother's  gay-flowered  chintzes  that  she 
had  when  she  was  a  girl,  and  a  big  collar,  and  a 
string  of  gold  beads,  and  I  shall  fan  myself  all 
the  time  with  my  huge  feather  fan.” 

“  Well,  Mr.o,  dear,  you  are  so  merry  and  funny 
that,  you  cun  do  that  way  and  it  will  jusl  suit 
you," said  Faith ;  “but I  couldn’t  carry  It  oil' 
well  at  all." 

“I'm  sure,  you  used  to  be  just  as  merry  and 
funny  as  any  of  us !"  I  retorted ;  and  I  bad  it 
on  my  lips  to  add  that,  if  CiiAltLiK  Ham.  hadn’t 
taken  to  spending  his  evenings  at  Blanche 
Hoot’s  instead  of  at  our  house,  she  wouldn't 
be  so  spiritless  and  indifferent  now;  but  it 
seemed  rather  unkind  to  harp  upon  that  .sub¬ 
ject,  so  I  kept  still.  Faith  threaded  her  needle 
afresh  and  counted  stitches  up  and  down  the 
lion's  mane. 

A  looker-on  can  often  see  things  moro  plainly 
than  the  parties  directly  concerned  in  them, 
and  I  foresaw  sunshine  for  Faith,  for  I  was  al¬ 
most  sure  that  one  of  the  noblest  men  on  earth 
was  deeply  in  iovo  with  her,  and  now  that  CHAB- 
i.ie  Hali.'s  fickleness  had  tukonhim  out  of  tlm 
way,  Hkkvey  North  would  come  forward  like 
a  king,  claiming  his  own.  He  was  a  physician 
who  had  recently  settled  among  us,  of  high 
character  and  brilliant  reputation,  and  there 
was  that  In  every  look  and  tone  that  showed 
him  “  a  man  of  men.”  Faith  had  met  hi  in  first 
by  a  sick  bed,  and  the  acquaintance  thus  formed 
had  speedily  ripened  Into  a  friendship  In  which, 

I  fell  ,  lay  something  more  Intense,  waiting  like 
the  spark  of  fire  in  stou  . 

As  for  the  Cuarl_k  Hall  love  affair,  that, 
was  well  over,  and  was  glad  of  it,  for  1  had 
never  had  any  great  opinion  of  Charlie.  It. 
was  provoking  that  Faith  should  have  had  to 
endure  even  one  little  heart-pang  because  of 
him ;  but’then  she  was  t  wice  as  sweet  and  love¬ 
ly  now  as  before,  and  1  could  almost  forgive 
him,  seeing  how  Providence  w;is  turning  every¬ 
thing  to  good. 

Somehow,  I  felt,  that  this  “  Old  Folk’s  Con¬ 
cert,”  to  which  we  were  looking  forward,  held 
the  crisis  of  events.  It  was  to  be  in  the  church, 
and  the  proceeds  wore  to  go  towards  reducing 
the  big  debt;  so  everyone  was  interested,  and 
all  the  best  voices  in  the  neighborhood  was 
called  into  the  service.  Among  the  basses.  Dr. 
North  sang  best.  There  were  plenty  ol  so¬ 
pranos  and  altos  and  about  half  a  dozen  tenors, 
counting  in  Cham  lii.  Hall.  Our  leader  trained 
us  well  in  the  good  old  hymn  tunes  familiar  to 
all,  and  L  can  tell  you  It  would  have  made  your 
pulses  bound  to  hear  us  sing  "Coronation.” 

We  girls  were  all  in  a  flutter  about  what  we 
should  wear,  for  our  dresses  wero  all  to  be  in 
some  ancient  style,  and  there  were  a  good  runpy 
difficulties  to  surmount.  We  held  counsel  with 
grandmothers  and  great-aunts,  ransacked  gar¬ 
rets  and  overhauled  moth-eaten  trunks,  drag¬ 
ging  forth  to  light  all  the  old  gowns  and  bon¬ 
nets  that  the  thrifty  belles  uf  long  ago  had 
stored  away  when  they  were  no  longer  in 
fashion. 

“Now,  suppose  Aunt  Derry  and  Aunt  Ann 
had  Bold  these  precious  treasures  from  time  to 
time  to  Jew  peddlers  fora  tawdry  vase  or  two  1” 

I  exclaimed,  as  I  sat  upon  a  trunk  swinging  a 
comical  old  gypsy  hat.  by  one  string ;  “  it,  would 
have  been  an  absolute  wrong  to  us,  and  I  pro¬ 
pose.  Faith,  that  you  and  1  hereafter  put  our 
clothes  away  in  a  box  every  time  the  fashion 
changes,  for  the  benefit  of  our  grandchildren  1" 
“Very  well,”  said  Faith;  “but  do  come  and 
help  mo  get  out  those  queer  things  under  Aunt 
Ann’s  laces  I”  I  sprang  up,  and  it  was  then  and 
there  that  I  found  those  impressive  featherfans, 
the  largest  of  which  I  immediately  set  aside  for 


a  part  of  my  own  costume.  It  did  not  take  me 
long  to  decide  on  one  article  after  another  for 
myself,  but  Faith  was  harder  to  suit. 

Meanwhile,  the  days  were  slipping  by,  and 
what,  with  two  rehearsals  a  week,  wo  were  be¬ 
coming  so  well  drilled  that  the  concert  night 
was  fixed  for  an  early  date,  and  the  programmes 
printed.  Almost  all  t  he  girls  had  their  costumcB 
arranged.  Evie  Lake  w«n  going  to  be  a  Quak¬ 
eress,  prim  and  gray;  Julia  Waltham  was  to 
appear  In  brocade,  with  round  hoops,  a  ruff  and 
powdered  hair;  Nellie  Clarke  was  to  bring 
her  knitting  and  dress  like  a  nice  old  grand¬ 
mother  In  black  silk,  with  a  white  kerchief  and 
crimped  muslin  cap.  There  were  plenty  of 
short  waists  arid  leg-o'-mutton  sleeves  and  a 
few  big  bonnet*  to  keep  mine  company.  We 
girls  all  around  the  neighborhood  had  held  so 
many  merry  consultations,  that  we  all  knew 
what  the  others  were  to  wear,  although  we  had 
no  dress  rehearsal.  Amid  all  this  Faith  alone 
remained  undecided,  and  I  felt  really  uneasy 
lest  she  might  be  a  failure  after  all.  She  spent 
all  her  leisure,  when  she  should  have  been 
studying  over  her  dress,  in  sorting  golden-brown 
flosses  and  zephyrs,  and  working  away  at  Aunt 
Dkbby’b  pillow  as  if  It  were  a  stent  that,  had 
been  set  for  her  to  do.  However,  the  pillow 
brought  the  dress  after  all.  I  really  think  it 
was  that  that  softened  Aunt,  Derby's  heart  at 
last,  when. she  found  Faith  patiently  working 
one  afternoon  three  days  before  the  concert, 
and  me  scolding  her  because  she  could  not  make 
up  her  mind  to  any  of  the  grotescpie  fashions  I 
proposed  to  her. 

Aunt  Derby  stepped  into  her  bedroom,  and 
in  a  few  moments  wc  heard  her  calling,  “  Girls, 
come  In  here." 

“Oi”  cried  Faith,  as  we  entered,  “how 
lovely !” 

“Gray of  the  sea-gull’s  wing!”  I  exclaimed, 
“  where  did  it  come  from  ?” 

"  1 1  was  my  wedding  dress,”  said  Aunt  Debby, 
softly. 

Now  it  was  certainly  almost  fifty  years  since 
Aunt  Derby's  wedding  day,  and  her  married 
Ul'e  had  been  very  brief ;  so  through  what  long 
years  of  lonely  waiting  had  she  cherished  this 
memento  of  her  happiness  1  I  am  sure  Faith 
and  1  never  knew  she  had  it,  never  dreamed 
that  anything  like  this  was  locked  away  in  the 
little  old  camphor  chest  that  stood  by  Aunt 
Derby’s  bod.  But  there  It  was— a  stiff,  old- 
fasldoned  silk,  of  a  delicate  pale  gray,  with  a 
moderately  full  skirt  and  a  train.  The  waist 
was  very  long  and  pointed,  and  gaged— yes,  ab¬ 
solutely  mwed  from  the  armholes  down  to  the 
tip  of  the  slender  bodice.  The  sleeves  were 
gaged  also  the  whole  length*  excepting  just  at 
the  elbow,  where  all  the  fullness  «  as  left,  free  in 
a  great  round  puff;  the  neck  was  pointed,  too, 
and  trimmed  with  lace.  I  don’t  suppose  you 
can  imagine  how  it  looked,  but  It  was  the  very 
oddest,  quaintest,  prettiest  old-faahioned  thing 
T  ever  saw  in  my  life. 

“Try  it  on,  Faith,”  said  Aunt  Derby. 

Fa rra  did  so,  and  in  two  minutes  more  stood 
before  us,  a  perfect,  little  beauty  of  a  Puritan 
maiden,  prim  and  pretty  and  blushing.  It  was 
amarvel'how  it  fitted  her;  but  Aunt  Debby 
looked  at  her  critically. 

“  I  must  find  you  the  stays  1  ivoro,”  she  said, 

“  and  the  satin  slippers." 

11.  was  not  bard  to  find  them,  for  they  too  lay 
In  the  camphor  wood  chest,  and  with  them  the 
wedding  stockings,  white  silk  and  clocked. 

“O,  Aunt  Deiiiiy,  arc  you  going  to  let  me 
wear  it  to  the  concert?”  asked  Faith,  breath¬ 
lessly. 

“Why  yes,  child," said  Aunt  Debby,  “I  don’t 
know  what  makes  me,  but  I  feel  as  I  want  to 
see  you  wear  that  gown.” 

“  Now  my  mSmt  is  at  rest  I”  I  exclaimed  ;  “I 
shan’t  give  you ;  nother  anxious  thought.  Faith. 
And  Dr,  North  Is  going  to  escort  us  to  the 
church.  Isn't  it  all  just  splendid  1" 

The  three  days  went  like  a  flash  alter  that.  I 
had  so  much  to  do  to  make  grandmother’s 
chintz  fit  me;  and  right  in  the  midst  of  It  one 
of  the  girls,  Ahbik  Davis,  came  to  me  in  des¬ 
pair  and  said  she  had  no  invention,  so  I  had  to 
help  her  make  her  whole  costume,  leg-of-mut¬ 
ton  sleeves  and  ail,  and  lend  her  a  fan  to  carry 
with  it.  Sho  told  me,  as  wo  chatted,  that  Bhe 
had  beard  Blanche  Root  say  Miss  Faith 
PARMI.eb  bad  better  wear  willows,  they  were 
so  suitable  and  old-fashioned  too.  Wasn't  I 
vexed!  But  the  thought  of  Dr.  North  and 
Aunt  Derby’s  wedding  dress  enabled  me  to 
reply  only  with  a  calm,  superior  smile. 

Well,  Thursday  evening  came,  and  Dr.  North 
called  for  Faith  and  me  almost  before  we  were 
ready.  He  said  lie  had  mot  numbers  of  people 
on  their  way  to  the  church,  and  wo  were  going 
to  have  a  crowded  house.  It  seemed  as  if  ho 
could  not  look  at  Faith  enough  when  she  came 
into  the  room,  so  primrose-like,  in  her  stiff, 
lovely  gown  ;  but  !  gave  him  my  monster  bon¬ 
net  and  fan  to  carry,  and  that  turned  every, 
thing  Off  into  a  laugh,  and  off  we  started.  Wo 
entered  the  church  by  a  rear  door,  going  first 
into  a  sort  of  waiting  room  where  the  singers 
were  assembling.  There  all  was  grotesque  con¬ 
fusion  and  a  merry  hum  of  voices.  I  never  saw 
Anything  so  droll  in  my  life.  What  with  the 
wigs  and  the  foretops,  the  patches  and  powder, 
you  would  hardly  know  your  best  friend.  Just 
ns  I  was  beginning  to  make  out  who  was  who, 
Our  leader  gave  us  our  orders,  end  we  marched 
into  tlio  church,  taking  our  place  in  the  organ 
loft  behind  the  pulpit,  and  on  the  platform  be¬ 
fore  it.  A  whisper  and  titter  ran  through  the 
immense  audience ;  but,  we  ourselves  behaved 
with  the  most  dignified  sobriety.  Our  leader 
gave  out  the  first  hymn  and  read  it ;  then  he 


struck  the  note  on  his  little  old  tuning  fork, 
and  we  rose  and  sang“Mear.”  There  wasn’t 
any  more  titter! ngjn  the  audience  after  those 
sweet,  solemn,  measured  strains,  and  a  great 
many  voices  joined  in  with  us  in  t  bo  second 
stanza.  Then  we  were  seated,  and  there  was  a 
brief  pause  during  which  I  slowly  fanned  my¬ 
self  and  looked  around  a  little  from  the  depths 
of  my  bonnet.  Faith  sat  at  a  tittle  distance, 
looking  perfectly  radiant,  and  Dr.  North  in  Ilia 
handsome  old  Continental  suit,  leaned  over  her, 
whispering  about  a  tune.  I  could  not  resist  a 
glance  at.  an  opposite  corner  whero  Charlie 
Halt,  sat,  sullen  asa  shadow ;  but  before  I  could 
see  where  Blanche  was,  Evie  Lake  touched 
me  on  the  shoulder,  and  whispered  in  mild  re¬ 
proof,  “Thee  should  govern  thyself  more  se¬ 
dately,  Margaret.” 

I  did  not  move  my  head  after  that,  and  in  a 
minute  more  wre  were  all  standing  again,  sing¬ 
ing  good  old  “  Boylston 

“  My  soul,  repeat  bis  praise, 

Whoso  mercies  are  so  great; 

Whose  anger  is  so  slow  to  rise, 

So  ready  to  abate.” 

I  wonder  if  any  one  but  David  ever  touched 
all  the  chords  of  the  human  soul  so  skillfully  as 
Watts.  We  sang  three  or  four  more  of  his 
hymns,  then  Plevel's,  and  then  grand,  grand 
old  “Coronation," that  seemed  fairly  to  lift  the 
audience  off  their  feet..  They  all  joined  in,  old 
and  young,  and  )  declare  it  the  churches  could 
only  have  such  singing  Hu  inlays,  nobody  could 
possibly  want  a  quartette  choir  again.  Boforo 
the  last  grand  strain  ceased  vibrating  on  the 
air,  I  saw  Faith  rising  and  going  t.o  her  place 
by  the  organ,  for  the  next  piece  she  was  to  sing 
alone.  There  was  a  moment's  stillness,  and 
then  Julia  Waltham,  our  organist,  began  the 
accompaniment.  I  glanced  nervously  at  Faith; 
she  stood  there  lily-white,  seemingly  uncon¬ 
scious  that  every  eye  wo.-  fixed  upon  her.  Then 
her  beautiful,  clear,  pathetic  voice  took  up  the 
strain  of  David’s  lamentation; 

“  David,  the  King,  was  grieved.” 

I  think  Faith’s  voice,  as  she  sang  that,  night, 
will  haunt  me  forever.  The  audience  was 
breathless.  Dr.  North  watched  her  with  rapt 
eyes.  When  she  finished  there  was  applause 
and  a  recall ;  but  our  leader  hud  already  given 
the  signal  of  intermission,  and  we  wore  rising 
to  return  to  the  waiting  room.  Once  there, and 
the  doors  closed,  the  hubbub  commenced. 

,  “Wasn't  it  lovely !  perfectly  superb !”  “Faith 
Pajcmlke,  where  did  you  get  your  drees  and 
your  voice?"  “Anybody  seen  a  puff  comb?” 
“Meg,  your  fan  was  killing!”  “Do  straighten 
my  ruff.  Mr.  Gkkchj,  your  wag  is  ono-sidod!” 
“A  pin,  a  pin!  my  cap  string  is  off!”  “Don’t 
crush  my  starched  sleeves!”  Faith,  did  you 
dross  your  hair  yourself  over  that  high  cush¬ 
ion?” 

Faith  was  standing  a  little  apart, smlllngand 
talking  with  Dr.  North.  1  heard  some  of  the 
girl*  whispering  what  a  handsome  picture  they 
made,  and  It  was  certainly  going  to  be  a  match. 
It.  did  mo  good  to  see  how  wretched  Charlie 
H  alt.  looked,  overhearing  their  chatter ;  and  as 
if  to  crush  him  still  more,  Abbie  Davis  told 
him  she  understood  lie  and  Blanche  wero  en¬ 
gaged,  and  might  she  congratulate  him?  lie 
glowered  at  her,  and  turned  angrily  away. 

Blanche  Hoot  came  trippiug  along  in  a 
matronly  brown  satin  gown  and  mob-cap,  with 
two  or  three  patches  on  tier  face  and  her  merry 
dark  eyes  full  of  malice. 

“  You  look  for  all  the  world  like  a  bride,  dear 
Faith,"  she  said,  meaningly.  “  Ah,  it  in  a  wed¬ 
ding  dress,  Is  it?  I  thought  so.  Permit  me  to 
offer  best  wishes,  and  so  on  I” 

“Blanche,  some  one  has  stepped  on  your 
dross  and  torn  the  gathers,”  interrupted  one  of 
the  girls ;  “  hurry  up,  or  you  won’t  have  time  to 
fix  it." 

So  the  won  Id-bo  tormenter  had  t  o  go  away 
with  her  work  undone,  for  Faith  bud  not  seem¬ 
ed  to  hear  her  at  all.  Our  leader  now  entered 
and  Informed  us  that lhetime  had  come  for  the 
second  part.  Wo  were  to  go  back  Into  the 
church  by  a  different  door,  and  march  up  and 
down  the  aisles  in  couples,  that,  the  delighted 
audience  might,  got  a  closer  view  of  the  "Old 
Polks."  The  gentlemen  had  previously  secured 
their  partners.  Dr.  North  walked  with  Faith 
of  course,  and  1  trudged  along  with  Cousin 
JACK.  Then  we  all  filed  upon  the  platform 
again,  the  leader  took  his  tuning  fork,  gave  out 
“  New  Jerusalem,"  and  beat  time  while  we  sang. 
Then  followed  stirring,  triumphant,  “Zion." 
Up  to  this  time  I  had  been  full  of  joyous  ex¬ 
citement,  and  elation;  but  with  “Windham” 
my  mood  suddenly  changed.  It  is  apathetic 
tune  in  a  minor  key,  and  that  probably  affected 
me.  I  felt  as  if  something  sad  was  about  to  hap¬ 
pen  and  tears  came  to  my  eyes.  But  Nellie 
Clarice  peeped  over  her  spectacles  at  me  and 
passed  a  bit  of  fennel,  and  that  broke  the  spell. 
Then  Blanche  Root  sang  Iter  piece  about  the 
old  Revolutionary  lady  that  threw  her  tea  into 
Boston  harbor.  It  jarred  a  little  the  first,  mo¬ 
ment,  coming  after  so  many  solemn  hymns; 
but  she  sang  it  with  great,  vivacity,  and  won 
laughing  applause.  The  concert  was  almost 
over  now;  we  sang  beautiful  “Sherburne,"  and 
then  “Old  Hundred,”  and  finally  wound  up  with 
“  Auld  Lang  Syne.” 

We  were  In  great  confusion  after  the  concert, 
fox  a  groat  many  of  the  audience  came  pressing 
up  on  the  platform  and  even  into  our  little 
waiting  room,  looking  for  friends  and  paying 
us  compliments.  It  took  me  some  time  to  put 
away  my  bonnet  and  fan  in  the  box,  and  then 
one  after  another  stopped  me  to  talk  ;  but  as 
soon  as  I  could  I  hurried  away,  without  waiting 
to  find  Faith,  for  I  had  made  up  my  mind  to 


go  home  with  Jack,  bo  as  not  to  be  in  Dr. 
North’s  way.  I  was  certain  Faith  would  come 
engaged,  and  I  found  myself  already  planning 
whether  it  would  not  do  for  her  to  be  married 
in  Aunt  Derby ’g  wedding  dress.  Jack  was  no¬ 
where  to  be  seen;  but  as  T  stepped  to  the  out¬ 
side  door,  I  was  sure  I  saw  him  walking  away 
with  a  gir!  that,  looked  like  Blanche,  only  of 
course,  it  couldn’t  bo. 

*’ Weil,  who’s  afraid?”  f  asked  myself.  “I’ll 
just  run  home  alone.  I’ve  done  it  before  now.” 

So  off  I  started,  sorely  encumbered  by  the  big 
bandbox;  but  I  had  hardly  gone  a  square  when 
a  ringing  step  overtook  me,  and  there  was  Dr. 
North,  lookingvery  pale  in  the  moonlight. 

“Why,  where ’a  your  sister?”  he  asked.  “I 
have  been  searching  everywhere  for  both  of 
you.” 

I  was  alarmed,  and  would  have  turned  back 
at  once,  but  ho  assured  mo  she  was  not  in  the 
church.  • 

“Then  she  must  have  gone  homo  with  father 
and  Aunt  Debby,"  I  said,  thinking  to  myself 
that  1  would  give  Faith  a  sound  shaking  for 
such  coquettish  behavior.  Wo  walked  on,  rather 
silently ;  but  as  we  neared  the  house  wo  saw 
Faith  In  the  doorway  with  a  gentleman.  He 
came  down  the  steps  aa  wo  approached,  and  I 
recognized  Charlie  Ha  ll.  Faith  hadsllpped 
indoors.  I  smoothed  it,  all  over  as  well  as  I 
could,  and  begged  Dr.  North  to  cal!  the  next 
day.  He  looked  grave  and  puzzled.  The  mo¬ 
ment  ho  left,  1  dashed  up  stairs,  and  found 
Fateh  crying  happily  in  a  corner. 

“FATTn  l’ARWLKB !”  I  exclaimed,  “  takedown 
your  hands  and  tell  mo  what  tin’s  means!” 

“It  means,"  she  said,  looking  up  radiantly 
through  her  tears,  “  i means  that  <  ’h  arlie  and 
I  have  made  up;  and  now  don’t  scold,  Meg, 
dear,  for  I  am  so  very,  very  happy !" 

And  she  meant  It.  It  was  useless  to  argue 
with  her. 

“Why,  I  have  loved  Charlie  ever  since  I  can 
remember,"  was  the  w  ay  she  replied  to  me. 

Iu  vain  I  urged  his  utter  Insignificance,  his 
fickleness  and  shameful  desertion  of  her,  and 
his  reported  engagement  to  Blanche. 

“It  was  all  a  misunderstanding,  Meg,”  she 
cried;  “I  drove  him  from  me  with  a  hasty 
word,  and  wc  were  both  too  proud  to  explain 
and  both  wretched.  But  this  blessed  evening 
has  set  all  right  again !" 

I  wish  I  here  hadn’t  been  any  “Old  Folks’Con- 
cort.”  I  wish  Fa  mi  hadn’t  worn  Aunt,  Derby’s 
wedding  gown,  for  I  am  sure  If  sho  had  not 
looked  so  pretty  and  sung  so  sweetly,  Charlie 
Hall  would  never  have  wavered  back.  Why  is 
it  that  a  girl  like  Fa  mi  almost  invariably  throws 
herscif  away!  And  the  world  lets  St  go  on. 
Kven  Aunt  Derby  says,  when  I  complain  to 
her,  “Do  let  the  young  things  be  happy,  child. 
Don’t  meddle  with  true  love !" 

The  worst  of  it  is,  Faith  looks  so  radiant  all 
the  time  and  Charlie  so  provoklngly  happy, 
and  they  both  Ignore  my  resentment  so  com¬ 
pletely,  that  I  am  afraid  I  shall  end,  by-aml-by, 
in  thinking  it  all  right  myself.  All  the  more, 
perhaps,  because  Dr.  North  has  not  stopped 
calling  at  our  house.  I  am  sure  if  he  can  for¬ 
give  us,  and  If,  as  Faith  saucily  hinted  last 
night,  “Love  is  sometimes  caught  iu  the  re¬ 
bound,”  why  then— one  thing  1  knows  he  shall 
never  receive  such  shabby  treatment  a  second 
time  1 

- - 

SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 

There  is  nothing  so  effective  iu  bringing  a 
man  up  to  the  scratch  asa  healthy  high-spirited 
flea. 

An  old  maid,  speaking  of  marriage,  says  it  is 
like  an  old  disease-while  there  is  life  there  is 
hope, 

A  Western  editor  says  no  man  who  had  paid 
regularly  for  his  newspaper  was  ever  bit  by  a 
mad  dog. 

One  item  in  an  Oregon  horse-doctor’s  bill 
reads  “  To  holdin  a  postmortim  examination 
on  a  boss  who  afterward  recovered,  $1.50."  it 
was  paid. 

A  pugilistic  Irishman  in  England  being 
bound  over  to  keep  the  peace  on  all  British 
subjects  remarked,  “The  Lord  help  the  first 
foreigner  I  meet!  ” 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  a  notice  displayed 
in  a  field  in  South  London  “Ladles  and  gen¬ 
tlemen  are  requested  not  to  steal  turnips.  Oth¬ 
er  persons,  if  detected,  will  be  prosecuted." 

A  MAN  at  Lanaingburg.  N.  1'.,  wagered  that  he 
could  jump  fifty  feet,  and  he  won  the  money  by 
jumping  off  a  building.  The  satisfaction  of 
knowing  that  the  idiot  broke  his  neck  is  with¬ 
held. 

At  a  candy-pull  recently  the  two  gallon  pot 
full  of  blazing  liquid  was  put  out  in  the  yard  to 
cool,  while  the  jollity  went  on  inside.  The  cat’s 
corpse  was  removed,  and  the  candy  given  to  the 
poor. 

Cleveland  grants  more  marriage  licenses 
Monday  than  any  other  day.  The  fumes  of 
Cleveland  whisky  imbibed  Sunday  do  not  get 
out  of  a  man’s  head  until  about  Wednesday 
noon. 

The  most  thoroughly  ventilated  man  in  Os¬ 
wego,  says  a  Kansas  paper,. is  a  horse-thief 
whom  the  boys  followed  around  for  a  while. 
Ho  has  nineteen  buckshot  hoios  in  his  left 
breast  and  twenty-one  in  hiB  left  arm. 

Spoiled  figs  and  carpenter’s  glue  are  the 
principal  constituents  of  a  new  sensation  in  the 
way  of  sweetmeats  sold  as  “royal  jam  ”  by  the 
London  grocers.  A  sufficient  addition  of  gin 
will  produce  the  royalist  kind  of  jim  jam. 


AUS.  23 


THE  HAYMAKER’S  WOOING. 


BY  RUTH  LEE. 


ONE  summer,  fair  Katie  and  I  In  the  meadow 
Wero  merrily  stirring  and  tossing  the  hay. 

Till  crLuiaon-top  clover  and  timothy  blossom 
Together  wore  breathing  tliclr  sweetness  away. 

Of  course.  It  was  only  for  sport  and  the  frolic: 

Yon  knew  by  the  way  that  she  handled  the  fork 
That  haymakers'  art  und  their  country-leurnod  wis¬ 
dom 

Had  never  been  taught  In  the  city  of  York ! 

Her  hands  wero  as  soft  and  as  white  as  the  lilies, 
Mine  hardened  and  brown  by  their  toll  in  the  sun : 
But.  bravely  she  kept  In  the  wake  of  the  mowers 
Till  all  of  her  self-imposed  labor  woe  done. 

The  hay  was  all  gathered  In  winrows,  and  waiting 
For  Farmer  .Toiin  ’s  oxen,  and  hayers  to  load, 

When  homeward  we  turned,  as  the  sunset  was  gilding 
With  beautiful  shadows  the  maple-lined  road. 

She  talked  of  the  things  she  had  known  In  the  city, 

I  spoke  of  the  love  of  the  woods  and  tho  glen,— 
While  tho  eyes  of  the  maiden,  In  spite  of  iuy  home¬ 
spun, 

Revealed  that  she  thought  me  a  prince  among  men. 

And  then,  In  the  twilight,  1  told  her  the  story 
I  scnrccly  could  tell  for  my  lover-like  fours— 

How,  long  I  had  dreamed  that  the  love  of  my  darling 
Would  crown  with  new  gladness  tho  swift-coming 
years. 

Her  answer  was  low,  and  the  birds,  If  thoy  listened, 
Heard  words  that  were  true  and  so  tender  In  tone 
That  I  knew  wo  should  travel  life's  pathway  together, 
Since  neither  was  willing  to  journey  alone. 

The  yenrs  In  their  flitting  have  stolen  the  roses 
That  bloomed  on  her  cheek  and  the  gloss  from  her 
hair, 

But  dearer  to  me  than  my  bride  In  her  beauty 
Is  Katie,  the  matron,  still  lovely  and  fair. 

'Tin  haying  time  now,  and  our  Katie  and  Johnny, 
With  shouts  of  wild  laughter,  are  crowning  the  load 
Thnt  over  the  meadows  our  oxen  are  bringing 
Just  through  the  wide  gap  by  tho  maple-lined  road. 

■ - W4 - 

LABOR'S  REWARD. 


BY  NEAL  NEWTON. 


Wonic  is  not,  in  itself,  pleasant.  It  is  the  ob¬ 
ject  of  labor,  the  recompense  it  brings,  that 
renders  it  easy  and  agreeable.  Any  man  would 
prefer  to  spend  a  mid-summer’s  day  in  some 
shady  nook,  beguiling  the  time  with  books  and 
pleasant  thoughts,  rather  than  ruko.hay  in  tho 
scorching  sunshine  or  puzzle  Ids  brain  in  a 
dusty  office  over  knotty  questions  and  points  of 
law,  if  tin;  one  was  as  praiseworthy  and  profit¬ 
able  as  the  other ;  atul  show  me  the  woman  who 
would  not  hold  ease  and  leisure  as  precious 
■  boons  if  she  could  fool  that  in  accepting  them 
she  was  doing  her  (loD-glven  duty.  But  it  hath 
been  so  ordered  that  but  few  are  born  to  the 
position  they  aspire  to  occupy,  and  only  by 
energy  and  exertion  can  any  expect  to  rise 
above  their  original  stand-point.  Tlius  a  youth 
starting  In  life  portionless  and  having  a  desire 
to  gather  to  himself  riches  and  honor,  is  obliged 
to  forego  ease  and  indolence  for  the  sako  of 
these  things.  With  an  aim  in  view,  a  point  to 
gain,  this  is  not  hard,  and  he  goes  cheerfully 
and  hopefully  to  his  business,  and  that  which, 
void  of  an  object,  would  be  dull  and  wearying 
toil,  becomes  to  him  a  pleasant  pastime.  Hia 
heart,  is  in  ids  work,  not  for  work's  sake,  but 
for  the  fair  fruit  it  brings. 

Augustus  Brown  is  young  and  penniless, 
but  being  ambitious  to  possess  a  goodly  compe¬ 
tence  and  sit  under  Ida  own  vino  and  flg  tree, 
he  secures  a  help-meet,  buys  a  snug  little  farm 
and  sets  himself  at  work  to  pay  for  it.  Tho  task 
may  be  a  difficult  one,  but  industry  brings  its 
reward,  and  after  a  few  years  the  debt  is  can¬ 
celled  ;  then  acre  after  acre  Is  added  and  dollar 
after  dollar  Is  hoarded  up  till  Augustus  Brown 
is  counted  a  rich  and  prosperous  man.  Where, 
all  these  years,  Is  the  wife  of  this  man’s  heart, 
the  companion  of  hia  labors  and  cares?  When 
he  won  her  for  ids  bride  and  brought  her  to  Ids 
home,  she  was  a  fair,  bright-eyed  girl  who  had 
been  petted  and  eared  for  all  her  lifetime.  She 
went  from  indulgent  parents  and  a  sunshiny 
home;  she  gave  up  her  easy,  care-free  life  to 
become  a  poor  man’s  wife  and  share  the  rugged 
places  anil  dally  self-denials  that  fell  to  his  lot. 
And  as  the  husband  worked  in  Iris  sphere  so  did 
the  wife  in  hers.  Constant  confinement  in  a 
gloomy  kitchen,  bending  over  steaming  suds 
and  heated  stoves,  booh  ruined  the  delicate 
complexion,  and  the  ceaseless  round  of  petty 
cares  and  vexations  wrinkled  early  the  girlish 
face.  The  pretty,  white  hands  found  no  time 
for  piano-playing  and  fancy  work,  but  In  per¬ 
forming  the  tasks  they  found  to  do,  grew  hard 
and  dark  and  bony.  But  mojro  than  for  all  this 
did  the  woman  mourn  over  her  neglected  intel¬ 
lect.  Books  were  few  in  the  farmer's  home  and 
opportunities  for  reading  fewer  still,  and  as 
time  passed  away  she  knew  less  and  less  of  the 
outside  world,  and  the  studies  that  had  been 
the  delight  of  her  school-days  were  forgotten, 
till  the  mind  that  might  have  been  strong  and 
brilliant  became,  under  the  pressure  of  circum¬ 
stances,  a  dwarfed  and  unhealthy  one.  All 
these  things  lias  the  woman  cheerfully  and 
willingly  accepted  that  she  might  be  a  helper  to 
ber  husband  in  his  up-hill  life.  Who  shall  say 
that  she  has  given  less  than  he  for  the  fortune 
they  have  won  ?  Who  shall  say  that  what  by 
mutual  industry  and.  economy  they  have  gained 


NEW-YOBHEB 


is  not,  by  right,  as  much  the  property  of  the  one 
as  of  the  other?  Yet  the  husband  is  a  well-to- 
do  man  w  ith  broad  acres  and  well-filled  pocket- 
book,  while  the  wife  must  go  and  beg  humbly 
for  a  few  dollars  if  she  happen  to  be  in  need  of 
a  now  dress  or  any  household  convenience. 
Now,  is  it  not  humiliating  for  a  woman  who, 
denying  herself  dainty  leisure  and  fair  adorn- 
ings,  tolls  early  and  late,  year  in  and  year  out— 
is  it  not  humiliating,  I  ask,  for  such  an  one  to 
be  obliged  to  beg  for  a  little  money,  without, 
even  tho  assurance  with  which  a  servant  de¬ 
mands  his  wages,  'and  have  it  handed  out  to 
her,  not  as  her  own,  but  as  the  gift,  of  another? 
Is  it  any  wonder  that,  she  does  hate  liousowurk 
when  she  learns  to  expect  from  its  accomplish¬ 
ment  no  suitable  reward?  Can  aimless  tasks 
bo  other  than  hard  and  wearying  ones? 

“But,"  says  one,  "  it  ought  to  be  sufficient  for 
a  woman  that  she  is  helping  her  husband." 
Would  it  be  sufficient  for  a  man  that  he  was 
helping  his  wife ?  Would  ho  be  willing  to  work 
year  after  year  yat  have  nothing  that  he  could 
call  his  own  ?  Show  me  such  a  man  os  this,  and 
I  will  show  you  one  destitute  of  energy  and 
atnbitioa.  In  the  heart  of  every  porson  of  un¬ 
derstanding  there  is  a  natural  desire  to  reap  the 
reward  of  Iris  labor,  and  I  have  yet  to  learn  thnt 
this  is  not  as  strongly  developed  In  woman's 
nature  as  in  man’s.  Yet  what,  a  husband  and 
wife  by  their  united  efforts  and  economy  man¬ 
age  to  gain  and  save,  the  law  gives  tho  husband 
a  right  to  hold,  to  use  and  to  dispose  of  as  he 
may  choose,  excepting  tho  Interest  of  one-third 
of  tho  estate,  which  is  reserved  for  the  support, 
of  the  wife.  The  law  provides  that  Bhe  shall 
have  her  board,  hor  lodging  and  what  clothes 
she  can  coax  Iter  husband  to  give  her.  She  may 
huvo  a  widowed  sister  with  little  ones  depend¬ 
ent  upon  her  for  support,  she  may  have  a 
brother  sick  and  afflicted,  yet  she  inis  nothing 
to  help' them  with  in  their  extremity;  and,  dy¬ 
ing  childless,  she  can  leave  no  portion  of  her 
earnings  to  her  kindred,  but  the  husband  may 
divide  them  among  hia  relatives  as  lie  may 
Choose.  Yet  “  Daily  Rural  Life"  has  affirmed 
that,  in  a  financial  point,  of  view,  woman  has 
the  advantage  over  man.  He  complains  be¬ 
cause  a  wife  is  not  responsible  for  tho  debts  of 
hor  husband.  That  is  to  say,  t  hat  if  a  woman 
has  managed,  in  tho  days  of  her  girlhood,  to 
earn  and  save  a  small  sum,  or  her  father  has 
given  her  a  few  hundred,  she  should  take  this 
and  pay  the  debts  of  her  husband,  or  give  it,  to 
him  to  add  to  liis  possessions.  When  husband 
and  wife  share  equally  what  both  work  to  earn, 
then  will  woman  be  willing  to  pay  the  debts  of 
hor  husband,  but  until  then  it  seems  simply 
absurd  to  ask  it.  If  that  gentleman  has  n* 
more  liberal  views  than  these  to  offer,  we  beg 
of  him  to  go  back  to  his  butterflies  and  his 
beetles,  ami  lot  woman  and  hor  rights  alone. 

- - ♦-*-* - 

A  CHINESE  DINNER. 

Hang  Yang,  a  merchant,  who  was  a  superior 
man,  and  to  whom  my  husbund  became  quite 
attached,  (writes  an  English  lady  from  Hong 
Kong,)  one  day  invited  him  to  call  at  his  houso 
and  take  a  meal,  a  great  honor,  and  finding  it 
would  bo  agreeable,  included  me  in  the  invita¬ 
tion.  Ho  sent  two  sedan  chairs  for  us.  When 
we  arrived,  wo  were  ushered  into  the  reception- 
room  ;  there  wero  raised  seats  running  around 
the  sides,  made  of  bamboo,  and  many  chairs 
standing  at  Intervals  about  the  room.  Elegant 
little  tables  supported  vases  of  beautiful  porce¬ 
lain,  and  hideous  monsters  of  soapstone  were 
in  the  corners.  A  profusion  of  bows  passed, 
and  I  was  taken  into  an  inner  room,  whore  sat 
Madame  llANO  V.ANG  before  a  little  box  filled 
with  drawers,  like  the  litiio  Chiuese  cahinots. 
She  had  not  quite  completed  her  toilet  arrange¬ 
ments,  but  she  bowed  and  smiled  as  I  entered 
tho  room,  pointing  to  achalr,  and  kept  on  with 
her  operations,  about  which  there  Is  no  secrecy. 
She  was  very  good-looking,  but  was  painted  the 
thickest  white  I  had  ever  seen,  and  her  teeth 
stained  black  with  the  betel-nut— as  Is  the  cus¬ 
tom  when  married.  Her  attendant  I utlr-d  l  essor, 
who  had  just,  finished  her  performance,  stood 
by  to  take  the  little  brushes  from  tho  hands  of 
her  mistress  and  replace  them  in  tho  drawers 
when  she  had  finished.  Hor  hair  was  jet  biuck 
and  was  very  much  greased,  was  plaited  and 
rolled  up  in  masses  upon  tho  back  of  her  head, 
and  stuck  full  of  jeweled  pins  and  flowers  made 
of  brigbt-eolored  paper,  also  silver  and  gold. 
She  wore  a  gay,  flowered  robe,  with  hanging 
sleeves,  and  her  arms  were  adorned  witli  brace¬ 
lets  of  heavy  gold.  As  she  spoke  no  English 
and  T  spoke  no  Chinese,  we  looked  at  each  other 
In  a  smiling  fashion,  nodded  and  bowed.  We 
-at  together  at  table  upon  settees  of  curio,  and 
tier  two  Children  were  also  at  table,  and  were 
as  decorous  in  behavior  as  people  of  twelve  and 
fourteen  years  of  age  with  us.  First,  sweet¬ 
meats  were  brought;  then  wine,  in  lovely  tiny 
porcelain  cups;  then  cups  of  a  large  size,  with 
a  pinch  of  tea  at  the  bottom  of  each,  upon 
which  iiot.  wat  er  was  poured  -which  Is  the  way 
Chinese  tea  is  always  made,  thus  one  gets  the 
flavor  and  none  of  the  bitterness.  Then  boiled 
rice  ami  some  kind  of  food  cut  in  mouthfuls. 
Chop-sticks  were  laid  by  each  plate,  and  I  found 
my  husband  was  nearly  as  dexterous  in  their 
use  as  his  host.  I  labored  heavily  with  mine 
and  made  many  ineffectual  attempts  at  spear¬ 
ing  morsels  swimming  about  in  my  plate,  not 
daring  to  sit  quiet  or  decline  anything,  for  foar 
of  being  impolite.  Little  squaresof  soft  ,  colored 
paper,  edged  with  gilt,  were  placed  by  each 
plate,  as  napkins.  Lastly,  we  finished  with  a 
famous  bird’s-nest  soup.  After  dinner,  towels, 
dipped  in  hot  water,  were  passed  round  upon 
trays  for  us  to  wipe  our  mouths  and  hands  upon. 


Heading  for  the  fmmg. 


THE  CHILDREN’S  CHURCH. 

PROM  THE  GERMAN  OP  PAUL  GEROK. 


Translated  by  .Tames  Freeman  Clarke,  in  Harper’s 
Magazine  for  August. 


The  bolls  of  t  he  churches  are  ringing— 

Papa  and  tuaiuwii  liavu  both  gone— 

And  throe  little  children  sit  singing 
Together  thin  still  Sunday  morn. 

While  the  bells  toll  away  in  tho  steeple, 
Though  too  small  to  sit  still  in  a  pow, 

These  busy  religious  small  people 
Determine  to  have  their  church,  too. 

Bo,  as  free  ns  the  birds,  or  the  breezes 
By  which  their  fair  ringlets  are  fanned, 

Bach  rogue  sing*  away  as  ho  pleases, 

With  hook  upside  down  in  Ills  hand. 

Their  hymn  hurt  no  sense  In  Its  letter, 
l’helr  music  no  rhythm  nor  tune  : 

Our  worship,  perhaps,  may  bo  better— 

But  theirs  reaches  God  quite  as  soon. 

Their  angels  stand  close  to  the  Father ; 

His  heaven  Is  made  bright  by  these  tlowors ; 

And  the  dear  God  above  us  would  rather 
Hear  praise  from  t.holr  lips  than  from  ours. 

Sing  on,  little  children— your  voiees 
Fill  the  air  with  contentment  and  love; 

All  nature  around  you  rejoices. 

And  the  birds  warble  sweetly  above. 

Sing  on— for  tho  proudest  orations. 

The  liturgies  snored  and  long, 

Tho  anthems  aud  worship  of  nations, 

Aro  poor  to  your  innocent  song. 

Sing  on— our  devotion  Is  colder, 

Though  wisely  our  prayers  may  bo  planned, 

For  often  we,  too,  who  are  older, 

Hold  our  book  the  wrong  way  in  our  hand. 

Sing  on— our  harmonic  inventions 
Wo  study  with  labor  and  pain ; 

Yet  often  our  angry  contentions 
Take  the  harmony  out  of  our  strain. 

Slug  on— all  oar  struggle  and  buttle, 

Our  cry,  when  most  deep  and  sincere— 

What  are  they  ?  A  eblld's  simple  prattle, 

A  breath  in  the  Infinite  Ear. 

- - 

THE  EVILS  OF  PROFANITY. 


An  Open  Letter  to  the  Boys  of  America, 

Dear  Rural:— If  you  aro  willing,  I  will  say  a 
few  words,  through  your  columns,  to  tho  Boys. 
While  I  am  talking  to  tho  Boys,  I  am  willing 
the  Mon  should  listen. 

Dear  Boys  ;— Did  you  ever  see  a  lovely  plant 
o ’era  had  owed  and  choked  by  great,  ungainly 
weeds  till  It  had  no  strength  to  bud  or  bloom? 
Just  so  would  tho  coarso  and  noxious  weeds  of 
Profanity  shadow  your  character  and  ehoko 
from  your  heart  every  sweet  blossom  of  purity 
aud  refinement. 

1  hope  there  are  many  among  you  who  nevor 
use  bad  language  of  any  kind,  but  I  want  to 
warn  you  all  against  profanity.  First,  it  is  ex¬ 
ceedingly  sinful  to  take  tho  name  of  God  In 
vain,  und  how  often  do  we  hear  the  name  of  our 
blessed  Jesus  CmtlSi—  who  died  for  us  —  pro¬ 
faned.  Any  boy  has  some  influence,  bo  it  more 
or  leas;  and  if  be  indulges  himself  in  the  use  of 
profane  language,  he  places  a  very  bad  example 
before  bis  acquaintances.  Besides,  this  insnar- 
ing  practice  would  surely  bring  you  into  bad 
company,  and  evil  companions  would  lead  you 
to  many  other  vices.  Vicious  boys  would  soon 
trace  you  and  flock  around  you,  while  tho  good 
could  find  no  pleasure  in  your  society.  If  you 
have  a  true  friend  on  earth- one  who  seeks 
your  best  interests— you  may  rest  assured  that 
that  friend  Would  suffer  deep  sorrow  and  hu¬ 
miliation  if  you  wero  to  entangle  yourself  either 
with  bad  associates  or  the  disgraceful  fault  of 
which  I  have  warned  you. 

Every  boy  should  possess  a  certain  independ¬ 
ence,  to  enable  him  to  stand  up  for  what  ho 
knows  to  be  right,  no  matter  who  or  what  re¬ 
sists  him.  The  lack  of  this  independence  Is  tho 
stumbling-block  over  which  very  many  fall  into 
tomptation.  Do  not  be  led  through  the  world, 
Boys,  by  a  low  sot  of  loafers,  unworthy  to  be 
your  leaders.  Be  independent ;  have  a  mind  of 
your  own ;  find  where  the  ;•(<//<(  is,  and  uphold 
it ;  then  yon  can  respect  yourself  and  bo  respect¬ 
ed  by  others  -  even  by  thosa  who  desire  to  lead 
>’0U  aatray;  while,  on  the  other  hand,  they 
could  but  despise  you,  in  their  hearts,  for  de¬ 
meaning  yourself  in  doing  what  all  kuow  to  bo 
wrong. 

Putting  aside  the  wickedness  of  profanity, 
you  cannot  bo  a  yentUrnan,  even  in  a  worldly 
sense,  and  uso  rough  or  profane  language ;  for 
this  vulgar  habit  would  transform  you  into  an 
ill-bred,  unmannerly  boor,  and  stamp  the  un¬ 
mistakable  mark  of  n  nobody  upon  you— and 
thus  you  would  lie  excluded  from  refined  and 
intelligent  society.  Who  desires  to  be  a  nobody  ! 
Think  of  this.  Boys,  when  you  are  tempted  to 
swear!  Avoid  all  slang  expressions.  They  are 
Often  but  the  prelude  tu  this  vile  evil.  To 
those,  .voting  or  old,  who  have  already  formed 
the  habit,  I  say— “It  is  never  loo  late  to  mend." 
Resolve,  at  once,  that  you  will  prove  yourself 
stronger  than  the  habit.  If  in  a  moment  of 
anger  or  forgetfulness,  you  fail,  do  not  bo  dis¬ 
couraged,  but  try  agu'n,  and  yet  again,  if  need 
be.  Do  not  despair,  J  entreat  you ;  but  perse¬ 
vere  till  the  hideous  monster  Is  trampled  be¬ 
neath  your  feet !  Julia  Reynolds  Beers. 


THE  CHERRY  TREE’8  ADVICE. 


The  grasses  wore  heartily  tired  of  lying  in 
bod,  as  they  had  done  all  winter,  wrapped  up  In 
thick  coverlids  of  snow.  The  south  wind  had 
taken  tho  coverlids  off,  which  made  them  think 
it  was  high  time  to  spring  up. 

“Walt,"  said  the  ('berry  Tree ;  “bo  patient. 
The  wise  do  not  hurry  without  good  reason.  It 
is  not  quite  time  for  work.  Stretch  yourselves 
before  you  get  up.  Tho  sun  has  not  yet  cooked 
the  air,  azid  April  may  serve  you  ill.  She  will 
wash  you  enough,  I  dare  say.  Her  cisterns  are 
full  of  rain-water ;  but  she  may  keep  you  long 
in  the  wet.  There  is  reason  In  all  things.  Wait 
till  you  hear  May  coming." 

“  Let  us  Wait,”  said  tho  Dandelions  and  But- 
torcupa.  “  The  Cherry  Tree  is  bettor  and  older 
than  w6  aro.  and  has  had  a  wider  field  of  obser¬ 
vation  ;  "she  knows.” 

“  Or  thinks  she  does,"  cried  a  Clover,  saucily. 

“It  seems  to  mo  you  have  lost  vour sweet¬ 
ness,"  said  a  Currant  Bush,  remembering  how 
people  turned  from  her  when  she  was  sour. 

Tho  Clover  felt  ashamed  and  mortified.  “  Oh,” 
she  whispered,  to  herself,  “  I  iflust  bo  a  poor 
dependent  thing  to  be  sweet  only  when  the  sun 
kisses  mo.”  The  reproof  was  not  lost  on  hor. 
It  is  sometimes  good  to  see  ourselves  as  others 
see  us. 

“  How  soon  will  May  be  here  ?  "  asked  a  Plan¬ 
tain. 

“All  in  good  time,”  said  the  Cherry  Tree, 
pleasantly,  "God  has  an  eye  onus.  Ho  does 
not  forget  the  least  one.  He  is  sometimes  slow, 
but  he  is  very  sure.  ‘Seed  time  and  harvest’ 
never  fall ;  only  let  us  follow  nis  leadings.  Bo 
quiet  a  little  longer,  and  then - " 

“And  then,  and  then!”  they  all  shouted, 
only  it  was  the  wiud  you  heard  and  not  them.— 
Child's  Payer. 


filthier. 


PRGBLEM.— No.  0. 


The  three  perpendiculars  drawn  from  the 
angles  of  a  triangle  to  the  opposito  base  and 
sides  produced  moasure  respectively  30,  30  and 
40  rods.  Required,  the  sides  of  the  triangle. 


A  E=  40  rods ;  B  D-20  rods ;  C  F-  30  rods. 

B.  F.  Burleson.. 

E&  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


GRAMMATICAL  ENIGMA.— No.  1. 


I  am  composed  of  60  letters : 

My  84  is  a  personal  pronoun. 

My  36,  39,  TO,  14,  40,  (i  is  a  proper  noun. 

My  6,  33,  85, 37, 46,  35  is  an  adjective. 

My  49,  43,  41  is  an  article. 

My  60,  37, 15,  38  is  n  part  of  speech. 

My  89.  1,  19,  18,  4,  33,  13,  36  is  a  participlo. 

My  49,  3,  7,  9,  48,  33,  8  is  a  verb. 

My  3,  30, 11,  81  is  a  proposition. 

My  21,  13,  10,  14,  88,  85,  10  is  an  interjection. 

My  38,  6,  13,  17,  6, 25  Is  a  common  noun. 

My  20, 3, 29,  31  Is  a  pronoun. 

My  46, 47  is  a  preposition. 

My  44  is  a  verb. 

My  whole  is  the  middle  verse  of  the  Bible. 

Nettie  Dickinson. 
£37”  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA.— No,  5. 


I  am  composed  of  16  letters  : 

My  1 1,  2,  t5,  4  Is  what  tho  feathered  tribe  brood 
their  young  in. 

My  13,  14, 1  ia  a  kind  of  liquor. 

My  13,  8,  8, 3,  16  is  what  belongs  to  all  breathing 
things. 

My  5,  6, 13, 13  is  a  kind  of  color. 

My  15,  7,  4  Is  a  certain  position. 

My  9, 10,  a  is  a  verb. 

My  whole  is  a  traveler  of  the  deep. 
l-&~  Answer  in  two  weeks.  Ida  Pierce. 
- »+• 

CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA.— No.  3. 


My  second  Is  in  cushion  but  not  in  mat; 
My  third  is  in  lake  but  not  In  beach, 

My  fourth  is  in  wagon  but  not  In  reach 
My  fifth  is  hi  labor  bdt  not  in  fees. 

My  sixth  is  In  butter  but  not  in  cheese ; 
My  seventh  is  in  walk  but  not  in  run. 

My  eighth  is  in  pleasure  but  not  in  fun ; 
My  ninth  is  in  grieve  but  not  in  pity, 

My  Whole  is  the  name  of  a  beautiful  city. 
Answer  in  two  weeks.  is.  g.  n. 


PUZZLER  ANSWERS. -Aug.  9. 

Square-Word  Enigma  No.  1.— 
ECHO 
CLIP 
HIRE 
OPEN 

Problem  No.  5.— 

I  51.396337  rorl3- 
{ 4-1.477548  “ 

( 36.940750  “ 

Cross-Word  Enigma  No.  3.  Atlantic. 


132 


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BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 

Tite  Post-office  Department,  hits  made  requisi¬ 
tions  on  the  contractors  for  51,120,800  postal 
cards.  Of  this  number  44,118,000  have  been  sent 
to  postmasters,  leaving  orders  unfilled  in  the 
hands  of  tho  contractors  amounting  to  7,008,800. 
Add  to  this  the  number  of  cards  ordered  by 
postmasters  and  not  yet  forwarded  to  the  con¬ 
tractors,  viz.,  10,331,600,  and  there  Is  a  total  de¬ 
ficiency  In  supplying  orders  of  17,340,400.  It  lacks 
a  few  days  of  three  months  since  tin*  first  cards 
were  issued.  It  was  estimated  at  the  Depart¬ 
ment  that  100,000,000  would  be  required  to  sup¬ 
ply  the  demand  for  the  first  year.  This  esti¬ 
mate  was  l  oo  low,  for  already  tho  orders  from 
postmasters  aggregate  61,468,400. 

Tuts  spring,  while  the  Empress  of  Russia  and 
her  only  daughter,  the  Grand  Duchess  Marie 
Alexandrovna,  were  lingering  on  the  shore*  of 
the  Bay  of  Naples,  escaping  the  rigors  of  the 
Russian  climate,  they  were  visited  for  a  long 
time  by  the  Duke  of  Edinburgh,  and  it  was 
rumored  at  the  time  that  the  Duke#waa  the 
Grand  Duchess’s  accepted  suitor.  Then  It  was 
reported  that  the  match  was  broken  off  and 
there  was  no  prospect  of  the  union  of  the  two 
royal  houses.  It  Is  now  known  that  the  last 
report  was  incorrect,  for  on  the  11th  of  this 
month  the  lovers  were  betrothed.  On  both 
sides,  as  is  believed,  t  he  marriage  will  be  one  of 
pure  atfeetlon. 

Twenty-eight  youthful  Chinamen  accom¬ 
panied  by  two  guardians  have  arrived  in  Spring- 
field,  .Mass.  They  left  China  on  June  13,  and 
San  Franclsoo  on  the  15  intant.  They  came  to 
this  country  to  be  educated,  and,  with  those  of 
their  countrymen  already  here  for  the  same 
purpose,  make  up  a  number  of  sixty  young 
Chinamen  pursuing  their  studies  in  the  United 
States.  They  will  not.  attend  any  regular  course 
at  college,  but  will  be  distributed  in  the  various 
towns  along  the  Connecticut  valley,  mainly  at 
Greenfield.  Northampton,  Holyoke,  Springfield. 
Hartford,  and  New  Haven. 

There  was  a  " fashionable  wedding"  in 
Washington,  recently,  which  has  some  elements 
of  novelty  about  It.  The  bridegroom  is  a  well- 
known  and  respected  colored  employe  of  the 
Government,  now  sixty-nine  years  old.  He  was 
born  a  slave  and  sold  under  the  hammer  live 
times,  and  finally  bought  himself  for  $1,500.  Ho 
has  a  beautiful  cottage  on  t  he  Potomac,  and 
tents  were  spread  on  tho  lawn  for  tho  guests 
1,500  of  whom  had  been  Invited.  Both  parties 
have  largo  families,  and  are  grandparents,  and 
both  are  highly  respected  In  Washington. 

i 


A  Christian  young  man  of  Hudson,  Mich.> 
whose  inamorata  declined  his  escort  home  from 
church,  revenged  himself  by  following  her  and 
expectorating  tobacco  juice  on  her  skirt,  playing 
the  juice  with  two  back  breadths  thereof;  for 
which  use  of  bis  quid  he  ha*  been  arrested  and 
put  In  quod,  where  his  Protestant  pastor  daily 
lectures  him  on  the  un-Gcntility  of  the  Chews. 

The  special  Commission  appointed  to  Inves¬ 
tigate  the  Irregularities  committed  by  t  he  Com¬ 
missioners  to  the  Vienna  Exposition  have  made 
their  report.  They  hold  General  Van  Burcn 
responsible  for  the  abuses  of  authority  com¬ 
mitted  by  bis  confidential  assistant,  and  regard 
the  management  generally  as  indicative  of 
carelessness,  Indifference  and  incapacity. 

Victor  Hugo  recently  addressed  an  eloquent, 
letter  to  the  Duke  do  Broglie,  in  which  he  urged 
the  release  of  Henri  Rochefort  on  account  of 
his  literary  eminence.  Tho  Duke  has  replied, 
declining  to  interfere  with  tho  course  of  jus¬ 
tice,  and  remarking  that  the  Intellectual  ability 
of  the  offender  only  serves  to  increase  his  re¬ 
sponsibility. 

THE  Shah,  it  appears,  has  tho  Oriental  prefer¬ 
ence  for  fat  women.  Being  shown  some  very 
adipose  cows  at  the  Home  Farm  at.  Windsor, 
he  asked  how  they  were  fed.  Being  told  that 
they  were  brought  into  this  plump  condition  by 
a  diet  of  oil  cake,  Ids  interest  was  at  once  ex¬ 
cited  and  he  said  to  his  Interpreter,  “  Ask  If  oil 
cake  is  good  for  wives.” 

The  Surveyor  General  of  Wyoming  Is  engaged 
in  surveying  the  streams  and  land  of  Colorado 
and  Wyoming  to  find  out  the  urea  they  are  ca¬ 
pable  of  Irrigating,  and  the  Californians,  who 
have  long  depended  upon  Irrigation  In  the  re¬ 
gions  south  of  San  Francisco,  arc  moving  for  a 
more  general  supply  of  water  by  artificial  means. 

The  Maine  Democrat  State  Convention  met 
at.  Portland  and  has  nominated  Joseph  Titcomb 
for  Governor.  Resolutions  were  adopted  fa-, 
voring  Free  Trade,  opposing  monopolies,  con¬ 
demning  the  Louisiana  usurpation,  and  the 
back-salary  bill,  and  demanding  redress  of  the 
wrongs  of  which  tin*  farmers  eomplatn. 

George  Odgkr,  the  noted  English  radical, 
who  has  been  repeatedly  nominated  for  Parlia¬ 
ment  as  the  working-man’s  eandiilnte  Init  has 
always  boen  unsuccessful,  has  boon  declared  a 
bankrupt.  The  debts  of  Mr.  Odgcr,  who  is 
described  aa  a  bootmaker  by  trade,  amount  to 
$4,860. 

The  Han  Francisco  Bulletin  says Tho  towns 
on  tho  shores  of  Puget  Pound  have  been  bidding 
high  for  the  terminus  of  the  Northern  Pacific 
Railroad.  It  has  finally  been  located  in  the 
little  village  of  Tacoma,  at  the  head  of  the 
Commencement  Bay,  about  thirty-four  miles 
northeast,  of  Olympia. 

Providence  Aug.  1. -Herman  K.  Hopps  of 
Wisconsin,  a  student  at  Newton  Theological 
Seminary,  was  drowned  at  Newport  beach  yes¬ 
terday.  His  betrothed  was  a  distracted  spec¬ 
tator  of  his  fate,  and  her  uncle  nearly  perished 
in  his  efforts  to  save  him. 

Stilt,  another  lawyer  has  brought  suit  against 
Mrs.  Fair  for  the  amount  of  ids  little  bill  for 
defending  her  in  the  Crittenden  business,  and, 
as  a  San  Francisco  paper  remarks,  it  would 
have  been  much  cheaper  for  her  to  have  been 
bung  on  the  first  verdict. 

Cardinal  Antonelli  has  addressed  a  com¬ 
munication  to  the  clergy  of  the  United  States, 
stating  that  the  Pope  is  deeply  affected  at  the 
manifestations  of  sympathy  he  receives  from 
Ills  children  in  that  distant,  land. 

Twenty-two  Chluedb  females  were  sold  at 
public  auction  In  the  Chinese  quarters  in  San 
Francisco  recently.  Young  girls  brought  as 
high  as  $450  each  and  middle-aged  and  old 
women  from  $200  to  $100. 

One  hundred  thousand  dollars  have  been 
guaranteed  to  Bates  College,  Lewiston,  Me.,  in 
order  to  secure  Benjamin  E.  Bates's  gift  of  the 
same  amount,  conditioned  on  an  equal  amount 
being  subscribed. 

George  N.  Sanders  died  very  suddenly  of 
heart  disease,  at  his  residence  in  Seventeenth 
street,  August  12,  In  the  sixty-second  year  of  his 
age.  Mr.  Handers  was  born  In  Lexington,  Ky., 
February  21,  1812. 

A  committee  of  the  Virginia  Educational  As¬ 
sociation  have  voted  that  while  arithmetic  Is  of 
large  practical  value  to  girls,  algebra  Is  not  of 
much  use  in  their  dally  life,  nor  is  It  Indispen¬ 
sable  as  discipline. 

The  petit  ion  of  Frank  Walworth  for  a  pardon 
has  already  been  handed  to  the  Governor  of 
New  York.  The  young  man  thinks  t.hata  month 
is  altogether  too  long  a  punishment  for  such  a 
light  offense  as  his. 

A  doctor  'of  Portsmouth,  N.  H„  wants  the 
custom  of  tolling  bells  for  funerals  discon¬ 
tinued.  It  has  a  depressing  effort  upon  the  sick, 
and  cannot,  prove  a  source  of  much  enjoyment 
to  the  departed. 

An  old  gentleman  of  Montreal  who  had  the* 
whole  el'  his  tongue  and  his  lower  jaw  removed 
some  months  ago,  not  only  eats  and  drinks 
with  easo  but  '•  articulates  so  as  to  be  un¬ 
derstood.’1. 

An  insane  patient  of  the  Lancaster  county 
(Penn.)  Hospital  secretly  twined  a  line  from  the 
leaves  of  a  peach  tree ;  it  was  over  300  feet  long, 
and  strong  enough  to  bear  the  weight  of  two 
men. 

The  good  people  of  ISay  City,  Mich.,  have 
made  up  their  minds  that  it’s  very  wrong  for 
any  one  to  get  sick  on  Sunday,  and  insist  on  the 
Sabbath  closure  of  druggists’  shops. 


A  guileless  New  Bedford  tippler  advertises 
his  intention  of  prosecuting  to  the  utmost  ex¬ 
tent.  of  the  law  any  one  who  shall  sell  or  give 
him,  or  to  any  one  for  him,  liquor  of  any  kind. 

The  sons  of  clergymen  of  every  denomination 
rcoclvc  tuition  free  at.  Center  College,  Danville, 
Ky.  The  same  is  accorded  also  to  all  young 
men  of  limited  means  and  good  character. 

Miss  Ltdia  Thompson  will  he  married  in 
London  on  the  28th  Inst,  to  Mr.  Alexander  Hen¬ 
derson,  for  years  her  business  manager,  and 
sails  for  this  country  on  the  31st.. 

The  Rural  Park  Seminary  at  Alton,  TIL,  which 
has  hitherto  been  merely  a  girl's  boarding- 
school,  has  been  transmogrified  Into  the  female 
department  of  Shurtleff  College. 

The  English  Government  proposes,  upon  the 
marriage  of  the  Duke  of  Edinburgh  with  the 
Grand  Duchess  Maria  of  Russia,  to  Increase  his 
yearly  allowance  to  $125,000. 

“  M.  E.  L.”  1*  the  last  novelty  in  college  de¬ 
grees,  and  it  Is  conferred  by  the  ladies’  semin¬ 
ary  at  Bordentown,  N.  J.  It  signifies  ‘‘Mis¬ 
tress  of  English  Literature." 

It  appears  that  Tccnmseh  is  to  have  his 
statue— on  Queenstown  Hlghts,  in  Canada.  The 
Inhabitants  of  Ontario  arc  tn  he  asked  to  give 
one.  cent  each  tn  pay  for  it. 

Thirty  lady  tax-payers  and  property-holders 
of  Ran  Francisco  have  formed  a  league,  and 
resolved  to  pay  no  taxes  until  they  shall  be 
recognized  as  citizens. 

The  Rev.  Newman  Hall  will  leave  Liverpool 
on  the  23d  of  August,  for  Ncwt  York.  He  will 
make  a  tour  of  the  United  States  before  return¬ 
ing  to  England. 

A  writer  in  The  Cincinnati  Gazette  notes 
that  Gen.  Butler's  wife  was  an  actress  in  her 
youth— a  Miss  Hildreth,  of  the  Cincinnati  Na¬ 
tional  Theater. 

The  Baltimore  millionaires  are  invited  to 
purchase  the  burned  district  and  present  it  to 
the  city  for  a  Central  City  Garden. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 


Appleton,  Win.,  Aug.  15.  Wo  aro  just  dos¬ 
ing  up  one  of  the  best  harvests  that  we  have 
had  In  ten  years.  Both  winter  and  spring  wheat 
are  extra  good  ;  oats  aud  hay  also.  We  shall 
succeed  In  saving  a  fair  crop  of  potatoes  from 
the  hugs.  Corn  promise*  an  average  crop.  The 
first  part  of  the  season  was  quite  wet,  so  that 
all  kinds  of  crops  cams  on  finely.  Lately  we 
have  had  fine,  dry  weather,  until  now  we  are 
beginning  t.n  wish  that.  M  would  rain.  Fruit 
prospects  very  poor.  Many  trees  were  killed 
and  others  more  or  less  injured  last,  winter; 
those  which  arc  left  alive  are  bearing  but  very 
little  fruit.  We  have  a  home  market,  anil  good 
prices  for  all  kinds  of  farm  and  garden  pro¬ 
duce. — E.  N. 

Wey  bridge,  Vt.,  Ang.  12. — Farmers  are  near¬ 
ly  all  through  haying.  The  crop  is  light,  though 
better  than  was  anticipated,  and  is  of  excellent 
quality.  Corn  is  backward  ;  potatoes,  a  small 
crop,  according  to  prospects;  grain,  about  an 
average  crop.— h.  b.  h. 

- 4  ♦» - 

DOMESTIC  NEWS. 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

The  police  have  no  right  to  forbid  armed 
recession*  .  On  the  llt.h  one  Ephraim  Stein- 
ardt  shot  his  employer,  one  SohonJunk,  in  a 
cigar  shop  on  Vescy  street;  lie  then  shot  him¬ 
self;  ”  family  troubles”. ..  .The  Eight-hour  law 

ih  a  failuri- . The  Excise  laws  are  beiug  well 

enforced  .  .The  new  city  prison  is  to  he  on  Ca¬ 
nal  street...  The  New  York  Yacht  Huh  Is  on 
its  summer  cruise  Witnesses  in  the  .Stoke* 
case  are  still  denied  their  liberty . The  noto¬ 

rious  Geo.  N.  Sanders  died  on  the  12th  .The 
police  force  is  to  he  increased  100  annually 
The  steamship  Arndt,  long  overdue,  hu*  arrived; 
she  lost  her  pnjjiellor  The  first,  bale  of  new 
cotton  has  arrived  .The  house  of  Platt  &?Boyd 
has  brought  a  suit  against  Special  Agent,  Jayne 
of  the  Custom  House  for  seizing  their  books  . . 
Joseph  Arch  of  the  English  National  Agricul¬ 
tural  Laborers’  t'nton  Is  expected  in  a  few  days 

. The  Controller  holds  that  the  new  Charter 

prohibits  the  payment  of  public  money  to  reli¬ 
gious  or  denominational  schools. . . .  JcrseyCity 
Is  t.o  have  great  new  depots  to  cost  $2,500.000 — 
The  coming  opera  season  will  bo  very  brilliant 
..  The  great,  storm  did  no  special  damage  in 

the  city . A  new  line  of  steamship*  is  to  be 

established  with  Venezuela _  10  families  of 

Mennonltes  have  arrived. 

Home  New*. 

Persecution  of  the  Chinese  In  California 
continues  ;  it  comes  from  whites  who  are  un¬ 
willing  to  work. . ..A  man  named  Woodson  lias 
shot  a  man  named  Barlow  In  Iowa  . .  Gov.  Dix 
ha*  vetoed  tho  new  Stale  Prison  bill  for  New 
York  .  Dr.  Dunn,  a  Deputy  U.  8.  Marshal,  has 

been  shot  in  Corinth,  Miss . The  President 

will  Interfere,  if  neodful,  on  behalf  of  the  Fort 
Gam'  prisoner*..  Indian  outrages  have  occurred 

in  Western  Texas . Oscar  Mill*,  an  assistant 

engineer  in  tho  U.  S.  Navy,  was  accidentally 
shot  at  Tunkbnmiook.  Pa.,  on  the  11th.  .  .It  is 

now  stated  that  65  lives  were  lost  by  the  Wawas- 

set  disaster . The  President  returns  tn  Long 

Branch  on  the  20th.  ..A  Democratic  convention 
In  Maine  has  pronounced  in  favor  of  fro*  trade 
....  There  wae  a  small  attendance  at  the  Iowa 
Ant  l-Moeopoiy  convention .  .Thu*  far  the  Post- 
Office  department  has  ordered  51,000,000  postal 
cards  The  heater*  in  a  Chicago  rolling  mill 
have  struck . .  .The  Knights  of  Pythias  have  had 

a  grand  parade  I ii  Boston . The  report  of  the 

H pedal  Commission  on  the  Vienna  scandal  has 
boon  rnocived  at  Washington  and  published; 
Gens.  Van  Huron  and  Mayer  are  charged  with 
receiving  money  Improperly;  tho  report  is  by 
no  means  satisfactory,  and  the  whoio  matter 

will  likely  come  hofore  Congress . Scranton, 

ha*  had  an  explosion  of  tire  damp  and  a 
terrible  thunder  storm,  with  a  loss  of  several 
lives...  The  discovery  of  largo  oil  wells  In  But¬ 
ler  Co.,  Pa.,  has  depressed  the  petroleum  mark¬ 
et.  American  railway  managers  aro  visiting No- 
1  va  Scotia.  Pennsylvania  Republicans  have  held 


a  convention  at  Harrisburg . The  Iowa  Anti- 

Monopoly  convention  has  nominated  a  full 
State  ticket  John  Bigelow  has  written  a  let¬ 
ter  against,  the  Philadelphia  Exposition  ..  The 
President  will  visit  the  White  Mountains.  Lake 
George  and  Saratoga  Gen.  DeHart  of  New 
Jersey  ha*  been  relieved  of  hlB  command  .The 
Indian  Liquor  law  is  to  be  enforced  It  is  pro¬ 
posed  to  Increase  the  National  Bank  currency 
$25.000, W0. . .  The  Wawasset  Inquiry  has  begun 
It  is  contemplated  to  increase  fire  insurance 

rates  in  Boston . Numerous  Indian  outrages 

are  reported _ Gen.  Spinner  has  written  a  let¬ 

ter  on  national  finance. 


Fire*. 

A  great  flra  broke  out  in  Portland,  Me.,  on 
the  9th,  burning  steamships,  elevators,  wbarfs, 
warehouses,  etc.;  loss,  $600,000;  I  wo  women  were 
burned  ..  Steam  pump  factory  In  Cincinnati  on 

tho  9th  ;  loss,  $21.000 _ The  losses  by  the  recent 

llre.s  on  Long  Island  amount  to  $500,000  .  On 

the  11th  there  was  a  $20,000  fire  at  Lake  City,  Fla 

_ Dwellings,  etc..  In  Elora.  Ont.,  on  the  9th; 

Id**,  $15,000..,.  Lumberyard  In  Minneapolis  on 
the  l(Hh  ;  loss,  $60,000  State  tobacco  ware¬ 
house  In  St.  Louis  on  the  11th  :  loss,  $20,000  _ 

Cordage  work*  nti  Park  street,  Boston,  on  the 
11th  ;  Toss,  $40,000  A  largo  brick  building,  170 
Center  street,  Now  York,  on  the  12th ;  loss,  $90,- 

000  . National  Hot  el,  stores,  etc.,  at  Catskiil, 

N.  Y.,  on  the  llt.h:  loss,  $75,000  ..  -  The  Whit¬ 
more  Mill  In  Dantelsonvlfle,  Conn.,  on  the  0th; 

loss,  $6,000 . Varnish  shop  at  Greeopoint,  N. 

Y.,  on  tho  13th  ;  loss,  $60,000 . City  Mills  in 

Quincy.  III., on  the  12t  h  ;  loss,  $60,000.  .MeDow- 
engh'a  Hall  In  Philadelphia  on  the  12th ;  loss, 
$10,000  Hardware  store  at  Wapello,  Iowa,  on 
on  the  15th  ;  loss,  $30,000. 


Obituary, 

H.  M.  W hittlesY  of  Gen.  Howard's  staff  en 
the  8th,  In  Washington.  C'ol.  J.  Htackpole, aged 

60,  In  Dover,  N.  H..  on  the  0th . Prof,  W.  W. 

Clark  of  Albany,  on  the  JOtli . Rev.  Dr.  Rich¬ 

ard  S.  Storrs  died  on  the  11th,  aged  86,  at  Brain¬ 
tree,  Mas* Col.  James  F.  Me  11  no,  tx  literary 

fentleman  of  some  repute,  died  in  Brooklyn,  Sr 
on  the  13th,  aged  60. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 


ffHaeellaneotia  Foreign  News. 

Thb  harvest  In  France  is  only  middling  thl 
year  ..  Carlisle  arc  concentrating  around  Bur¬ 
gos _ The  Good  Templars  of  England  are  ink¬ 

ing  action  against  the  use  of  tobacco  .  ..Car list* 
to  the  number  of  4,000  arc  marching  on  Borga. 
There  have  been  disturbances  In  Madrid.  The 
executive  right  of  pardon  has  been  abolished. 
Strangers  arc  leaving  Vienna,  and  visitors  de¬ 
crease  dally _ Gordon  Gordon,  tho  English  ad¬ 

venturer,  about  whom  tharo  has  been  some 
trouble  in  Canada,  ha*  fled  West.  Sir  George 
Jewel  ha*  become  the  English  Master  of  the 
Rolls  .Daniel  O'Donogliuu  ha*  been  made  Gov¬ 
ernor  of  Ceylon  .  The  Spanish  Cortes  will  take 
legal  proceeding*  against  it*  rebel  memhrrs. 
The  (roons  of  Contreras  have  been  dispersed  by 
the  Republic.  The  wife  of  Don  Carlo*  bas  join¬ 
ed  her  husband.  Austria  will  -end  a  squadron 

of  war  ships  to  Spain . Two  Irish  regiment* 

have  had  a  desperate  riot  at  Kildare  Tho  In¬ 
surrection  lu  Cuba  progresses. . The  town  of 

Christlanoplc.  In  Sweden,  has  been  destroyed  by 
lire..  An  English  vessel  which  landed  2,000 
rifle*  arid  40  horses  for  the  Carlisle,  has  been 
captured  by  tho  Spanish.  The  Spanish  Minister 
of  State  will  demand  the  extradition  of  Insur¬ 
gent  refugee*  In  foreign  lands  The  Carllsta  * 
have  captured  the  town  of  Vergara.  .  .The  Ca¬ 
nadian  Parliament,  ha*  closed  .  The  Count  do 
Chambord  will  take  up  hi*  residence  In  France 

_ The  Shall  has  sailed  from  Constantinople 

There  is  a  rumor  that  Met z  will  be  restored  to 
France.  The  Pone  has  sent,  a  letter  to  bis  dear 
children  in  America . The  R.  H.  ship  Canan¬ 

daigua  ii- at  Kingston,  Jamaica,  with  <0  of  hrr 
crew  sick  with  yellow  fever. .  The  Carllsta  are 
burning  Borga  . .  .The  Town  Hall  of  Leeds,  En¬ 
gland,  has  been  destroyed,  also  some  cotton, 
warehouses  in  Liverpool.  The  Americans  will 
receive  nine  of  the  highest  prize*  awarded  at 
Vienna.  They  will  also  get  60  medal*  in  the 
Machinery  department.  .1,000  rebel*  have  landed 
at  Alicante,  Spain  The  Cortes  will  call  out  80,- 
(XX)  reserve*.  Cartagena  Is  preparing  for  a  long 
struggle.  The  German*  will  holdthe  Iron  clads 
until  an  organized  Government  exist*  Benin 
has  been  captured  by  the Carlists  .The recent 
Interview  with  Bismarck,  published  in  Ameri-v 
can  papers,  1*  denounced  as  false . 800  Com¬ 

munists  are  marching  on  Portugal  ..  Brazil, 
Paraguay  and  the  Argentine  Republic  have 
signed  a  treaty  of  peace  .  (500  Imperialist*  have 
celebrated  Napoleon's  fete  day  at  Chlselhurst, 

- 44-4 - 

A  GRAND  VICTORY  OVER  EVERY  COM¬ 
PETITOR.  IN  THE  WORLD. 


The  following  Cable.  Dispatch  from  Vienna 
will  convey  the  glad  Intelligence  to  tho  world 
that  the  “  World  Renowned  Wilson  Hewing 
Machine,”  has  not  only  taken  all  of  (he  highest 
Award*  at.  Fairs  and  F,x positions  tn  the  United 
States,  but  (  hat  It  has  overwhelmingly  defeated 
every  Sewing  Machine  manufactured  In  tho 
World,  and  carried  off  the  first  Grand  Prize  at 
the  Vienna  Exposition : 

Vienna  Austria,  Aug.  15, 1873. 
To  W.  Q.  Wilson,  President  Wilson  Sewing 
Machine  Company,  Cleveland,  Ohio  : 

"The  Wilson  Shuttle  Sewing  Machine  was 
awarded  the  Grand  Prize  at  the  Vienna  Expo¬ 
sition  for  being  the  heat  Serving  Machine." 

Raynor. 

- - 44-0 - - 

SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 


To  the  Editor  of  (he  Rural  New  Yorker:—  I 
have  but  a  word  to  say  In  regard  to  the  com¬ 
munication  purpertiug  to  be  a  reply  to  my  card 
published  in  your  columns.  I  call  attention  to 
the  fact  that  It.  la  anonymous,  while  at  the  same 
time  so  contrived  as  to  deceive  the  public  into 
the  impression  that  It  is  signed  by  the  Trustees 
of  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company.  It  is 
dated  as  from  the  office  of  that  Company, and  1* 
so  arranged  as  to  bring  In  the  names  of  the 
Trustees  at  tho  usual  place  for  signature.  Hal¬ 
ing  exposed  tho  deceit  lu  this  respect,  1  do  not 
consider  that  tho  article,  without  signature, 
requires  any  further  notice  at  my  hands,  as  it 
does  not  undertake  to  specifically  answer  any 
statement  of  facts  made  by  me,  but  onlyreiter- 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


ates  Mr.  Winston’s  stereotyped  certificates  of 
character  procured  from  indulgent  friends. 

Sheppard  Homans, 

251  Broadway. 

New  York,  August  2d,  1873. 


Wheat,  Mil.,  No.  2 . fl.fi30tl.6ft 

do.  1 .  1.600  1.68 

Chicaao,  No.  2. . 1.450  1.50 

Rad  Western... . .  l.-tSoe  1.58 

Amber  do . . .  .  1.S30  1.(52 

White .  1.556*  1.80 

Rye,  Western .  93c.®v(c. 

Barley  malt,  Canada  West .  1.25®  1.36 

Corn,  Steamer . . .  ..54%a(!i)57o. 

Sail . 5UMU.®y,k3. 

White .  TtUu-uXrto. 

Southern .  Oilc.Oifilc. 

Oats,  Western  mixed . 4lc.6ot5o. 

White .  49c.(u)58c. 

Huy  and  Straw.  -'I'horo  is  an  Increased  supply 
Of  new,  aud  with  the  rainy  weulbor  bearing  against 
trade,  prices  rule  weak. 

I  |We  quote:  Iluy  u  t  $ !8<ii.32  uor  ton  for  prime ;  $22<»j2(5 
for  good;  $lhft#2U  for  best  shipping;  $15010  for  com¬ 
mon  do.;  $18019  for  clover;  $Lks)P>  tor  long  rye  straw; 
$13015  for  out. 

Ilups.  -There  is  more  disposition  to  realise,  a«  we 
are  close  upon  the  period  ror  supplies  ol'  the  new 
crop.  Old  Imps  uro  held  with  must  show  of  strength, 
ns  they  ure  In  small  supply,  hut  lust  year's  hops  are 
freely  offered  at  current  pricy*.  The  reports  from 
the  new  crop  are  stilt  conflicting. 

New  Yorks,  growth  1872,  40015c.;  Kustern .  growth 
1872,  35046a. ;  Western,  growths  1872  ,  35o«ltie. ;  Olds, 
growth  1870,  10©l8e.:  Old  Olds,  growth  I8tiS  mid  1881), 
8015c. ;  Bavaria",  4Q045C,;  English,  30086c, ;  (ielglan, 
25030c.;  Californian,  I7w62c. 

Pen  nut*.  There  Is  a  still  an  active  trade,  and 
strong  prices  ruling  The  quotations  arc  $202.10  for 
Tennessee;  $2.9003.35 for  Virginia;  $2e>2.50  for  WII- 
tukugion. 

Poultry  mill  4  Dime.  Fowls  have  arrived  heavily 
from  the  West,  und  prices  are  easy.  Chickens  are  In 
good  supply,  hut  the  demand  hi  Improved,  and  they 
arc.  somewhat  higher.  Turkeys  unchanged.  Very 
little  dressed  stock  come  forward,  Wo  quote  live 
chickens,  18010c.  for  Western  and  30021c.  for  noar 
points.  Fowls,  10017c.  Turkeys.  Ill's  170.  Geese,  West¬ 
ern,  P  pair,  $1.7602.  intcks,  N.  .1.,  fiiiqtsOo.;  young,  tie., 
thui  1.12.  Ha  mu  Is  source;  grouse  and  partridges  will 
not  b<9  publicly  1 1 (fared  until  after  Sopt.  1st-  Wood¬ 
cock  stead  v  al.  il.iurml  f>()  V  pair;  HI  ate.  $1.20,  und  fl.W 
for  Western.  Wild  pigeons  nominal  at  23,25,  and  *3.30 
for  stiill-fud. 

Pro  vision*.  —The  light  supplies  of  pork  have  been 
stcudlly  drawn  upon  by  shippers,  anil  further  ad¬ 
vanced  price*  arc  made,  l.ard  Is  hard  to  soli  at  lower 
prices,  liacon  has  been  quiet. 

rieof  hams -choice  Western,  *27(5.30 ;  Texas  prime, 
$15028.;  du.  fair  lota,  $18024.  i.uril,  8 He.  for  Western 
sUiiiij  nn  spot:  8%c.  for  August;  8  il-ttic.  for  Sept.; 
s  l l-IUgihlfo.  for  Oct.  Long  dear,  8X0.!  Mtaurt.  dear. 
‘.We.;  short,  rib.  909%C.  Moss  pork,  $18.2tK«dH.  0,  spot; 
*18.25  for  Aug.;  Western  prime  uiess  at  $1)1,25017.511. 
Dressed  liogs,  city,  6%07'io,  eminent*  ore  soiling  at 
l  tile,  fur  hums,  loose  ;  8)«,'c.  ror  shoulders.  loose;  7.'4 
0)  )%c.  fur  pickled  bullies,  loose.  Hexed  dry-salted 
shoulders,  8!4c,  Smoked  meat'  at  for  loose 

hams,  U%09%c.  forloogeshou  is.  Tallow  at 8J<n.  l<>r 
prime  stock.  Reef,  selling  lit  $9011.75  for  barreled 
new  plain  mess,  $13013.51)  for  extra  mess.  Tierced 
beef  at  $21026  ror  new  India  mess,  $21<n)2*l  for  new 
extra  India  me*»,  and  1 10® 2 If  or  new  prime  mesa. 

Soeila.— The  light  arrival*  of  now  crop  flaxseed 
were  placed  at  12,10.  (Hover  Is  quoted  at  8%09.  Tim¬ 
othy  line  been  sold  freely  at  $4.50. 

Tobacco.  —There  Is  a  very  rair  shipping  trade, and 
a  modern  tidy  active  local  busiueaa,  suiUclent  to  create 
a  very  stoutly  range  of  prices. 

QUOTATIONS — NEW  CROP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

Lugs .  7  («i  “Kc.  7%@  7%c. 

Good  do.  ...  T%0  *%c.  7%@  8%e. 

Common  to  medium  leaf.  83$®  9%u-  9  0  10%c. 

Good  uu,  ..10  ut  lUXe.  11  0  12 

Fine  do.  ..11  <•<>  13  e.  12%0  13  e. 

Selection* . 18%0  13  e.  1334®  15 

SEKlJLEAF  CHOP  OP  1871. 

Connecticut  and  MuKimcbuseU*  tiller* . II  07)  VI  c. 

second* . ...13  OH  25  C. 

wrapper* . . . 40  0  55  o. 

selections . DO  0  75  c. 

Now  York  Oilers .  10  («i  11  u. 

wrappers . . 1H  to  35  c. 

assorted  lot* . 11  to  14  C. 

Fennsylvania  Oiler* . 12  0  14  c. 

wrappers . 22  to  60  o. 

assorted  luts. . . 18  fit  25  c. 

Ohio  tillers . II  to  H  c. 

wrappers . . . IK  0  35  c. 

assorted  lots . 9%0  12  C. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots... .  8  to  8  c. 

VcgonililcN.— Potatoes  have  been  hurried  in  from 
the  various  adjacent  points,  ami  I  liny  ruled  low  up  to 
the  seven*  ralu  Storm.  Quotation*  *bow  an  advance 
Of  60c.  F  bbt.  since  last  Tuesday  ;  Early  Rose. $308.36. 
Sweet  potatoes  live  arriving,  and  sell  well  ut  $800.50 
fur  Virginia  and  $7®. .50  for  Delaware.  Tomatoes  are 
doing  better,  us  the  shipping  demand  is  again  rushing 
on  tin  b  string  henna,  23.50  p  hug. 

KiihkIii  turnips,  il,HJ  v  hbl.  Onion*  are  lojvor,  with  a 
good  supply  of  State  red  ;  $3.5004  for  new , $4  >00(35  for 
yellow.  There  ha*  been  a  steady  supply  of  yellow 
from  Portugal  up  to  last  week  ;  there  Is  now  no  room 
for  foreign  Llrnu  lioant,  gl,2o®).M>  <t  bushel.  Kg a 
plant*,  IhnatO  V  1181.  Hoots,  F  100  belts,,  $20a!bo.  Mai-, 
row  squash,  75o.iiv$  1.25  V  hbl. 

WliiuUy— Is  D  scarce  and  higher,  Wostern  selling 

ut  $1. 

Wool.— There  has  been  uu  active  movement,  In 
fleece*,  manufacturer*  buying  quite  freely,  and  hold- 
or*  encouraged  by  the  tone  or  the  Western  market* 
very  contldeut  In  their  views. 

We  quote:  ohm  fleece*,  extra,  60®  32c.;  do.  medium 
and  coaree,  4O04(ie,;  N.  v.and  Mich,  fleeces,  extra,  IK 
©19c.;  do.  mixed  lota,  45c.;  do.  medium  to  coarse,  41® 
44o.;  lud.  and  WD.  fleeces,  extra,  iswi'Jo.i  no.  course 
aud  uiedluiu,  41®, lie.  Texas  at  .tl083o.  for  line,  V/xai 
32c.  for  mixed.  Pulled  at  42(8480,  for  extra.  Latest 
sale*  are  of  Texas  28031c.;  burry  unwashed  fleeces, 
27 Ho, I  No.  I  pulled,  25c.;  Ohio  fleeces,  .Me.;  Western 
do.,  17e.:  blueli  Utah,  30c.;  slight  hurry  California 
spring,  '-!(!%<!.;  (hi.,  Me.;  Ohio  flood**  No.  1, 480500,; 
•Mich,  do.,  tooiHTHc.;  Ohio,  48050c.,  and  X  Michigan  at 
4l5047%e. 

Itocil  ESTER,  Aug,  14.  —  Flour,  steady  and 
flrui;  $8.7609  for  rod  and  amber  winter  and  $11)  for 
white.  Wheat  I*  Arm.  with  light  offerings;  $1,000 
l.*15  tor  red  Winter  ,$1.71x5)1.80  for  white.  Oats,  5lka>51c. 
Rutter,  2l024u.  Eggs,  17®lUu.  New  apples  are  In 
market  at  itkaotc.  ?  Imsh.  Potatoes,  6O0)Wc.  4»  bush. 
Tonuitoo*,  $202,00  V  bush.  Cabbages,  8®I2c.  V  head. 
Green  oorn,  10c.  F  dor,.  The  wool  market  is  mure 
active,  and  some  of  the  new  clip  is  selling  at  36@40c. 
F  tb.  Hav  Is  scarce  at  $2202)5  v  ton. 


New  York,  August  16, 1873. 

BecveH.— Trade  was  small  and  slow  In  horned  cat¬ 
tle  last  Wednesday,  and  price*  ranged  from  7®12%c. 

F  ft.;  weight*.  50*%  ewt.,  on  c<5®hs  ft.  to  the  cwt.,  net. 
The  severity  of  the  weather  on  Thursday  fortinoon 
did  not  prevent  sale*  from  being  effect  ed,  The  mar¬ 
ket  however,  wore  slow  aud  prices  ranged  Dorn  6%<S 
®12J4c,;  wtdghls.  lHi'iK  owt.,  on  51ii67  tt>.  to  the  uwt., 
noL  Friday,  trade  bad  le**  life  In  it  than  th«  previ¬ 
ous  ilu v.  hitters  *old  from  tlHt*tl3Hc.,  weight*,  iy,tuiA 
ewt.  '('he  quality  of  of  tl)o  herds  to  baud  >s  far  be¬ 
low  whar  I*  needed  for  the  city  Dade,  aud  the  chief 
part  of  them  being  Mannish  tatUn,  hul.eherf  cannot 
afford  to  buy  to  store  feed,  a*  fever  amt  Mtiuuiah  rat¬ 
tle  are  well  known  to  go  together.  During  the  past 
week  Cherokee  steers,  average  weights  (H  ewt.  V  i 
head,  sold  at  tiHc.  Texan,  do.  *5  ewt.,B<a!ie.;  do.,  do.,  7  i 


For  sale  at  the  RtrnAL  Nkw-Yokkrk  Office,  No.  6 
Bookman  St.,  New  York,  or  sent  by  mail,  post¬ 
paid,  on  receipt  of  price: 

Willard’*  Practical  Dairy  lltinbandry 
Ijusl  Ittimll . . . $3  00 

Alleu’s  (L.  F.l  American  Cattle .  2  DO 

Du.  New  Amerlcun  Farm  Book .  2  60 

Do.  Disnusn*  of  Duurcstlc  Animal*.. .  I  DO 

Dn.  Rural  Architecture . . .  1  50 

American  Bird  Fancier . x . . . .  30 

American  Pomology  (2D0  llluntratlons)  Warder.  .  3  00 

American  Practical  Cuokary . . .  175 

American  Rose  Pulturlrl . 30 

American  Standard  Of  Kxenllcnce  In  Poultry..  60 

American  Wheal  Lultutlst t'l'oddl  .  2  no 

Architecture,  National  lOeu.  W.  Wood  ward).. ...  12  00 

Atwood's  Coitutry  and  Suburhau  Houses .  I  50 

Hurry's  Fruit  Gurdun  (now  edition) .  2  50 

lino  keeper*’  Text  llonk,  Paper,  4btv,  Cloth .  76 

Burnout/*  Rabbit  Fancier .  30 

Bickueirs  Village  Builder  (65  Plato*,  showing 

New  and  Practical  Designs) .  . 10  00 

Mominer's  Method  of  Making  Mauurus .  25 

Brack's  Book  of  Flowers  (new) .  I  75 

llrldgemau's  Gardener's  Assistant .  2  60 

Mmst's  Family  Kitchen  Gardener,...........,,,..  I  00 

Do.  Flower  Garden .  . . . .  1  50 

Carpentry  Made  HVsy  i.uew) .  6  00 

Chemistry  of  the  Farm  rNlabols) .  I  26 

Chorlton’s  Grape  Grower’*  Guido .  76 

Older  Miilior’s  .Manual .  .  1  50 

Clutor's  Now  III.  Cuttle  Doctor, colored  plates...  6  00 

Coldiett'H  American  Gardener .  75 

Cole’s  American  Fruit  Book  . .  75 

Cole'*  Aiuerlcnn  Veterinarian .  75 

(liitlon  Culture  il.yman  »,/ .  1  60 

Crank  Shot  I  Burlier). . . . .  1  75 

Cranberry  Culture  t.l. . I,  White) .  1  26 

Dadd's  American  Cattle  Doctor . .  1  50 

Do  Modern  Uor*e  Doctor.... .  1  50 

liana'*  Muck  Manual .  1  '25 

Darwin’s  Variations  of  Animals  und  Plants .  6  00 

Dead  Mhot;  or.  Hportman’s  Complete  Guide .  1  75 

Downing'*  Fruits  and  Fruit  Trees  of  America. 

(lion  pp.) .  5  (X) 

Do.  Rural  Essays. . .  3  60 

Drainage  lor  i'rollt  and  Health .  1  60 

Dyer  and  Color  Maker'*  Companion., . .  1  25 

Kufttwuud'a  Cranberry  Culture.. . 76 

Kind's  La  wn  and  Shade  Trees. .  i  60 

Everybody's  Lawyer.... .  2  00 

Every  Woman  Her  Own  Flower  Gardener  (new). 

paper, h(lo.;  doth . 100 

Farm  Drainage  ill.  F.  French).... .  1  50 

Fuffp  Implement*  and  Machinery  (.1.  .1.  Tlmnius)  1  50 

Field's  P«ar  Culture .  I  ‘26 

Fishing  In  Amentum  Waters  (Heott) .  3  60 

Flint  nn  U.russes .  2  50 

Du.  Mllclt  Cows  and  Dairy  Farming .  2  50 

Forest  Tree*  (Brvant) . . .  1  no 

Frank  Forrester’s  Field  Sports  (2  vola.) .  1)  00 

Do.  Fish  and  Fishing  (l(HI  engravings) . .  6  00 

Do.  (Manual  for  Young  Sportsmen  . .  3  00 

Fuller's  Illustrated  Strawberry  Cuiiurist .  20 

Do.  Forest  Tree  Culturlai . .  1  50 

Do.  Small  Fruit*  (I  II  list  rated) . .  1  50 

Fulton's  Peiteh  Vulture.  A  Hand-ltook  and 

Guide  to  lOvery  Planter  ..  . .  150 

Gardening  for  Prollt  (P.  Henderson) .  I  50 

Gardening  for  the  South  (While's) .  2  U0 

Grape  Culturlai  (A.  s.  Fuller) . . .  1  60 

Gray's  Manual  or  Botany  and  Lesson* .  8  00 

Do.  School  ami  Field  Hook  of  Kotanv  . .  2  50 

DO.  How  Plant*  Grow  (WKJ  illuslrntlons). . .  .  I  12 

Do.  Introduction  to  Structural  uu  I  Systematic 
Butaiiv  and  Vegetable  Physiology  (1,300  lllus.).  3  50 

Guuiiori  on  Milch  Cows  ...,, .  75 

Gun,  Rod  and  Huddle  . .  1  60 

Harney’s  Barn*,  Outbuildings  and  Fences, . 10  00 

Harris  on  Insects . .  4  00 

Do.  on  the  Pig  Breeding,  Management,  Ac .  1  50 

llattlold’a  American  House  Carpenter  . . .  3  60 

Hint*  to  Horse  Keeper*  (Herbert’s) .  1  76 

High  Funning  without  Manure... .  35 

Holly’s  Art  or  Muw-Fillng . .  76 

Holly’s  Carpenter's  Hand  Book  (new) . .  7b 

Hooper’*  Dog  and  Gun  .  . . .  30 

Hoop**’  Boo*  of  Evergreen* . . .  3  00 

Hop  (lu I  tli re . . .  40 

Iluw  Crops  Feed..... .  2  oo 

Ilnw  Crops  Grow . . .  2  00 

Muulur  and  Trapper . . . . .  1  00 

Husmunn'*  Grapes  and  Wine . . .  I  50 

Indian  Corn:  Its  Ifulite.  Culture  and  Llsea .  I  60 

Jeuulug*  ou  Cattle  and  their  Disease* .  1  76 

Dg.  Horse  and  his  Diseases .  1  76 

'k>.  Horse  Training  Made  Easy . . .  1  25 

Do,4)Unaa,  Swine  and  Poultry. .  1  76 

Johnston'*  Agricultural  Chemistry .  I  75 

Du,  Elements  Agricultural  Chemistry . .  1  50 

Kemp's  Landscape  Gardening .  2  60 

Luiigstroih  on  the  Hive  mid  Honey  Bee.., .  2  00 

Lewis’  Aruorlcao  Sportsman . .  2  76 

Lightning  Rod*,  and  How  to  Construct  Thom, 

by  John  Phln .  26 

Manual  on  Flax  and  Heiup  Culture .  23 

Manual  of  Tohar.cn  Cult  uro . . .  26 

Mason'*  Furrier  and  Stud  Book . . . .  1  50 

Muyhew'a  Illustrated  Horse  Management.......  3  18) 

Do.  Illtislraled  Horne  Doctor . . .  3  00 

Mechanic's  ( 'itiniimUon  (Nicholson) .  3  1)0 

Mechanic*  for  Millwrights,  Machinists  and  others  1  60 

Miles  on  Horse’s  Foot  (cloth). . . .  76 

Modern  Cookery  (by  Miss  Acton  und  Mrs.  8.  J. 

Hale) . .  ...  |  75 

McClure'*  Discuses  of  Horse.  Cattle  aud  Sheep.  2  U0 

Mujioy  In  the  Garden,  by  P.  T.  Qutnu .  I  60 

Norris'  Fish  Culture .  1  76 

Norton's  EleuieuLs  Suluntltlc  Agriculture .  76 

Oiilun  Culture .  20 

Our  Farm  of  Four  Acre*  .  30 

Purdee  on  Strawberry  Culture .  75 

Parsons  on  the  Rose . . .  1  25 

Pear  Culture  for  Front  (P.  T,  Quinn) . .  X  00 

Pydder’s  Lund  Measuru  ....  .  00 

Practical  and  Soleutlflu  Fruit  Culture  ( Baker).. .  4  00 

Practical  F’loi  iuuUure  (P.  Henderson) . .  1  50 

Practical  Poultry  Keeper  !L.  Wright) .  2  00 

Practical  Shepherd  (Randall) . . .  .  2  00 

Qumhy'*  Mvsterle*  of  Bee  Keeping .  1  50 

Quincy  on  soiling  Cattle .  125 

Uundiill's  Flue  Wool  Sheep  11  ushandry . . .  1  00 

Do.  Slump  Husbandry  In  the  . . . .  1  50 

Richardson  on  the  Dog.. .  .  30 

oaunders  Domestic  Pouliry . .  40 

Sohnnck's  uurdenars’  Text-uook  ...  . .  76 

Kcrtbaer'*  Produce  Table* .  30 

Do.  Heady  Reckoner  and  Log  Book,.... .  30 

Hiuiuhou  -  Horse- Portraiture — Breeding,  Rear¬ 
ing  and  Training  Trotter* . . .  2  60 

Six  Hundred  ilceipti*..,*. .  1  75 

Skeleton  Leave*..  . .  2  (X) 

Skillful  Housewife.,... . . .  76 

.Slack's  Trunt  Culture  (new) . . .  1  60 

Stewart'*  (John)  Stacie  Book  .  1  50 

Tegouneier's  Poultry  Book  (colored  plate*), ... .  1)00 

TegeliueUr’*  Pigeon  Book  (colored  plutes) .  6  00 

Ton  Acres  Enough  . . .  1  50 

(The  Boston  Machinist  (Fitzgerald).. .  75 

A’he  Dog  (b?  Dinks,  Muyhew  and  llutohlnson). .  3  011 

The  Dog  tuew) . . .  2  50 

The  Horse \8louelienge).  8vu.,  IQS  p  '  .  3  50 

The  Mule  (Riley1  A  Traatisp  on  the  Breeding 


The  Improved  (Jniver*al  Clothes  Wringer, 
with  its  new  malleable  iron  folding  clamps,  for 
fastening  It  to  a  tub  or  box,  is  the  neatest,  most 
compact  and  durable  Wringer  ever  made. 


Instead  of  BITTER  use  SWEET  QUININE 


cwt..'  t0K®11c.;  Missouri  do.. VS  ewl„  I  Roll \r„  do., 
do,,8H  cwt.,  1IY®I2/Vc.;  coarse  Kentucky  da.. 8  cwt., 
1114012c.;  Illinois  do.,  W4  cwt..  WJ4a,:  uu.,  ao.,  7®h 
ewt.,  11.S®  12)4o  F  ft. 

ill ilfli  tows.—1 There  was  a  heavy  run  of  milch 
cows  on  lust  Wednesday,  and  Immediately  prices  fell; 
only  a  few  sains  were  effected.  These  ranged  from 
$2’.'  to  165  t*  head.  Ho  trade  continued  Up  to  date. 
Quality  of  the  anlmuls  to  hand  from  poor  to  fair. 

^Vealo.—  Salon  of  veals  were  slow  last  Wednesday, 
when  lot# Of  smooth  ouuhiy  veals  sold  XroUi  flwHVft. 
e  lb.;  grass  calve*  $5®i  V  head.  Thursday  trade  im¬ 
proved.  Smooth  quality  veals  Hold  from  7V,('v0kc.  P 
n,.;  unor  quality,  fxi«7o.;  grass  calves,  y  hekd. 
Spoolul  sains  were  State  veals,  average  weight  139  ft. 
F  bead.  Ho.  V  ft.,  do.,  do.,  160  ft.,  9o.  PeniiBylvanlu 
veals,  140  Its.,  9®»)4o. 

Sheep  und  Lnnibh.  VVodnesday  last  sheep  sold 
In  selected  lid*  at  .'lYirtliUc.  t>  ft.,  and  in  lurgu  lot*.  6:4 
(giJKe.  Lambs, 7®8c.  Thursday,  sheep  sold  at  -'S"" 
liKc.  p  ft.;  lambs,  7k®9RC.  I'Tlday  sheep  sold  in 
large  lota  from  6y®t’,Ve.  P  ft.;  lambs,  8®w)4.  Trade 
bus  been  generally  fair.  Special  sale*  were  10  tol- 
lows:  State  Bheep,  average  weight  H9  its.  F  head, 
sold  at  i?i)C.  ¥  ft,;  00.,  do.,  770^  ft*.  Ohio,  do.,  F« 

fts.,  OMOoWO.;  Oatuida,  do^  100  ft*.,  flc.;  Canada  lambs, 
average  weight,  66  ft*.  W  head,  »ohl  at  7 Ve.  (3  ft.; 
Etatu  do.,  M  ft*.,  Se.;  Jersey  do..  03  fts.,  8c. 

IlogH.  The  cool  weather  of  Wednesday  last,  1.0 
gather  with  u  light  rUD  of  hogs.  Unproved  the  trade 
in  some  011  thul  forenoon.  Live  hogs  were  Worth 
p  ft.,  wltli  one  lot  of  Ohio  hogs  wold  ut 
above  to  highest,  rate;  ulty  dressed, BKGoTRc.  Thurs¬ 
day  live  hogs  were  worth  6,S®5J(c. ;  city  dressed. 
uS(»7‘Vo.  Friday  trade  fell  on  a  fresh  supply  of 
Western  hog*.  Live  hogs  were  nominal  at  6)4®5)j,c.; 
city  dressed.  tD4®TMO< 

1 1  o roe  illurUet.— Tradd  In  horse*  continue*  little 
more  than  nominal.  The  following  sale*  wore  forced 
ull  ill  auction  Eight  head  of  poor  quality  working 
horse*  sold  from  $1»6®9H  V  bond  :  22  head  of  ordinary 
light,  harness  horses,  <UKkii)226  P  head ,  9  head  of  some, 
$1)1003*0  P  head ;  one  puny,  $UJ0j  one  brougham 
horse,  $2121 ;  one  trotter.  *805.  117  horse*  arrived  per 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


NEW  YORK,  Monday,  Aug.  18, 1873. 

Receipts.— The  receipts  of  the  principal  kind*  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  as  follows : 

Dried  Fruit*,  pkgs.  249  Cotton,  bale* . 8,010 

Egg*,  bbla .  6,220  Hops,  bale* .  52 

Flour,  bbls .  52,500  Penult  la,  bug*.. .....  1,(20 

Wheat,  bush.......  605,600  Cut  meats,  pkga....  1,719 

Corn,  huvh . 1,018,500  Pork,  bbls .  739 

Oats,  bosh...., .  260,00)  Beet,  pkga .  50 

Kye.  bush .  — —  I  gird,  pkg* .  2,tl65 

Barley,  hush .  —  Butter,  pkg* .  23,110 

Malt.  bush..........  15,800  f’lieese,  pkr.s.. . .....  08,200 

Beaus,  push .  3,ffT0  Wool,  bales . .  0,340 

Corn  mem,  bbla... -  l.iril)  (»ni*s  seed,  bush.. .  — 

corn  meal,  bag*...  8,860  Dressed  Hogs.  No-  — 

ReniiM  and  Pena.— There  Is  a  strong  market  with 
light  receipt*.  The  quotations  are:— Fur  prime  pea 
beans,  $2.'JiSai3 ;  do.  fair  lot*  down  to  $2.40;  pilin'  me¬ 
diums,  93.8002.1)0;  do.  fair  lot*  down  to $2.00 ;  p:lme 
mum,wl'!i  ts,$8.15(><.3.20:  do.  fair  lots,  $2.80;  prime  kid¬ 
ney,  f-'.'W'-.vO;  do.  fair  lots,  $2.50;  prime  red  kidney, 
$4.5i«-)6.0Q ;  Peus  uro  quiet  ut  93®u5c.  for  Canada, 
In  bulk. 

Beeswax.— Prime  lot*  ore  wanted  at  83J4033C.  for 
We.'tern  and  84®8&Q.  for  Southern. 

Butter.— The  market  I*  without  special  chango. 
So  long  us  dealers  can  )ioep  the  current  of  business  a* 
brisk  as  it  Is.  the  summer's  trade  will  prove  Very  sat¬ 
is  factory.  Slate  butter  has  ruled  extremely  Arm  and. 
with  strong  price*  *0  general,  tha  market  rntu.ll era 
and  Home  ordinary  grocery  trade  are  upending  rathor 
more  time  lu  hunting  up  Western.  For  Western 
when  the  grade  1*  equal  to  good  table  use  tuere  is  a 
quick  sale  and  25c.  lu  paid  for  some  very  utlruelivu 
qualities  of  Michigan.  Receipt*  uni  very  liberal  but 
the  inorcuao  of  uonsuiuptton  t*  very  perceptible  as 
the  surplus  which  goes  into  store  1*  not  oppressive. 
Fancy  atatu  and  tine  pulls  are  selling  readily  a)  fell 
quotation*.  Welsh  tuba  have  been  worked  up  rather 
high  to  move  them  briskly.  The  difference  between 
them  arid  good  Htutu  half  tub*  or  flrkln.s  und  useful 
Western  l»  not  advantageous  enough  to  Induce  pur¬ 
chaser..  to  pay  28029c.,  which  price  they  were  put  at 
when  the  market  showed  It*  late  strength.  The 
quotations  ate:— Faney  1 ) range  Co. palls,  SJkgiHSi:.;  good 
palls,  28(,i31c,j  off  in  flavor  ami  common,  836*360.; 
Htllto  hall  1  uhs  and  llrkins  iu  lines,  ale*, Me.,  Uial  33c. 
for  selections;  other  grades  of  State  for  which  there 
la  little  demand.  24o*2ic,;  Welsh  tub*,  choice,  27®2-ic.; 
other,  23c,<j'I5o.;  line  Western,  31<V«28c.  In  lot*,  24 (A, 25c, 
for  selections;  good  West  era  ly.j/lOc.;  low  grades, 
15017. 

Broom  Corn.— Stocks  are  very  light  and  strong 
prices  rule.  Lung,  green  hurl,  prime  to  choice,  llte  12c,; 
short  and  medium  brush,  idiolee green, StilOo.  Medium 
qualities,  rcil-llppcd.  5OH0-;  (umnidu  qualities,  red, 
court*  aud  »tommy,  to  I  He. 

Cotton  -Hus  been  very  weak  with  a  pressure  to 
sell  spot  lot  .and  much  lower  prices  uoeepted  In  In¬ 
stance*  for  the  low  grade*.  We  quote  spot  cotton  : 

llulmul,.  Alnbtma.  N*w  Or k, tin  Tom. 

Ordinary . .  14«  ll><  14)4  U>4 

Good  Ordinary .  lllK  1ISK  l«y  1«Y 

Strict  Good  Ordinary.  17h  17%  17 K  17% 

Low  Miililllug .  18%  18%  19%  19% 

Middling . . .  2D  20  20%  20% 

Good  Middling.  .  21%  21%  22  22 

Chec»e.-T!ic  arrivals  have  been  closely  worked 
up,  hut  It  has  been  necessary  to  yield  a  trifle  In  price. 
There  has  been  a  scarcity  of  strrctly  choice  stock, 
and  13%e,  is  reached  for  such  lots,  but  what  maybe 
called  line  is  selling  ut  13c.,  shippers  generally  scour¬ 
ing  their  supplies  at  this  price.  Receipt*  of  stock 
have  been  quite  moderate.  Export*  for  the  week, 
6y,(XKi  boxes. 

Fine  and  choice  factory,  18tv«13kc. ;  do.  good  to 
prime,  12(*il3o.;  do.  fair  lots,  lie.;  Slate  fa'in  iluiry, 
good  to  prime,  ll%fjtl2e.;  do.  fair  lots,  l(l%ia/U)4c.;  do. 
skimmed,  (ggduc.;  Western, Hum cheddor,  f26'jl2)4c.i  do. 
good  tint,  I.''ii»l2%c.;  do.  fair  lots,  lie.;  do.  Hklmmed, 
5%7c.,  English  dull},  H%(.gl3%c. 

Dried  FruiCa.  —  There  has  been  a  more  quiet 
feeling,  owing  to  the  high  price*  reached.  Shippers 
are  purchasing  a  few  lots  of  coarse  grades. 

Apples,  Southern,  arc  quoted  at  5%GH%c.;  Slate 
8HcedrS%®9c.‘  do.,  qrs., H%(,s9(i.;  Western, ll%c.  Black¬ 
berries,  10® lie.  Peded  poaches,  prime  Georgia  und 
North  Carolina,  tFa)18o.;  onpeeled.,  S%fa)9c.  for  lialvcs 
and  7c.  fur  quarters.  Pitted  cliorncs,  2l®2,V(.  for 
State  and  Southern  old,  und  26<u)2ii«.  for  now.  Ila»p- 
berries,  new,  31c. 

Egg*.— A  material  advance  In  price*  1*  noted,  the 
demand  having  been  quite  active,  and  the  receipts  i  f 
stock  small.  Sale*  at  22c.  for  Western  and  2;ki*2;>e.  for 
near  point  lota. 

Ploiir.— Supplies  have  been  quite  freely  placed 
with  price*  higuer  and  strong.  Shippers  have  been 
the  principal  purchasers,  and  there  I*  a  meager  sup¬ 
ply  of  shipping  extras. 

No.  2 . . . $3  1004  20 

SuperOfie  State .  Uspi  6  30 

Extra  do . . . r>  AOort  il  70 

Fancy  do . . . .  0  80®  7  50 

Superfine  Western . . .  5  20®  6  6u 

Extra  oo . II  21)64  8  80 

Minnesota  extras . .  (i  86<«l  9  10 

Western,  white  wheat .  7  50c, e  7  l«J 

Round  hoop  Ohio . 11  40;, 41  0  35 

Trade  bruuds  do. . . II  801,4  I  40 

Southern,  extra .  0  36ci«  7  8ft 

Double  cxdum .  7  90010  45 

Rye  flour . . . .  4  100  5  40 

Corn  meal,  Jersey . 3  2U,e  3  3o 

Brand  vvvhui .  3  86iui  3  9fl 

Eresll  Pruils.— Poaches  have  arrived  lu  fairquam 
tity :  there  na»  been  no  over-supply,  yet  there  are 
enough  arriving  to  permit  shipper*  to  operate,  and 
this  fact  Is  n  great  relief  to  dealers,  particularly  when 
they  have  to  contend  agalust  as  rulnr  u  week  a*  we 
have  had.  We  quote  crate.*,  $1.5001,76 ,  In  lots.  $8.25 ; 
for  axtra  small,  a*  low  an  $1;  haskets,  $131601  jO. 
Fear  Mire  making  a- good  »how ;  Southeru  Bartletts 
ar®  "bout  the  only  howc-ruL-ed  fauoy  Uial-  soil; 
crates,  $l(ii5;  a  few  New  Jersey  bhls.,$7aH) ;  slucuour 
last  there  ha*  been  u  brilliant  dtar-hiy  of  t’alltorma 
pear*  rroin  tJio  orchard  of  J.  W.  Briggs,  Marysville. 
a  car  of  491  crate*  caiuo  through  In  7  days,  cosllugfor 
transportation  $1.3491  The  variolic*  were  Bartlett, 

1  ?u.»  B',rme  tie  Jersey,  White  Doyenne  and  Flcm- 
J?R  Beauty,  all  sold  at  $j07  C  .-.rate  of  50  ft*,  each,  or 
7.,.,  a;* 01  hush,  The suiuaier  trade  in  1  'alifortiiu 
peat’s  floes  uot  pay  ;  hut  It  seems  the  sale  of  winter 
varieties  l*  profitable  enough  to  allow  Paclfle  »hlp- 
£,1rK.lu  ^l,Vur  im  With  smnplc*  of  delicious  fruit  lu  hot 
weiiiit-r  duo,  Apple*  arc  in  large  stock  and  have  u 
rJ R»nge ;  fancy  PIppiuB,  to-SWuifi ;  Rc<l  As  true  him, 
Boughs,  $4<i44JO ;  eoimnun,  $3<j43.5U.  Grape* 
nominal  at  10012®.  for  fiouthern  Hartford*.  Southern 
$2,50of4  p  bush ;  conking  aud  common  early 
varietlv*,  MsvO  II  hbl.  Bl.iekherrle*  soil  rigid  up  to 
arrival  ,itl$i.*22o.  fur  cultivated  and  $2.50<it.’;  p  hush. 
i%T  hyde  Whiirtleberrlee,  $l<gi5  do.  WaDirmolon*. 

for  Maryland,  which  now  fake  the  place  of 
jftirf'ja ;  $i'k|i'2U for  Virginia.  N ntmeg  inolouB, $2,500 
».».)*'  btil.,  the  latter  lor  selected  Key  ports.  Peuuuts 
at  $2.9(103 ror  host  Virginia;  $202.76  for  others; 
Wilmington,  $1.7502.  ’ 

«r«lu. — There  ha*  been  an  uuiisuallv  rapid  ad¬ 
vance  in  prices  of  wheat,  based  upon  small  supplies 
anti  au  active  shipping  trade.  Corn  also  iu  decidedly 
mgner  aud  active.  Oats  have  been  somewhat  de¬ 
pressed.  We  quote : 


Wouilny'*  Sale*.  Ilecve*.— Bncveg  were  very 
Mow  ;  poor  quality  steers  stood  over  unsold.  I'rleos, 
«01«%c.  Jt  ft.;  weights.  4)409  cwt.  lutBana,  7S1  cwt. 
s<  head,  llwl2%c.  Ohio,  OX  Cwt., UtnilUo. 

Milch  Covva.-Two  cow*  sold  ut  $45  V  head,  and 
3  ut  $57  18  head. 

VeuI*.  The  demand  slow  and  sale*  few.  Price* 
at  7%64'Jc.  1<  ft.;  gra**  calve*  not  quoted. 

Khcop  mill  I.iitnl)*.  -Trqile  was  fair  fair  for  good 
quality  sheep  and  slow  for  Inferior  quality  of  same. 
Lambs  dull  at  reduced  rates.  Sheep  sold  ut  4%0f,%o. 
V  ft.;  lambs  at  008c. 

Doge.— Trade  advanced  on  alight  run.  Live  nomi¬ 
nal  ut  OXtoOlio.  b  ft.;  city  dressed,  Ii%6u7%0. 

HECEtl'TS  OF  LIVE  HTOCK. 

SbONTl  iV 

Bhgvum.  Cuwv.  Ctt)v«I«,  l.BHIMH.  HukH. 

Onu  Hundredth  Bt... 2, 520  7  408  140  000 

Forty-Eighth  Bt .  20  1«1  1,027  1 

Fortieth  gt. .  00  4*1  253  1 

Comraunlpaw. . . ft.Wtf  00  00 

Weehawkuu. . . 1,776  $1)0  00 

Total*  this  week.... IflJfflO  108  2,288  3 

“  last  week  —  Ki,7(K)  87  2,8117  2 

COMPARATIVE  RATES, 

Lust  week. 

Gent*. 

Good  Bteers  V  ft . 12  to  13% 

Fair . 11  to  113i 

Poor... . lo  0  10® 

Poorast .  . 7%  64  9% 

Gen.  selling  rates . 11  @  12 


This  week. 

Ceuta. 

12  to  13% 
U  to  11% 
10  (<«  10% 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


The  (Jroutcut  Pnin  Reliever  In  the  World 
is  Dr.  Tobias’  Vouetlan  Liniment,  established  over 
20  years.  Every  bottle  sold  has  been  warranted  to 
give  aatlsfuetlull,  and  not  one  returned,  *0  the  term 
hwinbiii)  cannot  be  applied  to  it.  It  is  perfectly  Inno¬ 
cent  to  lake  Internally  (see  oath  Oil  the  pamphlet),  It 
t*  warranted  to  cure  when  Orel  taken,  Cholera,  Diar¬ 
rhea,  Dysentery,  Croup,  Cello  and  8ea  SlekuoB*, 
nml  externally,  Chronic  Rheumatism,  Boro  Throat, 
Mumps,  Old  Bores.  Sprain*,  Brulaus,  4c,  Depot,  10 
Park  Place,  New  York. 


Pomeroy’*  “Elnatle  Rupture  Belt”  Is  a  great 
Improvement  over  all  other  “Elastic  Trusses,"  and 
Is,  without  doubt,  the  best  "ELASTIC  TRUSS  "  ever 
made.  The  price  lias  been  reduced  to  three  dollurs, 
thus  bringing  this  excellent  Instrument  within  the 
reueb  of  every  11  HI ie ted  person.  No  one  should  buy 
an  "  Elastic  Truss  ”  without  first  sending  to  POMEROY 
&  CO.  for  a  Circular,  or  calling  personally  at  their 
office,  No.  741  Broadway,  comer  of  Astor  Place, 
Now  York. 


Hundred*  of  Men  mid  Women  are  suffering 
for  the  want  of  Suroic'al  ELASTIC  Stockings,  to 
relieve  enlarged  vein*,  which  are  liable  to  burst  and 
ulcerate.  Write  to  POMEROY  4  CO.,  744  Broadway, 
New  York,  for  prices,  4c.  Also  for  the  latest  Im¬ 
proved  “  Elastic  Titusa”  for  ruptures. 


COUNTRY  CHEBSE  MARKET 


Little  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Aug  10,  1873. 
Tin:  market  ut  Little  Falls,  lor  the  week  ending 
Aug.  Ill,  was  the  dullest  we  have  ever  seou  it,  and 
from  upwards  of  11,000  boxes  of  factory  cheese  of- 
fared  only  about  4, win  changed  hands,  fully  one-hulf 

going  on  coairolsslon.  Prices  having  declined  %e. 

older*  did  not  feel  disposed  tu  sell  ut  the  ruling 
rates,  while  buyers,  who  elaiuni  that  they  had  lost 
heavily  two  weeks  ago,  dlil  not  care  tu  purchase  any¬ 
thing  at  over  I3u.  Must,  fnciorynieu  at  till!  Little 
Full- market  this  week  held  uver  their  dictate,  tbe 
following  being  the  only  sales  made: 

ArgusvIIle.  83.  13c.;  Arnold  Bros..  87, 12%C\;  Bates, 
1 >18,  IJc.;  Bethel,  60,  13c.;  Brackett's  Bridge,  122,  13c.; 
Cayuduttu,  95,  12*«j.;  Outrai  Valley,  UK),  18c.; 
Charleston  4  Cornurs,  78,  com,;  Christman,  90,  coin  ; 
Cold  Creek.  100,  13c.;  Crain’s  Corner*,  123, 13c.;  Oouu- 
trymun,  135,  ruiu.;  Danube  Cold  Bpriug,  110,  18q.; 
Chapman,  118, 12%c.;  u;iupiro<  hoddar,  78,  I2jk c  •  Flat 
Creek,  59, 13c.;  Freeman,  4H,  com.;  Herkimer,  Is! ,  13c.; 
Iras  J.  D.,  IOC.  13;  Mauheim,  100,  )3e.;  Uuntielm  Cen¬ 
ter,  187,13.:  Monhulni  Turnpike,  87, 13c.;  MlddluvUlo. 
213,13c..;  Perryvllle,  120;  12\c.;  ShisB  *  hush,  70,  Lie.! 
Bmall's  Bush,  70, 12%c.;  Buell's  Bush,  200,  13c.;  Sny¬ 
der  4  Muxticld,  60,  com.;  Bt  rat  lord  x  BulUbury,  1(m, 
13%c. 

The  delivery  of  private  dairies  reached  800  boxes. 
Prices  for  these  ranged  from  10c.  to  lie.  for  common, 
und  from  11c.  to  12c.  for  flue,  a  few  fancy  lots  going 
for  from  12%o.  to  I2%c. 

The  weather  Is  cool  ami  showery. 


JlM  AilMm.smcnts 


400  FOR  50  CENTS! 


“The  Great  Horse-Tamer’s  Secret:”  "A  Recipe 

worth $1,000:"  “  Itch  Cured  lo  Half  and  Hour; . The 

Farmer’*  Barometer ;'*  “Gold  and  Silver  Plating.” 
and  /how  Hundred  uttuir  Valuable  lieciptM— any  one  uf 
which  In  worth  the  money  all  for  Fifty  Cent*,  post¬ 
age  paid.  Every  readeruf  the  RURAL  N  EW- York  Bit 
ought  to  have  them.  C.  D.  CAMP,  Atlanta,  Gu. 


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PEKSONAL  ITEMS. 

J ulian  Hawthorne  is  in  Dresden. 

Blaoqub  Bey  retires  to  private  life. 

Geo.  Francis  Train  la  ill  at  Hamburg. 

John  A.  Bingham  sails  for  Japan  in  October. 
Wilkie  Collins,  as  a  reader,  has  proved  a 
failure. 

Paul  H.  Hatne,  the  Georgia  poet,  is  visiting 
Boston. 

Wachtel  will  come  back  to  us  for  the  season 
of  1874-75. 

Mrs.  W  vman,  a  sister  of  Bret  Harte,  has  taken 
to  poetry. 

Dr.  Mart  E.  Walker  has  got  a  clerkship  at 
Washington. 

Frank  Walworth  is  now  a  clerk  in  the  shoe 
shop  at  Sing  Sing. 

Hon.  Alkx.  H.  Stephens  is  now  a  LL.  D.  by 
a  Georgia  college. 

Mrs.  Joaquin  Miller  will  take  up  her  resi¬ 
dence  in  New  York. 

Maggie  Mitchell  has  recently  celebrated 
her  wooden  wedding. 

Schuyler  Colfax  and  Senator  Windom  are 
making  a  tour  of  Dakota. 

Gen.  Van  Bpren  will  come  home  early  in 
the  fall  and  lay  hU  trouble  before  Congress. 

Rev.  Dr.  Samvel  Osgood  will  lecture  this 
fall  on  “Modern  Surprises.” 

Upon  President  Grant's  arrival  in  Boston  he 
was  met  by  tbo  City  Government. 

Commodore  Vanderbilt  smokes  fifty  cent 
cigars ;  but  theu  he  can  afford  to. 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Fletcher  has  given  Burling¬ 
ton,  Vt.,  $30,000  for  a  public  library'. 

M.  JERKS  .Ianin,  the  distinguished  French 
litterateur,  is  reported  seriously  ill  at  Paris. 

Signor  Tambkrlik  is  a  Roman  by  birth,  and 
is  53  years  old.  He  began  life  by  studying  the¬ 
ology. 

Mu.  Frederick  Law  Olmsted  will  lay  out 
the  new  grounds  of  Trinity  College,  at  Hart¬ 
ford,  Connecticut. 

Rev.  S.  H.  Tyng,  D.D.,  of  New  York  city,  is 
to  deliver  a  course  of  lectures  before  the  Meth¬ 
odist  Boston  School  of  Theology  next  fall, 
Mdme.  Christine  Nilsson  Rouzaud  i»  stay¬ 
ing  at  the  Isle  of  Wight.  She  sails  for  New 
York  on  the  30th  Inst,  by  tbo  steamer  Cuba. 

Mr.  J.  M.  Thacker,  of  the  United  States 
Patent  Office,  now  at  Vienna,  has  boon  Invited 
to  a  seat  in  the  Patent  Rights  Congress  at  that 
place. 

The  wife  of  Don  Carlos  is  described  as  tall, 
possessed  of  a  noble  mien,  having  golden  hair, 
and  dark  blue  eyes,  and  is  considered  a  beauti¬ 
ful  blonde. 

Miss  Agnes  Ethel,  the  actress,  was  recently 
offered  $ 15,000  for  her  theatrical  wardrobe,  but 
doolined  the  money.  She  is  to  be  married 
shortly,  the  gossips  say. 

The  Tory  papers  are  grieved  that  Queen  Vic¬ 
toria  is  so  liberal  in  her  political  views.  Church¬ 
men  have  long  complalnod  of  her  liberal  ten¬ 
dencies  in  religious  matters. 

After  tills  month  the  Christian  at  Work  will 
be  under  the  editorial  charge  of  Rev.  T.  De- 
Witt  Talmage,  and  his  writings  will  be  given  to 
the  public  through  its  agency. 

Puoical  $n, ointments. 

$100  One  Hundred  Dollars,  $100 

For  new  5-octuvo,  double  rood,  6  stops,  beautifully 
paneled,  warranted  Organs,  for  Church,  Clmpel 
and  Parlor. 

The  best  Organs  In  the  world  for  the  price,  and  we 
guarantee  them  equal  to  any  instrument  retailing  at 
double  the  amount.  WM.  A.  POND  «fc  CO., 

No.  54V  Broadway,  Now  York. 

WatEkj^COK  (iJHI) I'AItLOJt' ORGANS 

aMJu  «'<■  the  most,  beautiful  in 
V  *tyl®  nnd  perfect  in  tone 

rv«  r  miiilc.  %.  The  C  O  JV- 
CEKTO  STOP  is  the  best 

cvrr  Placed  lu  any 

«PTAig?7'f T .~T  brgon.  21  is  produced  by 
«  al,lirU  tct  af  reed*  per.u- 

Hurl  y  voiced,  tM 
JbSfK??' -ST.  ”1?* EFFECT  of  ■which  u 

MOST m AXtM IIVG 

f’  KaLiTi  SOlJL  ST i  it-  . 

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!  »S| M  •TATlOlVd/'Mu  nu- 

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[  -  «•;!«  lj tic  tfLS.'  'yl JI'I.CHK  B  II  I’JJHB.  Term*  liberal. 


I  ^ViagiS O FFER.  UOUACE 

\  'MATERS  A  SOX,  481 

~  -  ~  v  Broadway,  N.  V.,  will 

dispose  Qf  IOO  PIAIVOS  and  OltGAIVN  of  ttrst- 
r  las*  makrm,  including  B'ATliKS’,  at  ex¬ 
tremely  low  prices  for  cn»h,  or  purt  cash,  and 
balance  in  email  monthly  payments,  New  7- 
Octnvc  first-class  PIANOS,  ail  modem  im¬ 
provements,  for  $2?r»  caeh.  Organs  $75. 
I>OttltLB.REEP  ORfiAIVS,  $100  s  4-NTOP, 
$1J05  8-STOP,  wards.  ILLUSTRATED 

CATALOGUES  St  AILED  for  one  stamp,  A  large  dis¬ 
count  to  Ministers,  Churches,  Sunday-Schools,  Temper¬ 
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holder,  uud  hn  expects  to  rievoto  his  exclusive  atten¬ 
tion  to  the  interest',  of  tun  Nurseries,  as  heretofore. 
The  extension  of  the  business  anil  iho  perfect  system 
attainable  under  the  new  orgaulxatJon,  will  accrue  to 
the  interest  of  our  patrons,  ami  we  trust,  for  a  con¬ 
tinuance  of  the  ready  support  heretofore  accorded 
this  eatublisliuicnt. 

Our  Semi-Annual  Price  List,  through  Which  we  aro 
enabled  to  offer  a  more  complete  stock  than  ever  be¬ 
fore,  is  now  ready,  and  will  ho  mailed  to  all  appli¬ 
cants.  Address  U  «[  K  i:S  NU  US  K  It  I Kb  CO., 

_ _ Dayton,  Ohio. 

600  ACRES  4  C&talesac:  23  Ct*  I  18  GREENHOUSES 

(0  Descriptive i  Wholesale;  (3)  Bulb;  (DTrult  anti 
Elower  Plates,  luiniuuee  stock  and  low  prides.  Ad¬ 
dress  K.  K.  PHOENIX,  Bloomington  Nursory,  111, 

■  -  —  - - —  I 

1/win  (inn  fruit  and  orna- 

•  menu  I  ’frees.— A  general  line 

of  Nursi-ry  Stock  at  low  prices.  Pear  Trees  a  special¬ 
ty.  Write  for  wholesale  or  reta  il  Price  Lists.  Agents 
wanned.  E,  MOODY  A  SONS,  I.ocKporr,,  N,  Y. 

LEE’S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES. 

Wholesale  mill  Ornrml  Supply  Numorlei. 

An  immense  stock,  of  an  parlor  quality,  at  low  prices. 

e  1.000 


PERPETUAL  CRYSTAL  PALACE 


AND 


An  immense  stock,  of  superior  quidtt.y,  at  low  price 

.  £K"D*ugo  Hedge  Plant*  by  tne  1,000  « 
l,000,00«>.  Send  tor  Price  bist. 

HI  AIR  nuns., 

Lee’s  Summit,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 


gWtttjss  ^funtert. 

Agents  wanted, —Washington,  out- 

SlJiK  and  iN’Sini:.  Hern  you  have  a  Cample  te 
llutory  nt  our  National Cupltuf.  Its  origin,  growth, 
excel  I  uncles,  corruptions,  humifies  nrnl  personages 
are  all  portrayed  in  that  graphic  style  which  hint 
placed  the  author,  Gko,  Ail'’.  TOWNSEND,  urnong  the 
very  hr sl.  of  Washington  correspondent*.  "Fact  is 
Stranger  then  fiction.  Every  one  will  read  these 
startling  truths.  For  terms,  Ac.,  address  J  AS,  BETTH 
«  t'C..  (SUco  nsOl’s  to  8.  Al.  Uetts  A  Co.,)  Hartford, 
f.oiiRi,  or  Chicago,  ill. 

POOR  All/' IV  nua  WOMEN  ARE 
1,'H  MV  iTlrjiA  given  830  per  week 
"alary  n  ml  wi II  uof  be  Hwinillrd  when  they  apply 
toG.  WEBBER  &  CO.,  Marlon,  Ohio. 

OO  EACH  WEJBK. 

Agents  wanted  everywhere.  Business  strictly  legiti¬ 
mate.  Particulars  free.  J.  Woimi  A  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

$40  Aj  DAY.  Agsnw  wanted.  Business  now.  J 


-  *  •  -  •  oomiUil,  iMl'illll’a.i  I1UW* 

Adiircss  Homiiwebtern  A«oncyt  Carthage,  Mo 


<£i1u  rational. 

Elmira  Female  College. 

mi 1  fl.  l  n  i  .  ,  -  * — * 


The  Higher  Edueutlon  for  Young  Ladles.  College 
Course,  Appointments,  Degrees,  complete,  .Music, 
?na,*££t  8™<)«es,  with  best  Masters.  Fine  kc 

1 1 1  1  4  ti +  t  i  )  r.  til  .....I  ..  L...  _ v  s  n.  .  . 


?hd,Art  Studies,  with  ben  Masters.  Fine  Scenery, 
healthful  city,  and  u  hupny  homo  for  Students.  Bi*. 
gins  again,  Sept.  3d.  Address 
_ _ Ties.  A.  YV,  COW  LBS,  O.  D.,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

amenia  SEMINAR y7 

AWIENIA,  N.  Y. 

A  family  boarding  school.  On  the  narlem  Rail¬ 
road,  elghty-ttve  miles  from  .Vow  York.  Full  coutsob 
or  fcjeinmary  lost  ruction,  with  preparation  for  col- 
}?*e°,r  busbiess  Personal  oaro  la  study,  habits  and 
health.  Terms,  $ikiO  per  y  ear. 

Fortieth  year  begins  .Sept.  15.  8.  T.  FROST,  A .  M , 

Massachusetts  Ag’l  College, 

Founded  and  endowed  by  the  State  for  the  liberal 
education  of  the  Industrial  Classen,  will  begin  Its 
next  academic  year  A  ug.  27.  For  catalogue  or  Infor¬ 
mation,  address  Pres’t  W.  S.  Clark,  Amherst,  Mass. 


A  BAG  OF  COLD 

Can  he  made  In  sixty  'lays,  canvassing  with  that 
M  AH  V  KUMJ3  FRANCO- AM  ERICA  V  PAb'TRLLE 
1’fCTDBE  called  ••The  Coining  Wave,”  which 
Is  given  to  uvery  subscriber  to  that  Gem  of  Month- 
lira,  Oliver  Optic**  Magiuinn,  for  Vimng  and  Old, 
published  by  Messrs.  Lee  ,t  Shepard.  Gutot  will  he 
si  ot  to  you  on  receipt  of  $4,  unu  if  you  are  not  xutls- 
llod  with  it  you  can  return  U  to  us  C.  O.  D.  Agents 
wanted  in  every  city  and  town.  Territory  is  being 
rapidly  talc  on  up.  SVc  allow  large  extra  commissions 
arid  pay  them  in  Gold  (Join.  Sample  copy  of  Mugn- 
J.ine,  circulars,  terms.  Ac.,  sent  free  on  application  to 
I > C KK14S  A  FOXCROFT,  161  WASHI.NOToN  flTKMKT, 
Bostox.  Mass. 

Ui  ‘%(k,Tn  91.30  PER  WEEK  guaranteed  to  ■ 
CTW  "  f  hitelhgentiind  Industrious  parson*,  of  either 
sen.  to  act  as  our  Agent*.  Buslm  s..  very  pleusimt. 
Address  tYLbTKHV  ART  AHHOl'IATliiN,  Chicago,  111. 

f  SENDLAHli  IN  ADVANCE  TO  FEMALE 

J  AGENTS,  to  pay  tor  ensylabor  ut  home  that  will 
not  interfere  with  other  duties;  one  wanted  In  every 
county.  1  have  nothing  for  sale. 

_ A.  V.  HARDINfu;  1U3 , 1 ,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

WA NTED.  AG BXl’8-  Worthy  the  ttpetlal notice 
of  old  Hud  expcrlencod  canvasser*.  Thom:  e«l- 
e  lira  ted  steel  linn  Engravings,  via  :  -“tW*  Voyage,  nt 
pnmt  beautiful  pint  urea,  representing  Child- 
'  ot; HI,  Majvuood  end  OU)  Ann;  now  offered 
oy  Canvasser*  lor  the  nr, si.  time.  Price  reduced  to 
suit  the  masse* ;  nothing  like  It  ever  offered  to  the 
American  public.  Extraordinary  term*  and  induce- 
minus  Full  particulars  free.  Address  B.  H.  RUS¬ 
SELL,  Fubhshcr,  oS  Coinblll,  BOSTON. 

,v  ^401  >,  A  GKNTS  WANTED -IWale  or 

/  TBSrfs  l  /.V  female  -to  sell  our  Patent  Spool 
'  Cof-r  J  Holder,  Thread  Cutter  ami  Needle 
jrll  /  Threader,  combined.  Just  out.  Sam- 
g  |  /  Bio  box  of  two  style*,  by  mall,  25  ets. 

f  uw  Also  other  noveUie*.  Send  for  circu- 
lars.  Address  Pi.ilm  BA  Co.,  Phi  la.,  Pa. 

CANVASSING  BOOKS  SENT  FREE  F0R~ 

Prof.  FOWLER’S  GREAT  WORK 

0a  Manhood,  Womanhood  and  their  Mutual 
Inter-relations ;  Love,  Ita  Laws,  Power,  etc. 

Agents  arc  selling  from  ‘JO  to  30  oopioa  of  this 
vforlc  artiiy,  and  ivc  send  a  canvassing  book  free  to 
accent.  A  runs,  Mint  mg  ©xoeHenefv  etc 
NATIONAL  PUBLISHING  QQ„  Plilla(lelphlu:Pa:,, 

PLUCKY  AGENTS 

onr  Tnake  R59.ilW  °Ler  Fur  month  selling 

our  Modern  and  Kelluble  Hups  HTid  our  Popu¬ 
lar  1  tutorial  chimij.  Term*  » mi  Catalogues  free. 
_  C.  mu  IH  f  YI  AN$  t»  Jlaroluy  dt,*  N.  Y. 


WORK 

GEO.  E.  PEKIN E,  Pud 


for  ALL  Mule  or  Female. 
Light,  respectable  business. 
Good  Profit.  Write  for  full 


-  - - -  - -  Write  for  fuli 

“Josiah  Allen’s  Wife” 

H A. S  WROTE  A  ROOK, 

m  spite  of  Josiah ’a  determination  not  to  spend  a  cent 
to  hire  any  one  to  read  It. 

$500  a  month  can  be  made  selling  this  book, 

AGENTS !  TAKE  NOTICE I 

In  our  former  books  we  have  given  you  harvests  ■ 
wo  now  promise  you  another,  aod  wise  agents  will' 
Seim  re  territory,  which  we  will  now  arrange  for  Ad 
.h’ossAMBiUOAN  PUBLISHING 

>slr)  A  DAY  !  -Agents  wanted.  Business  entirely 
i/iti  ,  uew  u  G.  8H.AW,  Blddeford,  Mo. 

$5  Tfl  ^20  ,‘"r,iRyl,  AaimU  wasted  I  Ail  d,i'„r,  r,f  worldly 

,  ,  ,  ^  of eltliir u«, yoiiui* „r  old, muks  moM  money 

stWOTkfuru:  m  their  spare  momiluUarivfl  ih«  lima  thuii  at  Hiiythlair 
elro.  1  artlciJars  frta.  A.i.lrcsi  o.  Stinson  A  Co., Portland,  MMoo 

AAONliY  IN  THU  OABDBN :  A  Veg- 
1,1  ©table  ill  an  mil,  Prepared  with  a 
vlctv  to  Bcono«iy  aud  I»roflt. 

Tms  Work  upon  Kitchen  and  Market  Gardening 
and  the  H  leld  Ctilture  of  Root  Crops,  is  bT  p  rp 
uccs  v,  practical  H.irricnUarist,  (Author  of*  “PeS 
<  i,li,ur8  f01  k  r,OIl!’  1  lin<l  should  bo  owned  mid  studied 
by  every  one  Interested  in  i.ardeaing.  It  Is  an  nhio 
practical,  protnsely  illustrated  work  of  208  I2mo’ 
pages.  Sent,  posGpald,  for  $1.50.  Address 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

15  Heckman  Ht.,  New  York. 


Young  Men  aud  Ladles  qualified  at  the  BtrF- 
XALU  1  KLE'II.A  l-ll  iKSTITtm:  A.Vi)  Cl  l  V  LINK  TUO- 
I7,lJ.or  norni>etetit  operators,  to  earn  a  salary  of 
jxj  to  m  per  month.  'lrhe  largest,  most  completo 
and  practical  hi  America,  Address,  fpr  Catalogue. 
_ C.  L.  BRYANT,  Supt.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 


SIXTY  YOU N (i  MEN  AND  LADIES— To  place  In 
positions  where  they  will  acquire  a  thorough  and 
practical  knowledge  of  Telegraphy?  and  ?eceivt  a 
co  in  in  tag  ion  whil  e  practicing  Address,  with  stamp? 

puny’  OberlUi.  uhio’  S“P  1  UmoQ  Tolegrtll,h  Com- 


INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  CO. 

1  OF  NEW  YORK, 

;  SUBSCRIPTION  TO  THE  STOCK 

WILL  BE  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOLLOWING  PLACES  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY": 

UNION  TRUST  CO . . . . 73  Broadway. 

it  HOWES  &  MA(JY . .  Wal|  St# 

«•  FIFTH  NATIONAL  HANK . Third  Av.  and  T  wenty-slxili  St. 

BULL’S  HEAD  BANK . Third  Av.  and  Twenty-fifth  St. 

■  I  HARLEM  BANK . Third  Av.  and  One  Hundred  uud  Twenty-fifth  St. 

A.  S.  UIH'.N .  . Erie  Railroad  OtOce. 

=  SAMUEL  SLOAN . Pres’t  Del.  &  Lack.  R.  K„  cor.  William  Exchange  Place. 

*  HICHARD  SCHELI . .  Bron„  Ht. 

»  I  BttAMTITH  BROOKS . Publisher  New  Yorjc  Express. 

e  H.  B.  CROSBY . 1«  Nassau  St. 

2  EDWARD  ROBERTS . Elghly-liltl.  St.  and  Avenue  A 

h  I  **A*Jl'  N.  SPOFFORD...29  Broadways  and  at  the  temporary  ofilce  of  the  Co.,  {>‘$5  Broadway. 

a  I  - 

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y  All  payments  must  bo  made  by  oheclt  payable  to  the  order  of  the  UNION  TRUST  COMPANY,  73 

-  I  Br<>udway.  The  moneys  arising  from  the  salo  of  the  stock  hereby  sold  are  paid  into  tbe  Union  Trust 
I  Company,  and  cannot  be  paid  out  by  sahl  Company  except  upon  vouchors  showing  that  the  money  has 

.  been  actually  and  honestly  expended  in  the  erection  of  the  Industrial  Exhibition  Building  or  In  ncqutr- 
’  ing  title  to  land, 

-  The  land  of  tho  Company  Is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  as  follows 9Sth  to  102d  Streets 
and  3d  to  4tli  Avenues;  comprising  355  21-25  city  lots,  or  about  23  acres. 

s  SHARES  $100  EACH. 

i  I 

|  Payments  to  be  made  as  follows :  • 

■  I  Mvo  per  cent,  at  time  of  subscribing,  and  the  bnlanco  In  Installments,  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent 
,  I  at  any  one  installment. 

There  can  bo  no  safer  Investment  than  this.  It  is  a  home  Investment.  It  is  the  ownership  of  land 
'  I  0,1  ''ork  Island  and  the  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  tho  sume. 

,  1,1  aocordanco  with  the  charter  and  by  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Dtroetors  of  the  Industrial 
j  Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  2itb,  1872,  the  following  ..icn.bershlp*  have  been  created  and  are 
I  offered  for  sale ; 

At  the  above-named  places  and  by  authorised  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 

Tho  proper  holder  of  uny  of  these  is  entitled  to  free  iidiiilssian  to  the  Industrial  Exhibition,  tho 
I  Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  PalnWngs,  and  tbe  Garden  of  Plants  during  the  time  It  is  open,  and  limited 
|  only  by  the  duration  of  tho  membership. 

These  memberships  do  not  entitle  tho  holder  to  admission  to  special  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  the  Exhibition  Company. 

MEMBERSHIPS.  -  PRICE  AND  FIND. 

Class  1st.  Price  $10.  iSO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 

Class  2d.  Price  $20.  OO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  tho  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $20. 

Class  3d.  Price  $«0.  360  Admissions. 

I  Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $40. 

Class  4th.  Price  $100.  Life. 

Entitling  tho  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life ;  tho  hulling  being  open  to 

the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

Class  5lli.  Family  for  Idle.  Price  $300. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  aud  his  immediate  family  (in  s se  at  tho  time  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  tho  lifetime  of  any  of  thorn,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  opon 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

Class  6t.lt.  HEREDITARY  Ac  TKA^SFERAHLE.  Price  $1,000. 

Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  tho 
building  is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  used  by  tho 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  these  memberships  are  to  bo  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Payment  to  be  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payable  to  tho  order  of  tho  Union  Trust 
Company. 

A  suitable  Badge  wi  1  bo  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  members. 

Memberships  will  not  bo  sold  after  he  Building  is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

■Banks,  Hankers  and  Individuate  are  wanted  to  act  as  Agents  throughout  the  United  Statea. 
For  further  information,  please  address 

INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  COMPANY; 

No.  925  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK  CITY. 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


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CITY  OF  ROCHESTER 

7  Per  Cent.  Bonds, 

Issued  for  Construction  of  Water  Works,  under 
Act  of  Legislature,  Passed  April  27,  1872. 

Rochester  po**o*so»  the  element*  of  u  pros¬ 
perity  unexcelled,  il  equalled,  by  nay  other 
city  iu  this  iStaie.  It  Is  tho  center  of  irude 
to  a  Kurrouudiuir  population  ol  about  000.- 
000,  to  whom  the  means  ol  l.runaportuliou 
arc  furnisbed  by  Railroads  radiating  from 
tbe  city  iu  eleven  different  direction*. 

It*  Indebtedness,  excluding  this  loan,  is  less 
t bun  Si, 850, 000,  while  it  baa  Public  Prop¬ 
erty  amounting  to  about  *2, 3-10,000,  end 
Private  Real  Estate  valued  ut  $70,000,000. 

The  Bonds  are  Issued  in  either  coupon  or  Regis¬ 
tered  form ;  the  Registered  being  transferable  at  the 
office  of  the  Union  Trust  Company  of  New  Vork, 
whore  both  principal  and  Interest  is  payable. 

The  expenditure  of  moneys  derived  from  their  sale 
is  directed  by  the  Mayor  of  tho  city  and  the  Board  Of 
Commissioners. 

PRICK  PAR  AND  INTEREST.  CIRCU¬ 
LARS  UPON  APPLICATION. 

ROBINSON,  CHASE&GO 

Bankers,  18  Broad  St.,  New  York. 


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Tho  FOURTH  Number  of  VICK’S  FLORAL 
GUIDE  for  1873,  containing  Description*  of  Hya¬ 
cinths,  Tulips,  Lilies  ami  other  Hardy  Bulbs  for 
Fall  Planting  and  Winter  Flowering  in  the  House,  is 
now  published.  25  cents  pays  lor  the  GUIDE  a 
year— 300  pages,  WO  Illustrations.  Full  Number, 5 
cents.  Address,  JAMES  VICK, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Eagan’s  Artificial  Stone 

IS  THU  BUST. 

Patented .  . 1S72.  . 

Tills  Patent,: In  the  manufacture  of  Building  Fronts 
Sills,  I, Intel*. Coslug,  titnpa,  Doorand  Window  Heads, 
Mantels,  Hearths,  'filing,  Curbing,  Hides  illkn.  Gar¬ 
den  a>  KIooi#  for  Ice  Houaea,  Slaugh¬ 

ter  Ho  iih  es|  Cur  L-logt'  Houses,  Malt  Houses.  llnjwer- 
iu»,  Cellars,  Kitchens,  Tauuiirs'  Vuis,  Stables.  etc., 
etc ,  offers  a  good-paying,  perwituen)  anil  legitimate 
business  lu  every  city  and  town  lo  the  United  Slates. 
Agents  wauled.  For  sale  of  Right*,  aud  all  further 
information,  address 

EAGAN  Ar  VAN  DOREX. 

Il'IS  Bmilivsy,  New  York. 

White  Diehl  Seed  Wheat. 

I  will  sell  two  bushels,  iu  good,  new  bag,  delivered 
at  KxprosB  Office  or  Depot,  for  $5.  The  Diehl  Wheat 
is  the  hett  and  mod  prtiducU»r.  variety  raised,  having 
produced  47K  bush,  pe  acre  tor  me  for  the  entire 
field.  My  wheat  L  nearly  pore,  having  hud  my  seed 
hand-picked.  No  order  for  less  than  two  bushels  re¬ 
ceived,  and  must  be  Accompanied  with  the  money. 
Order  at  once,  as  my  stock  Is  limited. 

It.  8.  BATTLUH,  Girard  Uric  Co..  Pa. 


TIME  WORKS  WONDERS. 

Jock  ( loq .) — “Aye,  they’re  a  bonny  pair.” 

His  wife. — “Aye,  are  they?  T)iv  ye  mind  fan  me  an  you  wig  like  yon? 


NOTICE  TO  INVESTORS. 

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course,  this  meritorious  doubling  of  produc¬ 
tion  is  not  limited  to  timothy  or  clover,  the 
blessings  of  his  countrymen  and  the  approval 
of  heaven  will  cheer  the  mind  uud  soothe  the 
spirits  of  every  liberal  soul.  In  every  old 
country  the  names  of  great  improvers  in 
agriculture  are  cherished,  as  also  arc  those 
who  have  contributed  to  the  improvement 
of  the  live  stock,  and  anything  benefiting 
farming.  Now,  if  such  is  the  case,  what  can 
the  men  be  deserving  of  who  cultivate  and 
crop  a  a  farm  till  one  blade  of  grass  scarcely 
grows  where  two  had  used  to  flourish;  where 
les4  than  half  the  corn  grows  now  ;  where 
wheat  can’t  bo  grown  at  all,  and  where  liic 
live  stock  is  not  more  than  half  of  what  it 
used  to  be;  where  the  sons  become  disgusted 
with  the  life  on  their  father’s  land;  which 
is  work  from  morn  till  sunset,  and  the  pros¬ 
pect  more  disheartening  still  as  the  soil  be¬ 
comes  more  and  more  exhausted. 

Well,  the  man,  or  themselves  and  their 
fathers  before  them,  have  gradually  reduced 
the  food  for  supporting  and  growing  the 
<pi  u'rity  of  grain,  corn  and  hay,  which  were 
formerly  brought  to  perfection,  and  it  is 
really  a  most  discouraging  existence ;  and, 


whatever  a  short-sighted  exhausting  system 
of  cropping  may  be  deserving  of,  these  poor, 
worried,  anxious  farmers  experience  it,  for 
theiris  is  a  painful  present,  hopeless  aud  de¬ 
spairing.  New  England  is  gone  past  all  re¬ 
covery  in  the  present  generation,  and  other 
States,  than  tho  New  England  ones,  are  fol¬ 
lowing,  step  by  step,  as  they  proceed  West. 
It  is  only  a  question  of  time,  unless  some 
wonderful  revolution  in  agriculture  should 
occurs ;  but  as  tile  Great  Creator  arrested 
the  same  kind  of  running  down  and  impov¬ 
erishing  in  Old  England,  by  the  introduction 
of  the  turnip  and  other  root  crops,  whereby 
such  an  amazing  increase  of  sheep  followed 
and  lie,  the  Disposer,  influenced  them  to  then 
crop  their  land  so  as  to  keep  animals  in  suffi¬ 
cient  numbers  to  enrich  the  land  with  their 
manure,  so  the  same  Good  Providence  will, 
in  Hia  good  time,  provide  for  the  evil  now 
being  complained  of,  and  vvhnteve.r  may  ba 
the  deserts  of  the  few  good  farmers  and  the 
many  bad  ones,  we  may  rest  assured  all  will 
be  for  the  best  in  the  end. 

Yet,  while  it  is  well  to  trust  iu  the  wisdom 
of  the  Ruler  of  tlm  Universe,  and  believe 
that  everything  which  he  permits  is  or  will 

still  responsi- 


of  the  “Orchard  House”  to  endeavor  to  im¬ 
prove  the  varieties  of  peaches.  The  few  sorts 
selected  as  worthy  of  naming  have  been  taken 
from  more  than  1,500  seedlings,  and  it.  may 
give  some  idea  of  t  he  work  done  when  it  is 
stated  that  these  were  all  grow n  under  glass. 
Mr.  Rivers  has  been  a  large  employer  of 
labor;  a  small  agricultural  village  has,  by  llm 
continued  employment  of  the  capital  required 
iu  carrying  out  his  ideas — all  of  which  neces¬ 
sitate  labor  —  been  benefited  by  the  large 
sums  annually  spent. 

“Mr.  Rivers,  through  failing  health,  1ms 
retired  from  active  life,  yet  his  mind  is  still 
active.  Seventy-six  years  is  a  long  measure 
of  life  for  a  man,  but  few  men  can  look  back 
with  greater  satisfaction  than  he  can  on  a 
life  worthily  spent  and  deserving  in  every 
way  of  the  commendation  that,  as  far  as  lay 
iu  his  power,  he  has  been  a  good  citizen  of  a 
great  country.” 


THOMAS  RIVERS 


progress.  Hence,  our  miners  win  oe  gran-  - 
fled  to  see  an  excellent  portrait  of  him  in  the  ’ 
columns  of  the  Rural  Nf.w-Yoiiker.  The 
Garden,  from  which  we  copy  it,  says  Of  Mr. 
Rivers : 

“Mr.  Rivers’  history  is  that  of  most  men 
who  have  achieved  success  in  their  under¬ 
takings  by  constant  and  unremmitting  atten¬ 
tion  to  their  work.  Ho  was  not  flora,  with  a 
silver  spoon  in  his  mouth,  and  to  this  fact 
much  of  his  success  is  probably  due.  lie  in¬ 
herited  a  small  property,  and  a  business  in 
which  his  enthusiastic  love  of  plants  enabled 
him  to  foresee  a  great  development.  When 
he  began  to  turn  his  attention  to  his  profes¬ 
sion,  rose  cultivation  was  in  a  very  different 
position  to  what  it  is  at  present.  Standard 
roses  being  principally  imported  from  France, 
and  in  small  quantities,  he  determined  to 
visit  France  and  examine  the  French  mode  of 
rose  culture  for  himself.  The.  success  of  his 
earliest  literary  effort.  “  The  Rose  Amateur’s 
Guide,”  established  him  at  once  as  an  En¬ 
glish  cultivator  fully  equal  to  the.  French  in 
love  of  the  flower  and  In  skill  in  its  cultiva¬ 
tion.  The  book,  in  manuscript,  was  submit¬ 
ted  by  him  to  one  of  his  earliest  rose  friends, 
Professor  JONES  of  Hailey  bury  College,  then 
one  of  the  most  profound  scholars  of  the 
day.  Dr.  June’s  approval  was  at  once  ac¬ 
corded,  and  “The  Rose  Amateur’s  Guide” 
was  received  by  the  public  as  it  was  received 
by  Dr.  Jones. 

“While  pursuing  his  rose  researches,  the 
pyramidal  mode  of  fruit  tree  training,  as 
universally  practiced  iu  French  and  Belgian 
gardens,  attracted  his  attention  —  always 
keen  on  matters  likely  to  prove  of  general 
utility— and  the  “  Miniature  Fruit  Garden,” 
modest  and  small  in  its  infancy,  inaugurated 
a  new  era  of  fruit  cultivation  in  English  gar¬ 
dens.  Although  for  years  practiced  in  France 
uud  Belgium,  pyramidal  fruit  tree  training 
does  not  appear  to  have  been  much  employed 
in  Euglaud  until  Mr.  Rivers  drew  public 
attention  to  the  extraordinary  facilities  given 

The  frequent  failure 


THE  MAN  DESERVING,  WHAT! 


A  man  who  causes  two  blades  of  grass  to 
grow  where  one  only  grew  before,  is  said  to 
be  deserving  good  from  his  country.  As,  of 


be  right  in  some  sense,  wo  arc 
ble  beings  and  ougBt  to  use  the  little  reason 
we  have  ;  and  the  one  fault,  above  all  others, 
seems  to  be  an  unwillingness  to  look  forward 
and  farm  in  such  a  way  as  to  raise  the  capa¬ 
bility  for  production,  to  manure  and  culti¬ 
vate,  also  crop  in  rotation,  with  a  view  to  the 
future,  instead  of  endeavoring  to  make  all 
possiblo  for  the  present.  This  brings  to  mind 
the  evil  of  the  better  class  of  agriculturists 
changing  their  foremen  so  often,  or  engaging 
and  employing  such  men  as  only  expect  to 
remain  a  lew  years,  or,  m  some  instances, 
only  one  or  two  in  their  place,  as  all  of  such 
men  will  contrive  in  every  way  to  serve 
present  purposes  at  tho  expense  of  the  future. 

The  man  who  will  discover  the  means  for 
changing  the  present  exhausting  system  of 
plowing  without  the;  means  of  returning  more 
chan  is  taken  off  through  the  cultivation,  and 
will  establish  the  fact  that  there  are  crops 
which  cau  be  grown  to  produce  profit  instead 
of  being  turned  under,  as  clover  is  done,  and 
such  as  can  be  repeated  with  benefit  to  the 
intervening  crops,  thus  certainly  giving  extra 
fertility  eaoh  rotation,  will  deserve  so  well 
from  hia  country  that  he  will  lie  immorta  l  ; 
aud  after  such  a  clear  manifestation  of  the 
power  to  farm  go  us  to  surely  incraasa  yiekl 


by  this  mode  of  culture, 
of  the  fruit  crop  led  him  to  devise  some  simple 
and  effective  means  of  protecting  fruit,  and 
he  hit  upon  the  system  of  growing  trees  in 
pots,  Bv  very  small  degrees,  and  with  con¬ 
stant  ex;  ..eriments,  extending  over  some  years 
before  finally  giving  the  culture  a  name,  he 
perfected  the  “Orchard  House.”  Like  the 
“Rose  Amateur’s  Guide,”  and  the  “Minia¬ 
ture  Fruit  Garden,”  the  “Orchard  House” 
began  at  the  beginning. 

“  During  the  time  occupied  in  developing 
his  ideas  on  these  heads  ha  was  constantly 
occupied  in  studying  and  forming  large  col¬ 
lections  of  fruits,  and  nearly  every  conti¬ 
nental  new  fruit  found  its  way  to  Saw  bridge- 
worth,  and  most  of  them  eventually  to  the 
tire  heap.  Mr.  Rivers  wap  at  one  time  a 
most,  ardent  cultivator  of  what  are  called 
ornamental  trees  and  herbaceous  plants  ;  his 
collections  of  both  were  at  one  time  very 
large,  and  he  was  quite  as  enthusiastic  a  lover 
of  these  as  of  roses.  LQUBpN  gave  him  the 
benefit  of  his  vast  knowledge,  and  took  great 
interest  in  his  various  collections ;  in  one 
tribe,  that  of  the  Oaks,  jus  collection  was 
unusually  extensive.  He  has  made  good  use 


MURDOCK  THE  ACTOR  SELLING  CALF 
SKINS. 


Mr,  Murdock  once  had  a  farm  near  Leb¬ 
anon,  U.,  and  used  to  reside  on  it  in  the  sum¬ 
mer  montus.  One  day,  going  to  town  he 
took  some  calfskins  to  sell  to  a  tanner.  Driv- 
mto  the  tanyard  he  met  the  proprietor,  of 
whom  he  Inquired  “What  are  you  paying 
for  good  Call  skin-;  to-day?”  The  tanner 
took  a  chew  of  tobacco,  put  both  hands  in  his 
pocket,  and  said  with  a  lazy  air  that  he  didn’t 
xnow — he  wasn’t  sure  that  he  wanted  any 
calf  skins.  Murdock’s  stager  was  aroused  at 
tiie  fellow’s  mixture  of  impudence  and  indif¬ 
ference,  and,  straightening  himself  mto  an 
acting  attitude,  he  delivered  a  splendid  piece 
of  vituperation  from  one  of  Shakskeark’s 
plays.  The  tanner  soon  changed  his  indiffer¬ 
ence  into  amazement  and  admiration.  He 
was  a  very  ignorant  man,  but  Murdock’s 
oratory  and  HiiaKspe  aRE’s  words,  hud  trans¬ 
fixed  him.  When  the  piece  was  finished  he 
reached  out  his  hand,  "  Who  are  you?” 
said  he  :  “  if  you  say  that  over  again  I’ll  give 
you  a  dollar  a  pound  for  your  old  hides.” 
Murdock  told  him  Ins  name,  the.  hides  were 
sold,  and  seller  and  buyer  enjoyed  a  hearty 
laugh. 


L 

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CZ  'i 

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NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 

A-uhtjel  -t,  Winchester . . . 

(’■mu.  Ibver  Valley,  Cliurliortown . 

CjiitiMicook.  llfllMbnro  Brlilge . 

COo*.  Lancaster . . . 

Grafton,  Plymouth.  . . . 

HilUl.(.n.cu:li,  South  Milford . 

l*»rn*toi,  .Sullivan  Co.. . . . 

.Mii-eonifi  River  Valley,  East  Cununii . 

.Merrimue.  Concord . 

Stafford,  Croat  Pall*., . 

VERMONT. 

Caledonia,  St. John*  bury.... . 

Chittenden.  Km>ex .1  unction. . 

Franklin,  8  hold  on . . . 

Itntlnnd,  Rutland. . . 

W'nrdMbnro’,  Wardsboro' . I. 

White  River  Valley,  Biittnji . 

Windsor,  Woodatoolc . . . 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Barnstable.  Bart.Mjtblc . . 

Burk  ah  ire,  PitUtlrld . . . 

Bristol,  Tun  11  ton . Sept 

Bristol  Central,  MyrlCK  V . 

Deerfield  Valiev.  f'lia r lenient . Sop  1 . 

1  mix.  Clo  11  ouster . i 

Franklin,  Greenfield . . . !  !!j 

I  Grafton.  Plymouth.., . . . ) 

I  Hampshire,  Franklin  and  Hampden,  North 

I  a  nipt,  m . . . 

Highland,  Middle  field . 

Housatonio,  Great  Barrington . 

Hampshire.  Am hnrst . 

■iMllijrdiMi.  Springfield . _  . 

Hampden  Kant,  Palmer . 

ITlnglmm,  Hinghum . 

IF  male  Valley.  North  Adam*. ,. ...... 

Middlesex  Smrtli.  Fninilnghm . 

Manila’s  Vineyard,  WyM  'J'iabury. .. 

Marslitleld.  Marshfield . 

Middlesex.  Concord. . 

Middlesex  North,  Lowell . 

Nantucket.,  Nantucket . . . . 

Norfolk.  Reuilvllle . . . 

Plymouth,  Bridge  water . 

Union,  Rtnndford.... . 

Worcester,  Worcester . . . . . 

Worcester  Northwest,  Athol . 

Worcester  South.  Stur bridge . 

Worcester  West,  ISarrc. . . . . 

Worcester  North,  Fltclitutrg . 

Woreestor  Southeast.  Milford . 

Worcester  Horticultural,  Worcester. 

RHODE  ISLAND. 

I  Woonsocket . . 

CONNECTICUT. 

Fairfield,  Norwalk . . . 

Middlesex,  Middletown . 

Wallingford,  Nt«W  HtVVen  Co . 

NEW  JERSEY. 

Capo  May,  South  Seaville . . . 

Vineland,  Cumberland  Co....... . 

Cumberland.  Bridgeton . 

Burlington,  Ml..  Holly,, . 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

'I'logn,  Wellsboro. . 

Northwestern,  Corry . ' 

North  a  nipt.oii,  Easton . . ..  .  . 

Montgomery,  Ambler’*  Station . 

Berks.  Reading . . 

Buck*,  Newton, . . 

Snyder,  Mtddieburg . 

Leliigh.  Allentown . . 

Oxford,  Chester  Co  . 

Doylostown,  Buck’s  Co . . 

Maryland. 

Carroll,  Westminster . . . 

Worton,  Kent  Co . . . t 

OHIO. 

Brown.  Georgetown . 

Fayotfe.  Witslilngton  C.  It 

Hamilton,  Oarl.lui.go . 

Mcig*.  Pomeroy . 

Ashtabula,  Jefferson . 

tie  11  trnl.  Meehan  icsburg. . 

Clermont.  Boston . 

Ross,  CliiillcoUiu . 

Huron,  Norwulk  . . 

Guernsey,  Cambridge . 

AVavne,  Wooster . 

Williams,  Bryan . 


Hendricks,  Danville . Sept.  9, 

Harrison,  Coydon.  . .  .  .  .Sopt  ‘V 

Switzerland  umi  tiliio,  East  Enterprise.. ..Sept.  9. 

Posey,  Harmony . . . sept.?  9. 1 

<  uk*.  Logan*port . . . .  ...Sept  y  1 

Fail  Creek,  Pendleton . Sept!  9,'  t: 

Ihitke.  Mhiomitigdalc . . . Sept.  9, 1: 

Pike.  Peters  burg . Sent  9  ], 

Rush,  Hushvtllc . ....Sept!  91. 

Jackson,  Seymour  . ..Sept,  n!  II 

Morgan,  Martinsville . Sept  911 

Hamilton.  Cicero .  in  n 

Chnt..„,  Frankfort,.,.,!...  .......  ! . gept  15 

rrlncctf,n . sept!  15.'  is 

Dubois.  Jaxper . Sept,  id, 

Howard,  Kokomo .  vi,iDt  in’ 10 

Decatur.  Green, burg . ..  ..'...V.Sept!  li  9 

Boone,  Lebanon  ,,  . .  sot  ,<9 

!!.'!, city.  Randolph  Co . '.'.sept!  its!  10 

"  abash.  M  a  basil . .  ...  1Q 

Monroe,  Bloomington . !!!...  ,,  .  '*’  Sent"  hi'  la 

Cambridge  city,  \Vay„e  Co . u::::::::;:*;#:  IB 

Jetrervon,  North  Madison .  '  sent  ■4'  or. 

St  .1 . ate! .11  -  South  Rend . .  !;;.Sept!  $ 

i  liornion  Lnlon,  Thornton .  kero  00  Sg 

Noruie.'i stern,  Waterloo,  DeKalb  Ct .  8*0123 

orange,  Paul  I .  a,n('oV 

White.  M  o  nil  cello . . . . Se  nL'  it 

Ko*clu*ku.  Warsaw  ....  . .'.'.Sniit.  J*’ Jr, 

honiitaln,  Wjirreo,  Vermillion,  Covington. Sapt.  23,’ 25 

Randolph,  Winchester . gept!  irt!  $; 

.Sept,  aa!  26 

. Sept,  n.  27 

. Sept,  28,  27 

. Sept.  24, 

. Sept.  ?5, 

.....Sopt.  25, 

Sept.  30,  (let.  3 

Sept.  »j,  Oct,  I 

. Get.  1, 

. Oct,  1, 

. Oct.  2, 

. .Oct.  «,  n 

. Oct.  14,  is 

. . Oet.  14. 19 

. Oct.  15,  17 

. Nov.  4,  7 


Miller,  Glenwood . 

Henry,  Alt.  Pleasant . 

Clay,  Spencer . 

Komi th ,  Algona . . . . . 

Louisa,  Wapnllo  . . . 7..! 

t ’lay ton,  Fnrmerthp  rg . !!!.!!!'!! 

Van  Btirnn  Keosamjua . 

Cerro  Gordo,  Mason  City . .... . 

Howard.  Croseo .  ‘  .  "I 

Tumor,  Toledo . 

Butler.  Shell  Rock . 

Harrison,  Mi**ouri  Valley. ... _ ... 

tamer*’  Union  Ag.  Sue.,  Prairie  City 

Groans,  Jefferson . 

Humboldt.  Dakota . 

Unton,  Alton . !.!!!!!! 

•  WISCONSIN. 

Southwiwtorn,  Mineral  Point . 

Rock.  Janesville .  . 

Ran  Clah-e,  Kuu  Chore . 

R.ielije,  Burlington . 


INDUSTRIAL  FAIRS  FOR  1873 


The  Anneal  Fatrs  of  our  American  Indus¬ 
trial  Societies,  designed  to  promote  Agricul¬ 
ture,  Horticulture,  Mechanics,  See.,  are  mostly’ 
to  be  held  during  the  ensuing  few  weeks,  and 
we  take  pride  and  pleasure  In  publishing  I  ho 
subjoined  list  of  National,  State,  Provincial, 
District,  County  and  Local  Exhibitions,  The 
list  comprises  the  principal  Rural  .Societies 
throughout  the  Union,  and  is  the  largest  and 
most  complete  published  this  season.  We  trust 
those  Fairs  will  be  numerously  attended  and  so 
conducted  as  to  greatly  advance  the  cause  of 
Progress  and  Improvement. 


•Sept,  3,  « 
.Sept.  9,  13 
.Sept.  9,  l| 
Sept.  10,  12 
Sept,  ID,  i:> 
Sept.  II,  12 
Sept.  15, 17 
.Sept,  16,  is 
Sept.  16,  is 

.Sept,  16,  in 

Sept.  16,  is 
.Sept,  is,  19 

Sept,  IS,  3(1 
•Sept.  22,  ;;t 

- Sept.  35.27 

.Sept,  20,  Oct.  3 
.Sept..  8d  week 

. oet,  t,  2 

. oet.  l,  s 

. Oct.  1,  3 

. Oct,  I,  3 

. Oct,  1,  4 

. Oct.  7,  9 

. Oct.  8,  10 


j  Grant,  Lunea*ter . .7.7.77 

>  WlMCorixin  Valley.  Miuomanie.'. 

,  Ripon,  Klpou . . . . 

’  La  Crease,  b»  Or«w*,t,„, 

;  JxdkMon.  Black  Kivor  Falls . 

’  Dane,  MadUon . 

Fund  dll  Lac,  Ripen . 

Pierce,  Proneott . . . 

Dodge,  Juneau .  . 

’  Portage,  Ain)mr«t . . 

La  Fayette  Co.,  Darlington . 

Northern.  Oshkosh .  . 

Greene,  Monroe . 

Adam*.  Friendship . 

Cra wfi ird .  Seneca. . . 7 

Vernon,  Vlronini . ! 

Jefferson,  Jefferson.  . 

Walworth,  Elk  horn .  , 

Green  Lake.  Berlin .  . . 

W aukcah a,  Wau kosh u . .' 

MISSOURI. 

Randolph.. . . . 

Boone,  sturgeon .  !!  !!!!!.’.’ 

Montgomery,  .M ontgomery . 

Olay,  Liberty . 

Monroe,  Puri* . 

piieipx,  Roiia . ;;;;;; 

Ht.  Frunoolx,  Farmington. . 

Lo»l»,  Knox,  Shelby,  Newark... 

Kiiiuio  City . . 

Jefferson,  tie  Soto _ !!!!!!!!!!  " 

Pintle,  Platte  City . . 

Jasper . . 

Shelby.  Slid  by  v  tile. . . 

St.  Jo*et>h,  St.  Joseph.  ... 

North  Missouri,  Hannibal . 

Holt,  Oregon . 

l.lrni,  Lumens . 

A  d  a  i  r ,  K  h  U  h  v  1 1 1  c . .!..!.!.! 

Southeastern,  Cape  Girardeau... 

NEBRASKA 

Johnson,  Tocunuteli . 

Franklin,  North  . . 

MINNESOTA 

Dakota,  Farmington . . . . . . 

Rice,  Kalrliuult.. . .  . 

Htnnrus.  Sauc  Centre . !.. 

Wabasimw,  Wabaahaw . 

Washington,  Stillwater . 

Nicollet,  St.  Peter . 

Le  Soimr,  Clovelnnd . !!!..!!! 

Fillmore.  Spring  Valley . !, 

Oliuntcud,  Ri icUekter . 

Carver,  Carver  . . 

St.  Louis,  Duluth. V.V.’V 

KENTUCKY. 

Slielby . . . . . 

North  Kentucky,  Florence......".". 

-Marlon,  Lebanon . 

Nelson . . . 

Bourbon,  Paris. .  . . 

Quiipho II,  Alexandria, .  .,"..','.‘.7.7.7 

Warren,  Bowling  Green . 

Simpson,  Franklin  . 

< 'hi l*tlan,  Hopkinsville . 

Owen,  New  Libert v . 

lleudorson,  lleiiOcruon. . .  .  77. 77 

KANSAS. 

Butler,  Dougins* . . . . 

Kansu*  l  llv,  Kansan  City.  ......... 

Greenwood,  Eureka.,  . . 


NATIONAL,  STATE,  PROVINCIAL  AND 
DISTRICT  FAIRS. 


Kosciusko,  Warsaw  . 

3  Fountain,  War.. ...  Y 

12  Randolph,  Wlnclieater . 

!,.  Huntington,  Huntington . !.'! 

1  Edinburg  Union,  Edinburg . 

K  Franklin,  BrmikvBlo . 

l.ake,  Crown  Point, . .  .  . 

4  Marshall.  Plymontli  .  .'!’ 

5  Fnl tun,  Washington . ' 

1  Grant.,  Marlon . 

I* fury,  Rome . ! 

3  Jay,  Portland . 

I  lag  range.  La  gran  go . 77.7. 

6  Starke,  Knox . 

j  Laporte.  Laporte . !!!!!!! 

6  Knox,  Vinoefrne* . . . 

ij  Greene,  I  Inton . . . 

4  (’mitral,  <  rrvllle,  Wayne  Co. .... 

a  SouthuK*  ern,  Aurora . 

MICHIGAN. 

;  Northern  Earl  Saginaw, . 

I  Ingham,  Mason . 

I  Saginaw,  Saginaw . 

)  Eaton,  C  nr  lotto . . 

Hubbarditon,  Ionia  Co . 7 

LiMvanee,  Adrian . 

i  Central  Michigan,  l, aiming . . 

1  Hillsdale,  Hillsdale . 

ILLINOIS. 

I  Rock  Island,  Rock  Island . . 

Fanner  City,  Farmer  City . 

Lee,  Dixon . 

Carroll,  Mt.  Carrol) . 

('a**,  Virginia . 

Kendall,  Bristol. . . . 

Mn eon,  Decatur . . 

St.  Clair,  Belleville . 

SI. renter  Ass'n,  Sireator . 

Ford,  Paxton  . 

McDonough.  Macomb . ! 

DuPiige,  Wheaton . 

Edgar,  Paris . . 

Kano,  Genova . 

Cent ra l .  M orrlooti . ! 

Elgin.  Elgin .  !! 

Henry,  t.rirnhrldgn . 

Iroquois.  Onurga. . . . . 

Kankakee.  Kankakee . 

Kimx,  Knoxville . 

LaSalle,  Ottawa .  . 

McLean.  Towanda . 

Menard,  Petersburg . 

Mercer,  A ledo . 7 

Madison.  ICU ward* vi II c . !...!! 

Grundy,  Morris .  . 

Pike,  Pittsfield . . ’ 

Vermillion,  Catlfu . . 

st.cpheiiMoii.  Freeport . . 

Tazewell,  Pekin . 7.7 

Whiteside.  Central,  Morrison.... 

Will,  Joliet . ; 

Morgan,  Jacksonville . 

Bureau,  Princeton .  . 7 

Champaign.  Champulgn . 

Logan.  Lincoln . . 

Coles,  Charleston . . 7 

Union,  Jonesboro  . .  . 

Winnebago,  Rockford . 7 

Edwards,  Albion . . 

Macoupin,  Curlinrlllo. . 

Lake,  LHiertyvIllo  . 

Warren,  Monmouth . 

Jefferson,  Ml,  Vernon . 

Llvingatop,  Pontiac . ! 

Boone.  Bclvidere . 

Ogle,  Oregon . 

Sangamon.  Springfield . 

stark,  Toulon . 

Marion.  Salem.... . . 

Lawrence,  Law  rente  Vlllo . 

Randolph,  Sparta . . 

Williamson,  Marion . !. ... 

Marshall  U.  D.  Ass'll,  Weuoua _ !! 

A  von.  Avon . . . . . 

Gallatin,  Shu wnoe . ! !.!! 

AleHcnry.  Woodstock . . 

W abash,  Mt.  Carroll . ! 

Montgomery.  Hillsboro . ! ! 

M  won,  i la vaim . ....'" 

Greene,  Carrollton . 

II  ideraon,  Biggsvlllo, . \ 

I'.iitripliaiu.  Efilnghuiu . 

Jo  Davies*.  Galena . 

Schuyler,  liusliviile . 7" 

Fayette,  Vrmdalia . . . 

Craw f,  id.  Robinson . 

DeKalb,  Sycamore . !,!! 

Jasper.  Newioir . 

M'diltrtG.  Sullivan . !!!!!!,. 

Platt,  Moutleello . 

Pope.  Goleonda . 

Hardin,  Elizabethtown . 

Ciimlierland,  Majority  Point . 

l  riinlillu.  Bcetnn . .  . 

Clay,  Louisville . 7" . 

Pulnaui,  i  loniiepUi . . 

Wayne,  Fali  tleld . . . 7! 

Jackson,  Murpheystad'o . 

Perry  U.  D.  Ass  n,  Du  Quoin . " 

Jersey,  Jersey  vlllo . 

Monroe,  Waterloo . 

Shelby,  Shelbyville . !!!!! 

IOWA. 

Warren,  Indiauola . 

Scott,  Davenport . . . \ 

Scott,  Davenport .  . . . !  !!!!!!! 

Delaware .  . 

Johnson,  Iowa  City . . 

Delaware,  Manchester..!.!!.!!!!!!! 

Union,  M ec.hsniesville .  ' 

Polk,  Des.M nines . . !!.!!!!!!! 

Keokuk,  Sigourney. . . ..!!.'!. 

Union  Ag.  and  Stock  Asjs’n,  Keokuk.. 

•Monroe,  Albia . . . . . 

Hardin,  Eldora. . !.'.'!! . 

Pag v.  Cl arlii  d  a . 77,7.'.'.  .7  7 

Lyon,  Rock  Rapid*. . 

Chickasaw,  Now  Hampton . !.'.!!!!’ 

Ringgold,  Ml,  Ayr .  . 

Sti'itt ,  Farmers’,  Mayavillc. . !!!!!! 

Jasper,  Newton.. . 

Cass,  Atlantic. . 

Lucas,  Chariton . .7. " 

Marlon,  Knoxville. . 

IVdtawutlamic,  Council  Bluffs.!,! . 

Northeastern.  Postville . 

Iowa,  Marengo .  . .77.777 

Dus  Moines,  Burlington . . 

Cedar,  Tipton .  . 

Jefferson,  Fair  Held .  " 

Wu  patio,  Oil  u  III  a . "!*'■" 

On rlnle. Guthrie  C’eu ter . 

Madison,  Winter*,. t . . . 

Dallas,  Adel . 

Floyd,  Charles  City _ .’. . . 

< dm  ko,  Osceola . . . 

Blacklmwk . . 

Mononu ,  Ottawa . .".‘.7.7.7 '. . 

Buchanan,  Independence. 

Mills,  Glemvood . . 

W iitricttliiek,  Decorah ...!!!!!!!!!!!!!’" 


•  Sept.  2,  5 

..seiu.  8,  r, 

..Sept. 
..Sept.  5,  6 
..Sept.  .X,  J| 
..Sept,  9,12 
..Sept.  9,  12 

•  Sept,  9.  12 

■  Sept.  9,  12 

•  Sept,  ill,  12 
..Sept,  III,  12 

■  Sept,  hi,  lx 

■  Sept,  16.  1M 
..Sept.  16,  is 
.Sept.  16,  is 
Sept.  I8.J9 

•Sap i,  hi.  jy 

•  Sept.  16,  19 
.Sept.  16,  19 

•  Sept,.  16,  19 

•  Sept.  16,  19 

■  Sopt.  II,  19 

•  Sept,  IT,  19 

•  Sept.  17.  19 

•  Sept.  17.20 

t.  20.  Oet.  2 

Sept.  28.  at 

•Sept.  2ft,  25 


COUNTY  AND  LOCAL  FAIRS, 


Scioto.  Portsmouth . 

Lake,  I’alucsvllle . 

Trumbull,  . . 

Lorain,  Elyria, . 

Pick  a  way.  Ci  role  vi  lie . 

Clinton,  Wilmington . 

Franklin,  Col um bus,, . 

Paulding,  Paulding . 

Shelby,  Sidney.  . 

Washington,  Mil rietta. . . . 

Union,  Marysville . . 

Belmont,  SI.  I  -lairsvillo. . . 

Pon  y,  New  Lexington . 

Wood,  Tontnguoy . . 

Elm  ke.  Springfield . 

Geiuich,  Burton . 

Kuux,  Alt.  Vernon . 

P'  rtage.  Ravenna . 

Columbiana,  New  Lisbon.. 

< '< ish out* in.  Cosh ,.c ton . 

Moidgoiuury,  I myton . 

Darke,  Greenville  ...  . 

Delia  nee.  Dcnancc . 

Wyandot,  Upimr  Sandusky 

Putarkal.i,  Licking  Co . 

Athens,  Athens . 

Luca*,  Toledo, . . . . 

Illglilund.  Ililihoro . 

Medina,  Medina. . . 

Seneca,  Tiffin . 

Jackson,  .Jackson  C.  II. . 

i.  Btuitlifiuld . 


NEW  YORK 


.Sept,  3,  5 
Sept.  jo.  12 
•  Sept,  23,  24 
•Sept,  id,  12 

Sept.  23,  25 

Sept.  1C.  19 


j\  Ml  tncJ  |.>4  .JUIlfinilH  l  <»,  ,  ,  ,  ,  .  .  . 

Bonneville,  oneldn  Co . 

Brookfield,  Brookfield . 

Camden,  Oneida  Co . 

Cattaraugus,  Randolph . 

Cayuga,  Auburn . . . 

Central,  I  Bleu. . .  ,  . 

Chun  lamina,  Jamestown . 

Chemung,  Elmira . 

Chenango,  Norwich . 

Clinton,  Plattsburgh  . 

Columbia,  Chatham  Village.. 

Columbia,  Hudson .  ... 

Corning,  Steuben  Oo....  ...... 

Cuba,  Allegany  Co,,.... . 

Delaware,  IKdnt, ...  . 

Duchess,  Washington  Hollow 

Dundee  Union,  Yates  Co . 

Eastern  Duchess,  Arnolds . 

Krlu,  While’s  Corner* . 

Fulton,  Johnstown . 

Fruuklln,  Malone . 

Gurrattsvllle.  Otsego  Co.  . 

Goiivemeur,  St.  Lawrence  Co. 

Gown uda,  Cattaraugus  Co . 

Greene,  Cairo.-  . 

Gunesoc,  Batavia . 

llurnriinnd.  Si.  Lawrence  Co  . . 

Iroquois,  Versatile* . . . 

J  efferson,  W  utertown . 

Leiiux,  unoiila . 

Lewi*  Co.,  LoWvilie . 

Middletown,  Orange  . . 

Alert  roe,  Roehewter . 

Montgomery,  Fonda . . 

Newburgh  IJort.,  Newburgh  .. 


artmcirt 


,1  off.- r fun  . . . 

V !» ii  Wert.  Van  Wert . . 

Carroll,  Carrollton. . 

Delaware,  Delaware . 

Hardin.  Kenton .  . 

Harrison,  Cadiz . . 

A  lien,  Lima . . . 

15ria,  Sandusky.. . !! 

Logan,  Belief  on  tamo. . . . ' 

-Murom,  .MeCnnriellsvlIlo . 

Stark,  Canton .  . 

Tuscarawas,  Caulll  Dover . 

Preble,  Eaton . 

Champaign,  Urbantt,. . . 

Crawford.  Hucyius . 

Morrow,  Me  ti Head . . . 

Muskingum,  Zanesville. . ! 

Mercer,  <  >11  nu . . 

Chllla,  Gaiiipolis..  . 

Holmes,  Miltersburg . . . 

Miami,  Troy . 7" 

A ngJalse,  Wupakonetu . !!!!!. 

Hnueoek,  Findley . 

Butler,  Hamilton . !.!!! 

Ottawa,  port  Clinton.... . 

Richland,  Muustteld . 

Muliouing,  Canfield . 

Licking.  Newark . 

Summit,  Akron  . !!! 

Win roo. Lebanon.  . . 

Noble,  Bitriibvillc . 

Greene,  Aonia  . !!!! 

Alurlon,  Million... . ! ! 

Sandusky,  Fremont .  7 

Hooking,  l.ogan . ' 

Fairfield,  Lancaster . 

INDIANA. 

Bridgeton,  Parke  Co . 

Union,  Kniglitxtown,  Henry  Co.. 

Russelville,  Putnam  Co . 

Vigo,  Torre  Haute . 

Tippecanoe,  Lafayette . 

.Moo  res  vi  lie  District,  Aloorcsvllle 

Jentiing.v,  North  Vernon . 

Madison,  Anderson . . . 

Faveitn,  COnnorsville .  ..  . 

Gosport,  Owen  Co . 

Tipton,  Tipton .  ,  ’  " 

Loogootee,  .Marlin  Co!!!!, 
Middle  Pork  Union.  .Middle  Fork. 
Richmond  Industrial,  Richmond. 


xuk  iimutsrs  01  uie  UCRAL  JNEW- YORKER 
are  all  interested,  undoubtedly,  in  learning 
of  different  localities.  The  crops  in  this 
county  have  been  good  ;  our  wheat  and  com 
crops  excellent.  We  had  considerable  ruin 
the  first  of  the  season,  but  somewhat  dry  the 
past  few  weeks.  Good  potatoes,  Irish  as 
well  as  sweet,  are  in  abundance.  TJjc  win¬ 
ter  fruit  will  not  be  so  plentiful  as  usual,  but 
enough  to  supply  all  demands.  Pleuty  of 
good  apples  are  coming  to  market.  Our 
farmers  are  preparing  to  sow  a  large  breadth 
of  wheat. 

This  place  is  on  the  line  of  the  Atlantic 
and  Pacific  Railroad,  201  miles  southwest  of 
St.  Louis.  The  country  is  pleasant,  health¬ 
ful  and  fertile.  A  great  many  eastern  fami¬ 
lies  are  settling  hera  We  have  good  church 
and  school  privileges.  Good  farming  lands 
arc  selling  at  $10  per  acre  near  the  railway 
depot.  One  crop  of  wheat  will  pay  cost  of 
land  and  improvements.  The  Susquehanna 
&  Billings  Land  Company  of  New  York  and 
Pennsylvania,  and  of  which  Hon.  J.  P.  Wick- 
jcrsham  and  Gov.  Curtain  of  Pennsylvania, 
are  directors,  have  purchased  a  township 
of  land  here  and  are  sending  on  families  from 
the  East,  Edwin  Mkcorney. 


MIS.  3© 


SViOOBE’S  BUBAL  WEW-YOKKER. 


PRACTICAL  BUTTER-MAKING, 


As  long  as  grocers  buy  good,  bad  and  in¬ 
different  butter,  and  mix  it  together,  the 
mass  of  people  in  cities  and  villages  must  eat 
rancid  grease,  as  unlike  the  sweet,  fragrant 
product  known  as  sweet  butter,  as  it  can 
possibly  be. 

Said  a  grocer  to  me  one  day,  “  Why  is  it 
that  so  few  farmers  make  good  butter  *” 
My  answer  was  this:  “The  butter  when 
made  and  delivered  to  you  is,  probably, 
sweet  and  good.  You  receive  it  hero  in  your 
grocery;  you  keep  a  tub  near  by,  among  the 
kerosene  casks,  molasses  barrels,  fish-tubs 
and  roasted  coffee,  in  which  you  pack  it  for 
the  retail  trade  ;  how  long  do  you  think  it 
can  remain  among  such  a  mixture  of  taint¬ 
ing  scents  and  be  sweet  l  One  hour  is  enough 
to  destroy  its  delicate  taste,” 

•  In  our  milk-room,  which  is  a  detached 
building  of  stone,  with  a  cemented  iloor  two 
feet  below  the  surface,  1  never  allow  a  loaf 
of  bread  or  cake  to  stand,  much  less  a  vege¬ 
table,  or  anything  that  can  give  an  odor,  not 
a  drop  of  milk  on  the  floor  or  on  the  tables, 
which  are  of  unpainted  pine,  wide  enough 
to  set  two  tiers  of  largest  sized  pans,  and 
low  enough  to  be  convenient  for  the  skim¬ 
ming  and  straining  of  the  milk  ;  no  foreign 
substance  is  allowed  in  this  room,  where  per¬ 
fectly  pure  buttons  made  without  the  aid 
of  a  cool,  deep  cellar. 

Ours  is  not  a  large  dairy,  only  from  twelve 
to  fifteen  cows,  but  we  churn  twice  u  day  in 
the  wannest  days,  once  in  the  cool  of  the 
morning,  after  the  morning’s  skimming,  and 
again  at  night  al  ter  the  evening’s  skimming  ; 
we  use  a  churn  made  by  Ames  Plow  Co.,  a 
very  good  el i urn  ;  brings  the  butler  speedily; 
but  the  churn  is  of  the  least  importance,  so 
that  it  is  thoroughly  clean  ;  though  I  will 
take  occasion  here  to  remark,  that  the  old 
dash-churn  is  only  a  slow  torture  to  feminine 
backs  and  shoulders,  and  ought  to  be  gath¬ 
ered  from  the  four  quarters  of  the  land  and 
burned. 

One  very  essential  thing  is  to  churn  often. 
If  the  churning  is  put  aside  for  two  or  three 
hours  it  loses  its  freshness,  becomes  wheyed, 
and  a  white  scum  gather's,  which,  seen 
throngh  a  microscope,  looks  like  white 
mold.  In  very  warm  weather  this  will 
form  in  an  hour  or  two,  nud  if  one  is  making 
butter  it  is  best  to  attend  directly  to  it,  even 
if  something  else  has  to  be  put  uside  ;  for  if 
swceT  butter  is  the  desired  end,  it  must  not 
be  allowed  to  stand. 

Much  has  been  written  and  said  about  the 
quantity  of  salt  required.  One  foolish  old 
man,  who  knew  as  much  about  butter-mak¬ 
ing  as  “  //.  O,"  about  fanning,  declared 
that  one  ounce  of  salt  to  ten  pounds  of  but 
tor  was  enough.  As  well  use  none  at  all,  ns 
use  so  trifling  a  modicum  as  that!  I  have 
found  by  experiment  that  one  pound  of  salt 
to  ten  pounds  of  butter  is  sufficient  for  keep¬ 
ing  it,  and  suits  the  majority  of  tastes  for 
table  use.  It  has  been  said,  too,  that  butter 
will  keep  perfectly  sweet  for  years  as  well  as 
lard,  without,  any  salt  at  all,  if  the  butter- 
rnilk  is  all  extracted.  There  can  be  no  com¬ 
parison  between  those  two  substances.  The 
moisture  ill  lard  is  evaporated  by  heat ;  that 
in  butter  cau  only  be  removed  by  pressing 
with  the  ladle  and  draining  as  dry  as  possi¬ 
ble. 

When  I  want  to  keep  it  for  months,  I  often 
take  a  small  quantity  at  a  time  into  a  clean, 
damp  napkin,  and  press  it  in  that ;  the  cloth 
absorbs  any  drops  of  moisture  that  are  too 
small  to  form  a  stream  to  drain  off,  and  the 
butter  is  loft  crisp  and  not  salvy  as  is  the  case 
if  worked  too  much  with  the  ladle. 

Water,  even  purest  spring  water,  has  a 
tendency  to  spoil  the  butter,  making  it  white 
and  tasteless,  taking  away  that  peculiar 
aroma  which  is  the  tiling,  above  all  others, 
we  wish  to  preserve  ;  so  I  never  wash  my  but¬ 
ter.  In  the  warmest  weather  if  it  comes 
soft,  I  remove  it  from  the  churn  to  a  pail  of 
cold  water  to  harden,  letting  it  stand,  per¬ 
haps,  half  an  hour  ;  but  T  do  not  expect  it 
will  keep  as  well,  consequently  do  not  pack  it 
except  for  immediate  use. 

I  have  found  after  careful  experimenting, 
that,  oak  tubs  are  the  best  for  packing  butter. 
Pine  tubs  will  impart  the  flavor  of  the  wood, 
making  the  butter  taste  badly  ;  crocks  or 
stone  pots  are  good  for  home  use  ;  but  oak 
tubs,  well  cleaned,  and  soaked  some  days  in 
strong  brine,  will  keep  butter  the  nicest  of 
anything  I  have  ever  seen. 

Butter  made  in  June,  to  be  kept  through 
the  wannest  weather  for  winter  use,  is  sorely 
tried,  and  there  is  no  cellar  s<>  cool,  or  butter 
so  good,  that  it  will  not  acquire  an  old  taste, 


by  standing  three,  or  four  hours  in  this  cli¬ 
mate.  September  butter,  or  even  that  made 
tiie  first  weeks  of  October,  is  perfectly  flav¬ 
ored,  good  and  firm,  and  is,  therefore,  much 
better  to  pack  for  winter  consumption. 

1  use  no  more  salt  in  packing  than  for  im¬ 
mediate  table  use,  but  after  the  tub  Is  fillet], 
which  is  done  as  speedily  as  possible,  a  brine 
strong  enough  to  float  an  egg  Is  put  nu  the 
top,  space  being  left,  when  the  tub  is  packed, 
of  course.,  to  allow  it  to  to  be  about,  two 
inches  in  depth.  Some  very  excellent  dairy 
women,  when  packing  butter  for  home  use, 
leave  an  inch  in  depth  over  which  a  layer  of 
melted  butter  is  turned,  after  putting  a  piece 
of  line  white  paper  or  cloth,  cut  to  fit  the 
size  of  the  tub  or  crock,  over  the  butter, 
which  effectually  shuts  out  all  the  air. 

After  the  tubs  are  filled,  it  is  necessary  that 
they  should  stand  in  a  pure  atmosphere,  I 
have  known  butter  to  absorb  the  strong 
earthy  scent,  of  potatoes  newly  dug  and 
stored  iu  the  cellar  where  the  tubs  were 
standing,  rendering  it  unfit  for  any  possible 
use,  except,  perhaps,  for  soup  grease.  Cream, 
too,  will  absorb  the  taste  of  onions,  smoked 
meat,  or  other  odorous  substances,  by  stand¬ 
ing  in  the  same  room  or  cellar. 

A  cool,  dry  upper  room  is  much  better  for 
storing  the  full  tubs,  than  an  underground 
room,  as  wet  weather  gives  such  rooms  a 
damp,  moldy  smell. 

Ice,  as  an  adjunct  to  butter-making,  is  not 
much  use,  though  a  room  off  the  ice-house, 
kept  at  a  low  temperature,  to  sot  tho  cream 
and  butter  in,  is  an  excellent  thing  ;  but  any 
application  of  ice  to  the  cream  only  tends  to 
make  it  decompose  faster  after  it  has  melted, 
leaving  a  bad  taste.  If  the  cream  can  be 
kept  in  a  cool  place,  the  butter  will  be  Arm 
and  good,  and  exposure  to, a  warm  atmos¬ 
phere  will  not  affect  it  very  readily  ;  on  the 
other  hand,  it’  the  creum  is  allowed  to  be¬ 
come  too  warm,  and  the  butler  is  soft  and 
melted  when  it  is  churned,  no  quantity  of 
ice  can  change  its  nature,  so  but  what  a  few 
minutes  exposure  to  the  warm  air  will  melt 
it  again.  Therefore,  it  is  of  much  importance 
that  the  cream  be  very  cool,  though  it  will, 
in  that  case  require  longer  churning. 

A  lbion,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.  Berry  Bihar. 

— - - »♦  » 

I  MANIPULATING  MILK  AND  CURDS. 


Mr.  B.  B.  Moon  of  Herkimer,  discussed 
before  the  American  Dairymens’  Association, 
tho  effects  of  varied  manipulation  as  in¬ 
fluencing  the  quality  of  cheese.  The  tem¬ 
perature  of  milk  when  drawn  from  the  cow, 
must  bo  raised  or  decreased,  otherwise  de¬ 
composition  of  the  product  will  result.  Ho 
had  found  tho  best  temperature  in  cooling 
milk  for  cheese  making  to  be  05".  At  this 
temperature,  tho  lactic  acid  fermentation 
secures  a  sufficient  start  to  insure  its  su¬ 
premacy,  while  the  mass  is  again  heated  to 
coagulate  tho  milk  and  cook  the  curd.  High 
temperature  requires  less  rennet,  while  larger 
quantities  of  rennet  hasten  the  curing  of  the 
cheese,  lie  contended  that  if  the  Curds  are 
allowed  to  settle  to  tic  bottom  of  a  deep  vat 
of  wbey,  and  are  stirred  only  to  prevent 
scorching,  the  mass  will  become  more  com¬ 
pact,  and  the  whey  will  be  more  thoroughly 
expelled  from  the  curds  than  when  cookcu 
in  a  vat  of  whey  at  less  depth.  To  make  a 
cheese  to  cure  rapidly,  he  would  set  the 
milk  at  low  temperature  and  use  more  jen¬ 
net.  To  ripen  more  slowly,  set  at  high  tem¬ 
perature  with  less  rennet,  thou  return  all 
whey  in  the  vat  and,  perhaps,  add  water  to 
obtain  a  greater  pressure. 

Salt  retards  I'crmcntatioa,  and  is  the  prin¬ 
cipal  agent  described  us  sharp,  it  iB  used, 
accordingly,  to  hasten  or  retard  the  curing. 
Acidity  aids  in  expelling  moisture  during 
the  cooking  process,  and  is  relied  on  chiefly 
for  solidity.  Aeration,  too,  of  the  curds  in 
the  sink  gives  solidity.  Purity  of  air  in  the 
curing  room  is  a  necessity.  He  described 
three  kinds  of  leaky  cheese.  Leaking  soon 
after  being  taken  from  the  press  he  remedies 
by  increasing  the  depth  of  milk  in  the  vat, 
his  theory  being  that  the  curds  cooked  under 
light  pressure  of  whey  in  the  vat,  will  retain 
too  much  moisture. 

sgAguiu,  cheese  sometimes  leak  from  three 
to  leu  days  after  being  taken  from  the  press. 
This  comes  from  cheese  made  from  milk 
nearly  soui\  The  remedy  for  leaky  cheese 
throwing  off  an  oily  substance  is,  to  reduce 
the  temperature  of  the.  dry  room.  This  leak¬ 
age,  he  thought,  comes  from  allowing  too 
much  acid  to  develop,  together  with  the 
cheese  being  too  high  salted  and  cured  in  too 
high  temperature. 

SKIMMINQ  THE  MILK. 

At  the  close  of  Mr,  Moon’s  papers,  consid¬ 
erable  discussion  was  hail  in  regard  to  skim¬ 
ming  the  night’s  milk  for  cheese- making. 
Mr.  Farrington  of  Yates,  advocated  a  ju¬ 
dicious  skimming,  and  thought  there  was 
more  profit  in  taking  off  the  cream  uud  mak¬ 
ing  it  into  nice  butter,  than  to  allow  it  to  go 
to  waste  in  the  whey  vats.  He  did  not  favor, 
however,  an  indiscriminate  skimming.  The 
discussion  was  participated  in  by  Messrs. 
Brni.oNo,  Farrington  of  Cauda ;  Faviu.e 
of  Herkimer,  Dr.  VV n .  fit,  Moore  aud  others, 
and  t  he  facts  given  seemed  to  show  that  a 
certain  portion  of  cream  could  be  removed 
without  material  detriment  to  the  cheese. 


<$lt^  gf^ianrciL 


TRANSPORTATION  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 

Tue  following  law  on  this  subject  was 
passed  just  at  the  close  of  the  hist,  session  of 
Congress,  and  it  takes  effect,  as  will  be  ob¬ 
served,  on  the  1st  of  October  next : 

An  Act  to  prevent  cruelty  to  animals  while 
in  transit  by  railroad  or  other  means  of 
transportation  within  t  he  United  States. 

Be  lt,  enacted  by  the  Senate,  and  House  of 
R e.prescnt atives  of  the  United  States  of 
rl  meric, a  in  Congress  assembled ,  That  no 
railroad  company  within  the  United  States 
whose  road  forms  any  part!  of  a  line  ol'  road 
over  which  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  other  ani¬ 
mals,  shall  be  conveyed  Horn  one  State  to 
another,  or  tho  owners  or  masters  of  steam, 
sailing,  or  other  vessels  carrying  or  trans¬ 
porting  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  other  ani¬ 
mals,  from  one  Btatoe  to  another,  shall  con  tine 
tho  same  in  ctfrs,  boats,  or  vessels  of  auy  de¬ 
scription,  for  a  longer  period  than  twenty- 
eight  consecutive  hours,  without  unloading 
the  same  for  rest,  water,  and  feeding,  for  a 
period  of  at  least  live  consecutive  hours,  un¬ 
less  prevented  from  so  unloading  by  storm  or 
other  accidental  causes.  In  estimating  such 
confinement,  the  time  during  which  the  ani¬ 
mals  have  been  confined  without  such  rest 
on  connecting  roads  from  which  they  are 
received  shall  be  included,  it  being  the  intent 
of  this  act  to  prohibit  their  continuous  con¬ 
finement  beyond  the  period  of  twenty-eight 
hours,  except  upon  contingencies  herein,  be- 
foro  stated.  Animals  so  unloaded  shall  be 
properly  fed  aud  watered  during  such  j'eat  by 
the  owner  or  person  having  the  custody 
thereof,  or  in  case,  of  his  default  in  so  doing, 
then  by  the  railroad  company  or  owners  or 
masters  of  boats  or  vessels  transporting  the 
same  at  the  expense  of  said  owner  or  person 
in  custody  thereof  ;  and  said  company,  own¬ 
ers,  or  musters  shall  in  such  eases  have  a  lieu 
upon  such  animal? for  food,  care,  and  custody 
furnished,  and  shall  not  be  liable  for  any 
detention  of  such  animals  authorized  by  this 
act.  Auy  company,  owner,  or  custodian  of 
such  animals  who  shall  knowingly  and  wil¬ 
fully  fail  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of 
this  act  shall,  for  each  and  every  such  failure 
to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  ant,  be 
liable  for  and  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  one  hundred  nor  more  than  five 
hundred  dollars;  provided,  ho  merer.  That 
when  animals  shall  he  carried  in  cars,  boats, 
or  other  vessels  in  which  they  can  and  do 
have  proper  food,  water,  space,  and  oppor¬ 
tunity  for  rest,  the  foregoing  provisions  in 
regard  to  their  being  unloaded  shall  not  apply. 

Bee.  2.  That  tho  penalty  created  by  the 
first  section  of  this  act  shall  bo  recovered  by 
civil  action  in  the  name  of  the  United  States, 
in  the  circuit  or  district  court  of  tho  United 
States  holden  within  the  district  where  the 
violation  of  this  act  may  have  been  commit¬ 
ted,  or  the  person  or  corporation  resides  or 
carries  on  its  business  ;  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  fill  United  States  Marshals,  their 
deputies  and  subordinates,  to  prosecute  all 
violations  of  this  act  which  shall  come  to 
their  notice  or  knowledge. 

See.  8.  That  any  person  or  corporation 
entitled  to  lieu  under  the  flint  section  of  this 
act  may  enforce  the  same  by  a  petition  filed 
iu  tho  district  court  of  tho  United  States 
holden  within  the  district  where  the  food, 
care,  and  custody  shall  have  been  fui'nished, 
or  the  owner  or  custodian  of  the  property 
resides  ;  and  said  court  shall  have  power  to 
issue  all  suitable  process  for  the  enforcement 
of  such  lien  by  sale  or  otherwise,  find  to  com¬ 
pel  the  payment  of  all  costs,  penalties,  charg¬ 
es,  and  expenses  of  proceedings  under  this 
act. 

Sec.  4.  That  this  act  shall  not  go  into  ef¬ 
fect  until  tho  first  day  of  October,  eighteen 
hundred  and  seventy-three. 

- ♦>»■  ■■  ■  -  — 

THE  HERDSMEN  AT  VIENNA, 

A  correspondent  of  a  London  paper  thus 
describes  the  herdsmen  of  the  different  na¬ 
tionalities  in  charge  of  the  animals  on  exhibi¬ 
tion  at  Vienna : — The  people  in  charge  of 
those  flocks  and  herds  make  also  a  pictur¬ 
esque  part  of  the  show.  Our  English  shep¬ 
herds  from  the  Cotswolds  or  the  Kentish 
downs  show'  us  simply  the  imdecorated  Lord 
Castiereagh  at  the  Congress  of  Vienna,  as 
contrasted  with  the  gorgeous  clothing  of 
Hungarians,  Styrians  and  Ty  rolcsc.  Some  of 
those  magnificent  Hungarian  garments  must 
certainly  have  been  manufactured  for  the 
occasion  by  the  munificence  of  feudal  grand 
seigneurs,  and  will  doubtless  go  down  as 
heirlooms  in  the  families  of  their  possessors. 
The  broidered  work  looks  as  if  it  would  last 
for  generations,  though  time  and  dirt  must 


dim  the  luster  of  tho  dazzling  white  goat’s 
hair.  Others  of  the  men  are  in  tight  purple 
tunics,  with  those  linen  sleeves,  embroidered 
in  elaborate  open  work  in  imitation  of  lace, 
and  trunk  hose  like  the  bruyue-baa  of  the 
Breton.  As  for  the  women  who  come  from 
the  Sty  Han  and  Oarinthian  dairies,  they  are 
resplendent  in  foulards  of  parti-colored  cot¬ 
ton,  twisted  like  tight  turbans  round  their 
glossy  heads,  silver  necklace?  and  strings  of 
huge  iiui  tat  ion  pearls  round  their  short  necks, 
crimson  bodices  laced  in  silver  aud  loaded 
with  silver  buttons,  petticoats  stripe#  in 
crimson  and  white,  scarlet  stockings,  and 
high-heeled  half  Hessian  boots,  while,  when 
they  turn,  you  see  there  arc  showers  of 
ribands  streaming  down  from  tho  combs  in 
their  back  hair  There  is  an  endless  variety 
of  costume  ;  but  some  of  the  quaintest  kinds 
are  worn  by  patriarchs,  who  seem  to  com¬ 
promise  between  the  picturesque  and  the 
comfortable,  and  carry  huge  umbrellas, 
which  could  scarcely  seem  more  out  of  keep¬ 
ing  in  the  hands  of  some  venerable  general 
inspecting  on  a  field  day,  I  should  have 
mentioned  that  some,  of  the  cattle  arc  ncai-ly 
as  gay  in  their  decorations  as  the  peasants 
who  attend  on  them.  White  and  cream  col¬ 
ored  hides  are  set  off  by  ribbons  of  blue  and 
crimson,  horns  arc  tipped  with  balls  of  brass, 
most  of  them  Carry  tantistic  headstalls,  some 
wear  chain  necklaces  in  links  of  polished 
steel,  while  a  few  from  pious  Catholic  com¬ 
munes  in  the  mountains  cany  on  their  fore¬ 
heads  figures  of  their  patron  saints  wreathed 
in  flowers  and  foliage,  as  if  they  were  decked 
out  for  a  fete-day.  But  if  I  forget  a  great 
deal  iu  dashing  about  a  field  so  extensive,  I 
have  an  excuse.  Taking  a  series  of  themes 
from  the  Vienna  cattle  show,  one  might 
write  columns  on  tho  illustration  it  furnishes 
of  breeds  and  races,  manners  and  customs. 

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HIGH  BRED  CATTLE. 

Farmers  are  generally  anxious  to  improve 
their  live  stock,  but  do  not  like  to  risk  money 
in  fancy  prices;  nevertheless  if  a  very  highly 
bred  male  animal  can  be  depended  upon  for 
giving  a  fair  share  of  the  good  qualities  of 
his  ancestors  to  his  offspring,  then  it  will  pay 
to  give  a  good  round  sum  for  him  unless  there 
should  lie  something  else  behind  hand,  and 
that  should  prove  n  disposition  to  produce 
young  prematurely  in  the  females  of  his 
getlmg  or  a  proneuoss  to  barrenness.  There 
is  a  suspicion  of  something  of  this  kind  being 
liable  from  the  blood  of  some  herds,  and  a 
denial  from  the  highest  sources  would  be 
satisfactory  to  many  who  would  like  to  im¬ 
prove  their  herds  without  risk  of  entailing 
uncertainty  in  breeding. 

The  boasted  much-lauded  herd  of  the  pres¬ 
ent  day  put  a  stop  to  the  agricultural  career 
of  its  founder;  for  a  more  business-like  gentle¬ 
man  does  not  exist  ;  the  one  into  whose  pos¬ 
session  It  then  passed  could  not  be  excelled 
iu  aught  becoming  a  true  gentleman  agricul¬ 
turist;  and  again  the  present  owner  is  widely 
known  as  honorable  iu  every  sense  and  like 
the  others  liked  by  everybody  who  comes  in 
contact  with  him.  As  no  reasor^  exists  for 
this  third  disposal  which  was  not  equally 
weighty  when  the  herd  was  purchased,  it 
seems  very  extraordinary.  After  the  sale  it 
may  be  interesting  to  probe  into  the  secret 
of  this  singular  fatality  ;  foi1  unless  there  is  a 
flaw  in  the  background,  why  should  a  herd 
bo  sold  from  which  individual  animals  sold 
for  a  small  fortune,  and  especially  when  Mr. 
Gibson,  or  others,  could  transact  the  business 
for  tho  principal  ?  Former  Herdsman. 

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MISS  DUNBAR’S  “DAISY.” 

Will  you  publish  in  your  excellent  paper 
the  following  account  of  a  grade  cow  reared 
aud  owned  by  Miss  CnLOB  Dunbar,  Canton, 
Mass.  The  cow  “Daisy,”  is  12-10  Jersey, 
8-10  Durham,  1-10  native.  “  Daisy  ”  was  born 
the  28th  of  March  1808.  Hhc  had  her  fli'st 
calf  on  the  Gth  of  March  1870.  That  year 
Miss  Dunbar  made  380  lbs.  of  butter,  used 
all  the  milk  she  wanted  fora  family  of  three 
to  five  persona.  In  1871  “Daisy”  did  not 
have  a  calf.  Her  family  was  larger  this  year 
than  tho  year  before.  After  using  all  the 
niilk  she  wanted,  she  made  210  lbs.  of  butter. 
In  1872  “Daisy”  calved 28th  of  March.  When 
tho  calf  waa  one  week  old  Miss  D.  sold  it  for 
825.  Wheu  the  calf  was  thi'oe  weeks  old, 
tho  cow  had  a  fever  and  was  sick  some  two 
weeks.  From  March  28th  1872  to  April  1st 
1873,  Miss  D.  made  400  lbs.  of  butter.  The 
family  consisted  of  two  to  three  persons.  The 
cow  calved  again  thin  year  April  15th.  Up 
to  last  .Saturday  Miss  D.  bus  made  11S  lbs.  of 
butter;  whole  amount  of  butter  made  from 
this  one  cow  to  August  9,  1878,  is  eleven  hun¬ 
dred  and  twenty-four  lbs.  Tho  cow  has  had 
good  care  but  not  high  feed.  In  the  summer, 
grass  only  ;  in  winter,  hay  and  a  lew  roots 
each  day  and  about  a  quart  of  meal  or  bran, 

Elijah  Dunbar. 

1L81  Cortlendt  St.,  New  York,  Aug.  14. 


mother  upside  down,  throwing  a  few  shovel¬ 
fuls  of  dry  earth  among  the  flannel  strips, 
shaking  the  earth  well  in,  and  after  letting  it 
remain  a  few  minutes  shaking  all  out  again, 
the  little  earth  that  remained  adherent  com¬ 
ing  off  on  the  chickens,  and  thus  benefiting 
them  in  another  way.  This,  and  the  lamp  in 
cold  weather,  was  all  the  care  required,  be¬ 
yond  that  of  the  newly-hatched  chicks,  which 
was  rather  a  pleasure  than  otherwise,  A  rail 
fence  in  front,  of  the  mother  prevented  the 
chickens  using  it  after  reaching  a  certain 
size,  but  they  were  still  allowed  access  to  one 
un  warmed. 

“The  few  difficulties  found  in  starting  had 
been  easily  overcome.  The  two  essentials 
were  first,  that  the  chicks  were  immedi- 


FLORICITLTURAL  NOTES 


Night-Blooming  Cactus. — We  find  the  fol¬ 
lowing  in  one  of  our  daily  exchanges  ;  don’t 
know  the  authority  A  lady  in  Nevada 
City  has  a  botanical  curiosity  in  the  shape  of 
a  night-blooming  cactus.  The  plant  is  round 
and  about  six  inches  in  diameter.  Once  a 
week  it  blooms,  a  stem  being  thrown  out 
from  the  body  of  the  cactus  about  eight 
inches  long,  upon  the  top  of  which  is  a  beau¬ 
tiful  white  flower,  the  size  of  the  top  of  an 
ordinary  teacup,  the  aroma  from  which  fills 
the  whole  house.  The  flower  begins  to  un¬ 
fold  itself  about  seven  o’clock  in  the  evening, 
at  nine  o’clock  is  in  full  bloom,  and  remains 
so  until  six  o’clock  in  the  morning,  when  it 
begins  to  close  up,  and  by  noon  has  entirely 
disappeared.  The  flower  upon  its  stem  only' 
blooms  once,  and  but,  one  stem  is  thrown  out 
at  a  time. 

Seedling  Erythrlna. — Please  tell  Florence 

B -  the  seedling  j Erythriva  about  which 

she  asked  has  withstood  the  doubtful  treat¬ 
ment  of  an  ordinary  living-house  remarkably 
well  :  and  several  freezings  only  injured  its 
top  slightly.  I  think,  from  my  limited  ex¬ 
perience,  that  plants  grown  from  seed,  in 
cool  climates,  are  hardier-  to  say  nothing  of 
the  pleasure  one  derives  from  watching  over 
a  choice  specimen  from  its  babyhood. — Rose 
Geranium. 


REARING  CHICKENS  ARTIFICIALLY 


Mrs.  Frank  Cheshire,  an  English  lady, 
has  reared  all  her  Light  Brahma  chickens 
this  year  by  artificial  means.  Mr.  L.  Wright 
gives  the  following  interesting  account  of 
Mrs.  Cheshire’s  apparatus  and  mode  of 
treatment :  —  “  The  greatest  practical  diffi¬ 
culty  In  keeping  any  non-sitting  breed  of 
poultry,  like  Leghorns,  is  that  of  obtaining  a 
sufficient  number  of  hens  from  other  sources 
to  hatch  and  rear  the  broods,  which  in  a 
large  stock  iB  sometimes  a  serious  obstacle. 
From  the  introduction  of  two  such  valuable 
races  of  non-sitting  poultry  as  Houdans  and 
Leghorns  during  late  years,  the  need  of  a 
really  practical  incubator  is  more  felt  than 
ever  ;  but  oven  in  the  absence  of  this,  much 
can  be  done  to  remedy  the  inconvenience  by 
bringing-up  the  chickens  artificially,  or  with¬ 
out  the  hen,  leaving  her  to  hutch  a  second 
brood,  and  then  dismissing  her.  We  were 
exceedingly  interested  to  sec,  in  May,  1873, 
the  working  of  the  artificial  system  as  thor¬ 
oughly  and  entirely  carried  out  by  Mrs. 
Frank  Cheshire  of  Acton,  Middlesex,  so 
well-known  for  her  fine  stock  of  Light  Brah¬ 
mas.  We  saw  there  up' wards  of  seventy 
chickens,  all  brought  up  under  an  “artificial 
mother,”  as  one  brood.  They  ranged  in  age 
from  three  months  to  three  days,  but  there 
was  no  fight  ng,  or  tyrrauy  of  the  strong  over 
the  weak  ;  not  one  had  died  (more  than  we 
could  say  of  our  own),  and  there  was  not  one 
sickly  or  discontented  chick  in  the  whole  lot; 
while  we  were  most  of  all  interested  to  ob¬ 
serve  that  the  birds  were  larger  for  their  age 
than  our  own  ;  and  that  the  trouble,  was  nil 
compared  to  that  of  a  dozen  hens  with  their 
broods,  to  which  we  went  back  with  a  most 
discontented  mind. 

“The  ‘mother’  was  about  4  feet  6  iuches 
long  by  16  inches  wide  ;  the  top,  or  heating 
portion,  consisting  of  a  flat  tank  about  1  inch 
deep,  with  the  top  soldered  on,  and  having 
only  one  inlet  for  pouring  in  water,  or  im¬ 
mersing  the  bulb  of  a  thermometer  to  ascer¬ 
tain  the  temperature. 


Lice  on  Setting  Hens,  it  is  asserted,  may 
be  exterminated  by  mixing  tobacco  stems 
with  a  little  hay  and  lining  the  nest  there¬ 
with.  It.  is  w7orth  trying. 


WATER  FOR  SHEEP 


Alderman  Mechi  writes  the  Mark  Lane 
Express  It  is  a  great  mistake,  and  the 
cause  of  much  suffering  and  loss,  not  to  sup¬ 
ply  sheep  with  water,  especially  milk-giying 
owes.  During  the  drouth  of  186*  many  flocks 

I  know  of  a 


ateiy  taken  irom  me  nen,  so  as  never  to  miss 
and  fret  after  her ;  and,  secondly,  that  for 
about  two  days  they  needed  keeping  in  a 
box  floored  with  dry  earth,  with  a  small 
mother  at  one  end,  so  that  they  could  not 
wander  away  from  it.  This  was  “the  pre¬ 
paratory  school  for  young  gentlemen,”  its 
sole  object  being  to  teach  them  to  know  the 
apparatus  and  how  to  go  under  it.  As  soon 
as  they  were  perfect  in  this  lesson  they  were 
turned  down  with  the  others,  the  wiiole  being 
treated  as  one  large  brood,  and  agreeing  per¬ 
fectly.  Mi's.  Cheshire's  snail  mother  con¬ 
sisted  of  an  ordina  ry  India  rubber  foot-bottle 
filled  with  boiling  water,  and  placed  over 
canvas  about  10  inches  square,  stretched  on  a 
frame,  and  furnished  with  flannel  strins  as  in 


were  ruined  by  want  of  water, 
striking  instance  where  the  animals  wasted 
and  were  sent  to  .Chelmsford  market  in  evil 
condition,  the  owner  being  ignorant  of  the 
cause.  The  dealer  who  bought  them  “fora 
song”  first  examined  the  whites  of  their  eyes, 
tlii  nking  they  must  have  the  rot  or  jaundice  ; 
but  seeing  all  right  so  far,  he  found  that  a 
supply  of  water  was  the  only,  restorative  re¬ 
quired.  Grass,  in  a  succulent  st  ate,  contains 
70  per  cent,  of  moisture,  but  when  dried, 
very  much  less.  The  same  remark  holds 
good  for  clovers,  <tc.  When  we  give  cake, 
corn,  mult-combs,  bran,  &e.,  which  we  al¬ 
ways  do,  it  becomes  absolutely  necessary  to 
provide  water,  or  the  animals  will  not  thrive. 

Give  them  the  opportunity  [of  judging  for 
themselves  by  an  always  available  supply, 
and  they  will  exercise  a  proper  discretion  in 
the  matter.  An  Iron  water  cart  is  on  most 
farms  an  indispensible  requisite.  When  food 
is  too  wet,  and  “sloppy,”  dry  cotton-cake  or 
com  is  a  good  and  profitable  regulator.  Tur¬ 
nips  and  mangel*  are  disproportionately  wa¬ 
tery  as  food  for  animals,  tioncc  the  losses 
occasioned  by  them,  especially  with  breeding 
sheep.  They  contain  fully  nine  pints  of  water 
to  one  pint  of  dry  food.  Ninety  per  cent,  of 
water  is  too  much  :  65  to  76  per  cent,  iu  pas¬ 
ture  grass  is  the  more  natural  and  proper 
proportion.  The  human  or  animal  frame 
has  75  per  cent,  of  water,  just  as  good  grass 
has.  Meat  is  dear  as  food,  because  it  contains, 
in  the  lean  portions,  76  per  cent,  of  water. 
No  wonder  that  bread  and  cheese  are  found 
far  more  economical. 


SHADES  AND  SHELTERS  FOR  PLANTS 


i  u jure  1,  is  a  shade  for  pot  and  border 
plants.  Take  two  wooden  hoops,  one  about 
two-thirds  smaller  than  the  other,  and  four 
straight,  stakes  or  deal  laths  ;  lack  them 
either  inside  or  outside  of  the  hoops  at  equal 
distances  apart,  the  stakes  to  be  cut  off  flush 
with  the  hoop  at  the  top,  but  at  the  bottom 
the  hoop  may  lie  fastened  at  some  distance 
from  the  ground,  according  to  the  -dzo  of  the 
frame.  The  bottoms  of  the  stakes  should  be 
pointed  so  as  to  fasten  the  frame  more  firmly 
into  the  ground.  Having  the  skeleton  thus 
made  a  covering  will  suggest  itself,  which 
must  be  of  some  opaque  material  -as  light 
thin  canvas,  or  wa  terproof  calico  ;  even  paper 
coverings  are  not  to  be  despised.  The  illus¬ 
tration  will  show  that  it  is  a  very  sininle  and 


This  tank  extends  all 
over  the  mother,  and  is  kept  in  position  by  a 
wooden  frame,  which  supports  it  at  about  6 
inches  high,  at  the  front,  and  some  inches 
beliind.  Under  the  lower  or  back  edge, 
occupying  some  2  inches  of  the  under  side,  a 
flue  extends  the  whole  length  of  the  tank, 
which  is  provided  with  two  chimneys,  one 
at  the  end  or  corner  near  the  lamp,  the  other 
at  the  further  extremity  of  the  flue.  This  is 
necessary  for  such  a  long,  horizontal  flue  ; 
for  without  the  first  chimney  the  carbonic 
acid  would  flow  back  and  put  out  the  lamp 
when  first  lighted,  though  it  will  freely  travel 
to  the  further  chimney  when  the  flue  is 
warm  ;  moreover,  if  the  night  be  warm  the 
first  chimney  alone  may  be  left  in  operation, 
but  if  cold,  the  heated  air  is  compelled  to 
puss  along  the  whole  length  of  the  flue.  The 
tank  has  a  partition  soldered  in  it,  round 
which  the  water  circulates,  and  by  this 
means  the  temperature  hardly  varies  in  any 
part.  The  lamp  is  merely  introduced  under 
the  end  of  the  flue.  Any  good  lamp  will  do, 
but  Mrs.  Cheshire’s  was  the  most  simple 
and  yet  most  perfect  in  its  action  which 
could  possibly  be.  A  piece  of  small  brass 
pipe  was  put  through  a  loosely-fitted  cork 
(loosely-fitted  to  give  air)  in  a  common  glass 
bottle  partly  tilled  with  benzine.  This  bottle 
is  laid  on  its  side  oa  the  ground,  and  a  wick 
being  passed  through  the  pipe,  the  nearly 
horizontal  position  of  this  simple  wick-holder 
enables  capillary  attraction  to  draw  sufficient 
fluid  through  such  a  length  of  pipe  (IS  inches 
if  required),  that  the  most  explosive  Liquids 
can  be  used  without  the  slightest  danger  ; 
moreover,  such  a  wick  trims  itself,  as  if 
drawn  too  far  out  the  surplus  is  at  once  burnt 
ofi,  and  a  small  and  neariy  smokeless  flame 
produced  without  any  trouble  whatever. 
This  lamp  is  better  trimmed  twee  in  twenty- 
four  hours,  but  will  burn  tolerably  for  even 
the  whole  of  that  time  without  attention. 

“  Under  the  tunk  fits  a  frame  which  slides 
in  and  out,  on  the  top  of  wliich  canvas  is 
stretched,  to  which  arc  sown  the  ends  of 
strips  of  flannel  or  felt  carpet— about  2% 


between  it  and  the  ground.  It  is  easy  to  see 
this  is  a  very  effectual  shade,  and  useful  also 
for  protecting  individual  plants  in  bloom 
from  being  injured,  or,  perhaps,  destroyed 
by  spring  frosts. 

Figures  2  and  3  are  made  to  protect  large 
plants  of  Rhododendrons  and  various  other 
choice  spring  flowering  plants,  or  even  whole 
beds  of  plants.  To  make  it,  select  .a  sufficient 
number  of  stakes  according  to  the  size  of  the 
plant,  to  stand  8  or  4  feet  apart,  and  high 
enough  that  when  the  top  is  put  on  it  will  be 
a  foot  or  more  clear  of  the  shrub  to  be  pro¬ 
tected,  and  the  stakes  are  driven  firmly  into 


GARDENER’S  NOTES 


Trophy  Tomato . — Last  spring  I  procured 
from  Bliss  &  Sons  a  paper  of  the  Trophy 
Tomato,  1  selected  some  of  the  most  thrifty 
plants,  placing  them  iu  that  portion  of  my 
garden  nearest  the  kitchen.  1  planted  in  a 
row  four  feet  apart,  digging-  a  hole  about  a 
foot  deep  between  each  two  of  the  vines  ;  into 
this,  during  the  summer,  I  have  thrown  all 
slops.  While  the  plants  were  small  I  pinched 
out  the  center  buds,  after  two  or  three  weeks 
I  did  this  again,  and,  when  they  throw  out 
fresh  growth  I  repeated  the  operation  ;  this 
made  the  stems  grow  Large  and  strong,  and 
the  plant  quite  bushy.  I  then  staked  them 
-with  “  bush.”  .  Of  course  the  tomatoes  did 
not  come  on  quite  so  early  by  this  “pinching” 
process,  but  they  ore  ripening  finely  now. 
(July  30th)  and  each  of  my  seven  bushes  is 
loaded  with  tomatoes  that  will  not  average 
much  less  than  a  pound  in  weight.  The 
amount  of  fruit  will  average  a  bushel  to  the 
plant.  So  much  for  gardening  on  a  small 
scale  and  for  large  results. — Aunt  Lou. 


Fig.  3. 

the  ground.  A  circular  frame  of  wicker¬ 
work  {fig.  2),  made  of  willows  or  any  other 
green  pliable  -wood,  is  put.  over  the  top  and 
fastened  to  the  stakes  by  rope  yarn,  and  as 
long  as  there  is  any  danger  from  frosts  this 
framework  is  left  over  the  plant,  so  that 
when  necessary  a  covering  may  be  put  over 
it,  winch  is  generally  garden  mats  or  canvas. 
These  shelters  (fig.  3),  may  be  constructed  of 
any  shape,  and  are  very  light  and  durable  if 
taken  proper  care  of  when  not  in  use.  To 
make  them  is  profitable  employment  for  the 
garden  men  in  wintertime,  and  the  materials 
are  inexpensive. 


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of  justice  ;  but  is  it  not  wise  to  remember 
that  if  agriculture  is  less  remunerated  than 
other  occupations,  It  is  not  solely  on  account 
of  the  cupidity  of  corporat  ions,  and  is  it  not 
worth  while  to  inquire  how  far  the  farmers 
themselves  are  at  fault,  and  how  far  the  rem¬ 
edy  is  within  their  own  reach  ? 

If  two  men,  cultivating  adjoining  and 
equal  areas  of  ground,  with  soils  alike  and 
other  conditions  similar,  present  a  marked 
difference  in  the  result  of  their  labors,  one 
getting  invariably  larger  products  and  better 
prices  than  the  other,  we  should  not  think 
of  charging  the  losses  of  the  slovenly  farmer 
to  the  rapacity  of  the  railroads,  but  would 
naturally  conclude  that  the  difference  is  in 


each— less,  when  I  used  them  ;  the  rick  sheet, 
with  apparatus,  is,  of  course,  in  proportion 
to  size— £20  ($100)  for  one  large  enough  to 
cover  a  stack  containing  30  loads.  They  can 
be  removed  from  a  rick  and  put  up  ready  to 
build  another  under  in  an  hour.  While  the 
hay  is  being  put  ou,  the  cloth  is  rolled  round 
and  hoisted  out  of  the  way  by  the  pulley, 
and  in  the  evening,  or  should  a  shower  be 
coming,  it  can  be  let  down  and  put  in  place 
in  five  minutes. 

In  the  spring,  the  fields  are  all  bush-har¬ 
rowed  and  rolled  and  the  portion  covered 
with  manure  (about  a  third)  has  a  good  deal 
of  extra  harrowing  ;  a  frame  of  wood  is 
made,  and  white  thorn  bushes  cut  out  of  the 


CINCINNATI  INDUSTRIAL  EXPOSITION 
BUILDINGS,  1873. 


SELLING  HAY 


-  \  city,  and  are  five  in 

"  -  number,  including  the 

^  V  Art  Hall,  which  is  con- 

nected  with  the  rest  by 
T-  a  bridge  across  Rim 

i  - .  st reel,  sin »\v  u  at  the  left 

v  furnish  t,<>  exhibitors 

EE  nearly  eight  acres  of 

“  space,  the  It  over  Hall 

alone  comprising  over 
:  -an  acre  of  every  variety 

-  ;  of  machinery  in  motion, 

m  The  Exposition  is  divi- 

,  |w  ded  into  sixteen  dopai’t- 

jglfcnfc  Pi.  ments,  and  each  of  the 

great  halls  is  tilled  with 
the  myriad  products  of 
*  American  industrial  en- 

“vl Ie terprise,  displayed  in 
£-5  hftiUBl,  the  m  o  s  1  attractive 

forms  and  with  endless 

L  ft ~  JllsUy  termed  a  popular 

school  of  art  and  indus¬ 
try,  teaching  by  object 
3_  lessons  of  the  most  viv¬ 

id  and  attractive  de¬ 
scription. 

The  great  popularity  of  this  Exposition  is 
partly  due  to  the  central  location  of  the  city 
of  Cincinnati,  but  mainly  to  the  liberal 
Character  of  its  management,  which  is  in 
the  hands  of  the  three  commercial  associa¬ 
tions  of  the  city.  There  being  no  stockhold¬ 
ing  interest,  all  its  revenues  are  directly  ex¬ 
pended  in  increasing  its  popular  attractions, 
while  the  liigh  character  and  impartiality  of 
its  awards  has  made  them  eagerly  sought 
after  by  exhibitors  from  every  part  of  the 
Union.  The  national  character  of  the  Expo¬ 
sition  is  indicated  by  the  half-fare  arrange¬ 
ments  which  last  year  extended  over  15,000 
miles  of  railway,  or  nearly  one-third  the  en¬ 
tire  mileage  of  the  United  States;  and  by 
the  attendance  of  over  000,000  visitors.  A 
large  increase  is  expected  this  year,  under 
the  newly  adapted  system  of  school  excur¬ 
sions  at  reduced  rates  of  admission. 


fences  are  fastened  in  the  frame,  and  the  Lice 
of  the  meadows  or  upland  is  brought  to  a 
lawu-like  appearance .  Where  there  is  water 
carriage,  and  railroads  run  through  or  close 
by,  manure  is  had  that  way,  especially  as 
the  distance  increases  and  the  freight  is  low 
—a  cent  per  ton  per  mile  being  the  charge. 

I  think,  as  the  wealth  of  the  great  cities  of 
the  United  States  increases,  and  horses  Cor 
pleasure  and  other  purposes  multiply,  hay 
will  become  a  dear  article  ;  and  as  the  timo¬ 
thy  and  other  temporary  grasses  require  re¬ 
seeding  and  the  soil  cultivating  by  plowing, 
and  thus  losing  time  and  weakening  the  soil 
if  not  h'ghly  manured,  it  will  answer  well  ou 
good,  deep  soils  to  endeavor  to  establish  rich 
old  greensward  similar  to  tne  English  mead¬ 
ows  ;  and  though  old  seeded  hard  hay  is 
chosen  now,  the  hay  from  a  great,  variety  of 
grasses  when  cm’ed  and  brought  to  the  Amer¬ 
ican  markets  with  the  bright  color  and  deli¬ 
cious  smell  of  the  beautiful  herbage  in  well 
managed  old  grass  land,  will  be  sought  for 
by  good  horsemen. 

The  best  conditioned  horses  in  England  are 
the  racers  ;  and  next  the  fox-hunting  steeds 
of  gentlemen  and  livery  stablemen  who  let 
out  hunters  ;  and  all  of  these  horses  are  fed 
on  the  meadow  hay,  with  oats  and  a  few 
beans.  It  fattens  cattle  without  grain— Lei¬ 
cestershire  grass  to  wit ! 

A  Working  Farmer. 


grass,  because  he  was  one  ot  the  host  nay 
farmers  around  London,  always  loading 
back  with  the  beat  stable  manure  to  be  had. 
As  I  have  mentioned  this  farmer,  I  may  as 
well  go  on  to  describe  his  system,  which  will 
be  n  fair  sample  of  all  the  good  farmer’s 
management  too,  and  what  all  the  others 
ought  to  be.  This  000  acres  was  similar  to 
the  greater  part  of  grass  land  iu  England, 
never  being  plowed  and  nobody  living  re¬ 
membering  it  to  have  been  desecrated  by 
having  the  fine  old  sod  of  native  grasses 
broken.  The  roads  are  so  very  good  and 
easy  for  the  distance  named,  around  London, 
that  wagons  are  not  used,  very  well  built 
strong  carts  being  universally  preferred,  the 
fore  and  hind  ladders  fixed  on,  making  them 
capable  of  bringing  to  the  stocks  from  the 
field  all  the  hay  as  fast  as  made. 

When  hauled  to  market,  the  hay  is  trussed 
in  56  lb.  trusses,  being  the  English  Ej  cwt„ 
and  custom  from  time  immemorial  makes 
36  trusses  (IS  cwt.)  a  load  ;  and  the  hay  farm¬ 
ers  will  only  take  this  quantity  with  two,  and 
sometimes  tliree,  powerful  horses,  although 
they  could  throe-fold  the  weight,  because  it 
is  the  back  load  which  keeps  up  the  land  so 
that  the  crop  will  average  two  tons  per  acre 
and  bear  continual  annual  mowing  twice 
many  years.  The  hay  is  trussed  by  men  who 
get  so  skilled  in  using  the  cutting  knife  and 
in  tying  it  up  with  bands  twisted  by  hand, 
that  it  is  seldom  one  out  of  a  load  will  vary 
more  than  two  or  three  pounds.  When  not 
sold  to  go  into  stables,  every  farmer  has  some 
particular  salesman  who  disposes  of  it,  re¬ 
ceiving  a  commission  of  half  a  crown  per  load, 
and  pays  cash  himself,  or  is  responsible  for 
the  money.  But  hay  averages,  taking  sev- 


their  business.  In  one  case,  there  is  little  or 
no  thought  or  enterprise,  and  a  total  lack  of 
system  and  of  method.  In  the  other,  the 
labor  of  the  hand  is  guided  by  a  fertile  brain, 
and  the  business  of  the  farm  is  reduced  to  a 
system. 

Clearly,  then,  if  husbandry  is  to  be  made 
profitable,  it  must  bo  done  (just  as  in  the  case 
of  any  other  business)  by  adopting  the  beat 
methods.  If  we  expect,  as  farmers,  to  make 
our  vocation  lucrative,  we  must  make  it  more 
systematic  in  its  processes.  If  all  other  in¬ 
dustries  are  carried  on  with  more  attention 
to  rules,  methods  and  principles  than  the 
cultivation  of  the  soil,  how  can  we  be  sur¬ 
prised  if  they  outstrip  the  latter  in  prosper¬ 
ity  i  Conrad  Wilson. 

Sloateburg,  Rockland  Co.,  N.  Y. 


ABOUT  MANURES 


HOW  ILLINOIS  FARMS  ARE  MORTGAGED 


W.  W.  Livingston  asks  “  Are  the  fol¬ 
lowing  articles,  if  properly  used,  as  good  as 
stable  manure,  viz.:  liquid  saltpeter,  salt, 
guano,  bone-dust  or  ground  bone?”  No, 
they  are  uot,  as  a  rule,  as  good  ;  but  in  spe¬ 
cial  cases  and  for  special  purposes,  they  may 
produce  results  quite  as  satisfactory  as  stable 
manure.  For  instance,  if  the  soil  is  naturally 
fertile,  guano  may  be  used  as  a  stimulus  to 
an  early  and  quick  growth.  Bone-dust,  some 
think  better  than  guano.  It  is  certainly 
more  lasting  in  its  effects.  Some  soils  con¬ 
tain  all  the  salt  needed  ;  where  this  is  the  case, 
salt  is  of  no  consequence.  Whatever  fur¬ 
nishes  nitrogen  to  plants  is  always  valuable, 
hence,  saltpeter  can  hardly  be  applied  amiss. 
But  we  should  not  be  willing  to  depend  upon 
any  one  of  the  fertilizers  above-named,  nor 
all  of  them,  as  a  substitute  for  good  stable 
manure,  if  we  could  get  it  ;  and  yet  all,  if 
properly  applied,  may  be  used  as  a  substi¬ 
tute. 


A  special  correspondent  of  the  New  York 
Tribune,  writing  from  Springfield,  111.,  says  : 
In  a  former  letter  1  mentioned  the  fact  that 
in  some  parts  of  the  State  a  large  proportion 
of  the  farms  were  mortgaged  to  Eastern 
capitalists.  Since  that  time  1  have  obtained 
some  more  definite,  information  as  to  the 
terms  on  which  these  deeds  of  trust  are  giv¬ 
en  und  the  money  borrowed.  In  a  certain 
town  of  not  more  than  10,000  or  15,000  people, 
there  is  an  unpretending  banking  house  that 
is  engagod  largely  in  this  business  of  lending 
money  for  Eastern  people.  The  loan  depart¬ 
ment  is  separate  from  the  bank  proper,  and 
is  managed  by  one  of  the  partners.  If  a  far¬ 
mer  desires  to  borrow  money  on  his  land, 
and  goes  to  the  bank  for  that  purpose,  he  is 
I  referred  to  the  loan  office,  where  he  is  in¬ 
formed  that,  in  the  first  place,  he  will  be  re¬ 
quired  to  furnish  an  abstract  of  his  title. 
This  the  loan  office,  which  has  abstracts 
of  all  the  titles  in  the  county,  will  give 
him  for  the  customary  price  — $15.  The 
farmer  then  agrees  to  pay  ten  per  cent,  in¬ 
terest  for  the  money,  with  exchange  on  New 
York,  and  an  additional  percentage  for  nego¬ 
tiating  the  loan.  His  property  is  then  ap¬ 
praised,  without  improvements,  and  he  can 
borrow  from  one-third  to  one-half  its  ap- 
‘  >.  In  the  deed  which  he  gives 
|  he  agees  to  pay  the  interest  semi-annually, 
to  pay  the  taxes  promptly,  and  sometimes 


SYSTEMATIC  FARMING 


The  great  object  in  farming,  as  in  every 
other  pursuit,  is  to  make  the  business  pay. 
If  this  end  is  uot  gained,  there  is  certainly 
something  wrong.  If  the  men  who  feed  the 
nation  are  inadequately  remunerated,  the 
evil  is  too  great  to  be  trifled  with,  and  the 
first,  duty  of  the  farmer  is  to  trace  out  the 
causes.  Until  he  does  this,  he  is  simply  grop¬ 
ing  in  the  dark  ;  no  man  can  remedy  an  evil 
until  he  understands  it. 

In  solving  the  question.  Why  husbandry  is 
underpaid  t  we  are  apt  to  jump  to  a  hasty 
conclusion;  especially  when  several  causes 
operate  together  to  produce  this  result,  we 
are  prone  to  fix  the  mind  on  one  of  them  and 
lose  sight  of  the  others.  When  we  hear  iu 
every  direction  of  the  injustice  and  extortion 
of  the  railroad  companies,  we  are  impelled 
to  denounce  so  great  a  wrong,  and  in  the 
ardor  of  our  resentment,  wo  too  easily  forget 
that  there  are  also  other  causes  for  the  evil 
in  question,  w  bleb  are  even  more  important 
to  farmers,  because  more  within  our  own 
control.  Undoubtedly,  monopolies  and  mid¬ 
dle-men  are  great  evils  which,  if  rightly  re¬ 
sisted,  will  in  the  end  yield  to  the  demands 


NORTHERN  vs.  SOUTHERN  IDEAS 


A  Correspondent  ‘of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  writes  “  I  like  your 
paper  very  muol'i,  and  if  the  farmers  in  this 
part  of  the  country  would  take  it,  they 
would  be  much  benefited  by  it.  They  are  a 
little  slow  to  take  up  Northern  ideas  ;  they 
cannot  get  over  the  notion  that  deep  plowing  praised  value, 
makes  poor  land.  Onions,  here,  in  the  win-  | 


rn 

m 

m  1 1 

uin 

this  valley  to  Colorado  Springs,  for  it  has 
been  like  riding  through  a  vast  flower  gar¬ 
den.  The  road  on  both  sides,  where  the 
land  is  not  under  cultivation,  is  covered  with 
native  flowers.  The  scarlet  Gillian,  blue  and 
white.  Pentatemana,  Axyemone  calchortua, 

!  a"d  hundreds  of  other  plants  are  now  in  full 
bloom,  adding  much  to  the  beauty  of  the 
scene.  Of  course  our  botanists  are  delighted 
and  every  time  the  cars  stop  they  bound  off 
like  wild  men,  each  grasping  at  some  beauti¬ 
ful  plant  found  along  the  track.  Fuller 
looks  into  every  sunflower  in  search  of  Lyttaa 
or  Nemo{jnr>rith ua  beetles,  luiown  to  fre¬ 
quent.  the  flowers  of  this  plant ;  while  Ww- 
i.AKD  gets  his  eye  upon  some  flne  animal  or 
grass,  and  from  Ills  sober  looks  1  conclude  ho 
is  Uimlrihg  of  the  quality  or  quantity  of  but¬ 
ter  to  be  made  here.  Excellent  butter  and 
the  richest,  milk  are  found  noon  everv  table 


inclined  to  think  Colorado  is  an  excellent  known  whirr  of  a  rattlesnake  sounded  in  the 
country  to  slide  down  the  hill  of  life  in,  and  gross  at  my  feet.  A  few  steps  forward,  and 
old  people  as  well  us  young  may  find  some  a  well-directed  blow'  from  my  staff  brought 
at  t  ractions  here  beside  the.  all-absorbing  one  his  snakeship  to  light,  and  we  soon  held  a 
of  making  money.  council  of  war  over  the  dead  hero,  who,  like 

After  breakfast,  this  morning,  we  started  another  serpent,  in  olden  times,  it.  is  said,  in¬ 
to  see  tiie  various  national  curiosities  in  the  truded  into  an  otherwise  peaceful  paradise, 
vicinity.  Our  first  point  of  observation  was  Our  two  Connecticut  parsons  thought  this 
Olen  Eyrie,  a  wild  spot  among  the  foot-hills  killing  of  a  rattlesnake  at  the  very  entrance 
and  near  the  entrance  to  Queen’s  Canon.  -Vo  of  the  Gods,  an  ominous  sign;  but  I  had 
word  of  mine  could  possibly  convey  a  correct  crushed  his  head,  and  we  concluded  to  pass 
idea  of  the  beauty  or  grandeur  of  the  rocks,  on.  After  rambling  about  for  an  hour  or 
mountains,  and  lovely  little  dolls  to  be  seen  two  in  the  Park,  wo  passed  across  the  coun- 
here  on  all  sides.  They  must  be  fteen  to  be  try  to  Tee  lion  to,  a  station  on  the  Denver  and 
appreciated.  No  photographs,  no  stereo-  Pvio  Grande  Railroad.  Here  /liamlca«,l 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE, 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Oentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


DENVER  TO  COLORADO  SPRINGS. 

July  29.— This  moi-ning  wc  left  Denver 
for  Colorado  Springs,  distant.  75  miles,  on 
the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  Railroad.  We 
were  furnished  with  a  special  train  and  ac¬ 
companied  by  Messrs.  .1  ackkon  and  Borst, 
two  well-known  and  popular  oflioera  of  this 
line,  who  added  much  to  the  pleasure  of  our 
party  by  pointing  out  many  interesting  places 
along  the  route.  This  railroad  is  one  of  the 
many  narrow-gauge  lines  now  becoming  very 
popular,  as  well  as  profitable  in  this  country, 
and  probably  will,  ere  long,  be  introduced 
into  the  older  States,  particularly  where  the 
wide  gauges  cannot  be  run  with  profit.  The 
cars  are  models  of  neatness  and  comfort, 
each  seating  85  [to  40  persons.  The  rails  of 
this  line  are  just  three  feet  apart,  conse- 
quently  the  ears  are  not  only  narrower  but 
shorter  than  upon  the  narrow-gauge  roads. 

Tills  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  road  is  located 
lor  the  entire  distance  over  which  we  have 
traveled  to-day,  through  a  fertile  valley 
where  we  saw  wheat,  oats,  potatoes,  corn, 
and  various  kinds  of  garden  Vegetables, 
growing  luxuriantly,  both  with  and  without 
irrigation.  The  hills  on  each  side  are  covered 
with  a  scattering  growth  of  pine,  and,  like 
nearly  all  the  hills  and  mountains  in  this 
part  of  the  country,  are  little  more  than  a 
heap  ol  rocks  which  are  of  little  use  except 
to  hold  the  world  together,  or  keep  it  well- 
balanced.  Wo  were  told  that  two  years,  or 
a  little  oyer,  ago,  there  was  not  an  acre  of 
ground  in  this  valley  cultivated,  or  occupied  world, 
by  any  one  who  had  the  least  thought  of  trees, 
giving  it  cultivation  ;  but  now  there  is  not  a  rocks  < 
foot  of  government  land  unclaimed  in  the  down 
entire  distance  between  the  two  cities  named  not  fai 
above  ;  and  we  saw  thousands  of  acres  of  as  anist, 
tine  wheat,  oats  and  other  grains,  as  one  beautt 
could  wish  to  see  anywhere.  No  visitor  t.o  Piria  > 
Colorado  need  to  be  told  that  tlic  finest  grow  it 
wheat,  or  at  least  as  good  as  can  be  found  signillc 
elsewhere,  is  raised  here  ;  for  from  the  time,  trees  . 
lie  reaches  half  way  across  the  plains,  from  above 
the  Mississippi  river,  going  west,  he  will  ob-  rushinj 
serve  that  the  bread  upon  almost  every  table  tain  e» 
is  getting  bettor  and  better  as  he  advances,  very  e 
Now,  if  there  is  any  one  thing  in  the  eatable  and  ie 
line  upon  which  Mrs.  “  Ruralist  ”  prides  her-  is  abui 
self  more  than  another,  it  is  good  bread  ;  oniy  t,i 
and  as  poor  bread  is  the  rule  and  first-rate  whence 
the  exception,  at  the  railroad  eating-houses,  , 

hotels  and  restaurants,  in  nearly  all  of  our  m 


[  can  do  them  justice.  That  these  beautiful 
nooks  and  Corners  in  tills  wild  region  are  ap¬ 
preciated  and  valued,  is  shown  by  the  many 
splendid  dwellings  found  in  paths  hid  here 
and  there  where  one  would  least  expect  to 
find  them.  The  residence  of  W.  J.  Palmer, 
Esq,  a  beautiful  Gothic  structure,  located 
just  at.  the  entrance  of  Queen’s  Canon,  could 
not  have  cost  less  than  $25,000,  and  this  is  but 
a  beginning  of  what  must  be  done  in  a  few 
years  in  these  foot-hills  of  the  Rocky  Moun¬ 
tains.  The  climate,  _  beautiful  scenery, 
wealth  of  mines  and  soil,  all  contribute  to 
make  this  region  of  country  desirable  both 
to  the  poor  as  well  as  rich.  After  an  hour 
spent  at  Glen  Eyrie,  admiring  the  curious 
ini  mod  rocks  known  as  the  Organ,  Melrose 


jectsof  interest,.  We  met  one  in  Williams’ 
Canon,  and  after  arranging  ourselves  around 
and  upon  a  huge  boulder,  had  our  pictures 
taken,  copies  of  which  we  will  take  home 
with  us  as  mementoes  of  this 


journey. 

AT  MANITOU. 

Five  miles  from  the  village  of  Colorado 
Springs,  we  reach  Manitou,  where  the 
springs  arc  found,  at  least,  so  says  the  guide 
books,  therefore  the  name  of  the  village  of 
Colorado  Springs  is  a  misnomer,  as  there  are 
in  i  springs  there,  the  precious  fountains  being 
live  miles  distant  up  in  the  mountains.  At 
Manitou  wc  found  a  large  and  eommodius 
hotel,  accommodating  at  present  one  liuu- 
d red  and  twentv-fi  vc  guests.  Dozens  of  little 
cottages  are  located  about  the  grounds  for 
the  accommodation  of  those  who  wish  to 
have  rooms  to  themselves  outside  of  the 
hotel  proper. 


ago.  i'rom  Golden  we  passed  up  through 
Clear  Creek  Canon  to  Floyd’s  Hill,  fourteen 
miles  from  Golden.  The  railroad  winds 
about,  keeping  close  to  the  creek,  and  is  so 
crooked  that  the  locomotive  frequently  ap¬ 
pears  to  be  taking  a  back  track,  and  coming 
directly  towards  the  train  it  is  hauling  slowly 
up  this  mountain  gorge.  Notliing  short  of 
[  Y  ankee  grit  and  western  enterprise  would 
ever  have  put  a  railroad  through  such  a 
country  as  this  !  but  it  is  built,  an. I  a  success 
in  every  respect.  The  ores  from  the  interior 
of  the  country,  *ind  those  dug  out  along  the 
line,  can  be  brought  down  to  the  smelting 
works  at  Golden,  or  for  sending  east  by  this 
narrow-gauge  road  cheaper  than  by  any  oth¬ 
er  method  of  transportation. 

CAMPINO  OUT. 

We  found  our  escort  of  teams  and  guides 
at  the  appointed  spot,  and  bidding  adieu  to 
railroads,  pushed  forward  into  the  mountains 
in  search  of  a  good  spot  for  a  camp.  This 
was  found  about  sundown,  and  then  com¬ 
menced  our  first  preparations  for  camping 


ably  disappointed,  and  Mrs.  “Ruralist”  con¬ 
fesses  that  Colorada  is  an  exception  in  the 
bread  line,  and  a  big  one  at  that.  There  is 
no  mistaking  the  cause  of  this  almost  uni¬ 
versal  feature  of  good  bread,  for  we  can 
hardly  expect  that  every  housekeeper  or  her 
servants  could  or  would  make  excellent 
bread,  unless  they  had  something  more  than 
ordinary  assistance  from  some  source  outside 
of  their  own  knowledge  or  skill ;  and  this 
they  do  have;  for  the  secret  of  success  is  to 
be  found  in  the  wheat,  and  notin  the  method 
of  manipulation  either  at  the  mill  or  in  the 
kitchen,  f  have  made  arrangements  to  be 
supplied  wit  h  Colorado  flour  hereafter,  for  I 
am  not  going  to  see  Mrs.  “Ruralist”  beaten 
on  the  bread  question,  especially  when  L  can 
supply  my  table  with  Colorado  flour,  as 
cheaply  as  I  can  with  a  XX  brand  purchased 
in  New  Y’ ork. 

I  have  been  accustomed  to  Bee  wheat  grow¬ 
ing  almost  as  high  as  my  head,  In  what  are 
called  good  wheat-growing  regions,  and  it 


The  springs  are  about  a  quar¬ 
ter  of  a  mile  from  the  hotel,  and  are  of 
various  kinds,  each  being  known  by  mimes 
such  as  Manitou,  Camauche,  Shoshone,  etc., 
etc.  ;  the  soda  character  being  the  predomi¬ 
nating  one  in  all  ;  and  as  the  water  bubbles 
up  through  the  rocks,  one  is  tempted  to  drink 
even  if  he  is  not  thirsty.  The  watcre  of  all 
these  wells  are  strongly  medicinal,  and,  to 
my  taste,  really  delicious,  surpassing  Vichy, 
Saratoga,  or  those  of  uny  other  springs 
which  1  have  ever  tasted,  f  am  not  usually 
very  hasty  in  making  up  my  miud  as  to  the 
future  of  a  new  town  in  a  new  region  of 
country,  having  seen  too  mauy  failures  ;  but 
I  am  confident  that  Manitou  is  destined  to 
be  the  greatest,  and  most  desirable  summer 
resort  yet  discovered  on  this  continent. 
Large  hotels  are  very  much  needed,  for  the 
only  one  here  is  over-crowded,  and  cannot 
accommodate  a  third  of  those  who  would 
like  to  visit  the  springs,  although  the  price 
of  board  here  is  §<S  per  day. 

A  VISIT  TO  UTE  PASS. 

July  3L — This  morning  we  walked  up  to 
Ute  Pass,  a  mile  or  more  above  Manitou,  and 
11,200  feet  above  the  sea.  The  air  is  pure 
and  invigorating,  ancl  novelties  abound  on 
every  side  ;  but  one  needs  an  extra  spring  in 
the  back  of  the  neck  to  prevent  breaking  the 
spinal  cord,  lor  wa  are  constantly  stretching 
our  throats  in  looking  up  at  the  mountains 
of  rocks.  Returning  to  the  hotel  at  about 
11  o’clock,  A.  M.,  we  entered  carriages  fora 
visit  to  Monument  Park  and  the  Gar  den  of 
the  Gods.  At  the  entrance  of  the  latter 
place  we  left  our  carriages  for  a  stroll  among 


in  a  five  minutes  nap,  while  waiting  for  some 
of  my  companions  t.o  come  down  from  the 
cliffs  above  where,  they  had  gone  to  get  a 
good  view  of  a  waterfall  After  spending 
several  hours  very  pleasantly  in  this  charm¬ 
ing  spot,  we  again  returned  to  the  Colorado 
Spring  House  for  supper  and  rest  for  the 
night. 

PLEASANT  NIGHTS  FOR  SLEEPING. 

July  30. — The  day  may  be  ever  so  warm 
here,  the  nights  are  always  cool,  and  one  can 
sleep  under  a  blanket  with  comfort,  even 
during  the  hottest  month  ;  consequently  it’s 
a  glorious  place  to  sleep  well  and  long.  I  am 


NKJCBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


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gomcfitic  C^conomir. 


AUNT  LOU  ON  EAG  CABPETS. 


I  HATE  ruarle  rag  carpets  several  times, 
twice  a  hundred  yards  at  once,  and  several 
times  a  smaller  quantity.  I  And,  where  we 
have  a  family  sufficient  to  furnish  rags  for 
carpets,  there  is  decided  economy  in  making 
rag  carpets ;  but  it  is  much  better  to  buy 
your  carpet  at  once  than  to  buy  the  “rags  ” 
to  make  one.  The  cheapest  and  most  service¬ 
able  carpet  is  made  with  the  ground  what  is 
called  “  hit-and-miss  that  is,  all  rags,  cot¬ 
ton,  woolen,  light  or  dark,  long  or  short, 
sewed  indiscriminately  together.  Striping 
with  red,  white  and  black,  which  gives  it  a 
very  bright  appearance.  The  chain  to  bo 
used  without  coloring;  thus,  no  coloring  is 
necessary  unless  for  the  stripes,  and  a  light 
carpet  not  only  wears  much,  better,  but  is 
much  more  easily  kept  clean  than  a  dark 
one.  I  have  never  had  a  carpet,  made  in  this 
way,  cost  me  more  than  thirty-three  cents 
per  yard. 

Again,  when  my  imported  carpets  wear 
out  1  cut  them  in  lengths  that  can  be  easily 
handled,  give  them  a  good  washing,  then  cut 
into  “carpet  rage,”  cutting  across  the  carpet 
from  selvedge  to  selvedge  edge,  overcast  the 
t  pieces  together,  get  heaviest  chain,  send  to 
the  weaver,  and,  in  addition  to  the  plentiful 
dish  of  grumbling  which  she  is  sure  to  servo 
up  to  you,  you  will  have  a  rag  carpet  that 
will  last  you  a  lifetime,  and  serve  to  thatch 
your  grandchildrens’  cottages  afterward.  I 
have  a  carpet  of  this  kind  made  fifteen  years 
ago.  It  has  been  in  constant  use  on  a  bed¬ 
room  occupied  l>y  men  in  my  husband’s  em¬ 
ploy,  and  there  is  not  a  weak  spot  In  it  now. 
When  such  carpets  are  not  wanted  as  carpets 
they  may  he  used  to  advantage  as  rugs  "before 
the  lire  or  at  the  doors  ;  being  heavy,  they 
are  not  easily  tom  up  by  tripping  feet;  being 
very  thick  they  absorb  all  watter,  keeping 
the  dampness  from  the  other  carpet ;  being 
so  thick  that  the  chain  is  completely  imbed¬ 
ded  in  the  wool,  they  are  also  fire-proof  ;  and, 
after  all,  they  are  not  its  you  arc  all  ready  to 
exclaim,  at  all  “ugly.”  Aunt  Lou. 

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IN  EEGAED  TO  SERVANTS. 


One  of  the  best  proofs  of  the  truthfulness 
of  the  Darwinian  theory,  if  there  is  auy 
truthfulness  about  it,  is  that  monkeys,  human 
beings  in  general  and  servant  girls  in  partic¬ 
ular,  are  the  greatest  of  imitators.  When 
ladies  of  the  “upper  ten”  wore  extensive 
skirts,  looking  like  inflated  balloon*  and  flow¬ 
er  gardens  pointing  skyward  adorned  their 
hearts,  eveiy  kitchen  maid  in  the  land,  white 
anti  black,  native  and  foreign,  crowded  cars 
and  omnibuses  with  their  immensity  and 
overtopped  public  gatherings  with  their  ele¬ 
vated  head-gear.  No  sooner  were  their  ski  rts 
contracted  and  huge  wisps  of  hemp  heaped 
upon  their  heads,  than  all  servant,  girls  be¬ 
came  walking  bean-poles  and  advertisements 
for  hair  dressers  and  jute  dealers.  No  sooner 
was  the  pannier  adopted  by  the  fashionables 
than  “hired  help”  became  self-made  drome¬ 
daries — herein  is  double  proof  for  Darwin. 
Maids  of  all  work  will  squeeze  themselves 
fnto  corsets,  draggle  long  dresses  and  white 
underskirts,  tucked  and  ruffled,  about  the 
wash-room  because,  forsooth,  “my  lady”  in 
tho  parlor  wears  corsets  and  dragging  skirts  ; 
they  will  sweat  beneath  a  load  of  hairy  imi¬ 
tations  and  useless  flummery  because  she  has 
nothing  to  do  but  to  sit  on  a  cushioned  seat 
beneath  her  fashionable  burdens  or  to  carry 
them  listlessly  about. 

In  their  ideas  of  life,  of  their  calling,  its 
duties  and  responsibilities,  they  are  no  less 
imitators  ;  if  the  mistress  of  the  house  turn 
up  her  nose  at  useful  labor,  and  especially  at 
domestic  toil ;  if  her  greatest  ambition  be  to 
avoid  it,  to  keep  her  head  and  heart  (and 
most  especially  her  hands)  free  from  it ;  if 
she  make  ease,  dress,  fashion,  show  aud  de¬ 
ceit  the  grand  purpose  of  her  life,  her  hired 
servants  will  learn  to  look  upon  their  work 
as  low  and  menial,  will  become  careless  and 
negligent,  lazy  and  indifferent ;  will  deceive 
and  iinposo  upon  their  employers ;  will  be 
filled  with  high  notions,  put  on  airs,  and  con¬ 
duct.  themselves  in  such  a  manner  as,  in  their 
opinion,  will  give  people  to  understand  that 
“  They  are  as  good  as  anybody,”  and  to  en¬ 
deavor  to  bring  them  into  subjection,  to  keep 
them  in  harness  and  render  their  services 
valuable  by  ennobling  them,  by  a  show  of 
superiority  or  by  the  exercise  of  authority, 
will  only  add  to  instead  of  lessening  the  diffi¬ 
culty.  So  noted  have  domestic  servants  be¬ 
come  for  their  unprofitableness,  that  careful, 
prudent,  overworked  housewives  will  drudge 
their  very  lives  out.  before  they  will  be.  “both- 
>  ered  with  a  hired  girl.” 


And  hero  is  an  opposite  extreme  ;  they  are 
so  anxious  in  regard  to  their  reputation  as 
housekeepers  in  mere  trifles  and  matters  of 
minor  importance,  that  no  one  but  them 
selves  must  care  for  nor  have  tho  handling  of 
their  household  gods,  that  they  will  have  no 
confidence  in  hired  help  nor  trust  them  with 
the  performance  of  the  most  menial  duties, 
however  efficient  anti  trustworthy  they  may 
be,  but  class  thorn  all  together  an  unendur¬ 
able  “jiuisaneos,”  and  by  malting  their  work 
their  master,  by  the  exhaustion  of  physical 
and  mental  faculties,  mukiug  it  degrading, 
they  are  enhancing  tho  very  wrong  which 
they  would  remedy. 

“Tho  fault  is  not  In  your  ‘  help,’ 

Hut  In  yourselves,  dear  Indies, 

That  you  are  underlings. ” 

Thoio  who  are  in  the  lower  walks  of  life 
will  ever  strive  to  imitate  those  who  are 
higher  up  ;  and  you  who  have  wealth  and 
social  position,  education  and  cultivated 
tastes,  cannot  expect  such  as  have  none  of 
those  to  perform  their  life-duties  better  than 
you  perform  yours  ;  nor  to  make  their  work 
grander  and  nobler  than  you  make  yours. 

Only  when  fashionable  women  shall  cease 
to  be  idle  nonentities  ;  when  they  shall  seek 
a  remedy  for  their  own  uselessness  and  inef¬ 
ficiency  ;  when  working  women  shall  couse 
to  become  mere  drudges  aud  beasts  of  bur¬ 
den  ;  when  both  shall  so  use  1  heir  privileges 
and  advantages,  thoir  minds  and  intellects, 
as  to  make  all  honest,  useful  employment 
elevating  and  ennobling  ;  when  they  shall 
put  their  own  hands  to  tho  (flow  and  them¬ 
selves  conceive  a  right  idea  of  and  promote  a 
right  feeling  in  regard  to  the  great  import¬ 
ance  of  domestic  labor  ;  shall  know  that  to 
be  well  skilled  in,  and  to  have  an  understand¬ 
ing  of  the  proper  management  of  homo  du¬ 
ties,  is  conducive  to  tame  womanhood  instead 
of  being  derogatory  thereto,  then  shall  they 
be  blessed  with  well  trained,  efficient  and 
conscientious  servants,  and  never  until  then, 
(<  KHALDIN  IS  Cl  CKJIANC. 
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SELECTED  EECIPE8. 


How  lo  Make  Tomato  Fige  — Pour  boiling 
water  over  the  tomatoes  in  order  to  remove 
the  skins  ;  then  weigh  them  aud  place  them 
in  a  stone  jar,  with  as  much  sugar  as  you 
have  tomatoes,  and  let  thorn  stand  two  days  ; 
then  pour  off  the  syrup  and  boil  aud  skim  it 
until  no  scum  rises.  Then  pour  as  before, 
then  boil  and  skim  again.  After  a  third  lime 
they  am  fit  to  dry,  if  the  weather  Is  good  ; 
if  not,  let  them  stand  in  the  syimyi  until  dry¬ 
ing  weather.  Then  place  on  large,  earthen 
plates  or  dishes,  and  put  them  in  the  sun  to 
dry,  which  will  take  about  a  week,  after 
which.  pack  them  down  in  small  wooden 
boxes,  with  line,  wliitc'  sugar  between  each 
layer.  Tomatoes  prepared  in  this  manner 
will  keep  for  years. 

Home-Made  I  Jeer.  Boil  in  two  quarts  of 
water  a  handful  of  hops,  und  live  ounces  of 
sassafras  root ;  add  six  quarts  of  hot  water, 
a  coffee  cupful  of  molasses,  six  tablespoonl'ids 
of  ginger,  two  teaspoon  fills  of  winter  green, 
and  one  of  essence  of  spruce.  When  luke¬ 
warm,  add  a  pint  of  good  yeast,  and  let  the 
whole  stay  m  a  warm  place  twenty-four 
hours  ;  then  bottle  and  cork  tightly,  and  let 
it  stand  in  a  cool  place  for  another  day  be¬ 
fore  using.  When  the  roots  and  leaves  can 
be  obtained,  it  will  be  better,  of  course,  to 
use  these  than  the  essence. 

Tomatopft. — The  following  method  of  pre¬ 
paring  tomatoes  for  the  table,  we  are  assured, 
by  one  who  has  made  the  experiment,  is  su¬ 
perior  to  anything  yet  discovered  for  the 
preparation  of  that  excellent,  vegetable. 
Take  good,  ripe  tomatoes,  out  them  in  shoes 
and  sprinkle  over  them  finely  pulverized 
white  sugar  ;  then  add  claret  wine,  sufficient 
to  cover  them. 

(Huger  Beer.— One  cup  of  ginger,  one  pint 
of  molasses,  one  pail  and  a-httlf  of  water,  and 
a  cup  of  lively  yeast.  Iu  warm  weather 
scald  the  ginger  with  two  quarts  of  hot  wa¬ 
ter,  add  the  rest  cold.  The  yeast  pub  in 
when  slightly  warm.  It  should  bo  put  in 
jars  or  bottles,  and  securely  corked.  It  is 
pleasant  and  lively,  and  will  keep  several 
weeks. 

French  Mustard. — Slice  up  an  onion  in  a 
bowl ;  cover  with  good  viuegar ;  leave  two 
or  three  days  ;  pour  off  the  vinegar  into  a 
basin  ;  put  into  it  one  teaspoonful  pepper, 
one  of  salt,  one.  tablespoonful  brown  sugar, 
and  mustard  enough  to  thicken  ;  smooth  the 
mustard  for  vinegar  as  you  would  flour  for 
gravy  ;  mix  it  a)  1  together  ;  set’on  the  stove 
und  stir  until  it  boils,  when  remove  and  use 
It  cold. 

Hop  Yeast.— One  and  ono-half  pounds  of 
grated  raw  potato,  one  quart  of  boiling  wa¬ 
ter,  in  which  a  handful  of  hops  have  been 
boiled,  one  teacup  of  white  sugar  (coffee 
sugar,)  one-half  teacup  of  salt ;  when  almost 
colil  put  a  little  good  yeast  to  start  it,  say 
about  half  a  pint.  One  pint  of  tliis  yeast 
makes  four  good-sized  loaves  of  the  most 
delightful  bread  you  ever  ate. 

Keeping  Honey.— A  wholesale  honey  deal¬ 
er  says  honey  will  not  candy  if  a  teaspoonful 
of  cream  tartar  dissolved  iu  water  be  mixed 
with  a  gallon  of  honey  when  scalding  hot. 
Care  must  be  taken  not  to  scorch  the  honey. 

Domestic  Inquiries.  —  D.  M.  C.  asks  for  di¬ 
rections  for  making  hair  switches. 


Consumption,  we  conceive  to  be,  in  its  first 
stage,  a  local  disease  confined  to  the  lungs  ; 
but  as  it  progresses,  its  effects  become  more 
general.  It  is  simply  an  ulcer  lu  the  lungs, 
and  may  arise  from  two  different  conditions 
of  these  organs,4  cither  inflammation,  or 
what  are  termed  tubercles,  which  are  small 
tumorshaving  the  appearance  of  hardened 
glands,  of  different  sizes,  and  often  existing 
in  clusters.  Their  firmness  is  usually  iy  pro¬ 
portion  to  thoir  size,  internally  of  a  white 
color,  and  in  consistence  approaching  a  carti¬ 
lage.  Consumptions  arising  from  tubercles 
are  more  difficult  of  cure  than  those  arising 
from  ordinary  inflammation  of  the  lungs, 

A  radical  cure  of  consumption  has  so  long 
been  considered  impossible,  that  we  arc  fear 
ful  of  hazarding  the  imputation  of  enthusi¬ 
asts  or  of  dealers  iu  the  marvelous  should  we 
assort  anything  to  the  contrary.  But  we  are 
constrained  to  declare  our  belief  that  it  is 
not  on  lmtrable  disease;  neither  do  we. 
believe  that  He  who  lias  given  us  a  remedy 
for  all.  other  diseases  has  failed  to  give  us 
medicine  with  which  to  cure  consumption, 
After  our  physician  has  failed  and  we  have 
tried  those  medicines  that  are  advertised  to 
cure  consumption  without  relief,  there  is 
still  hope  if  the  digestive  orgausare  not  badly 
injured  by  caustic  or  poisonous  medicine,  if 
wo  can  have  faith  enough  to  use  these  reme¬ 
dies  that  arc  called  simple,  which  nature  has- 
given  us  to  euro  consumption 
We  here  give  some  useful  remedies  to  cure 
consumption.  Take  half  a  teaspoonful  of 
pulverized  “crawley,”  one-hall'  as  much  of 
violet  roots,  and  ono-half  as  much  of  lobelia  ; 
put  the  whole  into  half  pint  of  boiling  water  ; 
let  it  steep  fifteen  minutes  ;  stir  it  with  a 
spoon  while  steeping  ;  take  a  tablespoonful 
once  atl  hour,  take  one-half  of  a  teuspoonful 
of  violet  roots  and  add  to  it  one-tenth  as 
much  blood  root ;  take  of  this  three  times  a 
day.- 

After  the  cough  and  inflammation,  or  hoc- 
tie  fever  are  well  abated,  take  five,  drops  of 
balsam  of  fir  once  a  day  ;  aud  take  one-fonrth 
of  a.  teaspoonful  bitter  root  and  add  the  same 
amount  of  cinnamon  bark  ;  take  a  half  tea- 
spoonful  three  times  a  day,  one  hour  before 
eating. 

These  remedies  are  from  a  friend,  not  a 
selfish  speculator.  I  have  known  “  crawley” 
over  forty  years  ns  a  medical  root  and  have 
seen  it  used  in  many  obstinate  fevers,  and  I 
have  no  recollection  of  a  single  instance,  that 
it  lias  not  caused  a  moisture  on  the  surface 
in  less  than  forty -four  hours.  — T>.  8.  Roblyer. 

We  give  our  correspondent's  letter  for 
what  it  is  worth  ;  but  we  do  not  know  what 
plant  he  means  by  “crawley,”  We  have 
quoted  it,  because  it  is  unknown  to  us. 
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HINTS  FOE  YOUNG  MOTHEES. 


The  three  requisites  for  babies  are  plenty 
of  sleep,  pleuty  of  food,  plenty  of  flannel. 
Tho  saying  that  mac  is  a  bundle  of  habits  is 
as  true  of  babies,  as  it  is  of  grown  children. 
If  an  infant  is  accustomed  from  its  birtb  t.o 
sleep  from  six  o’clock  at  night  until  daylight, 
the  habit  of  early  sleep  will  be  formed,  and 
the  mother  may  have  all  her  evenings  to  her¬ 
self.  If  the  baby  sleeps  all  night,  a  long 
morning  nap  will  naturally  come  about  din¬ 
ner  time,  after  which  the  child,  except  when 
very  young,  should  be  kept  awake  until  six 
o’clock.  Perseverance  in  this  routine  will 
soon  result  in  securing  quiet  evening®  for 
both  tho  child  and  parent.  Some  mothers 
have  a  long  season  every  morning  and  every 
night  in  getting  the  baby  asleep.  They  rock 
them  and  sing  to  them  till  Morpheus  enfolds 
them.  With  most  children  this  is  entirely 
unnecessary.  An  infant  can  be  accustomed, 
hy  a  few  day's  training,  to  go  to  sleep  itself 
for  a  morning  nap  as  well  as  for  the  longer 
rest  at  night. — Exchange. 

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HYGIENIC  NOTES. 


Chronic  Diarrhea. — I  find  in  the  Rural 
New-Yorker,  of  April  26,  several  prescrip¬ 
tions  for  Chronic  Diarrhea  ;  also  in  May  17. 
They  are  different  from  any  I  have  ever 
used.  Had  I  been  a  reader  of  your  valuable 
paper  years  ago,  perhaps  I  should  have  re¬ 
ceived  help  thereby.  I  wish  to  express  many 
thanks  to  you  and  those  kind  friends  who 
answered  my  inquiry.  It  is  a  comfort  and  a 
help  many  times  in  our  affliction  to  have  the 
sympathy  of  others.  H.  V,,  Corry,  Fa., 
gives  one  which  I  have  tested  ;  found  it  good 
so  far.  Should  it  fail,  I  will  try  others.  I 
use  good  beef  steak  and  toast  with  it.  E. 


Fitz  Simons  sends  a  prescription,  also  a  dia¬ 
gram  with  it  ;  I  thank  her  very  much.  I 
think  she  was  very  kind  in  trying  to  send 
help  to  my  little  girl. — Mrs  E,  K.,  Cuba, 
N.  Y, 

Harmless  Hair  Restorative. — Tho  Drug¬ 
gists  Circular  remarks: — “Tho  basis  of  all 
the  best;  lotions  for  restoring  hair  is  eanthnr- 
ides  or  ammonia.  A  solution  of  borax  in 
camphor  water  is  useful.  It  cleanses  tho 
roots  of  tho  hair,  and  acts  very  Hlightly  as  a 
stimulant ;  and  thereby  it  will  servo  to  pro¬ 
mote  t  he  growth  of  the  hair.  But  one  of  the 
boat  stimulants  wo  know  of  that  has  not 
hitherto  boon  published,  is  this  : — Vinegar  of 
cantharides,  1  fluid  ounce  ;  Glycerine,  2  fluid 
ounces ;  Rose  water,  0  fluid  ounces.  Mix 
well.  Let  tho  mixture  stand  for  twenty  four 
hours,  and  filter. 

Bitter  Apple.  — Iu  Rural  New-Yorker  of 
May  2-1,  page  833,  something  is  said  about  this 
plant  and  inquiry  made  as  to  what  it  is  ; 
asks  for  some  other  name  of  Bitter  Apple, 
it  is  known  by  various  other  names,  viz.  : 
Squirting  Cucumber,  Wild  Cucumber,  L’olo- 
cynth,  Botanical  name  I  think  is  Cucumis 
Calory  nl  hi*. — F.  A.  j. 


<®lt^  ^pupnii, 


DO  BEES  INJUEE  FRUIT  1 


£  noticed  in  the  Weekly  Tribune,  of  Juno 
25,  an  article  on  the  destruction  of  fruit  by 
boos,  which  coming  from  a  man  claiming 
scientific  knowledge  of  the  subject,  constrains 
me  to  make  a  few  comments.  After  an  in¬ 
dictment  against  the  bees  for  destroying  fruit 
by  one  “Penn.,”  this  sapient  Prof.  Riley 
quotes  one  Widaudy  of  Jeff.,  Miss.,  who  says 
ho  lost  his  entire  peach  crop  in  1872  by  the 
ravages  of  bees.  The  learned  professor  sug¬ 
gests  that  legal  redress  is  impossible,  hut 
very  decidedly  advises  Ins  bee-hating  friends 
to  cultivate  milk- weed,  tho  gluten  of  whose 
bloom  adheres  to  the  bee  and  it  soon  foils 
down  and  dies.  Or  again,  tills  modern  Borgia 
suggests  sweetened  water  and  cobalt,  which 
kills  every  bee  that  partakes.  Again  he  says 
the  bee-martin  should  be  encon  raged  for 
their  bee  eating  qualities.  What  shall  we 
think  of  a  professor  who  promulgates  the 
doctrine  that  the  useful  honey  be©  that 
gathers  honey  from  a  thousand  flowers  that 
would  otherwise  waste  their  sweetness  on 
the  summer  air,  should  be  devoted  to  whole¬ 
sale  devastation.  He  further  says  that  he 
has  known  an  apiary  so  decimated  (probably 
by  his  advice)  that  one  half  of  the  hives  gave 
out. 

1  am  not  a  scientific  man  or  a  professor,  but 
am  a  practical  apiarian  of  many  years,  and  a 
close  observer  of  the  habits  and  instincts  of 
the  honey  bee,  am  bold  in  my  contradiction 
of  the  professor  when  he  charges  bees  with 
destroy  ing  grapes,  peaches,  plums  and  pears. 

I  have  au  orchard  of  four  acres  of  many  va¬ 
rieties  of  fruit,  in  the  suburbs  of  a  city  of 
18, Util)  people,  with  many  near  neighbors, 
who  also  possess  fruit,  and  L  or  they  have 
never  suffered  from  the  depredations  of  the 
bees  on  fruit. 

1  have  watched  them  closely  and  attribute 
the  whole  trouble  to  two  reasons  :  the  hor¬ 
nets  and  wasps,  and  tho  nature  of  the  fruit 
operated  upon.  It  is  well  knowu  that  the 
Delaware  grape  and  many  varieties  of  thin 
skinned  plums  and  pears,  when  dropsical 
with  llieir  juices  crack  open,  their  saccharine 
matter  exudes  and  decay  follows.  Bees,  ever 
on  the  alert  for  forage,  feed  upon  it  greedily, 
in  every  instance  that  has  come  to  my  no¬ 
tice,  and  they  are  many,  fruit  is  first  punc¬ 
tured  hy  wasps  and  hornets,  or  yellow 
jackets.  They  are  the  burglars  who  have 
broken  open  the  store  houses  and  the  bees 
follow  in  their  wake.  Hornets  and  wasps 
alone  possess  the  mandibles  equal  to  the  task 
of  cutting  the  skin  of  the  most  tender  graph, 
pear  or  peach,  and  I  challenge  the  professor 
to  show  a  well  authenticated  fact  to  the  con- 
fcriuy,  or  that  bees  are  rogues  as  charged. 

Again,  1  would  say  the  professor  has  been 
deceived  or  has  deceived  himself,  when  he 
says  bee-martins  or  king  birds  destroy  bees. 
Three  years  ago  I  shot  many  of  these  birds 
after  their  scanty  repast,  around  my  hives, 
and  iu  every  instance  1  found  after  dissecting 
their  stomachs,  what  i  honey  bees  1  No,  not 
one  !  But  tho  black  ant,  larva?  of  the  bee 
moth,  and  iu  t  wo  out  of  ten  birds  a  drone 
bee.  So  1  think  the  professor  will  lie  obliged 
to  hunt  up  some  other  agent  for  the  destruc¬ 
tion  of  bees.  1  could  wish  they  were  all  as 
harmless  as  the  bee-martin.  I  too  encourage 
the  bee-martin,  but  from  a  different  motive, 
believing  them  to  he  the  best  scavenger  I 
have  in  destroying  insects,  and  the  moth 
larvae, 

I  cannot  think  so  ill  of  any  one  as  to  sup¬ 
pose  them  desirous  of  the  wholesale  slaughter 
of  the  paragon  of  insects,  so  useful  to  man 
and  one  so  self  supporting. — -Chan.  D.  Hib¬ 
bard,  Auburn,  N.  r .,  in  Amer.  Bee  Jour, 


PROGRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT 


are  where  you  can  see  evils,  you  can  warn  those 
who  see  them  with  you,  against  them.  A  battle 
was  never  won  by  surrendering  to  the  enemy 
before  fight  ing,  A  fair  was  never  made  Inter¬ 
esting,  healthful  in  Its  Influence,  successfu  l  in 
the  best  respects,  and  creditable  to  the  Intelli¬ 
gence  and  progress  of  the  farmers  of  a  County 
unless  those  who  had  a  high  standard  in  such 
matters  worked  faithfully  to  make  it  so.  And 
any  man  who  stays  at  home  and  does  nothing 
towards  a  fair,  and  grumbles  and  growls  be¬ 
cause  fairs  have  90  degenerated,  is  just  about 
as  sensible  and  wise  as  the  man  who  denounces 
Canada  thistles  and  yet  lets  the  balloon-borne 
seeds  float  Into  all  parts  of  his  farm  because  he 
is  too  careless  or  Indolent  to  prevent  the  seed 
maturing.  We  say  :  Go  to  the  Fairs ! 

—Now,  please  turn  to  our  list  of  Industrial 
Fairs  t or  1878.  and  see  how  many  of  them  you 
can  attend. 


me  xetegrapfi  monopoly  and  con¬ 
nect  the  telegraph  with  the  Post-Office  Depart¬ 
ment  of  the  Government. 

8.  Counteract  monopolies  made  by  the  con¬ 
spiracy  of  private  parties  by  counter-combina¬ 
tion  and  action,  by  building  farmers’  elevators, 
manufacturing  farm  Implements,  &c.,  &c. 

4.  The  beet  agency  against  unscrupulous 
wealth,  or  Its  similitude,  is  votes.  He  attaches 
great  importance  to  organization  and  political 
action  ;  urges  that  farmers  educate  themselves 
in  the  theories  and  practices  of  finance,  taxa¬ 
tion  and  government;  urges  an  Improved  stys- 
tem  of  finance;  that  farmers  get  down  to  cash 
payments  as  a  means  of  reducing  expenses  and 
the  cost,  of  what  we  purchase,  etc. 

Mr.  Flagg’s  speech isfalilysummarizedhere. 
It  is  commendable  In  temper  and  spirit,  con¬ 
trast.^  with  the  speech  made  by  the  Secretary 
of  the  same  Association  at  the  -vine  place  the 
same  day.  But  it  is  a  repetition  of  what  has  been 
again  and  again  published,  and  which,  we  sup¬ 
pose,  must  be  again  and  again  repeated,  in  order 
t  hat  the  farmers  may  be  harnessed  into  a  com¬ 
pact  organization  for  political  purposes,  and 
aroused  to  take  hold  and  draw  together,  and 
with  a  will,  after  they  are  harnessed. 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


The  Agricultural  Excursionists  have  re¬ 
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soul  of  them.  We  imagine  they  will  have  to 
sleep  a  week  each,  in  order  to  recover  from  the 
exhaustion  of  live  weeks’  travel  and  excitement. 
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heard  from  in  response  to  numerous  inquiries, 
personal  letters,  packages  of  beetles  and  botan¬ 
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RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES 


Politics  and  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry  in 
Minnesota 


Some  of  the  Granges  of  that  State 
having  appointed  delegates  to  a  political  con¬ 
vention,  Geo.  L.  Parsons,  master  of  the  State 
Grange,  has  addressed  to  the  Order  an  admonl- 
tory  circular  letter  from  which  we  make  the 
following  extract; 

I  lioem  such  action  not  only  unwise,  hut.  in 
direct  violation  of  the  fundamental  law  of  our 
order,  and  t  hat  Ir  subjects  the  Granges ao  doing 
to  the  danger  <*r  a  revocation  of  their  charters. 

Individual  Patrons  are  tender  no  restrictions 
whatever  io  their  religious  or  polit  leal  conduct. 
County  Councils  arc  not  recognized  as  belong¬ 
ing  to  the  order,  or  subjoin,  to  its  laws.  Wc  lav 
no  claim  I  o  any  oontr.il  whatever  over  so-ealieil 
iarinurs  Conventions.  But  Granges  of  Patrons 
of  Husbandry  are  prohibited  by  the  law  which 
gi.ve.s  t  hem  existence  from  engaging  In  either 
religious  or  political  action  or  discussion.  This 
prohibition  is  imposed  for  the  best  ami  wisoet 
ol  purposes.  It  is  our  only  safeguard  against 
sure  and  speedy  destruction.  Upon  obedience 
to  this  law  depends  our  very  existence  as  an 
order. 

I  mill  upon  the  offending  Granges  to  retrace 
Ihf  false  steps  taken;  to  recall  their  delegates 
•  kctfiiJ  to  the  convention  above  named,  and 
reconsider  their  resolutions.  I  call  upon  all 
ihc  Granges  in  this  Jurisdiction  “to  conform  to 
and  abide  by"  the  constitution,  rules  and  reg¬ 
ulations  of  the  Order,  and  to  refrain  from  all 
political  action  or  discussion. 


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“Who  Pays,  Indeed  !”  -Under  this  heading 
Mr.  J.  M.  Stuart,  Secretary  of  the  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company  of  New  York,  gives  else¬ 
where  in  this  paper  an  interesting  statement 
concerning  Mr.  Sheppard  Homans’  connec¬ 
tion  with  the  Mutual,  anrl  of  facts  relative  to 
Mr,  H.'s  retirement  from  the  Company.  The 
statement  of  Mr.  Stuart  will  attract  attention, 
and  shoujd  receive  a  careful  perusal. 


y  Y»  ,  ,  ouu  iwwivmi  m  uuu  auinirw 

iie  .•yof'ous  fields  of  corn  that  spread  out  on 
all  sides,  and  In  the  midst  of  them  found  a  little 
H10  ?f  1  he  dwelling  of  t  he  owner 

01  ail  t  hat  wealth  ;  had  looked  attho spook,  and 
found  It  a  Jog  cabin— a  lil  i.lv  shanty  with  mud 
stuck  between  the  logs  to  keep  r.tin  wind  and 
rain  out  a  ho-  el  (for  Jt  was  not  hing  but  a  hovel) 
L  icet,  by  80.  with  barely  room  to  stand  up  in, 
with  never  a  flower  or  shrub  near,  without  the 
kindly  shade  of  a  tree ;  a  bare,  black,  wretched 
abode,  fit  fur  nothing  but  the  -quail'd  and  the 
nigs.  Nil  books  tMere ;  no  gladsome  tnusio:  no 
f^aut  plants  to  scent  the  air;  no  grateful 
shade  to  Cpol  the  heated  frame  of  the  man  who 
hat  toilea)  «11  day  in  the  glowing  fields,  with 
the  sun  at  90*’.  It  was  a  stable  fit.  to  pip  the 
straw  In.  Yet  the  owner  of  those  boautifui 
corn  fields  was  the  Inhabitant  of  this  place." 

The  Country  Gentleman,  commenting  upon 
the  foregoing  paragraph,  says : 

“In  the  connection  in  which  It  was  said,  this 
extract  means  nothing  nt  all,  unless  it  was  in¬ 
tended  to  bo  taken  as  fairly  rlmracterfzintf  the 
way  in  wulcli  Illinois  farmers,  ana  class,  are  In 
Ihe  habit  of  living.  Are  such  statements  likelv 
to  swell  the  tide  of  emigration  thitherward— to 
promote  the  value  of  the  land,  ortho  interests 
of  the  farmers  ?  Are  they  true?  And  when  it 
Is  borne  in  mind  that,  on  account  of  the  general 
concentration  of  public  into  est,  in  that  direc¬ 
tion,  they  are  t  ure  of  the  widest  possible  circu¬ 
lation  and  comment,  in  this  country  and  in 


The  New  Jersey  Slate  Fair  is  be  held  at  Wa- 
verly,  Sopt.  let,h  to  20tb  inclusive,  and  the  pros¬ 
pect  is  that  it  will  prove  a  great  success.  Please 
note  the  time -10th  to  20th— as  a  later  period 
has  begu  erroneously  given  in  some  papers. 


Industrial  Fnlra.-Since  tho  list  of  Fairs  on 
page  128  was  prepared  and  sent  to  press,  we 
have  received  information  of  the  following; 
Broome  Co.,  (N,  Y.,)  Whitney's  Point,  Sept.  16, 
18;  Livingston  Co.,  (N.  Y.)  Geneseo,  Sept.  17, 18. 


SATURDAY 


THE  FARMERS’  MOVEMENT. 

VIEWS  OF  A  PROMINENT  MAN, 

Hon.  W .  C.  Flaoo  is  the  President  of  tho  Il¬ 
linois  St  to  Farmers*  Association,  and  an  active 
agent  in  promoting  what  is  culled  “The  Farm¬ 
ers'  Movement.’’  in  the  West.  We  believe  he  is 
not  a  member  of  the  Order  of  the  Patrons  of 
Husbandry ;  for  lie  pronounces  the  faults  of 
that  Order  to  he  Its  secret  organization  and  Its 
deprecation  of  political  action  in  its  combined 
capacity.  MuFlago  recently  made  a  speech 
at  a.  gathering  of  fanners  at  Winchester,  111.,  in 
■which  be  discussed  the  “  Aim  and  Scope  of  the 
Farmers’  Movement.”  It.  may  interest  some  of 


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T?  V,  .....WWW,  ...  -IJir,  ,.uuiill>  «11IU  J1J 

Europe,  the  question  arises  whether  Mr.  Smith 
should  be  encouraged,  as  a  representative  of 
the  rarniers  associations,  to  continue  his  ora¬ 
torical  efforts.  We  forbear  presenting  other 


Westport,  Conn.,  Aug.  18.—  The  weather 
here  has  been  unusually  dry,  the  drought  be¬ 
ginning  in  the  early  part,  of  the  summer  and 
continuing  up  to  last,  week,  when  we  had  be¬ 
tween  two  and  t.hreo  inches  of  rain ;  now  we  are 
having  rain  nearly  every  day;  the  ground  Is  wet 
down  some  six  or  seven  inches;  in  som  e  places 
the  moisture  was  all  dried  out  entire! v.  hmv 


torical  efforts.  We  forbear  uluvr 

extracts  from  hla  speech  which  invite  still 
harsher  comment.” 

We  have  no  such  forbearance  toward  a  man 
whom  wo  know  Is  enough  of  a  demagogue  to 
libel  Illinois  farmers  and  that  beautiful  State 
in  the  way  Mr.  Smith  does  in  the  paragraph 
from  his  speech  above  quoted.  Such  a  "  farm¬ 
er"  is  no  representative  of  Illinois  farmers.  It 
is  a  libel  upon  them  which  they  ought  to  and 
doubtless  will  resent.  "The  owner  ol  all  that 
wealth"  would  probably  live  like  a  brute  wher¬ 
ever  he  was  and  whatever  his  circumstances, 
no  matter  whether  railroad  tariffs  were  oppres¬ 
sive  or  not.  The  man  who  owns  such  “  glorious 
fields  of  corn,"  and  has  neither  tree,  shrub,  or 
flower  about  his  “hut,"  and  no  books,  nor 
music,  nor  other  evidences  that  he  has  a  culti¬ 
vated  soul,  probably  lives  as  best  suite  him  ;  for 
no  man,  no  matter  how  poor,  nor  how  much 
oppressed,  who  is  worthy  to  be  known  as  an 
Agriculturist,  would,  or  need  to,  live  in  the 
squalor  and  filth  which  this  Secretary  of  the 
Illinois  Farmers'  Association  depicts.  It  is  an 
Infamous  Jibe]  upon  Illinois  farmers  and  upon 
all  intelligent  farmers.  The  man  who  leads  such 
a  life  In  Illinois,  or  elsewhere,  does  not.  de¬ 
serve,  and  probably  could  not  appreciate,  the 
sympathy  of  Mr.  Smith  or  any  one  else. 


The  Enemies  ol  Chinese  Labor  in  California. 
—Mb.  Chablks  Nordhofy  evidently  tells  us 
the  trouble  in  one  of  his  letters  to  the  Tribune 
when  ho  says : 

“  The  anti-Chinese  agitation  here  has  led  me 
to  look  a  little  closely  Into  this  matter,  and  I 
declare  to  you  my  belief  that  there  are  not  a 
hundred  decent  men,  who  work  for  a  living, 
engaged  In  this  crusade  against,  the  Chinese.  If 
you  oould  to-day  assemble,  in  San  Francisco,  all 
who  join  in  this  persecution,  and  If  then  you 


muier,  ano  never  independent  in  carrying  out 
a  policy  of  his  own."  Hence  the  causes  which 
have  led  to  the  Farmers’  Movement  ,  are : 

1.  Granting  to  railway,  express  and  telegraph 
corporations  powers  that  are  perverted  to  the 
unduly  taxing  or  plundering  the  people. 

2.  Granting  special  privileges  in  the  shape  of 
patents,  protective  tariffs  and  banking,  which, 
“  Without  being  specially  injurious  In  them¬ 
selves,  ‘have  aggravated  and  intensified  vital 
wrongs.” 

3.  “  Conspiracies  against  the  public  interests 
generally  based  upon  and  originating  in  these 
special  privileges  unwisely  granted  by  National 
and  State  Legislatures. ” 

Of  course,  1  ere  Is  a  good  deal  of  elaboration 
of  these  points ;  and  then  Mr.  Flagg  tells  his 
fellow  farmers  what  he  thinks  “We  ought  to 
resolve  aDd  to  do."  We  sum  up  what  he  says 


who  join  In  this  persecution,  and  If  then  you 
cook  Horn  this  assemblage  aiJ  the  ‘  Hoodlums,’ 
all  the  bar-room  loafers,  and  ,all  the  political 
demagogues,  1  don't  believ  you  would  Lava  a 
hundred  men  left  on  the  ground.  That  Is  to  say, 
the  people  who  act  ually  earn  the  bread  they  eat 
do  not  persecute  the  Chinese.”  The  Chinese  do 
a  great  deal  of  work  which  white  men  will  not 
do  out  here;  they  do  not  stand  idle,  but  take 
the  first  job  that  is  offered  them.  And  the  re¬ 
sult  is  teat  they  are  used  all  over  the  State 
more  and  more,  because  they  chiefly,  of  tho 
laboring  population,  will  work  steadily  and 
keep  their  engagements.  So  far  as  I  have  been 
able  to  learn,  such  a  thing  as  a  gang  of  Chinese 
lea  ving  a  piece  of  work  they  had  engaged  to  do, 
unless  they  were  cheated  or  Ill-treated,  is  un¬ 
known.  “  Then  they  don’t  drink  whisky.” 


GO  TO  THE  FAIRS? 


RURAL  BREVITIES. 


“A  reader”  is  informed  that  Blanchard's 
churn  is  manufactured  at  Concord,  N.  H. 

(k>L.  F.  D,  Curtis,  Charlt  on,  N.  Y.,  has  ship¬ 
ped  a  load  of  Ayrshire  stock  to  California  to  be 
exhibited  at  the  State  Fair  in  September. 

Gen.  Hiram  J.  StbiceuER,  Tecumseh,  Kan., 
several  years  secretary  of  the  Kansas  State  Ag. 
boo.,  and  in  1871  its  President  died  recently  at 
his  borne. 

Rbv.  John  A.  Anderson,  Junction  City,  Kan., 
has  been  elected  President  of  the  Kansas  State 
Ag.  College,  He  Is  described  by  the  Kansas 
Farmer  as  “  a  m an  of  broad  culture,  quick  per¬ 
ception,  great  energy,  infinite  common  sense 
and  is  intensely  practical.” 


Fine  Cluster  of  Tomatoes.— Rev,  E,  P.  ROE, 
Highland  Falls,  near  West  Point,  N.  Y„  brought 
into  our  office,  the  other  day,  a  single  tomato 
stalk,  which  contained  14  full  growD  (and  most 
of  them  ripe)  tomatoes  In  a  cluster.  They  were 
perfect  in  themselves,  resembling  the  Trophy 
(externally)  except  the  calyx  end.  He  thinks 
this  stalk  or  plant  is  the  result  of  cross-fertili¬ 
zation,  If  it  should  prove  so  (and  it.  Is  distinct 
in  prolific  character  from  several  other  varieties 
growing  about  them)  and  should  hereafter  re¬ 
tain  its  prolific  characteristics,  Mr.  Roe  may 
have  something  valuable  to  put  on  tho  seed 
market.  A  further  test  will  settle  the  matter. 


I  go  by  favor."  No  matter ;  have  the  satisfaction 
of  knowing  that  you  have  contributed  some¬ 
thing  to  illustrate  the  resources  of  your  coun¬ 
ty  and  the  progress  and  condition  of  it6  agri¬ 
culture  and  horticulture.  Do  not  go  and  gru  Bi¬ 
ble  because  “  there  is  nothing  to  see.”  Take 
something  worth  looking  at;  at  least  take  the 
best  you  have  got  and  lot  others  judge  whether 
It  is  worth  looking  at. 

"  But  there  are  to  be  horse-raoes  ;  would  you 
have  me  take  mv  family  to  s.eahorse  race?" 

It  is  better  to  go  and  point  out  a  dangerous 
place  to  a  child,  yourself,  than  let  the  child  go 
alone  and  run  the  risk  of  getting  into  trouble. 

If  the  horse-racing  proves  a  nuisance  and  an 
evil,  become  a  member  of  the  Society  and  use 
your  vote  and  influence  to  suppress  it.  If  the 
horse-race  is  the  chief  attraction,  it  is  your 
duty  to  aid  in  supplying  some  counter  attrac-  says:- 
tion.  You  cannot  exert  aD  influence  upon  any  tional 
one  by  staying  away  from  him  or  her.  If  you  is  wou 


The  Beautiful  Engravings  of  birds  In  Avilude 
cost  hundreds  of  dollurs,  and  the  tine  and  Instructive 
descriptions  many  weeks  of  labor.  Every  family 
ought,  to  have  it.  For  sale  by  all  booksellers  and  toy 
dealers,  or  sent,  poat-p  id,  on  receipt  of  seventy-five 
cents,  by  West  &  Lisk,  Worcester,  Muss. 

"  An  excellent  addition  to  our  home  amusements.” 
—Christian  Union. 


Ladies  will  experience  much  less  trouble  with 
their  sewing,  if  they  use  the  Eureka  Machine  twist. 
Try  it  once  and  be  convinced. 


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OUR  EUROPEAN  LETTER. 


Kinder-Carten  Schools  of  Vienna. 

Baden,  near  Vienna,  Austria,  l 
August.  1373.  \ 

The  last  of  the  month  of  July  was  a  rather 
unpropitious  time  for  visiting  the  Kinder- Gar¬ 
ten  Schools  in  Vienna,  as  many  of  the  schools 
were  dosed  and  the  number  in  those  still  open 
greatly  diminished.  However,  I  spent  a  morn¬ 
ing  in  seeing  what  was  being  done  in  one  of  the 
best  ones  open. 

The  signification  of  Kindcr-Qarten  is  Chil- 


and  direct  the  exercises,  lead  in  the  singing, 
or  call  for  a  aeries  of  movements  of  the  Angers, 
hands,  or  arms.  It  was  delightful  to  see  a  child 
of  four  or  five  years  filling  the  office  of  leader 
in  a  natural,  unembarrassed  way.  There  were 
some  plays  in  which  a  little  dancing  was  intro¬ 
duced,  when  the  boys  were  taught  gallantry 
and  the  girls  graciousness  of  manner.  They 
are  taught  drawing  l>v  making  the  outline  of 
things  in  paper,  by  pin  holes.  When  they  have 
outlined  a  (lower  or  animal  well,  they  trace  it 
with  colored  thread  or  worsted.  They  in  alio 
paper  baskets,  and  cut  out  models  from  paper. 
There  aro  stuffed  animals  in  glass  cases  from 
which  they  arc  taught  natural  history,  the 
teacher,  in  a  simple,  story-like  way,  tellingthem 
all  about  the  habits  of  the  animals.  During 
the  morning  t  he  director  of  t  ho  school  came  *n 


never  in  the  world  have  need  to  speak  any  lan- 
,  gunge  but  your  own."  As  nobody  knows  in 
what  corner  of  the  earth  fate  or  fortune  may 
cast  them,  It  Is  best  and  wisest,  to  learn  all  one 
can.  But  especially  learn  French.  It  is  no 
longer  an  accomplishment,  but  a  necessity. 
All  the  nations  of  Europe  meet  on  common 
ground  in  sneaking  French.  Nobody  in  this 
short,  busy  life,  can  acquire  a  practical  knowl¬ 
edge  of  every  civilized  tongue,  hut  everybody 
can  learn,  besides  his  own  language,  another, 
and  if  but  one,  that  should  be  French.  Not 
long  since  at  a  banquet,  In  whtnli  parsons  from 
thirty  or  forty  different  nationalities  partici¬ 
pated,  everybody  was  jabbering  in  German, 
French  or  Italian,  but.  one  gentleman  who  sat 
nearly  opposite  me;  bur.  bis  face  was  very  ex¬ 
pressive,  and  so  I  said  to  him  “Do  you  under¬ 
stand  English." 

“Yes,"  he  replied,  “  it  is  the  only  languago  I 
do  understand.  This  led  to  a  further  conver¬ 
sation,  and  before  the  banquet  was  finished,  f 
asked  bint  ifriic  should  attend  the  soiree  at 


was  called  Buda),  is  a  new  city,  buildings  aro 
modern,  and  H  in  pervaded  by  the  new  national 
Impulse.  Its  hotels  are  more  American-like 
than  any  I  have  been  In  since  leaving  America— 
it  has  t. lie  Nicholson  uul  concrete  pavements, 
horse-cars,  art  galleries,  a  University  of  1,000 
students,  and  the  most  magnificent  and  lux¬ 
urious  bathing  establish  met  .,  i  ever  saw.  The 
old  Human*,  themselves,  would  have  gone  wild 
with  delight  over  such  smperb  bath-palaces. 
Tim  city- is  built,  on  the  Danube,  and  I  fancy 
most  readers  will  And  a  amp  of  Europe  a  help 
in  locating  Best,  in  following  our  party  from 
Vienna  as  we  rode  down  I  lie  Danube  in  two 
magnificent  steamers,  hung  with  half  a  hun¬ 
dred  National  flags — the  Stars  and  Stripes  next 
the  Hungarian  flag,  tit.  the  m.. st-head.  Tito 
steamer  tired  guns  as  wo  passed  the  dividing- 
line  and  entered  Hungary,  and  cheera  went  up 
in  it  multitude  of  tunges.  At  all  the  villages 
on  the.  river,  the  shore  was  covered  with  peo¬ 
ple,  who  were  dressed  in  Mm  bright  Hungarian 
costumes  it ud  gave  o  Mm  In  artier'  of  wel- 


Z/kcrs 


STREET  CHARACTERS  OIF  VIENlNrA 

and  had  a  long  talk  with  the  children  about  a 
picture  that  hung  on  the  wall,  and  it  was 
curious  to  see  the  quickness  of  observation 
displayed  by  them.  It  was  a  colored  picture— 
a  sort  of  harvest  scene,  with  men,  wagons, 
houses,  trees  full  of  fruit,  a  village  wit.lt  chore  in¬ 
spires  in  the  distance,  etc.  One  thing  in  the 
picture  suggested  another;  the  wagon  led  to 
wood  and  Iron,  the  fruit  to  seasons,  so  that  the 
children  learned  something  each  time  of  the 
common  every-day  things  In  Nature,  which 
half  the  people  in  the  world  never  know,  be¬ 
cause  they  are  never  taught  to  think,  to  ob¬ 
serve,  How  many  people  are  thero  who  can 
draw  a  straight  lino,  tell  if  a  picture  hangs 
straight,  draw  the  outline  of  a.  table,  tell  the 
habits  of  a  bear  or  a  horse,  know  how  to  use 
their  hands  and  lingers  skilfully,  distinguish 
colors  or  the  harmony  of  colors,  or  give,  really, 
a  creditable  description  of  any  object?  1  have 
known  people  who  could  parse  iu  Latin,  or 
elucidate  the  “Problem  of  Lights,"— which  is  all 
darkness— but.  who  couid  not,  to  save  their  souls, 
fold  a  letter  properly,  tie  a.  cravat,  do  up  a  paper 
of  rice,  or  part  their  hair  straight.  A  week  of 
Kirtder-Garten  hand  and  eye  training,  would 
have  remedied  all  that.  - 

I  did  not  see  the  process  of  teaching  the  chil¬ 
dren  to  read,  but  one  of  the  teachers  said  spell¬ 
ing  wus^nly  taught  by  sounds,  and  not  as  in 
America.  In  drawing,  the  method  was  novel, 
at.  least  to  me.  Each  pupil  was  provided  with  a 
book  like  a  copy-book,  the  pages  covered  with 
tiny  dots  or  stars,  at  regular  intervals,  which 
served  to  guide  the  eye.  In  the  upper  left  hand 
corner  of  the  page,  the  teacher  made  u  design, 
more  or  less  complicated,  which  the  pupil  du¬ 
plicated  all  over  the  page,  finishing  with  care 
and  delicacy,  so  that  the  page  when  done, 
would  serve  as  a  modal  for  a  design  in  tapestry, 
chintz,  wall-paper,  or  other  articles.  As  the 
children  progress,  they  fmm  tneir  own  designs, 
skill  arid  freedom  in  the  use  of  the  pencil  is  ac¬ 
quired,  and  drawing  becomes  for  them  a  prac¬ 
tical  accomplishment.  Another  feature  of  the 
sohooi  is  the  general  Introduction  of  the  lead¬ 
ing  languages.  The  children  learn  English, 

French  and  Italian,  and  one  of  the  professors 
told  me  he  spoke  six  different  languages. 

Learn  French. 

Since  the  war  between  France  and  Germany, 
tho  French  language  has  “  fallen  from  grace,*’ 
as  the  language  of  court  and  salon,  and  English 
is  taking  its  place,  so  there  Is  a  fashionable 
furor  to  learn  English.  It  is  a  universal  regret 
among  Americans  t  at  t  hey,  for  the  most  part, 
are  only  able  to  speak  iu  their  mother-tongue. 

It  is  t  rue  that  wu  hardly  have  the  same  facility 
at  home  for  learning  to  speak  European  lan¬ 
guages  that  Europeans  have ;  but  it  is  also  true 
that  we  do  not  make  half  the  effort  to  learn. 

1  remember  when  poring  over  French  and  Ger¬ 
man  books  at  home,  evenings,  of  often  hearing 
my  father  say,  “  What  nonsense,  my  daughter, 
to  waste  your  time  In  that  fashion.  You  will 


AUSTRIA. 

Mie  house  of  the  Prime  Minister.  (It;  wax  in 
Mioo't.vof  Buda-Post,  t.lic Uapital  of  Hungary.) 
He  replied  In  the  negative,  that  lie  knew  noth¬ 
ing  of  it.  T  remarked  that  if  he  had  no  card,  it 
must  have  been  an  oversight,  as  all  the  guests 
had  received  one.  "Oh,  i  have  a  ticket  for 
something,”  lie  replied,  diving  hU  hand  into 
his  breast  pocket,  r’but.  it.  Is  all  Greek  to  me, 
and  I  concluded  it  was  fora  hotel  dinner  or 
something."  He  handed  mo  the  card,  which 
was  the  invitation  in  question,  and  which  was 
neatly  printed  in  French,  the  Hungarian  Prime 
Minister  knowing  that  few  people  out  of  Hun¬ 
gary  are  acquainted  with  tho  Hungarian  lan¬ 
guage.  The  gentleman  wlm  knew  not  a  word 
of  any  language  but  his  own,  was  ono  of  my 
compatriots,  and  an  American  Commissioner 
to  tho  Exposition  all  Vienna.  With  French  and 
German  newspapers  ns  purchasable  as  our  own, 
in  our  own  land,  what  excuse  can  one  have  for 
not  being  aide,  at  least,  to  read  those  lan¬ 
guages?  In  View  of  tho  forthcoming  Interna¬ 
tional  Exposition  In  America,  tiie  matter  of 
languages  derives  a  new  significance.  If  it  were 
not  that.  Europeans  learn  our  language,  we 
would  be  in  a  tine  predicament,  with  thousands 
of  distinguished  foreigners  visiting  us,  and  de¬ 
pendent  upon  gestures  alone  for  the  inter¬ 
change  of  sentiments. 

The  Kinder-Cartens  Again. 

A  word  more  about  the  Klnder-Garten,  nr 
those  who  may  be  desirous  of  introducing  it,  at 
least  to  a  certain  extent,  in  our  primary  schools. 
There  is  quite  a  Kinder-Garten  literature, 
books  containing  tbc  little  deserigtivo  songs 
employed,  from  which  a  clever  reader  of  Ger¬ 
man  could  fashion  songs  In  English.  A  Kinder- 
Garten  school  such  as  I  saw  in  Vienna  (tbc  boat 
I  am  told  .ire  in  Berlin)  it  transplanted  to  any 
American  city  would  produce  a  posit  ivc  sensa¬ 
tion,  as  an  entertainment  for  adults.  It  was 
delightfully  interesting,  and  the  children  were 
bright,  happy,  wide-awake,  remarkably  well- 
behaved  and  without  the  slightest  show  of 
weariness,  although  It  was  fearfully  hot.  and 
sultry.  There  is  no  question  In  tho  matter  but 
that,  our  public  schools  lack  In  variety  for 
young  pupil&.  The  humdrum  of  study  beyond 
the  power  of  the  child  to  grasp  or  understand, 
is  a  worse  than  useless  weariness.  But  tho 
teacher  who  wilt  have  the  enterprise  to  come 
to  Germany  to  learn  the  system,  and  to  intro¬ 
duce  It  properly  in  American  sohools,  will  un¬ 
doubtedly  have  an  obstacle  to  overcome  In  the 
resistance  of  old  fogies  who  growl  at  the  idea 
of  a  child  being  taught  anything  in  school  but 
reading,  writing,  arithmetic  and  geography. 

Hungary  and  the  Hungarians. 

Although  I  have  filled  my  allotfed  space  in 
gossiping  about  the  Kindor-Garten,  I  cannot 
send  off  my  letter  without  a  word  about  Hun¬ 
gary.  The  city  of  Buda-Fust  invited  the  Interna¬ 
tional  Jury  of  the  Exposition,  with  some  other 
individuals,  to  the  number  of  nearly  six  hun¬ 
dred,  to  make  the  Hungarian  capital  a  visit. 
The  Emperor  of  Austria  ts  King  of  Hungary, 
but  the  Hungarian-.,  since  the  Kossuth  revolu¬ 
tion,  have  hiul  their  own  parliament  and  sepa¬ 
rate  representation  as  a  nation.  Kossuth,  who 
was  received  with  so  much  eclat  in  America, 
twenty  years  ago,  was  a  Hungarian  lawyer,  not 
a  general,  but  a  revolutionist,  and  Held  the  post 
of  Fresideutof  the  Hungarian  Republic  until 
exiled.  Austria,  in  winning  the  ascendancy 
over  Hungary,  won  also,  tho  hatred  of  Hunga¬ 
rians.  The  latter  possess  an  undying  longing 
for  the  political  freedom  of  America.  They 
have  a  marked  individuality  as  a  race— tall, 
handsome,  dark-eyed,  ohivalne,  warm-hearted, 
social  and  hospitable.  Iluda-Pest  (It  was  1.70 
years  ago,  partly  a  Turkish  town,  and  that  part 


firm's  Garden.  The  system  first,  originated,  I 
am  told,  in  (  lie  city  of  Prague,  some  forty  years 
ago,  and  now  prevails  to  a  greater  or  less  extent 
all  over  Germany  and  many  adjacent  provinces. 
Tho  greatest  difficulty  attending  It,  is  the  diffi¬ 
culty  in  obtainiag  suitable  teachers.  In  Vienna 
as  elsewhere,  is  a  school  for  l.hcir  special  train¬ 
ing,  and  from  which  they  receive  a  diploma 
when  the  required  degree  of  efficiency  is  ac¬ 
quired.  In  addition  to  the  fitness  requisite, 
which  on  i  may  obtain  by  study,  the  Khider- 
Gartcn  teacher  must  possess  positive  love  for 
children,  f.ycl,  a  little  dramatic  talent,  b<-  aide 
‘to  sing,  and  possess  a  great  deal  of  imagination 
and  inventive  taleat.  The  object  of  the  system 
is  to  develop  the  child’s  mind  in  he  most  de¬ 
lightful  way  possible,  to  cultivate  and  develop 
every  sense,  without  weariness  to  either  mind 
or  body. 

The  school  1  visited  consisted  of  several 
grades,  but  tho  lowest  grade  consisting  of  thirty 
or  forty  boys  and  girls,  from  three  to  six  or 
eight  years  of  age,  Illustrated  most  thoroughly 
the  peculiarity  of  the  system.  The  teacher  ia 
regarded  by  the  little  ones  as  a  sort  of  relative, 
and  they  set  off  for  school  tho  first  t  ime  to  see 
a  new  “  Aunt."  as  the  teacher  Is  called.  The 
morning  session  is  from  nine  until  twelve,  the 
afternoon  from  two  until  four.  When  practi¬ 
cable  the  school  is  held  in  a  garden  uudor  the 
trees.  The  children  carry  a  morning  lunch  with 
them,  and  at  baif-pasi  ten  it  is  given  to  them 
by  the  teacher;  they  meantime  keeping  in  their 
seats  until  it  is  eaten.  It  is  called  breakfast, 
and  ten  minutes,  perhaps,  is  devoted  to  it. 

They  are  taught  neither  to  write,  read,  nor 
spell,  and  the  programme  of  one  day  is  quite 
uulike  that  of  the  next.  They  sit  on  long 
benches  with  a  back  rhat  turns  both  ways;  the 
desk  in  front  of  them  is  marked  off  in  squares, 
checker-board  fashion.  Some  of  the  exercises 
of  the  morning  consisted  in  house-building. 
A  small,  square  box,  containing  oblong  wooden 
blocks,  was  placed  in  front  of  each  child;  the 
teacher  took  another,  and  with  the  blocks  built 
a  house  which  served  as  a  model.  When  each 
child  had  perfectly  imitated  it,  she  arranged 
them  in  another  way,  and  so  on  until  she  had 
given  them  a  half  dozen  different  models  or 
so,  when  she  put  the  blocks  back  In  the  box, 
and  each  child  did  the  same  with  his ;  the  boxes 
were  gathered  and  each  child  furnished  with  a 
set  of  sticks,  three  or  four  inches  long,  and  of 
the  size  of  a  knitting-needle.  Tnese  the 
teacner  arranged  in  various  forms,  some  so  dif¬ 
ficult  Mi  t  it  required  nice  discrimination  on 
tiic  part  of  sOmo  of  thu  children  to  imitate. 
Every  quarter  or  half  hour  they  sang,  usually 
something  like  a  small  opera,  which  they  acted. 
The  songs  wore  all  descriptive,  and  the  children 
went  through  In  motion  the  work  of  the 
kitchen,  the  farm-jard,  the  grain  fields,  the 
entertainments  of  tho  salon,  etc.  Now  and 
then  one  would  take  the  place  of  the  teacher 


comes.  The  whole  voyage  was  a  series  of  ova¬ 
tion.--.  There  was  everything  good  imaginable 
to  eat  and  drink,  music  all  tbc  way,  a  Hunga¬ 
rian  band  playing  all  national  airs  and  whero 
one  hears  his  country’s  hymn  Jive  thousand 
miles  from  home,  ids  heart  feci*  it  ns  well  as 
Ids  ear?..  Before  reaching  Buda-Post,  which 
happened  just  after  a  magnificent  sunset,  an 
envoy  from  the  city  came  up  to  moot  us — a 
steamer  filled  with  the  Budtt-Pesters— and  the 
three  steamers  rode  into  the  city  in  a  storm  of 
cheers.  On  hoard  was  Mtc  fatuous  German 
traveler,  Ysohuih,  a  kiurlly-faccd,  white-haired 
man,  who  has  been  all  through  Africa,  and  was 
the  first  European  to  cross  the  Pacific  railroad, 
who.  wit, It  all  his  wanderings,  had  never  made 
an  excursion  like  unto  that,  the  whole  world 
giving  in  to  Pest.  Japanese,  Greeks,  Turks, 
Russians, Spanish,  Italians,  English,  North  and 
.South  Americans,  Norwegians,  Swedes,  Danes, 
Swiss,  Germans,  Holavorduus,  Scotch,  Irish, 
Walachian*,  Austrians,  etc.,  etc. 

Well,  tho  Maytir  and  oil  y  authorities  Iu  arand, 
tmue ,  gave  us  welcome,  ind  kept  u*  two  days 
showing  us  their  gardens  and  parks,  public 
buildings,  giving  magnificent  banquets,  placing 
hundreds  of  carriages  at  our  disposal,  illumi¬ 
nating  tho  city  until  it  looked  like  a  fulry-scene, 
and  sent  us  all  homo  in  a  special  train,  and  at 
not  a  penny's  expense  to  any  guest.  It.  was 
magnificent.  Tho  Hungarians  have  a  groat 
liking  for  America,  and  heinglntrodm  .  d  to  the 
Mayor  ns  a  “  rcpre&utativo  American  woman,” 
by  two  gentlemen— one  Greek  the  ather  Ital¬ 
ian— f  was  only  too  glad  to  toll  him  that  our 
love  for  liberty  made  us  all  Hungarians,  and  if 
the  pimply  of  Undo-Pest  were  representative 
Hungarians,  they  were  the  most  royal-1 1 carted 
people  In  the  world.  I  dare  say  l  talked  like  an 
Idiot  ,  lor,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  we  do 
things  inAmerlcalna  princely  way,  I  had  never 
experienced  anything  »u  .superbits  the  reception 
given  us  try  the  city  of  Pest,  and  like  every¬ 
body  else  was  greatly  touched  by  it-  But  the 
Mayor,  who  Was  so  popular  with  tire  people 
that  they  carried  him  on  their  shoulders, 
showed  his  recognition  of  my  appreciation  in  a, 
fashion  that,  overwhelmed  me  more  than  any¬ 
thing  had.  He  seized  my  hand,  covered  it  with 
kisses  ami  slipped  into  it  his  photograph,  which 
will  form  for  me  un  eternal  souvenir  of  Miobril- 
liant  capital  of  Hungary  and  its  warm-hearted 
Burgometster. 

The  Great  Hog-Fattening  Establishment. 

AxnoDgthe  Buda-Pest.  institutions  we  visited 
was  one  which  specially  interested  the  mascu¬ 
line  portion  of  the  parly  — the  bog-fattening 
establishment.  It.  whs  immense,  covering  sev¬ 
eral  acres  of  ground.  It  was  fitted  up  with 
sheds,  corn  troughs,  large  burins  of  water  for 
“wallowing"  ana  fountains  which  showered 
the  hogs.  Boys  perched  a  bom  in  various  places, 
directed  hose  and  gave  the  hog?,  shower  baths. 
The  animals  were  divided  off  in  sections,  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  ciUVrOM.  degrees  of  fatness  they 
dlaeujoyed  monstrous  hogs,  bat  looked  like 
bears,  acme  of  them.  Pamphlets  were  dis¬ 
tributed.  printed  in  Hungarian  and  German, 
furnishing  facta  and  figures  abo  |  l  he  Society, 
whose  establishment  entertained  during  tiie 
year  1871,  oWjttO  hogs,  and  during  1873.  179,170. 
They'  are  fattened  on  maize.  We  also  saw  a 
great  many  Hungarian  cattle,  which  have  the 
long,  wide-spreading  horns  of  Texan  cattle. 
Hungary  Is  a  great,  wheat  and  wine  country,  and 
the  Hungarians  have  one  feature  which  espe- 
clally  distinguishes  them  from  i he  Germans — 
they  arc  not  et  ernally  smoking  the  pipe,  which 
is  the  universal  companion  of  the  German,  be¬ 
ing  exceptional  than  otherwise  in  Hungary,  and 
I  tlked  that.  Mary  A,  E,  WAGES. 


MOOSE’S  SURAL  ^EW-YQSKES. 


FARMER  JONES  SPEAKS. 


UOW  tilings  have  changed !  I’ve  always  thought, 
and  father  thought  the  same. 

That  so  u  boy  could  read,  add  well,  and  plainly  sign 
his  name, 

He  had  learned  enough  and  know  enough  to  manage 
any  farm ; 

That  books  and  papers  were  all  trash,  and  often  did 
him  harm. 

But  things  have  changed— why  bless  my  soul !  ’twos 
but  the  other  day 

In  town,  at  Pmith's  1  got  so  mixed,  I  didn’t  know 
what  to  say— 

They  spoke  of  things,  all  Hutch  to  me,  of  which  I 
never  had  heard. 

And  if  I  had,  knew  nothing  of,  so  I  couldn’t  say  a 
word. 

There’s  Johnson,  once  my  hired  man  — ho  lives 
aoroBB  the  way— 

With  Ids  speck  of  a  farm,  knows  more  than  me,  and 
beatsme  every  day ; 

Ills  laud  looks  clean,  his  crops  do  well,  his  house  Is 
good  a*  now}  t 

He  owes  no  man,  and  what  Is  more,  is  malting  money 
too. 

And  the  Harper  lad— a  boy  1  Bay!— old  Squire 
Harper's  son— 

College  bred— a  lawyer  too— and  at  forming  just 
begun, 

Sticks  to  it  well,  although  ho  says,  (I  tell  you  he  don’t 
shirk,) 

That  he  knows  only  the  theory,  and  that  Seth 
BitowN  does  the  work. 

Now  Brown  himself  don’t  read,  ’tis  true,  but  never 
will  pass  by 

Good  hints  from  books,  he  listens  well,  and  then 
begins  to  try— 

That's'Tlio  way  they  manago>*hlngs,  and  switch  me ! 
If  I  know 

A  prettier  farm  than  HARPER'S,  in  the  valley  here 
below. 

My  children  too,  In  spite  of  all  I’ve  done  to  keep 
them  back, 

Have  learned  a  little— but  why  talk  more '!  I’ve  long 
boon  off  the  traok, 

And  mean  to  take  It  pretty  soon— I’ll  do  it  right 
away, 

I’ll  change  my  clothes,  hitch  up  my  team,  and  put 
for  town  to-day. 

I’ll  get  the  books ;  the  papors  too,  I’ll  try  them  fora 
while  j 

Yes,  every  one  the  children  want— but  won’t  their 
mother  smile  ? 

(Perhaps  she’ll  cry,  but  not  from  grief,  as  often  she 
has  cried,) 

To  see  the  very  things  brought  homo  she  has  always 
been  denied.  j.  S.  P. 


®«r  £torg-8l$tyr. 


COURTSHIP  AFTER  MARRIAGE. 


A.  ’TA.X^Iil  H’OIi,  WIVES. 


“  NOW  Is  this  what  T  call  comfort,’’  said 
Madge  Harley  as  she  sat  down  by  her  neighbor's 
lire  one  evening;  “  here  you  are  at  your  sewing, 
with  the  kettle  steaming  on  the  hob,  and  the 
tea-things  on  the  table,  expecting  every  minute 
to  hear  your  husband’s  step,  and  see  his  kind 
face  look  in  at  the  door.  Alii  if  my  husband 
was  hut  like  yours,  Janet." 

“  He  Is  like  mine  In  many  of  his  ways,”  said 
Janet,  with  a  smile,  “and  if  you  will  allow  me 
to  speak  plainly,  he  would  be  still  more  like 
him  if  you  look  more  pains  to  make  him  com¬ 
fortable.’’ 

“What  do  you  mean?”  cried  Madge;  “our 
house  is  as  clean  as  your’s ;  T  mend  my  hus- 
band'sjclothes,  and  cook  his  dinner  as  carefully 
as  any  woman  in  the  parish,  and  yet  ho  never 
stays  at  home  of  an  evening,  while  you  sit  here 
by  your  cheerful  Arc  night  after  night  a*  happy 
as  enn  bo.” 

“  As  happy  as  can  be  on  earth,”  said  her  friend 
gravely;  “yes,  and  shall  I  tell  you  the  secret  of 
It,  Madge  ?  ” 

“  I  wish  you  would,”  said  Madge,  with  a  deep 
sigh ;  “  it’s  misery  to  live  as  1  do  now." 

“  Well  then,"  said  Janet,  speaking  slowly  and 
distinctly,  “  I  let  tny  husband  see  that  I  love 
him  still,  and  that  1  learn  every  day  to  love  him 
more.  Love  Is  the*  chain  I  hat  binds  him  to  his 
home.  The  world  may  call  it  folly,  but  tho 
World  is  not  my  lawgiver.” 

“  And  do  von  really  think,"  exclaimed  Madge 
in  surprise,  ”  that  husbands  care  for  that  sort  of 
thing?  ” 

“  For  love,  do  you  mean?”  asked  Janet. 

“Yes;  they  don’t  feel  at  all  as  we  do,  Janet, 
and  it  don’t  take  many  years  of  married  life  to 
make  them  think  of  a  wife  as  a  sort  of  maid-ol- 
all-work." 

“A  libel,  Madge,"  said  Mrs.  Matson,  laugh¬ 
ing  ;  “  I  wont  allow  you  t  o  sit  in  William’s  chair 
arid  talk  so.” 

“No, because  your  husband  is  different,  and 
values  his  wife's  love,  while  John  cares  for  me 
only  as  his  housekeeper.” 

“  T  don’t  think  that,”  said  Janet,  “although  I 
know  that  he  said  to  my  husband  the  other  day 
that  courting  time  was  the  happiest  of  a  man's 
life.  Williurn  reminded  hi  m  that  there  is  greater 
happiness  than  that,  even  on  earth,  if  men  but 
give  tlielr  hearts  to  Christ.  1  know  Johu  did 
not  alter  his  opinion,  but  he  went  away  still 
thinking  of  his  courting  time  as  of  a  joy  too 
great  to  be  exceeded.” 

“Dear  fellow,”  cried  Madge,  smiling  through 
her  tears,  “  r  do  believe  he  was  very  happy 
then.  1  remember  T  used  to  listen  for  his  steps 
as  I  sat  with  my  dear  mother  by  the  lire,  longing 
for  the  happiness  of  seeing  him." 


“Just  so,”  said  Janet ;  “  do  you  ever  feel  like 
that  now  ?  ” 

Madge  hesitated.  “  Well,  no,  not  exactly.” 

“  And  why  not?” 

“O,  I  don't  know,"  said  Madge;  "married 
people  give  up  that  sort  of  thing.” 

“  Love,  do  you  mean?  "  asked  Janet. 

“  No,  but  what  people  call  being  sentimental,” 
said  Mrs.  Harley. 

“Longing  to  see  your  husband  is  a  proper 
■sentiment,”  replied  Janet. 

“  Hut  some  people  are  ridiculously  foolish  be¬ 
fore  others,"  reasoned  Madge. 

“That  proves  they  want  sense.  I  am  not 
likely  to  approve  of  that,  as 'William  would  soon 
tell  you;  all  I  want  is  (hat  wives  should  let 
their  husbands  know  they  are  still  loved," 

“But  men  are  so  vain,”  said  Madge,  “  that  It 
Is  dangerous  to  show  them  much  attention.” 

Her  friend  looked  up,  “  O,  Madge,  what  are 
you  saying?  Havo  you,  then,  married  with  the 
notion  that  it  is  not  good  for  John  to  believe 
you  love  him?” 

“No,  but  it  is  not  wise  to  show  that  you  earo 
too  much  for  them.” 

“  Say  /  and  him  ;  do  not  talk  of  husbands  in 
general,  but  of  yours  In  particular. 

“Ho  thinks  quite  enough  of  himself  already, 

I  assure  you.” 

“Dear  Madge,”  sold  Janet,  smiling,  “would 
itdoj/oitany  harm  to  receive  a  little  more  at¬ 
tention  from  yotir  husband?  ” 

"  Of  course  not.  1  wish  he’d  try>”  and  Mrs. 
Harley  laughed  at  the  Idea. 

“Then  you  don’t  think  enough  of  yourself  al¬ 
ready?  and  nothing  would  make  you  vain,  1 
suppose?  ” 

Madge  colored,  and  all  tho  more,  when  alio 
perceived  that  William  Matson  had  come  In 
quietly,  and  was  now  standing  behind  Janet’s 
chair.  This,  of  course,  put  an  end  to  the  con¬ 
versation.  Madge  retired  to  hor  own  home  to 
think  of  Janet’s  words,  and  to  confess  secretly 
that,  they  were  wise. 

Hours  passed  before  John  Harley  returned 
home.  He  was  a  man  of  good  abilities,  and  well 
tn  do  in  the  world;  and  having  married  Madge 
because  he  truly  loved  her,  ho  had  expected  to 
have  a  happy  home.  But  partly  became  he  was 
reserved  and  sensitive,  and  partly  bocause 
Madge  feared  to  make  him  vain,  they  had  grown 
very  cold  toward  each  other,  so  cold  that  John 
Imgan  to  think  the  ale-house  a  more  comforta¬ 
ble  place  than  his  own  fireside. 

That  night  the  rain  fell  in  torrents,  the  winds 
howled,  and  it  was  not  until  tho  midnight  hour 
had  arrived  that  Harley  left  the  public  house 
and  hastened  toward  his  cottage.  Ho  was  wet 
through  when  he  at  length  creased  the  thresh¬ 
old  :  he  was,  as  ho  gruffly  muttered,  “  used  to 
that;”  but  he  was  not  "  used  "  to  the  tone  and 
look  with  which  his  wife  drew  near  to  welcome 
him,  nor  to  find  warm  clothes  by  a  crackling 
fire,  and  slippers  on  the  hearth ;  nor  to  hear  no 
reproach  for  late  hours,  and  neglect,  and  dirty 
footmarks  as  he  sat  lu  his  arm-chair.  Some 
change  had  come  to  Madge  ho  was  very  sure. 
She  wore  a  dress  ho  had  bought  her  years  ago, 
with  a  neat,  linen  collar  round  tho  neck,  and 
hod  a  cap,  trimmed  with  white  ribbons,  on  her 
head. 

“  You're  smart,  Madge,"  he  exclaimed  at  last, 
when  he  had  stared  at  her  for  some  little  time 
in  silence.  “  Who  has  been  here  worth  dressing 
for  to-night? ” 

“  No  one  until  you  came,”  said  Madge,  half 
laughing. 

“I?  Nonsense;  you  didn’t  dress  for  me/” 
cried  Joliu. 

“  You  wont  believe  it,  perhaps,  but  1  did.  1 
have  been  talking  with  Mrs.  Matson  this  even¬ 
ing,  and  she  has  given  me  some  very  good  ad 
vice.  So  now,  John,  what  would  you  like  for 
your  supper? " 

John,  who  was  wont  to  steal  to  the  shelf  at 
night  and  content  himself  with  nnytbing  he 
could  find,  thought  Madge’s  offer  too  excellent 
to  he  refused,  and  very  soon  a  large  bowl  of 
chocolate  was  steaming  on  the  table.  Then  his 
wife  sat  down,  for  a  wonder,  by  hie  side  and 
talked  a  little,  and  listened,  and  looked  pleased, 
when  at  last,  os  if  be  could  not  help  it,  he  said, 

“  Dear  old  Madge  !  ” 

That  was  enough ;  her  elbow  somehow'  found 
its  way  then  to  tho  arm  of  his  great  chair,  and 
shesat  quietly  looking  at  the  fire.  After  awhile 
John  spoke  again ; 

"  Madge,  dear,  do  you  remember  the  old  days 
when  we  used  to  sit  side  by  side  in  your  moth¬ 
er's  kitchen  ? " 

“  Yes." 

"1  was  a  younger  man*  then,  Madge,  and,  as 
they  told  me,  handsome;  now  I  am  growing 
older, plainer,  duller.  Then  you— you  loved  me ; 
do  you  love  me  Mill " 

She  looked  up  In  his  face,  and  her  eyes  an¬ 
swered  him.  It  was  like  going  back  to  tho  old 
days  to  feel  his  arm  around  her  as  her  head  lay 
on  his  shoulder,  and  to  hear  once  again  the  kind 
words  meant  for  her  ear  alone. 

She  never  once  asked  if  this  would  make  him 
“vain  ;  ”  she  knew,  as  if  by  instinct,  that  it  was 
making  him  a  wiser,  a  more  thoughtful,  more 
earnest-hearted  man.  And  when,  after  a  happy 
silence,  he  took  down  the  big  Bible,  and  read  a 
chapter,  as  lie  had  been  wont  to  read  to  her 
mother  in  former  times,  she  bowed  her  head 
and  prayed. 

Y  cs,  prayed— for  pardon,  through  the  blood 
of  Jesus  Christ — for  strength  to  fulfill  every 
duty  In  the  future— for  the  all-powerful  influ¬ 
ence  of  the  Spirit,  for  blessings  on  her  husband 
evermore. 

She  prayed— and  not  in  vain.— British  Work¬ 
man. 


AUGUSTUS  AND  MARIE. 


A  WATERING  PLACE  IDYL. 


Sino,  Muse,  the  story  of  Augustus  and  Marie. 
Briefly,  O  Muse,  extol  the  excellent  moral  char¬ 
acter, business  integrity  and  social  qualifications 
of  that  business  youth.  Augustus  was  employed 
in  a  large  and  fashlnable  “emporium"  for  the 
sale  of  men’s  underwear.  Ho  was  familiar  with 
scarfs,  hosiery,  handkerchiefs  and  zephyr  un¬ 
dergarments.  He  was  accomplished  in  his  line. 
Ho  knew  the  exact  shade  of  necktie  that  suited 
his  customers’  complexion— better  than  that, 
bo  knew  what  was  fashionable.  To  him  the 
secrets  of  the  measuring  tape  were  familiar ;  he 
knew  the  exact  number  of  Inches  which  the 
breast  of  the  finely-formed  swell  revealed  below 
his  padding,  and— was  nobly  reticent,.  Ho  knew 
where  the  knock-knees  and  bow-legs  were,  but 
wild  horses  could  not  tear  that  secret  from  his 
breast.  And  yet  lie  was  not  happy.  Glimpses 
of  another  and  gayer  world,  of  unother  sphere 
of  usefulness  and  display  beyond  his  counter, 
were  revealed  to  him  In  the  persons  of  the  fash¬ 
ionable  young  men  who  patronized  him.  Ilis 
bosom  may  have  swelled  with  an  infinite  long¬ 
ing.  Why  should  he  not  connect  himself  with 
that  bright  and  beautiful  .world,  and  mayhap 
marry  an  heiress?  Perhaps  no  one  know  better 
than  ho  the  hollowness  of  that  superficial  orna¬ 
ment  which  attracts  the  fair.  So  he  regularly 
spent  his  month  of  vacation  in  tho  giddy  halls 
of  Saratoga,  or  the  fascinating  vortex  of  New¬ 
port.  He  looked  well.  His  linen  was  irre¬ 
proachable,  bis  gloves  faultless,  his  cravats 
Incomparable. 

It  was  at  ono  of  these  places  that  tho  peerless 
Marie  dawned  upon  him.  Beautiful,  young, 
stylish  ami  ingenuous— there  was  withal  a  fas¬ 
cinating  air  of  mystery  about  her.  She  was 
cliaporoncd  by  n  lady  who,  even  the  unsophisti¬ 
cated  Augustus  could  perceive,  held  her  posi¬ 
tion  more  by  her  money  than  her  graces.  But 
Marie  was  all  that  Augustus  could  wish.  Thoy 
became  acquainted  in  tho  usual  matter-of-fact  I 
way;  there  wits  no  heroic  episode;  mad  bulls 
and  runaway  horses  were  infrequent  on  the 
corridors  of  tho  great  hotel  where  t  hey  flirted ; 
beyond  preserving  the  integrity  of  her  skirt 
from  the  fatal  fall  of  an  orange  lee,  Augustus 
absolutely  did  nothing.  A  nd  so  the  days  passed 
with  little  of  expression  to  mar  the  monotonous, 
idiotic  smile  they  shed  upon  the  happy  pair. 
The  lady  talked  lightly  of  names  whereof  Au¬ 
gustus  had  hoard  incidentally  with  awe  over  his 
counter.  Sacred  precincts  to  which  Augustus 
had  often  dirocted  packages  of  A  1  zephyrs  wore 
alluded  to  with  fascinating  familiarity.  In  that 
fatal  moment  Augustus  hesitated;  could  he 
reveal  hla  own  connection  with  the  Emporium 
to  the  aristocratic  fair?  Augustus  fell !  Let 
not  the  reader  believe  that  ho  forged  a  check 
or  embezzled  from  his  employer.  He  only 
alluded  to  himself  as  a  capitalist,  and  spoke 
casually  of  the  money  market.  There  was  -no 
engagement.  When  they  parted  at  tho  end  of 
his  vacation  it  was  with  that  sweet,  vague  sig¬ 
nificance  that  closes  usual  watering-place  flir¬ 
tations.  It  was  for  the  season  only,  and  the 
shutters  of  common  sense  were  to  he  .put  over 
the  windows  of  sentiment  for  the  rest  of  the 
year.  They  trusted  that  they  would  meet  Again. 
And  they  did. 

It  was  a  week  or  two  after  his  return,  and 
Augustus’  soul  was  not  yet  In  his  vocation. 
Already  the  heavier  woolens  were  coming  in 
for  the  fall  trade,  and  Augustus  smiled,  albeit 
sardonlcaliy.  at  the  change  which  overtakes  all 
fashions  and  things,  as  ho  stood  at  his  familial’ 
counter.  But  an  extra  and  peremptory  order 
for  custom-made  shirts  obliged  him  to  visit  one 
of  the  many  seamstresses  employed  by  the  em¬ 
porium.  As  Augustus  turned  down  the  narrow 
street  of  a  remote,  unfashionable  locality,  and 
rang  tho  bell  of  a  modest  tenoment  house,  his 
mind  reverted  to  the  paat  and  he  glanced  ner¬ 
vously  up  and  down  the  street,  lest  Marie  from 
a  passing  carriage  should  detect,  him  with  the 
ominous  parcel  under  his  arm.  Ho  was  oflieved 
when  the  opening  door  enabled  him  to  enter. 
But  as  he  did  so  the  bundle  slipped  front  his 
nerveless  Ungers.  For  there,  seated  at  a  sowing 
machine,  with  her  pretty  fingers  on  the  plate, 
and  her  slim  foot  on  the  treadle,  sat  Mary 
Jones— the  Marie  of  his  dreams. 

Artistic  taste  would  Indicate  that  for  true 
literary  effect  wo  should  stop  here.  But  this  is 
a  severely  practical  statement  of  fact.  Briefly, 
then,  let  us  go  on  to  say  that  Augustus,  under  a 
good  deal  of  harmless  weakness,  carried  an 
honest  heart.  For  your  little  snob,  after  all,  Is 
more  apt  to  possess  that  organ  t  han  a  ead  or  a 
prig.  Augustus  and  Mary  were  engaged — and 
perhaps,  in  defiance  of  poetic  just  ice,  may  yet 
be  happy. 

- *■++ - 

SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 


A  Detroit  paper  alludes  to  “  the  L  extension 
of  the  prevailing  costumes  worn  by  ladies.” 

“Why  do  you  set  your  cup  of  coffee  on  a 
chair,  Mr.  Jones?”  said  a  worthy  landlady  one 
morning  at  breakfast.  “It  is  so  very  weak, 
ma’am,  I  thought  I  would  let  it  rest.” 

The  popular  balls  of  the  season  this  year  at 
Saratoga  xn  ill  be  billiard  balls.  Even  the  ladies 
are  taking  to  them.  As  for  hops  in  this  hot 
weather,  they  will  soon  become  small  beer. 

A  man  who  sent  his  wife  to  a  place  on  the 
Jersey  coast  because  he  heard  that  dumb  ague 
was  prevalent  there,  is  greatly  discouraged  be¬ 
cause  she  has  returned  w  ilh  the  chattering  kind 
Instead. 


PRAYERS  I  DON’T  LIKE. 


I  don’t  like  to  hear  lilm  pray. 

Who  loans  at  twenty-live  per  cent.; 

For  then  1  think  the  borrower  may 
Be  pressed  to  pay  for  food  and  rent; 

And  In  that  Book  we  all  should  heed, 
Which  fays  the  lender  shall  he  blest, 

As  sure  as  I  hare  eyes  to  read, 

It  does  not  say,  “  Take  Interest.” 

I  do  not  like  to  hear  him  pray, 

On  bended  knees,  about  an  hour. 

For  grace  to  spond  aright  tho  day, 

Who  knows  his  neighbor  has  no  flour. 

I’d  rather  sen  him  go  to  mill, 

And  buy  the  lucklussbrotbar  broad. 

And  see  hla  children  eat  their  fill 
And  laugh  beneath  their  humble  shed. 

I  do  not  llku  to  hear  him  pray, 

“  Lot  blessing*  on  the  widow  be,” 

Who  never  seeks  her  home  to  say, 

“  If  want  o’ertakee  you.  001110  to  me.” 

I  hate  tho  prayer  so  long  and  loud, 

That'H  offurod  for  tins  orphan’s  weal, 

By  him  who  sees  him  crushed  by  wrong. 
And  only  with  his  lips  doth  feel. 

I  do  not  like  to  hear  her  pray 
With  jewoted  ear*  and  silken  dress, 
Whose  washerwoman  toils  all  day, 

And  then  Is  asked  to  "  work  for  less.” 
Bneh  pious  shavers  1  despise  I 
With  folded  hands  and  face  demure 
Thoy  lift  to  heaven  1  heir  •  angel  eyes,” 
Then  steal  tho  earnings  of  the  poor. 

I  do  not  Uko  such  soulless  prayers ; 

If  wrong.  I  liopn  to  be  forgiven  ; 

No  angel’s  wing  them  upward  bears. 
They're  lost  u.  million  miles  from  Heaven  I 
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THE  PRAYER  OF  AGASSIZ. 


The  Christian  Union  (H.  W.  Beecher),  speak¬ 
ing  of  the  speech  by  Prof.  Agassiz  at  the  open¬ 
ing  of  the  Anderson  School  of  Natural  History, 
says,  “  After  a  few  opening  words,  felicitously 
suited  to  put  all  their  minds  Into  fellowship, 
Agassiz  said  tenderly,  and  with  touching  frank¬ 
ness,  ‘I  think  wo  hava  need  of  help.  I  do  not 
feel  that  I  can  cull  any  one  hero  to  ask  a  bless¬ 
ing  for  us.  1  know  I  would  not  have  anybody 
pray  for  us  at  this  moment.  I  ask  you  for  a 
moment  to  pray  for  yourselves,'  Upon  this, 
the  great  scientist-  -in  an  ago  In  which  so  many 
other  great  scientists  have  concluded  that  pray¬ 
ing  Is  quite  an  unscientific  and  very  useless  pro¬ 
ceeding— bowed  his  head  reverently ;  his  pupils 
and  l'rlends  did  the  same,  and  there,  in  a  silence 
that  was  very  solemn  and  very  beautiful,  each 
spirit  was  free  to  crave  of  the  Groat  Spirit  tho 
blessing  that  was  needed.  For  our  own  part  it 
seems  to  us  that  Ibis  scene  of  Agassiz  and  his 
pupiln,  with  heads  bowed  in  silent  prayer  for 
the  blessing  of  the  God  of  Nature,  to  be  given 
to  that  school  then  opened  for  the  study  of 
nature,  Is  a  spectacle  for  some  great  artist  to 
Spread  out  worthily  upon  canvas,  and  to  bo 
kept  alive  in  the  memories  of  mankind.  What 
are  coronations,  royal  pageants,  tho  parade  of 
armies,  to  a  scene  like  this?  It  heralds  tiio 
coming  of  the  now  heavens  und  the  new  earth— 
the  golden  age  when  nature  and  man  shall  he 
reconciled,  and  tho  conquests  of  truth  shall 
supersede  tho  conquests  of  brute  force,” 

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FAITH  AND  WORKS. 

Two  gentlemen  were  one  day  crossing  the 
river  in  a  ferry  boat.  A  depute  about  faith  and 
works  arose;  one  saying  that  good  works  were 
of  small  importance,  ami  that  faith  was  every¬ 
thing;  the  other  assorting  the  contrary.  Not 
belng'able  to  convince  each  other,  the  ferryman, 
•in  enlightened  Christian,  asked  permission  to 
give  Ids  opinion.  Consent  being  granted,  he 
said “  I  have  in  my  hands  two  oars.  That  in 
my  right  hand  I  call  faith ;  the  other,  in  my 
left  workB.  Now,  gentlemen,  please  to  observe, 
I  pull  tho  oar  of  faith,  and  pull  that  alone. 
8ee!  the  boat  goes  round,  and  round,  and  tho 
boat  makes  no  progress.  I  do  the  same  with 
the  oar  of  works,  and  with  a  xireclsely  similar 
result — no  advance,  Mark!  I  pull  both  togeth¬ 
er;  we  go  on  apace,  and  in  a  very  few  minutes 
we  shall  he  at  our  landing-place.  80,  in  my 
humble  opinion,  he  added 'Tuith  without  works, 
or  works  without  faith  will  not  suffice.  Let 
there  bo  both,  and  the  haven  of  etcrual  rest  is 
sure  to  be  reached."  Bishop  Whaldy. 

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EINE  PRAYERS. 

Prayers  need  not  be  fine.  I  believe  God 
abhors  fine  prayers.  If  a  person  asks  charity  of 
you  In  elegant  sentences  he  is  not  likely  to  get 
It.  Finery  in  dress  or  language  is  out  of  place 
in  beggars.  I  heard  a  man  in  the  street  the 
other  day  begging  aloud  by  means  of  a  magnifi¬ 
cent  oration.  He  used  grand  language  in  very 
pompous  style,  and  1  dare  say  ho  thought  he 
was  sure  of  getting  piles  of  coppers  by  bis  bor¬ 
rowed  speech,  but  1,  for  one,  gave  him  nothing, 
but  felt  more  inclined  to  laugh  at  his  bombast. 
Is  it  not  likely  that  many  groat  prayers  arc 
about  as  useless?  Many prayer-rnectings’ pray¬ 
ers  are  a  great  deal  too  fine.  Keep  your  figures 
and  metaphors  and  parabolic  expressions  for 
your  fellow-creatures ;  use  them  to  those  who 
want  to  be  instructed,  but  do  not.  parade  them 
before  God,  When  we  pray,  the  simpler  our 
prayers  are,  the  better;  the  plainest,  humblest 
language  which  expresses  our  meaning  is  best. 
Spwrocon. 


AOS.  3© 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER 


WOULDN’T  YOU? 

BY  DJJ  I'ORBEST  P.  GUMMERSON. 

I  mrt  her  at  the  garden  gate, 

The  stars  were  slilniug  bright, 

And  told  her  of  my  heart’s  young  love 
Beneath  their  soft,  pale  light. 

And  then  upon  my  heaving  breast. 

Where  my  heart  beats  warm  and  true, 

She  gently  laid  her  curly  head, 

And  I  kissed  her— wouldn’t  you? 

I  met  her  at  the  garden  gate, 

Ah !  that  was  years  ago; 

The  gentle  head  1  loved  so  well 
Lies  now  beneath  the  snow. 

And  never  more  will  gaze  in  mine 
Those  eyes  of  heavenly  blue  j 
But  in  my  heart  of  hearts  I  keep 
Her  memory— wouldn't  you  ? 

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OUR  BABY. 

Little  blue  eyes. 

Little  brown  looks, 

Little  plump  cheeks, 

Little  low  frocks ; 

Near  us  one  moment— the  next  out  of  sight, 

Who  has  a  heart  half  so  feathery-light, 

Who  has  a  smile  half  so  babyish-bright 
As  Baby  ? 

Dear  little  ways 
’(lulling  the  tlmo — 

Odd  little  “says’’ 

Not  lilting  rhyme— 

Who  can  win  hearts  half  so  quickly  as  she  ? 

Who  such  a  bright  hit  of  sunshine  can  be  ? 

Who  loves  a  imby  so  dearly  as  wo 
Otir  Baby  7 

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LOTTIE  AND  I  ARE  OUT. 

BY  MU8.  B.  C.  RUDE. 

Congenial  little  Lottie  proposes  a  walk  to 
the  woods.  I  know  what  that  means  always. 
Ft  means  a  day  of  quiet,  uninterrupted  com¬ 
munion 'with  Nature.  I  take  a  look  into  the 
blue  depths  of  her  speaking  eyes,  and  my  soul 
is  warmed  into  an  enthusiasm  at  once. 

We  entertain  each  other  on  stormy  days,  Lot¬ 
tie  nud  1,  when  she  drops  in  here  and  I  in  there, 
but  never  when  we  go  to  the  woods.  Such  ram¬ 
bles  are  too  unfrequent  In  this  cold  elimate  to 
he  spoiled  by  silly  gossip.  If  Lottie  feels  just 
like  speaking  she  does  so,  and  1  the  sumo,  other¬ 
wise  we  keep  silent. 

Some  people  wouldn’t  enjoy  sueh  a  going  to 
the  woods  at  all.  Such  people  never  happen  to 
be  along  with  us;  wo  don’t  want  them.  We 
both  take  our  sketch  books,  keeping  them  care¬ 
fully  hidden  until  wo  get  beyond  the  reach  of 
those  curious  eyes  that  sec  In  a  sketch  book  no 
beauty  In  fact,  nothing  but  ragged  stockings, 
muddy  coffee,  &c. 

Our  Alleghany  village  Is  located  In  the  midst 
of  hills,  valleys,  woods  and  water.  Unexpected 
little  creeks  spring  up  almost  anywhere,  to  say 
nothing  of  the  smooth,  continuous  flow  of  the 
world-renowned  Genesee. 

We  have  only  totakoa  by-road, climb  a  fence, 
mount  a  hill,  descend  on  tho  other  side,  and  wo 
are  as  completely  alone  with  GOD  and  Nature 
as  we  could  wish  to  he. 

A  green  valley,  dotted  with  pink  and  yellow 
and  white,  crossed  and  reerossed  by  a  pretty 
brook,  which  shapes  It  partly  with  Islands  hero 
and  wholly  there.  Towering  hills,  with  rust¬ 
ling  evergreens  as  thick  as  they  can  stand,  like 
a  mighty  crowd  of  people  with  tholr  hands  up¬ 
raised  to  Heaven,  and  fn  their  open  throats  a 
doxnlogy  of  praise.  Thesweet,  twittering  birds 
chime  in  the  water’s  murmur  and  gurgle  and 
dash  ;  and  Lottie  and  1,  who  were  too  poor  to 
see  the  Boston  Jubilee,  sit  right  down  and  lis¬ 
ten  to  this  free  concert  of  naturo,  this  music  of 
Heaven’s  own  arranging,  till  our  souls  are  full. 
Then  we  clap  our  hands  and  laugh  ;  ur,  if  we 
feel  like  it,  we  shout,  or  maybe  cry,  at  some 
strain  tenderer  than  the  rest.  We  have  no  fear 
of  stepping  on  anybody’s  silks  if  we  stir  our 
feet,  or  hitting  anybody’s  nose  If  we  clap  our 
hands.  Spying  a  mossy  hank,  we  dodge  off,  lie 
down,  and  look  up,  up  to  tho  very  sky.  For  a 
moment,  oarth  Is  forgotten,  and  Heaven  the 
all-absorbing  theme.  Our  souls  come  back  re¬ 
freshed,  yea,  whitened.  No  one  Is  there  to 
laugh  at  any  of  our  frcakB.  If  a  stray  sports¬ 
man  from  out  the  town  happens  to  get  his  fore¬ 
head  over  the  brow  of  the  hill,  he  spies  ns  down 
below  and  hurries  off,  muttering, “No  ilshin’ 
for  trout  with  two  wlmmin  a  scamperin'  round  ; 
guess  I'll  try  t’other  stream.  Wonder  what 
business  wimmin’s  got  there,  any  way?" 

“  Good  bye !”  say  we,  very  graciously,  as  that 
tuft  of  hair  disappears  behind  the  hill-top  like 
a  woodchuck— suddenly. 

After  we  have  eaten  a  hearty  lunch  of  cold 
beans,  ham  and  hop-yeast  bread,  Lottie  perch¬ 
es  henAI?  among  the  limbs  of  a  broken  tree- 
top,  where  she  sits  as  gracefully  as  a  canary  in 
its  swing,  and  looking  carefully  around,  draws 
out  her  sketch  book.  J  lounge  down  clumsily 
upon  the  hunk  of  the  stream,  as  near  to  the 
water  as  1  can  get,  and  draw  forth  my  book. 
Lottie  sketches  her  picture,  and  Iminc.  When 
Lottie  gets  tired  she  jumps  down,  taps  me  on 
the  shoulder,  holds  up  before  me  the  outlines 
of  a  lovely  picture,  made  up  of  materials  gath¬ 
ered  from  almost  everywhere  that  she  has  ever 
been.  J  timidly  hold  out  to  view  my  own  de¬ 


lineation  of  human  character.  Whereupon  wo 
form  a  Mutual  Admiration  Society,  not  forget¬ 
ting  an  honest  criticism  here  and  there. 

Then,  washing  our  faces  In  the  clear,  flowing 
stream,  taking  a  long  sniff  of  God’s  free  air,  we 
turn  our  steps  homeward.  Wo  find  our  hus¬ 
bands  standing  moodily  by  the  side  of  a  couple 
of  packed  satchels.  They  inform  us  that  they 
are  off  for  tho  Thousand  Islands,  to  be  gone  a 
month— It’s  so  lonesome.  Wo  look  at  their 
careworn  faces,  and  tell  them  to  “  go  on.”  Wo 
Had  the  babies  with  toes  and  fingers  all  on.  Be¬ 
sides,  we  li nd  to  our  satisfaction  that  Mother 
Dibble,  the  news-peddler,  hasn't  called,  and 
don’t  know  we've  been  out.  Tho  next  day  wo 
feel  so  well  that,  we  do  two  days’  work  In  one, 
and  who  Is  tho  worse  for  it  all ? 

At.  our  leisure  we  fill  out  the  outlines  of 
our  sketches.  Sho  tones  down,  brightens  up 
and  blends,  then  throws  a  halo  of  sunshine  over 
the  •whole;’, while  I  scratch  out  and  fix  over.  She 
gets  angry,  and  dashes  her  brush  right  against 
a  rock  that  stands  In  the  water  and  makes  the 
splash  complete.  I  get  to  thinking  how  many 
meau-natured  people  there  are  In  the  world, 
and  I  am  enabled  to  throw  in  enough  holy  in¬ 
dignation  to  keep  my  effort  from  being  quite  a 
failure.  Lottie’s  sketch  appears  in  oils  and 
mine  in  printer’s  ink.  Neither  of  us  will  ever 
croate  a  stir  in  the  world — We  don’t  expect  to  ; 
if  her  grandfather  did  paint  and  mine  write 
verses.  The  “  full  development"  must,  bo  fur¬ 
ther  down  the  line.  Yet.,  in  mercy’s  name, 
what  harm  do  wo  do  ?  She  eau  amuse  children 
and  fools  wil  h  her  sketches,  so  ran  l  with  mine 
and  that  is  a  GOD-glft,  1  reckon.  Besides, 
these  little  rambles,  these  littlo  spells  of  thought 
are  only  rests,  sweet  rests,  in  the  steady  tramp 
of  two  human  lives,  that  is  all.  Then  don’t 
scowl  so  and  prate.  Mother  Diuhle,  when  you 
And  that  Lottie  and  1  are  out. 

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THE  WOMAN  WITH  A  FACULTY. 

She  is  my  own  cousin,  and  her  name  is  Caro¬ 
line.  Iii  my  girlhood,  my  good  old  grand¬ 
mother  used  often  to  sigh  over  mo  and  say : 
“Somehow,  Caroline  has  got  a  wonderful 
faculty,  and  you  havn’t,  poor  child  I”  a  very 
doleful  view  of  tho  ease,  moat  certainly.  The 
tide  of  emigration  carried  my  young  cousin 
westward,  ami  it  was  only  during  tho  past  sum¬ 
mer  that  I  saw  her  again,  metamorphosed  into 
an  elderly  house-mother,  exercising  her  “fac¬ 
ulty”  in  good  earnest. 

I  found  her  the  center  of  a  charming  family, 
just  as  every  mother  should  be,  possessing  the 
entire  confidence  of  her  children,  from  the 
young  M.  D„  who  had  just  attained  his  major¬ 
ity,  down  in  mischievous  slx-y ear-old  Tommy. 

T  found  her  looking  remarkably  young,  and 
what  was  better  still,  remarkably  healthy;  and 
the  children  wero  healthy,  and  consequently 
there  was  a  great  deal  more  happiness  in  that 
household  than  in  many  I  ran  think  of.  I  found, 
also,  that  this  pleasant  suite  of  things  had  boon 
brought  about  by  the  intelligent  management 
of  my  cousin;  that  she  had  never  surrendered 
the  care  of  her  children  to  servants,  but  had 
given  them  her  personal  attention,  and  1  could 
see  that  In  her  Intercourse  with  them  she  never 
assumed  to  control  them  arbitrarily,  but  ad¬ 
vised  them  ami  taught,  them  self-government. 

I  have  always  noticed,  in  German  families,  tho 
tender  relations  between  parents  and  children 
—how  careful  parents  were  not  to  wound  the 
feelings  of  the  smallest  ones,  and  cousin’s  man¬ 
ner  reminded  me  of  the  dear  German  mothers. 
She  had  their  tenderness  mid  solicitude,  and 
she  had,  beyond  it,  that  “faculty,”  and  to  that 
inborn  gift  J  trace  much  of  the  comfort  of  their 
home. 

Couisin  <’.  is  not  rich,  as  the  world  goes her 
husband  is  a  physician  with  a  good  practice, 
and  they  live  In  a  large  Western  village.  They 
have  a  pleasant  lawn  before  their  house,  and  a 
fine  garden  and  orchard  in  the  rear.  There  arc 
flowers  in  ahundunce,  and  they  repay  the  loving 
care  they  receive  with  fragrance  and  beauty. 
The  house,  which  is  of  her  own  planning,  has 
all  tho  labor-saving  devices  possible,  I  should 
think.  Her  kitchen  and  pantry  reminded  mo 
of  the  compact  .’irrangomont  needful  on  ship- 
hoard.  Every  room  in  tho  house  can  have  sun¬ 
shine  and  air,  and  every  one  is  tastefully,  yet 
not  expensively,  fitted  up  for  its  particular  pur¬ 
pose.  Tho  sitting-room  of  the  family  is  the 
cosiest,  sunniest  apartment  In  the  house,  I  can¬ 
didly  suppose,  though  whatever  room  I  was  in 
1  admired,  at  the  time,  more  than  any  other. 
Whenever  1  inquired  where  sho  found  this 
lovely  bit  of  drapery  or  that  charming  tidy, 
lambrequin  or  bracket,  I  had  the  same  answer, 
“The  girls  and  I  made  it,”  till  I  began  to  think 
ray  cousin  and  her  girls  wero  fairies  In  disguise. 
Hot  it  all  seemed  easy  enough  whensheshowod 
me  their  tools  for  wood  carving,  the  sewing 
machine  that  could  embroider  so  deftly,  and 
the  workshop  In  tho  garret  whore  all  kinds  of 
lame  furniture  issued  forth  as  sound  as  ever 
and  with  more  than  their  former  glory  envel¬ 
oping  them. 

I  have  taken  two  or  three  loaves  from  my 
cousin’s  book,  and  I  mean  that  some  of  us  shall 
profit  by  them.  Dork  Hamilton. 


a  PRAYER. 

Father  of  light  and  life !  thou  Good  Supreme  ! 

O,  teach  me  what  U  good !  teach  me  thyself ! 

Save  me  from  lolly,  vanity  and  rice, 

From  every  low  pursuit,  and  feed  my  soul 

With  knowledge,  conscious  peace  and  virtue  pure,— 

Sacred,  substantial,  never-fading  bliss!— Thompson. 


Tu’iuliiig  for  ihe  J|otiitfj. 


FRUITS  FROM  THE  TROPICS. 

BY  ELLEN  BERTHA  BRADLEY. 

My  brother  Ned  went  down  to  New  York  the 
other  day,  and  came  home  with  his  hands  full 
of  bananas. 

“What  beauties  I”  I  exclaimed,  as  we  turned 
back  the  thick  skins  and  tasted  the  rich  fruit; 
“where  did  you  get  t  hem  ?” 

I  “  Directly  from  tho  vessel,  ”  lie  answered. 
“They  are  as  fresh  as  they  can  bo  bought  in 
this  latitude.” 

“ITow  came  you  to  go  to  the  ship?"  asked 
mother. 

“  Why,  you  see,"  said  he,  “  I  had  finished  my 
business  and  was  sauntering  up  Broadway, 
thinking  how  I  might  best  spend  the  time  be¬ 
fore  the  afternoon  train  would  leave,  when  I 
met  Charlie  W  adb  on  his  way  to  visit  a  num¬ 
ber  of  fruit  ships  that  had  just  arrived,  to  got 
material  for  a  report  on  the  fruit  trade  from 
the  newspaper  with  which  he  Is  connected,  and 
he  asked  mo  to  go  with  him.” 

“Well,  what  did  you  see?"  I  asked. 

“More  fruit  than  I  expect  to  ever  again,  at 
one  tlm  o,"  he  answered.  “I  never  had  any  Idea 
before  of  tho  oxtent  of  the  trade  in  tropical 
fruits.” 

“  Was  there  aahipful?’’  asked  Susie,  In  a  tone 
which  showed  that  she  thought  her  guess  a 
very  large  one. 

“Yea,”  he  replied ;  “  one  filled  with  these  ban¬ 
anas  alone,  to  say  nothing  of  those  containing 
oranges,  lemons,  pineapples,  ami  other  kinds  of 
fruit.  I  wish,  M  ARY,"  he  added,  turning  to  ine, 
“  that  you  could  have  seen  that  cargo  of  b anan¬ 
as  before  tho  unloading  began.  It  was  a  pretty 
sight.’’ 

“  How  wore  they  packed?"  I  asked.  “It  must 
have  been  very  carefully  done,  or  they  would 
have  bcou  bruised  and  crushed." 

“Yes,”  ho  answered.  “The  bunches  -wore 
placed  upright  upon  raised  hoards,  and  many 
wore  stored  In  cribs  upon  the  deck.  Hut  though 
the  utmost  care  is  used,  tho  losses  in  tho  fruit 
are  enormous,  though  not  os  great  as  in  pine¬ 
apples.  Hut  you  cannot  guess  what  they  use 
for  ballast  In  a  banana  ship.” 

"  Stones,"  said  Harry. 

“Dirt,"  suggested  Annie. 

“Cocoanuts,"  said  I.  * 

“Ah,  hal”  cried  Ned.  “How  came  you  to 
think  of  t  hat  ?” 

“  1  don't  know,”  I  answered.  “I  must  have 
heard  it  sometime.  Js  ir.  right?” 

“Yes,"  he  replied.  “  I  was  astonished  enough 
when  1  found  that  the  bottom  of  the  ship  was 
lined  with  cocoanuts.  Hut  Mr  Bostwiok,  tho 
fruit  inspector  of  the  port,  told  me  that  they 
made  the  vessel  heavy  enough  to  sail  well,  and 
wore  holier  than  any  other  ballast  because, 
when  they  reached  here,  they  Would  sell  for 
enough  to  pay  for  their  transportation.” 

“But,  Undo  Ned,”  put  In  Busib,  “why  do 
they  want  to  make  tho  ship  heavy  ?  1  should 
think  the  lighter  she  was  tho  bettor  sho  would 
sail.” 

“  No,  indeed,”  he  replied.  “The  lighter  the 
top  of  a  ship  is  the  better;  hut  there  must  be 
weight  enough,  in  the  hold,  to  keep  her  steady. 
A  vessel  that  is  too  light  at  the  bottom  rolls 
and  pitches  fearfully,  and  is  even  in  danger  of 
capsizing  in  a  heavy  sea.” 

“Where  did  this  shipload  come  from?”  I 
asked. 

“From  Baraeoa,”  he  replied.  “Almost  all 
our  bananas  come  from  there.” 

“  Where  is  Baraeoa?”  asked  Susie. 

“In  Cuba,”  he  answered.  “If  one  of  you 
children  will  bring  rno  tho  Atlas,  i  wilt  show 
you  where  It  is.” 

“  Harry  brought  the  book,  and  opening  it  to 
the  map  of  the  West  Indies,  Ned  pointed  out 
the  town,  near  the  eastern  extremity  of  the 
Island. 

“Mr,  Bostwiok  told  me,”  he  went  on,  closing 
the  book,  “  that  the  first  bananas  wero  brought 
to  New  York  on  a  schooner,  in  1804,  tho  whole 
amount  being  30  bunches.  On  the  voyage,  the 
vessel  met  a  company  of  three  French  frigates, 
on  one  of  which  was  Jerome  Bonaparte,  on 
his  way  to  Baltimore  to  marry  Miss  Patterson. 
Ou  learning  this  the  captain  sent  him  some  of 
the  fruit,  a  present,  which  was  gratefully  ac¬ 
cepted,  The  remainder  was  sold  in  New  York. 
Thus  began  the  trade  in  bananas,  which  has  in¬ 
creased  until,  in  the  year  1873,  more  than  400,000 
bunches  were  Imported  Into  Now  York  alone.” 

“I  have  read  or  hoard, "said  I,  “  that  there  are 
more  tropical  Units  received  In  the  port  of  New 
York  than  in  any  other  place.” 

“That  is  undoubtedly  true,  "said  Ned.  “The 
amount  consumed  in  tho  city  Itself  is  greater 
than  in  London  or  Paris,  and  it  is  also  the  port 
through  which  a  vast  tract  of  country  Is  sup¬ 
plied.  From  New  York  the  fruit  can  be  tran¬ 
sported  in  safety  hundreds  of  miles  in  a  few 
hours.  Many  firms  arc  entirely  engaged  in  re¬ 
shipping  West  Indian  fruits,  and  there  are  two 
establishments  In  the  city  that  put.  up  in  cans 
nearly  half  a  million  pineapples  every  year.” 

“Uncle  Ned,”  said  Annie,  “you  said  that 
pineapples  spoiled  more  than  bananas  on  the 
voyage.  Why  is  t  hat  ?  They  aro  so  much  hard¬ 
er  that  I  should  think  they  would  keep  better." 

“I  do  not  know,"  he  replied,  “bill  it,  is  the 
fact.  If  a  vessel  loaded  with  pineapples  comes 
in  with  three-fourths  of  her  cargo  fit  for  mar¬ 
ket,  the  owners  think  she  has  made  a  good  voy¬ 


age.  SoinotlmoB  the  cargo  is  almost  a  total  loss. 
Mr.  Host  WICK  told  mo  that,  not  long  ago  a  ves¬ 
sel  came  in  with  48, 000  pineapples,  of  which 
46,800  were  spoiled." 

“  She  must  have  made  a  slow  trip,"  said  I. 

“Probably,"  he  replied;  “hut  tho  voyagos 
need  not  ho  long  for  the  losses  to  he  heavy.  If 
tho  weather  is  bad,  so  that  the  hatches  ha  ve  to 
be  kept  shut,  tho  fruit  Is  almost  suro  to  be 
ruined.  Thunder  showers  aro  especially  de¬ 
structive.  One  time  a  vessel  came  up  to  Sandy 
Hook  with  a  cargo  III  fine  condition  ;  but  sho 
was  detained  by  tho  Quarantine  officers  a  few 
hours,  and  while  she  was  waiting,  a  severo 
shower  burst,  and  her  cargo  was  almost  entire¬ 
ly  ruined.” 

“Why,  Undo  Ned  !  What  spoiled  it!”  cried 
Sushis, 

“  What  soured  the  milk  yesterday?”  said  he. 
“  It  was  sweat  before  the  thunder  shower  and 
sour  after  it  .  Don’t  you  remember  wo  had  none 
for  t.eu?  I  cannot  tell  you  why  it  was  spoiled 
any  more  than  why  a  magnet  attracts  stool ;  but 
both  we  know  to  he  facts." 

“How  many  pineapples  are  Imported  in  a 
year,  Ned?"  asked  mother. 

“  In  1873  there  were  about  4,3110,000  brought  to 
New  York,”  he  replied. 

“How  Is  it  about  cocoanuts?”  I  askod. 

“  Of  them  ( here  wero  about  8,000,000,  one-fifth 
of  which  spoiled  before  reaching  hero.  They 
cotno  mainly  from  .Baraeoa,  though  some  are 
sent  from  other  parts  of  the  West  Indies,  ami  a 
few  from  Central  America." 

“  1  saw  a  notice  tho  otlior  day,”  said  I,  “  that 
there  were  two  establishments  In  New  York  for 
preparing  desiccated  cocoanuts,  and  that  in  one 
of  them  from  135,000  to  MO, 000  wore  put  up 
monthly  and  shipped  to  different  parts  of  tho 
country.” 

“  How  many  oranges  and  lemons  do  you  sup¬ 
pose  are  brought  to  New  York  in  a  year?”  ask¬ 
ed  mother. 

“  I  do  not  know,"  replied  Ned,  “  but  the  num¬ 
ber  m  list  ho  enormous.  In  1873  tho  amount  i re¬ 
ported  was  valued  at  something  more  than 
$3, 000, (MX).” 

“Does  that  include  thoso  brought  from  our 
Southern  States?”  Tasked. 

“  No,”  he  answered.  “  Tho  amount  sent  North 
from  Florida  and  Louisiana  has  notmuch  effect 
upon  tho  market  as  yet,  although  it  no  doubt, 
soon  will,  some  large  consignment*  of  oranges 
having  boon  already  received.  The  orange  has 
so  far,  been  much  more  cultivated  than  (ho 
lemon.  The  trees  grow  to  about  the  size  of  an 
apple  tree,  and  begin  bearing  when  from  three 
to  five  years  old.  A  lull  grown  tree  yields  from 
500  to  3,i)00  oranges  a  year.  The  fruit  Ls  carefully 
picked  by  men  and  boys,  assorted  by  women, 
who  reject,  every  defective  specimen,  and  then 
wrapped  in  paper  and  packed  in  boxes  by  girls. 
At  least,  this  is  the  way  it  should  bo  done ;  but 
sometimes  the  fruit  is  greutly  Injured  by  rough 
handling.” 

“Have  they  evor  tried  to  raise  cocoanuts 
thore?”  asked  mother. 

“Not  that  I  have  hoard  of,"  he  replied  ;  “ but 
they  are  experimenting  successfully  with  al¬ 
most  everything  else.  They  are  cultivating 
limes,  pomegranates,  olives,  figs,  dates,  guava 
apples,  pineapples,  and  many  other  kinds  of 
tropical  fruits.  Even  tho  banana  1*  being  raised 
in  sonic  places.” 

“  Well,”  said  I,  “when  our  Southern  orchard 
is  developed,  and  competition  has  lowered  the 
cost  or  transport  ation  from  our  California  gar¬ 
den,  we  shall  have  such  a  supply  of  luxuries 
from  both  tropical  and  temperate  climes  as 
never  a  people  had  before.” 


PROBLEM.— No.  7. 

I  HAVE  a  triangular  field  situated  on  a  level 
plain  whose  three  sides  are  20,  HO  and  40  rods. 
Let  it  ho  required  to  tie  three  horses  at.  tho 
three  corners  or  angles  of  the  field,  with  a  rope 
attached  to  each  horse’s  nose,  sufficient  in 
length  to  allow  him  to  cat  one-half  the  con¬ 
tents  of  said  field,  provided  the  other  two  wore 
not  present.  Required,  the  length  of  the  three 
ropes  and  the  amount  of  land  the  horses  would 
have  in  common.  S.  G.  Cagwin. 

iltT  Anawor  In  two  weeks. 

- - 

SQUARE-WORD  ENIGMA.— No.  2. 

1.  A  KIND  of  monkey.  2.  A  concretion  on 
reeds  and  marshy  places  in  Galatia.  3.  in  Tur¬ 
key,  a  market.  4.  The  answer  of  a  god  or  some 
one  reputed  to  be  one.  5.  Means  a  woman.  0. 
a  sea  nymph.  Joseph  A.  Cox. 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - - 

CONUNDRUM. -No.  3. 

Over  my  first  my  second  reach ; 

My  whole  of  justice  is  a  breach. 

Mrs.  Clinton  Smith. 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - . 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.  —  Aug.  16. 

Biblical  Enigma  No.  L  — Blessed  are  thoy 
which  do  hunger  and  thirst  after  righteousness, 
for  they  shall  be  filled. 

Illustrated  Rebus  No.  4.  —  “  Cross-eyed 
Isaac.” 


OOBE’S  B13BAL  NEW-YORKER 


Iftits  of  the  ®cejt. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS. 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity* 

SOME  Wall  hi  r<-ct  dealers  in  gold  arc  peti¬ 
tioning  the  President  to  prevent  the  locking 

up  of  money _ The  American  Institute  Fair  is 

in  a  backward  condition _ Hon.  8.  S.  Cox  has 

been  nominated  for  Congress,  and  accepts . 

Wot  weather  ha*  prevailed  for  two  weeks . 

Bishop  Janes  has  been  very  111  at  his  New  Jer¬ 
sey  residence..  The  new  Normal  College  has 
just  been  completed  at  a  cost  of  $.400,000  Two 
new  steamships  are  being  built  In  Brooklyn 
Two  large  new  banking  houses  arc  going  up  on 
Wall  street  An  excursion  of  tipper-clans  En¬ 
glishmen  to  Kansas  has  taken  place  Tha 
Mennonll.es  who  are  arriving  are  very  wealthy. 
The  next 'national  rifle  Pontcsl  at.  Crectlmoor 

will  take  place  Oct.  8th . An  Italian  padrone 

has  becDjt'ul  on  trial  for  enslaving  Italian  chil¬ 
dren.  ..Tne  punch  crop  wrhtoh  usually  comes  to 
New  York  Is  light  and  poor  The  Cuban  League 

has  been  rc-organized . Two  New  York  jour- 

nalistEi  Geo.  T.  Keillor  and  Geo.  i\  itowe.  both 
voting  men,  were  drowned  on  the  19th  in  tho 
surf  off  Lung  Island ...  Prospects  for  fall  trade 
are  good.  On  the  23d  a  house  at  .121  West 
Eleventh  street,  fell,  killing  8  men  and  wound¬ 
ing  11  who  were  at  work  upon  it.  on  the  same 
day  one  Michael  C.  Broderick  of  HI  Car  nine  Kt, 
stabbed  hi*  two  -ous  t  o  death,  aged  23  and  18. 

Rum  did  it _ The  funeral  ol  ltev.  Dr.  .Spring 

took  place  on  the  23d  . .  The  Agricultural  edit¬ 
ors  have  returned  from  their  excursion  . . .  Most 
of  the  theatres  have  opened'for  the  fall  season. 

Home  New*. 

There  Is  nothing  new  about  (  he  Chief  Jus¬ 
ticeship _ 11.  M.  troops  have  killed  14  Indians 

of  the  Apache  tribe  io  Arizona _  There  was  a 

terrible  railway  disaster  on  the  19th  near  Lo¬ 
rn  out,  III.;  a  freight  train  collided  with  an  ex¬ 
press  passenger  train ;  11  persons  were  killed 
and  25  injured  .  ..Pennsylvania  teachers  have 
held  a  meeting  at  Pittsburgh  .  .There  Is  much 
indignation  In  Illinois  over  tha  recent  railway 
disaster;  Major  ,i  W.  Smith  and  .1.  W.  Floury 
of  Springfield  are  the  latest  victims ;  the  deaths 
now  number  18.  A  man  named  Keller  killed 
bis  wife,  si- t-  r,  and  two  children  iu  Lynn  Co., 

Kan., on  Dm  Dili;  nehas  been  arrested _ Prof. 

Watson  of  Ann  Arbor  has  discovered  a  new 

planet . t  ine  B.  Maynard  has  shot  Mr.  D.  W. 

Grant  at  Sait  Rake  City _ The  steamship  Ala¬ 

bama  of  the  State  Line,  on  the  .1t.ii  ran  down  the 
bark  A hearo,  out  at  sea  ;  8  of  the  crew  were  lost 
_ There  has  been  a  great  gathering  of  Confed¬ 
erate  officers  at  Montgomery  .Springs,  Vn„ to 
attend  tho  Southern  Historical  Convention.  ... 
The  Yellowstone  Expedition  has  had  a  very 

successful  search . Hon.  John  A.  Bingham 

has  sailed  for  Japan...  Lowenstein,  the  Albany 
murderer,  has  been  arrested  in  tit.  Catherines, 
Canada  .  ..Ohio  has  got  a  new  political  party. . 
The  Farmers'  M ovemeut  ha»  reached  Massachu¬ 
setts _ Odd  Fellows  have  hold  a  convention  at 

Albany  ...A  treaty  has  been  made  with  tho 
Crow  Indians  ....A  Farmers’  Grange  lias  been 

organized  In  Boston . It  is  denied  that  a ny 

public  documents  are  missing  from  the  War 

Office _ The  President,  has  visited  Burlington, 

Vt.,  Lake  George  and  Saratoga  On  the  30th 
a  mob  in  Los  Cygnes,  Kan.,  hung  the  murderer, 
Keller  .The  American  Science  Association 
has  been  in  session  in  Portland,  Mo.  Now  York 
Republicans  will  hold  a  convention  at  Gtloa  on 
the  24th  prox  The  Ohinose  shoemakers  at  N. 
Adams,  Mass.,  refuse  to  strike — The  Republi¬ 
cans  of  Texas  have  renominated  Gov.  Davie.. . . 
The  Cincinnati  Exposition  has  had  to  enlarge 
its  Art  Hall  , . Gen.  But  ler  is  making  a.  great 
tight  for  the.  Governorship  of  Massachusetts. 
The  great  storm  which  commenced  on  the  12th 
continued  until  the  33d  in  the  vicinity  of  New 
Yrork  ami  over  a  large  extent  of  territory.  An 
immense  amount  oj  water  fell  In  tho  Atlantic 
States,  and  much  darn  age  was  done.  The  Gov¬ 
ernment  is  preparing  for  the  transit  of  Venus  - 
The  Prohibitionists  of  Ohio  will  make  an  active 
canvass.  .  There  has  been  a  large  Colored  State 
Convention  in  Ohio...  .Tne  Muilocs  will  not  be 
pardoned  by  the  President. . .  The  California 
Democrats  have  divided  into  two  factions. 

Obituary. 

Hon.  W.m.  M.  Meredith  died  in  Philadel¬ 
phian  the  17th,  aged  77 . Rev.  Dr.  Gardiner 

Spring  in  New  York  on  the  18th,  aged  89.  He 
was  pastor  of  the  Brick  Church  for  63  years.  He 
was  born  in  Newburyport,  Feb.  24tb,  1785.  Ho 
was  one  of  tho  founders  of  tho  A,  U.  C.  F.  M. 

and  of  the  A  ndover  Theological  Seminary . 

Mrs.  Peter  G.  Sluyvesaut  in  New  York  on  the 
16th.  She  was  a  granddaughter  of  Lewis  Mor¬ 
ris,  a  signor  of  tho  Declaration  of  Independence 

_ Gen.  A.  B.  Warlord,  at  onetime  President 

of  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  died  at  Harris¬ 
burg,  Pa.,  on  tho  161  h  .  The  Hon.  Garnett  An¬ 
drews  died  on  the  llth  inst.  at  Washington, 
Wilkes  Co.,  Ga  Duke  Charles  Frederick  Au¬ 
gust  William  of  Brunswick  is  dead  of  apoplexy, 
at  the  age  of  69  years.  The  will  of  the  late  Duke 
leaves  tho  whole  of  his  landed  and  personal  es¬ 
tate  to  the  City  of  Geneva . Dr.  G.P.  Judd 

died  in  Honolulu  on  the  13th  of  July.  He  was 
a  Cabinet  Minister, .  .  Prof.  Win.  Russell,  a  cel¬ 
ebrated  elocutionist,  died  in  Lancaster,  Mass., 
on  the  16th.  He  was  a  Scotchman,  75  years  old. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 


Miscellaneous  Foreign  News. 

M.  Thiers  has  visited  Belfast  and  been  re¬ 
ceived  witn  greul  demonstrations  of  welcome 
. .  .The  United  States  gets  £6  medals  and  2  dip¬ 
lomas  of  honor  in  the  Machinery  Department 
at  Vienna.  The  CarUsts  are  said  not  to  exceed 
26,000  in  Spain.  Jn  Cartagena  1,800  convicts  have 
been  released  bv  the  rebels  Next  December 
the  Russian  imperial  family  will  assemble  to 
welcome  the  Duke  of  Edinburgh  —  The  Empe¬ 
ror  of  Germany  has  received  a  delegation  of 
New  York  Methodists..  ..There  are  large  coal 
strikes  in  Leicestershire.  The  Mexican  Con¬ 
gress  is  opposed  to  granting  concessions  to 
Americans  Incendiaries  have  been  condemned 
to  death  for  Bring  Sevilla  D  is  denied  that, 
the  Carl isls  have  capi uroilTiergu.  ..France  16 
making  preparations  Jo  recognize  the  Oarlists  . 
The  Bank  of  England  forgers  are  now  on  trial.. 
The  King  of  the  Sandwich  Island*  favors  the 
cession  of  Tearl  Harbor  to  the  1.  luted  States. . 
20  Republican  newspapers  has  u  been  suppressed 
in  France  Vienna  gives  America  the  highest 
medal  for  leat  her,  as  well  as  4  others  and  e  dip¬ 
lomas  . .  There  were  hut  3,000 people  present  at 
the  Vienna  distribution  of  prizes.  ..The  Carlisle 
have  entered  Este’.la'.  The  Republicans  have 
been  defeated  near  Berga  with  a  loss  of  200. ... 


A  general  revolt  of  Malays  is  feared,  and  the 
tiuTtan  of  Atcbeen  ask-  for  closer  relations 
with  the  United  States  —  A  revolution  is  feared 
in  Panama.  President  Nlrra  is  unpopular  — 
There  has  been  a  fearful  land-slide  in  Peru, 
which  dammed  up  a  river;  a  flood  is  feared.... 
The  city  of  Valparaiso  has  had  a$600.000  fire  — 
The  Holyhead  breakw  ater  In  England  has  been 
finished  .The  iron-mast  er  of  MHiiehester.huve 
determined  to  lock  out  one-tenth  of  t.ncir  men. 
All  t  he  iron  workers  may  strike.  The  engineers, 
with  a  capital  of  $500,000.  will  tielp  the  strikers 

_ Castclar  will  visit  the  European  capit  al*,  to 

urge  a  recognition  of  the  Republic... .Commun¬ 
ist  exiles  have  attempted  to  lynch  M.  Roche¬ 
fort  ..  .There  have  been  great  floods  in  India, 
with  a  loss  of  3,500  house*  The  Japanese  town 
of  Limmoski  is  to  be  opened  to  the  commerce 

of  all  nations . The  Mexican  Congress  /meet* 

on  the  16th  of  September . The  Bourbons  of 

France  cannot  agree  upon  a  flag  The  Carltsts 
have  35  strong  battalions.  I nsnrgent  prisoner.* 
will  be  sent-  to  Cuba.  Individual  rights  arc  to 
be  suspended  in  8 pain.  The  Republicans*  have 
gained  a  great  victory  at  IJerga.  ...Franco  will 
collect  differential  duties  on  grain  until  the  1st 
of  October  .  The  leading  counsel  for  the  de¬ 
fence  In  the  Tichborne  trial  concluded  ids 
speech  on  t  he  21*t ;  he  began  on  the  22d  of  July 
.Japan  will  permit  the  export  of  rice  Italy 
has  destroyed  a  noted  band  of  robbers  at  Sal<  r- 
iuo — A  cable  is  being  laid  from  Lisbon  to  Rio 
do  Janeiro  American*  have  commenced  a 
system  of  forest  tree  planting  in  Palestine 
A  steamship  has  been  wrecked  in  the  Red  Sea 
and  many  lost ;  the  survivors  arc  held  prison¬ 
ers  by  a  Mohammedan  tribe... .An  attempt  has 
been  made  on  flu*  life  of  Don  Alphonse.  Gen. 
Brcgna  has  entered  Bilboa  with  a  Republican 

army  of  l2,ooo . Prince  Napoleon  has  been 

made  President  of  tho  Council-General  of  Cor¬ 
sica _ A  life  of  Washington  in  44  volumes  is  to 

be  published  in  Japan. 


“WHO  PAYS,”  INDEED  1 

To  the  Editor  of  the  Rural  New-  Yorker. 

Mr.  Kmzitr  Wrioht,  a  Consulting  Actuary  of 
Boston,  under  the  caption,  “  Who  Pay*'!”  enters 
the  lists  in  the  controversy  Mr.  Sheppard  Ho¬ 
mans  is  endeavoring  to  keep  alive  against  The 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  and  reit  er¬ 
ates  the  charge  that  Mr.  Homans  became  dis- 
'  connected  from  t  he  Company  by  reason  of  bis 
refusal  to  audit  certain  accounts  he  could  not 
approve,  it  is  now  time  that  this  question 
should  be  settled  upon  its  merits,  and  the  fol¬ 
lowing  facts,  of  long  record,  trill  afford  the  pub¬ 
lic  the  means  of  doing  it : 

1.  The  account  which  Mr.  Homans  refused  to 
audit,  was  presented  to  the  Board  November 
17th,  186!’. 

Mr.  Homans  continued  Actuary  of  the  Com¬ 
pany  until  the  18th  day  of  January,  1871,  four¬ 
teen  months  after  the  refusal  for  which,  he  al¬ 
leges,  ho  was  removed.* 

On  the  latter  date,  having  resigned  his  posi¬ 
tion  as  Actuary,  he  was  appointed  Consulting 
Actuary  at  half  his  previous  salary,  and  contin¬ 
ued  to  hold  that  position  until  his  resignation 
thereof  under  the  following  circumstances: 
On  the  16t,h  day  of  October,  1872.  tho  Board 
unanimously  abolished  tho  office  of  Consulting 
Actuary,  to  take  effect  on  the  Slat  day  of  De¬ 
cember,  atul  Mr.  Homans  was  immediately  in¬ 
formed  thereof.  On  the  4th  of  December,  1872, 
the  Intervening  time  having  been  largely  spent 
by  him  in  fruitless  endeavors  by  letter  and  per¬ 
sonal  Interviews  with  members  of  the  Board  to 
Obtain  a  reconsideration  of  its  action,  Mr.  Ho¬ 
mans,  coincidently  with  the  first  meeting  of 
the  representatives  of  Companies,  held  at  his 
private  office,  to  oppose  the  reduction  of  rates 
then  in  contemplation  by  the  Trustees,  sent  in 
ids  resignation.  He  omitted  to  draw  bis  salary 
for  the  first,  four  days  of  December,  until  last, 
March,  when,  on  his  written  application,  the 
omission  was  rectified  by  this  Company. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  Mr.  Homans  was  con¬ 
tinued  as  Actuary  or  Consulting  Actuary  for 
three  years  after  the  occurrence  which  lie  al¬ 
leges  was  the  cause  ol  his  removal,  and  that  his 
censure  of  the  President  and  Trustees  was  only 
made  public  after  his  pay  was  stopped,  and 
after  he  had  openly  enlisted  in  the  service  of 
companies  united  in  active  opposition  to  Thu 
Mutual  Like. 

So  much  for  his  assertion  that  he  was  re¬ 
moved  for  refusing  to  audit  a  false  account.  It 
was.apure  after-thought,  and  is  without  a  sha¬ 
dow  of  truth. 

The  Unaudited  Account. 

2.  Early  in  the  year  1869,  a  discussion  was  had 
among  the  officers  respecting  what  was  known 
as  post-mortem  dividends.  The  executive  offi¬ 
cers  contended  that  Mr.  Homan's  method  of 
calculating  these  credits  was  wrong  in  princi¬ 
ple,  and  contrary  to  the  charter  of  the  Compa¬ 
ny  ;  and  by  their  direction  the  payment,  of  Hie 
credits  so  calculated  was  suspended,  pending 
examination  of  the  question,  and  by  necessary 
consequence  the  Company’s  accounts  contained 
only  such  payments  for  post-mortem  dividends 
as  were  not  suspended  under  the  ruling 
adopted. 

This  was  the  objection  and  the  only  objection 
made  by  Mr.-  Homans  to  the  correctness  of  the 
Company’s  accounts,  and  it  was  the  Statement 
for  the  Quarter  ending  November,  1869,  which 
he  declined  to  audit,  and  for  that  reason  only. 

The  question  at  issue  relative  to  such  account 
was  purely  a  technical  one.  It  involved  no  ben¬ 
efit  or  hope  of  benefit  to  any  officer  of  the  Com¬ 
pany,  and  to  charge  that  such  account  was  a 
fraud  upon  policy-holder*  is  wild  and  wicked. 

Moreover,  Mr.  Homans  did  not  hesitate  to 
append  the  customary  audit  to  five  subsequent 
accounts  which  contained  the  identioal  items 
objected  to,  entered  in  precisely  the  same  man¬ 
ner;  and  the  Annual  Statement  of  the  Compa¬ 
ny,  which  includes  the  quarterly  statement 
which  was  unaudited,  bears  the  following  cer¬ 
tificate  i 


“  December  31st,  1869. 

“I  have  carefully  examined  the  foregoing 
statement,  and  find  the  same  correct. 

“  Hhepparp  Homans,  Actuary” 

It  may  be  added  that  the  principle  contended 
for  by  the  Executive  officers  was  sustained  by 
the  Counsel  of  the  Company,  by  actuarial  ex¬ 
perts.  and  by  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Real  Cause  of  Mr.  Homan's  Removal. 

3.  In  December,  1870,  more  than  u  year  after 
t  he  incident  relative  to  auditing  the  account, 
an  advertisement,  was  widely  published  in  the 
newspapers  by  the  St,.  Louis  Mutual  Life  In¬ 
surance  Company,  containing  a  letter  of  in¬ 
dorsement  from  Mr.  Homans,  in  which  the  fol¬ 
lowing  passage  occurs : 

“  From  the  high  rate  of  Interest  to  be  derived 
from  flrst-olaca  investments  in  the  West,  the 
advantages  offered  by  their  local  companies,  if 
well  managed,  are  very  great,  so  much  so  that  I 
have  myself  taken  a  policy  of  ten  'thousand 
dollars  in  the  St.  Louis  Mutual. 

“Sheppard  Homans,  Actuary.” 

At  that  t  ime,  after  fifteen  years  of  service, 
the  only  policy  hold  by  Mr.  Homans  on  his  life 
in  the  Mutual  Life  was  a.  survivorship  annuity 
of  five  hundred  dollars. 

On  the  21st  of  December,  1870,  the  President, 
after  considering  the  effect  such  an  endorse¬ 
ment  might,  have  upon  the  insurance  business 
of  this  Company  generally,  called  the  attention 
of  the  Committee  on  Finance  to  t  he  letter  re¬ 
ferred  to,  and  the  same  was,  after  discussion, 
referred  to  the  Board  for  action. 

At,  tho  regular  meeting  of  the  Board,  on  the 
same  day,  si  committee,  consisting  of  Messrs. 
Oliver  II.  Palmer,  Richard  Patrick,  Samuel  D. 
Babcock,  Alexander  H.  Rice,  and  John  Wads¬ 
worth,  was  appointed  t.o  communicate  with 
Mr.  Homans,  examine  Into  the  facts,  and  report 
thoreon  to  the  Board. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Finance  Committee,  held 
on  the  28t  h  of  December,  1870,  another  adver¬ 
tisement  was  presented,  containing  a  similar 
letter  in  favor  of  the  Life  Associat  ion  of  Amer¬ 
ica,  and  in  commendation  of  a  certain  plan  of 
that,  company  which  Mr.  Homans,  the  Actuary 
of  tills  Company,  pronounced  “  a  reform  greatly 
needed  in  the  practice  ol  Life  Insurance.”  A 
letter  was  also  presented  from  an  influential 
policy-holder  In  the  Company,  addressed  to  the 
Board,  and  strenuously  protesting  against  this 
action  of  Mr.  Homan  as  tending  to  build  up 
other  companies  at.  the  expense  of  the  one  he 
was  paid  to  serve,  and  demanding  the  applica¬ 
tion  of  a  romody  for  what  was  characterized  as 
a  great  injury  to  the  policy-holders.  The  sec¬ 
ond  advertisement  and  the  above  letter  were 
referred  to  the  Committee  appointed  by  the 
Board. 

Letters  were  also  receiyed  from  nearly  all  the 
General  Agents  of  the  Company,  strongly  con¬ 
demning  the  course  of  the  Actuary,  and  com¬ 
plaining  of  it  as  an  injury  to  the  Company  and 
to  their  business. 

The  Committee  proceeded  to  Investigate  the 
subjects  committed  to  it.  It  appeared  that  in 
August,  1864,  Mr.  Homans  had  addressed  a 
formal  application  to  the  Board  requesting  per¬ 
mission  to  employ  his  leisure  as  mathematical 
counsel  for  other  Life  Insurance  Companies. 
On  the  17th  of  August  in  that  year  the  Board 
considered  l»is  request  and  denied  the  permis¬ 
sion  sought  .  It  also  appeared  that  under  date 
of  May  2d,  1865,  apparently  forgetting  hi*  pre¬ 
vious  allusion  to  “  leisure,”  he  had,  when  urg¬ 
ing  an  Increase  of  hi*  salary,  written  that  his 
“  duties  involved  an  amount  of  labor,  research, 
experience  and  responsibility  not  exceeded  by 
those  of  the  second  officer  of  any  Company,  Ma¬ 
rine,  Fire  or  Life,  in  the  Country-"  But  not¬ 
withstanding  the  refusal  by  the  Board  to  per¬ 
mit  him  to  employ  Ids  "  leisure”  in  the  service 
of  other  companies,  and  his  subsequent  descrip¬ 
tion  of  the  nature  of  bis  duties  as  so  engrossing 
as  to  leave  him  no  leisure,  if  they  were  properly 
performed,  it  was  ascert  .-lined,  and  when  press¬ 
ed  by  the  Committee,  admitted  by  Mr.  Homans, 
that  while  in  the  pay  and  presumably  in  the  ex¬ 
clusive  service  of  this  Compauy,  he  had  acted 
as  Consulting  Actuary  Tor  pay  for  the  following 
companies : 

Universal  Life  Insurance  Company. 
Washington  Life  Insurance  Company. 
Widows'  and  Orphans'  Benefit  Life  Insurance 
Company. 

National  Life  Insurance  Company  of  the  Unit¬ 
ed  States. 

Standard  Life  Insurance  Company. 

Equitable  Life  Assurance  Society  of  the  Unit¬ 
ed  States. 

Massachusetts  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com¬ 
pany. 

New  York  Life  Insurance  Company. 

Home  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Brooklyn, 
and  for  some  of  these  companies  he  was  em¬ 
ployed  on  a  regular  annual  salary. 

For  but  one  of  these  companies  had  the  Board 
ever  granted  Mr.  Hnmar.3  permission  to  act. 

If  these  facts  do  not  prove  duplicity,  insubor¬ 
dination  and  unfaithfulness,  I  do  not  under¬ 
stand  the  meaning  of  the  words.  Mr.  Homan's 
assertion  that  he  was  “  unfaithful  to  the  Com¬ 
pany  never,”  are  on  a  par,  for  veracity,  with  the 
calumnies  which  make  up  the  greater  part  of 
Ills  card. 

The  President  of  the  Company  also  addressed 
a  letter  to  the  Committee,  charging,  in  sub¬ 
stance,  that  the  service  of  other  companies 
above  alluded  to  was  secret,  in  known  and  wil¬ 
ful  defiance  of  the  express  action  of  the  Board 
which  had  year.-,  before  refused  Mr.  Homans 


permission  so  to  act  when  solicited  by  him,  and 
injurious  to  the  interests  of  the  Company ;  that 
Mr.  Homans  was  idle  and  inattentive  to  his  du¬ 
ties,  devoted  to  pleasure  .and  selfish  pursuits 
and  speculations;  that  his  sympathies  were  ac¬ 
tively  with  those  who  had  already  begun  t.o 
harass  and  annoy  the  Company;  that  he  was 
deficient  in  skill,  learning  and  tact,  disingenu¬ 
ous  and  unreliable.  Mr.  Winston  gave  many 
specifications  and  concluded  his  letter  as  fol¬ 
lows  : 

“It  may  be  asked,  If  all  these  grievances  have 
existed  so  long,  why  are  we  now  for  the  first 
time  apprised  of  them?  Unhappily,  my  want 
of  confidence  in  the  Actuary  for  some  time 
past,  has  been  no  secret.  Efforts  to  harmonize 
increasing  difficulties  have  been  repeatedly 
made.  Reluctance  to  injure  tbe  pecuniary  and 
professional  prospects  of  an  associate,  uni ess 
under  the  overpowering  pressure  of  a  sense  of 
duty,  lists  been  constantly  operative  to  prevent 
exposure.  Self-respect,  had  1  no  other  reason, 
has  led  me  to  refrain  from  privately  visiting  our 
Trustees,  to  instill  my  own  views  into  their 
minds,  and  to  undermine  thoir  confidence.  In 
one  with  whom  1  was  officially  connected. 

“  No  personal  considerations,  or  anything  less 
potential  than  peril  to  the  interests  and  pros¬ 
perity  of  this  Company,  would  have  led  me  to 
take  the  unwelcome  measure  of  writing  thus  of 
a  fellow  officer.  These  and  kindred  reasons 
have  led  me  to  refrain  from  official  action  till 
moved  thereto  by  my  positive  convictions  of 
duty. 

“  In  conclusion,  I  have  to  say  that,  it  is  my 
deliberate  judgment  that  Mr.  Homan’s  inter¬ 
ests  anil  feelings  are  alienated  from  tho  Com¬ 
pany  and  the  present,  management  to  such  an 
extent  as  to  mak«  It  impossible  that  he  should 
again  work  in  harmony  with  either. 

“  Very  respectfully  your  obedient  servant, 

“  F.  ti.  Winston.  President.” 

The  Oaminiti.ee  had  this  matter  in  charge  for 
about  thirty  days.  They  met  on  Saturday,  Jan¬ 
uary  14th,  1871,  adjourned  to  Tuesday,  January 
17th,  and  on  Wednesday,  January  18th,  when  the 
Board  inot,  Mr.  Homans,  by  advice  of  the  Com¬ 
mittee,  sent  in  his  resignation. 

Willing  to  extend  every  consideration  to  Mr. 
Homans  which  could  with  propriety  he  shown 
in  view  of  his  long  connection  with  the  Com¬ 
pany,  a  temporary  arrangement  was  made  t,o 
the  end  that  he  might  be  enabled  to  build  up  a 
now  business  for  himself,  and  hla  professional 
reputation  might  not  be  irretrievably  damaged. 
He  was  appointed  Consulting  Actuary  during 
the  pleasure  of  the  Board  at  half  his  previous 
salary.  No  service  having  boon  required  of  him 
in  that  capacity,  and  there  being  no  prospect  of 
his  service*  being  ever  again  required,  he  was 
dropped  as  above  stated. 

Mr.  Homans  now  depends  for  professional 
employment  on  the  good  will  of  companies, 
some  of  which  are  active  competitors  of  The 
Mutual  Like,  and  one  at  least  actively  hostile. 
He  has  made  common  cause  with  t  he  enemie 
of  the  Institution  which  took  him,  a  mere  lad, 
into  its  service,  elevated  him  by  successive  de¬ 
grees  to  a  position  of  high  trust,  remuneration 
and  honor,  but  which,  although  forced  to  re¬ 
move  him  by  reason  of  hi.-,  own  misconduct, 
still  treated  him  with  adegreeof  consideration 
and  liberality  his  subsequent  acta  prove  to  have 
been  ill-bestowed.  Mr.  Eli/ur  Wright,  rushes 
rashly  to  his  defense,  and  by  the  reiteration  of 
a  charge  as  false  as  it  is  base,  compels  the  reve¬ 
lation  of  a  history  which  otherwise  might  have 
remained  hidden  under  tho  cover  of  a  general 
denial. 

Mr.  Wright  asks  “Who  Pays"  for  the  publica¬ 
tion  of  facts  necessary  to  disabuse  the  public 
mind  of  Mr.  Homans’  groundless  slanders?  His 
“card,"  and  Mr.  Wright’s  letter,  are  “going 
through  the  leading  newspapers  from  one  end 
of  the  country  to  the  other,”  The  question 
arises,  *’  Who  Pays"  for  these  ?  Does  any  Intel¬ 
ligent  person  suppose  that  Mr.  Homans  and 
Mr.  Wright  pay  this  expense  from  their  own 
pockets?  I  repeat  Mr.  Wright’s  caption— Who 
Pays?  Respectfully, 

John  M.  Stuart, 

Secretary. 

New  York,  August  21st,  1873. 

- ♦♦♦ 

A  GRAND  MEDAL  FOR  CLEVELAND. 

The  Wilsou  Sewing  Machine  Take*  the 
Grand  Prize  at  Vienna. 


Three  separate  dispatches  from  Vienna  com¬ 
bine  to  dispel  all  doubt  as  to  what  sewing  ma¬ 
chine  has  won  the  first  honors  of  the  great 
Exposition.  The  first  was  a  special  to  the  New 
York  press  on  Monday,  and  was  as  follows : 

Vienna,  August  15,  1873. 

The  Wilson  shuttle  sewing  machine  was 
awarded  the  grand  prize  at  t,he  Vienna  Exposi¬ 
tion  for  being  the  best  sewing  machine. 

The  second  was  the  regular  Associated  Press 
report,  compiled  from  a  long  special  to  the  New 
York  Herald,  in  which  the  “Wilson  Sewing- 
Machine  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,”  was  named  as 
among  the  exhibitors  which  received  “  medals 
for  merit,”  the  highest  class  of  premiums 
awarded  at  the  Exposition.  All  other  sewing- 
machines  will  receive  singly  an  award  for  pro- 
Qreas. 

The  third  was  a  private  cable  telegram  re- 


celved  yesterday  from  Vienna  by  Mr.  Wilson 
himself,  which  was  as  follows  : 

V IENNA,  August  19. 

You  have  received  Jive  medals— two  for  merit 
and  three  co-operative. 

The  meaning  of  this  is  that  the  Wilson  ma¬ 
chine  has  received  the  grand  medal  as  the  best, 
sewiny-ri  a  chine,  and  a  second  medal  as  the  ma¬ 
chine  best  manufactured — that  is,  embodying 
the  best  mechanical  workmanship.  Besides 
these,  Mr.  George  W.  Baker,  Assistant  Superin¬ 
tendent  of  the  Wilson  Sewing  machine  Com¬ 
pany,  receives  a  special  medal  for  excellence  of 
workmanship  on  the  machine;  Mr.  Williams  of 
this  city  receives  a  medal  for  best  sewing  on 
leather,  done  by  the  Wilson ;  and  Mias  Brock 
and  Miss  Do  Lussey  receive  still  another  medal 
for  best  samples  of  family  sewing  and  embroid¬ 
ery,  done  on  the  Wilson  machine.  Thissweeps 
the  entire  board.  Not  only  has  the  Wilson  sew¬ 
ing  machine  been  pronounced  the  most  capable 
and  efficient  sewing  machine  In  the  world,  but 
its  work,  on  both  dry  goods  and  leather,  is  pro¬ 
nounced  superior  lo  that  of  all  other  machines. 
This  verdict  at  a  World’s  Fair,  whore  all  the 
leading  sewing  machines  of  botli  continents 
have  competed  before  a  thoroughly  competent 
committee  for  more  than  three  months,  i.w  the 
most  complete  triumph  ever  won  by  a  sewing 
machine.  We  congratulate  Mr.  Wilson,  we 
congratulate  Cleveland  on  this  admirable  re¬ 
sult.  The  people  of  the  United  States  can 
henugforth  be  assured  that  in  buying  the  Wil¬ 
son  machine  for  $20  loss  than  any  other  flrst- 
olass  sewing  machine  ia  offered,  they  are  pur¬ 
chasing  the  beat  sewing  machine  ever  offered 
to  the  public,  it  is  the  people’s  own  machine, 
made  to  do  the  people’s  work,  and  offered  at  a 
price  which  every  one  can  afford  to  pay.  It  is 
the  people’s  machine  which  has  won  this  tri¬ 
umph  :  f  he  judgment  of  tho  Vienna  Committee 
only  confirms  the  verdict  that  the  maasea  had 
long  ago  reached  by  actual  experience.— Cleve¬ 
land  Daily  Leader,  August  20. 


Beaus  nml  Peas.— Export  of  Beans  past  week 
300  bla, ;  of  Peas,  1 1,700  bushels.  Mediums  are  not 
niovuis  briskly,  still  the  moderate  supply  admits 
firm  holding  quotations.  Strictly  choice  a  grade 
higher  than  at  our  last.  Harrows,  under  better 
Cuban  advices,  have  started  Into  selling  again,  and 
Improved  rates  of  last  week,  are  now  generally 
quoted.  "Pea,  white  and  red  klduey  have  uiily  a 
nominal  market  with  lightly  represented  stocks. 
Canadian  pea*  are  quiet,  as  few  parcels  lire  ottering. 
The  quotations  «re:  4  ■  .r  prune  pen  beans,  : 

do,  fair  lots  down  to  |2.40;  prune  medium*, 82.s,**;*.'J0 ; 
do.  fair  lota  down  toKLttl;  prime  marrowfats,  fcS.lAwj 
3.25;  do.  fair  lots,  $2.30;  prime  kidney,  $2.'*I.W’.;  do. 
fair  lots,  $'2.Ut;  prime  red  kidney,  £1.  0  '  t.75 ;  feus 
ure  quiet  at  HAg.ijif  1  fpr  Cunniln,  in  hulk. 

Beeswax.  There  has  heen  very  little  export 
movement  compared  with  last  year  anil  recent  quo¬ 
tations  are  full  all  tho  market  will  support.  We 
quote  Western  33@33c.  Exports  since  January  18. 
91,300  lbs.  Same  period  lust  year,  160,100  lbs. 

Broom  Corn.— Tho  demand  is  very  fair  and  It  is 
thought  stocks  will  be  closely  worked  up,  before  the 
new  crop  comes  to  hand,  Long,  green  hurl,  prime  to 
choice,  10@I2c,;  short  anil  medium  brush,  choice 
green,  3@t0o.  Medium  qnallttee,  red-tipped,  5®8c.; 
common  qualities,  red,  coarse  and  stemmy,  4®4)se. 

Butter.— The  supply  of  butter  Is  large,  taking  into 
consideration  the  fuot  that  a  good  proportion  of  the 
receipts  13  now  composed  of  firkin.*  Instead  Of  bull 
tubs.  The  market  has  ruled  tirni  for  line  grades  of 
stock  and  selections  will  hear  marking  up,  In  fuel, 
nearly  the  whole  of  the  past  week  there  has  been  nu 
difficulty  lu  obtaining  33@86ir.  for  fancy  State  on 
such  awed  lots  u:t  buyer  i  want  In  hot  weather,  and  a 
few  parcels  o!  “gilt  edge  "half  lube  have  sold  as 
well  as  palls.  There  has  been  an  attempt  to  advance 
pails,  but  the  Orange  Co,  and  Sussex  branch  of  tho 
trade  have  a  formidable  antagonist  this  rinmmer  in 
the.  heavy  supply  of  good,  useful  statu.  There  are 
Indication:-  that  we  :diull  have  un  abundant  tall 
yield  this  year.  Some  fancy  Western  Is  quoted  at 
25c.,  but  the  bulk  of  Western  stock,  outside  of  fine 
Michigan  and  sninu  old  respectable  marks  of  fresh 
Ohio,  Is  rated  below  ittta.  wince  the  sternly  firmness 
In  Suite  half  tubs  and  llrklns.  Welsh  sells  more 
readily  at  full  figures  thfth  before.  The  Eastern  dc 
manats  fair  anil  an  before  calling  tor  high  grades  i 
sti le k,  W  i  uuoti  1 1 r  i  igo  Co.  palls,  fani 
other  good  pulls,  2Hm>C!c.,  poor  white  or  weedy  flavor, 
29® 25c.;  State  firkins  and  half  tubs,  line,  :i0(«j3*4e. ,  in 
lines,  and  X3t;t34e,  lor  selections:  fttlr  to  good  Stale, 
25®  28c.;  Welsh  tubs,  25®29o.;  choice  Western,  235025c. 
good  do.,  18®2()o.;  low  do.  I5®17e. 

Che  esc.— There  has  been  u  very  quiet  trade,  com¬ 
paratively,  since  our  lust.  Shippers  have  beeu  pur¬ 
chasing  tor  the  most  part  only  on  urgent  orders.  Tho 
reports  from  abroad  raptescnl  (lie  markets  us  being 
well  stocked ;  shippers,  us  a  rale,  here,  are  In  a  posi¬ 
tion  to  huldofl  and  uwuil developments.  Tim  receipts 
of  stock  hem  have  been  quite  moderate,  and  they 
have  not  accumulated  materially,  although,  to  pre¬ 
vent  a  burdensome  -apply,  it  lias  been  necessary  to 
shade  prices,  Until  now  13c,  Is  quoted  for  the  best 
lines  in  the  market.  It  Is  believed  that  the  make  bus 
hnen  liberal  lately  arid  that  tliuro  l»  ,t  large  supply  to 
coma  forward.  Export*  l  or  the  windc,  lO.iJUO  boxes. 

fine  and  cltnujo  factory,  l3Y@13c. ;  do.  good  to 
prime,  12®12tfe.j  do.  fair  lots,  lie.;  State  farm  dairy, 
good  to  prune,  llM®12c.;  do.  lair  lots,  lOKoul  Ike.}  do, 
skimmed,  litylbe.:  Western,  tine  elieddur,  ft©  12X0.;  ilo. 
good  flat,  lL'iwl2Ke.;  do.  fulr  lots,  Ilo.;  do.  skimmed, 
6@7c,j  English  dairy,  1U4@I2)4C. 

Cotton.  There  has  peen  an  active  Imde  in  spot 
cotton,  the  ihimuchh  well  distributed  to  exporters 
and  spinners,  For  later  deliveries  the  latest,  sales 
are  at  19  21-320.  for  August,  18  7-32c.  for  September, 
*7J4c.  for  October,  lTMc.  for  November  anil  Decem¬ 
ber.  We  quote: 

irpl.wih,  Alibamrt.  Now  OrlnaiiH  ToxnQ. 

Ordinary .  filjtf  13X  13V  13Sf 

Good  Ordinary .  |1B4  16&  16)4  tGX 

Strict  Good  Ordinary.  17)4  17%  17%  17% 

I.ow  Middling .  19  19  i'ju  I'jw 

Middling .  21)  2U  20!«  20)4 

Good  Middling .  2TJ4  21%  27%  22% 

Dried  Fruits.  For  apples  there  Is  some  further 
inquiry,  with  but  few  sales,  however,  there  being 
very  little  inclination  to  pay  late  aul  van  cod  prices, 
Small  lots  of  new  Southern  have  come  to  baud,  lint 
thus  far  ure  of  poor  lots,  which  are  difficult  to  sell. 
Peaches  ore  held  with  confidence,  particularly  im¬ 
peded. 

Apples,  Southern,  are  quoted  lit  .‘>X®6)4o.;  Htate 
sliced,  3®9c.;  qrs,  :*>«9e.;  Western,  6>;@7e.  Black¬ 
berries,  Itkjvlle.  Forded  pouches,  prluie  Georgia  anil 
North  Carolina,  IlKwISc.;  unpeeled,  91t<fiiUfa.  for  halves 
and  7c.  for  quarters.  Pitted  cherries,  24@2Gc.  for 
State  and  Southern  old,  and  25@26c.  1'or  new.  Uasji- 
berries,  new,  30®, 31c. 

Eags.-Ueeeipts  have  fallen  off  materially,  and  ut, 
times  during  the  past  weak  the  market  Was  evmpleto- 
ly  bare.  For  fresh  Western  most  of  tile  week  24c.  was 
a  quick  figure,  hut  the  market  closes  rather  weaker, 
with  23c.  the  top  for  Western.  State  anil  I  'eim'u.  Miw; 
25C.  We  quote  Western,  21j<@‘.’3c.,  Canadian.  22®23c. 

Flour. -  There  Inis  been  a  more  satisfactory  mar¬ 
ket  to  sellers.  Shippers  have  been  In  the  maried.  for 
full  lines  of  stock,  and  the  trade  demand  lias  been 
fair.  Prices  are  somewhat  firmer— In  part  strength¬ 
ened  by  the  higher  prices  ruling  for  wheat. 

No.  2 .  .  1310  12 

Supertine  Slate .  3  20®  a  56 

Extra  do .  «  40®  ti  75 

Fancy  do . G  85®  7  50 

Superfine  Western..... .  5  20®  5  55 

Ex r  lit  do .  6  :2si)  G  «0 

Minnesota  extras .  fi  Sir.,.  It  ill 

Western,  white  wheat .  7  50®  7  90 

Itound  hoop  Ohio .  i;  4< gm  i;  71, 

Trade  brands  do.... . r.  B5®  7  10 

Southern,  extra .  6  Go®  7  85 

Double  extras .  7  alley  III  50 

Ilye  /lour.  .  .  I  III®  5  70 

Corn  meal,  Jersey . .'{  20(51  3  30 

Brand  vwine .  ...  3  85 m  ;i  98 

Fresh  Fruits.  Tho  serious  break  oecmtloned  by 
tbe  washing  away  ol  part  of  the  Delaware  and  Cites. 
It.  R.  has  cut  Off  Our  supply  of  peaches  by  ears  for 
several  days,  and  there  arc  no  definite  quotations  to 
give.  On  Saturday  »  boat  load  arrived  lu  all  snrts  of 
condition  snd  sold  at  the  incomprehensible  rungo  of 
25c.@f4  perorate  Nothing  was  in  the  market  to-duy 
up  to  10  A.  At.  Thu  stock  will  for  some  days  have  to 
be  transferred  from  available  railroad  points  to  bouts, 
but  It  docs  not  do  peaches  much  good  to  give  them 
much  extra  bundling,  and.  we  must  expect  soft,  low- 
priced  atouk.  Pears  are  benefited  by  the  absence  of 
"poaches,  and  Bartlett*  are  quick  to-day  at  $11  V  bin, 
for  falr-sUed  und  *16  for  extra  N.  J.  Southern  Burt- 
letts,  In  crates,  ?3®4:  Duchess  and  FJ  mulsh  Beauty, 
225*3.50  V  Or/ite ;  Cooking,  22.SD@KI.5ll  V  Mil.;  Sugar  *1 
A  car-load  of  California  sickles  are  on  the  way,  un¬ 
less  they  are  absorbed  at  Chicago.  Southern  plums, 
93.5fl®4  v  bush  fur  blue  and  damson.  Grapes  are  ar¬ 
riving  freely  from  Virginia:  Concords,  12c.  fur 8  u>. 
hexes  und  Ilk*,  for  5  ».  do.;  Delaware, let/!  18c ;  quality 
variable.  Apple*  look  well ;  the  best  quoted  at  *5  v 
bbl ;  they  too  may  stiffen  some  u'  peaches  are  retarded 
long;  fancy  varletled  quoted  at,  *4Ji ij.,*6  tor  Nyaek 
pippin,  rod.  AalraelL.ui  xnd  Orange  pippin;  boughs, 
y;i..VkU;i,.qj ;  common,  $2@3.  Western  New  York  fruit, 
f3.5U@l  for  prime  stock.  Virginia  watermelons,  $5® 
20  ft  iui;  New  Jersey.  13) It!  do.  Musknielons.  $1.50® 
2.26*)  bbl.  Pecans,  12 tic. 

firain-  wheat  and  corn  have  be  I'll  bought  up 
freely  by  shippers,  and  prices  closed  decidedly  firm¬ 
er.  Oats  have  had  a  very  fair  speculative  Inquiry. 

Wheat,  Mi!.,  No.  2 . $1^05821,53 

do.  1 .  1.88®  1.58 

Chicago,  No.  2 .  147®  1.511 

Red  Western,  new .  1.65®  1.113 

Amber  do .  .  1.62®  1,65 

WThite .  1,60®  1.80 

Rye,  Western .  93e.®£Mo. 

Barley  malt.  < 'anada  West .  1.25®  1.36 

Corn,  Steamer . 53)4c,@67)<c. 

Sail .  . 58c.@59c. 

White .  5Do.@7 le. 

Southern .  60c.@61c. 

Oats,  Western  mixed  . 40e.®42e. 

White .  47c.@51e. 

liny  and  Straw.— Receipts  are  Increasing.  Prices 
have  Been  revived,  favoring  the  buyer  in  prime  re¬ 
tail  grades.  The  demand  is  fair,  but  not  enough  so 
to  prevent  an  accumulation  Of  stock. 

We  quote  old  hay  at:  Timothy,  per  ton,  $30@32; 
fair  to  good,  $22@28;  shipping,  $19@20;  clover,  $17® 


18:  inferior,  $10@15 


n’ .  luloiiui,  fivffnij  new  hay,  $25@28  for  best,  222® 
2*  for  good,  $I7@19  for  oorainon ;  long  rye  straw,  $16® 
17;  Short  do.,  *12®  14.  Oat  straw.  $13®!?. 

Hope.— The  coarse  of  the  market  has  been  to  low¬ 
er  prices ;  It  has  boon  difficult  to  sell  other  than  small 
lots  to  brewers,  and  with  tho  close  approach  to  the 
season  lor  the  now  crop,  I  hure  Is  more  disposition  to 
rcallxe  at  tho  concessions.  The  reports  from  the 
growing  crop  are  Hot  Satisfactory,  the  weather  rc- 
eent'y  reported  to  havu  been  unfavorable.  It  Is  un¬ 
derstood  that  ploklnglti  some  sections  will  communed 
this  week. 

New  Yorks,  growth  1377,  40@48e.;  Eastern,  growth 
1872 .  35®40c,  i  western,  growths  1872. 85® 42c. ;  Olds, 
growth  1870,  10®18o.;  Old  Olds, ‘growth  IHlW  and  Infill, 
Sf-alSe.:  Bavarian,  tUWiTio. ;  English,  30q#3*c. ;  Belgian. 
25®30c.;  Californian,  4n®nilc. 

PMi tint*, —The  lilgh  prices  brought,  large  supplies 
from  Tennessee,  and  prices  of  this  description  ruled 
tower.  Sales  ot  2,500  bags  at  21.80(5)1.85;  at  the  close, 
21.90(0*2 asked,  Virginia  held  at  22.90(3)3.25 ;  Wilming¬ 
ton  ,  $2®2.50. 

Poultry  und  (lame.  — Dressed  stock  Is  of  no  uc- 
ct ,  ant  for  special  (nictations,  live  m  good  order  brings 

itlrrjiitif.  tt*i  it*  itraK  h  i .  sin  nri  I  tr  *  vf*  I  ltrr\  linu  hoon  umull 


7X@8c.;  poor  Illinois  do..  5}f  cwt.,  HKc.;  common  do., 
do.,  6><®6V  cwt.,  lOVffiallo.;  fair  quality  do.,  do.,  7® 
7Mcwt.,  llyj®  12c.,  with  good  quality  of  some,  average 
weights  3  cwt.,  12Vfc;  coarse  but  fat  Kentucky  do.,  7% 
cwt..  10Y®115fc.i  rough  Indiana  do.,  7  cwt.,  lOV®'Uic.; 
mixed  lots  do.,  do.,  tk{i)7%  cwt,,  lUSf®llo. 

'Uilcb  Cows.  Trade  very  slow  on  another  heavy 
run  of  poor  quality  cows  on  Wednesday.  Cows  sold 
at  |20  to  207.50 1*  head.  Paine  condition  of  trade  up  to 
Friday,  when  cows  *oldut2206i)74  <R  lumil. 

Veabb-Oa  Wedimstlay  last  smooth  quality  veals 
sold  off  freely  atwGiSKe.  t  tt.;  poor  quality  vi'iil*  met 
DO  demand;  grass  I-Iives  notquoted.  Trade  was  firm 
on  both  Thursdavunci  BVfdsiy,  when  veals  sold  at  7® 
10c.  V  n>.;  grass  calves,  f.si.rti  i»  i  end.  Special  sales 
were  Htitto  veals,  average  weight  151  r>.  it  bead,  9><e. 

tb.;  do.,  do,,  fill's  IF.,  Ifle.  Pennsylvania  do.,  185 
its.,  sold  in  largo  lots  at  9h®Mc. 

.’8 licet) mid  Dunib*. — The  tone  of  the  market  has 
boon  fair  at  steady  ratea  foe  sheep  and  slow  at  low 
rates  for  lambs,  OB  Wednesday  Inst  sheep  sold  at 
5®5Ke.  t?  It.;  lamhn,  7®9o.  Thursday,  sheep  sold  at 
4®63<e.  »i  lb.;  lambs,  6JFi8’<L.  Fiiday  sheep  sold 
at.  a®IMtc,  7?  It.,  lambs,  7®H.'<o.  Special  sates  were 
Pennsylvania  snoop,  average  weight,  nsy,  m*.  p  head, 
sold  al  oe.  P  tb.;  State  do.,  td  A8.W.:  Ohio, do..  3H®!U 
ms.,  6c.;  Jersey  do.,  68  ms..  4Yo.  Canada  lambs,  aver¬ 
age  67  ms.  V  head,  SltfSMe.  V  A.:  do.,  do..  Cl  tbs..  Hi-e.; 
State  do.,  66  tts.,7e.;  Kentucky  do.,l’iO  tb?., 7?ic.:  Penn¬ 
sylvania  do..  67  ms.,  «Vc-;  Jorsqy  do.,W  m.;..  7Mc.;  do., 
do  .70  ms.,  8c. 

Hogs.— On  Wednesday  last.  Ohio  bogs,  average 
weight  175  ms  V-  head,  >*olJ  at  5 An.;  State  ilo.,  2ll, 
6Yc„  extreme  range  of  values  fining  5V£®5Jfe»  m. 
city  dressed,  6ti'®r/jC.  Thursday, live  lings  were  not 
notquoted;  city  J  reused,  liAGtT.ttfe.  Friday,  live  hogs 
were  worth  r<:3i®r-4;c.;  city  dressed,  B %0'ilftc.  Trade 
has  boeu  firm  during  the  past  week  on  li  light  run. 

Itui'MC  .Tlai’lict.— The  stormy  condition  ol’  lb' 
lai  ter  nays  of  tho  past  week  entirely  prevented  any 
trade  In  horses ;  the  arrivals  likewise  have  been  very 
light.  8)  horses  arrived  per  New  Jenny  Central  Rail¬ 
road  via  Liberty  Street  Ferry.  33  horses  arrivod  per 
Erie  Railway  via  Oak  Cliff  Station. 


ilmnst  os  much.  Yhosupplj  *  I  1  ms  been  small, 
and  prices  ran  up  t.o  a  rote  tunt  restricted  the  active 
killing.  At  tbe  close,  prices  are  weak.  Turkeys  aru 
iu  demand.  We  quote  live  spring  chickens,  Jersey, 
■  '  A.,  IftisSfic.:  Western,  17®Uto.  FViwIs,  Jersey,  fiita  I  -e. 
Western,  15®lUn,  Turkeys,  Jersey,  light,  13®20c.; 
Western, old,  i.vafiJc.  Dncks,  Jersey,  P  pulr,  90c..®#l.; 
do.  young,  66c-  '.21.:  Wesloni.flOtaStk'.  Game  Is  show  ■ 
tng  a  little  bettor  variety.  Woodcock  are  high,  quoted 
at  21.37* '  I  50  p  pair  for  -fate, and  *1.2W«»1.37  for  West¬ 
ern.  ^nipe,  2l.26f«4.50  P  do*,  for  Dwlteh,  21.25®!. 75 
for  yelJow-logged,  *2.50  for  plover. 

Provision*.  Pork  has  been  In  lighter  aupnly,  and 
ruling  at  firm  prices,  with  a  fair  shipping  inquiry, 
hard,  old,  has  been  quiet,  and  difficult  lo  sell  at  woak 
prim's.  While  new  lard  is  wanted  by  refiners  til  better 
figures.  Prices  of  Imcun  have  been  advanced, us  with 
the  price  ot  hogs  city  packers  claim  that  It  is  neces¬ 
sary  ;  there  Is  a  groat  demand  from  the  South. 

Beef  hams— choice  Western,  *25®23;  Texas  prime 
*2*1® 26 ;  ilo.  fair  lots,  217®21.  hard,  new,  tit,  3!-;e.  on 
the  spot;  old,  8JSc.  for  Western  steam  on  spot ;  8Xc. 
Tor  AugUHt:  34e.  for  September;  S  U-fii®3;l(c.  tor 
October.  hong  clear,  9c- ;  short  clear.  9Xo.s 
Hliort  rlh.  9{,t!l].i},  Mess  pork.  $18.13!*®  18.25  spot: 
2I8.12J<  for  Aug.  ;  Western  prime  run.**  at,  *  1 0.25®  17,80, 
i >rcsseil  hogs,  city,  (H.®?  V'.  Cnt.mcnts  are  selling  at, 
1.1®  He.  for  tuinu,  loose  ,  »>fc.  fur  shoulders,  loose;  7K 
®9>£c.  for  pickled  bellies,  loose.  Boxed  dry-salteu 
shoulders, 8Jkc.  Hmoked  meatsat  l3W(*tslf>>£o.  for  loose 
hams,  9V(!«9)fc.  fur  louse  shoulders.  Tallow  at  34c.  for 
prime  stock.  Beef,  Milling  at  (Hi w  11.75  for  barreled 
now  plain  moss.  M2<a13.59  tor  extra  mess.  Tiercod 
beof  at  222® 24  for  new  India  iuns»,  $2i®26  for  now 
extra  India  mess,  and  *20(3)23  for  new  prime  moss. 

Needs, — Them  has  been  a  liberal  speculative  In¬ 
quiry  from  the  West  for  Clover,  and  it,  is  presumed 
tmtuenil  by  reporta  of  damage  to  the  crop  in  uhio, 
by  graeisboppers.  Sales  have  been  made  at  S'V®9o., 
Closing  at  9®9>ic.,atid  as  high  11s  file,  asked.  Timothy 
is  lower,  quoted  ut  |4®  2t.  26.  Rough  Flax  Is  soiling 
qnttfi  freely  to  arrive  (tlmrn  is  very  little  on  the 
spot)  a;  *2.10 

Tobacco.— There  Is  un  active  shipping  business  In 
all  descriptions,  and  a  very  satisfactory  tone  to  the 
market. 

QUOTATIONS— NEW  CROP. 

hight  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

hugs . •. —  7  @  7.14c.  7t»®  7MC. 

Good  do.  ...  7'Y®  814c.  7K®  KHc. 

Common  to  medium  leal .  3><®  tiKc,  y  <■«  lo>4o. 

Good  00.  ..10  ®  10)40.  11  (iv  12 

Fine  do.  ..11  ®  12  11.  12)4®  13  C. 

Selections . 12)4®  13  e,  12)4®  1,6 

SEKIlbEAE  CHOP  OF  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  Oilers . 11  ffi  H  e. 

seconds. . . 12  ®  26  c. 

wrappers . 40  om  55  c. 

selections . Ill)  ®  75  c. 

New  York  Oilers . 10  ®  11  e. 

wrappers . 18  ®  35  e. 

assorted  lots... . 11  ®  It  c. 

Pennsylvania  fillers . 12  ®  U  e. 

wrappers . 22  ®  GO  c. 

assorted  lota . . . 18  ®  25  c. 

Ohio  tillers. . .  . . 6  ®  8  c. 

wrappers . . . 18  ®  35  c. 

assorted  lots . . 9)4®  12  e, 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots . . .  .....8  ®  9  c. 

Whisky  -Is  secure  and  firm  at  99)4c.®*l  for  West¬ 
ern. 

Vegetable*,— Potatoes  havu  touched  *4,  hntare 
on  tin,  decline  again,  quoted  t.n-(1ay  at  *3.t3>®3.75  for 
Early  Rose  In  obis,  *3®3.5U  In  bulk  ;  Peachblows  be¬ 
gin  to  arrive:  quoted  ut  *3®3.50.  Delaware,  swei't, 
*l).50®7 ;  Virginia,  do.,  *0®G.50.  Tomatoe*  in  goorl 
shipping  order. *1.50;  soft  lots, 75o ®*1.  Onions  are 
easy,  ranglngat.  *'l®4  forred  and  yellow.  Russia  tur¬ 
nips,  #1(6)1.25  >'  bbl.  Lima  beans  active  at  |2  bush. 
Egg  plants,  *6(3:9  V  100.  Cabbages,  *5®7  8  loti;  rod, 
*8.  Bouts,  t?  100 beds., $3.00.  Turnips,  do.,  f2®4.  Mar¬ 
row  squash,  *|®1.25  p  bbl.  Green  eorn,w®75c.  7H  100. 

Wool,  The  demand  1m  liberal  from  ni.amifaetur 
era. and  this  seems  to  ho  the  feature  at  all  the  prin¬ 
cipal  points.  Supplies  have  become  quite  moderate 
ot  some  descriptions,  as  shipments  forwurd  from  t  he 
Interior  have  Imen  somewhat  hindered,  Prices  rule 
Very  flmi,  and  there  Is  a  confident  tone  to  the  market. 

Wequote  ■  Ohio  fleeces,  extra,  60®53ft;  ilo.  medium 
nml  coarse,  40®  file.;  N.  Y.  ami  Mich,  fleeces,  extra,  48 
®49cg  do.  mixed  lots,  45c.;  do.  medium  to  course,  41® 
41c.;  ind.  and  Win.  Uceeci,  extra,  46®4S0‘  do.  Course 
And  medium,  U®44c.  Texas  at.  31®33o.  lor  line,  25® 
32c.  for  mixed.  Fulled  at  12®18c.  for  extra. 

ROCHESTER,  Aug.  21.  Flour  I*  tlrm,  but 
prices  unchanged.  Wheel  scarce  and  firm  at  uu  ad¬ 
vance;  new  white  lias  sold  as  high  as  *1,90  for  choice 
lots  ;  wo  quote  red  winter,  *1.55®  1.65 ;  white,  *1.70® 
l  .35.  Corn,  ilfic.  Oats,  dull  and  plenty  at  46c.  lor  new 
and  is.-,.;jio.  for  old.  Hurley,  wk?.  tor  four-rowed,  iiut- 
i  er.  2livii24c.  Eggs,  17®1Hc.  New  potatoes.  50taiG2c.  V 
bush.,  buyers  are  contracting  for  delivery  next  month 
at  *1.50  g  bbl;  the  potato  crop  U  very  heavy  In  this 
section,  and  at  this  price  will  bring  a  fair  nroill.  Ap¬ 
ples  are  scarce,  amt  About  )4  to  H  crop  of  this  year ; 
price,  :q®80o.  iv  liusli.  Green  corn.  8j-J2c.  p  On/.,  -the 
highest  price  paid  for  Evergreen.  Wool  is  unchang¬ 
ed,  but.  with  considerable  activity  at  3U®40c.,  with  a 
tendency  to  higher  prices.  Hn>  i»  *ltk<«36  -  ton.  Straw 
$10®13  do.  Whortleberries  plenty,  14®15c.  73  quart. 


lYIouilny'*  HiiJc*.— Ilecvi!*.— Reeve  Undo  slow 
and  several  of  the  herds  to  hand  unsold  at  noon. 
1’rlceB  from  6V('c.i'i4tl!-,  p  ft- . ;  weights  from  4)4  cwt.® 
7  cwt.  on  53As.®59m«.  to  the  cwt.,  net  quality  from 
poor  to  choice. 

Milcli  (’OWN.  I’heri'  wu*  a  brisk  demand  forgood 
vt'iils,  Brices  from  s®9!4c.  TH  A.;  grass  calves  from 
#t!®*8  V  bead. 

Shl'cp  und  liiiinli*.— Good  sheep  in  demand  in 
small  lots  from  0®6)4c.  (1  lb;  poor  sheep  ami  all 
qualities  of  lambs  slow,  heavy  sales  at  rcdusocl  rates. 
Sheep  from  4®fl.v,c.  V  u. ;  lamhs  from  G@8s.  T9  ib. 

ling*.— Dive  hugs  nominal  from  5  i  .  (c.  c(  lb.; 
city  dressed,  from  "fix®"1  e.  p  lb, 

RECEIPTS  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 

Sheep  St 

lS..«v,..,  Cowl,  Boss* 

One  Hundredth  St... 8, 856  12  39s  18C  ooo 

Forty-Eighth  Bt .  21  31  1,067  12,051  (Hit) 

Fortieth  Ht .  00  00  316  13.932  26,559 

Cornmunlpaw . 5.203  00  1)0  5,129  7,936 

Woehawken . 2,179  011  00  000  000 

Totals  this  week..,,  10, 061  83  1,811  31,412  34,395 

••  last  week _ 10,290  168  2,288  31,919  24,084 

COMPARATIVE  RATES. 

Lust  week.  This  week. 
Cents.  Cents. 

Good  Steers  i?  » _ * . 12  ®  13)4  12  ®  1B!4 

Fair . 11  ®  11J(  11  ®  11K 

Poor . 10  ®  10V  111  ®  10fk 

Poorest .  6K  ®  9«  6)4  ®  0% 

Geu.  selling  rates . 11  @  12  11  («>  12  » 


AMERICAN  MANUFACTURES  AT  VIENNA 


It  is  announced  that  tin?  specimens  of  boots 
and  shoes  and  other  leather  work  that  havt? 
taken  the  highest  premium  at  the  Vienna  Ex¬ 
position  were  stitched  on  Wheeler  ia  Wilson's 
New  Sewing  Machine  No.  fl,  which  is  adapted  to 
a  much  wider  range  of  work  in  leather  and 
cloth  than  any  other  machine  in  existence. 

When  we  consider  in  this  connection  that 
their  Family  Sewing  Machine  was  the  first  in¬ 
troduced  into  the  household  for  general  use, 
and  fur  more  than  twenty  years  lias  stood  un¬ 
rivalled,  we  do  not  wonder  that  this  Company 
has  received  at  the  World’s  Exposition,  Vienna, 
1873,  both  the  Grand  Medal  for  Merit  and  the 
Graiul  MetUd  for  Droyrcen  sinoc  receiving  tho 
highest  premiums  at  former  World’s  Exposi¬ 
tions,  besides  being  tbe  only  Sewiny  Machine 
Company  recommended  by  the  International 
Jury  for  the  Gin  ut  l  Diploma  vf  Honor. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


[An  Advertisement.] 

Bogus  Vienna  Premiums.— As  we  have  taken 
all  of  the  grand  medals,  awarded  to  sewing 
machines  and  work  done  on  sewing  machines 
at  the  Vienna  Exposition,  which  fact  has  been 
announced  in  the  newspapers  by  Associated 
Press  telegrams  {over  which  w<  have  had  no 
control ),  and  consequently  is  unquestionable 
evidence,  we  deem  it  due  to  ourselves  to  caution 
the  public  ugainst  the  bogus  claims  and  paid 
advertisements  of  our  vanquished  competitors. 

Wilson  Sewing  Machine  Company. 

Cleveland,  O,,  August  18,  1873. 


AMERICAN  MOWERS  AND  REAPERS 
AT  VIENNA. 

Tlie  Buolseyv  Triumphant. 


Tlie  Urcatebt  Puiu  Reliever  in  the  World 
Is  Dr.  Tobias’  Venetian  Liniment,  established  over 
26  years.  Every  bottle  Hold  has  been  warranted  to 
give  satisfaction,  and  not  one  returned,  so  tho  term 
hivmtniy  Cannot  be  applied  to  it.  It  is  perfectly  inno¬ 
cent  to  take  internally  (see  uuLh  on  the  pamphlet),  It 
is  warranted  to  euro  when  first  taken,  Cholera,  Diar¬ 
rhea,  Dysentery,  Croup,  Colie  and  Sea  Sickness, 
and  externally,  Chronic  Rheumatism,  Sore  Throat, 
Mumps,  old  Sores,  Sprains,  Bruises,  &e.  Depot,  10 
Park  Place,  New  York. 


The  Buckeye  Machine,  which  has  won  so 
many  honors  at  home,  but  which  was  sent  to 
Vienna  to  compete,  for  the  first  time,  at  a 
World’s  Fair,  has  distanced  all  competitors,  and 
has  been  awarded  Two  First  Premium  Grand 
Medals  of  Merit.  Adrlauoe,  Piatt  &  Co. 
have  also  received  Nine  First  Premiums  at. 
the  Great  German  Field  Trials,  in  competition 
with  ail  the  leading  American  and  English  ma¬ 
chines. 


Tlie  Best  “Elnstic  Truss’’  in  the  World  is 
sold  by  Pomeroy  &  Co.,  744  Broadway,  N.  Y.,  for 
three  dollars.  Write  to  them  for  full  particulars. 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS, 


The  Universal  Wringer  has  been  in  use  in  our 
family  for  years,  giving  entire  satisfaction.  We 
speak  whereof  we  know  when  we  say  it  is  one 
of  the  best  ^labor-saving  machines  ever  invent¬ 
ed,  having  several  points  of  superiority  over  any 
Wrings*  we  have  examined.  -New  York  Liberal 
Christian, 

Gne  of  the  Rare  Things  that  the  purchaser 
finds  exactly  as  represented,  is  the  Blanchard 
Churn. 


We  do  not  think  it  needful  to  discuss  the  very 
remarkable  differences  in  principle  between  the  old- 
fashioned  Metal  Spring  Trusses  and  tho  new  method 
of  curing  Rupture  by  The  F.h.  Ji  Trus.-;.  which  re- 
'tuins  the  Hernia  securely  at  all  limes;  Is  worn  night 
und  day  with  perfect  ease,  ami  soon  permanently 
euros  tbe  patient.  Sold  at  a  reasonable  price.  This 
New  Truss  is  sunt  by  mall  ovcrywlieru  by  I'bu  Elastic 
Truss  Co.,  No.  683  Broadway,  N.  Y.  City,  who  furnish 
full  descriptive  circulars  free  on  application  as  above. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


Tattle  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Aug  23,  1873. 

The  market  at  Little  Falls,  for  the  week  ending 
Aug.  23,  was  by  tar  the  dullest  we  have  ever  known 
It,  the  sales  or  factory  ohcoso  not  exceeding  2,500 
boxes,  of  which  nearly  2,01)0  went  on  commission. 
Prices  lor  those  actually  sold  wen-  fully  one-lnilf  of 
a  cent  under  rates  of  la.it  week.  I2)4n.  being  the  top 
price  paid.  We  report  soles  as  follows : 

Averv  ,t  Ives.  125  boxes,  at.  lkkc,;  Flat  Greek,  67, 
like.;  Pnimer  Corner,  12)4v.;  Fame's  Hollow,  12>4c. 

The  delivery  of  private  diUrfus  reached  GO  boxes. 
Sales  were  mostly  made  at  11®  UV4c.,  six  lots  of  extra 
fine  bringing  I2XC.  A  Tew  Inferior  iota  went  aa  low 
u*  9c. 

We  havu  advices  from  abroad  to  A  ug  5.  Our  I , on- 
don  correspondent  say .  .—The  quality  and  condition 
of  American  cheese  being  l'aulthra?,  all  are  sold  as 
landed.  He  quotes  us  follows  : 

English  new  Otjeddar,  78®84s.;  Wiltshire  itouble,  66 
@76s.;  Cheshire  medium, ih®?0s.;  flne,73@828.;  Scotch 
new,  72@75a.;  American  new,  extra  fine,  65®66s.;  fine, 
63@6ls.;  good,  56@62s.;  seconds,  48®57a.:  Edams,  07® 
65s.;  Gondas,  56®58s.;  Derby  shape,  55®57s. 


31cuj 


I'he  Best  Thing  for  Harness  ia  the  celebrated 
Frank  Miller’s  Harness  Oil. 


IMPORTED  DUTCH  BULBS 

HYACINTHS,  TULIPS,  LILIES, 

N  vVIi.ClSSXJS,  CllOGlJS,  Sica. 
The  largest  und  most  complete  collection  of  first 
class  Bulbs  ever  imported.  CATALOG  U 148  for  tin 
Autumn  just  published. 

.1.  >1.  TIIORBURN  &  CD. 

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Fancy  Fowls  Free. 


New  York.  August  23.  1373. 

Becvek.— Trade  on  Wednesday  was  small;  extreme 
range  of  prices  from  7®12)4e.  *-<  It.;  general  sales,  ll 
®llke.;  weights,  5@7W  cwt.  Thursday,  beeves  sold 
slowly  at  7H@12Hc.J  weights,  0®3  owl.;  all  the  herds 
to  hand  were  not  cleared  off.  These  were  partly  sold 
on  Friday;  prices,  10W  @  12)4o.  tor  native  steers. 
Spanish  cattle  were  held  on  estimated  value  at  7® 
8kc.,  5®  7Y  cwt.:  55®5dB).  was  allowed  to  the  cwt..  net. 
Special  sales  during  the  past  week  were  Cherokee 
steers,  5  cwt.  scant  f  bead,  8Xc.;  Texan,  do.  5  cwt. 


Rye.’bush . 

Barley,  bush.... 

Malt,  bush . 

Beans. bush...  . 
Lorn  meal,  bbls. 
Lora  meal,  bags 


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BEAUTIFIES  THE  COMPLEXION 


2Uir  publication.?; 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


^mptnncnt.o'  and  Parhincty 


Gen.  Beauregard  is  reported  to  be  in  feeble 
health. 

Ex-speaker  Gal usha  A.  Grow  is  now  growing 
cotton  In  Texas. 

President  Grant  spent  most  of  his  time 
ilsbing  while  in  Maine. 

Tire  Ex-Empress  Eugenie  will  not  sit  any 
more  for  her  photographs. 

The  Czar  has  given  ?1, 500 towards  the  erection 
of  a  Greek  chapel  at  Ems. 

Tom  Hood,  son  of  the  poet  and  humorist, 
will  visit  America  next  Autumn. 

It  is  proposed  to  erect  a  statue  of  Robert  Ful¬ 
ton  on  the  Battery  at  New  York. 

''  Miss  Apelaidh  Fuilliph,  the  singer,  is  pass¬ 
ing  the  Summer  at  Morsfleld,  Moss. 

*  Senator  Cameron  has  declared  himself  in 
favor  of  Gen.  Grant,  for  a  third  term. 

The  King  of  Greece  has  sent  t  he  insignia  of 
the  Order  of  the  Saviour  to  the  Sultan. 

Helm roi,d  is  living  Iti  the  Chumps  Flysees, 
having  abandoned  Buchu  for  Paris  green. 

Four  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  have  been 
raised  for  the  monument  to  General  Thomas. 

Horace  Maynard  will  be  the  Republican 
candidate  for  Governor  of  Tennessee  in  1871. 

A  MONUMENT  in  honor  of  Columbus  has  been 
projected  for  Fuirmount  Park,  Philadelphia. 

It  is  announced  that  the  Shah’s  diary  of  his 
western  travels  will  be  published  in  London. 

Prop.  Dana  of  Vale  College,  has  been  elected 
corresponding  member  of  the  French  Academy. 

Miss  Carlotta  Patti  lias  been  engaged  for 
Riviere’s  forthcoming  concerts  at  Covent 
Garden. 

The  death  of  Mr.  Meredith  leaves  Revordy 
Johnson  the  sole  survivor  of  General  Taylor’s 
Cabinet. 

Prop.  Huxley  has  Just  been  elected  an  hon¬ 
orary  member  of  the  Buffalo  Society  of  Natural 
Sciences. 

Harriet  Beecher  Stowe  is  spending  a  brief 
vacation  at  Henry  Ward  Beecher's  farm  at 
Peekskill. 

A  descendant  of  Eugene  Aram,  who  lives  in 
California,  says  that  great  injustice  was  done 
ids  ancestor  by  Bulwer. 

Tennyson's  son  is  to  be  made  a  baronet,  the 
poet  laureate  himself  refusing  all  titular  dis¬ 
tinction  from  the  Crown. 

Mr.  G-ill,  of  the  Boston  firm  of  Shepard  & 
Gill,  will  lecture  the  coming  season  on  “  Edgar 
Poe  ”  and  “  Mark  Twain."  • 

The  three  oldest  citizens  of  Philadelphia  are 
Coddington  Chesobrough,  04 ;  Horace  Binney, 
08;  and  Ambrose  White,  1)8. 

H.  W,  IUceC’hp.R.  John  A-  TMx  and  Horatio 
Seymour  have  been  made  members  of  the  Na¬ 
tional  Education  Association. 

Dr.  Mackahnkhk,  Archbishop  Wllberforce’s 
successor  in  the  See  of  Oxford,  Is  likely  to  suc¬ 
ceed  him  in  that  of  Winchester. 

VANDERBILT  offered  Horace  P.  Clark,  a  few 
weeks  before  tho  hitter's  death,  $1, 000, 000,  cash 
down,  if  he  would  lead  a  healthful  life. 

David  Dud  dry  Field  of  New  York,  is  to 
start  in  September,  with  his  wife,  on  a  leisurely 
two  years’  journey  around  the  world. 

Robert  Browning  has  been  relieving  the 
st  ress  of  poetical  composition  by  making  a  bust 
of  Shelley,  which  critics  pronounce  admirable. 

Hawthorne’s  m Scarlet  Letter"  is  being 
dramatized  it  is  said,  by  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe 
of  Boston,  for  Anna  Dickinson  to  slur  the  coun¬ 
try  in  noxt  season. 

Ex-Prkripknt  Millard  Fillmore  is  seventy- 
three  years  old.  Fillmore  and  Andy  Johnson 
are  the  only  Ex-Presidents  living  and  neither 
of  them  was  elected  to  the  office. 

Prop.  Hayden,  in  charge  of  the  Colorado  Ex¬ 
ploring  Expedition,  has  already  collected  and 
forwarded  to  Washington  two  hundred  and 
twenty -seven  different  varieties  of  North  Amer¬ 
ican  grasshoppers. 


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colors  and  pieces  of  goods  at  one  operation. 

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perfectly,  without  boating. 

4. — It  prepares  ana  pm*  a  double  or  single  told 

on  the  edge  ol  n  baud. 

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U. — It  prepares  and  applies  a  double  Freuch  hem 

finish. 

7. — it  prepare*  a  cord  welt  perfectly. 

8. — It  prepare*  nnd  places  a  cord  welt  iu  any 

schiii  without  hasting. 

9. — Jt  prepares  a  cord  welt,  at  the  same  time  gath¬ 

er!  ngaml  pliuiug  the  welt  iu  the  gather¬ 
ing  Meant,  sewing  it  to  a  plain  baud,  if  de- 
sired,  nt  one  operation. 

10. — It  does  plain  gathering, 

11. — Jt  gather*  and  new*  on  nt  the  sutue  lime, 

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12. — It  Item*  all  goods,  bias  or  at ruight. 

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perlty  unexcelled,  it  equalled,  by  any  other 
city  in  thin  Stiitr.  Il  in  the  center  ol  trade 
to  ii  SI] r roil II illn n  populntiou  of  nhnut  500. - 
000,  to  whom  *t  lit*  menu*  ot  I riiiiMpiirtuliou 
are  furnished  by  Railroad*  rudiuting  from 
I  he  city  in  eleven  different  direction*. 

Its  Indebtedness,  excluding  t hi*  loan,  is  less 
than  $l,SAO,llOO,  while  it  lias  Public  Prop¬ 
erly  amounting  to  about  >  -2,350,000,  and 
Private  Real  Estate  valued  at  870,000.000. 

The  Bonds  arc  Issued  In  either  Coupon  or  Regis¬ 
tered  form ;  the  Registered  being  transferable  at  the 
office  of  the  Union  Trust  Company  of  New  York, 
where  both  principal  and  Interest  is  payable. 

The  expenditure  of  moneys  derived  from  t.hclr  sale 
is  directed  by  the  .Mayor  of  the  city  and  t  he  Hoard  of 
Commissioners. 

PRICE  PAR.  AMI  INTEREST.  CIRCU¬ 
LARS  UPON  APPLICATION. 


Now  in  use 

No  other  Musical  Instrument  ever  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

Send  for  Price-Lists. 

Address  BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


LANDS 


ROBINSON, CHASE&CO 


LIBERAL  TERMS  TO  IMPROVERS 


Bankers,  18  Broad  St.,  New  York 


11  Years  Credit,  7  per  cent.  Interest. 

NO  PART  OF  THE  PRINICPAl  PAYABLE  FOR  FOUR  YEARS 


To  Nurserymen, 

TREE  DEALERS  AND  PLANTERS 


Our  YYIioIckh  le  Cninlogiir  for  Autumn  1873 
now  ready,  and  sent  Fit  EE  to  all  applicants. 

Aug.  15,  1873.  ELLWANGF.R  A  BARRY, 

Mt.  Hope  Nurseries,  Rochester,  n.  y. 


FINE  GRAIN  -GROWING  REGION. 


Tracts  of  one  and  two  thousand  acres  available  for 
Neighborhood  Colonies,  or  lor  stock  Farms. 


Ejucellrnt  t'tlmatr.  with  Purr  Flowhitr  Wot  rr 


“  I  would  say,  that  In  the  course  of  many  years, 
and  through  extensive  travel,  1  have  not  seen  u  more 
inviting  country,  nor  one  which  offers  greater  induce¬ 
ments,  with  fewer  objections  to  settlement,  than 
these  lands  of  the  A.  T.  &  S.  F.  li,  K.”— Extract  lu- 
porto.t  ilcnri)  Stewart,  Agricultural  Editor  America  r 
IgrU  lit)  tin. 

For  full  particular*  inquire  of 

A.  E.  TOUZALIN, 

Land  Commissioner,  Topeka,  Kan. 


I  HE  FARMER  AND  THE  RAILROAD  MONSTER.  WHICH  WILL  WIN? 


COMBINED  (LOVER  THRESHER 
AM)  SEPARATOR. 


ONE  MILLION  Apple  Trees,  ext  ra  quality,  with 
a  full  and  complete  general  stock  of  Fruit  and  Orna¬ 
mentals,  at  wholesale  and  ret  lil.  Prices  low.  Write 
for  price  lists. 

H3f"  Stock  guaranteed  not  damaged  by  the  severity 
,of  the  past  winter. 

BLAIR  BROS.,  Proprietors, 

Lee’s  Summit,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo, 


The  clover  la  fed  Into  tills  mactilno  os  It  comes 
from  the  held;  is  Threshed,  Hulled  u.ul 
denned  it  I  One  Operation.  The  chuff  not 
hulled  at  Oral  passage  through  the  h tiller,  is  returned 
by  an  elevator,  anil  the  light  .stems,  Ac.,  pusses  from 
the  fun  shoe  tonu  extra  elevator  and  returns  them  to 
the  fan  without  going  through  tho  Iluller.  No  Re¬ 
handling  of  nut  Tailing*  <»r  Chuff.  Capacity 
from  till  to  70  bushels  per  day.  Over  2.50O  :tlu- 
cliiiics  In  u*o  f hrniiglioul  the  United  States, 
Canada  and  Prussia.  Send  for  Circular,  'Terms 
and  Prices. 

BIRDSELL  MANUF’G  COMPANY, 
South  Rend,  Ind. 


The  attention  of  tbo  investing  public  is  called  to  the  limited  remainder  of  the  NOUTTIEHN  PACIFIC 
RAILROAD  SEVEN-THIRTY  LOAN.  The  unsold  balance  will  be  soon  absorbed  by  current  sales,  after 
wbich  the  Company  has  resolved  to  Issue  only  six  per  cent,  bonds. 

There  nre  now  more  than  5IKJ  Julies  of  the  road  in  regular  operation,  with  a  growing  traffic;  surveys 
and  construction  are  progressing  satisfactorily  5  the  survey  prosecuted  the  present  season  in  connection 
with  the  Stanley  military  expedition  has  resulted  In  (lie location  of  an  excellent  line  through  Western  Da¬ 
kota  and  Eastern  Montana,  and  the  Company  has  advertised  for  proposals  for  grading  and  bridging  the 
Yellowstone  Division,  extending  206  miles  from  Bismarck,  at  the  crossing  of  the  Missouri  River  to  the  cross¬ 
ing  of  the  Yellowstone  In  Montana,  The  Company's  lauds  (amounting  to  more  than  2(1,000  acres  per  mile  of 
road)  ore  selling  to  settlers  at  an  average  price  of  nearly  six  dollars  per  acre,  and  the  proceeds  of  land  sales 
constitute  a  Sinking  Fund  for  the  repurchase  and  cancellation  of  tirst  mortgage  bonds. 

The  Company's  seven  and  three-tentlis  per  cent,  gold  bonds,  the  last,  of  which  are  now  offered,  yield  nearly 
H'A  per  cent,  pur  annum  at  the  present  price  of  gold. 

All  marketable  securities  are  received  in  exchange  at  current  rates,  and  full  information  furnished  on 
inquiry. 


81 .500  Yearly  made  by  AGENTS  in  their  spare  mo¬ 
ments,  selling  our  32  new  articles.  Send  25 e.  for  sane 
pies.  Am.  Novelty  Co.,  802  Broadway,  N.  Y, 


GREAT  REDUCTION 


The  FIFTEENTH  ANNUAL  FAIR  of  the 

NEW  JERSEY  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  SOCIETY 
Will  be  held  at  WAVEKLY,  nonr  Newark,  on  the 
line  of  the  I1,  C.  It.  It.  f’linimenelng  TUESDAY, 
Sept.  10th,  1873 and  continuing  Fotrii  Days. 

1 000  Ptvmlninsiiirr  offered  lor  Special  Merit. 

AMOS  CLARK,  JR.,  PKES’T. 
i*.  T.  Of  inn,  Cor.  Bec’y,  t  N.  v  , 

WM.  M.  Font: f,  RuC.  Sec’y.  >  -Walk,  N.  J, 


Increased  Kucllltlr*  to  Olub  Organ 
Beml  for  New  Price  Lint. 


THE  GREAT  AMERICAN  TEA  CO. 

P.  O.  Box  5643.)  31  &  33  Ve»ey  8t„  New  York 


VI  ENNA 

PREMIUMS. 


GRANDEST  SCHEME  EVER  KNOWN! 


For  Sheathing,  Roofing,  Deafening,  Carpet  Lining,  and  as  a  substitute  for  Plastering.  Send  for  Samples 
and  Circulars,  to  it.  K.  H.u.i-  &  Co.,  50  &  58  Park  Place,  N.  Y-,  or  Rock  Rtv.kb  Paper  Co.,  Chicago. 


FOURTH  GRAND  RIFT  CONCERT 


AGENTS  WANTED  FOR 


THE  WILSON  S  TUTTLE 

SEWING  MACHINES 

Received  the  Grand 


FOR  THE  BENEFIT  OF  THE 


FALL  PLANTING 

w'-'Sc^V-’T. 


Ills  divinity  ostahushed  and  rationalism  routed 


The  most  popular  and  rapidly-selling  religious  work 
ever  issued.  For  Circulars,  address  UNITED  STATES 


PUBLISHING  CO.,  411  Broome  SI.,  New  York, 


FOR  THE  HOUSE 


The  Fourth  Grand  Gift  Concert  authorized  by 
special  not  of  the  Legislature  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Public  Library  of  Kentucky,  will  take  place  in  Pub¬ 
lic  Library  Hail,  at  Louisville,  Ky», 

WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  3,  1873. 

Only  Sixty  Thousand  tickets  will  be  sold.  The 
tickets  arc  divided  Into  ten  coupons  or  part*. 

At  this  {Concert,  which  will  be  the  grandest  musical 
display  ever  witnessed  in  this  country,  the  unprece¬ 
dented  sum  of 


AND  MEDAL  OF  HONOR 

FOR  THE 


The  i-'ijri.iii  .>1, MUKKOl  Vl<  iv’ri  FLORA  L 
GUIDE  for  I -.73,  containing  Descriptions  ot  Hya¬ 
cinths,  Tulip*,  l.ilie*  and  other  Hardy  Itulbs for 
Fall  Planting  and  Winter  Flowering  in  the  House,  is 
now  published.  25  cents  pays  for  the  GUIDE  a 
year— 20!)  pages,  500  Illustrations.  Fall  Number  5 
cents.  Address.  JAMES  VI UK, 

R  ochester,  X.  V. 


The  Perkins  &  House 

SAFETY  LAMPS, 


Safety  Filling  1'ans  &  Lanterns, 

CT* FOR  SALE  BY  DEALERS  EVERYWHERE. 
Manufactured  by 

CLEVELAND  RON-EXPLOSIVE  LAMP  CO., 

12  Barclay  St..  X.  Y„  nud  Cleveland.  Ohio, 


THE  BEST  MADE  SEWIHG  MACHINES. 

AND  THREE 

Co-Operative  Hledals 

FOR 

The  Best  Made  Set  of* 
Harness, 

The  Best  Made  Side  Saddle, 
The  Best  Boot  and  Shoe 
Work, 

And  the  Best  Samples  of 
*  loth  Se uiii". 


divided  into  12.000  cash  gifts,  will  be  distributed  by 
lot  among  the  ticket-holders. 

LIST  OF  GIFTS  s 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT . 8250,000 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT .  100,000 

ONE  GRAND  (  ASH  GIFT .  50.0U0 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT .  25,00(1 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT .  17.500 

10  CASH  GIFTS  710,000  each .  100,000 

30  CASH  GIFTS  tf/X/O  each .  ±50,000 

50  CASH  GIFTS  1,000  each .  50.000 

80  CASH  GIFTS  '500  each .  ±0,000 

100  CASH  GIFTS  (00  each .  ±0,000 

130  CASH  GIFTS  300  each .  45,000 

260  CASH  GIFTS  200  each .  50.II0O 

325  CASH  GIFTS  100  each .  32.500 

11,000  CASH  GIFTS  50  each .  550,000 

TOTAL,  12,000  GIFTS,  ALL  CASH, 
amounting  to . . .81,500,000 

The  dlrtrlbntlon  will  bo  positive,  whether  all  the 
tickets  are  sold  or  not,  and  the  12,000  gifts  all  paid  in 
proportion  to  the  tickets,  sold. 

PRICE  OF  TICKETS  : 

Whole  tickets,  760;  Halve*,  725;  Tenths,  or  each  Cou¬ 
pon,  75;  Eleven  Whole  Ticket*  fur  eWHi:  22>j  Tickets 
for  71,000;  118  Whole  Tickets  for  75,000  ;  227  Whole 
Tickets  for  710,000.  No  discount  on  less  than  7500 
worth  of  Tickets  at  a  time. 

Full  particulars  may  be  learned  from  circulars, 
which  will  be  sent  free  trorn  this  office  to  all  who  ap¬ 
ply  for  them. 

Tickets  uow  ready  for  sale,  and  all  orders  accom¬ 
panied  by  the  money  promptly  filled.  Liberal  terms 
given  to  those  who  buy  to  self  again, 

THUS.  E.  BRAMLETTE, 

Agent  Publ.  Libr.  Ky.,  and  Manager  Gilt  Concert, 

Public  Library  Building,  Louisville,  Ky. 


All  leading  varieties.  Extra  quality.  Genuine. 
Cheap.  Price  List  free.  T.  S.  HUBBARD, 

Fredonia,  S.  Y. 


WOOD,  TABER  &  MORSE, 

maims, ,■<>.,  iv.  v 

MANUFAfrrtTUKRB  OF 


Eagan’s  Artificial  Stone 

IS  TH1-;  BEST. 

Patented . 1872. 

This  Pateut.ln  the  muiufacturuof  Building  Fronts 
Sills,  l.ititol*. CoiAiuj,  Step*,  Poorattd  Window  Hoads, 
Mantels,  Hearths,  riling.  Curbing,  Sidewalks.  Gar¬ 
den  and  Lawn  Walks.  Floors  for  loo  Houans,  Slaugh¬ 
ter  ilour.es,  Carriage  House.-.,  Malt  Houses  Brewer¬ 
ies,  Cellars,  Kitcnens,  Tanners’  Vstrt,  Stables,  etc., 
etc.,  offers  a  good-paying,  permanent  anil  legitimate 
business  In  every  city  and  town  in  the  United  rtates. 
Agouti  wanted.  For  sale  ol  Rights,  and  all  further 
information,  address 

EAGAN  A  VAN  BOREN. 

1125  Broadway,  X'i-w  Yurt. 


Portable,  Stiitloiifirv 
and  Agricultural. 

Hundreds  in  use  In  Shops, 
Printing  Rooms,  Mllls-Miiien, 
and  on  Farms  and  Planta¬ 
tions,  for  Grain  Threshing, 
Food  Cooking  for  Stock, Cut- 


ton  Ginning,  Sawing,  &c 
RC  Clroulars  sent  on  application. 


Some  parents  object  to  large 
families  on  account  of  their 
heavy  shoe  bills:  by  buying 
Silver  Tipped  Shoes  you 
can  reduce  them  two-thirds. 


CHOIIT  HORNS  of  best  Herd  Book  pudigroes. 
fj  All  ages  and  sexes.  Pure  Jerseys,  all  recorded  In 
J.C.  C.  II.  R.  Berkshire  Pigs  of  unexcelled  quality 
amt  pedigree,  All  the  Jerseys  are  solid  color.  Will 
sell  2  imported  Cows  that  have  made,  on  trial,  I5R  und 
11  *<  lbs.  Gilt-edged  Butter.  Aiming  the  pigs  fur  sale 
are  a  number  of  Show  animals.  Creendale  Stock 
Farm  established  iHiii).  Address  or  call  and  see  stock. 
1L  C.  GRAFF,  Box  100,  MaysvIUe,  Col.  Co.,  Ohio, 

<ron  A  nAV  AGENTS  WANTED  to  sell  a 
nJ)Z.U  ft  1  •  household  article.  200  per  eent. 
profit.  Send  25  centB  for  sample  and  particulars. 
Address  STACKPOLE,  02  John  St.,  New  York. 


No  other  Sewing  Machines  received  Prem¬ 
iums  on  their  merits,  which  we  will  prove 
by  evidence  at  our  office,  and  that  all  re¬ 
ports  relating  to  the  contrary  are  false. 


Boots  and  Shoes  should  be 
worn  by  Ministers,  Law¬ 
yers,  Doctors,  Merchants, 
'Farmers,  and  evety  Son 
and  Daughter  of  Adam. 


Machines  Sold  on  Easy  Monthly  Payments. 

SALESROOM  : 

707  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK, 

And  all  other  Cities  in  the  United  States. 


% 


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t  PRICE  «I3C  CENTS 
1  $2.50  PER  YEAR. 


VOL.  XXVTTI.  No.  tO.  | 
WHOLE  No.  1232.  ) 


[Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  In  the  year  1878,  by  D.  D.  T.  Muons,  In  the  offlco  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington.] 


moiBt,  while  at  the  same  time,  from  the  ef¬ 
fects  of  good  drainage,  which  is  essential  to 
the  well  being  of  all  plants  in  an  artificial 
state,  all  the  lower  roots  would  perish  for 
want  of  water,  and  the  plant  would  become 
sickly  and  eventually  die. 


our  common  and  pretty  wood  plants  can  be 
grown  in  these  cases.  When  the  planting  is 
done,  the  soil  should  be  well  drenched  and 
will  not,  if  the  case  is  tight  as  it  ought  to  be, 
require  watering  more  than  once  a  month — 
perhaps  not  as  often,  Let  those  who  have 
pretty  selections  of  plants,  tell  our  corres¬ 
pondent  what  they  are. 


more  satisfactory,  to  send  to  some  nursery- 
man  and  get  your  roses  at  the  rate  of  two 
dollars  per  dozen.  I  am  more  than  satisfied 
with  the  reward  of  my  efforts  in  that  direc¬ 
tion,  having  a  few  weeks  ago  sent  a  Pennsyl¬ 
vania  firm  $5.50  and  received  by  mail,  and  in 
fine  order,  forty-five  roses.  Aunt  Lou. 


MARANTA  MAKOYANA 


This  is  a  welcome  ad  iition  to  an  already 
popular  genus  of  stove  perennials,  op  account 
of  its  beautifully  spotted  and  delicately  pen¬ 
ciled  foliage.  Our  illustration  gives  an  ex¬ 
cellent  idea  df  the  peculiarities  possessed  by 
this  novelty.  Its  leaves  are  borne  on  reddish- 
purple  petioles,  and  are  from  six  to  seven 
inohes  long,  by  about  two-thirds  that  width. 
The  ground  color  of  tho  leaf  is  semi-trans¬ 
lucent,  and  of  a  pale,  greenish  straw  color, 
while  the  symmetrically  arranged  oblong 
markings  are  of  a  very  dark  olive  tint ;  or 
perhaps,  what  is  popularly  termed  bottle- 
green  will  better  explain  our  meaning.  Dark 
green  veins  spring  from  the  midrib,  and  di¬ 
verge  gracefully  on  each  side  to  the  margin, 
and,  between  these,  very  fine  dark  green  hues 
are  closely  arranged  at  right  angles,  remind¬ 
ing  one  very  forcibly  of  those  to  bo  observed 
in°lhe  semi-pellucid  leaves  of  Aponogeton 
dlstachyon.  The  under  surface  of  its  leaves 
is  of  a  port  wine  color,  that  color  being 
deepest  beneath  the  dark  blotches  above.  It 
U  much  smaller  m  all  its  proportions 
than  M.  1  ettchti  or  AT,  Limi-mi,  which 
it  somewhat  resembles  in  general  ap¬ 
pearance.  It  is  a  robust  grower  when 
liberally  dealt  with,  and,  like  its  con¬ 
geners,  succeeds  well  in  a  compost,  of 
equal  parts  of  turfy  loam  and  peat,  to 
which  a  little  leaf -mold  and  coarse 
sand  have  been  added.  So  says  P.  W. 

B.,  in  The  Garden. 


MY  RUSTIC  BASKET 


WARDIAN  CASE  PLANTS 


As  I  sat  looking  at  my  yard,  I  felt  as 
though  1  wanted  to  tell  you  something  about 
my  flowers.  Although  the  Benson  has  been 
very  unfavorable,  they  are  looking  very  well. 
Right  opposite  my  window  I  can  see  a  rustic 
basket  that  I  conjured  up  (excuse  the  word) 
tills  spring,  not  having  the  ready  money  to 
purchase  a  better  one.  Now  tho  way  1  did, 
was  this  I  took  a  suitable  stump  from  tho 
wood  pile,  set  it  (irmly  in  the  ground,  filled 
up  around  with  good  Boil,  gathered  up  all  the 
odd  and  fancy  stones  about  the  promises, 
placed  them  carelessly  about  the  stump  ; 
hied  to  tho  woods  with  a  basket,  gathered 
the  different  kinds  of  mosses  ;  then  to  my 
seed  bed,  took  out  some  Sweet  Alyssum, 
Phlox  and  Portulaeca  ;  took  an  Ice  Pink  and 
Gazenia  from  out  the  pots,  and  planted  them 
promiscously  between  the  stones  and  an  ivy 
to  run  up  and  around  the  stump  ;  filled  the 
spaces  with  the  moss,  wetting  all  thor¬ 
oughly  every  e veiling. 

For  the  basket,  I  used  a  small  tub  ; 
placed  a  large  grape  vine  to  it  for  a  han- 
Sj$y  die  ;  next  I  proceeded  to  twine  a  long 
3*  grape  vine  around  it,  enough  to  make  it 

Jft  look  well  ;  filled  it  with  rich  soil,  plant- 

2  ed  a  Madeira  vine  at  one  side,  tho  Cy- 
press  vine  at  the  other,  and  a  variegated 
'  •  Alyssum  in  the  center,  tilling  out  with 
1m  Scarlet  and  Variegated  Verbenas ;  and 
jni  now  that  the  plauts  aro  all  in  bloom,  it 
RH  forms  a  pleasing  sight  to  tho  eye  and  an 
SV  ornament  to  the  yard.  Let  us  hear  from 
W  some  of  the  other  lady  readers  of  the 
„  Rural.  Tell  us  what  you  are  doing  in 
your  yards  this  summer,  giving  us  de¬ 
signs,  <fcc.  It  will  help  others  next  sea¬ 
son.  Mrs.  H.  S.  Brown. 

(Jatskill,  N.  Y. 


WATERING  HOUSE  PLANTS, 


“An  Appreciative  Reader”  asks  the 
names  of  plants  best  adapted  to  Wardian 
Cases  ;  also  the  proper  time  of  putting  them 
in,  &c.  The  soil  of  the  plant  case  should  be 
equal  parts  of  sand,  good  loam,  powdered 
charcoal  and  some  leaf  mold.  The  prettiest 
plants  are  ferns  ;  and  almost  any  of  t  he  spe 
cies  are  pretty  for  such  cases.  Lycopodium, 
small  Orchids,  Drunena,  Croton  -pi  Hum , 
Croton  mrlegatmri ,  Aphrlandra  Leopold'!-, 
Aioontnna,  Caladium,  Passiflor  t  IrifancinUt, 
and  Ftttnnia  nrgenlea  are  good  plants  to  use 
in  a  Wardian  Case.  The  case  can  be  filled  in 
spring  or  autumn.  The  ferns  can  be  gathered 
or  selected  better  in  spring.  But  there  are 
enough  wood  plants  that  can  be  got  at  any 
time  of  year.  Not  only  ferns  and  mosses, 
but  Wintergreens,  Princess  Pine,  Partridge 
Berry,  the  Trailing  Arbutus  rnd  scores  of 


The  English  Garden  is  inclined  to  dispute 
the  rule  that  water  “  should  be  given  in  mod¬ 
erately  small  quantities,  and  supplied  fre¬ 
quently.”  If  the  causes  of  failure  where 
plauts  are  cultivated  in  windows  were  min¬ 
utely  investigated,  the  dribbling  system  of 
watering  would  be  found  to  be  the  principal 
cause.  A  plant  ought  not  to  be  watered 
until  it  is  in  a  fit  condition  to  receive  a  liberal 
supply  of  that  element,  having  previously 
secured  a  good  drainage,  in  order  that  all 
who  are  constantly  dribbling  a  moderately 
small  quantity  of  water  upon  their  plants 
will  not  have  them  in  a  flourishing  condition 
for  any  length  of  time.  This  must  be  obvi¬ 
ous  to  all,  for  it  is  quite  evident  that  the 
moderately  small  quantity  of  water  frequent¬ 
ly  given  would  keep  the  surface  of  the  soil 


PROPAGATING  R08E8.  ETC.,  FROM 
CUTTINGS, 


Dear  Old  Rural  You  request  your 
lady  friends  to  give  you  such  items  of 
experience  as  may  interest  and  benefit 
Others.  I  have  often  thought  this  would 
in-  a  pleasant  recreation  if  it  were  not 
lor  the  necessity  of  the  oft  repetition  of 
the  little  personal  pronoun  “  I,”  making 
the  writer  appear  egotistical.  However 
I  will  make  an  effort  to  write  with  as 
little  egotism  as  a  woman  can  possibly 
display.  As  the  season  for  fall  work 
among  the  flowers  is  near  at  hand  1  will 
begin  with  that.  I  have  spent  many 
years  in  cultivation  of  plants,  propagat¬ 
ing  from  seeds,  layers,  cuttings,  etc.; 
the  most  satisfactory  results  from  cut¬ 
tings  were  obtained  from  those  made 
li'om  the  fall  primings  of  shrubs,  roses, 
&c.  This  is  done  in  November.  I  have  a 
good-sized  dry  goods  box,  with  the  bot¬ 
tom  taken  out,  plant  in  the  ground  to 
the  depth  of  three  feet ;  at  the  bottom 
throw  in  brickbats,  ftones,  Ac.  for 
■  Irainage  ;  then  a  mixture  of  sand  and 
good  garden  soil  to  within  eighteen 
inches  of  top  :  In  this  put  your  cuttings, 
quite  close  together,  the  cuttings  having 
one  bud  at  the  lower  extremity,  and 
one  or  two  above.  The  box  is  then  cov¬ 
ered  with  a  gla.  s,  and  left  without  fur¬ 
ther  care  until  spring.  It  should,  how¬ 
ever,  stand  tiAvard  the  south,  so  as  to 
get  all  the  benefit  of  the  sun.  Many  of 
the  cuttings  will  be  rooted  by  tile  middle 
of  May. 

But  while  speaking  of  this  I  will  say, 
that  after  having  much  experience  in 
this  matter,  I  have  learned  that  unless 
one  wishes  to  do  this  for  mere  pastime, 
it  is  much  cheaper,  far  easier,  and  much 


EARLY  FLOWERING  TULIPS, 


An  English  gardener  gives  a  list  of 
tulips,  of  such  varieties  only  as  were  all 
in  perfection  together  on  April  21st  ; 
and  as  they  are  sorts  that  were  done 
blooming  by  the  time  the  collection  in 
general  was  in  flower,  the  selection  will 
be  of  value  to  any  one  requiring  early 
kinds  to  be  got  off  the  ground  in  time  to 
allow  early  bedding  plants  to  be  put 
out  L’lmmaculee,  fine,  pure  white  ; 
Vesuvius,  crimson  ;  Pottebakker,  yel¬ 
low  ;  Pottebakker,  white ;  King’s 
Crown,  scarlet,  belted  with  yellow  ; 
Golden  Prince,  light  golden  yellow  ; 
Moliere,  purple  ;  Due  Van  Thol,  scarlet ; 
Joost  Van  Nondcl,  vermillion,  white 
feathered  ;  Van  Der  Neer,  pnrplish 
puce ;  Proserpine,  rose ;  Vermillion 
Brilliant,  largo  scarlet ;  Brutus,  scarlet, 
shaded  with  orange ;  Duo  Van  Thol, 
rose  ;  Van  dcr  Heist,  rose,  blush  feath¬ 
ered  ;  Gloria  Solis,  double  crimson  and 
yellow. 


Schizopetalon  Walkeri  is  a  hardy 
annual  which,  when  sown  in  spring, 
blooms  in  June  or  July  and  its  flowers 
are  said  to  be  deliciously  scented,  per¬ 
haps  even  more  so  than  Mignonette,  a 
few  flowers  in  a  tumbler  of  water  per¬ 
fuming  an  apartment  for  several  days. 


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©ORE’S  BUBAL  HEW-YORKER. 


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PICKING  AND  CURING  HOPS. 


The  following  article,  written  some  years 
ago  by  R.  Van  Horn,  Pierstown,  N.  Y.,  is 
timely  now,  and  may  be  of  great  service  to 
inexperienced  hop-growers : 

In  the  first  place,  no  grower  should  raise 
more  hops  than  he  has  kiln  or  kilns  with  ca¬ 
pacity  to  dry  within  eight  or  twelve  hourB 
after  picking  ;  for  instance,  hops  picked  to¬ 
day  should  be  cured  or  taken  off  of  kiln  as 
soon  as  possible  in  the  morning,  for  the  kiln 
to  cool  off,  and  the  hops  picked  in  the  fore¬ 
noon,  to-morrow,  if  not  suflicient  for  kiln, 
should  be  spread  on  kiln  and  lay  until  night, 
when  the  balance  should  be  put  on  and  u  fire 
started  immediately,  and  a  good,  strong  heat 
kept  up  from  four  to  six  hours,  the  exact 
time  depending  somewhat  on  the  bight  of 
the  kiln  and  the  thickness  of  the  hops  spread 
on,  which  never  should  lie  more  than  from 
twelve  to  fifteen  inches.  The  longer  the  hops 
hang  on  the  poles,  and  the.  nearer  they  come 
to  maturity,  the  less  heat  and  time  it  takes 
to  cure  them.  The  kiln  should  have  plenty 
of  air  below,  not  one-haJf  of  them  having 
one-half  enough  ;  also  draft  enough  above  to 
let  the  steam  escape. 

Hops  never  should  be  turned  on  the  kiln 
Some  time,  or  any  time  when  they  arc  dried, 
so  the  hops  ou  the  top  open  and  the  steam 
has  ull  escaped,  it  will  do  to  go  through  them 
with  a  scraper  or  the  feet,  and  mix  them. 
One  great  trouble  is,  most  of  the  hops  are 
over-dried,  which  injures  the  flavor.  This  is 
done  by  keeping  the  heat  up  after  the  hops 
are  nearly  dried  through,  A  sack  or  bag  of 
hops,  if  ten  bushel  boxes,  weighs  from  forty  - 
live  to  fifty-live  pounds,  which  depends  on 
the  length  of  time  the  picker  is  picking  the 
same,  and  something  on  the  weather,  as 
hops  wilt  and  settle  more  in  warm  days  than 
cool  ones,  and  weigh  from  fourteen  to  sev¬ 
enteen  pounds,  when  cured,  and  sometimes, 
if  picked  clean,  twenty  pounds  to  the  box 
after  being  cured.  This  is  to  show  you  what 
moisture  has  to  be  taken  out  of  a  box  of 
green  hops,  which  I  suppose  must  escape  in 
the  steam. 

Diseased  or  moldy  hops  require  more  heat 
and  more  close  attention  than  a  sound  hop  ; 
and  often  hops  diseased  will  be  very  bad  at 
the  bottom  of  the  poles,  and  some  at  top 
of  poles  sound,  as  was  my  friend  Dorr 
Russei.l’s,  in  18(17.  1  found  by  taking  them 
off  the  kiln  hot,  that  the  diseased  hops,  which 
had  begun  decomposing  when  picked,  almost 
all  break  up,  lea  ving  sound  hops  to  show — as 
when  examined  by  dealers  they  always  open 
a  whole  hop. 

Now’  as  to  using  brimstone  : — As  a  general 
thing  there  is  too  much  used.  Of  course  it 
depends  on  what  condition  the  hops  come  off 
the  poles ;  there  is  a  kind  of  rust  on  hops 
that  brimstone  will  hoi]),  and  there  is  a  sort 
of  canker  comes  on  hops  that  brimstone  will 
not  affect ;  and  there  is  one  kind  of  a  green 
hop  that,  may  be  benefited  by  using  brim¬ 
stone,  making  them  straw -color  ;  and  there 
is  another  kind  of  green  hop  it  bad  better  be 
kept  off  entirely.  If  the  dryer  is  a  good 
judge,  he  will  make  the  proper  distinction 
One  thing  more  Growers  often  pick  hops 
too  soon  and  then  brimstone  too  strong,  to 
make  them  look  as  if  they  had  come  to  ma¬ 
turity.  1  have  always  used  more  or  less 
brimstone,  still  I  hold  that,  no  hop  lias  that 
fine,  sweet  flavor,  that  a  really  good  judge 
can  detect,  when  brimstone  has  been  used  ; 
my  mode  of  using  it  is  to  use  a  little  after 
the  first  fire,  if  they  need  it,  for  three  or  four 
hours,  and  by  no  means  use  too  much  at  a 
time,  but  often  and  in  small  quantities  as  the 
hops  may  require.  Still  I  think,  ns  a  general 
thing,  hops  would  suit  brewers  better  if  there 
was  never  another  pound  of  brimstone  used. 

I  would  strongly  urge  upon  growers  under 
no  circumstances  to  pick  their  hops  too  early 
— among  other  objections,  the  vines  are  by 
premature  picking  of  the  hops  greatly  dam¬ 
aged,  And  when  they  are  picked,  do  not  let 
one  picker  stand  all  day  filling  a  box,  nor 
should  they  be  left  in  the  sack.  In  either 
case,  the  hops  often  heat,  and  are  damaged. 

I  will  give  you  the  principal  reasons  why 
hops  should  be  treated  as  1  say  : 

1st— They  should  be  spread  on  the  kiln 
soon  after  being  picked,  for  the  reason  they 
will  heat  in  the  sack  within  three  to  five  hours 
after  being  picked.  The  greener  hops,  or  the 
first  picked,  if  the  day  is  warm  will  heat 
within  three  hours,  or  if  diseased  or  moldy, 
they  will  heut  sooner,  and  after  being  heated 
in  the  sack  never  cun  be  brought  back  to  the 
original  flavor  they  would  possess  if  dried  as 
soon  as  picked  or  spread  on  the  kiln,  where 
they  will  keep  cool  until  cured  or  a  fire 
started. 


2d — There  should  be  a  fire  started  as  soon 
as  possible  after  they  are  on  the  kiln,  and 
keep  a  good  strong  heat  from  four  to  six 
hours,  and  then  a  slow,  gradual  heat  until 
they  are  seen  to  open  on  the  top  of  the  kiln. 
The  result  would  be,  if  the  fire  was  allowed 
to  go  down  after  the  heat  has  been,  up  say 
two  hours,  the  hops  would  be  full  of  steam, 
which  would  settle  back,  and  the  hops  would 
be  a  leaden,  dull  color,  and  also  affect  the 
flavor. 

3d — There  cannot  be  more  than  from 
twelve  to  fifteen  inches  well  cured  on  any 
kiln  at  a  time.  The  result  is,  you  will  heat 
or  over-dry  the  bottom  ones  before  you  dry 
the  top  ones,  unless  you  should  take  from 
fifteen  to  twenty  hours  to  cure  the  kiln,  and 
even  then  they  would  sour. 

•ith— There  should  be  plenty  of  air  below 
the  stoves.  Here  is  where  most  of  dryers  fail. 
When  the  hops  lay  on  the  Moth  twelve  to 
fifteen  inches  thick,  it  requires  a  Btrong  cur¬ 
rent  of  cold  air  to  drive  the  hot  air  through 
them  ;  and  the  result  is,  if  you  do  not  have 
it,  the  hops  will  have  a  dull,  wilted  color, 
and  also  affect  the  flavor. 

5th — A  kiln  of  hops  never  should  be  turned. 
The  result  of  turning  them  when  about.one- 
lialf  or  two- thirds  dried  through  is  this: — the 
dam])  hops,  which  are  on  the  top,  are,  of 
course,  full  of  steam,  and  heavier  than  when 
put.  on  the  kiln,  arc  either  mixed  with  the 
dry  ones,  or  if  turned  with  a  shovel  arc  put 
directly  under  the  dry  ones — consequently 
the  steam  having  to  pass  through  the  dry 
hops  to  escape,  gives  them  a  had  dull,  color. 

Gtli — I  will  add  they  should  be  spread  on 
the  kiln  as  evenly  as  possible,  so  they  will  all 
dry  about  the  same  time  ;  uud  as  I  have  men¬ 
tioned,  after  these  arc  seen  to  open  on  the 
top  of  the  kiln,  then  make  a  slow  lire  and 
go  through  them  with  the  feet,  and  they  will 
be  dry  enough,  or  three-fourths  of  the  stems 
will  be  cured  down,  and  the  remaining  one- 
fourth  will  cure  in  the  pile  and  be  fully 
cured.  I  will  adu  that  they  should  lay  from 
fifteen  to  twenty  days  before  being  pressed. 
But  if  it  should  be  necessary  to  press  imme¬ 
diately,  two  slow  tires  should  be  made  after 
mixing  with  feet,  with  care  not  to  over-heat 
them,  as  the  heat  passes  through  the  dry  hops 
rapidly. 


ing  steers,  milch  cows  and  calves  ;  and  while 
T  cannot  give  you  definite  results,  I  can  say 
it  is  more  satisfactory  to  me  than  any  other 
feeding  I  have  ever  done.  When  1  see  horses, 
mules  and  cattle  turning  up  their  noses  at 
well  cured  clover  hay  and  eating  this  feed 
with  such  satisfaction,  consuming  all  of  it 
but  some  litter  of  the  stalks,  I  know  it  must 
be  very  palatable.  Mules  cat  it  all  clean.  I 
throw  a  small  quantity  of  bran  shorts  or  corn 
meal  on  the.  cut  feed,  mix  with  water,  with 
a  small  quantity  of  salt  dissolved  in  it.. 

If  I  live  through  the  coming  winter,  I  hope 
to  be  prepared  to  give  yon  definite  results, 
but  for  the  present,  will  say  1  think  it  will 
pay  any  person  to  fix  themselves  to  feed,  as 
I  have  described,  who  will  have  as  much  as 
ten  acres  or  more  of  cut  up  corn  to  feed. 
With  corn  fodder  thus  prepared,  there  is 
scarcely  any  waste  and  very  little  handling. 
You  can  cut  up  your  feed,  however  inclement 
the  weather. 

When  there  is  snow  on  the  ground  is  a  con 
vonient  time  to  haul  iu  a  considerable  quan¬ 
tity  of  coni,  and  it  makes  (lie  work  lighter. 
Whoever  adopts  this  plan  of  feeding  will  be 
surprised  at  the  small  amount,  of  hay  their 
stoek  will  consume,  although  at  all  times  ac¬ 
cessible  to  them  ;  also,  how  much  more  stock 
a  given  number  of  acres  of  corn  fodder  will 
keep  in  good  condition.  I  take  it  for  granted 
every  farmer  will  provide  suflicient  shelter 
for  all  Ilia  stock  ;  if  he.  lias  not,  he  hud  better 
sell  off  until  he  can  shelter  all. 

Morgan  Co.,  Ind.  E.  A.  Ollkman. 


FLAXSEED  FOR  STOCK. 


CUTTING  UP  AND  FEEDING  CORN. 


Taking  it  for  granted  that  the  most  profit¬ 
able  way  of  marketing  corn  is  to  feed  it  to 
hogs  ;  also,  as  bringing  the  quickest  return 
when  fed  to  stock,  yet  .horses,  cattle,  mules 
and  sheep  must  be  provided  for,  and  I  have 
no  doubt  the  best  mode  of  feeding  them  corn 
is  to  cut  it  up  in  the  fall,  putting  it  into 
shocks,  and  then  cutting  it  up  with  a  feed 
cutter — corn  and  all. 

I  commence  cutting  up  the  corn  as  soou  as 
it  is  too  hard  for  roasting  ears,  making  the 
shocks  contain  12  hills  square.  When  first, 
commencing  cutting,  cut  about  one-half  the 
shock,  tie  it,  and  let  it.  cure  fv  few  days  before 
cutt  ing  the  other  half  of  the  shock.  Bee  that 
the  stalk  is  well  set  up,  a  little  bracing,  and 
well  tied,  to  keej)  it  from  falling  down.  I 
have  continued  cutting  up  until  November, 
but  think  the  earliest  cut  best,  and  have  al¬ 
ways  observed  that  when  cut  just  at  the 
right  time,  when  you  go  to  use  it  the  shock 
Opens  out,  nicely  cured,  and  the  blades  a 


bright  green  color,  looking  good  enough  to 
eat. 

Now,  many  farmers  shuck  out  the  corn, 
taking  down  the  shock,  stand  up  the  fod¬ 
der  again,  and  tie  it.  it  has  to  be  handled 
when  fed  out  to  the  stock.  Whenever  I  see 
a  farmer  doing  this,  I  know  he  is  paying 
“  dear  for  Lis  whistle.”  I  think  this  plan  the 
poorest  pay  of  any  work  I  have  ever  seen 
done  on  a  farm. 

Many  farmers,  in  feeding  cattle,  haul  out 
the.  shocks,  corn  and  all,  and  scatter  it  on  the 
ground,  the  cattle  kicking  it  over,  taking  the 
best  of  it,  followed  by  hogs.  This  practice  is 
wasteful  ;  but  when  corn  is  very  abundant 
and  cheap,  it  will  do.  But  I  want  my  brother 
farmers  to  try  a  better  plan  ;  if  they  have 
not  already  got  one,  build  a  good  barn  ;  get 
an  endless  chain  horse  power  (I  use  Emery’s) 
which  takes  up  but  little  room  ;  also,  a  pow¬ 
er  feed  cutter  (I  use  Younglove,  Hassy  &  Co., 
No.  5,)  of  the.  best  in  the  market ;  haul  iu  as 
much  corn  fodder  as  you  can  store  in  the 
barn.  With  ttu'oe  hands,  including  myself, 
— one  to  lay  the  fodder  on  a  table,  one  to 
feed,  and  one  to  scoop  it  away  from  cutter,  I 
can  cut  500  bushels  of  feed  in  a  half  day,  com 
fodder  and  all.  I  cut  my  feed  %tlis  of  an 
inch  long — some  cut  shorter  and  some  longer. 

I  thus  have  u  hill  of  feed  that  it  will  do  one 
good  to  look  at,  and  that  stock  will  eat  with 
avidity  and  grow  fat  on  it.  I  have  been  feed¬ 
ing  coin  fodder  thus  prepared  for  two  years 
to  homes,  mules  and  cattle,  including  fatten- 


Before  linseed  cake  was  made  so  common 
In  England,  the  seed  was  a  good  deal  used  to 
fatten  cattle  and  given  as  food  generally  to 
young  stock  by  the  best  old-fashioned  farm¬ 
ers.  I  can  well  remember  several  home¬ 
steads  about  the  years  from  1681)  to  1830, 
where  large  boilers  were  fixed  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  boiling  the  seed  to  a  jelly,  which  was 
done,  as  any  one  may  suppose,  by  a  great 
deal  of  water  being  used  to  a  small  quantity 
of  seed.  My  father  used  it  freely  to  fatten 
all  kinds  of  animals,  and  I  well  recollect  some 
horses  which  had  the  finest  kind  of  coats, 
their  skins  being  full  of  mottled  spots  and 
shining  like  a  looking-glass ;  and  I  have 
known  cows  which  have  had  no  fodder  but 
chopped  straw  mixed  with  the  jelly  and, 
perhaps,  u  very  littlo  given  in  their  racks, 
without  being  chopped,  which  have  laid  on 
flesh  and  fat  faster  than  others  eating  hay 
and  meal. 

The  use  of  it  now  is  so  little  understood, 
excepting  us  medicine,  that  many  people 
have  Ho  idea  how  much  cun  be  consumed 
without  Any  ill-effect  as  u  diurrhetie.  I  have 
known  a  horse  which  was  subject  to  swell¬ 
ing  of  the  hind  legs  and  to  much  itching  of 
the  skin,  so  that  if  fed  on  grain  and  allowed 
rest  to  become  latter,  would  rub  his  mane 
and  tail  so  as  to  disfigure  himself  and  have 
scurfy  heels  besides,  which,  when  fed  with 
flaxseed,  boiled,  would  be  entirely  free  from 
all  humor  or  foul  blood.  This  was  an  entire 
horse,  of  the  breed  existing  half  a  century 
ago  in  England. 

As  hay  sells  proportionably  higher  than 
flaxseed,  there  may  be  some  within  reach  of 
good  hay  markets,  who  could  make  money 
by  consuming  straw  enriched  with  flaxseed 
and  selling  hay  ;  and  doubtless  there  are 
more  who  might  bring  out  beef  and  mutton 
much  riper,  and  worth  two  or  three  ceuts 
per  pound  extra,  by  adding  this  jelly  to  the 
usual  feed  given,  I  don’t  know  the  price 
per  bushel  now,  butat  the  time  alluded  to,  it 
was  comparatively  low — not  so  dear  as  wheat 
when  reckoned  by  weight.  I  am  aware  that 
genuine  linseed  cake  is  preferred  by  many 
who  understand  the  feeding  of  both  jelly  and 
cake  in  England  ;  but  all  the  same,  I  imag¬ 
ine  by  using  straw  chaff  with  jelly,  it  might 
be  more  advantageous,  all  things  considered. 

A  Working  Farmer. 


be  at  right  angles  to  each  other  ;  then  bore 
one  hole  in  the  middlo  ofi  the  cut,  %  inch.  I 
have  two  iron  rods  %  of  an  inch  thick,  and 
24  inches  long  ;  now  put  the  wire  through 
the  hole  in  the  post,  then  through  the  small 
hole  in  the  stick,  as  cut,  and  turn  so  as  to 
form  a  lock  ;  then  with  the  two  irons  1  can 
tighten  the  wire  as  tight  as  I  please,  and 
when  it  is  taut,  put  in  a  short,  pin  iu  one  of 
the  holes  and  leave  it.  The  strain  comes  on 
the  whole  wire,  and  in  December  he  can  let 
back  those  round  cuts  or  rollers,  and  so 
loosen  the  wire  for  winter.  Last,  I  put  five 
or  six  upright  sticks  or  slats  in  every  space 
between  posts.  The  sticks  arc  five  feet  long 
and  split  from  some  durable  timber. 

I  drive  a  staple  over  each  wire  on  each 
slat  or  stick,  and  drive  it  tight.  I  let  the 
lower  end  of  the  slats  rest  on  the  ground, 
using  a  notched  board  to  keep  the  wire  in 
place  while  putting  in  staples.  I  think  it  is 
better  this  way  than  more  posts  ;  1  use  six 
wires,  and  the  spaces  may  bo  as  follows 1st , 
G  inches  ;  2d,  G  inches  ;  fid,  7  inches ;  4th, 
i»  inches;  5th,  11  inches;  Otli,  13  inches; 
this  will  make  a  fence  52  inches  high.  He 
can  vary  this  as  he  pleases.  This  is  the  best 
way  to  make  a  fence  so  as  to  ease  up  on  t  ho 
wires  in  winter.  R.  B.  Ransom. 


HOW  TO  HANG  GATES. 


A  correspondent  of  the  Cincinnati  Ga¬ 
zette  writes  : — “  In  the  spring  of  18G7  1  hung 
four  large  gates.  The  posts  were  six  by 
eight  {riches  square,  and  were  put.  iu  the 
ground  two  and  one-half  feet..  The  post  that. 
1  hung  the  gate  to  was  put  down  tirsi  and 
the  gate  then  hung.  I  then  set  the  other 
post  so  as  to  let  the  gate  shut  Inside  the  post, 
against  two  pins  driven  in  the  post,  one  foot 
from  the  top  and  bottom  of  the  gate.  Then 
I  put  a  one  inch  pin  through  the  hood  of  the 
gate,  putting  the  pin  through  the  gate  the 
same  way  the  gate  shuts,  and  extending 
through  four  inches,  with  the  point  of  the 
pin  elevated  one  inch.  Tills  pin  was  thus 
arranged  sfc  as  to  slip  over  the  top  pin  iu  the 
post,  with  uuflleieui  bearing  to  take  out  the 
spring  of  gate,  in  this  way,  when  shut,  the 
gate  is  supported  by  both  posts.  The  gate  is 
made  of  lumber,  bars  one  inch  thick,  four  or 
live  inches  wide,  and  eleven  feet  long.  I  take 
for  the  two  heel  pieces  lumber  one  inch  thick, 
four  inches  wide,  and  four  feet  ten  inches 
long.  I  also  take  two  pieces  two  inches  wide 
for  the  head  of  the  gate,  that  arc  set  back 
three  feet  from  the  head  of  the  gate.  I  then 
put  a  brace  ou  both  sides,  running  from  the 
top  of  the  center  upright  slats  to  the  bottom 
of  the  heel  pieces,  all  being  firmly  bolted 
together.  The  latch  or  bolt  (three  and  one- 
half  feet  long)  is  placed  on  the  top  of  the 
third  or  fourth  bar.  A  mortise  is  cut  in  the 
po3t  for  the  latch  or  bolt  to  slide  in.  The 
above  four  gates  were  hung  in  the  spring  of 
’G7.  They  stand  as  firm  to-day  as  they  did 
the  day  I  hung  them. 

> - - 

STABLE  MANURE  UNDER  SHELTER. 


TO  MAKE  WIRE  FENCE. 


For  the  benefit  of  an  inquirer  in  the 
Rural,  I  will  give  my  fashion  of  wire  fence 
that  will  stop  sheep,  cattle  and  horses.  I 
set  the  posts  32  feet  apart,  and  put  staples  on 
the  wire  at  each  post,  but.  do  not  drive  them 
tight,  at  every  twentieth  post  (having  a  post 
With  a  wide,  flat  side,  and  have  it  well 
braced).  I  bore  through  witli  half-inch  bit 
and  put  the  wire  through  it  instead  of  the 
staples.  1  cut  the  wire  at  this  post,  and  I 
have  some  cuts  off  a  hard  wood  round  stick  ; 
each  cut  G  inches  long.  I  bore  two  holes  1 1  1 -1G 
inches,  one  in  each  end,  so  the  holes  will 


Will  L.  C.,  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  asks  us  if 
stable  manure  ought  to  be  kept  under  sin-1 
tor  or  allowed  to  remain  out  in  the  weather  ? 
We  reply,  yes ;  manure  ought  to  lie  kept 
under  shelter  until  it  is  ready  for  the  field,  or 
until  the  farmer  i6  ready  to  apply  it  thereto. 
For  if  it  is  exposed  to  sun  and  rain  it  loses 
the.  soluble  parts  of  the  ash  aud  other  organic 
fertilizing  properties  by  leaching  or  washing, 
and  it  loses  carbon,  oxygen  and  hydrogen, 
and  nitrogen  by  evaporat  ion,  unless  suflicient 
of  the  right  kind  of  absorbents  are  composted 
with  it  to  retain  the  liquid  and  gaseous  prop¬ 
erties  that  go  to  render  it  most  valuable. 
Whether  composted  or  not,  therefore,  it  is 
best  to  shelter  it ;  and  if  itis  not  mixed  wit  h 
absorbents,  such  as  muck,  decayed  wood,  or 
even  common  soil,  (clay  or  loam,  which  is 
better  far  than  nothing)  it  should  frequently 
be  pitched  over  to  prevent  burning  or  “  flre- 
fanging,”  as  it  is  often  culled.  Whether 
sheltered  or  not,  the  stable  manure,  as  it  is 
taken  from  the  stable  daily,  should  bo  liter¬ 
ally  covered  with  some  absorbent  (as  we 
have  named  above) ;  then,  if  exposed  to  rain 
or  sun,  it  loses  less  than  otherwise.  Manures 
should  not  be  allowed  to  remain,  in  any  case, 
exposed  to  heavy  rains,  unless  there  is  some 
provision  for  utilizing  the  liquid  which 
leaches  from  them. 

• - - ♦ - 

ECONOMICAL  NOTES 


Destroying  Cut-Worms.— 1  have  found 
that  wherever  lien-manure  is  used  for  ma¬ 
nuring  corn  (or  any  other  plant  tor  that 
matter),  cut-worms  do  not  work.  Have  the 
Rural  readers  observed  the  same  thing  ( 
— P.  G. 


a  quarter-brick  or  other  square,  heavy  body 
in  fhe  bottom,  to  serve  as  support  for  a  se¬ 
cond,  but  smaller  pot  (say  No.  1(5),  which 
must  also  be  plugged  in  the  same  manner. 
Place  a  dish  under  the  outer  pot,  and  a  small 
plate  in  the  inner  one.  Put  your  butter  in 
the  inner  pot,  and  cover  with  uuy  cover  you 
please,  provided  it  be  not  metallic.  Now  tilL 
the  space  between  the  inner  and  outer  pot 
with  water.  The  butter  will  keep  as  firm,  as 
a  rock,  as  cool  as  a  cucumber,  and  as  fresh, 
aye,  as  fresh  us  the  trip  across  the  Atlantic 
in  a  balloon.— Acheuontia. — Eng.  Mechanic. 


but  is  laid  upon  a  canvas  strainer  in  a  cheese 
basket..  After  a.  few  hours,  when  sufficiently 
firm,  it  is  laid  in  the  vat  in  slices,  and  salt  is 
sprinkled  between  each  layer.  Its  own 
weight  is  sulHcieut  pressure,  and  it  is  turned 
every  t  wo  or  three  hours  for  the  first  day, 
and  two  or  three  times  the  next  day.  The 
cheese  must  remain  in  the  vat  three  or  four 
days. 


ing  pails  are  deposited  on  the  dairy-room 
floor. 

Without  being  an  eavesdropper,  you  are 

also  informed  that  Mrs.  A - allows  several 

churnings  of  butter  to  accumulate,  until 
there  is  enough  to  till  a  package,  when  all 
<vre  worked  together  to  insuro  evenness  of 
color  at  the  expense  of  flavor  ;  that  Mi’s. 
B.’s  butter  is  suspiciously  golden  with  an- 

natto;  that  Mrs.  D - never  skims  her  milk 

until  if  is  thick,  no  matter  howr  long  it  has  to 
remain  before  it  is  sour.  Of  course  he 
does' n t  want  such  butter,  that  is  not  the  way 
to  secure  good  prices. 

At  last  the  trial  and  conference  are  ended, 
the  buyer  emerges  from  the  cellar  smiling 
and  polite,  and  as  ho  passes  through  the  sit¬ 
ting-room,  noting  your  anxious  face,  he  be¬ 
nevolently  remarks,  “Mrs.  E - ,  your  but¬ 

ter  is  all  right,  in  fact,  very  nice.”  Your 
spirits  rise,  at  a  bound,  some  degrees  above 
zero. 

The  caller  departs  and  Peter  goes  to  the 
station  with  his  load,  while  yon  go  singing 
about  the  house.  In  an  hour  or  two  he  re¬ 
turns,  the  happy  possessor  of  a  nice  roll  of 
bank-bills,  and  then,  to  your  surprise  and  in¬ 
dignation,  you  learn  that  the  crufty  butter 
buyer  has  actually  beguiled  your  good-na¬ 
tured  Peter  into  selling  twelve  hundred 
pounds  of  the  best  butter  that  care  und  skill 
could  produce  from  the  milk  of  twelve  cows, 
for  five  cents  loss  per  pound  than  he  has  paid 
your  neighbors  for  butter  that,  to  his  certain 
knowledge,  was  no  better  than  yours. 

Down  goes  the  beautiful  castle  that  1ms 
grown  into  such  fair  proportions  in  the 
long  summer  days.  When  the  hired  men 
and  the  little  maid  of  nil-work  should  receive 
their  wages,  you  had  hoped  there  would  be 
enough  left  from  the  proceeds  of  the  butter 
to  procure  some  home  comforts,  and  possi¬ 
bly,  you  might  not  have  to  coax  Pktf.h  so 
long  to  subscribe  for  the  dear  old  Rural,  the 
Tribune,  the  Young  Folks,  and  some  other 
good  papers  which  you  would  miss  so  much. 
Rut  now,  you  know  enough  of  farm  finances, 
to  foresee  that  there  will  be  only  a  small  mar¬ 
gin  of  tliB  profits  which  you  can  appropriate, 
and  go  about  your  work  with  a  sigh,  won¬ 
dering  if  some  way  cannot  be  devised  by 
which  skill  and  neatness  in  the  dairy  may 
receive  a  just  reward. 

Is  the  picture  overdrawn  l  Not  in  the 
least.  Thousands  of  farmers  who  keep  small 
dairies,  the  number  of  cows  ranging  from 
four  to  fifteen,  make  butter  that  in  market 
would  be  called  gilt-edged,  und  yet  they  can¬ 
not  compete  with  those  who  milk  from  thirty 
to  fifty  cows,  simply  became  the  larger  yield, 
if  passable,  offers  greater  inducements  to  the 
purchaser.  Now,  what  we  dairywomen  ask 
of  the  butter  dealers  is,  that  they  shall  make 
more  distinction  between  good  and  poor  but¬ 
ter,  and  not  offer  nearly  the  same  price  for 
all  that  is  brought  into  town  on  “butter- 
day.”  • 

City  consumers  complain,  justly,  of  the  im¬ 
mense  quantities  of  miserable  butter  crowd¬ 
ing  the  market,  und  the  evil  lies,  in  part,  at 
the  door  of  the  country  buyers,  who,  in  the 
scramble  for  profits  secure  as  many  packages 
us  possible,  and  thou  sandwich  in  a  few  su¬ 
perior  ones  to  make  a  fair  sale  of  the  poor. 
As  long  as  firkins  of  butter,  containing  from 
five  to  seven  pounds  of  butter-milk  shall 
bring  as  high  a  price  In  the  country,  as  those 
carefully  and  thoroughly  worked,  just  so 
long  will  they  continue  to  be  so  made;  but 
let  a  premium  be  ©tiered  for  extra  care  and 
neatness  in  the  dairy,  and  a  golden  era  will 
soon  dawn  on  the  consumer  as  well  as  the 
producer.  Roth  Lee. 


THREE  YEARS  IN  A  CREAMERY 


Mr.  Weeks,  Secretary  of  National  Dairy¬ 
men’s  Association,  leased  a  factory  in  a  grain 
region,  and  fitted  it  up  with  about  $8,000 
worth  of  utensils  for  butter  making.  In 
1870,  during  a  season  of  101  days,  803,062 
pounds  of  milk  were  received.  Of  butter 
he  sold  0,3453^  pounds  at,  an  average  price  of 
SO1,.,  cents,  realizing  $.5,072. flu  ;  cheese,  sold 
57,884'  ,  pounds  at  9  98-100  cents,  amounting 
to  $5,072.65.  This  gave  a  pound  of  butter 
and  cheese  to  each  10  8-10  pounds  of  milk. 
More  butter  was  obtained  when  the  night’s 
milk  was  allowed  to  stand  twelve  hours  in 
the  Ordiuary  steam  vats,  than  when  set  in 
cans  in  the  pool.  By  setting  in  vats,  less 
trouble  was  experienced. 

He  made  a  mistake  one  season  in  skimming 
too  much,  especially  in  the  early  part  of  the 
season.  The.  financial  result  of  1870  was  on 
the  credit  side,  but  not  satisfactory,  the  net 
profit  only  about  paying  for  the  butter  ap¬ 
paratus.  Tlie  price  paid  for  milk  was 
$1.13  l-l 0  cents  per  hundred  pounds. 

The  season  of  1871  went  over  a  period  of 
ISO  days,  amt  1,032,323  pounds  of  milk  were 
received.  Amount  paid  for  same  $9,879,87, 
or  90  9-10  cents  per  hundred  pounds.  Butter 
made,  20,200  pounds  ;  sold  at  28}j  cents,  net 
$5,776,211.  Cheese  made,  72,400  pounds  ;  sold 
at  8%  cents,  amounting  to  $0,250.  It  took 
eleven  pounds  of  milk  for  a  pound  of  butter 
and  cheese.  Some  of  the  skim-milk  cheese 
were  poor  and  others  bettor  than  the  whole- 
milk  cheese.  They  were  sold,  in  all  cases, 
upon  t  heir  merits.  He  advises  that  skimmed 
cheese  be  made  of  the  same  thickness  as 
whole-milk  cheese,  because  this  cheese  loses 
more  moisture. 

A  larger  profit  was  realized  in  1871  fch.au  in 
1870,  but  the  result  was  not  yet  satisfactory. 
Iu  1872,  1,024,319  pounds  of  milk  wore  re¬ 
ceived,  making  18,203  pounds  of  butter  and 
70,818  pounds  of  cheese,  and  it  took  10  77-100 
pounds  of  milk  for  one  pound  of  butter  and 
cheese.  For  tlio  butter,  $5,303.23  were  re¬ 
ceived,  or  an  average  of  27%  cents  per 
pound,  and  for  tlie  cheese,  $7,341.48,  an  av¬ 
erage  of  9  50-100  cents.  The  eoBt  of  milk 
this  year  was  more  than  iu  1871,  being  $  I, - 
245.91  above  1871,  though  the  quantity  was 
less.  This  swept  away  all  prospect  of  profits. 
Mr.  Weeks  states  that  much  poor  Choc*©  was 
made,  and  the  creamery  was  managed  very 
loo- ely,  and  he  was  satisfied  that  money 
could  have  been  made  by  correcting  faults 
connected  with  the  factory  and  its  manage¬ 
ment. 

He  believes  the  day  is  not  far  distant  when 
a  good,  meaty,  palatable  cheese  can  be  made 
from  milk  partially  skimmed. 


OLD  CREAMER, 


COWS  AND  SINGERS 


Jury  19  you  published  in  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  a  statement  of  the  product  of  “  Old 
Creamer,”  owned  by  Mr.  S.  D.  1  Lungerford. 
July  30)  (p.  59)  a  correspondent  asked  some 
pert  inent  questions  to  which  I  hoped  to  see 
a  response  from  Mr.  ILukgerford,  but  as  yet 
none  Lias  been  made  that  I  am  aware  of.  It 
seems  to  me  that  the  answers  to  those  ques¬ 
tions  are  important  addenda  to  such  state¬ 
ments  as  Mr.  Hungeuford  has  given  the 
public.  A  Dairyman. 


Cows  are  sociable,  and  understand  more 
than  we  suppose.  The  way  1  came  in  pos¬ 
session  of  this  choice  bit  of  knowledge,  Tim 
and  I  used  to  sing  to  our  cows.  They  knew 
very  quick  when  we  changed  from  one  tune 
to  another.  We  have  tried  them  repeatedly. 
When  we  sang  sober  church  hymns,  they'd 
iop  their  ears  down,  look  serious  and  chew 
their  cud  very  slowly,  reminding  me— no 
irreverence  meditated — of  nice  old  ladies  in 
church,  listening  to  the  words  of  the  preach¬ 
er,  yet  all  th©  time  munching  cloves.  Then 
we’d  change  to  some  quick  air,  “Yankee 
Doodle”  or  the.  like,  and  they  would  shake 
their  heads,  upon  their  eyes,  blink  a>  ns  as 
much  as  to  say,  “  Stop,  don’t  you  know  we 
are  the  deacon’s  cows?"  But  when  we 
would  stop  entirely,  every  cow  would  turn 
her  head,  as  if  asking  us  to  go  on  with  our 
singing.  If  it  was  pleasant,  we  generally 
sang  together  through  the  entire  milking.  I 
love  the  dear  animals  that  add  so  much  to- 
our  comfort.  Boys,  will  you  not  be  kind  to 
the  cows  ( — Canada  Farmer. 


NOTES  FOR  HERDSMEN 


To  Remove  Wartn  on  Cattle,  “A  Subscrib¬ 
er”  is  advised  to  apply  caustic  potash  two 
or  throe  times  a  week,  until  they  disappear. 

To  Prevent  Coins  Sucking  Themselves  rub 
tlui  teats  a  few  times  with  any  kind  of  lubri¬ 
cating  oil. — 8.  s.  p. 


C0STIYENESS  IN  YOUNG  CALVES 


BLIND  STAGGERS  IN  PIGS 


II.  Mallory  says  : — A  fine  Essex  pig  which 
had  been  suffering  with  tin's  disease  was 
found  lying  in  a  ditch  apparently  lifeless  ;  so 
far  gone  indeed,  as  to  bo  unable  to  resist 
handling  or  treatment.  I  considered  him 
virtually  dead.  Having  noticed  that  Mr.  J. 
E.  Bell,  a  very  reliable  gentleman  of  our 
county,  recommended  Hunt's  Ranguni  Root 
Liniment  for  thumps  in  the  hog,  I  determined 
to  try  tt  in  this  disease,  blind  staggers.  Hav¬ 
ing  procured  a  bottle,  T  applied  it  well  to  the 
throat,  chest  and  spine.  Iu  less  than  two 
hours  the  pig  was  drinking  milk.  I  applied 
the  remedy  in  the  same  manner  the  next  day. 
If  he  ever  had  a  spasm  after  the  first  appli¬ 
cation,  I  am  not  aware  of  it,  and  lie  i.-;  now 
one  of  tlie  finest  pigs  on  the  place.  In  a  few 
days  two  others  were  attacked  and  treated 
in  like  manner.  Both  are  now  well  and  111 
fine  condition,  T  report  these  experiments 
solely  iu  the  interest  of  persons  growing  fin© 
hogs,  hoping  that  it  may  be  the  means  of 
saving  to  them  much  that  would  otherwise 
bo  a  total  loss.  A  fifty-cent  bottle  saved  to 
me  thirty  dollars. 


A  TALK  ABOUT  EUTTER, 


Farmer  Crumple  condemns  croaking  in 
general,  and  his  ideas  are  right  ;  for  though 
an  occasional  grumble  may  do  for  spice,  a 
constant  diet  of  complaints  would  demoral¬ 
ize  the  happiness  of  any  family  or  commu¬ 
nity. 

But  some  evils  require  vigorous  and  re¬ 
peated  attacks  of  the  tongue  or  fire,  and  even 
the  old  farmer’s  wife  may  join  tlie  crusade 
against  such  of  them  as  admit  of  reform. 

Do  you  ask  what  is  the  matter  i 

Well,  the  butter  buyer  has  been  around 
and  that  is  matter  enough  now.  Imagine  one 
walking  coolly  into  your  cellar  in  Peter’s 
wake,  implements  in  hand,  with  the  air  of  a 
prince,  and  a  wondrously  knowing  look  on 
his  face.  You  hoar  the  sound  of  his  hammer 
as  package  after  package  of  batter  is  opened, 
revealing  your  golden  treasures  to  his  prac¬ 
ticed  eyes,  and  somehow  you  grow  nervous 
as  if  a  tooth  were  to  be  extracted,  or  some 
other  serious  tiling  were  about  to  happen. 
To  be  sure,  you  know  the  butter  is  good,  for 
every  pound  has  been  washed,  suited  and 
packed  by  yourself.  All  the  hot  summer 
days,  every  pun  of  ruilk  lias  been  skimmed 
at  the  right  moment,  each  day’s  cream 
churned  early  the  next  morning,  Sabbaths 
excepted,  a  plenty  of  ice  iu  the  water  sur¬ 
rounding  the  churn,  but  none  allowed  to 
touch  either  cream  or  butter,  the  latter  com 
ing  as  beautifully  yellow  and  cool  as  iu  Oc¬ 
tober. 

All  this  yon  know  ;  but  the  critic  may  not 
see  with  your  eyes.  It  is  evident  that  he 
and  Peter  are  having  a  good  time  in  tlie 
cellar  for  bursts  of  laughter  iloat  up  through 
the  open  doorway,  together  with  bits  of  in¬ 
formation  about  butter  making,  a  waste  of 
philanthropy  <<n  Peter,  for  the  good  soul 
knows  no  more  about  tlie  nice  art  than  a 
two-year  old  baby.  His  mission  iu  that  di 
rection  is  ended  for  the  day,  when  the  foam¬ 


WKAT  SRALL  I  FEED  HOGS  1 


My  shotes  and  hogs  kill  themselves  by  eat¬ 
ing  coarse  sand.  They  fill  up  tlie  stomach 
with  the  sand,  and  the  passage  leading  from 
the  stomach  inflames  and  closes.  I  saw  my 
shotes  eating  dirt  from  the  bank.  They  were 
running  at  Targe  and  had  plenty  of  sweet 
and  sour  milk  at  the  time.  1  notice  that  my 
hogs  like  to  get  bones  when  they  can.  1 
tin  ok  the  hog  craves  something  is  tlie  reason 
why  he  eats  the  sand.  Will  you  please  tell 
me,  through  the  Rur.vG  NEW-YORKER,  what 
L  shall  feed  the  hogs  to  prevent  them  (fating 
sand  i  What  book  would  you  recommend 
me  to  procure  to  aid  in  raising  hogs  '{—  Jef¬ 
ferson  Wins  rip,  Butler  Co.,  Neb. 

We  cannot  respond,  satisfactorily  to  our¬ 
selves,  to  Mr.  Winsuip’S  inquiry,  and  should 
be  glad  to  have  experienced  swineherds  an¬ 
swer.  We  lack  a  good  book  on  the  manage¬ 
ment  of  swine.  There  is  none  that  we  know 
of,  extant. 


CHEDDAR  AND  STILTON  CHEESE 


The  following  extract  is  from  a  recent 
English  work  : 

The  various  kinds  of  cheeses  which  divide 
the  public  favor  owe  their  character  to  differ¬ 
ences  in  the  manipulation  of  the  curd,  the 
character  of  the  pasture,  and  other  less  evi¬ 
dent  peculiarities  in  their  manufacture.  In 
Ayrshire,  the  ruilk  is  heated  to  85  or  90  de¬ 
grees  Fahr.,  when  the  rennet  is  added,  and 
the  consequence  is  a  very  rapid  setting  of 
the  curd.  Cheddar  cheese  is  made  by  first 
adding  rennet.  Tlie  curd  is  afterwards  finely 
broken  and  actively  stirred  in  the  whey, 
which  is  heated  by  drawing  off  a  portion, 
placing  it  in  a  vessel  in  boiling  water,  and 
returning  it  to  the  remainder.  This  is  done 
twice  ;  the  first  time  heating  the  whole  muss 
up  to  80  degrees  Fahr.,  and  the  second  time 
up  to  100  degrees  Fahr.  Half  a  pound  per 
cent,  of  salt  is  added  to  the  crumbled  curd. 

A  Stilton  cheese  is  made  from  nine  gallons 
of  new  milk,  and  the  cream  of  two  or  three 
gallons  of  milk.  Lamb’s  stomach  is  used  as 
the  basis  of  the  rennet,  and  when  the  curd 
is  set  it  is  not  broken,  as  in  Gloucestershire, 


HUNGARIAN  PIGS 


The  London  Field,  in  noticing  some  Hun¬ 
garian  pigs  shown  at  the  Vienna  Exposition,, 
says  they  attracted  great  attention  on  ac¬ 
count  of  their  extraordinaiy  size  :  —  “  One 
measilres  3  ft.  0  in.  high,  and  0  ft.  0  in.  long  ; 
of  this  prohably  about  1  ft.  fi  in.  is  nose. 
They  look  very  coarse,  and  have  such  a  hor¬ 
rid  odor  about  them  that  one  cannot  think  of 
bacon  the  rest  of  the  day  without  disgust,” 
It  must  be  rather  difficult  to  adapt  a  “scale 
of  points”  to  such  a  structure. 

Another  breed  is  Bpoken  of  as  “  the  woolly 
race  of  pigs,  exhibited  by  Herr  Barnard 
Deutseli .  ”  Th  ey  are  said  to  be  “  far  more  in¬ 
viting,  and  we  understand  that  their  flesh  is 
very  choice.  The  wool  is  almost  white,  but 
the  skin  is  of  a  reddish  brown.  They  take 
several  years  to  come  to  maturity,  but  when 
fat  they  carry  a  great  weight  of  fiesh.” 


HOW  TO  KEEP  BUTTER  COOL 


Get  a  large  flower-pot  (say  No.  12),  plug  up 
the  hole  with  a  sound  cork,  seal  it.  Now  put 


4 


V 


flows  into  Lake  Winnepeg  and  thence  into 
Hudson’s  Bay. 

After  passing  Red  River  and  the  Cheyenne, 
one  of  its  principal  branches,  the  road  runs 
through  the  rolling  predries  of  Eastern  Da- 
kotah  to  the  Missouri  River— to  my  eye  a 
most  dreary,  desolate  and  uninviting  region. 
Dry,  arid  hills,  with  a  scanty  vegetation, 
parched  and  brown,  salt  and  alkaline  lakes 
and  ponds,  many  of  these  even  dried  out 
into  a  crystaline  mud,  destitute,  for  the  most 
part,  of  animal  life,  and  not  a  tree  or  even  a 
bush  the  size  of  a  man’s  hat  for  the  distance 
of  a  hundred  miles,  it  is  sufficient  to  say  of 
thm,  to  me,  most  unattractive  region,  if  the 


fection.  Fruit  large  and  of  the  prevailing 
shape  of  the  annexed  wood-cut,  but,  fre¬ 
quently  conical,  and  then  it  has  a  glossy  neck 
and  reflected  calyx  ;  color  scarlet,  becoming 
a  rich  crimson  when  fully  ripe  ;  seeds  small 
and  prominent,  bright  yellow,  and  very 
thickly  disseminated  ;  flesh  reddish,  solid  and 
very  juicy,  with  an  exquisite  pine  flavor.  A 
first-rate  cropper,  bearing  Its  fruit,  in  clusters 
on  shortish  footstalks,  so  that  its  blossoms 
and  fruit  are  considerably  hidden  under  and 
among  its  handsome  slightly  wrinkled,  bright 
green  foliage. 

Gypsy  Queen. — This  I  may  introduce  one 
of  these  days  on  account  of  its  beautiful  dark 
color,  thus  forming  an  excellent  contrast  in 
the  dessert.  The  fruit  is  chiefly  globular,  or 
nearly  so,  but  sometimes  a  blunt  cone-shape, 
almost  black  when  quite  ripe,  extremely 
juicy,  rich  and  vinous,  flesh  dark  red 
throughout  ;  ends  depressed,  plant  of  low 
growth  and  compact,  healthy  and  a  great 
bearer.  Season,  main  crop,  late. 


NEW  .ENGLISH  STRAWBERRIES, 


LETTERS  FROM  THE  NORTHWEST.-II 


There  has  been  great  stagnation  among 
propagators  of  new  fruits  in  America.  There 
lias  not  been  the  usual  number  of  seedlings 
to  make  note  of.  But  as  journalists,  we  are 
boundto  keep  our  readers  posted  as  to  what 
occurs  new  in  the  Pomological  world.  Hence 
we  give  the  accompanying  illustrations  of 
new  English  Strawberries,  which  were  origi¬ 
nated  by  W.  Roden,  M.  D.,  Kidderminster, 
England,  and  figured  and  described  in  Cot¬ 
tage  Gardener.  He  says  “  the  following  will 
not  disappoint  the  most  fastidious  either  in 
growth,  bearing  or  quality 

Early  Crimson  Five. — This  is  a  fine,  large, 
handsome  fruit,  coming  in  with  or  closely 
succeeding  Early  Prolific.  The  prevailing 
shape  of  the  fruit  is  indicated  by  the  accom¬ 
panying  wood  cut.  Color  bright  crimson  ; 
calyx  generally  reflected  ;  seedB  rather  prom¬ 
inent  ;  flesh  dullish  white  and  sometimes 
pink,  juicy,  with  a  rich,  piquant  pine  flavor. 
The  plant  is  of  stout,  upright  growth,  and 
crops  heavily. 

The  Countess  eomes  next.  This  kind  will 
prove  the  best  packer  and  carrier  ever  raised. 
The  fruit  is  extremely  fine  in  color,  being  of 
a  beautiful  glossy  crimson,  and  heeoming 
darker  when  very  ripe.  It  Is  not  quite  so 
regular  In  shape  a«  the  other  varieties  under 
consideration  ;  but  the  fruit  is  so  good, 
its  color  so  handsome,  and,  above  all,  its 
carrying  property  so  remarkable,  that  its 
occasional  irregularity  in  shape  is  quite  con¬ 
doned.  Calyx  partially  reflected  5  seeds 
thickly  disseminated  und  decidedly  promi¬ 
nent  ;  plant  healthy  an d  a  good  grower ; 
fo'iage  bright,  glossy  green,  erect  and  com¬ 
pact. 

Sir  John  Fat  staff  is  next  in  order.  This  is 
a.  mid- season  and  main-crop  variety.  The 
predominant  characteristics  of  this,  a  differ¬ 
ent  strain  altogether  from  the  foregoing,  are 
its  hardihood  and  enormous  cropping  quali¬ 
ties.  It  has  never  disappointed  me  in  a 
heavy  crop  from  the  first  seedlingplant,  which 
struck  me  with  astonishment.  The  fruit  is 
mostly  very  large  and  handsome,  frequently 
conical,  and  whan  very  large,  slightly  flat¬ 
tened  in  shape,  as  in  the  woodcut,  but  never 
cock-scombed.  Color  bright  red,  with  a  tinge 
of  vermillion  ;  seeds  thickly  dispersed  and 
slightly  depressed  :  flesh  white,  solid,  and 
juicy,  with  a  fine  vinous  flavor :  calyx  small 
for  so  large  a  fruit  and  seldom  reflected.  On 
account  of  its  beauty  and  immense  cropping 
qualities  this  will  be  a  splendid  sort  for  exhi¬ 
bition  and  market  purposes,  but  it  would  not 
carry  a  great  distance  so  w ell  as  the  Early 
Crimson  Pine,  or  Countess  more  especially, 
nor,  indeed,  would  any  other  known  sort. 

Encka&trcss  comes  next.  It  is  a  late  vari¬ 
ety,  coming  in  with  and  lasting  out  British 
Queen,  but  higher-flavored  and  a  better 
cropper  than  that  esteemed  good  old  kind. 
This  is  the  variety  I  originally  named  Lord 


Scenery  and  Raruls  OH  V>c  .VbrtJuMro  Pacljlc  Ra/iWnad 

Soil*,  Climate,  4c.  The  Red  River  Valley -Da* tern 

Dahotah—A  Secure  Investment.. 

Eds.  Rural  New-Yorker  : — Since  writing 
my  last  communication,  dated  from  Duluth, 
Minn.,  I  have  passed  over  the  Northern  Pa¬ 
cific  Railroad  so  far  as  the  line  is  in  running 
order,  viz.,  to  the  Missouri  River,  four  hun¬ 
dred  and  fifty  miles  west  if  Lake  Superior. 
For  the  first  twenty-three  miles  the  line  of 
tut;  road  follow?  the  north  bank  of  the  St. 
Louis  River,  the  last  seven  of  which  is 
through  the  grandest  scenery  anywhere  to 
be  met  with  on  this  line  west  of  Niagara. 
Toe  rock  is  metaraorphic  slate,  with  the  strata 
tilted  at  an  angle  of  sixty  degrees  to  the 
horizon,  and  the  water  tumbles  and  loams 
over  their  upturned  edges,  whirling  into 
eddies,  and  turning  sharp  angles  in  the  wild¬ 
est  confusion.  There  is  nowhere  a  perpen¬ 
dicular  descent  of  any  magnitude,  but  the 
rapid  is  tremendous.  Lateral  gorges  come 
into  the  main  chasm,  over  which  the  road 
passes  on  a  succession  of  high  bridges  ;  and 
the  passenger,  as  he  gazes  from  the  car  win¬ 
dow  down  a  sheer  descent  of  a  hundred  feet, 
without  intervening  balustrade  or  coping, 
feels  anything  but  comfortable.  Your  cor¬ 
respondent  rode  up  the  gorge  upon  an  en¬ 
gine,  and,  barring  a  little  tremor  of  the 
nerves,  and  a  little  unnecessary  tightening  of 
the  grip  in  peeping  over  bridges,  enjoyed  the 
passage  greatly. 

Alter  crossing  the  St.  Louis  twenty-three 
miles  wost  of  Duluth,  where  the  river  makes 
a  right-angle  coming  from  the  North,  the 
road  runs  through  a  flat  and  uninteresting 
country  for  over  fifty  miles,  consisting  of  al¬ 
ternate  ntarsh  and  forest  of  white  birch, 
tamarack  and  their  congeners.  The  land  is 
wet  and  cold,  and,  for  the  most  part,  worth¬ 
less,  except  for  its  wood  and  timber.  I  ven¬ 
ture  to  say  that  millions  of  acres  of  other 
Western  lands  will  be  settled  and  cultivated 
before  these  lands  will  be  even  thought  of 
for  rural  homes  ;  but  as  we  go  westward 
after  leaving  this  section  the  lands  improve 
rapidly.  A  rolling  upland  country  succeeds 
the  previous  marshes,  wPa  belts  and  clumps 
of  oak  and  other  valuable  timber,  while  a 
rich,  dry,  loamy  soil,  indicates  productive¬ 
ness  for  grass  and  grain.  Numerous  small 
lakes  and  ponds  of  crystal  water  lie  embos¬ 
omed  in  the  forests,  and  the  buildings  of  the 
pre-emptionists  and  other  settlers  make  a 
good  show  for  crops.  Every  kind  of  cereal 
(except  corn),  pottaoes,  peas  and  garden 
vegetables,  have  evidently  found  a  congenial 
home  in  this  new  region,  and  numerous 
small  villages,  located  along  the  line  of  the 
road,  show  thrift  and  enterprise  as  charac¬ 
teristic  of  the  settlers. 

Brainerd,  located  on  the  east  bank  of  the 
Mississippi,  one  hundred  and  fifteen  miles 
west  of  Duluth,  is  the  Railroad  Company’s 
headquarters.  It  contains  their  engine- 
houses,  machine-shops,  offices,  a  fine  hotel, 
and  an  emigrant,  house,  all  costly  and  well 
constructed  edifices,  such  as  a  gigantic  cor¬ 
poration  might,  be  expected  to  build  for  per¬ 
manent  occupation.  The  river  is  spanned 
by  a  bridge  of  sufficient  elevation  to  pass 
steamers  without  a  draw,  and  thence  the 
road  passes  for  one  hundred  and  thirty-five 
miles  westward  to  the  Red  River  of  the 
West,  mostly  through  as  charming  a  country 
as  overlay  smiling  under  a  summer  sky.  Rich 
and  productive  beyond  all  question  as  to 
soil,  healthful  and  invigorating  as  to  climato, 
picturesque  and  fascinating  as  to  scenery, 
embracing  park  and  meadow,  lake  and  for¬ 
est,  Providence  has  kindly  spread  it  out  in 
quiet  and  attractive  beauty  for  the  abode  of 
future  millions  of  free  and  enlightened  hu¬ 
manity. 

The  R.ed  River  Valley,  of  itself  sixty  miles 
wide  by  three  hundred  miles  long,  of  unex¬ 
ampled  depth  and  fertility  of  soil,  will  alone 
sustain  an  empire,  and  it  is  stated  (but  I  have 
not  seen  i  t  personally)  that  a  large  portion  of 
the  British  Province  of  Manitoba,  ^further 
north,  and  whose  natural  commercial  outlet 
is  over  the  Northern  Pacific  l  oad,  is  equally 
productive. 

For  fifteen  miles  east  of  Red  River  the 
road  is  on  a  tangent,  touching  a  slight  curve 
as  it  crosses,  and  then  it  stretches  westward 
across  the  valley,  not  deviating  a  hair’s 
breadth  from  a  straight  line  for  fij'ty-ihree 
miles !  In  a  day’s  ride,  we  cross  waters  run¬ 
ning  into  Hudson’s  Bay,  the  Gulf  of  St  Law- 
re  ce  and  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  viz.,  the  St. 
Louis  River,  emptying  into  Lake  Superior, 
the  Mississippi  and  its  principal  branch,  the 
Crow  Wing,  the  Otter  Tail-a  branch  of  the 
Red  River— and  the  Red  River  itself,  which 


ME  ACHE  M  SWEET  APPLE 


C.  R.  Crosby,  Hastings,  Mich,,  calls  atten¬ 
tion  to  an  apple  with  this  name,  sometimes 
locally  called  “Rag  Apple”  which  he  thus 
describes  in  the  Michigan  Farmer  : 

The  tree  is  a  stron,  gvfgorous  grower,  form¬ 
ing  a  handsome,  conical-shape  top;  is  in  fact 
among  the  prettiest  in  this  respect.  The 
limbs  are  nearly  twice  the  size  of  any  other 
variety  of  a  single  season  growth.  The  bark 
is  smooth  as  if  polished.  T  e  fruit,  as  the 
name  Indicates  is  sweet,  medium  size,  and 
when  ripe  of  a  light  yellow,  very  smooth. 
It  ripens  the  last  of  September  or  first  of 
October,  and  is  mellow  enough  for  dessert  at 
that  time,  and  yet  will  keep  until  the  next 
spring.  For  culinary  purposes  it  will  cook  as 
readily  as  any  of  the  sour  varieties,  and  when 
mixed  with  sour  makes  the  richest  sauce 
without  sugar.  For  cattle  it  is  the  best  I 
know  of.  Being  mellow  when  it  falls,  hogs 
and  cattle  will  fatten  on  them  as  readily  as 
on  corn.  I  have  been  thus  explicit  in  de¬ 
scription  that  if  there  is  a  variety  like  it  it 
can  be  discovered,  as  I  think  they  have  no 
equal  In  the  orchard. 


Early  Crimson  Pine. 
railroad  would  give  me  their  alternate  sec¬ 
tion  for  the  forty  miles  wide,  which  the 
Government  gives  to  them,  I  should  hesitate 
to  accept,  the  gift.  I  do  not  know  how  the 
Northern  Pacific  people  will  regard  this 
judgment  on  their  Eastern  Dakot&h  lands, 
but.  I  enter  up  the  “judgment  without  costs,” 
and  enter  it  up,  moreover,  as  my  judgment., 
not  theirs.  These  lands  may  be  utilized  at 
some  time  and  for  some  purpose  ;  but  at 
what  time,  and  for  what  purpose,  I  do  not 
pretend  to  aay.  The  road,  however,  has  a 
grant,,  setting  all  the  worthless  lands  aside, 
the  like  of  which  is  unprecedented  in  the 
history  of  the  world  ;  and  whether  or  not 
dividends  will  ever  be  paid  on  stock,  the 
mortgage  bonds  issued  by  the  Company  to 
build  the  road,  are,  in  my  opinion,  an  invest¬ 
ment  absolutely  secure.  e.  w. 

August,  1878. 

Remarks. — Our  correspondent  is  evidently 
lair  and  honest  in  his  opinions,  but  he  over¬ 
looks,  or  fails  to  mention,  the  obvious  fact 
that  the  timber  of  the  uninviting  fifty  miles 
specified,  is  more  valuable  to  the  Company, 
and  to  the  prairie  region  stretching  hundreds 
of  miles  westward,  than  would  have  been 
an  equal  extent  of  good  prairie  farming  lands. 
A  friend  who  is  familiar  with  the  regions 
named,  says  E.  W.’g  estimate  of  the  country 
beyond  the  timber,  and  embracing  the  Red 
River  Valley,  is  right,  it  being  a  natural  park 
and  garden  combined — but  tliinks  bis  judg¬ 
ment  of  the  Dakota  lands  west  of  the  said 
valley  and  east  of  Bismarck  on  the  Missouri, 
is  wide  of  the  mark.  “  True,  ”  says  our 


TRICKS  OF  FRUIT  DEALERS, 


The  Pall  Mall  Gazette  states  that  a  curious 
practice  has  of  late  been  adopted  by  fruiter¬ 
ers  which  cannot  be  called  adulteration,  but 
which  is  very  near  akin  to  it.  Persons  on 
buying  West,  Indian  Pine  Apples  at  fruiter- 
el's’  shops  are  asked  whether  they  wish  to 
purchase  “heads”  to  the  fruit.  In  other 
words,  West  Indian  Pine  Apples  are  dressed 
for  dessert  at  a  small  cost  as  British  hot¬ 
house  Pine.3  by  the  ingenious  plan  of  insert¬ 
ing  in  the  summit  of  tho  fruit  a  crown  of 
leaves  belonging  to  the  latter,  a.id  thus  guests 
are  deceived  into  the  notion  that  the  Pine 
Apple  which  graces  the  table  was  grown  in 
the  hot-house  of  their  host,  who  probably 
never  had  a  hot-house,  and  knows  nothing 
about  the  cultivation  of  Pines.  A  West 
Indian  Pine  Apple  has  no  more  right  to  wear 
a  Br.tish  crown  than  an  Apple  or  a  Peach 
has  to  employ  rouge  for  the  purpose  of  con¬ 
cealing  its  pallor  or  hightening  its  bloom. 
Although  we  never  saw  this  toileting  of  fruit, 
yet  we  have  seen  the  blue-oag  employed  to 
restore  the  bloom  to  Black  Hamburgh  Grapes. 


POMOLOGICAL  GOSSIP, 


The  Koolstoh  Pear. — This  is  a  small  pear 
which  is  grown  in  large  quantities  in  some 
parts  of  Belgium,  and  is  the  source  of  a  con¬ 
siderable  revenue  to  the  small  landholders 
there.  Although  net  of  first-class  quality, 
large  cargoes  of  it  are  annually  shipped  to 
England,  and  it  is  so  much  sought  alter  by 
the  dealers  that  they  usually  purchase  the 
crop  as  it  stands  in  May,  generally  paying  at 
the  rate  of  about  12s.  per  cwt.  for  the  fruit, 
depositing  half  the  1  uoney  at  that  time,  and 
paying  the  remainder  ".'hen  the  crop  is  gath¬ 
ered.  It  ripens  in  the  end  of  July.  This  pear 
is  well  figured  in  the  June  number  of  the 
Bulletin  d' Arboriculture. 

American  Blackberries.  —  Of  the  older 
blackberries,  the  Kittatinny  stands  first.  It 
ships  and  sells  well,  and  is  quite  hardy.  The 
New  Rochelle  is  often  more  or  less  killed 
back.  The  Dorchester  succeeds  well,  is  good 
in  quality,  amd  is  hardy.  Of  all  the  newer 
sorts,  the  Snyder  appears  to  give  the  highest 
promise.  The  canes  are  perfectly  hardy, 
growing  to  the  very  tips  after  the  coldest 
winters.  It  prpves  to  be  an  enormous  bear 
er,  the  fruits  sweet,  juicy,  rather  soft.  The 
Western  Triumph  bears  shipping  better,  but 
is  not  so  large.  A  valuable  quality  in  both  is 
their  hardiness. — J.  Stcvrkey ,  in  London  Gar¬ 
den. 


Sill  Uuil-N  Falvi'akf. 

Napier,  but  I  was  advised  by  several  of  my 
horticultural  frieuds  to  substitute  another 
name,  fearing  it  might  be  confounded  w  th 
Sir  Charles  Napier ;  and  every  year  it  has  so 
won  upon  my  good  opinion  and  that  of 
every  one  who  has  seen  it  and  tasted  its  fruit, 
that  I  have  adopted  the  above  name.  I  chink 
it  will  be  admitted  by  all  who  like  a  highly 
piquant  fruit  with  a  rich  pine  flavor,  to  be 
the  finest  flavored  strawberry  ever  raised.  I 
have  tested  this  variety  in  every  possible 
way.  Though  naturally  a  late  sort,  under  a 
south  wall  it  makes  a  grand  second  early, 
while  under  a  north  and  east  wall  it  comes 
in  with  Cockscomb  and  Frogmore  Late  Pine. 
It  requires  a  little  sugar  to  bring  out  its  fine 
pine  and  Hautbois  flavor,  and  then  it  is  per¬ 


The  Countess. 

friend,  “it  is  mjiinly  treeless,  (so  is  Kansas,) 
and  the  tops  of  the  occasional  knobs  are  scant 
of  soil  and  vegetation,— but  the  great  body 
of  the  rolling  prairie  and  all  of  the  valleys, 
are  as  fertile  as  the  prairies  of  Iowa,  which 
they  much  resemble.”  He  thinks  E.  W.  has 
evidently  n  istuken  monotony  for  desolation 
or  sterility, — but  admits  that  his  letter  is  on 
the  whole  excellent  for  one  who  has  only 
once  visited  the  country  described  —[Eds. 


Grass  for  Timber  Land.— A  correspond¬ 
ent  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  who  asks, 
•*  What  kind  of  grass  seed  would  you  advise 
me  to  sow  in  the  oak  openings  of  Southern 
Wisconsin,  where  it  is  intended  lor  pasture, 
the  trees  to  remain  standing  while  the  under¬ 
brush  is  thoroughly  cleaned  out  V  We  reply, 
orchard  grass,  by  all  means. 


Warn, 


sprinkling  would  not  reach  nil  the  insects. 

The  same  proceeding  is  observed  with 
orange  trees,  only  with  the  moderation  that 
a  syringe  has  to  be  used  whore  the  trees  are 
too  high,  and  a  solution  of  potush,  one-quar¬ 
ter  pound  to  five  gallons  of  water,  where  the 
trees  are  very  thick  in  branches  and  leaves, 
and  the  soap-suds  would  not  peuetratc  to 
the  interior  of  the  crown  of  the  tree. 


few  weeks  since  the  geese  were  missing,  and 
all  efforts  to  find  them  proved  fruitless  ;  but 
one  day  thi3  week,  the  gander  of  the  flock 
returned  to  the  front  gate  of  the  premises  of 
its  owner,  and  immediately  set  up  a  loud 
scream,  and  would  not  be  quieted,  nor  come 
into  the  yard.  Finally  the  owner  came  out, 
and  followed  it  for  a  number  of  blocks,  until 
it  entered  a  yard,  at  the  rear  of  which  was 
an  old  barn.  On  opening  it  the  balance  of 
tho  flock  were  found,  and  were  taken  posses¬ 
sion  of  by  the  owner.  It  appeared  that  the 
gander  had  made  its  escape  through  a  hole  in 
the  floor  of  the  barn,  and  then  started  for 
home  to  give  the  alarm. — Syracuse  Standard. 


A  distinctive  FEATURE  BETWEEN 
brahmas  and  other  fowls. 

Thebe  is  a  feature  in  the  Brahma  Pootra 
fowl  which  appears  to  me  >  distir guisb  it 
from  all  other  kinds  that  nave  noticed— 
viz.,  that,  the  comb  is  placed  entirely  in  ad¬ 
vance  of  tho  eye.  A  perpendicular  drawn 
through  the  inner  corner  the  eye  will 
define  the  posterior  extremity  of  the  comb 
of  the  Brahma,  whereas  a  perpendicular 
between  the  center  and  the  posterior  corner 
would  defluo  that  of  the  Cochin,  Dorking, 
Game,  &c.,  they  have  the  comb  runniug  over 
the  eye.  The  French  breeds  of  fowl  I  do  not 
include,  as  their  combs  are  of  quite  another 
distinctive  character. 

The  position  of  the  Brahma’s  comb  to  my 
mind  militates  strongly  against  the  idea  of 
the  Brahma  fowl  being  a  cross  between  any 
of  these  breeds,  and  I  am  in  the  habit  of 
judging  the  degree  of  purity  of  a  strain  of 
Brahmas  in  a  great  measure  by  this  charac¬ 
ter,  other  things  a  per  established  standard 
being  normal.  Further,  I  believe  i  may  say 
we  do  not  find  this  anterior  position  in  any 
degree  in  any  cross-breeds  without  there 
having  been  an  infusion  of  Brahma  blood- 
royal  at  some  time. 

Not  having  seen  this  character  noticed  in 
print,  and  it  being  an  observation  solely  of 
my  own,  perhaps  you  will  oblige  by  publish¬ 
ing  it,  that  I  may  see  what  can  be  said  for  or 
against  it.— J.  R.  Choker,  Malvern  Link. 

[We  thank  you  much  for  your  interesting 
query.  It  had  never  struck  us  before  ;  but 
on  reading  the  above,  we  immediately  caught 
up  two  good  specimens,  one  Brahma,  one 
Cochin,  and  submitted  them  to  a  close  exam¬ 
ination.  We  found,  as  you  observe,  a  line 
drawn  touching  the  inner  corner  of  the  eye 
all  but  cleared  the  comb  and  touched  only 
the  bare  extremity  of  the  point.  We  may 
mention  the  bird  was  a  large  and  good  speci¬ 
men,  with  a  fully  developed  comb.  On  sub- 


THE  GRADE  CROP 


between  layers.  Those  raisins,  better  than 
any  other  sort,  retain  the  freshness  and 
bloom  of  the  fruit,  and  acquire  loss  of  tho 
saccharine  deposits  that  are  found  upon  most 
of  the  other  varieties. 

This  practice  has  been  followed  by  some 
successfully  in  our  own  State,  and  it  is  rec¬ 
ommended  by  considerations  of  economy  and 
the  perfection  of  the  process.  The  grapo 
should  bo  thoroughly  ripe  before  being  dis¬ 
turbed,  and  tho  first  crop  hero  ua  there  will 
prove  the  best  for  raisin  making.  Other 
raisins  are  made  by  drying  the  ripe  grapes 
after  they  arc  picked,  either  in  the  sun  or  by 
artificial  heat.  To  induce  the  sugar  to  come 
to  the  surface,  as  we  frequently  see  it  in 
some  kinds  of  raisins,  they  arc,  while  drying, 
sprinkled  with  lye  two  or  three  times. 

The  Valencia  raisins  are  picked  when  fully 
ripe,  and  hung  by  the  stems  on  line**  in  tho 
sun.  As  tlroy  begin  to  shrivel  they  are  taken 
from  the  line  and  clipped  in  lye  ouoo  or  twioe, 
and  hung  up  again  to  complete  the  drying, 
in  tills  State  some  parties  have  practiced 
picking  tho  raisins  and  laying  the  bunches 
upon  the  naked  soil  until  dried.  This  will 
do  well  on  dark  adobe  soil.  This  character 
of  soil  absorbs  the  heat  of  the  sun  during  the 
daytime,  and  retains  the  heat  during  the 
night,  and  thus  keeps  up  the  drying  process. 

in  hot  weather,  scorch  and 


The  Sacramento  Reoord  says  The  grape 
crop  of  California  is  now  fast  approaching 
maturity,  and  it  becomes  an  important 


New  Asparagus  Gatherer. 


How  to  Clip  a.  Fowl's  Wing.— A  corres¬ 
pondent  of  tho  Poultry  World  gives  the  fol¬ 
lowing  mode  of  clipping  a  fowl’s  wing  (w  ith 
illustration)  in  Poultry  World  :-My  way  is 
not  to  cut  the  quid  or  shatf  of  the  feather  at 
all  only  trim  the  feather  partly  off  with  a 
pair  of  scissors,  except  about  one  inch  at  the 


end  (see  cut).  It  shows  but  little  when  the 
wing  is  closed,  and  does  not  disfigure  the 
fowl,  but  lets  the  wind  through,  so  as  to 
prevent  any  flying. 

What  Kind  of  Cochins  are  Best?  —  Will 
some  of  the  readers  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  inform  me,  through  its  columns, 
which  of  the  Cochin  varieties  of  fowls  are 
considered  the  best,  regarding  beauty  and 
flue  looks,  as  well  as  other  good  qualities  ? 
—V.  W.  B. 

Packing  Eggs. — What  is  the  best  method 
of  packing  eggs  for  winter’s  use  ?  Will  the 
eggs  keep  better  if  the  cocks  are  not  allowed 
to  run  with  the  hens  ?— A  Constant  Reader. 


A  sandy  soil  will, 
ruin  the  grape. 


VINEYARD  NOTES, 


Layering  Grape  Vines— After  giving  a 
correspondent  directions  for  layering  vines, 
the  Farmer  and  Gardener  says,  we  would, 
however,  caution  our  readers  as  to  the  dan¬ 
ger  of  layering  too  much  of  the  wood  of  a 
vine.  Nothing  exhausts  tho  latter  more  rap¬ 
idly  than  layering.  It  will  reduoo  tho  crop 
of  fruit  for  the  ensuing  year,  and  weaken  the 
vine  for  years.  From  our  layering  vines  wo 
expect  no  fruit,  nor  uiora^ban  three  or  four 
years  of  life.  Never  layer  a  bearing  vine  if 


LICE  ON  GRAPE  VINES, 


Our  Home  Journal  says  : — In  visiting  the 
vineyard  of  a  friend  of  ours  we  noticed  the 
total  absence  of  insects  on  his  vines.  On  in¬ 
quiry  he  informed  us  of  his  remedy  for  lice 
as  well  as  ants.  Let  us  here  state  the  fact, 
that  ants  are  the  effect  or  consequence  of 
lice.  The  lice  secrete  a  sweet  fluid,  and  as 
soon  as  they  have  taken  possession  of  a  vine 
the  ants  instantly  will  no  aware  of  it  and 
follow  them.  In  thus  keeping  the  vine  clear 
of  lice  there  will  be  no  danger  of  ants.  But 
■where  the  vineyard  has  not  been  closely 
watched,  and  these  pests  have  installed 
themselves,  it  becomes  a  necessity  to  destroy 
them,  a  rather  difficult  undertaking. 

Whenever  the  lice  make  then  appearance 
l  ake  a  quantity  of  soft-soap  and  pour  twice 
as  much  hailing  water  on  the  soap,  continu¬ 
ing  to  beat  this  mass  until  it  becomes  stringy, 


ASPARAGUS  GATHERER 


An  English  paper  gives  the  following  en¬ 
graving  of  an  implement  by  which  it  says  the 
labor  of  gathering  asparagus  in  the  usuul  way 
is  very  much  diminished. — Tho  entire  length 
of  the.  Wol  is  1  foot.  T  n  tho  center  is  a  wooden 
handle  about  5  inches  long,  in  one  end  of 
which  is  inserted  a  roundish  steel  fork  2 
inches  across,  the  prongs  of  which  are  slightly 
bent  sideways  in  opposite  directions.  .Ac  the 
other  end  of  the  handle  is  a  stout  knife,  some¬ 
what  like  a  pruning  knife  in  shape,  but  iur- 
nished  with  small  teetb  like  those  of  a  sickle. 
The  implement  is  used  as  follows  ; — Willi  the 
forked  end  the  soil  is  loosened  and  removed 
to  a  proper  depth  from  about  the  Asparagus 
shoot,  which  is  then  caughL  between  the 
prongs  of  the  fork,  aud  by  simply  twisting 


CHICKEN  CHOLERA  REMEDY 


The  Rural  New-Yorker  gives  us  so  much 
valuable  information  relating  to  poultry  that 
I  feel  bound  to  contribute  my  mite.  I  have 
been  troubled  with  chicken  cholera  in  my 
flock  of  birds,  and  have  found  Wright’s 
Remedy  effectual  in  almost  every  case — that 
is,  to  give  every  three  hours,  five  grains  of 
rhubarb,  two  grains  of  Cayenne  pepper,  and 
ten  drops  of  laudanum.  I  give,  midway 
between  every  two  doses  of  the  above,  a 
teuspoonful  of  brandy  in  about  the  same  (or 
less)  amount  of  water,  with  five  drops  of 
McDougal’a  Fluid  Carbolate  in  each  dose.  I’ve 
saved  the  bulk  of  my  chickens  attacked, 
since  I  began  to  use  this  remedy.  If  your 
readers  have  as  sure  and  ^  simpler  remedy, 
I  should  be  glad  to  know  what  it  is. 

A  Young  Amateur. 


Gyisy  Queen. 

benefit  of  their  success  or  failure.  In  the 
meantime  they  will  have  to  adopt  some  of 
the  plans  adopted  in  the  raisin  making  coun¬ 
tries.  The  best  raisins  known  to  commerce 
are  those  known  as  the  Malaga  or  Muscatel. 
These  are  the  product  of  a  px-ovince  of  Spain, 
in  Andalusia.  In  this  province  they  raise 
three  crops  of  grapes  a  year.  The  first  ripens 
in  June,  and  is  almost  exclusively  made  into 
raisins.  The  subsequent  crops  arc  made  into 
wine.  As  near  as  we  can  learn  tho  Malaga 
and  White  Muscat  grapes  are  those  princi¬ 
pally  raised  in  Malaga,  from  which  the  Ma¬ 
laga  and  Muscatel  raisins  aud  wine  are  made. 


Enchantress. 

that  is,  until  the  mixture  will  hang  down  in 
strings  from  your  fingers  when  you  immerse 
your  hand  in  it.  Thus  prepared,  take  a 
broom,  dip  in  the  mixture  and  splash  it 
downward  and  upwards  on  the  leaves.  In 
two  or  three  days  after  proceed  in  the  same 
way  with  water,  to  clean  off  the  mixture,  if 
it  has  not  been  done  by  dew  or  rain.  Again, 
in  two  or  three  days  repeat  the  soap-suds 
splashing,  and  so  on  until  the  lice  are  killed. 
The  manner  in  which  this  soap-suds  acta  is, 
it  covers  the  insects,  excludes  the  air  from 
them,  prevents  them  from  moving,  and  thus 
kills  them.-  The  repetition  is  necessary,  one 


New  Idea  in  Rollers— A  roller  exhibited 
and  tested  at  the  Royal  Society’s  Show  just 
held,  oonsists  of  three  sections,  the  novelty 
being  that  the  central  section,  Instead  of 
being  on  a  line  with  the  other  two,  is  placed 
in  front,  so  that  it  answers  as  a  steering 
wheel.  In  the  axle  between  tho  two  rear 
sections  there  is  a  double  joint,  so  us  to  admit 
of  Liieir  adapting  themselves,  as  they  move, 
to  irregularities  of  surface.  The  sections  are 
made  of  iron,  with  solid  sides,  so  that  they 
can  be  tilled  with  water  if  it  is  desired  to 
increase  their  weight. 


POULTRY  NOTES, 


Not  Such  a  Silly  Goose. i  After  All. — We 
heard  of  an  amusing  incident  which  occurred 
in  the  second  ward  of  this  city,  which  we 
think  worth  relating.  A  family  residing  at 
the  comer  of  Townsend  and  Cataw ba  Streets, 
like  the  rest  of  their  neighbors,  are  in  the 
habit  of  keeping  a  number  of  domestic  fowls, 
and  a  small  flock  of  geese  included.  Some 


i 


Any.  3. — Last  night  we  encamped  near  a 
little  brook  not  far  from  Idaho  Springs,  and 
about  the  same  incidents  and  accidents  oc¬ 
curred  as  the  night  previous,  Mrs.  “Rural- 


soft  and  spongy,  and  the  miners  say,  decay  s 
very  rapidly. 

A  large  log  house  here  answers  for  a  hotel 
to  those  who  may  wish  a  starting  pluee  in 


SEPT,  8 


<§iarji  of  it  Jhtntlist 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 

FIRST  NIGHT  OF  CAMPING  OUT. 

Auy.  2. — Last  night  being  our  first  in  camp, 
we  were  all  a  lit  tle  curious  to  learn  how  each 
and  every  one  liked  this  style  of  life.  Al¬ 
though  the  weather  yesterday  was  warm, 
the  night  had  been  exceedingly  cold,  and 
to  any  and  bitter  were  the  expressions  this 
morning  in  regard  to  flu-  cold,  some  declar¬ 
ing  that  they  came  very  near  freezing  to 
death.  The  beds  were  also  declared  to  be 
of  the  hardest  kind,  and  the  attempts  to  find 
some  protruding  bones  through  t  he  flesh  wore 
laughable,  to  say  t  he  least.  A  call  from  t  he 
cook  to  breakfast  was  promptly  answered, 
and  then  commenced  a  new  experience  to 
many  of  our  company.  The  provisions  were 
spread  out  in  true  backwoods  style,  our 
bright  new  tinware  shining  as  bright  as  the 
best  of  silver.  If  our  friends  at  home  could 
have  seen  us  sitting  about,  on  the  grass,  each 
with  a  tin  cup  of  coffee  or  tea,  a  tin  plate, 
good  old-fashioned  iron  knives  and  forks, 
the3T  would  have  smiled  at  a  sight,  of  our 
primitive  appearance.  Of  course,  there  were 
many  mistakes  and  ludicrous  accidents.  The 
sugar  and  salt  being  brought  out  in  similar 
tin  cups,  several  of  the  party  salted  their  cof¬ 
fee  quite  liberally,  and  did  not  discover  their 
mistake,  until  they  lmd  t  aken  a  good  sip.  As 
each  had  to  help  her  or  himself,  there  was 
frequently  some  bumping  of  heads  about  the 
mess  pans.  Our  Connecticut  parson  would 
almost  invariably  “tuck”  his  foot  into  some¬ 
body’s  breakfast  plate  or  spill  his  coffee 
down  the  neck  of  the  ono  nearest  him  ;  hot 
tea,  coffee  and  other  drinkables  and  greas- 
ables  were  scattered  indiscriminately  over 
dresses  and  pantaloons  as  we  attempted  to 
make  Turkish  divans  of  the  very  narrow 
hummocks  of  grass.  The  disposition  of  all 
was  to  be  happy,  even  in  their  misery,  there¬ 
fore  breakfast  soon  disappeared,  and  we 
started  for 


springs  of  Idaho  are  of  various  kinds — hot, 
cold,  and  in  fact,  you  have  your  choice  of 
both  for  7£ks,;  hut,  the  drinking  water  might 
as  well  be  left  out,  of  the  account.  The  hills 
about,  the  springs  are  bored  full  of  holes  made 
by  projectors  in  search  of  silver  or  gold  lodes. 
Some  have  been  successful,  and  a  few  good 
mines  are  being  worked  with  profit.  After 
breakfast,  wc  walked  down  through  the  vij- 
lage,  the  people  of  which,  like  most,  of  those 
in  the  mining  towns,  care  very  little  about 
t  he.  day  of  the  week  ;  and  although  this  was 
.Sunday  morning,  all  the.  stores  were  open, 
and  Sling  Wang  and  Gee  Whoa  were  very 
busy  washing  and  ironing.  The  scenery 
about  here  is  of  the  wildest  kind,  and  snow 
banks  on  the  mountains  are  constantly  in 
sight.  Being  anxious  to  reach  Gray’s  Peak 
to-morrow,  our  captain  ordered  the  breaking 
up  of  the  camp  soon  after  breakfast.  As  we 
drove  toward  Georgetown  over  a  rough  road, 

[  we  met  another 

TOll  OATE, 

and  had  to  pay  *20  to  get  past,  which  was 
comparatively  cheap  toll  lor  tin's  country. 
The  usual  rate  is  ISJtfe.  per  mile  for  double 
teams  and  about  50  per  cent,  less  for  single. 
Reaching  Georgetown  about  noon,  welunch- 
ed  in  our  wagons  and  passed  on  up  the  moun¬ 
tains  on  the  road  to  Gray’s  Peak.  Half  a 
mile  beyond  this  town  we  met  another  Toll 
Gate,  paying  *  15  toll.  This  paying  toll  is  get¬ 
ting  to  be  quite  a  serious  affair,  especially 
when  the  traveler  takes  into  consideration 
the  fact  that  he  min  t  pay  as  much  to  get  out 
of  the  mountains  as  he  does  to  get  in. 


hood,  and  we  received  invitations  to  visit 
some  of  the  most  celebrated,  among  which 
the  Stevens  mine.  To  reach  this,  one  has  to 
eliinb  700  feet  up  the  face  of  the  mountain, 
and  the  only  way  of  doing  it  is  by  clinging 
to  a  wire  rope  and  going  hand  over  hand,  in 
true  sailor  stylo.  In  response  to  an  invita¬ 
tion,  I  sent  up  my  card,  and  received  in  re¬ 
turn  a  rich  specimen  of  ore. 

BOILING  POTATOES  AND  BEANS. 

Away  up  here.  10,oo0feet  high,  where  the 
atmosphere  is  so  light  that  the  boiling  point 
is  far  below  212",  as  at  the  level  of  the  sea, 
cooking  some  kinds  of  vegetables  becomes 
quite  a  serious  matter,  if  required  to  be  done 
in  a  hurry.  When  the  weather  is  clear,  it 
requires  an  hour  of  rapid  boiling  to  soften 
even  quite  ordinary  sized  potatoes.  If  beans 
arc  well  soaked  in  advance,  t  on  hours’  boil¬ 
ing  will  make  them  eatable.  Moral.—  Don’t 
try  to  boil  beans  for  breakfast,  especially  if 
you  get  up  late  and  are  in  a  hurry  to  reach 
business. 

ASCENDIKO  GRAY  S  PEAK. 

,  We  lmd  engaged  saddle  horses  at,  George¬ 
town  to  come  forward  and  meet  us  here  at 
VA  this  morning,  and  they  were  promptly  on 
hand.  Several  of  our  party  thought  they 
could  easily  walk  to  the  top,  and  although 
some  succeeded,  I  think  they  will  remember 
the  lesson  learned  to-day  for  some  time  to 


(Biitomoloqinrl. 


THE  BAG  OR  BASKET  WORM. 

Mrs.  L.  N.,  Alton,  Ill. — The  long,  cylindri¬ 
cal  pointed  cocoon,  ornamented  with  small 
sticks,  placed  length  wavs,  was  made  by  what 
is  known  as  the  Basket  worm.  {Thy  rid  op- 
trry  rphemerafnrmis .  Haworth.)  It  is  quite 
common  in  some  of  our  Eastern  States,  the 
worms  frequently  entirely  defoliating  over 
green  trees  of  various  kinds,  and  particularly 
the  arbor-vitaes.  During  the  winter  the  bask 
et-like  cocoons  maybe  seen  hanging  from  the 
small  twigs  of  infested  trees.  If  these  co¬ 
coons  are  cut  open  in  winter  or  early  spring, 
some  will  be  found  to  contain  only  a  solid 
mass  of  eggs  :  others  the  empty  chrysalis  of 
the  male  moth.  To  know  how  and  from 
•whence,  came  these  two  kinds  of  cocoons,  ono 
empty  and  the  other  full  of  eggs,  we  must 
study  the  habits  and  watch  the  transforma¬ 
tions  of  this  very  curious  insect. 

The  eggs  found  in  the  cocoon  made  by  the 
female,  usually  hatch  in  May,  the  minute 
worms  crawling  out  and  spreading  them¬ 
selves  over  the  trees  upon  which  they  are  to 
feed.  At  first-  they  are  quite  small ;  but  they 
soon  begin  to  eat,  and  at  the  same  time  com- 


OOnae.  The  path  up  the  rocks  is  very  prucip-  >»enoo  building  their  future  habitation  by 
itous,  and  in  many  places  really  dangerous,  spuming  about  their  ant  erior  extremity  a 


BERGEN  PARK, 

a  beautiful  spot  up  among  the  mountains, 
where  the  scattering  trees  and  natural  lawns 
would  shame  even  ottr  Central  Park.  Moun¬ 
tain  rivulets  arc  quite  abundant  here,  and 
lengthy  farms  arc  found  along  their  banks. 
I  sa  v  u lengthy,”  for  be  it  known  a,  man  does 
not  wait  for  a  Government  surveyor  to  come 
along  before  selecting  a  farm  or  ranch  here, 
but  when  he.  finds  a  spot  that  suits  him,  he 
proceeds  to  stake  it  out  in  whatever  form 
the  best  hind  happens  to  take.  Sometimes 
his  160  acres  will  be  ten  rods  wide,  five  on 
each  side  of  the  brook,  and  thence  along  its 
banks  a  sufficient  length  to  include  the  al¬ 
lotted  number  of  acres  ;  hence  the  long,  ser¬ 
pentine  form  of  many  of  the  ranches  seen 
every  where  in  This  region.  The  possessors  of 
these  water  front  farms  help  themselves  to 
the  timber  on  the  hills  and  mountains  ad¬ 
joining  which,  of  course,  belongs  to  the  Gov¬ 
ernment  ;  and  while  they  are  making  money 
by  farming  in  the  valleys,  they  also  drive  a 
good  business  by  stealing  from  the  hills. 

Returning  from  Bergen  Park,  we  started 
for  the  little  village  of  Idaho,  and  on  the  road 
met  a 

•  TOll  GATE 

walking  along,  with  a  long-lmndle.d  shovel  in 
“  it's'’  hand,  audit  cost  us  *7.50  to  pass  it. 
They  have  very  novel  toll  gates  in  this  coun¬ 
try,  and  wc  do  not  find  them  at  any  particu¬ 
lar  point,  but  at  work  along  the  road  in  the 
form  of  a  stout-looking  fellow  with  the  usual 
sign  “Toll  Gate”  painted  in  large  letters 
across  the  front  of  his  cap.  The  companies 
who  own  these  toll  roads  evidently  knowhow 
to  economize  labor  as  well  as  to  charge  high 
rates.  Then,  again,  there  is  no  dodging  the 
toll  gate  ;  for  when  you  get  into  one  of  these 
mountain  gorges,  you  are  compelled  to  go 
through,  as  there  is  seldom  a  spot  wide 
enough  to  turn  about,  if  one  desired  to  do  so. 
Every  road  in  the  mountains  is  of  this  kind, 
and  in  the  hands  of  some  corporation  who 
bleed  the  traveler  most  unmercifully, 

IDAHO  SPRINGS. 


^  TIN  CANS  AND  PAPER  COllARS. 

as  rou*,oa  tftken  hy  summer  tourists  in 

the  Eastern  .States  are  “  blazed,”  (to  use  a 
]f!  backwoods  phrase)  with  cast-off  paper  col¬ 
lar  ;  but  here  they  are  readily  determined  by 
empty  tin  wins,  which  glitter  in  the  greatest 
|(  profusion  from  the  deepest  canon  to  the  high- 
s  cst  mountain  peak.  If  unybody  wants  to 
>r  know  where  the  canned  fruits  put  up  by  our 
,  great  establishments  go,  they  have  only  to 
"  visit  this  region  to  find  out. 

U  A  TOWN  WITHOUT  INHABITANTS. 

3_  A  few  miles  from  Georgetown  we  came 
,e  upon  the  deserted  village  of  Bakersville,  con¬ 
sisting  of  a  large  bourding  house,  a  dozen  or 
more,  commodious  dwelling  houses,  all  de- 
sorted,  not  a  soul  remaining  to  tell  why  the 
”  inhabitants  bad  fled.  The  blackened  ruins 
of  a  large  smelling  furnace  and  stamping 
mill,  however,  told  the  story,  A  fire  having 
,  demolished  this  establishment,  “  Othiu,i.o’s 
s  occupation  was  gone,”  and  the  people  do- 
'  sorted  the  town  like  rats  a  sinking  ship.  At 
j  some  future  day  the  mill  may  be  rebuilt,  and 
’  *  then  the  owners  of  the  houses  will  come  back 
'  to  reclaim  their  property. 
a  DUMBING  THE  MOUNTAINS. 

tl  From  Bakersville  up  toward  the  peak,  the 
s  road  is  is  very  steep,  aud  1  left  the  carnage 
_  and  walked,  staff  In  hand  ;  and  although  it 
was  quite  a  tedious  tramp,  still  1  collected 
1  choice  specimens  of  insects  and  plants  suffi- 
f  cient  to  repay  me  i'or  the  fatigue  endured. 
j  The  Epil  jUum  augwitifoUum,  known  about 
New  York  as  the  Willow  herb,  grew  abun- 
_  dantly  in  every  moist  place  along  the  ruud, 

,  and  I  found  over  50  specimens  of  a  pretty 
(  Le.pUf.ra  feeding  ujK)n  the  flowers.  For  two 
hours  or  more  we  kept  going  up,  up  until 
!  we  reached  what  is  termed  tho  timber  line, 
or  where  timber  of  any  kind  ceases  to  grow. 
This  point  is  no  doubt  variable,  and  in  some 
localities  it  is  higher  than  in  others  ;  here  it 
is  about.  10,500  feet  above  the  sea.  Nutritious 
grasses  and  wild  flowers  grew  in  abundance 
above  the  timber  line,  and  it  was  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  finding  good  pasture  for  our  horses 
that  we  pushed  for  this  spot  lo-day.  We 
have  had  a  hard  day’s  work,  but  are  amply 
repaid  in  finding  so  pleasant  a  camping 
ground.  Where  gra«s  is  plentiful  and  in  the 
edge  of  a  grove  of  Engel  man's  spruce  (Abies 
Evgehnnnii.)  This  magnificent  evergreen 
resembles  somewhat  the  Norway  spruce,  and 
will  no  doubt,  fully  equal,  if  not  excel  it  ,  as 
an  ornamental  tree.  That  it  will  prove  hardy 
in  all  parts  in  the  country  there  can  be  little 
doubt,  inasmuch  as  it  thrives  here  almost  up 
to  the  hue  of  perpetual  enow.  It  is  the  last 
evergreen  tree  we  find  in  ascending  these  1 
|  mountains,  aud  the  trees  in  the  grove  where  j 
J  we  are  now  encamped  are  50  to  75  feet  high,  i 
I  and  as  straight  as  an  arrow.  The  wood  is  i 


because  it  winds  along  the  edge  of  a  cliff  a 
thousand  feet  high,  over  loose  stones  ;  and  a 
misstep  of  your  horse  would  send  you  to¬ 
wel),  where  he.  or  she  was  predestined  to  go, 
according  to  the  creed  of  one  of  our  parsons, 
who  walked  up  the  entire  distance,  perhaps 
for  this  reason  or  to  save  *4,  T  don’t  know 
wliich.  If  it  was  for  tho  latter,  then  be  earn¬ 
ed  his  money  once,  if  never  before.  When 
we  reached  within  about  a  thousand  feet,  of 
the  top,  our  guide  suggested  that  those  gen- 


coil  of  fine  silk.  From  din-  to  day  they  add 
a  little  more  material  to  the  lower  end  of  the 
ring,  slipping  their  coat  or  basket  forward 
lroin  time  to  time,  as  suits  the  it-  convenience. 
These  little  worms  rest  occasionally  for  molt¬ 
ing,  casting  off  their  skin  when  it  becomes 
too  small  and  tight  for  eomfort  and  growth. 
They  also  ornament  the  outside  of  their  co¬ 
coon  with  the  midribs  of  the  loaves  upon 
which  they  feed,  and  until  tho  basket  gets 
too  large  and  heavy,  they  carry  it  about  from 


tlemen  who  felt  able  to  walk  the  remaining  branch  to  branch  ;  but  when  nearly  com¬ 


ist  ”  and  myself  made  our  bed  in  the  open 
air,  near  a  big  reck.  I  cut  a  quantity  of  wil¬ 
low  twigs  for  a  mat  trass,  spreading  oiu-india 


ascending  Gray’s  Peak.  It  is  kept  by  Mrs. 
Lane  and  is  a  model  of  good  cheer  if  not  of 
elegance  ;  f  l  a  day  is  the  price  of  board  at 


rubber  blankets  over  these,  forming  a  couch  this  mountain  house  ;  but  customers  mav  be 


of  no  great  pretensions  but  quite  comfort¬ 
able.  A  few  larger  branches  of  aiders  stuck 


said  to  be  transient  boarders,  as  they  seldom 
remain  longer  than  over-night  on  their  jour- 


.  ,v  J  1  I  i  CJ  -  - ~  *  *«Cj**v  KWVJi  JUUi 

m  the  ground  and  their  tops  crossed,  made  a  1  ney  up  or  down  the  mountain. 

very  good  prot  ection  against  dew.  The  I  ver  mines  are  plentiful  in  this  neighbor 


j  distance,  would  do  their  animals  a  great.  fa\  or 
by  dismounting  and  going  the  re  maining  dis¬ 
tance  on  foot ;  for  the  ra rifled  air,  with  m1- 
;  most  perpendicular  path  combined,  prevent¬ 
ed  even  the  strongest  animal  from  going 
]  more  than  10  or  20  feet  without  stopping  to 
rest.  It  was  really  painful  to  see  these  fnith- 
fill  animals  struggle  over  tho  loose  stones 
.  with  their  burdens.  The  gentlemen,  with 
'  two  exceptions,  dismounted,  and  left  their 
‘  horses  tied  to  rocks  or  in  charge  of  one  of  our 
two  guides,  and  then  came  tho  last  grand 
'  effort  to  get.  high  hi  this  world.  The  ladles 
kept  to  their  horses,  and  although  they  pro¬ 
ceeded  slowly,  those  on  foot  found  that  walk¬ 
ing  here  and  on  Broadway  was  quite  a  dif¬ 
ferent  kind  of  recreation.  Look  which  way 
you  would,  more  than  half  our  number  were 
panting  on  some  rock*aIthough  the  air  was 
cool  and  delicious,  but  so  terribly  thin,  that 
it  did  not  seem  to  keep  the  bellows  full,  al¬ 
though  we  pumped  away  for  dear  life.  Mrs. 
“Ruralist”  and  several  others  reached  the 
Peak  a  few  moments  ahead  of  me,  and  when 
we  inet  I  kissed  her  three  times,  hinting  to 
our  young  couples  that  these  little  amenities 
bet  ween  man  and  wife  should  never  be  neg¬ 
lected,  no  matter  how  h  igh  they  might  ascend 
in  life.  Our  brave  and  gallant  Gen.  Stroth¬ 
ers,  {“Porte  Crayon,”)  who  had  stood  si¬ 
lently  gazing  at  the  magnificent  panorama 
spread  out  before  us,  cried  out,  as  he  saw  me 
embrace  Mrs.  “  K.,”  “By  George,  old  ‘Daily,’ 
our  thoughts  were  running  in  the  same  chan 
nel  ;  for  I  was  at  this  moment  thinking  that 
I  would  give  half  my  experience  in  life  to  be 
able  to  kiss  my  wife  at  this  moment,  far 
above  the  turbulent  world  below.”  Among 
the  loose  rocks  of  the  Peak  we  found  many  a 
card  of  previous  visitors,  and  even  postal 
cards  directed  to  friends  who  were  probably 
on  ilieir  way  to  this  Mecca  of  those  who  ad¬ 
mire  lofty  views. 

A  NOVEl  DESCENT. 

In  going  down  the  mountain  all  dismounted 
except  Gen.  Strothers,  who  probably  had 
seen  more  of  this  kind  of  travel  than  any 
other  nu  mber  of  the  party.  We  were  all  too 
glad  to  get  rid  of  our  horses  while  descend¬ 
ing  the  first  thousand  feet  or  more  ;  but  wluit 
to  do  with  them  ?  was  the  question.  Our 
guide,  however,  soon  settled  tlus  by  offering 
to  take  care  of  t  hem.  It  would  not  do  to  let 
them  go  alone,  and  one  or  two  men  would 
make  poor  work  leading  20  horses  down  a 
path  so  narrow  thru  only  one  could  pass  at.  u 
time.  But  the  guide  soon  settled  this  matter 
by  tying  the  horses  t  ogether  like  a  string  of 
onions,  the  leading  strap  of  the  second  horse 
being  tied  to  the  tail  of  the  first,  and  so  on  to  i 
the  last,  the  guide  taking  the  lead.  In  thi*  j 
wa y  our  string  of  horses  descended  unt  il.  hav-  < 
ing  passed  the  most  dangerous  part  ,  when  i 
we  again  mounted,  and  soon  reached  our  , 
camp  below.  After  resting  awhile,  we  moved  i 
down  the  mountain  road,  reaching  George-  i 
town  in  time  for  supper  at  the  hotel,  and  a  t 
majority  seeking  beds  in  the  same  comfort-  1 
able  place  in  preference  to  the  tents  which  l 
were  pi  tolled  a  few  blocks  distant.  t 


pleted,  it,  is  fastened  to  a  small  twig  with  line 
threads  of  silk  whore  we  find  them  in  winter. 
b|  appearance,  all  the  worms  are  alike  ;  but 
soon  after  t  hey  have  attained  their  growth 
ami  their  baskets  are  com  pleted,  a  wonderful 
change  takes  place,  the  female  chrysalis  be¬ 
coming  nearly  double  the  size  of  the  male. 
A  few  weeks  later  a  beautiful  little  moth 
with  a  black  body  and  whitish  rings,  issues 
from  a  portion  of  the  cocoons.  These  are 
males,  which  fly  about  seeking  the  females 
which,  being  wingless,  never  leave  their  bask¬ 
ets,  but  wait  at  home  for  visits  from  their 
lovers,  as  n  majority  of  our  ladies  would  do 
if  shorn  of  their  poplin  nml  silk  wings.  The 
male  moths  live  but  a  short  time,  and  the  fe¬ 
male  fills  up  the  lower  port  ion  of  her  cocoon 
with  eggs,  stuffs  the  remaining  part  of  her 
body  in  the  garret  or  chimney  of  her  house 
and  dies.  The  eggs  and  skeleton  of  the  dead 
mistress  can  be  found  at  home  any  time  dur¬ 
ing  the  winter  months. 

- - 

RED  PEPPER  FOR  INSECTS. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Rural  Press  says  : 
“  I  have  discovered  by  a  practical  test  that 
Cayenne  or  Red  pepper  (Capsicum)  will  de¬ 
stroy  cabbage  lice  or  cabbage  mildew.  I  have 
some  200  fine  cabbages  growing,  and  to  my 
sorrow  some  two  weeks  since,  J  found  them 
covered  with  lice.  I  sprinkled  them  wherever 
the  nee  could  be  found,  with  the  capsicum, 
and  am  delightdd  to  see  my  cabbages  entirely 
cleaned,  save  a  few  that  i  did  not  sprinkle 
that  I  might  contrast  them,  and  that  J  can 
assure  you  is  vary  evident  or  speaking,  fur 
those  1  so  left  arc  covered  with  the  little  de¬ 
stroyers.  Now  l  am  of  the  opinion  that  cap 
sioum  will  in  the  same  maimer  destroy  the 
fungi  of  all  plants,  vines,  fruits,  etc.,  spoken 
of  in  Tim  Agricultural  Report  of  1371  from 
Pftge  110  to  123.  I  also  sprinkled  a  bumble¬ 
bee  with  it.  and  the  result  was  death  in  a  fewr 
minutes  to  the  bee.  Now  this  might  be  ap¬ 
plied  to  vines  in  the  form  of  a  solution  ;  but 
for  the  cabbage  sprinkling  dry  is  preferable, 
as  it  sticks  or  adheres  closely  to  the  leaf. 
- - 

EXTERMINATING  THE  COLORADO 
POTATO  BEETLE. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Germantown  Tel¬ 
egraph  savs “  While  the  plants  are  small  I 
go  over  the  ground  with  a  slanting  tooth- 
harrow,  the  bars  of  which  knock  off  the 
grubs  while  the  teeth  burv  1  hem  m  the  earth. 
When  the  plants?  become  too  rail  to  allow  the 
use  of  the  narrow.  I  use  the  cultivator,  and 
attach  by  cords  three  or  four  bars  of  wood, 
hanging  transversely  across  underneath  just 
in  advance  of  the  shovels;  these  dangling 
loosely  against  the  vines,  knock  off  the  bugs, 
and  the  shovels  bury  them.  There  they  per¬ 
ish.  as  they  cannot  travel  yet  in  the  earth.  1 
do  this  in  a  licit,  dry  day.  I  have  this  year 
given  up  bugging  entirely,  and  ha-  e  perfect 
success  by  my  new  method.  I  have  two 
acres  of  potatoes,  and  probably  could  not  find 
a  halt  gill  of  bugs  in  alL  1  go  over  them  in 
this  way  once  a  week,  occupying  about  two 
hours,  and  not  only  keep  off  the  bugs,  but 
benefit  the  crop  largely  bv  the  frequent  cul¬ 
tivation.” 


sugar  or  starchy  preparations  ;  no  fine  flour, 
no  fat  moat,  no  hut  ter,  no  cheese,  no  sweet¬ 
meats.  Now  we  expect  you  will  ask,  what 
is  left  for  them  to  eat !  We  answer  plenty  of 
fresh  fruit  and  green  vegetables,  especially 
salads,  bread  of  unbolted  flour  without  yeast, 
and  no  animal  food  except  lean  meat, 
smoked  beef,  tongue,-  etc.  As  carnivorous 
animals  are  never  fat,  it  proves  that  starchy 
food  is  tho  main  enemy  to  be  avoided. 

Cough  Sirup.— 1  send  you  the  inclosed  reci¬ 
pe  for  a  cough  sirup  which  the  readers  of  the 
Rural  Nkw- Yorker  will  find  good.  I  cut 
it  from  some  paper,  have  used  it  in  my  family 
and  know  it  to  be  good.  Should  like  you  to 
j  publish  it, — Mrs.  8.  S.  T. 

Two  ozs,  licorice  root,  %  pound  raisins,  2 
tablespoonfuls  flaxseed  (ground),  and  liver¬ 
wort,  the  more  the  better  ;  boil  in  two  gal¬ 
lons  ruin  or  river  water,  until  the  strength  is 
out ;  then  strain  and  boil  down  to  a  quart ; 
now  add  %  pound  white  sugar,  when  the 
sugar  is  dissolved  take  off,  and  when  cool  add 

pint  good  eider  vinegar. 

The  licorice  root  should  be  split  up  finely, 
and  the  raisins  dividod. 

This  makes  a  sirup  very  pleasant  to  take, 
having  no  disagreeablo  taste  about  it.  It 
will  cure  coughs,  colds,  soreness  of  the  lungs, 
croup,  and  is  said  to  cure  consumption  in  its 
first  stages. 

To  Remove  Worts  from^he  Bawl,  C.  H. 
Martin,  says,  “ simply  allow  a  second  person 
to  wet  the  finger  on  the  end  of  tongue,  rub 
the  wart  two  or  three  times,  taking  the  finger 
off  wit  h  a  jerk,  and  wilt  the  wart  off  at,  t  he 
same  time.  There  must  be.  n  will  about  it.” 
He  adds  that  he  knows  people  will  laugh  at 
t  in's  remedy,  but  he  does  not  care,  since  he 
knows  it  is  effectual. 

To  A  rrest  Bleeding  at  the  .Yo.se,  it  is  assert¬ 
ed  that  a  piece  of  brown  paper,  folded  two  or 
three  times  and  placed  bet  ween  tho  upper  lip 
and  tho  gums,  will  immediately  arrest  bleed¬ 
ing.  Press  the  lip  gently  with  the  finger  so 
as  to  hold  the  paper  firmly.  It  never  falls. 

To  Cheek  Diarrhea  it  is  asserted  that  nut¬ 
meg  tea  is  excellent. 


tlonrestic  (fcconomu 


BORAX  AND  NITER  IN  COLDS 


PRESERVES  vs.  CANNED  FRUIT 


Winn  you  allow  an  old-fashioned  house¬ 
keeper  to  correct  an  idea  which  passes  cur-  | 
rent  for  a  fact,  because  no  one  takes  the 
trouble  to  dispute  it  t  I  allude  to  the  idea 
that  almost  all  housekeepers  have,  that  can¬ 
ned  fruit  is  cheaper,  more  wholesome  and 
better  than  preserves— an  idea  which  had 
better  he  considered  before  taking  it  for 
granted.  Canned  fruit,  does  not  require  as 
much  sugar  as  preserves,  but  it  requires  cans. 
Tin  ones  euimot  be  used  more  than  two  or 
three  years,  and  the  more  expensive  self¬ 
sealing  glass  cans  are  the  subjects  of  in¬ 
numerable  breakages.  This  item  of  cans 
fully  makes  up  in  expense  for  the  extra  sugar 
that  preserves  require.  Then  when  a  can  of 
fruit  is  opened  if  it.  is  not  all  used  at  once  the 
remainder  spoils,  while  the  preserves  left 
after  tea  can  be  returned  to  the  jar.  As  to 
their  being  more  wholesome  one  hardly 
would  make  an  entire  meal  of  either  ;  and  in 
the  small  amount  used  at  one  time,  I  do  not 
think  the  extra  sugar  of  the  preserves  would 
materially  injure  one’s  digestion.  In  regard 
to  their  being  better,  1  notice  that  people 
who  advocate  the  putting  up  of  fruits  in 
cans,  generally  prefer,  at  my  table,  the  gold¬ 
en  citron  with  its  simp  of  liquid  amber,  or 
the  delicious  strawberry  preserves  to  any 
canned  fruit  I  could  offer  them.  Not  that  I 
would  exclude  canned  fruit  from  my  store  of 
“goodies”  for  winter  use;  but  do  not  let 
them  crowd  out*  entirely  a  few  jars  of  old- 
fashioned  preserves  is  the  advice  of 

Aunt  Poppy. 


twenty-four  hours.  The  paper  contains  a 
statement  of  several  cases,  lie  sums  up  the 
results  of  his  experience  in  the  following  con¬ 
clusions  ; — That  in  sudden  hoarseness  or  loss 
of  voice  in  public  speakers  or  singers,  from 
“  colds,”  relief  for  an  hour  or  so,  as  by  magic, 
may  be  often  obtained  by  slowly  dissolving 
and  partially  swallowing  a  lump  of  borax  the 
size  of  a  garden  pea,  or  about  three  or  four 
grains,  held  in  the  mouth  for  ten  minutes 
before  speaking  or  singing.  This  produces  a 
free  secretion  of  saliva,  or  “  watering”  of  the 
mouth  and  throat,.  It  probably  restores  the 
voice  or  tone  to  the.  dried  vocal  cords,  just  as 
“  wett  ing”  brings  back  the  missing  notes  to 
a  flute  when  it  is  too  dry.  Such  “  colds”  may 
be  frequently  “  broken  up”  at  the  very  com¬ 
mencement,  and  this  restorative  a  ction  of  the 
borax  to  the  voice  may  be  materially  aided 
by  promptly  taking,  the  evening  previous  to 
the  public  effort,  dissolved  in  a  glass  of  sweet¬ 
ened  water,  a  piece  of  nitrate  of  potassa,  or 
“saltpeter,”  a  little  larger  than  a  garden 
pea,  or  about  five  grains,  on  going  to  bed,  and 
covering  with  an  extra  blanket.  The  patient 


obliged  to  trouble  you.— Mrs.  A.  F.  Sheldon. 

Tins  is  the  recipe  referred  to,  we  think. 
One  ounce  extract  of  logwood,  one  ounce  of 
copperas,  one- half  ounce  of  verdigris  ;  tie  the 
verdigris  in  a  doth  and  boil.  Dissolve  the 
copperas  in  an  iron  kettle  and  souk  the  goods 
at  a  scalding  heat  three-quarters  of  an  hour, 
stirring  occasionally.  Dissolve  the  logwood 
and  add  the  water  in  which  the  verdigris  is 
boiled.  Dip  the  goods  three-quarters  of  an 
hour,  stirring  frequently.  This  makes  a 
beautiful  black.  Always  use.  water  sufficient 
to  cover  the  goods  and  stir  easily.  Rinse 
thoroughly. 

Wants  to  Know  how  to  Exterminate 
Ants. — Can  any  of  your  lady  friends  inform 
me  how  to  exterminate  large  ants.  When 
they  first  came  into  one  of  my  pantries,  I 
sprinkled  sugar  on  a  wet  sponge  and  placed 
it  on  the  floor  of  the  pantry  and  caught  very 
raauy  ;  but  many  more  were  summoned  to 
the  feast,  and  now  ail  my  pantries  are  in¬ 
fested  by  the  disgusting  insects.  Last  sum¬ 
mer  the  sponge  cleared  out  small  ants,  but  it 
does  not  suffice  for  large  ones.— m.  w. 

Troubled  Willi  Mildew—  Re  m  ed  u. — Dear 
Rural,  in  trouble;  “fine  tablecloth  ;”  hot 
weather  ;  careless  girl  ;  mildew  ;  ruin  ;  can’t 
find  remedy.  Anybody  know  any  ? — Nellie. 

Yes  :  Take  a  handful  of  salt  and  half  a  cup 
of  soft-soap,  rub  on  the  cloth,  expose  to  the 
sun  and  it  will  como  out  after  one  or  two 
bleachings.  Or  wet  the  stained  part,  well 
with  soft-soap,  then  rub  chalk  over  it  thor¬ 
oughly  and  wet  the  tablecloth  and  expose  to 
the  sun,  repeating  the  process  until  the  stains 
disappear. 

Yeast  Cake.— 2  cups  of  dough ;  1  cup  of 
sugar  ;  1  cup  of  butter  ;  2  eggs  ;  1  tablespoon  - 
fnl  of  cinuamon  ;  1  cup  of  raisins.  Stir  the 


the  symptoms  of  “  cold”  and  slight  blood- 
poisoning  from  suppressed  perspiration,  by 
re-opening  the  millions  of  pores  of  the  skin 
more  or  less  closed  by  cold. — Journal  of 
Chemistry. 


PAPER  HOLDERS  AND  BRACKETS, 


HYGIENIC  NOTES, 


I  manage  to  find  some  time  to  devote  to 
fancy  work,  such  as  lamp  mats,  toilet  setts, 
pictures,  picture  frames,  paper  holders,  and 
lots  of  other  pretty  things;  I  have  also  had 
some  experience  in  making  wax  flowers, 
crayon  work,  and  the  like,  and  would  bo  very 
glad  to  learn  more  about,  it,  especially  the 
two  last,  mentioned.  I  think  there  must  be 
many  ladies  who  have  had  more  experience 
than  myself  in  the  line  of  such  work,  and  I 
would  be  very  thankful  for  information. 
Please  give  us  a  long  chapter  on  wax  flowers, 
bleaching  and  sheeting  wax,  making  crayon 
pictures,  &c. 

1  will  give  you  my  method  of  making 
paper  holders  and  brackets  of  old  hoops, 
which  we  consider  quite  pretty.  After  you 
have  made  the  frame  the  size  you  wish,  the 
wax  is  then  prepared  os  follows  one  pound 
beeswax,  iqelted  ;  one  ounce  balsam  fir,  ami 
one  ounce  English  vermillion  ;  stir  well  to¬ 
gether,  t  hen  apply  to  the  brackets  by  hold¬ 
ing  them  over  the  dish  which  contains  the 
ingredients  and  dip  on  with  a  large  spoon  ; 
old  grape  curds,  stems  and  twigs,  tied  on 
before  putting  on  the  wax,  arc  quite  an  im¬ 
provement.  Lady  friends  of  this  paper 
plea  e  contribute  more  freely.  I  think  Mr. 
Editor  will  have  no  objections.  Let  us  hear 
from  you  often,  Mary  Kate. 

Seneca  Co.,  N.  Y. 


Meat  Eaters  and  Vegetarians,  a  writer 
says,  “show  ,in  their  persons  the  effects  of 
the  diet.  The  first  has  the  most  brain  force 
and  nervous  energy.  A  mixed  food  of  animal 
and  vegetable  rations  developes  the  highest 
intellectual  powers.  A  strictly  vegetable 
living  ordinarilly  gives  a  fair  complexion, 
and  amiability  and  extreme  pugnacity  when 
the  vegetarian's  views  in  regard  to  that  one 
engrossing  thought  of  his  life  are  discussed. 
They  arc  annual-mooting  reformers,  without, 
ever  setting  a  river  on  fire.  Arabs  are  a 
sober,  frugal  race,  rather  slender,  not  tall, 
conscientious  and  contentious  on  religious 
subjects.  They  largely  subsist  on  rice,  pulse, 
milk  and  keiraac,  something  similar  to 
whipped  cream,  through  a  vast  region  of  an 
arid  country  where  they  are  indigenous. 
They  are  not  destitute  of  mutton,  goats, 
camels  and  game  ;  but  they  manifest  no  dis¬ 
position  to  feed  upon  meats,  ms  is  necessary 
in  temperate  zones  or  in  high,  northern  lati¬ 
tudes.  An  intellectual  man,  one  of  their 
kindred,  who  rises  to  distinction  by  the  gran¬ 
deur  of  his  mental  status,  is  extremely  rare. 
The  beer  and  ale  drinkers  expand  and  grow' 
fat,  but  they  are  not  much  given  to  profound 
researches  in  science. 

Excessive  Use  of  Water. — In  the  manufac¬ 
tories  of  all  kinds,  water  (very  often  iced)  is 
placed  within,  easy  reach  of  every  person, 
male  or  female,  and  the  effect  of  this  constant 
invitation  is  seen  in  the  drinking  of  what 
physicians  must  regard  as  unreasonable 
amounts.  The  foojj  is  thereby  diluted,  and 
the  stomach  is  oftentimes  chilled  below  tho 
temperature  of  the  blood,  and  by  repeated 
drafts  may  be  kept  in  this  condition.  The 
process  of  digestion  is  in  this  way  seriously 
interfered  with.  A  certain  amount  (70 to  1.00 
Ounces)  of  water  is  required  daily  for  the 
nutrition  of  an  average  adult ;  but  of  this 
total  requirement,  20  to  30  ounces  are  con¬ 
tained  in  the  so  called  solid  food,  leaving 
about  sixty  ounces  to  be  supplied  in  some 
form  of  liquid,  as  tea,  coffee,  and  water,  Tf 
this  amount  is  greatly  exceeded,  it  forces 
additional  and  needless  work  on  the  organs 
of  excretion. 

Queer  Specific,  for  Rheumatism. — We  see 
by  foreign  journals  that  one  of  the  new  no¬ 
tions  in  Belgium  is  the  use  of  the  Plectrcm- 
t.hus  fructicosus  for  rheumatism.  All  that  is 
required,  it  is  sa  id,  i  s  to  grow  the  plant  in  the 
room  occupied  by  the  sufferer.  The  plant  is 
known  in  England  under  the  name  of  “  nettle, 
geranium”  (probably  because,  it  is  neither  a 
nettle  nor  a  geranium),  but  we  are  unable  to 
state  whether  rheumat  ism  is  unknown  in  the 
cottages  where  it  is  cultivated  as  a  window 
plant. 

Making  Fat  Persons  Lean.— Drink  only 
water,  or  for  a  change,  water  with  a  little 
vinegar  ;  no  beer,  or  any  malt  liquors  ;  no 
'  wine,  soup,  broth,  milk,  and  especially  no 


CO-OPERATIVE  STORES. 


In  Rural  New-Yorker  of  Aug.  1G,  I  no¬ 
tice  in  speaking  of  co-operative  stores  failing 
of  satisfactory  success,  you  say  you  do  not 
know  of  a  single  instance  of  success  from 
the  old  unions  once  so  common  in  the  East¬ 
ern  States,  and  say  you  would  be  glad  to 
hear  of  any  case  in  which  it  was  successful. 

I  think  T  can  point  to  one.  The  business  was 
started  in  the  town  of  Junius,  Seneca  Co., 
N.  Y.,  in  1833,  on  the  principle  above  men¬ 
tioned.  The  association  was  commenced 
with  a  capital  of  $3,000,  all  paid  in  previous 
to  commencing  operations.  It  was  carried 
on  for  six  years  and  then  closed  up.  In  the 
six  years  it  paid  10  per  cent,  dividend  on  its 
capital,  and  closed  by  paying  back  its  capital 
and  30  per  cent,  additional. 

Commenced  again  immediately  With  same 
amount,  of  capital,  and  continued  for  three 
years,  when  the  store  and  lot  were  sold  to 
other  parties,  and  t  he  business  closed  entire¬ 
ly  as  far  ns  co-operation  was  concerned.  It 
continued  to  pay  the  10  per  cent,  on  capital 
stock  for  last  three  years,  and  finally  closed 
by  paying  capital  and  30  per  cent,  to  all 
stockholders.  Now  this  was  satisfactory  to 
the  investors  and  would  have  been  continued 
bad  not  the  property  changed  hands  and  de¬ 
prived  r.liein  of  their  place  of  business. 

This  is  a  country  place,  surrounded  by 
t  brifty  villages,  it  being  not  more  than  ten 
miles  from  Seneca  Falls,  Waterloo,  Geneva, 
Phelps,  Lyons  and  Clyde,  and  is  considered 


SELECTED  RECIPES 


■Take 


Salmon  Cutlets  with  Caper  Sauce , 
a  slice  of  salmon  two  inches  thick,  carefully 
remove  the  bones  and  skin,  cut  it  into  slices 
half  an  inch  thick,  and  flatten  each  on  the 
chopping-board  with  a  cutlet  bat  dipped  in 
water.  From  these  slices  cut  as  many  cut¬ 
lets  of  a  uniform  shape  as  you  can.  Place 
them  quite  flat  on  a  well  buttered  baking  tin, 
sprinkle  pepper  and  salt,  over  them,  and,  ten 
minutes  before  they  are  wauled,  put  them 
into  the  oven  with  a  sheet  of  buttered  white 
paper  over  them.  Put  nil  the  trimmings  of 
the  salmon  into  a  saucepan  with  carrot#, 
onions,  thyme,  parsley,  a  buy  leaf,  a  few 
cloves,  some  whole  pepper,  salt  to  taste,  and 
a  little  more  than  a  pint  of  good  stock.  Leave 
this  to  boil  gently  till  reduced  one-half,  then 
strain  the  liquor  into  a  basin,  and  remove 
any  fat  there  may  be  Melt  a  piece,  of  butter 
the  size  of  a  walnut,  a-dd  to  it  half  a  tea 
spoonful  of  flour,  and  stir  it  on  the  tire  till  it 
is  well  colored.  Add  the  liquor  to  this,  and 
continue  stirring  until  the  sauce  boils,  then 
add  a  heaped  teaspoonful  of  capers  ;  pour 
the  same  over  the  cutlets,  and  serve. 

flow  to  Bleach  Cotton  Cloth. — It  may 
sometimes  become  necessary  or  convenient 
to  bleach  a  piece  of  cotton  cloth,  although 
as  a  general  thing  it  is  better  to  obtain  white 
cloths  already  bleached.  Home-bleaching, 
moreover,  is  apt  to  injure  the  fabric  more 
than  the  process  in  nse  at  the  factories,  es¬ 
pecially  when  manipulated,  as  it  ulway*  is 
there,  ny  skilled  hands.  However,  clothmay 
be  bleached  as  follows  : 

To  five  pounds  of  cloth  take  twelve  ounces 
of’ chloride  of  lime.  Dissolve  the  Time  in  a 
small  quantity  of  boiling  water  ;  when  cold, 
strain  it  into  a  sufficient  quantity  of  water 
to  cover  the  cloth.  This  must  first  be  boiled 
fifteen  minutes  in  strong  soapsuds,  and  rinsed 
well  in  clear  water.  Then  put  it  in  the  lime- 
water  from  ten  to  twenty  minute?,  airing  it 
well  by  lifting  up  and  down.  Rinse  thor 


THE  CARPET  QUESTION 


Seeing  the  “hip-o-skip”  carpet  making 
progressing  so  well,  I  made  up  my  mind  to 
say  a  little  on  the  subject.  The  lady  who 
wrote  in  Rural  New-Yorker  July  lit,  said 
she  felt  a  good  deal  of  interest  in  it,  so  do  I. 
We  are  making  one  at.  present  but  cannot 
say  that  it  will  be  done  as  quick  as  that  lady 
did  hers,  my  daughter  cuts  t  he  rags,  and  1 
sew  them.  Perhaps  I  am  older  than  that 
lady  too,  I  have  passed  my  70th  birthday, 
and  being  from  the  old  country,  never  saw  a 
rag  carpet  made  there.  We  think  a  great 
deal  of  the  Rural,  and  all  its  numerous 
friends,  who  write  such  nice  and  interesting 
pieces  in  it ;  and  the  dear  childrens’  letters. 
We  have  taken  the  good  Rural  for  over 
twenty  years. 

We  have  45  yards  of  nice*  rag  carpet  now, 
that  wo  made  last  summer.  This  is  our 
fourth  piece  of  carpeting  ;  it  comes  in  very 
good  for  summer  or  winter.  It  is  a  saving  to 
work  up  the  rags,  and  < Tears  the  house  of  old 
duds,  and  saves  the  farmer's  daughter  from 
sweating  over  mopping  in  summer,  and 
freezing  in  winter  ;  likewise,  gives  them 
more  time  to  play  on  the  piano  or  organ,  and 
feed  their  poultry,  &e.  A  subscriber  from 
the  North.  m. 


A  BOYS’  DEPARTMENT  AT  FAIRS 


“  I  would  have  a  boys’  department  at  agri¬ 
cultural  exhibitions  and  lei.  them  have  the 
principal  part  of  its  arrangements.  For 
judges  in  that  department,  I  would  assign 
men  of  character,  as  well  as  of  good  judg¬ 
ment.  But  this  is  a  rough  outline  ;  you  can 
fill  it  up  better  than  I  can  do  It.  I  think  such 
a,  course  would  have  a  good  effect.  It  would 
operate  as  an  incentive  to  action  to  many  a 
boy.  These  boys  will  be  men  before  many 
years.  By  attending  Fairs  and  taking  an 
active  part  in  them  while  in  youth,  they  will 
become  far  better  acquainted  with  each  oth¬ 
er  from  remote  sections,  and  will  gain  a 
knowledge  of  the  worth  and  capacity!  of 
men  in  after  years'  ’  —Mirro r  and  Fanner, 


DOMESTIC  BREVITIES, 


Making  Cloth  Water-Proof. — I  write  to 
obtain  some  information  about  making  cloth 
water-proof.  What  I  wish  to  know  is  if 
there  is  any  cheap  method  by  which  cloth 


PROCRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT." 


day.  as  they  ever  were.  Just  a*  much  corn  and 
more  too,  is  consumed  in  the  production  of 
alcohol  as  ever.  What  is  the  trouble  then? 
Over  production.  Do  we  want  English  farmers 
here,  then,  to  help  increase  our  surplus  and  our 
embarrassments?  Do  we  need  more  farmers  in 
this  country  ?  Do  we  want  more  labor  wasted 
in  opening  and  cultivating  lands  and  producing 
crop*  for  which  there  Is  no  market?  We  com¬ 
mend  these  questions  to  Mr.  ,T0S8rn  Anew  as 
he  listens  to  the  glowing  hifalutin  of  land 
agents  and  speculators. 


minority.  The  bread  and  meats,  well  made, 
wholesome  as  to  bread  and  meat,  nicely  dressed 
hams  and  sirloins  as  to  ments  of  English  mar¬ 
kets  are  In  striking  contrast  to  the  appearance 
of  our  own  shops.  The  fact  Is,  if  we  had  more 
wholesome  bread,  and  better  fed  and  more 
carefully-handled  meat,  and  purer  milk,  wo 
should  have  fewer  drug-shops  In  this  country 
Added,  the  number,  would  bo  less  if  wo  had 
more  good  cooks  and  caterers— If  more  atten¬ 
tion  was  paid  to  hygiene. 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


Couduc Ciug  Editor  and 

CHAS.  D.  BRAGDON,  ANDREW  8.  PULLER, 

A»»o«iate  Editors. 

HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.  D.,  Cortland  Village,  N.  Y,, 

EdITOK  OK  THK  Dki-AKTKXXT  ok  SlfKKP  HoKBAKUBV. 

X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  Little  Falls,  N.  Y., 

Ei>jto»  09  THK  Dkkartvbnt  ow  Daihy  Hurhanoby, 


Educating  farmers  to  Lend  TlieimelveM. _ 

D.  W.  Adams, the  MaeteroftheNatlonal  Grange 
of  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  is  reported  as  having 
said  recently  to  Iowa  ferine  ra  j— *•  The  Patrons 
propose  to  educate  and  discipline  their  mem¬ 
bers  until  they  can  dispense  with  leaders  aud 
lead  themselves.”  It  la  a  pity  that  the  Patrons 
have  not  bad  the  educating  and  disciplining  of 
Mr.  S.  M.  SMITH— for  wo  fconciude  they  have 
not— for  lie  needs  to  learn  how  to  lead  himself. 
Me  hear  he  has  decided  to  make  no  more 
speeches.  It  is  a  good  resolution,  and  for  the 
sake  of  the  farmers  of  the  Northwest  we  hope 
he  will  stick  to  it,  unless  he  learns  to’talk  more 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


Tea  in  Iowa.— An  Omaha  paper  states  that  a 
ItiiV.  8.  D.  Hopkins  of  Iowa,  after  searching 
throughout  Vermont,  New  Hampshire,  Con¬ 
necticut,  New  York  and  Pennsylvania  for  some 
good  stock  on  which  to  graft  the  tea  plant  of 
China  at  last  found,  in  Crawford  Co.,  Iowa,  a 
plant  called  “  Manch-ett”  that  has  served  Jus 
purpose,  and  that  this  plant,  into  which  tea 
clonri  can  be  successfully  grafted,  will  grow  as 
thick  as  grass,  and  can  be  cut  wit  h  a  mowing 
machine,  and  t  he  tea  picked  at  leisure,  instead 
of  by  band  and  from  shrubs  as  from  China. 
Again,  it  is  assorted  that  “in  the  stock  of  the 
Manch-ett  plant  a  material  has  been  discovered 
which,  dissolved  in  water,  will  make  the  tea 
leaves  water-proof  and  will  roil  und  contract 
more  tea  in  fifteen  minutes  than  100  Chinese 
chi Idren  could  do  in  a  day.”  So  great  confidence 


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did  not  tell  us  how  they  proposed  to  remedy 
these  “  evils,”  but  they  were  going  to  be  reme¬ 


died.  The  Patrons  w ere  sure  to  succeed.  The 
reason  why  railroudsbeJd  farmers  in  their  grasp 
was  because  we  had  not  enough  railways  to 
transport  our  produce.  But  be  did  not  intimate 
that  any  of  the  .sufferings  of  farmers  resulted 

from  over-production— that  all  the  railways 
that  could  be  built  would  not  create  u  demand 
for  produce  beyond  the  necessities  of 
sumers. 

Then  an  Ohio  Deputy  took  the  stund-i 
by  the  uarne  of  Wit. 


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.ktnson.  He  was  less  tem¬ 
perate  than  the  Iowan.  He  was  going  to  have 
a  Government  railway  at  public  expense.  The 
Patrons  were  going  to  lift  tho  burthens  from 

How,  was  a  secret. 


the  farmers’  shoulders.  . _ 

They  did  not  intend  to  interfere  with  politics. 
They  were  going  to  raise  the  standard  of  intel¬ 
ligence  among  farmers,  to  keep  their  young 
men  on  the  farm,  to  secure  fair  representation 
in  Legislat  ures  and  in  Congress.  Then  he  en¬ 
tered  upon  the  sea  or  denunciation,  sawed  t  he 
air  like  an  old-fashioned  windmill,  and  asserted 
that  the  farmers  of  tho  West  were  going  to  get 
what  they  demanded,  pcacably  if  they  could, 
but  would  secure  It  If  they  had  to  "  Wade  hnee 
devp  in  blond  /” 

Why  couldn't  this  proselyte  of  the  Patrons 
have  left,  off  his  threats  ?  It  does  not  help  the 
Order  one  particle  to  talk  about  blood  und 
thunder.  It  gives  an  Impression  of  buncombe 
and  Insincerity.  It  docs  no  good,  and  better 
always  be  omitted.  Sensible,  thoughtful  men 
are  not  to  be  won  to  regard  the  Order  with 
favor  by  any  such  talk. 


Standard  Cranberry  Package*.  —  At  a  late 
meeting  of  the  New  Jersey  Cranberry  Growers’ 
Association,  standard  packages  were  adopted 
for  marketing  the  fruit.  The  crates  an  to  con¬ 
tain  one  l  usbel  ouch  “  rounded"  mcasure-tho 
“round"  being  quarts  more  than  an  even 
bushel.  The  standard  barrel  is  to  be  of  just 
three  times  the  capacity  of  the  crate  (three 
bushel),  and  is  tho  same  as  that  of  the  (Jape  Cod 
Association,  thereby  securing  uniformity.  All 
standard  packages  nro  to  be  marked  with  a 
brand  composed  of  the  initials  of  tho  associa¬ 
tion  and  of  the  manufacturer  (tin?  latter  be¬ 
tween  two  arrow-beads),  precautions  boing 
takon  to  prevent  the  branding  of  fraudulent 
sizes. 

The  Rural  ai  die  Falra.-SeveraJ  of  our  Club 
Agents,  and  some  other  persons,  have  kindly 
sent  to  us  for  specimen  numbers,  etc.,  to  ex¬ 
hibit  at  their  Fairs,  with  a  view  or  obtaining 
subscribers.  We  have  complied  with  all  such 
requests  thus  for,  and  .shall  be  glad  to  do  so  in 
all  cases  wherein  persons  arc  disposed  to  aid  in 
extending  the  Kcual’b  circulation.  Send  for 
tin:  documents,  friends,  and  you  shall  be  ac¬ 
commodated  right  speedily ! 


Railroad  Ou i rages.— There  have  been,  during 
the  past  two  months  reports  of  attempts  iu 
various  parts  of  the  West  tu  wreck  railway 
trains;  aud  these  attempts  have  been  attrib¬ 
uted  to  Patrons  of  Husbandry  and  the  farmers 
who  ore  making  war  upon  railway  companies 
because  of  .their  freight  discrimination*.  We 
do  not  suppose  any  one  1ms  really  beliuvod  that 
the  mass  of  farmers  instigated  or  countenanced 
any  such  outrages.  But  the  Hancock,  III., 
Patrons  of  Husbandry  have  thought  proper  to 
formally  disavow  such  conduct,  and  having 
heard  that  certain  railway  trucks  have  been  ob¬ 
structed,  and  bridges  aud  cars  burned  by  per¬ 
sons  calling  themselves  “Grangers,”  have  adopt¬ 
ed  and  published  the  following  resolution : 

'I bat  tbe  perpetrators  of  these  crime*  and 
outrages  ore  not  mom  burs  of  our  Order  thai 
the  teachings  of  this  Order  are  in  direct  aud 
positive  opposition  to  all  crime  and  lawlessness 
of  whatever  character;  that,  on  tin  contrary 
they  inculcate  the  strictest  respect  fur  the 
rights  of  individual.-,  and  of  property ;  that  wo  I 
the  Patrons  of  Hancock  iJouruv,  In  convention 
assembled,  do  deny  the  responsibility  of  our 
Urdrr  in  such  outrages,  and  denounce  the  per¬ 
petrators  thereof  an  criminals  and  out  laws,  and 
enemies  of  their  race. 


SBC 


SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER  6,  1873. 


VACATION : LETTERS, 


i  f  Working  Editor  Out  of  Harness. 

It  is  as  cool  here  as  a  cucumber.  I  notice 
that  the  girls,  even,  who  hate  washing  dishes, 
rue  glad  to  Sit. by  the  kitchen  lire;  for,  be  it 
known,  the  absurd  old  custom  prevails  hero  of 
“taking  down  the  stoves”  (and  not  putting 
them  up  again)  when  tho  early  spring  churning 
is  done.  Somehow  or  other,  these  farmers’ 
wives  and  their  daughters  seem  to  have  an 
utter  horror  of  a  stove  iu  the  room  from  the 
middle  of  April  until  the  middle  of  October. 
Hence,  they  shiver,  if  they  do  not  shake  with 
fever  and  ague,  as  many  do  in  some  parts  of  the 
country.  It  is  a  wonder  more  do  not  so  shake. 
If  you  examine  closely  the  paper  on  the  walls 
nf  some  of  these  houses,  you’ll  find  it  moldy.  I 
called  the  attention  of  one  housekeeper  to  the 
fact  and  sho  said:— “It  is  curious;  but  the 
paper  molds  every  summer,  while  in  winter  and 
in  the  cold  damp  weather  of  spring  and  lull, 
there  is  no  mold  to  he  seen.  Something  is  the 


MR.  ARCH’S  MISSION  TO  AMERICA 


Mn.  Joseph  Aura  is  an  Englishman  who 
comes  to  this  country,  its  t  ho  representative  of 
the  agricultural  laborers  of  Great  Britain,  to 
investigate  the  condition  of  agriculture  and 
agriculturists  in  this  country  with  a  view  of 
determining  whether  he  can  counsel  his  broth¬ 
er  laborers  to  come  hither  and  secure  home¬ 
steads  and  independence.  In  pursuing  this 
Investigation  he  will  doubtless  have  all  possible 
facilities  afforded  him,  especially  by  the  various 
immigration  and  railway  companies  who  have 
lands  they  desire  to  sell  or  to  be  settled.  The 
South  and  the  West  will  compete  to  win  his 
influence  with  his  countrymen.  He  will  have 
to  see,  hear  aud  read  a  great  deal  ere  he  will  be 
able  to  pick  out  t  he  best  place  for  his  brethren 
provided  he  decides  to  counsel  them  to  come 
here  at  ail. 

But  do  we  want  these  English  farm  laborers 
here?  We  certainly  need  more  help  on  tho 
farms  if  they  are  stimulated  to  the  maximum 
ol  production.  Few  men  but  will  promptly 
say,  “yes,  let  them  come;  we  need  them!” 

|  What,  with  over  production  embarrassing  the 
food- producing  population  now?— when  men 
are  asserting  there  is  no  money  to  be  made  by 
fanning ?— when  corn  is  ten  cents  per  bushel? 
Do  we  need,  and  is  It  desirable  we  should  have 
any  more  producers  of  farm  crops?  This  de¬ 
sire  to  realize  on  land  subsidies,  by  the  railways 
that  have  received  them,  has  resulted  in  the 
greatest  exertion  to  stimulate  Immigration  and 
in  vast  areas  of  land  devoted  to  unmarketable 
products.  It  has  developed  agriculture  and 
ignored  the  necessary  adjustment  of  population 
in  order  that  the  food  he  produced  might  yield 
the  farmer  adequate  return.  Hence  his  de¬ 
pendence  upon  railways  and  foreign  markets ; 
hence  his  embarrassment  to-day. 

Be  it  understood,  we  are  not  opposed  to  nor 
opposing  immigration.  As  a  consumer,  and  not. 
a  producer  of  food  products,  our  interests  ap¬ 
parently  consist  in  getting  food  as  cheap  as  we 
can ;  and  In  order  that  It  may  be  cheap  the  ag¬ 
gregate  available  production  must  be  large. 
Even  If  production  were  not  increased,  cheaper 
transportation  would  cheapen  our  food,  with¬ 
out  adding  to  the  cash  in  the  pocket  of  the 
producer.  Those  who  expect  cheaper  trans¬ 
portation  to  solve  this  question  of  profit  to  the 
producer  are,  in  our  opinion,  going  to  be  mis¬ 
taken  if  they  think  It  will  inorease  his  profits  ' 
except  as  it  will  diminish  the  general  cost  of 
everything,  by  giving  us  all  cheaper  living.  It  is 
not  high  rates  of  transportation  that  prevent 
the  sale  of  corn  at  a  profit.  If  there  was  a  de¬ 
mand  for  the  corn  a  high  price  and  high  freight 
rates  would  not  prevent  us  haling  It.  People 


The  American  Homological  Society.— This  is 
the  last  issue  of  the  Rural  New-Yokker  that 
will  reach  our  re  a  dors  prior  to  the  Quarter- 
Centennial  Meeting  ol’  this  organization  at 
Boston,  Sept .  10.  This  Society  was  organized  iu 
New  York  in  ISIS.  it  has  held  meetings  in  New 
\  OTk,  Cincinnati,  Philadelphia,  Boston,  Roches¬ 
ter  and  Richmond,  it  has  accomplished  a  vast 
amount  of  useful  work,  concentrating  and 
crystalizing  the  experience  of  the  best  pomolo- 
gists  in  the  several  Stales,  by  reports  and  dis¬ 
cussions,  into  its  Catalogue  of  Fruits  adapted 
to  different  localities,  until  there  are  now  iti  its 
Catalogue  over  000  varieties  recommended,  as 
many  more  having  been  rejected  as  un worthy- 
such  distinction.  Its  venerable  President.  Hon. 
Marshall  P.  Wilder,  has  been  most  active  in 
his  exertions  to  make  the  coming  meeting  a 
great  success  aud  has  been  most  efficiently 
aided  by  the  citizens  of  Boston.  Those  of  our 
readers  who  are  fortunate  enough  to  attend 
this  mpetiug  will  never  be  sorry  that  they  were 
there. 


RURAL  BREVITIES. 


A  Grange  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry  has  been 
organized  in  Boston. 

Samuel  W.  Coburn,  a  representative  Maine 
1  arm  or,  recently  died  at  Skowhegan,  Me. 

Dm  Prentice  has  been  appointed  Prof,  of 
Veterinary  Scionce  in  tbe  Illinois  Industrial 
University. 

TEXAS  papers  say  that  tho  recent  rains  will 
crop  of  cotton  in  the  northern  part 


make  a  full  > 

Of  that  State.  — 

Tmb  Patrons  of  Husbandry  have  organized  a 
Woohm  factory  Ass’n  at  Dakota.  Iowa,  with 
o30,000  capital. 

Pitor.  M.  Miles  of  the  Michigan  Ag,  College, 
has  declined  the  Professorship  of  Agriculture 
in  the  Illinois  Industrial  University,  proffered 
to  him. 

Wk  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  the  Report  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Agricultural  Col¬ 
lege  of  Pennsylvania  “  with  the  compliments  of 
James  Caldek,  President." 

J.  H.  Johnson,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  sends  us  his 
retail  catalogue  of  guns,  rifles,  revolvers,  am¬ 
munition,  etc.  He  is  wise  enough  tn  advertise 
in  the  Rural  New-Yorker. 

It  is  asserted  that  the  Farmers’  Association  of 
Champaign  Co.,  Ill.,  recently  sent  to  Chicago  19 
car-loads  of  corn  on  which  they  saved  $500,  by 
attending  to  the  business  themselves. 

Eugene  W.  Hilgard,  Professor  of  Chemistry 
in  the  University  of  Mississippi,  has  resigned 
his  chair,  to  take  tho  chair  of  Chemistry  in  the 


Disgraceful  to  Producers  is  the 


manner  in 

which  many  of  them  put  their  products  upon 
the  market.  It  is  not  only  disgraceful  but 
unprofitable.  A  man  who,  as  the  dealer  says, 
“tries  to  srnouge”  (not  an  elegant  but  very- 
expressive  expression)  is  marked.  He  need 
not  flatter  himself  that,  his  folly  and  wicked¬ 
ness  are  overlooked.  The  man  who  sends  a  crate 
of  tomatoes,  the  exterior  layers  of  which  are 
fine  and  the  center  of  the  cratd  filled  with  the 
vilest  stuff  is  sure  to  be  remembered.  There 
are  some  men  who  will  not  send  a  poor  article 
to  market  but  will  utilize  it  in  some  way  at 
home.  Such  men  are  always  doing  better  than 
they  think.  They  are  sure  to  be  known  and 
their  products  sought  after.  The  reputation 
they  thi&  get  is  better  than  any  possible  news¬ 
paper  reputation  they  may  attain,  good  as  that 
may  be.  If  each  of  our  readers  could  spend  a 
day  in  the  N.  Y.  markets,  they  would  learn 
something  many  of  them  do  not  seem  to  know. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES 


The  Beautiful  Engravings  of  birds  in  Avilude 
cost  hundreds  of  dollars,  and  the  fine  and  instructive 
descriptions  many  weeks  of  labor.  Every  family 
ought  tu  have  It.  For  sale  by  all  booksellers  and  toy 
dealers,  or  scut,  post-p  id,  on  receipt  of  seventy-five 
cents,  by  W  i. ST  ,t  Lee,  Worcester,  M,t*s. 

*  An  excellent  addition  to  our  home  amusements.” 
—Christian  Union. 


Drugs  vs.  Fruit  and  Bread.— An  American 
in  London  notes  the  great  difference  in  point  of 
numbers  and  proportion  of  bakers  and  butchers 
to  drug-shops  as  compared  with  American  cit¬ 
ies.  The  drug-venders  in  England  are  in  woful 


MOOSE’S  BUBAL  ME W-YOBMEB. 


4S4 


Social  ©ops. 


“LE  BEAU  PAGE.” 

Shall  comment  will  be  expected  on  this 
amusing  picture,  by  M.  II.  J.  Burgers,  which 
was  engraved  from  a  photograph  of  Messrs. 
Goi.'pll.  The  French  poodle,  to  which  species 
the  beau  page  of  this  fair  and  fine  lady  appears 
to  belong,  has  never  been  adequately  appreci¬ 
ated  In  this  country.  Perhaps  he  has  been 
prejudiced  in  our  eyes  by  the  very  ridiculous 
figure  which  he  Is  often  made  to  present  by  the 
French,  when  they  partially  shave  him,  leaving 
only  the  hair  on  his  head  and  neck  and  tufts 
near  his  paws  and  at  the  tip  of  his  tall.  Yet 
he  deserves  to  be  a  favorite, 
for  no  dog  is  more  saga¬ 
cious,  teachable  or  faithful. 

A  PITHY  SERMON. 

Many  a  sernjou  has  been 
spun  out  to  an  hour's 
length  that  did  not  con¬ 
tain  a  tithe  of  the  sound, 
moral  instruction  and 
counsel  to  be  found  in  the 
following  brief  and  pithy 
sermon  from  the  pen  of 
that  witty  and  racy  writer, 

Rev.  Dr.  John  Todd,  re¬ 
cently  deceased : 

“You  are  tbo architects 
of  your  own  fortunes.  Be¬ 
ly  upon  your  strength  of 
body  and  soul ;  take  for 
your  motto  self-reliance, 
honesty  and  industry  ;  for 
your  stars,  faith,  persevor- 
ence  and  pluck;  and  in¬ 
scribe  on  your  banner: 

1  Be  just  aud  fear  not. 

Don’t  take  too  much  ad¬ 
vice  ;  6tay  at  the  helm  and 
steer  your  ship.  Strikeout. 

Think  well  of  yourselves. 

Fire  above  the  mark  you 
Intend  to  hit-  Assume 
your  position.  Don't  prac¬ 
tice  excessive  humility. 

You  can't  get  above  your 
level  — water  don't  run  up 
hill.  Put  potatoes  In  a  cart 
over  a  rough  road  and  the 
small  ones  will  go  to  the 
bottom.  Energy, invincible 
determination,  with  the 
right  motive,  are  the  levers 
that  move  the  world.  The 
great  art,  of  commanding 
is  to  take  a  fair  share  of 
the  world.  Civility  costs 
nothing  and  buys  every¬ 
thing.  Don't  drink;  don't 
smoke ;  don't  swear ;  don’t 
gamble;  don’t  lie;  don’t 
deceive  or  steal ;  don't  tat¬ 
tle,  Be  polite ;  be  gener- 
eroua;  be  self-reliant.  Read 
good  books.  Love  your 
fellow-man  as  well  as  you 
love  God.  Love  your  coun¬ 
try  and  obey  its  laws.  Love 
truth.  Love  honor.  Always 
do  what  your  conscience 
•  tells  is  your  duty,  and  leave 
the  consequence  to  God.” 

ORIGIN  OF  “HAIL 
COLUMBIA.” 

In  the  Recollections  of 
Washington,  just  pub¬ 
lished,  occurs  the  follow¬ 
ing  anecdote : 

The  song  of  “  Hail  Co¬ 
lumbia,"  adapted  In  meas¬ 
ure  to  the  “President’s 
March,”  was  written  by 
Joseph  Hopkinson  of  Fh  il 
adelphia,  in  1708.  At  that 
time  war  with  France  was 
expected,  and  a  patriotic 
feeling  pervaded  the  com¬ 
munity.  Mr.  Fox,  a  young 
singer  and  actor,  called 
uponHopkinaonone  morn¬ 
ing,  and  said “  To-mor¬ 
row  evening  is  appointed 
for  my  benefit  at  the  thea¬ 
ter.  Not  a  single  box  has  been  taken,  and  I 
fear  there  will  be  a  thin  house.  If  you  will 
write  me  some  patriotic  verses  to  the  tune  of 
the  “President's  March,"  I  feel  sure  of  a  full 
house.  Several  about  the  theater  have  attempt¬ 
ed  it,  but  they  have  come  to  the  conclusion 
that  it  cannot  be  done ;  yet  I  think  you  may 
succeed."  Mr.  Hopkinson  retired  to  his  study, 
wrote  the  first  verse  and  chorus,  and  submitted 
them  to  Mr.  Fox,  who  sang  them  to  a  harpsi¬ 
chord  accompaniment.  The  tune  and  words 
harmonized.  The  song  was  soon  finished,  and 
that  evening  theycung  actor  received  it.  The 
next  morning  the  placards  announced  that  Mr. 
Fox  would  give  a  new  patriotic  song.  The 
house  was  crowded,  the  song  was  sung,  the  audi¬ 
ence  delighted.  Eight  times  it  was  callod  for 
and  repeated,  and  when  sung  the  ninth  time 
the  whole  audience  stood  up  and  joined  in  the 
chorus.  Night  after  night  “Hail  Columbia” 
was  applauded  in  the  theatre,  and  in  a  few  days  i 
was  the  universal seng  of  the  boys  in  the  streets.  1 


Such  was  the  origin  of  our  national  song, 
“  Hail  Columbia." 

- - 

.  OCCUPATION. 

What  a  glorious  thing  it  is  for  the  human 
heart?  Those  who  work  hard  seldom  yield  to 
fancied  or  real  sorrow.  When  grief  sits  down, 
folds  its  hands  and  mournfully  feeds  upon  its 
tears,  weaving  the  dim  shadows  that  a  little  ex¬ 
ertion  might  sweep  away  Into  a  funeral  pall, 
the  strong  spirit  Is  shorn  of  its  might  and  sor¬ 
row  becomes  our  master.  When  troubles  flow 
upon  you  dark  aud  heavy,  toll  not  with  the 
waves  and  wrestle  not.  with  the  torrout ;  rather 
seek  by  occupation  to  divert  the  dark  waters 
that  threaten  to  overwhelm  you,  Into  a  thou¬ 
sand  channels  which  the  duties  of  life  always 


two  from  each  State,  and  tho  old  room  of  the 
Speaker  is  now  occupied  by  the  House  Com¬ 
mittee  on  Banking  and  Currency,  of  which 
Hon.  Samuel  Hooper  is  the  chairman.  Mr. 
Hooper,  thinking  that  the  spot  where  John 
Quincy  Adams  died  should  be  appropriately 
marked,  has  had  tho  bust  of  the  "  Old  Man  Elo¬ 
quent  ”  brought  back  and  placed  on  a  bracket, 
over  the  spot  where  he  gave  up  the  ghost,  with 
the  following  inscription "John  Quincy 
Adams  after  fifty  years  of  publie  service,  the 
last  sixteen  in  yonder  hall,  was  summoned 
thence  to  die  in  this  room,  23d  February,  1848." 
■ - - 

A  STRANGE  SIGHT. 

In  the  your  1786,  the  captain  of  a  Greenland 
whaling  vessel  found  himself  at  night  swrround- 


BEAU  ZPAGHB-’ 


present.  Before  you  dream  oi  it,  those  water8 
will  fertilize  the  present,  and  give  birth  to  fresh 
flowers  that  will  beoome  pure  and  holy  in  the 
sunshine  which  penetrates  to  the  path  of  duty 
in  spite  of  every  obstacle.  Grief,  after  all,  is 
but  a  selfish  feellug,  and  most  selfish  Is  the  man 
who  yields  himself  to  the  indulgence  of  any 
passion  which  brings  no  joy  to  his  fellow-men. 

- *-*-♦ - 

AN  HISTORIC  SPOT  MARKED. 

When  John  Quincy  Adams,  then  a  Represent¬ 
ative  from  Massachusetts,  fell  at  hia  desk  in  the 
Capitol,  lie  was  carried  into  what  was  then  the 
Speaker’s  room,  where  lie  breathed  his  last.  A 
marble  bust  of  him  was  purchased  by  Congress 
and  placed  in  the  room,  hut  when  the  new  hall 
of  the  House  wus  finished,  and  the  Speaker  re¬ 
moved  into  his  new  apartment,  the  bust  was 
carried  there,  with  the  port  raits  of  ex-Speakers, 
The  old  hall  has  since  been  dedicated  to  the 
reception  of  statues  of  our  prominent  men, 


ed  by  icebergs,  and  “  lay  to  ”  until  morning, 
expecting  every  moment  to  be  ground  to  pieces. 
In  the  morning  he  looked  about,  and  saw  a 
ship  near  by.  He  hailed  it,  but  received  no 
answer.  Getting  into  a  boat  with  some  of  his 
crew,  he  pushed  out  for  the  mysterious  craft. 
Coming  alongside  the  vessel,  he  saw  through 
the  port-hole  a  man  at  a  table,  as  though  keep¬ 
ing  a  log-book,  frozen  to  death.  The  last  date 
In  the  log-book  was  1762,  showing  that  the 
vessel  had  been  drifting  lor  thirteen  years 
among  the  ice.  The  sailors  were  found,  some 
frozen  among  the  hammocks,  and  others  in  the 
cabin.  For  thirteen  years  the  ship  had  been 
carrying  its  burden  of  corpses— a  drifting  sep¬ 
ulchre,  manned  by  a  frozen  crew. 

-  - - 

Ah  Sing,  the  Chinese  overseer  at  North 
Adams,  Mass.,  has  been  charging  his  followers 
$100  for  rice  which  costs  him  $50,  and  fifty  cents 
lor  mailing  letters  which  didn't  cost  him  any¬ 
thing,  Ah  Sing  is  civilizing  remarkably  fast. 


Jtit^raipi  tSEorJil. 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 

The  Magazines. — The  Herald  of  Health  Is  the 
best  of  its  kind  which  roaches  us.  It  is  a  noble 
magazine,  full  of  good,  sensible  rending  matter. 
Many  of  our  best  writers  on  health  contribute 

to  it. - Scribner’s  MonthJy  takes  the  lead  in 

fine  Illustrations,  delightful  articles  ou  travel, 
original  romancea,  etc.  Urict  Hartk  is  now 

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favorites  both  In  family  and  church,  as  they 
doubtless  will. 


MOOSE’S  BUBAL  UEW-YORKER. 


OLD  LOVES. 

LOUISE,  have  yon  forgotten  yet 
The  corner  of  tin?  flowery  land,— 

The  ancient  garden  where  we  met, 

My  hand  that  trembled  i  a  your  hand  V 
Our  lips  found  words  scarce  sweet  enough, 
As  low  beneath  the  willow  trees 
Wo  sat,— have  you  forgotten,  love? 

Do  you  remember,  Love  Louise ? 

Marie,  have  you  forgotten  yet 
The  loving  barter  that  we  made  — 

The  rings  we  changed,  the  suns  that  set, 
The  woodlands  full  of  song  anil  shade: 
The  fountains  that  wore  musical 
Ry  many  an  ancient  trysting-troe? 

Marie,  have  you  forgotten  all  ? , 

Do  you  remember,  Dove  Marie  ? 

Christine,  have  you  forgotten  yet 
Your  room,  with  scent  of  roses  gay, 

My  garret,  — near  the  sky  't  was  set,— 

Tho  April  flours,  the  nights  of  May, 

The  clear  calm  nights;  the  stars  above, 
That  whispered— they  were  fairost  seen 
With  no  cloud  veil— remember,  love ; 

Do  you  remember.  Love  Christine? 

Louise  Is  married,  and— well-a-day  !— 
Marie  a  sadder  road  has  tn’en  ; 

And  pale  Christino  has  passed  away. 

In  Southern  suns  to  flower  again ! 

Ah  me,  for  one  and  all  of  us ! 

Marie,  Christine,  Louise  forget; 

Our  bower  of  love  is  ruinous. 

And  I  alone  remember  yet ! 


©ur  j&m'jr-SMIqr. 


BUYING  A  VASE. 


A.  STOItY  FOR  YOUNG  WIVES. 


BY  HOWE  HENNING. 


Pretty  little  Carrie  CLKWERsat  In  herkitch- 
on,  meditating.  Six  months  before  you  would 
have  been  introduced  to  her  as  Carrie  Mills; 
hut  she  Is  wearing  new  dignities  now,  and  it 
must  be  confessed,  most  worthily.  It  was  not 
u  common  kitchen,  either.  There  was  n  respect¬ 
able  air  about  it,  as  if  it  wore  its  best  clot  hes 
every  day,  that  only  belongs  to  kitchens  in  the 
beginning  of  housekeeping.  There  were  no  de¬ 
facing  nail  murks  either,  or  circles  like  pale, 
yellow  moons  where  the  good  man’s  hat  hud 
adorned  It  many  a  year.  It  was  so  fresh  and 
clean  with  the  slanting  rays  of  the  September 
sun  checkering  its  newly-painted  floor,  or  play¬ 
ing  in  the  fantastic  groups  the  leaf  shadows 
made  over  the  polished  surface. 

And,  meditating,  as  we  before  remarked, 
attlid  thd  brightness  and  tlm  shadows,  sat  the. 
little  mistress.  When  Harry  O  lkwkr  first 
asked  her  to  share  his  fortunes,  CARRIE  was 
aware  that  t  hat  article  was  most  ly  to  lie  found 
In  the  broad  bands  that  then  trembled  In  tmpa- 
licni  waiting  for  the  answer.  But  when  she 
looked  Into  the  lover’*  brown  eyes  and  read 
there  the  promise  of  peace,  site  did  not.  hesi¬ 
tate.  What  would  be  the  world  full  of  bank 
stock  to  her  if  HARRY  had  noBharea?  And  she 
had  never' “regret  ted  her  answer. 

But.  all  the  morning,  as  her  voice  kept  time  to 
I  lie  clatter  of  milk  pan,  or  with  slower  cadence 
followed  the  measure  of  her  broom,  her  loving 
heart  devised  some  pleasant  surprise  for  its 
liege  lord.  Sometimes  it  was  an  apple  pudding, 
again,  a  pair  of  slippers  made  by  her  cunning 
fingers,  ami  even  sided  by  the  same  workwoman. 
The  same  lingers, too,  were  always  finding  ways 
of  beautifying,  until  their  little  home  blossom¬ 
ed  much  more  in  the  character  of  a  rose  than 
did  the  rich  Mrs.  Broad's  sumptuous  parlors. 

It  was  Ibis  last  named  apartment  in  Carrie’s 
home  that  was  the  strain  of  her  meditat  ions 
just  at  present ;  and  as  if  to  assist  herself  to  a 
dearer  view  of  t  he  ease,  she  rose  now  and  open¬ 
ed  the  dour  leading  into  that  state  room.  It 
\a  as  bright,  like  the  other,  but  lacking  the  home 
air,  of  course.  There  was  a  green  and  oak  car¬ 
pet,  the  six  cane-bottomed  chairs  and  green 
lounge,  the  round  table  with  its  album  and  few 
books  upon  it,  and  the  horsehair  rocking  chair 
that  every  country  dame  counts  among  the  es¬ 
sentials.  “  But  it  looks  bare  some  way,"  mused 
Carrie,  at.  the  door  thinking,  meanwhile,  how 
easy  and  cheerful  Mrs.  Mean's  looked  last  even¬ 
ing,  when  they  took  ton  there,  forgetting  t  hat 
Mrs.  M.  had  been  putting  a  home  air  Into  hers 
for  several  years.  "It  needs  a  picture  and  cur¬ 
tains  and  a  mirror, and  that  mantel  wants  a  few 
fancy  things  different  from  those  straw  frames 
and  a  grass  bouquet.  If  I  had  Mrs.  Broad's 
money,  I  fancy  I  would  show  I  otter  taste  ;  but 
there  is  no  use.  It  isn’t  likely  we  shall  ever 
have  anything  except,  what  we  earn;  Harry 
isn’t  the  kind  to  get  rich." 

Dear,  generous  fellow,  Indeed  he  wasn't !  And 
"earning  it,"  Carrie  had  got  to  learn,  waswhat 
made  t  heir  litt  le  so  sweet. 

II.  must  have  been  the  shadow  of  the  unused 
parlor  that  the  little  woman  carried  back  to  her 
seat  in  the  low  rocking  chair.  Certainly,  the 
kitchen  did  not  look  as  bright,  as  it  had  half  an 
hour  before.  What  she  might  have  come  to  if 
left  to  herself,  we  cannot  toll ;  for  at  that  mo¬ 
ment  the  gate  latch  clicked,  and  a  burden-bear¬ 
er  made  his  way  through  ft.  Now,  among  the 
few  antipathies  of  honest  II  arry,  Carrie  knew 
that  against  peddlers  to  be  one  of  the  strongest. 
Her  first,  thought  was,  “  How  shall  I  get  rid  of 
him?"  but  a  second  glance  showed  the  board 
balanced  on  his  head,  and  the  pretty  toys  and 
vases  glistening  in  the  sun,  and  she  wavered. 


“  Has  the  line  lady  any  old  clothes  for  tne  to¬ 
day  1"  asked  a  voice  belonging  to  the  dark  Jew¬ 
ish  face  that  now  made  its  appearance  in  the 
doorway. 

“Old  clothes,”  thought  Carrie;  “does  he 
think  I  look  like  that?" 

And  indeed,  the  sharp,  black  eyes  were  scan¬ 
ning.  rather  quizzically,  every  corner,  as  if  in 
pursuit  of  the  age  Lassie  deprecated. 

“No,”  she  said  aloud,  and  with  a  touch  of 
hesitation  the  quick  ear  of  the  vender  of  wares 
detected. 

“  Please,  lady,  look  at  the  pretty  things,”  be 
urged,  suiting  the  action  to  words  by  lowering 
the  load  ;  and  as  he  did  so,  the  shining  sun  rays 
caught  in  u  pair  of  crimson  vases,  and  Carrie's 
heart  was  lost  at  once. 

“Just  the  thing  for  any  parlor  mantel,”  she 
incautiously  exclaimed.  “Mrs,  Broad  herself 
has  not  anything  more  beautiful.  Are  they 
real  ?”  she  continued. 

“Pure  Bohemian,  lady.  Shust  vot  I  says,” 
asserted  hoof  the  mahogany  visage  without  a 
twinge  in  the  place  his  conscience  used  to  oc¬ 
cupy  years  agone. 

“Oh,  what  will  you  take  for  them?  How 
much  are  they  worth  in  money?" 

“  They  vupI)  not  for  money,  lady— old  clothes." 

“  But  T  haven’t  any.” 

“  No  bed  quilts,  blankets,  lady?" 

Carrie  mentally  reviewed  her  stores,  and  dis¬ 
missed  them  to  their  shelves  ngain. 

“No,  no,  nothing  of  the  kind,” 

“  No  coats,  shawls,  fine  top  boots,  lady  ?” 

A  sudden  thought!  A  gift  from  an  aunt  at 
her  marriage  had  been  a  gay,  plaid  woolen 
shawl.  This,  of  course,  had  thrown  Into  the 
shade  the  good  Bay  Ktate  of  solid  colors  that 
had  heretofore  served  all  purposes  of  warmth 
and  beauty.  Why  not  part  with  this  last?  It 
was  not  a  necessity,  and  t  he  ruby  vase  tempting 
her,  was  fast  becoming  one.  She  went  for  the 
shawl. 

“Though,  of  course,  I  shall  get  more  than  the 
vase  for  It,”  she  thought. 

But  the  wily  tradesman  balanced  it  on  his 
hand,  held  it  tip  to  the  light  suspiciously,  and 
finally  said  “  Well,  lady,  I  may  let  ye  have  the 
von  vase  for  1  bees;  hut  It  be  very  sheep,  very 
Rheep  indeed.” 

The  contusion  of  the  whole  matter  of  course 
wes,  thrift  the  unworthy  Jew  departed  with  the 
shawl  safely  stowed  away  in  his  pack,  leaving 
Carrie  looking  after  him  from  the  doorway 
with  the  coveted  treasure  in  her  hand,  and  feel¬ 
ing  much  a  -  if  she  hud  sold  her  birthright.  Then 
she  went  into  the  parlor  and  tried  it  on  every 
part  of  the  mantel,  but  somehow  it  did  not  fill 
as  large  a  space  in  reality  as  It.  had  in  imagina¬ 
tion,  and  she  went  back  dissatisfied. 

At  first,  she  thought  Bhe  would  not  tell  Har¬ 
ry  ;  buthe  noticed  the  little  cloud,  and  soon 
elicited  the  whole  story.  “  Lei  me  see  the  bau¬ 
ble,”  was  all  his  comment.  “Why,  here’s  a 
t  rack  in  the  cup !  Never  trade  with  a  Jew,  my 
Carsik,  unless  your  eyes  are  wide  open."  Then, 
seeing  t  he  tears  start  for  her  disappointment, 
added.  “Never  mind;  the  experience  is  the 
wise  teacher,  after  all.” 

It  is  wonderful  what  value  a  lost  article  ac¬ 
quires.  Carsi  if’s  mother  came  the  next  day  to 
assist,  in  covering  a  lounge.  After  the  t jely 
chintz  ruffle  was  in  place,  the  old  lady  said; 
“Now,  Carrie,  this  fills  such  a  cosy  corner  in 
your  kitchen,  that  Harry  will  be  always  drop¬ 
ping  down  1 1 pop  it.  You  had  better  spread 
something  over  It.  Where's  your  old  blanket 
shawl  ?  That's  Just  the  thing  ?” 

“  Where  ?"  sure enougli  J  Cassie  didn’t  know. 
She  contented  herself  with  saying,  “By-and- 
by  ;"  but  as  the  old  lady  was  of  a  vigorous  dis¬ 
position,  she  was  obliged  to  equivocate,  saying 
she  believed  it  was  not  there  yet ;  site  had  left 
it.  somewhere,  and  the  subject  was  dismissed. 
But  I  ho  next  week,  when  Sister  Lottie  came 
over  with  the  children  to  spend  the  day,  it  was 
in  demand  again. 

“  Spread  your  old  woolen  shawl  down,  Car- 
sir  ;  then  baby  won't  hurt,  his  nose  so  often." 

“  Won’t,  this  comfort, able  tfo  just  as  well?’’ 

“  Why.  Carrie  Cleaver,  your  new  calico  com¬ 
forter  I  Don't  begin  housekeeping  by  such  ex¬ 
travagance,  or  what  will  you  bring  Harry  to?” 
and  the  thrifty  sister  grew  quite  eloquent.  But 
Carrie  hud  to  do  the  best  she  could  again  in 
accounting  for  the  missing  article. 

In  the  course  of  the  day  her  sister  spied  the 
new  ornament,  and  viewing  It  with  a  critic’s 
eye,  ”  Hoped  she  did  not  give  many  cents  for 
that  sham,— i  racked  too,  so  that  it  wouldn't 
hold  water.” 

The  glitter  even  Ava» coming  off  her  gold.  But 
the  revealing  of  tills  base  metal  was  yet  before 
her. 

Sittingin  tho  same  sunny  kitchen,  a  few  weeks 
later,  when  the  increasing  chill  rendered  the 
crackling  fire  a  need,  two  ladies  called  upon  her. 

“  We  are  getting  up  a  box  to  send  to  a  city 
missionary  Tor  distribution  :  tills  frosty  air 
makes  one  think  Of  the  poor,"  said  Mrs.  Mor¬ 
gan,  d raising  near  the  stove. 

“And  wo  knew  you  would  be  glad  to  assist,” 
added  Mrs.  Niles.  "  We  only  came  to  toil  you 
of  our  plan  to-day.  Come  to  the  meeting  next 
Friday  and  bring  ivhateyer  5011  find  you  can 
spare." 

“If  you  only  had  that  shawl,  now',” said  Har¬ 
ry,  when  told  of  the  plan,  “  henv  warm  it 
would  keep  some  poor  body's  shoulders."  Har¬ 
ry  did  not  mean  harm,  of  course.  He  was  only 
a  sad  blunderer,  like  some  other  men,  and  could 
not  know  this  was  Carrie's  first  thought,  or  the 
tears  she  shed. 

Friday  afternoon  came,  and  Carrie,  with  a 
little  bundle,  started  for  the  meeting. 


“  I  thought  perhaps  you  would  feel  disposed 
to  give  your  old  shawl,"  said  her  sister,  meeting 
her  at  the  door;  “but  you  have  not  got  it,  I 
sco.” 

Mrs.  Niles  was  directress,  and  read  a  letter 
from  tho  city  missionary  who  had  gone  from 
their  quiet  town,  and  in  whom  ail  felt  an  Inter¬ 
est.,  tolling  of  such  scenes  of  suffering  and  want 
as  brought,  many  a  tear  to  tho  eye,  and  closing 
with  the  ever  solemn  words,  “  Inasmuch  as  ye 
have  done  it  to  one  of  those,  ye  have  done  it  to 
me." 

“  Miss  Srear  will  put  on  tho  list  tho  gifts  of 
each,  to  be  kept.  Mrs.  H.  Cleaver,  two  aprons 
and  a  tlannel  sack.  Ahem!”  called  tho  active 
directress,  and  Casrle  felt  as  though  sho  ivas 
the  lump  sticking  in  the  good  lady’s  throat. 

“Don’t,  don't,  Carrie,"  said  Harry  that, 
evening  as,  after  telling  her  story  through 
many  teats,  the  impulsive  ivifo  took  up  the  un¬ 
offending  vase,  to  commit,  it  to  destruction. 
"This  shall  be  its  place,"  and  the  young  hus¬ 
band  gently  placed  it  on  t|ic  kitchen  mantel 
over  the  little  tin  bank  they  hiul  nailed  up  for 
missionary  money.  “It  shall  stay  there,  to 
teach  us  both  a  lesson,  that  all  gifts  are  talents 
for  which  we  must  account  to  our  own  con¬ 
science  and  to  our  Master." 

Years  haw  passed  since  then,  Carrie  no 
longer  sits  in  the  kitchen  alone  of  an  afternoon, 
—but  in  the  family  sitting  room  of  the  tasteful 
home  they  now  call  theirs.  Visitors  see  a  ruby 
A-aso  standing  on  a  bracket  alone,  and  under  it 
the  tin  mission  box,  and  sometimes  in  the  twi¬ 
light  the  little  ones  gather  about  mamma's 
chair  to  listen  to  the  oft-repeated  story  of  the 
shnivl  that  was  lost,  the  lesson  Avon. 

- -+-*■+ - 

WIT  AND  WISDOM. 

A  man  in  this  city  has  spent  £20,000  to  color 
Ills  nose  pink. 

Every  dog  has  ids  day.  Noav's  the  time— 
these  are  dog-days. 

The  secret  of  fashion  is  to  surprise,  never  to 
disappoint .— Ii  id  wcr. 

Book-keeping  may  lie  taught  in  a  lesson  of 
three  words  never  lend  them. 

In  those  times  ive  fight  for  ideas,  and  news¬ 
papers  are  our  fortress.— Heine. 

A  Western  paper  speaks  of  a  duel  between 
two  “jack asperated  individuals.” 

Liberality  consists  less  in  giving  profusely 
than  in  giving  judiciously.— Bruyerr, 

Repose  and  cheerfulness  are  the  badge  of  the 
gentleman— repose  in  energy.  —Emerson. 

Prize-fighters’  challenges  always  contain 
the  appropriate  words,  “  moan  business." 

Aristotle  says  there  is  one  thing  which 
God  cannot  change,  and  that  is  yesterday. 

Take  away  ambition  and  vanity,  and  ivhere 
will  be  your  heroes  and  patriots?  Seneca. 

Literary  men  can  never  be  sure  of  having 
said  a  smart  thing  unless  they  see  tho  “  proof.” 

The  Ohio  Bii'or  lias  a  remarkably  long  face. 
It  Is  twelve  hundred  miles  from  its  head  to  its 
mouth. 

He  ivho  is  only  in  good  health,  and  is  willing 
to  Avork,*has  nothing  to  fear  in  this  world.— 
Le*Hng. 

No  gift  of  God  docs  or  can  contradict  any 
other  gift,  except  by  misuse  or  misdirection.— 
Cnlcrhtuf. 

Mrs.  Bsidkinr  says  her  husband  is  a  three- 
handed  man— right  hand,  left  hand,  and  a  little 
behindhand. 

A  Danbury  man's  highest  ambition  is  to  get 
money  enough  to  buy  a  place  In  the  hearts  of 
his  country  men. 

“I  COME  to  steal,"  as  the  rat  obsorved  to  the 
trap.  “Audi  spring  to  embrace  you,”  as  the 
trap  replied  to  the  rat. 

A  YOUNG  man’s  friends  object  to  his  being 
loose,  but  somehow  they  have  an  equal  objec¬ 
tion  to  his  being  tight. 

At  a  coroner's  inquest  a  witness  ivas  asked 
“What  ivas  the  last  thing  seen  by  the  de¬ 
ceased  ?”  "  Kerosene,”  was  the  reply. 

IlA\rE  the  courage  to  he  ignorant  of  a  great 
many  tilings,  in  order  to  avoid  the  calamity  of 
being  ignorant  of  everything.  -  Sydney  Smith. 

The  earth,  dust  of  the  universe,  is  inspired 
by  the  work  of  the  great  God.  The  world  is 
brimming  with  life;  every  leaf  on  every  tree  is 
a  land  of  spirits.  Jr*  11  Paul. 

Mil  Josh  Billings  philosophically  remarks 
1  hat  we  luff  at  sheopbecauzc  when  one  of  them 
leads  the  way  all  the  rest  follow,  however  ri- 
dikills  it  may  lie;  and  I  suppose  the  sheep 
laff  when  they  see  us  do  the  very  same  thing. 

Washington  Irving  yuco,  when  picking  up 
an  apple  under  a  tree  in  his  own  orchard,  was 
accosted  by  an  urchin  of  the  neighborhood, 
who,  not  recognizing  him  aa  the  proprietor,  of¬ 
fered  to  show  him  a  tree  w  here  he  could  get 
some  better  apples  than  those.  “But,"  said 
the  hoy,  “  avc  must  take  care  the  old  man 
does’nt  see  us.”  I  w  ent  w  ith  him,  said  I  rving, 
and  we  stole,  a  dozen  of  my  own  apples. 

The  common  burden  of  humanity,  which  we 
have  all  to  bear  more  or  less,  must  be  heaviest 
in  those  whose  mental  powers  are  the  earliest 
midmost  widely  unfolded.  We  may  grow  up 
under  the  sheltering  care  of  parents  and  kin¬ 
dred;  we  may  lean  on  parents  and  friends; 
avc  may  be  amused  by  acquaintances ;  we  may 
be  made  happy  by  those  we  love— yet  to  this 
conclusion  do  avc  come  at  last— that  man  is 
turned  back  on  himself.— Goethe, 


OUR  BROKEN  CISTERNS. 


Dear  Lord,  give  us  to  drink 
Tho  fount  that  flows  from  Thee : 

The  pool  within  whose  brink 
Thy  tender  love  Is  free. 

Our  hand-made  wells  are  dry ; 

O  ;  r  cisterns  broken  all ; 

No  cloud  within  the  sky 
Gives  hope  of  rain  to  fall. 

How  vain  our  work  has  been 
Since  wo  forsook  Thy  ways ; 

How  great  has  grown  the  sin 
Of  living  godless  days! 

We  left  Thy  living  spring, 

A  flood  from  out  the  rock, 

To  seek  a  stagnant  thing 
AY  hose  bitter  waters  mock. 

No  bloom  of  flower  was  there, 

Or  creeping  vine  of  green ; 

Tho  earth,  n  desert  hare. 

Had  choked  tho  sluggish  stream. 

We  know  there  Is  a  pool 
From  which  our  mothers  drew 

Sweet  waters  fresh  nnd  cool 
As  morning’s  sparkling  dew. 

Oh,  lead  us  buck,  we  prey, 

And  quench  our  thirst  again  ; 

Tench  ua  to  And  the  way 
Which  leads  from  death  and  pain. 

lJr.  Fuller-Walker  tn  Liberal  Christian. 
- - 

THE  BIBLE. 

The  literature  of  that  little  Judean  band, 
done  up  in  so  small  a  compass  often  that  your 
vest-pocket  can  carry  the  whole  of  It,  has  a 
Avlder,  deeper,  more  helpful  influence  on  the 
world  than  all  literature  besides.  It  does  more 
to  elevate,  to  cheer,  to  bless.  Think  of  tho 
countless  persons  who  daily  read  It,  and  with  a 
prayerful  reverence  that  lays  them  open  to  its 
rich  Impressions.  The  sick  call  for  it.  The 
dying  cling  to  It  as  to  an  anchor.  Sorrow  com¬ 
munes  Avitii  it,  and  finds  u  consoling  light  shin¬ 
ing  to  illumine  its  tears.  The  pilgrim  in  tho 
wilderness  ami  desert  wipes  the  dust  from  its 
pages  and  refreshes  himself  from  the  fountain 
of  Its  grace.  The  sailor  carries  It  to  sea,  tho 
soldier  into  battle,  the  explorer  to  the  virgin 
soil  lie  discovers  ;  and  each  deems  it  a  link  that, 
amid  the  perils  of  time,  securely  ties  the  soul 
to  things  eternal.  The  sun,  in  all  Us  fair  cir¬ 
cuit,  acts  not  from  its  gleaming  page.  Half  of 
Christendom  are  named  with  its  cherished 
names— Jacob,  Joseph,  David  and  John,  Eliza¬ 
beth  and  Mary— and  show  forth  that  they  have 
also  bcou  invested  with  its  spirit.  Its  terms 
aroused  to  bless  tlm  new-born  babe ;  its  pre¬ 
cepts  arid  spirit  to  train  the  growing  child  ; 
the  mother  puts  It  into  tho  hand  of  the  young 
man  as  lie  goes  out.  from  the  old  home,  who 
lives  by  its  spirit,  walks  by  its  counsels,  resists 
temptation  by  its  power,  gets  a  good  name  and 
fame  by  being  its  true  disciple,  grows  old  in 
the  joy  of  its  hope,  and  dies  easy  and  content 
in  the  triumph  of  Its  faith  ;  whilst,  a  tombstone 
bearing  some  significant  text,  tells  whore  his 
ashes  repose.  To  the  poor  It  is  riches,  and  to 
the  rich  it  is  superior  wealth.  It  tells  of  God, 
and  is  full  of  fore-gleams  of  u  better  country. 
If  to  a  single  soul,  then  to  millions,  it  has  been 
and  is  all  this,  and  time  but  develops  thestores 
of  its  higher  wisdom  and  purer  influence. 

■ - ♦♦♦■ - 

PATERNAL  GOVERNMENT. 


The  highest  form  of  goArernnient  is  paternal ; 
and  paternal  government  is  personal.  It  is 
coercive,  vindicatory,  and  even  avenging  at 
times,  and  therefore  it  is  pain-inflicting ;  but  it 
is  distinctively  and  peculiarly  a  government 
that  means  good,  end  good  to  the  very  end. 
No  blind  philosophical  Ideal  stands  up  in  the 
presence  of  the  Dl\rluo  Being  as  something 
more  beautiful,  more  excellent  than  the  wel¬ 
fare  of  his  subject*.  There  is  nothing  so  im¬ 
portant.  before  God  as  mankind.  The  supreme 
purpose,  the  Alpha  and  Omega,  the  beginning 
and  the  end  of  the  divine  paternal  government 
over  men,  is  their  value. 

But  does  uot  God  seek  his  oAvn  glory  ?  That 
is  his  glory.  What  is  the  glory  of  a  father  but 
his  children?  What  is  the  glory  of  a  mother 
blither  household?  Whoever  feels  in  his  oAvn 
achievements  the  same  Joy  and  elevation  that 
lie  feels  In  learning  that  those  Avho  sprang  from 
his  loins,  and  whom  he  has,  by  cure,  by  labor, 
and  often  by  suffering,  brought,  up  to  man¬ 
hood,  stand  well  equipped  in  life,  and  are  hon¬ 
ored  by  their  fellow-man  ?  Where  is  there  any 
diadem  that  crowns  a  father’s  head  as  his  chil¬ 
dren  do?  And  what  is  there  that  God  looks 
upon  arui  sees  to  be  more  beautiful  and  glorious 
than  the  trooping  millions  that  come  from  all 
worlds  and  all  periods  of  time,  seeking  the 
heavenly  gate,  and  crying  out,  “Father! 
Father  1  Father!” 

it  is  to  this  end  that  the  divine  personal  gov¬ 
ernment  uses  poAver,  punishment  and  reward, 
fear  and  hope.  It  is  that  they  may  work  to¬ 
gether  Tor  the  good  of  all  Avho  belong  to  tne 
household  of  God. — H.  W,  Beecher. 

- - 

If  thou  Avouldst  bear  thy  neighbor's  faults, 
cast  thine  eyes  upon  thine  own.— Moline. 

CUSTOM  may  lead  a  man  into  many  errors  ; 
but  it  justifies  none.— Fielding. 


SEPT,  6 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  fJEW-VOBBEB. 


A  LITTLE  GRAVE. 


BY  EHEN  E.  HF.XFOKD. 


Softly,  tread  softly !  A  baby’s  asleep, 

Under  the  daisies  and  gras.i; 

Over  Its  bosom  the  violets  creep; 

Alt.  but  Its  slumber  I*  tender  and  deep, 
tY rapped  In  tin*  cradle  that  rocketh  nlwuy, 

Watched  by  the  Kather  who  loreth  his  own,— 

Ah,  little  baby,  sleep  sweetly  to-day  1 
Rest  that,  is  swoeter  no  baby  1ms  known. 

Home  mother  misses  this  babe  from  her  breast, 

Hid  by  tho  daisies  and  Brass. 

Often  at  twilight,  she  hushed  it  to  rest, 

Singing  the  ming*  that  a  baby  loves  best; 

All I  but  thu  arms  of  the  mother  of  all 
Holdeth  the  little  one  close  to  her  breast. 

Kind  Mother  Earth,  when  the  nigbt-shiidows  fall. 
Gather  us  all  to  your  bosom  to  rest ! 

- m-* - 

ONE  OF  THE  MARTYRS. 


BY  R.  E.  S. 


Silence  has  ceased  to  bo  a  virtue.  “  Tn  life’s 
morning  march,  when  tny  spirit  was  young,"  it 
\va.-;  Impressed  upon  me  t  hat  T  must  never  repeat 
the  “burning  language '*  In  which  Adolphus 
deolarod  his  undying  affection,  that  it.  was  dis¬ 
honorable  to  boast  of  the  Humorous  offers  one 
had  ami  that  concealment  (on  all  such  lender 
subjects),  like  a  worm  i’  the  bud,  should  prey  on 
my  damask  cheek.  1  have  followed  for  a  num¬ 
ber  of  years  [Nullum  fui  ncQotie ,  how  many, 
madam?)  these  noble  precepts,  but  now  flosh 
can  stand  It  no  longer. 

Pert,  silly,  ill-bred  girls,  who  weren’t  born 
when  Fred  stole  my  red  ribbon  at  our  first 
party,  turn  up  their  noses  when  I  give  an  opin¬ 
ion  of  dress,  and  whisper  something  about,  “old 
maids  being  no  authority  on  style."  I  ought  to 
pity  their  Ignorance;  as  if  I  couldn't  have 
been  one  of  the  army  of  slaves  that  their  poor 
mothers  belonged  to.  Of  course,  they  know 
nothing  about  certain  sentimental  notes  in  my 
desk;  of  acorns  picked  up  in  Flirtation  Walk  at 
West  Point;  of  brass  buttons  stamped  with 
Uncle  Sam’s  eoat-of-arms ;  of  little  faded  (low¬ 
ers;  of  the  card  ihut  mime  with  the  dainty  bou¬ 
quet  of  heliotrope;  of  mementos  of  Plank 
Mountain,  gathered  in  eighteen  hundred  , 
and  nothing,  nearly,  of  tho  cigar  that  wastes  its 
sweetness,  and  of  the —  But  why  continue 
the  harrowing  list  V  They  may  nil  be  found  In 
any  well-brought-up  young  maiden’s  treasures. 

Now,  if  I  had  been  the  heroine  of  a  novel,  all 
this  would  bo  known,  and  the  world  could  tell 
bow  many  shoes,  gloves,  bits  of  lace  and  huir- 
plns  were  being  kissed  and  wept,  over  by  my  re¬ 
jected  lovers.  At  present  they  dwell  in  obliv¬ 
ion.  And.  then,  too,  I  would  have  been  either 
happily  married  forever  nr  a  charming  maiden 
lady,  the  ndored  star  of  a  brill  hint,  circle,  with 
an  income  of  sweet  millions  a  year.  All  my 
friends  would  know  just  what  Phil  said  the 
morning  we  came  back  from  our  long  tramp  ; 
when  ho  Cut  the  flower  tops  with  Ills  stick  and 
1  rushed  up  stairs  and  threw  myself  In  convul¬ 
sions  of  tears  on  my  couch  for  the  rest  of  tho  clay. 

We  talked,  to  be  sure,  at  a  gate  in  a  Held,  und 
our  voices  never  sank  to  lovor-llke  whispers, 
yet  no  one  suspected  that  L  refused  him  with 
scorn.  If  wo  had  only  been  in  a  book,  Phil's 
rival,  that  darling  with  the  long  blonde  mus¬ 
taches,  would  have  boon  stretched  out  in  the 
grass  near  our  feet,  gna  wing  his  heart  out  over 
my  coldness ;  would  have  heard  every  word, 
and  In  the  afternoon  have  taken  me  for  a  sail, 
rhapsodized  over  my  dazzling  beauty,  clasped 
me  in  his  arms  and  threatened  direful  things 
unless  I  murmured  his  llrst  name  close  to  h Is 
ear.  No  one  believes  that  I  **  might  have  been  ’’ 
Mrs,  OHOfOHUS  (not  oven  that  lady  herself). 
To  bo  sure  Ciuksuh  was  then  clerk  In  my  uncle’s 
store— an  Insignificant  youth,  who  asked  me  “if 
them  eggs  was  fresh  "  that  ho  sent,  audit  my 
uni  liked  their  soft  soap.  In  Arcadia  ho  would 
have  rescued  xnc,  at  the  peril  of  Ids  lire,  from 
a  horrible  death,  written  sonnets  to  my  eye¬ 
brows  while  weighing  tallow  dips,  talked  like 
au  inspired  snob,  and  T  would  have  adored  him 
in  spite  of  the  persecutions  of  my  cruel  parents. 
I  met  (,’haklik  yesterday,  driving  four-in-hand, 
looking  nearly  as  nice  as  his  footman,  and  1  felt 
like  shouting,  "  day,  Mister,  give  mo  a  ride,"  as 
we  did  when  we  went  to  school,  exchanged  cake 
at  lunch  time  and  wrote  each  other  miserably- 
spelled  sentences,  all  having  “love”  for  their 
predicate. 

Nobody  dreams  that  Jack  went  to  China  be¬ 
cause  he  thought  I  was  in  love  with  his  elder 
brother.  He  said  that  it  was  a  splendid  open¬ 
ing  and  that  ho  had  been  trying  for  years  to  get, 
It;  but  I  knew  better,  and  made  no  sign,  i 
despised  hia  brother,  who  admired  that  Mias 
Smith  ;  but  I  couldn't  throw  my  arms  round 
Jack's  neck  (as  they  are  said  to  do  in  these 
days)  before  he  had  invited  me  to. 

0  that  there  had  been  eavesdroppers  In  iny 
spring  time!  0  that  my  lovers  had  been  more 
ready  to  let,  the  world  know  tho  star  t  hey  wor¬ 
shipped  1  O  that  my  rivals  had  written  bitter 
notes  reproaching  me  for  stealing  hearts!  0 
that  some  kind,  old  woman  had  thought  me 
perfection  and  written  the  story  of  my  loves 
and  triumphs!  Ah,  me!  they  are  all  over,  and 
I  sit  here,  alone  and  beauxless,  at  forty  odd 
years,  gray  in  my  hair,  certain  indelible  linea 
traced  under  my  eyes  and  round  the  corners 
of  my  once  rosy  mouth.  “I  was  never 


so  handsome  us  you,  Sophy,  yet  I  bad 
something  of  you  formerly.  1  was  called  the 
cruel  Pahtiienihsa.  Kingdoms  and  States,  as 
Tully  Cicero  says,  undergo  alterations,  and  so 
must  the  human  form." 

You  never  know  what  tragedies  and  comedies 
are  being  act  ed  around  you ;  what  hearts  are  In 
ashes  and  what  Uvea  are  blasted.  And  when 
you  feel  like  sneering  nt  old  maids,  will  you 
first  win  their  confidence,  coax  them  to  show 
you  the  contents  of  some  antique,  scented 
boxes ;  then  ask  them  why  they  refused  all  their 

brilliant  offers,  and - don’t  you  wish  they  may 

tell  you? 

- *.-*-♦ - 

OUR  ABORIGINES. 

Isn’t  a  woman  a  woman  the  wdde  world  over  ? 
Is  there  not  by  mil  lire,  a  desire,  an  imtiiwL,  con¬ 
trolled  and  held  down  by  circumstances  often, 
but  existing  there  still,  In  every  woman's  heart 
—to  In*  well  dressed?  This  artistic  Instinct, 
possessed  In  a  much  greater  degree  by  women 
than  men,  repressed  by  custom  and  Ignored  by 
education,  will  yet  betray  Itself,  as  much  In  the 
cheap  and  gaudy  imitations  or  one  class  as  In 
the  diamonds  and  laces  of  her  more  refined  and 
wealthier  sister.  And  she  who  stands  upon  the 
border  of  civilization,  and  makes  herself  ridic¬ 
ulous  by  imitating,  wit  h  her  rude  materials,  all 
she  sees  in  occasional  glimpses  of  its  finery,  is 
only  acting  out  the  same  Impulse  that  stirs  the 
heart  of  her  sister  to  Whom  is  given  a  nobler 
heritage. 

So,  1  beg  you,  don’t  despise  poor  Molly  when 
I  draw'  her  portrait  for  you. 

“  Put  and  forty,"  but  not  fair,  sbo  is  quite  the 
Mrs.  Grundy  of  her  tribe.  This  enviable  posi¬ 
tion  she  lias  obtained  and  still  retains  for  va¬ 
rious  reasons. 

She  has  a  certain  Imperious,  bustling  way 
with  her,  before  which  milder  spirits  bow  In 
awe.  She  is  a  commanding  spirit,  but.  a  groat 
deal  of  fussing  and  "  to-do,"  are  the  means  em¬ 
ployed  to  keep  herself  such.  Thou,  too,  she  has 
been  a  white  man’s  squaw,  and  for  three  years 
lived  In  a  white  man’s  house-  And  by  virt  ue  of 
this  great  honor,  she  Is  acknowledged  leader 
among  her  dusky  ulsters.  But  more  than  all 
things  else,  she  is  t  he  best  dressed  squatv  on 
tho  shores  of  bake  Puckaway,  and  if  that  did 
not  insure  her  the  respect,  admiration  and 
envy  of  her  sister,  then  the  maidens  of  the  wil¬ 
derness  are  not  akin  to  tho  maidens  of  the 
world. 

Of  course,  I  cannot  picture  her  In  “  all  her 
glory,"  but,  reporter  fashion,  lot  me  describe 
her  as  she  appeared  on  one  occasion  last  sum¬ 
mer.  A  skirt  which  had  once  been  black,  but 
from  the  effects  of  paint,  grease  and  stains,  very 
much  resembled  Joseph’s  coat,  or  an  outline 
map  of  the  Indies;  a  red  “Dolly  Varden" 
blouse,  cut  extremely  low  In  tlie  neck,  and  more 
suggestive  of  comfort  to  her  stout,  form  than  of 
bounty  or  neatness;  red  flannel  pantalettes, 
very  plainly  and  elegantly  finished  with  a  raw 
edge.  Her  httlr  w  as  gathered  Into  a  rope  at  tho 
back ,  and  tightly  wound  with  tape,  covered  with 
beads,  and  hung  in  simple  elegance  down  her 
back.  Her  jewels  were  several  brass  rings  on 
her  fingers  and  several  brass  rings  on  her  toes, 
a  dozen  t  in  earrings  hung  in  the  rim  of  each 
ear,  and  about  two  pounds  of  £  lass  beads,  form¬ 
ing  a  most  gorgeous  necklace.  Rut  the  crown¬ 
ing  glory  of  all  was  a  parasol.  It  might  have 
been  a  better  one,  yet  it  might  have  boon  worse, 
for  there  were  but  two  ribs  broken  and  ;i  part 
of  the  handle  gone;  but  she  nourished  It,  right 
proudly,  it  must  have  boon  that  parasol  that 
did  f  lic  mischief  that  day,  for  the  next  I  knew 
or  her,  she  was  presiding  in  old  CONOVER’S 
wigwam.  Dora  Whf.elock. 

44» 

YOUR  WORKMEN. 

What  would  you  think  of  a  farmer  who 
brought  homo  a  sick  sheep,  even  if  of  the  most 
valuable  Stock,  and  turned  It  loose  among  lii.s 
flock  ?  Yet  his  folly  and  sin  is  light  compared 
with  that  of  a  man  who  will  knowingly  employ 
an  unprincipled  man  on  his  place,  where  his 
growing  boys  must  associate  more  or  less  with 
him  and  listen  to  his  evil  conversation,  it  is  a 
small  matter  to  haven  thousand  sheep  infected 
and  destroyed  by  the  contagious  one  brought 
among  them.  But.  it  is  a  fearful  thing  In  have 
your  hoy’s  very  soul  corrupted,  as  it  will  tie, 
perhaps,  by  one  hour  of  such  association.  Duo 
drop  of  iodine  will  discolor  many  thou-and 
times  Its  bulk  of  water.  You  would  not  drink 
from  a  cup  Into  which  one  drop  of  sower  water 
had  fallen  ;  you  regard  tho  whole  as  polluted. 
So  a  ten  minutes’  talk  ol  one  whoso  soul  is 
seething  and  reeking  with  foulness  may  roach 
down  In  Its  evil  influence  to  your  child'H  gray 
hairs.  Better  let  your  «irops  rot.  in  the  Holds 
than  to  ruin  your  hid  for  this  life  and  the  next. 
It  Is  not  a  sufficient  offset  that  he  is  tho  best 
workman  to  tie  had.  Better  pul  up  with  in¬ 
ferior  help,  ho  that  you  are  satisfied  with  tho 
man’s  morals. 

There  is  no  time  when  a  father  or  a  mother 
can  afford  not  to  watch,  and  pray,  too,  over  the 
welfare  of  t  heir  growing  children.  Watch  their 
reading,  for  hero  the  enemy  Is  sowing  a  great 
crop  of  tares  in  one  day.  Form  a  taste  for  good 
reading,  early.  Lot  your  home  abound  in  good 
books  and  only  the  best  papers.  Khun  the  sen¬ 
sational  prints,  so  widely  circulated,  as  you 
would  a  deadly  snake.  They  have  "  rut  down 
many  thousands.” 

Don’t  allow  yotir  mind  to  be  so  engrossed, 
mother,  with  the  outside  adorning  of  your 
daughters  l  hat  you  forget  t  he  Inner  life.  If  you 
are  blind  to  it,  the  sower  that,  goes  out  to  sow 
deadly  seeds  will  not  he.  And  if  these  seeds 
are  sown  they  will  spring  up.  You  can  easily 
check  tbe  sweet,  flowers  from  growing  in  your 
borders,  but  you  know  how  hard  it  is  to  keep 
the  weeds  down.  Only  vigilance  can  ensure 
success  just  so  with  the  heart’s  garden.  Then 
watcli  well,  and  work  well,  and  pray  well. 

j.  E.  m.  c. 


LET  ME  GET  A  START. 

A  little  black -eyed  girl  once  laid 
Her  book  upon  my  knee; 

And  wtt.h  a  troubled  face  essayed 
To  leurn  her  A  It  C. 

But  all  In  vain— she  did  not  call 
A  letter  right— not  once ; 

At  length  I  harshly  set.  her  down, 

And  culled  hnr  "  Utile  dunce.” 

Sad  tears  soon  filled  her  merry  eyes ; 

I’d  pained  her  little  heart ; 

"  Aunt  Fanny,  do  just  watt,”  she  cries, 
“  ’Till  t  can  get  a  start." 

And  soon  Um  dear  girl  “  got  a  start.” 

Each  letter  learned  to  toll. 

And  e’er  three  months  had  passed  away 
Could  read  a  lesson  well. 

Now,  when  you  find  some  dullor  mind 
Discouraged,  slek  at  heart, 

I  say  bo  patient— chide  them  not. 

But  help  them  “  got  a  start.” 

Young  Folks’  Journal. 


LETTERS  TO  YOUNG  RURALISTS.  No.  18. 


FROM  COUSIN  JOHNNIE. 


Cousin  Johnnie  takes  up  her  pen  in  haste 
this  week  to  try  and  make  friends  with  her 
cousin,  “  Young  Mustache,"  whom  she  has  un¬ 
wittingly  offended  by  that  unfortunal.e  remark 
concerning  “  a  little  score-crow  of  a  mustache." 
I  acknowledge,  rny  dear  boy,  that,  the  expres¬ 
sion  was,  to  say  the  least,  unadvised,  and  its 
your  own  hirsute  appendage  seems  to  be  but 
just  “budding,"  must  have  wounded  your  feel¬ 
ings  in  their  most  vulnerable  part.  I  am  very 
sorry.  Let’s  shake  hands  uml  be  friends  again, 
shan’t  we?  And  now,  since  we  have  made  up, 
let.  mo  usk  why,  in  your  "  defense  "  (?)  you 
should  have  lugged  In  tho  f/trls*  false  hair 7" 
It  was  not.  logical.  Your  side  was  tho  defensive, 
for  you  remember  what.  1  said  was  that  I  did  not 
consider  a  little  “scare-crow  of  a  mustache" 
part  ieul/irly  manly;  so  you  should  have  confined 
yourself  to  proving  Mint  one  of  that  description 
is  exceeding! v  beautiful,  useful  and  necessary, 
and  “  manly  "  In  the  extreme.  Instead,  how¬ 
ever,  you  give  an  ugly  side-blow  at  the  poor 
creatures  who  cannot  even  boost  a  “little 
scare-crow."  Now,  Cousin  mine,  I  don’t  know 
what  I  could  have  possibly  said  to  have  given 
tho  impression  that  a  hirsute  growth  upon  the 
upper  lip  Is  so  absolutely  necessary  to  true 
manliness  that  Its  place  must  be  supplied  by 
art  when  nature  refuses  to  bring  forth  a  suf¬ 
ficiently  luxuriant  one.  Why,  my  dear  boy,  I 
have  seen  numbers  of  “manly"  men  (hand¬ 
some,  too,  at  that,)  who  wore  no  mustache  or 
beard  of  any  kind.  Nevertheless,  I  confess  to 
a  secret  weakness  for  a  “real  nice”  mustache 
or  a  fine  pair  of  whiskers;  hence  rny  contempt 
for  “  scare-crows,"  These  I  advise  the  boys  to 
keep  shaving  until  they  can  do  something 
handsome  In  the  mustache  direction,  oven  If 
they  should  have  to  wait  years  for  It.  The  girls 
might  try  the  same  course  with  their  heads,  if 
they  felt,  disposed— I  dare  say  with  a  good  re¬ 
sult  !  What  do  you  think,  cousin  ? 

“  You  speak,  “Young  Mustache,”  of  the  “so- 
callrd  "  Cousin  Johnnie.  Now,  Is  it,  possible 
you  have  lived  all  I  hose  years  and  failed  to  learn 
that  C.  J.  is  an  established  fact  and  not  a  myth  ? 
Well,  as  it.  seems  ho,  I  suppose  I  must  prove  my 
relationship  and  identity.  In  the  first  place, 
since  “Uncle  CHARLES"  is  uncle  to  all  young 
Ituralists  and  I  urn  niece  to  him.  It  t  herefore  fol¬ 
low’s  that  I  must  ire  cousin  to  them:  So  much 
for  the  “Cousin;"  now  for  the  “Johnnie." 
Be  it  known  that  on  my  visiting  cards  the 
name  there  engraved  Is  “  Miss  Johnnie  It  .” 
For  further  proof  I  would  -end  you  one  had  I 
your  address.  You  speak,  also,  of  “many 
more  of  her  kind.”  There  you  are  mistaken — 
there  arc  no  more  of  her  kind.  There  never  has 
been  but  one  Cousin  Johnnie.  She  is  “su£ 
veneris.'' 

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LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

An  Aged  Cat. 

Mr.  Editor:  I  have  never  written  anything 
for  Mr.  Moore’s  valuable  paper,  called  tho 
Rural  New-Yorker,  but  will  try  now,  and 
send  many,  many  t  hanks  to  thu  kind  friends  of 
the  Rural  who  have  been  ao  good  in  sending 
so  many  things  to  read  In  tho  papers.  Wo  have 
been  subscribers  to  the  Rural  for  a  good  many 
years;  take  it,  now,  think. a  great  deal  of  it,  and 
welcome  its  visits  every  week.  We  have  also 
received  the  Engraving  entitled  “  liirt.h-Day 
Morning."  It  is  a  beautiful  picture.  There  are 
many  good  recipes  in  the  Rural,  too,  some 
for  bread,  cake,  cookies,  and  lots  of  other 
things,  many  of  which  we  have  tried  and  found 
good.  1  have  a  nice  young  hen  that  Is  taking 
cure  of  thirty-eight  chickens  now.  (Can  you 
beat  l hat,  Mr.  Editor?)  And  we  havo  got  a  fine 
oat  that  is  over  twenty  years  old  and  is  very 
smart  yet.  She  can  catch  mice;  she  brought  a 
very  pretty  rat  Into  the  house  a  few  mornings 
ago.  She  Is  a  very  good  kitty.  —  Cousin  Maud, 
Amboy,  N.  Y. _ 

A  Strange  Gobbler. 

Mr.  Editor  ; —  My  father  has  taken  the  Ru¬ 
ral  for  several  years,  and  we  like  it  very  much. 
I  like  “Cousin  Johnnie’s  and  also  the  boys’ 
and  girls’  letters.  I  have  not  seen  any  from 


Now  Jersey  In  some  time,  and  so  1  thought  1 
would  write,  t  think  I  can  tell  a  story  equal  to 
tho  one  told  by  Willie  of  Delaware  in  the 
last  number.  We  have  a  gobbler  turkey.  It 
takes  care  of  all  tho  turkeys,  after  they  are 
hatched,  as  good  as  any  hen.  One  night  the 
hens  left  all  t  heir  turkeys  out  In  tho  field  (it  was 
thundering  and  lightning),  and  the  gobbler 
staid  with  them  all  night  and  brought  them 
home  all  right  In  the  morning.  Last  summer 
we  shut  a  hen  and  the  gobbler  In  an  empty  corn 
crib,  and  made  a  uost  for  the  lien  in  a  barrel  In 
the  crib,  and  the  gobbler  drove  the  hen  off  of 
the  nest,  and  he  sot  in  that  barrel  on  nothing 
for  three  days  and  nights,  with  nothing  at  all 
to  eat  1  I  could  tell  you  some  more  of  his  ex¬ 
ploits  if  I  had  room.  Mr.  Editor,  we  have  a  hen 
Sitting  on  two  apples,  trad  wo  better  let  her 
sit  or  not?  And  will  she  hatch  apples  or  chick¬ 
ens?-  Ella  S.  L. 

A  Voice  from  Vermont. 

Dear  Rural:  1  thought  I  would  like  to 
write,  for  once,  in  the  "  Boys’  and  Girls’  "  col¬ 
umn.  We  take  the  Kuka  l,  ami  like  it  much. 
Were  surprised  on  receiving  such  a  nice  premi¬ 
um  picture.  1  live  on  a  small  farm  In  Vermont, 
which,  although  stony.  Is  productive.  For  all 
that  has  beon  snld  about  country  life  being 
pleasant,  I  cannot  say  as  T  like  It  very  well.  I 
have  lived  in  the  city  nearly  half  of  my  life,  Am 
fifteen — nearly  sixteen — years  old,  and  would 
like  if  some  young  lady  of  about,  my  age  would 
correspond  with  mo.— May  Lang,  Hycyale. 


From  a  Live  Young  Texnn. 

Dear  Rural;— 3  am  a  Texas  boy,  and  It  is 
tho  first  time  that  I  ever  tried  to  write  to  you. 
T  am  cloven  years  old.  I  have  a  nice  calf  and 
also  a  lien.  Tho  lion  has  raised  me  twenty-five 
chickens,  and  I  have  some  money  with  which  I 
am  going  to  buy  some  sheep  this  fall.  I  will  tell 
you  next  year  how  I  get  along  with  them.  I 
like  to  read  the  Rural,  especially  the  Chil¬ 
dren’s  Department..  Wo  have  no  free  schools 
here,  so  you  will  please  excuse  all  mistakes. 
Will  try  and  do  better  next  time.  Your  little 
friend— Tommy  Tatt,  Austin,  Texas. 


<3fltc  Ipit^ler. 


ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.-No.  5. 


/ 


{2Y“  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

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CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA.— No.  4. 


Great  tree,  little  bee. 

Eat  and  drink  as  well  as  we  : 

Viewed  aright,  they  excel 
Handicraft  and  human  skill. 

I  am  composed  id  eight,  letters,  found  in  tho 
above : 

My  first  is  in  great,  hut  not  in  tree, 

My  second  is  In  little  but  not  in  bee; 

My  third  is  in  eat  but,  not  in  plum. 

My  fourth  is  iu  drink  but  not  In  rum  ; 

My  fifth  Is  in  viewed  but  not  in  looked. 

My  sixth  is  in  skill  but  not  In  hooked  ; 

My  seventh  Is  In  excel  b.Ut  not  In  surpass, 
My  eight  h  is  in  viewed  bill,  not  in  a  glass. 

My  whole  is  a.  now  name,  by  the  author  of 
this,  and  the  one  lie  has  chosen  for  his  own 
farm  and  borne.  Henry  D.  Clark. 

53T"  No  answer  accompanied  this  Enigma. 
- - 

BIBLICAL  ENIGMA.— No.  2. 


I  am  composed  of  87  letters : 

My  18,  I,  6,30,  -J,  26,  a  venerable  saint. 

My  2,  lfi,  13,  It,  tl,  13,  a  governor  of  Judea. 

M  v  31.  k,  37, 3,  a  daughter  of  I'lmneul. 

My  86,  36,  1,  3,  lb,  one  of  the  descendants  of 
Hath. 

My  ill,  36,  33,  1, 1),  32,  a  son  of  Katurnh. 

My  4, 7. 18, 28, 12,  a  son  of  Scrug. 

Mv  A,  22,  38,  24,  u  symbol  of  subjection. 

My  20,  22,  13,  2-1,  13.  one  id  tho  judges  of  Israel. 
My  VI.  31,  12,  13,  10,  36,  13,  a  great-grandson  of 
Noah. 

My  21,  IS.  24,  34,  22,  13,  16.  3,  28,  23,  Id,  35,  a  king 
wtio  fought  against  one  nt  the  patriarchs. 
My  87,  31,  17,  86,31.  10,  a  governor  of  Samaria. 

My  whole  is  a  verse  in  the  book  of  John, 

1ST'  Answer  in  two  weeks.  Adil. 

- ♦-»■♦ - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS. -Aug.  23. 


Problem  No.  6.~ 

I  67.5082  rods. 

<  45.0055  “ 

)  33.7541  “ 

Grammatical  Enigma  No.  l.-It  is  better 
to  trust  in  tho  Lord  than  to  put  confidence  in 
man.— Psalms  cxvii.,  v.  8. 

Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  4.— Nost-build- 
ing  Fish. 

Cross-Word  Enigma  No.  3.— Milwaukee. 


484 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER, 


Ityics  of  the 


BEIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 

The  officials  of  the  Naval  Observatory  have 
nearly  completed  the  plan  of  operation  for  ob¬ 
serving  the  transit  of  Venus,  which  will  oocur 
in  December,  1874.  Eight  parties  of  live  persons 
each  will  be  dispatched,  four  to  stations  in  the 
Southern  Hemisphere,  and  the  others  to  the 
Northern.  Those  going  south  of  the  Equator 
will  leave  New  York  next  spring  In  a  naval 
vessel,  specially  prepared  and  fitted  for  their 
accommodation,  while  others  will  probably 
proceed  to  their  stat  ions  by  mall  steamer.  The 
posts  in  the  Southern  Hemispheres  will  bo  on 
the  Kcrguclaii  Islands,  Auckland,  and  Van 
Dieman’s  Laud.  In  the  northern  station  they 
will  be  located  at  Yokohama,  Nagasaki,  Shang¬ 
hai,  and  noar  the  Siberian  border. 

The  treaty  just  negotiated  with  the  Mountain 
Crow  Indians  of  Montana  by  Peace  Commis¬ 
sioner  Brunot,  and  by  which  Indians  exchange 
their  reservation  on  the  Yellowstone  for  a  much 
smaller  one  on  the  Missouri,  is  one  of  the  most 
Important  which  has  boon  made  with  the  In¬ 
dians  for  a  long  time.  The  abandoned  reserva¬ 
tion  contains  more  than  6,250,0(10  acres  and  will 
ho  traversed  through  its  entire  length,  nearly 
250  miles,  by  the  Northern  Pacific  Hail  road, 
which,  now  that  Indian  title  is  extinguished  by 
the  voluntary  withdrawal  of  the  Indians,  will 
bo  entitled  under  its  charter  to  receive  grants 
of  alternate  sections  for  20  miles  each  side  of  its 
line,  equivalent  to  a  tract  of  nearly  3, 00(1,000 
acres  of  land. 

The  will  of  the  late  Elias  Durand,  an  emi¬ 
nent  botanist  and  chemist,  contains  (.hose  in¬ 
structions,  which  his  son  is  directed  to  carry 
out: 

“  Present  aJi  my  botanical  works  to  the  Phila¬ 
delphia  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  to  bo 
placed  in  the  botanical  room  for  the  use  of 
workers  anil  to  save  them  the  trouble  of  run¬ 
ning  to  the  library, "  and  “Have  my  collection 
of  botanical  specimen!*  securely  packed  and 
sent  by  express  to  the  Museum  of  the  Jardin 
dcs  Plantes  of  Paris.  France,  to  he  added  to  a 
larger  collection  which  l  presented  to  that  in¬ 
stitution  in  1863." 

The  Rev.  Robert  Col  Iyer  of  Chicago  is  in  favor 
of  clergymen  paying  full  price  for  railroad 
travel,  clothes,  books,  newspapers  and  other 
luxuries  ami  necessities  in  like  manner  with 
other  men.  His  ground  is  that  since  ministers 
are  paid  nowadays  as  well  according  to  their 
talents  as  any  other  class  of  men,  It  Is  time  for 
them  to  discard  the  garb  of  mendicancy. 

Frequent  inquiries  arc  still  received  at  the 
Treasury  Depari  incut  os  to  whether  the  pennies 
coined  in  18.57  and  1853  are  redeemed  at  or  are 
worth  more  than  cm '•cent.  To  such  inquiries 
the  answer  of  the  Treasury  invariable  is  that 
the  cents  in  question  arc  redeemed  at.  the  Mint 
ut  their  face  value,  and  are  intrinsically  worth 
considerably  loss  than  that. 

San  Francisco,  '»g.  18.— News  from 
received  by  the  steamer  Costa  Rica,  says  „he 
King  favors  the  adoption  of  a  reciprocity  treaty 
with  tile  United  States.  An  official  decision  to 
that  effect  published  says  a  treaty  will  give  new 
life  to  affairs  In  the  kingdom.  It  also  favors 
the  session  of  Pearl  Harbor  to  the  United 
States  for  a  naval  station. 

The  prominent  Salt  Lake  newspapers  are 
very  emphatic  In  their  belief  that,  the  suit 
brought  by  Brigham  Young’s  seventeenth  wife 
for  divorce  is  simply  a  blackmailing  operation. 
It  is  also  the  opinion  of  the  same  journals  that 
the  Prophet  will  compromise  the  matter  by 
paying  down  a  handsome  sum  rather  than  have 
iiis  family  affairs  exposed. 

A  R promt  from  the  vessel  in  which  Henri 
Rochefort  was  shipped  for  New  Caledonia  says 
that  his  fellow-convicts,  consider! tig  his  course 
as  treasonable  to  the  cause  of  the  Commune, 
made  an  attempt  to  lynch  him.  The  officers  of 
the  ship  were  obliged  to  assign  him  quarters 
apart  from  and  protected  against  the  Commun¬ 
ist  exiles. 

Tin:  Post-Office  Department  has  ordered  the 
establishment  of  the  free  delivery  system  in 
Burlington,  Iowa;  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  and 
Leavenworth,  Kansas.  The  free  delivery  system 
has  been  extended  to  31  i  ltiea  since  the  1st  of 
July,  the  whole  number  now  being  SO. 

The  Attorney-General  has  recommended  to 
the  President  that  pardons  be  granted  to  P. 
Hood  of  South  Carolina,  and  Adolphus  Dupriest 
aud  George  liullanday  of  Nort  h  Carolina,  who 
are  now  serving  out  terms  in  the  Albany  Peni¬ 
tentiary  for  Ku-Klux  outrages. 

The  uew  Masonic  Temple  In  Philadelphia  Is 
almost  finished.  The  dedicatory  ceremony  will 
begin  on  the  35  of  September  and  continue  three 
days.  It  is  estimated  that  over  100,000  members 
nf  the  mystic  tie  will  be  present,  and  assist  in 
the  ceremonies. 

Asa  Jones,  bitten  by  a  rattlesnake  at  South 
Bend,  Ind.,  applied  tobacco  to  the  wound  and 
swallowed  a  few  quarts  of  whisky.  Mr,  Jones 
recovered  from  the  bite  in  18  hours.  It  is  not 
stated  how  long  he  was  recovering  from  the 
whisky. 

A  Vicksuuug  letter  says  that  Senator  Ames 
will  bo  nominated  for  Governor  In  spite  of  the 
strong  opposition,  and  1-bat  colored  men  will  be 
selected  as  candidates  for  Lieutenant-Governor, 
Secretary  of  State,  and  Superintendent  of  Edu¬ 
cation. 


The  Smithsonian  Institution  has  received  a 
telegraphic  announcement  of  the  discovery  of 
a  comet  by  Borelll  at  Marseilles.  It  is  7  hours, 
27  minutes  north,  right,  ascension;  38  degrees, 
45  minutes  south  declination,  with  a  rapid 
motion. 

The  James  surveying  party,  to  explore  the 
Colorado  River,  is  encamped  in  the  desert  near 
the  river  with  the  Cozopah  Indians.  The  pro. 
jeot  of  filling  the  Colorado  desert,  from  the 
waters  of  the  river  fa  reported  upon  as  feasible. 

At  LeB  Gygnes,  Kansas,  Aug,  20,  a  mob  of  400 
men  took  from  the  Sheriff,  Keller  who  had 
murdered  his  wife  and  two  children  and  his 
wife,s  sister  at  Twin  Springs  and  afterwards 
burnt  their  bodies,  and  hanged  him. 

information  has  been  received  that  the 
Mikado  will  soon  open  Simonosaki,  in  the 
Japan  Inland  Sea,  to  the  commerce  of  all  no¬ 
tions,  This  section  is  reported  as  abounding  in 
nearly  every  kind  of  wealth. 

Tun  American  Board  of  Commissioners  for 
Foreign  Missions  will  meet,  at  Minneapolis  on 
t.hc  23d  of  September.  Committees  have  been 
formed,  and  arrangements  are  being  made  for 
the  reception  of  guests. 

t 

The  Duke  Charles  Frederick  August  William 
of  Brunswick,  died  lately  of  apoplexy,  at  the 
age  of  63  years.  The  will  of  the  late  Duke  leaves 
the  whole  of  hla  landed  aud  personal  estate  to 
the  City  of  Geneva. 

Manchester,  N.  H.,  Aug.  19.  -Charles  Stark, 
a  wealthy  citizen  of  Manchester,  aged  72  years, 
a  grandson  of  Gen.  John  Stark,  deliberately 
committed  suicide,  hut-  night,  by  hanging. 

The  North  Carolina  tobacco  growers  and 
manufacturers  have  formed  a  State  Association, 
of  which  Dr.  T.  W.  Keen  of  Salisbury  was  elect  ed 
President. 

Gen.  MaoMahon'r  Government  has  been  in 
existence  but  a  few  weeks,  yet  In  the  month 
past  twenty  Republican  newspapers  have  been 
forbidden  circulation  In  the  provinces. 

Dri.  Fi.i.LOWP,  of  Madison,  Wisconsin,  has 
been  nominated  by  the  Executive  Board  for  the 
Presidency  of  the  Illinois  Wesleyan  University, 

President  G.  L.  Boss,  LL.  I).  of  the  Kansas 
Normal  School,  lias  taken  the  chair  of  English 
Literature  In  the  Indiana  Stato  University. 

The  fortune  of  John  Stuart  Mill  falls  to  his 
step-daughter,  Miss  Helen  Taylor,  familiar  to 
London  literary  circles. 

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INDUSTRIAL  FAIRS  FOR  1873. 


As  wo  have  not,  space  fer  the  long  list  of  An¬ 
nual  Fairs  published  last  week,  we  give  below 
such  additions  as  have  since  been  received : 
NEW  YORK. 

Cattfiklll,  Greece  Go . . . Oet.  14, 17 

Crown  Point  ami  BrlrlRoport,  Crnwu  Polnt.Sept.  17,  JH 
Herkimer  Co.  Ag.,  Hort.  &  Mach.  ArtsSoo., 

between  Mohawk  aud  Herkimer . Sept-  23,  2ft 

Ontario  Co..  Canandaigua . . . Oct.  i,  3 

Oswego,  Town . Sept.  30,  Oet.  2 

Phoenix  Union,  Oswego  Co . Sept.  18, 20 

Rockland,  New  City . Oct.  l,  2 

MAINE. 

Aroostook  North,  Presque  Isle . Oct.  1,  2 


NEW  JERSEY. 

Warren,  Belvidere . j . Sept.  30,  Oct.  8 

PENNSYLVANIA. 


Adams,  Gottyshur 
Tioga,  Wellsnoro’ 


Sept.  23,  2ft 
.Sept.  10, 12 


VIRGINIA. 


the  coroner’s  fury  took  the  part  of  the  father 
who  killed  his  son :  the  jury  brought  in  a  ver¬ 
dict  of  justifiable  homicide  The  colored  citi¬ 
zens  have  given  Gov.  Plnchback  of  Louisiana  a 
reception  The  price  of  coal  Is  going  up 

The  Fenians  have  been  holding  a  Congress . 

One  Rocoo,  an  Italian  musician,  and  a  Mr. 
Thomas  Olcott,  a  hank  president  of  Albany, 
committed  suicide  on  the  28i  h  ult  ..  Gov.  Dlx 
refuses  to  arm  the  police _ Brooklyn  has  sus¬ 

tained  another  defalcation,  amounting  to  $203,- 
000  through  Its  Deputy  City  Treasurer,  W.  T. 
Hodman  ;  he  waft  a  partner  of  Mr.  Mills,  the 
lata  defaulter.  .  .  Thu  public  schools  have  re¬ 
opened  The  Brooklyn  frauds  excite  great 
attention,  and  It  was  stated  on  the  30th  ult., 
that  the  sinking  fund  had  been  robbed  of  half 
a  million  dollars;  it  is  stated  that  frauds  exist 
in  other  departments.  The  friends  of  Mr.  Rod- 
man,  the  Iasi  Brooklyn  defaulter,  offer  hail  for 
him  In  the  police  courts  — The  Irving  confes¬ 
sion  of  the  Nathan  murder  is  a  fiction  Work¬ 
ingmen  have  held  an  eight-hour  meeting. 

Home  News. 

Gen.  Butler  ha*  made  a  great  speech  in 
Massachusetts  at  Worcester,  full  of  “  hits."  He 
had  an  immense  audience...  The  National 
Temperance  Convention  has  been  in  session  at 
Saratoga;  it  was  well  attended.  Most  of  the 
people  of  Lancaster.  Kv„  have  fled,  owing  to 
the  cholera  .  Pennsylvania  Democrats  have 

hold  a  convention . Tho  Science  Convention 

at  Portland.  Me.,  haft  closed  —  Senator  Morton 
has  returned  his  hack  nay.  . .  A  Chinaman  In 
Saji  Francisco  who  wished  to  marry  an  Ameri¬ 
can  has  blown  his  brains  out  A  paper  in 

Washington  urges  Grant  for  a  third  term  . 

Oregon  demands  certain  of  the  Modoc*  as  pris¬ 
oners  The  teller  of  the  National  Exchange 
Bank,  Albany,  N.  Y..  has  defaulted  to  the  tunc 

of  $40, (KK) . The  Republicans  of  Wisconsin 

have  renominated  Gov.  Washburn  . .  In  Missis¬ 
sippi  Gen.  Amc*  has  been  nominated  by  tho 
Republicans  for  Governor  -  •  Vice-President 
Wilson  experts  to  attend  the  opening  of  Con¬ 
gress  In  December  Saratoga  Is  to  have  a  Na¬ 
tional  regatta  Sept.  11th  An  insane  man  in 
San  Francisco  confesses  to  be  the  Nathan  mur¬ 
derer .  Spanish  fever  has  appeared  among 

cattle  in  St.  Louis  It  was  reported  on  the 
23th  ult.  that  the  Indians  of  Texas  had  cap¬ 
tured  Fort  SUi,  and  massacred  it-  occupants. . . 
Win.  8.  Boyce,  President  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Lynn,  Mask.,  committed  suicide  on  tho 
27th  ult  . ..  Dr.  J.  C.  M.  .Show  Iter  of  Baltimore 
murdered  his  wife  on  the  28th  ult  .  The  New 
Jersey  teachers  have  been  In  convention  at 
Vineland  ..  The  Yellowstone  Expedition  has 
been  twice  attacked  by  the  Indians  ..  'J’lm  Un¬ 
does  are  to  he  hung  Oct.  3d.,  .  The  steamboat 
Goo.  Wolfe  was  blown  up  at  fit .  I  rands  Island 
on  t  he  Mississippi  River,  on  thoSSd  ult.;  30  per¬ 
sons  killed  or  wounded,. .  The  Liberal  Repub¬ 
licans  of  New  York  Invite  the  Democrats  to 

join  them .  The  Democrats  of  Ohio  aro  said 

to  display  groat  enthusiasm...  Great  gains  for 
Gen.  Butler  arc  reported  In  Boston  and  else¬ 
where. 

Fire*. 

Vinegar  Works  in  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  on 
the  19th  ;  loss,  $12,000 —  Wool  house  at  Cohoes, 
N.  Y.,  on  the  18th  ;  loss,  $10,000. .  .A  cabinet  fac¬ 
tory,  brewery,  etc.,  in  Quebec  on  the  19th ;  loss, 
$120,000  .  .Shoe  factory  In  New  Bc  iford,  Ma.-.-., 

on  the  19th  ;  lose,  $18,000 _ .A  block  in  Fort 

Wayne,  Iiul.,  on  the  20th  ;  loss,  $15,000 _ An  oil 

refinery  exploded  in  Pittsburgh  on  the  30th ; 
loss,  $10,090  and  one  man  killed  . .  .Oil  works  in 
Chelsea,  Maes.,  on  the  "1st:  loss,  $18,000  Wea¬ 
ver's  store  In  Waterford,  WIs.,  on  me  21st :  loss, 
$10,000  Extensive  wood  fires  have  been  rag¬ 
ing  in  Mich A  block  in  Eaton,  O.,  on  the  24in 

ult ;  $10,000. .  ..  A  portion  of  the  iron  works  at 
lJoonton.  N.  J„ on  the  21th  ult.;  loss,  $250,000 ; 
lire  the  work  of  an  incendiary  There  was  a 
t  remendous  lire  In  Belfast,  Me.,  on  the 24th  ult.; 
a  large  part  of  the  dty  Was  destroyed ;  l>. 
$400, (i(K) ;  help  was  sent  from  the  surrounding 
cities,  and  provisions  have  been  eouirlbutod  for 
the  homeless. ...  A  brewery  in  Ciocin  nati  on  I  he 
25th  ult,.;  loss,  $35,009.  A  house  In  Portsmouth, 
N.  H.,  on  the  27th  ult,.;  loss.  $10.000 — House  In 
Waltham,  Mass.,  on  the  28th  ult,;  loss,  $8,000 ... . 
Four  blocks  in  Gloucester,  Mass,,  on  the  28th 
ult,;  loss,  $75,000  ...Omaha  sent  6  car  loads  of 
corn  to  Belfast,  Me.,  for  the  sufferers. 


Shenandoah  Valley,  Winchester . Oct.  7,  9 

WEST  VIRGINIA. 

Berkeley,  — . Sept.  10, 

WISCONSIN. 


Iowa,  Dodgevllle . 

Richland,  Richland  Center . 

Waupaca,  Waupaca . 

MINNESOTA. 


Dodge,  Kasson 


IOWA. 


Allamakee,  Waukon . 

Reims  Visit,  Storm  Lake . 

Lee,  Fort  Madison . 

Lee  District,  West  Point . 

Plymouth,  Lee  Mars . 

Tama,  Tama  City . . 

Union,  West  Liberty . . . 

KANSAS. 


Allen,  Iola . . . 

Brown,  Hiawatha . . 

Dickinson.  Abilene . . 

Doniphan.  Troy . . 

.Teffersoil,  oskaioow . 

Johnson,  O  itlle. . 

Labette.  . . . . 

Miami,  Pauli . 

Montgomery,  independence....... 

Pottawatomie.  Lo  ui  svilie . 

Washington,  Washington... . 

Wilson.  Krcdoniu . 

Woodson,  Neosho  Falls . 


TEXAS. 


.Sept.  10. 12 
Sept.  29,  30 
■Sept.  17, 19 


■Sept.  25,  27 


. Oct.  8, 

. Sept.  28,  24 

Sept.  89,  Oct.  3 

. Sept.  21, 26 

. Sept.  24,  20 

. Sept.  24,  20 

. Sept.  24,  28 


. Oct.  8, 

. Sept.  25, 28 

. Sept.  17,  iu 

. . Sept.  28,  26 

. Oct.  7,  9 

.Sept.  30,  Oct.  3 

. Oet,  9, 11 

. Oct,  1,  4 

........Oct.  1,  .> 

. $ept.  17, 19 

.,.,..$f>pt,  16, 18 

. Oct.  % 

. Oct,  1,  3 


Middle  Texas,  Corsicana . Sept.  30,  Oct.  3 

TENNESSEE. 


Maury,  Columbia . . . 

Putnam,  Cookeville . 

Sevier,  — . 

Sumner.  Gallatin . 

Warren,  McMLinnvllle . ; . 

Williamson,  Franklin . 

ALABAMA. 

Huntsville,  Huntsville . 


. Sept.  23, 20 

Sept.  80,  Oct.  3 

. Sept.  24,  26 

. Oct.  15, 18 

. Oct.  9,12 

. Oct.  1,  i 


Oct.  7,D 


DOMESTIC  NEWS. 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

Company  H  of  the  Second  California  Regi¬ 
ment,  has  been  on  a  visit  to  town  ...The  prose¬ 
cution  against  Molt1',  t  ie  Italian,  charged  with 
enslaving  children,  lias  broken  down  The 
Custom  House  lias  made  a  huge  seizure  of  dia¬ 
monds  .Freight  rates  by  rail  have  beuti  re¬ 
duced  ..  The  assessment  investigation  Is  to  bo 

extended . The-  epizootic  has  appeared  at 

Poughkeepsie  ...The  inquest  in  the  Broderick 
murder  developed  a  painful  state  of  things; 


Obituary. 

Benjamin  Young,  an  actor,  in  Philadelphia 
ou  the  24th  of  August,,  ltev.  Dr.  John  Todd,  in 
Pittsfield,  Mass.,  on  the  24th  of  August,  aged  73 ; 
lie  was  a  well  known  clergyman  and  author  — 
Judge  Tlios.  A.  It.  Nelson,  In  Knoxville,  'i  enu., 
of  cholera  ou  the  24th  ult ;  he  defended  An¬ 
drew'  Johnson  in  the  trial  for  impeachment — 
Fred.  B.  Lord,  a  well  known  railroad  man,  and 
son  of  the  late  President  Lord  of  Dartmouth 
College,  died  at  Covington,  Ky  —  Hon.  Jay.  P. 
Holcombe  ot  Virginia,  died  at  Cupon  Springs,  in 
that  State,  on  the  22<1  ult.;  he  was  for  several 
yeara  Professor  of  Law  in  the  University  of 

Virginia . Ex-Judge  David  Burnett  died  at 

his  residence  in  Word  St.,  Paterson,  N.  J.,  on 
the  23th  ult.;  he  was  bora  ai  Springfield,  N.  J., 
1800 — John  O’Brien,  Secretary  of  the  Catholic 
Total  Abstinence  Society  of  America,  died  in 
St.  John,  N.  B„  on  the  37th  ult. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 


ITKiscellaueonx  Foreign  New*. 

Admiral  Loboh  has  been  forced  to  with¬ 
draw  hie  fleet,  trout  t  he  bombardment  of  Carta¬ 
gena.  The  crew  of  the  Spanish  frigate  Carmen 
has  revolted.  On  the  2<th  the  Carl  late  were  de¬ 
feated  neai-Estella ;  Don  Alfonzo  was  wound¬ 
ed. .. .  Caste) ar  has  been  made  President  of  the 
Cortes.  If  the  Government  of  Spam  refuses  to 
execute  the  Communist  Insurgents,  the  Minis¬ 
try  and  the  generals  ot  the  army  will  resign. 
The  insurgents  at  Cartagena  have  300  cannon, 
and  have  been  reinforced  ...All  of  the  Hank  of 
England  forgers  have  been  found  guilty,  and 
sentenced  to  penal  servitude  for  life  A  terri¬ 
ble  thunder  storm  has  swept  over  England,  de¬ 
stroying  houses  ami  killing  people.  15,000 Trade 
Unionists  have  had  a  demom-t ration  in  Edin¬ 
burgh.  The  Postmaster  General  of  England  has 
resigned  .  Carl  Wilhelm,  author  of  “  The  Watch 

on  the  Rhine,”  Is  dead . Carlisle  destroy  the 

records  of  all  civil  marriages.  The  artillerymen 
at  Barcelona  have  mutinied.  The  Spanish  fleet 
began  the  bombardment  of  Cartagena  Aug.  "2d. 
The  Carlisle  will  march  ou  Madrid  in  October 
.  .  The  Due  de  Broglie  says  the  Government  of 
France  is  engaged  in  a  struggle  with  those  prin¬ 
ciples  which  threaten  an  end  of  all  social  order 

Home  rule  is  being  agitated  in  Ireland . 

There  has  been  a  railway  collision  near  Nott  ing¬ 
ham,  Eng.,  with  4  killed  and  16  wounded.  Lon¬ 
don  house  painters  arc  on  a  st riko  . .  The  King 
of  Halt  will  visit  Vienna  and  Berlin  this  month 
...  A  meriea  gets  490  of  the  30,000  medals  award- 
ed  at  Vienna.  There  is  said  to  bo  much  dissat¬ 
isfaction  with  the  results  of  the  Exhibition. 


Nearly  all  the  Amorican  goods  at  Vienna  have 
been  sold.  The  Emperor  has  visited  the  Amer¬ 
ican  Agricultural  Hall  and  taken  a  deep  Inter¬ 
est  in  too  form  implements .  The  captured 

Spanish  ships  of  war  arc  to  he  delivered  to  tho 
Republicans ;  they  have  no  crows,  however  — 
Sir  Sotnuel  Baker  nos  arrived  at  Cairo  ....  A  new 
comet  has  been  discovered  at  Paris  .  There 
has  been  a  great  storm  in  Nova  Scotia  which 
cut  off  telegraphic  communication  with  Eu¬ 
rope  17  Krupn  guns  are  reported  shipped 
from  Kiel  for  tho  Carlists  The  high  price  of 
bread  causes  agitation  in  Paris  Twelve  nrtil- 
iervmen  at  Barcelona  have  been  sentenced  to 
death  . .  Some  Roman  Catholic  b  shops  In  Ger¬ 
many  ha  vo  been  fined.. ..  Riots  have  occurred 
In  Lelpaic  ...England  will  send  an  expedition 
against  the  Ashantces.  Tho  French  Cabinet 
Imld  a  special  meeting  on  account  of  the  high 
price  of  bread  In  Pari*.  An  English  firm  has 
refused  t*>  accept  a  medal  of  merit  from  Vienna 

_ In  three  months  the  French  railways  have 

sold  360,000  tickets  to  pilgrims  ...  Tho  London 
Times  admits  that  America  is  retting  tho  Brit¬ 
ish  iron  trade  The  Can  idiao  Railway  Scandal 

occupies  much  attention _  The  Carlists  and 

Communists  have  entered  into  friendly  rela¬ 
tions  SB  Krupp  guns  havo  been  put  In  posi¬ 
tion  before  Cart  ngcna . The  Spanish  Cortes 

will  t-ke  a  three  months'  reuess  The  British 
.Admiral  Yelverton  threatens  to  bombard  Car¬ 
tagena  If  the  rebels  open  Ore  . .  A  rebellion  has 
broken  out  In  Kbiva  against  Russia;  890  of  the 
rebels  were  executed  . .  .All  emigrant  agents  in 
Germany  who  arc  not  German  subjects,  are  to 
So  expelled  .  .  There  has  been  a  rebellion  in 
the  Fiji  Island.*..  Stelnttz  won  the  international 

chess  match  at  Vienna .  There  has  been  a 

boiler  explosion  in  Hillowed,  Sweden,  with  9 
persons  killed. 

- - 

A.  CARD  ICR.ONI  THE 

WALTER  A.  WOOD  MOWING  AND  REAP¬ 
ING  MACHINE  CO. 


Hoosick  Falls,  N.  Y.,  August  22, 1878. 
To  our  Agents  and  Patrons: 

We  have  been  asked  by  a  number  of  our 
Agents  and  friends  to  give  them  a  true  state¬ 
ment  or  tho  facts  connected  with  the  Award  of 
Prizes  on  Mowers  and  Reapers  at  the  Vienna 
Exposition. 

In  answer  we  would  say,  that  the  Grand 
Diploma  of  Jlonor ,  the  highest  honor  at  the 
gift  of  the  Exposition,  has  been  awarded  to 
W alter  A.  Wood.  He  was  the  only  manufac¬ 
turer  of  Mowing  and  Reaping  Machines  who 
received  tho  Diploma  of  Honor,  and  only  Five 
diplomas  wore  awarded  to  individual  citizens 
of  the  United  States. 

This  award  was  made  after  severe  tests  in  the 
field.  Some  of  our  competitors  wer-  awarded 
medals  of  “Merit”  and  “Progress,”  but  no 
one  of  them  the  Grand  Award. 

Our  victory  at  the  Paris  Exposition  in  1867  1s 
again  repeated  at  Vienna  in  1S73,  and  wo  con¬ 
gratulate  oursclvesand  our  patrons  on  this  bril¬ 
liant  success  at  these  great  International  Ex¬ 
positions.  • 

In  our  own  country  our  success  has  been 
equally  as  complete,  as  indicated  by  the  largely 
increasing  demand  and  sales  of  the  past  harvest. 

Very  truly  yours, 

Walter  A.  Wood,  President. 
- .■»♦  »  -  — 

VIENNA  PREMIUMS  AND  SEWING 
MACHINES. 


We  copy  the  following  from  the  New  York 
Herald  of  August  12th  : 

THE  REGION  OF  THE  SEWING  MACHINES. 

If  Dante  had  been  gifted  with  the  spirit  of 
prophecy  he  would  have  set  apart  a  region  in 
hla  Inferno  to  Illustrate  the  rivalries  and  emo¬ 
tions  of  the  sowing  muchiuo  manufacturers  of 
the  United  States.  The  oonfllots,  the  uiisunder- 
ntaudlngs,  the  ambitions,  the  yearnings  for 
approbation  and  notoriety,  tho  odd,  incessant 
efforts  to  win  medals  of  progress  and  renown 
and  merit  and  honor,  which  Inspire  tne  gentle¬ 
men  who  manage  this  industry,  have  given  con¬ 
stant  motion  and  life  to  tho  American  depart¬ 
ment.  So  when  His  Majesty  came  into  the 
sewing  machine  department  every  effort  was 
made  by  our  Commissioners  to  introduce  him 
to  each  special  machine  and  explain  its  peculiar 
qualities.  Lot  me  give  you  a  list  of  the  tnaebiues 
in  the  catalogue,  so  you  may  know  what  His 
Majesty  was  askod  to  do.  First,  the  Howe 
Machlue  Company,  New  York ;  then  the  Singer 
Manufacturing  Company,  New  York;  the  Whit¬ 
ney  Sewing  Machine,  Paterson,  N.  J-;  the  Wheel¬ 
er  ,v  Wilson  Sewing  Machine  Company,  New 
York;  the  Wilson  Sowing  Machine  Company, 
Cleveland,  Ohio;  the  Wljoox  and  Gibbs  Sewing 
Machine  Manufacturing  Company,  New  York; 
Ezra  Morrill  &  Co,,  Derby  Line,  Vc.;  George  N. 
Bacon  Sc  Co.,  London.  England  :  the  Weed  Sew¬ 
ing  Machine  Company,  Hartford,  with  the  pat¬ 
ent  effective  stop  motion  of  Fairchilds’  attach¬ 
ment;  the  Seoor  Sewing  Machine  Company. 
New  York;  the  Mackay  Sole  and  Shoe  Machine, 
Cambridge ;  the  Universal  Feed  Sewing  Machine 
Company.  Every  exhibitor  expected  a  special 
visit  from  the  Emperor,  and  His  Majesty,  with 
a  patience  and  courtesy  that  should  be  com¬ 
mended,  endeavored  to  irlett  them  all. 

After  waiting  a  few  minutes  to  comprehend 
the  explanations  made  to  him  of  the  advance 
of  the  industry  so  largely  represented  in  Amer¬ 
ica,  the  Emperor  continued  his  tour  of  the 
other  departments,  especially  inquiring  of  his 
att  endants  what  different  principles  wore  pre¬ 
sented  by  each  separate  machine,  in  what 
respect  one  machine  differed  from  the  other— all 


(w  SUrntb' nit  cuts 


ROCHESTER,  Auk.  28.  -  Flour  Is  steady  at 
$9  for  red  and  CIO®  10.25  for  white.  Wheat  scarce  for 
white  ut  11.7001.86;  red  Is  In  good  supply  at  *1.51164 
l.iii.  Corn.  B5o.  Oats,  lower,  at  44®47c.  Potatoes. 
HJfiffll.W  P  bbl.  Apples,  50®75c.  V  bush.  Tomatoes 
In  good  supply  at  (>0®76e.  V  hush.  Green  corn,  wit  10c. 
o  do*.  Wool  Is  about  2c.  better -tho  range  now  bo- 
Ine  37ivf42c. 


of  whloh  was  explained  to  him,  ESPECIALLY 
THE  NEW  PRINCIPLE  OF  THE  PATENT 
STOP,  OR  THE  APPLICATION  INVENTED 
BY  MR.  FAIRCHILD,  AND  NOW  OWNED 
BY  THE  WEED  MACHINE  CO.,  BY  WHICH 
THE  ACTION  OF  THE  NEEDLE  IS  A  It  REST¬ 
ED  BY  THE  PRESSURE  OF  A  SPRING  WITU- 
OUT  STOPPING  THE  MOTION  OF  THE 
WHEEL. 

Ia  the  Now  York  Herald  of  Aug.  lOtli  we  find 
awards  were  made  as  fol  ows : 

To  the  Wilson  Sewing  Machines  of  Cleveland. 

Ellas  Howe  Sowing  Machine  Company,  FOR 
SEWING  AND  STITCHING. 

Wilcox  &  Gibbs  Sewing  Machine  Company  'of 
New  York,  (for  BEST  SINGLE  THREAD  SEW¬ 
ING  MACHINE.) 

Tte  W.ed  Sewing  Machine  Company,  (for 
BEST  STOP  MOTION  APPLIED  TO  SEWING 
MACHINE  TREADLES. 

The  Wtlsou  Sewing  Machine  Company  being 
tho  only  exhibitor  that  received  a  grand  prize 
modal  for  the  best  Sewing  Machine,  and  medal3 
of  honor. 


pro.  2 . *3  o0®4  -  0 

i=upernne  Stuto . 5  2to  5  CO 

Extra  do .  >  4l@  £  IS 

Fancy  do . .  0  80®  7  60 

Superfine  Western .  5  *064  6  56 

Extra  do . .  35m  6  B0 

Minnesota  extras . 0  9  10 

Western,  white  wheat .  7  60®  /  90 

Round  hoop  ublo . *>  WS>  5  16 

Trade  brands  do . . .  8  85®  7  40 

Southern,  extra . 6  60@  t  85 

Double  oxtm* . 80®>10  .0 

ltye  door . *  h>®  5  ,0 

Corn  menl,  Jersey . 8  jO®  3  30 

Fresh  l-'rnlts.— The  peach  trade  has  boon  very 
baJiv  upset  by  the  wash  on  the  Delaware  li.K.;  losses 
arc  counted  here  by  some  firm*  ut  $35,000.  Tbetrulna 
arc  ntr.tn  running  regtil.-irly,  but  ttn.-  trade  has  run 
away  from  peaches  forn  few  days,  ua  tho  stock  run 
so  miserable  while  frelitln.  wn»  subjected  to  long 
passage.  Quotation*  to-day  for  Nixon,  Crawford  and 
others,  flwl.oo  1-  crate,  50c.@f5  V  basket-  Bartlett 
pears  arc  In  heavy  supply,  and  must  be  choice  to 
bring  $S  V  bbl.  Fancy  pears  generally  are  In  good 
sudd?  r.  Including  some  tine  Duchess  from  tho  South. 
From  California  200  boxes  of  White  Doyenne  and  180 
do.  Seokels  are  offering  ut  f0  Fbox;  tup.  hitter  are 
small  and  slow  ol'  sain.  Apples  are  low,  with  >  steady 
supply.  Grapes  are  arriving  from  North  Rivet- vino- 
yar ils,  a  luet  Which  weakens  prions  for  lots  from 
other  Or  Southern  sections.  New  Jersey  lias  the 
watermelon  market  alone  at  tliwilO  ^  ltiO;  muskuiel- 
ons,  *1@2  ?i  hhl.,  the  higher  for  Hackensack.  We 
u uotc  pears,  Ri.rtiefct*,  4'  hill.,  »S®8|  Flemish  P.panty, 
JiSjgi  do.;  Southern  Ducbi-so,  |2®2.50  t*  crate ;  Seek- 
op.  t-  nhl.,*H®10;  common  mid  cooking,  SLoT-l 
hbl.  Apples,  83.50  for  Slate,  in  lots :  selected,  fJcjM.50 
do.;  others,  I2.603t.80  do.  Grapes,  Delaware,  l.2<«U5o; 
Concords  end  Ives.  8®10c.  Plums,  Gages,  v  bush.,  ft 
8;  blue.SdctA  do. 

Grulrt.— The  chief  point  of  Interest  la  in  connec¬ 
tion  with  wheat.  Price*  of  wheat  have  been  steadily 
advanced,  under  large  orders  from  the  other  side, 
and  tho  supplies  have  been  rapidly  sold  up  with,  wo 
understand,  some  ]ftr-;e  orders  sent  West  for  execu¬ 
tion.  Shn  position  of  the  foreign  market  ho  tun*  to 
warrant  the  belief  that  there  will  bo  an  active  call  all 
thr  mgh  tills  season.  Corn  has  advanced  some,  with 
a  fair  shipping  business. 

Wheat,  Mil,,  No.  2 . Mf55®«.57 

do.  1 . . .  ».  1.58®  1.00 

Clilcavo,  No.  2 .  1.50®  1-M 

lted  Western,  new . 1.B0M  1.85K 

Amber  do  .  1.66®  JJ® 

White .  1  '0®  1.90 

Ityc,  Western . 

Barley  malt.  Canada  West . . . .  1  25® 1.S6 

Corn,  Steamer . . . ,.57Ro,(t«58Hc. 

ball . 59e.®00WC. 

White .  (Ue.®fi7e 


TIN-LINED  LEAD  PIPE  Is  growing  rapidly 

01n  public  favor  every  whore,  and 
is  fast  superseding  the  use  of  lend 
pipes  for  all  domestic  purposes, 
it  la  also  vetting  into  extensive 
use  through  the  country  for  con¬ 
veying  water  irom  spring*  uno 
Wells.  The  Use  Of  lead  [Opes  la 
well  known  to  he  danecroo*  mil 
ninny  are  wfllleted  with  1  amful 
complaint  1  which  physicians  at¬ 
tribute  solely  to  this  cause.  Our 
pipe  In  lined  with  PUR®  BLOCK 
Tin*  and  i?  so  thoiHjnjzuly  united  to  the  t.tlaD  in  the 
toroeeim  of  iminutnotim'  as  to  br  In  fact  ows  pip*. 
Water  flows  through  It,  as  pure#*  If  drawn  through 
silver.  By  it*  use  Lead  and  ZI110  Poison  or  Iron  Rust 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


LrrrLS  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  30,  1878. 

Tilk  market  at  Little  Falls,  for  tho  week  ending 
Aug.  30,  was  Tory  dull,  with  no  advance  In  prices  on 
the  previous  week's  sales.  The  delivery  of  farm 
dairies  amounted  to  about  COO  boxes,  uud  sales  were 
m ado  at  116412  Me..  according  to  duality.  Thu  offer- 
lues  from  factories  aagTeanted  from  12,000  to  lfi.UOU 
boxes,  only  a  part  of  which  changed  hands.  Wo 
give  the  lending  Iren  snot  Iona,  as  follows : 

Argnsvlllc,  1-0  ut  l2Mc.;  Avery  *  Ivee,  100,125(0.; 
Bethel.  80, 12kc„-  HrOCKOtt’s  Bridge,  200.  lSIfOd  Brock- 
way,  242,  I4|kc.;  Chapman.  883,  12Mc.t  Central  Valley. 
l;6,  12 Re,.-  cold  Creek,  268,  12*0.;  Cold  Spring,  1U2, 
r.'Rc.;  Cook  A  Ives,  100,  12. Yc.;  Cromer’s  Comers. 55, 
i'mc„  Kxat.nr  Center,  125,  12 Re,:  Kuptirata,  Hit.  12>(|0.; 
Flat  Creek,  87, E.  Eosmt,  150, 12Rc.,  Vlerkirmr, 
173, 12 wo,:  Herb Imcr  Co. Central,  100,  Johnston 

Cross  RoAda,  100,  12RC.;  Keyes,  102,  l-.’feo  ;  Kluel:  A 
Neills,  1,0,  I'lHfc.;  Latsseilvllle,  70,  l2!Kc<;  Lltt  e  lulls 
Central,  100. 12*60.;  Luttvltle.  40.  LiWo.j  Munhehu,  170, 
12U-  ;  Unnhoin,  Turnpike.  184,  I2\'e.;  Maplotown,  *3, 
12J1C  :  Nowvlilo  Assoolutlon  2ii0,  hiikc.;  Old  6‘tono 
Churuli,  111),  12Re.;  Oppenhelm  Culun,t!0,  l'lRe.;  1'ulii- 
tine  Union, !.-!),  l'JHPd  Paine’s  Hollow,  ho.  UMod  Per¬ 
ry  vil  lo,  230, 12X1.'.;  Small's  liusli.  100,  12>ju.;  Si,  Johns- 
vllle,  ni,  vjRe.j  Htrutford  A  Salisbury,  100.  lilt;. 

We  have  advice*  from  abroad  to  the  middle  of  Au¬ 
gust.  Our  London  eorre.-  pomlimt  atiys  that  Anierl- 
enn  eliueafi  Is  well  eleared  un-i  prieea  BWU.  Kxira 
O111,  l*  quoted  at  45®ti6s  ;  Hoe.  (WStMs,;  guod,  60atd8. 
Other  description*  sell  as  follows !  I'lngllali  t  heddar, 
78(ai8iH.;  Wiltshire  double,  CtViiiTTB.l  CUeshtro  medloio, 
Ol'.ytUs.-.  Uoe,  74®7its,:  Heoteti,  new.  72®74s.  IHiteh 
e  Iieese-Kdam8,u4®  60s.!  G6ndae.6ti®Me.;  Derby  abupu, 
66®  68s, 

In  hotter,  there  Is  a  brisk  “Ole  of  Continental,  as 
also  of  Irish,  In  which  a  good  business  Is  doing,  with 
u  tendency  to  a  further  advance.  The  (mutations 
are-.— Clouuie  Is,  122s  ;  Dorsats,  141)3 -t  Noruiandy  ex¬ 
tra,  122s.;  (  unudoui,  MOftvSHe. 

The  reeont  rains  In  Uerklmer,  N.  Y.,  have  Improved 
pastures,  and  att'-ifved  bus  11  good  start.  The  yield 
of  lute  cheese  promises  to  be  good. 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS, 


You  Cannot  I)o  a  Bettor  Thing  for  your  wife 
ori  a  washing  day  than  provide  her  a  Doty 
Washer  and  n  Universal  Wringer.  It  will  keep 
aches  from  horback  and  arms,  wrinkles  from 
her  forehead  and  roughness  from  her  hands.  It 
will  do  the  work  of  a  hired  woman  and  save 
your  linen  from  being  .scrubbed  out  and  her 
temper  from  being  chafed  out.  —  -New  York 
Weekly  Tribune. 


—all  flrst-elass  Bulbs.  Rivers’  celebrated  new  early 
Peachos—  Early  lieatrlco,  Early  Louisa  and  Early 
Rivers;  two  weeks  earlier  than  Hales.  ZJT'  A  large 
general  Nursery  Stock, 

JOHN  SAUL, 

WsiHlaingi'toii  City,  It-  C. 

Bnrirnina  In  Nursery  Stock.  Mlllloen  of  Forest 
Tree*  &  Heeu lings.  Millions  of  Apple  smeks, 
etc.  Half  a  Million  Concord  Grope  V ides,  ,pat®* 
loguos /mi.  J.  JENKINS,  ttox46,V>  hiOiia.Col.Co.,0. 


The  Best  Thing  for  Harness 
Is  the  celebrated 
Frank  Miller’s  Habness  Oil 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


A  DAY  ami  expenses  to  good  Agents. 
Address  BOWEN  &  CO.,  Marlon,  Ohio. 


New  York,  August  30,1873. 

Iteeve*.— Trade  on  Wednesday  was  slow;  during 
the  toronoon,  sales  were  effected  ut  7u;@12o.  ib.j 
later  in  tuc  day,  u  lew  very  poor  lean  steers  sold  ut 
$30  P  beads  weights,  4H®7  cwt.  Thursduy,  there 
wa»a.heavy  run  of  beeves;  sales  slow,  and  many 
lot*  remained  unsold,  ami  s  -veral  lots  Of  cattle  were 
holdback:  this  condition  Of  business  checked  the 
market  on  Friday,  when  trade  wua  slow  under  the 
same  conditions  us  on  the  previous  day ;  prtoes  were 
c 

been  small  during  the  past  week,  only  53oJ67  with 
top  uttiors  at  58  ii>.  in  the  cwt.  not.  Special  sales  were 
Mato  stgers,  $aii®i«)  f-  hoiKl;  Texan,  4hi;wj  cwt.,  f1*,^ 
8c,;  do.,  Hcirt.,  llTc.t  Kentucky,  In  largo  lot*,  common 
to  good,  0J4««7H  cwt.,  llOaUJio,,;  do.  oxen,  it)  cwt.. 
lQ)4e.:  large  lots  of  mixed  l  exan  and  MDsourtT6  cwt. 
scant,  undSowt..  iVaariC.;  (suii-so  Indhuni,  UJj  Owl., 
11c.;  llilnoU,  ccnuiu  ii  to  fair,  tk«o7A  i-wt.,  I054®ll;4‘'n 
good  (Uiftllty  iln.  1  7 If 6)8)4  cwt..  12cid3)4c,;  conrso  Mis¬ 
souri,  ,'i  cwt.,  11®  1 1  wo. 

Alilcli  Cows,- There  is  no  life  to  the  trade  In 
Cows;  sllll,  a  Very  slight  improvement  was  l'elt  on 
Wednesday,  sine,  when  prices  have  remained  llrin, 
bcinv  u»iol!ows :  Poor utility  cows,at$8U®45$  head; 
fair  qtiallcy,  46ll®(i6. 

Venla.— Oa  Wudnosduy  lust  veals  were  tlrm  at  9@ 
10c.  c  it.;  gru-  ..  calves,  ilicvi.60.  1’rloe -  fell  Re.  on 
Thursday,  and  remained  (Inn  ut  tin  sc  rules  up  to  Fri¬ 
day  noon.  Hpeciul  sales  were  State  veals,  uvenigu 
weiglo  f  ill  it.  „i  head,  9c.  u  s.;  Foimsylvaniu,  113  lbs., 
9)4®  10c.;  Jersey,  HO  tts.,  yti.9XC. 

Sheep  ond  Lambs.-1 There  wax  rather  n  large 
trade  lust  Wednesday  ;  good  sheep  sold  freely  at  6)4 
®tiWc.  ¥  Hi.;  common  poor,  I ).fco5c.  Lambs  were  not 
us  active  us  sheep ;  prices  ranged  *te8)jt.  Trade  n as 
remained  hrm  ut  tnese  rates  up  to  Friday.  Sjn-ciul 
sales  were  (l)ilu  sheep,  average  weight  7K  its.  -V  head, 
do.,  81  IBs.  Slate.  771b*.,  ,»40.; 
do.,  lambs. HIM  tt-  .T^Cd  do.,  87  n,s,,5.;  Pennsylvania, 
IiK'<  1B-,  VKc. 

Hog*.— Trade  on  last  Wednesday  was  moderate  on 
a  heavy  run.  Live  sold  atfitfe.  >'  it.;  city  dresaiid, 
III,’ 'Vi HO,  ’I’hgre  were  no  sales  In  live  on  Thursday, 
and  uity  dressed  wore  firm  utubovu  quotation*;  trade 
aettve  on  Friday,  when  live  hogs  were  worth  5)4@&Kc.; 
city  d rcsi. ed< 8h® 7)40. 

lloi'si  (InrhCC.— There  Is  no  trade  in  the  city 
llverv  stables  in- ai  Lhe  Bull’s  Head  Market  to  enable 
us  to  do  more  than  quote  nominal  values,  which  nre 
n.-i  follows  StYllsh  carriage  horses,  $l,300<nil,7(X)  -<S< 
pair;  good  quality  working,  $3nO-vF;i;  handsome 
heavy  draught,  fcftlOftSQO,  36  horsea  arrivnd  per  Erie 
Railway  via  Oak  ''lid  Station.  181  hoi  -es  arrived  per 
New. Jersey  Central  Railroad  via  Liberty  Street  Ferry. 


Instead  of  BITTER  use  SWEET  QUTNINE 


The  only  powder  In  the  world  that  wilt  keep  your 
fowlu  always  healthy  and  make  them  lay  winter  end 
summer,  cut  up  In  one  pound  boxes,  with  directions 
for  using,  il  a  box,  with  a  neat  Mule  paper  on  loultry, 
Issued  quarterly, showing  howto  make  poultry  pront- 
ttblo  ;  with  11  history  of  the  Westfield  Poultry  5  a  I'd. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS, 


NEW  York.  Monday,  Sopt.  1,1873. 

Receipt*.— The  receipts  or  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  ft*  follows : 

Pried  Frulta,  pkgft-  082  Of  Mon.  hales .  7,964 

Ergs,  bbl* .  R.1S3  Hop*,  bales .  „  « 

Flour,  bbl* .  7S.2TQ  I'eannt*.  hags .  8,719 

Wheat,  b«sb _  KFi.fAi  Out  meat«,  plcgs....  1,841 

Corn,  bush  . 4,125,005  Boric,  bbl* .  1,«M 

Oats,  bush . •  iff), 9  d  Beef,  nkw* .  _  J§g 

Hve,  hush .  34,606  Lard,  pkgs . .  «,7a8 

Barley,  hush .  —  Buttnr,  pkg* .  SO,™ 

Malt,  bush .  fibi.Clicc-.c,  pkgn .  64,200 

Beaus  bush .  2.075 ! Wool,  bale*.........  1,051 

Ocra  menj,  bbl*,...  2,578  Grass  seed,  bush...  672 

corn  meal,  bags...  419  Dressed  Hog*.  No.. 

Bonn*  nail  Pcan.-Export  of  Beans  past  week 
210  bis. ,  of  Peas,  34  OUAhols.  There  lias  boon  no 
trade  of  moment  in  beans,  but,  stocks  are  burden¬ 
some  and  quality  generally  fair,  and  prices  rule  very 
Ann  at  our  late  tlgurcu.  Marrows  weakened  a  little 
under  tin;  free  supplies,  but  the  market  showed  its 
strength  by  recovering  tn  a  day  or  two.  P'-a,  beans 
and  kidney,  nominal.  It  is  hoped  we  "hall  hnvu  a 
more,  lasting  supply  of  pea  hcana  next  *cason,  aft  the 
old-fashioned  tiailo  keep  up  the  inquiry,  although 
they  have  ha  I  0  Itiug  period  to  In  :rodui  e  other  sort*. 
Canadian  pc  1-=,  arc  qulutat  the  old  range.  Green  peas 
unchanged.  _  _ 

The  quotations  stra ;  i-*or  prime  pea  wans,  fJ.Oftffla; 
do.  falrlots  down  to  $2  it) ;  prime  mediums, $2.88®{.90; 
do.  fair  lots  down  to  $2J)2 ;  nr  Roc  marrowfats,  $3.10® 
8.25;  do.  fair  lot,*,  62.90;  prime  kidney,  *2.W®3;  do. 
fair  lots,  $2.90;  prune  n-d  kidney,  Jt.5Uc?t.76;  i  tais 
arc  quiet  ftl  95c.®71  for  Canada,  til  hulk. 

■There  is  rather  more  export  Inquiry, 


(t34®2a;  do.,  shipping  urude,  per  ton,  $2ixb)2  1 ;  do., 
clover,  good,  per  ton,  $17®1B;  do..  Inferior,  per  ton, 
$10®  15.  straw,  long,  per  ton,  $17f»llH;  do.,  short,  per 
ten.  $12®14  ;  do.,  oat,  per  ton  $18®1L 

II nil*,—  Picking  has  eumunsucod  pretty  generally, 
and  In  a  few  days  we  nlinll  likely  have  material  sup¬ 
plies;  meanwhile,  buyers  hold  off  to  some  extent, 
awaiting  development*,  Tho  crop  roporla  ftre  not 
particularly  unfavorable ;  In  some  section*  lice  are 
reported  nuroerouti, although  no  L-spectnl  dninage has 
been  done  yet. 

New  fork*,  growth  1*72,  40f<44.V.:  Eastern .  growth 
1ST.’,  «ti)e.;  vVealern,  growths  WW,  HtsaiGc. ;  Old*, 

growth  1370.  in®We.;  Old  olds,  growth  isiw  and  la6F, 
ft:.* tie.;  Ravarlft",  4*.l®43a.t  English,  JOtSJac. ;  Belgian, 
2Sai30o.:  Californian.  4 5® 50c. 

P«nn lit*.— Are  held  firmly.  Tennessee,  $1.80®2.10: 
Virginia,  $3.80;j>8.25 ;  Wilmington,  $2®2.50. 

Poultry  and  Gam®.— Live  poultry  Is  In  good  sup¬ 
ply  again,  anu  prio-'s  are  lower  lor  chicken*.  Grouse 
are  now  offering. 

We  quote  live  spring  chickens,  Jersey,  per  pound, 
15 @180.;  Western,  15(«il7c.  Fowls,  Jersoy,  lii®180. 
Western,  lik«)18e.  Turkeys,  .Terser,  light,  20c„:22e.; 
\V esterd,  old,  ia/Blfic.  Duck*,  Jersey,  (*  pair,  ‘.KJc.MfLj 
do.  young.  'khi/aH.  ;  Western,  COfciHOc.  Woodcock, 
q  1 1 , 1  i  * *,  1  at. ,  1 1  ,'i  »  pair  for  state.  tl.2o  for  West- 

rn  ,i,  .  0  T.MI  V  dor.,  for  Dwltch, ?l,25fffll.7a 

ror  yellow -kvg  -d,  $2.50  for  plover.  Grouse,  V  pair, 
HTe.fmbl,  trapped. 

Provision*.  -  Prices  of  pork  and  lard  are  lower, 
supplies  of  the  former  being  more  liberal.  Business 
has  been  email,  with  »|jl|ipoi-»  operating  sparingly. 

Beef  bums- choice  Western,  Texas  prime 

128028;  do.  ffttr  lots,  817@21.  fgu-n,  new,  at  8X648 
7- Hid.  On  the  spot;  old,  8  ,c.  Tor  We  torn  Stettin  on 
spot  »Ro.  1 01  Septe  mber;  8.’4c.  for  (ictober.  Long 
clear,  ftc.  ;  snort  clear,  ir’i'e.:  short  rib.  9@9Mc. 
Mass  pork,  817.7, >,  spot  ;  |17jJ7  tor  8dpt.  Western 
prune  men*  >lt  $  I  i.'JtW  17.5(1.  DreanUd  titws,  City,  8?4ffl 
7kc.  Cuttneai*  uro  selling  at  13  ®  He.  tor 
ham*.  IrjoM- ;  Si'JC.  rot  sboulricrs.  loose;  7)4 

1  lore,  tor  pickled  hellle*,  louse.  Boxed  dry-salteu 
shoulders, oRc.  Smoked  mcataui  13)4ti415}4c.  for  loose 
hams.  9'«e.  for  Loose  shoulders.  Tallow  at  8)4c.  for 
prime  Stock.  Beef,  selling  at  *9®11.7&  for  barreled 
new  plain  mess,  7126413.50  for  extra  mess.  Tierced 
heel  at  4?2:%24  tor  new  India  mesa,  $24(5)28  for  new 
extra  India  mc.-s.  and  #20 ®2;i  for  now  prime  mess. 

s*ee<l*.— Grass  arc  quiet ;  olovev,  9®ll)4C.  Timothy 
a  little  Irregular,  with  better  supplies,  quoted  at  #1® 
4.25 ;  rough  llitx,  .f-2.10. 

Tobacco.  -Western  leaf  as  well  us  seeilleaf  have 
been  selling  freely  to  shippers  at  a  very  steady  range 
of  prices. 

QUOTATION'S—  SEW  CHOP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

Lugs .  7  @  7)40.  7l«@  7>lc. 

Good  do.  ...  754®  8!"ic.  7X@  8)40. 

Common  to  medium  leat.  8K@  h.'4C.  9  @  10'6C. 

Good  no.  -.10  &  10)4C.  11  64  12 

Fine  do.  ..11  @  12  «.  12)464  13  C. 

Selections . ....12)4®  13  c.  13)4@  15 

sredleap  crop  op  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  fillers . 11  ®  14  c. 

seconds . 12  64  25  c. 

wrappers . 40  @  55  C. 

selections . 00  ®  7n  0. 

New  York  tiller* . 10  04  11  e. 

wrapper* . .....18  64  35  c. 

assorted  lots . 11  M  11  e. 

Pennsylvania  fillers . . . 12  ®  14  e. 

wrappers...., .....  ,.,.......,.,,..22  @  fill  c. 

assorted  lota . ,18  @  25  e. 

Ohio  tillers. ..  - .  8  6ft  8  e. 

wrappers......... . 18  ®  36  f, 

assorted  lota... . . . 9)4®  12  e. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots .  8  @  9  c. 

Vegetiibles.  -There  lut  *  been  a  glut  of  potatoes, 
supplies  receiving  large  additions  from  the  West.  A 
good  many  lots  are  arriving  ton  green,  uud  the  ap- 
pearauw  of  whol  -•  car-loads  Is  thus  frequontly  dam¬ 
aged.  Brices  are  qnudedly  lower  for  all  grades. 
Rost*,  State,  in  double  heucla,$1.75®iJ;  do.. near  points, 
In  bulk,  p  bbl.,  *1. 59641. 76  i  I’eaeTi  Blow,  #3662.25;  Peer- 
les*.  #1.50661.82;  Sweet,  yellow,  Delaware,  $,y«i&.50;  do. 
do.,  Virginia,  ;  p«4.fi4).  Tomatoes,  ^  bu-hol,  40®60c. 


VIENNA 

PREMIUMS. 


THE  WILSON  SHUTTLE 

SEWING  MACHINES 

Received  the  Crand 


AND  MEDAL  OF  HONOR 

FOR  THE 


Hers  wax,— There  l*  rather  more  export  Inquiry, 
and  prices  arc  somewhat  strongc*  tor  round  parcel*. 
Odd  pack  -  ga*  will  not  brin,:  above  inslm-  prices.  We 
quote  Western  3)®32)4e.;  Southern,. «®3ic.  Exports 
past  week.  5,0oii  lbs.:  cm  no  January  1, 102,340  lb*.  Same 
period  last  year.  1A1.109  lb-*. 

Broom  Corn.— Tho  demand  has  fallen  off,  and 
prices  arc  unsettled.  Buy  r.s  seism  disposed  to 
await  the  developments  1  f  new  crop,  particularly  as 
present  rates  have  been  strained  so  high.  We  quote 
nominally  X.org,  rtocii  hurl,  prime  to  choice,  19® 
11‘^c.:  short  and  'iii-rtiuii.  hroiJi,  choice  groon,  8(«' 
9 >40.  Medium  qualities,  red-tlppcd,  .-.fioAMc.;  common 
qualities,  red,  coun  o  and  stemmy,  8)#® 4c. 

lliiUer.'-Thc  market  Is  without  notlcnble  change, 
ooutlnued  warm  wen  Tier  preventing  any  buying  hc- 
yotiu  actual  ward*,  and  for  the  fancy  lines  and  selec¬ 
tion*  of  State  hUtlei  the  inurkot  ih  very  firm,  and  id 
some  ease*  quoted  lc.  higher  than  ut  nur  last.  Prom¬ 
inent  Oeiu .  ra  ii.l vise  farmers  to  ship  without  reserve 
or  soli  with  the  chaneo,  ns  they  would  like  to  have 
as  much  auion.ei- made  out  of  the  way  as  possible, 
before  they  ooimneoci  upon  taeftttrueitvu  fall  make, 
of  which  there  i.*  great  reason  to  hcllcve  there  will 
bo  an  .'lhan'i.ir.c-.:-.  Western  butter  14  subject,  to  the 
close  scrutiny  that  hot  weather  trariAportailon  gives 
it.  and  few  parcels  reall.'.c  our  ties,  figures.  There 
have  been  sales  of  very  fancy  Centml  Michigan  ai 
27c.  We  quote  Orange  C  j.  pall*,  fancy,  83®36o.t 
othorgood  pad v, 2ftt,431u.;  poor  win  e  or  weedy  flavor, 
202)2)0,;  State  lirltlns  anil  half  tubs,  One,  30i4SlC„  In 
lines,  and  AfyjSJc.  for  selection-*  1  fair  to  good  State, 
2J®28«.;  Wei*  1 1  in  os,  25®29c,;  cholco  Western,  2l®2l)'(.-. 
pood  do.,  is  ji20u.;  low  do,  1564J7C, 

Cheese.  The  market  1ms  not  changed  this  week; 
the  receipt*  have  been  moderate,  and  tho  shipping 
demand  bus  boen  sufficient  to  usu  up  supplies.  Strict, 
ly  choice  lines  are  wanted,  und  In  Inst  a  no  s  bring 
13)4 c.  The  bo-t  price  offered  by  shippers  hi  13c.  Ex¬ 
ports  for  the  week,  tJ.OTJ  boxes. 

Fine  an-i  choice  factory,  12)f<3>13c. ;  do,  good  to 
prime,  12®12ic.{  do.  falrlots,  lie.;  State  faun  dairy, 
good  to  prime,  HH®i  ;c.;  no.  fair  lots,  ld)4  oliXc.;  ao. 
sklmmeu,  5  ildc.;  Western,  fine  Cheddar,  12®12)4c.;  do. 


THE  BEST  MADE  SEWIM  MACHINES 

AND  THREE 

Co-Operative  Medals 

FOR 

The  GSesl  Made  Set  or 
Harness. 

The  Best  Made  Side  Saddle, 
The  Best  Boot  and  Shoe 
Work, 

And  the  Best  Samples  of 
Cloth  Sewing;. 


Momlny’fi  >:tlc*.  Hccvcs.  —  'I'ride  very  slow. 
Choice  Steers  Me.  V  18  less  tlmo  on  the  previous  Mon¬ 
day.  Prices,  8®l3e.  p  B>.:  w nights,  »V«:’J  cwt.,  on  h'i®68 
It,*,  to  the  ,-wt  ,  net:  quality  from  poor  to  choice, 

Mitch  row*.  No  suit! this  forenoon.  Dealers  de¬ 
clare  tluit,  if  good  quality  cow*  wore  offerod  fair  rates 
would  be  obtained. 

Von  Is.  Smooth  quality  vea  la  ut  7609c.  7*  lb.;  poor 
calves  at  5(4, he.:  gnisscrs  not  quoted. 

Sheep  aud  l,n  111  Iik. -There  wa.su  heavy  trade  in 
sheep  at  fair  rates.  Sales  at  4)4646)fc.  P  lb.;  lambs 
very  slow  at  6@8c. 

flog*.— Live  hogs,  average  weight  201  lbs.  V  head, 
sold  ai  5«c.  V  lb.;  light  pigs  at  5!4e.;  extreme  range, 
bii&6Ho.\  city  dressed  not  quoted  at  noon. 

receipts  op  live  stock. 

.Slnsip  St 

Btfcvoii.  Cow*,  Col  veil.  I. unit, H.  Hogs. 
One  Hundredth  8t... 2, 893  2  248  260 

Fortv-Eighth  fit .  15  84  Shi  11,112  000 

Fortieth  St. 7.  . .  HU  00  340  10.135  22,290 

Cotnmunlpaw . 5,243  00  01  1, 808  15,2.48 

W^ehawken . 1,902  ft)  00  _00O  UW 

Totals  this  Week... .  10,053  81  1.481  52,356  37,528 

*'  last  week.... 10,004  93  1,811  31,412  34,495 


No  other  Sowing  Mnchlnoa  received  Prem¬ 
iums  on  tholr  merits,  which  we  will  prove 
by  evidence  at  cur  office,  and  that  all  re¬ 
ports  relating  to  the  contrary  are  false. 

Machines  Sold  on  Easy  Monthly  Payments. 

SALESROOM  » 

707  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK, 

And  all  otlier  Cities  in  the  United  States. 


This  week. 

Cents. 

12  (id  13 
11  6ft  11% 

10  64  10k 

«K  6'  UK 

1 1  ("  12 


Good  Steers  V  &> 

Fair . 

Poor . 

Poorest . 

Gen.  selling  rates 


A  Work  on  the  Breeding,  Rear¬ 
ing,  Care  and  General  Man¬ 
age  m  e  nt_of_P  o  u  1 1  ry . 

BY  WILLIAM  3M.  LEWIS. 

This  is  one  t <t  the  nnusi  uouon-uD  works  on  tho 
subject  on  which  il  Deal*,  lor  Its  sDe  and  nrlce.of 
any  publication  of  the  kind  In  ihl*  country.  It  le 
anely  und  profusely  llluttraUftl.  and  printed  and 
Bound  In  extra '  style.  Contain*  ‘AM  large  octavo 
pages.  Bent,  by  'mail,  post-paid,  for  1 1.50.  Address 
I».  1».  T.  AlOOUK.  I*u  till  *  her, 

5  KneUmnn  si„  bsw  Vork. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


Don’t  Throw  Away  Your  Money.  —  To  the 

Huh  Me. —For  over  28  years  Dr.  Tobias’  Venetian  Lini¬ 
ment  has  been  sold;  every  bottle  has  been  warrant¬ 
ed,  and  not  one  lias  been  returned.  Thousand*  of 
certificates  of  Its  wonderful  curative  proper! i«s  ten 
be  seen  at  tho  Depot.  It  will  do  all,  and  tsoro,  than 
It  Is  recommended  for.  It  Is  perfectly  safe  to  take 
inU-rnally.  See  oath  with  every  bottle.  It  cure* 
Cholera,  Croup,  Dysentery,  Colic,  Sea  sickness, 
Chronic  Rheumatism,  Sprains,  Old  Sores,  Cute,  Ac. 
Depot,  10  Park  Place,  Now  York. 


jHubliration: 


implements;  amt  Pneltinent 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


Episcopal  bishop  Quintard  of  Tennessee  is 
sick. 

The  Tichborne  litigation  has  cost  to  date  over 

$500,000. 

GiiADSTONK  is  again  in  poor  health.  He  looks 
like  a  ghost. 

“  Some  Had  People  "  is  the  title  of  Bret  Ifarte's 
new  lecture. 

Michael  Angelo's  tooth  birth-day  occurs 
next  season. 

Wm.  Morris,  the  poet,  has  just  departed  on  a 
second  visit  to  Iceland. 

The  liev.  .lames  Freeman  Clark  is  Ashing  in 
the  Baranac  IN.  V.)  lakes. 

Mahk  Twain  is  said  to  contemplate  publish¬ 
ing  the  bulls  of  Ireland  in  half  calf  next  fall. 

Upon  taking  his  departure  from  Europe  for 
home,  the  Bliah  of  Persia  will  embark  at  Brin¬ 
disi. 

Fhed.  Douglass  will  be  at  Nashville,  Sept. 
10,  to  address  the  colored  people  at  the  State 
Fair. 

Prof.  RkuuccA  Kick  of  Antioch  College, 
Ohio,  lias  returned  from  a  two  years’  sojourn  in 
Europe. 

Prince  Bismarck  has  granted  permission  to 
the  Good  Templars  to  establish  lodges  in 
Prussia. 

The  wife  of  Senator  Schurz  is  mentioned  as 
having  inherited  $110,000  from  her  uncle,  lately 
dead,  in  Hamburg. 

The  Itcv.  G,  H.  Bridgeman,  a  graduate  of 
Kingston  College,  has  been  elected  President 
of  the  Lima  College. 

Miss  Cecilia  P.  Cleveland,  daughter  of  Mr. 
Greeley's  sister,  Mrs.  John  U.  .Cleveland,  has 
been  spending  the  summer  on  a  book  to  be 
entitled  “Journal  Leaves  from  Chappaqua.” 
it  is  to  contain  personal  reminiscences,  sketch¬ 
es,  and  other  material  concerning  Mr.  Greeley, 
as  well  as  other  members  of  the  family. 


fnrrnm/  %7  3000  M 

'flK'Why*.  Wg/fCMa/ksm  v . 


There  is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  Is  no  machine  that  possesses 
une-liiilf  the  qua  II  the*  which  are  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  family  use  as  the 

Bickford's  Improved 

Its  simpllctl)  and  ease  of  management,  together 
with  its  capacity  for  doing  the  greut  range  of  work, 
and  its  trilling  cost,  make*  it  a  mutter  « ,f  economy 
tor  every  family  to  have  one,  and  «  ill  ultimately 
bring  it  tntoas  general  use  as  toe  Sewing  Machine. 
The  practical  utility  of  the  machine  only  needs  to 
be  demon -(rated  to  the  people  to  produce  an  un¬ 
limited  demand. 

Many  Sewing  Machine  Agents,  finding  the  in- 
crouac  of  competHkui  and  (Ik-  cllfficully  of  selling 
high-priced  machines  lo  militate  against  a  flour¬ 
ishing  bu-Mnems,  arc  taking  hold  of  thij 


Or  pupil  la  properly  furnished  for  his  work,  a-  a  new 
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Wo  warrant  It  to  out  any  grain  that  grows,  and  in 
any  condition. 

It  will  do  bettor  work,  is  more  durable,  and  is  in 
every  respect  superior  to  our  former  manufacture  of 
the  celebrated 

JohuMtou'M  “  Sweepstakes  ”  Reaper, 

Don’t  buy  any  other  until  you  havo  seen  it. 

122^'  For  particulars,  address 

BRADLEY  MANl  ’G  CO  ,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


WILL  BE  SOLD  AT  LOW  PRICES 


50,000  Good  Apple,  5  to  8  ft.,  4  years.  20  M.  3  yoars,  4 
to  t)  fl.  50,000  Peach,  1  year  buds,  8H  to  6  ft.  10  M, 
Concord  Grape,  3  and  8  years  old.  Pear,  Apricot, 
Plum  and  Pencil  Sued,  and  American  Chestnut  seed, 
for  sale  this  fall.  We  will  exchange  Apple  trees  on 
Pear.  G.  W,  WILSON  A  CO.,  Bendorsville,  Adams 


BAND  ALL’S 

Practical  Shepherd 


ROBERT PATON, 

J«  GROVE  ST.,  Vi;U  VOKIi, 

m!|f  SUNDAY 

SETTEES 

IN  AMERICA. 

Catalogue  sent  on  application  with  stamp. 


Terms  liberal. 


A-  GREAT 


ONE  MILLION  Apple  Trees,  ex  tra  quality,  with 
a  full  aud  complete  general  stock  of  Fruit  and  Orna¬ 
mentals,  at  wholesale  and  retail.  Prices  low.  Write 
for  price  lists. 

;iT  Stock  guaranteed  not  damaged  by  the  severity 
of  the  past  winter. 

BLAIR  BROS.,  Proprietors, 

Lee’s  Summit,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 


•  UIEEc&OFFER.  HORACE 

S  W ATKUS  &  SON,  181 

dispose  of  lOO  I’ I A  VOS  and  ORttiSH  of  first- 
cJass  makers,  including  WATERS’,  at  ci- 
;  remely  low  prices  for  cn»b,  or  part  cash,  «7/i l 
Z.tlance.  in  tana) I  monthly  payments.  Kew  7- 
Oc.tnve  liiwt-elnsg  EIAIVON,  nil  moiUrn  im* 
proveineutg,  for  827.%  cash.  Organs  $745* 
I’OPBLE-RKIJb  ORGANS,  $IOO  t  4-STOP, 
$  1 1 0  ,  H  -  KTO  V ,  *  1 145 ,  u  own  r,U .  //.  L  US  '1 RA  TED 
CA  TAT.OdUKS  M  A  if.  HO  for  one  stamp.  A  large  dis¬ 
count  to  Ministers,  Churches,  Sunday-Schools,  'banjo r- 
Societies,  Lodges,  etc.  At. LATH  AVAIVTED. 


A  COMPLETE  TREATISE 

OX  THE  BREEDING,  MANAGEMENT 
AND  DISEASES  OF  SHEEP. 


Wanting  first-class  Apple  Trees,  in  large  or  small 
quantity  can  be  nupi'liod  at  i 'em  reasonable  tlguros. 
Will  exenangft  a  limited  number  for  laud  or  for  Stan¬ 
dard  Pear  Trees.  Cull  on  or  address 

ALF.  H.  NHEhhER, 

Riveraiile  Nurseries, 

Lewisburg,  Pa. 


This  Work,  by  the  Hon.  Hunky  S.  Randall, 
LL.  D.,  (author  of  “  Sheep  Husbandry  in  the  South,’1 
“Flue  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry,”  &c.,)  Is  the  StuniJ- 
ard  Authority  on  the  Subject.  U  is  the  most  com¬ 
plete  and  reliable  Treatise  on  American  Sheep  Hus¬ 
bandry  ever  pubilshod,  aud  (asUhe  New  Kngland 
Farmer  says)  “  should  be  in  the  hand  and  head  of 
every  person  owning  sheep.’' 

The  Pkaotical  Shepherd  contains  152  pages,  and 
Is  illustrated,  printed  and  bound  in  superior  stylo. 
Twenty-seventh  Edition  now  ready.  Sent  by  mall, 
post-paid,  on  receipt  of  price— 12.  Address 

D.  I).  T.  MOOltK.  Publisher, 

5  Bookman  *!„  Now  York. 


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tl)  Descriptive :  (2)  Wholesale;  <31  Bulb;  (L  Fruit  uni 
Flower  Plates.  Imuionse  stock  and  low  prices.  Ad 
dress  F.  K  PUONNIX,  Bloomington  Nursery,  111. 


IoAA  nan  fruit  and  orna- 

•  IH/vM'Uv  menu  1  Trees.— A  general  lino 
of  N  urscry  Stock  at  low  prices.  Pear  Trees  a  special¬ 
ty.  Writo  for  wholesale  or  retail  Prloo  Lists.  Agents 
wanted.  E.  MOODY  A  SONS,  Lockport,  N.  Y. 


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-  Money  is  worth  33  per  cent,  at  the  bank  In 
Dallas,  Texas. 

Rutland,  Vt„  has  had  a  torchlight  proces¬ 
sion  of  3,000  torches. 

—  Half  of  the  American  goods  sent  to  the 
Vienna  Exhibition  have  been  sold. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  British  Medical  Society 
In  London,  recently,  2,500  M.D.'sputin  an  ap¬ 
pearance. 

—  The  spring  clip  of  wool  shipped  from  San 
Diego  Co.,  Cal.,  for  New  York  this  year,  was 
240,004  pounds. 

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to  Goat  Island,  Niagara  Falls,  took  $47,000  In 
fees  last  year! 

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plantations  in  Greece  have,  in  many  places, 
been  damaged  by  locusts. 

Among  the  many  paradoxical  things  pecu¬ 
liar  to  Australia  Is  a  crow  that  warbles  as  sweet¬ 
ly  as  the  most  dulcet  thrush ! 

Eighty-eight  women  will  study  In  Michigan 
University  during  the  next  college  year;  !>  will 
take  the  law  course,  117  the  medical,  and  42  the 
academic. 

—  A  bed  of  peculiar  clay  Is  said  to  havo  been 
discovered  In  Jefferson  Co.,  Nebraska,  from 
which  bricks  are  made  of  a  bluish  tinge  and  of 
great  hardness. 

—  The  Christian  population  of  Persia  num¬ 
bers  50,000,  of  whom  half  are  Armenians  and 
half  h'estoriuns.  The  0,000  Armenians  who  re¬ 
side  in  townsare  chiefly  In  Tabrooz  and  Jalfa; 
the  rest  are  agriculturists, 

—  Tbo  colors  of  the  planets  are;  Venus,  a 
creamy  white;  Mercury,  a  sparkling  white; 
Mary,  a  deep  red;  Saturn,  a  dull  yellow;  and 
Jupiter,  white;  seen  through  the  telescope  it 
lias  belts  of  different  Colors. 

'Hie  highest  mountain  on  the  North  Amer¬ 
ican  continent  Is  Mount  St.  Kilns,  in  Alaska, 
whose  elevation  Is  17,900  foot.  Next  to  It  comes 
the  volcano  of  Popocatapoll,  In  Mexico,  17,8)41 
feet,  and  Orizaba,  also  in  Mexico,  17,157;)  feet. 

—  The  AldOD  process  of  drying  fruit,  is  now 
generally  coming  Into  use  In  California,  and 
with  the  best  results.  Grapes,  peaches,  plums, 
apples,  cherries,  pears,  etc.,  can  bo  cured  and 
rendered  lit  for  market  in  a  few  hours. 


CJIIQ1CT  HORNS  of  best  Ileril  Book  pedigrees, 
l  ’  All  ages  iind  sexes.  Pure  Jerseys,  all  recorded  in 
I.  C.C.  ft.  It.  Berkshire  Pigs  of  unexcelled  quality 
and  pedigree.  All  the  Jerseys  ore  solid  color.  Will 
sell  ’}  Imported  Cows  thui  have  made,  on  trial,  1514  and 
1154  Uis.  Gilt-edged  Butter.  Among  the  pigs  f Or  sale 
are  a  munbor  of  Show  animals.  Greendale  Stock 
Farm  established  1800.  Address  or  call  and  see  stock. 

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gaged  In  any  branch  of  dairy  business,  or  who  keeps 
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THEIR  HISTORY,  BREEDING  AND 
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A  BUDDHIST  GARDBN. 


VOL.  XXVIII.  No.  1 1 .  t 
WHOLE  No.  1233.  I 


Jimd'nrajic  Orankium).  I 


A  BUEfcHIST  GARDEN. 

The  accompanying  illustration  is  a  repre¬ 
sentation  of  the  surroundings  of  a  Buddhist 
temple  in  Ceylon,  and  of  the  rich  vegetation 
by  which,  suclx  buildings  are  surrounded. 
They  are  generally  situated  in  a  well-wooded 
grove  and  in  a  neighborhood  in  which  water 
is  abundant;  In  But  EmmeusON  Tennent’s 
history  of  Ceylon,  we  find  the  following 
remarks  in  reference  to  Buddhism  and  horti¬ 
culture. 

One  peculiarity  in  the  Buddhist  ceremonial 
served  at  all  times  to  give  a  singular  impulse 
to  the  progress  of  horticulture.  Flowers  and 
garlands  are  introduced  in  its  religious  rites 
to  the  utmost  excess.  The  atmosphere  of  the 
wiliams  and  temples  is  rendered  oppressive 
with  the  perfume  of  Champac  and  Jassa- 
mine,  and  the  shrine  of  the  deity,  the  pedes¬ 
tals  of  ins  image,  and  the  steps  leading  to  the 
temple  are  strewn  thickly  with  blossoms  of 
the  Nagaba  and  the  Lotus,  At  an  earlier 
period  the  profusion  in  which  these  beautiful 
emblems  were  employed  in  sacred  decora¬ 


tions  appears  almost  incredible  ;  the  \fnhaw- 
anso  relates  that  the  Ruanwelle  dagoba, 
which  was  270  feet  in  hight,  was  on  one 
occasion  “  festooned  with  garlands  from  pe¬ 
destal  to  pinnacle  till  it  resembled  one  uni¬ 
form  bouquet and  at  another  time,  it  and 
the  lofty  dagoba  at  Mihintala  were  buried 
under  heaps  of  Jessamine  from  the  ground 
to  the  summit.  Fa  IIian,  in  describing  his 
visit  to  Auarajapoora  in  the  fourth  century, 
dwells  with  admiration  and  wonder  on  the 
perfumes  and  flowers  lavished  on  their  wor¬ 
ship  by  the  Bingalese  ;  and  the  native  histo¬ 
rians  constantly  allude  as  familiar  incidents 
to  the  profusion  in  which  they  were  em¬ 
ployed  on  ordinary  occasions,  and  to  the 
formation  by  successive  kings  of  innumerable 
gardens  for  the  floral  requirements  of  the 
temples. 

The  capital  was  surrounded  on  all  sides  by 
flower  gardens,  and  these  wore  multiplied  so 
extensively  that,  according  to  the  Rajarat- 
rtacari,  one  was  to  be  found  wit  hin  a  distance 
of  four  leagues  in  any  part  of  Ceylon.  Among 
»  the  regulations  of  the  temple  built  at  Dam- 
bedenla,  in  the  thirteenth  century,  was 
“  every  day  an  offering  of  100,000  dowel's, 
and  each  day  a  different  flower.”  Another 
advantage  conferred  by  Buddhism  on  the 


country  was  the  planting  of  fruit  trees  and 
esculent  vegetables  for  the  gratuitous  use  of 
travelers  in  all  the  frequeuted  parts  of  the 
island.  The  historical  evidences  of  this  are 
singularly  corroborative  of  the  genuineness 
of  the  Buddliist  edicts  engraved  on  various 
rocks  and  monuments  in  India,  the  decipher¬ 
ing  of  which  was  the  grand  achievement  of 
PlUNSIP  and  liis  learned  coadjutors. 

On  the  pillars  of  Delhi,  Allahabad,  and 
other  places,  and  on  the  rocks  of  Girhar  and 
Dhaoli,  there  exist  a  number  of  Pali  inscrip¬ 
tions  purporting  to  be  edicts  of  Anoka,  (the 
Dliarmasoca  of  the  Mnhnwanso),  King  of 
Mughada,  in  the  third  century  before  the 
Christian  era,  who,  on  his  conversion  to  the 
religion  of  Buddha,  commissioned  Mahindo, 
his  son,  to  undertake  its  establishment  in 
Ceylon.  In  these  edicts,  which  were  promul¬ 
gated  in  the  vernacular  dialect,  the  king 
endeavored  to  impress  both  upon  his  sub¬ 
jects  and  allies,  as  well  as  those  who,  although 
aliens,  were  yet  “united  in  the  law”  of 
Buddha,  the  divine  precepts  of  their  great 
teacher  ;  prominent  among  which  are  the 
prohibition  against  taking  animal  life,  and 
the  injunction  that,  “everywhere  wholesome 
vegetables,  roots,  and  fruit  trees  shall  be 
cultivated,  and  that  on  the  roads  wells  shall 


he  dug  and  trees  planted  for  the  enjoyment 
of  men  and  animals.”  In  apparent  conform¬ 
ity  with  these  edicts,  one  of  the  kings  of 
Ceylon,  Addagawuno,  about  the  year  20 
A.  D.,  is  stated  in  .the  Mafaawonao  to  have 
“caused  to  be  planted  throughout  the  island 
every  description  of  fruit-bearing  creepers, 
and  interdicted  the  destruction  of  animal 
life,”  and  similar  acts  of  pious  henevolence, 
performed  by  command  of  various  other 
sovereigns,  are  adverted  to  on  numerous 
occasions. 

Our  illustration  shows  a  noble  Talipot  Palm 
{Cnryphu  umbrae lUifura),  the  leaves  of  which 
are  used  by  the  Buddhist  monks — prepared 
in  small,  narrow  strips— os  books  on  which 
to  record  their  sacred  writings,  &c.  The 
history  and  poetical  writings  of  Ceylon  have 
been  for  ages  past  written  on  these  narrow 
strips  of  Palm  leaves,  known  to  the  natives 
by  the  term  of  Olas.  The  leaves  of  the 
Talipot  Palm  am  also  used  as  umbrella;-  and 
sunshades,  also  for  covering  huts  and  making 
temporary  tents.  It  is  the  noblest  of  the 
Palm  family,  growing  often  to  the  hight  of 
100  foot.  It  only  flowers  once  and  then  dies. 
Every  temple  must  have  its  sacred  “  Bo 
Tree'1  (  Picas  riliyiom),  as  shown  In  our  draw¬ 
ing,  taken  from  the  ancient  tree  at  Androja- 
poora,  planted  there  by  Buddha  or  his  fol¬ 
lowers,  and  said  to  be  one  of  the  oldest  trees 
I  in  the  world ;  they  are  usually  planted  in  t 
some  conspicuous  [dace  fronting  the  t  emple. 


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re-planting  I  am  plowing  my  corn,  because 
seed  saved  in  the  manner  described  seldom 
fails  to  grow.  But  some  have  seen  the  fruits 
of  my  labor,  and  ns  I  am  perfectly  willing 
that  they  should  share  with  me,  I  divide  my 
seed,  giving  them  equal  chance  for  early 
crops  with  myself.  Hoping  the  above  may 
be  of  use  to  W.  M.  B.,  and  many  others  who 
read  the  Rural,  I  am  V/m.  Cusan. 

Cicero,  Ind. 

J  votice  in  your  valuable  paper  of  Aug.  3, 
this  question : — “  What  are  your  respective 
method*  of  saving  seed  corn  ?”  I  will  give 
you  the  method  which  my  father  has  prac¬ 
ticed  many  years.  When  'husking  we  select 
the  largest  and  fullest  cars.  leaving  some  of 
the  husks  on  these  ;  wo  braid  into  bunches 
of  a  dozen  each  and  hang  them  up  in  the 


be  required  for  the  trees.  Consequently  a 
site  should  be  chosen  which  would  give  facil¬ 
ity  for  procuring  manure,  &c.,  by  water,  or 
any  cheap  conveyance  from  cities  or  towns 
where  it  is  abundant.  The  growth  of  any 
crops  not  genuinely  agricultural,  will  usually 
end  in  disaster  to  the  soil,  because  there  is 
nothing  to  return  as  an  equivalent  for  the 
fertility  taken  away.  Cotton  will  exhaust ; 
but  when  the  price  is  high  it  pays  to  buy 
guano ;  flax  is  bad  unless  the  seed  is  made 
into  jelly  and  fad  to  the  livestock.  T  knew 
tenant  farmers  who  used  many  tons  of  the 
best  flax  seed  which  'conkl  be  bought,  and 
cooked  it  in  preference  to  feeding  oil  Ciike  • 
and  the  crops  of  roots  and  other  produce 
which  resulted  from  the  use  of  the  manure 
made  by  the  cattle  fattened  by  eating  this 
flax  seed  jelly  was  surprising.  ’  But  of  all  evil 
crops,  tobacco  is  the  most  hateful,  for  that 
seems  to  me  to  be  the  most  disgraceful  to 
mankind.  The  very  idea  of  cultivatin',  a 
rank  poison  to  gratify  the  acquired  taste  for 
the  filthy  stuff,  is  suggestive  of  insanity;  but 
men  will  do  anything  for  greed,  and  even 
parsons  in  New  England,  who  preach  and  in¬ 
cite  otherwise  against  the  stimulation  by 
intoxicating  liquids,  will  grow  this  stupefy  i..- 
and  disgusting  rubbish,  and  “chaw”  it  too  I 


TOBACCO  CULTUEE 


SYSTEMATIC  FARMING, 


The  true  theory  of  agriculture  is  to  regard 
it  in  the  light  of  a  manufacturing  industry. 
The  farmer  is  a  creator  of  values.  Whatever 
lie  produces,  whether  it  be  a  bushel  of  com, 
a  pound  of  pork,  ti  barrel  of  apples,  an  acre 
of  roots,  or  a  firkin  of  butter ;  in  all  these 
cases  ho  converts  raw  materials  into  useful 
commodities  through  the  intervention  of 
labor  and  by  the  use  of  capital.  He  puts  his 
products  into  the  market  in  much  the  same 
way  as  other  manufacturers.  His  success, 
Hko  l heirs,  depends  not  alone  on  capital  or 
skill  or  labor  or  machinery  or  science  or  ex¬ 
perience  ?  on  none  of  these  separately  and 
exclusively, but  on  all  of  them  combined,  and 
on  the  judgment  with  which  they  uro  blend¬ 
ed  in  due  proportion,  and  on  the  clear-sighted 
sagacity  which  is  everywhere  applied  to  his 


|  when  preserved  in  this  way,  has  never  failed 
to  grow  when  planted.  Many  of  our  neigh¬ 
bors  who  took  their  seed  from  the  crib  last 
spring  were  obliged  to  re-plant  their  fields 
with  com  preserved  in  this  manner,  because 
their  corn  was  frozen  by  the  severe  cold  of 
last  winter;  but  ours  sprouted  and  grew 
nicety  and  promises  to  be  a  line  crop.  Wb 
have  never  failed  of  having  corn  sprout  when 
preserved  in  this  maimer.  Notwithstanding 
the  drawback  which  the  corn  crop  received, 
those  of  our  neighbors  who  iminediately 
re-planted,  have  a  fine  growth  of  corn,  and 
it  promises  to  be  a  fine  crop  generally 
throughout  this  section. 

Kent  Co.,  Mich.  Faumer’s  Bov. 


emoum  mere  do  indications  of  an  expectant 
frost,  tobacco  Btan ding  in  the  field,  whether 
ripe  or  not,  ought  to  be  cut  immediately, 
since  if  it  can  wilt  only  two  or  three  hours 
frost  will  not  injure  it.  Where  it  is  imprac¬ 
ticable  to  cut  it  in  a  hurry,  large  fires  should 
be  made  in  several  places  in  its  vicinity,  until 
the  danger  is  over.  Ripe  tobacco,  standing 
in  the  field,  is  extremely  sensitive  to  frost, 
which  blisters,  burns  and  destroys  it,  render¬ 
ing  it  absolutely  valueless.  For  cutting  it 
long  sharp  knives  or  hatchets  are  best  and 
most  conveniently  handled.  One  blow  should 
sever  the  plant,  when  it  ought;  to  be  carefully 
laid  down  to  prevent  breakage  of  the  leaves, 
il  the  weather  is  cool  it  will  wilt  slowly,  lmt 
should  the  sun  Rhine  intensely  it  must  be 
watched  to  prevent  blistering,  and  placed  in 
small  heaps  aa  soon  as  possible.  When  suffi¬ 
ciently  wilted  to  piVvent  breakage  this  must 
be  done  regardless  of  sunshine,  to  facilitate 
reruoA'al  to  the  drying  house. 

It  is  then  placed  upon  wagons  and  conveyed 
to  the  drying  house,  where  hanging  it  for 
curing  is  the  next  thing  in  order.  For  this 
there  are  two  methods,  one  to  tie  it  with 
strong  twine  upon  poles  and  place  them 
across  beams,  and  the  other  and  more  pref 
erablo  one,  to  place  a  jointed,  hollow,  steel 
spear  upon  common  latlis  and  run  It  through 
the  end  of  the  plant,  placing  six  or  seven 
plants  upon  one  lath  and  suspending  it  across 
beams  or  poles.  Care  should  be  taken  that 
it  is  not  hung  too  closely,  otherwise  it  will 
not  cure  well.  Spearing  is  sometimes  per¬ 
formed  in  the  field,  which,  by  some  tobacco 
growers  is  thought  to  save  time.  When 
there  is  no  danger  of  frost,  no  more  tobacco 
should  be  cut  than  can  be  conveniently  housed 
in  one  day. 

To  facilitate  its  proper  curing  the  tobacco 
should  be  so  hung  that  no  one  plant  shall 
touch  the  other,  and  so  that  the  air  may 
circulate  freely  through  it.  Rain  must  be 
kept  from  it  by  carefully  closing  the  house, 
and  sunshine  admitted  by  opening  in  dry 
weather.  It  will  gradually  turn  yellow,  and 
then  dark  brown,  and  requires  no  further 


TALL  MEADOW  OAT-GKASS, 


Do  you  or  any  of  the  renders  of  the  Rural 
^EWVORKKK  know  any  tiling  of  the  merits 
of  this  grass  as  a  hay  and  forage  crop  ?  I  re¬ 
member  it  was  once  commended  highly  to 
mo  by  u  farmer  in  Maryland;  but  I  have 
never  tried  it,  and  would  be  glad  for  any  in- 
toj  mation  that  will  enable  me  to  deteimine 
whether  It  will  pay  to  attempt  to  introduce 
It  into  Eastern  Tennessee.— ».  o.  K. 

We  cannot  speak  from  experience  with 
this  grass.  But  wo  remember  to  have  read 
an  article  several  years  since  by  Rev.  C.  W. 
Howard  of  Kingston,  Georgia,  commending 
it  highly  for  culture  in  that  State,  Kentucky 
and  Virginia,  quoting  the  testimony  of  ex¬ 
perienced  farmers  in  its  favor.  Its  seed  stems 
grow  four  or  five  feet  high  ;  on  good  upland 


less  each  bushel  or  ton  will  cost. 

The  reason  of  this  is  wo  perfectly  plain,  it 
seems  incredible  that  our  farmers  do  not  give 
more  attention  to  the  principle,  and  t  ake  ad¬ 
vantage  of  it,  to  increase  their  profits.  The 
usual  explanation  with  most  of  them  is,  that 
capital  being  limited,  they  cannot  put  more 
than  a  certain  amount  of  expense  on  each 
acre,  even  though  every  additional  dollar 
should  bring  back  a  hundred  fold. 

This  is  plausible  enough  at  first  sight,  but 
it  does  not  meet  the  case,  as  I  propose  to 
show  at  another  time  ;  nor  is  there  any  suffi¬ 
cient  reason  why  they  should  not  hereafter 
raise  much  larger  crops  and  at  less  cost  than 
the  average  of  the  present  or  of  recent  years. 

Thu  topic  hero  presented  is  very  prolific 
anil  full  of  interest.  It  opens  up  to  American 


FIELD  NOTES, 


Fultz  Wheat  at  Bamboo,  TFis.  —  G.  W. 
Wood  writes  the  Western  Farmer  that  he 
sowed  some  t  his  wheat  Oct.  7,  and  adds  ; 

“  I  sowed  at  the  same  time  Diehl,  Tappahan- 
nock,  Fultz  and  lotiselle.  It  was  at  least,  a 
mouth  too  late,  and  1  had  no  reason  to  ex¬ 
pect  a  crop.  Some  of  it  survived  the  winter. 
The  Fultz  was  the  hardiest,  next  Diehl,  then 
the  Tappahatmock,  and  last  the  Tousellc.  The 
Diehl,  which  I  sowed  on  September  11,  is 
|  very  fine.  All  varieties  in  this  vicinity  stood 
the  winter  just  in  proportion  as  it  got  started 
in  the  fafi.  I  lie  earliest  sown  is  almost  uni¬ 
formly  the  best.” 

The.  Turnip  Fly  and  Turnip  Seed.— Some¬ 
where  I  saw  directions,  last  year,  for  pre¬ 
venting  the  ravages  of  the  turnip  fly,  and 
tried  it,  und  recommend  it  to  the  readers  of 
the  Rural  New-Yorkkr.  It  is  to  wet  the 
seed  with  spirits  of  turpentine,  allowing  it  to 
remain  wet  half  or  three-quarters  of  an  hour, 
then  dry  it  with  ashes  or  plaster  and  sow  it 
as  usual.  I  have  had  no  trouble  frr.ro  1  ha  flvr  I 


fowls.  Be  sure  and  house  them  at  night  ; 
feed  upon  stimulating  food,  with  care  that 
they  are  well  supplied  with  plenty  of  fresh 
water,  and  a  grass  run  if  possible,  as  it  is  the 
most  critical  time  witli  poultry.  Too  much 
care  cannot  be  taken  for  their  comforts. 
Roup  and  .many  other  'diseases  originate  in 
the  system  by  severe  colds  taken  in  the 
moulting  season,  and  winch  often  destroys 
the  entire  fiock  the  following  winter.  Be 
sure  your  fowls  go  to  their  winter  quarters 
in  healthy  condition  ;  and  with  proper  care, 
no  fear  need  be  entertained  of  sickly  birds. 

In  raising  late  chickens,  hatched  in  July, 
the  greatest  care  should  be  taken  in  the  fall 
months,  as  such  will  moult  their  chicken 
feathers  when  three  months  old.  House 
them  in  cold,  damp  weather  and  not  allow 
them  to  run  on  cold  damp  ground  ;  house 
them  in  the  morning  until  the  grass  is  diy, 
and  feed  upon  warm,  stimulating  food  ;  for 
one  roupy  chicken  may  deprive  you  of  your 
yearly  profits.  I  have  bred  upward  of 
500  fowls,  wintering  about  200  birds  and 
never  had  an  epidemic  or  disease  rage  in  my 
coops.  I.  S.  Ives. 

Salem,  Mass. 


SAVING  SEED  CORN 


Une  ot  your  ooiTeBpondents  (W.  M.  B.), 
writing  from  Vermont,  asks  your  farm  read¬ 
ers  to  give  their  methods  of  saviug  seed  corn. 
.1.  will  give  mine,  which  hits  proved  very  suc¬ 
cessful  with  me,  and  any  one  else  can  follow 
it  with  good  results.  The  time  to  pick  seed 
corn  is  in  the  fall,  as  soon  as  the  husk  is 
about  half  ripe.  Pull  off  afi  the  husk  but 
leave  enough  to  tie  with  another  one  ;  then 
hang  them  up  in  a  dry,  airy  place,  leaving 
them  thus  until  wanted  for  planting.  BA- 
following  the  above  for  several  j  ears  I  have 
succeeded  in  improving  my  corn  far  beyond 
my  expectations,  and  I  feel  amply  repaid  for 
all  my  exertions  when  I  see  my  corn  is  now 
about  two  weeks  earlier  than  any  of  my 


Lhseasea  of  Potatoes.— An  “English  Sub¬ 
scriber,”  Lancaster,  England,  asks  if  any  of 
our  readers  can  inform  him  “The  chief 
causes  of  the  various  diseases  of  the  potato, 
their  cure,  and  the  manner  of  avoiding  such 
diseases,  from  practical  experience.” 


Chicken  Cholera  Cure.— Mrs.  E.  R.  says 
she  cured  her  chickens  of  cholera  as  follows  : 
I  took  a  lump  of  alum  as  large  as  a  hen’s  egg 
and  dissolved  it  in  half  a  gallon  of  water. 
This  I  thickened  with  com  meal  and  gave  it 
three  times  a  day.  Pursuing  this  treatment, 
my  hens  were  soon  well. 


width  at  its  base.  This  includes  a  uniform 
system  of  spurs  or  wings  thrown  out  on  each 
side  as  if  for  support,  and  sloping  down  to 
timber  in  the  course  of  eight  or  ten  miles, 
something  like,  to  compare  grcat> things  with 
small,  the  rafters  from  the  ridge-pole  of  a 
house. 

Its  ridge  is  broken  in  outline,  often  ser¬ 
rated  like  a  saw  (whence  the  name  Sierra) 
sometimes  exhibiting  tho  native  granite  of 
the  earth’s  crust  in  huge  masses,  terrible 
f rom  their  gigant  ic-  dosolatenesa  and  uncouth 
shapes,  but  in  good  part  it  is  smoothly 
rounded  and  grassy,  accessible  and  passable 
in  any  direction  during  July,  August  and 
September.  Stretching  itself  like  a  huge, 
gorged  anaconda,  five  hundred  miles  from 
northwest  to  southeast,  enveloping  the  great 
parks  in  its  folds  and  hiding  myriads  of 
smaller  ones,  suspending  Alpine  lakes  with 
lilies  all  their  own.  on  its  rugged  sides,  often 
breathing  liken  leviathan  of  the  deep,  and 
shaking  storms  from  its  angry  mane, 

A  peculiarity  of  tho  range  is  ils  tortuous 
course.  A  direct  line  connecting  Its  northern 
and  southern  points  in  tho  Territory  of  Col¬ 
orado,  is  not  quite  three  hundred  miles  in 
length,  whereas,  following  itR  windings,  the 
measurement  is  over  five  hundred  miles. 
Adding  to  this  the.  great  lateral  spurs— those 
terminating  in  Pike’s  L’oak,  and  tho  Spanish 
Peaks  and  Raton  mountains  on  the  east,  and 
the  Elk  and  Uncornpagro  mountains  on  the 
west — the  aggregate  length  of  the  range  in 
Colorado,  is  from  ten  to  twelve  hundred 
miles. 

Rising  gradually  from  tho  Laramie  Plains, 
in  latitude  13  degrees,  JO  rain,  north  and  lon¬ 
gitude  30  degrees,  80  min.  west  (from  Wash¬ 
ington),  the  range  has  an  average  altitude  of 
12,000  feet.  Upon  crossing  the  41st  poralul, 
it  pours  oil',  north-eastward,  the  waters  of 
the  North  Platte,  and  westward,  those  of 
Green  and  Rear  rivers,  R,  soon  changes  its 
course  a  trifle,  striking  east  southeast  for 
about  seventy  miles,  dividing  tho  North  and 
Middle  Parks,  and  abutting  squarely  on  the 
plains  in  Long’s  Peak,  Here,  it  breaks 
sharply  to  the  south  southwest,  shedding 
from  its  eastern  slope,  the  numerous  affluents 
of  the  South  Platte,  and  from  its  western, 
tho  Grand  River  fork  of  the  Rio  Colorado, 
Pursuing  this  course,  perhaps  thirty  miles,  it 
suddenly  makes  an  ox-bow  curve,  forty  or 
fifty  miles  in  length,  to  the  west,  round  tho 
more  immediate  heads  of  Clear  Creek. 
Thence,  it  resumes  its  southerly  course  for 
twenty  or  thirty  miles,  starting  eastward, 
Rear  Creek  and  the  north  fork  of  the  South 
Platte,  and  westward  the  Snake  and  Swan 
rivers,  affluents  of  the  Blue,  tho  latter  a 
tributary  of  the  Grand,  about  sixty  miles  in 
length,  and  emptying  into  that  stream  just 
before  it  escapes  from  Middle  Park.  Here, 
tho  range  breaks  suddenly  to  the  west,  pre¬ 
senting  in  a  distance  of  twenty  miles  three 
wagon  road  passes — tho  Georgia,  the  Broek- 
en ridge  and  the  Uto — and  culminating  soon 
thereafter  in  Mt.  Lincoln.  Tills  is  the  grand 
focal  point  ol'  primary  mountain  chains, 
primary  rivers  and  parks.  It  is  In  tho  same 
latitude  as  St.  Louis  and  San  Francisco  (JO 
degrees),  is  about  one  thousand  miles  from 
each,  and  in  the  center  between  thorn. 

From  Mt.  Lincoln,  a  spur  called  after  a 
little  town  on  the  Platte  at  its  head,  tho 
“Montgomery  Spur,”  shoots  oil'  directly 
southward  about  twenty-five  miles,  where  it 
ends  in  tho  Rullalo  Peaks.  Beyond  this,  it 
is  a  low,  serrated,  wooden  range,  and  it  soon 
curves  eastward  and  Anally  northward, 
meeting  a  range  from  the  opposite  direction, 
iu  Pike’s  Peak,  directly  facing  Lincoln,  east 
southeast,  and  one  hundred  miles  distant  at 
the  foot.  It  is  as  though  the  great  spur  thrown 
off  from  tins  range  at  the  northeast  corner 
of  the  Park,  had  opened  for  the  first  hundred 
miles  of  its  course,  the  two  halves  removing 
sixty  or  seventy  miles  asunder  to  make  room 
for  the  Park  ;  then  becoming  one  again,  but 
displaced  forty  or  fifty  miles  northward  from 
Pike’s  Peak,  hud  pursued  its  descending 
course  until  it  was  lost  in  the  bank  of  tho 
Mississippi  River.  A  series  of  similar  spurs 
accompanies  this  mother  of  mountains 
throughout  Its  course,  forming  water-sheds 
between  Hudson’s  Bay  and  the  great  Jukes, 
between  the  Missouri  and  the  Yellowstone, 
and  in  regular  succession,  tho  Platte,  Arkan¬ 
sas,  Red  and  Del  Norte. 

On  the  west  they  are  more  irregular,  pre¬ 
senting  us  with  the  Columbia  and  the.  Col¬ 
orado,  tho  latter  having  several  largo  tribu¬ 
taries — the  Green,  Grand,  Gunnison,  Pnereo 
and  Gila — which  show  it  muro  especially. 
The  range  bears  off  westward  from  Mt.  Lin¬ 
coln  for  twenty  or  thirty  miles,  in  which  dis¬ 
tance  it  sweeps  round  the  head  of  the  Arkan¬ 
sas.  Thence  it  strikes  southward  for*  per¬ 
haps,  seventy  miles,  shedding  off  into  the 
Arkansas  on  the  east.  Tennessee,  Lake, 


Clear,  Pine,  Chalk.  Cottonwood  and  South 
Arkansas  Creeks,  all  of  considerable  size, 
and  exposing,  by  the  immense  furrows  they 
have  cut  in  the-  heart  of  the  mountain,  in¬ 
numerable  and  rich  gold-bearing  quartz 
veins ;  and  into  Gunnison  Fork  of  the  Rio 
Colorado  on  the  west,  a  succession  of 
streams,  not  yet  so  well  explored  as  the 
others,  but  still  known  to  open  and  make 
accessible  an  auriferous  and  argentiferous 
region  of  bewitching  extent. 

The  “Parks”  enfolded  within  the  wind¬ 
ings  of  the.  mountains  are,  perhaps,  the  most 
distinctive  and  remarkable  features  of  the 
whole  formation.  Valleys  of  rich  fertility 
and  exquisite  beauty,  mortised,  as  it  wore, 
into  the.  nigged  mountains,  and  lifted  aloft 
thousands  of  feet  above  the  sea,  they  are  as 
marvelous  ns  they  aro  unique.  They  open 
upon  the  traveler,  says  Mr.  Bowi.es,  at  fre- 
queut  intervals,  in  e bar m i ng  mi expectcdn ess, 
rich  with  grass  and  water,  with  trees  and 
flowers,  with  soft  beauty  of  outline  and 
warm  beauty  of  color,  in  most  admirable 
contrast  to  the  rough  rooks  and  white  snow 
of  the  high  ranges  around. 

THE  SOU. 

The  soil,  for  a  considerable  distance  east  of 
the.  foot-hills,  appears  to  be  made  up  for  the 
most  part,  of  material  similar  to  that  of  the 
mountains.  It  is  largely  composed  of  disin¬ 
tegrated  rock  which,  through  countless  ages, 
has  been  broken  up  into  more  or  less  minute 
particles.  To  most  eastern  men  it  would  not 
at  first  have  the  appearance  of  being  a  rich 
soil,  there  being  a  less  proportion  of  humus 
or  decayed  vegetable  matter  than  iu  most  of 
the  soils  of  New  York,  but  t  hat  it  is  rich  in 
fertilizing  elements,  the  abundant  crops  of 
wheat,  barley,  oats,  guess  and  vegetables,  of 
all  kinds,  very  clearly  demonstrate. 

Mr.  Geohgk  Vu.ee,  the  French  Savant,  in 
his  experiments,  has  shown  that  pure  sanrl, 
freed  from  all  organic  matter  by  means  of 
intense  heat,  can  be  converted  into  a  soil  ca¬ 
pable  of  growing  crops  to  perfection,  by  add¬ 
ing  eertaiu  elements  in  certain  proportions, 
viz.  :  Phosphate  of  lime,  carbonate  of  po- 
tassa,  quick  lime  and  nitrate  of  soda,  and  it 
would  seem  that  the  soil  of  Colorado  is  es¬ 
pecially  rich  iu  all  tho  mineral  elements  re¬ 
quired  for  growing  crops,  and  in  the  most 
available  form.  Water  is  necessary  for  the 
growth  of  plants,  and  it  is  water  which  acts 
like  magic  in  developing  the  wonderl'id  for- 
"tility  of  Colorado  soil  and  adapting  it  to  the 
growth  and  perfection  of  crops.  Fortu¬ 
nately,  the  mountains  furnish  innumerable 
streams  that  are  unfailing  and  afford  inex¬ 
haustible  supplies,  and  at  an  altitude  which 
renders  them  easy  to  he  used  for  irrigating 
the  broad  sloping  plain,  stretching  away 
from  the  foot  of  the  mountains.  The  system 
of  irrigation  now  commenced  in  Colorado, 
and  that  contemplated,  promises  to  be  de¬ 
veloped  into  one  of  the  grandest  works  of 
tho  world.  Irrigation  among  Eastern  farm¬ 
ers  is  but  little  practiced,  and  but  little  un¬ 
derstood.  Much  is  yet  to  be  learned  concern¬ 
ing  it,  even  in  Colorado,  but  the.  first  princi¬ 
ples  have  been  matured  and  progress  from 
year  to  year  must  be  rapid.  The  Colorado 
farmers  claim  that  the  lack  of  vain-fnll  in 
tho  country  is  rattier  an  advantage  than 
otherwise,  since  by  irrigation,  the  crop  is 
under  control,  is  more  certain  with  no  dam¬ 
age  or  loss  iu  harvesting.  The  wholo  expense 
and  trouble  in  irrigating,  they  say-,  is  much 
less  than  the  average  loss  at  tho  East  for  any 
given  crop,  on  account  of  rain  iu  harvest 
time ;  but  we  shall  discuss  this  question 
further  on. 

CLIMATE. 

The  climate  of  Colorado  in  summer  is  dry 
and  comparatively  cool,  especially  during 
tho  night,  and  ;us  you  approach  the  foot-hills 
and  the  mountains.  Tin  altitude  ol'  Nit 
Carson,  a  town  on  t  he  plains,  150  miles  east 
of  Denver,  is  4,101  feet  above  the  son  level. 
Denver  is  5,317  feet,  and  the  range  of  country 
along  the  foot-hills,  north  and  Bouth,  and  for 
twenty  miles  or  more  wide,  east  of  tho 
mountains,  is  from  5,000  to  0,000  feet  above 
the  level  of  the  sea.  The  altitude  of  the 
par  ks  and  canons  is  much  higher,  being  from 
7.000  to  8,000  feet  and  more. 

The  winters  of  Colorado  are  mild  and  the 
absence  of  deep  snows,  together  with  the 
dryness  of  the  climate,  prevents  the  decay 
of  grasses  and  allows  them  to  cure  on  the 
grouud,  retaining  all  their  nutrition  and  ena¬ 
bling  stock  of  all  kinds  to  live  and  fatten  by 
grazing  the  year  round.  Old  stock  men  with 
whom  we  conversed,  claimed  that  the  mild 
climate  during  winter,  especially  in  central 
and  southern  Colorado,  obviated  the  neces¬ 
sity  of  artificial  protection  to  stock  during 
any  season  of  the  year,  while  others  thought 
it  more  advisable  t  o  provide  places  of  shelter 
with  some  storing  of  fodder  in  ease  of  storms 
which  occasionally  occur,  and  when  it  is  dif¬ 


ficult  for  stock  to  pick  their  living  from  the 
plains. 

It  is  evident  that  a*country  having  a  cli¬ 
mate  like  that  of  Colorado,  where  stock,  at 
most,  require  but  little  artificial  protec¬ 
tion,  and  but  a  small  quantity  of  food  stored 
up,  above  that  which  is  obtained  from  grow¬ 
ing,  to  carry  it  through  from  one  end  of  the 
year  to  the  other,  must  have,  great  advan¬ 
tages  over  the  East  where  I, ho  cost  of  raising 
and  storing  a  supply  of  winter  fodder  is  a 
most  serious  drawback  on  the  farmer’s  in¬ 
come. 

GRASSES. 

The  most  esteemed  grasses  on  the  plains 
aro  the  Buffalo  grass,  the  Mcgquit  or  Gama 
grass  of  the  West  (Uoutclonu)  and  the  Bunch 
grass.  Nearer  the  mountains  there  is,  in  ad¬ 
dition  to  the  Mcsquit,  a  kind  of  grass  which 
has  t  he  local  name  of  “  blue  grass,”  and  an¬ 
other  called  “blue  joint,”  both  of  which  are 
very  nutritious  and  arc  highly  esteemed. 

Mr.  Stone  of  Pueblo,  whom  we  met  on 
the  way  to  Colorado  Springs,  assured  us  that 
timothy,  red-top  and  clover,  wore  indigenous 
to  the  country,  and  that  large  patches  of 
these  were  found  growing  wild  in  the  canons 
and  parks.  It  is  true,  in  our  subsequent 
journeys  in  the  canons,  we  saw  patches  of 
timothy  grass  ingrowth,  and  we  saw  it  grow¬ 
ing  above  Wilson’s  near  Bergen  Park,  but  we 
were  not  satisfied  that  this  grass  is  indigen¬ 
ous,  blit  suspect  that  wherever  it  is  found 
growing  without  cultivation,  if  indeed  if 
does  so  grow,  the  seeds  must  have  been  in¬ 
troduced  by  teamsters  in  traveling  over  the 
mountains. 

CURIOUS  FACT  ABOUT  RED-TOP. 

Red-top  grows  with  great  vigor  and  yields 
enormous  crops  both  in  Colorado  and  Utah, 
especially  on  irrigated  grounds,  and  it  is  a 
curious  fact,  at  least  curious  to  us,  that  these 
alkaline  soils  seem  particularly  well  adapted 
to  the  growth  and  perfection  of  this  grass. 
At  Salt  Luke  we  saw  very  heavy  crops  of 
Red-top  on  the  lower  benches  of  land  with¬ 
out  any  special  irrigation,  though  tho  land 
received  moisture  from  the  waste  water  used 
in  the  culture  of  crops  on  higher  land.  In 
tho  instance  referred  to,  the  lands  had  never 
been  broken  up,  but  Red  top  seed  had  simply 
been  scattered  on  the  surface  of  the  ground 
in  its  natural  state,  and  yet  it  had  taken  root 
and  was  yielding  enormous  crops.  The 
Mormons  told  us  that  the  alkaline  lands 
seemed  specially  adapted  to  the  growth  of 
Red-top,  and  the  crops  which  we  saw  seemed 
to  prove  that  statement. 

NUTRITIVE  VALUE  OF  NATIVE  GRASSES. 

Tho  native  grasses  of  Colorado,  whether  on 
the  plains  or  at  the  foot  of  the  mountains, 
aro  very  nutritious.  This  is  proved  by  the 
sleek,  thrifty  condition  of  the  numerous 
herds  feeding  upon  her  natural  pastures. 
The  testimony  of  every  stock-man  and 
farmer  of  whom  we  inquired,  and  they  were 
numerous,  was,  that  the  native  grasses  were 
more  nutritious  and  hotter  relished  by  stock, 
than  the  cultivated  grasses  of  the  cast.  Men 
of  undoubted  integrity,  who  were  brought 
up  farmers  in  Now  York,  Pennsylvania  and 
the  New  England  States,  anil  who  had  been 
living  in  Colorado  for  some  time,  engaged  iu 
cattle-raising  and  other  kinds  of  farming, 
all  seemed  to  agree  uj ion  th  is  question.  Some 
farmers  who  were  raising  the  cultivated 


DAIRY  NOTES  ON  COLORADO 


AN  OLD  NOTION  CONCERNINO  DAIRY  SOILS. 

The  idea  that  tho  dairy  business  can  be 
successfully  prosecuted  only  in  a  few  fa¬ 
vored  localities  and  upon  a  certain  land  of 
soil,  has  for  some  years  been  gradually  giving 
way,  as  knowledge  and  experience  have, 
from  time  to  time,  abundantly  demonstrated 
the  fallacy  of  this  notion.  Before  t  he  fac¬ 
tory  system  was  introduced,  and  when  the 
art  of  making  fine,  butter  and  cheese  was 
confined  to  a  comparatively  few  people  and 
to  certain  sections  of  the  country,  the  failure 
to  produce  a  good  article  in  new  localities 
was  naturally  enough  attributed,  for  the 
most  part,  to  the  soil  or  some  defect  in  the 
food  which  it  produced.  It  is  true,  tho  food 
which  the  cow  cats  has  something  to  do  in 
the  quality  anil  flavor  of  the  goods  made 
from  her  milk  :  but  it  has  been  found  that 
good  milk  can  be  produced  from  a  great 
variety  of  grasses  and  other  foods,  and  is 
not  confined  within  the  narrow  limits  which 
it  was  at  one  time  supposed. 

it  was  Mr.  Hakding,  the  great  exponent 
of  Cheddar  cheese  making  iu  England,  who 
first  announced  the  proposition,  we  believe, 
that  good  cheese  eould  he  made  from  the 
milk  of  cows  pastured  on  any  kind  of  soil 
that  would  grow  good  grass.  He  was  em¬ 
ployed  by  tho  Scotch  Agricultural  societies 
to  go  into  Scotland  and  introduce  the  Ched¬ 
dar  method  of  cheese  manufacture,  and  he 
found  that  quite  as  good  cheese  could  bo 
made  by  this  process  iu  Scotland  ns  in  Som¬ 
ersetshire,  England,  although  in  some  in¬ 
stances,  the  milk  required  skill  and  a  wide 
difference  in  its  handling.  He  concluded, 
therefore,  that  good  cheese  could  be  made 
from  the  milk  of  cows  pastured  on  a  diversity 
of  soil  by  skill  in  manipulating  the  milk, 
and  that  the  not  unfrequent  failures  ex¬ 
perienced  by  old  dairymen  in  making  a  fine 
product,  when  changing  from  one  locality  to 
another,  were  due,  in  a  great  measure,  to 
want  of  variation  in  the  handling  of  milk, 
and  in  not  adapting  tliclr  process  of  manu¬ 
facture  to  meet  circumstances,  or  the  new 
conditions  of  the  locality  where  they  were 
placed.  These  views  are,  without  doubt,  in 
a  great  measure  correct ;  and  they  are  to  be 
kept  in  mind  in  what  wo  have  to  say  con¬ 
cerning  Colorado  as  a  dairy  region. 

The  New  York  Agricultural  Editorial  Ex¬ 
cursionists,  leaving  Kansas  City,  July  SJfith, 
passed  through  Kansas  and  Colorado  to  Den¬ 
ver,  by  the  Kansas  Pacific  Railway.  Tho 
road  strikes  the  Territory  at  about,  half  way 
between  its  Northern  and  Southern  bound¬ 
aries,  and  running  in  a  northwesterly  direc¬ 
tion,  paases  through  Greenwood,  Douglas 
and  Arapahoe  counties,  thus  traversing  Col¬ 
orado  for  more  than  two  hundred  miles  to 
Denver,  where  it  terminates.  From  Denver, 
our  party  wont  south  on  the  Denver  and  Rio 
Grande  Narrow  Gauge  Railroad  to  Colorado 
Springs  and  Pueblo  ;  over  the  Colorado  Cen¬ 
tral  Railroad  via  Golden  and  Clear  Creek 
Canon  to  Idaho  and  Central ;  with  two 
weeks  excursion  in  the  mountains,  visiting 
Georgetown,  Black  hawk,  Coriboo,  Bergen 
Park,  Boulder,  etc.,  and  then  north  from 
Denver  to  Cheyenne.  Thus,  we  had  oppor¬ 
tunity  to  see  a  considerable  portion  of  the 
Territory  and  to  take  note  of  much  of  its 
agricultural  and  mineral  resources. 

TOPOGRAPHICAL  FEATURES,  ET0. 

Colorado,  as  will  be  seen  on  referring  to 
the  map,  lies  between  the  25th  and  32d  de¬ 
grees  of  longitude,  and  between  tho  37th 
and  41st  degrees  of  latitude.  Kansas  and 
Nebraska  are  its  eastern  boundaries,  Now 
Mexico  lies  at  the  south,  Utah  at  the  west, 
Wyoming  at  the  north.  The  Rocky  Moun¬ 
tain  range,  running  north  and  south,  divides 
the  Territory  nearly  in  the  center.  Mr. 
O.  J.  Huuustkr,  in  his  work  on  the  mines 
of  Colorado,  says  To  realize  a  true  con¬ 
ception  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  the  reader 
must  divest  himself  of  the  idea  of  one 
straight,  continuous  series  of  peaks  or  emi¬ 
nences,  for  the  whole  system  is  remarkably 
intricate  and  complicated.  Of  its  western 
side,  comparatively  little  is  known,  on  ac¬ 
count  of  its  inaccessibility  and  its  barren  and 
forbidding  character,  Viewed  from  the 
east,  it  consists,  in  brief— first — of  the  Main 
or  Snowy  range,  with  its  curious  system  of 
parks  and  its  innumerable  spurs,  and,  sec¬ 
ond — of  a  lower  series  of  mountains  known 
as  the  Foot-hills.  The  main  bulk  of  the 
Snowy  range  is  the  immediate  crest  of  the 
North  American  Continent,  and  forais  the 
great  “Dividu”  of  its  waters,  shedding  its 
rivers  westward  to  the  Pacific  and  eastward 
to  the  Atlantic— lies  between  the  28tli  and 
30th  meridians.  It  is  about  twenty  miles  in 


I  saw  of  them  ;  have  increased  very  fast 
since  then. — D.  R.  Amsden,  Scranton,  Iowa. 

This  beautiful  little  beetle,  with  deep-blue 
body  and  wing-cases,  and  orange  colored 
prothomx  and  legs  and  blue  head,  belongs  to 
the  “  Chrysomelian  ”  family;  its  name  is 
Qastrophysa  cyanea,  Mels.  These  beetles, 
like  hundreds  of  other  species  belonging  to 
this  family,  feed  upon  the  leaves  of  plants, 
and  frequently  do  an  immense  amount  of 
damage  to  farm  and  garden  plants  ;  for 
instance  the  striped  potato  beetle,  Lem  a 
trilincata,  the  llalticas  or  Flea-beetle,  and 
the  well-known  Colorado  potato  beetle.  So 
long  as  this  little  Oastrophysa  coniines  itself 


similar  seeds,  covering  about  an  inch  deep. 
The  following  spring,  if  all  has  gone  right, 
the  plants  will  appear,  when  they  must  be 
well  cultivated  in  order  to  insure  a  good 
growth.  When  they  are  one  year  old,  trans¬ 
plant  into  the  hedge  row,  prime  and  give  the 
same  care  as  with  other  hedge  plants. 


NATIVE  THORNS  FOR  HEDGES 


QUESTIONS  ANSWERED  BY  DAILY 
RURAL  LIFE. 


The  enclosed  are  specimens  of  two  kinds 
of  thorns  growing  in  this  village.  I  am  not 
aware  of  their  having  been  used  for  hedges, 
but  think  they  would  be  superior  for  that 
purpose.  If  I  am  correct,  I  intend  to  plant 
the  seed  of  both  this  fall.  They  are  botn  ex¬ 
tremely  hardy  and  ought,  to  beur  any  degree 
of  cold.  Please  give  me  their  names,  and 
notice  that  1  have  labeled  them  No.  102  ;  also 
give  me  the  process  of  raising  plants  from 
seed,  time  of  planting  and  how  long  it  takes 


AH  UNFORTUNATE  FIT. 

Caught  this  flying  around  a  lamp  in  eve¬ 
ning.  Never  saw  one  before.  May  be  plenty 
as  1  am  no  “  buggist.”  As  he  was  about  to 
stick  fast  to  an  unfinished  oil  painting  con¬ 
cluded  to  plug  him  up  and  send  him  to  you 
— Lucius  (loss,  BeUmore,  Parke  Co.,  Ind. 

Tine  four-winged  fly,  about  an  inch  long 
with  a  long,  slender  body,  is  known  to  ento¬ 
mologists  as  Myrmelon  obsoletus,  Say.  f  do 
not  know  at?  it  ha*  any  common  or  local 
names.  It  inhabits  low,  wet  localities,  and 
is  frequently  seen  flying  about  our  dwellings 
at  night.  Its  wings  are  transparent,  and 
marked  with  dork  brown  or  black  spots. 

EGOS  UPON  A  STRINQ. 

Daily  Rural  Like  Inclosed  find  a  piece 
of  cord  covered  with  small  eggs ;  look  like 
little  round  balls  of  gold.  The  cord  was  tied 
up  by  the  porch  for  a  flower  to  climb.  Can 
you  tell  me  what  they  are  i  If  so,  answer 
through  the  Rural,  as'  a  friend,  that  takes  a 
great  in tcrest  in  reading  “  Daily  Rural  Life” 
m  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  gave  them  to 
mo. — D.  W.  C.,  Helena,  M.  T. 

A  large  proportion  of  the  eggs  were 
hatched  when  received,  and  the  dead  larva; 
scattered  about.  The  specimen  was  quite  an 
interesting  one,  and  I  regret  thut  I  could  not 
have  succeeded  is  raising  the  caterpillars. 
From  the  appearance  of  the  minute  dead 
worms  1  think  the  eggs  are  those  of  some 
small  species  oi'  moth,  but  it  would  be  mere 
guess  work  to  attempt  naming  the  species. 

INSECTS  FROM  MINNESOTA. 

Mrs.  S.  D.  B. — The  collection  of  insects 
sent  arrived  in  good  order,  and  was  very 
acceptable.  The  worm  with  “  vegetable 
horns”  is  our  common  white  grub,  (the  lar¬ 
va  of  the  May  beetle),  which  had  been  at¬ 
tacked  by  a  species  of  funguB  or  mushroom. 
One  of  the  spores,  which  answers  the  same 
purpose  as  seeds  in  higher  orders  of  plants, 
having  gained  a  lodgement  in  the  mouth  or 
throat  of  the  grub,  it  sprouted,  growing  out 
in  the  shape  found,  In  Prof  Chas.  V,  Ri¬ 
ley’s  First  Report  as  State  Entomologist  of 
Missouri,  page  15G,  you  will  find  a  full  de¬ 
scription  of  this  curious  freak  of  nature. 

The  Carrion  Beetles  in  the  bottom  of  the 
box  belong  to  the  genus  SUphidcE.  If  you 
desire  the  names  of  the  different  species, 
send  specimens  of  each  numbered,  reserving 
duplicates  corresponding  therewith.  The 
little  snout-beetle,  with  red  wing-covers  and 
dark-blue  ante  nme  and  legs,  which  you  found 
feeding  upon  roses,  is  AUelubux  anatix,  Illi- 
gkr.  It  is  quite  common  both  in  the  Eastern 
and  Western  States,  and  I  found  it  a  few 
days  since  on  the  wild  roses  in  the  Rocky 
Mountains. 

PARSLEY  WORMS. 

Mrs.  H.  S.,  Banksville,  N.  Y.— The  bril¬ 
liantly  spotted  worm  found  feeding  upon 
your  parsley,  is  the  larva  of  the  handsome 
butterfly,  Papilio  Ax  ter  inn  of  Cramer.  You 
have,  no  doubt,  seen  this  butterfly  many 
hundreds  of  times,  flying  about  your  garden. 

It  is  nearly  black,  spotted  with  yellow  and 
pale-blue,  and  one  red  spot  on  the  inside  edge 
of  the  hind  wings.  Like  all  the  true  papil- 
ios  the  hind  wings  are  tailed.  The  insect 
which  you  refer  to  as  a  butterfly  is  a  large, 
four-winged  fly,  belonging  to  the  same  fam¬ 
ily  its  the  Devil’s  darning-needles,  seen  so 
abundantly  about  swamps  and  small  streams 
or  ponds. 

REGAL  WALNUT  MOTH. 

Inclosed  I  send  you  a  worm  found  on  a 
lilac  bush  in  our  yard.  Will  you  please  tell 
what  it  is  *— H.  T.  W.,  Lyman,  O. 

The  large  worm  is  our  native  “Royal 
Horned  Caterpillar,”  or  larva  of  a  magnifi¬ 
cent  moth  known  as  the  Regal  Walnut 
Moth,  CerataQampa  regalis,  Farr.  This 
magnificent  insect  is  found  throughout  a 
wide  range  of  country,  but  is  seldom  abund¬ 
ant  ;  two  or  three  may  be  seen  occasionally 
about  hickory  or  persimmon  trees,  but  it  is 
far  from  being  a  plentiful  insect.  The  next 
specimen  you  find,  please  preserve  it  alive, 
feeding  upon  hickory  or  persimmon  leaves 
until  it  spins  its  cocoon ;  then  I  would  be 
pleased  to  have  it  carefully  packed  and  for¬ 
warded  to  me,  for  I  am  desirous  of  trying 
my  hand  at  breeding  this  insect  in  confine¬ 
ment. 

BEETLES  ON  WILD  BUCKWHEAT. 

Inclosed  I  send  you  some  beetles  that 
have  literally  devoured  the  wild  buckwheat 
in  this  vicinity  which,  by  the  way,  we  do  not 
feel  bad  about,  as  it  is  a  very  troublesome 
weed  in  the  West,  I  have  never  found  them 
feeding  on  anything  but  the  buckwheat. 
Would  like  to  know  their  name.  The  larva 


UNFRUITFUL  APPLE  TREES 


What  is  the  reason  of  apple  trees  (which 
are  nine  years  old,  healthy,  apparently,  in 
every  particular,  and  have  been  pruned  in 
the  most  approved  manner  every  year),  not 
bearing  any  fruit ;  at  most,  as  in  a  few  eases 
only,  about  six  apples.  They  were  “  root 
grafts  ”  purchased  bv  myself  and  all  of  good 
varieties.  I  should  like  to  know  if  there  is 
any  means  of  remedying  the  evil  i  How 
late  can  I  transplant  strawberries  with 
safety  ?— Fred  Cellkm,  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 

Did  we  possess  the  requisite  knowledge  to 
answers  all  such  questions  as  the  above,  we 
should  be  wise  beyond  our  generation. 
Sometimes  a  too  luxurious  growth  prevents 
early  fruitfulness  ;  then  again  some  varieties 
are  very  tardy  in  producing  fruit,  while 
others  will  commence  bearing  very  early. 

We  have  known  the  trees  of  such  varieties 
as  Northern  Spy,  to  grow  luxuriantly  for 
ten  years  before  bearing  any  considerable 
number  of  specimens,  after  which  they  were 
exceedingly'  productive.  In  such  instances 
as  you  name,  we  can  only  advise  patience  ; 
but  do  not  neglect  giving  every  requisite 
care,  for  when  the  trees  do  commence  bear¬ 
ing,  they  will  be  capable  of  producing  more 
fruit  than  if  small  and  stunted.  Perhaps  a 
cessation  of  pruning  may  hasten  productive¬ 
ness,  as  dispensing  with  this  operation  usually 
checks  a  superabundance  of  wood-growth. 


TRANSPLANTING  MACHINE 


This  machine  (illustrated)  will  handle  a 
tree  weighing  from  1,000  to  8,000  pounds, 
without  probability  of  injury.  It  consists 
of  a  strong  frame  of  wood  and  iron,  sup¬ 
ported  on  wheels  with  two  windlases  in 
front  and  two  at  the  back,  llie  back  rollers 
being  so  arranged  that  they  may  be  taken 
off  aud  the  machine  placed  over  the  tree  to 
be  lifted.  A  glance  at  the  illustration  will 
be  sufficient  to  give  the  idea  of  its  use  and 
the  mode  of  operating  it  to  every  intelligent 
reader  ;  and  it  may  be  useful  to  those  who 
purpose  to  transplant  large  trees  this  fall,  as 
a  suggestion. 


to  the  wild  buckwheat,  I  do  not  suppose  we 
need  complain  of  its  work. 

Another  correspondent,  Mrs.  S.  D.  B.  of 
Cedar  Mills,  Iowa,  referred  to  above,  also 
mentions  the  same  fact  that  this  beetle  feeds 
upon  the  wild  buckwheat,  therefore  should 
be  considered  a  friend  to  the  farmer.  She  also 
says  that  they  are  known  in  Iowa  as  “  buck¬ 
wheat  bugs  but  the  name  “bugs”  should 
be  replaced  by  that  of  “  beetles,”  because 
they  are  uot  bugs  in  any  sense,  but  belong  to 
Coleoptern,  sheath  or  shell-winged  insects  ; 
while  the  true  bugs  are  known  as  Jl<  ■mlptera, 
or  half-winged  insects,  such  as  the  common 
bedbug,  chinch  bug,  and  thousands  of  other 
kinds  which  are  provided  with  a  kind  of 
beak  for  sucking  up  their  food,  instead  of 
jaws  for  knawing  and  biting,  as  among  the 
true  beetles. 

MOLE  CRICKETS. 

Please  find  inclosed,  in  the  bottle  accom¬ 
panying  this  letter,  two  bugs  which  I  found 
in  iiiy  potatoes.  They  were  eating  the  pota¬ 
toes  in  the  hill.  1  have  showed  them  to  a 
number  of  the  citizens  here,  but  they  could 
not  give  any  name.  Please  examine  aud 
give  the  name  in  your  paper,  and  oblige — C. 


the  same  species,  viz. :  Cockapur  Thom  (Cra¬ 
taegus  cruH-galli)  ;  the  difference  in  appear¬ 
ance  is  probably  owing  to  the  character  of 
the  soil  in  which  the  trees  are  growing,  one 
being  more  vigorous  than  the  other.  This 
species  of  thorn  is  quite  common  all  over  the 
Northern  and  Middle  States,  and  forms  a 
large  shrub  or  small  tree  ten  to  twenty  feet 
high.  It  is  probably  the  best  of  all  our  nu¬ 
merous  species  for  hedges,  and  has  been  tried 
hundreds  of  times  with  indifferent  success, 
not  because  the  t  rees  would  not  grow  freely 
or  the  thorns  were  not  strong  and  sharp 
enough  to  turn  cattle,  but  insect  enemies  be¬ 
came  too  numerous.  All  these  thorns  belong 
to  the  same  family  as  the  apple,  and  the 
same  insects  which  attack  one  are  pretty  sure, 
sooner  or  later,  to  prey  upon  the  other. 

The  common  apple-tree  borer  of  the  East¬ 
ern  States  ( Superdu  Candida),  is  our  greatest 
enemy  of  thorn  hedges  ;  and  when  they 
once  muke  a  lodgment  in  a  hedge  it  is  diffi¬ 
cult  to  eradicate  them.  We  can  dig  out  the 
borers  from  apple  trees  which  stand  singly  ; 
also  prevent  the  beetle  depositing  her  eggs  in 
the  stems  ;  but  in  a  hedge  the  use  or  appli¬ 
cation  of  any  of  the  well-known  and  practi¬ 
cal  preventatives  or  eradioators  is  out  of  the 
question.  We  have  seen  most  excellent 
hedges  made  of  this  very  species  of  thorn 
but  have  never  known  one  to  escape  an  at¬ 
tack  from  the  apple-tree  borer,  sooner  or 
later.  W ere  it  not  for  this  and  several  other 
species  of  insects  which  attack  this  thorn, 
when  used  as  a  hedge  plant,  it  would  have 
long  ago  come  into  general  use  for  this  pur¬ 
pose.  It  certainly  possesses  all  the  requisites 
of  a  first-rate  hedge  plant,  and  we  are  not 
surprised  at  having  the  question  so  frequently 
asked:  “Why  not  use  our  native  thorn 
apples  for  hedges  V  If  you  still  wish,  try 
this  kind  of  hedge,  save  the  fruit  this  fall  and 
mix  the  apples  with  leaf  mold  and  place  all 
in  what  nurserymen  call  a  “rot-heap ;”  l.  e., 
where  the  pulp  of  the-  fruit  will  decay,  and 
the  stones  or  seeds  remain  moist  during  win¬ 
ter  and  and  through  next  summer  ;  for  the 
seed  will  not  germinate  the  following  spring 
after  gathering,  A  year  from  the  present 
autumn,  sow  the  seeds  and  earth  intermixed  , 
in  drills  as  you  would  sow  peas  or  other  • 


GROWING  MUSHROOMS  ON  OPEN  LAWNS 


situations  on  lawns.  The  spawn  should  be 
inserted  us  follows : — Take  a  sharp  spade, 
force  it  into  the  ground  two  or  three  inches, 
and  withdraw  it  without  disturbing  the 
grass  ;  then  place  it  at  one  end  of,  aud  at 
right  angles  with  the  firtt  incision,  and  force 
it  into  the  soil  in  a  similar  manner,  bending 
the  handle  backwards  until  au  opening  is 
made  sufficiently  large  to  admit  a  piece  of 
spawn  of  about  an  inch  square.  When  this 
is  inserted,  the  spade  should  be  withdrawn, 
the  turf  allowed  to  fall  in  its  place,  and 
firmly  trodden  down  with  the  foot ;  the  lat¬ 
ter  is  an  important  part  of  the  operation. 
The  months  of  July  and  August  are  suitable 
for  performing  this  operation.  The  pieces 
of  spawn  may  be  inserted,  say  at  a  yard 
apart.  In  soils  aud  situations  winch  are  nat¬ 
urally  wet,  this  plan  would  not  be  successful. 
When  the  spawn  is  found  abundantly  in  an 
old  mushroom-bed,  or  runs  freely  through  an 
old  heap  of  stable  manure,  is  the  time  to  se¬ 
cure  it  for  this  purpose,  or  it  may  be  bought 
in  the  usual  way  in  the  brick  form  and  broken 
into  suitable-sized  pieces,  us  mentioned 
above. — E.  h. 


S.  B  roust,  Kewton  Falla ,  0. 

The  insects  are  neither  bugs  nor  beetles, 
but  belong  to  “Orthoptera”  (straight- 
winged  insects)  and  to  the  genus  Grylluti  or 
crickets.  The  name  of  the  specimens  sent  is 
HryUotalpa  borealis ,  Burmeister,  or,  when 
translated  into  common  language,  Northern 
Mole  Cricket,  The  scientific  name  is  made 
up  thus  :  Cry  11  us  being  the  generic  name 
of  our  common  crickets,  and  ttdpa  that  of 
the  animal  called  Ground-mole,  we  have, 
consequently,  Gh'yllutalpa,  cricket  mole,  or 
reversed,  as  usually  rendered,  mole  cricket. 
The  specific  name  borealis  meaning  northern, 
as  this  insect  is  found  Only  in  cold  or  north¬ 
ern  localities,  its  lcct  aud  legs  arc  very 
strong  and  large,  resembling  somewhat  those 
of  the  common  mule,  which  enables  them  to 
burrow  under  ground.  They  live  upon  the 
roots  of  plants  and  occasionally  infest  potato 
fields,  doing  more  or  less  injury  to  the  tubers. 

NOTE  TO  CORRESPONDENTS. 

During  my  summer  vacation,  or  absence 
from  home,  a  large  number  of  letters  have 
accumulated  from  correspondents,  many  of 
which  still  remain  unanswered  ;  but  they 
will  be  attended  to  as  rapidly  as  possible. 
Hoping  that  my  many  correspondents  will 
pardon  delays,  but  keep  up  their  contribu¬ 
tions  of  questious  and  specimens,  I  remain, 
as  ever,  Daily  Rural  Life. 


GARDENER’S  NOTES 


Butter  Beans. — “Progress,”  in  Farmers’ 
Advocate,  says Do  you  know  the  broad 
white  bean  which  bears  this  name  ?  It  is 
delicious  eating  and  very  productive.  I 
planted  a  row  of  them  along  the  bank  of 
my  house  and  trained  them  up  all  over  it. 
Tliey  will  make,  I  should  say,  a  vine  of  about 
twenty  feet  long,  covered  with  broad,  green 
leaves' and  great  clusters  of  very  large  pods. 
The  beans  are  eaten  shelled  like  peas,  and  are 
beautiful.  The  vine  would  be  uice  to  cover 
an  arbor,  or  to  shade  a  house. 

Sowing  Peas  in  the  Fall. — R.  S.  :  Yes  ; 
we  have  tried  sowing  garden  (teas  late  in 
fall,  in  ground  well  prepared,  and  we  got 
earlier  peas  for  doing  so.  We  have  the  evi¬ 
dence  of  several  of  the  readers  of  the  Rural 
New-Yorker,  that  they  succeeded  in  getting 
a  good  crop  this  spring  by  sowing  their  seed 
last  fall.  They  are  going'  to  try  it  again. 


SEPT, 43 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  IIW-Y 


cdfjtort^tltuiial. 


POT  CULTURE  OF  PELARGONIUMS. 


Fob  the  autumnal  furnishing  of  eonserva-  ? 
tories,  zonal  pelargoniums,  the  Chief  glory  of  t 
our  flower  gardens,  are  almost  equally  useful,  c 
and  if  possible,  still  more  effective,  under  ( 
glass.  When  the.  season  of  the  common  show  t 
and  fancy  pelargoniums  passeth  away,  and  r 
even  late  fuchsias  begin  to  fade,  no  class  of  I 
plants  can  lighten  up  conservatories  or  green-  g 
houses  with  such  a  glow  of  glory  as  zonal,  c 
nosegay,  or  double  pelargoniums,  Of  robust  > 
habit,  easy  culture,  rapid 
growth  and  surpassing  beau¬ 
ty  and  variety  of  leaf  and  \A  \ 

flower,  they  are  admirably  NAMV 
adapted  for  pot.  culture  ;  and  u 

by  different  modes  of  cultiva-  j  1 1 

tion  they  may  be  enjoyed  in  |J  I 

flower  under  glass  from  East-  If 

er  to  Christmas.  But  at  pres- 
entl  purpose  only  adverting  / 

to  their  usefulness  for  autum- 
nal  decoration.  i 

Between  the  fading  of  sum-  \A  V . 

mer  beauties  and  the  drooping  VtJ\J  1 1 

of  semi-tropical  subjects  in  ^ 

cold  quarto  is,  there  is  often  a  Nv]yf|Jj  " 
dullness,  a  lack  of  brightness,  i 

under  glass,  towards  the  end  $j  li  l 

of  autumn.  Outside  and  in  B  Jl  J 

are  too  closely  assimilated  in  m  Jf 

character  to  be  wholly  pleas-  1 

ant.  Autumn  tints  and  fading  / 

dowel’s  are.  too  apt  to  become  \j 

the  general  order  of  the  day. 

It  must  be  so  in  the  open  air. 

The  bright  days,  cold  nights, 
and  oppressive  dews  work  liav 
oc  among  flowers,  and  hasten 
the  falling  of  th e.  1  eaf .  At  thi s  season  wo  have 
a  superfluity  of  mentors  reminding  us  that 
winter,  with  stealthy  steps,  Is  creeping  on. 
There  is  also  apt  to  be  an  interregnum  of 
beauty  under  glass ;  autumn  flowers  linger 
hi  decay,  and  winter  blossoms  are  slow  to 
open.  Into  this  niche  between  two  seasons 
of  beauty  let  us  fit-  in  a  grand  display  of  zonal 
pelargoniums  in  pots.  They  will  make  us 
forget  the  lengthening  shadows  and  the  fall¬ 
ing  leaves,  as  they  fill  our  eyes  with  beauty 
that  will  continue  at  the  full  until  it  overlaps 
the  glare  of  chrysanthemums,  or  in  eclipsed 
with  the  dazzle  of  camellias,  azaleas,  or  that 
grand  old  plant  the  Salvia  splendens.  For 
late-flowering  plants  moderate-sized  speci¬ 
mens  in  sin.  pots  are  the  most  suitable, 
though  nil  that  is  said  of  small  plants  is 
equally  applicable  to  large  ones  in  12m.  pots. 
For  either  large  or  small  specimens  young 
plants  are  best.  They  should  flower  best 
when  from  1 1  to  IS  months  old.  The  cuttings 
should  be  put  inintho  June  or  July  of  the 
one  year,  for  flowering  from  September  to 
December  of  the  succeeding  season.  Place 
each  cutting  in  a  single  pot,  and  root  it  out 
of  doors  in  the  sun,  as  recommended  for  the 
general  stock  of  such  cuttings.  When  rooted 
shift  it  into  a  4in.  pot,  and  leave  it  still  out 
of  doors  and  freely  exposed  to  light  and  air. 
As  soon  as  the  cutting  makes  three  fresh 
leaves,  pick  out  the  point  of  the  shoot.  If 
they  grow  rapidly,  the  plants  may  require 
a  second  pinching  before  they  are  housed  for 
the  winter,  which  should  be  in  the  middle  of 
September. 

The  plants  should  be  placed  near  to  the 
glass,  have  plenty  of  air,  and  be  kept  in  a 
temperature  of  40°  to  45  throughout  the 
winter.  Under  such  treatment  little  growth 
will  be  made  until  the  middle  of  March,  and 
the  less  the  better.  If  there  has  been  little 
advance  in  size,  there  will  be  no  loss  of 
strength,  and  the  latter  is  the  main  point. 
Robust  vigor  will  appear  in  every  leaf  and 
every  eye  from  base  to  summit.  Early  eyes 
will  bo  bursting  into  shoots  of  extraordinary 
size  and  strength  ;  the  strong  sun  of  March 
will  excite  the  plants  to  such  an  extent  tbat 
they  cannot  be  cheeked  any  longer  ;  the.  pot- 
bound  roots  must  now  be  shifted  into  larger 
pots,  (Sin.),  and  both  roots  and  tops  be  freely 
excited  into  a  new  growth.  About  the  be¬ 
ginning  of  May  the  young  shoots  must  be 
again  stopped.  As  soon  as  these  have  fairly 
broken  into  leaves,  place  the  plants  into  their 
flowering  pots,  either  Sin.  or  12iie  leave  them 
another  week  or  fortnight  under  glass,  to 
give  the  roots  a  free  start  in  the  fresh  earth, 
and  then  transfer  the  plants,  about  the  mid¬ 
dle  of  the  last  week  in  May,  to  a  sunny, 
sheltered  place  out  of  doors.  Plunge  the  pots 
to  the  rims  either  in  earth,  tan,  or  ashes,  and 
mulch  the  surface  of  the  pots  with  spent 
mushroom  or  cowdung,  or  cocoa-nut  liber 
refuse.  In  plunging  the  pots  take  care  to 
place  a  small  piece  of  slate  or  tile  under  each 


to  keep  out  worms,  and  see  that  the  material 
under  the  pots  is  sufficiently  porous  to  carry 
off  water.  Stagnation  is  speedy  ruin  to  all 
such  plants  as  pelargoniums  in  pots. 

Throughout  the  summer  the  plants  must 
be  freely  and  carefully  watered,  either  with 
clear  or  manure  water,  according  to  their 
strength.  Stop  every  shoot  at.  the  third  leaf 
made,  and  pick  off  every  flower  as  soon  as  it 
can  be  seen.  ThiB  stopping  and  t  hinning  may 
go  on  until  within  a  month  of  the  time  the 
plants  are  wanted  to  be  in  full  blossom.  For 
three  weeks  or  so  after  nil  stopping  and  the 
removal  of  flowers  have  ceased,  still  leave  the 
plants  out  of  doors.  Then  put  the  finishing 
touch  on  leaf  and  flower  under  glass,  and 
such  a  line  display  of  both  will  be  seen  as 
cannot  be  had  by  any  other  mode  of  culti¬ 
vation. 


Jfanil  department. 


EAST  TENNESSEE. 

T  have  been,  for  some  time,  intending  bo 
write  an  article  for  your  excellent  paper, 
representing  the  Agricultural  interests  of 
East  Tennessee,  and  enumerating  the  induce¬ 
ments  for  young  men  to  come  and  settle 
here.  In  holding  out  inducements  to  any 
energetic  and  active  young  men,  the  first 
question  they  ask  is,  “  Has  East  Tennessee  a 
healthy  climate  f  Is  the  water  good  and  air 
pure  V’  This  county  and  village  are  proverb- 


MACROZA.MIA.1  1  CORALLIPES. 


Scarcely  any  training  and  no  stakes  will  be 
needed  if  this  simple  mode  of  cultivation  is 
properly  carried  out.  The  plants  look  best 
to  be  highest  in  the  center,  which  is  easily 
managed  in  the  stopping,  and  the  size  may 
range  from  15in.  to  30tn.  across.  Larger  than 
the  latter  the  plants  become  lumpy,  and. 
however  beautiful,  are  too  much  of  a  good 
thing  in  one  muss,  though  I  have  seen  the 
Sin.  plants  of  one  season  kept  over  for  the 
next,  .Hid  converted  into  huge  masses  of 
glowing  colors  from  It  ft.  to  5  ft.  across.  No 
soil  is  better  for  these  plants  than  a  sound 
turfy  loam,  enriched  with  one-thir  lot  well- 
rotted  dung  (cow  or  farmyard),  kept  open 
with  a  few  inch  bones,  charcoal,  and  a  good 
coloring  of  silver  sand.  For  the  variegated 
varieties  no  dung  should  be  used — peat  might 
take  its  place  ;  bones  are  also  better  dispensed 
with,  and  the  amount  of  sand  might  be 
doubled.  .  • 

The  names  of  those  varieties  are  legion, 
and  what  the  Irishman  said  about  his  fellows 
we  may  almost  say  about  zonal  pelargoniums, 
that  one  is  as  good  us  another  and  a  little 
better.  The  following,  however,  can  hardly 
disappoint  the  grower  : 

Double^.— Madame  Lemoine,  Victor  Le- 
moine,  La  Vesuve,  Marie  Lemoine,  Andrew 
Henderson,  Globe  de  Nanoy,  Ascendancy, 
Triomphe. 

Zonnls. — Clipper.  Lord  Derby,  Leonidas, 
Excellent,  Dr.  Lindlev,  Persian,  Purity, 
Madame  Spurle,  Indian  Yellow,  Azalea. 

Nosngay*. — Eclat,  La  Grande,  Internation¬ 
al,  Grand  Duke,  Star  of  the  North,  Emme¬ 
line  Bull.  Excelsior,  Cybester. — D.  T.  Fish. 


line  Bull,  Excelsior,  Cybester. — D.  T.  Fish. 
- - - 

MACROZAMIA  CORALLIPES. 

This  very  distinct  and  beautiful  Cyead  has 
been  lately  introduced  by  Mr.  Bull  from  New 
South  Wales.  It.  is  a  mojeious  plant,  both 
male  and  female  having  flowered  in  Mr. 
Bull’s  establishment  at  Chelsea,  and  from 
these  the  beautiful  figure  given  of  it  in  the 
Botanical  Magazine  was  obtained.  The  stem, 
as  will  be  seen,  is  swollen  or  sub-globose  and 
scaly,  bearing  at  its  apex  a  divergent,  tuft  of 

fiinnate  foliage,  of  a  deep  green  color,  the 
it  tie  stalk  at  the  base  of  each  linear  leaflet 
being  of  a  bright  red  tint.  When  fully  de¬ 
veloped,  as  shown  in  the  accompanying  Illus¬ 
tration,  it  forms  a  striking  object  either  in 
the  green-house  or  warm  conservatory, 
rivalling  in  beauty  the  better  known  En- 
oephaUirloa  horridu a  and  E.  caffer.  It  should 
be  treated  after  the  same  mauner  as  Palms, 
and  like  those  noble  plants  it  isrboth  graceful 
and  effective  all  the  year  round. 


ial  for  health,  being  high  above  the  mias¬ 
matic  vapors  of  sluggish  streams  and  stand¬ 
ing  water.  Being  high,  onr  water  courses 
are  rapid,  carrying  off  all  surplus  vegetable 
decay  and  impurities.  During  this  season, 
while  the  dreadful  disease  of  cholera  has  bceh 
raging  east,  west,  north  and  soutli  of  US,  cut¬ 
ting  down  its  many  victims  in  such  cities  as 
Nashville  and  Memphis,  St.  Louis  and  Cin¬ 
cinnati,  as  well  as  in  many  Eastern  cities, 
this  place  and  county  huvo  escaped  entirely 
from  it— hot  a  single  case  having  occurred — 
and  what  is  remarkable,  much  more  healthy 
than  usual.  Hince  thia  place  was  settled  in 
18-10,  there  have  never  been  any  contagious 
diseases  so  prevalent,  even  during  the  war,  as 
to  frighten  the  fi rst  citizen  away.  Consump¬ 
tion  and  rheumatism  are  hardly  known  in 
this  climate.  Many  citizens  from  the  North¬ 
ern  and  Western  States  have  come  among 
us  in  a  hopeless  state  of  consumption  and, 
so  far,  not  one  has  died  from  it,  but  many 
have  recovered. 

The  next  question  the  Eastern  man  asks 
is,  “  Can  anybody  make  money  there  ?”  As 
well,  and  with  much  less  labor  and  difficulty 
and  more  comfort,  as  In  almost  any  other 
section.  Why  ?  Because  we  have  a  healthy 
climate,  good  sod,  good  season  generally,  and 
hardly  a  day  In  the  whole  year  too  cold  to 
work  out  doors,  plowing,  chopping,  making 
fence,  <fec.  Farming  will  pay  well  here  with 
real  Yankee  enterprise  to  bock  it  up. 

Our  crops  are  soVnetimes  short  and  almost 
fail  ;  but,  as  ft  is  everywhere  else  when  pro¬ 
duce  is  scarce,  prices  go  up  in  proportion  to 
the  demand.  Prices  are  much  less  fluctuat¬ 
ing  here  than  in  the  West  or  in  the  neighbor¬ 
hood  of  the  large  cities.  Corn  almost  always 
opens  at  50e.,  and  before  the  next  crop  ma¬ 
tures  goes  up  to  90c.  Wheat  generally  opens 
at  (it. 35,  and  has  been  to  *2.40  per  bushel. 
Hay  opens  at  *10,  and  the  demand  from  the 
Mouth  pushes  it  up  to  *40,  baled.  One  might 
go  on  enumerating,  but  these  leading  pro¬ 
ducts  will  be  sufficient  to  judge  from.  Veg¬ 
etables  demand  a  high  price  all  the  time. 
Wool  growing  and  tobacco  raising  would  be 
profitable  ;  and  cheese  too,  as  it  can  be  made 


the  whole  year  round  with  but  little  incon¬ 
venience  in  wintor.  Should  any  energetic 
Northern  or  Western  man  road  this  article, 
with  small  capital,  and  who  understands 
wool  growing,  tobacco  growing  or  cheese 
dairying  and  market  gardening,  I  shall  be 
most  happy  to  hear  from  him. 

Thia  year  wheat  has  made  hut  half  crop  ; 
but  where  it  was  put  in  under  fair  treatment, 
the  yield  has  been  good.  Green  soiling  with 
the  clay  colored  stock  peas  turned  in,  gives 
the  most  satisfactory  results  of  any  manure 
that  is,  for  cheapness.  One  bushel  sowed 
broadcast  in  May  and  turned  under  in  August 
is  equivalent,  to  at  least  20  loads  of  common 
manure  to  the  acre.  They  are  really  better 
than  clover  in  two  respects — 
they  come  much  quicker  and 
will  choke  out  almost  every 
kind  of  weed.  For  three  years 
I  have  been  experimenting 
with  peas  and  clover  for  ma¬ 
nure.  The  resultB  of  this  sea¬ 
son  are  as  follows  : — Sowed 
one  quart  of  Fultz  wheat  on 
,  jf  Si  peas  turned  under  Sept.  20  ; 

Iff] II M.  sowed  one  quart  of  Eureka 

ij  J  |J  Y /  wheat,  also  one  of  the  Tap- 

i  A  |1 1 \)r&  pahannoek  and  common 
white  wheat  on  some  clover 
I  land  close  by.  I  measured  180 

pounds  from  the  quart  of 
Fultz,  180  from  Eureka  —  00 
each  from  the  other  two,  al- 
lowing  for  no  waste  in  reap- 
llljuy  ing,  traveling  and  threshing, 

i  1 1  \  W/  I am  satisfied  that  peas,  being 

J.  mostly  an  air  plant,  are  far 

AL&S  better  and  cheaper  than  any 

1  other  fertilizer. 

Our  season,  thus  far,  has 
^*r  been  veiy  good  for  corn — a 

ILT-  little  too  dry  in  April  for 

grass  and  potatoes.  Our 
fruit  was  all  cut  off  by  late  frosts.  Hereaf¬ 
ter,  I  shall  try  to  keep  you  informed  about 
the  crop  prospects  of  this  section. 

Cleveland,  Tenn.  A.  E.  Brunt,  P.  M. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

FRUITS  AND  FARMING  IN  WEST 
VIRGINIA. 


While  many  of  the  farmers  in  New  Eng¬ 
land,  as  well  as  those  in  the  adjoining  States, 
are  thinking  of  going  West,  we  would  sug¬ 
gest  that  they  visit  West  Virginia  in  search 
of  fine  climate  and  rich  lands.  Until  re¬ 
cently  some  of  the  best  farming  and  fruit 
lands  of  West,  Virginia  were  almost  shut  up 
among  the  mountains,  and  the  inhabitants  of 
those  regions  deprived  of  early  access  to 
good  markets ;  but  the  completion  of  the 
Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Railroad  from  Rich¬ 
mond,  Va.,  to  Huntington,  on  the  Ohio  river, 
in  West  Virginia,  has  afforded  facilities  for 
not  only  shipping  the  products  of  the  farm 
and  orchard  to  our  largest  and  best,  eastern 
markets,  but  it  also  throws  Open  the  door  to 
the  rich  raining  companies  of  those  regions, 
to  bring  out  the  mineral  wealth  long  locked 
up  in  its  natural  beds.  Branch  roads  inter¬ 
sect  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  at  various 
points,  affording  an  opportunity  of  sending 
the  products  of  the  country  in  whatever  di¬ 
rection  it  is  likely  to  reach  a  ready  market. 

Having  lately  passed  over  the  hue  of  the 
above  named  road  we  were  very  favorably 
impressed  with  the  richness  of  a  great  por¬ 
tion  of  the  country  along  the  entire  route. 
As  a  fruit-growing  region  West  Virginia 
must  soon  become  famous,  for  pears,  peaches, 
apples,  grapes  and  many  other  kinds  of  out- 
popular  fruits,  grow  luxuuriantly  both  in 
the  valleys  and  upon  hill-sides  and  table¬ 
lands.  The  soil  is  rich  and  deep  in  all  of  the 
valleys,  and  the  climate,  as  everybody  ought 
to  know,  is  not  excelled  for  healthfuiness  by 
that  of  any  other  State  in  the  Union.  For 
convenience  to  market,  good  soils,  beautiful 
scenery,  delightfnl  climate,  and,  above  all, 
a  first-rate  class  of  people,  West  Virginia 
offers  superior  inducements  to  those  who 
may  wish  to  make  a  change  of  location. 
Then,  if  one  wishes  to  take  a  hand  at  mining, 
the  opportunities  are  good  and  abundant. 


THE  ARKANSAS  VALLEY,  KAN. 

Deane  Monahan  writes  : — In  fertility,  in 
nearness  to  a  great  line  of  road,  in  choice  of 
location,  it  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  the 
Arkansas  Valley,  in  Kansas,  is  alone  in  its 
merits,  and  that  its  opening  is  the  greatest 
event  which  has  happened  to  the  farm-seek¬ 
ing  emigrant  in  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
Briefly,  it  is  a  valley  from  four  to  twelve 
miles  wide,  and  nearly  300  miles  long,  with  a 
rich,  black  soil,  slightly  sandy,  and  having  a 
substratum  of  coarse  sand  and  gravel.  For 
hundreds  of  miles  on  every  hand  a  country 
stretches  away  which  is  covered  with  the 
most  luxurinut  grass,  sufficient  to  pasture 
the  herds  of  the  whole  stock-growing  West. 


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©EE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


Diarg  cf  a  pluralist. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Centloman  near  New 
York  City. 

AMONG  THE  SILVER  MINES. 

Leaving  Georgetown  early  this  morning, 
we  passed  down  the  mountain  road  for  two 
or  three  miles,  where  we  met  a  Toll  Gate. 
Paying  $12.50,  we  were  allowed  to  go  on  our 
way.  A  hard  ride  of  some  18  miles  through 
a  deep  canon,  brought  us  to  the  mining  towns 
of  13 lack  Hawk  and  Central.  The  inhabi¬ 
tants  of  these  villages  talk  little,  else  but 
“leads,”  “lodes,”  “pinching,”  “petering” 
or  “  freezing  out.”  The  latter  term  is  applied 
to  companies,  the  local  managers  of  which 
run  the  capital  stock  down  so  low  that,  the 
non-resident  owners  arc  glad  to  let  their 
shares  go  by  default,  those  inside  of  the  ring 
buying  them  in  ;  then  the  “lode”  is  worked 
again  with  increased  profits.  A  mine,  the 
stock  of  which  has  been  put  upon  the  market 
at  a  valuation  of  half  a  million  dollars,  is 
frequently  sold  out  for  twenty -live  or  fifty 
thousand,  when  in  reality  it.  is  worth  a  mil¬ 
lion  or  more— the  crafty  resident  managers 
reaping  the  profit.  After  seeing  and  hearing 
so  much  of  this  kind  of  operation,  we  are  not 
surprised  that  Colorado  Mining  Stocks  are  in 
disrepute  among  Eastern  capitalists. 

Then,  again,  thousands  of  companies  have 
been  organized  with  a  capital  stock  of  from 
860,000  and  upward,  with  no  other  founda¬ 
tion  than  a  prospective  “lode,”  a  mere  sur¬ 
face  indication  that  there  might  be  a  good 
mine,  not  a  ton  of  ore  having  been  taken  out 
in  advance  of  the  organization  of  the  com¬ 
pany  and  sale  of  stock  in  the  Eastern  mar¬ 
kets.  The  days  of  such  “fancy,”  or  .swindling 
speculations,  are  probably  past,  and  hence¬ 
forward,  mining  will  be  conducted  upon  a 
better  basis.  That  there  are  inexhaustible 
[  mines  and  plenty  of  them,  no  one  who  visits 
this  region  can  for  a  moment  doubt;  but  it 
requires  men  of  experience  as  well  as  of  hon¬ 
esty  to  make  mining  profitable  loth©  owners. 

VISITING  THE  REDUCTION  WORKS. 

August  ti.  After  breakfast  we  broke  ramp 
and  paid  a  visit,  to  Prof.  Hum's  Reduction 
Works  at  Central.  Here,  wo  were  shown  the 
various  processes  required  to  reduce  the  ores 
iis  dug  from  the  mines,  down  to  u  condition  ! 
which  will  just  i  fy  their  shipment  to  Newark, 

N.  <T. ,  or  to  Europe,  where  the  final  separa-  1 
lion  of  the  load,  silver  and  gold  is  completed.  1 
The  expenses  of  this  establishment  are  enor-  ' 
mous,  the  cost  ol  wood  and  labor  alone  being  ,v 
about.  *«00  per  day  ;  still,  not  an  ounce  of  1 
pure  gold  or  silver  has  ever  been  produced  1 
during  the  six  years  that  the  works  have  1 
been  in  operation,  the  refined  ores  being  1 
shipped  East  for  a  final  separation,  in  time,  ' 
all  this  handling  and  paying  freight  on  gross  1 
materials  will  be  avoided,  and  the  pure  mot-  E 
als  brought  out  here.  At  present,  there  are  a 
few  works  which  effect  a  final  separation  of  ^ 
the  ores,  it  being  more  profitable  to  have  it  1 
done  where  skilled  labor  is  cheaper  than  *" 
here.  The  owners  of  the  hundreds  of  mines  1 
in  the  mountains  about  here  bring  their  ores 
to  those  reduction  works,  where  it  is  piled  in 
heaps,  u  label  stuck  in  the  top  of  each,  with  tl 
the  name  of  the  owner  written  upon  it,  after  ti 
which  the  ore  is  sampled  by  an  expert  and  d< 
the  value  fixed.  About  $81)  per  ton  is  the  0J 
lowest  grade  of  ore  worked,  and  from  this  ti 
upward  to  several  t  housands  of  dollars.  As  I  ol 
entered  the  extensive  yards  where  the  ore  ,tl 
was  piled  in  great  heaps,  with  the  wooden  dc 
label  stuck  in  the  top  of  each,  it  brought  to  c<; 
mind  the  time  when  I  used  to  visit  the  old-  Jn 
fashioned  eider  mills  in  the  Eastern  States,  in 
where  farmers  brought  in  their  apples  to  be  pi! 
made  up  on  shares  or  for  so  much  per  barrel,  tli 
These  crude  ores,  composed  of  various  kinds  Cv 
of  rocks,  copper  and  iron  pyrites,  lend,  silver  CB| 
and  gold,  Were  extremely  beautiful,  the  tai 
bright  sun  falling  upon  them  showing  off  dr, 
t  heii  brilliant  colors  to  great  advantage.  But  foi 
like  many  Other  things  in  this  world,  the  (Jo 
most  showy  iu  appearance  were  the  least  sa, 
valuable  ;  the  iron  and  copper  pyrites,  as  aft 
well  as  lead,  glittering  like  diamonds,  while  Gn 
the  gold  and  silver  were  hidden  in  these  baser  gi 
metals.  Wo  were  invited  to  help  ourselves  it  i 
to  specimens  of  these  different  ores,  a  tempt-  am 
mg  offer  which  l  feur  some  of  the  party 
availed  themselves  of  to  such  an  extent  that  nn, 
their  pockets  were  In  danger  of  failing. 

OINNER  AT  A  MOUNTAIN  HOTEL  lie  i 

Right  here,  among  the  many  cheap  cabins  G 
of  the  miners,  with  dust,  smoke  and  tilth  of  mo 
various  kinds,  there  is  a  large  and  commo-  at  t 
dious  hotel  known  as  the  “  Teller,”  and  kept  oth 
by  W.  H.  Bush,  Esq.,  a  gentleman  who  evi-  cen 
dently  knows  how  to  keep  a  hotel— a  very  sou 


i  high  accomplishment  in  the  opinion  of  every 
i*  traveler  in  this  country  or  elsewhere.  We 

_  learned  this  by  actual  experience,  conse- 

quently,  speak  authoritatively  on  the  sub¬ 
ject.  Aftr-r  dinner,  wo  started  down  the 
valley  again,  meeting,  as  usual,  a  Toll  Gate 
ew  just  outside  of  the  town.  It.  had  the  usual 
sign  on  its  hat  and  spade  in  hand.  We  halt¬ 
ed,  paid  H..VI,  and  passed  on,  reaching  Rul¬ 
ing  ^n<sviUo>  latching  our  camp  in  a  deserted  vil- 
two  a  mile  beyond,  Here  we  found 

utr°  p,r£e  UI1(i  commodious  dwellings,  a  stamping 
ouj’  mill,  and  other  indications  of  former  wealth 
}  and  prosperity,  but  not  an  inhabitant,  to 
ivn*  why  this  desolation.  We  wandered 

ubi  ftbout  these  deserted  buildings,  which  were 
but  almofrt'  u‘-'w>  an<l  had  evidently  been  inhab- 
ited  by  Eastern  people.  The  large  stamp 
ip,,]  mil1  ,or  crushing  ores,  with  the  tons  of  debris 
tich  aboUt>  to!d  the  stor-Y  bf  disappointed  hopes 
{ l|(!  of  many  a  speculator.  The  mill  had  evident* 

,  ly  been  created  in  speculative  times,  giving 
q  ,r  employment  to  many  workmen  whose  hopes, 
like  its  owners,  were  high ;  but  when  the 
1 1',  “lode”  “petered  out,”  the  inhabitants  fled, 

.  J“  seeking  more  prosperous  fields.  1  cannot  con- 1 
e.  ceive  of  anything  more  gloomy  than  a  de- 
’  IS  sertoil  heart  lirtone  ;  and  as  1  wandered  about. 

.?  through  those  deserted  dwellings,  the  hopes,  I 
1  "  fears  and  pleasures  of  their  former  oecu- 
'-l  hr  pants  came  before  me  in  many  a  scrap  of  let- 
Ubr  ter  picked  up,  which  had  been  written  by 
Eastern  friends  or  relatives,  who  were  qdco 
Jfl  here  seeking  (heir  fortunes.  The  houses  were  I 
made  of  logs,  hewn  smooth  on  two  sides,  aud  I 
ve  the  taste  of  the  good  housewife  in  her  eu-  I 
,m  deavors  to  make  the  rooms  look  comfortable  I 
la-  was  shown,  in  many  instances,  by  papered  I 
ir‘  walls.  The  paper  used  for  this  purpose  was  I 
0,1  not  of  those  gorgeous  patterns  used  in  our 
ut  cities,  but  newspapers  which  had  first  served  | 
to  amuse  and  instruct  the  family,  after  wbieh 
u'"  they  were  pasted  over  the  logs.  We  again 
"S  Toad  Horace  Greeley's  scathing  editorials 
!e*  upon  the  conduct  Of  our  army  and  its  geuer-  I 
u  ala  in  1SG4— <»5.  The  Rural  New-Yorker,  I 
1°  Independent,  and  other  familiar  papers  of  I 
ts  the  same  years,  had  also  done  good  service  I 
it  iu  ornamenting  the  walls  of  these  Western  I 
»-  homes,  showhig  that  the  former  residents  of  I 
*•  this  village  appreciated  the  literary  labors  of  I 
some  of  those  who  now  wandered  about  their  I  * 

(j,  deserted  homes.  On  t.he  walls  of  almost  I  ! 
lu  every  house  narrow  shelves  had  been  fas-  I  ' 
,e  tened,  and  upon  these  minerals  were  spread  I 
3S  out  in  great  profusion,  showing  very  cohelu-  I  * 
n  sively  what,  brought  the  people  here  ;  but  I  ' 
.  like  Robinson  Crusoe,  they  east  aside  or  left  I  f 
untouched  the  lumps  of  gold  when  starvation  I  1 
j  Stared  them  in  the  face.  Even  the  stove  ynd  I 
.1  kitchen  furniture  was  left  intact  in  one  in- I 
stance  :  t  he  occupants  of  the  house  were  I  G 
f  probably  only  too  glad  to  get  away  without 
j  any  incumbrance  of  this  sort.  We  learned  I  a 
c  i'rom  a  fanner  near  by,  that  $(100,000  had  I  1 
,  beeu  sunk  by  the  former  inhabitants  and  11 
*  owners  of  a  “petered  out”  mine  near  by.  If  1 
’  the  mines  had  foiled,  farming  had  not,  for  I  I  h 
neVer  saw  bettor  crops  than  in  the  valley  all  I  p 
,  about  our  camp.  Oats,  grans,  wheat  and  po-  I  ’’ 
r  iatoes  were  growing  in  the  greatest  luxu-  I  ' 
.  riance,  and  the  few  men  who  owned  these  I  U 
,  farms  need  no  better  or  richer  “lode”  than  I  ” 
,  the  one  they  are.  working. 

i  LITTLE  BOULDER  CANON. 

I  C< 

August  1. — After  breaking  up  our  camp  I  ,,, 
this  morning,  we  passed  over  u  high,  moun-  I  ju 
tainous  region,  formerly  covered  with  a  fo 
dense  forest  of  pine,  which  has  all  l»eeu  cut  ,n 
off  and  the  wood  used  at  the  various  redne-  I  , ,, 
tiun  works  situated  iu  the  vallevs.  Gur  dear  I 
old  Uncle  Samuel,  who  is  supposed  to  reside  I 
at  Washington,  has  a  \  ery  curious  method  of  I  8tl 
dealing  with  his  people  ;  for  while  he  is  en-  *VI 
corn-aging  tree-growing  on  tile  plains  not  a  I  w. 
hundred  miles  from  this  very  spot,  by  giv- I  (]t! 
ing  100  acres  of  land  to  any  one  who  will  I 
plant  40  of  the  same  with  trees,  he  allows  I  or 
tho  most  wholesale  vandalism  our  world  or 
ever  heard  of  in  the  way  of  destroying  for-  I  },r! 
ests,  to  go  on  all  through  the  Rocky  Moun-  etr 
tains  and  without  a  word  of  complaint.  Hun-  wn 
dreds  and  thousands  of  acres  of  magnificent  I 
forests  are  annually  destroyed  here,  and  the  I  Tll 
Government  receives  not  one  cent  for  the  M(l 
same.  No  one  wants  or  will  want  these  lands  0ut 
after  the  timber  is  removed,  aud  of  course  ev€ 
tho  woodehopper  is  not  going  to  offer  even  tt  g 
$1.25  an  acre  unless  somebody  asks  it.  When  I  spfJ 
it  is  too  late,  perhaps,  our  Government  will  S)  J 
appoint  a  forester,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  not  thp 
only  to  show  the  people  of  the  plains  how  I  ver 
and  what  trees  to  grow,  but  take  charge  and  the 
prevent  the  destruction  of  forests  on  the  pub-  I 
lie  lands.  I 

I  lUg 

Going  do  wu  these  once  beautiful  pine-clad  dut 
mountains,  we  entered  Little  Boulder  canon,  I  tun 
at  the  very  entrance  of  which  we  met  an-  safe 
other  Toll  Gate,  paying  $10,  or  about  12j4  in  d 
cents  per  mile  toll  for  each  double  team.  If  and 
some  of  our  Illinois  farmers  who  growl  at  I  fore 


y  railroad  fares  of  three  or  four  cents  per  mile 
re  had  to  pay  tolls  on  these  mountain  roads  for 
e-  a  while,  they  might  come  to  the  conclusion 
i-  that  they  were  not  the  only  sufferers  from 
ic  monopolies  on  this  great  continent.  Leaving 
c  our  baggage  wagons  at  Little  Boulder,  we 
d  went  up  the  Caribou  Mouhtaju  some  four  or 
t-  five  miles,  for  the  purpose  of  visiting  the 
1-  mines  at  the  top,  as  well  or  enjoying  some 
)-  fine  views  of  the  surrounding  country.  The 
d  famous  Caribou  silver  mine,  which  was  sold 
g  lately  to  some  foreign  capitalist*  for  $3,000, 

It  000,  is  situated  on  the  very  top  of  the  moun- 
o  tain,  and  although  considered  a  good  invest- 
1  ment  at  the  price  paid,  it  is  probably  no 
e  more  valuable  than  a  dozen  other  “lodes” 

-  near  by,  the  difference  in  value  arising  more 
"j  from  the  extent  of  working  than  quantity  or 
s  richness  of  ore  covered  by  the  claim.  The 

*  Caribou  lode  having  been  worked  to  the 

-  depth  of  some  800  feet,  the  ore  is  extremely 
'  rich,  while  the  other  “lodes”  have  not,  as  yet, 

,  been  worked  to  one-half  the  distance.  Judg- 
;  ing  from  what  I  have  seen  of  this  mining 
,  business,  it  is  not  different  from  any  other  ; 

•  a  man  needs  only  a  good  deal  “  stick-to-itive- 
ness,”  in  order  to  succeed. 

Returning  from  Caribou  we  passed  through 
the  town  of  Middlo  Boulder,  and  down  in  the 
canon,  some  two  miles  or  more,  where  we 
found  our  tents  set  up,  the  camp  fires  burn¬ 
ing  and  supper  awaiting  our  arrival.  Before 
going  up  to  Caribou,  Captain  Williams  had 
sunt  our  guides  forward  with  the  provision 
wagons  and  other  camp  equipage,  with  or¬ 
ders  to  select  a  good  spot  for  camping  some¬ 
where  in  the  canon  if  possible.  That  he  suc¬ 
ceeded  to  the  satisfaction  of  all.  may  be  in 
ferred  from  the  fact  that  our  entire  party, 
with  one  accord  exclaimed,  as  we  came  iu 
sight  ef  the  tents,  “  What,  a  delightful  spot 
There  was  but  an  acre  or  two  of  level  ground, 
through  which  flowed  a  clear,  mountain 
stream,  while  around  us  the  huge  rocks  were 
piled  a  thousand  feet  high.  A  few- huge  trees 
of  Pinut  pondrosa  towered  above  our  tents, 
affording  an  agreeable  shade,  as  well  as  add¬ 
ing  much  to  the  beauty  of  its  surroundingx. 

LECTURES  AROUND  THE  CAMP  FIRE. 

Every  night,  after  supper,  we  make  u  huge 
camp  fire,  and  then  name  the  camp  after 
some  gentleman  of  the  party,  tho  one  so  hon¬ 
ored  being  expected  to  entertain  us  with  a 
lecture  upon  some  branch  of  natural  history.  ' 
Our  camp  to-night  is  named  after  Mr.  Mek  1 
itan  of  the  Gardener’s  Monthly,  aud  he  has  ‘ 
given  us  an  interesting  address  upon  “Tree 
Life”  ami  the  progress  of  scientific  botany. 
After  the  lecture  the  old  folks  retired  to  their  1 
tents,  while  the#young  folks  gave  them  a  ser-  1 
enade,  which  they  will  be  very  likely  to  re-  ‘ 
member.  These  frolics  around  the  camp  fire  1 
are  feasts  of  reason,  with  a  dessert  that  cer-  A 
tainly  aids  digestion.  Few  of  us,  however,  ' 
need  any  further  aid  to  appetite  or  digestion  1 
than  the  exercise  forced  upon  us  iu  these  * 
high  altitudes  with  this  cool,  rurified  atmos-  ' 
phere.  We  arc  frequently  up  among  the  ' 
clouds  at  an  elevation  of  from  9,000  to  12,00(1 
feet  above  the  sea  level,  and  it  is  so  cool  at  1 
night  that  a  heavy  blanket  cr  two  is  not  un¬ 
comfortable,  even  under  a  good  tent. 


really  made  up  their  minds  that  we  were  in 
earnest  about  going  ahead,  and  dry-shod. 
While  driving  along  at  a  brisk  trot,  shut  in 
on  two  sides  by  mountains  and  upon  a  road 
which  hail  been  cut  out  from  the  steep  rocks 
of  the  canon,  we  suddenly  came  in  sight  of 
the  plains  once  more,  and  into  tho  very  pret¬ 
ty  village  of  Boulder.  The  sudden  termina¬ 
tion  of  the  rocky  walls,  high  peaks,  narrow, 
dangerous  roads,  and  tho  opening  of  the 
broad  prairie,  wax  a  transition  of  scene  that 
caused  many  an  exclamation  of  delight.  For 
eight  days  we  had  been  constantly  going  up 
and  down  mountains  and  through  canons, 
and  it  was  really  a  relief  to  gain  a  spot  once 
more  where  the  eye  could  have  an  unlimited 
view  even  of  pi-alrie  grass  in  the  distance  as 
well  as  near  by. 


SNAKES’  :EGGS. 

Herewith,  I  leave  for  you  a  collection  or 
conglomeration  of  eggs,  and  a  limb  of  a  tree 
with  a  pice  of  cord,  as  tied  by  a  bird  in  build¬ 
ing  a  nest.  The  collection  of  eggs  was  found 
about  eighteen  inches  below  the  surface  in  a 
sand  bank,  and  like  BarnuM,  1  respectfully 
ask,  “What  is  it  *” 

The  limb  of  tho  tree  was  detached  by  my¬ 
self,  and  with  the  cord  is  just  as  the  instinct, 
skill  or  ingenuity  of  the  bird  left  it.  By  the 
way,  I  am  by  no  means  surprised  at  ingenuity 
here,  even  in  birds,  the  natives  seem  brim 
full  and  running  over  with  it.  As  one  in¬ 
stance  of  its  display,  there  is  in  one  of  the 
outer  doors  of  the  old  house  in  which  I  am 
temporarily  living,  a  hole  ubout  five  inches 
iu  diameter,  with  a  slide  on  the  outside  to 
cover  it.  Being  unable  by  my  unassisted 
reasoning,  to  discover  the  use  or  benefit  of 
such  a  hole  in  the  wall,  I  applied  to  the  old 
gentleman  who  had  formerly  occupied  the 
castle,  for  information  on  the  subject,  and  I 
was  enlightened  1  Said  he,  “Why,  1  should 
think  you  could  loll  the  use  of  that  hole.  1 
|  made  It  myself.  It  is  to  save  the  trouble  of 
carrying  a  key.  You  see,  when  we  left 
home  I  could  reach  through  the  hole,  bolt 
the  door,  close  the  slide,  and  have  no  key  to 
carry.”  I  was  compelled  to  own  that  such 
uu  idm  would  never  have  struck  me.  I  put 
a  stopper  on  that  hole. 

Down  In  Jersey.  J.  A.  Montgomery. 
The  cluster  of  eggs  were  those  of  some 
large  species  of  snake  —  probably  those  of 
the  common  Water  or  Black  snake  (flmcun- 
ion  constrictor).  Had  you  cut  open  one  of 
the  eggs,  as  we  did,  on  their  receipt,  you 
would  have  found  the  half -formed  reptile 
within.  Many  instances  of  the  skill  of  birds 
tying  their  nests  to  trees  with  strings,  which 
they  have  picked  up,  are  on  record.  Per¬ 
haps  the  bird  that  tied  the  string  you  send, 
was  practicing  the  art  for  a  time  of  need. 

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THE  CUCKOO  AND  THE  GOOSEBERRY 
CATERPILLAR 


A  BRIDGE  GONE. 

August  We  proceeded  down  Boulder 
Canon  this  morning,  but  soon  after  leaving 
camp  ran  against  a  Toll  Gate,  and  after  pay¬ 
ing  $10  for  the  privilege  of  passing,  were  in¬ 
formed  that  one  of  the  forty-odd  bridges 
over  which  we  had  to  puss  before  getting 
out  of  the  canon  had  broken  down.  About 
noon  we  come  to  the  wreck,  and  found  nu¬ 
merous  teams  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
stream,  waiting  to  cross  when  the  bridge 
was  repaired — if  that  tune  ever  came,  which 
wax  anything  but  certain  considering  the  in¬ 
decisive  character  of  the  superintendent  of 
the  structure.  Who  hud  been  walking  about 
or  sitting  on  a  log,  vainly  trying  to  make  up 
his  mind  what  to  do  over  since  the  bridge 
broke  down  the  day  before.  To  ford  the 
stream  was  next  to  an  impossibility,  and  to 
wait  for  repairs  at  the  hands  of  these  moun¬ 
taineers  might  be  like  waiting  for  eternity. 
The  emigrants  and  teamsters  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  stream  had  evidently  “  talked 
out,”  and  sat  down,  waiting  for  coming 
events,  which,  I  fear, had  not  “Cast  much  of 
a  shadow  before  them.”  Editors  or  corre¬ 
spondent©  of  newspapers  are  not,  as  a  rule, 
supposed  to  be  practical  bridge  builders,  al¬ 
though  they  generally  discuss  such  subjects 
very  freely  ;  but  in  this  ease  they  proved 
themselves  capable  of  both  talking  and  work¬ 
ing,  for  within  thirty  minutes  after  persuad¬ 
ing  the  bridge  superintendent  that  it  was  his 
duty  to  let  them  temporarily  repair  the  struc¬ 
ture,  it  was  done,  and  our  teams  passad 
safely  over.  Logs  40  feet  long  and  10  indies 
in  diameter  were  thrown  across  the  stream 
and  then  covered  with  plank  and  poles,  be¬ 
fore  the  professional  bridge  builders  had 


About  three  weeks  ago  many  gooseberry 
bushes  in  the  kitchen  garden  here  were  much 
iufested  with  the  caterpillar  peculiar  to  the 
gooseberry.  When  the  men  were  not  about, 
and  on  Sundays,  some  cuckoos  were  observed 
every  day  on  the  bushes  fecdingon  the  cater¬ 
pillars,  which  they  thinned  oil  considerably 
in  a  week  or  two.  1  had  them  disturbed  as 
little  as  possible,  and  sometimes  as  many  as 
four  or  five  at  a  time  were  seen  enjoying 
their  feast.  The  cuckoo,  from  this  habit  of 
feeding  on  caterpillars,  lias,  I  think,  a  strong 
claim  to  be  put  on  the  Schedule  ol'  the  Birds’ 
Protection  Bill.  During  the  season  of  the 
gooseberry  caterpillar,  I  do  not  find  that  nuy 
of  the  small  birds  do  much  good  iu  clearing 
the  bushes  of  them.  Perhaps  the  song- 
thrush  is  as  useful  a  bird  to  tho  gardener  as 
any,  for  in  the  wet  summer  and  autumn  of 
last  year,  it  fed  on  the  legions  of  siugs  and 
snails  all  the  time  when  fruit  wax  scarce. 
The  thrush  will  have  its  dessert  off  the  fruit 
not  netted  up,  but  not  m  t.ie  bold,  daring 
way  of-  the  blackbird,  who  is  the  greatest 
pest  of  all  the  small  birds,  except  the  bull 
iiuch. — E uglish  Paper. 

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MITES  ON  CANARIES. 

W  ill  some  one  please  inform  me  what  to 
do  in  order  to  destroy  the  mites  which  infest 
my  canary  ?  I  have  tried  several  methods 
none  of  which  have  proved  successful.  Ho 
is  always  picking  himself,  and  seems  much 
annoyed.  — E  i  ,len. 

We  have  been  troubled  in  the  same  man¬ 
ner.  I  have  only  succeeded  in  getting  rid  of 
the  pests  by  daily  scalding  the  cage  thor¬ 
oughly  in  hot  water,  sprinkling  a  little  flour 
of  sulphur  about  it,  and  putting  a  little  of 
the  dust  in  the  water.  Persisting  in  this 
treatment,  has  enabled  us  to  clear  bird  and 
cage  of  the  mites,  if  there  is  a  better  way 
we  Shull  be  glad  to  learn. 


gallon  of  vinegar.  When  this  pickle  boils 
Up,  throw  in  the  cucumbers,  and  make  them 
boil  quickly  as  possible  three  or  four  min¬ 
utes.  Put'  them  in  a  jar  with  the  boiled 
vinegar,  und  cover  closely.  When  cold,  put 
in  a  sprig  of  dll],  the  seed  downward.  If  you 
like  it.  Made  in  this  wav,  they  will  he  tender, 
crisp,  and  grocn.  If  the  color  is  not  quite 
dear  enough,  pour  oil  the  vinegar  the  next 
day ;  boil  up,  and  pour  over  the  cucumbers  ; 
cover  perfectly  tight, 

Melon  Preserves.  —To  make  an  excellent 
preserve  from  unripe  melons,  the  green  part 
of  watermelons  and  citrons,  in  imitation  of 
preserved  giuger,  hoi]  in  alum  water— a.  ta- 
nlespoonfuftn  about  two  gallons — pare,  cut 
in  pieces,  and  lay  hi  water  for  one  or  two 
days,  to  take  out  the  alum  taste.  Tho  pieces 
should  not  tic  quite  soft,  but  like  sweet  cu¬ 
cumber  pickle.  Drain  well,  make  a  sirup  of 
sugar — a  pound  to  each  pound  of  melon — a 
pretty  strong  llavoring  of  ginger,  as  hot  as 
may  he  liked,  remembering  that,  when  boiled 
it  will  taste  hotter,  a  little  mace,  and  some 
lemon  peel  or  essence  of  lemon  to  taste.  Boil 
tho  pieces  in  this  till  clear.  Unripe  melons 
are  soaked  fur  some  days  in  brine,  cut  up  and 
freshened  in  cold  water  before  boiling  in 
alum.  This  preserve  requires  watching,  be- 
-  "  ‘  M -Household. 


very  great  mistftko  for  persons,  old  or  young 
especially  children  and  feeble  or  sedentary 
persons— to  bounce  out  of  bed  the  moment 
they  wake  up  ;  all  our  Instincts  shrink  from 
it,  and  lier.-uly  kick  against  it.  Fifteen  or 
twenty  minutes  spent  in  gradually  waking 
up,  after  the  eyes  are  opened,  and  in  turning 
over  and  stretching  the  limbs,  do  as  ranch 
good  as  sound  sleep,  because  Hie  operations 
set  the  blood  in  motion  by  degrees,  tending 
to  equalize  the  circulation  ;  for  during  sleep 
tho  blood  tends  to  stagnation,  the  heart  beats 
feebly  and  slowly,  and  to  shock  the  system 
by  bouncing  up  in  an  instant  and  sending  the 
blood  in  overwhelming  quantity  to  tho  heart, 
causing  it  to  assume  a  gallop  where  the 
distant  before  it  was  in  a  creep,  is  the  great¬ 
est  absurdity.  This  instantaneous  bouncing 
out  of  bed  ns  soon  as  the  eyes  are  onen  will 


APPLE  SUITES, 


CURE  OF  OBESITY 


I  have  seen  in  several  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  recipes  for  making  apple  butter, 
which  all  differ  from  the  way  I  make  it.  I 
have  been  acquainted  with  apple  butter 
making  nearly  fifty  years,  some  twenty 
years  in  this  country  and  the  balance  in  the 
old  country.  If  T  make  apple  butter  only 
from  apples,  I  have  a  brass  kettle  holding  25 
gallons  in  which  I  boil  20 gallons  sweet  cider, 
down  to  live  gallons,  which  makes  a  nice, 
sweet  syrup.  This  is  put  away  in  jars  for 
tho  present.  Then  put  four  bushels  peeled 
apples,  quartered,  in  a  brass  kettle  and  boil 
it  to  a  mash  with  20  gallons  sweet  cider, 
without  stirring,  over  a  slow  tire.  Then  take 
the  mashed  apples  out  and  strain  them 
through  a  si  rainer,  and  put  the  strained  mash 
in  clean  l  ubs,  and  put  away  for  next  day,  for 
the  above  Operations  take  all  day.  Next  day 
start  early  and  put  the  strained  mash  in  the 
brass  kettle  again,  and  the  live  gallous  of 
boiled  eider  or  sirup.  Then  stir  it  with  a 
stirrer  with  half  inch  holes  in  it,  over  a  slow 
iiro.  It  is  of  great  importance  not  to  lot  it 
get  burned  in  the  kettle.  This  boiling  and 
,-i  iv lining  takes  from  twelve  to  fifteen  hours 
steady  work.  To  know  when  it  is  boiled 
i  cough  take  some  of  the  apple  butter  out  in 
a  plate  and  see  that  it  does  not  runabout 
over  the  plate,  then  it  is  done. 

The  apple  butter  is  in  this  way  condensed, 
and  will  keep  for  years  without  being  en¬ 
closed  entirely  air-tight.  Before  I  use  it  at 
the  table,  )  add  as  much  cream,  milk,  or 
sugar  and  water  ns  there  is  apple  butter. 
But  to  make  a  perfect,  upplo  butter,  it  takes 
other  materials  to  do  it.  Take  peaches,  pears, 
or  blue  and  yellow  plums,  peel  and  quarter 
them,  and  boil  them  to  a  nriRh  with  good 
cider,  Strain,  and  work  it  as  you  would  the 
apples.  After  it  is  done  put  it  away  in  jars 
like  apple  butter,  and  when  tho  grapes  are 
ripe  take  your  lirst  apple  butter  made  from 
peaches,  pears,  &c.,  mix  it,  up  in  the  kettle 
again,  and  boil  the  whole  up  in  ten  gallons 
grape  juice.  This  will  make  a.  delicate  pre¬ 
serve,  which,  condensed,  i.s  worth  50  cents 
l>er  lb,  anywhere.  I  am  selling  annually, 
without  any  difficulty,  1,000  lbs.  If  I  would 
make  a,  special  business,  1  could  sell  a  large 
quantity  of  it.  Add  spice,  cinnamon,  and  if 
one  desires  apple  butler  sweeter,  sugar  to 
taste.  But  most  everybody  likes  the  natural 
flavor.  S.  Frodich. 

Enfield,  N.  C. 

First,  if  you  have  cider,  boil  it  down  to 
thickness  of  molasses  or  sirup  ;  if  intending 
to  make  tho  butter  the  next  day,  leave  some 
of  the  cider  to  cool  the  apples  ;  if  not  intend¬ 
ing  to  make  right  away,  when  you  do  make, 
put  the  apples  to  cool  in  water,  or  the  weak 
cider,  and  as  soon  as  they  begin  to  cool  begin 
to  stir  to  keep  from  burning  in  tho  kettle  ; 
as  the  apples  cook  down,  fill  up  the  kettle 
with  raw  apples  or  some  that  have  been 
cooked  in  another  kettle  ;  when  the  apples 
are  all  in  and  cooked  smooth,  without  any 
lumps,  then  pint  the  strong  cider  in  and  boil' 
till  it  is  us  strong  as  wanted.  If  cider  is  not 
plenty  (some  prefer  when  it  is  to  make  it 
without  using  molasses  or  other  sweets  in¬ 
stead)  it  is  made  the  same  way,  always  cook¬ 
ing  the  apples  well  before  putting  in  the 
sweetening  ;  for  the  apples  will  nob  cook 
smooth  in  strong  eider  or  molasses.  I  will 
not  give  any  particular  measures  or  rules,  as 
there  are  few  people  who  liko  the  same, 
bast  year  1  had  one  barrel  of  eider ;  T  boiled 
it  down  to  four  gallons  and  made  sixteen 
gallons  ol  butter.  The  eider  was  not  sweet 


Mr.  Schindler  is  the  latest  addition  to  the 
list  of  persons  who  have  undertaken  tho 
treatment  and  cure  of  excessive  fatness  in 
the  human  race— this  condition  being  consld 
ored  by  him  as  a  disturbance  of  the  animal 
economy,  in  consequence  of  which  the  car¬ 
bon  taken  in  is  accumulated  hi  the  form  of 
fat.  Diet  and  exercise,  as  might  be  expected, 
constitute  the  basis  of  his  treatment.  As  in 
t  he  method  of  Mr.  BantingJwluoJi  some  years 
ago  was  bo  much  in  vogue,  the  diet  advised 
for  fat  persons  consists  of  food  containing  a 
large  percentage  of  nitrogen,  to  which  some 
vegetables  without  starch,  and  cooked  fruit, 
are  to  be  added,  for  the  purpose  of  moderat¬ 
ing  tho  excitation  duo  to  anliual  nourish¬ 
ment.  This  diet  is  to  be  varied  according  as 
individuals  are  of  a  sanguine  or  lymphatic 
temperament..  The  use  of  certain  wines  is 
permitted  ;  beer  is,  however,  entirely  forbid¬ 
den.  Coffee  and  tea  are  allowed,  with  as 
little  sugar  as  possible.  Cheese,  potatoes, 
rice,  beans,  peas,  maize,  maceoroni,  tapioca, 
arrowroot,  and  soups  are  not  allowed.  The 
use  of  sulphate  of  sorla  is  recommended,  as 
modorating  the  transformation  of  nitrogen¬ 
ous  materials  and  stimulating  the  oxidation 
of  fat ;  and  the  use  of  mineral  waters  con¬ 
taining  the  sulphate  of  soda  in  solution  is 
considered  of  the  greatest  importance  in  this 
respect.  The  vvaters  of  Marienbad,  which 
are  especially  rich  in  this  salt,  are  stated  to 
have,  usually,  the  most  happy  effect.  Their 
use  together  with  that  of  alkaline  pills,  and 
a  strict  adherence  to  the  conditions  above 
mentioned  caused  a  decrease  lu  weight  of 
from  twenty-five  to  sixty  pounds  in  different 
individuals  in  the  course  of  a  few  weeks. 


\\  hoopmy  Cough  Remedy. — Take  plantain 
leaves  ;  wash  and  bruise  thorn  well ;  now 
strain  through  a  cloth,  and  sweeten  with 
honey  for  an  adult  one  tablespoonful  .is  a 
dose. 

Tho  above  remedy  is  what  I  used  thirty 
years  ago,  and  it  acted  like  a  charm.— m.  a.  e. 


iug  very  apt  to  mold. — 

Pickled  Cauliflowers. — Take  good  white 
heads,  break  them  into  small  pieces  and  boil 
for  ten  minutes  in  strung  salt  and  water. 
Bkim  out  the  pieces,  which  should  bo  so  ten¬ 
der  that,  ii  splint  of  broom  corn  can  be  run 
through  the  stems.  Lay  them  on  a  towel  to 
drain  off  tho  water,  aiul  when  thoroughly 
cold  put  them  into  a  pickle  jar,  with  a  few 
whole  cloves,  allspice,  pepper,  and  sticks  of 
cinnamon  tied  up  in  a  cloth.  Boil  and  skim 
the  vinegar ;  then  pour  it  directly  over  the 
cauliflowers.  If  a  few  boots  nro sliced  up  in 
the  v  i augur  while  boiling,  they  will  color  the 
cauliflower  stalks  a  bright  coral  rod,  and 
make  them  more  attractive  to  the  eye.— 
Country  Gentleman. 

Removing  Grease,  .Spots. — Make  a  paste  of 
quicklime,  washing  soda,  and  as  little  water 
as  possible,  put  it  on  the  grease  spots,  when 
you  have  to  do  with  stone  or  wood.  It  may, 
however,  discolor  the  wood  or  make  it  dark¬ 
er.  In  case  you  wish  to  avoid  this,  cover  the 
wood  or  paper  with  dry  carbonate  of  mag¬ 
nesia,  powdered  chalk,  or  even  dry  starch 
powder,  place  on  top  a  think  blotting-paper, 
and  then  a  hot  flatiron.  This  will  draw  out 
tlie  grease.  IX  not  fully  drawn  out,  scrape 
olT  the  powder  and  repeat  the  operation. 
Some  liquid  ammonia  may  finish  the  job  if 
the  heat  does  not  fully  clean  it  all  up. 

Cream  liecr. — It  is  au  effervescing  drink, 
but  far  pleasanter  than  soda  water,  inasmuch 
us  you  do  not  have  lo  drink  for  your  life  to 
get  your  money’s  worth,  the  effervescence 
being  much  slower.  Two  ounces  tartaric 
acid,  two  pounds  white  sugar,  the  juice  of 
one  lemon,  three  pints  of  water.  Boil  to¬ 
gether  five  minutes;  when  nearly  cold  add 
the  whites  of  three  eggs  well  beaten,  with 
half  a  cup  of  flour  and  half  au  ounce  of  es¬ 
sence  of  wintergreen.  Bottle  and  keep  in  a 
cool  place.  Take  two  tablespoonfuls  of  this 
sirup  for  a  tumbler  of  water,  and  add  one 
quarter  of  a  teaspoonful  of  soda. 

Cucumber  Vinegar  (for  Pish  and  Salads).— 
Take  fresh  encumbers  as  free  from  seeds  as 
possible,  wipe  them  and  cut  them  into  thin 
slices  into  a  jar ;  sprinkle  fine  salt  and  plenty 
of  pepper  between  the  layers,  and  cover  them 
with  boiling  vinegar.  Secure  them  from  the 
air,  and  in  a  month  or  six  weeks  the  vinegar 


EASTERN  FARMERS  COMPLAIN 


Looking  at  New  England,  in  particular, 
and  any  other  States  near  good  markets, 
why  should  there  be  such  grumbling  ?  Be¬ 
cause  farming  does  not  pay  !  Well !  why 
does  it  not  return  profit  ?  Before  tho  late 
war  prices  were  much  lower  and  labor  only 
correspondingly  cheaper  than  now  ;  there¬ 
fore,  there  must  be  something  else  which  re¬ 
quires  bringing  to  light.  In  the  first  place, 
what  1  have  so  often  said  is  being  proved  and 
felt,  viz.  :  the  laud  is  ran  down  and  will  not 
bear  crops  as  formerly,  and  the  grass  mi  the 
meadows  jand  hill-sides  is  now  of  little  ac¬ 
count,  in  consequence  of  non-grazing  and 
bad  management. 

There  is  fear  of  Western  produce  ;  but  any 
men  should  be  ashamed  of  excusing  them¬ 
selves  on  the  ground  of  corn,  wheat,  or 
meat,  brought  such  a  distance,  for  there  Is 
a  real  protection  of  more  per  cent,  than  the 
grasping  manufacturers  have  from  .England. 
Those  mill-owners,  etc.,  can  truthfully  say, 
the  extremely  low  price  of  labor  in  Europe 
forbids  their  doing  aught,  unless  the  whole 
United  .States  have  to  pay  hundreds  of  mil- 
liuiis  more  for  their  wearing  apparel,  their 
utensils,  etc.,  etc.  ;  but  the  fanner  has  no 
agreement  of  this  kind,  for  the  western  peo¬ 
ple  have  1.o  pay  extra,  on  account  of  freight, 
for  all  manufactured  goods,  and,  at  the  same 
time,  receive  half  of  what  the  eastern  farm¬ 
ers  do  for  their  com,  grain,  meat  and  dairy 
produce,  and  there  is  but  one  way  of  expla¬ 
nation,  and  that  is  to  admit  the  exhaustion 
of  tho  cast.. 

I  have  only  been  in  tins  country  seventeen 
years,  and  prices  for  the  first  period  were  not 
much  more  than  half  of  what,  they  are  now 
1  recollect  buying  flour  for  P> ;  beef  for  four 
cents  per  pound  a  quarter,  and  butter  twelve 
eents  ;  other  things  at  the  same  rate.  Milk 
was  delivered  m  New  York  City  from  Orange 
Co.,  at  twelve  eents  per  gallon  in  summer 
and  sixteen  cents  in  winter  ;  and  these  prices 
hold  till  after  the  war  began.  The  great  evil 
is  the  want  of  a  system  to  maintain  tho 
yielding  capacity  of  farina,  to  treble  present 
quantity,  Look  at  the  yearly  tenants  of 
England  ;  they  flourish  without  protection 
excepting  such  as  the  system  and  custom  of 
the  country  give,  by  being  si  sural  for  unex¬ 
hausted  manuring,  etc.,  If  they  change  their 
farms,  which  these  tenants  do  not  do  so 
often  as  the  owners  of  farms  here. 

A  Working  Farmer. 


CAUSE  OF  WEAKNESS  AFTER  BATHING 


CARE  OF  THE  HANDS 


CO-OPERATIVE  STORES 


Tn  Rural  New-Yorker  of  August  10th 
hist.,  you  inquire  for  information  concerning 
co-operative  stores,  in  this  count v  (Musca¬ 
tine)  there  is  one  ;  and  in  Louisa  Co.  there 
is  also  one.  The  one  in  thia’county  is  located 
at  Hilton,  and  U  doing  a  very  large  business, 
so  much  so,  that  three  salesmen  are  contin¬ 
ually  employed  and  sometimes  more  are  re¬ 
quired.  The.  one  at  Lefctsville  (Louisa  Co.)  is 
also  doing  a  most  excellent  business.  Per¬ 
haps  some  may  say  ‘‘these  are  two  out  of 
the  way  towns  that  do  not  get,  a  mail  much 
oftener  than  once  a  month.”  Such  is  not 
the  case  ;  but  on  tho  contrary,  they  are  live 
towns  and  are  on  good  lines  of  railroad- 
Hilton  being  at  the  junction  of  the  main 
line  of  tho  C.  II.  I,  &  P.  and  the  southwestern 
branch  of  the  same,  and  Lettsville  is  on  the 
southwest  line.  Goods  are  sold  in  both  places 
at  a  uniform  profit  >  >i  ten  per  cent,  above 
first  cost  to  them.  The  stock  kept  is  a  gen¬ 
eral  line  of  merchandise,  which,  in  the  coun¬ 
try,  includes  dry  goods,  groceries  and  hard¬ 
ware.  The  store  at  Hilton  has  been  in  oper¬ 
ation  nearly  two  yoorsand  has  proved  a  per¬ 
fect  success.  The  business  is  strictly  a  cash 
one,  J.  G.  H.  Little. 

Muscatine,  Iowa,  Aug.  20,  1873. 


SELECTED  RECIPES 


tucuniber  Pickles.— The  small,  long  kind 
are  tfle’iest  for  pickling,  and  those  but,  half- 
grown  are  nicer  than  the  l’ull-grown.  Let 
Uiem  be  freshly  gathered  ;  pull  off  the  blos¬ 
soms,  but  do  not  mb  them ;  pour  over  them 
f  stfong  brine,  boiling  hot :  cover  close,  and 
cr'  them  stand  all  night.  The  next  day  put 
\  "ur  hand  in  tho  jar  or  tub  and  stir  gently, 
to  remove  all  sand,  drain  on  a  sieve,  and  then 
dry  m  a  cloth.  Make  a  pickle  with  the  best 
'•  f,er  v i nugar,  adding  spice  in  the  following 
•  oportiori, ;  To  eai-li  quart  of  vinegar  put 
uah  an  ounce  of  whole  black  pepper,  the 
"rnd  allspice,  and  one  ounce  of 
i  1,^hT1.seed-  ’he  flavor  is  agreeable  add 
air  shalots,  and  two  cloves  of  garlic,  to  a 


GETTING  OUT  OF  BED 


Dr.  Hall  does  not  approve  of  the  old  doc¬ 
trine  which  -was  formerly  instilled  into  the 
minds  of  children-  that  they  should  spring 
out  of  bed  the  Instant  they  awake  in  the 
morning.  He  says  that  up  to  eighteen  years 
every  child  should  be  allowed  to  rest  in  bed, 
after  tlie  sleep  is  over,  until  they  feel  as  if 
they  had  rather  get  up  than  not.  It,  is  a 


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years  go  by.  More  and  more  dependence  Is 
placed  upon  top-dressing  of  compost,  muck, 
ashes,  and  upon  mulching  with  coarse  manure 
or  even  straw  alone.  It  is  getting  to  be  be¬ 
lieved,  that  plowing  among  old  orchard  trees 
is  a  positive  injury,  shortening  the  lives  of  the 
trees  without  increasing  their  productiveness 
materially.  It  Is  claimed  that  an  old  orchard 
tree  needs  all  its  fibrous  roots,  which  must  be 
fed,  it  is  true,  but  which  may  he  fed  by  top- 
dressing  and  which,  some  of  the  most  expe¬ 
rienced  farmers  say,  is  the  only  natural  way  of 
feeding  growing  trees.  There  is  a  good  deal  of 
common  sense  in  the  theory,  and  a  great  deal 
of  success  follows  the  practice.  The  best  or¬ 
chards  I  have  seen  hereabouts— I  mean  old  or¬ 
chards— are  those  that  have  been  thus  treated 
the  past  ten  or  more  years.  But  their  owners 
see  that  tJwy  are  properly  fed !  The  trouble  with 
the  practice  is  for  may  be)  that  the  feeding  or 
manuring  the  trees  is  too  often  neglected  ; 
while  if  the  orchard  is  plowed, Jtho  farmer  will 
draw  on  tons  of  manure  in  order  to  get  a  good 
crop  of  corn  or  potatoes  from  among  the  trees. 
Thus  the  orchard  gets  some  benefit— shares  it 
with  the  crop  planted. 

Sheep  and  Pigs  In  Orchards. 

The  best  fruit— the  cleanest,  best  grown  and 
least,  deformed  fruit — I  have  seen  is  that  grown 
in  orchards  in  which  pigs  or  sheep  have  been 
permitted  to  range  for  a  series  of  years  up  to 
the  time  the  fruit  really  begins  to  mature  and 
drop.  It  Is  astonishing  what  a  difference  It 
makes  In  the  aggregate  amount  of  perfect  speo- 
imons  of  apples,  pears  and  plums  that  Jiang  on 
the  trees.  They  destroy  innumerable  insects. 
Those  who  admit  the  pigs  to  the  orchards  ring 
or  rim  their  noses.  They  do  not  uilow  them  to 
break  the  sod  by  rooting.  Thus,  they  make 
them  watchful  of  every  larva  and  insect  which 
appears  on  the  surface,  and  compel  them  to 
eat  the  suing  fruit  which  drops  from  the  trees 
in  the  early  part  of  the  season. 

Sheep  are  more  dangerous  In  an  orchard  than 
swine.  They  are  more  liable  to  gnaw  the  bark 
from  the  trees— especially  if  young,  and  the 
pasturage  is  short,  llut  as  a  rule,  there  is  little 
damage  done.  Here  is  one  man  who  lias  kept 
thirty  handsome  South-Downs  in  his  orchard 
this  season,  and  not  a  tree  Is  injured  ;  nor  can 
you  find  an  apple  on  the  ground  after  10  o’clock 
in  the  morning,  unless  you  happen  to  be  under 
the  tree  about,  the  time  it  drops. 

Orchards  as  Poultry  Yards. 

No  orchard  that  I  have  seen,  however,  sur¬ 
passes  one  in  which  no  live  stock  has  been  kept 
other  than  poultry— hens,  geese,  turkeys,  guinea 
and  pea  fowl.  Here  Is  an  extensive  range,  in¬ 
closed  by  a  high  picket  fence.  The  trees  are 
mulched  and  manured  every  year— sometimes 
in  fall  and  sometimes  in  spring.  Turkeys  roost 
in  the  trees ;  so  do  the  other  fowls.  The  geese 
have  a  pond  fed  by  a  brook  in  which  to  bathe. 
All  the  fowls  are  kept  in  this  orchard  that  can 
be  with  profit.  The  crop  of  fruit  Is  bountiful 
and  beautiful.  The  abuudunco  is  due  to  care 
in  pruning,  washing  and  feeding.  Its  beauty 
and  perfectness  is  largely  attributed  by  the 
owner  tothe  vigilance  of  the  fowls  in  hunting 
insects  and  destroying  them.  The  profits  from 
the  fowls  are  large.  It  Is  claimed  t  hat  they  are 
the  most  productive  and  profitable  live  stock 
he  has,  In  proportion  to  the  investment.  Eggs, 
chickens  and  turkeys  always  bring  a  good  price ; 
and  the  range  he  thus  gives  them  and  the  com¬ 
parative  freedom,  diminishes  the  amount  of 
care  required  and  the  per  cent,  of  loss  from 
disease  that  ordinarily  obtains  where  fowl  are 
closely  confined.  Keally,  tho  orchard,  with  its 
fruit  and  poultry  products,  isrogardedthe  most 
profitable  portion  of  his  investment  in  propor¬ 
tion  to  the  expense  involved  in  its  care. 


Reaper  was  exhibited  by  Mr.  Scott  of  Hoosick 
Falls ;  the  Sprague  mower  by  W,  E.  Barrett, 
Providence,  R.  1.;  the  Eureka  by  the  Eureka 
M.  M.  Co.,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.;  the  Warrior 
Mower  by  the  Warrior  Mowing  Machine  Co., 
Little  Falls,  N.  Y. ;  the  Champion  Feed  Cutter, 
Champion  Horse  Hake  and  Galea  Copper  Strip 
Feed  Cutter,  by  WtuvtkmoKB  Bros.,  Boston  ; 
the  Wakefield  Earth  Closet  by  Char.  A.  Wakr- 
fif.lt>,  Pittsfield,  Mass.;  tho  Pennock  Double 
Harpoon  Horae  Hay  Fork,  and  the  Hollings¬ 
worth  Hay  Hake,  by  E.  E.  Lcmmis,  Boston ;  the 
Climax  Apple  Slicer,  Lightning  Apple  and 
Peach  Parers,  and  a  fine  assortment  of  Wood’s 
Hot  Water-Proof  Cutlery,  by  D.  H.  Goodell, 
Antrim,  N.  H.;  the  Bullard  Hay  Tedder  and 
Buckeye  Mower,  by  The  Richardsou  M’f’g  Co„ 
Worcester,  Mass.;  the  Superior  Hay  Tedder,  by 
llie  Higganum  M'f'gCo.,  Higganum  Conn.;  the 
American  Meat  Chopper,  and  Domestic  Meat 
and  Fruit  Presses,  by  the  Athol  Machine  Co.; 
the  Whild emore  Meat.  Cutter,  Union  Apple 
Parer,  Sheer  and  Peach  Stoner,  by  D.  II.  Wiiit- 
TF.MonK,  Worcester.  Mass.;  the  Wiener  Self- 
Adjusting  Hake,  by  Jab.  E.  Wisneji.  Friend¬ 
ship,  N.  Y.;  the  Granite  State  Horse  Hay  and 
Grain  Itake,  by  J.  B.  Small,  Boston,  Mass.;  the 
Jersey  Apple  Grinder,  by  It.  BcttjjRWORTH, 

|  Trenton,  N.  J.;  the  Union  Horse  Power,  by 
Burt,  Hildreth  *  Co.,  Harvard,  Mass.;  anew 
Patent  Milk  Cooler,  and  Stevens’  Butter  Work¬ 
er,  by  Seth  F.  Coles,  Coventry.  Vt.;  the  Home 
Sewing  Machine,  by  Johnson,  Clark  &  Co., 
Boston.;  the  Singer  Sewing  Machine,  by  Mr. 
Freeman,  Boston  ;  the  Dressmaker’s  Hemtner 
and  Binder,  by  the  Globe  Machine  Co.,  East 
Hampstead,  Mass.  There  was  a  large  display  of 
other  machines,  implements,  etc.,  which  we 
ha  ve  neither  time  nor  space  to  notice.  A  mong 
the  valuable  invention*  shown  the  Chicken  In¬ 
cubator  of  Jacob  Graves,  Boston,  attracted 
marked  and  merited  attention.  The  Atchison, 
Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad  made  a  general 
display  of  the  products  of  their  lands,  being 
represented  hy  C.  P.  Bolmaii,  Topeka.  Kansas. 

—  Dr.  Geo.  fj,  Louing,  President  of  the  So¬ 
ciety,  delivered  a  felicitous  address  on  the 
opening  of  tho  Fair.  The  annual  address,  by 
llov.  W.  H.  H.  Murray,  was  made  on  Saturday, 
and,  though  not  heard  by  our  reporter,  is  pre¬ 
sumed  to  have  been  able  and  appropriate  to 
the  occasion. 

4  4  » 

PERSONAL  MENTION. 


VACATION  LETTERS. 

A  Working  Editor  Out  of  Harness. 

I  have  been  hauling  out  muck  to-day. 
There’s  a  deposit,  of  it  down  yonder  in  the 
field,  and  by  drawing  off  the  water  with  a  si¬ 
phon,  wo  have  been  able  to  got.  out  cords  of  ns 
fine  muck  as  ever  made  an  apple  tree  grow  or 
grass  look  green,  or  deprived  a  manure  heap  of 
offensive  odors.  How  did  we  get  it  out?  To 
save  handling,  an  ordinary  stone-boat  (or  drag, 
as  it  is  called  in  some  localities,)  with  stakes 
and  sideboards,  was  slid  down  into  the  muck 
bed,  loaded,  a  chain  attached,  and  the  team  on 
the  bank  hitched  to  the  chain  undmade  to  pull 
the  load  out;  then  John  hauled  it  off  to  the 
orchard  or  in  A  the  barn-yard.  It  has  been 
found  that  m  .  k  drawn  out  at  this  time  of  year 
and  spread  over  l  he  roots  of  the  orchard  trees, 
pays  for  itself  ten-fold,  both  in  the  crops  of 
•  apples  and  of  grass  or  potatoes  grown  on  the 
’  ground  the  succeeding  year.  But  farmers  here- 
%  about  are  getting  to  value  it,  too,  as  an  ahsorb- 
j  ent,  and  cords  of  it  are  piled  up  convenient  to 
the  stables;  and  every  time  the  stable  is  cleaned 
of  its  excrement,  a  man  with  a  wheelbarrow 
litters  that  part  of  the  stable  where  the  cattle 
drop  the  liquid  and  solid  excrement,  liberally 
with  muck.  This  takes  up  the  juices  and  the 
gases.  Then,  when  it  is  thrown  out  of  the  stable 
windows,  It  is  in  condition  to  keep  without 
loss ;  it  is  well  mixed,  and  needs  less  forking 
over  during  winter. 

Talking  about  the  Orchard, 
reminds  me  to  say  that  there  Is  less  and  less 
cultivating  of  orchards,  hereabouts,  as  the 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  FAIR. 

The  Tenth  Annual  Exhibition  of  the  New 
England  Ag.  Society,  held  at  Mystic  Park,  Med¬ 
ford,  near  Boston,  last  week,  was  In  the  main  a 
decided  success.  The  weather  was  favorable, 
except  on  Thursday,  and  the  attendance  good. 
Moat  departments  of  the  Exhibition  were  cred¬ 
itable,  though  those  of  Flowers,  Fruits  and 
Vegetables  were  deficient.  Tho  show  at  Cattle 
and  Horses  was  especially  commendable.  The 
entries  of  Stock  were— Cattle,  425 ;  Horses,  267; 
Sheep,  103 ;  Swine,  44 ;  Poultry,  60.  The  display 
of  Cattle  included  105  Ayrshlres,  86  Short-Horns, 
65  Devons,  56  Alderneys,  41  Halstelns,  36  Here- 
fords  and  50  Grades.  Wm.  Mattoon  of  Spring- 
field  exhibited  10  superior  Devons  among 
them  his 25-months-old  “Duke  of  Hampden,"  i 
weighing  1,560  lbs.,  probably  the  largest,  and 
finest  animal  of  his  age  In  the  world.  The  show 
of  other  breeds  included  superior  animals,  but 
we  have  not  spaoe  to  particularize.  The  Rev. 
W.  H.  H.  Murray,  of  Adirondack  fame,  ex¬ 
hibited  ten  or  twelve  superior  horses,  which 
were  much  admired  by  lovers  of  the  equine 
race.  Of  thorough-bred  horses  and  stallions 
there  was  a  notable  and  attractive  display.  The 
display  of  Sheep,  Swine  and  Poultry  was  not 
large,  but  comprised  many  specimens  of  excel¬ 
lent  quality. 

Of  Agricultural  Implements.  &c.,  (and  &c. 
includes  many  valuable  “Yankee  Notions,”) 
there  was  a  large  and  fine  exhibition.  The 
Ames  Plow  Co.,  of  Boston  and  New  York,  made 
a  grand.dteplay,  occupying  a  tent  60  by  150,  wit  h 
over  400  e.utries  of  articles  of  their  own  and 
Oliver  Ames  &  Sons’  manufacture— including 
the  American  Hay  Tedder,  Burt’s  Self-Adjust¬ 
ing  Hay  Rake,  Perry  Mower,  Hakes’,  Sessions'  ' 
and  Knox’s  Plows,  and  a  flue  collection  of  Farm 
Wagons  and  Carts.  The  Wood  Mower  and  1 


Boston  is  becoming  very  attractive.  The 
Quarter-Centennial  of  the  American  Pomolog- 
.  ical  Society  is  attracting  thither  men  from  all 
parts  of  tho  country'.  They  naturally  drop  in 
to  the  Bubal  New-Yorkkb  Office,  to  see  the 
men  who  sympathize  so  thoroughly  with  the 
aims  and  objects  of  the  organization. 

Among  the  first,  to  report  at  this  office  the 
past  w'ook  was  P.  J.  Bkrukmans  of  Augusta, 
Ga.,  Editor  of  the  Farmer  and  Gardener  of  that 
city,  and  a  horticulturist  who  has  done  a  vast 
deal  to  disseminate  a  taste  for  and  knowledge 
of  horticulture  among  our  Southern  brethren. 

Mr.  Rekukmanh  was  escorted  by  Prof.  Geo. 
Thithbkr  of  tho  American  Agriculturist,  a  mau 
whose  heart  is  as  big  as  noy  man’s,  and  who 
bates  humbugs  like  a  true  Christian.  Both  go 
to  Boston. 

The  aforementioned  gentlemen  had  scarcely 
reached  this  sanctum  ere  in  came  P.  T.  Quinn 
of  New  Jersey,  the  Secretary  of  the  New  Jersey 
State  Agricultural  Society,  a  pear  grower  and 
truck  gardener  of  practical  eminence  —  and 
moreover,  one  of  the  Jolliest  men  we  know'  of. 
They  happened  to  meet  here  oJd  "  Daily  Rural 
Life,”  who  also  goes  to  Boston,  where  all  the 
good  people  are  going  Just  now. 

Scarcely  had  we  given  the  above-named  a 
“ good-by”  and  “God  speed,"  ere  came  in  our 
good  friend  F.  R.  Elliott,  Secretary  of  the 
American  Poinologioal  Societ  y— the  man  whom 
we  have  had  to  castigate  for  official  utterances 
in  the  Report  of  the  Society.  We  had  a  pleas¬ 
ant  hour  with  him,  during  which  he  acknowl¬ 
edged  that  lie  did  not  say  what  he  meant— that 
he  did  not  meau  to  convey  the  idea  that  “con¬ 
ductors  of  journals  and  publishers  of  books  are 
utterly  ignorant  of  varieties  of  fruits  or  plants,” 
(which  was  what  he  said,)  but  that  they  were 
not,  as  a  rule,  botanists  and  pomologists,  and 
hence  what  they  publish  cannot  be  regarded  as 
authority  relative  to  pomologlcal  and  botanical 
nomenclature,  and  that.,  so  far  as  Pomology  is 
concerned,  the  American  Pomological  Society 
is  the  highest  authority  in  this  country-  Had 
Friend  Elliott  originally  said  what,  he  meant 
to  say,  he  would  have  said  only  what  is  true, 
and  what  every  Agricultural  journalist  in  the 
country  recognizes  as  truth.  Unfortunately, 
he  did  not  say  so— hence  has  aroused  against 
himself  the  indignation  which  naturally  results 
from  the  official  promulgation  of  a  libel  on 
men  who.  no  matter  how  limited  their  knowl¬ 
edge,  are  not  “ utterly  ignorant  of  fruits  or 
plants.” 

Judge  SGHLEY  from  Savannah,  Ga.,  another 
representative  of  Pomology  in  the  South,  has 
shown  his  shining  face  and  silvery  hair  in  the 
sanctum,  and  we  were  glad  to  welcome  him, 
since  the  sight  of  a  Southerner,  en  route  for 
Boston,  is  additional  evidence  that  the  intelli¬ 
gent  men  of  the  South  are  vigilantly  and  dili¬ 
gently  at  work  at  material  reconstruction  which, 
after  all,  is  the  best  way  to  work  out  or  solve 
the  political  problems  which  involve  so  much 
tact  and  wisdom  In  their  solution.  We  know 
that  Boston  and  the  representatives  of  the 
whole  North,  East  and  West,  will  rejoice  to 
welcome  such  men  to  this  grand  reunion  of 
American  Pomologists.  !  , 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

The  Farmer..’  Movement  in  t.bc  West  is  daily 
gaining  strength.  For  example,  a  telegram  tells 
of  a  Farmers’  Meeting  in  Washington,  Iowa, 
on  the  5th  inat.,  which  was  the  largest  ever  held 
In  that  State,  The  extent  and  power  of  the 
organization  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry  was 
shown  by  the  attendance  of  60  Grange*  who 
marched  In  procession,  hearing  appropriate 
mottoes,  and  robed  In  the  regalias  aof  their 
order  and  accompanied  by  wagons  covered  with 
emblematic  decorations.  On  the  ground  were 
500  teams,  and  from  6,600  t  o  10.000  farmers  were 
present.  They  were  first  addressed  by  Mr.  Dud¬ 
ley  W.  Adams,  master  of  the  National  Grange. 
He  said  that  tho  Order  of  the  Patrons  of  Hus¬ 
bandry’  was  intended  to  elevate  the  agricultural 
classes— to  teach  the  farmers  to  work  together 
and  to  better  themselves.  It  will  enable  them 
to  buy  cheaper  and  sell  dearer,  but  these  are 
not  its  chief  or  Its  only  advantage*.  It.  ig  based 
on  higher  and  broader  principles,  and  would 
make  its  members  better  men  and  women. 
Patrons  should  not  neglect  politics;  they 
should  attend  to  their  political  duties  with 
greater  care;  politics  had  become  corrupt, 
mainly  because  the  mass  of  the  people  had  been 
uninformed  of  their  political  duties.  He  said 
tho  industrial  classes  of  this  country  have  its 
political  power  in  their  hands,  and  he  hoped 
the  day  would  come  when  it  would  be  deemed 
as  much  a  patriotic  duty  to  watch  over  our 
liberties  at  the  polls  as  to  defend  them  on  the 
battle-field.  The  next  speaker  was  Miss  Julia 
A.  Gaukktkon,  a  farmer’s  daughter.  Her 
speech  was  the  best  of  the  day,  full  of  good 
lilts  at  the  corruptions  of  our  politics  and  of 
good  advice  to  her  brethren. 

- Ml 

Encouraging  Arbitration  Among  Farmers. 

The  Ritual  New-Yorker  hag  repeatedly  en¬ 
couraged  the  resort  to  this  method  of  settling 
disputes  among  neighbors  and  farmers,  whose 
difl’ercnces  are  oftener  the  result,  of  a  misun¬ 
derstanding  than  of  any  real  disposition  on  the 
part  of  either  to  wrong  the  othor.  Wo  are  grat¬ 
ified  to  know  that  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry 
encourage  this  mode  of  settling  differences.  It 
is  wise ;  und  the  fraternal  feeling  which  is  pro¬ 
moted  t or  ought,  to  bo)  by  these  organizations 
will  diminish  the  friction  which  is  the  natural 
result  of  Infrequent  contact  with  each  other. 

- IM - 

Complimentary  Tickets  to  Fairs  have  been 
received  from  various  State,  District,  County 
and  Local  Societies,  for  which  the  Officers  will 
pleuse  accept  our  acknowledgments,  with  the 
assurance  that  we  should  be  glad  to  accept  in 
propria  perxona,  bnt  for  the  fact  that  It  Is  im¬ 
possible  for  us  to  be  omnipresent.  Though  wc 
comprise  several  persons,  we  cannot  “Oil  the 
bill"  in  one  year,  anil  therefore  must  esk  fur¬ 
ther  time— the  privilege  of  postponing  visits  to 
some  localities  until  other  Fairs  are  announced 
and  held. 

Reports  ol‘  Fairs.— Those  sending  us  accounts 
of  Fairs  will  please  remember  that  “  brevity  is 
the  soul  of  wit,"  and  not  only  that  but  indis¬ 
pensable  in  a  journal  like  ours.  At  this  season 
our  pages  are  so  crowded  that  we  can  only  give 
limited  space  to  reports,  und  hence  request  cor¬ 
respondents  reporting  Fairs  to  be  brief— giving 
us  the  main  facts  and  figures  in  as  concise  and 
condensed  language  as  possible.  Please  give 
the  main  points,  leavirff details  to  local  papers. 

- -  IM  — 

The  Article  On  Colorado  by  our  Duiry  Editor, 
occupies  a  good  deal  of  space,  as  does  the  Diary 
of  a  Ruralist;  but  wo  flatter  ourselves  that  our 
.reader*  will  find  both  interesting  reading.  We 
do  not  intend  to  give  them  so  long  a  dose  oi 
any  one  or  two  things  every  week,  but  they  will 
find  no  reason  tn  complain  that  they  do  not  get 
valuable  information,  If  the  articles  referred  to 
are  carefully  read. 

- 4-4-4 - - 

RURAL  BREVITIES. 

Thomas  G.  Williams  ;  A.  T.  Stewart  &  Co., 
N.  Y.  City  will  fill  the  bill. 

A  “Society  for  the  Protection  of  useful 
Birds  “  has  recently  been  organized  in  Mass. 

The  work  of  organizing  Granges  of  Patrons 
of  Husbandry  in  Oregon  has  actively  begun. 

J.  G.  M.,  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  see  “Rural 
Brevities”  iri  Rural  Aug.  23,  for  answer  to 
your  Inquiry. 

The  condensed  milk  factory  at  West  Brook¬ 
field,  Mass.,  uso  up  more  than  three  tons  ©f 
sugar  each  month. 

We  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  Peter  Hen¬ 
derson  &  Co.’s  Autumn  catalogue  of  Dutch 
bulbs,  flower  roots,  &o. 

We  have  received  a  neatly  bound  volume,  in¬ 
cluding  the  descriptive  and  trade  catalogues  of 
Messrs.  Ellwanger  and  Barry,  Rochester, 

N.  Y.,  for  1873-4. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES/ 

Don’t  let  your  children  spend  money  tor  trash, 
hut  let  them  get  a  game  of  A  vilude.  If  the  pictures 
and  descriptions  comprising  this  game  were  in  book 
form  they  would  cost  many  times  the  price  of  the 
game.  Bent  post-paid,  on  receipt  of  76  cents,  by 
WEST  A  Leu,  Worcester,  Muss. 

“  Must  have  a  large  sale,  and  deserves  It,  too.”— 
Harper’s  Weekly. 

Undies,  If  you  wish  a  silk  that  will  run  well  on 
your  sewing  machines,  buy  the  Eureka.  It  is  the 
best  and  most  economical  to  use. 


SEPT. 13 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  WEW-YOBKEB. 


own  dignity,  or  to  he  unmindful  of  the  charac¬ 
ter  or  feelings  of  others ;  and  that  when  thor¬ 
oughly  excited  the  suhlinio  grandeur  of  his 
thoughts  and  language  derived  great  additional 
potency  from  his  noble  and  soul-moving  enun¬ 
ciation,  and  his  few  but  impressive  gestures.  I 
then  said  to  him,  “But  General  Hayne,  every 
one  in  the  South  admired  your  speeches  on  the 
occasion  to  which  you  have  been  referring  more 
than  they  did  those  of  Mr.  Webster;  and  it  Is 
said  that  General  Jackson  was  so  much  delight¬ 
ed  with  the  first  of  your  speeches  In  the  Senate 
that  he  had  It  printed  on  satin  for  distribution 
among  his  friends  at  a  distance.  Was  this  so?  “ 
To  which  he  replied,  “I  believe  this  to  have 
been  true;  the  people  of  the  South  generally 
approved  my  speech  because  they  believe  that 
I  had  been  defending  in  It  thoir  own  local  in- 


appreciatlon  of  art,  Is  fond  of  social  lire  and 
pleasant  companions,  and  probably  but  ill  at 
home  at  a  German  Court,  where  they  dine  at 
3  o'clock  and  go  to  bed  at  11.  in  his  feelings  be 
is  opposed  to  Innovation  and  change,  and  is  by 
no  means  satisfied  with  the  policy  of  negation 
now  in  favor  in  England,  hut  his  great  natural 
sagacity  quite  rectifies  any  tendency  to  extreme 
views,  and  his  Inherited  respect  for  the  Consti¬ 
tution  loads  him  to  perceive  he  cannot  but 
accept  the  acts  of  responsible  Government. 
In  some  respects  he  is  one  of  tin-  most  accom¬ 
plished  Princes  in  Europe,  and  all  his  faults 
such  as  they  seem,  arc  the  results  of  his  posi¬ 
tion,  In  which  he  Is  condemned  to  activity, 
shut  out.  from  all  participation  in  the  cares  of 
Government  and  of  affairs  of  the  State,  and 
doomed  to  absolute  inactivity,  except  when  he 


DON  CARLOS, 


JOHN  JONES’  NEW  LEAF 


The  recent,  unhappy  events  in  the  Spanish 
Republic  have  brought  prominently  before  the 
world  the  name  of  Don  Carlos,  who  pretends 
to  have  certain  rights  t.o  the  overturned  throne 
of  Spain,  and  is  now'  the  leader  In  the  rebellion 
against  the  Republic.  We  are  daily  receiving 
telegrams  of  the  progress  of  the  civil  war  In 
Spain,  and  the  air  Is  filled  with  all  sorts  of  ru¬ 
mors  respecting  the  condition  of  affairs.  The 
adherents  of  Don  Carlos  style  him  “  Charles 
VII.”  For  the  second  time  in  his  life  of  but 
25  years,  he  has  headed  an  insur¬ 
rection  to  obtain  a  restitution  of 
his  asserted  rights.  Let  us  see 
what  these  rights  reallyare  in  the 
eyes  of  him  who  claims  a.  divine 
right  to  rule  the  Spanish  people, 
whether  they  will  or  no  : 

Ferdinand  VII.  died  In  1833, 
leaving  an  only  daughter,  in 
whose  favor  ho  had  Induced  the 
Cortes  to  abrogate  the  Salle  law 
— the  present  ex-Queen  Isabel¬ 
la.  His  younger  brother,  the 
original  Don  Carlos,  however, 
would  not  recognise  this  abroga¬ 
tion,  and  on  Ferdinand's  death 
instituted  that  series  of  wars 
which  has  brought,  so  much  mis¬ 
ery  upon  his  unhappy  country. 

In  1839  Don  Oariaxs  returned  to 
France  in  despair,  and  dying  irt 
1855,  left  two  sons,  CARLOS  and 
Juan,  the  former  of  whom, 

Charles  VI.,  died  childless.  Don 
Juan,  thus  Inheriting  his  broth¬ 
er’s  rights,  renounced  them  In 
1868  in  favor  of  his  son,  the  Duke 
of  Madrid,  the  present  Dun  Car¬ 
los.  His  first  political  act  was 
the  issue  of  a  proclamation  In 
1868  to  his  party,  convoking  them 
to  a  Congress  In  London,  whence 
was  organized  the  Insurrection 
which  terminated  so  unfartu- 
natelylri  the  disasters  at  Droso- 
quieta.  In  this  insurrection  more 
than  20,000  mountaineers  took 
part,  but  there  were  only  suffi¬ 
cient  wenpons  to  arm  2,000  ser- 
viceably.  Taught  by  experience,  ^ 

the  Carlists  did  not  attempt  any  ^ 

serlousrlsing  this  year  until  large  s' — • 

depots  of  arms  had  been  estah- 
lished  in  the  north,  and  It  was 
not  till  the  15tli  of  last.  July  that. 
matters  were  considers d  fa r  > — s  --- \ 

enough  advanced  for  Don  Car- 
los  to  enter  Spain.  Even  as  it  Is, 
trustworthy  reports  declare  him  v — 

to  be  very  disappointed  and  rtis-  ^''’■^--5? 
satisfied  with  the  state  of  things, 
he  having  expected  to  find  a  well  y  if 

armed  and  disciplined  army  in-  \l[i 

stead  of  those  heterogeneous  N( 

rough-and-ready  forces  which 
have  always  been  the  backbone 
of  a  Carlist  revolt.  Still,  Don 
Carlos  has  now  boldly  placed 
himself  at  the  head  of  his  army, 
and  during  the  past  month,  if  he 
has  not  achieved  any  military 
success,  the  Carlist  cause  is  very 
popular  just  now  throughout  the 
North. 

Don  Carlor  is  tall,  energetic, 
dark  complextoned,  fond  of  ath¬ 
letic  exercises,  and  if  rumor 
speaks  truly, somewhat  hot-head¬ 
ed.  He  is  married  to  a  niece  of 
the  Comte  dh  Chambord,  Mar¬ 
garet,  daughter  of  the  late  Duke 
Charles  Ilf.  of  Parma.  Our  por¬ 
trait  of  him  Is  an  excellent  likeness,  taken 
from  a  recent  photograph.  What  the  result  of 
the  contest  in  Spain  will  be  It  is  too  early  to 
predict;  but  all  Americans  will  hope  that  the 
Republic  may  prove  triumphant. 


It  was  a  dreary  kitchen— the  walls  were  dirty 
and  smoky,  the  breakfast,  dishes  stood  on  the 
t.ahle  in  the  middle  of  the  floor,  the  cooking 
stove  was  open,  with  kettles  and  pans  on  it, 
and  cold  ashes  on  its  hearth,  its  sooty  plates 
away,  a  pot  of  dish  water  standing  on  top  of 
the  stove,  and  the  broom  and  poker  and  tongs 
lay  just,  where  t.he  little  riders  had  left  them 
when  called  to  prepare  for  school.  Johnny  had 
gone  off  crying,  and  his  whine 
could  even  then  bo  heard  coming 
up  the  hollow  from  the  direction 
of  the  school  house.  The  milk 
had  not,  boon  strained,  and  the 
flies  were  buzzing  about  it  os 
they  sat  on  the  edges  of  the  t,w>> 
brimming  pails,  sipping  and  rub¬ 
bing  thoir  hands  together  In  a 
satisfied  way.  The  baby  was 
teething  and  cross,  and  the  one 
pair  of  hands  that  could  have 
brought,  order  out  of  this  disor¬ 
der  were  busy  trying  to  sooth  it. 

Is  It  any  wonder  that  tearr. 
were  in  the  mother’s  eyes,  as  she 
cuddled  her  baby  to  her  bosom, 
and  walked  across  the  floor,  try¬ 
ing  to  still  Its  cries? 

“  Oh,  dear  !  what  a  life— what 
a  life!”  said  she;  “I  try  to  lie 
patient  and  make  the  best  of  it, 
but  it  does  Boom  so  hnrd." 

Just  as  the  babe  was  growing 
quiet,  and  its  little  blue  hands 
had  fallen  listlessly  upon  its 
bosom,  a  shadow  fell  across  the 
doorway,  and  the  husband  en¬ 
tered,  saying : 

“Jane,  can  you  tell  me  whut 
the  children  did  with  the  hatch¬ 
et,  yesterday  ?  " 

“  It  was  out  on  the  rock,  be¬ 
hind  Johnny’s  wagon,  last, 
night,”  she  replied,  speaking 
low,  and  gently  laying  the  baby 
down  in  a  bed  that  had  not,  boon 
made  up  yet. 

“Seems  to  me  you’re  a  good 
while  gittin’  your  choi'es  done; 
you  haven’t,  the  knack  of  glttln* 
along,  like  Mrs.  licavondyke— 
her  work  Is  done  up  long  ago,  an' 
she’s  busy  In  the  garden.  Toll 
you,  she’s  a  nico  garden  don’t 
look  much  like  our’n  ;  you  don’t 
put  the  time  on  our’n  that  she. 

JN.  v  -  iloes  in  iier'n." 

K“<)h,  John,"  said  the  little 
woman,  slipping  up  her  sleeves 
mid  tying  on  a  big  apron,  and  try¬ 
ing  to  keep  her  face  turned  away 
:  lo  hide  the  gathering  tears, 
“with  four  children  and  the 
T0"-  baby  sick,  and  three  cows  to 
ViSV  milk,  and  the  calves  to  feed,  and 

hands  to  cook  for,  ami  all  the 
other  work  to  do,  I  only  wonder 
1  twi  ^  that  I  get  half  my  chores  done  in 

M'l  a  whole  day.” 

“Well,  I’m  sure  1  don’t  see 
how  it  is,”  said  he ;  “  my  moth¬ 
er  had  ten  living  children,  and 
she  managed  to  get  along  first- 
rate,  and  do  aJl  her  own  weaving, 
besides  taking  In  weaving  for  the 
neighbors.  You  have  more  room 
than  she  had,  and  you  don’t  have 
to  carry  water  forty  rods,  like 
she  did  -here  It  is,  right,  at  the 
foot  of  the  hill ;  and  you  never 
have  tofeut  your  own  firewood, 
either,  unlesB  It  Is  in  the  midst  of  harvest, 
and  I  think  you  shouldn’t,  complain.  If  there 
is  anything  I  hat©  to  hear,  it,  Is  a  growling, 
whining  wife.  Now  I  have  to  be  out  of  doors 
all  the  time,  no  matter  how  hot  the  sun  shines 
or  how  cold  the  wind  blow's,  while  you  axe  In 
the  shade  and  comfortable- if  you  only  knew 
it.  Ah  !  you  have  an  easy  time  of  it,,  you  wo¬ 
men,  if  you  only  knew  it :  so  cheer  up.  I  mar¬ 
ried  you  for  a  helpmate,  don’t  you  know.  The 
girls  will  be  big  enough  In  three  or  four  years 
to  help  you,  and  then  you  can  take  times  easier ; 
and  maybe  by  that  time  the  bottom  farm  will 
be  paid  for,  and  we’ll  he  able  to  ride  In  a  car¬ 
riage,  like  tho  Lcavoudykes." 

“How  long  since  you  brought  in  this  water?” 
ho  added,  oa  ho  took  a  drink  from  tho  dipper. 
Finding  it  not  cool,  he  squirted  it,  out.  coolly 
right  oxv  to  the  floor  among  some  pans  that  had 
slipped  down  off  a  shelf. 

As  ho  took  the  hatchet  and  started  out,  to¬ 
ward  tho  wagon  to  fix  the  hay-rigging  on  It,  ho 
said— 

“Jane,  if  yon  can  as  well  as  not,  ’sposin’  you 
have  some  of  them  new  beans  that  grow  in  that 
fur  lot  for  dinner.” 

“  Well,  I’ll  try,”  said  she  hopelessly,  and  she 
slipped  her  shoes  off  so  that  she  might  step 
softly  and  with  more  comfort.  All  working 
women  know  what  a  task  it  is  to  put  a  disor¬ 
dered  kitchen  Into  neatness,  especially  when 
little  children  have  been  about.  First  she 
Btrained  tho  milk,  taking  out  a  quart,  with 
which  to  mix  the  bread,  for  the  yeast  was  set 
the  night  before,  and  had  been  bubbling  two 


terests  and  honor.  General  Jackson  admired  it 
because  he  thought  that  I  had  successfully  vin¬ 
dicated  the  Democratic  cause,  to  the  support 
of  which  his  own  life  had  been  devoted.  But 
you  know  that  In  a  few  months  thereafter  when 
our  nullification  experiment,  had  developed  its 
gigantic  proportions,  and  after  the  memorable 
contest  h;id  occurred  In  the  Senate  between 
Mr.  Calhoun  and  my  ancient  antagonist  Mr. 
Webster,  General  Jackson  became  so  great  an 
admirer  of  the  Senator  from  Massacbosetts  t  hat, 
be  thought  seriously  of  making  him  chief-jus¬ 
tice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States 
upon  the  decease  of  tho  venerable  Marshall. 
Be  assured,  sir,”  he  continued,  “  I  never  for  a 
moment  have  thought  of  comparing  that  speech 
of  mine.  In  direct  assallment  of  Mr.  Webster 
and  the  Federal  party  of  old,  and  to  the  defense 
of  which  I  had  thought  proper  to  challenge 
him,  to  his  great  and  unequalled  speech  in  re¬ 
ply  thereto ;  though  It  Is  certain  that  for  a  day 
or  two  it  seemed  to  many  that  I  had  come  off 
victor  in  the  contest.” 


Is  now  and  then  at  the  head  of  some  Commis¬ 
sion— as  he  Is  at  present— for  ,the  British  sec¬ 
tion,  at  the  Vienna  Exhibition. 


MEN  PERSONALS 


Tt  is  well  known  that  Alexander  von  Hum¬ 
boldt  died  In  a  state  bordering  on  poverty.  His 
financial  embarrassments  were  caused  by  his 
loss,  in  1843,  of  tho  sum  of  nine  or  ten  thousand 
dollars  in  gold,  which  the  king  of  Prussia  had 
presented  to  him.  At  the  time  It,  was  believed 
that  the  money  had  been  stolon  from  the  great 
*avatU,  but  the  police  were  unable  to  find  any 
dew  to  its  disappearance.  St  range  to  say,  a 
short  time  since  the  gentleman  now  living  in 
the  house  formerly  occupied  by  Humboldt 
found  the  money  in  a  small  box  among  some 
old  rubbish  In  the  cellar.  How  It  got  there 
puzzles  Humboldt’s  intimate  xicqualntaneos ex¬ 
ceedingly. 

Sir  Henry  Holland,  now  elghty-slx  years 
old,  still  retains  Ids  activity  unabated,  and 
occasionally  makes  social  calls  on  neighboring 
localities.  Last  summer  tie  sauntered  leisurely 
through  tbeglaoial  groves  and  boiling  fountains 
of  Iceland,  afterword  taking  a  stroll  through 
the  Madeira  Tsles.  This  summer  lie  Intends  to 
step  over  to  the  Mariposa  Grove  of  California 
and  see  the  fig  trees.  For  fifty  successive  years 
he  has  occupied  the  same  house  in  London,  and 
under  his  mahogany  have  been  sheltered  the 
legs  of  Byron,  Scott,  Rogers,  Lord  Macintosh, 
Jeffry,  Sidney  Smith,  arul  other  “  literary  lights” 
of  England  and  Scotland. 


WEBSTER  AND  HAYNE 


The  memorable  representative  men  of  the 
North  and  South  are  thus  presented  to  the  pub¬ 
lic  in  a  letter  of  ex-Seuator  Foote,  late  of  Mis¬ 
sissippi,  but  now  a  resident  of  Washington  : 

I  ventured  to  refer  to  the  great  oratorical 
contest  between  himself  and  Mr.  Webster,  in 
the  National  Senate,  nearly  a  half  century  ago, 
and  asked  him  what  he  thought  of  Mr.  Web¬ 
ster’s  powers  as  a  speaker.  He  at  once  answered 
that  he  supposed  him,  upon  tne  whole,  to  he 
the  most  consummate  orator  of  either  ancleut 
or  modern  times— that  his  ability  as  a  reasoner 
he  was  confident  had  never  been  exceeded; 
that  his  imagination  was  as  fertile  and  vigorous 
as  that  of  Milton  and  Homer;  that  his  humor 
was  both  exquisite  and  abundant;  that  his 
knowledge  was  unlimited ;  that  he  had  a  most 
happy  command  of  his  temper  at  all  times,  and 
that  on  certain  great  occasions  he  had  excelled 
all  the  speakers  that  had  ever  lived,  not  ex¬ 
cepting  either  Demosthenes  or  Cicero. 

I  then  asked  him  what  he  thought  of  Mr. 
Webster’s  manner.  He  replied  that  It  was  al¬ 
ways  grand  and  impressive;  that  he  had  never 
heard  him  utter  a  single  word  in  a  careless  or 
vulgar  style ;  that  he  never  seemed  to  forget  his 


THE  PRINCE  OF  WALES, 


The  Prince  of  Wales  overflows  with  animal 
spirits;  he  likes  hard  riding  to  hounds  and 
hard  exercise,  though  t  he  effects  of  ills  illness 
have  somewhat  diminished  his  capacity  for 
Indulging  in  it.  He  Is  a  good  shot,  likes  his 
rubber  of  whist,  knows  the  odd*  on  the  Derby, 
Is  a  connoisseur  In  eating  and  drinking,  has  n 
fine  taste  in  music,  a  true  ear,  an  exquisite 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  WEW-YOB 


SEPT 


a  a® 


hour* ;  Bbe  mixed  it  and  set  It  In  the  warm  sun¬ 
shine,  then  started  a  tire  and  made  feed  of  skim 
milk  and  meal  for  the  noisy,  frolicsome  calves 
thut  ran  in  the  door  yard.  Then  she  swept  and 
picked  up  playthings  after  the  children,  hung 
up  their  coals  and  aprons,  and  set  their  old 
shoes  away,  and  moved  their  sleds  and  wagon 
and  hoops  from  about  the  doors. 

While  the  dish-water  was  heating  she  hurried 
up  stairs  and  made  the  beds,  then  washed  the 
dishes,  and  went  down  cellar  and  skimmed  the 
milk.  There  was  cream  enough  for  a  churning, 
and  the  churn  was  scalded,  and  then  left  a  pail 
of  cold  water  standing  in  it,  so  as  to  bo  fresh 
and  ready,  liy  this  lime  baby  woke  and  cried, 
and  tired  little  mother  was  compelled  to  sit 
down  and  take  him  in  her  sheltering  arms. 

In  half  an  hour  or  so  he  was  ready  to  sit  down 
on  the  (lour  on  a  quilt,  and  she  left  him  long 
enough  to  carry  three  or  four  pails  of  the  skim¬ 
med  milk  to  the  pigs— two  paflsful  at  a  time, 
and  she  went  on  the  run.  She  always  fed  the 
pigs;  when  she  asked  her  husband  once  to  carry 
the  milk  to  the  pen,  on  Ids  way  out  to  his  work, 
ho  said, ‘‘That  belongs  to  a  woman’s  work;  a 
man  whose  name  is  out  for  a  commissioner 
should  not  be  asked  to  slop  the  pigs— that’s  a 
little  too  steep.” 

It  was  no  trifling  job  to  feed  those  pigs ;  (ho 
pen  had  been  made  out  of  some  house  logs,  and 
the  oponing  through  which  the  pails  had  to  be 
lifted  before  they  could  lie  emptied  was  so  high 
up  that  it  just  came  even  wit.ii  her  neck,  and 
was  only  wide  enough  to  admit  the  pall  with 
the  bail  lying  down.  Twice,  when  she  was 
dressed  up  clean,  had  the  unsteadily  poised  pail 
tipped  hack  and  poured  the  contents  upon  her, 
from  her  neck  oven  to  her  little  feet,  drenched 
as  by  a  waterspout. 

Withal  the  mother  was  quite  patient,  and  al¬ 
most  every'  day  could  her  voice  be  heard,  even 
down  to  the  lower  flekl  and  the  school  house 
singing, “A  charge  to  keep  lbnvo;"  or  “God 
moves  in  a  mysterious  way." 

Hot  before  another  year  a  change  came.  The 
strong,  hard  man,  her  husband,  was  stricken 
down  with  typhoid  fever,  and  for  Jong,  weary 
weeks  ho  lay  balancing  between  life  and  death. 
His  recovery  was  very  slow,  and  his  confino- 
ment  irksome ;  no  prison  walls  could  begloom- 
icr  than  were  the  homo  walls  that  bold  him  a 
prisoner.  Day  aft  er  day  the  ceaseless  patter  of 
his  wife’s  patient  little  feet  fell  upon  bis  car; 
ho  could  hear  them  up  stairs  and  down,  now 
here,  now  there,  her  voice  always  kind  and  ten¬ 
der,  her  hand  ever  ready  t  o  minister  to  her  dear 
ones,  her  words  full  of  consolation,  and  Jove 
and  cheer.  John  Jones  was  not  wholly  unirn- 
presslhle;  slowly  the  scales  fell  from  |iis  eyes, 
the  light  came,  and  lie  was  as  one  born  Into  a 
higher  and  better  life,  lie  drew  ids  bony  hand 
across  his  eyes,  often  the  sobs  made  him  catch 
his  breath  suspiciously,  and  he  marvelled  much 
that  he  had  walked  beside  this  little  woman 
for  years  and  not  known  that  lie  was  mated 
with  an  angel  unawares.  His  voice  grew  softer, 
tenderer,  Ids  great.,  tajnny  hands  touched  her 
forehead  and  her  hair  lovingly  as  would  a  wo¬ 
man’s— touched  her  as  though  ho  was  afraid 
she  would  fade  away  into  a  white  mist. 

Weeks  afterward,  when  he  was  aide  to  ride 
out,  the  old  whimsical  buggy,  that  had  done 
good  service  in  the  days  of  his  church-going 
parents,  was  made  comfortable  by  n  soft  woolen 
blanket  and  an  armful  of  sweet, -smelling  oat 
straw.  John  didn’t  toll  where  he  was  going, 
but  he  looked  wise,  and  his  mouth  hud  a  porky 
look  about  tlie  corners  that,  seemed  to  say: 
“  Just  let  mo  alone ;  I  know  what  I'm  about.” 

It  was  evening  when  lie  came  home.  He  was 
still  wise  as  when  he  went  away.  His  cup  of 
hot  tea  was  waiting,  and  his  toast,  anil  the  ten¬ 
der  little  pullet  fried  nice  and  brown.  He 
seemed  really  happy  -jolly.  He  trotted  the 
baby  on  his  foot  that  night,  and  he  called  ids 
wife  Jenny,  as  in  the  days  when  lie  won  her, 
and  lie  let  Johnny  play  horse  with  ids  hoots, 
and  t  here  was  such  a  contented,  rich-man  ex¬ 
pression  on  his  face  that,  his  wife  could  not,  help 
wondering  wlmt  had  made  such  a  change  in 
him.  , 

The  next  morning  the  crazy  old  rig  was  called 
out  again,  and  the  soft  blanket  spread  in  ii ,  and 
John  Jones  took  the  lines  in  his  emaciated 
hands  and  drove  off  in  the  same  direction  as 
ho  did  the  day  before. 

When  he  ret  urned,  he  was  accompanied  by  a 
broad-shouldered,  good-looking  German  girl, 
whom  he  introduced  to  ids  wife  as  “our  girl." 

She  looked  with  amazement  upon  “our  girl," 
then  stared  at  John. 

He  soon  explained  t  hings  to  her  satisfaction. 
“The  upshot  'o  the  matter  is,  Jane,  that  I’ve 
’bused  you  long  enough  ;  the  Lord  helpin’  me 
I’ll  never  see  you  make  a  drudge  o'  yourself 
ag’in.  It’s  a  burnin’  shame  for  a  great  lout  like 
me  to  see  a  trail  little  body  like  you  to  he  a 
man,  an’  a  boy,  ail’  a  dog,  an'  a  wife,  on’  moth¬ 
erin'  nigger,  an’  me  a  savin’  an*  hoardin'  up 
money  and  moans  to  leave  to  the  Lord  only 
knows  who.  I  bogyour  pardon,  Jane ;  and  now 
you'll  tell  this  girl,  Barbary  Groetz,  how  you 
want  tilings  done,  an’ let  her  take  your  place 
an’  work  in  your  sttd,  an’  you’ll  live  hereafter 
like  a  human  man’B  wife  ort  to.” 

By  the  time  his  speech  was  made,  the  poor, 
weak  fellow  was  blubbering  like  a  whale. 

Poor  little  surprised  wife  ’  She  flew  to  his 
neck  and  laid  her  head  on  his  bosom  and  cried 
like  a  baby,  as  she  said  John  Jones !  you 
old  darling !  ” 

“  Xu  not  a  bit  of  a  darlin  ’ ;  .just  an  old  bear, 
a  reg’lar  old  heathen,  to  sacrifice  the  best  little 
woman  under  t  he  sun,  inch  by  inch,  this  way 


that’s  been  goln’  on  for  years  an’  years,”  snuf¬ 
fled  ho,  as  he  fumbled  over  her  face  in  an  aim¬ 
less,  loving  way. 

Then  our  girl.  Barbary,  went  into  Jane  Jones' 
harness,  and  it  fitted  her  to  a  fraction. 

“Now  we’ve  turned  over  a  new  leaf,  go  and 
dress  up,  Jenny,  bless  you !  ”  said  the  new  con¬ 
vert. 

So,  with  the  memory  of  lang  syne  warming 
her  heart,  Jane  unearthed  her  wedding  dress  in 
the  afternoon,  and  put  It.  on  with  a  pretty  old- 
fashioned  collar,  and  brushed  out  her  nut  brown 
bitirthat  once  upon  a  time  curled  beautifully. 
Perhaps  she  fell  foolish  and  girlish  and  out  of 
her  sphere,  but  she  looked  sweet  enough  to 
make  up  for  all  discrepancies. 

She  sat.  sowing,  putting  a  now  band  on  ltuby’s 
white  skirt,  when  the  children  came  homo  from 
school.  Her  back  was  toward  the  door.  Tom 
came  to  a  dead  halt  as  he  stepped  upon  the  sill, 
and  then  ran  round  to  find  Ills  mother.  No 
mother  there,  but  the  smiling  pinky-faced  Her¬ 
man  girl,  who  was  paring  potatoes  for  supper. 

Tom  bawled  out : — “Is  mother  dead?  Oh,  I 
want  my  mother  1  "  and  circled  round  the  house 
and  pooped  in  shyly  with  wot  eyes. 

Was  that,  lady  in  a  soft,  gray  merino  dress, 
wearing  an  embroidered  collar  and  gold  ear¬ 
drops,  his  mother  ?  That  pretty  woman  1  Sure¬ 
ly  it  was,  for  Net  tie  was  reeling  of  her  faeo,  and 
was  sparkling  all  over  and  was  saying,  “  Is  this 
you,  mother?  Why  where  iiave  you  been  ?  ” 

“O,  mal"sald  Tom,  holding  her  round  the 
nock  as  though  she  might  flit,  away  the  next 
minute;  why  whore  did  you  go  and  when  did 
you  come  back !  ” 

Poor  little,  ones  how  proud  they  were  of  the 
household  drudge  in  her  new  and  beautiful 
I  ransformatioii. 

But  this  is  not  all.  Before  the  first  cold  blast 
of  winter  came,  steps  were  taken  to  save  and 
lighten  trie  labors  of  t  he  feminine  portion  of 
the  farmer's  household.  An  addition  was  built, 
to  the  house,  a  new  siding  was  put  on  and 
painted  white,  New  windows  were  added,  and 
green  blinds,  and  spouting,  and  a  wide,  long, 
roomy  porch.  CIobcIs  were  put  in  all  the  rooms ; 
the  old  vermlny  bedsteads  split  up  and  used  for 
kindlings;  new  chairs  were  bought,  including 
a  new  rocking  and  .sowing-uhalr,  for  mother; 
a  new  sowing  ma  chine,  t  hat  was  a  love  of  a 
friend,  the  door  yard  was  paled  In,  and  the 
calves  and  eoii.1}  kept  where  they  belonged; 
and  evergreen  trees  and  flowering  shrubbery, 
and  rosebushes  made  beautiful  the  new  yard. 
An  easy  chain  pump  took  I  lie  place  of  the  moss 
covered  bucket  that  field  as  much  as  a  churn, 
it  was  packed  off  to  the  barn  to  put  clover  seed 
in,  and  the  heavy  windlass  was  borne  away  for¬ 
ever  from  the  little  arms  that  had  tugged  at  its 
ponderous  weight  with  a  sick  weariness,  many 
and  many  a  year.  The  big  Well  rope  made  a 
nice  swing  out  under  the  oaks  for  Tom  and 
Belle  and  chubby  little  Harry. 

Now  thut  the  no  longer  enslaved  mother  has 
leisure  to  mingle  with  her  growing  children  as 
teacher,  and  companion  and  friend,  they  grow 
more  lovable  and  intelligent,  and  they  cling  to 
her  like  vines.  They  see  so  much  in  her  to  ad¬ 
mire  and  emulate. 

And  John  Junes?  That,  spell  of  fever  was 
Aaron's  rod  that  smote  the  rock  of  his  soul  and 
opened  It.  for  the  outgushlng  ot  love  and  sym¬ 
pathy  and  charity  and  all  I  ho  virtues  andcharms 
and  graces  of  the  human  heart ;  and  to-day, 
growing  broader  and  ruddier  and  riper  and  bet¬ 
ter,  there  lives*  no  happier  farmer  than  that 
dear  old,  renovated  John  Jones, 

- - 

A  LAUGHABLE  LOVE  STORY. 

A  rich  old  gentleman  had  au  only  daughter, 
possessed  of  the  highest  attractions, moral,  per¬ 
sonal  and  pecuniary.  She  was  engaged  and 
devotedly  attached  to  a  young  man  in  every  re¬ 
spect  worthy  of  her  choice.  AU  the  marriage 
preliminaries  were  arranged,  and  the  wedding 
was  fixed  to  take  place  on  a  certain  Thursday. 
On  the  Monday  preceding  the  wedding-day  the 
bride  and  groom  elect,  (who  was  to  have  received 
$1)0.000  down  on  his  wedding  day,  and  a  further 
sum  of  $100,000  on  his  father-in-law’s  death,  (an 
event  which  would  probably  soon  occur,)  had  a 
little  joalou:-  squabble  with  his  int  ended  at  tho 
evening  party.  The  “tiff”  arose  in  consequence 
of  his  paying  more  attention  than  slio  thought 
justifiable  to  a  lady  with  sparkling  eyes  and  In¬ 
imitable  ringlets. 

The  gentleman  retorted,  and  spoke  taunting¬ 
ly  of  a  certain  cousin  whose  waistcoat  was  the 
admiration  of  tho  company,  and  hinted  that  It 
had  I  icon  embroidered  by  tho  fair  heiress  her¬ 
self.  He  added  that  it  would  bo  soon  enough 
for  him  to  he  schooled  afterthey  were  married, 
and  that  she  adopted  the  “breeches"  a  little 
too  soon.  After  the  supper  they  became  recon¬ 
ciled  apparently,  and  the  bridegroom  elect,  in 
taking  leave,  was  kind  and  affectionate.  On 
the  next  morning  t  he  swain  regretted  the  an¬ 
gry  feeling  lie  had  exhibited  and  the  cutting 
sarcasm  with  which  he  had  given  it  vent ;  and, 
as  a  part  of  the  amende  honorable ,  packed  up  a 
magnificent  satin  dress  which  lie  hud  previously 
bespoke  for  his  belayed  (which  had  been  sent 
home  in  t.he  interval)  arid  sent  it  to  the  Jady 
with  the  following  note: 

“Dearest  Joe;— I  have  been  unable  to 
close  my  eyes  all  night,  in  thinking  of  our  mis¬ 
understanding  last  evening.  Tray  pardon  me; 
and,  in  token  of  your  forgiveness,  deign  to  ac¬ 
cept  the  accompanying  dress,  and  wear  it  for 
the  sake  of  our  most  affectionate  Henry.” 

Having  written  the  note,  he  gave  it  to  liis  ser¬ 
vant  to  deliver  with  the  parcel.  But,  as  a  pair 


of  pantaloons  happened  to  need  repairing,  ho 
availed  himself  of  the  opportunity  (the  servant 
having  to  pass  the  tailor’s  shop)  to  send  them 
In  another  package  to  the  tailor.  The  man 
made  the  fatal  blunder!  left,  (lie  satin  dress 
w  ith  Snip,  and  took  the  note  and  the  damaged 
trowsors  to  tho  lady.  So  exasperated  was  she 
at  what  she  considered  a  determined  and  delib¬ 
erate  affront,  that  when  her  admirer  railed  she 
ordered  the  door  to  be  closed  in  his  face,  re¬ 
fused  to  listen  to  any  explanation,  and  reso¬ 
lutely  broke  off  the  match. 

- *.-*-4 - 

SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 

A  Maiden  Speech— Ask  papa. 

Ill-gotten  Gains— Doctor’s  fees. 

Always  going  to  the  dogs— Bones. 

County  fairs  will  be  tho  next  affairs.’ 

A  Western  settler— The  sun  at  evening. 

A  Criminal  Court— Flirting  with  married 
men. 

What  relation  is  the  door  to  a  mat?— A  step¬ 
father. 

Can  a  butcher’s  be  said  to  be  a  joint-stock 
business. 

Croquet  has  been  defined  as  “billiards  gone 
to  grass.” 

When  is  a  thief  like  a  reporter  ?— When  he 
takes  notes. 

How  to  make  a  tall  man  short— Ask  him  to 
lend  you  $8. 

On  which  side  of  a  donkey  would  you  look  for 
tho  most  hair?  The  outside. 

As  soon  as  his  victim  threw  stones  at  him  an 
Indianian  quit  playing  ghost. 

An  exchange  alludes  to  an  editor’s  goose  quill 
“  cackling  notes  of  warning.” 

We  are  told  that  nothing  is  made  In  vain. 
But  how  about  a  pretty  girl  ?  Isn’t  she  maiden 
vain? 

Somebody  advertises  for  “a  good  girl  to 
cook.”  We  have  seen  some  that  looked  good 
enough  to  eat  raw. 

Our  young  ladies  are  never  behind  tho  fash¬ 
ions;  l^t  the  fashions  are  very  much  behind 
the  young  ladies. 

Josh  Billings  says  “  It  is  a  statistical  fact 
that  the  wicked  work  harder  to  reach  hell  than 
the  right  eous  dew  to  got  to  heaven.” 

A  D  ANDY  asked  a  barber’s  boy  if  lie  had  ever 
shaved  a  monkey.  “  No,  sir,”  answered  the  lad, 
“  but  if  you  will  take  a  scat.  I’ll  try.” 

A  Missouri  lady  advertises  for  the  person 
who  isin  the  habit  of  serenading  her,  to  staiul 
nearer  t  he  house,  so  that  she  can  scald  him. 

A  TERRE  haute  girl  thinks  it  about  time 
some  young  fellow  proposed,  as  she  has  been 
bridesmaid  eight  times,  and  lias  been  tantalized 
enough, 

A  prudent  match-making  mamma  gave  the 
foil*  (Wing  candid  advice  to  her  daughter “  oh, 
marry  tho  man  you  love,  girl,  if  he  Is  as  rich  as 
Croesus.” 

A  wag  in  what  lie  knows  of  farming,  gives  a 
plan  to  remove  widow’s  weeds ;  he  says  a  good- 
looking  man  has  only  to  say,  “  Wilt  thou  ?”  and 
they  wilt. 

“  Bridget,  go  over  and  see  how  old  Mrs.  Bon¬ 
net  is  this  morning.”  In  a  few  minutes  Bridget 
returned  Avith  the  news  that  Mrs.  Bonnet  was 
just  till  years,  4  months  and  11  days  old. 

“  Mother,  can  1  go  and  have  my  photograph 
taken?”  “No;  I  guess  it  isn’t  worth  while." 
“  Well,  then,  you  might  let  me  go  and  have  a 
tooth  pulled  out;  I  never  go  anywhere.” 

“  iloAV  does  that  look,  eh?”  said  a  big-fisted 
Wall  street  man  to  a  friend,  holding  up  one  of 
his  brawny  hands.  “  That,”  said  the  friend, 
“  looks  as  though  you’d  gone  1  short’  on  your 
soap.” 

The  girl  of  this  age  is  unfit  to  be  wed  who 
don’t  understand  how  to  make  nice,  sweet 
bread.  And  the  man  is  a  dunce  who  a  partner 
will  take,  avIio  don’t  understand  cooking  coffee 
and  steak. 

A  story  is  told  of  one  asking  anot  her  wheth¬ 
er  he  would  advise  him  to  lend  a  certain  friend 
money;  “What,  lend  him  money !  You  might, 
give  him  an  emetic,  and  he  wouldn’t  return  it.” 

A  country  girt.,  coming  from  a  morning 
walk,  was  told  site  looked  as  fresh  as  a  daisy 
kissed  by  dew,  to  which  she  innocently  replied, 
“  You  have  got  my  name  right— Daisy ;  but  hits 
Isn’t  Dew." 

The  latest  advocate  of  Darwinism  points  out 
that  the  bird-nesting  propensity  in  boys  is  a 
relic  of  the  disposition  shown  by  the  ancestral 
monkey  to  plunder  the  homes  of  the  feathered 
tribe. 

Saxe  says  t.liat  Vermont  is  famous  for  four 
staples— men,  women,  maple  sugar  and  horses. 
The  first  are  strong,  t  he  lust  fleet,  the«eecond  and 
third  are  exceedingly  sweet,  apd  ail  are  uncom¬ 
monly  hard  to  beat. 

“What  is  that,  children?”  asked  a  young 
pastor,  exhibiting  to  his  Sunday-school  a  magic- 
lantern  picture  of  a  poor  sinner  clinging  to  a 
cross  towering  out  of  stormy  waves  in  mid- 
ocean.  “Robinson  Crusoe”  was  the  instant 
reply. 

“  Sir,”  Baid  a  little  blustering  man  to  his  reli¬ 
gious  opponent,  “  I  say,  sir,  to  what  sect  do  you 
think  1  belong?”  "Well,  I  don’t  exactly  know," 
replied  the  other,  "but  to  judge  from  your 
make,  size  arid  appearance,  I  should  say  you 
belonged  to  a  class  called  insects.'' 


WORK  AND  WAIT. 

A  husbandman  who  many  years 
Had  plowed  his  fields  and  sown  in  tears 
Grew  weary  with  his  doubts  and  fears. 

■“  I  toll  in  vain !  These  rocks  and  sands 
Will  yield  no  harvest  to  my  hands ; 

The  best  seeds  Tot  in  barren  lands. 

“  My  drooping  vine  is  withering ; 

No  promised  grapes  its  blossoms  bring ; 

No  birds  among  Its  branches  sing. 

“  My  flock  is  dying  on  the  plain, 

The  heavens  are  brass— they  yield  no  rain: 

The  earth  is  iron— I  toil  In  vain !  ” 

AVhile  yet  he  spake  a  breath  had  stirred 
His  drooping  vine,  like  wing  of  bird. 

And  from  its  leaves  a  voice  ho  heard : 

“ The  germs  and  fruits  of  life  innst  bo 
Forever  hid  In  mystery, 

Yet  none  can  toil  in  vatn  for  Me. 

“A  mightier  band,  more  skilled  than  thine, 
Must  hang  the  clusters  on  Die  vine. 

And  make  the  fields  with  harvest  shine. 

“  Man  can  but  work :  God  can  create ; 

Hut  they  who  work,  and  watch  and  wait. 

Have  their  reward,  though  it  come  late. 

•“  Look  up  to  heaven !  behold  and  hear 
The  clouds  and  thunderings  in  thy  ear— 

An  answer  to  thy  doubts  and  four.’’ 

He  looked,  and  lo!  a  cloud-draped  car. 

With  trailing  smoke  nod  flames  afar, 

Was  rushing  from  a  distant  star. 

And  every  thirsty  flock  and  plain 

Was  risiug  up  to  meet,  tho  rain 

That  came  to  clothe  the  fields  with  grain. 

And  on  the  clouds  ho  saw  again 
Tlie  covenant  of  God  with  men, 

Re-written  with  His  rainbow  pen : 

“  Seed-time  and  harvest  shall  not  fail, 

And  though  the  gates  of  hell  assail, 

My  truth  and  promise  shall  prevail.” 

- - ♦♦♦ 

A  G0D-EEARING  EMPEROR. 

Rev.  Dr.  Schaff  of  Ncav  York  recently  met 
the  Emperor  of  Germany  at  Bad-Gastein,  in 
Austria,  and  had  a  conference  with  hint  rela¬ 
tive  to  the  approaching  meeting  of  tho  Evan¬ 
gelical  Alliance  In  New  York,  Dr.  SciIAFF,  in 
writing  of  the  interview,  says  the  Emperor  re¬ 
quested  me  to  bring  to  the  General  Conference 
at  New  Vorkliia  inosl  cordial  greeting  and  good 
wishes,  with  the  assurances  of  his  entire  sympa¬ 
thy  with  the  hleaaud  evangelical  union  efforts 
of  the  Alliance,  which  he  doomed  of  the  utmost 
importance,  especially  at  this  time  of  conflict 
with  t  he  powers  of  infidelity  on  the  one  hand 
and  superstition  on  tlie  ot  her ;  for  only  a  united 
array  could  expect  to  conquer  the  enemy  and 
to  enjoy  the  benefits  of  victory.  In  laboring 
for  union,  lie  said,  we  act  in  accordance  with 
the  spirit  of  Christ,  who  prayed  for  it  before 
He  offered  Himself  a  sacrifice  for  tho  sins  of 
i lie  world.  The  Emperor  expressly  declared 
that  lie  sustained  tho  same  relation  to  the  Al¬ 
liance  which  liis  brother  and  predecessor, 
King  Frederick  William  IV..  publicly  defined 
when  he  received  the  General  Conference  of 
1887  at  Ids  palace  in  Potsdam.  (This  wr a  almost 
the  last  public  act  of  that  sovereign,  a  noble 
testimony  to  Christian  union,  which  still  has 
its  moral  effect  and  will  never  die.) 

Emperor  William  is  now  70  years  old,  but 
still  fresh  and  vigorous.  He  takes  a  long  walk 
every  morning,  as  erect  as  a  man  in  his  prime. 
He  works  very  hard  even  in  his  vacation.  He 
wears  a  gray  traveling  suit,  lives  very  plainly 
and  regularly,  is  courteous  and  kind,  and  de¬ 
servedly  hold  in  universal  esteem  and  affection 
in  all  Germany,  lie  spoke  to  me  with  great 
frankness  about,  tho  present  state  of  the  Church 
and  religion,  and  expressed  his  discouragement 
at.  the  progress  < it  unbelief,  of  materialism  and 
worldliiiess.  “God  has  used  us,”  he  said,  “as 
unworthy  instruments  for  doing  great,  tilings 
for  Germany.  For  this  we  cannot  he  sufficient¬ 
ly  thankful,  but  instead  of  this  we  are  proving 
our  ingratitude  and  provoking  the  just  puuish- 
ment  of  God."  lie  is  unquestionably  not  only 
a  most  honorable  and  conscientious,  but  also  a 
Gon-fearingand  sincerely  evangelical  man,  and 
is  becoming  more  so  every  year.  I  saw  him  at 
the  Protestant  church  yesterday,  and  there  was 
no  more  devout  worshiper  in  the  crowded  house 
than  he. 

- <*-♦-* - 

According  to  Prof.  Seely©  of  Amherst,  who 
had  an  excellent  opportunity  to  observe  the 
Brahmo  Somaj  movement  while  lie  was  in 
India,  that  new  faith  is  making  little  headway 
among  even  the  educated  Hindoos,  Clnuider 
Son's  professed  followers  number  scarcely  a 
thousand  among  the  two  hundred  millions  of 
I  udia.  While  the  Brail  mo  Somaj  has  nominally, 
at  least,  broken  with  idolatry,  it  offers  no  cardi¬ 
nal  doctrine  that  proves  satisfactory .  it  accepts 
no  objective  authority  in  religious  matters,  re¬ 
garding  Jesus,  Mohammed,  Confucius,  Zoroas¬ 
ter  and  other  religious  teackers,  as  alike  worthy 
of  veneration,  leaving  each  individual  to  accept 
or  reject  what  lie  pleases  in  their  writings  and 
precepts.  This  principle  seems  not  to  have  im¬ 
pressed  itself  upon  the  Hindoos  in  general,  and 
Is  not  likely  to  modify  their  faith  or  life  as  a 
people. 

- ♦  ■  - - 

Take  the  candle  of  God’s  word  and  search 
the  comers  of  your  heart. 


is  a  grand  old  chestnut,  fifty  to  one  hundred 
years  old,  compared  with  a  half  dozen  bushels 
of  corn  ?  What,  is  mi  object  of  pleasant  associ¬ 
ations,  of  beauty  for  the  eye  of  “Mary,  my 
child,”  to  rest  against,  in  the  scale  with  the 
wisdom  of  the  man  who  had  discovered  that 
“  that  ar  chestnut  was  goin’  to  shade  u  heap  o’ 
corn  ?”  What  are  human  hearts,  feelings,  sym¬ 
pathies,  attachments,  comparod  with  dollars 
and  cents? 

Don’t  I  wish  that  women  had  their  rights? 
If  this  woman  Mary  had  had  hers  that  grand 
old  chestnut  would  st  ill  have  stood  against  the 
sky  for  her  to  look  out  upon  from  the  home 
of  her  youth,  whore  the  routine  of  household 
duties  makes  tier  long  for  a  broader  and  wider 
sphere  in  which  to  develop  and  use  her  powers. 
How  many  young  men  and  women  have  boen 
driven  from  homo  by  just  such  vandalism  I— 
thoughtlessly  alienated  therefrom  by  decrees 
from  men  who  miss  them  when  gone  more  than 
the  daughter  will  miss  the  chestnut.  Oh,  maul 
If  a  woman  pleads,  “  Spare  that  tree  I”  spare  it  I 


A  SUNDAY  MORNING  WALK 


MY  LITTLE  LABORER 


A  TINT  man,  with  Angers  soft  and  tender 
As  any  tody's  fair; 

Swoot  oyes  of  blue,  a  form  both  trail  and  slondor 
And  curls  of  sunny  hair. 

A  household  toll,  n  fragile  tiling  of  beauty— 

Yet  with  each  rising  snn 

Begins  his  round  of  toll— a  solemn  duty, 

That  must  be  daily  done. 

To-day  lie’s  building  castle,  house  and  tower 
With  wondrous  art  anil  skill ; 

Or  labors  with  his  hammer  by  tbe  hour 
With  strong,  determined  will. 

Anon,  with  loaded  cart  he’s  plying 
A  brisk  and  driving  trade ; 

Again,  with  thoughtful,  earnest  brow,  Is  trying 
Home  book’s  dark  lore  to  read. 

Now.  laden  like  some  little  beast  of  burden. 

He  drags  himself  along. 

And  now  his  lordly  little  voice  to  heard  In 
Boisterous  shoot  and  song ; 

Another  hour  to  spent  In  busy  tolling 

With  hoop,  and  top,  and  ball— 

And,  with  a  patience  that  is  never  failing, 

Ho  trios  and  conquers  all. 

But  sleep  at  last  o’ertnkes  my  little  rover. 

And  on  his  mother's  broast, 

Joys  thrown  aside,  the  dny’s  hard  labor  over, 

Ho  sinks  to  quiet  roHt; 

And  as  I  fold  him  tn  my  hosotu,  sleeping, 

I  t  hink,  'mid  gathering  tears, 

Of  what  the  distant  1'iitnro  umy  be  keeping 
As  work  for  manhood's  years. 


BY  EBKN  IS.  K OXFORD, 


We  walked  together  down  the  tone, 

And  talked  about  the  clover, 

Atul  wondered  If  the  clouds  held  rain, 
That,  hung  the  horizon  over. 

We  saw  the  robin  flying  down, 

To  find,  In  last  year's  stubble, 
gome  bit  of  moss,  or  twig  of  brown ; 

He  bad  no  care  tior  trouble. 

I  know  not  If  the  Sabbath  day 
Threw  such  a  sweet  spell  round  us, 

Or  words  we  longed,  yet  feared  to  say, 

In  their  sweet  influence  bound  us. 

I  know  not  how  It  came  about, 

But,  In  that  spring-time  weather, 

Our  hearts,  at  last,,  spoke  bravely  out, 

As  we  walked  on  together. 

1  cannot  tell  you  what  I  said, 

Nor  what  her  answer  to  tno ; 

I  only  know  that  overhead 
The  birds  sang— Woo  mo !  woo  me  I 

As  we  walked  back  front  church  that  noon 
My  heart  kept  singing  over. 

The  sweetest  time  of  life  is  June, 

For  bird  and  happy  lover. 


LOTTIE  AND  I  ARE  IN, 


BY  MBS.  B.  C.  IUJDE, 


EVERY-DAY  LIFE 


BY  BEAD  I’KNCIL,  ESQ, 


and  good  Halting.  The  fall  sewing  and  soap- 
maUiog  and  donning  are  upon  on,  making 
tilings  lively  between  the  epistles.  Jt,  has  got 
out  somehow  1  tint  J.otti e  and  I  wore  out  with 
our  sketch  books.  All  the  women  in  town  aro 
sympathizing  with  John  Smith  and  Kurd  Boyd 
-“such  rtfpe  men,  but  so  neglected!’’  Lottie 
has  Just  been  in,  and  says  Mother  Dibble  is 
around,  and  busy.  She'll  flrnl  vs  busy  when 
she  calls,  if  two  women  aro  wort  1 1  anything  at 
planning. 

*  *  *  It  rained  fiercely  yesterday  afternoon, 
i  put  on  an  old  calico  dress,  John’s  old  coat, 
and  went  out  to  gather  rain  water,  for  wc  kavo 
no  cistern,  i  dodged  about  right  lively,  put¬ 
ting  a  pall  under  here,  a.  tub  under  there,  a  pan 
over  yonder,  and  boiler  somewhere  else.  Then, 
taking  John's  dull  ax,  l  commenced  pounding 
an  old,  loaky  cave  trough,  to  make  it  leak  faster. 
I  saw  ft  largo  umbrella  coming,  with  a  woman 
under  It—  Mr*,  DtiiuBE  ;  I  was  glad.  She  nwi  in 
at  the  front  door  and  1  at  the  back,  ostensibly 
to  get  out  of  the  rain,  both  of  us. 

“  What  is  up,  Mrs.  Smith  ?  Firm  out  in  this 
rain?" 

“  Yes,  and  you  too,  T  see,  Mrs.  Dibbbk.  Glad 
to  see  you  !  Sit  down.”  (I  was  glad  that  time.) 
I  proceeded “  I’ve  gathered  five  barrels  of 
rain  water,  Mrs.  Hi  rube.  I  shall  need  it  about, 
my  soap  and  cleaning.  I  count  myself  good  on 
soft  soap,  Mrs.  Dnuti.K.  See  there,”  and  1  held 
a  spoonful  of  soap  up  before  her  astonished 
vision,  und  let  It  drizzle  down  into  the  saucer, 
tiie  old-lashioncd  way.  John's  old  coat,  yes, 
and  hat,  and  my  hudrabbled  skirts,  gave  me  the 
appearance  of  a  genuine  soap  boiler. 

“  Well,  now,  I'll  give  it  up,  Mrs.  SMITH.  Cau 
you  set  up  a,  leach,  fond  it,  keep  up  the  fires, 
thin  and  thicken,  till  the  soap  is  just  right? 

uctoni  j  iiiul  M 


Determining  One’s  Duty. 

A  Young  Woman  writes,  asking  me  to  solve 
for  her  a  question  of  duty.  I  need  not  state 
what  that  question  was,  because  I  havo  answer¬ 
ed  it  by  letter.  But  it  suggests  that  1  say  what 
I  ■aid  to  her,  that  the  individual  must,  after  till, 
determine  his  or  iter  duty  for  him  or  herself, 
it  is  not  wise  to  confess  one's  own  weakness  by 
asking  other*  to  decide,  because  the  advice  is 
as  likely  to  be  wrong  as  right,  No  one  can 
know  as  well  as  the  individual  whttl,  are  the 
circumstances  and  peculiar  conditions  to  be 
considered.  I  do  not  object  toono  consulting 
another!  but  I  do  Object  to  one  depending 
upon  another  for  decision.  If  the  result  of  the 
decision  should  be  unfortunate,  the  friend  is 
most  unjustly  blamed  ;  and  that  Is  a  cowardly 
way  some  people  have  of  shirking  responsibil¬ 
ity— though  I  do  not  wish  to  be  understood  as 
thinking  that  my  correspondent  bad  any  such 
motivo. 


TIIE  COCK,  THE  DOG,  AND  THE  COUNT 


TRANSLATED  FROM  THE  SWEDISH  BY  SEBMA  BOBU 
AND  MARIE  A.  BROWN. 


The  cock  was  one  of  the  handsomest ;  be  had 
a  red  comb,  and  In  ids  tail  waved  blue,  yellow, 
green,  red,  white  and  purple  feathers;  and  he 
could  crew  as  loudly  and  as  clearly  as  tho  best 
singer  at  the  opera  (at  least,  ho  thought  so  him¬ 
self).  Tin?  dog  was  a  little  creature,  light  yel¬ 
low,  with  White  paws  and  a  pink  nose,  as  well 
as  a  white  spot  on  the  neck  ;  and  he  had  spurs 
like  [the  cock,  two  pair  besides,  (that  was  one 
pair  more  than  the  lieutenant  had,)  for  you 
must  know  that  the  dog  was  of  a  good  breed — 
its  mamma  had  boeu  a  hunting  dog  -and  that 
the  little  Diana  would  nlao  be  in  time.  And 
now  conics  the  turn  of  the  count.  It  was  no 
old  gentleman  with  an  aristocratic  nose,  mus¬ 
taches  and  peruke,  but  a  little  one  In  light  sum¬ 
mer  clothes  nod  fine  shoes— just  like  all  other 
boys,  with  a  nose  between  two  eyes  and  a  pair 
of  round  cheeks. 

Tho  little  count  waa  very  fond  of  dogs,  and 
especially  of  Diaua.  Every  day  ho  went  across 
the  yard  to  the  kennel,  which  stood  by  the 
steps  of  the  store-house,  carrying  in  his  delicate 
hands  a  large  earthen  disli  full  of  all  sorts  of 
good  bits  from  the  dinner  table.  Sometimes 
the  housekeeper  said,  a  little  testily,  “The 
count  completely  spoils  that  horrid  dog,”  and 
the  countess,  with  an  air  of  concern,  cried  after 
him,  “Take  care  of  your  clothes,  dear  Valen¬ 
tine!”  But  the  little  count  turned  a  deaf  oar; 
to  lie  sure  he  obeyed  in  so  far  that  he  did  not 
fill  tiie  disli  witli  anyt  hing  hub  what  was  suit¬ 
able  for  dogs,  and  when  he  crossed  the  yard, 
tripped  cautiously  through  the  damp  grass; 
but  when  he,  completely  absorbed  in  the  con¬ 
templation  of  Diana,  sat  on  tiie  far  from  clean 
store-house  steps,  he  did  not  notice  that  Diana 
gobbled  Iter  dinner  without  regar  d  to  neatness, 
and  spattered  both  bones  and  milk  on  Ids  Hue 
browsers  and  bright  shoes. 

The  ooclc  often  promenaded  quite  gravely 
past  the  kennel,  ami  usually  east  a  compassion¬ 
ate  glanee  on  the  chained  dog,  and  then  tie 
raised  his  proud  neck  and  lengthened  his  steps 
with  extreme  grace,  as  if  to  say,  “  You  sec,  7 
am  free;  they  cannot  chain  me  so  easily.” 
When  Diana  took  her  dinner,  tho  cock  also 
came  to,  if  possible,  get  a  taste ;  but  the  little 
count  knew  very  well  that  the  hen  woman  at¬ 
tended  to  tlm  cock’s  table,  and  so  drove  away 
the  unbidden  guest 


Boasting  of  Offers  of  Marriage. 

Now,  if  there  is  one  practice  I  think  less  of 
than  another,  it  is  tho  chronic  habit  soma  young 
(and  some  not  so  young)  women  have  of  boast¬ 
ing  uC  tho  number  of  offers  they  have  received 
from  would-be  husbands.  Riding  on  the  car*, 
the  other  flay,  I  happened  to  be  seated  near  a 
young  woman  who  was  talking  with  great  ani¬ 
mation  to  a  male  friend.  Her  voice  was  not  as 
low,  winning  and  musical  as  it  might,  have  boen 

else  I  should  not  have  hoard,  In  spite  of  my¬ 
self,  what  I  was  compelled  to  hear  or  change 
niv -cat;  uorwere  her  manners  as  modest  and 
retiring  as  my  grandmother  used  to  tell  me  was 
characteristic  of  girls  when  she  waa  one— else 
site  wouldn’t  have  told  tho  young  man  beside 
her  all  that  she  did.  But  she  said  she  had  re- 
cclved  a  great  deal  of  “marked  attention" — 
“oilers  of  marriage  from  every  quarter” — and 
then  she  began  to  count  up  on  her  fingers  how 
many.  And  yet  she  wan  no  flirt !  She  abhorred 
flirts,  whether  male  or  female !  She  loathed 
men  who  went  about,  “breaking  hearts  and 
boasting  of  it!”  But  she  didn't,  boast  that  She 
had  broken  a  hoart—  not  she!  But  she  had 
refused  many  oilers  of  marriage.  She  would 
therefore  have  her  friend  infer  that  t Do  men 
"ho  made  these  offers  were  not  sincere  that 
they  did  not  love  her  with  all  their  natures 
that  their  hearts  were  as  tough  as  sole  leather. 

i  must  say,  bachelor  though  I  am,  and  as  sus¬ 
ceptible  as  most  men  to  tiie  sweet  influences  of 
women,  1  had  no  fear  of  falling  in  love  with 
this  fascinating  creature ! 


PROBLEM.— No,  8 


A  tbiancbe  having  a  perimeter  of  100  rods, 
has  Its  vertical  angle  bisected  by  a  line  drawn 
to  the  opposite  base,  which  line  is  30  rods  in 
length;  the  perpendicular  lot  fail  from  tho 
same  anglo  to  the  base  produced  is  20  rods  in 
length.  Required,  the  sides  of  the  triangle. 


I'm  astonished." 

“Oh,  that's  nothing,  Mrs.  Dibble;  I'm  used 
to  it.  But  really,  1  must  get  off  those  wet 
clothe*  and  attend  to  tnv  broad.  My  girl  is 
gone  to-day.”  (You  see  I  sent  her  away  on 
purpose.) 

I  soon  made  myself  tidy,  and  returned  witli  a 
nice,  warm,  white  loaf  to  show  to  Mrs.  Dibble 
-woman-fashion. 

“  And  you  make  sleli  bread  ?" 

“Yes.  and  the  butter  wo  eat  on  it,  too,  Mrs. 
DtBBBB !" 

“Can  you  say,  conscientiously,  that  you  can 
strain,  skim,  chum,  gather,  pat,  wash  down, 
take  up  und  work  over— do  the  whole  thing  V” 

“  Of  course,  Mr*.  Dibble.  Is  that  considered 
a  feat  in  Tnnnerileld?” 

“  No,  Mrs.  Smith.  Most  women  hero  know 
how  to  do  all  these  filings  but  then— somehow 
-  woll  there  we  all  thought  you  and  that  little 
Mr*.  Boyd  didn’t  know  nothin'  Imt  pictures 
and  si  nrlos.  A  ml  no w  don't  bo  mad,  hut  there's 
lots  said  about  it,  and  I’ll  blow  my  trumpet  for 
you  Hereafter — see  if  I  don’t  I” 

I  just  laughed,  and  proposed  u  walk  over  to 
Lottie's,  as  tiie  shower  was  over,  and  she  was 
about  to  go  home.  Wliat  a  plight  we  found 
Lottie  in!  Carpot  rags  a  fnot^deep  scattered 
over  the  floor.  Lottie  seated  us  ana  kept  right 
on  tearing,  I  had  to  bite  my  lips,  however,  as  I 
saw,  sticking  out  from  under  t  he  cushion  of  the 
lounge— where  she  had  hastily  tucked  it  wbeu 
she  saw  us  coming-  her  sketch  hook.  Iaittie 
saw  it  too.  and,  throwing  the  skirt  of  her  dress 
over  it.,  asked  me  “  Doe-  your  roof  leak  now?” 
I  took  the  hint,  and  complained  of  the  perplex¬ 
ities  of  a  woman  being  obliged  to  order  shingles 
and  a  sliingler,  mml,  lime  ami  a  pliuiteror. 
*'  But,"  I  said,  “  1  bahts  a  leaky  roof,  and  I 
thought  i  woujd  do  It  while  Mr.  Mmith  was 
gone.  A  man  so  hate*  to  get,  at,  any  sueli  thing.” 

“That  woman  beats  all,”  said  Mrs.  Dibble  to 
Lottie,  wining  her  spectacle*. 

"  She  can  t  begin  witli  mo,  Mrs.  DniBBE,”  said 
Lottie,  laughingly.  I  got  water  lime— think  of 
that  sand,  a  ladder,  a rui  a  man,  to  Ox  our  cis¬ 
tern,  and  it  don't,  leak  a  bit  now;  and  wo  are 
scrimping  on  Lea ,  Mr*.  Dibble— tm,  to  make 
things  come  out  even  !" 

•'  Wn.il,  lea,  is  a  thing  I  won’t  bo  scrimped  on. 
I'll  have  my  tea— two  dollar  tea— green  tea— as 
'oug  as  my  name's  Di  tuu.i:,”  and  sjio  looked  at 
the  clock,  smacked  her  lips,  and  went  home  to 
nut  tiie  tea-kettle  on.  After  site  had  gone, 
Lottie  said,  half  pettishly : 

"Do  help  me  get  these  rags  packed  back  in 
Aunt  Jane's  chest.  I  don’t  know  what  she 
would  say  to  see  her  carpet,  rag-,  d  rown  around 
in  this  manner,  she's  so  old-maidish.  They 
served  my  purpose  well.  Guess  our  reputation 
is  established  now  ;  but  T  do  wish  we  could  be 
allowed  to  serve  God.  our  families  and  our¬ 
selves  a*  our  conscience  dictates,  and  no  fear 
of  being  discussed  by  tiie  Tamicrflcld  tea-party 
folks.” 


IJ  D=30  rods ;  BE-20rods;  AB  +  BC  +  CA. 
100  rods.  B.  F.  Burleson. 

J3?”  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA,— No.  6 


I  AM  composed  of  25  letters  : 

My  12, 3, 10, 25  is  a  kind  of  metal. 

My  24, 10,  13,  22  is  a  verb. 

My  5, 12, 14,  10, 3  is  an  animal. 

.My  24, 10,  1,  5  Is  a  point  of  the  compass. 

My  0,  3, 10,  7, 23, 17  is  the  name  of  a  State. 

My  14,  20,  4, 13, 13  is  a  noun. 

My  I),  2, 15,  10,  3,  .3,  9  is  a  term  of  botany. 

My  19, 11, 10, 11  are  very  slow  to  move. 

My  18, 10,  21, 10  is  a  fanning  Implement. 

My  whole  is  the  names  of  three  battles  fought 
during  the  Revolutionary  war.  G.  n.  y. 

83T“  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


The  cock  did  riot,  take  the 
hint;  he  came  back  every  day,  and  Anally  suc¬ 
ceeded  in  examining  tho  contents  of  the  disli. 
It  so  happeuod  that  Valentine  received  a  re¬ 
markably  beautiful  bow  and  arrow,  will  eh  so 
interested  him  that  he  almost  forgot  Diana.  I 
say  almost,  for  at  tiie  last  moment,  just  before 
he  had  to  go  to  his  teacher,  lie  remembered  her 
and  ran  to  the  kitchen,  where  lie  seized  hold  of 
a  flue  porcelain  bowl  with  a  gilt  edge,  (the 
earthen  dish  was  not  at  hand,)  filled  it  with 
whatever  he  could  find,  and  hastened  down  to 
the  kennel ;  he  had  no  time  to  thiuk  of  his  ul<^ 
shoes,  but  set  down  the  bowl  quickly  on  t  he 
stepB,  called  to  Diana,  and  then  scampered 
away;  his  teacher  was  very  punctual,  so  that 
Valentine  could  not  wait  to  see  Diana  eat  her 
meal.  Tito  cook.  In  the  meantime,  stood  on  the 
dunghill  and  kept  watch;  ho  knew  full  well 
that  it  was  the  hour  for  Diana’s  dinner  to  come, 
and  as  soon  ;is  he  caught  sight  of  tho  bowl,  lie 
darted  witli  outstretched  neck  to  tho  store¬ 
house  steps.  Diana  growled  a  little,  but  tho 
cock  was  not  afraid  ;  he  flew  at  Diana  and  took 
a  good  grip  in  the  yellow  neck,  tiie  result  of 
which  was  that  tho  dog  withdrew  dutifully. 
She  was  of  a  humble  nature,  and  it  is  not  good 
to  make  resistance  against  people  who,  with 
cackling  and  pecking,  raise  a  disturbance.  The 
cook  stalked  around  the  bowl  anil  helped  him¬ 
self  to  the  best,  scarcely  allowing  Diana  to  take 
even  a  bone,  which  was  no  use  to  the  cock  in 
anycaBe,  Hoeaokled  loudly  and  Dianagrowled. 


Do  Spare  the  Tall  Chestnut.” 

Mary,  who  writes  from  a  wooded  country 
where  timber  is  to  be  got  rid  of,  says  ; 

Every  spring  wo  havo  bonfires  of  noble  oaks. 
Poplars,  walnuts,  chestnuts,  etc.,  that  would 


i  ,  0111111^3,  uittm.uutc,  Vi';.,  1-u.cUj  » umu 

tir>"c  abounding  prices  in  your  city.  But  tee 
want  to  be  progressing;  and  tiie  man  tirnong 
!|L  who  hews  and  hacks  till  ho  gets  the  hist  of 
Pic  forest  monarch*  brought  down  is  the  man, 


wij  worthy  to  bo  exalted  Into  exceeding  high 
places!  ‘Do  a  pare  that  chestnut!"  I  Implored, 
tad  spring,  vv  hen  two  of  our  three  largest  fields 


'v|Te  turned  upside  down  to  raise  corn.  Tho 
juau-the  one  who  leads  anti  drives,  too,  In 
me  -a  turner's  experiment— had  suggested  that 
'ire  ar  chestnut  was  goin’  to  shade  a  heap  o’ 
'ora.  The  man  was  a  man,  and  I  was  only 
S  aks',  my  ehiid  1”  Of  course  be  knew  host  ! 
there's  a  bare  spot  on  the  sky  when  I 
towards  the  northwest,  ami  what  was  once 
^‘■rh-g  monument,  marking  the  stretch  of 
‘  -  longest  pilgrimages  alone  from  mother,  is 
V'.-  11  common  stump!  Rut  when  tiie 
i  ,£dl»  the  corn  and  the  reaper  leaves  noth- 
i  -  but.  dreary  stubbles  on  the  slope  Hint  has 
'-'Ti  only  grassy  green  since  I  can  remember, 
„  u'!tooi{)  to  wade  through  the  sea  of  damp 
some  day,  and  perch  myself  on  that  stump 
tb^Ummblo  awhile.  Nobody  shall  hear  ine, 

f  haven't  the  least  idea  that  the  writer  of  this 
|  '  lung  plaint,  ever  thought  I  would  send  It 
“  1  ie  printer!  But  It  is  so  illustrative  of 
’'’d'Piness,  and  of  the  ache  our  ma- 
enaJiaticaet*  give  themsthetlcal  natures  about 
lw’  that  I  cannot  lieio  inserting  it  here.  What 


SQUARE-WORD  ENIGMA.— No.  3 


1.  A  metal.  2.  A  mixture.  3.  An  animal.  4, 
finished.  x,  y.  z> 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 


PUZZLER  ANSWERS, 


Square- Wo ttri  Enigma  No.  2,— 

1.  B  A  B  O  0  N 

3.  A  D  A  R  C  E 

3.  it  A  Z  A  A  Ii 

4.  O  R  AC  L  E 

5.  O  C  A  L  E  I 

«.  N  E  R  E  I  D 

Problem  No.  7.  — 12.(32132  +  ;  18.905142+  and 
23.97523  rods.  Tho  horses  would  have,  in  com¬ 
mon,  7.929145  square  rods. 

Conundrum  No.  3.— Atlantic. 


b8  restored  to  France  through  the  influence  of 
.Russia. 

Wkt,i.s  College  for  women  has  received  an 
endowment  gift  of  $100,000  from  the  Hon.  E.  B. 
Morgan. 

A  woman  of  Mont  Clare,  Pa.,  83  years  old, 
lately  walked  seven  miles  in  two  hours  and 
a-half. 

Whittier  is  entertaining  Senator  Sumner 
and  Longfellow  at  his  house  in  Amesbury,  Mass. 


mal  College,  costing  $1,000,000,  was  opened  on 
the  1st ;  it  has  1,100  pupils.  Edward  Patterson 
a  Wall  street  clerk,  nas  run  off  with  $■10,000  ..  ’ 
Booth's  theater  has  reopened  ....  Rotten  walls 
and  rain  caused  the  late  building  disaster. 
There  is  fresh  trouble  with  the  Erie  Railway* 
Mr.  Lucius  Robinson  has  been  elected  Vice- 
President.  .More  frauds  are  reported  in  Brook¬ 
lyn.  The  stock  of  the  Trust  Company  Is  selling 
as  low  as  50  emits  on  the  dollar.  Its  assets  are 
said  to  be  bogus  railway,  sewing-machine  and 
State  bonds  and  forged  checks  1  The  u Lathrop 
Combination  Sewing  Machine  Company."  a 
part  of  the  Brooklyn  ring,  has  failed. . . . The  city 
treasurer  of  Brooklyn,  Mr.  Sprague,  has  re¬ 
signed. 

Home  New*. 

New  Mexico  sends  a  Republican  delegate 
to  Congress.  .The  whole  Republican  ticket  has 
been  elected  in  Wyoming...,  ..Chicago  had  8 
deaths  from  cholera  the  last,  week  in  August... 
Car  builders  have  held  a  meeting  at  West  Al¬ 
bany  .  The  Louisville  Exhibition  is  open 
The  Cincinnati  Exposition  has  a  fine  art  collec¬ 
tion —  Great  preparations  are  being  made  for 
the  Chicago  Exhibition,  which  will  embrace  a 
Une  art  collection.  New  Jersey  Unlvemallsts 
have  held  a  convention.  ...The  Halsey  mystery 
and  excitement  In  Huntington,  L.  1.,  continues 
_ Know  Nothlnglsm  Is  increasing  In  Califor¬ 
nia.  The  monopolists  have  been  beaten  at  the 
recent  election  in  that  State, Sept.  4th  Gen. 

Hotter  was  ahead  In  Massachusetts . \  new 

President  of  the  Senate  G  contemplated  ...dan 
Jose,  Cal,,  has  had  in  earthquake,.  Some  I»em- 
oerats  and  Liberal  Republicans  in  Wisconsin 
have  united  . .  .  Farmers'  Granges  are  spreading 
In  Massac husetts,  and  N\  P.Bunks, Hon.Amasa 
Walker,  and  others  have  gone  into  the  m  ve- 

riient. ;  they  demand  cheap  transportation _ 

Minnesota  farmers  have  held  a  convention  . . 
Cholera  Ungers  III  Wheeling,  and  Is  fearful  at 

Williamsburg,  Ky . The  Foil  Sill  massacre 

was  a  canard  . .  Frauds  arc  spoken  of  in  con¬ 
nection  with  Newark,  J  .  The  lat  •  storm 
caused  a  loss  to  the  peach  growers  in  New  Jer¬ 
sey  and  Delaware  amounting  to  $200,000..  The 
ITealdeut  will  return  to  Washington  Oct  1st. .  .. 
New  National  Bank  notea,  "Sts,  10s  and  2s  are  to 
be  issued. ..  .There  arc  large  Republican  gains 

in  Delaware . The  new  Masonic  Temple  at 

Philadelphia,  has  been  opened . The  Cincin¬ 

nati  Exposition  is  open.  Massachusetts  l!<«m- 
Oerats  have  nominated  Win.  Gaston  for  Gover¬ 
nor  .On  Um3d,  Massachusetts  had  elected  151 

Washburnc  delegates  and  174  Butler . Gov. 

Cooke  of  Washington  will  resign . The  Ala¬ 

bama  indemnity  1ms  been  paid  ..Minister 
Francis  of  Greece  Is  said  to  have  come  home  to 
resign  — 10,000  farmer-,  have  held  a  great  meet¬ 
ing  ui  Washington,  Iowa  .14  illicit  stills  have 
been  destroyed  in  North  Carolina. 

Fire*. 

An  oil  refinery  In  Freeport,  Penn.,  on  the 

31st  ult,;  loss,  $75,000 . Distillery  in  Patoka, 

111.,  on  the 31st  ult.;  lose,  $80,000 . The  Mayor 

of  Portland,  Oregon,  says  that  city  needs  n<i 
further  aid.  A  coal  mine  at  Carbon,  Pa.,  has 
taken  lire;  up  to  the  1st.  the  loss  was  sIim.ikiO, 
Tompkins  mansion,  on  Staten  Island,  on  the 
1st :  loss,  .*lu,000  —  The  Massasolt  House  in 
Atchison.  Kansas,  on  the  4th  :  loss,  *25, (XI).  ... 
The  Aidiet.am  paper  mill  at  Hagerstown,  M(l., 
on  the  4th;  loss.  s.sO.iki)  Phoenix  Planing 
Mill  in  Chicago  on  the  5th ;  loss,  $37,000  ...Barn, 
with  12  horses,  in  West  Troy,  on  the  5th ;  loss, 
$40,  (XX). 


public  consideration  in  connection  with  the 
public  schools. 

The  English  Post  office  Department  reject 
the  offer  of  the  United  States  to  have  an  ex¬ 
change  of  postal  cards  by  an  addition  of  one 
cent  postage. 

A  Titusville,  Pa.,  girl,  13  years  old,  made  her 
father  drunk,  stole  $190  from  him,  ran  away 
with  a  sailor,  and  tried  to  commit  suicide,  when 
overtaken. 

“  The  girls  in  a  Springfield  (Mass.)  factory  are 
supplied  by  the  proprietors  with  chewing-gum, 
in  order  that  they  may  not  waste  time  in  talk¬ 
ing.” 

ONE  hundred  Deputies  to  the  French  Assem¬ 
bly  have  sent  to  the  Pope  an  address  assuring 
him  of  their  continued  devotion  to  Ills  Holiness. 

Jniiianapolir  la  listening  to  a  knotty  lawsuit 
in  which  there  are  one  hundred  and  three  de¬ 
fendants.  The  jury  does  most  of  the  swearing. 

Tub  Hon.  Fred  Haesaurek  of  Cincinnati  has 
written  a  letter  denying  the  report  that  he  Is  a 
candidate  for  United  Btatos  Senator  from  Ohio. 

The  authorities  of  Grayvlile,  111.,  have  for¬ 
bidden  the  sal'  or  gift  of  any  sort  of  melon 
within  the  town  limits,  under  a  penalty  of  $30. 

A  Si’ECi  a  i.  dispatch  from  New  York  to  The 
Chicago  Tribune  says  that  Theodore  Tilton  is 
to  assume  the  editorship  of  The  Brooklyn  Eagle. 

Arrangements  are  making  for  the  celebra¬ 
tion  on  a  large  scale  by  the  French  societies  of 
Detroit  of  the  birthday  of  General  Lafayette. 

SINCE  July  1  983  unmuzzled  dogs  in  Brooklyn 
have  been  placed  in  the  several  pounds  and  930 
killed.  The  Controller  received  $304  in  fines. 

The  Libera)  Democratic  State  Central  Com¬ 
mittee  of  Minnesota  baa  decided  to  call  a  State 
Convention,  to  meet  at  St..  Paul  on  Sept.  24. 

Cai*t.  H  alpin  has  just  successfully  completed 
the  laying  of  a  fourth  cable  between  Sidney, 
Cape  Breton  and  Placentia,  Newfoundland. 

The  Portland  (Me.)  papers  say  that  the  fishing 
fleets  are  all  doing  very  well,  and  in  conse¬ 
quence  there  Is  an  active  demand  for  salt. 

ABOUT  SO  bodies,  supposed  to  ho  those  of 
American  fishermen,  have  been  washed  ashore 
on  the  north  side  of  Prince  Edward  Island. 

Edwabp  S.  Dana,  son  of  Prof.  Dana  of  Yale, 
and  a  graduate  of  the  class  of  '70,  lues  been 
appointed  a  tutor  in  the  same  Institution. 

A  Milwaukee  woman  forger,  on  lining  con¬ 
victed,  applied  to  one  of  the  newspapers  fora 
situation  as  penitentiary  correspondent. 

Guinea  fowl  eggs  are  occasionally  to  be  seen 
in  the  markets,  and  they  are  said  to  be  superior 
In  flavor  to  the  eggs  of  the  ordinary  lien. 

We  read  that  Joaquin  Miller,  when  living 
with  the  Modors,  was  called  “ Nowofadara,” 
and  that,  this  means  “  The  Moon  Gazer.” 

Milwaukee  has  ovor  $30, (XXI  Investor!  in  HtOp.ni 
fishing  “smacks."  Thq  average  "  haul"  is  about 
one  half  a  ton  of  fish  to  each  “smack.” 

A  Davenport  lady  who  has  grown  tired  of 
pasturing  the  city  cow.'  among  her  tlower-beds, 
loaded  the  last  one  with  three  bullets. 

A  Colorado  gopher  was  recently  found  en¬ 
tombed  in  a  brick.  It  was  blind,  but  would 
greedily  partake  of  any  light  diet. 

The  President  has  appointed  W.  W.  Anderson 
of  Montana  Territory  agent,  for  the  Indians  of 
the  Milk  River  Agency,  Montana. 

The  trial  of  Austin  Bidwell  and  his  accom¬ 
plices  In  the  frauds  upon  the  Bank  of  England 
will  take  place  on  the  18th  Inst. 

Further  changes  in  the  British  Ministry  are 
announced.  Sir  George  Jeasel  has  accepted  the 
position  of  Master  of  the  Rolls. 

Germany  proposes  a  Congress  of  the  mara- 
time  powers  to  decide  the  status  and  treatment 
of  the  insurgent  Spanish  ships. 

The  President  has  recognized  Charles  W. 
Riley  as  Consul-General  of  the  Orange  Free 
State  in  the  United  States. 

ADD  the.  railroads  in  Cuba,  from  this  month 
forward,  exact  passenger  fares  and  freight  tolls 
in  gold  or  Its  equivalent. 

Chicago  recently  opened  a  newsboys’  home 
and  lodging-house,  and  it  was  filled  to  over¬ 
flowing  the  first  night. 

The  State  Convention  of  Universalists  is  to 
meet,  in  the  City  of  Lockport,  September  2,  for 
a  three  days’  session. 

Gov.  Dix  lias  signed  the  last  bill  approved  by 
him,  and  passed  by  the  Legislature.  He  has 
signed  871  bills  in  all. 

A  temperate  Hartford  man  proves  that  Jager 
beer  is  not  intoxicating  by  drinking  fifty-six 
glagses  of  it  daily. 


BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS, 


IT  is  said  that  the  birthplaces  of  the  following 
noted  men  can  be  seen  from  the  top  of  Kear- 
sarge,  New  Hampshire Ezekiel  and  Daniel 
Webster,  William  Pitt  Fessenden,  John  A.  Dix, 
Farmer,  the  electrician;  Vice-President  Wil¬ 
son,  Lewis  Cass,  U.  8.  Senator  Grimes,  IT.  8. 
Senator  Chandler,  Levy  Woodbury,  Horace 
Greeley,  Gen.  Butler,  Franklin  Pierce,  Chief- 
Justice  Chase,  and  Chief-Justice  Chase  of  Me. 

The  Treasury  Department  has  in  contempla¬ 
tion  Hie  stationing  of  a  Customs  officer  In  the 
New  Vork  Post-office  to  co-operate  with  the 
Postmaster  t  here  in  the  retention  of  dutiable 
articles  sent  through  the  mails  by  persona  in 
foreign  countries  who  seem  to  he  under  the 
impression  that  the  payment  of  postage  takes 
the  plaeeMf  the  lawful  Customs’  duties. 

The  NWv  Jersoy  Slate  Agricultural  Society 
has  arranged  for  a  grand  I  rial  of  steam  fire 
engines  of  the  first  and  second  classes,  to  take 
place  at  the  New  Jersey  State  Fair,  which  com¬ 
mences  8ept.  11.  A  gold  medal  Is  offered  for  the 
best  of  each  class. 

The  President  of  the  New  Orleans  Board  of 
Health  says  there  are  only  two  cases  of  yellow 
fever  in  that  city.  In  Galveston,  Texas,  how¬ 
ever,  an  order  has  been  Issued  that,  all  vessels 
from  New  Orleans  or  Brashear  will  be  subject 
to  quarantine. 

California  authorities  are  again  paying  a 
bounty  for  squirrels.  For  the  past  five  years 
the  lives  "f  countless  thousands  or  these  little 
creatures  have  been  paid  for  in  this  way,  and 
yet  t  hey  arc  ho  numerous  as  to  be  considered  a 
pest. 

The  comet  announced  by  cable  as  observed 
at  Paris  on  the  16th  inst.,  was  seen  by  Prof. 
Neal!  of  the  Naval  Observatory  cm  Monday 
night,  and  Admiral  Sands  says  It  will  gradually 
become  visible,  In  a  few  days,  to  the  naked  eye. 

The  Post-Office  Department  has  ordered  an 
extension  of  the  postal  service  on  the  Mil  waukee 
and  Northern  Railway,  from  Hilbert  to  Green 
Bay,  Wls.,  and  on  the  Omaha  and  North-West¬ 
ern  Railroad,  from  Blair  to  Herman,  Nob. 

A  nor  not  yet  three  years  old  In  Salem,  Indi¬ 
ana.  has  a  mustache  and  side  whiskers.  His 
mother  thinks  that,  it  Is  the  effect  of  his  eating 
an  Indian  turnip  before  he  was  a  year  old. 
Year-olds  will  take  notice,  accordingly. 

By  decree  of  the  Emperor  of  Germany  the 
names  of  distinguished  Generals  of  the  German 
army  have  been  bestowed  on  ,forts  at.  Strass- 
burg,  Metz,  and  other  places  in  the  territory 
acquired  from  Franco. 

Miss  Emily  Faith full  contemplates  estab- 
nai, (•■,/>  «.ri  Industrial  Bureau  in  London  to 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC 


Lyndonville,  Vt.,  August  30.  ^The  weather 
continues  dry ;  warm  days  and  cool  nights.  At 
this  hour— 9  A.  M. — the  thermometer  stands  at 
02*  in  the  sun ;  still,  two  or  three  mornings  ago 
there  was  quite  a  little  frost,  in  some  situations 
In  this  vicinity ;  not  enough,  however,  to  do  any 
material  damage  to  vegetation.  Springs  and 
streams  are  unusually  low,  and  a  thorough  rafn 
is  very  much  needed.  The  showers  and  light 
rains  of  the  past  two  months  helped  the  grass 
and  grain  crops  wonderfully,  but  the  soil  has 
not  been  thoroughly  saturated  since  the  snow 
melted  away  In  the  spring ;  and  at  the  present 
time  the  soil  is  so  dry  six  Inches  below  the  sur¬ 
face  that  it  Is  Impossible  for  farmers  to  break 
up  to  advantage.  The  oat  crop  has  been  har¬ 
vested  In  excellent,  condition  ;  com  Is  ripening 
rapidly  these  hot  days,  and  the  potato  yield 
will  be  good— 1  he  quality  scarcely  ever  better. 
Home  apples  in  this  section-  small frult-s  abund¬ 
ant.  Quite  a  stir  In  the  wool  markets  just  now, 
40  cents  Is  the  average  price  paid  for  coarse 
wools.  Many  of  our  best  farmers  and  stock 
growers  are  buying  quite  liberally  of  Western 
corn  about  74  cents  is  the  price  paid.  The 
“  l’atrons "  are  quite  numerous  In  N.  K.  Ver¬ 
mont;  they  buy  by  the  car-load  and  put  the 
retailers'  profit  In  their  own  pockets.— I.  w.  s. 

Ho ii ill  Trenton,  Oneida  Co.,  ft'.  Y.-  Meteoro¬ 
logical  for  August,  1873.  Thermometrleal  aver¬ 
age  &c.:  Highest  point  attained  on  the  20th  82" ; 
lowest  on  the  5th  46’ ;  average  temperature  at. 
7  I*.  M.  58°  10' ;  at  it  P.  M.  74°  »’ ;  at  9  P.  M-  59c' 
13' ;  mean  temperature  for  the  month  68°  h’ ; 
number  of  days  on  which  rain  fell  12;  amount 
of  water  fallen  Inches;  number  of  days  of 
thunder, fl;  number  of  days  of  lightning,  5.  The 
spring  and  summer  thus  far  has  been  a  number 
of  degrees  colder  than  any  spring  and  summer 
for  a  decade  of  years.  The  aurora  borealis  has 
been  less  brilliant  than  former  Augusts.  Not 
a  solar  or  lunar  halo  this  month.  Very  row 
meteors  and  shooting  stars  and  paraselene. 
Springs  of  water  are  low ;  appearance  of  atmos¬ 
phere  throughout  the  month  clear,  prevailing 
winds  west.— Storks  Barrows. 

Marcella*,  ft.  Y.,  Sept.  1.— No  doubt  some  of 
the  Rdral  readers  would  like  to  hear  from 
Marcellua  and  vicinity.  It  has  been  a  good  sea¬ 
son  for  most  crops.  CornnVAs  much  Injured  In, 
the  spring  by  worms,  but  is  doing  wqll  now*| 
wheat  Is  plump  and, well  filled  ;  potatoes  first- 
rate;  showers  and  thunder,  often  hall,  In  some 
places.  It  has  been  a  good  season  for  honey 
but  few  bees  to  gather  It.  Of  course  Out  little 
10  he  had.  Last  spring  the  bees  disease  in  this 
section  carried  off  three-fourths  of  the  bees; 
quite  a  number  of  farmers  lost  all;  1  saved 
sixteen  hives  out  of  fifty-five  anil  they  are  doing 
well  now;  but  It  was  late  before  they  got  re¬ 
cruited  In  the  spring:  they  have  doubled  In 
number  and  are  in  good  condition.  A,  W. 

Jersey vllle,  III.,  Sept.  2.— Last  spring  It  was 
raining  every  day;  we  thought  we  had  water 
enough  to  last  us  One  year  at  least ;  our  wheat 
crop  was  very  light  and  poor  quality  and  now 
we  are  having  the  driest  time  we  ever  had.  My 
pasture  will  burn  off  complete  ;  stock  is  starv¬ 
ing  for  grass;  water  very  scarce,  wells  are  dry¬ 
ing  up;  our  wheat  ground  Is  perfectly  dry;  Im¬ 
possible  to  plow  any  ground  now;  corn  Is 
drying  up;  I  think  It  Is  past  help ;  corn  will  he 
very  poor  crop ;  farmers  feel  very  blue ;  prices 
for  wheat  we  have  t  u  sc  1 1  very  low  now.  Every¬ 
thing  we  have  to  buy  very  high ;  It  is  not  very 
encouraging  for  farmers. — D.  r.  r. 

Flninwell,  Allegan  Go.,  Mich.,  Aug.  30. — 

We  are  just  enjoying  one  of  the  most  severe 
drouths  of  the  season ;  no  rain  of  any  amount 
for  over  four  we^sks,  until  Iasi,  evening,  when 
we  were  favored  with  a  flue  shower,  before 
which  pastures  and  meadows  were  so  thorough¬ 
ly  dried  that  tboy  would  readily  burn  over. 
What  yielded  from  h  to  yj  an  average  crop  or 
from  8  to  12  bushels  per  acre ;  potatoes  with  few 
exceptions  a  total  failure ;  corn  as  yet  doubtful 
though  hopes  are  still  entertained  of  a  fair 
crop.— F.  B. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 


HIlRcolianeoiu  Foreign  New*. 

Further  changes  in  the  English  Cabinet 

are  contemplated . 10, 000  Republican  troops 

have  arrived  at  V'ittoria . The  Car  lists  under 

Suballs  have  been  defeated  All  males  be¬ 
tween  the  ages  of  20  and  35  arc  to  be  called  into  ‘ 
the  Spanish  army...  The  Lisbon  and  Brazil 
cable  has  broken  There  has  been  great  d<- 
struetion  of  property  in '  .'ape  Breton  am;  l’rin<-e 
Edward  Island ;  many  American  vessels  havo 
been  wrecked;  out  ox  300  fishing  vessels,  only 
20  remain.  ..Don  Carlos  has  promised  to  restore 

the  Inquisition  in  Spain - A  large  number  of 

Indians  have  left  Mexico  for  Kansas  The 
British  Ministry  will  propose  the  abolition  of 
the  Income  tax  . . .  Canada  refuses  to  release  the 

Fort  Garry  prisoners  on  bail . Cuban  officer.-, 

have  been  called  borne,  and  a  Republican  meet¬ 
ing  In  Havana  has  been  broken  ui>  .  The  llrii- 
ish  Admiral  has  taken  the  Spanish  Irort-clads 
to  Gibraltar  .Socialistic  troubles  have  broken 
out  In  Andalusia:  many  farm  houses have  been 

burned . 6,000 Carl l»ta  arc  marching  toward 

Tesnel . There  have  been  rumors  of  a  Com¬ 

munist.  outbreak  in  Madrid, ... M.  Thior-.  is  to 
have  a  grand  banquet  at  Nancy  from  Republi¬ 
cans.  ft  Is  proposed  to  rebuild  the  Tullerles. 

Cholera  has  appeared  at  Havre . Berlin  has 

celebrated  the  anniversary  of  the  victory  of 
Sedan.  .  HIM) pilgrim*  have  left  London  for  Pu- 
ray-le-Moniol,  in  France  — There  has  been  a 
railway  accident  In  Luxembourg,  with  s  killed 
and  15  wounded....  A  ferry  boat,  while  crossing 
the  Indus,  was  capsized,  with  90  live-  lost  •50 
bodies  of  American  fishermen  have  been  wash¬ 
ed  ashore  on  Prince  Edward  Island  T  he  Car- 
lists  have  stolen  a  number  of  women  from  '  era 

to  make  uniforms .  A  few  special  prizes  are 

to  be  given  at  Vienna _ The  names  of  German 

generals  are  to  be  ni von  to  the  forts  in  Ntras-- 
burg  and  Metz . The  United  States’  Govern¬ 

ment  has  sent  relief  to  the  seamen  disabled  by 
the  recent  storm  in  Nova  Scotia. .  The  revolu¬ 
tionists  in  Guatemala  have  been  defeated  ... 
The  Capiain-Ganontl  of  Madrid  ban  resigned.  • 
The  great  English  Yacht  Regatta  has  recently 
taken  place  at  Cowes.  . .  It  is  proposed  to  ordei 
military  executions  in  Spain  wit  hout  the  ap¬ 
proval  of  tile  Cortes.  Radicals  are  being  put  to 
death.  The  Republican  siege  Of  Cartagena  is 
weakening.  There  are  now  10,000  Carll.-ts  unaei 
arms  in  Spain  , , .  M  •  Thiers  will  devote  his  hn’ 
to  Republicanism  in  France.  The  last  oi  tne 
war  debt  has  been  (raid  by  France  to  Germany^ 
The  Royal  Commission  is  examining  the  Cana¬ 
dian  Railway  scandal.  ..  The  Spanish  Ministry 
resigned  on  the  5tJ i.  Senor  Casielar 
absolute  power  to  deal  with  rebel-  .  \  alencia 
is  in  a  state  of  siege  ...Americans  were  not  ai- 


Miss  anna  Dickenson  rode  to  the  top  of 
Pike’s  Peak.  No  one  ever  made  the  ascent  on 
horseback  before. 

Bai.timoreans  have  improved  on  the  poor 
children’s  excursions,  and  make  them  for  chil¬ 
dren  and  women. 

Nicolkt.  Quebec,  has  a  hog  ninety-eight  years 
old.  He  is  an  Iroquois  Indian,  and  his  name  is 
Jean  Cochon. 

Lawrence,  Kansas,  is  building  what  is  to  be 
“the  finest  swimming  bath  west  of  the  Missis¬ 
sippi  River.” 

Walt  Whitman  is  recovering  from  his  para¬ 
lytic  stroke,  and  expects  soon  to  be  entirely 
well  again. 

During  the  past  three  months  the  French 
railroads  have  sold  360,000  tickets  to  religious 
pilgrims. 

A  report  is  current  in  France  that  Metz  will 


DOMESTIC  NEWS. 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

The  return  from  the  watering  places  has 

commenced . The  American  Institute  Fair 

opened  on  the  10th  ;  it  is  tolerably  good. ...The 
fall  openings  of  millinery  and  dry  goods  have 
t  aken  place  . .The  new  Episcopal  Cathedral  will 
cost  $2,000,000  $40JXXi  worth  of  diamonds  were 

seized  by  the  Custom  House  on  the  fid . Mr. 

Rodman  is  still  in  Jail,  as  no  bail  is  forthcom¬ 
ing;  he  recently  broke  down  anrl  wept! . On 

the  30th  ult.,  forgeries  of  N.  Y.  Central  stock  to 
the  amount,  as  supposed,  of  $1,000,000,  were  dis¬ 
covered  on  W ui 4  street;  a  large  amount  was 
seized..  The  mangled  remains  of  Charles  H. 
Kelsey,  murdered  by  a  mob  in  Huntington,  L, 
I„  were  discovered  in  Oyster  Bay  on  the  30th 
ult . Jones’  Wood  is  to  be  cut  up  Into  build¬ 

ing  lots  .  Forged  bonds  on  a  large  number  of 
railways  have  been  discovered  lu  Wall  street, 
and  a  man  Darned  James  M.  Johnston  has  been 
arrested  as  a  forger,  and  one  Leonard  W  .  Brown 
has  been  sent  to  the  tombs  as  a  tool.  .The  Nor¬ 


VIENNA  PREMIUMS  AGAIN,  AND  - 
AMERICAN  SEWING  MACHINES, 


By  reference  to  the  u  General  Regulations  oi 
the  Vienna  Universal  Exhibition,”  published 
by  Archduke  Regnier,  President  of  the  Impe¬ 
rial  Commission,  we  find  medals  were  to  be 
awarded,  in  the  Mechanical  Department,  in 


lS 


a  I C* 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  WEW-Y©RKEB. 


two  classes,— one  for  Merit,  and  one  for  Pro¬ 
gress.  The  medal  for  merit  was  for  the  article 
possessing  the  greatest  merit  of  its  kind  and 
class;  and  the  medal  for  progress  for  the  article 
or  thing  which  had  made  the  greatest  progres¬ 
sion  toward  perfection,  fin  this  country,  the 
award  of  progress  would  be  called  a  second  pre¬ 
mium.)  Hence  wo  conclude  that,  as  the  Wil¬ 
son  Sewing  Machine  was  the  only  sewing  ma¬ 
chine  that  reeel  d  the  Grand  Medal  of  Merit, 
when  the  awards  were  made  at  the  Vienna  Ex¬ 
position,  it  must  have  boon  the  best  sewing 
machine  on  exhibition ;  although  other  sewing 
machines  that  received  medals  for  progress 
should  not  be  considered  very  inferior  ma¬ 
chines.  At  the  great  American  Centennial 
Exposition  of  1876,  they  may  have  so  improved 
as  to  equal  the  world-renowned  Wilson  Shuttle 
Sewing  Machine. — Nett)  Vork  Tribune.,  Sept.  8th , 
1373. 

- ■*-*-* - 

SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

The  Improved  Universal  Clothes  Wringer, 
with  its  new  malleable  Iron  folding  clamp,  for 
fastening  it  to  a  till)  or  box,  is  the  neatest,  most 
compact  and  durable  Wringer  over  made. 
- -♦♦« - — 

Tiie  “New  IJutter  Manual,”  published  by 
Messrs.  Porter  Blanchard’s  Sons,  Concord,  N. 
H., contains  really  valuable  information.  Send 
to  them  for  one.  It  is  sent  free. 

Tilt*  Best  'Thing  fur  llarne<H 

Is  the  celebrated 

Frank  Miller's  Harness  Oil. 
- 

Instead  of  BITTER  use  SWEET  QUININE. 

THIS  MARKETS. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 


New  York.  Munduy,  wept.  8, 1873. 

Receipts.— The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  as  follows : 

Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  1,112  Cotton,  hales .  6,590 

Kg-'s,  bbls .  6,222  Hops,  bales .  55 

Flour,  bbls .  67, '.150  Peanuts,  hugs .  2,778 

Wheat,  bush.......  572, ,500  Cut  incut*,  pkgs....  1,393 

torn,  bush . — J.0S5.B52  Pork,  hbls . .  8,727 

Oats,  bush .  227,500  fS«et,  pkgs... .  110 

Rye, bush . . .  51,106  Lard,  pkgs  .  5,130 

Harley,  bush.......  —  Butter,  pkgs .  19,757 

Malt,  bush . .  2.700  Cheese,  pkgs .  58,525 

Beans,  bush .  1,250  Wind,  hales .  2,308 

Corn  meal.  bid*-...  3,47(1  Grit«6  seed,  trash...  6,060 

corn  meal.  bags,..  MO  Dressed  Hogs,  No..  — 

BeanN  nod  Pens.  -There  ha*  been  an  active  de¬ 
mand  for  mediums  front  the  South,  particularly  the 
New  Orleans  market.  Marrowfats  are  arriving 
moderately  well  ami  they  are  being  placed  freely. 
The  shipments  the  past  week  to  the  Smith  und  W.  I. 
markets  will  reach  f()0  bbls. 

The  quotation*  are :  -Fur  prime  pea  beans,  $2.9608 ; 
do.  fair  lots  down  to  #2.40 ;  prime  mediums,  #2.8502.90; 
do.  fair  lots  down  to  <2.00;  prime  marruwiaLs,  $3.20® 
3.25 j  do.  fair  lots,  #2.90;  prime  kidney,  f2.VHl3.03 ;  do. 
fair  lots,  #2,50;  prime  red  kidney,  #4.n0®*.T5j  Bene 
are  quiet  ut  95e.®#l  fur  Canada,  in  hulk. 

Beeswax.  Prices  have  been  .advanced,  as  trade 
has  improved  from  shippers,  Sales  at  33@35u.  for 
Western  and  Southern. 

Broom  Corn.  The  new  crop  promises  to  be 
larger  than  was  expected  a  few  days  since,  but  is 
thought  will  be  much  less  than  last  year.  Stocks  of 
old  are  very  small. 

We  quote :  Long,  green  hurl,  prime  to  choice,  10® 
llvfc.;  short  and  medium  brush,  choice  green,  H® 

1  .  Medium  <iuuhiic.-,  red-i ippeu,  .■'•i.bjfod  common 

qualities,  red,  coarse  and  stemmy,  3)#@4C. 

Butter.— The  butter  market  continues  to  run  In 
the  beaten  truck  of  the  past,  month.  September 
opens  very  warm,  quite  a*  unfavorable  to  carrying 
stock  as  either  of  the  recent  summer  months,  and 
buyers  cannot  be  persuaded  to  purchase  beyond  ac¬ 
tual  wants.  In  fact,  what  1>  known  i\s  the  market 
tr  ie,  or  that  class  of  customers  that  will  buy  lines 
or  lots  as  they  run,  havens  yet  scarcely  appeured, 
nor  can  they  he  looked  for  unt  il  there  t»  sonic  assur¬ 
ance  of  steady,  cool  weather.  The  fancy  portions  of 
the  arrivals  ot  State  arc  worked  olf  as  readily  as  be¬ 
fore,  at  tall  prices,  and  good,  useful  table  grades  are 
realizing  utlsf actor  y  ut  ire  .  l-o  bus  been  a 
movement  of  about.  81}  package.*  K,r  California. 
Western  butter  must  have  more  In  Its  favor  than 
dlifereneoin  price  to  sell  quickly. 

We  quote  Orange  county  palls,  fancy,  33m  35c.; 
othergood  pall-,  28®3Ic.;  poor  white  or  weedy  flavor, 
.'Tii2ac.;  Stale  Ur  kins  anil  half  tubs,  tlno,  30@32c„  In 
lines, and  34035c.  for  selections ;  fair  to  good  State, 
'L"i2Sc.i  Welsh  tubs,  26®2»e.;  choice  Western,  21®20u. 
good  do,.  I8<«i20<:.;  low  do.  lS@17e. 

Cheese,— .Most  of  tho  week  there  has  been  suf- 
neieut  trade  to  enable  holders  to  maintain  steady 
prices.  Shippers  have  not  been  argent  in  their  pur¬ 
chases,  for  the  moat  part  Closing  out.  urgent  orders 
"  itti  the  lop  price,  13c.  The  home  trade  were  pur- 
rhasmg  more  freely,  and  paying  13®13!<e.,  the  latter 
price  exceptional,  for  strictly  choice  lots.  At  the  ex¬ 
treme  close  there  Is  a  depressed  feeling  owing  to  u 
sharp  decline  in  gold  and  an  unfavorable  Buglish 
market. 

Fine  ami  choice  factory,  12V@l3i}. ;  ilo.  good  to 
prime,  12k!2.YO.:  do.  tulr  lota,  fie.;  Htutu  farm  dairy  , 
good  to  prime,  l(>JMl2c,;  do.  fair  lota,  10)<®llKo.;  do. 

aimed,  SqJlOc.;  Western, dno  cheddar,  13 @l2Wo.r  do. 
£ood  flat,  12012RC.;  do  fait  lots,  lie.;  do.  skimmed, 
5t»7c.;  English  dairy,  llM®12J*e. 

Cotton.  There  has  been  an  active  spinning  de- 
aiand,  aud  prices  are  higher.  Wc  quote  : 

r.  ,  UplmuU.  AlnbuuiM.  (Jrleiitue  Tern#. 

Ordinary  .  «K  UK  lilt  14  & 

Good  Ordluarv .  11%  17;,,  17%  17'-; 

Good  Ordinary.  ihX  18$  iTq  is>. 

w)?' .Middling, .  IS&  IBS  v)%  iu« 

.Mlddlini; .  20X  20%  26  Y  20V 

000(1  Middling .  22 %  22%  22%  22% 

1 1**|l.1,Ml  ,F  ruits.  —The  new  blackberries  aro  held  at 
4?  a  '  Cherries  are  scarce  and  quoted  at  30® 
A  P?'v  6c w  peeled  peaches  have  been  received, 
p  ...ivSfc  Shippers  urn  still  working  on  old  apples. 
Luyond  this  trade  Is  quiet. 

diiwSPkn  Southern,  are  quoted  at  7c,;  Htate 
i™S“'  QM.,  SMflog  Western,  7c.  Black- 

nv  fee.lcd  poaches,  prime  Georgia  and 

,  ,  t”  Carolina,  18018c.;  unpeelcd,  SfftoiOo.  for  halves 
quarters.  lilted  cherries,  30<6)32c.  for 
mate  and  Southern.  Raspberries,  new,  33036c. 

i  ^Yks.-.  The  receipts  arc  too  froc  for  firm  prices. 
lueVi  “ew  vegetables  cut  olf  considerable  of  the 
aft.w  U  w*  (,f  til® sales  Of  western  are  at  21c., 

do 'nth**?™  at  22c.  Wc  o  unto  Western  extra,  22c.; 
uj- other,  3le.;  Canadian.  21®22c.;  State,  23c. 

nte  There  bus  been  a  largo  and  generally  ae- 
Shipping  grades,  partleularly,  are 
teiitp I101  have  necessarily  turned  their  at- 

high.?r  ,  fw  short  delivery.  Prices  are 

UJgner  anu  strong. 


No.  2 . *. . $3  7505  00 

SuperBno  State . 5  46®  6  00 

Extra  do .  6  00®  7  35 

Fancy  do . 7  260  7  75 

Huptjrflno  Western .  5  50m  6  00 

Extra  do . 6  60®  7  25 

Minnesota  extras .  7  36m ill  00 

Western,  white  wheat .  8 

Round  hoop  Ohio . 6  66®  7  25 

Trade  brands  do . 7  45®  7  ‘.HI 

Southern,  extra .  7  00®  8  25 

Double  extras . 8  26010  75 

Bye  dour . +  l(*0  6  JO 

I'orn  mcai..lersey . 3  20®  3  Ik) 

Brandywine . 3  90®  I  00 

Fresh  Frill  Is,— Poaches  arc  now  arriving  regu. 
iarly,  but  the  supply  begins  to  moderate,  ami  prices 
arc  daily  favoring  owners.  They,  however,  cannot 
make  up  fast  enough  to  case  the  heavy  losses  of  the 
season.  Large  and  delicious  varieties  are  coming 
forward.  New  Jersey  orchards  arc  sending  the  small 
yiold  of  this  year.  These  range  at50o.®JD,'’0  D  bask¬ 
et.  Delawares,  crates,  good,  #202  25;  fancy,  #2. 50m 
2.75;  poor  lots,  {101.25;  Delaware  baskets,  75c.®#l. 50. 
Boars  are  In  good  supply,  and  easy  rates  only  are 
quotable:  tho  high nst  price  Is  for  line,  smooth  Hoclt- 
ostnrstoelc.  The  Sliest  Duchess  that  baveover  roucch- 
ed  us  In  lots  are  coming  rrom  Virginia.  We  quote 
Now  Jersey  Bartlett*,  #4®6  V  hbl.i  State,  $t®8: 
Elemlsh  Beauty.  #.'105:  Seckel,  #2.5007.  as  to  dlzoitnd 
condition.  Southern  Duchess,  fancy,  #6 ;  Others,  #2,50 
®4.  California  pears  arrive  slow ;  our  own  stock  Is 
superior  to  the  recent,  arrival.  A  flue  consignment 
oft  allfornla  plums  brought  #*  F  small  box.  Tho  last 
lot  of  grapes  from  the  l’aoltlo  was  too  poor  to  remove. 
Orunborrio*  are  offering ;  they  are  not  wanted  in  tho 
green  condition  of  present  lots.  It  Is  reported  that 
the  Capo  Cod  crop  will  ho  moderate.  Rlums,  fairly 
stead v  at  #7698  F  bush,  for  Green  Gages  and  Eg it,  $*> 
6J7  for  Damson,  und  #4®5  for  cotnmun.  Apples  im¬ 
prove  In  quality  with  the  advancing  season;  the 
market  is  too  well  supplied  with  a  variety  of  other 
sorts  for  high  prices  to  rule,  Wo  quote  State  In  Iota. 
#3693.60  T-i  hhf ;  selected,  *3.7501;  other,  #2@3.50. 
Watermelons,  #20®40  %>  IOOj  tnuskmidons,  7oc.®#1..>0  J< 
hid.  for  ordinary  New  Jersey,  and  #'-'02.25  fur  I4uc.lt- 
onsaek.  Grapes  are  Offering  freely ;  Houthcrn  have  a 
it  sale,  vet,  as  our  near  points  up  River  and  New  Jer¬ 
sey  arc  not  showing  attractive  quality.  Dolawiiraa, 


Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  tillers . 11  Mil  c. 

seconds .  . 12  @25  o. 

wrappers . 10  @  56  c. 

selections . 60  m  75  c. 

New  York  tillers . . . 10  @11  c, 

wrappers . 18  @  35  o. 

assorted  lots . 11  @  11  «. 

Pennsylvania  tillers........... . 12  @  li  c. 

wrappers..  . . . 22  &  60  c. 

assorU;d  lots . 18  M  25  a. 

Ohio  Oilers . 8  M  8  e. 


wrappers. 


.  .18  @  35  c. 


assorted  lots . OtjM  13  e. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots . .....8  69  9  c. 

Vegeiuhlert.— The  market  for  potatoes  Is  a  little 
steadier.  Still,  It  is  expected  that  moderate  rates 
will  rule  until  we  can  unload  the  surplus  of  Western. 

Itnsc,  State,  in  double  heads,  #2m2.25;  do.  Jersey  and 
Long  island  In  bulk,  <<  hbl..  #1.7502;  Peach  Blow, 
#2.2503,50;  Sweet,  yellow,  Delaware,  #l@i.50;  do. 
do.,  Virginia,  #3@3.o0.;  do.  red.  North  Carolina,  #2.50 
M3.  Tomatoes,  F  bushel,  SO@60e.  Green  corn,  #,25@ 
1 .50  F  100.  Onion*,  rod.  »2.2664&:  yellow,  #3@3^f,.  Rus¬ 
sia  turnips,  #I.7JM2  V  bbl.  Marrow  squash,  #1@1.60 
F  hhl.  Lima  beans  F  hag,  #2.25@2.50.  CatihugeH,  *1 
®6  T  KD.  Egg  plaute,  #1  F  bul. 

VVliinky— Is  very  uracil  lower,  with  large  supplies. 
Sales  at  95097c. 

Wool.— There  Is  an  active  business  In  fleeces. 
Manufacturers  have  been  in  the  market  purchasing 
freely,  with  some  few  lots  changing  hands  among 
dealer*.  The  receipts  front  the  West  nave  been  quite 
moderate,  und  stocks  of  desirable  grades  have  been 
very  much  reduced.  Prices  are  higher.  XX  ileeces 


Eorryville.  275.  t2,!-Jc.;  Palatine  . .. 

♦ell, 60. 12XC.1  Small’*  Bush.  1IJ0,  l2A'e.;  Top  Notch,  65, 
13o.i  warren  Center,  OX).  I2Kc.;  Zimmerman  Crock, 
171, 12 

Con*lde.rahln  aliccsc  was  «en 


[**,  i*q%u«r  nuimwh,  uv,,:. 

way  Association,  100,  1 3c. ;  Obi 
o.;  Paine’s  Hollow,  200,  T!k'n.; 
line  U II  lob,  95. 12^0,;  Itus- 


<5rain.— A  further  and  rapid  udvance  In  prices  of 
wheat  has  been  noted  under  a  liberal  export  trade. 
Corn  ha*  been  in  largo  supply,  hut  they  Jmye  been 
closely  marked  up  on  shipping  account  at  higher 
prices.  Oats  have  been  sidling  freely,  in  part  to 
speculators,  at  better  prices. 

Wheat,  Ml],,  No.  2 . *1.67M#l.fi8 

jo  t .  1.730  1.76 

Chicago,  No.  2 .  1-G50I.JW 

Rod  WestL-rn,  new .  1,67®  1.10 

A mbor  do .  . 

Rye,  Western . . . 

Bariev  malt.  Canada  West .  1.1(0  1-~e 

Corn,  Steamer .  8O0jjiC. 

Sail .  g569CRc. 

White .  KM™- 

Southern .  , 

Oats,  Western  mixed .  15016KC. 

W  hlto .  ISfeiSOc. 

May  and  Straw.— There  Is  a  prompt,  sale  for  belli 
hav  and  straw,  with  moderate  receipts. 

Svc  quote  prime, 'Timothy,  per  ton,  $30032;  do.,  fall' 
to  good,  do.,  per  ton,  #24028;  do.,  shipping  grade, 
per  ton,  $20021 ;  do,,  clover,  good,  per  too,  #J9@20; 
do.,  Inferior,  per  ton,  #10kjil6.  8lrrtW,  long,  per  ton, 
$17018  j  do,,  short,  per  ton,  #12011;  do.,  oat,  per  ton, 
$13011. 

flops.— Prices  of  new  arc  unsettled,  as  yet.  Small 
lots  urc  arriving,  selling  on  the  tlrst  receipt  at  70c. 
and  since  at  60c.  Picking  now  is  quite  general,  uud 
t  he  reports  that  come  along  are  unfavorable  as  to  the 
yield,  it  is  generally  C'lnceded  that  there  will  bo  a 
defleltinoy  lu  our  crop. 

We  quote  prime  aud  choice  new,6O04i2e.;  good,  do., 
15c.;  fair,  do.,  10e.;  choice  State,  1872  crop,  4tk»<-42c.j 
good,  87038c.;  pour,  do.,  33035a;  Eastern,  f72  crop,  36 
MlOo.;  VVIseousin,  do.,  35010c.  for  good  utid  prime 
lots. 

“  Poultry  und  liuiue.-  Mvo  poultry  1b  abundant, 
and  price*  are  still  low.  New.Jersey  is  sending  more 
rreefy. 

We  quote  live  spring  Chicken*,  Jersey,  per  pound, 
15 0  ISc.;  Western,  10017c.  Fowls,  Jersey,  160  180. 
Western,  1 5016c.  Turkeys,  Jersey,  light,  2l)f«.22e.; 
Western,  light,  19m21c.  Ducks,  Jersey,  V  i>tilr,'9Oc.0$l.; 
do.  young.  65c.0#l.;  Western,  60080c  Woodcock, 
quoted  at  $1.2501.30  V  Pair  for  State.  #1.25  for  West¬ 
ern.  Grouse,  F  pair,  75@87e.,  trapped,  Goose,  N.  .1., 
t>  pair,  #202.50;  up.  Wtsalern,  $1.5002.  Teal;Duck,  S* 
pair,  IOC.  Partridges,  7'  pair,  #1.2501.37.  At  t  ills  Hen¬ 
son,  a  good  many  small  birds  arc  scut  lu,  such  us 
Pluck  birds,  Ac.,  which  sell  at  86c.  V  do*.  Rabbit*  are 
offering  at  fsie.  ,v  pair.  Yellow-legged  Snipe  and 
Plover.  (2.2608  F  do/,.  Ox-eyed,  85c.  F  do*.  Rood 
birds,  B5o.  V  do*. 

Provisions.  Hiipplics  of  pork  hava  been  liberal, 
ttnd  prices  weak.  Lard  has  been  very  quint  and  low¬ 
er.  Knnf  is  lower.  There  has  been  sonic  business  In 
bacon  for  winter  delivery  ut  8e.  for  short  clear  aud 
7Kc.Xor  long  and  short  clear,  half  anil  half. 

'  Beef  hams— choice  Western,  #25028;  Texas  prime 
*23026;  <lo.  fair  lots,  $17021.  laud,  new,  at  84408 
7-lBc.  on  the  spot  I  old,  37-160.  for  Western  sLeum  on 
spot ;  8  7-lfto.  for  Soptembot;  8  7-l6c.  for  October. 
Long  eleur,  8Hc. :  short  ch-nr.  She.:  short  rib.  909Xc. 
vies-  pork,  #17.75,  snot :  #17.37  ror  Sept.  Western 
prime  mess  at  #16.25017.50.  Dressed  hogs,  city,  fi@ 
8 )(,e.  CutmcaiH  are  selling  at  13  0  He.  for 
hams,  loose;  SWc.  for  shouldors,  loose;  9<c<) 
Uc.  for  pickled  bellies,  loose.  Boxed  dry-salted 
shoulders,  8Rc.  Smoked  meals  at  18340 L5Hc.fi »r  loose 
hauls.  9kfu.  for  loose  shoulders.  Tallow  at  8^c.  for 
prlmo  stock.  Beef,  selling  :u  #9011.75  for  barreled 
now  plain  mess.  #12013.50  for  extra  mess.  Tlerccd 
beef  at  #16013  for  new  India  mess,  #l3w20  for  new 
extra  India  mess. 

Seed*. — Timothy  Is  easier  with  a  liberal  supply; 
sales  at  #3.6003.70.  clover  quiet  at  9%09)4C.  Rough 
tlax,  $2.25, 

Tobacco.— There  is  a  liberal  business  in  Western 
leaf  and  seodleaf  ut  very  strong  prices. 

QUOTATION 8 — NK W  CROP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grinins. 

Lugs .  7  @  7J4c.  7 'a®  7)40. 

Good  do.  ...7  5f@  »X'c.  7 if®  8%d. 

Common  to  medium  leaf.  8)4®  9^c.  9  ®  ltllfc. 

Good  no.  ..10  &  10)fc.  II  ®  12 

Flue  do.  ..11  @12  c.  12)4®  13  0. 

Selections. . 12)40  13  c.  13)4®  15 

SEKOLiSAF  CROP  OF  1871. 


One  Hundredth  St. 
Forty-Eighth  8t.... 

Fortieth  at.... . 

Conunnnipaw . 


btMlVBW. 

Cows.  Calvon. 

Sheen  A 
Lam), 8. 

,..2,747 

4 

297 

loft 

...  00 

39 

1,397 

10,785 

..  00 

00 

UW 

s,a;;i) 

. .5.493 

00 

00 

7,089 

..1,701 

00 

00 

000 

.  9,94ft 

43 

1,802 

20,969 

,,10,063 

31 

1,434 

32,355 

last  week... .10,063  81  1,434 

COMPARATIVE  RATES. 

Last  week. 
Cents. 


This  week. 
Cents. 


Good  Steers  ^  to . 

. 12 

®  13 

12 

®  13 

Fair . . . 

. 11 

®  lift 

11 

0  H  * 

Poor . . . 

®  1UY 

10 

0  KBi 

Poorest . 

. <<%  ® 

7 

®  w 

Gen.  selling  rates . 

. 11 

@  12 

10Jf  @  11* 

SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


Don’t  Throw  Away  Your  Money.  — To  the 

Public.— For  over  26  years  Dr.  Tobias’  Venetian  Lini¬ 
ment  hits  peon  sold;  every  bottle  has  been  warrant¬ 
ed,  and  not  one  has  been  returned.  Thousands  of 
certlll cates  of  Its  wonderful  curative  properties  can 
bo  seen  at,  the  Depot.  It  will  do  all,  and  more,  than 
tt  is  recommended  for.  It  Is  pertoctly  safe  to  take 
Internally.  Bee  oath  with  every  bottle.  It  cures 
Cholera,  Croup,  Dysentery,  Colie,  Sea  Sickness, 
Chronic  Uhcuuratlsui,  Sprains,  Old  t)ores,  Cuts,  Ac. 
Depot,  10  Park  Place,  New  York. 


are  Bulling  at  55o.  Foreign  tleeces  are  In  better  de¬ 
mand. 

KOC1 1! KSTFK.  Sept.  I .—  Flour  Is  steady  aud 
unchanged.  Wheat  Is  In  good  demand,  with  light 
supply;  crop  is  lighter  than  was  supposed  boforo 
threshing.  Wc  quote  ut  $1.61101.65  for  red  and  amber 
winter,  *1  7001.80  for  white.  The  barley  market  has 
not  yet  <q  ijicd.  Brower*  concede  higher  prices  than 
lliev  did  a  Tew  weeks  ago;  they  talk  of  opening  ut 
$1.0501.10  for  four  rowed  and  85090c.  for  two-rowed. 
Oat*  aro  dull  ut  43@1Te.  The  wool  market  in  tlrm,  and 
prlco#  are  higher;  we.  quote  ut  38f„.t0o.  for  lino  and  40 
045c.  for  combing.  Butt  er  ts  ieurdu  for  good  lots, 
which  readily  bring  SkWo.;  conitnon.  205i23e.  Eggs 
are  in  fair  supply  at  1S@19c.  Potatoes,  flOMHUc,  #1  hush.; 
$1.60  P  bbl.  Apples  dull  at  #l.56<*'>  T  hhl.,  nccord'ng 
to  variety  and  quality.  No  sulu  uf  winter  fruit  yet. 
'Tomatoes  very  plenty  at  80050c.  V  bush.  Cabbages, 
6010c.  II  head,  lluy,  $176928  y  ton. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

Little  falls,  n.  y..  Sept.  6,  1873. 

The  market  ut  Little  Falls,  for  tho  week  eliding 
Sept.  6.  was  very  brisk  for  farm  dairies,  and  sales 
were  quick  at  ll)4®12Ko.,  ami  a  few  extra  fancy 
brought  13e.  for  “  tile  Tionn.'  trade."  The  delivery 
was  about,  ?00  boxu*.  Factories  were  largely  repre¬ 
sented,  the  offerings  amounting  to  some  15,000  boxes, 
Hales  were  dull,  buyer*  not  caring  to  come  up  to  the 
views  of  holders  on  the  July  eheos,\  We  give  the 
leading  transactions.  H*  follows  . 

0.  Bunnell,  150  boxes  at  t2XC\;  BroeketCs  Bridge, 
180,  LJe.;  Brockott  A  Fueler.  61, 12% c.;  Boutli  Caryl,  40, 
12 Uc.;  Central  Volley,  IOO,  12|ifc.;  Chapman,  120.  12>4u.; 
Cold  Creek,  100, 13c,;  Cm tiii's  Corners,  106, 125fe.|  J.  H. 
Kdiok,  7(1,  13Hc  ;  Dairy  Hill,  1W.  Lie.;  Exeelsior,  75, 
ISUc.i  Uhl  Fufrlleld,  200, 13c.;  Freeman,  47, 18 Lc.,  Fon- 
tier,  l.'iO,  l‘8Uq.;  Herkimer,  100.  l8Ye.;  J.  D.  Ives.  200, 
13c.;  John stou  t.’rnss  lioutls,  150,  12Xe.,  Geo.  Ludue, 
104,  1.5c.;  Lossollvllte,  .9),  12‘ho.;  l.lttlu  Fulls  Central, 
207,13*6.;  Mile  Strip,  IS*.  Wife.;  Mohawk,  125.  l2V,n.s 
Newport,  100,  Uo.j  Norway  Association,  UX)lJ3c.;  Old 
Htone  Church,  70,  12 \ a 


Con*lde.ru*tlo ehei'sn  was  sent  forward  Oil  commis¬ 
sion,  and  quite  a  number  ot  faetorymen  refused  to 
sell,  preferring  to  hold  on  another  wock. 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

new  York,  Sept.  6,  1873. 

Beiweg.— There  wan  quite  an  unimportant  condi¬ 
tion  of  trade  last.  Wednesday.  Late  In  the  afternoon 
u  few  sales  were  forced  off,  at7Y@12Uo.  ;J  n>,;  weights, 
1:W®7)4  owl.,  strung.  Trade  was  larger  on  Thursday 
forenoon,  still  sales  were  slow,  ami  few  of  the  herds 
to  hand  woro  closed  off.  Friday  there  was  till!  same 
condition  of  t  tiule,  und  a  large  proportion  of  Uni  lrosli 
cattle  to  hand  stood  over  unsold.  On  both  days  prices 
ranged  at  8@13ko.;  weights,  Su*6j«  cwt.,  on  65058  Iks, 
ti  cwt.,  not.  Special  sales  were :— Colorado  steers, 
verv  rough  and  lean,  average  RV  ewt.,  9)4e.i  rough 
ICeutucky  do.,  7X  cwt..  lie.:  Cherokee  do..  Ilk  ewt., 
7 Vo.:  coarse  Missouri  do  ,  ft  ewt.,  10c.;  fair  quality 
Missouri  do.,  t%  ewt.,  ll®Ll;k'o.i  'Texan  do.,  ft  cwt.,  80 
9o,j  common  Illinois  do.,  7  ewt..  10)40.;  Illinois  do., 
fair  to  good,  7Y@H);  cwt.,  li>i®12)4f.. 

>Illch  Cows.  'There  Is  still  an  urmutistied  de- 
nnuul  for  good  quality  nilich  cows,  and  for  luek  of 
such  the  trade  had  no  life  la  It.  Wednesday  prlees 
ranged  at  #20060  #  head;  sutuu  rates  'Thursday  fore¬ 
noon.  Friday  prices  ranged  ut  $20050.50. 

Veals.  'There  tins  been  no  falltug  off  in  the  de¬ 
mand  for  smooth  quality  veals.  Those  have  sold 
freely  at  7@10c.  b  Th.;  grasB  calves  ani(iu7c.,  and  #fi®8 
■V  head,  with  tt  few  tops  at  #10.  Hpcclal  sales  were: 
State  calves,  aventge.  153  lbs.,  8c.;  State  vc.ub,  146  as., 
90100,;  Jersey  do,,  l.'kl  it*.,  9e.;  I'cnnsylvuulu  do.,  1U0 
@160  lbs.,  9@10C. 

Sheep  and  liiuitln*. — sheep  have  held  Arm  since 
our  last  roport,  ami  at  tuo  different  yardB  prices  have 
been  llrm  irad  uniform  for  the  same  quality  uf  stouk. 
Lambs  have  mhjd  slow,  owing  to  the  poorness  of  the 
quality  of  Hie  lots  to  hand.  Hhenp  sold  at  I'AtifiMe.  F 
ft.;  lambs  5)*08)4c,  Special  -ales  w  ere  'I’exnn  sheep 
held  for  an  advance  Oil  3)jc.  ft.  1  Milo,  86  lbs.,  tic.; 
do,  91  lbs.  6)4e.;  71  lbs.,  f’lfO.i  Jersey  ewes,  80 

lbs,  life.;  Kentucky  lunitm,  68  lbs.,  rv,'C.;  lfelawure, 
58v,  lbs.,  6Xc.:  Jersey  lamb*,  67  lbs.,  80.;  Canada  do., 
63)4  lb*.,  70.:  do.  do.,  66  lbs.,  7%C.,  State  do..  54  lbs,,  7c. 

Hug*.  -Thor*  has  been,  during  the  past  summer, 
quite  a  slackness  in  the  European  trade  hi  hogs, 
which  has  acted  unfavorably  on  till*  market;  but 
recent  advices  from  Ireland  go  to  show  that  the  crop 
of  pork  lu  that  island  is  one-thlnl  less  than  usual; 
therefore  packers  look  for  an  advance  in  rates,  and 
Salesmen  navn  been  holding  their  oommissiou  hogs 
for  Improved  prices,  On  Wednesday  live  hog*  were 
worth  ofitaijC.  H  ft.,  elty-*1re»*ed,  «)4@7Mc.  'Thursday 
the  general  market  fell  in  tone,  and  Friday  forenoon 
live  hogs  were  worth  6)l<@>Si'-;  elty-Urensed,  ti)4@7c. 
Trade  closed  steady  and  active. 

Horse  Alar Uet.  Tim  general  fooling  of  tho  city 
trade  in  horses  remains  Blow,  at  low  prices,  Tho  fol¬ 
lowing  sales  have  been  effected  at  auction  111  ordi¬ 
nary  quality  light  harness  horses,  $lll7@16fi  ijt  head;  5 
do.  12.Vi.260 ;  H  fair  quality,  #l32ia292;  one  pony  at 
#175;  one  trotter  ut  #105;  2  pairs  light  harness  horses, 
#4300465  (J  pair.  16  horses  arrived  per-  Erie  Hallway 
via  uak  Cliff  HUitlon,  127  P  Now  Jersuy  Railroad  via 
Liberty  Street  Ferry. 

Tin  11  day's  Sales.— Beeves.  -The  aggregate  qual¬ 
ity  of  the  beeves  on  sale  to-day  was  coarse  und  lean, 
and  not  good  enough  for  tho  demand.  Sales  were 
therefore  very  slow,  and  many  lots  stood  over  un¬ 
sold.  Trices,  9@l3e.  F  ft.;  weights,  5)4@8Y  ewt.,  on 
54@69  fts.  y  ewt.,  nut. 

Milch  Lows.  -Trade  in  these  lias  been  a  trifle 
better.  Trices,  #30@65  T  head. 

Veals.— These  animals  worn  slow,  owing  chiefly  to 
the  heavy  run  of  sheep  and  lambs.  Very  few  sales 
were  effected. 

Sheep  and  1, 11111  b*.— Large  lots  of  both  sheep  and 
lambs  went  off  at  easy  rates  this  foronoon.  Hheep 
sold  at  1x06)40.  t'  ft,;  Iambs  at  8®8!*c. 

liogn.— Live  hogs  were  worth  4%®S%c.  V  ft.,  with 
one  ear  oT  commission  hogs  held  on  sale ;  city  dress¬ 
ed  not  quoted  at  noon. 

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securely  at  all  times,  and  soon  effects  a  permanent 
cure,  Sold  at  a  reasotiftlje  price,  it  Is  sent  by  mall 
everywhere  by  Tiie  Elastic  Truss  Co.,  No.  083 
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ffUw  ^Uvcvtte'emcntj*. 

EUREKA  WHEAT. 

This  Wheat  originated  in  the  Northern  part  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  and  was  started  from  one  head. 

it  bus  proved  i"  be . . .  the  curliostund  most  hardy 

of  all  Winter  Wheat,  and  has  yielded  flfty-two  bush¬ 
els  per  acre  this  season  ;  the  average  yield  is  from  flvo 
to  ten  bushels  mure  per  acre  than  any  other  variety. 
We  have  it  limited  supp.v,  and  wtU  furnLli  It  at  fol¬ 
lowing  prices  until  our  stock  Is  exhausted. : 

Hiunplo  of  this  Wheat  sent  by  mail  free, 

For 'Two  Bushuls.  including  shipping  aud  hag,  $10  00 
„  oue  "  '•  ,T  “  “  5  5(1 

Half  “  "  *«  *•  “  8  00 

Hotel  two  cent  stamp  for  sample  of  Pare  Ground 
Bone.  L.  B.  COXE  &  CO.,  Agricultural  Implement 
and  Seed  Store,  197  Water  St.,  New  York. 

HEIKES  IsTXJElSEEilBS. 
Kpcci  til  tics.  Full  of  1S73.  1 'caches,  Currants. 
Uuosobcrries,  Blood-Leaved  Peaches,  Utah  Hybrid 
Cherries,  Apple  .Seedlings,  Tlntu  Seedlings,  Peach 
Seedlings.  Kitsphcrrlos,  Blackberries  &  Strawberries. 
Also,  a  ful  l  assortment  of  other  Nursery  articles.  Ad¬ 
dress  HEIKES  NURSERIES  CO.,  Dayton,  Ohio. 


Dflnn  01, HI  T)rr  If  you  arc  a  fool  or  lunatic, 
|  (1  \\  I  II  \  nil  but  If  you  are  sane  and  wish 
x  UIBJ  A  11 D,  UJ  make  monev,  address 
EUREKA  PORTABLM;  TABLE  CO.,  St.  l.OUIB. 

FARM  FOR  SALE 

126  acres  of  choice  land  for  sale  ut  a  bargain.  Said 
farm  is  situated  lu  the  town  of  Loukport,  Niagara 
Co.,  N.  Y,,  2  mites  east  of  the  city.  On  tho  premises 
urea  good,  convenient  house,  two  good  barns  and 
other  outbuildings;  also  an  excellent  orchard  of 
about  160  tree*  In  hearing,  imd  300  more  six  years  old, 
of  desirable  kinds.  For  prices,  terms  or  other  in¬ 
formation,  address  JOB  REYNOLDS,  Maqiiukota, 
Jackson  Co.,  Iowa,  or  Jas.  K.  Sackor.ou  the  premises. 

U  ||  I  A  ||  SELLS  AT  SIGHT. 

IV  I  U  II  IIO  TWO  >IKN'S  WORK. 

No  ,11/ro  or  cw  14  Ungers.— Best  cast 
CllRN  steel. -Last  a  lifetime.  Taken  six 

wnn  premiums.— Every  farmer  wants  It. 

UllOlf  EB  Will  scud,  post-paid,  2  samples  fur 
rUldlvbKa  76  cts.,  or  3  styles  for  #1,  or  I  dozen 
"  for  $i4.  «  (lay  for  Agents. 

CA  BTC  Address  UNION  IIUSKKR  CO.. 
DU  1#  I  5*  1506  Willow  hi.,  Philadelphia,  l;a. 

The  National  Poultry  Powder. 

Tin's  only  powdor  lu  the  world  that,  will  keep  your 
Jawln  always  healthy  and  make  them  lay  winter  und 
summer.  Put  up  in  one  pound  boxes,  with  directions 
for  using,  $1  a  box.  with  a  neat  little  paper  on  poultry. 
Issued  quarterly,  show  I  tig  how  to  make  poultry  profit¬ 
able;  with  a  history  of  the  Westllehl  Poultry  Yard. 
All  to  one  uddross  on  receipt  Of  $1.  D.  B.  CORY,  W. 
P.  V.,  Westfield,  Union  Co.,  N.  J.  Fall  price  list  of 
Fancy  Fowls  Free. 

V  I  E  N  NA 

PREMIUMS. 

THE  WILSON  SHUTTLE 

SEWING  MACHINES 

Received  the  Crand 

PRIZE  MEDAL 

AND  MEDAL  OF  HONOR 

FOR  THE 


THE  BEST  MADE  SEWIHG  MACHINES 

AND  THREE 

€o-Opcmtive  Medals 

FOR 

Tlic  Best  Made  Set  of 
Harness, 

The  Best  Made  Side  Saddle, 
The  Best  Boot  and  Shoe 
Work, 

And  the  Best  Samples  of 
i'lotli  Sewing. 

No  other  Sewing  Machines  received  Prem¬ 
iums  on  their  merits,  which  we  will  prove 
by  evidence  at  our  office,  and  that  all  re¬ 
ports  relating  to  the  contrary  are  false. 

Machines  Sold  on  Easy  Monthly  Payments. 

SALESROOM  s 

707  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK, 

And  all  other  Cities  in  the  United  States. 

DR.  VAN  NORMAN’S 

Classical  Kngllsb,  French  and  German,  Family  and 
Day  School  for  young  ladles  and  children,  71,  73  aud 
76  East 61st  Street, Central  Park.  Nuw  York,  will  com¬ 
mence  Its  seventeenth  yoar  September  25th,  1873.  For 
fuU  information  send  for  catalogue.  Address 

1USV.  D,  C.  VAN  NORMAN.  LL.  D., 

75  Bust  61st  Street. 


went  aw  m*  smi*  puck 


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PERSONAL  ITEMS. 

Miss  Bbaddon’S  now  story  bears  the  title, 
“  Taken  at  the  Flood." 

Mu.  Joseph  Alton  hayed  from  Ireland  for 
this  country  on  Aug.  28. 

The  new  flfty-cent  pieces  bear  the  likeness 
of  tbc  Hon.  Samuel  Dexter. 

Tub  Philadelphia  Press  proposes  a  memorial 
to  the  late  Hon.  W.  M.  Meredith. 

“  AuitOws  at  a  venture”  is  the  title  of  Hoy. 
T.  Do  Witt  Tal matte's  forthcoming  volume. 

Democrats  are  haid  to  be  aiding  G*ai.  But  ler 
in  his  contest  for  tho  Massachusetts  covornor- 
shlp. 

Mrs.  Amt  ah  am  Lincoln  has  been  stopping 
for  several  days  jiast  at  the  Montreal  House,  in 
Montreal. 

Anna  Dickinson  has  ridden  to  tho  top  of 
Pike’s  Peak  on  horseback—  the  II ret.  time  it  was 
ever  done. 

Minister  Jewell  was  tendered  a  compli¬ 
mentary  dinner  at  Vienna  while  on  his  way  to 
St.  Petersburg. 

The  Herman  translation  of  Buckle's  “His¬ 
tory  of  Civilization  in  England”  has  reached  a 
second  edition. 

Maj.-Grn.  Thomas  I,.  Kane  of  Salt  Lake  is 
said  to  be  engaged  in  writing  Clio  biography  of 
Brigham  Young. 

Vanderbilt  controls  2,150  miles  of  railroad, 
representing  $215,000,000  of  securities,  with  a 
gross  Income  of  $40,000,000. 

Hen.  Grant  and  family  will  remain  at  Long 
Branch  until  tho  20th  of  September,  when  tho 
season  will  have  terminated. 

Tint  death  Is  announced  of  M.  Staolin,  one  of 
tho  most  eminent  of  German  historians  and 
chief  librarian  at  Stuttgart. 

Gen.  Sjikiudan  lias  left  Montreal  for  the 
White  Mountains.  Previous  to  Ills  departure 
lie  was  serenaded  at  SI.  Lawrence  Hall. 

Father  Tom  Burke,  the  distinguished  Do¬ 
minican,  is  actively  employed  lecturing  and 
preaching  in  the  churches  of  the  South  of  Ire¬ 
land. 

Bishop  Gilbert  Haven  has  purchased  prop¬ 
erty  in  Atlanta,  and  is  arranging  a  home  for 
himself  in  that  city.  Ho  has  packed  Ills  library 
to  forward  to  his  new  residence. 

Ernst  Hitpfim,  a  Cleveland  boy  employed  in 
an  architect's  office  in  Chicago,  prepared  a  plan 
for  the  now  court,  house  in  tliat  city,  which  was 
accepted  over  fifty-two  others  sent  from  all 
parts  of  the  country  ami  from  Europe.  The 
prize  offered  was  $5, (XX). 

^retb,  giants, 

OF.  Alt  Tit  EE  8  FOR  TIIE  M1LL10N.- 

J  Largest  stock  In  the  West ;  fine  assortment;  extra 
quality;  packed  to  go  safely  any  distance.  Hiuirtius. 
tton  guaranteed.  Prior*  low  by  hundred  or  thousund. 
A  full  assortment  of  otber  trees,  shrubs,  plants,  etc. 
Illustrated  Catalogue  mailed  free  to  applicants. 

It.  G.  HAM  OKII, 

Columbus  Nursery,  CnluuibtiM,  Ohio. 

H/TONARCIH  OF  TIIE  WEST.— The  largest  and 
111  best  blTiiwberry.  Brought  50  eta.  ber  quart  when 
Album's  were  soiling  at  II  rtf.  Catalogues  of  Fruits 
and  Berry  Baskets.  Weis.;  with  Colored  Plate,  26  eta. 
Price  List  free.  VVM.  PAKUV,  Clnnumlnson,  N.  .1. 

WILL  BE  SOLD  AT  LOW  PRICES 

60,0(10  Good  A  ppln,  ,'i  to  S  ft.,  4  years.  20  M-  3  years,  4 
to  8  ft.  50.1X10  I’eai  tl,  I  year  buds,  3K  to  8  ft.  10  M. 
Concord  Crape,  i  and  8  years  old.  Pear,  Apricot, 
Plum  and  IViuiIj  faced,  and  American  Chestnut  seed, 
for  sale  this  tall.  We.  will  exchange  Apple  trees  on 
Pear.  U.  W,  VV1LBHN &UO.,  Buuduravillo,  Adams 
County,  Pa. 

Biirgnln*  In  Nursery  Stock.  Millions  of  Forest 
Tree#  A  Seedlings.  .Millions of  Apple.  Stocks, 
etc.  Haifa  Million  Concord  Grape  Vines.  Cata¬ 
logues  free .  J.  JENKINS,  box  C, Winona, Col, Co.,  O. 

GRAPE  VINES. 

All  leading  varieties.  Extra  quality.  Genuine. 
Cheap.  Piloo  List  free.  T.  8,  Hull  BAUD. 

Fredonia.  N.  Y. 

IMPORTED  DUTCH  BULBS, 

HYACINTHS,  TULIPS,  LILIES, 

NAItOISSUS,  CKOCUb,  ,Vc. 

The  largest  and  most,  complete  collection  of  first- 
class  Bulbs  ever  Imported.  CATALOGUES  for  the 
Autumn  lust  published. 

J.  iM.  THORBURN  »V  CO. 

Seed  Warehouse,  lft  John  ISt.,  New  York. 

LEE'S  SUMMIT  NURSERIES, 

ON  K  MILLION  Apple  Trees,  extra  quality,  with 
u  full  and  couipletc general  stock  of  Fruit  and  Orna¬ 
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for  price  lists, 

P f  Stock  guaranteed  not  damaged  l>y  the  severity 
of  the  past  winter. 

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Nurserymen,  Dealers  and  Others 

Wanting  first-class  Apple  Trees,  in  large  or  small 
quantity  can  be  supplied  at  very  reasonable  figures, 
Will  exchange  a  limited  number  for  land  or  for  tUun- 
Uard  Pear  Trees.  Call  on  or  address 

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(I)  Descriptive;  u’l  W holesnle:  (3)  Bulb;  1 1 1  Print  and 
Flower  Plates.  Immense  stock  and  low  prices.  Ad¬ 
dress  F.  K.  PHOENIX,  Bloomington  Nursery,  Ul. 

1  tWWl  aatl  FRUIT  AND  OBNA. 

J  ,UIMI,WUU  nienlfl  Trees.—  A  general  line 
of  Nursery  stock  at  low  prices.  Pear  Trees  a  special¬ 
ty.  Write  for  wholesale  or  retail  Price  Lint*.  Agents 
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1  vol.  12mo.  CtXJ  pages.  $2. 

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reader  a  spell  which  benumbs  Ills  critical  rmultles 
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will  of  tin*  magician-author  ..  Tbc  book  will  ho 
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THE  PERFECT  HORSE. 

How  to  Know  Him.  How  to  Train  Him. 
How  to  Breed  Him.  How  to  Mboe 
Illni.  How  to  Drive  niin. 

By  William  1I.  H.  Murray,  author  of  “Adiron¬ 
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Practical  Shepherd 

A  COMPLETE  TREATISE 

ON  THE  BREEDING,  MANAGEMENT 
AND  DISEASES  OF  SHEEP. 

This  Work,  by  the  Hon.  Uknut  B.  KAndall, 
LL.  D.,  (author  of  **  Bheep  Husbandry  In  the  South," 
“Fine  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry,"  &c„)  Is  the  Buiiid* 
ard  Authority  on  Die  Subject.  U  is  the  most  com¬ 
plete  and  reliable  Treatise  on  American  Sheep  Tina- 
Datidry  evnr  published,  and  (as  Jthe  New  Knglund 
Farmer  gays)  “  should  be  in  the  hand  and  head  of 
every  person  Owning  sheep.” 

Tho  Practical  Bitbpiierd  contains  452  pages,  and 
Is  illustrated,  printed  and  bound  In  superior  stylo. 
Twenty-seventh  Kdltlon  now  ready.  Sent  by  mall, 
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THE 


A  Work  on  the  Breeding,  Rear¬ 
ing,  Care  and  Ceneral  Man¬ 
age  m  e  rvt_of_P  o  u  1 1  ry . 

BY  WILLIAM  I«.  LEWIS. 

Tuts  Is  one  of  the  finest  gotten-uu  works  on  the 
subject  on  which  it  treats,  tor  it#  size  and  price  of 
any  publication  of  the  kind  In  Gils  country.  It  ir 
nuely  and  profusely  Illustrated,  unci  printed  and 
bound  in  extra' style.  Contains  224  large  octavo 
pages.  Bout,  by  mall,  post-paid,  lor  $1.50.  Address 
D-  D,  T,  DLOOKF.  PiibllMhev, 

5  BeeUmnn  8t.,  New  York. 


TO  AGE  MTS. 

There  I*  no  Hold  of  labor  that  offers  greater  r„ 
numeration  than  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knii't 
Machine,  and  there  |*nu  machine  that' VumIi.AIS 
one-half  the  qualUlie*  which  are  so  absoim^tv 
nones  nary  for  tiuuliy  use  as  tho 

Bickford's  Improved, 


Its  tilmplloltv  and  ensepf  management,  togm a,, - 
with  it*  eapaefty  for  doing  the  great  range  id  ■*  .,rk 
unil  its  trilling  oost,  makes  It  a  matter  of  oc,,t 
for  evnry  ramlly  bo  have  one.  and  will  ultinmtelv 
bring  It  latfi  us  genera)  use  as  tlio  Sewing  Ms.  i.lrio 
llie  priietleal  ntllliy  of  the  machine  only  t.i 
be  demonstrated  to  thn  people  to  produce  an  un 
limlte.i  demand. 

Many  Hewing  Machine  Agents,  finding  the  in 
crease  Of  competition  and  the  illtlicmlty  ul  ,,,|i|n,, 
iilgll-pGcetl  machines  to  militate  against  a  ii. ,tlr 
ishlug  business,  arc  taking  hold  of  tho 


BICKFORD 


EVKBY  mm  MACHINE  IIODULO  IS  VALUE 

BY 

PALMER’S 

COMBINATION  ATTACHMENT 

Fon  /,/,  hh  iu/.v«  macuij\'Eh, 

The.  perfection  of  making  and  arranging 
every  style  of  I  Jr  ess  Trimming  with  as 
much  ease  and  simplicity  ns  run¬ 
ning  up  an  ordinary  seam,  icith 
some  new  and  entirety  Orig- 
i nal  A  ecu  n  tplish  me  n  Is. 

AND  ALL  WITHOUT  BASTING, 

1. — It  prepares  the  Milliners'  Fold  bettor  than  can 

be  dona  by  hand. 

2. — It  prepare*  Mllllnera*  Fold  with  different 

colorsand  pleeesof  goodsat  one  operation. 
2.  it  prepares  and  pliiet-s  it  fold  in  any  nciiiii 
perfectly,  without  basting. 

1.— It  prepares  nnd  puts  n  iloniilrr  or  tilugle  fold 
on  the  edge  of  it  Irnud. 

5.—  It  eor.ls  bios  blinds. 

li.— It  prei.areg  and  applies  a  double  French  hem 

li  riisit. 

7. — It  prepares  a  cord  welt  perfectly. 

8. — It  prepare*  and  planes  a  cord  welt  in  any 

scam  without  basting. 

0. — It  pretiaros  a  cord  welt,  at  the  game  time  gath¬ 
er  f  ug  and  pin  clog  l  be  well  i  n  the  g:n  lier- 
lug  sciioi.  sewlbt  R  inn  plain  liaud,  if  de¬ 
sired,  at  one  opcrniion. 

10. — It  does  plain  gal  bcrlng, 

11. — It  gntlirrs  and  setts  on  at  Ihe  same  time, 

better  than  any  other  gatherer. 

12. — It.  Items  all  goods,  bias  or  straight. 

13. — It  binds  with  braid. 

II.— It  binds  with  rut  binding. 

15.— It  sett «  any  nuum  without  basting. 


The  arrangement  Is  very  novel,  ami  it  Is  one  of  the 
si  molest  Attachments  In  uso;  Indispensable  In  Its 
utility,  doubling  tho  value  of  any  ih  wiug  Machine. 

In  ordering,  state  kind  of  Sewing  Machine. 

Frloe.  811,  with  full  Uistruotious  lor  Its  use  mailed 
post  free.  Address 

PALMER  MANUFACTURING  00, 

S17  Broadway,  New  York. 

An  opportunity  cldom  offered  to  Agents  of  both 
sexes,  which  are  wanted,  everywhere,  immediately. 


BRADLEY'S 

AMERICAN  HARVESTER. 

Wo  warrant  It  to  cut  any  grain  that  grows,  nnd  in 
any  condition. 

It  will  do  bettor  work,  is  more  durable,  and  is  In 
every  respect  superior  to  our  former  manufacture  of 
the  celebrated 

Joli  ii  ston’d  “  Sweepstakes  ”  Reaper. 

Don't  buy  any  other  until  you  have  seen  It. 

0 IT  Kor  particular*,  address  _ 

BRADLEY  MAN  K  U  00,  Hyracuse,  N.  Y. 

ROBERT  BATON, 

a«  ouovi:  st.,  xuw  vonK, 

_  Has  the  largest 

anil  host  assort- 

j  School 

Furniture 

I  W2~:  SUNDAY 

-  SCHOOL 

SETTEES 

IJNT  AMERICA. 

S3T-  Catalogue  sent  on  application  with  stamp. 


and  meeting  with  tho  greatest  siu'cr-s,  su>r- 
cbutit*.  finding  In  Dana  Bickford's  Inventlmi  a 
Cheap,  simple  and  practical  Knitting  Mad, me 
find  it  pr.ifllable  to  iiurebaze  and  keep  on  salo’ 
The  almost  eiillm  ubsence  of  competition  does 
not  require  the  “ eternal  vigilance T|  to  soil  tins 
inaehluo  us  In  the  rase  of  sewing  machines. 

Agents  \\  niijcd  Kvcrysvhrrt*.  Goud, Smart 
Men  can  make  MJO  PKR  tVhKK  AM)  KXr-:\s  - 
fiend  for  Instruction*  nnd  Circulars.  I  Vic,  t;;;) 
to  $50. 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  DH'KFORD,  President. 
Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y 


Manufactured  by  D.  H.  W HI TT E MO R E,  Worcester, 
Mass.  Hold  by  Dealer*. 

"  Tn  nothing  has  there  been  such  astonishing  per¬ 
fection  attained  a*  In  the  manufacture  of  these  ma¬ 
chine*  that  by  four  turn*  of  the  crank  the  apple  Is 
pared,  cored  and  sliced,  ready  for  the  pie  mist  or  the 
stew  pan."— Hock  Ixlmni  .try ns.  **  The  very  host,  ma¬ 
chine  for  apple  carers  I  over  saw."-  Harare  ,A 
The  Peach  Stoner  and  Halver  works  splendidly  on 
"clingstone"  nnd  all  kind*  of  pouches.  Tuke./liut 
one  blow  of  the  hand  ton  pencil.  All  kind*  of  the 
machines  represented  In  the  cut  ore  warruntod  satis¬ 
factory. 

ATTENTION, OWNERS  OF  HORSES! 

fy,  THE  7, INF  COLLAR 

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x,  >>-  //  the  mane.  For  tale  by  Sad- 

dlery  Hardware  Dealer*;  ml 
Harness  Makers.  Mumilac- 
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rro  ENGRAVERS.  PRINTERS,  .  Lm 

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GROUND  BONE, 

BONE  MEAL, 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Fresh  Bono  Superpliosphine  oi  Lime,  or 
Dissolved  Bone.  Send  for  Circular. 

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$100  One  Hundred  Dollars,  $100 

For  new  5-ootave,  double  reed,  8  stops,  beautifully 
paneled,  warranted  Organs,  for  Church,  Chapel 
and  Parlor. 

Tliu  best  Organ*  In  tho  world  for  the  price,  and  we 
guarantee  them  equal  to  any  Instrument  retailing  at 
dotihlu  tho  amount.  WM.  A.  I'OND  A  CO., 
No,  647  Broad  way,  New  York. 


DUNHAM  &  SONS, 

(Established  in  1834,) 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

PSANO  - FORTES. 

A  CARD  TO  THE  PUBLIC: 

Partied  d wiring  to  purchase  would  And  il  to 
their  advantage,  before  deciding,  to  examine, 
at  our  KLeganl  IVa/rcrooms ,  or  at  tho  dealers 
throughout  the  country,  the  Piano-Fortes  m:in- 
ufactured  by  us,  with  our  Patent  Hytlro-i  ar- 
honated  Sounding  Hoard ,  which,  for  durability 
and  superiority  of  tone,  renders  them  unsiir- 
paasod.  Every  Iiistrutuont  fully  warranted.  Il¬ 
lustrated  circulars  and  prices  sent,  on  applica¬ 
tion. 

Warerooms,  18  East  14th  St., 

NEW  YORE. 


Toil  ask  WT1Y  we  run  edl 
Fk Firn.  Clast  7  Octavo  Pianos  for 
,  i*-" *-  i  S200?  we  answer— It  cost* 

i  ban  $300  to  make  any 
t jjgp.f 8600  Fiuno  *olil  Uirou;* 
FT  W  Ak^mU,  n]4  vfwli'.  iu  nrak  IOO 

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Jj  I  I  V,  f  Ml  AKunls.  bid  ship  direct  i"  Lmi- 

V  •  U,  <?  lies  id  Fftclrtfy  rul  ’o.  and  Win  rm.t 

6  Year*.  Send  fur  lltuslniicd  filrcumr.  In  which  we  'Her 
to  over  500  Bankers,  MerclianU,  So:.  f*nrao  nf  whom 
you  may  know,  u-lug  cur  Plane*.  In  44  Slate*  ana 
Territories.  Please  slate  wbercyau  oavtl  l-  tinUo  - 

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•  BL.OO  M  of  YO  UTH 

fi  EAUTI-FI  ES  THE  COMPLEXION 


iVU.oceUiuicou,* 


Now  llamsphire  has  two  Granges. 

—  Lotteries  are  to  bo  abolished  In  Nebraska. 

Grapes  are  20  cents  a  pound  at  Burlington, 
Iowa. 

—  A  Texas  cattle  raiser  lias  a  pasture  of  100,- 
000  acres. 

—  The  beer  question  la  agitating  Massachu¬ 
setts  polities. 

—  A  bridge  is  to  be  built  over  the  Missouri  at 
Atchison,  Kansas. 

—  Seven  newspapers  In  New  England  are  more 
than  a  century  old. 

The  women  of  Now  Hampshire  have  held  a 
suffrage  convention. 

Boston  has  a  copper  tea  kettle  largo  enough 
for  six  boys  to  get  into. 

-Loud,  i  u  consumes  109, 000, 000  gallons  oT  water 
daily,  and  Paris  70,000,000. 

The  Mexican  Government  Is  arranging  to 
scrul  0,000  troops  to  the  Bio  Grande. 

The  drouth  has  nearly  ruined  tho  corn  in 
Pope  and  Gallatin  count  lea,  Illinois. 

-  A  Washington  court  decided  that  a  barking 
dog  was  a  twenty-five  dollar  nuisance. 

-  Signal  stations  are  to  bn  established  on  Kll- 
lington  Peak  and  Mount  Mansfield,  Vfc. 

A  pin  manufacturer  in  Connecticut  la  said 
to  have  made,  this  last  year,  over  $100,000. 

The  statement  that  Governor  Dlx  has  boon 
petitioned  to  pardon  Walworth  Is  denied. 

—  There  is  yet  remaining  808  feet,  of  rode  to 
lie  excavated  in  the  Hoosac  Tunnel,  Mass. 

—  A  Davenport  girl  claims  that  she  can  count 
•iUO  dozen  eggs  per  hour,  and  not  break  one. 

A  Memphis  man,  23  years  old,  la  six  Inches 
shorter  than  Tom  Thumb,  and  he  is  proud  of  it! 

—  The  Registered  better  Department  earned 
thoGovornm  uxt  $85,000  not  profit  tJmpust  year. 

iloii  picking  has  commenced  earlier  than 
usual  at  Fox  Lake,  Win.,  on  account  of  the  lieu. 

—  The  new  stock  yards  at  Riust  St.  Louis  will 
not  lie  opened  before  the  middle  of  September. 

The  now  hospital  building  at  Now  Haven, 

( (inn.,  cost  $84,000,  and  will  accommodate  114 
patients. 

The  statement  Is  made  that  three  hundred 
liquor  shops  in  Portland  have  United  States 

licenses. 

—  The  Virginia  Baptists  aro  still  at  work  at 
their  memorial  fund,  as  tho  $300,000  was  not 
quite  made  up. 

■  it  Is  proposed  to  construct  an  aquarium  in 
tho  Champs  Klyso.cs,  Paris,  to  rival  those  of 
Brighton,  Sydenham,  Hamburg  and  Berlin. 


\\r  S.\  I  XT'S  PEA  It  LAS  El  PASTK-For  pro- 
>  t  »  during  whiskers,  Mastaelitofl,  Eyebrows  and 
llulr  on  any  part  of  the  body.  We  guarantee  in  n 
few  weeks  that  a  bald  head  may  possess  it  thick  cov¬ 
ering  Of  long  irud  natural  tnilr,  by  (bo  aid  of  tho 
above  preparation.  All  desiring  the  above,  should 
wend  one  stamp  to  VV.  SAINT. 

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Cases  of  Longest  standing,  by  using  lilt.  HUB- 
H  AUII’N  CURIO.  A  trial  bottle  sent  free  tonll  udvess- 
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SUBSCRIPTION  TO  THE  STOCK 

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UNION  TRUST  CO . 

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heavy  on  tho  smoothest  face  (without  injury)  in  21 
days,  or  money  refunded.  2.'i  cts.  a  package,  post¬ 
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..Third  Av.  and  Twenty-lil'rli  St, 

. Third  Av.  and  One  Hundred  and  Twrnt.v-flll h  St. 

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Thin  delightful  aiut  inmule-s  toilet  prepa¬ 
ration  i-i  undoubtedly  tho  bent  in  the  world 
for  preserving  the  Skin  and  Beautifying1  the 
Complexion.  It  will  remove  Tan,  FreoklCB, 
and  all  diseolratioim  from  the  skin,  leaving  it 
beautifully  white,  soft,  smooth  and  clear. 
SOLD  BY  ALL  DRUOGISTS  AND  FANCY 
GOODS  DEALERS. 


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All  payments  must  bo  made  by  cheek  payable  to  the  order  of  tho  UNION  TRUST  COMPANY,  73 
Broadway.  Tito  moneys  arising  from  tho  sale  of  tho  stock  hereby  sold  aro  paid  Into  tho  Union  Trust 
Company,  and  cannot  bo  paid  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchers  showing  that  tho  money  has 
boon  actually  and  honestly  oxpumlod  in  the  erection  of  tho  Industrial  Exhibition  Building  or  in  acquir¬ 
ing  title  to  land, 

The  land  of  the  Company  Is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  as  follows : — «»*St  It  to  103d  Streets 
and  3d  to  4tli  Avonuosj  Comprising  855  21-25  city  lots,  or  about  23  acres. 


B  tolls  n |  tho  *•  Inner  r. OV,"  wntnkra,  Plitrvdlt,  myottalot.  Moral 
A.  ,oftho(’,i|.:t.il,  "A.  u  Woman  Secs  Them.”  It 
,»  urlu.ii  ly  ofirjtotriuij  will,  v  r.  vital  uxu,  homer,  lint  lira  fvit,  t 
g"«xl  111  loj  .for  Hi  I,  ltlHln.b»xioii.,(hlc  u,  «v,i,y  wide  twaU4  perron, 
— mnn,  wnrnon,  or  child— I*  papular  ri’iryxiUirr,  wibi  wrrtAody, 
mill  i<  *-) lliili  >,>r  and  wtd.i  Ayr an.lt.  II O  KilyrnvPlL'.,  Steel 
pnrtniili)/  HidhSr.  AymUt  g„n’(  mitt  (hit  i>/,anar.  Moony  fur 
A  oil  In  till.  work.  Teem  lllg:  rnriirntarly  to  .t.iUtrt  of 
I/,,-  Itural  ,V.,„  i'.vlur.in  rvtriy  flSgafWcu-ni  Aip'iiH  N.  I!.') 
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hive  per  cent,  ut  time  of  subscribing,  and  tho  balance  In  Installments,  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent 
at  any  ouo  installment. 

■there  can  bo  no  safer  investment  than  tills.  It  is  a  homo  Investment.  It  Is  tho  ownership  of  land 
on  Now  York  Island  and  tho  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  tho  sumo. 

In  accordance  with  tho  charter  and  by  n  resolution  of  tho  Board  of  Directors  of  tho  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  duly  21tli,  1872,  tho  following  mo...  I, ei-shlp*  have  boon  created  and  are 
Offered  for  sale : 

At  the  above-named  places  and  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  the  United  Htnt.es. 

J  be  proper  holder  of  any  of  thoso  Is  entitled  to  free  admission  to  tho  Industrial  Exhibition,  tho 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  tho  Garden  of  Plants  during  tho  time  It  is  open,  anti  limited 
only  by  the  duration  of  tho  mmnborshlp. 

l  heaa  memberships  do  not  entitle  tho  holder  to  admission  to  special  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  tho  Exhibition  Company. 


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A  Complete  Treatise  on  Dairy  Fnrius 
and  Paiming, 

Dairy  Stock  and  stock  Feeding, 
JMHk,  its  Management  and  Manu¬ 
facture  into  Rutter  and  Cheese, 

Ilintory  and  Mode  of  Orgaiilzatlon  of 
Rutter  and  Cheese  Factories, 

Dairy  (J tonsils,  Ete.,  Ete. 


Ag’ts  In  their  spare  moments. 

tv  articles.  Hoed  2So.  for  sam. 


j)lu.  Catalogue  free.  Tim.  .Vo r,  by  < V.C,' Midway,  nVy' 

A  UTK'I?-  WahuFngton,  oi^ 

s|bl.  and  IN.-1DI.;  Mere  yon  have  a  Comi'lete 
ih.iU.ru  o  our  National  Capital.  It*  origin,  growth 
excellencies,  corruptions,  uvuunos  and  personages 
arc  all  portrayed  in  lh.it  graphic  style  which  has 
phieitd  inbuilt  tier,  Mt'ii.  AM  TuWMAf..\D,  among  tho 
very  nrst  of  w  .■  siting  ton  cOWcsponclenU.  "  Pilot  is 
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Price,  $20. 


I  Husbandry  K,  lit  nr  of  Moore's  Rural  Nrw 
orker ,  lecturer  in  Cornell  University,  Maine 
Agricultural  College,  Ktc..  tile. 


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which  describes  the  recant  great  Improvements  in 
the  Dairy  Business.  It  is  highly  commended  by  lund- 
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must  speedily  become  (In  /act  is  already)  the  stand, 
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gaged  In  any  branch  of  dairy  basin  two.  or  who  keeps 
a  single  cow,  to  obtain  and  study  this  work. 

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the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  thorn 
by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

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Company. 

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On  Manhood,  Womanhood  and  their  Mutual 
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Agents  arc  nulling  from  30  to  30  Copies  of  this 
work  a  I  ay,  and  wc  semi  a  cnnvunslng  hook  fro«  to 
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ijur  **■»“*  Reliable  .Hups  and  oar  l*«u»n- 

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“Josiah  Allen’s  Wife” 

HAS  WROTE  A  BOOK, 

in  spite  of  JobIuIi’k  determination  not  to  spend  n  cent 
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amount  of  their  SJKVI5N  PICK  CICNT.  GOLD  BONDS,  secured  by  mortgage  Jieus  on  the 
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payable  In  gold  coin,  in  Now  York  City,  principal  and  Interest;  interest  January  and  July. 

Wo  also  have  n  small  amount  of  the  OLD  NIX  PEH  C1JNX.  (>OLD  ONDS  OF 


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inviting  country,  nor  one  which  offers  greater  induce¬ 
ments,  with  fewer  objections  to  settlement,  than 
these  lauds  of  the  A.  T.  A  8.  F.  R.  B.’’— Extract  lie- 
pur  t  uf  Henry  Stewart,  AgrlXtdtivral  Editor  American 
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Public  iJbrury  of  Kentucky,  will  take  place  in  Pub¬ 
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WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  3,  1873. 
Only  Sixty  Thousand  tickets  will  ho  sold.  The 
tickets  are  divided  into  ten  coupons  or  parts. 

At  this  Concert,  which  will  be  the  grandest  musical 
display  ever  witnessed  in  this  country,  the  unprece¬ 
dented  sum  of 


Portable,  Stationary 
Mini  Agricultural. 

Hundreds  in  use  In  Shops, 
Printing  Rooms,  Mills,  Mines, 
mid  on  Farms  unci  Plants- 
tions, 


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divided  into  12.000  cash  gifts,  will  be  distributed  by 
lot  among  the  ticket-holders. 

LIST  OF  GIFTS  : 

ONK  GRAND  CASH  GIFT . 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT . 

ONH  GRAND  CASH  GIFT  . 

ONK  GRAND  CASn  GIFT . 

ONK  GRAND  CASH  GIFT . 

10  CASH  GIFTS  $10,000  each . 

;»  CASH  GIFTS  6,000  . . 

ISO  CASH  GIFTS  1,000  each . 

«o  cash  gifts  soo  each . 

100  CASH  GIFTS  40Q  each . 

150  CASH  GIFTS  800  each . 

260  CASH  GIFTS  200  each . 

X15  CASH  GIFTS  100  each . 

11,000  CASH  GIFTS  50  each . 

TOTAL,  12,001  GIFTS,  ALL  CASH, 
amounting  to . I 

The  distribution  will  be  positive,  whether  all  the 
tickets  are  sold  or  not,  and  the  12,000  gifts  all  paid  in 
proportion  to  the  tickets  sold. 

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Tickets  for  $10,000.  No  discount  on  less  than  $500 
worth  of  Tickets  at,  a  time. 

Full  particulars  may  be  learned  from  circulars, 
which  will  be  sent  free  from  this  office  to  all  who  ap¬ 
ply  for  them. 

Tickets  now  ready  for  sale,  ami  all  orders  accom¬ 
panied  by  the  money  promptly  ailed.  Liberal  terms 
given  to  those  who  buy  to  sell  again. 

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VO  it.  XXVIII.  No.  1 
WHOLE  No.  1*34 


NEW  YORK,  .AND  ROCHESTER,  N.  Y,  SEPT.  20,  1873 


(  PRICE  SIX  TENTH 
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markable  for  the  extraordinary  length  of  its 
legs.  These  seem  rather  awkward  and  incon¬ 
venient,  when  on  dry'  land  ;  hut  its  move¬ 
ments  are  not  ungraceful  when  seen  wading 
in  the  shallow  water  of  a  lagoon,  and  busily 
collecting  the  insects  on  which  it  feeds. 
There  is  a  black-winged  species  of  this  bird, 
which  nas  been  found  in  Britain,  but  this  is 
extremely  rare. 


tho  water  in  a,  crock  ;  and  the  bird,  having 
an  eye  to  the  business  in  hand,  did  not  see 
me  (1  was  about  fifteen  foot  oil');  it  presently 
dived  into  the  water  and  returned  to  its  perch 
with  a  fish  in  its  bill,  about  tho  above  stated 
length.  The  bird  then  began  to  beat  the 
head  of  the  fish  against  the  limb  on  which  it, 
was  standing.  After  a  few  heats  it  would 
stop  to  see  if  the  fish  was  dead  ;  this  was 
done  three  limes,  when  the  head  of  the  fish 
was  bleeding.  It  was  dead,  and  was  then 
swallowed.  The  kingfisher  may  swallow  the 


AMERICAN  DARTER  AND  STILT  PLOVER 


\Yr  herewith  illustatcthe  American  Darter 
(Plutm  anhinya)  the  very  long-necked  birds 
seen  in  the  picture  in  two  different  attitudes. 
It  abounds  on  the  wooded  banks  of  the 
river  Esscquibo,  in  Guiana,  but  is  found  also 
in  India,  Africa  and  other  parts  of  the  world. 
Sitting  on  the  bough  of  a  tree  overhanging 
the  river,  and  hiding  itself  where  it  can 
amidst  the  foliage,  it  waits  tho  opportunity 
of  prey  to  drop  headforemost  into  the 
stream,  diving  to  a  great  depth,  and  seizes 
tho  fish  with  its  long,  sharp  mandibles — all 
this  being  done  in  silence,  and  with  little  dis¬ 
turbance  of  the  water. 

The  smaller  bird,  shown  in  the  foreground 
of  our  engraving,  is  the  American  Stilt  Plo¬ 
ver  (Hirn'intopiis  nigricollis),  which  is  re¬ 


KINGFISHERS  AND  FISH 


D.  D.  S.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  writes  to  the 
Scientific  American  : — “Mr.  Darwin  in  his 
last  book  states  that  the  kingfisher  always 
kills  the  fish  be  fore  swallowing  it.  Dr.  Cuas, 
A.  Abbott  of  Trenton,  N.  J.,  states  that  the 
fish  is  swallowed  without  killing,  and  often 
while  the  bird  is  on  the  wing.  So  far  us  my 
observation  goes,  when  a  fish  is  large,  or 
about  two  and  a  half  inches  long,  it  is  killed 
before  being  swallowed.  I  onee  saw  a  king¬ 
fisher  light  on  a  limb  close  to  the  surface  of 


CANNING  GOPHERS 


A  c  orrespondent  of  the  Pacific  Rural 
Press,  fells  how  ho  canned  gophers  that  were 
destroying  his  garden  truck,  tho  first  of  June, 
as  follows  : — T  did  it  vcrysncccssfiilly  by  cut¬ 
ting  a  smooth  ditch  arqdnd  the  tract,  of  the 
width  and  depth  of  /iie  blade  of  a  spade, 
and  at  intervals  of  fifty  yards  or  more,  sunk 


A'<VvHA,i' 

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OOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


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MARKETING  MILK  IN  TEXAS. 

X.  A.  Willard,  A.  M.  I  am  engaged  in 
shipping  milk  at  a  place  called  Dickinson, 
and  1  aru  unable  to  do  so  without  a  large 
percentage  of  my  milk  souring.  Knowing 
your  large  experience  and  knowledge  in 
these  matters,  I  am  induced  to  ask  of  you 
such  advice  as  you  think  for  my  good.  1 
ship  in  the  ordinary  can  used  fortius  purpose. 
Can  you  suggest  any  improved  can,  ana  can 
you  recommend  any  patent  for  cooling  milk  '< 
Tlie  distance  is  t  wenty  miles  by  railroad;  it 
take*  one  hour's  time. 

I  am  now  trying  the  passing  of  cool  air 
from  an  ice  chest  with  u  force  pump — passing 
the  air  through  the  milk  from  the  bottom  of 
the  can  in  very  small  holes,  like  the  nose  of  a 
sprinkling  pot.  1  usually  ship  from  ten  to 
fifteen  gallons  in  a  can.  1  was  born  in  Oneida 
Co,,  near  Rome,  and  have  lived  in  Lewis  Co., 
following  the  dairy  business. — H.  H,  Smith, 
Dickinxon,  Gulvcston  Co,,  Texan. 

Our  recent  visit  to  Texas  has  given  us  a 
realizing  sense  of  the  climate  and  the  diffi¬ 
culties  which  milkmen  must  necessarily  have 
in  getting  milk  to  market  sweet  and  sound 
during  hot  weather.  All  perishable  pro¬ 
ducts,  and  especially  such  products  as  milk 
and  butter,  which  are  so  readily  affected  in¬ 
juriously  on  account  of  heat,  should  be 
shipped  to  market  in  refrigerating  ears.  But 
we  presume  they  are  not  in  general  use,  and 
for  short  distances  might  prove  too  expen¬ 
sive.  The  milk,  on  being  drawn  from  the 
cow,  should  be  immediately  cooled  and 
aerated.  The  usual  plau  at  the  North  is  to 
divide  the  milk  into  small  parcels — say  from 
eight  to  twelve  quarts— using  long  tin  cans  or 
pails,  which  are  plunged  in  pools  of  water  at 
low  temperature,  and  where  there  is  a  con¬ 
stant  flow  of  spring  water  to  and  from  the 
pool.  In  tins  way  the  milk  is  cooled  to  from 
58°  to  00*  within  one  hour  after  it  is  drawn 
from  the  cow.  If  the  temperature  of  the 
water  is  too  high  to  accomplish  this,  ice  can 
be*broken  up  and  used  in  the  pool  with  the 
water,  on  the  Swedish  plan.  There  are  quite 
a  number  of  devices  for  cooling  milk  with¬ 
out  resorting  to  the  pool  plan,  ami  some  of 
them  are  very  good,  One  of  the  best  is  an 
English  invention,  which  wc  figured  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  of  January  4th,  the 
present  year.  It  consists  simply  in  two  cor¬ 
rugated  plates  of  metal  set.  close  together 
and  between  which  a  thin  stream  of  water  is 
made  to  pass.  The  milk,  as  it  is  drawn  from 
the  cow,  goes  into  a  receiver  and  is  distribu¬ 
ted  over  the  corrugated  surface  on  the  out¬ 
side,  thus  being  exposed  to  the  air  and  at  the 
same  time  cooled  by  the  water  flowing  be¬ 
tween  the  corrugated  sheets  of  metal.  It  is 
a  machine  quite  fiye  from  complication,  and 
not  expensive.  It  cools  the  milk  rapidly  to 
near  the  temperature  of  the  water  used,  and 
is  highly  approved  by  those  who  have  made 
a  practical  test  of  it  for  the  purpose  named. 
The  mode  of  cooling  may  be  varied  to  suit 
the  circumstances  and  convenience  of  our 
correspondent ;  but  what  we  wish  particu¬ 
larly  to  impress  upon  his  attention  is  the  im¬ 
perative  necessity  of  reducing  the  tempera¬ 
ture  of  the  milk,  as  soon  as  drawn  from  the 
cow,  to  about  58"  or  (10 J. 

Milk  decomposes  very  rapidly  in  hot 
weather  when  left  fit  the  temperature  it 
comes  from  the  COW,  and  especially  is  this 
the  case  when  it  is  massed  together  in  con¬ 
siderable  quantities.  The  device  referred  to 
for  aerating  the  milk  by  forcing  through  it 
air  which  has  been  cooled  by  passing  among 
particles  of  ice,  will  doubtless  be  found  ser¬ 
viceable.  Some  of  the  machines  for  this 
purpose  are  well  adapted  for  aerating  and 
cooling  milk,  and  have  been  found  efficient. 
In  regard  to  the  shipping  cans,  we  should 
say  that  they  are  too  large,  and  that  the  milk 
would  be  likely  to  keep  sound  better  in 
smaller  parcels,  We  should  prefer  euns  of 
only  half  the  capacity  of  those  named  ;  and 
if  they  were  encased  in  coarse  sacking  which 
is  made  thoroughly  wet  when  the  cans  are- 
started  for  market,  the  evaporation  would 
operate  to  keep  the  milk  cool  during  its  tran¬ 
sit.  Some  of  our  Northern  milkmen  ship 
their  milk  to  market  in  cans  holding  twelve 
to  fifteen  quarts,  and  they  urge  that  it  goes 
to  market  iu  better  condition  than  when 
massed  iu  larger  parcels. 

Our  correspondent  being  an  “old  dairy¬ 
man,’'  need  not  be  told  that  all  the  cans  and 
dairy  utensils  should  be  kept  scrupulously 
clean,  and  treated  daily  with  boiling  water 
aud  then  freely  exposed  to  the  rays  of  the  sun. 

The  difficulty  iu  keeping  milk  sweet  may 
possibly  come  from  the  cows  drinking  bad 
water  or  from  traveling  long  distances  in  hot 
weather  in  search  of  water  and  feed  ;  but  as 
nothing  was  said  on  this  head  by  our  corre¬ 
spondent,  we  have  presumed  the  trouble 
complained  of  has  another  source. 


.  SHAEP  CHEESE. 

Hon.  X.  A.  Wilt. Aim  : — I  have  been  mak¬ 
ing  cheese  up  here  in  the  mountains  for  four 
years  past,  and  yet  am  completely  puzzled 
on  one  point,  and  now  solicit  your  opinion  as 
to  the  cause  of  my  cheese  ripening  so  rapidly 
and  being  so  sharp.  I  suppose  your  first 
thought  will  be  “  Too  much  rennet.”  I  une 
less  than  I  should  in  New  York,  and  salt  2% 
pounds  to  the  100  pounds  curd.  And  now 
about  the  dry-house  ; —  Its  walls  are  solid 
wood,  one  foot  thick  (hewn  logs);  outside, 
mercury  rarely  reaches  82®,  and  1  have  hm 
little  trouble  in  keeping  it  at  7)1'  inside. 
About  t.he  milk  : — lam  sure  it  contains  much 
more  butter  but  no  more  caseine  than  milk 
made  on  the  cold,  clay  lands  of  the  North. 
Would  t  his  account  for  its  ripening  so  rapidly 
and  its  sharpness  ?  It  is  the  opinion  of  other 
Northern  cheese  makers  who  have  worked 
here  that  our  cheese  i«  as  ripe  at » wenty  days 
as  New  York  cheese  is  at  thirty. 

I  suppose  that  I  should  continue  making 
just  the  same  style  of  cheese  if  I  should  find 
it  possible  to  make  a  mild  one  here ;  for  it 
suits  a.  larger  part  of  my  customers  and 
readily  sells  at  18  cents  per  pound  for  40 
pound’s  and  above  that  weight,  and  20  cents 
for  cheese  weighing  10  to  40  pound-,  and  85 
cents  for  5  pounds  size.  As  a  condiment  to 
be  eaten  wit  h  desert,  it  is  just  the  thing;  but 
for  the  peasant  to  eat  with  his  bread,  it’s  too 
sharp  and  very  fat.  — W.  S.  CORNELL,  Title 

Mountain  Cheese  Factory,  Neur  AsheviUe, 
North  Carolina. 

Cheese  made  from  very  rich  milk  will 
come  to  maturity,  or  ripen,  quicker  at  the 
temperature  named  than  cheese  made  from 
milk  poor  in  cream.  Skimmed-milk  cheese 
requires  a  higher  temperature  for  curing 
than  whole-milk  cheese.  If  the  temperature 
of  our  correspondent's  curing- room  is  kept  at 
about  70'  to  72'  ,  it  is,  we  should  say,  pretty 
near  the  mark  for  giving  fine  flavor,  so  far  as 
the  curing  process  is  concerned.  Perhaps 
the  trouble  complained  of  arises  from  work¬ 
ing  the  milk  too  sweet — that  is  to  say,  in  not 
allowing  the  acid  to  develop  sufficiently  in 
the  whey  or  curds.  Where,  the  whey  is 
drawn  early  and  the  curds  go  to  press  rather 
sweet,  thy  cheese  will  be  likely  to  mature 
early  and  be  sharp  as  it  grows  old,  and  in 
the  absence  of  any  fuller  description  of  the 
process  of  manufacture  thpn  that  given,  we 
should  say  that  the  cause  of  the  trouble  may 
be  referred  to  this  print. 

The  milk  produced  from  cows  pastured  on 
diffiorent  kinds  of  soil  often  requires  dilfcrent 
handling  in  order  to  im-ke  flue  cheese,  and 
the  process  must  be  lengthened  or  shortened 
to  meet  the  conditions  of  nfilk.  If  cur  cor¬ 
respondent  w  ill  try  the  Cheddar  proce  ss,  aud 
measure  the  acidity  of  his  cui  Is  by  the  hot 
iron  test,  we  are  of  the  opinion  JlN  cheese 
will  be  longer  in  curing  and  be  ndld  in  flavor 
instead  of  the  sharpness  complained,  of.  The 
hot  iron  test  consists  in  taking  a  handful  of 
curd  from  the  whey,  pressing  it  flrvfiy  to¬ 
gether  in  the  hand,  to  expel  nioistur\  and 
then  applying  to  a  hot  iron.  On  withdraw¬ 
ing  the  curd  from  the  Iron,  1 1‘  the  curd  “  syins 
out,”  as  it  is  called,  forming  numerous  small 
threads,  the  acid  is  fully  developed  and  tt>e 
whey  should  be  drawn  and  the  curds  throw! 
on  the  sink  to  drain.  Unless  the  curds  have' 
acquired  a  certain  degree  of  acidity,  they 
wifi  not  spin  when  tested  with  the  hot  iron, 
and  so  this  test  becomes  of  great  service  in 
determining  the  proper  degree  to  which  the 
acid  should  be  carried. 

If  the  cheese  manufactured  by  our  corre¬ 
spondent  suits  the  market  South,  and  is 
readily  disposed  of  at  the  prices  named,  we 
should  say  keep  right  on  and  “  let  well 
enough  alone.”  If  cheese  cures  in  twenty 
days  and  can  then  he  sold  to  meet  the  taste 
of  consumers,  that  is  an  advantage  over  fac¬ 
tories  of  the  North,  which  are  required  to 
make  cheese  of  longer  keeping  qualities  and 
having  a  rnild,  clean  flavor.  The  quality  and 
flavor  of  cheese  are,  after  all,  a  matter  of 
education.  Some  markets  require  one  t  iling 
and  some  ru other,  and  our  advice  is — try 
and  suit  the  market  which  pays  liberally  for 
a  certain  kind  of  cheese  rather  than  try  and 
force  a  kind  of  cheese  upon  consumers  that 
they  do  not  like.  It.  is  not  the  manufactur¬ 
er's  taste  which  is  to  be  consulted  hut  rather 
that  of  consumers,  or  the  market  which  takes 
his  product  and  pays  liberally  for  it, 
- - 

THE  CHEESE  RANGE  AND  TURNER 
AGAIN. 

X.  A.  Willard  :  —  We  have  built  two 
cheese  factories  in  this  town  this  season  and 
are  using  the  common  cheese  range  and 
turning  board.  Can  you  tell  us  whether  the 
claim  for  a  patent  on  the  same  is  a  legitimate 
one  or  not  t  Any  information  you  can  give 
us  in  regard  to  tlie  matter  will  he  thankfully 
received. — (J.,  !  ermont. 

We  have  received  several  communica¬ 
tions  similar  to  the  above,  recently,  and  can 
only  add,  in  addition  to  the  information 
herefore  given  in  these  columns,  the  follow¬ 
ing  :  —  First,  That  the  owner  of  t  he  patent  | 
for  Herkimer  Co.,  some  two  or  three  years 


ago,  brought  suit  against  certain  factories  in 
Herkimer  Co.,  for  royalty  in  using  this  de¬ 
vice.  Whereupon  a  number  of  factories 
united  together  to  pay  expenses  in  defending 
the  test  suit.  The  case  was  decided  against 
the  factories  and  in  favor  of  the  patent.  But 
it  was  claimed  by  the  factories  that  on  the 
part  of  the  defense  the  suit  was  not  well 
managed,  that  the  testimony  was  not  all  in, 
or  by  some  error  or  negligence  of  counsel 
for  defense  important  matter  was  ruled  out. 
Hence  certain  other  partner,  refused  to  recog¬ 
nize  the  legality  of  the  patent  or  to  pay  the 
sums  demanded,  and  they  were  again  prose¬ 
cuted.  The  defense  then  employed  as  coun¬ 
sel  Hon.  John  F.  Seymour  cf  Utica,  N.  Y., 
and  very  full  testimony  was  taken  in  the 
ca.se.  This  suit,  it,  is  believed  by  many,  must, 
have  dearly  gone  against  the  patent — at  any 
rate  the  plaintif  withdrew  his  action  and 
paid  costs,  and  we  hear  of  no  further  suits  in 
Herkimer  Co.,  in  regard  to  this  matter,  and 
no  further  demands  for  royalty.  The  parties 
engaged  in  the  last  defense  in  Herkimer  Co. 
consider  the  withdrawal  of  the  suit  as  re¬ 
ferred  to  above  an  acknowledgment  on  the 
part  of  the  owner  of  the  patent  that  his 
claims  are  worthless  and  cannot  be  sustained 
in  the  courts. 

The  matter,  then,  stands  in  this  way  In 
the  first  suit  the  legality  of  the  patent  was 
sustained,  and  in  the  second  suit  the.  owner 
of  the  patent,  not  caring  to  take  the  risk  of 
an  adverse  decision,  paid  costs  road  withdrew 
suit,  and  the  parties  prosecuted  s^tv  they 
will  never  pay  royalty  for  using  the  “range 
and  turning  board,”  unless  compelled  by  law 
to  do  so.  No  one  in  Herkimer  Co. ,  conversant 
with  the  case,  believes  that  these  parties 
will  be  proseented  again.  We  have  given 
this  brief  account  of  the  matter  as  we  under¬ 
stand  it,  and  persons  interested  must  act  in 
the  case  as  their  judgment  dictates. 


cjjieli  Ofwp. 


THE  ORIGIN  OF  CHESS. 

After  seeing  Mr.  Edmund  Borden's  theory 
of  the  origin  of  chess  in  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  of  July'  20ch,  I  will  state  that  in  the 
year  1855  I  raised  ten  acres  of  good  wheat — 
an  early,  smooth  head  variety  planted  in 
the  fall  on  rich  bottom  lands,  that  had  been 
producing  no  other  grain  but  corn  for  fifteen 
years,  and  no  grasses,  save  the  common  Crab 
grass.  Before  the  wheat  was  taken  from  the 
field,  it  was  so  injured  by  rains  while  in  the 
shock,  that  I  turned  my  hogs  to  it,  and  what 
they  left  seeded  the  ground  by  their  rooting 
very  regularly.  It  germinated  early,  and 
looked  hi  the  fall  as  thick  and  promising  as 
the  fall  before,  and  I  let  it  grow  to  see  what 
it  would  make,  In  the  spring  following,  I 
had  ten  acres  of  fine  chess  ;  but  not.  a  head 
of  wheat.  At.  that  time  I  was  not  aware 
that  any  doubted  wheat  would  turn  to  chess, 
'.f  that  chess  came  according  to  1C.  B.’s  theo- 
r>.it  certainly  was  from  Crab  grass  ;  and  1 
call  .  Kee  how  it  was  possible,  as  none  had 
gone  Vi  seed  with  the  wheat.  I  have  given 
the  faev  as  T  saw  them.  John  W.  Vann. 

Cherokvs  Nation,  I.  T. 

- - •» 

EXPERIMENTS  WITH  OATS. 

The  following  extract  is  from  the  London 
Agricultural  Gazette  : — “The  first  year  we 
got  t  he  best  sain  pie  we  could  of  black  oats  of 
40  lbs.  weight,  and  sowed  them  to  the  extent 
of  a  sack  an  acre  ;  aud  the  result  of  this  first 
trial  was  about  .10  bushels  to  the  acre,  weigh¬ 
ing  18  lbs.  to  the  bushel.  Of  course,  the  grain 
was  thin,  and  there  was  also  an  increase  of 
that  limited  hairiness  at  the  base  of  many  of/ 
the  cones  which  points  to  a  retrogression 
from  the  character  of  the  plumper  seen 
Our  next  trials  were  with  white  oats  of  tJ‘ 
weight  of  47  lbs.  per  bushel  ;  seeded  a  sa/k 
to  the.  acre.  Tim  results  in  this  case  wen/t0 
bushels  to  the  acre  of  a  good,  even  seed,  / Ut 
weighing  only  45  lbs.  per  bushel— thru,  b  2 
lbs.  less  than  the  sample  sown.  Thu  / cact 
year  our  oat  experiments  were  coiisideAbly 
modified,  for  we  had  determined  to  sot  but 
two  bushels  of  seed  instead  of  four  bfthels 
to  the  acre  ;  and  easting  about  to  g*  the 
heaviest  seed  in  the  market,  we  p  roc  red.  a 
sample  weighing  somewhere  ab'jut  48  is  per 
bushel.  These  were  sown  at  tee  rat  ell'  two 
bushels  to  the  acre,  and  resu/oed  in  a  irop  ot 
nearly  40  bushels  to  the  jtcre,  Weighing  as 
much  as  the  sample  sown.  Now,  it  is  worthy 
of  remark  that  a  neighbor’s  r/t  crop  of  the 
same  year  was  not  only  i  f  1 3/‘  nature  of  an 
experiment,  but  it  was  also  a  lesson  on  the 
subject  of  thick  seeding  wHicli  we  shall  not 
soon  forget.  This  crop,  like  our  own,  was 
the  white  Canadian  oat,  sown  in  a  field  of 


the  same  kind  of  soil,  but  if  anything,  y.e 
land  was  of  better  quality.  On  seeing  tin. 
field  while  the  crop  was  being  cut,  the  first 
remark  was,  “  You  have  seeded  too  tliick  ;” 
and  sure  enough,  upon  the  mistaken  princi¬ 
ple  that  “If  you  don’t  put  it  in,  you  can’t 
expect  to  get  it  out,”  more  than  a  sack  an 
acre  had  been  sown  ;  and  thus,  while  in  our 
own  case  the  straws  were  remarkably  regu¬ 
lar  both  in  bight  and  size,  the  average  of  the 
latter  being  that  of  a  good  sized  goose  quill, 
surmounted  by  a  panicle  of  from  100  to  300 
grains  of  corn,  the  majority  of  the  culms  of 
the  thick-sown  crop,  growing  beneath  a  few 
of  the  taller  and  larger  growth,  might  be  com¬ 
pared  to  crow  qnills,  their  seeds  numbering 
from  5  to  20.  These  facts,  then,  tend  to 
show  that  if  a  poor,  starved  seed  is  used,  it 
may  only  make  matters  worse  to  sow  too 
thickly,  as  mauy’  are  apt;  to  do  :  and  the  re¬ 
sult  of  last  year’s  oat  growth  L  a  convincing 
proof  that  it  is  not  a  large  number  of  small 
stems  which  make  up  a  good  crop,  but  a 
comparatively  small  number  of  fully  devel¬ 
oped  ones.” 

- - 

WHEAT  IN  CANADA. 

We  have  traveled  nearly  a  thousand  miles 
in  Canada  for  the  purpose  of  examining  t  he 
wheat  in  the  ground,  and  since  threshing 
commenced  wc  expected  from  some  reports 
to  have  been  able  to  speak  of  Arnold’s  new 
hybridized  wheat,  that  gained  the  850  prize, 
but  after  examining  the  crops  of  it  we  are 
unable  to  recommend  it  to  our  readers. 

It  was  killed  badly  by  tlm  frosts  of  the  past 
winter  and  spring.  The  yield  will  not  aver¬ 
age  one-half  as  much  as  that  of  the  Scott 
wheat  ;  notwithstanding  this,  some  hun¬ 
dreds  of  bushels  will  be  sold  at  high  prices. 
Mr.  Arnold  is  still  trying  to  bring  out  fresh 
varieties  ;  perhaps  he  may  yet  succeed  in 
procuring’ a  variety  as  good  as  he  says  he 
can.  If  he  should  succeed,  wo  would  all  be 
benefited  ;  but  success  in  new  enterprises 
and  undertakings  is  precarious. 

There  is  a  wheat  grown  in  Yarmouth  which 
is  called  there  t.he  Dominion  wheat ;  it  is  u 
white-chaffed  wheat,  thickly  set  in  the  head,  , 
like  the  old  China  wheat  ;  it  is  bearded,  is  a  J 
winter  wheat,  and  is  spoken  well  of  where  im 
is  raised,  but  from  all  accounts  we  do  nut 
think  it  as  safe  as  the  Scott  wheat. 

In  some  sections  the  Treadwell  is  doing  S 
most  as  well  as  the  Scott,  and  some  prefer 

There  are  some  good  pieces  of  Diehl  wl^ 
but  if  the  acreage  of  wheat  sown  anflff1 
yield  per  bushel  is  estimated,  the  Diciilp  ( "> 
will  show  a  mo:  t  dcjlfi  ;dily  low  /V*  ' 
lower  than  any  other  except  t  he  tiouM  ?c 1 1 
in  some  sections  really  good  crorm:Q 
tabled.  t 

The  Mediterranean  has  yielded  #,  |!' a’’  ei  * 
age,  hut  in  the  sections  wher  Hcott 
wheat  has  been  introduced,  it  iJj  d  to  lje 
gaining  favor.  .■ 7, 1 

We  can  speak  from  es.perien'  -  ’ ’ 

sowed  a  field  part  with  TreadM  !Ultl  Pal  t 
will:  Scott  wheat :  the  Trea #'  1>/iel“e“):'  ’ 
bushels  per  acre,  and  the  Seif  ifteled  - 
bushels.  The  Treadwell  h<  J '  id'd  wei!  111 
our  section  until  the  Scurf* '/  d  was  ‘,!tlu~ 


mr  aver¬ 
se  Scott 
ps  to  be 


el). .  My  boys 
Jell  and  part 

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tided  well  in 
j t  was  intro¬ 


duced. — Fanners'  A&bcuw/f  Seytembc > . 


KEEPING  gVEETj 


Potatoes. 


Please  inform  tee  tV  best  method  of 
keeping  nweet  T  otatees  #«*  jjmtei ^ 
the  following  spring. — t  C.  a,,  t  ios.s  n.eys, 
Virginia,  j 

Gather  the  potato?  carefully  that  is, 
when  it  is  a  dry  aawrnd  take  care  not  to 
bruise  them  in  hrndpAg  them.  Then  store 
themih  bulk  wheje  Ley  may  be  kept  diy, 
and  at  a  tempera  £ri  of  from  40°  to  50°— 45 
,  is.  about  right,  ip <)  the  more  uniform  the 
temperature  the  fetter.  They  must  be  kept 
I  dry  iis  well  as  w/m.  They  should  be  put  in 

I  bulk  where  the  ,  fe-e  to  be  kept  and  handled 

as  little  as  pos/ble,  being  dug  before  the 
ground  freezes,  iiough  if  the  frost  has  black¬ 
ened  the  vines,  r  does  not  necessarily  haim 
the  tubers.  After  the  sweating  process  is 
concluded,  tbr./w  over  them  dry  loam,  or  in 
the  South  they  are  covered  slightly  with  the 
foliage  of  fines  and  then  with  about  torn 
inches  of  elrth,  ventilation  being  left  until 
they  cease  sweating.  But  if  you  insure  them 
dryness  and  45  of  warmth,  and  do  not  bruise 
them  in  handling  them,  they  may  be  kejit  as 
well  as  Irish  potatoes. 

- - -  ■*--*- - 

y  Tappahannock  Wheat.  — Thi,  is  a  white 
wheat,  and  1  find  it  requires  a  good  soil.  It 
does  not  make  a  heavy  growth  of  straw,  and 
is  almost  worthless  on  poor  oil.  V.  ith  me  it 
ripens  about  eight  to  ten  days  earlier  tlum 
I  - 

account  of  its  earlincss,  because  it  thn  -  es¬ 
capes  the  chinch  bugs,  I  should  like  the 
readers  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  to  state 
how  this  variety  is  esteemed  in  other  locali¬ 
ties. — H.,  Hamilton  Co.,  O. 


n 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


BOULDER  CITY,  COLORADO. 

A  ugust  8. — This  region. of  country  is  a  beau¬ 
tiful  one,  and  must  eventually  become  thick¬ 
ly  settled  by  an  enterprising  class  of  people. 
The  town  (or  city)  of  Boulder  is  situated  just 
at  the  mouth  of  the  famous  Boulder  Canon, 
through  which  access  T.o  the  rich  mines  in 
the  mountains  is  obtained.  Near  the  town 
there  are  some  excellent  farming  lauds  that 
eve  rapidly  being  brought  under  cultivation, 
ns  there  are  numerous  small  but  never-fail- 
i  i  g  streams  which  can  be  and  are  used  for 
irrigation,  and  when  applied  to  these  rich 
soil;-  they  yield  abundantly.  It  would  be  dif¬ 
ficult  to  determine  which  have  the  hot  pros¬ 
pects.  the  farmers  or  miners  ;  for  the  success 
of  either  depends  only  on  his  energy,  the 
)  materials  being  at  hand  in  inexhaustible 
quantities.  These  towns,  among  or  near  the 
foot-hills,  are'  just  to  my  liking  ;  and  if  1  were 
a  young  man,  1  would  locate  somewhere  in 
this  region,  whether  rich  or  poor.  If  rich,  1 
could  en  joy  the  climate  and  scenery,  for  of 
the  latter  there  is  a  never-ending  variety  ;  if 
poor,  l  think  there  would  be  a  good  chance 
of  getting  rich,  provided  one  had  patience  to 
wait  a  few  years  and  not  be  in  too  great  a 
1 1 uny.  At  present,  there  is  abundance  of 
timber  for  building  and  fuel  in  the  moun¬ 
tains  near  by  ;  coal  of  good  quality  abounds 
in  the  foot-hills,  a  luilf-dozen  mines  being 
Worked  in  the  immediate  vicinity.  With 
such  inexhaustible  wealth  in  the.  earth,  only 
requiring  labor  and  capital  to  make,  it  avail¬ 
able,  Boulder  has  a  great  future  before  it. 

A  PRAIRIE  CAMP. 

Last  night  we  pitched  our  tents  a  few 
miles  from  Boulder  and  near  the  Marshall 
coal  mines.  The  broad  plains  were  spread 
out  before  us  on  the  east  and  the  rugged 
foot-hills  and  mountains  ou  the  west.  The 
air  was  cool  and  refreshing;  no  “pent-up 
Ut  ica”  here  ;  no  panting  for  breath  or  sigh¬ 
ing  for  a  cool  breeze  on  this  August  night. 
As  our  camp  was,  as  usual,  near  a  stream, 
we  found  plenty  of  driftwood  for  our  even¬ 
ing  bouiirc,  around  which  wo  gathered,  and 
had  our  heads  examined  by  H.  R..  Wells, 
the  phrenologist  of  the  party.  Of  course, 
the  jokes  passed  freely  during  the  exainina- 
1 1on,  and  we.  all  retired  as  usual,  in  the  hap- 
pie.st  of  moods  and  the  best  of  spirits. 

RETURNING  TO  DENVER. 


August  9. — A  ride  of  some  25  miles  across 
the  prairie  but  close  up  to  the  foot-hills, 
brought  us  again  to  Denver,  and  right  glad 
we  all  were  to  get  once  more  where  baths 
and  clean  clothes  could  he  indulged  in,  at 
least  to  a  limited  extent.  Our  tour  among 
the  mountains  of  Colorado  is  a,t  an  end  for 
this  season,  and  1  think  no  one  of  the.  party 
has  any  reason  to  regret  the  time  or  money 
spent  ;  for  it  has  been  one  continued  series 
of  happy  surprises  from  the  day  we  passed 
up  Clear  Creek  Canon,  some  two  weeks  ago, 
until  we  emerged  again  from  the  mountains. 
Saratoga,  Newport,  Long  Branch,  Catskill, 
or  even  the  White  Mountains,  are  rather 
tame  summer  resorts  in  comparison  with 
ManitOU  and  the  mountain  springs  and  ca¬ 
nons  within  a  few  miles  of  Denver.  When 
our  Eastern  people,  who  have  money  and 
leisure,  learn  what  there  is  to  be  seen  here, 
as  well  as  the  pleasures  to  be  derived  in  a 
sojourn  in  this  cool,  pure  mountain  atmos¬ 
phere,  they  will  be  glad  1;o  exchange  the 
discomforts  of  Eastern  crowded  watering- 
places  for  those  of  this  region  of  country. 

GREELEY,  CULORADO. 

Auuust  11. — After  spending  a  quiet  Sunday 
at  Denver  we  started  for  Utah  this  morning, 
passing  through  Greeley,  a  place  which  has 
become  familiar  not  only  on  account  of  its 
name,  but  for  its  rapid  growth.  The  town 
is  situated  on  a  level  plain,  therefore  there  is 
not  much  to  boast  of  in  the  way  of  scenery 
in  the  vicinity,  unless  one  believes  that  “dis¬ 
tance.  lends  eneliu ntment,”  &c. ,  for  the  Rocky 
Mountains  can  be  seen  in  the  distance,  but 
too  far  away  to  be  considered  as  suburbs  of 
the  down.  The  crops  about  Greeley  look 
well,  and  1  learn  that  the  colony  is  a  prosper¬ 
ous  one  ;  but  I  should  want  a  home  for  some 


time  before  T  would  pitch  my  tent  here, 
course,  this  is  only  an  individual  opinio 
based  upon  my  own  individual  taste  in  i 
gard  to  selecting  a  home  ;  others  may,  ai 
do  think  differently,  und  act  according] 
We  stopped  a  few  moments  at  the  static 
and  were  pleased  to  have  an  opportunity 
shaking  hands  with  many  an  old  friend  wl 
had  located  here.  All  appeared  to  be  pleas; 


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with  their  new  homes,  and  I  concluded  from 
the  style  of  buildings  being  erected  here,  that 
the  greater  portion  of  the  inhabitants  of 
Greeley  have  come  to  stay. 

FIGHTING  THE  GRASSHOPPERS. 

Grasshoppers  again  appeared  at  Greeley, 
last  spring,  and  threatened  to  destroy  the 
crops  ;  but  the  people  turned  out  m  masse, 
before  these  pests  had  acquired  their  fully- 
developed  wings,  and  by  perseverance,  the 
greater  portion  were  driven  into  the  ditches, 
and  either  drowned  or  burned,  by  scattering 
straw  over  and  among  them.  The  farmers 
think  they  have  learned  a  lesson  which  will 
be  of  value  to  them  in  the  future.  It  is  said 
that  this  is  the  first  instance  in  which  this 
greatest  pest  of  Colorado  farming  has  ever 
been  completely  mastered. 

CHEYENNE,  WYOMING  TERRITORY. 

At  this  place  we  strike  the  Union  Pacific 
R.R.  proper,  although  the  road  from  Gree¬ 
ley  to  this  point  is  a  branch  of  the  same.  We 
are  still  ascending  towards  the  mountains  to 
the  westward  ;  hwt  at  Sherman,  211  miles 
west  of  Cheyenne,  we  oomc  to  the  back  bout) 
of  the  cont  inent.  8,242  feet  above  the  level  of 
the  sea.  and  then  commence  descending  the 
Pacific  slope.  The  country  along  the  line 
becomes  more  broken  and  barren  as  we  ad¬ 
vance,  there  being  very  little  farming  land, 
although  in  some  of  the  valleys  a  man  might 
select  a  good  stock  ranch. 

EVANSTON,  UTAH. 

From  Evanston,  westward,  the  country 
improves  in  appearance  ;  at  least,  the  soil  in 
the  valleys  is  richer,  and  the  little  that  is 
cultivated  produces  fair  crops  of  grain  and 
grasp.  We  here  entered  the  Wasatch  range 
of  mountains,  and  pass  down  through  Echo 
and  Weber  canon,  reaching  Ogden,  where 
we  take  the  Utah  Central  R.K.  for  Salt  Lake 
City,  where  we  arrived  in  the  evening,  and 
put  up  at  the  Townsend  House,  a  large  and 
commodious  hotel  kept  by  one  of  the  pioneer 
saints  of  this  saintly  city. 

MORMON  WELCOME. 

August  13.— This  morning  vve  were  up  in 
good  time,  knowing  that  our  stay  here  must 
necessarily  be  short ;  and  curiosity,  if  noth¬ 
ing  else,  prompted  us  to  keep  our  eyes  and 
ears  open.  The  first  visit  among  the  nota¬ 
bles  of  Kale  Lake  City  mast,  as  a  matter  of 
etiquette,  be  to  the  greatest  of  thorn  all— 
Vi's.,  President  Brigham  Yon; no.  As  we  had 
breakfasted  far  too  early  to  think  of  calling 
upon  church  dignitaries,  either  in  Utah  or 
elsewhere,  we  took  carriages  and  rode  out  to 
the  Hot  Sulphur  Springs,  one  of  the  many 
natural  wonders  of  this  valley.  Tins  spring 
issues  from  the  base  of  a  great  muss  of  rocks, 
and  the  water  is  so  hot  that  one  can  scarcely 
bear  to  hold  his  hand  hi  it  for  any  consider¬ 
able  time.  It  is  also  strongly  impregnated 
with  sulphur,  and  probably  comes  from  the 
“bottomless  [fit,”  to  which  place  the  inhab¬ 
itants  of  this  great  and  prosperous  city  are 
duly  “ticketed,”  according  to  the  belief  of 
the  saints  in  far  more  wicked  townB  else¬ 
where.  I  thought  our  two  parsons  who  ac¬ 
companied  us  to  the  spring  looked  a  little 
happier  than  usual  as  they  snuffed  the  sul¬ 
phurous  atmosphere  that  floated  over  and 
away  from  this  boiling,  seething  pool.  Their 
faces  were  radiant  with  smiles  as  they  dip¬ 
ped  their  fingers  into  the  water  close  up  to 
the  point  where  it  issued  from  the  rocks, 
doubtlessly  thinking  that  the  plane  of  pun¬ 
ishment  for  Utah  saints  and  other  sinners, 
was  very  near  at  hand.  It  is  said  that  these 
waters  are  excellent  for  purifying  and  heal¬ 
ing  souls  in  the  body,  and  I  judge,  from  the 
large  and  commodious  bath  house  near  by, 
they  are  well  patronized.  On  our  way  back 
into  the  city  we  called  at  President  Young’s 
mansion,  a  very  modest  establishment,  Bur- 
rounded  by  a  atone  wall,  but  not  very  for- 
rnidablo  or  exclusive  in  appearance,  although 
it  has  Usually  been  referred  to  as  such  by 
newspaper  correspondents.  A  good  Osage 
orange  hedge  would  be  far  more  efficient  in 
keeping  human  beings  in  or  out  than  this 
wall,  if  it  were  built  for  that  purpose,  which 
I  very  much  doubt.  Unfortunately,  Presi¬ 
dent  \  Ol’.vu  was  indisposed,  suffering  from 
a  severe  attack  of  rheumatism  ;  consequent¬ 
ly,  we  did  not  have  the  pleasure  of  meeting 
him.  We  were,  however,  welcomed  by 
several  Mormon  elders  and  bishopB,  whose 
names  are  well  known  throughout  Christen¬ 
dom.  After  spending  an  hour  in  conver¬ 
sation  with  these  gentlemen  in  President 
Young’s  reception  room,  we  again  entered 
our  carriages,  fully  satisfied  that  men  may 
be  Mormons  and  still  be  gentlemen. 

- 4--*-+ - 

A  Lord  Palmerston  peach,  weighing  over 
eleven  ounces,  “  one  of  seven  produced  by  a 
small  standard  tree  grown  in  a  11 -inch  pot  ” 
is  acknowledged  by  the  editor  of  the  Garden. 


QUESTIONS  ANSWERED  BY  DAILY 
RURAL  LIFE. 


Two  mails  ago  T  sent  a  “Big  Bug”  to 
“Dally  Rural  Life,”  addressed  to  Rural 
New-Yorker  on  the  outside;  do  not  know 
but  it  is  a  very  common  one,  hut  if  is  the 
first  I  ever  saw.  Cou'd  send  uny  number  of 
“hugs  and  things,”  but  am  afraid  of  troub¬ 
ling  with  common  ones.  Would  like  to 
know  what  the  big  bug  is. — Rout.  F.  0.,  Jr., 
ImUanoUt,  Texas. 

The  gigantic  water  bug  came  to  hand  in 
good  order,  and  is  quite  an  acceptable  addi¬ 
tion  to  my  cabinet,  it  being  the  first  speci¬ 
men  of  the  kind  which  has  been  sent;  me  by 
any  of  my  numerous  correspondents.  This 
gigantic  water  insect,  which  is  over  two 
inches  in  length  and  one  broad,  is  a  true  bug , 
belonging  to  the  order  Heteroptem ■  Like 
the  rest  of  the  family,  it  lives  upon  small 
aquatic,  insects.  Its  scientific  name  is  Bclos- 
toma  grand, is,  Linn,  or  Gigantic  Belostoma. 
Never  fear  of  sending  “common  things;”  fur 
one  specimen  new  to  my  collection  would 
amply  repay  me  for  examining  a  thousand 
that  were  not.  The  Rural  New-  Yorker  is 
supposed  to  be  a  kind  of  “schoolmaster 
abroad,”  and  a  public  instructor  upon  all 
rural  subjects;  therefore  do  not  fear  asking 
questions. 

COTTON  WORMS  FROM  TEXAS. 

By  this  mail  i  send  you  a  vial  of  cotton 
worms  in  the  various  stages  of  their  growth. 
They  are  now  ravaging  my  Sea  Island  cot¬ 
ton  patch,  and  1  hope  they  may  lie  of  some 
pleasure  to  you,  as  they  are  the  reverse  to 
me.  I  am  trying  Prof.  Riley’S  remedy — 
Paris  green,  but  have  little  faith  m  it,  and 
picking  by  hand  is  more  than  tedious — too 
much  on  the  Bisyphus  order  of  things. — 
George  Gordon,  Trinity  River,  Texas. 

The  specimens  sent  are  the.  true  cotton 
worm  of  the  Southern  States  (Anoints 
xyli/na,  Say),  and  one  of  the  greatest  pests  of 
the  age.  We  hope  you  and  your  neighbors 
will  not  only  give  Prof.  Riley’S  remedies  a 
fair  trial,  but  all  others  that  may  lie  suggest¬ 
ed  by  your  constant  light  with  these  worms. 
All  the  chrysalids  found  after  gathering  the 
crop  should  be  gathered  and  burned,  and 
every  practicable  means  employed  to  lessen 
the  number  next  year. 

A  YOUNG  ENTOMOLOGIST. 

Mr.  Ruhalist  : — I  am  a  little  girl,  but 
large  enough  to  read  your  Diary.  I  saw 
where  you  advertised  for  a  beetle.  I  send 
you  some,  but  doiiot  know  whether  they  are 
the  kind  or  not. —  Carrie  Wires,  Bruns¬ 
wick,  Mo. 

1  am  always  pleased  to  hear  from  the  little 
girls  and  boys,  especially  when  they  show  a 
desire  to  learn  something  of  the  many  beauti¬ 
ful  creatures  which  God  has  made  and  placed 
around  them.  No  girl  or  boy  need  ever  fear 
of  finding  this  world  a  lonesome  or  gloomy 
one  if  they  will  only  learn  to  see  and  know 
something  of  the  thousands  of  beautiful 
flowers  and  happy  creatures  whlell  will  con¬ 
stantly  attend  them  through  life.  The  rare 
beetle  to  which  you  refer  as  advertised  in  the 
Rural  was  not  among  the  three  species  sent 
by  you.  The  large,  lazy,  black  beetle,  with 
a  horn  on  his  pose,  is  called  the  Horned  pas- 
salu8.  The  brown,  rather  flat  beetle,  a  little 
over  an  inch  long,  with  powerful  jaws,  is  a 
Lucanus  damn,  sometimes  called  pinching 
bug,  because  it  will  pinch  one’s  fin gers  pretty 
sharply  if  it  gets  a  chance.  The  other  beetle 
is  a  VolosQtna  scrutator.  Its  w  Log-covers  are 
a  beautiful  green  color  and  its  head  and 
thorax  black,  the  latter  margined  with 
bright,  reddish-bronze.  You  m ill  probably 
remember  this  handsome  beetle;  but  as  it  is 
a  friend  to  the  farmer  and  gardener,  feeding 
upon  cut-worms  and  other  injurious  insects, 
you  should  not  kill  them.  I  wish  every  little 
girl  and  boy  could  be  taught  enough  about 
insects  to  enable  them  to  distinguish  friends 
from  enemies,  or,  in  other  words,  to  spare 
the  beneficial  species  while  destroying  the 
injurious;  but  so  long  as  parents  remain  in 
ignorance  of  this  most  valuable  knowledge,  I 
fear  for  the  wisdom  of  the  children,  I  hope, 
Miss  Carrie,  that  you  will  grow  up  a  wise 
woman  and  leum  to  watch  the  habits  of  the 
beautiful  creatures  which  all  of  us  meet  in 
our  journey  through  life,  not  forgetting  that 
each  was  created  for  some  good  purpose. 

UNHEALTHY  MAPLE  LEAVES. 

Inclosed  please  find  maple  tree  leaves  for 
examination.  Our  maple  trees  ure  losing 
their  leaves  now,  same  as  in  the  fall,  and  we 
find  steal!  white  lice  on  them — the  same  as  in 
the  envelope.  How  can  we  remedy  the  evil  } 
Do  the  lice  cause  it,  or  is  it  in  the  sap  ? —  L. 
Swift,  New  Brwiswicli,  N.  J. 

The  maple  leaves  came  to  hand,  but  I  could 
find  no  insects  on  them  or  in  the  package.  It 
is  quite  probable  that  some  species  of  Aphis 


or  plant  louse  had  been  at  work  on  the 
leaves;  but  I  think  the  leaves  are  unhealthy 
from  some  cause  which  proceeds  from  the 
roots  of  the  tree.  The  drouth  early  hi  the 
season  may  have  had  something  to  do  with  it. 


FIVE-SEOTTED  SPHINX. 

Daily  Rural  Life  : — Find  inclosed  an  in¬ 
sect,  which  please  name  and  give  its  habits, 
ft,  is  the  third  one  that  1  have  ever  noticed.  I 
saw  two  last  year,  and  caught  this  one  to¬ 
day,  sucking  some  flower.  -  W.  J.  Enbank, 
Ilvnninghain,  Ala. 

The  insect  is  the  well-known  Five-spotted 
Sphinx  (Sphinx,  qu inquenmeulatus).  The 
larva  of  this  large  moth  is  probably  very  fa¬ 
miliar  to  you  a*  the  potato  or  tomato  worm, 
a  long,  smooth,  green  catterplllar,  which 
sometimes  is  very  abundant  upon  the  plants 
named.  After  these  worms  reach  their  ma¬ 
turity  they  come  down  the  steins  of  the 
plants  upon  which  they  have  been  feeding, 
and  bury  themselves  in  the  earth,  soon, 
changing  to  chrysalids,  these  remaining  in  the 
ground  until  the  following  spring,  when  the 
moths  come  forth. 

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SEED  CORN  MAGGOT. 

I  noticed  in  Rural  New-Yorker  of  re¬ 
cent  date  an  article  about  seed  corn  maggot. 
W  e  had  an  insect  hero  that  conics  very  near 
your  description,  only  it  works  in  the  stalk 
instead  of  the  kernel.  It  is  about  half  an 
inch  long  and  is  white.  It  is  found  just  above 
the  brace  roots  in  the  center  of  the  stalk 
when  the  corn  is  about  four  or  five  inches 
high.  I  used  coal  tar— about  three  table- 
spoonfuls  to  the  half  bushel— and  plaster 
enough  to  prevent  it  sticking  to  the  hands 
when  planting,  and  it  Stopped  them  in  a 
measure  ;  and,  as  far  us  a  crow  is  concerned, 
they  will  not  fly  over  the  field.  I  tarred  my 
corn  and  did  not  have  a  hill  pulled,  while  my 
neighbors  lost  a  great  deal.  One  of  my 
neighbors  had  an  acre  pulled,  with  two  or 
three  scare-crows,  some  hoop-skirts  and  um¬ 
brellas  banging  in  the  field,  while  mine  was 
back  from  the  house,  out  of  sight,  and  not  a 
scare-crow  there.  Please  tell  us  what,  you 
think  tho  worms  arc  and  what  you  think 
will  stop  them.  The  corn  wilts  down  just 
as  it  does  when  cut-worms  eat  it;  and  it  was 
a  long  .time  before  I  discovered  what  it  was 
that  did  the  mischief. — A  Subscriber,  (ileus 
Falls,  N.  Y. 

The  worms  found  in  the  stalks  are  not 
those  of  the  Anthumyia  sens,  Riley,  but 
what  they  are  wo  cannot  tell  without  speci¬ 
mens  for  examination.  If  they  appear  next 
season,  send  some,  carefully  packed  in  a  tin 
box,  with  some  pieces  of  corn  stalks  for  food. 
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MUSCULAR  FORCE  OF  INSECTS. 


M.  l’Abbe  Plessis,  in  au  article  in  Les 
Mnndx.s,  on  the  above  subject,  says  that,  by 
way  of  experiment,  he  placed  a  large  horned 
beetle,  weighing  some  fifty  grains,  on  a 
smooth  plank;  and  then  in  a  light  box,  ad¬ 
justed  ou  the  carapace  of  the  insect,  added 
weights  up  to  2.2  pounds.  In  spite  of  the 
comparatively  enormous  burden,  being  315 
times  its  own  weight,  the  beetle  managed  to 
lift  it  and  move  it  along.  A  man  of  ordinary 
muscular  power  is  fully  a  hundred  times 
feebler  ir]  proportion;  and  had  an  elephant 
such  comparative  strength,  it  could  run  away 
with  the  Oebliskof  Luxor,  a  load  of  5,090,000 
pounds.  Similarly,  the  flea,  scarcely  .03  of 
an  inch  in  hight,  manages  to  leap  without 
difficulty  over  a  barrier  fully  500  times  its 
own  altitude.  For  a  man,  six  feet  is  an  un¬ 
usually  high  leap  ;  imagine  his  jumping  3,000 
feet  in  the  air— over  three  fifths  of  a  mile  ! 
- ♦  •*-* - 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  NOTES. 


Locusts  and  Tea  Plants. — A  curious  fact 
in  natural  history,  important  to  tea  planters, 
has  been  discovered  —  namely,  that  locusts 
will  not  eat,  tea  leaves.  A  Darjeeling  paper 
tells  us  that  very  large  flights  of  locusts  re¬ 
cently  settled  ou  tho  tea  gardens,  reddening 
the  surface  of  the  ground  by  their  numbers  ; 
but  in  a  few  hours  they  passed  oil,  having 
devoured  every  blade  of  grass,  blit  leaving 
the  tea  bushes  absolutely  intact  ! 

Worms  Infesting  Grape  Leaves.  —  The 
box  containing  grape  leaves  infested  by 
some  insect,  sent  by  A.  J.  Thomson,  Reading- 
ton,  N.  J.,  came  to  hand,  but  the  worms  and 
flies  had  ail  escaped,  the  box  having  been 
smashed  in  the  mails.  Bend  other  speci¬ 
mens  and  we  will  try  to  give  the  name  and 
something  of  their  history. 


Frogs  Eating  Potato  Beetles.  —  An  Iowa 
boy  has  accidentally  discovered  in  the  stom¬ 
ach  of  a  frog  sundry  Colorado  potato  beetles 
— hence  he  concluds  if  frogs  were  more  plen- 
ty,  potato  beetles  would  be  less  troublesome. 


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To  return  to  my  subject ;  my  bees  had  The  cost  of  such  a  clamp  is  slight.  810  for 
been  confined  120  days,  and  though  the  upright,  ridge  pole,  and  roof  boards  covered 
weather  was  below  the  freezing  point  and  all,  but  the  building  and  digging,  which  was 
snow  deep,  1  dared  not  leave  them  longer,  done  odd  spells  by  my  hired  man  and  self. 
So  the  30th  of  March  1  opened  the  entrance  By  renewing  the  earth  in  the  spring  it  will 
to  the  clamp  :  the  earth  was  frozen  10  inches,  last  many  years. 

3  inches  unfrozen,  straw  damp,  roof  boards  The  small  consumption  of  honey,  low,  equa- 

dry  outside,  inside  some  moisture  had  settled  ble  temperature,  fine  condition  of  bees  in  the 
upon  the  roof  and  a  slight,  mold  also.  A  bee  spring  is  ample,  compensation  for  the  outlay, 
on  the  wing  met  me  at  the  entrance  with  a  and  is  as  satisfying  as  it  would  be  to  a  good 
joyful  hum  that  gladdened  my  heart — did  farmer  to  know  that  his  stock  is  well  housed 
not  find  them  torpid— they  were  t  hickly  from  the  biting  blasts  of  winter, 
clustered  on  the  top  of  tho  frames  and  edges  There  is  no  trouble  in  propagating  bees, 


two  edges  are  then  overlapped,  and  a  couple 
of  nails  driven  through  and  clenched  inside 
complete  the  shade  (fig.  L)  The  apex  of  the 
cone  is  then  cut  off,  which  leaves  a  small 
round  hole  in  the  center  of  the.  cap.  When 
a  Carnation  is  in  flower  a  small  hole  is  drilled 
in  the  stick,  to  which  the  plant  is  tied  a  t  the 
required  bight,  a  nail  (brad)  passed  through, 
and  the  cap  slid  down  the  stick  until  stopped 
by  the  nail  ;  a  small  wedge  is  inserted  in  the 
hole  between  the  stick  and  cover,  and  the 
whole  is  firm  (see  fig.  8). 


WINTEBING  BEES  IN  A  CLAMP 


Mu.  Charles  D.  Hibbard,  Auburn,  N.  Y., 
contributes  the  following  article  to  the  Amer¬ 
ican  Bee  Journal,  which  we  regard  worth 
reading  by  every  reader  of  the  J'cua  i.  New- 
Yorker  who  keeps  bees.  We  do  notabridge 
it  at  all  but  give  it  whole  as  we  find  it  : 

Being  desirous  of  putting  my  bees  in  some 
kind  of  a  repository,  burying  them  in  a  clamp 
was  suggested  to  me  by  reading  the  plan  of 
Paster  Schultz,  In  Langslroth  on  the  honey 
bee,  and  Klanke  in  the  October  number  of 
the  Bee  Journal. 

Thu  first  days  of  November  T  marked  oil  a 
space  on  dry  ground  24x3$  feet,  and  threw 
out  the  earth  to  the  depth  of  two  feet. 
Through  entire  length  of  the  center  of  this 
pit  1  dug  a  trench  2  feet  deep  and  3  in  width, 
for  an  air  chamber.  At  either  end  of  this  pit 
2-inch  ventilating  tubes  3  inches  in  diameter 
were  placed,  running  to  the  surface  outside 
the  clamp  when  covered,  at  an  angle  of  45°; 
across  this  trench,  from  side  to  side,  scantling 
were  placed  $  feet  in  length  and  2  feet  apart, 
over  which  to  place  the  hives,  the  trench 
serving  the  purpose  of  an  air  chamber  be¬ 
neath  them.  Set  a  post  at  either  end  of  this 
trench  $  feet  long  and  $x  10  inches,  over  which 
1  placed  a  ridge  pole  24  feet  long  *lxf>  inches, 
and  equal  distance  from  the  ends,  placed 
under  its  supports  to  keep  the  roof  from 
yielding  to  pressure.  Put  on  rafters  from 
the  bank  to  ridge  pole  $  feet  long  3x0  inches 
wide  every  four  feet,  and  covered  with  roof 
boards  ns  you  would  do  iu  shingling  a  barn. 
Any  old  boards  planed  the  way  of  the  rafters 
would  direct  the  moisture  from  the  inside 
should  it  reach  them.  Left  a  hole  in  the  side 
large  enough  to  put  in  my  hives.  Put  in  a. 
utbu  4x4  near  one  end  for  upward  ventila¬ 
tion,  and  another  2x2  inches  iu  the  center  of 
the  side  to  put  a  thermometer  in  which  I 
attached  to  a  rod  that  I  might  note  the  inside 
temperature  daily.  Another  thermometer 
was  placed  12  inches  from  my  bedroom  win- 
duw,  on  the  north  side  of  my  honse,  for 
outside  observations.  Put  on  C  inches  straw 
and  12  inches  of  dirt,  and  all  was  ready. 

On  1  he  20th  of  Nov.  the  thermometer  being 
at  32  and  cloudy,  1  weighed  each  Langstroth 
hive  after  removing  the  covers  and  marked 
the  weight  ou  the  portico  of  the  hire.  42 
swarms  were  thus  placed  side  by  side,  form¬ 
ing  just  one  course  over  the  surface  of  the 
pit.  1 0*  i  swarms  could  be  placed  in  a  claipp 
of  this  size,  hut  mine  was  made  permanent 
and  for  future  use.  All  bottom  ventilation 
was  stopped,  and  the  honey  boards  placed 
crosswise  the  hive  next  to  the  bank  of  the 
pit ;  thus  they  were  half  uncovered  ;  and 
with  much  trepidation  at  iny  boldness  in 
hazarding  so  much  on  an  experiment,  I  bid 
them  a  good  night’s  rest,  and  left  them  to 
darkness  and  quiet,  sealed  up  the  entrance 
uniform  with  the  rest  of  the  clamp  and  it 
was  done. 

liow  will  it  end  f  was  my  anxious  ques¬ 
tioning  during  the  long  and  extremely  cold 
winter  that  followed.  My  thermometer  was 
compared  daily  at  8  A.  M.  iu  the  record  that 
follows.  One  of  the.  three  iuch  ventilators 
was  open  all  the  time,  the  others  wore  closed 
in  extreme  cold  weather.  I  am  certain  that 
more  ventilation  would  be  beneficial,  by  put¬ 
ting1  an  upright  oue  4x4  iu  the  center  for 
reasons  that  follow  : 

Weather  Report  of  1873-’73. 

1872,  Nov.  (II  days.)  inside  I  lie  clamp,  39°. 

“  “  outside,  max.  42”,  min.  18”. 

Average  for  month  outside,  28”, 

Doc.  inside  the  damp,  39”. 

“  outside,  max.  12”,  min.  4“  below. 

Average  outside,  isu. 

1873,  Jan.  inside  tho  clamp,  39°. 

**  outside,  max.  34  ',  min.  8”  below. 

Average  outside.  20°. 

Fob.  inside  I  lie  clamp,  89°. 

“  outside,  max.  13  .  min.  0“  below. 

Average  outside,  18“. 

Mur.  (30  days,)  inside  the  clamp,  39". 

“  “  outside,  max. 43",  min. G”  bel. 

Average  outside,  22  . 

Thus  you  will  see  the  temperature  inside 

did  not  vary  from  39“  during  120  days,  while 

outside  we  had  polar  winds  and  arctic  uold 
*  f 

with  very  much  snow  and  16  inches  of  ice  in 
our  streams.  Not  a  day  from  the  30th  of 
Nov.  to  the  2nd  of  April  that  bees  could  fly 
without  cliilling  in  this  latitude,  Many  bees 
were  dead  the  1st  of  Jam,  and  all  for  want  of 
a  cleansing  flight  had  soiled  their  combs 
badly,  and  were  in  a  comatose  stat  e. 

Comparisons  to  be  just  must  be  made  in 
the  same  localities.  One  neighbor  lost  45  out 
of  76  hives,  another  00  out  of  70,  another  7  ■ 
out  of  y,  another  31.  all  he  had,  While  at  this 
date,  July  11th,  they  have  barely  reached 
the  swarming  point.  While  from  mine  1 
have  at  same  date  taken  out  700  pounds  box 
honey  and  made  1 8  swarms,  and  still  they 
are  working  with  a  will. 


BEGONIA  CHELSONI 


This  is  a  Begonia  obtained  by  “  Hybridiza¬ 
tion,  or  rather  by  crossing  well  known  spe¬ 
cies  with  those  unnamed.  The  one  herewith 
illustrated  was  raised  by  Messrs.  Yeitch  of 
England,  and  is  regarded  one  of  t lie  best.  It 
is  of  Stoat,  upright  growth,  and  flowers  free¬ 
ly  from  April  or  May  until  November.  The 
fiowers  are  of  good  size  and  substance,  and 
of  a  glowing  red  or  vermilion  color,  which 
contrasts  well  with  the  bright  green,  ele¬ 
gantly-cut  foliage  and  pale-greenish  stems. 
It  is  easily  propagated  either  by  means  of 
cuttings  or  division,  and  it  grows  freely  in  a 
fresh,  open  compost  ol  fibrous  loam,  peat 
and  coarse  white  sand.  It  thrives  best  in  a 
stove  or  intermediate  house,  and  when  in  ac¬ 
tive  growth  requires  a  plentiful  supply  of 
moisture. 


Mignonette  in  France. — Some  idea  of  the 
estimation  iu  which  Mignonette  is  held  by 
tho  French  may  be  formed  from  the  fact 
that  one  nurseryman  hi  the  Hue  Montgalet 
sells  about  40,000  pots  of  this  plant  every 
year. 


OCEANA  CO.,  MICH 


This  county  is  sit  uated  on  one  of  the  larg¬ 
est  bays  on  the  eastern  coast  of  Lake  Michi¬ 
gan,  and  is  supposed  to  be  one  of  the  best 
fruit  counties  in  the  State.  Back  about  five 
miles  from  the  lake,  peach  trees  were  not 
hurt  at.  all  by  the  terrible  winter  which  in¬ 
jured  so  many  peach  trees  in  this  State.  The 
apple  crop  will  exceed  that  of  any  year  here¬ 
tofore.  Plums  and  pear  trees  are  loaded 
down.  This  county  is  one  of  the  best  among 
the  seventy  in  this  State  for  farming.  Wheat 
has  all  been  harvested,  aud  a  great  deal  of  it 
threshed. 

The  yield  was  far  better  than  expected,  on 
account  of  the  weather  being  so  dry.  Pota¬ 
to  bugs  put  in  t  heir  appearance  in  due  season 
and  stripped  the  vines  of  t  heir  green  foliage 
pretty  freely,  until  that  fearful  Pariu  yrcen 
l  aid  them  where  t  hey  will  cease  t  heir  peram¬ 
bulating  evermore.  We  have  some  of  the 
i;  iost  beautiful  forests  in  this  county,  1  think, 
y  OU  ever  saw,  consisting  of  pine,  hemlock, 
<i  alar,  birch,  and  hard  wood  of  almost  every 
d  escription.  The  weather  bus  been  ex- 
e  yceedingly  dry  in  this  locality  for  the  past 
n  lonth.  Farmers  are  somewhat  afraid  that 
title  corn  crop  will  fall  short  of  the  average 
y  ield.  Brick  are  as  scarce  as  ^lien's  teeth  in 
t!  vis  part  of  the  world,  consequently  we  have 
but  oue  brick  building  in  the  county.  Shin- 
gleand  lumber  mills  are  numerous.  There 
are  about  a  dozen  villages  in  the  county; 
there  are  but  two,  l'entwater  and  Hart,  that 
are  of  much  consequence.  The  former  con¬ 
tains  about  1,500  and  the  latter  about  600  in¬ 
habitants.  Pent, water  lies  on  the  sandy 
beach,  Hart  eight  miles  South. — J.  F. 

Hart,  Mich,,  August  12. 


breed  in  darkened  confinement.  Found  1 
queenless  hive  dead,  and  3  three-comb  under 
that  l  had  used  for  quoeu  rearing,  and  ven¬ 
tilated  the  same  as  full  hives,  they  could  not 
keep  up  the  requisite  heat.  Another  hive 
had  but  a  pint  of  bees  but  a  fine  Italian 
queen.  1  gave  brood  from  time  to  time,  and 
at  this  date,  July  11th,  they  have  made  75 
pounds  box  honey.  Thus  I  brought  through 
38  out  of  12  hives. 

Very  happy  at  my  success  I  went  to  work 
with  a  will.  Weighed  each  hive  and  placed 
them  upon  their  summer  stands.  The  differ¬ 
ence  in  weight  was  276  pounds,  making  an 
average  of  to  t  he  hive  for  120  days  ;  tho 
highest  consumption  per  hive  was  1 1  pounds, 
the  lowest  4'  L,  pounds.  The  w  eather  for  two 
weeks  following  was  very  bad.  Two  heavy 
snow  storms,  and  one  heavy  northeast  rain 
Storm,  so  they  did  not  have  a  fly  until  April 
3rd,  131  days  from  the  20th  of  Nov.  Now 
why  did  they,  during  this  long  confinement, 
not  die.  as  did  those  kept  on  summer  stands  ? 
My  answer  is,  they  were  in  a  low,  equable 
temperature,  7C  above  the  freezing  point. 
Their  consumption  of  honey  was  small,  they 
did  uot  become  gorged  with  their  feces  as  did 
those  on  summer  stands  compelled  to  feed 
largely  to  sustain  existence,  and  again  they 
were  iu  Egyptian  darknws,  and  therefore 
quiet.  Novice  has  propounded  what  may  lie 
considered  an  axiom  when  lie  says,  ‘‘unless 
bees  can  be  kept  where  water  does  not  freeze, 
they  had  better  be  in  the  sun  as  much  as 
possible.” 

Rome  modifications  of  the  clamp  are  sug¬ 
gested  by  my  experience.  Put  the  roof 
boards  2  inches  apart  and  lay  ou  12  inches  of 
straw  aud  6  inches  of  earth.  Put  a  4x4  vent 
in  center.  I  had  none  at  that  point.  This 
would  avoid  condensation  of  moisture  ou  the 
inside  of  clamp.  I 


CHEAP  SHADE  FOB  FL0WEBS 


It  is  made  of  any  old  pieces  of  oilcloth,  such 
as  is  put  down  in  halls,  &c.,  which  may  be 
knocking  about  a  house,  and  are  generally 
looked  upon  as  rubbish,  aud  either  thrown 


LAND  IN  EAST  TENNESSEE 


V/  \  J  *  Teel  Mr.  N.  S.  of  Michigan,  (Rural  of 

/  \  J  ||T  August  Oth),  til  at  lie  can  get  land  in  East 

/  \  /  Tennessee  ou  1  ime,  und  pay  for  it  from  the 

J  f\  crops  raised  on  the  land  ;  or  if  he  will  buy 

. 'Is  near  the  railroad  he  can  cash  all  his  surplus 

p  ^  crops,  which  is  preferable ;  or  if  ho  buys  in 

|ji  '  the  mountain  valleys,  or  ou  some  Of  Uie  river 

™  AU '  bottoms,  he  can  feed  his  produce  to  stock, 

j  \  say  hogs,  cattle,  horses  or  mules— any  of  the 

/  o  \  four  named,  or  all,  can  be  raised  in  L  ist  Ten- 

J  nessee,  und  are  readily  bought  up  by  stock 

JJJ  v  w,  dealers  every  year,  (and  the  cash  paid  in 

j  0  \|  Y;,  jggg|fc  1  hand.)  to  be  driven  to  the  Southern  markets. 

|||5Sp||Br  Hogs  are  now  selling  readily  at  5c.  per  lb., 
fa  11 Ip  iflIjiBf  gross,  and  they  are  sure  cash  every  year. 

O  f|M  Ml  :  ;  im  The  best  valley  lands  of  East  Teuucssee  pro- 
7/7/  °  Willi '  liijjljmm  _  duce  from  40  to  60  bushels  of  corn  per  acre. 

r*.  mmfM  The  French  broad  river  bottoms  produce 

wl/lift_ _ /i  iJitgffiJg  from  40  to  SO  bushels  per  acre;  hilly  lands 

_  0  ■  _  from  3  to  40  bushels  per  acre  ;  prices  Vary 

Fig.  2.  Fig.  3.  according  to  1’ex‘tiUty.  There  is  ol  Wavs  land 

away  or  consigned  to  the  lumber-room.  A  f  "p^c^fehandTand mofe'Tham'ri’ia^t 
circular  piece  of  any  diameter  required  is  cut  great  portion  of  the  laud  that  is  sold  is  sold 
out,  as  in  fig.  1  ;  from  this  a  triangular  piece  for  debts,  and  the  cash  has  to  come  at  once, 
is  cut  out,  as  shown  by  the  dotted  lines  ;  the  |  Flat  Gap,  Jeff  Co.,  Tenn.  J.  T.  Rankin. 


welcome  extended  to  us  by  the  Massachu¬ 
setts  Horticultural  Society,  whose  liberality 
has  made  such,  ample  provision  for  our  ac¬ 
commodation,  and  while  acknowledging 
these  courtesies  we  desire  also  to  express  our 
obligations  to  the  Massachusetts  Society  for 
Promoting  Agriculture,  and  to  the  gentlemen 
who  with  them  have  presented  funds  for  th« 
promotion  of  our  catiRp. 

Nothing  could  be  more  grateful  to  my 
feelings  than  your  presence  at  our  old  home¬ 
stead,  and  in  my  own  behalf  1  hid  yon  wel¬ 
come  to  the  privileges  and  enjoyments  of 
the  occasion.  We  meet  u.s  representatives 
and  co-laborers  from  different  and  widely 
distant  sections  of  this  great,  republic.  We 
come  from  various  districts,  but,  with  no 
other  rival iy  than  a  laudable  ambition  to 
promote  a  great  industrial  pursuit,  whose 
salutary  influences  are  for  tin*  benefit  of  our 
common  country.  From  whatever  section 
you  come — whether  from  the  sunrise  or  the 
sunset  shores  of  onr  continent,  from  the 
Dominion  of  the  North,  the  valleys  and  prai¬ 
ries  of  the  great  Central  West,  or  from  the 
broad  plains  and  hill  slopes  of  the  sunny 
South — l  extend  to  alia  hearts  welcome  to 
Our  time-honored  metropolis  of  New  England. 

Especially  do  I  welcome  you  to  our  own 
beloved  Commonwealth,  the  home  of  the 
Pilgrims,  where  our  fathers  planted  the 
germs  of  a  civilization  which  we  believe  will 
ultimately  be  extended  to  the  remotest  na¬ 
tions  of  the  globe.  Here  the.  tree  of  liberty 
was  planted  under  whose  genial  shade  our 
whole  land  now  rejoices  ;  and  here  Concord, 
Lexington,  and  Bunker  LIill  rear  their  monu¬ 
ments  of  historic  fame,  to  remind  ns  of  the 
priceless  blessings  we  enjoy.  Here  were  thn 
gardens  and  orchards  of  Oov.  Erulicotf, 
whose  pear  tree  uS  Danvers  still  survives  the 
revolutions  of  t  wo  hundred  and  fifty  years. 
Hero  at  Marshllekl  arc  the  relics  of  the  apple 
treo  planted  by  the  first  male  child  bom  of 
the  Pilgrims,  'Here  on  Boston  Common  were 
the  orchards  of  William  Blackstone,  the  first, 
settler.  Hen1  were  the  gardens  of  Oov. 
Winthrop,  of  golden  pippin  renown,  and  here 
at  a  later  date  the  gardens  and  orchards  of 
John  Hancock,  the  first  signer  to  the- Decla¬ 
ration  of  American  Independence,  Gardiner 
Green,  and  others,  from  whence  were  dis¬ 
seminated  Borne  of  t  he  drat  fruits  introduce  d 
into  this  country  from  the  mother  land. 
Here  is  the  home  of  the  Massachusetts  Socie¬ 
ty  for  Promoting  Agriculture,  of  whose)  mu¬ 
nificence  [  ha  ve  before  spoken  ;  the  home  of 
the  Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society, 
under  whose  auspices  we  meet,  both  of  which 
institutions  were  the  second  of  their  respect¬ 
ive  kinds  established  in  America.  In  this 
vicinity  were  the  fields  of  labor,  of  Lowell, 
Dearborn,  Manning,  Kenrick,  the  Perkinses, 
Downer,  and  other  early  politologists,  and 
here  are  the  homes  of  many  now  living, 
whoso  names  will  be  remembered  as  pro¬ 
moters  of  our  Cause  when  they  also  shall  be* 
gathered  to  their  fathers.  Here  within  the 
limits  of  our  city  were  planted  the  first  Bart¬ 
lett,  and  the  first  blemish  Beauty  pear  trees 
imported  to  this  country,  both  of  which  sur¬ 
vive  to  this  day.  And  hero  the  Dix,  the 
Dearborn,  Dana’s  liovuy,  Clapp's  Favorite 
i rears,  and  flit*  Downer  Cherry  were  born. 
And  here  within  a  few  miles  were  originated 
tie  Hnvoy’s  Seedling  Strawberry,  the  Con¬ 
cord,  Diana  and  Roger’s  Hybrid  grapes. 

Many  of  those  who  participated  in  the  for¬ 
mation  of  this  Society,  and  to  whom  wo  a  re 
indebted  for  much  of  its  success  have  ceased 
from  tlmir  labors,  and  gone  to  receive  their 
reward.  But  1  am  most  happy  to  recognize 
among  those  present,  to-day,  some  of  the 
noble  pioneers,  who  aided  in  the  establish¬ 
ment  of  our  Society,  who  rocked  the  cradle 
of  its  infancy,  and  who  now  rejoice  with  us 
in  the  grand  development  which  this  day 
witnesses.  We  recognize,  also,  many  of. hers, 
who  in  later  times  have  Contributed  and 
shared  with  us  in  this  march  of  improvement, 
who  like  them  have  stood  as  faithful  senti¬ 
nels  on  the  watch-tower  of  duty,  and  whose, 
efforts  to  advance  our  objects  will  demand 
and  receive,  in  coming  time,  f  lic  thanks  of 
millions  of  grateful  hearts.  To  no  one  is  tliis 
occasion  of  more  interest,  than  to  him  who, 
by  your  kind  indulgence,  has  occupied  this 
chair  l’or  so  many  yearn,  anil  who,  in  the 
course  of  nature,  cannot  again  witness  the 
assembling  of  its  members  in  this  city  of  his 
home.  With  feelings  of  no  ordinary  gratifi¬ 
cation,  we  receive  you  here,  where  some  of 
the  first  efforts  were  made'  in  the  cause  of 
fruit  culture,  and  from  whence  in  the  early 
history  of  our  country,  us  well  as  in  later 
years,  so  much  has  emanated  for  its  extension 
throughout  our  land. 

HISTORICAL  SKETCH. 

In  my  former  addresses  l  have  often  spoken 
of  the  acquisitions  and  usefulness  of  our  art  ; 
but  in  the  presence,  of  so  many  Intelligent 
cultivators,  who  f  rom  scientific  attainments 
and  practical  skill  have  become  renowned  as 
teachers  themselves,  I  would  not  trespass  on 
your  time  by  a  repetition  of  well-established 
opini  uis,  but  would  rathe)'  oiler  my  congrat¬ 
ulations  on  the  progress  we  have  made,  and 
draw  therefrom  motives  and  inducements  to 
increased  efforts  and  perseverance  jn  our 
benevolent  work. 

I  have  heretofore  alluded  briefly  to  the 
history  of  our  society,  but  it  might  be  deemed 
an  omission  of  duty  did  I  not  on  this  quarter 
eaten  uial  make  a  record  of  its  origin  and 
progress,  not  only  for  the  benefit  of  those 
present,  but,  for  the  information  of  those  who 
arc  to  come  after  us.  I  propose,  therefore, 
even  at  the  risk  of  repeating  what  may  be 
well  known  to  our  earlier  members,  to  place 
in  the  annals  of  our  society  a  page  which 
shall  survive  when  we  are  gone.  Tims  shall 
we  “bind  lust  and  find  fast”  the  record  of 
our  t  imes. 

4  ^Briefly  then,  let  me  state  that  the  idea  of  a 
pomological  convention  appears  to  have  oc¬ 
curred  to  individuals  in  different  States,  at 
about  the  same  time — as  new  ideas  in  regard 
progress  frequently  do.  Thus,  in  the  sum¬ 


mer  of  1848,  consultation  was  had  with  An¬ 
drew’  Jackson  Downing,  the  great  American 
landscape  gardener  and  editor  of  the  Horti¬ 
culturist,  Mien  on  a  visit  to  the  City  of  Bos¬ 
ton,  in  regard  to  the  chaotic  condition  of  our 
pomology— the  want  of  accurate  and  well- 
defined  knowledge  of  our  fruits,  whereby 
correct,  conclusions  could  be  drawn  as  to 
their  various  merits ;  thn  best,  means  for  1m 
proving  the  condition  "I  fruit  culture,  and 
the  expediency  of  establishing  an  American 
society,  so  that,  by  interchange  of  experience, 
more  cordial  intercourse  and  by  general  con 
sent,  we  might  preserve  those  fruits  which 
were  valuable,  discard  those  which  were 
worthless,  correct  the  confused  nomencla¬ 
ture  and  esta  blish  a  pomology  for  our  whole 
country.  To  establish  such  a  society  was  a 
great  work,  but  it  was  considered  as  the  only 
means  which  could  accomplish  the  desired 
object.  A  correspondence  iva  iiurnodintelv 
opened  with  some  of  our  prominent  agricul¬ 
tural  and  horticultural  .societies,  and  wit  h  the 
leading  nurserymen  and  poiufilugisis  of  our 
land.  This  resulted  in  (ho  proposal  of  the. 
American  institute  ef  New  York  to  have  a 
convention  field  under  lls  auspices  in  that 
eity.  Pursuant,  to  these  arrangements  a  cir¬ 
cular  was  issued  signed  by  committees  of  the 
Massachusetts.  Pennsylvania.  New  Jersey 
and  New  Haven  Horticultural  societies  and 
the  American  institute  of  New  York,  pro¬ 
posing  to  hold  a  “  <  treat  National  Convention 
of  Emit  Growers”  in  the  City  of  New  York 
October  10,  1848. 

Of  the  fifteen  persons  whose  names  were 
appended  to  this  call,  three  unlv  remain.  All 


agricultural  or  horticultural  paper,  or  a  book 
on  fruit  culture,  published  on  this  continent. 
Look  back  and  compare  t  hat  period  with  the 
present  time,  with  its  tiood  of  books,  news¬ 
papers,  and  periodicals  which  are  wholly  or 
in  part  devoted  to  the  spread  of  pomologies  I 
knowledge,  and  ive shall approbate  t  he  great 
advantages  arising  therefrom.  Many  of  those 
present  can  remember  the  t  ime  when  t  here 
vvere  bid.  fVw  apples  sent  from  onr  Western 
States  to  the  Eastern  coast.  Compare  this 
with  the  thousands  of  barrels  of  fruit  that 
are  now  annually  seat  to  the  markets  of  the 
East.  But,  time  would  fail  me  were  I  to 
enumerate  the  vast  quantities  of  pears, 
peaches,  grapes  and  small  fruits  which  come 
from  the  Western,  Southern,  Middle  and 
Pacific  States  to  our  great  Northern  and 
Eastern  cities.  Some  are  present;  who  can 
remember  the  time  when  there  was  not  a 
nursery  of  any  note  west  of  t  he  Hudson  riv¬ 
er,  where  now,  ns  from  the  great  commercial 
nurseries  at  Rochester,  Geneva  and  other 
Western  cities,  there  are  annually  sent  out 
million;  of  trees  and  plants  to  other  sections 
of  the  Union. 

The.  thought,  therefore,  which  most  im¬ 
presses  me  on  this  occasion  is  the  rapid  pro¬ 
gress  in  American  pomology,  the  beneficial 
results  which  have  arisen  from  the  establish¬ 
ment  of  this  national  institution,  and  the 
duty  of  perpetuating  and  preserving  i for 
all  coming  time.  No  modern  event  connected 
with  the.  culture  of  the  soil,  and  the  sanitary 
condition  of  our  people,  lias  been  fraught 
with  more  salutary  effects  than  the  estab¬ 
lishment  and  operations  of  this  Society.  Tho 
more  1  reflect,  on  its  benign  influence  in  pro¬ 
moting  the  wealth,  health  and  happiness  of 
the  button,  the  more  arn  1  desirous  to  do 
what  I  can  in  m  i  day  and  generat  ion  for  Its 
advancement.  True,'  much  had  been  done 
by  the  Pennsylvania  and  Massachusetts  Hor¬ 
ticultural  Societies,  the  leading  pioneers  in 
the  East,  to  open  the  way  for  this  new  epoch 
in  tho  fruit  culture  of  onr  country.  Much 
has  been  done  by  other  associations  and 
individuals,  in  the  way  of  co-operation,  but 
hero  was  a  now  departure,  here  was  a  union 
lor  concerted  action,  which  should  thence¬ 
forward  embrace  every  section  of  our  con¬ 
stantly-increasing  territory.  How  grateful 
to  the  feelings  of  our  departed  associates, 
could  they  have  seen  the  growt  h  and  influ¬ 
ence  of  our  Society  !  How  would  the  hearts 
of  Downing,  BrineUlo,  Walker,  Hancock,  not 
to  sneak  or  the  living,  have  swelled  with  joy 
could  they  have  soon,  as  we.  now  see,  the 
progress  of  fruit  culture  in  our  land,  and  the 
prospect  which  is  opening  up  in  the  great 
future  of  our  science. 

How  striking  the  progress  in  our  own  day! 
It  is  not.  fifty  years  since  (he  first  Horticul¬ 
tural  Society  was  established  on  this  conti¬ 
nent,.  It  is  but  half  that  period  since  the  for¬ 
mation  of  this,  the  first  National  Pouiological 
Society  in  the  world.  And  what  do  we  set- 
in  fclio  grand  cornucopia!  display  of  to-day  ? 
Not,  merely  the  fruits  confined  mostly  to  the 
Eastern  States,  where  our  exhibition  is  held, 
hut  the  fruits  of  almost  all  climes  of  the 
habitable  globe  liere  in  counsel  are  assem¬ 
bled  the  representatives  of  our  wide-spread 
territory,  laden  with  rich.experie.nco  and  with 
precious  fruits,  l'ar  excelling  the  fabled  gar¬ 
dens  of  antiquity'. 

Here  t  ho  Canadas,  Nova  Scotia,  and  New 
England  warm  to  the  genial  influences  of 
the  sunny  South  ;  boro  the  great  Central 
West  responds  to  the  East ;  here  .California, 
with  golden  fruits  more  precious  than  her 
golden  sands  ;  here  fertile  Kansas  brings  her 
crimson  fruits  ;  here  youthful  Nebraska,  rep¬ 
resentative  from  the  great,  American  desert, 
where  sixteen  years  ago  not  a  fruit  tree  had 
been  cultivated,  comes  with  her  car  of  pre¬ 
cious  product  and  with  her  Governor  at  tho 
head  ;  and  here  from  territories,  where  but 
a  few  years  since  t  he  track  of  t  he  wild  beast 
and  the  trail  of  the  wild  man  had  only 
marked  the  toil ;  to-day,  in  this  northern 
dime  of  granite,  and  ice,  on  this  rock-bound 
coast,  wo  meet  us  representatives  of  a  united 
and  prosperous  people,  to  rejoice  together  in 
a  jubilee  crowned  with  fruits  surpassing 
those  of  any  other  nation  of  Lhe  earth.  Such 
is  the  progress  of  American  pomology  ;  such 
the  harvest,  we  are  permitted  to  reap;  suuii 
tlic  fruition  of  our  fondest  hopes. 

But  who  euti  even  estimate  the.  progress  of 
our  art,  the  importance  of  this  industry  to 
our  nation  i  Whose  prophetic  oye  can  survey 
the  grand  ex  pause  which  is  to  open  on  our 
course  during  tho  next,  twenty  live  years? 
Ere  that  time  shall  have  arrived  much  of  the 
unoccupied  territory'  of  our  country',  now 
greater  in  extent  than  that  of  all  our  present 
States,  will  by  tho  aid  of  our  trans-conti¬ 
nental  railroads  be  opened  to  cultivation, 
and  Columbia  l  iver,  Puget  Sound,  and  the 
whole  Pacific  coast,  with  its  untold  treasures, 
bo  united  with  us  in  the  great  work  of  pro¬ 
moting  the  pomology  of  this  land.  Give  us 
twenty-five  years  more,  and  from  ocoan  to 
Ocean,  from  the  Dominion  to  the.  Gulf,  our 
hillsides  shall  be  clad  with  the  vine,  our  great 
valleys  adorned  with  orchards  and  gardens, 
and  the  fig,  olive,  orange,  of  the.  South  and 
Pacific  shores,  shall  rival  those  of  exotic 
growth.  Give  us  twenty-five  years  more  and 
our  catalogue  of  fruits  -hall  bo  filled  with 
native  varieties,  and  dedicated  to  American 
pomologists  who  by  their  labors  and  benevo¬ 
lent  efforts  have  contributed  to  the  wealth  of 
our  country  and  the  happiness  of  its  people. 

NEW  FRUITS. 

But  to  accomplish  this  most  desirable  re¬ 
sult,  and  to  fulfill  our  mission’ of  supplying 
(  every  section  of  our  country  with  fruits 
suited  to  its  own  locality,  wc  must  rely 
mainly  on  those  originated  on  American  soil. 
Bound  by  my  promise,  in  former  addresses, 
to  aver  recognize  tho  importance  of  this 
duty,  1  again  invoke  your  attention  to  tho 
|  consideration  of  the  subject.  The  good  re¬ 
sults  already  attained  are  but  the  harbingers 
of  still  more  glorious  rewards.  We  have 
I  discussed  at  length  the  various  processes  of 


AMERICAN  POMOLOCICAL  SOCIETY. 


FOURTEENTH  SESSION 


Boston,  Sept.  10th,  1873. 

YESTr.KD.VT  members  delegated  from  the 
different  States  and  Territories  commenced 
to  arrive  in  this  city,  kuown  to  the  outside, 
world  as  the  “Hub.”  Huge  boxes  and  bas¬ 
kets  of  fruits  came  by  every  train,  which 
were  immediately  taken  to  Horticultural 
Hall,  where  they  were  being  unpacked  uutil 
late  last  night.  Wo  visited  the  Hull  again 
this  morning,  and  found  everybody  busy 
arranging  the  fruits  upon  the  tables  and  pre¬ 
paring  for  the  various  exercises  which  were 
to  commence  at  10  o’clock  A.  M.  The  Massa¬ 
chusetts  Horticultural  Society  has  made 
elaborate  and  magnificent  preparations  for 
receiving  the  members  and  delegates  of  this 
old  and  well  known  national  organization. 
Horticultural  Hall  is  devoted  to  the  fruits 
sent  from  all  parts  of  the  country,  while 
Music  Hall,  near  by,  is  decorated  with  all  the 
rich  and  magnificent  exotic  plants  to  be  found 
in  the  numerous  conservatories  in  the  vicini¬ 
ty,  and  hero  the  grand  festivities  in  the  form 
of  reception  are  to  be  held  on  Friday  evening. 
Another  large  hall,  on  the  same  block,  is  pro¬ 
vided  for  the  use  of  the  Society  for  its  daily 
sessions.  In  this  hull  the  members  met  this 
morning  and  proceeded  with  the  regular 
business.  Tlu-  President,  Hon.  Marshall  P. 
Wilder,  looked  as  young  as  ever,  although 
a  quarter  of  a  century  has  | 1 asset]  by  since 
lie  was  first  elected  to  the  honorable  position 
which  he  now  occupies,  as  President  of  the 
Society,  as  well  as  the  great  leader  in  pro¬ 
gressive  American  Pomology.  His  genial 
face  seemed  to  be  wreathed  with  more  than 
the  usual  quantity  of  smiles,  this  morning  ; 
perhaps  Time  had  been  adding  to  the.  number, 
and  we  doubt  if  he  could  find  a  more  fitting 
brow  upon  which  to  place  tla-m. 

APPOINTMENT  OF  COMMITTEES. 

The  President  welcomed  the  members  in 
liis  usual  felicitous  style,  and  then  proceeded 
to  appoint  the  various  committees,  which 
were  advised  to  Immediately  proceed  to  busi¬ 
ness,  as  there  was  work  to  be  done  as  well  as 
to  attend  to  the  usual  formalities  attendant 
upon  their  biennial  reunion. 

COMMITTEE  ON  NOMINATIONS. 

It  is  •  cell  k  now  n  to  the  readers  of  the  Rural 
New- Y orke r and  po i noiogista generally,  tl lat 
there  has  been  much  feeling  in  regard  to  tl"- 
action  ©f  tiie  Secretary  of  this  So  diet  ,u 
adding  foot-notes  to  tiic  last  Report,  in  whiili 
he  has  in  words,  if  not  in  sentiment,  stigma¬ 
tized  the  conductors  of  the  entire  horticul¬ 
tural  and  agricultural  press  as  a  lot  of  don¬ 
keys  who  were  unfitted  fur  the  position  they 
occupy.  Scores  of  the  members  of  the 
American  Bornological  Society  happen  to  be 
iu  the  very  position  to  feel  the  blows  thus 
dealt,  by  Secretary  ELLIOTT,  very  keenly,  and 
they  came  prepared  to  resent  the  insult ; 
therefore  there  was  much  interest  felt  in  the 
appointment  of  the  Nominating  Committee. 
The  Chairman  appointed  one  member  from 
each  State,  as  usual,  and  as  each  name  was 
announced  it  became  evident  t  here  would  be 
a  struggle  in  the  committee-room  over  the 
candidate  for  the  Secretaryship.  At  the  close 
of  t  he  list  the  Secretary  arose  and  begged  to 
inform  the  Committee  before  retiring  that 
he  could  not,  under  any  circumstances,  be  a 
candidate  for  re-election.  This,  of  course, 
was  taking  the  safe  road  and  retiring  from 
the  contest,  pleasing  both  his  supporters  and 
opponents. 

ELECTION  OF  OFFICERS. 

The  Nominating  Committee  made  their  re¬ 
port,  and  the  Society  proceeded  to  elect  its 
officers,  making  very  few  changes,  and  these 
mainly  in  Vice-Presidents  for  new  territories 
and  to  fill  three  vacancies  ca  used  by  death, 
with  tho  one  exception  of  Secretary,  Mr. 
Elliott’s  place  being  filled  by  the  election  of 
Hon,  W.  C.  FlaOG  of  Illinois.  As  Mr.  Flagg 
was  not  present,  on  motion  of  A.  S.  Fuller 
of  New  Jersey,  Mr.  H.  T.  Williams  of  New 
York  was  appointed  Secretary  pro  (rni.  Sec¬ 
retary  Elliott  fired  a  parting  shot  at  all  the 
papers  which  had  referred  to  lug  foot-notes 
in  the  Report,  by  saying,  on  leaving  the 
chair,  that  “  he  had  unfortunately  used  one 
word  in  his  late  Report  for  winch  he  had 
been  vindictively  and  unjustly  persecuted.” 

[Mr.  Elliot r  knows  better.  He  knows  he. 
has  been  neither  unjustly  nor  vindictively 
persecuted.  He  has  been  most  justly  dealt 
with,  for  he  put  iu  the  official  record  an  of¬ 
ficial  opinion  —  or  assertion,  rather — which 
has  not  even  the  semblance  of  truth. — Eds. 
Rural  New-Yorker.] 


rest  have  joined  tho  great' procession  of 
the  dead. 

The  convention  met,  and  the  Society  was 
organized  as  the  “  American  Congress  of 
Fruit  Growers,”  by  the  choice  of  Ma  rshall  P. 
Wilder,  as  President,  a  Vice-President  from 
each  of  the  several  States  represented,  and 
three  Secretaries,  Of  these  8,  B.  Parsons  and 
1\  Barry  are  here  to-day. 

The  first  national  pomological assemblage 
solely  for  the  consideration  of  pomological 
subjects,  met  at  Buffalo  Sept..  I,  184ft,  at  the 
call  of  tin*  New  York  State  Agricultural  So¬ 
ciety,  and  after  - an  interesting  session  re 
solved  to  perpetuate  itself  under  the  name  of 
the  “North  American  Pomological  Conven¬ 
tion.”  But  it  was  plain  that  there  could  be 
but,  one  tint  in  no  I,  organization  that  could 
carry  due  weight.  A  conference  was  there¬ 
fore  had,  which  resulted  the  next,  year  in  the 
consolidation  of  the  two  associations  under 
tho  name  of  tin*  “American  Pomological 
Congress.”  The  first  meeting  of  the  united 
associations  was  hold  at  Cincinnati,  l.SftO.  fn 
consequence  of  a  death  in  the  family  of  tho 
President  he  was  absent,  and  Dr.  W.  l3. 
Brinckle  was  chosen  to  preside,  but  at  the 
next,  meeting  declined  a  re-election,  and  the 
present  incumbent  was  again  called  to  the 
•  hair,  which  ho  has  occupied  to  thj  t  date. 

I  la  sessions,  since  the  first,  three,  have  been 
held  biennially.  There  have  been  three  in 
New  York  City  ;  one  in  Cincinnati ;  three  m 
Philadelphia  ;  three.  Including  the  present, 
in  Boston*  two  in  Rochester;  one  iu  St. 
Louis  ;  Mid  one  in  Richmond.  The  first  ses¬ 
sion  at,  Philadelphia,  in  185SJ,  will  ever  be 
memorable  a*  the.  occasion  when  a  eulogy 
was  pronounced  by  the  person  who  now  ad¬ 
dresses  you,  on  Mr.  A.  J.  Downing,  one  of 
the  chief  projectors  of  the  society  whose 
sudden  death  had  occurred  a  short  lime 
previous.  At  this  Session  a  constitution  and 
by-laws  was  adopte  1,  and  the  name  was 
changed  to  the  American  Pomological 
Society. 

PROGRESS. 

Wo  hail  the  present  anniversary  as  one  of 
the  most  interesting  in  onr  progress,  cem- 
mernu rating  as  it  will  the  history  of  this  So¬ 
ciety  from  its  infancy  to  its  present  stature 
of  Manhood.  Nor  can  language  express  the 
grateful  sensations  which  1  experience,  that, 
ray  life  has  been  spared  to  this  time  ;  that  L 
have  been  permitted  to  wit, no  s  the  rapid 
growth  and  increasing  influence  of  our  Insti¬ 
tution  ;  and  that  yon  have  so  kindly  con¬ 
sented  to  come  once  more  to  the  city  of  my 
adoption,  to  my  own  home,  to  celebrate  with 
me  the  silver  wedding  which  after  so  long  a 
service  has  still  foun  t  ns  united  in  the  bonds 
of  affection  anti  regard.  There  may  be,  and 
probably  will  be,  periods  in  thn  future*  history 
of  our  Society,  when  equal  or  greater  pro¬ 
gress  will  be  made,  but  It  is  a  peculiar  and 
grateful  privilege  to  be  able  to  record  what 
has  already  been  accomplished  i  to  look  back 
to  its  early  beginnings  ;  and  here,  perhaps 
for  the  lust  time,  to  join  with  you  in  congrat¬ 
ulations  on  its  success,  and  to  look  forward 
with  confident  hopes  to  the  time  when  every 
section  of  onr  wide-spread  territory  shall  be 
embraced  in  our  association,  and  our  stand¬ 
ard  of  pomology  be  established  throughout 
the*  Western  continent. 

Tho  marvelous  growth  of  our  country  has 
constantly  been  Opening  up  new  states  and 
territories  for  fruit  culture.  These  have 
been  embraced  Within  our  fold,  thus  bringing 
together  the  wisest  aud  best  cultivators,  and 
combining  not  only  the  men,  but  the  fruits 
of  our  rich  and  varied  clirne,  and  IStatea 
which  had  no  place  in  our  Union  at  the  for¬ 
mation  of  this  association,  have  become  the 
most  fruitful  in  resources.  Tims  we  have 
gone  on,  step  by  step,  encouraging  whatever 
was  worthy,  rejecting  what  was  unworthy, 
treasuring  up  the  best  information,  and  pro¬ 
mulgating,  for  llm  benefit  of  our  whole  peo¬ 
ple,  the  results  of  our  wide-spread  researches. 

Few  are  aware  of  the  great  revolution 
which  has  taken  place  in  fruit  culture  since 
the  establishment  of  this  National  Bornologi¬ 
cal  Society,  or  of  the  laborous  efforts  of  those 
patient  pioneers  aud  investigators  who  have 
spent  tlieir  lives  for  the  promotion  of  our  art. 
Nor  can  we  omit  here  to  acknowledge  the 
influence  of  the  press,  to  which  we  are  so 
much  indebted  for  the  dissemination  of  our 
experience.  Some  are  now  living  who  can 
remember  the  time  when  there  was  not  an 


PILES’!  WILDER’S  ANNUAL  ADDRESS. 

Oentl  nu  n  of  the  American  Pomolngical  Society : 

With  tho  close  of  this  session  a  quarter  of 
a  ceDtury  will  have  elapsed  since  the  estab¬ 
lishment  of  our  national  association. 

Most  heartily  do  J  congratulate  you  upon 
the  plea  ant  circumstances  under  which  we 
are  assembled,  and  upon  the  progress  and 
prosperity  of  our  society.  We  meet  on  this 
occasion  not  only  to  assume  tho  labors,  dis¬ 
cussions  and  duties  incident  to  another  bien¬ 
nial  session,  but  to  commemorate  by  appro¬ 
priate  exercises  a  period  which  will  ever  be 
memorable  in  the  record  of  our  existence. 
We  accept  with  great  pleasure  the  cordial 


480 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


.  SEPT,  ao 


Van  Mons,  Knight,  Esperen,  and  others  of 
the  old  world,  hut-  whatever  may  be  said  of 
the  superior  fruits  produced  by  them,  we 
have  the  strongest,  proofs  that  the  clear  sky 
mid  warm  summers  of  our  American  climate 
are  far  more  favorable  for  propitious  results 
than  theirs,  and  that  such  caret un stances  will 
conduce  to  the  health  and  longevity  of  a 
variety.  Especially  is  this  the  case  in  Cali¬ 
fornia.  where  almost  all  the  products  of  the 
vegetable  world  come  to  perfection.  From 
past  experience  it  seems  probable  that  the 
deterioration  of  certain  varieties  of  fruits 
will  exist  in  the  future  as  in  the  l*ast,  and 
that  the  same  causes,  whether  from  the 
removal  of  the  forests,  or  from  whatever 
Circumstances,  will  still  continue.  Hence 
the  necessity  of  raising  new  varieties  to 
supply  the  places  of  those  that  decline.  Hap¬ 
pily  tins  degeneracy  is  confined  to  the  apple 
and  pear,  affecting  the  pear  more  particu¬ 
larly,  while  in  the  cherry,  peach,  plum, 
strawberry  and  small  fruits  generally,  there 
are  no  signs  of  this  deterioration. 

That  as  fine  fruits  can  be  raised  from  seed 
here  as  have  been  produced  in  any  other 
country,  there  is  no  longer  a  doubt.  That, 

1 1 1 is  is  tile  plan  prescribed  by  our  bountiful 
Creator  for  their  production  and  improve¬ 
ment  is  equally  true.  That  there  is  any 
limit  to  its  progress  and  extent,  we  have  no 
reason  to  believe.  True,  the  number  of 
superior  fruits  is  small  compared  with  the 
host  of  indifferent  varieties  that  have  come 
down  to  us  from  the  past.  One  reason  for 
this  is,  that  our  taste  for  finer  fruits  has  been 
elevated  to  a  higher  standard,  and  those  ol 
an  indifferent  or  medium  quality  fall  out  by 
the  way  ;  anti  we  have  no  doubt  that  the  old 
pears  so  highly  lauded  by  historians,  were 
most,  if  not  all  of  them,  only  course,  unmelt¬ 
ing  kinds. 

When  'vc  reflect  upon  what  has  been  ac¬ 
complished  in  the  improvement  of  animals 
and  vegetables  in  our  own  day,  and  how 
many  splendid  acquisitions  have  been  brought 
forth  that,  command  t  he  admiration  of  the 
world. — when  we  reflect  npon  the  many  flue 
American  in  fit:-  already  obtained  with  but 
comparatively  little  effort,  we  sorely  have 
Cause  for  great  encouragement,  and  perse¬ 
verance.  Then*  is  no  limit  to  progress  now 
or  hereafter,  and  we  believe  that  the  fruits 
of  this  earth  are  to  become  more  and  more 
perfect  us  lime  advances.  The  march  of 
science  is  ever  onward  and  upward,  audit  is 
our  duty  to  keep  pace  with  it.  What  has 
been  done  can  be  done  again,  and  will  be 
done,  until  the  final  culmination  of  all  cre¬ 
ated  things.  Then  let  us  not  be  discouraged 
by  obstacles  or  disappointments,  but — 

“  hot  us  net,  that  latch  to-morrow 

Find  ntt  further  ttmo  to-day.” 

If  a  pear  like  the  Bartlett  or  Beurre  d’  An¬ 
jou  can  be  produced  which  shall  be  suited  to 
every  section,  then  another  of  like  or  better 
quality  can  be  created  and  possess  the  same 
adaptation.  Nor  is  there  any  reason  why  a 
strawberry  like  the  Wilson,  or  a  grape  like 
the  Concord,  may  not  be  raised  of  far  better 
quality,  and  yet  possess  all  the  other  valuable 
characteristics  of  these  varieties.  That  there 
may  be  a  point  beyond  which  a  fruit  is  not 
susceptible  of  improvement  ns  believed  by 
some,  we  cannot  aver,  but  that  most  of  our 
varieties  fail  short  of  tills  perfection  all  will 
agree.  When  we  consider  the  character  of 
the  fruits  which  have  come  down  to  us  from 
antiquity,  the  wonder  is  not  that  we  have  no 
moi  c  of  Strictly  first-class  varieties,  but  that 
we  have  already  produced  so  many  superior 
sorts.  These  considerations  afford  ample 
evidence  of  the  tendency  toward  improve¬ 
ment,  and  lead  us  to  the  belief  that  by  plant¬ 
ing  the  seeds  of  our  best  varieties  we  shall 
advance  still  further  toward*  perfection. 

Dull  am  el,  Poiteau,  and  their  contempo¬ 
raries  after  repeated  trials  with  the  seeds  of 
the  old  varieilies,  produced  but  few  worthy 
of  note.  It  was  reserved  for  Esperen,  Gre- 
goire,  Bivort,  Berekmang,  and  other  modem 
experimenters,  who  sowed  the  seeds  of  im¬ 
proved  sorts,  to  give  us  most  of  the  tine  new 
varieties  which  now  adorn  our  tables.  In 
confirmation  of  this  opinion  we  have  numer¬ 
ous  instances  in  our  own  country.  Witness 
the  seedling  pears  of  the  Messrs.  liana,  Clapp, 
and  Shurtleu,  of  this  vicinity,  and  t  hose  from 
other  places,  especially  the  extraordinary 
productions  of  Mr.  Fox  of  California,  in  the 
maguifleeut  collection  of  seedling  fruits  which 
grace  tills  department,  of  our  exhibition.  In 
these  we  have  an  illustration  of  w  hat  can  be 
accomplished  in  the  space  of  a  few  years,  by 
the  sowing  of  the  seeds  of  modem  varieties, 
lu  Mr.  Fox’s  experiment  we  have,  also,  an 
evidence  of  the  influences  of  virgin  soil,  high 
temperature,  and  clear  atmosphere,  giving 
us  tokens  of  like  advantages  which  we 
expect  to  derive  from  the  new  lands  of  our 
Western  friends,  In  the  production  of  flue 
varieties.  We  may  add,  in  regard  to  Mr. 
Fox’s  seedling  pears,  that  we  know  not  how 
to  account  for  the  strong  evidence  of  natural 
cross  fertilization  which  they  exhibit,  unless 
it,  was  caused  by  the  favorable  climatic  in¬ 
fluence,  which  w  e  have  just  mentioned. 

Formerly  we  wen*  obliged  to  rely  mostly 
ou  imported  kinds  for  our’ bent  fruits,  but  as 
time  progresses  these  are  gradually  disap¬ 
pearing,  and  their  places  are  being  filled  by 
t  hose  of  American  origin.  Of  the  forty-three 
kinds  of  plums  lu  our  catalogue,  more  than 
half  are  American.  Of  fifty-eight  kinds  of 
poaches,  more  than  two-thirds  are  American, 
and  iu  fact  very  few  others  ure  much  in 
cultivation.  Of  the  nineteen  kinds  of  straw¬ 
berries,  all  but  three  are  American.  Of 
thirty-one  varieties  of  hardj-  grapes,  all  are 
American.  Thus  of  these  fruits  we  have  in 
our  catalogue  at  the  present  time,  one  hun¬ 
dred  and  fifty-one  varieties,  and  with  the 
exception  of  thirty-seven  all  are  of  American 
origin.  Thus  may  wre  go  on  rising  higher 
and  higher  in  the  scale  of  excellence,  looking 
forward  with  bright  anticipations  to  the 
time  when,  through  the  influence  of  these 
examples,  and  of  our  own  and  kindred  asao-  , 


clarions,  our  catalogue  shall  be  filled  with 
varieties  of  American  origin,  and  every  part 
of  our  country  reioice  in  fruits  born  on  the 
soil  on  which  we  live. 

Why.  it  is  only  about,  a  century  since  Van 
Mons,  Knight,  and  the  great  nomologists  of 
Europe  were  born.  It  is  within  the  present 
century  that  Coxe,  Thomas,  Buck  Prince, 
Lowell,  Manning  and  Kenrick  commenced 
t  heir  efforts  to  improve  the  pomology  of  our 
country.  It  is  within  a  much  later  period  that 
the  Downing*,  the  younger  Thomas,  Kirt 
land,  Hovcy,  Ellwanger  &  Harry,  Briuckle, 
Keunicott,  Warder,  Elliott,  Berekmarei,  com¬ 
menced  their  operations  for  the  advance¬ 
ment  of  this  cause,  These  considerations 
should  excite  us  to  greater  enterprise  and 
renewed  exertions.  This  is  the  great  work 
of  the  American  Bornological  Society.  W e 
have  but  just  entered  upon  it.  How  vast 
and  inviting  the  field  that  lies  spread  out 
before  us  !  Some  of  these  thoughts,  perhaps, 
iu  another  form,  I  may  have  presented  to 
you  before,  but  it.  is  by  line  upon  line  and 
precept  upon  precept,  that  I  desire  to  enforce 
my  advice  ;  and  were  I  never  to  address  you 
again,  1  would  repeat  the  counsel  1  have  so 
often  given,  iu  regard  to  the  production  of 
new  and  fine  fruits,  viz. : 

“To  plant  the  man!  mature  and  perfect 
seeds  of  the  most  hardy,  vigorous  and  vatu - 
able  varieties;  u cd  as  a  shorter  process  in¬ 
suring  more  certain  and  happy  results,  cross 
or  hybridise  your  best  fruits.”  Before  many 
years  shall  have  passed  my  voice  will  be 
hushed  in  that  stillness  which  knows  no 
waking;  but  while  I  five  I  would  continue 
to  impress  on  vour  minds  the  importance  of 
the  beneficent  work  of  providing  these  bless¬ 
ings  for  generations  to  come  ;  and  when  I  am 
dead  1  would  by  these  words  still  speak  to 
you.  Thus  will  you  advance  one  of  the  most 
delightful  and  important  industries  ol  the 
world  ;  thus  will  you  build  up  a  pomology 
for  the  most  favored  nation  upon  which  the 
sun  ever  shone  ;  thus  will  you  contribute  to 
the  welfare  of  home,  kindred  and  country, 
and  transmit  your  names  to  fut  ure  genera¬ 
tions  as  benefactors  of  your  race — 

*'  Our  Ups  tiliall  tell  them  to  our  seas, 

And  they  nguin  to  thetm, 

That  generation*  yet  unborn 
May  teach  them  to  their  heirs.” 

CATALOGUE. 

To  this  connection  I  desire  to  refer  to  our 
catalogue  of  fruits,  as  the  most  important 
achievement  of  our  Society.  TJtis  was  the 
first,  attempt  in  tins  country  to  suppress  by 
common  consent  our  interior  fruits  from  cul 
tivtttion  and  to  define  the  adaptation  ami 
value  of  approved  varieties  to  a  widespread 
territory.  Few  can  have  an  idea  of  t  he  pa¬ 
tient  investigation  which  this  lias  received 
from  the  committee,  from  its  first  prepara¬ 
tion  by  Mr.  Barry,  in  1800,  down  to  the  pres¬ 
ent  tiine.  With  tlm  issue  of  this  catalogue 
commenced  a  new  era  in  the  Literature  of 
American  Pomology,  by  which  every  section 
of  our  country  and  the  Provinces  ol  British 
America  wore  to  be  acknowledged  and  recog¬ 
nized  in  its  classificat  ion. 

At  the  time  of  its  first  publication  it  was 
issued  in  octavo  form,  but  in  less  than  ten 
years  we  have  been  obliged  to  enlarge  it  to 
quarto  form,  so  as  to  admit  additional 
columns  for  the  new  States  and  Territories 
coming  within  our  jurisdiction.  Instead  of 
the  fifty-four  varieties  of  fruit  recommended 
iu  1848, This  catalogue  now  contains  the  names 
of  five  hundred  and  seventy-seven  kinds,  anu 
with  the  list  of  six  hundred  and  twenty-five 
rejected  varieties  passed  upon  by  the  Society, 
makes  a  total  of  twelve  hundred  uml  two  on 
which  the  Society  has  set  its  seal  of  approval 
or  rejection.  Ah  Important  part  of  this  work, 
not  shown  by  these  figures,  is  the  reduction 
of  our  list  as  compared  with  former  cata¬ 
logues,  by  sinking  out  varieties  too  good  to 
be  placed  iu  our  rejected  list,  yet  superseded 
by  better  sorts.  In  pears  alone,  this  reduc¬ 
tion  has  been  from  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
two  to  ninety-one  kinds.  And  thus  it  should 
ever  be  our  aim  to  condense  our  list  into  as 
small  a  number  of  varieties  as  possible. 
When  we  consider  that  our  catalogue  em¬ 
braces  iu  its  column*  fifty  States  and  Terri¬ 
tories,  including  '  the  Provinces  of  British 
America,  with  great  diversities  of  soli  and 
climate ;  that  some  Of  the  new*  districts  have 
but  little  experience  in  fruit  culture  ;  and 
that  from  them  we  have  consequently  but 
limited  reports,  we  can  readily  appreciate 
the  difficulties  attendant  on  this  great  work. 

It  was  an  important,  step  taken  by  the  So 
ciety  when  it  placed  its  mark  of  condemna¬ 
tion  on  the  long  list  of  unworthy  fruits  which 
were  t.lieu  in  our  collections)  thereby  saving 
to  cultivators  a  vast  amount  of  time,  trouble 
and  expense  in  the  propagation  of  useless 
varieties.  But  a  great  and  important  work, 
requiring  the  utmost,  caution,  is  still  before 
us,  to  avoid  in  the  future  the  insertion  in  its 
pages  of  the  names  of  inferior  or  insufficient¬ 
ly-tested  fruits,  and  to  establish  a  correct 
nomenclature  for  all  time,  so  that,  with  every 
revision  of  our  catalogue  it  may  more  nearly 
approximate  to  perfection.  To  aid  in  this 
most  desirable  work,  the  various  State  and 
local  committee*  should  keep  well  organized, 
and  from  time  to  time  transmit  to  the  Gen¬ 
eral  Chairman  of  the  Fruit  Committ  ee  all  the 
information  whir-h  is  acquired  in  their  several 
districts,  it  was  the  original  object  of  the 
catalogue,  and  must,  always  continue  to  be  its 
aim,  to  restrict  the  worthless  or  indifferent 
kinds,  to  discover  and  retain  the  most  valu¬ 
able,  and  to  furnish  to  all  sections  the  fruits 
best  adapted  to  their  respective  localities. 

For  the  purpose  of  perfecting  our  catalogue, 
a  meeting  of  the  Committee  on  Revision  was 
held  at  Rochester,  New  York,  soon  after  our 
last  session. 

After  several  days  of  deliberation  t  he  pres¬ 
ent  form,  and  the  new  plan  of  making  three 
general  divisions,  and  arranging  the  States 
in  their  order  of  climatic  and  characteristic 
association  in  regard  to  fruit  culture,  was 
adopted.  This  was  a  work  of  much  diffi¬ 


culty,  but  I  am  happy  to  learn  that  it  is  re¬ 
garded  with  great  favor  as  a  most  important 
improvement,  and  will  constitute,  it  i3  be¬ 
lieved,  through  the  united  efforts  of  our 
members,  ultimately  the  acknowledged  au¬ 
thority  of  the  country. 

DECEASED  MEMBERS. 

While  wc  rejoice  in  the  presence  of  so 
many  of  our  members  on  this  occasion,  we 
are  reminded  of  the  absence  of  some  who 
have  been  removed  by  death.  Since  our  last 
biennial  session  two  Vice-Presidents  and  one 
ex- Vice-President  have  deceased. 

I  allude  to  Lawrence  Young  and  John  8. 
Downer  of  Kentucky,  and  Dr.  J.  8.  Curtis  of 
California.  Mr.  Lawrence  Young  was  an 
early  member  of  our  association,  and  for  a 
long  course  of  years  held  the  office  of  Vice- 
President  for  the  State  of  Kentucky.  Tie  was 
born  on  the  fit  h  of  December,  1  ?9iJ,  in  Caro¬ 
line  county,  Virginia.  He  showed  an  curly 
taste  for  knowledge,  and  made  himself  well 
acquainted  with  all  branches  of  learning, 
especially  with  the  sciences  of  Agriculture 
and  Horticulture,  and  by  his  interest  and  ex¬ 
ample  lie  taught  others  to  appreciate  what 
he  so  dearly  loved.  He  was  not  only  a  scien¬ 
tific,  but  a  practical  cultivator  of  fruits,  and 
for  these  labors  his  own  and  adjoining  States 
often  expressed  their  obligations.  For  many 
years  he  wo*  the  agricultural  editor  of  the 
Louisville  Journal.  In  later  years  he  edited 
the  Western  Kuralist,  and  for  thirty  years  he 
compiled  a  monthly  aaetocrologioal  table  for 
the  Smithsonian  Institute.  Besides  being 
Vice-President  of  this  Association,  he  held 
the  Offices  of  President  of  the  J  ellerson  county 
Horticultural  Society  and  President  of  the 
Kentucky  Bornological  Society.  Energy, 
perseverance  and  a  love  ol  uuture  were 
prominent  traits  in  his  character  through 
life.  He  died  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  seventy- 
nine  years. 

Mr.  John  S.  Downer,  our  Vice-President, 
for  Kentucky,  who  was  with  us  at  our  last 
session,  has  also  been  removed  by  death.  He 
was  bom  on  the  tilth  of  J  line,  1.809,  in  Cul¬ 
pepper  county,  Virginia.  His  taste  for  horti¬ 
culture  and  pomology  dawned  with  his  early 
years,  and  u  hile  yet  a  youth  he  discovered 
an  ardent  love  for  these  pursuits,  which  con¬ 
tinued  through  life.  In  early  manhood  lie 
established  the  Forest  Nursery,  and  here, 
from  obscure  youth,  without  fame  or  for¬ 
tune,  he  built,  up  an  enviable  reputation  as  a 
nurseryman  and  poinologist.  He  tested  un- 
cler  ins  own  inspection  many  varieties  of 
fruits,  and  has  done  much  to  improve  po¬ 
mology  in  the  Central  and  Southern  States, 
having  produced  several  varieties  of  l'ruits 
which  are  now  extensively  cultivated.  He 
devoted  much  time  and  patience  for  the  pro¬ 
duction  of  new  varieties  of  strawberry,  and 
the  Downer's  Prolific,  the  Charles  Downing 
and  the  Kentucky,  bear  witness  to  his  suc¬ 
cess.  By  testing  and  disseminating  other 
fruits,  he  has  conferred  blessings  on  the 
pomology,  not  only  of  his  own  region,  but  on 
our  whole  country.  He  died  on  the  grounds 
where  he  first  settled  and  where,  in  addition 
to  his  many  attainments,  he  has  left  the 
name  of  “an  honest  man,  the  noblest  work 
Of  God,” 

The  seat  of  Dr.  Joshua  S.  Curtis  of  Sacra¬ 
mento,  California,  is  also  vacated  by  death. 
Ho  was  one  of  the  representatives  of  that 
State,  and  was  elected  Vice-President  at  our 
last  session.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  noble 
bearing,  and  much  interested  in  t.iio  progress 
of  science  and  t  he  elevation  of  our  art.  Some 
of  us  can  remember  the  interest  which  he 
manifested,  although  lor  the  first  time  with 
us,  in  the  welfare  for  the  Society,  and  the 
Words  of  counsel  and  approval  which  he 
spoke  to  us  at  the  festival  that,  closed  our 
meeting  at  Richmond,  and  it  was  his  intern 
tion  to  tie  with  us  at  this  session.  Dr.  Curtis 
was  bora  in  North  Carolina,  and  died  in  San 
Joaquin  county,  California,  November  IS, 
1872,  aged  sixty-three  years.  He  graduated 
at.  Chapel  Hill  College,  and  was  also  a  gradu¬ 
ate  either  of  Philadelphia  or  Baltimore  Medi¬ 
cal  College.  lie  went  to  Tennessee  in  1882, 
where  he  was  extensively  engaged  in  farm-  i 
jug  and  his  profession,  lu  1887  he  removed 
to  Holly  Springs,  Mississippi,  owned  a  cotton 
plantation,  and  was  the  Treasurer  of  the 
State.  He  went  to  Sacramento,  California, 
in  1850,  where  he  resumed  his  practice  as  a 
physician.  A  few  years  at  forwards  he  gave 
up’ his  profession  and  was  engaged  in  fann¬ 
ing  in  Yolo  county  until  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  represented  that  county  in  the  State 
Legislature.  His  home  was  ever  open  to  the 
poor,  and  his  house  was  the  home  of  the 
destitute. 

Nor  can  I  close  this  record  of  deceased 
members  without  .illusion  to  another,  former¬ 
ly  connected  wit  h  us  in  official  relations,  who 
has  been  called  from  this  to  the  spirit  land.  I 
allude  to  the  Rev.  Jeremiah  Knox  of  Pitts¬ 
burg,  Pa.,  who  died  Of  apoplexy,  Nov.  I  J, 
1872,  aged  fifty-eight,  1  lis  father  was  a  min¬ 
ister,  which  profession  he  also  adopted  while 
ax  the  age  of  seventeen.  He  removed  to 
Pittsburg  early  in  Jife  and  became  eminent 
in  his  profession.  He  was  social  and  sympa¬ 
thetic  in  his  instincts,  prepossessing  ill  per¬ 
sonal  appearance  and  gifted  with  oratorical 
powers.  He  was  iui  old  member,  often  at¬ 
tended  the  sessions  of  this  Society,  Look 
part  iu  its  discussions,  and  was  known 
throughout  our  land  for  his  interest  in  the 
culture  of  the  grape,  the  strawberry,  and 
other  small  fruits.  His  enterprise  in  the  cul¬ 
ture  of  these  was  remarkable,  and  his  plan¬ 
tations  of  the  strawberry  and  the  blackberry 
were  vei  y  extensive.  He  gave  to  the  Tri- 
omphe  de  Gaud  a  new  and  extensive  fame, 
and  distributed  far  and  wide  the  strawberry  ' 
No.  700  of  his  collection,  to  which  he  gave 
the  name  of  Jucunda.  He  ent  ered  largely 
into  the  grape  excitement  which  existed  a 
few  years  since,  propagating  immense  quan-  < 
ties  of  vines,  especially  Concord,  Delaware  j 
and  Martha,  His  name  as  the  “  Strawberry  . 
King,”  and  the  proprietor  of  the  Knox  Fruit  ] 


Farm,  will  ever  be  remembered  in  the  annals 
of  American  Pomology. 

These  associates  have  gone.  It  has  pleased 
a  wise  Providence  to  remove  them  from  the 
sphere  of  duty  here,  but  we  trust  in  the  hope 
that  we  shall  one  day  join  them  in  that  bet¬ 
ter  land,  where  friends  shall  part  no  more. 

CONCLUSION. 

Pardon  me,  my  friends,  for  the  time 
I  have  occupied  In  the  performance  of  a 
duty  required  of  me  by  your  constitution. 
With  the  close  of  this  session  w  ill  termi¬ 
nate  the  first  quarter  of  a  century  in  the 
history  of  our  national  association.  We 
are  now*  about  to  enter  on  the  second 
era  of  its  existence.  A  great  work  has 
already  been  accomplished,  but  more  re¬ 
mains  to  be  done.  Wc  have  out  just,  entered 
on  the  broad  field  which  lies  open  to  us  and 
gathered  a  few  of  its  first  fruits.  Many  of 
its  former  members  have  paid  the  debt  of 
nature,  and  we,  who  were  among  the  found- 
deni  of  our  Institution,  shall  soon  be  called 
to  follow  them.  But  this  Society,  we  believe, 
will  live  on  i  n  bless  the  world,  and  as  time 
progresses  the  results  of  your  label's  in  the 
development  of  our  wonderful  resources  will 
be  more  and  more  appreciated.  And  as  our 
nation  advance^  in  wealth  and  refinement,  so 
will  the  culture  of  fruits  be  better  understood 
and  their  importance  and  usefulness  be  more 
fully  realized.  Willing  hands  and  generous 
hearts  wili  labor  for  the  same  cause,  and 
generation  after  generation  will  enjoy  the 
fruits  which  your  hands  have  planted  for 
them.  Persevere,  then.,  my  friends,  with  the 
noble  work  iu  which  you  are  employed.  Go 
on,  until  our  ultimate  object  is  attained,  in 
perfecting  one  of  the  most  useful  and  beauti¬ 
ful  sciences  of  the  world. 

We  have  traced  the  progress  of  American 
Pomology  from  a  period  within  fifty  years. 
But  who  shall  predict  its  development  for  the 
half  century  to  coma  ?  Judging  from  the 
past,  wo  may  anticipate  that  ere  that  day 
shall  dawn,  our  whole  continent  will  be 
opened  up  for  use,  and  the  cultivation  of 
fruits  become  scarcely  secondary  to  any 
other  branch  of  rural  art.  Look  at  the  pro- 
gressof  the  past  and  estimate,  if  you  can,  the 
increase  of  t lie  future,  when  the  population 
of  our  country  shall  exceed  one  hundred  mil¬ 
lions  of  souls’ as  many  now  living  may  ex¬ 
pect  to  witness;  when  our  fruit*  shall  be 
adapted  to  every  section  of  our  land  and  be¬ 
come  not  merely  a  condiment  but  a  neces¬ 
sary  portion  of  our  food. 

Standing,  as  we  do,  on  the  line  which  di¬ 
vides  the  past  from  the  present,  let  us  remem¬ 
ber  with  gratitude  the  labors  of  those  who 
laid  the  foundations  of  this  Institution — let 
us  remember  t  hose  who  have  so  assiduously 
co-operated  with  us  for  the  advancement  of 
its  objects,  and  let  us  transmit  In  posterity 
the  priceless  blessings  our  calling  is  destined 
to  confer.  And  as  our  members  from  time 
to  time  shall  assemble  to  gather  op  t  he  fruit 
of  their  research,  may  they  have  reason  to 
rejoice  more  and  more  in*  the  benefactions 
which  it  bestows  on  mankind  ;  and  when  at 
last  we  shall  be  called  t  o  relinquish  the  culti¬ 
vation  of  our  orchards,  gardens  and  vine¬ 
yards  ou  eart  h,  may  we  be  permitted  to  par¬ 
ticipate  iu  the  cultivation  of 

“  That  tree  which  hears  immortal  fruit, 

*  Without,  a  canker  at  the  root  j 

Its  healing  leaves  to  us  ho  riven, 

Its  hloom  un  earth,  its  fruit  iu  heaven  !  ” 


|oulti[ir  iarti 


REMEDY  FOE  GAPES. 

Fob  many  years,  to  my  great  surprise,  no 
one  has  described  the  true  cause  in  any  peri¬ 
odical  that  1  have  seen,  though  the  subject 
has  been  discussed  at  various  times  in  the 
American  Agriculturist,  Rckaj.,  wc.,  and  in 
the  farmers’  department  of  many  of  the 
leading  journals.  It  is  all  very  well  o  tell 
the  reading  public  to  twist  ft  horse  hair  or 
leather  down  the  windpipe  and  draw  forth 
the  worms.  It  wifi  frequently  cure.  But 
to  prevent  the  disease,  never  allow  the  male 
bird  to  live  t  hrough,  his  third  year.  Eggs 
impregnated  by  art  old  rooster  are  sure  to 
hatch  diseased  progeny,  and  chanticleer  is 
old  ut  four  years.  It  is  well,  also,  not  to  per¬ 
mit  the  hen's  to  live  too  long. 

Other  causes  may  aid,  such  as  overfeeding, 
unclean  or  nu ventilated  coops,  and  exposure 
in  tall,  wet.  grass  ;  but  if  readers  will  attend 
in  future  to  the  age  of  the  parent  bird,  I  will 
warrant  that  with  anything  approaching  to 
ordinary  care  he  will  no  longer  be  troubled 
by  the  gapes. — F.  JJeaderiek. 


POULTRY  NOTES. 

No  Such  Thing  as  Chicken  Cholera. — An 
Indiana  lady  says  there  is  no  such  tiling  as  a 
chicken  cholera— that  it  is  lice  that  kills  the 
chickens  and  adds “  When  yon  see  them  go 
moping  or  sitting  about,  refusing  to  eat, 
catch  one  and  look  on  her  head,  and  under 
her  wings,  and  about  the  oil  bag,  and  you 
will  find  hundreds  of  lice.  Grease  tin. m  with 
fried  meat  grease,  and  they  are  well.” 

Pip  Remedy. — The  Rural  World  nays  that 
a  mixture  of  about  one  tablespoonful  of  soot 
and  one-fourth  as  much  sulphur,  with  suf¬ 
ficient  lard  to  form  a  paste,  has  been  found 
an  effectual  remedy  tor  this  disease.  Tear¬ 
ing  off  the  pip — the  horny  pellicle  that  grows 
on  the  end  of  the  tongue — is  useless,  as  the 
disease,  at  that  stage,  is  too  far  advanced  to 
be  cured  by  the  operation. 

Lice  on  Fouls. — Jas.  H,  Fry,  Pilatka.  Fla., 
says  that  the  stems  of  tobacco,  mixed  with 
hay  in  the  nests  of  fowls,  will  effectually  rid 
a  sitting  hen  of  this  troublesome  vermin.'  Our 
poultry  raisers  will  do  well  to  remember  this. 


S  BUBAL  MEW-YOB 


<§omcsitt([  dittoing. 


A  TOMATO  CHAPTER. 

•Julia  Colman,  whilom  contributor  to  the 
Rural  New-Yorker,  furnishes  the  Science 
of  Health  with  the  following  seasonable 
notes  on  tomatoes,  which  will  interest  and 
profit  our  readers.  She  says Tomatoes 
stand  first  in  variety  of  use  and  in  general 
availability — if  nob  in  wliolcsoiueness.  In 
the  latter  respect  they  have,  we  believe,  been 
greatly  belied.  In  spite  of  the  most  extra¬ 
ordinary  stories  about  their  deleterious  char¬ 
acter,  we  have  yet  to  be  convinced  of  any 
serious  injury  done  by  their  use,  whatever 
may  be  said  of  the  effects  of  the  red  pepper, 
butter  and  salt  with  which  they  are  frequent¬ 
ly  seasoned.  It  is  to  me  very  amusing  to 
hear  them  called  a  “vegetable,”  and  see 
them  treated  with  pepper  and  salt,  -when 
they  are  so  palpably  a  big  juicy  berry. 

I  consider  them  a  valuable  addition  to  our 
list  of  fruits;  and  all  the  more  so  from  the 
fact  that  they  come  to  maturity  in  one  sea¬ 
son.  The  settler  on  a  new  farm  is  not  obliged 
to  wait  until  fruit  trees  and  berry  bushes 
grow  before  he  can  have  fruits  of  his  own 
raiding.  If  the  soil  be  not  too  heavy  and  the 
manure  not  too  rank,  and  if  the  season  be 
rt  (  her  warm  and  dry,  tomatoes  may  be  pro¬ 
duced  of  a  quality  quite  fine  enough  to  eat 
from  the  hand  without  dressing.  Certainly 
the  appearance  of  the  fruit  is  handsome 
enough  to  give  it  a  place  in  any  fruit-basket. 

When  perfectly  ripe,  they  peel  readily, 
and  are  more  delicate  without  scalding.  To 
a  simple  taste  they  are  very  nice  for  “sauce,” 
peeled  and  cut  up  without  seasoning  ;  and  if 
so  placed  upon  the  table,  each  one  can  season 
them  in  his  own  dish  if  he  prefers  to  do  so, 
and  then  all  will  be  si  lited.  Or  you  can  place 
them  on  the.  table  whole,  as  is  often  done  at 
public  tables,  letting  each  dross  them  for 
himself,  though  you  will  need  to  provide  an 
extra  plate  for  the  waste.  The  most  natural 
seasoning  for  this,  us  for  all  other  fruits,  is 
sugar.  Sugar  and  lemon-juice  is  a  delicious 
dressing  ;  so  is  sugar  and  corn  cream.  Those 
who  barbarously  treat;  them  as  a  “vegeta¬ 
ble,”  prefer  salt,  or  salt  and  vinegar,  while 
others  add  to  this  a  little  minced  raw  onion, 
but  that  is  not  to  our  taste.  Cut  up  with 
lino  ripe  peaches  in  equal  parts,  or  with  oue- 
tliird  peaches,  and  sweetened,  they  produce 
a  charming  dish.  In  this  case  they  are  better 
to  be  prepared  half  an  horn'  beforehand, 
being  kept  cool  and  covered. 

For  cooking,  tomatoes  may  lie  scalded  and 
skinned.  Then  slice  and  stew  gently  in  their 
own  juice  for  thirty  minutes  or  more.  Sea¬ 
son  with  sugar,  or  with  sugar  and  lemon  or 
lime-juice  ;  or,  better  still,  with  nothing  at 
all.  Thicken,  if  desired,  with  Graham  bread 
crumbs,  or  pounded  cracker,  or  with  boiled 
rice,  or  w  ith  good  oat-meal ;  one  large  spoon¬ 
ful  of  the  latter  to  one  quart  of  tomatoes. 
The  oat-meal  will  cook  sufficiently  in  ten  or 
fifteen  minutes.  Grated  or  shaved  green 
com  is  another  excellent  thickening  ;  one 
gill  of  the  corn  to  one  quart  of  tomatoes. 
Cook  fifteen  minutes  after  putting  in  the 
corn,  salt  slightly,  and  serve  warm.  Again, 
cook  with  one-third  green  or  tart  apples, 
slicing  in  the  latter  with  their  skins  when  the 
tomatoes  are  half  done,  and  cooking  until 
the  apples  are  not  quite  tender  enough  to  fall 
to  pieces.  Season  with  cither  sugar  or  sail;. 
They  arc  also  very  nice  cooked  with  pie-plant 
or  with  green  grapes— seeding  the  latter  if 
desired  ;  seasoning  with  sugar,  and  thicken¬ 
ing  -with  oat-meal.  For  a  dinner  dish,  slice 
up  one  part  onions,  cooking  gently  in  a  little 
water  for  fifteen  minutes,  and  then  adding 
two  parts  sliced  tomatoes  with  their  juice, 
and  cook  half  an  hour  longer.  Season  with 
salt,  and  serve  warm  or  cold.  Tin's  dish,  and 
the  one  with  apples,  often  become  great 
favorites. 

Tomatoes  should  never  be  cooked  in  metal 
of  any  kind.  Pipkins  and  porcelain  lined 
ware  produce  much  more  palatable  dishes, 
and  save  the  tin  ware. 

Baked  Tomatoes  make  a  choice  dish.  Se¬ 
lect  those  of  good  size  and  ripe,  wash,  and 
bake  unr  easoned  on  a  pie-dish  in  a  hot  oven 
for  forty  minutes,  or  until  quite  tender.  They 
are  best  to  bake  them  on  the  top  first,  and 
then  set  down  to  bake  on  the  bottom  and  to 
reduce  the  juice.  If  there  is  danger  of  drying 
up  the  bottom  before  the  fruit  is  done,  add 
water  or  more  tomato  juice.  A  little  of  the 
thick  juice  should  be  served  with  each  toma¬ 
to.  These  harmonize  nicely  with  beaus,  for 
a  dinner  side  dish.  If  desired,  the  skins  can 
be  removed  before  they  are  sent  to  the  table. 

These  baked  tomatoes  arc  nice  to  dry, 
pouring  the  juice  over  them  as  the  dry*ng 
proceeds.  If  put  away  in  a  close  jar,  these 
can  be  used  to  good  advantage  for  soups 


when  it  is  not  desirable  to  open  a  can,  or  they 
may  be  gently  soaked  out  in  hot  water  and 
used  as  baked  tomatoes.  For  the  lat  ter  pur¬ 
pose,  however,  it  is  better  to  can  them  as 
soon  as  baked.  Have  an  abundance  of  juice, 
pour  some  of  it  into  the  can,  fill  up  with  the 
hot  tomatoes,  then  boil  the  can  a  little  while 
to  expel  the  air,  and  seal  up  as  you  do  other 
fruit. 

Stuffed  Tomatoes  make  a  more  showy  and 
a  more  substantial  dish,  an  excellent  accom¬ 
paniment  to  lima  beans.  Select  one  dozen 
large,  smooth  tomatoes,  wash  and  cut  a  lid 
fiom  the  stem  end,  and  scoop  out  the  seeds. 
Stew  the  latter  with  the  juice  in  a  saucepan 
twenty  minutes  with  one  medium  sized -onion 
minced  line,  a  salt  spoon  of  suit,  a  spoonful 
of  lemon  juice,  if  at  hand— a  tcaZpOonful  of 
thyme  leaves,  and  bread  crumbs  are  an  im¬ 
provement.  Mix  thoroughly  ;  cook  altogeth¬ 
er  ten  minutes,  and  with  this  fill  the  empty 
tomatoes,  replace  the  lids,  and  bake  on  a  pie 
dish  in  a  hot  oven  one  hour,  or  until  they  are 
quite  tender,  but  not  broken  down.  Serve 
warm. 

Tomatoes  are  much  used  in  vegetable  and 
meat  soups,  though  here  their  taste  is  fre¬ 
quently  injured  by  the  metal  in  which  they 
are  cooked.  The  proper  remedy  for  this  is 
to  cook  the  soup  In  a  porcelain-lined  kettle. 

Stewed  Tomatoes  whole,  make  a  nice  and 
a  handsome  dish.  Select  the  smaller  and 
prime  sorts,  the  plum  tomato  if  you  have  it. 
First  take  the  juice  from  large  tomatoes,  say 
one  pint ;  shred  into  it  one  large  onion  ; 
cover  and  stew  gently  fifteen  minutes  ;  then 
strain  and  put  the  juice  back  into  the  stew- 
pan.  Add  to  this  small  tomatoes  unpeeled 
enough  to  fill  up  the  juice  aud  stew  gently 
half  an  hour,  or  until  tender  ;  then  slum  out 
the  fruit,  thicken  the  juice  to  taste  with 
wheat  meal,  salt  slightly,  add  a  teaspoonful 
of  lemon  juice,  if  at  hand,  and  thyme  or  bay- 
leaves  if  you  like,  pour  over  the  tomatoes  and 
serve  warm.  Sir  all  tomatoes  may  be  canned 
whole  for  tills  and  other  dishes,  by  putting 
them  uncooked  into  the  cans,  filling  with 
water  or  tomato  juice,  boiling  them  half  an 
hour,  and  then  sealing  after  the  manner  of 
other  fruit. 

Tomato  Puddings. — Several  nice  puddings 
can  be  made  of  tomatoes,  but  1  have  observed 
that  people  who  commonly  eat  their  toma¬ 
toes  with  salt,  cannot  appreciate  Sweetened 
tomato  puddings.  They  would  prefer  toma¬ 
toes  and  rice  ;  a  side,  dish,  made  by  cooking 
gently  one  part  dry  rice  into  three  parts 
peeled  and  sliced  tomatoes  in  a  pipkin,  with 
two  parts  water  for  forty  minutes.  This 
may  be  seasoned  with  either  salt  or  sugar. 

The  more  delicious  puddings  could  be 
salted,  I  suppose,  but  then  they  would  be 
less  delicious.  For  a  rice  pudding,  take  the 
best  large  tomatoes,  peel  and  slice  them  one- 
fourth  of  an  inch  thick,  and  lay  them  in  a 
pipkin,  strewing  between  them  layers  of 
rice;  taking  Lu the  whole  by  measure— one 
pan  rice  and  one  part  sugar  to  seven  parts 
sliced  tomato.  Cover  closely  and  simmer  in 
a  moderate  oven,  two  or  three  hours,  or  until 
the  rice  is  thoroughly  swelled  out,  aud  al¬ 
most  converted  into  a  jelly,  by  the  juice  of 
the  tomatoes.  Serve  warm  or  cold,  with 
sugar  or  sweetened  cream. 

For  a  tomato  bread  pudding  take  one  part 
thinly  sliced  Graham  bread  or  batter  biscuit, 
and  four  parts  sliced  tomatoes  ;  place  them 
in  alternate  layers,  with  a  little  sugar,  cover 
close,  and  bake  one  hour.  Serve  with  sweet¬ 
ened  milk  or  cream,  or  with  a  syrup  of  white 
sugar.  T  have  already  given  in  the  last  num¬ 
ber  a  green  corn  custard,  with  tomatoes, 
which  is  good  enough  without  dressing. 
With  these  recipes,  I  must  lay  aside  tomatoes 
for  the  present,  although  their  availability 
in  cooking  is  by  no  means  exhausted.  Few 
materials  are  so  tempting  for  experiment. 
- - - 

SELECTED  RECIPES. 

Tomato  Honey. — To  each  pound  of  toma¬ 
to  allow  the  grated  peei  of  a  lemon  and  six 
fresh  peach  leaves,  lloil  them  slowly  till 
they  are  all  to  nieces,  then  squeeze  them 
through  a  bag.  To  each  pound  of  liquid  al¬ 
low  a  pound  of  sugar  and  the  juice  of  one 
lemon.  Boil  them  together  half  an  hour,  or 
till  they  become  a  thick  jelly.  Then  put 
them  into  glasses,  and  lay  double  tissue  pa¬ 
per  over  the  top.  It  will  be  scarcely  distin-. 
guished  from  real  honey. 

Lettuce  Salad. — 1  very  seldom  use  vinegar, 
vinegar  and  sugar,  vinegar  and  meat  gravy, 
as  nearly  ail  do,  but  instead,  1  take  sour 
cream  from  olf  clobbered  milk,  and  sugar, 
tti id  the  lettuce  cut  up  line.  It  js  far  superi  r, 
in  my  estimation,  to  any  other  preparation 
1  have  tested,  and,  I  believe,  healthier. 

Glycerine  Hair  Wash.  —Glycerine,  2  fluid 
ounces  ;  water,  6  fluid  ounces  ;  oil  of  rose¬ 
mary,  6  drops.  Mix  together.  This  is  an 
excellent  remedy  against  dandruff. 

Prevent  ing  Mold  in  Ink. — Add  some  acetic 
acid  or  strong  vinegar  ;  but  mercurial  subli¬ 
mate  is  the  best.  A  few  grains  in  a  quart  is 
sufficient. 


JfijqiciM  (Information. 


FISH,  CHEMICALLY  CONSIDERED. 

Prof.  W.  A.  Wetiierbhe,  M.  D.,  in  Jour¬ 
nal  of  Applied  Chemistry  says  : 

By  chemical  analysis  it  is  found  that  fish 
contains  a  greater  proportion  of  phosphorus 
than  any  other  class  of  animal  food,  and 
therefore  must  be  considered  the  richest 
“  brain  food.”  In  land  animals  the  phospho¬ 
rus  is  contained  for  the  most  part  in  the 
bones,  in  combination  with  lime,  as  a  phos¬ 
phate,  while  the  muscle  is  rich  iu  fibrin,  &c. 
But,  on  the  other  hand,  the  various  genera 
of  fish,  although  not  abounding  in  fibrin,  are 
much  richer  iu  phosphorus,  aud  this  element, 
as  a  general  rule,  varies  according  as  the  fish 
is  lively  or  slow  iu  its  movements  and  habits. 
Upon  this  difference  depends,  in  a  great 
measure,  the  relat  ive  value  of  different  kinds, 
those  containing  the  greatest  proportion  of 
phosphorus,  and  consequently  those  of  the 
most  rapid  movement,  commanding  the 
greatest  prices.  Thus,  the  salmon,  a  fish  of 
remarkable  agility  in  its  movements,  and  its 
nearest  relative,  the  trout,  are  among  the. 
most  expensive  of  the  varieties  in  our  mar¬ 
ket,  while  the  less  active  kinds  command  lull, 
inferior  prices.  But  an  exception  to  this 
rule,  due  only  to  ignorance  or  prejudice,  is 
exemplified  in  the  Now  England  farmers  of 
the  lost  century,  who  were  often  bound  by 
legal  obligation*  not  to  feed  their  Apprentices 
more  than  three  meals  a  week  upon  salmon, 
as  it  was  exceedingly  plenty,  and,  therefore, 
tit  only  for  those  who  were  too  poor  to  obtain 
anything  else.  The  same,  worthy  farmers 
were  wont  to  consider  Oysters  a  mere  luxury 
for  the  epicure,  and  they  were  .generally 
associated  with  champagne,  late  suppers,  and 
high  living  generally.  But  in  our  seaport 
towns  they  are  undoubtedly  among  the 
cheapest,  mid  by  no  means  the  least  nutri¬ 
tious  articles  of  flint,  although  we  have  re¬ 
cently  seen  it  asserted  that  they  contain  no 
nutriment.  We  have  also  scon  philosophers 
who  contended  that  cheese  was  only  a  luxury, 
and  contained  none  of  the  elements  of  nutri¬ 
tion,  being  ignorant  of  the  chemical  fact  that 
the  casein  of  the  cheese  and  the  fibrin  of 
inerts  are  almost  the  same,  and  are  both 
resolved  by  constructive  assimilation  into 
muscle. 

Those  nations  who  eat  fish  with  one  meal 
each  day  are  undoubtedly  the  most  active  in 
intellect,  and  the  most  capable  of  brain  labor 
without  exhaustion  or  fatigue.  Even  those 
savage  tribes  who  subsist  in  a  great  measure, 
upon  fish  no  doubt  possess  very  active,  quick 
minds,  although  they  are  uncultivated  aud 
ignorant,  and  other  causes  may  also  tend  to 
keep  them  in  a  deplorable  aud  degraded 
condition.  But  when  once  civilized  and 
Christianized  these  tribes  of  IcMIiyophagl 
become  quick  and  active  in  intellect,  even  to 
put  to  shame  the  more  stolid  beef  eaters  of 
our  inland  towns  of  Christian  lauds.  Not 
only  is  such  phospluitie  food  conducive  to  the 
activity  of  the  brain,  but  it  promotes  fecun¬ 
dity  and  increases  the  ability  to  endure  cold, 
fatigue,  &c.,  and,  while  the  facilities  for 
obtaining  it  are  constantly  Increasing,  it 
would  be  well  for  the  rising  generation  were 
they  made  to  partake  of  aud  to  realize  it  as 
second  only  in  many  respects  to  the  staff  of 
hie,  and  tile  husband  and  father  who  occa¬ 
sionally  takes  half  a  day  from  his  legitimate 
business  to  fill  his  basket  with  delicious  fish 
should  not  be  considered  as  a  mere  “. sports¬ 
man,”  but  a  “  good  provider”  for  his  family 
of  those  things  of  vital  utility. 

- - - 

HYGIENIC  NOTES. 

Hygienic  Use  of  Tea. — Dr.  Adam  Smith, 
in  a  paper  read  before  the  London  Society  of 
Arts,  recommends  the  use  of  tea  in  the  fol¬ 
lowing  cases ;  after  a  full  meal,  when  the 
system  is  oppressed  ;  for  the  corpulent  and 
the  old ;  for  hot  climates,  and  especially  for 
those  who,  living  there,  cat  freely,  or  drink 
milk  or  alcohol  ;  in  cases  of  suspended  ani¬ 
mation  ;  for  soldiers  who,  in  time  of  peace, 
take  too  much  food  in  relation  to  the  waste 
proceeding  in  the  body  ;  for  soldiers  and 
others  marching  in  hot  climates,  for  then,  by 
promoting  evaporation  and  cooling  the  body, 
it  prevents  in  a  degree  the  effects  of  too  much 
food,  as  of  too  great  heat. 

Remedy  for  Sick  Headache. — A  corres¬ 
pondent  gays  ; — T  have  invariably,  both  win¬ 
ter  and  summer,  for  more  than  forty  years, 
bathed  my  head  with  cold  water  ;  then 
rubbed  it  effectualy  with  a  rough  towel. 
Many  times  has  ice  been  frozen  on  my  hair. 

Glycerine  Hair  Tonic.— Glycerine,  2  fluid 
ounces  ;  alcohol  deodorized,  12  fluid  ounces  ; 
castor  oil,  2  fluid  ounces  ;  oil  of  rosemary,  or 


any  other  perfume,  20  drops.  Dissolve  the 
castor  oil  and  oil  of  rosemary'  in  the  alcohol 
and  add  gradually  the  glycerine. 

Castor  Oil  for  Corns. — The  Southern  Medi¬ 
cal  Record  says  that  castor  oil  applied  to  the 
corn,  after  paring  closely,  each  night  before 
going  to  bed,  softens  the  com,  and  it  becomes 
as  the  other  flesh. 


UNCERTAINTY  OF  AGRICULTURAL  EF¬ 
FORTS. 

It  is  the  uncertainty  of  of  agricultural  un¬ 
dertakings  being  permanent,  and  the  fact  of 
every  engagement  being  very  doubtful  as  to 
its  being  of  long  continuance,  which  causes 
such  lack  of  forecast  and  so  little  system  be¬ 
ing  adopted  in  fanning  ;  and  it  is  most  deci¬ 
dedly  this  general  doubtfulness  ns  to  any 
contract  relative  to  the  renting  or  manage¬ 
ment  of  land  being  aught  hut  temporary, 
which  gives  rise  to  the  cultivation  aud  crop¬ 
ping  of  the  soil  with  an  eye  to  the  present 
Only.  If  a  farmer  rents  n.  farm  he  does  not 
expect  to  hold  it  on  from  the  owner  very 
long,  a  year  or  two,  and  at  the  longest  live 
years,  which  in  most  districts  is  much  longer 
than  an  average  connection  between  land¬ 
lord  and  tenant ;  thus  what  can  be  expected 
with  regard  to  future  fruitfulness  of  the 
soil  'i  For,  naturally,  every  ouan  iu  posses¬ 
sion  of  a  farm  for  a  short  period  will  got  out 
of  the  land  all  that  he  possibly  can,  particu¬ 
larly  as  there  is  no  customary  paying  for  un¬ 
exhausted  manuring*  or  .Headings,  Ac.,  the 
same  as  there  are  In  England,  which  are  uni¬ 
versally  paid  for  under  the  name  of  “Acts 
of  Husbandry.” 

Then  consider  how  void  of  any  real  view 
to  the  welfare  of  future  generations  even 
gentlemen’s  estates  are  managed  ;  for  the 
majority  of  buildings  are  still  wooden  ones, 
and  the  cultivation  of  the  soil  and  attention 
to  the  live  stock  is  in  the  hands  of  men  who 
have  no  idea  of  remaining  long  iu  charge; 
and  thus,  as  far  as  they  are  concerned  in  the 
management,  it  is  conducted  for  entirely 
present  purposes.  If  the  growing  of  a  hun¬ 
dred  bushels  of  corn  ext  ra  would  lessen  fu¬ 
ture  growth  of  a  thousand,  or  the  selling  of 
ewe  lambs  and  heifer  calves  should  injure 
the  flock  and  impair  the  value  of  the  hel  d  of 
dairy  cows  for  the  next  few  years,  the  credit 
Of  having  made  a  few  dollars  more  by  dis¬ 
posing  of  them,  would  weigh  against  all  fu¬ 
ture  loss ;  and  nine  out  of  ten  American 
foremen  would  always  contrive  to  escape  the 
trouble  of  raising  young  stock,  independent 
of  other  considerations. 

Then  the  numerous  class  of  “well  to  do” 
farmers,  owning  their  farms,  are  seldom  for¬ 
tunate  in  being  succeeded  by  their  brightest 
son — often  by  no  son  at  all ;  for  in  this  coun¬ 
try  hard  labor  by  the  farmer’s  family  is  con¬ 
sidered  essential ;  and  this  continual  daily 
toil  often  tells  on  the  growing  frame  of  young 
men,  depressing  the  spirits  and  causing  a  dis¬ 
like  for  such  a  weary  way  of  making  a  liv¬ 
ing.  Those  who  have  muscle  and  strength 
to  endure  call  those  who  have  not,  lazy  ; 
which  often  ends  by  the  latter  taking  to  mer¬ 
cantile  pursuits,  and  frequently  in  becoming 
independent  of  business,  while  the  former 
remain  working  farmers,  complaining  of  the 
times,  and  the  little  or  loss  than  no  profit  de¬ 
rived  from  the  cultivation  of  the  soil. 

The  uncertainty  of  the  farm  continuing  to 
descend  to  members  of  the  family,  produces 

future,  and  thus  general  uncertainty  accounts 
in  some  measure  for  the  diminishing  of  fer¬ 
tility,  and  the  poverty  look  i  ig  districts  where 
farm  alter  farm  can  be  passed,  every  one  of 
whieli  would  bo  sold  for  less  t  han  the  cost  of 
the  ”  improvements,”  as  homesteads  and 
feneeR  are  termed. 

There  is  another  kind  of  uncertainty  prev¬ 
alent  which  leads  to  a  complete  indifference 
to  success  attending  the  labor  of  the  em¬ 
ployes  and  the  foreman,  who  is  equally  un¬ 
certain  as  to  the  intentions  of  his  principal, 
becomes  as  careless  to  what  the  future  may 
have  in  store  on  the  farm,  as  if  he  was  un¬ 
connected  with  it ;  for,  in  consequence  of  the 
senseless  pride  and  absurd  self  conceit  of  the 
employer,  he  does  not  place  any  confidence 
in  his  chief  farmer,  keeping  him  merely  to 
act  as  a  machine,  not  even  telling  him  what 
ho  wishes  done  any  longer  before  doing  it 
than  is  positively  necessary,  Some  idiotic, 
would-bc-mcu-of-bUsincss  boast  that  their 
workmen,  the  overseer  included,  never  krow 
for  certain  what  will  be  the  next,  job,  and 
have  not  the  most  remote  idea  as  to  his  views 
on  any  subject  relative  to  his  farming— as  if 
this  was  something  to  be  proud  of  !  The 
stupidity  thus  practised  acts  entirely  against 
the  man’s  prosperity  ;  for  however  good  a 
man  may  be  in  charge  of  the  business,  or  of 
the  men,  live  stock,  &o.,  he  wiii  lose  all  in¬ 
terest  in  the  results  of  what  he  has  had  no 
chance  to  gain  credit  for,  and  he  becomes 
disheartened,  as  it  always  occurs  in  such 
cases  that,  he  can  see  where  ho  could  have 
done  much  better  if  he  had  been  allowed  a 
voice  in  the  direction  of  the  management. 

A  Working  Farmer. 


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The  condition  and  appearance  of  the  cattle 
was  remarkably  fine.  As  they  stood  in  their 
scrupulously  neat  stalls,  or  were  led  out  to 
water,  all  had  good  opportunity  to  become 
acquainted  wilh  them.  Buyers  were  reticent, 
others  were  free  in  their  expressions  of  criti¬ 
cism  or  admiration.  Lord  Sk.Ei.mei! dale  was 
naturally  the  observed  of  all  observers,  for  wo 
seldom  have  the  opport  unity  of  seeing  a  noble¬ 
man  with  his  glove.-,  off  viewing  and  handling 
Short-Horns  with  as  discriminating  an  eye  ami 
as  delicate  ;t  touch  ns  a  butcher  catering  to  the 
taste  of  most  fastidious  customers.  He  is  a 
hill,  plcit  ant-looking  young  man,  with  a  long, 
full  blonde  heard  and  dressed  In  gray.  The  first 
hid  made  was  his.  and  as  he  promptly  called 
out  “Ten thousand dollar.***’  wbcnthaBd  H  ike 
of  Oneida  was  offered It  was  taken  to  mean, 
“Gentlemen,  we  Englishmen  are  here  and 
mean  business."  So  they  did,  for  they  piled 
tip  l heir  bids  in  some  cases  $5,000  at  a  call,  and 
frequently  $1,000  at  each  hid,  till  it,  made  our 
brain  almost  whirl,  and  repeatedly  so  confused 
and  bewildered  the  Auctioneer,  that  when  the 
animal  was  sold  he  could  not  announce  the 
sum  until  prompted  by  his  clerks.  There  was 
no  evidence  of  concerted  notion  on  the  part  of 
either  English  or  A  morican  breeders,  for  both 
parties  bid  freely  against  each  other.  Yet, 
when  tho  strife  waxed  warm  between  two. 
others  let  thorn  alone,  at  least-  until  one  or  the 
other  “  weakened."  Once  or  twice  the  Ken¬ 
tuckians  nad  it  all  to  themselves,  and  right 
lively  times  they  made.  It  was  most  exciting 
to  watch  some  determined  American,  usually 
a  Kent  uckian,  with  his  eye  steadily  fixed  on 
ids  English  opponent,  add  thousand  to  thou- 
sand  and  hundred  to  hundred  till  his  utmost 
limit  was  reached,  and  then  coolly  resign  the 
beautiful  heifer  h«  longed  to  call  his  own  tc 
go  across  the  ocean. 

Alluding  to  the  excitement  of  that  hour, 
perhaps  you  know  what  ft  is  to  he  in  an  atmos¬ 
phere  of  such  intense  interest  that  blood  spins 
and  tingles  even  to  one’s  fingers’ ends,  and  a 
man  hardly  knows  whether  lie  is  a  foot  or 
horseback;  if  you  do,  you  can  easily  imagine 
the  feelings  of  that  crowd.  Whether  buyers  or 
lookers  mi  it  w  as  pretty  much  the  same— such 
emotions  tire  wonderfully  contagious. 

The  sale  was  conducted  by  Mr.,!,  it.  Page 
well  known  for  Ids  pictures  of  animals.  The 
order  was  briefly  as  follows:  First  the.  hull 
“  2d  Duke  of  Oneida  ’’  then  tho  pure  Duchcus 
cows  and  heifers.  Then  those  of  tho  Oxford 
family;  then  the  other  families  and  strains  us 
follows Lady  Kniyhtlu\  liomtrumd*,  Lady 
Ncuiiame,  Hkiornt,  Mazurka.:,  fV-rfc,  Lady  Halo: 
Victoria*,  Butte  rflie*,  tie.,  ,tc.  It  common  red 
promptly  at  1  o’clock,  and  closed  about,  S. 

The  eleven  Thtehosa  cows  and  heifer:  sold  ;ur 
$'J38,KtR).  hu  go  to  England,  for  which*] it, inn 
w  ere  paid.  Six  (including  onocOw supposed  u, pi, 
to  boa  breeder  which  Mr.  Cam  [.hell  was  allowed 
to  withdraw,)  remain  hero.  The  total  sum  rea¬ 
lized  ns  footed  by  t  he  clerks  was  $380,8110,  for  113 
animals,  {including  two  calves  sold  w  ith  their 
dams  and  only  a  few  hours  old.)  1  append  tin* 
names  of  animals,  purchaser-*  and  prices,  w. 

Mazurka  9th.  W.  8.  King,  Minn .  a 

Lady  New  ham  2d,  James  Mix.  J II .  *,  .,,J 


Lady  Knightly  4th,  A.  W.  Griswold,  Yt .  4,000 

7th  Duchess  of  Oneida,  A.  .T.  Alexander,  Ky..  13,000 
Lady  Newham  10th,  Hews  &  Richardson,  Ky . . .  625 

Perl,  W.  8.  King . . .  1,801) 

12th  Maid  ot  Oxford,  L.  G,  Norris..,. .  .  0,00(1 

Armcntlne,  A,  B.  Cornell,  N.  T .  600 

KMi  Duchess  of  Oneida.  Mr.  Berwick  for  Karl  of 

Beelivt* .  15,300 

Wilds.  Hews  &  Hlchnrtfson,  Kr . . .  350 

J-adv Newham  Mth,  Hews  A  Richardson.  Ky.. .  405 

OUi  Dtieboss  of  Oneida,  Mr.  Berwick,  for  Karl 

•  -  R«c  n. e,  Ena . . .  10,000 

Victoria  Uhli.  A.  If.  Cornell.  N.  Y .  500 


ornrll,  N.  Y. . . 


Villi  liiiein --.of  Min-ida,  A .  J.  Alexander,  Ky,,  27,000 

Mis*  (J Wynne,  W.  H.  King . . .  1700 

Bloom  all),  Cassius  M.  Clay,  Ky .  300 

Hdonhi  ttli,  Hewc*  &  Richardson,  Ky .  MO 

■Lady  Newham  I2th,  Hews  A  Richardson,  Ky...  305 


Wild  Flower.  B.  Groom,  Ky... 
Mh  Dutch  ess  of  Tliurtiditle,  O. 


W.  Wadsworth, 


2*1  Maid  of  Oxford,  A.  W.  Griswold,  Vt. .  '  «  all 

t.iidj  Hates,  W.  Wadsworth.  N.  V . 

Alpha,  L.  F,  Allot,.  N.Y .  .  . 

v. i  viaoi  ..f  n..i . .  t  i  i  ..  'H".1 


2*1  Duke  of  Oneida,  T,  J.  MeglbbOD,  Ky .  12,000 

llh  Duke  of  Oneida,  A,  B.  Cornell,  N.  Y .  7/KK) 

Alderman,  A,  B.  Cornell.  N.  Y .  2KJ 

A.’vanr,-,  .1.,uieS  Mix,  III .  1») 

Wild  Oats.  W.  ft.  Duncan,  III .  Iff) 

7(1)  Duke  of  Oneida.  A.  \\  .  Griswold,  Vt .  4,0il) 

Waterman,  li.  P.  Goff,  Kr . . .  325 

Filial  s'!*.  W.  It.  Dud  can,  ill .  27.) 

Mill  Boy,  .Mr.  Palmer,  S' a .  >i 

Prineo  oflr.  ij,  Tho.rjiis  Dunn .  1000 

loth  Bari  •;  Oxford,  A.  B.  Cornell,  N.  V .  2,. -an 

0th  Lord  of  oxford,  Simon  Beattie,  Can .  1,3m 

Koderigo,  C.  Al.  Laming,  Attlfu,  N.  V .  200 

Rufus,  Professor  Mih-s,  Midi .  310 

Laron  Bales,  .71  It,  A.  B.  Cornell,  N.  Y .  5J5 

Bright  Butterfly,  A.  B.  Cornell.  N.  Y .  200 

- *♦> - 

RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


The  Mammoth  Sale  of  Mum-Ilornn  by  the 
Hoik  Samuel  Campbell  of  Now  York  Mills, 
N.Y.,  noted  elsewhere  on  this  page,  will  at¬ 
tract  the  attention  of  breeders  everywhere. 
It  was  the  most  remarkable  wile  on  record, 
not  only  for  the  almost  fabulous  prices  ob¬ 
tained,  but  for  tho  nationalities  represented 
and  competition  displayed.  Regret  that  we 
have  not  Apace  to  give  a  full  report,  with  pedi¬ 
gree  of  t  acli  animal  sold,  but  the  pressure  upon 
our  pages  prevents  more  than  tho  brief  hut 
succinct  report  of  our  correspondent. 

—  .»»♦ - 

New  York  flutter  nnd  Cheese  Exchange, — 
Some  time  in  June  wo  announced  the  organi¬ 
zation  of  a  But  ter  and  Cheese  Exchange  in  this 
city.  Wednesday,  Sept .  10,  it  was  formally  in¬ 
augurated  at  Its  rooms  in  the  Stuart  Building, 
on  Greenwich  St,,  near  Chambers.  President 
W.  S.  Fairfield  delivered  an  admirable  open¬ 
ing  address,  ({evolutions  were  adopted  indors¬ 
ing  any  movement  looking  to  the  cheapening 
of  transportation  ana  urging  that  her  mer¬ 
chant.*-  should  adopt  vigorous  measures  to  coun¬ 
teract  tlie  efforts  of  competing  cities  to  divert 
trade  t  hereto  by  affording  cheaper  facilities  for 
transportation.  Letter*  from  distinguished 
men  were  read,  and  lion.  Biiastus  Brooks  de¬ 
livered  t.n  interesting  and  practical  address. 
The  following  are  the  officers  elect  of  the 
Exchange : 

Prc-s.  Walter  S.  Fairfield. 

\"ur~l‘ratV*.  1st,  Joel  J).  Hunter;  2d,  John 
M.  Webb;  fid,  M.  Folsom;  4IJi,K.  S,  Doty. 

Tna*.  Henry  N.  Morgan. 

Sec.-  H.  A.  Fierce. 

Vimmiltrt  on  hint  ratio  it  and  Appeals.— g.  ft. 
Long,  J.  V.  I ieiavergue,  Thomas  fl.  Newman, 
It.  L.  Full*,  h.  I>.  Snell,  I.  II.MaCbride,  J. S.  Mar¬ 
tin,  i'*.  W.  Hoyt,  J.  F.  Joyce,  Jos.  H.  White,  John 
Anderson,  Washington  Belt, 

Commit, U’  on  Trad >  a/a1  SU/tt*1ic*.  Hector 
Armstrong,  H.  A.  Lannlng,  Thou.  Bamber,  S.  T. 

W  ftuat. 

Commitla:  on  Manljerxhtp.—J.  Warren  Dun¬ 
ning,  Chas.  Johnson,  John  Thallon,  C.  fcStog- 
mann. 

i'oni  hi  a  in  on  ./tom*  and  Property.-  Wm.Hul- 
lierts,  P.  I.  llunk,  Amos G.  Littol,  M.D.  Conklin. 
Complaint  CntmnitUe.—'L'liOS.  Egbert,  L.  B. 


M  >lanl  of  Oxford,  Waraock  A  McglbbeiV.  kv  i  ima  Miller,  Washington  Windsor,  John  Urpe,  Jas. 
Ttli  Laity  of  Oxford,  Bzra  Ownac-H,  N.  V. ’too  Kay. 

I  ;<<ri  I  rii  In.  f 'n  oh  i  I ....  I  u  n..  **  ,vu  »•  ,  ^  ~ 


been  sending  by  the  steamers  of  the  Anchor 
Line  as  many  cattle  weekly  as  represent  from 
20,000  to  30,000  lh.  weight  of  beef  A  number  of 
these  oxen,  bought  in  the  Cummnnipaw  Mar¬ 
ket,  Now  York,  were  on  Friday,  along  with  top 
Hootch  and  Irish  cattle.  Impounded  in  one  of 
the  yards  of  I  he  Slaughter  House,  Moore  Street  . 

American  Pomologlcni  Fir*.  Officers  Elect. 

Elsewhere  we  publish  a  brief  account  of  the 
opening  of  this  Society’s  Quarter-Centennial 
Meet  ing  at  Boston,  with  President  Wilder’s 
annual  address.  We  have  since  received  a  list 
of  t  he  officers  elected,  who  are  as  follows : 

Pri ls.  Hon.  Marshall  P.  Wilder  of  Mass. 

Vier-f'rtM.'*.  -C.  0.  Lang<lon,  Alabama  ;  S.  J. 
Mathews,  Arkansas;  A.  P.  It.  Spooner,  Ari¬ 
zona;  W.  C.  Meeker.  Colorado;  D.  S.  Dewey, 
Connecticut.;  John  A.  Burbank,  Dakota  ;  Edw. 
Tat  nail,  Delaware;  AViltlam.  Saunders,  District 
of  Columbia;  L.  .1.  Hardee,  Florida;  William 
Sekley,  Georgia;  M.  Sterling,  Idaho;  Arthur 


Lyon,  Michigan;  J.  E.  Harris,  Minnesota;  D. 
Bedmond,  Mississippi ;  D.  B.  Hasman,  Missouri : 

V  ‘  !  .  .  I  .  t..  tt-  _ V.  .  a  ...  •  •  , 


William  Parry,  New  Jet  <*y;  D.  Huyther,  New 
Mexico;  W.  It.  Steele,  North  Carolina;  C.  C. 
Hamilton,  Nova  Scotia;  G.  W. Campbell,  Ohio; 
It.  Prownett,  Ontario;  Philip  l.’itz,  Oregon; 
Robert  Buisl .  Pennsylvania;  Silas  Moore,  Rhode 
Island;  A.  P.  Wylie,  South  Carolina;  William 
Heaver,  Tennessee;  William  Watson,  Texas; 
J.  S.  Johnson.  Ftah ;  W.  Blunt,  Washington; 
P.  Strother.  West  Virginia;  J.  C.  Plumb,  Wis.; 
Judge  Carter.  Wyoming ;  B.  Brj’ant,  Vermont; 
G.  F.  A.  Leighton,  Virginia. 

Trca*.  Thomas  1*.  James,  Massachusetts. 
Sec.— Wlltiard  C.  Flagg,  Illinois. 


BurUnda,  (!«leb  Healy,  f*a .  . 

Kosuroond  4Hi.  Jauim  Mix,  ill .  . 

5)o»ellf!|  A  .  \V.  Griswold,  Vl .  .  <  tlx 

Butterfly  Belle.  A.  W.  Griswold,  VL."".' . 

Adalinu.  A.  H.ConafL,  N.  t .  .  r,|,i 

I2tl.  ltu tubes-  of  'i'tiorndule,  (Sick,)  A.B.’Cnn! 

ger.  K.  v  . . . . . . .  5  700 

5  ttcuuii.  Jaines  M lx,  K y  ........  .  '/ 


limiH'etor*  at  Licet  (on,  Coe  Adams,  Wm.  Oak¬ 
ley,  Win.  I.  Y  oung. 

European  Agriculture  and  Statistics;  J.  R, 
Dodge,  statistician  of  the  Agricultural  Depart¬ 
ment,  has  reported  upon  matters  assigned  to 
him  at  Vienna,  and  upon  the  general  condition 
of  tlie  agricultural  departments  of  several 
European  Governments.  He  finds  that  there 


Trying  Experiments.— There  are  a  groat 
many  men  who  llnyl  it  easier  to  ask  questions 
and  receive  answers  than  to  try  experiments 
for  themselves.  They  forget,  however,  or  do 
not  seem  to  know,  that  the  experience  gained 
In  trying  experiments,  with  a  view  of  settling 
a  question  for  themselves,  it*,  often  of  far  more 
importance  than  tho  answer  to  tho  inquiry,  ab¬ 
stractly.  Tho  man  who  has  an  inquiry  sub¬ 
jected  to  him  should  make  a  note  of  it ;  ask- 
and  get  tho  Information  of  others  if  ho  can, 
and  their  experience  with  It.;  but.  ids  memor¬ 
anda  should  he  made  with  a  view  to  trying  tlie 
experiments  himself  tho  first  opportunity. 
There  Is  no  kind  of  information  so  valuable  to 
any  man  as  that  gained  by  experiment  and  ex¬ 
perience. 

- - 

A  New  Agrieiiltiiral  Conundrum. — One  of 

tho  questions  for  discussion  proposed  by  the 
Bucks  Co.  Ag.  Soo.  is  “What  course  should 
be  pursued  to  induce  the  sons  of  farmers  to  be¬ 
come  interested  in  our  quarterly  agricultural 
meetings?’'  Mrs. S.  L,  El.v  is  to  read  a  paper 
in  answer;  hut  the  gallant  Mnj.  Freas,  with  a 
correctness  that  must  be  horn  of  natural  in¬ 
stinct,  has  anticipated  the  lady  by  assorting 
1  that  the  question  “Can  he  promptly  answered 
by  Inducing  the  dawjhtcrx  of  farmers  to  attend 
these  mootings.”  This  is  the  secret,  too,  of  the 
popularity  and  growth  of  the  Order  of  the 
Patrons  of  Husbandry.  It  lias  secrets ;  women 
like  secrets,  hence  they  hasten  to  learn  them 
since  they  are  so  privileged ;  heneo,  tho  men 
become  Patrons. 

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Thirteen  Weeks  for  Only  Fifty  Cents. — All 

who  read  this  journal,  will  please  note  and  tell 
their  friends,  that  the  next  Quarter’s  numbers 
(say  from  Oct.  to  Jan.)  will  be  sent  to  any  ad¬ 
dress  tn  the  Republic  or  Canadas  for  Fifty  Cents 
Only.  Sec  notice  in  first  column  of  this  page, 
and  don’t  neglect  to  notify  borrowers  and  other 
neighbors  and  friends. 


E&rl  el  Becilva,  Eng .  ’  -{.n  Ofx>  Is  no  official  system  of  reporting  the  condition 

=  fffl?AnShefk^UontJt,'iyold’  W^er.Ky..  '555  of  crops  during  the  growing  season  inany  Euro- 


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'J-ttMXtA -HUJUSb  Lrxi.v  Bate*  4th,  It:.  U.  Bedford,  Ky. ,  5  MU  tc 

ON  RECORD  Ii«it<*N  sM.ii,  c,  call  by  Cd  Dukcnf  OtieVdu.;  ’ 

*W’  ]  non  lu 

FABULOUS  PRICES  SPIRITED  COMPETITION.  ]!Xrt.yl.t^tV;  5?!  W  GrMi* W . :::: 

■ -  Arrubi'llu,  A.  B.  Cornell,  N.  Y . .  *25 

LmilUdi  find  A  mi  l  teim  Breeder*  vie  ,nWt  each  other  !‘,Kl-v  •buue*  .MU.  Ky . stn 

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'/  — ADt  a  i/  of  th-  111  lies  Priced  m  toVilil'md  J\BK!‘u',y-  M"**1,  DnmpJeu,  Ky.  l,-«j 

—  Da art) id  hrm  leni)  Short -I turn  ttncih  rs^Pr, L  i*-*- -tl,  lien  -  lllclau-ilson,  Ky . .  -,xj 

rd  JJat  ihitui  *,’:<)/  Cnnud'.aii  aim  Ennlish  lln  ,h  )-v  ArnliilllUi,  A.  1).  I  .oriKill,  N.  V . .  a() ) 

$40,600  P,ii(i /era  Cow.  Water  bily,  Bu*h  A  Utuui  Jcn,  Ky.....;  112 

[Tuk  Sain  of  Mr.  Samuel  Campbell’s  superb  «»»:!!!:;;;; . V 

,ofShort*1  °ro  Gattle,  nun . ring  m  bead,  took 

place  at  New  York  Mills,  N.  Y„  on  Wednesday,  Sept.  «» 

10.  too  late  for  our  issue  last  week.  The  following  is  Mistress  Ford,  minim  Health*,'1?;.  \\' .  '^'dnO 

a  brief  account  of  tho  sale  front  our  special  reporter.  I$ri  wl^Snl?.?.  ***’ "  ’  8’  ^ ! !  1 ! ! !  W{« 

-BUS.  Jtl  ival  NKW-YotUCER.l  ‘-"-dy  of  Oxfoj (I .  Mr.  iiuUoid, " Kng. "  7  am 

Dbaji  Moord .Vovpr  w .roathor  morepro.  Mftifesfei'S;-----;  J 
pitlous— never  were  guests  treated  more  con-  "'vl 


herd  of  Short-'.: urn  Battle,  numbering  it;j  beau,  took 


Magnolia,  A,  W.  Griswold,  Vt,.... . 

0-  Atlantic  Gvvymie,  Lord  Hkeltucrdale,  ifing. 2  fkK) 
Daily  .Nowbani  Hows  A  Rieharflsun,  Ky.  ....  j-s 
A  it  el  Da,  A.  If.  Ooruell,  N.  Y . i..  .  i,V 


peau  country,  and  that  no  very  .systematic  at¬ 
tempts  are  made  by  private  enterprise,  either 
journalistic  or  otherwise,  unless  an  exception 
shall  bo  made  in  favor  of  some  agricultural 
journals  of  Lnudou.  There  is  great  diversity 
in  Uni  organization,  scope  and  action  of  the 
agricult  ural  departments  of  thosovcral  Govern¬ 
ments.  They  are  generally  organized  upon  a 
foundation  of  less  breadth  than  that  of  our 
own,  but  pursue  investigation  with  greater 
tenacity  and  thoroughness,  and  arc  enabled 
to  do  so  by  more  liberal  appropriations  of 
money,  while  their  special  reports  ;tre  therefore 
valuable.  The  superiority  of  our  annual  reports 
is  generally  acknowledged. 

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American  Beef  (/nttli*-  in  Scotland.  —  The 
Daily  Mail  (Glasgow,  Scotland,)  says;— A  very 
interesting  experiment  Is  now  being  made  by 
Messrs.  John  Bell  &  .Sons,  wholesale  floshers, 


sldorateJv— never  v,  ,  n,or„  ,  ,  Aaetuo,  A.  B.  GomeU,  N.  Y .  '  '  jiu  Messrs.  John  Bell  *x  s>ons,  wholes 

you  never  wiii  ceoseto  regre.  not  being  herein  2’M  1‘°  Avgyle  8tr,‘ut’  ot  *  ,UJlorUfl«  .liv 


tree  to  t n o  Mins.  Here  in  t he  roar  of  the  great  BerilrnfaV  iV. ‘C.Vo’rrte, ’n’  y . 

Mill,  raised  seats,  roofed  and  adorned  with  BWm  hti.  a,  ij,  Cornell,' 'n.'y.““.W .  fom 

evergreens,  were  erected  in  front  of  the  Auc-  Afcyo«e,l<a’  'B.T'orneij^v'3  YrtJ’ 

tionecr's  stand  and  the  ring  in  which  the  aid-  /fen'oty’s  Vri.u*.  a.  w.V/ristvoWvt .  i  r** 

mals  were  shown  and  on  each  day  an  excel-  ButSgiy" BtaSSM*.  oSgSS^  V”'"""" 

lent  cold  lunch  wit u  hot  coffee,  was  spread  for  Bates  ;th,  a.  b.  Cornell. ’n. V  .  i  «V! 

nil  who  would  partake.  |  Mosclle^w^King  ’  Cor“o11’  x-  ’|x) 


1  .J  Argyle  tstreet,  of  importing  live  oxen  from 
the  great  grazing  States  of  Illinois  and  Ohio 
into  Glasgow.  Looking  at  tbe  high  price  of 
cattle  reared  in  Scotland,  and  also  at  the  figure 
paid  for  tiiosc  which  have  been  coming  from 
Ireland,  Spain,  Doumark,  and  other  parts  of 
the  Continent,  that  firm  took  into  consideration 
whether  it  would  not  be  possible  to  avail  them¬ 
selves  of  the  Inexhaustible  resources  of  the 
Foiled  States.  The  Messrs.  Henderson  Broth¬ 
ers,  of  the  Anchor  Line,  also  took  an  interest 
in  the  question,  and  expressed  themselves  de¬ 
sirous,  o  f  ir  as  they  were  concerned,  to  afford 
the  Me  us.  Bril  &  Hons  every  assistance  in  the 
solution  of  the  problem.  Accordingly,  a  mem¬ 
ber  of  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Bell  set  out  for  Amer¬ 
ica.  from  whence  he  lias  for  the  last  four  weeks 


RURAL  BREVITIES. 

A  state  convention  of  Patrons  or  Husbandry 
is  to  be  held  at  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  Oct.  3. 

The  Indiana  Farmer  is  now  the  sensible  name 
of  a  paper  that,  has  long  been  published  at 
Indianapolis  as  the  Northwestern  Farmer. 

The  Master  o'  the  State  Grange  of  Patrons  of 
Husbandry  of  Indiana  is  John  Weir,  of  Terra 
Haute  and  the  Secretary  is  T.  Keene  of  Valpa¬ 
raiso,  Did. 

Obituary.— James  Henry  Clark,  Profeasor 
of  Veterinary  Science  in  the  Mass.  Agricultural 
College,  at  Amherst,  died  recently,  altera  pain¬ 
ful  illneuss. 

The  Georgia  Ag.  Soo.  offers  a  $1,000  prize  for 
the  best  drilled  military  company  from  the 
North  ortheSouth.  Healthful  encouragement 
for  agriculture,  that ! 

In  a  recent  public  address.  Governor  Smith, 
of  Georgia,  said,  "it  is  a  melancholy  fact  that 
last. year  only  1,000  immigrants  came  to  Georgia, 
while  20,000  of  her  citizens  left  the  State.’’ 

The  Union  Pacific-  Bail  road  Company  sold 
during  the  month  of  August,  1873, 22,873.05  acres 
Of  land,  at  an  average  price  of  $11.00  7-10  per 
acre,  amounting  to  $157, ’301.24.  Sales  averaged 
80  7-10  acres  to  each  purchaser.  Total  sales  t-o 
Sept.  1st,  1873,  779,518  22-100  acres,  at  an  average 
price  of  84.45  per  acre,  amounting  to  $3,468,489.7  < . 


BUSINESS  NOTICES, 

Don’t  let  your  children  spend  money  tor  trabli, 
but  let  them  get  a  game  of  Avllude.  If  the  pictures 
and  descriptions  comprising  this  game  were  in  book 
form  they  would  cost  niuny  times  the  price  of  the 
game.  Sent  jrost-patd,  on  receipt  of  75  cents,  by 
West  A  Lee,  Worcester,  Mass. 

“Must  have  a  large  sale,  and  deserves  it,  too.”— 
Harper '*  Weekly. 


tin'  top  m  a  queue.  They  wcartight  leggins  and 
open  sleeves,  showing  their  arms  to  the  elbow. 
Like  their  young  countrywoman,  they  amuse 
themselves  constantly  with  a  fan.  Tlie  enter¬ 
prise  oi  t  ho  Japanese  just  at  this  moment,  quite 
eclipse*  ihiit  of  all  other  countries.  The  d.  r~ 
maul  energies  of  centuries  seem  suddenly  to 
nuvfi  *t wh kern'd  fif  tho touch  of  a  now  clvUJzji- 
turn  which  is  fraternizing  the  world.  Tim  em¬ 
bassy  sent  out  from  Japan  two  years  ago,  and 
a  part  of  which  h  now  titling"  the,  Exposition, 
makes  the  circuit  of  till)  world  with  marked 
Intelligence.  Everywhere  you  meet  some  mem¬ 
ber  or  members  of  it — always  dressed  with  ex¬ 
quisite  neatness,  very  polite,  and  being  able  to 
converse  in  three  or  four  different  languages, 
so  that  the  amount  of  information  they  gather 
is  enormous. 

The  Turkish  Department 

is  hung  With  carpets,  with  tufts  at,  frequent  In¬ 
tervals  of  palm  branches.  It  abounds  in  models 


pie— save  my  own— among  whom  I  should  be 
more  content  to  live  and  die.  For  their  contri¬ 
butions  to  art  alone,  thoy  deserve,  t  he  reverence 
and  sympathy  ol‘  all  the  world  :  and  as  for  their 
reputational  treachery  and  dishonesty,  (quali¬ 
ties  I  do  not  remember  to  have  proved,)  it 
would  take  ton  Italians  (p  equal  one  Austrian. 

The  Italians  send  many  statues  to  the  Expo¬ 
sition  statue*  Interesting  In  their  variety  and 
excellence  of  execution,  but  for  the  must  part 
insignificant,  in  thought.  Nothing  is  tooim-lg- 
riitlciint,  for  canvass,  hut  to  be  worthy  of  mar¬ 
ble,  a  sub, lent  should  Jm  above  the  common¬ 
place. 

There  are  a  number  of  statues  id  child  life. 

I  he  Boyhood  of  Raphael,”  “Michael  An¬ 
gelo  curving  the  liead  or  a.  faun  in  I  lie  garden 
ol  the  Medlcls  at  (he  age  of  10  years,"  "A 
Blind  Girl  Reading,”  “A  Boy  Reading,"  “  A 
Girl  Knitting,"  “A  Boy  Saying  His  Prayers 
'  .^willingly,  (very  amusing,)  “  La  Surprise,"  (a 
girl  with  a  to V  box  which,  by  touching  a  spring. 


Roman  mosaic,  the  tablos  of  Florentine  ;  there 
won  hi  be  baskets  of  corah  picturo  easels  of 
Genoese  silver,  and  none  tmt  great  sinners 
should  bn  allowed  to  enter  therein,  Tt  would 
be  such  a  shrine  <»r  beauty  as  to  lift  the  most 
debused  soul  to  the  bight  of  the  divinity  within 
him— Imparting  to  that  dlvluo  spark  of  good 
that  lingers  with  Cmum-llko  patience  in  the 

tbrlUo’r  lif0V°n  "f  fcho  most  depraved,  a  new 

Swedish  Women 

wend  specimens  of  women's  work.  Extraordi¬ 
nary  samples  of  needlework,  embracing  every 
conceivable  article  of  wearing  apparel  and 
household  fixtures,  from  tidies  anti- Macassars 
-to  bed  quilts.  I  heard  an  American  deploring 
the  fact  that  American  women  had  not  sent 
some  of  their  patchwork  quilts,  as  she  was  sure 
she  had  seen  none  In  the  Exposition  so  remark - 
aide  as  some  she  knew  of  in  the  United  States  I 
I  was  quite  willing  to  have  Europeans  behove 


OUR  EUROPEAN  LETTER, 


Vicnwa,  August,  1873. 

Exposition  Snunterings. 

Ttte  Exposition  !s  of  such  immensity,  (bat 
to  become  familiar  with  all  renin  roe  Of  it  would 
require  the  entire  timoallotted  to  its  existence. 
Everybody,  however,  who  visits  it  with  a  defi¬ 
nite  purpose,  devotes  Ins.  time  to  the  special¬ 
ties  in  which  he  is  interested.  Next  to  the  peo¬ 
ple  who  interest  me  the  most  of  all  Exposition 
things,  my  interest  is  too  general  to  he  special. 
To  note  the  differences  between  the  products 


mJSBm 


of  different  countries,  their  respective  arrange¬ 
ments,  and  in  that  way  form  some  sort  of  an 
acquaintance  with  the  people  of  tlioso  lands, 
affords  inc  much  diversion.  America  is  so  far 
away  from  all  the  rest  of  the  world,  that  we  are 
prono  to  believe  that  lhe  lands  and  peoples 
lying  on  the  opposite  to  us  differ  from  ours  and 
from  us  In  proportion  to  the  distance.  If  they 
only  did,  the  Interest  of  travel  or  even  of  a 
World's  Fair  would  he  proportionately  on- 
n-inrcfl.  But  that,  of  one  blood  (tOI>  mado  all 
nations  of  t  he  earth,  is  as  true  now  ns  ti.OOn 
years  ago ;  the  age  of  newspapers  and  tele¬ 
graphs  render  a  similarity  .  t  Intellectual  devel¬ 
opment,  whilo  the  Invention  of  the  Fashion 
Journal,  costumes  nations  In  the  same  style 
wnloh  Is  a  pity.  One  ol  the  attractions  of  the 

Japanese  Department 

arc  three  Japanese  in  national  costume-  one 
woman  and  two  men.  -re  is  always  a  crowd 
ot  curious  visitors  gazing  at  them;  but  they 
laugh  and  chat  among  Incmsftlves,  although 
evidently  not  entirely  oblivious  of  their  sur¬ 
roundings.  The  woman  is  young,  not  pretty, 
but  coquettish,  graceful,  and  very  interesting, 
ohe  ha:  beautiful,  shining  black  nair,  which  is 
coined  about  the  back  of  her  head  like  strands 
woven  in  and  out  ,  with  a  pale-bine  bead  work 
scarf  drawn  through  one  or  two  loops  and  a 
coral  shaft  shot  through  at  one  side.  She  has 
ji  clear,  dark  complexion,  Intelligent,  sparkling 
black  eyes,  white,  even  I  reth,  and  her  whole  | 
nice  beams  wilb  vivacity  and  good  humor.  Her 
dress,  finmc  sort  of  dark  stuff,  is  scanty  as  scan¬ 
ty  can  be,  except  that.  the  sleeves  are  flowing, 

,  -kirt  being  only  wide  enough  to  step  in, 
and  as  she  hardly  steps,  hut  slides  along  on 
wooden  blocks  on  which  her  stockinged  feet 
rest,  and, which  serve  for  shoes,  it  is  really  I 
more  like  a  cylinder  than  a  skirt.  About  the  I 
saint  she  wears  a  belt,  and  at  ibo  back  is  a  sort. 


dressed  in  national  costumes,  which  consist 
principally  of  tlio  short  skirt,  full  Turkish  trott¬ 
ers,  and  a  groat  deal  of  gold  embroidery.  The 
“Bloomer"  costume,  which  was  but  an  imita¬ 
tion  of  the  Turkish,  proved  a  fail  lire  from  Its 
severity.  Tt  lacked  in  details  and  elegance. 
Then,  too,  women  educated  to  walk  in  long 
skirts  move  awkwardly  in  short  ones;  their 
natural  grace  has  been  sacrificed  to  the  de¬ 
mands  or  form.  The  full,  (lowing  petticoat 
adds  to  the  mysterious  charm  of  a  woma  n  ;  hut 
I  never  saw  a  woman  in  crinoline  and  train, 
hair  so  pretty,  fascinating,  graceful,  arid  with 
a  certain  piquancy  of  style  that  is  always  so 
attractive  as  Soul  hern  European  women  in  tho 
shori -skirted  costume.  The  Italian  costume  is 
a  tropical  picture,  Tho  Turkish  is  more  graee- 


u  man  pops  out.)  “Mary  with  Her  Lamb," 
"  I  ho  I  list.  Sorrow,"  (Girl with  dead  bird,)  "  Mi¬ 
riam,  with  Moses  In  a  Basket,"  “Hen  and 
Chickens,”  “Roosters  Fighting,"  “  A  Boy  with 
Rattle  Box,”  which  ho  hay  broken  to  find  out. 
the  secret  of  tho  Inside— a  capitally-expressed 
face,  and  a  dozen  other  common,  evorv-duv 
topics  in  marble. 

In  the  Industrial  Department 

there  are  many  pictures  wrought  of  stuff  arid 
s  lk,  and  so  cleverly  done  as  to  almost  deceive 
the  eye.  Instead  of  giving  a  woman  a  dress  or 
paint,  the  actual  silk  or  velvet  is  introduced, 
and  the  whole  picture  is  carried  out  in  this  ac¬ 
tual  fashion— ami  beautiful  when  done.  This 
style  of  picture-making  properly  comes  under 
the  list  of  embroideries-  all  of  which  are  ex¬ 
quisitely  executed.  # 

In  the  Scientific  Department 

the  models  of  petrilleution,  mummification, 
etc.,  from  the  Genoese  Museum,  J  think,  de¬ 
servedly  attract  much  attention.  The  Italian 
professor,  whose  name  I  forgot,  scorns  to  have 
perfected  the  art,  and  sends  hands  and  feet  and 
other  portions  of  t  he  hwmnd  hody,  pel  rifled  and 
mummified.  A  litfclo  distance  removed,  is  a 
model  of  the  process  for  reducing  the  human 


that  American 


fl  lA  'votm,!,‘  could  better  employ 

their  1  i  ue,  although  some  do  not.  Needlework 
is  a  One  art  in  which  American  women  are  far 
behind  their  European  sisters,  especially  in 
embroidery  and  that  very  essential  accomplish¬ 
ment,  vcUcliinu.  Some  of  the  specimens  of 
patched  clothes  here  are  so  Unely  executed  as 
to  place  unworn  garments  quite  in  the  back¬ 
ground.  I  have  not  much  admiration  for  the 
woman  who  needleworked  a  whole  piece  of 
mush;  on  white  silken  leaves  for  the  Exposi¬ 
tion;  but  I  have  the  profoundcst  respect  for 
Hie  Ungers  that  can  patch  a  coat  well.  I’ve 
tried  it  Miiiny  &  time*  and  nlthou^h  ro^fiivintr 
|  great  praise  for  my  cleverness,  um  conscious 
now,  as  1  review  tho-e  bygone  experiences,  that 
the  trowsers  and  coats  that  passed  forth  from 
{">‘  renovating  lingers,  were  too  many  lined  for 
harmony,  and  too  bungling  for  symphony.  And 
the  reminds  mo  of  what  I  saw  done  fn  Italy 
and  never  any  where  else.  Walking  on  the  piazza 

vL&ni'iJ2Duie’  'mr  1  ''"countered  an 

KngllRJi  Colonel  whom  I  Knew  very  well.  II 

*®“lt  <’f  “ P<TP<i*- "'"1  -alt,"  so  essentially 
fiosh  and  new,  that  I  could  not  refrain  from 

2.,.W9SK,tK  o'S  kuudeomo  new  traveling 
suit.  Oh,  but  Its  not  no v!  he  exclaimed 
laughingly.  "  It  is  the  same  suit  I’ve  worn  for 

S.onth* :  ‘ nn<1  the"  he  explained 
that  a  hen  in  F  toronce  he  was  about  to  dispose 
of  the  suit  on  account  of  its  faded  appearance  • 
>)ut,  "PnM.  learning  that  one  of  his  acquaint-’ 
aiiccs  hail  had  a  suit  tinted,  he  concluded  to 
try  it  also,  and  sendinghis  suit  to  the  estahllsh- 

n  ot'In'o  firh>  K"Jne,d  coats,  pants  and  vests,” 
had  the  felhuty  of  seeing  his  come  back  look- 
ing  better  (ban  new."  Ho  declared  ho  should 
hereafter  select  cloth  fluished  on  both  sides, 
and  so  on  gas  liis  wife  practiced  the  economy 
or  turning  her  dresses,  he  should  have  his  coats 
turned.  And  why  not?  It  opens  a  new  field  of 
enjoyment  to  men,  for  1  think  one  never  enjoys 
t,hc  wearing  of  a  garment  so  much  as  when 
af  ter  it  lias  received  the  condemnation  of  being 
utterly  unlit  for  further  wear,  it  receives  bv  the 
transformation  of  turning  in  every  direction,  a 
tufllo  added  here  and  a  rosette  there,  to  conceal 
defects,  a  new  lease  of  life  and  usefulness. 

Mary  A.  E.  Wager. 


©ur 


IN  SOME  WAY. 

A  STORY  FOR  BOTH  WIVES  AND  HUSBANDS. 


J1Y  GERALDINE  GERMANE. 


“Here  are  $5,  Harriet,  and  that  is  all  the 
money  I  can  let  you  have,”  said  Mr.  Flager, 
laying  a  bank  note  upon  the  table. 

“But  that  won’t  begin  to  get  the  dress  and 
trimmings,”  she  said,  with  a  wistful  Jook  in  her 


“  You’ll  have  to  get  something  cheaper  then  ; 

$5  is  enough  for  any  woman  to  pay  out  for  one 
dress and  he  strode  through  the  doorway  out 
Into  the  field  with  the  air  of  a  man  who  knows 
all  about  matters  in  general  and  dresses  in  par¬ 
ticular. 

Mrs.  Flager  drew  a  long  breath  and  sat  down 
to  consider.  “  O  dear  !  F.u  nothing  but  a  beg¬ 
gar!"  said  she  to  herself.  “I  have  to  beg  for 
every  penny  1  have  for  myself  or  the  children; 
and  the  little  I  get  is  doled  out  to  me  as  though 
I  were  a  pauper  and  lie  a  self-sufficient  alimu 
glver.  If  1  could  only  have  a  share  it)  the  but¬ 
ter  or  eggs,  or  In  some  of  t  ins  profits  of  the 
farm,  I  could  got  along  without  asking  him  for 
money.  I  don’t  see  why  1  shouldn’t  have ;  I’m 
sure  I  help  make  and  earn  it  all ;  but  lie  seems 
to  think  lie  knows  to  a  farthing  just  how  much 
1  ought  to  spend,  and  says  he  can  furnish  me 
with  what  I  need  without  any  ‘division  of  prof¬ 
its,’  aud  it’s  pinch  and  scrimp  and  save  and 
manage  to  get  along  with  such  homoeopathic 
amounts  as  he  deals  out  to  me.  I  declare,  I'm 
sick  of  it !  and  I’ve  a  good  mind  to  get  that  dot¬ 
ted  mull  in  spite  of  him.  There,  I’ve  worn  that 
old  brown  lawn  three  summers,  and  now  can't 
have  but  anti  he  knows  that  won't  get  any 
decent  kind  of  a  dress.  I  think  it’s  it  shame,  so 
hard  as  I've  always  worked  !  Let  me  see It’ll 
take  ten  yards  of  that  mull  just  for  the  naked 
dress,  and  then  there's  the  lining  and  facing 
and  buttons  and  trimming ;  $5  won’t  any  more'll 
got  the  cloth,  and  1  s’pose  I'll  have  to  get  some¬ 
thing  cheaper,  but  1  hate  to,  and  It  seems  as 
though  I  ought  to  have  as  much  as  that  so  long 
as  I’ve  worn  that  old  lawn.  I  wonder  If  I 
couldn’t  take  some  butter  over  to  the  store  to 
pay  for  the  trimmings  without  George’s  know¬ 
ing  it  ?  That’s  just  v  hat  I’ll  do,”  l  nought  she, 
a  bright  and  determined  look  coming  Into  her 
face;  “the  butter  belongs  to  me  just  as  much 
as  it  does  to  him.  I  have  to  make  it,  and  It's  a 
pity  if  I  can’t  have  a  few  pounds  to  do  what 
I’m  a  mind  to  with.  Johnny,”  she  added,  going 
to  the  door  mid  calling  to  a  fair-haired,  bright- 
eyed  boy  who  was  sailing  chips  of  wood  down 
the  spring  run,  “come  In  and  see  to  the  baby 
w  hile  I  go  over  to  the  store." 

Johnny  eagerly  watched  to  see  the  latest 
launched  ship  sail  down  the  tide,  then  came 
and  took  Ills  place  beside  the  cradle  wherein 
cooed  a  dark-eyed  baby-girl.  To  him  his  moth¬ 
er  was  an  embodiment  of  all  that  was  good  and 
lovely,  and  ho  was  ever  ready  and  willing  to  do 
as  she  bade  him.  Ho  usually  obeyed  ids  fal  lrei , 
but  it  was  more  through  fe.tr  than  love.  There 
was  not  that  clinging  confluence,  that  trusting 
faith  in  him  that  lie  had  in  his  mother.  He 
wondered  greatly  why  she  went  “  down  cellar  " 
while  she  was  getting  ready,  and  then  again 
just  before  she  started.  Be  did  not  see  the 
little  till  pail  that  hung  on  her  arm,  close  under 
her  shawl. 

In  a  little  more  than  an  hour  Mrs.  Flager 
returned  with  the  longed-for  dot  ted  mull,  trim¬ 
mings  and  all.  But  it  usually  happens  in  the 
course  of  human  events,  that  ns  soon  as  one 
desire  is  gratified  others  keep  coming  up,  like 
many-headed  Hydra  from  the  depths  of  the 
sea,  and  as  she  laid  her  treasure  away  In  the 
bureau  drawer,  looking  out  of  the  spare-room 
w  indow  at  the  spring  sunshine  as  it  lit  up  the 
bare,  brown  meadows,  just  beginning  to  be 
tinged  with  green,  she  thought, "  How  warm 
it’s  getting :  1  do  wish  I  could  have  my  dross  to 
wear  to  church  next  Sunday;  It’ll  be  warm 
enough,  1  know,  and  there'll  be  MrB.  Smith  an’ 
Mrs.  Grey  an’  Mrs.  Dunn,  all  dressed  up  in 
their  new  summer  suits,  and  I’ll  have  to  wear 
my  winter  dress  or  else  that  old  brown  lawn, 
and  1  declare  I'll  stay  at  home  before  I’ll  wear 
that!  I  wonder  if  1  couldn’t,  manage  to  get  it 
made?  I,ot  me  see;  to-day  is  Tuesday,  ami  I 
shan’t  have  any  time  to  work  on  if  this  after¬ 
noon  ;  to-morrow  George  is  going  to  have  the 
men  come  to  break  up  that  ten-acre  lot,  and 
I'll  have  them  to  wait  on  ;  Thursday  there’ll  be 
baking  and  churning  to  do ;  maybe  I  might  get 
some  time  to  sew  on  Friday,  but  then  there’ll 
be  cooking  and  churning  to  do  Saturday,  so 
there's  no  use  of  my  thiuUingof  getting  itmade 
this  week,  unless  I  sit  up  and  work  nights,  and 
George  won't  let  me  do  that ;  he  says  it  don’t 
pay  for  the  lights  I  bum,  and  I  don’t  s’pose 
he’d  be  willing  to  hire  a  stitch  done  if  I  went 
stark  naked  ;  at  least  lie  never  did,  and  I’ve  no 
reason  to  expect  ho  ever  will.” 

And  the  troubled  little  woman  went  back  to 
the  kitchen  with  thought  after  thought,  and 
plan  after  plau  following  eueh  other  through 
her  head,  all  centering  on  the  question,  “  How- 
should  she  get  that  dress  made?" 

As  she  mixed  the  custard  and  st  irred  the  tea 
cake  for  supper  she  began  to  wonder,  “  What 
George  would  say?”  She  had  never  tried  to 
deceive  him  before,  and  knew  not  what  answer 
she  should  make  if  he  should  question  her  too 


closely.  She  really  hoped  he  would  think  or 
say  nothing  about  her  purchase,  but  he  was  too 
careful  as  to  where  his  money  went  for  that, 
and  as  soon  as  he  was  well  seated  at  the  table 
and  she  was  pouring  his  first  cup  of  tea,  ho 
looked  up  Inquiringly  and  said: 

“  Did  you  get  your  dress  ?” 

“  Yes.” 

“  That  one  you  wanted  ?” 

“Yes.” 

“  So  the  $5  got  it  after  all  your  trouble  ?” 

No  answer. 

“  I  say,  did  you  get  your  dress  for  $5?”  This 
came  loud  and  sharp. 

“  Y-e>-s then  she  hurried  into  the  pantry 
and  drew  a  long  breath,  frightened  at  what  she 
had  done;  then  she  thought  she  hadn't  really 
told  a  lie,  for  she  dUl  get  the  dress  for  $5,  and 
it  was  the  trimmings  she  bought  with  the  but¬ 
ter.  “What  business  was  it  to  him  any  way  ? 
She  wasn’t  uhvays  going  to  do  just  hi#  bidding; 
she  meant  to  lie  her  own  master  sometimes, 
and  tilings  there  belonged  to  her  as  much  as 
they  did  to  him,  if  he  did  keep  everything  in  his 
own  bauds,  and  she'd  let  him  know  it,  too!” 
This  lust  was  thought  angrily  and  witli  the 
tears  starting. 

The  next  morning  the  Flagers  were  early 
astir  and  in  a  considerable  bustle,  for  both  had 
extra  work  to  do  that  day,  be  in  the  field  and 
she  in  the  kitchen  ;  besides,  she  had  a  plan  all 
hatched  and  matured  In  her  womanly  brain, 
ami  as  soon  as  the  men  were  fairly  away,  she 
hast  ily  dressed  herself  for  a  walk. 

“  Where  you  goln*,  ma?"  asked  Johnny. 

“  I’m  just  a  going  to  run  over  to  Mrs.  Briggs’ 
a  few  minutes,  and  I  want  you  to  stay  in  the 
house  and  take  good  care  of  Sissy  while  I’m 
gone;  If  she  wakes  up  before  I  got  hack,  take 
her  up  mid  hold  her  until  l  come.  1  won’t  bo 
gone  but  a  little  w  hile,  and  If  your  father  comes 
in  and  asks  where  I  am,  you  needn’t  tell  Mm ; 
Just  tell  ’ini  that  I’ve  gone  out  a  few  minutes, 
and  will  be  right  back.” 

Mrs.  Biuggs  was  a  poor  woman  In  the  neigh¬ 
borhood  who,  like  many  another, being  obliged 
to  nearly  support-  her  husband  and  children, 
was  glad  of  such  odd  jobs  and  such  pay  as  she 
could  get.  As  soon  as  the  “good  mornings" 
and  remarks  on  the  weather  were  exchanged, 
Mrs.  I'EAGER  said:  “I  come  over  to  see  if  I 
could  get  you  to  make  a  dress  waist  for  me;  I 
want  the  dress  to  wear  next  Sunday,  and  can’t 
get  time  to  make  it  all  myself.  I  guess  I  can 
make  the  sldrt,  if  I  can  gel,  the  waist  and  sleeves 
made  ;  and  I’d  like  to  get  you  to  do  over  this 
bonnet  lor  me  i f  you  could.  You  do  such  work 
sometimes,  don’t  you?  You  see  'tisn't  soiled, 
but  it's  out  of  fashion,  you  know,  and  I  don’t 
want  to  wear  it  as  it  is  with  my  new  dress.” 

“  Well,  1  haven’t  anything  on  hand,  just  now, 
that  I'm  in  a  hurry  about,"  said  Mrs.  Briggs,  “so 
I  guess  I  ran  do  your  sewing  for  you,  and  1  cun 
do  over  your  bonnet  if  you  think  I  can  do  it 
well  enough  ;  l  have  done  such  work.” 

“I'll  risk  but  what  you’ll  do  it  well  enough,” 
said  her  customer. 

“  Then,  If  you  think  you  can  trust  me,  you 
may  look  at  I  lie  blocks  and  see  what  style  you 
will  have  it.  I  haven’t  many  different  shapes; 

I  can’t  afford  to  buy  many  for  what  little  work 
I  get  of  that  kind.” 

“  I  haven’t  the  money  to  pay  you,”  Mrs.  Fla* 
ger  wont  on  to  say;  “George  told  me,  the 
other  day  when  1  got  my  dress,  that  he  couldn’t 
spare  me  any  more  Dow ;  but  we’ve  got  plenty 
of  nice  maple  sugar,  and  I  thought  maybe  you’d 
just  as  lief  have  that  as  the  money." 

“  Certainly  1  would.  1  have  to  pay  money  for 
all  such  tilings,  so  what’s  the  difference  ?” 

“  I  didn’t  bring  the  dress  wit  h  me  this  morn¬ 
ing,  for  I’ve  got  work  folks  to  got  dinner  for, 
and  couldn’t  stay  long  enough  to  have  it  fitted. 
Can  you  get  the  waist  done  by  Saturday  if  i 
come  over  in  good  season  to-morrow  morning? 
If  you  can't,  I’ll  try  and  come  this  afternoon.” 

Mrs.  BkihGS  thought  early  the  next  morning 
would  do,  and  with  the  agreement  that  tier 
dress  waist  and  millinery  should  be  ready  for 
her  by  Saturday  afternoon,  Mrs.  Flager,  took 
her  departure,  her  employe  marveling  “  How  it 
happened  that  she  should  be  hiring  work  done.” 
Such  a  thing  wasn’t  known  in  the  annals  of  t  he 
neighborhood. 

Al  t  he  time  appointed  she  again  dressed  to 
go  nut,  and  proceeded  to  -wrap  up  a  good-sized 
cake  of  homo-ntade  sugar  iu  a  clean  towel. 
“What  ye  bundlin'  up  that,  sugar  for,  ma?" 
asked  Johnny,  who  had  been  watching  his 
mother  through  the  pantry  door.  Here  was  a 
dilemma.  Iu  her  hurry  and  excitement  she 
had  not  once  thought  of  the  watchful  eyes  of 
her  boy,  and  now  should  she  fell  him  the  truth 
and  nothing  but  t  he  truth,  or  should  she  add 
to  her  guilt  by  making  up  a  story  thut-  would 
satisfy  him  ? 

While  she  was  thinking  the  mat  ter  over  the 
question  was  again  and  again  repeated,  and  In 
u  manner  that  demanded  an  immediate  reply. 
“He  has  never  done  what  1  bid  him  not  to,” 
she  thought,  “and  I  can  trust  him  now;”  so. 


God  disposes.”  The  next  day  was  cold  and 
drizzly,  and  Mrs.  Flageh  was  doomed  to  dis¬ 
appointment  and  her  old  clothes. 


counter  of  a  dry  goods’  establishment  in  a  busy, 
bustling,  pushing,  jostling,  noisy,  reeking  city. 


“Hbrk’S  a  digraph  dispatch  for  ve,  Misthcr 

Fl-AGRB."  .  .  ,  f 

“Forme?  You  must  he  mistaken,  {never 
had  a  telegraph  dispatch  in  my  life.” 

“  Bure,  an’  It’s  directed  to  George  Flager, 
anyhow,  and  me  father  fetched  it  from  the  vil¬ 
lage  afther  bedtime  last  night,  an’  sint.  me  over 
wid  It,  early  this  tin, min'.  There  don't  no  other 
man  by  the  name  o'  George  Flager  live  ’round 
here,  aoes  t  here  V" 

“  Not  that  I  know  of.'  ,  ,  . 

“Thin,  It  must  be  yours,”  said  the  boy,  hand¬ 
ing  him  a  yellow  envelope. 

He  opened  it  and  read  the  contents.  Good 
Heavens!”  said  he,  turning  white  t»  the  roots 
of  his  hair,  "  what  does  this  mean  ?’’ 

"Dear  me,  what  is  it  ?"  said  Mrs.  Flager, 
dropping  an  egg  that  she  was  about  to  break 
into  the  frying  pan  and  trotting  up  to  her  hus- 

Sho  rend  over  his  shoulder : — “ Come  to  the 
city  Immediately.  Johnny  i-  in  the  officers 
hand*  for  burglary.  Bring  $800  for  ball," 

“O,  there  must  be  some  mistake.”  said elie, 
with  deep-drawn  breath :  “it  cannot  bo  that 
Johnny,  our  John  n  y,  ba  committed  burg  try  ! 
It  must  be  some  one  else,  and  they  have  taken 
him  for  it!  You  must  go  right  off,  George, 

Just  as  quick  as  you  can,  and  see  about  it  1  O, 
iow  the  poor  boy  must  fed  !”  And  i  lie  stricken 
mother  was  walking  back  and  forth  in  a  state 
bordering  on  distraction. 

She  was  aroused  by  her  husband,  who  said: 
“  Come,  let’s  have  our  breakfast ;  I  shan't  have 
any  too  much  time,  for  I  shall  have  to  walk  to 
the  village,  go  to  the  bank  mi’  get  some  money, 
and  the  train  loaves  a*. ..." 

She  was  too  much  excited,  and  Lulu  too 
much  grieved  and  horrified  to  act,  Mr.  (’i.aglh 
hurriedly  swallowed  a  few  mouthfuls,  arrayed 
himself  in  hU  best  suit.,  and  was  on  his  way.  To 
all  the  prying  and  anxious  inquiries  of  the 
neighbors  It  was  answered  that  he  had  gone  to 
the  cltv  on  business,  and  everybody  was  in  a 
state  of  wonderful  wonderment  as  to  what 
business  Geohue  Fi. agit.il  who  seldom  traveled 
farther  than  the  village,  and  not  very  often 
there,  could  have  in  the  city. 

“  But  after  he  came  back,  brlrglng  Johnny 
with  him.  the  nature  of  his  *:  bui  ine-  V’  leaked 
out  to  their  great,  satisfaction,  and  it  was  in  a 
multitude  ol  mouths  that  "Johnny  Flager 
had  got  into  some  kind  of  a  Scrape,  they  didn't 
exactly  know  what,  ami  his  uncle  had  turned 
him  off,  and  hla  father  hud  to  go  ami  help ’iin 
Out  of  it  an’  bring  'lm  home.”  And  then  every¬ 
body  wondered,  for  "  Johnny  used  to  be  such 
an  honest  sort  of  a  chap  and  was  so  steady,  and 
stmt  home  'most  all  his  wages." 

“1  don’t  see  how  the  boy  came  to  do  such  a 
thing,”  said  George  Flager,  in  conversation 
with  his  brother  al  ter  Ids  arrival  In  the  city  and 
the  truthfulness  of  the  story  had  been  confirm¬ 
ed  ;  “he  used  to  be aagood  a  child  ns  I  oversaw, 
ami  I  never  knew  him  to  do  a  dishonorable  act 
when  he  lived  at  homo.  I  ought  to  have  known 
better  than  to  over  have  lot  elm  come  here;  1 
might  'a'  knew  he’d  got  Into  bail  company  and 


“  It’s  of  no  use  to  talk  t©  your  father ;  he 
thinks  your  homespun  suit  of  grey  and  your 
coarse  shirts  are  good  enough ;  he  say*  you’ve 
got  one  good  suit  for  8undays,  and  that's  all  he 
used  to  have  when  ho  was  a  boy.  He  thinks 
anybody  and  everybody  ought  to  get  along 
with  w  liat.  he  used  to.  But  things  ain’t  now  as 
they  were  then  ;  folks  used  to  live  In  log  houses 
and  wear  llnsey  woolsey,  and  one  was  just  as 
good  as  another,  If  they  were  only  honest  and 
behaved  themselves ;  but  now-a-days  only  folks 
that  live  in  nice  houses  and  wear  fine  clothes 
are  thought  anything  of,  and  poor  folks  that 
can't  dress  up  and  carry  a  high  head  ain’t  any¬ 
body.” 

“  But,  mother,  I  can  get  along  with  that  tan- 
colored  suit  1  wear  Sundays  till  I  can  earn 
money  enough  to  buy  me  something  better.  O, 

1  rather  do  It  than  to  go  to  getting  thlngB  unbe¬ 
known  to  father.  It’s  all  right  enough,  for 
what  I  know,  for  you  to  get  what  you  need 
when  he’s  so  miserly  with  you  and  you're 
worked  as  hard  for  what  there  is  here  as  he 
has;  but  I’d  rather  get  along  mo»t anyway  than 
to  take  what  he  thinks  belongs  to  him,  just  os 
I’m  going  away  to  do  for  myself.” 

“I’d  like  to  know  if  you  ha'n't  worked  like  a 
nigger  over  since  you're  big  enough  to  do  any¬ 
thing  1  An*  It's  u  pity  If  you  can't  havo  some¬ 
thing  decent  to  wear  w  hen  you're  a  goln'  away 
from  home  5  D’ye  a’posc  I'd  let  ye  go  off  there 
’mnng  strangers  with  nothin’  but  them  old  tan- 
colored  clothes  for  your  best !  Why,  your 
uncle 'd  bo  ashamed  of  yel  Folks  dress  differ¬ 
ent.  there  from  what  they  do  here,  you'll  find, 
an'  I've  been  a  layin’  up  butter  'n  eggs  a  little 
to  a  time  nil  summer  to  get  you  something  new 
this  full,  for  I  didn't  expect  your  father  *d  get 
you  anything;  precious  little  he's  overbought 
for  any  of  us.  I’ve  always  had  to  scrimp  and 
manage  in  some  way  to  get  clothes  for  you  and 
LULU,  an”  things  to  use  in  the  house.” 

“  You'd  better  sell  what  you've  got  laid  up 
and  get  something  for  yourself  and  Lulu;  you 
need  it  laid  enough." 

"  Yes.  we  need  it  bud  enough  ;  that's  so.  But 
you've  got  to  have  some  decent  clothes,  ’n  I 
don’t  see  any  other  way  to  get ’em;  and  now 
your  father’s  gone  off  to  that  auction,  it'll  lie  a 
good  time  to  take  the  butter  'n  eggs  over  to  the 
village  au’  do  up  your  trading.  You'll  need  as 
many  's  half  a  dozen  flno  shirts  an’  pocket 


[  never 


it  i>c someone eiae,  anti  mey  nave  laaen 
ir  it  I  You  must  go  right  off,  George, 
quick  as  you  can.  and  see  about  it!  O, 
ic  poor  boy  must  feel !’’  And  I  )m  stricken 


l  J  J<  I  I  |  V  D  |IIW>  I*  '•••  I .  -  —  -  — ■  -  T  •  II  *1 

Ma-Wchwl,.  a  .-ic.OO..  „•  «*,  a  pair  of  wSr'M 

pants,  an  some  collars.  a  more’u  he  did.” 

“  But,  mother.  1  don  t  seo  how  you  re  going  “ 'T wasn't  that,  ”  said  Willi  am  Flager; 


“  Bui,  mother.  1  don  t  seo  how  you  re  going 

to  make  so  many  thing*  In  two  weeks,  and  you  “  Johnny  knew  enough  to  take  care  of  himself 
know  Oncle  \Yti, LIAM  said  1  must  come  tr.  that  anywhere.  But  I  tell  you  what,  it  isn't  always 
time,  for  the  boy  he  had  was  going  away."  h08t  j()  akinch  a  boy" down  too  dose;  if  they 

“I  guess  maybe  1  can  get  Mrs.  Briggs  to  can't  have  what  U  honestly  tholr  due,  they  are 
make  all  but  lb  «  *  Arts  an’  pocket  ban  ker-  pretty  apt  to  get  v.Iii.i  (hey  think  licloiigs  io 
chiefs,  an’  I'll  manage  to  pay  her  In  some  way.  j  them  lu  some  way.  This  Isn't  hi  -  first  crime, 
Johnny  well  understood  her  “  In  some  way  t)V  any  moan!».  At  first,  things  wi  t  on  all  right, 
meant,  for  he  had  long  been  accustomed  to  but  alter  a  while  the  novelty  nl  city  iit'eunU  of 
getting  necessaries  for  his  mother,  and  to  ob-  being  In  t  he  store  began  to  wear  oil  ;  then  came 
talning  a  little  spending  mouey  for  himself  now  a  desire  to  attend  places  of  enter!  in  moot  a  id 
and  then,  by  smuggling  farm  products  to  the  0f  mnu«-mem.  just  like  mv  utli  r  i  imp  of  hi 
village  stores  and  groceries.  At  first  lus  natu-  lltfe  _uot.  that  tie  wished  to  enter  into  anything 
ral  truthfulness  had  demurred  at  this  wav  of  tJia|  was  wrong  or  disreputable,  l  ki  pt  ado  • 
supplying  their  wants,  but  his  mother  had  si-  watch  or  him  in  regard  to  such  matters,  but  ho 
lenoed  hi*  objections  by  telling  him  that  .they  wanted  to  go  to  a  concert  or  lecture  or  u  re¬ 
worked  for  it,  and  If  his  father  wasn  t  willing  spool  able  party  now  aim  then,  a  nd  he  bad  no 
they  should  have  what  rightly  belonged  to  money  to  go  with,  and  if  he  had  the  money  he 
them,  they  must  get  it  the  best  way  they  could.  vcrv  often  hadn't  suit  able  clothes  to  wear.  He 
Bo  many  time*  had  the  smuggling  process  ijaiJ  too  muon  of  his  mother’s  pride  »  id  inde- 
been  repeated,  and  so  many  time*  had  he  been  .MSUd©nco  to  ask  fm  more  thanm*  ated  wages, 
convinced  Of  tbo  Justness  thereof,  that,  with  though  I  used  to  give  nirn  a  half  dollar  or  so 
but  little  compunction  of  conscience  on  his  IlOW  and  then,  when  I  felt  as  though  he  really 
part.,  one  of  the  farm  horses  was  hitched  to  the  ought  to  have  it ;  but  he  asked  me  to  !■.,  ep  back 
shabby  old  baggy,  much  the  worso  for  wear.  a  part  of  his  earnings  from  you,  on  t  Ji*  pie  tti  . 
ami  Mrs.  Flager,  with  the  “butter  u  eggs  he  needed  It  for  himself,  and  I  told  him  thut 
that  had  “  been  laid  up  a  little  to  a  time,  were  t, he  agreement  I  had  nude  with  you.it 

handed  in  and  driven  to  the  store  where  the  WOUld  bo  impossible  for  mo  to  do  so  honestly, 
fcfc  nice  t  out*  p&nttf  an  vest*  ail  uaii  -  ^jid  that  I  knew  you  1  ou  wull  tun.L  I  jr  ;ui  y  eon- 

kerchiefs"  were  duly  purchased.  Tha  produce  cession  on  your’ part  unless  it  should  he  for 
was  not  sufficient  to  wholly  pay  for  the  required  6icknesaor  something  of  thatkirtfl,  there  would 
articles,  and  there  was  quite  a  debt  contracted  y)e  D(, thing  granted  for  plc.i  m  e  or  anmse- 
for  future  payment  “ in  some  way."  ment." 

“  We  must  hurry  back,”  aahl  Mm.  Flageh,  as  “There  wasn’t  any  use  of  the  boy'*  wanting 
(hey  started  homeward,  “for  your  father  may  money  for  SUch  tomfooleries,”  chimed  in  the 
take  a  notion  to  come  homo  helpre  night  and  |iBteiier  wriggling  uneasily  in  hi*  chair, 
get  there  before  wo  do.  I  declare,  1  believe  (  ’  .  .  ..  ... 

nnl'lmfiJt?"  just  starting  down  the  hill  way  small  Vimunns  ,n  money 

^  »tis,”  said  Johnny,  plying  the  whip  $  fty^orVlSSS 

M?Fi1Ser  had  two  miles  to  walk  while  the,  tSwit  what  dlffi 

had  one  to  drive,  and  as  he  was  coming  across  {£,•““*  A1  Mm  F  naHv  i  c  m -m  —  I  t  in  i, 

he  was  quite  near  the  house,  by  dint  of  fast  ’I’  i  n,!! lint  if  M  .  V  .  ,  |  ■  1 

unharmAftsed  and^if^Um  ^^tmm  the  biunHe*  cSfpritWthoftilk^ the’  Unit  ur  public,  and 

kerchlef^carefuriy  Sowed  away^ln  an* reUrVdand ofcthts 

quented  place,  their  Sund^D’  jutrments  changed 

for  .week-day  *T'd ^^.u^ho  rain r  in  ami  sending  him  bourn;  but  he  .  nnim  .  <o  .  mu- 

know  if “ ’Twasnt’most  bly,  made  such  a  pitiful  plea,  aid  -an  h  lair 
d  I «  asn  t  most  “/0'jni80R  for  tb#  runuv.  that,  knowing  the  <  ir- 

oMnmi"  were  “  made  on  the  sly."  with-  eumetutices  a*  I  did,  I  kept  him  in  nis  place. 

-  sssfflS ITS 

At  hanfBrerchTei^wa*  P?0°HRNV’B  uncle  was  right.  Nothing  could 

hemmed, 'the  heel  aud  toe  of  the  last  sock  were  gainsay  the  proof  nor  st  ay  the  [lun'.-limt  n  t  i’t' 
run.  Ills  trunk  WHS  packed  even  to  a  pint  basin  mft  crime,  and  with  the  v<  tdi  l, 


that  confidence  came  the  consciousness  that 
Ins  father  was  mean  and  stingy  and  his  mother 
defrauded  and  abused. 

The  dressmaking  and  millinery  were  com¬ 
pleted.  Mrs.  Bkiggs  prai.-  ed  the  quality  of  and 
seemed  pleased  with  Iter  sugar,  and  Mrs.  Fla¬ 
ger  returned  home  in  high  spirits  to  Join  to¬ 
gether  the  separated  parts  of  the  dotted  mull 
in  readiness  for  the  morrow.  But  how  true  that 
“  man,”  and  sometimes  woman,  “  proposes,  but 


regard 


One  night,  when  Johnny  was  m  hi*  prison  c  u 
and  George  Flageh  sat  by  hi-  fireside,  think¬ 
ing,  he  said,  suddenly,  ’*  1  wish  1  hadn't  been 
ouite  so  close  with  the  boy,  Harriet  ;  may  be 

.*•  *  ,  i  *  -  _  1 1  *  4  1  f  on  on  t,  *!«,.  ,,  n*  r»n1  '  I  I  V"l 


hardest  of  all  to  part  ,  sprang  Into  the  old  buggy 
beside  bis  father,  and  the  tall,  gentlemanly  lad 
of  17  was  away  from  the  broad,  open  fields,  from 
the  pure  country  air,  from  the  Sabbath-like 
stillness  of  the  old  homestead,  to  bow  and 
smirk  and  smile  and  equivocate  bemud  the 


n't  ’©v  happened.” 

“  I  wish  you  never  d  been  so  close  with  any 
of  us,  George,”  was  answered  In  a  choked 
voice,  and  thereby  came  tears  and  a  confession. 
And  alas!  there  might  be  a  like  Acknowledg¬ 
ment  and  confession  in  many  a  household. 


SEPT, 


©BE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


THE  SPIRIT’S  SONG. 

BY  CHARLOTTE  A.  CORONER. 

If  I  sing,  birdies,  say,  will  he  listen 
Anil  stand  as  If  bound  by  a  spell  ? 

If  I  till  all  the  garden  with  music. 

Will  his  spirit  come  hither  to  dwell 
For  a  time,  to  live  in  the  tangles, 

And  wonder  what  fetters  so  bind, 

With  a  charm  that  is  strangely  magnetic, 

The  strong,  active  powers  of  his  mind. 

If  I  loose  the  gold  t  hreads  In  iny  bosom, 

And  knot  them  with  warbles,  will  be, 

Who  lists  to  the  murmur  of  grasses, 

Come  hither  those  Unottings  to  see  ?— 

Not  kn  wing  I  bade  them  to  bind  him 
All  o’er,  with  their  gossamer  strings, 

Till,  in  answer,  their  gentle  vibrations. 

Should  suy  that  my  darling,  too,  sings? 

Jf  o’er  the  tail  tree  tops,  an  archway 
1  curve  from  this  bright  amber  tone, 

Which  glows  like  a  topaz,  suv,  birdies, 

Will  lie  learn  what’s  concealed  in  the  zone? 
If  a  ladder  I  make  of  the  branches, 

As  across  them  my  warbles  I  weave. 

Will  his  spirit  climb  up  breezes,  think  you, 

To  bunt  for  the  secret  I  leave? 

Will  these  rings  that  1  twine  round  the  lilies, 
And  this  chord  that  1  braid  for  the  rose. 
Hold  captive  the  soul  of  my  darling 
In  a  strange  sort  of  weary  repose, 

Till  I,  ns  a  priestess,  can  wed  them? 

For,  birdies,  they  are  part  of  my  heart ; 

And  If  lie  but  uiarry  my  flowers, 

Through  my  songs,  shall  we  ever  them  part? 


MOTHER’S  VISIT. 

“  IT  must  be  that  I  am  growing  old,”  said  Mrs. 
Deane,  as  she  settled  back  comfortably  in  her 
rocking-chair  for  the  evening.  “  1  get  t  ired  out 
when  night  conies,  and  1  don't  even  wish  to 
knit.  Old,  or  lazy  it  must  be,”  she  added  with 
a  smile. 

Father  looked  lip  from  his  paper  and  regarded 
her  thoughtfully  for  a  minute.  “You  want  a 
rest.  Mary,"  lie  said,  “and  you  must  take  It. 
Let  the  girls  pack  up  your  trunk,  to-morrow, 
and  you  go  over  to  mother’s  and  make  a  good, 
long  visit.  She  thinks  wc  don’t  visit  her  as 
often  as  we  might,  and  mother  is  growing  old." 

“Oh  but,  Horace,  how  can  I  leave  homo? 
There  are  so  many  lions  in  the  way.  You  mem 
folks  don't  know  anything  about  the  demands 
on  a  housekeeper." 

“You  can  manage,  can’t  you,  girls?"  said 
father.  “You  inav  get  old  Mrs,  Goodwin  to 
work  through  the  day  for  you.  She  will  have 
to  go  home  in  time  to  get  the  old  man’s  supper, 
hut  you  can  clear  away  the  tea  tilings  easily." 

“Indeed  wc  can,  father,  and  do  tho  work, 
besides,  without  Aunt  Polly’s  help,"  said 
Carrie. 

“Mother  would  bo  more  at  ease  about  you  If 
there  was  some  older  head  at  the  helm,  so  you 
had  better  engage  her.  Now,  really,  Mary, 
what  is  there  to  hinder?  The  ride  on  the  cars 
will  do  you  good,  and  the  rest  from  care  and 
work  and  the  visit  will  pick  you  up  more  than 
medicine.” 

“llut  I  have  nothing  really  suitable)  to  wear 
there  in  town.  I  am  not  ready  to  take  such  a 
trip." 

“  We’ll  help  you,  mother,”  said  Cariue.  “  My 
coat  is  nice  and  new,  and  you  cun  take  that, — 
see  what  an  advantage  it  is  to  be  a  little  mother, 
— your  black  dress  is  nice,  and  so  is  your  velvet 
bonnet.  I  know  we  can  plan  out  everything  so 
that  grandma  will  ho  suited  with  you,” 

“  My  mother  Isn’t  so  hard  to  suit  as  you  fancy, 
Mary.  She  will  think  far  more  of  seeing  you 
than  of  your  clothes.” 

It  was  arranged  at  fast,  and  mother’s  objec¬ 
tions  wore  all  overruled.  She  made  the  visit, 
taking  with  her  the  youngest  of  the  llock,  to 
the  great  delight  of  the  aged  grand  mother,  and 
to  the  lessening  of  her  own  muddy  about  the 
welfare  of  all  at  home.  The  visit  was  all  and 
more  than  they  had  hoped  for.  The  entire 
change  of  scene,  food  and  associations,  and 
the  rest  from  labor,  made  the  feelings  of  “  old 
ago”  pass  off,  and  she  returned  home  with  a 
new  vigor  and  energy  and  cheerfulness.  It  had 
done  the  girls  good,  too.  They  had  been  thrown 
on  their  own  resources.  They  had  found  abun¬ 
dant  means  of  exercising  pat  ience  and  forbear¬ 
ance,  under  the  home  management  of  Aunt 
Polly,  and  had  learned,  as  they  never  knew 
before,  how  to  prize  a  mother.  That  last  les¬ 
son  was  the  most,  valuable  of  all.  Too  many 
never  learn  it  until  that  mother  goes  out  from 
the  doorway  never  to  return.  j.  e.  m’c. 

VISITING  THE  SICK. 

BY  MAY  MAPLE. 

“You  are  just  the  one  to  visit  the  sick-room 
—your  cheerfulness  has  almost  given  me  a  fresh 
lease  of  life,— said  a  dear  friend,  who  bad  been 
confined  to  her  room  and  bed,  for  long,  dreary 
weeks,  by  wasting  disease. 

i  the  one  to  visit  the  sick  to  do  them  good. 

1  was  astonished  mid  rebuked  at  once.  1  had 
almost  invariably  absented  myself  from  the 
invalid's  apartment,  making,  perhaps,  an  occa¬ 
sional  call,  and.  if  nevtnaanj,  “  sitting  up  "  for  a 
night,  that  the  members  of  the  afflicted  family 
might  obtain  needed  rest.  And  with  these,  I 
considered  my  duties  to  invalids  ceased.  I  had 
left  all  the  exertion  of  amusing  and  comforting 


sufferers  to  those  who  “  had  a  gift  that  way.” 
I  had  never  lifted  or  unfolded  the  “napkin,” 
to  see  how  many  “talents”  were  entrusted  to 
my  keeping. 

On  this  particular  occasion,  I  had  accompa¬ 
nied  some  ladles  calling  upon  tin's  mutual 
friend,  and  when  we  were  about  taking  our  de¬ 
parture,  she  had  said  “Don’t  go  now,  Mary : 
it  will  be  no  lonely  for  all  to  leave  at  once.”  Of 
course  I  remained,  and  all  the  more  willingly 
from  the  fact  that  I  was  much  attached  to  her ; 
I  iiad  spent  many  pleasant,  hours  in  sweet  con¬ 
verse  with  her  and  her  lovely  family. 

Observing  that  she  was  inclined  to  low  spirits, 
and  was  frequently  In  tears,  I  began  to  “  cast 
about  me”  for  some  subject  of  conversation 
that  should  lead  tier  thoughts  from  self.  There 
stood  the  piano,  but  dosed  and  heaped  high 
with  accumulating  work.  T  regretted  my  in¬ 
ability  to  call  forth  tho  sweet  melodies,  for  t 
knew  that  she  was  passionately  fond  of  music, 
and  was  never  happier,  in  days  of  health,  than 
when  tilling  tho  halls  with  rapturous,  soul-stir¬ 
ring  melodics. 

Upon  Inquiry,  1  found  t  he  members  of  the 
family,  who  were  fair  performers,  were  either 
too  busy  with  domestic  cares,  or  wore  partak¬ 
ing  of  her  low  spirits,  and  thus  the  instrument 
had  not  been  opened  for  weeks,  1  took  the 
sowing  from  the  hands  of  the  eldest  daughter  - 
I  could  use  the  noodle  if  I  could  not  Unger  tin* 
keys— and  Insisted  upon  her  taking  her  seat  at 
the  piano.  Tho  dear  girl  made  many  apologies, 
because  she  was  out  of  practice.  Rut  her  effort 
cheered  til©  sick  arid  weary  mother,  and  was 
also  a  pleasant  recreation  to  herself.  Then 
there  was  a  story  in  the  last  paper,  which  was 
read  and  commented  upon  until  “tea”  was 
announced  ;  and  thus  an  hour  had  slipped  by, 
and  the  invalid  acknowledged  her  thanks  for 
the  slight  exertion  1  had  made,  with  tho  words 
that  open  I  his  sketch. 

On  my  way  homo  1  pondered  upon  her  words ; 
and  tho  saying  of  an  ancient  poem  came  throb¬ 
bing  with  powerful  weight  upon  my  heart—' “  1 
was  sick,  and  ye  ministered  not  unto  me.”  How 
few  individuals  have  but  one  talent  loft  in  their 
charge !  Vet  there  are  many  who  have  at  least 
one  gift  laid  away  in  a  “  napkin,"— left  to  tho 
rust  and  mold  of  years,  and  when  the  “  Master 
of  the  Vineyard  "  calls  for  his  own,  with  usury, 
ho  finds  tho  “gift"  depreciated  in  value,  and 
has  good  reason  to  turn  away  with  a  “sad 
countenance.” 

Every  gift,  whether  groat  or  small,  is  given 
for  us  to  improve;  and  woe  be  to  us  If  we  be¬ 
tray  our  trust.  , 

- - 

IS  SHE  IN  YOUR  VICINITY  1 

She  must  be  on  her  travels  somewhere,  and 
will  call  on  you  for  a  consideration.  We  refer 
to  the  woman  who  sells  tho  recipe  for  moles  on 
your  face  and  corns  and  bunions  on  your  foot. 
She  is  so  lady-like,  so  sensible,  so  unobtrusive. 
She  only  sells  as  a  favor  to  you.  But  ladles 
liked  to  do  so  sensible  a  lady  a  favor,  as  well  as 
themselves,  so  they  bought.  It.  It  was  only  a 
dollar  a  bottle,  and  fifty  cents  more  if  you  took 
two.  The  mole  and  tho  corn  would  disappear 
in  two  weeks.  Has  any  one  seen  that  estimable 
woman  ?  For  tho  ladles  think  there  must  be  a 
mistake  in  the  mode  of  the  liquid  application. 
They  would  like  to  ask  her  a  question  about  it. 
If  she  is  on  her  travels  in  your  vicinity  with  her 
mole  and  corn  recipe,  you  will  ask  her.  She 
was  to  be  in  this  place  again  in  five  months, 
says  a  local  paper,  but  we  doubt  if  she  comes 
so  soon.  She  is  too  sensible. 

- - 

EDUCATION  OF  WOMEN. 

Commenting  upon  the  fact  that  not  one 
woman  was  saved  on  the  fated  Atlantic,  al¬ 
though  many  had  the  same  chance  of  life  as 
tlie  men,  an  exchange  says:— “Tho  strength  of 
women  at  the  crises  of  their  life  depends  on 
their  physical  culture  while  children.  Let 
parents  be  no  more  ashamed  of  their  girls’ 
brown  faces  and  fists  than  of  their  boys’.  Lot 
them  train  and  clothe  thorn  so  that  they  can 
run  and  climb  and  care  for  and  protect  them¬ 
selves.  Let  them  take  them  with  their  brothers 
into  tho  harvest  field.  A  boy  is  not  ashamed  of 
work  ;  no  more  should  be  a  girl.  The  refine¬ 
ment  that  shuts  a  girl  out  of  God's  sunshine, 
and  allows  her  no  rougher  work  in-doors  than 
to  embroider  worsteds,  or  tap  ivory  keys,  or 
dust  a  marble  mantel,  is  refining  her  off  of  the 
by*  of  tho  earth  to  give  place  to  the  daughters  I 
of  the  servants  of  the  kitchen.” 


Hiding  for  the  gomtg. 


BEAUTY  AND  STUDY. 

No  girl  should  be  indifferent  to  her  personal 
appearance.  God  meant  woman  to  be  attract¬ 
ive,  and  it  is  one  of  her  duties  to  carry  out  this 
design.  But  that  dress  is  to  bo  all  is  more  than 
we  can  believe,  .lust,  because  wo  love  to  see 
girls  look  well,  as  well  as  to  live  to  some  pur¬ 
pose,  we  would  urge  them  on  such  a  course  of 
reading  and  study  as  will  confer  qualities  which 
no  modiste  can  supply. 

A  well-known  author  once  wrote  a  pretty 
essay  on  the  power  of  education  to  beauty, 
that  it  absolutely  chiseled  the  features;  that  ho 
has  seen  many  a  clumsy  nose  and  pair  of  thick 
lips  so  modified  by  thought  awakened  and 
active  sentiment,  as  to  be  unrecognizable.  And 
he  put  it  ou  that  ground  that  we  an  often  see 
people,  homely  and  unattractive  in  youth, 
bloom  in  middle  life  into  a  softened  Indian 
Summer  of  good  looks  and  mellow  tones. 


LITTLE  CHATTERBOX. 

TnEY  oall  me  “  Little  Chatterbox;” 

My  name  is  little  May ; 

I  have  to  talk  so  much,  because 
I  have  so  much  to  say. 

And  oh  !  1  have  so  many  friends— 

So  many  !  and  you  see 

I  can’t  help  loving  them,  becauso 
They  every  one  love  me. 

I  love  pupil  and  my  mumma 
I  love  wy  sisters,  too ; 

And  if  you’re  very,  very  good, 

I  guess  that  I’ll  love  you. 

But  I  love  God  the  best  of  all 
lie  keeps  me  all  the  night ; 

And  when  tho  morning  comes  again, 

Ho  wakes  me  with  the  light. 

1  think  it  Is  so  nice  to  live ; 

And  yet  If  I  should  die, 

The  Lord  would  send  his  angels  down 
To  take  mo  to  the  sky. 

• - - 

FROM  OUR  YOUNG  NATURALIST. 

Dear  Cousins  All;— I  have  so  much  to  tell 
you  I  don't  know  where  to  begin.  I  have  been 
rock-bunting,  for  some  time  past,  in  Central 
Mew  York,  and  I  want  to  toil  you  of  some  things 
I  fouud  there. 

Tho  next  morning  after  my  arrival,  armed 
with  a  hammer  and  chisel,  I  started  for  tho 
ledge,  which  was  on  the  brow  of  a  high  hill. 
The  rock  is  known  ns  Marcellas  shale,  and  be¬ 
longs  to  the  Hamilton  Period,  I  found  a  large 
number  of  npirifera,  also  some  beautiful  shells 
called  {j anter <rpodn.  I  was  congratulating  my¬ 
self  ou  my  good  luck,  when,  on  breaking  open 
another  stone,  !  found,  to  tny  groat  joy,  a  largo 
fossil  called  the  <)i  thoceruliir.  I ’crimps  some 
of  my  little  cousins  wonder  what  such  a  long 
name  as  that  means.  Well,  the  Orthociratite 
was  a  mollusk  which  lived  in  a  Jong,  straight 
shell,  which  was  divided  Into  a  great  many 
chambers ;  ofttimes  as  many  as  seventy. 
Steele,  In  Ills  work  on  Geology,  says "These 
were  formed  to  accommodate  the  growth  of 
tho  animal.  As  it  increased  in  size,  It  moved 
forward  in  Us  shell ;  and,  extending  its  shell  at 
the  larger  end,  partitioned  off  its  new  quarters 
from  the  rest  by  a  shelly  wall."  So,  in  time,  a 
series  of  chambers  was  formed,  each  larger 
than  the  last.  A  membraneous  tube  connected 
the  different  chambers,  passing  from  the  ntol- 
lusk  in  the  largest  cell  to  the  smallest  room  at 
the  other  end.  It  Is  supposed  that  the  empty 
cells  acted  as  a  buoy  to  float  the  heavy  animal. 
The  specimen  which  I  found  was  broken,  a  part 
being  gone,  but  what  was  left  was  a  few  inches 
in  length,  and  about  an  inch  gild  a-half  in  di¬ 
ameter.  Tho  divisions  were  very  plainly  mark¬ 
ed.  and,  as  It  was  the  only  one  I  had  found,  I 
was  careful  to  put  it  in  a  safe  place  in  my  col¬ 
lecting  valise.  1  afterward  found  two  more  in 
tho  shale  on  the  hill,  but  smaller  specimens, 
l  spent  that  day  and  the  next  in  my  search 
for  fossils,  and  made  several  additions  to  my 
“Cabinet.”  Whoa  these  specimens  were  all 
packed,  i  had  a  rather  heavy  box,  I  can  tell 
you,  for  it  contained  about  one  hundred  and 
fifty  fossils.  After  1  had  packed  these,  I  went 
a  few  miles  to  quarries  of  the  Hamilton  proper, 
as  this  group  is  termed ;  and  if  this  finds  Its  way 
into  the  Rural,  I  will  tell  you  of  something  we 
found  there.  Young  Naturalist. 

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LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

From  Wild  Rose,  the  Indian  Girl. 

I  am  having  a  pleasant  vacation  away  here  in 
Choctaw  Nation.  I  became  acquainted  with  a 
Choctaw  lady  who  inv  ited  me  to  spend  vacation 
with  her,  which  I  accepted,  as  I  have  for  a  long 
time  had  a  desire  to  visit  this  tribe.  I  have 
been  among  several  different  tribos,  and  in  dif¬ 
ferent  nations,  and  among  some  wild  tribes.  1 
have  seen  I  Heir  young  warrior.-,  painted  and 
equipped  for  the  war  path.  I  think  it  is  partly 
the  women’s  fault  that  the  men  are  so  wild  and 
savage;  If  they  return  to  their  lodges  wdthout 
scalps  they  are  looked  upon  as  cowards,  and  re¬ 
ceive  a  oold  greeting  from  their  .squaws.  1  find 
the  Choctaws  mode  of  living  is  much  like  my 
own  tribe.  The  men  devote  most  of  their  time 
to  hunting,  but  all  raise  ponies  and  cattle, which 
they  sell  to  white  traders.  Some  of  the  women 
make  baskets.  I  visited  tho  Ladies’ Seminary 
on  examination  day,  which  is  largely  attended 
by  young  ladies  from  different  parts  of  the  na¬ 
tion.  The  principal  is  a  white  man  -  a  mission¬ 
ary;  the  assistants  are  native  ladies.  We  at¬ 
tended  church  on  Sunday,  which  met  under  the 
trees  ill  the  woods.  The  pastor  was  a  native 
and  spoke  in  his  own  language,  which  L  do  not 
understand.  He  baptised  two  little  boys — twins ; 
they  were  about  five  years  old.  They  had  very 
long  hair  and  had  on  no  clothing,  except  little 
clouts.  I  am  going  to  school  one  more  term, 
then  away  to  my  home  in  tho  wild  woods. — 
Wild  Rose.  _ 

A  Little  Reader. 

Dear  Rural;— We  all  like  your  paper  very 
much,  and  every  week  look  forward  anxiously 
to  its  coming.  We  all  learn  a  great  deal  from 
it.  Pa  says  ho  could  not  get  along  without  it. 

I  am  twelve  years  old,  and  live  on  a  farm.  I 
have  to  work  pretty  hard,  yet  I  enjoy  it,  for  In 
the  evening,  when  the  work  is  done,  I  can  sit 


down  arid  read.  I  have  road  Josephus’  Works, 
Mr.  Greeley’s  and  Mr.  Abbott's  History  of 
the  War,  the  History  of  the  Revolution,  the 
History  of  England,  the  Naval  History,  the  Lives 
of  Generals  Washington,  J  ackson  and  Gra  nt, 
and  many  other  books.  I  like  to  read  history 
very  much.  Would  you  bo  so  kind  as  to  tell  mo 
what  history*  would  be  the  most  useful  and  en¬ 
tertaining,  and  oblige— Willie  D.  M.,  Delaware 
Co.,  N.  T. 

Bust-ing  His  Crandmother. 

Dear  Rural: — I  am  a  little  boy  and  we  livo 
ou  a  farm.  1  go  to  school.  I  like  my  studies 
very  much.  T  have  a  box  of  tools  and  make  all 
sorts  of  tilings  for  my  sister  to  train  vines  on; 
I  also  try  to  make  statuary.  I  have  a  bust  of 
grandma  that  pa  says  is  quite  good,  but  the 
clay’  lias  dried  and  cracked  and  is  now  falling 
to  pieces.  1  have  an  ambition  to  be  a  sculptor, 
but  don’t  know  the  primary  principles.  Would 
the  Rural  be  so  kind  as  to  give  the  informa¬ 
tion  of  what  I  can  get  and  where  to  get  it.— 
Johnie,  Ml.  Vernon ,  Ohio. 

A  Young  Poultry  Keeper. 

I  AM  what  you  might  call  a.  young  poultry 
keeper.  Last  April  I  got  ninoteen  hens,  and 
have  raised  over  sixty  chickens;  have  sold 
some,  and  now  have  eighteen  liens  and  forty- 
seven  chickens  left.  I  intend  to  get  me  a,  copy 
of  tlic  People's  Practical  Poultry  Book.  We 
havp  taken  the  Rural  New-Yorker  tor  a  groat 
many  years,  and  my  mother  says  she  can’t  got 
along  without  it.— M.  L.  D.,  Sherman,  N.  Y. 


ve  fJ  filter. 


BIBLICAL  ENIGMA— No.  3. 

I  am  composed  of  120  letters : 

My  01,  33,  4,  »,  7,  85, 20,  1 1,  3,  lfi,  13,  89, 10  was  one 
of  I  ho  four  cities  of  the  Gibeonitoa. 

My  «,  18,  40,  31),  19,  104,  118,  112, 120,  102, 101, 112  is  a 
kind  ol'  tree. 

My  10,  98,  119. 109,  II 1,  40, 72,  108, 51  was  olio  of  the 
sons  of  Othrdel. 

My  85,  15,  47,  40, 73, 8(1,  58,  57,  78,  91,  71,  09,  105, 70, 
89.  19  was  a  place  of  very  great  antiquity. 

My  113,  51,  8,  32, 20,  54,  27,  55,  70,  107  is  a  thicket. 
My  21, 51,  17,  77,  43,  9,  92  Is  the  tree  from  which 
the  zackuin  oil  comes. 

My  (id,  5,  ;R,  HI,  14,  04,  lfi  is  a  bird  formerly  called 
dayyuli,  allied  to  the  buzzard. 

My  3s,  1,30, 80,  :>u,  a  plant  of  the  genus  kinkayon. 
My  10, 10, 1  lo,  52,  23,  3,  22, 107,  a  species  of  oraciie. 
My  43,  18,  30,  81, 110,  7,  82,  104,  2,  9,  50  is  a  book  in 
the  Bible.  • 

My  120,  88,  111,  51,  74,  37,  23,  l,  1,  117  was  a  kind  of 
wood  of  the  genus  quadrivalvis,  highly 
prized  by  tho  Greeks. 

My  87,  29,  90,  100,  09,  79,  75,  108,  25,  71,  114,  08  is  a 
lot  of  people  collected  together. 

My  HO,  108, 10.  7.  107,  90,  95,  107  was  one  of  the 
most  ancient  of  the  cities  of  Syria  founded 
by  Uz. 

My  97,  99,  104,  10,  85,  115,  7, 99  43  is  a  quadruped. 
My  00,  21,  42, 117,  10,  44,  31,  05,  41  was  an  Ethio¬ 
pian  eunuch  in  the  service  of  KingZedokiah. 
My  115,  57,  81,  51,  ill  was  the  children  ol'  I’harez. 
My  1113, 104, 93,  120,  I,  1 1;5, 51, 120,  59  is  agriculture. 
My  24,  119,  54,  (17,  11)0,  03,  108,  45  is  a  part  of  tho 
body  mentioned  by  Ezekiel, 

-My  02,  1,  106,  8,  7,  21  was  the  third  of  the  11  vo 
daughters  of  Zolopholuid. 

My  10,09.52,90,50,  51,  94,  83,  115,  10  was  one  of 
tho  sons  of  King  Haul. 

My  whole  is  part  of  a  verse  from  St.  Matthew. 
ZST  Answer  in  two  weeks.  J.  A.  Cox. 

- *♦« - - 

CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA— No.  5. 

My  first  is  in  David  but  not  in  Saul, 

My  second  is  in  Timothy  but  not  in  Paul ; 

My  third  is  in  Rachel  but  not  in  Jane, 

My  fourth  Is  in  Abel  but  not  in  Cain  ; 

My  fifth  is  in  Mary  but  not  in  Nell, 

My  sixth  is  in  Eva  but  not  in  Belle  ; 

My  seventh  is  in  Charlie  but  not  in  Will, 

My  eighth  is  In  Arthur  hut  not  in  Phil; 

My  nluth  Is  In  maiden  but  not  in  beaux, 

My  tenth  i  j  in  water  but  not  in  snow  ; 

My  eleventh  is  in  diamonds  but  not  in  gold, 
My  whole  is  a  ludicrous  sight  to  behold. 

SST"  Answer  in  two  weeks.  d.  d.  h. 

- - 

S0.UARE-W0RD  ENIGMA.— No.  4. 

1.  An  animal  never  found  in  Ireland.  2.  An 
ancient  city.  3.  A  bachelor  who  put  off  getting 
married  so  long  that  no  one  would  marry  him. 
4.  A  commancement.  Harry  B.  Strong. 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- ♦♦♦ — - - 

PROBLEM.— No.  9. 

Find  two  different  isoceles  triangles  such, 
that  their  perimeters  and  areas  shall  be  both 
expressed  by  the  same  numbers,  S.  G.  c. 
S2T“  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- *■■*■*■ - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.  -  Sopt.  6. 

Biblical  Enigma  No.  2.— If  any  man  thirst, 
let  him  come  unto  me  and  drink. — John,  vi.  v.  37. 

Illustrated  Rebus  No.  5.  —  Lot  another 
man  praise  thee. 

Crosb-Word  Knigma.  No.  4— Glen  View. 


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SWOOBE’S  BUBAL  MEW-YORKEB. 


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BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 


Miss  Alice  Dutton  baa  issued  an  address  to 
the  working  women  of  Boston,  informing  them 
that  it  is  proposed  to  organise  in  that  city  a 
Workingwomen’s  Mutual  Benefit  Association, 
having  l'or  its  object  “first.  The  providing  of 
funds  to  defray  the  expanses  of  any  member  in 
time  of  sickness.  Second,  To  render  aid  to  any 
member  in  the  extremity  of  need.  I  bird.  To 
provide,  in  case  of  death,  respectable  burial  to 
said  deceased  member,  a  .well  a-  a  certain  sum 
to  any  dependent  upon  her  for  support." 

Two  guides  who  conduct  visitors  through 
“  the  Cave  of  the  Winds"  at  Niagara  Falls  have 
discovered  still  another  cave  which  they  pro¬ 
nounced  “one  of  the  wonders  of  the  world. 

In  one  port  ion  of  It.  the  visitor  can  stand  be¬ 
tween  two  walls  of  falling  wafer  in  “pitch" 
darkness,  and  then  only,  ns  it  were,  in  tire 
vestibule.  To  go  forward  would  require  some 
ot  her  apparatus  not.  id.  band,  and  a  moans  of 
lighting  the  way. 

A  poor  German  immigrant  was  brought  be¬ 
fore  the  Grand  .Jury  at  Chicago  last  week, 
charge  1  with  .stealing  some  old  clothing.  JHs 
excuse  was  that  he  desired  to  sell  them  to 
obtain  food  for  his  wife  and  live  children,  who 
were  starving.  The  grand  jurors  found  no  bill, 
and  taxed  themselves  fifty  cents  a  head  for  the 
benefit  of  the  family.  The  wife  and  children, 
during  the  husband’s  imprisonment,  were  fort 
by  the  jailor. 

The  Hon.  Willard  Phillips,  Id,.  D.,  who  died 
at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  on  Tuesday  last,  was  one 
of  the  six  survivors  of  the  elans  of  1810  of  Har¬ 
vard  University.  Ho  was  at  one  time  an  editor 
of  the  North  American  Review,  ami  has  pub¬ 
lished  several  important  works.  His  last  book 
was  entitled  “  Propositions  concerning  Protec¬ 
tion  and  Free  Trade,”  which  was  written  in 
support  of  the  manufacturing  Interests  of  the 
country. 

A  letter  is  published  from  ex-Gov.  Randolph 
of  Now  Jersey  relating  to  the  Washington 
Headquarters  at  Morristown,  He  says  those 
who  purchased  the  property  at  the  record,  sale 
intend  to  forma  "Washington  Association," 
with  a  capital  stuck  of  680,000,  one-half  of  which 
is  to  pay  for  the  property,  and  the  other  half  to 
be  kept  a*  a.  fund  for  its  preservation.  Of  this 
amount  £17,000  has  already  beci^subsc.ribed. 

English  gossip  says  that  the  reigning  Duke 
of  Brunswick  is  about  to  bring  action  to  cancel 
the  late  Duke's  will,  on  the  ground  that  the 
bulk  of  his  properly,  especially  (he  art  treas¬ 
ures,  was  only  held  by  him  in  trust,  and  could 
not  therefore  lie  passed  out  of  the  family.  Tt 
this  view  is  adopted,  the  property  will  descend 
to  Duke  William  of  Brunswick,  and  after  him 
to  the  House  ol'  Hanover. 

Thp.  cull  ivution  of  broom  corn,  the  American 
Grocer  says,  “  Ini'  been  checked  in  the  West  by 
the  cheapness  of  the  article,  so  (hat  farmers 
scarcely  obtained  prices  sufficient  to  pay  the 
expense  of  raising  it.  The  into  storms  have 
also  caused  serious  injury  to  the  comparatively 
limited  crop  raised  this  year,  resulting  In  an  ad¬ 
vance  of  nearly  one  hundred  per  cent,  on  the 
old  stock  on  hand.” 

Ithaca,  Kept.  11.— To-day  the  Cornell  Univer¬ 
sity,  situated  at  this  place,  entered  upon  its 
sixth  year.  The  class  just  entering  is  much 
larger  than  either  of  the  two  preceding  it.  It 
numbers  SOU,  IK  of  whom  enter  on  certificates 
from  other  colleges,  15  are  Brazilians,  aud  15 
other  are  ladies,  the  number  of  female  students 
being  thus  increased  to  31. 

The  Kev.  W.  II.  H.  Murray  lias  published  a 
vigorous  article  on  “Liars,”  in  which  ho  takes 
occasion  to  deny  the  report,  that  he  shot  several 
deer  in  the  Adirondacks  this  summer,  thus 
violating  the  game  laws.  He  says  he  did  not 
shoot  a  single  deer,  ami  lie  commends  to  all 
newspaper  editors  the  Apostle’s  injunction  to 
“  Lie  not.  at  all.” 

Here  is  I  he  classification  of  babies’  premiums 
at  the  Fair  of  the  New  Hampshire  Agricultural 
Society.  For  the  finest  baby  under  six  months 
old,  a  gold  necklace;  for  do.,  between  tho  ages 
of  13  and  30  months,  a  golden  cup ;  for  the 
loveliest  twins,  two  golden  mugs ;  for  the  child 
with  the  reddest  hair,  regardless  of  temper,  $10 
in  gold. 

Mr.  Joseph  ArOB,  the  representative  of  the 
agricultural  laborers  of  England,  arrived  at 
Quebec  on  Saturday  last.  He  was  accompanied 
by  Mr.  Arthur  Clayden,  one  of  tho  Committee 
of  the  Laborers'  Union,  and  Mr.  Henry  Taylor 
its  Secretary.  He  will  spend  a  few  weeks  in 
Canada  before  visiting  Hie  United  States. 

At  Janesville,  Wis.,  on  the  Uth,  at  the  South¬ 
ern  Wisconsin  Fair.  Colonel  D.  Wyatt  Aiken  of 
South  Carolina,  addressed  1.5,000  people,  many 
of  whom  wore  Grangers,  arguing  in  favor  of 
Free  Trade  and  opposition  t  o  all  monopolies. 
Colonel  Alkin  is  one  of  t  he  Executive  Commit¬ 
tee  of  the  National  Grange. 

President  Grant  bus  appointed  the  TTon,  A. 
It.  Shepherd  to  succeed  Mr.  H.  D.  Cooke  as 
Governor  of  the  District  of  Columbia;  the 
appointment  causes  dissatisfaction.  Dr.  J.  B. 
Blake,  President  of  the  National  Metropolitan 
Bank,  succeeds  Mr.  Shepherd  as  Prcsidont  of 
the  Board  of  Public  Works. 

A  rand  of  colored  men  who  have  left  work 
visited  the  principal  mills  in  Charleston  S.  C., 


and  by  threats  of  violence  forced  tho  hands  to 
strike  also  for  $2.60  per  day.  The  employers 
declined  to  accede  and  closed  their  mills, 
throwing  nearly  2,000  laborers  out  of  employ¬ 
ment. 

The  Itev.  Charles  Kingsley,  the  brilliant  and 
popular  English  author,  will  visit  this  country 
soon  after  Christinas.  He  does  not  come  to 
make  money  as  a  lecturer,  but,  as  he  writes, 
*‘  io  spend  a  few  months  in  seeing  with  my  own 
eyes  your  wonderful  country  and  people.” 

The  yellow  fever  i*  ravaging  in  Shreveport, 
Ira.,  at  .a  terrible  rate.  Three  physicians  tele¬ 
graph  the  Howard  Association  of  New  Orleans: 
“No  report  you  may  have  received  from  here 
can  possibly  exaggerate  the  condition  of  af¬ 
fairs.”  There  are  fully  000  sick. 

The  Hon.  Ashur  Ware,  who  died  in  Portland, 
Me.,  on  Wednesday  night,  at  the  age  of  02  years, 
was  editor  of  the  Boston  Yankee,  in  1816,  and 
the  Portland  K astern  Argus  in  1817.  He  held 
tho  office  of  District  Judge  44  years,  besides 
other  important  trusts. 

In  the  Canadian  railway  investigation,  D. 
McMullen  testified  positively  to  Sir  Hugh  Al¬ 
lan's  negotiations  with  Americans,  and  Sir 

John  Macdonald  gave  notice  that  the  Govern¬ 
ment  did  not  consider  itself  affocted  by  such 
evidence. 

The  Spanish  Government  is  putting  630.000 
fresh  troopslinto  the  field.  The  northern  prov¬ 
inces  of  Spain  are  poverty-stricken  by  the  war. 
Six  passengers,  including  one  general,  were 
killed  by  the  wreck  of  a  train  from  Viftoria  to 
Madrid. 

Gen.  A.  .1.  Mvkr,  chief  of  the  Government 
Signal  Service  Bureau,  otherwise  known  as 
“Old  Probabilities,”  sailed  for  Europe,  recent¬ 
ly.  His  wife,  who  is  the  only  heir,  by  the  death 
of  her  mother  has  inherited  a  round  million  of 
dollars. 

Eight  Chinese,  women  who  arrived  in  San 
Francisco  said  they  were  purchased  in  China 
and  brought  to  that,  city  for  immoral  purposes. 
They  were  soul  to  the  Chinese  Mission  School 
for  protection  from  the  Hip  Yoe  Tong  Society. 

A  PARTY  of  Mormon  emigrants,  who  have 
just  arrived  In  Paris  on  their  way  to  America, 
have  been  warned  by  the  Prefect  of  Police  that 
if  they  attempt  to  hold  their  religious  exercises 
in  public  they  will  be  expelled  from  the  city. 

The  General  OongresH  of  the  Internal  ionaliats 
opened  at  Geneva  on  tho  1st.  There  were  thirty 
delegates  present,  representing  the  federations 
of  England,  France,  Alsace,  Holland,  Belgium, 
Switzerland,  Italy  and  Spain. 

The  first  term  of  the  Ohio  Agricultural  Col¬ 
lege,  Columbus,  Ohio,  began  last  Wednesday, 
September  17,  but  the  formal  inauguration  of 
the  Institution  will  not  occur  till  the  first 
Tuesday  of  next  January. 

It  Is  reported  in  French  journals  that  the 
partisans  of  M.  Thiers  are  urging  him  to  resign 
his  place  as  deputy  and  offer  himself  as  candi¬ 
date  in  all  the  electoral  circumscriptions  which 
have  vacancies. 

A  Pan  Fran  cisco  milliner  claims  to  have 
invented  a  mechanical  bonnet  which,  by  means 
of  artery  compressors  ingeniously  concealed 
in  its  border,  enables  the  wearer  to  call  up  a 
blush  at  will. 

President  White  of  Cornell  University  ad¬ 
dressed  the  Brazilian  students  of  that  institu¬ 
tion  on  Monday  last,  the  occasion  being  the 
celebration  of  their  national  anniversary. 

It  is  reported  I  hat  a  large  number  of  the 
liquor  dealers  of  Connecticut  whose  licenses 
expire  this  month  will  refuse  to  renew  them 
because  the  law  Is  so  feebly  enforced. 

A  Cumberland,  Md.,  dispatch  rays  that  only 
fifty  miles  of  slack  water,  and  forty  of  the  canal 
remains  to  be  built  to  connect  tho  Chesapeake 
and  Ohio  canal  with  Pittsburg. 

J.  K.  Strong,  a  young  artist  of  Oakland,  Cal., 
lias  received  a  gold  medal  from  I  ho  Munich  Art 
Academy,  for  displaying  the  greatest  proficiency 
in  u  class  of  132  pupils. 

G i:n.  Edwin  S.  McCook  was  assassinated  at  a 
public  meeting  In  Yankton,  Dakota,  by  P.  P. 
W  intermit  Id,  a  banker,  because  of  a  dispute 
about  railroad  matters. 

M  A  n  zi,  a  celebrated  brigand  in  Southern  Italy, 
has  been  captured  by  the  police,  and  his  band, 
which  consisted  of  only  nine  persons,  hunted 
down  and  extirpated. 

A  report  from  Salt  Lake  City  says  that 
George  Q.  Cannon,  the  Utah  delegate  to  Con¬ 
gress,  lias  secretly  secured  divorces  from  his 
three  wives. 

The  police  of  Springfield,  Ill.,  besieged  agam- 
tdi ng  house  for  sixteen  hours.  Their  patience 
was  rewarded  by  the  capture  of  fifty-three 
gamblers. 

One  Joseph  Campbell  jumped  from  the  Ohio 
River  bridge  Sunday  night,  a  distance  of  eighty 
feet,  to  the  bare  rock  below,  and  was  killed 
instantly. 

The  municipality  of  London  propose  to  give 
a  dinner  in  honor  of  President  P.  H.  Watson  of 
the  Erie  Railway  Company,  on  his  arrival  in 
that  city. 

The  trustees  of  Bound  Lake  camp-ground 
have  made  arrangements  for  sinking  a  well 
1,200  feet,  in  anticipation  of  striking  a  mineral 
spring. 

The  Kev.  Dr.  Thayer,  of  Newport  R.  I.,  has 
resigned  the  pastorate  of  the  United  Congrega¬ 
tional  Church,  which  he  has  filled  for  thirty-two 
years. 

Letter-boxes  are  now  placed  on  the  through 


street  cars  in  Chicago,  their  contents  being 
removed  as  each  car  passes  the  Post-office. 

Mi  chart.  Kane,  a  notorious  burglar,  now 
confined  in  the  New  Jersey  State  Prison,  cut 
off  his  thumbs,  recently,  to  get.  rid  of  working 
in  the  shoo  shop. 

Judge  D evens  of  the  Massachusetts  Superior 
Court  is  spoken  of  as  a  candidate  for  the  vacancy 
in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  same  State. 

Mr.  Mttchf.l,  a  Californian  agriculturist,  has 
gat  tiered  this  year  000,000  bushels  of  wheat  from 
a  little  patch  of  40,000  acres. 

The  Liberal  Republican  State  Executive  Com¬ 
mit  tee  issued  a  call  for  a  State  Convention  to 
be  held  at  FJmira,  N.  Y. 

-  A  gat  widower  in  Manistee,  Michigan,  who 
has  forty-eight  children  living,  has  just  mar¬ 
ried  bis  fourth  wife. 

The  people  of  Ontario  are  trying  to  secure 
funds  for  a  statue  of  Tccumseh  by  contribu¬ 
tions  of  one  cent  each. 

The  Harbor-Commissioner,  Marks,  of  San 
Francisco,  is  under  indictment  for  misappropri¬ 
ation  of  State  funds. 

Joaquin  Mieeicu  is  passing  a  season  with 
Minister  Gladstone  at  his  country  scat  in  Wales, 
1  la  warden  Castle. 

It  is  reported  that  Queen  Victoria  will  soon 
go  t.<>  Hamburg,  the  celebrated  watering-place 
near  Frankfort. 

Ohio  newspapers  say  that  the  g'uve  of  Thou. 
Corwin  is  unmarked  even  by  the  simplest  head¬ 
stone. 

Jefferson  Davis  has  resigned  the  Presidency 
of  the  Carolina  Life  Insurance  Company. 

The  Emperor  and  Empress  of  Japan  are  rusti¬ 
cating  at  the  Hot  Springs  of  Amianoshta. 

Nebraska  fruits  received  the  first  premium 
at  the  Boston  loimdogical  Exhibition. 

A  Memphis  paper  publishes  daily  the  penal¬ 
ties  for  fraudulently  packing  cotton. 

VtcH-PltKSiDKNT  Wilson  has  lcit  Martha’s 
Vineyard  much  improved  in  health. 

Cholera  is  killing  the  inhabitants  of  Bang¬ 
kok,  Siam,  at  the  rate  of  200  a  day. 

The  I’opo  has  recovered  from  his  recent 
indisposition,  and  is  better  again. 

The  work  of  laying  a  cable  from  Lisbon  to 
lllo  do  Janeiro,  Brazil,  lias  begun. 

Over  one  hundred  and  fifty  clergymen  have 
flod  Spain  and  gone  to  France. 

A  squadron  of  Austrian  war  vessels  has  been 
ordered  to  the  Coast  of  Spain. 

The  Mississippi  Democratic  Convention  will 
meet  at  Meriden  on  Sept.  17. 

Tint  \  ine  disease  Is  making  great  havoc  among 
the  grape  crops  in  Portugal. 

Sami  el  E.  Cushing  of  Providence,  a  promi¬ 
nent  civil  engineer,  is  (lead. 

Du  Chaillu  is  busy  on  his  book  of  travel  in 
Norway  and  Sweden. 

John  La thkoi*  Motley  has  recovered  from 
his  sickness. 

Organ-grinders  are  set  at  street-cleaning 
in  Quincy  111. 

The  Swedish  Count  of  Manderstrocm  is  dead. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC 


Clevclnnd,  Hast  Tcmicjtxee,  Sept.  6. — Since 
my  last  report  this  section  of  Tennessee  bus 
been  quite  dry— Juat  dry  enough,  however,  for 
plowing  for  wheat.  During  ourwhole summer 
the  thermometer  has  not  been  higher  than 
U8iiu  in  the  shade,  hor  have  we  been  viuitcd  by 
any  of  the  terrible  storms  of  wind  and  rain  no¬ 
ticed  elsewhere.  Our  corn  crop  is  being  rapidly 
gathered.  It  Is  more  than  average,  and  will 
open  at  50c.  per  bushel.  The  pea  crop  spoken 
of  in  our  last  is  now  being  Turned  under;  being 
an  entirely  new  method  of  manuring,  our  farm¬ 
ers  are  much  pleased  with  the  prospect  they 
appear  to  present  as  a  fertilizer.  The  advan¬ 
tage  peas  have  over  clover  is  their  rapid  growth 
and  inexhaustible  quantities.  This  leads  us  to 
inquire  of  some  of  your  scientific  readers  and 
oil en lists,  What  per  cent,  does  corn  exhaustthe 
soil ?  Wheat,  oat  and  peas?  What  wc  mean  is 
this:— Should  one  bushel  of  wheat  be  sown  on 
one  acre,  and  that  acre  produce  twcniy-llvo 
bushels,  what  per  cent,  nutriment  would  tho 
one  bushel  in  growing  and  maturing  derive 
from  the  soil  and  how  much  per  cent,  from  the 
air  and  moisture  in  the  air?  Will  somoQUo 
givh  us  the  entire  analysis?  If  it  can  bo  done, 
we  think  our  farmers  would  bo  much  better 
qualified  to  understand  rotation  of  crops,  and 
the  land  would  be  much  less  injured  in  crop¬ 
ping.— A.  s.  n. 

Hackensack,  Lehigh  Go.,  Pa.,  Sep.  G. — Wc 
have  had  a  rainy  spell  for  about  three  weeks  ; 
crops  look  well ;  corn  not  so  good  as  last  year ; 
pasture  plenty;  Winter  grain  is  partly  sown. 
Wheat  brings  $1.50;  rye,  90c. ;  oats,  00c. ;  corn, 
65c. ;  egss,  25c. ;  butter,  35c.  Apples  are  not 
plenty.  The  hay  and  also  second  crops  were 
good.— a.  e.  e.  a. 

- - 

DOMESTIC  NEWS. 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

Fhe  fall  book  sales  are  in  progress...  A  new 
butter  and  cheese  exchange  has  been  opened. . 
The.  Senate  Cum  millet!  on  Transportation  is  in 

session  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel . Minnie 

Benton,  an  important  witness  in  the  Stokes 
case,  has  been  arrested —  ..The  great  Graphic 
balloon  fizzled  out  on  tho  10th  —  Madame  Nils¬ 


son  and  husband,  Sig.  Salvini  and  the  Dean  of 
Canterbury,  arrived  on  the  10th  ..  ,A  large  num¬ 
ber  of  delegates  to  the  Protestant  Evangelical 
Alliance,  have  arrived  No  credit,  is  given  to 
Irving’s  Nathan  murder  confessions  The  new 
Lyceum  Theater  hie  been  opened. .  .Count  Aoul 
Rene  de  Beam,  Second  Secret  ary  of  the  French 
Legation  died  at  the  New  York  Hotel  on  the 
8th,  of  diphtheria,  with  which  he  was  attacked 
only  a fmv  hours  previously.  ,.  .  The  Hoboken 
Savings  Bank  will  fall  short  some  $63,000  of  pay¬ 
ing  it  h  debts.  .  .A  call  for  a  meeting  to  protest 
against  Controller  Green  it  in  circulation. 

Tho  anniversary  of  the  fall  of  the  City  of  Mex¬ 
ico  was  celebrated  on  t  he  15th _ The  city  debt 

increased  in  over  $3,000,000  in  August . \  M 

Hatnill  has  been  murdered  In  Brooklyn  —  The 

city  churches  have  reopened . Chris.  A.  i,-t 

moot,  a  wealthy  broker,  fell  from  his  house  on 
Filth  Avenue,  and  was  killed  Joseph  Arch 

lias  arrived  from  England . \  butcher  was 

garroted in  Brooklyn  on  thekfh,  and  robbed,.. 
The  KeDey  and  Iiamill  murder  mysteries  re¬ 
main  unsolved.  ..There  wa  a  great  decline  in 
gold  On  Wall  street  on  the  8th,  which  caused 
tho  New  York  Warehouse  Company  to  fail,  in¬ 
volving  $1,090,000 _ The  sheriff  of  Brooklyn  la 

accused  of  fraud.  Controller  Green  wishes  to 
consolidate  Mm  city  securit  ies,  of  which  there 
arc  over  $1I/uXK),i*h _ On  the  Uth,  upon  the  oc¬ 

casion  id  a  reception  given  by  Ihe  47th  Rcgl- 
iiicni  to  i he  71-'  Regiment,  a  balcony  contain¬ 
ing  10(1  people  fell  in  Williamsburg,  killing  2. 
and  wounding 60 —  The  merchants  have  held 
a  mass  meeting  for  cheaper  freight.  ..The great, 
Graphic  ballon  burst  at  4  P.  M.  on  the  12th, 
when  nearly  full  of  gas,  and  fell  into  a  shape¬ 
less  mass.  Prof.  Wise  says  it  was  rotten,  and 
refused  to  have  anything  to  do  with  it _ A  re¬ 

ception  has  been  given  to  Salvini  Tito  dis¬ 
covery  of  America  ia  to  bo  celebrated  Oct.  13th. 

Home  New*. 

Cholera  la  very  bad  at  Shrevesport,  La. 
All  trains  have  stopped.  St.  Louis  has  sent 
$t.ano.  Traffic  is  interrupted  by  the  pestilence 

on  tho  Texas  and  Pacific  line . The  colored 

people  of  Camden,  N.  J.,  are  preparing  for  the 
Centennial  in  I  -70.  Courtney  of  Union  Springs, 
IS.  Y..  won  the  senior  scull  race  at  Saratoga. 
The  Argonaut-!  of  Toronto  woo  ibo  four-nnrod 
shell  ruec  .  New  York  will  hold  a  Prohibitory 
Convention  at  Utica,  Oct.  9th  ...  Newark, N..J,, 
has  a  commit  too  of  It*)  to  investigate  frauds 
Arthur  M.  Prime  has  been  commuted  to  answer 
to  ihe  grand  Jury  in  the  Kelsey  murder  case  nt 
Huntington.  I,.  I  Labor  Reformers  have  had 

a  convention  at  Pottavllle,  Pa . Judge  T.  S, 

Crawford  and  District-attorney  Arthur  II. Har¬ 
ris  of  the  Twelfth  Judicial  District  were  assas¬ 
sinated  on  tho 8th  In  Franklin  Parish,  La... The 
lost  Polar!-,  has  been  heard  from.  The  Tigris 
has  found  the  winter  camp  of  Capt.  Budding- 
ton  and  hU  men.  They  loft  for  the  south  in 
June.  The  Polaris  has  sunk,  and  Is  covered  by 
two  in  berg!*.  It  is  thought  the  crew  has  been 
aicked  up  by  a  whaler.  The  recnnlsaini  paper  . 
have  been  recovered...  The  Hoboken  Savings- 
Bank  ha-  lost  $150,000  by  a  defaulting  secretarj 
..There  was  a  .great  rowing  regatta  at  Saratoga 
on  the  loth  and  111  li _  The  safety  of  the  Po¬ 

laris  party  Is  considered  insured.  Thu  conduct, 
of  the  search  is  approved  at,  Washington  .  .The 
Liberal  Republicans  of  Now  York  hold  a  con¬ 
vention  at  Elmira  on  the  8th Catt  le  stealing 

and  murder  are  still  common  on  tho  Texan 
frontier —  The  National  Pork  Packer's  (  .in¬ 
vention  has  been  in  session  In  Chicago _ 'Die 

Grand  Lodge  of  Good  Fellows  ham  been  in  ses¬ 
sion  in  Pliifiidclpliin  ...  There  has  been  a  seven 

storm  on  the  Texan  coast . Gen.  Custer  ha. 

bad  some  severe  fighting  w  ith  250  mounted  In¬ 
dians  on  Hie  Yellow, stone;  our  forces  lost  3 
killed...  The  Grange  movement  continues  to 
grow  in  the  West.  .Post  master  Booth  of  Brook¬ 
lyn,  has  sent  his  resignation  so  the  President... 
Texas  Democrats  nominated  Richard  Hake  bn 
Governor  ...Gun,  Beale  is  to  he  the  new  Gov¬ 
ernor  of  the  Dist  rict  of  Columbia  _ There  Is 

yellow  fever  at  Galveston  and  Houston  Mr. 
Otis,  the  i  rid  encode. xt  candidate,  was  elected 

Mayor  of  San.  Francisco _ The  President  took 

no  part  in  the  M  a-suelnisetls  con  lest,  for  Gov¬ 
ernor  . .  .Thu  Republicans  hod  an  easy  vlcl 
in  Maine,  with  a  vote  two-thirds  that  of  last 
year  .  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  Leon  visited  with 

a  frost _  Troy  bus  given  Minister  Francis  a 

great  reception  ..  .Hon.  John  I*.  Hale  is  get  I  ing 
well  again  .Gen.  Butler  withdrew  from  the 
contest  for  Governor  of  Massachusetts,  and  Mi. 
WiLshhurne  was  uninitiated  by  acclamation  J... 
Geo.  E.  S.  McCook  won  assassinated  on  tho  11th 
at.  Yankton,  Dakota,  by  one  P.  P.  Wlntermutc, 
a  banker.  Hi.sreimtim  have  been  scat  to  Cin¬ 
cinnati _ _  The  boat  races  at  Saratoga  on  t  he 

12th  were  spirited _ There  ia  great  excitement 

in  Wisconsin  over  an  'advance  of  freight  rub -■ 
on  the  railroads.  35  deaths  from  yellow  fever 
in  one  day  wax  reported  at  Shreveport,  La. 
There  were  18th  deaths  on  the  13th. 

Viren. 

Tiie  Fulton  elevator,  in  Chicago,  on  the 

7th ;  loss,  $135,000 . Liquor  house  at  43  Broad 

si  root,  New  York,  on  the  7th;  loss,  $27,000 _ 

Twelve  houses  in  West  Troy,  on  the  6th;  loss, 

$40,000 _ Planing  mill  at  Union,  New  Yoik, 

on  the  8th ;  loss,  $25,000  ....Varnish  works  in 
Brooklyn,  on  tho  10th ;  loss, $9,000. . .  Steam  saw 
mill  in  Memphis,  on  tne  luth  ;  loss,  .<30.000  ...A 
small  part  of  the  Gorham  Mfg  Co.  s  works,  at 
Providence,  R.  1..  on  the  10th  ;  loss,  $30.000. — 
The  Halliday  r.f  reel  Theater.  Baltimore,  on  the 
lOth;  loss,  $150,000..  ,A  horse  sun-bonnet  fac¬ 
tory  in  Brooklyn,  on  tltelOth;  loss.  $10,000 
Furniture  warehouse  on  Canal  street.  New 

York,  on  the  llih:  loss,  $20,000 _ Stables  in 

Marblehead,  Mass.,  on  the  II  th  ;  loss,  $35.000. . . 
A  block  in  Kosding,  Cal.,  on  the  10th  *.  lor,?. 
$75,000  ...One  fourth  of  the  town  of  Forest 
HiU,  Col.,  on  tho  10th  ;  loss  not  stated.  • .  Brew¬ 
ery  in  Nenstadt,  Out.,  on  the  10»h  ;  loss,  75.000. 

_ Steam  planing  milL  in  PPunfleld,  N.  J.,  on 

the  Uth ;  loss,  $50,000, 

■ - - - 

FOREIGN  NEWS. 


Itli ce llaneous  Foreign  News. 

Spain  is  putting  360,000  troops  Into  the  field. 

_ The  Northern  provinces  are  exhausted  b>' 

war..  An  ex-press  train  has  been  wrecked 
near  Vitoria.  Six  killed  and  thirl) -two 
wounded  ...An  International  tew  conference 
has  been  in  session  at  Ghent ...  ..A  block  known 
as  the  Plaza  Vapor  has  been  burned  in  Havana. 
The  lire  took  place  on  tho  6t.li ;  loss.  $s(KM.fiw 

and  twenty  Jives Sonordastelar,  of  spam,  nas 

demanded  500,000rifi(js,  and  a  Joan  of  alXUKM.'HK) 
reals  :o  organize  t  he  milit  ia,  which  the  Cortes 
has  voted.  MarMial  Serrano  has  gone  to  Mad¬ 
rid.  Don  Carlos  has  executed  five  men  nt  Es- 
tella.  C  as  tolar  has  been  made  Chief  of  the 

Executive  Power _ Prussia  will  reeogni  ,e 

Bishop  Reindins  —  The  Germans  are  evacuat¬ 
ing  Verdun _ Mexico  accepts  the  invitation 

to  our  centennial  in  1876  . .  .A  new  Ministry  was 
announced  in  Spain  on  the  8th.  Gen.  Bregna 


i 


JEPT.  2< 


MOORE’S  RURAL  i^EW-YORKER 


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is  Minister  of  War.  The  President  will  call 
into  active  sendee  150,000  nien.  The  number  of 
Carltst  insurgents  is  becoming  reduced.  Clen. 
Luperon,  of  Santo  Domingo,  has  shot  Colonel 
Rivas  ...There  are  eight  cases  of  cholera  in 
Paris.  There  were  three  railway  accidents  in 
England  on  the  10th.  The  government  is  asked 
to  take  control  of  railways. .  ..Before  sailing 
for  America  M.  Joseph  Arch  made  a  violent 
speech,  lie  told  the  English  farmers  irrigation 
i>  their  only  hope,  and- he  promised  *•>  Liripg 
000,0i»5  of  his  fallow  laborers  out  of  bondage. .  . 
The  Emperor  of  Germany  leaves  Berlin,  Oct. 
15th,  for  a  visit  to  Vienna  V  revolution  ie 
impending  in  Panama  .  .There  have  been  elec- 

tion  troubles  in  Ireland _ Set  or  Salmeron  as  k  - 

lhe  Cortes  to  give  i;.-  undivided  support  to 
President  Cnstelar — There  Is  a  severe  drouth 
in  China. .. .There  baa  been  :i  serious  riot  In 
Madras  wit  h  eight  killed  ... Cholera  Is  on  the 
increase  in  France,  Russia,  Italy  and  Germany. 

—  England  will  give  up  to  Spain  the  rebel 
war-ships  if  a  crow  of  500  is  pul  on  each  vessel. 

—  Officers  and  regiments  continue  to  dp-surf, 
the  Spanish  Republic  ..  The  Havana  (Ire  caused 
much  distress.  Some  ::,f>uo  people  are  house- 
less. 

- +-*■■* - 

SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

The  Best  Tiling  for  Harness 

Is  the  celebrated 

.  Frank  Miller’s  Harness  Oil. 


Instead  of  BITTER  use  SWEET  QUININE. 


THE  MARKETS. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

New  York.  Monday,  Sept.  15, 1871. 

Receipts.— The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  fojthe  past  week  are  as  follows : 

Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  tWACi  Hon,  hales .  s,039 

GiggS,  bills .  7,145  Hops,  halos .  Jj;, 

Flour,  bills .  3'1,l*i0  Peanut*,  bags. ......  2,22"* 

Wheat,  bush.,.,...  885,009  Cut  meats,  pl.-is.  ..  ;?  ;«is 

Corn,  hush . ,...1,385,100  Fork,  tihls . 2,355 

Oats,  hush .  aOSAhU  Beef,  plies .  HI 

Rye.  hush .  SO.StW  Lard,  pkgs .  4(12(1 

Barley,  bush .  Mo  Rutter,  pkgs .  'rj.iu 0 

.Malt,  bush. ...... ...  0.850  Che,--,-.  pkgs .  011,1:55 

Beans,  husli .  815  SVool,  hales . .  1,051 

Corn  nival,  h bis —  3,029- (j  nee*  seed,  Imsli..  |,5;>5 

Lorn  meal ,  hugs...  ,-08  Dressed  Hug*.  No,. 


1’  resli  Fruits.— The  wane  in  peaches  begins  to 
Steady  ttio  market  for  other  fruit,  and  tine  pears  par¬ 
ticularly  show  higher.  Poaches  arc  high, hut  soli  out 
clean  at.  the  full  quotations.  New  Jersey  will  give 
us  a  few  day  s  of  stock  that  wo  did  nut,  expect  an¬ 
other  proof  of  Hip  trader’s  remark,"  That  high  prices 
will  grow  anything,”  We  quote  Delawares,  crates, 
ciiolro,  *3.80;  good,  32.50,-, ;3;  common  to  fair. 

.  '.’vldwave  husk. 'P.,  <.2.;  New  Jersey,  do., 

c  l  ,i0f,  .  .ill.  Apples  are  in  good  supply  and  compara¬ 
tively  easy,  (junta  Hons  about  the  sunless  last  week, 
with  qualities  and  varieties  favoring  havers.  We 
quote  State  In  lot*,  t  Vo ,,  hid.,  selected,  *.'t.;5&t  -, 
common  to  good  river  and  other,  fl.75y3.50.  Grapes 
are  In  large  supply,  and  the  iow-pmes  feud  to  a  good 


ROC  HEM’l'.U,  Sept.  1  1.  Flour  tlrm,  and  28c. 
higher  tor  spring.  White  winter,  f 10010.25 ;  amber, 
#9-50 !  red  winter,  $8.78(819  5  spring,  $7.60(37.70.  Wheat 
5 no  l)ut  quiet. !  41.65(5  1 .05  for  rod  winter;  cd.70@1.80 
for  white.  Date  arc  higher— l.VudTo.  Bariev— hone 
in  market  vet.  Other  grains  unchanged,  Butter  Is 
\enreo  at  ',Hl(5i25e.  for  good  lots,  with  occasional  salon 
<”  ,?»«•  for  choice.  ISggS  SCa rOU  -l®52lln.  Potatoes 
duU  at  $!(..  1.3.5  per  htd.;  45@55<-,  per  hush.  Apples, 
el i3.i(-ji2.a(l  per  barrel.  aooordtng  1,0  quality;  winter 
fruit  not  yet,  ready  for  market.  Tomatoes,  40tii50c. 
per  hush.  Hay  Is  source  at  817(337  per  ton. 


Ben  us  mol  IVns.  -  Exports  of  heat;  -  past  week, 
500  bid*.;  of  peas,  3,250  bush.  The  market  is  steady 
and  st  rong  for  tho  remnant  amt  soutill  receipts  of  old 
bean-.  They  will  absoro  the  shipping  diquand  lor 
some  time  yet,  as  new  lots  will  arrive  too  uawly-oorml 
for  tl. at  outlet.  New  <  irleai  s  Inn  iutterlv 
good  nia-'y  medium*  from  her,-  and  Jin.-r,  t>  A  few 
new  mediums  kilo-dried  aud  hurried  forward  nave 
brought  <■">.  Pea#  unehiingud;  the  export  ..1  uttio 
ahead  of  the  receipt-.  There  Is  an  iaqulry  for  now 
Blaek-Eye  pens,  and  as  the  market  i»  Pure,  the  first 
of  the  new  crop  will  probably  npeu  ’ll  a  long  price. 

Tile  quotalionsiire  r  -For  prime  pea  beaus,  F’.OStf 3* 
do.  fair  lots  down  to  s'.iu;  prime  io«iiunrs,.f.:;.Kis„,  -.90;' 
do.  fair  lots  down  to32.0J;  prime  marrowfats, 

3.25 ;  do.  fair  lots,  *8.90 ;  prime  kidney.  *2.90<«i3;  do 
fair  lota,  $2,781;  prune  it 0  kldnev.  3L50e-;l.75;  Peas 
are  quiet  at  95c.<3$1  tor  Canada,  In  hulk. 


are  In  targe  supply,  and  the  low-pro  es  lead  to  a  good 
We  quoto  Concords,  loose  nr  large  boxes, 
>,>;7e ;  do.,  in  sre.il!  boxes,  fyiUc.  Delaware  and  Ca¬ 
tawba.  In  do..  I. 'antic  :  Hartford*  anil  cOCnuon,  36950. 
Plums  are  scap  e  uu  l  very  high:  Green  Gages  and 
Kvg.  titfOil  V<  bush.;  Damson,  (or  What  pass  for  such.) 
Sfoijjb ;  uo.  common,  Uov8  do.  Cva nlienles  not  wanted, 
N ;i w  Jorae.T  bogs  reported  Ul badly  srnhl.-d  ;  Western 
crop  also  damaged,  hut  the  acreage  is  largo,  ami  cor¬ 
respondents  any  there  will  he  enough  Waturuiel- 
ons, $dtks5(J  V  bid, good  to  prime;  MUSkmelon*.  fl.ilWJ 
for  oral  oury.New  Jersey. iuicb  usKeyports,  olid* 
*8@S.oCI  for  HuckeiUWijk,  Pears  aro  In  fine  order  this 
season,  and  their  abundance keeps  up  regular  sales. 
Choice  BurtlettS  have  advanced  to  Ml;  good  smooth 
ones  bring  Jd'rfi";  common,  $5;  Flemish  Beauty.  $,V  .. 
b>  no  rea-lli  quotable  Bcekel  offering;  the  hist  sold 
at  #.(5ri  le  hbl.;  eo, i ring  pears,  $3(51.'.',  VV  e  note  the  ar¬ 
rival  of  1WI  boxes  perns,  815  boxes  plums, and  Inboxes 
quinces.  The  i  ears  were  Buurre.  Htmly,  deckels  and 
Be,  I  do  la  Mode  The  hilt  ris  new  here,  but  uotln- 
vorable.  Seckela  did  not  color  when  packed  un¬ 
wrapped.  The.  plums  sold  rapidly  at  WAllo-l  y  box, 
eoiituinlng  about  120  each.  They  made  the  ilnost  dis¬ 
play  of  fancy  table  plntu*  ever  seen  here,  ami  iu- 
t lmled  (Ju.iel.oTibilsIi,  White  Kgg,  Hungarian,  Prune 
and  Prune  do  Ange.  We  have  used  thus  far,  one- 
half  us  much  California  fruit  as  arrived  tho  whole  of 
last  your;  unfortunately,  high  freight  expenses  keep 
these  delicious  specimen*  uwuy  front  popular  trade. 
Peanuts  steady  at  old  figures. 

Grain.  —There  has  been  a  tame  market  for  wheat, 
with  large  supplies  ami  business  limited  through  the 
unsettled  gold  premium.  Corn  has  been  inaetlveex- 
port  demand  at  higher  prices.  Oats  have  been  selling 
moderately  well  at  unsettled  prices. 

Wheat,  Mil.,  No.  2 . $t.6li(«j$l.5H 

do.  I . I.lillto  LIKE 

Cm  ea  rn.  No. .  1,5*3  1.5? 

lied  Western,  new .  l.iJSto  1.(17 

Amber  do  .  I.tiiktj  1 .70 

White .  l.TOvf  1,00 

Rye,  Western .  88*79890. 

Barley  malt,  Canada  West .  1  30<„i  j.05 

Corn,  Steamer .  WS-jHt  Re. 

Sail . (I5®ti7c. 

Will  to .  70(«i?2c. 

Southern .  6809880. 

oats.  Western  mixed .  4iY-9tfl<-, 

White .  480962c. 

I  in  v  mot  St  eu  w.  —  Receipts  are  small,  and  prices 
favor  tho  seller. 

H  We  duotn  prime  Timothy,  per  ton,  180(332 ;  do.,  fair 
to  good,  do,,  per  ton.  .?;i I. ja ;  do.,  shipping  grade, 
per  toll,  $30'l'  21 ;  do.,  clover,  good,  per  ton,  $1964121) ; 
do..  ImVaior,  per  ton,  flObklo.  Straw,  long,  per  ton, 
$17 wl.'i  do.,  short,  per  ton,  $12(311;  do.,  out,  per  ton, 
$1 8ev 11, 

I I  otiey.  -  Producers  are  making  shlppire;  Inquiries ; 
it  U  t  >0  early  yet  fur  us  to  handle  it.  The  crop  Is  re¬ 
ported  as  better  In  quality  and  quantity  compared 
with  last  year. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

LITTLE  FALLS,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  13,  1873. 
o  The  market  at  Little  Falls,  for  the  week  ending 
Sept.  i  t.  was  brisk  for  farm  dairies,  ami  the  delivery! 
aimiunrhie.  to  about  700  boxes,  was  rapidly  cleared. 
1  lie  prices  mini  ranged  lUerlJo.  -only  „  few  extra  lots 
bringing  the  last  figure.  Factories  were  dull  of  sale, 
t  ie  recent  lull  In  gold  rondoi-ln-/  the  market  unset¬ 
tled  mid  buyers  cautious.  Tho  views  of  holders  of 
tanry  lactones’  were  above  those  of  buyers,  and 
many  went  hoiui-  without  selling.  Wo  give  tins  lead¬ 
ing  rransnet lens,  as  follows  .- 


ered,  and  sold  at33o.  v  m. . 

Tl''°  I'lesident  in  1  lie  e'aniidiun  Dairymen's  Assocl- 

li  V  li  at.  IX*  ll,.  ,1,  .*  la-,  lb/.  . . 1.  .  *  .  . 


stocks  hack  in  makers’  hands. 

Wo  luivead  vie. •*  from  ahtoud  rortlie  third  week  of 
Angust.  Uur  l.ondon  oorrnspoiiihuit  suvs  that  lhe 
IIuo8t  Aiutirlcun  cheese  sells  at  full  rotes,  and  liohl- 


diaii,  ii0(»)6us.  *  '  ™ 

— - - ♦♦♦ - - 

LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

New  York,  Sept.  14,  1873. 
Beeves.— Trade  was  slow  on  last  Wednesday,  and 

nn  lu  <1  truu  ol  1  I.  a  l,,ii,  1.  l.„ ..  .1  a  . 


were  limited,  ami  trade  chiefly  consisted  in  the  salef. 
of  the  herds  that  arrived  Into  on  the  previous  uHer- 
liuou,  Prices  were  uniform  with  tlioso  of  Thursday 
mid  tile  lots  to  hand  wero  not  cleared  off  at,  uoon.’ 


Hup*.— Plm  market  D  weak  and  quiet.  Mnyors 
nre  holding  elf  until  supplies  of  foreign  are  siilllelent 
to  settle  prices.  We  quote  prime  mid  rleijee  new, 


•Imioe  new, 


f.’i-MIc,;  good,  do,,  420, li  le.;  lab' do.,  ille,:  choice  .State, 
1872  crop,  ffiig)4Uo.t  ttooil,  8i337cL;  poor,  do  ,  :Ue.|  Kn-d  - 
ern,  v;  crop,  35®10u.;  Wisconsin,  ilo.,  8560400.  for  good 


and  prime  lots 


are  qulot  at  95c!(3$l  for  Canuda,  in’lnilk.  h^Z^voT^^ 

Beeswax,  -Tho  shipping  doninrid  has  hecomo  the  general  supply  is  still  largo  and  fowls  ami  chlck- 
quito  lame.  Sales  ataXvji^e.  lor  Western  and  336484c.  cub  aro  quoted  easy.  Spring  rhickctis,  Jersey,  V  it,., 
for  Slut*;.  *  l,i.,J8i!.:  do.  Western,  Ille..;  Fowls,  Jersey,  i<  It,.,  17,. „ 


UXc,;  short,  uni  medium  brush,  choice  green,  M,b, 
!>Re.  Meslium  qualities,  red-tipped,  56v5>;o.;  common 
quulitias.  red,  eoartto  and  stemmy,  .y*,:, le. 

Bullor.  There  lias  been  n  very  quiet  feeling  in 
the  butter  trade  throughout  the  last  ten  days,  and 
the  only  grades  that  continue  to  show  strength  ara 
the  fancy  small  dalrl* .,  >*t„l  selceti-mu  of  mate  'I'lie 
useful  styles  of  State  uudor  that  description  an*  re¬ 
garded  as  too  high  by  good  buyers,  mid  they  have 
turned  their  attention  more  g  in  i-ally  1.,,  [I,,,  /col- 
auppl)  of  Western  now  oiVorinv.  Hespimxibh.  .;lc*ul- 
ers  again  urge  State  datvyuien  U)  unloutl  their  sur¬ 
plus,  by  adopting  an  interior  rule  that  will  allow 
assorted  1 1  ties  to  titiiki  a  price  hero  Hint  will  move 
thorn  before  we  Conuiium-r  on  fresh  tail  moke;  and 
when  wo  state  that  taoiite  II.  r-,  who-  -  triple  is  usu¬ 
ally  an  ,  .veliisiveono  in  State,  have  boon  cniupHInd 
to  stork  1111  with  good  per  cola  of  Western,  in  urdnr  to 
accommodate  the  Ordinary  market  and  fair  grocery 
trade,  a  very  comprehensive  view  is  given  as  to  the 
tcenny  01  reimlers  who  nre  now  resuming  their  siza¬ 
ble  local  purchase;.  Kxcorta,  past  week., 100  puck- 
ages  foreign  and  HOT  for  California. 

We  quote  Grange  county  pan*,  fancy,  33 *a  35.*. 


eyed  Snipe,  25. 

I'm  visions.  Supplies  of  pork  aro  In  few  hands, 
and  held  at,  higher  prices.  Hard  is  also  advancing. 
Bacon,  for  w  inter  delivery,  1*  selling  at-  3c.  for  short, 
clear  and  TI1.0.  fOU  lung  and  short,  clear,  half  and  half. 

Bell  hunts  —choice  Western,  V.'5<„ T;  Texas  prime 
S?.'k«8b;  do.  fair  lots.  Sl7t#2J.  Lard,  new,  at  8  7-lli 
("  'He.  on  the  -pot;  old.Kp.^S'J-tilc.forWeaterti  oteam 


tubs,  25i," 129*;.;  elioleo  We-Lern,  2lc,i2',.".;  good  do.,  l.-.r 
20o.;  low  do.,  Jfi&lTe. 

Cheese.  Tltc*  market  has  bandy  changed  from  last 
week.  There  Is  perhaps  rather  more  difficulty  in  ob¬ 
taining  13c.  from  shipper*  for  fine  L'iich,  on  account 
of  the  irri  gulurltlcs  resoltiug  from  u  lower  gold  pre- 
niium.  13c.  Is  bid  for  ■'gilt-edged  stock,”  ivltli  e*- 
ceptlon/n  sales  at  MRe.,  and  even  U'iti.  to  the  home 
trade.  Exports  lor  tile  week  .  17,080  lio.ves, 

fine  and  choice  factory,  I  !^r,..lile  -  do.  good  to 
prune,  12'«;l2;\fC.;  do.  fair  lot  i.  Me.;  Hutto  fn'  ut  dairy  i 


Cotton.— I*  again  lilglier,  through  a  liberal  spin¬ 
ning  demand.  We  quote: 


hunts,  loose ;  0,170.  for  (thouldel‘8.  loose;  •>% 

lie.  for  pickled  tn-llleM,  loose.  Boxed  dry-salted 
Htloulders,  kkje.  Smoked  mcnlts  at  13,SnVl,'*Xc.  for  loose 
hnniF.  O'j'i.%  for  loorfe  sliouldnrr.  Tallow  at  8Rc.  tor 
prime  stock.  Bccl,  citing  m,  tUr/l»ll.?3  for  hurroled 
now  plain  mess,  vi-W a.ixi  for  extra  moss,  Tlerood 
I, net  nt-w  for  short  delivery,  at  $lUtt,!lSfor  new  India 
mess,  fclHikKIJ  tot  now  extra  India,  tm'ss, 

See*U.  New  l  imr.t  h  v  is  arriving  frooly,  and aclllng 
(it  lower  prices,  quoted  at  $3.30,  No  new  clover  in 
In  yet;  old  quoted  at  9^69!!/\C.  Rougli  tiux  scarce, 
quoted  aL  about  $2.25, 

'I'obaom*.— Hcao  ity  of  freight  room  lias  provontod 
Idioral  dealing*  lately.  There  are  a  number  of  ship¬ 
ping  orders  in  the  market  awaiting  completion,  and 
tint  tone  of  tin*  market  is  decidedly  in  the  seller’s 
favor.; 

QUOTATIONS— NEW  CROP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 


51  licit  <*»vv*.  Those  animals,  on  a  light  run.  have 
sold  rather  more  freely  than  tin, y  did  early  the  post 
week,  prleiis  ranging  from  *2(K?»TO  V  head;  general 

SIIJ 5»n.Klj)l l(J4 

Vea  1-. -Wednesility  forenooti  veals  opottod  lm  .1 
at  , ! ,  „»lUo.  i<  It,.,  cross,  Calves  $5. 75k 2.,  }t  head. 
Tlnirsduv,  trade  tlrm.  Veals  sold  at  8m ille..  gross- 
calve-  $(.Klll.  H- eei  a  I  sales  were  State  veals,  171  ||>s„ 
jersey,  ll>  lbs.,  Bc.j  Peunaylvunlii,  l  in  lhs„ 

Sliriqi  anil  UnuiltH.  -Sheep  were  flrm  Wednes¬ 
day  lust,  at  8®(j'jC.  y  lb.;  lain  I  is,  01*(rt,0Ve.  Tradi> 
again  npeiHsI  Imr  Thursday  t  or  sheep,  prte.es  being 
Inmi  ‘.'Kli’.o,:  lambs,  1'i603c.  Hpeelitl  stib  s  w'ero 
.(h  o  Hhetp.  si)  lb-  r.  v.v;  do.  do..  !U  lbs.,  «c.;  StaUido., 
Kilns., be.  Mate  lambs,  81  lbs.,  )i»e.;  do.  do.,  01  lbs.. 
8c.;  Camilla  do.,  71  w  lbs.,  7Rc.;  Jersey  *lo.  53  lbs, 
Ib.e.;  do.  do. .  ill  lbs.,  8c.;  Fonrisylvauia  do.,  aTibs., 
7 He.;  do,  do.,  70  lb;-.,  Sc. 

ling*.  On  Wednesday  lust  live  hogs  wore  worth 
U*|, •..*;•*«.  R  lb.,  witlioue  lot  Of  Stull;  hogs,  JJ3  Ins.,  ut 
i«  ,«*,j  vi ty-Hru:-*  G‘il,  (il jfj*i.TJ  ii:,  TlxursUiiy  IIvl*  solii  ul, 

1  Ar/i«>‘:,o.:  elly-tlmwul,  un<i  mi  l-vuiuy  jtVo 

were  wortii  *i6W«W  clty-drcssed,  b'  .K.rKc.,  the  mar- 
tin'll  * 

1 1  or**  lit*  rliol.— During  tho  past  week  trade  has 
lK4tm  qnlte  I  hulled;  1  poor  quality  light  httiltess 
horsi.s,  sol,' at  p  head  ;  l  fair  quality  harness 

horse,  8ts.,;  .’8  In.lllferent  quality  trotters,  at  an  nver- 
age  ut  f..A  •»*  head,  'l  best-  .  ales  wore  by  au*  ti.ro .  1; 
horses  arrived  per  Erie  itailwav  via  Dak  Cliff  Sta- 
I ion,  213  i0  New  Jersey  Railroad  via  Liberty  Street, 
Ferry. 

[Holiday's  Sale*.  Beeves,  —  Trade  opened  « 
trilie  less  discouraging  than  it,  has  been  for  several 
Bays  past,  still  the  markets  were  not  active;  prices 
ninged  from  HRfij  18c.  V  It,  Weights  front  5  ewt  (.y  ll) 
cwt.  on  sifei&y  a,*,  to  the  ewt.,  net. 


SVdvcvti, cement, o'. 

Palis,  1807.  J  THE  [Vieinm,  1873. 

L’  I  I :  S  T  M  E  1  )  A  i . 

AT  THE 

viEsoara  exposition 

HAS,  by  the  concurrence  of  lhe  SPECIAL  JURY, 
the  INTERNATIONAL  JURY  and  two  SUB 
JURIES  of  most  eminent  artists  and  experts  from 
countries  exhibiting,  been  awarded  to  the 

Mason  <&  Hamlin 

CABIN  ET  011(1  A  NS 

in  competition  with  the  boat  nmkerH  from  all  coun¬ 
tries.  This  la  not  only  the  highest  uwurd  to  uny 
Instrument,  but  it  is  the  ON  LV  MEDAL  awarded  to 
American  manufacturers.  It  is  in  acoordaueu  with 
the  uniform  result  ut  previous  exhibiting 
NEW  STYLES,  including  those  first  exhibited  at 
Vienna,  now  ready  ut  REDUCED  PRICES. 

Style  I*.  -Doable  Rood,  Five-Octave  Organ, 

With  Knee  stop  and  Automatic  Swell,  fine 

quality  .-rod  power .  $110 

STYLE  T.— Double  Reed,  Five-Octave,  in  Up¬ 
right  Resonant  Cane,  Five  Stop*,  with  Vox 

Humana  and  A  ntcimatlc  Swell . . . .  $130 

Style  S. — Five-Octavo,  Double  Reed,  in  Up¬ 
right  Uesonunt.  Case,  Seven  Stops,  with 
Octavo  Coupler  and  Hub-Bliss,  very  power¬ 
ful  and  with  much  variety . . .  $1!)0 

OfJii  i'  71 1’ t(i  Stf/lcs  nl  proportionate  price*. 
ILLUSTRATED  CATALOGUES,  with  SUPPLE- 
•VI  ENT,  containing  doBerlptlotis  of  new  stylos.  Also, 
TESTIMONIAL  CIRCULAR  FREE. 

MASON  &  HAMLIN  ORGAN  <0., 

Boston,  V o tv  York  and  Chicago. 

BRIOK  I.BWT  Ol*’  IKYNCV  FOWLS. 

J-  TO  RB,  DELIVERED  AFTER  SEPT.  1ST. 

B.  B.  Red  Games,  per  ttair . $  7  DO 

“  “  trie . . . .  10  00 

“  “  One  Coek  and  5  liens .  18  00 

White  Leghorns,  per  pair .  (i  IMI 

“  “  “  Inn .  8  00 

“  One  Cock  and  ii  l  iens .  15  00 

Light  Brahmas,  per  pair .  5  00 

"  .  7  00 

"  One  Cock  aud  5  Hens .  12  (Ml 

Aylesbury  Ducks,  pur  pair .  li  00 

_  d.  ib  CORY,  Westfield,  ».  J. 

A  If  :  H-lW'IPSi  LLOYD’S  NEW 

/V’islr.li'  1  n»  c*1*sU,  THIRTY  DOLLAR 
double  imips  frit-  IH70  and  1874,  are  remly.and  are  to 
he  given  away  i-ratU.  >i/D  of  nueli  map  il'i.vOI  inelins, 
mounted  on  K'ngH-ii  eiotii,  **xlitbiiing  1,000,000  nanies 
*d  cities,  towns,  vlllugcs.  rivers,  lakes,  mountain*  and 
stream*.  Ruth  these  kmnt  maps  ai  s.  to  he  given  gratis 
to  every  housekeeper  in  Aue-iToi.,  These  maps  are 
tin)  greatest  ever  fitaOe  by  Lloyi),  who  niatU  all  the 
maps  usufj  by  GENERAL  GRANT  during  tile  war.  Mule 
ana  Female  Agent*  wanted  in  every  comity,  to  whom 
we  allow  one  dollar  for  every  innp  distributed.  Ad¬ 
dress,  with  stump  for  answer,  BOSTON  ADVER¬ 
TISER  co,,  2'J  Court  St.,  Boston,  Muss. 


Great  excitement. 

Olifiu  Opiii  .,  Mi.'„u4inD,  iV-$  V ounv  i*H'J  D(d, 
li«n*iitlfi»Uy  I]l(i«lMt'-t,  iHi.l  Unit  - (Hilly  ii.ipr- 

rating,  w|i It  |im  In-init ifol  ii.wnMnit, 

" Tho  CVdolnv.  S Viur**/'  in  Hut  uul 

mart  autidoflhftil  (Kcoblnation  for  At oot>.  h. 
tho  country,  hend  !.»  ;t  >.  tor  ttampu- 
axmo,  cirfubr.  term*,  Aiv, 


»).,iti‘  )  ,,  r.  .Ill  . .  I  ( I  ,1!  h  ■  .  .  ■  I  ,  ■  •  I  .  !  • !  "•  ■  I .  t.  Mull  -  I  Hits  I 


P milium  Farm  Lrist  Mill, 

Is  simple,  cheap  and  durable,  and  grinds 
;ill  kinds  mI'  m-uli i  rapidly.  It  is  adapted 
to  all  kinds  of  horse  powers. 

Send  for  Descrii-ti  vk  Ci  nnri la u, 
WM.  I..  BOYER  A  BRO.. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 


.Mill'll  i'otvH.—  Thoro 
cows  -ju  this  forenoon. 


were  no  calos  of  Milch 


Ordinary . 

Good  Ordinary . 

Strict  Good  Ordinary. 

Low  Middling. ,  . 

Middling,.,.,. . 

Good  Middling . 


Ilfilnn.t  .  Ahitiiiii;,,  Now  Orleans  T.  -iu, 


(ill?  N*.w  blackberries  are  u  tritle  lower 

quoted  at  l.lypuille.  New  peeled  peaches  ure  bold  at 
•0K-,  impeded  peaches  more  in  the  buyer’s  favor. 
nttBpberries  held  at  TiKlOc.  Apples  liavo  tt  Btodcmtc 


,  .  ...  O.'IV.VU'.  apjiR-a 

shipping  uttd  speculative  demand. 
Apple*,  Southern,  are  quoted  at  o 


JOS 8- a .  7  ®  7Ke.  7f*M  7Wc. 

Good  do.  ...  » 5Y«.->  8Mc.  7),k(j  hUp. 

Common  to  medium  loaf.  'ijxc.  9  <u>  lOWc 

Good  oo.  ..10  («)  10Kc.  t|  59  1;|  * 

Fine  do.  ..11  09  12  e.  13K«9  13  «, 

Selections . 12K(i4  13  e.  it,  t 

ELEDLKAP  CROP  OF  ls71. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  tillers, ....ll  os  h 

seconds. . Vj  (ifl  25 

wra-ppors . 40  k  55 

selections-.  . . UO  *, 9 

New  York  tillers . . . . . 10  1 1 


V cn  Is.  These  anlinal*  were  not  quoted  at  noon. 
Gr/10*  calves  sold  $«Gnii,26  pet-  head. 

Sheep  si  ml  LamliH.— Trade  wits  brisk  in  sheep, 
from  t'  it.,  and  motif-rate  lambs  from  OmSVc. 

P  18.  The  tlock  sold  oil  lu  large  lota. 

Hogs.— There  were  no  live  hogs  for  sale  on  this 
forenoon  and  City  Dressed  wore  not  quoted  ut  noon. 

RECEIPTS  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 


Fortieth  -R — 
I'otntiiiiiiipuw. 


Beil  van. 

Slel^Y  A 

CotVfl,  CrtlVfH. 

i.i*mhn. 

. .3,200 

4 

800 

108 

..  103 

m 

795 

11,007 

. .  000 

uo 

291 

13,(819 

.  11,015 

00 

0(1 

.v;;u 

.,1,00.3 

00 

00 

000 

.10,282 

31 

1,389 

30,204 

.  9,040 

43 

1,802 

2(1,1819 

COM  PA  RAT  I V  E  RATES. 

Lust  week. 


•  •■it  (<9  it  e. 
...13  (jit  25  c. 
...40  0i-  55  c. 
...80  99  75  c. 
..  10  ((9  11  o. 


i  l  f!ir  ‘Waiters.  Pilled  ehorriet,  30a.  it,r  state 
auu  aouthnrn.  Raspherrics,  new,  SikatlOe. 

Egg*.— The  market  1*  not  strong,  and  the  few  uay* 
ltrc  n<’'  '’eu 1 1  y  indicative  ,.i  it  butter 
VVl‘v 'I'l'Av  Stale  and  I’euiisyl  vanla, 
5-k*  ,7.  Western,  best,  22Fl©23e.;  do.  ordinary,  23  .. 
M%c.;  Canadian,  22(n}2lic. 

^ TTHdfi  from  shippers  has  been  in  0  degree 
r5*LcD  .*  "n  hceount  of  the  decline  in  gold  and  higher 
SSftflUw Ior  ocottu  freight  room.  With  largor  ar- 
pHces'  U  'a!<  been  n0L’,:!,aary  ht  the  close  to  shade 

J’Wyd":;::;:;::;;:;:;;;;;;;;;-; . 

iPhranewestero . *c  S | 

Bouthern.  extra . .  .  .  . . Y  ooi-l  8  *5  i 

^orn  nieal,  Jersey.. . 4  ‘HVa  s 


wrappers. . 18  04  35  e. 

assorted  lm* . 1(  fa  44  ,. 

Pennsvl  vaniti  Miters, . . .  12  p,  S' 

. !2  e  60  (■! 

...  .  assorted  lots . 18  fa  25  c. 

Wntppors, . 18  fa  ;;5  0; 

assorted  lots .  DUOa,  12  c 

W  isconsiu assorted  lot* . . ,...8  %  9  e. 

Vegetal)!*-  *.— Potatoes  ure  moving  to  a  sounder 
m’-  '-',  unless  we  have  another  rush  of  receipts, 
Vt  J-  tern  Fa;  ly  Rose,  double  heads,  S'M2.2>:  near 
pntnt  -.  In  bulk,  .1  hbl.,  *I.T.'i(.v3;  our  quotations  are 
ror  prime ;  Hi  ere  are  a  good  many  rej*  cslons.  1‘citeii 
Blow.  fdyl.JO;  8woi.it  potatoes  aro  Mgbor,  and  going 
‘"i  ii1-1;  '  '•(•-(  gon  -mil*  ;  Deluwui-e.  s5w,'5.,bl ;  Vlrgtn- 
ln,  t't.'i v.'. f.uO.  I  niuatoes  nr«  lilgiier.  OnloiiH  lowi-r 
agaui.  I'nroutooi-.  Jersey,  ;l  bushel;  75c Mt-1.  Green 


Good  Steers  pa.. 

Fair . 

Poor . . . 

i’oorest... . . . . . 

Gen.  selling  rates.. 


Cent*. 
....12  ns  13 
....11  <«;  I1Y 

....1U  Cti  10  V 

....7  g i 

....10Y  t-1  H &’ 


Till*  week. 

Cents. 

12  fa  13 

H  Qi  ll* 
JO  fa  10JK 
(i-Y  (-9  0Y 
10 Y  09  llY 


7  8569 10  00 

8  1069  8  50 
fi  tcV<a  7  -.Ti 


F  UK),  $lika)L!.  PieiOcs,  p  4, U.W,  $33QoijL 

WliisUy—I:!  higher,  with  lighter  supplies.  Sales 
at  98c.  for  Western. 

Wool,  I’l'lciy  of  fleoees  have  again  advanced  un- 


'JOfa  1  00  to  sell  at  these  prices. 


refusing 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


Don’t  Tlii-ow  Away  Your  Money.  -  To  the 

Public* — For  over2(i  years  Dr.  Tobias’  Vonetian  Lini¬ 
ment,  has  been  sold;  every  bottle  has  been  warrant¬ 
ed,  and  not  one  lias  been  returned.  Thousands  of 
cei  tiilcates  of  its  wonderful  c u rati vo  properties. can 
be  soon  at,  tho  Depot.  It  wilJdoall,  anti  more,  than 
it  is  recommended  for.  It.  Is  perfectly  sate  to  take 
Internally.  See  oath  with  every  bottle.  It  cures 
Cholera,  Croup,  Dysentery.  Colic,  80a  Sickness, 
Chronic  Rheumatism,  Sprains,  Old  Sores,  Cuts,  Ac. 
Depot,  10  Park  Place,  New  York. 

The  Beat  “Elnutic  Ti-iiks”  in  ih<;  World  to 

sold  by  Pomeroy  &  Co.,  744  Broadway,  N.  Y„  for 
t  three  dollars.  Write  to  then)  for  full  particulars. 


.Surgical  Elastic  Stockings  for  enlarged  veins, 
and  Supporting  Belts  of  best  quality,  at  Pomeroy’s, 
444  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


f  IIIICRIA  C’llOLKkA.  All  those  having 

y  ’  dirjlona  among  then-  fowls,  by  sending  82.50  to 
Hu-  underHiKiii-d.  will  receive,  by  return  mo.il,  a  rem¬ 
edy  which  will  ul.  ouec  -jure  Hie  iIIkciux-  ;  and  over 
hereafter,  with  u  little  trouhlo  an<l  small  ex-ponse, 
cm  ki'<-ji  Ihelr  pin:-,  rid  of  the  cholera.  Address  8. 
81IOBM  AlC ER,  Nekmids,  Montgomery  Co.,  ill. 

I^ITS  AND  EPIl.EPriV  ('Ilf  ED.  'I’he  Worst 
*  Cieiemif  Longest  Standing,  by  using  DU.  1IIJB- 
IISARDH  CURE.  A  trial  bottle  Hentfroe  to  all  udress- 
i  ng.L  E,  D1BBLI-3S,  Druggist,  *14  Oth  A  ve.,  N. 

ROBERT  PATON, 

72«  ST.,  WI-IW  YDKU, 

_ -  — \  Has  the  largest 

_ - — T  \  and  best  assort- 

■  -  ‘  '  -  ’  '  meat  of 

School 

Furniture 

1  SUNDAY 

1  SCHOOL 

^  ‘  SETTEES 

IN  AJfERICA. 

Catalogue  sent  on  application  with  stamp. 

The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 

tatOLND  BONE, 

BONE  MEAL, 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Fresh  Bone  Siipernliosphare  ol  Lime,  or 
ills**, !**-(!  Roue.  Send  lor  Circular. 

LISTER  BROS.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

ALLEY’S 

AMERICAN  CATTLE. 

THEIR  HISTORY,  BREEDING  AND 
MANAGEMENT. 


Every  breeder  or  owner  of  Cattle  should  have  this 
work  by  Hon.  Lkwih  F.  Allkn,  Ex-Prest.  N.  Y.  State 
Ag.  Society,  Editor  of  “American  Short-Horn  Herd 
Hook,”  Ac.,  lie.  It  is  a  handsomely  illustrated  and 
well  printed  and  bound  volume  of  523  duodecimo 
Ijages.  Mailed,  post-paid,  to  any  address  in  United 
oUites  or  Canada,  on  receipt  of  reduced  price,  *2- 
Address 

O.  D.  T.  IHOO RE, 

li  Beokninn  fit.,  N.  Y, 


V 


ggmpUmente  amt  pachincvy 


Wvtt$ 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


Trees!  Trees!  Trees! 

FALL - -  1873. 

A  VERY  LARGE  SUPPLY  OF 

Pear  and  Apple  Trees 

Of  choicest  quality.  Also, 

NORWAY  SPRUCE, 

A  very  fine  stock,  and  a  general  assortment  of  Nurs¬ 
ery  Products,  at  the 

SYRACUSE  NURSERIES. 

Catalogues  sent  on  application.  Correspondence 
solicited.  SMITH  iV  POWELL. 


The  Pope  is  again  ill,  but  the  nature  of  his 
malady  is  not  reported. 

M.  Thiers  has  completed  for  the  press  a  vol¬ 
ume  on  the  arts  in  Italy. 

Tiif,  marriage  of  the  Duke  of  Edinburgh  is  to 
take  place  next  January. 

Henry  Co  PETER  won  the  single  scull  race  for 
professionals,  at  Toronto. 

Senator  H  IPPEjl  of  Oregon  has  had-his  name 
changed  to  John  II.  Mitchell. 

The  subject  of  Mr.  James  Parton’s  lecture 
for  the  coming  season  is  “  Our  Scandalous  Pol¬ 
itics.” 

Senator  Sumner  will  deliver  his  new  lecture, 
entitled  “The  Unity  of  the  Republic,"  during 
the  coming  season. 

Gen.  Hhxnkkrhoff  has  retired  from  the  edit¬ 
orship  of  the  Ohio  Liberal  and  gone  into  the 
banking  business. 

Th e  wife  of  Gen.  Tom  Thumb  is  convalescent 
from  the  injuries  received  by  her  in  falling 
down  stairs  some  time  ago. 

The  English  newspapers  assert  tliat  the  eld¬ 
est  son  of  Mr.  Tennyson,  who  is  still  at  Oxford, 
has  been  gazetted  a  baronet. 

Mr.  00  RUM  bps  Derano,  Secretary  of  the  In¬ 
terior,  is  mentioned  as  the  only  native  of  Ver¬ 
mont  who  ever  held  a  cabinet  office. 

Bishop  Morris,  senior  Bishop  of  the  Metho¬ 
dist  Episcopal  Church  in  this  country,  is  said 
to  be  hopelessly  ill  at  his  home  in  Springfield, 
Ohio. 

The  health  of  Marshal  Bazalne,  without  giv¬ 
ing  rise  to  any  serious  uneasiness,  is  far  from 
being  satisfactory.  He  is  Buttering  from  neu¬ 
ralgia. 

J.  N.  Vorde,  late  Deputy  United  States  Col¬ 
lector  at  Kansas  City,  lias  been  indicted  by  the 
grand  jury  at  Jefferson  City  as  a  defaulter  in 
the  sum  of  $4,000. 


There  is  no  Held  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re- 
numeration  than  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  is  no  machine  that  possess,,;, 
one-half  the  qualitims  which  are  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  family  use  as  the 

Bickford’S  Improved 

Its  simplicity  ami  ease  of  management,  together 
with  its  capacity  fordoing  the  great  range  ot  work, 
and  its  trilling  cost,  makes  It  a  mutter  of  economy 
for  every  family  to  have  one.  and  will  ultimately 
bring  it  Into  us  general  use  as  the  Sewing  Machine. 
The  practical  utility  of  tbc  machine  only  needs  to 
he  demonstrated  to  the  people  to  produce  an  un¬ 
limited  demand. 

Many  Sewing  Machine  Agent;,  finding  the  in¬ 
crease  of  competition  and  the  difficulty  of  selling 
high-priced  machines  to  militate  against  a  flour¬ 
ishing  business,  ore  taking  hold  of  the 


BICKFORD 


and  meeting  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer¬ 
chants,  finding  tn  Dana  Bickford's  invention  a 
cheap,  simple  and  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
find  II  profitable  to  purchase  und  keen  on  sale. 
The  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  docs 
not  require  the  "eternal  vigilance"  to  sell  Mils 
machine  as  In  the  case  of  sewlDg  machines. 

Agent-  Wanted  Everywhere.  Good, Smart 
Men  can  make  $.10  PER  WEEK  AND  KXC'  nsi.s. 
Send  for  Instructions  und  Circulars.  Price  fan 
to  $50. 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  BICKFORD,  President. 
Office  and  Salesroom,  G89  Broadway,  N.  Y 


NEW  CATALOGUE  FREE  TO  ALL. 

A  Complete  Stock  of  Fruit  Trees. 
Evergreens,  Forest  Trees,  Tree 
Seeds,  Small  Fruits,  Grape  V  men, 
Ac.,  at 

BRYANT’S  NURSERIES, 

Princeton,  III. 

WC  send  out  pood  stack,  well  parked. 
Trv  us.  special  inducements  to  Nu.ru- 
irumi  ii  and  llralcrs.  Bryant's  “  Forest 
Trees,”  pro- pa lil,  for  $1.50.  Send  for 
Select  Book  List.  AdOrc« 

A.  BRYANT,  JK,,  Princeton,  Ill. 


SELLS  AT  SIGHT. 

DO  TWO  HEN'S  W  ORK. 

No  so  it  or  rnt/l  fingers.— Beat  cart 
steed.— Last  a  llfetlme.-t  Taken  - ; v 
premiums. — Every  farmer  wants  It, 
—  Will  send,  post-paid,  2  samples  for 
75  cts..  or  8  styles  for  81,  or  1  dozen 
for  fit,  S'JII  a  Oily  for  Agents, 
Address  UNION  HUSKBR  CO.. 

1505  Willow  St-,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


UNION 
CORN 
HUSKER, 
60  GTS. 


II  ILL’S  PATENT  HUSKING  GLOVES 


$ew  publications' 


v*  i  *~*‘c**s>^  Agents  • 

fvf  p,  m  I1  to  canvass  and 

o  £  I  sell  low's  I’at- 

£2  O  "2  i  ^  xvt  GAtvAiman  Mantle G  tr.txA 

Jd  3  /j)  Nac  Sroer  and  Bitch  it  II a  <1 »  n- 

Ps  ^  jj  It#  Maniples.  Clrcu  ir*  *nd  Terms  sent  on 

<f*  'S?  receipt  of  SO  eis.  In  pay  postage. 

aak,,  o.  C.  TOST.  Maimf.  and  Patentee,  Burlingtcm.YI. 


THE  STANDARD,  Price  $1.50,  la  a  very 
superior  Collection  of  Church  Music, 

for  Choirs,  Conventions  and  Sinai  no  Classes.  Com¬ 
piled  by  L.  O.  EMERSON  and  H.  R.  PALMER,  men 
of  the  highest  reputation  as  conductors  and  com¬ 
posers.  Sells  largely.  Already  a  great  success. 


Greatly  Improved  this  year  by  small  metallic  plates 
on  the  parts  most  exposed  to  wear,  making  them  la-1 
THREE  TIMES  AS  LONG,  without  Impairing  their 
flexibility.  These  popular  Gloves  fully  protect,  the 
hands  und  do  the  work  much  faster  und  easier  than 
an  v  other  Busker.  Made  In  three  sizes,  both  right 
and  left  handed.  Half  Gloves,  $1.25  per  pair;  Full 
Gloves,  $2.50  per  pair.  Sent.,  pre-patd,  on  receipt  of 
price.  Ask  vout-  merchant  for  them,  or  address 
H  ALL  HUSKING  GLOVE  COMPANY, 
J45  S.  Clinton  Ht„  Chicago. 


Our  importations  arc  expected  early  In  September, 
direct  from  the  most  eminent  growers  in  Holland 
—all  flrst-elaas  Bulbs.  Rivers’ celebrated  new  early 
Peach  os-  Eurlr  Beatrice,  Early  Louisa  und  Early 
Rivers ;  two  weeks  earlier  than  Hales.  53?“  A  large 
general  Nursery  Stock. 

JOHN  SAUL, 

Wasliin^ton  City,  I>.  C. 


DO  YOU  WANT  THE  AGENCY  FOR  (or 

for  your  own  use)  the  best  Straw  Cutter  and 
Stalk  Cutter  In  America.  .Vof  lot-  paid  for  tilt  tried, 
on  the  farm.  $8  to  $1(1.  Circulars  tree. 

WARREN  GALE,  Chicopee  Kalis,  Muss. 


THE  HAKES  IMPROVED 

SWIVEL  PLOW. 

FOR  SIDE  IHI.L  AND  LEVEL  LAND. 


THE  RIVER  OF  LIFE,!$30  per  hundred. 

Is  a  Sabbath  School  Song  Book  of  extraordinary 
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alike  new,  original  and  beautiful.  Specimen  copies 
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A.  THE  ZINC  COLLAR 

/&*»  PAD  is  guaranteed  to  cure 
tS1,  -j  the  wor-t  case  of  raw  and 

"t  l  imed  neck  in  Ten  /> 

4  V  /  §  and  smirk  the  t/i-  rue  e  r.e  f«i  i.'-i  p; 

•  /  B  und  will  not  chafe  or  wear 

xiN.  t  tlinmane.  Fur  sate  by 

tilery  Hardware  Oeatersami 
Harness  Makers.  Manufac- 
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Mich.  Information  furnished  oa  application. 

This  Company  is  in  possession  of  JnincIrtMaof  i,  lia¬ 
ble  testimonial*  from  Farmers,  Lumbermen,  Team¬ 
sters,  Dealers  and  others,  fully  endorsing  all  we  claim 
for  the  Zinc  Pad.  We  annex  the  following  notice  : 

Kansas  City,  Mo„  Fob.  9th,  1813. 
Zinc  Collar  Pah  Co.: 

Gentlemen  :  -  During  tin*  past  year  we  have  sold 
a  considerable  quantity  of  your  Zinc  Collar  Pads, 
and  have  as  yet  heard  but  one  expression  from  tine, 
to  whom  we  have  sold,  and  that  was  of  universal 
commendation,  and  that  they  wore  all  that  you 
claim  for  them.  Yours  truly, 

Askew,  DrBoiS  &  Co., 
Dealers  tn  Saddlery  Hardware. 


YOUNG  STOCK 


FOR  NURSERY  PLANTINC. 

FRUIT  TREES 

IN  GREAT  VARIETY. 

RARE  ORNAMENTALS 

A  SPECIALTY. 

The  largest  assortment.  In  the  country.  Send  for 
TRADE  LIST  No.  8,  si  vtei-n  closely-printed  pages; 
and  Nos.  land  2,  Retail  Descriptive  and  Illustrated 
Catalogues  of  Fruit  und  Ornamental  Trees. 

HOOPEri,  IlHfl.  &  TIIOM AM, 
Cherry  Hill  Nurseries,  IVed  Chester,  Pa. 


CHEERFUL  VOICES,  Price  50  cents,  by 
L.  O.  EMERSON,  A  SCHOOL  SOWG  BOOK,  is 

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Leaves  no  dead  lurrow  to  tho  center  or  ridges  on 
the  sides,  securing  tin  even  surface  for  the  working 
of  the  Mower,  Tedder  anil  RaKo, 

This  Plow  effects  the  complete  inversion  and  pul¬ 
verization  of  the  soil  on  level  as  well  as  uneven  sur¬ 
faces. 

D>  perfection  of  shape,  beauty  of  outline,  finish, 
and  durability  we  challenge  comparison  with  any 
other  Plow  made. 

Examine  the  Hakes  Plow  before  purchasing. 

Made  only  by 

AMES  PLOW  COMPANY, 

53  Bcekinuu  St.,  New  York, 

and  Quiuey  Hall,  Boston. 

Send  for  Circular. 


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Standard  Works  by  first  American  and  English 
authors. 


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ONARCII  OF  THE  WEST-  -The  largest  and 
best  Strawberry.  Brought  50  e'l a.  per  quart,  when 
any*  were  selling  at,  It  ots.  Catalogues  of  Fruits 
Berry  Baskets.  10  ft.-.,  with  Colored  i  date,  25  els. 
:e  List  free.  WM.  PA  HR  V,  ClnmwniniHMi*  N.  J. 


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paneled,  warranted  Organs,  for  Church,  Chapel 

and  Parlor.  ,  . 

The  best  Organs  in  tho  world  for  tile  price,  and  we 
guarantee  them  equal  to  any  Instrument  x 

double  the  amount.  WM-  A.  POND  A  CO., 

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V/ATEILS’  CON  ('  EltTO  1*A  RLOK  01UMN8 

a,v  t',f'  n,<>l’1  Drxatiful  in 
-  style  and  perfect  in  time 
ever  made,  i  7 he  C  O  M- 
A3'/  <  G'JEKTO  STOP  u  the  best 

if  , v8>S  ever  placed  lit  any 
'-s-y-r  Organ.  It  is  produced  by 
jKZTpi 1  a  third  set  Of  reeds  pcc.u- 
‘J?  j  !  iinrly  voiced,  the 


WILLARD’S 


seedling  stock. 

1,000,000  Extra  No.  1  Apple  Seedlings -the  finest 
growth  we  have  seen  for  several  years.  Also,  50,000 
Pear  Seedlings,  at  low  rates.  Address  E.  U,  SK1N- 
rd,  Winnebago  Co.,  tu. 

Bargain-  In  NursCry  Stor-.  Millions  of  Forest 
Trees  A  Seedling*.  Millionsof  Apple  Stocks 
etc.  Half  a  Million  Concord  Grape  Vine*.  Cata¬ 
logues  leer.  .1.  JENKINS,  Box 45, Winona. Col. Co., O. 


A  Complete  Treatise  on  Dairy  Farms 
and  Farming, 

Dairy  Stock  and  stock  Feeding, 
Milk,  it«  Management  and  Manu¬ 
facture  Into  Hutter  and  Clteene, 

History  and  Mode  of  Organization  of 
Hutlcr  and  Cheese  Factories, 

Dairy  Utensils,  Etc.,  Ete. 


HEIKES  NimSEBIES. 
Specialties.  Fall  ol  1N7J.  Peaches,  Currants 
Gooseberries,  Blood-I.eaved  Peaches,  Utah  Uybrk 
Cherries,  Apple  Beedllngs,  Uluin  Seedlings,  Cruel 
Seedlings,  Raspberries,  Blarkbe:  rlcs  .X  Strawberries 
Also, a  full  assortment  of  other  Nursery  articles.  Ad¬ 
dress  HEJK  KS  N U USURIES  CO.,  Dayton,  Ohio, 


bhadleys 

AMERICAN  HARVESTER. 

We  warrant  It  to  cut  any  grain  that  grows,  and  in 
any  condition.  ,  .  ,  , 

It  will  do  better  work,  is  more  durable,  and  is  In 
every  respect  superior  to  our-  former  manufacture  of 
the  celebrated 

Job  moon's  “Sweepstakes”  Reaper. 

Don’t  buy  auy  other  until  you  have  seen  It. 
fir  For  particulars,  address 

BRADLEY  MAN  F'G  CO.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


BY  X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  IVI., 

Dairy  -Husbandry  Editor  of  Moore’s  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  Lecturer  in  Cornell  University ,  Marne 
Agricultural  College,  Etc.,  Etc. 


A>  GREAT 


ONE  MILLION  Apple  Trees-, ex. tru quality,  with 
a  full  and  complete  general  stock  of  Fruit  and  Orna¬ 
mentals,  at  wholesale  and  retail.  Prices  low.  Write 
for  price  lists. 

52T-  Stock  guaranteed  not  damaged  by  the  severity 
of  the  past  winter. 

BLAIR  BROS!.,  Proprietors, 

Lee's  sBimnm,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 


This  Is  the  most  full,  practical  and  reliable  work 
On  Dairy  Husbandry  extant;  indeed  the  only  one 
which  describes  the  recant  great  improvements  in 
the  Dairy  Business,  it  Is  highly  commended  by  lead¬ 
ing  Agricultural  und  other  influential  journals,  and 
must  speedily  beeome  (in  fact  is  already)  the  Stand¬ 
ard  and  Only  Authority.  It  will  pay  every  one  en¬ 
caged  in  any  branch  of  dairy  buslnuta,  or  who  keeps 
u  single  cow,  to  obtain  and  study  this  work. 

PitACTTCAi.  DAIRY  HUSBANDRY  embraces  540 
Largo  Octavo  Pagco.  is  handsomely  and  fully 
Illustrated,  printed  im  superior  paper,  and  elegantly 
bound.  It  is  a  Subscription  Book,  and  a  liberal  com¬ 
mission  is  given  Agents  who  canvass  Counties,  Ac, 
The  Agents  of  the  Rural  NKW-YostK.BR  ^especially 
those  in  Dairy  regions)  will  do  well  to  try  the  sale  Of 
this  work.  To  any  person  residing  where  there  is  no 
Agent,  or  who  conn  tit  wait  for  one,  the  Publisher  will 
send  a  copy  of  the  work,  post-paid,  on  receipt  of  the 
price,  $-3 — (or  for  $5  the  book  and  RURAL  NEY7-YOKK- 
kk  one  year.)  Address 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

5  Beekmnn  Sst.,  New  York. 


IMPROVED  FOOT  LA  THEM, 

Slide-rests,  Hand  Planers  for  Metals, 
Smalt  Gear  Cutters.  The  very  best,  sell¬ 
ing  everywhere.  Catalogues  free. 

N.  H.  BALDWIN,  Laconia,  N.  H. 


Wanting  first-class  Apple  Trees,  in  large  or  small 
quantity  can  be  supplied  at  rc.r,/  reasonable  figures. 
Will  exchange  a  limited  number  for  land  or  for  Stan¬ 
dard  Pear  Trees.  Call  oa  or  address 

*  ALF.  S.  SH  ELLER, 

Riverside  X ii rserie*. 

Lewisimrg,  Pw. 


IMPROVED  POWER 

press,  raychk i  -  head 
■  Screws,  Improv'd  Guat- 


r.  u  j  kon  Posts,  audt 

other  things  for  Cider  Mills  and  Vinegar  Factories. 
For  Circulars, address  O.  K.  JOHNSON,  Medina,  N.  Y . 


4  AAA  AAA  FRUIT  AND  ORNA- 

menU  1  Trees.— A  general  line 
of  Nursery  Stock  at  low  prices.  Pear  Trees  a  special¬ 
ty.  Write  for  wholesale  or  retail  Price  lusts.  Agents 
wanted.  E.  MOODY  &  SONS,  Lookport,  N.  Y. 


TO  ENGRAVERS.  PRINTERS,  &C— Large  stock 
well  seasoned  and  prepared  Boxwood,  Mahog¬ 
any,  Maple  and  Pine.  VANDERBURGH,  WELLS  &  Go., 

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TEN  YEARS  IN  WASHINGTON. 

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dofotf,  Ac.,of  th«C»ptt«l,  '‘Am  ft  Woman  ».«. 

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portrait  of  author.  d;<«u  /  don't  mitt  the  Aun««.  Mmi.y  for 
You  In  thti  work,  Tartna  II I w  t  partiettlaflu  l«  no, Ur,  of 
IA<  Rural  A 'ia  M»,|»  rrtry  Suit  (Wralarn  A<>.,nU  >.  B.) 
Outfit  Free.  Baadarl  writ*  ntonco  for  foil  narllcnlara  (jrtt.) 
Addrm,  A.  D.  WORTIUNUTON  A  CO.,  Hartford,  Ct. 


WILL  BE  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOLLOWING  PLACES  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY 


‘  c:'ivign  Catholic  organ  accuses  the*  ro^" 

tMSO'p"‘  diving  been  the  original  iovf'11tiou“ 
ists  >J  Fiance. 

In  Millei-sburg,  r«-  ^hlutnbia  and 

Jtliarion,  Kent ■>"*?'  the  Cholera  lu.s  raged  with 
terrible  violence. 

-  There  arc  4,000  slaves  at..QuiIoa,  Kant  Africa, 
offered  at  front  half  a  dollar  to  $3  each  without 
finding  a  purchaser. 

-  'i  lie  grape  growers  of  ILaimnondsport,  N. 

\ .,  arc  in  ecstacics  over  the  prospect  of  the 
grape  crop  this  year.  . 

Hall-stones  three  inches  in  diameter  fell  in 
Shawano  Co.,  Win.,  recently,  and  did  considera¬ 
ble  damage  to  the  crops. 

The  sums  distributed  to  Southern  schools 
for  the  last  y  ir,  by  the  Trustees  of  the  Peabody 
fund,  amount  to  $130, HIK). 

There  is  no  official  system  of  reporting  the 
condition  of  crops  during  tlio  growing  season 
in  any  European  country. 

Ten  young  women  recently  engaged  in  a 
swimming  match  in  Now  York  fur  a  $175  silk 
dress.  A  Philadelphia  girl  won. 

The  Centennial  Exhibition  Intend  to  ap¬ 
point  agents,  who  are  to  proceed  to  the  several 
islands  and  colonics  in  the  Pacific. 

l\  omen  who  violate  the  city  ordinances  are 
condemned  to  sweep  the  streets  in  Mobile.  They 
do  It  of  their  own  accord  in  most  cities. 

~  In  the  Graphic  balloon  there  were  4, SIB 
yards  of  clath,  14,080  yards,  or  eight  miles,  of 
sewing,  and  1 1 U37, 600 stitches  were  made. 

A  hundred  fruit  canning  establishments 
have  $1,000,000  Invested  In  the  business  in  Bal¬ 
timore.  One  firm  puts  up  3,500  cans  dally. 

V  farmer  in  Ky.  for  two  years  has  had  a 
snake  shut  up  in  his  corn  crib,  and  during  all 
that  time  not  a  live  mouse  has  been  seen  there. 


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AGENTS  WANTED  FOB 


IN  WASHINGTON. 

The  gpleltat  and I  best  soiling  hook  over  published. 
It.  tolls  all  about,  the  Credit  jfobUUr  Scandal,  Snnuto- 
rial  Briberies.  Congressmen,  Kings,  Lobbies,  and  the 
Wonderful  Sights  of  the  National  Capital,  It  sells 
gulck.  Semi  for  Circular®,  and  see  our  terms  ami  a 
full  aesoHption  of  the  work.  Address  CONTI NEN- 
.  PR41NG  CO.,  New  York,  or  NATIONAL 
1  UBI.ISH  I  NO  CO. |  Philadelphia  and  Chicago. 


All  payments  must  be  made  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  the  UNION  TRUST  COMPANY,  73 
Broadway.  The  moneys  arising  from  the  salo  of  the  stock  hereby  sold  are  paid  into  the  Union  Trust 
Company,  and  cannot  be  paid  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchers  showing  that  the  money  has 
been  actually  and  honestly  expended  in  tlio  erection  of  tlio  Industrial  Exhibition  Building  or  in  acquir¬ 
ing  title  to  land. 

The  land  of  the  Company  is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  ns  follows 9Stli  to  lOiid  Streets 
and  3d  to  4th  Avenues;  comprising  355  21-25  city  lots,  or  about  23  acres. 


^  1.  >00  hiade  by  Ag'ts  In  their  spare  moments, 
.  r  ,in«  m!r  %  now  articles.  Hen. I  25c.  for  sam¬ 
ple.  tatAloguc  tree.  Am. Novelty  <;o., XU2  B' way,  N'. Y. 


A  NEW  ART! 


A.  J  J  IL  *Af\A«  OLE  tor  Agents. 
J00  per  cent,  protit.  Hon.l  Uii  cents  for  sample  and 
particulars.  STACKPOLE,  02  John  St..  New  York. 


If  you  are  a  fool  or  liinntte, 
but  if  you  are  sane  nn.1  wish 
to  make  money,  address 
BLlfi  TABLE  CO.,  St.  Louis. 


A  DAY  nod  e: 
Address  BO1 


icnsea  to  good  Agents. 
EN  .t  CO.,  Marlon,  Ohio. 


Payments  to  be  made  as  follows : 

Five  per  cent,  at  timo  of  subscribing,  and  the  balance  In  installments,  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent 
at  any  one  installment. 

There  can  he  no  safer  investment  than  this.  It  is  a  homo  Investment.  It  is  the  ownership  of  land 
on  New  York  Island  and  the  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  the  same. 

In  nccordanco  with  the  charter  and  by  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  tlio  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  21th,  1872,  the  following  ineiubcrsliipa  have  boon  created  and  are 
offered  for  sale : 

At  the  above-named  plaocs  and  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 

The  proper  bolder  of  any  of  theso  is  entitled  to  free  admission  to  tlio  Industrial  Exhibition,  the 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  the  Garden  of  Plants  during  tlio  time  it  is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  the  duration  of  the  membership. 

These  memberships  do  not  entitle  tiic  holder  to  admission  to  spcciul  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  the  Exhibition  Company. 


Agents  wanted.- Washington,  out- 

HinE  and  iNSinn.  Here  you  have  a  r<rm\>lete 
IIMory  of  oar  National  Capitol,  ltd  origin,  growth, 
excellencies,  corruptions,  bauutie*  and  personages 
are  all  portrayed  lu  that  graphic  style  which  has 
placed  the  author,  GKO.  Are.  Townsknt).  among  the 
vary  first  of  Washington  Correspondents.  “  Fact  Is 
stranger  than  fiction.''  Every  one  wlU  read  these 
startling  truth*.  For  terms,  Ac.,  address  .1 A H.  BETTS 
A  CO.,  (successors  to  s.  M  Betts  a  Co Hartford. 
Conn,,  or  Chicago,  Iff. 


$7*2  OO  EACH  WEEK. 

Agents  wanted  everywhere.  Business  strictly  legiti¬ 
mate.  Particulars  free.  J.  Woiitii  A  Co.,  8t.  Louie.  Mo 


HUsccItanew 


THE  MOVABLE  PLANISPHERE 


of  the  starry  heavens  at  every  minute,  by  HENRY 
Will  1  ALL,  >12  Arch  St.,  Phila.,  J'a.,  Is  to  astronomy 
what,  a  limp  is  to  geography.  Of  two  kinds:  each, 
sent  by  nuii  g;t.  I'lie  set  complete.  $8.  Send 
1  coni  stamp,  aud  get  the  El  rules  and  explanations. 
Should  be  in  every  school  and  family  for  use." 


Can  easily  make  9 1 50  and  over  per  month  suiting 
oar  Modern  and  Reliable  Maps  and  our  Popu¬ 
lar  Pictorial  (hails.  Terms  and  Catalogues  free. 
E.  C.  BRIDGMAN,  5  Barclay  St.,  ,N.  Y. 


8  000  ACRES  SPLENDID  STOCK 

,  mid  Dairy  Lands,  lu  St. 

Joseph  County,  >  orthera  Indiana,  for  sale  low,  in 
lots  to  suit.  Terms  easy.  For  particulars,  address 
ISAAC  E.SilAY,  South  Bend,  Did. 


Pmifl»Y  Mods  rapidly  with  Stoncil  A  Key  Chock 
l  '  tl  It  L  I  Outfits.  Catalogue*,  samples  and  par¬ 
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in  spite  of  Josiah '■  determination  not  to  spoud  a  cent 
to  hire  any  one  to  read  It. 

$500  a  month  can  be  made  selling  this  book. 

AGENTS  I  TAKE  NOTICE!! 

Tn  our  former  book*  we  have  given  you  harvests; 
we  bow  promise  yon  another,  and  wl®«  agents  will 
secure  territory,  which  we  wtU  now  arrange  for.  Ad¬ 
dress  AMERICAN  PUBLISHING  CO., Hartford. Ct.. 
for  Circulars  and  full  information. 


LAIRD’S 


Entitling  the  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable, 

Price,  $10. 


Class  2d.  Price  $20.  DO  Admissions 


'liit--  «ieii;,iicnu  tutu  Imrrnle**  loiiot  prepa¬ 
ration  is  undoubtedly  ( lie  best  iu  the  world 
tor  j i reserving  the  Skin  ami  Beautifying  the 
Complexion.  It  Will  remove  Tan,  Freckles, 
a  i  all  ilihcolratiotis  from  the  skin,  leaving  it 
beautifully  white,  soft,  smooth  and  clear. 
SOLD  BY  ALL  DRUCCIST8  AND  FANCY 
GOODS  DEALERS. 


Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $20. 


Class  3d.  Price  $10.  300  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable, 

Price,  $40. 


Til  par  day  I  A*.nfo  wunl.d  !  All  dm...  of  working 

*  w  v4,w  p«ipl«,  of  »llh»r»«*,  young  or  old,  m»k«  moro  money 
»(  work  for  no  In  chair  ,pnr«  moment. or  nil  the  tlm«  than  nt  Anything 
•In.  PwtlcaUn  fro*.  Addrowt  (3.  Stinson  <k  Co.,  Portland,  Main. 


ICO  SHORT  PERSONS.— Remark* onamothod 
1  oi  increasing  the  hlght  uud  improving  and dovel- 
opingtho  figure,  with  authenticated  testimonial* and 
reports.  Mailed  free,  t .apt.  Howard,  29  B'way.N.Y. 


Class  4 ill.  8* rice  $IOO.  Life 


Entitling  the  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life;  the  bulling  being  open  to 

the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 


A  Vegetable  manual,  Prepared,  with 
a  view  to  Economy  and  Profit. 


Class  5th.  Family  ior  JLilb.  Price  $300. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  and  his  irainediato  family  (in  ssc  at  the  time  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

Class  flth.  IIEKEOITAKY  &  TRANSFERABLE.  Frice  $1,000. 

Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  tit  any  time  when  the 
building  is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  U3ed  by  the 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  these  memberships  are  to  he  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Payment  to  be  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Union  Trust 

Company. 

A  suitable  Badge  wi  1  be  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  members. 

Memberships  will  not  be  sold  after  he  Building  is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

Banks,  Bankers  and  Individuals  are  wanted  to  act  os  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 
For  further  information,  please  address 


This  Work  upon  Kitchen  and  Market  Gardening, 
and  tlio  Field  Culture  ot  Boot  Crop*,  ta  by  p.  T. 
QttrNN.  Practical  Horticulturist,  (Author  ot  “  Pear 
Culture  for  Profit, ”)  und  should  bo  owned  and  studied 
by  every  one  Interested  In  Gardening,  It,  is  on  able, 
practical,  profusely  illustrated  work  ef  2*8  i2mo. 
pages.  Bent,  post-paid,  for  *1,50.  Address 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  Publiaher, 

5  beekninn  Nt.,  N  York. 


SIXTY  YOUNG  MEN  AND  LADLES— To  place  in 
Positions  wti.  ro  liiey  will  acquire  a  thorough  and 
practical  knowledge  of  Telegraphy,  and  receive  a 
(v.iuiui!  .  i  „.  wb  !,.  practicing.  Address,  with  stamp, 
•  SIII-ARMAN,  tjup't  Union  Telegraph  Com¬ 
pany,  Obertin,  Ohio. 


W  SAINT'S*  PE  VRLASH  BASTE— For  pro- 

y  .  during  Whisk, qs,  M nstaollloa,  Eyebrows  und 
It’.r  on  an-,  part  of  the  body.  We  guarantee  in  a 
tew  weeks  that  a  bald  head  may  possess  a  thick  cov- 
enug  oi  long  and  uuturul  hair,  by  the  aid  of  the 
above  preparation.  All  desiring  the  above,  should 
send  one  stamp  to  W.  SAINT’, 

223  Dock  gt„  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


A  Work  on  the  Breeding,  Rear 
Ing,  Care  and  General  Man¬ 
agement  of  Poultry. 


LOVFilS  GUIDE 

7\  ,  *  M  M I BJI-  Model  love  letters 

at,  ot  gaining  love  of  and  marrying  who  and  when 
yon  please.  How  to  ho  handsome.  Cures  for  hundreds 
or  diseases  ;  also,  many  new  secrets,  arts,  mysterios, 
cy  making  methods,  Jce.  I’riee  only  10  cents. 


This  is  one  of  the  finest  gotten-UD  works  on  the 
subject  on  whtoh  It  treats,  for  Us  size  and  price  of 
any  publication  of  the  kind  in  this  country.  It  Is 
finely  and  profusely  Illustrated,  and  printed  and 
bound  in  extra ‘style.  Contains  224  large  octavo 
pages.  Bent,  by  mall,  post-paid,  for  $1.50.  Address 
D.  D.  T.  MOORE.  Publisher, 
t'  S  Beeknmn  St.,  New  York, 


INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  COMPANY 


No.  925  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK.  CITY 


MAGIC  LANTERNS 


$732 
MADE  IN  j 
3  I  DAYS 


GEO.  STECK  &  CO/S 


GEO.  A.  PRINCE  &  CO., 

Organs  &  Mclodeons 


The  Oldest,  largest  and  Most  F  erfect  Manufactory 
in  the  United  states. 


Now  in  use, 

No  other  Musical  Instrument  ever  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

B37~  Send  for  Price-Lists. 

Address  BUFFALO,  N.  V. 


are  now  everywhere  recognized  a*  the  best.  Fortlne 
and  sympathetic  To.vk,  for  thorough  workmanship, 
and  the  greatest  possible  DUKA lin.XTY  they  are 
wholly  unrivaled.  The  STECK  CABINET  OK  IIPUIC.HT 
Piano,  Com  dining  several  most  Important  Improve¬ 
ment*,  patk  vtko.  Is  pronounced  by  all  competent 
Judges  the  MOOT  PKKi'KOT  Plano  of  this  class  ever 
produced.  Every  instrument  warranted  for  five  vears. 
NEW  VVA  It  K BOOMS, ‘2.1  East  l  lth  Ht.,  N.  V. 


Bulbs  for  Fall  Planting 

A  f  iii*  r  i 


*  *er  Uent.  vomxsy 

Issued  for  Construction  oi  w-qer  Works,  unav 
Act  of  Legislature,  Passed  April 9,7,  1872. 

Kncln'ndTlpnmcHiirs  tbs  rleintnits  ol  a  pros¬ 
perity  unexcelled,  it  cumillcd,  by  any  other 
city  in  this  Stale.  It  is  the  center  ot  trade 
to  a  a ii rrn ii n ding  population  ol  about  500,- 
000,  to  whom  the  meauM  ol  transportation 
are  luminlted  by  I  tall  roads  radiating  from 
I'lie  city  in  eleven  ditlerenl  ilireet ions. 

Its  iiideliieiliie-i.  excluding  this  loan,  is  less 
I  linn  SI, 850,000,  while  it  has  Public  Prop¬ 
erty  amounting  to  about  $2,350,000,  anil 
Private  Beni  Estate  valued  nl  $70,000,000, 

The  Bonds  are  Issued  lti  either  Coupon  or  Regis¬ 
tered  forms  the  Registered  being  transferable  at  the 
office  of  the  Union  Trust.  Company  of  New  York, 
where  both  principal  and  interest  is  payable. 

The  expenditure  of  moneys  derived  from  their  sale 
is  directed  by  the  Mayor  of  the  city  and  the  Board  of 
Commissioners. 

PRICE  PAR.  A  NO  INTEREST.  CIRCU¬ 
LARS  UPON  APPLICATION. 


NEW  and  RARE  in  groat 
AXES.  Price  Lists  mailed 


Embracing  everythin, 
variety,  ami  at  IA)W 
free  to  all  applicants. 


Seedsmen,  35  Cortlandt  Street,  N.  Y, 


PICTURES  &  FRAMES,  of  all  kinds  of 
G.  K.  PERINE,  60  Reade  St.,  New  York. 
Wholesale  prices.  Send  lor  Catalogues. 


First  Naughty  Boy  at  Pump.—" Billy,  does  bis  boots  hold  water?” 
Second  Naughty  Boy,  with  Pitcher. — “You  bet  they  do  !  The’re  jus 


LIBERAL  TERMS  TO  IMPROVERS 


Bankers,  13  Broad  St.,  New  York 


11  Years  Credit,  7  per  cent.  Interest. 

NO  PART  or  THE  PRINICPAl  PAYABLE  FOR  FOUR  YEARS 


VI  ENNA 

PREMIUMS. 


Boots  and  Shoes  made  in 
this  way  cost  20  per  cent, 
less  than  hand-sewed  and 
their  equal  in  every  re¬ 
spect.  • 


FINE  GRAIN  -GROWING  REG  TON 


PLANTS  AM)  BULBOUS  ItOOTC 

For  AlITT  VIN  of  1873.  ^ 

Kllwniurer  iV  Burry  offer  to  1‘Usnters  and  Dealers 
the  larges- 1  and  most  complete  stuck  in  the  country  of 
zmiuiiIii id  :iinl  I>wm»I  bruit  Trials, 

(irnpc  Vine-.  Small  FiiiIi-, 
it i'iiii iiiciit a  1  Trees,  Shrubs,  Evergreens, 
New  A:  Bure  Fruit  A  Orun mcnlii  I  Tree-, 
New  A  Jtore  l.'reeti  A  llol  House  Plums, 
Hull. on-  FloWCI' lull  Bonin. 

Small  parcel*  forwareUA  I’V  rnail  wlwn  elcMred.  Prompt 
attention  to  nil  Uuruhrle*. 

Descriptive  ntnl  llluxtratril  Print'd  CaUtlOQUai  unit  jire- 
paitl  oo  n  r:,  pt  ti !  slumps,  as  follows ; 

No.  1  —  Fruits.  1  tic.  No.  2  -Ornamental Trees,  1 0c. 
No. 3  Greenhouse,  IOc.  No.  I  -Wholesale,  (Just 
Published.)  Free.  No.  5— Bulbs,  Free.  Address, 

PstabVd  1810.  ELLWANGER  &  BARRY, 


Tracts  oC  one  and  two  thousand  acres  available  for 
Neighborhood  Colonies,  or  lor  Slock  Farms. 


THE  WILSON  SHUTTLE 

SEWING  MACHINES 

Received  the  Grand 


A  four-year-old  that  can¬ 
not  wear  a  shoe  through  at 
the  toe  in  ten  days  is  not 
worth  raising.  Silver  Tips 
prevent  this. 


ICnccfllenl  CD  mat  * ,  with  Pure  Plotting;  Water 


“  1  would  imy,  thnt  m  the  course  of  many  years, 
and  through  extensive  travel,  I  have  not  seen  a  more 
inviting  country,  noront;  which  offers  greater  induce¬ 
ments,  with  fewer  objections  to  settlement,  than 
these  lands  Of  the  A.  T.  ,V  S.  F.  H.  K.”  H.rtract  De¬ 
port  of  Henry  Stewart,  Agricultural  Editor  American 
Agriculturist. 

For  full  particulars  inunlre  of 

A.  E.  TOUZALfN, 

Lund  Commissioner,  Topeka,  Kax. 


GREAT  RE  DUCTBON 


AND  MEDAL  OF  HONOR 

FOR  THE 


TEAS  AND  COFFEES 


Increnaed  Fncllltlcs  to  Club  Organ  ein, 
Send  lor  New  Price  Lint. 


^OMEsr/r 


THE  GREAT  AMERICAN  TEA  CO. 

P.  0.  Box  6643.)  31  &  33  Vesey  Bt.,  New  York 


M  AUISTER  S  PATENT  AKTOPTICON. 

The  most  powerful  Magic  Lantern 
ewi  made:  with  a  l.rilHantOH  Lamp; 
for  Home.  Sunday  Schoolund  Lectures, 
StereopUconn,  &o.  Slides  at  reduced 
prices-  A  pri.htable  husincrx  fen' a  man 
wUh  small  capital .  Send  st  ump  for  Cat- 
W.  MITCHELL  M’ALLISTER. 

1314  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia. 


THE  BEST  MADE  SEWING-  MACHINES 

AND  THREE 

Co-Operative  Medals 

FOR 

The  Best  Miuie  Set  o<* 
Harness, 

The  Best  Made  Side  Saddle, 

The  Best  Boot  and  Shoe 
Work, 

And  the  Best  Samples  ot 
Cloth  Sewing. 


GRANDEST  SCHEME  EVER  KNOWN! 

FOURTH  GRIND  RIFT  CONCERT 

FOB  Tine  BENEFIT  OF  THIS 


Agents  Wanted. 

BENI)  FOn  CATALOGUE. 

DOMESTIC  SEWING  MACHINE  GO.,  NEW  YORK 


alogue, 


PAltK  TOWNS.  SE.lRIDE  TOWNS, 

CEMETERIES, 

LANDSCAPE  GARDENING.  CO l NTH Y  PLACES. 

Robert  Morris  Copeland  businude  plans  for  12  Park 
Towns,  19  Cemeteries  and  501)  Public  and  Private 
Estates.  Hr,  furnishes  advice,  plans  and  superin¬ 
tendence  for  nil  kinds  of  suburban  and  rural  im¬ 
provements.  Offices,  — 11)  City  Exchange,  Boston, 
Mass.,  705  Sanaom  St.,  Philadelphia,  and  Ridley  Park, 
Delaware  Co.,  Pa. 


Insure  In  the  TRAVELERS  of  Hartford,  Ct. 


in  W  lillKS  or*  TRIM)  in 

yi  X  TOR  ONLY  30  CENTS !  «  # 

ill  American  Rural  Home.  All 

Live,  beautiful  and  chfap,  Agents  wanted,  llext 
cash  premium*.  Specimens  tree  Address 

THE  Bt  UAL  HOME,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


The  Perkins  &  House 

SAFETY  LAMPS, 


The  Fourth  Grand  Gift  Concert  authorized  by 
special  act  of  the  Legislature  for  tho  benefit  of  the 
Public  Library  of  Kentucky,  will  take  place  in  Pub¬ 
lic  Library  Hall,  at  Louisville,  Ky., 

WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  3,  1873. 

Only  Sixty  Thousand  tickets  will  be  sold.  Tho 
tickets  are  divided  into  ten  coupons  or  parts. 

At  ibis  Concert,  which  will  bo  tho  grandest  musical 
display  over  witnessed  lu  this  country,  the  unprece¬ 
dented  sum  of 


Safety  Filling  Cans  &  Lanterns, 

tSf-FOIt  SALK  BY  I iKALKKS  EVERYWHERE, 
Manufactured  by 

CLEVELAND  NON-EXPLOSIVE  LAMP  CO., 

■12  Barclay  St.,  N.  V„  anil  Clevttlund.  Ohio. 


No  other  Sewing  Machines  received  Prem¬ 
iums  on  their  merits,  which  we  will  prove 
by  evidence  at  our  office,  and  that  all  re¬ 
ports  relating  to  the  contrary  are  false. 


divided  Into  12.0b  cash  gifts,  will  be  distributed  by 
lot  among  the  ticket-holder#. 

I, I  ST  OF  GIFTS* 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT . 

ON K  GRAND  CASH  GIFT . . . 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT . 

ONE  GRAND  GASH  GIFT . 

ONE  GRAND  FASH  GIFT . 

10  GASH  GIFTS  $10,000  each . 

80  CASH  GIFTS  5.1  Ml  each . 

50  GASH  GIFTS  1,11(10  each . 

HO  GASH  GIFTS  500  each . 

100  CASH  GIFTS  400  each . 

150  GASH  GIFTS  81)0  each . 

250  CASH  GIFTS  200  each . 

825  CASH  GIFTS  1(KI  each . 

11,000  CASH  GIFTS  50  each . 

TOTAL.  12,000  GIFTS,  ALL  GASH, 
amounting  to. . $1,500,000 

The  distribution  will  bo  positive,  whether  till  the 
tickets  ure  sold  or  not,  and  the  12,000  gifts  all  paid  in 
proportion  to  tho  ticket#  sold. 

PRICK  OF  TICKETS* 

Whole  tickets,  AMI;  I  fylves  *25;  Tent  ha, Or  each  Cou¬ 
pon,  *6;  Eleven  Whole  Tickets  for  tOftb  22 K  Tickets 
for  *1,000 ;  118  Whole  Tickets  for*5.00(i;  227  Whole 
Tickets  for  MO.IIOO.  No  discount  on  less  than  *.00 


■I"’1"  .'-'j.  ' 

.  .  i..  •  —  Jr . 


WOOD,  TABER  &  MORSE 


Machines  Solti  on  Easy  Monthly  Payments, 

SALESROOM  s 

707  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK, 

And  all  other  Cities  in  the  United  States, 


8250.0 

100.(100 

50,0110 

25,000 

17.500 
!  00,000 
i  .‘,<1.000 

50,000 

40,000 

40,00!) 

45,000 

50.000 

32.500 
550.000 


EATOM,  H  A  DISOY  t’O.,  i\ 

MANUFACTUKKUS  OF 


Portable 


Stationary 

iiiut  Agricultural. 

LI  ~ '14  J  Hundreds  In  use  in  Shops, 
\  —  if  .  -  •  |  Printing  Rooms,  Mills,  Mines, 

item . i  rj|  and  on  Farms  and  Pianta- 

[!Hh(  •  ■  A-l  [fl  Hons,  for  Grain  Threshing, 

— _ ‘~~~u - -  ^aa  Food  Cooking  tor  Stock, Cot- 

ton  Ginning,  Sawing,  Jcc. 
Circulars  sent  on  application. 


COMBINED  CLOVER  THRESHER 
AND  SEPARATOR. 


(Established  in  1834,) 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

PIANO-FORTES. 

A  CARD  TO  Tin:  PUBLIC : 

Parties  desiring  to  purchase  would  find  it  to 
their  advantage,  before  deciding,  to  examine, 
at  our  Elegant  IFtirrrooiiit,  or  at  the  dealers 
throughout  the  country,  the  Piano-Fortes  man¬ 
ufactured  by  us.  with  our  Patent  Jliielret-Car- 
tfOhatrd  Sounding  Hoard ,  which,  for  durability 
and  superiority  of  tune,  renders  them  unsur¬ 
passed.  Every  Instrument  fully  warranted.  Il¬ 
lustrated  circulars  and  prices  sent  on  applica¬ 
tion. 


Tho  clover  is  fed  into  tills  machine  as  it  comes 
from  the  Held;  is  Threshed,  (lulled  and 
C  Jen nod  at  One  Operation.  The  chaff  not 
hulled  at  lu  st  passage  through  the  bullet-,  is  returned 
by  an  elevator,  and  t.lm  light  stems,  pusses  front 
t  he  tan  shoe  to  an  extra  elevator  and  rel  urns  them  to 
the  tun  Without  going  through  the  l-l  idler.  No  Be- 
hn  lulling  ol  any  Tailings  „r  GhulL  Capacity 
from  20. to  70  bushels  per  day.  Over  2.500  Ma¬ 
chine#  in  uxe  (lirniigliunl  the  Untied  Stales. 
Cunudn  mid  Prneala.  Send  fwr  Circular.  Terms 
und  Prlous. 

BIRDSELiL,  MANUP’G  COIWCPANY, 
South  Ilend,  lml. 


EUREKA  WHEAT 


This  Wheat  originated  in  the  Northern  part  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  and  wus  started  from  one  head. 
It  bus  proved  to  be  one  of  the  earliest  and  most  hardy 
of  all  Winter  Wheat,  and  lias  yielded  fifty-two  bush¬ 
els  per  acre  til  is  season  ;  the  average  yield  Is  from  five 
to  ten  bushels  more  per  acre  tlmri  any  other  variety. 
Wa  liuveu  limited  guppiv,  and  will  furnish  It  at  fol¬ 
lowing  prices  until  our  stock  Is  exhausted : 

Sample  of  this  wheat  sent  by  mull  free. 

For  Two  Busbcls.  Including  snipping  und  bag,  $10  00 
“  One  “  “  ,s  “  “  5  50 

“  Half  »  «  «  *•  *»  3  00 

Send  two  cent  stamp  for  sample  of  Pure  Ground 
Bone.  L.  B.  COXE  &  CO.,  Agricultural  Implement 
and  Seed  Store,  197  Water  St.,  New  York. 


By  one  A  geul  selling  Silvers  Patent 
Broom.  Recommended  bv  the  late 
Horace  Greeley,  Am,  Agriculturist, 
and  100,000  rYmillies  using  them. 
One  county  for  each  Agent.  Success 
\ sure ,  C.  A.  CLEGG  &  CO., 

20  Cortlandt  St.,  N.  Y. 


'  ,o<i  V  .i  • 
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VOL.  XXVIII.  No.  13. 1. 
WHOLE  No.  1235.  ) 


f PRICE  Six  CENTS 
1  $2.50  PER  YEAR. 


[Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1373,  by  D.  D. 


Moore,  In  the  oiBco  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  pt  Washington.] 


of  Juno  (the  longest  day)  these  gentlemen 
went  through  many  long  rows  in  the  orchard 
and  girdled  eveiy  other  tree  just  below  the 
limbs,  by  cutting  around  carefully  through 
the  bark,  without  disturbing  the  inner  coat¬ 
ing  (or  wlmft  is  termed  albumen),  pealing  the 
bark  down  about  eight  inches.  This  process, 
if  well  done,  will  Lu  the  course  of  the  season 
form  a  lino  new  burk,  which  is  supposed  to 
do  no  harm  to  the  tree.  The  effect  is  so  pal¬ 
pable  that  1  beheld  with  surprise  and  delight 
every  other  tree  loaded  down  with  apples, 
while  those  not  girdled  had  few  if  any  apples 
on  them.  So  well  am  I  satisfied  of  its  bene¬ 
fits  that  if  there  wore  a  hundred  trees  in  my 
orchard  that,  were  tardy  in  fruit  boaring  I 
should  not  hesitate  to  girdle  every  one  of  the 
number.  H.  N.  Langworthy. 

Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Sopt.  15, 1873. 


nuts,  repeated  washings  and  triturating  will 
rid  them  of  their  bitter  and  acrid  principle, 
leaving  the  fecuia  in  an  eatable  state  ;  the 
only  question  being  that  of  the  cost  of  the 
labor  required  for  these  operations.— -Fredk. 
Palmer,  Versailles. 


ing  is  the  best  wash  that  can  be  applied  to 
promote  growth  and  prevent  moss.  Moss 
will  not  accumulate  on  trees  that  are  grow  ¬ 
ing  rupidly.  An  apple  or  peach  tree  will 
grow  finely  on  soil  that  will  not  produce  corn 
or  potatoes,  by  plowing  throe  or  four  times 
through  the  summer  ;  and  you  can  get  well 
paid  for  the  cultivation  by  planting  corn  or 
potatoes  in  your  orchard.  If  the  soil  is  too 
thin  to  produce  a  good  crop,  and  manure 
scarce,  manure  in  the  hill,  t  do  not  think  it 
uoeessary  to  plow  trees  t  he  first  year  set,  but 
mulch.  Plow  after  that  regularly  until  large 
enough  to  bear  ;  then  sow  in  clover. 

Trimble  Co.,  Ky.  Ben.  Morris. 


THE  ARECA  PALM 


Few,  if  any,  of  the  noble  family  of  Palms 
present  a  more  lovely  or  graceful  appearance, 
than  the  Areca  Paltn  (Areca  Catechu),  nor 
does  any  other  Palm  perform  a  more  import¬ 
ant  part  in  reference  to  the  manners  and  cus¬ 
toms  of  the  peopio  of  Southern  and  Western 
India  than  this  does.  It  is  a  necessary  ad¬ 
junct  to  ©very  Cingalese  aud  Indian  village 
wherever  it,  will  grow;  but  being  naturally  a 


UNFRUITFUL  vs.  FRUITFUL  APPLE 
TREES. 


In  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  September 
13t,h  your  attention  was  called  to  the  cause 
and  remedy  of  unfruitful  apple  trees,  by 
Fred.  Ckllkm,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.  Although 
yon  could  not  answer  his  request  without 
being  wise  beyond  your  day  and  generation, 
yet  there  are  new  developments  of  the  laws 
of  vegetable  physiology  In  our  day  that  are 
of  great  value  to  the  rural  profession. 

A  few  days  since,  while  visiting  my  friends, 
M.  I.  Babcock  and  son,  in  the  town  of 
Brighton,  who  arc  largely  engaged  in  fruit 
growing  and  farming  generally,  my  atten¬ 
tion  was  called  to  a  most  useful  experiment 
in  one  of  their  largest  orchards  (of  a  few  less 
than  a  thousand  trees),  for  the  purpose  of 
In  some  of  increasing  their  bearing  habits.  The  modus 
s  unproduc-  operandi  was  after  this  sort : — rn  the  month 


BOXWOOD 


Will  you  be  so  kind  as  to  give  me  some 
information  about  boxwood  ?  By  some  it  is 
considered  to  be  very  unhealthy.— Bedford. 
We  can  scarcely  determine  from  your 
Wb  are  reading,  frequently,  in  the  various  questions  what  kind  of  information  you  do- 
agricultural  papers  of  numerous  prepara-  sire.  There,  are  many  species  of  Box 
ticris  to  promote  the  growth  and  remove  the  (/Li.cus),  native  of  New  Holland,  China  and 
moss  from  off  fruit  trees.  From  my  oxperi-  Great  Britain.  Some  are  mereiy  small,  dwarl’ 
enoe  (I  have  five  thousand  apple  trees  set  shrubs,  while  others  grow  to  a  size  sufii- 

from  3  to  5  years),  1  find  that  thorough  plow-  oiently  large  to  be  termed  trees,  liko  the 

_ _  liuxus  arbwrescena,  the  wood  of  which  is  so 

=Slll£fejv  extensively  used  by  engravers.  We  never 

N.  heard  of  un  instance  where  any  one  suffered 

\  any  deleterious  offset  by  coming  iu  contact 

^  with  boxwood,  or  that  the  plants  were  in 

3  junous  to  health.  It  may  bo  that  your  in- 

:  ■»  ,  quiry  refers  to  some  other  kind  of  plant,  and 

L  ^  not  to  the^true  boxwoods. 


MANAGEMENT  OF  ORCHARD  TREES, 


ORIGIN  OF  THE  NAME  HORSE  CHEST 
NUT. 


The  following  curious  derivation  of  the 
name  Horse  Chestnut  sE sculus  Hippoc.asta- 
num )  an  well  as  the  fact  giving  rise  to  it,  may  |J 
possibly  be  as  new  to  others  as  it  was  to  me,  ^ 
particularly  as  neither  Loudon  in  his  “  Ency¬ 
clopaedia, ,J  nor  any  French  book  on  the  sub¬ 
ject,  that  I  have  seen,  makes  any  mention  of 
it.  On  examining,  cither  with  or  without  a 
glass,  the  mark  left  by  the  leaf  stalk  after  its 
fall,  a  very  distinct  impression  of  a  horae  = 
shoe  imbedded  in  tho  bark  may  be  observed, 
bearing  in  relief  seven  dots,  simulating  the 
heads  of  as  many  nails.  This  mark  assumes  31 
much  more  accurately  the  shape  of  the  horse  9 
shoe  on  the  twigs  of  last  year’s  growth  than  ® 
on  older  wood.  This  derivation  seems  much  fj 
less  “  fur-fetched”  than  the  two  following,  H 
given  by  Loudon  :  — “  It  is  said  by  some  to  be  s 
applied  ironically  ;  the  nuts,  though  having  § 
the  appearance  of  sweet  Chestnuts,  being 
only  lit  for  horses  ;  and  by  some  others,  be-  iff 
cause  the  nubs  are  used  in  Turkey  for  curing  =? 
horses  of  pulmonaiy  diseases.”  If  fit  for  any  g 
animals,  ILorse  Chestnuts  are  more  likely  to  S 
be  called  only  lit  for  pigs.  First,  because  the  1 
irony  would  be  so  much  the  greater ;  and,  H 
secondly,  because  horses  do  not  eat  them  I 
willingly  As  to  their  use  in  the  medical  line,  I 
it  is  possible  that  Turks,  being  no  great  doc-  3 
tors,  may  administer  them  to  consumptive  I 
horses,  but  they  can  hardly  be  of  much  use  £ 
in  lung  complaints,  as  their  only  medicinal  ^ 
property  recognized  in  civilized  pbarmaco  fl 
peia,  ig  that  of  a  tonic,  and,  as  such,  the  I 
tincture  of  Hors©  Chestnuts,  is  sometimes  II 
given  for  gastralgia.  The.  oil  of  Horse  Chest-  I 
nuts  was,  a  few  years  ago,  greatly  puffed  up  j i 
In  Paris  as  a  cure  for  gout ;  it  was  applied  H 
externally,  but  of  little  or  no  use,  and  is  now  I 
considered  merely  as  a  quack  medicine. 
Starch  3eems  to  be  the  best  product  of  these 
nuts,  but  somehow  the  manufacture  of  it  haB 
never  paid  in  this  country,  although  Horse 
Chestnuts  may  be  had  almost  everywhere 
for  the  mere  gathering.  Like  Cassava  (or  Is 
Manioc)  and  many  other  feculent  roots  or 


ARBORICULTURAL  NOTES 


Torch  Pruning  in  Summer  is  practiced 
when  it  seems  desirable  to  shorten  branches 
ori  large  treea  whoso  innovations  upon  their 
neighbors  render  it  apparently  necessary  to 
■xit  them  down.  This  is  done,  by  some  urbor- 
culturists,  by  means  of  a  long  bamboo  cane 
with  a  torch  affixed  to  its  tip,  upon  a  contin¬ 
uation  of  stiff  wire  for  the  last  half-ell.  The 
present  season  of  midsummer  is  the  time  at 
which  to  operate.  The  torch  is  merely  a 
bunch  of  cotton  or  linen  rags  dipped  in  oil. 
By  means  of  it  we  can  easily  shrivel  up, 
light,  and  destroy  the  foliage  for  over  two 
►r  three  or  more  feet  at  the  extremity  of  a 
ide-braneh,  although  it  may  be  thirty  or 
orty  feet  above  our  heads.  In  the  follow¬ 
ing  Bpring  such  extremities  will  be  seen  to 
bB  either  quite  dead  or  nearly  so  ;  and  the 
.  iteral  advance  of  the  offending  limb  of  the 
ree  will  have  been  effectually  cheeked. 

A.  S.  writes  :  “If 


|  Plaguing  Stone  Fruits, 

>u  plant  the  pit  of  a  peach,  plum  or  cherry, 

.  ill  it  produce  the  same  variety  of  fruit ;  if 
>t,  can  you  graft  it  with  any  fruit  of  the 
iime  kind  ?  Can  you  graft  a  garden  cherry 
o  i  a  wild  cherry.”  No,  the  product  of  the 
pit  of  tlio  peach,  plum  or  cherry  will  not 
1  always  produce  the  same  variety.  It  some- 
’  i  lines  does,  but  not  often.  To  both  question* 
(  about  grafting,  we  answer  yes  ;  but  in  the 
ease  of  grafting  cherries,  some  of  the  culti- 
■ated  sorts  make  w  ood  so  much  faster  than 
.  t  ic  wild  cherry,  that  it  is  better-  to  root  graft. 

Osage  Orange  J  ledge. — I  have  some  Osage 
j  Orange  hedging,  set  last  spring.  Can  you, 
[  or  some  of  your  corn, pendents,  tell  me  how 
1  to  manage  it  through  the  winter— whether 
K  it  needs  any  protection  or  not?— Wm.  C., 
I  Cicero,  Ind. 

[j  It  needs  no  management.  Let  it  alone  ;  if 
the  winter  nips  i*  it  will  grow  again,  gener 
ally,  the  following  spring. 


202 


V? 


of  immigration  began  to  roll  towards  and 
stop  around  me. 

Again,  for  the  past  five  years  I  have  been 
wholly  incapacitated  for  performing  manual 
labor,  and  sometimes  not  even  able  to  see 
our  stock  for  weeks  at  a  time  ;  yet  through 
hired  help  have  kept  them  together,  and  even 
made  some  headway. 

Ours  has  been  and  till  is  a  mixed  business  ; 
therefore  it  will  be  impossible  for  the  an¬ 
swers  to  bo  strictly  accurate  in  every  item. 

INTERROGATORIES  ANSWERED. 

1.  The  breed  is  Spanish  Merino,  and  will 
average  throe-fourths  blood  ;  some  are  full, 
some  only  one-half  blood. 

2.  The  proportion  of  ewes  is  about  one- 
third. 

3.  The  “care  and  shelter”  has  been  very 
rough,  indeed.  For  shelter,  rough  sheds  set 
into  a  steep  bank,  boarded  in  front,  open  at 
each  end,  hay  roof,  is  our  best,  and  is  re¬ 
served  for  breeding  ewes  and  weak  lambs. 
A  few  of  the.  ewes  and  most  of  the  lambs  had 
only  the  lee  side  of  a  hay-rick  for  shelter. 
The  wethers  had  t  he  lee  side  of  a  board  fence 
and  the  further  protection  of  a  few  rows  of 
cottonwood  trees  four  years  old.  All  had 
free  access  to  pure  running  water.  They 
were  kept  in  the  yards  from  the  middle  of 
October  to  the  middle  of  May— seven  months 
—four  to  six  weeks  longer  than  usual.  Their 
food  consisted  of  blustem  hay,  wheat,  oat 
and  barley  straw,  and  shelled  corn  at  the 
rate  of  one  bushel  a  day  to  the  hundred.  At 
least  such  was  the  order. 

4.  The  “yearly  cost  per  head  of  keeping” 
averages  about  00  cents— last  year  04  cents. 

5.  The  “  rate  of  natural  increase  annually  ” 
is  about  25  per  cent.  [This  evidently  means 
25  per  cent,  upon  the  whole  flock,  one-third 
only  of  wliich,  it  will  be  recollected,  are 
ewes. — Con] 

0.  “  Net  price  of  wool  per  pound  ?  Where 
sold  ?”  Has  ranged  from  21  to  20  cents. 
About  half  the  clips  sold  here  ;  the  others 
sold  in  Boston. 

7.  The  “  cost  per  head  of  sheep  originally” 
ranged  from  $2.50 to  $7— average  about  $4.25. 
“Where  bought?”  In  Jackson  county, 
Mich.,  and  Wyoming  and  Livingston  coun¬ 
ties,  N.  Y. 

S.  Shear  but  once  a  year. 

9.  Our  range  at  first  wub  wholly  upon  the 
public  lands,  now  wholly  upon  our  own 
lands  ;  but  the  grasses  are  the  same — native. 
We  have  clover,  timothy  and  Kentucky 
blue-gross  growing,  but  not  iu  sufficient 
quantities  to  use  for  hay  or  pasturage.  All 
varieties  do  well  so  far. 

10.  “How  many  sheep  to  the  acre?” 
About  five  sheep  for  our  average  prairie 
grass  in  this  section.  To  stock  much  heavier 
would  soon  eat  out  the  bluestcm  portion  of 
the  grass.  The  bunch  and  grama  grasses 
appear  to  improve  under  the  sheep’s  foot. 

11.  “  What  is  the  usual  average  mortality  ? 
From  what  causes  ?  ”  The  first  year  about 
twelve  per  cent. ,  last  year  two  and  a-half  per 
cent.,  and  for  the  whole  time  five  per  cent. 
Causes  :  debility  from  so  long  a  drive  in  the 
worst  possible  weather;  lack  of  proper 
shelter ;  lack  £of  grain  first  three  years, 
wolves,  wildcats,  drowning  ;  and,  lastly,  bad 
handling.  We  cannot  procure  help  that  un¬ 
derstands  sheep,  or  wishes  to. 

13.  Since  1855  sheep  have  been  in  such  bad 
repute  here  that  really  good  ewes  would 
scarcely  sell  at  all  ;  now  they  are  worth 
about  $-1  per  head.  For  best  bucks  about 


dressed.  A  frame  should  be  mode,  the  /A*  t  \ 

boards  or  slabs  fixed,  and  then  well  puddled  rv!FlCl(l  (!!' V0 13  , 

with  clay  bottom,  and  sides  about  twelve  to  ^ ^  H. 

eighteen  inches,  to  prevent  the  escape  of  the  -  .  -  ~ 

stuff.  To  economize  the  liquid  lot  the  dip  or  BERMUDA  GRASS  FOR  STOPPING  WASH 
tank  bo  narrower  on  the  bottom  than  at  the 
top— say  two  and  a  half  feet  wide  at  the 
bottom  when  four  feet  at  the  top.  Avoid  all 
dragging  when  dressing  and  on  any  other 
occasion  ;  construct  yards,  with  pens  handy 
and  easy  to  fill,  and  2,000  sheep  may  be  passed 
through  within  a  few  hours.  A  platform 
pen  on  a  swing  is  a  quick  way  to  plunge  in 
the  sheep.  Have  the  stuff  prepared  before 
yarding  and  penning  the  sheep  ;  dip  at  100* 

Fall.  The  animals  need  not  stay  any  time  in 
the  tank  ;  an  instant  will  do,  provided  they 
become  properly  saturated,  head  and  all. 

Let  them  go  out  into  a  draining  yard,  in 
order  that  the  stuff  running  off  them  may 
return  into  the  tank,  which  has  to  be  refilled 
from  time  to  time,  as  may  be  required,  and 
is  easily  done  by  measuring  and  marking  the 
tank  before.  The  tobacco  should  bo  boiled 
and  kept  simmering.  Much  time  is  gained 
by  soaking  it  twenty-four  hours  before  boil¬ 
ing.  Tf  a  steam  pipe  can  be  laid  on  to  keep 
up  the  proper  heat.,  all  the  better.  The  sul¬ 
phur  should  be  made  iuto  a  batter  and  then 
put  into  the  tank,  and  the  liquid  stirred  well 
about.  The  tobacco  effects  the  cure,  while 
the  sulphur  is  added  to  prevent  infection ; 
but  be  it  understood  that  scale  insects  are 
sometimes  found  on  sheep  in  spite  of  the 
sulphur,  but  it  is  of  rare  occurrence  ;  the 
sulphur  disagrees  with  them. 

I  would  advise  that  the  Sheep,  before  dress¬ 
ing,  should  be  picked.  The  most  infected, 
upon  whom  the  skin  has  become  hard,  should 
be  on  those  spots  well  rubbed  with  stuff  of 
double  strength ;  ami  that  the  stuff  may 
easier  penetrate,  the  application  of, a  hard 
brush,  or  even  currycomb,  in  order  to  remove 
the  crust,  is  all  the  better.  These  sheep 
should  then  stand  in  a  pen  and  be  passed 
through  the  dip  last ;  when  the  sheep,  thus 


THE  SHEEP  WALKS  OF  THE  GREAT 
PLAINS. 


A  writer  in  the  Rural  Sun  says  : — In  an¬ 
swer  to  your  correspondent  who  wants  to 
know  if  setting  it  (his  clay  hill)  with  Bermuda 
grass  will  be  of  service  in  stopping  the  wash¬ 
ing,  etc.,  I  would  say,  that  without  u  doubt 
it  would.  It  forms  n  most  perfect  sod,  the 
roots  permeating  the  soil  most  completely ; 
and  the  spears  of  grass  stand  so  thickly  that 
they  hide  from  view  every  inch  of  the  sur¬ 
face.  A  hillside  once  well  Bet  with  this  grass 
before  washing  into  gullies,  could  never  be¬ 
come  so  washed,  however  steep  it  might  be. 
As  a  proof  of  its  usefulness  for  tiffs  purpose, 
it  is  used  further  South  for  preserving  rail¬ 
road  embankments  and  the  levees  on  the 
Mississippi  river. 

Where  the  seed  in  sufficient  quantity  could 
be  obtained,  I  am  unable  to  say.  I  read  an 
article  lately  on  this  grass  maintaining  that 
it  did  not  perfect  its  seed  in  this  latitude. 
This,  I  am  satisfied  is  a  mistake.  But  it  is  a 
shy  bearer  of  seed.  My  opinion  is  that  the 
surest  and  best  way  to  got  a  stand  of  this 
grass  would  bo  to  plant  small  portions  of  the 
sod  about  ten  feet  apart  each  way,  or  closer 
if  desired.  This  done  and  the  weeds  and 
bushes  being  kept  down,  the  grass  would 
soon  occupy  the  ground,  and  form  a  sod  to 
the  exclusion  of  all  other  grasses.  It  throws 
out  runners  like  the  Btrawberry  plant,  which 
will  grow  several  feet  in  one  year.  These 
runners  have  joints  at  about  every  inch  or 
two,  at  which  roots  penetrate  the  earth  and 
spears  of  grass  grow  up. 


LETTER  FROM  A  TRANS-MISSOURI  PASTORAL  PIONEER. 

To  the  Editor  ok  the  Rural.  New-York¬ 
er  A  recently  published  pastoral  para¬ 
graph,  to  the  effect  that  a  Nebraska  flock 
master,  Mr.  Moses  STOCJuho,  had  Rheared 
from  sixteen  hundred  sheep  the  handsome 
amount  of  ten  thousand  pounds  of  wool,  ar¬ 
rested  my  attention,  and  I  accordingly  wrote 
to  el  mcestro  de  los  rebanoa,  propounding 
certain  specific  inquiries  as  to  details.  He 
has  just  kindly  answered  in  the  interesting 
letter  which  I  send  you. 

Harrison  Gray  Otis. 


FALL  OATS  IN  THE  SOUTH 


The  Rural  Carolinian  for  September  says  : 
“  We  believe  in  the  early  sowing  of  fall  oats, 
but  the  exact  time  must  depend  upon  the 
state  of  the  weather  and  the  soil,  and  the 
exigencies  of  the  other  plantation  work,  as 
well  as  upon  the  degree  of  latitude  ;  but  in 
our  own  experience,  oat  s  sown  in  September 
have  generally  proved  decidedly  bettor  than 
later  sowings.  It  is  a  mooted  question  how 
it  is  best,  to  cover  oats,  the  general  practice, 
however,  being  to  plow  them  in.  Running 
the  plow  very  lightly,  this  does  tolerably 
well ;  but  a  better  way,  we  think,  is  to  cover 
with  a  harrow,  and  then  pass  a  roller  over 
the  field.  The  Red  oat  is  the  best  kind  to 
sow,  as  not  liable  to  rust.  It  is  known  by  its 
brownish  red  husk,  and  has  a  thinner  and 
more  floxihle  but  strong  stem.  The  Black 
Poland  oat  is  u  very  heavy  and  very  valua¬ 
ble  kind,  but  not  so  safe  from  rust  as  the 
Red.  By  the  middle  of  tiffs  month,  or  at 
latest  by  the  end  of  the  month,  rye  for  win¬ 
ter  grazing  should  be  sown  ;  also,  barley  for 
the  same  purpose.  The  ground  should  be 
well  enriched,  especially  for  the  barley.  Both 
should  be  heavily  seeded— rye  two  bushels  to 
the  acre,  and  barley  from  three  to  four. 


CKUFA  OR  EARTH  ALMOND 


Being  one  of  your  subscribers  1  wish  an 
answer  to  a  few  inquiries  through  the  Rural 
New-Yorker.  1  saw  an  extract  from  the 
Southern  Cultivator  in  your  paper  of  Mav 
31.  relative  to  the  Spanish  Chula  or  Earth 
Almond  ;  and  what  I  could  gather  from  it,  I 
must  think  it  is  just  the  thing  we  need  here 
for  pasturage.  Now,  I  wish  to  know  some¬ 
thing  about  it,  and  would  like  to  have  the 
following  questions  answered  as  early  as 
convenient  through  your  columns,  viz. 1st. 
Where  can  the  seed  of  tho  Chufa  be  had  and* 
at  what  price?  2nd.  What  time  of  the  sea¬ 
son  should  it  be  planted,  and  how  much  seed 
to  the  acre  ?  3rd.  How  should  it  be  planted, 
and  how  cultivated  ? — H  B.  Ansell,  Curri¬ 
tuck  Co.,  N.  C. 

W E  shall  be  glad  if  any  of  our  Southern 
readers,  who  have  cultivated  the  Chufa,  will 
answer  these  questions  through  our  columns. 


effect  upon  it. 

Within  an  hour  after  dressing  it  may  be 
assumed  that  thu  scab  is  dead  and  the  eggs 
destroyed.  Many  hold  that  a  second  dressing 
is  required  in  about  fourteen  days  after  the 
first,  out  there  io  no  need  for  it  if  the  proper 
course  is  taken  by  the  first  application.  Of 
course  I  presume  that  all  the  sheep  are  prop¬ 
erly  dressed — none  left  out  and  afterwards 
to  join— or  all  expense  and  labor  would  be 
to  no  purpose.  If  sheep  run  in  a  paddock 
they  should  be  watered  in  a  day  or  two 
after  the  dressing,  and  if  any  be  found  which 
have  not  passed  through  the  dressing  they 
should  at  once  be  picked  out  and  properly 
dressed.  No  infection  will  take  place  during 
the  first  lew  days  after  dressing,  even  if 
dipped  in  tobacco  alone,  but  care  should  be 
had  and  no  neglect  allowed  in  any  way. 
Those  not  dipped  are  easily  distinguished,  as 
tobacco  and  sulphur  color  those  dressed. 


SCAB  IN  SHEEP 


FIELD  NOTES 


A  California  correspondent  of  the  San 
Francisco  Record  furnishes  the  following  on 
the  treatment  of  tiffs  disease  : — The  best  and 
safest  application  is  tobaeoo  and  sulphur  in 
equal  proportions— one  pound  of  tobacco  and 
one  pound  of  sulphur  to  each  four  gallons 
(some  allow  five  gallons,  wliich  I  do  not 
approve  of)  of  water.  I  may  mention  here 
that  in  Australia,  by  Legislative  enactment, 
any  tobacco  imported  for  the  purpose  of 
sheep  dressing  passes  duty  free,  hut  the 
Custom-house  officers  destroy  the  .tobacco 
for  smoking  purposes  by  touching  it  with 
spirits  of  tar— an  example  which  should  he 
copied  by  this  Government  .  The  most  simple 
process,  less  expensive  and  quickest,  is  to 
construct  a  dip  or  tank  into  a  hole  dug  in 
the  ground,  of  any  size,  as  may  be  required, 
according  to  complement  of  sheep  to  be 


Keeping  Sweet  Potatoes. — The  Fruit  Re¬ 
corder  says  : — Sweet  potatoes  are  best  kept 
in  very  dry  sand,  and  in  a  room  where  tem¬ 
perature  does  uot  go  below  40*.  We  usually 
take  sand  from  bridges  and  roads  in  a  dry 
spell  and  carry  it  to  the  rooms  where  we 
keep  the  potatoes.  The  potatoes  we  dig  and 
let  lie  in  the  son  a  day  or  so,  turning  them 
over  once  or  twice.  We  then  carefully  put 
them  in  boxes  or  barrels  and  take  them  to 
the  Btoreroom,  where  we  put  the  sand  in, 
knocking  on  the  ban-els  until  sand  settles  all 
through  them.  In  damp  weather  keep  a  fire 
in  the  room,  and  as  winter  sets  in  keep  a 
slow  fire  going,  just  sufficient  to  not  let 
mercury  fall  below  50’  to  C0°.  Duhlias  can 
be  kept  In  same  way,  also  any  kind  of  bulbous 
roots. 


Anqora  Goats  Again.  —  B.  C.  D.  asks : 
“  Would  you  advise  me  to  purchase  Angora 
goatB  with  ti  view  to  profit  from  the  sale  of 
the  fleece  ?”  We  reply,  No  !  We  have  known 
several  enthusiastic  gentlemen  who  have  in¬ 
vested  in  Augora  goats  in  this  country,  and 
finding  the  market  for  the  fleece  was  not  ade¬ 
quate  to  pay  them  the  expense  of  keeping 
their  flocks  have  tried  to  induce  us  to  create 
a  furore  for  the  stock.  This  paragraph  is  an 
index  of  the  way  we  have  aided  them  1  The 
only  profit,  to  be  derived  from  them  is  in  find¬ 
ing  credulous  people  enough  to  buy  and  pay 
for  their  progeny  at  fancy  jiricee'  But  the 
agricultural  papers  are  not  likely  to  aid  such 
a  swindle. 


i 


SEPT,  97 


OOBE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


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,§aii|ir  IhtfikitdrtT. 


THE  CANADIAN  CHEESE  FAIR. 

There  is  no  place  probably,  on  I  his  side 
the  Atlantic,  'where  a  greater  effort  has  been 
made  to  establish  cheese  dairying  on  a  firm 
basis  and  to  excel  in  cheese  manufacture, 
than  in  Canada,  Cheese  dairying  in  Canada 
as  a  specialty,  is  of  recent  origin.  In  1866 
the  United  States  supplied  Canada  with 
cheese — according  to  statistics  furnished  by 
Mr.  Morton— to  the  value  of  §300,000,  What 
little  cheese  was  made  in  Canada  before  this 
was  poor  stuff— at  least,  such  as  found  its 
way  to  the  markets — and  was  not  want  ed  by 
consumers.  But  about  this  time,  II  ait  vis  v 
Farrington,  an  old  Herkimer  Co.  Dairy¬ 
man,  went  to  Canada  for  the  purpose  of 
starting  a  factory  on  the  Associated  System, 
Canadian  farmers  were  not,  slow  in  seeing 
the  advantages  that  were  likely  to  result  to 
them  hi  this  new  branch  of  industry.  The 
movement  rapidly  gained  favor,  cheese  fac¬ 
tories  were  erected,  and  on  the  31st  of  July, 
1807,  a  large  meeting  was  held  at  Ingersoll 
for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a  Dairymen’s 
Association,  and  otherwise  promoting  the 
dairy  interests  of  Canada.  Wo  were  present 
at  that  meeting,  and  having  attended  nearly 
every  meeting  of  the  Association  since,  be¬ 
sides  looking  over  from  time  to  time  many 
of  the  factories  and  making  close  examina¬ 
tion  of  Canadian  cheese,  a  good  opportunity 
has  been  offered  to  note  dairy  progress  in 
Canada. 

The  Canadians,  in  the  first  place,  com¬ 
menced  operations  in  the  right  spirit  and  iu 
the  right,  way.  They  employed  cheese  mak¬ 
ers  from  the  States,  in* rodueingour  improve¬ 
ments,  and  at  the  annual  meetings  of  their 
Association  sparing  no  expense  to  get  full 
information  concerning  the  latest  improve¬ 
ments  that  were  being  made  on  this  side  of 
the  line.  They  soon  became  masters  of  the 
situation,  and  with  a  determination  to  leave 
no  stone  unturned  in  the  way  of  progress, 
they  now'  find  their  labors  rewarded  with 
success,  and  their  goods  eagerly  sought  after 
in  the  markets  of  Europe.  They  have  con¬ 
tinued  the  practice  of  employing  speakers 
from  the  States  to  make  addresses  at  l heir 
Annual  Conventions,  and  with  their  own 
speakers,  followed  by  discu  fiions,  which  are 
freely  participated  iu  by  practical  men,  they 
keep  abreast  with  the  progress  of  the  age. 

The  dairymen  on  this  side  have  flattered 
themselves  that  the  Canadians  are  a  long 
way  behind  in  the  art  of  manufacturing  fine 
goods  ;  hut  the  sooner  our  people  wake  up 
to  the  knowledge  of  dairy  progress  in  Can¬ 
ada  and  what  Canadian  dairymen  are  doing 
to  stimulate  improvement  in  the  dairy  art, 
and  thus  dista  nce  all  competition,  the  better 
it  will  he  for  us.  It  may  help  to  rouse  up 
some  of  our  dairymen  to  greater  effort, s  iu 
the  production  of  fine  goods.  For  if  the  t  ime 
comes— and  it  may— when  Canadian  cheese 
shall  be  preferred  in  the  Euglish  market  to 
New  York  “fancy  factory,”  our  notion  of 
superior  skiff  in  manipulating  milk  for  cheeso 
making  will  not  be  so  very  battering  to  our 
vanity,  to  say  the  least. 

Dairying  is  growing  to  be  a  large  interest 
in  Canada,  and  the  fact  that  Canadian  cheese 
is  at  this  writing  (Sept.  10th)  closely  shipped 
down  from  her  factories,  must  show  that  tlio 
cheese  sells  well  in  England,  since  English 
shippers  are  so  eager  to  get  it  and  pay  good 
prices.  The  Canadians  have  wovked  hard 
for  success,  and  for  uur  part,  we  are  glad  to 
see  those  who  deserve  success  reach  it.  This 
brings  us  to  the  subject  named  at  the  head 
of  this  article,  “The  Canadian  Cheese  Fair,” 
which  is  to  be  held  at  Ingersoll,  Oct.  3d  and 
3d.  That  the  Canadians  are  earnest  for  pro¬ 
gress,  and  mean  to  stop  nothing  short  of 
Rxceteior,  this  Fair  is  certainly  an  indica¬ 
tion,  since  no  less  than  §700  are  offered  as 
premiums.  There  are  seven  classes  for 
prizes.  They  are  as  follows  :— Class  A. — 
Best  0  factory  cheese,  not  less  than  50  lbs. 
each  ;  4  of  August  make,  one  each  week,  and 
2  of  September  make,  first  and  second  week. 
First  prize,  $100  ;  2d,  $75  ;  3d,  $50  ;  4th,  $25  ; 
5^h,  $20  ;  6th,  $15  ;  7th,  8th,  0th,  10th  and 
Uth,  $10  each  ;  12th,  13th,  14th,  15th  and 
16th,  $5  each. 

Clasa  B. — Best  3  daily  cheese  not  les3  than 
20  lbs.  each,  made  at  any  time  this  season. 
First  prize,  $20  ;  2d,  $10  ;  3d,  $5. 

Class  C. — Best  keg  or  tennet  of  dairy  but¬ 
ter  not  less  than  50  lbs.,  for  shipping  pur¬ 
poses.  First  prize,  $20  ;  2d,  $10  ;  3d,  $5. 

Class  D. — President’s  prize,  given  by  Thos. 
Ballantvne,  Esq.,  President  of  Canadian 
Dairymen’s  Association,  $50  for  4  best  fac¬ 
tory  cheese  of  not  less  than  50  lbs,  each,  made 
on  4th  and  5th  of  August  and  4th  and  5th  of 


I  September.  First  prize,  §30  ;  2d,  §15  ;  3d,  $5. 
Class  E.— Prize  given  by  James  L.  Grant, 
Esq.,  §50  for  4  beat  factory  cheese  of  not  loss 
than  50  lbs,  each,  made  11th  and  12th  of  Au¬ 
gust  and  1st  and  2d  of  Sept.  First  prize,  $30  ; 
2d,  $15  ;  3d,  $5. 

Class  F. — Prize  given  by  Benj.  Hopkins, 
Esq, ,  $25,  for  4  best  factory  cheese  of  not 
less  than  50  lbs.  each,  2  made  In  August  and 
2  in  September.  First  prize,  $15  ;  2d,  $10. 

Class  G.— rrize  given  by  E.  Caswell,  Esq. 
Two  silver  cups,  for  best  4  factory  cheeso  ;  3 
made  6th  of  August,  and  2  mudo  6th  of  Sep¬ 
tember. 

The  conditions  under  which  cheese  is  shown 
is  : — 1st,  That  no  cheese  be  bored  previous  to 
exhibition,  under  forfeiture  of  prize  ;  2d, 
Any  person  making  misrepresentations  or 
giving  incorrect  answers  to  questions,  will 
forfeit  prize ;  3d,  No  two  cheese  of  same 
day’s  make  to  be  shown  ;  4th,  The  same 
cheese  cannot  be  shown  in  more  than  one 
class  ;  5th,  Any  factory  can  compete  iu  all 
classes. 

Tlift  is  the  third  choose  fair,  we  believe, 
that  has  been  held  in  Camilla,  and  there  can 
be  no  doubt  that  great  benefit  has  been  de- 
livcd  from  them.  In  the  first  place,  it  stim¬ 
ulates  manufactures  to  do  their  best  iu  the 
hope  of  obtaining  a  prize,  and  the  money  of¬ 
fered  is  sufficiently  large,  to  make  it  an  in¬ 
ducement  to  try  for  the  prize,  to  aay  nothing 
of  the  advantage  which  would  result  to  t  he 
manufacturer  and  his  factory  by  taking  a 
prize.  Then  it  brings  the  different  manufac¬ 
turers  together,  where  different  cheeses  may 
be  compared,  and  the  difference  in  quality 
commented  upon  and  pointed  out  by  experts, 
and  tiff  all  the  peculiarities  of  manufacture 
are  to  he  stared,  faults  can  lie  corrected  and 
improvements  suggested. 

We  have  urged,  from  time  to  time,  that  a 
Cheese  Fair  something  similar  to  this  be  held 
by  the  dairymen  of  Now  York,  and  the  prizes 
should  he  large  enough  to  bring  out  a  large 
number  of  factories  to  the  contest.  The 
trouble  with  the.  cheese  exhibition  of  the 
State  Agricultural  Society  Is  Unit  the  pre¬ 
miums  are  scarcely  sufficient  to  pay  parties 
for  the  trouble  of  exhibiting,  and  hence  fac¬ 
tories  do  not  care  to  enter  the  lists.  Again, 
to  get  the  full  benefit  of  such  an  exhibition, 
it  should  be  held  separately  by  Itself  and  not 
connected  with  the  exhibition  of  other  ar¬ 
ticles. 

The  cheese  shows  of  Scotland  have  been  of 
immense  advantage  in  improving  the  char¬ 
acter  of  Scotch  cheese.  Why  cannot  Now 
York  and  other  dairy  States  receive  benefit 
from  such  shows  i  Wo  commend  the  subject 
to  the  attention  of  dairymen,  and  ask  them 
to  read  the  programme  above  of  the  Cana¬ 
dian  Cheese  Fair,  and  sec  if  they  do  not  find 
it  a  good  thing  to  pattern  after, 

4M - 

A  REMARKABLE  COW, 

At  the  recent  sale  of  Mr,  Campbell’s  Short- 
Horns,  held  at.  New  York  Mills,  N.  Y.,  the  Sth 
Dutchess  of  Geneva,  a  pure  Dutchess  cow,  7 
years  old,  was  sold  at  auction  to  Mr.  P.  Da¬ 
vis  of  Gloucester,  England,  for  $40,  (loo.  In 
purchasing  cows  for  our  own  dairy,  we  are 
accustomed  to  make  an  estimate  of  the 
quantity  of  cheese  or  butter  aha  will  bo  likely 
to  yield,  and  to  calculate  somewhat  as  to 
how  the  investment  will  pay.  The  old  rule 
among  daily  formers  was,  that  a  cow  ought 
to  yield  a  quantity  of  cheese  the  first  year 
sufficient  to  pay  for  her  cost, ;  that  is  to  say, 
by  not  counting  for  her  pasturage,  care  and 
keep,  and  tbe  labor  of  milking,  the  sale  of 
her  product  should  about  cover  the  price 
paid  for  the  cow,  so  that  at  the  end  of  the 
season  the  cow  may  be  said  to  have  “paid 
for  herself.”  If  we  measure  the  Sth  Dutch¬ 
ess  of  Geneva  by  this  rule,  and  assume  that 
she  will  yield  5lt  t  pounds  of  cheese  the  first- 
season,  we  find  that  the  cheeso  must  sell  for 
$8.1-20  per  pound  to  meet  her  cost.  Or  if  she 
is  supposed  to  yield  during  the  year  250 
pounds  of  butter,  her  butter  must  bring  over 
$162  per  pound.  This  is  considerably  above 
the  present  market  value  for  “gilt-edged” 
goods,  and  a  little  above  what  people  in  or¬ 
dinary  circumstances  would  feel  able  to  pay  | 
But  suppose  “the  Dutchess”  should,  by  an 
extra  effort,  yield  600  pounds  of  cheese  dur¬ 
ing  the  year,  then  if  the  cheese  netted  the 
farmer  (after  paying  factory  charges)  10c. 
per  pound,  it  would  take  her  676  years  at  this 
rate,  to  pay  her  first  cost,  to  say  nothing  of 
the  interest  accumulating  on  the  investment. 
As  we  do  not  expect  to  run  a  dairy  farm  676 
years,  we  prefer  to  make  our  money  other¬ 
wise  than  in  milking  this  cow. 

Again  ;  the  interest  on  $40,600  at  7  per 
cent,  per  annum,  is  $2,842.  So,  if  “the  Dutch¬ 
ess”  yields  her  500  pounds  of  cheese  the  com¬ 
ing  year,  the  cheese  must  sell  at  $5.68  per 
pound,  to  pay  interest  on  investment.  The 


price  named  is  higher  than  we  can  naturally 
expect  cheese  will  command  next  year,  un¬ 
less  the  quality  or  fiavor  improve  more  rap¬ 
idly  than  of  late,  But  supposing  the  cheese 
nets  the  farmer  10c.  per  pound  after  deduct 
ing  manufacturing  charges,  then  it,  appears 
—if  our  logarithms  and  algebra  are  correct — 
that  it  will  take  56  years  and  some  fractions 
of  it  year  to  pay  the  interest  for  one  year  on 
the  investment.  If  we  were  excessively  fond 
of  working  out  mathematical  problems,  the 
salo  of  this  “Sth  Dutchess  of  Geneva”  would 
suggest  a  variety  of  propositions  in  the  high¬ 
er  mathematics,  which  we  should  like  to  Bee 
solved  for  the  use  of  dairymen,  and  to  show 
how  a  high-priced  cow  can  lie  made  to  pay 
in  the  dairy  business. 

To  be  serious,  however,  wo  congratulate 
Mr.  Campbell  upon  his  sale.  His  herd  was, 
perhaps,  the  best  on  tliis  continent,  and  the 
prices  for  which  the  animals  sold  have  never 
been  equaled,  we  believe,  in  the  world. 
- ♦>  » 

MANAGEMENT  OF  MILK  FOR  TRANS¬ 
PORTATION. 

Commenting  upon  our  article  under  this 
head  in  Rural  New-Yorker  of  July  19,  the 
editor  of  Our  Homo  Journal  (New  Orleans), 
says: 

“  As  we  have  had  a  life-long  experience  in 
the  dairy  business,  und  shipping  milk  t<> 
cities,  we  will  here  state,  that  we  have  used 
both  r,in  cans  and  wooden  kegs.  Using  the 
very  best  tin  for  the  cans,  securing  them  with 
three  iron  bands,  we  have  found  that  tbu 
railroads,  in  combination  with  the  milk  vend¬ 
er--,  have  still  made  it  possible  to  ruin  them  to 
such  an  extent,  that  in  two  years  they  were 
thousand-cornered  instead  of  round.  These 
cans  being  expensive  at  first  cost.,  and  having 
to  be  replaced  every  t  hree  vottrs,  constitute,  a 
considerable  loss  to  the  dairy  man.  We  dis¬ 
carded  them  and  adopt  ed  wooden  kegs  con¬ 
taining  i.en  gallons  each,  made  of  one  and  a 
half  inch  White  oak  staves,  bound  with  four 
strong,  mm  hoops.  Two  of  the  staves  have 
wood  enough  to  make  a  level,  round  bung¬ 
le, le  four  inches  in  diameter.  The  bung-hole 
if  closed  as  described  above.  When  filled  it 
is  dote  to  the  very  bottom  of  the  hung,  the 
Lung  hole  covered  with  u  piece  of  domestic, 
and  the  lnmg  driven  home  and  locked  as 
above  described.  Thus  the  milk  cannot  agi¬ 
tate  the  least  in  the  keg,  and  consequently 
keeps  far  better  than  in  tin  cans  where  there 
is  always  a  vacuum.  These  keg h  cannot  be 
injured  and  will  last  for  many  years.  The 
cleaning  of  kegs  wc  have  found  as  easy  as  tin 


Horseman. 


TO  CAUSE  THE  HAIR  OF  MANE  AND 
TAIL  TO  GROW. 

X.  A.  L.,  asks  us  to  republish  a  recipe  for 
doing  this  which  he  has  seen  in  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  but  cannot  find  the  number 
which  contained  it,  [This  suggests  again 
that  those  who  do  not  file  the  Rural— and 
that  is  tlio  best  way'  to  do  for  wo  give  a  com¬ 
plete  index  every  six  months— should  make 
a  scrap-book).  We  herewith  give  the  recipe 
by  Miss  Mmy  Morgan,  an  accomplished 
horsewoman,  to  which  wo  suppose  our  cor¬ 
respondent  refers.  She  says  I  beg  to  give 
the  following  recipe,  which  1  have  personally 
proven  to  bo  efficient  in  restoring  a  healthy 
growth  of  hair  on  the  tails  and  marics  of 
homes  Corrossive  sublimate,  (hyd.  bichlo¬ 
ride,)  oxyinuriate  of  mercury,  each  four 
graius  iu  one  ounce  of  distilled  water.  Wash 
the  pans  where  the  hair  is  thin  with  warm 
water  and  soap,  then  rub  dry  with  a  linen 
cloth,  and  immediately  after  rub  in  some  of 
the  above  liniment.  If  the  hair  has  been 
rubbed  off  by  the  animal’s  own  endeavors  to 
allay  cutaneous  irritation,  then  dress  with 
the  follow  ing  ointment  :— One  ounce  of  lino 
flour  sulphur,  one  ounce  of  fine  pulverized 
saltpeter,  made  into  a  soft  ointment  with 
fresh  butter  or  fresh  rendered  hog’s  lard  ; 
rub  in  at  night  and  wash  out  in  the  morning 
with  warm  water  and  soap  ;  repeat  three  or 
four  times.  If  the  hair  is  scant  from  natural 
debility  of  the  capillary  organs,  then  simply 
use  cold  water  applied  with  a  soft  sponge  ; 
avoid  all  combing  or  brushing,  and  clean  the 
mane  and  tail,  as  the  Arabs  do,  with  a  coarse 
flannel  rubber. 

- - 

INTELLIGENT  MULES. 

H.  C.  Thomas,  Ex-Superintendent  of  a 
Horse  station  in  New  Orleans,  writes  the 
Turf,  Field  and  Farm  : 

1  will  relate  some  of  the  eccentricities  of 
the  brown  more  mule,  Lucy,  owned  by  the 
N.  O.  and  C.  R,  R.  Co.,  and  running  on  the 
Jackson  street  line.  The  stables  of  that  line 
where  the  stock  are  kept  are  half  way  be¬ 
tween  tbe  terminus  on  either  end— the  ani¬ 
mals  are  changed  on  the  up  trip ;  the 
track  being  a  double  one,  cars  pass  the  sta¬ 
tion  going  either  way,  and  the  animals  are 
required  to  rnuke  a  round  trip,  or  to  go  a  dis¬ 


tance  of  five  and  a  half  miles.  Lucy,  after 
being  bridled  and  turned  loose  from  her 
stable,  will  walk  to  the  front  entrance  where 
the  harness  is  put  on  her,  and  stand  there 
unhitched,  waiting  her  turn  to  go  out.  Hhe 
works  regularly  on  car  No.  5,  and  every 
other  car  of  the  line  may  pass  and  she  will 
not  move  ;  but  as  soon  as  No.  5  comes  near, 
she  will  start,  and  walk  out  to  the  track  and 
wait  to  be  hitched  in. 

Another  one  m  the  same  station,  if  it  casts 
a  shoe  while  out  on  a  trip,  will,  after  being 
unharnessed  and  turned  loose,  walk  delibor- 
atcly  to  the  blacksmith  shop,  enter  and  hold 
up  thn  foot  to  he  nhod.  And  what,  appeal's 
most,  strange  in  this  case  is,  that  when  vvrrv- 
Uung  is  in  readiness  to  tack  on  the  shoe  ‘it 
i  equii  os  t  o  men  to  hold  her  while  the  shoe 
is  put  on  ;  and  at  tunes  she  will  act  so  ualy 
ns  to  compel  us  to  throw  her  down  in  order 
to  shoe  her  i  do  not  pretend  to  suv  that 
mules  have  a  language,  or  that  they  can 
count  or  read  numbers,  but  I  do  know  thev 
are  judges  of  the  time  of  day,  as  this  will 
prove,  1  always  had  the  feeding  done  at  4:30 
A.  M.,  11  A.  M.,  and  5  F,  M.,  and  at  five  or 
ten  minutes  of  feeding  time,  In  walking 
through  the  stable  you  could  observe  an 
uneusmenH  on  the  part  of  all  the  stock,  and  if 
feeding  was  by  any  cause  delayed,  as  it  some- 
times  was,  they  would  make  the  stable  rim? 
with  their  neighing.  b 

- -»»4 - - 

TO  CURE  LOCK  JAW. 

B.  of  Tennessee,  in  Rural  Sun  (which  says 
that  the  writer  is  a  stock  grower  of  great; 
experience)  says  :— To  cure  lock  jaw,  or  Uta- 
nus,  from  a  wound,  you  should  open  the 
wound  well  with  a  Kharp  knife,  and  inject 
the  wound  six  or  eight  times  a  day  with  a 
strong,  warm  decoction  of  tobacco.  I  have 
known  this  to  cure  several  badly  wounded 
animals  in  Sumner  county  suffering  from 
lock-jaw,  and  every  person  who  owns  a  horse 
or  other  stock  ought,  to  buy  a  good  book  ou 
Farriery,  and  ho  will  save  money  by  it.  1 
have  saved  one  thousand  dollars  by  using 
Mason's  Furrier  and  his  remedies.  It  is 
known  he  was  a  highly  educated,  regular 
physician  and  a  wealthy  farmer,  devoted  to 
every  kind  of  stock  ;  and  there  is  more  grain 
and  less  chaff  in  his  writings  on  stock  and 
their  diseases  than  any  other  book  I  have 
ever  met  On  the  subject. 

■ - - - 

NOTES  FOR  HORSEMEN. 

Novel  Ilorse.-Prote  tor.— It  is  a  common 
thing  in  our  cities  to  protect  the  heads  of 
draft  horses  with  a  bonnet  or  cushion  to  keep 
off  the  blaze  of  the  sun.  But  a  Dublin  pro¬ 
jector  proposes  to  extend  a  similar  protec¬ 
tion  over  the  entire  animal.  He  makes  a 
frame  of  wood,  whale-bone,  iron  rods,  or 
other  flexible  but  strong  material,  and  this 
he  places  over  the  horse,  a  few  inches  above 
him,  the  frame  being  supported  either  by 
attachment  to  the  harness,  or  to  the  thills  of 
the  vehicle.  Upon  this  frame  he  stretches  a 
sheet  of  canvas,  oiled  cloth,  or  sheet  rubber, 
which  forms  a  complete,  pent-house  to  keep 
off  either  ruin  or  sun.  The  space  between 
the  animal  and  the  covering  permits  a  free 
passage  of  air,  wiiich  aids  transpiration,  and 
helps  to  keep  the  animal  cool.  The  principle, 
as  far  as  tliis  is  concerned,  is  similar  to  that 
of  tho  Odd,  oval-9hapedhats  worn  by  men 
in  the  East  Indies  from  time  immemorial. 
These  comprise  a  light  frame  of  bamboo 
slips  encircling  the  forehead  and  sustaining  a 
covering  lined  with  cork  an  inch  above,  and 
out  of  contact  with  the  head.  The  slight 
rustling  of  tbe  breeze  through  *ne’a  hair  is 
said  to  be  very  refreshing,  and  quite  possibly 
a  horse  furnished  with  one  of  the  new  “  pro¬ 
tectors”  may  coincide  with  this  experience 
during  hot  summer  days.— N.  Y.  Mail. 

Sweeny  Remedy. — An  Indianian  says  ho 
has  cured  a  valuable  horse  in  this  way  : 
Take  an  old  stocaiug  ;  make  a  little  bag  out 
of  some  part  of  it  four  or  five,  inches  Tong  ; 
fill  it  with  suit ;  sew  the  end  up  ;  take  a 
bucket  with  some  water  in  it ;  dip  iu  the  bag 
with  salt ,  now  double  up  your  shirt  sleeve, 
and  rub  the  suuken  part  for  fifteen  or  twenty 
minutes.  Rub  freely,  occasionally  pulling 
the  skin  so  as  too  loosen  it  after  rubbing. 
Grease  it ;  fresh  butter  is  best,  although 
other  grease  \\  ill  do.  Rub  it  in  also.  By  so 
doing  several  mornings  successively,  no  doubt 
the  mare  will  get  well.  It  will  take  two  or 
three  months  for  the  sunken  part  to  grow 
out  even  with  the  other  parts.  If  the  hair 
rubs  off,  it  will  grow  again. 

The  Water  Talcen  and  Voided  by  a  Horse 
in  24  Hours,  is  nearly  in  the  proportion  of 
38  to  25.  That  is  to  say,  if  a  horse  takes  in 
3S  lbs.  of  water  in  twenty -four  hours  he  will 
void  a  little  over  25  lbs.,  the  balance  being 
exhaled  by  pulmonary  and  cutaneous  trans¬ 
piration. 

Sure  Cure  for  Scratches.— The  following, 
which  I  have  tric'd,  though  simple  is  sure  : 
Wash  the  affected  parts  clean  with  Castile 
soap  ;  then  wash  with  fish  brine,  such  as 
comes  in  barrels  of  white  fish  or  Mackinaw 
trout.  I  have  never  known  it  to  fail. — o.  v.  E 


204 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


I  DO  BEES  INJURE  FRUIT! 

Eds.  Rural  New-Yorer  I  was  not  a 
little  surprised  to  find  you  copying  (S6e  Ru¬ 
ral  New-Yorker,  Aug.  30,)  without  com¬ 
ment,  and  consequently  indorsing*  an  article 
which  appeared  in  ft  late  number  ef  the 
American  Bee  Journal,  und  which  purports 
to  be  a  criticism  o£  an  article  from  my  pen 
in  the  New  York  Tribune  of  June  23d,  lust. 
That  which  you  have  copied  from  the  Amer¬ 
ican  Bee  Journal  is  from  ft  correspondent  of 
that  journal,  and  I  much  question  if  Mr. 
Clark,  the  editor,  agrees  with  his  corre¬ 
spondent.  Hud  the  latter  vented  his  wrath 
in  the  columns  of  the  New  York  Tribune,  as 
he  should  have  done,  instead  of  transferring 
his  criticism  t»>  a  new  field,  I  might  have 
given  him  more  fuel  to  feed  that  wrath.  As 
it  is  I  simply  ask  of  you  to  copy  the  original 
article,  winch  I  herewith  inclose,  that  your 
own  reader*  may  judge  how  successfully  this 
loud-mouthed  critic  can  misrepresent,  mis¬ 
quote  and — bawl. 

I  never  fear  the  truth,  and  never  write 
anything  that  1  am  not  ready  and  competent 
to  defend,  in  advising  extreme  measures  in 
an  extreme  case,  I  by  no  meant  make  gen¬ 
eral  war  upon  bees  ;  l'or  1  have  too  long  com¬ 
muned  with  these  busy  little  insects  not  to 
have  an  admiration  for  them  us  great,  at 
least,  os  that  professed  by  some  of  theirmore 
noisy  champions.  If  in  exceptional  seasons, 
when  no  flowers  offer  their  coveted  sweets, 
those  bee-keepers  who  have  large  apiaries, 
with  fruit-growers  for  neighbors,  would 
properly  feed  their  bees,  said  neighbors 
would  have  little  cause  to  complain. 

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Sept.  8,  73.  C.  V.  lllLRY. 

DESTRUCTION  Of  FRUIT  BY  BEES. 

I  live  just  outside  a  large  town— have 
about  an  acre  of  ground,  thickly  set  with 
all  the  choicest  early  and  late  varieties  of 
large  and  small  fruits  in  hearing  during  the 
season,  for  family  use,  the  surplus  being  put 
up  for  winter.  There  are  also  some  orna¬ 
mental  trees,  and  evergreens,  including  an 
arbor vi Lie  hedge  to  shelter  tire  small  birds, 
which  become  very  tame  under  the  kind 
treatment  they  receive.  My  neighbors  for  a 
long  distance  either  don’t  appreciate  this 
kind  of  a  home  or  are  not  disposed  to  expend 
the  necessary  labor  and  money  to  acquire  it, 
which,  of  course,  is  none  of  my  business,  this 
being  a  free  country. 

f  hke  fruit,  large  and  small,  to  become 
thoroughly  ripe ;  hut  from  early  to  Lite  in 
the  season  the  place  is  infested  with  myriads 
of  bees,  belonging  to  persons  that  fail  to  pro¬ 
vide  food  for  them.  Large  numbers  come 
from  town,  with  nothing  but  brick  walls 
and  cobblestones  to  extract  honey  from.  It 
is  unsafe  for  my  children  to  pick  berries  or 
fruit  when  they  are  ripe.  The  choicest 
peaches,  the  sweetest  pears,  aud  the  most 
delicious  grapes  are  hollowed  out  by  the 
starved  und  ravenous  insects,  Many  times 
last  season,  while  reaching  for  a  particularly 
fine  specimen  of  fully  ripe  fruit,  J  and  others 
of  the  family  were  severely  stung  by  bees 
lurking  within.  My  loss  last  year  in  moneyed 
values  was  considerable,  in  addition  to  the 
annoyance  and  injury,  all  caused  by  selfish 
people  who  keep  bees  for  profit,  and  cause 
others  to  feed  them  on  costly  diet. 

It  is  very  disheartening  to  find  nothing  but 
skins  and  stems  on  a  heavily  loaded  grape¬ 
vine,  left  to  fully  mature  the  grapes.  Not¬ 
withstanding  my  large  variety  and  abund¬ 
ance,  it  is  now  rare  to  obtain  an  uninjured 
specimen  or  whole  bunch  of  grapes,  unless 
pulled  before  being  ripe.  Forbearance  has 
long  since  ceased  to  be  a  virtue,  and  as  the 
nuisance  or  loss,  m  alarmingly  on  the  increase 
each  season,  i  now  desire  in  self-defence,  to 
know  in  what  manner  I  can  poison  or  destroy 
them. — J.  W.  Penn. 

REPLY  Bt  PROF.  C.  V.  RILEY. 

During  very  dry  seasons,  such  as  we  have 
experienced  in  this  country  for  the  past  two 
years,  when  honey-producing  flowers  are 
scarce,  bees,  which  in  ordinary  seasons  do 
little  or  no  injury,  are  apt  to  become  great 
nuisances  in  the  manner  described  by  your 
correspondent.  There  are  those  who  believe 
them  incapable  of  injuring  fruit  at  first  hand, 
and  who  contend  that  they  simply  follow  in 
the  path  of  birds  and  wasps  which  first  cut 
the  skin.  This  is  pure  sent  iment,  and  uttered 
by  those  who  blindly  magnify  the  virLues  of 
the  honey  bee,  and  are  guiltless  of  hawing 
given  tire  subject  serious  investigation. 
Those  who  have  carefully  watched  them 
during  such  seasons  as  1871,  1872,  in  vineyard 
or  orchard,  especially  in  Autumn,  will  not  be 
likely  to  hold  such  erroneous  views.  In  thus 
condemning  the  little  busy  bee  I  expect  to 
have  most  bee  keepers  down  on  me,  as  well 
as  many  of  my  scientific  friends,  as,  for  in¬ 
stance,  Dr.  H.  Hagen  and  Dr.  A  u  Gray  of 
Cambridge,  and  Dr,  A.  J3,  Packard,  Jr.,  of 
jjfcJalem,  Mass,,  each  of  whom  spiritedly-  took 
up  the  defense  of  the  bees  some  years  ago, 
when  the  people  of  Weuham,  in  that  State 
voted,  by  a  two-thirds  majority,  that  no  bees 
should  be  kept  in  that  town.  These  gentle¬ 
men  entirely  overlooked  the  real  facts,  how¬ 
ever,  and  simply  endeavored  to  show  that 
bees  could  do  no  injury  to  fruit  by  frequent¬ 
ing  the  flower’s  ;  but  that  they  were  beneficial 
in  aiding  fertilization  and  cross-fertilization. 
In  this  position  1  fully  concur,  and  I  have  no 

*  Mr.  Riley’S  conclusion  that  we  lDdorse  the  r-rtl- 
ele  referred  to  SB  act  legitimate.  We  publish  many 
articles  us  industrial  news  or  opinions  that  we  lire 
neither  prepared  to  Indorse  or  denj  — both  selections 
and  from  correspondents  Our  object  in  doing  so  I- 
to  provoke  dlscucoiou.  We  did  not  see  the  article 
Mr.  Rilby  sends  us,  or  we  should  haveeopled  It  first.  1 


sympathy  with  the  bee  prejudice  which  has 
at  times  possessed  people  with  the  belief 
that  fruit  is  injuriously  affected  by  the  bees’ 
visits  to  the  flowers  and  abstraction  of  the 
nectar.  The  existence  of  this  kind  of  opi- 
phobia  at  the  present  day  is,  I  take  it,  more 
imaginary  than  real,  and  the  objects  on  to 
bees,  under  certain  circumstances,  comes 
from  the  real  and  direct  injury  which  they 
do  to  the  fruit. 

The  mouth  of  the  honey  bee  is  fitted  both 
for  lapping  and  biting — a  characteristic  of 
the  order  l  iymcnoptrra  to  which  it  belongs. 
The  lower  hp  forms  a  tongue  by  which  it 
laps  up  nectar,  and  the  upper  jaws  are  fitted 
for  biting  and  cutting,  though  they  are  not 
generally  used  for  purposes  of  manducation 
as  with  other  mandibulate  insects,  and  where 
there  is  a  choice  the  bee  doubtless  prefers  an 
already  ruptured  grape  or  peach  to  one  which 
is  whole. 


Fig.  3— Fancy  Gate. 

Fig.  1  is  a  cheap,  strong  and  durable  gate, 
beside  being  neat — one  which  any  carpenter 
will  understand  and  can  make.  It  is  suita¬ 
ble  for  a  square  or  picket  fence.  Fig  3  is 
anothor  cheap,  fancy-framed  gate,  which 
may  be  used  appropriately  with  almost  nny 
style  of  picket  or  even  iron  fence.  Fig.  3  is 
a  unique  design,  which  i9  intended  to  rise  a 
foot  above  the  fence  in  which  it  is  inserted, 
and  to  have  high  cased  and  corniced  posts. 
Fig.  4  is  also  designed  to  be  made  higher  than 


the  fence,  is  simple,  cheap,  light  and  beauti¬ 
ful  in  design,  and  easily  made.  Any  carpen¬ 
ter  will  know  how  to  go  to  work  to  make 
these  gates. 

- - 

PICKING  AND  CURING  HOPS. 

A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  RURAL  NEW- 
Yorker  asks  for  suggestions  as  to  packing, 
curing  aud  baling  hops.  In  response  to  this 
question,  we  call  attention  to  an  article 
published  on  page  154,  Rural  Sept.  5  ;  and 
we  append  the  following  from  Well’s  Hop 
Circular  which  contains  valuable  suggestions: 
Aside  from  the  importance  of  curing  hops 
properly,  there  is  no  branch  of  the  culture  in 
which  the  growers  should  exercise  more 
care  than  in  picking.  All  foreign  substances, 


Fig.  1— Frame  Gate. 

J.  F.  Wielandy  of  Jefferson  City,  Mo., 
waa  last  year  so  annoyed  by  his  neighbor’s 
bees  that  he  lost  his  entire  peach  crop,  which 
was  rendered  unfit  for  market  by  their  injur¬ 
ies  ;  and  these  complaints  are  by  no  means 
exceptional.  In  such  cases  the  question 
“  what  to  do”  really  becomes  a,  serious  one, 
though  I  believe  legal  redress  is  not  possible. 
The  flees  which  injured  Mr.  W iclund 
were  owned  by  n  neighbor  w  ho  had  but  a 
small  lot  of  hind  and  ho  bee  pasturage  what¬ 
ever  ;  and  on  the  principle  that  their  owner 
had  no  more  abstract  right  to  allow  his  bee 
stock  to  depredate  on  his  neighbors’  fruit 
than  he  had  to  turn  his  hogs  into  their  corn¬ 
fields,  I  did  not  hesitate  to  advise  the  protect¬ 
ive  measure  of  poisoning.  If  J.  Vv.’s  for¬ 
bearance  should  again  be  put  to  so  sore  a 
test,  let  him  adopt  the  following  defensive 
course : 

First,  plant  a  plot  of  ground — as  much  as 
he  can  well  spare — to  milkweed,  alias  silk- 
weed  ('Ancle-plats ,  the  common  tubr.msn  an¬ 
swering  the  jmqjose  very  well).  When  these 
plants  come  into  flower,  the  bees  Will  be 
seriously  discommoded  thereby  :  for  the 
flowers  are  so  peculiarly  constructed  that  the 
pollen  masses,  which  look  like  little  flattened 
ovoid  pieces  of  war,  adhere  firmly  to  the 
hair  and  claws  of  bees,  n*i  t  hese  climb  over 
the  rumbols  in  search  for  nect  ar.  The  pollen 
masses,  when  numerous,  incumber  tho  bees 
to  such  an  extent  that,  they  cannot  perform 
tliosr  proper  functions,  aud  drop  to  the  ground 
and  die.  I  have  known  an  apiary  so  deci¬ 
mated  from  this  cause  that  fully  one-half  of 
the  hives  gave  out. 

Secondly,  make  a  mixture  of  sweetened 
water,  ruin,  and  the  ordinary  fly  poison  of 
the  shops  (cobalt  and  aisamic),  and  place  in 
shallow  pans  in  exposed  places,  or  saturate 
Strips  of  cloth  or  paper  with  it,  and  attach 
them  to  the  trees.  The  king  bird  or  bee 
martin  (Tyrannus  carol inenn is)  may  also  be 
encouraged.  The  end  justifies  the  means. 

cdfaijm  <3;cuitomii. 

FANCY  WOOD  GATES. 

I  would  like  it  if  you  would  publish  gome 
designs  for  fancy  wood  gates  for  yards  and 
gardens.— Wm.  Eakin. 

Complying  with  our  correspondent’s  re¬ 
quest,  we  re-publish  four  gates  which  were 
given  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  in  lSGy. 


Fig.  2 — Fancy  Framed  Gate. 
such  as  leaves  and  stems,  should  be  kept 
from  the  hops.  Instead  of  stripping  the  hops 
off  from  the  vines  and  tendrils,  with  the 
hands,  as  is  too  much  the  custom,  each  hop 
should  be  picked  off  separately  ;  even  when 
in  clusters,  they  should  be  separated.  Hops, 
in  order  to  sell  well,  should  be  cleanly  picked. 
Many  glowers  are  known  to  exercise  less 
care  in  picking  when  there  is  a  prospect  of 
high  prices.  While  a  few  hundred  pounds 
may  be  gained  in  weight  by  careless  picking, 
they  seem  to  lose  sight  of  the  fact  that  the 
quality  and  value  of  their  produce  becomes 
much  impaired.  In  districts  where  blight  or 
rust  is  threatened,  there  may  be  many  poor 
and  discolored  hop*.  Great  care  should  be 
taken  to  instruct  pickers  to  reject  all  such, 
or  pick  them  separately,  for  by  mixing  them 
with  good  ones,  the  value  of  the  stock  be¬ 
comes  at  once  impaired  aud  less  saleable. 
Where  it  is  found  impossible  to  induce  pick¬ 
ers  to  follow  these  instructions— and  this  is 
too  often  tho  case— the  hops  should  be  thor¬ 
oughly  mixed  in  the  pile,  before  bailing  in 
order  to  insure  uniform  quality. 

Curing  hops  properly  is  very  important. 
Nature  may  do  her  part  well,  and  the  grower 
may  have  secured  a  large  crop  of  superior 
quality,  yet,  by  his  inexperience  in  the  art  of 
curing,  the  hops  may  be  ruined,  either  by 
over-drying,  or  by  not  drying  enough.  The 
hops,  by  being  light-dried  and  scorched,  lose 
their  natural  rich  flavor  and  aroma,  wliiie 
those  not  sufficiently  dried  are  liable  to  heat 
in  the  bale  and  become  worthless. 

The  best  time  to  bale  is  on  a  rainy  day,  as 
the  hops  are  more  pliable,  and  pack  better. 

It  is  important  that  the  hops  be  put  up  in 
the  best  possible  shape.  Shaggy,  loose- 
packed,  irregular  shaped  bales  are  almost 
invariably  thrown  out  by  the  inspector. 

California  growers  are  in  the  habit  of 
binding  their  bales  with  iron  bands  or  stout 
ropes  ;  sometimes  a  single  bale  containing  as 
many  as  six  bands  or  ropes.  The  practice  is 
superfluous  aud  entirely  unnecessary  ou  hops 
intended  for  shipment  to  this  market ;  and 
all  packages  thus  sold  here  are  subject  to 
actual  tare. 


Fig.  4— Fancy  Gate. 

Growers  who  can  afford  it  should  possess  a 
patent  hop  press.  Several  varieties  are  in  use 
the  cost  of  which  ranges  from  £40  to  &50,  In 
disti-icts  where  but  few  hops  are  grown,  it 
would  be  a  good  plan  for  growers  to  club 
together,  and  share  the  expense  of  a  patent 
press.  The  several  varieties  of  patents  in 
use  all  turn  out  about  the  same  sized  bales, 
viz. : — Ij^feet  in  length,  2%  feet  wide,  and  18 
inches  thick. 

Hops  should  be  put  up  to  weigh  as  near  200 


lbs.  to  the  bale  as  possible.  Slacked-pressed 
or  light  bales  do  not  sample  or  sell  as  well  as 
those  properly  put  up.  On  the  other  hand, 
when  compressed  so  much  as  to  exclude  the 
air,  the  hops  are  quite  liable  to  heat  in  the 
bale,  particularly  if  they  are  a  little  slack- 
dried. 

In  baling,  none  but  the  best  3-ply  twine 
should  be  used. 

We  would  particularly  urge  upon  growers 
and  forwarders  of  hops  the  necessity  of  plain 
marking.  No  grower  should  be  without  a 
stencil  plate,  bearing  the  initials  of  his  name. 
The  full  name,  if  not  a  long  one,  would  be 
better.  These  plates  can  be  gotten  up  at 
small  cost,  cut  from  sheet  brass,  and  are  of 
sufficient  durability  to  last  a  grower  a  life¬ 
time.  The  letters  should  not  be  over  3  inches 
square. 

The  date  of  growth  should  be  plainly  sten¬ 
ciled  upon  every  bale.  In  England,  the  law 
requires  it,  and  the  grower  who  neglects  this 
duty  subjects  himself  to  ft  heavy  fine.  It 
would  bo  well  if  a  similar  law  were  in  force 
in  this  country. 

Hops  should  never  be  false  packed—  i.  e., 
old  mixed  with  new,  or  discolored  ones  with 
bright  ones.  It  requires  no  expert  to  dis¬ 
cover  a  mixture  of  old  hops  witu  new,  and 
the  grower  once  found  guilty  of  the  offense 
is  always  remembered. 

The  best,  material  for  marking  is  turpen¬ 
tine  and  lampblack.  Many  growers  are  in 
tho  habit  of  substituting  kerosene  oil  for 
turpentine.  This  is  bad  for  the  hops,  for 
where  the  odor  of  the  oil  strikes  through  tlic 
bale,  tho  natural  flavor  of  the  hops  becomes 
destroyed. 

No  marks  or  shipping  directions  should  be 
put  upon  the  end  of  the  bale  :  for  tho  reason 
that  when  stood  on  end,  on  muddy  wharves, 
the  marks  are  liable  to  become  defaced.  The 
proper  place  to  mark  it  is  on  the  narrow 
side,  near  the  top  of  the  bale. 

On  day  of  shipment,  consignors  should 
send  invoice  by  mail,  stating  how  and  by 
what  line  shipped.  If  the  shipment  consists 
of  more  than  one  growth,  it  should  be  so 
specified,  with  the  number  of  bales  each, 
marks  of  each,  date  of  growth,  &e, 

♦  ♦♦ - 

DOUBLING  THE  VALUE  OF  A  FARM. 

A  merchant  of  Baltimore  bought  a  farm 
a  few  years  since,  with  a  gentleman’s  resi¬ 
dence,  &c.,  upon  it,  for  about  £35,000.  He 
contracted  with  parties  for  the  horse  manure 
from  the  street  car  companies,  and  has  kept 
a  large  wagon,  hauled  with  four  mules  in 
summer  ami  six  in  winter,  to  convey  it  to  Ids 
land.  Last  month  some  neighbors,  who  knew 
the  price  paid  for  tho  horse  dung,  and  cost  nf 
carnage  were  calculating  the  amount  made 
off  hi*  hay,  wheat  and  corn ;  also  off  his  but¬ 
ter,  &e. ;  the  result  of  this  figuring  was  that 
his  wheat  cost  him  upward  of  a  dollar  a 
bushel  more  than  market  price,  and  every¬ 
thing  in  proportion  ;  and  although  the  pro¬ 
prietor  is  to  some  extent  a  novice,  or  at  least 
was  a  complete  one,  the  balance  worked  out 
showing  a  loss  of  about  $4,1>UU  per  year,  was 
Surprising ;  but  it  was  .stated  he  had  been 
offered  £100,000  for  the  place,  and  somebody 
said  more,  which,  allowing  for  rise  in  value 
of  real  estate  during  the  last  ten  years, 
shows  that  even  this  mode  of  enriching  a 
poor  farm  pays  well ;  but  it  is  a  question 
whether  by  making  a  stock  farm  of  it  the 
money  expended  in  stable  manure  would  not 
buy  tne  richest  kinds  of  cattle  food  to  pay 
without  anv  annuul  loss,  aud  yet  enrich  the 
soil  as  mucin  A  Working  Farmer. 


SPORTSMEN’S  NOTES. 

New  Hampshire  Game  Law. — The  Mirror 
and  Farmer  gives  it  as  follows:— “if  any 
person  shall,  between  the  first  day  of  Febru¬ 
ary  and  the  fifteenth  day  of  August,  in  any 
year,  bait,  take,  kill  or  destroy  any  of  the 
birds  called  snipes,  woodcocks,  plover-, 
quails,  yellow  legs,  wild  pigeons  or  sandpi¬ 
pers,  or  shall  within  the  time  aforesaid  sell, 
Lius’- or  have  in  possession  any  of  said  birds, 
taken  or  killed  in  tins  State,  ho  shall  forfeit 
for  everv  one  of  said  birds  baited,  taken, 
killed,  of  had  in  possession,  the  sum  of  five 
dollars  to  the  use  of  the  person  prosecuting. 

Cory  dal  is  or  “Dobson.”— I  was  reading  in 
your  paper  about  some  lisli  bait  called  '  Lo- 
rydalis.’’  Could  I  catch  fish  with  it  in  our 
river,  the  Mississippi  (  We  cannot  find 
worms  along  the  bank  for  it  is  so  rocky  or 
sandy.  We  use  the  minnow  chiefly  tor  bait, 
and  catch  buss,  salmon,  pike,  catfish,  &c. 
Can  you  tell  rne  a  good  bait  to  catch  ba*s 
with  in  our  river  2 — J,  Stewart,  Davenport, 
Iowa. 

We  know  nothing  about  Corydalis  or 
“Dobson”  as  a  fish  bait,  practically.  »' *? 
should  think  you  might  take  bass  with  grass¬ 
hoppers.  We  have  caught  hundreds  of  both 
rock  and  black  bass  with  grasshopper  bait. 

Catching  Mink  and  Muskrat  with  Dtttd- 
Fall.—l  would  like  to  learn,  through  the  col¬ 
umns  of  the  Rural  New- Yorker,  if  m.iik 
and  muskrats  may  be  caught  with  the  com¬ 
mon  dead-fall ;  arid  if  so,  what,  baits  are 
most  sure  of  catching  them  <  Also,  where 
can  furs  and  skins  be  disposed  of  in  New 
York  city  to  the  best  advantage  ?  If  some 
of  the  readers  of  the  Rural  will  please  an¬ 
swer  the  above  questions  they  will  confer  a 
flavor  on  one  of  their  number.— P.  w.  R. 


eggs,  exoinpt  from  disease,  promise  an  un¬ 
failing  return  for  the  following  year. 

The  mulberry  trees,  in  accordance  with  M. 
Roland’s  plan,  are  grown  ns  standards, 
headed  down  at  a  bight  of  three  feet,  so  as 
to  resemble  a  standard  rose.  They  are  primed 
or  pollarded  every  spring,  the  object  being 
to  secure  the  formation  of  a  number  of 
young  shoots,  with  fresh,  tender  leaves,  the 
older,  harsher  loaves  not  being  suitable  for 
the  insect’s  food. 

The  annexed  cut,  will  illustrate  the  method 
of  proceeding. 

Over  the  head  of  the  tree,  as  will  be  seen, 
is  fixed  a  hood  or  oover  of  wire  gauze  and 
canvas,  about  three  feet  in  diameter,  the  top 
and  bottom  being  made  of  fine  painted  can¬ 
vas.  Tina  hood  is  slipped  over  the  tree,  the 
lower  end  being  fled  carefully  round  the 
trunk,  with  intervening  wadding,  so  as  to 
prevent  injury  to  the  tree,  as  well  as  egress 
of  the  worms  or  ingress  of  other  less  desira¬ 
ble  insects.  The  silk-worms  ate  placed  on 
the  head  of  the  tree  through  the  upper  open¬ 
ing  of  the  hood,  which  is  then  closed  careful¬ 
ly,  like  the  bottom.  Two  stakes  otic  on 
cither  side,  are  then  tlmisb  into  the  ground, 
and  the  hood  is  made  Cast  to  them  to  secure 
steadiness.  In  spring  the  worms  arc  hatched 
naturally  at  the  same  time  that  the  shoots 
make  their  appearance,  and  when  they  have 
nearly  eaten  the  leaves  of  one  tree  they  o.re 
shifted  to  another.  Thirty  trees  and  ten 
hoods  will  rear  silk-worms  sufficient  to  pro¬ 
duce  an  ounce  of  eggs. 

It  will  bo  observed  that  this  ingenious  but 
simple  contrivance  contemplates  only  the 
rearing  of  worms  in  the  open  air,  in  a  state 
of  nature  as  it  wore,  the  great  object  being 
'  to  socuro  healthy  eggs  and  a  rohust  race  of 
worms.  It  is  obvious  that  when  it  is  desired 
to  secure  the  most  abundant  supply  of 
cocoons,  in  the  quickest  manner,  and  at  the 
least  expense,  a  more  artificial  mode  of  rear¬ 
ing  must  be  resorted  to.  Hence,  M.  Roland 
has  contrived,  for  hatching  eggs  more  ex- 
peditiomfly,  what  he  calls  a  “magnftnerie,” 
which  is  a  shed  with  a  span-roof  of  shingle 
and  sides  of  wire  gauze,  having  blinds  for 
shelter  against  the  wind  or  direct  rays  of  the 
sun,  This  shed  is  placed  in  tho  most  airy 
situation,  and  precautions  are  taken  to  Insure 
thorough  ventilation  and  f reodomfixun  damp 
and  the  access  of  injurious  insects.  Cleanli- 


they  are  to  be  patent-pail  size — but  I  fear 
disappointment,  except  in  the  blossoms, 
which  are  larger  across  than  a  teacup.  An¬ 
other  variety  has  pretty  little  yellow  (lowers, 
and  foliage  like  the  young  leaf  of  the  wild 
grape.  This  is  the  Balsam  Apple  and  not  yet 
in  fruit.  The  gem  of  them  all  is  the  Serpent 
Gourd,  not  for  the  serpent's  sake  —  which  Is 
curious,  certainly — but  the  dainty,  exquisite 
blossoms  which  begin  to  open  about  throo 
o’clock  iu  pleasant  weather  and  last  till 
about  ten  the  next  day,  and  sometimes  till 
the  new  ones  expand.  For  the  solid  part  of 
the  flower  there  is  a  white  star  an  inch 
across,  and  this  star  has  a  delicate  fringe 
all  about  it  an  inch  in  length,  making  the 


RAISING  SILK-WORMS  IN  THE  OPEN 
AIR. 


FLOWER  CHAT 


One  of  my  neighbors  has  just  informed  me 
that  frost  is  to  be  looked  for  soon,  and  that 
her  Geraniums  are  safely  potted.  If  it  were 
not  for  the  calendar  yonder,  I  should  think 
she  meant  a  livst  class  deception.  I  have 
been  iu  my  garden  this  afternoon  trying  to 
realise  that,  the  middle  of  September  has 
come.  I  urn  somewhat  convinced  by  looking 
at  my  group  of  Rlctnus  plants,  that  give 
such  an  u air”  to  the  lawn.  I  thought  I  had 
been  very  successful  with  the  Ricinus 
heretofore,  but  tho  results  this  year 
are  more  than  satisfying.  My  R-nan- 
guinmst  measures  ten  feet,  and  is  not 
an  attenuated  specimen  by  any  means, 
but  v^ll  developed  and  lusty  in  every 
respect.  Its  great  leaves  and  curious¬ 
ly  mottled  stem  have  been  strikingly 
beautiful  all  summer,  and  now  its  erim- 
son  seed-pods  liuve  all  the  effect  of  huge 
clusters  of  blossoms.  The  Ricinus  has 
a  character  of  its  own,  and  planted  by 
itself  will  always  attract  and  delight. 

They  may  be  grown  in  pots,  but  of 
course  they  are  dwarfed  in  the  process, 
and  one  who  has  never  seen  them  In 
their  best  estate,  may  admire  them  in  a 
a  collection  of  plants  for  balcony  or 
w  i  ndo  w  gardens. 

I  think  there  has  never  been  a  sum¬ 
mer— since  Eden-time — when  the  clouds  1 

and  sun  were  so  kind  to  flower-jjeople.  J1 
They  grew  as  if  it  was  their  mission  to  m 
give  one  as  much  pinching  to  do  as  pos-  M! 
sible  ;  and  as  to  being  “  brought  up  by  |fe 
hand,”  the  smallest  Lobelia  would  have  / 
scorned  it 


An  experiment  in  silk  culture  of  very 
considerable  interest  and  importance  is  now 
in  England,  at  the  international 


in  progress 

exhibition  at  South  Kensington,  which  is 
based  upon  the  accepted  principle  that  pre¬ 
vention  is  better  than  cure.  It  is  known 
that  silk-worms  are  liable  to  various  and 
somet.imesvery  grievous  diseases,  attributed, 
no  doubt  with  good  reason,  to  tho  unnatu¬ 
ral  condition  in  which  they  are  reared,  in 
unhealthy  confinement,  and  deprived  of  tho 
influences  of  (fho  open  air,  so  essential  to  the 
sound  development,  of  all  animal  life.  The 
infection  has  been  for  some  years  universally 
prevalent  in  the  silk  producing  districts  of 
Europe,  being  transmitted  from  generation 
to  generation,  producing  increasingly  debili¬ 
tated  progenies  of  worms,  till  at  last  the 
extermination  of  that  invaluable  race  of 
insects  and  the  ruin  of  tho  silk-growers 
seemed  almost  inevitable.  Japan  was  for  a 
tuae  the  only  source,  of  healthy  eggs  ;  but 
large  importations  from  thence  into  Europe 
have,  from  somo  cause,  been  found  to  be  at 
least  partially  diseased. 

In  this  state  of  things  Dr.  Chavannes  and 
M.  Roland,  in  Switzerland,  have  conceived 
the  rational  idea  of  preventing,  by  simple 
moans,  diseases  which  science  has  found  to 
bo  without  cure,  Their  plan,  which  has  been 
tried  in  Switzerland  with  promising  results, 
and  is  now  being  tested  at  South  Kensing¬ 
ton,  ia  merely  that  of  restoring  the  silk- worm 
to  its  natural  conditions,  by  rearing  it  in  the 
open  air  on  the  mulberry  tree  itself,  and  thus 
of  producing,  under  e  wen  instances  dictated 
and  demanded  by  nature,  a  healthy,  uncon- 
tam  mated  race  of  silk-worms. 

M.  Roland,  who  appears  to  have  elaborated 
tilts  plan  very  carefully,  host  published  a 
pamphlet  containing  a  treatise  upon  the  sub¬ 
ject,  in  which  he  maintains  that  “  by  rearing 
on  tho  tree,  and  especially  by  allowing  the 
eggs  to  remain  on  the  branches  throughout 
the  winter,  the  worm  becomes  more  robust, 
and  after  some  years  returns  to  a  state  of 
nature.  Ultimately  the  larva  has  nothing 
to  fear  from  violent  wind,  heavy  rain,  or 
burning  sun,  and  remains  firmly  fixed  on 
the  branches  or  on  the  leaves.  The  pattern 
on  tho  wings  of  the  moth  becomes  more 
strongly  marked,  its  movements  are  much 
more  lively,  and  it  makes  use  of  it3  wings  as 


Everything  hus  rooted,  i  fil  1 
have  almost  been  moved  to  plant  kind¬ 
ling  wood.  The  other  day  when  T  was 
“picking  up  ”  1  found  a  Marigold  on  the 
floor,  and  because  I’m  so  weak  as  not  to 
like  to  throw  away  flowers  until  their 
brightness  is  ail  gone,  I  tucked  it  down 
in  the  side  of  my  Ivy  pot.  This  morning 
when  I  gave  a  cooling  ration  to  the  Ivy,  I 
pulled  up  the  Marigold  stem,  and  Io  and  be¬ 
hold.  there  were  well-developed  roots  half  an 
inch  long  !  I  would  not  ask  anybody  to  be¬ 
lieve  this,  oniy  that  after  vainly  trying  to 
satisfy  myself  as  to  what  she  meant  by  it, 
and  where  she  could  pub  her  leaves  when 
time  gave  them  to  her,  1  took  the  stem  to 
my  other  half,  and  so  have  unprejudiced 
testimony  that  Mary  had  taken  root. 

A  severe  labor  was  entailed  upon  me  by 
yonder  Verbena  bed.  It  i3  not  of  extraordi¬ 
nary  dimensions,  but  the  plants  are  extraor¬ 
dinarily  large  ;  hardly  one  is  less  than  a 
yard  in  diameter,  and  they  push  themselves 
into  the  walks  with  perfect  shamelessness. 

I  have  taken  off  quarts  of  kearl-q  and  to-day 
was  moved  to  count  the  trusses  in  perfect 
flower — five  hundred  and  thirteen  !  They 
are  delightfully  fragrant,  many  of  them  be¬ 
ing  seedlings. 

The  circle  of  Balsams  also  required  care, 
for  they  were  determined  to  spread  them¬ 
selves  far  and  wide,  and  I  was  equally  deter¬ 
mined  to  be  mistress  of  my  own  domain  and 
repress  the  branching  tendency  ;  and  so  tiny 
buds  have  gone  up  and  down  the  allowed 
stems,  and  bursting  into  the  doublest  bloom3 
have  made  way  for  others  that  “  crowded  so 
awfully.”  They  were  so  pretty  in  plates  of 
moist  sand,  rivaling  Carodias  and  Roses,  that 
I  have  enjoyed  them  constantly. 

And  as  for  my  little  Portulaccas— self-sown 
in  last  year’s  bed— they  are  exquisite  ;  and 
my  oval  bed  has  no  bare  spots  iu  it,  nor  any 
single  or  half-double  flowers,  for  I’ve  “  dis¬ 
covered  a  new  discovery  at  least  it  is  new 
to  me.  A  glass  of  them  was  set  on  a  win¬ 
dow  ledge  that  the  sun  might  open  the  buds, 
and  somehow  was  forgotten,  or  overlooked. 
When  I  went  to  throw  them  away,  each  had 
a  bundle  of  root3  at  the  end,  and  in  ten  days 
each  was  sitting  up  straight  in  the  bed,  hold- 
in  up  its  perfect  flower. 

There  are  more  remarkable  plants  in  my 
garden,  but  now  I  cannot  tell  you  of  my 
double  Geraniums  aDd  their  blooming  pow¬ 
ers,  Canary  Bird  vines  fifteen  feet  high,  and 
other  wonders,  because  I  want  to  confess  my 
Gourds.  It  is  false  to  suppose  the  Dipper 
will  not  grow  for  people  who  can  buy  tin,  as 
I  have  taken  the  pains  to  prove.  They  are 
excellent  —  the  Dipper  Gourds  —  to  cover 
rough  trellises,  stone  piles  or  anything  else 
that  needs  concealment ;  and  then  the  llow- 
ers  1  Who  ever  supposed  they  were  large, 
delicate,  white,  fragrant  ?  I  call  them  crape 
flowers,  and  have  surprised  dozens  of  people 
by  afterwards  supplying  the  true  name.  I 
have  one  which  I  am  given  to  understand 
will  pay  me  in  pails.  According  to  contract 


Grafting  Rhododendrons. 

whole  diameter  three  inches.  Altogether  it’s 
the  most  fairy-like  flower  I  ever  saw,  and  if 
’twore  anything  but  a  “Gourd”  would  he 
considered  marvellous.  I  jealously  avoid 
the  mention  of  Gourds  for  this  pet.,  and  fond¬ 
ly  call  it  by  its  proper  title — THcosanthus 
Columbiana.  I  am  completely  enslaved  by 
tho  possibilities  of  next  year  in  respect  to 
growing  Gourds.  I  mean  to  have  Hercules’ 
Club,  the  Pear  and  Lemont,  Egg  and  Orange, 
and  so  on,  straight  through  tho  list  of  every 
seedsman  whose  catalogue  I  can  obtain. 
Vick  recorameneda  specialties.  I  have  found 
mine. 

To  conclude,  let  me  quote  what  our  practi¬ 
cal  Patrick  said  last  night.  He  was  leaning 
over  the  fence  by  the  barn,  looking  down  on 
a  stone  pile  that  was  very  unsightly  in  the 
spring,  but  is  now  lost  to  view  beneath  a 
drapery  of  broad  leaves.  A  number  of  my 
pure  crape  flowers  were  fluttering  in  the  light 
breeze,  and  Pat  said,  gravely:  —  “Them’s 
the  posies  for  me— sensible,  big  leaves  and 
clean  flowers  that  ain’t  such  big  fools  as  to 
open  out  first  thing  in  the  morning  and  get 
wilted  'fore  sun’s  an  hour  high.  You  can’t 
git  ’round  it  that  them’s  handsome.” 

I  haven’t  the  slightest  wish  to  “  got  ’round 
it ;  ”  and  Pat’s  homely  criticism  leads  me  to 
suppose  something  new  about  Pat  himself. 

Dore  Hamilton. 


GARDENER’S  NOTES 


Planting  Strawberries. — I.  Shelswell,  in 
Cottage  Gardener,  has  tried  the  following 
method  with  great  success  : — The  way  in 
which  1  planted  my  bed  is  as  follows  :  I  did 
not  cut  any  runners  off  the  old  bed,  but  al¬ 
lowed  them  to  rim  into  a  mass.  Ln  the 
autumn  1  lined  strips  about  nine  inches  wide 
and  two  feet  apart  through  its  length,  and 
cut  them  in  squares  of  nine  inches.  These  L 
took  up  with  a  spade  at  three  Inches  deep. 
In  the  bed  prepared  for  them  I  had  trenches 
dug  two  feet  apart,  and  placed  the  squares 
of  strawberry  roots  in  them,  at  a  distance 
of  eighteen  inches  from  each  other.  The 
roots  were  not  injured  in  the  least,  and  the 
crop  was  excellent.  I  had  the  trenches  that 
were  made  in  the  old  bed  filled  with  one  part 
well- rotted  manure  and  two  parts  stiff  loam, 
and  the  bed  was  soon  covered  with  plants. 
Thus,  by  degrees,  you  can  renew  the  old  bed 
as  well  as  form  new  ones.  Certainly  with 
the  old  plan  of  planting  single  roots  we  ob¬ 
tained  finer  specimens  of  fruit,  but  unless 
fruit  for  show  is  required,  I  advise  overyone 
to  try  the  above  plan  for  quantity,  and  they 
wiM  not  be  disappointed. 

Marly  Cabbage.— The  Pacific  Rural  Press 
says  “  Take  a  large  head  of  cabbage,  strip 
off  the  outer  leaf  and  3lip  off  the  bud  found 
at  the  root  of  the  leaf.  Take  this  bud  and 
simply  set  it  in  rich  dirt  like  any  other 
plant.  The  result  of  this  will  be  a  fine 
growth  of  early  cabbage  plants,  with  heads 
larger  and  sounder  than  can  be  raised  in  the 
ordinary  way.” 

The  Philadelphia ,  or  Early  Pea.—  The 
Central  Union  Agriculturist  says : — The 
“Philadelphia”  is  the  name  of  a  fine  variety 
of  the  pea,  a  sample  of  which  has  been  left 
at  our  office  by  E.  Rishel,  Esq.,  of  this  county. 
Mr.  R.  says  this  pea  is  very  early,  and  will 
shell  out  in  five  weeks  from  planting. 


GRAFTING  RHODODENDRONS 


In  his  treatise  on  grafting,  Mr.  Charles 
Baltet  calls  this  method  of  grafting  Rhodo¬ 
dendrons  “  Anglaise  a  cheml,”  or,  a3  we 
should  say,  “saddle-grafting.”  He  describes 
it  thus  :— The  stock,  u,  is  cut  wedge-shaped 
and  sloping  evenly,  while  the  cion,  a,  is  split 
up  from  the  bottom,  as  at  a,  placed  astride 
the  stock,  pushed  over  it,  as  at  c,  and  tied 
up.  Under  glass,  claying  or  waxing  is  un¬ 
necessary.  Some  years  ago  a  charming  col¬ 
lection  of  Rhododendrons  was  exhibited  by 
M.  Bertin,  Jr.,  In  which  a  flowering  shoot 
was  employed  as  the  cion,  the  result  being  in 
each  case  a  truss  of  flowers.  In  this  way  it 
would  be  easy  to  have,  in  a  limited  space,  a 


■4 


flowering  collection  of  miniature 
dendrons. 


Apparatus  for  Breeding  Selk-Worms. 

much  as  its  naturally  sluggish  nature  will 
allow  it  to  do.”  The  singular  entomological 
fact  is  stated,  that  at  first  the  silk-worm  has 
much  difficulty  in  holding  on  to  the  tree  in 
very  windy  weather,  ami  often  lets  itself 
drop  by  gnawing  through  the  stalk  of  the 
leaf  on  which  it  is  feeding  ;  but  in  a  few 
weeks  the  caterpillar  becomes  stronger  and 
more  lively,  the  moth  more  alert,  and  the 
insect  “  completely  regenerated,”  and  its 


My  Geraniums— Summer  Treatment. —  I 
will  tell  you  how  I  treated  my  geraniums 
this  summer,  1  mping  it  may  be  of  use  to 
those  readers  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
who  are  interested  in  flowers.  After  setting 
them  out  I  spread  fine,  decayed  horse  ma¬ 
nure  to  the  depth  of  two  or  three  inches,  all 
over  tho  bed,  and  the  effect  is  certainly  as¬ 
tonishing  to  me.  They  have  flowered  with¬ 
out  intermission  the  whole  summer  ;  and 
though  planted  nearly  two  fec-t  apart,  and 
the  [ilants  small,  the  surl'aee  of  the  bed  can¬ 
not  be  seen.  It  is,  in  fact,  a  perfect  swamp 
of  geraniums,  and  the  clusters  are  of  enor¬ 
mous  size. — Inquirer. 


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©OBE’S  BUBAL  WEW-¥©BK£B, 


SEPT.  27 


^iitrir  of  it  Jjhtralist. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Centleman  near  New 
York  City. 


AMONO  THE  MORMONS. 

Aug.  14.  —  Returning  from  our  visit  to 
President  Brigham  Young  and  the  apostles 
assembled  there,  wo  called  at  the  residence 
of  W.  Jennings,  probably  the  wealthiest 
man  in  Balt  Lake  City.  We  were  most,  cor¬ 
dially  received,  and  shown  about  the  grounds 
by  the  proprietor  in  person,  who  appeared  to 
take  as  much  delight  in  exhibiting  the  pro¬ 
ducts  of  his  garden  as  a  Hcnnjwkll  or  Sar¬ 
gent.  I  never  saw  a  more  beautiful  lawn 
anywhere  at  the  East,  not  excepting  those 
perfect  specimens  to  be  found  in  Newburgh, 
N.  Y.,  than  this  one  ol'  Mr.  .Jennings.  It 
was  not  very  extensive,  it  is  true,  but  its 
perfection  male  up  for  what  it  might  lack  in 
extent.  Pears,  apples,  grapes  and  all  the 
various  kinds  of  small  fruits  do  well  here, 
the  trees  being  loaded  down,  while  the  crops 
of  plums  and  apricots  were  a  surprise  to  US 
all ;  for  there  are  no  curcuiios  here  to  destroy 
these  rather  rare  fruit#  in  the  Eastern  States. 
The  largest  and  best  varieties  of  apricots 
were  selling  in  Salt.  Lake  markets  for  one 
dollar  per  bushel.  Block  Hamburgh,  Chas- 
selas  and  several  other  foreign  varieties  of 
grapes  succeed  well,  the  vines  being  protect¬ 
ed  in  winter. 

The  vegetable  garden  was  fully  as  great  a 
success  as  the  fruit  garden,  and  the  gardener 
dug  up  a  few  hills  of  several  varieties  of  po¬ 
tatoes,  such  as  Early  Rose.  Peerless  and  old 
Neshanuock,  just  to  show  Mr.  Buss  that  the 
new  sorts  os  well  as  the  old  had  lost  none  of 
their  good  qualities  in  emigrating  to  the  far 
West.  After  fully  satisfying  our  curiosity  in 
regard  togurdening  in  Utnh,  we  were  invited 
into  the  mansion  and  introduced  to  Mrs. 
Jennings  and  her  interesting  family.  The 
house  was  furnished  with  as  much  taste  and 
elegance  as  similar  dwellings  on  Fifth 
Avenue,  showing  that  the  fine  arts  have 
reached  even  unto  the  home  of  the  Mormons, 
Those  well  known  adjuncts  of  a  generous 
and  true  welcome  wore  showered  upon  us  in 
the  greatest  profusion,  aud  sparkling  wit  and 
wine  flowed  freely  during  the  few  moments 
we  remaided  to  receive  thorn.  Bidding  adieu 
to  our  host  and  hostess,  we  drove  back  to  the 
hotel  to  dinner,  after  which  we  started 

SI0HT-SEEIN0  ABOUT  THE  CITY. 

There  is  so  much  to  see  in  this  city  of  Latter 
Day  Saints  which  is  of  interest  to  strangers, 
that  one  scarcely  know  s  where  to  begin.  In 
company  with  several  of  the  Mormon  elders 
we  first  visited  the  Tabernacle,  a  huge  struc¬ 
ture  resembling  a  monstrous  turtle.  There 
is  nothing  rich  or  elegant  about  it,  but  it 
will  accommodate  12,000  people  at  one  time, 
and  I  have  uo  doubt  but  what  their  prayers 
will  reach  as  high  and  be  just  as  effective  as  1 
though  they  started  from  damask-covered 
Boats  and  passed  through  gorgeously-covered 
marble  walls.  The  organist  came  and  gave 
us  a  rich  feast  of  music  from  the  grand  in-  1 
strument,  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  America.  1 
with  the  one  exception  of  the  Big  Organ  of  f 
Boston.  This  splendid  instrument,  was  made  T 
here  and  by  Mormons,  and  the  worshipper*  ' 
at  this  shrine  have  good  reason  to  bo  proud  ° 
of  it.  The  great  Mormon  Temple  which  has  ' 
been  in  course  of  construction  for  a  number  ' 
of  years,  stands  nearby— or  its  foundation  I' 
does,  for  the  walls  as  yet  are  only  a  few  feet 
above  the  basement  story.  The  stone  used  1 
for  this  structure  is  a  beautiful  white  granite 
found  in  abundance  in  Little  Cottonwood  e 
Canon,  sornu  twenty  miles  distant.  A  large  n 
force  is  now  employed  upon  this  building,  k 
and  it  will  require  several  years  to  complete  C' 
it ;  but  when  finished  the  Mormons  need  not  s< 
ask  for  a  greater  monument  to  commemo-  " 
rate  their  religious  zeal  or  patient  industry.  I' 
"VVe  also  visited  the  great  Mormon  co-opera-  1 
tive  institution,  which  transacts  a  business  111 
amounting  in  the  aggregate  to  five  millions  sl 
of  dollars  annually,  paying  a  dividend  on  the 
capital  stock  of  about  thirty  per  cent.  Mrs.  n{ 
“Rurulist”  priced  goods  of  several  kinds  as 
with  which  she  was  familiar,  and  found  m 


is  no  chance  for  them  to  “ bull  ”  or  “bear  ” 

,  the  market  on  account  of  a  short  or  full  sup- 

_  ply  of  any  one  line  of  goods.  The  rule  estab- 

lished  in  fixing  prices  by  the  Zion’s  Co-opera¬ 
tive  Mercantile  Institution,  is  to  add  a  fair 
profit  upon  cost  at,  the  time  the  goods  arc 
H  received,  and  this  Is  not  udvanced,  even  if 
there  is  likely  to  be  a  scarcity;  the  last  yard 
of  muslin  in  the  store  or  Territory  would  be 
sold  at  the  same  price  ns  though  there  were 
to  a  million  of  yards  on  hand.  1  think  this  is 
es  worth  remembering  by  those  discontented 
ce  souls  east  of  this  city  who  talk  of  co-ope  la¬ 
st  tion  and  the  breaking  down  of  monopolies. 

AMONG  THE  FARMERS  OF  UTAH. 

to  Aug.  15.— To-day  we  have  been  taking  a 
trip  into  the  suburbs  of  Salt.  Lake  City,  to  see 
H.  how  farming  operations  are  conducted  here. 
^  There  is  no  certainty  of  raising  a  crop  anv- 
,0  where  in  this  valley  without  irrigation,  which 
tj  is  done  in  about  the  same  manner  r«  in  Colo- 
[f  rado.  Fruit  and  shade  trees,  us  well  as 
vegetables  and  ornamental  plants  generally,  i 
}1  are  planted  in  such  a  manner  that  they  can 
,e  be  constantly  irrigated,  consequently  great, 
u  care  is  required  to  insure  succe  In  some 
,1  of  the  low  grounds  near  the  water  level, 
is  grass  and  some  kinds  of  grain  can  be  grown 
v  without  artificial  irrigation  ;  in  fart  the  land 
,,  has  to  be  underdrainod,  which  costs  as  much 
a  as  it  does  to  prepare  ditches  for  irrigation  ; 
e  therefore  these  lands  are  no  more  valuable 
for  farming  purposes,  and  far  less  desirable 
for  a  residence.  All  the  ordinary  cereals  do 
^  well,  yield  abundantly,  and  are  of  the  finest 
quality.  Wo.  saw  extensive  meadows  from 
which  four  tons  of  the  finest  hay  was  being 
^  gathered.  Then,  what  a  climate  for  making 
hay ;  no  showers  or  long,  drizzling  rains  to 
J  interfere  with  and  spoil  one’s  calculation  in 
regard  to  time  required  for  gathering  or  the 
{  quality  of  the  product.  All  kinds  of  farm 
produce  command  a  good  price,  and  the 
1  farmers  are  so  well  satisfied  that  they  hold 
|  Their  best  lands  at  from  two  hundred  to  two 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  acre. 

j  A  GRAND  RECEPTION. 

I  On  our  return  from  the  country,  we  re- 
i  ceived  invitations  to  meet  the  members  of 
!  the  Salt  Lake  Agricultural  Society,  at  the 
City  Hall,  in  the  evening.  After  tea  the  ma- 
1  jority  of  our  party  walked  over  to  the  paid 
building,  expecting  to  meet  a  few  of  the 
leading  agriculturists  of  this  region  ;  but, 
much  to  our  surprise,  we  found  a  Large  as¬ 
sembly  composed  of  the  very  elite  of  the  city, 
Mormons  and  Gentiles,  with  their  wives, 
sons  and  daughters.  Alter  spending  a  little 
time  in  the  usual  greeting*  on  such  odes 
sious,  we  were  escorted  into  an  adjoining 
room  where  another  surprise  was  in  store  for 
US  in  the  form  of  a  half  dozen  immense  tables 
loaded  with  all  the  delicacies  of  the  season,  1 
but  mainly  of  the  superb  fruits  of  Utah  and 
California.  This  was  an  agricultural  wel-  ’ 
eorno  which  we  did  not  expect,  and  alt  hough  < 
1  have  been  to  many  an  aristocratic  reception 
in  my  day,  and  among  people  who  make  1 
greater  pretensions  to  high  art  in  this  line  - 
than  the  Mormons,  still  it  has  never  hem  m\  1 
lot  to  witness  a  more  perfect  entertainment  1 
in  all  the  minutest  details  as  well  ns  in  the  ‘ 
perfection  as" a  whole  than  the  one  this  even-  1 
ing.  There  was  no  ostentatious  display,  and  ' 
still  it  was  rich  ;  neither  was  there  any  at-  ' 
tempt  on  the  part  of  the  Mormon  leaders, 
who  got.  up  this  reception,  to  magnify  it  in  I 
any  respect,  but  the  ease  and  graee  of  the  e 
well-bred  gentleman  and  lady  were  every-  r 
where  .apparent.  Speeches  were  called  for  v 
and  made  by  both  citizens  and  visitors,  but  I  f 
heard  no  bragging,  boasting  or  reference  to  h 
the  abuse  which  has  been  heaped  upon  this  n 
people  by  the  outsido  world.  During  the  u 
evening  about  four  hundred  aud  fifty  Mor- 
mon  Sunday  school  children  Lad  been  col-  -, 
lected  in  the  hall  in  which  we  were  first  re¬ 
ceived,  and  they  gave  us  an  opportunity  of  * 
seeing  not  only  what  the  rising  generation 
were  like,  but  a  sample  of  their  Sunday  de- 
votional  exercises  in  the  way  of  singing.  ,, 
The  Children  appeared  to  be  as  neatly  clad,  1 
intelligent  and  happy  as  those  of  a  similar 
station  in  life  in  other  cities. 

I  cc 

Our  truly  social  entertainment  lasted  until  jy 
near  midnight,  when  we  separated,  receiving  p, 
as  a  parting  word  an  invitation  to  join  a  is 
number  of  citizens  the  following  day  in  visit-  ti. 


them  varying  but  slightly  from  the  prices  in£  tlie  American  Fork  Canon,  some  forty- 
charged  at  Stewart’s  or  Macv’s  in  New  ^ve  “dies  distant. 


York.  Anything,  from  a  clothes-pin  up  to  a 
steam  engine,  can  be  purchased  at  this  one 
establishment.  This  is  not  only  the  largest 
but  the  most  successful  co-operative  institu¬ 
tion  of  the  kind  in  the  world.  Whether  its 
success  is  owing  to  the  strict  honesty  of  both 
clerks  and  managers,  or  to  the  peculiar  lo¬ 
cality,  I  am  not  able  to  determine  ;  but  it  has 
a  wholesome  effect  upon  all  the  smaller  and 
independent  trades  in  the  Territory,  for  there 


A  MORMON  PICNIC  PARTY. 

Aug.  16.— Seven  o’clock  A.  M.  was  the 
hour  set  for  starring  on  our  excursion  to  the 
American  Fork  Canon  this  morning.  When 
we  arrived  at  the  railroad  station  we  found 
quite  a  large  number  of  the  leading  Mormon 
dignitaries  and  their  wives  who  were  to  ac¬ 
company  us  on  our  excursion  to  the  above- 
named  Canon.  A  glance  into  the  baggage 
car  revealed  piles  of  baskets,  boxes  and  other 


unmistakable  signs  of  a  care  of  the  physical 
p-  man  about  lunch  time;  consequently  I  made 
■b-  up  my  mind  that  we  were  going  out  on  a 
a-  Mormon  picnic,  although  the  thirty  Eastern 
lir  agriculturists  might  tend  to  make  the  party 
re  a  little  mixed.  We  loft  the  city  via  the  Jor- 
if  don  Valley  Railroad,  passing  through  a  fine 
rd  agricultural  region  lying  along  the  base  of 
>o  the  mountains,  but  gradually  sloping  down 
sp  to  Balt  and  Utah  Lakos,  or  the  Jordon  River, 
is  which  connects  the  two.  The  waters  of  the 
;d  former  are  so  thoroughly  impregnated  with 
a-  salt  that  no  living  creature  can  exist  therein, 
but  the  latter  is  fresh  and  is  famous  for  fine 
fish.  At  belli  we  leave  the  J.  V.  R.  R.,  which 
is  of  the  usuul  width  of  track,  and  take  the 
}e  American  Fork  Railroad,  a  narrow  gauge. 

'  Very  handsome  passenger  cars  are  placed  at 
’  our  disposal,  .Did  ws  commence  our  upward 
journey  towards  the  Canon.  1  say  upward 
journey,  for  be  it  known  to  those  who  have 
^  not  been  here  that  the  grade  of  this  road  is 
l,'  upwards  of  three  hundred  feet  to  the  mile. 

’  When  we  had  nearly  reached  the  Canon  our 
1,‘  locomotive  suddenly  gave  out,  and  here  we 
lf  ‘  were  miles  away  from  any  habitation  except 
.  the  miners’  cabins,  with  a  “played  out  ”  en- 
’  ginc.  But  we  wore  soon  to  be  extricated 
from  our  unpleasant  predicament,  fora  num- 
!i  ber  of  small  platform,  car? .  used  for  bringing 
down  wood  and  ore  from  the  mountains, 

’  came  to  our  relief,  with  two  span  of  mules 
i  attached  to  each.  We  were  soon  all  aboard 
1  of  these  and  again  on  our  way  up  the  Canon 
t  wi,k  ,kti  rocks  towering  twenty-five 

hundred  feet  above  us  on  either  side. 

We  had  seen  much  of  Canons  aud  Moun- 
’  tains,  but  this  was  the  grandest  view  of 
’  them  all.  The  Mormon  ladies  and  gcntle- 
1  men  conversed  freely  in  regard  to  their  post 
1  history  and  present  prosperity,  ami  even 
about  their  domestic  lif  ,  with  its  peculiar 
1  institution  for  which  wc  outsider*  have 
:  abused  them  with  all  the  adjectives  at  our 
command.  I  did  not  find  any  disposition  on 
’  the  part  of  these  leaders  among  the  Mor¬ 
mons  to  hide  anything  from  our  sight,  but 
they  were,  as  a  whole,  open  and  frank,  even 
-  courting  investigation  of  their  creed  arnlcon- 
r  duct  in  life.  Their  ladies  also  conversed  freo- 
■  I  ly  with  those  of  our  party,  probably  satisfy¬ 
ing  even  a  woman’s  curiosity  in  regard  to  the 
[  domestic  life  among  the  Mormons.  In  answer 
to  a  question  which  I  asked  a  young  Mormon  I 
I  wile,  she  said : — “  1  was  baptised  when  eight 
years  old,  and  have  been  brought  up  a  Mor¬ 
mon,  and  neither  know,  nor  care  to  know, 
whether  there  is  a  better  religion,  being  per-  I 
fectly  satisfied  with  my  own.  if  you  have 
been  brought  up  a  Methodist,  and  remain 
one,  you  probably  think  it  the  best  church, 
and  we.  would  and  do  respect  you  for  remain¬ 
ing  steadfast  and  firm  in  the  faith,  while  wo 
ask  for  the  same  privilege  ourselves.” 

In  this  manner  wc  chatted,  discussing  the 
various  topics  of  the  day,  until  reaching  the 
end  of  the  railroad,  some  eight  miles  from 
where  wc  entered  the  Canon  below.  Here 
wc.  rested  for  an  hour,  once  more  enjoying 
Mormon  hospitality  in  the  shape  of  luscious 
fruits,  sweetmeats  and  wines,  which  would 
make  the  most,  fastidious  epicure  happy. 
Silver,  iron,  gold  and  lead  ore*  are  abundant 
here,  but  we  have  become  so  accustomed  to 
them  that  they  have  lost  t.heir  interest,  and 
we  seldom  stop  to  examine  or  look  at  them. 

A  NOVEL  DESCENT. 

Having  climed  the  Canon  with  mule  pow-  1 
er,  there  was  no  need  of  t  his  kiud  of  aid  in 
returning,  and  the  cars  were  all  joined  and  - 
wo  were  soon  aboard,  with  a  promise  of  a  i 
far  more  rapid  descent  than  ascent.  The  I 
brakes  were  loosened,  and  our  tram  started  1 
at  a  rate  of  speed  which  would  have  soon  j 
mode  “riding  on  two  rails"  unsafe  and  un-  i 
profitable,  but  a  little  tightening  and  loosen-  <- 
ing  of  brakes,  as  required,  equalized  the  1 
speed,  and  in  an  hour  we  were  once  more  , 
out  upon  the  plains  again  and  soon  steaming  r 
away  for  Salt  Lake  City,  where  we  arrived  > 
at  7  o’clock  P.  M.,  well  pleased  with  our  first  J' 
picnic  among  the  Mormons. 

LEAVING  SAtT  LA X E  CITY.  U 

At  9  o’clock  P.  M.  we  entered  a  Pullman  a 
coach,  and  started  on  our  home  ward  journey,  Sl 
bidding  good-by  to  the  Mormons  and  their 
beautiful  city.  It  is  an  old  saying  that  “  there  g 
is  a  skeleton  in  even'  house,”  and  it  may  be 
that  it  is  tine  of  those  of  this  city;  but  we 
failed  to  find  one.  The  Mormons  appear  to  A 
be  an  intelligent  aud  industrious  people,  k 
capable  of  minding  their  own  business,  anil  p 
I  presume  they  would  be  glad  to  have  others  tv 
do  the  same.  They  have  made  this  desert  a  p 
very  Garden  of  Eden,  through  years  of  toil  T 
anl  suffering,  accomplishing  wonders  and  h 

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overcoming  appalling  difficulties  in  this  homesteads  that  lie  around  you  are  not 
heretofore  isolated  locality;  but  the  opening  obliged  to  choose  these.  Don't  be  frightened 
ut  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  brings  them  m  tit  the  sight  of  them,  their  bases  are  allfertile 
close  contact  with  the  outside  world,  and  and  themselves  are  filled  with  water,  the 
them  is  no  doubt  but  what  the  rising  genera-  delicious  wild  grapes  and  plums  with  which 
tion  of  Mormons  will  modify  then’  religious  they  are  almost  covered,  only  demonstrate 
belief  so  as  to  have  it  conform  with  that  of  to  you  the  wonderful  capability  of  this  sec- 
other  portions  of  the  Christian  world.  tipn  for  fruit  growing. 


y  FROM  TENNESSEE. 

r-  - 

,e  In  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  Sept.  13, 
one  or  two  inducements  to  farmers  were 
enumerated.  This  Ume  we  shall  endeavor  to 
give  the  mechanic  one  or  two.  Our  resour¬ 
ces  for  all  that  we  boast,  of  in  East  Tennes¬ 
see  are  almost  inexhaustible.  Our  timber  is 
plenty,  and  of  the  best  quality  for  spokes, 
<3  hubs,  pails  and  all  furniture.  Our  water- 
h  courses  arc  rapid  enough  to  drive  abuost  any 
c  wheel,  aud  our  market  is  always  open  for 
>.  almost  every  article — and  that  at  about,  25  to 
,t  50  per  cent,  higher  price  than  in  New  York. 
,1  Should  a  capable  aud  energetic  manufactur- 
(j  er  with  several  experienced  hands,  set  up  a 
boot  and  shoe  factory  here  to  do  good,  hon- 
8  est  work,  the  demand  from  the  South  w^jnld 
..  render  him  independent  in  two  or  three  years 
r  should  he  fill  that  demand.  We  hare  every 
i3  facility  here  for  tanning  the  beat  of  leather, 
l  hence  the  great  impediment  to  all  common 
.  and  small  concerns  in  the  shoe  business 
j  would  be  removed  by  bringing  a  tanner  and 
.  doing  the  whole  thing  here.  The  best  of  oak 
bark  can  be  had  at  the  yard  for  $4,  and  less, 
’  per  cord  ;  vats  are  already  made  and  can  be 
s  bought  for  a  small  sum ;  and  green  hides, 
]  at  five  cents  per  pound.  Almost  all  our  hubs, 

3  spokes,  fellies,  pails  and  brooms  are  brought 
5  here  from  the  North  ;  also,  to  the  whole 
South,  We  have  every  facility  for  making 
.  all  these.  Hungs  here,  aud  at  a  much  cheaper 
C  rate,  as  labor  is  cheaper.  Any  one  who  is 
.  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  foundry 
l  business  may  find  it  much  to  his  interest  and 
,  advantage  to  accept  a  proposition,  made  by 

•  one  of  our  wealthiest  citizens  and  mechau- 
.  ics.  He  will  subscribe  half  to  the  setting  up 

•  of  an  iron  foundry  here,  and,  beside,  give 
j  the  foundry  ail  the  work  it  can  do  outside  of 
.  customary  business. 

Within  a  half  mile  of  our  depot  is  iron  ore 
enough  to  excite  anybody  about  Pittsburg— 
the  ore  being  rich  and  in  abundance.  For 
three  fourths  of  a  mile  it  crops  out  all  along 
one  whole  sido  of  a  ridge.  A  test  of  the  ore 
makes  it  yield  35  to  50  percent.  We  shall 
take  pleasure  in  giving  any  further  informa¬ 
tion  to  anybody  interested  in  coming  to  a 
warmer  climate.  a.  e.  b. 

Cleveland,  E.  Tenn..  Sept.  13, 1873. 

FROM  AUGUSTA  CO.,  VA. 

I  see  from  the  lust  Rural  New-Yorker, 
that  attention  has  been  culled  to  West  Vir¬ 
ginia  as  a  fruit-growing  region.  This  is  a 
move  in  the  right  direction.  I  have  been  a 
sojourner  at  this  delightful  watering-place 
the  ontii’e  summer,  and  have  had  many  talks 
with  one  of  the  proprietors  on  this  very  sub¬ 
ject,  and  of  going  into  fruit-growing  and 
practical  gardening  on  a  large  scale  at  this 
poiut,.  Thousands  of  dollars  could  be  realized 
iu  a  few  years  from  sale  of  fruits  and  vege¬ 
tables,  besides  supplying  the  table  with  deli¬ 
cious  grapes,  pears,  melons,  &c.,  &c.  There 
is,  I  understand  from  Mr.  Pattison,  between 
300  and  400  acres  of  land  in  the  tract,  all  of 
which  is  adapted  to  the  growth  of  fruits  and 
vegetable  ;  140  acres  of  this  are  fiats  on  I  he 
Little  Calf  Pasture  River.  This  property  is 
18  miles  west  of  (he  growing  citv  Of  Staun¬ 
ton,  ou  the  Cheasapeuko  and  Ohio  Railroad. 
Fruit  growing  in  this  section  has  bean  sadly 
neglected.  Those  who  will  go  into  it  a  t  once, 
will  soon  be  m  the  way  of  making  fortunes  ; 
one-third  or  one-half  interest  in  this  valuable 
property  can  be  had,  upon  which  there  is  the 
finest  sulphur,  chalybeate,  lime  and  freestone 
waters,  besides  iron  ore  and  a  splendid  quar¬ 
ry  of  slate.  This  place  is  situated  just  iu  the 
|  midst  of  many  iron  banks,  and  water  in 
I  every  direction  for  fish  culture.  There  are 
many  other  places  similarly  situated,  all  of 
which  can  be  bought  in  whole  or  part.  Cli¬ 
mate  is  delightful,  being  within  four  miles 
of  the  famous  Plot’s  Kn  jb,  the  highest,  peak 
iu  Virginia,  a  place  of  great  resort  during 
the  summer,  why  should  you  go  West  when 
there  are  thousands  of  acres  of  neh  lands  in 
this  portion  of  Virginia  and  West  Virginia 
uncultivated  !  This  is  a  conservative  people, 
and  have  a  conservative  climate.  Come  and 
see.  J.  D.  Thompson. 

Halifax  Co.,  Va. 

- - - 

SAND  HILLS  OF  THE  ARKANSAS  VALLEY. 

We  clip  from  a  circular  issued  by  the 
Atchison  TopeKa  &  Santa  Fe  R.  R.  the  fol¬ 
lowing  paragraph  ;— Noteworthy  among  the 
peculiarities  of  the  country  adjacent  to  this 
railroad  are  the  sand  hills,  found  in  some 
places  north  and  iu  others  south  of  the  river. 
These  sand  lulls  in  the  aggregate  cover  many 
hundreds  of  acres,  but  out  of  the  millions  of 
homesteads  that  lie  around  you  are  not 
obliged  to  choose  these.  Don’ t  be  frightened 
at  the  sight  of  them,  their  bases  ore  allfertile 
and  themselves  are  filled  with  water,  the 


SEPT.  27 


MOORE’S  RURAL  N£W-¥©B«£B, 


<0 


ABOUT  NIGHT  CLOTHES. 


In  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  July  20.  is 
“an  illustration  of  a  Neglige  Basket  a  useful 
article  for  a  bedroom  as  a  receptacle  for 
ladies’  and  children’s  night  Clothes.”  Now 
it  seems  to  me  that  the  only  proper  recepta¬ 
cle  for  a  night  garment  of  any  kind,  after 
being  worn,  is  a  hook  or  nail  where  the  sun 
can  shine  upon  it  and  the  breezes  can  blow 
over  and  under  und  through  and  through  it  , 
carrying  away  whatever  matter  may-  have 
been  absorbed  from  the  body  during  the 
night ;  that  the  old  way  of  rolling  up  a  night¬ 
dress  so  tightly'  that  it  might  be  used  as  a 
formidable  weapon  of  offense  or  defense,  and 
tucking  it  under  the  pillow,  or  of  folding  it 
up  and  putting  it  away  in  the  dark,  out  of 
sight,  is  unclean  and  unhealthful,  and  should 
have  long  ago  become  obsolete. 


A  good  deal  is  said  of  the  manner  and  fash¬ 
ion  and  ways  of  caring  for  “ladies’  and 
children’s”  night  drosses;  but  where,  are  the 
men’s  ?  don’t  they  havo  any,  or  are  they  un¬ 
mentionable  i  Iris  self-evident  that  no  person 
should  wear  a  garment  during  the  night  t  hat 
is  worn  during  the  day  ;  and  if  a  “lady,” 
with  scarcely  enough  exercise  to  produce  a 
drop  of  perspiration,  needs  a  clean,  well-aired 
garment  in  which  to  sleep,  how  is  it  with  a 
man  who  hag  been  hard  at  work  all  day  in 
the  dust  and  heat,  with  the  sweat  dripping 
from  every  pore  I  If  a  healthy,  active  child 
to  whom  sleep  comes  as  easily'  and  naturally 
as  to  a  pig  or  a  kitten,  needs  a  refreshing 
night  dress,  how  is  it  with  the  man  and  father 
who  has  spent  the  day  in  his  pent  up  store, 
office  or  counting-room  in  exhaustive  mental 
labor  and  goes  to  bod  worn  out  in  mind  ami 
body'  and  with  every  nerve  unstrung  f 

Though  men  havo  wisdom,  power  and 
ability',  though  they  are  strong,  helpful  and 
independent,  though  they  have  office  and 
greatness,  sit  in  legislative  halls  and  become 
M.  C.’s,  they  do  need  and  always  should  hove. 
-night-gowns.  Geraldine  Germane. 

That  is  true  1  Men  do  need  and  should 
have  night-gowns.  Every  man  does  who 
knows  “  what’s  what  ”  and  when  he  does  lie 
does  not  do  us  nine-tenths  of  the  women  do 
who  wear  them,  wear  the  garment  he  has 
worn  all  day  under  his  night-gown.  How 
many  women  are  there  who  remove  (ho 
chemise  when  they  put  on  the  night-dress  ? 
But  the  men  who  do  wear  night-gowns  make 
them  substitutes  for  the  day  shirt— -hence 
they  benefit  -by  the  change,  whereas  the  wo¬ 
man  sutlers  by  the  addition, 

- ♦♦♦ - 

SALT  AND  MILK  RISING  BREAD. 

For  salt  rising,  take  half  a  teaspoonful  of 
salt  to  a  pint  of  warm  water  and  stir  in  flour 
enough  to  make  a  thick  batter.  The  dish 
used,  which  with  the  spoon  should  bo  thor¬ 
oughly  cleansed  and  scalded,  should  be  a 
little  more  than  two-third3  full,  und  set  in  a 
warm  place  until  the  batter  rises  so  os  to  fill 
it.  The  most  common  way  is  to  put  the  dish 
of  rising  in  warm  water  and  set  it  where  it 
will  keep  at  quite  a  warm  temperature  ;  but 
some  use  a  cloth  or  a  paper  to  exclude  the 
cool  air  Instead  of  placing  in  water.  The 
time  in  which  the  rising  will  sufficiently  fer¬ 
ment  is  usually  from  five  to  seven  hours,  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  degree  of  warmth  and  the 
kind  of  flour  used. 

When  “light,”  take  a  quantity  of  flour 
corresponding  to  the  amount  of  bread  desired 
and  stir  in  scolding  (not  boiling)  water 
enough  to  scald  one-third,  then  add  cold 
water  (or  milk,  which  is  better,)  enough  to 
cool  the  scalded  flour  so  that,  it  will  not  scald 
the  rising ;  put  in  the  rising  and  stir  all  to¬ 
gether  vigorously  until  you  have  a  thick  bat¬ 
ter  and  put  in  a  warm  place  to  rise.  When 
light  and  puffy  stir  as  thick  as  possible  with 
a  spoon,  then  mix  with  the  hands  until 
knCadable,  cut  off  in  loaves  of  a  size  to  half 
fill  your  baking  tins,  knead  thoroughly,  shape 
to  and  put  in  your  tins  and  again  put  in  a 
wartu  place  to  rise.  When  the  loaves  have 
doubled  in  size  put  in  a  moderately  heated 
oven  and  bake  from  one-half  to  three-quar¬ 
ters  of  an  hour  according  to  size  of  loaves,  und 
you  will  have  bread  as  moist,  spongy  and 
eatable  os  fermented  bread  can  be.  Bread 
of  unbolted  flour  can  be  made  in  the  same 
way,  but  is  better  stirred  to  a  stiff  batter  and 
baked  in  deep  dishes  instead  of  being  knead¬ 
ed  and  baked  in  shallow  tins. 

Milk  rising  and  salt  rising  bread  are  the 
same,  with  the  exception  that  one  half  a  tea¬ 
cup  of  new  milk  is  added  to  the  rising  for  the 
former  and  is  preferable  to  all  water.  As 
< ,  y°«  value  good  bread  and  good  health,  never 

i  \  Put  ginger,  saleratus,  or  any  of  the  other 


useless  things  that  some  people  deem  neces¬ 
sary,  into  your  sponge  or  rising.  o.  ». 

- ++-* - - 

DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 


Good  Yeast.— Boil  a  handful  of  hops  and 
eight  good-sized  potatoes,  pared,  in  one  gal¬ 
lon  of  water.  The  hops  should  be  tied  loosely 
in  a  rag.  When  the  potatoes  are  done  mash 
them  thoroughly  or  grate  them,  first  pouring 
off  the  liquor  into  another  vessel.  Four  the 
liquor  over  the  potatoes  again  when  mashed, 
adding  one-half  cup  of  sugar  and  one-fourth 
eup  of  salt.  Let  it,  boll  a  minute  but  stir  to 
prevent  sticking.  Use  no  flour,  as  it,  is  more 
liable  to  sour  when  flour  is  used.  Pour  off 
into  an  earthen  vessel  to  cool,  and  when 
nearly  cold  add  one  cup  of  good  yeast  .  In  a 
few  hours  it  is  ready  for  use.  This  yeast 
will  keep  sweet  one  month  in  the  hottest 
weather,  if  covered  closely  and  placed  in  a 
cool  cellar,  mid  It  makes  splendid  bread  if 
properly  managed.  Bread  should  not  lie 
salted  where  this  yeast  is  used.  If  preferred, 
this  yeast  or  a  part  of  it,  may  be  made  into 
cakes  and  dried  which  will  last  six  months — 
though  it  is  better  to  make  fresh  as  often  as 
once  in  three  months — by  adding  fresh  com 
meal  until  a  stiff  dough  is  obtained.  Work 
into  a  smooth  roll  and  slice  with  a  knife  into 
cakes  one-half  inch  thick.  Dry  in  the  open 
air  but  shaded  from  the  sun. 

Nine  Griddle  Cakes. — T  have  lately  learned 
that  good  shorts— not  the  coarser  kind — is 
better  for  griddle  cakes  than  line  or  even 
buckwheat  flour.  I  make.  them  ns  follows 
Six  cups  rich  buttermilk— loppered  milk  will 
do  with  a  little  cream — three  teaspoons  even 
full  of  soda  to  neutralize  the  sour  milk;  a, 
little  salt,  two  eggs.  Stir  into  this  enough 
Shorts  to  make  a  thin  batter  as  for  other 
griddle  cakes,  and  fry  as  usual.  Rubbing 
the  griddles  with  (Try  salt,  and  wiping  off 
carefully  before  oiling  will  prevent  trouble 
hi  turning.  Corn  griddle  cakes  and  buck¬ 
wheat  cakes  are  very  nice  made  in  this  wav. 
though  veast  is  usually  preferred  for  the 
latter.— jcuA  M.  W. 

Excellent  Grown  Bread. — .Six  cups  of  sour 
milk,  including  at  least  one-half  cup  of  thick 
cream,  three  even  teaspoons  of  pulverized 
soda  ;  one-half  cup  of  sugar,  a  little  salt. 
Stir  into  n  very  stilt  batter  by  adding  equal 
parts  of  white  cor  i  nvnl  and  rye  floor,  or 
Graham  flour  in  the  absence  of  rye.  Pour 
info  a  deep  "n  basin,  previously  buttered, 
•and  steam  thr,  ■  •  hours,  after  which  bake  one 
hour  in  a  very  moderate  oven.  The  water 
should  be  boiling  when  it  is  put  on  to  steam 
or  else  it.  is  liable  to  adhere  to  the  dish. 

flier  Budding. — Ore  eup  of  rice,  which 
should  be  soaked  overnight  in  enough  water 
to  cover  it;  six  eggs,  one  cup  white  sugar, 
five  quarts  sweet,  milk.  Bake  two  hours, 
stirring  often  till  nearly  done,  flavor  with 
nutmeg. 

■ - 

SELECTED  RECIPES. 


Hickory  Bark  for  Coloring,  -Hickory  bark- 
will  color  a  beautiful  bright  yellow  that  will 
not,  fade  by  use.  It.  will  color  cotton  and 
wool.  Have  the  bark  shaved  off  or  hewed 
off,  and  chopped  in  small  piece*,  .and  put  in  a 
brass  kettle  or  tin  boiler  with  soft,  water 
enough  to  cover  the  hark,  and  boil  till  the 
strength  is  out ;  t  hen  skim  out,  the  chips  and 
put  in  alum.  Have  it  pounded  pretty  fine. 
For  a  pailful  of  dye  I  should  put  in  two  good 
handsful,  and  wet  the  goods  in  warm  water 
so  t  here  will  be  no  dry  spots  on  them  ;  wring 
them  as  dry  as  vou  can,  shake  them  out  ond 
put  them  into  the  dye.  Have  a  stick  at  hand 
to  push  them  down  and  stir  them  immedi¬ 
ately’  so  they  can  have  a  chance  all  over 
alike.  If  the  color  is  r.ot  deep  and  bright 
enough,  raise  the  goods  out,  of  the  dye,  lay 
them  across  a  stick  over  the  kettle,  and  put 
in  another  handful  of  alum.  Blir  it  well  and 
dip  again.  It  will  want  to  be  kept  in  the  dye 
and  over  the  fire  to  a  scalding  heat  about  an 
hour,  hut,  keep  stirring  und  airing  so  they 
will  not  spot. — Mother,  in  Colman’s  Rural 
World, 

Tomato  Sauce. — The  following  recipe 
comes  all  the  way  from  Australia Take 
forty  pounds  of  tomatoes,  wipe  clean,  and 
boil  or  bake  till  soft  ;  then  squeeze  through 
a  sieve  that  will  retain  the-  seeds  and  skins. 
Boil  for  an  hour  in  order  to  get  rid  of  some 
of  the  watery  portion,  and  then  add  half  a 
gallon  of  best  brown  vinegar,  one  and  a- half 
pounds  salt,  two  ounces  cloves,  three  ounces 
allspice,  two  ounces  cayenne  pepper,  three 
pounds  white  sugar,  four  ounces  garlic  and 
two  .ounces  black  pepper.  Boil  a  sufficient 
time  ;  two  haul's  will  usually  suffice,  but  the 
sauce  will  not,  be  boiled  enough  until  it  has 
become  tolerably  thick,  and  all  the  watery 
appearance  has  gone.  Bottle  without  strain¬ 
ing  in  perfectly  dry  bottles,  and  cork  them 
securely  when  cold.  The  garlic  must,  be 
peeled,  bruised,  anrl  tied  up  in  a  bag  ;  all  the 
spice  must  be  ground  ;  the  quantities  may  be 
increased  or  diminished  according  to  taste. 
We  have  kept  sauce  made  from  this  receipt 
three  years. 

Tomato  Lily.—  Take  one  peek  green  toma¬ 
toes,  cut  them  in  slices  and  sprinkle  with 
salt ;  put  them  in  a  jar  and  press  them  tight ; 
let  them  remain  over  night.  Next  morning 
drain  through  a  cullender ;  add  lo  them 
twelve  onions,  sliced,  one  and  a-half  ounces 
black  pepper,  a  teaspoon  of  red  popper,  one 
ounce  mustard,  one-fourth  pound  mustard- 
seed,  one  pound  brown  sugar,  one  ounce 
cloves,  one  ounce  allspice.  Put  in  a  kettle, 
cover  them  with  good  vinegar,  and  boil  till 
tender. 


Scientific  amt  Useful 


DEATH  BY  LIGHTNING. 


Rev.  H.  C.  Hovey  communicates  the  fol¬ 
lowing  to  the  American  Journal  of  Science 
(nr  August : 

A  thunder  storm  passed  over  Kansas  City, 
Mo.,  on  the  afternoon  of  Sunday,  June  15th, 
1-173,  the  results  of  which,  so  far  as  a  single 
stroke  of  lightning  is  concerned,  the  writer 
has  taken  pains  to  verify  by  personal  exam¬ 
ination  and  the  testimony  of  eye-witnesses. 

When  the  storm  arose,  a  number  of  per¬ 
sons  were  walking  on  the  broad  platform  of 
the  amphitheater,  in  the  fair-grounds  adja¬ 
cent  to  the  city.  The  proineruiders,  either  ‘n 
ignorance,  or  negligence,  of  the  la  ws  govern¬ 
ing  the  passage  of  electrical  currents,  sought 
refuge  from  the  rain  under  neat  h  the  leafy 
branches  of  some  oak  trees  which  shade  the 
locality.  Under  the  tallest  of  these  oaks,  ill 
teen  feet  from  the  point  where  its  trunk 
passes  through  the  platform,  and  within 
three  or  four  feet  from  tlio  overhanging 
boughs,  stood  Miss  Nora  Ritenour  and  a 
young  gentleman  who  had  accompanied  her 
to  the  grounds.  An  electrical  discharge 
sought  them  out,  on  its  way  from  the  clouds 
to  the  earth.  She  was  killed  and  ho  was 
crippled;  while  the  shock  was  felt  for  a 
hundred  yards  from  the  fatal  point  of  im¬ 
pact,  jarring  buildings,  and  benumbing  and 
prostrating  human  beings,  so  an  to  prevent 
spectators  for  a  few  moments  from  coming 
to  the  aid  of  the  chief  sufferers.  W  hen  they 
did  so,  they  found  to  their  horror,  that  the 
body  of  the  young  lady  was  actually  under¬ 
going  combustion,  making  it  necessary  to 
extinguish  the  flames  by  pailfuls  of  water. 
On  inspecting  the  remains  it,  was  found  that 
the  first  point  of  contact  was  the  chin,  whore 
a  red  mark  was  left  ns  if  by  a  violent  blow. 

J  ho  rest  of  the  head  showed  no  external 
injury  except  that  the  hair  was  burnt  to  a 
crisp.  From  the  chin  tho  electrical  fluid 
sought  tho  body,  breaking  tho  nock,  and 
burning  tho  breast  and  abdomen  through 
anil  through.  Its  exit  was  by  the  right,  foot, 
leaving  only  a  well  marked  groove  along  the 
limb  ;  but  tearing  the  shoo  into  shreds.  Death 
must  have  boon  instantaneous  ;  and  was 
probably  void  of  sensible  pain,  if  one  might 
judge  from  the  placid  features,  and  the 
natural  and  agreeable  expression  of  the  eyes. 

It  semns  ns  if  the  stroke  must  first  have 
traversed  the  adjacent  oak,  but  the  most 
careful  examination  discovered  n<>  disturb¬ 
ance  of  its  branches,  or  injury  done  to  its 
sturdy  trunk.  On  leaving  tho  body  of  Miss 
Ritenour,  the  ent  ire  discharge  passed  through 
the  plank  on  which  she  stood,  piercing  it  like 
a  musket  ball,  tho  upper  side  of  the  perfora¬ 
tion  being  smoothly  depressed,  while  under¬ 
neath  it  was  jagged  and  enlarged.  From 
the  plank  tho  bolt  leaped  two  feet  to  abeam, 
along  which  its  path  was  divided  ;  being 
marked  by  a  fissure  leading  in  opposite  direc¬ 
tions  to  the  two  poets  by  which  the  beam 
was  supported.  These  posts  were  of  white 
pine,  thoroughly  seasoned,  and  about  one 
foot  in  diameter.  One  was  merely  split 
from  lop  to  bottom,  while  the  other  was 
utterly  splintered.  To  this  latter  piece  of 
timber,  boards  had  been  nailed  ;  and  lo  each 
nuil  head,  In  passing,  the  electrical  fluid 
paid  most  discriminating  attention,  splitting 
the  boards  as  if  with  the  edge  of  an  axe. 
Tho  ground  at  the  foot  of  these  posts  was  not 
visibly  disturbed.  No  traces  of  fire  were  to 
be  seen  on  the  dry,  inflammable  pino  wood, 
although  the  living  object,  on  which  tills 
memorable  thunderbolt  concentrated  all  its 
fury,  was  so  fearfully  burned. 

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SCIENTIFIC  AND  USEFUL  NOTES. 


A  New  Paper  Bay. — Miss  Maggie  Knight 
of  Holyoke,  lias  originated  and  successfully 
patented  a  square  bottom  paper  hag,  which 
is  without  doubt  destined  to  supersede  all 
other  styles  for  the  general  use  of  grocers  and 
others,  the  invention  securing  far  greater 
convenience  in  handling,  und  additional 
strength.  Miss  Knight  has  now  further  in¬ 
creased  tho  value  of  her  discovery  by  invent¬ 
ing  a  machine  for  folding  the  bags,  which 
lias  also  been  patented,  and  the  first,  large 
machine  iB  now  building  at  the  Aines  Co.’s 
machine  shop  in  Chicopee.  The  machine  is 
designed  tc  do  the  work  of  thirty  girls,  cut¬ 
ting,  folding,  pasting,  drying  30,000  per  day, 
with  the  assistance  of  two  girls  as  tenders. 
When  the  fact  is  taken  iulo  consideration 
that  about  half  a  billion  of  these  sharp  bot 
tom  bags  were  made  and  used  in  this  coun¬ 
try  last  year,  the  importance  anti  probable 
financial  results  of  these  patents  will  be  more 
readily  appreciated. 


Bleaching  Flowers. — P.  D.  asks  :  By  what 
means  flowers,  loaves  and  other  vegetable 
matters  are  deprived  of  their  colors,  that  is, 
bleached  or  whitened,  for  introduction  into 
what  1  think  are  called  “skeleton  bouquets  ? 
Answer : — Expose  the  flowers  for  a  few  min¬ 
utes  to  the  fumes  of  burning  sulphur  in  a 
close  vessel,  care  being  taken  to  prevent  the 
heat  from  reaching  them.— Set.  American. 

Squeaking  Bonis  and  Shoes.— To  prevent 
the  soles  of  boots  or  shoos  from  squeaking, 
says  the  Shoe  and  Leather  Chronicle,  rasp, 
the  outsold  and  insole,  and  every  other  piece 
of  leather  that  comes  in  contact  in  friction 
by  t  he  action  of  the  foot.  Then  apply  freely 
good  wheat  or  rye  paste.  Tf  this  is  well 
attended  to  from  heel  to  toe,  the  boot  or  shoe 
will  not  squeak. 

A  New  Hygroscopc. — An  instrument  for 
indicating  a  decided  change  in  the  relative 
quantity  of  moisture  of  the  atmosphere  is 
now  used  in  Paris,  consisting  in  strips  of 
paper  which  have  been  dipped  in  a  cobalt 
salt  solution,  containing  common  salt  and 
gum  arable.  In  dry  weather  this  prepared 
paper  is  blue,  and  in  wer,  it  is  rose  red. 

To  Soften  Hard  Water, — You  can  soften 
the  water  by  adding  carbonate  of  soda — 
washing  soda  as  long  as  a  whitish  precipi¬ 
tate  in  formed.  Let  it  settle  and  draw  off 
the  clear  water  above.  Sometimes  simple 
boiling  will  render  the  water  after  settling  fit 
for  washing. 

It  is  a  curious  fact  that  cats  cannot  survive 
when  kept  about  a  lead  pipe  manufactory. 
The  experiment  has  been  tried  frequently  at 
one  of  tho  largest  manufactories  in  New 
York,  and  in  every  instance  the  cat  has 
gradually  lost  flesh,  and  died  within  three 
months. 


§»gi|nti[  Jnf’arawtioit. 


A  COUGH  REMEDY. 


Wm.  Jones,  M.  D.,  in  the  New  York  Medi¬ 
cal  Review  gives,  he  sayB,  “  a  cough  remedy 
that  ha. i  been  more  or  less  henefleial  for 
consumption  than  anything  I  have  ever 
used.”  It  is  as  follows Wild  Cherry  Bark, 
2* {jibs. ;  Ipecac  Root,  5  ozs. ;  Blood  Root,  6 
ozs. ;  Squill  Root,  3  ozs. ;  Liquorice  Root,  1J^ 
ozs.;  Cochineal,  J.j  oz. ;  Anise  Seed,  8  ozs.; 
Fennel  Seed,  3  ozs.;  Orange  Peel,  4  ozs.; 
Acetate  of  Morphia,  3  drams  ;  Alcohol,  2 
gallons;  Sulphuric  Acid,  %  oz. ;  Water,  2 
gallons  ;  Pulv.  Sugar,  10  lbs. 

Directions  for  making : — Grind  all  the  arti¬ 
cles  to  a  course  powder,  except  those  directed 
to  be  bruised  and  pulverized,  and  put  them 
ail  LO  the  alcohol,  except  tho  wild  cherry 
bark,  the  water,  the  sugar,  and  the  sulphuric 
acid.  Let  them  stand  one  week,  shaking  or 
stirring  twice  a  day.  Then,  having  kept  the 
wild  cheriy  harlt  two  days  in  a  covered 
vessel,  with  water  enough  upon  to  wet  it 
thoroughly,  place  it  iu  a  purcolater,  and  run 
two  gallons  of  water  through  it.  Add  this 
to  the  alcohol  and  other  ingredients.  Let 
t  he  whole  stand  three  days  longer,  stirring 
as  before  ;  then  draw  oil  and  filter  through 
paper.  Now,  add  the  sugar,  aud  lastly  the 
sulphuric  acid.  When  a  more  quieting  effort 
is  needed,  a  little  more  morphia  may  be 
added  ;  if  a  more  expectorant  influence  is 
required,  or  you  wish  to  control  the  pulbe, 
add  a  few  drops  veratrum  viride  tincture. 
The  dose  for  an  adult  person  is  from  one  to 
two  teaspoon  fuls  three  or  four  times  a  day. 
Should  this  not  meet  your  approbation,  leave 
it  where  it  is.  It  has  served  me  better  than 
any  preparation  L  have  ever  used. 

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TAKING  DOWN  8T0YES. 


I  noticed  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  re¬ 
cently,  an  article  by  an  “Editor  out  of 
Harness.”  One  thing  he  speaks  of  is  the 
taking  down  of  stoves  and  not  putting  them 
up  again  till  winter  sets  in.  1  say  don’t  take 
them  down  at  all  unless  it  is  necessary  to  do 
so  to  clean  them  ;  and  then  put  them  up 
again  ;  do  not  poke  them  into  tile  storeroom 
or  attic  ;  it  is  trouble  enough  getting  them 
up  and  down  the  staii-s,  without  the  loss  of 
comfort  which  a  cheering  fire  gives  on  some 
of  the  chilly,  damp,  misty  days  which  we 
often  have  iu  this  portion  of  the  country. 
“How  they  look  !”  I  heard  a  housewife  say, 
when  the  subject  was  spoken  of.  Wife, 
mother,  don’t,  be  over-nice  when  your  health 
and  the  health  of  your  family  is  concerned  ; 
for  this  matter  does  concern  your  health 
when  a  person  is  compelled  to  live  in  a  room 
where  there  has  been  no  fire  for  three  or  six 
months,  that  person  is  breathing  air  that 
certainly  breeds  disease.  I  have  but  little 
more  to  say  on  this  subject ;  but,  hou*e- 
keepers,  when  you  clean  your  house,  don’t 
take  down  your  stoves.  A  Reader. 

Westfield,  N.  Y. 


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WESTERN  NEW  YORK  PAIR. 

Tni:  Western  Now  York  Fair,  at  Rochester, 
Sept.  16-19,  was  a  marked  success.  Our  special 
reportor  furnishes  us  with  a  mass  of  notes,  from 
which  we  ure  compelled,  by  our  limited  space, 
(o  make  the  following  abridged  notice.  So  far 
as  attendance  and  linanoini  success  are  concern¬ 
ed,  the  Fair  evidently  met  the  expectations  of 
Its  managers.  The  Poultry  Department  was  ex¬ 
tensive,  the  number  of  entries  reaching  315. 
Our  reporter  speaks  in  extravagant  terms  ol 
this  portion  of  the  exhibition.  There  were  31) 
ent  ries  of  Swine.  The  show  of  Cuttle  was  much 
smaller  than  last  year,  in  consequence  of  the 
occurrence  of  the  Livingston  Co.  Fair  at  the 
same  time;  but  there  were  til  entries— Devons, 
1U;  Short-Horns,  26;  Alderneys,  11;  Ayrshire*,, 
1»;  Natives,  C;  Grades,  25;  Working  Oxen  and 
Steers,  11.  Of  Sheep,  there  were  30  entries  of 
Merinos,  13  of  Leicester.  3  of  Lincolnshire,  13  of 
Cot-swolds,  4  of  South  Downs,  and  b  other  en¬ 
tries.  Briggs  &  Bro.  occupied  nearly  one-half 
of  Floral  Hall,  making  a  magoUloeni  display, 
including  an  immense  floral  balloon,  over  seven 
eel.  high,  the  car  of  which  was  filled  with  the 
choicest  Flowers.  This  firm  exhibited  over  200 
varieties  of  named  Gladioli,  and  a  tine  array  of 
Coxcombs,  Including  the  Variegated  Coxcomb, 
Colosca  rarkgata  (which  we  illustrated  and  de¬ 
scribed  last  year),  and  which  attracted  much 
attention.  Their  display  of  Phloxes,  Pansies, 
Ten-Weeks'  Stocks,  German  Asters,  Tuberoses, 
&c.,  was  evidence  of  the  extent  of  the  resources 
of  these  famous  florists  and  seedsmen.  Messrs. 
Grosman  &  lino’s  exhibited  a.flne  collection  of  I 


Dahlias  and  Seedling  Verbenas.  W.  S.  Littlb, 
very  fine  collection  of  Roses.  Frost  &  Co.,  123 
varieties  of  Roses,  75  Verbenas.  40  Phlox,  65 
Geraniums,  ami  a  fine  display  of  Bouquet  Bas¬ 
kets  and  Green. house  Plants.  Ellwangkr  & 
Bahut  exhibited  363  varieties  of  Ko*es.  72  Ver¬ 
benas,  80  Geraneimm,  very  lino  display  of  Green¬ 
house  Plants,  Dahlias,  Bouquet  Baskets  and 
Pyramids.  L.  C.  Mauvul,  Castor  Bean  Plants. 
R.  J.  Donnklly,  a  fine  collection  of  Dahlias, 
Geraniums  aud  Bouquets,  Mrs,  M.  A.  Kim¬ 
ball  exhibited  a  handsome  collection  of  Bulbs, 
Cut  Flowers,  etc.  Mrs.  D.  Lyday,  a  fine  collec¬ 
tion  of  Cut  Flowers,  and  a  beautiful  Cross  and 
Crown,  tnadc  from  Evergreens  and  Immortelles. 

The  Fruit  Department  was  well  filled, consid¬ 
ering  that  the  season  has  not  been  favorable 
for  apples  and  pears.  Ellwangkr  &  Barry 
exhibited  a  line  collection,  entering  173  varie¬ 
ties  of  pears,  10  of  apples,  21  of  hothouse  grapoe 
and  32  outdoor  grapes.  Frost  &  Co.,  41  varie¬ 
ties  ol‘ grapes  and  a  line  collection  of  pears.  G. 
Bauuinger  exhibited  24  varieties  of  outdoor 
grapes  of  very  line  quality.  Grosman  BROS,  a 
line  display  of  apples.  B.  J.  Donnelly,  100  va¬ 
rieties  of  apples.  Among  the  amateurs,  Messrs. 
J.  AT.  Edmunds  and  W.  G.  Watson  made  a  line 
display  of  grapes.  R.  W.  Brown,  D.  W.  Spen¬ 
cer,  H.  T.  Leak,  David  K.  Bed.,  J.  M.  Ed¬ 
munds  and  Mrs.  Isabella  Sprout,  a  fine  dis¬ 
play  of  apples  and  pears.  C.  A.  Paine  of  Pitts- 
ford,  N.  Yr.,  exhibited  a  large  collection  of 
watermelons,  and  Lorenzo  I).  Elt  of  Brighton, 
N.  Y..  a  branch  from  a  pear  tree  (Louts  Bonne 
de  Jersey)  3J^  feet  long,  having  on  80  well  grown 
pears,  J.  A.  Craig,  Jr.,  exhibited  some  fine 
specimens  0/  the  Little  Heath  muskmelon. 

The  display  of  Canned  Fruits  embraced  some 
fine  samples. 

The  entries  in  t  he  Vegetable  Department  wore 
very  numerous  and  t  he  general  display  good. 
Messrs.  Ckohman  Bros,  of  Rochester  were 
the  largest  exhibitors,  having  150  entries  of 
garden  products.  A.  H.  Johnson  of  North 
Chili  exhibited  51  varieties  of  potatoes,  mostly 
of  new  seedlings. 

In  the  Dairy  Department  the  entries  were 
very  few,  consisting  of  about  20  jars  of  butter 
and  a  few  cheeses  from  private  dairies. 

The  Wheeler  &  WIlBon  Sewing  Machine  was 
exhibited  by  S.  w.  Diddle  &  Dutton  of  Roch¬ 
ester;  they  had  seven  entries,  from  ; i  light  fam¬ 
ily  to  heavy  manufacturing  machines;  they 
were  run  by  steam,  the  power  being  furnished 
by  a  two-horse  Baxter  Steam  Engine  exhibited 
by  I,,  s.  Graves. 

A  two  story  frame  buildiug  was  well  filled 
with  a  flue  collection  of  Domestic  Manufac¬ 
tures,  Ladies’  Handiwork,  etc.  Warfield  & 
Co.  entered  .V)  different  kinds  of  burning  and 
lubricating  oils.  Kenyon  A  Hunt  a  line  as¬ 
sortment  of  furs.  A.  K.  A  T.  11.  Prichard  a  fine 
display  of  trunks,  valises,  etc.  Jas.  E.  Hayden 
&  Co.  a  new  patent  “Home  Comfort"  folding 
sola  and  bed. 

There  was  a  very  largo  display  of  Agricultural 
and  Farm  Implements  occupying  t  he  center  ol 
the  trotting  ring,  and  nearly  filling  the  entire 
space.  The  Auderbon  Steamer,  Buckeye  elide: 
Mill  arid  Buckeye  Grain  Drill,  were  represented 
by  Messrs.  I*.  1’.  Mast  A  (X>.,  Springfield,  Ohio; 
Randall’s  Pulverizing  Harrow  ancf  the  Warrior 
Mower,  by  the  Warrior  Mower  Co.,  Little  Falls, 
M.  Y. ;  Walter  A.  Wood's  Prize  Mower,  by  Rus¬ 
sell  A'  Smith,  Rochester,  N.  Y.;  Planet  Seed 
Drill,  Excelsior  Lawn  Mower,  Remington's 
Clipper  Plows,  and  the  Superior  Hay  Tedder, 
by  M  akcellcs  Brothers,  Rochester,  N.  YT.;the 
Farmer’s  Favorite  Grain  Drill,  by  S.  N.  GALLUP, 
Macedon,  N.  Y.;  the  Johnston  Wrought-Jron 
Mower,  und  Johnston's  English  Harvester,  by 
the  Johnston  Harvester  Co.,  Brockport,  N.  Y.; 
the  A merlcan  Harvester.  Bradley's  Aumn  Mow¬ 
er,  Scotch  Harrow,  and  Car  hart 'a  Cultivator,  by 
Bradley  Mfg  Co.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y'.;  the  Hoadley 
Portable  Steam  Engiue,  by  Hoadley  Mf’g  Co., 
Lawrence,  Maas.;  the  Birdsel!  Two-Horse  Pow¬ 
er  Clover  Thresher,  by  the  Birdseil  Mfg  Co., 
South  Bend,  Inch;  the  Wostinghouse  Steam 
Power  Thresher  and  Combined  Clover  and 
Grain  Thresher,  by  G.  Westing  HOUSE  &  Co., 
Schenectady,  N.  Y.;  the  New  Perry'  Hay  Ted¬ 
der,  by  Stuart  Perry,  Newport,  N.  Y. ;  the 
Dodge  Mower  and  Combined  Machines,  and  the 
Cornell  Patent  Double  Tube  Corn  Sheller,  by 
Dodge  A  Stevenson  Mfg  Co.,  Auburn,  N.  Y.; 
the  Johnson  Improved  Cider  Press,  by  0.  K. 
Johnson,  Medina,  N,  Y.;  the  Buckeye  Mower 
aud  Combined  Machines,  byE,  Gildeksleeve; 
the  Kirby  Two- Wheel  Mower  and  Combined 
Machines,  aud  the  Burdick  Reaper,  by  D.  M. 
Osborne  A  Co.,  Auburn,  N.  Y.;  the  New  Kipp 
Engine,  operated  by  the  Anderson  Boiler,  by 
Whitman  &  Burrell,  Little  Falls,  N.  Y.  There 
was  a  good  display  of  Carriages,  Sleighs  and 
Farm  Carts  and  Wagons. 


NEW  JERSEY  STATE  FAIR. 

Thursday,  Sept.  16,  we  visited  the  New  Jer¬ 
sey  Fair  at  Waverley,  There  seemed  to  be  fif¬ 
teen  or  twenty  thousand  people  on  the  grounds 
during  the  day— in  the  afternoon,  especially, 
there  was  a  great  crowd,  embracing  more  Gov¬ 
ernors  and  ex-Governors  with  their  satellites, 
than  we  over  before  saw  at  one  Agricultural 
Fair  at  one-time.  The  day  was  perfect,  the 
grounds  beautiful,  the  arrangements  for  the 
accommodation  aud  enjoyment  of  the  crowd 
excellent,  aud  great  good  nature  and  good  fel¬ 
lowship  prevailed.  The  crowd  were  therefor 
a  holiday  evidently,  and  to  see  each  other  and 
any  horse  trotting  that  might  occur.  The 
grounds  and  buildings  overlooking  the  horse 
track  were  constantly  thronged.  This  throng 


overflowed  into  the  Horticultural,  Manufac¬ 
turers  and  Poultry  Departments,  and  ran  like 
a  rivulet  down  past  the  swine,  sheep  and  cattle 
pens. 

The  Horticultural  Department  was  better 
filled  than  last  year.  Every  available  inch  of 
space  was  occupied.  Kansas  made  a  big  show 
of  fruits,  and  Ellwangkr  &  Barry  of  Roches¬ 
ter  filled  a  liberal  amount  of  space.  Olm  Bros, 
of  Newark  adorned  the  c  entral  portion  of  the 
tent  with  plants,  and  New  Jersey  fruits,  vege¬ 
tables  and  “wines’’  were  not  wanting. 

There  was  a  goodly  show  or  Machinery.  One 
novelty  is  worthy  of  mention.  Ex-Gov.  Ran¬ 
dolph  exhibited  u  ditching  machine  which 
was  being  drawn  with  four  horses,  cutting  six 
Inches  wide  and  throe  inches  deep  each  time  it 
passed  back  and  forth  through  the  field,  depos¬ 
iting  the  earth  excavated  on  either  side  of  the 
ditch  and  fairly  away  from  it.  It  certainly  did 
its  work  well.  It  requires  to  be  operated  in 
soil  free  from  stone.  A  small  stone  four  inches 
in  diameter  will  clog  it  temporarily,  and  it  has 
to  be  removed.  A  larger  machine  and  more 
.  power  might  render  such  clogging  unnecessary. 

The  Poultry  Department  was  well  filled.  The 
other  live  stock  department*,  (except,  perhaps, 
horses,)  while  embracing  many  excellent  ani¬ 
mals,  were  not  especially  noteworthy,  though 
certainly  creditable  to  those  who  exhibited 
them. 

We  learn  that,  financially,  the  Fair  has  been 
a  greater  success  than  ever.  There  is  no  reason 
why,  with  its  beautiful  grounds  in  such  close 
proximity  to  New  York  aud  other  largo  ccntera 
of  population,  this  Society  may  not  win  for  it¬ 
self  the  ability  to  do  for  New  Jersey  agricultur¬ 
ists  a  great  deal  of  practical  and  good  work- 
wliy  it  may  not  stimulate  by  liberality  and  fa¬ 
cilities  for  exhibition  the  agricultural  industry 
of  t  he  State  to  a  degree  not  yet  attained.  We 
are  indebted  the  officers  of  the  Society  for  at¬ 
tentions  and  information. 

- - ♦♦♦ - 

RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

The  Centenuial  Horticultural  Noddy  has  been 
organized  in  Philadelphia,  with  the  avowed 
object  of  “Aiding  the  L’nited  States  Centen¬ 
nial  Commissioners  in  the  preparation  of  plans 
for  the  Horticultural  Department  of  the  Cen¬ 
tennial  Exposition,  the  planting  of  the  garden, 
the  construction  and  management,  of  horticul- 
tural  house*,  and  to  provide  for  the  proper  rep¬ 
resentation  of  the  great  Interests  of  pomology 
and  horticulture  in  the  Exhibition.”  The  fol¬ 
lowing  are  the  <. fib  ers  elect ; 

I'm. -Patrick  Harrv  ol  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
See.  -A.  W.  Harrison  of  Philadelphia.  Trcae.— 
Wm.  Hacker  of  Philadelphia.  Viee-I*i'oi't&.— 
W.  L.  Shaffer  of  Philadelphia;  P.  H.  Workman 
of  Georgia;  J.  B.  Warder  of  Ohio:  W.  C.  Flagg 
of  Illinois ;  W.  Strong  of  Massachusetts,  and 
J.  Slreugol  of  Culirornia.  t'.x.  Caw.— J.  Mitohel 
of  Philadelphia ;  P.  Henderson  of  New  Jersey  ; 
J.  L.  OJmatexd  of  New  York;  Wm.  Naundexs  of 
Washington  ;  T.  Meehan  of  Philadelphia ;  Goo. 
Ellwnnger  <if  Rochester,  N.  Y.:  Cfias.  Downing 
of  Newburg,  N.  Y.:  Dr.  J.  ft.  Warder  of  Ohio; 
John  J.  Thomas  of  -.Yew  York;  Wm.  Homely 
of  Katisa x ;  C.  W.  Kffrn  of  Missouri  ;  Charles  M. 
Hovey  of  Boston ;  George  Such  of  South  Am¬ 
boy,  -N.  J.;  Thus.  J.Pullan  of  Hlghtsiown.  N. 
J.jW.C.  Bracken  ridge  ol  New  England ;  Dr. 
Swayzer  of  Alabama;  Joslali  Hoopes  of  Penn¬ 
sylvania;  ft.  \V.  Sergeant  of  New  York;  H.  U. 
llunewell  of  Massachusetts ;  Hugh  Gra  iam  ol 
Philadelphia  ;  Dr.  E.  R.  Hall  of  Bristol,  K,  X.; 
R.  N.  Copeland  of  Massachusetts ;  11.  W.  S. 
Cleveland  of  Chicago  ,  Robert  Buist  of  Phila¬ 
delphia.  The  Presiueut  ana  five  members  of 
the  Committee  were  empowered  to  add  ten 
names  to  the  Committee,  if  found  nocossary. 

The  Executive  Committee  is  to  act  in  con¬ 
junction  with  the  Centennial  Executive  Com¬ 
mittee  of  the  Pennsylvania  Horticultural  So¬ 
ciety  as  an  Advisory  Board  to  consider  and  rec¬ 
ommend  to  the  Centennial  Commissioners  such 
plans  for  the  Horticultural  Department  of  the 
Exposition  as  may  be  best  suited  to  thu  pur¬ 
pose.  Meetings  of  the  Executive  Committee 
shall  be  held  quarterly,  and  when  called  by  the 
chairman,  live  members  shall  constitute  a  quo¬ 
rum.  One  member  in  each  State  and  Territory 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  President,  to  act  as 
Chairmen  ol  State  Committees,  and  these  Chair¬ 
men  shall  have  power  to  select  aud  appointany 
number  of  horticulturists  in  their  several  States 
and  Territories  to  act  as  member*  of  the  State 
Comuiittces.  The  duty  of  the  State  Commit¬ 
tees  shall  be  to  collect  Information  aud  sugges¬ 
tions  as  to  the  wishes  ol  horticulturists  gener¬ 
ally  in  regard  to  the  Centennial  Exposition,  and 
to  report  such  information,  plans  and  sugges¬ 
tions  to  the  Executive  Committee.  The  Amer¬ 
ican  Bornological  Society  being  the  acknowl¬ 
edged  authority  in  the  laud  In  relation  to  fruits, 
with  regularly  constituted  officers  and  commit¬ 
tees  in  every  State  and  Territory  in  the  Union, 
and  having  voted  to  hold  a  session  in  connec¬ 
tion  with  the  Centennial  Exhibition  in  1876,  it 
is  authorized  and  requested  to  co-operate  with 
this  Centennial  Horticultural  Society. 


the  seeds  this  last  spring.  If  some  Northern 
gentlemen  would  only  interest  themselves  in 
tea  culture,  in  a  few  years  our  country  would 
be  supplied  with  Southern  grown  tea.” 

We  tested  the  sample  of  tea  sent  us  with  the 
above  note.  An  expert  tea-taster  and  dealer  in 
tea,  pronounced  the  sample  excellent  of  the 
class  of  tea  known  as  “English  Breakfast."  All 
who  lasted  it  pronounced,  various!^,  "  Good,” 
“Very  good,”  “  Excellent,”  See.  We  are  obliged 
to  Mrs,  Screven  for  the  sample. 

- o*« - - 

Editors  ns  Patrons  of  Husbandry. — We  see  it 

stated  by  the  Western  Farmer  that.  “  Secretary 
Brajnard  is  reported  to  have  said  at  the 
Watertown  Convention,  [of  Patrons  of  Hus¬ 
bandry]  last  week,  that  ho  was  opposed  to 
admitting  Editors  to  the  Order  and  wished  it 
was  rid  of  those  it  already  had."  What  will  the 
Editors  of  the  “Organs"  of  the  order  say  to 
this?  There  is  friend  Oolman  of  the  Rural 
World  who  hopes  to  win  the  race  he  has  been 
so  long  running,  i.  e.,  the  Governorship  of  Mis¬ 
souri,  through  his  zealous  labors  for  the  Order. 
Gen.  Wilson  of  the  Iowa  Homestead  and  Secre¬ 
tary  of  the  State  Grangeof  Iowa,  would  thus  be 
got  rid  of  if  this  Wisconsin  Secretary  had  his 
wish.  Coriiktt  of  the  Prairie  Farmer  comes 
within  the  list,  of  editors  who  wo  Patrons — and 
a  score  of  others.  What  have  they  done  inside 
the  Granges  which  should  beget  such  a  wish  for 
their  expulsion?  We  are  sorry  that  such  a 
sentiment  should  be  expressed  by  a  high  officer 
in  the  Order  in  Wisconsin,  without  an  accom¬ 
panying  demonstration  of  dissent  on  the  part 
of  the  other  members  of  the  Order  present. 
We  confess  wo  do  not  understand  what  it  all 


A  Mutual  Transportation  Company  has  been 
organized  in  Illinois,  the  prime  movers  in  which 
are  Frank  Gilbert,  Hon.  W.  C.  Flagg,  Col. 
K.  K.  Jones,  Col.  A.  W.  Farrar,  Hon.  L.  D. 
Whiting,  Gen.  E.  B.  Harlan,  J.  B.  Phlnney, 
Dr.  W.  M.  Huntoon,  J.  B.  Baker  and  W.  W. 
Corbett.  It  is,  as  we  gather  from  the  pros¬ 
pectus,  proposed  to  purchase  cars,  or  lease 
them  and  carry  on  a  general  transportation 
business,  in  the  interest  of  producers,  on  the 
railways  ol'  Illinois  and  elsewhere.  The  rail¬ 
roads  now  trail  port  ears  belonging  to  trans¬ 
portation  companies,  and  it  Ib  proposed  by  the 
farmers  and  t  hose  interested  in  cheaper  trans¬ 
portation,  to  compete  with  those  companies  in 
their  own  field  of  operation.  This  is  a  sensible 
movement.  It  is  a  great  deal  better  and  of 
more  practical  utility  than  waiting  and  w'orking 
for  t  he  Nat  ional  Government  to  build  a  grand 
freight  railway.  That,  however  desirable  it 
may  be,  involves  too  much  delay  and  weary 
wailing.  This  is  carrying  the  war  into  Africa; 
and  those  engaged  in  rite  effort  will  soon  dis¬ 
cover  whether  freight  can  be  profitably  trans¬ 
ported  at  less  rates  than  now  or  not. 

- IM 

Another  Commissioner  of  Agriculture.— One 
of  flic  daily  papers  has  the  following  item “  A 
Washington  rumor  says  that  Commissioner 
Watts  of  the  Agricultural  Department  is  to 
resign  soon,  and  that  his  successor  is  to  bo 
Prof.  Hoyt  of  Wisconsin,  the  Chairman  of  the 
International  Jury  tin  Kduoatlon  at  Vienna. 
We  have  little  doubt  that  if  Commissioner 
Watts  does  “  resign  soon,”  Prof.  Hoyt  will 
want  and  try  to  get  the  appointment.  He  is  a 
chronic  office  seeker  and  hiB  cheap  recommen¬ 
dation  for  the  place  Is  his  experience  in  manip¬ 
ulating  politicians.  We  hope  this  rumor  is  not 
true,  so  far  as  it  concerns  Hoyt.  There  is  no 
better  man  available  than  J.  R.  Dodge. 

RURAL  BREVITIES. 

We  call  at  tention  to  the  advertisement,  “  Fast 
Trotting  Stallion  Wanted,  ”  and  “  Glendale 
Stock  Breeding  Farm." 

The  flax  crop  of  Willametta  Valley,  Oregon, 
Is  said  to  be  from  one-third  to  one-half  larger 
than  any  previous  season. 

To  those  who  inquire,  wo  say  we  cannot  tell 
where  plants  of  the  English  strawberries  recent¬ 
ly  Illustrated  in  t lie  Rural  New-Yokkek  can 
be  got  unless  ol  the  party  named  in  the  article. 

Wk  are  reminded  of  the  days  of  grape  ex¬ 
citement  by  the  receipt  of  a  box  of  Walter 
grapes  from  L.  M.  Ferris  Se  Son,  Poughkeepsie, 
N.  Y.  It  is  as  good  as  ever,  and  ripens  this  year 
with  Hartford  Prolific. 

The  Germantown  Telegraph  says:— “Any 
journal  or  publication  which  pretends  to  advo¬ 
cate  agricultural  success,  and  at  the  same  time 
advocates  free-trade,  is  not  hing  but  a  downright 
deception.  The  t  wo  can  no  more  amalgamate 
than  can  oil  aud  water.” 


Domestic  Tea  from  Georgia.— Mrs.  R.  I.  SCREV¬ 
EN,  Liberty  Co.,  Ga.,  writes  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker:— “I  teke  pleasure  in  sending  you  a 
sample  of  Southern  grown  tea  which  1  prepared 
in  April,  from  plants  growing  on  my  father’s 
(Mr.  William  Jones,  former  Editor  and  Pro¬ 
prietor  of  Southern  Cultivator.  Athens,  Ga.,) 
farm  in  this  county.  The  tea  was  not  prepared 
with  any  special  care,  as  It  was  intended  only 
for  family  use.  I  would  be  glad  to  hear  your 
opinion  of  it.  The  tea  plant  grows  luxuriantly 
here,  and  bears  seeds  every  year  in  great  abun¬ 
dance.  Thousands  of  plants  are  growing  in 
this  country  of  various  sizes,  from  10  to  12  feet 
high,  down  to  plants  that  have  just  spruugfrom 


Henry  W.  Troy,  designer,  has  shown  us  a 
specimen  of  his  skill  with  pencil  and  brush 
which  represents  a  counterfeit  $5  LL  8.  note 
pasted  on  a  piece  of  letter  paper,  framed,  cov¬ 
ered  with  glass,  which  is  broken,  aud  a  part,  of 
the  glass  gone.  It  is  an  admirable  piece  of 
work,  and  very  effectively  eounterielts  the  real. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES: 


The  long  evenings  are  now  coining,  and  the  chil¬ 
dren  should  have  good  games  to  help  pass  them 
pleasantly,  Avilude,  with  Its  birds  and  their  de¬ 
scriptions,  is  the  best  ever  published.  Sold  by  all 
booksolleis  and  toy  dealers,  or  sent  post-paid,  on  re 
celpt  of  seventy-five  coats,  by  West  A  Lee,  Worces¬ 
ter.  Mass. 

"From  Its  meritorious  character  deserves  the  wid¬ 
est  circulation.”— Banner  of  Light. 

- *♦« - 

The  Ladies  prefer  Eureka  Machine  Twist,  on  ac¬ 
count  of  its  superior  strength,  smoothness  aud  elas¬ 
ticity.  Every  spool  is  full  length.  _ 


Sgszww 


around  stores  and  saloons.  Never  “  fool”  on 
business  matters.  If  you  have  to  labor  for  a 
living,  remember  that  one  hour  In  tho  morning 
is  better  than  two  at  night.  If  you  employ 
others,  be  on  hand  to  see  that  they  attend  to 
their  duties,  and  to  direct  with  regularity, 
promptness  and  liberality.  Do  not  meddle  with 
any  business  you  know  nothing  of.  Never  buy 
a  thing  simply  because  the  man  that  sells  it 
will  take  It  out  in  trade.  Trade  is  money.  Time 
Is  money.  Make  your  place  of  business  pleas¬ 
ant,  and  attractive ;  then  stay  there  to  wait  on 
your  customers. 

Be  obliging.  Strive  to  avoid  harsh  words  and 
personalities.  Do  not  kick  every  stone  la  the 
path  ;  more  miles  can  be  made  a  day  by  going 
steadily  on  than  by  stopping  to  kick.  Pay  as 
you  go.  A  man  of  honor  respects  hts  word  as 


of  the  forests  whore  It  once  grow  abundantly 
now  have  scarcely  a  single  specimen.  In  Madras, 
the  Government  has  prudently  had  groat  plan¬ 
tations  of  this  tree  sot  out  in  order  to  keep  up 
the  supply. 


A  Remarkable  FISH  STORY 


HEW  PUBLICATIONS 


[SEE  ILLUSTRATION.] 


LUCK  AND  LABOR 


Monopolies  and  the  People.— Bv  D.  C.  Cloud 
ot  Muscatine,  Iowa.  Davenport,  Day,  Egbert  & 
Fldlar. 

The  people  of  the  groat  West  appear  to  be 
thoroughly  in  earnest  relative  to  monopolios, 
claas-logislatlon,  corruption,  and  other  evils  of 
a  similar  nature  which  are  overshadowing  this 
land.  Mr.  Cloud  has  hope  that  the  patrons  of 
husbandry,  to  whom  he  dedicates  his  book,  will 
yet  bo  able  to  do  something  to  save  themselves 
and  the  rest  of  tho  oppressed.  Ho  has  waited 
for  two  years  for  this  auspicious  moment,  and 
now  brings  out  tils  book,  which  aims  to  bo  a 
true  history  of  tho  operation  of  different  mo¬ 
nopolies.  He  is  of  the  opinion  that  combina¬ 
tions  of  corporations  and  other  rings  and  or¬ 
ganisations  at  war  with  tho  best  interests  of 
tho  people,  have  acquired  new  strength  and 
more  power  within  the  lost  few  months.  Ho 
demauds  reformation  or  revolution !  This  book 
oontains  UK)  pages,  and  goes  over  tho  whole 
ground.  It  Is  a  work  for  every  citizen  to  read 
and  form  his  own  conclusions,  Tho  questions 
discussed  are  live  onos  which  cannot  bo  put  off. 


Friend  Moouk  : — 1  send  you  a  photograph 
of  the  hero  of  one  of  the  most  remarkable  of 
fish  itoriet,  which  is  unlike  the  most  of  them  lu 
bcinga  real  fact,  and  the  photograph  represents 
and  personates  the  parties.  The  trout  meas¬ 
ured  twcvty-ninc  inches  in  length,  weighed  eight 
pounds,  and  was  cooked  by  the  mother  and 
eaten  by  family  friends  the  next  day.  Think  it 
quite  well  worth  a  cut  for*  tho  Rural,  and 
thereforesend  photograph  taken  by  Dr.  Mills. 
I  think  it  worthy  a  cut  In  your  paper,  as  among 
the  first,  and  doubt  not  it  will  bo  extensively 
published.  The  annexed  article,  from  the 
Yates  Co.  Chronicle,  tells  the  story  of  “  The 
Fish  that  Made  a  Desperate  Leap  for  a  Boy.” 
By  giving  it  in  connection  with  illustration, 
you  will  a  most  strange  and  truthful  tale  un¬ 
fold.  Yours,  II.  H.  Williams. 

Penn  Yan,  N.  Y.,  Sept.,  1873. 


Many  people  complain  of  their  bad  luck, 
when  they  ought  to  blutue  their  own  want  of 
wisdom  and  action.  Mr,  Cobden,  a  distinguished 
writer  in  England,  thus  wrote  about  luck  and 
labor : 

Luck  Is  everything  waiting  for  something  to 
turn  up. 

Labor,  with  keen  eye  and  strong  will,  will 
turn  up  something. 


On  a  sunny  afternoon,  August  37,  1873,  Mrs. 
Myron  Morse,  and  daughter  of  Reuben  L. 
Corey  of  Penn  Yan,  N.  Y.,  with  her  little  son 
Harry,  of  seven  years,  was  fishing  at  Brandy 
Bay,  on  Lake  Keuka.  The  boat  lay  a  few  rods 
from  shore,  and  the  mother  was  watching  her 
line  on  one  side  of  the  boat  while  the  boy  was 
doing  the  same  thing  on  the  other.  Suddenly 
she  was  startled  by  a  scream  from  the  boy,  and 
looking  around  saw  her  boy  with  a  frightened, 
bloody  face  and  a  trout  of  eight  pounds  weight 
floundering  by  his  side  in  the  skiff.  A  person 
on  shore  called  to  her  to  strike  the  fish  with  an 
oar,  which  she  did,  and  thus  quieted  him,  when 
she  rowed  to  shore.  It  was  found  that  the  trout 
had  suddenly  leaped  from  the  water  and  seized 
the  boy  by  his  nose,  Inflicting  a  long  gash  from 
which  the  bloud  flowed  rrecly.  Tho  force  with 
which  tho  trout,  leaped  in  hisoimlaugh  upon  the 
boy,  as  the  little  fellow  drew  back,  landed  the 
finny  game  over  the  bout’s  side  and  cost  him  his 
life.  This  incident  was  so  strange  and  unheard 
of  that  it  made  no  little  sensation,  and  was  the 
subject,  of  much  wonderment  and  many  news¬ 
paper  paragraphs. 


The  Undeveloped  West.  By  .T.  n.  Beadle. 

National  Publishing  Company,  Philadelphia, 

Chicago,  Memphis,  Etc. 

PEOPLE  will  never  tire  of  reading  of  tho  great 
West,  and  in  this  very  large  ami  uncommonly 
attractive  volume  (hero  is  bo  much  of  adven¬ 
ture  told  In  such  a  pleasant  way,  woven  with 
useful  Information,  that  all  who  read  it  will  bo 
fasetnated  to  the  end.  The  835  pages  of  this 
book  are  sprinkled  with  2+t  good  Illustrations, 
which  add  to  the  Interest  of  the  whole.  Mr. 
Beadle,  the  well-known  newspaper  corre¬ 
spondent,  spent  five  years  in  tho  Territories  of 
the  groat  Wost,  startlug  on  bln  tour  In  18C8.  He 
gives  a  history  of  tho  vast  region  beyond  tho 
Mississippi,  and  does  It  in  such  a  manner  as  to 
excite  our  admiration  for  thocountry  as  well  as 
for  tho  author.  Those  who  wish  for  tho  fullest, 
latest  and  best  Information  relating  to  tho 
West,  will  secure  this  book. 


Iscah  i  Or,  Jcplithnli’s  Vow.  A  Poem  in  Six 
Cantos.  By  ISA  HELLS  DU  PATON,  Mrs.  HUNT- 
Muroant.  London:  Bltuis  &  Goodwin. 

Those  fond  of  religious  poems  will  find  much 
pleasant  reading  In  this  book,  of  the  stylo  of 
tho  following  couplet : 

“  The  pearly  duwdmps  glitter'd  on  tho  trees, 

Which  shook  thelrbranchos  in  th*  amoral  broeze.” 

Tho  daughter  of  J ephth a h  was  one  of  the  pur¬ 
est  and  most  exalted  examples  of  female  excel¬ 
lence  rocordod  in  tba  Bible.  Sho  Is  worthy  a 
noble  poem.  This  book  contains  a  large  num¬ 
ber  of  miscellaneous  poems,  some  of  which  are 
very  sweet. 

Qulxsinr.  A  Novel—  By  the  anther  of  “  Blndplts.” 
New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons. 

All  who  road  this  chanuingly-writton  ro¬ 
mance  will  agree  that  It  is  not  a  book  to  be 
swept  away  with  the  season.  Tho  style  is  fresh, 
sparkling,  epigrammatic  to  a  degree  sufficient 
to  keep  up  one’s  Interest,  regardless  of  the 
thread  of  the  narrative.  The  book  introduces 
us  to  English  and  Scotch  families  living  in  tho 
quiet  village  of  Quixstar,  and  gives  ub  an  ac¬ 
count  of  their  lives  for  a  dozen  or  twenty  years. 
Tho  tone  of  tho  book  is  pure  and  healthy. 


HOMES  AND  HOME  INFLUENCES, 


REMARKABLE  FISH  STORY,  ILLUSTRATED. 

Luck  lieB  in  bod,  and  wishes  the  postman 
would  bring  him  news  of  a  legacy. 

Labor  turns  out  at  six  o’clock,  and  with  busy 
pen  and  linglng  hammer,  lays  the  foundation 
of  competence. 

Luck  whines. 

Labor  whistles. 

Lucie  rises  on  chances. 

Labor  on  character. 

Luck  slips  down  to  Indigence. 

Labor  strides  upward  to  Independence. 


The  wonder  is  often  expressed  that  so  many 
industrious,  upright  men  have  such  wayward, 
unprincipled  children.  To  me  the  mystery  is 
easily  solved.  It  is  not  so  much  the  fault  of 
the  children  as  of  the  home  management.  It  is 
an  unmistakable  fact  that,  a  great  majorit  y  of 
those  who  settle  in  life  have  little  or  no  Idea  of 
what  constitutes  a  home.  They  set  about 
amassing  wealth  as  the  one  object,  of  life,  and 
assure  themselves  of  having  done  their  duty  by 
providing  for  the  animal  wants  of  their  fami¬ 
lies.  It  is  the  higher  nature  of  man  that  hun¬ 
gers  mostly,  and  especially  in  the  child-mind 
there  are  cravings  that  must  he  satisfied  ;  it  Is 
theso  wblqh  the  parent  should  seek  to  under¬ 
stand  and  meet.  Many  parents  live  for  years 
without  becoming  acquainted  with  their  own 
children.  They  never  seem  to  comprehend  the 
romances  that  fill  youthful  heads,  and  any  such 
demonstrations  are  coldly  repressed. 

Again,  tho  majority  of  men  had  rather  place 
their  money  in  the  bank  than  spend  it  in  mak¬ 
ing  their  homes  happy.  It  is  strange  that  such 
people  never  learn  that  It  Is  cheaper  to  gratify 
the  tastes  of  their  children  and  surround  the 
homo  altar  with  such  attractions  as  shall  Berve 
to  endear  them  to  it  than  to  suffer  them  to  go 
out  into  t  he  world  for  the  pleasures  which  they 
need,  and  as  the  result  spend  the  hoarded  dol¬ 
lars  in  getting  them  out  of  scrapes. 

1  have  no  faith  in  the  old  hobby  of  laying  by 
all  one's  earnings  for  “  rainy  days.”  I  have  yet 
to  learn  that  It  is  rnan’B  duty  to  rob  himself  of 
present  necessities  to  provide  for  a  time  that 
may  never  come,  I  believe  it  wo  complete  to¬ 
day's  work  wo  shall  not  be  held  responsible  for 
to-mowow.  Besides,  a  pleasant  home  may  not, 
of  necessity,  be  an  expensive  one.  Healthful 
amusements  and  tasteful,  instructive  adorn¬ 
ments  that  please  yet  elevate  and  refine,  cost 
but  little,  yet  i  hey  form  bright  links  in  the  chain 
of  attractions,  wrhich  if  once  thrown  around 
the  youthful  hearts,  will  keep  them  forever 
safe.  God  grant  to  enlighten  the  minds  and 
hearts  of  the  fathers  and  mothers  upon  this 
question,  and  hasten  the  day  when  tho  homes 
of  our  land  shall  be  regarded,  not  as  places  for 
eating  and  drinking  merely,  but  as  sacred  and 
hallowed  spots,  whose  influence  shall  purify 
and  ennoble  the  world,  as  well  as  Inspire  the 
hearts  of  future  generations  with  better,  holier 
impulses.  IiQLLiE. 


he  does  his  bond.  Ask,  but  never  beg.  Help 
others,  when  you  can,  but  never  give  when  you 
cannot  afford  to,  simply  because  It  ta  fashion¬ 
able.  Learn  to  say 44  no.”  No  necessity  of  snap¬ 
ping  It  out  dog-fashion,  but  say  It  firmly  and 
respectfully.  Have  but  few  confidants,  and  the 
fewer  the  better.  Use  your  own  brains  rather 
than  those  of  others.  Learn  to  think  and  act 
for  yourself.  He  vigilant.  Keep  ahead,  rather 
than  behind  the  time.  Young  men,  cut  this 
out;  and  if  there  is  folly  in  tho  argument,  let 
us  know. 


SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS, 


THE  BOBOLINK, 


One  of  the  young  officers  at  the  lava  beds  re¬ 
ceived  a  letter  from  the  girl  ho  left  behind  him 
which  contained  this  tender  paragraph : — 44  And 
if  anything  should  happen  to  you,  do  make 
some  arrangements  to  have  your  hair  recovered 
and  sent  on.  It  la  the  exact,  color  of  mine,  and 
I  can’t  got  u  pair  of  curls  of  the  right  shade 
anywhere.” 

Coleridge  says  there  are  four  kinds  of  read¬ 
ers  :— The  hour-gJass,  whose  reading  runs  in  and 
out  and  leaves  no  trace  of  gain ;  the  second, 
like  the  sponge,  takes  everything;  the  third 
retains  only  refuso  that  some  would  throw 
away;  but  the  fourth,  like  the  miner  among 
gems,  keeps  the  gem  and  casts  away  tho  clip¬ 
pings. 

The  story  is  told,  illustrative  of  the  offocts  of 
Concord  atmosphere,  that  a  little  chap  who 
lived  next  door  to  Emerson  was  engaged  one 
day  In  digging  a  hole  by  tho  roadside.  A  worldly 
trlfler,  passing  by,  asked  him,  “What  axe  you 
digging  after,  little  boy  ?"  With  gravity  he  an¬ 
swered,  44  After  the  Infinite." 

A  gentleman  who  takes  a  business  view  of 
moat  things,  when  recently  asked  respecting  a 
person  of  quite  a  poetic  temperament,  replied : 
44  Oh,  he  is  one  of  those  men  who  have  soarings 
after  the  infinite  and  divings  after  the  unfath¬ 
omable,  but  wbo  novor  pays  cash.” 

Zach  Chandler  bought  1,000  acres  of  Wis¬ 
consin  land,  two  years  ago,  at  a  bargain.  He 
has  just  discovered  that  tho  land  is  at  the  bot¬ 
tom  of  a  lake,  and  now  be  would  like  to  sell  It 
to  the  government  for  some  public  purpose. 

Young  gent— 41  Might  I  ask  you,  miss— a—.” 
Miss— “Very  sorry,  air,  but  I  am  engaged  for 
the  next  three  dances.4'  Y.  G.— 44  It  Is  not 
dancing  —  ah  — It  — is  — It’s  — beg  your  pardon, 
miss,  you  are  sitttng  on  my  hat  V’ 

The  force  of  habit  Is  fully  illustrated  in  the 
case  of  a  retired  milkman,  who  says  he  never 
sees  a  can  of  water  without  having  an  almost 
irresistiblo  desire  to  put  some  milk  into  It. 

A  student  undergoing  his  examination  was 
asked  what  was  the  action  of  disinfectants,  and 
replied:— “ They  smell  so  badly  that  the  people 
open  the  windows,  and  fresh  air  gets  in.” 

A  correspondent  of  the  New  York  Mail 
says  that  44  kissing  a  lady  with  an  Elizabeth 
ruff  on  is  about  as  much  fun  as  embracing  a 
circular  saw  in  full  motion." 


THROUGHOUT  the  Northern  and  Eastern  part 
of  the  Union  the  lark  would  find  a  dangerous 
rival  In  the  bobolink,  a  bird  that  ho*  no  Euro¬ 
pean  prototype,  and  no  near  relatives  anywhere 
—standing  quite  alone,  unique,  and  in  the  qual¬ 
ities  of  hilarity  and  musical  tintinnabulation, 
with  a  song  uneqiuded.  Ho  has  already  a  se¬ 
cure  place  in  general  literature,  having  been 
laurentod  by  a  no  leas  poet  than  Bryant  and  in¬ 
vested  with  a  lasting  human  charm  in  tho  sunny 
page  of  Irving,— and  is  the  only  one  of  our  song¬ 
sters,  I  believe,  the  mocking-bird  cannot  paro¬ 
dy  or  Imitate.  He  affords  the  most  marked  ex¬ 
ample  of  exuborant  pride,  and  a  glad,  rollick¬ 
ing,  holiday  spirit  that  can  be  seen  among  our 
birds.  Every  note  expresses  complaceucy  and 
glee.  He  Is  a  beau  of  the  first  pattern,  and  un¬ 
like  any  other  bird  of  my  acquaintance,  pushes 
hls  gallantry  to  the  point  of  wheeling  gaily  into 
the  train  of  every  female  that  cornea  along,  even 
after  the  season  of  courtship  is  over  and  the 
matches  all  settled ;  and  when  she  leads  him  on 
too  wild  a  chase,  lie  turns  lightly  about  and 
breaks  out  with  a  song  that  is  precisely  analo¬ 
gous  to  a  burst  of  gay  and  self-satisfied  laugh¬ 
ter,  as  much  as  to  say, 4L  Ha,  ha,  ha !  I  must  have 
my  fun,  Miss  Silverthimble,  thimble,  thimble,  if 
I  break  every  heart  In  the  meadow,  see,  see, 
see!”— From  44 The  Birds  of  the  Poets;”  John 
Burroughs ;  Scribner’s  for  September. 


Gyot’s  Physical  Geography.  New  York  :  Scrib¬ 
ner,  Armstrong  Jfc  Company. 

Prop.  GyoY  of  Princeton  College,  N.J.,  is 
well  known  as  one  of  our  best  geographers.  His 
works  are  endorsed  by  Prof.  Agassiz,  Prof. 
Dana,  Rev.  Dr.  Howard  Crosby,  and  a  host 
of  our  best  teachers.  If  there  is  any  fault  to 
bo  found  with  hia  hook,  we  think  It  a  little  too 
scientific;  too  full  of  wonderful  maps  covered 
with  a  network  of  mysterious  lines  in  red  and 
blue  and  all  the  colors  of  the  rainbow.  Many 
of  the  terms  should  be  bettor  explained.  Aside 
from  this  the  book  Is  admirable. 


White  Rose  aud  Red.  A  Love  Story.  —  By  the 
author  of  "St.  Abe.”  Boston;  James  R.  Osgood 
«  Company. 

This  iB  a  very  readable  and  Interesting  poem, 
but  much  of  It  la  doubtful  in  the  sense  of  pro¬ 
priety.  It  tells  the  tale  of  a  Maine  Yankee  who 
lived  with  a  handsome  Indian  maiden,  then 
abandoned  her  and  married  a  white  woman. 
The  Indian  girl  hunted  him  out,  and  died  in  his 
cottage.  The  last  half  of  the  book  is  very 
pretty;  the  first  half  la  too  sensual  and  erotic. 


AN  EXPLANATION 


It  has  puzzled  many  people  to  decide  why  the 
dark  wood  so  highly  valued  for  furniture  should 
be  called  rosewood.  Its  color  ."certainly  does 
not  look  much  like  that  oi  a  rose,  so  we  must 
look  for  some  other  reason.  Upon  asking,  we 
are  told  that  when  the  tree  is  first  cut  the  fresh 
wood  possesses  a  very  strong,  rose- like  fra¬ 
grance,  hence  the  name.  There  are  half  a  dozen 
or  more  kinds  of  rosewood  trees.  Tho  varieties 
are  found  in  South  America  and  in  the  East 
Indies  and  neighboring  Island#.  Sometimes 
tho  trees  grow  so  lirgc  that  planks  four  feet 
broad  and  ten  hi  length  can  he  cut  from  one 
Of  them.  These  broad  plunks  are  principally 
used  to  make  the  tops  of  piano-fortes.  When 
growing  in  the  forest,  tho  rosewood  tree  is  re¬ 
markable  for  Its  beauty,  but  such  is  its  value  in 
manufactures  as  an  ornamental  wood  that  some 


Jehovah,  baritone  and  soprano  boIos  and 
quartette;  “Gloria  Patri,”  soprano  solo  and 
quartette:  “Gloria  in  Excelsla,"  “Jubilate,” 
*  Benedicius,”  “Not  Ashamed  of  Christ,"  con¬ 
tralto  solo  —  all  composed  by  H.  P.  Danks. 
They  are  effective  compositions,  not  dlrticul*-* 
Quartette  choirs  would  do  well  to  procure 
these  at  once. 

From  the  same  publishers,  “  The  Dew  iB  on 
the  Flower,”  a  Serenade,  with  ad  libitum  chorus, 
by  J.  R.  Thomas.  Like  all  hls  compositions,  it 
hus  a  pleasant  melodv  and  is  correctly  harmon¬ 
ized.  44 Sweet  is  Urn  Work,”  by  T.  J.  Baumann 
JJAini.  a  florid  hymn  tune,  requiring  an  excep¬ 
tionally  able  choir  for  its  Interpretation. 

From  WM,  Hal i.  &  Son,  751  Broadway : 

“Down  in  Swept  Wyoming  Vale, . I’hero  are 

no  Stars  Burning,”  ‘‘On  the  Wild,  Wide  -Missis¬ 
sippi,"  “  Benjamin  Beall.”  The  poems  hero  set 
to  music,  by  Henry  Tucker,  were  written  by 
Col.  A.  T.  Lee,  U.  S.  A.,  aud  are  fine  specimens 
of  ballad  writing. 


TO  YOUNG  MEN 


It  is  easier  to  be  a  good  business  man  than  a 
poor  one.  Half  the  energy  displayed  in  doing 
that  which  is  required  to  catch  up  when  behind 
will  save  credit,  give  more  time  to  business  and 
add  to  the  profits  of  your  work.  Honor  your 
engagements.  If  you  promise  to  meet  a  man, 
or  do  a  certain  thing  at  a  certain  time,  be  ready 
at  the  appointed  time.  If  you  go  out  on  busi¬ 
ness,  attend  promptly  to  the  matter  on  hand, 
and  then  as  promptly  go  about  your  business. 
Do  not  stop  to  tell  stories  in  business  hours. 

If  you  have  a  place  of  business  be  found  there 
when  wanted.  No  man  can  get  rich  by  sitting 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


SEPT.  2? 


TO 


BETTER  THAN  GOLD! 


nr  xbkn  k,  rexford. 

DAIU.iNG.como  and  nit  by  roc: 

I'ut  your  baud  In  mino,  I  pray  i 
While.  I  tell  yon,  In  the  dunk, 

What  I  could  not  lu  the  <1t>y. 

I  have  ntrlvon,  dear,  to  gain 
Somethin#  lorn  "rainy  day,” 
But  the  storm  has  acme  too  soon  ; 
Wealth  and  all  It  swept  away. 

Homo's  not  even  loft  for  us  ; 

I  could  hear  It  all.  alone. 

Bn t  to  thin k  of  vo  u  /  My  GOD ! 

If  I  only  could  have  known !  *  * 

Crept,  the  true  wife  doner  atUI ; 

Kissed  him  on  his  lip  and  brow ; 

“  Darling,  we're  not  beggars  yet. 
For  w«  liavo  each  other  now !” 


#ur  Storir-^filtcr. 


WHAT  CAME  OF  A  FIND ; 

OB,  TIT  Pi  OKR  ADVENTURE. 

BY  MRS.  GEORGE  BARTLETT. 

The  day  was  bright,  and  yet  Oscab  Cheese- 
max  felt  very  blue  as  be  eat.  In  bis  offire  poring 
over  law  papers.  Ho  gave  a  shiver,  and  glanc¬ 
ing  up  observed  the  office  boy  had  gone  out ; 
the  Are  bail  gone  out  also.  Tie  gave  an  Impa¬ 
tient  push  to  his  papers,  und  wished  for— he 
hardly  know  what,  And  jm4  at  that  moment 
he  heard  a  little,  lady-llko  knock  at  the  door— 
quite  unlike  the  thundering  rap  usually  be¬ 
stowed  upon  it,  by  his  friends  from  the  neigh¬ 
boring  offices.  Of  course  it  was  a  lady— a  young, 
pretty  lady. 

“  I  am  sorry  to  trouble  you,"  she  said,  “but  I 
am  directed  to  this  office  for  a  pocket-book 
which  I  lost  yesterday.  Thisl  believe  is  num¬ 
ber  four,"  and  she  glanced  at  the  door. 

Oscar  looked  amazed,  and  the  lady,  seeing 
him  hesitate,  went  on. 

“The  advertisement  ivas  in  the  Morning  Ilcr- 
ald.  Jtsaid  at  Room  No.  4, 80  King  street,  would 
be  found  the  pocket-book  which  answered  the 
description  of  mine.” 

“  There  must  bo  some  mistake,"  Oscab  re¬ 
plied  ;  “  I  have  not  found  a  pocket-book,  neith¬ 
er  has  one  been  brought  to  me.  Inm  sorry,  but 
it  must;  be  a  mistake  in  the  paper.  I  regret  I 
cannot  assist  you.  Possibly  it  might  be  some 
other  room  in  ibis  building." 

The  young  lady  remarked  that  she  might 
have  made  a  mistake  in  reading  the  paper,  and 
with  that  she  gave  Oscar  as  sweet  a  smile  as 
he  had  seen  for  many  a  day,  and  bade  him 
“  Good  morning." 

“That's  very  oilrl,  (hough  of  course  it’s  a  mis¬ 
take,  somehow,"  said  Oscar  to  himself,  as  he 
turned  bock  Into  his  dismal  office,  forgetting, 
however,  to  notice  bow  dismal  it  had  seemed  a 
moment  before. 

“Of  course  it  can’t  be  here,"  he  repeated, 
fumbling  over  the  papers  at,  the  same  time. 
“  Saji  may,  perhaps — the  boy  is  honest— and 
he  would  never  have  thought  of  advertising  it. 
Of  tfourso  It’s  a  mistake.  Ry  Jupiter,  sho  was 
pretty;  if  now  I  had  only  been  so  lucky  as  to 
And  it  !  Harry  Lambert  would  have  found 
an  adventure  in  such  a  little  affair  as  this,  I 
suppose.  Always  meeting  with  some  adven¬ 
ture,  and  nothing  of  the  sort  ever  comes  to  me. 
Home  fellow  or  other  boa  found  t)y»t  pocket- 
book  ;  and  lie’ll  get  a  smile— two,  probably.” 

OriCAii  gave  another  l.um  to  the  heap  of  pa¬ 
pers  on  bis  table,  and  one  more  yet;  and  then, 
straight  before  his  eyes,  lay  a  beautiful  Russia- 
leather  pocket-book.  “Well"  and  Oscar 
looked  at  if  as  though  he  had  seen  the  moon  at 
bis  feet— “  Well,"  he  repeated,  “and  now  how 
did  that  come  there,  (hat’s  the  question?” 

Sam  had  returned  by  this  time.  and  certainly 
knew  nothing  about  it. 

“Now  what  must  she  bo  thinking  of  me?” 
said  use  air  mentally.  “She  probably  knew  it 
was  no  mistake;  and  didn't  even  leave  her  ad¬ 
dress;  thought  perhaps  it  was  superfluous.  Ho 
now,— well,  J  will  advertise;  that  will  right  the 
matter,  and  perhaps  give  rue  an  adventure.” 

To  write  the  advertisement,  would  certainly 
appear  u  very  easy  thing,  only  it  occurred  to 
Oscar  that  Miss  Ella  the  name  Ella  was 
worked  with  sills  inside — would  probably  send 
for  it,  und  that  would  end  the  affair.  To  dis¬ 
cover  her  address,  and  take  if  to  her  himself, 
was  the  thing. 

So,  after  one  or  two  attempts,  he  wrote,  de¬ 
scribing  the  lost  article,  and  requesting  that 
the  address  of  the  lady  might  be  sent  to  the 
Herald  office.  OSCAR  congratulated  himself  on 
this  idea. 

The  ro  ull.  was,  the  following  day  there  came 
an  envelope  with  the  card,  “  Mias  Ella  Gains¬ 
borough,  No.  !!7  -  street.”  That  morning 

Oscar's  clients  wore  left  to  their  patience, 
while  he  hurried  homo  with  an  oye  to  his  toil¬ 
et,  and  then  proceeded  to  No.  37. 

“  Was  Miss  Gainsbouoogh  at  home?” 

Hho  was  at  home,  and  she  received  Mr.  Chebsh- 
mak,  and  from  his  hand  her  own  little  pocket- 
book.  Hhe  thanked  him  with  the  sweeten! 
grace,  and  regretted  so  very  much  the  trouble 
lie  had  had. 

It  win  no  trouble,  Oscas  declared  in  all  sin¬ 
cerity  ;  but  how  it  came  on  his  office  table,  he 
said,  was  beyond  his  power  of  imagining.  And 
here  Oscar  smiled  and  showed  his  white  teeth, 
but  blushed  nevertheless,  Imagining,  perhaps, 


appearances  were  against  him.  Ho  expressed 
his  pleasure  at  having  found  it,  and  then  hav¬ 
ing  no  excuse  to  prolong  his  call,  rose  to  leave. 

“  Well,  that  Is  all.”  he  said,  as  he  went  down 
the  street ;  “  no  adventure  for  me.” 

Ho  whistled  and  hummed,  and  poked  over 
his  law  papers  the  rest  of  the  day.  “  Ella— 
pshaw,”  what  was  the  use  of  thinking  of  it  any 
more. 

But  the  next  day  there  came  a  note,  written 
on  blush-colored  paper,  and  suggesting  the  per¬ 
fume  of  violets.  It  wax  from  Ella.  How  de¬ 
lightful,  except  that  it  was  so  dreadful. 

Had  Mr.  Ciikbseman  picked  up  a  small  ivory 
picture;  one  had  dropped  from  that  unfortu¬ 
nate  pocket-book.”  It  wasaplcturoof  herself, 
“  and  of  course  of  no  value,  except  as  it  belong¬ 
ed  to  mamma." 

“  norrible  3”  he  had  not  found  any  bucIi  treas¬ 
ure,  but  of  course  ho  must  fall  under  the  impu¬ 
tation  of  having  abstracted  It.  Would  she  for¬ 
give  him  for  so  coveting  her  picture  as  delib¬ 
erately  to  steal  It?  How  did  It  get  out.  and 
how  did  t  he  pocket-book  get  on  his  table  at 
all?— that  was  a  problem  for  a  Philadelphia 
lawyer  to  solve. 

Now,  with  all  the  desire  In  the  world  which 
he  felt  an  hour  ago,  to  make  another  call  at  No. 
37,  under  the  present  aspect  of  affairs  a  note 
would  bo  more  agreeable.  Accordingly,  tliia 
was  dispatched,  and  OSCAR  ruminated  over  the 

mystery. 

A  week  passed,  when  suddenly  tho  jovial  face 
of  H  Amor  Lambert  appeared  in  Oscar’s  office. 
He  had  Just  returned  from  Buffalo. 

"Well,  Harry  1  what,  adventures  this  lime? 
Caught  a  pair  of  acrobatic  horses  and  saved 
beauty  from  destruction  ;  or  befriended  some 
old  woman,  and  found  she  had  some  enchant¬ 
ing  creature  for  a  granddaughter?” 

“Adventures  at  every  turn,”  and  Harry 
laughed;  “by  tho  way,  did  you  find  a  pocket- 
book  on  your  tabic  over (here?" 

“Good  graclou*.  Harry!  did  you  put  it 
there?” 

“  Well,  you  eee  I  picked  it  up  just  as  I  was 
coming  In  here,— you  were  out,— and  I  waa  in 
sn  awful  hurry  to  catch  the 5  o'clock  train  ;  but 
I  slipped  it  under  a  paper  for  safe  keeping;  1 
knew  you  would  find  it.  But  on  ray  way  to  the 
depot.  I  stopped  and  put  an  advertisement  in 
tho  Herald,  directing  to  call  hero  for'lt.  All 
right,  Is  It?” 

“All  right!  no;  that  is,  a  young  lady— lovely 
Creature  she  was— she  is,  I  mean — called,  and  I 
hadn’t  seen  It,  and  1  felt  somewhat  uncomfort¬ 
able  ;  but  tho  next  day  I  did  find  it,  and  I  called 
at  her  house.” 

“Bhe  told  you  where  sho  lived." 

"  Well,  I  found  out-  in  truth  I  had  to  adver¬ 
tise,  because  I  forgot,  t  o  ask  her ;  but  I  called, 
—by  Jove,  Isn’t  sho  pretty,  her  name  is  Ella. 
Well,  here  the  next  day  came  a  little  note-  hero 

it  is  now  -asking  If  I  had  .!f:en  a  picture - " 

“Oh,  the  picture !— that  reminds  mo,”  said 
Harry,  feeling  in  Ida  vest  pocket*. 

“  The  deuce  take  you,  Harry  Lambert  l  did 
yon  take  that  picture  out  of  ilia  pocket-book  ?” 

“  Now  just  bold  on  a  bit.  I  took  it  out  be¬ 
cause  T  wanted  to  look  at  it  a  little  more,  and 
ns  I  said,  1  was  in  a  great  burry  for  tbei> o'clock 
train;  so  1  (bought  If  no  owner  ever  came  for 
tho  pocket-book  I  would  keep  tho  picture ; 
and  if  there  did,  why  ihen  Lime  enough  to  re- 
( urn  It  no  such  awful  hurry." 

"Well,  I  must  say!” 

“Well,  I  say  you  want  a  chance  to  go  there 
again,  and  here  now  it  is;  and  you novor would 
have  thought  of  taking  out  the  picture  to  serve 
as  an  excuse  for  a  second  visit;  and  because  I 
happened  to  do  so.  don't  bo  so  furious.  Stop, 
though,— I  guess  I’ll  take  it  myself.” 

"No  you  don't.” 

“I’ll  throw  myself  at  her  feet — tell  her!  was 
the  fort  unate  tinder  of  tho  pocket-book— that 
the  picture  so  ein-*.: mted  mo,  I  couldn’t  resist 
taking  it.  Now  Orcair  be  candid,  und  acknowl¬ 
edge  you  arc  under  obligations  to  me.” 

“Well,  we’ll  see  about  that." 

It  was  about  a  year  after  this  when  Harpy 
received  a  note  from  Oscar.  “By  heaven!" 
he  exclaimed  Moud,  “J  had  forgotten  Oscar’s 
little  droll  inst  ance  ;  so  hi.;  adventure  has  come 
to  something  real.  Alas  for  him!  And  I  am 
invited  to  bo  his  second  at  the  tragedy  ;  with¬ 
out  doubt  it  would  be  my  misfortune  to  stand 
in  his  pine©  lint  for  (hat  5  o’clock  train.  I  a 
married  man  1  Well,  to  he  sure  it  would  be 
odd.” 

- +♦*. 

ONLY  THREE  OF  US. 


BY  MARIE  S.  LADD. 

There  were  only  three  of  us  left  in  the  old 
house,  tho  Thanksgiving  night  before  Arthur 
went  away,  and  just  as  the  twilight  was  falling 
I  Climbed  into  one  of  the  uld-fasliioned  win¬ 
dows  to  look  without.  Tho  prospect  was  drear 
enough,  amt  the  pang  I  was  to  fcul  at  parting 
sharpened  tl.o  whole  scene.  The  elms  were 
stripped  of  leaves,  and  the  water  was  dripping 
tearfully  from  their  spray ;  and  beyond  the 
sloping  bank,  the  unsteady  waves  look  d  like 
dark  clouds  dropped  on  the -surface  of  the  lake, 
and  the  rocks  and  pebbles  of  (he  shore  wore 
vet  with  the  lalo  ruin.  The  wind  swept  around 
the  house  In  confused  gusts,  for  it  had  not  yet 
decided  which  way  to  blow,  and  sometimes  It 
would  shake  the  doors  and  windows  as  if  with 
a  heavy  hand,  and  anon  hush  its  voice  to  a 
whisper,  and  come  moaning  to  us  through  tho 
crevices. 

“It  is  an  old  house,”  I  said,  turning  to  Ar¬ 
thur,  who,  with  Alice,  was  standing  near. 


“  It  is  an  old  house,”  ho  repeated,  “  and  like 
all  old  houses  has  its  ghosts.  Do  not  question 
my  veracity  with  doubting  eyes,  and  I  will  tell 
you  of  apparitions  that  haunt  it  dally." 

"  At  twilight  I  ootno  in  here  often  from  hard 
study,  and  I  see  our  grandfather  seated,  as  of 
old  at  other  Thanksgiving  seasons,  in  his  arm¬ 
chair  with  head  bent  low  upon  his  cane;  and  at. 
yonder  table  your  mother  works  thoughtfully, 
or  roads  quietly  from  some  choice  volume.  But 
tho  mints  clear  away,  and  Instead,  Alice  sits 
radiant  before  me,  and  you  hover  around  and 
propound  to  me  those  curious  questions,  and 
the  ghosts  are  gone.  I  do  not  mean  (hat  I  real¬ 
ly  see  them,  you  know,"  he  explained,  in  order 
to  do  away  with  my  incredulity,  “  and  I  do  not 
mean  t  hat  there  are  real  ghosts  t  o  be.  seen  here, 
only  the  specters  that  fancy  calls  up;  but  we 
arc  only  specters  ourselves,  little  cousin,  that 
flit,  hern  untl  Oon  calls  us  away." 

It  was  growing  darker  now-.  Betty  had  gone 
to  spend  the  night  with  a  alck  child,  and  1 
t  hought  It  would  be  a  relief  to  hear  her  stirring 
in  the  kitchen,  and  getting  down  from  my  win¬ 
dow  I  aid  that  I  wished  Betty  had  not  gone 
away,  for  it  was  a  gloomy  night,  and  a  large 
house  for  only  three  of  us.  Then  Alice  went 
out  for  the  lights,  and  Arthur  placed  our 
chairs,  relinking  mo  gravely  for  my  selfishness. 
We  did  not  sit  down  Immediately,  though,  but 
stood  looking  at  each  other,  talking,  and  mak¬ 
ing  three  quiet  shadows  on  the  wall.  And  Ait- 
THUH  said  wo  were  always  casting  shadows 
wherever  wo  went;  and  some  were  somber 
enough  to  many  poor  hearts,  God  knew.  But 
there  were  others  cool  and  refreshing  that  fell 
where  they  were  moat  needed  in  the  heat  and 
fever  of  life.  "Let  us  look  well  to  our  «hnd- 
owa,  Minnie  ;  and  you  too,  Miss  Alice,"  ho 
said,  after  wo  liad  sat  down. 

And  so  we  sat  by  the  high  box  stove  and 
talked,  until  wo  quite  forgot  that  the  wind  was 
moaning  around  the  houso  und  the  waves  were 
dashing  high  upon  the  long,  low  beach,  and 
that  the  morrow  wa-.  Thanksgiving  Day. 

There  would  be  many  changes  In  all  three  of 
us,  Arthur  said,  before  wo  could  meet  again  ; 
but  he  hoped  it  would  be  all  just  as  it  should 
bo.  He  went  forth  with  liign  hopes,  it  was  true, 
but  he  waa  strangely  attached  to  the  old  house, 
and  It  was  hard  for  him  to  leave  it.  Ho  was 
attached  to  tho  tuuiutos,  loo,  and  should  never 
form  new  ties  that  could  ho  so  intimately  asso¬ 
ciated  with  dear  remembrances,  for  by  nature 
ho  was  conservative  J  so  much  so,  that  he  felt 
he  could  never  he  happy  to  inuko  choice  of  a 
llfo  companion  without  the  limits  of  that 
household.  It  was  a  pity  that  1  was  hlseousln, 
for  in  time  I  would  be  old  enough  to  become 
his  wife.  Ho  looked  very  steadily  at  me  whilo 
speaking,  and  I  made  answer  that  for  the  world 
I  would  never  marry  him.  I  thought  too  much 
of  him.  He  looked  amused,  and  said  that  I 
was  a  strange  puss,  a  queer  little  cat,  and  then 
l  added  thatboBido  tuo  there  was  only  Alice 
left  for  him,  and  that  she.  too,  waa  my  cousin. 

“  But  she  ia  not  mine, "be  said  quickly, catch¬ 
ing  up  her  hand,  and  1  walked  up  the  long  din¬ 
ing  room,  and  sat  down  in  my  window  seat  to 
work  out  thopuzzllngconncctlon,  while  I  look¬ 
ed  out  into  the  dark  night. 

We  all  left  the  dear  old  house  the  next  day 
after  Thanksgiving,  Arthur  to  pursue  his  t  he¬ 
ological  studies,  Alice  to  live  with  a  lelative 
in  another  town,  and  I  to  attend  school  in  a 
little  village  not  far  away.  Alice  and  l  met 
sometimes,  and  visited  the  old  house  together, 
for  wo  left  It  uninhabited.  Tho  swallows  built 
their  nests  in  (ho  chimneys,  and  the  robins 
wove  (  heirs  in  tho  corners  of  the  old  windows 
and  gables,  and  they  always  welcomed  ua  with 
their  happy  fluttering#  and  their  songs,  for 
these  little  creatures  like  the  sound  of  human 
voices  and  the  presence  of  human  beings.  The 
deserted  house  looked  Jes*  cheerless,  made 
alive  with  their  busy,  social  habits ;  so  we  culled 
thorn  our  tenants,  Alice  and  I ;  and  wrote  Ar¬ 
thur  long  letters  under  the  brown  apple  trees, 
of  their  quiet  ways  and  thrifty  little  lives.  And 
we  would  make  our  letters  Just  as  fresh  as  de¬ 
scription  of  peach  and  apple  blossom  and  rose 
ami  rosemary,  and  all  the  fragrance  of  sum¬ 
mer  coukl  make  them;  for  we  said  they  must 
fall  like  fresh  bouquets  among  the  musty  tomes 
of  the  old  books  he  wits  continually  poring 
over.  And  I  Inm  we  strove  to  keep  him  mindful 
that  t  here  were  two  hearts  very  tender  of  his 
happiness  during  his  absence  and  toll. 

Well,  Arthur  came  back  at.  Inst.  I  met  him 
at*  Alice’s  house  Thanksgiving  night,  and  we 
were  very  happy,  I  think,  all  three  of  ns.  Ho 
had  worked  hard,  he  said,  during  the  years  ol 
our  separation,  and  hud  enjoyed  many  a  rich 
feast  studying  the  old  masters.  He  thought 
they  had  brought  him  ueorcrtoGOD.  and  would 
make  him  more  useful  I < •  the  world.  "Had  1 
done  much  good  since  1  had  gone  out  from  the 
house  or  our  grandfather?"  “  t  did  not  know. 
But  AupE,"  1  said,  “  with  her  it  had  been  quite 
different ;  slit*  had  one  of  those  large  hearts 
which  the  world  so  much  needed:  she  could 
understand  all  (he  need*  ol  people  who  had 
had  quite  i.  different  experience  from  hers.  !?ho 
was  a  noble  woman,  and  would  make  an  excel¬ 
lent,  such  an  excellent  minister'll  wife." 

Arthur  plucked  a  flower  from  hia  button¬ 
hole,  analyzed  und  described  it  to  me,  und  ex¬ 
plained  how  much  more  luxuriantly  he  bad 
soon  it  blossom  in  a  warmer  cJimo.  And  then 
be  L •  >  1  <  1  me  that  Alice  had  pi  *  *ndsed  I  o  become 
his  wife.  He  felt  very  unworthy,  but.  supreme¬ 
ly  happy. 

Well,  tlmy  were  married.  A  I. ice  and  A  RTm  u, 
just  as  the  robins  began  to  sing  in  the  budding 
cherry  trees.  1  went,  down  with  them  to  their 
new  home,  whose  white  walls  gleam  out  so 
pleasantly  from  the  locusts  and  lilacs  surround¬ 
ing  it.  In  our  quiet,  heartfelt  ways  we  are 
very  happy  here,  all  three  of  us.  And  we  thank 
God  hourly  for  his  loving  kindness  to  us  in  our 
orphaned  lives,  and  for  his  tender  mercies  now 
shown  to  us. 


j&tbbatft  Jl&ttltng. 


-  - - w 

OVER  AND  OVER  AGAIN. 


Over  and  over  again, 

No  matter  which  way  I  turn, 

1  always  And  ill  the  Book  oi  Life 
gome  lesson  t  have  to  learn. 

I  must  take  my  turn  at  the  mill. 

I  must  grind  ont  tbo  golden  grain ; 

I  must  work  at  my  tusk  with  a  resolute  will, 
Over  and  over  again. 

We  cannot  measure  the  need 
Of  even  the  tiniest  Bower, 

Nor  cheek  the  flow  or  the  golden  sands 
That  run  through  a  single  hour. 

But  the  morning  dews  must  fall. 

And  the  sun  and  the  sumtnerraln 
Must  do  their  part,  nnd  perform  It  all 
Over  and  over  again. 

Over  and  over  again 
The  brook  through  the  meadow  flows,  ' 

And  over  nnd  over  again 
Tile  ponderous  mill  wheel  goes ; 

Once  doing  will  not  suffice, 

Though  doing  be  not  In  vain, 

And  a  blessing,  failing  us  once  or  twice, 

May  come  If  wo  try  again. 

Tho  path  that  has  once  been  trod 
Is  never  ro  rough  to  the  feet, 

And  the  lesson  we  unuo  have  learned 
Is  never  so  hard  to  repeat. 

Though  sorrowful  tours  may  fall. 

And  the  heart  to  Its  depth  be  driven 
With  the  storm  and  tempest  wo  need  them  all 
To  render  us  meet  In  Heaven. 

- — - ♦  ♦♦* - - — - 

OUR  REAL  CARES. 


There  is  no  trouble  about  casting  other  peo¬ 
ple’s  cares  on  God,  or  our  own,  when  we  have 
not  got  any.  Wo  can  cast  the  cares  of  20  years 
ago  on  God,  and  uny  number  of  Imaginary  cares. 
Tho  proud  man  says,  “  Ho  don't  feel  hurt,  He 
don’t  care  what  people  say  about  him.”  An¬ 
other  man  has  large  approbaUvcuess,  and  ho 
suffers  by  what  people  say  and  think.  The 
proud  man  says  to  him,  “  I’m  surprised  that 
you,  with  all  your  Christian  professions,  can't 
cast  all  your  anxieties  on  God.  I'm  surprised 
you  don’t  feel  calm  1”  As  if  tho  ox  should  say 
to  the  horse,  “  Why,  you  quiver  all  over  whon  a 
fly  touches  you ;  500  might  bo  on  mo,  and  f 
would  not  swing  round  my  tail  to  bit  them." 
The  ox  don’t  feel,  (lie  horse  docs.  Tho  tough 
can't  give  advice  to  the  tender.  Muscle  can’t 
talk  to  nerve,  or  bone  to  muscle.  Those  cares 
that  you  do  fool  and  arc  sensitive  to,  those  are 
the  ones  you  min  t  oast  on  God.— IT.  IK.  Beecher. 


HOW  WE  LOOK  AT  THINGS. 


Two  Rabbis  approaching  Jerusalem  observed 
a  fox  running  upon  the  hill  of  Zion,  and  Rab¬ 
bi  Joshua  wept,  but  itubbl  EJ  lexer  laughed. 
“Wherefore  dost  thou  laugh?”  said  he  who 
wept.  “Nay,  wherefore  dosL  thou  weep?”  de¬ 
manded  Uliczer.  “  I  weep,"  replied  tho  Itabhi 
Joshua,  “  because  i  see  what  waa  written  in 
the  Lamentations  fullllled  ;  because  of  the  Mt. 
Zion  which  is  desolate,  the  foxes  full  ifpon  it." 
"And  therefore  do  I  laugh,”  wild  Rabbi  KUe- 
zor,  “  for  when  t  see  with  my  own  eyes  that 
God  has  fulilllod  His  threatening  to  tho  very 
letter,  I  have  thoraby  a  pledge  that  not  one  of 
His  promises  shall  fail,  for  Ho  is  ever  more 
ready  to  show  mercy  than  judgment.” 

- *•*-♦ - 

SUGGESTIVE  THOUGHTS. 


The  defects  of  tho  understanding,  like  those 
of  the  face,  grow  worse  as  we  grow  old.—  /foc/tc- 
foueauld. 

The  two  best  rules  for  a  system  of  rhetoric 
are,  llrst,  have  something  to  say,  and  next  say 
it  .—1'hntnom. 

THREE  questions  to  be  put  to  ourselves  be¬ 
fore  speaking  evil  of  any  man  Fist,  is  it  true? 
Second,  is  It  kind  ?  Third  is  it  necessary. 

Often  do  we  think  when  wo  ought  to  act, 
and  act  whon  it  behooves  us  to  reflect ;  hence 
caution  is  frequently  a;  fatal  as  ra-hnqss. 

Man  has  not  love  for  spiritual  life  and  Immor¬ 
tality,  until  sin  breaks  to  pieces  the  earthly 
things  on  which  his  affuctions  are  fastened. 

Reverence  the  highest,  have  patience  with 
tho  lowest.  Let  this  day's  performance  of  tho 
meanest  duty  be  thy  religion.  Are  the  stars  too 
distant,  pick  up  the  pebble  that  Jins  at.  thy  feet 
and  from  it  learn  all,  -Maruarct  FuUcr. 

There  ought  to  bo  such  an  atmn.-phere  in 
every  Christian  church  that  a  man  going  there 
and  sitting  there  two  hours  should  take  the 
contagion  of  heaven,  and  carry  homo  u  lire  to 
kindle  tho  altar  whence  ho  catne.— Bewher. 

I  lire  to  read  about  Moses  best  in  the  Old 
Testament,  lie  carried  n  hard  business  well 
through,  nnd  di<*d  when  other  folks  were  going 
to  reap  tho  fruits;  a  man  must  have  courage  to 
look  at  his  own  life  so,  and  think  what’ll  come 
of  it  ufter  lie's  dead  nnd  gone.  A  good,  solid 
bit  o’  work  lasts;  if  it’s  only  laying  a  floor 
down,  somebody's  the  better  for  it’s  being  done 
well,  besides  the  man  us  does  it.— Own  Flint. 
- - 

The  Evangelical  Alliance.  The  Commit¬ 
tee  of  Arrangements  for  tho  General  Confer¬ 
ence  of  the  Evangelical  Alliance  give  notice 
that  the  Conference  will  be  held  in  the  Hall  of 
the  Vo ung  Men’s  Christian  Association  in  the 
City  of  New  York,  comeneing  Oct.  2  and  closing 
Oct.  12, 1873. 


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WITHERED  LEAVES. 

BY  MART  C.  BARTLETT. 

In  the  glorious,  golden  summer, 

’Neath  a  spreading,  drooping  tree. 
Flowed  a  brooklet  to  the  river. 

Bright  nnrt  glad  and  fair  to  see  ; 

And  the  broad  leaves  swaying,  bonding. 
Almost  touching  Us  bright  face. 

Filled  the  brook  with  earnest  longing 
Them  to  clasp  in  fond  embrace. 

So  above  the  pebbles  springing, 
Lovingly,  it  wooed  them  each, 

But  the  mocking,  summer  breezes 
Tossed  them,  ever,  out  of  reach. 


In  the  chilly,  dreary  autumn, 

Those  bright  leave*,  grown  brown  and  sere. 

Fluttered  to  the  brooklet’s  bosom. 

Trusting  that  they,  still,  were  dear. 

But  the  brooklet's  breast  was  frozen,- 
All  too  late  Us  love  had  come,— 

Ar.d  It  coldly,  calmly,  lay  there, 

Though  beneath,  its  heart  made  moan. 

Thus  we  strive.  In  our  bright  summer, 

After  all  that  makes  life  fair, 

Wealth  and  fame  und  love  and  pleasure, — 

All  in  vain:  and  in  despair. 

We,  in  autumn,  cense  our  striving,— 

Cease  to  dream  or  yearn,— and  wait ; 

Thou  perchance  comes  what  we  longed  for,— 
Like  the  withered  leave*,— too  late ! 

'■  Late,  too  late,  the  sad  heart  grieves. 

What  Is  wealth,  with  none  to  share  it? 

What  a  name,  with  none  to  bear  It  ? 

What  are  joys,  to  hearts  grown  old? 

What  is  love,  to  hearts  grown  cold  ? 

Naught,  alas !  but  withered  leaves!" 

THE  OLD  HOME. 

BT  MAY  MAPLE. 

For  years  I  had  longed  to  visit  the  homo  of 
my  childhood !— to  press  my  feet  onco  more 
upon  my  native  turf!  How  I  cnvlod  those  of 
my  frlouds  who  were  able  to  return  to  tho  old 
roof-troe  for  family  reunions,  f  know,  full 
well,  the  dear,  loved  ones  eon  Id  not  gather 
about  the  old  hearth,  ns  In  former  days  for  too 
well  I  remembered  that  terrible  burden,  lu  the 
form  of  a  mortgage,  we  all  tried  so  hard  to 
“lift,”  and  yet  fulled  to  meet  the  dornunds. 
It  was  a  sad  day  when  wo  bade  adieu  to  Its 
sacred  halU.  Hut  the  world  was  wide,  and  an¬ 
other  roof  kindly  spread  Its  broad  wings  over  us 
and  gave  us  shelter.  For  two  years  our  family 
al'  dwelt  within  the  walls  of  this  adopted  home, 
and  then  there  was  a  quiet  gathering  of  cher¬ 
ished  friends,  and  I  stood  le'-ldn  one  who  prom¬ 
ised  to  love  and  protoot  me,  and  in  the  preseneo 
of  the  company  ho  kissed  and  called  mo  “my 
wife;"  and  then  I  was  whirled  away  lo  another 
home,  In  a  land  of  strangers. 

For  a  time  the  months  flew  by  as  on  angels' 
wings,  for  I  was  not  only  happy  but  busy  ns  the 
swift- winged  birds  In  arranging  and  rearrang¬ 
ing  the  bright  now  furniture  about  our  cozy 
cottage  ;  in  preparing  favorite  dishes  to  tempt 
my  husband's  appetite,  that  I  might  bear  words 
of  loving  praise  from  his  lips.  Hut  this  daily 
routine  came  at  las  to  bo  like  an  oft-told  story  ; 
and  although  I  did  not  cease  my  vigilance  In 
performing  a  single  duty,  yet.  tho  perforn  ance 
of  the  dally  round  ceased  to  occupy  my  mind. 
When  months  lengthened  Into  ye  ti  s,  I  began 
to  cast  longing  eyes  to  the  eastward,  and  a  de¬ 
sire  to  visit  familiar  scenes  and  faces  took  pos¬ 
session  of  my  mind.  I  hail  an  unaccounta¬ 
ble  droad  of  traveling  alone,  and  my  husband 
thought  it  quite  Impossible  lo  leave  the  farm  ; 
—and  thus  six  yours  passed  away.  At  last  my 
earnest  yearnings  overcame  my  cowardice,  and 
I  returned  to  tho  land  of  my  nativity.  After 
visiting  my  beloved  and  aged  parents,  and  t  he 
members  of  the  family  who,  like  myself,  had 
“married  and  settled  down,”  I  started  for  the 
old  neighborhood,  whore  some  of  the  happiest 
as  well  as  some  of  l  hc  most  sorrowful  days  of 
my  life  had  been  passed. 

It  was  a  beautiful  morning  in  the  early  part 
of  September,  that  I  slipped  quietly  away  from 
•iry  friends  for  a  walk  up  tho  hill,  on  the  top  of 
whose,  eminence  stood  tho  dear  old  cottage. 
On  the  way  I  could  but  note,  with  a  sad  heart, 
the  changes  tho  present  owner  had  made  in 
the  general  landscape.  The  beautiful  sheet  of 
water  known  as  the  “old  mill  pond.”— where 
“oft  in  tho  stilly  night,”  and  on  sunny  spring 
days,  I  had  floated  up  and  down  in  a  fairy 
barque,  watching  tho  shining  flsh  as  they  swept 
along  In  little  flashes  of  motion,  gathering  fra¬ 
grant  lilies,  and  dreaming  of  human  greatness, 
resolving  to  climb  the  ladder  of  fame  by  doing 
noble  doeds  and  making  tho  world  better  for 
my  living— had  disappeared,  and  in  its  place 
was  waving  grain,  plentifully  besprinkled  with 
rank  weeks.  The  picturesque  old  mill  had  been 
pulled  down  and  carried  away.  I  uhnost  re¬ 
solved  to  return  to  the  house  of  my  friend 
without  further  observation.  But  no :  I  must 
goon;  sol  pushed  forward,  and  at  last  gained 
the  top  of  the  hill. 

The  cottage  was  mossy  and  brown  from  the 
beating  of  pattering  rain  and  scorching  sun. 

In  all  these  long  years  it  had  been  unacquaint¬ 
ed  with  fresh  paint.  Tluvpretty,  climbing  "  jas¬ 
mine,"  t  hat  U9cd  to  shade  Die  poreh,  where  I 
sat  at.  close  of  day  and  watched  the  belles  and 
beaux  as  they  approached  tho  house,  was  torn 
away,  admitting  tho  broad  glare  of  the  blazing 
sun.  The  old  flower  bods  were  nowhere  visible ; 


the  fruit  trees  that  every  spring,  in  the  years 
long  past,  I  had  compared  to  fair  young  brides 
as  they  were  robed  in  pink  and  white,  crowned 
-  with  wreaths  of  greater  beau  I  y  than  ever  graced 
a  millncr's  reception  room,  were  grown  crooked 
and  thorny  by  being  browsed  by  herds  of  cattle 
that  had  free  range  about  the  grounds.  The  old 
garden  fetico  was  sadly  dilapidated,  ami  seemed 
to  be  pining  for  Its  former  master. 

Tho  stately  old  oaks  and  maples,  beneath 
whose  widespread  boughs  many  a  pleasant  pie- 
nlo  party  had  gathered,  to  while  away  a  passing 
day  In  pleasant,  chat,  song  and  merry  laughter, 
and  where  wo  had  swept  through  the  air  In  the 
ample  swing,  as  swiftly  as  the  bright  winged 
birds,  had  been  destroyed  by  tho  woodman’s 
ax;  not  even  the  stumps  remained  as  monu¬ 
ments  of  their  beauty  and  massiveness.  While 
I  stood  gazing  at  tho  place,  and  bemoaning  Its 
utter  desolation,  a  middle-aged,  kindly. faced 
woman  came  out  upon  the  porch  and  invited 
me  in.  I  gladly  accepted  her  invitation,  telling 
her  at  once  that  this  had  been  for  many  years 
my  home— how  1  had  longed  with  unutterable 
yearnings  to  press  uiy  feel  upon  native  soli 
again,  ami  bow  much  1  desired  In  visit  my  own 
old  room  once  more.  She  kindly  led  the  way 
up  the  broad  staircase  and  opened  the  door  to 
tho  old  square-room,  which  was  in  “apple  pie 
order,”  as  Indeed  was  each  room  about  the 
house,  A  feeling  of  awe  crept  over  mo  as  1 
stepped  across  the  threshold— lor  was  It  not  a 
sepulcher  of  buried  memories?  r  seated  my¬ 
self  by  the  window  looking  eastward. 

Tliis  was  tho  spot  inwards  which  my  eyes 
ever  turned  when  I  he  llrat  rays  of  tho  morning 
sun  warned  me  that  there  was  no  longer  bird 
or  bee  asleep.  It  was  by  t  his  window  my  fath¬ 
er’s  voice  found  me  aa  It  wound  Us  musical 
note  up  tho  wide  stairway  and  through  the 
uoor,  which  was  always  left  “ajar,”  that  I 
might  catch  tho  llrat  sound  of  his  st  irring  feet : 
“Charlie,  I’d  like  my  breakfast  soon.”  I 
could  almost  hear  his  pleasant  Intonations  us  I 
t  urned  my  face  towards  the  door. 

It  was  here  I  sat  and  watched  tho  silvery 
moon,  riding  high  in  the  deep  blue  vault,  and 
Counted  the  moat,  brilliant  stars,  and  pointed 
Out  familiar  constellations  to  ruy  younger  sis¬ 
ters,  who  sometime.-}  shared  my  room.  This 
plneo  had  witnessed  all  my  childish  griefs  and 
girlish  sorrows.  Those  walls  hud  listened  to 
the  dedicate  messages  tho  love-god  had  sent, 
and  witnessed  tho  filling  of  many  dainty  sheets 
of  gilt-edged  note  paper.  In  answer  to  Cupid's 
quills.  This  room  had  beheld  the  all-absorb¬ 
ing  grtef  I  felt  when  he,  whom  I  believed  to  be 
clothed  with  honor  and  perfections  beyond 
comparison,  proved  himself  to  bo  formed  of 
tho  grossest  material,  unworthy  the  name  ot 
fraud-  much  uioro  that  of  lover.  IVell  it  was 
for  me  that  ho  had  not  reached  tlifi  deep  foun. 
laiua  of  my  heart,  as  1  for  a  time  believed. 
There  was  another,  away  In  the  distance,  all 
unknown,  who  held  l  he  key  to  the  gates,  which 
would  open  deep  and  wide  when  his  “  sesame  " 
was  heard. 

Tho  woman  at  my  side  talked  of  house  and 
farm,  and  of  the  neighborhood,  In  a  social,  gos- 
slppy  way,  and  I  listened  und  commented  wll  h 
her;  but  my  heart  was  living  in  the  “  long  ago." 
When  1  arose  to  take  my  departure,  a  farewell 
dirge  swept  through  the  room,  not  distinguish¬ 
able  to  other  ears  than  mini; ;  and  a  eiirtaiu  was 
drawn  across  tho  oast  window,  that  was  invisi¬ 
ble  to  other  eye*. 

A  ;  I  passed  into  the  lane  where,  onco  the  green 
boughs  waved  their  heavy  plumes  in  seeming 
acknowledgment  of  my  presence,  and  tho  birds 
had  caroled  sweet  anthems,  I  felt  that  the  soft, 
balmy  winds  were  whispering  in  my  oar :  “  This 
is  never  more  thy  home.  Only  the  memory  pic¬ 
tures,  woven  and  painted  so  long  ago,  remain  to 
bo  cherished  in  tho  deep  reCcuaes  of  thy  heart. 
From  henceforth  the  western  outlook  will  bring 
to  tb co  brighter  prospects;  experience  has  been 
thine,  from  the  past  thou  wilt  len.ru  lessons  of 
contentment.  Only  the  Home,  of  which  now 
and  then  a  glimpse  Is  caught,  when  the  world 
scorns  recoding,  and  thou  almost  hoareat  tho 
rustle  of  angels’  wings,  w ill  fulillj  tho  idoal  of 
thy  childhood’!}  home,  whore  thou  didst  bask 
in  the  sunshine  of  purity  and  Innocence." 

Not  more  than  an  hour  had  passed  since  l 
had  tolled  up  tho  hill,  yet  it  seemed  that  years 
bad  been  added  to  my  experience.  Never  be¬ 
fore  had  I  so  appreciated  the  great  blessing  l 
possessed  in  my  noble,  kingly  husband.  To  his 
kindness  and  good  taste,  In  a  largo  degree,  was 
I  Indebted  for  tire  pretty  grounds  and  pleasant 
surroundings  about  our  dwelling.  I  returned  to 
receive  his  joyous  welcome,  a  iuwre  contented 
and  1  believe  a  wiser  woman-  determined  that 
the  paintings  of  my  artistic  nature  should  be  as 
bright  for  the  western  room  of  my  heart,  as  hud 
been  tkoso  or  the  years  ngone. 

And  when  I  have  taken  the  Iasi,  peep  into  this 
apartment,  and  I  listen  to  the  last  “good-by,” 
may  it  be  mine  to  walk  ’heath  the  waving 
boughs  of  the  Tree  of  Life— to  press  my  feet 
upon  those  street*  whose  foundations  are  of  } 
amethyst,  whose  gates  are  of  pearl— where  the 
fragrance  of  flowers  rises  llko  Incense,  and 
where  the  sun  will  no  more  be  needed  to  shine  1 
by  day,  nor  tho  moon  by  night,  for  "the  glory  . 
of  God  exocedoth  them.” 


Head  ini]  for  tin]  fJouinj. 


iESOP  IN  RHYME, 

Tho  Lion  and  tho  Mouse. 

A  lion  lay  a-slooplng, 

A  little  mouse  came  creeping 
Around  the  foresi  king; 

Not  rocking  of  Ills  danger 
The  careless  litt  le  stranger 
Chanced  on  his  ear  to  spring. 

The  lion  quickly  waking 
Arose,  and  fiercely  shaking 
His  lordly  mane,  looked  round  : 

Tim  trembling  lit  tie  stranger. 

Sore  Irlglitcuod  at  his  danger. 

Crept  closely  to  the  ground. 

The  lion  soon  espied  him 
Crouching  low  hetdde  him, 

And  raised  his  paw  to  kill  ! 

“  Great  Hr !"  cried  mousey,  “  spare  me  ! 
I  prithee  do  not  harm  me  1 
I  only  hoar  good  will. 

“  To  die  I  am  not  willing,— 

What  woulct’at  thou  gain  by  killing 
So  small  a  thing  us  I  ?” 

"  Well;  go,  then  !"  said  the  lion, 

But  let  mu  ne’er  set  eye  on 
Your  carcass,  or  you  die !” 


’Neath  nutiiran  leaves  abiding, 

Our  mousey  lay  a-hlding  ; 

’Twus  after  many  days : 

He  hoard  a  frightful  roaring,— 
And  creeping  forth  exploring. 

Soon  saw  in  great  amaze, 

Neath  hunter's  tolls  entangled, 
Sore  compassed  and  half  strangled 
Tho  lordly  lion  lie ; 

And  mouse,  in  consternation 
Took  In  the  situation 
With  comprehending  eyo. 

Then  straight  began  to  nibble 
Did  naught  but  nibble,  nibble— 

Till  every  cord  was  rent. 

Once  more  the  llou  standing, 
Displayed  his  front  commanding, 
With  pride  and  pleasure  blont. 


LETTEE  FKOM  THE  KING  OF  SIAM. 

HINTS  TO  AMERICAN  BOYS. 


It  is  not  generally  known  that  among  the 
many  other  interesting  incidents  in  tho  life  of 
President  Andrew  Jackson,  ho  was  twico  mar¬ 
ried  to  tho  same  woman,  a  former  Mrs.  Rachel 
Robards,  daughter  of  .Mrs.  Donelson,  the  widow 
of  Col.  John  Donelson,  an  emigrant  from  Vir¬ 
ginia  to  Tennessee, 


Tins  week  wo  have  the  pleasure  of  giving 
our  young  Rurulists  an  original  letter  never  be¬ 
fore  published,  written  by  the  young  King  of 
Siam.  At  the  time  ho  wrote  tho  letter  he  was 
sixteen  years  old  heir  to  the  throne.  Tho  letter 
is  written  in  English,  and  tho  penmanship  l» 
much  hotter  than  the  average  bandwriting  of 
those  young  A merlean  boys  ami  girls  who  write 
for  the  Rural.  This  Prince  had  an  English 
teacher,  Mrs.  A.  II.  Lku.m  ovens,  a  lady  who 
now  lives  on  Staten  Island,  near  the  city  of 
New  York.  She  was  tile  English  teacher  for 
the  royal  family  of  Siam,  and  1ms  written  a 
number  of  interesting  and  instructive  books 
about  that  far-away  country  and  peculiar  peo¬ 
ple.  The  old  King  of  Siam,  now  dead,  was  a 
good  English  scholar,  and  we  have  before  us 
letters  from  him.  The  Prince’s  letter,  which 
we  reproduce,  is  written  upon  a  small  shoot  of 
black-bordered  note  paper.  It  was  written  to 
hla  teacher,  who  was  on  her  way  home  to  En¬ 
gland.  Here  Is  the  exact  copy : 

itOHK-l‘I.ANTCN<l  HOUSE, 

Grand  Royal  Palace, 
Bangkok,  Sept.,  isgt. 

M  kb.  A.  II.  Leondwess  My  dear  teacher:  I 
had  the  pleasure  of  receiving  your  letter  writ¬ 
ten  at  Singapore  without  dale.  Informing  mo 
of  your  safe  arrival  on  flic  10th  Inst.,  and  in- 
tended  departure  by  t  he  overland  ma.il  afcoanior 
on  the  21st  Inst.  It  was  very  gratifying  to  mo 
to  learn  of  your  safe  arrival  at  Singapore,  and 
hope  to  hear  of  the  arrival  of  yourself  and 
Lewis  at  London  nofnre  long. 

It  was  very  kind  in  you  to  try  to  find  something 
for  me, ami  |  shallwmt  with  much  interest  to  sue 
what  you  will  be  jd.de  to  procure  for  me  in  Lon¬ 
don.  T  shall  esteem  anything  from  you  that 
will  be  useful  a  •  a  special  token  of  love  and 
friendship ;  and  if  the  beautiful  and  ornamen¬ 
tal  arc  combined  with  the  useful  it  will  be 
prized  very  highly.  But  perhaps  you  will  get, 
-ome  good  book  to  Instruct  ami  ornament  the 
mind  and  make  me  useful;  if  so  it  will  be  ail 
the  bettor, 

You  will  learn  from  f  lie  accompanying  printed 
notice  of  the  demise  of  mv  clear  older  brother, 
II.  R.  H.  Kkom  Mit.n  M  yhksuak  Hkva  velah. 

1  have  no  doubt  you  wUl  sympathise  with  mo 
in  this  sad  event. 

Everything  at  the  Royal  Palace  goes  on  very 
pleasant  ly.  My  beloved  Royal  ather  Is  as  busy 
as  ovor  and  the  cares  of  the  Kingdom  require 
most  of  Mis  Majesty 'ft  tltue.  Thu  numerous 
departments  require  close  attention.  I  am 
trying  to  learn  all  *  can  so  as  to  he  able  to  act 
well  my  part.  The  Princes  and  Princesses  at 
the  Royal  Palace  have  not  forgotten  your  in¬ 
struction:.  und  remember  .you  with  pleasure. 

Wishing  yourself  and  Master  Lewis  much 
happiness  and  apl.-a  -unt  in-meeting  with  your 
dear  friends,  |  remain,  dear  teacher,  your  sin¬ 
cere  friend  and  aifeei  innate  pupil, 

Cuowfa  Chulalojigkokn. 
fr  the  King  of  Slam  makes  the  man  his  letter 
indicates  and  *•  tho  child  la  hitherto  the  man” 
he  will  prove  a  wise  ruler  of  his  pooplo.  A 
boy  who  prefers  “  a  good  book  to  luatruct  ami 
ornament  the  mind,"  to  a  mere  toy  or  bauble, 
will  be  likely  to  become  a  useful  if  not  noted 
man.  We  prophesy  that  the  present  King  of 
Slam,  tho  writer  of  the  above,  letter  will  be 
beard  from,  one  of  these  days,  as  a  friend  of 
“  Progress  ami  Improvement  ”  —  as  favoring 
measures  designed  to  promote  the  mental  and 
moral  elevation  of  his  people.  Let  American 
boys,  who  are  all  sovereigns,  and,  if  they  live 


and  do  what  is  right,  will  ere  long  have  the 
highest  offices  and  honors  within  their  reach, 
remember  and  hoed  what  tho  boy  prince  of 
Slam  wrote  to  his  teacher — ami  especially  his 
deiuro  to  learn  all  he  could  while  a  hoy,  that  ho 
might  bo  able  to  act  well  his  part  on  arriving 
at  manhood. 

The  Prim  e  came  to  Iho  throne  or  Siam  on  the 
lllli  of  November,  1868,  Just  one  year  and  four 
months  from  the  date  of  the  let  ter  wo  publish. 

Last  week  w  o  gave  n  lett  er  from  an  Indian 
girl,  and  now  one  from  ;i  Siamese  boy.  Shall  wo 
noxf  hoar  from  a  Juvenile  Chinaman,  Japanese, 
Sandwich  Inlander,  or  who?  Please  don’t  all 
spoak  at  once,  aa  our  space  is  limited. 

— - - 

TRADES  OF  ANIMALS. 

It  has  been  well  remarked  by  a  clover  author 
that  bees  are  geometricians.  Tho  colls  are  so 
constructed  aa,  with  the  least  quantity  of  ma¬ 
terial,  Jo  have  the  largest  size  1  spaces  and  the 
least  possible  Interstice*. 

Tho  mole  Is  a  moteorologisi . 

The  torpedo,  the  ray  and  t  he  electric  cel  are 
electricians. 

Whole  tribes  of  birds  are  musicians. 

Tho  heaver  is  an  architect,  builder  and  wood¬ 
cutter.  Ho  cuts  down  trees,  and  erects  houses 
and  dams. 

Tho  marmot  is  a  civil  engineer.  He  not  only 
builds  houses,  but  constructs  aqueducts  and 
drains  to  keep  them  dry. 

The  ant  Is  a  soldier,  and  maintains  a  regular 
standing  army. 

Wasps  are  paper  manufacturers. 

Caterpillars  are  silk-spinners. 

The  squirrel  is  a  ferryman.  With  a  chip  or  a 
piece  ol' bark  fora  boat,  and  his  tail  for  a  sail, 
he  crosses  a  stream. 

Dogs,  wolves,  jackals  and  many  others  aro 
hunters. 

Black  bears  and  herons  aro  flshermen. 

Ants  aro  day-laborers. 

Monkeys  aro  rope-dancers. 

- - 

A  LESSON  IN  ENGLISH. 

A  Frenchman,  while  looking  at  a  number  of 
vessel*,  exclaimed,  “See  what  a  flock  of  ships !” 
Ho  was  told  that  a  flock  Of  ships  war,  called  a 
licet,  but  that  a  fleet  of  Bheep  was  called  a.  flock. 
To  assist  him  in  mastering  the  intricacies  of 
tho  English  language,  ho  was  told  that  a  flock 
<>f  girls  was  called  a  bevy,  that  a  bevy  of  wolves 
is  called  a  pack,  but  that  a  pack  of  cards  is 
never  called  a  bevy,  though  a  pack  of  thieves  is 
called  a  gang,  and  a  gang  of  angels  is  called  a 
host,  whllo  a  host,  of  porpoises  it>  termed  a 
slnml.  lie  was  told  that  a  host,  of  oxen  U  term¬ 
ed  a  herd,  and  a  herd  of  children  is  called  a 
troop,  and  a  troop  ol'  partridges  Is  termed  a 
oovey,  and  a  covey  of  beauties  is  called  a  galaxy, 
ami  u  galaxy  of  rufllan*  i.i  called  a.  horde,  and  a 
horde  of  rubbish  Is  called  a  heap,  and  a  heap  of 
bullocks  is  called  a  drove,  and  a  drove  of  black¬ 
guards  is  called  a  mob,  and  a  mob  of  whales  is 
called  a  school,  and  a  school  of  worship  is  called 
a  congregation,  ond  a  congregation  of  engineers 
is  called  a  corps,  and  a  corps  or  robbers  lb  railed 
a  band,  and  a  band  of  locusts  Is  called  a  crowd, 
and  a  crowd  of  gentlefolk*  la  called  the  Hite. 
Tho  last  word  being  French,  tho  scholar  under¬ 
stood  it  and  asked  no  more. 


tc  flutter. 


PROBLEM,— No.  10. 

Tun  three  straight  lint  h  bisecting  the  angles 
of  a  triangle  and  terminating  at  the  point  of  in¬ 
tersection,  measure  respectively  in,  gu  and  20 
rods.  Required,  tho  slzoof  the  triangle. 


A  F— 30  rods ;  15 1’-  10  rods ;  Cl’  20  rods. 

,  .  D-  F.  Burleson. 

HSr  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - - - 

CR0S3-W0RD  ENIGMA.— No.  6. 

• 

M  v  first  Is  In  skein  but  not  in  silk, 

My  secon  1  |$  in  water  but  noL  in  milk  ; 

My  thlrd  is  in  noun  but  not  in  verb. 

My  fourth  is  in  stock  but  not  in  herb  ; 

My  fifth  is  in  sad  but  not  in  pity. 

My  sixth  is  In  song  but  not  in  ditty  ; 

My  whole  is  tho  name  of  a  very  largo  city. 
tSsf"  Answer  in  two  weeks.  w.  w.  u.  f. 

■ - - 

PUZZLER  AN3WERS.  Sept.  13. 

Square-Word  Enigma  No. 

G  O  L  I) 

OLIO 
L  ION 
DONE 
Problem  No.  8.— 

23.516856  rods. 

29.801107  “ 

•16.0811647  “ 

Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  6.  -Saratoga, 
Lexington,  Yorktown. 


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GOBI’S  BUBAL  WEW-¥GBKEB 


Ityttts  flf  the 


CURRENT  TOPICS. 

THE  GREAT  FINANCIAL  CRISIS. 

Not  since  “  Black  Friday  ”  has  there  been  so 
much  excitement  in  financial  circles  in  this 
city,  as  yesterday,  Sept.  18,  when  there  was  a 
general  decline  in  stocks  and  the  announce¬ 
ment  on  the  Stock  Board  of  the  suspension  of 
Jay  Cooke*  Co.,  Richard  Schell  and  Robinson 
and  Snydarn.  The  suspension  of  Jay  Cooke  * 
Co.,  Is  far-reaching  In  its  influence.  The  extent 
of  the  disaster  and  the  number  of  other  bricks 
its  fall  will  topple  over  cannot  now  be. pre¬ 
dicted.  It  la  asserted  by  the  New  York  house 
of  Jay  Cooke  &  Co.,  that  its  suspension  is  duo 
to  the  embarrassments  of  the  Philadelphia 
house  which  le  the  financial  agent  of  the  North¬ 
ern  Pacific  R.  R.  to  which  it  had  made  large  ad¬ 
vances.  The  bonds  of  the  K.  P.  R.  R.  have  not 
been  so  successful  in  the  market  as  it  was 
hoped.  The  fact  is  the  “ Farmers’  Movement  ” 
throughout  the  Northwest  is  driving  these 
railroad  and  laud  speculators  to  their  corners, 
causing  distrust  among  the  inventors  In  railway 
securities  of  railway  monopolies,  and  bringing, 
as  it  should,  “things  down  to  hard-pan."  Tbc 
Philadelphia  house  of  Jay  Cooke  &  Co.,  having 
the  burthen  of  the  Pacific  R.  R.  to  carry,  have 
boon  overwhelmed.  For  some  l  ime  there  has 
been  distrust  on  the  street  and  depositors  have 
withdrawn  their  funds  from  the  institution. 
This  has  increased  the  embarrassment.  The  N. 
Y.  house  has  been  drawn  upon  heavily  for  aid, 
until  all  available  resources  were  exhausted. 
Then  came  the  crash  and  down  went  the  firm 
doing  business  in  New  York,  Philadelphia,  and 
Washington.  The  London  house,  it  is  assorted, 
is  solvent.  It  was  rumored  that  the  Govern¬ 
ment  had  lost  heavily  by  this  failure,  but  the 
rumor  is  authoritatively  denied  by  the  Secre¬ 
tary  of  the  Treasury.  The  oftlcos  of  the  New 
York  and  Oswego  Midland  road  have  been 
placed  in  the  hands  of  a  receiver.  There  are 
rumors  of  derangement  in  connection  with  the 
South  Side  U.  it.  of  Long  Island.  The  fact  is, 
at  this  writing  there  is  general  distrust  and 
uncertainty,  and  what  is  to  come  of  it  is  aprob- 
lcm  there  are  many  people  anxious  to  solve. 
We  may  be  able  to  append  a  postscript  to  this 
paragraph,  before  we  go  to  press,  which  will 
give  a  more  hopeful  view  of  tho  situation. 

T.  S.— Monday,  A.  M.,  Sept.  22.— Since  writ¬ 
ing  the  above  things  have  grown  no  better  op¬ 
to  I  his  writing,  though  it.  is  hoped  t  hat  meas¬ 
ures,  which  have  been  in  the  meantime  perfect¬ 
ing,  will  nrrost  further  disaster.  Over  thirty- 
three  houses  have,  suspended  in  ail  including 
Fisk  &  Hatch,  the  Union  Trust  Company  and 
the  Bank  of  tho  Commonwealth.  Saturday  the 
Stock  Exchange  was  closed  by  order  of  tho 
Governing  Committee.  This  arrested  transac¬ 
tions  and  enabled  brokers  and  bankers  to  ex¬ 
amine  their  resources  and  standing.  A  meeting 
of  the  Bank  1 ‘residents  resulted  In  their  resolv¬ 
ing  to  stand  by  eaoh  other  and  issue  certificates 
from  the  Clearing  House  to  the  amount  of  $10,- 
000,000  on  good  security.  This  action,  It  is  hoped 
will  help  to  ehock  the  general  tendency  (for  it 
is  one)  to  “go  to  smash."  Added,  the  President 
of  the  Unit  ed  States  and  Secretary  of  the  Treas¬ 
ury'  Richardson  wore  yesterday  hero  in  consul¬ 
tation  with  tho  prominent  businessmen.  The 
result  of  tills  conference  was  that  the  Govern¬ 
ment  offers  to  purchase  any  amount  of  United 
States  five-twenty  bonds  that  might  be  offered 
and  also  to  buy  the  issue  of  six  per  cent,  bonds 
commonly  known  as  81s.  This  Includes  the 
currency  sixes,  the  ten-forties  und  the  new' 
fives.  A  strong  effort  was  made  to  induce  tho 
President  to  issue  the  $44.000, 000  reserve  of  legal 
tender  notes ;  but  the  law  officers  of  the  Gov¬ 
ernment  decided  he  had  no  logoi  right  to  do  so  ; 
and  unless  the  crisis  demanded  it  imperatively, 
in  order  to  save  a  universal  panic  and  crash, 
they  must  be  held  Intact ;  but  It  was  intimated 
that  if  it  seemed  to  be  a  necessity  the  Govern¬ 
ment  would  so  issue  them,  trusting  to  Congress 
to  sanction  its  action. 

p.  p.  s.— Monday,  P.  M.— Tho  feeling  Is  better 
as  we  go  to  press.  Certificates  to  the  amount 
of  $2,230,000  have  been  issued,  in  accordance 
with  the  resolution  and  agreement  of  the  Bank 
Presidents.  But  one  bank,  up  to  this  writing, 
has  been  compelled  to  avail  itself  of  this  ac¬ 
commodation.  There  has  been  a  run  on  two 
savings  banks  during  the  day,  but  they  have 
paid  promptly  all  checks  of  $100  and  less,  exer¬ 
cising  their  legal  right  to  60  days’  notice  ir.  case 
of  the  larger  checks,  with  a  view  to  stopping 
the  run.  The  Stock  and  Gold  Exchanges  are 
closed.  The  offers  of  U.  S.  Bonds  at  Sub-Treas¬ 
ury  in  this  city  up  to  3.30  P.  M.  in  exchange  for 
currency,  was  $3,859,000.  Thus  the  market  has 
been  relieved  to-day  by  over  $5,500,000  In  cur¬ 
rency  or  its  equivalent. 

It  may  be  proper  to  say,  concerning  the  Fisk 
&  Hatch  suspension,  (since  they  are  known  to 
our  readers  as  advertisers  in  the  Rural  New- 
Yorkbr,)  that  its  cause  was  their  inability  to 
convert  their  securities  promptly  into  currency 
without  a  great  sacrifice,  and  for  the  safety  of 
their  creditors  they  thought  best  to  suspend. 
It  is  believed  they  will  resume  business  ns  soon 
as  the  market  quiets.  It  Is  not  believed  that 
their  suspension  will  affect  the  value  of  the 
bonds  of  either  the  Central  Pacific  or  Chesa¬ 
peake  and  Ohio  Railroad,  of  which  they  are  the 
financial  agents. 


The  Huntington,  L.  I.  Mystery. 

Sometime  ago,  a  young  man  by  the  name  of 
Kelsey,  Huntington,  L.  I.,  had  fallen  desperate¬ 
ly  In  love  w  ith  a  young  woman  of  that  place 
who  did  not  reciprocate  his  attentions  and  re¬ 
gard.  His  persistence  led  to  imprudence  (If 
nothing  worse)  on  his  part,  and  tho  young  la¬ 
dy’s  friends,  led  by  her  accepted  lover,  finally 
tarred  and  feathered  him,  and  it  is  asserted 
mutilated  him,  one  night.  The  same  night  he 
disappeared  and  has  not  been  seen  since.  Not 
long  ago,  the  nether  limbs  of  a  body  were  found 
on  the  shore,  which  were  identified,  by  his 
friends,  and  by  means  of  a  watch  fob,  Ac.,  as 
his  remains.  A  coroner's  jury  has  been  investi¬ 
gating  the  matter,  and  recent  developments 
point,  strongly  toward  the  fact-  that  a  most  hor¬ 
rible  mutilation  of  the  person  of  Kelsey  was 
followed  by  his  murder  (by  tho  parties  Involved 
in  the  mutilation.  A  wrholo  township  on  Long 
island  is  divided  into  violent,  f notion  by  the 
sympathy  evoked  by  tho  events  that  have  re¬ 
sulted  in  tills  investigation.  The  whole  affair 
is  a  sad  lesson,  and  should  be  a  wholesome  one 
to  all  who  arc  inclined  to  take  law  into  their 
own  hands,  and  right  wrongs  by  lawlessness. 
All  lawlessness,  no  matter  how  apparently  good 
the  excuse  for  It,  is  sure  to  react  upon  those 
engaged  in  it  ;  and  every  good  citizen,  young 
or  old,  should  discountenance  and  discourage 
It.  _ _ 

Another  Chicago  Fire. 

Chicago  has  had  another  groat  scare,  and 
those  who  live  in  its  wooden  houses  on  the  west 
side  of  the  city,  where  the  wind  from  tho  flat 
prairie  lias  rail  sweep,  have  learned  another 
lesson  as  to  the  importance  of  building  homos 
of  oome  other  material  than  tinder.  The  dry 
winds,  hot  sun,  and  continuous  drouths  apt  to 
paevall  In  that  locality,  render  the  buildings 
simple  tinder  boxes;  and  a  fire  onoe  started, 
with  the  sweep  of  winds  that  obtains,  is  sure  to 
find  fuel  and  path.  The  result  is  more  homeless 
families  und  another  apprehensive  sensation, 
made  all  the  more  terrible  by  past  experiences. 
Tf  Buch  fires  result  in  the  adoption  of  a  more 
substantial  building  material  and  In  greater 
precautionary  means  for  suppressing  fires,  Chi¬ 
cago  will  in  the  end  be  the  gainer.  But  the 
lesson  costs  individuals  heavily  and  compels 
our  keenest  sympathy  for  the  sufferers. 

The  Polaris  Survivor#. 

Wk  arc  glad  to  announce  the  arrival  at  Dun¬ 
dee,  Scotland,  of  the  Polaris  survivors— those 
who  remained  with  the  ship  when  Copt.  Tyson 
and  his  company  were  left  to  float  away  on  a 
cake  of  ice  in  the  polar  night.  They  built  boats 
out  of  the  wreck  of  the  Polaris  and  after  wintt  r- 
ing  in  the  Polar  regions,  set  sail  to  intercept 
some  of  the  w  halers,  and  were  picked  up  July 
20  by  the  whaler  Ravenscrag  from  Dundee, 
Scotland,  20  miles  south  of  Cape  York.  They 
were  subsequently  transferred  to  the  whaling 
steamer  Arctic  of  Dundee,  at  which  point,  they 
have  arrived  safety.  Now  wo  shall  know  the 
truth  (at  least  the  other  side  of  the  Btory)  about 
tho  death  of  Capt..  Hall  and  the  abandonment 

of  the  Tyson  party  on  a  floe  of  ice. 

■ 

Pennsylvania  State  Crange  of  Patrons  of 
Husbandry. 

The  Granges  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry  are 
multiplying  in  Pennsylvania.  At  Reading, Sept. 
18,  twenty-five  Masters  of  subordinate  Granges 
met  with  200  other  members  to  organise  a  State 
Grange.  Prominent  officials  of  tbc  National 
Grange  w'ere  present.  Wo  rejoice  in  the  exten¬ 
sion  of  this  order  in  the  East,  so  long  as  it  ad¬ 
heres  to  the  work  of  enlightening  and  lifting 
farmers  and  their  wives  up  from  the  gloom  of 
isolation,  and  sets  them  thinking  and  co-oper¬ 
ating  to  promote  their  own  Individual  and  col¬ 
lective  Interests— so  long  as  It  does  not  become 
the  tool  of  political  partisans  who  only  seek 
control  of  it  to  destroy  It. 

Yellow  Fever  at  Shreveport,  La., 

Is  making  a  terriblo  record.  It  is  stated  that 
the  sick  have  no  nurses  and  the  dead  no  burial. 
This  seems  almost  incredible.  The  humanity 
of  the  nation  is  appealed  to  for  aid  and  the 
humane  should  respond  promptly.  There  is 
chance  for  a  display  of  moral  heroism,  too  on 
the  part  of  those  who  can  go  to  aid  in  nursing— 
who  will  take  their  lives  In  their  hands  and  go 
thither  prepared  to  relieve  the  suffering  and 
minister  unto  the  dying.  Memphis,  too,  is  re¬ 
ported  as  afflicted,  and  it  will  require  great 
vigilance  and  care  if  other  towns  do  not  suffer. 
Meantime  let  aid  be  sent  to  those  who  sadly 
need  it. 

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THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 

The  Cotton  Crop.— The  Statistician  of  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  gives  the  following 
as  the  present  6tatus  of  the  cotton  crop :— The 
indicated  increase  of  area  is  a  little  over  10  per 
cent.  The  condition  of  the  crop  is  higher  than 
in  September  of  last  year  in  Arkansas  ;  the  same 
in  Tennessee  and  Louisiana.  In  each  of  the 
other  cotton  States  the  worms  have  been  more 
abundant,  yet  their  ravages  have  been  disas¬ 
trous  or  sweeping  but  in  few  cases.  The  season 
has  been  remarkable  for  its  rainfall,  tending  to 
a  further  depredation  of  the  crop.  Otherw  ise 
the  conditions  have  been  quite  favorable.  Fer¬ 
tilizers  have  stimulated  growth,  and  labor  has 
been  steadier  and  more  trustworthy.  The 
averages  arc  as  follows : 

Virginia,  9^;  North  Carolina,  95;  South  Caro¬ 
lina,  86;  Georgia,  90;  Florida,  85;  Alabama,  85; 


Mississippi,  82;  Louisiana,  80;  Texas,  92;  Ar¬ 
kansas,  93;  Tennessee,  92;  Missouri,  96.  In  Sep¬ 
tember,  1872,  the  average  was  :— Virginia,  97  ; 
North  Carolina,  101 ;  South  Carolina,  95;  Geor¬ 
gia,  90;  Florida,  02;  Alabama,  88;  Mississippi, 
90;  Louisiana,  86;  Texas,  94 ;  Arnansas,  78; 
Tennessee,  92. 

- - 

BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 

Cb ikk- Justice  Cockburn.  at  the  close  of  the 
hearing  in  the  Tlchborne  case,  said  if  the  claim¬ 
ant  resumed  his  travels  through  the  country 
representing  himself  as  a  martyr,  it  would  be 
the  duty  of  the  Court  to  put  a  stop  to  the  scan¬ 
dal  by  committing  him  to  Jail.  Every  Judge 
and  juryman  connected  with  the  case  had 
been  threatened  with  assassination  if  a  verdict 
against  the  defendant  should  be  brought  in. 
The  Chief-Josttoe  warned  the  claimant  that  if 
he  made  another  speech  or  appeal  before  tho 
public  ho  would  surely  be  Imprisoned.  New 
reralations  are  made  every  day  of  the  trial,  and 
the  public  interest  in  the  case  Increases.  The 
Tichbormi  claimant  has  published  an  appeal  in 
which  lie  states  that  the  prohibition  by  the 
court  of  further  speeches  from  him  or  solicita¬ 
tions  of  aid  from  the  public  has  cut  off  his  bup- 
ply  of  funds. 

Honolulu,  Sept.  6,  via  San  Francisco,  Sept.. 
18.— The  King's  Government  has  arrived  at  the 
conclusion  that  it  is  t.o  tho  highest  interests  of 
the  country  to  conclude  a  treaty  with  the 
United  States  on  tho  basis  of  the  cession  of 
Pearl  River  Harbor.  The  King  has  ordered  his 
Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs  to  notify  the  United 
State*  Minister  that  ho  (tho  King)  is  ready  to 
negotiate  such  a  treaty.  The  foreign  and  native 
population  generally  favor  the  project.  King 
Lunalilo  is  dangerously  ill.  The  volcano  Maun- 
aloa  is  In  a  state  of  eruption.  It  can  be  seen 
moretban  100  miles  distant,  and  illuminates  tbo 
whole  island. 

Tite  total  loss  by  the  Chicago  fire  is  now  put 
at  $125,000,  and  tbo  Insurance  as  far  as  known  is 
$65,000,  distributed  among  a  large  number  of 
companies  East  and  West,  no  one  of  which 
loses  probably  over  $15,000. 

London,  September  19—6  A.  M.— Mr.  Scuda¬ 
more,  Director  of  the  Postal  Telegraph  Service, 
denies  the  trut  h  of  tho  recent  rumors  that  tho 
Government  la  about  to  purchase  the  Atlant  ic 
cable  lines. 

When  the  Duke  of  Edinburgh  visited  Bir¬ 
mingham  the  other  day,  a  fervid  old  lady  el¬ 
bowed  her  w'ay  to  the  front  of  the  crowd, 
exclaiming,  “  God  bless  you  I  How’s  your  dear 
mother  ?“ 

The  Cologne  Gazotto  says  the  obolera  is  rog- 
ing  with  groat  violence  in  Hungary,  the  per¬ 
centage  of  deaths  being  unusually  large. 

The  Spanish  Cortes  has  authorized  the  ac¬ 
ceptance  of  30,000  Remington  Rifles  as  a  gift 
from  the  public. 

A  Vermont  school  library  declined  a  set  of 
Dickens’  works  on  account  of  their  immoral 
tendency. 

The  Society  of  the  Army  of  tho  Cumberland 
adjourned  to  moet  at  Columbus,  Sept.  17,  1874. 

■ - - 

DOMESTIC  NEWS. 

New  Vork  City  and  Vicinity. 

Two  New  York  schooners  w’ere  wrecked  off 

Nova  Scota  in  the  August  gales . Rev.  Dr. 

Chapin  lias  been  welcomed  back — An  Ameri¬ 
can  pilgrimage  Is  talked  of . Cortlandt  A. 

Sprague.  City  Treasurer  of  Brooklyn,  lias  been 
arrested  for  fraud.  It  is  asserted  that  since  i860 
Mr.  Sprague  has  used  the  city's  money  at  the 
rate  of  $200,000  to  $500,000  a  year  A  new  paper 
called  the  Argus,  has  appeared  in  Brooklyn  . 
Rodman,  the  Brooklyn  defaulter,  lota  turned 
State's  evidence.  Ho  shows  that  the  city  was 
systematically  robbed  for  speculative  and  elec¬ 
tion  purposes  ..Signor  Sal v Ini  lias  proved  to 
be  very  popular.  He  is  called  the  "greatest 
living  actor’ — .  The  Eclectic  Life  Insurance 
Co.  is  being  investigated — ..Gates  arc  to  be 
placed  on  the  front  platforms  of  street  cars  . . 
The  Freshman  class  of  the  University  of  New 
York  number  75,  Including  2  Chinese  It  was 
charged,  on  the  18th,  that  the  late  Mr  Mills  had 
further  robbed  tho  Brooklyn  Trust  Company  of 
$500,000.  The  deposits  were  UBed  in  Wall  street. 
$804,000  of  railroad  bonds  were  stolen  from  the 
bank.  The  corruption  Is  so  widespread  In 
Brooklyn,  it  would  lie  a  hopeless  task  to  give 
al  1  the  details . ....  .Bishop  Paddock  of  M aasa- 
chusetts  was  consecrated  in  Brooklyn  on  the 
17th _ Charles  Bradlaugli,  the  English  Repub¬ 
lican.  arrived  on  the  17th - Tbc  stock  of  the 

New  York  and  Oswego  Midland  R.  R.  went  to 
protest  on  the  17th.  stocks  declined  from  1  to 

7)4  per  cent . A.  H.  Stephens  is  to  make  a 

speech  in  New  York  .  .The  banking  houses  of 
Jay  Cooke  &  Co.,  Fisk  &  Hatch,  Jacob  Little  * 
Co.,  and  a  large  number  of  other  houses,  failed 
on  the  18th  and  19th  inst.  The  excitement  was 
intense  ail  over  the  country,  and  many  houses 
elsewhere  suspended,  while  runs  on  hanks  took 
place.  The  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  is  said 
to  have  caused  the  suspension  of  Jay  Cooke  & 

Co.  _ Richard  Schell  failed  on  the  18th,  and 

there  was  a  run  on  the  Union  Trust  Company. 
On  the  18th  the  11th  Regiment  of  New  York 
mutinied  In  a  oody,  because  their  Colonel  Is 
unpopular  Thev  were  disarmed  and  put  under 


Midland  R.  R.  Company . l  he  Bank  or  the 

Commonwealth  and  the  Union  Trust  Company 
suspended  on  the  20th.  The  Stock  Exchange 
closed  at  noon  of  the  20th,  and  all  business  on 
Wall  street  was  suspended.  Great  crowds 
thronged  the  street . .  ..30  houses  went  under  on 
the  19th  .  .Bprague  of  Brooklyn  Is  likely  to  be 

indicted . The  lltb  Regiment  is  to  be  court- 

martialed  . Five  sawdust  swindlers  have  been 

arrested. 

Home  News. 

The  railroad  war  continues  In  California. 
Work  on  the  Central  Railway  of  Sacramento  is 
to  be  stopped ...  On  the  14th  there  were  600  cases 


of  yellow  fever  at  Shreveport,  La.  _ There 

have  been  30  deaths  from  yellow  fever  in  Mem¬ 
phis  Mr.  Sheppard  is  the  new  Governor  of  the 
District  of  Columbia  Gen.  Sherman  re-affirms 
that  the  rebels  burned  Columbia  during  the 
war _ Swiss  societies  have  been  having  a  con¬ 

vent  ion  In  Washington  Cornell  University 
has  opened  with  a  Freshman  Class  of  209  . .  .On 
the  15th  t  he  yellow  fever  still  raged  in  Shreve¬ 
port..  The  Telegram  of  that  place  had  suspend¬ 
ed.  Aid  haa  been  sent  from  many  cities,  The 

Interments  average  40  a  day . There  has  been 

a  panic  at  Memphis  over  the  yellow  fever 
Commander  Mitchell  of  the  Pawnee,  died  of 
yellow  fever  at  Key  West  on  the  14th.  Gov.  Dlx 
has  vetoed  the  New  York  Newspaper  Claims 

bill _ The  propcllor  Ironsides  foundered  off 

Grand  Haven.  Lake  Michigan,  on  the  16th,  at, 
noon;  the  sen  wn>  terrible :  14  drowned,  tho 
captain  and  0  missing.  ..The  Senate  Committee 
on  Transportation  lias  visited  the  line  of  the 
proposed  Champlain  Ship  Canal — Tho  negroes 
of  Indian  Territory',  15,000,  will  ask  lor  a  Terri¬ 
torial  organization  ..  The  Grand  Lodge  of  Odd 
Fellows  has  been  in  session  in  Baltimore. .  The 
Senate  Committee  on  Cheap  Transportation  has 
made  a  visit  to  Canada.  A  reception  was  given 

them  by  Montreal  merchants . 1*.  T.  Barnurn 

will  cross  the  Atlantic  in  a  balloon  next,  year  . 
18  bodies  have  been  recovered  from  the  wreck 
of  the  Ironsides  at  Grand  Haven.  Midi  ...Lord 
Gordon  Gordon  has  been  captured  at  Winnipeg, 
and  lain  prison  The  yellow’  fever  has  appeared 
in  Northern  Louisiana..  Gen.  M ’Coo fa  funeral 
took  place  in  Cincinnati  on  the  10th  ..  The  Rio 
Grande  baa  overflow* ed  its  banks,  destroying  the 
cotton  crop _ The  farmers  have  held  a  conven¬ 

tion  in  Tennessee  ...The  cashier  of  I  be  Gorman 
Savings  Bank  of  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  has  de¬ 
faulted  with  $20,000  ..  Ths  Constitutional  Con¬ 
vention  of  Pennsylvania  Is  in  session  The  Uni- 
versallrts  have  held  a  convention  at  Washing¬ 
ton _ The  Army  of  the  Cumberland  has  had  a 

great  meeting  at  Pittsburgh  A  Prohibition 
state  ticket  has  been  nominated  In  New  York  . . 
Tho  Government,  lists  begun  its  suit  in  Hartford 
against  tho  Union  Pacific  R.lt  .The  Univer- 
salistswill  build  »  great  Centennial  Church  In 
187ft.  Vice-President  Wilson  declines  to  lie 
Vi.-.  ntofnC  iban  League  Jay  Cooke’s 

banks  in  Washington  and  Philadelphia  have 

suspended . The  crew  of  the  lust  Polaris  has 

boon  found  all  well.  They  have  arrived  at  Dun¬ 
dee,  Scotland.  They  were  taken  there  by  the 
whaling  steamer  Arctic.  They  were  nicked  up 
on  the  20tb  of  July,  20  miles  south  of  Capo  York 
.. ..The steamship  Costa  Rica  from  Honolulu 
was  wrecked  in  the  harbor  of  San  Francisco  on 

the  18th.  All  the  posaengers  saved _ Yellow 

fever  Is  spreading  in  Memphis  —  Many  suspen¬ 
sions  occurred  in  Philadelphia  on  the  19th _ 

There  has  been  a  run  oir  the  Freed  men’s  and 
Washington  Savings  Banks  in  Washington. 

Fire*. 

The  steamer  James  Howard  at  Commerce, 
Mo.,  on  the  13th;  loss,  $150,(XX)  ...  A  church  In 

Champaign.  Ill.,  on  tho  14tb  ;  loss,  $20,000 . 

Broadway  Hotel  in  Lexington,  Ky.,  on  tho  1.7th ; 
loss,  $14,tXX) —  Hat  factory  in  Brooklyn  on  tiro 
15th  ;  loss,  $23,000. . .  Mowing  machine  works  at 
West  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  on  trie  15th;  loss,  $33,- 
000 — Cotton  und  woolen  mills  uf  flolmesburg. 
Pa.,  on  the  13th  j  loss,  $135,000. .  .Baptist  Church 
and  hotel  lit  Union  Springs,  N.  V.,  on  the.  15th  ; 
loss,  $15,000  —  A  terriblo  fire  broko  out  in  Chi¬ 
cago  on  tbo  17th,  at  8  P.  M.,  in  the  lumber  dis¬ 
trict.  It  ragod  o  honrH,  destroying  fit  houses; 
loss,  $250,000 ;  the  people  were  greatly  alarmed 
Tho  lake  ‘iteamer  Acorn  has  been  burned  at 
Alexandria  Buy,  N.  Y.;  the  50  passengers  were 
saved  —  A  paper  warehouse  in  Philadelphia  on 
the  17th  ;  loss,  $75,000. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 

Mlcellaneonn  Foreign  New*. 

Don  AlphONSO  has  retired  to  France;  tho 

Republicans  are  pressing  hard  tho  Carlisle _ 

Col.  Uscatequl  of  Panama  has  been  killed  by  a 
Citizen  —  Havana  subscribes  $200,000  for  the 
relief  of  the  recent  lire.  ...The  German  troops 
have  left  Verdun  A  slave  ship  has  been  cap¬ 
tured  by  t  he  English  In  the  Indian  Ocean  ;  out 

of  300  on  board  250  bad  died  of  stnull-pox . 

There  was  a  great  fire  in  Auckland,  New  Zeal¬ 
and,  rccontly  ;  loss,  $240. (XX).  and  58  buildings. 

A  house  in  Htonchouw,  Eng.,  foil  on  the  15th, 
killing  8. . .  Emigrants  from  England  to  Brazil 
arc  returning  with  doleful  accounts _ The  Car¬ 

tagena  Insurgent*  arc  very  active.  A  tax  I le¬ 
vied  on  those  suspected  of  favoring  the  Carlists. 
The  bombardment  of  Cartagena  commenced 
on  the  17th  The  Protestant  Church  of  Franco 
petitions  against  a  monarchy  . .  There  lias  been 
a  serious  riot  at  Tralee,  Ireland,.  .  Peaco  pre¬ 
vails  in  Peru....  American  bar  Iron  undersells 
the  English  in  Liverpool  —  The  Germans  com¬ 
pleted  the  evacuation  of  Franco  on  tho  10th. . . , 
ltairis  have  destroyed  much  property  in  Scot¬ 
land  . The  King  of  Italy  is  visiting  Vienna 
70  vessels  have  been  wrecked  on  the  Black  Sea, 

and  205  corpse;,  have  been  washed  ashore . 

There  is  said  to  be  widespread  corruption  in 
Cuba  —  Curlists  bonds  are  quoted  In  Frankfort 
...  Itlots  are  reported  In  various  parts  of  Spain 
—  Dr.  Livingstone  was  seen  alive  and  well  last 
July  .  .There  have  been  121  deaths  from  cholera 
in  Fans...  It  is  admitted  that  England  has  lost 
the  American  iron  trade  ■  The  Speaker  of  the 
House  of  Commons  la  coming  to  America  .  Wil¬ 
kie  Collins  Ima  sailed  for  America _ Odd  Fel¬ 

lows  are  extending  In  Germany  and  South 
America.... The  Tlchborne  claimant  will  not  be 
allowed  to  make  any  more  speeches  in  his  own 
behalf  .  The  Spanish  Cortes  will  accept  a  pres¬ 
ent  of  30, (XX)  Remington  rifles  The  Hawaiian 
Government  Is  in  favor  of  coding  Pearl  River 
Harbor  to  the  United  States. . .  The  Vaterland 
newspaper  has  been  suspended  in  Vienna  for 

attacking  tho  King  of  Italy _ The  King  of  the 

Sandwich  Islands  is  dangerously  ill.. Pare  Hya- 
cinthe  withdrew  from  the  Old  Catholic  Con¬ 
gress  because  a  bitter  speech  waa  made  against 
the  French... .The  Emperor  of  Morocco  is  dead. 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

The  Jay  Cooke  Failure.— The  causes  of  this 
deplorable  event  to  one  of  the  first  houses  in 
the  country,  the  house  most  closely  connected 
and  identified  with  the  great  negotiations  of 
the  Government  during  the  war  and  after  its 
close,  it  Is  too  early,  perhaps,  to  go  into.  But 
the  chief  mistake,  we  have  reason  to  appre- 
heud,  originated  in  the  too  generous  enterprise, 
and  it  may  be  excessive  enthusiasm  and  confi¬ 
dence,  of  the  senior  partner,  Mr.  Jay  Cooke, 
as  connected  with  the  groat  N urth  Pacific  un¬ 
dertaking.  With  this  immense  scheme,  hia 
New  York  partners,  and  one  at  least  of  his 
Philadelphia  house,  were  reluctant,  from  the 


SEPT,  a? 


BUB  A 


start,  to  sympathize,  and  only  consented  to  ad¬ 
vances  limited  to  $500,000  on  the  current  sale9, 
by  popular  subscription,  to  the  7.30  per  cent, 
land  mortgage.  The  excessively  dear  money 
market  of  last  spring  and  the  partial  disturb¬ 
ance  to  conlldence  in  now  railroad  undertak¬ 
ings,  virtually  suspended  the  free  subscriptions 
to  this  loan  after  the  months  of  January  and 
February,  and  the  serious  effect  of  this  diffi¬ 
culty  was  not  appreciated  by  Mr.  Cooke  until 
he  had  committed  himself  to  obligations  in  the 
prosecution  of  his  great  enterprise,  which  had 
to  be  met  by  his  banking  house,  to  a  greatly 
larger  sum  than  was  originally  contemplated.— 
N.  T.  Timex. 

• - - - 

The  Yew  Ferry  liny  Tedder,  Just  perfected 
by  Stuart  Perry  of  Newport,  N.  Y.,  will  bo 
oxhlbited  at  the  N.  Y.  State  Fair,  this  week  and 
next.  All  of  our  readers  who  attend  the  Fair 
should  examine  this  new  invention. 


Hon.  X.  A.  Willard,  the  highest  authority  In 
dairy  matters  in  the  country,  uses  a  Blanchard 
Churn  In  his  own  dairy.  He  says  it  is  "  the 
best." 

- - - - 

The  Best  Thins  for  Harness 

Is  the  celebrated 

Frank  Miller’s  Harness  Oil. 


THE  MARKETS. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

New  York,  Monday,  Sept.  32, 1873. 


good  flat,  Viii'i&U'Ac.,  do.  fair  Lots,  UNC.;  do.  skimmed, 
u@7e.;  lfiriglluh  dairy,  11X@1*JS0' 

Cotton.— fa  offering  at  easier  prices,  with  less  In¬ 
quiry.  New  low  middling  upland  in  thit  small  lota  as 
Offered  bring  18Xc.  Old  from  store  quoted  as  follows  : 

CpUii.lt.  Ahtbiurm.  NewOrU/m«  Tei«4. 

Ordinary .  MM  MM  MM  MM 

Good  Ordinary .  17.X  17M  17 V  17k' 

Strict  Good  Ordinary.  ISM  ISM  MM  MM 

Low  ,MlddB*g .  MM  MW  191?  15k 

Middling .  20*  20X  20  *  20Y 

Good  .Middling .  22M  22 &  22«  »  22$ 

Dried  Fruits,— Apples  rule  firm,  with  the  stock 
closely  concentrated.  Price*  are  held  too  high  for 
exporters,  as  a  rule.  Pooled  Peaches  steadily  held, 
with  small  supplies.  LTupeoled  punches  arc  weak. 
Blackberries  offering  at  weak  price*.  We  quote 


Den  ies,  lmukc.  Pooled  peaches,  prime  Georgia  and 
North  Carolina,  13@ bio.;  unperied,  8W@9c.  tot  halves 
»rj;i  8M®7c.  for  (jiuirT.rr*.  Pitted  cherries.  30c.  for 
^tate  and  Southern.  Raspberries,  now,  S9@40e.  New 
peeled  peaches.  I6@20e. 

Egg*.- Tho  past  week  has  been  a  stiff  one  for  eggs, 
and  with  a  moderate  supply  at  the  close,  prices  were 
firm.  Wo  seldom  see  near  points  and  outside  so  close 
together.  We  quote  Ktnte  and  Pennsylvania,  21*3 
27c.;  Western,  fan*  freight,  25@2tk;.,  do.  other,  25® 
A»M  c.i  Cun  ad  Inn,  25@380. 

Flour.— The  market  has  been  Influenced  by  the 
disturbances  In  financial  circles,  moro  directly  affect¬ 
ing  trade  in  this  connection  through  the  irregulari¬ 
ties  in  exchange.  Business  is  limited  to  small  trade 
lots,  and  concessions  in  prices  have  to  be  made. 


No.  . . $4  AO®  5  00 

Superfine  State .  6  75<a  8  10 

Kxtru  do . 0  00(3  7  25 

Fancy  do . 7  25@  7  75 

Superfine  Western .  5  75(<o  6  10 

Extra  do. . . 8  60@  7  25 

Minnesota  extra* . 7  85(311)  00 

Western,  white  wheat .  ..  8  11*3  8  611 

Hound  hoop  Ohio. . 0  96®  7  2fi 

Trade  brands  do . 7  45(3  7  90 

Soiithern.  extra .  7  00(3  8  25 

Double  extras... . 8  25(310  75 

Rye  tlonr . 4  hX®  5  70 

Corn  meul.  Jersey.. . . . . .  ......  3  2l\3  3  30 

Brandywine . 3  20(3  t  (X) 

Frcell  Fruit*.— Peaches  are  down  to  a  small  va¬ 
riety,  Nmock  and  White  Heath  comprise  most  of 


Btriotudfrom  operations  owing  to  unsettled  exchange, 
and  even  item*  of  dully  local  consumption,  show  a 

f  atisn,  in  sympathy  with  the  paralyzed  condition  of 
he  money  centers. 

Receipt*.— Tho  receipt*  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  ns  follows : 

Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  978  Cv  item,  bales .  10,200 

Wags,  bbta .  .  ..  fi, 742; Hops,  halos .  .'  99 

Flour,  hbls .  77,065  Peanuts,  Img* .  «I7 

Wheat,  hush . 1*581,000  Gilt  mnats,  pkgs....  2,719 

Corn,  ijush .  779,500  Pork,  bbl* .  2,019 

Oats,  bush .  162,500  Beet,  pkgs .  90 

Ityc.  husb .  18, 656 1 Lard,  pkgs .  4,802 

Barley,  bush .  Butter,  pkgs . .  18,756 

Malt,  bush .  18,100  Cheese,  pkgs .  58,200 

Beans,  hush .  2,980  Wool,  bales .  1,925 

Corn  meal,  bhls....  2,922  Chits*  seed,  bush...  1,122 
Lorn  meal.  bags...  050  Dressed  Hogs,  No., 

Bran*  anil  Peas.—  Exports  of  beans  past  week, 
275  bhls.;  of  peas.  200  bush.  New  beaus  begin  to  show 
liberal  ly  In  stock,  and  mediums,  which  form  tlm  chief 
supply,  have  declined  from  the  opening  rate.  01(1 
mediums  are  also  lower.  Marrows  are  not  interfered 
with  by  u e (V  to  any  .-stent,  and  for  tkttl  Class  Old 
prices  arc  steady.  A  few  ne  w  pea  beau*  are  quotable 
at  full  flgurer..  A  large  portion  of  the  frieih  receipt* 
are  rutbei  green,  which  helps  to  restrict  sale*.  Can¬ 
adian  pea*  are  dull,  hut  there  Is  no  stock  pressing 
upon  the  market.  Green  peas  also  quiet;  a  few  fancy 
hold  ut  412,  but  '  or  general  steak  late  quotations  are 


Tim  quotathmsure:— For  new  medlumi,  82.70®3.76 
for  prime,  and  #2jK*/,2.W1  f..r  other  grade* ,  prime  pen 
beans,  W.lVk38:  do.  fair  lots  down  to  82.40;  prime  ine- 
dluma,  82.70,32.76 ;  do.  fair  lota  down  to  *2.40(32.50 ; 
prime  marrow  fata.  *'4.20(33.25 ;  do.  fair  lots,  $2.90; 
prime  kidney.  $2.90(391  do- fair  lots,  *2.50 ;  prime  rod 
kidney,  $4.IVm5;  Feas,  95c.®81  for  Canada,  In  bulk. 
Green,  f1.MtH.T5. 

Bees  wax.— Small  shipping  orders  are  being  closed 
out.  with  a  better  trade  from  bleaohors.  Sales  at;i2K 
&Klc.  for  Western  and  Southern.  Exports  past  week, 
3,628  llis.;  since  Jan.  1st,  116,210  lbs.;  same  time  last 
year,  206,660  lbs. 

Broom  Corn.— Small  lots  are  coming  in,  aud  they 
are  being  placed  at  steady  price*. 

Wo  quote ;  Long,  green  hurl,  prime  to  choice,  10a 
IlMc.;  short  aud  medium  brush,  choice  green,  8(3 
DMc.  Medium  qualitlos,  red-upped,  5<gg>Mc-;  common 
qualities,  red,  coarse  aud  steiumy,  3M®4o. 

Butter.  — Cool  weather  1ms  revived  the  butter 
trade,  uiul  the  market  is  higher,  particularly  for 
Hirlctlv  choice  State,  small  lines  or  which  will  bring 
full  quotation*.  Thu  weather  now  permits  many 
buyers  to  double  up  their  purchases,  and  though 
there  are  no  long  lines  selling  the  Increased  volume 
Of  business  is  very  encouraging.  Good  under  grades 
of  Witter  «ro  improved  by  the  now  turn  oi  trade,  and 
stock  Is  selling  upon  Its  merit  that  has  been  neglect¬ 
ed  of  late.  Falls  have  advanced  to  40c. ;  they  have 
not  led  the  market  this  season  as  in  former  times, 
and  tho  advance  now  is  mainly  attributable  to  the 
buoyant  tone  In  fancy  hair  tuns.  Western  Is  In  fair 
supply  aud  lias  advanced  along  with  State;  no  very 
largo  lots,  however,  are  selling  at  the  extreme  rates. 
Western  receives  considerable  life  from  the  good 
export  Inquiry,  1,600  firkin*  were  taken  last  week, 
at  17(3 19c  .  a  fe  w  parcel*  at  2uc.  State  Welsh  tubs  un¬ 
salable  aud  barely  Jinn. 

Wo  quote  Orange  county  pails,  fancy,  23 <3  iOc.j 
other  good  piuls,  Id ©340. ;  poor  lots,  2066250. ;  Stale 
Uriel  ns  and  hull  i.ufm,  fine,  3|ii98fi<\,  In  lines,  aud  37(3 
38o.  TOr  selections ;  fair  to  good  State,  2«'/431c„-  Welsh 
tubs,  prime,  82(0830.;  other.  27®22c.;  choice  Western, 
27@30c,;  good  do..  SOjiXlc.;  Shipping,  17i<9l9o.r  low  do., 
15@17c. 

Cheese. -Prices  were  advanced  .Me.  early  In  the 
week,  nu  the  strength  of  the  market  in  the  Interior, 
and  tuey  have  been  fully  supported  since  through  a 
better  trade  from  shippers  and  moderate  receipts, 
Choico  lines  meet  with  most  attention  and  command 
13Mc.  Exports  for  the  week,  GO.BUtl  boxes. 

Fine  aud  choice  factory.  l3i.jjl3.Me. ;  do.  good  to 


$1.50mS.75  per  basket.  Fears  are  in  large  supply,  out 
it  is  thought  the  rasa  1*  over,  and  wholesale  prices 
will  do  bettor.  Bartlett*  range  at  $66910  V  bbl.,  with 
a  few  or  oxtra  Muoothno**  and  sue  at  $11(312.  Flem¬ 
ish  Beauty  and  Duchess  aro  not  in  much  demand, 
wUlleJ.be  trade  runs  upon  Bartlett, and  $6667  will  buy 
most  Of  the  stock  now  offering.  Seckels,  $l(l&rt  48  bbl.; 
cooking  pears,  $2.60<!j)4.  Apples  have  heeu  In  large 
supply,  and  prices  have  ruled  low.  Michigan  stock 
latterly,  has  burned  nut  in  bad  order.  Wc  quoteState, 
prime, ‘$8,  selected,  $8.2Mi*3.M> s  other,  Including  river 
and  Michigan.  $1.51*32.75.  Grapes  seem  to  bo  endless 
In  supply,  bul  low  prices  use  up  large  quantities. 
Delaware,  In  small  boxes,  106911c. ;  Catawba,  10c.; 
Concords,  7<38c.;  do.  loose  or  large  pkgs.,  4(3fio,:  a 
few  Flume  Tokays  and  Muscat*  from  California 
brought  25c.  Melons  are  shut  off  from  sale  with  cold 
weather.  Peanuts,  $1.75(32.25  for  Wilmington;  $LW*'3 
1.75  for  Tennessee,  and  $2.30312.75  for  Virginia,  which 
is  lower  for  the  latter. 

Grain.— Business  has  been  In  a  great  degree  chock¬ 
ed  on  account  of  the  monetary  panic,  creating  great 
difflciiit.y  in  selling  exchange,  and  thereby  limiting 
export  business.  Prices  ure  about  nominal  at  the 
moment. 

Wheat,  MIL,  No.  2 . $1.flO®*LA2 

do.  1 . .....1.55(3  1.59 

Chicago,  No.  2 .  1.46(3  1.52 

lied  Western,  now . 1.80(3  1.88 

Amber  do . . . l.fiOqj)  1.87 

White .  L65m  1.90 

Rye,  Western .  90@S>8o. 

Barley  malt,  Canada  West .  UOqo  1.50 

Corn,  Steamer. . . . . . . 6M9ST0. 

Sail .  (77 (368<i. 

White  . . Ii7@89c. 

Southern .  JSwwKj. 

Outs.  Western  mlxod .  5009520, 

White . . . 53&j55c. 

Hay  and  Strnw.— There  1*  a  bettor  supply,  and 
thers  are  free  sellers  at  current  prices. 

Wo  quote  prime  Timothy,  per  ton,  $306432;  do.,  fair 
to  good,  do,,  per  ton,  $24(3$) do.,  shipping  grade, 
per  ton,  $20(321 ;  do.,  clover,  good,  per  ton,  $19020; 
do..  Inferior,  per  ton,  $10015.  straw,  long,  per  ton, 
*17(318 ;  do.,  snort,  per  ton,  $12(314  i  do.,  oat,  per  ton, 
$13(314. 

Hop*.— The  market  Is  stronger.  The  advices  from 
the  West.  Indicate  more  life  to  trade,  ami  bettor  prices 
being  paid  In  Instances,  which.  In  Connection  with  a 
more  confident  tone  to  foreign  markets,  encourages 
holders  hero. 

Wo  quote  prime  and  choice  new,  4.'x350c.;  good, 
(lo„  42(3440.;  fuir  do.,  40c.:  choice  Stuie,  1872  crop,  117(3 
Wo.;  good,  3063370,;  poor,  do.,  33c.;  Eastern,  T2  crop,  35 
(340c.;  Wisconsin,  dO.,36o44tta.  for  good  and  prlroo  lots. 

Poultry  and  Game.  Dressed  begin*  to  form  an 
Item,  the  supply  coming  from  N.  ,L,  L.  1.  and  Back.* 
Co.,  Pu.  More  or  lee*  of  the  latter  nrrlvos  right 
through  the  warm  season  for  hotel  use,  hut  tine 
dressed  l*  now  showing  on  the  retail  stalls.  We  quote 
dressed  fowls,  lliOjlkn-j  chickens,  lOslSu.:  Turkeys.  24 
<3280.  for  choice  and  2(*322e.  for  other.  Live  poultry 
Is  In  largo  supply  but  sell*  fairly  at  slightly  easier 
prices  for  chickens.  Spring  chickens,  Jersey.  V  ft., 
li*3 17c.;  do.  Western,  100. ;  Fowls.  Jersey,  9  ft., 
l*c. ;  do.  Western,  V  ft.,  ItiijflMis.;  Turkeys,  Jersey, 
light.  V  ft.,  ill  no  21c.  j  do.  Western,  V  ft.,  16(3 19c,; 
Ducks,  Jersey,  V  pair,  Mt)c.«4$l-12;  do.  youug,  75c.(*$l; 
do.  Western,  B  pair,  H0®80c.;  Geese,  N.  J.,  young,  9 
pair,  $2.50®3;  do.  Western,  P  pair,  $1^0692.  Game  t* 
In  poor  demand  for  the  season  ;  a  few  carcasses  of 
venison  have  arrived  but  are  not  wanted.  Wild 
pigeons  are  in  market,  many  arriving  In  bail  order. 
We  quote  wild  pigeons,  picked,  9  do*.,  $L25t»L50; 
unpicked,  $1.U@L25;  woodcock,  State,  9  pair, *L2ft; 
Western.  $1.12;  partridges,  $1.30661.26;  grouse  are 
lower,  4i>360c,;  rabbits,  lOc.;  yellow -legged  snipe,  19 
dozen,  $2;  plover,  $2.50,  ox-eyed,  800.;  reed  birds, 
$1.25;  robin  ulllpe,  *2;  small,  yellow-legged  snipe, 
$1.50;  tame  pigeon,  lu  coops,  4069600,  4*  pair. 

Provininn*.— Fork  is  ruling  Arm,  and  sparingly 
offered.  Lard  advanced,  a  day  or  two  since. to  8j<o, 
for  spot  lots,  but  has  since  declined  through  check 
lu  the  export  trade  by  the  difficulty  in  selling  ex¬ 
change.  Bacon  Is  hold  higher;  short  clear,  for  mar¬ 
ket  delivery,  8(38 Me.;  long  and  short  dear,  together, 
half  anUiuur,7Mo. 

Beef  bum/  choice  Western,  $256628;  Texas  prime 
S236&28;  do.  fair  lots,  $I7i«i21.  Lard,  new,  at  HMktfH 
7-I6T).  on  the  spot;  old.BMwH  ii-lflc. tor  Western  steam 
on  spot;  8Mf>8  9-18c.  for  September;  October,  8  9- 18c. 
Long  clear,  Hgc. ;  short  clear.  II.Mc.l  shurt  rib.ikjlOMc. 
Mess  pork,  $17.76,  spot  ;  $17,75  for  September.  West¬ 
ern  prime  mesa  at  *lli.2A<iil7.riO.  Dressed  hogs,  city,  I1M 
@7 Me.  Cut. meal*  are  selling  ut  12  <a>  18c.  for 
lowns.  loose;  8c.  for  shoulders,  loose;  93 lie. 
for  pickled  bclllua,  loose.  Boxed  dry-salted  shoul¬ 
ders,  nominal.  Siuokod  meats  at  llkjttSc.  for  loose 
hams,  9c.  for  loose  shoulders.  Tallow  at  HMC.  for 
prime  stock.  Beef,  selling  at  $9(311.75  fur  barreled 
new  plain  moss,  $126613.50  for  extra  mess.  Tlercod 
beet  new  for /hurt  delivery,  at  $180418 for  new  India 
mess,  $1*320  for  new  extra  India  mess. 

fjeeds. -Clover  Is  scarce  :  now  would  bring  about 
10c.  Timothy  Is  selling  nt  $3.30.  Hough  flax  was  sold 
at  $2.25. 

Tobacco.— Business  la  limited  at  the  moment,  wltn 
prices  firm  and  unchanged. 

QUOTATIONS— NEW  CROP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

Lugs .  7  ®  7Mc.  7M@  7Mc. 

Good  do.  ...  7X<3  8Mc.  7X®  8MC. 

Common  to  medium  leal,  SM69  ‘JMc.  9  (3  10 Me. 

Good  00.  .  .10  (3  RI,Sc.  11  (3  t2 

Fine  do.  ..11  fi6  12  c.  12 M@  18  c. 

Selections . . . 12X®  13  c.  13M(3  15 

SUKI>LK\g  CROP  op  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  fillers.... .11  (3  14  c. 

seconds . 12  (3  25  c. 

wrappers.., . 40  @  55  c. 

selections . ...60  (3  75  c. 

New  York  fillers . JO  69  II  c. 

wrappers . 18  64  35  c. 

assorted  lots . II  (a)  14  c. 

Pennsylvania  fillers . 12  (3  1»  e. 

wrappers . 22  ®  60  c. 

assorted  lots . 18  69  25  c. 

Ohio  fillers . 6  (3  8  c. 

wrappers.... . .18  64  35  c. 


EW-Y0RKER. 


ROCIlE^TEll,  Sept.  IS. —Flour  firm,  nt  an 
advance,  $8. 7509.25  for  amber  winter ;  $9.75(310.25  best 
white.  Wheat,  quiet  and  firm,  $1.55(31.05  red  and  ntn- 
her  winter,  $1.7o®L85  for  host  white.  Rye,  75(3S0c. 
Oats  steady,  (53480.  Bariey  is  advancing;  brewers 
are  paying  $1.10(31.15  for  four-rowed;  two-rowed  Is 
minimal  at  $1  $1  bushel.  Butter  scarce  and  higher; 

forgood  lot*.  Eggs  higher,  20.327c.  V  dn*en. 
i'otatans  have  partly  recovered  from  last  week’s  de¬ 
pression,  and  buyers  offer  $1.26  F  1)61.  Tor  Early  Rose. 
Apples,  $1.25(32  B  bbi.  Wool  quiet  and  firm,  ut  10c. 
for  fine  and  medium,  and  45<vt40c.  for  combing ;  sheep 
and  lamb  pelts  aru  worth  75e.6f$1.26  each,  accord  lug 
to  quullty ;  store  sheep  are  worth  $2x0® 3  each.  Hay 
is  htsVier,  and  soil*  readily  at  $13(429^1011.  Some 
four-rowed  barley  has  been  gold  to-day  at  $1.12  19 
bushel ;  farmers  are  asking  higher  prices.  Unstained 
barley,  which  Is  needed  for  making  light-colored 
ales.  Is  searcu  this  year  on  uocount  of  the  frequent 
ruins  in  liurvost  time. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

LlTTf.B  FALLS,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  20,  1873. 

THE  market  this  week  opened  very  brisk  for  farm 
dairies,  and  sales  were  made  at  12M6613C. -only  a  few 
extra  lots  reaching  tho  latter  figure.  The  bulk  of 
sales  may  be  quoted  at  l'ljko.,  and  the  delivery  In  the 
aggregate  amounted  to  about  800  boxes.  Factories 
were  doll  of  sale,  the  vlowttof  buyer*  being  generally 
below  those  of  bullers.  The  offerings  In  the  aggre¬ 
gate  were  fully  I5,ou0  boxes,  only  a  part  of  wiilch 
changed  hand*.  We  give  quotations  Of  leading  sales 
as  follows : 

ArgusvIUe,  148  boxes,  12V<;.;  Slyer*,  64, 12 Wo.;  Burto 
Hill,  200.  LUgc.;  Bethel,  Hft,  l'.'X'c.;  Brockett  A  Feeber, 


24  S 


Ohio  fillers . 8  (3  8  c. 

wrappers.... . . . 18  oo  35  c. 

asserted  lota . .  9.M66  12  c. 

Wisconsin  assarted  lot* .  8  (3  9  c. 

Vegetable*.— Potatoes  are  steady,  and  a  lew  late 
arrivals  of  superior  stock  are  tending  to  higher  rates. 
Teach  Blows  arc  not  abundant.  Sweet  are  pleuty 
qnd  lower.  The  rush  for  tomatoes  is  over,  and  the 
lute  lots  are  easier. 

Western  Early  Rose,  double  heads,  $2(2)2.25 ;  noar 
points.  In  bulk,  f<  bbb,  $1.75(32.  Feuch  Blow, 
$2(32,30;  Hweet  pefatoes  are  lower,  and  going  into 
use  more  generally :  Delaware,  $5:35.50;  Virginia, 
$4.25(34-50.  Tomatoes  are  also  lower.  Onido*  lower 
again.  Tomatoes,  Jersey,  41  bushel.  VkcMlc.  Green 
corn,  Jersey,  v  190,  $  I  $1.50.  Onions,  red  and  yellow, 
*2.60(33.  Russia  turnips,  $1.25  V  bbl.  Marrow  squash, 
$1(31.25  V  hbl.  Lima  beans  iff  bag,  $3.  Cabbages,  $4 
(37  V  UXi.  »Egg  plants,  $4««  V  100.  Pumpkin*,  V  UK),  $10 
(312.  Fickle*,  fif  !,«»,  $3.51X31. 

W  liisky— Wcateru  I*  lower.  Sales  nt  97c. 

Wool,— A  very  steady  and  satisfactory  business 
wnj  progivruuaR  early  last  week,  but  towards  the 
close  the  market  Is  quint,  general  trade  being  influ¬ 
enced  by  tne  disturbances  In  monetary  circles.  Prices 
rule  firm.  The  quotations  are: 

Ohio,  Pennsylvania  and  West  Virginia  fleeces,  54® 
56c.  for  XX  iind  51(<553c.  for  A. :  Now  Vork,  Michigan 
and  Wisconsin,  4944530.  for  XX  and  49(351c.  for  X  ; 
Indiana,  Kentucky  anil  Tennessee,  49(3520.  for  XX 
and  46(348c.  for  X  :  Illinois,  Iowa  and  Minnesota,  47(3 
49c.  for  XX  and  46®49c.  for  X j  pulled,  47@52o.  for  ex¬ 
tra,  47®49o.  for  super  and  32(3 37c.  for  No.  1. 


12Vc.;  Exetor.  100,  12M<'.;  North  Fairfield,  150,  12<kc.; 
Fiat  Creek,  ID,  l-'Yc.j  Foster,  I00,I2.Mc,j  Uctmun,  62, 
12-Mc.;  Hill,  100.  12 \0  ;  Kloek  &  Neills,  90.  12M*:.;  6no. 
Ladue,  100,  I2Vc.;  Manliclm,  350,  I2\c„  Mtddlevtllfi, 
200, 12kc.;  Old  Ft  one  Church,  017, 12\c.;  Paine’s  Hol¬ 
low.  100,  12 Ve.;  Palatine  Union.  100,  12 Ye.;  Root,  104, 
l2Mc.;  Ntrutfnrii  &  Salisbury,  100,  tNkc.;  New vllte  As¬ 
sociation,  100  July  clioefte,  12Me.;  HO  August  du„  13c. 

Butter  hPglns  to  come  forward,  and  sales  tills  week 
were  made  at  27(328c.  for  fair  to  good,  and  Hrtc,  for 
uxtra. 

Wo  have  advice*  from  abroad  to  the  first  week  in 
September.  Our  London  correspondent  says  cheese 
1*  quiet  and  prices  In  buyer's  favor.  Tho  best,  Amer¬ 
ican  sells  at  62<;«t!3s  ;  fine,  iU*ffi«ls.;  secondary,  f)4<3S8». 
The  other  descriptions  us  follows English  Cheddar, 
18(w8hs.;  Wiltshire  double,  70C378*.;  Cheshire  medium. 
1)8(374*.;  lino,  78(384*.;  Scotch,  74(378s.  Dutch  cheese 
Edam*,  64(3ws.;  GOndus,  i8('3.r)Hs.;  Derby  shape,  fHki«60s. 

I11  butter  there  was  a  firi.sk  sain  of  Irish  ana  Conti¬ 
nental.  ClOnmell*  is  quoted  at  12IV31288,;  Corks,  128s.: 
Dorset*,  110*.;  Normandy  extra,  130s.;  Canadian,  80 
69103a. 

■  ■  -  - 

LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS, 

Nkw  York,  Sept.  20,  1873. 

Beeves.— Trade  was  small  last  Wednesday  fore¬ 
noon.  General  sales  at  lOqjlle.  F  ft.;  extreme  range, 
7K®HJfo.  ~t>  ft.,  53  7  M  cwt.  Trade  was  slow  Thursday; 
and  again  on  Eriday  there  wm  no  Improvement.  On 
both  days  the  trains  due  did  not  arrive  on  time,  and 
the  lots  to  hand  Imd  to  he  carried  on  from  day  to  day. 
Hven  at  noon  on  Friday  all  the  herd*  had  not  been 
cleared  off.  I’rlnos  ranged  7Mw>l2.Mc.  U  ft.;  weights, 
53!i  cwt.;  quality  generally  coarse,  with  several  herd* 
of  very  poor  Hpanlsh  cattle  and  only  a  few  top  steers 
to  band.  Illinois  steers,  fair  to  gund,  7(s«8M  cwt.,  UJ 4 

(■".■e . ;  iTiniiiimi  do.,  do-,  6  cwt.,  scant,  10®lU,Mc.; 
mixed  lots  of  Missouri,  Illinois  and  Indiana  stows, 
«M<96Y  cwt.,9jf®10jic.;  Texan  do.,  5®5J<  cwt.,  7Mf39c,j 
good  Kentucky  do,,  9  ewt.,  l2(312Mc.;  fair  quality  do., 
do.,  6  cwt..  Uxc.;  poor  quality  Indiana  do..  8  cwt., 
9 I*9MCg  Missouri  do.,  6M  out.,  lOfftilMo. 

iltllcb  On  Wednesday  milch  cows  sold  nt 

$4lk«»68  F  bead.  The  market  continued  slow  at  those! 
rates  up  to  Friday  noon,  with  2  oowa  Sold  at  $20  p 
head. 

Vcnl*.— Trade  In  vouls  holds  firm,  and  in  general 
ha*  also  been  brisk.  Prices  have  ranged  ntiistiue.  v 
ft..  With  a  few  head  as  low  as  6Mo.  Grass  calve*  $5(3 
10  V  head,  with  a  few  choice,  at  $l,V32j.  State  veals, 
lfil  its.,  9Md.;  do.,  ilo.,  Ut  ft*.,  7M'3I8c.  Jersey  anil 
I'cnnsylvunbt  Veals,  140  fts.,  9H@i0u.;  Ohio  do.,  191 
fts.,7Mc. 

Hliecp  u ud  Lambs.— Sh6op  have  boon  firm  since 
our  lust  weekly  report,  but  lamb*  have  fallen  lu  prior. 
Hhi-cp  sold  freely  anil  In  largo  lots,  during  tho  past 
week,  at  6(36.Kc.;  lambs  were  rather  slow  at  CMfflSc.; 
cull  Bheep,4Mc..and  cull  lambs,  Mu.  Special  sales  wore 
as  follows Michigan  aheap,  82J4  Its.,  6c,;  Ohio  do., 
80  lbs.,  6jgo.;  Canada  do.,  1251b*.,  6Mc.;  State  ewes,  100 
lb*.,  ft, .if  V  cwt.;  JjBJiey  do-,  UO  Ib8„  5Ku. 

Hog*.— On  Wednesday  last  live  hog*  wore  worth 
fiUqjbkc.  V  ft.,  with  sales  at  IfvKiW  V  cwt.;  city-drnss- 
od,  0MW)7Mc.  Thursday  live  sold  at  dk(36Xc.;  ex- 


'2Mc.;  Danube  Cold 
c.;  North  Fairfield. 


l  !*•  C- . , 


(37Mo-  Thursday  live 


tremo  range  being  6M(i45,Mo.;  clty-drossed, 
kFiduy  live  were  worth  liMwOX'!.:  city-dresseu,  8M® 
7Mc.  Trade  lias  boon  steady  and  active. 

Horse  .Market.- Trade  is  very  dull,  and  the  fol¬ 
lowing  sale*  have  been  forced  off  at  auction  1  sad¬ 
dle  horse,  $136;  1  pair  ordinary  quality  light  harness 
horses,  $440:  12  head  of  generally  ralr  light  harness 
horses,  hiisv>:-ii  c  bi-a.i .  at  bf..(i  qj  talr  quality  do,, 
do.,  $111X330(1  V  head  ;  4  do.,  do.,  $150(3810  P  Lead  ;  1 6 
bead  of  poor  quality  do.,  Uo.,$2(X.>;97  >f  bead.  80  horses 
arrived  per  Erie  Railway,  via  4>uk  Cliff  Station ;  131 
pur  Central  New  Jersey  Railroad,  via  Liberty  Street 
Ferry.  _ 

Monday’*  Sole*,— Beeves.— Trade  opened  very 
slow;  tho  lota  to  hand  were  not  cloned  off  at  noon: 
prices  ranged  from  8M@13c.  V  ft.  Weights  from  4Y 
i39owt.  The  panle  In  tlio  money  market  seriously 
influenced  this  duy's  business  In  llvo  stock  of  all  de¬ 
scription*. 

Mitch  Cows.— Held  fair,  with  prices  at  $20® 70  9 
bead,  only  a  few  sales  being  effected. 

Veals.-  Trade  slow ;  tho  sale*  were  so  few  as  not 
to  constitute  u  market. 

Sheep  and  Lamb*.— Trade  was  very  dull.  Sheep 
sold  from  4Jf®6c.  B  ft.  Lambs  from  8M@7Mc.  7'  ft. 
The  markets  closed  with  many  heavy  lots  on  hand. 

Hog*.—  Live  bogs  nominal  from  5()a5.Mo  9  ft.  City 
dressed,  8(37X0"  Trade  uucertalu  and  inactive. 

RECEIPTS  Of  LIVE  STOCK. 


Cows.  Ctilve*, 

Lamb*. 

One  Hundredth  St. 

-.2.717 

4 

297 

53 

Forty- Hlghtli  St.... 

..  34 

87 

794 

13,916 

Fortieth  St . . 

.  .  000 

00 

246 

10,141 

Coinmumpaw . 

.  6.107 

00 

OU 

2,861 

VVeebuwken . 

. ,  1,752 

00 

00 

000 

Totals  this  week.. . 

.10,650 

71 

1,338 

28,971 

’*  last  week... 

.10,282 

31 

1,389 

80,301 

COMPAKATTVK 

RATES. 

Lust  week. 
Cents. 

Good  Steers  V  ft . .....12  @13 

Fulr . 11  <3  11Y 

Poor . 10  @  10  M 

Poorest . CX  @  9& 

Gen.  selling  rates . 10M  @  11M 


This  week. 

Cents. 

12  <su  n 
il  (3  Uif 
10  ®  10* 
6M  @  9X 
10X  @  ux 


Mnny  n  down-cnst  Soul,  whose  life  was  made 
burdensome  by  the  Metal  Spring  Trusses,  has  been 
restored  to  life’s  enjoyment  by  the  use  of  The  New 
Elastlo  Truss,  which  Is  worn  with  perfect  ease,  night 
and  day,  retaining  the  rupture  safely  *t  ull  times, 
aud  Is  not  taken  off  till  a  permanent  cure  Is  effected. 
Sold  nt  a  reasonable  price.  This  Now  Truss  Is  sent 
by  mall  everywhere,  hy  Tun  Elastic  Tiiufif  Co., 
No.  683  Broadway,  N.  V.  City,  who  send  their  full  de¬ 
scriptive  circular*  free  on  application. 

-  . »♦»  ■  ■ 

The  Best  "FJiisfic  Trusi*”  in  the  World  is 

sold  by  Pomero?  3c  Co.,  744  Broadway,  N.  Y.,  fqr 
three  dollars.  Write  to  them  for  full  partlealars. 


Surgical  Elastic  Stockings  for  enlarged  veins, 
and  Supporting  Belts  of  best  quality,  at  Pomeroy’s, 
744  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


pew 


SPECIAL  BARGAINS 

At  SCHWAB’S, 

45  Main  St . Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Black  Bonnet  Ribbons . ISc.,  20c.,  2flc. 

“  Made  Ostrich  Tips . .  15c.,  25c. 

•*  Heal  **  “  .  60e. 

Color’d  "  “  11  .  fittc. 

Hash  Ribbons . 26c.,  50c.,  75o. 

Cntrlmmed  Hats .  75c. 

Velveteens,  all  colors .  50c. 

Hip  Gore  Cursots . 50c. 

VelvotII(‘lt* .  25c. 

Also,  groat  bargains  in  Trimmed  Hats,  Bonnet  Or¬ 
naments,  Kid  Gloves,  Hosiery,  Notions,  (loop  Skirts, 
AC.  The  Trade  will  find  it  to  t  heir  advantage  to  givo 
US  a  call  And  examine  our  goods. 

SCHWAB’S, 

45  Main  SI.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

PRICE  LIST  OF  FANCY  FOWLS. 

TO  IIS,  DKLtVKj(El)  after  sept.  1st. 

B.  B.  Red  Games,  per  pair . . $  7  00 

"  “  ••  trio .  10  00 

One  Cock  and  5  Hens .  18  00 

White  Leghorns,  per  pair.... . . .  0  OO 

“  **  “  trio .  8  OO 

“  “  One  Cook,  and  0  liens .  15  00 

Light  Brahmas,  per  pair .  6  09 

”  trio .  7  00 

“  One  Cock  And  5  Hens . 12  00 

Aylesbury  Ducks,  per  pair . 6  00 

D.  B.  CORY,  Westfield,  N.  J. 


rilllPKKN  CHOLERA.  All  rliose  having 

cholera  among  their  fowls,  hy  Heading  $2.50  to 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


Don’t  Throw  Away  Y.iur  Money.  —  To  the. 
Public.— For  oyer  28  years  Dr.  Tobias’  Veuetian  Llul- 
ment  has  been  sold;  every  bottle  has  been  warrant¬ 
ed,  aud  not  one  has  been  returned.  Thousands  of 
certificates  of  it*  wonderful  curative  properties  cun 
be  seen  ut  tho  Depot.  It  will  do  all,  and  more,  than 
it  Is  recommended  for.  It  la  perfectly  safe  to  take 
Internally.  Bee  oath  with  every  bottle.  It  cures 
Cholera,  Croup,  Dysentery,  Colic,  Sea  Sickness, 
Chronic  Rheumatism,  Sprains,  Old  Sores,  Cuts,  &c. 
Depot,  10  Park  Place,  New  York. 


Yy  cholera  among  their  fowls,  bv  sending  $2.50  to 
the  undersigned,  will  receive,  by  return  mull,  a  rem¬ 
edy  which  will  at  once  ••ure  the  ill  souse;  and  ever 
hereafter,  with  a  little  trouble  and  small  expeuso, 
ean  keep  their  places  ml  of  the  cholera.  Address  S. 
SHOKMAKKK,  Nokomis,  Montgomery  Co.,  111. 

WILLARD’S 

•Practical  Dairy  Marnlry. 

A  Complete  Treatlme  on  Dairy  Farm* 
and.  Farming, 

Dairy  Stock  and  stock  Feeding, 
Milk,  it*  Management  and  Manu¬ 
facture  Into  Rutter  aud  LTiee*e, 

History  and  Mode  olOi-gunizntlon  of 
Rutter  and  Clieeae  Factories, 

Dairy  (Jteiiutl*,  Etc.,  Etc. 

BY  S.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  Itt., 

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THEIR  HISTORY,  BREEDING  AND 
MANAGEMENT.  , 


Every  breeder  or  owner  of  Cattle  should  have  this 
work  by  Hon.  Lkwih  F.  Allen,  l5x*Prost.  N.  Y.  State 
Ag.  Society,  Kditor  of  “American  Short-Horn  nord 
Book,”  «fco.,  Ac.  It  is  a  handsomely  Illustrated  and 
well  printed  ana  Dound  volume  of  523  duodecimo 

Sages.  Mailed,  post-paid,  to  any  address  In  United 
tates  or  Canada ,  on  receipt  of  reduced  price,  $2. 
AddroBS 

O,  D.  T.  MOORE, 

5  Beekiuun  SL,  N.  Y, 


<ms  T 

COME 

FIRST 


&xtsfZt  feuds’,  giants,  4c 


fmiJlcmrnts  amt  PacWnccy 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


Julian  Hawthorne  is  living  In  Dresden. 
Gen.  McClellan  summers  at  Maywood,  N.  J. 
Kobert  Browning  calls  Byron  “a  flat  fish.” 
Fechter  spends  his  summers  in  Bucks  Co., 
Pa. 

The  Shall  lias  had  his  Grand  Vizier  sent  to 
prison. 

Gen.  Butler  declines  to  cross  the  Atlantic 
in  a  balloon. 

Senator  Brown  now  will  edit  the  Knoxville 
Whig  again. 

Barn i'M  stops  at  Saratoga  while  his  great 
show  goes  round. 

Buffalo  Bill  is  reported  to  have  made  $80,- 
000  by  hts  acting. 

William  Penn’s  house  in  Philadelphia  is 
now  a  beer  saloon. 

Charles  Sumner  is  still  able  to  write  letters 
to  the  colored  people. 

Senator  Sumner  will  commence  his  lectures 
In  about  one  month. 

A.T.  Stewart  is  reported  to  have  made  his 
will  before  sailing  for  Mu  rope. 

Gen.  Babcock,  the  President’s  Secretary,  and 
wife  have  sailed  for  Europe. 

Palmer,  in  Rome,  is  making  a  statue  of  Ed¬ 
ward  Livingston,  for  Washington. 

The  author  of  Eci-e  Dous,  Rev.  Dr.  Parker  of 
London,  has  arrived  in  tills  country. 

A  statue  of  George  Clinton,  in  bronze,  has 
been  set  up  in  the  capital  at  Washington. 

Mr.  Buskin  will  give  six  lectures  on  the  robin, 
the  swallow,  the  chough,  the  lark,  the  swan  and 
the  sea  gull. 

C.  C.  Fulton  says  that  Vienna  lias  sixty  splen¬ 
did  orchestras,  each  as  full  and  perfect  as  that 
of  Theodore  Thomas. 


There  is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  Is  no  machine  that  possessa* 
one-half  the  ouulltlie*  which  are  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  family  use  as  the 

Bickford’s  Improved 

Its  simplicity  and  cose  of  management,  together 
with  its  capacity  for  doing  the  great  range  of  work, 
and  Its  trifling  cost,  makes  It  a  matter  or  economy 
t  or  every  family  to  have  one.  and  will  ultimately 
bring  it  into  as  general  use  as  the  Rowing  Machine. 
The  practical  utility  of  the  machine  only  needs  to 
be  derm ip«t rated  to  the  people  to  produce  an  un¬ 
limited  demand. 

Mauv  Sewing  Machine  Agents,  finding  the  in¬ 
crease  of  competition  and  the  difilculty  of  selling 
high-priced  machines  to  militate  against  a  flour¬ 
ishing  business,  are  taking  hold  of  the 


And  all  Ilulbs  for  Fall  Planting. 

My  Annual  Catalogue  of  Fall  Bulbs  and  Heeds  Is 
now  ready,  containing  full  Instructions  lor  Planting, 
Sowing  and  Growing.  Free  to  all  applicants. 

JAMES  FLEMING, 

Seed  Merchant  and  Grower, 

C7  Nassau  St..,  New  York. 


BEAUTIFUL  EVER -  BLOOMING 


BICKFORD 


STRONG  POT  PLANTS, 

SUITABLE  FOB  WINTER  FLOWERING 

SENT  SAFELY  BY  WAIL,  P08T-PAID. 

5  Splendid  Varieties,  Piireliaaer’H  Choice,  S  I 

1  <j  “  *•  •*  •*  *2 

For  10c. additional  we  rend  *'  M.vtJViFicSNT Premium 
Hose.*'  Elegant  Descriptive  Catalogue  free. 

THE  DING E E  A  CONARD  CO.. 
ROSE  GROWERS, 

Went  Grove,  Cheater  Co.,  Pa. 


and  meeting  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer¬ 
chants,  finding  In  Dana  Bickford’s  Invention  a 
rln-ap,  simple  and  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
find  it  profitable  to  purchase  mul  keep  on  sale. 
The  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  does 
not  require  the  “eternal  vigilance1'  to  sell  this 
machine  os  In  the  ease  of  sewing  machines. 

Agent*  Wanted  Everywhere.  Good, Smart 
Men  Can  make  950  PKB  WEEK  AND  EXPANSES. 
Send  for  Instructions  and  Circulars,  Price  fo0 
to  ISO. 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  UICKFOUD,  President. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y 


IMPORTED  DUTCH  BULBS 


HYACINTHS,  TULIPS,  LILIES, 

NARCISSUS,  CIKXTH,  fen. 
The  largest  and  must  complete  collection  of  first- 
class  Bull  v  >  v.  r  Imported.  CATALOG!  K8  for  the 
Autumn  Ju*t  published. 

J.  i>1.  Titbit  III  I1N  &  CO. 

Seed  Warehouse,  1  5  John  Si.,  Now  \  ork. 


SELLS  AT  SIGHT. 

DO  TWO  MEN’S  WORK. 

No  *i nr  or  coUl  lingers. — Best  cast 
steel.  Last  a  lifetime.— Taken  six 
premiums.— Every  farmer  wants  It. 

Will  send,  post-paid.  2  samples  for 
75  cts.,  Or  3  styles  for  >1.  or  1  dozen 
for  920  a  liny  for  Agents. 
Address  1  MON  HUSKEIl  Co., 


UM  BOM 
CORN 
HUSKER, 
60  CTS. 


HALL’S  PATENT  HIJ, SKIING  GLOVES 


UfW  inti  cits 


(L'ven’,  C§cctb',  Shinto', 


to  canvas*  and 
sell  1  tier’s  Pxt- 

MIT  OSLVAMZFP  Mt.TAI.IO  IrlUXA 
ITangyk 


Greatly  Improved  this  year  by  small  metallic  plates 
on  the  purls  most  exposed  to  wear,  making  them  lust 
TURKIC  TIM  EH  An  LONG,  without  impairing  their 
flexibility.  These  popular  Gloves  fully  protect  the 
liands,  and  do  the  work  much  faster  and  easier  Ilian 
any  other  Uusser.  Made  In  three  sizes,  both  right 
and  left  handed.  Half  Gloves,  $1.35  per  pair :  Full 
Gloves,  $2.50  per  pair.  Pent,  pre-pald,  on  receipt  of 
price.  Ask  your  merchant  for  thorn,  or  address 
HALL  IIU9K  IXG  GLOVE  COMPANY. 

145  9.  Clinton  Si.,  C’biFngo. 


£2  *2  3  I  Hap  Spout  and  Puck kt 

”  "J  \'3  Samples.  Circulars  ami  Terms  rent  nn 

w  receipt  of  JO  eta.  to  pay  postage, 

Add*-**  C.  C.  1’OdT,  Utuiuf.  ami  Fateatvu,  Burlington,  Vt. 


All  leading  varieties.  Extra 
heap,  Price  List  free.  T. 


uallt.jr.  Genuine 
HliBBARD, 
Fruduniu,  N.  Y. 


O  VOU  WANT  THE  AGENCY  FOR  (or 


NEW'  CATALOGUE  KitEK  TO  ALL. 

A  ConipleJe  stock  (d  Fruit  Trees, 
Evergreen*,  Forest  Trees,  Tree 
Weeds,  tsinull  Cruilw, Grape  Vines, 

AC,,  at 

BRYANT’S  NURSERIES, 

Princeton,  III, 

We  send  out  yr„», /  w.icV.  it vii  parked. 
Tty  us.  HpOcbil  inducements  to  .Vu 
iv, on' ii  and  Drain's.  Bryant. ’h  “Forest 
Trues,”  pre-pald,  for  $l..»tl.  Hand  for 
Hcleet  Bndk  List.  Aiplicss 

A.  BRYANT,  Ju,,  Princeton,  111. 


J  *  for  your  own  use  the  best  Straw  Cutter  and 
Stalk  Cutter  m  America.  .Vet  to  Or  paid  Jor  till  tried 
on  the  farm.  4*  to  fit.  Circulars  free. 

WARREN  GALE,  Chicopee  Falls,  Mass. 


Some  per-una  will  subscribe  tor  a  paper  from  see¬ 
ing  »  oainjmlgii  copy,  got  up  with  special  cure  /nr  the 
jmi-js/st  of  "  Diking.”  urthrougb  tlie  Importunities  of 
club  agents.  or  before  reading  a  copy,  and  in  moat 
ca-oa come  on  t  about  as  the  boy  doc*  on  his  ••  |jony."(!j 
It  t  urns  out  to  be  u  hog  instead  of  a  horse,  and  nat¬ 
urally  rushes  lor  lls  aceust.-med  place— the  r-w  nil.  He 
eur.  ful  then  to  subscribe  for  it  paper  that  will  prop* 
wliai  its  name  Indlcutes,  and  evi  t  y  n,p y  usggns 4 nr  bet¬ 
ter  Hum  th<  Out,  We.  therefore,  to  prevent  such  a 
inis  take,  offer  to  send  auy  and  all  applicants  a  spec¬ 
imen  copy  <<f  Hit) 

Frail  Recorder  and  Cottage  Gardener, 

Jrce,  or  three  copies  of  ill ifi  rein  months  for  ten  cents, 
or  we  will  send  tho  paper  lor  next  ymirund  the  bal¬ 
ance  nf  this  year  lor  Die  regular  snhturiptlori  price, 
$1.  The  editor  a  uu  proprietor,  A.  M.  Pubdy.Isu  life¬ 
long  worker  In  the  soil,  ami  hue  now  under  cultiva¬ 
tion  Bfltr  /ten  hnnirnl  arrea  III  fruit,  vegetable* and 
flowers.  He  also  exelauiges  tor 'ill  the  lending  ngrt- 
eulnira!  anil  hcuiicnRural  papers  Of  tho  day,  and 
conies  into  the  UEcoHDEit  all  pmcUe-nl  matter  of 
vfutio,  He  can  show  more  testimonials  us  to  its  worth 
In  proportion  to  Lin*  number  Of  Its  subscriber*  than 
can  he  produced  for  any  other  paper  of  Its  class  in 
the  country.  A  single  specimen  copy  of  nap  of  it* 
Issue*  will  satisfy  ail  on  this  point.  Clntmpenta  will 
And  our  terms  very  satisfactory,  while  ladies  and 
lovers  of  flowers  and  fruits  will  And  our  premium 
oiler  extremely  Hluuu).  Heini  for  our  terms  unit  spec¬ 
imen  copies.  Again,  many  people  pay  out  Kl.Sl  to  t-' 
for  bn  .'Us  on  grow  ing  small  fruit  ,  when  they  can  get 
more  jnmcUeut  Information*  from  our  fib-page 
*‘!*niiill  Fruit  Inst ruclor,” 

Price  25  cents,  poal-puid,  than  from  till  these  hooks 
combined.  Send  for  u  eopy  and  hr  timvincfiU  it.  will 
tell  you  Just  liow,  when  and  inlntl  ro  plant  fora  family 
supply  of  fruit,  or  how  to  proceed  to  set  out  a  market 
plantation— how  to  market,  Ac.,  Ac. 

Address  A.  M.  PURDY,  Palmyra,  N.  Y. 


Ss  /Q.  .  TIIF.  ZINC  COLLAR 

bj  N  .  I  AI»  is  guaranteed  to  cure 

Oil  v  U‘o  worst  case  of  raw  and 

«.  c  »•>  .•  /  y  Inflamed  neck  In  Du  Dow*. 

w\  I  V.  f  ••nd  work  tlir  Horne  ever  ii  ilny; 
\\  v --  /  K  and  will  not  chafe  or  wear 

^  ./7  the  mane.  For  ruin  by  Had- 

dlery  Hardware  Umilersimd 
-* —  -  Harness  Makers.  Manufac- 

1  ured  bv  the  ZINC  COLLAR  FAD  GO.,  lUuhunan, 
Mich.  inforiuuUon  furnlHlied  on  application. 


Evergreens  5  "  ssprcce, 

Xi  V  EI  gl  ELllo.  I  JJXLHAM  FIR,  Ao. 

All  well  grown;  some  extra  large.  At  the  old  Nur¬ 
sery,  Hudson.  Hunimit  Co.,  Ohio;  now  the  property 
of  Col.  S.  D.  1IA  l<  Ris,  lute  Agricultural  Editor 


J>  l  at 


'I'O  ENGRAVERS,  PRINTERS,  Ac.-Lurge  stock 


I  well  seasoned  uud  prepared  Boxwood,  Mahog¬ 
any,  Maple  arid  Pine.  Vanderburgh,  whlls& Co., 
Type.  Cabinet  ft  Press  Warehouse,  13  Dutch  St.  N.  Y, 


BRADLEY’S 

AMERICAN  HARVESTER 


Ittusial  Kn-strumcute’ 


We  warrant  it  to  cut  uny  grain  that  grows,  and  in 
any  condition. 

It  will  do  better  work,  Is  more  durable,  and  is  In 
every  respect  superior  to  oar  former  manufacture  of 
the  celebrated 

JobncfluiP*  “  hi  weeps  takes  ’>  Reaper. 

Don’t  buy  any  other  until  you  have  seen  it. 

ijf"  For  particulars,  address 

BRADLEY  MAN  FG  CO.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


PEAR  TREES  FOR  THE  MILLION. 

Largest  stock  In  the  West;  line  a-suruncm  ;  extra 
duality;  packed  to  go  safely  auy  distance.  Sails!  at 
lion  guaranteed.  Prices  low'  by  hundred  or  thousand 
A  full  assortment  of  other  trees,  earube,  plants, etc 
Illustrated  i  aLilOguc  mailed  froe  to  applicants. 

I<.t  G.  HANFORD, 

Columbus  Nursery,  Columbus,  Ohio. 


(Established  in  1834,) 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 


MONARCH  OF  THE  WEST.— The  largest  and 
tiest  strawberry.  Brought  Ml  cth.  tier  quart  when 
Aloftnys  were  scRlug  at  It  uts.  Catahiguc.-i  of  Fruits 
and  Horry  Baaketa,  id  uts.;  with  Colored  Piute,  25  i  ts. 
Price  List  free.  iVM.  PA  KR  Y,ClrmamtUBOn,  N.  J. 


A  CARD  TO  THE  lTBLIC : 

Parties  desiring  to  purchase  would  find  it  to 
their  advantage,  before  deciding,  to  examine, 
at  our  Kltgu nt  Wareroomx,  or  at  tlie  dealers 
T.hrouithout  the  country,  tlie  Piano-Fortes  man- 
ulactured  by  us,  with  our  Patent  Hydro-Car- 
oonated  Soundiny  Board ,  which,  for  uurability 
and  superiority  of  tone,  renders  them  unsur¬ 
passed.  Every  Instrument  fully  warranted.  Il¬ 
lustrated  circulars  and  prices  sent  on  applica¬ 
tion. 


|>nrgniii9  In  Nursery  Stock.  Millions  or  Forest 
A>  Trees  dt  Seedlings.  Milliousof  Apple  Mocks, 
etc.  Half  a  Million  ('uncord  Grape  Vines.  Cata¬ 
log  uOs.Lv/'.  ,J.  JENKINS,  i3ox4u,Winonii,  Col. Co.,  O. 


SEEDlallVG  STOCK. 

1,050,0(1)  Extra  No.  1  Apple  Seedlings —the  finest 

f  rowth  we  nave  seen  for  several  years.  Also,  QO.lXlU 
'ear  Seedlings,  aL  low  rules.  Adurcss  K.  U.  SKIN¬ 
NER  iV  CO.,  Rockford,  Winnebago  Co.,  Ill, 


THE  STANDARD,  Price  §1.50,  Is  a  very 

superior  Collection  of  Church  Music, 

for  Choirs,  Conventions  and  Singing  Classes.  Com¬ 
piled  by  L.  O.  EMERSON  and  H.  It.  PALMER,  men 
of  the  highest  reputation  as  conductors  and  com¬ 
posers.  Sells  largely.  Already  a  great  success. 


Ttix.  perfection  of  male atp  and  arranging 
emery  style  of  Dress  Trimming  with  as 
much  ease  and  simplicity  as  run¬ 
ning  up  an  ordinary  scam,  with 
some  new  and  entirely  Orig¬ 
inal  Accomplishments. 

AND  ALL  WITHOUT  BASTING. 

1. — It  prepares  tho  Milliners’  Fold  better  than  can 

he  done  by  hand. 

2. — It  prepares  Milliners'  Fold  yvitii  difl'eren! 

co  I  or  m  uud  piccua  of  gouds  at  use  upcruliuii. 

3. — It  prepares  ami  plucfe  a  told  in  uny  sriuii 

perfect  ly,  without  hasting. 

4. — It  prepare*  and  pula  a  double  or  static  told 

ou  the  edge  of  u  bund, 

5. — It  cord*  bini  bands. 

C—  It  prepares  and  upplles  a  double  French  Item 
finish. 

7. — It  prepares  a  curd  welt  perfectly. 

-8.— It  prepares  and  places  a  cord  well  iu  any 
scum  without  basting. 

9—  It  prepares  n  cord  welt,  ut  the sanui  time  gath¬ 
ering  and  placing  ihc  well  iu  the  gather¬ 
ing  Beam,  sewing  it  to  a  plain  hand.  If  de¬ 
sired,  at  one  operation. 

10.— It  does  plain  gtitlieriug. 

11—  It  gathers  and  sews  uu  nt  the  same  time, 
better  than  uny  other  gatherer. 

12. — It  heuiM  all  goods,  bin.*  or  straight. 

13. — It  binds  with  braid. 

H. —It  binds  with  cut  binding. 

15.— It  sews  any  seam  without  busting. 


HEIKES  NTJKSEE,IES- 
Specinlties.  Full  nt  1873.  Poaches,  Currants, 
Gooseberries,  Blood-Leaved  Peaches,  ciali  Hybrid 
Cherries,  Apple  Seedlings,  Plum  Seedlings,  Peach 
Seedlings,  Raspberries,  ilutekUerrlhs  ft  Straw  berries. 
Also,  a  full  assortment  of  other  Nurserv  articles.  Ad¬ 
dress  JlKlKES  -NlJUaKIUK.S  GO.,  Dayton,  Ohio. 


You  n-tc  WRY  we  can  sell 
Kir-t  ■  Iuk*  7  Octave  Pianos  lor 
S200?  We  answer— It.  costs 
•  n  ui  S300  to  make  any 
SO  OO  r..»o  sold  throngs 
.ns,  fill  i-fwlioiu  make  |0O 
per  «yt.  profit.  We  have  uo 
.lochia,  i  hi  thip  direct  to  fnnii* 

,  , -  ...  _  lies  ut  Factory  price,  ami  warrant 

D  Years.  c  tnl  r  >r  illnsii  nod  circular,  in  which  we  refer 
to  over  500  flaiikers,  .MiTch.itta.  Ac.  (some  of  whom 
yim  limy  I  i.  i  vi,  tv  lug  ..in  pjoin*.  hi  44  Slates  aod 
Terrllorlex.  1’lc.  <r  >laie  where  v...|  -aw  tli-  nritii-p. 

’J.  s.  Piano  Oi.,  f  t  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


wmmm 


ONE  MILLION  Apple  Trees,  extra  quality,  with 
u  full  and  complete  general  stock  of  Fruit  and  Orna¬ 
mentals,  at  wholesale  and  retail.  Prices  low.  Write 
for  price  lists. 

Z2f~  Stock  guaranteed  not  damaged  by  the  severity 
of  the  past  winter. 

BLAIR  BROS.,  Proprietors, 

Lce’n  Summit,  Jack-mu  t’n..  Mo. 


THE  RIVER  OF  LIFE,  S30  per  hundred. 

Is  u  Sabbath  School  Song  Book  of  extraordinary 
merit,  4  0  composers  contribute  Hymns  and  Music 
alike  new,  original  and  beautiful.  Specimen  copies 
mailed  for  30  cents. 


CHEERFUL  VOICES,  Price  50  cents,  by 
L.  O.  EMERSON  ASCHOOL  SONC  BOOK,  is 

the  one  to  introduce  in  Common  Schools  the  present 
season. 

E -2T  All  books  mailed,  post-paid,  for  retail  pr  ices. 


Wanting  flrst-dass  Apple  Trees,  in  large  or  small 
quantity  can  be  supplied  at  oerg  reasonable  figures. 
Will  exchange  a  limited  number  for  land  or  for  sian- 
dard  Pear  Trees.  Call  on  ur  address 

ALL  S.  HU  ELLER, 

Riverside  Nurseries, 

Lewinburg,  Pa. 


A  Work  on  the  Breeding,  Rear 
ing,  Care  and  General  Man¬ 
agement  of  Poultry. 


OLIVER  DITSOX  Jc  CO.,  Boston, 

C.  It.  D1TS0N  it  CO.,  711  Broadway,  New  York. 


The  arrangement  is  very  novel. and  It  is  one  of  the 
simplest  Attachments  iu  use;  indispensable  In  Its 
utility,  doubling  the  value  of  uny  Sewing  Machine. 

Jn  Ordering,  state  Kl.vu  of  bowing  Machine. 

Trice,  94.  with  full  instructions  for  its  use  mailed 
post  free.  Address 

PALMER  MANUFACTURING  00., 

817  Broadway,  New  York. 

An  opportunity  seldom  offered  to  Agents  of  both 
sexes,  which  are  wanted,  everywhere,  immediately 


600  ACRES  1 1  Catalogue:  20  Cts  |  18  GREENHOUSES 

ill  Descriptive;  (2)  Wholesale;  i.i)  Halo;  D/Pruittun 
Flower  Plates.  Immense  stock  und  low  prices.  An 
dre»B  F.  Ii.  PHOENIX,  Bloomington  N urse.ry,  1)1. 


This  is  one  of  the  finest  uotten-tib  works  on  the 
subject  on  which  It  treats,  lor  its  size  and  price,  of 
any  publication  of  the  kind  in  this  country.  It  18 
finely  and  profusely  Illustrated,  and  printed  and 
bound  In  extra 'style.  Contain*  224  large  octavo 
pages.  Sent,  by  mall,  post-paid,  for  fl.5U.  Address 
D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

5  Beckman  fit,.  New  York. 


CrltEAT  EXCITEMENT.  PTfffW 

Olive,  Optic*,  Mi.'alllii.  f,„  Younti  Mill  01*1,  IbtrWTxJ 
tr.tmfullv  liuiuvl-d.  *r.i!  I!Ti'i,u»il j  tnt.r 
c*tiny,  HUH  ILc  bfl«uti!ul  1'uLtlle  pr«rnitiiii, 

‘•The  OOmitik  Wfltr. ’*  in  ike  Abd  SljjiMH| 

mont  succeftfifo)  cuoiiiinttUou  for  Agent?  id 
tbe  country.  S«>mi  1  j  cts.  for  tJampU  Mhg-  Ki4‘VIa,.1 
axine,  circular,  termi.  Ac.  [pMAifli 

oditioss.  Dvaksb  A  foxcEo n,  151  WMRitisum  bt.  iisrawn. 


i  a/m  aaa  fuijit  and  orna. 

I  menti  1  Trees.— A  general  line 

of  Nursery  Stock  at  low  prices.  Pear  Trees  a  special¬ 
ty.  Write  for  wholesale  or  retail  Price  Lists.  Agents 
wanted.  E.  MOODY  &  SUNS,  Lockport,  NT  Y. 


B  tO  O  MofYQJJTH 


BEAUTIFIES  THE  COMPLEXION 


NEWS  CONDENSER, 


Agents;  Wanted 


—  Westfield,  N.  Y.,  has  a  new  iron  bridge. 

—  The  Iron  men  of  Troy.  N.  Y.,  are  on  a 
strike. 

The  grain  crops  of  Oregon  are  said  to  be 
immense. 

—  New  Orleans  boasts  of  a  swimming  school 
for  ladies. 

The  Graphic  is  said  to  have  made  $110,000  by 
its  balloon. 

—  Salmon  is  selling  in  Sacramento  for  ten 
cents  a  pound. 

The  Jamaica  cable  was  recovered  on  the 
20th  of  August. 

—  One  Boston  house  has  imported  278,000 
cigars  from  Cuba. 

—  Another  large  Catholic  church  is  to  be 
built  in  Rochester,  N.  V. 

Eighty-six  women  have  entered  the  Michi¬ 
gan  University  this  term. 

—  A  drove  of  1,800  goats  passed  through  Dal¬ 
las,  Texas,  a  few  days  ago. 

The  Cuban  Dengue  will  issue  an  address  to 
the  people  of  this  country  I 

The  pardoning  power  has  been  taken  away 
from  the  Governor  of  Iowa. 

—  The  Methodist  Conference  at  Dover,  N.  J., 
is  In  favor  of  female  preachers. 

—  The  chestnut  timber  in  Westminister  Ab¬ 
bey,  now  some  500  years  old,  is  still  sound. 

—  Newspapers  in  tho  German  language  from 
America  will  no  longer  bo  taxed  in  Germany. 

—  Four  persons  have  dropped  dead  on  one 
street  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  within  the  past  threo 
weeks. 

—  Three  now  war  vessels  have  just  been  added 

to  tho  British  navy,  and  twenty-five  others  are 
building.  • 

'1  bo  frequency  in  Switzerland  of  criminals 
committing  suicide  in  their  cells  Is  attracting 
attention. 

Concord,  Mass.,  has  a  new  public  library, 
erected  at  a  cost  of  $75,000,  and  the  gift  of  Wil¬ 
liam  Munroe. 

—  DutieB  amounting  to  $16,000  were  collected 
on  Canadian  wool  at  St.  Albans,  Vt.,  in  one 
day,  last  week. 

—  Tho  first  day  of  the  Cincinnati  Exposition 
is  pronounced  by  the  local  press  to  have  been 
“  very  satisfactory.” 


<;  ENTS  WA  STED  for  tho  now  book, 
LIFK  AMI  ADVENTURES  OF 


HrXt&dii  wit  Tim  i  n  y  TKtotnml  AvTtfCCTIO  Ill’ll  of  Animim'* 
flFSSJJ  Rrwitn.t  HL-VTKlt,  Tlt> tTEIt, SCOUT  Anil  GLIDE 

Su  ftll  evor  jwMiiiluil,  It  cmi'uint  full  anil  cmnnlnni dMnjin- 

liuu»oi  I  mil. in  triu«  liftin'  FAR  WEST,  us  MMii  l.y  KltCsnon, 
WOO  Hr ml  tuning  (Inna  nil  hit  lilt.  U  gives*  full,  rclitblt  w  i  nunt 
cf  tho  MODOCS.lUid  tho  ilODOO  VaR.  A*  h  wo  k  o  I  HISTO¬ 
RY  ,Ui* Inr.tlothlo.  A  grand  opportunity  fortgiinu  lomtliOTnubuy. 
Our  UluitrtUil  ciirmiltri  tint  irroto  nil  tpulliniiw  Write  »ml  ro- 
coro  turn  lory  tluoca.  DUSTIN,  OILMAN  A  CU.,HortfunlIConn. 


SUBSCRIPTION  TO  THE  STOCK 

WILL  BE  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOLLOWING  PLACES  IN  NEW  YORK  CTTY 


lore  Farmers,  l  uUt\  Minister*, 


It  lulls  of  the1*  /nnrr lift,''  woniW*.  nuirroU,  mysteries,  ttnr.i 
iloluut,  Ac.,ofth»C*plt»l,”A*u  Woman  (*co«  It 

‘  Orrr/nuirtij,  w'th  irifiiiuliiMi,  hiimnr,  piullos  tn.l 

(oikI  thine* fornll.  It It  iiniUptnuiW* to  ev.ry  wld».«„Ue  person, 
-Kinu,  wotntn.erohiu  it  popultr  mf,4rrr,  with  re*r|fegv, 
tnd  It  ttlliuy  ftr  tndwtdtiyi A, iwunG.  SU  Kntrt.luu..  Steel 
rnrtrnlt  of  nothor.  Ay.  nil  I  /Ai >  than,;  Mouty  fur 

Arm  in  thlt  work.  Terms  Ulr  * - ^  - 

Mr  Jiutal  Vew  y„rkt;,  in  retry  C. _  ..  „„ 

Outfit  Free.  Rumltrl  ittUh  fttonce  fur  full 


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Stall  Jtfdirra  Agents  N.  B.) 

Address,  ^  A.  0.  WORTH I.NGTO N  A  i^O.'.'il'it" tfOTd^CL 

A  (  x  <  i  LLOVIPS  NEW 

1  „•  'Lrjlf,  THIRTY  DOLLAR 
double  iiiupM  1  or  find  IK74*&iv  rulidy, ivod  on*  to 
bo  given  uwny  orntiM.  Mize  ot  oiiah  mnni&vri  luebcn 
‘'"'hllsho.oth.  exhibiting  I , I eXl.CKXI  names 
or  tltict.tMWiis,  villages,  rivers,  inkes,  mountain!,  and 
»tri*iun».  iioth  thrxo Kreat  niiifirture  to  be  glvon gratia 
to  every  house  Keeper  hi  America.  Tlie.-e  tulip*  are 
i'7f‘r  mado  by  Lloyd,  who  made  all  tin. 
maps  used  by  Olnuka  t.  ijltANT  during tlie  war.  Male 
''gi  iiU  wanted  in  every  county,  to  whom 
y®,  ®?u2i?iPe  ‘h>lhur  for  every  man  rtlstittiuuiii.  A  .1- 
Stamp  far  amivvcr,  lk>8TON  AhVUIt 
1  IS  Lit  CO.f  20  Court  8t.t  Iloston,  Aliiws. 


All  payments  must  be  made  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  tho  UNION  TRUST  COMPANY,  73 
Broadway.  The  moneys  arising  from  tho  sale  of  the  stock  hereby  sold  are  paid  Into  tho  Union  Trust 
Company,  and  cannot  be  paid  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchers  allowing  that  the  money  has 
been  actually  and  honestly  expended  in  the  erection  of  the  Industrial  Exhibition  Buildlug  or  In  acquir¬ 
ing  title  to  land, 

Tho  land  or  the  Company  Is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  us  follows 98th  to  l«2«l  Streets 
and  3d  to  4 ill  Avenues;  comprising  363  24-25  city  lots,  or  about  23  acres. 


IN  WASHINGTON 


.Hp  !  selling  book  ever  published, 

About  thu  (_ retiit  ijvMUr  ScatuUtl,  Seiintci- 
nai  Hrlneries,  i.onitremunen,  Kings,  Lobbies,  and  Lhu 
*!"'  ^Atluiiiil  Cui.il.al,  H  sells 
ooi  ,i  ol  Clrrulsrs,  and  see  our  terms  and  a 

•PAr ^RVS  l’V< !o(  hA !'°rli •  A/IrtresB  Ci iNti.n kn- 

i  l  I  ■  I  I. '  K I .  l  •- 1  i  l  .  ;  <  - ,  .  ,y  . 

i’U  ISLISUiNu  i.a.i  ,  Philadelphia  Ami  Chicago. 

$1, 500  L°n.rly  mo<1.K l,y  in  Wielr  spare  moments, 
V  >  selling  our  .12  now  articles.  Send  25o.  for  sam¬ 
ples  and  Catalogues.  Awi,2VotvkMt'»..3Cl2B  wav  N\v 


SHARES  $100  EACH 


Payments  to  bo  made  as  follows : 

hive  per  cent,  at  time  Of  subscribing,  and  tho  balance  in  installments,  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent 
at  any  one  installment. 

.there  can  be  no  safer  investment  thun  this.  It  Is  a  homo  Investment.  It  is  tho  ownership  of  land 
on  New  York  Island  and  the  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  the  same. 

In  accordance  with  the  charter  and  by  a  resolution  of  tho  Board  of  Directors  of  tho  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  21th,  1872,  the  following  iiiciubcrnliipH  have  been  created  and  are 
ottered  for  sale : 

ai  the  above-named  places  and  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  the  United  Stutes. 

The  proper  holder  of  any  of  those  Is  entitled  to  free  admission  to  tho  Industrial  Exhibition,  the 
Art  Uallery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  the  Gardeu  of  Plants  during  the  time  it  is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  the  duration  of  the  membership. 

These  memberships  do  nut  cutitle  tho  holder  to  admission  to  special  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  tho  Exhibition  Company. 


|Ui.«jc<Uane0»i5! 


QUO  Ml  np  [Jrr  if  you  are  a  fool  or  lunatic, 

UUB  llllH  Dv  hut  If  you  are  wne  and  wish 

“  ,  to  make  money,  address 

EUREKA  PORTABLE  TABLE  CO  ,  St.  Luuij.. 


K<»u  LE.  Z  COCKS  and  4  II  ENS  (Light 

J  HriilnuasL  from  premium  lords;  cook 
last  upring.  Also,  lot  chickens  from  abov 
extra  Partridge  Cochin  pullet  and  h  c.locks, 
sold  low,  to  Close  out;  ad  nice  birds 
a  specialty.  -  . 


.I  v  ‘  "  1  cunt 

Also,  lot  chickens  from  above.  I  very 

Will  bo 

.  . .  IJurk  BrutmntK 

E.  li.  WUITNHY, 

Cambrldgoport,  Mass, 

8  000  s  PL  EM)  ID  STOC  K 

,  ftV/ItljO  and  uairy  Lauds,  m  nt. 

Joseph  County,  Northern  Indlanu,  for  sale  low.  In 
lots  to  suit.  Terms  enny.  Cor  particulars,  address 
ISAAC  It S MAY,  south  Bund,  lnd. 

ftENKSKE  VALLEY  FAIOI8  FOR  SALE. 

vjt  isonie  of  the  tiucst  resiliences  in  tho  Vullei ,  near 
R.  It.  Inquire  srj.Jti  or  .JOHN  SUELUON,  upon  tho 
premises,  at  Moscow,  Livingston  Co.,  N  Y. 

\  h''  j|,-id  rs,y Ilcncl'PamM^frniiHL  immiiv  and 

r>ohool  toryuuug  ladles  and  clnlilrcn,  il.  i'll  anil 
10  Lust  inst  Street,  Cenl  ml  Park,  Nc  w  York,  will  com- 

tS8eYf-,",,,0ntJl  •vf,'lr  Wence tuber 25th,  1873.  For 
lull  information  tor  i-'utiiiMumf. 

REV.  D.  L\  VAN  N  lilt  MAN,  LL,  !>., 

75  Last  Ul»t  Street. 


A  DAY  and  expenses  to  good  Agents. 
Address  liOWKN  A  CO.,  Marion,  ithin 


\  GENT8  WANTED.- WASHINGTON,  Ol  r- 
j\  sun;  mill  INstDic.  Hero  you  have  a  t'umiiini 
Jii.it, ny  or  our  National  Capital.  Its  ong  n,  growth, 
excellencies,  corruptlouB,  ouauties  arm  persouagus 
are  all  portrsiycd  in  that  graphic  style  winch  lias 
placed  tho uuu i or,  uko.  Alp.  ’ftnvNSE.vn.  among  the 
very  first  of  Washlngtoji OOrTOSpondpnU.  “  Fuel  is 
stranger  tliflfi  fiction.  1  Every  one  will  read  these 
startling  truths.  For  terms,  Ac,,  address  j  as.  BETTS 
«  OO.,  (successors  to  8.  M.  Betts  ffc  Co.,)  Hartford . 
Conn.,  or  Chicago,  111. 


PRICE  AND  FIND 


*72  OO  EACH  AVI) Bill. 

Agcnls  wanted  every  where.  Business  strictly  legiti¬ 
mate.  Particulars  free.  j.  Woxxii  &  Co.,  fit.  Louis,  Mo. 


ClUNM  1 S I 


HO  Admissions 


Entitling  tho  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  the  Exhibition,  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 


Can  easily  make  Si  50  and  over  per  month  selling 

our  Mod*  i  a  and  Reliable  Maps  and  our  Popu¬ 
lar  I  let  quill  t  hurts.  Terms  ana  Catalogues  live. 
L.  C.  UU1IH19U.Ni  5  B-irclay  8t  .  N.  Y. 


Class  2tS 


I*rtce  $20.  OO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  tho  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $20. 

Class  3d.  Price  $40.  BOO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 

I'lass  4 tli.  Price  $100.  I.ite. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life;  the  builln; 

the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

tlnss  Slh.  Family  lor  File.  Price  $BOO. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  and  his  Immediate  family  (in  e«e  at  the  time  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of  any  of  them/ to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $000. 

Cliuw  6th.  HEREDITARY  A  TRA^SFEUAltLE.  Price  $1,000. 

Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
building  is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  used  by  the 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  those  memberships  are  to  be  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Payment  to  be  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  the  D  lion  Trust 
Company. 

A  suitable  Badge  wi  I  be  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  members. 

Memberships  will  not  be  sold  after  he  Building  is  open  to  tho  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

Batiks,  Bankers  and  Individuate  are  wanted  to  act  as  Agents  througbou*  the  United  Staten, 

For  further  information,  please  address 


s  J  00  to  $250  SSWSJgfflfSW 

where,  selling  our  new  seven  strand  fYluie  Plat  Una 
lAotluu  JAntx..  Sells  readily  are  very  house.  Samples 
tree.  Address  C tax uu  WlHE,Mli.l„s,  pliilll.,  Fa. 

“  Josiah  Men’s  Wife” 

HAS  WROTE  A  BOOK, 

i  ii  spite  of  JustalVa  rtetermluatlon  not  to  spend  a  cent 
to  hire  any  one  to  read  It. 

$500  a  month  cau  be  made  selling  this  book 

AGENTS  !  TA1£B  NOT iCE  ’ ! 

In  our  former  hooks  wo  have  given  you  harvests; 
we  now  promise  you  another,  and  wise  agents  will 
seouro  temtory,  which  wo  will  now  arrange  tor.  Ad- 
dross  AMERICAN  l*U BUSHING  CO., Hartford, Ot., 
for  circulars  and  rail  information. 


TLii,  ucngnttui  atm  luumut^a  toilet  prepa¬ 
ration  is  undoubtedly  the  best  in  the  world 
for  preserving  the  Skin  and  Beautifying  the 
Complexion.  It  will  remove  Tan,  Freckles, 
ami  all  discolrationn  from  t  he  skin,  leaving  it 
beautifully  white,  soft,  smooth  and  clear. 
SOLD  BY  ALL  DRUGGISTS  AND  FANCY 
GOODS  DEALERS. 


IPO  SHORT  PERSONS 


X  J  i lluu  *  A  on  il  ruotnoa 

of  increasing  the  iiixht  and  lnjpruvjn;/  and  dnvH- 
OfHiJir  the  figure,  with  authenticated  teitimomaisand 
repurtrt.  Mailed  free.  Cape.  Itow  aiuj,  2\)  ii'way,  N.  Y, 

Wanted  Immediately! 

1  OH  y°nn«  m,:n  ilnit  1 'olios  to  fit  thomsulves 

,*  "  *  ’  for  permanent  situations  as  Lock-keepers, 
salesmen,  teachers  of  penmanship,  etc.,  at.  a  salary  of 
5?**id41,aUU*  ye  n.  Situation*  gimimitved.  Address 


being  open  to 


i  ll  Si  h)  l"J,'',‘y  !  Af»ltu  lYUnUil  I  All .  In....  Of  wor»lr( 
\  ,  9  piloplo,  of  miliur  yiiuliBoroldi  iirnkt  locf.  iimriev 

work  form  lu  uiBiniimre uiouianuorHlI  thetlmu  than  utmivthiic 
•!«.  P»rt1tul*ni  nee.  A.Mrcaa  G.  Bllusim  A  Co.,  PorLluml,  Mattie 


RANDALL’S 

Practical  Shepherd 


SIXTY  YOUNG  M  KN  AND  LA  LI  ITS 


niVei  M  uvoVKO  r?KS  LA  DIES— To  place  In 

Pe.-Yl011.8  .wl,ere  they  will  acquire  u  thorough  and 
pr.ictleal  knowledge  of  Telegraphy,  and  receive  a 
umimission  While  practicing.  Address,  with  stump, 
C.  A.  *  ucaumaN.  sup't  Union  Telegraph  r  om- 
puny,  (.Hierlln,  Ohio. 

W  ®A  IN  T’ 8  PE  A  RLASII  l*ASTE-For  pro. 
tt.T  •  doting  Whiskers,  Mustaellios,  Kyehruwa  and 
Hair  ..n  any  part  of  the  body.  Wo  dmrantnn  in  a 
tew  weeks  tnat  a  bald  head  may  possess  a  thick  cov- 
enn,  of  long  ami  n.:turul  hair,  hy  the  uld  of  tiie 

Benii?nP>'eP“iat,.on'  A11  deelrlng  the  above,  should 
send  one  stamp  to  W.  BAINT 

_  223  Dock  St..  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


A  COMPLETE  TREATISE 

ON  THE  BREEDING,  MANAGEMENT 
AND  DISEASES  OF  SHEEP. 


TUI,-)  Work,  by  me  lion.  Hlnrv  s.  Randall, 
LL.  D.,  (author  of  '*  Sheep  Husbandry  In  the  South  11 
“Fine  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry,”  jfcc.J  is  the  SUinj- 
nrd  Authority  on  the  Subject.  It  is  the  most  mini. 
p!ote  and  reliable  Treatise  on  American  Sheep  Hu*, 
handry  over  published,  and  (as  the  New  England 
Farmer  says)  -  should  be  In  the  hand  and  head  of 
overy  person  uwning  sheep.” 

The  1‘itAtTlt'Al,  SuKl'iiKiU)  contains  4£i2  pages,  and 
is  Illustrated,  printed  and  bound  in  superior  style. 
Twomy-neventh  Edition  now  ready.  Sent  by  mall, 
p  jst-pald,  on  receipt  of  price — $2.  Address  {jgiy 
l».  »».  T.  ill (HIRE,  I'nbllelier, 

3  Beckman  St,,  New  York. 


Price  40e.  by  mall.  Stowella  Co, 


New  edition,  208 
pages.  Illustrated, 
Model  lovo  letters 


A„  :  —  inoaei  rovo letters 

von  nLgair'Sg  |f.)v?  nn?  uiarrying  who  and  when 
you  please.  How  to  be  handsome.  Curca  for  hundreds 
or  diseases  ;  also,  many  new  secrets,  arts,  mysteries 
money  making  methods.  Ac.  lb-ice  only  10  cents 
Address  J.  W.  STEPHENS,  Publisher,  Newark.  N.  J. 


INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  CCKPANY 


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Issued  for  Construction'of  Waterworks,  under 
Act  of  Legislature,  Passed  April  27,  1872. 

Rochester  pnascHnes  the  el.-nieMiH  ot  n  pros- 
peril y  unexcelled,  it  equalled,  hy  any  other 
city  in  this  Htnte.  It  ii  Hie  center  ot  trade 
to  n  anrroundiug  population  nt  about  500,- 
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oral  an  easy  matter  to  capture  the  olleuder 
by  means  of  a  common  steel  trap,  and  when 
lot  is  caught  that  is  the  end  of  tho  business. 
But  when  we  attempt  to  rid  a  house  of  rata 
in  any  case  in  which  it  is  infested  with  over 
a  dozen,  If  we  use  the  steel  trap  we  shall  un 
doubtedly  kill  two  or  three  but  then  the  rest 
will  bo  frightened  and  rendered  cunning,  and 
all  our  efforts  to  catch  them  will  fall.  At 
least  this  is  always,  the  case  where  the  cap¬ 
tured  animal  is  left  so  long  In  the  trap  that 
its  comrades  can  see  it.  If  tho  trap  be  close¬ 
ly  watched  and  tho  ruts  removed  as  fast  as 
they  are  caught,  a  hirge  number  may  be 
taken.  We  have  seen  a  dozen  caught  in  a 
few  hours  in  the  following  manner: 

A  pail  containing  broken  bread  and  other 
t.id-blts  was  left  standing  for  some  days  near 
their  haunts,  being  regularly  furnished  with 
a  fresh  supply  at  about  the  same  hour  every 
afternoon.  Tn  a  very  short  time  the  rats 
learned  to  watch  for  the  filling  of  the  pail, 
and  during  the  afternoon  they  literally 
swarmed  around  it,  jumping  into  it  froely. 
A  small  steel  trap  was  then  set  in  the  pail 
and  covered  with  leaves.  In  a  few  minutes 
a  rat  jumped  in,  was  caught  and  instantly 
removed  by  a  boy  whose  sole  business  it  was 
to  watch  this  trap.  On  resetting  the  trap 
and  placing  it  in  the  pail,  it  was  not  five 
minutes  until  another  one,  all  unconscious  of 
the  1’aJI  of  his  companion,  jumped  in,  was 
caught  and  instantly  removed.  And  so  the 


got  at  and  refuse  to  enter  the  trails.  A  little 
starvation  will  bring  about  the  desired  re¬ 
sult.  If  the  traps,  from  long  use,  smell  of¬ 
fensive,  boiling  water  or  a  strong  toasting 
before  the  fire  will  cleanse  them  so  that  they 
will  no  longer  bo  offensive  to  the  mice. 

Passing  from  these  simple  little  rodents  to 
others  that  are  more  difficult  to  capture,  the 
first  that  meets  us  is  the  common  rat,  and  it 
may  be  said  without  fear  of  mistake  that  an 
old  and  experienced  rat  is  altogether  the 
most  difficult  animal  to  capture  that  will  de¬ 
mand  attention  from  those  who  are  uot,  pro¬ 
fessional  trappers.  We  have  seen  a  rat  defy 
traps,  starvation,  poison,  dogs,  cats  and  men 
for  months.  Huch  a  ease  is  generally  most 
easily  disposed  of  by  patient  watching  and 
the  use  of  a  good  rifle.  Our  readers  may, 
however,  accept  it  as  a  rule  that  if  they  can 
succeed  in  capturing  rats,  they  need  not  des¬ 
pair  of  trapping  any  other  kind  of  vermin. 

In  general,  the  cases  in  which  our  trapping 
powers  are  called  into  play  resolve  them¬ 
selves  into  two  classes — those  in  which  some 
special  animal  is  to  be  captured  so  as  to  put 
an  cud  to  ids  depredations,  and  those  in 
which  tho  premises  are  to  be  freed  from  a 
horde  of  depredators;  and  although  this  dis¬ 
tinction  is  r.  it  always  taken  into  considera¬ 
tion,  it  is  one  of  great  importance.  If,  for 
example,  we  find  that  ft  single  rat,  or  weasel, 
a  skunk  or  a  eat  is  committing  depredations 
on  our  poultry-yard  or  corn-bin,  it  is  in  gen- 


ning  prove  stronger  than  the  most  alluring 
temptations,  and  our  traps  are  either  avoid¬ 
ed  altogether  or  such  an  amount  of  cunning 
and  ingenuity  is  exercised  bv  our  proposed 
victims  that  they  are  enabled  to  cany  off 
the  very  bait  itself  and  use  the  trap  as  a 
mere  feeding  trough.  Those  who  have  at¬ 
tempted  to  catch  an  old  crow  or  a  rat  by 
means  of  the  traps  in  ordinary  use,  must 
have  experienced  this,  We  ha  ve  seen  a  crow 
lift  up  the  jaw  of  a  common  steel  trap  and 
steal  the  bait  from  the  plate.  And  it  is  a 
very  common  crick  with  old  rats  to  first 
spring  tho  trap  and  then  luxuriate  upon  the 
tempting  morsels  used  as  a  decoy. 

There  are  a  few  animals,  such  as  mice,  that 
seem  to  be  almost  devoid  of  this  cunning. 
They  are  easily  caught,  and  follow  each 
other,  one  after  another  into  our  traps,  with¬ 
out  suspicion.  In  some  cases,  where  large 
numbers  are  being  caught  in  the  same  trap, 
they  become  suspicious  after  a  time ;  the 
trap  seems  to  become  offensive  to  them  and 
they  refuse  to  enter  it.  But  in  general  it  is 
not  difficult  to  clean  a  house  of  mice  and  to 
keep  them  down  so  that  they  shall  cause  no 
annoyance.  The  common  wooden  trap  with 
wire  springs  is  all  that  is  necessary.  Bait  it 
with  a  little  cheese,  lock  up  all  other  food, 
and  mousey  will  inevitably  be  caught,  Of 
course,  if  large  supplies  of  excellent  food  are 
left  Lying  about  and  easily  accessible,  the 
mice  may  prefer  that  which  is  most  easily 


ie  Naturalist 


THE  QUAGGA 


WE  herewith  present  an  illustration  of  the 
Quagga,  an  animal  belonging  to  the  family 
of  Equidce,  and  a  native  of  the  southern 
parts  of  Africa.  It  is  rather  smaller  than 
the  Zebra,  with  its  hinder  parts  higher  and 
shorter  ears.  The  head,  mane,  neck  and 
shoulders  arc  blackisli-brown,  banded  with 
white;  there  arc  similar  bands  towards  the 
rump,  gradually  becoming  leas  distinct;  also 
a  black  line  running  along  the  spine.  It  re¬ 
ceives  its  name  from  its  voice,  which  some¬ 
what  resembles  the  barking  of  a  dog.  It  is 
more  easily  domesticated  than  the  Zebra,  in 
its  wild  state  it  docs  not  associate  with  the 
Zebra,  although  it  inhabits  the  same  plains. 
Hybrids,  or  mules,  have  been  produced  be¬ 
tween  the  Horse  and  Quagga. 


TRAPPING  VERMIN 


At  first  sight  it  seems  the  simplest  thing  in 
the  world  to  set  a  trap  for  any  animal  and 
catch  it,  but  when  we  come  to  try  it  practi¬ 
cally  it  is  found  to  be  not  so  very'  easy.  The 
setting  of  the  trap  does  not  involve  much 
difficulty;  the  trouble  is  that  the  animals  re¬ 
fuse  to  go  into  it.  Their  timidity  and  cun¬ 


in  order  to  supply  the  deficient  materials  just 
described  ?  1st.  By 

MANURES. 

These  may  be  either  animal  or  vegetable, 
substances  in  a  state  of  decomposition.  It  is 
always  necessary  that  manure  should  be  in  a 
state  of  fludity  (in  solution)  or  gas,  in  order 
to  constitute  food  for  the  vegetable  creation. 
When  a  manure  already  consists  of  matter 
principally  soluble  in  water,  its  fermentation 
or  putrefaction  should  be  prevented.  It  is 
only  when  the  manure  consists  of  vegetable 
or  animal  fiber  that  these  processes  are  nee 
essai-y.  In  order  to  censure  such  fermenta¬ 
tion,  three  agents  are  necessary,  namely  : — a 
temperature  above  the  freezing  point ;  the 
presence  of  moisture  or  water,  and  oxygen 
gas. 

The  principle  animal  manures  easily  attain  ■ 
able  arc.  the  solid  and  liquid  excrements  of 
animals.  The  constituents  of  the  solid  parts 
of  animal  excrements  vary  with  the  nature 
of  the  food.  The  soluble  parts  of  the  ashes 
of  the  consumed  food  exist  in  the  lim'd  excre¬ 
ment,  while  all  the  insoluble  portion  of  the 
ashes  (inorganic  portion)  are  present  in  the 
solid  excrements.  On  account  of  the  large 
quantity  of  soluble  alkaline  phosphate  in 
grains  of  all  kiuds,  the  lluid  exerementie  of 
carnivorous  and  graminivorous  animals  con 
tain  these  compounds,  whereas,  those  of 
herbivorous  animals  are  free  from  such  salts. 
In  the  case  of  the  latter,  whose  food  abounds 
in  insoluble  earthy  phosphates,  the  f trees 
contain  the  residue. 

From  the  above  facts  we  deduce  the  prin¬ 
ciple  that  the  solid  mid  liquid  excreta  of  an 
animal  have  the  highest  value  as  manure  for 
those  plants  oil  which  the  animal  has  fed. 

The  manures  obtained  from  horses,  cattle 
and  sheep  are  all  valuable  for  our  light,  land 
where  we  make  it  our  first  object  to  obtain 
some  crop,  which  on  account  of  its  compara¬ 
tively  small  loss  by  evaporation,  can  with¬ 
stand  a  dry  soil. 

MINERAL  SUBSTANCES. 

All  plan ts  require  for  their  food  alkalies 
and  alkaline  earths,  each  in  certain  propor¬ 
tion  ;  and  cereals  in  addition  require  silica 
in  a  . soluble  condition.  The  natural  silicates 
in  soils  differ  greatly  in  the  facility  with 
which  t  hey  undergo  decomposition.  It  is  by 
allowing  land  a  period  <;>t  rest  from  cereal 
crops  that,  it  becomes  enriched  with  a  supply 
of  the  soluble  silicates.  During  such  a  period 
the  agency  of  the  atmosphere  is  at  work  in 
decomposing  and  rendering  the  silicate  capa¬ 
ble  of  absorption. 

U'o  possess  in  quick -lime  another  agent, 
which,  when  mixed  witli  alkaline  argilla¬ 
ceous  silicates,  sets  free  the  alkali  and  ren¬ 
ders  tiie  silicates  soluble.  Thus  we  see  the 
benefit  oxerted  bv  mar's  (clays  containing  a 
large  portion  of  lime)  on  all ‘soils  which  do 
not  cllervesee  with  acids. 

GYPSUM  OR  SULPHATE  OF  LIME. 

This  salt  enters  into  flic  composition  of 
clovers  and  grasses,  and  is  consequently  a 
necessary  ingredient  of  the  soil  when  these 
are  to  be  grown.  1 1  is  now  largely  manufac¬ 
tured  and  sold  for  such  purpose.  Liebig 
holds  t  hat  it  acts  by  giving  the  plants  the 
power  of  condensing  and  absorbingtlie  nitro¬ 
gen  by  means. of  its  surface  exposed  to  the 


process  was  repeated  until  over  a  dozen  had 
been  captured.  If,  however,  the  second  rat 
had  seen  the  first  in  the  trap,  he  would  have 
gone  oif  and  communicated  the  intelligence 
to  the  rest  and  not  one  of  them  would  have 
been  taken.  It  is  wonderful  how  rapidly 
they  can  communicate  intelligence  of  this 
kind  among  each  other.  Let  one  be  taken 
or  wounded  and  the  rest  either  fight  shy  or 
leave  the  place  altogether.  Unaware  of  this 
fact,  we  used  at  one  time  to  shoot  rats  with 
a  rifle — killing  each  one.  We  never  found  it 
to  do  much  good.  Of  late  we  use  a  shot  gun 
and  line  shot,  so  as  to  kill  a  few  and  wound 
the  rest.  After  one  or  two  such  doses  they 
invariably  leave  (lie  premises. 

So  mueli  for  general  principles.  Let  us 
now  take  the  case  of  a  house  badly  infested 
with  rats.  How  shall  we  get  rid  of  them  ? 
Of  course,  if  they  come  from  some  public 
sewer  or  other  colony,  the  supply  is  probably 
unlimited,  and  tho  first  thing  must  be  to  cut 
otT  t  he  access  of  all  outsiders.  But  if  we  are 
troubled  by  none  but  natives,  it  will  not  re¬ 
quire  much  skill  to  capture  every  one  of 
them— old,  cunning  fellows  and  all.  In  the 
first  place,  then,  we  must  resolve  to  take 
time  to  it  uud  capture  the  whole  lot,  and  to 
this  end  no  attempt  must  be  made  to  capture 
single  animals,  since  this  will  tend  to  make 
them  suspicious  and  will  put  the  old  ottos  on 
their  guard.  Then  provide  a  large  box  or 
barrel  ,•  place  in  it  a  quantity  of  old  carpet, 
brush,  &c.,  and  also  some  food,  such  as  meal, 
cheese,  herring,  &c.  Bore  a  two-inch  hole  in 
the  side  of  the  box,  and  leave  it  for  some 
days.  'The  rats  will  soon  find  it  out  and  fre¬ 
quent.  it.  First  a  young. one  will  go  in  and 


creases  its  retentive  powers  with  respert  to 
moisture.  The  reader  has  only  to  visit  the 
neighborhood  of  Paris  and  Brantford  to  see 
what  a  fertile  district  has  been  made  nut  of 
what  was  formerly,  in  a  great  many  p]iices 
an  expanse  of  soil  wo  light  as  to  he  shifted  bv 
rain  storms  and  carried  into  hollow <  and 
ditches.  We  have  frequently  seen  hills  0f 
corn  ieft  bare  in  such  cases,  where  non  an 
artificial  soil  has  been  formed  which  supports 
line  fields  of  wheat,  peas  and  oats.  This  has 
been  accomplished  by  means  of  the  above 
agencies,  but  more  especially  by  the  latter 
practice  of  turning  in  timothy  and  clover 

Lastly,  we  must  not  omit  to  mention  a 
most  important 

MECHANICAL  MEANS 

of  i mproving  sandy  soil.  This  consists  in  the 
use  of  the  roller.  Without  this  implement 
no  fanner  can  successfully  till  a  light  farm 
Compactness  is  one  of  the  qualities  which  is 
deficient  in  such  a  farm,  and  in  consequence 
tho  moisture  escapes  too  rapidly  from  tin 
soil,  and  the  seed  is  not  sufficiently  protected 
by  the  firm  envelopment  of  earth  necessary 
to  its  successful  germination.  The  use  of  the 
roller  supplies  this  quality,  and  moreover 
gives  to  the  ground  a  greater  capability  to 
resist  t  he.  wearing  action  of  violent  rains." 

By  putting  these  principles  into  praot  ice 
(lie  farmer  may  expect  to  make  a  farm 
otherwise  worthless,  fertile  and  profitable’ 
but  he  must  not  forget  that  as  he  ©verv  yea,’. 
takes  away  a  large  portion  of  materials  from 
his  land  in  the  shape  of  different  crops  s() 
must  he  yearly  pay  the  land  back  its  due 
interest,  namely,  the  manure,  or  otherwise 
in  a  short  time  it  will  yield  neit  her  principal 
nor  interest ;  and  lie  will  find  it  reduced  to 
the  condition  of  the  farms  in  the  Southern 
States,  where  the  great  object  has  been  to 
get  everything  possible  out  of  the  land  with 
the  least  possible  outlay,  and  the  consequence 
has  been,  in  one  word,  poverty. 


THE  CHEMISTRY  OF  SANDY  LAND 


C.  M.  Smith,  M.  B.,  in  the  Canada  Farmer, 
furnishes  the  following  interesting  article  : 
Tt  has  often  been  noticed  that  a  farm  which 
has  been  given  up  in  disgust  by  its  owner, 
and  sold  for  a  trifle  on  account  of  the  light 
soil  composing  it,  after  passing  into  the  hands 
of  a  man  who  has  learned  to  use  brain  work 
as  well  as  manual  labor  in  his  calling,  has,  in 
the  course  of  two  or  three  years,  entirely 
changed  in  appearance,  both  with  respect  to 
the  soil  itself  and  the  crops  borne  on  it. 

Now  this  is  not  the  result 'of  some  magic 
wund,  nor  a  streak  of  luck,  but  it  is  what 
follows  from  the  practical  application  of  a 
scientific  knowledge  of  the  chemistry  of  soils. 

While  the  former  owner  endeavored  to 
extract  the  ingredients,  which  were  already 
deficient  by  exhaustive  crops,  t  he  more  intel¬ 
ligent  agriculturist  makes  it  his  first  object 
to  supply  such  deficient  materials  to  the  soil, 
and  thus  bring  it  near  the  condition  of  fertile 
ground. 

Now,  what  arc  the  ingredients  which  arc 
deflicient,  in  sandy  soil,  and  how  may  they 
best  be  increased  or  supplied  !  In  the  first 
place  let  us  find  the  proportion  of  materials 
required  to  compose  a  fertile  soil.  According 
to  Bergmann  this  would  be  about  four  parts 
clay,  three  of  sand,  two  of  calcareous  (con¬ 
taining  salts  of  lime)  earth,  and  one  of  mag¬ 
nesia. 

Another  analysis  of  400  grs.  of  fertile  soil 
gives. 

Grains. 


Water . 

Siliceous  Sand _ 

V eve  table  Fiber,.. 

Extract, 

Alumina . . 

.Magnesia . 

Oxide  Of  Iron . 

Ciili-arcoun  Burtli.. 
Loss . 


ORCHARD  GRASS  IN  VIRGINIA 


for  absorption.  Now,  in  a  sandy  soil,  the 
water  derived  from  the  atmosphere  speedily 
filters  through  the  loose  material  until  it 
meets  with  a  firmer  substratum,  and  is  also 
rapidly  lost  by  evaporation  from  the  surface. 
As  we  cannot  increase  the  quantity  of  rain, 
und  as  artificial  irrigation  is  inadmissible  on 
account  of  expense,  we  must  endeavor  to 
change  the  character  of  tho  soil  in  such  a  way 
that  the  filtration  and  evaporation  may  go 
on  less  rapidly.  It  will  be  shown  below  how 
this  is  to  be  done. 

Vegetable  fiber  and  extract  are  the  mate¬ 
rials  which  form  the  principal  portion  of 
what  is  termed  vegetable  mold,  the  value  of 
which  when  present,  in  soil  is  well  ‘known  to 
every  one.  We  find  but  a  small  proportion 
of  these  ingredients  present  in  a  light  soil  if 
it  has  been  under  the  cultivation  of  one  of  tho 
exhaustive  agriculturists  mentioned  above. 
What  may  have  been  present  in  the  land 
when  first  cleared  of  the  forest,  has  soon 
been  abstracted  by  successive  crops  of  grain, 
grass  or  roots.  These  ingredient*,  therefore, 
require  to  be  largely  supplied  in  an  artificial 
way. 

Alumina  or  Clay  is  necessarily  deficient  in 
quantity  in  the  soil  of  which  we  arc  speaking, 
and  something  must  be  supplied  to  answer 
the  same  purpose  in  a  more  or  less  perfect 
manner.  It  is  this  substance  which  gives  to 
the  soil  tenacity,  and  forms  a  basis  for  the 
roots  of  different  plants,  it  also  possesses 
the  valuable  property  of  absorbing  atmos¬ 
pheric  moisture.  On  account  of  the  very 
small  proportion  found  in  plants  themselves, 
it  is  denied  by  some  writers  that  it  consti¬ 
tutes  a  vegetable  food  at  all :  but  it  certainly 
acquires  value  from  the  properties  mentioned 
above. 

Calcareous  earth,  or  earth  containing  the 
various  salts  of  lime,  such  as  the.  phosphate, 


PHOSPHATES. 

These  are  present  in  considerable  quantity 
in  all  our  most  nutritious  plants.  TL( _ 


.  This  sub- 

stauoe  forms  the  Chief  part  of  what  is  sold  as 
bone  manure,  and  is  the  ingredient  which 
gives  to  that  manure  its  value,  for  it  is  not, 
as  was  formerly  held,  dependent  on  the 
amount  of  nitrogen! Zed  matter  for  its  fertil¬ 
izing  effect.  A  soil  which  Is  destitute  of  this 
material  is  totally  unlit  for  producing  grain, 
peas  or  beans. 

COMMON  SALT. 

cun  hardly  bo  said  to  constitute  a  vegetable, 
food,  but  still  it  is  of  service  in  assisting  the 
decomposition  of(vege tabic  and  animal  fiber, 
and  would  therefore  assist  hi  the  assimilation 
of  green  crops  when  turned  under.  It  is 
not  impossible,  perhaps,  that  its  property  of 
attracting  moisture  from  the  air  may  also  be 
of  value. 

VEGETABLE  MANURE. 

Under  this  head  we  include,  perhaps,  the 
most  valuable  means  of  enriching  light  soil. 
All  green  succulent  plants  contain  saccharine 
and  mucilaginous  mat  ter,  with  woody  fiber, 
and  rcadilv  1011110111,  They  should  therefore, 
if  intended  for  manure,  tie  used  as  soon  as 
possible  after  death,  lienee  the  grand  prin¬ 
ciple  of  turning  in  green  crops.  They  must 
not,  however,  be  plowed  under  too  deep,  lest 
fermentation  bo  prevented  by  compression 
and  exclusion  of  uir.  As  was  mentioned 
above,  such  crops  should  be  turned  under 
when  in  tlower,  or  at  the  commencement  of 
flowering,  for  ii  is  then  that  they  contain  the 
largest  quantity  of  easily  soluble  matter. 

What  crop  is  most  suitable  lor  the  purpose 
mentioned  above  i  It  has  been  found  that 
Clover  possesses  the  valuahle  property  of 
withstanding  a  dry  soil,  and  in  consequence 
will  succeed  where  cereals  would  fail.  It 
also  reaches  perfection  at.  a  bight  which 
permits  it  to  be  turned  in,  and  in  consequence 
possesses  a  great  advantage.  As  to  the 
proper  variety,  the  common  red  succeeds 
perhaps  as  well  as  any  ;  for  we  must  look 


FIELD  NOTES 


NOTES  FOR  NATURALISTS, 


How  to  Keep  Early  Hose,  Potatoes  for 
spring  planting  in  the  South,  is  thus  described 
by  P.  J.  Beuckmans  in  Farmer  and  Gardener, 
Augusta,  Go. : — He  digs  the  potatoes  when 
ripe,  in  June,  andspreads'them  on  a  platform 
under  the  shade  of  a  tree.  During  a  rain 
they  are  covered  with  bagging.  These  pota¬ 
toes  are  planted  early  in  August,  and  are 
ready  to  harvest  by  the  first  of  November. 
This  second  crop  should  be  planted  on  land 
that  had  been  well  manured  in  the  spring, 
but  no  manure)  is  used  at  the  time  of  plant- 
iug.  Whole,  medium-sized  tubere  are  used. 
The  ground  is  kept  level,  and  well  mulched 
with  straw  or  litter.  The  potatoes  raised  in 
this  manner  keep  well  until  late  in  the  spring. 

Early  Hose  Potatoes. — Lust  spring  I  plant¬ 
ed  six  rows,  fifty  feet  in  length,  with  Early 
Rose  Potatoes.  They  had  no  cultivation  ex¬ 
cept  what  1  gave  them  with  the  hoe,  which 
was  of  course  not  what  a  strong  mau  could 
have  done  for  them.  Just  twelve  weeks 
from  the  day  of  planting  1  began  to  use 
them,  and  found  them  larger  than  hen's 
eggs.  I  have  used  more  or  less  every  day 
since,  and  to-day  they  were  dug,  and  I  have 
ten  bushels  of  fine  potatoes. — Aunt  Lop, 
Aug.  6,  1373. 


The  Polar  Bear.— The  bear  of  the  Arctic 
regions  does  not  hug  like  other  bears,  but 
bites  at  his  opponent ;  and  ho  declines  to  eat 
his  captive  until  life  is  quite  extinct.  Like  a 
cat,  he  plays  with  liis  victim.  Among  the 
Exquimaux  of  Greenland  ho  plays  strange 
pranks,  often  creeping  upon  U10  hunter 
while  busy  fencing  a  seal,  and  Lapping  him 
on  the  shoulder  with  his  powerful  paw.  It 
is  then  the  unfortunate  man’s  cue  to  “  feign 
dead,’’  so  that  when  Brownie  retreats  a  few 
paces  to  enjoy  the  prospect  of  his  intended 
meal,  the  gnu  cun  be  got  ready  before  ho  re¬ 
turns  again  to  the  attack. 

How  to  Get  Hid  of  Ground  Squirrels. — 
Can  some  of  your  readers  advise  me  how  to 
get  rid  of  ground  squirrels  or  prairie  dogs, 
whichever  they  be  — not  the  little  striped 
kind  that  infest  the  woods,  but  those  that 
burrow'  in  the  hill-sides.  They  seem  to  live 
in  colonies,  and  are  very  destructive  to  all 
kinds  of  vegetables.  They  burrow  so  deep 
I  cannot  dig  them  out.  1  tried  poisoning 
them  with  beans  and  wheat  soaked  in  strych¬ 
nine,  and  put  it  in  their  holes  ;  the  gram  all 
disappeared,  but  1  have  not  missed  any  squir¬ 
rels.— j.  ii,  e, 

-  - —  ~  -a  c  h.':  AxSk 


T.  4 


MOORE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


343 


DAIRY  NOTES  ON  COLORADO. 

SECOND  ARTICLE, 

BUTTER  PRODUCT  IN  1870. 

Reference  has  been  made  to  butter  dairy¬ 
ing  in  Colorado  as  offering  at  the  present 
tirno  a  good  field  for  operation.  The  U.  B. 
Census  of  1870  gives  the  butter  product  of 
Colorado  at  .'3112,930  pounds,  and  the  cheese 
product  at  .'id, (12(1  pounds.  The  production 
both  of  butter  and  cheese  has  doubtless  been 
increased  considerably  during  the  past  three 
years,  but  a  very  large  supply,  especially  of 
butter,  is  demanded  from  the  States, 

BUTTER  DAIRIES  MOST  NEEDED. 

Cheese  can,  no  doubt,  be  made  at  a  profit 
iu  Colorado  :  but  it  seemed  to  us  there  was  a 
more  immediate  want  of  butter  dai ries,  while 
the  climate,  the  water  and  the  grasses  at  the 
base  of  tile  mountains  are  particularly  well 
adapted  to  this  specialty.  The  grasses  are  of 
a  character  to  make  rich  milk,  and  in  a  coun¬ 
try  like  Coloi’ado,  whore  there  is  a  large 
profit  in  raising  all  the  calves  dropped,  the 
skimmed  milk  can  be  utilized  to  advantage 
(or  this  purpose.  Again,  the  large  mining 
population,  together  ivith  that  springing  up 
in  the  towns  and  cities,  must  cause  a  steady 
and  reliable  demand,  making  a  good  home 
market  for  a  large  production. 

AMERICANS  AS  BUTTER  EATERS. 

There  may  be  difference  of  opiuion  in  the 
minds  of  people  in  regard  to  particular  kinds 
of  food  und  whether  they  are  essential  or 
necessary  ;  but  all  are  pretty  well  agreed 
upon  the  butter  question.  A  table  without 
butter,  whether  at  breakfast,  dinner  or  sup¬ 
per,  is  not  considered  complete,  however  well 
supplied  with  a  variety  of  other  f sods,  while, 
the  absence  of  cheese  at  any  meal  might  not 
perhaps,  be  missed,  or  at  any  rate  would  not 
be  recognized  so  much  as  a  necessity.  And 
yet  cheese  is  a  more  nutritious  article  of  food 
than  butter.  The  latter,  however,  has  re¬ 
markable  qualities  for  rendering  other  kinds 
of  food  more  palatable.  It  has  come  to  be— 
so  to  speak— the  “great  American  relish,” 
which  all  classes  must  have  in  abundance  to 
use  in  various  forms  in  seasoning  nearly 
every  kind  of  food.  That  Americans  are 
excessive  butter  eaters  has  long  been  remark¬ 
ed  by  European  travelers,  and  that  the  habit 
in  the  use  ol  this  article  is  increasing1,  per 
capita,  can  be  easily  proved  by  referring  to 
statistics  of  population  and  butter  produe 
tion  from  time  to  time.  Another  significant 
tact  may  bo  noted,  the  growing  desire  among 
all  chesses  for  an  extra  flue  article  and  the 
willingness  to  pay  very  high  prices,  compar¬ 
atively,  for  the  best  or  choicest  grades. 

BUTTER  CONSUMPTION  OF  COLORADO. 

Mr.  S.  <}.  Nott,  who  has  been  engaged  in 
making  butter  in  Colorado  since  1808,  from  a 
dairy  of  2.7  to  80  cows,  and  who  has  sold  his 
product  directly  to  consumers,  in  quantity 
to  siut  the  wants  of  each  family,  makes  the 
following  affirmation,  viz.  r— That  a  family 
of  two,  three,  four  or  more  persons  required 
a  pound  a  week  for  each  member  of  the  fam¬ 
ily  through  the  year,  and  from  his  experience 
and  observation  iu  this  respect,  he  estimates 
the  annual  consumption  of  butter  in  Colorado 
to  be  at  the  rate  of  52  pounds  per  head.  The 
population  of  Colorado  is  now  said  to  bo  over 
100,001)  persons,  which  would  make  an  annual 
consumption  of  butter  for  the  present  time 
over  5,000,000  pounds.  This,  at  40c.  per  pound, 
comes  to  $2,000, 000.  A  large  shave  of  the  but¬ 
ter  used  is  imported.  So  it  will  be  seen  with 
a  population  rapidly  increasing,  butter  mak¬ 
ing  offers  a  fair  prospect  of  remuneration  to 
the  dairymen. 

THE  PEOPLE  ANO  THEIR  TASTES. 

It  may  occur  at  first  thought,  that  a  new 
country  like  Colorado  would  naturally  have 
a  population  with  an  over-biirthansome  ele-  , 
meut  of  rough  and  non-progressive  minds. 
Quite  the  contrary,  it  seemed  to  us,  was  the  i 
rule.  Wherever  we  went  law  was  respected  s 
and  order  prevailed,  and  if  any  one  going  to 
Colorado  fancies  he  is  not  to  come  in  contact 
with  a  goodly  number  of  refined  and  intelli¬ 
gent  people,  lie  will  be  very  favorably  disap-  . 
pointed.  The  hotels  in  the  cities  and  villages  ; 
are  well  managed,  and  provided  with  all  the 
comforts,  not  to  say  elegancies,  of  the  East.  ! 
Even  in  the  mining  towns  like  Central,  one  ! 
could  not  wish  for  a  more  luxurious  repast  1 
than  that  furnished  at  the  commodious,  well  I 
managed  Teller  House.  , 

At  Denver,  at  Colorado  Springs,  Mauitou  < 
and  other  places,  the  hotels  are  fine  and  well  i 
conducted.  Not  only  the  population  of  the  1 
towns  and  villages,  but  the  intlux  of  visitor  i 
and  touri3ts  from  all  parts  of  the  East  com-  i 
ing  here  for  pleasure  and  health,  require  i 


tiie  market  to  he  supplied  with  dairy  pro¬ 
ducts  the  finest  in  flavor  and  best  that  can  be 
produced  ;  for  these  grades  of  goods  will  be 
properly  appreciated  and  eagerly  taken  at 
high  prices  in  preference  to  ordinary  grades 
at  ordinary  rates. 

Labor,  too,  Is  well  remunerated.  The  miner 
gets  from  .88  to  81  per  day,  and  is  disposed  to 
have  the  best  kinds  of  food.  And  we  allude 
to  these  facts  to  show  that  the  dairyman  who 
has  high  skill  in  manufacturing  either  butter 
or  cheese,  will  find  that  his  goods,  if  of  extra 
quality,  are  duly  appreciated  iu  the  Colorado 
markets,  and  will  command  good  prices. 


,  WINTERING  STOCK,  IRRIGATION,  ETC. 

.  Again  ;  the  fact  that  a  comparat  ively  small 
•  amount  of  fodder  is  required  to  he  stored  for 
wintering  stock,  gives  the  dairyman  ample 
time  and  opportunity  to  devote  more  atten¬ 
tion  to  grain  raising  than  at  the  East.  It  is 
true,  that  to  raise  grain  crops  in  this  country 
it  is  necessary  to  irrigate  ;  but  tho  requisite 
preparat  ion  for  irrigation  is  neither  so  diffi¬ 
cult  nor  expensive  as  is  generally  imagined. 
The  country  along  the  base  of  tho  mountains 
lies  in  long,  gentle  slopes,  thus  rendering  the 
task  of  turning  the  streams  from  their  chan¬ 
nels  so  as  to  overflow  the  face  of  the  country 
a  comparatively  easy  one,  us  the  streams 
have  a  fall  varying  from  10  to  50  feet  to  the 
mile.  On  largo  tracts  of  land  the  average 
Original  cost,  it  is  estimated,  is  not  over  one 
dollar  per  acre,  while  tho  expense  of  repairs, 
including  superintendence,  does  not  exceed 
35  cents  {per  acre.  Tho  cost  of  constructing 
tho  main  canals  is  usually  borne  by  a  neigh¬ 
borhood  of  farm  era  and  bears  lightly  on 
each  individual.  The  cost  of  constructing 
the  lateral  ditches  on  tho  premises  occupied 
by  each  farmer  is  trifling,  because  they  are 
small  and  easily  made. 

YIELD  OF  CROPS. 

The  yield  of  wheat  is  often  as  much  as  35 
to  40  bushels  to  tho  acre.  From  reliable  sta¬ 
tistics  made  up  by  comparing  the  total  num¬ 
ber  of  acres  m  Colorado,  cultivated  in  grain 
crops,  with  the  quantity  produced,  tile  fol¬ 
lowing  is  given  as  about  the  average  yield 
through  the  Territory  per  acre  :  -Wheat,  27 
bushels  ;  oats,  55  ;  corn,  30  ;  potatoes.  150  to 
200  ;  onions,  250  ;  beans,  30  and  barley  33. 

During  all  the  spring  and  summer  months 
little,  or  no  rain  falls,  and  even  at  other  sea¬ 
sons  the  earth  is  seldom  moistened  with 
showers.  The  past  season,  it  is  sa  id,  has  been 
an  exception,  showers  of  short  duration  hav¬ 
ing  been  more  frequent  than  for  other  sea¬ 
sons. 

FARMS  VISITED. 

AVe  visited  some  of  the  farms  and  took 
statements  from  a  number  of  farmers,  well 
known  and  reliable  men,  and  it  will  not  be 
out  of  place,  perhaps,  to  give  from  our  notes 
the  following  : 

GEO.  F.  PACKARD'S  FARM. 

Mr.  Packard  is  President  of  the  Colorado 
Farmer’s  Union,  a  society  designed  to  bear 
the  same  relation  to  the  County  Agricultural 
Societies  and  Fanners’  Clubs  in  the  Territory 
ns  that  held  by  the  State  Agricultural  Socie¬ 
ties  iu  tho  East. 

Mr.  Packard  has  a  fine  farm  of  120  acres 
with  pleasant  and  commodious  buildings 
where  he  resides  on  Clear  Creek  bottom, 
about  six  miles  west  of  Denver.  Thu  farm 
is  on  Clear  Creek,  and  what  is  called  the  bot¬ 
tom  lands  are  about  15  miles  long  by  one 
mile  wide.  Mr.  P.  pays  some  attention  to 
gardening,  and  has  from  10  to  12  acres  in  po¬ 
tatoes,  corn  and  vegetables,  and  these  were 
all  looking  well,  lie  has  80  acres  of  wheat 
this  year,  and  about  12  acres  opposite  his 
residence  devoted  to  pasturage.  The  grasses 
here  are  the  native  grasses,  Mesquitor  Grcm- 
mu,  the  Blue  Joint,  &c.,  &c.  Mr.  Packard 
stated  that  upon  this  field  of  12  acres  he  pas¬ 
tured  six  cows  and  six  horses,  and  that  it  was 
sufficient  for  their  maintenance  during  six 
months  of  the  year.  AY©  went  upon  the  field 
and  examined  tho  sward  and  the  stock.  The 
grass  was  short,  and  like  other  pasturage  in 
Colorado  did  not  form  a  solid  turf  like  the 
grass  lands  of  the  East.  The  stock  looked 
sleek,  thrifty,  and  in  fine  condition.  The  field 
was  not  irrigated. 

PASTURAGE  PER  COW. 

Mr.  Packard  stated  from  his  experience 
and  observation  he  should  estimate  that  an 
acre  and  one-half  of  pasturage  in  Colorado 
would  be  sufficient  to  keep  a  cow  in  feed  for 
six  months,  and  that  two  acres  would  vield 
sufficient  for  her  keep  during  the  year.  From 
the  middle  of  April  to  tho  middle  of  Novem¬ 
ber,  there  are  no  storms  to  prevent  cattle 
feeding  on  pasturage.  In  winter  snow  storms 
sometimes  occur  of  four  and  five  days’  dura 
lion,  which  may  interrupt  the  heeding  of  cat 
tie  on  pasturage,  and  then  a  supply  of  food 
should  be  at  hand  to  carry  stock  over  these 
intervals.  Clover  does  well  ou  this  soil,  and 
red  top  remarkably  well,  yielding  enormous 


'-  crops,  Timothy  is  also  grown  successfully, 
£>  and  can  be  cultivated  ou  all  wheat  lands, 

0  GEO.  YULES'  FARM. 

Mr.  Yule  has  a  farm  of  180  acres  west  of 
9  Denver,  and  about  eight  miles  from  the  foot 
of  the  mountain.  The  soil  here  is  a  sandy 
r  loam.  Mr.  Y.  has  this  year  about  80  acres 
'  in  wheat,  7  acres  in  oats,  5  acres  in  corn  and 
■  <>  acres  in  red  top.  A  part  of  his  meadow 

>  that  we  passed  over  was  very  thick  and 
heavy— it  had  been  irrigated.  Mr.  Yule  takes 

1  his  water  from  a  company’s  main  canal 

>  which  brings  tho  water  from  Clear  Creek — 
paying  for  the  same  at  the  rate  of  $1.5(1  per 
mile,  or  at  that  rate  for  a  stream  of  water 

I  having  an  inch  capacity  as  it.  flows  from  the 
.  gates.  He  uses  00  inches  of  water  for  irrigat- 
,  ing  100  acres.  He  estimates  the  time  spent 
in  irrigating  to  bo  no  more  than  10  days  for 
;  all  his  crops  during  the  season. 

MR.  EVERETT  S  PEACE. 

Not  far  from  Mr.  Yule’s,  Mr.  M.  N.  Ever¬ 
ett  lias  a  fine  farm  of  160  acres,  100  of  which 
is  in  wheat,  and  a  very  nice  crop  too,  It  was 
nearly  ready  for  the  harvest  at  the  time  of 
our  visit.  The  soil  hero  is  a  sandy  loam, 

Mr.  Everett  gave  testimony  similar  to  that 
of  Mr.  Packard  and  others  in  regard  to  the. 
nutritive  value  of  tho  native  grasses  for  stock 
feeding.  Upon  this  farm  we  found  speci¬ 
mens  of  Magquit  grass  on  irrigated  grounds 
that  was  of  heavy  growth,  surpass  ing  any 
we  had  before  seen  in  vigor  and  luxuriance. 
Mr.  Everett  showed  us  also  a  field  of  timo¬ 
thy  which  had  been  recently  nut,  tho  crop 
in  cocks  still  remaining  on  the  ground.  This 
was  only  what  would  be  called  a  medium 
crop  in  New  York,  and  upon  our  remarking 
in  regal'd  to  the  loose  turf  and  sparaenesB  of 
the  plants,  Mr.  E.  explained  by  saying  the 
seed  had  not  taken  {well,  but  when  properly 
seeded,  very  heavy  crops  of  this  kind  of 
grass  could  bo  grown  on  the  land  by  irrigation. 

MR.  RANO'S  FARM. 

Mr.  AY.  A.  Rand’s  farm  islocatod  in  Jeffer¬ 
son  county,  seven  miles  northeast  of  Golden, 
and  about  eight  miles  northwest  of  Denver. 

'1  ho  tract  comprises  about  1,500  acres,  and  is 
situated  eight  miles  from  the  foot-hills.  He 
is  largely  interested  iu  a  main  Canal  for  irri¬ 
gating  purposes,  which  starts  at  the  foot  of 
Golden,  on  Clear  Creek.  About  two  miles  of 
this  ditch  was  cut  in  1859.  Iu  18(53  it  was  ex¬ 
tended  time  miles  to  Ralston  Creek,  and  is 
now  extended  35  miles.  When  completed 
the  water  flowing  through  it  will  irrigate 
20,000  acres,  and  when  the  reservoirs  are 
made,  Mr.  Rand  says  no  less  than  40,000 
acres  can  be  supplied  with  water  for  irrigat¬ 
ing  purposes. 

A  GRAND  PROJECT. 

Mr.  Rand  referred  to  a  movement  contem¬ 
plated  for  using  tho  waters  of  the  Platte  for 
irrigation.  Lakes  and  reservoirs  ure  to  he 
constructed,  and  by  properly  locating  and 
cutting  the  main  canal,  an  immense  region 
could  be  irrigated.  The  cost  t  >f  this  improve¬ 
ment,  it  was  estimated,  would  be  $200,000, 
and  aid  would  bo  asked  from  Congress.  A 
meeting  had  been  called  in  September  to 
take  action  in  the  matter.  The  canal  refer 
red  to,  in  which  Mr.  Rand  is  directly  inter¬ 
ested,  will  cost,  when  complete,  about  $40,- 
0OO,  and  the  average  cost  of  water  for  irriga¬ 
tion  idong  its  course,  $2  per  inch.  Of  course, 
those  near  tho  head  get  it  at  much  less  cost. 
Mr.  Rand  says  many  farmers  make  an  ex¬ 
travagant  use  of  water,  if  used  economi¬ 
cally,  100  inches,  ho  estimates,  is  amply  suffi¬ 
cient  for  irrigating  200  acres.  It  requires 
some  experience  in  building  dams  to  know 
where  the  water  is  to  be  used  to  the  best  ad¬ 
vantage.  For  grain  crops  the  land  is  irri¬ 
gated  in  tho  months  of  June  and  July. 

IRRIGATING  GRAIN  CROPS. 

If  there  should  he  late  rains,  one  irrigation 
in  J uiy  will  suffice.  For  grain  crops  the  seed 
is  usually  sown  about  first  of  April,  and  a 
first  irrigation  is  given  when  the  plants  are 
stooling.  The  second  irrigation,  when  the 
grain  has  headed  and  is  in  a  milky  state. 
The  water  is  run  over  the  ground  so  as  to 
flood  the  grain  and  then  turned  immediately 
off.  In  preparing  the  fields  the  ground  is 
laid  off  in  lands  say  about  four  rods  apart, 
according  to  circumstances  ;  but  sometimes 
further,  and  as  much  as  20  rods  apart ;  but  it 
takes  longer  to  wet  it.  The  loss  of  water 
from  soakage  and  evaporation  in  the  ditch 
Mr.  Rand  estimates  to  be  about  1-10. 

WHEAT  LANDS  WITHOUT  REST. 

Mr.  Rand  says  he  has  been  raising  wheat 
since  1803,  irrigating  from  this  ditch,  and  his 
crop  has  never,  on  an  average,  fallen  below 
20  bushels  to  the  acre.  His  uverage  now  is 
25  bushels  per  acre.  He  has  raised  eight 
crops  of  wheat  on  the  sumo  soil,  and  finds  no 
apparent  loss  in  its  fertility.  Every  time  the 
soil  is  irrigated  he  thinks,  is  equal  to  a  coat 
of  manure. 


THE  HARVEST  OTHER  CROPS, 

He  usually  commences  to  cut,  and  harvest 
the  wheat  crop  t  he  1st  of  August.  Oats  pro¬ 
duce  on  this  land  at  the  rate  of  40  bushels  per 
acre  ;  barley  at  the  rate  of  20  bushels  per 
acre.  The  average  yield  of  potatoes  has  been 
100  bushels  per  acre.  The  soil  is  excellent  for 
vegetables.  His  onions  not  (infrequently 
weigh  four  pounds  each,  and  heads  of  cab¬ 
bage  have  been  grown  weighing  (50  pounds. 
The  AYiningstadt  variety  average  about  10 
pounds  per  head. 

WEEDS. 

AYeeds,  he  says,  are  getting  somewhat 
troublesome,  but  by  irrigating  iu  the  fall  and 
fall  plowing,  he  thinks  they  can  be  killed  on 
old  ground.  Wheat  sells  for  2 H  cents  per 
pound  ;  corn,  l!Je. ;  oats,  2o„  and  potatoes, 
Hay  is  worth  on  an  average,  in  Denver, 
$20  per  ton.  On  the  large  ranches  where  it 
is  cut,  $5  per  ton  ;  but  when  it  is  taken  to 
the  mountains,  it  commands  from  $30  to  $60 
per  ton. 

THE  KEEP  OF  GOWS. 

Mr.  Rand  says  he  has  kept,  on  an  average, 
as  many  as  25  cows  since  18(53,  and  sometimes 
Id  head.  During  that  tirno  he  bus  not  led 
*,0I)  cnI  i'u  feed  iu  addition  to  pasturage. 
His  cows  run  out  in  winter  and  food  entirely 
upon  grass.  He  believes,  however,  it  would, 
be  economy  to  raise  corn  fodder  and  roots 
and  feed  cows,  as  occasion  requires.  His 
cows  run  on  the  same  range  during  summer 
and  winter. 

TWO  ACRES  TO  THE  COW. 

Mr.  Rand  says  two  acres  of  his  grass  as  it 
is  now— the  natural  prairie  grass — will  afford 
sufficient  food  for  a  cow.  The  natural  pas¬ 
tures  grow  bettor  from  year  to  year,  as  they 
are  fed  by  cattle. 

IRRIGATED  PASTURES. 

If  the  grass  lauds  were  irrigated,  one  acre 
of  natural  pasturage,  ho  says,  would  keep  a 
cow  supplied  with  food  for  lha  year.  By 
irrigation,  tho  Buffalo  grass,  the  Mesquit  and 
Blue- Joiht,  he  says,  form  a  perfect  mat,  an 
make  as  good  a  turf  as  he  ever  saw  East. 

YIELD  OF  HAY. 

By  irrigating,  the  native  grasses  will  yield 
on  an  average,  two  tons  of  cured  hay  per 
ocre. 

WINTERING  SHEEP. 

The  winters  are  open,  with  little  or  no 
snow,  but  the  ground  freezes.  Two  years 
ago,  Mr,  Rand  said,  he  wintered  2,000  sheep 
on  pasturage  and  lost  but  one.  The  only 
storm  of  importance  that  year  came  on  the 
7th  of  April  and  lasted  24  hours.  He  put  his 
sheep  in  the  corral  and  they  came  through 
as  before  stated,  all  right. 


PIG-PEN  PAPERS. 

77m  Rural  and  the  Swineherd.  —  AY.  B. 
Mri.t.s,  Saratoga  Springs,  writes  Sept.  1  :_‘<j 
am  once  more  aide  to  use  my  baud  to  write 
1  have  been  helpless  since  March  last  and 
during  the  whole  time  I  have  had  three  doc¬ 
tors  and  the  Rural  New-Yorker.  Doctors 
I  had  from  three  to  seven  times  per  week  and 
I  lie  Rural,  once  a  week,  i  am  of  the  opinion 
that  the  Rural  and  my  good  grit  is  ail  that 
saved  my  life.  Every  time  the  good  old 
Rural  came,  I  cheered  up  ;  but  when  the 
old-school  doctors  came  I  soon  was  worse.  I 
think  now,  that  as  long  as  I  live  and  the  Ru¬ 
ral  is  living,  1  will  lie  a  subscriber  to  it.  Not¬ 
withstanding  all  tho  troubles,  i  have  made 
sales  of  Berkshires  like  the  following  Five 
to  J.  Stone  &  Co.,  Ban  Francisco,  Cal.,  for 
$200  to  be  Shipped  Sept.  15  ;  and  25  to  other 
parties  in  this  and  adjoining  States.” 

So«w  Dcvourmo  Younq.- In  the  Run  At, 
New-Yorker  of  July  19,  1x7:1,  page  45,  i  no¬ 
ticed  under  tho  heading  of  “To  prevent  sows 
devouring  young,”  beginning  with  fourth 
line—  and  sometimes  they  won’t  lot  down 
their  milk.  AVhen  this  state  of  things  is  not. 
caused  by  a  diseased  state  of  the  uterus  &<•  ” 
Now  can  you  inform  me,  through  your  col¬ 
umns,  what  remedy  to  apply  when  it  is 
caused  by  a  diseased  state  of  the  uterus  '< 
and  if  any  preventive  can  be  applied  f—C  A 
Newton,  Fortune  Co.,  0. 

We  cannot  ;  perhaps  some  of  our  corres¬ 
pondents  can. 

Hops  Batina  Dirt,.— I  think  if  our  friend 
Jefferson  YV inship  of  Butler  Co  Neb 
would  keep  a  supply  of  salt  and  wood  ashes 
where  his  hogs  can  have  access  to  it  at  all 
times,  it  would  make  them  do  better,  besides 
curing  them  <  <f  their  disposition  to  “eat.  dirt  ” 
— P.  D.  B.,  Clyde,  O. 

Suit  and  Wood  Ashes  are  necessary  (at 
least  useful),  for  growing  pigs  when  on  fresh 
green  feed.  Fresh  water  should  be  easy  of 
access  to  them  and  abundant.  If  pigs  are 
filthy  in  thei  habits,  it  is  usually  because  tliev 
are  educated  by  their  owners 


the  mule-producing  marcs  generally  standing 
from  15  to  ltJ  hands,  and  sometimes  higher. 

Perhaps  the  most  extraordinary  part  of  the 
Poitou  ass  is  the  coat,  with  which  he  is 
blessed  or  cursed,  as  the  case  may  be.  From 
the  day  he  is  bom  to  the  day'  of  his  death  no 
brush  or  comb  is  ever  allowed  to  be  used  on 
him  ;  and  us,  from  the  unnatural  condition 
in  which  lie  is  kept,  he  is  prevented  in  a  great 
measure  from  shedding  his  coat,  the  func¬ 
tions  of  the  skin  become  suspend'd,  and  the 
animal  assumes  year  alter  year  an  accumula¬ 
tion  of  coats  all  matted  together  with  stable 
filth,  till  at  length  the  united  coats  almost 
trail  on  the  ground  !  When  be  has  assumed 
this  extraordinary  and  bear  dike  appearance, 
he  is  pointed  to  with  no  little  pride  by  his 
owner,  and  is  termed  BmiraiVornc,  or  some¬ 
times  G-ueniltov*.  Such  is  ignorance  and 
prejudice  !  Suffice  it  to  say  that  this  state 
of  things  almost,  invariably  produces  cutane¬ 
ous  affections  of  the  worst  description. 

The  point  in  the  Poitou  ass  to  which  your 
readers  will  in  the  main  take  exception  is  the 
great  size  of  the  head  and  the  length  of  the 
ears.  The  Poitou  jackass  is  kept  mainly  for 
breeding  heavy  draught  mules :  and  it  has 
long  been  an  axiom  among  the  breedei  s  that 
these  mules  cannot  be  produced  with  the 
necessary  size  and  weight  without  corres- 
pondingfy  large  heads  and  ears,  and  that 
these  large  heads  and  ears  can  only  be  com¬ 
municated  through  the  medium  of  jackasses 
already  blessed  with  a  plethora  of  these 
appendages. 


the  center  of  the  building  extended  a  fine 
display  of  carriages  aud  sleighs.  The  center 
of  the  building  under  the  dome  was  occupied 
by  Mr.  V.  P.  Douw  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  who 
exhibited  some  fine  specimens  of  Garden 
Vases,  Statuary,  etc.,  with  a  handsome  foun¬ 
tain  in  operation.  The  southeast,  portion  was 
occupied  by  the  Dairy  and  Vegetable  Depart¬ 
ment..  The  show  of  Dairy  Products  was 
probably  the  largest  ever  made  at  a  New 
York  State  Fair.  The  number  of  cheeses 
from  both  factory  and  private  dairies  was 
very  large  and  of  fine  quality,  while  the 
entries  of  butter,  especially  pound  rolls,  wus 
never  equaled  either  in  quantity  or  quality. 


THE  POITOU  ASS. 

Poitou  is  iu  France,  and  at  the  winter 
Fairs,  is  overrun  by  dealers  of  all  nations, 
who  buy  strings  of  mules  to  take  home  for 
use  or  sale  The  Poitou  ass  is  supposed  to 
have  been  originally  of  Spanish  extraction. 
He  differs,  however,  very  considerably  in 
outward  appearance  from  his  Spanish  pro¬ 
genitor — a  difference  brought  about  chiefly 
by  selection  and  careful  breeding.  His  head 
and  ears  arc  enormous,  and  the  larger  they 


NEW  YORK  STATE  FAIE 


This  Fair —held  at  Albany,  Kept.  24  to  Oct. 
1 — opened  under  very  favorable  auspices  aud 
was  remarkably  successful  up  to  the  time 
our  last  accounts  of  it  closed  (Saturday.)  We 
have  not  space  for  many  details  this  week, 
but  give  below  a  portion  of  the  notes  sent  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  by  one  of  its  special 
reporters  attending  the  Fair. 

LIVE  STOCK  DEPARTMENT. 

The  general  show  of  Bl  ock  was  very  good. 
The  pens  erected  by  the  Society  arc  situated 
on  the  west  side  of  the  grounds,  the  accom¬ 
modation  for  exhibitors  being  better  than 
usual. 

Cattle  -  The  show  of  Short  Homs  was  very 
light,  there  being  only  rl  entries  in  alL  Mr. 
CnAf>.  F.  Wadkwort  of  Geiuseo,  exhibited 
a  number  of  fine  animuls,  and  carried  off 
most  of  the  premiums.  There  was  the  finest 
display  of  Devons  that  was  ever  made  at  a 
New  York  State  Fair,  there  being  48  entries. 
The  principal  exhibitors  were  Messrs.  Joseph 
Hilton,  New  Scotland,  N.  ¥.,  and  Mr. 
Mattoon  Springfield,  Mass.  Of  Herefords 
and  Holstein?  there  was  a  line  show.  Of  the 
former  there  were  13  entries,  and  of  the 
latter  29.  The  Ayreshires  were  well  repre¬ 
sented,  the  entries  numbering  97.  The  promi¬ 
nent,  exhibitors  were  Messrs.  Brouik,  Son  & 
Converse.  Rural  Hill,  N.  Y. ;  S.  D.  Hunger- 
ford,  Adams  N,  Y. ;  Sturtevavi  Bros., 
Sou tli  Framingham,  Mass.  ;  and  JoilN  L. 
Gum,  Compton,  Quebec.  The  Jerseys  were 
plentiful,  and  the  animals,  as  a  rule,  very 
good.  Number  of  eutries  117.  The  principal 
herd  exhibitors  were  Messrs.  E.  F.  Bowdrich, 
Framingham,  Massachusetts;  Frank  D.  Cur¬ 
tis,  Chariton,  N.  Y.  ;  J.  Carter  Brown, 
E.  Greenwich,  R.  1. ;  Edward  Barnett, 
Southborough,  Mass.;  W.  B.  Dinsmore, 
Btaatsburgh,  New  York,  aud  F.  J.  Hand, 
Sing  Sing,  Now  York.  Of  Milch  Cows  and 
Grades,  there  were  2(1  entries,  aud  49  entries 
of  Working  Cattle  and  Steers.  We  notice 
that  the  show  of  New  England  Cattle  at  this 
Fair  was  larger  thau  at  the  New  England 
Fair  at  Mcdl'ord,  Mass,,  last  month. 

Hornes.— The  display  of  Horses  was  very 
fine,  there  being  194  entries.  The  stalls  were 
on  the  east  side  of  the  grounds,  easy  of  ac¬ 
cess,  and  offering  line  accommodation  to  ex¬ 
hibitors. 

Sheep.— The  pens  for  Sheep  were  next,  to 
the  Cattle  pens,  on  the  west  side.  The  num¬ 
ber  of  entries  was  very  large,  although  there 
did  not  seem  to  be  as  much  interest  as  usual 
in  this  department.  There  were  of  Merinoes 
79  eutries  ;  Fat  Sheep,  20 ;  Leicester,  32  ; 
Cotswolds,  30;  Lincolns,  10;  Middle  Wools,  37. 

St  vine. — The  show  of  Swine  was  large  and 
excellent.  Their  pens  adjoined  the  Sheep. 
Tfiere  were  of  the  large,  White  Breed  25 
entries  ;  small  White  Breed,  36 ;  small  Black 
Breed,  4 ;  Berkshire,  58.  Frank  D.  Curtis 
exhibited  some  fine  specimens  of  the  Vic¬ 
toria  (small  white)  breed. 

Poult  ry . — This  department  has  a  fine  build¬ 
ing  on  the  northwest  position  of  the  grounds, 
fitted  up  with  substantial  stationary  coops, 
presenting  a  neat  and  uniform  appearance. 
There  were  194  coops  filled.  The  quality  of 
the  ent  ries  was  good.  Among  the  entries  we 
not  ic  ed  some  fiue  Scotch  Collie  Dogs,  exhibit¬ 
ed  by  F.  D.  Curtis. 

MACHINERY  HALL. 

This  building  is  located  on  the  northern 
portion  of  the  grounds.  Its  dimensions  are 
G2  by  182  feet,  and  it  is  rectangular  in  shape. 
The  exterior  is  quite  ornamental,  being 
adorned  by  center  pavilion,  supported  by 
heavy  pilasters  with  carved  caps.  The 
upper  part  is  surmounted  with  a  large  flag¬ 
staff,  There  was  a  large  number  of  eu¬ 
tries  in  this  department,  tilling  the  building 
with  heavy  machinery,  such  as  Cotton  Gins, 
Steam  Fire  Engines,  Power  Corn  Huskors, 
Steam  Lathes,  Wood  Working  Machinery, 
etc.,  etc.,  with  power  supplied  by  a  seventy- 
five  Horse-Power  Engine  exhibited  by  Town¬ 
send  &  J  ackSGN,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

MANUFACTURERS'  HALL. 

This  building,  occupying  the  central  posi¬ 
tion  of  the  group,  and  being  intended  for  the 
general  exhibition  of  Home  Manufactures  of 
all  kinds,  is  tlie  most  imposing  of  the  series. 
Like  Machinery  Hall,  it  is  rectangular  in 
shape,  with  floor  demonsions  12li  by  2511  feet, 
the  long  sides  facing  east  and  west.  It  is 
designed  in  the  modern  Swiss  style,  and  con¬ 
structed  of  timber,  supported  on  substantial 
brick  piers.  The  display  iu  this  department 
was  very  imposing,  the  building  being  wall 
filled  throughout,  with  home  manufactures 
of  all  descriptions — including  Statuary,  Paint¬ 
ings,  Pianos,  Sewing  Machines,  etc.  Through 


NOTES  FEOM  TOWARDS  SUNSET 


The  Evergreens,  Sept.  22, 1873. 

At  last  I  am  fairly  out  of  the  editorial  har¬ 
ness,  and  like  Noah  of  old,  after  that  long, 
wet  spell,  have  begun  to  be  an  husbandman. 
And  now,  while  the  pruning  knife  and  the 
hoe  are  resting  I  shall  read  the  agricultural 
papers,  which  I  had  helped  in  some  sort  to 
make;  and  my  long  hoarded  library  will  be 
read,  which  it  has  not  been  all  these  years, 
while  I  have  been  going  up  and  down  in  the 
■world,  in  the  business  ot  my  late  profession. 
After  a  quarter  of  a  century  occupied  in  this 
way,  I  have  come  to  anchor  on  a  most  lovely 
spot  of  ground,  which  a  cunning  cultivator 
had  spent  twenty  yearn  in  planting  aud  tend¬ 
ing,  until  it  is  a  wiiderni-?  -  of  most  excellent 
growths  of  all  manner  of  evergreen  and  fruit 
trees,  shrubs,  plants,  vines,  &e.  The  breezes 
which  always  play  upon  this  hii),  go  whis¬ 
pering  through  the  pint's,  firs  and  tali  Nor¬ 
wegians,  and  the  abundance  of  fruits  ripen 
healthily  in  their  season.  Such  is  a  flttrng 
place  for  an  old  man  to  be  out  of  the  way 
upon,  as  lie  goes  toward  the  sunset  of  life, 
from  which  he  now  sends  greeting  to  his 
former  associates  aud  readei’s  ol  the  Agri¬ 
cultural  press. 

Every  week  1  open  the  Rural  New-York¬ 
er,  with  more  than  ordinary  interest,  to 
keep  track  of  its  Editors  and  Contributors  ; 
for  I  know  them  ali,  and  love  them  all  so 
well.  1  can  sec  the  tall  and  splendid  old 
chief,  with  his  eager  eyes,  bending  over  his 
table,  on  which  is  the  accumulating  corre¬ 
spondence  of  years — a  wilderness  of  letters 
and  papers  which  would  discourage  any 
muu  of  less  Napoleonic  will  aud  perseverance 
than  that  same  old  chief.  In  Ids  cosy  den, 
up  stairs,  is  the  wheel-horse  editor,  earnestly 
and  steadily  at  his  work ;  his  brow  is  fair, 
and  about  it  cluster  the  curls  that  once  were 
only  bright  chestnut,  but  now  threaded  with 
silver  ;  his  lips  half  parted  and  his  manner  is 
gentle  as  a  woman’s.  But  when  he  is  pro¬ 
voked  I  have  seen  those  eyes  flash  like  the 
gleam  of  a  dagger,  and  tlnvse  lips  as  hard  as 
fate  !  But  whether  a  Editor  in  r.  aujcss,  or 
Editor  out  of  Harness,  he  is  always  true  to 
his  sense  of  right,  even  if  the  devil  should 
stand  across  Ins  path!  And  here  comes  the 
Horticultural  Editor,  an  easy-going  and  rol¬ 
licking  fellow,  who  loves  to  hunt  bugs,  smoke 
his  cigar,  look  at  new  fruits  and  puncture 
swindling  bubbles.  In  like  manner  1  have  in 
memory  the  pictures  of  all  of  them,  and 
send  to  all  a  hearty  God  bless  you  ! 

You  have  heard  of  a  pigeon-roust,  but  did 
you  ever  hear  of  a  robin-roost  ?  About  my 
orchard  and  garden  is  a  heavy  Osage  Orange 
hedge,  some  twenty  feet  in  bight  aud  very 
dense,  At  a  particular  spot,  nearest  the 
house,  the  robins  have  made  their  roosting 
place,  and  every  evening,  as  if  by  a  concert 
of  action  among  ali  the  robins  within  miles 
of  the  place,  they  gather  from  all  quarters 
aud  pitch  into  the  thickest  of  the  foliage  for 
their  night’s  repose.  They  nearly  all  arrive 
within  the  space  of  ten  minutes,  aud  there 
is  a  thousand  of  them.  I  have  named  my 
place  The  Evergreens.  It  is  at  the  old  col¬ 
lege  town  of  Hudson,  county  of  Summit, 
State  of  Ohio,  twenty-four  miles  south  of 
Cleveland,  on  the  Cleveland  and  Pittsburgh 
railroad,  where  my  correspondents  will  please 
address  mein  future,  and  if  they  have  any¬ 
thing  nice  which  they  wish  to  have  tested  or 
tasted,  in  the  way  of  seeds,  plants,  vines 
wines,  patent  chums,  washing  machines, 
cats,  roosters,  mowing  machines,  trotting 
horses,  &o,,  &c.,  I  will  take  them  in  and  do 
justice  to  their  merits  if  all  express  charges 
are  paid  on  them.  Ever  Truly.  s.  d,  h. 


How  Do  Trees  Grow?— We  answer— By 
lateral  buds  or  branches.  By  the  force  of 
heat  and  light  the  most  vigorous  of  the 
branches  gradually,  and  of  course  impercept¬ 
ibly,  is  drawn  up  to  take  its  place  directly 
over  the  main  and  original  trunk,  and  nature 
has  so  ordained  it  that  this  “leader”  will 
cover  that  original  trunk  as  smoothly  as  the 
most  skillful  artisan  could  “weld”  two  pie¬ 
ces  of  iron  !  By  way  of  parenthesis  wo 
would  say  that  the  branches  of  trees  grow 
the  some  way  that  the  trunk  docs. 

We  were  “encountered”  with  the  “form¬ 
idable”  question,  “How,  then,  if  your  theo¬ 
ry  be  true,  do  trees  attain  such  hights  with¬ 
out  a  limb  or  scar  for  many  feet  ?”  The 
answer  is  simplo  and  reasonable.  The  trees 
of  our  own  State,  and  especially  of  Califor¬ 
nia,  of  the  pine  or  fir  variety,,  have  been 
growing  for  centuries.  Bv  the  action  of 
snow,  frost,  rain,  wind,  &tv,  and  for  other 
natural  causes,  tho  lower  limbs  have  been 
cut  off  or  destroyed  ;  thus  leaving  a  naked 
trunk  many  feet  in  length. 

To  use  a  homely  Illustration  in  showing 
“How  Trees  Grow,”  let  us  say  that  they 
grow  like  a  man  climbs  a  perpendicular  rope, 
hand  over  hand,  lateral  over  lateral,  until 
the  tree  has  no  further  strength  or  substance 
about  its  roots  to  feed  the  further  growth. 
If  any  other  theory  can  ho  reasonably  shown 
to  be  true,  then  lot  the  world  know  it. 

Stamford,  Ky.  Hunky  T.  Harris. 


carried  thither  on  the  back  of  mules  only  on 
account  of  its  lightness.  In  Mexico,  in  the 
South  of  Europe,  the  North  of  Africa,  and 
especially  on  the  Canary  Islands,  the  Opuntia, 
the  common  Prickly  Pear  of  Texas  and  Mexi¬ 
co,  is  effectually  employed  for  hedges,  which, 
by  their  thorns  present  a  formidable  barrier 
to  every  intruder.  For  medicinal  purposes, 
also,  both  the  fleshy  stem  and  the  fruit  is 
frequently  used  by  American  and  Mexican 
physicians. 

In  counting  up  th*  various  good  qualities 
of  this  plant,  we  must  not  omit  to  mention 
the  fact  that  it  is  the  Opuntia  coccinelltfcra 
upon  which  that  precious  little  parasite,  the 
Cochineal  (Coccus  cacti),  lives.  In  Brazil, 
Spain  and  Corsica,  but  principally  in  Mexico, 
around  Oascaca,  Tlascala  and  Guanaxato, 
are  extensive  plantations  called  Nopaleras, 
on  which  the  Opuntias  (Napa))  are  cultivated 
for  the  production  of  the  Cochineal,  which 
gives  us  the  carmine.  The  Cochineal  intro¬ 
duced  ou  the  Canary  Islands  in  t  he  year  1833 
permitted  in  1850  an  export  of  this  veiy  light 
article  Of  1,300,000  pounds,  at  *1.50  per  pound  ! 
One  more  fact  might  be  worth  noticing — 
that  is,  the  considerable  amount  of  oxalic 
acid  contained  in  and  produced  from  the 
stem  of  this  vegetable.  In  the  Peruvian  and 
the  Old  Man  Cactus  is  85  per  cent,  oxalic 
lime. 

This  fragmentary  review  may  suffice  to 
explain  tho  groat  and  general  interest  this 
plant  has  deservedly  found  with  the  Natural¬ 
ist,  the  Economist  and,  on  account  of  its 
strangely  ugly  forms  and  its  apparently  ab¬ 
normal  organization,  with  the  Natural 
Philosopher.  f.  w.  P. 


HOW  TREES  GROW 


THE  CACTUS, 


I  was  asked  recently  to  decide  a  mooted 
question — namely,  “How  Do  Trees  Grow  )  ’ 
Does  the  trunk  grow  upward  in  the  same 
wav  that  a  child  grows  to  its  full  stature  J  I 
found  that  the  persons  making  tho  inquiry, 
with  perhaps  ouc  exception,  land  even  that 
one  doubted  my  theory),  believed  that  a  tree 
grows  like  a  child  does.  You  would  be  sur¬ 
prised  to  ascertain,  on  inquiry,  how  many 


The  traveler,  when  emerging  from  tne 
tropical  forests  of  Guiana  and  entering  the 
Pampas  olT Venezuela,  of  which  Alex,  vox 
Humboldt  in  his  “Views of  Nature,”  gives 
us  such  a  vivid  and  plastic  description,  finds 
the  scenery  changed.  No  rich  verdure  covers 
the  hot,  cracked  surface  of  the  soil,  in  the 
crevices  of  which  appear  the  gloomy  forms 
of  the  Melon-Cactus,  armed  with  frightfully 
threatening  thorns.  Further  up  the  Andes 
tho  ground  is  almost  covered  with  the  pale, 
grayish-green  balls  of  the  Mam  miliarias,  be¬ 
tween  which  stands  the  Olil  Man  (Of reus 
senilis),  the  gray  hairs  hanging  melancholy 
from  its  serious  head.  Descending  again 
into  the  plains  of  Mexico,  where  the  gigantic 
ruins  of  the  Aztec  castles  give  evidence  of  a 
remote  and  vanished  culture,  the  sconci  y 
onmn  ri  lWora  him  aDcears  bald  and  naked , 


of  the  Indian  lig  or  Prickly  pear,  covered 
with  dangerously  hurtful  spines,  while  all 
around  are  seen  groups  of  the  strange  and 
Urrly  forms  of  tii o  Fe-liinocactus  and  small 
Ce.  ousts,  between  which  again  creep,  like 
snakes  or  some  other  poisonous  reptile,  the 
long,  dry  stems  of  the  large-flowered  Cactus 
(Cercus  nycticallus).  Ln  short,  on  tho  whole 
■journey  we  are  accompanied  by  n  family  of 
plants  — the  Cactece  —which,  in  their  odd 
forms,  seem  to  abnegate  tho  principle  of 
beauty  entirely,  and  yet.  stand  forward  so 
prominently  as  to  give  to  the  whole  region 
its  peculiar  character.  Wc  cannot  forbear  to 
grant  it  our  earnest  attention  and,  as  a  group 
of  plants  which  bcciii  to  revolt  against  the 
laws  governing  all  the  vegetable  kingdom, 
they  certainly  deserve  our  interest  to  a  high 
degree. 

All  about  these  plants  is  not  less  wonder¬ 
ful  than  it  is  peculiar.  Wi bh  the  sole  excep¬ 
tion  of  the  genus  Peiresliia,  none  have  leaves; 


ARBORICULTURAL  NOTES 


SINGULAR  INSTANCE  OF  DIMORPHISM. 

A  very  remarkable  instance  of  dimorphism 
in  Rosa  cannahlfolla  is  recorded  by  M.  Caii- 
riere,  in  the  Revue  florticole.  M.  Carrtere 
states  that  he  possesses  some  specimens  of 
this  plant  which  for  many  years  have  uni¬ 
formly  presented  only  the  characteristics  of 
the  variety  Smooth,  shining  bark,  linear- 
elliptical,  dark  green,  finely-toothed,  almost 
smooth  leaflets;  and  double,  or  nearly  double, 
flowers  loss  than  two  Inches  in  diameter, 
with  small,  narrow  petals,  irregularly-slashed 
or  cut  ou  the  margin  and  of  a  yellowish- 
white  or  sulphur  color,  somewhat  resembling 
that  of  the  Bauksian  Rose.  This  year,  how¬ 
ever,  M.  Carriers  was  surprised  to  find  that 
two  of  his  plants  (vigorous  specimens)  had 
each  produced  a  branch  bearing  an  abnormal 
shoot,  as  represented  in  tho  accompanying 
illustration.  This  shoot,  which  is  shown  on 
the  left-hand  side  of  the  figure,  was  covered 
with  strong,  hooked  prickles,  at  the  base  of 
each  of  which  was  a  broad  swelling  in  the 


AN  INARCHED  ASH. 

persons  believe  in  this  false  theory.  Even 
men  of  fine  culture  in  many  things,  look  up¬ 
on  it  as  a  “  matter  of  course.” 

I  illustrated  to  my  friends  the  tree  theory 
of  growth  by  the  following  reference  to 
facts,  to  wit Observe,  if  you  will,  the  mime 
cut  upon  a  tree  at  a  date  fifty  or  more  years 
ago.  Is  that,  name  and  date  any  higher  up 
the  trunk  than  it  was  when  cut  ?  Surely  not. 
The  tree  was,  perhaps,  when  the  name  was 
cut,  only  twenty  feet  high  and  a  foot  in  di¬ 
ameter.'  Now,  however,  it  is  a  hundred  feet 
high  and  three  feet  in  diameter;  yet  the 
name  is  not  an  inch  higher  from  tho  ground 
than  it  was  when  cut  into  the  bark. 

Again:— Bore  a  hole  into  a  tree,  drive  in  a 
peg,  and  in  a  century  the  peg  will  be  precise- 


for  what  is  commonly  supposed  to  be,  or  is 
called  a  leaf  with  the  Cactus  alatus  or 
Opuntic,  is  nothing  but  a  flattened  stem  or 
trunk,  which  is  more  or  less  fleshy,  covered 
with  a  leathery  skin,  and  in  those  places 
where  the  leaves,  if  there  were  any,  would 
be,  we  find  bundles  of  hair,  spines  or  thorns. 
Few  families  of  plants  are  confined  to  so  nar¬ 
row  a  space  oil  the  surface  of  the  eai  tlx  as  the 
Cactece.  All  of  them  are,  perhaps  without  a 
single  exception,  natives  of  that  portion  of 
America  which  is  situated  between  10=  S. 
L.  an  1  ID 3  N.  L.  All  like  a  dry,  sandy  soil, 
expo.sed  to  the  full  rays  ol  the  suu,  w.iioii 
fact  strangely  contrasts  with  the  llesliy  tex¬ 
ture  of  the  trunk,  tilled  with  a  watery  and 
not  disagreeable  subacid  juice.  This  pe¬ 
culiarity  renders  them  invaluable  to  the 
thirsty,  languishing  traveler,  aud  Bernadin 
de  Sr.  Pierre  very  appropriately  called 
ihom  “  The  sorimrs  of  the  desert.”  When  in 


THE  MIRABELLE  HATIVE  PLUM 


Thomas  Rivers  &  Son  say  in  Garden : 
This  has  not  been  grown  much  iu  England, 
principally  because  it  is  very  delicate  as 
regards  flowering  and  is  usually  destroyed  by 
spring  frosts  ;  it  is  very  useful  for  preserving, 
aud  in  the  hands  of  French  confectioners  it 
is  delicious.  We  have  grown  the  sort  for 
many  years,  and,  as  a  rule,  wo  gather  a 
crop  about  once  in  live  years.  In  most  gar¬ 
dens  this  paucity  is  fatal  to  (Its  cultivation. 
As  an  eating  plum  it  is  sweet  and  good  ;  but 
it  ripens  at,  a  tune  when  fruit  is  abundant, 
and  we  do  not,  from  our  experience,  think 
that  it  is  ever  likely  to  be  popular.  The 
Mirabelle  de  Metz,  which  ripens  later,  is 
better  as  a  preserve  than  the  Mirabelle 


POMOLOGICAL  GOSSIP. 


Originating  New  Fruit.— President  Wil¬ 
der  in  an  address  before  she  Massachusetts 
Hort.  Soc.  said,  “  I  would  rather  be  the:  man 
who  shall  originate  a  luscious  trait,  suited  to 
cultivation  throughrat  our  land,  of  Which 
successive  generations  shall  partake,  long 
after  T  shall  bo  consigned  to  tho  bosom  of 
mother  earth,  than  to  wear  the  crown  of  tho 
proudest  conqueror  who  has  ever  triumphed 
over  his  fellow  men.” 

Meachem  Sweet  Apple—  In  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  Sept.  <>,  page  158,  we  copied  a  de¬ 
scription  of  au  apple  under  the  above  name 
from  the  Michigan  Farmer.  Charles  Down- 
xy  calls  our  attention  to  the  fact,  that  in  the 
second  revised  edition  of  Downing’s  Fruits 
of  America,  on  page  883,  “Meachcm  Sweet” 
is  described  as  a  synonym  of  Munson  Sweet; 
and  that  “Rag”  apple  should  te  Ray. 

Picquet  Peach.— S.  P.  S.,  asks  where  trees 
of  this  variety  can  be  obtained.  We  cannot 
give  the  information.  Can  opr  advertisers 
or  readers  ? 


ly  the  same  distance  from  the  ground  as 
when  first  driven  in.  Were  the  theory  of 
my  friends  true  the  orchardist  would  find,  hi 
the  course  of  a  few  years,  that  his  fruit  was 
out  of  his  reach,  except  by  immensely  loug 
ladders,  or  by  those  who  could  climb  like 
sailors. 

Observe  again,  a  tree  which  you  may,  or 
have,  planted,  and  which  has  a  fork  at  a  cer¬ 
tain  distance  from  the  ground.  Will  you 
find  that  the  fork  is  elevated  beyond  its  orig¬ 
inal  bight  i  Most  assuredly  not !  W  hat, 
then,  do  you  who  hold  a  different  theory,  de¬ 
sire  to  convince  you^-of  the  facts  we  have 
here  given  ?  If  you  can  explain  the  upward 
growth  of  trees  in  any  other  way  t.Ue  scien¬ 
tific  world  would  glad t,Q  hear  it ) 


bark;  its  leaflets  were  of  a  broacuy- ovai, 
rounded  shape,  of  a  grayish-green  color, 
roughly  wrinkled,  and  margined  with  broad 
crenate  teeth;  the  flowers  which  bore  it  were 
siuglc,  nearly  three  inches  in  diametsr,  with 
broadly-oval,  pure  white  petals,  which  were 
wedge-shaped,  and  truncate  and  broadly-cut 
or  scalloped  at  the  apex.  M.  CarrieRE  con¬ 
siders  this  is  an  instance  of  reversion  or  atav¬ 
ism,  as  the  characteristics  of  the  abnormal 
shoot  are  precisely  those  of  Rosa  ulba,  of 


i222. 


SVfOOBE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


OCT.  4 


iptrtr  trf  ;t  UtoraM 

DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


A  RIDE  OVER  THE  PLAINS. 

Aug.  17. — At  Ogden,  some  thirty-six  miles 
from  Salt  Lake  City,  we  come  upon  the 
Union  Pacific  Railroad,  and  start-  Eastward 
again,  up  through  Weber  Canon  and  out 
upon  the  plains  once  more?.  Buffalo,  ante¬ 
lope  and  prairie  dogs  appear  u  ion  all  sides, 
and  we  never  tire  at  gazing  upon  these  in¬ 
habitants  of  the  great  American  Desert.  The 
old  geography  was  not  far  from  right,  after 
all,  iu  marking  this  region  as  a  desert  inhab¬ 
ited  by  roaming  tribes  of  Indians  and  herds  of 
■wild  animate.  It  may  be  a  little  better  than 
Sahara  Desert,  still  the  name  “desert”  is 
not  fur  wrong,  for  dwarf  sage  bush  and  scat¬ 
tering  clumps  of  grass  not  more  than  three 
or  four  inches  high,  cannot  be  counted  us 
much  of  a  show  in  the  way  of  vegetation. 
Here  arc  millions  of  acres  of  this  land,  which 
are  really  good  for  nothing,  except  to  hold  the 
earth  together  or  run  railroads  over,  and  if 
our  Government  can  give  it  away,  it  would 
make  a  good  bargain.  It  is  true  that  where 
water  ean  be  had  in  sufficient  quantities  for 
irrigation,  these  plains  ean  be  made  to  pro-  I 
|  duce  good  cr  ps,  but  streams  a  re  scarce  after 
we  leave  the  mountains  for  at.  least  five  hun¬ 
dred  miles  eastward,  consequently  cultivat¬ 
ing  the  lands  is  out  of  the  question.  In  the  I 
few  small  valleys  through  or  over  which  we  I 
Pass  the  grass  is  better  than  on  the  hills,  and 
G.  P.  It.  James’  “Lone  horseman  in  thedis- 1 
tanee”  is  frequently  brought  to  mind  by 
seeing  a  poor  fellow  sitting,  half  asleep,  in 
liis  saddle  watching  a  herd  of  cattle.  1  had 
a  good  mind  to  stop  over  and  try  to  get  a  I 
situation  as  herdsman,  because  such  an  oco.u  I 
pation  would  give  a  fellow  a  grand  chance  I 
to  study,  and  1  really  began  to  picture  to 
myself  the  good  time  1  could  have  reading 
the  hundreds  of  books  which  want  of  leisure 
compels  me  to  lay  unperused  upon  the  shelf. 
But  1  have  not  as  yet  seen  a  book  or  news-  I 
paper  in  the  hands  of  one  of  those  “lone 
horsemen,”  and  it  is  to  be  feared  that  they 
are  not  given  to  cultivating  their  brains  more  I 
than  they  do  the  land. 

There  js  one  thing  of  which  the  pioneers  of  ■ 
this  section  may  well  be  proud,  and  that  is  ' 
the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  for  without  it  I  1 
there  could  be  little  progress  here,  even  in  1 
the  raising  of  .Tattle,  which  is  about  the  only  ’ 
industry  the  country  is  capable  of  or  ever  I  * 
will  be.  I  < 

THROUGH  NEBRASKA.  I  t 

Aug.  18.  —  From  Evanston  on  the  west  t 
border  of  Wyoming  Territory  to  Pine  Bluff  f 
on  the  east,  we  have  seen  very  little  land  t 
worth  cultivating,  even  if  there  was  water  I  t. 
lor  irrigation  and  a  demand  for  the  crops  f 
produced ;  but  as  we  strike  the  borders  of  <1 
Nebraska,  at  the  latter-named  place,  there  is  l 
a  slight  change,  for  t  he  better,  but  we  do  not.  h 
come  upon  any  that  is  good  until  we  roach  Ft  ( 

Kearney,  and  thence  along  the  Wood  and  s 
Platte  River  Valleys.  From  this  point  for-  v 
ward  the  country  improves  with  every  mile  a 
traveled,  and  we  soon  come  upon  some  of  as  o: 
fine  prairie  lands  as  one  could  desire.  That  ci 
this  country  is  appreciated  and  the  value  of 
the  land  fully  understood  is  shown  by  the 
rapidity  of  its  settlement  and  the  price  tl 
charged  by  the  railroads  as  well  as  iudividu-  I  pi 
als  for  good  farms  anywhere  near  the  settle-  I  d< 
ments.  I  ot 

BREAKFAST  AT  GRAND  ISLAND.  pi 

We  are  now  getting  down  among  the  good  w 
farmers,  rich  lands  and  in  a  comparatively  tr 
old-settled  country,  where  one  might  expect  th 
to  find  good,  wholesome  food  in  abundance  tr, 
if  not  the  luxuries  of  civilized  life.  But  if  si< 
one  makes  up  his  mind  to  find  all  this  here  in  gc 
a  land  of  abundance,  he  will  he  disappointed,  to 
for  we  could  scarcely  get  a  glass  of  milk  at  pr 
the  eating  house  this  morning,  and  this  was  nr 
of  the  poorest  quality,  resembling  the  stump-  an 
tail  sort  found  in  New  York.  The  price  of  ou 
meals,  it  is  true,  has  dropped  from  one  dollar  su: 
to  seventy -five  cents,  but  the  quality  has 
gone  down  more  than  fifty  per  cent.,  and  we 
looked  back  with  regret,  to  the  eating  houses  a  f 
in  the  mountains  and  plains  where  every-  an 
thing  had  to  be  purchased  in  markets  dozens  to 
or  hundreds  of  miles  away,  for  if  we  were  Ho 
charged  a  good  price  we  always  got  the  cos 
worth  of  our  money.  We  did  not  sit  down  lar 
to  a  table  at  any  hotel  creating  house  during  An 
our  visit-,  among  the  mountain  cities  and  vil-  hei 
lages  without  finding  plenty  of  the  choicest  wi 
fruits  of  the  season  upon  them  ;  but.  now  as  gei 
we  get  down  among  the  very  orchards  which  "'a 
supply  those  Western  towns,  we  shall  prob¬ 
ably  see  no  more  of  such  luxuries.  Where  a  j. 


thing  costs  but  little  it  is  hot  appreciated, 
hence  the  scarcity  of  good,  rich  milk  and 
sweet  butter  where  hay,  grain  and  cows  are 
a  drug  in  the  market. 

A  RIDE  ABOUT  THE  COUNTRY. 

At  Grand  Island  we  were  met  by  a  few  of 
the  citizens  of  Columbus,  who  invited  us  to 
stop  a  few  hours  and  take  a  ride  out  into  the 
surrounding  country,  a  special  train  having 
been  provided  to  take  us  forward  to  Omaha. 
On  arriving  at  the  station  we  entered  the 
carriages  in  waiting  and  drove  out  some  nine 
or  ten  miles,  visiting  some  large  farms  where 
corn  and  wheat  is  raised  in  such  quantities 
as  to  glut  the  market ;  the  former  now  only 
commands  nine  cents  per  bushel,  and,  from 
the  appearance  of  the  old  Crop  still  on  hand, 
the  price  is  not.  likely  to  go  up  after  the  pres¬ 
ent  crop  is  harvested.  Columbus  Is  certainly 
a  thriving  town,  and  the  country  about  it 
just  rolling  enough  to  give  variety  and  make 
it,  beautiful  in  the  full  sense  of  the  word. 
Here,  lor  the  first  time  during  our  trip,  we 
had  an  opportunity  Of  seeing  what  the  hate 
ful  grass hoppe-is*  can  do  in  the  way  of  eating 
up  corn  and  oats,  for  there  were  several  large 
fields  “sailing  under  bare  poles,”  not  a  green 
leaf,  tassel  or  grain  of  com  or  oats  to  be  seen 
upon  the  stalks. 

WANT  OF  FOREST  TREES. 

The  want  of  trees  is  seen  everywhere,  and 
we  have  passed  through  no  woods  in  the 
thousand  miles  over  which  we  Itave  rode 
since  leaving  the  mountains.  Many  of  the 
farmers  have  planted  out  groves  of  cotton¬ 
wood  and  maple  for  both  protection  and  tim¬ 
ber,  und,  judging  from  the  way.tho  trees  lean 
towards  the  southeast,  northwest  winds 
must  be  both  constant  and  powerful.  The 
great  want  of  this  entire  region  of  country  is 
timber  trees,  und  the  farmers  here  should 
make  a  special  effort  to  get,  good  kinds  start¬ 
ed  as  soon  as  possible  after  breaking  up  their 
land.  There  is  far  too  much  grain  growing 
for  market  and  too  little  fed  out  at  home, 
hence  its  low  price.  Butter,  cheese,  pork  and 
beef,  and  perhaps  mutton,  should  be  pro¬ 
duced  in  greater  quantities,  then  there  would 
be  no  necessity  of  selling  com  at  ten  cents 
per  bushel.  It  is  all  for  the  want  of  calcula¬ 
tion  tii  at  farming  here  is  so  unprofitable. 


Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago  Railway,  stopping 
at  Pittsburgh  over  night  in  order  to  ride 
t  hrough  Pennsylvania  by  daylight.  Probably 
inosfc  of  our  party  had  done  the  Keystone 
State  many  times;  still  the  grand  scenery 
along  the  route  is  sufficiently  interesting  to 
be  enjoyed  over  again.  Then  we  had  another 
objects  and  it  was  to  examine  one  of  the  best 
railroads  in  the  country— one,  too,  that  is 
bidding  for  and  obtaining  the  greater  part  of 
the  through  passenger  traffic  between  the 
East  and  West.  There  are  not  many  rail- 
rouds  in  this  or  any  other  count  ry  over  which 
one  can  ride  at  the  rate  of  forty  miles  an 
hour,  as  we  have  to-day,  and  not  hi  ve  the 
shirt  bosom  soiled  with  dust.  This  Pennsyl¬ 
vania  Central  Railroad  is  a  model  which 
other  lines  would  do  well  to  copy.  The  road¬ 
bed  is  ballasted  with  smull  stone  broken  up 
by  machinery  for  this  very  purpose,  conse¬ 
quently  one  of  tile  greatest  annoyances  of 
railroad  t  raveling  in  summer  (dust)  is  entire¬ 
ly  avoided.  The  success  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  line  been  a  marvel  to  many,  but  a 
very  slight  acquaintance  with  the  managers 
and  employes  will  show  where  the  secret, 
lies;  and  this  can  be  told  on  one  line— i.  c., 
all  work  to  make  the  road  perfect  and  popu¬ 
lar  with  patrons. 

AT  HOME. 

At  ten  minutes  to  nine  o’clock  wre  reached 
Jersey  City,  just  that  number  of  minutes 
ahead  of  our  programme  which  was  pub¬ 
lished  before  we  departed  on  our  journey 
five  weeks  sinee.  We  have  traveled  during 
the  time  nearly  8,000  miles,  without  an  hour’s 
delay  or  an  accident  to  any  of  the  party,  all 
of  which  Is  u  grand  commentary  upon  the 
safety  of  railroad  traveling  in  America. 


jJoullri!  ihil 


WHITE  EAR  LOBES  ON  BROWN 
LEGHORNS. 


AT  OMAHA. 

No  one,  I  presume,  need  to  be  told  that 
Omaha  is  one  of  the  handsomest  of  tile,  many 
beautiful  Western  cities.  Groves  of  oaks 
abound  on  all  the  bluffs  along  the  river,  and 
one  appreciates  their  dark  green  foliage  more 
than  ever  after  crossing  the  great  prairies  to 
the  westward.  On  arriving  at  the  station  we 
were  met  by  a  number  of  the  citizens,  with 
carriages  to  take  us  on  a  tour  around  the 
city,  a  favor  which  wo  accepted.  The  resi¬ 
dents  here  either  brought  out  the  pick  of  all 
their  stables,  else  they  keep  very  fine  horses, 
for  I  never  saw  a  bettor  show  of  horse  flesh 
than  the  dozen  spans  drawing  our  carriages 
this  afternoon.  Georoe  Francis  Train’s 
folly,  iu  t  he  shape  of  a  great  hotel  with  closed 
I  floors  is  passed  in  going  from  the  station  into 
the  city.  After  visiting  the  various  public 
buildings,  including  the  new  post-office  and 
Grand  Central  Hotel,  in  the  course  of  con 
struotioii,  also  several  private  residences, 
which  showed  both  taste  and  wealth,  we 
again  iv.ln rued  to  the  station,  dining  at  one 
of  the  best  eating  houses  on  the  Union  Pa¬ 
cific  Railroad. 

THE  DES  MOINES  VAIIEY. 

Aug.  Ip.— Southern  Iowa,  and  particularly 
the  Des  Moines  Valley,  is  probably  not  sur¬ 
passed  as  an  agricultural  region.  The  evi¬ 
dences  of  thrift  and  prosperity  are  to  be  seen 
on  all  sides,  for  with  bountiful  crops  and  fair 
prices,  I  cannot,  see  how  it  should  be  other¬ 
wise.  If  the  people  would  plant  a  few  more 


trees  about  their  churches  and  school  houses 
these  structures  would  be  a  little  more  at¬ 
tractive  to  both  worshippers  and  scholars,  be¬ 
sides  giving  a.  stronger  a  better  opinion  of  the 
good  taste  Of  the  people.  Perhaps  trees  are 
too  easily  grown  here,  hence  the  want  of  ap¬ 
preciation.  The  ministers  should  preach 
arboriculture  and  horticulture  a  few  years 
and  see  what  effect  ii  would  have  in  making 
our  earthly  temples  more  beautiful  in  their 
surroundings. 

DAVENPORT  TO  CHICAGO. 

Aug.  30. — In  these  days  of  express  trains 
a  few  hundred  miles  is  nothing  to  a  traveler, 
and  a  few  hours’  ride  has  brought  us  across 
to  the  State  of  Illinois  via  the  Chicago  and 
Rock  Island  Railroad,  and  we  find  ourselves 
cosily  ensconsed  in  the  Grand  Pacific,  the 
largest  and  probably  the  best  hotel  in 
America.  If  a  man  cannot  be  made  happy 
here,  it  is  not  because  T.  B.  Gasgill,  Chad¬ 
wick  and  several  other  equally  well-known 
gentlemen  do  not  know  how  to  attend  to  the 
wants  of  feeble  mortals. 

ON  THE  HOME  STRETCH. 

Aug.  33.— Yesterday  we  passed  over  the 


)_  Tuts  subject  having  been  discussed  some- 
(1  what  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  we  copy 
b  from  the  Bulletin  the  following  from  Frank 
k  J.  Kinney  :— Wishing  to  enlighten  inquirers 

who  are  constantly  writing  me  in  relation  to 

White  Ear  Lobes  on  Brown  Leghorn  Fowls, 
t  I  will  say  that  I  don’t  consider  because  a 
y  bird  has  an  extra  amount,  of  loose  skin  on  his 
s  face,  and  some  of  it  a  little  white,  that  he 
1  lias  a  white  ear  lobe  at  all. 

?  The  Black  Humburga  have  white  ear  lobes, 

>  that  is,  good  birds  have— and  there  are  a  few 
j  stocks  of  White  Leghorns  that  also  have, 
i  An  ear  lobe  or  deaf  ear,  to  be  a  distin- 
i  gmshing  feature  of  a  fowl  should  be  distinct 
from  the  face.  An  ornament  attached  to  the 
I  side  of  the  head  below  the  car,  that  looks  as 
though  it  was  made  after  the  head,  and  then 
attached  to  it. 

After  nine  years  of  careful  breeding  for  t  he 
purpose  of  getting  an  ear  lobe— like  the  one 
described  above— that  would  be  a  fixity  with 
my  Brown  Leghorn  stock  I  have  succeeded  ; 
and  have  also  succeeded  in  learning  how  to 
mate  my  fowls,  so  as  to  retain  the  beautiful 
penciling  of  the  feathers  on  the  hens,  and 
have  black-breasted  cocks,  or  mottled-breast¬ 
ed  —as  six  hundred  chicks  in  my  yards  will 
show. 

There  is  a  good  deal  of  talk  about  the  size 
of  Leghorns,  brown  and  white- and  some 
breeders  want  size  to  enter  into  the  count  in 
the  standard  of  excellence.  There  are  a  good 
many  things  that  affect  size  in  fowls.  1st. 
The  age  of  the  hen  you  breed  from.  2nd. 
The  manner  of  feeding.  3rd.  The  way 
chickens  are  raised.  I  have  an 

ORIGINAL  WAY  OF  RAISING  CHICKS, 
that  seems  to  work  just  as  well  ou  a  large  as 
on  a  small  scale. 

I  choose  heavy  feathered  hens  that  will 
weigh  six  or  seven  lbs.,  and  are  not  very  fat, 

I  and  sit  them  as  early  as  I  want  to— and  when 
once  they  commence  sitting  they  make  a 
business  of  hatching  chickens.  I  confine  them 
in  roomy  boxes,  taking  them  off  twice  a  day 
to  eat.  drink,  wallow,  &c„  and  I  don’t  find 
one  hen  in  fifty,  but  will  sit  just  as  long  as  I 
want  them  to.  I  have  had  them  to  hatch 
seven  clutches  of  chickens  without  leaving 
the  nest,  except  when  taken  off,  and  are  > 
moulting  and  doing  just  as  well  as  any  ot  hex- 
hen.  They  need  care,  as  everything  else  1 
does,  but  I  can  tend  20  hens  that  will  batch  I  < 
ltd  chickens  sure,  and  generally  over 200,  and 
cost  15  to  20  dollars,  easier  than  an  incuba¬ 
tor  ;  and  there  is  no  worry  or  vexation  about  < 
it.  f 

I  put  100  chicks  together  at  first  (.all  young  c 
chickens  need  is  warmth  and  sand  for  13  a 
hours — then  egg,  &c., — and  then  separate  i 
them  as  they  grow,  getting  down  to  about  i 
25  to  a  run  at  laying  time.  In  the  winter  I  1 
keep  50  laying  hens  in  rooms  8ft.  by  20,  and  l 
seldom  have  a  sick  hen,  or  chick.  t 


tg  I  separate  pullets  and  cocks  at  3  weeks  old, 
ie  and  feed  different  chickens  hatched  from  my 
ly  eggs  by  farmers  around  me,  where  they  have 
ie  “good  farmers’  fare”  but  never  get  to  weigh 
•\  as  much  by  3  lbs.  each  as  my  fowls  kept  at 
:<■  home.  And  they  don’t  lay  quite  so  many  or 
;r  so  large  eggs.  I  am  speaking  of  brown 
st  Leghorns. 

is  It  is  the  little  extra  care  and  feed  that 
>f  fowls  get  that  make  the  profit  for  those  who 
ie  give  it.  To  illustrate  : — I  am  feeding  daily 
1-  34  sheep’s  plucks,  that  is,  lights,  livers,  hearts 

Ii  and  gullets,  that  weigh  an  average  of  8  lbs. 
n  each,  or  73  lbs.,  boiled  tender.  I  throw  it 
e  into  the  runs  in  large  pieces  that  the  chicks 
1-  and  fowls  may  exercise  while  eating  it. 
Ii  Farmers  think  it  “sheer  waste,”  and  have 
I-  thought  our  statements  in  regard  to  number 
p  and  weight  of  eggs  per  hen,  “t choppers,” 
but  they  come  to  see,  and  seeing  they  believe, 
f  1  have  kept,  debit  and  credit  accounts  with 
fowls  for  a  score  of  years  or  more,  and  I 
i  know  whereof  I  affirm.  I  can  make  a  flock 
i  of  Brown  Leghorn  hens — well-bred  ones  will 
s  stand  forcing — and  pay  $5  profit  apiece,  each 
t,  year  for  4  years  and  longer. 

,  I  have  one  hen,  Signora,  that  has  laid 
-  nearly  1,300  eggs,  and  I  have  1(H)  of  iter  chick¬ 
ens  hatched  from  eggs  laid  in  1878 — have  a 
clutch  of  chickens  off  to-day,  hatched  from 
i  eggs  Signora  laid  in  March  1873. 

3  I  had  one  old  hen,  Old  “  Red  Ribbon,”  that 
laid  over  3,200  eggs  and  died  from  breaking 
an  egg  iu  her  at  the  age  of  nine  years  and  3 
"  months— she  was  as  healthy  looking  and  as 
;  good  a  laying  hen  as  was  on  my  yards  at  the 
I  time  of  viso  accident.  I  merely  state  these 
'  extreme  cases,  and  might  state  more,  to  show 
that  “  facts  are  stubborn  things.” 

The  best  chickens  on  my  yards  tills  year,  * 
are  from  Ileus  3  years  old  and  upwards, 
mated  with  young  cocks. 

I  have  twenty-live  Brown  Leghorn  hens 
hatched  Aug.  i)th,  1872,  that  commenced  lay¬ 
ing  Jan.  6,  1873, — did  not  force  this  lot  at  all 
as  chicks,  as  I  wanted  to  drive  them  hard  as 
hens— that  have  laid  up  to  Aug.  0,  1878,  3,750 
eggs,  or  150  each-  have  runs  of  two-year-old 
hens  that  have  laid  to  average  240  eggs  ea;h 
in  a  year— or  t  wenty  dozen.  These  eggs  have 
averaged  us  in  Worcester  Market,  sold  to 
private  families,  38  cents  per  dozen,  or  $7.60 
per  hen  per  year. 

- ♦♦♦ - - 

TONIC  FOR  FOWLS. 

In  addition  to  the  well-timed  advice  of  J. 

S.  Ives  in  your  issue  of  the  13th  ult.,  I  might 
say  for  the  benefit  of  those  interested  that 
Douglass’  Mixture,  put  in  the  drinking  water 
during  the  moulting  season  will  help  the 
fowls  through  wonderfully,  not  only  acting 
as  a  tonic  in  their  weakened  condition,  hut, 
as  a  preventive  of  disease.  I  have  found  it 
so  beneficial  in  my  yards  that  I  continue 
using  it  the  year  round.  It  may  be  mere 
fancy,  but  it  seems  to  me  the  fowls  having 
access  to  the  medicated  water  have  much 
more  lustrous  plumage  than  others. 

The  mixture  has  been  used  in  England  by 
t  he  best  breeders  for  many  years,  and  being 
so  inexpensive  should  be  kept  on  hand  by 
every  one  possessing  poultry.  The  mixture 
is  composed  of  Sulphate  of  Iron,  \{  lb. ; 
Sulphuric  Acid,  1  oz.;  Water,  5  pints  ;  cost¬ 
ing  in  all  about  five  cents.  To  every  pint  of 
drinking  water  add  one  teaspoonful  of  the 
mixture.  R.  H.  Knapp. 

Forest  Lawn  Poultry  Yards,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
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POULTRY  NOTES. 

An  Egg  inside  an  Egg.—  Inclosed  you  will 
find  a  sketch  of  the  size  and  shape  of  an  egg. 

My  wife  broke  an  egg  to-day  which  was  as 
natural  as  any  egg  ;  and  inside  of  it  was 


another  egg  of  the  size  and  shape  delineated. 
It  has  a  natural  shell  on  it.  It  is  It/  inches 
in  circumference  and  two  inches  long.  I 
cannot  tell  the  breed  of  the  hen  that  laid  it. 
— S.  T.  J.,  Auburn ,  Ind. 

Wisdom  .for  You  /—A  respected  Chicken 
contemporary  offers  it  in  this  wise;— “For 
fowls  to  take  premiums  is  not  always  a  proof 
of  good  breeding.  For  instance,  a  pullet  at. 
an  early  show  may  seem  all  right,  and  after¬ 
ward  develop  a  crooked  or  lopped  comb,  or, 
if  a  Cochin,  a  big  tail  and  slipped  wing.” 


We  cont  ribute  the  following  spark  of  wis¬ 
dom  additional,  to  wit That  many  fowls 
that  are  not  well-bred,  and  are  known  not  to 
be,  “take  premiums.” 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  WEW-YOBKEB. 


223 


OCT.  4 


HOW  TO  DISTINGUISH  EDIBLE 
MUSHROOMS. 


Evert  housekeeper  who  makes  use  of  this 
delicious  esculent  should  know  how,  by  some 
test,  to  distinguish  the  true  mushroom  from 
the  poisonous  species.  A  writer  in  the  Me¬ 
chanic  gives  what  he  considers  an  infallible 
test  for  so  distinguishing  the  good  from  the 
bad. 

He  remarks,  in  the  first  place  that  the  true 
mushroom  is  invariably  found  in  rich  pas¬ 
tures  ;  and  never  on  or  about  stumps,  or  hi 
the  woods,  and,  although  a  wholesome  spe¬ 
cies  somet  imes  occurs  in  the  latter  localities, 
the  writer  considers  it  better  to  avoid  their 
products.  A  very  good  point,  in  the  second 
place,  is  the  peculiar  intense  purple  brown 
color  of  the  spore-dust,  from  which  the  ripe 
mushroom  derives  the  same  color  (almost 
black)  in  the  gills.  To  see  these  spores,  it  is 
only  necessary  to  remove  the  stem  from  the 
mushroom,  and  lay  the  upper  portion  with 
the  gills  downward,  on  a  sheet  of  writing 
paper,  when  the  spores  will  be  deposited,  in 
a  dark  impalpable  powder,  in  a  short  time. 
Several  dangerous  species,  sometimes  taken 
for  the  true,  have  the  spore  umber-brown,  or 
pale  umber-brown. 

In  the  true  mushroom,  again,  there  is  a 
distinct  aud  perfect  collar,  quite  encircling 
the  stem,  a  little  above  the  middle,  and  the 
edge  of  the  cap  overlaps  the  gills.  In  some 
poisonous  species  this  collar  is  reduced  to  a 
mere  fringe,  and  the  overlapping  margin  is 
absent  or  reduced  to  a  few  white  scales, 
lastly,  the  gills  never  reach  nor  touch  the 
stem,  there  being  a  space  all  around  the  top 
of  the  stem,  where  the  gills  are  free  from  the 
stalk. 

There  are  numerous  varieties  of  true  mush¬ 
rooms,  all  of  them  equally  good  for  the  ta¬ 
ble.  Sometimes  the  top  is  white  and  soft  as 
kid  leather  ;  at  other  tunes  it  is  a  dark  brown 
and  scaly.  Sometimes  on  being  out  or  brok¬ 
en,  the  mushroom  changes  color  to  yellow, 
or  even  blood-red  ;  at  other  t  iuics  no  change 
whatever  takes  place.  To  sum  up,  it  is  to 
he  observed  that  the  mushroom  always 
grows  in  pastures  ;  always  has  dark  purple- 
brown  spores  ;  always  has  a  perfect  encir¬ 
cling  collar ;  aud  always  has  gills  which  do 
not  touch  the  stem,  and  has  a  top  with  an 
overlapping  edge. 

In  addition  to  the  method  just  indicated 
for  testing  the  genuineness  of  mushrooms, 
we  are  informed  that,  however  much  any 
particular  fungus  may  resemble  the  eatable 
mushroom,  none,  are  genuine  or  safe,  the 
skin  of  which  cannot  he  easily  removed. 
When  taken  by  the  thumb  and  finger  at  the 
overlapping  edge,  this  skin  will  peel  upward 
to  the  center,  all  around,  leaving  only  a  small 
portion  of  the  center  of  the  crown  to  be  pared 
off  by  the  knife. 

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CANNED  FRUIT. 

It  may  seem  irreverent  for  me  to  dispute 
“  Aunt  Poppy,”  who  perhaps  blossomed  be¬ 
fore  I  was  born,  but  in  “  Preserves  vs.  Can¬ 
ned  Fruit”  she  has  endeavored  to  “  correct” 
a  truth  instead  of  an  error,  a  right  instead  of 
a  wrong  “idea,”  and  I  wish  to  say  to  her 
that  the  reason  why  “  no  one;  takes  the  trou¬ 
ble  to  dispute  that  canned  fruit  is  cheaper, 
more  wholesome  and  better  than  preserves  ” 
is  because  it  is  a  14  fact,”  and  one  that  is  im- 
disputabte.  To  be  sure  it  dors  require  cans  ; 
but,  with  their  present  cheapness,  they  cost 
but  little  more  than  the  extra  -sugar  required 
for  preserves  and  with  a  little  wisdom  and 
care  will  last  a  lifetime,  (I  know  thrifty 
housekeepers  who  “  put  up”  large  quantities 
of  fruit  every  year  who  tell  me  they  have 
never  broken  a  can),  while  the  sugar-  will 
only  keep  one  “  batch  ”  of  preserves.  As  to 
its  spoiling,  no  one  would  wish  to  use  canned 
oi-  preserved  fruit  when  it,  could  be  obtained 
Iresh  from  tree  or  vine  ;  and  when  opened 
late  in  fall,  in  winter  or  early  spring  and  put. 
where  there  is  no  fire,  a  can  of  fruit  will  keep 
for  weeks.  Moreover,  no  true  housekeeper 
will  only  have  fruit  aud  relishable  food  upon 
the  table  when  there  is  company,  but  will 
daily  servo  those  who  are  near  and  dear  with 
that  which  is  good  and  wholesome  ;  and  in 
this  way,  even  in  a  small-sized  family,  canned 
fruit  can  easily  be  kept  from  “spoiling”  in 
the  warmest  of  weather.  But  more  than 
cost,  than  the  labor  of  preparing  and  keep¬ 
ing,  more  than  the  question  of  appetite,  of 
profit  and  loss,  is  utility  and  healthfuLness  ; 
and  as  the  preserves  in  comparison  with 
canned  fruit,  one  spoonful  of  the  former  will 

broil  and  distress  a  stomach  that  is  in 
the  least  disordered  ;  while  the  same  person 
ufight  eat  a  saucerful  of  the  same  fruit  kept 


in  its  natural  state  with  only  good  resulting 
therefrom.  It  is  my  candid  belief  that  pre¬ 
serving  fruit  iu  cans  was  especially  invented 
for  the  benefit  of  pool*,  dyspeptic,  preserves- 
eating  Americans,  and  that  in  the  store-room 
of  every  modern  housekeeper,  fruit  in  its 
own  natural,  healthful  deliciousness,  should 
“crowd  out”  that  from  which  sugar  has 
excluded  every  quality  but  sweetness,  sick- 
ishness  and  unheal tlifulnoss. 

Geraldine  Germane. 
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SELECTED  RECIPES. 


Good  Saucrkront. —  Let  your  “stand,” 
holding  from  half  a  barrel  to  a  barrel,  be 
thoroughly  scalded  out  ;  the  cutter,  the  tub. 
and  the  stamper  also  well  scalded.  Take  off 
all  the  outer  leaves  of  the  cabbages,  halve 
them,  remove  the  heart  and  proceed  with 
the  cutting.  Lay  some  clean  leaves  at  the 
bottom  of  the  stand,  sprinkle  with  a  handful 
of  salt,  fill  in  lmlf  a  bushel  of  cut  cabbage, 
stamp  gently  until  the  juice  just  makes  its 
appearance,  then  add  another  handful  of 
salt,  and  so  ou  until  the  stand  is  full.  Cover 
over  with  cabbage  leaves,  place  on  top  a 
clean  board  fitting  the  space  pretty  well,  and 
on  top  of  that  a  stone  weighing  twelve  or 
fifteen  pounds.  Htand  away  in  a  cool  place, 
and  when  hard  freezing  comes  on  remove  to 
the  cellar.  It  will  be  ready  for  use  in  from 
four  to  six  weeks.  The  cabbage  should  be 
cut  tolerably  coarse.  The  Savoy  variety 
makes  the' best  art  icle,  but  it  is  only  half  ns 
productive  as  the  Drumhead  and  Flat  Dutch, 
There  is  no  dish  more  wholesome  than  well 
made  sauerkraut,  but  it  should  always  be 
boiled  with  a  piece  of  pickled  pork  or  corned 
beef. — Germantown  Telegraph. 

filackberry  H't'ne. — Au  exchange  gives  the 
following  as  “Senator  Wilson's  way”  of 
making  blackberry  wine  : — Measure  your 
homes  and  bruise  them  ;  to  every  gallon 
adding  one  quart  of  boiling  water.  Let  the 
mixture  stand  twenty-four  hours,  stirring 
occasionally  ;  then  strain  off  the  liquor  into 
a  cask,  to  every  gallon  adding  two  pounds  of 
sugar ;  cork  tight,  and  let  it  stand  to  the  fol 
lowing  October,  and  the  wine  is  ready  for 
use.  without  further  straining  or  boiling. 

And  this  is  said  to  be  “  Senator  tlenklo’s 
way:” — Take  100  quarts  of  blackberries, 
crush  them  and  press  out  the  juice.  Then 
dissolve  tio  pounds  at  white  sugar  ill  2D  gal¬ 
lons  cold  water.  Measure  the  syrup  ;  add 
the  juice,  and  as  much  more  water  as  will  he 
required  to  make  -10  gallons  in  all.  If  you 
want  to  make  a  smaller  quantity,  preserve 
the  above  proportions.  Alter  pulling  it  in 
the  cask  ion e  that  bus  recently  had  whisky 
is  preferred),  set  it  in  the  cellar  or  other  cool 
place  with  the.  bung  open  to  the  air  until 
(Tiristnnis.  Then  stop  tightly  or  bottle  it. 

ridded  U nu  n  Tomatoes.— Gut  in  slices, 
sprinkle  with  salt,  aud  let  them  stand  over 
eight,  the  same  as  other  pickles.  After  re¬ 
maining  twelve  or  fifteen  hours  in  the  brine, 
drain  well  and  place  over  the  fire  in  fresh 
water,  changing  it  several  times,  until  nearly 
all  the  salt  taste  is  washed  out ;  they  should 
bo  allowed  to  get.  thoroughly  scalded  and  be¬ 
come  partially  cooked.  Mow  drain  again, 
and  make  a  syrup  of  a  bint  of  good  vinegar, 

:t  pounds  of  sugar,  one-baJf  ounce  of  cinna¬ 
mon  bark,  and  one-quarter  ounce  of  cloves. 
This  will  make  syrup  for  a  gallou  ol'  pickles. 
Put  the  tomatoes  Into  the  syrup  when  it  is 
boiling  hot,  and  cook  until  tender  ;  then 
carefully  lift  them  out  aud  reduce  the  syrup 
by  boiling  it  longer.  After  a  day  or  so  they 
should  be  heated  over,  care  being  taken  to 
jireveut  the  tomatoes  from  being  cooked  too 
much. 

To  Preserve  Pllcms  Without  the,  skins,  the 
Fruit  Recorder  says; — Pour  boiling  water 
over  large  egg  or  magnum  bouum  plums ; 
cover  them  until  it  is  cold, then  pull  oil  the 
sk  ins.  Make  a  syri  ip  of  a  pound  of  sugar  and 
a  teacup  of  water  for  each.  pound  or  fruit ; 
make  it  boiling  hot  and  pour  it  over  ;  let 
them  remain  for  a  day  or  t  wo,  then  drain  off 
and  boil  again  *,  skim  it  clear  and  pour  it  hot 
over  the  plums  ;  let  it  remain  until  the  next 
day,  then  put  them  over  the  fire  iu  the  syrup  ; 
boll  them  very  gently  until  clear  ;  take  them 
from  the  syrup  with  a  skimmer  into  the  pots 
or  jars  :  boil  tne  syrup  until  rich  and  thick  ; 
take  off  any  scum  which  may  arise,  then  let 
it,  cool  and  "settle,  and  pour  it  over  the  plums. 
If  brown  sugar  is  used,  which  is  quite  as 
good,  except  for  green  gages,  clarify  it  as 
directed. 

To  Make  Toilet  Soap.— Take  one  25c.  box 
of  concentrated  lye  ;  dissolve  it  in  one-half 
gallon  rain  water  ;  pour  iu  a  large  pitcher  to 
cool.  Now  melt  5  pounds  of  clean  lard  or 
tallow,  when  about  milk  warm  pour  your 
cold  lye.  in  very  slowly,  and  stir  rapidly. 
Continue  stirring  till  it  begins  to  thicken. 
Now  add  oue  ounce  of  oil  of  sassafras,  or  any 
other  perfume  you  fancy  ;  have  ready  a 
clean  box,  one  foot  square,  pour  in  and  cover 
air  tight.  Let  it  thus  remain  for  three  or 
four  days :  then  cut  it  up  in  cakes,  aud  it 
will  be  ready  for  use. 

niuckhctry  Cordial.— To  two  quarts  of 
juice  add  one  pound  of  white  sugar  ;  half 
ounce  nutmeg  ;  hall'  ounce  doves  pulverized. 
Boil  all  together  for  a  short  time,  and  when 
cold  add  a  pint  of  brandy. 

This  syrup  is  said  to  be  almost  a  specific 
for  summer  complaint  or  diarrhea.  From  a 
teaapoonful  to  a  wine  glass  is  to  be  taken, 
according  to  the  age  of  the  patient,  until 
relieved. 

Glycerine  Plaster. — A  stiff  plaster  can  be 
made  with  150  grains  starch  boiled  ill  1  ounce 
of  glycerine.  A  sedative  plaster  is  made  w  1th 
8  grs.  sulphate  of  atrophia,  2  grs.  ceratria,  8 
grs.  sulphate  of  morphia,  1  drop  otto  of  roses, 
1  ounce  hard  glycerine  ointment. 


SekiNO  in  your  valuable  paper  that  Mr.  Jos. 
Arch  (an  Englisnmun)  who  is  an  agent  for 
a  great  number  of  emigrants  of  his  country, 
is  soon  coming  to  the  United  States,  1  in¬ 
vite  Ihtd  to  visit  this  State,  I  see  that  the 
Northwest  is  complaining  that  she  cannot 
get  consumers  for  her  productions.  Such  is 
not  the  case  with  us.  Cora  is  worth  here 
from  75  cents  to  $1  per  bushel  out  of  the 
field,  three  years  out  of  four  ;  oats  from  75 
cents  to  81  per  bushel  ;  hay  from  $30  to  $4il 
per  ton.  AU  kind  of  vegetables,  poultry  and 
eggs  are  always  high.  I  have  sold  eggs  here 
for  10  cents  per  dozen  ;  never  less  than  15 
cents  (  common  hens  at  from  25  to  50  cents 
per  head  ;  turkeys  from  $1  to  $2,50  per  head. 
Fork  has  never  been  less  than  ten  cents  pier 
poimd  here  since  the  war.  Beef  from  5  to  10 
cents  per  pound  ;  all  other  meats  proportion¬ 
ally  high.  Cotton  to-day  Is  worth  18  cents 
per  pound  (good  cotton).  We  have  a  very 
mild  climate.  There  is  scarcely  a.  day  in  the 
year  that  it  is  too  cold  to  plow.  I  have  not 
seen  the  ice  over  an  inch  thick  in  five  years. 
All  kind  of  grasses  do  well  here  ;  also  most 
kinds  of  fruits,  particularly  pears,  peaches 
and  figs.  This  is  a  good  country  l'or  corn. 
There  was  made  as  much  us  124  bushels  to 
the  acre  in  this  State  last  year,  without  irri¬ 
gation,  though  it  was  well  manured.  "I  made 
myself  as  much  as  one  hundred  bushels  per 
ucre.  Part  s  of  this  State  produce  line  w heat, 
aud  other  parts  good  sugar  cane.  Indeed 
there,  is  good  sugar  cane  growing  in  this 
county  now,  within  five  miles  of  the  writer. 

Improved  lands  here  are  worth  from  $3  to 
$10  per  acre.  There  is  a  great  deal  of  Gov¬ 
ernment  land  still  vacant  in  this  State  that 
can  be  homesteaded  for  §15  for  40  or  80  acres, 
which  is  covered  with  fine  pine  timber.  We 
arc  close  to  Memphis,  Mobile  ami  Now  Or¬ 
leans,  three  large  cities,  to  say  nothing  of 
our  own  smaller  cities,  I  understand  that 
Mi-.  Arch  wishes  to  bring  over  laboriny 
men.  This,  sir,  is  what  we  want.  Wo  have 
the  Territory  and  now  we  need  the  labor. 
Our  while  people  are  rather  indolent,  many 
of  them  not  having  been  used  to  work,  being 
old  slave,  holders.  The  negroes  are  naturally 
lazy,  so  you  see  what,  a,  fine  opening  for  in¬ 
dustrious  people.  What  laboring  people  wish 
Is  a  good  market  for  their  productions,  which 
we  have.  There  is  no  doubt  but  that  Mr. 
Arch  could  make  an  excellent  arrangement 
with  the  Vicksburg  and  Meridian  Railroad 
Company,  as  thatj company  owns  about  two 
hundred  thousand  acres  of  land  lying  along- 
their  line  of  road  ;  I  am  of  English  descent 
and  would  be  pleased  to  see  those  English¬ 
men  among  us. 

The  summer  has  been  very  wet  with  us. 
Cotton  picking  has  commenced  and  new 
cotton  is  coming  in.  We  shall  probably  make 
an  average  crop.  The  worms  are  at  work. 

Sept.  1873.  Wm.  N.  Raines. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

FROM  EAST  TENNESSEE. 


My  letter  published  in  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  Sept.  13,  has  called  forth  so  many 
inquiries  about  this  section,  that  I  am  com¬ 
pelled  to  extend  my  remarks,  and  in  so  doing 
l  shall  state  facts  just  as  they  stand  on  record. 

Wheat. — Our  soil  and  climate  are  far  bet¬ 
ter  adapted  to  wheat  culture  than  many 
others.  This  season,  though  last  winter  was 
one  of  the  most  severe  everywhere  on  winter 
grain,  it  has  been  demonstrated,  beyond  all 
doubts,  that  with  proper  preparation  of  the 
soil  and  care  in  putting  it  In,  as  much  wheat 
can  be  produced  per  aero  as  in  Pennsylvania 
or  New  York,  Ohio  or  Kansas.  With  lime 
ami  plaster,  ashes  and  manure,  green  Roiling 
or  heavy  clover  sod  turned  under  at  the 
proper  time  as  the  wheat  growers  do  in  New 
York,  from  3D  to  40  bushels  of  clean,  number 
one  wheat  can  be  produced.  The  great  diffi¬ 
culty  with  our  farmers  here  is  the  “  old  way  ” 
— the  miserable  plan  of  butchering  the  soil 
with  small,  one-horse  plows,  and  sowing  at 
random  without  regard  to  the  qualifications 
of  the  land  or  its  adaptation  to  small  grain. 
Our  wheat  is  almost  always  entirely  free 
from  rust,  smut,  the  lly,  spot  find  other  dis¬ 
eases  so  extensively  complained  of  in  other 
sections.  On  the  whole,  then,  wheat  culture 
maybe  made  very  profitable  in  East  Tennes¬ 
see.  A  number  one  article  commands  $1.50 
per  bushel  at  this  time,  with  a  very  strong 
probability  of  going  up  to  $2  in  a  few  weeks. 
Last  year,  by  January,  it  became  in  great 
demand  at  $2.30. 

Corn  cannot  be  called  as  profitable  a  crop  to 
raise.  It  is,  perhaps,  the  most  exhaustive  to 
the  soil  of  any  grain,  and  requires  so  much 


more  fertilizing  and  cultivation,  that  the 
farmer  makes  nothing  by  raising  it  for  mar¬ 
ket,  unless  he  has  river  land,  subject  to  an¬ 
nual  overflows.  At  harvest  it  sells  at  fifty 
cents  and  some  years,  by  spring,  the  price 
has  doubled,  then,  there  is  money  in  it. 

Though  by  no  means  so  impoverishing  to 
the  land,  oats  are  not  considered  profitable 
to  grow.  Being  easily  raised  and  occupying 
so  short  a  time  in  growing  they  make  the 
demand  so  small,  that  the  price  does  not  en¬ 
courage  tl  ic  farmer.  Vegetables  of  all  kinds, 
are  perhaps,  more  profitable  or  can  be  made 
so  either  by  shipping  or  feeding  than  grain 
or  hay.  Irish  and  sweet,  potatoes  are  both 
very  easily  raised,  are  remunerative  to  him 
who  oXcoffs  in  their  cultivation.  The  best 
are  now  selling  at,  (10  to  70  cents  per  bushel. 
The  sweet  potatoes  always  leave  the  soil 
much  more  fertile  instead  of  less  productive, 
cabbage,  tomatoes,  turnips  and  beets  are  a 
source  of  no  small  profit,. 

This  place  is  proverbial  for  health.  We 
have  excellent  schools  and  churches  of  nearly 
all  denominations  with  good  pastors  over 
them.  The  free  school  system,  since  the 
war,  has  produced  a  wonderful  change  in 
the  various  districts  of  this  county  as  well 
as  all  over  the  State.  Almost  every  colored 
child  at,  fifteen  can  read,  that  is  more  than 
can  be  Raid  of  many  counties.  Since  the 
immigration  set  in  from  the  North  and  West, 
people  here  are  reading  more  and  looking 
Into  the  “whys  and  wherefores”  of  what¬ 
ever  they  deal  in  and  control.  Ti  e  older 
farmers  still  cling  to  their  old  customs,  how¬ 
ever,  while  their  children  demonstrate  the 
fact  that  they  are  fifty  years  behind  the 
times. 

East  Tennessee,  I  may  safely  say,  generally 
speaking,  is  behind  the  times— hence  the  rea¬ 
son  of  my  urging  Northern  immigration. 
Wo  have  now  over  fifty  Northern  and  West¬ 
ern  families  in  our  county  and  it  is  plainly  to 
be  seen  that  more  suc-h  energy  and  enterprise 
would  develop  our  resources  and  produce,  in 
this  best  and  most  healthy  of  all  sections,  an 
atmosphere  uueqnaled  anywhere.  Our  tim¬ 
ber  is  of  the  best  aud  Of  nearly  every  kind 
and  plenty  of  it.  The  price  of  land  varies 
according  to  quality  aud  locality.  In  and 
about  this  place  $25  to  350  per  acre  is  the 
asking  price,  Two  miles  away  $15  to  $20  and 
so  on,  the  farther  away  from  market  the 
cheaper.  Many  places,  now  for  sale,  are 
badly  worn  out,  and  having  had  renters  on 
them,  who  it  is  well  known  show  land  no 
mercy,  can  be  had  very  cheap.  There  are 
several  small  farms  near  this  place  for  sale 
and  by  putting  about  20  loads  of  manure  to 
the  acre  ou  all  the  cultivated  land,  they  ean 
be  brought  up  to  a  common  standard  with 
that  which  has  not,  been  cleared. 

Cleveland,  East  Tennessee.  A.  E.  Blunt. 


rientijk  and  Useful. 


SCIENTIFIC  AND  USEFUL  NOTES. 


Use  for  Fruit  Vegetable  and  Oyster  Cans. 
— A  i Californian  says  : — Throw  them  in  the 
fire,  and  let  them  unsolder.  They  will  spring 
open  about  one  inch.  Punch  holes  through 
each  of  the  four  corners,  large  enough.  Take 
a  piece  of  twine,  put  through  the  holes  and 
tie  the  can  together.  Set  it  on  a  piece  of 
board  or  shingle  cut  just  large  enough  for  it 
to  rest,  upon.  Fill  up  the  can  with  prepared 
soil,  and  you  have  a  superb  pot,  or  can,  to 
start,  flowers  or  other  plants  in. 

When  your  plant,  is  large  enough  to  put 
out.  dig  a  hole  large  enough  to  set  the  can  in 
take  o  way  the  bottom,  set  the  can  in  it,  cut 
the  strings,  ami  the  can  springs  open,  slip  it 
up  over  your  plant,  fill  up  with  dirt,  and 
your  plant  won’t  know  it  has  been  disturbed. 
The  old  way,  we  sometimes  ruin  the  plants 
by  jarring  the  pots  to  loosen  the  dirt,  so  that 
it  will  come  out.  With  the  cans  1  have 
never  lost  any,  nor  even  cheeked  their  growth 
in  the  least.  I  even  start  poppy,  larkspurs, 
etc.,  in  them. 

Castor  Oil  and  Traciny  Paper. — Puseher 
of  Nuremburg,  has  lately  suggested  a  solution 
of  castor  oil  in  an  absolute  alcohol  for  the 
purposes  of  manufacturing  a  tracing  paper. 
The  oil  it  to  be  diluted  with  one,  two  or  three 
times  its  bulk  of  alcohol,  according  to  the 
thickness  of  the  paper,  and  the  amount  con¬ 
sequently  required  for  rendering  it,  transpa¬ 
rent.  This  can  he  laid  on  by  means  of  a 
sponge  ;  and  in  a  very  few  minutes  after  the 
application  the  paper  will  be  dry  and  ready 
for  use.  It  will  readily  receive  the  mark  of 
a  pencil  or  Indian  iuk,  and  as  by  immersion 
in  absolute  alcohol  the  oil  can  be  removed, 
the  paper  can  be  restored  to  its  original 
condition  if  desired. 


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want  no  distinctive  Farmers’  Party,  named  as 
sucfli  and  seeking  only  the  farmers'  especial 
interest,  thus  arraying  other  classes  in  opposi¬ 
tion.  We  want  no  political  business,  nor  social 
action  to  increase  class  feeling  and  prejudice 
farmers  against  other  men  engaged  in  other 
equally  honorable  callings."  The  Rural  Nirw- 
YORKUit  has  given  its  voice  against  all  class 
legislation.  It  has  warned  Its  readers  that  no 
special  legislation  for  a  class  can  he  made  tol¬ 
erable  by  another  class  gaining  power  and  leg¬ 
islating  for  itself.  Legislatures  should  not  have 
the  constitutional  power  to  enact  special  laws 
favoring  either  clause*,  corporations  or  individ¬ 
uals.  All  special  legislation.  If  any,  should  be 
referred  to  the  local  Legislatures,  such  as 
Boards  of  Supervisors,  municipal  bodies.  See.; 
and  in  most  such  rases,  enactments  granting 
special  privileges  to  any  man  or  class  of  men  in 
a  localit  y,  should  oc  submitted  for  Indorsement 
to  the  voting  citizens  of  t  he  locality  Interested. 

Wo  are  glad  to  road  an  address  so  sensible 
and  judicious  as  that  our  friend  MORROW  send* 
us.  We  have  dated  our  faith  that  this  *‘  Farm¬ 
ers’  Movement"  is  going  to  do  Agriculturists 
great  good,  by  directing  their  thoughtful  atten¬ 
tion  to  matters  of  which  they  have  been  Igno¬ 
rant  through  list  lessness,  and  yet  which  actively 
concern  their  material  and  social  prosperity. 
The  fruits  of  the  ‘‘Movement,"  are  beginning  to 
be  seen  iu  the  increased  discussion  of  topics  of 
Political  Economy,  which  it  is  the  duty  of 
every  producer  to  master. 


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DANGER  TO  THE  FARMERS’  MOVEMENT. 

G.  E.  Morrow  of  t  he  Western  Farmer  has 
been  talking  at  the  Dane  Co.,  Wig.,  Fair  upon 
the  "For mens’  Movement.”  He  very  sensibly 
says  that  “The  greatest  danger  to  this  Move¬ 
ment  is  from  within— not  fzvrn  without.  If  it 
fail  of  doing  good  ;  ,f  tills  Interest  in  the  ques¬ 
tion  discussed  die  away,  leaving  farmers  iu  no 
better  condition  than  before,  it  will  bo  because 
they  have  consented  to  he  led  either  by  narrow¬ 
minded,  impracticable  men,  seeking  blindly  u 
good  end  through  inadequate  means,  or  else  by 
hypocritical,  vicious  men,  seeking  only  tbeir 
own  advancement.  Something  more  than  zeal 
is  needed  in  a  leader.  Something  besides  pro¬ 
testations  of  Interest  may  be  needed  to  prove 
sincerity.  There  a  e  already  loo  many  would- 
be  leaders,  bringing  contempt  on  the  cause 
they  profess  to  advocate,  by  their  pretentious 
ignorance,  their  Indiscriminate  denunciation 
and  their  empty  threats.  Wo  uoed  here,  as  In 
every  discussion,  full  and  accurate  information, 
careful  study  of  each  question,  anxious  only  to 
find  the  truth  and  a  willingness  to  hear  and  do 
full  justice  to  the  other  side. 4 

The  above  is  a  compendium  statement  both 
of  the  danger  and  the  true  policy  of  the  “  Farm¬ 
er  ’  Movement.”  Politician-  are  like  crows 
about  a  decaying  carcass— they  are  gathered 
together  whenever  they  see  opportunity  of 
spoil.  They  are  brimful!  of  zeal— to  get  to  the 
soup  whenever  they  once  scent  its  fragrance. 

Mr.  Morrow  wisely  says,  in  denouncing  spe¬ 
cial  legislation  as  a  curse,  “  For  this  reason  we 
- - 


Thu  Rural  New-Yorker  has  repeatedly 
urged  the  organization  of  Farmers’  Boards  of 
Trade,  or  the  establishment  of  regular  market 
days  at  the  nearest  market  place  for  the  sale 
or  exchange  of  Agricultural  products.  Dis¬ 
cussing  the  question  of  how  far  middlemen  can 
2  be  dispensed  with,  the  Vermont  Farmer  urges 
that  the  difficulties  in  the  way  of  dispensing 
.  with  them  ”  may  bo  overcome  to  a  great  and 
profitable  extent  by  co-operation  In  buying  and 
soiling  in  large  quantities,  for  cash,”  and  adds: 

II  One  of  the  best  ways  of  doing  tills,  in  many 
cases,  is  by  establishing  markets  In  the  railroad 
towns.  This,  tl;  seems  to  us,  ought  to  be  one  of 
the  very  first  measures  put  on  foot,  by  the  co-op¬ 
erative  societies.  It  brings  sellers  together 
where  they  may  see  each  others’  products  and 
compare  them,  and  have  a  constant  and  practi¬ 
cal  demonstration  before  their  eyes  of  the 
actual  differences  of  quality,  and  the  conse¬ 
quent  difference  in  the  prices  obtained  and  iu 
the  comparative  case  of  selling.  In  short  It 
gives  that  mercantile  education  to  the  farmer 
lhat  makes  him  a  match  for  the  middlemen, 
and  enables  him  Iu  dispense  with  nil  but  his 
really  necessary  and  useful  aid.  This  mercan¬ 
tile  knowledge,  the  knowledge  of  grades  and 
qualities  and  corresponding  marketable  value, 
is  really  essent  ial  to  success,  and  would  produce 
a  wonderful  aggregate  to  the  farmers  of  any 
State  where  It  is  carried  fully  into  e float. 

Sucl i  products  as  cannot  be  marketed  in  this  ! 
way  could  often  be  sold  by  the  agents  of  co-op¬ 
erating  farmers,  where  sound  lots  of  ascertained 
quality  could  be  guaranteed,  with  such  sure 
certainty,  and  at  a  higher  price  than  under  the 
present  custom.  For  instance,  the  surplus  oat 
crop  of  twenty-five  farmers,  graded  according 
to  quality,  and  sold  by  sample  to  a  single  large 
consumer  or  dealer  by  the  car  load,  would  al¬ 
ways  bring  a  number  of  cents  a  bushel  more 
than  when  marketed  separately. 

In  purchasing,  every  art  icle  of  large  consump¬ 
tion  can  be  bought  in  wholesale  lots,  for  cash, 
better  and  more  uniform  in  quality,  and  cheap¬ 
er  often  by  fifty  per  cent.,  and  always  by  a  good 
margin,  than  they  ever  can  be  got  of  the  retail 
store  keeper:  and  there  is  no  difficulty  about 
doiug  the  business  quickly,  cheaply,  and  with¬ 
out  any  risk  of  loss,  if  the  proper  means  are 
taken. 

Supposing  the  co-operating  farmers  of  Ver¬ 
mont  succeed  in  carrying  out  the  principles 
outlined  above,  what  would  be  the  result  as 
affecting  the  present  class  of  middlemen  in  the 
State?  In  our  opinion  it  would  reduce  their 
number  from  fifty  to  enty-flve  per  cem.  But 
it,  would  do  more  tnao  this;  it  would  release  >< 
large  amount  ef  capital  now  employed  oy  then; 
in  traffic  altogether  unprofitable  to  the  com¬ 
munity  at  large,  even  while  it  may  bo  profitable 
(o  themselves.  Tills  capital  must  have  employ¬ 
ment,  and  some  of  it  would  probably  go  to  ttie 
cities;  but  much  of  it,  we  believe,  would  be  l 
soon  invested  in  manufacturing  enterprises  ' 
that  will  build  up  home  markets  for  our  farm-  < 
ers.  Particularly  will  t  his  be  the  case  if  th*  ( 
farmers  themselves  will  invest  a  portion  of  i 
their  profits,  arising  from  co-operation,  In  the  * 
same  business;  cither  directly,  or  indirectly,  - 
bestowing  water  power,  and  offering  other  fa¬ 
cilities  to  all  who  desire  to  establish  mechani¬ 
cal  Industries  among  them.  s 


■  must  pay,  at  least,  ten  per  cent,  for  money, 
while  one  doing  the  same  business  in  New  En¬ 
gland  gets  his  for  six.  in  old  England  for  four, 
and  in  Germany  for  three.  Beyond  doubt  this 
state  of  things  will  exist  during  the  present 

■  generation. 

Let  us  ask  our  intelligent  contemporary  how 
loug  lands  will  continue  to  “  double  in  value  in 
three  or  four  years  ”  if  the  present  condition  of 
producers  continues?  Suppose  the  manufac¬ 
turer  of  t  he  East  does  pay  but  C  per  cent,  for 
his  money,  at  present  rates  of  transportation  of 
the  raw  product  and  food  for  his  operatives, 
and  of  the  manufactured  goods  to  the  West, 
cannot  the  Western  manufacturer,  on  the 
ground,  compete  with  him,  with  cheap  food, 
without  transportation  taxes,  with  cheap  fuel, 
&c..  and  pay  ten  per  cent,  for  money?  They 
have  been  and  are  doing  so  and  have  made  the 
New  England  era  feel  this  Competition.  As  to 
foreign  competition,  our  contemporary  will 
serve  its  constituency  better  by  laboring  loss  to 
secure  cheaper  transportation  by  which  English 
or  German  operatives  may  lie  fed  cheaper  with¬ 
out  putting  a  dollar  more  in  the  pockets  of 
Western  producers,  and  more  vigorously  to 
shutout  foreign  goods  from  competition  with 
our  own  and  thus  aid  In  building  up  home 
manufactures,  increasing  t.ho  number  of  non¬ 
food  producers  to  be  fed  at  home,  and  keeping 
our  money  circulating  In  our  midst.  It  is  the 
most  direct,  blow  that  can  be  struck  at  trans¬ 
portation  monopolies— the  building  up  of  home 
industries  and  shutting  out  foreign  competition. 
In  other  words,  abandon,  as  impracticable  and 
vicious,  in  the  present  condition  of  things  in 
the  West,  free  trade  doctrines  and  adopt  and 
preach  the  doctrine  of  self-protection  os  a  Gov¬ 
ernment  policy,  just  as  every  man  practices  it 
as  a  personal  policy,  who  does  business  in  this 
country. 

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RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

New  Quarter— A  Trial  Trip '—Another  Quar¬ 
ter  of  the  Rural  Nkw-Yorkkr  commences 
this  week,  from  which  date  to  Jan.  1, 1871,  it  will 
make  an  Excursion  or  Trial  Trip,  carrying  pas¬ 
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Cents  each.  During  this  trip  the  fast-sailing 
craft  will  travel  over  the  whole  of  this  Conti¬ 
nent,  visit  several  foreign  countries,  aud  make 
thirteen  points  or  pom,  at  eaeli  of  which  all 
on  board  (every  reader)  will  be  furnished  a  rich 
repast  of  Practical  Information  and  Intellectual 
Entertainment.  “Carry  the  News"  to  ull  your 
neighbors  and  acquaintances,  not  forgetting  to 
advise  them  that  an  Excursion  Ticket  lor  the 
whole  Journey  costs  Only  Ftyty  Cental  A  large 
number  have  already  secured  passage,  but  we 
expect  many  thousands  will  be  added,  for  the 
vessel  is  of  ample  dimensions  to  carry  all  who 
apply  and  perfectly  seaworthy,  and  hence  safe 
for  everybody,  “All  aboard  1" 

—  Seriously,  and  aside  from  metaphor,  the 
Rural  New- York ek  this  week  enters  upon  a 
new  Quarter,  offering  t  he  Thirteen  Numbers, 
On  Trial,  at  the  low  rate  aforesaid.  We  hope 
to  make  each  cue  of  the  thirteen  Issues  worth 
the  price  of  the  whole,  and  will  thank  our 
friends  to  make  known  the  offer  to  ail  of  their 
friends.  By  so  doing  they  will  benefit  those 
who  subscribe,  and  greatly  Increase  and  widen 
the  circulation  of  what,  we  trust  is  their  Favor¬ 
ite  Farm  and  Fireside  Weekly.  Ln  the  be¬ 
lief-founded  upon  facts.  Indications  and  our 
faith  in  those  now  addressed— that  there  will 
be  a  large  detuaud  for  t  his  Quarter  of  the  Ru¬ 
ral,  we  tills  week  add  several  thousand  to  our 
regular  edition,  in  order  to  supply  the  thirteen 
numbers  to  as  many  as  possible. 

The  \«mv  York  Mntr.  Fair  now  in  progress,  is 
a  creditable  one,  though  we  have  seen  better  in 
this  State.  The  live  stock  departments  em¬ 
brace  many  line  animals,  but,  as  a  whole,  this 
feature  does  not  reach  the  usual  excellence. 
The  show  of  milch  stock  is  large  and  excellent. 
Farm  implements  machinery  and  manufactures 
are  notable  features.  The  accommodations  for 
the  Fuir  are  admirable.  We  have  never  seen 
the  buildings  excelled  in  excellence  and  adap¬ 
tation  to  the  purposes  designed.  The  floral 
display  by  two  or  three  firms  is  good.  Leave 
Rochester  out  and  it  would  be  meager  indeed. 
The  fruit  show  is  also  sparse  and  Rochester  ' 
makes  tlie  hula  of  it.  Judging  by  the  crowd  on 
tin?  grounds  the  27th,  receipts  will  be  good.— 

C.  v.  u. 


Arch  was  beautifully  caught.  But  what  else 
can  we  really  expect  from  a  man  who  is  carried 
off  his  legs  by  such  fulsome  flattery  as  this’ 
Mr.  Arch  is  going  over  to  America  and  Canada 
to  report  on  their  capabilities  for  agricultural 
emigrants.  There  are  speculators  in  these 
countries  more  seductively  eloquent,  than  even 
Mr.  Butt,  so  that  Mr.  Arch,  so  easily  led  iuto 
"  Home  Rule."  is  sure  to  fall  into  their  meshes 
and  will  be  certain  to  recommend  those  who 
ought,  to  stay  at  homo  to  try  the  pleasures  of 
life  abroad. 

■ - »** 

Suggestion*  for  Col  ion  Planter* _ We  have 

frequent  opportunities  to  talk  with  intelligent 
planters  from  the  South, ’.who  deplore  the  fa¬ 
natical  (almost)  dependence;  upon  the  cotton 
crop  which  obtains,  asserting  that,  with  all  the 
money  there  is  in  the  crop,  it  is  steadily  impov¬ 
erishing  the  South,  because  planters  am  Icipate, 
this  year,  next  year's  crop  and  at  the  time  of 
marketing  it  find  it  hypothecated  to  iho  factor 
who  has  advanced  them  money  upon  it  where¬ 
with  to  buy  fertilizers,  food  for  the  family, 
hands  and  teams.  ,Wc  axe’glud  to  know  i  hat 
there  is  gradually  coming  a  reform.  Bunco  we 
copy  with  pleasure  the  following  from  an  arti¬ 
cle  in  the  Plantation  by  N.  il.  Davis,  Green¬ 
ville,  S.  C.: 

The  high  price  of  cotton  continues  to  he  a 
sore  temptation  to  the  planter  in  debt.  Those 
who  have  resisted,  the  temptation,  and  have 
diminished  their  cotton  acreage  one-half  or 
in  creased  their  stock  and 
provision  crops,  hare  been  uniformly  success  rul 
and  will  continue  to  be  more  and  nmr<‘  pros¬ 
perous  3-cur  after  year.  Those  who  Mill  v (eld 
to  the  temptation,  and  plant  more  cotton  than 
they  can  cultivate  on  a  cash  basis,  are  losing 
money,  time  and  labor,  and  will  continue  to 
lose  until  they  come  down  to  common-sense 
farming,  which  means  the  raising  of  everything 
on  the  farm  anti  buying  and  selling  Tor  cash, 
leaving  the  cotton  crop,  at  the  close  of  the 
year,  clear  net  profit. 

This  Is  good  common  sense  ;  but  it  is  not  only 
common  sense,  but  the  experience  of  every  man 
who  lias  tried  It.  wherof  we  have  abundant 
testimony. 

- - - 

Statue  of  Robert  Fulton _ As  it  has  been 

proposed  to  erect  a  stat  ue  of  Roiiert  Fulton 
on  the  battery  at  New  York  it  would  be  desira¬ 
ble  to  obtain  the  best  likeness  that  could  be 
produced.  There  is  a  portrait,  by  Benjamin 
West  taken  while  iu  Paris  and  prior  to  Mr. 
Fulton’s  success  in  steam  navigation  on  the 
Hudson.  This  picture  could  probably  lie  ob¬ 
tained  for  the  occasion,  which  would  secure  a 
true  likeness  and  perpetuate  the  fame,  of  an 
American  artist  with  that  of  the  illustrious  in¬ 
ventor.  West  visited  Mr.  Fulton  frequently 
while  in  France  and  by  their  Intimacy  became 
convinced  that  the  steamboat  would  yet  trav¬ 
erse  the  river  and  the  ocean. -R.  M.  Ludlow, 
Oak  Burn,  nmr  Hudson,  A.  Y.,  Sept,  28,  1673. 

- 

JVo  Premium* — The  Ameriman  PomoJogical 
Society  in  session  at.  Boston  has  adopted  l  he 
following : — Resolved,  That  the  American  I’om o- 
logicaJ  Society  shall  at  no  time  award  money 
premiums  for  the  exhibition  of  fruits  during 
any  of  its  sessions. 

It  I*  understood,  however,  that  this  action 
shall  not  interfere  with  the  awarding  of  the 
medal  for  meritorious  objects. 


RURAL  BREVITIES. 

IV.  B.  Wade  should  addross  II.  L.  Emery, 
Albany,  N.  Y. 

Briggs  &  Brother,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  send  us 
their  quarterly  Floral  Work,  a  handsome,  prac¬ 
tical  publication. 

Vick  of  Rochester  sends  ns,  per  Charles 
True,  a  specimen  of  his  New  Japan  Coxcomb, 
which  illuminates  the  first  page  of  his  catalogue 
for  1873. 

Correspondents  who  write  lo  us  for  lists  of 
reliable  poultry  breeders  and  dealers  are  re¬ 
spectfully  referred  to  our  advertising  columns, 
whore  their  cards,  should  be  found.  Wo  have 
no  other  Poulterer’s  Directory. 

There  are  few  Institutions  that  have  weath¬ 
ered  the  late  panic  better  than  the  Frcedraen’s 
Savings  and  Trust  Co.,  which  has  maintained 
its  standing  in  the  Clearing  Houso,  and  has  uot 
sold  any  of  its  securities  to  meet  the  daily  de¬ 
mand  upon  it. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

Help  Supply  the  Want ! 


—  The  above  from  our  Associate,  and  the  re¬ 
port  given  uu  page  230,  indicate  that  the  Thirty- 
Third  Annual  Fair  of4  the  “  ancient  and  honor¬ 
able"  N.  Y .  State  Agricultural  Society  is  already 
(we  write  on  Monday)  an  assured  success  — 
whereat  wo  rejoice,  for,  with  all  her  mutual 
admiration  faults,  we  love  her  still.  More  anon 
—  next  week. 


MANUFACTURES  IN  THE  WEST, 


Conceding  the  benefits  to  flow  from  the 
building  of  manufactories  in  the  West,  where 
coal  and  food  are  abundant  and  the  raw  mate¬ 
rial  os  available  as  In  the  East,  the  Prairie  Far¬ 
mer  says : 

So  long  as  millions  of  acres  of  t  he  most  fertile 
land  on  t  he  globe  are  to  be  bought  at  from  $2 
to  $5  per  acre,  with  every  prospect  of  its  doub¬ 
ling  in  value  iu  three  or  lour  years,  capitalists 
will  not  put.  their  money  into  manufacturing 
establish  meats.  The  great  drawback  to  mani- 
iacturing  iu  the  West  is  the  high  rate  of  inter¬ 
est  demanded  for  money.  A  manufacturer  here 


The  Englishman,  Joseph  Arch  of  whose  mis¬ 
sion  to  this  country  we  spoke  in  Rural  New- 
Yorker  of  Sept,  (i,  has  been  to  Ireland  and  has 
got,  in  someway,  identified  with  what  is  known 
as  the  “  Home  Rule  (t.  c.,  ‘  Ireland  for  the  Irish,’) 
Association.”  This  has  aroused  a  good  deal  of 
feeling  against  him  hy  his  English  newspaper 
backers ;  and  the  Scottish  Farmer  of  Edinburgh 
says : 

All  along,  any  one  without  spectacles  might 
have  seen  that  Arch  was  a  inan  of  profound 
conceit— one  that,  as  stupidly  as  a  gudgeon, 
would  get  hooked  with  a  bait  much  less  dex¬ 
terously  thrown  than  that  by  Mr.  Butt,  viz.,  that 
Mr-  Arch’s  speech  was  “  beautiful,  magnificent 
iu  its  diction,  and  noble  in  its  intellect.  1  only 
wish  that  1  heard  such  a  speech  in  the  House 
of  Commons— and  perhaps  1  may  yet  hear  the 
same  speaker  make  one  there  as  good,"  Mr. 


WANTED.— Five  Thousand  Progressive,  Live, 
Wide-Awake  Men  and  Women,  Young  Mon  and 
Maidens,  Boys  and  Girls,  to  act  as  Agents  for  lUo 
Rural  New- Yorker  iu  their  respective  localities, 
More  than  that  number  of  our  lens  of  thousands  of 
readers  CAN,  if  they  WILL,  obtain  from  ten  to  fifty 
or  one  hundred  subscribers  each,  to  commence  now 
or  with  the  new  volume  and  year  in  January,  Uow 
many  of  our  good  friends  will  respond  favorably V 
All  who  do  so  will  be  furnished  with  such  Specimens, 
Premium  Lists,  Show-Bills,  &c.,  as  will  enable  them 
to  profitably  prosecute  the  canvass.  Send  jur  the 
documents,  which  will  be  mailed  free  to  all  disposed 
to  aot  in  earnest.  Address  this  office. 

BUSINESS  NOTICES, 

The  long  evenin','!*  are  now  coming,  and  the  chil¬ 
dren  should  have  good  games  to  help  pass  them 
pleasantly.  Avliude,  with  its  birds  and  their  de¬ 
scriptions,  is  the  best  ever  published.  Sold  by  nil 
booksellers  and  toy  dealers,  or  sent  post-putd,  on  re 
ceipt  of  seventy-five  ovnts,  by  West  a  Lee,  Worces. 
ter,  Mass. 

“From  its  meritorious  character  deserves  the  wtd- 
St  circulation."— Bmner  of  Light, 


OCT,  4 


©OBI’S  BUBAL  WEW-fOBKEB. 


22  H 


»oqiat  Souirfi. 


LOVE  OF  DRESS. 


Teach  the  little  girls  to  make  themselves  as 
pretty  as  is  becoming,  with  all  the  puffs  and 
bows  and  ribbons  that  may  be  consistent  with 
pence  of  mind  and  unselfishness  and  untouched 
honor;  but  teach  them  also  that  this  Is  but  a 
small  part  not  only  of  what  pertains  l  o  the  con¬ 
duct  of  life  but  to  the  attainment  of  position 
and  worthy  influence.  But  Nature  has  30  made 
men  and  women  tlia,. 


their  children.  They  should  be  taught  to  con¬ 
sider  it  as  rude  not  to  reply  to  a  letter  whioh 
needs  attention.  The  busiest  people  are  gen¬ 
erally  those  who  are  the  most  exact  in  this  re¬ 
spect. 

The  late  Duke  of  Wellington,  who,  It  will  be 
admitted,  had  a  good  deal  on  his  hands  at  dif¬ 
ferent  times  of  his  lifo,  replied  to  every  lotter, 
no  matter  from  how  humble  a  source. 


Once  a  clergyman,  who  lived  In  a  distant  part 
of  the  kingdom,  wrote  to  his  grace,  on  whom 
neither  henor  his  parish  had  a  claim,  tobegfor 
a  subscription  to  build  a  church.  By  return 
mail  entno  back  a  letter  from  the  Duke,  to  the 


slons— where  there  Is  an  heroic  disregard  of 
danger— a  cool  and  firm  presence  of  mind  in 
.difficulties  and  embarrassments— disinterested 
virtues— expanded  benevolence—  a  strong  sense 
of  every  generous  feeling— a  principal  of  virtue 
superior  to  the  opinions  of  weak  and  corrupt 
men  and  totho  vile  and  Inordinate  propensities 
of  our  low  and  debased  nature  — then  we  dis¬ 
cover  all  the  virtues  and  qualities  that  form  the 
utmost  sublimity  of  human  character. 

- ♦♦♦ - 


METHOD  IN  WORK. 


Do  instantly  whatever  is  to  be  done;  take  the 


•**'*»'■ 


brief  and  uncertain,  the  character  of  the  book 
so  remote  from  the  over-varying  activities  of 
the  hour,  that  the  eye  searches  for  the  picture 
of  passing  events,  or  the  light,  spicy  article  of 
the  lively  periodical,  rat  her  than  the  solid  mat¬ 
ter  of  the  book.  Go  into  any  family  and  you 
will  see  that  from  the  old  grandmother  who  still 
reads  with  her  spectacles,  to  the  little  boy  or 
girl  that  can  spell  out  the  words  In  easy  rend¬ 
ing,  It  is  the  paper  pr  magazine  that  is  first 
wanted  and  first  read.  Look  in  the  cars,  the 
parlor,  or  any  other  place,  and  you  will  discover 
the  same  fact  the  paper  or  periodical  first,  the 
book  next.  What,  then,  should  the  press  do 
but  supply  tills  great  and  growing  want;  what 
-diould  tha  rlonds  of 


they  care  also  to'seem— 
to  seem  pleasant  and 
desirable  in  cacn 
other’s  eyes.  Who  shall 
say  that  this,  too,  is  not 
a  powerful  motive  to 
excellence?  Let  us  net 
scorn  it,  but  use  it.  No 
father  but  rejoices 
when  his  son  turns  from 
the  athletic  but  some¬ 
what  rude  sports  of  his 
male  mates,  and  begins 
to  seek  and  enjoy  the 
gentler  gayetles  of  fe¬ 
male  society !  No  moth¬ 
er  but  Is  pleased  to  see 
her  bairns  respected. 
In  each  sox  the  desire 
to  please,  whether  Its 
own  or  the  other,  la  In¬ 
stinctive  and  blarno- 
less.  Yet  so  delicate  i  - 
It  that  It  can  hardly  lie 
touched  without  dan¬ 
ger.  It  can  hardly  ho 
guided  except  indirect¬ 
ly.  To  say  to  girls— as 
as  I  have  sometimes 
heard  it  oald  men  like 
this,  men  dislike  that, 
therefore  be  thus  and 
so,  is  coarse  and  cruel 
and  servile.  Yet  can 
the  honorable,  the 
high  -  minded  mother, 
teacher,  friend,  with 
dignity  and  sweetness 
guide  her  girl  to  a  wo¬ 
manhood  reserved, 
commanding,  reason¬ 
able,  however  piquant, 
merry  and  arch;  guide 
her  for  a  fitness  for  com¬ 
panionship  with  the 
wisest  and  greatest  of 
men,  as  well  as  a  solace 
to  the  weak  and  erring; 
guide  her  Into  attract¬ 
iveness  and  grace  and 
ornament,  which  are  to 
be  attained  only  by  vir¬ 
tue  of  unconsciousness, 
uprightness  and  un¬ 
hampered  individuali¬ 
ty.  One  Is  troubled  to 
see  beauty  wasted  as 
well  as  wealth,  or  time, 
or  mind,  or  any  other 
gift  of  God.  A  lovely 
little  maiden  making 
herself  lovelier  before 
the  glass  to  greet  and 
gladden  the  eyes  of  all 
beholders,  is  not  a  sor¬ 
ry  sight,  if  beneath  the 
visible  loveliness  lie  a 
tender  heart,  a  mind 
under  good  control,  a 
strong  and  active  will. 
But  to  see  a  silly  little 
girl  rely  on  her  colors 
and  contours,  and  ne¬ 
glect  mental  culture, 
social  grace,  one  might, 
almost  aay  Christian 
courtesey,  this,  Indeed, 
la  melancholy.  Her  sel¬ 
fish  little  mind  lords  it 
already  over  cheap,  su¬ 
perficial  beauties*  and 
will  soon  leave  nothing 
behind  but  a  dreary 
waste.  Her  little  vic¬ 
tories  are  temporary, 
her  little  failures  last- 


| 

i 


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mm 


the  young  and  old  do 
but  encourage  such  pa¬ 
pers  and  periodicals  as 
are  fitted  to  promote 
right  prlnulplos  and  vir¬ 
tuous  and  useful  prac¬ 
tices  ? 


PAINLESS  DEATH. 


Chief  Justice  Chase 
was  fortunato  In  death 
as  he  had  been  In  lifo. 
The  Immediate  cause 
of  his  death  was  a  rup¬ 
ture  of  tho  cerebral  ar¬ 
tery,  whence  followed 
a  rush  of  blood  to  the 
brain  ;  and  as  tho  rup¬ 
ture  took  place  when 
he  was  asleep,  he  never 
knew  pain,  passing 
calmly  away.  Mere  dy¬ 
ing,  it  Is  |,  reliable,  never 
is  painful,  but  the  cir¬ 
cumstances  that  attend 
death  sometimes  are 
very  painful;  yet  men 
suffer  as  much  In  sick¬ 
ness  from  which  they 
recover  ns  they  do  in 
those  that  terminate 
fatally.  A  strictly  natu¬ 
ral  death  would  make 
no  more  impression  on 
a  man  than  was  made 
on  him  by  his  birth. 
Nature  In  not  such  a 
blunderer  as  to  mako 
the  inevitable  a  source 
of  pain  that  Can  do  no 
good.  What.  Is  dis¬ 
agreeable  in  dying  is 
the  result,  of  I, lie  viola¬ 
tion  of  Nature's  lawn. 
To  dlo  Is  simply  to 
sleep,  death  being  the 
rounding  of  life,  as 
Shakspeare  says.  To 
the  properly  constitut¬ 
ed  mind  death  la  no 
iiiore  horrible  than  Is 
sieep  ;  hut  the  properly 
constituted  mind  lias 
not  yet  been  found. 
Even  those  who  die 
calmly  or  gladly  do  so 
ho  nan  88  they  have 
found  life  a  Gordian 
knot,  whioh  can  bo  cut. 
only  by  the  dart  of 
Death,  and  not  because 
they  h;  ve  philosophic 
•ally  convinced  thcni- 
telves  that  it  is  a  matter 
of  no  moment.  Be  a 
.nan  the  most  con- 
irmed  of  believers,  or 
he  most  confirmed  of 
unbelievers,  he  must 
have  some  doubt— and 
win  re  there  is  doubt., 
>o  it  ever  so  small,  there 
oust  be  fear.  So  that 
hen  one  departs  in  his 
eep  lie  avoids  the  last, 
■rploxity,  that  which 
aits  on  the  deat  h-bed 
f  the  philosopher — 
liich  was  felt  by  Adam 
id  which  will  be  felt 
y  the  last-  of  Adam's 
ascendants.  Human 
egotism  has  not  yet 


Ing.  She  can  never  be 
a  power.  She  can  scarce¬ 
ly  help  being  a  drag.  Her  companions  must  be 
among  the  commonplace,  not  to  say  the  vul¬ 
gar,  for  she  has  nothing  In  common  with  tho 
lofty  and  grand.  She  can  assimilate  nothing 
beyond  the  material.  There  Is  danger  that  she 
will  soon  b8  unable  to  raise  above  the  mean. 
While  there  is  yet  time,  let  her  loam  that  in 
both  sexes,  in  all  ages  and  all  worlds,  to  be 
weak  is  miserable,  and  though  pretty  men  and 
pretty  women  may  well  enough  consort,  large 
souls  love  largely.— Gall  Hamilton. 


the  E'VJEisriisrG-  zpjR.-tA-'srnjjR,. 


ANSWERING  LETTERS. 


A  cheat  many  people  are  shamefully  negli¬ 
gent  about  answering  letters.  Nothing  is  more 
annoying.  In  European  countries  it  is  regard¬ 
ed  as  the  hight  of  ill-breeding  to  allow  a  letter 
which  needs  reply  to  go  unanswered;  and  so  It 
ought  to  be  considered  here.  This  is  a  point 
on  whioh  parents  should  lay  great  stress  to 


world  he  should  have  been  applied  to  for  such 
an  object ;  but  the  parson  sold  tho  letter  as  an 
autograph  for  £5,  and  put  tho  Duke  down  for 
that  amount  among  the  subscribers.— Exchange. 


SUBLIMITY. 

Whatever  ennobles  the  human  character 
and  Indicates  superior  energy  of  intellectual 
or  moral  qualifies,  is  what  wo  call  mental  or 
moral  sublimity.  The  sublime  of  human  char¬ 
acter  produces  love  of  admiration  by  a  display 
of  all  the  noble  qualities  of  our  nature;  and 
there  is  considerable  sublimity  In  gifts  of  the 
imagination  and  the  understanding,  like  those 
possessed  by  such  poets  as  Milton,  by  such 
philosophers  as  Newton,  by  such  heroes  as 
Napoleon.  Bui  when  there  is  a  constant  exer¬ 
tion  of  mental  vigor— an  invariable  display  of 
elevation  of  mind— an  habitual  heroism  evinced 
even  amid  the  storms  and  agitations  of  the  pas- 


and  never  before  it.  When  a  regiment  is  under 
march,  the  rear  is  often  thrown  Into  Confusion 
because  the  front  do  not,  move  steadily  and 
without  interruption.  It  is  thc-same  thing  with 
business.  If  that  which  is  first  in  hand  is  not 
instantly,  steadily  and  regularly  dispatched, 
other  things  accumulate  behind  till  affairs  be¬ 
gin  to  press  all  at  once  and  no  human  brain  can 
stand  the  confusion.  Pray  mind  this;  It,  Is  one 
of  your  weak  points ;  a  habit  of  mind  it  is  that 
is  very  apt  to  beset,  men  of  intellect  and  talent, 
especially  when  their  time  Is  not  filled  up  regu¬ 
larly  but  is  left  to  their  own  management.  But 
it  is  like  the  ivy  round  tho  oak,  and  ends  by 
limiting  If  it  does  not.  destroy  the  power  of 
manly  and  necessary  exertion.— Sir  Walter  Scott. 
...  -  ■  - , - 

PAPERS  BEFORE  BOOKS. 

Papers  before  books  is  the  rule,  now-a-days, 
with  most  readers.  The  time  for  reading  is  so 


n  which  dt!;l^ti  can  bo  a 
matter  of  absolute  indifference,  and  probably 
it  will  never  reach  it. 

- --♦-*> - 

WHAT  THE  LEAF  DOES. 

It  pumps  water  from  the  ground,  through 
the  thousands  of  tubes  in  the  stem  of  the  tree, 
and  sends  it  Into  the  atmosphere  In  the  form 
of  unseen  mist,  to  bo  condensed  and  fall  in 
showers;  the  very  water  that,  were  it  not  for 
|  the  loaf,  would  sink  into  the  earth  and  find  its 
|  way,  perchance,  through  subterranean  chan¬ 
nels,  to  I  he  sea  .  And  thus  it  is  that  we  see  that 
it  works  to  give  us  the  “  early  :tnd  latter  rain." 
It  works  to  send  tho  rills  and  streams,  like  lines 
of  silver,  down  t  ie  mountains  and  across  the 
plain.  It  works  to  pour  down  the  large  brooks 
which  turn  the  wheels  that  energize  the  tna- 
hinery  Welch  gives  employment  to  millions— 
commerce  stimulated  aud  wealth  accumulated, 
and  intelligence  disseminated  through  the 
agency  of  this  wealth.  The  loaf  does  it  all. 


m 


MOOBE’S  RURAL  fJEW-YORKIR. 


rti 


DRIFTING. 


BY  I)K  J'OBKEST  P.  GL'M'l  KRHON. 


Oh,  tho  visions  that  I  see 
As  I  drift  along  life's  sea, 

Wlille  the  shadows  of  the  twilight  o’er  me  bend : 
Of  the  friends  of  early  childhood, 

And  the  days  we  In  the  Wildwood 
Roamed  from  early  dawn  until  (be  end. 

But  these  visions  pnss  array 
Like  the  sun  at  close  of  day. 

And  1  drift  and  nrift  alone  upon  life’s  sea; 

And  the  sound  of  happy  voices 
Never  more  my  heart  rejoices, 

And  my  soul  butlongoth  to  be  free. 


<©ur  j^oni-id^r. 


“GOOD-BYE,  SWEETHEART j" 

OR,  WHY  HE  LIVED  A  BACHELOR. 


BY  U.  G.  WINMONTH. 


It  was  only  an  old,  red  farm-house  in  Ilel- 
brunt  Valley,  as  the  place  was  called  in  honor 
of  old  Col.  JlKi.nBONT,  a  German  settlor  v/ho 
had  served  under  Washington  in  '70,  and  upon 
the  establishment  of  the  Colonial  I  mlopendence 
had  taken  out  a  grant  for  this  beautiful  tract 
of  country,  lying  between  two  lofty  ridges  of 
mountains,  and  at  that  time  wholly  uninhabit¬ 
ed,  save  In  the  autumn  time,  when  half  a  dozen 
warriors  of  the  St.  Regis  tribe  would  follow  the 
creek  afar  down  tho  ot  her  side  of  the  mount 
tain,  and,  attracted  by  the  abundance  of  game 
and  the  spontaneous  productions  of  the  forest, 
the  Indians’  natural  subsistence,  would  stretch 
their  wigwams  among  the  mountains  and  occa¬ 
sionally  down  In  the  valley,  and  after  rejoicing 
in  an  abundance  of  deer  and  wild  fruit  for  a 
season,  would  remove  their  tents  to  tho  fishing 
grounds  by  t  he  far-away  lake  and  leave  tho  val¬ 
ley  once  more  to  quiet  and  loneliness.  Such 
was  Its  condition  when  the  Colonel  removed 
hither,  built  his  spacious  log  cabin  for  ho  had 
a  numerous  family— and  commenced  tilling  the 
rich,  productive  soil.  Other  settlers  quickly 
followed  him,  and  commenced,  like  1dm,  to  Jay 
the  foundation  of  t  heir  family  fortune  In  the 
broad  acres  of  HUrlburt  Valiev.  And  ns  nearly 
all  of  them  were  endowed  by  nature  with  t  he 
spirit  of  true  German  thrift.  It  came  to  pass  in 
time  Mini  the  inhabitants  of  the  V alloy  were 
regarded  as  a  sort  of  aristocrats,  after  all, 
t  hough  the  country  had  so  lately  declared  Itself 
unalterably  a  republic.  Now,  if  they  had  taken 
this  title  to  themselves,  doubtless  It  would 
have  been  disputed  by  every  one  outside  the 
boundaries  of  the  magic?  circle ;  but  as  they 
still  cont  inued  their  plodding  cares,  and  plowed 
and  sowed  and  garnered,  wit  h  tin-  same  personal 
supervision  as  at  first,  not  one  of  the  most  en¬ 
vious  could  find  aught  in  their  speech  or  man¬ 
ner  to  lay  to  their  charge,  and  they  were  still 
regarded,  as  I  have  said,  as  a  little  superior  to 
tho  inhabitants  of  the  neighboring  region. 

The  adventures  of  those  curly  settlers  would 
not  interest  us  now,  for  this  little  story  con¬ 
cerns  chiefly  Col.  H  kmirvnt’s  grand-child,  and 
I  must  not  stay  longer  with  her  noted  ances¬ 
tors,  save  to  remark  that  they  never  cpiurrclod 
with  the?  Indians  when  they  made,  their  yearly 
visits  to  the  valley,  therefore  never  lived  an 
hour  in  dread  of  tomahawk  or  scalping-knife. 
Indeed,  they  gained  the  love  and  esteem  of  the 
savages  to  such  a  degree  that  upon  one  occa¬ 
sion,  n  noble  warrior  ami  chief,  on  a  hunting 
expedition  through  the  valley,  having  heard 
much  of  the  old  Colonel's  hospitality,  paid 
them  a  visit  and  was  so  charmed  wit  h  Ids  re¬ 
ception  and  wttfi  Aunt  BETSY  1 1  Et. BRUNT,  the 
Colonel’s  maiden  sister,  that  ho  offered  to  make 
her  his  squaw  before  our  own  minister  and  de¬ 
pose  her  who  had  been  for  long  years  the  light 
of  his  wigwam.  But  Aunt.  Betsy,  although  hor¬ 
ror-stricken,  managed  to  preserve  her  presence 
of  mind,  and,  politely  but  firmly  declining  tho 
offer,  succeeded  in  convincing  him  of  the  cruel¬ 
ty  of  turning  the  other  adrift,  and  urging  the 
necessity  of  her  remaining  wit  h  her  brother,  on 
account  of  the  illness  of  her  brother's  w  ife  and 
her  inefficiency  in  the  housekeeping  depart¬ 
ment.  lie  took  his  dismissal  with  true  savage 
firmness,  and,  presenting  Aunt  Betsy  with  a 
rich  mat  of  deer  skin,  took  his  departure  for¬ 
ever  from  the  valley  which  contained  “the  light 
of  his  eyes.”  He  did  not  forget  ,  however,  for 
every  year  came  some  token  of  his  remem¬ 
brance— a  pair  of  lovely  bead  moccasins,  dainty 
baskets  and  other  articles  of  Indian  elegance, 
thus  betraying  a  constancy  and  fidelity  that  it 
would  be  well  for  hi*  w  hite  brother  to  imitate. 

And  the  Colonel  prospered.  Although  the 
people  of  the  vatley  improved  much,  t  he  Colo¬ 
nel  was  far  ahead  of  t  hem,  and  when  he  built 
the  farm-house  its  inner  walls  were  curiously 
carved  and  colic  1  and  painted,  in  imitation  of 
some  house  in  the  Fatherland,  wit  li  lovely  blue 
and  pink-like  sky  and  clouds;  and  the  outside, 
as  I  said  before,  was  red,  but  painted  with  such 
skill,  that  although  eighty  years  have  elapsed 
since  then,  and  the  timbers  are  beginning  to 
crumble  at  t  heir  foundations,  yet  the  colors  are 
still  as  fresh  and  bright  as  they  were  when  first 
the  farm-house  was  completed.  And  when  t  he 
Colonel  died  he  left  his  possessions  to  his  eldest 
son,  having  paid  off  his  younger  sons  and  daugh¬ 
ters,  and  with  it  he  left  an  injunction  to  keep 
the  home  forever  in  the  family,  to  cherish  the 
family  pride  and  never  by  word  or  deed  to  let 
the  family  name  bear  the  slightest  stain  or 


shadow.  His  son  strictly  obeyed  his  commands, 
married  the  stout,  buxom  daughter  of  a  farmer 
whose  lands  joined  theirs,  and  began  in  his  turn 
to  train  up  sons  to  walk  in  the  pat  h  which  their 
father  and  grandfather  had  walked  before  them, 
and  daughters  w  hose  fair  fame  should  ever  be 
a  synonym  for  purity  anil  virtue.  He  prospered, 
as  did  his  father  before  him,  in  worldly  matters : 
but,  alas  I  son  after  eon,  and  daughter  after 
daughter,  were  taken  from  his  kind  care  and 
went  with  pure  young  hearts  from  earth  for 
ever. 

But  1>y-and-by  there  came  another  daughter 
to  their  home,  the  child  of  their  old  age,  and 
as  she  reached  womanhood  without  any  harm  it 
seemed  that  she  was  to  be  spared  to  inherit  the 
rich,  broad  acres,  and  tlie  paternal  mansion. 
She  was  a  dreamy,  lirown-eyed  fairy,  with  gold¬ 
en  hair,  waving  around  a  low,  broad  forehead, 
and  dainty  hands  and  arching  feet  that  a  Cas¬ 
tilian  might  have  envied.  She  loved  the  home 
of  her  father,  and  never  wished  any  modern 
Innovations  in  the  form  or  arrangement  of  the 
rooms.  Although  the  Stein  way  piano  and  fancy 
music  ruck  looked  strangely  enough  in  the  old- 
fashioned  parlor,  yet  it  suited  her,  and  it  was 
still  tho  flickering  light  from  the  fire-place  that 
illumined  the  room  of  a  winter’s  evening  and 
showed  the  rare  pictures  In  golden  frames  upon 
the  tinted  walls.  Anna  Heubuunt  was  not  a 
true  Heemhunt,  after  all  for,  although  her 
mother  was  a  quiet,  solid  American,  yet  some 
of  her  ancestors  had  come  from  lovely  Italy, 

|  and  something  of  their  nature  and  tempera- 
merit  seemed  reproduced  in  Anna,  notwith¬ 
standing  it  was  underlaid  with  the  slow  German 
pride  to  which  she  was  not  only  born  but  had 
been  educated.  And  not  one  of  them  had  ever 
enjoyed  the  homestead  as  did  Anna.  She  knew 
where  to  go  to  view  tho  loveliest  sunrise;  she 
watched  the  pure  blue  sky  with  its  fleecy  cloud 
in  summer  and  the  starry  canopy  of  a  brilliant 
winter  night,  dreaming  soft,  sweet,  dreams  of 
him  wlm  was,  some  day,  to  enjoy  with  her  aJI 
this  loveliness.  He  had  already  been  selected 
by  her  father,  and  was  an  old  friend  of  his, 
Herman  Standmen,  who  had  I  wen  traveling 
all  over  the  world  since  Anna  was  a  wee  in¬ 
fant,  but  was  corning  home  to  claim  her  on  her 
twenty-first  birthday.  “  Before  she  gets  ent  an¬ 
gled  in  any  foolish  love  offering,  she  is  heart- 
whole  now,"  her  father  wrote  him  ;  and  Stand- 
men,  wisely  concluding  that  it  was  host  to  re¬ 
turn  inst  ant  ly,  took  passage  In  the  nest  steamer 
across  the  Atlantic.  But  ere  ho  left  tho  port, 
the  danger  which  her  father  dreaded  was  past 
and  gone ;  t  he  suitor  which  lie  feared  had  bold¬ 
ly  asked  Ids  daughter  for  her  hand  and  been  re¬ 
fused,  with  kindness,  albeit  the  native  pride 
was  heard  in  the  rich  inflexions  or  her  voice, 
which  gave  him  a  consciousness  that  he  had 
only  added  another  leaf  to  her  laurels,  and  her 
father  rejoiced  to  find  her  looking  forward  to 
STANDMBN’8  return  almost  as  eagerly  as  hlm- 
scl  f. 

Anna  had  no  recollection  of  Stand  men  per¬ 
sonally,  but  on  the  day  when  her  first  suitor 
sought,  her  hand  so  earnestly  that  she  could  not 
readily  shake  him  off,  and  site  laughingly  con¬ 
sented  to  ask  her  father’s  advice  in  regard  1.o 
the  mutter,  her  fat  her  pushed  back  the  golden 
hair  t  hat  shaded  the  pure,  white  forehead,  and 
I, old  her  of  Herman  Stan  omen  and  bade  her 
think  of  no  other  until  his  return.  Then  be¬ 
took  from  Ids  desk  an  old-fashioned  daguerreo¬ 
type  and  told  her  she  might  keep  It  if  she  liked, 
and  sent  her  away  to  dismiss  the  waiting  lover. 
Tins  she  did  in  a  very  speedy,  and  to  herself, 
satisfactory  manner,  and  then  she  retired  toiler 
room  up  stairs  and  sat  down  to  study  the  face 
thus  suddenly  placed  before  her. 

The  picture  showed  one  in  the  days  of  open¬ 
ing  manhood  :  the  light  of  his  fearless  bluooyo 
was  plainly  to  be  seen;  even  in  the  dim  pic¬ 
ture,  the  firm,  straight,  mouth  and  clear-cut 
nostrils  spoke  of  frankness,  strength  and  pride, 
and  she  was  satisfied,  never  thinking  w’hat 
years  might  have  done  for  t  he  fair  face  before 
her,  or  doubting  but  that  the  purest  love  of  her 
heart,  would  respond  to  his  caresses.  She  know 
when  he  was  coming  to  claim  her,  and  it  was 
her  only  thought  to  make  herself  equal,  in 
every  respect,  to  tho  accomplished  ladies  he 
had  met  in  his  foreign  travels.  Thinking  it  over, 
one  morning,  she  began  to  fear  that  something 
was  wanting  to  complete  her  education,  and 
she  asked  that  she  might  be  sent  for  the  last 
term  to  the  Academy  of  () — ,  where  she  bad 
been  a  year  previously,  to  complete  whatever 
was  defective  in  her  education.  Her  parents 
readily  consented,  thinking  that  her  life  there 
would  be  for  more  quiet  than  it  would  in  the 
rather  lively  circle  of  society  in  which  she 
moved  at  homo.  If  they  had  known  of  the 
amateur  Professor  who  filled  the  Botanical 
■  hair  during  the  temporary  absence  of  old  Pro¬ 
fessor  Gray  in  Europe,  they  might  have  been 
wise  in  time;  still  it  is  doubtful  whether  they 
would  have  thought  of  him,  save  as  some  anti¬ 
quated  scholar  whose  sole  delight  lay  in  explor¬ 
ing  some  of  the  mysteries  of  nature  which  arc 
wrltteu  all  over  vale  and  hill.  Such  at  least 
was  Anna’s  fancy,  and  great  hor  surprise  on 
entering  the  recitation  room  to  find  a  young, 
fine-looking,  gentlemanly  man,  whose  great 
claim  to  beauty  lay  in  the  lustrous  magnificence 
of  his  eyes.  They  were  not  black,  nor  yet  a  per¬ 
fect,  blue,  but  there  was  something  in  their 
depths  that  was  almost  irresistible.  Before  the 
first  recitation  was  Over  Anna  had  acknowl¬ 
edged  their  power,  and  through  the  remainder 
of  the  lesson  for  the  clay  her  usually  clear,  can¬ 
did  mind  seemed  in  a  maze,  and  many  of  her 
classmates  wfindered  at  Anna’s  blunders.  Days 
passed  on,  and  her  lessons  grew  more  and  more 


tasteless  to  her.  She  concluded  that  she  did 
not  need  to  review  her  studies  any  farther,  and 
still  she  managed  to  keep  up  a  semblance  of 
Interest  in  them.  But  her  whole  attention  was 
given  to  Botany,  and  she  thought  the  days 
which  were  appointed  for  the  semi-weekly  ex¬ 
cursions  Into  the  fields  and  forests  for  speci¬ 
mens  the  most  glorious  of  all  summer  days. 
Even  when  they  wandered,  on  one  occasion, 
miles  into  the  forest,  and  were  caught  in  a 
drenching  rain,  she  thought  only  of  the  pro¬ 
tecting  arms  that  wrapped  the  shawl  so  care¬ 
fully  around  her,  and  the  eyes  which  looked  so 
earnestly  Into  hors,  ostensibly  teaching  her  to 
understand  the  mysteries  of  science,  but  in  real¬ 
ity  teaching  her  the  depths  of  love  of  which  her 
own  heart  was  capable. 

And  so  time,  on  golden  wings,  passed;  the 
summer  term  drew  near  Its  close,  and  with  the 
announcement  in  class  that  tho  next  day’s  ex¬ 
cursion  would  be  the  close  of  lessons  for  the 
term,  came  a  wonderful  revelation  to  Anna. 
“  That,"  said  the  Professor,  “  would  terminate 
his  pleasant  relations  wit  h  his  class,  and  at  its 
close  lie.  would  bid  them  each  adieu,  assuring 
them  that  tho  past  few  weeks  would  he  ever 
pleasantly  remembered  by  him.  Then  he  left 
them,  and  Anna  went  to  her  room,  wondering 
with  a  vague  dread.  If  that  wore  to  be  the  last 
of  it,  after  all.  She  had  thought,  but  no  mat¬ 
ter,-  and  she  was  interrupted  by  the  postboy 
bringing  up  a  letter.  She  took  It  eagerly,  think¬ 
ing  that,— perhaps  it  might  solve  hor  doubts; 
hut  no,  it  was  from  her  father,  cont  ained  a  no¬ 
tice  of  St  and  men’s  return,  ond  told  her  that 
ho  himself  would  come  speedily  to  bring  her 
home.  There  were,  also,  a  few  words  from 
Standmkn,  written  in  an  unsteady,  trembling 
hand,  hoping  that  she  had  well  Improved  her 
time  there,  and  that  she  was  now  prepared  for 
a  life  of  quiet  peace  and  happiness  with  him. 
It  was  hard  work  for  him  to  write,  ho  said,  and 
lie  would  tax  himself  no  fart  her  now ;  ho  would 
have  ample  time  in  the  future  to  tel!  her  all  he 
wished.  He  inclosed  his  photograph  ;  she  would 
sec  from  that  that  tho  years  had  not  all  dealt 
kindly  with  him,  lmt  he  trusted  that  her  loving 
fingers  would  smooth  the  furrows  from  his 
brow,  and  that,  in  the  happiness  of  the  future 
he  should  forget  all  tho  cares  of  the  past. 

1  will  not  intrude  upon  that  night  of  Anna 
Heliikint’s  life.  If  any  of  you  have  overseen 
the  sun  go  down  in  utter  darkness— have  seen 
inky  midnight  settling  around  you,  with  scarce 
a  star  to  light  up  the  gloom  you  may  have  a 
slight  conception  of  the  darkness  that  set  t  led 
slowly  around  her  heart,.  But  the  days  of  whlcn 
wo  read— when  sorrow-stricken  maidens  shut 
themselves  up  away  from  the  world  and 
"  nursed  their  grief  in  solitude" — are  gone  by, 
and  Anna  was  ready  for  tho  excursion  next 
afternoon  much  as  usual.  Tho  quick,  sharp 
glance  of  tho  lustrous  eyes,  however,  detected 
something  of  the  tempest  which  had  raged 
within  her  heart,  and  felt  by  it  emboldened  for 
the  confession  that  they  were  to  make.  So, 
when,  as  if  by  accident,  t  hey  found  themselves 
far  from  t  ho  rest.,  and  lie  found  her  a  shady  seat, 
upon  a  mossy  rock,  there  with  his  arm  about 
her  waist  and  his  glorious  eyes  looking  into 
hers,  reading  her  very  soul,  he  told  hor  all ;  told 
her  how  he  bad  loved  her  all  the  days  since 
first  he  knew  her— told  her  bravely,  too,  of  tho 
convict  blood  in  the  parent  whom  he  never 
knew,  and  who  had  left  him  only  this  taint 
upon  him  for  an  inheritance ;  how  that,  know¬ 
ing  the  impossibility  of  her  Unking  her  fate 
with  his,  lie  had  meant  never  to  speak  of  this, 
and  now  that  he  had  dared  to  speak,  not  hop¬ 
ing  for  a  return  of  his  mad  love,  but  only  to 
prove  that,  whatever  might  be  against  him,  his 
heart  was  true. 

And  Anna— she  knew  she  loved  him  and  she 
was  too  truthful  to  deny  it,  or  feign  ignorance 
of  the  power  of  the  passion  that  possessed  her. 
But  she  told  him,  with  misty  eyes  and  tearful 
voice,  of  her  parents,  and  that  she  was,  us  it 
were,  their  last  hope  of  happiness  here— of  the 
husband  they  had  chosen  for  her,  <rf  her  own 
passive  acquiescence  in  the  plan,  and  of  the 
speedy  marriage  that  awaited  her.  She  was 
generous,  too,  even  in  that  hour,  for  she  did 
not  mention  St  vndmen’s  letter,  or  the  shock 
site  had  received  in  finding  him  what  lie  was. 
But  she  spoke  of  his  love  for  her.  fostered  for 
years,  and  the  great  sin  she  should  commit,  if 
she  followed  the  dictates  of  her  passionate 
heart  — for  the  depths  of  her  nature  were 
aroused,  and  It  needed  all  the  firmness  of  her 
mind  to  keep  her  true  to  those  who  could  right¬ 
ly  claim  her.  However,  firmness  triumphed  at 
last,  and  when  thoy  joined  the  merry  group, 
no  one  dreamed  that  the  hearts  of  each  had 
been  stirred  as  they  could  never  bo  again  by 
mortal  power. 

That  night,  the  young  Professor  accepted  the 
command  of  a  military  post  on  the  frontier 
and  was  gone  with  the  clown,  leaving  best 
wishes  and  adieus  for  all.  Anna  returned  home, 
and  three  weeks  later  then.*  w’as  a  quiet  wed¬ 
ding  at  the  old  rod  farm-house.  And  she  is 
very  wise,  taking  quietly  her  share  of  happiness 
in  witnessing  that  of  hor  aged  parents.  But  her 
fancy  is  seldom  deeply  moved  by  Stan  omen’s 
placid  voice,  nor  does  her  heart  throb  one  atom 
faster,  for  the  admiring  glances  of  his  clear 
bine  eyes. 

The  Professor  is  a  Colonel  now,  and  might 
retire  on  his  laurels, but.  he  prefers  the  activity 
of  frontier  life ;  and  though  many  a  fair  maid 
and  matron  have  caught  eagerly  the  glance  of 
his  lustrous  eyes,  yet  hashe  never  cared  enough 
for  another  to  tell  again  the  secret  of  his  llie, 
or  why  it  is  so  valuable  to  him.  And  thus  each 
lives,  bravely,  the  days  of  this  earthly  life,  look¬ 
ing  for  bliss  in  that  which  is  to  come. 


“  I  GO  TO  PREPARE  A  PLACE  FOR  THEE.” 


Grieve  not— nor  mourn  If  for  a  little  while 
My  face  Is  hid  from  thee. 

Have  I  not  told  thee?  Canst  thou  not  believe  ? 

"  Where  1  am,  thou  shalt  bo !’’ 

Where  I  am,  thou  shalt  be.  I  only  go 
Before  thee  to  prepare 

A  place  for  thee— where  thou  shall  safely  dwell 
Beyond  nil  grief  and  care. 

Beyond  nil  grief  and  care— then,  is  it  hard 
For  thee  to  trust  my  love? 

And  patient  wait,  until  1  bid  thee  come 
Up  to  thy  homo  above  ? 

Thy  home  above  these  clouds,  where  gleaming  stars, 
Pouring  their  radiance  down 
Hold  In  their  shining  depths  the  mansions  fair 
That  1  wifi  give  my  own ! 

That  I  will  give  xny  own— and  thou  art  mine, 

Though  for  a  time  wo  part. 

Nor  power  in  earth  or  heaven  can  break  tho  cords 
That  bind  thee  to  my  heart. 

That  bind  thee  to  my  heart !  Thou  know’st  not  now, 
But  thou  shalt  know  and  see 
The  glories  of  the  place  prepared  for  all 
Who  will  bottevc  in  me. 

Dost  thou  believe  In  me  ?  Then  do  not  fear 
Nor  doubt,  my  faithful  love ; 

Thy  Journey  wilt  be  ended  soon— and  thou 
Shalt,  rest  with  me  above  ! 

- - 

SUNDRY  ITEMS  AND  THOUGHTS. 

A  good  man  is  kinder  to  his  enemy  than  bad 
men  are  to  their  friends.-  Bishop  Hall. 

Better  make  penitents  by  gentleness  than 
hypocrites  by  severity.  St.  Francis  dc  Sabs. 

The  increase  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  during  tho  last  twelve  years  Is  413,733. 

Father  Bindley,  who  went  to  Africa  in  1834, 
has  just  returned  to  spend  his  remaining  days 
in  this  country. 

In  the  last,  three  years  the  Episcopal  Church 
has  gathered  more  than  fifty  congregations  in 
Mexico,  most  of  them,  ministers  anti  people, 
from  the  Roman  Catholics. 

The  Southern  Presbyterian  Synod  of  Ken¬ 
tucky  comprises  8,031  communicants,  89  minis¬ 
ters,  1.35  churches  and  7  Presbyteries.  Tho 
largest  church  In  the  Synod  is  at  Louisville, 
numbering  834  members. 

The  Methodists  have  just,  opened  their  foreign 
mission  in  Japan,  where  t  he  Rev.  R.  8.  Maclay 
has  arrived  as  their  first  missionary.  He  will  he 
stationed  at  Yokohama,  and  soon  be  joined  hy 
three  others  from  this  country. 

The  Rev.  R.  P.  Smith,  Dean  of  Canterbury, 
whoso  arrival  has  been  noted,  is  in  this  country 
as  the  guest  of  the  Evangelical  Alliance,  and  as 
tho  bearer  of  a  letter  from  his  superior  approv¬ 
ing  of  the  alms  of  the  meet  ing. 

Ar.i,  our  sufferings  are  ordered  by  a  Father; 
’tis  the  portion  our  Father  gives  us  to  drink; 
and  whatever  bitter  ingredient  there  Is  In  it, 
still  it  is  of  a  Father's  procuring,  and  why  sus¬ 
pect  it  to  he  poison,  and  lie  afraid  of  it? 

The  less  we  expect  from  this  world,  tho  bet¬ 
ter  for  us ;  tho  less  we  expect  from  our  feliow- 
mon,  whether  of  spiritual  help  or  of  inspiring 
example,  tin?  smaller  will  bo  our  disappoint¬ 
ment,.  lfe  that  leans  on  Ids  own  strength  leans 
on  a  broken  reed. 

St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Cnuttcii,  Now  York, 
which  has  stood  at  tho  corner  of  Broadway  and 
V esey  street  for  more  than  a  hundred  years,  is 
undergoing  a  thorough  renovation  at  a  cost  of 
§30,000.  Tlie  improvements  will  include  re-pew- 
ing  and  cushioning. 

If  mankind  wore  all  intellect  they  would  be 
continually  changing,  so  that  one  age  would  be 
entirely  unlike  another.  The  great  conserva¬ 
tive  Is  tlie  heart,  which  remains  the  same  in  all 
ages,  so  that  commonplaces  of  a  thousand  years’ 
standing  arc  as  effective  as  ever. — Hawthorns. 

The  religious  fermentation  of  the  present 
day  is  nothing  else  than  the  struggle  of  reason 
and  thought  to  penetrate  to  God.  When  they 
have  arrived  there,  they  shall  worship  ami  sing 
praises  to  the  Lord,  and  theu  the  first  com¬ 
mandment  shall  he  fulfilled,  that,  tells  man: 
Thou  shalt  Jove  tho  Lord,  thy  God,  with  all  thy 
heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul  and  with  all  tiiy 
mind,— that  is,  with  all  thy  power.— Bremer. 

On.  blessed  miracle*  indeed ! 

The  desert  quickening  into  Cower ; 

Tho  stubborn  growt  h  of  thorn  and  weed 

Uprooted  by  a  little  seed 
Fostered  iu  sun  aud  shower ! 

Oh.  miracle  still  wrought  anew, 

While  hearts  one  germ  of  Heaven  retain 

Where  barren  briers  and  nettles  grew 

Let  fall  the  kindly  sun  und  dew. 

And  Eden  blooms  again  ! 

The  Methodist,  has  an  article  noting  the  fact 
that  the  senior  bishops  of  Methodism  in  Amer¬ 
ica,  who  have  served  the  cause  so  long  and  well, 
give  many  signs  of  unsettled  if  not  of  failing 
Health.  Bisfiop  Scott  was  scarcely  able  this 
spring  to  perform  ills  duties  as  presiding  officer 
at  the  Wilmington  Conference.  Bishop  Janes 
is  reported  as  seriously  ill  at  Morristown,  N.  J. 
Bishop  Simpson  has  suffered  from  an  attack  of 
congestive  ague,  and  gone  to  Clifton  Springs  in 
this  State;  and  of  Bishop  Ames’ health  there 
have  been  at  times  alarming  reports. 


4; 


~*r£- 


OCT.  4 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


fo#tio. 


THE  MODEL  WIFE. 


[Mu.  EDITOR A  few  weeks  ugn  you  gave  n  recipe 

fora  Husband.  Now  here  is  on®  for  u  VV  ife.  I  fouml 

it  in  England  Over  thirt  y  years  ago,— A  BACHELOR.] 

I'D  have  a  wife,  if  I  might  choose,  that  had  a  feeling 
heart ; 

A  wife  that  never  would  refuse,  hut  glndly  act  her 
part; 

A  wife  good  temper’d,  meek  and  mild,  industrious 
and  kind; 

A  wife  tho’  sim file  as  a  child,  blest  with  a  noble 
mind ; 

A  wife  that  would  herself  deny  in  every  trying  case 

A  follower  of  the  Lord  Most  High,  a  subject  of  Iiis 
grace  ,* 

A  wife  from  all  impatience  free,  not  fearing  pain  or 
toil; 

A  faithful  Israelite,  indeed,  in  whom  there  is  no 
guile; 

A  wife  not  lifted  up  on  high,  but  in  her  ways  polite ; 

Blest  with  a  quit®  discerning  eye,  and  in  her  judg¬ 
ments  right ; 

A  wife  of  charity  possess’d,  and  might  we  plenty 
share. 

The  neighboring  poor  should  all  be  blest  with  what 
we  tlius  could  spare ; 

Her  mind  should  bo  with  knowledge  sound-superior 
far  to  mine, 

That  she  to  nm  might  holp  afford,  and  cause  the 
light  to  shine; 

Her  soul  should  be  of  Love  possess’d,  and  till’d  with 
Heavenly  bliss ; 

When  I've  a  wife,  hit  me  be  blest  with  such  a  wife  as 
this. 

Then  let  mo  now  conclude,  without  another  letter, 

And  simply  say  ’tls  very  good— no  one  could  love  a 
better. 


TWO  SIDES  TO  THE  QUESTION. 


BY  GERALDINE  GERMANE. 


Everything  weak,  timid,  delicate,  soft,  silly 
and  inefficient  is  called  feminine  or  womanish, 
while  all  things  strong,  noble,  hardy,  courageous 
and  active  are  masculine  or  manlike ;  and  there 
(ivc  many  of  the  feminine  sex  who  are  rightly 
termed  silly  and  weak,  but  there  arc  masculines 
who  are  so  soft  and  yielding  that,  they  cannot 
resist  a  proffered  wine-glass  or  a  challenge  to  a 
game  of  cards,  though  they  know  that  the  ac¬ 
ceptance  of  either  will  lead  to  their  eternal 
min.  And  have  yon  never  seen  a  lord  of  crea¬ 
tion  move  about  wit  h  the.  meek  submissiveness 
of  a  well-trained  member  of  the  canine  family, 
while  his  weak,  (?)  delicate  (?)  better-half  reign¬ 
ed  (and  sometimes  stormed)  throughout  his 
domicil? 

There  arc  many  of  tho  aforesaid  sox  who  are 
foolish  and  sentimental  ;  so  indiscreet  that 
they  will  tell  ail  I  hey  know,  and  ofttimey  much 
more,  to  ever}' chance  listener  whom  they  meet ; 
so  very  foolish  that  they  will  givo  themselves 
away  to  tho  first  being  in  the  shape  of  a  man 
who  asks  for  them,  without  scorning  to  car, 
whether  ho  possesses  any  of  the  finalities  of  a 
man  or  not,  if  ho  only  gives  thorn  a  “  local  hab¬ 
itation  and  a  name.”  Soma  of  these  ladies  are 
so  sentimental  that  they  can  write  pathetic 
sonnets  to  love  and  tho  moon ;  that  they  can 
g  j  into  ecstaolcs  at  sight  of  a  petit,  infant,  or  a 
kitten !  But  did  anybody  ever  know  a  woman 
to  deface  whole  quires  of  pink  and  yellow  note 
paper  in  poetical  descriptions  of  mmibody’t 
hair  and  eyes?  or  to  vow  on  bended  knee  that 
they  should  make  ;t  sudden  exit  from  this 
“dark  vale  of  woes,"  if  norndiody  didn’t  say 
“yes”  to  tho  proposal  to  take  them  "  for  bet¬ 
ter  or  f®m worse ?”  And  did  anybody  evor  see 
a  woman  who  held  it,  n.s  her  candid  opinion 
that  she  knew  more  about  farm  work,  and 
about,  men's  occupations  in  general,  than  all 
eoatdom  put  together? 

There  are  specimens  of  women  so  timid  that 
they  will  utter  heart-rending  shrieks  at  the 
sight  of  a  spider  or  a  harmless  toad  ;  that  t  hey 
never  can  enjoy  a  ride  for  fear  t  he  horses  will 
run  away,  or  the  carriage  upset;  who  are  al¬ 
ways  poking  their  heads  out  of  car  windows  to 
see  if  they  ore  not  going  to  meet  an  accident  or 
a  catastrophe.  Vet,  when  woman  was  oalied 
upon  to  give  to  the  service  of  her  needy,  suffer- 
'"K  country  that  which  was  as  dear  to  her  as 
life,  did  anybody  ever  know  her  to  be  suddenly 
struck  (leaf,  dumb  or  blind?  to  bo  suddenly 
maimed?  or  to  gather  up  her  belongings  and 
Heal  away  to  parts  unknown  to  escape  from 
duty  ?  The  11  ladles”  of  this  modern,  progress¬ 
ive  age  aro  exceedingly  delicate  — so  delicate 
thui  it  would  be  entirely  beyond  their  endur¬ 
ance  to  sweep  a  floor  or  cook  a  dinner.  A1J 
'heir  physical  strength  is  used  in  making  their 
toilets,  and  in  acquiring  the  requisite  style  and 
hauteur  to  their  appearance.  All  their  intel¬ 
lectual  faculties  are  employed  iii  studying  fash- 
inn  plates  and  acquiring  the  affectation  and 
shaper  of  parlor  and  drawing-room  talk  ;  their 
divine,  intuitive  faculties  are  only  exerted  to 
decide  as  to  what  style  of  hat  and  cloak,  or 
what  color  of  dress,  produces  the  most  charm¬ 
ing  effect;  or  to  arrive  at  a  conclusion  as  to 
who  among  their  unmarried  acquaintances  are 
likely  to  make  a  match.  And  this  perversion 
of  the  highest  and  noblost  facult  ies— this  bring¬ 
ing  down  to  a  false,  artificial  life  the  far-reach¬ 
ing,  elevating  gifts  of  God -is  only  to  gain  ihe 
worldly  title  of  **  fashionable.” 

But  there  are  also  delicate  “gentlemen,"  who 

SO  about  in  fine  cloth  and  polished  boots, _ with 

massive  watch  chains,  kid  gloves  and  gold-head- 
«1  canes,— with  white  hands  that  the  owner 


would  think  ruined  If  brought  into  contact 
with  the  hoe  or  plow-handle,  but  which  re¬ 
ceive  no  stains  from  handling  cigars  and  oucher 
decks;  “ Qcntfewen ”  who  are  living  in  idleness 
on  the  wealth  acquired  by  the  industry  of  their 
forefathers,— who  do  not  rely  upon  the  cultiva¬ 
tion  and  use  of  tho  grand  gifts  of  soul  and  intel¬ 
lect,  but,  upon  their  tailor  and  hair-drosser  to 
make  men  of  them  ;  and  who  are  of  about  as 
much  use  to  society  and  to  the  world  as  the 
painted  images  which  people  buy  of  foreign 
peddlers  to  put  upon  their  mantel  shelves  or 
parlor  tables. 

Man  has  no  excuse  for  being  effeminate— for 
living  in  a  state  of  useless  delicacy;  but  it  re¬ 
quires  great  moral  courage  for  woman  to  step 
aside  from  the  multitude  and  dare  to  cultivate 
and  make  use  of  tho  abilities  which  her  Creator 
has  given  her,— to  bring  her  physical  and  intel¬ 
lectual  powers  to  the  standard  of  strength  and 
elevation  for  which  they  were  intended,  What 
right  have  you.  oh!  weak,  powerless,  depend¬ 
ant  women,  to  compete  with  the  strong,  noble, 
puissant  abilities  of  man!  Don’t;  you  know 
that  your  every  act  will  bo  criticised  and  com¬ 
mented  on? — that  you  will  bo  called  coarse, 
vulgar  and  strong-minded?  that  you  might 
get  swamped  in  a.  gutter  before  a  masculine 
hand  would  offer  to  help  you  across?  that  you 
might  stay  at  home  until  you  did  not  know 
whether  the  world  moved  or  not,  before  a  gen¬ 
tleman  would  favor  you  with  his  escort?  And, 
while  nil  the  mate  sex  were  being  monopolized 
by  artificial  “  ladles,"  who  can  make  brilliant  (?) 
remarks  »u  their  neighbors’  drosses  and  on  the 
hero  of  the  latest  novel,  would  you  not  feel 
t  hat  you  were  in  fearful  danger  of  going  down 
into  the  dark,  horrible  abyss  of— old  mnidtsm? 

Yet  It  Is  time  that  fashionable  women,  und 
especially  the  fashion- bound  multitudes  of 
America,  put  aside  silly  affectation  and  falso 
delicacy time  that  they  were  awakened  from 
tho  stupor  of  a  senseless,  aimless  nonentity; 

that  they  threw  off  the  shackles  of  false  cus¬ 
tom  and  dared  to  take  an  active  part  in  tho 
duties  of  life!  There  is  work  enough  to  do— 
there  is  wrong  enough  to  be  righted,  darkness 
enough  to  bo  lighted,  enough  or  suffering  and 
sorrow  to  lie  alleviated,  enough  of  misery  to  bo 
softened,  enough  (Jf  loneliness  to  be  cheered, 
enough  of  anguish  to  be  soothed,  and  crushed, 
bleeding  hearts  enough  to  bo  bound  up,  that 
woman  may  exert  to  the  utmost  all  her  capaci¬ 
ties  for  doing  good,  all  her  qualities  iff  refine¬ 
ment  and  elevation,  ail  her  tender  care  and 
watchfulness,  all  her  ability  to  smooth  the 
rough  pat  h  and  cheer  the  darkened  way,  and 
all  her  strength  of  endurance.  And  It  will  be 
a  poor  excuse  for  her,  when  her  Lord  and  Mas¬ 
ter  rcekoneth  with  her,  to  say;—"  Loro,  1  am 
an  American  lady,  and  it  was  not  In  accordance 
with  the  custom  of  tho  land  wherein  I  dwelt 
to  put  tho  talents  which  Thou  gavest,  me  out 
to  usury,  ami  I  was  afraid  and  went  amJ  hid 
them  in  t  he  earth  ;  lo  I  there  Thou  hast  that  is 
Thine." 

And  it  is  also  time  that  fashionable  wen  tore 
off  their  kid  gloves,  threw  away  their  useless 
canes,  and  hardened  their  delicate  hands  and 
anointed,  carefully- kept  heads  with  useful, 
energetic  toll ;  time  they  learned  tlmt  man, 
created  in  the  image  of  Gon,  was  neither  made 
fora  tailor's  nor  a  barber’s  sign  ;  that  with  the 
gifts  of  reason  and  intellect  coups  responsibil¬ 
ities  for  the  exercise  of  those  gifts;  and  that 
they  were  created  that,  the  world  might,  bo  the 
better  for  their  having  lived  ! 

- - - 

WOMANLY  MODESTY. 

Man  loves  tho  mysterious.  A  cloudless  sky, 
the  full-blown  rose,  leaves  him  unmoved;  but 
the  violet  whicli  hides  its  blushing  beauties  be¬ 
hind  the  hush  and  the  moon,  when  she  emerges 
from  behind  a  cloud,  aro  to  him  sources  of  in¬ 
spiration  and  pleasure.  Modesty  is  to  merit, 
what  shade  is  to  figure  in  painting;  it,  gives  Its 
boldness  and  prominence.  Nothing  adds  more 
to  female  beauty  than  modesty;  It  sheds  around 
the  countenance  a  halo  of  light  which  Is  bor¬ 
rowed  from  virtue.  Botanists  have  given  the 
rosy  hue  which  tinges  tho  cup  of  the  rose  the 
name  of  “  maldeu  blush.”  This  pure  and  doll- 
cate  hue  is  tho  only  paint  that  Christian  virtue 
should  use ;  it  is  tho  richest  ornament.  A  woman 
without  modesty  is  like  a  faded  flower,  which 
diffuses  an  unwholesome  odor,  and  which  the 
prudent  gardener  will  throw  away  from  him. 
Her  destiny  is  melancholy,  for  it  ends  in  shame 
and  repentance.  Beauty  passes  like  the  (lower 
of  the  aloe,  which  blooms  and  dies  in  a  few 
hours,  lint  modesty  gives  the  female  character 
charms  which  supplies  the  place  of  the  transi¬ 
tory  freshness  of  youth. 

- - — 

Coming  Styles,  —  Of  Autumn 


leading  (or  ill o  Doling. 


COUNTRY  CHILDREN. 


Little  fresh  violets, 

Born  In  tho  wild  wood, 
Sweetly  illustrating 
Innocent  childhood  , 

Shy  as  the  antelope— 

Brown  as  a  burry— 

Free  as  the  mountain  air, 
Romping  and  merry. 

Blue  eyes  and  hazel  eyes 
Peep  from  the  hedges, 
Shaded  by  sun  bonnets, 
Frayed  at  the  edges, 
lip  in  the  apple  trees, 
Heedless  of  danger. 
Manhood  in  embryo 
Stares  at  the  stranger. 

Out  in  the  hilly  patch, 
Seeking  the  berries— 

Under  tho  orchard  trees, 
Feasting  on  cherries ; 
Tramplluit  the  blossoms, 
Down  mong  the  grasses, 

No  voice  lo  hinder  them, 
Dear  lads  and  lasses. 

No  grim  propriety 
No  interdiction ; 

Free  as  tho  bird  lings 
From  oily  restriction ! 
Coining  tho  purest  blood, 
StrengtU'nlng  each  muscle, 
Donning  health  tinner 
’Gainst  life's  coming  bustle. 

Dear  tittle  innocents ! 

Born  in  the  wild  wood  ; 

Oil,  that  all  little  ones 
Had  such  a  childhood  ! 

God’s  blue  spread  over  them, 
God’s  garden  beneath  them ; 
No  sweeter  heritage 
Could  wo  bequeath  them 
- ■*++ - 


LETTER  FROM  A  YOUNG  NATURALIST. 


I  believe  I  said  I  would  write  again,  aud  tell 
you  what  I  found  in  the  rocks  of  the  “Hamil¬ 
ton  proper."  The  greatest  portion  of  the  fos¬ 
sils  wero  like  those  1  found  in  Ihe  "Marcellos 
shale.”  This  rock  Is  also  a  shale,  and  belongs 
to  the  sumo  period  us  the  M.  shale,  but  is  harder 
and  of  a  lighter  Color. 

When  t  arrived  there  it  was  late  In  the  after¬ 
noon,  and  raining,  ao  my  chances  of  procuring 
specimens  that  day  seemed  rather  poor;  but 
under  a  tree  near  the  house,  where  il  was  par¬ 
tially  sheltered  from  tho  rain,  was  a  large  stone, 
ami  the  temptation  to  break  it  open  was  so 
great  that.  I  took  my  hammer  and  chisel,  und, 
in  spite  of  the  weather,  procured  several  line 
fossils.  Among  them  was  one  called  a  TrilohiU \ 
wlilee  I  hold  quite  an  acquisition  to  my  collec¬ 
tion.  The  Tritnhiti'  was  a  crustacean,  nud  is  very 
conspicuous  in  some  periods  of  rocks.  Its  form 
was  oval,  and  was  from  half  an  inch  to  two  feet 
in  length.  Thu  body  consisted  of  three  distinct 
lobes,  and  was  covered  with  small  plates,  sim¬ 
ilar  to  those  on  the  tail  of  lobster.  There  are 
many  curious  things  concerning  tho  different 
species  of  Trilohitca ,  of  which  there  are  up¬ 
wards  of  four  hundred.  Some  kinds  could  roll 
themselves  up  into  a  ball,  and  thus  present  an 
armor  In  all  directions. 

I  have  several  of  these  from  tho  Trenton 
group,  sent  mo  by  one  of  my  Rural  corre¬ 
spondents.  The  Rijkal  has  helped  me  a  great 
deal  by  publishing  my  former  letter,  in  which 
I  asked  for  correspondence  with  some  of  my 
cousins.  Another  notable  thing  of  the  Trilu- 
httex:  t  he  different  stages  or  growth,  from  tho 
egg  to  the  adult,  have  been  more  accurately 
traced  than  those  of  the  crab,  or  common  crus¬ 
tacean,  with  which  all  "  Young  Kuralists"  aro 


modes  it  is 
hardly  time  to  speak  definitely,  only  one  thing 
being  assured.  The  promise  of  plainness,  made 
in  early  summer,  will  bo  strictly  kept.  Supera¬ 
bundant  flounce*  and  furbelows  will  take  un¬ 
limited  leave  of  winter  wardrobes,  and  artistic 
Simplicity  reign  in  their  stead.  How  our  weary 
and  over-dressod  women  have  sighed  for  this 
change  they  only  are  aware ;  and  that,  they  will 
hail  the  new  order  with  delight  Is  undoubted. 
It  is  hinted  that  the  prospective  at  vies  will  re¬ 
quire  not  more  than  half  the  quantity  us  the 
past ;  but  this  is  a  dream  that  seems  impossible 
of  realization.  It  is  not  impossible  that  the 
newiy- modeled  garments  may  have  a  “  skinny  ” 
appearance,  but  familiarity  will  soon  arrange 
that,  and  once  accustomed  to  it.  weary  eyes  will 
be  thankful  they  are  no  longer  compelled  to 
wander  over  vast  fields  of  flutings  aud  hedge¬ 
rows  of  headings.— Scribner’s  for  October. 


acquai nlcd.  In  speaking  of  the  Trilohitc'x  armor, 
I  should  have  said  that  the  head  was  covered 
with  a  kind  of  shield,  of  a  crescent,  shape,  it 
had  eyes  of  nearly  the  same  construction  of 
the  insects  which  we  sec  about  us  every  day; 
which  sufficiently  proves  that  at  even  the  early 
period  of  tho  Potsdam  formation  there  was 
light  enough  to  render  objects  visible  at.  some 
distance,  otherwise  its  eyes  would  have  boon 
useless.  This  animal  is  supposed  to  have  fre¬ 
quented  the  shallow  water,  swimming  together 
in  shoals. 

Among  the  many  othor  things  I  found,  in  tho 
few  succeeding  days  of  my  stay,  were  a  large 
number  of  fossil  corals;  but  I  will  not  toll  you 
of  them,  for  fear  of  taxing  both  the  patience  of 
my  cousins  and  the  kind  Rural. 

One  day,  soon  after,  I  went  several  miles 
from  there  to  quarries  of  the  Lower  Helder- 
berg  group,  where  1  found  another  fossil  of  tho 
same  family  as  tile  Orthoceratitc ,  that  I  spoke 
of  before  ;  it  1-  called  tho  Goniat ifc.  This  was 
very  much  like  the  former,  excepting  its  being 
partially  coiled.  If  any  of  my  cousins  are  ever 
near  my  homo  and  care  to  sec  some  of  these 
t  hings,  It  will  afford  me  much  pleasure  to  ex¬ 
hibit  my  cabinet. 

I  hope  Laura  Southgate  hasn’t  forgotten 
her  promise  to  tell  us  something  of  the  spider. 
And  I  see,  too,  "  Wtld  Rose  ”  hasn’t  quite  for¬ 
gotten  us.  I  hope  they  will  both  write  again  to 
our  circle  of  "  cousins." 

if  Willie  H.,  who  wrote  in  the  Rural  of 
Sept.  30th,  were  to  read  some  of  Prescott’s 
Histories,  I  think  ho  would  find  them  very 
interesting,  as  well  as  instructive.  I  like  his 
“  Conquest  of  Mexico  (3  vois.),  also  the  "  Con¬ 
quest  of  Peru,”  very  much. 

Young  Naturalist. 


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BABIES  AT  VIENNA. 

A  Con  respondent,  writing  of  the  children’s 
department  at  the  Vienna  Exposition,  says, 
”  As  to  the  Vienna  pavilion,  though  most  of 
the  contents  are  t  ile  veriest  playthings,  many 
of  them  answering  to  no  purpose  in  tho  best  of 
hands,  yet  it  is  not  altogether  un Interesting. 
'I  lie  most  interesting  half-sized  models  In  plas¬ 
ter  arc  stationed  about  the  room.  Eight  or  ten 
of  these  illustrate  the  stylo  In  which  women  of 
different  nations  carry  l  heir  babies.  The  Asi¬ 
atic  Indian  woman  carries  hors  in  a  blanket 
hanging  in  front  somewhat  below  the  waist; 
tlio  Bengalese  woman  with  the  child  astride 
low  down  upon  her  left  hip,  and  her  left  arm 
supporting  its  hunk.  Tho  figure  seems  quite 
Indifferent  as  to  the  difficulties  in  tills  stylo  of 
carrying,  which  must  bo  a  highly  artistic  per- 
tormunce  If  dune  so  cleverly  in  reality.  The 
Egyptian  woman  carries  hors  In  a  stately  man¬ 
ner,  the  child  sitting  astride  her  stAnilder  with 
its  hands  upon  her  head,  und  without  any 
clothing  to  speak  of.  Tho  Brazilian  woman 
carries  tiers  In  a  somewhat  similar  manner,  also 
in  full  undress,  it  sitting  astride  her  nock.  The 
Chinese  baby  Is  carried  upright  upon  the  back, 
in  a  blanket,  and  the  South  African  in  a  bag  In 
I  front,  formed  by  a  blanket  about  the  hips  of 
I  tho  mother.  Tho  Lower  Austrian  woman  car¬ 
ries  hers  by  swinging  it  in  u  blanket  over  one 
shoulder  upon  her  back,  while  the  Northern 
Austrian  carries  hers  bound  upon  a  board, 
after  the  style  of  candy  models  in  confectionery 
stores.  The  Lapland  baby  Is  carried  in  a  sledgo- 
shapod  cot  made  of  louthor.  it  seems  to  have 
been  chucked  in,  feet  foremost,  and  then  a 
frame  tied  over  the  opening  for  its  face,  wheth¬ 
er  to  prevent  it  from  crawling  out  or  to  keep 
the  dogs  from  kissing  it,  is  more  than  can  bo 
Imagined.  Tho  most  unique  style  or  all  is  that 
of  the  Esquimaux  woman,  who  wears  wide, 
high-top  bools,  and  puts  the  baity,  right  end 
foremost,  down  in  the  outside  of  one  of  them, 
and  doubtless,  according  to  Dr.  Kane's  descrip¬ 
tion  of  her  style,  carrying  her  cooking  and 
heating  utensils  in  tho  other.  The  North 
American  woman  carries  her  papoose  strapped 
to  a  board,  and  that  strapped  upon  her  back  by 
a  band  over  tho  forehead. 

SUMMER  PLAY. 

Nothing  oau  be  more  cruel  and  nothing 
more  foolish  than  to  place  children  whore  they 
must  be  dressed  every  day  In  fresh  and  fashion¬ 
able  clothes,  and  their  freedom  to  play  curtailed 
fur  the  sake  of  appearances.  What  childhood 
needs  Is  perfect  freedom  among  the  filings  of 
nature— freedom  to  romp,  to  mako  mud-pies, 

I  n  leap  fences,  to  row,  to  fish,  lo  climb  trees, 
to  chase  butterflies,  to  gather  wild  flowers,  to 
live  out  doors  from  morning  until  night,  and  to 
do  all  those  tilings  that  Innocent  and  healthy 
childhood  delights  In,  in  cheap,  strong  clothes 
provided  for  the  purpose.  Exactly  tlmt  which 
childhood  needs,  manhood  ami  womanhood 
need  period,  liberty  and  perfect  carelessness. 
So,  whether  the  dweller  by  t  he  sea,  go  inland 
for  his  summer  play,  or  the  resident  of  tho 
Inland  city  go  to  the  *0u,  ho  should  seek  some 
spot  un  visited  by  those  devoted  to  fashionable 
display,  and  employ  his  lime  In  unrestricted 
communion  with  nature,  and  in  those  pursuits 
and  amusements  which,  without  let  or  hin¬ 
drance  perform  the  office  of  recreation. 


TO  THE  PUZZLERITES. 

We  shall  be  glad  to  receive  contributions  of 
puzzles,  rebuses,  anagrams,  problems,  riddles, 
decapitations,  hidden  words,  etc.,  from  the 
Voting  Rurullats  who  arc  smart  enough  to  send 
us  good  ones,  and  send  them  to  us  neatly  and 
plainly  written  and  correct  in  every  particular. 

Eds.  Rural  New-Yorker. 


MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA.— No.  7. 

I  am  composed  of  30  letters  : 

My  32, 10,  8, 1  is  an  article  of  furniture. 

•My  13,  3,  20,  17,  18  means  to  portray. 

My  17,  7,  L  33, 20,  1, 13,  7  Is  a  U.  S.  A.  Territory. 
My  28, 21,  14.  10, 17, 5  is  called  tho  “  bride  of  the 
sea.” 

My  ft.  20,  20,  1,  20,  11,  18  Is  one  of  Tennyson’s 
heroes. 

My  28,  1,  4,  -5  is  the  Latin  for  farewell. 

My  18, 1,  10  is  a  letter  of  the  Greek  alphabet. 

My  3, 10  is  a  river  of  Italy. 

My  0, 10,  37,  18,  1,  it  Is  a  Persian  title. 

My  2, 39,  11,  24  is  an  odious  name  for  money. 

M}  13,  o,  31, !.),  29,  28  moans  further  down. 

My  whole  is  a  very  pretty  Bible  saying. 

Maiuan  o.  Harris. 
ZW“  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - . 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS. -Sept.  20. 

Biblical  Enigma  No.  3.  —  O  Jerusalem,  Je¬ 
rusalem!  How  often  would  1  have  gathered 
thy  children  together,  even  as  a  hen  gathereth 
her  chickens  under  her  wings,  and  ye  would  not. 
Square-Word  Enigma  No.  4.— 

FROG 
ROME 
OMAR 
G  E  R  M 

Problem  No.  9.  —  liases,  12,  7,  7  and  4, 11,  li. 
Cross-Word  Enigma  No.  5.— Kansas. 


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MOOTIE’S  BUBAi.  WEW-YOBKEB. 


Utyuis  of  the  tflccji 


CURRENT  TOPICS. 


THE  FINANCIAL  PANIC. 


A  good  deal  of  excitement  and  uncertainty 
in  relation  to  money  matters  existed  In  New 
Tork  throughout  the  week  ending  Sept.  27tli. 
The  Stock  Exchange  remained  closed  the  whole 
week, but  it  was  resolved  on  the  27tli  nit.  to 
open  it  on  the  30th  of  September.  The  panic 
which  was  supposed  to  be  over  on  t  he  22d  ult., 
was  renewed  again  on  the 23d  by  the  suspension 
of  the  large  house  of  Henry  ('lews  A-  to.,  the 
Government  hankers,  and  the  bouse  of  Hower 
&  Mncy.  These  hom  y*  suspended  because  they 
were  unable  to  convert,  t  heir  securit  le.t  Into 
currency  fast  enough  to  meet  the  demands 
made  upon  ihem.  It  Is  probable  that  bnth  of 
them,  as  well  a*  Fisk  f,  Hatch,  and  .lay  Cooke 
&  Co.,  will  resume  business  again  as  soon  as 
their  affairs  can  be  straightened.  The  clerks 
have  been  busy  making  statements,  which  will 
bo  given  to  the  public  and  their  creditors. 

The  Sub-Treasury  in  New  York  has  paid  out 
$34 ,1100,0(0  in  greenbacks,  and  the  purchase  of 
bonds  has  been  suspended.  This  action  of  the 
Government  relieved  the  market  somewhat, 
but  the  currency  was  quickly  taken  up.  and  on 
tbe  27th  ult.,  was  difficult  to  be  got.  There  has 
been  a  heavy  outflow  of  currency  to  the  South 
and  West.  On  the  other  hand  it  is  stated  that 
heavy  shipments  of  geld  are  being  mi.de  from 
Europe.  It  is  asserted  that  tbe  $  44,000,000  re¬ 
served  fund  In  the  Treasury  has  not  been 
touched.  The  uneasiness  has  now  reached  ail 
circles.,  commercial,  grain  shippers,  nnd  others. 
Large  amounts  of  money  are  being  sent  out  of 
the  city,  while  only  small  amounts  arrive.  The 
banks  of  the  city  have  formed  an  alliance,  and 
will  Stand  by  each  other.  The  Loan  Committee 
of  tlm  Clearing-house  Association  have  Issued 
temporary  certificates  to  the  amount  of  $17,- 
000.000.  The  Produce  Exchange  ha*  advised  the 
Government  to  issue  currency  to  banks  and 
bankers,  to  bo  used  In  purchasing  con  n  ercial 
bills  of  Exchange.  On  the  29th  of  September 
the  President  published  a  letter  in  which  he 
expressed  the  opinion  iliut  the  banks  are  si  rong 
enough,  nnd  ..aid  that  “confidence  on  the  part 
of  the  people  is  the  first,  thing  needed. “  The 
$44,000, OGO  in  the  Treasury  will  be  held  as  a 
reserve  fund,  to  meet  such  demands  as  tbe 
future  may  require.  The  President  has  issued 
orders  for  the  prepayment  of  the  Interest  ac¬ 
cruing  In  November.  The  feeling  on  the  20th 
ult.  was  much  better.  Shipments  to  Europe 
are  said  to  be  increasing  rapidly.  The  prices 
of  provisions  and  breadstuff*  are  well  main¬ 
tained.  All  the  ships  sailing  on  the  271h  ult. 
took  out  heavy  cargoes.  The  great  bankers 
will  soon  resume  business.  The  excitement  in 
Washington  over  the  panic,  has  all  died  out. 

.  —  -♦♦♦ — - - 

BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 

As  Geneva  did  not  possess  a  hearse  of  suffi¬ 
cient  magnificence  to  transport  the  remains  of 
the  Duke  of  Brunswick  to  their  temporary 
resting-place  In  the  Protwtent  cemetery,  afirm 
of  Parisian  funeral  furnishers  was  applied  to  to 
supply  the  deficiency.  They  used  the  same 
hoarse  that  had  borne  the  remains  of  Louis 
XVin,  the  Duke  Do  Moray,  and  Prince  Jerome, 
ex-Kine  of  Westphalia. 

The  late  Wisconsin  Liberal-Democratic  Con¬ 
vention  nominated  the  following  ticket,’  Lor 
Governor — W m.  It.  Taylor.  Lieut. -< .-or.  c.  i). 
Parker.  Trent. —Ferdinand  Kuhn.  Sec, — Fetor 
Doyle.  AU'll-Ocn.—A.  Scott  Sloan.  Sup'i  of 
SchooU—  Edward  Seating.  Cow.  of  ImmUjrollon 
— M.  Argand. 

Lon  nor;,  .-optember  18. — Mbs  Rye  sailed  for 
Montreal,  M-day  by  the  Steamship  Polynesian 
from  Liverpool,  having  in  charge  another  de¬ 
tachment  nf  working  women,  fifty-five  in  num¬ 
ber,  for  whom  she  has  secured  homos  and 
employment  in  America. 

Capt.  Mduesuy,  of  H.  M.  S.  Basilisk,  inis 
discovered  some  islands  in  the  Indian  Archi¬ 
pelago,  which  were  formerly  thought  to  bo  a 
part'of  the  main  land  of  New  Guinea.  The 
captain  took  possession  of  them  in  the  nanio  of 
the  Queen. 

The  fruit  crop  in  France  Is  reported  as  very 
deficient  this  year,  especially  in  the  south¬ 
western  departments,  peaches,  pears,  and  apples 
being  unusually  scarce.  Of  walnuts,  almonds, 
and  chestnuts,  however,  t  he  crop  la  abundant 
and  good. 

M.  F.  n  a  mu  .xv,  called  Darblay  the  elder,  a 
prominent  agriculturist  during  the  reign  of 
Napoleon  I.,  Is  dead  at  the  age  of  80  years,  lie 
was  seven  times  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of 
Deputies,  and  was  an  officer  of  the  Legion  of 
Honor, 

The  Oomocrati  state  Convention  of  Minne¬ 
sota  has  nominated  the  following  ticket:— For 
Governor,  Asa  Bar!  n ;  Lieutenant-Governor, 
Ebenezer  Ayers  ;  Tre.v  irer, E.  W.  Dyde ;  Secre¬ 
tary  John  H. Stevens;  A  tomey-General, W. H. 
Clough. 

Thkhe  were  never  so  many  missionaries  going 
to  foreign  fields  as  at  prese  t.  The  Rev.  W. 
Taylor,  I  he  great  missionary  evangelist,  writing 
from  Bombay,  says  if  he  hud  fifty  sent  to  him 
he  could  give  them  ail  self-supporting  charges. 

President  Grant's  appointment  of  Mr.  A. 

R.  Shepherd  as  Governor  of  the  Pistrict  of 

ip  _ _ 


Ml.  4 


Columbia  has  called  forth  earnest  remonstran¬ 
ces  from  several  journals  which  have  heretofore 
received  his  every  act  without  criticism. 

A  dispatch  from  Denver,  Col.,  says : — Anna 
Dickinson,  accompanied  by  Prof.  Hayden  and 
party,  walked  to  the  summit,  of  Long’s  Peak, 
on  Saturday,  13th  ult.,  making  the  ascent  in 
three  bout  s  and  ten  minutes. 

A  MAN  In  Yates  count  y,  N.  Y.,  who  lias  been 
an  Inveterate  smoker  for  fifty  years,  ha*  sud¬ 
denly  ar.d  permanently  given  it  up.  He  knocked 
the  ashes  off  his  pipe  into  a  keg  of  blasting 
powder. 

The  Elmira  Advertiser  soys  that  a  Batavia 
boy  last  Sunday  morning  recited  two  hundred 
and  thirty  verses  in  Sunday  School,  and  in  the 
afternoon  caught  trout  enough  to  stock  a  river. 

Tub  lAindon  Financier  says  the  business  of 
the  Atlantic  Cables  lias  largely  increased  since 
the  beginning  of  the  panic  in  New  York,  and 
the  receipts  are  now  est  imated  at  $27,000 dally. 

The  Superintendent  of  the  Puhlic  Schools  In 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  reports  against  corporal  pun¬ 
ishment,  but.  says  that,  in  his  opinion,  it  should 
bo  permitted  to  die  a  nat  ural  death. 

A  Roman  Catholic  priest  has  been  sentenced 
in  Prussia  to  two  weeks'  Imprisonment,  for 
preaching  that  marriage  among  Protestants  is 
no  more  than  concubinage. 

The  British  Association,  in  session  at  Brad¬ 
ford,  England,  lias  adopted  a  resolution  urging 
the  British  Government  to  6end  an  exploring 
expedition  to  the  Arctic. 

It  is  reported  that  John  Bright,  is  opposed  to 
the  war  against  Hie  Asliantee^,  and  will  resign 
his  position  in  the  Cabinet  if  it  1«  furt  her  pros¬ 
ecuted. 

The  Warden  of  Sing  Sink  Prison  says  that 
luring  his  service  <»f  twenty  years,  lie  has  never 
mown  of  the  attempt  of  a  “life  prisoner”  to 
jseape. 

The  cranberry  crop  in  Juneau,  Adams,  Wood 
ind  Monroe  counties.  Wis.,  lias  keen  killed  by 
.ho  frost.  Damage  not  less  than  $100,000. 

The  debt  of  ( he  eit  v  of  Paris  now  amounts  to 
(3120,000.000,  involving  an  annual  expenditure  for 
nt crest,  ami  -Inking  fund  of  $18,000,000. 

The  report  that  Col.  Forney  had  sold  a  half 
intermit  In  The  Philadelphia  Press  to  Congres- 
imin  Manner  is  uutlioritivcly  denied. 

A  Helena,  Montana,  paper  gives  notice  to  all 
•  long-haired  Montanians”  that  “the  barber 
i»oes  away  next  week.” 

lx  many  fields  In  Jackson  county,  Iowa,  the 
yield  or  potatoes  will  not  oqual  the  amount  of 
seed  planted. 

Prof.  .1.  M.  HOPPIN  of  the  Yale  theological 
School  L  writing  a  life  of  Admiral  Foote. 

Elections  to  1111  vacant  seats  in  the  French 
Assembly  have  been  ordered  for  Oct.  12. 

The  venerable  Bu  t  on  poet .  Charles  Sprague, 
attained  his  83d  Birthday  on  Sept.  16. 

There  are  13,000  children  in  Milwaukee  who 
do  not  attend  school  this  year. 

Des  Moines,  Iowa,  lias  a  temperance  billiard 
hall. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 


Tiogn  Co.  (IV.  V.)  Fair.  -The  Hon.  T.  I.  OllAT- 
ft i  nn  of  Owcgo,  an  officer  of  the  Tioga  Co.  Ag. 
Society,  sends  us  a  favorable  report  of  its  recent 
Fair,  held  Srpt.  18-18.  He  writes:— “  It  was  the, 
first  one  we  have,  hud  for  several  years,  and 
proved  very  succ  s^ful,  showing  that  we  have 
ample  means  in  Tioga  for  as  good  a  Fair  and 
rattle  Show  as  anv  county  in  the  state.  Our 
display  0/  vegetables,  poultry  and  mechanical 
work  was  equal  '■>  many  »  Slate  Fair.  All 
other  depart  moms  wen  "  ell  roproent  t‘d,  and 
all  went  home  satisfied.  AnOl her  year  we  hope 
to  do  much  better.” 

New  .Jersey  <  rantierrv  t«'n.- The  follow¬ 
ing  are  the  officers  elect  nf  an  organization 
with  this  name  in  Cent r:i  I  New  Jersey :  Pro. 
Rev.  J.  II-  Bhakelv,  Bordcntown.  Viec-Pwt  * 
— Jai  A.  Fenwick,  Now  Lisbon  ;  Dr.  L.  b.  Mor- 
rtiimn.  Bricksbmg.  See.  and  Trent-.— Hon. 

S.  Johnson.  7-.'.r.  Cm».— Albert  H.  Davis.  1  otns 
River;  Thom  it  £  Ivin**  Xcw  E*/ypt  ;  Theodore 
Bndd,  Pemberton  :  with  the  President,  Secre¬ 
tary  and  two  Vice-Presidents. 

t'n<u,  «:n.,  n.  T..  \g.  Hoc.  At.  a  meeting  of 
the  Gass  Co.  Ac.  Soc.,  held  at  the  land  office  of 
i !  BACK,  H  Ihi  evening  of  Vug. 

1 1,  I  ,c  following  officers  were  elected  :  l’r t«  — 
.T.  Holes.  Vicc-Prcts.  N.  B.  Pinkbam.  Sec.— 
G.J.  Keener.  Iw.-Wm.H.  Leverett.  Direc¬ 
tor.--  A.  MuHench.  F.  Pinkhum,  Geo.  Egbert, 
S.  V.  Ilovy,  A.  J.  Harwood. 

Cliniil(in<|iin  Go.  Poultry  Ask'd. — The  leading 
poultry  breeders  of  Chautauqua  county  have 
formed  an  association,  adopted  a  constitution 
and  chosen  a  full  list  of  officers.  Pm.— E.  L. 
MoCtn.i.m  ii  of  Stockton.  Sec.— Dr.  A.G.  Park¬ 
er,  rorestvlUc,  C.  E.  Benton,  Fredonm. 

An  Exhibition  will  be  arranged  for  Dec.  111th. 
place  not  yet  selected. 

The  Fill  ton  ('<»..  \.  Y.,  Fair  was  held  at 
Johnstown,  N.  Y.,  Sept,  bland  17.  The.  Secre¬ 
tary  informs  us  there  was  an  unusual  display  of 
,v -nearly  100  coops—  and  a  good  show  of 
cattle,  horses,  and  “  everything  else, com¬ 
plete  success.”  The  Secretary  tidilH :—  We  ex¬ 
pect  before  long  to  have  our  Fair  classed  among 
the  first  in  the  Stale.” 

The  Western  Pennsylvania  Poultry  Assn 
will  hold  its  annual  Exhibition  January  next, 
irom  14th  to  16th,  inclusive.— K.  Bliak,  See’ y. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS. 


course  of  the  President  Is  highly  praised  by  all 
the  papers . Carlton’s  defalcation  is  near¬ 

ly  $500, 000.  He  has  not  been  heard  of...  Mon¬ 
treal  hankers  came  to  purchase  bonds  ...  The 
Gold  Exchange  Bank  closed  on  the  &)*h  .  .The 

National  Trust  Co.  suspended  on  the  20th  . 

The  banks  agreed  to  issue  $10,000,000  in  loan 
certificates _ Tbe  Union  Banking  Co.  of  Phil¬ 

adelphia  suspended  . .  A  court  mart  lal  has  been 
ordered  for  the  Eleventh  Regiment  The  Six¬ 
teenth  Anniversary  of  tbe  Fulton  street  Prayer 
Meeting  has  been  held  .The  fire  department,  has 
been  reviewed  ,  The.  third  Anniversary  of  the 
fall  of  Rome  was  observed  in  Cathollccburches 
The  panic  subsided  mi  the  22d  ;  no  banks 
suspended.  The  Savings  Banks  sustained  a  run 
on  the  22d  and  23d.  They  all  got  through  A 
holler  exploded  on  10th  Are.  anti  2ttd  St.  on  th* 
22<1 ;  )ob&»  $15,000  All  work  on  the  Boulevard 
has  suspended.. The  suspended  bankinghouses 
will  resume  as  soon  as  no;c-|lJe.  There  was  no 
•medal  excitement  on  wall  street  on  the  22d. 
Fraud  *  in  the  Sheriff's  office,  in  Brooklyn  are 
admitted  The  panic  was  renewed  on  the23d. 
The  house  Of  Henrv  Clews  A-  Co.,  Government 
hankers,  suspended;  the  effect,  was  very  de¬ 
pressing  ...Currency  Is  scarce  Crispins  talk 
of  a  strike  The  now  Windsor  Hotel  has  open¬ 
ed  Nilsson  has  had  reception*  In  New  York 
nnd  Brooklyn  Mr*.  John  .1 .  (  i-eo la  dead 
A  woman  on  38th  street  is  accused  of  killing  37 
children  by  baby-farming  (in  the  23th  the 
prospect  was  much  brighter  on  Wall  street. 
The  I  link  presidents  will  make  heavy  purchases 
of  bonds  ..  On  the  83th  it  was  announced  that. 
$10,000,000  more  of  Clearing-house  certificate- 
would  be  Issued.  The  opera  season  hus  opened 

Tlic  bank  presidents  agree  to  sustain  each 
other.  Rodman,  the  Brooklyn  defaulter,  has 
testified  against  Sprague  .  .  .There  has  been  a 
decline  in  tlm  price  of  Scranton  coal.  The 
merchant!!  arc  said  to  be  at  the  mercy  of  stock 
brokers.  Canadian  bankers  succeeded  in  forc¬ 
ing  up  the  price  of  gold  on  tlm  26th  .  The  de¬ 
falcation  ot  Carlton  amounts  to  $428,300  The 
Union  Trust  Co.  proves  to  be  solvent  There 
Is  a  dead-lock  In  exchange  There  are  1,000,- 
MX)  bushels  of  grain  waiting  shipment  to  Europe 

The  Goodrich  case  has  been  given  to  the 
Grand  Jury  A  military  organization  of  the 
police  has  neon  ordered . .  The  Payne  statue 
h-ia  been  unveiled  In  Brooklyn..  The  Stock 
Exchange  was  still  closed  on  the  27th  of  Sept 
Delegates  to  the  Evangelical  Alliance  are  rap¬ 
idly  arriving. 

Home  News. 

G en.  Citrter  has  arrived  at  the  Yellowstone 
stockade  with  3  squadrons  of  cavalry  The 
<  »dd  Fellow-  prohibit,  business  on  Sunday, 

The  President  is  In  no  hurry  to  appoint  a  Chief 
Justice  .Thrccsllver  minesatGold  Hill,  Nev., 

have  exploded,  killing  6  persons  . The  Ftes 

will  cede  3,000.000  acres  to  the  Government 
Yellow  fever  has  appeared  at  Mobile  . .  On  the 
21st  there  were  100  cases  of  yellow  fever  at.  Mem¬ 
phis  There  was  a  destructive  frost  through¬ 
out  i  Im  Northwest  on  the  20th;  In  Iowa  Ice 
was  half  an  Inch  thick...  There  has  been  a 
heavy  rain  storm  In  Georgia  Ex-President 
Johnson  Is  a  heavy  sufferer  hv  the  suspension 
of  a  bank  in  Washington  Over  1.000  locomo¬ 
tive  builders  in  Paterson,  N.  J..  have  been  dis¬ 
charged  because  of  the  panic  A  few  suspen¬ 
sions  in  Pittsburgh,  Buffalo  and  Philadelphia, 
were  reported  on  the  23d..  .Florida  has  neon 
visited  by  a  terrific  tornado  which  destroyed 
much  properly  The  Modocs  are  to  ho  exc- 
i-utec!  on  the  3d  of  October  ....Four  banks  In 

Petersburg,  Vn.,  suspended . The  National 

Trust  Co.  nf  Pittsburgh  has  closed  .000  Nn- 
I  ional.I tanka  are  said  to  have  lost  their  deposits 
by  the  failure  of  Jay  Coolie  A  Cn  New  Vork 
Republicans  have  held  a  convention  nt  Utica. 
They  are  satisfied  with  Grant  and  Dix .  .The  Min¬ 
nesota  Democrats  have  nominated  the  Farmers’ 
ticket  The  Democrats  and  Liberals  oi  Wis¬ 
consin  have  unitod  on  a  ticket.. .The  American 
Board  of  Foreign  Missions  is  in  Session  at  Min¬ 
neapolis  Dad  management  of  the  First  Na¬ 
tional  Bank  >>f  Washington  i.-  charged  The 
receipts  of  the  Atlantic  cubic  arc  now  $27,000  a 
day  .Government  will  draw  against  the  Legal 
Tender  reserve,  if  necessary  ...One  or  two 
houses  in  Baltimore  have  failed  ...The  minor 
that  Chloi  Justice  Chase's  heirs  lost,  by  Jay 
Cooke,  is  false  .  On  ttio2Gt  h  of  Sept,  five  banks 
suspended  in  Chicago  ..  Some  of  the  bank-.  In 
I  miiana  suspended  for  a  couple  of  days. .  .There 
Is  much  financial  anxiety  in  St.  Louis, Bostou 

and  other  place* . The  banks  ol’  V  icksburg 

suspended  for  30  days  Three  banks  in  Charles¬ 
ton,  S.  C..  have  suspended  The  panic  hue 
spread  all  over  t  he  country  .  The  whaiingb&rk 
Gl-.ci;i  irrlved  at  Sew  Bedford.  Mas  *„  with 
relic?  rd  Sir  John  Franklin'-  expedition  jSU.lXMl 
,,  ,pi,  vifeitei  I liu  Chicago  1  ix  lilbfl  lOQ 
day  •  •  15.(881  Free  Musona  assisted  at  the  dedi¬ 
cation  of  the  new  Tempi©  in  Philadelphia . 

California  lias  an  Independent  People  s  Party 
The  Star©  Bank  of  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  has 

been  ruined  by  The  Cashier .  There  has  been 

an  accident  on  the  New  Jersey  Midland  R.  Ii.; 
1  were  fatally  injured  and  several  wounded... 
'Hm  Government  suspended  the  purchase  of 

bond*  on  the  25th . The  Erie  Railway  wants 

$30,000,000  more ! 

Fires. 

Nine  stores  in  Newton,  N.  J.,  on  the  22d  . 

loss,  $85,000 . Paper  mill  at  East  Walpole, 

Mass.,  on  the  23d  ;  loss,  $40,000  Cotton  warp 
mill  at  Vermin,  Conn.,  on  i  lie  23d  ;  loss,  $25,000 

_ Cotton  and  woolen  mill  in  Philadelphia,  on 

the  23d. 


go  has  assumed  alarming  proportions...  The 
Brazilian  cable  has /ken  laid  A  schooner  has 
bemi  nnk  on  llie  Grand  Banks.  N.  F.,  and  12 
men  le4  The  wile  of  Prince  Bismarck  died 
In  Berlin  on  the  22d  of  Sept  .  Coste,  the  cele¬ 
brated  French  naturalist,  recently  died  In  Paris 

Mr.  Bright  will  leave  the  British  Mlntsto- if 

the  Ashaotee  war  continues  Spain  is  sending 
more  soldiers  to  Cuba  .1  m mouse  amounts  of 
gold  have  been  sent  to  America  from  the  Bank 
of  England.  .Carlisle  in  Spain  arc  disheartened 
..  There  are  strong  hopes  of  a  monarchy  in 
France  .  The  King  of  Italy  has  had  a  Inqgcon- 
ference  with  Prince.  Bismarck  Col.  Vevuaia 
trying  to  raise  a  regiment  in  Mexico  to  fight  for 
the  Spanish  Republic.  Spain  demands  of  En¬ 
gland  tin-  Vittorta  nnd  t  he  Almanza.  .Conserv¬ 
atives  have,  held  a  meeting  in  Paris.  They  pre¬ 
dict,  a  majority  of  20  in  favor  of  a  monarchy  at 
tho  next,  meeting  of  the  A  ssembly  Ttaeftr*i  sod 
has  been  broken  for  the  first,  railway  In  Persia. 


SHEPPARD  HOMANS 
From  the 


VINDICATED 


Charges  of  the  Mutual  Life  In¬ 
surance  Company. 


The  undersigned,  at  the  joint  request  of 
Messrs.  Frederick  8.  Winston  and  Stoppard 
Homans,  have,  as  arbitrators,  considered  the 
questions  referred  to  them  raised  by  the  letter, 
dated  Aug.  21.  1873,  from  tho  Mutual  Life  In¬ 
surance  Company  of  New  York,  In  regard  to 
the  relations  of  Mr.  Homans  with  that  Compa¬ 
ny  while  be  was  Its  Actuary,  and  they  do  find 
and  determine  ns  follows : 

First.  That  the  audit  by  Mr.  Homans  of  tho 
accounts  of  the  Company  subsequent  to  tho 
quarterly  account  ending  Nov.  1,  180!),  heingthe 
five  subsequent  audits  referred  to  In  said  letter, 
were  60  made  after  the  change  of  policy  by  tho 
execut  ive  officers  In  regard  to  tho  non-payment 
of  post-mortem  dividends. 

Second.  That  the  letter  written  by  Mr.  Ho¬ 
mans  In  regard  to  the  St.  Louis  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company,  was  an  act  of  courtesy  in 
reply  to  a  request  for  Information,  and  that 
said  letter  was  private  and  confidential. 

Third.  That  the  “similar  letter”  referred  to. 
written  by  Mr.  Homans  to  Hon.  William 
Barnes,  was  not  directed  to  the  ease  <if  any 
named  life  company, hut  waaslmply  an  opinion 
on  an  actuarial  question. 

Fourth.  We  ascribe  no  blame  to  Mr.  Hom  ans 
in  the  matter  of  performing  sorvlces  to  other 
companies. 

The  foregoing  cover  tho  charges  in  the  letter 
of  Mr.  Stuart,  and  are  found  by  us  as  above. 

E.  H.  Owen. 

Wm.  A.  Seaver. 

New  York,  Sept.  24,  1873. 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 

Simple*,  cheap,  durable,  effective,  are  the 
adjectives  which  belong  by  right  to  the  Blan¬ 
chard  Churn.  It  combines  more  good  qualities 
|^/  ban  any  other  now  made. 

THE  MARKETS. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 


New  York,  Monday,  Sept.  20, 1873. 
Receipt".—' The  receipt* of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  tor  the  past  week  arc  ns  follows: 

Dried  Fruit*,  pkgs.  1,319  Cf  won.  Miles . 

Kin;*,  bbls... .  Hups, bales. . 

Flour,  1,1  •! a .  .-  SO.’.dS  Peanuts,  bags.. 

Wheat,  hush . l.TOWSW)  Cat  meats,  pk. •*.... 

Corn,  bum .  880,850  Pork,  bt>l* . 

Out*,  hush .  132.9511  Beet,  plus . 

Kve.  lm.-li .  ;g(..5()0  I  .uni.  pkgs . 

Barley,  bush .  .'■fid  Buttwr,  plus . . 

•  21.755  Cheese,  pkgH . 

0,4851  Wool,  bales . 

2,030' Grass*  seed, bush... 

5*00,  Dressed  Uogi.  Nu.. 


Malt,  bush. 

Buutis.  bust* . 

O  rri  meal,  bids. ... 
corn  meal,  bags.., 


11,755 

431 

079 
3, UK 
177 
ltd 

19,725 

55,225 

\,m 

B55 


few  lots. 
7  est- 


FOREIGN  NEWS, 


[tlicelluneoua  Foreign  New«, 

Tine  Spanish  Cortes  has  suspended  until  the 

2d  of  January. . The  American  prisoners  at 

Fort  Garry,  Manitoba,  have  been  released . 

There  were  no  failures  in  Europe  on  account  of 
the  American  panic,  save  Mr.  Clews’  London 
house  The  Polaris  Expedition,  went  nearer 
to  tho  North  Pole  than  any  other _ The  Carta¬ 

gena  insurgents  will  surrender  .Count  de 
Chambord  will  abdlCcte  in  favor  of  Count  de 
Paris — Dr.  Auguste  Nolaton  died  in  Paris  on 

the  21st.  He  was  surgeon  to  the  late  Emperor  _ _ _ _ _ _ 

There  are  80,000  Intermit  io  rial  ist.s  in  Spain. .  grade*,  has  improved  the  rat  ca  for  all  useful  v  **w.r  ; 
The  crew  of  tho  yacht  Deerhound  have  heen  Wo  quote  Onuutt! >  conn^r  tmU8,  fan ey, 
released  . Polit  ical  dissensions  have  broken  other  *p°d  palls,  PHT.  and  37(* 

out  in  Mexico  Tho  Empress  of  Austria  is  ill  j^forteh-tafoBB^  l'a^^gouf^Ute? Ssolte.:  Wele] 
Khiva  continues  peaceful  Tlie  Shah  has  »8c. tor  rair  tu igonu  bwib,-;, ....  lVaaU,rn 


Henna  u  ud  Fen '.—Exports  of  brans  last  week, 
3.HI  bbls.;  of  pea*,  -V-HiJ  bush.  Receipt  a  of  now  open 
very  heavy,  and  price*  are  extremely  ondceid«d-  J 
local  trad**  i*  not  calling  lor  stock  enough  tOTCtfuIaW 
quotation*  for  oieUluai*.  Marrows  have  alrobrekca 
from  tlielr  long  linont-ss.  Prime  old  wumur*  tor 
gbtpment  are  stBI  quoted  u  shade  above  new,  bat  we 
do  oot  look  for  any  lmponnnt  BWtwneBt  yhue  tne 
meomlng  supply  ie  bo  liberal.  No  ui-w  kidney*  are 
arriving.  Pea  beans  show  some  stock  and  have  also 
n  quotation.  Our  quotation*  are  for  new.  Ciuiadiun 
pea*  mill  and  nominal. 

for  prime,  and  f2.OOQ2.10  for  other  gru<l«s;  prune  pea 
bcuns.  $2.*0<s2.90|  do.  fair  lots  down  bit. .40:  mime 
marrowfats.  F^H.05.  Pens,  SttcAtSl  lor 
bulk.  (;reen,  $130W.75;  new  do.-  f  l.'At  A  few  choice 
old  medium*,  £2.50. 

Bct'«'vp  x.-  Bleachers  are  murohnsinc  a  few  I 
Tbe  export  trade  Is  small.  Sales  ut.V-Vet/c.  lor  \\ 
eruauu  Southern. 

Krooni  Corn.— The  reports  from  the  ocuntry, 
lately,  point  ton  greatly  dim  tnlshed  crop,  and  prices 
are  blgner and  unsettled.  ,  , 

We  quote:  Long,  green  Hurt,  prime  to  choice,  >~m 
14c.;  snort  and  medium  brush,  choice  green,  tut* 
Uc.  Medium  quahtier  red-r  ja  ed.  7t<  Se,;  common 
qualltieh,  red,  cuar.-c  and  stemmy,  IRC'Ric. 

Boner.— One  of  tho  few  trades  that  have  escaped 
demoralization  during  the  money  troubles  Is  butter. 
There  has  been  a  steady  active  trade  with  OOr  full 
Quotations  ol  last  week  ruling  on  both  sides  Of  me 
eilv  There  Is  a  good  shipping  demand,  though  toe 
quantity  ta'.en  Is  not  so  large  a*  1;isi  week,  asex- 
change  la  hard  to  sell.  Kxper'*  about  t. »  pkg^.  «« 
should  riqnark  that  no  large  dl'trlhuUng  deab-T>  aro 
slocking  up  at  the  present  linn  country  rates'  miatu 
i be  expression  is  pretty  general  that  tliera 
strength  enough  In  the  present  spurt  Jo 
more  than  nurchasuH  for  real  requirements,  w ' 
but'er  keep*  well  sold  np,  and  tho  firmness  iha*  •' 
followed  good  sound  state  since  the  advanced mmjst 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

The  President,  held  a  conference  with  lead¬ 
ing  Wa'l  street  men  on  1  he  21st..  He  refused  to 
loan  the  Reserve  Fund  of  #44,000,000  to  the  bank¬ 
ers  because  It  would  he  illegal.  The  Sub-Treas¬ 
ury  was  authorized  to  buy  bonds  without  limit. 
Great  alarm  prevailed  in  financial  circles,  The 


been  welcomed  home 
Caasel  consents  to  the 


The  Elector  of  llesse- 
annexatlon  of  his  terri¬ 


tory  to  Germany  • .  .Insurgent  iron  clads  threat¬ 
en  to  bombard  the  city  of  Alicante.  The  King 
of  Italy  is  in  Berlin  Chief  Justice  Cockburn 
has  fined  an  editor  for  commenting  on  theTlch- 
borne trial  ..  Tbe  Polaris  crew  has  sailed  tor 
New  York.  The  Canadian  Parliament  has  been 
called  together  The  Spanish  steamship  Mu¬ 
rillo  is  detained  at  Dover,  England _ France 

will  advance  100,000,000  franc*  to  Spain  —  Day 
Dream  won  the  Great  Eastern  Handicap  at 
Newmarket  •  •  The  revolution  in  Santo  Domin» 


State 

,.:!  37® 

Welsh 

S7.-rfj.ll),-.;  good  do-  2(X'j)2<ic.;  shipping,  l.(e8l»*s.,  low  ll°" 

iv.  17c- 

Clicear.— There  was  an  advance  mode  in 
etrrlv  In  the  week,  occasioned  by  tbo  result  of  Jb 
Lit  l  lc  Pal  I*  sale-  The  » ncreascrt  cost  of  jtpotb  k  W 


inclal  disturb  jnces.  “'“‘V  ”, 

selling  foreign  exchange  almost  briaiRht ’'‘‘I '  , 

business  to  n  -tand ,  as  will  be  not  lrc(l  tu'ha  shipn  ^ 
l'or  tti t  Week,  which  are  only  Jh.iKXl  >  k 

witUstanCla«modcraWarrtvttl*cjimp»rattvely.*foc“ 

accurouiated,  and-to wards  the  close  it necesisuT 


Wouduy’s  Sales.  Beeves. -Trade  was  fair  but 
alow.  prices  ranging  from  7c«)l2Wc.  ■&  n>.,  !H(*w  cwt. 
Although  the  tbp  nteen  no  -fib’ (lid  not  reach  the 
highest  figures  ol  last  week,  still  tlio  aggregate  of  the 
sales  went  ofl  ut  better  rates. 

Wild.  Clew*— Were  brisk  this  morning;  18cowa 
were  Mold  at  tl.i  h  head  :  1  at  *17.  7  nt  *52  V  head. 

Veal*.  These  animals  were  slow.  Smooth  quality 
veals  sold  in  small  lots  lrom  UeriUc.  V  head,  and  urnsa 
calves  from  *36*7  P  head. 

Sheep  and  f.itmtw.— Trade  was  Just  fair.  Sheep 
sold  at  5e£flJ*o.  *f  in.,  lambs  from  6@3c.  P  it.  The  gen¬ 
eral  quality  of  the  stock  to  hand  was  coar9e. 

llogs.-Llvo  h0BB  sold  at,  *5.1.7 X  F  cwt.;  city  dress¬ 
ed.  f(iu7!ie.  It>.  Heavy  lions  were  very  slow;  light 
do.  were  fair. 

RECEIPTS  Of  LIVE  STOCK. 

Sheep  A 

ftaeven.  Cow»t.  Calvo*.  LnmW 

One  Hundredth  St... 2,112  3;  100  18  «)0 

Forty-Eighth  St .  8  22  BAS  1 J 3-0  JJJ 

Fortieth  9t .  UOO  00  300  7,012  23.21K1 

Qomtnunlpaw . 8,985  00  Oil  4,647  9AM 

VVeehawken . 2,41*4  00  00  000  000 

Totals  this  week....  8,879  19  1,300  27,033  37,234 

“  last  week....  10, 050  71  1,330  20,971  .13,2211 


to  shade  prices,  the  market  closing  at  13@13^c.  for 
fine  and  strictly  choice  stock.  The  homo  trade  pay 

13irine  and  choice  factory,  134&13XO. 1  do.  good  to 
nrlme.  12«®12*c.;  fair  lot*,  Ui<c.;  State  fa^m  dairy, 
coed  to  prime,  12 (»  130.;  do.  tuir  lota,  llvtl2e.;  do. 
Skimmed.  Ayatc.;  Western,  nne chuddar,  lia)12Hc,;  do. 
kiod  flat,  l  .”,c'.il2,Wc.;  do.  fair  lots.llHc.,-  do. skimmed, 
5g,7e.;  English  dairy,  lli<(S»12Kc. 

i»— Prices  have  been  affected  through  the 


For  sale  nt  the  RCKAL  Nkw-Yorkkh  Office.  No.  5 
Beckman  St.,  New  York,  or  sent  by  mall,  post¬ 
paid,  on  receipt  of  price: 

Willard’*  Practical  Pnlry  llu»l>nndry 

(jiiMi  Issued) — •  •• . . . ••••• . *’*  .77 

Allen's  (L.  K.)  American  Cattle .  f  * 

Do.  Now  American  Farm  Book .  2  so 

Do.  Diseases  of  Domestic  Animals .  J  TO 

Do.  Rural  Arcbltuoture . . .  *  TO 

American  Bird  Fancier, ......................  ••••♦• 


Pmiltrv  and  Game.— Dressed  poultry  Is  eiv9ier. 
Ktiwls.  15(«d8c,,  the  lower  price  for  State:  chickens, 
17c.;  Turkeys,  BKg'.'e.  Live  poultry  Is  in  good  de¬ 
mand  at, the  low  rale  the  large  stock  oecnstons.  Spring 
chickens,  Jersey,  b  n>.,  lu,  17c.;  do.  Western,  UkglBo.; 
Fowls,  Jersev,  v  It.,  ITf-flSc.S  do.  Western,  B  tb,, 
Hi,.  Do. ;  Turkeys,  Jersey,  light.  V  It.,  13  66  30e.; 
do.  Western,  V  it.,  VI IHcj  Ducks,  Jersey.  V  pair. 
80c.  4,  #1.12 :  do,  yooug. 7.Vv®*1 ;  do.  Western,  F  pair, mi 
toTOo.i  Dense, X.J..  young,  V  pair,  EkTOvyS:  uo,  Wexi- 
eru,  d  pair.  S1.50M2.  Game  sales  are  chiefly  confined 
to  wild  pigeon*,  at  s7e.  furuoplokedund  »1  for  picked, 
whleli  Is  easier-  Urouw,  llM),  F  pair ;  woodcock. 
*  16*1.12  for  Western  and  #I.12S&L25  for  Western  and 
sifftte.  I’urtrldges,  75t(»80e.  Hares,  i,iEmi75e.  Venison, 
whole  d.-or,  114, 15c.;  do.  saddles.  23f«-25e.  The  weather 
during  tho  past  week,  was  too  warm  for  the  guuie 


Cotton.— PrioeB  have  been  affected  tiirougn  tne 
money  iktolc,  with  a  liberal  speculative  business  at 
the  marked  coneesaions.  At  the  closet  here  is  some 
reaction,  with  September  contracts  quoted  at  17c.; 
October,  17  7-32c,;  November,  17  7-lilc.;  December.  17 
1542c,;  .lamiary.  17Xc.;  February,  18c.  The  closing 
prices  for  spot  eottou  are : 

*  Utilttririd.  A  IhliHmn.  Now  Ort«**n*  T#XA(i. 

Ordinary .  }<>•  1 jX  }4W  UK 

Good  Ordinary .  l(ls»  16‘<i  hi >5  WJ4 

strict  Good  Ordinary.  IfiJfe&IT  lfiYcciH  1GY',*17  101(17 

Low  Middling .  17 1754  1»X 

Middling .  18$  155,  18«  18K 

Good  Middling .  llfj*  19,'4  l&S  19  k, 

Dried  Fruits.  —  Business  lias  been  unusually 
tunic,  lately,  mainly  on  account  of  tho  money  pres¬ 
sure.  Generally,  holders  maintain  fully  as  much  con¬ 
fidence,  particularly  so  for  tipple*.  The  few  loU  of 
D,  w  fruits  arriving  are  In  mostense*  hold  above  views 
of  buyers.  W«  quote; 

Southern  apples,  G<#70.;  do.  new.  7 6?  He.;  State 
sliced,  SMfflikV,  qr>.,  8<39c.;  Western,  7 Hm*0.  Black- 
berries,  llVwWHc,  Denied  peaches,  prime  Georgia  ntid 
North  Carolina,  13<r«  18c,;  unpeeled,  8K6i>Pe.  for  halves 
and  8X©7o.  for  quarters.  Fitted  cherries,  30c.  for 
Srateaml  Southern.  Raspberries,  new,  376*. IHc.  New 
peeled  poaches,  bVii20u. 

Eggs. -supplies  have  been  closely  worked  up.  with 
the  advantage  decidedly  in  favor  of  sellers.  Sales  of 
State  and  Pennsylvania  nt  294630c ;  Western,  last 
freight,  28e.{  do.  ollior,  27(gi27Xo.,  Canadian,  2iw27Mc. 

Flour.— Liberal  concession*  have  boom  made  by 
seller*  from  day  to  day  to  Induco  business.  »nd  they 
iiave  failed  to  induce  other  than  a  moderate  lobbing 
trade  In  spot,  lots,  and  a  light  shipping  inquiry  for 
futures.  The  depression  has  been  owing  to  unset¬ 
tled  money  affairs,  which  have  deranged  foreign  ex¬ 
change  and  about  cheeked  business  from  exporters. 

No.  . . .  75®  ft- 110 

Superfine  State .  5  {JM  5  75 

Extra  do . JJ  $  75 

Fancy  do . 6  Jw  7  Ml 

Superfine  Western . .  •  5  006"  5  7.5 

Extra  do . . .  . .  m  •«* 

Minnesota  extras .  "  IjjttlJJ  Off 

Western,  whlb:  wheut .  7  8  00 

Bound  hoop  Ohio . jl  !] 

Trade  brands  do . 0  115®  < 

Southern,  extra  . —  8  59^.1 

Double  extras . . .  <  7 5®  10  50 

Kve  flour .  *  }m  G  (Kt 

Corn  meal,  Jersey . .  3  5)0®  10 

Brand vwlne  . . . . .  3  90®  4  110 

Fresh  Fvuii*.  -I’eaehes  are  winding  up,  and  lower 
prices  attend  the  poor  ends  of  orchards.  Wo  quote 
Delaware  crates,  #l.W®’W0l  baskets.  75c.®*2;  New 
Jersey  do.,  *I-MK'«2.  Pears  are  In  demand.  BurtleUa 
imve  fallen  off  in  reeelpta  to  an  extent,  that  gives 
dealers  more  Independence,  and  price*  ore  higher. 
The  Improved  rates  for  Rortletts  semis  other  sorts 
Into  use.  Flemish  Beauties  arc  running  large  and 
smooth  this  season  We  quote  Ilurtlott.it,  good  to 
prime,  811®IS:  u  few  extras,  SD.ijah  ordinary  bbl*., 
*8$  10;  Herolah,tli0»9i  Duotiexs,  tBsy.i  t  Seokel,  IfitcJO, 
as  to  quality,-  Buffalo  and  Louise  Boniie,$G®8 ;  cook¬ 
ing,  *2®t.  Grapes  arc  In  good  demand  ai  tue  low 
prices,  but  they  urrli  o  too  fast  to  promise  an  early 
change  In  seller*'  furor.  We  quote  IJebiwurcs,  7t:s8e. 
in  ?mall  boxes;  floncOrds,  <k»7e,  do.i  <io.,  In  lurge 
paeknges, 67^Bc..  Oatiiwbas.sc.  in  small  boxes.  Apples 
are  Improving,  as  the  stock  Is  mainly  from  this  State, 
btlll  dealers  do  not  mark  up  heavily,  u*  that  would 
check  trade.  We  quote  mixed  lots.  good.  *3.25(83.50; 
selected,  *a.60®8.T5-,  common,  *?®2.75.  Cranhe.mo 
are  pressing  upon  the  market,  very  slow  at  *3,C0®9 
for  prime  crates,  ami  *b*2  for  poor  to  fair.  Quinces, 

lir./r.  7  NJ  t.1,1  P.miilllu  QK>  WfHlif  lit  7ft  filP  Vlf- 


American  Pomology  (290  Illustrations)  Warder..  3  00 

American  Practical  Cookery... . . . .  1  “» 

Amerioan  Hose  Gulturlst . . .  ..............  W 

American  Standard  of  Excellence  111  Poultry..  W 

American  Wheat  Colturtst  iToddl. . . .  \  W 

Arcbltuoture,  National  (Geo.  K.  Woodward) . 12  TO 

Atw.iod'a  Count)  y  and  Siiburtnm  Uouses .  i  M 

Barry’s  Fruit  Guidon  (new  edition)...  . .  i  «u 

Bee  Keeper^'  Text  Book,  Paper,  40c.;  Olotn......  J5 

BiMuutil'N  Rabbit  Fancier . . . 

BiakneU’M  Village  Unilder  (55  Plates,  showing 

New  and  Praetlcal  Designs) . . . tut" 

Hommcr’s  Method  of  Making  Manures .  A> 

Brock's  Book  "f  Flowers  (now) . .  1  70 

Hrldgamun's  Gardener’s  Assistant .  4  .ju 

Hoist’s  Family  Kitchen  Gardener .  1  TO 

Do.  Flower  Gardon. . . . .  > 

Carpentry  Made  K  isy  (new) .  u  wi 

Gbnmlstry  or  the  Karra  fNioliolB) .  1  40 

Chorlion’s  Grape  flrower's  Guide .  70 

Cblpr  Maker's  Manual . . .  100 

Clater’s  New  III.  Cattle  Doctor,  colored  plates...  b  TO 

Cobbott'a  Am wl can  Gardener .  *5 

Cole's  American  Fruit  Book  . . .  70 

Cola's  American  Veterinarian .  76 

Cotton  Culture  (Lyman  s,) .  I  oh 

Crack  Shot  (Barber) . 17“ 

Cranberry  Culture  (J.  J  White) . . .  1  -6 

Dadd’s  American  Cattle  Doctor . .  J  TO 

Do  Modern  Morse  Doctor .  J  TO 

Dana’s  Muck  Manual  .  . . .  * 

Darwin's  Varlulions  of  Animals  and  Plants......  b  TO 

Dead  glint:  or.  Bporttnan’s  Coropleto  Guide... 1  16 
Downing's  F  ruits  and  Fruit  Trees  »r  America. 

UIto  pp  >•  .  r 

Do.  Rural  Essays . . .  •’ ou 

Drainage  for  Profit  and  Health .  }  TO 

Dyer  and  Color  Maker’s  Companion . . .  1  46 

Eastwood's  Cranberry  Culture .  75 

KlUut's  Lawn  and  Hhude  Trees — . .  1  TO 

Everybody’s  Lawyer...... . . . •••••••  2  00 

Every  W.ituan  Her  Own  Flower  Gardener  (new). 

paper,  50o.;  cloth.... . |  TO 

Farm  Drainage  ( 11.  F.  French) . . . .  •' 

Kurin  Itiipleineiits  und  Machinery  (J.  .1  ■  Ihomas)  1  TO 

Flnlcl’s  Pear  Culture  . . .  .  .  125 

F  ishing  In  American  Waters  (Scott) .  3  TO 

Flint  on  Grasses . .  -  TO 

Do.  Milch  Cows  and  Duiry  Farming .  2  TO 

Forest  Trees  (ftrvant) . . . . .  .  1  TO 

Frank  lGwrestev's  Field  Hports  (2  vols.l .  8  TO 

Do.  Fish  and  Fishing  t IDG  engravings) .  5  TO 

Do.  Manual  tor  Young  Sportsmen . .  J  TO 

Fuller’s  Illustrated  Btrawberry  Culturlst .  A 

Do.  Forest  Tree  Culturlst . .  }  TO 

Do.  Small  Fruits  (Illustrated)..  . . .  1  50 

Fulton’s  Peafili  Vulture.  A  Hand-Book  nod 

Guide  to  Every  Planter .  I  TO 

Gardening  for  frotlt  (I*.  Henderson) .  1  TO 

Gardening  for  the  Houlli  (While’s) .  -  TO 

Grape  Culturist  (A.  H.  Fuller) .  1  TO 

Gray’s  Manual  of  Botany  and  Lessons .  I  TO 


Good  Steers  IP  lb , 

Fair . . 

Poor . 

Poorest . 

Gon.  soiling  rates. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


The  Heat  •‘Elnstle  Truss”  in  tlu*  Worl 

sold  by  POMEIto r  &  Co.,  7M  Broadway,  N.  Y„ 
three  dollars.  Write  to  them  lor  full  particulars. 


Surglenl  F.liratic  Slockinga  for  enlarged  veins, 
and  Supporting  Belts  of  boBt  quality,  nt  Pomeroy’s, 
741  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


Little  falls,  N.  y„  Sept.  27,  1873. 
the  market  at  Little  Falls,  for  the  week  ending 
Sept.  27th,  was  quite  brisk  for  farm  dairies,  but  prices 
were  a  little  lower  than  last  week.  The  delivery 
amounted  to  about  GOO  boxes,  and  sales  were  made  nt 
12><(isl2¥c.;  the  last  figure  was  top  price  fov  fancy 
lota.  Tne  factories  were  well  represented— the  offer- 
Ing-i  amounting  to  over  10,0011  bo, Ye*.  Home  0 1  the 
prominent  buyers  were  absent  from  the  market,  and 
eit»U  m  the  day  it  wu*  thought  that  transactions 


Slew  entente 


Mineral  Roofing 

Cheapest  and  Most  Durable! 


It  is  made  In  Sheets  containing  100  (net)  square 
feet,  each,  and  shipped  in  rolls  ready  to  bo  laid  It 
can  be  laid  bv  Inexperienced  men.  Is  not  Injuriously 
affected  by  beat  or  cold,  ami  may  bo  called  Ure-proof. 
For  particulars,  address 

S.  H.  iHASUFACTURINt;  CO., 

9215  Broadway,  New  York  City. 


AVery  ,t  Tves,  l.V)  boxes,  at  13c.j  Bales,  305,  13e.: 
Brockett’s  Bridge,  125,  l  ie.;  Cold  Creek,  lOG,  13c.;  Cold 
spring,  78, 13e.;  Cook  A  Ives,  lqi),  1<?o.;  Dairy  Hill,  100, 
12Vp.;  Clmptnan,  20U,  lZifo.i  Eagle,  382  lie.;  Katon- 
viilo.  175,  I3e.;  North  Fairfield,  100,  130.;  OM  Fairfield, 
20o,  13c.;  Herkimer  Co,  Central,  no,  Lie.;  Hill,  100,131".  ; 
Geo.  Lndtie,  l(«.  13C.;  LnsseJlvUle,  90,  12^0.;  Llltlo 
Falls  Cuutral,  06,  13o.;  Monhelab  2u(i,  13c.;  Manhelm 
Turnpike,  120, 18c.;  Newport,  108, 13c.:  Newvtlle  Aaso- 
elatlon,  180,  13c.;  Nichole,  80,  13c.:  Boot,  10IJ,  12*o.;  Old 
City.  HO,  I  He..;  Shell's  Bush  11)0.  13c.;  A.  Smith  &  Co., 
1(511,  13e.;  M.  S.  Smith,  bi.  r.'<e.;  warren  Center,  103, 
12‘io.;  While  Creek.  184,  I3c, 

Butter  comes  lu  sparingly,  but  sales  wore  made  at 

Mkaaic.  , 

AVe  have  advices  from  abroad  to  the  second  week  in 
September.  Our  Loudon  correspondent  says  Ched¬ 
dar  elKtesc  arriving  lit  good  order  sells  freely,  but 
stock*  of  bad  tluvorud,  heated  cheese  are  accumu- 
jatlug,  as  holders  refuse  to  full  the  loss  necessary  to 
realize.  There  Is  no  extra  fine  American  in  Loudon 
market,  but  second  grade  soils  at  WFafils. ;  English 
Cheddar,  7to8«t».;  Wiltshire  double, 7W5>7G«.|  Chaohlru 
medium, iH<w7(,ls.;  fine,  7bV.<.s2s-i  Scotch,  72'*.73s.  Dutch 
cheese— Edams, (MfiiiiFs.;  Goututs, 404150s.;  Derby  shape, 
5G(  *  80s. 

in  butter  iJiere  Is  a  large  consumiitlvt  dumand, 
wbich  clears  at  ext  runic  quotations.  Cion  molls  sells 
ut  13*'?.;  Dnrsais,  1.VM.;  Normandy  extra.  MOs.;  t'ami- 
dlan,  8lfe90s. 


MAN  MURDERED 


and  Identified  by  having  his  clothing  marked 
With  the 

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figures  and  fun.  fit  pages;  TO  pfetures, 
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PROPHETS  OF  THE  BIBLE 


New  York,  Sept.  27,  1873. 

Beeves.— We  would  caution  our  Western  readers 
from  any  participation  In  Uio  present  flmmeial  cri  is. 
Tho  cat 1 1*1-  weekly  s  hipped  for  this  city  had  better, 
fur  all  concerned,  b«  allowed  to  arrive  us  usual ; 
neither  need  t  here  bo  undue  apprehension  as  to  on  v- 
ments.  One  firm  alone  received  last  Wednesday  *21,- 
Udft  In  currency.  Ev«H  should  the  present  pressuro 
cnntimie  fora  time,  Iteau  be  but  fora  few  days  more. 
On  WtHluesda  y  beeves  wet  e  *low,  and  sales  were  few. 
t  rices  ranged  fit  7rii  file.  f>  H>.:  wclghlk, ,WK cwt,  Tho 
lots  to  hand  were  not  closed  off.  Again  on  Thursday 
and  F  riday  there  wu.-  no  change  )n  price*,  but  as  the 
end  ol  tho  week  was  ut  hand,  linger  lots  were  dis¬ 
posed  of.  Prices  vunced  ut  7g«12Rc.  P  lb.,  with  u  few 
steers  ut  12o.;  Weights. 5(3)10  cwt-  Market  closed  with 
a  few  lots  still  unsold.  During  the  past  week  com¬ 
mon  Ohio  steers.  U>,  cwt.  strong  P  head,  sold  nt.  ll|t{c. 
p  lb.;  good  (lo,,  do.,  t cwt.,  12e.j  eommou  Kentucky, 
fi  cwt.,  lue.;  do.,  8  cw  L.  12c.;  also  a  few  ut  ITie.;  com¬ 
mon  Illinois,  6  cwt.,  lOSO.; fair  ilo,,7yi  cwt.,  11X48 URc.; 
good  do.,  7f*  cwt.,  12)s'e.|  poor  Missouri,  .i  cwt.,  'JV'* 
10e.;  ’1  exari,  5  cwt...  7toHe. 

Milch  Cowri.  On  Wednesday  these  animals  wero 
in  fair  (lenmrid  at  *05(5)86  V  bead,  quality  being  fair. 
Thursday,  cows  sold  ut  S41k$5U,  and  on  Friday  *30<dl 
62..TO.  Trade  cloned  firm  at  above  quotations. 

Vents.— Although  trade  has  not  been  brisk,  still 
large  lots  Of  veals  have,  be.qu  sold  off.  .Smooth  quality 
tlrm  at  SkwlOc-  V  it.;  fair  quality  veals,  7<ai8H<5.  Lean 
calves  very  slu  w  at  6®0>SC.  Grass  calves  Sold  in  large 
lots  at  *8.50;  extreme  range,  *4@12  P  head,  state 
veuls,  150  lb*„  fikcMOc.;  Poansylvaula,  185  its.,  ‘JXe.; 
Jersey,  110  B.s„ax®l0c. 

Hbrcy  and  Ln mbs.  -Trade  In  slieep  is  fair,  whilst 
It  is  slow  in  lambs,  this  is  because  tne  lambs  now 
coming  to  band  are  lu  general  from  lean  to  coarse, 
and  In  eonsequcnco  unlit  for  the  city  trade.  Wednes- 
[i.;  lambs,  M£<3«e.  Thursday, 
lam  bs,  4*4*  1  c.  Frl  i  lay.  shoe  |» 


E.vlra  (IUcount:i.  Send  for  circulars  and  terms. 
NEW  VVURLD  PUBLISHING  CO  pniladclphiu,  Pa 


INF.  H IfEED  FOWLS  FOB  SALE,  of  all 


I  the  leading  varieties  ot  the  most  noted  strains  In 
the  world,  genii  -lamp  for  Client  nr.  Address 

C.  FLOD1NG,  Loetonia,  Col.  Co.,  (Milo. 


'  ENT  FREE  to  Inventor*  and  Owners  of  Patents, 
^  Valuable  Putnpblet.  C.  A.  8HAW,  Buston. 


Premium  Farm  Urisi  Will. 

Is  simple, cheap  and  dmablo,  and  grltida 
all  kinds  of  grain  rapidly,  it  is  adapted 
to  all  kinds  of  horse  powers. 

Skxx>  for  DKbcturrn  r  Circular. 
WM.  L.  ROY  Eli  &  IllU).. 

ITilladelpbla,  Pa. 


/  1HTCKEN  (’HOLEBA.  — All  Those  huyitig 

\  J  cholera  among  tneir  fowls,  by  sending  *2. 4)  to 
11  le  undersigm  d,  will  receive,  by  re l am  i>j:i  11,  fi  rr-m- 
t sal y  which  will  ut  once  cure  the  disease;  and  ever 
ii ereiittcr,  with  a  little  trouble  end  miiuJI  expense, 
elm  keep  their  places  rid  of  the  cholera.  Andress  S. 
SHOEMAKER,  Nokonils,  .llontgumei  y  Co.,  Ill, 


iiullty.  Genuine, 
HIBBARD, 
Frodonla,  N.  Y. 


Extra  q 
T.  B. 


All  leading  varieties. 
Clheap.  Price  List  free. 


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ALLEN’S 

AMERICAN  CATTLE 


sheep  sold  :>t  4 

gold  Ut  tIJSc.;  mm  ns.  ',i"o  vyc.  npucun  smes  win,  u» 

follows ; -ttlilo  sheep,  85  lbs.,  5ko.;  State,  8'JX  lbs„ 
IXc-;  do..  SH  lbs.,  64. u.;  Canada,  102  lb.”.,  8,t(c.;  Stale 
lambs,  ol  lb8..CV,c.;  Pennsylvania,  TO  lbs.,  Tc.;  Jersey, 
(it  lbs.,  ic. 

Hogs.— Trade  In  hogs  was  nominal  on  Wednesday 
last,  with  sales  at  *8,304s5.:'.7>;  cwt.;  city-drcsseil. 
8;^'<i?Hc.  Thursday  live  sold  at  IsfcUic.;  city-dressed, 
8®754.  Live  Opened  nominal  on  Friday  ut  54*5!s'e.; 
city-dressed,  5&4j)7Kc.,  trade  being  moderate. 

Home  >tavk(si#— Tliere  have  been  no  sales  worthy 
of  note  by  private  hand  since  our  Inst,  weekly  report. 
Auction  sales  hnvn  iicun  us  follows :— 7  head  ol  poor 
quality  light  harness  borne*,  *llftufl2  F  head;  3  trot¬ 
ters;  i'!00<«*4TOl  2  pair  of  fair  quality  light  harness 

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HEIR  HISTORY,  BREEDING  AND 
MANAGEMENT. 


Every  breeder  or  owner  of  Cattle  should  have  thl» 
v fork  by  non.  l.itwis  F.  A i.lkn,  Ex- Pres t.  N.  Y.  State 
(\g.  Society,  Editor  of  ‘‘American  Short-Horn  Herd 
PlJOk.”  Ac.,  Ac.  It  is  a  liaildsotuely  Illustrated  and 
well  printed  and  bound  volume  ox  628  duodecimo 
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PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


James  Pakton  is  to  write  a  life  of  Charles 
Dickens. 

A  BOOK  from  Anna  Dickinson  may  be  ex¬ 
pected  late  in  the  season. 

George  Cary  Egoi.kston  has  written  a  book 
called  “  Robert  Page  Brook.” 

Edward  Kqgj.estilv'h  new  story,  “The  Cir¬ 
cuit  Preacher,"  will  soon  be  issued. 

Mrs.  Stowe  Is  writing  a  sequel  to  “  My  Wife 
and  1,”  in  which  she  tolls  of  “  Our  Neighbors 
and  We,” 

Edwin  Booth  is  to  perform  in  the  principal 
New  England  cities,  commencing  the  first  week 
in  December. 

Du.  Mark  Hopkins,  ex-President  of  Wil¬ 
liams  College,  has  written  a  work  on  “Outline 
Study  of  Man.’’ 

A  ten-yea  K-OI.D  French  girl  burned  her  fath¬ 
er’s  house  hecouso  he  had  whipped  her  for  not 
knowing  her  catechism. 

The  health  of  A.  T.  Stewart  has  so  mind)  im¬ 
proved  since  he  arrived  abroad  that  lie  will 
return  home  in  October. 

The  late  Horace  P.  Clark  was  considered 
worth  $10,000,000  at  least,  bat  his  executors 
couldn’t  find  over  $3,500,000. 

Prof.  Seeley  of  Cambridge  University,  au¬ 
thor  of  “  Ecce  Homo,"  is  engaged  on  a  life  of 
Stein,  the  great  reformer  of  Prussia. 

The  remains  of  a  chief  of  the  Ottawa  tribe  of 
Indians  has  been  found  in  the  road  bed  on  the 
banks  of  the  Maumee  Itivcr,  in  Ohio. 

The  fact  that  Dr.  Mary  'Walker  was  arrested 
in  Baltimore  for  wearing  short  clothes,  is  being 
published  in  all  the  papers  In  America. 

Mr.  Henry  Wattkrson  of  Louisville  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Cobden  Club  in  Eng¬ 
land  before  Ids  letters  homo  had  been  read. 

Hon.  Marshall  I’.  Wilder  reached  hisaeventy- 
flftli  year  on  the  22il  of  Kept.,  and  in  honor  of 
the  occasion  he  was  visited  by  several  friends 
at  his  home  in  Dorchester,  Mass. 

It  Is  stated  in  the  English  papers  that  the 
Regius  Professor  of  Modern  History  at  Cam¬ 
bridge,  Professor  Seeley,  is  engaged  on  a  life  of 
Stein,  the  great  reformer  of  Prussia,  after  its 
overthrow  by  the  first  Napoleon. 

Secretary  Belknap  has  engaged  James  Pur- 
ton,  t.iie  historian,  to  arrange  for  the  publica¬ 
tion  of  the  original  manuscript  papers  of  Gen. 
Washington,  which  recently  came  into  the 
possession  of  tho  War  Department. 

TV.  W.  Story’s  “Jerusalem  In  her  Desola¬ 
tion  "  is  now  in  London,  bid.  i»  presently  to  be 
forwarded  to  the  Academy  of  Arts,  Philadel¬ 
phia.  It  is  a  noble  female  figure  dad  in  Rowing 
drapery ;  i  ho  head,  crowned  with  a  kind  of 
phylactery,  is  finely  modeled,  (tic  Hebrew  face 
having  an  expression  of  mingled  distress  and 
Contempt, 


There  is  no  field  of  labor’d  offers  greater  w 
numeration  than  the  sate  -  .  ••  Faintly  Knii 

Machine,  and  there  is  no  la •. -  ino  that  pob  i 
one- half  the  nualitlie*  which  are  *<  a  .solum  v 
necessary  for  family  use  as  the  “<  ly 

Bickford's  Improved 

Its  simplicity  and  ease  of  mnnupoment,  together 
Wl1  ,l' "  capacity  for  doing  the  great  range  arwork* 
and  its  trifling  oust,  makes  it  a  matter  nf'eeo n„mv 
for  every  family  to  have  one,  and  will  ulttraaieiv 


And  all  Bulbs  for  Fall  Planting 


My  Annual  Catalogue  of  Fall  Bulbs  and  Seeds  Is 
now  ready,  containing  full  Instructions  for  Planting, 
Sowing  and  Growing.  Free  to  all  applicants. 

JAMES  FLEMING, 

Seed  Merchant  and  Grower, 

07  Nassau  St.,  New  York. 


FIT  REES  AND  SEEDLINGS  FDR  SALE.- 

L  Send  Tor  Price  List  of  Pear,  Plum,  Cherry  and 
Apple  Trees:  also.  Plum,  Cherry  and  Apple  Seed¬ 
lings,  to  E.  P.  CLARK  &  CO.,  Pansville,  N.  Y. 


Onr  importations  are  expected  early  In  September, 
direct  from  the  most  eminent  growers  in  Holland 
—all  first-class  Bulbs.  Rivers’ celebrated  new  early 
Peaches  — Early  Beatrice,  Early  Louisa  and  Early 
Rivers;  two  weeks  earlier  than  Hales.  S 37“  A  large 
general  Nursery  Slock. 


and  meeting  with  the  greatest  suioresB.  M 
chants,  finding  in  Dana  Bickford's  Invention  "a 
cheap,  simple  uixl  practical  Knitting  Machine 
find  It  profitable  to  purchase  and  keep  in  anle’ 
rho  :ii most  entire  nn«onoo  of  competition  dowJ 
not  require  Uie  "  eternal  vigilance*'  to  sell  lids 
machine  as  in  the  rose  of  sewing  machines. 

Agents  \V  n  ujed  Every  whore.  Go. d.  Smart 
Men  cun  make  *50  PER  WliKK  asd  K.Yi'CNsg, 
Send|  fur  Instructions  and  Circulars.  Price 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO, 

IIANA  BICKFORD,  Pi'CHidenf . 
Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y 


JOHN  SAUL 


YOUNG  STOCK 


FOR  NURSERY  PLANTINC. 

J FRUIT  TREES 

IN  CREAT  VARIETY. 

RARE  ORNAMENTALS 

A  SPECIALTY. 

The  largest  assortment  in  the  country.  Send  for 
TRADE  LIST  No,  3,  sixteen  closely-printed  pages: 
and  Nos.  1  and  2,  Retail  Descriptive  and  Illustrated 
Catalogues  of  Fruit  and  Ornamental  Trees. 

(I DOPES,  into,  A  THOMAS, 
Cherry  Hill  Nurseries,  West  Chester,  l’a. 


HALL’S  PATENT  HUSKING  GLOVES 


UN!0N 
CORN 
HUSKER, 
60  CIS. 


SELLS  AT  SIGHT. 

DO  TWO  .MEN'S  WORK. 

No.-.,,,  or  cold  lingers.— Best  .a-t 
steel.— Last  n  lifetime  —Taken  six 
prejulums.  -Kvwy  farmer  wants  it. 
—Will  send,  post-paid,  2  samples  for 
<•»  «!».,  or.:  styles  for  ft.  or  I  doxen 
for  M.  HtiO  it  IDi  \  for  A««nu 
Adrlf.  -s  (JiNl'lN  HI’SKFRCD 
1505  Willow  Mt.,  Philadelphia,  l*a. 


6f  S,  o  I  ^4**J**^*'-~: — *'  to  -  inv  i  at  i 

^  *2  sell  rest’s  Pat. 

q;  S  a  la  rKT  0  AI.V  AN  TZKP  Mf.TAI.IC  kVMXA 

ajj  a  I  Sav  Sroirr  and  Buckut  IIanuii: 

2!  A  i \Jj  Namp’e*.  Clrenlars  am!  Terms  H-iit  on 

w  Ur  dpt  of  2u  cis.  to  pay  (Mciauv. 

Adlhaia  C.  C.  POST,  Miuiui’.  arid  Patentee,  CUfliliglon.Yt 


Wo  invite  the  attention  of  dealers  and  planters  to 
our  usual  large  and  tine  stock  of  Sul  cm  and  It  ogees’ 
Hybrids,  Also,  other  varieties.  Address 

J.  II.  HA  RCOCK  A  CO.,  Lockport,  N.  Y. 


^uliUcation,’> 


§K  the  zinc  collar 

K'i  Tier  A  PA  I)  is  guaranteed  to  cure 

*; '  <$  ^W£3£N¥:-:jpU  the  worst  ease  of  raw  and 
«V  a'  *'Y'  *  )  ijlnllamed  neck  Ih  lin  linn*, 

w\‘J  ♦  ■  \  TWaT «u4 uvik/ltr  Uari  ■ . 

N\.X-  V  Jf  and  will  not  chafe  or  wear 

tins  mane.  For  sale  by  rfud- 
dlory  Hardware  Dealers  n  ml 
... „  Ilarnehs  Makers.  M  a  na  fa.  - 
A/.  1  Y.  /1rNr  COLLAR  PAD  CO..  Baeft/titun 
Mu  [’  ■  •iioritiatiun  furniahod  on  upplictition, 

Company  is  in  possession  of  hundreds  of  relia- 
s  /f0nl  Farmers.  Lnniliernicn,  Teaiii- 
Dealers  and  otliei-S,  fully  cndor.«lng»ll  we  claim 
for  tlio  Zinc  Pad.  We  annex  the  following  notice  : 

Milwaukee,  Wir.,  Fob.  Huh,  1.372. 
Zinc  Collar  Pa u  Co.: 

in<twTH.l-,f  ^miuenced  the  sale  of  your  Zine  l‘mi- 
'  fr"n‘  that  time  up  to  the  present  have 
i.nvo?  i.‘e  demand  to  steadily  increase,  without  once 
heard  a  complaint,  1  therefore  rmielude  your 
I  ad  to  he  the  best  thing  of  its  kind  for  praetleal  use. 
Yours  respectfully,  (D:o.  Dyku, 


CHOICE  TRIOS,  For  High  Schools  and 
Seininn  lies.  By  W.  S.  Tllden.  Just  out,  SI. 110 


-rJN  fj  %  ‘  ti  V 

tokfiuV/y!.:  git 


RIVER  OK  LIFE.  For  Sabhath  Schools, 

By  1’erklns.  Bentley  and  10  other  com  posers.  35c. 

CHEERFUL  VOICES.  For  Common  Schools. 

By  h,  O.  Emerson . ...50c. 

HOUR  OF  SINGING.  For  High  Schools. 

By  Emerson  and  Tllden . SI  .00 

STANDARD.  For  Choirs,  Conventions,  Arc. 
By  Emerson  and  Palmer . SI  .50 

DEVOTIONAL  CHIMES.  For  Social  Morn¬ 
ings.  By  Asa  Hull . ?5c. 

MUSICAL  TREASURE.  For  tho  Parlor. 

(Vocal  and  Instrumental.).. . ..........S‘J,50 

Seven  admirably  constructed  hooks,  whose  sales 
are  to  be  numbered  by  the  hundred  thousand;  so 
perfectly  is  each  fitted  to  the  popular  taste. 

ri  "'  Eithor  hook  sent,  post-paid,  for  the  retail 
price. 

OLIVER  DITSON  A.  CO.,  Boston. 

C.  H.  DITSON  &  CO..  711  Broadway,  New  York, 


(Tvcf.o',  ,%cctb’,  I’lante, 


BRADLEY’S 

AMERICAN  HARVESTER. 

Wo  warrant  It  to  out  any  grain  that  grows,  and  in 
any  condition. 

It  will  do  belter  work,  is  more  durable,  and  is  in 
every  respect  superior  to  our  former  manufacture  of 
the  celebrated 

Johnston’s  “  Sweepstake*  ”  Reaper. 

Don’t  buy  any  other  until  you  have  seen  it. 

liT'  For  particulars,  address 

BRADLEY  MAN  F’G  CO.,  Syracuse,  N.  V. 


Hyacinths,  named.  $2.50;  mixed,  $1.25  tloz.  Tulip-, 
(Imported,)  mixed,  4(k).  doz.,  $>;>  ■!'<  100:  named, H0c.,7oc, 
do*.;  $3.50.  $5  f*  100.  Catalogues  t  ree.  Address 

(i.  A.  LAW,  Koslinrtale,  near  Boston,  Mass. 


I  PC  PI  AMT 

B  Kj  I  IT  ■  Sa  BW  I  digoiiuus  hern ;  u 

■  sparkling  beauty  for 
pot  or  basket..  UK)  seeds  mailed  for  $1.  Plus  for 
seed  men  and  dealers,  f-’OO  and  $5.  Plants  sell  quick¬ 
ly.  Address  A.  BLAKELY,  San  Diego,  Col. 


1 -Ml  ROVED  POWER 

\Ljft  3  H  n  &"■  Ira  Phkrs.  hatchet- iikaii 
WmrlwMA  SeitEws.  Dn»Rov'n  (iiai- 
..  ...  ,  eh  iron  Posts,  and  fartv 

other  things  for  Cider  Mills  and  Vinegar  Factories. 
For  Circulars,  ad  dress  O.  K.  JOHNSON,  Medina,  N.  V. 


NEW  CATALOGUE  FREE  TO  ALJ_ 
A  Complain  Htoclc  ol  Fruit  Trees. 
Bwrgreens,  Farent  Trees,  Tree 
.Seeds,  Small  Fruits,  Grape  Vinca. 

Ac.,  at 

BRYANT'S  NURSERIES, 

Princeton,  III. 

We  send  nut  goort  flock,  well  packed. 
Try  us.  Special  Inducements  to  .Vur..- 
erymtn  aud  Dealers .  Bryant  a  “Forest 
Trees,"  pro-paid,  for  ju.aO.  Send  lor 
Select.  Honk  l.tst,.  Address 

A.  BRYANT,  Jkm  Pnueeton,  III. 


^Uuj&’ical  cuts' 


T7>?n:ns»  (omeimo  eakloITokhans 

idL  err  the  most  Lcautiful  ta 
style  and  perfect  in  tone 
«*'•«•  r  made  V  27isCOK- 
1:12,11,0  *VI’OP  is  the  bent 

ir  %X  *££jrz 


TOJl  *3 il.h  SRUTJVU  aM*IL7//A7v’A 


GREAT  EXCITEMENT. 

MPt-.  HHcff  C»Dt<(i’A  MvnkH.p,  fur  Your.f’  nut  <>M, 

|  DrB.t|ifl»ll\  UIubUAUH,  ADil  linUMlall/  Hiter- 

V  Ml’1,  t,lf  bix»uilful  prvinium. 

l.w'i^aiLi  T)”'n»M  roiiiWn'  W •.m,"  u  th<  ^r«»tA4t  an<J  KiJirUM 
!  ''ll  K“'*t  "DonroAtul  cutDhln&tion  for  AfitiU  iu  rMByfrT 

xjll  tt»p  country .  KmhI  L»ou.  tux  biuajilc  Mac*  LZ^f ;V 
_  ODCrir.  I,  axititt,  circular.  torutM,  &o. 

UuUlL  1-rcc,  o»  conuithJttx,  iiuio. »»  Ai  FuXCKOf t,  1M ^’ubtnjjuiu  fci.  Jic«Vou. 


The  perfection  of  making  and  arranging 
every  style  of  Dress  Trimming  with,  us 
much  ease  and  simplicity  as  run¬ 
ning  up  an  ordinary  scam,  with, 
some,  new  and  entirely  Orig¬ 
inal  Accomplishments. 

AND  ALL  WITHOUT  BASTING. 

L— It  prepares  tlic  M 1  lliners’  Fold  better  than  can 
be  done  by  band. 

2. — it.  prepares  Milliner,,'  Fold  with  different 

on  tors  and  pieces  of  goods  at  one  operation. 

3. — It  prepares  and  places  a  fold  iu  any  seam 

perfectly,  without  bunting. 

4.  — It  prepares  and  puls  a  double  or  siugle  told 

on  the  edge  of  n  baud. 

5.  — It  cards  bins  builds. 

G. — It.  prepares  and  applies  a  double  French  hem 
finish. 

7. — It  prepares  a  card  welt  perfectly. 

8. —  It  prepares  mid  plne.i  a  cord  welt  ia  any 

seam  without  basting. 

It— It  prepares  a  cord  welt .  at  the  same  time  gath¬ 
ering  and  placing  the  well  iu  the  gather¬ 
ing  sen  m,  sowing  it,  to  a  plain  baud,  i(  de¬ 
sired,  at  one  operation. 

10. -  It  does  plaiu  gathering. 

11. — It  gathers  and  sews  on  at  the  same  lime, 

hotter  than  uny  other  gatherer. 

12. — It  heals  all  goods,  bias  or  straight. 

13. — It  binds  with  braid. 

14. — It  binds  with  cut  binding. 

15. — It.  soxvs  any  seam  without  basting. 


linrlyHHHPm 

EFFECT  of  which  it 

MOST  CHARMING 
and  SOUL  STIK- 
!t I  A(«.  white  its  I.M- 
1  TATI OIV  of  ih r  II C- 

majv  void;  a  nu- 

I’EBJB.  Terms  liberal. 


Evergreens.  1KKLV  JR 

All  well  grown;  some  extra  largo.  At  the  old  Nur¬ 
sery,  Hudson,  Summit  Co.,  Ohio;  now  the  property 
of  Col.  S.  I).  HARRIS,  late  Agricultural  Editor 


f  I  HI  E  BEST  FAMILY  1’EUIODICALS. 

*-  THE  ATLANTIC  MONTHLY.  84. 

OUR  YOUNG  FOLKS,  #*J. 

EVERY  SATURDAY',  *5. 

Published  by 

JAMES  R.  OSGOOD  A  CO., 

Boston. 

Off”  Send  for  full  Prospectut,  and  for  Catalogue  of 
Standard  Works  by  first  American  aud  English 
authors. 


SEEDLING  STOCK. 

1 ,000,000  Extra  No.  1  Apple  Seedlings  —  the  finest 
growth  we  lutve  seen  for  several  years.  Also,  .rH!,lAK) 
Pear  Seedlings,  at  low  Tates.  Address  K.  11.  SKIN¬ 
NER  A  CO.,  Rockford,  Winnebago  Co.,  Ill. 


A- GREAT 


%  L  •*  J1  o  F F E  R .  flOKM  K 

zr~f~  ~  - ;r-"'  • '  **  "  -FH’-  hS  A  SON,  481 

-  -  w  —  Brnadway.  X.  V.,  will 

dispose  <tf  IOO  Pi  t  NOS  and  ORGANS  of  first- 
r  inse  makers,  including  1VATKRS',  at  CX- 
'I'smely  low  prices  for  cash,  or  part  rash,  and 
jl lance  in  small  mouthly  payments.  W«W  Y- 
Ortavc  firgt-rlass  PIANOS,  all  modern  itn- 
proventents,  farSUfli  cosh.  Onwtis  §55.  S75. 
DOUBLE!- R RED  ORGANS,  $!OOt  4-STOF, 
8 1  lo  I  N-STOP,  SI  35,  upwards.  ILLUSTRATED 
CA  TA  LOO  U&'R  At  A  l  LED  Jar  one  stamp.  A  large  dis- 
tounl  to  Ministers,  Churches,  -S'  a  a  day-  .School ,  Jrmper- 
ance  Societies,  Lodges,  etc.  AGENTS  WANTED. 


HEIKES  JNrYJR.SER.IES. 
Specialties.  Fail  nt  1 S73.  Peaches,  Currants, 
Gooseberries.  Blood-1. caved  Peaches,  Utah  Hybrid 
Cherries,  Apple  8eodl)rigs,  Flam  Seedlings,  PcaiJi 
Seedlings,  Raspberries,  Illaekberrles  A  Strawberries. 
A  Iso,  a  lull  assortment  Of  other  N  ursery  articles.  Ad¬ 
dress  I1E1KES  NURSERIES  <;<>„  Dayton,  Ohio. 


A  Work  on  the  Breeding,  Rear 
ing,  Care  and  General  Man¬ 
agement  of  Poultry. 


“ONE  M 1 1, LION  Apple  Trees, extra i|iiallty,  with 
a  full  aud  compluLc  general  stock  of  Fruit  aud  Orna¬ 
mentals,  at  wholesale  and  retail.  Prices  low.  Write 
for  price  lists, 

TiT  Stock  guaranteed  not  damaged  by  the  severity 
of  the  past  winter. 

BLAIR  BROS,,  l’ropiielnr*, 

Lee’s  Summit,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo, 


Yen  ask  WRY  rye  can  scU 
FI ist  ('bias  7  Octave  Pianos  tar 
8290?  We  rir.swer—  It  costs 

s,  i  liuu  §300  to  make  any 

$6  00  Piano  sold  through 
A,  ins,  nil  i, t whom  make  1 00 
per  ct.  profit. ‘  We  have  no 
Agents,  but  ship  direct  to  flunk 


The  arrangement  is  very  novel, and  it  is  one  of  the 
simplest  Attachments  Iu  use;  indispensable  in  its 
utility,  doubling  the  value  of  any  Sewing  Machine. 

In  ordering,  state  ki.vd  of  Sewing  Machine. 

Pnee,  94,  with  full  Instructions  for  Its  use  mailed 
post  free.  Address 

PALMER  MANUFACTURING  CO., 

817  Broadway,  New  York. 

An  opportunity  seldom  offered  to  Agents  of  both 
sexes,  winch  aro  wanted,  everywhere,  immediately 


This  is  one  of  the  finest  gotten-uo  works  on  the 
subject  on  whLch  it  treats,  for  Its  sire  and  price,  of 
any  publication  of  the  kind  In  this  country.  It  Is 
finely  and  profusely  Illustrated,  and  printed  and 
bound  in  extra  style.  Contains  224  large  octavo 
pages.  Bent,  by  mail,  post-paid,  for  $1.50.  Address 
U.  D,  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

5  Uech.mn.ii  bt„  New  York, 


V  U.—  kJ.  vr  lie*  at  Factory  price,  and  wntr.int 
6  V cars.  Send  for  'lluulnUr-d  circular,  in  which  we  refer 
to  over  500  Hankers,  Merchant*,  (some  of  whom 
you  may  know),  «nJi(£  out  Piano*,  in  d4  States  ana 
Territories.  PIca.sc*  state  *>  ItCre  vnu  wv  tM*  notice. 

U.  3.  Plano  Co,,  e  \  0  Broadway*  N.V, 


600  ACRES  1  4  Catalogues  20  Cts  I  18  GREENHOUSES 

il)  Descriptive;  (2)  Wholesale:  (3)  Bulb;  (4)  Fruit  an* 
Flower  I'lales.  Immense  stock  aud  low  prices.  Ad' 
dress  F»  K.  PHOENIX,  Bloomington  Nursery,  Ill. 


NEWS  CONDENSES, 


§V(l  cuts’  Wanted 


•  —  Tho  Florida  orange  crop  Is  very  promising. 

—  The  pear  crop  in  Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y.,  is 
immense. 

A  large  reduction  is  being  made  in  the 
Austrian  standing  array. 

Sixteen  cars  of  tea  and  threw  of  silk,  went 
east  from  Omaha  on  the  20th  of  Sept. 

—  Five  thousand  heart  of  cattle  are  at  Punta 
Russa,  Fla.,  awaiting  shipment  to  Cuba. 

A  National  Horticultural  Society  is  to  be 
organized  for  the  Centennial  Exposition. 

Tlie  Wanderer,  the  oldest  journal  in  Vien¬ 
na,  established  in  1809,  baa  ceased  to  appear. 

—  Through  express  trains  on  the  New  York 
and  Oswego  Midland  Railroad  have  been  with¬ 
drawn, 

—  Elections  to  (ill  vacancies  in  the  National 
Assembly  will  take  place  in  France  on  the  12th 
of  October. 

—  Th ore  were  shipped  from  Augusta,  Geor¬ 
gia,  this  season, 239,8(59  watermelons,  against  08,- 
232  last  year. 

—  It  is  estimated  that  a  third  of  the  buck¬ 
wheat  crop  in  Aroostook  county,  Me.,  lias  been 
ruined  by  frost. 

—  Barton,  Vt.,  sent,  to  market  this  year  0  tons 
of  raspberries,  30  bushels  of  strawberries,  and  a 
host  of  blackberries. 

—  The  Wadsworth  oak,  at  Geneva,  N.  V.,  is  27 
feet  in  circumference  at  tlio  base,  rts  age  is 
computed  at  500  yours. 

—  The  culture  of  rice  is  prohibited  within  one 
mile  of  Savannah,  the  radius  being  known  as 
tlio  “  dry  culture  limits. ” 

Georgia  farmers  have  been  trying  the  ex¬ 
periment  this  year  of  raising  their  own  corn, 
giving  less  land  to  cotton. 

—  Estimates  of  the  product  of  the  Calais,  Me., 
lumber  market  this  year  give  102,500,000  feet  of 
long  lumber,  -18,500,000  staves. 

—  It  is  stated  that,  the  publication  of  the 
ninth  edition  of  "Encyclopedia  Uritannioa ” 
will  involve  an  outlay  of  X200.000. 

—  The  receipts  of  wheat  at  Milwaukee  for 
Sunday  and  Monday,  Sept.  7  and  8,  readied  the 
enormous  amount  of  433,383  bushels. 

—  The  SamJemunluns  died  out  in  Boston  fifty 
years  ago.  They  have  one  society  in  London, 
numbering  about  a  hundred  members. 

-The  freshmen  class  at  Colby  University , 
Waiter  villi!,  Me.,  now  mi  rubers  twenty-four 
members,  and  includes  four  young  ladies. 

—  The  Cologne  Gazette  says  the  cholera  is 
raging  with  great  violence  in  Hungary,  tlio 
percentage  of  deaths  being  generally  large. 

—  A  reward  of  merit  has  been  awarded  at  Vi¬ 
enna  to  the  specimens  of  American  periodical 
literature  in  the  Department  of  Instruction. 

—  The  English  booksellers  publish  an  appeal 
to  the  book  and  associated  trades  to  bo  well 
represented  at  our  international  Exhibition  In 
1870. 

—  Registered  letters  are  hereafter  to  bo  trans¬ 
mitted  in  locked  pouches,  to  which  the  post¬ 
masters  at  distributing  stations  wilt  alone  have 
keys. 


G ENTS  WANTED  for  the  new  book, 

l.ll'R  AND  ADVKNTl'UES  Ok 


AGENTS  WANTED  to  canTusA  for  the 

-a7-a_  mo#t  iiH  eu*nful  work  of  the  yrnr,  «ow>  alltxhtn,  . 

Man  lie i inner  Ames’  Newtek, 
TEN  YEARS  IN  'WASHINGTON. 

It  tnlUot  tho4*  Innpr  Llfo,M  MTOnduH,  uiurvcla,  ntc..  of  the 

Cit|iit*l,  “.f  k  a  Mowa*  Sj»t$  Th*  m"  nn.1  W  tbc  mot*  popular  Look  out 
for  Ayi  n(*  ifAo  c«r*  jiT V'wy  from  1 l>  to  «*  rf.iv.  0(1(1  ri«i.orU  H4  t  n  «*> 

~&n4  7 H  in  l-  -ort*  fady  Mil  in  21  <lan »/  O I « 1  l  p'liti,  N«*w 

Ajj«inU,  < or  tinynn*  to  milk*  in.iner-  Ai|«lru»», 

u*lM'riouo*',  A,  I)  WORTHI-XlTON  .v  CO.j  lUriford, Cl. 


SUBSCRIPTION  TO  THE  STOCK 

WILL  HE  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOLLOWING  PLACES  IN  b«W  YORK  CITY 


UNION  TRUST  CO . 

HOWES  At  MACIY . 

FIFTH  NATIONAL  RANK 
HULL’S  HEAD  HANK 

HARLEM  HANK . 

A.  S.  DIVF.N . 

SAMUEL  SLOAN . 

RICHARD  SCHELL... 
ERASTUS  0 ROOKS... 

H.  H.  CROSIJ  Y . 

ED  WA  It  D  It  O  It  E R  TS . 
PAUL  N.  SPOFFOR1) 


. 73  ltroudway, 

. .TO  Wall  St. 

Third  Av.  Mini  T*vonly-Hi xlh  St, 
..Third  A  v.  mid  Twenty-fifth  St. 

. Third  Av,  niul  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fll'lh  St, 

. Erie  Railroad  Office, 

Pres’t  Del.  iSk  Lack.  R.  R.,  cur,  Williuni  ifc  Exelinnge  Place, 

. - . . . 31  Hrond  St, 

. Publisher  New  York  Express, 

. . . 10  Nassau  St, 

. Eighty-filth  St.  and  Avenue  A 

129  It  rim  <1  way  j  and  at  the  temporary  office  of  tlio  Co.,  !I25  Broadway, 


A  13.1? ATT’ si  *‘>11  LLOYD’S  NEW 
iVllEjIA  I  »?*/"•  THIRTY  DOLLAR 
double  maps  for  1873  and  1874,  lire  ready,  and  are  to 
be  given  away  gratis.  HI-/,,  of  oacn  map  82x84  inches, 
mounted  on  ICtigllHh  c-lnth ,  exhibiting  1,000,000  mimes 
of  cities,  town-,  villages,  rivers,  hike.-,  mountains  uml 
streams.  Both  t  hese  great  maps  are  t»  •  ho  given  gratis 
to  every  hmutokoept-r  In  Amerltm.  Those  maps  are 
the  greatest  over  mode  by  Li.ovu,  who  made  all  the 
tmips  used  by  UB.vkuai,  GRANT  during  the  war.  Male 
ami  Female  Agents  Wanted  In  every  county,  to  whom 
we  allow  one  dollar  for  every  map  distributed.  Ad¬ 
dress,  with  stamp  for  answer,  BOSTON  ADVER¬ 
TISER  CO.,  20  Court  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


AGENTS  WANTED  Pfiil 


IN  WASHINGTON 


The  spiciest  and  heat  selling  hook  ever  published. 
It.  tolls  all  about  Min  Vrntit  Mubiflrr  Sen  min',  Senato¬ 
rial  Briberies,  Congressmen.  Rings,  hobbies,  and  the 
Wonderful  slights  or  the  National  Capital.  It  sells 
quick,  Send  tor  Circulars,  and  see  our  terms  nnd  a 
lull  description  of  tin*  work.  Address  CuNTlNKN- 
T A  I,  IM, -HUSHING  CO.,  Now  Volk,  or  NATIONAL 
PUBLISHING  CO.,  Philadelphia  and  Chicago. 


All  payments  must  be  made  by  chock  payable  to  the  order  of  tho  UNION  TRUST  COMPANY,  73 
Broadway.  The  moneys  arising  from  tho  suit)  of  tho  stock  hereby  sold  are  paid  into  the  Union  Trust 
Company,  and  oanDot  be  paid  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchers  showing  that  the  money  has 
been  actually  and  honestly  expended  In  the  erection  of  tho  Industrial  Exhibition  Building  or  In  acquir¬ 
ing  title  to  land, 

Tho  land  of  the  Company  Is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  as  follows B8th  to  1012(1  Streets 
and  3d  to  4th  Avenues;  comprising  355  21-25  city  lots,  or  about  23  acres. 


A  MONTH  and  expenses  to  good  Canvass¬ 
ers.  Articles  new  anil  staple  as  Hour.  Sam 
pies  free.  C.  M.  HMNtiTON,  Chicago, 


AGENTS 


H  ILLU8T.  CATALOGUE. 
loVELTY  CO.,  Boston,  Mass. 


SEND  F< 
Boston 


SHARES  $100  EACH 


AGENTS  WANTED  FOIt 

wmsetw  rssr; 

Tho  mil/  COM  PI, GTE  history  of  our  National  Cap¬ 
ital.  Its  ORIGIN.  GROWTH,  BKAPTIKM,  EXCELLEN¬ 
CIES,  ABUSES  and  personages.  ALL  graphical  I  v 
portrayed  by  gko.  ai.k.  Townsend.  Bold,  striking, 
truthful  INSIMC  views  or  WASHINGTON  I. IKK,  Cut)  - 
gresslonal  nnd  Lobbying  Jonnr.rty  )nU\i  detailed. 
t.'leijniitly  illustrated.  Rooks  r vmty.  Vor  ei>eeinl  terms, 
address  JAN.  BETTS  .v  Co.,  Hartford, CL, or  Chicago, 
Uhl  W-  M.  HMTT8  &  CO.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


Payments  to  bo  made  us  follows : 

Five  per  cent.,  at  time  of  subscribing,  and  the  balance  In  installments,  not  exceeding  ton  per  cent 
at  any  one  installment. 

I  here  can  bo  no  safer  investment  than  this.  It  is  a  heme  Investment.  It  is  tlio  ownership  of  land 
on  New  York  Island  and  tho  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  the  same. 

in  accordance  with  tho  charter  and  by  u  resolution  of  tho  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Industrial 
Exhibition  (  ornpany,  passed  July  2lth,  1872,  the  following  iiieiuhc  rshipn  have  been  created  and  are 
ottered  for  sale ; 

At  tho  above-named  places  and  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  tho  United  States. 

1  lot  proper  holder  of  any  of  these  Is  entitled  to  free  admission  to  tho  Industrial  Exhibition,  tho 


*13  PUR  DAY.  ^YJSiSSfc 

2110  per  cent.  pr,,tR.  Send  "2.1  cents  for  nampln  and 
particulars.  STAGE  POLE,  0*3  John  St.,  New  York, 

D 0(1(1  iPhid  DtT  Ton  are  a  fool  or  lunatic, 
I  Hitn  I  I  A  liV  but  if  you  are  suihi  and  wish 
-*•  uuu  AUDI  xjj  (_„  make  money,  address 
EUREKA  PORTABLE  TABLE  OO.,  Ht.  Louis. 


MEMBERSHIPS.  -  PRICE  AND  KIND 


$72  o»  K4€ir 

Agents  wanted  everywhere.  Business  strictly  legiti¬ 
mate.  Particulars  free.  J.  WORTH  A  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo, 


^UjetfcUuncou# 


(  lass  list., 


SO  A  ((mission!*. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  tlio  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 

IJIasti  2d.  l*rice  ((20,  OO  A<liniM*ioiiM. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $20. 

Class  «d.  Price  $40.  300  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  atlmiasiou*.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 

Class  fltli.  l*r  ice  $100.  I.ilV. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life ;  the  bulling  being  open  to 

the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

Class  5tli.  Family  lor  Idle.  Price  $300. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  and  his  immediate  family  (in  esse  at  the  timo  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

Class  6th.  IlKREhITARY  &  T1MW8FERABLE.  Price  $1,000. 

Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
building  Is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  used  by  the 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  these  memberships  are  to  be  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Payment  to  be  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Union  Trust 
Company. 

A  suitable  Badge  wi  1  be  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  members. 

Memberships  will  not  be  sold  after  he  Building  is  open  to  tho  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

Banks,  Bankers  and  Individuate  are  wanted  to  act  as  Agents  throughout  the  United  States, 

For  further  information,  please  address 


FISH  GUANO 


(  an  easily  moke  1 .50  and  over  per  month  selling 
our  Modern  and  Reliable  tin  p*  and  our  Popu¬ 
lar  Pictorial  (hurts.  Terms  and  Catalogues  free. 
K.  C.  BRIDGMAN,  5  Barclay  St.,  N.  Y. 


S3tr  Send  for  Circular, 


_ H.  FI.SK,  Soul  hold,  L.  I. 

Grecndale  Stock  Hi'ccdiug  Farm, 

Sliort-Horns,  most  fashionable  pedigrees;  Berk¬ 
shire?  of  unexcelled  quality  ami  pedigree;  Pure  J«r- 
sov  (Alderney)  (  little,  imported  ;  solid  ;  color,  bluet, 
points ;  all  ages;  for  sale.  Parti oa  desiring  to  pur- 


d*  |  .)  *7  A  MONTH!  Horse  and  carriage  f  urnisln 
*3/  x:  Expenses  i  aid,  if.  13.  S/utW,  Alfred,  Mt 

“Josiah  Allen’s  Wife 


„„vl ;  solid  ;  color,  bluck  ; 
— .  ----  ---  — Parties  desiring  to  pur¬ 

chase  tl rat-class  stock  uro  invited  to  visit,  the  herd,  or 
address  H.  C.  GRAFF, 

_ Box  jog.  MaysvIUo,  Col  Co.,  Ohio. 

j,M)K  SALE.  -2  COCKS  and  -I  IlENs  (Light 
A  Brahmas l,  from  prendiiui  birds;  cocks  coal  fcJO 
last  spring.  Also,  lot  cklckeua  from  above.  1  very 
extra  Partridge  Cochin  pullet  and  8  chicks.  Will  bo 
sold  low,  to  close  out;  all  nice  birds.  Dark  Brahmas 
a  specialty.  K  M.  WHITNEY, 

CuwbrUigeport,  Mass, 

8  000  AOTfT’Ci  SPLENDID  STOCK 

,UUU  HlglbJliO  and  Dairy  Lands,  in  St. 
Joseph  County,  Northern  Indiana,  for  sale  low,  in 
lota  to  suit.  Terms  eaay.  For  particulars,  address 


HAS  WROTE  A  HOOK, 

in  spite  of  .loatnh’a  determination  uot  to  spend  a  cent 
to  hire  any  one  to  rend  It. 

$500  a  month  can  be  made  selling  this  book. 

agents:  take  notice:: 

In  our  former  hooka  we  have  given  you  harvests; 
we  now  premise  you  another,  and  wise  agents  will 
Secure  territory,  which  we  will  now  arrange  fur.  Ad- 
tlresH  A  M  ERICA  N  IMJ II  1,181  ll.VG  OO.,  lilirtford.Ct., 
for  Circulars  and  full  Information. 


^  ",  rP||  ^  ) I)  psr  Jay  I  Agobts  wsntodt  All  ,:1, of  working 
T  J  p-nnlo,  of  either  «ux,youiw  or  old,  nmli.  moro  money 

lit  work  for  ub  In  their  iqnir-  momrnti  or  nit  tho  timo  tlmn  nt  nnything 
ol  io,  i'urticiilnra  l>,«.  Atlrlrene  ft,  Stlnuon  At  Co.,  Portland,  Mnino 


RANDALL’S 

Practical  Sheoherd 


GROUND  BONE, 

BONE  iVIEAL, 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Freak  Hone  Hiiperiikosplinte  ol  Lime,  or 
Dissolved  Hone.  Nond  for  Circular. 

LISTER  BROS.,  Newark,  N.  J. 


A  COMPLETE  TREATISE 

ON  THE  BREEDING,  MANAGEMENT 
AND  DISEASES  OF  SHEEP. 


'I'D  ENGRAVERS,  PRINTERS,  Ac.- Large  stock 
X  well  seasoned  unit  prepared  Boxwood,  Mahog¬ 
any,  Maple  and  Pino.  VANmounuBGii,  wm.i.s  A  Co., 
Type,  Cabinet  &  Presa  Warehouse,  18  Dutch  Ht.  N.  Y. 


KIDDER’S  PASTILLES.  kISffi! 

Price  40c.  by  mall.  Stowei.i,  it,  C’-O.,  Charlestown,  Mass. 


This  Work,  by  the  Hon.  IIknry  8.  Randall, 
LL.  D„  (author  or  “  Sheep  Husbandry  in  the  South," 
’■  Fine  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry,”  Sic..)  la  the  8 milli¬ 
ard  Authority  on  the  Subject.  It  m  the  moat  com¬ 
plete  and  reliable  Treatise  on  American  Sheep  Hus¬ 
bandry  ever  publlibed,  and  (as  the  New  Kngtund 
Farmer  says)  •*  should  he  in  the  hand  and  hoad  of 
every  pereon  owning  sheep." 

The  Pbactical  hu ki-ii  kkd  contains  452  pages,  and 
Is  illustrated,  printed  and  bound  in  superior  style. 
Twenty-seventh  Edition  now  ready.  Sent  by  mall, 
post-paid,  on  receipt  of  price— $2.  Address 

«.  D.  T.  MOURE,  Publisher, 

3  Ueokuiau  tit..  Now  York. 


LOVERS  GUIDE  K-sssaa 

MUIUU  Model  love  letters 
Art  of  gaining  love  of  and  marrying  who  and  when 
yon  please,  flew  to  be  hamiHotno.  Cures  for  hundreds 
of  diseases ;  al6o,  many-  new  secrets,  ai  ls,  mysteries, 
money  making  methods,  Ac.  Price  only  10  cents. 
Address  J.  W.  STEPHENS,  Publisher,  Newark,  N.  J. 


H  DM  A  SCY)  or  Soul  Uhnrmin 


uniumfflAav*!  or  .**0111  Ckarmlnir.” 
±  How  either  sex  may  faselnate  and  gain  the 
love  and  affections  of  any  ponam  they  choose.  In¬ 
stantly.  This  simple  mental  acquirement  all  can 
possess,  free,  by  mall,  for  25  cts.,  together  with  a 
Marriage  Guide,  Egyptian  Oracle.  Dreams,  Hints  to 
Ladies,  Wedding  Night  Shirt,  Ac.  A  queer  hook. 
4ddr*«s  T.  WILLIAM  A  CO.,  Publishers,  Plilla. 


INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  COMPANY^ 

No.  925  ItKO.V  D  W  A  Y,  NKLV  YORK  CITY. 


I  M  AGIC  LANTERNS 


MADE  IN  I 
3  I  DAYS 


GEO.  A.  PRINCE  &  CO., 

Organs  &  Mclodeons 


The  Oldest,  Largest  and  Most  T erfect  Manufactory 
In  the  United  Slates. 


No  other  Musical  Instrument  ever  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

£3?”  Send  for  Price-Lists. 

Address  BUFFALO,  N.  V. 


Parents  should  remorabor 
that  Silver  Tips  not  only 
prevent,  the  Shoe  wearing 
out  at  the  toe,  but  the  stock¬ 
ings  also. 


Bulbs  for  Fall  Planting 


Plants  for  Winter  Flowering 

Embracing  everything  NEW  and  UAflK  in  grea 
variety,  and  at  LOW  KATES.  Price  Lists  nailei 
free  to  all  applicants. 


Seedsmen,  35  Cortlandt  Street,  ML  V. 


in  lVHHUS  OK  TRIAL 
/|jf  FOR  ONLY  30  CENTS  I, 

■  THK 

JLqJ  American  Rural  Rome. 

Live,  beautiful  and  cheap.  A  cent  <  wanted, 
cash  premium*.  Specimens  tree  Address 

THE  RURAL  HOME,  Rochester,  * 


IncreuBcd  FtdlltiM  to  Club  Organ  »  i  *. 
Bend  tor  New  Price  Lint. 

THE  GREAT  AMERICAN  TEA  CO. 

P.  O.  Box  6643.)  31  &  33  Vezey  St.,  New  York 


't  -"w--  -  y - msaasasaezz&Be 

THE  DRESS  OF  THfE  PERIOD. 

“  What’s  sauce  for  the  goose  is  sauce  for  the  gander.  Man  will  still  follow  the 
gentler  sex. 


■s  $75  to  $250  per  month,  JSSBS^. 

to  introduce  the  OKNDXNE  IMPROVED  CO.M- 
U  MON  SENSE  FAMILY  SEWING  MACHINE. 
~  Tht*  machine  will  Mitch,  hem,  foil,  tuck, quIR.eord, 
C  bind,  braid  and  embroider  in  a  luo.tt  wupoMor  man- 
*  ner.  Price  >-nly  $16.  Fully  licensed  and  warranted 
E.  for  live  years.  We  will  pay  tljOOQ  for  any  machine 
that  will  new  a  stronger,  more  beautiful,  or  more 
m,  elastic  «oaai  than  ours.  1%  makes  the  “  Elastic 
Lock  Stitch. '*  Every  wjeond  stitch  can  be  cut,  and 
~  still  the  cloth  cannot  be  pulled  apart  without  tear- 
P  ing  IE  We  pay  Agents  from  *7 ft  to  $350  per  month 
and  expenses,  or  a  commission  from  which  twice 
ij?  that  amount  can  be  made.  8ECOMB  A  CO..  Hoitnn, 
i  Mas*.;  iHlUburg.Pa.;  OMcagd.  TU.;  or  St  .  Louts,  Me. 


A  GOOD  INVESTMENT 


NO  MODERN  DWELLING-  CAN  RE  COM. 

0plcte  Without  an  adequate  Sup¬ 
ply  of  pure  water.  Until  recently 
this  great  essential  was  unattain¬ 
able,  tut  the  leaden  pipes  In  use 
engendered  a  slow  and  accumu¬ 
lative  poison,  which  medical  tes- 
t.1  niony  hu*  provod  to  have  ruin  e  l 
the  health  of  thousands.  The 
only  water-pipe,  cheap  and  dura¬ 
ble,  that  w  ill  ensure  perfect  safe¬ 
ty,  i*  the  Paient  Tin  -Linf.d 
LK.AJt  Pick,  manufactured  by 
the  COLWELL  LEAD  CO.,  No.  21 1  Center  St.,  Now 
York.  This  pipe  is  cheaper  than  lead  pine,  when 
strength  and  durability  are  1-onsUlered.  It  Is  used  in 
several  hospital  and  cither  public  buildings,  und  In 
numerous  private  residence*.  In  several  large  stock 
yards,  whore  It  has  been  used,  the  condition  of  the 
cattle  Improved  rapidly.  This  tin-lined  pipe  Is  ap¬ 
proved  by  Architects,  Water  Commissioners,  Medical 
Faculty,  Civil  Engineers,  and  all  those  whose  Investi¬ 
gations  are  directed  to  the  best  means  of  securing 
the  health  and  oomf'-rt  of  society.  Pile  -  111#  cents 
tier  1 1>.  Desoriptlv e  Pampb lets  sent  by  mat),  free. 


COMBINED  CLOVER  THRESHER 
AND  SEPARATOR. 


Length,  25  in 


It*  merits  are  accuracy  and  lone.  No  pumping. 
Shoot*  dart-  or  shot,  use  improves  It.  For  rifle 
practice  and  nmusettii-ul  for  Ndlo*  and  gentlemen 
cannot,  be  excelled.  NoUeless.  bent  by  express,  In 
case,  with  darts,  target*,  shot,  Ac.,  on  receipt  of  price, 
$3_orC.  O.  D.,  If  preferred.  Extra  darts,  $1  per  do/,. 

A.  B.—  Tom  c.-ics"  und  '‘stray  dogs"  never  stay 
near  the  *•  KUle.”  Have  huainevs  elsewhere.  Ad- 
drey#  LESLIE  It.  QL  AOlHfiNIIUSH,  Herkimer, N.  Y. 


The  clover  is  fed  Into  this  rcn-hlne  ns  It  come* 
from  the  field;  is  Th  reshed.  Hulled  ulitl 
Cleaned  nt  One  Opi-rniinii.  The  chaff  not. 
hulled  at  first  paaaoge  through  tin*  hi  ler,  Is  returned 
by  an  elevator,  and  the  light  stems.  .Vo.,  passes  from 
the  fun  shoe  to  an  extra  elevator  and  returns  them  to 
the  fun  without  gOLle' through  the  Heller.  No  lie- 
handling  of  any  Tailings,  or  ChafF.  Capacity 
from  tin  to  70  bushels  per  uuy.  Over  2.30O  Ala- 
chiucM  in  Mae  througliont  llic  United  States, 
Canada  and  Prutsin.  Senil  for  Circular.  Terms 
and  Prices. 

HIBDSELL  MANUF’G  COMPANY, 
South  Rend,  Inti. 


M  ALUSTEft  S  PATENT  ARTOPTICON. 

The  most  powi-rful  Magic  Lantern 
ever  made;  with  a  brilliant  Oil  Lamp; 
for  Home,  Sunday  Sch on!  and  Lectu rrs. 
Btereopticons,  Ac.  Slides  at  reduced 
prices.  A  pro  II  table  Iti.diif  ss  for  a  'man 
with  small  capital.  Sendstamp  forCut- 
W.  MITCHELL  M'ALLISTKK, 

1314  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia. 


Eagan's  Artificial  Stone 

XS  TMil  J3BST. 

Patented . ...1872. 

This  Patent,  In  the  manufacture  Of  Building  Fronts, 
Sills,  Lintels,  Coplug,  Steps.  Doorand  Window  Heads, 
Mantels,  Dearths,  Tiling,  Curbing,  bid*  walks,  Har¬ 
den  and  Lawn  it  ullts.  l-'lonrs  ior  Jec  Houses,  HlaugU- 


alogue, 


PICTURES  A  Fit  AMES,  or  all  kirn's  of 
G.  K.  PICKIN'  10, 116  Kendo  St.,  New  York. 
Wholesale  prices,  bend  tor  Catalogues. 


LEE  &  SHEPARD 

Publish  this  week: 


Insure  in  the  TRAVELERS  of  Hartford,  Ct. 


GRANDEST  SCHEME  EVER  KNOWN! 


“A  Work  of  Peculiar  Intercut.” 

Womanhood  s 

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NEW  YOEK  STATE  PAIR. 

In  a  Vacation  Letter,  cur  Associate  sends 
us  an  interesting  account  of  the  recent  New 
York  State  Fair,  from  which  wc  make  the 
following  extracts : 

THE  FAIR  GROUNDS. 

These  are  readied  by  steam  or  horse  cars, 
omnibuses,  &c.  They  are  finely  located,  anc 
when  properly  graded  and  a  good  grass  sod 
covers  them  they  will  be  beautiful.  Tin 
buildings  erected  for  the  accommodation  oi 
stock  of  all  kinds  and  articles  for  exhibition 
are  admirable.  The  only  want  of  adaptation 
I  saw  was  the  putting  the  fruit  and  cut  flow¬ 
ers  into  a  green-house  and  compelling  people 
to  swelter  in  it  for  the  sake  of  seeing  them 
A  canvas  tent  or  a  board  shanty  would  have 
been  better.  But  1  learned  that  this  beauti 
ful  glass  structure  was  not  designed  for  the 
purpose  for  which  it  is  used  this  year. 

IN  THE  STOCK  DEPARTMENTS 

there  is  a  good  deal  to  see.  The  milch  breed- 
are  largely  represented  —  Iloleteins,  Jersey, 
or  Alderneys,  Ayrshire*  and  Devons.  Thi 
Short-Horn  show  waa  meager — good  animal 
but  not  that  imposing  predominance  which 
has  hitherto  obtained  at  the  Fairs  of  this  Bo 
ciety  I  have  attended.  It  shows  which  waj 
the  wind  blows,  that  the  exhibition  of  milci 
stock  was  ;  o  large  and  line  and  attracted  s< 
much  attention.  With  X.  A.  Willard  w< 
looked  at  the  Holstein  ,  He  will  doubtles 
have  something  to  say  of  them.  The  cow. 
certainly  cany  the  points  of  good  milker 
and  are  besides  long,  rangy  animals,  witl 
sufficient  frame  to  carry  a  great  deal  of  fleai 
when  it  becomes  necessary  to  fatten  them. 
Whether  they  will  give  an  equal  amount  0 
milk  of  equal  quality  in  proportion  to  tin 
food  they  consume  with  other  mil'-ir  breed 
remains  to  bo  shown  by  practical  experience 
in  this  country.  Certainly,  when  their  milk 
ing  days  are  over,  they  have  the  frames  upor 
which  to  hang  an  amount  of  flesh  equal  t< 
that  which  can  be  put  on  most  Short-Hori 
cows.  Of  the  other  milch  breeds  I  need  no 
speak,  for  they  are  known  in  this  country, 
Gen.  IIungerford’s  “Old  Creamer”  was  oi 
exhibition,  but  I  did  net  learn  what  ainourn 
of  cream  she  produced  from  the  largi 
amount  of  milk  credited  to  her  last  June. 
She  is  a  fine  cow— no  mistake  about  it. 

The  show  of  Swine  was  large  and  credit 
able  to  breeders,  though  I  have  seen  a  large; 
and  quite  as  good  a  show  before.  Col.  Cur 
tis  had  a  large  number  of  Victoria  pig 
there,  und  Cl  kk  &  Green  some  monste 
“  Improved  Cheshire*.”  The  Victorias  an 
not  yet  an  established  breed  ;  the  type  is  no. 
yet  fixed  ;  but  it,  is  apparent  that  the  stand 
ard  aimed  at  is  a  good  one  and  that  a  nea. 
approach  to  it  is  attained  in  some  of  the  pig: 
on  exhibition. 

The  Sheep  Department  embraced  but  few 
Merinos,  some  South  and  Shropshire  Downs 
a  few  Leicester*  and  Cotswolds.  Then 
were  some  good  animals  exhibited. 

The  Horses  I  scarcely  got  a  glimpse  of 
they  being  secured  from  sight  in  close  stall, 
and  only  taken  out  long  enough  for  tin 
judges  to  examine  them.  1  could  not  “  han( 
around”  for  such  a  chance,  and  unfortunate¬ 
ly  (for  me,  probably,)  no  man  ordered  then 
all  out  of  the  stalls  at  once  for  rny  accommo 
elation  I  I  was  told  by  some  of  the  ofllcer.- 
that  there  were  vary  lino  animals  present. 

THE  STOVE  DEALERS 

occupied  an  entire  hall.  The  gurrulousnes- 
of  “Bee-men”  at  Fairs  is  proverbial;  Here¬ 
after  I  shall  stake  my  felt  hat  on  the  stovi  ^ 
men.  What  a  Babel  it  was !  and  the  hea;  ", 
from  the  full-charged  stoves  !  and  the  dainC  ", 


in  1S69.  Emery  has,  I  believe,  added  an  au¬ 
tomatic  feeder  since  to  his.  But  then  how 
can  an  Editor  out  of  Harness,  and  who  never 
planted  a  cotton  seed,  scarcely  pulled  a  cot¬ 
ton  ball,  and  ccrtuiuly  never  fed  a  cotton 
gin,  lie  expected  to  know  anything  about  the 
comparative  merits  of  such  machines  ! 

AMONG  THE  FARM  IMPLEMENTS 

there  was  a  good  deal  to  interest.  Of  course 
the  reapers,  mowers,  drills,  cultivators,  hay 
tedders,  harrows,  feed  cutters,  plows,  potato- 
diggers,  threshing  machines,  hay -loading 
machine,  hay-presses,  &c.,  &c.,  were  there 
in  great  variety.  But  a  mun  may  theorize 
about  a  plow,  or  any  other  of  these  mo- 
•hines  ;  and  yet  if  he  is  a  practical  man,  he 
wants  to  see  them  work  and  work  them 
himself.  Why,  I  got  pulled  and  hauled 
about  by  two  or  three  exhibitors  of  reversi- 
ole  plows.  Each  one  proved  to  mo,  by  the 
logic  of  words  based  on  his  own  premises, 
•>hat  his  plow  was  the  best  and  the  others  the 
poorest.  One  hod  an  adjustable  coulter.  So 
lid  another,  in  a  different,  form.  It,  was  cu¬ 
rious  to  notice  the  subtlety  with  which  they 
tried  to  get  an  opinion  off  the  end  of  my 
tongue  I  But  then  1  wanted  to  see  thorn 
work  !  Aud  the  Rural  New-Yorker  read- 
ts  may  be  sure  that  I’ll  not  give  an  opinion 
concerning  the  merits  of  any  farm  imple¬ 
ment  until  I  do  see  it  work,  i’ve  been  mis- 
»ed  aixl  seen  others  misled  too  often  b  v  these 
newspaper  opinions  to  inllict  mine  upon  any 
mo  unless  1  have  a  better  basis  for  it  than 
•xamiuiug  a  plow,  reaper  or  any  other  work¬ 
ing  implement  standing  still  on  a  board  !  It 
is  so  easy  to  be  mistaken  ! 

TAKEN  AS  A  WHOLE, 

.lie  New  \  ork  State  Fair  is  creditable,  and 
is  conducted  with  high-toned  dignity  and 
lecorum.  Matters  seem  to  be  thorougldy 
ystematized,  and  things  move  like  elock- 


Falls,  N.  Y.,  the  Warrior  Mower  and  Ran¬ 
dall’s  Pulverizing  Harrow,  Stuart  Perry, 
Newport,  N.  Y.,  Perry’s  New  York  Hay 
Tedder. 

Taylor  MTg  Co.,  Dayton,  Ohio,  the  Taylor 
Horse  Hay  Rake.  J,vs.  K,  Wisner,  Friend¬ 
ship,  N.  Y.,  Winner’s  Self-Operating  Horse 
Hay  Rake.  A.  J.  Nellis  &  Co„  Pittsburg, 
Pa.,  Nellis’  Harpoon  Hay  Fork.  Pennock 
M’f'g  Co.,  Kennett’s  Square,  Pa.,  Pennock’s 
Double  Harpoon  Hay  Fork.  Auburn  M’f’g 
Co.,  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  a  fine  assortment  of 
Rakes,  Hay  Forks,  etc. 

Min-aro  Harder,  Cobleskill,  N.  Y.,  Har¬ 
der’s  Gold  Medal  Horse-Power  and  Thresher 
and  Cleaner.  M.  Williams  &  Co.,  St.  Johns- 
ville,  New  York,  Williams’  Railway  Horse- 
Powers. 

New  York  Plow  Co.,  94  Beekman  St.,  New 
York,  Gale’s  Copper  Strip  Hay  Cutters. 
Robert  Butter  worth,  Trenton,  N.  J.,  the 
Jersey  Apple  Grinder. 

Brinkerboff  Manufacturing  Co.,  Auburn, 
N.  Y.,  Continental  Washing  Machine.  Em¬ 
pire  Clothed  Wringer  Co.,  (J.  Brinkerhoff, 
agent,)  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  the  new  Empire 
Clothes  W ringer. 

Whitman  &  Burrell,  Little  Falls,  N.  Y., 
Anderson’s  Food  Steamer  and  Steam  Boiler, 
the  Kipp  Engine  aud  a  Lard  Renderer  and 
Boiler. 

P.  1C.  Dederick,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  a  large 
display  of  Huy  Baling  Presses.  The  Orange 
Co.  Milk  Poll  Co.,  Franklin,  N.  Y.,  set  of 
Patent  Milk  Fans. 

S.  C.  Allen  to.  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  a 
full  set  Flaunt  Seed  Drills  and  Cultivators. 

II.  G.  Eastman,  (Eastman’s  Business  Col¬ 
lege,)  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  some  line  speci¬ 
mens  of  Penmanship,  Eastman’s  Steel  Pens, 
etc.,  etc. 

Geo.  W.  Vinino,  Jr.,  Albany,  N,  Y.,  the 


©It  n  gflnientHit. 


SHALL  FARMERS  RAISE  TROTTING 
HORSES. 


'.ystematized,  and  things  move  like  clock-  Bickford  Knitting  Machines.  Singer  Manu- 
vvork.  One  thing,  however,  the  Society  has  factoring  Co.,  New  York,  Singer  Sewing  and 
ailed  to  do — it  has  failed  to  please  every  Manufacturing  Machines.  Weed  Sewing  Ma- 
oody — especially  that  blessed  part  of  the  chine  Co.,  Hartford,  Conn.,  a  full  assortment 


exhibitors  who  did  not  Luke  any  premiums, 
fo  do  this  hereafter,  seems  to  be  about  the 
inly  thing  left  for  tne  S  ociety  to  accomplish. 
Jy  the  way,  1  neglected  to  say  that  the  ex¬ 
hibition  in  the  Poultry  Department  was  very 
creditable  indeed.)  I  notice,  by  looking  over 
he  Catalogue  of  Entries,  that  the  total  num- 
je.r  is  2,820.  But  I  find  that  there  are  many 
•Utrlcii  made  for  which  there  is  no  corre¬ 
sponding  exhibitor.  Perhaps,  however,  there 
ire  enough  exhibitors  (who  are  not  competi¬ 
tors)  to  counterbalance  the  absence  of  those 
.vbo  made  entries  for  t  he  sake  of  the  couse- 
luent  advertisement  in  the  catalogue  and 
.ailed  to  put  in  an  appearance. 


of  Weed  Sewing  and  Manufacturing  Ma¬ 
chines. 

L.  G.  Rose,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  a  full  line  of 
Joints’  Asbestos  Roofing  Materials. 

V.  P.  Doihv  to  Co.,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  general 
assortment  of  Seeds,  Bulbs,  Rustic  Work, 
V uses,  Garden  Statuary,  etc.,  etc, 

IV.  Z.  Ripley,  agent  for  W.  I).  Cowles  of 
317  Broadway,  New  York,  a  fine  display  of 
the  products  of  the  lands  adjoining  the  Iowa 
and  Burlington  R.  It.,  in  Nebraska. 


young  women  who  kneaded  the  dougi 
which  was  converted  into  biscuits  and  loaves 
to  be  baked  right  before  the  eyes  of  tin 
sweltering  throng  in  so  many  minutes  bj 
the  watch  I 

MANUFACTURERS'  HALL 

was  filled  with  humans.  The  crowd  and  the 
heat  rendered  it  impossible  to  stop  and  set 
what  was  there  to  see.  The  shops  of  Albany 
had  evidently  been  largely  drawn  uj  on  auu 
the  manufacturers  thereof  had  manifested 


FURTHER  NCTES  OK  FARM  IMPLEMENTS,  ETC. 

Our  readers  will  be  glad  to  know  that 
Advertisers  iu  the  Rural  New- Yorker  wore 
argely  represented  at  the  State  Fair,  as  wit¬ 
less  the  following  notes  from  one  of  our 
reporters  who  devoted  his  time  and  af ten¬ 
don  to  the  Department  of  Farm  Implements, 
Machinery,  toe. : 

The  Ames  Plow  Co.  of  Boston,  Mass.,  made 
i  fine  show,  exhibiting  the  American  Hay 
redder,  Ferry  Mower,  Sessions  &  Knox  and 
Hakes’  Flows,  Burt  Horse  Hay  Rake,  and  a 
irgc  assortment  of  farm  and  garden  tools. 
The  Oneonta  M’f’g  Co.,  Oaeonta,  N.  Y., 
Exhibited  Hodge’s  Fatent  Reversible  Plow. 

The  Remington  Agricultural  Co.,  Ilion,  N. 
Y.,  exhibited  a  full  line  of  their  Mohawk 
Valley  Clipper  Plows. 

The  Farmer’s  Favorite  Grain  Drill  was 
well  represented  by  S.  N.  Gallup,  General 
Agent,  Macedon,  N.  Y.  The  Buckeye  Gram 
drill,  Buckeye  Cider  Mill,  etc.,  by  P.  P.  Mast 
to  Co.,  Springfield,  Ohio.  Carliart’s  l'ulver- 
zing  Cultivator,  American  Harvester,  Acme 
Mower  und  Steel  Road  Scraper,  were  exhib- 
ted  by  the  Bradley  Manufacturing  Co., 
Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Wheeler,  Melick  to  Co.  of  Albany,  N.  Y,, 
made  a  handsome  display  of  Horse- Powers 
md  Threshers ;  also  of  the  Ithaca  Sulky 
Rake,  Two-Horse  Cultivator,  Farm  Grain 
Mill,  etc. 

Adklvnce,  Platt  &  Co.  of  New  York,  ex- 
-libited  the  Buckeye  Mower  and  Buckeye 
Combined  Mac] lines.  The  Dodge  &  Steven- 


OTHER  PROMINENT  FAIRS. 

THE  ILLINOIS  STATE  FAIR 

At  Peoria  was,  we  learn,  a  great  success. 
The  usual  magnificent  display  of  cattle, 
horses,  sheep  and  swine  was  made.  An  ex¬ 
cellent,  t  hough  nor,  large,  display  of  Poultry 
was  made.  The  Fruit  and  Floral  Show  was 
too  large  for  the  accommodations— a  result 
to  bo  credited  to  the  more  liberal  premiums 
offered  for  such  products.  Grain*  were  ex¬ 
hibited  in  great  variety.  Vegetables  were 
not  so  well  represented.  The  exhibition  of 
farm  machinery  was  extraordinarily  large 
and  excellent.  The  total  receipts  of  the  Fair 
were  $29,288— ever  §4,000  more  than  was  ever 
taken  at  any  of  the  twenty  previous  Fairs  of 
tlie  Society,  indicating  a  large  attendance, 
and  that  hard  times  does  not  prevent  the 
farmers  of  that  wonderful  State  from  assem¬ 
bling  themselves  together. 

THE  MICHIGAN  STATE  FAIR, 

at  Grand  Rapids,  is  reported  to  have  been  a 
great  success,  nearly  80,000  persons  having 
visited  the  grounds.  The  number  of  entries 
is  reported  to  have  exceeded  that  of  any 
previous  years,  and  the  exhibition  is  pro¬ 
nounced  most  excellent.  The  Pomologieal 
feature  of  the  show  was  especially  fine,  as 
we  expected  it  would  be,  the  Fair  being  lo¬ 
cated  iu  the  Pomologieal  part  of  the  State. 
The  Fair,  as  an  illustration  of  the  resources 
ol'  the  State  aud  prosperity  aud  enterprise  of 
its  people  was  au  exceedingly  gratifying  one, 
not  oaly  to  State  pride,  but  to  all  who  know 
how  much  depends  upon  success  in  industrial 
pursuits.  YVe  congratulate  our  Michigan 
readers  vipon  the  record  they  have  made  this 


The  question  is  often  asked  by  the  farmers 
of  the  West,  “will  it  pay  to  raise  trotting 
horses  (”  Our  opinion  upon  this  question  is, 
that  usually  it  will  not ;  in  exceptional  cases, 
it  will.  The  farmer  who  has  only  the  mongrel, 
common  mares  of  the  country,  cannot  afford 
to  pay  the  prices  demanded  for  the  services 
of  a  first-class  trotting  stallion  ;  and  if  he 
should  decide  to  incur  t  his  expense,  in  ninety- 
nine  cases  out  of  a  hundred  he  will  be  disap¬ 
pointed  in  the  result.  Should  he  patronize 
any  of  the  cheap,  quick-stepping,  mongrel 
little  stallions  with  which  the  country  now 
abounds,  in  the  hope  of  raising  a  t  rotter,  he 
iR  almost  certain  to  be  disappointed,  and  the 
progeny  will  be  comparatively  worthless. 
True,  there  is  now  and  then  an  exceptional 
case,  when  a  horse  of  unknown  lineage  has 
proven  a  valuable  trotter  ;  but  the  chances 
for  success  in  this  style  of  breeding  are  about 
equal  to  those  of  drawing  the  capital  prize 
in  the  “  Royal  Havana  Lottery,"  by  investing 
in  tickets  in  that  institution. 

But  if  mares  of  unmistakable  and  decided 
trotting  action,  allowing  points  of  good 
breeding  and  strong  individuality,  can  be 
obtained,  and  a  stallion  known  to  be  deeply 
bred  In  trotting  strains,  and  showing  decided 
t  rotting  action  himself,  is  within  reach,  then 
the  chances  are  that  it  will  pay  to  attempt 
to  breed  trotters.  And  if,  in  addition  to  the 
foregoing,  the  mares  are  known  to  possess  a 
good  share  of  the  blood  of  some  ol  the  well- 
established  trotting  families— the  Messengers, 
Bashaws,  Morgans,  Clays,  Pilots  or  Mim- 
brinos— then  the  judicious  selection  of  a  stal¬ 
lion  is  pretty  certain  to  produce  satisfactory 
results.  It  need  not  lie  expected  that  every 
foal  thus  produced  will  prove  a  “  world  beat¬ 
er,”  because  only  the  fastest  among  the  fast 
are  the  winners  ;  but  good  trotters  and  road 
horses  will  usually  be  the  result,  and  you  are 
in  the  legitimate  succession  for  a  w inner. 
But  it  will  not  do  for  the  farmer  or  his  boys 
to  spend  much  time  or  money  in  training  the 
foals  thus  nroduced.  It  will  be  found  more 
profitable  to  sell  these  well-bred  youngsters 
at  fair,  remunerative  rates,  and  leave  the 
training  to  the  professionals  who  have  the 
requisite  skill  to  prepare  them  for  the  track. 
It  has  been  remarked  that  “the  American 
trotter  is  the  creat  ion  of  the  American  train¬ 
er,”  It  requires  skill,  judgment  and  perse¬ 
verance  to  develop  the  highest  rato  of  speed 
in  the  trotting  horse.  Training  trotting 
horses  has  become  a  profession,  and  wo 
would  not  recommend  farmers  to  spend  their 
time  in  competition  with  those  who  make 
this  their  solo  business. 

Under  the  circumstances  above  described, 
with  well-bred  mares  and  a  good  stallion, 
and  selling  off  the  foals  when  young,  the 
farmer  can  scarcely  engage  in  a  more  profit¬ 
able  business  than  in  breeding  horses.  But 
the  great  mass  of  farmers,  owning  only  the 
mongrel,  clumsy  inures  of  the  country,  will 
find  more  certain  profit  in  breeding  large 
horses,  patrouizing  the  Norman  or  Clydes¬ 
dale  stallions,  or  a  large,  well-formed  thor¬ 
oughbred  if  within  reach,  producing  good 
draft  aud  course  horses  that  always  find  u 
ready  sale  at  remunerative  prices. — Stock 
Exchange. 

- *-*-* - 

NOTES  FOR  HORSEMEN. 


ST  manufacturer.  StadASS  J04***  **?  »Pon  *•  —1  they  have  made  SS 

creditable  enterprise  by  filling  this  mamifl  /,  ‘  \/a"  uin£  Aumitn,  N.  A.,  the  year,  and  hope  they  may  continue  to  develop 

“t*  Ja\  r  Tf  •  «“«’*•  — 

u  not  do  more  than  daft  with  the  tide ni  .;rs.  Nash  to  Bros  ,  11U  Liberty  St.,  N.  Y.,  THE  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  STATE  FAIR, 

breathing  room  in  thetpen  tor/'  °  °W  ^  ' °k  ^n\th  ifn*’ /h*  **  Manchester*  commeucIng  Sept.  30th,  is 

pnwre  mui  iy  ancl  tbu  Dullard  Hay  tedder.  D.  reported  to  have  been  creditable  to  the  State 

M.  Osborne  to  Co.,  Auburn  N.  Y.,  the  Kirby  and  successful.  Judging  by  the  published 
r  tb°  Pranmg  0orabinea  Reaper  aud  Mower  with  the  Bal-  list  of  entries,  nearly  every  department  was 
mills,  pumps,  &c.,  were  busy.  I  got  a  glimpse  timore  Rake,  the  Burdick  Reaper  and  toe  creditably  filled.  YVe  notice  there  were  fif  tv- 
H  r  ^  ^  exhibitor,  Kirby  Wheel  Mower  with  new  lifting  four  entries  of  babies  in  competition  for 

fLL'  ‘JVi  a^.°ur; bls  Cotton  hwer.  Walter  A.  Wood  M.  &  R.  M.  Co.,  prizes  offered.  In  our  judgment  this  is  a 

Gin  Beside  t  stood  the  Needle  Urn,  inanu  Hoosic  Faffs,  N.  Y..  the  New  Wood  Prize  legitimate  feature  of  an  agricultural  Fair- 
factored  at  Ihon,  I  believe.  Both  these  ma-  Mower,  and  Wood’s  Combined  Machine,,  for  there  is  no  family  of  uLm Is  that  Zd 
chines  I  saw  at  work  m  the  cotton  country  The  Warrior  Mowing  Machine  Co.,  Little  improving  more  than  the  human  famffv 


THE  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  STATE  FAIR, 

at  Manchester,  commencing  Sept.  30th,  is 
reported  to  have  been  creditable  to  the  State 
and  successful  Judging  by  toe  published 
list  of  entries,  nearly  every  department  was 
creditably  filled.  Wc  notice  there  were  fifty- 
four  cut  rios  of  babies  in  competition  for 
prizes  offered.  In  our  judgment  this  is  a 
legitimate  feature  oi'  an  agricultural  Fair ; 
for  there  is  no  family  of  animals  that  need 
improving  more  than  thy  human  family. 


Founder  Remedy. —A  correspondent  of  the 
Agriculturist  says  “as  soon  as  the  horse  is 
found  to  be  stiff  swab  the  legs  and  feet  with 
hot  water — so  hot  that  the  hand  cannot  bear 
to  touch  it,  but  not  so  hot  as  to  scald.  After 
a  short  time  the  legs  should  be  rubbed  dry 
and  the  horse  gently  exercised.  Has  never 
known  this  to  fail  to  remedy  the  trouble. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Rural  Sun  says : 
“  Founder  in  its  worst  form  can  be  cured  by 
standing  your  horse  all  day  in  water  deep 
enough  to  come  up  over  his  back.  Running 
water  is  best.  This  is  also  a  certain  cure  for 
Spanish  Fence,  a  disease  common  in  Missis¬ 
sippi,  Louisiana  and  Texas. 

L  ice  in  the  Ma  ne  and  Tail. — I  have  a  year¬ 
ling  colt  that  was  lousy  last  winter  and  I 
used  Scotch  snuff  to  kill  them,  but  did  not 
succeed  in  doing  so.  Then  I  bought  some 
tobacco  and  more  snuff,  steeped  them  to¬ 
gether  and  applied  that ;  but  it  did  not  kill 
the  pest.  She  seems  to  be  free  from  them  all 
but  her  mane  and  foretop. — C.  W.  Davis. 

A  friend  of  ours  used  what  he  had  seen 
recommended  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker— 
on  ounce  of  arsenic  to  a  pail  of  Boft  water, 
washing  the  animal  thoroughly  in  a  warm 
place,  and  says  he  has  not  seen  an  insect 
since. 


CLINTON  COUNTY  DAIRYING, 


t»uc  uxiu  mica,  slates  and  gneiss — prim  it  ivy 
rocks,  as  they  are  colled— only  cattle  of  a 
small  size  are  found,  while  in  tlieRe  regions 
hmestono  subsoil,  the  cattle  are  large. 
1  o  allow  of  no  mistake  as  to  his  meaning, 
he  proceeds  :  1‘  In  t  he  one  region  the  animal 

has  a,  large  supply  of  limestone  with  which 
to  build  up  its  heavy  frame;  in  the  other, 
t,lio  supply  of  lime  (s  small,  aud  the  animal 
cannot  build  up  a  largo  frame.”  (Ag.  of 

ttt  some  parts  of  Ireland,  the  influence  of 
the  sod  is  so  marked  that  Pringle  writes  that 
man  inland  part  of  Connemara,  the  cattle, 
u  kept  constantly  on  Chair  native  pastures, 
became  affected  with  a  disease  resembling 
rackets,  owing  apparently  to  some  defects  in 
the  soil.  (Inm.  It.  A.  8.,  2d  sec.  viii  2). 

In  Lanarkshire,  Scotland,  the  Ayrshire 
cattle  arc  said  to  be  larger  sized  than  in 
vv  igton  ami  Renfrew,  owing  to  the  superior 

t,n*;!  yV?1  80'4  (Mayne  ;  How  to  Choose 
a  Milk  Cow,  p.  i;;S). 

Irof.  I  -a  w  states  that  Short-Horns  liavo 
been  found  to  degenerate  rapidly  on  some  of 
the  poorer  sandy  sods  In  Massachusetts,  and 
Mr,  raot-UB  sold  his  Dutchess  county  herd 
ostensibly  hecuu.se  of  the  deficiency  of  lime, 
m  the  sail.  On  tho  calcareous  soil's  of  New 
\  ork,  ot)  the  other  hand,  and  on  the  blue 
grasB  lands ol  Iven l  ucky,  this  brood  maintains 
lbs  highest  qualities  without 


tion  of  the  Rouse's  Point  factory  and  its 
manufacture  may  not  be  without  interest  to 
our  dairy  readers.  The  factory  iB  located 
about  three  miles  southwest  of  the  Point,  the 
main  building  being  90  by  40  feet,  with  an 
engine  room  20  by  40  feet.  The  water  [used 
to  supply  the  factory  comes  from  a  well, 
I  here  are  27  patrons  who  deliver  milk,  and 
the  whole  number  of  cows  supplying  milk  is 
228.  The  dairies  in  this  section  of  the  State 
are  small,  averaging  from  10  to  14  cows.  The 
patrons  of  the  factory  having  the  largest 
herds  are  Mr.  Hayford  and  Mr.  Nye,  who 
have  each  20  cows,  and  Chauncy  Smith,  19 
cows. 

The  largest  quantity  of  milk  received  at 
the  factory  the  past  season  was  during  the 
latter  part  ol  .June,  when  the  daily  delivery 
amounted  to  4,200  pounds.  This  made  eight 
cheeses  of  54  pounds  each.  On  the  10th  of 
August  the  cows  had  Shrunk  so  that  the  de¬ 
livery  wus  only  2,400  pounds,  making  live 
cheeses,  the  average  weight  being  54  pounds 
each. 

During  the  season  but  three  shipments  of 
cheese  have  been  made.  The  June  shipment 
brought  13c.;  tho  August  12^0.,  and  the  last 
shipment,  Sept.  10,  was  sent  forward  on 
commission.  About  4t)0  cheeses  remained  on 
hand  at  the  time  of  our  visit,  the  sales  hav¬ 
ing  been  made  down 


turo  and  function,  as  represented  bv  the 
individual  animal,  is  the  equilibrium  of  oi> 
posing  forces.  Whatever  modi  lies  or  changes 
these  forces  must  produce  a  variation  in  the 
result,  and  it  is  this  principle  which  under¬ 
lies  the  whole  art  of  breeding. 

I  here  are  no  units  of  magnitude  by  which 
nature  measures  her  works.  Unobtrusive 
are  her  every-day  actions,  ami  it  is  only  the 
inquiring  mind  of  the  keen  observer  which 
can  detect  in  the  slight  variations  of  to-day, 
the  recent  underlying  causes  of  the  change  ; 
audit  is  the  distinguishing  (rail,  of  the ‘ad¬ 
vanced  mind  to  recognize  in  these  slight,  vari¬ 
ations  tho  process  which  is  to  develop  the 
great  change  of  tho  future,  or  the  methods 
by  which  present  results  have  teen  obtained 
from  the  past.  It  is  well  observed  by  Marsh, 
that  the  elephant  and  the  whale  are  essen¬ 
tially  large,  and  therefore  regarded  an  im¬ 
portant  crouLures  ;  the  animalouh  are  essen¬ 
tially  small,  anil  therefore  unimportant 
organisms,  yet,  no  geological  formation  owes 
its  origin  to  the  labors  or  remains  of  these 
huge  mammals,  while  tho  substance  or  strata 
many  thousand  feet  in  thickness,  has  been 
preserved  by  a  compound  of  the  umintdcuii. 
(Man  and  Nature,  p.  12ft,)  Even  so  m  breed 
mg,  the  origin  ol  improved  animals  has  been 
more  due  to  the  wise  aocumuiatlo.il  of  minor 
changes  than  to  the  utilizing  of  accidental  or 
fortuitous  growths. 

The  axioms  which  therefore  underlie  our 
consideration  of  the  breeders,  opportunities 
is,  first,  the  invariable  connection  between 
cause  and  cJlect ,  second,  that  no  change 
which  can  be  recognized  is  too  small  to  0_i 
unimportant. 

The  natural  influences  which  must  affect, 
tlio  animal  structure  are  soil,  climate,  food 


ns  Uignest  qualifies  without  extra  effort. 
(1  runs.  N.  Y.  Ag.  Socs.,  1870,  p.  38). 

The  soil  is  thus  seen  to  influence  the  size  of 
cattle,  apparently  from  the  increased  or  di¬ 
minished  supply  of  food,  drawn  from  it 
through  the  herbage.  We  have  accounts  of 
other  changes  in  animals  and  their  products 
still  more  important,  it  not  quite  as  obvious. 
1  rof .  Law  states  that,  a  damp,  undrained  or 
marshy  soil  begets  thickness  and  coarseness 
ot  tiie  integument  and  hairy  covering,  a 
laxity  of  tissue  generally,  anti  a  phlegmatic 
constitution,  qualities  above  nil  objectionable 
m  Win  horse.  (Trans.  N.  Y,  Ag.  Hoe.  1872, 

P*  •  *  J/. 

tine  of  the  cheese  factories  in  Now  York 
attempts  to  show  statistically  that  cows  fed 
on  clay  soil  produce  a  larger  yield  of  milk 
than  those  from  sandy  soil,  (2d  An.  Kept. 
Cheese  Mens’  Asao.  Y.  Y.  State  1S«4,  p.  195), 
while  au  intelligent  writer  in  Engiimd  (R,  0. 

J. Tingle, - R.  A.  8.  VIII,  2.1  see"  p.  ft  1  pi.  I) 

mentions  a  farm  where  “t,Q0  pasture  pro¬ 
duced  butter  of  excellent,  quality,  and  a  fair 
average  ut  least  as  to  quantity,  but  the  cheese 
was  always  so  poor  Unit  butter  had  to  be 
mixed  with  it.”  A  Scutch  essafesl  (Archi¬ 
bald  Sum  rock,  Pr.  Essays  H.  and  Ag.  Hoc., 
bth  sec.  1st  it  i-7,  p.  89)  states  tiiat  the  milk  of 
cows  t coding  on  upland  clayish  pastures 
require  more  rennet  to  convert  it  into  cheese, 
loan  milk  Irorn  cows  feuding,  on  more  fertile, 
low  ly  mg  farms. 

these  illustrations  will  then  impress  on  the 
breeder  the  necessity  of  selecting  that  breed 
ot  rattle  which  Is  suited  to  his  soil.  He  of 
lortiiu  pastures  may  select,  the  massi  ve  Short- 
I lorn,  but  he  whose  farms  overlie  the  primi¬ 
tive  formation  of  geology,  must  ho  content 
with  the  smaller  herds.  In  England  this  is 
better  understood,  and  the  West  HiglUand 
ox  Is  neither  vexed  by  the  Short,  Horn  iu  Ins 
distant  pastures,  nor  does  the  tenant  farmer 
ol  the.  valleys  herd  the  Highlander  on  his 
luxuriant  meadowH.  The  herd  aud  tho  soil 
am  cp-roluled,  as  is  well  shown  by  the  fact 
mentioned  by  Darwin,  that  on  the  banks  of 
Ouse,  thu  Leicester  shgep  were  so  rapidly 
destroyed  by  pleurilis  that  the  owner  could 
not  keep  them  ;  the  course-skinned  sliccp 
never  being  affected. 

on.,.  . .  _ j. 


curd  saved  over  the  day  previous  having 
been  cut  in  pieces  and  ground  iu  a  curd-mill 
early  in  tho  morning,  the  two  arc  intimately 
mingled  together.  This  is  done  by  first 
spreading  the  old  curd  over  the  new  as  even¬ 
ly  as  possible  and  then  stirring  them  thor¬ 
oughly  together  with  the  hands.  It  is  then 
suited  at  the  rate  of  2  4-10  pounds  to  the  1,000 
pounds  of  milk.  Tho  salt  having  been  thor¬ 
oughly  mingled  through  the  mass,  it  is  placed 
in  the  hoop  aud  put  to  press.  The  cheese  re¬ 
main  under  pressure  until  after  dinner,  when 
they  are  turned  and  bandaged  and  again  put 


to  press. 

HOW  THE  CURD  SAVED  OVER  AFFECTS  THE  CHEESE. 

The  curd  saved  over  gets  to  be  quite  acid 
by  the  next  morning,  when  it  is  ready  to  be 
used  with  the  curds  that  go  to  press.  The 
effect  of  these  acid  parades  distributed 
through  the  fresh  curds,  it  is  claimed,  pre¬ 
vents  an  undue  fermentation,  and  the  cheese 
is  uob  liable  to  swell  or  huff  and  consequent¬ 
ly  Die  cheese  is  of  a  dose,  firm  texture,  it. 
also,  it  is  claimed,  improves  the  11  ivor.  We 
tested  quite  a  number  of  cheese  made  at  dif¬ 
ferent  limes  and  found  them  quite  free  from 
porosity,  the  cuttings  coming  out  of  the  iron 
m  a  solid  cylinder.  Mr.  Slouah  said  this 
process  was  admirably  adapted  to  the  treat¬ 
ment  of  floating  curds,  as  he  had  never  seen 
a  cheese  huff  or  swell  where  tho  acid  curds 
had  been  used  as  above  described. 

MAKING  CHEESE  FOR  HOME  USE 

Mr.  Slorab  had  just  commenced  making 
cheese  for  homo  consumption,  or  to  supply 
the  local  mark  eta  in  tin:  vicinity  of  Rouse’s 
Point.  The  cheese  popular  in  these  market® 
is  rather  soft  and  porous,  and  to  make  it  tin* 
same  general  process  ag  that  described  is  fol 
lowed,  except  that  the  whey  and  curds  are 
not  allowed  to  develop  ucidit.y,  while  no  acid 
curd  saved  over  is  used,  line -suiting  also 
is  lighter  than  for  shipping  cheese,  tim  pro¬ 
portion  being  2  3-10  pounds  of  suit  to  the 
1,009  pounds  of  milk.  There  Is  a  good  mar¬ 
ket  at  House’s  Point  and  the  towns  about  for 
all  the  cheese  of  this  character  that  can  be 
mode  at  the  factory  from  Sept.  15  to  the  last 


to  the  15th  of  July. 

DELIVERING  MILK  ONCE  A  DAY. 

Most  of  the  patrons  at  this  factory  deliver 
their  milk  but  once  a  day,  and  no  trouble 
has  been  had  during  the  summer  from  bad 
milk.  I  lie  patrons  use  the  common  can  for 
delivering  milk,  which  holds  from  20  to  30 
gallons.  The  night’s  mess  of  miJlc,  as  soon 


-  .  .  -  -  V  o IJillllUl |j V.  J  iUUU 

aud  locality,  anti  these  must  be  understood 
by  the  breeder  before  he  can  apply  his  art 
to  successfully  use  those  other  ugeiu  m.-  which 
knowledge  and  science  have  put  in  his  power. 

These  variables  are.  complex,  not  simple  in 
their  action,  and  oftentimes  results  which 
are  referred  to  one  alone  are  duo  in  some 
measure  to  the  four  combined.  However, 
those  cases  which  are  mostly  referable  to 
oue,  will  be  referred  to  the  agency  of  that 
one  which  predominates  in  securing  the 


milk  stirred  with  a  dipper  before  leaving  it 
for  the  night.  Most  of  the  patrons  depend 
on  using  water  from  wells  to  cool  milk,  as 
above  described.  The  morning’s  mess  of 
milk  is  added  directly  to  the  night’s  milk  in 
the  can,  and  it  ia  then  carried  to  the  factory. 
Some  cream  rises  during  the  night  on  the 
milk  in  the  can,  but  the  mixture  of  the 
morning’s  milk  and  the  agitation  while  be¬ 
ing  carted  to  the  factory  works  most  of  the 
cream  back  into  the  milk.  The  milk,  after 
being  weighed  at  the  factory,  is  run  from  the 
weighing  cun  to  the  vats,  and  passes  through 
a  double  strainer  of  unbleached  bandage 
cloth.  All  particles  of  cream  that  do  not 
readily  pass  through  the  strainer  arc  stirred 
and  worked  with  the  hand,  and  by  dipping 
milk  from  tho  vat  and  adding  it  to  the  cream 
it  is  passed  through  the  strainer  and  then  is 
easily  incorporated  with  the  milk. 

THE  FIRST  HEATING,  ETC. 

When  about  half  of  the  milk,  in  the  morn- 
mg,  has  been  delivered,  steam  lias  begun  to 
be  applied  under  the  vat,  and  the  tempera- 
f  ure  of  the  mass,  when  all  is  in,  is  raised  to 
Than  a  quantity  of  rennet  is  added  suf¬ 
ficient  to  produce  coagulation  in  twenty 
minutes  to  half  an  hour,  the  time  aimed  at 
being  twenty -live  minutes. 

CUTTING. 

In  about  half  an  hour  further  on,  or  when 
the  curd  breaks  nicely  over  the  finger,  it  is 
cut,  with  tho  perpendicular  curd -knife 
lengthwise  of  the  vat.  Then,  in  about  twenty 
minutes,  or  after  the  curds  h« 


mm  which  predominates 

result. 

r>uu  ia  the  product  of  the  disintegration  of 
rock,  together  with  sueh  organic  matter  as 
has  been  derived  from  the  air.  It  therefore 
partakes  of  the  nature  of  the  geologica  l  strata 
upon  which  It  ia  found.  As  toe  various 
lunds  of  rock  differ  in  composition,  so  do 
the  overlying  soils.  Locally  the  connection 
of  tho  soil  with  the  underlying  strata  does 
not  always  hold  good,  on  account  of  the 
transporting  of  material  by  agencies  at  work 
in  the  past,  and  the  m<  difl  •ations  of  propor¬ 
tion  by  vegetable  grow  th  and  artificial  agen¬ 
cies.  The  influence  cl'  s.il  is  primarily  the 
influence  of  food,  as  each  Boil  supports  a 
growth  if  at  least  not  destructive  inform 
is  to  a  certain  extent  destructive  in  composi¬ 
tion.  Thus  Mr.  Laussuri  found  that  IU0  parts 
of  the  ashes  of  the  common  fir  contained  48 
parts  of  carbonate  of  lime  when  grown  on  a 
limestone  hill,  whereas  the  same  quantity 
contained  but  29  parts  when  grown  on  grab 
ite  ;  aud  tho  ashes  of  the  leaves  Of  a  rhodo¬ 
dendron  grown  in  a  limestone  soil  contained 
431  ^  per  coot,  while  the  same  species  on  a 
granite  soil  contained  but  18%  per  cent,  of 
chalk.  (Jour,  of  Ag.  X  1st  ser,  p.  90.)  In  the 
ease  of  turnips,  the  percentage  amount  of  ash 
has  been  found  to  vary  according  us  the  soil 
was  sandy  or  loamy.  In  the  case  of  oats  an 
inferior  soil  produce  j  not  only  a  grain  weigh¬ 


ed'  October. 

THE  LANDS. 

The  lands  on  the  west  shore  of  the  hike 
from  Rouse’s  Point  south,  embracing  a  strip 
about  six  miles  wide  by  thirty  miles  Ion"-,  are 
rather  level  aud  of  good  quality.  The  soil  is 


clay,  or  clay  loam,  and  is  well  adapted  to 
grass.  Ilay  farming,  or  raising  hay  for  mar 


bet,  has  been  practiced  to  a  considerable  ex- 

— 1  years  at  an 
per  ton,  for  the  Boston 


has  sold  for  several 

$14  to  $15  r - 

Ir.  Hayford,  who  1ms  a  farm  of 
near  the  factory,  estimates  the 
Jp  Of  grass  in  this  section  at  1 
n  e ;  wheat,  15  to  20  bushels  per 
25  bushels  per  acre.  It  is  a  good 


A  Zoological  Garden  in  Cincinnati,  for 
purposes  of  scientific  study,  is  proposed,  and 
is  being  organized. 


deposit  of  spittle  has  within  it  one  or  two 
young  insects,  that  I  never  doubted  to  be  the 
young  £ y  ;  for  thousands  of  said  spittles  are 
seen  in  weedy  places  in  prairies  and  old  fields 
just  before  they  have  myriads  of  flie6.  But 
since  1  wrote,  the  inquiry,  persons  who  pre¬ 
tend  to  know  say  that  it;  is  not  the  fly,  but 
only  a  bug.  I  still  believe  it  is  the  fly,  as  I 
cannot  see  where  else  so  many  can  come 
from. — J.  S.  V.,  Muscogee,  I.  T. 

The  little  insect  in  the  “frog-spittle”  is 
the  larva  of  the  bug  which  issues  therefrom. 
You  may  call  it  a  “fly”  if  you  choose,  but 
the  insect  belongs  to  t  he  whole-winged  bugs, 
(Homopteru).  There  arc  many  species  of 
this  insect,  mid  the  Aphrophoru  quadrangu¬ 
lar  is  of  Say  is  usually  very  abundant  on 
weeds  and  grass  growing  in  low,  wet  places. 
The  myriads  of  flies  found  frequenting  such 
places,  and  occasionally  alighllug  on  or  suck¬ 
ing  up  this  frog-spittle,  arc  very  far  from  be¬ 
ing  related  to  the  insect  that  produces  this 
substance.  The  transformations,  as  well  as 
appearance  of  any  fly  is  quite  different  from 
that  of  any  bug,  both  being  too  well  known 
to  leave  room  for  doubt  in  separating  them. 


will  be  found  to  be  growing  ;  give  another 
week’s  grace,  then  remove  the  glass,  and  pot 
them  off  in  small  00-sized  pots.  Replace  them 
in  a  gentle  heat,  in  order  to  start  them,  and 
give  them  plenty  of  water.  I  have  frames 
that  each  hold  300  plants,  and  it  is  rare,  in¬ 
deed,  to  find  one  without  good  roots.  1  am 
quite  satisfied  that  manure  or  manure  water 
is  poison  to  a  tree  carnation.  The  compost 
mentioned  and  an  abundant,  supply  of  water 
during  every  stage  of  growth  are  all  that 
carnations  want.” 


MAPEL  LEAF  CUTTER, 


HOW  A  LADY  GROWS  PANSIES 


I  send  a  specimen  of  maple  leaves.  W  hat 
eats  them  so,  and  are  they  liable  to  kill  the 
trees  ?  Mv  sugar  grove  is  covered  with  them. 
— G.  W.  Fish,  Houghton ,  Washington  Co., 
N.  Y. 

This  very  destructive  insect  was  described 
by  Dr.  Fitch,  State  Entomologist  of  New 
York  some  yeurs  ago,  and  he  named  it 


FLORICULTURAL  NOTES 


Emission  of  Light  by  Flowers.— An  En¬ 
glish  writer  says  that  June  12,  at 
8.40  P.  M.,  he  was  looking  at  a  bed  ^  - 

of  Scarlet  Geraniums  in  bloom  /  ''\ 

in  front  of  a  small  vinery  facing  /  \  \\  \ 

southwest,  when  he  was  startled  s' 
by  seeing  distinct  flashes  of  light  ' — . 

fluttering  to  and  fro,  horizontally 
and  in  a  line  with  the  flowers  of 
a  short  row  of  a  deep  scarlet  / 

kind  of  geranium.  A  friend  saw 
it  and  they  observed  it  five  min-  »  yr- 

utes,  during  which  the  light  was  l 
intermittent,  but  at  intervals  of  4, 
only  a  few  seconds.  He  thinks  \  — 

the  light  exuding  through  the  V  sfl 
row  was  caused  by  all  this  flow-  Vl2_ 

ers  of  the  row  emitting  small 
flashes  at  the  same  time. 

Remove  the  Flowers. — The  Garden  says  : 
All  lovers  of  flowers  must  remember  that 
one  blossom  allowed  to  mature  or  “go  to 
seed”  injures  the  plant  more  than  a  dozen 
buds.  Cut  your  flowers  then,  all  of  them, 
before  they  begin  to  fade.  Adorn  your  room 
with  them  ;  put  them  on  your  tables  ;  send 
bouquets  to  your  friends  who  have  no  flow¬ 
ers,  or  exchange  favors  with  those  who  have. 
On  bushes  not  a  seed  should  be  allowed  to 
mature. 

Plants  for  Names. — A.  B.  Armstrong. — 
The  plants  sent  for  names  are  Monotropa 
•uni  flora,'  (hr  no  thus  Americanos,  Linnan 
borealis,  Lysiinachia  quadrifolia ,  Pyrola 
rot  u  ndifolium,  A  pocyn  urn  undrosettn  ifolt- 
am,  Hieracum  venosum  and  Asjndum  uero&- 
tichoides.  The  latter  is  the  small  and  deli 
cate  fern  to  which  you  refer.  A  description  of 
all  can  be  found  in  Gray’s  Botanical  works, 


opens,  in  fine  condition  to  commence  blos¬ 
soming  ;  they  will  also  bloom  through  the 
summer  more  freely  than  if  sown  in  the 
spring. 

All  lovers  of  the  Pansy  well  know  that  the 
heat  of  summer  reduces  the  size  of  the  flow¬ 
ers  and  changes  the  colorings  ;  but  the  Au¬ 
tumn  rains  will,  in  a  great  measure,  restore 
them.  I  have  succeded  so  well  l'or  some 
years  in  cultivating  the  Pansy  that  I  will 
give  the  method  that  has  secured  me  such 
good  results. 

Prepare  a  bed  of  good,  rich  soil  by  a  very 
thorough  spading  and  raking,  so  that  it  will 
be  entirely  f  ree  from  lumps  and  stones  ;  sow 
l he  seed  evenly,  but  not  too  thick  ;  cover 
with  rich,  sifted  soil,  a  little  deeper  than  the 
size  of  the  seed.  When  the  ground  com¬ 
mences  to  freeze,  cover  the  bed  with  well 
rotted  manure  an  inch,  or,  if  In  a  cold  situa¬ 
tion  a  littLe  more.  Rake  off  a  part  of  t  he 
covering  lightly  in  the  spring,  and  with  good 
seed  I  hardly  think  any  one  oau  fail  in  hav¬ 
ing  an  abundance  of  these  beautiful  flowers. 

For  very  choice  seed,  to  be  more  sure  of 
their  germinating,  I  am  sowing  in  boxes  of 
four  inohufc  in  depth,  placed  on  the  east  side 
of  the  house.  Fill  to  within  one-half  inch  of 
the  top  with  good,  rich  dirt,  on  which  sow 
the  seed,  cover  as  directed  above,  wet  thor¬ 
oughly  and  cover  the  box  with  a  pane  of 
glass  so  as  to  retain  the  moisture  ;  when  the 
third  leaf  shows,  transplant  six  inches  apart 
and  protect  in  the  winter. 

Mrs.  D.  C.  McGraw. 

Binghamton,  N.  Y,  ’ 


SUPERSTITION  AMONG  FARMERS 


the  leaves  of  maple.  The  worms  hatched 
from  these  eggs  are  very  minute  at  first,  and 
of  a  white  color.  At  first  they  feed  upon  the 
greeu  parenchyma  or  pulp  of  the  leaves,  the 
hind  portions  of  the  body  appearing  to  re¬ 
main  in  one  spot,  and  by  swinging  the  head 
about  feeding  in  a  circle,  usually  leaving  the 
center  of  the  inng  untouched,  as  you  may 
see  by  exumining  leaves  similar  to  those 
sent  to  us. 

These  little  worms,  however,  are  not  satis¬ 
fied  with  merely  eutiug  out  the  soft  parts  of 
the  leaf,  but  cut  entirely  through  it,  occa¬ 
sionally  taking  out  a  piece  and  placing  it  over 
themselves  as  a  sort  of  umbrella  or  coat, 
probably  us  a  protection  against  the  sun, 
rain  or  birds.  At  first  the  piece  out  out  is 
not  much  over  ^tli  of  an  inch  in  Jiameter  ; 
but  as  the  worm  grows  this  is  not  large 
enough  to  cover  him.  Then  lie  cuts  one  a 
little  larger  and  places  it  over  the  first ;  but 


GARRYA  ELLIFTICA 


This  forms  a  fine  hardy  evergreen  bush, 
which  grows  from  six  to  ten  feet  high,  und 
has  a  rather  deuse  and  spreading  head,  fur¬ 
nished  with  numerous  slender  shoots,  which 
are  downy*  when  young,  but  quite  smooth 
when  fully  matured.  It  is  a  native  of  North¬ 
west  America  and  California,  and  was  first 
introduced  into  England  in  1828.  It  is  easily 
increased  either  by  layers  or  by  means  of 
cuttings  of  the  half-ripened  shoots,  and 
grows  freely  in  any  good  garden  soil.  The 
leaves  are  ojqiosite,  somewhat  oblong  or 
elliptic,  with  a  small  acute  point,  rather 
wavy  when  young,  thick  and  leathery'  in 
texture,  set  on  short  footstalks,  persistent, 
of  a  dark  shining  green  above  and  hoary 
beneath.  The  flowers,  which  are  unisexual 
and  on  distinct  plants,  are  arranged  in  pen¬ 
dulous  catkin-like  racemes,  with  connate 
bracts,  and  are  produced  from  December  to 
March.  The  male  flowers  form  very  long, 
slender,  pendulous  catkins,  from  six  to  ten 
inches  in  length,  and  are  of  a  greenish-white 
or  yellowish  color,  while  the  female  ones  are 
produced  in  short  green  catkins  not  more 
than  three  or  four  inches  in  length,  and  are 
very  deficient  in  graceful  appearance  com¬ 
pared  with  that  of  the  male  ones.  The  fruit, 
which  is  produced  in  compact  bunches,  is  a 
berried  pericarp  containing  two  hard  bony 
seeds,  as  largo  as  a  moderate-sized  black 
currant,  and  of  nearly  the  same  color. 


PROPAGATING  TREE  CARNATIONS 


A  writer  in  Garden  says  : — “  I  propagate 
tree  carnations  by  means  of  cuttings  to  the 
extent  of  many  thousands  every  season,  and 
as  I  can  depend  on  every  cutting  making  a 
good  salable  plant,  I  beg  to  recommend  this 
method,  which  I  find  so  successful.  I  have 
a  box  or  pan  well  drained,  and  filled  with 
compost,  taking  care  that  the  mold  used  is 
free  from  wire-worm.  1  place  the  box  in  a 
bottom  heat  of  T5\  1  trim  the  cuttings  care- 
fully— but  do  not  cut  off  the  ends  of  the 
leaves  as  many  do — and  1  place  them  firmly 
in  the  mold,  an  inch  or  more,  apart,  as  suits 
my*  requirements.  The  glass  with  which  they 
are  covered  must  tit  so  as  to  be  perfectly  air¬ 
tight.  Before  putting  it  on  give  the  cuttings 
a  thorough  drenching  with  rain  water  with 
the  chill  off,  till  the  mold  is  like  mud  ;  then 
put  the  glass  on  at  once.  Leave  all  undis- 


SPITTLE  FROM  WHICH  HORSE  FLIES 
COME. 


Flowers  op  Male  Garrya  Elliptica. 

and  probably  far  better  than  we  could  give 
you. 

The  Soil  for  Begonias  should  be  a  compost 
of  sandy  peat,  fibrous,  light  loam  and  leaf 
mold  in  equal  parts.  Add  silver  sand  and 
give  good  drainage. 


The  answer  to  my  question  (in  Rural 
New-Yorker,  July  26,  p.  62.)  as  to  what  de¬ 
posits  the  spittle  from  which  the  horse  tlyr 
comes,  maybe  correct  as  to  the  “  frog-spittle 
bugs.”  I  did  not  aim  to  say  the  fly  made  it, 
but  that  the  fly  came  out  of  it,  as  each  little 


into  the  house  ;  then  lay  the  basement  floors 
with  pitch-pine  flooring.  Sometimes  the 
basement  or  cellar  floors  are  laid  in  whole  or 
part  with  cement  or  dressed  stone,  in  which 
case  the  red  cedar  sleepers  can  be  dispensed 
with. 

The  side  or  flank  walls  should  be  carried 
up  of  proper  thickness,  from  IS  inches  to  3 
feet  above  the.  roof,  and  the  top  coped  with 
good  stone  coping,  laid  with  cement.  Lead 
flushing  should  also  he  inserted  in  the  walls, 
from  S  to  IS  inches  above  the  roof,  and  the 
roof  covered  with  good  shingles,  slate,  tin 
or  copper.  There  are  other  kinds  of  roofing, 
such  as  composition,  gravel,  pitch  &e.  But 
I  am  not  posted  as  to  their  merits.  Good 


inquiries  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  a  num¬ 
ber  of  times  in  regard  to  clearing  sheep  of 
ticks.  If  sheep  raisers  will  only  feed  them 
I  with  salt  and  sulphur,  a  few  times  in  the 
season,  it  will  save  all  trouble  of  dipping  the 
poor  animals  in  tobacco. — A  Lady  Farmer. 


PACKING  GRAPES 


ROOTS  AND  OIL  CAKE  FOR  SHEEP 


the  grape  growers  in  reference  to  packing 
grapes  for  shipping  to  market.  The  manner 
of  packing  has  much  to  do  with  the  condi¬ 
tion  in  which  they  arrive  in  market,  and  the 
condition  has  much  to  d<>  with  the  price 
obtained. 

In  the  first  place  grapes  should  never  be 
gathered  when  wet  with  dew  or  rain.  The 
best  method  that  I  have  tried  for 
gathering  grapes  is  to  take  a  sharp 
pair  of  shears  Ip  riming  shears  an¬ 
swer  well)  or  a  sharp  knife  with 
hooked  blade ;  take  hold  of  the 
hunch  with  one  hand  and  cut  the 
stem  of  the  grapes  with  the  knife 
y  or  shoal's  held  in  the  other  hand, 

and  take  of!  all  green  and  decayed 
berries,  then  lay  it  carefully  in  a 
basket,  then  proceed  to  the  next  : 
iV  when  the  basket  is  full,  carry  it  to 

the  place  of  packing,  which  should 
V  be  under  roof  ;  the  next  operation 

is  to  pack  them  in  boxes,  which 
should  be  both  light  and  strong  ; 
r  twelve  by  eighteen  inches,  and 

four  or  five  inches  deep,  is  a  eon- 
i  venient  size  and  will  hold  from  six- 

5k  teen  to  twenty  pounds  if  properly 

^  packed ;  to  do  this  right,  it  will 

kV  take  some  experience, 

El  I  would  recommend  that  the  box 

\|  be  set  on  a  table  of  convenient 

bight,  having  the  buck  end  of  the 
box  elevated  three  or  four  inches 
by  placing  something  under  it  ; 
then  commence  at  the  cad  next  to 
yOU  <a,,q  iay  the  hunches  In  care- 

^ - £  fully,  pressing  them  together  gent- 

lv,  but  not  hard  enough  to  break 
the  berries.  When  the  bottom  of 
r  the  box  is  covered  one  layer  deep, 

commence,  at  the  front  again,  put 
*—  in  a  second  layer,  placing  the  larger 

bunches  in  the  low  places  and  the 
smaller  bunches  on  the  high  places; 
thus  keeping  them  as  level  ns  pos¬ 
sible.  proceed  in  thiB  manner  until  the  box  is 
full,  being  careful  to  have,  the  hox  as  lm  el  as 
possible  when  done.  Cutting  bunches  to  fill 
up  cavities  Is  not  a  good  practice,  as  largo 
buuches  Bell  best. 

When  the  box  is  full  set  it  aside  and  pro¬ 
ceed  to  fill  another  and  so  on  until  all  are  full. 
The  boxes  thus  filled  should  bo  allowed  to 
stand  until  the  stems  of  the  grapes  arc  wilted 
and  become  pliable,  which  will  take  from  six 
to  twenty-four  hours  ;  then  take  aboard  and 
cover  the  box,  placing  one  hand  under  the 
box  and  the  other  on  the  cover  ;  then  set  the 
box  on  end  holding  the  cover  securely  iti  its 
place  with  one  hand,  then  shake  or  jostle  the 
grapes  till  they  settle  compactly  together, 
which  is  easily  accomplished  after  the  stems 
are  wilted  ;  this  will  cause  a  cavity  at  the 
Upper  end  of  the  box,  which  should  be  care¬ 
fully  filled  with  grapes  that  have  had  stems 
wilted  in  order  that  they  may  pack  closely. 

Great  car  e  should  be  taken  to  avoid  rub¬ 
bing  the  bloom  off  the  grapes,  us  It  injures 
their  appearance,  and  it  is  thought  they  will 
not  koep  so  well.  Care  should  be  taken  to 
hide  the  stems  of  the  last  layer  and  have  the 
berries  look  even  or  level  on  the  top.  Grapes 
should  not  be  allowed  to  stand  in  the  sun¬ 
shine  after  they  arc  gathered.  Grapes  packed 


STONE  OR  BRICK  DWELLING, 


In  building  a  fair-sized  dwelling  of  stone  or 
brick,  the  foundation  must  be  substantial. 
In  our  Northern  climate,  for  a  house  with  a 


those  countries,  ana  arc  oicen  aepu 
on  soil  they  are  not  adapted  to, 
and  are  not  fed  sufficiently.  The 
wool  from  a  Leicester  sheep  that, 
has  been  in  the  United  States  two 
years  is  generally  harsher,  leaner 
and  worth  much  less  than  it  would 
have  been  if  the  sheep  had  stayed 
in  Canada  or  England.  Now,  this 
will  not  always  bo  so,  for  growers 
will  yet  learn  that  these  large 
sheep  need  more  to  eat  than  the 
small  .Merino,  and  their  food  should 
not  consist  of  Indian  corn,  but 
they  should  have  some  roots,  man¬ 
gel  wurtzel  and  oil  cake.  W  hen 
sheep  are  fed  on  corn,  they  are 
too  hot  and  fervtsli,  and  the  wool, 
becomes  harsh  and  brittle,  while 
a  proper  supply  of  roots  and  oil 


MANAGEMENT  OF  LEICESTERS.  ^0 

I  wtsh  to  inquire  of  your  sub¬ 
scribers  how  to  manage  the.  keep¬ 
ing  and  rearing  of  coarse-wooled 
sheep.  I  mean  Leicester.  I  procured 
11  head  of  these  In  the  fall  of  1869  and  I  have 
but  80  head  at  this  date.  I  have  several 
methods  of  handling  them,  but  have  not 
been  successful— I  mean,  in  raising  lambs. 
They  almost  invariably  have  twins,  but  they 
seem  to  bo  weak.  Have  tried  various  modes 
of  feeding  the  ewes  through  the  winter. 
Have  fed  them  some  grain  ;  then  hay  with¬ 
out  grain  ;  but  all  to  no  purpose.  I  am  well 
satisfied  with  the  profits  of  tiie  yield  os  to 
wool,  and  have  always  been  successful  at  our 
county  fair  (Livingston  Co.,  Mich.)  ;  have 
always  taken  the  first  premium  ;  but  I  des¬ 
pair  of  making  it  pay.  1  have  thought  that 
perhaps  they  need  root-'  in  the  winter,  An\ 
information  with  regard  to  management  and 
treatment  will  bo  thankfully  received. 

Livingston  Co.,  Mich.  C.  W.  Leonard. 


DINNTB3R  TABLE  DECORATIONS-(See  T*age  239). 

ent  and  three  stories  high.  I  would  heavy  3heet,  tin,  if  properly  soldered  togeth- 
the.  stone  foundation  for  the  outside  er,  and  well  bracketed  to  the  roof  boards,  and 
from  two  to  three  feet  below  the  base-  the  head  of  each  bracket  covered  with  solder, 
floors,  according  to  soil,  climate  and  makes  a  good  roof  ;  and  if  well  painted,  and 
b  of  walls,  laying  the  first  foot  in  when  necessary  repainted,  will  last  ft  long 
from  3‘  >  to  feet  broad,  with  large  time  ntul  be  perfectly  tight.  The  tin  at  the 
laid  crossways  In  the  trenches,  without  sides  of  the  roof  should  turn  up  along  the 
t  or  mortar  at  the  bottom,  so  that  the  flank  walls  to  near  the  lead  flushing,  and  the 
which  settles  around  the  foundation,  flushing  turned  down  over  the  tin  ;  and  the 
| rain  through  and  along  the  bottom  of  same  finish  must  he  around  the  chimneys  ; 
inches  t.o  the  main  drains,  and  pass  olf  then  all  will  he  perfectly  tight.  Sometimes 
;hn  building  to  avoid  stagnant,  water,  the  side  or  flank  walls  are  only  carried  up 
lay  tho  next  foot  in  flight  not  quite  so  from  8  to  Vi  inches  above  the  roof,  and  the 
with  good,  strong  cement,  and  so  on  up  |  tin  run  up  and  under  the  coping,  or  over  the 
basement  floors.  Above  this  carry  up  wall  without  the  coping.  But  all  should  be 
ills  of  sufficient  thickness  to  correspond  ,  well  done,  so  that  the  water  will  run  oil  free- 
the  weight  and  fbiish  of  tho  building.  I  ly.  A  flat  roof  should  have  a  pitch  of  about, 
le  outside  walls  must  bo  laid  in  good  one  inch  tothe  foot.  A  shingle  or  slate  roof 
it,  until  about  18  inches  above  the  sur-  about  six  inches  to  the  toot, 
f  the  ground,  to  prevent,  absorption  of  For  n  quite  large  and  costly  building,  the 
lire.  The  outside  foundation  walls  from  foundation  must  bo  still  heavier,  and  tho 
ottom  to  the  surface  of  the  ground,  roof  should  be  covered  with  copper,  and  put 
1  be  laid  up  battering  on  the.  outside  to  on  somewhat  differently,  which  would  coat, 
heaving  by  frost.  The’ front  and  rear  much  more,  and  he  altogether  better  and 
havine  many  doors  and  windows  in  more  durable.  Good  gutters  with  proper 


W.,  is  informed,  except  during  the  coupling 
season.  Tho  coupling  season  varies  with 
different  flock-masters.  Some  like  very  early 
lambs ;  others  desire  the  lauiba  dropped  after 
warm  weather  ha:.  come  in  spring.  The 
period  of  gestation  with  owes  is  about  152 
days.  Knowing  this  the  shepherd  can  regu¬ 
late  the  time  when  the  lambs  shall  bo  chop¬ 
ped.  A  single  ram  to  ?5  or  100  sheep  should 
be  taken  from  the  flock  at  night,  during  the 
coupling  season  and  well  fed.  it  is  not  wise 
nor  at  all  a  good  practice  to  allow  two  rams 
in  the  same  flock.  If  two  rams  are  to  he 
used,  the  flock  should  be  divided. 

Remedy  for  Stretchc*  in  Sheep.— The  fol¬ 
lowing  is  said  to  be  an  infallible  remedy  for 
this  disease  which,  it  is  asserted,  is  caused  by 
costiveness  brought  on  by  long  use  of  dry 
food  and  want  of  salt : — To  one  pint,  of  milk 
add  five  or  six  tablespoon  fills  of  ashes  ;  set 
over  the  tire  asd  gently  warm.  Dose— four 
to  six  tablespoonfuls  once  in  half  an  hour, 
until  you  hear  a  rumbling  or  looseness  in  the 
bowels.  As  soon  as  the  costiveness  is  re¬ 
moved  the  sheep  will  recover  gradually,  but 


VINEYARD  NOTES 


Grape*  in  Illinois  (iffecled  by  tfie  Winter. 
G.  Drew,  Bunker  Hill,  Macoupin  Co.,  Ill., 
writes  the  Prairie  Farmer  ; — The  following 
grapes  have  proved  hardy  in  this  section  : 
Janesville,  Concord,  Ives  seedling,  Hartford, 
Miller,  Telegraph,  also  a  few  buds  on  North 
Virginia ;  Rogers’  Nos.  3,  23  and  S3  would 
have  been  better  to  cut  them  and  start  again 
for  another  year.  The  following  are  killed 
to  the  ground ; — Croton,  Creveling,  Dela¬ 
ware,  Diana,  Eurnelan,  Herbemont,  Iona, 
Lenoir,  Lydia,  Louisiana,  ltulanda,  Martha, 
Maxatawny,  Othello,  Rogers’  Nos.  1,  4,  19, 
pi,  15,  28,  41  and  44,  Salem,  Sonesqua,  Isa¬ 
bella,  Catawba,  Mead  Seedling.  The  Eurnelan 
has  been  killed  for  the  past  three  winters 
i  except  where  It  has  been  covered  with  earth. 

I  Should  like  to  hear  from  others  what  grapes 
;  have  proved  hardy  with  them  this  winter. 

Limit*  of  the  Seuppernonft. — Samuel  Miller, 

I  of  Bluffton.  Mo.,  says  the  Scuppemong  grape 
cannot  be  grown  north  of  the  upper  line  of 
|  North  Carolina. 


Ice-House  and  Milk  Room-Combined.— 
Will  some  one  give  a  plan  of  an  ice-house 
and  milk-room  combined,  and  description  of 
the  same  in  tho  columns  of  the  Rural  New- 

Yorker.  1  ■  . .  having  such  a 

building  in  successful  operation  would  let  us 
know  something  about  it. — a.  u.  c.  r>. 

We  have  other  Inquiries  for  the  best  kind 
of  an  ice  house— a  plain,  economical  one  that 
will  keep  ice  the  longest  time,  aud  how  built. 
We  have  already  given  directions  for  build¬ 
ing  such,  but  shall  be  glad  to  receive  the  ex¬ 
perience  of  our  readers. 


drains.  Cement  tile  drains,  if  properly  made 
and  well  laid,  will  last  a  life  time  and  do 
good  service. 

The  basement  floors  should  be  laid  on  red 
cedar  sleepers,  and  the  ground  between  them 
dug  out,  and  filled  in  with  rubble  of  brick¬ 
bats  and  small  stones,  and  grouted  two  or 
three  times  over  with  good  strong  grout, 
until  the  whole  is  perfectly  tight  and  solid, 
even  with  the  top  of  the  sleepers.  This  will 
keep  rats,  mice  aud  other  vermin  from  getting 


Iptrg  flf  :i  Pluralist 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  r.  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 

IOOKIKO  OVER  UNE'S  TREAtliRES. 

Sept.  22.— Well  !  I  have  been  at  home  a 
month  to-day,  and  there  are  SO  blank  pages 
in  my  “  Diary,”  which  I  fear  will  never  be 
filled.  But  it  is  far  better  to  have  blank 
pages  in  a  book  than  in  one’s  life,  hence  I 
will  console  myself  by  the  excuse  of  having 
so  much  other  work  to  do  that  writing  has 
been  neglected.  Then  there  were  all  my 
treasures  that  1  gathered  from  the  plains 
and  mountains  to  be  unpacked,  arranged 
and  labeled.  Silver,  lead,  gold  and  other 
precious  metals,  specimens  of  which  were 
brought  hr  me,  must  be  taken  from  their 
hasty  wrappings,  each  labeled  with  name, 
locality  and  the  particular  lode  from  whence 
taken.  As  1  look  over  these,  the  circum¬ 
stances  under  which  they  were  gathered, — 
the  locality,  surrounding  scenes,  and  even 
the  merry  laugh  of  some  of  our  party,  arc 
all  brought  vividly  to  mind.  These  little 
bits  of  rock  or  metal,  of  no  intrinsic,  value  in 
themselves,  become  souvenirs  through  asso¬ 
ciation,  and  years  hence  they  will  be  a  source 
of  pleasure  as  I  travel  the  journey  over  in 
some  of  my  leisure  hours.  It  Is  in  this  light, 
that  we  should  look  upon  the  little  cabinets 
of  keepsakes  which  our  friends  may  have 
gathered  together.  A  paper  of  sand  from 
the  Nile  or  a  dried  flower  from  the  Andes, 
may  be,  through  association,  of  great  value 
to  the  possessor.  A s  1  look  over  the  miner¬ 
als,  plants  or  insects  which  1  brought  home, 

I  recall  facts  in  relation  to  their  history  in  re¬ 
gard  to  habits  or  geographical  distribution 
of  species  which  are  put  down  on  the  credit 
side  of  the  ledger  jus  so  much  knowledge 
gained.  Among  the  4,000  or  5,000  beetles 
collected,  there  are  a  few  new  to  my  cabi¬ 
net,  while  of  others  I  have  learned  something 
of  their  habits.  Here,  for  instance,  is  that 
giant  of  Longieorn  beetles,  Ergatee  apicula- 
tus,  Leo.,  specimens  of  which  had  long  been 
in  my  cabinet,  having  come  from  California  ; 
but  in  what  tree  its  larva  lived,  or  how  far 
east  of  California  it  extended,  1  had  no  means 
of  knowing ;  but  while  encamped  in  the 
mountains  of  Colorado  during  my  late  visit. 

I  caught  a  specimen  of  this  beetle  in  the  very 
act  of  eating  his  way  out  from  the  stem  of  <i 
huge  Plnun  jtonderosa,  where  it  had  lived 
and  undergone  its  various  transformations. 
This  discovery  settled  two  points  in  the  his¬ 
tory  of  this  gigantic  wood  borer,  viz. Thai 
the  larva  lives  in  the  pine  tree,  probably  in 
various  species,  and  that  it  is  a  native  of  the 
Eastern  as  well  as  W estern  slope  of  the  Rocky 
Mountains.  Glancing  over  my  note  book,  1 
find  scores  of  similar  facts  in  regard  to  other 
insects,  as  well  as  plants,  all  of  which  may  be 
of  use  to  me  at  some  future  ti  me.  in  aiding  to 
unravel  mooted  questions  in  relation  to  the 
same.  But  to  know  the  products  of  one 
State  or  Territory,  requires  more  than  a  fly¬ 
ing  visit  of  a  few  weeks  to  enable  the  visitor 
to  learn  much  of  them  ;  still,  if  every  one 
would  only  try  to  learn  a  little,  we  should 
make  progress,  although  ever  so  slow. 

SADDLE  BACK  CATERPILLAR. 


Regal  Walnut  Moth.  This  caterpillar,  al¬ 
though  never  very  abundant,  is  found  feed- 
J  ing  upon  the  black  walnut,  butternut  and 
persimmon. 

I  have  received  a  number  of  specimens 
from  my  correspondents  this  season,  but 
owing  to  bad  packing  and  without  the  proper 
food  being  inclosed  with  them,  they  have  all 
arrived  dead,  or  so  near  it,  that  my  efforts 
to  resuscitate  failed.  By  confining' these 
caterpillars  in  a  box  or  large  jar,  and  feeding 
with  leaves  of  either  of  the  trees  named 
above,  they  can  be  kept  alive  imtil  mature 
and  their  cocoons  secured.  The  following 
spring  the  moths  appear. 

A  CANADIAN  BEETLE  HUNTER. 


SYSTEMATIC  FARMING. 


Daily  Ritual  Life  : — I  am  an  interested 
reader  of  your  “Diary,”  especially  when 
you  treat  on  flowers  and  plants  ;  ancl  as  I  see 
you  are  interested  in  beetles,  I  take  the  lib¬ 
erty  of  sending  you  a  few  in  a  small  wooden 
box  marked  With  inv  initials,  “S.  H.”  My 
wife  made  considerable  fun  of  me  running 
round  with  a  bottle  of  alcohol,  catching  beet¬ 
le?  to  send  to  yon ;  but  by-and  by  she  became 
Interested  and  assisted  me.  Perhaps  you  will 
consider  them  only  very  common  specimens  ; 
but  as  this  was  my  first  attempt  at  beetling, 
you  must  excuse  youra  truly,  Samuel  Hun¬ 
ter,  Scotland ,  Ont. 

1  know  of  another  woman  who  has  her 
little  fun  at  her  husband's  expense,  all  aris¬ 
ing  out  of  this  beetle  question.  When  I  get 
up  at  3  or  4  o’clock  in  the  morning,  in  order 
to  get  some  choice  lot  of  insects  worked  up, 
Mrs.  “  Ruralist”  often  expresses  her  belief 
that  I  am  half  crazy  ;  and  she  may  be  right, 
for  1  have  usually  noticed  that  men  or  women 
who  happen  to  devote  a  portion  of  them  lives 
to  any  pursuit  in  which  making  money  is  not 
the  most  prominent  object,  are  considered 
very  near,  if  not  quite,  fit  subjects  for  a  lu¬ 
natic  asylum.  Of  Course,  there  were  speci¬ 
mens  among  those  sent  which  are  of  value 
to  me,  and  I  am  much  obliged  for  the  same. 
If  you  or  I  knew  the  true  history  of  only  the 
dozen  species  sent,  wc  would  know  some¬ 
thing  of  which  the  wisest  man  among  us  is 
now  ignorant.  To  know  when  and  where 
the  eggs  of  the  different  species  are  laid, 
upon  what  the  larva  or  worm  feeds,  and  how 
long  it  lives,  its  size,  color  and  form.  Then 
we  would  line  to  know  something  of  the 
pupa  state,  its  duration  and  appearance. 
But  at  present  we  merely  know  but  tho  per¬ 
fect,  insects,  of  thousands  of  species,  which  is 
but  one  stage  of  the  four  through  which  all 
insects  pass.  The  history  of  bur,  compara¬ 
tively  few  insects  is  as  yet  known,  but  in 
some  future  age,  when  men  and  women  will 
not  be  laughed  at  for  studying  natural  tilings 
or  for  looking  “through  Nature  up  to  Na¬ 
ture’s  Gou,”  Entomology  will  receive  due 
consideration. 


Sept.  23.— Daily  Rural  Life.— I  will  send 
to  the  Rural  olfl.ee  a  bottle  containing  two 
caterpillars  for  name.  They  live  on  corn 
stalks,  the  loaves  of  which  they  devour  in 
great  numbers,  often  stripping  them  l In 
whole  Length  to  The  midrib,  When  the\ 
touch  one’s  flesh  they  produce  a  prickling, 
stinging  sensation  which  lasts  only  a  few 
minutes.  I  do  not  find  u  description  of  then, 
in  “Harris  on  Insects.”  The  Tennesseeans 
call  them  “  pack-saddles,” — M.  J.  Carter, 
Warren  Vo.,  MaMtnnviUe ,  Tenn. 

The  strange-loolcing  caterpillars,  about  an 
inch  long,  armed  with  prickly  horns  and  a 
bright  green  saddle-shaped  patch  over  the 
middle  of  the  body,  containing  a  round,  dark 
brown  spot  on  the  back,  is  the  larva  of  a 
moth  known  to  Entomologists  as  Empretia 
stimulea,  Clemens.  These  caterpillars  are 
found  feeding  upon  various  trees,  but  per¬ 
haps  more  abundantly  on  corn  than  other 
plants.  Their  prickles  certainly  have  very 
decided  stinging  qualities. 

ROYAL  HORNED  CATERPILLAR. 

Daily  Rural  Life  Have  sent  you  by 
mail  in  a  tin  box,  a  large  worm,  resembling 
a  tomato  worm,  hut  somewhat  different.  It 
was  found  in  the  woods. — W,  L.  Akers. 

The  large,  green  caterpillar,  ornamented 
with  quite  conspicuous  horns— those  near  the 
head  being  much  tkelongast,  is  known  under 
tho  popular  name  given  above.  This  im¬ 
mense  caterpillar  which  sometimes  attains  a 
length  of  nearly  six  inches,  is  the  larva  of  a 
beautiful  moth  known  as  Ceratocampa  regu- 
lis,  Harris,  or  by  the  common  name  of 


POTTING  TUBEROSES. 

Sept.  25. — Seldom  do  we  succeed  in  getting 
all  the  Tuberoses  planted  in  spring  to  finish 
blooming  before  frosts.  In  our  Northern  cli¬ 
mate  the  seasons  are  too  short  to  get  the  full 
benefit  of  these  plants  unless  the  tubers  are 
started  in  the  house  or  hotbeds  early  in 
spring.  Although  my  earliest-started  plant-, 
have  nearly  finished  blooming,  there  are  still 
many  others  upon  which  the  first  flowers 
have  not  opened,  and  to  secure  these  I  have 
lifted  the  plants  and  put  them  in  good-sized 
pots  and  set  them  in  the  house.  For  the  first 
two  or  three  days  after  potting,  the  plants 
should  be  placed  in  a  dark  or  very  shady 
place;  to  prevent  wilting,  and  permit  the 
roots  to  take  hold  of  the  soil  before  being 
called  upon  to  supply  the  leaves  and  stems 
with  any  considerable  amount  of  sap.  With 
very  little  care  in  lifting  the  plants  the  soil 
can  lie  retained  in  a  ball  about  the  roots,  and 
the  moving  will  not  check  the  blooming  but 
very  little,  if  any.  Our  florists  practice  this 
-ystem  quite  extensively,  and  Tuberose  flow¬ 
ers  commaud  a  good  price  about  the  holidays. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

Mignonette  in  Houses.— Minnie  C.  says, 
in  Floral  Cabinet,  of  plants  that  blossom  all 
the  year  round,  that  nothing  exceeds  the 
Heliotrope,  and  gives  the  following  directions 
regarding  it : — 1  am  hardly  ever  without  a 
blossoming  plant,  and  to  me  Has  delicate 
little  fragrant  plant,  filling  almost  a  whole 
room  with  its  fragrance,  is  one  of  the  sweet¬ 
est  little  gems  we  can  cultivate,  either  in  the 
house  or  garden.  I  set  my  old  plants  in  the 
garden  last  spring,  filled  with  blossoms,  and 
m  September  I  cut  one  of  them  down,  leav¬ 
ing  only  the  new  shoots.  I  put  it  in  a  small 
pot  of  very  rich  leaf-mold  and  cow  manure, 
gave  it  a  sunny  place,  and  now  it  is  a  large 
and  flourishing  plant,  with  a  bud  on  every 
branch,  and  many  of  them  in  blossom.  At 
the  same  time  that  I  cut  this  one  down  I 
tilled  a  pot  with  slips  and  these  have  been  in 
blossom  a  month,  so  I  find  slips  will  blossom 
sooner,  but  the  old  plant  will  usually  be  the 
largest. 


er  COST  OF  PRODUCTION. 

pi  “  The  problem  for  the  agriculturist  is,  To 
ts  Ret  t,ie  highest  aereahle  product,  (not  of 
Re  quantity  merely,  but  of  value.)  from  the 
ig  smallest  cash  investment  ;  and  the  practical 
■ti  mode  of  solving  this  problem  makes  the 
re  whole  difference  between  tho  thriftless  and 
,g  the  thrifty  farmer.” 

In  quoting  the  above  passage  from  my  last 
communication,  as  a  text  for  the  present 
^  article,  it  furnishes  an  opportunity  to  correct 
n  an  error  of  the  press  which  made  the  prob- 
,e  lem,  as  first  printed,  unintelligible.  It,  is 
i-  here,  correctly  presented,  and  heir.g,  in  every 
"  view,  an  important  inquiry,  I  proceed  to  the 
further  consideration  of  it. 

t-  In  every  crop  the  farmer  plants  he  has 
e  two  objects  in  view— 1st,  to  get  as  large  a 
.  yield  per  acre  as  possible,  and,  2d,  to  keep 
/'  down  the  cost  per  bushel  ns  low  as  possible, 
i-  These  two  results  do  not  always  or  necessari¬ 
ly  meet  in  tho  same  crop,  thougli  in  a  perfect 
r  system  of  culture  this  would  more  often 
j.  occur.  A  large  yield  is  always  a  legitimate 
I,  Aim,  and  is  sure  to  be  profitable  in  one  way, 
r  if  not  in  another.  A  crop  may  be  so  ex- 
,,  pensively  raised  aB  to  cost  more  than  it  will 
f  3eli  for,  even  when  prices  rule  high,  and  yet 
,,  R  may  be  worth  to  the  owner  all  that  it  cost 
□  him,  and  more.  In  the  light  of  an  agricul- 
8  t.ural  experiment,  it  contains  instruction,  ancl 
t  R  made  with  special  reference  to  this  object, 

1  R  may  prove  extremely  valuable  ;  and  not 
.  merely  this,  but  it  has  the  further  advantage 
.  of  leaving  the  land  in  better  condition  for 
»  future  crops.  The  farmer,  for  example,  who 
invests  more  heavily  than  usual  in  his  com 
-  crop,  in  the  expectation  of  a  proportionate 
.  yield,  though  he  may  fail  to  realize  tho  full 
3  fruition  of  hiB  plans,  is  at  least  tolerably  sure 
}  of  more  than  an  ordinary  yield,  and  derives 
in  addition,  other  incidental  benefits  in  the 
r  extra  tillage,  the  extra  manure,  and  the 
i  destruction  of  weeds.  These  advantages  are 
,  not  confined  to  the  first,  season,  but  reappear 
in  succeeding  crops,  and,  if  taken  in  the  ag- 
.  gregate,  will  probably  ret  urn  his  outlay  and 
.  leave  him  a  margin.  As  a  rule,  I  have  little 
doubt,  tli at  all  unusual  disbursments  Incurred 
for  the  purpose  of  increasing  the  product  per 
acre,  if  made  with  ordinary  judgment,  will 
be  found,  in  the  end,  remunerative.  The 
man  who  sets  out  with  a  determination  to 
get  a  large  yield,  cheaply  if  he  can,  but  a 
large  yield  anyhow,  will  be  very  likely  to 
gain  Jus  first  point  ;  but  the  product  will* pos¬ 
sibly  cost  him  more  than  it  will  bring.  Yet 
even  in  this  case,  reckless  as  it  seems,  the 
ultimate  loss  is  less,  and  tho  incidental  bene¬ 
fits  of  more  value  than  most  of  us  would  sus¬ 
pect.  A  crop  thus  raised,  even  if  not  man¬ 
aged  with  the  best  of  judgment,  is,  at  least, 
a  step  in  the  right  direction.  It  is  an  effort 
to  develop  the  highest  possibility  of  the  soil. 

It  aims  at  a  high  mark.  Grant  that  it  fails 
to  hit  on  the  first  trial ;  yet  this  man.  or 
another  inspired  by  his  example,  will  some 
day  hit  the  mark  and  give  to  the  world  a 
larger  result  than  any  on  record.  This  point  1 
gained,  some  other  champion  will  then  dis¬ 
cover  how  to  reduce  the  cost  of  such  a  pro-  ' 
duct,  without  reducing  the  amount.  J 

I  lately  heard  a  practical  farmer  express 
himself  as  follows: — “I  have  heard  tell  of  ! 
fifty  or  sixty  bushels  of  wheat,  and  a  hun 
drud  bushels  of  corn  to  the  acre.  I  don’t  ' 
exactly  believe  in  it,  but  I’m  going  to  try  it  1 
for  myself.  If  another  man  can  do  it,  why  ' 
can’t  I?  If  I  don’t  reach  it,  I’d  like  to  see 
how  near  I  can  come.  I’m  not  over  anxious 
to  throw  away  money,  but  I’m  bound  to  nut  ‘ 
this  through,  even  if  the  crop  costs  me  two  j 
or  three  dollars  a  bushel.  I  want  to  find  out  * 
what  my  farm  is  good  for.  If  I  lose  money 
this  year,  perhaps  I’ll  learn  enough  to  make 
it  up  the  next..  So  I’ll  go  to  reading  the  J 
farmers’  papers,  to  loan)  what  other?  have  i 
done,  and  how  they’ve  done  it.”  This  man  u 
seems  a  little  reckless,  but  he  is  evidently  * 
earnest,  sensible  and  means  business.  He  t 
will  probably  lose  money  the  first  year.  But  s 
ii  he  avoids  serious  mistakes,  it  may  prove  b 
the  most  profitable  crop  he  ever  raised.  If  t: 
it  should  even  have  no  other  effect  than  to  ” 
make  lu'm  a  reader  of  agricultural  journals,  i- 
it  would,  by  this  alone,  repay  the  investment  p 
many  fold.  tl 

But  it  is  not  every  farmer  that  can  afford  ^ 
to  adopt  this  course.  It  is  true  of  most  cul¬ 
tivators  of  the  soil,  as  T  have  stated  in  a  a 
former  article,  that  they  “  cannot  put  more  sc 
than  a  limited  expense  on  each  acre,  even  61 
though  every  additional  dollar  should  bring 
back  a  hundredfold.”  Yet  any  intelligent  jj 
man,  even  of  very  moderate  means,  who  has  la 


the  spirit  and  resolution  indicated  above,  may 
adopt  a  plan  leading  to  results  substantially 
similar,  by  cultivating  less  ground.  Suppose, 
for  example,  that  farmer  Johnson  intends 
next  season  to  put  three  acres  into  oats,  four 
acres  into  wheat,  two  acre3  into  corn  and 
three  or  four  acres  into  potatoes  and  other 
o  root  crops.  He  doubtless  knows,  or  should 
>f  know  before  com  mencing,  just  what  amount 
e  of  labor  and  material  he  can  afford  to  put 
d  on  each  crop.  All  that  is  necessary  is  simply 
e  to  reduce  the  number  of  acres  by  at  least 
cl  one-third,  or  still  better,  by  one- half.  At 
the  same  time  let  him  not  reduce  the  ex- 
t  penseof  cultivation,  but  apply  to  each  crop 
t  the  full  amount  of  labor  and  manure  origin- 
t  ally  intended.  Let  him  also  improve  his 

-  mode  of  culture,  as  far  as  it  Is  possible  to  do 
s  ko  without  increased  expense,  by  consulting 

—  the  recorded  experience  of  successful  men. 
3  Having  thus  determined  the  best  method  or 

system  for  each  crop,  let  him  apply  this 
8  knowledge  to  the  full  extent  of  his  means, 
t  and  when  at  the  end  of  the  season  he  has 
j  gathered  tn  his  crops,  he  will  be.  in  a  position 
to  estimate  the  value  of  the  experiment,  and 
’  will  begin  to  realize  what  is  meant  by  sys- 
t  tematic  fanning.  Conrad  Wilson. 

[  Sloatsburg,  X.  Y. 


■ 

TOP-DRESSINGS  AND  SALT. 

I  Great  mistakes  are  sometimes  made  by 
the  use  of  nitrate  of  soda  alone  on  poor  lands 
as  a  top-dressing.  It  contains  very  few  ele¬ 
ments  of  manure,  therefore  the  intensely 
green  and  improved  color  of  the  crop  is  de¬ 
lusive,  which  I  have  observed,  aud  this  is 
also  the  opinion  of  Baron  Liebig  (see  his 
“Modern  Agriculture,”  letter  4,  p.  53).  I 
much  prefer  and  always  use  the  best  Peru¬ 
vian  guano,  mixed  Well  with  its  own  weight 
of  common  salt  ,  for  in  this  mixture  you  have 
nearly  all  the  elements  of  plants,  excepting 
potash  and  silica.  A  comparative  trial  in 
the  same  field  will  give  satisfactory  evidence 
when  the  crop  is  harvested.  With  nitrate 
of  soda  the  growth  of  straw  is  forced,  aud  it 
is  often  mildewed.  There  are  caseR  whore 
nitrate  of  soda  is  advantageous,  such  as  on 
soils  abounding  in  phosphate  of  lime  and 
other  fertile  elements. 

Common  salt  I  have  used  much  the  last 
twenty-five  years,  and  am  convinced  of  its 
advantages  on  drained  and  well-fanned  land, 
especially  on  light  land  ;  for  whore  salt  is 
used  tiie  moisture  of  the  uir  will  be  more 
abundantly  appropriated  and  retained. 
About  five  o’clock  one  fine  summer’s  morn¬ 
ing,  I  noticed  that  where  the  salt  had  been 
sown  the  previous  day,  every  grain  of  salt 
had  attracted  to  itself  the  dew,  and  formed 
on  the  surface  of  the  ground  a  wot  spot 
about  the  size  of  a  sixpence,  the  ground  be¬ 
ing  generally  very  dry.  On  our  light  lands 
it  consolidates  them,  and  makes  them  es¬ 
pecially  firm  and  aeceptabie  to  the  wheat 
plant,  whose  straw  will  stand  firm  and 
erect,  although  4)4  to  5  feet  long.  It  is  also 
unfavorable  to  certain  weeds  by  this  consid¬ 
eration.  It  prevents  the  ravages  of  wire- 
worm,  It  is  especially  favorable  to  saline 
plants,  such  as  mangold,  whose  ashes  contain 
fifty  per  cent,  of  salt.  I  never  sow  guano, 
except  mixed  with  its  own  weight  of  salt. 
Like  everything  else,  it  has,  I  am  sorry  to 
say,  greatly  risen  in  price.  I  observe  that 
|  all  crops  seem  to  thrive  well  on  land  near 
salt  water,  especially  where  the  land  is 
drained.  Lumps  of  rock  salt  should  always 
be  placed  in  mangers  for  horses  or  cattle ; 
their  instinct  teaches  them  when  to  avail  of 
it.  Tiie  spring  consolidation  of  light  land, 
where  wheat  is  sown,  by  salting  und  heavy 
CroHskilliug,  greatly  benefits  the  crop  ;  very 
light  hand-hoeing  should  follow  these  oper¬ 
ations,  although  frequent  hoeing  is  scarcely 
required.  Liebig,  in  his  “  Natural  Laws  of 
Husbandry,”  cap.  xii,  p.  335,  correctly  de¬ 
sert  bes  nitrate  of  soda  and  common  salt  as 
'cbeinicul  means  for  preparing  the  soil.” 
Referring  to  the  experiments,  he  says  (p. 
337)  :  “In  both  these  series  of  experiments, 
the  crops  of  com  and  straw  were  remarkably 
increased  by  the  addition  of  common  salt ; 
and  it  is  scarcely  necessary  to  repeat  that 
?uch  an  augmentation  could  not  possibly 
have  taken  place  unless  the  soil  had  con¬ 
tained  it  certain  quantity  of  phosphoric  acid, 
silicic  acid  potash,  etc.,  capable  of  being 
brought  into  operation,  but  which,  without 
common  salt,  was  not  assimilable.”  Liebig 
also  says  (p.  310) :  “  The  grass  of  a  meadow 
which  has  been  manured  with  common  salt, 
is  eaten  by  cattle  with  greater  relish,  and 
preferred  to  any  other  ;  so  that  even  from 
thi?  point  of  view  common  salt  deserves  at-  • 
tention  as  a  manure.”— J.  J.  Mcchi. 


Lime  should  not  be  mixed  with  manure  of 
any  sort,  unless  there  is  a  large  supply  of  ab¬ 
sorbing  material  mixed  with  it  (the  manure) 
such  as  muck,  loam,  charcoal,  leaf  mold,  &c., 
and  then  only  where  it  is  desirable  to  hasten 
decomposition.  Unless  this  is  tho  object  the 
lime  should  always  be  applied  directly  to  the 
laud.  Salt  may  be  mixed  with  it. 


MOOBE’3  BUBAL  WEW-YOBKER. 


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DINNER  TABLE  DECORATIONS. 

We  copy  the  following  article  and  the 
accompanying  illustration  (see  page  237)  from 
The  Garden,  an  English  publication.  It  will 
afford  the  readers  of  the  Rural  New- Yorker 
hints  by  which  they  may  profit.  During 
the  autumn  and  winter  season  these  florid 
embellishments  arc  specially  desirable.  Their 
arrangement  need  not  be  of  an  expensive 
character,  while  a  most  charming  variety 
may  be  indulged  in  to  almost  any  extent  by 
those  who  possess  a  keen  sense  of  the  beauti¬ 
ful  in  nature  and  art.  The  general  arrange¬ 
ment  for  a  small  pa  rty  of  six  to  eight  persons 
is  to  have  three  of  these  light  stands,  the 
central  one  a  few  inches  taller  than  the 
others,  or  even  if  they  are  all  of  the  same 
liight,  a  little  tact  in  arranging  the  longest 
spikes  of  flowers,  or  sprays  of  foliage,  in  the 
central  vaso  will  remedy  this  sameness  and 
formality.  Another  arrangement  is  to  have, 
a  March  stand  for  the  center  piece,  and  a  pa  ir 
of  simple  glass  vases— the  plain  trumpet 
pattern  being  preferable— one  on  each  side, 
while  occasionally,  for  a  very  small  party, 
one  stand  neatly  furnished  will  be  sfilliciently 
effective. 

As  to  the  manner  in  which  Mowers  should 
be  arranged  no  amount  of  written  instruc¬ 
tions  would  teach  so  much  a.;-  a  glance  at  the 
accompanying  illustrations— which  huve  been 
carefully  made  from  first  prize  groups.  Next 
to  ferns,  ornamental  grasses  occupy  a  promi¬ 
nent  position,  some  of  the  common  species 
being  invaluable  for  dinner  table  decoration. 
There  is  a  delicate  grace  about  them  not 
posiessed  by  a  ny  other  plants,  and  they  have 
the.  additional  advantage  of  lasting  for  any 
length  of  time  when  carefully  dried.  Some 
of  the  more  delicate  growing  Horse-tails  are 
valuable  aids  in  this  way,  and  keep  fresh  for 
a  long  time  in  water,  while  feathery  sprays 
of  the  common  Asparagus  have  few  equals 
for  delicate  green  freshness  and  beauty. 
Nearly  all  ferns  may  lie  pressed  into  this 
service,  and  among  flowering  plants  the  most 
useful  for  this  purpose  vary  according  to  the 
season,  but  preference  should  be  given  to 
bold  flowers  of  graceful  form  and  decided 
colors.  Eucharls  Valid  ta,  many  kinds  of 
Lilies,  Crinums,  Pancratiums,  and  the  lovely 
blue  African  Lily  {Agupanthw)  are  specially 
to  be  recommended.  The  wax-like  flowers 
of  both  the  rosy  and  white  Lap.ageria  may 
be  neatly  mounted  on  wires  and  suspended 
from  the  margins  of  the  vase,  where  they 
look  natural  and  have  a  good  elf  iet..  Sprays 
of  Jasmine,  white  Bouvardias,  and  pearly 
Stephanotis  will  suggest  themselves  for  this 
use,  and  some  Orchids  are  very  chaste  and 
beautiful. 

The  use  of  the  choicest  exotics  may  be 
indulged  in,  if  they  are  procurable,  but  they 
are  by  no  means  absolutely  essential  in  order 
to  compose  a  truly  effective  vase.  The  dec¬ 
orations  here  figured  contain  very  few  flow¬ 
ers,  and  still  they  were  very  beautiful  and 
much  admired  by  all  who  saw  them.  The 
bases  of  the  stands  are  concealed  by  a  fringe 
of  large  Fern  froads,  on  which  are  laid  flow¬ 
ers  of  the  snowy  Eucharis  and  the  fiery 
Scarborough  Lily  alternately.  Among  these, 
the  beautiful  blue  buds  and  flowers  of  Aga- 
panthus  umbelluius  peep  here  and  there, 
bright  as  the  sky  on  a  line  autumnal  day,  and 
the  effect  of  tiio  lower  part  is  still  further 
enhanced  by  the  judicious  use  of  Lagxirus 
ovatus  and  other  graceful  ornamental  grasses. 
The  tier  above  is  fringed  with  Maiden  hair 
Ferns,  beneath  which  hang  the  beautifully- 
formed  blooms  of  both  the  rosy  and  white- 
flowered  L  ipagerias.  The  other  flowers 
here,  as  below,  a, re  Eucharis  and  Valiota, 
with  the  addition  of  Framciscea  c alycinn, 
Rondetclia  speciosa ,  and  blue  African  Lily. 
The  trumpet-shaped  vases  above  are  lightly 
filled  with  spikes  of  Chclone  barbata  or  scar¬ 
let  Pentstemon  and  light  grasses,  the  whole 
forming  a  most  charming  arrangement.  The 
trumpet-shaped  vases  above  are  filled  with 
water,  but  the  flat  receptacles  below,  which 
are  concealed  by  the  flowers  and  drooping 
foliage,  arc  filled  with  wet  sand,  which  is 
equally  as  good  for  preserving  the  flowers, 
and  also  afforels  a  firmer  hold,  each  flower 
remaining  in  it  exactly  where  it  is  placed. 


FEUIT  ON  THE  TABLE. 

First  in  the  list  of  dinner- table  decorations 
we  would  place  a  dish  of  choice  fruit.  There 
is  something  quite  appetizing  in  the  appear¬ 
ance  of  such  an  ornament,  although  it  does 
not  lead  to  gluttony  ;  and  a  cheerful  looking 
table  tends  greatly  to  put  those  who  surround 
it  in  the  same  mood,  and  thereby  aid  diges¬ 
tion.  Apples  and  pears  are  very  abundant 


in  almost  every  part  of  the  country  ;  but 
judging  from  our  own  observation  nob  one 
housewife  in  twenty  ever  thinks  of  setting  a 
dish  of  them  upon  the  table  to  bo  eaten  with 
the  regular  meals  at  the  very  time  that  fruit 
should  be  used  to  promote  health.  It  may 
not  always  lie  convenient  to  have  fruit  upon 
the  table,  but  other  things  may’  boused  to 
take  its  place  as  an  ornament  if  not  for  food. 

ROWERS  ON  THE  TABLE. 

In  summer  a  bouquet  of  flowers  set  in  a 
vase,  or  a  few  sprigs  of  some  handsome 
plants,  no  matter  whether  Lhe-y  are  rare  or 
otherwise,  let  something  of  this  kind  be  used 
to  make  the  table  look  cheerful  and  Inviting 
in  addition  t.< » 1  lie  food  placed  before  the  f;un 
ily.  The  arrangement  of  a  few  loaves  will 
soon  become  a  study  for  the  whole  household, 
each  and  every  member  will  sooner  or  later 
want  a  hand  in  this  matter,  and  excellent, 
relined,  artistic  taste  will  grow  out  of  so 
small  a  thing  as  a  bunch  of  flowers  or  a  hand¬ 
ful  of  leaves. 

In  winter,  sprigs  of  evergreens,  dined  grass¬ 
es,  or  immortelles  may  be  used.  A  few  plant  s 
of  creeping  myrtle  or  ivy  can  be  placed  in 
the  cellar  or  left  outside,  where  they  can  be 
reached  any  time  during  cold  weather,  and  a 
few  twigs  of  these  brought  into  use  when¬ 
ever  required. 

Those  who  keep  house  plants  always  have 
tlie  materials  at  hand  for  table  decorations, 
and  they  should  be  used  liberally  and  con 
stautly,  varying  the  arrangement  as  often  and 
widely  as  possible.  If  we  could  only  impress 
upon  mothers,  and  housewives  in  general,  the 
importance  of  placing  food  before  their 
household  in  an  attractive  dress,  as  well  as 
making  it  wholesome,  we  should  feel  well 
repaid  for  giving  daily  or  weekly  lectures 
upon  this  subject.  It  is  not  costly  dishes  or 
their  number  that  make  a  table  look  invit¬ 
ing,  but  it  consists  more  in  the  arrangement, 
with  those  little  undescribable  touches  which 
a  woman  of  taste  gives  without  knowing  why 
or  wherefore.  It  is  these  little  things  that 
make  home  attractive,  and  stamp  the  char¬ 
acter  of  men  and  women. 

- ♦♦♦ - . 

DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 


Chowder.— Cover  the  bottom  of  a  stove 
kettle  with  slices  of  fat  pork  ;  over  this  a 
layer  of  fresh  fish,  and  a  layer  of  potatoes, 
pared ;  then  slices  of  pork  again,  and  fish 
and  potatoes  ;  and  so  proceed  until  the  kettle 
is  full.  Sprinkle  each  layer  slightly  with 
pepper,  and  salt,  if  the  pork  is  fresh.  Some 
prefer  butter  Instead  of  the  pork,  except  for 
the  bottom  layer.  Onions  are  sliced  in  as 
seasoning  by  those  who  prefer  them.  Pour 
over  this  one  quart  of  water,  cover  tightly, 
and  stew  nearly  an  hour,  or  until  the  pota¬ 
toes  arc  done.  The  length  of  time  in  which 
it  will  cook  will  vary  somewhat,  according 
to  the  size  of  the  potatoes. — Julia.  M.  W. 

Salt-Pining  Bread.— Having  seen  a  request 
iu  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  for  a  recipe  for 
salt-rising  bread,  J.  have,  concluded  to  re¬ 
spond,  as  no  one  else  has  done  so.  To  one 
pi ut  of  boiling  water,  add  lX  Lcaspoonfnl  salt, 
%  teaspoonful  soda,  one  table  spoonful  sugar, 
(brown  is  best)  ;  when  cool  enough  to  bear 
the  finger  in  it,  thicken  with  flour  to  the 
consistence  of  jelly  cake  ;  put  into  a  vessel  of 
warm  water,  and  keep  just  as  warm  as  tho 
batter  will  bear  without  cooking  It.  It  will 
rise  about  the  middle  of  the  day,  if  started 
about  six  iu  the  morning;  this,  with  water 
added  will  make  two  small  loaves.— e. 

Green  Pea  Soup.— Boil  one.  quart  of  green 
pens  twenty  minutes  in  two  quarts  of  water; 
then  add  one  quart  of  fresh  milk.  Make  a 
thin  batter  of  one  egg,  one-half  cup  of  milk 
(sweet),  two  heaping  tablespoons  of  flour. 
When  the  soup  boils  drop  this  into  it,  a 
spoonful  at  a.  time,  and  let  it  boil  about  a 
minute  after  the  dumplings  are  put  in.  Sea¬ 
son  with  pepper  and  salt.  Very  nice  soup 
may  bo  made  in  this  way  by  using  green 
sweet  com,  cut  from  the  cob,  instead  of  peas; 
and  potatoes  pared  and  sliced,  with  on  onion 
or  two  added,  makes  an  excellent  soup  after 
this  manner.— Hope  Evermore. 

A  Few  Words  About  Washing.— Put  your 
clothes  iu  a  good  suds  the  day  before  wash¬ 
ing  ;  in  the  morning  wash  out  of  the  water, 
warming  it  by  the  addition  of  hot  water  if 
desirable  ;  put  into  boiling  water,  let  them 
boil  ten  or  fifteen  minutes  ;  wash  out  of  the 
boil  suds  with  the  hands;  rinse,  hang  out 
and  dry.  If  you  are  not  satisfied  with  the 
plan,  please  let  us  know  through  the  Rural. 
I  have  washed  in  this  way  for  some  years 
and  am  always  successful  in  having  wlute 
clothes,  and  getting  my  washing  out  early  in 
the  day. — E.,  Lennar  line,  Pa. 

Quickly-Made  Fruit  Cake. — Take  3  egg-, 
1  cup  of  tour  cream,  1  cup  of  butter,  4  cups 
of  flour,  cups  of  j  akriua,  chopped  fine,  S 
cups  of  brown  sugar,  1  fceasne*  aiful  of  soda, 
1  of  cloves,  and  1  of  cinnamon  ;  bake  slowly. 


This  skin  of  an  animal,  whether  cow,  calf, 
colt,  or  horse,  that  dies  on  the  farm,  is  worth 
more  at  home  than  at  the  tanner’s.  Cut  it 
into  narrow  strips,  and  shave  off  the  hair 
with  a  sharp  knife  before  the  kitchen  fire,  or 
in  your  workshop,  on  stormy  days  and  even 
mgs.  You  may  make  them  soft  by  rubbing. 
A  rawludo  halter-strap  an  inch  wide,  will 
hold  a  hor.se  better,  and  last  longer  than  an 
inch  rope.  It  is  8‘ronger  than  hoop*iron  and 
more  durabK  and  may  be  Used  t  o  hoop  dry 
casks  and  boxes,  and  for  Iduges.  Try  it  on  a 
broken  thill,  or  any  wood-work  that  has  been 
split.  Put  it  on  wet,  and  nail  fast,.  Thin 
skins  make  the  best  bag-strings  in  the  world. 
A  rawhide  rope  is  a  good  substitute  for  a 
chain.  It  is  valuable  to  mend  a  broken  link 
in  a  trace  chain.  For  some  purposes  it  is 
best  to  use  it  in  Its  natural  state.  For  some 
pur  [loses  it  may  he  dressed  soft. 

- »  ♦  » 

WANTS  A  SIPHON. 


Mr  farm  is  situated  on  the  north  side  of 
the  ridge  road  ;  a  creek  to  the  south  of  it 
runs  parallel  afc  a  distance  of  about  twenty 
roils,  and  1  wish  to  know  if  a  siphon  can  be 
successfully  laid  from  this  creek  over  Hie 
ridge  to  my  barn-yard,  which  will  insure  a 
fall  of  five  or  six  feet.  What  depth  will  bo 
neees  ary  to  lay  the  to  pipe  to  avoid  freezing  l 
What,  sized  pipe  will  be  required  tv  Carrv  the 
water  three-quarters  of  a  mile  ?  ’.Vliat'kind 
of  pipe  ?  The  length  of  pipe  necessary  for 
the  fall  of  live  feet  is  about  forty  rods,  and 
wii.it  will  he  the  t,o‘cl  approximate  cost  of 
pipe,  laying.  &c,  i  This  and  any  othor  inf  or 
ination  relating  to  the  siphon  will  oblige. — 
A.  .J.  Chav,  Jeddo,  IV.  1 . 

We  have  had  no  practical  experience  with 
siphons  tor  conducting  water.  During  the 
past,  year  or  two  we  have  published  several 
articles  upon  the  subject,  to  which  our  cor- 
rosond  nfc  is  respectfully  referred.  We  have 
no  doubt  water  can  bo  conveyed  in  a  siphon 
as  he  desires  ;  but  wo  have  to  ask  our  read- 
ore,  who  have  had  practical  experience,  to 
give  him  tho  benefit  thereof. 

- - 

SCIENTIFIC  AND  USEFUL  NOTES. 

Adhesive  Paste  for  Hot  tie  Label  Four 
parts  by  weight  of  glue  are  allowed  to  soften 
in  fifteen  parts  of  cold  water  for  some  hours, 
.and  then  moderately  heated  till  the  solution 
becomes  quite  clear.  Sixty-five  parts  of 
boiling  water  are  now  added  wit  h  stirring. 
In  another  vessel  thirty  parts  of  starch  paste 
are  stirred  up  with  twenty  parts  of  cold 
water,  so  that  a  thin  milky  fluid  is  obtained 
without  lumps.  Into  this  the  boiling  glue 
solution  is  poured,  with  constant  stirring, 
and  tlie  whole  is  kept  at  the  boiling  temper 
ature.  After  cooling,  ten  drops  of  carbolic 
acid  are  added  to  the  paste.  This  paste  is  of 
extraordinary  adhesive  power,  and  if  pre¬ 
served  in  closed  bottle  to  prevent  evaporation 
of  the  'water,  will  keep  good  for  years. 

Coach  Varnish.— F.  M.  Cooper  asks  for  a 
recipe  for  making  conch  varnish.  The  fol¬ 
lowing  varnish  is  intended  for  the  body  parts 
of  coaches  and  other  similar  vehicles  intend¬ 
ed  for  polishing  :— Fuse  eight  pounds  cf  flue 
African  gum  copal ;  add  two  gallons  of  clar¬ 
ified  oil ;  boil  it  very  slowly  for  four  or  fivo 
hours  until  quite  stringy  ;  mix  with  three 
gallons  and  a  half  of  turpentine  ;  strain  off 
and  pour  into  a  vessel.  As  this  is  too  slow  iu 
drying,  coach -makers,  painters,  &c.,  have 
introduced  to  two  parts  of  the  above,  varnish 
one  made  as  follow  - : — Eight  pounds  of  fine, 
pale  gum  ammo  ;  two  gallons  clarified  oil ; 
three  and  a  half  gallons  of  turpentine  ;  to  be 
boiled  four  hours.  This  varnish  is  not  the 
kind  mod  by  cabinet  makers. 

A  Valuable  Cement,. — The  following  is  a 
useful  cement  to  fasten  objects  of  wood  to 
others  of  metal,  glass,  stone,  etc.  Good 
cabinet  makers’  glue  is  warmed  up  with 
water  to  the  consistency  necessary  to  con- 
n-ct  wooden  objects  ;  then  add  enough  sifted 
ashes  to  bring  it  to  tlie  thickness  of  a  varnish. 
The  cement  should  be  applied  to  the  surface 
of  the  objects  to  he  united  when  warm,  and 
then  they  should  bo  pressed  together  tightly. 
After  cooling  and  drying,  the  surfaces  are  bo 
strongly  united,  as  to  require  great  force  to 
separate  them.  Gilnding  stones  fastened  on 
wood,  and  handles  to  painters’  stones  for 
grinding  colors,  have  been  used  for  more 
than  a  year  without  exhibiting  any  appear¬ 
ance  of  fracture. 

Improved  Drawing  Ink. — The  addition  of 
one  part  of  carbolic  acl  d  to  eighty  parts  cf 
tlie  fluid  India  ink,  while  it  does  not  impair 
its  fluidity,  causes  it  to  dry  rapidly  even  in 
heavy  lines,  so  that  they  can  be  varnished 
over.  The  proper  amount  of  carbolic  aoid  to 


be  added  in  any  case  may  bo  ascertained  by 
adding  drop  by  drop  tho  ordinary  apothe¬ 
cary's  solution  of  it  in  alcohol  until  varnish- 
ishuig  does  not.  affect  the  definition  of  a  test 
line  by  causing  It  to  run.  The  addition  of  too 
much  carbolic  acid  is  indicated  by  the  trans¬ 
parency  of  the  l.ne  and  the  inability  to  draw 
line  lines,  a  condition  which  may  bo  easily 
remedied  by  tlie  addition  of  more  of  the 
fluid  ink. 

Artificial  Coral. — To  two  drams'  of  ver¬ 
milion  add  one  ounce  of  resin,  and  melt 
Mumi  together.  Have  ready  the  branches  or 
twigs  peeled  and  dried,  a  nd  paint  them  over 
With  this  mixture  while  hot.  The  twigs 
being  covered,  hold  them  over  a  gentle  fire  ; 
turn  them  round  till  they  are  perfectly 
smooth.  White  coral  may  also  be  made  with 
whit  e,  load,  and  black  with  lampblack  mixed 
with  resin. 

Pittsburg  vs,  Lackawanna  Coal.— You  will 
greatly  oblige  one  of  your  subscribers  if  you 
will  in f .wm  him,  through  Hie  columns  of  the 
RURAL  jNkw-Youkkr,  IIS  to  what  the  differ¬ 
ence  in  value  is  bof.Wi  eil  lV  tHburg  and  Lack¬ 
awanna  coul  for  heating  a  house  ;  or,  iu  other 
words,  how  much  of  tho  former  is  equivalent 
to  at  on  of  the  latter  for  such  a  purpose  ?— 
A.  Katlvt, 

W  k  have  no  data  by  which  to  answer  this 
question;  if  any  of  our  readers  have  let 
them  reply. 

Gold  Varnish  for  Picture.  Frames. — Tur- 
merie.  gamboge,  of  each  one  dram  ;  spirits 
of  turpentine,  two  pints  ;  shellac,  sandaracli, 
of  each  five  ounces;  dragon’s  blood,  seven 
drams  ;  turn  mastic  varnish,  eight  ounces. 
Digest  with  occasional  agitation,  for  fourteen 
days,  in  a  warm  place  ;  then  set  aside  to  fine 
and  pour  off  the  clear  liquid.  Tills  is  to  be 
applied  on  the  frames  previously  silvered. 

I  far  ness  Blacking, — The  following  is  a  wa- 
tci-prool  1 1 arums  blacking,  which  alsosurves 
as  a  polish  :— Mu  Hon  suet  2  oz  ;  Beeswax  6 
oz.  Melt  and  add — Sugar  candy  (in  fine 
powder)  (>  oz  ;  Soft  soup  2  oz ;  Lampblack 
n.'doz;  Indigo  (in  lino  powder)  by  oz.  When 
thoroughly  incorporated,  add  turpentine  % 
pint,  and  pour  into  pots  and  tins. 

Lime  l.o  Make,  a,  Cider  M ill, — Will  some  one 
furnish  p'an  and  directions  for  tho  erection 
of  a  cider  mill  with  two  presses  and  a  ca¬ 
pacity  of  12  to  r.  barrels  per  day — including 
all  the  recent  improvements  and  convenien¬ 
ces. — J.  E.  Day. 

Lffect  of  Light  on  Fire.  —  Experiments 
have  shown  that  sunshine  diminishes  com¬ 
bustion  as  compared  with  cloudiness  or  dark- 
ness  that  a  candle  will  consume  slower  in 
the  sunlight  than  in  the  dark. 


§  fimolaqifitl. 


POMOLOGICAL  GOSSIP. 


Grafting  Weeping  Trees.— A  late  issue  of 
the  Garden  says:— We  observed  in  Messrs. 
Osborns’  Nursery,  at  Fulham  a  few  days  ago, 
a  new  method  of  grafting  in  the  case  of 
weeping  trees.  It  consists  in  working  them 
on  dwarf  stocks,  so  as  to  admit  of  the  plunts 
assuming  their  natural  habit  from  the 
ground  upwards.  Of  these  three  good  ex¬ 
amples  may  be  found  there,  viz.,  a  Kilmar¬ 
nock  Weeping  Willow,  a  Weeping  Beech  and 
a  cut-leaved  Weeping  Birch.  These  ad  pre¬ 
sent  a  much  more  natural  appearance  than 
weeping  trees  do  when  worked  on  high, 
naked  stems,  which  hitherto  has  been  the 
practice  generally  followed. 

The  Yeic  Poisonous.— All  the  evidence  on 
the  subject  of  the  Yew  being  poisonous  to 
cattle,  horses  and  doer,  loads  to  the  conclu¬ 
sion  that  when  eaten  in  its  fresh  state  it  is 
harmless,  but  when  withered  or  partially  so, 
it  is  poisonous.  The  clipping*  of  Yew  hedges, 
for  instance,  if  laid  within  the  reach  of  these 
animals  and  eaten  by  them  have  invariably 
caused  death ;  but  it  is  known  than  when 
they  browse  upon  the  fresh  shoots  in  parks 
no  such  result  occurs.— Cottage  Gardener. 

1  erfume  of  the  Ailanthus. — Many  com¬ 
plaints  have  been  made  of  the  overpowering 
und  offensive  odor  of  the  flowers  cf  the  Ail- 
an th ns  trees  planted  in  the  streets  of  Paris 
and  oth  ir  large  citieB.  According  f,r,  M.  E. 
Andre,  it  is  only  the  flowers  of  the  male 
trees  which  exhale  this  unpleasant  scent,  and 
he  recommends  that  none  hut  female  trees 
should  be,  for  the  future,  planted  in  public 
or  other  places  where  the  peculiar  odor  of 
the  males  might  be  offensive. 

__  Manuring  Fruit  Trees  in  the  FaM.— Thos. 
Meehan  writes  the  Weekly  Press  that  a  top 
dressing  of  good  manure  put  under  fruit 
trees  soon  after  midsummer  when  the  second 
growth  is  about  to  take  place,  produces  a 
marked  effect  on  the  fruitfulness  of  the  tree 
the  following  year. 


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THE  “DIGNITY  OF  LABOR.” 

One  can  understand  why  an  Englishman,  in 
his  own  country,  should  deem  it  necessary  to 
deliberately  present  an  argument  to  ostabllsh 
the  “dignity  of  labor;"  but  why  bo  should 
come  hel‘6  with  platitudes  worn  threadbare  by 
our  politicians,  hoping  to  coin  money  and  win 
applause  from  men  and  women  whose  acquire¬ 
ments  and  achievements  long  ago  established 
the  dignity  of  labor  with  us,  passes  our  compre¬ 
hension.  It  seems  to  ns  proof  tuat  the  Rev. 
Newman  Hall  does  not  know  Americans— that 
he  forgets  that  we.  work  and  have  wrought  an 
hundred  years  to  place  our  country  in  full  rank 
with  the  other  laboring  nations,  and  command 
for  our  people  the  position  which  successful, 
dignified  labor  entitles  us  to. 

There  is  one  point,  however,  upon  which  the 
Reverend  gentleman  did  not  touch.  Re  did 
not  say  that  the  dignity  of  labor  depended  upon 
the  dignity  of  the  laborers.  The  character  and 
dignity  of  the  work  men  do  depend  upon  the 
character  and  dignity  of  those  who  do  It.  If 
lahor  is  to  be  elevated  the  man  must  bo  ele¬ 
vated.  It  Is  not  the  work  which  gives  diguity 
to  the  man :  it  Is  the  charaotor  of  the  man 
which  gives  dignity  to  the  vocation  he  pursues. 
Labor  was  not  dignified  and  elevated  in  the 
South  under  the  slave  system;  for  those  who 
performed  it  were  seris  and  brutalized  by  their 
masters.  Labor  derives  no  diguity  from  the 
service  of  the  unedueatod,  depraved  and  vi¬ 
cious,  There  is  no  dignity  in  the  labor  of  the 


convicts  In  Sing  Ring.  Nor  does  labor  dignify 
these  men  and  remove  from  them  the  stain  of 
crime  and  the  taint  of  criminal  and  oompulsory 
service  they  perform.  Again  we  Bay  it  is  the 
character  and  intelligence  of  men  engaged  in 
any  service  that,  renders  t  hat  service  dignified 
and  honorable.  1Y)icn  agriculturist*  and  me¬ 
chanics  shall  become  in  respect  to  Intelligence, 
oulture,  refinement  and  Influence  the  peers  of 
men  engaged  in  other  professions,  then  will 
their  labor  bo  dignified  and  command  defer¬ 
ence— not  before. 

Let  no  man  suppose  that  because  ho  labors 
hard  with  hls  hands  or  brain  he  Is  a  whit  more 
worthy  than  the  man  who  does  not  noed  to 
work;  but  lot  him  remember  that  he  may  be 
the  peer  of  any  man  in  any  vocation,  and  that 
labor  is  not  necessarily  a  bar  to  his  acquiring 
dignity  and  commanding  the  respect  of  his 
fellows. 

-  - - — ♦♦♦ 

“OTJB  GREAT  NATIONAL  8CH00L  OF 
AGRICULTURE.” 

Mr.  Clark  Dell  of  New  York  City  has  been 
talking  to  the  farmers  at  the  Schuyler  Co.  Fair. 
In  the  course  of  his  address  he  is  reported  as 
having  said  : 

We  have  yet  to  found  nur  great  National 
School  of  Agriculture,  With  a  nubile  domain 
greater  than  the  whole  surface  of  many  of  these 
CO  u  Tillies,  and  with  lands  every  where  to  be  had 
for  the  mere  asking,  we  have  hnd  no  statesmen 
wise  and  prominent  enough  to  demand  and  ob¬ 
tain  such  a  national  Institution  endowed,  sup¬ 
ported  and  maintained  hv  the  General  Govern¬ 
ment.  We  have  our  Military  Academy  at  West 
Po'nt,  our  Naval  Academy  at  Annapolis,  but 
when  shall  we  have  n  College  or  Academy  of 
Agriculture,  supported  at  the  expense  of  the 
nation,  with  the  best  brain  and  Intellect  of  the 
land  In  Its  chairs  as  professors?  Is  there  any 
subject  in  which  the  farmer*  of  the  land  should 
take  deeper  intercat,  and  i»  it  not  time  that  Ihl* 
great  Industry  should  ask  for  this  recognition 
and  aid?  Is  there  any  suhieet  more  pertinent 
for  the  Oranges  that  arc  forming  throughout 
the  land  ?  Let  me  call  it  to  their  thoughtful 
attention. 

Wo  trust  the  thoughtful  attention  of  nil  men 
interested  in  the  education  of  agriculturists 
will  be  called  to  this  proposal  to  create  a  Na¬ 
tional  School  of  Agriculture.  It  Is  not.  the  first, 
time  it  has  been  broached.  Last  winter  we 
heard  of  it  as  the  hobby  of  somebody  In  the 
lobby  of  Congress.  Would  not  Mr.  Dell  have 
the  National  Government  control  the  agricul¬ 
turists  and  ivfflcer  them  with  educated  gradu¬ 
ates  of  this  National  Agricultural  School,  just 
as  it  controls  the  IT.  S.  Army  and  officers  it  with 
graduates  from  West  Point  ?  Hadn’t  the  Gov¬ 
ernment  better  run  this  entire  business  of 
farming,  of  education,  of  manufactures,  rail¬ 
ways,  telegraphs,  &c.?  There  are  people  who 
reason  that  since  the  people  arc  the  sovereigns 
and  the  Government  Is  only  the  agent  to  exe¬ 
cute:  their  sovereign  will,  It  is  legitlmete  to 
centralize  all  these  powers  of  education  and 
control  of  our  vast  material  interests,  in  the 
hands  of  the  Governing  Few  who  maybe  kicked 
out  of  place  at  will  by  the  Omnipotent  Many. 
But.  wc  are  not  prepared  to  Indorse  Mr.  (,'LAltK 
Bell's  suggestion  for  a  National  School  of 
Agriculture;  for  if  the  Government  goes  into 
this  business,  there  arc  other  classes  which  are 
equally  entitled  to  technical  education  at  its 
hands.  The  Government  has  already  done  its 
duty  by  aiding  In  the  establishment.  In  each 
State  of  a  School  of  Agriculture  and  Mechan¬ 
ics.  The  fruit  of  Its  efforts  Is  not  yet  satisfac¬ 
tory  ;  but  it  is  hoped  these  institutions  will  yet 
be  rescued  from  1  ho  mistakes  which  inexperi¬ 
ence  and  false,  views  of  education  and  the  zeal 
of  sectarian  cormorants  have  involved  them. 
But  the  farmers  of  this  country  do  not  want  to 
be  duped,  nor  charmed,  nor  led  by  any  such 
impracticable  scheme  as  a"  College  oj  Academy 
.  f  Agriculture,  supported  at  the  expense  of  the 
Nation."  Mr.  Clark  Bell  con  spend  his  timo 
more  wisely  than  advocating  It  to  farmer*. 
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THE  FINANCIAL  OUTLOOK. 

The  condition  of  financial  affairs  throughout, 
the  country  the  past  two  or  throe  weeks  has 
not  been  satisfactory.  But  the  worst  seems  t  o 
be  over.  There  is  no  good  reason,  that  we  can 
see,  why  it  should  not  be,  nor  why,  henceforth, 
there  should  not.  be  a  steady  prosperity.  All 
that  is  lacking  is  a  renewal  of  confidence— not 
In  kite-flying  railways— of  people  in  each  other. 
The  country  never  had  greater  resources.  There 
was  never  a  more  healthful  and  prosperous 
condition  of  our  industries.  Yret  rooD,  when 
they  got  greenbacks,  lock  them  up.  This  has 
affected  business  by  withdrawing  the  means  of 
doing  business.  Lot  those  who  have  currency, 
and  owe  a  cent,  pay  their  debts;  let  those  who 
have  currency  capital  invest  it,  and  let  loose 
the  money  to  create  circulation.  Blood  is  good ; 
but  if  it  does  not  circulate,  it  is  bad.  So  with 
currency ;  if  locked  up  It  Is  of  no  use  to  any 
one.  It  stops  the  whole  trade  system.  If  al¬ 
lowed  to  move,  it  pays  every  man’s  debts  and 
supplies  everybody's  needs.  It  is  not  wise  to 
lock  it  up  if  there  Is  legitimate  uso  for  it.  If 
kept  in  motion  it  benefits  everyone;  it  cures 
all  the  financial  ills  and  sots  the  wheels  of  com¬ 
merce  going ;  hence,  it  benefits  the  producer. 
There  is,  doubtless,  currency  enough  in  the 
hands  of  the  people  to  supply  all  the  needs  of 
the  country ;  but  If  it.  is  not  kept  In  motion, 
tbero  is  no  limit  to  the  amount  that  will  be  re¬ 
quired  to  do  business.  ft  uiightaawell  be  locked 
up  in  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States,  so  far  I 
as  subserving  business  Interests  are  concerned,  i 
as  locked  up  In  the  safes  and  purses  of  the 
people. 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

“  Cannot  Do  Without  It.”— During  the  past 
six  months  we  have  received  letters  from  a  host 
of  people  regretting  that  they  had  not  renewed 
their  subscriptions  to  the  firsAi.  New-Yorker. 
In  January,  and  from  some  saying  they  wero 
induced  to  try  another  paper,  as  witness  the 
testimony  of  Dr.  F.  It.  ML,  of  Snyder  Co..  Pa., 
who  writes “  In  the  beginning  of  the  present 
year  I  was  induced  to  subscribe  for  another 
weekly,  which  wm  to  take  the  place  of  the 
Rural.  Although  a  good  paper  In  some  re- 
speots,  It  by  no  means  fills  the  place  of  my  old 
friend,  (for  previous  to  this  year  I  have  been  a 
subscriber  and  constant  reader  of  the  Rural,) 
and  I  now  send  you  postal  order  for  subscrip¬ 
tion  for  balance  of  the  year.  I  cannot  do  with¬ 
out  the  practical  thoughts  and  suggestions  of 
‘Daily  Rural  Life,’  and  hereafter  you  may  con¬ 
sider  me  a  regular  subscriber." 

—  We  might  give  many  longer  and  stronger 
letters  to  the  same  purport,  but  this  must  suffice 
for  the  present.. 

«♦» 

The  Newark  Industrial  Exhibition,  at  Newark, 
N.  J.,  is  a  striking  illustration  of  the  manifold 
and  diverse  industries  of  that  gror.t  manufac¬ 
turing  city,  and  as  such  is  well  worth  a  visit  by 
those  who  delight,  in  the  industrial  progress  of 
this  country.  A  spacious  building  is  well  filled 
now,  alt  hough  additions  arc  being  made  daily 
to  the  number  of  the  articles  exhibited  and  In¬ 
dustries  represented.  We  understand  ft  to  bo 
strictly  a  Newark  exhibition ;  and  wo  congrat¬ 
ulate  her  artisans  upon  the  wisdom  and  liber¬ 
ality  which  has  tints  grouped  and  concentrated 
spoolmcns  of  their  handiwork  and  skill.  Such 
an  exhibition  Is  of  far  greater  service  to  tv  lo¬ 
cality  than  if  it.  embraced  the  work  of  other 
neighborhoods.  It  is  a  stimulus  to  local  prldo 
and  enterprise ;  it  is  an  advertisement  of  every 
local  trade  and  of  local  resources.  It  la  a  mate¬ 
rial  exposit  ion  that  does  its  own  talking. 

‘‘The  Story  of  an  Ear  of  Corn,”  on  our  first 
pace,  will  attract  attention,  as  It  deserves.  It 
was  drawn  and  engraved  for  the  Rural  New- 
Yorkcii,  and  tells  its  own  story-  -a  story  fa¬ 
miliar  in  all  its  details  to  all  men  and  boys— and 
in  fact,  ail  women  and  girls— who  have  ever 
lived  on  a  farm.  There  Is  a  good  deal  more  to 
the  story  than  is  Incorporated  on  t  he  page  re¬ 
ferred  to.  “The  Farmers'  Movement”  origi¬ 
nated  in  corn,  and  the  famines  of  the  world 
have  been  relieved  by  coin,  directly  or  indirect¬ 
ly,  and  many  a  family  hoe  been  impoverished 
and  made  miserable  by  an  extract  of  corn  ;  but 
how  can  we  write  the  whole  history  of  an  ear 
c.f  corn  ?  Our  illustration  is  certainly  truthful, 
suggestive  and  Instructive. 

The  Fall*  of  Niagara  have  long  been  one  of 
the  greatest,  wonders  of  the  world —  attracting 
more  attention  and  visitors  than  any  other 
cataract.  On  next  page  we  give  a  picture  of  one 
of  the  finest  of  the  many  charming  views  of 
Niagara— representing  Horseshoe  Fall  and  Pro¬ 
file  Rock,  at  the  foot  of  Goat  Island,  ns  it 
appears  in  summer.  Those  profiles,  seemingly 
some  two  feet  long,  are  to  be  seen  one  directly 
over  t.heother,  as  the  spectator  looks  across  the 
first  sheet  of  water,  directly  under  the  lowest 
point  of  rock.  They  are  sometimoe  callod 
“The  Three  Bisters.” 

The  Farmer*'  Gatherings  throughout  the 
country  this  fall  have  demonstrated  an  amount, 
of  public  spirit  and  Intelligence  which  is  grati¬ 
fying  to  all  interested  in  the  progress  of  agri¬ 
culture.  They  have  developed  the  fact  that  a 
general  interest  is  taken  in  both  public  affairs 
and  political  economy,  The  people  arc  getting 
opportunity  to  look  at  all  sides  of  the  same 
question.  The  views  obtained  are  not  those  of 
two  opposing  political  parties,  simply,  but  of 
men  standing  in  the  position  of  publicists,  out¬ 
side  the  party  harness.  We  rejoice  in  this,  and 
regard  the  future,  politically,  with  more  hope 
than  we  have  for  a  long  time.  It  looks  as  if 
the  filthy  political  stables  were  to  be  cleaned 
and  deodorized. 

The  Wheat  Crop — According  to  the  Depart¬ 
ment  of  Agriculture  reports  for  September  the 
averago  condition  of  the  wheat  crop  for  the 
entire  country'  is  95,  as  shown  hy  returns  from 
S44  counties— that  is  the  average  condition  of 
the  crop  is  five  per  cent,  below  what  is  known 
as  an  average  crop.  The  returns  show  a  falling 
off  in  the  crop  in  the  Southern  States,  as  com¬ 
pared  with  last  year.  Kentucky,  Ohio,  Michi¬ 
gan,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  Minnesota, 
Iowa,  Missouri,  Kansas.  Nebraska  and  California 
report  wheat  in  122  counties  above  the  aver¬ 
age:  120  counties  average  and  172  counties 
below  the  average. 

A  Long-Time  Friend  of  the  Rural,  (W.  A. 
Wier,  Story'  Co.,  Iowa,)  in  a  letter  renewing  his 
subscription,  writes  us  thus  encouragingly: 
“  I  have  been  a  reader  of  the  R.  N.  Y.  for  more 
than  twenty  years,  (first  making  its  acquaint¬ 
ance  in  Central  N.  Y.,i  and  it  is  one  of  the  few 
papers  t  hat,  continually  grow  in  the  affection  of 
the  reader.  My  family  would  sooner  do  with¬ 
out  all  other  papers  than  miss  the  well-known 
face  of  the  dear  old  Uuual.  Think  I  shall  be 
able  to  send  you  a  few  more  subscriber.-,  from 
this  place;  if  l  fail  It  shall  not  be  from  lack  of 
effort.”  How  many  who  like  the  Rural  will 
also  make  an  effort  in  Its  behalf  among  their 
friends  at  this  opportue  season  ? 


The  Fair  of  (he  Amerirnn  ImUfttMe,  now  open 
In  the  Rink,  corner  of  Third  Avenue  and  Sixty- 
third  Bt„  New  York,  is  attracting  many  visit¬ 
ors— especially  evenings.  The  display  is  credit¬ 
able  alike  to  exhibitors  and  the  Institute,  and 
must  prove  Interesting  and  instructive  to  any 
one  giving  it  a  careful  examination.  We  shall 
probably  have  more  to  say  of  this  Fair  ore  its 
close,  next  month.  Meantime  strangers  so¬ 
journing  in  New  York  should  avail  themselves 
of  the  opportunity  to  visit  tho  exhibition. 

The  Dnily  Graphic  lln|lonn,  about  which 
there  has  been  so  much  talk,  pro  and  con,  tho 
past,  six  months,  finally  started  frem  the  Capi- 
toltne  Grounds,  Brooklyn,  Oct.  fl,  at  9:19  A.  M., 
with  Messrs,  Donaldson,  Lunt  and  Ford  as 
passengers,  on  its  proposed  trans-Atlantic  voy¬ 
age.  The  ascension  was  successfully  made  and 
everything  augured  well  for  the  trip ;  but  the 
s&tno  afternoon  a  dispatch  was  received  stating 
that,  the  balloon  had  met  with  a  misfortune  and 
the  aeronauts  had  landed  pear  Canaan,  Conn. 
The  details  of  the  misfortune  are  not  yet,  at 
haDd. 

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RURAL  BREVITIES. 


A  Northwestern  Industrial  Convention  Is 
to  bo  hold  in  Chicago  October  22-23. 

We  notice  that  wheat,  ia  weighing  more 
bushels  than  It  measures  this  year. 

The  Annual  meeting  of  tho  Illinois  State 
Farmer’s  Association  ta  to  be  held  at,  Decatur, 
Doc.  2ft. 

Ty  A.  A.  Dull  will  look  on  page  3S3,  Rural 
New  Yorker,  Juno  14,  he  will  find  the  recipes 
bo  asks  for. 

Let  tho  ycung  man  who  asks  us  about  Mink 
Culture  fell  us  what  he  loams  from  the  address 
we  send  him. 

Hiram  Baker  Is  informed  that  we  cannot 
toll  him  where  tho  patent  clothes  rook  he 
names  is  made. 

It  is  reported  that  Granges  of  Patrons  of 
Husbandry  are  being  organized  in  Missouri  at 
tho  rate  of  fifty  per  week. 

Because  California  fruits  are  now  sold  in 
London,  a  London  paper  gives  “the  state  of 
the  crop*”  In  tho  Golden  Bt  ate. 

Sensible  people  read  carefully  and  thought¬ 
fully  and  preserve  such  papers  and  articles  as 
may  be  or  use  to  them  In  the  future. 

The  Missouri  Fatrons  nf  Husbandry  are  mak¬ 
ing  arrangements  to  handle  all  the  hog  product 
of  that  State  through  an  agency  at  St.  Louis. 

R.  S.,  is  informed  that  tho  American  Institute 
Fair  is  open  and  unless  ho  knows  a  good  deal 
more  than  we  think  ho  does,  ho  can  learn  some¬ 
thing  by  visiting  it. 

Estueu  A.,  who  sends  us  a  criticiara  of  an 
article  from  a  lady  correspondent,  tolls  our 
renders  a  better  way  of  doing  the  same  thing, 
and  we  will  print  it. 

Let  those  of  our  readers  who  have  learned 
anything  new  from  the  season’s  experiments, 
exchange  their  knowledge  with  each  other 
through  our  columns. 

P.  F.  O..  is  informed  that  the  problem  as  to 
whose  is  the  best  reversible  plow  is  by  no  means 
settled,  nor  can  it  bo  through  our  oolutns; 
only  a  field  trial  will  do  It. 

A  deputy  organized  a  Grange  of  Patrons  of 
Husbandry  among  the  oom mission  merchants 
of  Boston;  the  National  Grange  did  not  like  it 
and  baa  recalled  the  “dispensation." 

Papers  in  the  Interest  m  tho  Order  of  Patrons 
of  Husbandry,  or  to  ontch  the  Interest  of  tbe 
Patrons,  are  springing  up  like  weeds  in  spring. 
We  have  seen  a  score  aunounoed.  We  hope 
they  may  be  supported. 

Wr  advise  a  “Constant  Reader  "  at  Benning¬ 
ton,  Vt„  to  6ond  for  one  of  tho  works  on  cran¬ 
berry  culture,  In  our  book  list.  The  subject  is 
treated  exhaustively  there,  oud  If  he  intends  t,o 
go  Into  the  business  be  can  nowhere  get  so 
much  information  for  the  same  money. 

A  correspondent  of  Ool  man's  Rural  World 
says  tho  banquot  given  the  American  Pomo- 
logloal  Society  by  tbe  Mas.-,.  Hon.  Soc.,  was 
“  an  elegant  but,  tamn  affair,”  evidently  be¬ 
cause,  to  uao  hla  own  language,  “wine— tho 
noblest,  gift  of  nature  re  man,  and  to  the  fruit 
grower  espociaiiy— was  banished." 


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More  than  that  number  of  our  tens  Of  thousands  of 
renders  CAN,  tf  thoy  WILL,  obtain  from  ten  to  fifty 
or  one  hundred  subscribers  each,  to  commence  now 
or  with  tho  now  volume  and  year  in  January.  How 
many  of  our  good  friends  will  respond  favorably? 
All  who  do  so  will  he  furnished  with  such  Specimens, 
Premium  Lists,  Show-Bills,  &o.,  as  will  enable  them 
to  profitably  prosecute  the  canvass.  Send  for  tlx 
documents,  which  will  he  mailed  free  to  all  disposed 
to  act  tn  earnest.  Address  this  Office. 
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BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


nappy  now  are  the  children  whose  thought¬ 
ful  parents  have  bought  for  the  n  "  Avlludc,  or  Game 
of  Birds."  They  gather  around  the  table  with  bright 
eyes  and  smiling  faces  as  it’s  announced  “  we  ore  to 
have  a  gume  of  Avllude.”  A  UfhSU  whiter  of  enjoy¬ 
ment  combined  with  instruction  for  seventy-five  c<nU. 
Sent  post-paid,  on  receipt  of  price,  by  West  &  Lee 
Worcester,  Mass. 

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Tho  Eureka  Machine  Silk,  50  and  100-yds. 
spools,  has  become  the  universal  favorite.  Every 
spool  is  warranted  to  give  perfect  satisfaction. 


and  loafs  In  It.  It  Is  a  common  thing  to  see 
families  sttting  in  their  garden*  reading,  or 
playing  games  as  late  as  nine  or  ten  o'dofek  In 
i  ho  evening ;  the  absence  of  falling  dew  makes 
this  quite  possible.  If  camp  meeting  goers 
would  spend  the  same  amount  of  time,  trouble 
and  money  to  fit  up  their  gardens  as  they  do  l  o 
go  to  camp  meeting,  they  could  enjoy  all  the 
charms  of  out  door  life  six  months  of  the  year 
instead  of  a  week  or  two.  But  much  as  the 
Austrians  llvo  In  the  open  air,  they  shut  It.  all 
out.  when  they  go  to  bed.  It  Is  against  a  Euro¬ 
pean’s  principles  to  sleep  with  his  window open, 
and  rny  "  hansmelsterin"  hero  at  Baden  has 
lyien  in  a  state  of  general  horrlfloatlou  because 
f  persisted  In  leaving  mini*  open  at  night.  When 
all  other  reasons  failed,  she  wondered  if  I 
"wasn't,  afraid, "  which  was  mono  reasonable, 
as  Austrians  have  every  reason  In  the  world  to 
bo  afraid  If  they  think  other  people  are  as  de- 
,  oid  of  conscience  and  honor  as  themselves.  If 
any  woman  ever  had  reason  to  bo  afraid  of 
Austrians  it  Is  myself.  The  first  welcome  I  re¬ 
ceived  at  their  hands  was  to  be  arrested  (is  a 
robber,  and  tbo  last,  souvenir  of  their  goodness 
was  to  my  being  robbed.  However,  l  have 
abided  their  heathenism  a  couple  of  months 
and  more,  and  hope  to  get  out  or  the  dominion 
alive,  with  no  worse  mishap  than  tho  rconllcc- 
i  ion  of  numerous  dramatic  and  seml-traalo  ad- 
venturos  altogether  novel  and  impossible  In 
in  v  other  land .  As  .T  anrttk  forcibly  expressed 
i  t,  "  The  very  old  Nick  seems  to  he  after  you  in 
Austria,  and  I  think  it  high  time  that  you  gof 
out.  of  it"— as  do  I;  tor  already  the  leaves  are 
falling,  which  frightens  me  more  even  than 
these  horrid  Austrians  do,  although  1  should 
never  advise  women  traveling  without  “  pro¬ 
tectors'" 


punlncss  ns  the  heritage  of  succeeding  genera¬ 
tions,  and  with  good  reasons  undoubtedly.  But 
notwithstanding  the  physical  development  of 
women  in  Austria  (and  it  U  tho  same  thing  in 
Germany  with  tho  same  results)  1  never  among 
any  people  saw  so  much  physical  deformity, 
but  when  one  comes  to  know  tho  “morals” 
that  law  and  custom  impose,  it  Is  not  to  be 
wondered  at.  For  tbo  construction  of  bridges, 
tunnels,  viaducts  and  aqueducts,  the  Austrians 
Import  Italian  workmen,  as  the  class  of  men  in 
Austria  who  would  do  that  kind  of  work  aro  in 
the  army,  and  Austrian  women  are  too  un¬ 
skilful. 

Caste 

is  the  only  thing  that  makes  a  distinction.  Be¬ 
cause  a  man  is  a  man  or  a  woman  a  woman,  is 
not  the  question.  An  equality  of  sex  exists  in 


ranged  by  her  marriage  contract.  She  Is  stra¬ 
tegic,  and  her  sense  of  honor  never  having  boen 
over-cultivated,  she  can  without,  inconvenience 
stoop  t.o  diplomacies  that,  an  American  woman 
would  scorn.  But  she  Is  freer  In  thought  and 
action.  Whatever  she  may  bollcvo.  sllQ  in  no 
sense  acts  tho  “otic  flesh”  doctrine.  She  is 
in  or  A  an  individual,  more  a  unity,  after  mar¬ 
riage,  than  before.  She  thinks  and  acts  for  her¬ 
self,  and  is  not  hampered  by  tho  limiting  “if" 
of  her  husband’s  approval  or  disapproval.  Who¬ 
ever  aaked  an  American  wlfo  tf  she  would  do 
so  and  so,  without  tho  equivalent  reply  of  “I 
will  see  what  ray  hmhand,  thinks  about  it?" 
And  whoever  saw  a  husband  at  40  years  tho 
sort  of  a  man  Ids  wifo  thought  he  would  be 
when  she  married  him  ?  And  who  can  imagine 
the  pall  of  confusion  that  would  cover  the  mns- 


OUR  EUROPEAN  LETTER, 


Austrian  Beds. 

MT  first,  introduction  to  an  Austrian  bed  was 
many  miles  from  Baden,  but  as  I  have  contin¬ 
ued  to  encounter  the  same  peculiarity,  I  con¬ 
clude  it  is  a  national  fashion.  The  bed  itself  1 
have  no  fault  to  find  with,  but  the  bed  cover  is 
a  swindio  of  tho  most  provoking  sort.  It  Is 
constructed  on  tho  plan  of  most  oriental  oar- 
pets— covers  tho  middle  well,  but  leaves  a  wide 
margin  all  around.  In  brief,  it  is  a  quilt  of 
plain  Turkey  rod  cniioo,  a  little  lesa  in  size 
than  tho  surface  of  the  top  of  tho  bed.  The 
top  sheet  Is  made  to  line  this  quilt  with  its 
edges  to  fold  over  on  tbo  Turkey  red  side  to  the 
width  of  six  or  eight  inches,  where  It  is  held  in 
place  by  numerous  buttons  Bewed  to  the  quilt 
and  corresponding  button  holes  in  the  border 
of  the  sheet ;  so  the  rod  cover  has  a  white  bor¬ 
der  all  around.  As  Hits  cover  tucks  in  nowhere, 
it  becomes  a  night-time  problem.  If  you  are 
long  perpendicularly,  your  feet  or  your  shoul¬ 
ders  arc  in  open  air,  and  if  you  aro  wide  hori¬ 
zontally,  you  -have  trouble  all  the  way  down. 
After  a  groat  dcul  of  practice  and  discipline, 
you  take  the  thing  diagonally,  tuck  the  covers 
under  your  body,  lie  motionless  tus  a  coooon, 
and  t  hereby  manage  to  preserve  an  equilibrium 
of  warmth.  In  cold  weather  you  sleep  under  a 
feather  bed.  The  value  placed  upon  bedding 
in  this  country  is  not  trifling,  ns  I  have  been 
obliged  to  pay  five  guelder*  a  month  for  the 
use  of  sheets  aiul  pillow  oases,  including  one 
of  those  Turkey  red  humbugs.  Nowhere  In 
Italy  or  Austria  have  I  ever  seen  a  double  bed. 
There  are  double  rooms  with  two  beds,  hut  for 
two  friends  to  occupy  tho  same  bed  together, 
is  not  considered  possible. 

I  heard  an  American  gentleman  extolling  tho 
advantages  of  the  eastern  carpet,  which  leaves 
a  margin  between  it  and  tbo  celling  of  the  room. 
“It  Is  moro  easily  put  down,"  he  said,  “more 
easily  taken  up,  and  In  neither  process  do  you 
batter  the  skin  o(T  your  knuckles  or  mar  the 
woodwork  of  the  room.  Because  of  tho  trouble 
in  putting  down  our  carpets  wc  do  not  take 
them  up  half  often  enough."  But  the  carpet 
does  not  occupy  the  warm  plsjce  in  the  hearts 
of  the  Europeans  that  it  does  in  ours.  Tho 
most  elegant  apartments,  even  in  palaces,  arc 
without  them.  Mats  of  all  sizes  dot  tho  floor 
of  Inlaid  woods.  Aocustomed  to  carpets,  an 
uncarpcted  floor  seems  at  first  a  little  dreary, 
but  you  soon  become  accustomed  to  it,  and 
Anally  Ilka  it  much  better,  as  it  insures  fresh¬ 
ness  and  cleanliness,  and  of  course  a  great  sav¬ 
ing  in  expense. 

Austrian  Cookery. 

I  saw  a  suggestion,  some  time  ago,  in  an 
American  paper,  that  “schools  for  oooks  ami 
waiters  be  opened  in  America,  as  In  Austria." 
Where  the  schools  aro  for  cooks  in  Austria,  I 
have  never  been  able  to  learn.  Heaven  knows, 
they  need  such  schools  badly  enough,  or  mis¬ 
sionaries  in  the  cooking  line.  The  Austrians 
make  excellent  soups  and  breads— their  two 
staple  articles  of  footl— bud  with  them  ends  ail 
culinary  excellence.  Meats  and  vegetables  are 
abominably  cooked,  and  they  dote  on  voal.  You 
fancy  you  are  comiDg  every  moment  against  a 
baked  or  fried  bug,  to  And  it  only  a  caraway 
seed,  which  Is  the  orthodox  seasoning  for  every¬ 
thing  including  fried  potatoes.  I  have  never 
tasted  a  hit.  of  buttor  in  all  Austria  that  I  could 
swallow,  and  I  have  yet  to  hear  of  an  American 
that  ever  has.  One  can  easily  dispense  with 
that  luxury,  however,  as  the  olive  oil  is  excel¬ 
lent,  being  imported  from  Italy.  The  distaste 
for  oil  among  moat  Americans  arises  from  tho 
fact  that  goodswoet  oil  is  so  rarely  to  be  had. 
However,  I  am  told  that  the  oil  made  from  sun¬ 
flower  seeds  is  one  of  the  best  of  table  oils,  and 
that  should  certainly  be  had  of  oxcellcnt  qual¬ 
ity  and  at  a  small  expenso. 

Bad  as  cookery  is  in  Austria,  the  people  are 
always  eating  or  drinking.  I  have  been  a  sub¬ 
ject  of  wonder  among  my  “  neighbors"  in  Baden 
because  I  take  my  supper  at  six  o’clock  and 
nothing  more  before  I  go  to  bed  ;  because  I  eat 
tomatoes  (they  are  all  brought  from  Italy)  and 
radishes  uncooked,  and  eat  apricots  or  peaches 
with  sugar  and  oream !  The  Austrians  boi  I  rad¬ 
ishes  as  we  do  turnips.  Apricots  grow  anil 
ripen  beautifully  here. 

Austrian  Wlnea 

aro  very  good,  and  a  bottle  of  tho  common  red 
Voslaucr  costs  50  kreutzer3.  Grape  vines  aro 
rarely  allowed  to  grow  more  than  2  or  2l/j  feet 
high.  It  is  a  common  sight  at  nightfall  to  see 
women  carrying  homo  on  their  backs  great 
burdens  of  grape  cuttings  to  “  feed  the  cow.” 
As  cattle  here  do  not  enjoy  the  freedom  of  open 
meadows,  fresh  grape  leaves  are  doubtless  con¬ 
sidered  by  them  as  a  crisp  and  delicious  salad. 

The  Austrian  Woman 
is  the  Austrian  beast  of  burden.  If  steam  power 
or  horses  or  oxen  aro  wanting,  why,  there  are 
tho  women  in  reserve.  Sometimes  you  see 
women  power  alone  employed,  anil  sometimes 
a  woman  Is  yoked  with  it  dog  to  draw  a  cart. 
Tho  physical  development  attained  by  these 
petticoated  nDlmals  is  sometimes  simply  fear¬ 
ful,  An  Austrian,  ill-mannered  as  bo  generally 
is,  would  hardly  have  the  hardihood  to  provoke 
the  ire  of  this  class  of  his  country-women. 

The  physical  degeneracy  of  tho  American 
woman  Is  the  never  -  exhausted  theme  of 
American  talkers,  writers  and  moralizors,  whil  ) 
men  with  an  eye  to  the  future  predict  genera  1 


to  visit.  Austria  in  Its  present,  state  of 
civilization.  Mart  A.  K.  Waokk. 

Baden,  Austria,  Aug.  28, 1H78. 


BOIL  IT  DOWN 


Whatever  von  have  to  sfty,  my  friend. 

Whether  witty,  or  grave,  or  gay, 

Condense  tt  an  much  as  ever  you  can, 

And  say  It  In  the  readiest,  way. 

And  whether  yon  wrtlool  household  affairs. 

Or  particular  tilings  In  town. 

Just  take  a.  word  of  friendly  advloe— 

Bell  it  down. 

F'or  if  yon  go  spluttering  over  ft  page. 

When  a  couple  of  lines  would  do, 

Your  butter  is  spread  ho  much,  you  see. 
That  tho  bread  looks  plainly  through; 

So  when  you  have  a  story  to  tell. 

And  would  like  a  little  renown, 

To  make  quite  sure  of  your  wish,  my  friend. 
Boll  It  down. 


A  WIFE’S  BIGHTS, 


It  is  n  great  mistake  for  a  husband  to  keep 
his  wife  In  Ignorance  of  his  business  affairs.  In 
ordinary  families  It,  Is  she  who  regulates  tho 
out-po,  and  she  ought  to  know  what  is  the 
income.  A  few  weeks  ago  I  heard  a  young 
wife  just  in  tho  early  experiences  of  house¬ 
keeping,  say,  “How  snail  T  know  whether  we 
are  living  bnyond  our  means?  I  can't  got  any 
idea  of  what  wo  have  to  spond  ,  and  while  I  try 
to  be  very  careful,  of  course,  1  might  spend  less 
on  our  table  if  we  were  getting  in  debt."  Surely 
she  ought  not  to  ho  blamed  if  the  debt  and 
credit  accounts  are  net.  prosperous.  A  loving 
and  anxious  wifo  suffers  untold  iamcinary  fears 
if  she  sees  a  tired  or  perplexed  expression  on 
her  husband's  face,  unless  she  is  assured  of  the 
truest  confidence  between  them,  and  knows 
that  no  great  concern  of  his  is  kept  a  secret 
from  her. 


HORSESHOE  FALL  AND  PBOFILE  BOCK,  NIAGARA. 

Online  face  of  the  United  States  if  the  women 
were,  but  for  one  day,  to  go  and  come  and  act 
as  Independent  in  every  way  of  their  husbands 
ns  their  husbands  do  of  them?  But  this  Is  her¬ 
esy— a  sort  of  Woman's  Rights  preaching  In 
dlsguiso— a  doctrine  l  never  preach,  and  for  the 
preaching  of  which  I  have  not  the  slightest  pos¬ 
sible  sympathy.  Nobody  but  an  idiot  goes  about 
preaching  tho  doctrine  of  the  circulation  of 
the  blood  or  that  tho  earth  moves  in  this,  the 
nineteenth  century.  But  the  Austrian  woman 
does  not  think  so  deeply  nor  act  so  intelligently 
as  the  American.  She  speaks  moro  languages, 
but  she  knows  vastly  less  of  geography,  arith¬ 
metic,  literature,  and  tho  social  and  political 
status  of  nations  ;  she  has  not  fallen  into  the 
habit  of  entertaining  “revolutionary"  ideas.  She 
never  for  a  moment  fancies  that  she  can  bo  or 
do  anything  different,  from  what  she  is,  and 
what  custom  makes  her,  and  has  made  her  for 
ages  past.  Bho  13  neither  “progressive”  nor 
“radical.”  She  is  still  under  the  guidance  of 
tho  priest,  and  as  long  as  she  walks  under  that 
umbrella  she  will  remain  “orthodox."  There 
is  nothing  like  Romanism  for  keeping  people, 
and  especially  women,  in  their  “  proper"  place. 

Knitting. 

What  the  pipe  Is  to  the  Austrian,  knitting  is 
to  tl)e  Austrienne.  Sho  knits  eternally,  and 
especially  on  Sunday.  It  is  a  sort  of  pious  oc¬ 
cupation,  and  has  a  tendency  to  concentrate 
and  calm  che  thoughts,  as  smoking  does.  She 
Is  vain,  like  all  women,  and  takes  prldo  in  her 
plumage.  The  older  she  grows  the  fatter  she 
becomes ;  but  she  is  never  too  oid  to  bathe  or 
swim,  or  wear  a  white  feather  in  her  bonnet. 

There  are  all  sortsof  baths  at  Baden,  as  the 
word  Baden  Is  German  for  “  baths."  Conse¬ 
quently,  tho  towu— being  but  half  an  hour  dis¬ 
tant  by  express  from  Vienna— is  a  fashionable 
resort  for  well  folks  and  sick  folks.  1 1  is  a  very 
pretty  town,  full  of  gardens.  The  camp  meet¬ 
ing  mania  that  lias  broken  out.  to  such  an  ex¬ 
tent.  in  America,  is  only  au  exhibition  of  the 
longing  for  out  of  door  life  in  another  phase. 
The  Austrian  lives  out  of  doors  all  summer. 
His  summer  lodgings  arc  of  very  littlo  conse¬ 
quence—  providing  there  is  a  garden,  lie  eats 
In  it,  receives  bi9  friends  in  It,  reads,  strokes 


tho  working  class;  both  arc  machines,  with  no 
hope  of  being  anything  hotter;  they  have  tho 
same  national  and  social  value  us  animals.  In 
tho  middle  class  there  is  one  distinctive  differ¬ 
ence  between  tbo  men  and  women— the  former 
smoke  nil  the  time  and  the  latter  a  part  of  the 
time.  There  i*  always  a  baby  in  tho  Austrian 
family,  and  always  a  nurse  to  take  care  of  It. 
The  .Austrian  married  woman  has  her  trials 
undoubtedly,  but  sho  isn’t  expected  to  do  her 
own  work  and  take  care  of  her  baby  in  the  bar¬ 
gain.  Every  Austrian  girl  born  Into  tho  world 
issuro  of  three  things  if  she  lives;  to  have  her 
ears  bored,  to  bo  vaccinated,  and  to  bo  married. 
Until  she  i3  raarrlod,  which  occurs  early,  site 
has  very  littlo  liberty,  and  no  silk  or  velvet 
dresses.  She  marries  the  man  her  parents 
choose  for  ncr ;  perhaps  she  will  love  him  and 
perhaps  not ;  hut  that  Is  no  matter.  If  she  is 
only  married,  her  fate  aud  destiny  In  this  life 
are  fulfilled.  Children  in  Europe  are  brought 
up  to  believe  that  as  they  owe  their  exlstenco 
to  their  parents,  the  parents  have  tho  right,  to 
dispose  of  thorn  In  marriage  or  otherwise,  as 
they  please;  in  short,  that  tho  parental  wish  is 
paramount  to  any  wish  of  tho  child. 

Just  How  Much  Real  Love  Exists 

between  Austrian  husbands  and  wives,  nobody 
can  make  out  from  appearances,  as  the  demon¬ 
strations  that  affection  calls  forth  In  Americans 
are  the  commonest  and  most  meaningless  things 
in  Austria;  Msses  are  common  as  cookies ;  the 
lower  class  kiss  tho  hands  of  their  superiors, 
and  “superiors"  kiss  each  other  on  the  cheek, 
men  equally  as  well  as  women. 

Freedom  of  Austrian  Wives. 

I  have  come  to  one  conclusion,  however.  It 
is  this Notwithstanding  that  American  wo¬ 
men  marry  tho  men  they  love,  they  are  far  more 
under  the  dominion  of  their  husbandB  than  the 
women  of  Francs,  Italy  or  Austria.  Love  itself 
has  a  controlling,  mollifying  influence.  Tho 
American  woujati  gives  up  Ivor  liberty  to  a  cer¬ 
tain  extent  when  sho  marries,  while  tho  Euro¬ 
pean  woman  only  conies  Into  possession  of  hers 
ut  that  epoch.  She  seems  suddonly  to  blossom 
into  tho  full  consciousness  of  her  ’ndopendence. 
Her  financial  rights  and  expenditures  are  ar- 


A  STRING  OF  PEARLS 


W F.ntVTT.Tt  said  “  If  wo  work  upon  marble  it 
will  perish  ;  if  upon  brass,  time  will  efface  it ; 
if  we  rear  temples  they  will  crumble  Into  dust ; 
but  if  we  work  upon  our  Immortal  minds— if 
wo  Imbue  tnem  with  principles,  with  the  Just 
foar  of  God  and  love  of  our  fellow  men— we 
engrave  on  these  tablets  something  which  will 
brighten  through  all  eternity. " 

Examine  Yourself. — Do  it  impartially;  do 
It  faithfully ;  do  it  often.  Sit  down  by  yourself, 
and  shutting  outall  thoughts  on  other  subjects, 
review  your  own  Ufo  for  the  Last,  day— for  the 
last  week.  Recall  both  your  acts  and  your 
word*,  for  both  to  others  and  to  yourself  your 
words  are  often  as  serious  realities  as  your  ac¬ 
tions. 

Wisdom  Is  tho  associate  of  Justice.  It  assists 
her  to  form  equal  laws,  to  pursue  right  meas¬ 
ures,  to  correct  power  to  protect  weakness,  and 
to  unite  Individuals  in  a  common  interest  and 
general  welfare.  Heroes  may  kill  tyrants,  but 
it  is  wisdom  and  laws  that  prevent  tyranny  and 
oppression. 

A  Witty  Compt.imenta— So  witty  a  compli¬ 
ment.  is  rarely  made  as  that  of  Sydney  Smltn's 
to  his  friends  Mrs.  Tlghe  and  Mrs.  Cuffe ;  -  Ah, 
there  you  are  !  —  the  cuff  that  overy  one  would 
bo  glad  to  wear,  and  tho  tie  that  no  one  would 
lose." 

Wise  men  mingle  with  their  cares,  as  a  help 
cither  to  forget  or  overcome  them;  out  to  re¬ 
sort  to  intoxication,  for  tho  ease  of  one’s  mind* 
is  to  cure  melancholy  by  maduers. 

There  cannot  be  a  pleasant  smile  on  t,ho  lips 
of  the  hopeless.  The  blow  that  crushes  the  life 
will  shatter  the  Rmlle. 

The  three  things  most  difficult  are; -To keep 
a  Bccret,  to  forgot  an  injury,  and  to  make  good 
use  of  leisure. 

Spark  moments  are  the  gold  dust  of  time. 
Of  all  the  portions  of  our  life,  spare  momenta 
are  the  must  fruitful  in  good  of  evil. 


II 


242 


MOORE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER 


OST.  44 


OOTOBEE. 


There  eome*  n  month  In  the  weary  year— 

A  month  o f  leisure  c ntl  healthful  rest; 
When  the  ripe  leaves  fall,  » nil  the  air  Is  clear : 
October:  the  brown,  the  crisp,  the  blest. 


My  life  has  little  enough  of  bliss  : 

I  drag  the  days  of  the  Odd  eleven, 

Counting  the  time  that  shall  lead  to  this— 
The  month  that,  opens  the  hunter's  heaven. 


And  oh  I  for  the  mornings  crisp  and  white. 

With  the  sweep  of  the  hounds  upon  the  track ; 
The  bark-roofed  cabin,  the  cump-nro'B  light. 
The  break  of  the  deer  and  the  rifle's  crack. 


Do  you  call  this  trifling!  1  tell  you  friend, 

A  life  In  the  forest  la  past  all  praise, 

Give  me  u  doren  such  months  on  end— 

Tou  may  take  my  balance  of  year*  and  days. 


For  brick  and  mortar  breed  tilth  and  crime. 

And  u  pulsa  of  evil  that  throbs  nnd  heats ; 

And  men  go  withered  before  tbclr  prime 
With  the  curse  paved  in  on  the  lanes  and  streets; 


(another  whistle.)  “  I  did  think  of  having  a 
little  party  here  to  receive  you,  hut  concluded 
that  I  wanted  you  myself  the  Brut  evening-” 


notice!  my  emotion  when  I  first  saw  her  face; 
It  is  one  t  hat  has  been  constantly  before  me  for 
the  last  three  years.  I  thought  1  had  lost  it, 


Hakuy  haa  a  way  of  talking  nons»en«e,  some-  I  have  searched  everywhere.  Three  years 


And  lungs  are  choked,  and  shoulders  are  bowed 
In  the  smothering  reek  of  mill  nnd  mine ; 

And  Death  stalks  In  on  the  struggling  crowd, 
Hut  ho  shuns  the  shadow  of  uuk  and  pine. 


And  of  all  to  which  the  memory  clings, 

There  Is  naught  so  sweet  as  the  sunny  spots 
Where  our  than  ties  stood  by  the  crystal  springs, 
The  vanished  bounds,  and  the  lucky  shots. 

[/'Vow  the.  A  /dim  for  October. 


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V 

MY  KITCHEN  GIRL. 


BY  8.  A.  K. 


O,  what  a  dear,  cosy  place  it  was !  that  little 
cottage  just  out  of  the  great  city,  with  its  new, 
bright  furniture  and  pleasant  surroundings ! 
My  face  beamed  with  happiness  as  1  turned  to 
thank  my  husband  for  his  though! fulness  and 
labor.  We  were  Just  marriod,  and,  although 
rather  ignorant  of  housekeeping,  I  Insisted  that 
wo  should  not  hoard,  knowing  how  averse  my 
husband  was  to  such  a  life, 

“And  now, "sold  HAJ(i<Y,with  assumed  grav¬ 
ity,  “Mrs.  Wii.pk,  shall  I  conduct  you  to  the 
realm  of  labor?  You  are  going  to  have  a  groat 
treasure  there— no  rough,  raw  Irish  girl  to 
frighten  you  lo  death  with  her  blarney,  nor  a 
black  cook  to  order  you  off  your  own  premises, 
but  a  nice  little  American  girl  who  will  bo  able 
to  help  you  In  everything,  and  ut.  the  sametlrno 
be  a  companion  for  you  while  1  am  down  town,” 

“O,  how  glad  I  am!”  I  exclaimed.  "But 
where  did  you  find  her?  Not  in  the  Intelligence 
Ofilee,  surely?" 

“O,  no,"  sang  Harry,  whistling  a  well  known 
air,  “I  was  tolling  Uncle  N«R,  the  other  night, 
what  1  wanted,  and  he  said  ho  knew  a  person 
that  would  just  suit  me.  It  soems  this  girl 
came  there,  a  few  months  ago,  to  engage  in 
sowing,  and  hat  been  there  ever  since  as  seam¬ 
stress;  but  her  health  is  giving  way,  and  she 
thought  if  sho  could  do  the  work  of  some  small 
family,  Just  out  of  the  city,  it  would  be  better 
forher than  sewing.  I  have  hardly  had  a  glimpse 
of  her  yet,  but  Auntio  Hi  says  she  soems  very 
sad,  dresses  in  deep  mourning, and  appears  like 
one  who  had  Just  bad  some  great  sorrow." 

“Poor  thing!"  1  exclaimed,  my  sympathies 
immediately  aroused.  “But,  Hahky,  will  she 
know  anything  about  cooking?” 

"  0,  yes,”  said  he,  “for  she  has  always  lived 
in  the  country,  and  one  day  she  told  auntie  that 
she  hud  boon  through  all  kinds  of  housework; 
but  her  hands  are  very  small  and  delicate.” 

“  Why,  I  am  getting  quite  anxious  to  see  her ; 
when  will  sbo be  here,  HARRY ?” 

“0,  next  week,"  he  replied,  very  indifferent¬ 
ly,  i  thought,  with  some  surprise,  which  in¬ 
creased  as  ho  said : 

“And  now,  toy  little  wife,  let  us  have  tea.  I 
want  to  hoc  you  officiate  in  your  own  home." 

We  descended  In  the  dining  room,  I  Inwardly 
trembling,  for  I  had  never  made  a  biscuit  In  my 
life,  and  didn’t,  know  whether  to  put.  a  spoon¬ 
ful  of  tea  in  the  tea  pot,  or  a  cupful! ;  hut,  oh, 
what  a  surprise  1  There  stood  a  nice,  oval  table, 
daintily  set  for  two,  elegant  with  its  white 
damask,  dear  China  service,  and  glittering  sil¬ 
ver.  A  bright  fire  burned  in  the  grate  -every¬ 
thing  looked  so  cheerful  and  liome-like ! 

Just  entering  from  the  kitchen  1  behold  a 
graceful  form,  clad  lu  deep  mourning;  her  face 
was  pale  but  strikingly  beautiful,  and  as  the 
gaslight  flickered  down  upon  bor  golden  hair 
it  gleamed  like  a  crown  of  glory.  She  greeted 
us  with  a  ladylike  simplicity,  saying,  “  I  hope 
you  have  found  everything  in  readiness;  will 
you  take  tea  now?  You  must  be  faint  after 
your  long  rido." 

I  sat  down  in  bewildored  silence,  and,  after 
placing  a  call-bell  by  my  plate,  she  withdrew. 

“Why,  Harry  Wilde,  you  have  made  me 
wild  in  more  than  one  sense  1  Ami  dreaming? 
Is  she  to  be  my  kitchen  girl  ?  Why,  I  cannot 
treat  her  as  such  !" 

To  tell  the  truth,  Harry  looked  a  little  bo¬ 
wl  ldorod,  too. 

“  I  declare,"  he  said,  “  they  told  mo  she  was 
refined,  but  this  is  a  little  more  thun  I  ex- 
peoted.” 

“But  what  a  nice  supper  she  bos  prepared, 
and  how  thoughtful  of  you  to  have  her  hero  to 
receive  us." 

“Why,  did  you  think  I  would  bring  you  to  a 
desolate,  uninhabited  place  ?  Would  l  let  you 
soil  your  pretty  hands  at  the  outset?  O,  no” 


times,  that  might  sound  silly  to  a  third  person, 
so  I  won’t  tell  you  any  mure  of  nur  conversation. 

How  bright  the  future  looked  to  me!  True, 
my  husband  was  not  wealthy,  but  I  prefer  an 
empty  pocket  to  an  empty  head,  and,  after  all 
wo  bad  enough  for  a  commencement,  and  1 
know  there  never  was  a  happier  bride  in  the 
wide  world  than  I. 

But  this  story  isn’t  to  be  about  myself,  how¬ 
ever,  hut  of  our  kitchen  girl.  I  was  almost 
afraid  of  her  at  first,  she  seemed  so  far  above 
me,  although  always  quiet  and  polite.  Bui 
finally  my  diffidence  wore  off,  and  one  morn¬ 
ing  donning  a  huge  gingham  apron,  I  went  Into 
the  kitchen  determined  to  take  my  first  lesson- 
in  cooking.  As  T  opened  the  door,  a  low  sob 
greeted  my  ear,  and  advancing  I  behold  the  poor 
girl  bowed  in  an  agony  of  grief,  great  sobs  chok¬ 
ing  her  whole  frame. 

“  What  is  it.  MARY?"  I  said,  coining  towardr 
her,  and  speaking  as  gently  as  possible;  “what 
is  It  that  troubles  you?  It  grieves  me  to  see 
you  sad,  for  I  am  very  happy,  and  I  cannot  bear 
to  see  any  one  suffer.” 

She  rc.-ched  out  her  white  band  to  ine.  and 
as  1  clasped  It.  in  mine  I  drew  down  the  wealth 
of  golden  hair  upon  my  shoulder  and  ki-sed 
the  pale  brow,  passing  my  hand  lightly  over  l  he 
temples,  where  the  veins  were  swollen  fearfully. 

“  Let  rne  be  your  friend,  Mary  ;  we  are  n  Jftrlj 
of  an  age;  you  must  not  weep  so.  There,  now 
we  shall  he  companions  for  each  other,  and  you 
must  tell  roe  all  that  troubles  you— Will  you 
not?  You  came  here  as  a  servant.,  but  I  cannot 
treat  you  as  such,  for  you  are  my  equal  in  cveiy 
sense  of  the  word.  I  am  very  much  drawn  to¬ 
wards  you,  and  I  long  to  win  your  trust  and 
love." 

“  O,  you  arc  too  kind,”  she  sobbed.  “  It  Is 
long  since  I  have  felt  a  caressing  touch  upon 
my  brow,  and  your  words  of  sympathy  are  very 
sweet.  I  do  not  want  to  cloud  your  sunny  heart 
with  my  sorrows,  and  will  try  to  be  more  cheer¬ 
ful.” 

“Now,  now,”  said  I,  playfully,  “that  will 
never  do—”  as  a  fresh  hurst  of  tours  followed— 

“  I’ve  come  down  here  to  get  you  to  give  me 
some  lessons  in  cooking,  for  I  am  a  dreadful 
Ignoramus ;  so  wo  won’t  talk  about  It  now,  but 
some  time  1  am  going  to  win  the  whole  story 
from  you.  And  now,  most  august  preceptress, 
what  shall  bo  my  first  lesson?  Look  at  this 
mammoth  bib.  I  made  it  on  purpose  for  this 
momentous  occasion !" 

She  laughed,  half  sadly,  but  it  was  a  laugh, 
musical  andrlppllng,  and  I  balled  it  as  the  omen 
of  brighter  hours.  If  I  could  cheer  her  poor 
heart  I  determined  to  do  it. 

Every  morning  after  this  I  wont  down  to  the 
kitchen  for  my  instruction?,  and  would  soon, 
so  Mary  said,  “surpass  my  teacher.”  I  discov¬ 
ered  I  hat  the  piano  was  no  stranger  to  her  and 
that  she  had  a  voice  of  rare  quality,  and  aftor 
the  work  was  done  she  would  play  and  sing  for 
me,  or  talk  to  me,  with  that  magic  power  she 
always  wielded  in  conversation.  I  succeeded 
in  obtaining  a  raw  scholars  for  her,  nnd  her  face 
gradually  lost  its  careworn  look,  although  there 
was  a  shade  of  sadness  that  never  entirely  dis¬ 
appeared,  and  sometimes  she  would  start  nerv¬ 
ously  at  any  unexpected  sound  or  voice.  It  w  as 
the  old,  sad  story,  of  a  happy  homo  broken 
up  by  death  and  misfortuno,  and  a  penniless 
girl  thrust  out  Into  the  world.  But  there  Is  One 
who  notes  even  the  sparrow's  fall ! 

“But  why  did  you  go  out  alone,  Mary, to 
battle  with  the  world  ?”  T  said.  “  Was  there  no 
one  to  help  you  ?" 

“Perhaps  I  did  wrong,"  she  said,  “  but  oh,  I 
was  driven  nearly  wild  by  toy  sorrows,  and  1 
could  not  remain  there,  amid  those  suggestive 
scenos-andso  I  came  away,  without  n  word; 
and,  after  all,  there  is  no  ono  that  I  earn  for.” 

Mary  had  been  with  us  about  a  year,  when 
one  evening,  Harry  brought  home  an  old  col¬ 
lege  friend,  who  had  become  a  surgeon  of  con¬ 
siderable  skill.  Ami  now  just  returned  rrorn 
abroad,  he  was  very  entertaining.  1  was  r.lpirtti- 
ed  with  the  grace  and  manner  of  Ids  conversa¬ 
tion,  and  so  absorbed  did  I  become  in  tlio  in¬ 
teresting  accounts  of  his  travels  that,  our  tea 
hour  passed  by  without,  my  observlngft.  Fin  al¬ 


ign  I  root  and  loved  this  young  lady,  but 
lust  as  I  was  about,  to  declare  my  affection  for 
Iter  there  came  a  summons  urging  my  imme¬ 
diate  presence  abroad.  I  left  n  note  for  her 
which  i  have  since  discovered  she  never  re¬ 
ceived,  nor  any  letter  that  I  have  Binco  written. 
During  my  travels  I  could  not  forget  her,  and 
immediately  on  my  return  I  sought  her  home, 
(nit  it  was  in  the  possession  of  st  rangers,  and  no 
one  could  I  '  ll  me  her  whereabouts.  My  search 
has  been  in  vain  until  to-night;  and  now  the 
shook  is  so  great  I  can  hardly  master  myself.” 

He  was  deathly  pule,  and  I  began  to  fear  we 
would  have  two  patients  instead  of  one,  but  he 
soon  rallied,  and  obtained  Ids  self-control. 
Wasn’t  I  happy?  “I  knew  there  was  a  man  in 
the  case,  somewhere  1”  1  cried,  wiping  my  red 
•yes,  and  it  always  puzzled  mo  tu  know  what 
there  could  b«  interesting  In  that  little  Char¬ 
lie  living  down  in  the  coruer  house,  and  why 
Mary  took  such  a  fancy  to  him— but,  oh,  to  bo 
sure,  why  it’s  because  bis  name  is  Charlie.” 
Then  I  had  to  jump  up  and  congratulate  him 
again,  until  Harry  said,  turning  to  Ids  friend, 

”  Him  is  always  telling  rne  t  hat  it  la  I  who  made 
her  wild,  (Wilde)  but  I  think  you  uro  the  one, 
now.” 

How  our  Mary  gathered  strength  each  day, 
and  how  carefully  the  doctor  attended  to  her 
wants,  I  shall  not  give  you  an  account— nor  how 
beautiful  she  looked  in  her  white  bridal  robe, 
as  she  was  led  to  the  altar— nor  of  the  pleasant 
reception  she  gave  us  In  her  elegant  home.  It 
was  all  like  a  fairy  tale;— and  now  it  is  over, 
and  I  am  all  alone  In  my  little,  pleasant  home, 
looking,  but  without  success,  for  another 
“Kitchen  Girl." 


CUE  LIFE  OF  TOIL. 


What  profit  hath  a  man 
Of  all  Ids  labor  under  the  sun, 

Who  wnnrlea  with  his  plan.  . 

And  feels  hope  vanish  ere  it  is  done? 


Then  golden  deeds  of  earth 
'•hall  reckon  as  so  much  treasure  there, 

Though  life  were  foil  from  birth 
Of  shadow'd  nays  an  1  heart-corroding  care. 

We  go  to  seek  our  strength 
l.ike  brook-born  fish  in  infinite  sea ; 

The  soul  of  man  at  length 
Shall  fly  these  earthly  bounds  and  bo  free. 

[Dr.  l-'iiUcr-H'alkcr,  in  Christian  Union. 
— - - 


NATUBAL  CONDITION  OF  MAN. 


SPAEKS  AND  SPLINTEES. 


NionT  lights— Glow-worms. 

Man  advertises,  then  realizes. 

Lucifer  matches— Prize  fights. 

A  right  angle— Catching  trout. 

A  kkgui.au  boarder  A  saw  mill. 

Spirit  of  the  press— A  glass  of  cider. 

An  imaginary  quantity— A  lady’s  nge. 

The  modern  song  of  love— Cupid-ditty. 

A  thorough  washerwoman—  Sal  Soda. 

Tun  life  of  man  is  t  he  aggregate  of  his  loves. 

Man  respires,  aspires,  conspires  ana  expires, 

BEEF-8TEA  a  is  meat  and  proper  for  break  fast. 

When  is  wine  like  a  weed  ?  When  it  s  mullin’. 

Moving  for  a  new  trial— Courting  a  second 
wife. 

A  good  name  for  a  fortune-teller— Prognosti- 
Kate. 

Genius,  after  all,  ain’t  ennything  more  than 
elegant  kommon  sonce. 

A  Circuit  Court— The  longest  way  home 
from  the  singing  school. 

Tog  women  horse-car  conductors  have  for 
their  motto  fare  to  the  fair. 

The  Chinese  laborers  in  Cuba,  object  to  being 
paid  In  paper.  They  say  it  is  too  thin. 


Why  is  a  solar  eclipse  like  a  woman  whipping 
her  boy  ?  Because  it’s  hiding  of  the  son. 


Literary  men  can  never  be  sure  of  having 
said  a  smart  thing  unless  they  see  the  “  proof." 

The  author  of  the  saying,  “  You  must  always 
take  a  man  as  you  find  him,”  was  a  constable. 

Passionate  persons  are  like  men  who  stand 
on  their  heads ;  they  see  all  things  the  wrong 
way. 

It  takes  just  three  times  as  long  tow  tell  a 
lie,  on  enuy  subjeekt,  as  it  duz  to  tell  the 
truth. 

What  requires  moro  philosophy  fthan  taking 
things  as  they  come?  Parting  with  them  as 
they  go. 

There  iz  a  great  deal  of  dignity  in  this  world 
that  Is  komposed  entirely  ov  dignity  and  not  h¬ 
ing  else. 

Side  by  side  ov  plain  truth  stands  common 


sense  two  of  the  gratost  warriors  time  has 
ly,  1  wu»  reminded  of  the  fact  by  my  husband,  I  over  produced. 


who  said,  “Is  Mary  away?’ 

“  O,  yes,"  I  replied,  “  sho  went  out  to  see  one 
of  bur  scholars  this  afternoon.  I  cannot  think 
what  detains  her." 

Thauks  to  Mary’s  instructions  I  could  pre¬ 
pare  a  meal  equal  to  hers,  now,  and  wo  were 
soon  gathered  round  our  pleasant  table.  Sud¬ 
denly,  there  was  a  confused  sound  of  heavy 
feet,  and  Mary  was  brought  in  by  a  stalwart 
Irishman  who  said  she  had  “  slipped  upon  a  bit 
of  Ice,  and  broken  her  arm.”  Womanlike,  I 
began  to  cry;  but  Harry  gathered  her  up  in 
his  great,  strong  arms,  and  carried  her  up  to  my 
room,  where  we  all  followed. 

“  Hero,  Charlie,  1  give  this  case  up  to  you," 
said  he,  as  he  deposited  his  burden  upon  the 
bed,  and  his  friend  approached,  saying,  “She 
has  fainted." 

Suddenly  ho  bowed  his  head  upon  bis  hands, 
but  only  for  a  moment;  then  he  proceeded  to 
set  the  broken  limb  as  tenderly  as  a  woman 
would  touch  a  frail  baby’s.  On 06  sbo  spoke, 
incoherently,  and  her  eyes  opened  in  a  stupid 
stare.  I  caught  a  word  that  sounded  like 
“  Charlie" — then  the  truth  dawned  upon  me  I 

After  ho  had  done  all  that  he  could,  Charlie 
turned  to  us,  saying: — “My  friends,  you  have 
restored  a  great  biessiug  tome!  Y  on  may  havo 


WHY  is  u  dressing  gown  the  most  lasting  gar¬ 
ment  in  a  gentleman’s  wardrobe?  Because  he 
never  wears  it  out, 

A  Boston  woman  wanted  to  elope,  but  when 
her  husband  gave  her  tiie  money  to  go,  she 
changed  her  mind  — it  took  all  the  romance 
away. 

“  Wo  are  fearfully  and  wonderfully  made,  as 
the  man,  quoting  Scripture,  stud  to  his  friend 
as  they  were  looking  at  the  skeleton  of  a 
donkey. 

“  One  of  the  most  tantalizing  things  in  a  small 
way,"  says  the  editor  of  the  Vullor  Herald,  “is 
that  of  being  continually  bitten  by  an  undis- 
ooverablc  Ilea.” 

JobU  Billingb  gives  the  following  advice  to 
young  men:— “Don't  bo  disc  uro  god  if  your 
muslash  don't  grow.  It  sumtlnies  bapens  where 
a  musUieb  duz  the  best,  nothing  else  duz  so 
well.” 

A  stunky  lady  correspondent  writes  that  she 
kuows  voiy  little  about  the  back  pay  question  ; 
but  ah  is  going  to  draw  her  back  hair  up  over 
beau  aocording  to  tbo  prevailing  fashion,  if  it 
lifts  her  off  her  he  .Is  and  oudangors  her  equi¬ 
librium,  auG  sue  would  like  to  know  what  the 
newspapers  are  going  to  do  about  it. 


The  natural  and  healthy  condition  of  man  is 
one  in  which  he  works  for  what  hn  receives. 
Those  who  contribute  nothing  to  (ho  general 
stock  ought  to  take  nothing  from  it.  The  ac¬ 
cumulation  of  capital  in  private  hands  is  creat¬ 
ing,  in  continually  enlarging  numbers,  a  class 
of  persons  who  have  abuncant  means  to  spend 
on  themselves,  while  they  havo  nothing  to  do 
in  return.  A  man  makes  a  fortune,  as  it,  Is 
called;  ho  leaves  it  to  his  children,  who  find 
themselves  to  have  Inherited  the  services  of  an 
army  of  genii,  potent  as  tho  u  of  Aladdin’s 
lamp,  to  minister  to  their  pleasures.  Fools 
spend  their  share  on  Indulgence.  Indulgence 
is  usually  synonymous  with  vice;  and  as  long 
as  their  purses  hold  out  they  do  mischief  to 
every  one  who  comes  near  thorn.  This  kind  of 
tiling  happily  does  not  often  last  long.  Tho 
money  is  soon  gone,  and  there  is  an  end  of  It. 
But  the  majority  have  sense  enough  to  avoid 
ruining  themselves  by  ext ravaganeo.  Thoy  livo 
on  their  Incomes,  Indies  especially,  and  having 
tholr  time  to  themselves,  and  being  spared  the 
necessity  of  exertion,  are  considered  as  excep¬ 
tionally  happy— yet  happy  they  cannot  ho.  Sat¬ 
isfaction  of  mind  is  allotted  by  Providence 
only  to  Industry  ;  and  not  being  obliged  to  ho 
Industrious,  they  loso  the  capacity  Dir  it.  En¬ 
joyments  pall  on  them.  Having  allowed  the 
period  of  life  to  pass  unused  when  occupations 
can  bo  successfully  learned,  they  are  unable  to 
take  tholr  places  afterward  on  tho  beaten  roads 
of  life.  They  stray  into  fancy  employments; 
they  become  dabblers  In  politics,  dabblers  in 
art,  dabblers  In  literature  and  science.  Noth¬ 
ing  succeeds  with  them  sufficiently  to  put  them 
on  good  terms  with  themselves,  and  then  men 
ami  women  alike,  and  particularly  tho  better 
sort  of  them,  being  without  wholmoruo  occu¬ 
pations,  a^d  craving  for  something  which  will 
satisfy  tho  demands  which  tboir  minds  are 
making  on  them,  rhey  fly  to  the  opiates  and 
anodynes  of  the  quack  doctors  of  the  spiritual 
world.— James  Anthony  Fronde. 


HOW  A  MAN  IS  CONVEETED. 


Talmage  says:— You  see  a  man  from  tho 
most  Infamous  surroundings  stop  Into  the  king¬ 
dom  of  God.  He  has  beard  no  sermon.  He  has 
received  no  startling  providential  warning. 
What  brought  him  to  this  now  mind?  This  is 
the  secret;  God  looked  over  tho  bottle  in  which 
ho  gathers  the  tears  of  his  people,  and  saw  a 
parental  tear  in  that  bottle  which  had  boen 
for  f  orty  years  unanswered.  Ho,  said,  “Go  to 
now:  and  let  me  answer  that  teerl”  and 
forthwith  the  wanderer  Is  brought  home  to  God. 
- — - 

A  Beautiful  Farewell, 


Dr.  Todd's  last 
message  to  his  church,  sent  on  a  Sabbath  even¬ 
ing,  contained  this  passage  Toll  them  that  I 
have  unwavering  faith  in  Christ  and  his  salva- 
lion,  and  that  I  am  waiting  mid  hoping  for 
light,  from  the  eternal  world.  I  want  to  see 
that  light  and  think  L  shall.  ‘Though  I  walk 
through  the  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death,  I 
will  fear  no  evil.’  And  so  I  stand  at  the  gate 
like  a  little  child,  waiting  for  it  to  open  to  give 
me  a  glimpse  of  the  glory." 

• - - — - 


IjOng-Spun  Sermons. — We  commoml  to  tho 
consideration  of  ministers  who  aro  given  to 
preaching  long  sermons  the  anecdote  of  the 
little  boy  who  kept  awake  in  church  as  long  as 
lie  could,  but  finally  wont  to  sleep,  had  his  nap, 
waked  up  to  find  the  minister  still  preaching, 
and  innocently  whispered “Mother,  Is  it  this 
Sunday  night  or  is  It  next  Sunday  night?” 


It  is  tho  weakness  of  some  good  men  to  speak 
of  man  as  miserable  rather  than  guilty.  Indeed 
it  becomes  ono  who  has  obtained  mercy  to  pity 
rather  than  condemn.  Yet  compassion  should 
be  mixed  with  a  holy  indignation  ;  for  we  may 
indulge  a  tenderness  to  offenders  till  we  lose 
sight  of  the  abomination  of  sin, 

— - - - 


The  king,  in  reality,  is  well  served ;  neither 
life  nor  fortune  Is  considered  when  hla  pleasure 
is  the  question.  If  wo  were  as  well  disposed 
toward  God,  we  should  be  saints  indoed.— 
Aladmuc  tie  Scviync. 


r<n\  n 


Ail  things  aro  full  of  toil, 

And  in  much  wisdom  there  is  much  grief. 

The  best  of  mon  roust  moll ; 

The  Wheat  grows  ripe  for  tho  thresher’s  sheaf. 

So  we  build  not  on  sand. 

But  flx  our  faith  on  things  eternal. 

Our  human  work  shall  stand 
Until  this  life  becomes  supernal. 


jfvuly 


Wu 


©st.  a 


MOOSE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


THE  FARMER’S  FESTIVAL. 

BT  N.  8.  EMERSON. 

The  harvest  moon  t*  shining,  high 
Above  the  forest  and  the  Held, 

And  laden  vine,  and  orchard  bough, 

Are  bending  with  their  generous  yield. 

It  is  the  farmer's  festal  time, 

The  hour  that  crown*  his  year  of  toll ; 
And  bids  him  take  his  honored  place 
A  monarch  of  the  teeming  soil. 

For  ho,  with  patient,  tireless  zeal, 

Through  chilling  frost,  anil  burning  sun, 
From  Nature’s  store-house,  hidden  deep. 
Her  richest  treusure-ti  ovo  has  won. 

The.  sinews  of  the  lund  arc  his ; 

From  brain  and  muscle  ho  has  wrought 
The  Iron  rail,  the  slender  wire 
That  bears  its  freight  of  living  thought. 

lie  fees  the  lawyer's  eloquence, 

Though  heedless  of  Ills  words  of  strife. 
And  pays  the  parson's  salary, 

Who  breaks  for  all  the  bread  of  life ; 
And  shall  he  calmly  wait  and  soo 
The  profits  of  his  labor  wasted, 
Absorbed,  by  men  who  never  yet 
The  Joys  of  honest  toll  have  tasted  ? 

Nay  !  farmer-folk,  with  you  there  rests 
The  might  and  right  to  rule  our  land ; 
Close  up,  close  up  your  severed  ranks, 
Shoulder  to  shoulder  hike  your  stand, 
And  show  the  world  a  solid  front 
Of  frank,  outspoken,  honest  men, 

Who  spurn  all  tricksters,  and  defy 
The  politician’s  wily  pen. 


EVERY-DAY  LITE, 

BY  LEAD  PENCIL,  ESQ. 

Fruits  of  Solitude. 

“  I  wonder  If  It  Is  not  generally  true  that 
eveiythlng  good  cornea  out  of  solitude— Springs 
from  the  thought  there  developed?"  said  a 
thoughtful  woman  the  other  day.  I  replied 
that,  much  good  does  doubtless  come  to  those 
who  have  habits  of  Introspection,  and  who  use 
solitude  as  the  chemist  uses  bis  laboratory  and 
crucible  to  analyze  t  he  material  gathered  In  the 
outside  world.  Hut  that  “everything  good" 
come*  of  solitude  j  or  that  everything  Is  good 
that  comes  of  it,  is  not  true.  The  fact  Is  thorn 
are  some  women  whose  solitary  brooding  brings 
only  trouble  to  them  and  to  others.  They  are 
too  much  alone.  They  think  of  thnttisolves  too 
much.  They  get  morbid  from  this  constant 
brooding-  monomaniacs  in  fact.  The  good, 
healthful  stimulus  of  contact  with  tho  outside 
world  would  counteract  such  tendencies.  It 
Is  unfortunately  true  that  there  are  people  who 
do  not  know  how  to  think  judicially.  They 
get  Into  a  groove  of  thinking,  and,  If  not  dis¬ 
turbed  by  sorno  one,  run  in  It  direct  to  mental 
(and  sometimes  moral)  perdition.  Tho  more 
such  persons  are  left  alono  the  worse  t.hdy  aro 
oil.  Good  may  and  does  come  of  solitude. 
Most  people  need  more  or  less  of  It— aro  forti¬ 
fied  by  It.  It  helps  one  to  depend  upon  one’s 
own  resources  for  companionship;  but  such 
companionship  does  not  always  give  the  best 
results.  A  match  may  lie  alone  a  thousand 
years  and  not  Ignite  or  give  light.  Two  pieces 
of  wood  will  not  furnish  fire.  Isolated— without 
friction.  A  mind  may  bury  itself  In  solitude 
and  give  no  more  fruit  than  the  tree  which  Is 
shut Y>ut  from  sunlight ;  and  yet  occasional 
solitude  is  good  for  some  people,  just  a3  shade 
is  nocessary  to  some  plants. 

Tho  Cry  of  an  Isolated  Life. 

Talking  of  solitude  and  Isolation  reminds 
me  ol'  a  paragraph  In  a  letter  I  received  from  a 
woman  not  long  ago.  And  a*  a  phase  of  this 
Every-Day  Life  of  ours,  when  shut  in  and  com¬ 
pelled  to  much  solitude,  and  as  an  Illustration 
of  the  truth  of  what  i  have  been  writing,  It  is 
pertinent  to  quote  it  here.  1 1  is  u»  follows  : 

“  I  said  1  was  gloomy.  Very  probably  you 
will  toll  me  it  is  my  own  fault ;  and  most  likely 
It  is.  Yet  sometime*  there  are  aclios  in  the 
heart  not  easily  repelled,  especially  when  they 
arise,  as  mine  do,  In  part,  from  the  ring  of  busy 
life  so  near  me  I  can  almost  catch  it*  echo ;  the 
stir  and  hum  of  happy  comers  and  goers.  I 
have  a  vague  sense  oftho  feeling  one  must  have 
who  is  lost,  or  prisoned  and  forgotten,  not  much 
removed  from  the  great  throng  of  humanity, 
but  too  far  to  catch  Its  voice  and  send  back 
greeting.  ♦  4  *  Oh  1  how  I  feel  like  reaching 
out  to  the  Earth  my  benumbed  arms  and  beck¬ 
oning  with  the  signal  of  distress!  O  Life!  O 
great  human  Heart!  0  happy  passers !  I  am 
here!  (  am  a  Soul,  a  Heart,  a  Life!  Do  not 
keep  so  far  away!  Give  me  your  song!  Tell 
me  the  sweet  secret  of  your  gladness !  Moisten 
my  lips  with  your  nectar,  for  I  am  as  silent  and 
dreary  and  thirsty  as  lire  can  be  !  All  that  have 
listened  to  the  Bobbing  of  my  heart  aro  stung 
with  sorrow;  tho  leaves  hang  still  on  the 
branches;  tho  bird*  arc  hidden,  and  the  shad¬ 
owy  sky  is  ready  to  burst  for  very  grief.  O  Life ! 
Can  I  not  make  you  listen  ?” 

Now  I  do  not  think  continued  solitude  good 
for  such  a  soul.  No  goodwill  grow  out  of  it, 
though  much  may  have  been  born  In  it.  What 
I  have  quoted  Is  a  cry  similar  to  that  I  used  to 
road  in  my  school  days :  I 

“  O  solitude  where  aro  tho  charms 
That  Sages  have  seen  in  thy  face  1" 

And  it  requires  a  Sage  to  profit  by  solitude.  I 
The  preparation  to  profit  by  solitude  comes  of  j 


contact  with  tho  world.  The  gross  material 
must  be  gathered  before  the  crucible  can  be 
made  of  service  in  the  separation  of  tho  dross 
from  the  gold. 

- - - 

USELESS  WOEK. 
by  o.  u.  n. 

I  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  It  Is  a 
peculiarity  of  tho  feminine  mind  never  to  be 
really  happy  unless  burdened  with  tasks  so 
numerous  as  to  fill  every  hour  of  tho  day.  Else 
why  is  there  so  much  utterly  superfluous  work 
continually  being  done?  Take.,  for  instance, 
patchwork  quilts.  Many  people  Innocently 
suppose  that  because  white  counterpane*  are 
cheaper  and  prett  ier,  patchwork  has  fallen  Into 
disuse,  and  is  Indeed  becoming  one  nf  the  lost 
arts,  but  f  can  assure  them  that.  In  the  coin-dry 
it  still  flourishes.  Not  only  are  bit*  of  material, 
left  from  garment*  made,  cut  Into  minute  frag¬ 
ments  and  sowed  together  again  In  geometrical 
patterns  and  wondrous  device*,  but  yards  of 
new  material  are  used  up  In  the  same  way. 
This  work,  together  with  the  great  amount  of 
labor  ami  time  consumed  In  the  quilting,  pro¬ 
duces  an  article  not  one-half  a*  pretty  as  while 
counterpanes  which  coat  but  little  money,  and 
no  time  or  labor  before  they  aro  ready  for  use. 
Then  the  sowing!  The  flounces  overlay  my 
skirts,  the  ruffles  Overlay  my  flounces,  (he  trim¬ 
ming  of  the  edges  or  all,  and  the  tuck*  filling 
every  Inch  of  space,  so  that  a  well-made  and 
perfectly  plain  garment  would  be  refreshing, 
and  resting,  to  our  tired  eyes.  Sou  the  amount 
of  unnecessary  work  done  by  women  who  si  rive 
to  attain  and  maintain  a  reputation  for  super¬ 
lative  housekeeping.  Neatness,  like  all  other 
virtues,  becomes  a  vice  when  carried  to  excess, 
The  wearing  away  of  floors,  tables,  nhalrs,  wood¬ 
work,  and  ail  kitchen  utensils,  by  the  continual 
scrubbing  of  tlmt  which  was  already  perfectly 
clean— who  can  account  for  this,  except  by  the 
love  of  work  for  its  own  sako  rather  than  for 
Its  results? 

Then  the  worse  than  useless  cooking.  When 
broad  and  butter  aro  well  made,  meats,  veget¬ 
ables  and  fruits  skillfully  prepared  for  the  table, 
it  must  be  ii  depraved  appetite  that  would  long 
for  pies,  cakes  and  preserve.*. 

To  repeat  the  Idea  with  which  l  commenced  : 

I  believo  ir  Micro  should  come  to  our  busy  Mar¬ 
thas  an  afternoon  In  which  Micro  would  bo 
nothing  at  all  to  bo  done  tho  house  In  perfect 
order  from  garret  to  cellar  no  sowing  to  do, 
not  even  a  letter  to  write— they  would  bo  rest¬ 
lessly  unquiet  and  finally  miserable  before  the 
happy  hour  when  they  could  again  tako  up  the 
burden  by  getting  supper. 


JUmlhuj  for  tin }  f) on nq. 


READY  OBEDIENCE. 


THE  JIMMY  JOHNS. 

Mas.  Diaz  tells  in  Our  Young  Folks  a  comical 
story  of  two  twins,  who  looked  so  much  alike 
that  the  neighbors  could  not  toll  which  was  Jim¬ 
my  and  which  Johnny,  and  so  called  them  “tho 
Jlmrnyjohna.’'  And  this fs  the  account  of  one 
of  their  runny  “way*: “-When  tho  Jimmie.-; 
wore  little  toddling  things,  just  beginning  to 
walk,  they  were  constantly  falling  down,  tip¬ 
ping  over  in  their  cradle  or  bumping  their 
bonds  together;  and  Mrs.  Plummer  found  that, 
tho  best  way  to  stop  the  crying,  at  such  times, 
was  to  turn  it  Into  ki.-v-ung.  The  reason  of  this 
is  very  plain.  In  crying,  tho  mouth  flics  open  ; 
In  kissing,  It  shut*.  Mrs.  Plummer  was  a  won¬ 
derful  woman.  She  found  out  that  shutting 
tho  mouth  would  stop  It*  crying,  and  to  abut 
the  mouth  she  contrived  that  pretty  kissing 
plan,  and  at  tho  first  sound  of  a  bump  would 
catch  up  tha  little  toddlers,  put  their  arms 
round  each  others  neck*,  and  say:  —  “Ki*« 
Johnny,  Jimmy!  Kiss  Jimmy,  Johnny!”  It 
wfi*  enough  to  make  anybody  Uugh  to  see  them 
in  the  midst  of  a  crying  spell,  run  toward  each 
other,  their  cheeks  Btlll  wet  with  tears,  and  to 
see  their  poor,  little,  twisted  crying  months, 
Lying  to  shut  up  into  a  kiss ! 

A  SENSIBLE  YOUNG  LADY. 

"  WJB  have  a  young  ledy  here,”  writes  a  Lake 
George  correspondent,  “the  daughter  or  Col. 
Montgomery,  U.  8.  A.,  who  can  row  a  boat  bet¬ 
ter  than  most  men.  She  is  a  girl  of  splendid 
physique  u ml  healthy  tone  of  mind.  Without 
regard  to  her  complexion,  sin-  goes  out  on  tin- 
water  morning,  noon  and  evening.  Fortunately 
for  her,  tho  sun  beautifies  and  doe*  not  disflg- 
ure,  for  she  only  looks  fresh  and  rosy,  without 
any  tan  cr  redness.  The  girls  who  are  passing 
the  season  In  fine  dressos  and  only  take  piazza 
exercise  because  their  dress  unfits  them  for 
any  other,  may  well  envy  Miss  Montgomery  the 
pleasurable  recollections  she  will  carry  with 
her  of  her  summer  at  Lake  George.” 

—  -  . 

A  young  man  who  Knows  all  about  it  states 
that  his  experience  has  taught  him  that  a  flirt 
is  a  fool  wiio  delights  in  fooling  fools,  and  the 
fool  who  is  fooled  by  suoh  a  fool  is  the  foolitth- 
est  kind  of  a  fool.  He’s  been  fooled  badly,  we 
should  judge. 

- -►*-* - 

Miss  Er-ms  Moore,  a  great-granddaughter 
of  tho  widow  of  Ethan  Allen,  is  the  leader  of 
scholarship  and  deportment  of  the  hist  fresh¬ 
man  class  iti  tho  University  of  Vermont  and 
State  Agricultural  College  at  Burlington. 

—  »♦*» - 

A  little  girl  was  asked  what  was  the  mean¬ 
ing  of  tho  word  happy.  She  gave  a  pretty  an¬ 
swer,  saying,  "  It  is  to  feel  as  if  you  wanted  to 
give  all  your  things  to  your  little  sister." 


If  you  are  told  to  do  a  thing, 

And  mean  to  do  it  really, 

Nover  let  it  he  by  halves ; 
ft  Ho  it  fully,  freely ! 

Q 

Do  not  make  n  poor  excuso, 

Waiting,  weak,  unsteady ; 

All  obedience  worth  tho  narno 
1  Must  bo  prompt  and  ready. 

/  When  father  calls,  though  pleasant  be 

3  The  play  you  are  pursuing, 

i  Do  not  si:y,  "  I’ll  come  when  I 

f  Have  tii.  1  died  what  I’m  doing." 

— —  •»■*-■» —  —  -  -  — i 

.  THE  BEAR  IR  THE  BUSH. 

[  A  TEUE  STOEY  FOE  THE  LITTLE  ONES. 

’  BY  JULIE  REYNOLDS  BEERS. 

,  Tithe  i  children  wore  climbing  on  tholr  grand- 
I  pa’s  lap.  They  formed  nn  extensive  lapful,  but 
grandpa  was  very  patient,  for  ho  loved  “the 
'  babies”  as  he  called  thorn.  A  little  girl  with 
rosy  cheeks,  another  with  golden  curls,  and  a 
’  sober-faced  boy,  each  naked,  grandpa  to  toll 
|  them  a  true  story. 

"Many  years  ago,"  began  grandpa,  “my 
brother  and  myself  were  very  happy,  for  a 
,  cousin  came  to  visit  us.  Wa  had  lively  times,  i 
toll  you;  and  Brother  Sam  and  Cousin  Will, 
being  about,  five  years  older  than  J,  thought 
they  must  have  a  little  fun  at  my  expense. 
Sam  told  mo  that  if  I  would  go  over  to  Mr. 
Thorpe’s,  after  dark,  ami  return  homo  with¬ 
out  getting  frightened,  ho  would  glvo  me  a 
hook. 

A  book  !  Tho  promise  was  music  to  my  ears, 
and  I  did  not  hesitate  to  take  tho  required 
Journey.  Sam  ami  Will  know  that.  1  was  no 
coward,  and  to  prepare  my  mind  for  a  fright 
they  spent  the  afternoon  In  tolling  ghost  stories. 

Evening  came.  “You'd  hotter  Jet  him  start 
now,  Sam,  If*  getting  dark,"  said  Cousin  Will. 

“  Well,  go  ahead,  Ibrii,”  said  my  brother;  and 
1  needed  no  second  command,  though  tho  way 
led  through  shadowy  hemlock  woods.  There 
wa*  no  moon  and  1  ho  sky  was  cloudy,  and  when 
1  wan  returning  home  the  wood*  were  very 
dark— so  dark  that  1  lost  tho  path  and  found 
myself  In  a  big  brush  heap.  Well  do  I  remem¬ 
ber  how  under  my  llfctlo  foet  tlm  dry  brush, 
crackled  In  the  deep  stillness  nf  the  woods. 
Luckily  f  found  t  he  path  again,  and  in  the  path 
was  something  white.  I  picked  it,  up,  and 
found  It  to  ho  a  sheet  tied  to  a  broom.  My 
brother  and  Cousin  meant  to  scare  mo  with  this 
but  becoming  frightened  themselves  by  tho 
noise  in  tho  brush,  they  dropped  it  ami  (led. 
When  I  arrived  home,  dragging  Urn  broom  and 
long,  white  sheet  behind  me,  Sam  and  Will 
wore  Just  telling  a  great  hear  story,  l  listened 
intently.  What  if  I  had  met,  this  horrid  bear  ! 

“  And  then  wo  ran  with  all  our  might,"  went 
on  8am. 

“  For  wo  heard  tho  old  bear  crackling  in  the 
brush,”  put  In  Will,  excitedly. 

A  light  broke  In  upon  my  llttlo  brain. 

“  0  dut  was  hi e  what  was  trackllng  in  do 
brustf! ”  I  exclaimed — “ only  me.” 

Hearty  laugh  tor  followed,  and  tho  boys  looked 
much  ashamed.  I  stolo  up  to  Ham.  “Where’s 
my  hook,  Sam?  I  didn’t  get  scared." 

Sam  said  not  a  word,  lmt  went  out,  soon  re¬ 
turning  with  tho  precious  little  book,  with  its 
bright  cover*  and  pictures  of  dogs  ;  and  I  went 
to  bod  tho  happiest  child  in  the  State  of  Now 
York.  But  tho  boys  never  flnishod  their  bear 
story." 

The  children  were  much  pleased  with  the 
story.  They  are  grown  now,  but  grandpa  is  liv¬ 
ing  yet,  and  he  now  plays  with  Ida  great-grand¬ 
children.  He  is  as  fond  of  hooks  as  ho  was 
when  ho  was  a  little  boy,  and  roads  for  hours  at 
a  time,  without  glasses.  (J  how  we  love  him  !— 
with  Ids  young  heart  and  Ids  beautiful  white 
hair. 

- - 

THE  EOY  AND  THE  BIED-A  FABLE. 

One  day  while  a  young  boy  was  walking  in 
the  Hold  he  found  a  wounded  bird,  which  being 
too  much  injured  to  fly  away,  suffered  Itself  to 
bo  caught,  and  carried  home  by  its  finder  in 
triumph.  Being  a  kind-hearted  boy,  he  ten¬ 
derly  cured  for  the  bird  until  it*  broken  wing 
was  well  again.  He  taught  the  bird  to  sing  and 
to  do  many  wonderful  t  hings,  and  became  at 
last  very  much  attached  to  it,.  One  day  wliilo 
the  window  was  open  the  bird  suddenly  but¬ 
tered  its  light  wings  and  flew  out  of  the  house, 
alighting  in  an  adjoining  tree,  and  delighted 
with  Its  newly-acquired  freedom,  It  refused 
every  Inducement  its  late  master  could  offer  it 
to  return,  and  with  a  shrill  chirp,  that  seemed 
to  say,  “catch  me  if  you  can,"  it  flew  away  into 
the  summer  air  and  wa*  soon  out  of  sight. 

The  summer  months  passed  away  and  the 
autumn  came,  tho  leave*  grow  crimson  and 
golden  and  dropped  ono  by  one  from  tho 
branches,  Tho  bleak  winds  swept,  thorn  away. 
Then  t,ho  air  grew  cold  and  chcurlosa  and  tho 
first  snowflakes  began  to  fall,  and  the  wintry 
winds  began  to  sigh  over  the  barren  Uolds  and 
about  the  ohimnoy  tops. 

Tho  boy  stood  again  by  the  open  window, 
warmly  and  comfortably  clad,  gazing  with  ad¬ 
miration  at  tho  newly- fid  Ion  snow.  Suddenly 
ids  attention  was  attracted  by  a  faint  chirp 


near  at  hand,  and  looking  in  the  direction  of 
the  sound,  ho  saw  his  truant  pet  half  chilled 
witli  cold.  II.-  called  to  It  gladly  and  the  bird 
timidly  approached  him,  a  llttlo  distance  at  a 
time,  and  at,  last  taking  courage,  it  alighted  nn 
a  bare  branch  by  the  window,  and  from  thence 
Uou  intuits  muster's  hand.  It  was  soon  back 
in  its  cage  again  in  tho  kitchen  corner  singing 
its  old  songs,  safe  from  the  cold. 

Moral.-  Truant  chickens  Invariably  come 
homo  to  roost.  The  had  young  boy  and  the 
foolish  girl  who  leave  a  happy  and  comfortable 
homo,  when  circumstances  *eom  bright  and 
fair,  aro  glad  enough  to  return  again,  when 
winter  comes  and  adversity  overtakes  them. 
- - - 

BETTER  THAN  GOLD. 

W, if  often  hoar  little  boy*  tolling  of  the  won¬ 
der*  they  will  do  when  they  grow  to  be  men. 
They  arc  looking  and  longing  for  !  he  time  when 
they  shall  bo  large  enough  to  carry  a  caria  and 
wear  a  toll  hat;  uiul  not.  ono  of  them  will  say 
that  ho  expect*  to  bo  a  poor  man,  but  that 
everyone  Intends  to  bo  rich.  Now  money  l*  very 
good  in  it*  place;  but.  let  mo  tell  you,  little 
boys,  what  Is  a  great  deal  better  than  money, 
and  what  you  may  bo  earning  all  the  time  you 
arc  waiting  to  a  row  large  enough  to  earn  a  for¬ 
tune.  The  Bible  tells  us  that  “n  good  name  Is 
rather  to  be  chosen  than  great  riches,  and 
loving  favor  rather  than  silver  and  gold.”  A 
good  mime  doe*  not  mean  a  muno  for  being  the 
richest  man  in  town,  or  for  owning  the  largest 
house.  A  good  nnmo  I*  a  name  for  doing  good 
dec*!*;  a  name  for  wearing  a  pleasant  face  and 
carrying  a  cheerful  heart;  for  always  doing 
right,  no  matter  what  we  may  bo. 

- 

“LET  ME,  MA'AM.” 

“  Let  me,  ma'am,  let  mo,”  said  a  little  boy  to 
a  lady,  who,  on  a  rainy,  windy  clay,  was  strug¬ 
gling  to  open  an  umbrella,  and  at  thosanio time 
to  keep  hold  or  several  little  parcels,  and  ho 
took  the  umbrella  from  her  hand,  oponed  it, 
and  then  tied  her  parcel*  together  in  ono  with 
a  stout  string. 

“Thank  you  very  much,"  said  she.  “  You  aro 
very  polite  to  do  so  much  for  a  stranger." 

“O!  it's  no  trouble,  ma'am,"  said  he,  with  a 
smile;  “I  like  to  help  people." 

Can't  some  of  our  readers  look  out  for  a 
chance  to  go  and  do  llknwlxo  ? 

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and  Maidens— who  are  disposed  to  form  Club* 
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DOUBLE  ACROSTIC.- No.  1. 

1.  A  ravenous  animal. 

3.  An  animal  production. 

3.  Certain  days  of  the  months. 

4.  Good  oi*  evil  spirits. 

5.  To  call  or  cry  out. 

IS.  A  collection  of  maps. 

7.  One  of  the  great,  powers. 

8.  An  instrument  of  music. 

9.  A  metal  resembling  gold. 

10.  A  patent  medicine. 

My  initials  form  the  name  of  a  city  and  my 
finals  the  name  of  a  well-known  institution  lo¬ 
cated  there.  x.  y.  z. 

I  ?/"  Answer  In  two  weoks. 

- - - 

CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA.— No.  7. 

My  first  is  in  rasp  but.  not  In  file. 

My  second  is  In  league  but  not  in  mile ; 

My  third  Is  in  run  but  not  in  Jump, 

My  fourth  Is  in  sugar  but,  not  in  lump  ; 

My  fifth  Is  In  lamp  but  not  in  taper, 

My  whole  is  the  name  of  an  excellent,  paper. 
Answer  in  two  weeks.  w.  w.  rt.  f. 
- - - 

CONUNDRUM. -No.  4. 

Under  my  first  my  second  stood  ; 

I  think  you’ll  call  this  quite  as  good. 

Mrs.  Clinton  Smith. 
855r"  Answer  In  two  weoks. 

- - - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS. -Sept.  27. 


Problem  No.  10.  — 

l  47  319978  rods. 

<  35.149083  “ 

( 34.589971 

Cross-Word  Enigma  No.  8.— Kansas. 


menced  against,  Jay  Cooke  &  Co.,  In  Washing- 
ton. .  .  The  Navy  will  go  into  mourning  for  Ad¬ 
miral  Winslow,  who  sunk  the  A  lnlmma  I ...  .The 
political  conflict  in  Arkansas  has  ended.  The 
resource*  of  the  Boston  banks  have  been  re¬ 
duced  £i,00«J, WO  .  .  The  Whole  of  the  estate  of 
Jay  Cooke  arid  family,  personal  and  real.  Is  to 
Ini  put  into  a  pool  to  satisfy  the  demands  of 
creditors  600  c  ases  of  yellow  fever  at  Mem¬ 
phis  on  the  3d  .  If  requested,  oor  Government 
will  act  as  mediator  between  Russia  and  Japan 
The  sentence  of  two  of  the  M odocs  was 
commuted  by  the  President  t  o  imprisonment 
for  life  ;  the  rest  were  executed  on  too  3d. .. . . . 

T.000  farmers  have  held  a  mass  meeting  at  Kal¬ 
amazoo,  Mich- 


The  shipping  of  live  catt  le  to  England  from 
New  York  has  commenced.  A  herd  of  150  left 
on  the  27th.  to  All  an  order  for  an  English 
butcher.  It  is  thought  this  may  become  a  great 
trade.  Beef  is  very  dear  In  England,  and  the 
home  supply  Is  not  equal  to  the  demand. 

No  elections  will  be  held  In  Mississippi  until 
November,  1874,  the  present  Governor  and  At¬ 
torney-General  of  (hat  State  having  so  decreed. 

Capt.  Jack,  Black  Jim,  Boston  Charlie,  and 
Schonchln  were  hanged  at  Fort  Klamath  last 
Friday,  in  presence  of  500  Indians. 

It  is  reported  that  the  crops  have  failed  in 
Hungary,  and  that  famine  prevails  in  some  sec¬ 
tions  of  that  country. 

Secretary  Richardson  has  refused  to  order 
the  prepayment  of  the  bonds  known  as  the 
“  lives  of  1874.” 

The  funeral  of  the  late  Sir  Edwin  Landseer 
takes  place  in  London,  at  St.  Paul’s,  on  the  Ilth 
of  October. 

Mrs.  Edwin  M.  Stanton  Is  again  reported  to 
be  dangerously  sick  at  her  home  in  Pa. 

The  Pope  says  the  prospect  for  the  cause  of 
the  Church  is  not  very  great. 


entire  cotton  crops  that  may  be  produced  for 
the  next  five  or  ten  years  to  come,  and  longer  If 
the  plan  works  to  the  interest  of  all  concerned. 
The  proposition  is  about  as  sensible  as  that  the 
National  Government  build  a  freight  railroad 
or  dig  a  canal  from  the  West  to  the  seaboard. 

Tub  Mark  Lane  Express  concedes  that  En¬ 
gland  must  Import  90,000.000  bushels  of  wheat 
to  make  up  the  deficiency  of  this  year’s  crop. 
Others  place  the  deficiency  higher.  Franco  also 
needs  48,000,000  bushels  from  abroad,  while  the 
total  export  of  wheat  and  flour  from  t  he  1  nlted 
State*  to  Europe  for  the  year  ending  June  30, 
1872,  waA  only  21.000.000  bushels- 

The  Commissioner  of  the  General  Land  Office 
has  given  notice  to  the  Central  Pacific  Railroad 
Company  to  surrender  the  patents  for  some 
3,500  acres  of  land  In  Yola  county.  Cal.,  which 
land  was  patent  ed  April  9, 1870,  to  the  Western 
pacific  Railroad  Company,  but  which,  it  now 
appears,  had  been  segregated  by  the  State  of 
California  as  swamp  lands. 

The  following  figures  show  the  strength  of 
the  various  denominations  in  English-speaking 
countries Protestant  Episcopalians,  12,500,000; 
Presbyterians,  11,500,000;  Baptists,  10,500,000; 
Congretlonalists,  7,500,000;  Methodists,  15,000,- 
000;  Roman  Catholics,  10,000,000.  The  protest- 
ants  arc  57,000,000  against  the  10,000,000  Roman 
Catholics. 

Gen.  G.  T.  Beauregard  was  considerably  in¬ 
jured  recently  while  visiting  the  famous  battle¬ 
field  at  Manassas.  Ills  horse  stumbled  and  fell 
catching  the  General’s  leg  under  him  and  bruis¬ 
ing  II  severely.  He  also  dislocated  his  thumb 
and  sustained  other  trifling  injurious  which 
detained  him  in  confinement  for  a  day  or  two. 

TnE  colossal  bust  of  John  Howard  Payne,  the 
author  of  "  Home,  Sweet  Home,"  was  unvalled 
at  Prospect  Park,  Brooklyn,  Saturday  afternoon, 
•  hr,  9!7*i,  nit...  iii  the  presence  of  a  vast  multitude 


CURRENT  TOPICS, 


THE  EVANGELICAL  ALLIANCE. 

A  great  body  of  religious  gentlemen  Is  nowin  I 

session  in  New  York  which,  for  character  and 
numbers,  has  never  been  surpassed.  Ail  Pro¬ 
testant  sects,  and  all  lands  where  Christianity 
has  been  preached,  are  represented .  This  Con¬ 
gress  is  one  of  the  world,  and  it  lias  met  for 
ihe  first  time  in  America.  It  lias  for  its  object 
the  advancement  of  Christianity  and  the  unity 
of  Christians.  The  first  public  meeting  was 
held  In  New  York  on  the  3d  Inst.,  when  Rev. 
Dr.  Adams  (Presbyterian)  gave  the  address  of 
welcome.  It  is  Impossible  for  us  to  give  even 
the  names  of  ail  the  delegates  present  from 
Europe,  Asia  and  Africa.  Among  some  of 
the  moro  prominent  are  the  Dean  of  Canter¬ 
bury,  Lord  Alfred  Churchill.  Rev.  Nnrayan 
Shcshadrl  of  Bombay,  Rev.  Hugh  Miller  of 
England,  Count  BernstorfT.  Rev.  Dr.  Coutllln  of 
Geneva,  Rev.  P.  LoniaUX,  MM.  Cook,  Docoppet, 
Flscb,  Itobln,  Weis*, of  rails;  Anet  and  Roohe- 
dieu  of  Bouxcllcs;  Couillin,  Pronter  and  Saln- 
din  of  Geneva ;  Bovct  and  lielchel  of  Neucbnt el; 
Boogncr  of  Strasbourg ;  Combe  of  Ptaloux,  Le- 
licvre  of  Nirac*,  and  Astic  of  Lausanne,  besides 
many  from  Germany,  Holland,  Scotland,  Ire¬ 
land,  and  most  of  the  prominent  Protestant 
clergymen  of  America. 

A  scries  of  large  meetings  baa  been  held  at 
Association  Hall,  tbeAcndemy  of  Music,  Bteln- 
way  Hall,  and  In  many  of  the  churches.  Those 
have  been  overcrowded,  and  numerous  address¬ 
es  have  been  given  on  a  hundred  different  top¬ 
ics  relative  to  Christianity-  The  foreign  dele¬ 
gates  are  Doing  handsomely  entertained  by  the 
citizens  of  New  York,  and  they  express  their 
admiration  of  the  great  city  and  its  liberal  hos¬ 
pitality. 

At  the  second  day's  session  addresses  were 
made  or  papi  ra  read  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hodge  of 
Princeton;  the  Rev.  Dr.  Nott  Potter  of  Union 
College ;  the  Rev.  Dr.  Crooks;  the  Dean  of  Can¬ 
terbury  ;  the  Rev.  C.  Dallas  Marat  on  of  London ; 
Bishop  Bedell  of  Ohio,  and  others.  Many  of 
the  delegates  occupied  pulpits  In  tbo  City 
Churches  on  the  7th  lost.,  drawing  crowded 
houses.  The  clergymen  from  India,  In  their 


FOREIGN  NEWS 


were  near  the  place ;  500  shells  were  Giro wn  into 
the  city,  doing  much  damage.  The  Torts  re- 
nirncd  tho  lire  and  crippled  the  rebels,  who 
drew  off  ...It  Is  stated  that  C  S.  troops  have 
have  made  an  Incursion  Into  Mexico.  The  rev¬ 
olutionists  In  Honduras  have  committed  many 
outrages.  Tim  British  bombarded  Orttioa 
The  British  have  met  with  a  reverse  in  Ashan- 
tor  The  State  of  Nueva  Loon,  in  Mexico,  is 
In  the  hands  of  the  revolutionists  Borga, 
Spain,  has  been  reinforced  by  the  Republicans. 
Enthusiasm  for  the  national  cause  is  Increas¬ 
ing  ;  8  people  were  killed  at  Alicante  ^.Gam¬ 
ming  houses  in  Madrid  have  been  dosed  .The 
Ashantecsare  In  a  state  of  starvation  —  An¬ 
drew  Lusk  lias  been  elected  Mayor  of  London. 
The  King  of  the  Sandwich  Island*  has  abscess 
of  the  lungs  .  There  were  3  failures  in  London 
over  the  American  news;  1,000,000  pounds  in 
cold  were  sent  from  England  to  America  .  .. 
Dissension**  have  appeared  among  the  C  artists, 
and  many  are  deserting..,.  There  has  been  a 

small  revolution  in  Torn .  Filibustering  is 

going  on  in  Central  America.  Panama  is  under 
arms  through  fear  of  an  invasion- ...  -A  rupture 
is  reported  between  Russia  and  Japatv...  ••  jho 
Madrid  Government  is  confident  of  Its  ability 
to  suppress  the  insurrection  .  Poll t i cai  rn < *vc- 
monts  have  token  M.  Thiers  to  Paris  -  hir  Ed¬ 
win  Landseer,  the  great.  English  artist,  died  on 
die  1st  in  England,  at  an  advanced  age  .Rev. 
Dr.  Robert  Blgsby,  an  English  author,  is  dead 
The  Afghans  of  Central  Asia  have  sustained  a 
■■ever®  defeat  by  the  Persians  The  Conserva¬ 
tives  in  Hpuln  will  support  the  Government. 
Tho  steamships  Italy-,  Baltic,  City  of  Paris  and 
Prussian  have  left  England  with  vast  amounts 
of  gold  for  America — The  political  situation 
in  Franco  is  critical,  and  there  are  expectations 
that,  the  majority  will  proclaim  Count  do  Chara- 
bord  the  Emperor,  lift  will  soon  Issue  a  mani¬ 
festo  Tho  rebel  frigates  of  Spain  propose  to 

attack  Valencia  . Capt .  Werner  is  to  have  a 

trial  hy  court-martial  at  Berlin . ihe  lone 

says  he  will  never  leave  Rome....  A  chimney  220 
feet  high  fell  in  Northtlcet,  England,  on  the  3d, 
killing  o  persons  and  wounding  12. 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC 


Starkey,  N.  Y.,  October  1  .—The  weather  for 
the  last  half  of  September  was  perfectly  de¬ 
lightful  ;  warm  days,  the  thermometer  going 
as  high  as  90°  very  often.  Com,  grapes,  and 
buckwheat  have  ripened  splendid.  Grapes  are 
now  nearly  fit  to  pick.  Of  course  the  panic  in 
New  York  has  very  much  affected  our  market, 
and  It  la  hard  to  sell  anything  for  a  fair  price. 
Barley  did  sell  for  a  dollar  per  bushel  for  two- 
rowed,  now  brings  ninety  cents.  Potatoes  are 
selling  at  40  cents  per  bushel  for  Early  Rose  and 
Early  Goodrich.  Good  red  wheat  fetches  >1.50 
per  bushel  at  the  railroad,  nutter  cannot  be 
bought  for  less  than  thirt  y-five  cents  per  pound, 
which  is  higher  than  the  market  will  bear,  con¬ 
sequently  there  is  none  fold.— 8.  G. 

Brentwood.  Suffolk  Co.,  !,.  I.,  N,  Y.,  Sept. 
20. — We  have  had  a  very  dry  season  from  first 
of  June  until  middle  of  August.  Early  Rose 
very  poor;  oats  poor,  some  fields  not  cut. 
Wheat  and  rye  about  half  crop  ;  corn  middling 
and  being  gathered;  buckwheat  small ;  winter 
grain  is  most  all  In.  B.  K.  8. 

Lula,  Montgomery  Co.,  111.,  Kept.  20.— Wheat, 
fair  crop :  worth  f  1.25  to  1.40  per  bu.  Corn  not 
ono*hatf  crop  in  this  and  adjoining  counties,  of 
poor  quality  a  nd  much  injured  by  frosts.  I 
speak  from  personal  observation.  Fruits  of  all 
kinds  poor;  no  peaches  ;  most  of  trees  killed 
during  last  winter.— F.  s.  l. 


paper,  which  is  to  be  omargeu 
devoted  to  I  lie  agricultural  interests  of  North¬ 
ern  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont. 

It  Is  reported  that  the  Spanish  Government 
will  soon  address  a  formal  complaint  to  the 
French  Government,  setting  forth  that  the 
Oarllat  chieftan  Seballa  was  permitted  to  pass 
t  hrough  French  territory  and  cross  the  frontier 
into  Catalonia  without  hindrance.  In  vlolotion 
of  the  obligations  of  neutrality. 

The  Rev.  W.  P.  Watkins,  Methodist  minister 
at  Waterloo,  Iowa,  was  made  temporarily  in- 
8ane  last  week  bv  the  combined  effects  of  anxi¬ 
ety  about  his  wife,  who  was  dangerously  sick, 
and  efforts  to  give  up  the  use  of  tobacco,  to 
which  ho  had  long  been  devoted,  and  went  out 
and  drowned  himself. 

The  Now  York  State  Republican  Convention 
nominated  the  following  ticket  :-For  Secretary 
of  State.  Francis  S.  Thayer;  Controller,  Nelson 
K.  Hopkins;  State  Treasurer,  Daniel  G.  Fort,; 
Attorney  General,  Benj.  D-  Sillman ;  (  anal 
Commissioner,  Sidney  Mead;  Prison  Inspector. 
Moss  K.  Platt,. 

Tiif.  Ontario  Provincial  Exhibition  is  now 
open  at  London,  and  is  one  of  the  most  success¬ 
ful  ever  held  in  the  provinoe.  On  the  26th  ult., 
the  grounds  were  visited  by  some  35,000  people. 
Among  tho  distinguished  persons  present  was 
Prince  Ludwig  of  Hesse,  son-in-law  of  Queen 


SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS, 


Among  the  lost  by  tho  foundering  of  the 
steamer  Ironsides,  in  Lake  Michigan,  Sept.  15, 
was  Mr.  John  Ililes  of  Milwaukee,  who  was  in¬ 
sured  against,  accidents  under  a  >5,000  policy  in 
the  Travelers  Lifcand  Accident  Insurance  Com¬ 
pany  of  Hartford. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS, 


BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS 


of  whom  had  lost  $160, 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS, 


A  GANG  of  20  men,  one 
in  Amity,  Oregon,  accused  the  cook  nf  the  party 
of  stealing  It.  Tho  cook  stoutly  denied  the 
theft,  and  to  see  if  he  was  telling  the  trill  h,  the 
party  took  him  forth,  and  amid  hilarious  laugh¬ 
ter,  a  quiz,  and  a  gentle  poke  iu  the  ribs,  lie 
was  carefully  suspended  by  the  neck  until  he 
was  nearly  dead.  They  then  took  it  for  granted 
that  ho  didn’t,  take  the  money,  and  gayly  asked 
him  to  prepare  supper.  This  ho  did  and  won¬ 
derful  to  relate,  the  whole  party  are  alive  yet. 

A  child  with  four  teeth  in  its  nose  was 
recently  born  in  Troy.  Some  time  before  the 
birth  of  the  child,  the  mother  visited  a  dentist 
whero  she  saw  several  teeth  extracted.  The 
tta,vU  t  eeth  naturally  interfered  with  the  breath- 
1  n  i  process,  A  physician  recently  removed  two 
of  the  offending  teeth;  the  infant  expelled 
another  by  sneezing ;  one  yet  remains  for  phy- 


Drietl  Fruits,  pkgs.  1,671  Octton,  bales .  18,88' 

Kggs,  bbls .  8,:«16  Hop*,  bales .  *4 

Flour,  tiblK .  87,000; Peaonta,  hags.  ...  215 

Wheat,  hush . 2,7ir..0OO  Bui  meat*,  pkn».... 

Dorn.  t>t»h .  S»,8W  Pork,  fcbls .  1.3“ 

Oats,  bush .  Iri.OWI  Bwt,  pkKS .  --A 

Kve.huMi .  s»,200  Lard,  pkK« .  6.882 

Barley,  hush . .  10,500  Butter,  pkgs . .  21,500 

Malt,  bush .  RAW  Cheese,  pkg» .  41»$5 

(leans.  bUSb .  t.JM  Wool,  bides... 1A™ 

Corn  incHi,  Mils....  3, Grass  seed,  hush...  D8 
t_ora  meal,  bavea*.-  (JuSiOfOWSd  Uorb.  do.. 

Henna  miff  1’cjis.  -Export*  of  brans  pest.  week. 
2W  bbls.;  of  pfii',  ID  hush.  Tim  bum  market  is  o»- 
treun  lv  quint,  nml  low  price*  fall  to  make  more  than 
a  lorn  movement  ln  mediums.  Marrows  have  a  fair 
Inquiry.  aad  the  sines  would  probably  be  larger  If 
good  Iwd  stuck  was  In  larger  ofier  na.  Pea  beans 
lire  abundant  enuuith  to  quote  regularly  at  lower 
figure*.  White  kidneys  show  no  stock  ,  a  few  red 
have  sold  at  *1.63,  which  Is  lower.  Canadian  pens  In 
bulk,  have  advanced,  owing  to  light  »upely.  A  sale 
nt  mo  bushels  new  crop,  treo  “f  d'lt  y,  Mild  lit 
(boon  tiena are  auotuig  easier,  .southern  B.  1,.  pens 
are  ottering  lightly  nt,  t3.60&8,(iO  tor  2  bush.  boa. 

The miourtU'Ua are:  h.t  new  mediums, $2.1<K.»«5 
for  prune,  sod  fUWa‘J.00  for  other  grade*;  prime pea 
beans  *2 .70*2.73;  do.  fair  lot*  liqwn  to  ©.30@2.«) ; 
pH  o»o  marrow  rats,  ij~95®8.  J.-,1  -v»irqjan* 

jdu,  in  bulk.  iiTeeu»«is^^l*K);  i»ew  W-"*1 

Bersvvn x.— There  1*  a  small  trade  from  bleachers, 
WII  h  a  moderate  shipping  inquiry.  Sales  at  ffIH©33o. 
for  We.sieruaod  Southern. 

Broom  Corn.  Advanced  prices  aro  held  with 
confidence.  The  prospect  is  for  much  llgbter  sup 
piles  than  anticipated  a  few  days  since. 

Wo  quote :  Long,  green  burl,  prime  to  choice,  » 
in  -  short  and  medium  brush,  choice  green,  W® 
lie’  Medium  qualities,  red-tlppcd,  T('jk0.;  common 
qualities,  red,  coarse  and  stemmy, 

li utter. —The  butter  market  b»*  ruled  very  quiet, 
and  the  firm  feeling  that  had  begun  to  attend  me- 

ass  ssnSKs  sss  is¬ 


America  which  forms  the  most  striking  con¬ 
trast  they  present  to  the  English  Club*.  Mr. 
Massey  comes  to  us  to  lecture  upon  literary 
subjects,  and  ho  brings  with  him  a  reputation 
as  a  lecturer  not  second  to  his  poetical  fame. 

Thebe  is  a  singular  natural  curiosity  ln  a  lake 
in  Vermont,  consisting  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
acres  of  land  floating  on  the  surface  of  the 
water.  The  tract  is  covered  with  cranberries, 
and  there  are  trees  fifteen  foot  high.  When  the 
water  Is  raised  or  lowered  at  the  dam  of  the 
pond  the  island  rises  and  falls  with  it.  It  affords 
a  fine  shelter  for  fish,  large  numbers  of  which 
are  caught  by  boring  a  bole  and  fishing  down 
through,  ns  through  the  ice  iu  wintor. 

A  cruel  joke  was  played  on  Ramboitu,  the 
forger,  in  Bridgeport,  jail  the  other  day.  One  of 
tho  jail  officers  offered  him  some  powdered 
chalk  as  arsenic,  and  advised  him  to  poison 
himself.  The  poor  fellow  eagerly  swal lowed  it, 
schooled  himself  to  resignation  and  fortitude, 
repented  of  his  sins,  and  forg  ive  al  1  ills  enemies, 
only  to  find  himself  sold.  His  subsequent  lan¬ 
guage  to  that  officer,  says  a  local  paper,  indi¬ 
cates  a  slight  falling  from  grace. 

A  planter  of  Cherry  Lake,  Florida,  proposes 
that  the  planters  petition  Congress  to  buy  the 


monte  mat  price*  were  pushed  to  me  puiv  »«  • 
Ug  tho  recent  activity,  and  that  there  w’ll  6ono  sad- 
den  working  up  in  srliers’  favor,  though  good  Prme* 

may  be  look  *>d  for  in  the  *u.,,iltamUyll;ut.ofOcto- 
bor  make.  The  home  tr-de  this  year  from  June  to 
October  has  l/irgely  exceeded  the  business  of  th  ■ 
mint  three  year*.  We  have  handled  since  OSA  ilk  I  in 


on  hi  three  years, 

SlMH  oligs.,  ugiiu,D.. 

JOT.  The  supply  <d  Vi  extern 
been  better  ami  price*  have  eased  up 
sylvan  la  pails  zd““‘  ‘ 

Wo  quot<*  Oi — c- 
Other  iguod.  pldltt* 
lirkfn*  nn<l  bn. If  tub*,  tint**  . 
arc.  ror  election** ;  f«*»r  k 
tubm  prtnitv3H»i«:5  otberv 
37c</i;i0<\;  gooil  do..  20((}i23c.,  *i 
7(!.  Pennsylvania 
2o0SUC> 

g i ii — There  1ms  bo m  a  Blight  iraprovementln 
fitrt  export  trad«,  a»  It  has  boon  leas  dtftloult  to  neg  - 
tlkteeSnge,  and  holdero  Have  b-en  pretty  firm  in 
their  views.  We  have  lmd  unusually  light 
uud  the  guppllus  oarried  over  irorn  last  week  ha 


against  tPWJOtj  <1o.  In  1872,  and  2o0.4W  m 
t0r  the  past  week  has 
-  p  gu«te  or  Ponn- 

luium  f iiii II leislo bring  4<K-.  now. 
Grange  eoUflty  palls,  , 

-*■  pour  lots,  -Mw-  'C.  i  btate 
ShSjkSe..  iu  lines,  and  .«■*> 
good  State,  2(k„ ,30c.;  Welia 

. '28c, I  choice  Western, 

line,  17m  ].‘e  ;  low  do.. 
c4fic.,  do.  other  pkgs., 


300 to  500  persons  are  employed,  ana  me  pay¬ 
roll  is  $6,000  to  $6,000  a  month. 

Senator  Wright,  of  Iowa,  stated  at  Osceola, 
la.,  in  reference  to  the  increase  of  salary  and 
back-pay  bill,  that  he  worked,  spoke,  and  voted 
against  it,  ami  determined  himself  and  agreed 
with  certain  other  Senators  never  to  touch  the 
portion  coming  to  him 

Mr.  Van  Buren,  formally  Chief  Commis¬ 
sioner  of  the  United  States  to  the  5  lenua 
Exposition,  was  a  passenger  On  the  steamer 
Cuba,  which  sailed  on  Saturday  for  new  York, 


’OKS? 

COME 

FIRST 

^CrveO 


Monday's  *ulrs.-  Beeves.— Trade  was  brisk  on 
n  light  run .  prices  rnn^mt  from  10®  18c.  V  tt  .  U©1U 
cwt.,  on  5U©58  Rim.  to  the  cwt.  net.;  quality  generally 
fair,  with  some  choice  top  steers.  State  oxen  catno 
to  hand,  and  sold  at  ll@12o.;  weights,  7©1U  cwt. 

Milch  Cowk- There  was  n  heavy  run,  uml  no 
sales  this  forenoon ;  still,  dealers  dhl  uot  look  for  a 


been  drawn  upon  moderately ;  13Xo.  Is  paid  for  One 
State  taetory,  and  WX©13Kc.  tor  choice  do. 

Fine  and  choice  factory,  13X©13Mc. :  dn.  good  to 
prime,  12X©13c.;  fair  lots,  llKc..  State  fa*-m  dairy, 
good  to  prime,  12X4H3N®.!  do.  fair  lota,  H>i©12Xo.'- 

do.  skimmed,  3©9o.  - - 

good  Hat,  123|fijW8^ 
rat'd,  !>©7c.: 

Cider, 


For  sale  at  the  RURAL  NltW-YoitKKB  Olllce,  N 
Beetvnon  St.,  New  Vork,  or  sent  by  mail,  pi 
paid,  on  receipt  of  prlco: 

Willard's  Fraction l  Dairy  Hnalmmlrr 
Ijilul  Issued) .  . 

Allen's  il,.  H',)  American  Cattle.. . 

bo.  New  American  Farm  Book . . 

iio.  in aaiises  of  Ihnnaatlo  Animals . 

l>o.  Kurul  Architecture . 

American  Bird  Fancier . , . ••••••. . 

American  Homology  (200  Illustrations) \\  urder.. 

American  Practical  Cookery . 

American  Hose  Culturlut - -  . - - - 

American  Standard  of  Kxcellenco  In  Poultry.. 

American  Wheat  Onlturlst  (Todd) . . 

Architecture,  National  IGeo.  K  Woodward) . 

Atwood's  Country  und  Suburban  Houses . 

llarrv's  Fruit  Garden  (new  edition) . . . 

Boe  Keepers'  Text  Hook,  Papur,  40c.;  Cloth . 

Bement's  Rabbit  Fancier . . . .  . 

Blohmirs  village  Builder  (Aft  Plutus,  showing 

New  and  Practical  Designs) . . 

Hummer’s  Method  of  Making  Manures . 

Brock's  Book  or  Flowers  (new) . . . 

Brldgnnittn's  Gardener's  Assistant.. . . 

Hnlst's  Family  Kitchen  Gardener . 

Do.  Flower  Garden  — . . 

Carpentry  Made  F  ly  (new). . 

Chemistry  of  the  Farm  (Nichols) . 

Chorltoiitt  Ora  tie  Grower's  Guide... . 

Cider  Maker's  Manual..  . . . 

Outers  Now  III.  Cattle  Doctor,  colored  plates... 

Cobhett'a  American  Gardener . . 

Cole's  American  Fruit  Book . ...... 

Cole's  American  Veterinarian . 

Cotton  Culture  (Hyman  . . 

Crack  Shot  (Barber)  . . 


uui  iau  iuwi 

Western,  lino  oheddar,  12c.;  do. 
-- ...,t\;d0.  ralr  lots,  llX©12c.;  do.  sklm- 
;  English,  dairy,  llH@V2}ic. 

Now,  lu©18o.  Near-by  production  scant. 

Cotton.— The  offerings  for  immediate  delivery  are 
very  light,  with  some  grades  uboul  out  of  stock. 
Pnoes  consequently,  are  very  tlrm.  The  closing 
prices  for  spot  cotton  aru : 

I.  ninmia.  AUbsms.  NewOrl'MUK  ‘IVxsn. 

Ordinary .  14>4  14>i  11K  MX 

Good  Ordinary .  16X  16X  MX  1I5K 

Strict  Good  Ordinary.  IT'*  17.x  17  X  17K 

Low  Middling . .  17i(  17V  1«  IS* 

Middling .  1SK  18X  TJX  11*K 

Good  Middling .  1SX  TJX  20,X  20X 

Dried  Fruits.— There  Is  barely  any  trade.  Nice 

lots  of  apples  are  wanted  by  the  home  trade,  hut 
shipping  business  18  at  a  pause.  Now  peeled  peaches 
are  held  at  20©22c.,  and  some  fancy  lots  us  high  as  86c. 
We  quote : 

Southern  apples.  i>®7e.;  do.  now,  7©8o.;  State 
sliced,  8X®'Je.;  qrs..  SfflHc,;  Western,  7Xm8('.  Bluek- 
borries,  lix<®*Uc.  Peeled  poaches,  in  line  Georgia  und 
North  Carolina,  13®  18c.;  unpeeled, 'JtsiUKc.  for  halves 
and  6K'9~c.  for  quarters.  Pitted  cherries.  80c.  for 
State  and  Southern.  Raspberries,  new.  38©  40c.  New 
pooled  peaches. 20©'25c.  Southern  apples,  new,  7®3c.; 
do.  sliced,  8©10o.  Califorhla  plums,  38®35i\;  do.  pears, 
22©2Sc. 

■*  Eggs.  The  market  l*  lower  aud  weak.  Hecolpts 
Include  limed  and  Ice  house  ;  the  latter  are  poor  and 
hard  to  sell  at  26c,  We  quote  State  and  Pennsylva¬ 
nia  at  27W®2Se  :  Western,  best  murks,,  26®27c.; do. 
ordinary,  20c.;  Canadian,  2>tiP-2 7c. ;  limed,  236421c. 

Feat  ben*— In  fair  demand.  Western  prime  live 
geese,  80©80c.;  Other  sorts,  60©70c. 

Finn  r.— The  market  has  shown  some  Improvement 
un.ler  an  Increased  shinning  business.  The  arrivals 
are  freely  offered,  receivers  showing  a  disposition  to 

turn  supplies  promptly.  . 

No.  2, ..... 1 1  tt  . . . . $3  76®  6  DO 

Su porllnu  State... .  A  36®  8  UO 

Kxtni  do .  . •'  60®  7  9*1 

Fancy  do . .  7  w  *.  jjjj 

Superfine  Western . 6  i-m  •>  IW 

Kxtra  do.  . g  w#  T  00 

Minnesota  extras . 7  2.k>o10  26 

Western,  white  whuut . .  <  **'0#  8  w 

Southern,  extra . 0  7.»®  »  2*; 

Bye  Hour.  ..  I  10©  6  00 

Corn  meal,  jersey . . . .  •  g  gd®  JQ 

Brandvwlno . . .  3  00® -4  00 

Fresh  Fruit*.— A  few  N.  J.  Smocks  linger  to  rep¬ 
resent  peaohw, quoted atM.2fxftI.7ft per  basket.  Pear* 
continue  to  arrive  freely  at  this  late  date  and  prices 
ure  very  fav oroide,  taking  Into  consideration  the 
liberal  supply.  'J'liere  will  not  be  much  of  an  offering 
of  large  lei-houso  Harrietts  this  fall.  Most  of  tuo 
Bartlett*  are  lit  half  Uhls,  and  the  high  tales  for 
medium  size,  has  turned  the  retail  trade  to  other 
sort*.  Several  car  loud*  California  pears  have  arrived 
quoted  when  sound  at  about  former  tlgures.  A  few 
elegant  quinces  have  arrived  troui  the  Pacific.  Ap¬ 
ples  are  selling  very  well  bpt  the  improved  prices 
we  quote  are  not  expected  to  last,  as  a  good  many 
conHt^niuciita  hytv<?  tir.pt  buck  wiiilo  uionry  wuji 
so  tight,  and  their  probable  smlduu  arrival  will  de¬ 
press  prices.  Grapes  are  a  shade  firmer  as  poor  stock 
In  about  weeded  out.  Still  Hmy  are  cheap.  Cranber¬ 
ries  have  a  wide  range.  We  quote  ; -Apples,  selected, 


Good  do.  -.7X06  SXo. 

Common  to  medium  louf.  SX®  OX®.  3  ©  jgK«- 

Good  uo.  .-10  ©  10KC.  11  ©  « 

Flue  do.  ..II  @  12  c.  I'f.K®  [3  C. 

Selections . 12K®  13  C.  13K®  16 

SERDLKAIf  CHOP  OF  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  tillers . 11  66  U  o. 

seconds . 12  ®  26  c. 

wrappers . W  ¥  ;,y 

selections . ®  7a  C. 

New  York  tiller* . W  ®  .  }  «• 

wrappers . jg  w*  '?! 

assorted  lots . U  ®  Jf  ®. 

Pennsylvania  HUers . **  ®- 

wrappers.. . ,"1  w  *■• 

assorted  lota..... . 18  66  2o  c. 

Ohio  tillers  . ,|  ®  u?  S* 

assorted  lot* . §X<3>  12  ®» 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots .  *  ®  J  ®« 

Vegetable*.— The  exports  of  potatoes  were  1,200 
tibia.  Tim  supply  Is  larger,  stock  coming  again  from 
near  points  In  addition  to  regular  Western  receipts, 
and  prices  for  the  latter  are  easier,  fawuel  potatoes 
lower* 

Western  Early  Rose,  double  Heads.  *2®2.12;  hear 
points,  in  bulk,  *  bid..  M.TMtf  ,,.Heach  Blow, 
$'2662.60:  Sweet  potatoes,  Delaware,  $3.50;  Virginia, 
*3.  'l'oniuloes  are  lower;  Jersey,  »  bushel, J6c.® 
SI  Onions,  I'm,  and  yellow. $2.atk.W.  Russia  tilruins, 
$1^',  ¥  bhl.  Marrow  squash.  *l.2.rH;0l.6l)  »  bbl.  White 
onions,  $1.60.  ruhbugoa,  $1«67  p  lOO.  Kgg  plants, 


IIKCKIPTH  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 

Sheep  A 

Beeves.  Cow*.  Culve*.  Lunin*. 

One  Hundredth  St... 2, 383  15  171  49 

Forty- Eighth  tit .  135  100  SjW  15,502 

Fortieth  8t .  Olio  00  232  S.W.i 

Communlpaw .  3,070  00  on  4,331 

W  uehawkeu... . .1,9415  00  00  0QO 

Totals  this  week....  8,531  115  1,008  28.H51 

J‘  last  woek....  8,8,9  10  1,300  27,033 

COMPAKATl Via  RATES. 

Lust  week. 

Cents. 

12  66  12K 

11  66  11 X 
,10  @  10X 
,7  @  9X 
,  11  ©  12 


This  week. 

Cunts. 

12  ©  13 

11  ©  UX 

io  ©  iux 
i>K  ©  68 
UK  ©  12  s 


Good  Hteers  tt . 

Fair . 

Poor. . 

Poorest . 

Gen.  selling  rates 


Cranberry  Culture  (J.  J.  White) .  }  25 

Dadd's  Ameilciin  ('attic  Doctor..,,.,.,., .  1  60 

Do  Modern  Horse  Doctor . . .  1  » 

Dunn's  Muck  Manual  . . . . .  . .  * 

Darwin's  Variations  or  Animals  and  Plants .  I,  00 

Dead  Shot;  or,  rtporlmati's  Complete  (iulde .  1  75 

Downing's  Fruits  and  b  ruit  Trues  of  America. 

(HOHpp.L. . .  y(0« 

Do.  Rural  Essay s . —  — .  3  “0 

Drainage  for  Prollt  and  Health .  J  ;>0 

Dyer  arid  Color  Maker's  Companion .  1  2o 

Eastwood's  Cranberry  Culture.. . .  75 

Elliot's  Lawn  und  Shade  Trees .  1  MJ 

Kverybuify's  Lawyer  . . .  —  ••  2  uo 

Mvery  Woman  llur  Own  Flower  Onrdeuer (new). 

paper,  60c. ;  doth . .  l  wl 

Farm  Drainage  (H.  b.  brcuchl.. .  .  . . .  J  50 

Karin  Implements  aud  Machinery  (J.  3.  1  humus)  1  60 

FiHld’s  Pear  Culture . . .  1  25 

Fishing  In  Aumrloau  Waters  iSootl) . . .  5  60 

b  lint  on  Grasses . . .  -60 

Do.  Milch  Cows  und  Dairy  Farming .  2  50 

Forest  Truus  (Brvant) .  . . .  .  * 

Frank  Forrester's  Field  Sports  (2  vols.) .  J  00 

Do.  Fish  und  Fishing  <  1DU  engravings) .  5  U0 

iio.  Manual  fur  Young  Sportsmen  .  3  00 

Fuller’s  Illustrated  Strawberry  Culturist .  20 

Do.  Forest  Tree  Culr.urlst .  .  1  50 

D,>.  .Small  bruits  (IlluBtratod) .  1  uo 

Fulton’s  Poach  Culture.  A  Hand-Book  and 

Guide  to  Every  Planter. .  1  50 

Gardening  for  Prollt  (P.  Henderson) .  1  j0 

Gardening  for  the  South  (Whito’sl . . .  f  00 

Grape  Cullurlst  (A .  B.  Kullcri .  150 

Gray’s  Manual  of  Botuuy  and  Lessons...., .  3  UO 

Do.  School  and  Field  lb„'k  of  Botany .  2  50 

Do.  How  Plants  Grow  (600  Illustrations) .  1  12 

1),,.  Introduction  to  Hlrutrt.urul  ar.  I  aystematlc  . 

Bo  tan  v  and  Vegetable  Physiology  (1,300  tllus.).  3  60 

Guenon  on  Milch  COWS...,  .  76 

Gun,  Rod  and  Saddle .  1  60 

Harntty’s  Barns,  Outbuildings  aud  Fences . 10  00 

Harrison  Insects . . . •■•••■<  4  (HI 

Do.  on  thu  Pig  Breeding,  Management,  Ac .  1  50 

HatHeld’s  American  House  Carpenter . .  3  50 

Hints  to  llorse  Keeper*  ( Uerlnirl'a) .  t  75 

High  Farming  without  Manure .  ■>& 

Holly’s  Art  of  Saw. Filing .  76 

Holly's  Carpenter’s  Hand  Book  (new) .  7b 

Hooper’s  Dog  qiol  Gun .  30 

Hoppes’  ttqairN  blycrgrccns . . .  3  UO 

Itop  Culture  .  . .  40 

How  Crops  l‘eed.,..,..,.t .  .  UU 

How  Crop*  Grow  . . 2  00 

Hunter  and  T'rapper .  1  00 

H iismunu’S  Grapes  unn  \vlne . 1  aO 

It*  r,  i1*  *r-r»  -  llu  \TiitllM  f’lllt  lift*  MTTfl  iJMf'M .  1  DU 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


Hard  indeed  is  the  Fate  of  that  ruptured  per¬ 
son  who  rcuUy  believes  In  hit  lgnorauoo  that  IiIh 
a  auction  is  Incurable.  The  New  Elastic  Truss  with¬ 
out  Metal  Springs,  is  worn  with  perfect  ease  night 
and  day,  retaining  the  rupture  securely  at  all  times 
till  a  permanent  cure  is  effected.  This  Truss  Is  sent 
by  mall  everywhere  by  the  Elastic  TRUSS  Co.,  No, 
683  Broadway,  N.  Y.  City,  who  furnish  circulars  freo 
on  application.  _ 


ItOCHESTEK.  Oct.  .1.— Flour  sternly  and  un¬ 
changed.  The  grain  market  snows  more  steadiness 
ami  them  Is  more  doing.  Wheal,  $1.5U®l.r>5,  rod  am¬ 
ber  Winter;  ?).GJ®l.7;i  white.  Coni  higher;  State  Is 
71V  ;  Western,  C0®8ae.  Oafs,  46® 50c.  Barley,  $1.20© 
1.25  for  four-rowed  i  two-rowed  Is  not  bought  yetarnl 
Is  nominal  at  $1.  Beans,  $1.»®S.30  P  hush,  Apples 
are  firmer,  $).7o®3  for  winter  fruit.  Polo  too*  sternly, 
nt  $1.25  P  hush.,  or  40c,  p  ft)  lb*,  for  Early  Rose.  To¬ 
matoes,  Vj®iK)c.  V  bush.  Uiitter  scarce.  .'As 23c.  for 
good.  Eggs,  22©26c,  aud  scarce.  Wool,  86®48o. 
Timothy  seed,  f.in, 31.25  e  hush,;  clover  seed  nominal 
at  $11.(21  \  bosh.  Quinces,  $2©2.25  do.  Pears,  |1©2 
do.  Hay,  $rA*28  W  ton  an,'  R'.Aret.*.  Corn  stalks,  *5© 
8  load.  Straw,  $11©11  V  ton. 


The  West  “Elnutie  Triis*”  In  the  World  is 

sold  by  POMEROV  A  Cl).,  741  Broadway,  N.  Y.,  for 
three  dollars.  Writo  to  them  tor  full  particulars. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


Surgical  Elastic  Stocking*  for  enlarged  veins 
and  Supporting  Bolts  of  best  quality,  at  Pomeroy’S 
744  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


Little  Falls,  n.  y.,  Oct.  4, 1873. 

TUB  market  lit  Little  Fulls,  for  the  week  ending 
Oct.  4th,  was  rather  quiet.  The  delivery  of  farm 
dairies  wu»  about  ID  J  boxes,  and  sales  Were  made  at 
11  K®12X®'i  the  latter  tig  ore  only  tor  extra  lots.  !  lie 
factory  offerings  amounted  to  over  12,(R)U  boxes,  only 
a  part  of  which  were  sold.  Wo  give  tbo  leading 

transactions,  a*  f'dlowH ;  .... 

South  Ooryl,  24  boxes  at  12Xc-<  Charleston  Union, 
05,  13c.:  ( 'h  ulcaton  Four  Corners,  tit),  13e.;  Country¬ 
man.  200,  l3Ko.;  Danube  Gold  Spring.  100,  lSK'O.;  Old 
Fairfield,  leu.  i3;-s<a.;  Fiat  Creek,  130,  13K<:-;  Haasen- 
Clever,  liio,  ISVc.;  Flat  Frock.  130,  l3K'o.;  .4.  D.  Ive*. 
•’uo,  i3K°-i  North  Sehuylor,  SOO,  12 ko  ;  Keys,  200, 13c.; 
Manliiiini,  2U0,  13K0.;  Mlddicvilhi,  WJO,  L5o.;  Newport. 
150,  13KC.;  NewvUlc  Association,  237,  lilKo.:  Nlehoja, 
3u0.  13K'e.:  <>hi  Stone  Church,  128,  12 Ye.;  Root,  11S, 
mio.i  Small’s  Bash,  HO.  UU.V,  A.  Smith  A  Go.:  DO,  13c.; 
Smith  MunuCg  Co., 110, 12««”  Smith  Creek,  200, 13K'c.; 
Strut foed  A  Salisbury,  100,  13o,;  Zimmerman  Creek, 
60, 13c. 

U  utter  come*,  forward  In  small  quautltlos,  and  sales 
Were  made  at  30©31c,  .  „  ,  , ,,  m 

We  have  advices  from  abroad  to  the  middle  or 
September.  Our  Lundon  eonospondent  says  that 
fine  American  Cheese  la  neorue,  and  secondary  sorts, 
though  pressed  at  lower  rates,  do  not  sell,  Extia 
line  I*  quoted  at  66s.;  New  English  Cheddar,  76©«0h.; 
Wiltshire  double,  70;-t'(8s.;  Clieahlro  mndluni,  64©, 0s.; 
line,  76<,jjV1m.;  Scotch,  726«7bs.  Dutch  cheese  -Edams, 
(HVsSllCn.i  Go i idea,  5l©H0s.;  Derby  shape,  fi8©tWs. 

Butter  of  ull  sorts  clears  at  quotations.  Cloumells, 
1300.;  i kirks,  133*.;  Dorse©,  1189.;  Nonnumly,  110s. ; 
Cutiudiari,  siks'iOl)*. 

Thu  weather  in  Herkimer,  N.  Y..  Is  now  cooler, 
with  rain,  which  is  or  great  bonclit  to  pastures  and 
meadows. 


'Atw  gulvcvti^cmcnt^ 


side.  We  quote  Chestnuts  per  busn.,  $7©8.50 ;  Hick- 
ory  nuts.  f'i.i’,2©2.S7  ;  Penan*.  12<6»12K'C.:  N.  C.  Peanuts, 
tlffilVk  Uo.,(2.:(k'i.lll  for  best;  »1.2«©2.2H  for 
poor  to  fair;  'Penn.,  $1.W®1.76. 

Grain. -The  arrivals  of  wheat  have  been  tlie 
largest  known  here;  they  havo  been  in  part  sold  to 
arrive,  and  prices  have  been  comparatively  steadily 
held,  notwithstanding  trade  has  been  moderate  only. 
Corn  Is  depressed. 

Wheal,  Mil.,  No. 2 .  . . . 

1 .  l.*Xt4  1.47 

Chicago,  No.  2 . 7 .  15W©  141 

Red  Western,  uow . 1-UO©  t.U 

White .  160©  180 

Ky e,  W eHtc-T a  . .  . 

Barley  malt.  Canada  Wuat .  ''6IF6  UU 

Corn,  Steamer .  Sc' 

Sail .  flri@07c. 

White . 67E(>j)6Hc. 

Southern . . 

Oats,  Western  mixed . 

Hav  and  Sirnw.  The  arrival*  have  been  larger, 
but  the  demand  has  been  good  aud  price*  have  not 

'  We  quuU'  prtnpj  Timothy,  per  ton,  $27 ©28 ;  do.,  fair 
to  good,  «lo„  per  ton.  $32©2li;  do.,  shipping  grade, 
per  ton,  $20;  do.,  clover,  good,  per  ton.  *18 ;  do.  iu- 
ferior,  per  ton,  $12©  1".  Straw,  long,  per  ton. *1«®17  . 
do.,  short,  per  ton,  f 45;  do.  out,  per  ton,  $14(305, 

Honey.— The  aupply  begins  to  arrive  aud  shows 
good  quality.  Some  early  buyer*  are  paying  Joe,  for 
white,  and  856530c,  for  buckwheat  cuinb. 

flofiM.  The  supplies  have  been  more  liberal,  und 
a  better  business  has  been  Induced.  To  sell  full  par¬ 
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good .  iLc.i  i'Oor,  uo.,  30c.;  Eastern,  8  crop,  35©37c.; 
Wisconsin,  do.,  30®3Sc.  for  good  and  prime  lots. 

Poultry  aud  4  in  me. — Dressed  imultry  is  in  good 
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Fowls.  16© loo.  f*»r  State.  Chlekebi.  1-8©1JC-,  fuikeys, 
18®-22c.  Live  poultry  are  doing  better.  Spring 


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A  Complete  Treatlae  on  Hairy  Farina 
aud  Farminsy 

Dairy  Stock  and  stock  Feeding, 
Milk,  Its  Management  and  Mauit- 
iucttire  into  Ilutter  aud  Cheese, 

History  and  Mode  of  Organization  of 
Rutter  and  ClieeNe  Factories, 

Hairy  Utenwila,  Etc,,  Ktc. 


Kentucky  do.,  7X  owl.,  T2©l2kc-;  llliuoi*  do,,  8  cwt., 
12MC.;  Texan  d*j.,  MmX CWt.,0>i®8c.  55<Si58  tts.  was 
allowed  to  the  c.wt.,  net. 

Milch  Ciiwh.— Trade  In  fair  -almost  brisk.  Wed¬ 
nesday  last  10  cow*  sold  at  $4U©75  pel'  head.  These 
prices  have  remained  linn  since.  With  COWS  sold  at 

$*0<.'h5  v  head. 

Veal*.  Trade  was  rather  alow  on  Wednesday  last. 
Smooth  quality  vcul*  sold  at  NSi'.iHc.;  gras*  calves, 
$6.5U6fc0.5O  E  head,  There  was  a  slight  Improvement 
In  feeling  ou  Thursday,  which  held  firm  on  Friday 
forenoon  -extreme  rouge  of  price*  on  both  day*  being 
(KalOe.  *K  tt..  with  grass  calves  at  Iraki  4*  hood.  Special 
*ah  :;  were  Hmt*  calves,  l:is  tts.,  To.;  State  veals,  144 
a,*., '.ike.;  Jersey  do,,  138  *..  10c.;  Pennsylvania  do., 

28(1  tts.,  'JC,;  do.,  do.,  110  tts.,  like. 

Sheep  and  1-anibn.  -  Trade  continues  tlrm  In 
sheep  mid  liu»  Improved  In  iambs,  On  Wednesday 
last  sheep  sold  at  4k©<‘X®-;  himbs,  7(3Wc.  Thursday 
*heep  sold  at  4X©8Mc.;  lambs,  GJ4<aSJ40.  Friday  fore¬ 
noon  sheep  sold  at  5©Uc.;  lambs,  7>; ©SXc-  Special 
sales  were  Indiana  sheep,  87  tts,.  6c,;  Jersey  do,-  07 
tt*.,  Skt!.;  State  *lo.,  m  tt*.,  0c.;  Canada,  do,,  m  tts  . 
ej4c.;  State  lambs,  51  «>*.,  $Wc.:  Pennsylvania  do..,  85 
»8.,  7'gc,;  Jersey  uo.,  60  its,,  7X®, 

(logs.  Trade  continues  fair,  On  Wednesday  last 
live  sold  at  K*.87M<i5,/.'ifi  P  cwt.;  city  dressed,  «©7Kc- 
,*  tt.  Thursday  live  wera  nominal  at  5%@3o.;  city 
dressed.  6H©«c.;  light  pigs,  8!4c.  Friday  forenoon 
live  were  worth  5665Xc.;  city  dressed,  U.'ifiTVfc.;  light 
pigs,  8*558X.  ‘i'hes**  are  the  openhip  quotations  of 
market  pigs  for  this  season. 

Horse  Market.—' Trade  still  slow,  and  all  sales 
that  have  been  effected  arc  quoted  by  auction ; 
1  Hotter  for  $2,000  ;  2  lair  quality  light  harness 
horn)*, $205ffi'J*:3  V  head;  1  Hotter  for  $760;  l  sad¬ 
dle  horse,  $325  ;  6  bead  of  poor  quality  light  harness 
horses,  $756a1)U  V  head ;  5  head  of  ordinary  quality 
light  harness  horseH,  $U0©1U0  E  head.  71  horses  ar¬ 
rived  per  Central  New  Jersey  Railroad,  via  Liberty 
Street  Ferry ;  32  horses  per  Eric  Railway,  vlu  Oak 
Cliff  Station. 


BY  X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M-, 

Outre  Husbandry  Editor  of  Moore' a  Rural  N vw- 
Yorker ,  lecturer  on  Cornell  University,  Maine 
Agricultural  College,  Etc.,  Etc. 


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The  Dog  (nuW)... . .  ,.,  .  2  50 

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and  Housekeeper’s  A  Id .  126 

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Wax  Flowers,  and  How  to  Make  Them .  2  00 

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.  uiehinc,  and  thi-ri*  Is  no  in*  Inc  that  possesses 
one-half  the  umilithes  which  are  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  family  use  as  the 

Bickford’s  Improved 

I  ts  simplicity  and  ease  of  management,  together 
with  its  eupaeliy  for  doing  the  great  range  of  work, 
uud  it*  li  nilug  cost,  makes  It  a  mutter  of  economy 
lor  every  family  to  have  one,  and  will  ultimately 
bring  It  Into  us  general  u*o  a*  the  Sewing  Machine, 
i  he  practical  utility  of  tlm  machine  onlv  needs  to 
be  demonstrated  to  tho  people  to  produce  an  un- 
llmltud  demand. 

Many  Sewing  Machine  Agents,  finding  the  in- 

Pl*l*H  HD  lit  PI  ifll  I  ml  l  I  .  ........  I  ti...  .HAI _ li..  .  Ml.  . 


All  1. aiding  varieties. 
Cheap.  Frtee  1, 1st  free. 


utility.  Genuine 
HUBBARD, 
Frodonlii,  N.  Y. 


Our  Importation*  urn  expected  early  In  September, 
direct,  from  the  most  eminent  growers  In  Holland 
—all  first-class  liulbs.  Rivers’  celebrated  new  early 
1’eacbos— Early  Beatrice,  Burly  Louisa  and  Early 
Rivers;  two  weeks  earlier  than  Hales.  tiY~A  large 
general  Nursery  Slock. 

JOHN  SAUL, 

Washington  City,  1>.  C. 


and  meeting  with  the  greatest  sueooss.  Mer¬ 
chants,  finding  in  Dunn  Bickford’s  Invention  a 
cheap,  simple  and  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
nnd  ft >  profitable  to  purchase  and  keep  mi  sale. 
4 he  ulmost  entire  absence  of  competition  does 
not  require  tho  "  eternal  vigilance'’  to  sell  this 
machine  as  in  the  case  of  sowing  machines. 

Agent*  Wanted  Everywhere.  Good. Smart 
Men  can  make  830  pick  wkkk  and  uxpcnseh. 
Send  for  Instructions  and  Circular*.  Fnoo 
to  $00. 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  BICKFORD,  Freni  (lent. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y 


ONE  MILLION  Apple  Trees,  extra  quality  with 
a  full  and  complete  general  stock  of  Fruit  uud  Orna¬ 
mentals,  at  wholcsalo  and  retail.  Prices  low.  \Yrltc- 
for  price  lists. 

ilf~  Stock  guaranteed  not  damaged  by  the  severity 
of  tlio  past  winter. 

BLAIR  BROS.,  Proprietor*, 

Lee's  Summit,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 


PROVIDENT  LIFE„  ANjp  ,  TRUST  CO 


Similar  to  tho  "  Friends’ Provident”  of  England.  Risks  not  conJInrd^^friruS.’^l^w’ta 
Prudent,  straightforward  and  economical  management.  Strictly  Mutual 

Business  Men  wanted  as  Agonts. 


r | TREES  AND  SEEDLINGS  FOR  SALE.- 

.1.  Send  for  Price  List  of  Pear,  Plniu,  Cherry  and 
Apple  Trees;  also,  Plum,  Cherry  and  Apple  Seed¬ 
lings,  to  12.  P.  CLARK  i  CO.,  Dousvilie,  N.  Y. 


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OCT,  U 


NEWS  CONDENSEE. 


—  The  Ohio  River  swarms  with  salmon. 

—  Heavy  frosts  and  ice  are  reported  in  Iowa. 
Delaware  College  lias  fifteen  lady  students. 

—  The  Jubilee  Singers  are  sending  home  §1,000 
a  week. 

—  In  Waco,  Texas,  good  ponies  sell  at  from 
$10  to  $20. 

—  The  hay  crop  of  .Maine  this  year  is  valued 
at  $07,000.00. 

The  Ohio  Agricultural  College  has  one  fe¬ 
male  student. 

Ai'MiriAt,  Raphael  Semmes  has  becomo  a 
trunk  maker. 

Thi;  Paris  wine  shops  have  bottles  to  repre¬ 
sent  M.  Thiers. 

Nineteen  million  cigars  come  from  New 
Orleans  annually. 

—  Duttornuts  are  plenty  and  twenty-five  cents 
a  bushel  in  Vermont. 

—  They  are  experimenting  with  female  street, 
car  conductors  in  Savannah,  Ga. 

—  The  White  I  louse  In  Washington  is  being 
repaired  by  several  15  os  ton  artisans. 

A  valuable  guano  island  has  been  discov¬ 
ered  in  Lake  -Minnetonka,  Minnesota. 

—  Dallas  Co.,  Texas,  raised  last  year  175,000 
bushels  of  wheat.  It  has  ten  liouring  mills. 

Nine-tenths  of  the  ministers  of  the  country 
are  not  as  well  paid  as  buao-bali  professionals. 

—  It  is  said  that  in  Wales  there  «ro  SOO.OOO 
people  who  still  cling  to  their  native  tongue. 

—  A  regular  line  of  packets  has  been  estab¬ 
lished  between  Brazos,  Texas,  and  Liverpool. 

—  Three  of  St.  Louis’s  citizens  are  worth  over 
£TO,GCO,OCU,  and  seven  have  more  than  $>l,ti(JU,UOO. 
—  Two  babes  were  sent  by  express  several 
hundred  miles  through  Oregon,  recently,  and 
arrived  nil  safe. 

—  A  detachment  of  fifty-five  servant  women 
have  sailed  from  Liverpool  for  Montreal  in 
charge  of  M|88  Rye. 

—  Ladies  ju  t  returned  from  Europe  wear  the 
hair  very  plain  and  low  on  the  neck,  a  style,  we 
are  assured,  “  all  the  rage  "  in  Paris, 

—  The  senior  class  of  the  scientific  depart¬ 
ment  of  Dartmouth  College  are  surveying  a 
railroad  lino  from  Hanover  to  Lyme. 

—  The  Union  Pacific  Railroad  is  building  a 
snow  plow  to  be  driven  by  five  locomotives. 
They  expect  it  I  o  go  through  drifts  20  led  deep. 

—  It  has  been  estimated  that  the  cotton  sup¬ 
ply  annually  Increase.-:  four  per  cent,  faster  than 
the  cot  ton-consuming  population  of  the  world. 

—  The  fluids  of  Louisiana  are  now  covered 
with  every  variety  of  game.  The  papabote,  the 
suipo  and  partridge  tiro  more  abundant  than  at. 
any  time  eince  the  war. 

—  The  University  of  Virginia,  in  addition  to 
the  fifty  State  scholarships  now  established  by 
law,  proposes  at  the  coming  session  to  throw 
open  forty  farmer’s  scholarships. 

I-***”-'')-—  .1..  n  _ — — 

^tbcdlattcou*'. 

IJATI'.NTS  O  RTA  l S  tv I)  for  invi  ntors,  without 
A  charge.  O.  A.  hllAW,  UOTremout  St..  Boston. 

COCKS  mill  4  HENS  (Light 
i».i  /roi?  premium  birds;  cooks  cost  jkO 

last  spring.  Also,  It.i.  eli n  kens  from  above.  1  very 
e.ura  )  arlriclgo  ( Mclili;  pullet  and  a  chirks.  Will  bo 
bole  low,  to  close  out;  uil  n.o..<  birds,  ii.uk  Brahmas 
u specialty.  K.  11,  WHITNEY, 

Guiiorldgoport,  Ma sa, 


incuts  ^Vantcrt. 

CANVASSING  BOOKS  SENT  FREE  FOR 

Prof.  FOWIER'S  GREAT  WORK 

On  Manhood,  V/omanbood  and  their  Mutual 
Inter-relations ;  Love,  Its  Laws,  Power,  etc. 

Agents  are  Helling  from  l.»  to  “2.1  copies  a  day, 
and  we  send  a  cu  a  vanning  book  free  to  ntiy  hook 
agent.  Addres ;,  stating  experience,  cte.,  NATION¬ 
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$1  500  mode  ycarlv  by  Ag'ls  In  their  spare  moments, 
^  '  Helling  our  new  articles.  Samples  for  2T«c. 
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iit.N  'a  W  »  a  )er  the  new  hook, 
LIFE  AN D  AUV LNTL'KEo  OF 

Kit  Carson 

hy  In,  Omni  is  ird  frioml,  D.  W.  C.  Putcro,  Mr»v.l  T.U 
Col. still  Surg  •m,U.S.  A., from  Cicu  dlmiM  l-y  lilm- 
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_ uvor  f.iihlUhid.  Iir  ,  II  »i,d  omnplutodwiep, 

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WHO  nvnl  Sllii't  g  tlmai  id  I  bull  •*  h  |lv„u  full,  rvlmbt*  *cc<>util 
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AGENTS  WA  NT  El  >  ...... 

to  finnm  for  th« 

‘  _V.  i„„,t  tborntfiil  work  of  tlioyenr,  I, a, In,,/  „ Uuhtr*, 

Wary  Wcmmer  Amies1 

TEN  YEARS  IN  WASHINGTON. 

It  UiIIe  oftho  **  |nn«r  I  If*/’  w’<i|n1uf»,  iiM*rv««)A,Tn)*tf<rlc#,  iff  of  llio 
Cupllal,  Woman  Th*h*,”  uml  1*  iliti  mo>t  popular  link  out 

/or  Ag^nbuKoart  l*m  10  to  VO  a  <t„u.  (h.u  mmitia  O  l  fr 

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Atc<<nl«,  /.. iiiim — or  iinyonc  *|p«|riiur  fit  umk**  mnnov-  A«1i1ru»«,  stnllutf 
•»j purk-aco,  ote.,  A  r>,  WUfcTHtNGTON  it  CO.,  Hartford, Cl. 

A  fib1  \rV<  M.OMI’S  NEW 

'Ml  I  I  :•  •  '>*,'*  THIRTY  GOULAK 
double  maps  forls;3  and  l.sfl,  are  ready,  an  I  me  to 
he  given  away  gr  ills.  !d«t  of  each  map  tax  I  Inches, 
mounted  on  Knglwli  cloth,  exhibiting  i.l!  ,<i,uti  n.uiiop 
or  cities,  town-,  rllbigoH.  rivers,  lakes,  m. mo  tains  and 
strratns.  Both  111  e  He  great  inups  are  to  ha  given  i:  rails 
to  every  hoiiBe keeper  Iri  America.  These  maps  arc 
the  greareut  over  made  by  Lloyd,  who  ma  c  all  the 
maps  used  ny  Grni-.ua  i.  i  I  ii  ant  during  the  war.  Male 
and  Female  Agents  wanted  i  •  every  county,  to  whom 
wo  allow  one  dollar  for  every  map  distributed.  Ad¬ 
dress,  wltdi  stamp  for  h-m.-vo-l  BOSTON  ,,LVKU- 
'I  ISIS  It  CO..  22  Court  St,,  Boston,  Mans. 

Pflflfl  ipjtlfl  T)tt  If  you  are  a  fool  or  lunatic, 

I  f]  fill  I  i  ll!  I )  V  ll(it  it  .von  are  sane  and  wish 

*  uuu  u3  to  mnkfl  motioy.  address 

EUREKA  PORTABLE  TAI1I.K  Co.,  St.  Louis. 

(t)  AH  T  A  MONTH  and  expenses  t, i  good  CanvasB- 
gv/j  /  M  er».  Articles  new  nipt  siaple  as  dour.  Sam- 
I  J  pies  from  C.  M,  I.ININGTON,  Chicago. 

A  fl  ar  a,i t c  send  fqu  ilt.ubt.  catalogue. 
KMS.nl  ]  O  Rotton  novelty  <  o„  Boaton,  Maas. 

TjaiRi.'sae 

The  call/  COM  PLE  ITS  history  of  onr  National  Cap¬ 
ital.  Its  OJMUIN.  OIKItra.l,  BRA  I, TIIA,  KXC1. 1.IKN- 
OIKS,  AUI  HKS  and  PUHsoNAUir.s.  Al/l,  graphieullr 
portray e  1  by  Csto.  Alp.  Towmknd.  Bold,  sulking, 
truthful  ixhii'E  views  of  NVamiii  voton  like,  con- 
greSHlonul  and  Eoi.b.mg  JouBUtY  J itU.i  detailed. 
atiojantln  illustrated.  Books  reaflti.  Kor .  l«,  cinl  terms 
address ,1 A “  't E  t’TS  A  CO.,  Hartford, Cl.. ov Chicago, 
111,1  S.  M.  BE  ITS  A  Co.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


if)  A  per  month  guaranteed 

1  IU  3  .SOU  sure  to  Agents  every- 

wnere,  gelling  onr  new  seven  strand  II  in lc  rialimi 
<  loth,'*  Who,.  Fells  readily  ar  every  bouse.  Sample... 
free.  Address  i.xIl,i.iiii  who:  Mills,  t'blla.,  Pu. 

I  IIIUI  AGENTS  OF  EX  PERIENCE  wanted  for 
"  Hie  rupi  ly  soiling  new  Religious  work 

PROPHETS  fM  THE  BIBLE. 

PLUCKY  AGENTS 

Can  easily  make  Sl-Vl  and  over  per  month  selling 
our  TIiMloru  IIU'.I  Reliable  .Maps  and  our  Popu- 
lur  Picioi-ml  t’liiu  is.  Terms  an  1  Catalogues  free. 
K.  C.  It  U-l  Htl.TI  AN,  .>  Barcluy  St.,  N.  Y. 


Tha  Celehrated  Bone  Feriilizers,  $425  tgaavarH^sga 

uoshmea^  “Josiah  Allen’s  Wife” 


rresh  Bone  Snperolinnplmre  ol  Lime,  or 
Bissolved  Hone,  bend  tor  Circular. 

l.lbT'Elt  BROS.,  Newark,  N.  J. 


rpo  ENGKAVKRb.  PRINTERS,  &C.-T.urgc  stock 
ilv  m  u11* W1  llu'  props red  Boxwood,  Malmg. 
aiiy,Mu»iloiiqil  Hirtf*  VAND15KUCm<;»f,  Wellh&Co., 
iypu,  (jiniuet  &  i'rons  Warehouse,  18  butch  St.  N.  Y. 

KIBOER’S  PASTILLES.  hsafSSf 

Frieu  40c.  by  mall.  8to  WELL  A  Co.,  Charlesto  wu,  Mass. 

*  pRT(,TIO.HAS(!Y,  or  8011I  Clmrinlng,” 

L,,  i.l,’w  oltnt-r  Hex  umy  fascinate  and  gain  the 
unH.,  hlb'ctiuux  of  any  person  they  chOoHt*.  In- 
Htt-ntiy.  f'hia  simple  mental  acquirement  nil  can 
lisl?"’  by.  by  mail,  tor  25  rt,„  together  with  .. 
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Judies,  Wedding  Ni  Jit  Shirt,  Ac.  A  queer  book. 
4dd.ess  T.  Wild  JA.vl  a  CO.,  Pubhahers,  Phlla. 

THE 


HAS  WROTE  A  KOOK, 

in  spite  of  Josiah ’a  determination  not  to  upend  a  cent 
to  hire  any  one  to  read  it. 

$500  a  month  can  be  made  spiling  this  book 

AG-EI'JTS I  TAKE  NOTICE!! 

In  our  former  hooka  we  have  given  you  harvests ; 
we  now  promise  yoa  another,  and  wise  agents  will 
secure  tern  lory,  which  we  will  mow  arrange  for.  Ad¬ 
dress  A.M  KRtCAN  I'UBLISHtNO  Cu.,  Hartford.  Ct 
for  Circulars  and  full  information,  ’ 

ifi  TO  Jin  per  dixy  !  AxuiU  wHntHdl  All  i:Ihm.:*  or  working 
IV  nonnlo,  of  -itii.ir  mix,  young  nr,^ >M,  uink«  more  uionev 

nt  work  for  uh  in  tnnlr  •pur«  hjoihwiiU  or  all  thn  timu  timu  :»t  nnytbfni*  I 
«l»«.  Rarticul.in.  Ir««.  Arfilnwi  U.  Siiuaun  <*  Co.,  I,,irll»nil,  Mslnc 


CRYSm  PALACE 


AND 


EXHIBITION  GO. 


SUBSCRiPTBOBSS  TO  THE  STOCK 

WILL  I5E  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOLLOWING  PLACES  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY: 


UNION  TRUST  CO . . 

HOWES  &  IMAC Y . 

FIFTH  NATIONAL  HANK. 

HULI/S  HEAD  HANK . 

IIAKLE.M  HANK . 

A.  S.  GIVEN . 


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All  payments  must  bo  made  by  chock  payable  to  the  order  of  the  UNION  TRUST  COMPANY,  73 
Broadway.  The  moneys  arising  from  the  sulo  of  the  stock  hereby  sold  are  paid  into  t,ho  Union  Trust 
<  ompany,  and  cannot  be  paid  out  by  said  Company  oxcopt  upon  vouchors  aho-ving  that  the  money  has 
boon  actually  and  honestly  expended  In  the  erection  of  the  Industrial  Exhibition  Bulldlmr  or  In  acquir¬ 
ing  title  to  land, 

The  land  of  tlio  Company  la  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  as  follows  :-OStli  to  KPid  Streets 
ana  .Id  to  4tli  Avenues;  comprising  855  21-25  city  lots,  or  about  23  acres. 


. . .  Broadway. 

. '. . 30  VVnll  St. 

. Third  Av.  and  Twenly.gljftli  St. 

. . . Third  Av.  mid  Twenty-lHrli  St. 

-Third  Av,  mid  One  Hundred  mill  Twenty-Hll It  St. 
. * . Erie  Railroad  Office. 


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Payments  to  be  made  as  follows : 

live  per  cent,  at  time  of  subscribing,  and  the  balance  in  installments,  not  oxceei’IIiitt  ton  per  cont 
at  any  ouo  Installment. 

There  can  be  no  safer  investment  than  this.  It  is  a  home  investment.  It  Is  the  ownership  of  land 
on  New  \ork  Island  and  tho  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  the  same. 

In  accordance  with  the  charter  and  by  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  tho  Industrial 

Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  2Rh,  I«72,  the  following  membership,  have  been  created  and  are 
ottered  for  sale : 

At  tho  above-named  places  and  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  tho  United  States. 

The  proper  holder  of  any  of  these  is  entitled  to  free  admission  to  the  Industrial  Exhibition,  tho 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  tho  Garden  of  Plants  during  the  time  it  is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  the  duration  of  the  membership. 

These  memberships  do  not  entitle  the  holder  to  admlaston  to  special  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  tho  Exhibition  Company. 

MEMBERSHIPS.  —  PRICE  AMD  FIND. 

1st.  $10.  HO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 

« 

Clas*  Price  $30.  DO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  tho  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $2C. 

Class  3d.  l».-ice  $  10.  300  Admissi^u. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable.  1 

Price,  $10. 


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A  Work  on  tho  Breeding,  Rear- 
fog,  Care  and  General  Man¬ 
agement  of  Poultry. 

—  W  WILLIAM  TfL.  LEWIS. 


“is  is  one  of  the  tiiie.it  gotten. 110  work*  on  the 
“Ojeot  on  which  it  treats,  for  tu  «bm  and  price,  of 
“ny  Publication  of  the  kind  in  this  country.  It  It 
"e  y  Mn(1  Profusely  lliuitruted,  and  printed  and 
Bound  in  exlrtt  8lyie,  contain*  SH  large  octavo 
p*«ee.  Sent,  by  mull,  port-paid,  for  fl.50.  Addresa 
D.  D.  T.  MOURE,  Publisher, 

5  Beekuum  8t„  New  York. 


Practical^Sheoherd 

A  COMPLETE  TREATISE 

ON  THE  BREEDING,  MANAGEMENT 
AND  DISEASES  OF  SHEEP. 


Tuts  Work,  by  the  Ron.  11exky  b.  Randall, 
LL.  1)..  (author  of  **  Sheep  Husbandry  in  the  Souili,1- 
“Fine  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry,”  4fcc„)  in  the  Stanj. 
ard  Authority  on  tho  Subject.  It  1*  the  most  cum- 
pletc  and  reliable  TruutlHe  on  Amur  lean  Sheep  ILih- 
b.ndry  ever  published,  anil  (ae  the  New  Knglim,) 
Farmer  nays)  "ahonid  be  In  the  hand  and  head  of 
evary  person  owning  sheep." 

The  PRACTICAL  Smcpij*R!>  contain*  452  page*,  and 
la  illustrated,  printed  and  bound  In  superior  stylo. 
Twenty-seventh  Kditlon  m  w  ready.  Sent  by  mall, 
post-paid,  on  receipt  of  prlce-»2.  Address  ’  j 

U.  if.  T.  MOORH,  PnbllHlier, 

5  Heekuiun  8t„  Now  York.  * 


nil.  B*rice  $1«<).  Life. 

Entitling  tho  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life;  tho  bulling  being  open  to 

the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

Clas*  filis.  f  amily  for  Life.  B*ric it  $300. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  and  his  Immediate  family  yin  em  at  tho  time  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  thorn,  during  the  lifetime  of  any  of  thorn,  to  admission  to  tho  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $000. 

Class  Ot.li.  HLKLIHI  IRY  ^  TR^VSFEKAIILE.  Price  $1,000. 

Entitling  tho  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
|  bull, .lug  la  open  to  tho  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gilt,  or  devise,  but  only  to  bo  used  by  the 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  these  memberships  are  to  be  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  the  Hoard  of  Directors. 

Payment  to  be  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Union  Trust 
Compuny. 

A  Buitablo  Badge  wi  1  bo  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  memfcsrs. 

Memberships  will  not  bo  sold  after  ho  Building  is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  au  ongraving  of  the  Building. 

Btrn/ts,  Bankers  and  Individuals  are  wanted  to  act  aa  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 
For  further  Information,  please  address 

INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  COMPANY^ 

No.  925  BROADWAY,  NEW  YOKK  CITY, 


SILVER 

TIPPED 

SHOES 


TOOLCHESTS 


WITH  BEST  TOOLS  ONLY. 
FOR  CIRCULAR  ADDRESS 

J.T.PRATT  &  CO 

53  FULTON  ST.  NX 


$732 
MADE  IN 
3  I  DAYS 


GEO.  A.  PRINCE  &  CO., 

Organs  k  SI  clod  cons 


kvsSssSs.: 


The  Oldest,  Largest  and  Most  1  erfect  Manufactory 
la  the  United  States. 


To  travel  auywher#  this  fall,  or  If  not,  procure  a 
General  Accident  Policy  tu  tbe  TitAVa'LEBS  Insck- 
XNCK  Company  of  Hartford, Conn.,  insuring  against 
death  or  Injury  by  uocident.  Policies  written  by 
agent*,  without  delay,  for  the  year  or  month.  The 
cost  per  year  us  but  IS  to  110  for  occupations  not  haz¬ 
ardous.  The  price  U  the  same  for  all  ages,  between 
18  and  65. 


Now  In  use. 


No  other  Musical  Instrument  ever  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

py~  Send  for  Price-Lists. 

Address  BUFFALO,  N.  V. 


ParentB  should  remember 
that  Silver  Tips  not  only 
prevent  the  Shoe  wearing 
out  at  the  toe,  but  the  stock¬ 
ings  also. 


To  remark  that  the  Travelers  Insurance  Com¬ 
pany  of  Hartford  has  written  nearly  three  hundred 
thou  Blind  accident  policies,  and  Is  willing  to  write 
“three  hundred  thousand  more;*1  and  that  It  has 
paid  In  direct  benefits  to  Its  policy-holders  a  sum 
equal  to  Steen  llandrsd  Oollarj  a  Vay  for  every 
duy  since  the  Company  began  business.  Every  man 
should  have  a  policy. 


In  this  way  it  takes  SO  sec¬ 
onds  to  secure  the  sole  to  up¬ 
per  of  k  Boot  or  Shoe,  in  a 
manner  equal  to  hand-sew¬ 
ed,  thus  reducing  the  cost. 


GREAT  REDUCTION 


To  insure  your  life,  apply  to  tbe  Travelers  Insur¬ 
ance  Cumpany  of  llartfort,  whloU  issue*  the  best 
forms  of  Life  or  Endowment  Policies,  on  the  Low 
Rate  Cosh  Plan.  The  security  b>  ample  and  unques¬ 
tioned  i  the  rales  as  low  as  consistent  with  entire 
•afety.  It  gives  a  definite  amount  of  Insurance, 
unde/  a  definite  ooutract,  fur  a  definite  premium— 
the  best  and  most  eoomuuleul  for  the  Insurant. 

Ctay  Apply  to  any  Agent,  or  write  to  the  Company. 


Increased  Facilities  to  Club  Organ  >  is, 
Send  lor  New  Price  List. 


THE  GREAT  AMERICAN  TEACO 

P.  O.  Box  5643.)  8t„  New  Yorl 


ARE  YOU  GOING  TO  PAINT  ? 


YOU-ROPE-Iisr  PLA.-N. 

First  Confidence  Man.—'1  Hello  Fred,  1iow:s  things?  How  are  you  living?’ 
Second  Conjidcncu  Man.— “ Oh,  me  !  I’m  living  on  the  you-rope-in  plan." 


MAUI3TER  S  PATENT  ART0PT1C0N. 
Tho  most  powerful  Magic  Lantern 
ever  made;  with  u  brilliant  Oil  Lump 
for  Home,  Sunday  Schnr.1  and  Lecture*. 
StereopUcon*.  Ac.  Slides  ut  reduced 
prices.  A  j/rv/l  table  l.rurtnr**  /or  a  man 
udthsmnU  ranltal.  Seridstnnip  forCaf 
W.  MITCHELL  M’AJ.LISTKH, 

1311  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia. 


IT  IS 

Handsomer,  More  Durable,  and  Costs 
Less  tli an  tlic  bust  of 
any  oilier. 


alogue. 


For  Sheathing,  Roofing,  Deafening,  Carpet  Lining,  and  as  a  substitute  for  Plastering.  Send  for  Samples 
«ud  Circulars,  to  B.  K.  if  ale  ft  Co.,  r>0  A  G3  Park  Place.  N.  Y.,  or  Rock  River  Paper  Oo„  Chicago. 


WOOD,  TABER  &  MORSE, 

EATON,  T1A111SOY  CO.,  IV.  Y 

manufacturers  of 


WHAT  THEY  SAY  WHO  USE  IT: 

Gen.  J AS.  8.  Nhg  LET,  M.  O. “  I  find  it  the  cheap¬ 
est  and  best.’’ 

Setu  THOMAS,  Esq. It  glveB  better  satisfaction 
than  any  paint  I  ever  used.’’ 

P.  T.  HauNI  'I,  Esc.:  ■“  The  Averlll  Chemical  Paint 
outwears  the  English  lead." 

Gen.  David  H.  PtroTHKB  s— “Your  Paint  fulfills 
your  represeutatioos.1' 

Rev  Si.  C.  Alexander  •  — “  Our  Institute  has  saved 
$150  by  using  yonr  i’ulnt.  It  Is  splendid.'’ 

Peter  IlEimfiUSON.  Esq.:-"!  bail  the  Chemical 
Paint  retains  tint  colors  and  gloss  Tar  superior  to  that 
done  by  the  lead  and  oil  at  the  same  time. 

Sample  card,  prices,  and  further  recommends  from 
owners  of  tho  finest  villus  and  residences  In  the 
country,  furnished  froe  by  dealers  generally,  aud  by 

tUeAVEEILL  CHEMICAL  PAINT  00., 

32  Burling  Slip,  New  York, 
or  Cleveland,  Ohio. 


in  uiiKs  o>  mm  if 
1  y  ron  oni/y  3o  cents:  /I  j 

U  American  Rural  Home.  JLl 

lAvr,  beautiful  and  ch cup.  Agenit  wanted.  JBi 
cash  inrmtnm*.  S pecivims  'ere  A Ad 'em 

TUB  KURAJ,  HOME,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


Portable,  Stationary 
and  Agricultural. 

Hundred*  In  use  in  Shops, 
Priming  Rooms. Mil!*, Mine*, 
slid  on  Harms  and  Pliintu- 
iions,  for  Grain  Threading, 
Pond  Cooking  for  Block,  Cot¬ 
ton  Gln.ilng,  &awlng,  Ac. 


Length,  25  in 


Its  merits  ore  accuracy  and  force.  No  pumping. 
Shouts  darts  or  shot.  Use  Improves  It.  For  rine 
practice  and  amusement.  lor  Isdies  and  gentlemen 
cannot  be  excelled.  Noiseless.  Seul  by  express,  in 
case,  with  darts,  targets,  shut,  Ac.,  on  receipt  Ot  price, 
$5  or  C.  O.  D.,  It  preferred.  Extra  darts,  $1  per  do/., 
N.  13.— "Toro  cats”  and  "  stray  dogs"  never  stay 
near  the  "  ltlfle."  nave  business  elsewhere.  Ad¬ 
dress  LESLIE  11.  QUACKENBUfU,  Uerkliner,  N.  V. 


tW~  Circulars  sent  on  application 


PICTURES  &  FRAMES,  Of  all  kinds  of 
U.  E.  PRKINB,  CO  lleade  St.,  New  York. 
Wholesale  prices.  Send  lor  Catalogues. 


7  Per  Cent.  Bonds 


Issued  for  Construction  of  Water  Works,  under 
Act  of  Legislature,  Passed  April  27, 1872. 

Rochester  possesses  the  elurnouts  ol  a  pros¬ 
perity  unexcelled,  it  equalled,  by  auy  other 
city  iu  this  Htutc.  It  is  the  center  ol  trade 
to  a  surrounding  population  ol  about  500 ,- 
OOO,  to  whom  the  means  ol  transportuiiou 
are  turnisbed  hy  Itailrouds  radiating  from 
the  city  in  eleven  different  directions. 

Its  indebtedness,  excluding  tbis  loan,  is  less 
than  SI, 850,000,  while  it  bus  Public  Prop¬ 
erty  anuurntiag  to  about  $3,350,000,  mid 
Private  Real  Estate  valued  ut  &?0,000,000. 

The  Bonds  are  Issued  In  either  Coupon  or  Regis¬ 
tered  fOrm  ;  the  Registered  being  transferable  at  I  lie 
office  of  the  Union  Trust  Company  of  New  York, 
wbore  both  principal  aud  luterest  Is  payable. 

Tbe  expenditure  of  moneys  derived  from  their  sale 
is  directed  by  tlio  Mayor  of  the  city  and  the  Board  of 
Commission  ere. 

PRICE  PAR  AND  INTEREST.  CJRCU- 
LAR8  UPON  APPLICATION. 


Eagan’s  Artificial  Stone 

IS  THE  X3I38T. 

Patented . .  .  1872. 

This  Patent,  in  the  manufacture  ot  Building  Fronts, 
Sills.  Lintels,  Coping,  Stops.  Doornail  Window  Heads, 
Mantels,  Hearths,  Tiling,  Curbing,  Sidewalks,  Gar¬ 
den  and  Lawn  Walks,  Floors  for  ice  Houses,  slaugh¬ 
ter  Houses,  Carriage  Houses.  Alult  Houses,  Brewer¬ 
ies,  Cellars,  Kitchens,  Tanners'  Vats,  thauh.-s,  etc., 
etc.,  offers  a  good-pay ulg,  permanent  ana  legitimate 
bu  mess  In  every  city  anil  town  in  the  United  States. 
Agents  wanted.  For  sale  of  Rights,  aud  all  further 
information,  address 

EAGAN  &  VAN  DOREN, 

925  Broadway,  New  Folk. 


GRANDEST  SCHEME  EVER  KNOWN 


FOURTH  GRAND  GIFT  CONCERT 

FOR  THE  BENEFIT  OF  THE 


Seeds  for  Fall  Sowing. 
Bulbs  for  Fall  Planting. 
Plants  for  Winter  Flowering 


NEW  and  RARE  In  great 
ATJSS.  Price  Lists  mailed 


Embracing  everythin] 
variety,  and  at  LOW  J 
free  to  all  applicants. 


12,000  CASH  GIFTS,  $1,500,000, 

$250,000  for  $50 : 


DEPOSIT  TO-DAY. 

Tne  Freedman's  savings  and  trust  Company, 
VharUred  bu  the  United  States. 

No.  185  Bl  liliOKUft  STREET,  NEW  YORK. 
ASSETS  OVKK  84,000,000. 

J.  W,  ALVORD,  President. 

G.  W.  fe'l’ICKNKY.  Actuary. 

A.  M.  SPERRY,  Gcni.  Inspector. 

HAM  L.  HARRIS,  Manager. 
JOHN  J.  ZU1JLAK,  Cashier. 


Seedsmen,  35  Cortlandt  Street,  M.  Y, 


The  Fourth  Grand  Gift  Concert  authorized  by 
special  act  of  the  Legislature  for  tho  benefit  or  the 
Public  Library  of  Kentucky,  will  take  place  In  Pub- 
llaLlbrary  Hail,  at  Louisville,  Ky., 

WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  3,  1873. 

Only  Sixty  Thousand  tickets  will  be  sold.  The 

tickets  are  divided  into  ten  coupons  or  parts. 

At  this  Concert,  which  will  be  the  grandest  musical 
display  ever  witnessed  lu  this  country,  the  unprece¬ 
dented  sum  of 


Send  for  Circular. 


ROBINSON.CHASE&CO 


Bankers,  18  Broad  St.,  Now  York 


divided  Into  12.000  cash  gifts,  will  be  distributed  bf 
lot  among  the  ticket-holders. 

LIST  OF  GIFTS  > 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT...  . *250,000 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT .  100,000 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT .  50.0  '0 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT .  VSS.OOO 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT..  .  . 

10  CASH  GIFTS  $10,000  each .  100,000 

30  CASH  GIFTS  6,000  each .  *2jM!aS 

50  CASH  GIFTS  1JD00  each .  50,00.0 

so  Cash  gifts  &o;i  each .  do.ooo 

100  CASH  GlFl S  400  each .  - . . .  40,000 

150  CASH  GIFTS  ItlKl  each .  i;>.0 

250  CASH  GIFTS  200  each .  5Q.OOO 

325  CASH  GIFTS  100  each .  ,32,500 

11,000  CASH  GIFTS  50  each .  5511. 000 

TOTAL.  12,000  GIFTS,  ALL  CASH. 
amounting  a. . $1,500,000 

The  distribution  will  be  positive,  whether  all  the 
tickets  are  sold  or  not,  and  the  12,000  gifts  afl  paid  in 
proportion  to  the  tickets  sold. 

PRICE  OF  TICKETS  j 

Whole  tickets,  $50;  Halves,  $25;  Tenths, or  each  Cou¬ 
pon,  $5;  Eleven  Whole  Tickets  lor  *500;  K*{* 

for  $1,0.10;  113  Whom  Tickets  for  *5,U0J;  2^7  iViom 
Tickets  for  $10,000.  No  discount  on  Jess  loan  t-oo 
worth  of  Tickets  ut  a  time. 

Full  piutieulara  may  bo  learned  irom  circulars, 
which  will  he  sent  free  from  this  ofliee  to  all  who  up- 

^'icketB  now  ready  for  sale,  and  all  orders  accom¬ 
panied  by  the  money  promptly  illlod.  Liberal  terms 
given  to  "those  who  buy  to  self  again 

TIIOS.  E.  BUAULETTE, 

A’ent  Pnbl.  Llbr.  Kv,,  aud  Manager  Gift  Concert. 

Public  Library  Building,  LvuIbvOR.  a). 


Asonts  W anted 

SEM)  FOR  CATALOGUE. 

DOMESTIC  SEWING  MACHINE  CO.,  NEW  ' 


!  The  Perkins  &  House 

!  SAFETY  LAMPS, 


LIBERAL  TERMS  TO  IMPROVERS 


Safety  Filling  Cans  &  Lanterns, 

E2TFOR  SALE  BY  DEALERS  EVERYWHERE. 
Manufactured  by 

CLEVELAND  NON-EXPLOSIVE  LAMP  CO., 

42  Barclay  8t..  N.  Y„  aud  Cleveland.  Ohio, 


11  Years  Credit,  7  per  cent.  Interest. 

NO  PART  OF  THE  PRINICPAl  PAYABLE  FOR  FOUR  YEARS 


FINE  GRAIN -GROWING  REGION. 


Traets  of  one  and  two  thousand  acres  available  for 
Neighborhood  Colonies,  or  lor  Stock  Farms. 


A  Vegetable  Manual,  Prepared  with 
a  view  to  Economy  aud  Profit. 


li.ecellent  Climate,  tcll/t  Pure  I'totcing  Water 


THIS  Work  upon  Kitchen  and  Market  Gardening, 
and  the  Field  Culture  of  Root  Crops,  is  by  P.  T. 
Quinn,  Practical  Horticulturist,  (Author  of  “Pear 
Culture  for  Profit, and  should  be  owned  and  studied 
by  every  one  interested  in  Gardening,  It  isunuble, 
practical,  profusely  Illustrated  work  ef  2U3  12m o. 
pages.  Sent,  post-paid,  for  $1,60.  Address 

I>.  II.  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

5  Beekiuan  let.,  N  York. 


“  I  would  say,  that  in  the  course  of  many  years, 
and  through  extenslvo  travel,  1  have  not  seen  a  more 
Inviting  country,  nor  one  which  offers  greater  induce¬ 
ments,  with  fewer  objections  to  settlement,  than 
these  lands  ot  the  A.  T.  &  8.  F.  R.  R.”— Extract  1  ie- 


13 y  one  Agent  Belling  Silvers  Patent 
It  room.  Recommended  by  the  late 
Horace  Greeley,  Ain.  Agriculturist, 
and  100,000  Families  using  .them. 
One  county  for  each  Agent,  success 
sure.  C.  A.  CLEGG  A  CO., 


IU 


S&y-: 


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Vm Wz& 


VOL.  XXVTII.  No.  16. 1 
WHOLE  No.  l‘A3S.  ) 


(  PRICE  SIX  CENTS 
1  SJ.50  PEll  YEAR. 


fEnt«e<S  ac  sorting  to  Act  of  Congress,  In  the  year  1373,  by  D.  D, 


of  fleece,  while  at  the  same  time  in  outward 
form  and  hardihood  of  constitution  retaining 
much  of  the  primitive  type  of  wild  mountain 
sheep.  The  best  kind  of  Radnors  are  those 
having  black  faces,  but  a  large  number  are 
of  a  tan,  grimy,  or  gray  color,  and  others, 
though  of  questionable  purity,  have  faces 
partly  white.  The  rams  are  horned,  and 
the  ewes  should  be  hornless — a  sexual  varia¬ 
tion  thought  by  some  high  authorities  to  be 
almost  always  the  result  of  breeding  and 
domestication,  Radnor  and  other  Welsh 
mountain  ewes  frequently  show  a  tendency 
to  produce  horns  ;  but  such  excrescences  are 
not  cultivated  in  females  of  the  flock.  Sev¬ 
eral  of  the  Radnor  ewes  exhibited  at  the  late 
Glamorganshire  show,  held  at  Cowbridge, 
had,  I  am  told,  “short  stumps,  scarcely 
amounting  to  horns.’7  The  Radnors  are 
short-legged  and  active,  hardy  when  exposed 
to  severe  weather,  and  thrifty  in  seeking  for 
food  on  the  scant  herbage  of  the  mountains. 
Like  all  sheep  of  their  class  they  are  light  in 


THE  RADNOR  SHEEP 


Morgan  Evans  of  England  says  : — Some 
of  the  oldest  remaining  indigenous  breeds  of 
sheep  in  our  island  arc  characterized  by  black 
faces.*"  A  remnant  of  one  of  these  is  found  in 
the  county  of  Radnor,  on  the  hills  of  Brecon, 
and  scattered  along  the  western  part  of 
Montgomery  and  Merioneth.  The  original 
Shropshire*  on  the  Long  Mynd  and  Morfe 
common  were  black-faced,  horned  sheep, 
and  were  doubtless  allied  to  those  of  a  like 
character  in  the  adjoining  counties  of  Wales, 
and  probably  had  one  common  origin.  The 
moat  important  class  of  native  dark-faced 
sheep  in  Wales  at  the  present  time  are  the 
Radnors — a  hardy,  active  race,  that  under 
improve'!  management  have  developed  into 
a  breed  of  fair  size,  carrying  a  good  weight 


280 


u 


implements,  are  not  so  great,  as  to  make  our 
over-production  of  material  wealth  entirely 
demoralize  the  nation  ;  and  finally  it  is  safe 
to  say  that  if  no  machine  had  been  improved 
within  this  generation,  the  necessary  food 
for  oil  the  people  would  have  been  produced, 
though  at  a  much  greater  cost  of  human 
labor,  and  either  that  labor  would  not  have 
been  as  well  paid  us  it  is  now,  or  the  prices 
of  its  products  would  have  been  much  higher 
than  they  are  now.  The  inventor*  and  man¬ 
ufacturers  of  agricultural  machinery  may 
safely  be  allowed  to  go  on  improving,  and 
the  policy  of  endowing  agricultural  colleges 
mav  safely  be  allowed  witiiout  fear  of  ruin 
or  demoralization. 


4  lbs.  to  5  lbs.,  which  must  be  considered  a 
fair  amount  in  proport  ion  to  the  Bize  of  ani¬ 
mal.  Indeed,  the  old  British  sheep  could  not 
have  been  very  short  of  wool,  for  Howel 
Dda  in  the  tenth  century,  in  appraising  the 
qualities  (teithi)  of  a  cow,  says  : — “  The  worth 
of  her  teat  is  four  pence  every  year  that  she 
lives,  or  a  white  sheep  with  a  white  limb 
that  can  with  her  fleece  protect  her  lamb 
between  her  four  feet  from  a  May  shower.” 

The  Radnors  are  found  on  the  lulls  ol’  Bre¬ 
con,  Montgomery,  and  some  parts  of  Merio¬ 
neth,  as  well  as  in  the  county  from  which 
they  take  their  distinctive  name.  The  fairs 
held  at  Kington,  Knighton,  and  Builth,  are 
perhaps  the  most  celebrated  places  where 
they  are  offered  for  sale.  The  ewes  arc  sold 
in  large  numbers  to  graziers.  A  great  many 
go  into  the  adjoining  counties  in  England  to 
breed  fat  Iambaby  crossing  with  Shropshire?, 
Leieesters,  or  Cotswolds.  The  ewes  are 
prolific,  excellent  nurses,  and  produce  good 
lambs  when  crossed  with  larger  improved 
breeds,  and  they  feed  quickly  after  their 
progeny  has  been  disposed  of.  Having  these 
good  qualities,  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at 
that  they  are  in  considerable  repute  for  the 
special  purposes  to  which  they  are  adapted 
when  brought  on  the  more  fertile  pastures 
of  the  English  grazier. 

The  breed  is  only  of  local  importance,  and 
is  not  likely  to  extend  beyond  its  present 
limits.  Nor  ia  there  any  probability  of  the 
Radnors  being  superseded  on  their  native 
lulls  for  some  time  to  come.  The  gradual 
improvement  in  their  character  that  has 
been  effected  of  late  years  will  tend  still 
more  to  make  them  pre-eminent  in  the  dis¬ 
tricts  they  now  occupy.  With  increased 
attention  to  breeding  and  greater  care  taken 
of  them  in  the  winter  months  they  may  yet 
attain  to  a  higher  average  merit,  and  become 
still  more  profitable.  Both  the  cosiest  and 
most  natural  way  of  improving  the  Radnors, 
if  crossing  Is  resorted  to,  is  by  giving  them  a 
dash  of  Shropshire  Down  blood.  The  Shrop¬ 
shire  sheep,  now  becoming  so  aristocratic 
hi  their  new  form,  blend  well  with  their 
neighbors  and  poor  relations  under  the  con¬ 
trol  and  skill  of  the  breeder.  The  Radnors 
cannot,  however,  be  pushed  far  in  the  direc¬ 
tion  of  weight  or  rapidity  to  fatten  without 
losing  the  especial  qualities  for  which  they 
are  so  prized,  and  becoming  unsuited  to  the 
hills.  As  lowland  sheep  on  fertile  pastures 
they  can  never  hope  to  rival  the  popular  im¬ 
proved  breeds  already  in  existence.  As 
mountain  sheep  in  their  own  district,  there 
is  no  reason  to  wish  their  displacement  by 
any  other  breed.  It  wonld  be  difficult  to 
find  any  sheep  so  suited  to  the  uplands  on 
which  they  are  kept,  and  the  treatment  to 
which  they  are  subjected. 

The  accompanying  illustration  by  Mr. 
Harrison  Wen*  represents  the  prize  aged  ram 
of  the  Radnor  breed  exhibited  las'j  year  at 
the  Royal  Agricultural  Society’s  Show  held 
at  Cardiff,  and  also  one  of  the  prize  ewes  at 
the  same  exhibition.  The  former  were  shown 
by  Mr.  J.  R.  Paramore,  of  Preswylfa,  Neath, 
and  the  latter  by  Mr.  William  Dalton,  of 
Cardiff,  one  of  a  pen  of  five  ewes  bred  by  Mr. 
William  Wilson,  of  Kington.  These  two 
exhibitors,  along  with  Air.  Edward  Farr,  of 
Pillctli,  Knighton,  were  the  only  prize-takers 
in  the  class  for  Radnor  sheep  at  the  show. 
Some  of  the  rams  exhibited  had  horus,  but 
others  of  improved  strains  were,  like  the  one 
here  represented,  hornless.  Indeed,  what  is 
called  the  improved  Radnor  has  not  been 
reduced  to  a  fixed  type,  the  different  breed¬ 
ers  producing  flocks  each  after  his  own  fash¬ 
ion  and  ideal.  The  general  rule  is  to  cross 
with  the  Shropshire  Down  for  quality  of 
flesh,  and  with  the  Leicesters  or  other  long- 
wooled  sheep  for  weight  of  fleece — in  both 
cases  adding  to  the  size  and  weight  of  the 
original  breed.  When,  therefore,  one  uses 
the  term  “  improved  ”  Radii o ns.  it  cannot  be 
said  that  one  invariable  type  is  indicated. 
The  Radnor  sheep  are  evidently  in  a  transi¬ 
tion  state. 


IMPROVED  IMPLEMENTS, 


During  one  of  the  discussions  at  the  recent 
N.  Y.  State  Fair,  Hon.  George  Geddes 
made  the  following  remarks  upon  this  sub¬ 
ject  : — In  1851,  the  first  World’s  Fair  was 
held  in  England.  At  this  Fair,  American 
harvesting  machines  and  American  plows 
took  the  prizes,  and  then  and  there  it  was 
demonstrated  that  grain  could  bo  cut  by 
machinery  better  and  cheaper  than  by  the 
hands  of  skilled  farm  laborers.  In  IS52,  the 
New  York  State  Agricultural  Society  held 
at  Geneva  in  this  State,  a  trial  of  all  the 
various  implements,  except  plows,  that  were 
then  offered  by  the  manufacturers  for  the 
use  of  farmers.  The  trial  was  exhaustive, 
and  really  marks  the  year  from  which  wo 
mu}*  date  the  rapid  march  of  improvement. 
There  were  then  shown  all  the  important 
reapers  and  mowers  that  hod  been  invented 
up  to  that  time,  and  though  the  commit  tee 
was  verv  much  astonished  at  the  excellence 
of  the  machines,  and  commended  them  to 
the  public  in  very  decided  terms  that  cer¬ 
tainly  were  fully  justified  by  the  trial,  yet 
as  one  of  that  committee,  I  now  say  t  hat  the 
best  reaper  and  the  best  mower  there  shown, 
have  since  been  so  much  beaten  by  other 
machines  that  to-day  no  good  fanner  would 
accept  as  a  gift  the  premium  machines  of 
1852,  any  sooner  than  he  would  accept  on  the 
same  terms  one  of  the  Bull  plows  that  were 
thought  to  be  good  tools  before  Jethro  Wood 
invented  the  cast-iron  plow.  At.  Geneva  the 
inventors  were  brought  with  their  machines, 
face  to  face,  and  each  saw  where  and  just 
how  his  machine  failed,  and  where  some 
other  excelled.  The  immediate  consequences 
were  greatly  improved  machines,  and  to 
this  day  improvement  has  been  continued. 

At  first  the  reaper  had  but  little  advantage, 
except  in  doing  its  work  better  over  hand 
labor.  The  cost  of  harvesting  an  acre  of 
wheat  was  but  little  less  when  a  reaper  was 
used  than  it  was  when  the  aid  grain  cradle 
was  employed,  apd  it,  was  not  until  there  was 
connected  with  the  devices  for  cutting  the 
grain,  others  for  delivering  it  in  gavels  by 
the  power  of  the  horses,  that  great  economy 
as  well  as  more  perfect  work  was  secured 
And  up  to  the  date  of  that  improvement 
there  was  a  constant  effort  to  produce  com¬ 
bined  machines,  that  should  both  mow  and 
reap  as  occasion  might  require.  But  the 
“  Self*  Raking  Reaper”  made  the  harvesting 
of  grain  as  much  less  costly  in  manual  labor, 
as  had  the  mower  made  the  business  of  se¬ 
curing  the  hay  crop.  Now  the  reaper  or 
mower  will  cosily  do  the  work  of  six  men 
who  use  the  tools  that  were  in  universal  use 
before  the  year  1852.  That  is  to  say,  u  man 
or  even  a  boy  and  a  pair  of  horses,  now  do 
as  much  work  with  a  machine,  and  do  it 
vast  ly  better  in  cutting  grain  or  luiy,  than 
did  six  strong  men  twenty  years  ago.  These 
cutting  machines  are  followed  bv  other  im¬ 
proved  machinery  that  very  much  lessen  the 
work  of  securing  the  hay  and  grain  crops. 

One  result  of  this  unproved  machinery  is  a 
demand  for  more  mechanical  skill  iii  the 
management  of  a  farm.  The  mere  laborer, 
perhaps,  has  less  general  knowledge  now 
than  most  farm  hands  Lad  a  quarter  of  a 
century  ago.  An  immigrant  just  from  over 
the  sea  can  soon  be  taught  how  to  bind  grain 
and  to  handle  hay  tolcrahly  well  if  he  tries. 
But  lie  must  have  a  very  well  qualified 
teacher. 

While  the  American  plow  and  our  tools  for 
mellownig  the  soil  and  sowing  seed,  are  the 
best  of  any  in  tho  world,  th«  expenditure  of 
human  labor  up  to  the  harvesting  of  the 
crops,  and  in  the  manufacture  of  butter  and 
cheese,  is  not  essentially  less  than  it  was  be¬ 
fore  the  great  improvements  made  in  some 
of  the  most,  important  implements  of  agri¬ 
culture.  Still  there  are  less  men  now  em¬ 
ployed  in  proportion  to  the  whole  population, 
in  producing  food,  than  there  were  before 
the  year  1852. 

The  census  tables  give  this  reduction  at, 
about  one-third,  as  stated  by  a  late  writer  in 
the  New  York  Tunes,  Alex.  Delmar,  While 
the  work  of  haying  and  harvesting  is  lessened 
more  than  this  proportion,  yet  it  is  not  prob¬ 
able  the  whole  of  the  labor  of  the  farm  is 
lessened  more  than  one-third-  The  question 
arises,  who  is  most  benefited  by  this  cheap¬ 
ening  of  the  food  and  raw  materia]  for  the 
clothing  of  the  people  ?  The  price  paid  for 
farm  labor,  when  reduced  to  the  gold  value 
of  the  money  paid,  is  quite  double  the  price 
paid  for  like  service  thirty  years  ugo.  So 
the  til’s!  benefit  of  the  improvement  of  ma¬ 
chinery  inures  in  this  case  to  the  laborer 
himself.  For  the  employer  pays  more  extra 
compensation  to  his  men  than  is  saved  by  the 
improvements  in  implements.  The  prices  of 
the  products  of  agriculture  are  larger  than 
they  were  thirty  years  ago,  or  the  producers 
could  not  pay  the  prices  now  ruling  for 
labor. 

But  the  effect  of  this  doubling  of  the  com¬ 
pensation  of  agricultux’al  labor  and  liberating 
one- third  of  the  persons  formerly  employed, 
and  giving  them  to  other  industries,  is  fe'lt,  in 
all  branches  of  business.  The  laborer  now 
lias  money  to  provide  his  family  with  com¬ 
forts  unknown  in  his  mode  of  life  thirty 
years  ago.  The  immediate  consequences  of 
this  plenty  of  money  with  people  who  will 
work,  are  better  education,  and  more  inde¬ 
pendence  and  elevation  of  character.  Sav¬ 
ings  Banks  have  larger  deposits,  merchants 
sell  more  goods,  and  all  branches  of  business 
are  quickened.  But  a  very  serious  objection 


HOG  CHOLERA 


A  correspondent  of  the  Southern  Agri¬ 
culturist  writes  I  have  made  this  subjects 
specialty  for  the  last  fourteen  years,  and  in 
that  time  have  visited  the  pens  of  cholera 
hogs  in  Ohio,  Indiana,  Kentucky  and  Tenes- 
see  whore  I  have  treated  them  for  that  dis¬ 
ease,  and  have  had  t  he  assistance  of  physi¬ 
cians  in  making  pant  mortem  examinations 
wherever  I  have  been.  In  this  time  I  have 
become  familiar  with  both  the  internal  and 
external  appearances  of  hogs  affected  with 
“  cholera”  in  its  various  forms,  and  in  pre¬ 
senting  this  article  to  yonr  readers  1  feel  that 
I  cannot  do  this  subject  justice  without  occu¬ 
pying  too  much  space  in  your  columns. 

THE  OUTBREAK  OF  HOG  CHOLERA. 

This  arch  enemy  of  the  hog  family  made 
its  first,  appearance  in  the  form  of  a  fatal 
epizootic  in  the  fall  of  1854,  at  the  distilleries 
in  Ohio,  Indiana  and  Kentucky  bordering  on 
the  Ohio  river,  "When  its  fatal  results  were 
made  known  through  tho  press,  many 
thought  it  was  caused  by  poisonous  drugs 
being  used  at  the  distilleries,  but  this  delusion 
was  of  abort  duration.  It  soon  spread  to  the 
farms,  and  from  one  farm  to  another,  with 
such  fatal  results  as  to  ruin,  some  men  finan¬ 
cially  and  deter  others  from  raising  hogs 
altogether. 

By  the  fail  of  1858  it  had  spread  over  all  the 
country.  It  is  unlike  the  “  Asiatic  cholera” 
in  tho  human  subject,  or  the  horse  epizootic 
of  last  fall,  spending  their  force  for  a  time 
and  then  disappearing  ;  but  has  continued  to 
play  and  havoc  among  the  hogs  since  1854, 
sometimes  in  one  locality  and  then  in  an¬ 
other,  sometimes  it  exists  in  the  same  local¬ 
ity,  or  on  the  same  farms  for  several  years  in 
succession,  and  then  disappears  for  a  time, 
and  then  again  breaks  out  at  a  time  when 
least  expected.  To  be  brief  on  this  subject, 
hog  cholera  is  produced  by  a  poisoned  blood, 
the  blood  is  poisoned  from  several  causes. 

1.  Indigestion.  The  stomach  doe3  not  di¬ 
gest  the  food  as  it,  should  do  and  an  inferior 
article  of  blood  is  produced. 

2.  Tin  liver  becomes  torpid  and  fails  to 
separate  the  bile  from  the  blood. 

3.  The  kidneys  become  diseased  and  fail  to 
separate  the  urine  from  the  blood. 

4.  The  pores  of  the  skin  are  obstructed  and 
prevent  the  eseupc  of  impurities. 

5.  The  quality  of  the  food  and  the  sur¬ 
roundings  of  course  have  something  to  do  in 
the  premises. 

The  above  we  have  found  to  be  the  princi¬ 
pal  causes  that  produce  cholera,  and  hogs 
often  have  disease  lurking  in  their  system  for 
months  before  it  is  noticed  by  their  owners, 
and  the  different  symptoms  observed  in  hogs 
having  cholera  are' produced  by  the  disease 
on  the  different  organs,  und  the  advanced 
stage  of  the  disease  when  seen. 

We  will  have  to  omit  the  post-mortem  ap- 

E  ranees  altogether  as  we  have  already 
en  ii])  too  much  space,  but  will  give  the 

EXTERNAL  APPEARANCES. 

In  almost  every  case  of  hog  cholera  one  or 
more  of  the  three  following  signs  may  be 
observed  for  weeks  or  months  before  the 
more  fatal  symptoms  set  in, 

1,  A  hacking  cough  when  they  get  out  of 
their  beds  in  the  morning. 

2.  The  excrements  pass  in  hard  lumps. 

3.  The  urine  is.  scant  and  has  a  red  or  yellow 
color. 

As  these  symptoms  advance,  one  or  more 
of  the  following  appear,  sick  stomaefi,  vomit¬ 
ing,  diarrhea,  flux,  extreme  constipation, 
with  high  fever,  and  great  thirst,  redness  of 
the  skin  if  the  hog  is  white  (tills  cannot  be  so 
easily  seen  in  colored  hogs],  rough  hair,  lame¬ 
ness,  stiffness  of  the  limbs,  bails  or  abscesses, 
sometimes  on  the  body,  but  most  common 
on  the  feet  or  legs,  breathing  short  and  quick, 
cough  or  wheezing,  thumps,  swelled  ears, 
bleeding  at  the  nose,  sore  eyes,  gets  shy, 
stand  with  his  nose  to  the'  ground,  ears 
fallen,  hind  feet  drawn  under,  buck  curved 
up,  weak  staggering  gait,  frothing  at  the 
nose  or  mouth,  refusal  of  food,  indisposition 
to  move.  No  une  hog  presents  all  of  the 
above  symptoms,  but  they  are  all  common 
features  in  hogs  having  tlie  cholera,  and  at 
times  one  hog  presents  several  of  them  at 
the  same  time. 

To  prevent  hogs  having  the  cholera  it  is 
uecessaiy  to  keep  up  a  healthy  action  of  the 
digestive  organs. 


SHEEP  IN  ORCHARDS 


J.  Higgins  stated  at  a  late  meeting  of  the 
Alton  Horticultural  Society,  that  he  hud 
long  been  in  the  practice  of  turning  sheep 
into  his  apple  orchards,  and  as  long  as  they 
have  green  pasture  they  will  not  touch  the 
bark  of  the  trees,  but  they  are  carefully 
watched.  He  has  one  old  sheep  only  that 
knows  how  good  apple  bark  is.  When  there 
is  snow  on  the  ground,  the  sheep  will  of 
eonrse  eat  the  1  bark.  But  the  only  time 
when  the  presence  of  the  sheep  is  needed  is 
in  summer  when  the  wormy  fruit  is  drop¬ 
ping.  We  know  a  farmer  in  Western  New 
York  who  turns  his  sheep  in  his  orchard  dur¬ 
ing  the  day  and  into  another  field  at  night ; 
they  never  touch  the  trees,  and  he  finds  the 
codling  moth  growing  scarcer  each  year. 


•  la  w 


INFLUENCE  OF  SOIL  ON  STOCK. 

_ _ 

[Continued  from  page  235,  last  number.) 

In  Peru,  the  long  acclimated  breed  of  fowls 
at  Cuzco,  whose  ancestors  have  lived  forages 
in  a  hot  climate,  have  chickens  nearly  naked, 
or  without  down,  ami  this  is  the  case  till  the 
feathers  grow.  The  newly  Imported  English 
bird  ki  covered  wicli  close  down.  (M.  Roulnu 
quote  ,1  !.)  Pulcha! It's  Nat.  Hist,  of  jlau,  n.tjs  i 
Again,  dogs  of  cold  climates  have  generally 
two  kinds  of  hair— a  tine  curly  hair  dose  to 
the  skin,  and  long  silky  hair.  In  tropical 
climates  the  power  lessens,  and  finally  disap¬ 
pears  altogether,  and  the  same  thing  happens 
in  our  dwellings  which  afford  shelter' from 
inclement,  temperature. 

It  would  seem,  probably,  that  whatever  in¬ 
fluence  climate  may  exert  on  the  hair,  would 
he  shown  in  the  hide.  Indeed,  we  are  told  bv 
Rovvlin.  that  the  hides  of  the  feral  cult Jc  on 
the  hot  plains  are  always  mud!  h-ss  heavy  I 
than  those  of  the  cattle  raised  on  the  high 
platform  of  Bogota;  and  that,  these  hides 
yield  m  weight  aud  in  thickness  of  hair  to 
those  of  the  cattle  which  have  run  wild  on 
the  lofty  Paramos.  (Dannis  am.  and  pi. 
unde  d.  1,11*:.)  It  is  also  worthy  of  remark 
that  it  is  on  the  most  highly  famed  cattle 
as  to  care  and  protection,  that  we  lind  that 
perfection  of  mellow  lude  so  desirable  alike 
to  the  fancier  and  grazier. 

The  influence  of  climate  on  form  is  perhaps 
well  marked.  It  is  notorious,  says  Herbert 
Spencer  (Prin.  of  Brolvevs  1,243).  that  in  the 
Lnited  States  the  descendants  of  the  emi¬ 
grant  Irish  lose  their  Celtic  aspect,  and  be¬ 
come  Americanized,  I  have  been  told  fre¬ 
quently  by  travelers  that  the.  climate  tended 
to  individualize  the  form  and  features  or 
the  inhabitants  of  various  sections  of  our 
country,  and  my  own  observation  would  add 
limited  testimony  that  such  is  the  fact. 
Among  the  many  cases  given  by  Waitz  (Au- 
thropoiogy,  p.  hi),  is  the  statement  that  In 
New  South  Wales,  the  children  of  European 
parents  are  apt  to  become  tuil  and  lean 
■while  the  tendency  among  the  European 
colonists  at  the  Cape  of  Hood  IIopo is  to  grow 
fat,  which  reminds  us,  he  says,  of  the  large 
fat  tails  of  the  Cape  sheep,  and  the  fat  hips 
of  the  native  women.  Dr.  Falcptn  testifies 
that  in  India,  the  descendants  of  bull  dore 
lose  the  underhung  character  of  their  lower 
jaws,  their  muzzles  become  finer  and  their 
bodies  lighter.  (Donnus  An.  and  PL  under 
E,  I,  33.) 

We  have  also  testimony  showing  an  influ¬ 
ence  of  climate  over  the’ constitutional  func¬ 
tions.  Perhaps  the  most  remarkable  case  is  i 
one  recorded  by  liroca  (Human  llybridity  i 
p.  pi),  where  he  says :  “  But  the  fact  revealed  < 
by  Volriey,  which  is  perfectly  authentic,  still  i 
maintains  its  force,  namely,  that  the  Maine-  i 
lakes,  by  the  simple  fact  of  change  of  conn-  i 
try,  had  lost  the  power  of  engendering  with 


MOORE’S  RURAL  MEW-fOBKEB. 


^0n°uljs,.1“ent  °.f  muscular  tissue;  and  sold  had  been  purchased  by  Mr.  Campbell 
article? Ifavc  nSn  largf  ?  such  from  some  of  the  most  eminent  breeders  of 

irsss^Kz:  ass®^'" <ke.~-.w- -.a.™™ «- 


minded  here  of  the  statements  in  our  daily 
papers,  chat  one  of  the  trainers  at  the  Col¬ 
lege  Regatta  at  Sorincrflcld.  in  1K73  nlf  hAim-n 


plovmg  him. 

the  influence  of  locality  very  possibly  in¬ 
cludes  the  three  preceding  divisions,  if  the 
market  demands  milk,  or  butter,  ot*  cheese 
or  flesh  alone,  and  will  take  but,  one  at  a 
price  that  will  pay  the  producer,  this  very 
fact  influences  t  he  breech  Under  the  pres¬ 
sure  of  the  demand  a  certain  natural  selec¬ 
tion  is  forced  ou  tho  breeder,  and  his  stock 
becomes  almost  unconsciously  in  a  better 
condition  to  satisfy  the  market.  It  would  be 
useless  for  the  Texas  brooder  at.  the  present 
time  to  seek  t  he  Improving  of  his  cattle  for 
milk;  equally  useless  for  the  Herkimer  Co 
dairymen  to  seek  their  profit  from  breeding 
the  Texas  steer.  Locality  in  either  case  has 
determined  tho  direction  and  limited  their 
choice.  In  the  case  given,  the  extremes  are 
so  dissimilar  that  tlm  fact  is  easily  brought 
tor  ward  that  there  is  a  choice  of  breeds  and 
that  this  choice  is  determined  in  a  measure 
by  the  locality,  it  may,  perhaps,  he  easy  to 
show  that  one  place  is  suited  for  the  raising 
ol  a  dairy  breed,  aud  another  for  a  grazing 
stock.  It  is  suiheient  to  mention  Herkimer 
comity  and  the  blue-grass  regions  of  Ken¬ 
tucky.  The  difficulty  lies  in  determinin'' 
what  are  the  limits  placed  on  the  breeding 
ot  each  class  by  totality,  and,  conversely,  the 
Influence  of  locality  on  the  breed.  The  most 
important  influence,  as  1  have  sire-rested  is 
the  market,  which  determines  the  direction 
m  winch  profitable  results  can  be  realized 
tornobvwdum  be  improved  unless  increased 
profit  follows  change. 

When  levels  or  undulatings  are  united  with 
rich  herhage  and  a  temperate  clime,  we  have 
the  natural  conditions  for  a  grazing  herd  Tf 
is  well  understood  at  present,  that,  no  change 
can  occur  m  an  animal  without  an  eouiv 
ule.it  expenditure  of  force.  The  animal 
whirl,  lias  to  devote  a  large  portion  of  the 
intake u  food  with  supplying  the  waste  of 
lurec  expended  m  constant,  wanderings  over 


oreeuer,  and  yet  Ins  purchases  wonderfully 
increased  in  value  on  fils  hands.  Why  i  The 
secret  was  to  be  read  almost  entirely  in  the 
locality  in  which  the  stock  was  reared.  That, 
locality  is  peculiarly  adapted  in  its  grasses  for 
tho  highest  development  of  the  Short-Horns 
He  referred  to  the  valley  of  the  Mohawk, 
at  a  point,  where  it  is  watered  by  the  Summit 
creek. 

This  fact  of  the  influence  of  locality  needs 
to  be  well  understood  by  breeders.  Let  not 
all  of  those  who  own  Short-Horns  think  that 
they  can  attain  to  a  like  success  to  that 
achieved  by  Mr.  Campbell,  unless  they  have 
farms  equally  os  favored  as  his.  It  is  impos¬ 
sible  that  Snort-Horns  can  be  brought,  to 
their  perfection  all  over  the  State,  An  elab¬ 
orate  system  of  soiling  will  not  accomplish  it 
in  delimit  of  a  good  farm,  and  tlio  attempt 
to  make  up  for  poor  soil  with  grain  will  not 
answer.  Artificial  feeding  never  yet  pro* 
ducod  a  successful  herd.  The  speaker  then 
remarked  that  he  was  inclined  to  fear  that 
the  wonderful  prices  recently  obtained  at 
New  York  Mills  would  tempt  dealers  in 
Bhort-Horns  to  “  water  their  stock,”  to  uses, 
com mercial  term,  and  to  arrive  at  a  faulty 
valuation  of  cattle.— [Conclusion  next  week. 


DAIRY  NOTES  ON  COLORADO. 

THIRD  ARTICLE. 

A  COLORADO  BUTTER  DAIRY. 

Mr.  Rand’s  stock  numbers  about  lot)  head 
of  horned  cattle,  and  he  is  milking  27  cows. 

The  cows  are  the  common  “States’  cows” _ 

or  what  are  usually  called  “native  stock”  at 
the  East.  Mr.  It.  is  improving  his  herd  by 
crossing  with  Durhauis,  and  some  of  the 
grades  raised  are  giving  milk.  Like  most 
other  stock  in  Colorado  the  cows  are  allowed  I 


a  seal ) t  postu re,  or  an  ove rconfing  q uah t ? j n  1°  at  aU  *  the  year  ; 

ascending  hills  and  steep  places,  is  at  a  disud-  Jl1^  largei  part  of  his  calves,  he.  says,  are 
vantage  in  storing  fat  or  increasing  growth  drr>PP<td  In  February  and  March.  The  cows 

with  >i.l  it  it.h/*t*  tiniiiial  .  ..  iii-  a  i 


RiV0  n,ilk  !°r  llboUt  niue  montha*  aod  the  in  Colorado  and  kept  for  breeding  purposes, 
o  f  f at  by  inereasi  n  g  t  be  labom  ofL  tui^anim  aF  averftgft  ^ of  per  cow  in  August  Is  Restock  growers  who  herd  their  cattle  keep, 
the  respiration  is  excited,  oxygen  in  excess  from  seve"  t0  'jiKht  quarts  per  day.  Earlier  for  the  most  part,  half-breed  stock  ;  that  is, 
passes  into  the  lungs,  and  a  portion  of  the  the  season,  when  grass  is  green,  the  aver-  tt  oro3s  between  the  Mexican  and  our  com- 
i?  nghr  0f?Brwile.  b,‘c‘oine  fixed  ag*  «  about  10  quarts  per  day,  and  as  grass  mon  »»tive  stock.  Thu  farmers  depend  upon 

bw0,T  dl7’.th0  ,50WS  *ield  ^%ut  Eastern  cows,  and  are  crossing  with  grede 
so  far  aa  it  is  the  art  of  economizing  forces  lts  quality  is  richer.  Indeed,  Mr.  Rand  thinks  Dm-hams.  Mexican  cattle  are  worth  about 
is  shown  to  be  with  that  breeder  who  best  t,mt  cows  pastured  on  Colorado  grass  will  2K<5.  per  pound,  live  weight.  Mr.  Rand’s 
ad  justs  Ids  breed  to  his  locality,  give  richer  milk  during  any  season  than  they  sheep  are  a  cross  of  the  Merino  and  Cots- 

The  grazer  desires  a  level  land  and  abund-  would  if  pastured  at  the  East  on  the  usual  wold,  and  he  sold  after  shearing  at  the  rate 
“ ta SgS "UlMvawa  grumes.  From  (to  milk  of  SJcnw,  of  *»  per  hood. 

the  physical  circumstances  of  location  hi  he  is  muking  7->  pounds  of  butter  per  week,  UTILIZING  WATER  FOR  CRASS  LANDS 

the  valley  of  the  Zus  and  many  alluvial  form-  besWes  w“at  is  used  in  his  own  family,  which  We  have  referred  to  one  great  advantage 

atious  of  Central  f  i  mtecl  States,  the  West  numbers  nine  persons.  He  is  also  raising  21  that  the  Colorado  dairyman  has  over  fw 

-*"?  Tmm.ed  «*• 

the  market  for  beef,  necessitates  a  grazing  ,  ND  9HyB  doe8  no<i  clauu  to  manage  his  of  food  required  to  be  stored  for  the  winter 
breed  for  the  acomplishment  of  the  best  re-  butter  makingafter  the  most  approved  meth-  use  of  stock.  In  Colorado  most  of  the  winter 
suits  Tn  the  murahey  of  the  Elbe  we  have  «ds;  he  is  not  acquainted  with  the  cold  food  is  cured  on  the  ground,  and  stock  graze 
inar.-h  laud,  level  ami  luxuriant,  and  a  con-  water  “pool-plan”  as  practised  in  New  York  ilPon  it  during  the  winter  months.  The 

SKlCKWMl  y-r.d he  lias  no  doubt  his  milk  could  bo^more 

and  yielding  abundant  milk.  The  lack  of  the  econoimcal>y  worked.  He.  sells  butter  during  ids  cattle  and  feeding  them  during  six  monthl 
pure  grasses  appears  here  to  check  the  grow-  summer  at  an  average  price  of  4tie.  per  pound.  of  the  year,  as  at  the  East,  can  m  Colorado 
adapted  for  beef.  Size  There  are  several  dairies  in  his  section  hut  devote  this  labor  to  the.  raising  of  grain  aud 

which  characterizes  the  8hoSSon1,V ml?  the  m&tSD  *  c  l' T’"  SoU8in  'De,1‘  frncedldonbtle^  the  best '' 'plan  wouffbe^o 

best  residts  of  our  most  profitable  dairy  vei  at  JJe.  pei  pound.  1  he  dairies  referred  have  a  certain  amount  of  grass  laud  set  apart, 
breeds.  Yet  generations  of  breeding  in  the  to  ar«  05  follows  :  for  wiutcr  use.  Hero  the  crop  would  cure 

location.  1.  Clark,  Jo  ;  E.  Currier.  12,  and  other  could  pick  as  needed.  But  as  grass  grows 

It  is  stated  bv  Luhy  that  exercise  increases  I  iarmers  in  the  neighborhood  about  this  mini-  with  much  more  luxuriance  and  vigor  when 

the  quantity  of  caseine  in  the  miik  of  the  berof  cows.  irrigated,  sumo  plan  should  be  inaugurated 

fJSJJ*,  S.- h^ier  this  Ui  yet  proved  or  not,  oim  renting  rnwc  for  using  the  water  when  not  needed  for 

beat  dany  districts  are  hilly  and  undulating  rT  T  RENTING  cows.  gram  aud  other  crops.  Mr.  Rand’s  nlun  is 

regions,  i  he  cl lloet  of  these  regions  seems  to  H.  Langdon  has  a  herd  of  30  cows,  and  to  give  grass  lands  a  good  irrigation  in  Mav 
be  to  improve  the  quality  of  the  milk,  wlieth-  vents,  receiving  at  the  rate  of  $3  per  head  per  Tjieu  use  it  on  grain  and  other  crops,  and 

oWs^’Thlliiw.irun  t?  butter  or  month,  and  the  cows  run  on  the  common  aft®r  fcbese  have  been  properly  supplied  the 

cheese  The  uneven aurfnees  and  occasional  ...U1,rp  nthenirenf  tiw.m  water  may  be  again  turned  upon  the  grass 

higli  elevations  ol  these  regions  secure  rm-  1  ”e‘  0  ‘  tllLir  herds,  getting  $1 0  lands.  In  this  way  the  water  on  the  grass 

merous  springs,  flowing  waters,  and  the  con-  Per  cow  f°r  fhe  season.  There  are  about  300  crop  would  be  no  expense  except  the  com- 

densation  of  vapor,  which  produces  frequent  cows  in  Mr.  Rand’s  neighborhood.  That  is  Paratively  trifling  cost  of  distributing  it  over 

Ssrui  hssnsus  StsluFs  to  *  «  ut  °r  f,>i"  ^  ^ 

a  lighter  and  more  active  frame  than’ the  as.yet’  not  man^  fer,ces  to  keep  cattle  in  cer-  WASTTlwr  rttttvu 

grazing  breeds,  mid  of  a  hardier  constitution  tam  prescribed  limits  in  this  section,  but  Mr.  uuiii.it. 

better  fitted  for  the  production  of  milk.  ’  Rand  thinks  it  would  be  better  to  fence  and  nmmra  .  * 

It  is  plain  to  my  mind  that  the  hreed«i*  xtrhn  n,.. _ ...  .  ,  -  ,  ,  during  the  past  year,  several  of  vour  cor- 

selects  that  auiniai  best,  suited  to  his  locality  v  "ep.  ?  cow  ,  1  Pasturea  aet  apart  for  their  respondents  have  strongly  advised  “never  to 
is  utilizing  a  force  capable  of  large  results  special  use  rather  than  suffer  them  to  roam  wash  butter.”  I  have  uut  been  beguiled  by 
His  efforts  deal  with  fewer  complications  and  at  wiU  over  tbe  common  range.  them,  having  before  experimented  suffioient- 

require  far  leas  attention  than  n 


economizing  forces, 


in  New  York.  There  may  be  frosty  nights, 
but  the  ground  does  not  freeze.  In  January, 
cold  weather  may  be  expected  ;  but  Febru¬ 
ary  is  a  nice  month,  when  frost  is  generally 
out  of  the  ground,  and  if  there  has  been  rain 
enough  to  wet  the  ground,  farmers  begin  to 
plow,  March  is  the  most  unpleasant  month 
of  the  year.  Storms  of  snow  and  rain  are 
not  unfrequent,  and  live  stock  running  un¬ 
protected  suffer  more  in  March  than  during 
any  other  month.  The  dry  season  may  be 
said  to  commence  about  the  first  of  June, 
and  the  hottest  months  nre  July  and  August. 
Mr.  Rand  says  that  fodder  corn  can  be  read¬ 
ily  grown,  and  of  course  can  bo  used  as  a  soil¬ 
ing  crop  ;  or  in  tho  dry  atmosphere  of  Colo¬ 
rado  is  easily  cured  for  winter  fodder. 

THE  SAGE  BRUSH. 

Mr.  Rand  says  he  finds  no  trouble  on  ac¬ 
count  of  cows  eating  sage  brush  except  in 
winter,  when  grass  is  short.  Co  ws  then  wiil 
eat  the  sage,  and  of  course  it  gives  a  taint  to 
the  milk.  But,  sago  brush,  he  says,  is  easily 
killed  by  plowing  the  land  over.  ‘  In  natural 
pastures  it  can  be  readily  exterminated  by 
cutting  tho  plants  out  with  a  brush  scythe, 
and  it  will  not  sprout  up  again  when  cut  out 
by  the  root.  But  Mr.  Rand  Rays  it  is  only  in 
extreme  cases  when  cows  cannot  get  a  sup¬ 
ply  of  grass  that  they  will  eat  it.  Sheep  eat 
it,  and  seem  more  fond  of  it  than  other  stock. 

ANOTHER  SAD  WEED. 

There  is  another  weed  that  gives  a  bad 
taint  to  milk — the  wild  onion  ;  but  none  of 
importance  are  found  growing  on  the  high 
prairies,  as  the  soil  is  too  dry  for  the  plants. 

THE  PRICE  OF  OATTLE. 

Mr.  Rand  says  that  good  dairy  cows  in  this 
part  of  Colorado  are  now  worth  about  $50 
pei  head,  and  tho  price  has  not  varied  for 
several  years.  Steers  bring  3c.  per  pound, 
live  weight,  delivered  at  Denver.  They  are 
purchased  hy  stock  dealers  to  lake  to  Iowa 
to  be  stall  feu  for  the  Chicago  aud  Eastern 
markets.  A  throe-years-old  steer,  weighing 
about  1,000  pounds,  will  bring  from  $30  to 
#35.  Heifers  are  not  sold,  but  are  retained 
in  Colorado  and  kept  for  breeding  purposes. 

I  ho  stock  growers  who  herd  their  cattle  keep, 
for  the  most  part,  half-breed  stock  ;  that  is’ 
a  cross  between  the  Mexican  and  our  com- 


conceive  when  two  years  old,  while  in  the 
much  hotter  country  of  Paraguay  they  do 
not  conceive  till  three  years  old,  (Quad,  of 


sky  the  Egyptian  goose  Jays  about  the  end 
of  December  or  tirsl  of  January,  and  the  care, 
of  the  young  is  thus  in  a  severe  season  in 
France.  But  for  the  same  individual  and  its 
progen}',  the  layings  repeated  in  1344  was  m 
Febiuary,  in  1M5  in  March,  and  since  then  in 
April,  t Isidore.  Geoffrey  St.  Helair,  Comni. 
Rend.,  Oct.,  1S47.) 

The  effect  of  elimutu  on  health  is  too  gene¬ 
rally  known  to  require  elaboration.  How¬ 
ever  th"  facts  reported  by  Prof.  Law  (Trans. 
N’.  Y.  Ag.  Soc.,  1370,  p.  37)  that  attempts  to 
breed  high  class  Leicester  sheep  on  the 
Scotch  Lamniennoor  hills,  and  m  some  ex¬ 
posed  parts  of  Yorkshire,  had  to  be  aban¬ 
doned  because  of  their  deterioration  or  their 
liability  to  pleurisy  ;  and  that  sheep  brought 
from  the  tropics  to  the  Zoological  Gardens, 
London,  invariably  died  of  consumption 
under  two  years  after  their  arrival,  will  show 
the  necessity  of  discrimination  in  selecting 
animals  for  dclinite  localities. 

From  this  review  of  the  effect  of  climate 
on  the  animal  nature,  we  may  reasonably 
infer  that  a  study  of  these  and  other  results 
will  be  of  service  to  the  breeder,  in  the  selec¬ 
tion  of  the  right  animal  for  his  location,  in 
order  that  his  attempts  to  improve  may  be 
founded  on  the  principles  of  science. 

U’e  are  ah  acquainted  with  Lheintluenc;  of 
the  effect  of  the  soli,  this  fact  plainly  appears. 
The  special  effect  of  the  food  is  not  so  uni¬ 
versally  known.  Van  Nathuseua,  as  quoted 
by  Dannus  (An.  &  PI.  under  D.  1,  Hi),  states 
positively  as  the  result  of  common  experience 
and  of  ius  experiments,  that  rich  and  abund¬ 
ant  food,  given  during  youth,  tend  by  some 
direct  action  to  make  the  head  of  swine 
broader  and  shorter.  In  the  swine,  again, 
according  to  Cuvier,  the  effect  of  food  has 
been  to  increase  the  length  of  intestine  as 


suits.  Tn  the  murshe,  of  the  Elbe  we  have 
marsh  laud,  level  and  luxuriant,  and  a  con¬ 
stant  demand  for  dairy  produce  ;  we  there 
find  the  large,  Dutch  breed  coarse  framed 
aud  yielding  abundant  milk.  The  lack  of  the 
pure  grasses  appears  here  to  check  the  grow¬ 
ing  ol  animals  better  adapted  for  beef  Size 
i '  produced,  bub  not  the  tendency  toward  fat 
which  characterizes  the  Short-Horn,  nor  the 
best  results  of  our  most  profitable  dairy 
breeds.  Yet  generations  of  breeding  in  the 
hands  of  the  jiai  us  taking  Dutch  farmer  have 
shown  them  to  be  well  adapted  to  their 
location . 

It  is  stated  by  Luhy  that  exercise  increases  I 
the  quantity  of  caseine  m  the  milk  of  the  | 


1  ,  *  ...  VVVMllJ  UV 

be  to  improve  the  quality  of  the  milk,  wheth¬ 
er  considered  with  reference  to  butter  or 
cheese.  The  uneven  surfaces  and  occasional 
high  elevations  of  these  regions  secure  nu¬ 
merous  springs,  flowing  waters,  and  the  con¬ 
densation  of  vapor,  which  produces  frequent 
showers  as  a  preventive  to  drouth.  The 
cattle  found  in  such  locations  arc  usually  of 
a  lighter  and  more  active  frame  than  the 
ftraziwg  bree<  isf  and  of  a  hardier  constitution 
better  tinted  for  tlio  production  of  milk. 


^  experimwlts,  that  riSi  muf abund-  ST*  ^  ^  ? 

aecmdhig  to  Cuvier,'  tlm  effect  of1ood°'£  must  Tlv^off  atter’ v^rs  '' 71  iK 

SSStKlff  tto  gaoled6  by  ^ T™ 

Daner  An  A-  PI  nn,4pr  n  i  ere  1  v,  ,.i  ...  ,  .  ,  .  ,aQ  attaining  success  trorn  a  breed 

wwi  ti.e  influence  or  food  in  thp  Lfir  tome  by  lU“  nnt,lr‘‘1  conditions 

of  tnedeuy  now,  especially  the  AyndV  It  th„  . . 


“v  wuiuivu  i  imaui  «  «  ,  y  *  -  ■  1  uuuiwivnir 

ly  ;  but  as  1  am  anxious  to  learn  and  adopt 
RAINS.  any  improvement,  I  would  like  to  know  how 

Mr.  Rand  sava  that  July  and  August  may  <luriuP  J'»ue,  July  and  August,  butter  con  be 

be  colled  the  rainy  season  in  the  mountain*,  8fKr‘2$ TmonSs^^StjfKhe 
and  the  storms  reach  down  on  the  plains  the  purest  air  in  the  world,  have  a  «wecter 
about  five  miles  from  the  foot-hills.  On  the  and  more  nutritious  herbage  than  i3  to  be 
plains  the  .showers  falling  in  March  and  April  tV>,mri  itl  a  moLstcr  climate  ;  no  swamp  grass, 
are  sufficient  to  wet  the  grounds  so  as  to  JfnSSrf  water,  and  the 


is  well  known  that  trainers  of  thoroughbred 
colts  feed  largely  with  oats,  to  develop  the 
muscles,  aud  thus  give  endurance  and  (tower, 
it  is  also  well  known  that  tho  Western  horses 
are  what  is  technically  called  “soft,”  as  com¬ 
pared  with  the  Canadian.  It  is  probable  that 
tne  corn  *ec*  in  The  West,  where  it  is  the  sta- 
Fr  '  and  the  oats  in  Canada,  may  account  for 
classe  Orett0e  in  e,ltiuriuS  powers  of  the  two 

f  <9tl  Food,  p.  151)  says  that  an  ex- 

uls  ol  respiratory  food  not  only  promotes 
the  growth  of  fat,  but  actually  interferes  with 


Mr.  I  D.  Curtis  thenopened  the  discussion 
which  ensued.  He  had  been  impressed  with 
the  soundness  and  importance  of  the  views 
set  forth  in  the  paper  which  had  just  been 
read.  1  he  recent  sale  of  stea  k  a  t  New  York 
Mills  was  ui  many  respects  the  most  remark¬ 
able  one  that  had  ever  taken  place  in  the 
world,  and  was  a  source  of  just  pride  and 
gratification  to  Mr.  Campbell.  But  there 
was  just  this  one  thing  to  be  said  about  the 
sale— that  unless  the  circumstances  surround¬ 
ing  it  were  well  understood,  it  might  work 
damage  to  the  particular  breed  of  stock 
which  was  so  highly  appreciated.  The  stock 


admit  of  plowing  with  two  horses. 

FIRST  SNOW. 

The  first  snow  falls  about  the  1st  of  Octo¬ 
ber,  sometimes  threo  or  four  inches  deep,  but 
it  lasts  only  a  day  or  so,  and  often  but  a  few 
hours,  as  it  melts  away  nearly  as  fast  as  it 
conies.  Slight  frosts  make  their  appearance 
about  the  first  of  October,  and  perhaps  there 
will  be  one  snow  storm  in  each  of  the  three 
months — October,  November  and  December  ; 
but  the  weather  during  these  months  is  usual¬ 
ly  very  pleasant,  resembling  Indian  summer 


»  ».  w  ,,,  I  ’O  ■>  |  Uiuu  uuo 

cleanliness  “f  my  milk  house  and  utensils  is 
evinced  by  the  fact  that  with  the  ther- 
JT1;'n,^'r  ranging  during  the  day  at  from  HO0 
to  100  in  t  he  shade,  milk  kept  perfectly  sweet 
l  or  43  hours.  I  cannot  make  butler  that  will 
keen  without  washing,  no  matter  how  well 
"worked  ;  but  made  and  kept  undor  the  same 
conditions,  but  vr»;*)l  vvadnxl,  I  have  no  difll 
culty  in  producing  a  good  article.  It  has 
seemed  to  me  that  the  lo?3  of  flavor  and 
annua,  said  to  be  due  to  Washing,  is  attrib¬ 
utable  to  the  salt  instead.  I  can  never  dis¬ 
cover  the  nutty  flavor  and  aroma  as  plain 
after  salting  ;  but  it  seems  to  me  to  be  plainer 
after  washing  than  before.  New  Mexico. 

Cimarron,  New  Mexico. 


diately  by  sulphuric  acid,  haviug  first  greased 
outside  of  the  bunch  to  prevent  the  applica¬ 
tion  from  extending  the  sore  it  makes,  A 
neighbor  told  me  of  this  recipe  —.hat  he  had 
noticed  m  the  Rural  New-Yorker  years 
ago  ;  and  had  frequently  used  it  to  remove 
bunches,  tumors,  etc.,  with  entire  success.  1 
applied  it  last  summer  to  a  lump  of  a  year 
and  a  half  standing,  on  a  horse’s  nose,  and  it 
soon  broke  and  passed  away.” 


®hc  Norseman 


seen  what  is  necessary  to  be  undertaken  to 
commence  the  system.  An  early  start  in 
the  fall  is  imperative.  The  stables  must  be 
remodeled  and  the  manure  tank  and  heap 
must  be  arranged.  This  is  the  key  to  the 
whole  position,  and  if  this  is  neglected  defeat 
is  certain.  There  must  be  means  provided 
for  saving  the  liquid  manure,  which  should 
be  drained  into  a  tank  in  the  barn-yard  or 
into  a  cemented  basin,  where  it  may  be  ab¬ 
sorbed  by  the  BOlid  manure  or  by  muck,  saw¬ 
dust,  or  any  other  equivalent.  The  most 
complete  economy  in  manure  must  prevail, 
both  as  to  quantity  and  quality.  Then  there 
must  be  selected  a  piece  of  meadow  of  clover 
and  timothy',  if  possible  of,  say  two  acres, 


PHYSICKING  HORSES, 


FATTENING  THE  SOIL 


The  Prairie  Parmer  says  : — The  giving  of 
opening  physic  is  necessary  in  several  dis¬ 
eases.  In  all  cases,  if  possible,  the  horse 
should  he  prepared  by  bran  mashes,  given 
for  two  or  three  nights,  so  as  to  make  the 
bowels  rather  loose  than  otherwise,  and  thus 
allow  the  dose  to  act  without  undue  forcing 
of  the  impacted  feeces  backwards.  If  physic 
is  given  without  this  softening  process,  the 
Btomach  and  bowels  pour  out  a  large  secre- 


An  agricultural 


An  agricultural  career  on  a  good  scale, 
carried  out  generally  on  the  best  practised 
systems  adopted  by  the  successful  farmcis 
in  tlie  most  enlightened  districts  in  this  or 
any  other  country,  is  one  to  be  admired  and 
brings  honor  and  renown  to  the  agricultur¬ 
ist.  Management,  in  every  respect,  should 
be  such  as  to  make  certain  of  not  losing  any 
of  the  fertility  in  the  soil;  and  a  thoroughly 
sound-minded  farmer  will  endeavor  to  fetch 
up  to  the  highest  pitch  of  capability  to  pro¬ 
duce  crops  every  field  and  every  acre  in 
his  possession,  A  clever  agriculturist  under¬ 
stands  the  way  to  enrich  his  soil  without 
wasting  his  crops  to  do  it  and  without  allow¬ 
ing  his  land  to  lie  idle.  While  a  certain 
class  of  men  plow  under  clover,  let  half  their 
meadow  grass  rot  on  the  ground  and  cut  up 
into  chaff  inferior  fodder  of  various  kinds 
and  feed  their  cattle  thereon  in  the  winter, 
lie  increases  his  herds  and  flocks,  and  when 
the  price  of  hoof,  mutton,  &c.  warrantB  it, 
buys  rich  food,  oil  cake,  <Ssc.,  making  a  profit 
on  that,  and  by  eating  the  clover  and  grass 
his  smart  (!)  neighbors  waste,  and  giving  the 
food  mentioned  in  addition,  produces  such  a 
strong  fertilizing  manure  that  the  land  is  en¬ 
riched  to  a  state,  of  fatness  which  gives  im¬ 
mense  crops  in  return. 

Cattle  and  sheep,  the  latter  especially,  are 
necessary  for  successful  forming  ;  the  feed¬ 
ing  of  tlie  land  by  the  sheep  and  cows  is  of 
the  utmost  consequence;  for  fat  land  Is  a 
necessity*  to  prosperity,  while  poor  soil  is 
ruination  and  starvation.  It  is  this  neglect 
to  fatten  the  land  which  causes  all  the  com¬ 
plaints  wailed  forth  in  priut;  and  the  stop¬ 
ping  of  the  pangs  of  hunger  of  fields  which 
have  received  no  meal  for  years,  by  giving 
them  their  own  raw  production  to  eat,  such 
as  plowing  in  clover  or  leaving  crops  of  grass 
on  meadows  to  rot,  is  something  like  keeping 
a  herd  of  swine  and  allaying  hunger  and  at¬ 
tempting  to  fatten  them  up  by  feeding  with 
their  produce  of  young  pigs  1  Hive  the  swine 
abundance  of  everything  to  make  them  fruit¬ 
ful,  and  they  will  increase  aud  multiply  be- 
y'ond  the  belief  of  those  who  have  only  been 
accustomed  to  the  poverty'  kind  of  animals, 
supplying  funds  in  abundance  by  marketing 
the  surplus.  Get  the  land  in  such  condition 
that  it  will  increase  and  multiply  its  pro¬ 
duce,  and  the  animals  bred  and  fattened  on 
the  production  will  daily'  and  hourly  feed 
the  ground  which  has  had  its  appetite  sharp¬ 
ened  by  the  withdrawal  of  the  wherewith 
to  grow  the  crop.  The  live  stock  fattens  the 
land  with  solid  and  liquid  food  in  a.  direct 
manner,  when  grazing  or  otherwise  consum¬ 
ing  the  crops  on  the  soil  where  grown,  and 
the  return  is  in  proportion  to  what  there  is 
supplied  ;  consequently,  when  oil  cake  or  any 
other  rich  food  is  given  in  addition  to  what 
the  soil  brings  forth,  there  is  corresponding 
fatness  and  increase  of  produce,  which  ex¬ 
plain;-  how  some  men  prosper  while  others 
fail  in  trying  to  do  so  by  extracting  every¬ 
thing  possible  from  everybody  and  every 
substance,  regardless  of  the  laws  of  nature 
and  the  common'sense  so  few  pay  any  atten¬ 
tion  to.  A  Working  Farmer. 


FROM  NORTH  WINDHAM,  CONN 


The  first  number  of  your  valuable  paper 
ordered  has  come  to  hand.  In  reading  what 
your  correspondents  say  to  you  from  dillor- 
ent  parts  of  the  country,  1  am  more  than 
interested.  I  thought  a  description  of  this 
section  might  be  interesting  to  some  of  your 
large  number  of  subscribers.  It  seems 
strange  to  me  that  people  will  go  to  the  fur 
West,  and  encounter  almost  every  obstacle, 
and  buy  unimproved  lands  at  such  prices, 
when  they  can  buy  them  here  in  old  Connec¬ 
ticut,  the  land  of  steady  habits,  at  least  in 
this  section,  for  $10  or  $12  an  acre,  with  new 
buildings  and  all  the  improvements,  and  good 
markets.  Farms  of  a  hundred  acres  can  be 
bought  in  this  locality  for  that  money.  We 
are  on  the  line  of  the  Boston  and  Erie  Rail¬ 
road,  the  direct  route  from  Boston  to  Now 
York. 

Corn  raising  in  this  section  is  not  consid¬ 
ered  profitable.  Farmers  generally  agree  we 
can  buy  it  cheaper  than  we  can  raise  the 
crop.  Potatoes  we  can  get  from  To  cents  to 
$1,  and  buy  our  corn  for  $1.  We  can  sell  hay 
for  $25  to  $30  per  ton,  and  sometimes  you  can 
get  a  ton  of  meal  for  u  ton  of  hay.  Com  is 
raised  to  a  small  extent,  but  its  culture  is 
rapidly  being  abandoned  ;  other  crops  pay 
better.  Pole  beans  bring  from  $4  to  $l»  per 
bushel.  With  good  luck  you  can  raise  100 
bushels  to  the  acre.  Corn  would  not  begin 
to  pay  like  that.  Strawberries  are  easily 
raised,  and  bring  a  good  price.  Winters, 


BITKItN  ATA. 

tion  of  ilttid,  which  is  forced  back  upon  the 
rectum,  and  met  by  a  solid  obstacle,  which 
it  takes  a  long  time  to  overcome,  and  during 
that  interval  the  irritating  purge  is  acting 
upon  the  lining  membrane,  and  often  pro¬ 
duces  excessive  inflammation  of  it. 

Purging  physic  should  generally  be  given 
in  the  middle  of  the  day,  alter  which  the 
horse  should  remain  in  the  stable,  aud  have 
chilled  water  as  often  as  he  will  drink  it, 
with  bran  mashes.  By  the  next  morning  he 
will  be  ready  to  be  walked  out  for  an  hour, 
which  will  set  the  bowels  to  act,  if  they  have 
not  already  begun.  It  is  usual  to  tie  up  the 
tail  witji  a  tape  or  string,  so  as  to  keep  it 
clean.  The  horse  should  be  warmly  clothed, 
and  if  the  physic  does  not  act  with  an  hours’ 
walk,  he  may  be  gently  trotted  for  a  short 
distance,  aud  then  taken  home  ;  and,  if  still 
obstinate,  he  may  be  exercised  again  in  the 
afternoon.  As  soon  as  the  physic  operates 
pretty  freely,  the  horse  is  to  be  taken  into 
his  stable,  aud  not  stirred  out  again,  under 
any  pretense  whatever,  forty-eight  hours 
after  it  has  “set,”  or,  in  common  language, 
stopped  acting. 

When  the  purging  has  ceased,  the  mashes 
may  be  continued  for  twenty-four  iioura, 
with  a  little  oats  added  to  them,  and  a  mod¬ 
erate  quantity  of  hay.  The  water,  during 
the  whole  time,  should  be  in  small  quanti¬ 
ties,  and  chilled  ;  aud  the  clothing  should  be 
rather  wanner  than  usual,  taking  great  care 
to  avoid  draughts  of  cold  air.  Every  horse 
requires  at  least  three  days’  rest  for  a  dose  of 
physic,  in  order  to  avoid  risk  of  mischief. 

The  ingredients  of  which  the  phj'sic  is  com¬ 
posed,  as  well  as  the  dose,  will  vary  accord¬ 
ing  to  circumstances  ;  the  nature  of  the  ail¬ 
ment,  the  animal’s  constitution,  size,  age, 
breed,  temperament,  &c.,  being  taken  into 
consideration.  Mares  near  foaling  should 
not  be  subjected  to  physic. 


LAKDIZABAI-A 

which  will  be  sufficient  to  furnish  the  feed  I 
for  ten  cows  during  June.  These  two  acres, 
if  in  good  heart  and  well  top-dressed  during 
the  fall  with  fine  manure,  or  300  pounds  of 
guano,  will  feed  the  ten  cows  a  month  on  the 
first  cutting  alone.  Then  two  acres  will  need 
to  be  plowed  and  subsoiled,  if  possible,  and 
richly  manured  und  sown  by  the  first  week 
in  September,  or  as  soon  as  may  be,  with 
rye.  to  be  cut  at  soon  as  ready  in  April. 
Then  three  acres  ought  to  be  well  manured, 
plowed  and  prepared,  so  that  part  of  it  may’ 
be  sown  to  oats  and  peas  as  early  us  possible 
in  the  spring. 

This  will  close  up  the  work  to  be  done  this 
fall,  unless  it  be  that  something  may  be  dene 
toward  gutting  a  supply  of  water  in  the 
barn-vard  for  the  stock,  unless  then-  is  near 


FROM  ONE  WHO  WISHES  TO  EMIGRATE. 

1  see  correspondence  from  Virginia  and 
Tennessee;  why  can’t  some  of  the  readers 
of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  in  Maryland  let 
us  hear  about  their  section  t  I,  for  one,  w  -sk 
to  change  my  locality  for  one  in  a  milder  cli- 
mute — either  in  the  southern  part  of  Mur) 
land  or  northern  part  of  Virginiu,  near  some 
large  town  or  village  where  there  would  be 
a  good  market  for  ail  kinds  of  vegetables 
and  small  fruits— some  place  where  it  does 
not  require  a  fortune  to  start  with.  Any 
one  that  feels  interested  no  doubt  wuud 
meet  with  many  an  application  from  men 
of  means  as  well  as  those  that  are  willing 
to  work  and  wait.  B-  K'  s' 


SOILING  AND  HOW  TO  START 


LIQUID  EXCREMENT  OF  ANIMALS. 


A  Pennsylvania  farmer  furnishes  the  N. 
Y.  Tribune  the  following  timely  suggestions 
on  this  topic: — It  has  been  shown  that  soil¬ 
ing  enables  the  agriculturist  to  keep  more 
stock  iu  proportion  to  the  extent  of  his  farm, 
and  that  the  number  may,  with  the  best 
management,  amount  to  one  head  per  acre. 
This  result  is  attained  by  increasing  the  pro¬ 
duce  of  the  soil  and  prevent  the  least  waste 
of  that  produce.  It  has  further  been  shown 
that  the  fertility  of  the  land  thus  used  is  in¬ 
creased  year  by  year  and  its  productive 
capacity  brought  up  to  a  maximum.  Also, 
that  the  produce  of  the  cattle  thus  fed, 
whether  it  be  milk,  cheese,  butter  or  beef,  is 
largely  increased.  It  is  found,  too,  that  these 
results  ai'e  brought  about  with  (lie  expendi¬ 
ture  of  less  labor  in  proportion  to  the  yield, 
as  each  acre  yields  for  ti  e  same  amount  of 
standard  work  in  plowing,  harrowing,  sow¬ 
ing  and  cultivating  four  or  five  times  the 
produce  commonly  raised  ;  at  the  same  time 
less  money  is  sunk  in  land,  or  the  money 
sunk  therein  yields  a  greatly  increased  rate 
of  interest,  for  each  acre  yiulds  the  produce 
of  four  on  the  ordinary  system.  Lastly,  it  is 
on??  rarely  that  land  is  suitable  for  profitable 
pasturing;  rich  pasture  land  is  scarce  tu»d 
valuable,  while  any  land  may  be  adapted  for 
a  system  of  soiling,  and  may  be  brought  up 
to  its  requirements. 

These  things  being  true,  it  remains  to  be 


The  Boston  Journal  of  Chemistry  very 
sensibly  says  :  —  How  strangely  we  overlook 
the  value  of  the  liquid  excrement  of  our  ani¬ 
mals  1  A  cow,  under  ordinary  feeding,  furn¬ 
ishes  in  a  year  20,0110  pounds  of  solid  excre¬ 
ment  and  about  S,UU0  pounds  of  liquid.  The 
comparative  money  value  of  the  two  is  but 
slightly  in  favor  of  the  solid.  This  state¬ 
ment  has  been  verified  as  truth,  over  and 
over  again.  The  urine  of  herbivorous  ani¬ 
mals  holds  nearly  all  the  secretions  of  the 
body  which  arc  capable  of  producing  the 
rich,  nitrogenous  compounds  so  essential  as 
forcing  or  leaf-forming  agents  in  the  growth 
of  plants.  The  solid  holds  the  phosphoric 
acid,  the  lime  aud  magnesia  which  go  to  the 
seeds  principally;  hut  the  liquid,  holding  ni¬ 
trogen,  potash  and  soda,  is  needed  in  form¬ 
ing  the.  stalk  aud  leaves.  The  two  forms  of 
plant,  nutriment  should  never  be  separated 
or  allowed  to  Vie  wasted  by  neglect.  The 
farmer  who  saves  all  the  urine  of  his  ani¬ 
mals,  doubles  his  manural  resources  every 
year.  _ 

Manure  in  the  Hill.— W.  B.  W.  asks  if  it 
is  best  to  put  fresh  manure  in  the  hill.  He 
does  not  tell  as  what  kind  of  manure  he  re¬ 
fers  to,  nor  whether  it  is  for  corn,  potatoes, 
cotton  or  wheat.  Well  composted  manure — 
that  is  stable  and  barn  yard  manure  that  has 
been  mixed  with  absorbents  like  muck,  or 
leaf  mold,  or  decayed  wood,  or  pulverized 
charcoal  or  gypsum  aud  decomposed— is  bet¬ 
ter  than  fresh  manure.  But  if  fresh  manure 
of  any  sort  is  used  in  the  hill  it  must  be  cov¬ 
ered  well  with  soil  before  the  seed  is  planted 
over  it. 


NOTES  AND  queries. 


Inquiries  About  Nebraska 
Moses  Stocking’s  letter  w  the  Rural  ^ 
Yorker,  dated  Aug.  18th,  wherein  h 
quite  ( \  specific  ami  detailed  deseript l 
sheen  husbandry  in.  Nebraska.  V  ill 
mentioned  nearly  everything  that  worn 
of  interest  in  relation  to  sheep  bushM 
the  Yankee  proclivity  that  ever  prea 
nates  with  us  Wtern  people,  Pro“I^  ” 
inn nire  the  price  of  unimproved  lan-. 

•in  v  timber,  school  advantages,  how  far 
ail \  LUL;'J  ’  . - .nvlon  I.  at. nri final  pi 


TO  REMOVE  A  CALLUS, 


F.  B.,  Plainville,  Mich.,  writes  to  Rural 
New-Yorker  “  I  have  a  fine  five-year-old 
colt  that  has  injured  herself  by  kicking  in 
the  stable,  causing  large  bunches  or  call  uses 
to  form  on  t  he  injured  part,  disfiguring  her 
very  much,  but  not  laming  her  at  all.  Can 
you  or  your  readers  tell  me  how  to  take  them 
off  without  iujury  to  the  animal  ?”  In  re¬ 
sponse  to  a  similar  inquiry  more  than  a  year 
ago  we  published  the  following  : 

We  have  just  received  from  T.  L.,  Scipio- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  the  following  :— “To  remove  a 
lump  or  callus,  swelling,  etc.,  apply,  a  time 
or  two,  butter  of  antimony,  followed  imme- 


— 


Carolina,  and  without  supports,  wires* 
strings  or  manure;  and  these,  are  to  produce 
more  than  any  native  sort.  Finally,  as  he 
desires  to  introduce  the  use  of  wine  on  the 
tables  of  the  mechanic  and  the  laborer,  as 
well  as  on  that  of  the  wealthy,  he  offers  to 
demonstrate  to  any  one  desirous  of  learning, 
how  wines  must  be  raised;  and  assorts  that 
in  following  his  example  they  cannot  fail  to 
gain  property. 

The  writer  is  evidently  animated  with  tho 
best  motives  in  his  endeavors  to  develop  the 
productive,  resources  of  the  South,  and  for 
this  he  is  entitled  to  Credit;  but  he  has  evi¬ 
dently  undertaken  a  work  that  wll!  result, 
like  all  similar  attempts  in  the  same  Held,  in 
a  lamentable  failure.  His  asser¬ 
tion  that  he  has  been  unable  to 
discover  one  who  has  experiment¬ 
ed  with  foreign  grapes,  evident¬ 
ly  shows  how  feeble  his  efforts 
must  have  been  in  that  direction; 
but  a  few  years'  experience  will 
show  him  how  utterly  futilo  will 
i'SV  be  his  attempts  to  cultivate  tho 
foreign  grapes  profitably  in  the 
open  air,  even  in  North  Caro¬ 
lina.  He  will  then  have  an  op 
portunity  of  taking  a  retrospect¬ 
ive  view  of  what  he  now  asserts, 
and  discover  that  he  has  been 
jay  endeavoring  to  add  only  another 

jafex  nanio  to  the  already  long  list  of 
SSopSfgk  disappointed  experimenters,  and 

1  that  before  placing  himself  in  tho 

Position  of  a  teacher  it  would 
v' V  It HsHi  have  *,eCn  far  better  for  him  to 
mmm  ,UIV''  heeded  the  advice  of  prae- 
tical  vineynriliats  of  his  own 
State  before  attempting  an  im- 


and  layers,  in  any  ordinaiy  soil.  It  will 
flourish  in  any  situation  not  too  much  ex¬ 
posed  to  the  sun,  but  appears  to  prefer  shady 
places;  and  as  it  grows  rapidly  when  well 
established,  its  merits  aB  a  substitute  for  the 
Ivy  will,  doubtless,  soon  be  universally 
recognized. 

In  Peru,  where  it  occurs  as  well  as  in  Chili, 
it  i3  called  by  the  Indians  Aguilboguil  and 
Guilbogui  ;  in  Chili,  its  native  designation  is 
Coquil-vochi.  Two  other  species  are  de¬ 
scribed  by  botanists,  T,.  tri-temata  and  L. 
tri-foliata,  which  appear  to  differ  from  the 
L.  biternata  in  not  producing  an  edible  fruit. 

The  plants  of  the.  order  Lardizabalace.ee, 
although  few  in  number,  are  all  of  interest ; 


FRENCH  VITICULTURE  IN  NORTH 
CAROLINA. 


DIFFENBACHIA  NOBILIS 


lx  the  Rural  Messenger  of  July  26  there 
appeared  a  communication  from  Mr.  J.  L. 
Lahiaux,  under  the  above  title,  which  con¬ 
tains  some  of  the  most  extraordinary'  state¬ 
ments,  in  regard  to  the  cultivation  of  the 
grape,  that  we  have  seen  for  many  a  day. 
We  had  thought  the  last  German  and  French¬ 
man  had  finished  his  fizzle  in  trying  to  culti¬ 
vate  the  foreign  varieties  of  grapes  in  the 


one  ox  tne  mosi,  oomp»o-Kio«ui6  cnuu*- 
ive  species  in  tho  whole  group  of  Diffenbach- 
ias.  and  one  which  makes  a  handsome  plant 
when  grown  in  a  close,  humid  stove.  Its 
thick  and  fleshy  leaf  stalks  are  about  afoot 
long,  pale  .green  in  color,  transversely  barred 
with  darker  green.  The  blades  of  the  leaves 
are  ovate  or  oblorg,  and  somewhat  cordate 
at  the  base.  They  vary  from  1  to  2  foet  in 
length,  are  about  0  to  9  inches 
broad,  and  of  a  deep  green  color, 
prettily  blotched  all  over  the 
central  portiou  with  white,  ir¬ 
regularly  confluent  blotches,  that 
contrast"  forcibly  with  tho  dark 
green  margins,  This  plant  is  as 
easily  grown  as  its  congeners,  ^ 

and,  in  addition  to  a  warm,  hu- 
mid  atmosphere,  it  prefers  an 
open  compost  of  fibrous  loam, 
leaf-mold  and  fresh  peat,  with  " 
the  addition  of  a  little  coarse, 
well-washed  river  sand.  When 
growing  vigorously,  it  requires 
a  liberal  supply  of  moisture  at 
the  root.  It  was  introduced  from 
South  America  by  Mr.  William 
Bull,  and  promises  to  hold  a  {f, 
high  place  among  Dieffen- 
bachias.  Like  its  congener,  it  is 
readily  propagated  by  means  of 
cuttings  made  of  the  fleshy  stem, 
and,  when  liberally  treated,  is  a 
robust  grower. 


possibility. 


VINEYARD  NOTES 


A  Beverage  from  Roasted 

i  Grape  Seeds. — Mods.  T.  Schmidt. 

calculates  that  thirty  to  forty 
pounds  of  seeds  per  acre  of  vine¬ 
yard  are  ordinarily  produced, 
and,  with  tho  exception  of  the 
tannin  which  they  contain,  and 
which  is  used  in  the.  clearing  and 
manufacturing  of  wine,  tho  whole 
is  looked  upon  as  a  waste  pro¬ 
duct.  When,  however,  these 
seeds  aro  properly  roasted  and 
ground,  they  possess  an  aroma 
very  much  like  that  of  East  In¬ 
dia  coffee,  and  the  beverage  ob¬ 
tained  therefrom  is  about  the 
same  in  taste,  although  not  in  strength,  as 
coffee.  The  author  recommends  tho  fol¬ 
lowing  rnodo  of  procedure  : — Take  on©  and 
a  half  ounces  of  the  ground  preparation, 
and  boil  it  for  five  minutes  in  a  quart  of  milk, 
adding  a  little  cinnamon  and  cloves.  When 
filtered  and  sweetened  to  taste,  a  beverage  is 
obtained  resembling  chocolate,  with  tho 
same  reddish  tint.  It  also  becomes  thick  like 
cocoa  on  being  allowed  to  stand  for  awhile. 
—English  Mechanic. 

Wasps  on  Grapes. — The  other  day  we 
were  looking  through  Mr.  Ukaton’u  vine¬ 
yard,  north  of  Schenectady,  when  Mrs.  H Ea¬ 
ton  called  our  attention  to  the  work  of  the 
wasps  on  the  Concords.  She  did  not  suggest 
that  the  bees  did  it.  We  are  reminded  of  it 
by  just  reading  how  an  Englishman  man¬ 
aged  the  wasps  which  had  commenced  de¬ 
stroying  his  wall  peaches.  He  says “Not 
having  an  extra  large  crop,  I  was,  of  course, 
most  cnxious  to  save  them,  which  I  have 
dona  by  ‘  taking  ’  live  hives  of  bees  and  put¬ 
ting  the  empty  hives  by  the  side  of  our  peach 
walls.  In  a  few  minutes  they  were,  literally 
speaking,  full,  when  I  treated  each  hive  to  a 
little  boiling  water,  killing  the  wasps  by 
thousands,” 

Grapes  in  France. — “The  grape  harvest  in 
France,”  says  the  Globe,  “promises  to  bo 
unusually  fine  this  year.  How  large  a  share 


have  named  the  ivy  we  nave 
exhausted  the  list.  To  this  valu¬ 
able  climber,  which,  although  ® 

possessing  few  claims  to  beauty,  « 

is  deservedly  eacecmed  for  its 
utility  in  covering  walla  and 
concealing  other  objects  offensive 
to  the  eye  of  taste,  the  Lardiza- 
bala  biternata  will  prove  a  for¬ 
midable  rival ;  for  it  appears  to 
be  equally  hardy,  produces  its 
beautiful  durk  gTecn,  glossy  fo'iage  in  great 
abundance,  and  has,  moreover,  the  additional 
recommendation  of  bearing  flowers  of  a  sin¬ 
gularly  interesting  character,  which,  in  the 
caso  of  tho  fertile  blossoms,  are  succeeded 
by  an  edible  fruit. 

It  is  a  native  of  Chili,  growing  as  far  south 
as  Concepcion,  whence  it  was  sent  by 
George  Thomas  Davey,  Esq.,  of  Valparaiso, 
to  Messrs.  Veitch  of  Exeter. 

The  specific  term,  biternata,  does  not  ap¬ 
pear  to  be  very  happily  chosen;  for  although 
some  of  the  leaves  are  biternate,  they  are 
more  generally  simply  ternate,  especially  in 
the  flowering  brunches,  and  occasionally 
they  are  tri-temnto.  The  leaflets  are  often 
quite  entire  at  the  edge,  but  sometimes 
spinosely  -  toothed,  of  a  dark  green  color 
above,  but  oftlor  and  veined  on  tlxe  under 


DIFFENBACHIA 

they  were  formerly  included  with  the  Menis- 
permaettz  or  Coceulm  tribe,  to  which  the 
narcotic  berry  known  as  Cocculus  Indians 
belongs,  but  are  now  classed  apart,  their 
many-seeded  berries  distinguishing  them 
from  the  plants  just  referred  to. 


NOBILIS. 

open  air  east  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  ;  but 
it  seems  that  there  is  ono  more  left. 

Perhaps  the  most  extraordinary  feature 
of  all  the  hundred  attempts  made  in  this 
country  to  cultivate  the  foreign  grape  on  a 
large  scale  in  the  open  air,  is  that  the  con¬ 
ductors  of  tho  experiments  always  begin 
with  a  good  flourish,  on  paper,  and  by  tell¬ 
ing  us  Americans  and  the  rest  of  mankind 
that  we  know  nothing  of  grape  culture, 
hence  tho  failure  of  foreign  varieties  in  our 
climate.  Alfhonze  LouBaT  told  us  tills  in 
1827,  when  he  made  u  most  desperate  at¬ 
tempt  to  establish  a  vineyard  on  Long  Island, 
which  ended  in  a  most  lamentable  failure. 

Mr.  Lahiaux,  as  usual,  starts  out  with 
this  extraordinary  statement,  to  wit:  — 
“That  wine  growing  is,  in  all  respects,  the 
most.  Important  branch  of  agriculture,  there 
”  This  shows  how  much 


FLORICULTURAL  NOTES 


Destroying  Slugs. — J.  Hine  says,  in  Cot¬ 
tage  Gardener  ; — The  gardener  managing 
Lord  Somers’  grounds  fMr.  Coleman)  adopts 
the  following  method,  which  may  be  known 
to  some  of  your  readers,  but  it  wa3  new  to 
me  : — A  lad  is  sent  along  all  the  walks  of  t  he 
garden  each  evening  with  a  bag  or  bucketful 
of  bran,  and  he  places  a  handful  of  it  on  the 
borders,  at  every  8  or  11)  feet  or  so,  hi  a.  heap. 
Early  next  morning  he  traverses  t  he  same 
ground  with  an  empty  bucket,  dustpan  and 
small  broom.  Bran  is  an  article  slugs  are 
very  fond  of,  und  It  seems  to  attract  them 
from  all  around  :  the  heaps  are,  therefore, 
found  covered  with  them,  often  a  complete 
mass.  The  lad  then  sweeps  the  whole  into 
his  dustpan,  empties  it  into  the  bucket,  and 
by  the  time  he  has  finished  his  walk,  many 
hundreds,  if  not  thousands,  are  thus  cap¬ 
tured.  A  week  or  two  of  such  work,  or  even 
a  day  or  two  now  and  then,  must  be  the 
means  of  saving  a  great  deal  of  our  garden 
produce.  I  would  recommend  that  when 
collecting  the  slugs  a  little  salt  .ind  water  be 
in  the  bucket,  which  will  effectually  prevent 
the  escape  of  a  single  member  when  cap¬ 
tured,  as  the  salt  causes  them  to  sicken  and 
die  at  onee. 

Herbaceous  Krythrinu. — Will  you  please 
give  me,  through  tho  Rural  New-Yorker, 
tiie  name  of  the  ineloeed  jvea  f  and  greatly 
oblige— T.  Ferguson,  Hollis  Center,  Me. 

Ertfthrina  herbacea,  a  very  pretty  her¬ 
baceous  plant,  with  scarlet  flowers  succeed- 
[  ed  by  pods  containing  bright  scarlet  seed. 
It  is  a  native  of  the  s  jo  them  States,  growing 
in  light,  sandy  soils,  iroru  Florida  to  North 
Carolina  and  westward  to  the  Mississippi. 

Call  for  Aunt  Lou's  List  of  Ruses. — Will 
“Aunt  Lou”  tell  just  what  kind  were  the  45 
roses  she  got  for  $5.50  from  a  Pennsylvania 
firm  t  Cheap  enough,  if  they  were  not  com¬ 
mon  scrub  kinds.  If  so,  we’ll  send  her  a  mail 
bag  full  for  nothing.  If  “  Aunt  Lou”  will 
tell  us  what  kinds,  if  rare,  she  got  so  cheap, 
we’ll  promise  to  exhaust  that  nursery  of  its 
stock.— Uxouc  Bud,  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 


can  be  no  question, 
the  gentleman  knows  of  the  products  of  this 
country  or  the  wants  of  the  people.  We 
will  venture  the  assertion  that  if  nut  another 
gallon  of  wine  was  ever  made  in  America 
wo  would  never  feel  the  loss  as  a  nation;  in 
fact  there  is  scarcely  room  for  doubt  that  we 
have  lost  more  in  attempting  to  make  wine 
than  has  ever  been  made  from  its  produc¬ 
tion.  But  we  are  perfectly  willing,  and  in 
fact  anxious,  to  have  grape  culture  in  aJl  its 
branches  become  a  success,  only  desire  to 
warn  the  masses  against  being  misled  by 
such  statements  as  those  made  by  the  gentle¬ 
man  named  above. 

Again,  Mr,  Lahiaux  makes  a  blunder  by 
asserting  that  grape  culture  is  little,  if  at  all, 
understood  in  the  United  States;  in  other 
words,  everybody  is  deficient  in  knowledge, 
both  practical  and  theoretical,  but  himself, 
and  then  ho  proceeds  to  tell  what  he  knows 
of  it,  thereby  exposing  his  own  ignorance  of 
what  has  been  done,  in  the  same  field  and 
long  before  his  advent  in  America.  He  also 
further  shows  his  ignorance  of  our  best 
varieties  by  saying  that  “the  very  best  na¬ 
tive  American  grapes  aro  so  poor  for  the 
table  and  for  wine  that  in  the  markets  of 
France  they  would  not  fetch  one-half  of  one 
cent  per  pound.” 

Having  had  some  experience  in  growing 
grapes  in  the  South  of  France,  he  proposes 
to  cultivate  the  same  varieties  in  North 


quite  abundant  throughout  the  United  Stat  es, 
but  being  so  inconspicuous  in  color  and  of 
sluggish  habit,  they  usually  pass  unobserved. 

CATERPILLAR  FROM  GEORGIA. 

Oct.  4. — “Daily  Rural  Life.” — I  read 
your  contributions  in  the  Rural  New-York¬ 
er  with  pleasure,  and  having  to-day  discov¬ 
ered,  in  my  neighbor's  yard,  a  worm  of  cu¬ 
rious  appearance,  and  I  lior  my  neighbors  not 
remembering  ever  to  have  seen  his  like  be¬ 
fore,  T  take  the  liberty  of  sending  him  to  you 
in  alcohol,  that  you  may  toll  us  the  name. 
Under  the  white"  streak  on  his  back  could  be. 
seen,  when  crawling,  a  black  sLreak  of  simi¬ 
lar  size  ;  his  snout,  too,  could  be  projected 
forward  to  some  distance,  giving  him  the 
appearance,  as  some  said,  bt  a  “  young  ele¬ 
phant.”  Hoping  that  1  don’t  trouble  you,  I 
am  yours,  truly. — M.,  Columbus,  Ga. 

The  large,  smooth,  greenish  caterpillar, 
with  seven  oblique  greenish  stripes  on  the 
sides,  a  transverse,  yellow  band  between  the 
third  and  fourth  segments,  and  on  each  side 
of  the  third  segment  au  ocelJated  or  eye-like 
spot,  with  two  blue  pupils,  is  the  larva  of  a 
butterfly  known  as  Papilio  turnus.  The 
caterpillars  usually  feed  upon  the  wild  cher¬ 
ry  ;  also  on  the  apple,  and  pi*obably  upon  the. 
leaves  of  other  trees.  It  is  found  throughout 
the  United  States,  generally,  and  if  you  or 
your  neighbors  have  never  seen  one  of  these 
caterpillars  before,  it  was  for  the  lack  of  ob¬ 
servation. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 


BREEDING  TURKEYS  FOR  PROFIT 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


PREPARING  THE  GARDEN  FOR  WINTER. 

Oct.  1.— Although  we  have  had,  as  yet,  no 
severe  frosts  to  kill  vegetation,  still  it  is  time 
for  one,  and  thero  is  no  safety  in  delaying 
work  that  should  be  done  before  cold  weath¬ 
er.  1  have  had  all  my  young  evergreens  which 
stand  in  nursery  rows,  also  hardy  blackber¬ 
ries,  raspberries  and  similar  small  fruits  hoed, 
and  the  soil  plowed  up  to  their  stems.  1 
think  this  banking  up  quite  an  important 
operation  at  this  season,  for  it.  prevents,  in  a 
measure,  the  water  settling  in  about  the 
stems,  where  it  freezes  into  a  cake  of  ice  in 
winter,  frequently  injuring  the  bark  of  the 
stems,  if  it  does  not  penetrate  deeper.  If  a 
nice,  smooth,  clean  furrow  is  left  in  the  cen¬ 
ter  of  the  space  between  the  rows,  a  large 
proportion  of  the  surplus  water  which  falls 
in  autumn  and  winter  will  be  carried  off  in¬ 
stead  of  remaining  and  forming  ice.  Even 
so  slight,  a  protection  ns  that  afforded  by  the 
earth  thrown  against  the  plants  with  the 
plow,  will  often  show  its  good  effect  the  fol¬ 
lowing  season. 

The.  mulch  which  I  intend  to  use  for  cover¬ 
ing  my  strawberries  is  piled  up  in  a  conven¬ 
ient  place  ready  for  use  as  soon  as  the  weather 
is  cold  enough  to  require  it.  Strawberry 
plants  should  not  be  covered  too  early,  for  if 
warm  rains  occur  after  it  is  put  on,  the  leaves 
will  be  injured  and  the  flower  buds  push  into 
growth.  I  usually  wait  until  the  ground 
freezes  quite  hard,  say  an  inch  or  more  in 


down,  and  well  fed  ;  the  cows  87  in  number, 
the  same  ;  and  even  the  punkahs,  worked  by 
steam  power,  were  continually  fanning  the 
poor  beasts  to  keep  them  cool  and  drive  the 
flies  off  ;  but  the  poor  'fowls,  and  especially 
the  turkeys,  had  not  where  to  lay  their 
heads.  Definitely,  the  poor  creatures  in  vari¬ 
ably  roosted  Upon  the  iron  hurdles  near  the 
back  of  the  steam  engine-room,  and  the 
owner  said,  in  reply  to  some  questions  as  to 
bow  many  he  had  reared,  “Oh,  drat  the 
things  !  They  are  no  use  to  any  one  ;  I  wish 
the  foxes  had  the  lot.”  The  common-sense 
way  to  have  turned  the  turkeys  to  a  good 
account  would  be  first  to  make  a  proper 
roosting  and  set  of  laying  compart  ments  in  a 
large,  perfectly  dry,  and  airy  building  ;  and 
on  the  premises  alluded  to  a  good  cart-shed 
abutted  on  to  the  engine-room,  which  could 
have  been  converted,  at  a  small  cost,  into  a 
most  excellent  house,  and,  from  its  contiguity 
to  the  warm  room  in  question,  it  would  have 
been  most  invaluable  for  such  a  purpose, 
while  the  carts  could  have  been  far  better 
provided  for  a  way  from  the  warmth.  If  the 
soil  is  tolerably  dry  and  the  farm  well 
drained,  turkeys  may  be  raised  with  consid¬ 
erable  profit.  The  hens  lay  freely,  and  if 
properly  atte  nded  to  they  lay  early,  which  is 
one  of  the  great  secrets  towards  success,  as 
the  hens  soon  become  broody  and  ready  to 
take  their  nest  of  eggs.  They  are  most  ex¬ 
emplary  sitters,  and  when  once  broody  they 
may  be  kept  on  sitting  for  four  months  on 
any  kind  of  eggs,  and  if  they  are  made  to 
take  proper  exercise  to  find  their  food  and 
water  twice  a  day,  they  do  not  lake  any 
harm  from  the  continuous  sitting  ;  on  the 
contrary,  nearly  always  come  off  in  better 
condition  at  the  end  of  the  time  thou  when 
first  set  to  hatch,  '1  he  young  are  not  more 
difficult  to  rear  than  other  poultry.  They 
must  not  bo  allowed  to  become  saturated 
with  rain  too  often  while  young  (neither 
should  any  other  poultry.)  and  they  must 
have  an  unlimited  supply  of  fresh  varied 
green  food,  specially  lettuce,  dandelion  leaves, 
dock,  young  nettles,  and  onion  tops ;  and 
they  must  be  entirely  fed  on  soft  food  for 
some  weeks,  very  gradually  introducing 
whole  grain,  in  small  portions  for  the  first 
few  months;  even  when  six  months  old  they 
should  not  have  an  entire  meal  of  hard  grain, 
as  their  powers  for  grinding  their  food  are 
very  limited  at  first,  and  it  is  those  persons 
who  force  on  with  the  unground  grain  at  too 
early  an  age,  to  save  themselves  a  little 
trouble,  that  complain  of  the  delicacy  of 
turkeys.  Look  at  the  beautiful  barley  and 
maize  meal,  and  the  fine  and  coarse  food  the 
farmers  lavish  on  their  pigs,  the  same  would 
rear  turkeys  well ;  and.  by  the  time  the  com 
is  being  carried  the  young  birds  will  be  ready 
to  subsist  almost  wholly  upon  what  they 
glean  from  the  fields ;  a  small  boy  or  girl 
should  be  trained  to  know  them,  and  quietly 
drive  them  to  the  fields  required  to  be  cleared, 
and  should  remain  among  them  to  protect 
and  watch  them,  and  to  drive  them  back  to 
their  properly  sheltered  quarters  for  the 
night.  With  this  kind  of  management  tur¬ 
keys  may  be  bred  in  large  numbers  on  a 
mixed  farm,  with  profit.  , 


The  eye  can  be  cultivated  to  see 
as  well  as  the  hand  or  fingers  to  perform  any 
operation  dexterously.  Then,  again,  we  learn 
to  see  certain  tilings  and  not  others.  For 
instance,  an  Entomologist  who  makes  butter¬ 
flies  a  specialty,  will  have  no  difficulty  in 
finding  specimens  In  abundance;  but  he  is 
very  likely  to  pass  by  the  largest  and  most 
conspicuous  beetle,  and  not  see  it.  On  the 
other  hand,  a  coleopterist  will  see  a  beetle 
not  bigger  than  the  head  of  a  pin,  but  at  the 
same  time  be  as  blind  as  a  bat,  when  butter¬ 
flies  as  big  as  Ids  hand  fly  about  him.  Not 
long  since  I  asked  one  of  our  eminent  coleop- 
terists,  who  lias  00,000  beetles  in  his  cabinet, 
if  he  ever  collected  butterflies  when  out 
beetle  hunting  ;  his  reply  was  quite  charac¬ 
teristic,  for  he  said,  “Why,  no  ;  for  I  never 
see  any.”  Tin’s  merely  shows  that  we  must 
become  interested  in  any  subject  before  w« 
can  expect  to  make  auy  considerable  pro¬ 
gress.  The  more  a  man  practices  looking  for 
certain  objec  ts,  the  more  likely  is  he  to  llnd 
them.  Because  we  fail  to  see  objects  that 
others  do,  should  not  be  considered  as  proof 
of  their  non-existence,  but  more  as  an  evi¬ 
dence  of  our  lack  of  education  In  that  di¬ 
rection. 


MOUNTING  AND  PRESERVING  SPIDERS 


Please  tell  me  how  to  prepare  and  mount 
spiders,  and  what  work  on  Nat  ural  History 
will  be  of  use  In  studying  their  habits  and 
species.— Mrs.  N.  Orr,  llohokus,  N.  J. 

If  one  desires  to  keep  spiders  so  that  they 
can  be  minutely  studied,  then  it  is  best  to 
preserve  them  in  alcohol ;  but  to  form  a  cabi¬ 
net  they  must  be  mounted  upon  ordinary  in¬ 
sect  pins.  The  legs  may  either  be  stretched 
out  in  a  natural  form,  being  fastened  t  o  sheet 
cork  luitil  dry  and  fixed  in  shape,  or  merely 
allowed  to  hang  down  under  the  body.  The 
specimens  look  better  and  more  natural 
when  snread  out ;  but  they  will  require  fur 
more  room  in  the  cabinet,  and  there  is  also 
more  danger  of  breaking  when  taken 
out  for  examination.  Spiders  are  difficult 
subjects  to  preserve  in  a  natural  form,  be¬ 
cause  they  shrink  when  dried,  as  well  as 
become  very  brittle  ;  but  by  care  they  may 
be  mounted  and  preserved  for  years.  We 
have  no  American  work  treating  at,  length 
of  our  native  spiders.  Stavelky’s  British 
Spiders  is  an  excellent  work,  but  treats  only 
of  European,  or  more  particularly  of  the 
British  species. 


COLD  GREEN-H0U8ES, 


I  have  seen  many  references,  this  year,  to 
a  “  Cold  Greenhouse.”  Will  you  tell  ixs  what 
a  “  Cold  Greenhouse  is  f  ’ — A  Subscriber. 

A  “Cold  Green-house” 


The  curious -looking  insect,  about  three- 
eighths  of  an  inch  long,  with  a  gray  spot  on 
each  side,  and  a  horu-like  projection  upon  its 
back,  is  one  of  our  common  species  of  Tree- 
lioppers  (Membracis  punctata,  Farr).  Wu 
do  not  know  the  use  of  the  queer  hump  or 
horn  upon  its  back  ;  it  probably  serves  the 
same  purpose  as  a  lady’s  bustle,  slightly  or¬ 
namental.  These  Tree-hoppers  deposit  their 
eggs  upon  the  branches  of  trees,  and  the  lar¬ 
vae  of  some  of  the  species  are  known  to  live 
in  the  twigs  of  certain  plants  ;  others  are  sup¬ 
posed  to  undergo  their  various  transforma¬ 
tions  under  ground.  There  are  many  native 
species  ;  but  the  habits  of  only  a  few  of 
them  have  been  carefully  studied,  or  their 
true  history  known.  There  is  room  here  for 
investigation  if  any  one  is  disposed  to  study 
this  very  interesting  family  of  insects. 


is  one  in  which 
very  little  or  no  lire  is  kept  during  the  win¬ 
ter.  Of  course,  in  a  Northern  climate,  it  is 
not  expected  that  plants  can  be  kept  growing 
in  such  a  place,  and  none  but  half-hardy  or 
hardy  plants  are  stored  in  these  houses.  Per¬ 
haps  “cold  pits”  are  a  more  appropriate 
name  lor  such  structures,  as  they  are  usually 
placed  mainly  under  ground  and  the  roof 
made  of  glass.  In  very  cold  weather  the 
glass  is  covered  with  straw  mats,  which  are 
removed  in  warm  days  when  the  sun  shines. 
In  this  way,  heat  sufficient  to  prevent  freez¬ 
ing  is  secured,  but  not  enough  to  insure 
growth.  Cold  pits  are  largely  employed  by 
our  vegetable  gardeners,  in  which  to  keep 
cabbage,  cauliflower,  lettuce,  and  similar 
half-hardy  plants  during  winter.  Many  kinds 
of  conservatory  plants  may  also  be  kept  in 
the  same  manner.  Cold  graperies  are  also 
abundant  near  all  of  our  larger  cities.  The 
vines  in  winter  are  laid  down  and  protected 
with  mats  of  straw  or  6oil,  and  in  spring 
taken  up  and  fastened  to  the  rafters  or  trel¬ 
lises.  The  varieties  of  grapes  grown  in  these 
houses  are  foreign,  requiring  a  warmer  and 
more  even  temperature  than  they  would  re¬ 
ceive  in  the  open  air. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NOTES, 


Peach  and  Plum  Borer  Preventive. —  A 
correspondent  of  the  Canadian  Farmer  says  : 
“  To  prevent  the  borer  from  attacking  plum 
or  peach  trees  no  application  is  more  effect¬ 
ive  than  a  strong  solution  of  Bitter  Aloes 
laid  on  with  a  broom  to  the  stems  in  the 
month  of  June.  The  rains  during  the  sum¬ 
mer  will  always  keep  a  sufficient,  Quantity 
about  the  junction  of  the  tree  with  the 
ground  to  deter  the  insect  from  depositing 
its  eggs.  This  is  my  experience,  and  I  also 
cured  a  Stevens  peer  tree  which  was  com¬ 
pletely  covered  with  the  bark-louse  by  syr¬ 
inging  with,  the  same  decoction,” 

Cabbage  Butterfly  Netf.—  About  a  year  ago 
a  gentleman  wrote  to  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  saying,  among  other  things  in  ref¬ 
erence  to  the  cabbage  worm,  that  it  was 
vain  to  fight  the  worm,  and  recommending 
a  net  to  be  put  over  the  cabbage  to  keep  on 
the  butterfly.  Some  of  your  readers  would 
like  to  know  whether  this  man,  or  any  other, 
k  :  v  been  able  this  season  to  preserve  their 
cabbage  by  the  use  of  a  net.  If  so,  where 
did  they  get  the  net,  and  what  was  the  cost  ? 
— Thob.  H.  Younuhajl 


POULTRY  AT  THE  N.  Y.  STATE  FAIR 


PREMIUMS  AWARDED. 

Asia Me— Ltglit Brahmas— 1.  W.  A.  Fuller,  Glen;  2. 
JohnH.  Stuyvesant,  Poughkeepsie,  bark  Brahmas— 
1.  E.  A,  Wendell,  Albany;  2,  W- A.  Fuller.  Partridge 
or  Grouse  OocUins— 1.  J.  R. Stuyvesant;  2.  W.  A.  Ful¬ 
ler.  White  Cochins  —  1.  E.  G.  Studley,  Cluvernck, 
Black  Cochins— 2.  K.  A.  Wendell. 

bur.toe/-.— -Colored— 1  and  2.  Joseph  Juliand,  Rain- 
bridge.  silver  Gray— 1.  O.  Howland,  Auburn;  8.  K. 
A.  Wendell.  White— land  2.  E.  A.  Wendell.  Domi¬ 
niques— 1  and  2,  O.  Howland- 
HiunbuTiiM.— spangled  Golden— 1.  O.  Howland;  2. 
W.  A.  Fuller.  Spangled  Silver— l  and  2.  (jeo.  H. 
Charles,  Jr.,  Albany.  Penciled  Golden— 1.  Wm.  E. 
Kemp,  NomanuklU.  Penciled  Silver— 2.  K.  A.  Wen¬ 
dell.  Black  Spanish— 1.  E.  A.  Wendell;  2.  llowey 
Brimmer.  White  Leghorns  (yellow  legs,  single 
combs)—  1.  O.  Howland  and  W.  A.  Feller.  Plymout  h 
Bocks — 1.  Silas  W.  Studley,  Oattakill  Stetson ;  2.  O. 
Howland. 

FV  n.  .l.-Creve-Goeurs-l.  W.  A.  Fuller.  Houdacs-- 
1.  W.  A.  Fuller;  2.  E.  G.  Studley.  White  Polish— 1. 
O.  Howland.  Other  Polish--!.  6.  Howland ;  2,  E.  A. 
Wendell. 

Gurnrs.— Black-Breasted  Bed— 1.  K.  A.  Wendell ;  2. 
W.  A.  Fuller.  Brown-Breasted  Bed— 1.  E.  A.  Wen¬ 
dell.  DuokwLug— 1.  E.  A.  Wendell.  Irish  Gray— 1.  E. 


A  DAMP  BASEMENT 


1  have  a  basement  which  1  let  for  a  gro¬ 
cery  store.  At  seasons  of  the  year  it  is 
damp.  The  floor  is  two  feet  above  the 
ground :  never  any  water  standing  on  the 
ground  below.  If  I  concrete  the  bottom 
will  it  harden  ?  If  so,  will  it  make  the  base¬ 
ment  drier  t  Or  what  should  you  do  to  make 
the  same  drier  ?— A  Reader. 

If  you  concrete  the  bottom  it  will  harden  ; 
f  t  least  that  has  been  our  experience  in  sim¬ 
ilar  cases.  It  will  certainly  render  the  base¬ 
ment  sweeter  if  not  drier,  provided  you  lay 
your  floor  above  it  on  stone  foundation,  so 
that  the  dampness  shall  not  reach  the  wood, 
ir  you  can  secure  good  drainage,  however, 
you  had  better  do  it  before  you  cement  it. 


V  1  I) 


IVIOOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


Jamestiq  (Broitanttr. 


FACULTY  IN  THE  KITCHEN. 

t§-  * 

The  lucky  sitters  at  my  cousin’s  table  And 
enough  to  supply  the  calls  of  the  inner  man  ; 
they  find  articles  of  the  best  quality,  and 
they  find  their  food  excellently  cooked. 
What  is  still  more  desirable,  there  is  a  great 
variety ;  not  a  dozen  dishes  at  each  meal, 
but  a  variety  in  the  meals  themselves.  I  ad¬ 
mired  all  these  things  and  longed  within  my¬ 
self  to  produce  the  same  results.  But  said  I, 
“It  must,  be  your  servant,  Cakeie.  If  you 
should  tell  me  that  Prof.  Blot  gave  her  a 
diploma  I  should  not  question  it  at  all." 

Cousin  Carrie  smiled,  and  told  me  that 
when  Kate  came  into  her  service  she  could 
do  only  two  tilings  respectably — she  could 
mnke  excellent  sponge  cake  and  delicious 
fritters.  If  she  attempted  to  cdok  any  kind 
of  meat  she  ruined  it,  and  the  touch  of  her 
hands  seemed  disastrous  to  bread.  Ami  so  I 
took  Kate  through  my  whole  process  of 
bread  raakirg  first;  “and,  perhaps  you’ll 
think  it  strange,"  said  she,  “I  explained  the 
chemical  part  in  my  best  possible  style.  The 
next  time  I  overlooked  her  operations,  and, 
as  she  is  ext  remely  observant,  her  bread  was 
excellent.  1  contrived  to  arouse  her  ambi¬ 
tion,  which  has  never  had  much  growth, 
poor  thing,  and  now  she  eon  do  almost  any¬ 
thing  in  the  culinary  lino.  But  let  me  tell 
you,  Isidore,  the  central  pointof  my  kitchen 
is  that  little  clock.  We  are  scrupulous  hi  re¬ 
gard  to  the  regularity  of  meals,  and  Kate 
knows,  from  a  little  book  that  I’ve  taught 
her  to  keep,  just  how  long  it  takes  every¬ 
thing  to  eook  and  just  how  long  it  may  bo 
kept  waiting  without  spoiling.  Once  u  week 
she  comes  to  me  with  a  bill  of  fare,  and  I 
make  any  criticisms  that  may  be  needed.  I 
hud  some  trouble  about  this  bill  of  fare  sys¬ 
tem  ;  for  Kate’s  efforts  in  penmanship  were 
more  dreaded  by  her  than  Wednesday’s 
sweeping.  Bo  there  was  a  glorious  oppor¬ 
tunity  for  me  to  resume  the  figurative  birch. 

I  took  the  writing  of  the  family  in  hand,  and 
with  the  help  of  a  blackboard  I  gave  some 
very  practical  lessons.  These  lessons  I  gave 
two  or  three  evenings  a  week,  and  really  our 
Kate  turned  out  quite  a  fine  penwoman. 
This  seemed  to  create  in  her  a  desire  to  read, 
and  I  began  a  kitchen-reading  circle  for  her 
benefit,  and  of  course  Kate  grew  to  be  quite 
nice  about  her  kitchen  ;  afterwords  the  chil¬ 
dren  began  a  rival  circle  in  the  dining-room, 
to  which  Kate  was  formally  invited.  You 
cannot  think.  Dore,  how  the  girl  has  bright¬ 
ened  and  changed  since  her  mind  and  body 
work  together.  She  sees  the  beauty  of  sys¬ 
tem  in  her  work,  and  she  seems  to  take  keen 
delight  in  understanding  anything  that 
comes  in  her  way.  And  she  has  discovered 
what  it  takes  some  people  a  score  of  years  to 
learn— and  that  is,  how  to  get  along  with  un¬ 
pleasant  duties.  1  think  dishwashing  was 
the  work  that  she  fervently  hated,  even  after 
I  had  showed  her  the  quickest,  easiest  way, 
and  she  had  left  off  dawdling  over  over  it. 
Sometimes  I  hear  her  counting  with  might- 
and  main,  but  more  often  she  repeats  poetry, 
She  takes  all  the  papers  that  go  into  the 
kitchen  for  her  disposal,  and  cuts  out  what¬ 
ever  she  fancies  and  pins  the  pieces  up,  one 
by  one,  where  she  can  see  them  as  she  goes 
on  with  her  prosy  work." 

“Well,”  said  I,  sighing  over  this  very 
pleasant  account  of  ways  and  means,  “it’s 
your  faculty,  Carrie  ;  and  Kate  is  a  won¬ 
der,  or  your  machine  wouldn't  work." 

Whereupon  Cousin  C.  assured  me  that  she 
had  never  had  but  oue  girl  that  she  did  not 
train  into  a  good  eook  and  manager.  Of 
course,  their  excelience  varied  somewhat, 
and  so  I  am  brought  to  the  conclusion  that 
the  mistress  makes  the  maid;  that  if  the 
kitchen  is  made  a  pleasant  place  and  regard¬ 
ed  as  of  as  much  importance  as  any  other 
apartment— if  the  mistress  does  her  duty  to¬ 
wards  those  in  her  employ — by  so  much  as 
she  does  these  things  by  so  much  does  she 
raise  her  servants  from  their  lower  lives  into 
a  gracious  and  gentle  and  beautiful  Jiving. 
Her  opportunity  is  one  not  to  be  despised, 
and  the  example  of  her  life  should  not  be 
lost  to  any  of  her  household. 

Dore  Hamilton. 

-  -  •+  »  4. - — 

RECIPES  FROM  MRS.  BROWNE. 

To  Pickle  Fruit. — Seven  pounds  fruit,  3 
lbs.  of  sugar,  1  pint  vinegar,  1  pint  water,  1 
ounce  cloves,  1  ounce  cinnamon. 

To  Make  Rye  Bread. — Set  your  sponge  as 
for  wheat  bread,  at  night;  in  the  morning 
add  a  little  salt;  wet  up  with  sweet  milk;  do 
not  mix  it  with  the  hands,  but  instead  stir 
with  an  iron  spoon;  grease  your  pans;  drop 
in  your  dough,  let  it  raise  and  shove  into  the 


oven,  and  you  will  find  it  much  sweeter  and 
better  than  if  you  had  mixed  it  hard  with 
the  hands.  Rye  bread  is  healthful,  as  a 
change,  alternating  between  wheat  bread, 
also  giving  a  better  appetite  than  eating 
either  one  or  the  other  all  the  while.  City 
people  think  it  a  great  treat  when  we  place 
rye  bread  before  them.  Why  they  do  not 
have  it  made  at  home  is  more  than  I  can 
comprehend. 

Hurd  Times  Molasses  Cake.  —One  and  a 
half  cups  molasses,  half  a  cup  shortening.  1 
teaspoon  ginger,  3  teaspoons  soda  in  a  cup  of 
boiling  water;  this  can  be  made  in  one  large 
cake  or  mixed  rather  stiff,  rolled  out  and  cut 
into  small  cakes. 

Railroad  Cake .  —  One  and  a  half  cups 
sugar,  half  cup  butter,  IV3  cups  flour,  half  a 
teaspoon  soda  :  bake  in  three  or  four  thin 
layers,  while  warm  spread  with  jelly;  place 
one  on  top  of  the  other,  and  frost  the  last 
layer, 

Ginger  Snaps*— One  teaspoon  soda,  2table- 
sp-jons  hot  water,  3  tablespoons  melted  but¬ 
ter  ;  fill  the  cup  with  molasses,  1  teaspoon 
alum,  1  teaspoon  of  ginger ;  mix  stiff,  roll 
thin,  cut  into  cakes  and  bake. 

To  Preserve  Steaks  and  Roasts  Fresh  all 
Winter. — For  50  lbs.  of  beef  take  5  pounds  of 
salt  and  three  pints  molasses.  Try  it,  farmers. 

Soft  Jumbles.—  Two  cups  sugar,  l  cup  but¬ 
ter,  1  cup  milk,  4  eggs,  half  teaspoon  soda  ; 
use  Hower  enough  to  make  a  littlo  thicker 
than  pound  cake;  bake  in  deep  tins,  an  inch 
thick;  bake  iu  a  quick  oven;  when  cold  cut 
in  three-inch  squares. 

Clove.  Cake. — One  pound  sugar,  half  pound 
blotter;  rub  to  a  cream ;  4  eggs  beaten  to  a 
froth,  yolks  and  whites  separately;  add  l 
nutmeg,  1  fcablespoonful  cloves,  1  teaspoon  fill 
cinnamon.  1  pound  raisins,  I  pound  flour,  1 
teaspoonful  sale  r  atom. 

How  to  Make.  Tomato  Catsup.  —  Half  a 
bushel  of  tomatoes;  cook  until  soft,  enough 
to  strain  through  a  sieve  line  enough  to  hold 
the  seeds;  then  add  4  tablespoons  black  pep¬ 
per,  2  tablespoons  mustard,  (i  tablespoons 
salt,  1  pint  vinegar,  1  tablespoon  cayenne 
pepper;  boil  about  one  hour,  and  bottle. 

To  Preserve  Citron.  —  Peel  the  citron, 
taking  out  the  seeds  ;  cut  iu  quarters,  put 
them  in  a  preserving  kettle,  add  some  water, 
cover  tight,  and  boil  until  you  can  thrust  a 
straw  easily  through  them;  then  gkim  out 
carefully,  so  as  not  to  break  them.  To  one 
pound  of  citron  add  three-quarters  of  a 
pound  of  sugar,  using  only  the  best  white, 
adding  as  many  lemons  as  you  prefer,  re¬ 
moving  the  seeds  or  they  will  render  the 
whole  hatch  bitter;  add  the  sugar  to  the. 
liquor  you  boil  the  citron  in  ;  boil  to  a  nice 
sirup ;  add  the  citron,  a  little  at  a  time;  when 
done,  skim  out,  keep  doing  so  until  all  are 
cooked;  add, 'your  lemons,  cook  a  few  minutes 
more,  pour  over  your  citron,  and  they  are 
done. 

To  Preserve  Quinces.  —  Peel,  quarter  and 
core;  boil  until  tender;  skim  out,  and  do  nut 
use  tile  liquor  they  are  boiled  in,  but  use  it 
for  jelly;  also  the  peels  and  cores.  Make  a 
sirup  of  the  augur,  using  pound  for  pound; 
add  the  quinces,  a  few  at  a  time;  boil  until 
done;  pour  the  simp  over  the  quinces.  Make 
the  quince  jelly  the  usual  way. 

Mrs.  H.  S.  Browne. 

- - . 

SELECTED  RECIPES. 

Recipe  for  Curing  Meat.  —  The  German¬ 
town  Telegraph  gives  the  following  : — To  one 
gallon  of  water  take,  l  *-<  lbs.  of  salt,  lb.  of 
sugar,  K  oz.  of  saltpeter,  ]A  02.  of  potash ; 
in  this  ratio  the  pickle  can  be.  increased  to 
any  quantity  desired.  Let  these  be  boiled 
together  until  all  the.  dirt  from  the  sugar 
rises  to  the  top  and  is  skimmed  off.  Then 
throw  it  into  a  tub  to  cool,  and,  when  cold, 
pour  it  over  your  beef  or  *  ork,  to  remain 
the  usual  time— sav  four  or  five  weeks.  The 
meat  must  be  wreil  covered  with  pickle  and 
should  not  be  put  down  for  at  least  two  days 
after  killing,  during  which  time  slightly 
spriukle,  with  powdei’cd  saltpeter,  which 
removes  all  the  surface-blood,  &c.,  leaving 
the  meat  fresh  and  clean.  Some  omit  boil¬ 
ing  the  pickle,  and  find  it  to  answer  well, 
though  the  operation  of  boiling  purifies  the 
pickle  by  throwing  off  the  dirt  always  to  be 
tound  in  salt  arid  sugar.  If  this  recipe  is 
properly  tried,  it  will  never  be  abandoned. 
There  is  none  that  surpasses  it,  if  so  good. 

Bread  of  Bra  ten  or  Graham  Flour.  — 
Measure  one  teacup  of  flower  into  the  pan 
the  bread  is  t<o  rise  in,  and  on  that  pour  one 
quart,  of  boiling  water,  and  let  it  cool  until 
you  can  bear  your  finger  in  it;  then  add  a 
desert-spoonful  of  salt,  a  teaspoon  fill  of 
brown  sugar,  a  piece  of  lard  as  large  as  a 
walnut  (the  lard  must  be  perfectly  sweet  and 
nice),  two  tablespoonfuls  good  yeast,  and  as 
much  more  flour  as  you  can  stir  in  with  a 
stick  ;  put  in  a  warm  place  to  rise  all  night ; 
in  the  morning  grease  well  a  cast-iron  baking 
p an  (sheet-iron  bums  too  readily),  pour  the 
risen  dough  into  it,  smooth  it  nicely  on  the 
top;  bake,  in  half  an  hour’s  time,  just  one 
hour. 


THE  CELEBRATED  HEALTH  RESTORER. 

My  dear  Ellen  :— It  is  with  great  pleas¬ 
ure  that  I  learn  through  our  frieud  that  you 
are  so  improved  in  health,  and  are  so  useful 
to  your  dear  mother.  Your  new  Western 
home  bids  fair  to  develop  you  into  a  good, 
sound,  healthy,  vigorous  woman.  Would 
that  I  could  say  as  much  for  your  pale-faced 
Eastern  cousins  ;  this  sea-board  air  seems  to 
make  them  cough  instead  of  invigorating. 

I  heard  you  had  been  placed  under  the  caro 
of  a  celebrated  physician,  whose  specialty 
was  to  restore  the  color  of  the  rose  to  cheeks 
from  whence  it  had  long  vanished,  and  that, 
too,  without  the  aid  of  deep-dyed  cosmetics. 
Emma  tells  us  this  skillful  Italian  called  his 
medical  faculty  together  to  consult,  and  to 
work  they  went.  One  was  sent  for  a  dish  of 
nectar ;  another  set  out  for  a  certain  neigh¬ 
borhood,  where  the  famous  pollen  could  be 
obtained ;  this  was  brought  in  form  of  a  tine 
powder ;  another  returned  with  a  small  bas¬ 
ketful  of  gum,  called  propolis.  Then  with 
their  combined  skill  they  compounded  the 
whole  into  a  most  delightful  confection. 
Emma  says  it  was  a  real  master-stroke  of  skill 
and  elegance.  Such  delicious  medicine— of 
such  creamy  whiteness— it  would  do  onegood 
to  look  at  it  without  tasting.  Emma  is  really 
enthusiastic  about  it  all,  but  says  the  celebra¬ 
ted  Dr.  would  not  promise  a  cure,  unless 
you  spent  two  or  three  hours,  daily,  with  the 
faculty  ;  thus  under  their  eye  your  cure 
might  lie  effected  in  in  six  months;;  possibly, 
were  the  case  obstinate,  a  year. 

E.  was  tiius  particular,  as  she  knew  my 
anxiety  as  to  your  health  in  that;  new  cli¬ 
mate.  I  think  you  laid  best  send  your 
learned  Dr.  Eastward,  that  ho  may  give  tone 
to  some  of  our  fading  beauties,  for  the  girls 
now  a-days  powder  thomselves  to  such  a 
degree,  that,  although  1  laughed,  I  could  not 
wonder  when  a  friend  told  me  her  little  girl 
said  “one  of  the  young  ladies  at  school 
whitewashed  her  face,"  and  asked  her 
mother  if  it  was  not  wicked.  This,  my  dear 
Ellen,  is  probably  the  reason  why  our  young 
girls  look  so  old  and  pale.  They  shut  the 
doors  that  God  made  wide  open,  thereby 
preventing  the  pores  of  the  skin,  as  we  call 
them,  from  doing  their  duty. 

I  understand  Dr.  Bee  is  very  particular  in 
the  selection  of  his  faculty.  He  is  determined 
to  have  T10  drones  loitering  about  his  dissect 
ing  ball,  nor  tliieves  stealing  his  precious 
compounds.  In  fine,  his  motto  is,  emphati¬ 
cally,  “Business."  I  see  through  that,  wide¬ 
awake  journal,  the  Rural  New-Yorker, 
that  your  Dr.  Bee  has  given  yourself  and 
neighbors  a  start,  in  the  right  direction. 

I  am  glad  you  have  shown  your  gratitude  for 
Dr.  Bee’s  cervices  by  sending  an  invitation 
to  some  of  the  leading  members  of  tile  Beo 
family  to  settle  among  your  Western  1  rionds. 

I  think  you  could  rely  upon  Mr.  Moore  of 
No.  5  Beekman  St.,  N.  Y.,  to  see  that  only 
Italians  of  the  right  order  should  como  to 
colon  ize  In  your  neighborhood.  I  tell  you 
this,  dear  Ellen,  because  it  is  important  to 
get  that  branch  of  the  Bee  family  who 
“  mind  their  own  business,”  and  are  not  off 
to  the  neighbors  at  all  hours.  You  will  find 
valuable  information  as  to  the  treatment  of 
these  distinguished  foreigners  by  reading  the 
Rural,  Recommend  this  valuable  paper  to 
your  neighbors  so  that  you  may  gain  tile  best 
methods  of  causing  your  new  friends  to  feel 
quite  at  home  in  our  “Western  World." 
Let  us  hear  of  your  success,  and  of  your  con¬ 
tinued  health  and  prosperity.  As  ever, 

Aunt  Patty  Wyndham. 
- - 

WINTERING  BEES. 

Charles  F.  Muth  writes  the  American 
Bee  Journal : — Some  of  my  neighbors  and 
myself  have  been  wintering  our  bees  pretty 
successfully  for  several  years.  I  have  been 
waiting  for  some  of  my  neighbors,  more  able 
than  myself,  to  communicate  their  experi¬ 
ence  in  wintering  ;  but  as  extreme  modesty, 
apparently,  prevents  them,  I  will  with  your 
permission,  give  my  way  of  wintering  and 
the  result. 

In  the  first  place,  I  take  good  care  that  by 
the  time  of  getting  my  bees  ready  for  winter, 
all  of  the  frames,  as  near  as  possible,  have 
honey  sealed  or  unsealed  in  the  upper  part 
of  the  comb  and  that  the  lower  partis  empty 
or  has  brood  in,  I  cut  winter  passages 
through  all  of  my  combs  and  prefer  to  winter 
a  strong  swarm  to  wintering  a  quart  of  bees. 
But  I  have  wintered  several  times  success¬ 
fully  less  than  a  pint  of  bees  in  Langstroth’a 
hives  with  ten  frames  of  comb  and  without 
a  partition  board. 


All  frames  with  brood  are  put  together,  of 
course,  and  the  unsealed  honey  as  near  the 
center  as  possible.  I  don’t  believe  we  are 
hurting  our  bees  by  overhauling  them  at  any 
time  of  the  year,  even  in  winter,  the  weather 
permitting.  The  exchanging  of  places  with 
the  frames  is  often  beneficial  and  may  save 
the  swarm. 

After  arranging  all  the  frames  in  a  proper 
manner,  t  he  brood  as  near  the  center  of  the 
brood  chamber  as  possible,  I  cover  them  up 
with  a  woolen  blanket  which  is  lined  with 
muslin.  Small  strips  are  laid  under  the 
blanket  to  allow  the  bees  a  passage  over  the 
top  of  the  frames.  The  second  cover  is  a 
straw  mat  lined  with  a  double  thickness  of  a 
coffee  bag.  The  straw  mat  is  of  the  size  of 
the  old-fashioned  honey  board,  completely 
covering  the  brood  chamber.  On  the  top  of 
the  straw  mat  in  front  and  behind,  I  lay  two 
one-inch  straps  aud  on  these  straps  the  cover 
of  the  hive.  (  use  the  Langstroth  hive  exclu¬ 
sively.  The  woolou  blanket  and  the  straw 
mat  retain  the  necessary  heat  and  keep  the 
bees  comfortable,  while  at  the  same  time 
they  act  as  an  absorber,  and  the  air  passing 
directly  over  the  mat  dries  up  the  moisture. 
Wo  know  that  the  old-fashioned  straw  hive 
is  the  best  hive  for  wintering,  uud  with  my 
straw  mat  arrangement  I  have  the  principle 
of  it. 

1  had  not  a  square  inch  of  moldy  comb  in 
any  one  of  my  hives,  no  dysentery  among 
my  bees,  and  1  lost  none.  W ithout  the  second 
story  on,  the  hive  is  easier  uncovered,  and 
every  one  of  us  knows  that  the  handier  we 
keep  our  bees  the  oftener  we  look  at  them. 
This  done  with  discretion  is  very  beneficial. 

The  following  will  illustrate  the  quality  of 
the  straw  mat  as  an  absorber  and  the  neces¬ 
sity  of  an  air  passage  above  the  mat: — Eaily 
in  March,  when  I  wanted  all  the  heat  to  be 
retained  in  iny  hives  to  promote  breeding,  I 
removed  the  strips  from  above  the  mats  to 
let  the  cover  rest  fiat  on  the  same.  The 
result  was  that  the  combs  became  moldy  in 
every  one  of  my  hives.  A  re-adjustment  of 
the  strips  under  the  cover  and  the  mold 
disappeared. 

Would  not  my  bees  have  dysentery  if  I  had 
permitted  the  mold  to  grow,  and  would  not 
iu  this  case  a  good  many  of  our  brethren 
have  attributed  the  cause  of  it  to  the  poor 
quality  of  honey  ?  I  have,  last  spring,  exam¬ 
ined  the  bees  of  several  of  my  neighbors, 
affected  with  dysentery  and  found  Invariably 
the  combs  and  insides  of  the  hives  moldy. 
I  was  speaking  of  some  of  my  neighbors  as 
able  bee  keepers.  One  of  the  most  prominent 
is  friend  Hill,  in  Mt.  Healthy.  His  apiary  is 
undoubtedly  one  of  the  best  in  the  State  of 
Ohio  in  regard  to  profit  and  pleasure  both. 
He  also  winters  out  doors  very  successfully, 
lost  no  swarms  last  winter  and  his  loss  winter 
before  was  vejy  small  indeed.  Flia  way  of 
wintering  differs  from  mine  but  the  principle 
is  the  same.  The  same  is  the  case  with 
another  party,  out -door  wintering  is  no 
trouble  to  him.  I  hope  that  they  will  tell 
their  own  story  some  of  these  days.  In  my 
own  case  I  must  state  yet  that  I  have  double 
sides  on  my  Langstroth  hives  which  at  least 
serves  a  great  deal  to  break  the  cold  winds. 


Jsptjtiimatt. 


HOW  TO  MAKE  A  DEAD-FALL. 

For  the  benefit  of  F.  W.  R.,  and  others,  I 
will  try  to  give  a  description  of  a  dead-fall 
which  I  have  used  with  great  success  in  catch¬ 
ing  many  kinds  of  small  game:  —  Make  an 
ordinary  dead-fall,  the  pen  about  15  inches 
wide  and  18  deep;  set  two  straight  crotches, 
one  at  each  side,  in  the  inside  of  the  pole, 
strong  enough  to  support  the  weight,  and 
lay  a  short,  round  stick  across  them;  tie  a 
strong  cord  around  the  pole,  before  the 
mouth  of  the  trap,  leaving  it  about  six  inches 
slack:  next  cut  two  stickB,  half  an  inch  thick, 
one  long  enough  to  reach  from  crotch  to 
crotch  and  pass  a  little;  sharpen  one  end  of 
the  other;  raise  the  pole  to  the  crotches,  pass 
the  sharp  end  through  the  string  and  over 
the  top  of  the  cross-stick,  letting  it  reach 
to  within  two  inches  of  the  bed-piece;  raise 
the  other  small  stick  high  enough  to  catch 
the  point,  place  the  bait  011  a  stick  in  the 
back  part  of  the  pen,  and  your  trap  is  set. 

As  good  bait  as  I  have  used  is,  for  musk¬ 
rats  sweet  apples;  for  mink,  the  body  of  a 
muskrat.  Game  can  be  taken  in  the  above 
trap  by  building  it  around  their  burrows,  as 
they  cannot  get  out  without  springing  it. 

To  skin  skunks  without  getting  scented , 
keep  the  hands  covered  with  oil,  and  to  re¬ 
move  mo-t  of  the  smell  from  the  pelt,  place 
it  iu  running  water  a  day  or  two  and  smoke 
with  heludook  boughs. 

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VACATION  LETTERS. 

A  Working  Editor  Out  of  Harness. 

The  corn  is  all  cut ;  the  buckwheat  secure; 
the  second  crop  of  clover  and  the  third  of  orch¬ 
ard  grass  are  lathe  barn;  the  fall  plowing  is 
well  along ;  the  apples  and  pears  are  both  grow¬ 
ing  and  coloring  finely  ;  the  grapes  aro  matur¬ 
ing;  the  summer  tools  are  carefully  stored; 
the  muck  has  been  hauled  to  the  yards,  and 
things  are  pretty  snug  generally.  I  am  there¬ 
fore  Inclined  to  take  a  look  at  the  Now  York 
State  Fair  at  Albany,  much  as  I  dislike  being 
jostled  by  crowds,  and  familiar  as  are  all  the 
phases  of  a  Fair  to  me  after  full  twenty  years 
of  fair  going :  for  it.  seems  to  inc  that  J  can  hear 
what  will  be  said,  and  see  what  will  lie  shown, 
almost  as  well  at  this  distance  as  In  the  midst 
of  the  pens,  stalls,  implements,  manufactures, 
flowers,  fruit,  &c.,  &c.  But  there  is  one  attrac¬ 
tion  for  meat  «Fair  always;  mid  that,  attrac¬ 
tion  loses  none  of  its  force  as  I  grow  older;  that 
attraction  Is  The  People!  For  It  seems  to  mo 
that  to  get  a  thorough  idea  of  the  present  con¬ 
dition  and  future  of  Agriculture  one  needs  to 
study  agriculturists  and  those  who  are  to  be¬ 
come  such,  and  those  who  are  and  are  to  be¬ 
come  the  mothers  of  agriculturists.  For  that 
future  depends  upon  the  men  and  women  both 
of  to-day  and  of  the  future.  It  seems  to  me  an 
unfortunate  fact  that  tvhile  we  are  developing 
so  much  skill  in  breeding  and  rearing  domestic 
animals,  and  in  promoting  our  material  progress 
we  pay  so  little  attention  to  the  breeding  and 
rearing  of  men  and  women.  Men  and  Women ! 
Think  of  it !  Go  through  the  list  of  your  ac¬ 
quaintances,  reader,  and  count  up  on  the  fin- 
gel's  of  one  hand  (as  you  probably  can,)  the  well 
developed  men  and  women— I  mean  those  who 
approach  your  ideal  in  physical  perfection,  in¬ 
tellectual  ability,  moral  character  and  In  She 
nobilit  y  and  w  orthiness  of  their  lives  I  How 
many  can  you  count  ?  Do  not  coll  this  an  in¬ 
delicate  or  inconsequential  subject.  II  you  go 
about  among  men  and  women  much,  and  think 
of  the  mailer  at  all,  you  will  discover  that  the 
same  skill  and  care  exercised  with  a  view  to 
the  improvement  of  the  human  race  that  is 
now  devoted  to  the  improvement  of  the  differ¬ 
ent  families  of  domestic  animals,  would  give  us 
a  far  different  race  of  beings  to  jostlo  against, 
and  loss  cause  for  saamei'aceJness  (in  compari¬ 
son)  that  we  are  creatures  with  souls — or  that 
the  breath  of  life  breathed  into  our  bodies  made 
us  to  beoome  living  souls !  This  subject  is  ono 
that  concerns  the  future  of  the  country,  and  it 
is  utterly  foolish.  In  my  judgment,  to  ignore  it. 

The  First  Lesson, 

bearing  upon  this  subject,  I  learn  before  I  got 
to  the  Fair  grounds.  In  the  corridors  of  the 
Delavan  House,  at  Albany,  I  meet  Col.  CURTIS, 
an  active  Vice-President  of  the  State  Society- 
one  of  the  best-natured  men  in  the  world,  With 
a  laugh  that  reminds  one,  by  its  iong-drawn- 
outedness,  of  the  rope  of  cotton  at  magician 
draws  from  his  throat.  Good-natured  as  he  1 
habitually  Is,  I  found  him  in  a  sad  state  of  I 
mind!  None  of  the  chicken  judges  selected  I 


by  the  Society  bad  appeared  to  decide  between 
the  length  and  color  of  the  feathers  of  the 
fowls.  Wise  men !  Hence  Col.  C.  had  been 
tearing  around  for  three  days,  trying  to  find 
three  men  not  to  wise.  Meanwhile,  his  right¬ 
eous  wrath  had  been  growing  because  of  the 
vigorous  nursing  it  had  received  through  what 
ho  called  thegentral  “cussed  ness"  of  tho  chick¬ 
en  men.  Bo  had  never  had  such  »  set  of  men 
to  deal  with — men,  mind  you,  who  are  improv¬ 
ing  the  chickens  we  broil  and  the  eggs  we  boll! 
Illustrating  wftat  excuse  he  had  Tor  wrath  and 
the  grounds  ho  bad  for  his  high  opinion  of  the 
men  who  made  his  life  a  burthen  to  him  for 
three  days,  he  said  one  of  the  exhibitors  came 
to  him  the  day  before  in  a  greatstate  of  excite¬ 
ment,  and  said  he  had  lost,  some  of  the  best 
peris  of  fowls  he  had  ;  he  could  find  nothing  of 
his  choicest  trio  the  one  with  which  lie  was 
sure  to  win  a  prize.  After  a  good  deal  of  search 
and  study  It  was  discovered  that  the  reason 
why  he  could  not  find  Ida  fowls,  was  that  the 
cock  of  ike  trio,  which  originally  possessed 
some  wonderfully  fine  tail  feathers,  had  been 
deprived  of  them  by  some  of  the  "  improved" 
men  of  the  age,  and  hence  had  lost  Ms  distin¬ 
guishing  characteristics!  Of  course,  none  of 
Lis  honorable  competitors  would  stoop  to  such 
vandalism!  It  would  bo  scandalous  to  think 
so  1  But  It  seems  the  owner  of  the  bird  did 
think  so!  Nor  could  the  good-natured  Vice- 
President,  with  that  natural  charity  which 
“thfnketh  no  111, "  convince  him  to  the  con¬ 
trary  !  And  hence  it  worried  poor  Curtis  that 
it  was  possible  any  mao  should  have  so  poor  an 
opinion  of  human  nature  I 

The  Good  Fairs  Do 

was  not  estimated  very  highly  by  a  lady  of 
large  experience  at  fairs,  wish  whom  I  talked  : 
for  she  said  they  bad  begotten  an  amount  of 
deceit,  lying,  trtekory  and  corruption  perfectly 
apalling  to  one  who  believes  in  tbc  future  ami 
eternal  punishment  of  evil  doors.  She  had 
known  people  who  are  respectable  at  home  to 
cease  to  do  respectable  deeds  when  they  entered 
tha  arena  Of  strife  for  premiums.  If  men  and 
womfti*  are  higher  than  the  brutes,  (so-called,) 
they  are  often  higher  only  in  their  ability  to  do 
more  mischief,  cause  more  suffering  and  ren¬ 
der  themselves  more  brutal  nod  unreasonable. 
But.  1  am  not.  going  to  talk  about  this  Fair. 
The  Editors  in  Harness  are  doiug  this.  I  am 
going  to  look  around  and  see  and  learn  what  I 
can,  and  go  f«ack  Into  the  peaceful  country, 
with  its  sweet  and  fragrant  air  and  quiet,  to 
spend  Sunday. 

Kirby  Homestead 

is  ten  miles  north  of  Schenectady.  It  is  the 
home  of  Alderneys,  Ayrshires,  Bcrkshires  and 
Victoria  swine,  pet  dogs  and  pretty  poultry. 
It  has  a  model  pig-house,  well -arranged  barns, 
nml  Is  In  every  respect  a  comfortable  home¬ 
stead.  The  Home  Is  presided  over  by  ono  of 
those  women  who  can  manage  a  farm,  knows 
all  the  Ills  animals  are  heir  to,  ha3  quick  sym¬ 
pathies  for  tin  rn.  and  as  quick  and  skillful  a 
hand  to  relieve  them.  She  loves  and  has  flow¬ 
ers.  Her  kitchen  is  a  mode)  of  neatness;  her 
cellar  as  sweet.  as  fresh  butter;  her  life  as 
peaceful  as  a  happy  content  can  mafce  it. 

The  fields  are  surrounded  by  stone  walls  that 
.are  well  laid  and  stand  without  falling.  The 
meadows  arc  luxurious  with  clover  awl  orchard 
grass;  t !:<•  corn  fields  are  clean  and  the  corn 
securely  shocked.  The  roots  are  abundant, 
and  growing,  these  days,  with  great  rapidity. 
The  buckwheat  is  well  filled.  The  orchard 
bears  (ts  beautiful  burthen  with  rich  promise 
of  good  cheer  and  table  ornamentation.  There 
is  system  hero  and  success.  I'm  going  to  talk 
about  the  details  some  other  lime.  But  the 
rest  this  air  and  quiet  gives  pasaotb  description. 

The  Adirondack  Crape, 

that  good  Mrs.  Heaton  shows  me,  as  with  hos¬ 
pitable  Intent  she  pilots  me  through  her  hus¬ 
band's  admirable  little  vineyard,  meets  my  ideal 
of  a  country  grape,  it  is  akrumt  as  rich  and 
delicate  as  a  Hamburg,  its  bunch  aa  Jarge, 
meaiy  and  more  compact  tbma  the  Concord, 
and  it  is  productive  enough  and  hardy  enough 
when  laid  down  on  the  ground  1%  the  fall  and 
held  there  with  a  stone  or  two.  Afterwards 
Mr.  CALL1GAN  (I  think)  showed  me  equally 
good  bunches  and  commended  It  highly.  I 
have  a  better  opinion  ol'  it  after  what  I  have 
seen  and  tasted,  and  after  the  testimony  of 
these  good,  honest  people,  them  over  before. 

Running  Corn  Stalks  Through  a  Thresher. 

I  rode  ten  miles  this  morning  beside  George 
n eaton,  who  had  told  me  that  he  had  tried 
running  corn  stalks  through  a  threshing  ma¬ 
chine  with  a  view  to  preparing  them  for  cattle 
food,  and  had  found  it  far  better  to  do  so  than 
to  out  them  up.  It  mashes  and  breaks  the 
stalks,  leaving  no  sharp,  siliceous  edges  to 
make  the  mouths  of  tbe  animals  sore.  Cottle 
will  eat  a  larger  proportion  of  the  stalks  thus 
pressed  than  when  oat. 

But  my  space  is  more  than  filled.  I'm  od  my  i 
way  to  the  sanctum.  I  may  be  able  to  write  j 
one  more  letter,  beside  enjoying  these  wonder-  I 
ful  autumn  days  with  their  golden  hazo  and  i 
the  vivid  tints  of  the  forests.  At  any  rate,  I  ) 
don’t  ‘'hanker”  after  the  atmosphere  of  the  1 
sanctum.  I  t 


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Beet  Sirup  Manufacture  on  Farms.— Mr.  Ed¬ 
ward  L.  Cull  of  Toronto,  Canada,  L  urging 
the  practicability  of,  and  advantages  to  arise 
from,  farmers  growing  toe  sugar  beet,  and  man¬ 
ufacturing  It  Into  crude  sirup  on  the  farm, 
whence  it  is  to  be  shipped  and  sold  to  refineries 
5u  central  locations,  which  may  convert  It  into 
refined  sugar  for  the  market.  He  proposes  that 
thevarioas  schools  of  Agriculture  *nd  Technol¬ 
ogy  shall  be  provided  with  (what  he  rails)  “A 
rough-and-ready  setof  utensils  such  a&a  farmer 
on  a  large  scale,  or  a  small  manufacturer  Is  ac¬ 
customed  to  use."  Then,  if  t  he  sirup  is  made 
in  accordance  with  his  instructions,  “it  will  be 
fitted  for  the  operation  of  the  refiner,  and  will, 
under  his  treatment,  yield  without  difficulty 
tbe  maximum  of  sugar,  aa  also  of  potash  arid 
other  salines,  nit  of  which  arc  of  equal  value  to 
the  sugar,  at  least  weight  for  weight."  This 
all  seems  plausible  enough  :  but  assertion  docs 
not  prove  it  practicable.  We  should  bo  glad  to 
know  If  Mr.  Cull  knows  of  any  successful  ex¬ 
periments  of  this  character. 


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'post,  off  muon  responsibility,  tho  duties  of  the 
office  arc  onerous  and  varied,  and  their  dis¬ 
charge  with  satisfaction  to  the  public  requires 
the  exercise  of  marked  Ability  on  tho  port  of 
the  incumbent.  Happily  for  Mr.  Wales,  ho 
retired  some  time  ago  from  active  business  life, 
and  Is  therefore  enabled  to  devote  bis  whole 
time,  if  need  be,  to  tho  Important  functions 
that  now  devolve  upon  him,  and  which,  we  are 
glad  to  say.  are  especially  congenial  to  his 
tastes.  In  msthetics  Mr.  Wales  is  a  gentleman 
of  the  highest  cultivation,  a  lover  of  science,  an 
extensive  traveler,  a  careful  observer  and  an 
iu  defat  (gable  worker.  He  possesses,  moreover, 
an  intuitive  appreciation  of  tho  wants  of  the 
people;  he  is  mi  approachable  man,  and  a  gen¬ 
tleman  of  the  noblest  integrity.  His  adminis¬ 
tration  is.  therefore.  likelv  to  prove  not  only 
popular  but  most  useful.  Ilis  unanimous  elec¬ 
tion  as  President  reflects  the  highest  credit 
upon  his  associate  commissioners. 


The  Peddlers  und  their  Wonderful  Wares. — 

We  notice  ihat  the  latest  productions  of  these 
prolific  Itinerants  arc  “  the  Great  Alpine  straw¬ 
berry,  tbo  best  and  most  reliable  grown ;  Chi¬ 
nese  sweet  crab ;  poach  on  Canada  roots,  that 
bear  every  year;  Sweetwater  grapes,  ten  times 
more  prolific  than  tho  Ooncerd ;  monthly 
blooming  tree  roses,  that  aro  perfectly  hardy." 
This  disease  has  broken  out  in  Missouri.  Let 
our  readers  tell  fellows  who  taik  iuthis  way 
they  are  swindlers;  and  In  Missouri,  we  juJgo 
it  will  be  entirely  conventional  to  advise  them 
to  “  git  up  and  git.” 


fuller  crop  than  was  anticipated.  The  prices  in 
the  country  markets  range  from  35  to  50  oents. 
We  have  heard  of  55  cents  being  paid,  but 
cannot  confirm  the  rumor.  Hops  are  being 
held  at  about  50  cents  by  producers,  who  are 
thus  away  from  buyers  5  to  10  cents.  From 
what  we  hear  from  abroad  we  do  not  think  that 
growers  need  hope  for  much  over  45  or  50  cents ; 
still  we  have  no  advice  of  that  sort  to  give. 


Glenwood  Institute,  Academic  and  Collegiate, 
at  Matawan,  N.  J.,is  evidently  a  superior  school 
for  both  sexos— boys  and  girls,  young  men  and 
maidens.  The  Faculty,  headed  by  Dr.  Jas.  H. 
Hamilton,  is  able  and  efficient— Including  Miss 
Mart  C.  Bartlett,  who  occasionally  writes 
for  the  Rural  over  her  own  signature,  but 
oftenor  as  “Cousin  Johnnie."  The  catalogue 
of  the  Institute  Is  a  model  In  beauty,  arrange¬ 
ment  and  statement.  See  advertisement  in 
this  paper. 

■  «♦«  - 

The  Ohio  Stnte  Board  of  Agriculture,  we  seo 
It  stated,  deposited  its  receipts  at  its  late  Fair 
in  tbc  First  National  Bank  at  Mansfield,  O., 
which  went  down  in  the  recent  financial  crash, 
and  thus  Is  out  of  funds,  and  cannot  pny  the 
premiums  awarded  at  the  Exhibition.  The 
amount  thus  tied  up  Ib  stated  to  he  $22,000.  It 
is  believed  tho  money  will  bo  finally  recovered, 
and  we  certainly  hope  It  will ;  but  it  is  an  em¬ 
barrassing  predicament. 


A  High-Priced  Horse. —The  Spirit  of  the 
Times  says  that  Mr.  E.  Z.  Summons  has  pur¬ 
chased  the  trotting  gelding  “  Jim  Irving  ”  from 
his  owner,  Mr.  James  Irving,  for  the  sum  of 
1  $JiQ,OOQ.  This  is  the  largest  price  ever  paid  for  a 
i  trotting  horse,  and  as  Mr.  Simmons  Is  a  very 
experienced  turfman,  and  superior  Judge  of 
■  borsee,  ho  must  have  been  satisfied  that  Jim 
i  Irving  was  decidedly  the  fastest  t  rotter  in  the 
world  before  be  paid  this  price. 


RURAL  BREVITIES. 

The  Indiana  Farmer  is  now  issued  weekly. 

The  first,  snow  of  tbe  season  foil  at  various 
point*,  Oct.  7. 

Our  readers  should  remember  that  wo  are 
glad  to  receive  season,  crop  and  local  market 
items  always. 

The  demand  for  grain  sacks  In  California  has 
resulted  in  tbe  organization  of  a  company  there 
for  the  manufacture  of  jute  goods. 

T.  C.,  Col  lamer.  r«„  is  informed  that  we  never 
saw  a  pure-bred  Cotswold  shoop  that  had  horns, 
and  never  heard  of  ono  having  them. 

Dn.  G.  Sprague,  formerly  Secretary  of  the 
Ohio  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  has  rceuined 
editorial  charge  of  the  Iowa  Homestead. 

Squiurelb  are  one  of  the  greatest  pests  Cali¬ 
fornia  farmers  have  to  contend  with,  and  it  is 
now  proposed  to  enact  a  law  making  their  de¬ 
struction  compulsory. 

D.  A.  J.  is  informed  that  Chamberlain's,  of 
Allegany  Co.,  N.  Y.,  is  one  of  the  beat,  if  not  the 
best,  stump  extractor.  There  aresovoral  in  the 
market— exactly  how  many  we  are  unable  to 
say. 

We  hope  our  readers  will  not  forgot  that  we 
are  always  clad  to  receive  and  print  their  prac¬ 
tical  experiences,  whether  on  the  farm,  In  the 
orchard,  nursery,  dairy,  kitchen  or  elsewhere. 
Exchange  experiences. 

The  annual  Fair  of  the  Agricultural  Society 
of  Schuyler  county,  N.  Y.,  closed  on  tbe  27  ult., 
and  was  very  successful.  There  was  a  very  fine 
show  of  product stock  and  particularly  horses. 
Clark  Bell  of  Now  York  delivered  the  address. 

A  MORMON  farmer  baa  succeeded  in  playing 
a  thorough  confidence  game  on  the  potato  bugs. 
He  planted  a  grain  of  corn  In  each  potato  hill, 
and  as  the  corn  came  up  first,  the  bugs  thought 
it  was  a  corn-field  and  started  for  other  scenes. 


TELL  EVERYBODY! 

-A.  TRIAL  TRIR  ! 
NEW  QUARTER-NEST  VOLUME. 
THE  TIME  TO  BEGIN  ! 


Jessamine  for  Pipe  Stems.—  A  French  writer 
says  that  at  Constantinople  the  Jessamine  is 
extensiveiy  grown  for  pipe  stem  manufacture. 
For  tbis  purpose  the  stems  are  carefully  trained 
until  they  have  attained  the  desired  le  ngth  and 
thick  ness-,  care  being  taken  to  protect  the  bark 
by  a  covering  of  varnished  linen  or  oalioo.  Two 
or  three  times  a  year  the  bark  is  sponged  with 
ottron  juice,  which  is  said  to  give  it  the  light 
oolor  so  much  sought  after.  Some  of  these 
pipe  sterna  are  over  16  feet  in  length,  ana  sell 
forasmuch  as $60 each- 


The  Union  Pacific  R.R.  Co.  Bold,  during 
lhe  month  of  Sept.,  1873,  20,230  51-100  acres  of 
tand.  at  an  average  price  of  #0.27  0-10  per  acre, 
amounting  to  #120.070.86.  Sales  averaged  121  86- 
100  acres  to  each  purchaser.  Total  sales  to  Oct, 
1st,  1873,  790,748  73-100  acres,  at  an  average  price 
f)T  $1.50  per  acre,  amounting  to  $3,595,460.63. 


Opium  Production  has  been  denounced  by 
the  same  class  of  people  who  denounce  tbe 
growing  of  barley  for  conversion  into  malt 
liquors,  or  corn  or  rye  or  wheat  for  conversion 
into  whisky.  VTo  regard  opium  as  infinitely 
more  dangerous  and  deleterious  than  spirituous 
liquors;  and  yet  we  have  statements  which  go 
to  show  that  the  prohibitory  liquer  laws  of 
Massachusetts  have  resulted  iu  a  great  increase 
of  opium  consumption  In  that  State.  Hadn't 
Massachusetts  better  look  after  her  druggists — 
if  she  can  ? 

The  Hop  Crop.— There  is  a  Btate  of  uncer¬ 
tainty  about  the  hop  market.  The  latest  advices 
from  Europe  render  it  probable  that  there  Is  a 


Iir  order  to  greatly  extend  the  circulation  of  the 
Rural  New-Yorker,  and  Introduce  it  to  thousands 
of  families,  preparatory  to  the  commencement  of  its 
next  Volume  In  January,  1874,  we  make  the  following 
liberal  offer : 

THE  13  NUMBERS  OF  THIS  QUARTER 

(OoL  to  Jan.)  will  be  sent,  On  Trial,  to  any  address 
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its  Class  i  A'ow  is  the  time  to  respond.  Shall  we 
add  tea,  twenty  or  fifty  thousand  to  our  edition  on 
the  1st  of  October? 


BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


Happy  now  are  the  children  whose  thought¬ 
ful  parents  have  bought  for  them  “  Avilude,  or  Game 
of  Birds."  They  uatber  around  tbe  table  with  bright 
eyes  and  smiling  faces  as  It's  announced'"  we  are  to 
have  a  game  of  Avilude."  A  whole  winter  of  enjoy¬ 
ment  combined  with  instruction  for  sevmiy-jivc  cents. 
Sent  post-paid,  on  receuj  of  price,  by  West  &  Lkh 
Worcester,  Mass, 


06T. 48 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  UEW-YOBKEB 


Miscelhmccrus. 


TYPES  OF  ITALIAN  CHARACTER. 


The  recent  visit  of  the  King  of  Ttaly  to  Ber¬ 
lin,  where  he  had  a  long  conference  with  the 
Emperor  and  Prince  Bismarck,  has  attracted 
much  al.tention  throughout  Europe,  whoro  it  is 
considered  to  be  an  event  of  importance,  hav¬ 
ing  refer  once  to  the  future  relations  of  Italy 
with  France  and  the  Church  of  Rome.  The 
present  King  of  Italy  comes  from  the  once 
comparatively  insignificant  Kingdom  of  Sar¬ 
dinia,  n  portion  of  Italy  which  accomplished  a 
large  part  In  the  unity  of  Italy.  Among  the 


Eternal  City,  and  the  long-deferred  promise  of 
Napoleon  III.  was  realized,  namely,  that  Italy 
should  be  free,  from  the  Alps  to  the  Adriatic. 

- »♦» —  ■ 

A  FATHER’S  ADVICE  TO  A  BRIDE. 

Said  a  young  husband,  whoso  business  specu¬ 
lations  wore  unsucoossful:— “  My  wife's  silver 
tea-set,  the  bridal  gift  of  a  rich  uncle,  doomed 
mo  to  financial  ruin.  It,  Involved  a  hundred 
unexpected  expenses,  which,  in  trying  to  meet, 
have  made  me  the  bankrupt,  that  I  am."  His  is 
the  cxperionco  of  many  others,  who,  less  wise, 
do  not  know  what  is  the  goblin  of  the  house, 
working  its  destruction.  A  sagacious  father  of 
great  wealth  exceedingly  mortified  his  daughter 
by  ordering  it  to  be  printed  on  her  wedding 
oonis.  “No  presents  except  those  adapted  to 


for  children  have  r.  keen  appreciation  for  these 
things— this  is  much  the  host  policy.  Don’t 
seDd  your  hoy  to  sohool  In  Ill-fitting  garments, 
collar  all  awry  and  chafing  his  neck,  buttons 
missing,  and  shoes  down  at  tho  heel.  Don't 
rnako  a  warehouse  or  clothes-press  of  his  bed¬ 
room.  Don’t  feed  him  on  s  nir  broad,  and  tough 
meat,  and  burnt  OOffeo.  Don’t  lot  noise  and  dis¬ 
sension  and  misrule  spoil  tho  hours  ho  spends 
at  home.  Don’t  do  any  of  these  things  if  you 
oan  possibly  avoid  it,  ospooially  don’t  do  them 
for  the  purpose  of  laying  up  money  for  his 
future  uso.  The  richest  legacy  you  can  leave 
him  is  a  life-long  inextinguishable  and  fragrant, 
recollection  of  bla  home,  when  time  and  death 
have  forever  dissolved  the  enchantment.  Give 
him  that,  ami  he  will,  in  tho  strength  of  It, 
rnako  his  own  way  In  the  world ;  hut  let  his 


jritpnu’ir  mqict. 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 

Tito  Oypwy’s  Warning.— By  UJl.IZA  A.  DCTtrr. 

Philadelphia :  T.  B.  Peterson  ,v  Bros. 

A  stout  of  love  and  war.  with  more  of  tho 
fortnor  than  tho  latter.  Thoro  aro  fou!  plots, 
weddings,  startling  discoveries,  abductions, 
and  all  tho  other  things  usually  found  in  such 
romances.  Tho  book  has  450  pages. 


Clnvke’s  Dollar  Instructor  lor  tire  Reed 
Organ.— Boston  and  Now  York :  Dltson  A  Co. 

There  is  a  largo  class  of  amateurs  who  do 
not  care  to  study  the  Reed  Organ  thoroughly. 


SOLDIER. 


PRINCE  68  MARGHERITA. 


PEASANT  WOMAN. 


MONK- 

type*  of  Italian  character  whiota  we  give  this 
week  is  a  fine  portrait  of  King  Victor  Em¬ 
anuel. 

The  Princess  Makguerita,  wholsv;?ry  band- 
some,  la  a  daughter  of  Duke  Ferdinand  of 
Geneva,  and  a  cousin  of  Prince  Humbert,  the 
King's  eldest  son,  whom  she  married.  Both 
Prince  and  Princess  are  deservedly  popular  in 
Italy.  The  other  Italian  characters,  thoShep- 
heid,  tho  Monk,  the  Soldier  and  the  Peasant 
Woman,  sufficiently  explain  themselves.  They 
are  characteristic  of  the  country  in  whiob  they 
live,  and  may  be  met  by  tourists  in  Italy. 
- *-*-*■ - 

A  BIT  OF  ITALIAN  HISTORY. 

In  spite  of  the  disastrous  defeat  at  Novara  by 
tho  Austrians  In  1840,  when  Charles  Albert 
abdioated  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  the 
present  King,  the  Sardinian  monarchy  retained 
a  large  fund  of  latent  energy,  which  displayed 
itself  In  judicious  internal  improvements,  and 
in  the  alliance  against  Russia,  during  the  Cri¬ 
mean  War.  In  1859  came  tho  wished-for  oppor¬ 
tunity.  France,  in  conjunction  with  Sardinia, 
defeated  Austria  on  the  fields  of  Magenta  and 
Solferino,  and  a  largo  portion  of  Italian  soil 
was  freed  from  foreign  sway,  in  spite  of  tho 
Treaty  of  Villaf-anca,  which  was  signed  before 
half  tho  alms  of  CAVOClt  and  other  Italian 
patriots  were  accomplished.  Next  year  came 
Garibaldi's  romantic  and  most  successful  In¬ 
vasion  of  tho  South,  after  which  Victor  Em¬ 
manuel  was  saluted  as  King  of  Italy.  In  the 
Seven  Weeks'  War  of  1888  Italy  sided  with 
Prussia,  and,  though  individually  worsted  at 
Lissa  and  Cuatozza,  shared  in  the  success  of 
her  ally  by  receiving  the  kingdom  of  Venetia. 
Finally,  during  the  Franco-German  War  of  1870, 
Rome  was  occupied  by  the  Italian  troops,  the 
capital  of  the  kingdom  was  removed  to  the 


KING  VICTOR  EMANUEL. 


an  inoomo  of  $1,500."  Said  he:— “You  must 
not  expect  to  begin  life  In  the  styl3  I  am  able, 
by  many  years  of  labor  to  Indulge. ;  and  I  know 
of  nothing  which  will  tempt  you  to  try  more 
than  the  well-intonUoned  but  pernicious  gifts 
of  rich  friends."  Such  advice  is  timely.  If 
other  parents  would  follow  tho  3ame  plan  many 
young  men  would  bo  spared  years  of  incessant 
toil  and  anxiety,  they  would  not  find  them¬ 
selves  on  tho  downward  road  because  their 
wives  had  worn  all  of  their  salary,  or  expended 
it  on  the  appointments  of  the  house.  Tho  fate 
of  the  poor  man  who  found  a  linchpin,  and  felt 
obliged  to  make  a  carriage  to  fit  It,  is  the  fate 
of  the  husband  who  finds  his  bride  In  possession 
of  gold  and  silver  valuables,  and  no  largo  in¬ 
come  to  support  the  owner’s  gold  and  silver 
style. 

»>  » - 

HGME  FEELING. 

O  ye  fathers  and  mothers  who  have  sons  and 
daughters  growing  up  around  you,  do  yvm  ever 
think  of  your  responsibility  in  this  regard.— 
your  responsibility  for  keeping  alive  the  home 
sentiment  la  the  hearts  of  your  children  ? 
Within  the  limits  of  your  means,  remember 
that  the  obligation  rests  on  you  to  make  their 
home  the  pleasantest  place  upon  this  rolling 
earth  ;  to  make  the  word  “  home"  for  them  the 
synonym  for  “happiness."  1  would  not  have 
you  Import  the  vicos  of  the  outside  world  into 
your  homoa  for  any  purpose:  but  I  would  have 
you  go  to  the  utmost  verge  of  what  Is  moral,  to 
provide  at  homo  those  things  which  entice 
young  and  growing  persons  away  from  home. 
Let  me  aasjre  you  that  you  had  better  spend 
your  money  In  doing  this  than  in  ostentation 
or  luxury,  and  far,  far  better  spend  It  thus, than 
to  amass  a  fortune  for  your  children  to  squan¬ 
der  in  tho  future.  And  not  only  as  regards 
amusements,  but  also  ooojfort  aud  refinement, 


recollections  of  home  be  repulsive,  and  t,hc 
fortuno  you  may  leave  him  will  bo  a  poor  com¬ 
pensation  for  the  loes  of  that  tenderness  of 
heart  and  purity  of  life  which  not  only  a  pleas¬ 
ant  homo,  but  tho  memory  of  one,  would  have 
secured.  Remember  this,  too,  that,  while  he 
will  never  feel  grateful  lor  your  money  when 
once  you  aro  under  ground,  he  will  go  to  your 
green  grave  and  bless  your  very  asho3  for  that 
sanctuary  of  quiet,  comfort  and  refinement  into 
which  you  may,  if  you  poesoss  the  moans,  trans¬ 
form  your  home. 

- —  ■  - - 

BITS  OF  WISDOM. 

The  secret  of  fashion  is  to  surprise,  never  to  1 
disappoi  nt.— Bubwer. 

Almost  the  boat  rule  of  life  Is  to  be  worthy 
of  one's  self.— S.  p.  Herron. 

Defect  In  manners  Is  usually  tho  deficiency 
of  fine  perceptions.— Emerson^ 

Partial  culture  runs  to  the  ornate ;  extreme 
culture  to  simplicity.— Botwe. 

Goetoe  says Christ  is  himself  the  one  un¬ 
answerable  proof  of  Christianity. 

That  is  true  plenty,  not  to  have,  but  not  to 
want,  riches.— St-.  Chrysostom. 

Do  not  speak  of  your  happiness  to  a  man  less 
fortunate  than  yourself—  1‘lutarch. 

The  taste  for  emotion  may  become  a  danger¬ 
ous  taste;  we  should  he  very  cautious  how  wo 
attempt  to  squeeze  out  of  human  life  more 
ecstasy  and  paroxysm  than  It  can  well  afford.— 
Sydney  Smith. 

How  earthy  old  peoplo  become,— moldy  as 
the  grave.  Their  wisdom  smacks  of  tho  earth  ; 
there  Is  no  foretaste  of  Immortality  In  it.  They 
remind  one  of  earth-worms  and  mole-edckets. 
Thona'U, 


SHEPHERD. 

who  will  be  ratlsfled  with  the  acquirement  of 
moderate  skill.  For  such  this  w,  rk  la  prepared. 
Carefully  written  Instructions  and  some  sixty 
well-arranged,  correctly-figured  melodies,  make 
up  .the  book,  whiah  will  bo  very  wolcomo  t» 
many. 

First  Book  of  Botany.— By  Prof.  Balvour  of 
tho  University  of  Edinburgh.  New  Y'rk:  G.  P. 
Putnam’s  Buns. 


New  Y'  rk:  G.  P. 


A  handsome  littlo  hand-book,  being  an  in¬ 
troduction  to  the  study  of  the  anatomy  and 
physiology  of  plants,  suited  for  beginners. 
Prof.  Bai  four  la  one  of  the  most  successful 
teachers  of  botany  in  Sootland,  and  this  book 
from  his  pen  is  the  best  thing  for  the  young 
students  we  have  ever  seen.  It  la  plain,  com¬ 
prehensive  and  profusely  Illustrated. 

Vol.  1.  No.  1.  of  o.  Commentary  on  the  New 
Testament.— By  fiev,  Lyman  Abbott.  New 
York :  A.  3.  Barnes  &  Oo. 

This  work  is  designed  for  Christian  workers 
who  have  not  received  a  liberal  education,  but 
who  need  some  help  lu  th6ir  efforts  to  teach. 
Wo  find  it  admirably  suited  for  the  purpose 
hold  In  view.  Each  number  contains  78  pages 
and  sells  for  25  cents.  It  Is  well  worth  the  price 
asked.  _ 

My  Little  Girl.  A  Novol.-Boston:  James  B. 

Osgood  &  Co 

A  new  story  by  the  author  of  “  Ready-Money 
Mortiboy,"  a  work  which  gained  its  author 
some  reputation.  The  scene  of  the  new  story 
is  in  both  America  and  England.  It  is  written 
la  a  pleasant  style,  contains  an  abundance  of 
small  talk  and  on  the  whole  is  quite  interesting. 

Kennith,  the  Earl  of  Glencyie.-By  Georqb 
W.  M.  Reynold ,-t.  Pniladelimia :  T.  B.  Peterson 
&  Brothers, 


.  B.  Peterson 


An  exciting  historical  novel  In  yellow  covers, 
which  sells  for  $i. 


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TWENTY-FIVE. 


I!V  A  LICK  II.  I.INDBLEY. 


Twenty-five  years  to-day,  my  heart ; 

Twenty-five  years  to-day ! 

The  spring  and  snnimer  of  thy  life 
Arc  passing  swift  a  way. 

Yet  the  years,  as  they  pass,  have  brought  to  thee 
Many  fair  blossoms  that  never  run  be 

Touched  by  death's  frost; 

Scattered  and  lost, 

They  shall  bloom  for  thee  in  eternity. 

Twenty-five  years  to-day.  my  friend ; 

Twenty-five  years  to-dny ! 

My  love  for  thee  grows  stronger,  dear. 

As  the  years  slip  away. 

In  my  heart  that  was  thine  long  years  ago, 

I  keep  a  place  no  other  shall  know ; 

A  friendship  sweet; 

A  safe  retreat, 

Where  thou  luayost  come  when  the  storm-winds 
blow. 

Twenty-five  years  from  now,  njy  soul ; 

Twenty-live  years  from  now ! 

If  GOD  shall  spare  thee  till  that  time, 

Canst  thou  then  toll  me  how 
Through  the  years,  that  now  seem  so  very  long, 

He  loved  thee  till  thy  faith  grow  pure  and  strong? 
Heaven  will  bo  nour, 

Because  more  dear 

Thon  shait  see  the  lovo  that  has  kept  thee  from 
wrong. 


<©ur  Jstorir-i^ller. 


HASSAN’S  PILGRIMAGE. 

In  the  city  of  Bagdad,  in  the  reign  of  the 
good  Haroun  a i.  it  archio,  dwelt,  a  youth 
whose  name  was  Barkan.  Begirt  with  kindred, 
friends,  and  all  the  joys  of  home,  he  yet  pined 
with  a  vague  sickness  and  longing  after  the 
great  world  which  lay  beyond  the  city’s  walls. 
A  shadowy  hand  scorned  beckoning  to  him 
from  the  far-off  mountains,  and  voices  unheard 
by  other  ears  called  softly  to  him  from  the  pur¬ 
ple  distance.  Tears,  lamentations,  entreaties 
and  reproaches  availed  not  to  detain  him, 
neither  the  dark  eyes  of  the  fair  Zayda,  who 
sighed  when  she  hoard  his  name. 

Ho  folded  iv  sacred  parchment  in  his  bosom, 
the  Mufti  bestowed  his  blessing,  and  accom¬ 
panied  it  with  the  gift  of  a  magic,  staff,  upon 
which,  when  one  leaned,  he  never  grew  weary, 
and  in  the  cool  morning  Hasran  passed  from 
the  city,  his  home,  kindred  and  friends,  and 
leaning  on  his  staff,  addressed  him  to  his  pil¬ 
grimage.  His  dark  eyes  glowed  with  the  fire  of 
youth,  the  wlno  of  health  tinged  ids  ruddy 
check,  and  the  brown  beard  of  early  manhood 
fringed  Ills  well-formed  lips.  His  step  w;i* 
clastic,  and  Ids  soul  glowed  with  noble  aspira¬ 
tions  and  the  promise  of  the  future. 

Sometimes  hia  way  was  rugged  and  toilsome  j 
sometimes  his  path  lay  through  smiling  gar¬ 
dens  and  groves  of  date  trees,  and  anon  lie  sat 
for  rest  and  refreshment  In  the  broad  shadow 
of  some  giant  palm  until  the  burning  heat  of 
noonday  was  past.  The  birds  sang  In  the  groves, 
the  laborers  idled  verdant  fields,  the  flowers 
smiled  and  nodded  by  the  wayside,  and  many 
days  were  born  and  died  while  Hass  AN  jour¬ 
neyed. 

One  burning  noontide  it  chanced  thut- he  sud¬ 
denly  found  himself  within  the  precincts  of  a 
charming  garden.  The  tinkling  of  fountains 
was  pleasantly  suggestive  of  coolness, and  in 
the  dark  greenness  of  the  shaded  walks  he  per¬ 
ceived  figures  flitting  to  and  fro.  All  manner 
of  strange  and  beautiful  plants  flourished 
around,  and  the  air  was  vocal  with  the  music  of 
birds,  while  distant  voices  of  men  and  women 
mingled  alluringly  with  the  notes  of  the  feath¬ 
ered  warblers.  Hasten  lug  onward,  he  was  mot 
at  every  tom  by  groups  of  youths  and  maidens, 
lightly  clad  and  garlanded  with  flowers,  who 
received  him  with  acclamations  and  shouts  of 
welcome.  At  length  ho  reached  the  center  of 
the  garden,  in  which  stood  a  spacious  pavilion 
adorned  with  everything  which  could  please 
the  oye  or  minister  to  the  physical  enjoyment 
of  man.  Tables  laden  with  choicest  viands, 
fountains  ol  many-colored  wines,  soft  couches 
for  repose.  Singing,  dancing,  feasting  and 
mirth  were  Hie  sole  employments  of  the  occu¬ 
pants  of  this  delightful  retreat. 

Hassan  east  aside  every  rest  raint,  and  throw¬ 
ing  himself  into  the  midst  of  the  gaiety  with 
all  the  ardor  of  his  ent  husiastic  nature,  soon 
became  the  prince  of  the  revel.  Wearied  at 
last  with  pleasure,  he  sank  upon  one  of  the 
couches  for  a  brief  repose,  while  ids  gay  com¬ 
panions  seal  tered  roses  over  him  and  sang  soft  ly 
to  lull  him  to  slumber. 

Long  and  deep  was  his  oblivion,  painful  and 
troubled  his  awakening.  His  couch  was  a  rock, 
the  glowing  garden  had  become  a  desert  ; 
youths  and  maidens,  birds  and  flowers,  hall 
and  fountains  had  vanished.  Overturn  lowered 
a  sullen  sky,  and  in  the  distance  shadowy  and 
dim  uprose  the  waiting  mountains.  Weary  and 
dispirited  he  arose  to  continue  bis  journey,  bur 
oppressed  by  an  intolerable  languor,  halted  at 
every  step.  Alas,  he  had  forgotten  his  si  aff  1 

He  reproached  himself  bitterly  for  his  late 
folly,  which  now  appeared  like  some  hideous 
fragment  of  a  dream.  But  from  the  mountains 
the  shadowy  hand  still  beckoned,  (he  voices 
culled,  und  with  a  steadfast,  mind  he  addressed 
himself  again  most  earnestly  to  hia  pilgrimage, 
when  lo  I  the  stall  was  la  his  hand,  and  with  a 
Joyful  heart  ho  went,  his  way.  There  wore  no 
flowore  by  the  wuyslde  now,  no  laborers  tilling 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


verdant  fields ;  only  the  long  stretch  of  desert 
before  and  around,  the  sullen  sky  and  the  far- 
off  mountains. 

Still  journeying,  he  found  himself  upon  a 
dusty  high  road,  surrounded  and  jostled  on 
every  side  by  a  motley  companionship.  Bank¬ 
ers,  weavers,  farmers,  lawyers,  jugglers, priests, 
tinkers,  beggars,  and  even  slaves  mingled  to¬ 
gether  in  active  pursuit  of  a  shining  dust  which 
floated  In  the  atmosphere,  and  he  Who  gathered 
the  greatest,  quantity  by  any  means,  was  treated 
with  peculiar  honor,  and  still  greater  facilities 
offered  him  for  increasing  his  store.  All  were 
hastening  onward  toward  an  invisible  goal, 
where  perfect  rest  and  contentment  awaited 
the  fortunate  few  whoshould  succeed  in  reach¬ 
ing  it.  With  tiie  facile  impressibility  of  his 
nature,  Hasnan  plunged  Into  the  busy,  jostling 
crowd,  and  by  ceaseless  activity  ami  energy 
was  soon  laden  with  the  precious  particles 
which  burdened  heavily  the  shoulders  of  his 
fellow  travelers,  causing  them  to  faint  with 
weariness.  But  the  magic  staff  upbore  him,  and 
lie  soon  left  the  crowd  behind. 

He  still  had  companions,  but  they  were  com¬ 
paratively  few  In  number,  careworn,  toiling 
and  anxious  in  appearance,  and  their  ranks 
thinned  rapidly  as  they  neared  the  goal  which 
now  appeared  on  the  plain. 

Hahkan  Increased  his  speed,  and  distancing 
all  competitors,  stood  at  a  gale  which  gave  en¬ 
trance  through  massive  golden  walls  Into  u 
gorgeous  city.  The  gate  opened  Into  a  crescent- 
shaped  court,  from  which  diverged  long  ave¬ 
nues  of  stately  palaces  adorned  with  gold,  sil¬ 
ver  and  precious  stones  and  paved  with  costliest 
marbles,  over  which  rolled  sumptuous  car¬ 
riages,  decked  with  rich  laces  and  velvet*  and 
gji.i.ering  with  jewels.  Groups of  the  principal 
men  of  the  city  were gathered  In  this  court,  and 
their  regards  were  Immediately  Used  upon 
Hassan— and  with  reason.  Stately  as  a  goodly 
cedar,  in  the  full  strength  of  manhood,  with 
flowing  locks  and  beard,  noble  brow  and  deep 
dark  eyes,  in  which  smouldered  a  hidden  fire, 
as  he  leaned  on  his  staff  and  gazed  calmly  about 
him,  his  was  a  presence  to  l»e  noted  In  any  as¬ 
sembly,  much  more  so  in  this.  Amid  old,  with¬ 
ered.  bent  figures,  with  faces  marked  by  narrow 
passions,  with  cautious,  stealthy  eyes,  lie  by 
contrast  seemed  a  god. 

They  gathered  about  him  ard  hade  him  pre¬ 
pare  to  accept  the  highest  dignity  in  the  power 
of  the  Golden  City  to  bestow.  He  who  won 
entrance  to  the  City  ere  his  locks  were  white, 
became  a  king  with  absolute  authority,  and 
(.here  had  never  been  so  youthful  a  monarch. 
He  might  resign  long  before  a  successor  came 
to  enure  hi*  removal ;  so  they  bore  bim  to  the 
Royal  l’alace,  and  crow  ned  him  with  such  mag¬ 
nificence  of  pageantry  as  his  wildest  fancy  had 
never  fashioned,  and  he  dwelt  In  royal  halls, 
and  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  did  him  rev¬ 
erence. 

Surely,  it  might  be  thought  that  he  had  reach¬ 
ed  the  summit  of  ambition,  that  all  the  rivers  of 
Joy  could  flow  unto  him  and  peace  and  rest  re¬ 
main  w  ith  hi  in  forever.  But.  ulas!  he  wearied 
of  magnificence,  and  the  bread  of  royalty  satis¬ 
fied  not  his  hunger.  The  voices  of  maidens  in 
innocent  converse,  the  laughter  and  sports  of 
children,  the  mirth  of  the  c?irclo«s  and  idle 
were  never  heard  in  this  magnificent  city,  and 
no  man  called  another  brother.  Over  the  glit¬ 
tering  walls  which  encircled  hla  golden  domin¬ 
ions,  he  behold  far  Off  the  misty  mountains,  and 
his  spirit  yearned  after  their  vastness. 

An  air  blew  from  their  commanding  hights 
which  tarnished  hla  gilded  scepter.  So  ho  arose, 
shook  from  his  shoulders  the  cloak  of  authori¬ 
ty,  and  drawing  his  pilgrim  garments  about 
him,  left  the  house  of  Ins  pride  and  the  scepter 
of  bln  dominion  to  another,  and  in  the  dusk  of 
evening  passed  silently  out  of  the  city.  The 
song  of  the  bulbul  pulsated  through  the  dusky 
groves,  and  the  great  stars  looked  down  upon 
hiui,  tender  and  serene,  and  about  bim  gathered 
an  invisible  Presence,  which  communed  with 
him  in  the  darkness.  And  the  stars  waned  and 
brightened  many  times  while  JIapsax  jour¬ 
neyed. 

At  length  he  approached  the  foot  of  the 
mountains.  Hugged  and  barren  they  loomed 
before  him,  but  upon  the  loftiest  peak,  sharply 
outlined  against,  the  western  sky,  a  grand  and 
lofty  palace  roan  d  its  splendid  proportions, 
and  from  its  towers  and  walls  slender,  flame- 
colored  banners  and  pennons  waved  and  beck¬ 
oned.  New  life  entered  his  veins,  new  aspira¬ 
tions  stirred  his  soul.  Onward  and  upward, 
with  eager  haste  he  mounted,  feasting  his  eyes 
upon  the  glittering  minarets,  slender  spires  and 
m  tssive  walls  which  sparkled  pure  and  dear  In 
the  rays  of  the  sun. 

But  as  ho  neared  the  summit  his  heart  mis¬ 
gave  t  ini.  The  coldness  chilled  his  blood,  ami 
the  intense  solitude  was  unbroken  save  by  the 
Occasional  scream  of  some  fierce  bird  of  prey, 
which  circled  over  him  far  up  In  the  thin  at¬ 
mosphere.  But  the  shadowy  hand  still  seemed 
to  beckon,  and  the  airy  palace  drew  him  on. 
To  sit  enthroned  so  far  above  the  sordid  earth, 
aloof  from  its  wearying  strifes  and  warring 
passions,  and  behold  the  world,  far  and  low, 
lying  at  his  feet,  to  rest  at  last  in  serene  and 
untroubled  contemplation,  lord  of  a  palace 
among  the  clouds, — the  fancy  lent  wings  to  his 
lagging  feet,  and  onward  and  upward  he  tolled 
and  aspired. 

Ho  reached  the  goal  of  his  desire.  VaBt  piles 
of  snow-capped  rooks,  frozen  cascades,  ice-clad 
peaks,  splintered  ami  shattered  masses  of  ice 
and  snow,  great  gaping  fissures  through  which 
the  light  was  reflected  and  refracted,  makiDg 
the  ptlo  tako  on  u  thousand  fantastic  6hapce, 


white  caverns  in  which  dwelt  awful  silences,— 
this  was  that  Into  wh  loh  the  palace  was  resolved . 
His  staff  fell  frrnn  his  band,  and  a  great  groan 
burst  from  hts  lips,  which  the  echoes  took  up 
and  repeated  In  ghostly  whispers  from  peak  to 
peak  and  chasm  to  chasm. 

Long  he  lingered  among  those  frozen  soli¬ 
tudes  abandoned  to  himself.  But  at  last  alight 
cloud  fell  upon  him  from  the  heavens,  out  of 
whose  silvery  whiteness  came  the  tong-silent 
voices,  and  soft,  bands  guided  him  gently  down 
the  mountain  aide.  The  cloud  failed  from  him. 
and  he  stood  upon  the  bank  of  a  broad  river, 
whose  opposite  shore  was  concealed  by  a  thick, 
dark  cloud,  which  rested  down  upon  the  water. 

It  was  noon,  ai  d  kneeling  to  perform  bis  ab¬ 
lutions,  ho  beheld,  reflected  in  the  stream,  the 
image  of  an  aged  man,  whose  long,  white  hairs 
and  hoary  board  descended  on  Ids  bosom.  His 
head  was  grand  ami  majestic,  and  his  brow 
deeply  lined  by  time  and  cm-e.  It,  w«u.  himself. 
All  that  remained  of  the  beauty  cf  tire  youth 
who  left.  Bagdad  one  bright  morning  was  the 
deep,  dark  eye  which  still  glowed  with  an  un¬ 
quenchable  tire. 

A  deep  sadness  seized  him.  Aged  and  worn, 
with  l  ho  broad  river  and  the  dark  shadows  be¬ 
fore  him!  Suddenly  the  cloud  lifted,  nod  dis¬ 
closed  a  landscape  of  supernal  beauty.  Swiftly, 
sullenly  it  sank  again,  as  loath  to  reveal  the 
loveliness  beyond.  The  heart  of  Hassan  leaped 
with  new  desire,  and  grasping  his  staff  be 
plunged  into  tin;  flood.  Thedark  cloud  received 
him  Into  Its  bosom, and  he  passed  forever  from 
mortal  vision,  still  seeking  and  pursuing  that 
treasure  which  forever  eluded  Ids  grasp.  Praised 
be  Allah  !  he  will  find  it  at  last— in  the  Para¬ 
dise  of  the  f  aithful, 

- +*■* - 

SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 

A  bird  in  season,  how  good  it  is. 

Thk  way  of  the  translator  is  hard. 

The  most  timely  of  gifts— a  watch. 
Sky-eighth— Hun,  moon  and  stars. 

Open  to  conviction— A  pickpocket. 

An  unpopular  “  Lm"  The  rheumatism. 
Peach  stones  are  worn  as  ear-rings  in  Indiana. 
Young  ladies'  economy— never  throw  away  a 
match. 

How  to  raise  beets— Take  hold  of  the  tops 
and  pull. 

Never  count  your  ships  before  they  are 
hatched. 

Women  addicted  to  hoop-skirts  are  now  called 
ateel-clads. 

The  pale  of  society  in  the  milk  districts— The 
water-pail. 

The  bread-and-butter  brigade  Boarding 
school  misses. 

HOW  to  keep  your  head  above  water— Never 
be  above  drinking  it. 

The  fudians  are  such  a  Lo  set  that  it  is  diffi¬ 
cult  to  elevate  them. 

It  1b  6ald  that  the  policemen  are  about  getting 
up  a  club  of  their  own. 

The  man  who  pretends  to  know  everything 
generally  knows  nothing. 

The  connecting  link  between  the  animal  and 
vegetable  kingdoms— Hash. 

A  good  sermon  is  like  a  kiss  it  requires  but 
two  heads  and  an  application. 

An  Ohio  editor  publishes  marriages  under  the 
head  of  “Attachment  Notices." 

It  is  very  easy  to  Bay,  Take  things  as  they 
come  ;  but  suppose  they  don’t  come. 

After  all,  it  is  rare  that  a  man  gets  utterly  at 
the  end  of  bis  rope  until  ho  is  hailged. 

Many  men,  many  minds, says  the  old  proverb; 
but  how  many  men  one  meets  with  no  minds 
at  all ! 

A  good-natured  spinster  used  to  boast  that 
she  always  had  two  good  beaux ;  they  were 
elbows. 

Jones  got  trusted  for  that  hat,  and  he  now 
feels  a  consciousness  of  being  in  debt  "over 
bead  and  ears." 

There  is  an  ancient  saying,  Truth  lies  in  a 
well.  May  not  the  modern  adage  run,  The 
most  certain  charity  is  at  a  pump  t-Dowglan 
Jerrold . 

U  pon  the  marriage  of  Mrs.  Wheat  of  Virginia, 
the  editor  hopes  that  her  path  may  be  floury, 
and  that  she  may  never  be  thrashed  by  her 
husband. 

Chicago  is  depressed  by  her  court  house 
plan,  which  is  "nothing  in  art,  and  which,  as 
a  pictuie,  is  a  sort  of  penciled  *  what-is-it'  that 
nobody  can  make  out,” 

A  printer  was  boasting  the  other  day  about 
his  wonderful  ability  to  set,  type.  "I  know 
what  you  can’t  sat,"  said  a  comrade.  “  What 
is  It."  “Two  hens  on  one  nest." 

Smith  hab  given  out  ids  latest  bonbon  poem. 
It  la  the  following : 

“Two  places  on  the  earth  there  be 
One  where  my  girl  is  not,  the  other  there  is 
she.” 

The  “fall"  season  begins  when  the  sidewalks 
are  covered  with  ice.  It  has  been  known  to  set 
in,  however,  in  orange  and  banana  time.  The 
"  spring, "  season  comes  when  the  streets  are 
sloppy  and  muddy. 

A  Connecticut  lady  has  substituted  for  the 
tur  und  feathers  with  which  she  used  to  punish 
hor  drunken  bctter-bulf,  a  coating  of  soft  soap 
liberally  covered  wito  flour.  The  cleaning  pro¬ 
cess  is  thus  more  easily  performed. 


itbkth  ^fading. 


THE  WAY. 

THE  way  ia  dark ;  but  that  1  need  not  mind. 

Though  gathering  ahade?  should  make  it  hard  to 
find, 

Htnee  He  who  Is  the  Light  I  itnow  wilt  be 
Close  by  my  steps,  to  show  the  way  to  me. 

The  way  Is  hard,  and  steep  the  fronting  hill ; 

Rut  my  kind  Guide  has  cltmed  a  steeper  •till. 

And  Ft  Is  unfailing  fellowship  and  smile 
The  hardness  of  the  way  can  well  beguile. 

The  way  Is  rough,  with  many  a  pointed  stone. 

That  oft  had  wounded  me  or  overthrown 
But  for  the  loving  Arm  that  clasped  me  round 
A  nd  lifts  my  tired  feet  lightly  from  the  ground. 

The  way  is  long ;  but  when  my  strength  ts  gone. 

And  fainting  limbs  can  scarcely  struggle  on, 

Me  in  ills  willing  arms  the  Shepherd  bears— 

Those  weak  and  weary  win  Mis  tendcrest  cares. 

The  way  is  often  sad.  and  hitter  tears 

Must  have  their  course,  amt  dark,  oppressing  fears 

May  weigh  mo  down  awhile ;  but,  ever  bright, 

His  glance  dispels  the  *'  shadows  of  the  night.” 

The  way  will  often  ho  a  way  that  1 

In  mine  own  strength  might  never  dare  to  try ; 

But  He  who  orders  all  can  do  no  wrong, 

And  in  Ills  strength  iny  weakness  shall  be  strong. 

- — - - 

THE  LIFE  OF  MAN. 


How  graphically  the  varied  aspects  of  the 
leaf  picture  the  various  season*  of  man's  life! 
The  tenderness  of  its  budding  and  blooming  in 
spring,  when  that,  rich  golden-green  glints  on 
it  that  comes  only  once  a  year,  represents  the 
bright  beauty  and  innocence  of  youth,  when 
every  sunrise  brings  its  fresh,  glad  hopes,  and 
every  night  its  holy,  trustful  calm.  The  dark 
greenness  and  rnssh  vigor  of  the  summer  leaf 
portray  the  strength  and  self-reliance  of  man¬ 
hood  1  while  Its  fading  hues  on  the  trees,  and  its 
rustling  heaps  on  the  ground,  typify  the  decay 
and  feebleness  of  old  age,  and  that  strange  mys¬ 
terious  passing  away  which  Is  the  doom  of  every 
mortal.  The  autumn  leaf  is  gorgeous  In  color, 
but  it  lacks  i  bo  balmy  scent  and  dewy  freshness 
of  hopeful  spring;  life  Is  rich  and  bright  in  its 
meridian  splendor;  deep  arc  the  hues  of  ma¬ 
turity,  and  noble  lathe  beauty  of  success ;  but 
who  would  not.  give  it  nil  for  the  tender  sweet¬ 
ness  and  promise  of  life’s  morning  hour?  Hap¬ 
py  I  hoy  who  keep  the  child’s  heart  warm  and 
soft  over  the  sad  experience*  of  old  age,  whose 
life  declines  a*  these  last  September  days  go 
out  with  the  rich  tints  of  autumn  and  the  blue 
skies  of  June. 

- *■■*-¥ - 

A  STRING  OF  PEARLS. 


To  do  good  to  men  is  the  great  work  of  life ; 
to  make  them  true  Christian*  is  the  greatest 
good  we  can  do  them.  Every  investigation 
brings  us  round  to  this  point.  Begin  here,  and 
you  are  like  one  who  strikes  water  from  a  rock 
on  the  summits  of  the  mountains;  itflowsdown 
all  the  Intervening  t  racts  to  the  very  base.  If 
we  could  make  each  man  love  his  neighbor,  we 
should  make  a  happy  world.  The  true  method 
is  to  begin  with  ourselves,  ami  so  to  extend  the 
circle  to  all  around  u*.  It  should  be  perpetually 
In  our  mind*.  J.  IV.  Alexander. 

Freedom  la  Indeed  not.  doing  aawe  tike,  not 
everybody  following  hi*  or  her  own  way  feven 
if  that  were  possible),  but  “  self-control.”  Self- 
coni  rol,  plus  a  control  or  command  of  our  sub¬ 
ject,  give*  "  freedom, "  hut  a  person  who  has  no 
control  over  any  subject,  or  right  use  of  any 
faculties,  cannot  have  freedom.—  Miss  Nightin¬ 
gale. 

Every  good  man  is  not  born  with  the  gift  of 
public  speech.  There  are  deep-minded,  devout, 
and  earnest  Christians  who  can  do  everything 
else  better  than  address  a  mixed  assembly.  They 
are  constitutionally  timid  and  slow-tongued ; 
t  here  is  pure  gold  within  thOui,  but  they  cannot 
coin  it  readily  into  current  word*. 

One  may  live  as  a  conqueror,  or  a  king,  or  a 
magistrate,  but  he  must  die  a  man.  The  bed  of 
death  bring*  every  human  being  to  bis  pure 
individuality,  to  the  inteuse  contemplation  of 
Unit  deepest  and  moat  solemn  of  all  relations, 
the  relation  between  the  creature  and  the 
creator. 

There  is  no  sort  of  wrong  [deed  of  which  a 
man  can  bear  the  punishment  alone;  you  can't 
isolate  yourself,  and  say  that  the  evil  which  is 
in  you  shall  not  spread.  Men's  livesare  as  thor¬ 
oughly  blended  with  each  other  as  the  air  they 
breathe;  evil  spreads  as  necessarily  as  disease. 
,i  In  the  Christian  warfare,  to  maintain  the 
conflict  Is  to  gain  tho  victory.  The  promise  is 
made  to  him  that  endures  to  tiie  end.  The 
object  of  our  spiritual  adversaries  Is  to  prevent 
this.  Every  day  in  which  you  arc  preserved 
from  going  bock,  they  sustain  a  defeat.— Payton. 

Vicious  habits  are  so  great  a  stain  on  human 
nature,  and  so  odious  in  themselves,  that  every 
person,  actuated  by  right  reason,  should  avoid 
theKi,  though  he  was  sure  they  would  be  always 
concealed  from  both  God  and  man.  and  had  no 
future  punishment  ontailod  upon  them. 

No  man  1*  so  happy  as  a  real  Christian  ;  none 
bo  rational,  so  virtuous, .» «  amiable.  How  little 
vanity  does  he  feel,  though  ho  believes  himself 
united  to  God  I  How  far  is  he  from  abject- 
nesa  when  he  ranks  himself  with  the  worms  of 
the  earth !— Pascal. 


OCT,  i8 


MOORE’S  RURAL  fJEW-¥ORKER. 


^Tadics'  ^Portfolio. 


THE  WAY  OF  THE  WORLD. 

nr  d.  m.  .tokdan. 

Tnrur  nro  beautiful  longs  that  ire  never  sing 
And  name*  that  are  never  apnken, 

There  are  treasures  guarded  with  Jealous  care 
Ami  kept,  ns  a  sacred  token. 

There  are  faded  flower  ',  and  letters  dim 
With  t'mrs  that  have  mined  above  them 
For  the  fickle  words,  and  the  faithless  hearts 
Tlmt  taught  us  how  to  love  them. 

There  are  sighs  that  come  In  our  Joyous  hours 
To  chasten  otir  dreams  of  glndness, 

And  tears  that  spring  to  nur  aching  eyes 
In  hours  of  thoughtless  sadness. 

For  the  blithest  bird  that  sings  in  spring 
Will  tilt  the  wnnlDg  summer. 

And  lips  that  we  kissed  in  fondest  love 
Will  smile  on  the  first  new  comer. 

Over  the  breast  where  lilies  rest 
In  white  hands,  stilled  forever, 

The  roses  of  June  will  nod  and  blow 
Unheeding  the  hearts  that  sever. 

And  lips  that  quiver  In  silent  grief. 

All  words  of  hope  refusing, 

Will  lightly  turn  to  the  fleeting  Joys 
That  perish  with  the  using. 

Summer  blossoms,  and  winter  snows. 

Love,  and  Its  sweet  idyxlun, 

Hope  like  a  siren  dim  and  fair 
Quickening  our  tainting  vision  ; 

Drooping  spirit  and  falling  pulse 
Where  untold  memories  hover. 

Eyelids  touched  with  the  seal  of  death 
And  the  fitful  dream  Is  over. 


MRS,  BRIGHAM  YOUNG  No.  XYII. 

Q  - 

A  Woman’s  Interview  with  Her. 

Fresh  from  the  blue  laws  of  the  East,  im¬ 
bued  with  the  Idea  that  “no  good  thing  ran 
come  out  c>f  Nazareth,’'  1  visited  Salt  Lake 
City  with  all  my  sympathies  enlisted  for  the 
woman  wlm  was  struggling  to  free  herself  from 
the  hateful  yoke  which  outhralled  her.  Call¬ 
ing,  with  some  friends,  one  evening,  I  found 
her  at  the  best,  hotel  in  the  city— a  hotel  which, 
for  luxury,  though  not  for  size,  would  compete 
w  ith  the  Fifth  Avo.  Hotel  or  N.  Y.  City.  Mrs. 
Young  No.  17  is  tall,  has  a  good  figure,  line 
features,  black  hair  and  eyes,  complexion  rather 
pale,  and  at  first  sight  would  be  called  a  line- 
looking  woman.  She  wore  a  dross  of  gray,  much 
trimmed  — would  pass  anywhere  aw  a  finely- 
dresBed  woman,  and  looked,  altogether,  not  at 
all  the  martyr  I  had  oxpected  to  see. 

We  were  invited  to  her  rooms,  which  are  on 
the  upper  floor  (she  said  from  fear  for  her  life) ; 
found  a  very  pleasant  parlor,  with  bedroom  ad¬ 
joining  nicely  furnished  rooms,  which,  with 
hoard  for  herself  and  boy  about  II  years  of  age, 
must  coat  her  $><<1  per  week  at  least. 

I  sat  down,  and,  while  the  Professor  was  talk¬ 
ing  to  her,  observed  her  closely.  Hear  by,  her 
features  do  not  seem  so  line.  She  looked  a 
little  coarse,  Ignorant,  cruel  In  disposition  u 
woman  capable  of  being  a  virago.  Our  Pro¬ 
fessor  said  Her  /tea test  fault  was  being  too 
sensitive  to  the  opinions  o:  others."  1  won¬ 
dered  much  at  this,  till  1  heard  the  interpreta¬ 
tion  thereof,  which  I  give  here,  literally;—"  She 
takes  offence  easily,  Is  rather  looking  out  for  a 
chance  to  do  ho,  and  then  there  Is  a  perfect 
tempasl.  Woe  to  all  who  come  in  her  wuy  under 
her  Indignation !" 

I  asked  what  Anally  induced  her  to  leave 
BlUGHAM.  She  replied:- “The  last  straw  that 
broke  the  camel’s  back  was  Brigham  telling 
me  to  take  care  of  myself;  he  would  not  sup¬ 
port  rue  longer."  Him  said  she  was  living  on 
the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the  furniture  that 
was  in  her  house,  furnished  by  Brigham.  As 
I  calculated  what  her  stylo  of  dress  and  living 
must  cost,  and  the  rneagerness  of  the  amount 
furnished  her  by  him,  It  occurred  to  me  that 
she  must  have  a  wonderful  faculty  for  making 
a  little  go  a  greol  way.  I  did  not  speak  of  It, 
however,  fearing  her  “sensitiveness." 

After  listening  to  our  Professor  for  a  while,  I 
ventured  to  ask  how  she  expected  sympathy 
when  she  must  have  known  Brigham  had  six¬ 
teen  wives  before  ho  married  her.  Sho  re¬ 
plied  that  she  knew  nothing  but  Alormunism 
then,  and  was  forced  to  it.  Her  brother  was  in 
trouble  with  Brigh  am,  who  threatened  to  ex¬ 
communicate  him  from  the  church,  which  then 
seemed  the  worst  thing  that  could  happen  to 
any  one  ;  and  her  family  thought  her  murrjage 
would  make  things  better.  She  Is  now  28  was 
married  to  Brigham  when  24  but  1  should 
judge  force  would  not  have  moved  her  more 
then  than  now. 

Her  first  husband,  from  whom  she  was  di¬ 
vorced,  now  lives  in  Ogden,  Utah.  She  told 
me  he  was  a  very  brutal  man  used  to  e.hoJte 
ami  pound  her.  Surely  she  has  boon  unfortu¬ 
nate  in  her  selections.  She  lias  two  boys,  sons 
of  her  first  husband.  I  waa  much  atnusod  at  a 
little  Incident  which  occurred  while  wo  wore 
there.  She  had  refused  to  see  the  gentlemen 
of  our  party  unless  accompanied  by  ladles,  say¬ 
ing,  with  tears  and  blushes,  aba  had  to  be  to 
cate/ul,  as  her  character  had  boon  so  vilely 
assailed  by  the  Mormons  that  she  only  received 
oallB  from  one  genUowan—tho  Methodist  min¬ 
ister— and  ho  was  always  accompanied  by  his 
wife.  While  conversing,  a  servant  brought  her 
a  card ;  after  she  had  looked  at.  it  a  moment, 
he,  with  a  little  chuckle,  showed  her  some-  j 
thing  written  on  the  back.  She  ordered  the  j 


visitor  shown  up  to  her  rooms,  saying  to  us 
she  could  not  imagine  who  it  could  be,  as  it 
was  not  her  lawyer  it  was  no  one  she  knew. 

;  But  the  gentleman's  first,  greeting  was,  “  How 
do  you  do?  How  have  you  been  since  r  saw 
you  last?"  And  he  seated  himself  with  very 
much  of  an  “at  honin’’  sort  of  way— so  much 
at  home  that  he  stayed  nil  t  he  time  we  were 
there  and  we  left  him  there. 

I  came  away  from  Suit  Lake  City  feeling  that 
my  sympathy  for  “No.  17"  had  been  wasted; 
and  although  l  do  not  blame  her  for  wishing  to 
be  free  from  her  married  life,  I  cannot  help 
thinking  It  would  bo  just  the  name  wero  she  the 
only  wife  ot  a  good  ami  true man.  w. 

- t+s - 

STRAY  THOUGHTS. 

UY  MARY  r.  llARTt.KTT. 

I  was  walking  thought  fully  home  from  the 
post-office,  the  other  day,  when  1  overtook  In- 
fki.ioe;  and  as  we  went  on  together,  i  said, 
holding  up  the  fresh,  damp  paper,  I  had  re¬ 
ceive  I,  “  I  was  just  wondering  how  many  heart 
throbs  I  may  bo  crushing  hero  in  my  hand.  It 
19  a  strange  thing,  this  writing  for  the  papers, 
Isn’t  it  ?  How  froely  one  writes  (In  a  veiled  sort 
of  way.  to  bo  sure,)  thoughts,  feelings  and  ex¬ 
periences  one  would  not  for  worlds  breathe  to 
a  living  soul,” 

“Not  quite  so  strange,  either,  Mary,”  she 
answered,  “when  wo  consider  the  many  bur¬ 
dened  hearts  throughout  the  world,  yearning 
for  sympathy,  yot  always  misunderstood  ;  long-  , 
I  tig  to  conlldo  in  some  one,  yet  constantly  re¬ 
pulsed.  Hueh  hearts  must  cry  out  or  break! 
And  so,  knowing  that  somewhere  In  this  great, 
world  of  human  feeling  there  must  lie  hearts 
which  t  he  echoes  of  their  moan  will  roach,  and 
touch,  they  pour  out  In  song  what  they  have 
learned  in  suffering.” 

“O  1  NKKi.it'is,"  Buhl  I,  “If  J  had  only  some 
moans  of  assuring  such  souls  of  my  sympathy 
for  them  !  You  well  know  the  writings  which 
always  have  the  greatest,  interest  for  me  are 
those  which  scota  to  be  written  with  the  heart's 
blood.” 

“Be  content,  Mary,”  she  said.  “They  do 
not  need  the  assurance;  they  know  It— they 
fec.l  It.  to  be  true ;  and  hence  the  unspeakable 
comfort  that  writing  is  to  thorn.  But.,  Mary, 
do  you  ever  read  the  unintelligible  things  In  the 
papers  ?” 

“  I  answered  ;  “  they  have  a  wonder, 

ful  fascination  for  mo.  As  sure  us  I  hear  Uncle 
JOHN  ‘  pshawing,'  contempt  uou-.ly,  over  an  arti¬ 
cle,  and  maintaining  that  '  t  hat  fellow'  doesn’t 
know  what  he  is  driving  at,’  I  pounce  eagerly 
upon  it,  and  strive,  might  and  main,  to  decipher 
the  hieroglyphics.  Not  that  I  ever  succeed; 
l>ut  that  makes  no  difference.  The  next  mu;  I 
come  across  has  an  equal  attraction  for  uie." 

"  No  wonder  you  can’t  make  out  the  cipher, 
Mary  ;  it  was  never  Intended  you  should, 
Every  such  article  Is  written  for  one  eye',  alone, 
and  no  other  cull  ever  read  the  hidden  mean¬ 
ing." 

“  Hut  suppose  |t  never  meets  that  eye,  In- 
FELtCK ?" 

“  VI ell,  then,  let  it  puss  ;  no  one  will  ever  be 
any  the  wiser.  But  there  is  the  chance,  you 
know,  that,  though  separated  by  many  weary 
miles,-  -  though  barrod,  perchance,  even  the 
dubious  comfort  of  a  letter,  that  eye  will  trace 
out  the  mystic  characters,  and  read,  rre«h  from 
the  heart,  what  the  faltering  tongue  may  never 
speak." 

“Ah,  iNN'isXicii,"  said  I,  “how  plain  it  ull 
seems  to  you.  What  a  subtle  sympathy  you 
have  with  every  human  heart,  whatever  may 
be  Its  experience.  Indeed,  my  friend,  the  fact 
is,  I  fear  you  fed  too  much  about  everything. 

It  Is  actually  wearing  your  life  away.  If  you 
would  but  take  things  easy,  us  1  do,  tow  much 
happier  you  would  be.  You  need  recreation, 
too,  my  dear.  You  must  come  to  us,  to-mor¬ 
row.  Uncle  John’s  friend  Carp  is  coming, 
and  he  is  the  kind  of  a  man  It  Is  some  pleasure 
to  talk  with,  Como :  1  can  promise  you  a  day 
of  real  happiness." 

“  Thank  you,  Mary;  I  will  come,”  she  said. 

“  But  how  strangely  you  mix  up  the  torrus 
pleasure  and  happiness,  us  though  they  were 
synonymous.  To  me,  pleasure  means  excite¬ 
ment  happiness  means  rest.  There  is  but  little 
of  it,  I  think,  to  tie  found  this  side  of  Heaven  ; 
lint  there,  yes  there,  rematnelb  a  ‘rest’  for 
Goo’s  people.  Think  of  It,  Mary.  Rest  for  I, ho 
poor,  tired,  suffering  body!  Boat  for  the  anx¬ 
ious,  careworn  mind !  Best  for  the  troubled 
spirit,  faint  and  weary  with  its  struggles  against 
its  ow  n  corruption  I” 

As  Inpemck  left  me,  with  the  wistful,  far-off 
look  on  her  face  that,  it  sometimes  wears,  I 
stood  still  awhile,  thinking  how  little  T  really 
understood  her,  or  know  of  her  inner  life,  long 
a«  we  had  been  friends.  Ah,  well,  after  all,  re¬ 
serve  is  one  of  the  charms  of  friendship.  When  j 
our  friends  turn  their  hearls  Inside  out,  and  we  , 
have  seen  all.  and  know  there  is  nothing  more 
to  be  learned  about  them,  little  as  we  may  think 
it,  our  interest  In  them  flags.  But  when  they 
only  (and  t  hat  upon  rare  occasions)  leave  the 
door  of  their  heurts  ajar,  and  suffer  us  to  catch  ! 
but  stray  glimpses  of  the  mysteries  within,  there  , 
is  an  interest  and  freshness  In  our  intercourse  [ 
with  thorn  that  is  perennial. 

. . . -+»  »  - - 

The  Jewish  Messenger  exhorts  the  Jewesses  ] 
riot  to  imitate  the  folios  of  Christian  women  in  i 
dressing  for  church.  The  editor  thinks  in  many  r 
of  tne  churches  worship  is  a  full-dress  affair,  t 
consisting  in  a  display  ot  finery,  rather  than  i 
devotion  of  heart. 


Heading  for  th?  $|outtg. 


THE  BOYS. 

There  come  the  bovei !  O  dour,  the  noise, 

The  Whole  house  feels  the  racket; 

Behold  the  knee  of  Harry’s  pants. 

The  elbows  of  his  Jacket. 

But  never  mind,  If  eyes  keep  bright, 

And  limbs  grow  straight, nod  limber: 

We'd  rather  lose  the  tree's  whole  bark 
Than  And  unsound  the  timber ! 

Now  hoar  the  tops  and  marbles  roll ! 

The  floors— oh,  woe  betide  them  ! 

And  I  must  watch  the  banisters, 

For  I  knuw  hoys  who  ride  them  ! 

The  very  chairs  are  lied  In  pairs, 

And  made  to  prance  and  caper; 

What,  swords  are  whittled  out  <>f  sticks  ! 

What  bruve  hats  inado  of  paper  ! 

The  dinner  hell  penis  loud  anil  well. 

To  tell  the  milkman's  coming ; 

And  then  the  rush  of  '■  steam-oar  trains  ” 

Set  all  onr  ears  a  humming. 

”  Boys  will  be  boys  hut  not  for  long  ; 

Ah,  could  wo  hear  about  us 

This  thought— how  very  goon  our  boys 
Will  learn  to  do  without  us  ! 

How  soon  hot  tall  and  deep-voiced  men 
Will  gravely  call  us  “  Mother," 

Or  we  tie  stretching  empty  hands 
From  tills  world  to  the  other. 

More  gently  we  should  chide  the  noiso. 

Arid  wtien  night  quells  the  racket, 

Stitch  in  but  loving  thoughts  and  prayers, 
While  mending  pants  and  Jacket ! 

[Christian  Union. 
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LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

Where  are  the  Clrls? 

Beak  Mr.  Editor:—!  notloo that  the  Young 
People's  column  of  the  Rural  has,  for  some 
time,  been  destitute  of  the  bright  and  instruc¬ 
tive  epistles  which  for  a  time  made  It  so  inter¬ 
esting.  What,  has  become  of  Editij  Loretta. 
M.  Hu.A  C.,  IrBRTv  and  Gipsy,  and  many  more 
whose  names  I  do  not  recollect?  I  fear  they 
have  arrived  at  the  age  of  “sweet  sixteen,”  and 
become  so  fusel tutting  that  their  lime,  when  not 
In  school,  is  fully  occupied  In  receiving  culls 
and  invitations  from  young  persons  of  Ibo  other 
sex.  Or  are  they  at.  home,  worrying  through 
Cube  Root  and  the  Progressions,  and  trying  to 
unravel  the  mysteries  of  a  new  Grammar  with¬ 
out  an  Instructor,  like  myself  ?  Let  us  rully  to 
the  work,  girls,  lest  the  sterner  sex  take  the 
palm  and  leave  ijr  In  the  background. 

I  strolled  to  the  wood,  a  short  time  since,  re¬ 
solved  to  pluck  every  flower  that  presented 
Itself  to  my  view  in  that  dismal  hut  romantic 
region,  that  it  might  not  be  "  horn  to  blush 
unseen,”  etc.;  but  by  the  time  I  had  gathered  a 
huge  bouquet  of  spring  flowers,  (llepntica  tri¬ 
loba.)  and  tilled  my  basket  with  beautiful  green 
moss,  1  became  so  weary  that  I  was  under  the 
necessity  of  leaving  the  adjective  in  Its  slmpln 
form,  and  retracing  my  stops  while  there  still 
remained  many  a  flower  which  had  not  bent  to 
my  will,  or  fingers. 

I  am  maklng  a  Light  calico  apron  which  I  cut 
after  my  own  fancy,  and  perhaps  some  of  the 
girls  might  like  to  pattern  after.  The  front 
breadth  Is  gored;  also  the  side  pieces,  which 
are  HO lilo what  shorter ;  the  four  cornet  s  are 
rounded,  which  foitu  two  scallops ;  a  scallop  is 
also  cut  In  Lho  front  breadth.  It  la  gathered  at 
the  sides  and  plain  in  front  the  width  of  the 
bib  ;  the  bib  is  sewnd  on  t  he  bolt,  and  made  to 
pin  on  the  shoulders.  The  wholo  is  trimmed 
with  points,  for  convenience  in  ironing. 

My  father  takes  ton  papers ,  ho  l  have  plenty 
of  reading.  1  have  a  pile  of  them  a  little  less 
in  size  than  an  ordinary  hay-stack— foremost  of 
which  Is  the  Rural,  New-Yorkeh,  with  its 
portraits  nr  the  good  and  great,— which  I  have 
preserved  for  future  re-reading  from  time  im¬ 
memorial;  and  I  will  no  l  surrender  one  of  them 
to  bo  placed  around  preserve  jars  or  spread  on 
pantry  shelves,  for  I  think  It  requires  too  much 
time  and  talent  to  produce  them. -Cora,  Ba¬ 
tavia,  N.  lr. 

My  Flowers  and  Chickens. 

1  wisu  to  tell  the  readers  of  theRuiiAi.. some¬ 
thing  of  my  flowers  and  chickens.  I  hope  none 
of  them  will  get  discouraged  ami  quit  writing, 
for  their  letters  are  very  interesting. 

AVo  have  a  great  variety  of  flowers,  some  from 
the  North  arid  some  from  Texas.  The  yard  is  full 
of  different  kinds-  shrubs,  vines,  evergreens, 
and  a  numerous  variety  of  annuals.  The  bees, 
humming-birds,  butterflies,  and  nil  kinds  of  In¬ 
sects  that  live,  among  the  flowers  have  gay  times. 

Wo  have  several  kinds  of  box  plants,  such  as 
Ice  plant,  Dew  plant,  Coleus,  Achyranthus,  Por- 
tiilaoca,  AVaudering  Jew,  Mimosa  and  Gera¬ 
niums  ;  the  Ico  plant  is  the  most  tender  of  all. 
In  the  evening,  when  the  primroses  open  and 
you  are  among  them,  it  seems  almost  as  If  the 
bees  arc  dwarming  around  you,  bunting  somo 
place  to  rest. 

But  my  chickens;  J  muBt  toll  you  about  them. 

I  have  taken  care  of  the  chickens  this  year,  and 
it’s  the  most  pleasant  work  I  have  to  do.  I  have 
six  little  ducks,  but  they  arc  young,  and  J  fear 
they  will  die  when  wtntor  cornea.  The  chicken,: 
ure  of  a  mixed  breed,  but  I  believe  tboy  are  as 
good  as  any.  1  have  one  bon,  that  aat  on  some 


eggs,  but  did  not-  hatch  many  chickens,  and  1 
took  them  away  from  her  and  gave  thorn  to 
another  lien,  and  this  old  hen  went,  back  to  her 
nest,  and  sat  on  the  straw  two  weeks;  J  then 
gave  her  some  more  fresh  eggs,  mul sho hatched 
another  brood  of  chicks  and  raised  them.  Liz¬ 
zie  L.,  Carrollton,  Ala. 

A  Brief  Temperance  Lecture. 

Dear  Rural: — As  all  the  boys  and  girls  are 
writing  to  you,  I  thought  I  would  too.  Though 
perhaps  older  than  some  of  tho  boys,  yot  I  feel 
like  a  llttlo  boy,  albeit  people  call  mo  a  young 
man.  lam  lflyearsofage  and  weigh  1(50 pounds; 
have  never  been  sick  a  day  In  my  life,  and  boys, 
I  will  toll  you  how  1  enmo  to  be  so  healthy. 
From  the  oar  I  lest  of  my  recollection  I  have 
never  drank  any  coffee,  tea,  whisky,  or  stimu¬ 
lants  of  any  kind.  “  Health  brings  happiness." 
So,  boys,  If  you  want  to  bo  happy,  preserve  your 
health  ;  and  if  you  want  your  health,  don’t  uso 
any  stimulants,  especially  tobacco  and  whisky. 
Perhaps  some  time  I  will  give  you  a  history  of 
my  life,  which  Is  full  of  adventures,  na  I  livod 
for  quite  a  while  in  Kansas  when  it  was  in  a 
wild  state.  But  enough  now.— Sampson,  Car¬ 
thage,  Mo. 

Ella  to  Wild  Rose,  the  Indian  Girl. 

Dear  Wild  Rose:— I  hnvo  just  read  your 
letter  in  the  last  Rural, and  like  it  very  much; 
also  the  one  you  wrote  a  year  or  two  ago.  What 
good  t.l nice  you  must  have  hunting  and  flMhiiig 
in  the  beautiful  stream  by  which  your  homo  Is 
situated!  How  1  should  like  to  go  with  you 
boating  and  flslilng,  and  when  wo  tired  of  that, 
go  and  gather  some  of  those  beautiful  flowers 
that  grow  so  plenty  on  t  he  prairie.  When  I  am 
able  to  attend  school,  I  go  to  tho  Jamestown 
Union  School  and  Collegiate  Institute.  I  should 
like  to  have  a  personal  correspondence  with 
you;  there  are  so  many  tilings  1  would  liko  to 
ask  you  and  toll  you  that  we  can't  say  through 
the  paper  —  so  If  you  will  put  your  post-office 
address  In  tho  Rural,  1  will  write  to  you  and 
toll  you  mine.— Ella  1.  B Jamestown,  N.  Y. 

From  Little  Minnie. 

Mr.  Editor:  I  am  a  llttlo  girl  of  nine  yoars 
ot  ago.  My  papa  takes  the  Rural  New-York¬ 
er.  and  likes  it  very  much.  I  am  taking  music 
lessons ;  my  papa  promises  mo  an  organ  as  soon 
as  I  can  play  three  tunes.  I  have  a  wax  doll; 
it's  name  m  Nollio.  I  live  with  my  parents  on  a 
large  farm.  My  grandpa  and  grandma  live  across 
the  rood  from  us,  and  I  go  to  son  them  every 
day.  Well,  1  guess  T  have  taken  up  enough 
room  for  this  time.  -  Mi.vmi:  k.  m.,  IVcllevlUo , 

n.  r. 


<$he  flttslcr. 


PROBLEM.-No.  11. 

The  lino  which  bisects  tho  right  angle  of  a 
triangle,  and  which  terminates  at  the  hypothe- 
nuse,  measures  20  rods,  while  the  hypothenuse 
measures  60.  Requir  d,  the  base  and  perpen¬ 
dicular  of  the  triangle. 


B  C—tH)  rods ;  A  D— 20  rods. 

This  problem  may  be  solved  without  the  aid 
of  trigonometrical  formula,  or  the  use  of  an 
equation  higher  than  that  of  the  second  degree. 

B.  F.  Burleson. 

PST"  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

WORD-PUZZLE— No.  4. 

I  am  15  letters.  My  first  two  signify  what 
every  person  living  has  or  has  had.  My  first 
three  was  the  name  of  a  French  Marquis.  My 
Orst  four  signify  motion,  a  thing  done,  an  ad¬ 
mission,  an  omission.  Sc.  My  first  live  signify 
something  old  and  worn.  My  first  nine  may  be 
a  person  or  any  other  animal.  My  10,  11,  12  Is 
an  animal  with  four  feet  and  is  a  prefix  to  more 
than  one  kind  of  mineral.  My  six  last  is  what 
I  really  am,  and  I  am  a  bird.  What  kind  of  a 
bird  am  I  ?  Uncle  Charles. 

Answer  In  two  weeks. 

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MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA.— No.  8. 

I  am  composed  of  20  letters  : 

My  4, 16,  9, 2, 15,  8  Is  a  class  of  stone  belonging 
to  the  Mesozoic  System. 

My  20, 12. 13,11,10,1  Is  a  verb. 

My  13,  3, 18, 10,  7.  6, 15, 10  is  a  class  of  stone  be¬ 
longing  to  the  Igneous  System. 

My  18, 13, 14,  8  Is  a  noun. 

My  wholo  is  tho  scientific  name  of  an  animal 
now  extinct.  New  Baltimore. 

pr  Answer  In  two  weeks. 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS. -Oct.  4. 

Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  7.— Apples  of 
gold  In  pictures  of  silver. 


SBD 


MOOSE’S  SAL  NEW-YORKER. 


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THE  EVANGELICAL  ALLIANCE. 


After  a  session  of  teu  days  in  the  City  of 
New  York,  tbo  treat  Evangelical  Alliance  came 
to  a  close  on  Sunday  evening,  tbc  13th  Inst. 
No  such  gathering  of  the  people  has  been  seen 
in  New  York  r-ince  the  great,  uprising  in  1861  for 
the  Union.  Five  mass  meetings  wore  held  on 
Sunday,  to  hid  farewell  to  the  foreign  delegates. 
These  took  place  at  the  Academy  of  Music, 
Tammany  FT  ill,  Steinway  Hall,  the  Cooper  In¬ 
stitute  and  the  Church  of  the  Disciples.  All  of 
these  places  were  thronged,  the  total  number 
in  attendance  being  estimated  at  20,000.  The 
sessions  at  the  Cooper  Institute  were  in  the 
German  tongue,  and  that  great  hail  was  packed 
with  German  Protestants.  At  the  Academy  of 
Music  the  Mayor  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Crosby  made 
addresses,  the  foreign  delegates  responded,  and 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Schenck  of  Brooklyn  delivered  a 
farewell  address  at  Steinway  Hall,  Rev.  Dr.  T. 
D.  Anderson  presided,  nd  addresses  were  made 
by  Rev.  Mr.  Arnot  of  Scotland,  and  Rev.  Mr. 
Jenkins  of  London.  At  Tammany  Hall  Geo.  A. 
Stuart  presided,  and  Rev.  Dr.  John  Hall,  Gen. 
C.  B.  Flek  of  Mo.,  and  others  made  addresses. 
At  Cooper  Institute  wore  Dr.  Scbapff,  Dr.  Dor- 
ner  of  Berlin,  Pastor  FI  leaner  of  Madrid.  Pastor 
Witte  of  Ooethen,  Prof.  Spies*  of  Jena,  Dr. 
Conrad  of  Philadelphia,  and  many  more. 

It  is  quite  Impossible  to  giro  the  names,  much 
less  an  outline,  of  all  addresses  delivered.  Many 
of  the  foreign  delegates  expressed  their  admi¬ 
ration  of  America  and  H  *  Institutions,  and  were 
deeply  impressed  with  the  greet  responsibility 
which  rests  upon  this  country  in  the  matter  of 
educating  the  people,  and  combating  error. 
The  delegates  from  Prance  more  impressed 
with  the  freedom  of  America,  and  some  of 
them  would  like  to  remain,  If  duty  did  not  call 
them  borne.  Seven  groat  meeting 1  of  the  Alli¬ 
ance  were  hold  on  Saturday,  tbo  11th.  On  Mon¬ 
day,  the  13lh.  an  extra  train  took  the  foreign 
delegates  to  Philadelphia.  On  the  way  to  that 
city  a  stop-over  was  made  at  Princeton,  N,  J., 
to  visit  Rev.  Dr.  MeCnsh  and  the  college  build¬ 
ings  located  there.  Tho  students  of  the  college 
gave  the  AlUanco  a  welcome.  F ull  proceedings 
of  the  whole  Alliance  have  been  published  in 
the  New  York  Tribune,  and  an  extra  of  thirty- 
two  pagos  has  been  issued,  which  can  bo  had  for 
25  cents.  We  take  pleasure  in  informing  our 
readers  of  this  fact,  since  for  such  a  small  sum 
tho  full  report,  of  the  moat  important  religious 
meeting  of  the  ago  can  be  obtained. 


Condition  of  tho  United  States  Treasury. 

A  dispatch  from  Washington  dated  Oct.  i), 
says Tablos  to  accompany  tbo  report  of  Gen, 
Spinner,  United  States  Troa-urer,  have  been 
prepared.  The  books  of  the  office  were  closed 
June  30,  after  the  entry  of  all  moneys  received 
and  disbursed  on  authorized  warrant*  within 
fiscal  year.  The  net  receipts  by  warrants,  ex¬ 
clusive  of  repayments  and  counter-warrant* 
were  8648,609,821,  and  the  net  expenditures,  ex¬ 
clusive  of  tho  same  items,  $314,044,597.  The  net 
receipts  were  distributed  as  follows : 


Loans . *2'4vM 

Customs . ''uU 

Ink  Baveauo  ...  1 13,  •  JO  Jill 


Lands. . f2.SS5.V12 

Misoe  llan  eons.  -  .29,031,056 


Tho  race  ip tc.  from  customs  have  decreased 
since  tho  report  of  last  year  about  $29,350,000, 
and  those  from  laternal  revenue,  $16,900,000. 
Tho  increase  from  miscellaneous  sources  was 
about  $4,500,009,  and  that  from  lands,  $300,000. 

The  net  expenditures  on  account  of  tho  War 
Department  woio  $46,000,009,  those  on  aooount 
of  tho  Navy  were  £23,000,000 ;  against  $36,000,000 
for  tho  War  Department  last  year,  and  $21,000,- 
000  for  the  Navy. 

The  expenditures  for  the  Diplomatic  Service 
havo  decreased  about  £300,000;  those  of  tho 
Judiciary  have  increased  about  the  same 
amount. 

The  expenditures  on  account  of  the  PubMo 
Debt  were  $312,555,945,  against  $539,323,414  last 
year,  a  decrease  of  xilS5,707,4ii9. 

The  balance  in  the  Treasury  June  30, 1373,  was 
$131,176,137,  which  amount  differs  from  the 
figures  of  the  Secretary  and  Register  $101. 

The  Conscience  fund  during  the  fiscal  year, 
independent  of  Congressional  back  pay  was 
$35,551,  making  the  total  receipts  from  Decem¬ 
ber,  1863.  $154,695.  In  addition  to  this  sum  there 
was  credited  to  this  fund  on  aooount  of  back 
pay  $196,513.  During  the  year  there  was  re¬ 


ceived  from  the  United  States  of  Colombia, 
$114  307. 

The  Treasury  holds  from  National  hanks  to 
secure  circulation  $TO. 4 10,550.  and  to  secure 
Government  deposits,  $15,560,000.  an  increase  in 
the  first  Item  of  $10,000,000  over  last  year,  and  a 
decrease  In  the  latter  of  $300,000.  The  business 
of  the  Treasury  transacted  through  the  Nation¬ 
al  banks  was  $114,000,000. 

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BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 


Trrp.  Treasury  reserves  are  now  daily  drawn 
upon  to  pay  the  actual  expenses  of  the  Govern¬ 
ment.  There  is  no  official  apprehension  ex¬ 
pressed  at  the  Department  that  the  draft  upon 
the  $14,000,000  reserve  will  be  very  heavy  in  the 
ordinary  course  of  business.  The  outstanding 
legal  tenders  now  shown  to  be  over  $356,000,000 
will  it  is  asserted,  be  reduced  again  to  those 
figures  at  the  earliest  practicable  moment. 
This  may  happen  before  the  Issue  of  the  next 
public  debt  statement.  Ail  reports  that  It,  Is 
the  intention  of  the  Secretary  to  make  any  per¬ 
manent  inflation  of  the  currency  are  emphati¬ 
cally  denied.  The  Secretary  asserts  that  the 
outstanding  legal  tenders  ore  not  to  exceod  tho 
minimum  figures  a  day  more  than  the  absolute 
demands  of  tho  Government  requires. 

From  Worcester,  Mass.,  we  get  the  story  of  a 
wife  who  killed  her  husband  while  kissing  him. 
Enoch  Hill  and  his  wife  had  lived  unhappily 
together  on  account  of  his  disposition  to  jeal¬ 
ousy.  Meeting  her,  the  other  night,  by  agree¬ 
ment,  after  she  had  boon  visiting  her  father, 
they  disputed  as  usual.  Suddenly  Mrs.  Hill 
asked  her  husband  to  hold  her  sunshade,  and, 
having  given  it  to  him,  she  put  her  band  in  her 
pocket,  took  out  a  pistol  unnoticed  by  him, 
saying,  "  Let  me  kiss  you?"  and,  reaching  her 
arms  around  him,  fired  a  ball  into  his  left  side. 

Tim  cause  of  temperance  continues  to  re¬ 
ceive,  in  New  EDgland,  an  attention  unusually 
great.  At  Framingham,  Mass-  the  other  day 
several  genttomon  met  and  organized  a  new 
association  to  be  known  as  “  Tho  Now  England 
Reform  Men's  Association.”  Mr.  H.  8.  Wood- 
worth  of  Providence,  R.  1.,  was  electod  Presi¬ 
dent,  and  Mr.  U.  C.  Green  of  Boston,  Secretary. 

A  banquet  Is  to  be  held  in  Boston  to  Initiate 
the  Association,  Oct.  23,  and  in  the  evening  of 
the  same  day  there  will  be  a  public  meeting  in 
Tromont  Temple. 

Dh.  Bruxp,  who  Was  one  of  tho  physicians 
dispatched  from  New  Orleans  to  the  relief  of 
Shreveport,  reports  that  tho  epidemic  which 
has  so  fearfu.ly  visited  that  city,  more  thun 
decimating  It,  has  now  been  checked,  though 
the  malignant  poison  cannot  be  thoroughly 
killed  until  frozen  out  by  Winter.  This  Is 
cheering  news,  but  tho  plague  still  rages  at 
Memphis;  the  nrgont  need  of  assistance  is  not 
yet  over,  and  tbc  work  of  charity  should  not  be 
stayed  until  the  scourge  has  entirely  disap¬ 
peared. 

Tnrc  death  of  M.  Borlllot-Desohamps,  chief 
gardener  of  Paris,  is  announced.  He  aided  M. 
Haussman  and  M.  Alphaud  in  beautifying  Paris, 
and  was  so  much  esteemed  that  he  was  several 
times  sent,  for  by  foreign  Sovereigns,  and  was 
honored  with  the  title*  of  gardener  to  the 
Emperor  of  Austria,  to  the  King  of  Belgium,  to 
Ismael-Pasha,  &o.  His  creations  in  and  around 
Paris  are  the  Bois  do  Boulogne,  the  Bois  de 
Vincennes,  the  Park  Monceau,  the  Buttes 
Chaumont,  &c. 

Northern  Piscataquis,  In  Maine,  has  beeu 
greatly  troubled  by  a  gang  of  horse  thieves. 
Aftor  eight  steeds  had  been  stolen,  the  farmers 
turned  out  e?i  masse,  and  armed,  to  hunt  the 
rascals,  whose  camp  was  finally  surprised.  A 
small  battle,  duriug  which  two  combatants  on 
each  side  wore  severely  wo;  nded.  resulted  in 
the  capture  of  the  thieves,  greatly  to  the  relief 
of  the  vicinage. 

Charges  brought  (without  the  least  regard 
either  to  mercy  or  orthography)  by  an  Illinois 
School  Committee  against  a  teacher:— 1.  Im- 
morrality;  2.  Parshallty;  3.  Keapin  disordly 
I  Echo.il :  4.  Carrin  unlaughffle  weepings.  The 
great  controversies  between  Webster  and 
Worcester  have  never  reached  these  regions. 
Thoy  are  a  law  unto  themselves. 

The  English  Government  evidently  Intends 
to  carry  on  tho  Ashantee  war  on  an  extensive 
scale.  Besides  building  a  railway  on  the  Gold 
Coast  for  the  transportation  of  troops  and  sup¬ 
plies,  it  is  intended  to  erect  a  telegraph  line 
also,  for  which  purpose  telegraph  wires  are 
being  shipped  from  Woolwich  ;  the  posts  are  to 
be  cut  In  the  woods  on  the  spot. 

Oregon  Wilson,  tho  artist,  died  recently  at 
Santa  Barbara,  California.  When  14  years  old 
he  pointed  a  picture  of  Mr.  Seward,  and  at  16  ho 
won  the  Pennsylvania  State  prize  for  crayon 
drawing-  Ha  studied  for  Eve  years  In  Europe, 
and  returning,  painted  a  number  of  pictures  in 
his  studio  In  New  York. 

A  party  of  pilgrims  will  leave  Marsoilles  on 
a  pilgrimage  to  Jerusalem  about  the  middle  of 
this  month,  under  the  leadership  of  the  Arch¬ 
bishop  of  Paris.  Excursions  will  be  made  to 
Bethlehem,  Jericho,  the  Jordan,  the  Dead  Sea, 
Mount  Carmel,  and  other  places  of  historical 
interest. 

A  Paris  telegram  states  that  M.  Thiers  in¬ 
tends  publicly  to  advocate  the  prolongation  of 
tho  term  of  MaeMabon  as  President,  thus  de¬ 
priving  the  Monarchists  of  the  support  of  the 
Left  Center  and  probably  precipitating  the  dis¬ 
solution  of  the  Monarchical  coalition. 

The  formation  of  a  Bonaparte  League  has 


been  prohibited  in  Paris ;  350  Duputies  of  the 
French  Assembly  have  pledged  themselves  to 
support  a  monarchy;  the  different  parties  in 
the  Assembly  arc  organizing  for  the  contest 
over  the  Monarchical  question. 

TrrKAnn  Arbor.  Mich.,  Courier  talks  of  the 
champion  sunflower,  The  stalk  is  nine  and  a 
half  inches  in  circumference  at  the  ground,  and 
tho  lineal  measurement  of  the  stalk  and  ste  rs 
is  151  feet.  It  has  eighty-one  fruit-bearing 
flowers,  with  more  in  prospect. 

A  Melbourne  (Australia)  dispatch  reports 
that  anarchy  prevails  in  thr  Fiji  Islands.  Mary 
of  the  white  settlers  refuse  to  pay  taxes,  and 
have  taken  up  arms  to  resist  their  collection. 
The  British  and  Oerman  Consuls  have  inter¬ 
vened  to  restore  order. 

The  Hon.  George  H .  Pendleton  has  appeared 
in  tho  Ohio  campaign.  He  presided  at  a  Dem¬ 
ocratic  meeting  in  Cincinnati,  on  Thursday 
evening,  and  introduced  the  Democratic  can¬ 
didate  for  Governor  in  anon-committal  speech 
of  15  lines. 

Ciukf-Jpstice  Gray  of  Massachusetts  Is  said 
to  bo  one  of  the  greatest  men  Hying.  He  stands 
six  feet  four  Inches  high,  weighs  850  pounds, 
has  a  fine  figure,  travels  his  circuit  on  horse¬ 
back,  and  attention,  ladles!— Is  a  bachelor. 

Bishop  Rkinkkns  of  tho  old  Catholic  Church 
has  taken  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  the  Emperor 
of  Germany.  The  customary' formula  was  used, 
with  the  exception  of  the  reservation  of  first 
allegiance  to  the  Pope,  which  was  oinitbed. 

The  Bavarian  Government  has  forbidden  Ba¬ 
varian  students  of  theology  to  enter  the  so- 
called  German  College  at  Home  as  long  a«  that 
College  remains  under  tho  direction  of  the 
Jesuits  or  any  order  related  to  them. 

M.  Tiilebs,  It  In  currently  stated  in  Pads,  will 
bo  called  as  a  witness  at  tho  trial  of  .Marshal 
Bazaino,  and  it  is  expected  will  reveal  many  Im¬ 
portant  facts  connected  with  the  early  history' 
of  the  Franco-Ufcrman  war. 

A  lao  named  Fahey,  living  near  Schuyler. 
Neb.,  and  subject  to  fits  of  insanity,  knocked 
hi*  sister  senseless  recently  with  a  gun,  and 
afterward  boat  out  Ills  father's  brains  with  the 
butt  of  the  same  weapon. 

According  to  official  sanitary  reports,  since 
July  16  there  have  been  3,030  cases  of  cholera  at 
Vienna,  of  which  1,230  terminated  fatally.  For 
the  first  time  in  several  months,  no  new  cases 
wore  reported  yesterday. 

Nearly  half  a  million  of  money  has  been 
voted  by  the  Legislative  assembly  in  Australia 
for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  require¬ 
ments  of  the  new  F.duoation  act  in  the  colony 
for  the  present  year. 

- - — ♦-*-* - 

DOMESTIC  NEWS. 


New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

Eleven  of  the  rescued  Polaris  crew  arrived 
on  t  he  5th,  and  were  at,  once  taken  to  Washing¬ 
ton,  wluwo  an  investigation  has  been  ordered 
The  great  dry  goad*  house  of  Peake,  Opdyks  A 
C«.,  suspended  on  the  4th — Sprague  and  Rod- 
man,  tho  Brooklyn  defaulters,  have  been  indict¬ 
ed  by  tho  Grand  Jury . The  Graphic  balloon 

finally  started  on  the  0th . A  Concrtsa  of 

women  is  to  be  held  during  tho  month _ Gen. 

Van  Buren  has  returned  from  Europe — James 
Brown  of  Brown  Bros.  &  Co.  has  given  Union 
Theological  Seminary$300,UW....Mr.  ISradlaugh 
has  given  a  long  lecture  on  the  Irish  question.. 

A  Mi  a  Ida  \V.  Vail  has  been  killed  in  Jersey 
City  by  an  abort  joniitt ;  all  the  parties  have  been 

arrested _ The  French  and  Welsh  branches  of 

the  Alliance  have  held  reunions . On  the  6th 

the  Colonel  of  the  New  Jersey  Third  Regiment 
visited  the  city  with  his  men;  after  the  review 

lie  was  arrested  for  debt . Baby  farming  still 

attracts  attention . .  .The  Old  Cat  hoik’-  of  Eu¬ 
rope  sent  a  long  letter  to  the  Evang  alloal  Al¬ 
liance,  which  was  received  with  much  applause 
onthc8t.li-  Father  Hyacinthe  sent,  a  letter  to 
the  Alliance  .The  removal  of  Control  Ur  Green 
is  demanded  by  the  Reform  Afc*oci  ‘lion  The 
shooting  at  Greed  moor  commenced  o.n  the  8th 

Brooklyn  gave  an  immense  weico  (ue  to  I  ho 
Alliance  on  the  8th ...  It  is  thought  t  he  Union 

Trust  Co.  will  resume _ On  tho  loth  t  tiere  were 

7  sessions  of  tbo  Evangelical  Ailiauco,  with 

very  large  audiences . On  the  10th  7  Jurors 

hu(l  been  obtained  Tor  the  now  trial  of  stokes 

_ Tho  Cubans  have  quietly  observed  their  5th 

Anniversary  of  lndepenaeuco.  . .  A  flugarhou-e 

on  Wall  street  has  failed . C.  A.  Sprague  of 

Brooklyn  lias  been  arraigned  for  embuzzllng..  . 
The  Irish  have  hold  a  total  abstinence  move¬ 
ment  in  irvlng  Hall  ...Irving,  who  professos  to 
know  something  of  tho  Nathan  murder,  has 

arrived  Dorn  San  Francisco . Grave  charges 

have  been  brought,  against  Controller  Green. . . . 
The  debt  of  the  city  and  county  i6  over  $135,- 
000,000. 

Home  New*. 

The  yellow  fever  claimed  153  Victims  in 
Memphis  for  the  week  ending  Got-  5th  500 
Indians  witnessed  the  execution  of  th*;  Modocs. 

They  died  bravely . Boston  will  gjve  Joseph 

Area  a  recaption . The  Merconrke'  Uuloa 

Bank  of  Dubuque  has  lost  $30(1.000  from  embez¬ 
zlement .  .The  Illinois  Liquor  law  has  been 

declared  constitution  I...  A  man  has  been  mur¬ 
dered  near  Paterson,  X.  J — V  women  has  been 
murdered  at  Bull’s  Ferry,  N.  J  It  is  probable 
the  next,  Cotujre&n  will  tnvestfig,  to  tho  Wash¬ 
ington  Boara  of  Public  Works,  the  Pacific  Mali 
Steamship  and  railway  jobs,  the  First  National 
Bank  failure,  the  Vienna  scandal,  and  the 
charges  against  Judges  Sbcrmar.  and  Deinhay. . 
Connecticut  has  voted  In  favor of  making  II  art - 
ford  the  capital  The  Pro:  idem  ha*  -tent  10.000 
army  rations  to  Memphis,  v  -re  the  yellow 
fever  rages  fearfully  .  -  Deputy  .Marshal  W.  A. 
Burton  Ima  been  murdered  in  Paris,  Ky  Tbc 
National  Metropolitan  Bank  of  Washington 
will  resume  .  The  Graphic  balloon  far  Europe 

landed  in  Oouueoticut . 800  eases  of  yellow' 

fever  on  the  6th,  and  73  deaths  I  a  7*1  em  pills  . . . 
New  York  Liberals  have  held  a  convention  at 
Elmira  ...  Three  largely ; attended  sessions  of 
the  Alliance  were  held  In  New  York  city  on 

the  8th  . The  War  Department  wilt  punish 

tho  raiding  Cheyennes  as  soon  as  possible . 

Mr.  Wilkie, Collins  has  read  in  Albany  and  Troy 


...  On  the  8th  there  were  100  new  cases  of  yel¬ 
low  fever  in  Memphis:  on  the  9th  there  were 

80  deaths  and  1,000  case3  . The  Indian  chiefs 

gnntnnta  and  Big  Tree  have  been  released 
Some  300  Indians  have  made  a  raid  into  Arkan¬ 
sas  Valley,  Colorado..  Nothing  la  known  about 
who  will  be  the  new  Chief-Justice  ...Charles¬ 
town,  Brighton  and  West  Roxbury  have  been 
annexed  t,<?  Boston  A  commission  of  live  has 
been  made  to  erect  a  military  prison  a'.  Rock 
l-land,  11J  .  .The  defalcation  af  the  Lowell, 
Mass.,  cashier,  amounts  to  $10,000  .  -  There  was 
a  slight  snow  storm  in  Pennsylvania  on  the  7ih 
..  .Delaware  Co..  N.  Y.,  has  had  8  inches  of 
snow  Tho  deaths  at  Shreveport  from  yellow 
r»vnr  reach  600 . . .  Gen.  McClellan  has  gone  to 
Europe. 

Firvs. 

Hale  a  block  of  stores  in  Wiltshire,  O.,  on 
tho  4th;  loss.  $J  8,000...  Pork  packinghouse  in 
Baltimore  on  the  6th  ;  loss,  $25,000  .. Foundry 

at  Rutland,  Vt.,  on  the  4th  ;  loss,  $8,000.  ..Bark¬ 
er's  tobacco  factory  in  Detroit  on  the  5th  ;  loss, 
$15,000  Oil  cloth' factory  in  Newark,  N.  J..on 
Lire  4th ;  loss,  $<i0,000. .  Mullins’  planing  mill  In 
Montreal  on  the  4th  ;  loss,  $30, ICO  . .  On  the  8th 
there  were  3  incendiary  fires  in  towns  In  Wcst- 
chester  Co.,  X.  Y.,  destroying  33  buildings  at  a 
loss  of  $115,000  over  Insurance*.  The  fires  took 
place  at  Mount  Vernon,  Morrisonia  and  West 

Farms _ On  tho  0th  6  houses  on  Clark  street, 

New  Orleans,  and  stores  on  St.  Charles  street 
and  Commercial  Place ;  loss.  $90,000. 

- - 

FOREIGN  NEWS. 


IVIfftcellRneona  Foreign  New*. 

The  Spanish  rebels  have  made  a  landing  at 
Gavcncha  for  pillage.  They  have  evacuated 
Estelle  .350  French  Deputies  will  support. the 
restoration  of  tho  monarchy  The  formation 
of  a  Bonaparte  League  In  Paris  has  been  pro¬ 
hibited  ...Republican  deputies  are  hastening 
to  Paris.  ...Anarchy  prevails  In  tho  Fiji  Islands 
, . . Sir  Char  It-  Landseer  v,  as  burled  from  St. 
Paul's  on  the  11th  There  has  been  a  financial 
panic  in  Alexandria  .  ..It  will  he  proposed  in 
the  French  Assembly  to  restore  tho  monarchy 
on  the  basis  of  the  Charter  of  1814.  If  the  min¬ 
isters  resign,  a  new  Cabinet  will  be  agreed  upon 
. . . Carllsts  arc  losing  ground  in  the  north  of 
Spain  ..  Marshal  Bazalne'a  trial  com monced  on 
the  0th  The  eastern  lauding  for  the  Japan 

cable  has  been  decided  upon . The  French 

Assembly  will  propose  to  allow  the  people  to 
elect  a  monarch.  ..Hazaine  is  charged  with  pur¬ 
suing  personal  aim  -  to  the  profit  of  the  coemy 

_ Spain  declines  the  offer  of  a  battalion  of 

Greeks  .The  Count  de.  Chnmbord  Is  living  two 
miles  from  Geneva.  The  member* of  the  Bight 
will  consult,  with  him.  Republican  members 
of  the  Assembly  hold  a  mooting  In  Paris  on  the 
9th  ;  100 delegate*  wore  present  A  large  num¬ 
ber  of  .spectators,  including  many  American*, 
attend  the  trial  of  Bazalne...Thn  international 
Judicial  Congress  la  in  session  at  Brussels  , 
Carl i sts  have  boon  defeated  at  Ciranqui. . . .  The 
Emperor  of  Germany  will  arrive  in  Vienna  OH 
the  lfith. ..Tho  railway  from  Bombay  to  Madras 
has  been  completed..  .Spain  will  irupOBe  a  duty 

oj  5  percent,  on  all  wines  exported .  In  the 

trial  of  Bazaino,  great  stress  is  laid  on  his  fail¬ 
ure  to  move  from  Metz  when  infoimtd  of  Mac- 
Mahon’s  advance  A  great  victory  ha*  been 
g lined  over  the  Gari ists  at  Agarzura  Carta¬ 
gena  is  to  be  attacked  soon  on  all  sides  by  the 
Government  fleet  —  There  havo  beet)  great  fes¬ 
tivities  at  Copenhagen  over  tho  unveiling  of  a 
statue  Ol'  Frederick  VII  .  The  Danish  Rigsdag 
has  opened  Bishop  Bolnkena  hue  taken  the 
oath  of  allegiance  to  Germany. . .  .Tho  troubles 
in  Coaliutla,  Mexico,  are  threatening  .The 
cannonading  of  Cartagena  commenced  on  the 

8th _ M.  Grevyof  Paris  lias  published  u  letter 

in  favor  of  a  Republic .  The  Italian  Govern¬ 

ment  will  not  publish  a  note  explanatory  of 
the  King’s  visit,  to  Berlin. 

■s  »■» 

SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 


Tho  Rnocn  of  dairy  implements  la  the  Blan¬ 
chard  Churn.  An  excellent  name  for  a  really 
fxrst-class  article. 


THE  MARKETS. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 


New  York,  Monday.  Oct.  13, 1878. 
Receipts.— Tho  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  as  follows : 


Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  878 

Egg*.  bbls .  7,823, 

Flour,  bbls .  Sfi.OOOi 

Wheat,  bush . 2,IW2,OU0 

Corn,  busli .  800, m 

Oats,  bush .  ..  1X1,941 

live,  bush .  15, 500 

Barley,  bush .  »VXIU 

Moll,  bush .  11,8  11 

Beans  bush...  ...  8,090 

Cora  moii i,  bbls...,  S43 

torn  meul,  baa*...  300 


Octton.  bales .  13,900 

Hops,  bale* .  370 

Plumule,  bags .  To 

Cut  meats,  pkg*,..,  3,050 

Fork,  bbls .  300 

Beet,  pkga .  575 

Lard.pku .  3,475 

Butter,  okgs .  19,200 

Choose,  pkg*..,  ...  29.450 

Wool,  bales .  U*5 

Grass  coed,  bush...  — 
Dressed  Hors.  No..  — 


Boa  n*  and  Pea*.— Exports  of  beans  rust  week, 
none ;  of  peas,  1.275  bush.  'There  ib  a  shade  of  better 
feeling  thla  week,  but  prices  do  not  show  it  as  yet. 
Few  marrows  are  included  In  tho  receipts.  I’ci  beans 
sell  for  Eastern  use.  The market  is  about  bnre  of 
peas,  either  free  or  bond.  Southern  B.  E.  peas  have 
declined.  Green  peas  ha  •  r  sale. 

The  quotations  are:— For  now  madlmnr,  82.10452.26 
for  prime,  and  H-bOiV-MiU  for  other  grades;  prituemur- 
rcrwfaia,  $2.9098;  other  grOee,  il .50@2,7o;  prime  pea 
bean*,  52.Tft3i.SC ;  do.  fair  lorn  down  to  ^2.30<">2.j0; 
kidney,  rod,  $l.y5.  Peas,  M.LVilA'D  tor  Cs-nndoiyn,  in 
bulk  and  bond.  Green,  oew,$i.75C3>l,&0i  do.,$1.25!^L7U. 
Southern B.  E.  peas,  tkiAo.:ro  r  bushel. 

Beeswax.— Salesare  slow  and  prices  ruthor  week; 
Western  and  Southern.  il>4®33c. 


Broom  Corn.— Prtoes  without  change.  The 

few  lots  received  havo  brought  full  late  prices. 

We  qu. /to Long,  green  hurl,  prime  to  oureco.  12® 
lie,;  snort  and  meqjvun  bro*u,  choice  gr*>ee,  U1& 
He.  Medium  qualities.  red-Oppod.  JH&BC.;  oomn*w 
qualities,  red,  coarse  and  stemmy.  IlsOtJc. 

Butter.— The  market  has  shown  a  more  ravovabio 
movement  for  the  past  few  days.  Buyers  are  in¬ 
quiring  liberally  torture  Western,  but  la  Its  rosc-noo 
they  have  again  began  to  work  upon  soofl  *weet  lots 
of  under  guide  st-nto.  Brines  are  linohanged—  in  fact, 
dealer*  are  generally  disposed  to  start  trudeagoln  at 
tho  moderate  rates  settled  Upon  at  our  last.  The 
weather  1*  cool,  and  as  usual  tins  month,  stock  has 
uot  *lmwn  it*  full  merit  during  watm  spells,  tries 
out  better  ami  obtains  more  attention  from  the  me¬ 
dium  elur.s  of  market  buyers.  The  grocery  trade  ia 
still  using  Hue.  This  b  oneof  the  period* of  thu  year 
thai  increases  the  caution  required  In  selecting  fine 
rend) -selling  stock  for  best  use.  A  great  feature  of 
the  butter  trade  of  iatu  years  is  the  package  pur¬ 
chases  of  families;  and  us  this  is  the  reputable  month 
for  fancy  make  for  winter  holding,  grocens  have  to 
supply  a  perfect  article  lu  the  ordinary  dally  sales, 
or  customers  leave  them  to  pick  up  their  winter  re¬ 
serve  earlier  than  Is  profitable. 


n 


We  quote  Orange  county  calls,  fancy,  SS®.  10c.; 
other  good  palls,  SlfeMo.;  poor  lo  s,  200330. ;  State 
flrkins  and  half  tuba,  line,  3l03ue.,  In  lines,  und  38fe 
37c.  for  selections  •  fair  to  good  State,  26<<43Qc.:  Welsn 


toswoc. 

Cheese.  The  general  market  lms  been  decidedly 
In  tho  seller’s  favor.  Wo  have  hud  very  light  re¬ 
ceipts,  a*  during  the  flnunclul  flurry  shipments  for¬ 
ward  were  materially  limited,  and  with  shippers  in 
the  market  far  larger  Hues,  more  particularly  of 
“  gilt-edged  stock,” m  couuectlon  wltu  the  Increased 
cost  In  the  interior,  14Xm  has  been  mudeforuhuioust 
lines. 

Fine  and  choice  factory,  14fe14Xc.  j  do.  good  to 
prime.  13X>?  Like.:  fair  lota,  12c.;  State  Rita  dairy, 

Sood  to  p,  me.  BJffeWMo.;  do.  fair  lot*.  11X012  Jfcv 
o.  Skimmed,  SfeOc.:  Western,  fine  chuddar,  120  12XC.; 
do.  good  flat,  I2V013O-;  do.  fair  lots,  UX012c.;  sk:;n- 
mea,  6fe8o.;  English  dairy,  11  H0I2XC. 

Cider.— New  ranges  at  144420c..  ns  to  quality.  Cider 
vinegar,  2)fe23c.  Market  for  vinegar  dull,  the  light 
crop  of  pickles  this  year  having  decreased  the  de¬ 
mand. 

Cotton.— New  has  arrived  freely,  latterly,  and  in 
this  connection,  with  tho  lute  dllflculty  in  handling 
foreign  exchange,  produces  adeeltnein  prices.  Quo¬ 
tations  for  now  are  as  follows,  based  upon  stock  In 
warehouses  running  lo  quality  not  more  than  hulf  a 
grade  above  or  below  the  classlflcatlon. 

Uplands.  Alabftinn.  NewOrlrans  Thxhs. 


Good  Ordinary. 


14X 

UK 

UK 

UK 

ItiX 

16* 

16X 

1<!  K 

17X 

17  H 

17« 

17  X 

17  Y 

18X 

1*  K 

1SX 

1ST4 

18X 

I8jf 

1954 

vox 

Middling . 


Dried  Fruits. -Apples  bold  tlrtnly.  with  a.  mod¬ 
erate  shipping  business.  Peaches  unobanged,  with 
trade  qti  i.  Blackberries  lower  and  dull. 

Southern  apples,  0657c.;  do.  now,  1  64 4c.;  State 
9c.;  V\  ostern,  TX'owSc.  Black 
berries,  ia.u  14c.  reeled  peatmen,  prime  Georgia  and 
North  Carolina,  13019a.:  uupeeled,  OfeDXt-  for  imlvas 
and  6,J>iijj>7c.  for  quarters  Pitted  cherries.  27c.  for 
State  lino  .Southern.  Ku.snborrlos,  new.  O  f  .7c.  New 

peolod  poaches,  20®25c.  Southern  apples,  now ,  7fe.se.; 
do.  rt  iced.  8010c.  CuHIorula plums, 32fe35e.;  do.  peurs, 
■f-feJOc. 

Eggs.— Sales  are  Blow,  and  as  llio  deliveries  hero 
are  larger,  prices  are  weak,  dales  at  2602OXC.  for 
Western;  Canadliuj,2 tia'y.lXc.;  Southern.  25026c., and 
276524c.  for  Stall,  and  Pennsylvania. 

Flour.  -Prices  are  unsettled  with  a  dull  trade  and 
liberal  umvula.  Shippers  have  been  cheeked  in  ope- 
rating  to  auy  extent  through  tho  low  rate  of  ex- 


Flonr.  -Prices  are  unsettled 
liberal  arrivals.  Shippers  have 
rating  to  auy  extent  through 
change. 

No.  2 . 

Fnpertlnc  State . 

Extra  do  . . . . 

Fancy  do . . . . 

Suportlne  Western... . 

Extra.  do . . . 

M I  uuesuta  oxtras. . . 

Western,  white  wuuat... . 

Bound  hoop  Ohio . 

Trade  brand*  do . 

Southern,  extra . . 

Double  extras... . 

Bye  flour.  . . 

Corn  tnoul,  Jersey . 

Brandywine . 


. *3  760  b  (10 

.  6  25fefl  W 

. «  6  75 

.  7  20®  7  00 

. 6  2  '»fe  U  10 

.  B  500  7  00 

.  7  25fel0  2.7 

.  7  750  8  63 

.  (1  lio®  7  00 

.  7  2064  8  00 

.  0  7.10  8  23 

.  B  OUfelO  50 

.  4  ltx^  6  0L> 

.  3  30jS  3  40 

. 8  Wife  4  00 


thy  l»  lower,  offering  at  $3.  Bough  flax  is  offering 
at  $2.1502.20. 

Tobacco.— Business  is  Improving  from  shippers, 
and  there  is  sufficient  lifo  to  general  trade  to 
strengthen  values. 

qUOTATtONS— NEW  CROP. 

Light  Grades.  Henry  Grades. 

Lugs . 7  ®  7X'o.  7!*i»  7«e. 

Good  do.  ...  73464  8‘<c.  7life  HJ^c. 

Common  to  medium  leaf.  SX®  0XC-  9  fe  }<m<s. 

Good  go.  ..10  64  lUXc.  U  ®  13 

Flue  do.  ..H  0  12  c.  12X0  13  c. 

Selections . 12Xfe  13  c.  13,X®  l& 

8ERULKAF  CROP  Of  1371. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  tillers . 11  0  11  c. 

seconds . 12  fe  25  c. 

wrappers.. . . . 40  64  55  C. 

selections . . . 00  &  <5  e. 

New  York  Oilers . 10  Oil  c. 

wrappers . is  ®  11 . 

assorted  lots . 11  <e>  J  *  c. 

Pennsylvania  tillers . . . 12  felt  c. 

wrappers . . . »  6®  nfl  e. 

assorted  lots . . . 18  fe  28  c. 

Ohio  tillers...  . 0  60  8  e. 

wrappers... . 18,  ©  •>»  c. 

assorted  lots.......... . 9.X0  12  e. 

WlBoonsin  assorted  lots . . . 8  fe  9  e. 

Vegetables.  -  Exporta  of  potatoes  past  week, 
4,lf,0  bbl*.;  oulonn,  735  Uhl*.  Potatoes  are  Inactive  and 
prims  uluse  eiislei’.  Onions  arc  firmer,  as  the  export 
demand  bus  begun  to  usd  them.  Sweet  potatoes  were 
low  at  the  first  of  the  week,  but  the  oflbrtug  has  been 
comfortabl  y  worked  down,  and  prices  are  steadier. 

We  quote  Early  Hose,  $1.7302  V  bht.,  In  built. 
Poach  Blow,  .7  do.:  Puurless,  $1.5001.7.*  do. 

Potatoes  In  double  beads,  add  22c.  d  bbl.  Sweet  po¬ 
tatoes,  VlrRtalu.Sa.&OfeftlV  lib). ;  In  bags.  M.35««2.50; 
Delaware.  fc.f-'dWJtl  V  bb).  Onions.  ('  bb).,  (-'■  >fe3 
tiir  red,  FKfllf.’h  for  yellow,  uml  JtfeS  fur  white  Maf- 
row  s  innsb,  $1.25  7'  bbl.:  Hubbard.  81-75  du.  Carrots, 
S2.  KuhbIii  turttlpv  *1.3701.03.  Garlic,  7'  ICO  strings, 
$12-  Pumpkins,  100,  $108. 

w.  11.  CLARK,  Tolland,  Conn.— Quotations  for  Do¬ 
mestic  onions  are  always  Inte-uled  to  be  reported  for 
bbl*.  Foreign  stock,  snob  n*  Bermuda  and  Portu¬ 
gese,  are  quoted,  wheu  in  Be  ison.  uncording  to  the 
Ktylo  oi  p  icltage*— hampers,  boxes  or  bbl*. 

Whisky  —Is  docldodly  lower,  with  liberal  supplies, 
closing  at  31  e. 

•  Woul.— The  tone  of  tho  market  shows  no  Improve¬ 
ment.  Hero  and  there  a  few  lots  are  being  taken  by 
uninufHnturcrs.  and  cash  buyers  obtain  concessions. 
Generally,  holders  carry  tholr  supplies  with  eonti- 
denco,  expecting  uu  early  resumption  of  important 

Ohio,  Pennsylvania  anil  Weal  Virginia  fleeces.  52® 
Me.  for  XX  and  4U®5lc.  for  X;  New  York,  Michigan 
and  Wisconsin.  IVfeiPe.  for  XX  arid  476649c.  for  X: 
luillann,  Kuntuoky  and  Tonuessee,  47050c.  for  XX 
and  4401 tic.  for  X  ;  Illinois,  Iowa  and  Minnesota,  1564 
47o.  for  XX  and  44047c.  for  X  ;  pulled.  45fe30c.  for  ex¬ 
tra,  IhiCllo.  for  super  and  80®33c.  for  No.  1. 


Hogs.  Thoro  was  a  slight  decrease  In  the  value 


i;X647;>6c.  ;  light  pigs.  He.  Trade  improved  Friday 
forenoon,  wlteu  live  weru  worth  &H®53<0.;  elty  dress¬ 
ed,  Gfe73<c. 


elty  dreas- 


Ifreih  Fruita.— Apples  are  In  good  demand,  but- 
too  plenty  to  quote  quite  as  strong  as  at  our  last. 
We  quote  mixed,  g8.nj3.25  p  bbl  :  selected  lota  and 
fancy  small  lota,  f  3.60698.7.7 :  olbur,  S7. 50642.76.  Pears 
continue  abundant!  in  fact,  tno  steady  largo  supply 
wo  have  had  this  season  checks  late  soles.  Prices 
remain  eu:jy,as  follows:— Bartletts, uoe  house,) f t®8 

fior  bhh:  SookOl, $Afel2 ;  Louise. 3a«4a:  choice  Virgal- 
ou,  1 10— running  uneven  this  year;  Duchess,  $1648  i 
some  lots  nave  no  vale ;  Cooking,  Crapes  are 

a  little  Urtoer,  hnt  still  approam table  for  all  buyers. 
CoueOrds,  lu  small  boxes,  7fe8e  ;  loose,  UuySe.-  Dela¬ 
ware  uiid  Catawba,  Sfello.;  Iona,  Bfelle.  Cranberries 
are  la  good  supply,  and  there  is  trade  enough  to  es¬ 
tablish  u  price.  \V e  learn  tuore  will  bo  an  effort  made, 
this  ueasou,  to  introduce  this  Product  into  E'uope 
We  quote  litpe  Cod,  In  bids.,  sBfeU.'.U;  N.  J.  boxes, 
$2.50®2  for  good  to  prime ;  pour  to  fair,  $1iw2.  Chest¬ 
nuts  will  be  plenty,  and  the  present  high  rates  of 

f8..  0  *9.50  per  bush,  are  only  tool  porary.  Hickory  outs 
t2.o0®2.75  per  bush.  Beunuht  quiet  at  late  prices. 

Uruin.— Brices  generally  hnve  been  depressed 
and  lower,  under  tree  arrivalu.  with  the  shipping 
business  limited  through  the  difficulty  lu  negotiating 
exchange. 

Wheat,  Mil.,  No.  2 . . *1.3964*1.4* 

do.  1 .  1.416*  1.1.7 

China  o.  No.  2 .  1.37®  1.39 

Red  Western,  new . . .  1.55s*  1.00 

Amber  do  . .  l.lKFi  l.nl 

White .  1.05®  1.76 

Bye,  Western... . . 

New  State .  90®95c. 

Barley  malt.  Canada  West .  1.50®  1.10 

Corn,  Steamer... .  01®ii2c. 

Sail . . .  <l3fetHc. 

White .  flSfeOBKe. 

Southern . .  t:6®o"c. 

Oats,  Western  mixed .  S3fe65c. 

White . 

Barley,  Western . .  1.45®  1.50 

State,  twu-rowed .  Mb®  — 

do.  four-rowed.- .  1,66®  1,06 

Hny  uml  straw,— Shipping  grades  arid  strictly 
prime  retailing  qualities  ure  wanted  at  full  late 
prices.  Straw  i>  plenty  and  dull. 

We  quote  prituu  Timothy,  per  ton,  $27fe28;  do.,  fair 
to  good,  do.,  per  bin,  $22®20 ;  do.,  shipping  grade, 
per  ton,  MU:  do.  clover,  good,  per  ton,  $18;  do..  In¬ 
ferior,  per  ton,  flffelfj.  Straw,  long,  per  ton,  *18®17; 
do.,  short,  per  ton,  $15 ;  do.,  oat,  tier  Ion,  $Ufel5. 

Uoney.— There  Is  a  fair  display  of  white  clover. 
Choice  loti  only  meet  with  sale.  Wo  quote  white  clo¬ 
ver,  In  glass  boxes,  SO®3uc,;  buckwheat  do.,  nominal, 

26®  27  c. 

Hops. -The  arrivals  have  been  laritq1,  and  prices 
havij  uoelliiiid.  Trade  is  very  slow.  Tuu  irregularity 
that  exists  In  the  Interior  morn  or  loss  unsettles  the 
general  market,  leading  tho  trade  here  to  await  de¬ 
velopments. 

We  quote  prime  and  choice  new,  45®50c. ;  good, 
do..  42®45c.;  talr  do..  40e.;  choice  State,  ls72  cron,  87o.; 
good,  3 jc.;  poor,  »!«>.,  30c.;  Eastern,  ’72  crop,  3ufe37c.; 
Wisconsin.  do.,30S>35c.  for  good  and  prime  lota. 

Poultry  awl  tiume,  —  Dressed  poultry  arrives 
regular,  but  nothing  extra  lu  quall'v  from  the  State 
or  West.  W>-  quote  Ihmnsylvanla  and  New  Jersey 
fowls  and  (SblckeiH.  186622c.;  State,  l&iilUc.:  Western, 
l&SoiHc,  Turkeys,  N.  J.,  kOfe'tic. :  Stale  and  Western. 
lCfeZlC.  Western  ducks,  17fe2Lu.  Live  poultry  sells 
well,  i.heu  quality  favors  it.  Wo  quote  Western 
fowls  and  chickens,  12wL5e,;  New  Jersey.  lii'j&17c.;  tur¬ 
keys.  16@lce.;  Ducks,  New  Jersey,  $1®J,25  »i  pair; 
We.-  tern,  ti7'j».v«.t  Gc  (•«',  N.  J.,  $2.7.5:;*3;  do.  Western, 
$1.76® 2.  Game  Is  In  only  moderate  supply  for  the 
requirements  01  cooler  weather.  Figoons,  stall  fed, 
826*2.25  V  dozen  ;  do.  flight,  picked,  $1,25®  1.37 :  wood- 
oock,  7fifeS0c.i  paxlrtdjfps,  75®85e  for  best  lino  tOfeOOc. 
for  poor-  hares,  85c.  V  pair.  Venison,  whole  deer. 
l5t*lCc.;  saddles,  do.,  20fex2c. 

Provlsloua.— The  general  market  has  been  more 
or  less  dtaturbu't  by  the  money  orcssuru  and  decline 
In  tho  cold  premium.  L'ruio:-  nro  decidedly  lower. 
iHhort  clear,  for  winter  delivery,  7'Yc.;  long  and  short 
c  ear,  together,  half-and-half, tK&j  lone  clear,  7)ic. 

Beef  hams  choice  Western  $22;  Texas  prime, 
K?0i*22:  do.  fair  lota,  fliitUH.  Lard,  new,  at  8  3- 16c. 
for  Western  steam  on  spot*  t  3- Me.  for  October ; 
8i4e.  for  November.  Loug  dear,  BJfe. :  short  clour, 
9UC-;  short  rib.  '.’®35<c.  M.-s.i  pork,  *10.75,  spot; 
western  pflmi  mess  at  *15.76010.50,  Oressoa  ho«», 
city,  5k<i7e.  Cut-meats  are  selling  at  ll'y,  12c.  for 
hams,  loos*' i  7Xr-'.  for  shoulders,  loose;  9®llc.  for 
pickled  bellies,  loose,  itoxoa  dry-salted  ghouloers, 
5J*'c.  for  wmter  delivery.  Smoked  meats  at  l'lfellc. 
for  loose  ImitiM.  8  e.  for  loose  shoulders.  Tallow  at 
TJfc.  tor  prime  shoe*.  Beef,  .selling  at  $96411.75  for 
barreled  uew  plain  mess,  f  125,13.60  for  extra  mess. 
Tleroed  beef,  new,  for  short  delivery,  at  *16019  for 
new  India  mess,  $ls®20  for  new  extra  indla  mess. 

Heeds.— New  Clover  Is  In  better  supply  and  offered 
at  lOKc.,  but  shippers  refuse  to  pay  this  price.  Tlmo- 


Horse  llurhet.— The  f  o’ lowing  soles  have  boon 
effeetedut  auction  t— 5  head  of  poor  quality  Mght  har- 
riesa  hOfsos,  $5,5®2  '  p  bend  ;  8  pairs  of  fair  do.,  *385® 
1125  F  head  ;  2U  head  Of  ordinary  do.  *100®2ft2  t*  bead  : 
l  pony,  67U.  A  few  head  of  draught  horBOS  have  boon 
sold  at  private,  at  *30U!y>40<)  v  head.  10  horses  arrived 
nor  Erie  Bailway,  via  Dtik  Ojlff  Station:  85  hows  per 
Central  Now  Jorsoy  Ball  road,  via  Liberty  St.  Ferry. 

Monday'*  Still-*.— Beeves.—' Trade  on  a  heavy 
run  Of  Inferior  quality,  Steers  was  slow  at  1c.  4'  It. 
loss  than  on  but  Monday.  Beeves  sold  ut  CKfelSkOi 
7)  tb.,  weights,  1  Hi.«ll  cwt.;  the  herds  to  baud  were 
not  closed  off  ut  uoon. 

Alilrli  Costs.— On  a  light  ruu  of  good  quality 
cows,  such  like  were  tn  demand;  poor  cuwa  could 
not  ho  forced  off ;  10  bead  sold  at  *48® 80  41  head. 

Veal*.  There  was  a  brisk  dunmnd  and  a  Baht  run 
of  smooth  quality  veals:  prices  rnngod  at  'JHfelOe. 
tt.;  grass  oulvua,  *5®8  1H  head. 

Hlieep  and  I.ninb-.  'IVado  was  fair.  Sheep  sold 
In  largo  lots  at  3M®«!<c.  >4  T»>.;  lambs,  6X080,  U>- 

Tho  flocks  to  hand  were  not  cleared  off  at  uoon. 
quality  ranged  from  fab'  to  good. 

Hogs  ,— 0  cars  of  Ohio  hogs,  average  weight 200  lbs. 
19  head,  sold  at  $5.10  V  cwt.;  I  cars  Co.,  177  lbs.,  *5.12>* 
41  n>.  OBy  dressed  Dot  quoted  at  noon. 

•  RECEIPTS  OV  LIVE  STOCK. 


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ROCHESTER,  Oct.  9. -There  Is  a  hotter  feel- 
Ing  In  the  produce  market,  though  without  much 
change  In  price.  Flour  «tcady  and  unchanged.  Wheat, 
$1.70 '*  1.80  for  host  white  *1.85®1.70  for  amber,  and 
*1. 500 LOO  for  red  winter.  Burley  active  at  an  ad¬ 
vance  ;  $1.20  1.30  for  fmi r-rowoil,  and  $1®1.05  for  two- 
rowed.  Oats,  150480.  Corn,  WliO-le.  for  Western,  and 
70  for  State.  Apples  ore  lirin  uml  to  good  shipping 
demand,  at  *1.7503  »i  bbl,  for  winter  fruit;  iall  fruit, 
*1.0002.50.  Quinces.  *2  F  bit.,  or  *5  *  bhl.  for  ship¬ 
ping.  Boars,  8101.75  0  ho.  Potatoes,  *1.25  'i  bbl.  for 
Early  Bow ;  *1  for  Peerless.  Dressed  bogs,  $707.25 
V  cwt.  ;  tiami,  I20tic.  v  16.;  shoulders,  8fe10c.  Noth¬ 
ing  doing  In  worn,  anil  prices  nominally  unchanged. 
Timothy  seed.  *i.26®2.di  P  bit.;  clover  seed,  *8.50® 
e.'.a.  Butter  scarce ;  good  tots  readily  bring  3ilo., and 
Inferior  to  ordinsry,  c.  Eggs  scarce;  210380.; 
retailing  at  30c.  Dried  apples, 5fe5HC.  F  k>.  Grapes, 
7fel0c,  F  Ti>g  fancy  varieties,  us  Iona  uml  Salem,  10® 
12o.  llay  market  Ib  better  supplied,  but  prices  ure 
high ;  *18®27  <3  tou. 

- 4  *  » 

COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

Little  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Got.  4,  1878. 

The  market  at  Little  FalU,  for  the  week  ending 
Oct.  llth,  was  brisk,  both  for  farm  dairies  and  facto¬ 
ries.  The  delivery  of  the  former  amounted  to  UOO 
boxes,  and  Bales  were  rondo  ut  12>4013c.—  the  bulk 
going  at  UkC-  Factories  were  wc.ll  represented,  tho 
off oi  ings  amounting  to  from  12,000  to  16,000  boxes. 
Tno  top  price  was  13>*c.,  though  In  one  ur  two  in¬ 
stances  liifc.  was  readied.  The  sales  amounted  to 
S.fMi  boxes.  Wo  give  the  lending  transactions  us 
follow* : 

a  .cry  it  Ive*,  1 V)  at  1334c.;  Bethel,  95, 1334c.;  Bronk- 
ett's  BrldSb,  150.  133<e. ,  Urciokni&u’*  Corners,  200, 
l'\e.,  Central  V Alley.  201,  13X0-;  Cold  Creek,  200, 
l,t Xu.;  Charleston.  70,  UXo.;  Cool,  it  Ivoh,  100,  !3Xc.; 
Uountrypiun,  HO,  UKfi-i  cmynur’a  Corners,  120, 13Xo.: 
Dairy  Hill,  I8XC.;  Kugiu,  2(ki,  DiMv.;  FulrOeia  Associ¬ 
ation,  800,  13X0.;  North  Kalrflvld,  J6U.  13|go. ;  Flat 
(rook.  111,  Tike.:  Freeman,  75,  )3Xc. ;  Fulton,  175, 
IH'-i'c.,  Olen.7'.,  l3Xc.;  Herkunor  Colon,  107,13c.;  Her¬ 
kimer  Co.  Central,  111),  1 IX1  .;  J.  D.  fve*.  150,  13X0.; 
JohnsLun  Cross  ItouU-,  iTi,  iHc.;  Cl  bridge,  124(Au;iibt 
elieesci,  12‘Vc.;  Milo  Strip,  225,  T.'Jfc.;  Keys,  74,  WXc.l 
Block  A.  NellU,  150,  13Xc.;  Geo.  Ludue,  120,  13X0.; 
Msulnum  Turnpike,  l.t)  l'<Xc.;  Mttpletuwii,  TO,  13,Xc.; 
Norway  Assuolutlon,  ltd,  1834c.',  Old  City,  KJO,  13Xc.; 
Wm.  Peel;,  100,  13Xo.;  Hoof,  100,  1334c.;  Boot,  107, 
I8J4C.;  A.  Tmitli  A  Co.,  lot),  13XC.;  Turner  &  Welch, 
180,  1334C.;  Van  Epps,  40,  13J4c.|  Wurrcn  Center,  136, 
1334  c. 

Butter  begins  to  come  forward  moio  freely,  and 
salos  were  made  nt  82(0)31!. 

We  have  advices  from  abroad  to  tho  ltd  week  In 
September.  Our  London  correspondent  Buys  that 
tint*  American  cheese,  uu  al-.o  secondary  uortB,  sold 
freely  the  previous  weok.  Fine  American  Is  quoted 
at  WfeBtls.;  next  prude,  6-ifeiX)M,  Tho  other  descrip¬ 
tions  sold  as  follows English  Cheddar.  76'iVJOs.; 
Wiltshire  dou hi.;,  7Jfer0s.  Dutch  cheese— Edams,  GO® 
70b.:  Gornlils,  Wiadtl*.;  Derby  shape,  GflfeGLs. 

In  butter  iheBupply  Is  not  equal  to  tho  consump¬ 
tion.  Clontnelhs  sells  fur  1j4b.;  Dorset*,  1498.;  Nor¬ 
mandy  extra,  172s.;  Canadian,  90feUOs. 

The  weather  in  Herkimer,  N.  Y.,  is  cool  and  wet, 
and  pasturage  In  reported  scanty.  The  yield  of  milk 
is  light  for  the  season. 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

New  York,  Oct.  11,  1873. 

Beeves.  Trade  opened  brisk  on  Wednesday  last, 
with  general  sales  at  8X  ".13X'c.  i*  extreme  range, 
7®l244c.;  weights,  8074f  cwt.  Ou  Thursday  forenoon 
there  woe  a  heavy  run  for  the  middle  of  the  week, 
and  salee  ranged  at  G340123fc-:  weights.  44409  cwt. 
There  was  a  fair  market  on  Friday  forenoon,  with 
wales  ut  1)012440.;  weights,  GfeScwt.  Hevcrul  lot*  of 
Texan  ataora,  fresh  to  hand,  stood  over  unsold. 
During  the  past  week  Texan  steers,  i\'c<«tf  owt..  sold 
filiivT.we.;  Mlssoari  do.,  common  to  good,  0X0744  cwt., 
11(012X0.1  common  Virginia  do.,  U  cwt.,  10c.:  common 
Kentucky  do.,  (i  cwt.,  lOXc-i  good  do.,  do.,  s  cwt..  l',k*» 
1244c'.;  common  Ohio  do,,  034  cwt.,  lU34®llc.;  Illinois 
do.,  G©7X  cwt.,  llfellXc. 

Milch  Cow*.— Trade  continuea  fair.  On  Wod- 
nMday  last  10  cow  sold  at  *4&ri75  ^  head,  with  a  few 
up  to  *82.:0  V  hea  l.  Throw  rates  held  arm,  according 
to  quality,  on  both  Thursday  and  Frluuy  forenoons. 

VjWl*,— There  has  been  a  good  demand  for  smooth 
quality  vouD,  stucu  our  hist  weekly  report,  at  Dfeloo. 
s'  it.;  coarse  oalves.  0®hxc.;  grass  calves,  *608  $• 
head,  with  yearling  bulls  generally  at  2Xo-  Jersey 
veals,  115  tt>..  IOc.1  State  do.,  1G5  Its.,  SIXC-;  Pcnnsyl- 
vaola  do.,  lOUfeHU  »s„  life. 

Sheep  and  I.auili*.— 'I'bo  quality  of  flocks  now 
to  hand  1ft  generally  tair  to  good  ;  therefore  sales  are 
easy  at  fair  rates.  On  Wndnosduy  last  sheep  sold  at 
f>X®7c.  '(<  ltg  lambs,  7X"«8Xc-  Thursday  sheep  sold 
at  aXfedYc,;  lambs,  8/iS>4c.  Friday  forenoon  sheep 
Mild  at  above  rates,  an  1  several  cars  of  same  stood 
over  unsold,  having  arrived  too  late  for  the  fore¬ 
noon’s  trade ;  lambs,  007340. ;  Jersey  ewes,  05  its., 
5Xc.;  do.,  do.,  100  lbs.,  tic.:  State  sheep,  95  lbs..  6c.; 
Canada  do.,  119  lbs.,  GXc.;  Indiana  do.,  116  lbs.,  CXog 
Ohio  do.,  95  its,,  BXa.;  State  lambs,  77  lbs.,  8Xc- 


SPECIAL  NOTICES, 

No  pny,  if  Dr.  Tobias’  Venetian  Liniment  does 
not  cure  (when  first  taken)  Cholera,  Diarrhea,  Dysen¬ 
tery,  Croup,  Colic  and  80a  Sickness.  Taken  inter¬ 
nally,  warranted  perfectly  harmlroni,  (ueo  oath  accom¬ 
panying  each  bottle),  and  Chronic  Rheumatism,  Sore 
Throats,  Mumps,  Bruises,  Old  Soros,  1’alns  in  the 
Limbs,  Buck  and  Chest.  Externally,  this  Liniment 
blta  been  warranted  for  over  28  yours,  and  not  one 
bottle  returned.  Many  families  have  used  if.  for 
years,  and  state  if  it  was  *1U  per  buttle  they  would 
uot  be  without  It.  Depot,  10  Purk  Place,  New  York. 

The  Heat  “EIiimUc  Truss”  In  tho  World  Is 

sold  by  POMEROV  it  Co.,  744  Broadway,  N.  Y.,  lor 
throe  dollars.  Write  to  them  for  full  particulars. 

Surgical  Elastic  Stockings  for  enlarged  veins, 
and  Supporting  Belts  of  best  quality,  at  Pomeroy’s, 
714  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


§iAm1t.$niwnt0. 

WT  A  ATT1  ¥71  \  Agents  for  the  people’s  pn- 
/Ml  I  Hil  l.  per.  “  THE  CONTKIBir- 
TOR,”  a  sixteen  bilge,  undenominational,  religion*, 
family  Journal.  Thirteen  d"purtment.s.  Rev.  A.  M. 
Earle  write*  for  It.  One  of  the  most  elegant  premi¬ 
um*  over  offered.  Ou/a  *1  a  year.  Agent*  meet  great 
success.  One  says,  ”  Have  made  F-’O  a  day  fur  day* 
in  succession."  Anwther,  “  Made  86  in  three  hours.” 


1  three  hours.” 


Another,  ”  it  sells  itself."  Commission*  large.  For 
terms,  samples,  etc.,  address  J .  II.  Earle,  Boston ,  Mass 

FARM  FOR  SALE. 

An  excellent  Stock  or  Grain  Farm  In  Illinois,  flO 
miles  southwest  from  Chicago;  70UOCTI':1,  WO  Of  which 
Is  fine  woodland;  abundance  of  good  water;  two 
houses  and  barns;  six  miles  from  C.,  IS.  &Q.  II.  R. 
Must  bo  Bold  to  close  uu  estate.  A  rare  himniln  pre¬ 
sented.  Addrcsa  SON.  S.  W.  CHKEVER. 

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Manual  on  Flax  and  llrmip  Culture .  23 

Manual  of  Tobacco  Culture .  2p 

Mason’s  Farrier  and  Bind  Book... .  1  iO 

Alaybew’s  illustrated  I  loise  Management .  8  UO 

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MUus  on  Horse’s  Foot  (cloth) .  76 

Modern  Coukcry  (by  Miss  Auluu  and  Mrs.  8.  J. 

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Norton's  Elcmenta  aclentitlc  Agriculture .  75 

Onlou  Culture .  20 

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Parson*  on  the  Uosu .  1  26 

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Practical  Poultry  Keepiir  1 1..  Wright) .  2  00 

Practical  Shopherd  (U.uitlullJ .  2  00 

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'  flimoson  s  Horse  Pm  trulturo— Breedlug,  Rear¬ 
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Skillful  HoMsewire..,, . 75 

Slack's  Trout  Culture  (new) .  I  60 

Stewart's  (John)  Stable  Book . . .  1  60 

Tegelmelur's  Poultry  Book  (colored  plates) .  9  OO 

Tagetmeier'*  Pigeon  Book  (.colored  plates) .  5  00 

Tori  Acres  Enough .  .  I  60 

Thu  Boston  Machinist  (Fitzgerald) . 76 

The  Dog  (by  D'.nks,  May  how  and  Hutchinson)..  3  00 

Tho  Dog  (new) .  .  2  50 

The  Horse  (Stonehenge).  Ovo.,  022  p? .  3  60 

The  Mule  (lliley)— A  Treatl«e  on  the  Breeding 
Training  und  list  *  t"  which  he  may  bn  pa  t . . . .  1  5tJ 

The  People's  Practical  Poultry  Boos .  I  50 

Thuiuus’  Am.  Fruit  Ctillurlst  (430  illustrations) .  3  UO 

Trapper's  Guide  (New bouse). .  2  it) 

Trout  Culture  (Seth  Green) .  I  00 

Trowbridge's  (Mr*.  l.auni)  Excelsior  Cook  Book 

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Warder'*  Hedge*  and  Evergreen*. .  1  60 

Warms'*  Klutuant*  of  Agriculture . . .  l  u0 

Watson’s  American  Homo  Garden .  2  00 

Wax  Flowers,  and  llow  lo  Make  Them .  2  U0 

Western  Fruit  Growers'  Guide  (Elliott) .  1  50 

Wheeler’s  Home*  for  tho  People .  3  90 

Do.  Rural  Homes.... . .  2  00 

Window  Gardening  (II  T.  Williams) .  1  60 

Woodruff's  Trotting  Horns  of  An. erica .  2  25 

Woodward’s  Graperie*  and  Uort’l  Buildings.,.,  I  *<' 

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Youatl  aud  Spooner  on  the  Horse .  1  60 

Vouutt  and  Martin  on  Cattle . . .  160 

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produced  In  America. 

The  aldine  Alma  nac  will  be  sent  to  any  address, 
in  roller,  by  mud,  post-paid,  on  receipt  of  the  price, 

60  ceuta. 

JAMES  SUTTON  &  00.,  Publishers, 

58  Mnuleii  La  up,  New  York. 


TUB  r.  L  rEBEBICE  PB2PETUAL  SA?  P2ZS3 

Bales  hay  faster,  put*  It  In  butler  shape,  with  less 
help  ami  lea*  expense  than  any  other.  A  whole  stack 
orinowof  tmy  maybe  puclied  into  it  without  stopping 
or  trumping,  and  will  be  discharged  in  bales  by  the 
machine,  without  assistance.  See  them  iu  operation 
«t  unr  works,  Tivoli  St.,  Albany,  N\  Y. ;  No.  90  (’olh  ee 
81..  Montreal,  P.  Q.;  No  165  West  10th  St.. Chicago.  III.; 
Cor.  Y>  Ukliiaou  A  ve.  and  Third  St..  N,  bt.  Louis,  Mo. 


TO  ENGRAVERS.  PRINTERS,  .VC. — Tatrgo  stock 
well  scusoncd  and  prepared  Boxwood,  Mahog- 
nny.  Maple  ami  Fine.  Va ndkiiuuiu:  ii,  W  ells  ,t  Co., 
Type.  Cabinet  A  Press  Warehouse,  18  Dutch  St.  N.Y. 


JHcich  and  poultry 


PULE,  PEA  It,  PLUM  AND  CHER  KY 

Trees;  Pour  and  Plum  Seedlings— no  blights— at 
per  AI. ;  Pear  Grafts,  one  whole  root  each,  ill  per 
bend  for  Circular. 

BRYANT  BROS.,  Dansville,  N.  Y. 


PURE-BRED  FOWLS  FOR  HALE.  Light 

Brahmas;  Partridge,  Buff.  White  und  Black  Co¬ 
chins;  Dominique;  Houuan;  S.  S.  Hamburg;  Golden 
and  Silver  Sebright  and  Black-Red  Game  Bantam. 

S.  W.  STUDLKY,  Catsklll  Station,  N.  Y. 


RASPBERRY,  Strawberry  A  UlurUberry 

Plant* :  Currants, Gooseberries,' 't  ines,  Ac.;  Berry 
Baskets  and  Cm  to*.  For  Catalogue,  references,  Ac., 
address  It.  II.  Haines,  Maiden-on-the-Uuuaon,  N.Y. 


DOR  SALK, —2  COCKS  tut. I  I  MENS  (Light 
I.  Brahmas),  from  premium  birds;  cooks  cost  foO 
last  spring.  Also,  lot  chickens  from  above.  1  very 
extra  Partridge  Cochin  pullet  and  8  chicks.  Will  be 
sold  low,  to  close  out ;  ail  nice  birds.  Dark  Brahmas 
aspecialty.  E.  II.  WHITNEY, 

Cambridgeport,  Mass, 


lOIt  ALL  NEU~IJ*~G  JIIACHIJVJB8. 


Our  importations  are  expected  curly  In  September, 
direct  from  the  most  eminent  growers  in  Holland 
—all  flrst-class  Bulbs.  Rivers’  celebrated  new  early 
Ponchos—  Early  Beatrice,  Early  Louisa  and  Early 
Rivers ;  two  weeks  earlier  than  Hales.  J3;'-  A  large 
general  Nursery  Stock. 


The  perfection  of  making  and  arranging 
every  style  of  Dress  Trimming  with  as 
much  ease,  and  simplicity  as  run¬ 
ning  up  an  ordinary  scum,  with 
some  new  and  entirely  Orig¬ 
inal  A  cco  mpl  ish  meats. 

AND  ALL  WITHOUT  BASTING. 

L— It  prepares  the  Alii  liners’  Fold  better  than  can 
be  donn  by  hand. 

2.— It  prepare-  .Milliners'  Fold  with  different 
colors  and  pieces  of  goods  at  one  operation. 
B. — It  prepares  and  places  n  told  iu  any  seam 
perfectly,  without  lauding, 

4. — It  prepare*  and  pills  u  double  or  single  told 
on  the  edge  of  a  hand. 
f>. — It  cords  bins  hands. 

6. — It  prepares  und  applies  a  double  Freuch  hem 

UuimIi. 

7. — It  prepares  a  cord  welt  perfectly. 

8. — it  prepares  and  plates  a  cord  welt  In  any 

scum  without  basting. 

U.— It  prepares  a  cord  welt,  ut  the  same  time  gath- 
eriugutul  placing  the  welt  iu  the  gather¬ 
ing  sen  ni,  sewing  it  to  a  plain  baud,  if  de¬ 
sired,  at  one  operation. 

10. — It  does  plain  go i tiering. 

11. — It  gathers  und  sews  on  at  the  stitiic  time. 

Better  than  any  other  gatherer. 

12.  — It  hems  all  goods,  bias  or  st  ruigbt. 

13. — tt  hinds  with  braid. 

14. — It  binds  with  cut  binding. 

15. — It  sews  any  seam  without  hasting. 


PURE-RUED  FOWLS  FOR  HALE  LOW 

Of  nearly  all  the  leading  varieties;  from  aom 
of  the  best  strains  In  the  country. 

ROBERT  CRISWELL,  Brooklyn,  L.  I. 


JOHN  SAUL 


3tti,occUnncou,$ 


ONE  MILLION  Apple  Trees,  extra  quality  with 
a  full  and  complete  general  stock  of  Fruit  und  Orna¬ 
mentals,  at  wholesale  and  retail.  Prices  low.  Write 
for  princ  lists. 

t¥T  Stock  guaranteed  not  damaged  by  the  severity 
of  the  past  wintor. 

BLAIR  DUOS.,  Proprietors, 

Lee's  Summit.  Jackson  Co.,  JI o. 


600  ACRES  I  4  Catalogues 20  Cts  I  18  GREENHOUSES 

<11  Descriptive;  (2)  Wholesale ;  (3)  Bulb;  {4>Frult»n< 
Flower  Pintos,  immense  stock  and  low  prices.  Ad, 
dress  F,  K.  PHOENIX,  Bloomington  Nursery.  Ill. 


Pu^ical  3fn,otvumcnt.o' 


The  only  Reliable  Gift  Distribution  in 
the  Country. 


7  he  arrangement  Is  very  novel,  and  It  Is  one  of  the 
simplest  Attachments  In  use;  indispensable  in  its 
utility,  doubllug  the  value  of  any  Sewing  Machine. 

In  ordering,  state  kind  of  Sewing  Machine. 

Price,  84.  with  full  Instructions  for  its  use  mailed 
post  free.  Address 

PALMER  MANUFACTURING  00., 

S17  Broadway,  New  York. 

An  opportunity  seldom  offered  to  Agents  of  both 
sexes,  which  are  wanted,  everywhere,  Immediately 


Y/ AIT  It. S’  (JOJilTliTO  1’ A  K  1,0  It  ORGANS 

^jdkj,  ore  the  must  beautiful  in 
v  a,,d  perfect  in  (one 

ever  made  4.  TheVOIX- 
YXj ijl wJpTntC'  UliKT’O  S’lul’  is  the  best 
Wgjajts  ever  ]> luted  in  any 
®rfcun*  It  is  produced  by 
u  N  BwEIEffi’r®  j  «  tend  set  Of  reeds  pcou- 
1  I,  Haxly  voiced,  the 
u®3taff5X4K9i**t'4sE*' ' "a Id Y.ioa  11  F’EC’T  of  which  is 

mom1  charming 

ft  ovd  SOUL  STIR- 

RING,  while,  its  1M- 


IN  VALUABLE  GIFTS! 

TO  BE  DISTRIBUTED  IN 


164//I  IUS  till  LA  It  JtlOJYTUL\ 


HALL’S  PATENT  HUSKING  GLOVES 


A*  GREAT 


To  be  drawn  Monday,  Nov.  24th,  1873. 
ONE  GRAND  CASH  PRIZE  OF 


Mli.tMl  .yy  \  OFFER.  Ho  back 

■!’  -W  w  A  TICKS  &  SON,  431 
jfMjrr.  Broadway.  N.  V.,  will 

dispose  of  lOO  PI  A1YOS  and  OK6ANS  of  fir.l- 
r.Inga  mtilttr,,  including  MATERS’,  ot  ex— 
■1  e mely  low  jirle.es  for  rnxii,  or  part  cash,  and 
■jo  lance  in  tmnll  monthly  payments.  New  7- 
Octavr  first-class  HANDS,  all  modern  1m- 
P-overnents,  for  $275  cash.  Organs  8*55.  $75. 
DOUBLL’-UFF.D  ORGANS,  81*»0  t  4-STOP, 
SlIOi  N-STOP,  ILLUSTRATED 

OATALOOtlEf)  MAILED  far  one  stamp.  . i  large  dis - 
count  to  Ministers,  Churches,  Sunday-Schools ,  Temper- 

A 4, ENTS  WANTED. 


SiLMFXiES  FREE! 

The  SATURDAY  EVENING  POST,  319  Walnut  St.,  Phila¬ 
delphia,  gives  a  beautiful  Chrome  or  large  Steel 
Engraving  to  every  want)  subscriber  l  Samples  free ! 


$5,000  IN  GOLD! 


ONE  GRAND  CASH  PRIZE  OF 

$5,000  IN  SILVER! 

Two  Prizes  $1,000  each  in  Greenbacks. 
Six  Prizes  $500  each  in  Greenbacks. 
Ten  Prizes  $100  each  in  Greenbacks. 

1,060  Gold  and  Silver  Lever  Hunting  Watches  (in 
all),  worth  from  $20  to  (300  each  ! 

Colu  Silver  Vest  Chain*,  Solid  and  Double-plated 
Sllver.ware,  Jewelry,  Ac.,  Ac. 

Number  or  Gifts  10,000.  Ttckp.s  limited  to  75,000! 

AGENTS  WANTED  TO  SELL  TICKETS, 
ro  whom  Liberal  Premiums  will  be  paid. 

Single  Tickets  $1  ;  Six  Tickets  S5 ; 
Twelve  S I O  ;  Twenty-five  $20. 

circular*  containing  a  full  list  of  prizes,  a  descrip¬ 
tion  of  the  maimer  of  drawing,  and  other  infonna- 
tiou  in  reference  to  the  Distribution,  will  be  scut  to 
any  one  ordering  them.  All  letters  must  bo  address¬ 
ed  to 

main  Office,  L.  I>.  SINE, 

101  VV.  Fifth  St.  Box  86,  Cincinnati,  O. 


GREAT  EXCITEMENT. 

01,1,1  Oj 


_  'n  M»hgii.»,  t*r  Xoisxtt,  tad  01d» 

t**utirul).i  nUfiTkL-i,  a.ad  unusuailj  Ute; 

♦Atm/j  vr.ch  U,e  U«»onfuJ  PaauIIa  pr'.owuro 
"Thfl  OomlniT  V  hit."  u  Use  tfkUxt  and  KillMH 
nvo«t  #uc c-itifui  cocnbioatlon  fur  Ar«ntr  it,  HHHH 
the  country  .  bend  ou,  fur  Sunple  Slaf- 
iiioc,  circular,  Icrmi,  4o. 

adiUo&J.  F0I0»0tl,l?l  Wsehington  tft.  bokwu. 


Greatly  Improved  this  year  by  small  metallic  plate 
on  the  parts  most  exposed  to  wear,  making  them  last 
THREE  TIMES  AS  LONG,  without  impairing  their 
flexibility.  These  popular  Gloves  fully  protect  the. 
hands,  und  do  the  work  much  faster  and  easier  than 
any  other  Husker.  Made  In  three  *tzt?s.  both  right 
and  left  handed.  Half  Glove*,  (1.2.',  per  pair;  Full 
Gloves,  (2.50  per  pair.  Sent,  pre-pald,  on  receipt  Of 
price.  Ask  your  merohaut  for  them,  or  address 

HALL  HUSKING  GLOVE  COMPANY, 
145  S.  Clinton  St„  Chicago. 


anct  Societies,  Lodges,  etc, 


KUAINT,  KUEER  AND  KURIOUS 


la  the  valuable  book  we  give  to  all.  Full  uf  facts, 
figures  and  fun.  04  pages ;  60  pictures.  Inclose  two 
stamps,  and  address  Bi^at'Kik  &  C’o„  74<i  B’way,  N.  Y. 


IPIIK  BEST  FAMILY  PER lOI) ICA L». 

A  THE  ATLANTIC  MONTHLY.  84. 

OUR  YOUNG  FOLKS,  82. 

EVERY  SATURDAY.  85. 

Published  bv 

James  r.  osgood  <fc  co., 

Boston. 

(V  Send  for  full  Prospectus,  and  for  Catalogue  Of 
Standard  Works  by  first  American  and  English 
authors. 


SELLS  AT  SIGHT. 

DO  TWO  MEN’S  WORK. 

No  sure  or  cold  fingers. — Best  cast 
steel.— Last  n  lifetime.— Taken  six 
premiums.— Every  farmer  wants  It. 
— W  ill  send,  post-paid,  2  sain  idee  for 
76  cts.,  or  3  styles  for  (1,  or  1  dozen 
for  (3.  820  u  Day  tor  Agents. 
Address  UNION  HUSKEK  CO., 
1505  Willow  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


UNION 
CORN 
HUSKER, 
60  CTS. 


■ 


NEWS  CONDENSER 


^(jcuts  Wanted 


—  The  Arkansas  State  Militia  has  been  dis¬ 
banded. 

—  The  Franklin  county  (Ohio)  Fair  realized 
$10.820.27.| 

—  The  cows  in  Vermont  yield  an  income  of 
$6,000,000  a  year. 

—  Milwaukee  manufactures  $2,500,000  worth 
of  beer  annually. 

—  The  Spanish  Army  of  the  North  lias  been 
reinforced  by  6,000  men. 

—  The  Chicago  Inter-Ocean  is  to  change  its 
form  from  four  to  eight  pages. 

—  Itnin  fell  in  the  north  of  Scotland  almost 
without,  cessation  for  ten  days  prior  to  Sept.  14. 

—  The  State  Fair  of  Iowa  was  a  line  success — 
the  most  successful  that  has  ever  been  held  in 
that  State. 

—  The  Texas  cattlo  trade  has  grown  to  the 
magnitude  of  a  shipment  of 500,000  head  through 
Kansas  the  present  year. 

—  The  flpxseed  crop  this  year  is  said  to  to  he 
much  larger  than  ever  before,  and  the  seed  of 
a  bettor  quality  than  laBt  year. 

—  The  Washington  (N.  V.)  county  Fair  was 
attended  by  20,000  persons.  Expenditures,  2,950  ; 
receipts,  $4,589;  profit,  $1,630.96. 

—  The  British  Association  are  urging  the 
Government  of  that  country  to  send  an  explor¬ 
ing  expedition  to  the  Arctic  regions. 

—  The  debt  of  the  city  of  Paris  now  amounts 
to  $320,000,000,  involving  an  annual  expenditure 
for  interest  and  sinking  fund  of  $18,000,000. 

—  The  Mark  Lane  Express  cone-  dea  that  En¬ 
gland  must  import  90,000.000  bushels  of  wheat  to 
make  up  for  the  deficiency  of  this  year’s  crop. 

—  Jay  Cooke  &  Co.  propose  to  place  all  their 
Individual  partnership  property  lu  the  hands  of 
a  trustee,  the  Hon.  E.  A.  Hollins,  to  be  adminis¬ 
tered  for  the  benefit  of  their  creditors. 

—  The  wheat  crop  of  the  United  Statos  for 
1873  is  expected  by  the  Agricultural  Depart¬ 
ment  to  reach  200,000,000  bushels.  Illinois  will 
harvest  15  percent,  loss  corn  than  usual. 


WffilGTOlf 

AGENTS  WANTED  for  the  only  COMPLETE 
HISTORY  of  our  Capital  City.  Tlu>  origin,  growth, 

EXCELLENT.'!  KM.  A  DUSKS  and  PERRON  AUKS,  graphic¬ 
al  portrayed  by  uko.  Ai.r.  Townsknd.  Gives  hold, 
startling,  fnifh/iij  inside  view*  of  Washington  Life 
and  Congressional  Corruption.  Experienced  agents 
louiieoll  t  Elegantly  Illustra¬ 

ted.  For  »pncial  terms,  address  JAN.  BETTS  &  CO., 
Hartford,  Ft.,  or  Chicago,  111.:  S.  M.  BETTS  &  CO., 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


i  A  MONTH.—  Agents  wauled.  — Seven 
'  best,  selling  articles  In  tho  world.  Snm- 
Address  J.  BRONSON,  Detroit,  Mich. 


AGENTS  wanted  to  sell  a  perfect 


SUBSCRIPTION  TO  THE  STOCK 

WILL  BE  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOLLOWING  PLACES  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY 


Wendell  a  Francis,  436  Walnut  St.,  Phlla. 


ff  A  MONTH  to  Mnlc  or  Female  Agents 
iJ  NOVELTY  CO.,  Blddoford,  Me. 


per  clay.  Agents  wanted  ever; 
where.  Particulars  free.  A.  1 
BLAIR  A  CO.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


UNION  TRUST  CO . 

HOWES  d:  H1ACY . 

FIFTH  NATIONAL  BANK 
BULL’S  HEAD  BANK 

HAItLEM  BANK . 

A.  S.  DIVEN . 

SAMUEL  SLOAN . 

RICHARD  SCHELL... 

ERA  ST  US  BROOKS... 

H.  B.  CROSBY . 

EDWARD  ROBERTS.. 
PAUL  N.  SPOFFOItD 


.  .  ..T3  Broadway, 

. 30  Wall  St. 

Third  A v.  and  Twenty-sixtli  St, 
..Third  Av.  and  Twenty-llltli  St, 

. .....Third  A  v.  and  One  Hundred  and  Tweuty-lifth  St. 

. ..Erie  Railroad  Office, 

Pres’t  Del.  «te  I. nek.  It.  It.,  cor.  William  Exchange  Place. 

. .  Broad  St, 

.  . PubUalier  New  York  Expi'ena 

. 10  NnHuau  St, 

■ . Eighty-filth  St.  and  Avenue  A 

29  Broadwayj  and  at  tho  temporary  ofilce  of  the  Co.,  923  Broadway, 


POO  R  ’ll  L1  V  nnd  WOMEN  are 
I  X  /X  /  I  V  III  I  J  Lx  given  SJO  per  week 
salary,  and  will  not  he  HWindletl  when  they 
apply  to  G.  WEBBER  A  CO.,  Marlon.  Ohio. 


CANVASSING  BOOKS  SENT  FEEE  FOR 


On  Manhood,  Womanhood  and  their  Mutual 
Inter-relations  ;  Love,  Its  Laws,  Power,  etc. 

Agents  are  selling  from  15  to  25  copied  a  day, 
ami  we  send  a  can  viewing  book  free  to  any  honk 
agout.  Address  stating  experience,  etc.,  NATION¬ 
AL  i  i  BUSHING  CO.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

41.50(1  made  yearly  by  Ag’ts  In  their  spare  moments, 
w  '  ,  selling  our  33  new  articles.  Humpies  for  35c. 
Catalogues  free.  Am.  Novcltu  <  303  B’  way,  N.  Y. 


GENTS  W A  N  TICD  lor  the  new  book, 
LIFE  ANU  ADVENTURES  OF 


All  payments  must  be  made  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  tho  UNION  TRUST  COMPANY,  73 
Broadway.  The  moneys  arising  from  tho  sale  of  the  stock  horoby  sold  are  paid  Into  tho  Uulou  Trust 
Company,  and  cannot  be  paid  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchers  showing  that  tho  money  has 
been  actually  and  honestly  expended  In  tho  erection  of  tho  Industrial  Exhibition  Building  or  in  acquir¬ 
ing  title  to  land. 

The  land  of  the  Company  Is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  ns  follows 98th  to  1 02d  Streets 
and  3d  to  4th  Avenues;  comprising  355  24-25  city  lots,  or  about  23  acres. 


Kit  Carson 

by  hi.  corn/ixt*  »n<l  frUn.l,  I).  W.  C.  Pahn,  Bmv.t  Lt, 
Col  nnd  .Surgeon,  V.S.  A.,  from  hcU  dklstod  by  hlra- 
“1  .  Ibern  yTRuc  ami  A,:hu,»t.,i  |ir,,„|  AmedrVi 
groApwl  II I'VI KR,  TIM ITER, SCOUT  .ml  UIJIDK 


ovor  fm  hi  I  Mi,  A  11  e„nf»n,»  fill  „tul  dmitriti 

ludi  n  1,0.-.  L-4  I)  irmowa  .  .  ..  .an  i 


tioojoitu*!  ItidUn  tnir<v»ofth<i  FAR.  WRSTto*  by  KltC«r»c<n 
wno  llvw'  among  thnm  nil  hit  III.,.  Il  *L>«  »to||,  r.lfublo  uenuut 

7/vhiB,M,luocs\l‘J1't  11‘"  MpIXXJ  War.  At »  wo.k  ofHISTO 
RV  .It  laiiivaluahlo.  A  griimlonportnnity  Ior«g*.r.U  toTn.lr.  (iion.v. 
Onr  llliialrntnj  nlranlora  ttul  U  tn  all  tpnll.  amt  Wrlto  an, I  »o- 
cur#  lorn  lory  at  ..non.  DUSTIN,  OILMAN  A  CU. Hartford. Conu 


|Ui^(jccUnnc0usi 


A(»  IliN  IS  W  ANTE  I)  »v«Tywlier«  to  canvatt  for  »h 

“‘O'1  tafroatful  work  of  fit.  year,  now  all  oUtn,  , 

Mary  <  lemiiier  Allies’  New  hook 

TEN  YEARS  IN  WASHINGTON, 

It  t«ll»  of  th«  uInnor  Life i "  womlstr*,  murviU,  mytUTiea,  tie.,  of  th< 
Capital,  "Jia  H  om.m  Hm  and  la  tho  matt  Ur  Loot  »u 


Payments  to  be  made  as  follows : 

1  Ive  per  cent,  at  time  of  subscribing,  and  the  balance  In  Installments,  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent 
at  any  one  installment. 

I  herd  can  be  no  safer  Investment  than  this.  It  is  a  home  investment.  It  Is  the  ownership  of  land 
on  New  York  Island  and  the  erection  of  a  permanent  bulldin  :  on  the  same. 

In  accordance  with  the  charter  and  by  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  tho  Industrial 
Exhibition  Compuny,  passed  July  24th,  1872,  tho  following  nicinbcrsliipit  have  been  created  and  are 
ottered  for  sale : 

at  the  above-named  places  and  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  tho  United  States. 

Tho  proper  holder  of  any  of  these  Is  entitled  to  free  admission  to  the  Industrial  Exhibition,  tho 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  the  Garden  of  Plants  during  the  time  It  Is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  tho  duration  of  the  membership. 

Iheso  memberships  do  not  entitle  the  holder  to  admission  to  special  places  of  amusement,  except 
us  conducted  by  the.  Exhibition  Company. 


SIXTY  YOUNG  MEN  AND  LADIES— To  placo  In 
positions  where  they  will  acquire  a  thorough  uml 
pructionl  knowledge  of  Telegraphy,  and  receive  a 
commission  while  practicing  Address,  with  stamp, 
(  .  A.  81 IEARM  AN,  Sup’t  Union  Telegraph  Com¬ 
pany,  Oborlln,  Ohio. 


Wanted  Immediately! 

I  111  \  more  young  men  and  ladles  to  tit  themselves 
It  rtf  lor  permanent  situations  as  book-keepers, 
talesmen,  teachers  of  penmanship,  etc.,  at  a  salary  o / 
Situations  guaranteed.  Address 
AI.  W.  COBB,  President  Business  College.  Oberlln,  O. 

The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 

n  ■>  XV  f  1  s*  rv  .  .  .  .  _  _ _ 


miifl  ‘I'll Id  Un  If  y°u  nro  u  foot  or  lunatic, 
fluil  lulu  IjV  l>ut  ,f  you  aro  sane  and  wish 
to  make  money,  address 
EUREKA  PORTABLE  TABLE  CO.,  Mt.  Louis. 


A  MONTH  and  expenses  to  good  Canvass¬ 
ers.  Articles  new  and  staple  as  dour.  Hum¬ 
pies  free.  C.  M.  LININUTON,  Chicago. 


GROUND  BONE, 


AGENTS 


SEND  FOR  ILLU9T.  CATALOGUE. 
Boston  Novelty-  Co.,  Boston,  Muss. 


bone  meal 


BONE  FLOUR. 

hate  oi  Lime,  or 
ireular. 

Newark,  N.  ,1. 


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Practical  Sheoherd 


lly  make  8150  arid  over  per  mouth  selling 
devo  and  Reliable  Maps  and  our  Popn- 
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A  COMPLETE  TREATISE 

ON  THE  BREEDING,  MANAGEMENT 
AND  DISEASES  OF  SHEEP, 


K  A  MONTH!  Horse  and  carriage  furnished 
•)  Expenses  i  aid.  U.  li.  Shaw,  Alfred,  Me. 


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Josiah  Allen’s  Wife” 

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In  spite  of  Joslah’s  determination  not  to  spend  a  cent 
to  hire  any  one  to  read  It. 

$500  a  month  can  be  made  selling  this  book. 

ACrEMT3 !  TAKE  NOTICE!! 

In  our  former  books  we  have  given  yon  harvests ; 
we  now  promise  you  another,  and  wise  agents  will 
secure  territory,  which  we  will  mow  arrange  for.  Ad¬ 
dress  AMERICAN  RU liLISHI  NG  CO.,  Hartford, Ct., 
for  Circulars  and  full  information. 


This  Work,  by  the  lien.  Henry  8.  Randall, 
LL.  D.,  (author  of  “  Sheep  Husbandry  in  the  South, ’’ 
“Fine  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry,”  Ao.,)  la  the  8tuml- 
anl  Authority  on  the  Subject,  lt  is  the  most  onin. 
plete  and  reliable  Treatise  on  American  Sheep  llua- 
b*ndry  ever  published,  and  (aa  the  New  England 
Farmer  says)  ••  should  be  Ir  the  hand  and  head  of 
every  person  owning  sheep.’ ’ 

The  Practical  Shepherd  contains  462  pages,  and 
J-'i  tllaatrat«d,  printed  and  bound  m  superior  style. 
Twenty-seventh  Edition  new  ready.  Sent  by  mall, 
post-paid,  on  receipt  of  price— $2.  Address 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

5  Heckman  *i..  New  York. 


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fp-4/  i  w  p«ioplo,  of  Bithcr  sot,  youuK  or  old,  nutke  (non?  uioijmy 

at  work  for  ub  In  tb«ir  Hpitr«  inomen t«  or  fill  the  time  th»m  fit  anything 
else.  Particular*  free.  Addrem*  G,  8tlnnon  A  Co.,  Portland,  Maine 


ALLEN’S 

AMERICAN  CATTLE 


their  history,  breeding  and 
MANAGEMENT. 

w5lK)U„Yt  er  ,)r  owner  of  Cattle  should  have  this 
Work  by  Hon.  Lf.wirt  F.  ALLEN.  Bx-Prest.N.Y. State 
aC  £ty'  Editor  of  "  American  Short- Horn  Herd 
we  l"  »  bMdeooiely  Illustrated  and 

S2rLprM®fl  ‘iud  bound  volume  of  623  duodecimo 
r  'ul(3ci'  Postpaid,  to  any  address  In  United 
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Address 

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A  ^ho«TLR  ED  Q  K  F  R  PHYSICIAN^ 

r:A  ”  blJBl]  (JftVH  fill  fiRPf.h  ura  nnn  rl  v  un,!nrl  ...111  A^il 


A  Work  on  the  Breeding,  Rear 
ing,  Care  and  General  Man¬ 
agement  of  Poultry. 


This  Is  one  of  the  finest  gotten-uD  works  on  the 
subject  on  which  lt  trouts,  for  its  site  and  price,  of 
any  publication  Of  the  kind  In  this  country.  It  le 
finely  and  profusely  Illustrated,  and  printed  and 
bound  In  extra  style.  Contains  224  large  octavo 
pages.  Sent,  by  mall,  post-paid,  for  tl.60.  Address 
D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

5  Beekumn  8t„  New  York, 


t\  ,,,hr‘  *  av*  «v  s  iv.  i-  ii  i  nr  i;  i  a  o , 

thr,  afflttfil*  OB  earth  are  Hourly  ended,  will  tell 
Bumnii ‘?,U?  hJlw  h?  c,ur<!'1  over  1.1)00  cases  of  con- 
f«lon,  and  semi  the  prescription  used  by  him 

good  In  , '  thlnkl!’F  1'  cn n  do  as  much 

a, i,i  in  this  way  as  when  piactloTng  his  profession 
Address  ABEL  BROWN,  Box  261,  Jersey  aty,  N?J. 


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Act  of  Legislature,  Passed  April  27,  1872. 


The  BoDd*  lira  Issued  In  cither  Coupon  or  Ilogls- 
tervd  form ;  the  Registered  b*lrig  transferable  ai  the 
office  of  the  Colon  Trust  Compuny  of  New  York, 
where  both  principal  and  interest  is  payable. 


M  l  i  ltS  O.X  TKUL 

ron  ONLY  30  CENTS : 

l’HK 

American  Rural  Home. 


BiRDSELL 


COMBINED  CLOVER  TllltESHER 
AND  SEPARATOR, 


Thu  clover  is  fed  Into  this  irn'bine  us  it  oorncs 
from  the  hold;  Is  Threshed,  Unll.d  mu! 
CJenucd  at  One  Opera iuim.  I’ho  L-lnin  not 
hulled  ut  first  passage  through  tue  hi  ter,  is  returned 
by  nn  eluvutor,  und  the  lie  lit  -terns.  A  s. ,  pusses  from 
the.  t.m  shoo  to  an  extra  elevator  and  returns  them  to 
the  fun  without  going  through  the  iluller.  No  ltc- 
hnudltug  of  any  Tallinn*  or  Chad.  Capacity 
from  -An  to  70  bus  hols  par  day.  Over  2, Son  Mn- 


hnutlltug  of  tiny  Tailing*  or  C'liad. 
from  -An  to  70  bushels  pur  day.  Over  •£, 
chlni-*  iu  u*o  ihtougiiuui  ihc  United  Sltnteh, 
CnuHdu  and  i'i  Nhsm.  Send  for  Circular,  Terms 
and  Prices. 

BIRDSELL  MANUFG  COMPANY, 
Honth  Bend,  lad. 


ir  2,50n 
mtea  tst 

hrculur,  'I 


A  Ve^otablc  Manna],  Prepared  with 
a  view  to  Economy  and  Profit. 


Tins  Work  upon  Kitchen  and  Market  Gardening, 
and  the  Field  Culture  of  Root  Crops,  t»  ty  p.  x 
QUINN.  Prtveiical  liorliculturist,  (Author  of  '“Pear 
Culture  for  Profit,”)  and  should  be  owned  and  studied 
by  every  one  interested  in  Gardening,  It  Is  an  able, 
practical,  profusely  illustrated  work  e,f  2U3  12mo. 
pages.  Sent,  post-paid,  for  11,50.  Address 

D.  l».  T.  HOOKE,  Publisher, 

5  Leekwan  fst.,  N  York. 


MOORE'S 


EW-VORKER. 


are  now  everywhere  recognised  as  the  best.  Forfine 
and  hv  MPA  Tit  ime  Ton  k,  for  thorough  workniimsbip, 
and  the  greatest  possible  UrftABihtTV  they  are 
wholly  unrivaled.  The  stuck  Oahinktoh  Upright 
Plano,  combining  several  most  Important  Improve¬ 
ments,  patented,  la  pronounced  by  all  competent 
Judge*  the  Mort  Pkkvect  Plano  of  this  class  ever 
produced  Every  Instrument  warranted  forflvevesrs. 
NEW  \V  A  It  Kit  OOM  >*,'&&  Enel  I  It  It  St..  N.  V. 


Rochester  possesses,  the  elomeuta  ol  a  pros¬ 
perity  unexcelled,  il  equalled.  by  nuy  other 
city  iu  this  State.  It  is  the  center  of  trade 
to  u  Miirroumliiig  population  oi  about  500,- 
OOO,  to  vvlioiu  the  menus  ut  transportation 
arc  luruisheil  by  [(ail roads  radimli.g  from 
the  city  in  eleven  dillrrent  directions. 

Its  lutlebtoduiww,  excluding  ibis  loan.  Is  loss 
tkau  81,8.10,000.  while  it  bus  Public  Prop¬ 
erty  amounting  to  about  Fi, 330, 000,  find 
Private  Heal  Estate  valued  at  870,000,000. 


The  expenditure  of  moneys  derived  from  tholr  sale 
is  dirfotyi  by  the  Mayor  of  the  city  and  the  Board  of 
Commissioners. 


PRICE  PAR  AND  INTEREST.  CIRCU¬ 
LARS  UPON  APPLICATION. 


ROBINSON,  CHASE&CO 


Bankers,  18  Broad  St.,  Now  York. 


SILVER 

TIPPED 

SHOES 


WOULD  LIKE  TO  BE  PATEONS  OF  HUSBANDRY. 


Mrs.  Brown  (to  whom  belongs  the  ungathered  rosea  in  the  background)  to  Mrs. 
Jones,  (who  has  as  many  in  her  parterre.)  “Really,  Maria,  1  feel  anxious  about  the 
girls  ;  desirable  young  men  are  so  scarce. 


CABLE 

SCREW 

WIRE 


GEO.  A.  PRINCE  4i  CO., 

Organs  &  Mclodeons 


The  Oldest,  Largest  and  Most  I  erfoot  Manufactory 
in  the  United  States. 


52,000 


Now  in  use. 


No  other  Musical  Instrument  ever  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

EST*  Soud  for  Price-Lists. 

Address  BUFFALO,  N.  f. 


Safest  and  best  Oil  ever  made— burns  In  any  lamp 
—lor  aula  at  retail  by  the  trade  generally,  and  at 
w  tolesnio  by  CHAS.  PRATT  A  CO.,  f£*ta6Mi)iid 
1770,]  10b  FUlton  St.,  New  York. 


Seeds  for  Fall  Sowing. 
Bulbs  for  Fall  Planting. 
Plants  for  Winter  Flowering. 


Embracing  everything  NEW  aud  RARE  In  great 
variety,  and  ut  1,0 W  RATES.  Price  LWts  mailed 
free  to  ull  applicants. 


Seedsmen,  33  Cortlandt  Street,  N,  Y. 


Parents  should  remember 
that  Silver  Tips  not  only 
prevent  the  Shoe  wearing 
out  at  tile  too,  but  the  stock¬ 
ings  also. 


FREEMAN  &  BURR, 


Clothing  Warehouses,  138  &  140  Fulton  Street,  New  York. 


In  this  way  it  takes  30  sec¬ 
onds  to  secure  the  sole  to  up¬ 
per  of  a  Boot  or  Shoe,  in  a 
manner  equal  to  hand-sew¬ 
ed,  thus  reducing  the  cost. 


FREE  HAN  &  HOUR  hnvo  very  grunt  pleasure  In  Inviting  attention  to  their  New  and  Elegant 
lections  for  the  present  and  approaching  Reasons.  The  Stock  is  of  imtuemti:  extent  end  vurtety,  un.l 


Live,  btauliful  at* a  cheap.  Agent <  wanted.  Bait 
cash  i>r*min/vi*.  Sped tnens  frs*  Ad, l  v  m 

THE  RURAL  HOME,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


Selections  for  the  present  and  approaching  Reasons.  The  Stock  is  of  Immense  extent  lunl  variety,  und 
from  the  best  products  of  the  loom  from  every  part  of  the  world,  embracing  nil  the  popular  Styles  and 
Fabrics  in  .Suita,  Overcoats,  Gentlemen's  Furnishing  Goods,  and  Clothing  of  every  description, 
for  nil  olusses  and  all  occasions. 

OUDEUal  tor  garments  to  measure  neatly  and  promptly  executed,  at  MODERATE  PRICES. 


BUY 


PICTURES  A  FRAMES,  of  all  kinds  of 
G.  li  PKftlXK,  till  Keado  8t.,  New  York. 


Wholesale  price*,  bend  tor  Catalogues. 


$75  to  $250  per  rcootb,  ^ffSiVSu. 

to  introduce  the  GENUINE  IMPROVED  COM¬ 
MON  SENSE  FAMILY  SEWING  MACHINE. 
Thl»anicblne  will  ulilub,  hem, fell. tuck,qui!t,cord. 
bind,  bmld  and  embroider  In  u  inori  superior  mttn- 
i  er,  Pyieo  only  f  15.  fully  licensed  ana  warranted 
for  tit  e  y t* : »  n.  Wit  will  pay  *  1 ,000  tor  any  at  outline 
tliut  will  saw  a  stronger,  mure  beautiful,  or  more 
elastic  seam  than  our*.  IN  inuUits  the  “  Elastic 
Lock  Htitc.h."  Every  second  ■inch  cun  he  cut,  and 
ntlll  the  cloth  cannot  bo  pulled  ai»tri  without  tear¬ 
ing  1C  We  pay  Agents  from  ?i5  lo  M60  per  monlb 
,  and  expenses,  or  a  commission  from  which  twice 
■  that  amount  cun  lie  made.  8EOo.Mll  A  170..  Boston, 
Mass.;  Hlttslm/io,  l‘ a.;  Chicago,  IU.; u rat.  Louis,  Mi-. 


VERCOATS,  s  I  $5,  88. 
© 
x 

trf  riAA  a  me*  ”  •  Ain  Ain 


l/VEKCOATS,  1 J  *10,  $12. 

Overcoats,  7.  815,  $20. 


Overcoats,  l  fa  !  $25,  $30. 


Eagan’s  Artificial  Stone 

IS  THE  BEST, 
Patented  . . 1872. 


This  Patent,  lu  the  manufacture  of  Pu  tiding  Fronts, 
Sills,  Lintels,  Coplne,  stepa,  Door  und  Window  Heads, 
Mantel*,  Hcurtiu.  'filing,  Curbing,  Sidewalks,  Gar¬ 
den  nod  Ginn  hues,  Floors  for  loc  Houses,  Slaugh¬ 
ter  Houses,  Can  lage  Houses.  Malt  Rouses,  lircvtTr- 
le»,  Cejhue  Kltcuenti,  Tuuuats'  Vutn.  Stables,  vtc., 
etc.,  offer  i  n  good-paying,  permonontund  lugaioiute 
bu  Inns*  In  uvery  city  and  town  lit  the  United  States. 
Agents  wanted.  For  6iUe  of  Light*,  and  all  lurther 
infurmaiion,  address 

EAGAN  Ac  VAN  DOREN, 

U25  Ilroadivay,  New  York. 


Suits,  $10. 
Suits,  $15. 
Suits,  $20. 
Suits,  $30. 
Suits,  §35. 
Suits,  $40. 
Suits,  $50. 
Suits,  $60. 


Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe 


RAILROAD. 


Boys'  Shits,  ®  I  85,  88. 


LANDS. 


Boys’  Suits,  ^  $10,  &12. 
Boys’  Suits,  ^  $16, 818. 
Boys*  Suits,  S  820, 825. 


LIBERAL  TERMS  TO  IMPROVERS.. 


11  Years  Credit,  7  per  cent.  Interest. 


NO  PAST  Of  THE  PRINICPAL  PAYABLE  FOR  FOUR  YEASS. 


FINE  GRAIN -GROWING  REGION. 


/^iRDERS  BY  LETTER  promptly  filled.  Fbeeman  &  Bulb's  New  System  eor 
Vy  SELr-MgASUBE,  of  which  thousand*  have  availed  iheimclveti  for  many  year*, 


Tracis  of  one  and  two  thousand  acres  available  for 
Neighborhood  Colonies,  or  tor  Slock  Farms. 


BY  MAIL. 


enables  parlies  in  all  part*  of  the  country  to  order  Clothing  direct  from  thorn,  with 
the  certainty  of  receiving  correct  and  PERFECT  FITTING  garments  In  all  cases. 

RU LEH  FOR  SELF-11  K A H 1 1 R E . . Free  on  Application, 

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Jixetlltut  Clhnat *,  with  Pure  blowing-  IP.hr 


The  Little  Corporal. 


*•  I  would  say.  that  lu  the  course  Of  many  years, 
and  through  extensive  travel,  l  have  not  seen  a  more 
Inviting  country  nor  one  which  offers  greater  Induoe- 
ments.  with  rewer  objections  to  settlement,  thirn 
these  lands  of  the  A.  T.  &  &.  F.  K.  R .’’-Hxtruct  7<e- 


these  lauds  of  the  A.  T.  &  &.  F.  R.  R.”-A'xt«  acf  IU- 
l/f»  l  aj  Henry  SUwarl,  Agricultural  JCditor  American 
Agriculturist.  _ 


For  fuii  particulars  inquire  of 

A.  E.  TOUZAL1N, 


AN  ILLUSTRATED  MACAZINE  FOR  BOYS  AND  CIRLS. 


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inches  across  ;  and  exactly  eighteen  inches 
from  the  cross-bred  grows  a  very  fine  cu¬ 
cumber,  as  shown.  My  first  feelings  of 
surprise  are  somewhat  lessened  when  I  ra- 
membor  how  very  prone  some  species  of 
Cucwbitaceir  are  to  produce  very  diverao 
varieties  amongst  themselves,  as  the  melon 
with  its  white,  yellow  or  red  flesh,  and  its 
smooth  or  tuberculated  bark,  and  the  numer¬ 
ous  varieties  thrown  off  from  the  cucumber. 

“  ‘  The  two  plants,  moreover,  come  under 
the  same  genus,  the  melon  being  (luc.umis 
Melo,  whilst  the  cucumber  is  C.  xativun.  Had 
they  not  been  thus  nearly  related,  and  be¬ 
longed  to  different  genera,  the  hybrid  would 
have  gone  to  prove  a  very  close  affinity  be¬ 
tween  the  two  parents.  I  conceive  that  tho 


eross-breds  between  different  genera  of  Or- 
chidaceffi  produced  in  Messrs.  Vbitch’s  es¬ 
tablishment.  by  Mr.  Dominy,  show  the  ex¬ 
tremely  close  affinity  of  the  different  genera 
experimented  upon.  A  few  words  as  to  the 
parents  will  be  of  interest.  Both  the  melon 
and  cucumber  plants  are  in  the  highest  state 
of  robust  health.  The  melon  is  Munro'a 
Little  Heath  melon,  with  red  flesh.  The  plants 
are  heavily  cropped  with  magnificent  fruit, 
many  specimens  weighing  from  Tibs,  to  8  lbs. 
The  cucumber  is  Watson’s  Antagonist,  which 
is  a  healthy  new  seedling  with  fruits  of  great 
size  and  fine  form.  Characteristic  specimens 
that  I  measured  were  30  inches  long  and  9 
inches  round.  Mr.  Watson  assured  me  that 
its  qualities  for  the  table  are  first-class,  and 


as  he  intends  selling  seed  of  it  next  season, 
its  worth  will  soon  bo  tested  by  the  horticul 
tural  world.— W.  G.  Smith.’  ” 


A  MELON  CUCUMBER, 


MUSHROOMS  IN  PASTURES 


We  find  in  a  late  Cottage  Gardener  (of 
London)  the  following  article  and  accom¬ 
panying  illustration,  which  we  transfer  to 
our  columns  : — “We  received  from  Mr.  A. 
Spa ity ,  gardener,  Digswoll  House,  Melwyn, 
the  following  communication  ‘A  remark¬ 
able  freak  of  nature  may  be  seen  at  the  pres¬ 
ent  time  in  the  nurseries  of  Mr.  John  Wat¬ 
son,  St.  Albans.  In  a  span -roof  house,  occu¬ 
pied  on  the  south  side  with  Munro’s  Little 
Heatli  melon,  and  on  the  north  with  cucum¬ 
bers,  is  a  cucumber  plant  on  the  melon  side, 
bearing  both  cucumbers  and  a 
melon.  The  melon  is  about  the  r,h  __ 
size  of  a  goose  egg,  and  slight-  ( '  'j^'  , 
ly  elongated  in  form  ;  and  al  -  ^  If  /  j  ^ 

though  there  is  a  small  crack  in  j  j  V 
I  think,  from  over-  ji 


Fhom  a  correspondent  in  Land  and  Water 
we  copy  the  following  “  Believing  it  possi¬ 
ble  to  grow  mushrooms  iu  pastures,  I  last  year 
made  some  experiments  which  I  think  were 
successful.  The  course  of  reasoning  which 
led  to  them  is  too  long  to  detail  no  ,v,  but  the 
moduit  operand*  was  ai  follows  Wishing 
to  plant  a  pasture  field  near  my  house,  1  pro¬ 
ceeded  thus  : — i  broke  up  mushroom  spawn 
into  pieces  from  the  size  of  a  filbert  to  that 
of  a  small  walnut,  and  set  a  small  boy  to 
spawn  the  dropping  of  the  cows 
-v  and  horses  by  making  a  hole 

with  a  potato-dibber  or  small 
j)  Vi  erowbar  (called  here  a  fold- 

_J)  J)„  pitcher)  through  the  droppings 

an<*  about  one  und  a  half  inches 
Jv  V  into  the  mould  beneath.  A  piece 

x  J  ]  j  of  spawn  was  dropped  into  this, 

-j  J  and  a  vigorous  stamp  with  the 

/k.  X/'jf  heel  of  the  heavy  boot  com- 

//  pleted  the  process.  1  used  less 

I  than  half  a  bushel  of  spawn, 

|  ft  1J)  and  was,  as  I  believe,  largely 

^  yfM  repaid  for  my  trouble  and  ex- 

fff/  pense  in  mushrooms  during  the 

natural  season.  I  began  the 
/  same  process  again  yesterday, 

and  hope  to  have  more  convinc¬ 
ing  proofs  of  the  success  of  my 
plan  this  year.  I  think  a  crop 
may  even  be  secured  after  May, 
but  I  should  not  expect  that 
spawning  could  be  carried  on 
with  much  expectation  of  re- 
~  l  suit  after  the  middle  of  July.  If 

\  nay  experiment  be  made  public, 

\  I  am  in  hopes  that  more  exact 

-<  l  operators  than  myself  will  work 
,  v.  out  the  idea  till  a  crop  of  fine 

i  mushrooms  may  become  as  cer- 

'  i  tain  as  turnips.” 


it,  caused, 
watering,  Mr.  Watson  thinks 
that  it  will  ripen  and  produce 
seed.  Was  this  compound  fruit 
caused  by  tho  action  of  the 
melon  pollen  on  the  cucumber 
blossom,  or  was  it  wrought  pre¬ 
viously  in  the  parent  of  the 
cucumber  plant  ?  Mr.  Watson 
is  of  the  former  opinion,  as  he 
has  not  grown  melons  for  a  very 
long  period.  Have  any  of  your 
readers  met  with  a  similur  in¬ 
stance  V 

“We  requested  Mr.  W.  G. 
Smith,  the  botanist  and 
draughtsman,  to  examine  the 
‘  Melon-cucumber, ’  and  the  fol¬ 
lowing  is  the  result: — “Acting 
Upon  your  request  to  visit  Mr. 
Watson’s  nurseries  at  St.  Al¬ 
bans,  and  mako  a  drawing  and 
notes  of  hie  melon  growing  upon 
a  cucumber  plant,  1  went  there, 
anil  now  send  the.  results.  Until 
the  present  season,  Mr.  Watson 
had  not  grown  melons  for  30 
years,  and  the  melon-cucumber 
fruit  here  illustrated  grows  upon 
a  cucumber  plant  on  the  north 
side  of  a  span  -  roof  cucumber 
house,  in  which  house,  on  the 
south  side,  are  planted  a  few  fine 
Munro’s  Little  Heath  melon 
plants.  The  pollen  of  a  male 
flower  of  a  melon  was  probably 
transferred  to  tho  female  flower 
of  a  cucumber  by  some  insect, 
ami  so  tho  curious  hybrid  has 
arisen, 

(‘  ‘The  Melon-cucumber  is  V/z 
inches  long  and  8#  inches  round. 
It  seems  externally  to  be  exact¬ 
ly  intermediate  between  its  two 
parents  ;  its  general  fonn  is 
that  of  the  melon  ;  its  skin  is 
yellowish-green,  and  furnished 
toward  the  fruit  stalk  with  a 
few  cucumber  hairs  ;  the  fruit 
stalk  itself  and  the  base  of  the 
fruit  is  that  of  the  melon.  Mr. 
Watson  believes  the  fruit  will 
properly  ripen  and  produce 
seed  ;  but  what  the  nature  of 
the  interior  of  the  fruit  may  be, 
time  can  only  show.  On  the 
axil  of  the  stem  which  produces 
this  cros-bred  is  a  cucumber  leaf 
of  extraordinary  size,  measuring 
i!o  less  than  one  foot  twq 


GARDEN  NOTES 


Large  Erfurt,,  Earliest  Cauli¬ 
flower. —  Mr.  N.  Vandehhuiici, 
Vicksburg,  Miss.,  bought  one 
of  the  seed  of  t  his  variety,  of  the 
product  of  which  the  Vicks¬ 
burg  Herald  aays  We  were 
yesterday  shown  by  Mr.  N.  Van- 
derhurg,  a  cauliflower,  raised  on 
his  place,  inside  the  city  limits, 
which  is  a  long  ways  ahead  of 
anything  we  have  ever  seen. 
The  plant  is  three  feet  in  cir¬ 
cumference,  and  weighs 
pounds.  Mr.  Vauderburg  thinks 
that  this  single  vegetable  would 
command  as  much  as  five  dol¬ 
lars  in  market.  He  has  a  fine 
garden,  and  is  reaping  a  rich 
return  for  his  labor.  Mr,  Van-* 
derburg  is  not  one  of  those  men 
who  mortgage  their  land?  and 
deprive  themselves  of  the  com¬ 
forts  of  life  iu  order  that  they 
may  indulge  their  propensity  for 
raising  cotton,  Ur  the  exclusion 
of  everything  else. 

The  Vitality  of  Garden  Heeds 
depends  upon  the  temperature 
at  which  they  are  kept.  Put 
them  in  bags,  and  keep  in  a  dry, 
airy  place  through  the  winter. 


grand.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  as  we  grow 
older  we  will  grow  wiser.  I  would  like  to 
have  some  of  your  intelligent  readers  give 
their  experience  in  wheat  growing. 


products.  The  g  reat  difficulty  farmers  expe¬ 
rience  in  selling  their  crops  to  the  best  advan¬ 
tage  and  direct  to  the  consumers  will  be 
remedied.  The  products  of  one  farm  are  not 
sufficient  to  warrant  much  outlay  in  effecting 
sales- ;  those  of  an  association  would.  A 
number  of  farmers  together  could  own  a 
store  or  sales  depot  at  the  nearest  city  or 
large  village,  dispose  of  their  products  direct 
to  the  consumer,  and  save  thereby  all  mid¬ 
dlemen’s  commissions  and  endless  extras. 
The  good*  of  such  u  fanner’s  store,  if  scrupu¬ 
lously  kept  up  to  the  highest  standard,  would 
soon  be  bought  in  preference  to  others  and 
would  command  a  better  price  •  the  pure 
rich  milk  and  fresh  gilt-edged  butter  of  such 
a  co-operative  dairy'  would  not  have  to  go 
begging  for  a  market.  In  the  purchasing  of 
tools,  seeds,  groceries,  and  all  necessary  sup¬ 
plies,  at  wholesale,  a  similar  saving  would 
result.  In  co-operation  every  one  will  find 
Kis  proper  sphere  and  level,  and  the  Individ¬ 
ual  preference*  of  each  member  will  be  better 
satisfied  than  without  ,it.  Co-operation  will 
undoubtedly  remedy  many  of  our  grievances 
and  cure  long-standing  sufferings,  but  it  is 
also  not  without  its  difficulties.  Distrust, 
egotism  and  selfishness  are  dangcraus  ele¬ 
ments  in  all  associations,  and  have  destroyed 
the  noblest  creations  of  the  human  mind. 
But  that-  industrious,  frugal  and  honest  men 
will  ere  long  co-operate  successfully  in  farm¬ 
ing  as  well  as  they  have  done  in  industrial 
pursuits  there  is  not  a  moment’s  doubt. 
Foremost  of  all,  however,  let  us  not  forgot 
that  the  most  valuable  crop  of  the  farm  Is 
the  fanner  himself  and  his  family.  No  crop 
pays,  however  much  money  it  may  bring,  a 
these  are  neglected  and  suffer.  No  amount 


00 -OPERATION  IN  AGRICULTURE 

OR,  HOW  TO  MAKE  FARMING  PAY. 


TAPPAHANNOCK  WHEAT  IN  INDIANA 


Dr.  F,  M.  Hexamkk,  Newcastle,  N.  Y.,  is 
a  practical  farmer,  and  recently  delivered  an 
address  at  the  Yorkto wn,  Westchester  Co. 
Fair,  in  which  he  said  some  sensible  things, 
and  from  which  we  make  the  following  ex¬ 
tracts  : 

Now,  if  I  am  to  judge  of  what  farmers 
know  the  least,  or  of  what  they  are  the  most 
anxious  to  learn,  by  the  number  of  times  the 
question  has  been  asked,  by  the  thousands 
of  inquiries  made  in  the  papers,  and  the 
volumes  of  treatises  written  about  it,  I 
should  unhesitatingly  say  it  is,  How  to  make 
farming  pay  ? 

It  seems  natural  enough  that  every  man 
should  desire  to  make  his  business  pay  as 
much  as  possible,  and  anxious  to  learn  how 
to  do  it.  Nevertheless  there  is  in  this  respect 
a  peculiar  feature  about  farming  which  wo 
do  not  find  in  other  occupations,  in  so  much 
as  in  no  other  business,  trade,  or  profession 
are  those  questions  thrown  out  for  public 
consideration.  Who. ha*  over  heard  the 
storekeeper,  the  blacksmith,  or  the  tailor  ask 
his  neighbors  how  to  make  his  business  pay  ? 
Who  has  seen  doctors,  lawers,  ministers, 
'  mako  inquiries  through  the  papers  for  some¬ 
body  to  tell  them  how  to  make  their  pro¬ 
fessions  pay  ? 

Why  of  all  classes  the  farmer  alone  should 
be  at  a  loss  to  know  how  to  make  his  work 
pay,  is  certainly  singular.  It  cannot  be  for 
the  reason  that  there  are  too  many  farmers, 
for  wage?  of  farm  laborers  have  steadily  in¬ 
creased  during  a  series  of  years.  It  cannot 
be  because  farming  gives  no  scope  to  the  in¬ 
telligent.  the  learned,  and  the  enterprising- 
far  from  it — for  some  of  the  greatest  and 
noblest  men  in  all  ages  have  been  tillers  of 
the  soil,  and  wore  proud  to  call  themselves 
farmers.  It  cannot  be  that  farming  cannot 
be  made  to  pay,  for  hundreds  of  thousands 
have  made  money  by  cultivating  the  soil,  and 
many  have  become  independently  rich. 

The  fact,  however,  that  many,  a  great- 
many,  farmers  do  not  make  their  bumness 
pay  remains  the  same,  and,  if  we  look  lor  the 
cause  of  this  misfortune,  sve  find  that  the 
majority  of  farmers  do  not  conduct  them 
business  according  to  the  system  and  rules 
applied  in  other  trades  or  avocations.  When 
a  boy  chooses  to  become  a  mechanic  or  a 
tradesman  he  enters  in  apprenticeship  with 
one  he  considers  well  skilled  in  these  branches. 
When  a  merchant  wants  to  make  a  good 
business  man  of  his  son  he  will  find  employ 
ment  for  him  in  successful  mercantile  estab¬ 
lishments,  that  he  may  get  familiar  with  all 
that  relates  to  his  business.  But  with  the 
young  farmer  how  seldom  do  we  find  more 
knowledge  of  Ins  business  than  what  he  has 
learned  on  the  old  farm,  managed  in  the  old 
traditional  routine,  iu  this  wav  a  man  may 
growr  up  to  be  a  good  farm  worker  for  all  the 
days  of  his  life,  But  a  capable  manager  and 
judicious  director  of  large  estates,  one  that 
will  perceive  all  favorable  chances  and  take 
ad  vantage  of  his  opportunities,  one  that  can 
lay  hia  plans  and  make  calculations  for  years 
to  come,  with  a  considerable  amount  of  cor¬ 
rectness,  he  will  never  make.  The  farmer 
of  this  age,  the  era  of  the  mowers  and  reap¬ 
ers,  the  power-threshers  and  the  steam  plow, 
must  know  more  than  how  to  cut  a  clean 
swath  and  to  turn  an  even  furrow.  If  he 
would  be  prepared  to  light  a  fair  battle  with 
trades  and  professions,  which  have  built  rail¬ 
roads  and  steamboats,  which  have  encircled 
the  globe  with  an  electric  wire  to  annihilate 
time  and  make  the  whole  earth  subservient 
to  tlieir  purpose,  he  must  bo  equipped  with 
as  efficient  weapons  as  his  antagonist?,  and 
even  better.  For  no  business,  no  profession 
requires  30  varied  and  manifold  knowledge, 
nor  as  many  capabilities,  as  farming.  Does 
not  history  show  that  In  all  times  the  best 
farmers  in  the  land  were  also  the  best  states¬ 
men,  and  the  men  to  whom  the  country 
looked  for  advice  and  support  in  times  of 
danger  ? 

The  farmer  represents  at  once  the  indus¬ 
trial  as  well  its  the  commercial  class.  He  is 
manufacturer  or  producer  and  jobber  or 
trader  in  one  person,  and  therefore  requires 
the  knowledge,  the  skill,  the  abilities  of  each. 
This  is  demoucUng  a  great  <leul  of  the  farmer, 
and  but  few  men  unite  aJi  these  qualifica¬ 
tions,  but  Lheir  combination  is  nevertheless 
necessary  to  make  farming  pay,  and  it  is 
mainly  due  to  this  circumstance,  the  fact  that 
too  many  and  varied  demands  are  made  upon 
the  farmer's  mind  and  time,  that  so  many 
fail  to  make  farming  pay. 

Compare  the  manufacturing  industries 
with  farming,  and  where  do  we  find  that  one 
man  has  the  charge  of  the  factory,  the  whole¬ 
sale  and  the  retail  departments,  the  financial 
affairs  and  the  supplies  ?  All  these  are  divid¬ 
ed  into  distinct  departments  under  different 
managers,  each  one  of  whom  devoting  all  his 
energies  to  one  specialty  becomes  much  more 
skilled  and  expert  in  the  same  than  if  his 
work  was  more  diversified. 

The  first  part  of  making  farming  pay— that 
of  raising  good  and  bountiful  crops — farmers, 
its  a  class,  understand  well  enough,  and  if 
they  did  not  there  are  thousands  of  poli¬ 
ticians  and  lawj'ers,  officers  and  office-seekers 
who  are  constantly  telling  us  how  to  do  it. 
In  the  second  part  of  their  pursuits,  how¬ 
ever,  in  the  commercial  and  strictly  business 
matter,  farmers  are  generally  lacking  iu  the 


I  see  an  inquiry  in  Rural  New  Yorker  of 
Sept.  20th,  concerning  the  variety  of  wheat 
known  as  Tappahannock.  The  Tappahannock 
was  sown  here  a  few  years  ago,  but  it  “run 
out,”  and  there  was  hardly  any  of  it  sown 
for  some  time.  Last  year  there  was  more 
than  common  sown,  and,  as  we  bad  a  dry 
fall  and  very  hard  winter,  wheat  in  a  great 
measure,  froze  out,  including  all  kinds  ;  the 
Tappahannock  and  Swamp  wheats,  standing 
the  best.  We  had  scarcely  one-fourth  of  a 
crop,  and  in  some  places  farmers  failed  to  get 
their  seed. 

The  Tappahannock  is  the  favorite  wheat, 
although  easy  to  sprout  and  liable  to  become 
strawfullen.  If  sown  earl}',  on  good  ground, 
it  will  ripen  eight  or  ten  days  earlier  than 
other  varieties.  The  largest  yields  are  all  of 
this  variety.  The  largest  I  heard  of  in  the 
county  was  31  bushels  to  the  acre,  there 
being  14  acres.  It  was  sown  on  good  land 
which  had  been  a  clover  pasture  for  three 
years.  On  account  of  its  ripening  earlier,  it, 
with  us,  escapes  what  we  call  midge. 

Parke  Co.,  lnd.  l.  e.  o. 


these  are  neglected  and  suffer, 
of  money,  bank  stocks,  and  acres  of  land  can 
form  an  equivalent  lor  ruined  health,  for 
discontent,  or  for  an  unhappy  home.  Health 
and  content,  the  esteem  and  respect  of  our 
fellow-citizens,  and  the  love  and  tender  care 
of  those  who  form  our  household  cannot  be 
bought  with  all  the  riches  in  the  world.  To 
gain  these  treasures  many  a  rich  man  would 
readily  give  all  his  hoarded  gold.  If  the  man 
who  makes-farming  pay  will  not  use  the  pro¬ 
ceeds  .there-of  to  make  his  farm  pay  still 
better,  his  work  has  been  to  little  purpose. 
But  he  who  has  provided  a  happy  home  for 
his  family,  who  lias  reared  children  who  will 
never  forgot  the  home  of  their  childhood, 
who  will  lead  a  useful  and  honorable  life, 
who  will  be  most  honored  arid  respected  by 
those  who  know  them  best,  and  will  lie  an 
ornament  to  the  community  they  live  in  ;  he 
who  by  deeds  and  example  lias  induced  his 
fellow-men  to  lead  better  and  more  useful 
lives  than  they  would  have  done  without  his 
efforts  ;  he  who  remains  fresh  in  the  memory' 
and  beloved  in  the  hearts  of  those  that  knew 
him,  eveu  after  the  llowers  which  were 
strewn  upon  his  grave  lutve  withered  :  such 
a  man  leaves  this  world  richer  and  better 
than  he  fouud  it.  Of  him  it  can  be  said  in 
reality  and  truth  that  he  made  fanning  pay. 


CRIBBING  CORN 


The  Editor  of  the  Journal  of  the  Farm 
makes  a  good  suggestion  as  follows  : — “  Many 
a  sore-fingered  busker  has  wished  that  his 
load  of  corn  could  be  shoveled  direct  from 
the  wagon  into  the  crib,  without  having  to 
throw  out  a  portion  by  band  until  the  shovel 
could  reach  the  bottom  of  the  wagon.  In 
such  cases  every  linger  is  like  a  false  horse 
flinching  from  the  collar,  and  the  work  is 
only  done  from  a  conviction  that  there  is  no 
help  for  it.  In  loading  corn  take  out  a  piece 
of  pine  board  six  feet  long  and  a  little  wider 
than  your  shovel ;  place  an  end  on  the  tail 
board  close  to  one  corner  of  the  w  agon,  and 
the  other  on  the  bottom  end,  fill  up  as  usual. 
In  unloading,  shovel  down  the  board  to  the 
bottom  of  the  wagon,  and  not  an  ear  need  be 
touched  by  the  hands. 


FIELD  NOTES, 


■A  Kentucky 


Orchard  and  Blue  Grass, 
correspondent  of  the  Southern  Agriculturist 
writes : — While  I  think  there  is  no  grass 
equal  to  blue  grass,  yet  I  like  orchard  grass 
in  some  respects  better  than  blue  grass.  In 
the  flint  place  you  etui  graze  it  two  or  three 
weeks  earlier  in  the  spring,  which  is  a  very 
deckled  advantage  over  blue  grass.  If  you 
graze  properly,  its  fattening  qualities  are 
equal,  if  not  superior,  to  that  of  blue  grass. 
In  the  next  place,  if  you  have  a  good  stand, 
it  affords  as  much,  if  not  more  grazing  to 
the  acre,  than  blue  grass.  Again,  I  have  seen 
blue  ancl  orchard  grass  in  the  same  field  or 
pasture,  growing  side  by  side  ;  a  drouth  of 
some  four  or  five  weeks  would  cause  the 
blue  grass  to  become  dry  enough  to  burn, 
while  the  orchard  grass  will  bo  green  and 
luxuriant,  comparatively  speaking.  This  is 
another  very  great  advantage  over  blue 
grass. 

Chufu  Culture. — In  the  Rural  New-York¬ 
er,  May  31,  on  page  34ft,  I  read  the  Georgia 
correspondent’s  (of  the  Southern  Cultivator) 
account  of  Chufas.  I  wisli  to  know  if  any 
of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  x'oaders  have 
ever  planted  them.  If  ao  with  what  result. 
I  wish  also  to  know  who  lias  some  for  sale 
and  at  wliat  price.  Are  these  injurious  to  a 
new  orchard,  or  is  there  any  fertilizing  prop¬ 
erty  belonging  to  them,  if  left  in  the  ground 
the  year  round.  If  some  one  will  please  an¬ 
swer  it  will  oblige  a  few  of  the  Rural  sub¬ 
scribers. — J.  n.,  PUtcvllle,  Tenn. 

Alnike  Clover  on  Sandy  Land.— W.  B.  M., 
Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y.,  writes  the  Journal 
of  the  Farm  : — I  am  now  satisfied  that  Alsike 
clover  is  not  the  clover  for  our  sandy  loam 
land,  or  among  dry  land,  but  should  think  by 
the  nature  of  its  growth  that  it  would  do 
well  on  moist,  deep  soil.  All  stock  are  very 
fond  of  it  in  its  green  Rtate,  and  1  have  no 
doubt  it  is  very  valuable  as  dry  fodder.  I  am 
very  sorry  1  can’t  raise  it  on  my  farm,  as  I 
think  it  nearly  equal  to  corn  for  swine  and 
cows  ;  also,  horses  are  fond  of  it. 

Alsike  Clover. — Several  members  of  the 
Elmira,  N.  Y.,  Farmers’  Club  state  that  in 
tlieir  experience  Alsike  clover  makes  one 
crop  of  nice,  f^weet  pasture  in  a  season,  but 
the  second  growth  amounts  to  almost  noth¬ 
ing.  The  President  said  that  hay  from  it, 
when  bright,  was  no  better  relished  by  cows 
than  damaged  red  clover. 


DRILLING,  VS.  BROADCAST  SOWING 
WHEAT. 


Frank  Lee,  of  Tru ruble  Co.,  Ky.,  writes 
to  the  Rural  World,  giving  a  statement  which 
we  should  be  glad  if  the  readers  of  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  would  duplicate  in  value  and 
facts,  if  they  can,  on  the  same  subject.  Here 
it  is  : — In  a  late  number  of  your  paper  I  saw 
a  report  of  experiments  in  wheat  growing, 
reported  by  the  Agricultural  College  of 
Pennsylvania.  All  such  reports  I  regard  us 
very  valuable  to  the  observing  farmer.  If 
of  any  value,  I  would  wish  to  offer  my  ex¬ 
perience  in  wheat  growing  for  ten  years  past 
— five  years  broadcast  and  five  with  the  drill. 
The  wheat  sown  was  the  swamp,  or  bearded 
Mediterranean.  Location,  high  Ohio  river 
bottom.  Soil,  sandy  loam.  Number  of  acres 
experimented  on,  100. 

Yield  from  1%  bushels  seed  per  acre,  sown 
broadcast  and  harrowed  twice  : 

1864,  33  acres,  14  Ji  bushels  per  acre. 

1805,  35  “  15  “ 

1866,  60  “  16)4  “  “ 

1807,  35  ’*  Yt'A  “ 

1868,  40  u  18  “  “ 

Yield  from  \%  bushels  seed  per  acre,  sown 
with  drill : 

1860,  32  acres,  21  >4  bushels  per  acre. 

1870,  30  “  20 

1871,  33  “  26*4  “  “ 

1872,  42  “  241-4 

1873,  25  “  22  “  “ 

Sown  with  drill  eight  inches  apart  and  two 
inches  deep.  Land  in  1871-72  broke  twice — 
all  harrowed  before  drilling,  and  all  for  ten 
years  sown  in  September,  and  all  but  twice 
before  Sept.  25. 

The  above  shows  an  average  of  something 
over  six  bushels  per  acre  in  favor  of  the  drill, 
or  about  $8  per  acre.  I  ant  firmly  persuaded 
that,  were  two  bushels  sown  per  acre,  the 
average  would  still  be  better,  and  would  pay. 
I  am  going  to  try  two  bushels  this  year  on 
fifteen  acres,  along  with  one  and  a  third 
bushels  on  thirty-two  acres,  and  mark  the 
result.  If  farmers  could  break  their  land 
twice,  I  am  sure  it  would  pay ;  indeed,  I 
think  the  better  order  land  can  be  placed  in, 
the  better  it  will  pay.  American  farmers 
desire  to  farm  more  land  than  they  can  till 
well,  because  it  is  fashionable  and  looks 


butter;  factories. 

What  is  needed  at  this  time  in  Colorado  is 
the  establishment  of  butter  factories  on  the 
improved  plan  as  conducted  in  New  York. 
This  will  insure  an  uniform  fine-flavored 
“gilt  edged’’  product-  a  boon  to  consumers 
— while  the  associated  system  relieves  the 
fanner’s  family  from  the  drudgery  of  manu¬ 
facture.  There  are  already  neighborhoods 
where  from  200  to  300  cows  can  bo  bad  for 
this  business,  and  we  advise  our  Colorado 
friends  to  make  themselves  acquainted  with 
the  plan,  build  one  or  more  factories,  and 
employ  a  skillful  manager,  and  wc  think 
they  will  find  t  here  is  money  in  the  business. 

A  WORD  MORE  CONCERNING  GRASS  AND  DAIRY  LANDS. 

In  our  remarks  concerning  the  dairy  lands 
of  Colorado,  it  should  be  understood  that  wo 
have  had  reference  to  such  localities  as  are 
best  adapted  to  grass  lands  that  receive  more 
moisture  than  those  far  out  on  the  plains— 
lands  that  are  adapted  to  irrigation,  or  may 
have  been  to  some  extent,  moistened  by 
water.  The  statements  of  Mr.  Packard, 
Mr.  Rand  and  others  in  regard  to  the  quan¬ 
tity  of  land  required  for  pasturage  per  cow, 
must  bo  taken  fer  their  particular  localities, 
as  showing  what  certain  sections  favorably 
located  or  under  special  management  are 
capable  of  producing.  They  are  not  pretended 
us  an  average  of  the  whole  country  ;  for  if 
we  go  out  upon  the  plains,  where  the  pastur¬ 
age  is  t,lnn  and  the  grass  light,  the  land  is 
capable  of  sustaining  much  fewer  cattle  than 
in  a  well  watered  country.  Judging  from 
wlmt  wo  saw,  we  should  say  that  a  range  of 
5,000  acres  of  this  light  grass  of  the  plains 
would  be  no  more  than  sufficient  for  500 
head  of  cattle. 

Millions  of  acres  arc  here  spread  out  in  vast, 
plains  of  grass,  which  are  now  in  part  em¬ 
ployed  in  pasturage.  Immense  numbers  of 
cattle  in  the  aggregate  roam  over  these 
ranges,  and  It  would  bo  difficult  even  for 
stockmen  to  state  with  any  degree  of  exact¬ 
ness  the  quantity  of  land  required  per  cow. 
But  when  fields  have  been  inclosed  and  tlieir 
productiveness  tested  in  pasturing  cattle  for 
the  season,  or  for  a  Certain  length  of  time, 
men  are  supposed  to  know  pretty  near  what 
they  are  talking  about.  Of  the  grasses  which 
we  saw  growing  on  meadow  lands,  wo  feel 
fully  competent  to  judge  pretty  correctly  ns 
to  the  crop — so  with  standing  grains.  But  of 
the  pastures  it  was  quite  different,  and  we 
confess  to  a  feeling  of  wonderment,  often, 
in  passing  through  the  country,  to  find  sleek, 
fat  animals  thriving  on  what  appeared  to  us 
to  bo  “beggarly  fare.” 

THE  PARKS. 

Gen.  Cameron,  whom  we  met  at  Greeley, 
and  many  others  with  whom  vve  conversed, 
and  who  had  given  special  attention  to  the 
question  of  grass  lands  in  Colorado— all  united 
in  the. opinion  that  the  Parks  of  the  Kooky 
Mountains  were  the  localities  which  could 
hardly  be  surpassed  in  all  tlieir  elements  of 
adaptation  to  dairy  operations.  A  writer  in 
Lippincott’s  Magazine,  in  referring  to  some 
of  these  Barks,  has  very  clearly  described 
then-  character,  lie  says  : 

The  Park  itself  is  9,812  feet  above  the  sea 
level,  or  hall'  as  high  again  as  Mount  Wash¬ 
ington.  The  surrounding  rim  is  some  two 
thousand  feet  higher,  while  in  the  distance, 
north,  south?  and  west,  may  be  seen  the 
snowy  summits,  fourteen  thousand  feet  high, 
of  Gray’S  Peak,  Pike's  Peak,  Mount  Lincoln, 


parks  the  cattle  live  without  shelter  in  win¬ 
ter,  and  the  timber  is  large  and  plentiful  at 
eleven  thousand  feet  elevation.  Glaciers  are 
wanting,  but  instead  we  have  the  rich  vege¬ 
tation,  the  wide  range  of  mountains,  the 
pure,  ary,  and  balmy  atmosphere,  and  a  va¬ 
riety,  a  depth  and  a  softness  of  color  which 
can  hardly  be  equaled  ou  earth. 

SCENERY,  &C. 

We  have  not  attempted  a  description  of 
Colorado  scenery.  The  mountains  are  thick 
with  canons  unsurpassed  in  beauty,  and  at 
every  step  presenting  lovely  and  charming 
pictures  in  infinite  variety,  while  the  awful 
grandeur  of  the  lofty  crags  and  snow-clad 
peaks  can  only  be  appreciated  when  seen 
“face  to  face,”  For  the  pleasure-seeker  and 
invalid,  Colorado  is  fast  becoming  a  favorite 
resort,  and  the  time  cannot  bo  far  distant 
When  it  will  be  esteemed  as  the  grand  “wa¬ 
tering  place”  of  the  Continent*. 

In  conclusion,  we  desire  to  express  our  ob¬ 
ligations  to  W.  Hally,  Esq.,  Secretary  of 
Colorado  Stock  Growers’  Association,  for 
valuable  information  and  certain  attentions 
while  in  Denver. 


by  these  parties.  Kittson’s  cattle  were  fre¬ 
quently  stolen  by  these  thieves,  and  he  made 
up  his  mind  he  would  follow  the  matter  up 
and  regain  his  property,  if  possible. 

It  was  a  very  difficult  and  hazardous  under¬ 
taking,  for  the  route  taken  by  the  stolen 
herds  was  500  or  600  miles  long,  and  it  could 
not  bo  doubted  that  those  engaged  in  this 
cattle  robbery  would  bo  hostile  to  all  parties 
attempting  to  recover  the  stolen  cattle. 
Kittson,  however,  had  the  courage  for  the 
undertaking,  and  ho  was  determined  to  re¬ 
cover  whatever  of  his  property  he  could  find 
and  punish,  through  the  proper  courts,  the 
guilty  parties.  As  all  his  cattle  are  branded 
and  marked  alike,  it  was  an  easy  matter  to 
identify  the  auimais  ;  so  ho  came  on  to  Den¬ 
ver  and  outfitted  three  parties  of  30  men 
onf'h,  which  were  well  armed  and  sent  South. 
He  followed,  and  obtained  another  strong 
guard  in  New  Mexico.  The  country  was  then 
scoured,  and  in  a  few  weeks  resulted  in  se¬ 
curing,  ns  heretofore  stated,  the  recovery  of 
about  5, (IN  10  head  of  cattle  which  had  been 
stolen  from  llitti,  and  although  ho  met  with 
strenuous  opposition  from  the  people,  he  suc¬ 
ceeded  In  getting  his  cattle  away.  When  he 
got  to j Los  Vegas,  the  court  was  in  session, 
and  some  of  the  parties  from  whom  he  had 
taken  his  own  cattle  secured  indictments 
against  him  to  the  number  of  a  dozen  or 
more.  He  gave  the  requisite  bail  and  went 
home.  When  the  cases  came  on  he  was 
promptly  on  the  ground,  and  the  trial  re¬ 
sulted  in  his  favor.  The  nerve  and  pluck 
displayed  in  this  transaction  lias  given  Kitt¬ 
son  great  notoriety  in  the  South- west,  and 
will,  no  doubt,  have  a  tendency  to  check,  in 
some  degree,  cattle  thieving.  At  least,  il' 
the  Government  cannot  put  a  stop  to  this 
nefarious  business,  the  plan  adopted  by  Kitt¬ 
son  points  the  way  in  which  this  matter  may 
be  solved. 

Kittson  is  favorably  impressed  as  to  the 
resources  of  Colorado  as  a  stock  country. 
The  immense  cattle  ranges,  the  nutrition  of 
the  grasses  and  the  freedom  from  loss  of  cat¬ 
tle  by  thieving  or  otherwise,  render  it  a  fa- 
vored  ground  for  the  stock  grower. 

A  CHEESE  DAIRY. 

We  did  not  hear  of  many  cheese  dairies  in 
the  Territory,  but  some  few  have  been  es¬ 
tablished.  Last  year,  according  to  a  state¬ 
ment  made  by  Hon.  W.  F.  Stone  of  Pueblo, 
Dr.  Wm.  A.  Bell,  an  Englishman  of  wealth 
and  enterprise,  residing  at  Colorado  Springs, 
carried  out  the  experiment  of  establishing  a 
large,  dairy  iu  the  West  Mountain  Valley  for 
the  manufacture  of  cheese,  with  marked 
success.  About  5,000  pounds  ol’  cheese  were 
made  last  season,  and  found  a  ready  market 
at  40c.  per  pound,  and  Mr.  Stone  says  “  So 
long  as  in  this  country  milk  brings  10c.  per 
quart  and  butter  and  cheese 40c.  and  fi()c.  per 
pound,  with  only  the  expense  of  hording  in 
addition  to  milking  and  manufacturing,  iln* 
branch  of  industry  certainly  ought  not  to  be 
neglected.” 

WHAT  BREEDS  OF  CATTLE  ARE  BEST  FOR  COLORADO 
DAIRYING. 

We  wore  frequently  asked  the  question 
while  in  Colorado  in  regard  to  the  breed  of 

This  is  not 


DAIRY  NOTES  ON  COLORADO 


FOURTH  ARTICLE. 


JACK  H1TTS0N,  THE  CATTLE  KINO. 

On  returning  from  our  two  weeks’  excur¬ 
sion  among  the  canons  and  mines  of  the 
Rocky  Mountains,  we  met  at  Denver  John 
Hittson,  the  great  cattle  king  of  the  Conti¬ 
nent.  We  learned  a  good  many  things  in 
our  interview  with  Mr.  Kittson,  confirming 
what  we  have  said  concerning  Colorado  as  a 
stock  country.  Kittson  is  an  interesting 
character,  of  fino  personal  appearance,  tall 
and  well  proportioned,  with  a  splendid  phy¬ 
sique,  apparently  able  to  accomplish  what 
he  undertakes,  and  though  possessed  of  great 
courage,  as  his  daring  exploits  and  the  scars 
of  Indian  bullets  and  arrows  on  his  body  tes¬ 
tify  to,  still  he  is  modest  aud  unassuming  in 
his  bearing. 

CATTLE  BY  THE  MILE. 

Some  of  the  Western  stockmen  insist  that 
the  proper  way  of  conveying  an  idea  of  Kitt¬ 
son’s  immense  herds,  is  to  estimate  them  by 
the  mile  ;  but  we  have  no  time  to  work  out 
mathematical  problems,  aud  shall  therefore 
give  Mr.  Kittson’s  statement  to  ns  in  plain 
round  numbers.  Ko  says  he  does  nob  really 
know  the  exact  number  of  cattle  in  his  herds, 
but.  be  knows  that  they  number  fully  one 
hundred  thousand  head,  to  say  nothing  of 
his  horse*.  Ills  cattle  have  been  assessed  for 
taxation  In  Texas  at  an  average  valuation  of 
$3  per  head,  aud  lie  pays  taxes  on  the  num¬ 
ber  ns  stated  above.  Mr.  IIlTTSTON  comes 
originally  from  Palo- Pin  to,  Palo- Pinto  Co., 
Texas,  but  now  makes  his  headquarters  at 
Deer  Trail,  on  the  Kansas  Pacific  R.R.,  in 
Douglas  Co.,  Colorado.  Ho  has  about  15,000 
head  of  cattle  in  this  vicinity.  His  cattle  are 
mainly  in  Texas,  though  a  considerable  num¬ 
ber  are  in  Colorado  and  Kansas.  This  year 
he  has  about  13,000  calves  which  are  being 
raised  in  Colorado.  Mr.  Kittson  has  spent 
the  greater  portion  of  his  life  on  the  borders 
of  Texas  ;  and  after  eighteen  years’  hard 
work,  during  which  he  has  labored  often  in 
the  midst  of  perils  and  dangers,  “  carrying 
his  life  in  his  hand,”  so  to  speak,  ho  has 
amassed  a  fortune,  and  among  the  fruits  of 
his  labor  can  show  a  herd  of  cattle  the  lar  gest , 
perhaps,  in  the  world  owned  by  one  person, 
ami  worth  on  the  ground  where  they  are 
herded,  it  is  estimated,  one  and  a  half  mil¬ 
lions  of  dollars. 

HIS  EXPLOITS  Y/ITH  THE  GATTLE  THIEVES. 

A  little  over  one  year  ago  Kittson  and  his 
men  made  an  excursion  into  New  Mexico  to 
obtain  cattle  which  had  been  stolen  from  his 
herds.  Tie  found  them,  and  identifying  the 
animals  by  his  brand,  drove  them  away  to 
the  number  of  over  5,000  head.  Suita  were 
brought  against  him  by  the  Now  Mexican 
people,  but  in  these  he  was  successful  in 
proving  his  claim,  and  came  off  victorious. 
He  says  the  depredations  on  the  Texas  bor¬ 
ders  are  quite  frequent,  and  that  our  losses 
in  cattle  are  very  heavy,  much  larger  than 
most  Texans  have  any  idea.  These  depreda¬ 
tions  are  committed  directly  by  Comanche 
and  Kiowa  Indians  and  their  allies.  But 
there  are  three  separate  parties  connected 
with  the  thefts  : — First  and  chiefest,  are  a 
set  of  men  in  New  Mexico — merchants,  who 
occupy  prominent  and  responsible  positions 
before  the  public  ;  next  are  what  are  termed 
Camanchero-,  a  low,  desperate  class  of 
“  Greasers,”  who  are  in  the  employ  of  these 
merchants  to  perform  the  dirty  work  and 
act  as  go-betweens  ;  then  come  the  Indians 
spoken  of.  Tlieir  plan  of  operation  is  this  : 
The  merchants  or  principals,  furnish  the  C«- 
rnuncheros  with  provisions,  blankets,  trink¬ 
ets  and  other  tilings  which  an  Indian  admires 
and  will  work  for.  The  Camancheros  go  to 
Che  tribes  with  whom  they  are  on  friendly 
footing — being  half-blooded,  some  of  them — 
and  make  known  their  wants,  or  give  their 
order,  for  a  nice  herd  of  Texas  cattle.  The 
Indians  who  live  upon  this  business,  at  once 
stare  off  on  their  thieving  mission,  and  are 
not  unfrequently  accompanied  by  Mexicans, 
who  are,  on  such  occasions,  much  more  sav¬ 
age  and  expert  than  the  Indiana  themselves. 
The  range  is  so  vast"  that  the  cattle  cannot 
be  kept  under  observation  even  by  numerous 
herders.  These  thieves  go  upon  the  range, 
round  up  as  many  as  they  want,  and  drive 
them  off.  If  they  meet  a  herd  driving  North, 
and  find  that  they  can  overpower  the  herd¬ 
ers,  they  are  always  ready  to  make  the  at¬ 
tack.  If  they  cannot  get  off  without  loss  of 
life,  they  will  kill  the  herders  and  make  their 
escape.  It  is  no  uncommon  thing  to  strike 
the  trail  where  herds  containing  from  1,000 
to  2,000  and  even  3,000  cattle  have  been  gath¬ 
ered  and  driven  out  across  the  staked  plains 


GORGED  STOMACHS  IN  HORSES 


Tun  Canada  Farmer  says  : — Gorged  stom¬ 
achs,  or  acute  indigestion,  is  a  disease  which 
every  year  destroys  a  great  many  valuable 
horses.  It  consists  either  iu  distension  of  the 
stomach  from  food  or  from  gas  generated  by 
the  fermentation  of  its  undigested  contents. 

This  very  serious  disorder  often  results 
from  giving  food  in  largo  quantities  and  im¬ 
mediately  subjecting  the  animal  to  hard  or 
fast  work.  This  is  a  very  common  tiling 
among  farmer’s  horses.  A  journey  of  fifteen 
or  twenty  miles  has  to  be  performed  ;  the 
owner,  through  kindness,  gives  an  extra 
quantity  of  food  ;  the  stomach  and  bowels 
are  overloaded  ;  the  horse  begins  his  journey 
full  of  spirits,  and,  after  traveling  for  a  few 
miles,  ho  becomes  dull  and  sluggish  and 
sweats  freely  ;  lie  is  pulled  up,  and  after 
standing  for  a  few  moments,  shows  signs  of 
abdominal  pains  by  cringing  the  body  aud 
attempting  to  lie  down  ;  t  he  fianks  are  slight¬ 
ly  swollen.  Di  a  few  moments  ho  seems 
easier,  and  is  driven  on,  now  and  then  show¬ 
ing  symptoms  of  pain  ;  possibly  he  reaches 
his  destination,  and  is  taken  out  of  the  har¬ 
ness,  when  he  may  exliibit  very  alarming 
symptoms. 

Another  common  cause  is  feeding  heavily 
when  tho  stomach  has  been  weakened  by 
enervating  exorcise  or  long  fasting. 

In  road  horses  that  are  highly  fed  on  outs 
and  hay,  it  is  occasionally  brought  on  by 
giving  a  quantity  of  green  clover  or  tares 
immediately  after  performing  a  fust  journey. 


NOTES  FOR  HORSEMEN 


Mr.  Roger's  Scratches  Remedy. — I  would 
like  to  ask  Mr.  Roger's  “  to  rise  and  cx- 
pliun  ”  the  philosophy  of  his  remedy  for 
“scratches  on  horses”  which,  lie  gives  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  of  July  2fi.  My  objec¬ 
tions  are  first,  the  absurdity  of  curing  a  dis¬ 
ease  of  the  skm  by  applying  an  ointment  to 
the  sole  of  the  foot  is  apparent  to  any  one 
who  will  take  the  trouble  to  think  but  for  a 
moment.  Second,  why  use  a  mixture  of 
drugs,  which  wifi  cost  more  or  loss,  when 
one  simple  article,  such  us  white  lead,  will 
answer  every  purpose  and  cost  almost  noth¬ 
ing.  We  do  not  deny  that  his  remedy  will 
effect  a  cure  ;  but  scratches,  as  all  know,  is 
a  disease  of  the  skin  and  not  of  the  foot, 
quite  frequently  affecting  the  leg  above  the 
knee,  and  how  a  remedy  can  be  applied  to 
the  loot  so  ns  to  cure  this,  is  what  we  want 
to  know. — J.  B.  S.,  Harlem  Springs,  O. 

CoUo  in  Horses.— Can  you  give  any  reme¬ 
dy  for  colic  in  horses.  For  want  or  one  at 
band,  I  came  near  losing  a  horse  nob  long 
since.  Give  us  one.—  P.  G.,  Xenia,  0. 

The  following  we  have  seen  tried  with 
success : — Melt  a  pint  of  hog’s  lard  over  a 
slow  fire,  add  soot  from  the  chimney  until 
it  becomes  as  thick  as  oream,  add  two  or 
three  pods  of  red  popper,  pour  the  mixture 
in  a  bottle  and  give  to  the  animal.  If  the 
horse  is  not  quickly  relieved,  repeat  the  dose. 

To  Keep  Flics  from  IJorsca. — A  corres¬ 
pondent  of  the  Rural  New-Yorkeii  asks  : 
“  Is  there  anything  I  can  get  to  put  on  horses 
to  keep  the  flies  from  biting  them?”  Pen¬ 
nyroyal  tea  has  been  recommended  as  effi¬ 
cient  ;  also,  dilute  carbolic  acid.  The  juice 
of  walnut  leaves,  or  a  steep  inode  of  them  is 
said  to  be  effectual.  We  have  never  tried 
any  of  these  things  and  do  not  personally 
know  that  they  are  effectual. 


cattle  best  for  Colorado  dairies, 
a  question  which  one  can  pronounce  upon 
with  confidence,  whose  sojourn  in  tho  Terri 
tory  was  as  brief  asthat,  of  our*.  In  the  first 
place,  one  must  know  something  as  to  what 
is  required  of  the  animal.  If  milk,  and  only 
milk  was  required,  a  different  breed,  might 
be  selected  than  where  stock  growing  for 
beef  as  well  as  milk  was  sought  after.  In  a 
country  like  Colorado,  we  suppose  it  would 
pay  well  for  farmers  Lo  raise  all  the  calves 
dropped.  Tho  males  would  be,  for  the  most 
part,  converted  into  steers,  and  a  good  sized 
animal,  and  one  that  would  come  to  matur¬ 
ity  early  and  take  on  fat  rapidly  would,  it  is 
evident,  command  more  money  than  an  ani¬ 
mal  not  possessing  these  qualities.  If  milk 
and  beef,  then,  be  the  object  of  tho  farmer, 
we  should  say  that  the  Short-Korn  is  admi¬ 
rably  adapted  to  bis  purpose.  And  if  he 
have  an  average  herd  of  common  cows,  a 
good  Short-Korn  bull  (pure-blooded)  will  get 
him  grades  that  will  pretty  well  meet  his 
wants.  Further  improvement  will  be  made 
by  crossing  tho  grades  with  thoroughbred 
Short-Horns,  and  this  improvement  can  be 
brought  about  at  moderate  expense.  So  far 
as  wc  observed,  the  Short- Horn  blood  seemed 
well  adapted  to  the  country. 

The  Ayrshires  are  large  milkers,  and  the 
Jeraeys  yield  an  exceedingly  rich  milk  :  but 
the  stock  dealers  who  are  picking  up  cattle 
In  Colorado  to  drive  to  Iowa  or  other  States 
there  to  be  fattened  on  corn,  for  Eastern 
markets,  will  prefer  cattle  that  have  Short- 
Korn  blood.  But  we  have  no  space  here  to 
discuss  this  question  in  all  its  details,  and  we 
leave  it  for  the  present,  and  may  take  it  up 
in  a  subsequent  article  by  itself. 


aud 

Other  Titans,  without  muse  or  name 

The  South  Park  lg  sixty  miles  long  and 
thirty  wide,  with  a  surface  like  a  rolling 
prairie,  and  contains  hills,  groves,  lakes,  ami 
streams  in  beautiful  variety.  It  formerly 
abounded  with  buffalo  and  other  game,  and 
was  a  favorite  winter  hunting-ground  of  the 
Indians,  and  tho  white  trappers,  but  since 
the  great  influx  of  miners  the  buffalo  have 
mostly  disappeared.  Such,  however,  is  the 
excellence  of  the  pasture  that  great  herds 
of  cattlu  are  driven  up  hero  to  feed  during 
tho  summer.  Several  towns  and  villages 
have  sprung  up  around  the  mines  In  this 
vicinity,  such  as  Hamilton,  Fair] day,  and 
Tarryall,  to  which  a.  stage-coach  runs  three 
times  a  week  f  rom  Denver. 

In  our  old  atlases,  forty  years  ago,  we  used 
to  see  the  Rocky  Mountains  laid  down  us  a 
great  central  chain  or  backbone  of  the  conti¬ 
nent  ;  but  they  are  rather  a  congeries  of 
groups  scattered  overall  area  of  six  hundred 
miles  in  width  and  a  thousand  miles  long; 
among  them  are  hundreds  of  these  parks, 
from  n  few  acres  in  extent  to  the  size  of  the 
State  of  Massachusetts.  These  mountains 
differ  so  entirely  from  those  usually  described 
by  travelers  the  Alps,  the  Scottish  High¬ 
lands,  and  the  White  Mountains,  that  one 
can  scarcely  believe  that  this  warm  air 
and  rich  vegetation  exis<*  ten  thousand  feet 
above  the  sea.  In  climate  the  Colorado 
mountains  approach  more  nearly  to  the 
Andes,  where  the  snow-line  vanes  from 
fourteen  thousand  to  seventeen  thousand 
feet.  Here  snow  begins  at  twelve  thousand 
feet,  and  increases  in  quantity  to  the  extreme 
bight  of  the  tallest  peaks,  about  fourteen  thou¬ 
sand  two  hundred  and  fifty  feet,  though  even 
*  these  are  often  hare  in  August.  In  these 


did  it  as  well  as  any  fowl  could  do  it ;  but 
when  I  put  corn  in  front  of  them  they  would 
peck  at  it  but  could  not  reach  it.  I  have 
lost  a  large  number  of  fowls  by  it.  It  seemed 
so  strange  that  the  fowl  could  get  its  head 
down  to  clean  its  bill,  but  not  to  peck  up  its 
food. 

If  you  can  judge,  from  the  description  I 
have  given  you,  of  the  nature  of  the  disease, 
and  can  give  me  any  advice  of  the  best  mode 
of  treatment,  you  would  greatly  oblige — C. 
C.  Post,  Box  5825,  P.  0.,  N.  V.  City. 

P.  8. — I  would  say  that  it  was  clearly  star¬ 
vation,  but  I  should  think  it  would  take  a 
longer  period  Ilian  from  24  to  36  hours  to 
starve  a  healthy  fowl. 


teen  hundred  bushels  of  turnips  from  an  acre 
equal  $200  worth  per  acre  of  wool  at  50  cents 
per  pound.  1  advocate  mixed  husbandry. 
Much  of  our  lands  are  wild,  and  sheep  will 
subdue  it  easier  and  cheaper  than  by  any 
other  method.  We  can  grow  better  crops 
when  we  keep  sheep.  They  enrich  the  soil, 
and  supply  just  the  necessary  aliment  for  a 
good  and  healthy  growth  of  wheat. 

M.  B.  Johnston — I  do  not  think  our  land 
pays  the  same  percentage  as  cheap  farming 
lands  do  in  any  business,  be  it  raising  grain, 
cattle,  horses,  hogs,  or  sheep.  I  sheared 
twenty-two  head,  averaging  eight  and  a-half 
pounds  unwashed  wool,  which  sold  at  forty 
cents,  being  83.40  per  head.  Sheep  live  one 


BUCKWHEAT  FOR  FOWLS 


THE  REDMOND  STEAM  PLOW 


L.  Wright  has  recently  published  the  fol¬ 
lowing  on  this  topic  : — I  am  quite  puzzled  to 
tell  why  it  is  so  constantly  affirmed  that  it  is 
not  good  food,  and  that  the  birds  do  not  like 
it,  for  my  experience  is  the  direct  contrary  ; 
and  not  only  so,  but  I  have  during  the  last 
few  years  recommended  it  to  many  scores  of 
person?,  and  in  no  one  case  have  I  found 
their  experience  different  from  my  own.  1 
always  find  that  fowls  prefer  it  to  any  grain 
they  can  have,  and  if  a  mixture  be  thrown 
down  containing  all  grains,  the  buckwheat 
will  always  be  picked  up  first,  maize  next, 
and  then  other  com.  Fowls  that  have  never 
had  it  will  sometimes  stare  at  it  the  first 
time,  but  they  quickly  begin  to  pick  it  up.  I 
cannot  see  that  it  is  at  all  a  stimulating  or 
forcing  diet,  and  the  mere  fact  that  it  is  the 
common  poultry  food  in  France,  and  even 
here  for  pheasants,  should  be  enough  to  dis¬ 
pel  such  an  Idea.  It  requires,  however,  to 
be  given  with  common  sense,  not  owing  to 
its  qualities,  but  simply  on  account  of  its 
color.  If  it  is  thrown  upon  grass  the  fowls 
cannot  thrive,  for  the  simple  reason  that  the 
buckwheat  is  so  nearly  the  color  of  the 
ground  that  it  can  hardly  be  found  by  the 
birds,  and  they  are  really  starved.  It  ha*( 
sometimes  struck  mu  that  perhaps  this  may 
be  the  reason  of  our  poultry  editor’s  ill  suc¬ 
cess  with  it.  But  if  it  be  thrown  on  a  bare 
place  where  it  can  be  seen,  there  Is  no  difil 
culty,  and  I  have  constantly  given  it  to  fowls 
which  have  never  seen  it  before.  Buckwheat 
is  also  capital  food  for  chickens.  They  will 
eat  it  at  three  weeks  old,  when  other  grain 
must  be  cracked  for  them,  and  they,  too, 
will  eat  more  of  it  than  of  any  other  grain 
except  whole  grits.  Some  yearn  ago  I  fed  on 
buckwheat  meal  ground  up  with  husk  and  all 
for  one  season,  and  the  chickens  did  well,  and 
grew  very  large.  I  should  have  repeated  the 
experiment  but.  for  the  difficulty  of  getting 
the  buckwheat  ground.  Of  late,  indeed,  the 
grain  itself  has  been  very  scarce  and  dear, 
owing,  no  doubt,  io  the  late  war  ;  hence  it  is 
not  at  present  so  relatively  cheap  a  food  os 
formerly,  but  even  now  1  think  it  as  cheap  as 
barley  being  a  heavier  grain. 


We  have  received  from  Mr.  Owen  Red¬ 
mond  of  Rochester,  N,  Y.,  a  circular  pam¬ 
phlet,  describing  the  machine  of  which  wc 
give  a  representation  herewith.  It  is  a  loco¬ 
motive  traction  engine  for  soft  ground.  The 
peculiar  feature  of  it  is  that  a  certain  number 
of  sharp  steel  spades  or  flukes  are  made  by- 
means  of  fixed  c 


wins  and  friction  rollers,  to 
protrude  through  the  rim  of  the  drive- wheel, 
to  enter  the  ground  perpendicularly-  as  the 
wheel  advances,  and  after  holding  there  till 
the  center  of  the  wheel  has  passed  a  little 
beyond  it,  to  be  withdrawn  again  into  the 
rim  by  a  movement  which  clears  it  from  the 
hole  without  any  backstraiu.  The  superin¬ 
cumbent  weight  of  the  wheel  about  the  trac¬ 
tor  when  in  the  ground  serves  to  prevent  it 
from  slipping.  The  owners  claim  that  they 
have  tested  their  machine  with  a  dynamom¬ 
eter  up  to  a  draft  of  5,500  pounds,  equal  to 
the  drawing  of  at  least  eighteen  plows  in 
ordinary  plowing. 

This  is  a  steam  motor  which,  us  it  does  not 
depend  on  excessive  weight  for  its  traction 
power,  can  be  constructed  as  light  as  steel 
materials  and  superior  workmausliip  can 
make  it.  It  does  not  seem  to  have  compli¬ 
cated  machinery  ;  and,  as  it  is  designed  and 
fitted  for  stationary  work  as  well  as  hauling 
?  it  ought  to  bo  in  the  hands  of  the  skillful 
farmer,  a  safe,  manageable  and  highly  useful 
motive  power.  Whether  it  will  prove  such 
of  course  remains  to  be  demonstrated. 

The  drive-wheel,  together  with  the  cylin¬ 
ders  and  gears,  arc  connected  to  a  circular 
frame  of  wrought  iron  which  turn 3  freely- 
against  friction  rollers  in  the  outer  frame¬ 
work  of  themuchine.  The  steam  pipes  have 
swivel  joints  exactly  over  the  center  of  the 
wheel.  A  hand-crank  turns  the  whole  cen¬ 
tral  frame  in  any  direction,  and  guides  the 
engine.  It  would  seem  to  be  a  device  well 
adapted  to  the  work  of  steam  plowing,  which 
is  so  much  needed  in  our  country  at  this 
time.  The  successful  introduction  of  this 
system  of  doing  farm  work  would  go  far 
toward  solving  lioth  the  labor  question  and 
the  transportation  trouble — in  the  one  case 
by  enabling  the  farmer  to 


KINSEY,  ROCHESTfR,N.Y 


8TMAM  PLOW. 

month  easier  than  cattle,  and  will  paw  and 
obtain  their  own  forage  until  the  snow  is  so 
deep  they  cannot  wallow  through  it.  I 
think  it  pays  as  well  as  any  other  business, 
even  if  the  dogs  do  thin  them  out  faster  than 
the  butchers. 

Mr.  Myers —  Sheared  seven  and  a-half 
pounds  of  washed  wool  from  one  half -grade 
Cotswold.  It  pays  as  well  as  anything  else. 

R.  H.  Randall  cited  a  case  of  a  farmer  sell¬ 
ing  the  wool  of  a  Merino  and  Ootawold  at 
the  price  of  forty-five  cents  per  pound,  the 
buyer  sending  samples  of  each  to  Chicago  ; 
and  he  was  advised  to  buy-  all  the  long  wool 
he  could  at  ninety  cents  a  pound. 


THE  REDMOND 

If  any  of  our  experienced  readers  can  give 
our  correspondent  information,  we  shall  be 
glad  to  print  it. 


POULTRY  NOTES, 


“  No  Such  Thing  «s  Chicken  Cholera."— 
We  saw  an  item  under  the  above  caption 
from  a  lady-  in  our  own  State,  and  think  it 
very-  strange.  The  statement  I  deny  as  being 
true.  There  surely  is  such  a  thing  as  incura¬ 
ble  chicken  cholera.  I  don’t  say-  but  what 
hers  may  have  died  from  the  effects  of  lice. 
But  if  she,  or  any  one  else,  will  cut  one  open 
that  has  hud  the  cholera  they  will  find  the 
liver  two  or  three  times  as  large  as  com¬ 
mon,  and  literally  a  clot  of  blood.  Such 
chickens  are  generally  not  affected  with  lice. 
Please  tell  the  lady  so.— L.  E.  O.,  Rockville, 
Park  Co.,  Ind. 

Buff  Cochins  to  Washington  Territory.— 
Mr.  Robert  Creswell  shipped  from  Long 
Island  to  Walla  Walla,  W.  T.,  a  trio  of  Buff 
Cochius  which  arrived  safely-,  being  about  a 
month  on  the  way.  The  express  charges 
were  $27.25.  The  man  who  purchased  them 
said  he  did  not  mind  the  charges  for  he  had 
all  the  eggs  they  could  lay  the  following  sea¬ 
son  engaged  at  $1  each. 


get  along  with 
less  manual  labor,  und  in  the  other  by- cheap¬ 
ening  production  to  leave  a  profit  over  even 
low  prices. 

The  parties  who  have  been  engaged  for 
some  few  years  in  bringing  out  this  inven¬ 
tion  are  soliciting  those  who  are  interested 
and  disposed  to  help  in  providing  for  steam 
agriculture  to  send  for  their  circular,  and 
all  such  should  address  Mr.  Redmond  ns 
above. 


LATE  CHICKENS  THE  BEST  LAYERS 


A  correspondent  of  the  Country  Gentle¬ 
man  writes  : — After  repeated  experiments 
during  the  past  twenty-five  years  in  hatch¬ 
ing  chickens,  I  am  fully  convinced  that  fowls 
hatched  in  the  month  of  July  make  far  bet¬ 
ter  lay-era  than  those  hutched  at  any  other 
season  of  the  year.  Early  hatched  chicks 
commence  laying  in  September,  and  contin¬ 
ue  until  cold  January  weather,  when  they 
discontinue  until  spring.  On  the  other  hand, 
when  hatched  in  July  or  August  they  begin 
lay-ing  in  February  and  com  inuc  until  Octo¬ 
ber.  I  find  July-  chickens  will  average  fifty 
to  seventy  -five  more  eggs  yearly-  than  those 
hatched  in  March.  My-  method,  therefore,  is 
to  hatch  100  clucks  in  August  for  my  own 
use.  As  soon  as  the  cocks  can  be  selected 
from  the  pullets,  they  are  converted  into  pot- 
pie  giving  the  pullet  s  all  t  he  room.  The  pul¬ 
lets  are  then  well  fed,  and  are  soon  large 
enough  to  care  for  themselves. 


FALL  MANAGEMENT  OF  LAMBS 


M.  N.  Russell,  Jefferson  Co.,  O.,  writes 
the  Germantown  Telegraph  : — In  order  to 
have  lambs  go  into  winter-quarters  in  good 
condition  it  is  important  that  they  should 
receive  proper  attention  in  time.  Not  only- 
should  they  have  good  pasture  to  run  on,  but 
they  should  be  fed  a  small  quantity  of  grain 
at  least  once  a  day-.  Oats  or  ry-e  is  preferable 
to  corn  :  and  if  inclined  to  scour,  a  little 
wheat  bran  is  an  excellent  thing  to  give 
them. 


EUREKA  MOWER, 


A.  W.  H.  asks  if  the  Eureka  Mower  is  a 
better  machine  for  cutting  grass  than  a  side- 
cut  machine  ;  if  so,  why-  ?  To  which  I  an¬ 
swer,  it  is  more  desirable  for  the  following 
very  important  reasons  : — More  grass  can  bo 
cut  with  the  same  power  in  a  given  time  ; 
the  grass  after  being  cut  is  not  run  over  by 
the  machine,  consequently  cures  much  soon¬ 
er — a  very  important  item.  You  cut  back 
and  forth  on  the  same  side,  and  if  you  stop 
at  any  time  your  werk  is  finished  thus  far  ; 
also,  avoid  going  up  and  down  hills,  which 
on  many  farms  is  quite  a  consideration.  I 
have  cut  all  my-  grass,  about  sixty  acres, 
with  a  machine  cutting  six  feet,  and  not  over¬ 
taxing  my  team  ;  some  of  it  fine  meadow 
bottom,  and  other  yielding  tw-o  ton9  per 
acre  ;  and  in  every  position  d  jiug  as  good 
work  as  any  machine  I  ever  saw. 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  Tuos.  H.  Bedell. 


A  small  portion  of  salt  should  be  put 
in  their  feed,  which  will  give  them  abetter 
relish  for  it,  By-  pui-suing  this  course  they 
will  grew  very  fast,  and  small,  weak  lambs 
will  become  strong  and  thrifty,  and  when 
winter  sets  in  they  will  be  so  trained  to  eat 
that  it  will  be  a  pleasure  to  tend  them.  They 
should  be  sheltered  from  the  cold  rains  that 
very  frequently  come  during  the  fall  months, 
when  a  little  nice  hay  should  1*0  put  into  the 
racks  for  them  to  pick  at. 

As  a  general  rule  it  is  better  to  have  lambs 
iu  two  flocks,  as  the  strong  ones  will  crowd 
the  small  ones  out  if  left  together.  An  old 
pastill  e  field  of  blue  grass  and  timothy  is 
better  for  them  to  run  on  than  meadows,  as 
there  is  inclination  to  scour.  Clover  pastures 
should  always  be  avoided.  I  have  found 
from  experience  that  it  is  much  easier  taking 
lambs  through  the  winter  that  were  well 
taken  care  of  immediately  after  being  sepa¬ 
rated  from  the  ew-es  than  those  that  were 
left  in  a  manner  to  shift  for  themselves. 


FOWLS  DYING 


SHEEP  IN  THE  WEST 


The  following  is  from  the  proceedings  of  a 
Farmers’  Club  in  Wisconsin  : 

Mr.  Bogan — My  experience  is,  I  make  as 
much  from  twenty  ewes  as  from  any-  other 
kind  of  stock  or  business.  I  never  winter 
any-  sheep  except  ewes.  I  always  get  my 
ow-n  price  for  fat  sheep.  The  butcher  makes 
me  an  offer.  If  it  is  my-  price,  all  right ;  if 
not,  I  tell  him  w-here  he  can  find  them  w  hen 
he  is  ready  to  pay  the  price  asked.  He  is 
always  sure  to  be  around  when  he  wants  to 
piece  out.  W  ould  keep  small  flocks  in  this 
locality. 

Mr.  Huntley- — I  take  issue  with  Messrs. 
Hart  and  Bogan.  I  claim  it  con  be  and  has 
been  made  prefitable  on  high-priced  lands. 
I  served  my  apprenticeship  as  a  farmer  in 
Addison  county,  Vermont,  among  the  popu¬ 
lar  Spanish  Merinoes.  The  farmers  there 
stuck  light  to  their  business,  and  made  it  a 
trade,  aud  they-  all  have  money  iu  t tie  bank. 
Ten  tons  of  corn  to  the  acre  in  good  corn 
districts — let  the  farmer  work  it  into  wool 
aud  mutton,  and  compare  notes  with  another 
farmer  that  lets  his  hogs  work  themselves 
outside  the  whole  crop  before  they  are  ready 
for  market.  In  England  laud  is  worth  a 
fabulous  price,  and  farmers  continue  the 
business  there,  and  make  it  profitable.  Fif- 


N0TE8  AND  QUERIES, 


Wind-Mill  Power.  —Will  you,  or  some  of 
your  readers  who  have  had  experience  with 
wind-mills,  answer  the  following  questions 
through  the  Rural  New -Yorker  ?  1st.  Is 
a  wind-mill  a  convenient  and  practical  power 
for  running  a  straw-  and  hay-cutter  i  2d, 
What  would  be  the  cost  of  a  mill  of  a  two 
or  three  horse  power  *  3d,  Where  are  they 
manufactured,  with  name  of  firm  manufac¬ 
turing  t  1  would  like  to  hear  the  ideas  of 
some  pne  who  has  had  experience  in  the 
steaming  of  food  for  cattle,  whether  it  is 
profitable  where  cattle  are  kept  for  common 
‘  '  ’  ■  1  *  •  Chas, 


Sheep  Husbandry  Abhuad,— From  statis¬ 
tics  relative  to  the  production  of  wool  it 
appears  in  round  numbers  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland  grow-  more  wool  than  the  United 
States,  although  there  are  more  than  thirty 
States  and  two  of  them  ore  larger  chan  the 
former  countries.  In  fact  it  is  stated  that 
the  Colony  of  Australia  so  recently  populated 
grows  as  much  wool  us  the  .States  viz.:  180,- 
000,000  lbs.,  while  Great  Britain  and  Ireland 
produce  260,000,000  lbs.  In  England  a  nu¬ 
merous  well-fed  flock  of  sheep  is  considered 
to  be  essentially  necessary  for  the  well  doing 
of  every  upland  farm  and  it,  is  gener  ally  seen 
that  those  who  keep  the  most  sheep  and  feed 
them  highly  enrich  themselves  and  their 
land.  How  is  it  so  many  farmers  in  America 
keep  no  sheep  ?— A  Working  Farmer. 


dairying— butter  and  cheese  making, 

B.  Van  Slyke. 

Ditching  by  Steam  Power.— In  North  Ger¬ 
many  the  extensive  low  lands  are  being  re¬ 
claimed  by  the  use  of  steam  ditching  ma¬ 
chines,  each  of  which  cuts  a  canal  20  feet 
w-ide  and  6  feet  deep,  and  from  100  to  120  feet 
long  every-  ten  hours.  The  peat  thus  exca¬ 
vated  is  delivered  on  the  surface  of  the 
ground  alongside  the  canal,  where  it  is  dried, 
cut  into  bricks  and  sent  to  market.  It  makes 
an  excellent  fuel. 


Kent  Co.,  Mich.,  from  sprouts  growing  from 
tho  stock  of  a  grafted  tree,  and  lias  now 
grown  three  full  crops. 

Fruit,  below  medium  size,  roundish,  flat¬ 
tened,  regular.  Suture  distinct.  Stalk,  half 
an  inch  long,  slender ;  inserted  in  a  slight, 
regular  cavity.  Apex,  slightly  depressed. 
Color,  dark,  dingy  purple.  Surface  profusely 
marked  with  largo,  roughened  grayish  specks, 
many  of  them  considerably  elongated  trans¬ 
versely  to  the- axis  of  the  fruit,  and  the  whole 
surface  covered  with  a  dense,  whitish  blue 
bloom.  Flesh,  greenish  orange,  rich,  juicy, 
vinous;  skin  slightly  astringent ;  flesh  adher¬ 
ing  to  the  very  small,  nearly  round,  rather 
flattened  pit.  (Quality,  very  good.  Season, 
1st  to  13th  of  September,  and  keeps  well. 

Tree,  a  strong,  upright  grower  ;  old  wood 
lightish  green  ;  young  wood  slender,  smooth; 
buds  shouldered  ,  foliage  small,  glossy,  flat, 
recurved.  Very  hardy,  and  resists  tiie  cur- 
culio  better  than  many  others.  Worthy  of 
trial. 


florists,  I  had  never  succeeded  well  in  their 
culture  until  this  year  ;  and  it  may  interest 
some  one  to  learn  how  I  managed  to  have 
them  perfectly  double  and  remain  in  bloom 
from  the  10th  of  August  till  this  1st  day  of 
October,  when  there  are  still  some  flue  stalks 
crowned  with  flowers,  and  many  new  shoots 
with  buds,  though  all  the  small  bulbs  were 
removed  from  the  central  one  at  the  lirst 
planting.  In  early  spring,  a  friend  sent  me 
several  quarts  of  large,  sound  bulbs,  grown 
by  her  own  gardener,  a  gift  which  any  real 
lover  of  flowers  would  appreciate,  and  I 
wished  that  the  perfect  development  of  their 
waxen  beauty  might  do  credit  to  her  gener- 


STRAWBERRIES  IN  ORCHARDS 


HANGING  BASKETS 


The  California  Agriculturist  says  : — It  is 
the  practice  about  San  Jose  to  grow  straw¬ 
berries  in  orchards.  The  berries  in  this  sun¬ 
ny  climate  are  generally  quite  as  fine  in  the 
orchard  as  on  open  ground  The  onlj'  ques¬ 
tion  seems  to  be  as  to  how  the  trees  are 
affected  by  such  culture.  And  there  seems 
to  be  quite  a  diversity  of  opinion  among  the 
gardeners.  In  order  to  produce  a  good  crop 


TnE  illustration  herewith  given  of  a  hang¬ 
ing  basket,  shows  how  unlike  the  stiff  for¬ 
mality  of  most  of  those  seen  in  conserva¬ 
tories,  living  rooms  and  on  piazzas  in  sum¬ 
mer,  a  well-arranged  hanging  basket  may  be 
— how  it  may  become  a  hanging  garden  in 
miniature  and  a  model  of  graceful  beauty. 
This  one  was  arranged  tinder  the  direction  of 
Mr.  Barron  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Soci¬ 
ety's  Conservatory  at  South  Kensington. 

In  the  planting,  flowering  plants  are  toned 
down  and  softened  hy  an  admixture  of  Ferns, 
Ivy,  and  other  graceful  foliage  plants,  while 
a  few  trailers,  such  as  f'obcro  tscandenfy  Ivy, 
and  the  Virginian  Creeper,  may  be  twined 
around  the  sides,  or  allowed  to  droop  in 
graceful  festoons,  tvs  show  u  in  our  illustration. 
In  largo  baskots,  a  charming  variety  of  form 
and  coloring  may  be  introduced  by  means  of 
succulents,  Btag’s-liorn  Ferns,  Aralias,  Gan¬ 
nas,  Dracaenas,  Palms,  and  plants  of  f  icus 
elaslica,  along  with  Hydrangeas,  Ivy-leaved 
and  scarlet  zonal  Pelargoniums,  Acbimenes, 
Begonias,  and  common  Fuchsias,  the  last 
being  among  the  most  beautiful  of  all  plants 
for  basket  decoration.  Both  Coleus  and  Ire- 
sine  are  admirably  adapted  for  planting  in 
hanging  baskets,  as  when  looked  at,  between 
the  eye  and  the  light  their  colors  are  seen  to 
excellent  advantage,  especially  when  associ¬ 
ated  with  fresh  green  fronds  of  Maiden  hair 
and  other  Ferns.  Pan  hum  sulcatum  is  an 
effective  basket  plant,  and  many  ornamental 
grasses  might  be  used  with  excellent  effect. 

When  these  baskets  are.  cleared  out  and 
re-arranged  in  the  autumn,  it  is  an  excellent 
plan  to  insert  a  few  Roman  and  other  Hya¬ 
cinths,  Tulip,  Crocus,  and  Jonquil  bulbs  in 
them,  all  of  which  flower  freely  and  light  up 
the  foliage  plants  and  Ferns  with  charming 
glimpses  of  bright  coloring  early  in  the 
spring,  when  other  flowers  are  scarce.  Epi- 
pbyllums  also  make  valuable  basket,  plants 
for  flowering  during  winter,  and  should  be 
grown  in  quantity  for  that  purpose.  Some 
of  the  scarlet  Tropfeolums  of  the  Lobbii  sec¬ 
tion  are  likewise  well  suited  for  basket  cul¬ 
ture,  and  bloom  very  freely  when  suspended 
close  to  t  he  glass  in  a  sunny  situation.  Many 
of  the.  Clematises  are  invaluable  for  basket 
work  in  cool  conservatories,  and,  under  such 
conditions,  produce  their  large,  star-like  flow¬ 
ers  in  great  abundance.  These  plants  also 
grow  in  a  very  elegant  maimer,  drooping,  as 
they  do,  from  the  baskets  in  graceful  festoons 
of  flowers  and  fresh  green  foliage. 


STEALING  TIMBER  FROM  UNCLE  SAM.” 


“Dairy  Rural,  Like,”  in  speaking  of  the 
ranchmen  of  Colorado,  says  that  while  they 
make  money  farming  in  the  valleys,  they 
drive  a  good  business  stealing  from  the  hills. 
While  I  cannot  confess  to  making  money  by 
farming,  I  plead  guilty  to  the  charge  of  hav¬ 
ing  stolen  all  the  timber  with  which  the  im¬ 
provements  on  my  ranch  are  made  ;  and  to 
aggravate  tho  offence,  1  went  live  miles  to 
do  it.  Not  only  that,  hut  all  my  Arewood  for 
nearly  two  years  has  coiuo  the  same  way. 
Sorry  am  I  to  have  offended  tho  nice  sense  of 
honesty  of  “  Daily  Rural  Life  but  a  man 
with  so  nice  a  discrimination  is,  to  say  the 
least,  sadly  out  of  place  in  tho  atmosphere  of 
New  York  !  Did  ho,  I  wotider,  buy  the  wood 
they  used  in  camping  out  ?  If  not,  then,  ver¬ 
ily  is  he  as  guilty  as  I  ? 

Butseriously  speaking,  what  would  “Daily” 
or  any  other  man  do,  if  he  should  take  up  a 
ranch  without  a  stick  of  timber  or  brush 
upon  it,  with  very  little  means,  the  nearest 
sawmill  sixty  miles,  and  they  using  the  tim¬ 
ber  from  the  mountains  without  leave  or 
license,  which,  of  course,  as  honest  a  man  as 
“  Daily”  would  not  buy,  for  a  house  to  cover 
his  head.  The  timber  land  in  this  country  is 
valueless  for  farming  or  stock  purposes,  ex¬ 
cept  a  little  Cottonwood  along  the  st  reams. 
I  have  never  yet  known  a  man  in  this  coun¬ 
try,  however  rich  or  respectable,  who  did  not 
get  the  nearest  timber  to  him  for  use  when¬ 
ever  required  ;  nor  do  1  think  that  “Daily” 
himself,  under  like  circumstances,  would 
have  any  compunctions  of  conscience.  But 
it  is  easy  to  criticise  the  actions  of  others 
when  not  in  their  circumstances.  Perhaps, 
after  all,  we  average  as  well  for  square  deal¬ 
ing  as  our  brethren  of  the  East. 

Cimarron,  New  Mexico.  New  Mexico. 


ANOTHER  FLOWER  TALK 


If  the  editors  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
should  tire  of  these  frequent  flower  reports 
they  can  be  consoled  by  the  reflection  that 
the  frost  king  will  soon  come  to  their  rescue, 
when  bud  and  blossom  shall  perish  beneath 
the  touch  Of  his  icy  wand  ;  while  wo  busy 
country  people,  to  whom  this  combined  work 
of  the  hoe  and  pen  has  been  a  blessed  change, 
can  resume  the  more  practical  discussion  of 
rag  carpets,  washing-day  labors,  and  kindred 
home  topics.  These  records  of  successful 
gardeners  interest  me,  for  they  weave  many 
timely  floral  hints  into  their  pleasant  letters  ; 
but  why  did  one  of  them  give  me  the  gourd 
fever  just  now,  when  six  long  months  of 
wintry  weather  lie  between  me  and  the 
possible  planting  of  a  single  gourd  seed  ! 

Of  course,  our  little  garden  could  not  hold 
everything,  so,  heretofore,  the  gourds  have 
been  left  out,  in  company  with  other  desirable 
plants  ;  but  perhaps  another  year  the  “crape 
flower”  and  serpent  gourd  will  trail  their 
beautiful  blossoms  over  some  unsightly  object 
in  our  own  door-yard.  Then  let  the  fair 
Ruralist  rejoice  now  in  the  possession  of  her 
TricOfiOntbus  Columbiana,  while  through  my 
open  window  there  steals  the  delicate  fra¬ 
grance  waftecl  from  a  bed  of  tuberoses,  the 
especial  pride  of  our  gardener  the  past  sum¬ 
mer,  which  has  been  a  wonderful  one  for 
flowers.  Since  July,  frequent  rains  have 
kept  the  soil  moist,  so  that  plants  have 
required  no  extra  watering,  and  but  little 
hoeing,  leaving  us  all  the  poetry  of  flower 
gardening,  such  as  tying  und  pruning,  with 
just  an  occasional  skirmish  with  the  weeds, 
on  which  the  sun  shone  as  kindly  as  on  the 
flowers  ;  but  they  soon  paid  tribute  to  the 
compost  heap.  My  balsams  and  verbenas 
must  be  near  aldn  to  Dore  Hamilton’s,  for 
though  bushels  of  them  and  other  flowers 
were  cut  for  friends,  they  have  kept  bloom¬ 
ing  at  a  marvelous  rate  ;  but,  for  the  last  six 
weeks  the  dahlias,  Japan  lilies  and  tuberoses 
have  been  the  crowning  glory  of  our  garden. 

Though  I  had  purchased  tuberoses  of 


hanging  basket 

About  the  middle  of  April  I  made  a 


osity 

compost  of  equal  parts  of  garden  soil,  leaf- 
mold  from  a  maple  grove,  and  old  barn-yard 
manure,  with  the  addition  of  a  small  quan¬ 
tity  of  black  peat,  mingled  with  sand.  An 
old  milk-pan  was  half  filled  with  this  mixture 
and  25  bulbs  planted  in  it,  the  rest  being 
reserved  for  planting  in  the  open  ground. 
The  roots  were  entirely  covered  with  the 
soil  which  now  tilled  the  pan,  and  being 
thoroughly  moistened,  were  covered  and 
placed  in  a  warm  comer  of  the  kitchen.  In 
two  weeks  the  bulbs  commenced  to  sprout, 
and  soon  all  were  growing  nicely.  The  plants 
were  well  watered  once  a  week,  and  given 
sun  and  air  as  much  as  possible.  The  10th  of 
June,  they  were  transplanted  one  foot  apart 
to  a  bed  made  quite  rich  with  decayed  sods 
and  manure,  with  some  of  the  original  com¬ 
post  put  directly  around  each  root,  at  the 
same  time  giving  a  plenty  of  water.  Tho 
bed  was  in  the  warmest  pail  of  the  garden, 
exposed  to  the  sun  all  day,  but  the  plants 
never  wilted,  holding  their  own  through  a 
drouth  of  several  weeks’  duration.  The 
ground  was  stirred  often,  when  subsequent 
rains  and  warm  suns  brought  them  rapidly 
forward  to  blooming. 

Even  the  weeds  respected  that  bed,  and  I 
gave  it  but  little  care  beyond  tying  the  tall 
stems,  loaded  with  buds,  to  stakes.  Those 
bulbs  that  were  planted  later  are  nicely 
budded,  and  have  been  taken  up  for  blooming 
in  the  house ;  while  the  small  offsets,  removed 
from  the  large  bulbs  in  t)  e  Epring,  were  set 
in  the  garden  and  carefully  cultivated  to 
mature  them  for  future  flowering.  I  feel 
amply  repaid  for  my  labor,  and  the  precious 
store  shall  he  guarded  from  frost  and  mil¬ 
dew,  keeping  them  above  ground  through 
the  winter,  as  I  hope  to  have  some  bulbs 
strong  enough  to  bloom  another  year. 

Ruth  Lee. 


of  strawberries  they  must  be  irrigated  plen¬ 
tifully  during  the  fruiting  season.  Where 
there  is  a  natural  underdrainage,  as  in  light 
soil,  or  soil  underlaid  with  gravel  or  sand,  no 
harm  to  the  trees  is  apparent  from  the  effects 
of  such  irrigation.  But  In  places  where  the 
soil  is  heavy,  with  no  natural  or  artificial 
under-drainage,  the  trees  soon  begin  to  show 
signs  of  premature  decay.  The  trunks  get 
mossy  and  the  branches  thin  and  straggling  ; 
or,  if  closely  pruned,  of  sickly  growth.  We 
are  of  opinion  that  where  stra  wberries  are 
cultivated  in  orchards  the  irrigation  should 
always  be  discontinued  as  early  as  in  August, 
at  least  only  as  much  water  as  will  keep  tho 
plants  alive  should  be  used  after  that.  The 
reason  for  this  is  that  the  tree  needs  to  ripen 
off  its  wood  growth  and  perfect  its  buds  for 
another  season’s  fruit  and  growth.  This  rest 
to  tho  tree  is  quite  essential  to  its  health  and 
continued  vigor,  and  would  make  up  for 
much  of  the  over-stimulation  and  severe 
soaking  which  the  tree  is  subjected  to  by 
such  copious  irrigation  as  is  required  to  make 
a  full  crop  of  strawberries. 


BARREN  FIG  TREES 


On  page  45,  Rural  New-Yorker  July  IP, 
appeared  an  article  showing  how  barren  tig 
trees  may  be  budded.  F.  J.  Btcrckmans,  in 
Farmer  and  Gardener,  copies  the  article  re¬ 
ferred  to,  with  the  following  comment  : 

“We  find  the  above  in  Rural  New-York¬ 
er,  and  give  it  room  in  our  columns  merely 
as  an  evidence  that  iig  trees  can  bo  budded, 
and  also  as  an  answer  to  a  query  upon  that 
subject  made  some  months  ago.  But  why 
keep  a  barren  fig  tree,  or  take  the  trouble  of 
budding  it,  when  in  our  climate  cuttings  of 
such  varieties  as  Brown  Turkey,  Green  Is¬ 
chia,  Blue  Genoa,  etc.,  made  in  March  will, 
if  properly  attended  hr,  produce  fruit  tho 
ensuing  fall. 

“  Wo  would  advise  all  who  have  barren  fig 
trees,  to  uproot  them  and  replace  them  at 
once  with  a  young  plant  of  a  fruitful  variety. 
A  good  fig  bush  one  year  old  will  cost  but  125 
cents,  and  give  fruit  a  few  months  after  be¬ 
ing  set  out ;  whereas,  to  bud  an  old  tree  re¬ 
quires  time  and  knowledge,  and  is  seldom 
satisfactory.  Tho  original  tree  will  continue 
to  throw  up  suckers,  so  soon  a3  another  vari¬ 
ety  is  grafted  upon  it,  and  thus  spend  nearly 
all  its  vigor  in  the  production  of  the  former, 
to  the  detriment  of  fruit.” 


THE  HUSTED  PLUM 


T.  T.  Lyon  writes  the  Michigan  Farmer  : 
This  plum  was  brought  to  the  notice  of  the 
State  Pomological  Society  at  the  recent  fes- 
lival  at  South  Haven,  where  it  received  a 
commendatory  notice  from  the  proper  com¬ 
mittee.  It  was  again  shown,  in  fine  condi¬ 
tion,  at  the  State  Fair,  showing  its  capacity 
as  a  keeper.  It  cannot  be  claimed  to  be 
superior  in  quality  to  other  plums  of  its 
season,  and  it  is  understood  that  the  com¬ 
mendations  of  tire  committee  are  bestowed 
Upon  it  rather  on  account  of  its  alleged  hurd- 
iness  and  ability  to  repel  the  eurculio. 

It  originated  with  N.  P.  Husted,  of  Lowell, 


A  Large  Sassafras  Tree.— A  gentleman 
from  Ohio  informs  the  American  Agricul¬ 
turist  that  there  is  on  the  farm  of  Mr.  Geo. 
W.  King  at  Painesville,  Ohio,  a  Sassafras  tree 
which,  one  foot  from  the  ground,  measures 
10  feet  4  inches  in  circumference,  and  four 
feet  from  the  ground,  8  feet  111  inches.  It  is 
130  feet  high,  presenting  a  clean  trunk  of  50 
feet  to  the  lower  branches. 


270 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


Iptrtr  of  it  |UtraM 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

PTom  tho  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 

A  FEW  CHOICE,  TENDER  PLANTS. 

Oct.  10.— In  taking  up  specimens  of  desir¬ 
able  bedding  plants  to-day,  I  am  reminded 
that  there  are  a  few  among  the  number 
which  are,  comparatively  speaking,  quite 
now.  For  instance,  the  White  Flowering 
Sage,  a  variety  of  the  common  scarlet,  or 
Salvia  aplendens,  was  sent  out  last  spring  as 
a  novelty.  The  habit  of  growth  and  the 
entire  plant  has  the  appearance  of  its  parent, 
but  the  flower®  aro  white,  slightly  tinged 
with  straw  color.  It  is  a  very  free  blooming 
variety,  and  when  planted  in  masses  makes 
quite  a  handsome,  show  in  tho  garden.  Not 
long  since  1  found  one  spike  of  flowers  a  part 
of  which  were  bright  scarlet  and  the  others 
white,  showing  that  this  new  variety  is  truly 
a  sport  of  the  old  scarlet  ,  and  an  occasional 
flower  runs  back  to  the  parent  species.  Per¬ 
haps  some  of  our  florists  will  yet  produce  a 
variety  where  this  mixing  of  the  two  colors 
in  each  spike  of  flowers  will  be  a  permanent 
characteristic,  as  it  is  with  our  Mottled  Dah¬ 
lias,  Petunias,  Phloxes  and  many  other  well- 
known  garden  plants. 

ORAPHAIIUM  IANATUM,  VAPIEOATUM. 

This  new  variety  of  an  old  and  well-known 
plant  is  certainly  quite  an  addit  ion  to  our  list 
of  variegated-lea  veil  plants.  The  loaves  arc 
small,  a  little  over  an  inch  long,  of  a  pale 
yellowish- white,  splashed  with  green  in  the 
center.  The  florist  from  which*  I  procured 
my  plants  last  spring  described  it  in  his  cata¬ 
logue  as  a  very  compact,  bushy  -  growing 
plant,  and  probably  under  certain  circum¬ 
stances  it  may  assume  this  form  ;  but  last 
spring  I  plunged  a  few  plants  close  to  the 
wall  of  my  gx-eeu-hou»e,  and  up  this  the  stems 
have  climbed  several  feet,  more  like  a  vine 
than  a  “Btocky,  bushy  plant.”  It  is  a  very 
pretty  plant,  and  no  doubt,  can  be  trained  to 
grow  in  almost  a  ny  desirable  form,  and  this 
is  a  merit  instead  of  a  fault. 

COLEUS  CHAMELEON. 

This  new  Co  leu*  is  a  magnificent  variety 
when  grown  in  the  house,  but  it  loses  its 
beautiful  pink  and  violet  shades  when  planted 
out  in  the  open  border.  At  least,  mine  did  ; 
but  a  few  plants  left  in  the  green-house  dur¬ 
ing  the  summer  have  shown  some  of  the 
richest  leaf -colorings  that  I  have  over  seen. 
By  growing  the  plants  under  different  condi¬ 
tions,  aspects,  and  in  n  variety  of  soils,  one 
can  practice  ehameleonizing  with  a  certainty 
of  producing  very  satisfactory  results. 

JEAN  SISLEY  PELARGONIUM. 

Among  the  new  Scarlet  Zonale  Pelargo¬ 
nium,  this  pleases  me  best.  The  flowers  of  a 
large  size  and  the  color  a  vivid  scarlet,  with 
a  clear,  white  eye.  It  may  be  possible  to 
beat  Jean  Sisley  as  a  single  Scarlet  Pelargo¬ 
nium  ;  if  so,  I  hope  to  bo  here  to  see  it. 
Among  the  double  sorts,  I  have  found  none 
better  than  our  good  old 

TRIQMPHE  AND  MADAME  LEMOINE. 

But  there  are  many  other  excellent  new 
sorts  of  different  colors  than  those  already 
named,  which  deserve  even  more  than  a 
parsing  notice,  although  I  cannot  spend  time 
to  do  them  justice.  There  is  Master  Chris¬ 
tine,  with  his  monstrous  truss  of  brilliant 
pink  flowers,  looking  out  from  the  dark  green 
leaves  os  much  as  to  any,  “Have  you  no 
word  of  praise  for  me,  considering  that  I 
cost  §2.50  last  spring,  utid  a  very  small  speci¬ 
men  at  that  ?”  Mrs.  J.  C.  Mapping  puts  in 
her  claim  for  a  notice  not  only  because  she 
ranks  among  the  high-pricod  novelties,  but 
adds,  “look  at  my  beautiful  white  flowers 
and  then  at  my  green  dress  (leaves)  all  bor¬ 
dered  with  white  point  lace.”  But  it  is  diffi¬ 
cult  to  discriminate  where  all  are  so  fine,  and 
I  might  as  well  stop  right  here. 

A  CHRYSALIS  ON  A  GRAPE. 

Oct.  11.— “Daily  Rural  Life  Inclosed 
find  something  which  I  found  attached  to  a 
bunch  of  grant**.  Please  nnnm  and  describe 
in  Rural  New- Yorker.— Irving  J.  Van 
Marten,  Lyons,  N.  Y. 

The  beautiful  green  chrysalis  with  a  neck¬ 
lace- like  row  of  golden  dots,  and  a  few  of  the 
same  scattered  over  the  lower  part,  is  that  of 
the  common  red  butterfly  {Danuis  Archip- 
pus  of  Fabiucus).  The  caterpillar  you  have 
doubtless  seen  many  times  feeding  upon  the 
common  milkweed,  (Asclepias  Cumuli,) 
which  is  quite  abundant  in  your  neighbor¬ 
hood.  The  caterpillar  has  a  pair  of  thread¬ 
like,  black  horns  on  the  top  of  the  second 
segment,  and  a  shorter  pair  on  the  eleventh, 
and  its  body  is  marked  with  alternate  trans¬ 
verse  bands  of  yellow,  black  and  white. 
When  fully  grown,  it  is  nearly  two  inches 


long  ;  it  then  crawls  away  to  some  conven¬ 
ient  place,  fastens  itself  to  a  rail  of  a.  fence, 
stick,  or  anything  that  is  suited  to  its 
purpose,  and  then  changes  to  a  chrysalis. 
This  is  the  first  time  I  ever  saw  one  attached 
to  a  grape,  and  it  is  no  wonder  that  it  attract¬ 
ed  your  attention,  although  you  could  have 
found  them  plentiful  elsewhere. 

KATYDID  EGGS. 

"Daily- Rural  Life  I  send  you  an 
orange  Je.af  with  a  nest,  of  eggs.  What  are 
they  ?— Hugh  A.  Corley.  Okahumka,  Fla. 

The  small,  oval,  rather  flat,  grayish-colored 
eggs,  placed  in  such  regular  order  around  the 
edge  of  the  orange  leaf  you  send,  are  those 
of  the  oblong-winged  katydid  (Phyllolera 
oblonyi folia  of  Dis  Geer).  We  frequently 
find  them  placed  in  rows  of  t  wenty  or  more, 
lengthways,  of  a  small  twig  ;  but  up  in  this 
cold  country  they  know  better  than  to  trust 
their  eggs  to  u  leaf  ;  but  it.  is  quite  probable 
that  Florida  katydids  know  that,  orange 
leaves  hang  on  all  winter  in  Florida.  The  sys¬ 
tematic  regularity  with  which  these  katy¬ 
dids  deposit  their  eggs  is  really  surprising. 
The  first  egg  is  laid  fiat  upon  its  sides,  one 
end  of  the  next  upon  this,  and  the  other  end 
is  stuck  fast  to  leaf  or  twig,  this  imbricated 
system  being  preserved  without  deviation 
through  the  whole  series  deposited.  No  car 
pen  ter  ever  laid  the  shingles  upon  a  roof 
with  more  regularity  than  does  our  female 
katydid  lay  her  eggs  upon  a  stick. 

HICKORY  LEAF  GALLS. 

“Daily  Rural  Life  —  Inclosed  please 
find  a  collection  of  little  green  balls  on  a  hick¬ 
ory  leaf.  1  cut  one  of  them  open,  and  it  con¬ 
tained  a  small  larva  or  worm.  Will  you 
please  tell  me  what  they  are  ? — Djmon  Knurr. 
Litchfield,  Mich. 

There  Is  a  limit  to  every  man’s  knowledge, 
and  T  regret  to  own  that,  the  little  circle 
within  which  I  swing  embraces  very  little 
information  about  galls  and  their  architects. 
The  “  small  round  bads,”  as  you  call  them, 
upon  the  hickoiy  leaves  sent,  are  caused  by 
some  one  of  the  many  species  of  gall  flies 
(cyn  ip.*)  which  attack  this  tree,  but  I  do  not 
know  its  specific  name.  There  is  said  to  be 
160  distinct  kinds  of  gall-flies  which  attack 
the  oak,  and  60  of  these  have  been  already 
described  as  infesting  our  native  oaks,  and 
no  doubt  there  are  many  yet  unknown  to 
science  or  scientific  men.  There  is  scarcely 
a  tree,  shrub  or  plant  that  is  not  the  home 
of  one  or  more  species  of  gall-fly,  and  from 
this  you  may  readily  sec  how  extensive  is 
the  field  for  investigation  in  this  particular 
line.  Baron  Qsten-Sacken  worked  faithful¬ 
ly  for  many  years  studying  the  habits  of 
these  minute  insects,  and  every  man  who 
takes  any  interest  in  natural  science  regrets 
that  he  did  not  remain  here  to  pursue  his 
investigations  in  this  direction  instead  of  re¬ 
turning  to  his  home  in  lDussiu. 

The  Smithsonian  Institution  published  the 
“  Monographs  of  the  Diptcraof  North  Amer¬ 
ica,”  by  R.  Obtkn-SaCKXN,  which  contains  a 
vast  amount,  of  information  on  this  subject, 
but  there  is  much  more  to  be  known.  Young 
men  who  are  sighing  for  fame  need  not  look 
long  or  far  away  from  home  to  find  the  field 
wherein  their  labors  are  needed.  The  liar 
vest  is  ready,  but  the  laborers  few,  weak  and 
timid.  1  might  suggest  that  there  was  also 
room  for  woman,  and  plenty  of  men  who 
would  gladly  help  her,  but  I  fear  some  Neal 
Newton  (see  Rural  of  August  23,  page  181,)  | 
would  tell  me  to  mind  my  bugs  and  beetles, 

“  and  let  woman  alone.” 

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HOUSE  PLANTS. 

“  Oh  !  how  beautiful  your  plants  are  ! 
Only  see,  Charles,  what  splendid  leaves  and 
flowers  !  1  never  saw  house  plants  grow  so 
luxuriantly  before,  and  I  never  could  moke 
mini-,  look  half  so  well.  What  can  be  tho 
reason  ?” 

I  will  tell  you.  You  do  not  give  them 
enough  light  and  sunshine,  which  they  de¬ 
light  in,  and  without  which  they  could  hard¬ 
ly  exist.  You  partially  close  the  blinds  that 
your  carpet  may  not  become  faded  nor  your 
complexion  tawny  ;  and  yet  you  do  this  at 
the  expense  of  your  own  health  and  cheer¬ 
fulness,  and  real  beauty,  too ;  and  at  the  ex¬ 
pense  of  your  flowers  and  plants  which  you 
cherish  so  tenderly,  and  without  which  your 
home  would  seem  very  dreary.  Now,  I  do 
not  love  darkness  better  than  light,  except  as 
God  has  made  it,  and  I  would  not  live  in  a 
home,  however  grand  its  surroundings, 
where  the  blessed  sunlight  was  excluded,  lest 
it  should  drive  out  tho  sunshine  from  my 
heart,  which  the  good  Lord  intended  I 
should  “  hold  fast for  it  is  indeed  “good.” 

I  admit  all  the  air  and  sunlight  into  my 
home  that  I  can,  consistently  with  comfort, 
and  if  furniture  and  carpets  are  faded  there¬ 
by,  it  is  of  minor  importance  compared  with 
health  and  real  home  cheeriness. 

Minnesota.  Hope  Evermore. 


<£hc  g^dfsmim. 


INFLUENCE  OF  SOIL  ON  STOCK. 

[Concluded  from  page  231,  last  number.  J 

Mr.  Curtis,  in  reply  to  a  question,  gave 
it  as  liis  opinion  that  neither  Duchess  county, 
nor  the  Genesee  Valley,  were  as  well  adapt¬ 
ed  for  the  raising  of  Bhort-Horns  as  the  val¬ 
ley  of  the  Mohawk,  at  Now  York  Mills.  In 
all  that  he  said  he  merely  wished  to  corrob¬ 
orate  the  view  expressed  in  the  paper  of  the 
evening,  that  it  was  necessary  not  only  to  be 
careful  in  the  selection  of  stock,  but  also  in 
stock  suited  to  the  locality  for  which  they 
were  designed,  in  concluding  his  remarks, 
Mr.  Curtis  took  occasion  to  protest  against 
the  popular  notion  that  animals  to  be  in  good 
condition — in  condition  to  show  at  the  State 
Fair — had  to  be  fat  and  sleek.  He  thought 
that  the  prevalence  of  such  a  nation,  or  pan¬ 
dering  to  it,  had  mined  a  great  many  head 
of  fine  cattle.  Time  and  again  stock  was 
Injured  by  over  feeding,  and  the  over  feeding 
resulted  from  a  desire  to  present  animals  in  a 
sleek,  fat  condition.  A  reform  was  needed. 
In  answer  to  a  question  as  to  what  condition 
he  would  have  stock  in,  Mr.  Curtis  said  that 
so  far  as  dairy  stock  was  concerned,  all  that 
a  cow  needed  was  bone  enough  to  travel  on, 
and  that  milky  qualities  ought  not  to  be  sac¬ 
rificed  to  mere  carcase . 

Mr.  L.  F.  Allen  (author  of  the  “  Short-Horn 
Herd  Book,”)  did  not  quite  agree  with  the 
last  speaker.  He  wus  inclined  to  think  that 
some  of  the  best  milkers  lie  hud  ever  known 
had  been  fat  cows.  A  cow  should  always  be 
well  fed,  otherwise  a  generous  flow  of  milk 
was  not  to  be  looked  for.  lie  hail  no  sympa¬ 
thy  whatever  in  the  starvation  theory,  As 
to  tho  sale  at  New-  York  Mills,  he  thought 
that  Mr.  Campbell  had  sold  some  of  liis  st  ock 
very  cheap.  From  $800  to  83,000  was  the 
range  of  prices  at  w  hich  part  of  t  he  herd  was 
sold.  As  for  the  stock  that  brought  the  top 
prices,  it  wus  to  be  said  that  there  was  no 
stock  in  the  world  that  could  dispute  with 
the  Dutchess.  Fur  perfection  of  qualities 
and  concentration  of  blood  they  had  no 
equals.  As  for  New  York  Mills  he  did  not 
consider  it  any  better  adapted  for  Short- 
Horns  than  Genesee  Valley  or  the  volleys  in 
Ohio  and  Mississippi.  Tho  important  theory 
was  to  secure  a  soil  with  lime  on  it. 

Harris  Lewis  of  Herkimer,  thought  that 
the  fact  that  the  bidding  at  Now  York  Mills 
took  the  shape  of  a  triangular  contest  In 
which  England  bid  against  the  West,  and 
Canada  against  both,  had  a  good  deal  to  do 
with  the  liigh  prices  obtained. 

Mr.  L.  F.  Allen  begged  to  correct  the  gen¬ 
tleman.  Canada  did  not  take  part  in  the 
sale. 

Mr.  Lewis  continued  that  in  any  event  that 
that  family  of  Bhort-Horns  which  had  passed 
through  the  hands  of  Thorne,  Sheldon  and 
Campbell  had  no  superior  anywhere.  It  was 
a  peculiar  characteristic  of  the  Dutchess  that 
whatever  they  invariably  touched  they  Im¬ 
proved,  hence  the  almost  fabulous  value  at¬ 
tached  to  them.  As  for  himself,  he  and  his 
friend,  Mr.  Curtis,  valued  a  cow  solely  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  number  of  pounds  of  milk  she 
would  yield,  and  he  had  been  trying  to  figure 
up  what  milk  ought  to  sell  for  coming  from 
a  cow  costing  §40,001). 

Mr.  Curtis  said  he  was  glad  to  notice  that 
the  breeders  of  Ayrshire  cows  wore  begin¬ 
ning  to  alter  their-  programme.  A  few  years 
ago  the  hading  idea  was  handsome  cattle. 
For  his  part  he  thought  Providence  had  never 
intended  that  un  Ayrshire  cow  should  be  a 
handsome,  round,  well-made  creature.  I 
hope  we  have  reached  a  time  when  wo  are 
contented  with  cow  point  and  can  dispense 
with  beauty.  And  as  with  Ayrshire#  so  with 
Jerseys.  A  little  while  since  and  if  was  con¬ 
sidered  necessary  that  a  Jersey  should  have  a 
black  tongue,  anil  switch.  The  stock  had  been 
much  hurt  by  such  a  mistaken  notion.  The 
best  Jersey  cow  ho  had  ever  owned  had  a 
white  face. 

Harris  Lewis  What  soil  do  you  think  is 
best  calculated  to  furnish  Ayrshire  with 
teats  t  (Laughter). 

Mr.  Curtis— We  have  been  trying  to  give 
them  beauty  and  have  left  the  teats  alone. 
It  is  time  we  looked  at  teats. 

Mr.  H.  Lewis— You  cat’t  see  them.  (Laugh¬ 
ter. 

Mr.  T.  J.  Hand  of  Bing  Sing  remarked  that 
the  English  stock  authorities  hud  nothing  to 
say  about  black  tongues  or  black  switches 
being  “points”  for  Jerseys.  He  considered 
such  things  as  merely  extrinsic  and  having 
nothing  to  do  with  the  intrinsic  value.  As  to 
the  effect  of  soil  on  stock  he  would  say  that  i 
soil  had  a  wonderful  effect  which  was  often  i 
too  subtle  for  analysis.  In  certain  vineyards  | 


in  Fx-ance  a  certain  plot  in  a  particular  field 
would  yield  a  better  grape  than  land  sur¬ 
rounding  it  on  all  sides.  He  had  found  in  his 
own  experience  that  feeding  with  his  own 
hay  in  winter  to  ills  stock  tho  butter  he  ob¬ 
tained  was  golden.  If  he  bonght  hay  anil  fed 
it,  even  in  connection  with  carrots,  the  butter 
was  whit©.  He  cured  his  hav  when  young, 
which  perhaps  went  to  account  for  the  dif¬ 
ference. 

Mr.  B.  H,  Andrews  of  Waterbury,  Conn., 
thought  there  was  a  breed  that  combined  all 
the  good  qualities  which  were  found  singly 
in  the  breeds  which  had  been  the  subject  of 
comment.  For  milk,  beef,  work,  beauty  of 
form,  and  uniformity  of  elm  rioter,  the  Devon 
was  without  a  rival.  Henry  Coleman  who 
was  sent  out  to  Europe  by  the  Massachusetts 
Board  of  Agriculture  to  inspectnnil  report  on 
stock,  reported  that  the  Devon  cow  was  su¬ 
perior  to  all  others  as  milkers.  The  speaker 
thought  that  Ayrshire  butter  was  apt  to  have 
hu  oily,  animal  taste,  and  was  not  tube  com¬ 
pared  to  the  Devons.  Again,  it  was  an  im¬ 
portant  consideration  that  no  breed  equalled 
the  Devon  for  oxen.  You  could  rely  on  the 
uniformity  of  their  color.  In  a  herd  of  seven¬ 
teen  which  he  lately  saw,  any  two  could  be 
hitched  up  and  the  result  would  be  a  matched 
team. 

Mr.  Dexter  of  Newport,  Herkimer  county, 
stated  that  a  neighbor  of  his  who  does  not 
run  to  fancy  stock,  but  took  particular  pains 
in  selecting  his  cows,  had  made  as  high  as 
14,200  lbs.  of  choose  per  annum  from  twenty 
cows.  The  speaker  thought  that  a  cross  of 
Short-Horn  with  native  produced  the  best 
milking  stock.  He  himself  had  made  600  lbs. 
of  cheese  from  one  cow.  Ho  was  not  pre¬ 
pared  to  coincide  with  tho  views  of  Mr.  Cur¬ 
tis  on  one  point—  he,  the  speaker,  thought 
that  cows  ought  to  have  some  flesh.  The 
rule  .was,  poor  cows,  poor  milk — poor  not 
alone  in  quantity  but  in  quality  ns  well. 

Mr.  Curtis  thought  that  on  a  given  amount 
of  food,  the  Ayrshire  would  lead  any  other 
breed  for  beef  and  milk. 

D.  P.  Chapman  of  Unaudilla  considered 
that  for  oxen,  milk  and  general  use,  the 
Devon  was  tho  best  of  all.  He  would  like  to 
see  the  relative  merits  of  the  different  breeds 
subjected  to  a  ^thorough  test.  He  himself 
was  willing  to  make  such  test  during  next 
year  with  Devons  and  lay  the  result  before 
the  Society  at  its  next  meeting.  He  proposed 
to  accurately  record  the  weight  of  messes 
given  to  the  animal  experimented  upon,  tho 
yield  of  milk,  the  animal’s  weight,  &c. 
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COW  GIVING  BLOODY  MILK. 

Will  you  or  some  of  the  Rural  readers 
be  kind  enough  to  give  uh  a  remedy,  (through 
the  ROKiL  New-Yorker.)  for  the  following  : 
We  have  a  nice  young  cow  that  began  giving 
bloody  milk  out  of  her  two  front  teats,  (the 
hind  ones  have  never  been  affected,)  about 
the  middle  of  July.  The  milk  would  look 
pure  until  nearly  done  milking,  when  it  would 
begin  to  be  slightly  colored,  and  the  last  strip 
or  so  it  would  be  very  red,  not  clotted,  but 
having  the  appearance  of  pure  blood.  We 
milked  lior  until  the  first  of  August,  when 
we  put  her  dry.  She  now  has  a  fine  calf  two 
weeks  old,  and  the  milk  from  the  front  teats 
is  the  same  as  when  we  put  her  dry.  She 
has  always  been  healthy  ;  has  been  well  kept, 
and  is  in  fine  order  now.  We  do  the  milking 
ourselves,  and  know  of  nothing  in  the  way 
of  a  kick  or  hurt  that  could  have  caused  it. 
Another  cow,  receiving  the  same  treatment., 
is  not  affected.  Please  answer  as  soon  as 
convenient,  and  oblige  G.  S.  Brock. 

lielmont  Co.,  Ohio. 

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NOTES  FOE  HERDSMEN. 

Pumpkins  for  Cows, — A  correspondent  of 
the  Germantown  Telegraph  says :  —  “  We 
usually  raise  about  ten  acres  of  corn  yearly, 
and  we  have  enough  pumpkins  among  this 
corn  to  feed  the  cows  and  young  stock  some 
each  day  lrotn  the  time  they  come  into  use 
till  about  the  time  snosv  begins  to  fall,  say 
about  two  months.  AV o  feed  regularly,  once 
a  day,  from  one  to  three  pumpkins  per  head, 
never  more,  and  find  them  greatly  conducive 
t.o  heahh  of  stock,  besides  greatly  increasing 
the  quantity  and  quality  ol  the  butter  made. 
Pumpkin-made  butter  will  readily  pass  for 
“golden”  or  “gilt-edged”  without  the  use 
of  “coloring.” 

To  Make  a  Coic  Milk  Easy. — 1  find  in  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  of  Aug.  2,  page  75,  a 
method  “to  make  a  cow  milk  easy.”  Fran- 
sana  Lohr  of  Frederick  Co.,  Md.,-says: 
“  Let  your  cow-,  or  cows,  go  dry  in  the  down 
sign  of  the  moon  ;  that  is,  when  tho  moon  is 
taken  off,  and  a  sure  result  follows.”  Will 
she  please  state  if  she  means  during  the 
waning  of  the  moon  i  or  state  in  which  of 
the  moon’s  quartering#  the  drying  off  should 
take  place  ¥  The  expressions  "down  sign” 
and  “  taken  off  ”  are  local,  and  not  used  here. 
— D.  T.  H.,  Topeka,  Kansas. 


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BORAX  AND  CLEANSING  BLANKETS. 

The  Boston  Journal  of  Chemistry  gives 
the  following  method  of  cleansing  blankets  : 
Put  two  largo  teaspoonfuls  of  borax  and  a 
pint  bowl  of  soft  soap  into  a  tub  of  cold 
water.  "When  dissolved,  put  in  a  pair  of 
blankets,  and  let  them  remain  over  night. 
Next  day  mb  and  drain  them  out,  and  rinse 
thoroughly  in  two  waters,  and  hang  them  to 
dry.  Do  not  wring  them.  But  this  is  not 
the  only  domestic  use  to  which  borax  may 
he  put.  Says  the  same  journal :  Borax  is 
the  best  cockroach  exterminator  yet  dis¬ 
covered.  This  troublesome  insect  has  a  pe¬ 
culiar  aversion  to  it,  and  will  never  return 
where  it  has  once  been  scattered.  As  the 
salt  is  perfectly  harmless  to  human  beings, 
it  is  much  to  be  preferred  for  this  purpose 
to  the  poisonous  substances  commonly  used. 
Borax  is  valuable  for  the  laundry  ;  use  1  lb. 
to  about  ten  gallons  of  boiling  water,  and  you 
need  only  ono-half  the  ordinary  allowance  of 
soap.  For  laces,  cambrics,  etc.,  use  an  extra 
quantity  of  this  powder.  It  will  not  injure 
the  texture  of  the  doth  in  the  least.  For 
cleansing  the  hair,  nothing  is  better  than  a 
solution  of  borax  water.  Wash  afterwards 
with  pure  water  if  it  leavos  the  hair  too  still. 
Borax  dissolved  in  water  is  also  an  excellent 
dentifrice,  or  tooth  wash. 


DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 


To  Exterminate.  Large  Ants. — Noticing  in 
the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  Sept,  6,  that  M. 
W.  wanted  to  know  how  to  exterminate 
large  ants,  I  will  toll  you  how  I  got  rid  of 
them.  I  went  out  In  the  garden  and  procured 
a  handful  of  green  sage  leaves  ;  sprinkled 
them  in  and  around  my  sugar  box  and  in 
less  than  21  hours  they  hail  all  left ;  they  are 
no  trouble  at  all  now  ;  it  is  a  sure  way  to 
get  rid  of  large  ants.  Try  it. — A.  L.  Stiller. 

Rings  out  of  Silk. — What  will  take  rings 
out  of  silk  left  there  by  water  ?  T  have  a 
light  silk  so  spotted  by  water,  the  water 
leaving  a  black  ring.  What  substance,  if 
used,  will  remove  the  spots  and  not  injure 
the  material  ?  Such  information  will  be 
thankfully  and  gratefully  received,  by— C. 
W.  V.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 


SELECTED  RECiPES. 


Rapid  Fielding  of  Meat.— The  following  Is 
an  English  recipe  :  Roll  the  meat,  in  a  mix¬ 
ture  ol'  IGoz.  salt,,  X  oz.  saltpeter,  and  1  oz. 
sugar,  so  that  all  parts  may  be  completely 
Baited  ;  then  wrap  closely  in  a  piece  of  cot¬ 
ton  cloth  previously  well  scalded  and  dried, 
and  place  in  a  porcelain  or  other  vessel.  The 
Cloth  is  essential  with  Small  pieces,  to  retain 
the  brine  formed  In  contact  with  the  meat. 
After  about  Its  hours,  however,  some  brine 
will  drain  off  into  the  bottom  of  the  vessel, 
and  it  will  be  necessary  then  to  turn  the 
moat,  still  wrapped  up,  daily.  A  piece  of 
Six  pounds,  treated  in  this  way  for  six  days, 
then  unwrapped  and  boded,  will  bo  found 
quite  palatable  and  sufficiently  pickled.  For 
larger  quantities  the  cloth  may  be  dispensed 
with,  since  the  brine  formed  will  be  sufficient 
to  cover  the  mass,  provided  the  pieces  are 
closely  packed,  and  any  unavoidable  cavities 
filled  with  stones. 

A  New  Salad. — I  think  I  discovered  some 
thing  new  in  the  way  of  salads,  the  other 
day,  and  if  not  new  something  very  agree¬ 
able.  Enjoying  a  salads  des  legumes  the 
other  morning,  it  occurred  tome  that  cold 
baked  tomatoes  and  cold  vegetable  marrows 
would  go  well  together,  I  accordingly  tried 
and  maxed  good,  cold  baked  tomatoes,  not 
too  much  done,  with  the  skins  off,  and  some 

?uod -sized  vegetable  marrows,  adding  some 
arragou  vinegar.  The  result  was  a  peculiar 
and  most  delicious  salad,  On-pi, -died  with 
some  of  the  trifling  vegetable  accompani¬ 
ments,  which  a  good  maker  of  salads  knows 
howto  use,  it  might  be  improved,  but  I  could 
desire  nothing  more  delicious  in  the  way  of  a 
salad  during  the  warm  days  of  summer  and 
early  autumn. 

Apple  Jelly. — Take  golden  pippins  ;  pare, 
core  and  quarter  them,  and  boil,  in  water 
enough  to  cover  them,  until  quite  soft.  Then 
turn  into  a  flannel  jeily-bag,  and  let  the  juice 
run  out  without  squeezing  at  all.  The  jelly 
bag  is  made  like  an  enormous  funnel,  with  a 
short  Dose  and  sewed  up  in  one  seam.  Take 
a  square  of  flannel  and  doublo  over  in  two 
points,  lapping  it  in  the  middle,  and  you  will 
see  Jiow  it  ih  done.  Tie  this  bag  by  fastening 
tapes  t.o  each  side  of  it,  to  chairs,  and  let  the 
juice  run  into  a  dish.  To  one  pine  of  juice 
put  one  pound  of  white  sugar,  and  bon  for 
twenty  minutes.  Then  turn  into  jelly  cups. 
Add  sugar  to  the  jam,  and  boil  for  marma¬ 
lade. 

Cheap  Vinegar. — Take  a  quantity  of  com¬ 
mon  Irish  potatoes,  wash  them  until  they  are 
thoroughly  dean,  place  them  in  a  large  ves 
Bel,  and  boil  Lheui  until  done.  Drain  off 
carefully  tlie  water  that  they  were  cooked 
in,  straining  it,  if  necessary,  hi  order  to  re¬ 
move  every  particle  of  the  potato.  Then  put 
this  potato  water  iuto  a  jug  or  keg,  which 
eet  near  the  stove,  or  in  some  place  where  it 


will  be  kept  warm,  and  add  ono  pound  of 
sugar  to  about  two  and  one-half  gallons  of 
the  water,  some  hop-yeast,  or  a  small  portion 
of  whisky.  Let  it  stand  three  or  four  weeks, 
and  you’ will  have  excellent  vinegar,  at  a 
cost  of  six  or  seven  cents  per  gallon. 

Coddled  Apples. — The  name  is  homely,  but 
the  article  good.  After  the  smaller  fruits 
are  out  of  season,  coddled  apples  make  one 
of  the  very  best  desserts  that  can  be  sent  to 
the  table.  Gathor  small,  unripe  apples,  do 
not  peel  them,  but  cut  them  into  slices  from 
the  core  ;  put  them  in  a  saucepan  and  pour 
on  water  enough  t<i  cover  them  ;  cover  t  he 
saucepan  and  stir  the  apples  occasionally  to 
prevent  burning,  and  when  thoroughly  soft, 
mash  them  smooth  through  a  sieve.  Send  to 
the  table  in  a  glass  or  china  dessert-dish 
with  milk  or  cream,  if  you  have  it,  and  put 
the  nutmeg  and  grater  on  the.  table  for  those 
who  like  this  spice. 

A  Useful  Soap.—' The  following  is  com¬ 
mended  by  those  who  have  tried  it  for  scrub¬ 
bing  and  cleansing  painted  floors,  washing 
dishes,  amt  other  household  purposes  :  Take, 
two  pounds  of  white  olive  soap  and  shave  it. 
in  thin  siices  ;  add  two  ounces  of  borax  and 
two  quarts  of  cold  water  ;  stir  all  together 
in  a  stone  or  earthen  jar,  and  let  it  set  upon 
the  back  of  the  stove  until  the  mass  is  dis¬ 
solved  A  very  little  heat  is  required,  as  the 
liquid  need  not  simmer.  When  thoroughly 
mixed  and  cooled,  it  becomes  of  t  he  consist¬ 
ence  of  a  thick  jelly,  and  a  piece  the  size  of  a 
cubic  inch  will  make  a  lather  for  a  gallon  of 
water. 

To  Remove  Mold,  Stains  from  Rooks 
without  injuring  the  paper,  the  Scientific 
American  gives  the  following  directions:;  1. 
Wet  with  pure,  dean  water.  2.  Soak  in  a 
dilute  solution  of  bleaching  powdor.  3.  Pass 
through  water  made  sour  to  the.  taste  by 
muriatic  acid.  4.  Soak  in  pure  water  until 
all  traces  of  acid  are  removed,  ami  dry.  It 
is  not  necessary  to  say  that  this  operation 
requires  careful  manipulation.  You  may 
try,  instead,  exposing  the  moistened  paper 
to  the  fumes  of  burning  sulphur,  which  is  a 
good  bleaching  agent,  and  then  passing  it 
through  water  and  drying. 

How  lo  Cook  Mushrooms. — Get  half  grown 
mushrooms,  peel  them  and  lay  them  side 
upwards  on  a  plate  ;  put  to  each  a  small 
piece  of  butter,  but  only  one  layer  thick  ; 
pepper  and  suit  to  t  aste  ;  add  two  tablespoon 
fuls  of  ketchup,  and  one  of  water  ;  press 
round  the  rim  of  the  plate  a  strip  of  paste, 
get,  another  plate  of  the  same  size,  firmly 

Ci  cased  in  the  paste  ;  put  the  whole  in  a 
risk  oven  for  25  minutes  ;  the  top  plate, 
should  be  left  on  until  served,  when  you  will 
not  only  have  a  dish  lit  for  an  Emperor,  but 
one  that,  would  delight  an  Empress, — Jw  (fil¬ 
bert. 

Green  Artichokes  Fried.—  Cut  a  couple  of 
green  artichokes  into  eight  or  more  “  quart¬ 
ers,”  according  to  the  size  of  the  artichoke, 
and  trim  off  all  that  is  uneatable  from  each, 
putting  them  as  they  are  trimmed  in  cold 
water  with  the  Juice  Of  a  lemon  squeezed 
into  it  to  prevent,  their  turning  black.  When 
the  “quarters”  are  all  done,  dip  them  in 
batter  (made  with  flour,  oil,  water,  and 
eggs),  see  that  each  piece  is  well  coated  with 
it,  ami  fry  them  in  plenty  of  boiling  lard  ; 
served  piled  on  a  napkin  and  garnished  with 
fried  parsley. 

Green  Artichokes  Iced.— Cut  off  the  tops 
of  the  leaves,  and  trim  off  the  stalk  and  the 
hard  leaves  round  it.  Rub  each  artichoke 
with  a  piece  of  lemon  as  it  is  trimmed,  and 
put  them  to  cook  in  boiling  water  with  the 
juice  of  a  lemon  or  a  small  quantity  of  white 
vinegar  ;  when  done,  which  is  ascertained 
by  the  leaves  pulling  off  easily,  put  the  arti¬ 
chokes  Upside  down  on  a  cloth  to  drain  off  all 
the  water,  then  place  them  in  the  refrigera¬ 
tor  or  on  ice  to  get  as  cold  as  possible  without 
being  frozen ;  serve  with  cold  poivrade 
sauce. 


with  some  American  com-starch  and  milk, 
lias  been  given  with  marked  success,  in  Lon¬ 
don,  for  dysentery. 


DIETETIC  PREPARATIONS. 


HYGIENIC  NOTES. 


Green  A  rtichokes  with  Wh  ite  Sauce. — Trim 
them  as  in  the  preceding  recipe.  Parboil 
them  for  ten  minutes  in  salted  water  with 
the  juice  of  a  lemon  squeezed  into  it.  Melt 
2  ounces  of  butter  in  a  saucepan,  add  a  ta¬ 
bles  poouful  of  flour,  mLx  well,  and  put  in  a» 
much  water  as  will  make  sufficient  sauce; 
season  with  pepper,  salt,  and  nutmeg,  and 
place  the  artichokes  in  this  sauce  to  finish 
cooking.  When  done,  stir  in,  off  the  fire,  the 
yolks  of  two  eggs  beaten  up  with  the  juice 
of  a  lemon,  and  strained. 

A  Good  Table  Sauce. — Take  one  gallon  of 
tomatoes,  wash  and  simmer  in  three  quarts 
of  water  until  nearly  done.  Strain  through 
a  sieve.  Add  two  tablespoonfuls  of  each  of 
these  spices,  ginger,  mace,  black  pepper,  all¬ 
spice  and  salt,  and  one  of  cayenne  pepper. 
Boil  down  to  one  quart.  Pour  in  one  flail 
pint  best  vinegar,  and  then  pass  through  a 
hair  sieve.  Bottle  in  half-pint  bottles  ;  cork 
and  seal  securely,  and  keep  in  a  cool  place. 

War  for  Floors— at  5  ounces  of  pearl 
ash,  25  ounces  of  wax,  and  20  ounces  of 
water  together,  stirring  iL  frequently  until  a 
thick  mass  results,  from  which  water  does 
not  separate  on  standing  a  short  time.  Then 
add  from  a  pint  to  a  pint  and  a-half  of  boil¬ 
ing  water,  with  con-taut  stirring.  This  may 
be  colored  if  desired.  It  may  be  applied 
with  a  woolen  rug,  and  thoroughly  rubbed 
in. 

Mint,  Chow-CIww  for  Roast  Lamb.— Take 
one  third  onions  to  two-thirds  cucumbers; 
add  spearmint,  green  pepper,  and  mustard; 
chop  nil  together,  finely  ;  put  into  a  jar  and 
add  strong  vinegar  and  gait ;  work  it  up, 
and  in  a  few  days  it  will  be  tit  for  use. 

Mucilage  of  Gum-Arabic . — According  to 
R.  Rot; tier,  the  following  formula  affords  a 
mucilage  which  will  keep  in  the  hottest, 
weather  Gum-arabic,  12  troy  ounces} ;  gly 
cerine,  8  fluid  ounces  ;  water,  10  fluid  ounces. 


Rarity  Water.  —The  Druggist  gives  the 
following : — Take  of  pearl  barley  2  ounces; 
boiling  water,  2  quarts;  before  adding  the 
boiling  water  let  the  barley  bo  well  washed ; 
then  boil  it  to  one-half,  and  strain  the  liquor; 
a  little  lemon  juice  and  sugar  may  be  added 
if  desirable.  To  bo  taken  ad  libitum  in  in¬ 
flammatory  diseases. 

Rice,  Water. — Take  of  rice  3  ounces  ;  let  it 
be  well  washed,  and  add  to  it  3  quarts  of 
water;  boil  It  for  an  hour  and  a  half,  and 
then  add  sugar  and  nutmeg  as  much  as  may 
be  required.  To  be  taken  ad  libitum.  Rice, 
when  boiled  for  a  considerable  t  ime,  assumes 
a  gelatinous  form,  and,  mixed  with  milk,  is 
a  very  excellent  diet  for  children.  It  pos¬ 
sesses,  in  some  measure,  a  constipating  prop¬ 
erty  which  may  be  increased  by  boiling  the 
milk. 

Infusion  of  Flaxseed. — Take  of  flaxseed  1 
ounce;  bruised  licorice  root,  half  an  ounce; 
boiling  water,  1  quart;  macerate  for  two  or 
three  hours  near  the  lire,  in  a  covered  ves¬ 
sel  ;  strain,  and  add  lemon  juice  sufficient  to 
make  it  agreeable.  It  may  be  given  as  a 
common  drink  in  catarrh. 

Decoction  of  Drum.—' Take  of  fresh  wheat 
bran,  1  pint ;  water,  3  quarts  ;  boil  down  to 
one-third,  strain  off  the  liquor  and  add  sugar, 
honey  or  molasses,  according  to  the  taste  of 
the  patient.  Bran  tea  may  lie  made  by  using 
boiling  water  and  suffering  the  mixture  to 
stand  in  a  covered  vessel  for  three  or  four 
hours. 

Sage  Tea.—  Take  of  dried  sage  leaves,  half 
on  ounce;  boiling  water,  one  quart;  iufuse 
for  half  an  hour,  aud  then  strain;  sugar  and 
lemon  juice  may  he  added  in  the  proportion 
required  by  the  patient.  In  the  same  man¬ 
ner  may  be  made  balm  and  other  teas.  These 
infusions  form  very  agreeable  and  useful 
drinks  in  fever,  and  their  diaphoretic  powers 
may  be  increased  by  the  addition  of  the 
sweet  spirits  of  niter  or  ontinioflial  wine, 
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EXPERIMENTS  WITH  OATMEAL. 

We  see  by  an  article  in  La  France  Medi¬ 
cate  that  M.  Dujardin  Beaurriitz  has  been  ex¬ 
perimenting  with  oatmeal  as  a  food  for 
young  children.  He  made  use  of  a  jelly  pre 
pared  by  soaking  a  tablespoouful  of  the  meal 
in  a  glass  of  water  for  twelve  hours,  then 
straining  through  a  sieve,  boiling  till  the 
whole  assumes  the  consistency  of  jelly,  and 
adding  sugar  or  salt  to  taste.  According  to 
analysis,  100  grammes  of  the  meal  contain 
8.7  grammes  of  water,  7,1  of  fatty  matters, 

63.5  of  starch,  13.2  of  nitrogenous  matters, 

1.5  of  mineral  substances,  and  7.6  of  cellulose, 
dextrine  and  loss.  Its  nutrit  ious  value,  there 
fore,  as  food  for  children,  in  regard  to  nitro¬ 
genous  or  plastic  elements,  as  such  as  are 
respiratory,  is  analagous  to  that  of  human 
milk  or  cow’s  milk.  Besides  these,  it  con¬ 
tains  more  iron  than  do  most  of  t.ho  articles 
of  food. 

Four  newly-born  infants  were  fed  with  the 
preparation  just  described,  and  in  every  case 
with  satisfactory  results.  In  addition  to  its 
qualities  as  food,  it  acts  efficiently  against 
colic  and  diarhem.  It  enters  into  Hie  com¬ 
position  of  thu  syrup  of  Luther,  which  is 
said  to  be  much  used  in  Germany.  M.  Gil¬ 
lette.  surgeon  of  the  hospital  of  Melun,  lias 
also  given  oatmeal  combined  with  cow’s 
milk  to  six  children,  and  finds  it  to  be  a  valu¬ 
able  food  in  cases  where  the  natural  supply 
of  milk  is  deficient. 


Remedy  for  De.afness  Wanted. — If  any  of 
the  readers  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  can 
give  the  cause  of  or  cure  for  the  following 
case  of  deafness,  they  will  greatly  oblige  the 
inquirer  : — Alittlfe  girl,  twelve  years  old,  has, 
during  the  past  spring  and  summer,  becomo 
very  deaf,  without  any  apparent  cause,  Sho 
has  no  pain  or  gathering  in  her  cars;  no  seri¬ 
ous  sickness  of  any  kind,  except  that  she  had 
the  whooping-cough  very  hard  a  year  ago, 
and  coughed  considerably  during  the  winter. 
Hoping  that  some  ono  among  your  numer¬ 
ous  readers,  who  may  have  known  of  a  sim¬ 
ilar  case  and  its  cure,  will  respond,  1  submit 
this  to  your  discretion. — C.  B.  Pratt. 

Wash  for  the  Hands  Wanted. — Will  you, 
or  some  of  your  correspondents,  tell  how  to 
make  a  wash  that  will  improve  the  color  of 
the  hands  and  oblige — A  Music  Teacher. 


Scientific  amt  Useful. 


A  FARMER’S  BAROMETER. 

L.  B.  8.,  writes  the  Country  Gentleman  : 
The  common  camphor  bottle  makes  a  very 
cloudy  index  of  atmospheric  weight  and 
weather  changes,  on  which  the  following  is 
a  beautiful  improvement:  —  Dissolve  2X 
drams  of  camphor  in  11  fluid  drams  of  alco¬ 
hol.  Put  88  grains  nitrate  of  potash  (salt¬ 
peter,)  and  38  grains  ol'  muriate  of  ammonia 
(sal  ammoniac)  into  0  fluid  drams  of  water  ; 
when  all  are  perfectly  dissolved,  mix  the  two 
solutions.  Shake  them  well  in  a  two-ounce 
or  four-ounce  white  glass  vial,  cork  very 
loosely,  or  better,  tic  over  the  orifice  a  piece 
of  linen  or  cotton  cloth,  and  place  the  instru¬ 
ment  in  a  good  light  out  of  tho  sunshine, 
where  it  can  be  observed  without,  handling. 
When  the  weather  is  (Inc  and  clear,  tho  fluid 
is  also  ;  but  on  the  least  change,  the  chemi¬ 
cals,  which  lie  as  a  sediment,  rise  in  beautiful 
frond-like  crystals  proportionally,  and  again 
duly  subside.  By  watching  those  changes 
one  soon  becomes  able  to  predict  the  changes 
of  weather  probable,  for  a  few  hours  to 
ooine,  in  any  locality,  bub  nob  for  oil  alike. 
This  instrument  may  be  recommended  also 
as  a  pretty  philosophical  toy  with  a  problem 
annexed. 


SCIENTIFIC  AND  USEFUL  NOTES. 


MEDICAL  USES  OF  CHARCOAL. 


A  lecture  was  recently  delivered  before 
the  Society  of  Arts,  in  London,  by  Mr.  W.  E. 
Newto.v,  in  which  ho  attributed  various  vir¬ 
tues  to  peat  and  other  vegetable  charcoal 
He  stated  that,  in  the  form  of  powdei*,  put, 
upon  poultices,  peat  charcoal  had  been  most 
beneficially  employed  in  some  of  the  London 
hospitals,  especially  in  cases  of  offensive 
sores.  It  absorbed  tho  putrid  effluvia,  and 
was  of  great  benefit  in  cancers,  etc.  In 
many  cases,  when  taken  internally,  it  was 
productive  of  good  effects  in  those  troubled 
with  disordered  stomachs,  such  as  heart¬ 
burn,  sick  headache,  palpitation  of  the  heart 
and  giddiness.  In  all  diseases  of  the  chest, 
sore  throats,  diphtheria,  or  bronchial  affec¬ 
tions,  pent  charcoal  has  been  found  very  use¬ 
ful.  In  France,  a  scientific  commission  ap¬ 
pointed  by  the  Government  to  investigate 
this  subject,  has  reported  very  favorably  in 
regard  to  the  usefulness  of  this  substance  for 
a  great  number  of  purposes.  A  minute 
quantity  of  peat  charcoal,  in  powder,  boiled 


Pomade  of  Castor-Oil  and  Glycerine. — Tho 
following  gives  an  excellent  preparation  : 
White  wax,  IX  ounces  ;  glycerine,  2  drams  ; 
castor-oil,  13  ounces  ;  essence  of  lemon,  5 
drams  ;  essence  of  lavender,  1  dram  ;  essence 
of  bergamot,  3  drams  ;  oil  of  cloves,  10 
drops;  annatto,  10  grains;  alcohol,  q.  s. ; 
water,  distilled,  q.  s. 

Dissolve  tho  wax  with  moderate  heat  in  a 
little  of  the  castor-oil,  and  triturate  with  the 
remainder  of  the  oil  and  the  glycerine  until 
It  is  cool ;  then  add  the  essences  and  the 
volatile  oil.  Finally,  nib  the  annatto  with  a 
dram  of  water  until  it  is  thoroughly  sus¬ 
pended,  add  a  dram  of  alcohol,  and  stir  the 
coloring  matter  into  tho  pomade  until  it  is 
intimately  incorporated. 

Parisian  Wood  Varnish. — To  prepare  a 
good  varnish  for  fancy  woods,  dissolve  one 
part  of  good  shellac  in  three  to  four  parts  of 
alcohol  of  92  pel*  cent,  in  a  water  bath,  and 
cautiously  add  distilled  water  until  a  curdy 
mass  separates  out,  which  is  collected  and 
pressed  between  linen  ;  the  liquid  is  filtered 
through  paper,  all  tho  alcohol  removed  by 
distillation  from  the  water  bath,  and  tho 
resin  removed  and  dried  at  lOff’  Centigrade 
until  it  ceases  to  lose  weight ;  it  is  then  dis¬ 
solved  in  double  its  weight  of  alcohol  of  at 
least  96  per  cent, ,  and  the  solution  perfumed 
with  lavender  oil. 

A  New  Substitute,  for  Rubber. — A  Canadian 
lute  devised  a  method  of  producing  gum  from 
'the  milkweed  plant,  or  other  plants  of  the 
asclepia  family,  and  flax  and  other  seeds, 
which  consists  in  macerating  and  fermenting 
the  substances,  and  then,  by  evaporation, 
reducing  the  resulting  liquid  to  a  thick  gum¬ 
my*  mass.  The  gum  thus  obtained  may  be 
cheaply  produced,  and  is  alleged  to  have 
many  of  the  valuable  qualities  of  rubber.  It 
is  insoluble  iu  water,  may  be  vulcanized 
with  sulphur,  etc. 

Indestructible  Fully.-  Boil  4  pounds  brown 
umber  in  7  pounds  linseed  oil  for  two  hours  ; 


stir  iu  3  ounces  of  wax  ;  lake  from  the  fire 
and  mix  in  5X  pounds  chalk  and  1 1  pounds 
white  lead,  and  incorporate  thoroughly.  The 
latter  operation  is  quite  essential. 


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prices.  But  let  a  half  dozen  men  come  In  to  the 
|  town  to  compete  with  him  for  hi*  custom,  and 
ho  will  then  consider  the  cost  of  food,  rent, 
&c.,  In  fixing  his  prices. 

There  Is  a  great  deal  of  vicious  talk  resulting 
from  the  efforts  of  demagogues  and  partisans 
to  arouse  the  prejudices  and  passions  of  farm¬ 
ers  and  gain  their  confidence,  influence  and 
suffrages  or  their  money.  Tho  logical  sequence 
of  It.  nil  will  be  that  the  farmers  will  I  >o  worse 
swindled  by  the  seventh  bad  spirit  than  they 
were  by  the  first.  If  they  do  not  keep  their  heads 
clear  and  cool  and  t  heir  eyes  open. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

“ARE  AGRICULTURAL  SCHOOLS  FAIL¬ 
URES  I  ” 


I®## 


SATURDAY,  OCTOBER  25,  1873. 

LESS  HOURS'  LABOR  ON  THE  FARM. 

It  is  urged  that  farmers  should  work  less, 
produce  less  and  get  more  for  what  they  pro¬ 
duce;  that  wbcnartlzans  strike  and  get  what 
they  ask  for  -either  more  wages  or  less  hours 
as  a  day's  work  lhoy  enhance  the  cost  or  every¬ 
thing  they  manufacture  to  the  consumer,  and 
t  his  finally  comes  out  or  the  pockets  of  the  pro¬ 
ducer  of  raw  products.  Bence,  when  the  me¬ 
chanic  strikes  for  more  wages  or  for  fewer 
hours'  work,  tho  farmer  should  diminish  his 
effort  and  produce  loss,  In  order  to  equalize 
values  and  distribute  burdens  equally. 

Would  It  not  he  wise  for  these  sapient  “re¬ 
formers'  who  urge  tills  policy, to  recommend 
i  h<; t  all  work  cca  -o  on  the  farms  during  the  pro¬ 
ducing  months  of  next  year !  Wo  think  such  a 
course  would  bring  consumers  of  food  to  their 
senses:  These  political  economists  evidently 
ilo  t rn  bellevi  that  the  enhanced  cost  of  living 
that  would  result  to  mechanics  rrom  sueh  ces¬ 
sation  of  production,  would  add  a  stiver  to 
the  exactions  of  those  who  employ  them. 
They  seem  to  forgot  that  tho  wages  asked  by 
striking  mechanics  are  not  hiaed  alone  upon 
the  cost  of  food.  Those  who  live  in  large  to wns 
and  cities  hnvo  exorbitant,  rents  to  pay.  Those 
who  exact  those  rents  for  t  enements  may  mean 
to  be  oppressive  In  their  exactions  -often  are. 
But  there  is  some  reason  for  high  rents.  Taxes 
on  city  property  arc  terribly  burdensome.  The 
cost  of  constructing,  keeping  in  repair  and 
meeting  the  demands  of  the  tax-gatherers,  Is 
enormous.  Tho  Bill  Twksdb  of  our  munici¬ 
palities,  the  swindling  political  system  which 
is  perpetuated  by  farmers  who  vote  blindly— 
who  vote  lor  men  whose  sole  object  Is  to  live 
in  power  and  keep  in  power  by  tho  acquirement 
and  expenditure  of  money  taken  from  the  tax¬ 
payers'  pocket*,  are  the  cause  of  two-thirds  of 
the  trouble. 


No  1  We  do  not  want  any  oue  to  suppose  that 
we  so  regard  them  because  of  the  criticisms  wo 
have  made  upon  them.  They  arc,  tho  host  of 
them,  far  from  perfect— far  from  realizing  what 
ft  was  hoped  they  would  be  to  the  sons  of  farm¬ 
ers  am]  mechanics.  But  it  should  be  remem¬ 
bered  that  the  material  with  which  to  create 
such  schools  was,  at  first,  “  In  the  rough."  The 
pupils  had  not  a  clear  Idea  of  what  an  agricul¬ 
tural  and  mechanical  education  should  ho; 
and  the  available  teachers  were  equally  Igno- 
rant.  Even  if  the  teacher's  conception  was  cor¬ 
rect,  his  own  education  aud  acquirements  did 
not.  fit  him  for  the  work.  He  had  still  to  con¬ 
form,  in  large  measure,  to  the  routine  and 
studies  which  had  been  his  In  his  school  days. 
Special  study  with  reference  to  an  especial  pro¬ 
fession,  and  that  a  practical  one,  he  had  never 
pursued.  What  was  needed  he  scarcely  had  a 
conception  of.  He  was  still  running  In  the  old 
scholastic  grooves,  and  education  meant  to 
him  nothing  but  book-knowledge. 

No!  We  do  not  believe  that  agricultural 
schools  have  been  a  failure.  The  people,  the 
pupil#  and  the  teachers  have,  by  experience,  by 
discussion,  by  criticism,  learned  more  clearly 
the  character  of  the  want  to  bo  supplied.  The 
Strictures  that  have  been  made  upon  the 
conduct  of  these  collegos  have  served  to  point 
out  what  had  never  before  been  defined.  It 
has  resulted  in  arriving  at.  a  more  nearly  true 
conception  of  what  these  schools  should  be¬ 
come.  It  lias  created  a  well-defined  demand 
for  which  there  will  surely  be  provldod  a  sup¬ 
ply.  It  has  stimulated  and  encouraged  the 
organization  of  schools  of  Technology,  or  tho 
creation  of  Technological  Departments  in 
schools  previously  established.  It  has  directed 
the  public  mind  to  the  Tact  that  education  does 
not  consist  In  merely  tho  study  of  arithmetic, 
grammar,  geography,  the  higher  mathoniaUcs 
and  the  classics  that  It  consists  in  the  fitting 
of  men  and  women  to  enter  upon  the  practical 
work  of  I i f m .  If  those  colleges,  their  creation 
and  conduct,  and  Hie  discussion  concerning 
them  which  has  been  evoked,  had  resulted  in 
nothing  more,  they  would  have  not  been  fail¬ 
ures.  But  la  so  far  as  they  have  failc-d.  they 
have  done  good.  It  is  well  that  we  have  men 
and  women  of  Intelligence  enough  to  perceive 
that  they  have  failed.  Such  perception  alone 
Involves  a  conception  of  what  may  he  accom¬ 
plished  by  them.  This  conception  In  a  modi¬ 
fied  form,  perhaps,  will  surely  be  realized.  Such 
of  these  schools  as  are  established  should  bo 
Improved— not  by  further  subsidies  from  (Joy- 
criunent,  but  by  doing  hard  work  and  by  being 
made  self-supporting.  For  what  Is  not  .self- 
supporting  in  the  shape  of  a  school,  is  of  doubt¬ 
ful  utility  ;  at  least,  it  le  not  likely  to  be  appre¬ 
ciated  as  all  such  institutions  ought  to  bo  il 
they  reach  tho  maximum  of  thoir  efficiency. 


large  fnrcn  on  which  he  can  realize  on  the  rise 
of  property.  The  latter  needs  a  place  where  ho 
can  he  surrounded  wit  h  the  comfort*  of  life  and 
enn  have  a  ready  market  for  the  things  he 
raises  Jhls  hitter  class,  and  many  others, 
would  do  well  to  look  about  them.  and  pnfuubJy 
l  ravel  East,  some  distance,  before  they  make  up 
their  minds  that  t.helr  condition  can  be  im¬ 
proved  only  hy  going  in  one  direction.  Doubt¬ 
lessly  many  a  farmer  will  leave  Illinois  before 
next  spring  for  the  West  when  he  might  have 
done  better  to  have  bough*  out  some  farmer 

1  “i4s?  •'!  him  who  had  the  W«<niern  fever. 

Estimating  the  cod.  of  the  buildings,  fences, 
walls  and  orchards  at  their  lowest  cash  value, 
and  deducting  It  from  the  price  demandod  for 
farms  in  many  localities  In  the  well  improved 
portions  of  the  West,  and  it  will  I*  seen  that 
the  soil  Is  held  at  figures  hardly  above  the  un- 
lenecd  prairies  lying  toward  the  land  of  sunset, 
if  we  now  subtract,  the  value  of  public  Improvo- 
ments  that  are  proportion!)*  a  to  the  six'-  of  the 
farm  in  question,  we  shall  in  many  cases  find 
that  wc  are  getting  land  at  about  what,  railroads 
are  salting  for  It  five  hundred  miles  to  the 

cst.  As  to  schools,  churches  arid  other  things 
that  minister  to  the  needs  of  civilization,  their 
value  is  estimated  not  In  greenbacks  or  even  in 
Af'mJv  uod  thorofor*  faft  out  of  the oornpar/i- 
tlN is  t-M  i  mate  of  value.  Nor  can  take  into 
the  account  the  worth  of  friends  aorl  acquaint¬ 
ances  who  are  within  visiting  reach. 

But  there  are  ot  her  things  In  favor  of  going 
East,  instead  of  West,  if  there  Is  reason  for 
changing  ones  location.  The  further  we  go 
towards  the  seaboard  cities  the  higher  are 
prh  ex  for  everything  the  farmer  produces, 
while  the  further  wc  gn  W  est,  till  we  approach 
tho.  mining  region,  the  lower  is  the  price  of 
nearly  every  article.  Particularly  is  this  tho 

i  th  butter.  poultry  arid  jmrdou  \otz- 
etabies;  the  things,  after  all.  in  which  there  is 
the  most  profit,  considering  the  cost  of  their 
production.  Then  again,  it  must  he  kept  in 
mind  that  the  further  West  we  go  the  higher 
becomes  the  price  of  nearly  everything  a  farmer 
ha#  occasion  to  buy,  whether  It  is  any  kind  of 
family18  ,1,aterial  or  14,1  idea  for  l  he  use  of  the 

- - . 

RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

The  American  I  nsi  (lute  Fair  is  still  in  pro¬ 
gress.  Since  our  first  visit  the  additions  to  tho 
exhibition  have  been  largo  and  interesting.  A 
visitor  can  spend  two  or  three  hours  at  it  profit¬ 
ably,  Beside  steam  and  gas  engines  of  every 
style,  steam  pumps,  lathes,  sawa.&o,,  there  Is  u 
power  loom  with  a  positive  motion,  that  weaves 
•ivory  description  of  dot  h — even  corsets  proper¬ 
ly  gored— and  la  in  itself  worthy  of  study. 
Another  thing  wo  saw  there  w  hich  ought  to  he 
bettor  know  n  than  It  is  —a  material  tor  covering 
tho  band  wheels  of  machinery  hy  which  the 
working  power  of  an  engine  or  horse-power  is 
increased  at  least  !$3  per  cent,  by  increasing  the 
friction  of  the  bolt  on  tho  baud  wheels.  Then 
t.helr  are  shoemaker*  at  work  making  ladies 
shoes  stitching,  lining.  Mewing  on  buttons, 
soloing  and  finishing  -  the  whole  process  be¬ 
ing  conducted  before  tho  eyes  of  tho  visitors. 
Tailors  are  at  work.  Ivory  turning  is  being 
done.  Blass  blowing  goe  ;  on.  Ruffs  for  ladles 
are  made  and  sold.  Feinting  presses  m*e  throw¬ 
ing  off  shoots.  Washing  machines  arc  in  oper¬ 
ation.  Tho  tinkle  of  pianos  greets  the  ear.  A 
thousand  things  meet  tho  eyes  of  visitors  that 
educate  and  benefit. 


yet  feared  nor  hesitated,  from  motives  of  poli¬ 
cy,  to  denounce  or  praise  any  man  or  men,  any 
measure  or  policy,  when  we  believed  the  inter¬ 
ests  of  the  people  demanded  either;  nor  shall 
we.  If  that  is  “  sitting  nn  the  fence,"  so  bo  it; 
there  is  where  we  intend  to  stay. 

- *♦« - 

ralrons  of  Husbandry  in  New  York  Nlntc _ 

There  aro  counties  in  Northern  New  York  in 
which  Granges  are  being  rapidly  organized. 
Our  gentleman  with  whom  we  talked  the  other 
day,  said,  “There  is  no  use  of  talking.  It  may 
bo  asserted  that  this  is  not  n  political  move¬ 
ment.,  but  the  men  in  this  neighborhood  who 
are  going  into  it.  ami  are  moat  active  in  It  would 
not  do  so  if  there  was  not.  some  hope  of  acquir¬ 
ing  and  using  political  influence  thereby.  They 
arc  sure  to  do  this  and  to  co-operate  with  one 
or  the  other  of  the  political  parties,  inside  the 
order;  of  course,  this  la  legitimate;  hut  these 
men  have  wielded  political  power  too  long 
outside  the  order  to  be  willing  to  abandon  its 
exercise  now.  Hence  they  are  enthusiastic 
Matrons,  and  will  be  heard  from."  This  active 
organization  of  Granges,  judging  by  what  wo 
have  learned,  In  this  State,  is  largely  duo  to  tho 
fact  that  the  election  is  at  hand;  and  this  or¬ 
ganization  is  in  very  many  eases Btlnmlatcd and 
brou giit  about  by  some  local  politician. 


SHALL  I  GO  WEST  1  ” 


Mechanics'  wages  aro  high,  and  they  can 
specify  the  number  of  hours  they  will  work  as 
a  day's  work,  because  they  are  too  few  in  num¬ 
bers  lu  this  country,  and  t  he  demand  Tor  their 
labor  is  disproportionately  great.  Their  wages 
aro  nominally  high  ;  but  often  really  no  higher 
than  those  of  the  farm  laborer  who  gets  rent 
and  food  cheap.  When  labor  is  plenty  in  any 
avocation,  it  will  ho  cheap.  When  more  oorn 
is  produced  than  can  be  consumed,  it  will  be 
cheap;  when  less,  it  will  appreciate  in  price. 
Tho  law  which  governs  production  and  sale  of 
food  Is  precisely  like  that  which  governs  the 
production  and  sale  of  cotton  cloths  or  any 
other  manufactured  material.  No  matter  what 
it  may  have  cost  to  make  a  yard  of  doth,  if 
there  are  five  times  as  many  yards  on  tho 
market  as  can  be  consumed,  tho  cloth  will  bo 
sold  cheap— will  be  bought  by  the  consumer  at 
less  than  cost  to  the  manufacturer.  That  the 
high  price  of  mechanical  and  manufacturing 
labor  makes  corn  cheap  is  nonsonse.  That 
cheap  com  or  other  produce  will  riot  cheapen 
manufactured  articles  may  or  may  not  bo  true 
— depoudlDg  entirely  upon  the  manner  in  which 
the  market  for  manufactured  articles  is  stock¬ 
ed.  If  theru  is  but  one  blacksmith  In  a  town, 


This  question  still  comes  to  us  from  young 
and  old  men,  indicating  a  degree  of  restlessness 
that  Is  fatal  to  success  In  any  locality.  One  of 
the  best  things  for  a  man  to  do  when  he  settles 
on  a  farm  is  to  determine  that  it  is  to  be  his 
permanent  home,  and  work  accordingly.  Tho 
determination  to  abide  in  one  place  results  in 
an  accumulation  of  influence  and  ability  to 
succeed  that  the  mere  temporary  sojourner 
cannot  acquire.  “Khali  f  go  West?"  asks  a 
young  man  who  bus  nothing  but  his  hands  to 
work  his  way  with.  No  !  stay  here  1  Rent  some 
of  these  neglected  and  almost  deserted  farms 
for  a  term  of  years  and  make  money  enough  off 
of  it  to  buy  it.  Keep  as  near  tho  largo  consum¬ 
ing  markets  as  you  can— even  though  you  do 
have  to  pay  double  for  your  Jund.  Labor  will 
be  more  plenty  and  cheaper  and  manures  more 
easily  obtained. 

“Khali  I  go  West?  "asks  u  man  past  middle 
^ge  who  lias  “a  hard,  though  good  and  well- 
conditioned  farm,”  that  yields  him  a  fair  In- 
oomo  with  hard  work-  No  1  If  you  value  life¬ 
long  friends  and  associations  and  the  comforts 
you  have  accumulated  about  you,  stay  wkero 
you  arc.  Better  go  East  Instead  of  West. ;  and 
this  remark  reminds  us  of  an  editorial  wo  saw 
in  the  Prairie  Farmer  not  long  since,  discussing 
tho  question  “  Is  it  best  to  go  West  ?  ”  It  struck 
u»  as  frank,  sensible  kind  of  talk  from  a  West¬ 
ern  journal  and  wo  cut  it  out.  Hero  arc  threo 
paragraphs  from  it  : 

That  a  young  farmer  with  the  hope  of  many 
years  before  him,  aud  the  means  to  buy  a  sec¬ 
tion  of  land  the  other  side  of  the  Missouri,  ha# 


Scotch  Prevarication.— We  have  a  Scotch  cx- 
ohange  which  steals  and  steals  from  American 
papers— just  as  it  lias  a  right  to  do  if  it  wants 
to,  since  there  Is  no  international  copy-right 
law.  It  has  got.  us  Into  a  bad  fix  several  times ; 
for  we  have  copied  from  aud  credited  to  It 
engravings  that  It  stole  from  American  papers 
and  which  wo  had  either  forgotten  about,  or 
overlooked.  Our  friend  Tiujrbbr  of  the  Amer¬ 
ican  Agriculturist  has  more  than  on 00  sent  us 
notes  upbraiding  us  as  receivers  of  stolen  goods. 
Well!  jvo  did  it  “on  the  square”  and  credited 
the  thief.  Now  this  Scotch  paper  has  a  writer 
who  calls  himself  an  “Old  Farmer"  and  writes 
“The  Old  Farmer's  Note-Book,"  who  is  an  old 
fraud.  He  will  never  go  to  any  Scotch  heaven 
wo  ever  heard  of  because  he  has  a  bad  habit  of 
approaching  so  near  deliberate  lying  that  no 
man  can  tell  the  difference.  For  instance  he 
quotes,  verbatim  a  paragraph  from  this  Journal 
(and  probably  had  just  cut  it  out  fresh)  ami 
fu»y»  “  Here  is  a  capital  notion  from  some  Yan¬ 
kee  Journal,  whose  mime  I  cannot  remember, 
&c."  The  old  prevaricator  1  He  is  not  an 
"  old  farmer !”  Ho  would  deliberately  lie  about 
ono  thing  as  soon  as  another,  and  is  probably 
one  of  i  he  editors  of  the  paper  who  hasn't  de¬ 
pravity  enough  to  “lie  square”  and  libels  the 
character  oj  an  “  Old  Funner"  by  assuming  it 
to)  cover  up  his  own  iniquities.  How  was  that 
Scotchman  “brought  ip,”any  how? 


The  Hcpnrl  of  Ihc  Commissioner  of  Agricul. 
lure  for  1872  hits  been  received.  Tho  Report  is 
a  volume  of  534  pages  and  embraces  a  largo 
amount  of  valuable  information.  It  includes 
the  reports  of  the  Heads  of  the  different  Divis¬ 
ions  of  the  Department  the  Statistician,  the 
Entomologist  and  Curator  of  I  lie  Museum,  tho 
Chemist,  tho  Botanist,  and  sundry  papers,  di¬ 
gests  of  State  Reports,  recent  Agricultural  facts 
and  details  of  Farm  Experiments.  So  far  as 
the  Reports  of  the  Botanist,  Entomologist  and 
Chemist,  arc  concerned  there  is  a  decided  im¬ 
provement  over  previous  report#.  We  must 
especially  commend  the  increased  zeal  of  En¬ 
tomologist  Glover,  because  we  have  hereto¬ 
fore  criticised  his  work  without  regard  to  his 
feelings.  Wc  are  glad  to  commend  when  we 
can  do  ho  honestly.  Wc  do  this  in  general 
terms,  reserving  more  careful  notice  of  tho  de¬ 
tails  of  tho  different  reports  until  such  tiino  as 
wo  cun  examine  them  carefully. 

«♦» - - 

“John,  a  Halifax  Indian, *  portrayed  on 
next  page,  was  sketched  by  Robkht  Fulton  in 
1H06.  A  correspondent  at  “Oak  Burn,”  noar 
Hudson,  N.  Y.,  sends  uh  the  drawing,  with  the 
following  explanation : 

“  1  *ond  you  a  picture  of  an  Indtan,  copied 
from  Roman-  Fulton’s  Sketch  Book,  by  his 
grandson,  B.  F.  L.  The  original  was  taken  by 
Mr.  Fulton  during  an  excursion  tollalifax  in 
lhllfl.  Ah  this  was  about  tho  period  that  Ful¬ 
ton's  great  invention  became  available  on  tho 
Hudson,  this  Indian  picture  may  be  of  interest 
to  some  readers  of  tho  Rural  New- Yorker.” 
- »♦« 

Implements  in  the  Field — It  ought  to  be  a 
law  on  every  farm  that  every  farm  implement 
should  bo  under  cover  when  not  being  used. 
Wo  do  not  suppose  that  fanners  who  have  tho 
Intelligence  and  enterprise  to  take  and  read 
agricultural  paper*  require  to  be  prompted  to 
save  money  by  taking  ©arc  of  t.helr  Implements  ; 
but  there  ought  to  be  a  public  opinion  iu  each 
neighborhood  that  will  make  II  »<i  unpleasant 
for  (i  man  to  be  improvident  and  shiftless  that 
no  such  farmer  can  bo  found.  But  there  aro 
some  such  farmers  left. 


“Farming  Don’t  Fay.”— So  says  Rev.  Mr. 
Murkay.  It  Is  nonsense.  Farming  docs  pay 
to  every  man  who  known  how  to  make  anything 
pay.  A  man  who  can’t  make  farming  pay,  after 
having  been  educated  to  be  a  farmer,  never 
will  make  any  legitimate  business  pay— unless 
he  haa  greatly  mistaken  his  vocation.  We  ven¬ 
ture  t  he  assertion  that  there  are  fewer  failures, 
in  proportion  to  numbers,  among  farmers  than 
among  any  other  class  of  business  men.  There 
is  more  Independence,  comfort  and  com¬ 
petence. 

- - ■ — 

RURAL  BREVITIES. 


“Sitting  on  the  Fence.” — There  are  some 
good  people  who  charge  us  with  “  sitting  on 
the  fence”  in  reference  to  the  “  Farmers'  Move¬ 
ment.'’  There  are  a  good  many  other  people 
who  cannot  understand  how  a  man  may  bo  a 
Republican  or  a  Democrat  and  find  fault  with 
or  criticise  the  action  of  the  party  with  which 
ho  acts.  If  bo  does  criticise  it  he  Is,  per  force , 
an  enemy  of  the  party— a  renegade.  There  are 
a  few  people  in  tho  world  who  think  if  a  man 
criticises  the  acts  or  life  of  a  farmer  he  is  the 
farmer’s  enemy.  It  has  never  occurred  to  us 
that  wc  were  “sitting  on  the  fence”  until  some 
enthusiastic  fellow  out  West  suggested  it.  For 
tho  gratification  of  all  such  persons  wo  want  to 
say,  that  whether  on  or  off  tho  fence,  whether 
on  one  side  or  tho  other  of  It,  wo  shall  always 
speak  Hie  truth  plainly,  giving  credit  where 
credit  is  due  and  blame  wherever  It  is  dcsorv- 


- -  -  avwvua  ,,  ■  l  <•- ,  -  -  V  TV  LX  ViUlDl  III  l.^  U  VO>'l  V  « 

<?.  *«*  ....  in*™.* 

certain,  liuf.  it  t  ho  lunnur  ir*  soiuowh&t  »kJ~  industii&l  men*  no  uuittcr  wijftt  thoir  occu- 
vanoed  in  Ufa  und  haa  bur  u  bhort  purse,  the  I  P&tion.  We  do  not  propose  to  “go  it  blind”  in 
case  may  be  different.  The  former  wants  a  1  behalf  of  any  class  or  interest.  We  have  never 


Mrs.  Ellen  8.  Tupper  has  purchased  the 
National  Bee  Journal. 

There  is  a  man  in  Illinois  who  claims  to  be 
able  to  make  barren  cows  fertile  by  a  surgical 
operation. 

It  Is  announced  by  a  Sacramento,  Cal.,  paper 
that  the  Canada  Thistle  has  made  its  appear¬ 
ance  in  that  vicinity. 

1).  W.  C-,  Union  City,  Mich.,  writes  that  the 
statement  made  In  a  news  item  that  Dallas  Co., 
Texas,  produced  175,000  bushels  or  wheat  last 
your  is  irioorroot ;  he  does  not  believe  that 
county  ever  produced  5,000  bushels  of  wheat  in 
any  one  year. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES, 


Happy  now  ure  the  children  whoso  thought¬ 
ful  parent*  have  bouehtfor  Uio:n  "  Avlludc, or  Gamo 
of  Birds,”  They  gather  around  tho  table  with  bright 
eyes  und  smiling  facet)  utt  it’o  announced  “  we  are  to 
have  u  gamo  of  Avlludc."  A  Whole  winter  of  enjoy¬ 
ment  combined  with  instruction  for  sewntu-flve cents. 
Sent  post-paid,  on  receipt  of  price,  by  West  &  Lee 
Worcester,  Mass. 


Consumer!*  of  silk  find  upon  Investigation  that 
the  Eureka  50  and  100-yds.  spools  are  tho  beat  and 
most  economical  to  use. 


out  of  tho  railway  station  Without  paying  four 
times  as  much  for  getting  my  baggage  on  the 
train  as  I  had  to 
Mon  to  Paris, 

Consider  myself  rich 
ready  blowing,  but  l  rushed 
until  i  came  to  the 
found  a  stupid  young  Gorman  girl 
she  lived  In  Munich,  which 
Munich  at  all 
rived  at  the  A 
and  everythin* 
tom  house.  In 
trunk.  Then  a  i 
“now”  in  It,?  nr 
from  Vienna!"  e 
it,  having  sense  enough  to  know  that  nobody 
but  a  fool  and  Ida  money  would  bo 
k  parted  by  any  Viennese  purchase. 

%  Although  everybody's  baggage  was 

Hl\  taken  out  of  tho  cars  and  against 
J  his  will  and  wishes,  everybody  had 
^  =4j  .  t0  f|iiv  «■  porter  for  putting  his  bag- 

gago  back.  Did  you  ever  before  hoar 
'  f't  such  audacity?  People  on  this 
(g  sltlo  of  the  water  a  re  constantly  doing 

-j  what  yon  don’t  wish  done,  and  then 
obliging  you  to  pay  for  it.  It  was  Sat- 
zg  urdny  night  when  I  reached 

Munchen, 

=1811  a,,rl  «3  *t '»  contrary  to  tho  principles 
g  of  my  bringing  up  to  travel  on  the 
Sabbath,  I  remained  there  until  Mon- 
day.  Did  you  ever,  when  alone  or 
not  alone,  in  a  strange  city,  hire  a 
j  Jfuido  to  show  you  about,  and  take 
you  to  all  tho  places  of  Interest?  A 
r-  'Uiide  always  professes  to  speak  your 
language,  no  matter  If  it  bo  ChiflOso, 
and  to  know  awry  thing  about  (ho 
~  town.  1  have  known  several  peoplo 
who  have  Invested  in  guides  and  In¬ 
dulged  all  next  day  in  profanity,  and 
once  upon  a  time  I  took  a  sixih  tn- 
l  crest  in  one,  and  judging  from  what 
the  sixth  part  of  a  guide  proved  to 
bo,  i  concluded  that  an  undivided 
one  would  be  mom  than  r  could  en¬ 
dure.  >So  upon  Sunday  morning, 
when  I  started  out,  or  tho  lioi.nl  to 
.  lako  a  walk  abroad  and  view  tho 
town,  a  guide  came  up  and  offered 
y  Ida  services,  and  I  sal, 1  “  Thank  you,” 

in  a  way  that  led  him  to  believe  I  had 
lived  In  Munich  all  my  life, 

I  don  t  enjoy  sight-aoeing  alone; 
but  to  sight  scrj  under  the  misguid- 
_  anco  of  a  guide  Is  simply  torture.  So 
f  boga n  to  do  Munich  on  my  own  re¬ 
sponsibility,  and  at  the  end  of  four 
hours  r  had  been  in  the  Cathedral, 
yy  ;  lhe  King's  Palace,  tho  University, 
1,10  Public  Gardens,  I  h rough  tho  Ex- 
--^2  ~--7  hlbltion  of  Paintings  t»y  Munich  ar- 
tlsts,  where  l  had  to  part  with  my 
umbrella  entirely  against  my  will, 
mil  10,1  th«n  to  get  it  back  1  had  to  pay 

•  •  .  I,alf  Ms  value,  and  three  times 

=  through  the  Koval  Gallery  of  Paint- 

inga,  a  superb  collection  of  pictures, 
—  *o  say  nothing of  having  been  from 


utes’  walk,  another  man  took  my  trunk  down 
from  the  omnibus,  and  another  one  curried  It 
to  the  weighing  room,  and  several  others  looked 
at  it,  and  oaoh  and  all  demanded  a  fee,  which 
one  must  pay  or  make  a  great  ado.  Finally,  the 
man  whom  I  was  to  pay  or  not  to  pay,  as  I  liked, 
came  up  for  ids  share  »t  the  spoils.  I  wdh  about 
it  the  end  of  my  Austrian  money  and  my  Amer¬ 
ican  temper,  hut,  offered  the  man  fifteen  kreut- 
aers.  He  turned  away  In  a  rage,  and  Baid  lie 
must  have  I  told  him  he  could  take  fif¬ 

teen  or  none.  Then  he  went,  off  to  some  Cath¬ 
olic  priests  and  told  them  I  was  French,  and 
that  I  refused  to  pay  him.  Then  the  priests 
came  up  and  tried  to  prevail  upon  me  to  satisfy 


pay  for  Its  entire  transporta- 
why  I  might  thank  my  stars  and 
The  ear  whistle  was  al- 
'dong  tho  train 
dames  seules,"  when  I 
who  told  me 
n  Munich  ieh’t 
,  luii.  .Munchen.  Finally  we  Br¬ 
and  everybody 
ut Into tho Cus- 
j  recognize  my 
I  had  any  tiling 
y  no,  I’ve  come 


OUR  EUROPEAN  LETTER, 


CONTINENTAL  TRAVELING  AS  A  "LONE  WOMAN 


I  never  shall  forget  the  first  railway  journey 
I  made  alone.  My  fat  tier  purchased  my  ticket, 
checked  my  baggage, saw  ine  seated  in  the  cars, 
counseled  monot  toopen  my  mouth  in  reply  to 
any  man  who  might  address  me  a  remark,  and 
as  the  train  blew  its  warning  whistle,  bade  me 
good-hy,  and  stood  on  the  platform  of  the  sta¬ 
tion  until  the  train  passed  from  view-.  Under 
8ueh  circumstances  It  would  take  a 
smart  Idiot  to  get  in  the  wrong  train  .. 

with  her  baggage  chocked  for  Jericho  / 

when  she  wanted  to  go  to  Jeru-  -  : 

salcm.  /fe 

Itut  traveling  In  ISuropo  is  alto¬ 
gether  different.  If  you  had  forty  Jf^ 
fathers  t hey  could  not  bo  of  much  V 
use  to  you.  From  the  beginning  to 
tho  end  of  “getting  off”  you  are 
hurried  and  worried.  Tho  ticket 
office  is  only  opened  a  few  minutes  ;  -  - 

before  the  train  le 


ibvob.  Afteryou 
have  secured  your  ticket  you  must 
have  your  baggage  weighed,  and  “  tho 
man  "  gives  you  a  ticket  bearing  tho 
amount  of  its  weight  and  tho  sum 
you  must  pay  for  its  transportation. 
Then  you  must  go  Into  a  waiting- 
room  for  tlie  first,  second  or  third 
class  passengers,  as  you  may  happen 
to  be.  When  the  train  Is  about,  ready 
to  move,  the  door  of  the  flrst-oiafs 
waiting-room  Is  unlnckod  and  its  In¬ 
mates  rush  to  secure  seats  In  the 
flrst-olasa  carriages.  Then  I  tie  door 
of  the  second-class  waiting-room  is 
opened  and  l  he  inmates  of  that  rush, 
etc.,  and  then  the  third  undergoes 
the  same  treatment,  and  then  tho 
fourth,  as  on  some  of  the  German 
lines  there  are  even  fourth-class  car¬ 
riages,  which  are  simply  pens  open 
at  tho  top  and  without  seats.  Your 
friends,  Jf  you  happen  to  have  any, 
are  not  allowed  to  accompany  you  to 
tho  cars  to  see  you  seated  and  to  say 
good-by  at  the  very  last,  moment,  no 
matter  If  you  happon  to  he  the  very 
forlornest  of  a  forlorn  female  and 
have  it  bag  mid  a  box  and  a  shawl- 
strap  and  an  umbrella  to  carry. 

Have  I  ever  told  you  what  a 
“dames  seule«”is?  On  all  Conti¬ 
nental  railways  there  are  usually  one 
or  two  carriages  placarded  on  tho 
outside  With  “  damns  seules."  or  its 


tnreo  months  in  Austria,  and  have 
now-  got  out  of  Austria  unharmed  to 
any  serious  extent,  and  all  that,  too, 
with  very  little  aid  from  any  man— 
and  what  I  did  have  was  a  trial  to 
my  Christian  patience  I  fed  that  I 
could  brave  the  dangers  of  a  balloon 
passage  across  Behring’s  Straits.” 

When  I  left  Baden —  from  where  I 
last  wrote  —  my  good  hcmxmeixterin 


■l  one  Became,  in  the  course  of  an  hour 

I  j  or  two,  very  curious  In  regard  to  the 
destination  of  the  Viennese,  but,  as 
tiie  latter  spoke  no  French  and  the 
former  no  German,  they  borrowed 
me  to  do  their  talking,  and,  as  there 
was  no  U  nit  to  the  Frenchwoman’s 
officiousness  and  none,  seemingly,  to 
|  the  good  nature  of  the  Viennese,  1  thought  I  - 
fore  I  was  restored  to  quiet  meditations  in  my 
mother  langmi.c  that  I  was  nobody  and  noth¬ 
ing  and  could  never  again  talk  straight  II I  tried. 

The  last  1  saw  oi  the  Frenchwoman  and  her 
protege,  to  whom  she  could  not  speak  an  Intel¬ 
ligible  word,  was  tit  Strasbourg,  a.i  they  went 
directly  to  Paris,  while  I  lingered  to  take  a  look 
at  the  Khinc  ami  make  tho  acquaintance  of  a 
city  famed  for  Its  cathedral  aiul  goosc-Iivor 
pies,  und  as  tho  place  in  which  G uttknwcfio 
conducted  his  first  experiments  in  printing. 

Strasbourg  is  neither  French  nor  German,  but 
about  "  half-and-half.”  One  man  speaks  French 
and  not  a  word  of  German,  and  the  next  one 
you  meet  speak*  German  and  no  French.  But 
It  was  a  great  consolation  to  have  at  length 


JOHN,  A  HALIFAX  INDIAN  -  SKI 

looked  at  you  and  said  “  good  morning  ”  ex¬ 
pects  a  fee  from  you,  you  are  more  than  ever  in 
the  dark  as  to  the  moaning  of  "service.”  But 


i  nirt. uomanclft.  I  told  ’em  I  wouldn't.  Then  the 
man  went  off  and  brought  a  policeman,  who 
proved  to  be  the  politest  man  I  ever  saw  tn 
Vienna— which  Isn’t  much  of  a  compliment- 
amt  ho  told  me  that  fifty  lertutzers  was  the  reg¬ 
ular  tax,  that  I  would  have  to  pay  it  or  be  taken 
to  Jail  and  stay  there  the  rest  of  my  natural 
life,  and  after  that  spend  the  first  half  of  my 
spiritual  existence  In  Purgatory,  and  that  I 
must  decide  tremendously  quick  or  lose  the 
train. 

Justice,  righteousness,  condemnation,  and 
everything  else  noble  and  ignoble  sank  Into 
insignificance  In  comparison  with  losing  the 
train  and  getting  out  of  Austria.  Tho  policeman 


arrived  where  there  was  at  least  a  French  elo 
meat.  Mary  A.  E.  Wager. 

Paris.  France,  Sept.,  1873. 


274 


OOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YOBKEB 


AUTUMN. 

Came  Jeweled  Autumn.  Hovering  o’er  the  world, 

A  radiant  being,  on  her  gorgeous  wing, 

Bbe  saw  In  verdant,  swaying  patches  spread. 

The  mystic  forests ;  saw  the  brunches  swing 

Their  emerald  pennons  in  the  softened  air, 

And  heard  the  silken  moan  that  floated  by. 

Then  loosed  a  million  braids  of  dainty  hair, 

Till  auburn  glories  streamed  along  the  sky. 

Forth  from  the  folded  purple  of  her  robes 
She  plucked  a  fairy  scepter,  gold-embossed, 

Jndlademed  with  myriad  drops  of  light — 

The  gift  of  God— the  gem-work  of  the  frost. 

Slie  waved  the  scepter  over  wood  and  wold. 

Till  Barth  was  diamond-sprout.  Through  forests 
green 

A  color  ran,  and  left  a  waste  of  gold, 

With  amethyst  empurpled  in  its  sheen. 

Thou,  wanton  Queen,  art  strangely  beautiful — 

Thy  throne  the  conquered  woodlands,  and  thy 
crown 

The  cold,  gray  clouds  that  sweep  the  ley  sky. 

The  flowers  of  dale  and  hill  are  bending  down 

Beneath  thy  chilling  Xqet ;  thon'st  laid  thy  hand 

'Upon  the  taper-leaved,  wind-shaken  maize ; 

The  orchards  reel  in  wealth  at  thy  command  : 

The  vineyards  blush  and  own  tby  queenly  ways. 

I  see  full  many  a  vestige  of  decay 
Beneath  thy  flimsy  tinsel-covering. 

Soon,  Autumn,  wilt  thou  doff  thy  gorgeousness, 

Aiul  yield  thy  throne  to  Winter's  bleaky  king. 

Then  will  the  rattling  w  inds  through  turrets  leap, 
And  ashy  snowflakes  wing  the  Otful  air, 

A  nd  Nature,  tranced  In  dumb  and  frozen  sleep, 
Suatter  no  more  her  poems  everywhere. 


<©ur  j$torg-§mtyr. 


GRANDMOTHER’S  STORY.  * 

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by  mbs.  a.  a.  c.  ‘ 

_  t 

We  were  at  home  spending  the  holiday  vac  a-  i 
tion,  brother  Ned  and  T.  There  were  three  of  > 
us.  Our  fulr,  stately  slater  Floy,  the  eldest  of  ; 
the  three,  had  graduated  two  years  previous,  1 
and  at  present  the  chief  object  of  her  thoughts 
and  attentions  was  a  certain  tall,  dark-eyod  1 
young  gentleman,  already  her  accepted  lover. 
Floy  scorned  very  happy,  and  certainly  the  lit-  i 
tie  dash  of  dignity  that  her  now  position  gave  i 
her  was  quite  becoming,  albeit  it  afforded  Ned  1 

and  I  another  source  of  amusement  at  her  ex-  1 

penso.  N  icd  was  a  kind-hearted,  generous  lad,  < 

but  the  most  Inveterate  tease  and  mischief  that 
ever  tormented  a  Household ,  so,  between  us  i 
both,  poor  Floy  had  a  sorry  lime  of  it,  and  the  < 
day  that  we  returned  to  school  she  declared  to 
be  the  most  comfortable  one  she  had  passed 
In  a  month.  Her  place  of  retreat  was  always  , 
grandmother’s  room  a  place  sacred  from  all 
intrusions  of  noise  or  rudeness,  and  yet  in  that 
very  room  we  children  had  passed  the  happiest 
hours  we  over  knew,  for  grandmother's  cheer¬ 
ful,  placid  temperament,  and  her  strong  mind, 
unimpaired  by  age,  made  her  a  pleasant  com¬ 
panion  alike  for  old  and  young. 

It  lud  been  a  day  of  uncommon  mildness  and 
beauty,  but  towards  nightfall  t  he  sky  was  over¬ 
cast  by  heavy  clouds,  and  at  dark  the  snow  was 
falling  fast  and  the  wind  blowing  frightfully; 
and  the  prospect  was  that  we  wore  to  have  such 
a  night  as  makes  one  appreciate  the  blessings 
of  a  comfortable  home  and  a  warm  (1  reside.  It 
was  a  bil  ler  disappointment ,  for  this  was  the 
last  nigh  i  of  our  vacation,  and  t  he  one  set  apart, 
for  the  gathering  of  all  our  young  friends  at 
our  house.  Wo  gave  up  seeing  them,  however, 
as  the  storm  and  darkness  Increased,  and  all  re¬ 
paired  to  grandmother's  room  for  a  quiet  even¬ 
ing.  Ned  gently  displaced  grandma’s  pretty 
Maltese  and  threw  himself  down  In  her  place 
on  t ho  rug,  with  the  determination  to  make 
himself  comfortable  In  spite  of  wind  or  weather ; 
but  to  Floy  it  was  a  double  disappointment, 
for  l’AU i-  Meredith  bad  been  expected  with 
the  others,— so  she  walked  Impatiently  up  and 
down  the  room,  pausing  occasionally  before 
the  window  to  look  out  on  the  storm  and  dark¬ 
ness.  , Seeing  that  il  grew  no  better  she  would 
resume  her  walk,  tears  of  vexation  tilling  her 
eyes  and  impatient  exclamations  tailing  from 
her  lipB ! 

“I  do  declare,"  she  said,  "this  is  too  bad; 
to  think  that  to-night  of  all  nights  it  should 
storm,  when  last  evening  was  so  delightfully 
culm  and  pleasant.  What  shall  we  do,  grand¬ 
ma,  to  Amuse  ourselves  all  ihis  long,  dull  even¬ 
ing?” 

“  Be  patient,  my  dear  children,  and  come  and 
sit  down  and  1  will  tell  you  a  story  to  pass  away 
the  time,”  said  grandmother,  smiling. 

We  had  thought  Ned  sleeping,  but.  at  that  Ida 
eyes  flow  open,  eager  and  bright,  while  Floy 
and  I  needed  no  second  bidding,  for  those  old 
stories  were  always  new  to  us.  So  grandmother 
folded  her  knitting  and  settled  herself  comfort¬ 
ably,  looking  the  very  picture  of  peace  amt  con¬ 
tent.  “it  was  many  years  ago,”  she  began, 
“  when  1  was  a  very  little  girl,  that  my  father, 
your  great-grandfather,  moved  Into  this  coun¬ 
try,  then  almost,  an  unbroken  wilderness,  save 
an  occasional  clearing  where  a  log  hut  had  been 
erected  and  sufficient  comforts  added  to  bo  des¬ 
ignated  as  home  by  the  sturdy  pioneers.  In 
6ome  respects  we  were  a  little  belter  off  than 
several  of  our  neighbors,  although  our  house 
was  a  log  one,  consist  ing  of  but  two  rooms  and 
an  attic  accessible  only  by  means  of  a  ladder. 
I  wonder  how  such  a  staircase  would  suit  our 
proud  lit  tie  Floy  here.  Never  mind,  we  were 
happy  in  those  days— just  as  happy  as  you  are, 
my  children,  in  vour  home  ;  and  we  grew  up  to 


manhood  and  womanhood  In  our  simple,  forest  y 
home,  hardy,  fearless  and  free.  We  had  plenty  b 
of  neighbors,  yet  the  nearest  one  lived  two  miles  r 
from  us;  but  wo  thought  nothing  of  the  dis-  a 
tance,  and  social  gatherings  were  of  frequent  p 
occurrence,  especially  during  the  winter.  These  t. 
consisted  of  all  the  married  people,  young  men  t 
and  maidens  throughout  the  sparsely-settled  p 
district.  It  Is  about  one  or  those  merry-mnk-  f 
ings  that  I  am  going  to  tell  you.  Christmas  was  p 
near  at  hand,  and  Invitations  had  been  sent  out  b 
to  all  the  people  for  miles  around  to  meet  at  n 
Daniel  Changer's  on  Christmas  day,  to  eat,  n 
drink  and  be  merry;  and  for  days  beforehand  s 
the  young  people  lived  in  lively  anticipation  of 
the  coming  pleasure.  The  day  came  at  length,  ^ 
and  early  in  the  afternoon  father,  mother,  John  * 
and  Kitty  started  for  Daniel  Changer's  farm,  j 
nearly  three  miles  distant  from  our  house,  the  0 
road  lying  most  of  the  way  through  the  woods,  j 
Later  in  the  afternoon  I  was  to  go  with  your  n 
grandfather,  then  a  fine,  athletic,  handsome  t; 
youth,  and  we  had  been  three  months  engaged.  y 
Left  alone,  I  began  making  sundry  changes  and  j 
experiments  in  my  simple  apparel,  and  you 
would  laugh  heartily,  girls,  could  yon  see  the  ,f 
bits  of  finery  and  ribbons  that  I  brought  forth  v 
and  carefully  Ironed  and  prepared  for  my  even- 
lug's  toilet.  1  couldn't  help  wishing,  on  seeing  (, 
how  faded  some  of  them  had  grown,  that  to-  a 
night  they  might  be  replac  ed  by  nice,  bright  ^ 
ones;  but  people  In  those  days  had  to  be  con-  f 
tented  with  a  little,-  so  I  made  my  simple  j 
toilet,  quite  satisfied  after  all  with  the  picture 
1  saw  in  the  little  cracked  mirror,  only  my  1 
long,  black  curia  would  look  so  much  prettier  f 
tied  with  a  now  scarlet  ribbon,  I  thought. 

“  i  was  ready  at  last,  and  sat  down  by  the  lit-  j 
tie  front  window,  softly  humming  to  myself  , 
while  I  watched  the  glowing  sunset  and  the 
brilliant  parting  beams  that  stole  through  the  1 
window  whore  I  sat.  At.  last  the  sun  had  gone  f 
down,  and  gray  shadows carno  creeping  up  from  } 
the  forest,  the  yard,  and  even  into  the  little  j 
room.  I  began  to  wonder  whore  Robeht  was,  ( 
and  what  could  detain  him  so.  I  was  no  cow-  , 
nrd,  having  been  brought  up  in  a  forest  where  ( 
all  manner  of  wild  beasts  abounded ;  besides,  ( 
I  hud  early  learned  l  he  use  of  John's  rifle,  and 
could  handle  it  almost  as  dextrously  as  himself.  y 
Yet  somehow  the  loneliness  of  tho  house,  to-  ( 
get  her  with  a  vague,  undefined  four  thaL  some-  f 
thing  might,  have  happened  to  Robert  while  ^ 
coming  through  the  pine  woods  at  that  time  of  ( 
day,  startled  me  out  of  my  usual  composure,  , 
and  I  began  to  feel  very  uncomfortable  indeed.  ' 
“  It  was  already  dark  In  the  bouse,  and  the  t 
lire  had  gone  down,  yet  I  remained  by  tho  win-  , 
dow,  watching  anxiously  in  the  direction  Hob-  ( 
eut  would  come,  wishing  J  might  in  some  way  | 
be  warned  of  his  whereabouts  or  approach.  I  | 
do  not  know  how  long  I  had  remained  there  ( 
when  the  cry  of  some  animal  broke  on  the  still  , 
air,  quickly  followed  by  a  succession  of  yells  , 
and  bowls,  sounding  nearer  and  nearer,  arid  , 
t  understood  instantly  that  it  was  a  pack  of 
wolves  in  pursuit  of  something.  They  ware  ( 
evidently  coming  from  the  pine  woods,  and  my 
heart  stood  still  when  I  thought  that  possibly 
it  was  Robert  they  were  pursuing.  The  road 
he  would  come  lay  through  the  deepest  part  of 
the  pine  forest,  which  had  always  been  thickly 
infested  with  bears  and  wolves.  Nearer  and 
nearer  they  came,  and  at  last  over  the  browr  of 
the  hill,  out  Into  the  clearing,  rushed  the  whole 
pack,  snarling  and  yelping  like  so  many  demons. 

A  few  feet  ahead  or  them  a  sleigh  dashed  along 
with  the  figure  of  one  person,  whom  I  recog¬ 
nized  as  Hobkut,  standing  upright,  evidently 
making  desperate  struggles  to  distance  his  pur¬ 
suers.  He  struck  out  right  and  left,  and  urged 
his  poor  animal  to  still  greater  exert  ions,  till, 
within  a  short  distance  of  the  house,  terrified 
and  exhausted,  it  reared  and  fell.  Instantly 
they  wore  surrounded,  and  1  saw  that  Robeht 
was  battling  manfully  to  save  himself  and  his 
poor,  fallen  horse.  It  was  of  no  use,  however, 
for  the  poor  beast  was  soon  dead  and  the  flesh 
tom  from  its  bcncs,  and  as  1  watched  with 
wild,  agonized  eyes,  and  a  heart  that  scorned 
turning  to  stone,  I  saw  him,  my  handsome, 
noble-hearted  Robeht,  Tali,  homo  down  and 
struggling  in  the  grasp  of  his  foes.  I  knew  tho 
struggle  must  be  a  inlet  one,  unless  their  atten¬ 
tion  could  bo  drawn  from  (heir  victim  long 
enough  to  allow  him  to  regain  his  feet,  il  in¬ 
deed  it  were  not  already  too  late.  I  sprang  up, 
determined  to  aid  him  or  share  Ids  fate.  I  took 
flown  John’s  rifle  and  made  a  hasty  examina¬ 
tion  to  bo  sure  that  it  was  properly  loaded. 
Then  I  carefully  unclosed  the  door,  and  pre¬ 
pared  to  raise  tho  gun— but,  alas  1  I  was  power¬ 
less,  my  strength  was  failing  me ;  1  tried  to 
speak,  to  cry  out,  but  in  vai  n.  In  that,  one  brief 
moment  of  horror  and  agony,  I  seemed  to  have 
lived  a  lifetime.  A  strange,  rushing  sound  filled 
my  ears,  utter  darkness  came  before  my  eyes, 
and  1  remembered  no  more  until  -ROBERT'S 
strong  arms  raised  me  and  his  voice  wakened 
mo  from  my  horrid  dream.  Yes,  after  all,  it 
was  nothing  but  a  miserable  dream.  It  took 
me  a  long  time,  however,  to  realize  that  there 
was  no  reality  about  it ;  yet  there  lie  was  beside 
me,  safe  and  well,  only  terribly  frightened  at 
the  state  he  had  found  mo  in. 

"  *  Why,  Uachib,  darling,  what  is  the  matter? 
—  have  you  been  dreaming?  Look  up,  little 
i  one,  and  tell  me  about  it.’ 

>  “  jiut  l  could  only  sob  and  cling  to  him,  weak 

l  and  trembling  as  a  little  Child.  After  1  grew 
.  more  composed  I  related  my  dream,  and  he 
r  laughed  at  me  ami  called  me  a  silly  girl  and  a 
*  little  coward ;  but.  there  was  a  mist  in  his  eyes, 
,  and  he  spoke  very  tenderly. 

)  “  ‘  Now,  Rachie,’  he  said,  *  let  me  tell  you 


why  you  were  kept  waiting  so  long.  I  have 
been  clear  to  the  town  of  S.  to-day,  and  did  not 
reach  home  until  nearly  sunset ;  then  I  mode 
all  haste,  but  you  know  the  path  through  the 
pines  has  to  be  traveled  very  slowly,  even  in 
the  day  time.  SoA  what  I  have  brought  you  ;  I 
thought  you  would  like  them  to-night,  dear,' 
placing  a  little  package  in  my  hand,  which  I 
found  on  opening  contained  a  ring,  a  pretty 
pearl  brooch,  and  the  Identical  scarlet  ribbon  I 
had  been  wishing  for.  So  I  tied  the  ribbon  in 
my  curls  and  fastened  the  brooch  on  my  collar, 
my  heart  ail  tho  while  bearing  with  such  a 
sense  of  relief  and  thankfulness. 

“  We  wore  late  that  night  at  Daniel  Gran¬ 
ger's,  and  many  were  the  jests  and  surmises 
started  at  our  expense ;  but  we  wero  too  happy 
to  heed  them  and  were  soon  keeping  time  with 
our  young  companions  to  the  shrill  muslo  of 
Jerky  Case's  fiddle.  A  merry  night  we  had,  I 
assure  you,  and  it  was  far  into  the  small  hours 
before  the  party  broke  up.  On  our  way  home¬ 
ward  I  could  not  help  a  nervous  start  or  a  quick 
look  over  my  shoulder  at  every  twig  that  snap¬ 
ped  or  leaf  that  crackled  ;  but  wc  saw  nothing 
alarming,  and  my  fears  gradually  subsided.  We 
were  married  In  the  spring,  and  years  afterward 
your  grandfather  told  the  story  t  o  the  children, 
exaggerating  considerably,  I  thought,  on  my 
appearance  and  conduct  when  first  awakened. 
Well,  well,"  sighed  grandmother,  “a  great 
many  years  have  come  and  gone  since  then. 
Floy,  dear,  look  around." 

Floy  turned,  and  sure  enough  there  stood 
Paul  Meredith,  bending  over  her,  looking 
mischievously  down  Into  her  face. 

“  Why  PAUL  !  where  did  you  come  from,  and 
how  did  you  come  in  without  disturbing  us? 
Are  the  rest  coming?” 

"  One  question  at  a  time,  If  you  please.  Miss 
Ft«o y.  I  came  from  home,  and  entered,  1  fear, 
rather  unceremoniously.  Not  finding  any  of 
you  below,  1  ventured  up  hero  Just  in  Hina  to 
hoar  the  denouement  of  grandmu’s  story.  Wake 
up,  Ned,  you  lazy  fellow ;  and  come,  girl.-,  you’ll 
bo  wanted  clown  stairs ;  here  come  sleigh-bells, 
ami  i  here  is  Mag  Thornton's  laugh.  What  a 
madcap  sbo  is,  though." 

Paul  was  not  mistaken,  for  there  they  all 
were.  We  had  boon  so  absorbed  in  the  recital 
of  grandma’s  story  that  wo  now  for  tho  first 
time  saw  that  the  storm  had  cleared  away,  the 
wind  ceased,  mud  the  stars  wero  nodding  and 
blinking  familiarly  at  the  bright  eyes  watching 
thorn  below.  Grandmother,  forced  at  last  to 
yield  to  our  entreaties,  was  carried  in  triumph 
below  and  seated  In  a  snug  corner  of  the  parlor, 
where,  Instead  or  being  a  hindrance  to  our 
amusements  and  gaiety,  she  assisted  greatly  by 
the  suggestion  and  directing  of  sundry  old- 
fashioned  games  or  which  we  were  wholly  un¬ 
acquainted,  but  which  afforded  us  no  small 
amount  of  mirth.  Wo  had  a  pleasant  evening, 
after  all ;  and  the  least  part  of  our  pleasure  ww- 
surely  not  grandmother’s  story.  Dear  grand¬ 
mother,  she  has  slept,  many  years  In  the  quiet 
cemetery  of  Oakdale,  yet  we  still  love  her  mem¬ 
ory  as  dearly  as  in  t.lie  days  when  she  called  us 
her  children  and  we  listened  to  her  stories  of 
the  oldeu  time. 


ITEMS  ON  THE  POETS.  j 

Very  fast  indeed — “  Swift.” 

Worn  on  the  head — “  Hood." 

A  lady's  garment— “Spencer.” 

A  slang  exclamation — “  Dickens.” 

An  interesting  pain — “  Akenside." 

Pilgrims  kneel  to  kiss  1dm— “  Pope.” 

A  young  domestic  animal  “  Lamb.” 

The  value  of  a  word— “  Wordsworth.” 

To  agitate  a  weapon  “  Shakespeare." 

A  sick  place  of  worship—”  Church-ill.” 

Vital  part  of  the  human  body—”  Harte." 

Makes  amends  for  others  -“  Makepeace.” 

A  barrier  built  by  an  edible—"  Cornwall.” 

A  work  in  precious  metals— “  Goldsmith." 

What  an  oyster  heap  Is  opt,  to  he— “Shelley.” 
Small  talk  and  large  weight—"  Chatter-ton.” 

I  can’t  describe  its  pains  and  stings— “Hums." 
An  American  manufacturing  town— “Low¬ 
ell." 

Au  officer  in  an  English  University— "  Proc¬ 
tor.” 

Roast  beef,  what  are  you  doing?—"  Brown¬ 
ing." 

Humpbacked,  but  not  deformed— “  Camp¬ 
bell.” 

A  disagreeable  fellow  at  one's  foot—1 “Bun- 
yan.” 

A  French  proposition  and  an  enemy— “De 
Foe." 

Brighter  and  smaller  than  other  ones— 

”  Sparks.” 

Depicts  tho  dwelling  of  civilized  men— 
“Holmes." 

A  lion’s  home  In  a  place  without  water— 

“  Dry-den." 

One  who  is  more  than  a  sandy  shore— 
“  Beecher." 

What  arc  you  apt  to  do  when  sleepy?— 
“  Press-cot.” 

A  chain  of  hills  containing  a  dark  treasure— 
“  Colo-ridge.” 

A  ten-footer,  whose  name  begins  with  fifty 
— ”  L-ongfellow.” 

A  fraetluu  in  currency,  and  thohight  of  fash¬ 
ion—"  Mil-ton.” 

Which  is  the  greater  poet,  Shakespeare  or 
Tupper?-"  Wlll-is.” 

A  common  domestic  animal,  and  what  it 
cannot  do  “  Cow-per.” 

Not  one  of  the  points  of  the  compass,  but  In¬ 
clines  to  it— “  Southey.” 


THE  WILL  OF  GOD. 

All  goeth  But  Gotl’H  will  I 
The  fairest  garden  flower 
Fades  after  its  brief  hour 
Of  brightness.  Still. 

This  Is  but  God’s  good-will. 

All  gocth  but  God's  will  t 
The  brightest,  dearest  day 
Doth  swiftest  pass  away, 

And  darkest  night 

Succeeds  the  vision  bright. 

But  still  strong-hearted  be 
Yea,  though  the  hight  be  drear- 
How  sad  and  long  soo'ar 
Its  gloom  may  be. 

This  darkness  too  shall  flee. 

Weep  not  yon  grave  beside  1 
Dear  friends,  ho  Is  not  gone ; 

God’s  angels  soon  this  stone 
Shall  roll  aside. 

Yea,  Death  shall  not  abide ! 

Earth’s  anguish,  too,  shall  go. 

Oh.  then,  be  strong,  my  soul ! 

When  sorrows  o’er  thee  roll, 

He  still,  and  know 

’Tls  God’s  will  worketb  so. 

Dear  Lord  and  God  !  incline 
Thine  ear  unto  my  call. 

O,  grunt  mo  that  In  all, 

This  will  of  mine 

May  still  be  one  with  thine ! 

Teach  me  to  answer  still, 

Whate’er  my  lot  may  be. 

To  all  thou  sondest  me. 

Or  good,  or  111 ; 

“  AU  gocth  as  God  will.” 

[Alice  Williams. 

- ♦♦♦ - - 

GOD’S  PROMISES. 

They  are  sure.  God  is  not  man  that  He  should 
llo;  neither  tho  Bon  of  man,  that  He  should 
repent ;  hath  He  said  and  shall  Ho  not  do  it? 
or  hath  lie  spoken  and  shall  He  not  make  it 
good?  A  mothers  bubo  was  dead.  For  strengt  h 
and  comfort  she  fell  back  upon  the  promises  of 
God.  And  when  asked  by  her  pastor  if  she 
found  support  from  them,  she  replied,  “  What 
are  the  promises  for,  if  not  for  such  a  season 
as  this?”  A  poor  boy,  when  asked  what  he  did 
when  in  sore  trouble,  answered,  “  I  fall  flat  on 
the  promises.”  A  (la*  cloud  hovered  over  tho 
prospect  of  a  father.  For  a  few  days  he  bore  up 
under  the  burden,  and  then  bis  strength  failed. 
Retiring  early,  ho  slept  soundly,  and  waked  at 
early  dawn.  Tho  weight  was  still  upon  his 

U?ind.  Conscious  of  Ids  own  weakness,  tie  laid 

hold  upon  God,  and  cast  his  burden  upon  Him. 
A~.  distinctly  to  his  mind  as  though  by  a  voice 
from  heaven,  the  assurance  came,  "Leave  it 
with  me  and  all  will  ho  right.”  Years  have 
passed  and  all  is  “right.”  God’s  past  faithful- 
miss  Is  encouragement  for  future  trust.  A  man¬ 
ly  youth,  noticing  hiB  father’s  anxiety  respect¬ 
ing  certain  changes  about  being  made  In  bis 
business  arrangements,  encouraged  him  with 
these  words:—"  You  know,  pa,  that  Providence 
always  takes  care  of  you.”  Tho  Psalmist  says, 
“Whoso  Is  wise  and  will  observe  these  things, 
even  they  shall  understand  the  loving  kindness 
of  the  Lord. — Christian  Weekly- 

- - 

THE  AUTUMi;  OF  LIFE. 

It  is  the  solemn  thought  connected  with 
middle  life,  that  life’s  last  business  is  begun  in 
earnest,  and  it  is  then,  midway  between  the 
cradle  and  tho  grave,  that  a  man  begins  to  mar¬ 
vel  that  tie  let  the  days  of  youth  go  by  so  Half 
enjoyed.  It  is  the  pensive  autumn  feeling,  it  is 
the  sensation  of  half-sadness  that  we  experi¬ 
ence  when  tho  longest  day  of  the  year  is  pa.  -ed, 
and  every  day  that  follows  Is  shorter,  and  tho 
light  fainter,  and  the  feebler  shadows  tell  that 
uature  Is  hastening  with  gigantic  footsteps  to 
her  winter  grave.  So  does  man  look  back  upon 
his  youth.  When  the  first  gray  hairs  become 
visible,  when  the  unwelcome  truth  fasleua 
itaelf  upon  the  mind  that  a  man  is  no  longer 
going  up  hill,  but  down,  and  that  the  sun  is 
always  westerning,  he  looks  back  on  things 
behind.  When  we  wero  children  we  thought 
as  children.  But  now  there  lies  before  us  man¬ 
hood,  with  its  earnest  work,  and  then  old  age 
and  then  tho  grave,  and  then  home.  There  is  a 
second  youth  for  man,  better  and  holier  than 
his  first.  If  he  will  look  on,  aud  not  look  back. 
— F.  W.  Robertson. 


You  should  not  only  be  religious  and  love 
religion  ;  you  should  make  religion  attractive, 
useful,  and  agreeable  to  every  one  around.  Tho 
siok  will  like  your  religion  if  it  leads  you  to 
tend  them,  your  futnily  will  lie  attracted  to  it 
if  they  see  you  more  careful  in  your  duties, 
more  patient,  muro  diligent,  more  gentle  in 
finding  fault.  If  your  husband  sees  that,  as  you 
become  more  devout,  you  are  also  more  affec¬ 
tionate  to  him,  more  tenderly  submissive,  ho 
will  he  won  to  your  religion.  Xu  a  worn,  let 
your  religion  bo  as  winning  to  others  us  possible. 
- — - - 

The  character  of  our  world  depends  more 
upon  our  Inward  life  than  upon  any  accidents 
of  outward  circumstances.  It  is  cot  in  our 

material  surroundings  that  w  e  are  to  louk  tor 

blessedness.  We  are  to  realize  it  only  by  mean* 
of  right,  law  nrd  conditions.  It  is  not  our 
outward  eiivu instances  that  make  or  n  or  m 
coinpletenoB  of  our  lives,  so  much  ns  it  )■-  ri”' 
spirit  iu  which  we  meet  aud  deal  with  them. 


the  caterpillar  and  boll-worm,  while  in  the 
other  counties  a  loss  of  one-third  of  the  crop 
from  worms  Is  expected. 

Yndkcnville,  Vadken  Co.,  jY.  C.,  October 
to.  -Wheal  has  all  been  threshed,  the  grain  is 
good, the  crop  stood  too  thin  on  the  ground; 
was  badly  winter-killed.  Tbo  vield  is  about 
one-half  of  an  average  crop.  Oats  aDd  rye  were 
average  crons.  Com  on  the  bottom  lands  Lb  a 
full  average:  on  uplands  twenty  per  cent  ne- 
low.  The  crop  will  fall  some  little  below  an 
average.  Fruit.,  as  a  general  thing,  was  a  fail¬ 
ure.  The  late  fro*t  in  May  ruined  the  crop. 
Blackberries  about  one-half  of  an  average  crop. 
The  shipment  of  dried  fruit  and  berrleg  will  fall 


es  of  the  Quadrilateral,  and  enabled  him  to 
make  Rome  its  capital,  and  to  deprive  the  1’ope 
of  the  last  vestige  of  temporal  power.  It  was 
not  possible  that  the  Austrian  F.mperor,  after 
such  a  series  of  events,  should  feel  anythlngbut 
dislike  for  a  monarch  who  had  taken  from  lilm 
two  rich  provinces,  who  had  dispossessed  his 
near  relatives  of  their  thrones,  and  who  had  for 
years  been  pictured  to  him  as  the  arch-enemy 
of  his  religion.  Victor  Emanuel  Is  to-day 
lodged  in  the  ancient  palace  of  the  Hapnburgs 
as  the  Invited  guest  of  Francis  Joseph.  The 
monarch  w  ho  represents  more  than  any  other 
European  ruler  the  modern  ideas  of  popular 
government,  and  who  stamps  on  his  coins 
“  King  by  the  Grace  of  Ood  and  by  the  Sover¬ 
eign  Will  of  the  Italian  People,”  is  received  as 
the  honored  guest  of  t  he  Emperor  who  pecu¬ 
liarly  typifies  the  old  ideas  of  legitimacy  and 
divine  right.  Who  can  say,  after  this,  that  the 
world  does  not  move  ? 


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seventy  per  cent  below  the  usual  average.  The 
t  obacco  crop  will  be  an  average  one  as  regards 
pounds.  The  quality  will  not  be  so  good. 
Wheat  Is  now  soiling  for  (1.40;  corn,  65>c.;  oats, 
36  to  40c.:  beef,  4  to  5c.;  bacon,  12)4  to  15c.— J.  w. 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 


East  Tennessee  |1ivl«i<in  Fnir. — We  are  grati¬ 
fied  to  learn  that  the  Grand  Division  Fair  at 
Knoxville,  Term.,  last  week,  was  *  complete 
success,  and  was  largely  attended.  Over  thirty 
counties  were  represented  in  people,  product*, 
minerals  and  stock.  Our  correspondent  says: 
“  East  Tennessee  has  turned  her  back  upon  the 
'  dead  past.' and  Is  now  looking  hopefully  and 
working  manfully  for  a  glorious  future.  Of  all 
the  Foutb,  that  division  of  the  State  fs  more 
rapidly  recovering  from  the  devastations  of  the 
late  war.  With  the  most  equable  climate  on 
the  Continent,  rich  In  minerals,  the  fertility  of 
t  he  aoll  unsurpassed,  her  resources  for  wealth 
unlimited,  her  people  frugal  and  industrious, 
there  is  nothing  to  prevent  her  rapid  advance 
to  a  glorious  future.  The  stock  was  i opr esented 
by  Col.  W.  11.  Turley’*  Arabian  colt.  Fired  by 
Gov.  Bowie's  celebrated  Stonewall,  and  out  of 
an  Imported  Arabian  mare.  Gen.  J.  A.  Maboy 
had  Ids  fine  stud  of  thoroughbreds.  Helmet, 
sired  by  Old  r.exlngton,  Rohuek  and  Riot.  Col. 
Turley  also  had  his  imported  Jersey  bull.  Sir 
Davy,  and  a  duo  herd  nf  Cows,  heifers  and  young 
bulls.  Judge  O.  P.  Temple  and  Mr.  Rogers  also 
had  some  fine  Jersey  a.  Devons  and  Short-Horns 
were  also  well  represented ;  H<*  wore  sheep. 
The  hog  ring  was  the  best  and  largest  ever  wit¬ 
nessed  in  the  State.  The  premium  a*  the  *  best 
boar,’  and  also  the  sweepstake  premium  as  the 
best  boar  of  any  age  or  breed,  was  won  by  Joe 
Johnston,  a  voting  ten  months’  Berkshire,  bred 
by  Rolfe  8.  Saunders,  a  retired  editor,  and  Is 
one  of  the  finest  hogs  in  the  South.  He  won 
the  premium  over  strong  oppos'.t  ion.  He  was 
sirea  by  Col.  Ledbetter's  imported  British  Lion. 

American  V»*oclitllon  of  Short-Horn  Breed¬ 
er*.— A  meeting  of  i  his  Association  was  held  on 
the  Indiana  Fair  Grounds,  Oct.  3,  when  It  wan 
resolved,  Thai  Hie  President  of  the  Short-Horn 
Breeders'  Associat  ion.  (Dr.  Stevenson.)  be  au¬ 
thorized  to  arrange  a  programme  of  business, 
and  select  essayists  from  the  different  States, 
who  shall  prepare  essay*  to  In;  read  at  the  next 
meeting  oi  the  Association,  to  be  held  at  Cin¬ 
cinnati.  Arid  further,  that  the  essayists  so 
selected  Bhr II  notify  the  President,  Mi  soon  as 
possible,  the  Buhjent  they  may  have  selected  to 
write  upon,  so  that  he  may  use  them  In  ar¬ 
ranging  the  programme,  ami  to  avoid  any  con¬ 
flict  of  subjects. 

Wisconsin  Siiio  Ag.  Hoc.  The  following  are 
the  officers  elect  for  1873-4 :  Pro*.-  Wm.  R.  Tay¬ 
lor.  Ficr-Pm?'*. — Rufus  Cheney,  Whitewater ; 
Geo.  E.  Bryant,  Madison ;  J.  II.  Warren,  Albany  ; 
John  L.  -Mitchell.  Milwaukee;  Satterlee  Clark, 
Horicon ;  Eli  Httlaon,  Oshkosh j  J.  G.  Thorp, 
K&u  Claire  ;  John  T.  Kingston,  Xecedah.  Set.— 
W.  tv.  Field.  Madison.  Treat.  F.  J.  Blair,  Mil¬ 
waukee. 

The  Maine  1’omologleal  Society  Is  to  hold  a 
meeting  for  the  reading  of  essays  and  discus¬ 
sion,  at  Augusta,  the  4th  Wednesday  in  January 
next,  to  continue  two  days. 


How  Foreign  Cold  Is  Converted  into  Bullion. 

The  New  York  assay  office  and  t  he  Philadel¬ 
phia  mint  are  engaged  in  “naturalizing”  the 
English  sovereigns  recently  imported  Into  this 
country,  tip  to  Friday  evening  the  New  York 
office  had  melted  into  bars  of  bullion  A!d35,O00 
sterling  of  English  sovereigns,  the  average  value 
of  which  was  (4.84:4,  and  netting  In  our  curren¬ 
cy  (3,075,915  gold.  The  aggregate  weight  of  t  Ids 
gold  was  six  tons,  all  of  which  was  melted  in 
five  days.  Parties  depositing  tills  gold  received 
returns  from  the  assay  office,  and  the  sub- 
treasury  cashed  checks  for  the  same.  Thus  the 
bullion  becomes  the  property  of  the  United 
States  and  is  sent  to  the  mint  to  he  coined  in 
Biicb  pieces  as  the  Government  may  elect,  after 
which  the  coin  is  sent  to  the  Now  York  sub- 
treasury.  The  Government  has  arranged  to  coin 
these  sovereigns  as  soon  as  received,  and  the 
system  of  giving  checks  for  value  received  Is 
ascertained  to  he  a  great  convenience  to  part  ies 
receiving  this  gold  from  the  other  side.  It  is 
estimated  that  at  least  (8,000,000^of  English 
gold  is  now  on  the  way,  and  il  looks* as  if  more 
would  come,  as  England  must  not  only  have 
her  supply'  of  cotton,  but  a  large  supply  of 
grain,  as  some  European  countries,  usually 
supplying  her  deficiency,  are  this  year  short. 
England,  indeed,  needs  more  grain  than  can  be 
transported  by  water  and  rail  from  the  sea¬ 
board,  or  by  the  available  tonnage  across  the 
ocean. 


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FOREIGN  NEWS, 


iniNcell&neoaa  Foreign  New*. 

Tbe  French  Right  will  propose  the  prolon¬ 
gation  of  MacMahrin's  term  of  office  —  An  at¬ 
tack  from  sea  and  land  is  to  be  made  on  Carta¬ 
gena  . .  Pit  English  emigrants  to  Brazil  have 
returned  home. .  ,  Marshal  Ibizal  lie's  trial  pro¬ 
gresses.  He  Is  said  to  tic  very  downcast  in  man¬ 
ner....  Large  amount-*  of  specie  continue  to 

be  shipped  to  America  from  England  . The 

rebel  Ueet  of  Spain  was  defeated  In  a  two  hours' 
engagement  on  the  12th  with  the  (oval  fleet: 

the  rebels  lost  13,  and  had  47  wounded  . The 

recent  election-  in  France  huve  resulted  In  a 

Republican  victory .  Henry  James  has  been 

returned  to  the  English  Parliament  —  Emigra¬ 
tion  agents  are  to  he  expelled  from  Prussia — 
Art  bur  Orton  has  disappear  id  from  London. . 
A  misunderstanding  between  Austria  and  Tur¬ 
key  Is  reported  ...A  hurricane  has  swept  over 
the  southern  part  of  Havtl  .  Contreras  'rebel) 

is  accused  of  cowardice  by  the  Insurgents . 

The  Pope  lias  written  n  letter  to  the  Emperor 
of  Germany  concerning  his  policy  towards  the 

IiOIIl'Ul  Cburrh  trill  miertF  won  I  loti  t  I .  u  t  I  ■  A 


Convention  of  Ex-Slave*. 

The  colored  residents  of  the  Indian  Territory, 
formerly  slaves  of  the  Choctaws,  Chiokacaws, 
Creeks,  Seminolea  and  Clicmkees,  have  recent¬ 
ly  held  a  convention  at.  Armstrong  Academy, 
in  the  Choctaw  Nation,  at  which  they  adopted 
a  memorial  to  Congress,  asking  for  equal  right* 
in  the  Territory  with  the  Indians,  and  to  be 
secured  and  protected  in  such  rights.  They  ask 
for  the  sectioning  of  lauds  and  t  he  organization 
of  a  territorial  government  such  a*  the  Indians 
consent  ed  to  In  the  treaty  of  1866  a  nd  advocated 
by  Colonel  Boudlnot.  A  delegation  was  ap¬ 
pointed  to  go  to  Washington  to  carry  out  the 
views  of  the  Convention.  The  colored  people 
claim  to  number  15,000  out  of  50,UOO  producing 
population  of  tbo  Indian  Territory,  and  to  raise 
by  their  labor  eight-tenths  of  the  products  of 
the  Territory. 


CURRENT  TOPICS 


Thanknglvlng  Proclamation. 

The  approaching  close  of  another  year  brings 
with  it  the  occasion  for  renewed  thanksgiving 
and  acknowledgment  to  the  Almighty  Ruler 
of  the  universe  of  the  unnumbered  mercies 
which  he  has  bestowed  upon  us.  Abundant 
harvests  have  been  among  the  rewards  of  indus¬ 
try.  With  local  exceptions,  health  has  been 
among  the  blessings  enjoyed.  Tranquility  at 
homo  and  peace  with  other  nations  have  pre¬ 
vailed.  Frugal  Industry  is  regaining  its  merited 
recognition  and  its  merited  rewards.  Gradu¬ 
ally,  but,  under  the  providence  of  God,  surely, 
as  we  trust,  the  nation  is  recovering  from  the 
lingering  results  of  a  dreadful  civil  strife.  For 
t  hese  and  all  other  mercies  vouchsafed  it  be¬ 
comes  us,  as  a  people,  to  return  heartfelt 
ami  grateful  acknowledgments,  and  with  our 
thanksgiving  we  may  unite  prayer  for  i  he  cessa¬ 
tion  of  local  and  temporary  suffering.  I  there¬ 
fore  recommend  that  on  Thursday,  the  twenty- 
seventh  day  of  November  next,  the  people  meet 
in  their  respective  places  of  worship  to  make 
their  acknowledgments  to  Almighty  God  for 
Ilis  bounties  and  His  protection,  and  toofferto 
Him  prayers  for  their  continuance.  In  witness 
whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
caused  the  seal  of  the  United  States  to  be 
affixed.  Done  at  the  City  of  'Washington  this 
fourteenth  day  of  October,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  1873,  and  of  the  Independence  of  the 
United  States  the  ninety-seventh. 

By  the  President :  U.  8.  Grant. 

Hamilton  Fish,  Secretary. 


The  Emperor  replies  that  he 
proposes  to  maintain  law  and  order,  and  he 
osk.-s  the  Pope  to  u-e  his  authority  to  make 
priests  obey  the  existing  laws  —  .The  Mexican 
Congress  decrees  the  separation  of  Church  and 
State..  Cuba  has  had  severe  rain  storms 
The  Monarchist*  of  France  have  been  to  Salz¬ 
burg,  to  see  Count  de  Chambord —  Cork  has 
had  a  great  demonstration  In  favor  of  Home 
Rule..  Deputies  to  the  National  Assembly  are 

arriving  at  Ver-ai lies  - Admiral  hobos  has 

been  deprived  of  the  command  of  the  Spanish 
fleet  at  Cartagena  The  U-  8.  steamer  Tigress 
has  arrived  safely  at  St  .  John*,  from  its  search 
for  the  Arctic  explorers . .  There  has  been  a  flood 
In  the  province  of  bhunaee,  China,  which  swept 
off  37  villages  ...  The  trial  of  Uazalne  excites 
great  interest,  and  cauae»  many  Beenes  of  con- 
lusion  in  the  court  ..  .Thu  Riuperor  William 
has  been  received  with  great  enthusiasm  in 

Vienna . Ardverlkle  Castle  In  England  has 

been  destroyed  England  ha*  blockaded  the 
gold  coast  of  Africa....  The  river  Nova  has 
caused  great  damage  at  8t.  Petersburg  ...The 
new  Captain-General  of  Cuba  has  left  Spain. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS, 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC 


New  York  Clly  aud  Vlelnlty. 

The  “Free  Religious  Association"  has  held 
a  three  days'  session  at  Cooper  Institute  —  The 
Women's  Congress  assembled  on  the  16th  at 
the  Union  Square  Theater.  Many  papers  were 

read  . Mr.  8.  b.  Cox  hashed  n  >d  to 

Congress  to  succeed  the  late  James  Brooks  .. . 
A  private  watchman,  John  Fitzgerald,  was  ac¬ 
cidentally  shot  and  Instantly  killed  on  the  15th 
.  The  racing  at  Jerome  Park  has  been  good. . 
Kate  Newton,  (Mrs.  Backus,)  an  actress,  died 
on  the  ltth  ...  The  Creodmoor  prize*  were  pre¬ 
sented  to  the  contestant*  at  the  State  Arsenal 

on  the  15th. _ The  third  trial  of  Stokes  began 

on  the  15th,  a  jury  having  been  obtained  —  .. 
There  has  been  another  flurry  in  M  all  street, 

with  a  few  failures _ The  trial  of  the  Eleventh 

Regiment  for  mutiny  has  been  again  post  poned 

. The  money  stringency  ha*  caused  a  heavy 

reduction  in  freights  . Theroeht  Julia  was 

run  down  by  a  ferryboat  on  the  15th,  and  ex- 
CornmodorsMartin’of  Hoboken  was  drowned  . 

..  ltev.  Dr.  Bellow*  has  delivered  a  protest 
against  the  Evangelical  Alliance.  ...There were 

six  failures  in  Wall  St,  on  the  14th . Oliver 

Johnson,  Rev.  O.  B.  Frothinghaui.  and  others, 
made  addresses  at  the  “Free  Religious"  Con¬ 
vention..  .The  Women  Suffrage  Association 
heldti  mimberof  meetings!!!  Plymouth  Church: 
14  States  and  Territories  sent  delegates. . ,  .The 
Long  Island  Saving*  Bank  of  Brooklyu  lias 
been  robbed  of  $40,U»» — Mr.  Bradlaugh  has 
given  his  third  lecture  at  Cooper  Institute  on 
English  workmen  ...Affaire  on  Wall  street  im¬ 
proved  ou  the  lttth.  Stocks  were  higher  and 
goid  was  lower,  touchiug  the  lowest  point  in 
U  years— 107%.  Jay  Gould  is  reported  to 
have  retired  from  Wall  street  The  “  Free  Re¬ 
ligious”  Association  lias  ended,  also  the  Wo¬ 
men’s  Congress  Tho  breadstuff  trade  with 

Europe  continues  good _ Mre.  Woodhull  has 

lectured  to  an  audience  of  4.000  ..  Gen.  X.  P. 
Banks  has  lectured  before  a  small  audience.  - 
The  dry  goods  trade  is  uninjured  . .  Business 
with  the  Savings  Banks  is  easy  .The  prosecu¬ 
tion  has  closed  in  the  Stokes  case  .The  Tweed 
trial  Is  to  commence  again,  soon. 

Home  N«wi. 

The  President  lias  made  public  his  views 
on  finance :  they  are  original,  and  quite  sensi¬ 
ble . Tlio  Cincinnati  hanks  have  resumed 

payment  ...  The  Evangelical  Alliance  had  a 
hearty  welcome  In  Philadelphia  ..A  dissipated 
clerk  shot  himself  In  Paterson,  N.  J.,  recently 
...  There  were  heavy  Democratic  gains  in  Ohio 
at  the  recent  elections  M.  M.  Leggett,  a  stu¬ 
dent  at  Cornell  University,  has  been  kill' d  by 
falling  down  the  bank  of  a  creek  .  ..The  Presi¬ 
dent  has  appointed  Nov.  27th  for  Thanksgiving 
day  ...  The  new  Minister  from  Turkey  has  been 
presented  to  the  President...  The  schooner  R. 
T.  Warren  has  been  wrecked  at  Deer  Isle,  Me., 


Condition  of  the  Cotton  Crop. — We  have  a 
telegraphic  report  of  the  condition  of  the  cot¬ 
ton  crop  the  first  week  In  October.  These  tele¬ 
graphic  reports  of  the  work  of  the  Department 
of  Agriculture,  frequently  contain  error*  for 
which  the  Department  Is  not  responsible;  but 
we  copy  this  dispatch  because  it  anticipates  tho 
mails :  The  average  condition  of  the  cotton  in 
the  first  week  of  October,  as  compared  with 
the  October  reports  of  1871  and  1872,  stands  as 
much  higher  than  that  of  the  former  year  as 
it  falls  below  the  record  of  the  latter.  The 
standard  crop  being  a  good  normal  growth,  the 
yearly  losses  from  worm*  or  other  casualties 
always  Teducc  the  record  below  100,  and  the 
greatest  reduction  usually  occurs  in  September. 
The  average  this  year  has  fallen  off  from  89  to 
78‘».  Since  tbe  first  week  inSeptember  a  larger 
reduction  than  usually  occurs.  The  general 
average  in  October  of  1871  was  16;  it  was  82  in 
October  of  last  year.  The  area  was  one-eighth 
greater  in  1672-  and  i  lie  autumn  was  more  fa¬ 
vorable  for  development  and  picking,  and  the 
result,  an  increase  of  about  100,000,000  bales. 
The  area  of  the  present  year  was  Increased 
about  10  per  cent,  but  a  portion  of  the  enlarge¬ 
ment  was  abandoned  and  the  October  condition 
of  the  crop  materially  reduced.  The  season 
must  be  of  average  length  and  comparatively 
favorable  for  picking  to  insure  a  crop  equal  to 
that  of  last  year.  The  State  averages  areas 
follows Virginia-  90;  North  Carolina,  88; 
South  Carolina,  80;  Georgia,  82;  Florida,  76; 
Alabama,  76;  Mississippi,  75;  Louisiana,  65; 
Texas,  80;  Arkansas,  83;  Tennessee,  90;  Mis¬ 
souri,  90.  The  worms  have  continued  their 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


Receipt*.—' The  receipts  ot  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  tbe  past  week  ore  as  follow* : 

lined  Fruit*,  pkgs.  7.58  Ci  Lion,  balea .  23,465 

Eggs,  bbls .  ...  8,476  Hops, bales.. . . .  1,421 

Flour.  bbl» . .  91,450  Peanuts,  bags . 

Wheat,  bush . l,T7B,2t».Cut  meats,  pkgs....  4,187 

Corn,  bush .  943, 960  Pork,  bbls .  866 

Oats,  bush .  156,950,  tier  I,  pkgs .  Ill 

Hve.  bush .  67,150' Lard,  pke». .........  3,48? 

Barley,  bush .  115,506  Butter,  pkgs .  20,(35 

Malt.oueh . .  18,255  Cheese,  pkga -  63,100 

Bonus,  bush.  .  4, led  Wool,  hales. .  5oa 

Corn  meal,  Libia... ,  1,052  Gras*,  seed,  bush...  129 

Corn  meal,  bags...  656‘ Dressed  Hugs,  No..  — 

Bean*  aud  Peas.— Exports  of  beans  past  week. 
550  bbls.:  of  peas,  1,275  bush,  Light  receipts  of  beans 
at  a  Lime  when  buy«rs  were  forced  Into  market  to 
replenish  supplies  for  actuul  use,  have  sent  up  quo¬ 
tations,  and  lor  the  present  the  market  U  firm.  Mar¬ 
row*  have  sold  upon  arrival-  Canadian  peas  are 
quotable  la  bOls-  at  81.85.  with  sales  of  new  free :  of 
bulk  there  is  no  stock.  Southern  B.  E.  peas  arc  dull 
and  lower  to  sell.  Green  peas  unchanged.  White 
kidney  beans  are  now  in  stock  and  quotable  same  as 
marrows.  , 

The  quotations s re:— For  new  mediums.  84.35@2.0<J 
for  prime, and  tJ.90&:2.20  for  other  grades:  prlinemar- 
rowfats,  #2.90<ai8 ;  other  grades,  |2.50@2,T5;  prime  pea 
beans,  82.71*3:2.80;  do.  fair  lots  down  to  *2.3002.60; 


Visit  of  the  King  of  Italy  to  the  Emperor 
of  Austria. 

These  two  potentates  have  reeeutly  met.  the 
former  visiting  and  received  as  the  guest  of  the 
latter.  A  correspondent  says :— The  two  mon¬ 
arch*  never  met  before.  They  have  been  life¬ 
long  enemies.  Until  lately  friendship  seemed 
impossible  between  them.  The  fat  her  of  Victor 
Emanuel,  King  Carlo  Albert o,  engaged,  in  1848, 
in  a  Quixotic  attempt  to  wrench  from  the  house 
of  Hapsburg  the  Iron  crown  of  Lombardy.  In 
1859  came  the  French  alliance,  and  the  brief, 
fierce  struggle  that  ended  with  Solferiuo,  Vic¬ 
tor  Emanuel,  who  fought  gallantly  at  Palest ro. 
leading  his  zouaves,  sword  in  hand,  was  allowed 
by  the  peace  of  VUlafranca  to  annex  Lombardy 
to  his  little  kingdom  of  Sardinia,  and  t  he  way 
was  opened  for  the  realization  of  the  dream  of 
Italian  unity.  Then  followed  the  expulsion  of 
the  petty  sovereigns  of  Modena,  Tuscany,  and 
Parma,  all  relatives  of  the  Austrian  Emperor, 
and  long  sustained  on  their  thrones  by  Austrian 
bayonets,  and  soon  alter  tbe  brother-in-law  of 
Francis  Joseph,  who  was  scarcely  on  the 
t  hrone  of  the  two  Sicilies,  had  to  fly  for  his  life 
before  the  red-shlrted  legions  of  Gnrilmidl,  and 
Vict  or  Emanuel  entered  Naples  by  the  side  of 
(he  revolutionary  leader.  Finally,  the  alliance 
with  Prussia  iu  1366,  gave  to  the  “Crowned 
robber,”  as  it  is  still  the  fashion  of  the  ultra- 
montanos  to  style  him,  Venice  and  the  fortress- 


to  attend  October  business.  Fine  grades  of  State  may 
be  quoted  as  high  as  at  our  last,  but  there  is  close 
scrutiny  given  in  purchases  or  fancy  stock,  and 
where  nails  or  half  tubs  do  not  noiue  right  up  to  thu 
idea  of  fastidious  purchasers  the  extreme  figure  has 
to  be  shaded,  'there  Is  some  Independence  given 
buyers  iit  this  season,  as  they  can  piece  out  the  pres¬ 
ent  moderate  want  of  hue  by  nn  extra  selection  of 
fresh  Welsh,  even  If  they  pay  a  trifle  more  than 
our  current  qu.  anti  on*  for  small  lots.  There  is  rather 
mere  eastern  trade  than  was  moving  early  in  the 
week,  that  class  of  demand  greatly  strengthening 
quotations  for  Western  among  market  and  outside 
dealers.  Ou  days  that  Western  pulls  arrive,  some 
sound  « greet  state  put  aside  as  medium  grade  can  be 
worked  off, generally  with  prices  favoring  the  buyer. 
We  may  look  for  a  good  B teddy  supply  of  Western,  tf 
there  is  a  surplus,  as  prominent  dealer*  here  aro 
paying  sight  drafts. 

We  quota  Orange  county  patls,  fancy.  88^  10c.: 
other  good  palls,  3l@34c, ;  poor  lo's,  TbwikM  State 
firkins  and  half  tubs,  fine.  84@35c..  In  lines,  urnl  363> 
37c.  for  selections  i  fair  to  good  State,  2fi@30(\:  Welsh 
tubs,  prime,  31#32t'.;  other.  2(k5828e_:  choice  Western, 
do.,  ilt.iXk.:  shipping,  I7r5.19e;:  low  do., 
15@17e.  Pennsylvania  pulls.  33<i44Uc.,  do.  other  i>kgs., 
25®80c. 

Cheese.-  Immediately  following  the  Little  Falls 
sale,  where  advanced  prices  were  established,  sales 
were  made  here  at  Ilka  for  strictly  choice  stock, 
light  arrivals  enabling  holders  to  meet  this  margin 
in  the  increased  cost  with  com  curative  ease;  later 
there  was  some  little  dlttlculty  experienced  In  nego¬ 
tiating  foreign  exchange,  and  the  demand  from  ship¬ 
pers  became  ninte  tame,  with  more  disposition  to 
sell,  and  the  above  price  was  shaded  in  Instances 
14><i\  being  l  ho  closing  price,  with  exceptional  sail  - 
for  cash  at  He. 

l*i no  ami  choice  factory,  14@J4if& ;  do.  good  to 
prime,  13X,',l‘3'\c.;  fair  Iota,  I  ljtfc.;  State  farm  dairy, 
good  to  prime.  13*4 1 3  ¥o. ;  do.  fair  lots,  liyf©13c.  * 
do.  skimmed,  tV.OiTc. :  Western,  fine  Cheddar,  nominal ; 
do.  pood  flat,  l&ijdSKc.:  do.  fair  lots,  I2@13jfc.;  skim¬ 
med,  .V'vhc.;  English  dairy,  nominal. 

Cider.— Quoted  ut  15@2Sc.,  in  small  packages,  ac¬ 
cording  to  condition. 

Cotton.— Prices  are  very  much  lower,  with  liberal 
supplies  and  business  forced,  the  money  stringency 
more  or  less  affecting  values.  Quotations  for  new 
arc  as  follows,  based  upon  stock  In  warehouses  run- 


in  large  supply,  and  dealers  advise  a  curtailment  of 
future  shipments.  We  quote  fowls  and  chickens, 
New  Jersey.  l.VklBc.l  Western,  13ejll4e.;  turkeys,  Jer¬ 
sey,  13q*I8c.;  Western.  IScijdGo.  Ducks,  Jersey, *i(A  1.25 
9  pair:  Western,  do..  i»VirS*e.  Goose,  N.J.,  young,  y 
pair,  I2.75@S.2S;  do.  West  cm.  ¥  pair,  91.756*2,  Game 
la  In  fair  supply  for  the  wants  of  trade,  though  per¬ 
haps  a  little  more  venison  could  bu  used.  We  quote 
prulrlo  hens.  V  pair,  StVAlXle.;  partridges.  Western,  13 
w-rtoo.;  Jo.  Eastern,  intjiuic.;  woodcock,  60@70c.:  rah- 
blta,  35@IOe.  Venison,  whole  deer,  UimIOc.;  saddles. 
21ffl22c.  Pigeons.  stall  fed,  >2@'A2S  ip  dozen. 

Provisions.  —  Generally.  prices  are  very  much 
lower,  through  a  slow  shipping  business  and  lower 
price*  at  the  West.  Short  clear,  for  winter  delivery, 
i  Ac.;  long  and  short  clour,  together,  half-and-half, 
7f»o.;  long  clear.  7e. 

tleef  hams  -choice  Western,  *?2;  Texas  prime, 
*20»22;  do.  fair  lots,  tlB@18,  l,ard.  new,  at  "K<'.  for 
Western  steam  on  spot:  »  t-hs^syfr.  for  October ; 
3  1-loc.  for  November.  Long  clear, HUc, ;  short  clear, 
i'c. :  short  rib.  8JfU8flC.  Mess  pork-  815.30,  spot; 
western  prime  moss  at  fl5JX)®ll'.50.  Dressed  hogs, 
city,  5XGfc«c.  Cut-meats  are  selling  at  llwlle.  ror 
luims,  loose;  7^'c.  for  shoulders,  loose ,-  9@llo,  for 
pickled  bellies,  loose,  fluxed  dry-salted  shoulders, 
0?Si8>5Me.  for  winter  delivery.  Smoked  meats  at  12@14c. 
for  loose  hams.  SVc.  for  loose  shoulders.  Tallow  at 
7 k|c.  for  prime  stock.  Beef  selling  at  |9fflll.T5  fur 
bai  eled  new  plain  mess,  f E>@  13.50  for  extra  mess. 
Tlcrcedbeef,  new,  for  short  delivery,  at,  yllfeilM  for 
new  India  mess,  $18@20  for  new  extra  India  mess. 

Nit-ed*.— The  best  bid  for  new  clover  from  shippers 
is  kkhv,  with  likijlOtfe.  asked.  Timothy,  tills  season. 
Is  about  over.  8.1  asked.  Kougli  flax  la  offering  at 
92.1«#2.20, 

Tnbttnco.— ' The  general  uinrUet  has  Increased  life, 
the  demand  principally  from  shippers,  with  u  very 
regular  range  of  prices  ruling.  ... 

QUOTATIONS— NEW  CROP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

Lugs . fiVffl  7!W.  iHlui  7X0. 

Good  do.  ...  7\e4  8kio.  7ik<ii  "He. 

Common  to  medium  leal.  s>$@  9tfe.  !i  Gi  lU'kc. 

Good  ao.  .10  oo  10 He.  11  @  12 

Fine  do.  ..11  @  12  c.  12H<*o  11  c. 

Selections . 12X64  t3  c.  13M®  13 

8KEBLEAF  CROP  OP  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  fillers . 11  GO  U  c. 

seconds . 12  ou  23  c. 

wrappers . 40  tie  55  c. 

selections . 60  00  75  e. 

New  York  fillers . 10  oi  II  c. 

wrappers . .is  ©35  e. 

assorted  lots . 11  w  11  e. 

Pennsylvania  tillers . 12  66  H  e 

wruppers . .22  <5  60  e. 

assorted  lots . .18  <9  25  c. 

Ohio  fillers . 0  ©  h  c, 

wrappers . is  Go  35  e. 

assorted  lots .  II U©  i2  c. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots .  8'®  9  g. 

Vcgetnlile*.— Exports  of  pntutnes  oast  week,  6, 150 
bhls.:  onions,  400  bids.  As  usual  at  tills  seusun,  the 
supply  of  potatoes  Is  liberal,  and  as  the  demand  oun- 
not  use  up  the  dully  receipts  prices  are  easy,  though 
not  lower  than  before  for  prime  stock.  Onions  steady. 
Kussla  turnips  are  lower,  sweet  potatoes  are  in  fair 
demand,  but  Lho  wop  U  large— or  rather  it  comes  for¬ 
ward  In  large  hulk  nud  prices  are  Weaker. 


@UXc.;  rough  Virginia  do.,  7  cwt.,  lOJ^o.;  Illinois  do., 
common  to  fair,  7  cwt.,  lOKOIl'Ac.;  do.,  do.,  fair  to 
good,  7Jf  cwt.,  11@12Mc.;  rough  Indiana  do.,  8  cwt., 
IIRc,:  Texan  00..  -4  x r.jjU  cwt.,  uX&HJfc.,  with  a  few  at 
DC.;  Cherokee  do.,  8X®'JXo. 

Milch  Cow*.—1 These  animals  continue  fairly  in 
demand— that  is,  when  the  quality  I*  good  enough  to 
meet  the  demand.  Fair  quality  cows  sell  nt  9406675; 
good  family  do,,  $30@K3,  with  one  nt  *90;  poor  quullty 
do.  are  very  slow  at  fWlksiJS. 

V  tails.— On  Wednesday  Inst  trade  In  smooth  qual¬ 
ity  veals  was  fair  at  9@lfic.,  with  u  less  active  trade  ill 
grass  calves  at  $7(1*6.  Rough  11  unlit v  yearling  bulls 
sold  ut  2X&i3c..  llvoweighi.  Tnursaav.  the  price  of 
smooth  quality  veals  advanced  4c,;  otherwise  the 
market  remained  firm,  and  closed  so  at  noon  on  Fri¬ 
day.  During  the  past  week  Pennsylvania  veals,  240 
tbs.,  Sold  at  9e.;  do.,  do.,  Hll  It*.,  10c.  A  few  lots  of 
eountry-dressiid  veals  have  appeared  on  the  market  : 
some  sold  at  12W1  ISc, 

Sheep  mill  I.ninbs,— Trade  opened  firm  on  Wed¬ 
nesday  last,  with  sheep  selling  at  fikocB Xq.;  lambs, 
T6O80.  On  a  lioavy  run  of  sheep  and  fanths  prices  fell 
on  Thursday  rorenoon,  when  sheep  sold  at  4 X@fic.: 
lambs.  oXfgiiXo.  Friday  forenoon  sales  were  not 
large;  prices  4M<3iGMc.  for  sheep;  7i5*8e.  for  luiuhs. 
Special  sales  this  week  linvo  been  :  Jersey  owes,  TO 
its.,  4Rc.;  du..  do-.  1(10  it-..  3Yc  ;  Ohio  sheep.  81  it",, 
fiNc.;  do.,  do.,  98  Its.,  Uyse.;  Indiana  do.,  95  tts.,  5Xe.; 
State  do.,  104  its.,  CXc.j  State  lambs,  62  Its.,  7c.:  do., 
do..  63  its.,  7Ke.;  do.,  do.,  77  its.,  So, 

Swine.— On  Wednesday  last  live  hogs,  average  211 
its.,  sold  at  ikse-s  city  dressed,  5S®7e.;  light  pigs, 
"K«.  Live  wore  not- quoted  no  Thursday  forenoon, 
a»  those  on  hand  were  not  disposed  of .  city  dressed, 
&HiS(W<c.  Friday  forenoon  live  wore  worth  4)f@5c.; 
city  dressed,  5H<iC6X0„-  liglit  pigs  scarce  and  worth 
7e.  Thicker*  trade  has  been  large  bnt  slow. 

Homo  Mu  rkel.  -There  have  been  no  actual  salus 
ut  auction  during  the  pivst  week,  several  lots  having 
been  put  up  und  withdrawn.  The  entire  city  trade 
lias  been  smalt  and  slow,  at  reduced  rates— tile  dif¬ 
ficulty  of  obtaining  currency  being  sorely  felt  in  tills 
branch  of  trade.  (!  hnwii  arrived  per  Eric  Railway, 
via  Oak  Cliff  Station :  15  mules  and  1(11  horses  per 
Contrul  New  Jersey  Railroad,  via  Liberty  St.  Furry. 


Monday’s  Sales.  Beeves.— Very  slow  nt  re¬ 
duced  rates:  prices,  including  Sunday's  sales,  8X64 
12XC.¥  it).,  weights,  1m9  cwt.;  there  was  literally  no 
demand  for  poor  quality  steers:  several  lots  of  suub 
like  stood  over  unsold:  course  yearling  bulls  und 
two-year-olds  sold  at  $2i>  ¥  head. 

Mlleh  (!ows,  Tiie  general  depression  In  the  live 
stock  trade  rendered  cows  slow:  still,  with  only  a  few 
sales,  prices  were  sustained,  and  ranged  ut  $3^91  ¥ 
head, 

Veals.— Smooth  quality  veals  wore  scarce,  and 
such  like  sold  freely  ut  gXeglOc.  ¥  id.,  with  22  fiend  or 
choice*  quality  ut  *18  {<  head.  Grass  calves  fair,  nt 
t.ilalS  ¥  head. 

iMwop  anil  Lntith*.  There  wits  a  heavy  run,  and 
in  order  to  realise  fair  prices,  lots  had  to  be  selected. 
Common  quality  sheep  und  poor  lunihs  stood  over 
iinuoid.  Sheep  sold  at  SlffflGXc.  ¥  lt>.;  lambs.  6¥@ 
TXc.  V  lb. 

Ilogs.— Ohio  hogs,  avi-ruge  weight  1st)  lbs.  V  head, 
sold  at  *3  p  cwt.,  live  weight.;  extreme  range  for  all 
weights  ut  4iif©5c.  City  dressed,  5X®«-Xc.;  light  pigs 
at7Xc. 

llECBll-rS  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 

flh«MU  A 

m  <.Tnw«.  CftlTM.  LAiiidn.  Hotrfl. 

One  Hundredth  St.. .2,170  ill  133  221  iwo 

Forty. Eighth  St .  15  40  293  14,515  (XXI 

Fortieth  St .  Ollfi  IXJ  85  8,919  26,067 

Cotnmunipuw . 4,818  IK)  Ofi  4,836  15,693 

Weebawken.... . 8,187  00  (x)  IHXI  IXJO 

Totals  this  week....  10, 386  fill  811  28,491  98,235 

“  lust  week  — 1 1,602  107  811  27,358  42,050 

COMPARATIVE  RATES, 

Last  week.  Tills  week 
Cents.  Cents. 

Good  Steers  ¥  lb . 12  «e  12V  12  vo  I2X 

Fnir . 11  11%  il  M  l|y4 

l’oor . . in  ou  hi%  in  00  HIV 

Poorest .  5J2  00  9*V  6X  66  9Y 

Gen.  selling  rates . 11  ©  12  10k  «•  Ilk 


hands  of  speculators.  Peaches  remain  very  quiet. 
BUckburrios  and  raspberries  are  lower. 

Southern  apples,  ''©7cm  do,  new.  T 00 8e. ;  State 
sliced,  HK®9e_:  qr*.,  *g9e.;  Western,  T.ktaJSc.  Black¬ 
berries.  12c.  Peeled  peaches,  prime  Georgia  and 
Nortli  Carolina.  Wadoc,;  iihpeelcu. 9ftt9Hi:.  for  halves 
and  flX®7r.  for  quarters.  Pitted  cherries.  235427 e.  lor 
Stnte  and  Southern.  Uasplierrms,  new,  III©  2e.  New 
peeled  peaches,  jik*.  Southern  apples,  new,  ttww;.; 
(lo.  sliced.  8, kiOe.  California  plums,  32<aX3e.;  do.  pears, 
22®  25c. 

Egg*.— It  has  been  a  tame  week,  ibe  low  prices  put 
to  increase  trade.  We  quote  State  and  Pennsylvania 
27®28c.;  best  murks  of  Western,  26c.:  other.  2.V.(C.; 
Canadian,  26c.;  state  llmml,  22©22c.;  Western,  2*Jojb22c. 

Finn  r.—  Further  liberal  concessions  In  prices  have 
been  made  from  day  to  day  through  liberal  supplies 
and  slow  trade,  closing  with  a  sternly  tone. 

No.  2 . . . 9*  60a  00 

Superfine  State... .  .  5  2%4  5  75 

Extra  do .  . 6  DIM)  6  50 

Fancy  do .  G  80®  7  20 

Superfine  Western . .  5  20fiO  6  75 

Extra  do . .  6  10®  6  80 

Minnesota  extras . 6  7IX«j  9  60 

Western,  white  wheat . 7  7lXsj  8  40 

Round  hoop  Ohio . . .  6  30(t6  6  60 

Trade  brands  do . .  6  80«s  7  90 

Soutfie-m,  extra . . . 6  25©  7  60 

Double  extras .  7  S.VjilO  50 

Rye  Hour.  .  . . 4  UXs)  5  75 

Corn  meal,  Jersey . .  8  80<w  8  40 

Brundvwino  . . 3  lx)®  4  00 

Frrsli  PmiI  1  a.— Apples  are  in  liberal  supply,  and 
though  nut  •peeialiy  active,  there  U  movement 
enough  to  hold  lip  prices.  Pears  are  In  heavv  stock, 
and  advices  Indicate  there  are  plenty  yet  te  come. 
This  has  been  the  largest  p  *nr  crop  ever  known,  ami 
we  cannot  expect  atiy  closing  high  prices  as  in  form¬ 
er  seasons.  Grapes  am  slow  of  sale,  end  dealers 
have  marked  down  prices,  The  quality  of  late  Slate 
reeel  pis  Is  hotter  for  bolding,  (run  fieri  Ich  are  easier 
at  present  •  but  there  1ms  been  a  good  sale  of  crates. 
ChetduuLa  and  hickory  idlte  are  lower.  Peanut*  un¬ 
changed;  a  few  samples  Of  new  have  arrived.  We 
quote  :  -  Apples,  prime,  in  lots,  186*3.50!  selected,  *3.50 
@3.78,  the  latter  tor  fancy ;  common  Hiver.  N.  J .  and 
Western,  F.’©J.  Duchess  nears.  *4@7  ¥  fibl.;  Vlrgn- 
Ueu.  flitoalV  ¥  bfil.  when  hi  prime  condition ;  many 
lots  are  too  poor  fur  quotations:  SeCkh*  sell  best  Of 
all,  -it  I#©  12  ¥  Mil;  cooking,  iS.'AJ&i.  Grapes,  in 
small  boxes,  Delaware,  8@lfLJ.;  (Jutnwba.  G@6c.;  Di¬ 
ana  und  Iona,  Gi'-.h;.;  Isabella  and  the  reiutuint  of 
Concord,  5 v. hposo  grapes,  3@5o.  Cranfiorrles, 
fancy,  bbls.,  *3.60 ...  Iq;  fair  to  good,  i7@9  do.;  9ood  to 
prituc  lioxos,  $2.50@3;  poor  to  fair.  $1,500*3.  Hickory 
nuts,  *2  t‘  buslic.l.  Chesinutii,  i-va'i.M)  du.  Virginia 
peanut*,  old,  f:!©2.75  do  •  North  Carolina,  8l.76j22.25 
do.;  Tennessee,  *1.0i}@1.70;  infortor  peanuts,  *1.26  do. 

<1  ruin.— The  shipping  business  In  wheat  towards 
the  close  shows  considerable  life,  and  prices  are  Im¬ 
proving.  Com  has  been  in  liberal  supply,  mid  offer¬ 
ing  at  lower  prices.  Out*  have  been  moderately 


ROC  HESTER.  Oct.  111.  Flour  steady  at  t'-:ihoo 
8.50;  red  win  ter.  *9.266*9.76  for  best  white.  Grain  is 
steady  and  with  lltticchangeexcepl  for  barley,  which 
Is  firm  nt  un  advance;  four-rowed  sells  it  $l,;,o(«d  15, 
and  two-rowed  at  fl.tOfcLSU  ¥  bushel ;  nt  these  prices 
It  Is  selliuc  freely.  Buckwheat,  7D@30c.  >:  bushel. 
Buckwlieai  Hour,  94.7.Vw6  ¥  cwt.  Butter  in  better 
supply  at  2H@3be.  for  best.  Eggs  scarce  1  2lk<i:28c.  A  p- 
ples,  81.7.m,v2,37  for  lull  and  winter  fruit ;  ilia  latter 
ranging  from  *2©?.87.  Quine,  :.,  *2.28  ¥  bushel,  and 
scarce.  Potatoes  plenty  and  market  active  at  *1@I.I2U 
F  bid  .,  r:  lulling  ut  SOiejlXic,  ¥  bush.  Onions,  * l@l.12> 
¥  bush.  I*. airs  are  abundant,  and  sell  ut  all  prices! 
from  7. ie.  to  a  1.50.  mostly  at  73e.@*l  ;*  hush.  Wool 
market  unchanged.  Dressed  hog*.  V7  ¥  cwt.  Ilay 
steady  and  uuobatiged.  straw.  Hb-,  15  ti  tq„.  g,hu,.*. 

f/iUa  T,  It  ......  ill  -.i  I. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


No  pay,  if  Dr.  Tobias'  Venetian  Liniment  does 
not  cure  I  when  first  taken)  Cholera,  Diarrhen,  Dysen¬ 
tery,  Croup,  Colic  and  Sea  Sickness.  Taken  Inter¬ 
nally.  warranted  perfectly  harmless,  (see  oath  accom¬ 
panying  each  bottle),  and  Chronic  Rheumatism,  Sore. 
Throats,  Mumps,  Bruises,  Old  Sores,  Pains  n  the 
Limbs,  Buck  and  Chest.  Externally,  this  Liniment 
iian  been  warrant. ui  for  aver  26  years,  and  not  one 
bottle  returned.  Many  families  have  used  it  for 
years,  and  state  if  it  was  1 10  per  bottle  they  would 
not  be  without  it.  Depot.  Ill  Park  Place,  Now  York. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


The  Heat  “Elastic  Truss”  in  the  World  la 

sold  by  Pomeroy  a  Co.,  711  Broadway,  N.  V.,  for 
three  dollars.  VV rite  to  them  for  full  particulars. 


Little  Falls,  N.  V.,  Oct.  4,  1873. 

The  market  at  Little  Fulls,  for  the  week  ending 
Oct.  18th,  was  brisk,  and  sales  active.  The  delivery 
of  farm  dairies  amounted  to  435  boxes,  und  sales  were 
made  it.  TJJysiDe.  Factories  were  largely  reprisal  nt- 
Od  -ilia  offeriugB,  It  wu-  estimated,  reaching  from 
12, UW  U>  13,001  boxen,  B.lXXI  of  wrdch  were  Bold.  We 
give  the  leading  transaction",  a»  follows  : 

Argusvllle,  1(H)  boxes,  at  lie.;  Arnold  Bros.,  ISO, 
13X0.:  Krockett's  Bridge,  150.  H  .,e.j  Itrnolcman's  Cor* 
north  *,  1 SKe.;  CanaJuharie,  200,  lie.;  Christman,  so, 
lJJs'O.;  Cold  Creek,  100,  I ISc.;  Cramer's  Corners,  34, 
Danube  Cold  Sprit)  100.  ilRc.:  Biut"n  Hill, 
If®,  lIXc.;  Empire  Cheddar.  1D0,  KIVc  :  Fairfield  A*  ni¬ 
dation,  2(0,  l  lJtC.;  Old  Fairfield,  200, 14  We,;  Flat  Creek. 
175, 14. ‘30.;  Freeman,  90,  UiV;  I  Iusseocicver,  16U,  He; 
Heuderaon  ABSoclation ,  l'XI,  Hu.;  Ilill,  I  DO,  14e,;  J.  D 
Ives,  470,  14c. ;  .-dewm-t  Patent.  ;>yi,  llie  •  Keva,  76, 


Snrgicnl  Elliptic  tStockings  for  enlarged  veins, 
and  Supporting  Belts  of  best  quality,  at  Pomeroy’s, 
744  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


Blew  2V civ c v t i ,ca c m c nt.ci 


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rF,.IA>1 PPNPESISHINS  OF  AN  JNVALIIL- 
-*-  I’ufillshod  as  a  warning  und  for  the  benefit,  of 
young  men  and  Other"  who  suffer  from  Nervoii"  Do- 
hility,  Ac.  ity  one  who  ha*  cured  hlmsulf.  Supply¬ 
ing  the  means  of  seir-cure,  am!  sent  free  of  charge. 
Address  Nathaniel  Mayfair .  Box  168,  Brooklyn  N.  Y. 


Sr...  Premium  Farm  i^rist  mm. 

.  Is  simnle, cheap  and  durable, and  grinds 
taw  al!  kinds  of  grain  rapidly.  It  is  adapted 
|d  to  all  kinds  of  horse  powers. 

*ifx  Send  for  Descriftivi  C (Rotrr.AU. 

WM.  T,.  ItOYER  A,  BRO., 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

ATENTS  OBTAINED  for  inventors,  without 
charge.  C.  A.  SHAW,  JlOTremont  St.,  Boston. 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


New  York,  Oct.  H,  1873. 

Beeves.— Trade  was  slow  on  Wednesday  last,  with 
general  sates  at  6>S®12e,;  a  few  steer  a  intended  fur 
shipment  to  Glilscow,  N.  H.,  sold  at  12Xc.;  weights, 
5@9N  cwt.  Thursday  there  were  heavier  sales,  but 
prices  did  not  advance;  on  the  contrary,  top  steers, 
few  in  number,  sold  ut  12)<c.;  otiier  grades  the  stitne 
as  on  the  previous  forenoon.  Fridai  trade  opened 
Blow,  and  prices  ranged  at  UK®  12c.  The  poor  quality 
steers  to  hand  did  not  sell  oir.  During  the  past  week 
coarse  Kentucky  steer"  and  oxen, mixed,  sold  in  smuil 
lots  at  fair  quality  Kentucky  steers,  bU 

cwt.,  UWtailL'c.;  good  do.,7@9K  cwt.,  12@12)ic.;  mixed 
lots  of  Missouri  and  Illinois  steers,  6*&7X  cwt..  10J< 


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M.  Godard,  the  aeronautic  Nestor,  died  re¬ 
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Signor  Mario  and  hla  two  daughters,  Miles, 
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Over  111,000  copies  of  Miss  Alcott’s  “Little 
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The  citizens  of  Portland,  Oregon,  have  pre¬ 
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to  his  widow. 

M.  Lanhon,  the  great  writer  upon  the  game 
of  chess,  has  died,  and  left  his  family  in  desti¬ 
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Count  Cavour’s  memory  is  to  be  preserved 
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Edwin  Booth  was  born  in  November,  1833. 
He  made  his  first  regular  appearance  at  the 
Boston  Museum,  September  10, 1840. 

Mr.  Froude  writes  to  a  friend  that  all  that 
lie  made  by  his  transatlantic  lect  ures  was  his 
expenses,  his  passage  home  and  $500. 

Miss  Sarah  E.  Fui.i.kr  of  New  York  has  re¬ 
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According  to  M.  D.  Conway,  Archbishop 
Manning  is  at  .present  the  most  prominent  fig¬ 
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M.  Edmond  Amout's  letters  from  Paris  to 
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Dr.  Sadr,  who  died  recently,  was  the  last  of 
four  clergymen  who  have  held  successively  the 
vicarage  of  Schoilield,  England,  during  the  past 
160  years. 

John  Koessle,  who  established  the  brewing 
of  lager  beer  in  this  country,  and  accumulated 
about  $1,000,000  thereby,  died  recently  In  liox- 
bury.  Mass. 

Rev.  Newman  Haul  preached  four  sermons 
to  very  large  congregations  in  Baltimore,  on 
one  day,  two  of  them  in  the  evening,  one  being 
to  the  negroes. 

Rev.  Dr.  Adams  of  New  York  will,  it  is  un¬ 
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Theological  Seminary. 

Don  Antonio  Lopez  db  Santa  Anna,  the  old 
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most  complete  poverty. 

The  Count  de  Chambord  states,  in  a  letter, 
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parties  In  France  to  Insure  prosperity  to  the 
country,  and  that  lie  lias  no  Intention  of  attack¬ 
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There  Is  no  Bold  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
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one-half  the  oimlithes  which  arc  so  absolutely 
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It*  simplicity  and  ease  of  management,  together 
with  Its  capacity  fordoing  the  great  range  of  work, 
and  Us  Milling  cost,  makes  It  a  mutter  of  economy 
for  every  family  to  have  one.  and  will  ultimately 
bring  Hintons  general  nseas  the  So  wing  Machine. 
The  practical  utility  of  the  machine  Only  needs  to 
he  demonstrated  to  the  people  to  produce  an  un¬ 
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Many  Sewing  Machine  Agents,  finding  the  in¬ 
crease  of  competition  and  the  dtttlculty  of  soiling 
high-priced  machines  to  militate  against  a  flour¬ 
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rhenp,  simple  and  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
find  It  provtahle  to  purchase  end  keep  ou  sale. 
The  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  does 
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machine  as  in  the  case  of  sew  ing  machines. 

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Contents:— Doing  his  Best,  by  J.  T.  Trow¬ 
bridge;  Tim  McDermid,  by  IMurinn  Dougins; 
Hannah  Colby’s  Chance,  by  E.  Stuart  Phelps  j 
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Of  “Polly  Cologne,”  by  Mrs.  Vbby  Morton  Diiizi 
Two  Boys'  Ascent  ol  Vesuvius,  by  Arthur  Peui- 
ber;  A  Protest,  by  Edgar  Fawcetts  and  other 
nttractlvo  Stories,  Sketches,  Rebuses,  Puzz-les,  and 
A  Skoesicks,  by  Mrs.  Geo.  >1.  Kellogg. 


The  only  Reliable  Gift  Distribution  in 
the  Country. 


quality.  Genuine, 
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§)gtnt*i  Wanted 


NEWS  CONDENSER. 


—  Mississippi  has  300  Farmers’  Granges. 

—  Jet  has  secured  its  old  place  in  fashionable 
favor. 

—  Never  before  has  lace  been  so  much  worn 
as  now. 

—  The  whoat  crop  for  1873  will  bo  220.000,000 
bushels. 

—  On  the  9th  $20,000,000  of  the  public  debt 
were  called  in. 

—  Increase  of  population  in  California  during 
last  year,  40.000. 

—  Thus  far,  in  1873,  2,091  miles  of  railway  have 
boon  completed. 

—  There  is  excitement  In  Alaska  over  the 
Sitka  gold  mines. 

—  There  will  be  a  great  crop  of  fruit  in  the 
Willamette  Valley. 

—  Eighteen  thousand  of  the  Americans  went 
“  abroad  "  this  year. 

—  The  heavy  rains  in  Maryland  have  almost 
ruined  the  grain  crop. 

—  An  extinct  volcano  has  been  found  in  the 
White  Mountains  of  Utah. 

—  The  United  Order  of  American  Mechauios 
meets  at  Cleveland  next  year. 

—  The  tobacco  crop  now  being  secured  is  the 
best  raised  in  Virginia  for  years. 

—  A  Quarterly  Fair  is  to  be  established  by  the 
San  Joaquin  Valley  Ag’l  Society. 

—  The  display  of  stock  at  the  Rhode  Island 
State  Fair  was  uncommonly  large. 

Lako  Champlain  is  shown  by  recent  sound¬ 
ings  to  have  water  410  feet  in  depth. 

—  Potatoes  measuring  ten  inches  by  sixteen 
inches  are  heard  from  up  the  Hudson. 

—  The  first  plates  of  metal  for  the  new  Ven- 
dome  column  have  arrived  on  the  ground. 

—  The  tobacco  crop  of  the  Miami  (Ohio)  Val¬ 
ley  is  considered  to  be  almost  n  total  failure. 

—  The  City  of  Philadelphia  is  looking  after  the 
bogus  diplomas  of  the  American  University. 

—  Tho  harvest  of  latc-plfintod  potatoes  in 
Western  Massachusetts  promises  to  bo  abun¬ 
dant. 

—  Photographs  of  the  building  in  which  the 
Geneva  Tribunal  was  held  are  sold  throughout 
Europe. 

—  Paris  has  115,000  paupers,  a  much  larger 
number  in  proportion  to  its  population  than 
London. 

—  Tho  Cleveland  Herald  thinks  that  the  coal 
smoke  aud  foul  gases  of  that  city  are  destroy¬ 
ing  Its  shade  trees. 

—  A  colored  girl  was  recent  ly  excluded  from 
tho  high  school  of  Xenia,  Ohio,  after  she  had 
passed  the  necessary  examination. 

—  The  theater  in  Strasburg,  which  was  de¬ 
stroyed  by  the  bombardment  in  1870,  has  been 
rebuilt,  and  was  reopened  recently. 

—  The  new  Mississippi  bridge  at  St.  Louis, 
with  Its  tunnel,  approaches,  etc.,  will  probably 
cost  about  $9, 000,000 ;  the  bridge  itself,  $6,000,- 


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Tfl  Prospectuses  are  now  ready  for 

our  three  new  books,  viz.: 

'  w  THE  GILDED  A  HE,  by  MARIC 

TWAIN  aud  CHARLES  I).  V?AI(M!II, 
PnilK  Illustrated  hv  AI7UUHTIJ.H  IlOi’PlN, 

DUUfX  EVE  R  V  H  O  D  V’S  FR  I  END,  by 

Josh  Billing#,  illustrated  by  'l'nos. 
I  nrilTP  Nast,  and  JoAtjUTN  MiLLturs  great 
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these  books.  Everybody  knows  they  will  Outsell  all 
others, and  wise  agents  will  act  accordingly  and  npplr 
for  territory  at  once  to  AMERICAN  PUBLISHING 
CO.,  Hartford,  Conn. 


WASHINGTON  SSK 

A  CENTS  WANTED  for  tho  only  COMPLETE 
ltlSTOllY  of  our  Capital  City.  The  IJRtrtTN,  GliOWTII, 
kxckllkxci  es,  Aimstts  and  PERSON  AUKS,  graph  10- 
allv  portrayad  by  Gko.  All.  Tiuvnsf.nh.  Gives  It, hi, 
startling,  t  rut  hud  tNstuB  views  or  WuaUlnglon  Life 
and  Congressional  Corruption.  Experienced  agents 
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Hartford,  Ct...  or  Chicago,  lll.i  S.  M.  BETTS  Sc  CO., 
Olnctunatl,  Ohio. 


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Broadway.  The  moneys  arising  from  tho  sale  of  tho  stock  hereby  sold  are  paid  into  the  Union  Trust 
Company,  aud  cannot  be  paid  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchers  showing  that  tho  money  has 
been  actually  and  honestly  expended  iu  tho  erection  of  the  Industrial  Exhibition  Building  or  in  acquir¬ 
ing  title  to  land, 

Tho  laud  of  tho  Company  is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  as  follows:— I), Slh  to  I  |l‘2d  Streets 
and  3d  to  4tli  Avenues;  comprising  355  24-25  city  lots,  or  about  23  acres. 


t  A  MONTH.  — Agents  wanted.  — Seven 
I  best  selling  articles  In  The  world.  Saui- 
Address  J.  BRONSON,  Detroit,  Mich. 


AGENTS  wanted  to  sell  a  perfect 


Wenoeli,  &  Francis,  436  Walnut  St.,  Phlla, 


A  MONTH  to  Mate  or  Female  Agents, 
NOVEUTY  CO.,  Blddeford.  Mo. 


Payments  to  bo  made  us  follows : 

Five  per  cent,  at  time  of  subscribing,  and  tho  balance  In  Installments,  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent 
at  any  one  Installment. 

There  can  bo  no  safer  Investment  than  this.  It  is  a  home  investment.  It  is  the  ownership  of  land 
on  Now  York  Island  and  the  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  the  Baine. 

in  accordance  with  tho  charter  and  by  a  resolution  of  tho  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  24th,  1873,  the  following  mein bersb i p*  have  been  created  and  are 
oiterod  lor  sale : 

At  the  above-named  placoa  and  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 

Ihe  proper  holder  of  nny  of  those  Is  entitled  to  free  ndmisHion  to  tho  Industrial  Exhibition,  the 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  the  Garden  of  Plants  during  the  time  it  is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  the  duration  of  the  membership. 

These  memberships  do  not  entitle  the  holder  to  admission  to  apodal  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  the  Exhibition  Company. 


per  day.  Agents  wanted  evor 
where.  Particulars  free.  A.  ( 
BLAIR  &  CO.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


PAfiP  Ml?  XT  a,mI  WOMEN  me 
v/\  f  IX  It!  IlilN  given  #>30  per  week 
salnry,  mid  will  not  he  swindled  when  they 
upply  to  G.  WEBBER  &  CO.,  Marlon,  Ohio. 


CANVASSING  BOOKS  SENT  FREE  FOR 


Prof.  FOWLER  S  GREAT  .  WORK 

On  Manhood,  Womanhood  and  their  Mutual 


Inter-relations  ;  Love,  Its  Laws'" Power7etc' 
•  Agents  arc  selling  from  15  to  >23  copies  a  day. 
and  we  send  a  canvassing  book  free  to  any  book 
agent.  Address,  staling  experience,  etc.,  NATION¬ 
AL  I'UBLlSmNG  CO.,  Fhllt.ddplH^ 


CENTS  WANTED  f»r  tho  new  book, 

tin:  and  adventures  of 


Kit  Carson 


—  The  debt  of  Philadelphia,  with  the  Im¬ 
provements  in  contemplation,  is  $60,000,000. 
The  city’s  proportion  of  the  State  dobt  Is  $6,- 
000,000. 


MEMBERSHIPS.  -  PRICE  AND  KIND 


H!’/ ,  *' wrnnuU  (uni  friend,  I>.  W.  Ilr.vet  Lt, 

tot  Surgeon.  U.S.  A.,  from  k<  M  dhul.d  t.y  hlm- 
»olf.  1  he  only  Tnim  and  Airrintarv:  life  of  Ami»lf«'« 

rm*.t  hunW  'Tit* peer,  scout  »„a 

»i v«r  |miM  djed.  Ik  contfUtift  foil  anti  mm T-Jtfrt Uuncrln- 
Ponroiiuo  Indian  trlhMcfthu FAR  WEST,,,,  .»v„  !>•  KltCaraoa 
"d  It >lv,.(  a fm), reliable  amount 

orthoM.onocA.m4  llio  MODOC  WAIL  Aen  wuik  oftilSTO- 
5y/.i»  . 'i4 .  .A  Kra‘"1  lTf"‘rl"I'Hy  forag-ala  to melieinnney. 

Onr  lllu*t(%U.J  clrrnUr >  i>vnt  fr««  t«  el  »  appiltama  Write  ami  »u- 
caro  totrltury  at  onco.  DUSTl.N,  GmMA.V  A  CO., Hartford, Coiiu, 

AGENTS  W ANTED  »r»rvww«  to  cuth<  for  tu> 

£  _  ""',l  canmiM  work  of  tin.  year,  now  karfiny  all  oMer,.  -  , 

Mary  Clciuiner  Ames7  Nowtkmk, 

TEN  TEARS  IN  WASHINGTON. 

It  tails  of  the  44 Inner  Llf*,”  wr»nd*r«,  marvelt.  my»l#«ru**,  t-U  .  of  l)i< 

Cnpitnl,  il  lentil  Sttt  TArrn — ;.n.l  i*  tho  rrunl  j-oj-ular  fntok  i/ui 


Class  1st.  l*rlcc  $10.  30  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  tho  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 

iJInss  !id.  I»rlce  $‘2W.  1)0  Adiiiissionvi. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  tho  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $20. 

Class  3d.  Price  $40.  300  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 

» 

Class  till.  Pi  'ice  $400.  Life. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life;  tko  builing  being  open  to 

tho  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

Class  5th.  Family  for  Life.  Price  $300. 

Entitling  tho  purchaser  and  his  immediate  family  (in.  ease  at  the  time  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  fclie  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  tho  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

Class  6th.  UUKUDITAKY  Jic  Tit  AASFKBtAMLK.  Price  $1,000. 

Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  tho  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
building  is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  used  by  tho 
aotual  owner.  The  holders  of  these  memberships  are  to  bo  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Payment  to  be  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payable  to  the  order  of  the  3nion  Trust 

Company. 

A  suitable  Hadgo  wi  I  be  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  members. 

Memberships  will  not  bo  sold  after  ha  Building  is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  tho  Building. 

Banks,  Bankers  and  Individuals  are  wanted  to  act  as  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 
For  further  information,  pieaso  address 


PijS«niU*f0UjS! 


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Glen  wood  Institute, 

AC  ADEMIC  &  COLLEGIATE, 

Matawan,  New  Jersey. 

FIRST-CLASS  BOARDING  AND  DAY  SCHOOL. 

FIVE  COURSES  OF  STUDY: 
English,  Classics.  Mathematics,  Languages, 
Science. 

£5^"  Faithful  Teaching  by  Experienced  Teachers. 

Winter  Term  opens  Jan.  5,  1874.  Send  for  Cata¬ 
logue.  Dr.  J  AS.  H.  HAMILTON, 

Principal. 


$1  fin  per  month  guaranteed 

ivy  IU  DgjU  sure  to  Agents  every¬ 
where,  selling  qur  new  seven  Ht.raud  Wlitu  PlaUnu 
clothe*  JAn**,.  Sells  readily  nr  every  house.  Samples 
free.  Address  Girard  were  Mills,  Phlla. .  Pa. 


MONTY  Madf/rtpyh/  With  Stencil  &  Key  Check 
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'Q no  I  I nin  UlT  If  you  are  a  fool  or  lunatic, 
UUI)  lililJ  JjV  Put'  if  you  are  sune  and  wish 
J  to  liutke  uiuiiisy,  address 
EUREKA  PORTA  RLE  TABLE  CO.,  8t.  Louis. 


A  MONTH  and  expenses  to  good  Canvass¬ 
ers.  Articles  new  and  staple  as  Hour.  Sam 
pies  free.  C.  M,  LINING  TON,  Chicago. 


f  t  ENESEE  VALLEY  FARMS  FOR  WALE. 

vJT  Some  of  the  Uncut  residences  in  the  Vullej.near 
R.  It.  Inquire  soon  of  JOHN  HillSLDO.N,  upon  the 
promises,  at  Moscow,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  V. 


SEND  FOR  ILLU8T.  CATALOGUE 
Boston  Novi.lt*  Co.,  Boston.  Mass. 


AGENTS 


The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 

GROUND  BONE, 

BONE  MEAL, 

BONE  FLOUR. 

Fresh  Bone  Superphosphate  oi  Lime,  or 
Dissolved  Bone,  Bend  for  Circular. 

LISTER  BROS.,  Newark.  N.  .1, 


30  and  over  per  mouth  selling 
tellable  Map*  and  our  |Nu>u- 


>ur  Modern  and  Reliable  Haps  and  our  I’.mu- 
lar  Pictorial  (  lim  r*.  Tennsund  Catalogues  free. 
E,  C\  BRIDGMAN,  5  Baroiay  Bt.,  N.  Y. 


KIDDER'S  PASTILLES  •  for  A  si  lima. 

Price  40c.  by  mail.  Stowkll  Sc  Co.  ,  Charlesto  w  n.  Mass. 


a  month  !  Horse  and  carriage  furnished 
Expenses  raid.  if.  if.  BAaw,  Alfred,  Me. 


A  RETIRED  QUAKER  PHYSICIAN, 

XI.  whose  (lays  on  earth  uro  nearly  ended,  will  teil 
the  affiieted  how  he  oured  over  1,000  cases  of  con¬ 
sumption,  and  send  tho  prescription  used  by  him 
free  of  charge,  thinking  perhaps  he  can  do  ns  much 
good  In  this  way  ua  when  practicing  his  profession 
Address  ABEL  BROWN,  Box  261,  Jorsey  City,  N.  J. 


INBUSTEIAL  EXHIBITION  COMPANY 

No.  925  BROADWAY,  NKW  YORK  CITY. 


45  Til  4?ft  Per<1*y!  Agtinu  w»nt«d  I  All  clatRaa  of  worklog 
V9  lu  paoiile,  of  •lUwrwx,  young  or  eld,  make  moro  money 

at  work  for  tu  In  thulr  .parn  moment,  or  all  the  time  than  at  anything 
elw.  Partloolara  flee.  Addieaa  G.  Stluaoa  A  Co.,  Portland,  Maine 


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CITY  DF  ROCHESTER 

7  Per  Cent.  Bonds, 

Issued  for  Construction  of  Water  Works,  under 
Act  of  Legislature,  Passed  April  27, 1872. 

Rochester  poimcneit  tbs  slen«st«  of  u  prun- 
p»*riiy  uni'xtcllcd,  il  I'linnlli'd,  by  any  other 
city  i»  tliiM  State.  It  i»  the  center  ol  trade 
to  :i  surrounding  population  ot  about  500.- 
000,  to  whom  tlic  mean*  ot  tranaporlutiou 
are  furnished  I* v  Itnilroiul*  rudiatitiit  tVoni 
the  city  in  eleven  diflerotit  direction*. 

Its  iiiriobte  dne**,  excluding  thi*  loan,  is  lens 
tbnu  91,850.000,  while  St  bus  Public  Prop¬ 
erty  amounting  to  nliout  $2, 350,000,  nud 
Private  Iteul  Kata  to  vnliied  at  S70.000.000. 

The  Bond*  uri  Itemed  In  cither  Coupon  or  Regis¬ 
tered  form ;  the  Registered  being  transferable  At  the 
office  of  the  Union  Trust  Company  of  New  York, 
where  both  principal  and  Interest  is  payable. 

The  expenditure  of  moneys  derived  from  their  sale 
is  directed  by  the  Mayor  of  the  city  and  the  Board  of 
Commissioners. 

P1UCE  PAR  AND  INTEREST.  CIRCU¬ 
LARS  I  POX  APPLICATION. 

ROBINSON,  CHASE&CO 

Bankers,  18  Broad  St.,  New  York. 

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of  the  West,  u  review  of  the  railroad  and  transpor¬ 
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Organs  &  Melodeons 

The  Oldest,  Largest  and  Most  1  crfect  Manufactory 
in  the  United  States. 


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about  three  miles  from  this  JJridgs.  We’ve  not  done  that?” 
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Confess  we  have  not  ‘done’  every  tiling  that  is  to  be  seen  !” 


go  home,  and  have  to 


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cash  premiums.  Siuclmen..  free  Athlrms 

THE  RURAL.  IIO.UE,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

GREAT  REDUCTION. 

TEAS  AND  COFFEES 

AT  WHOLESALE  PRICES. 

Increased  Facilities  to  tlnb  Organizers. 
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Eagan’s  Artificial  Stone 

IS  THE  BEST. 

Patented  . . IK? ‘2. 

This  Patent,  in  the  manufacture  of  Building  Fronts. 
8tlls, Lintels. Coping,  Stops.  Doorund  Window  Heads, 
Mantels,  Hearths.  Tiling,  Curbing,  Sidewalks,  Gar¬ 
den  and  Lawn  Walks,  Floors  for  lee  Houses,  Slaugh¬ 
ter  Houses,  Carriage  Houses,  Malt  Houses,  Brewer¬ 
ies,  Cellars,  Kitchens.  Tanner*’  Vats,  Stables,  etc., 
etc.,  offers  a  good -paying,  permanent  and  legitimate 
bu  Incss  In  every  city  und  town  in  the  United  States. 
Agents  wanted.  For  sale  of  Bights,  and  all  further 
Information,  address 

EAGAN  A  VAN  DOREN, 

925  Broadway,  New  Fork. 

Rich  Farming  Lands ! 

FOR  8.4 1, K  VIvRV  CHEAP  !  1 

THK  UKST  INVESTMENT ! 

No  Fluctuations!  Alwayslmprovlng  In  Value!  The 
Wealth  of  thk  Country  is  made  by  the  udvanee 
In  HlCAI.  EgTATK.  u  the  time’  Million* of  acres 

of  the  finest  lands  on  the  Continent,  in  Kastiuin 
N  KBHAHKA .  now  for  vde— ttwt  a  il  n.l  f  ft.  m  nertr  before 
in  market— at  prices  that  llJft'Y  COMPETITION. 
IHve  a  art  Ten  Years'  Credit  i/u'en,  With  Interest  at  Six 
per  Cent.  The  Land  Grant  Bonds  of  the  Company 
taken  at  par  for  lands.  They  cun  now  be  purcliashc  d 
at  a  large  discount.  Pull  particular*  given.  New 
Guido  with  new  Maps  mailed  tree  by  addressing 
O.  F.  DAVIS, 

Land  Commissioner  U.  P.  R.  R.» 

Onialiu,  Neb. 

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K  I  I  Y  G.  E.  PEHINE,  (10  Reade  St.,  New  Vork. 
AJ  X  Wholesale  prices.  Send  lor  Catalogues. 

The  Perkins  &  House 

SAFETY  LAMPS, 

Safety  Filling  Fans  &  Lanterns, 

C2UFOR  SALE  BY  DEALERS  EVERYWHERE. 
Manufactured  by 

CLEVELAND  NON-EXPLOSIVE  LAMP  CO., 

42  Barclay  St..  N,  V.,  nud  Cleveland.  Ohio. 

Mineral  Roofing. 


A  Vegetable  Manual,  Prepared  with 
a  view  to  Economy  and  1‘rotl t. 

THIS  Work  upon  Kitchen  and  Market  Gardening, 
and  the  Field  Culture  of  Root  Crops,  is  by  p,  T. 
Quinn.  Practical  Horticulturist,  (Author  of  "Pear 
Culture  for  Profit,”)  add  should  be  owned  and  studied 
by  every  one  interested  In  Gardening,  It  Is  an  able, 
practical,  profusely  illustrated  work  ef  2CS  12mo. 
pages.  Sent,  post-paid,  for  *1,60.  Address 

D.  J),  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

5  Beckman  HI.,  N  York, 


Cheapest  and  Most  Durable!  wood,  taber  &  morse, 


It  Is  made  in  Sheets  containing  100  (net)  square 
feet,  each,  and  shipped  in  rolls  readj^to  be  laid.  It 
can  he  laid  by  Inexperienced  men,  Is  dot  Injuriously 
affected  by  heat  or  cold,  and  may  be  called  Are- proof. 
For  particulars,  address 

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T1T1  i  flTT  TREES  of  the  leading  market  varie- 
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STEAM  ENGINES, 


Now  in  use 

No  other  Musical  Instrument  ever  obtained  the  same 
popularity. 

Send  for  Price-Lists. 

Address  BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


BUILDING  PAPER! 

For  Sheathing,  Roofing,  Deafening,  Carpet  Lining,  and  as  a  substitute  for  Plastering.  Send  for  Samples 
•n.l  Circulars,  to  B.  E.  Hat,:;  k  Co.,  5fi  As  68  Park  Place,  N.  Y.,  or  Rock  River  Paper  Co.,  Chicago. 


Safest  and  best  Oil  ever  made— burns  in  any  lamp 
—for  sale  at  retail  bv  the  trade  generally,  and  at 
wholesale  by  CHAS.  PRATT  &  CO.,  [Established 
1770.]  1(18  Fulton  St.,  New  York. 

Seeds  for  Fall  Sowing. 
Bulbs  for  Fall  Planting. 
Plants  for  Winter  Flowering. 

Embracing  everything  NEW  and  RARE  in  great 
variety,  auu  at  LOW  RATES.  Price  Lists  mailed 
free  to  all  applicants. 


Seedsmen,  35  Cortiandt  Street,  N«  Y. 

Parents  should  remember 
that  Silver  Tips  not  only 
prevent  the  Shoe  wearing 
out  at  the  toe,  but  the  stock¬ 
ings  also. 

In  this  way’  it  takes  30  sec¬ 
onds  to  secure  the  sole  to  up¬ 
per  of  a  Hoot  or  Shoe,  in  a 
manner  equal  to  hand-sew¬ 
ed,  thus  reducing  the  cost. 


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Rural,  Literary  and  Family  Weekly. ' 

"  EXCELSIOR  "  its  glorious  Motto,  and  "  PBOGllKSB 
and  Improvement  ’  it*  laudable  Objects,  Moore  s 
Ku UAL  lias  tor  a  score  ot  years  been  the  Loading 
and  Largest-Circulating  Journal  of  Us  Class  — the 
Standard  authority  on  Agricultural,  tloru- 
cultnrul  utul  Domestic  Allaire,  and  a  choice, 
High-Toned  und  Popular  Literary  anti  Family 
Paper.  No  oilier  Journal  in  lt»  sphere  has  »uoli  a 
large  and  able  eurps  of  Editor-,  anti  Contributor*,  and 
none  comprise*  so  many  Departments  or  so  great  u 
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Character  Objects,  mul  udAtitQd  to  both  lown 
and  Country,  it  lifts  ardent  admirers  In  ovary  Btate, 
Territory  ar»u  Province  on  too  Continent,  hver  ear¬ 
nestly  advocating  tlu*  lUgbtfi  and  Interests  of  the 
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bus  1  on«  been  the 

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and  to-day  has  no  peer  in  its  important  Sphere  of 
Journalism.  Relieving  in  Tact,  Talent,  and  the  dis¬ 
cussion  ol  such  Timely  Topics  as  are  of  paramount 
interest  to  Producing  People,  it  employs  the  best  aids 
in  the  land,  and  its  success  proves  that  Conscientious 
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The  Freedman  a  savings  and  Trust  Company, 

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ASSKTS  OV  KU  it4,OO0,000. 

J.  W.  ALVOBD.  President. 

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MADE  IN 

3  I  DAYS] 


By  one  A  sent  soiling  Silvers  Patent 
Uroemt.  lleowmncnded  by  the  late 
Horace  Grot-ley.  Am.  Agriculturist, 
and  100.000  Families  using  them. 
One  county  for  each  Agent.  Suceesr 
sure.  V.  A.  CLEGG  &  CO.,  „ 

»  (Vrtiandt  8L,  N.  Y. 


ertlandt  8L.  ff.  Y. 


GRANDEST  SCHEME  EVER  kNCjWNl 

FOURTH  GRAND  GIFT  CONCERT 

FOR  THE  BENEFIT  OF  THE 


EATON,  JfiAI>180IV  CO.,  N.  T., 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 


Portable,  Slutlonary 
mid  Agricultural. 

Hundreds  In  use  in  Shop*, 
Priming  Rooms,  Mills,  Mines, 
and  on  Farms  and  Planta¬ 
tions,  for  Grain  Threshing, 
Food  Cooking  for  Stock,  Cot¬ 
ton  Ginning,  Sawing,  Ac. 
tiff*  Circular*  sent  on  application. 


12,000  GASH  GIFTS,  $1,500,000. 

$ 250,000^Foit  950/ 

The  Fourth  Grand  Gift  Concert  authorized  by 
special  act  of  the  Legislature  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Public  Library  of  Kentucky,  will  take  place  in  Pub¬ 
lic  Library  Hall,  at  Louisville,  Ky., 

WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  3,  1873. 

Only  Sixty  Thousand  tickets  will  be  sold.  The 
tickets  are  divided  Into  ten  coupons  or  parts. 

At  tliis  Concert,  which  will  he  the  grandest  musical 
display  ever  witnessed  in  this  country,  the  unprece¬ 
dented.  sum  of 

$1,300,000, 

divided  into  12.000  cusn  gifts,  will  be  distributed  by 
lot  among  the  ticket-holders. 

LIST  OF  GIFTS: 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT . $250,000 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT .  100, 000 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT .  .50,0110 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT .  25,000 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  GIFT .  12.500 

1U  CASH  GIFTS  00,000  each .  100,000 

30  CASH  GIFTS  i.CKlO  each .  150,000 

60  CASH  GIFTS  1,000  each.  . .  50,000 

BO  CASH  GIFTS  60)  each .  10,000 

100  CASH  GIFTS  too  each .  <10,000 

150  CASH  GIFTS  BOO  each .  15.000 

250  CASH  GIFTS  200  each .  5 0.0 00 

325  CASH  GIFTS  100  each.-  .  02,500 

11,000  CASH  GIFTS  50  each .  550,000 

TOTAL,  12,000  GIFTS.  ALL  CASH. 

amounting  to . .  $1,500,000 

The  distribution  will  be  positive,  whether  all  the 
tickets  are  sold  or  not,  and  the  12,000  gifts  all  paid  In 
proportion  to  the  tickets  sold. 

PRICE  OF  TICKETS  : 

Whole  tickets,  $50;  Halves,  $25;  Ten th  6, or  each  Cou¬ 
pon,  $5;  Eleven  Whole  Tickets  JOr  l :  22 x  Ticket* 
for  *1,000;  118  Whole  Tickets  tor  *5,000;  227  Whole 
Tickets  for  *10.000.  No  discount  on  less  than  *500 
worth  of  Tickets  at  a  time. 

The  time  for  the  drawing  is  near  at  hand,  and  per¬ 
sons  intending  to  purchase  tickets  have  no  time  to 
lose. 

TOOK.  II.  H  R  AM  LETT  K, 

A-ent  Publ.  T.ibr.  Ky.,  and  Manager  Gift  Concert, 

Public  Library  Building,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Or  THOS.  H.  HAYS  &  CO., 
609  Broadway,  New  York. 


VOL.  XXVIII.  No.  IS 
WHOLE  No.  1240. 


PRICE  S3X3C  CENTS 
82.50  PEIl  YEAR. 


I  Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  In  the  year  1373,  by  I).  C.  T.  Moore,  In  the  office  of  tho  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. J 

herd.  Nearly  all  the  streams  are  dry  during 
nine  months  of  the  year,  and  there  are  no 
welcome  springs  gushing  out  from  hillsides 
or  in  the  hollow ;  but  all  of  the  landscape  is 
an  interminable  stretch  of  sun-dried  grass 
and  stunted  herbage,  with  now  and  then, 
perhaps,  a  'group  of  cottonwood  trees  that 
invariably  stand  upon  the  banks  of  what  was 
a  stream  in  the  early  spring.  These  trees 
are  godsends  to  the  eye  and  often  refresh 
tho  weary  traveler  with  their  shade  at  his 
mid-day  meal.  If  t  he  water  would  always 
run  in  these  courses  and  the  grass  remain 
green,  it  would  be  the  finest  country  in  the 
world  ;  but  a  stretch  of  country  of  fifty  or 
sixty  miles  without  water  cannot  be  a  very 
desirable  one  to  raise  cattle  in.  There  may 
coma  a  time  when  science,  with  her  artesian 
wells,  will  overflow  this  wilderness  and 
make  a  garden  of  this  waste.  Until  such 
time  comes,  the  settlers  and  ranchmen  must, 
of  necessity,  lie  few  and  far  between. 

All  of  the  available  land  has  already  been 
absorbed  by  the  farmers  and  ranchmen.  A 
man  owning  1G0  acres  of  land  on  a  running 
stream,  commands  all  the  hind  in  the  roar  of 
his  possession  ;  and  if  ho  lias  the  good  for¬ 


tune  to  own  a  spring,  the  whole  country  for 
miles  around  is  virtually  his.  It  can  safely 
Ixi  asserted  that  not  more  than  one-tenth  of 
New  Mexico  and  Colorado  is  at  present  avail¬ 
able  for  agriculture;  and  not  over  one-half 
will  be  of  use  for  grazing  land.  The  most 
part  of  that  will  bo  fed  over  with  difficulty. 
Along  the  bases  of  the  mountains  there  is 
plenty  of  water ;  but  a  good-sized  stream 
will,  as  it  Hows  out  on  the  plains,  entirely 
disappear.  This  is  especially  so  in  San  Louis 
Park,  claimed  to  he  one  of  the  best  sections 
of  the  country,  (I  will  give  a  description  of 
this  park  in  another  communication.) 

THE  BRANDING  OF  CATTLE 

is  one  of  the  most  important  of  the  neces¬ 
sary  features  of  herding  cattle,  there  are  so 
many  owners  and  the  cattle  are  always 
liable  to  be  picked  up.  An  ox  without  a 
brand  belongs  to  the  first  man  who  brands 
him.  There  are  a  great  variety  of  brands. 
Some  of  these  are  very  curious  hieroglyphics, 
formed  generally  of  a  combination  of  letters. 
I  give  a  sample.  In  the  cut,  1  is  called  a 
shoe  brand  ;  2,  a  double  shoe  brand  ;  3,  J.  15. 
O.  ;  4,  O.  T.  R.  ;  5,  O.  J.  B.  ;  *5,  T.  X.  W.  D., 
<fcc.,  to  the  end  of  the  alphabet. 


The  mode  of  branding  is  as  follows  The 
herd  is  driven  into  an  inclosure  in  which 
there  are  heavy  posts  set  deep  in  the  ground. 
A  lasso  is  thrown  around  the  horns  of  the 
animal  and  the  line  pa  -;ed  over  the  first  post 
at  hand  ;  a  second  lasso  is  thrown  m  ound  the 
hind  legs  ;  a  third  man  catches  the  bullock 
by  the  tail  and  pulls  him  over  (see  illustra¬ 
tions  on  tliis  page  and  on  page  884  for  the 
mode);  the  uuin  holding  the  first  lasso  rushes 
to  the  animal’s  head  and  kneelR  on  the  neck, 
and  a  fourth  presses  the  hot  brand  down  iuto 
the  skin,  while  a  fifth  simultaneously  cas¬ 
trates  tho  bullock,  and  the  work  is  complete. 
One  minute’s  time  sulliees  for  an  adept  to 
accomplish  the  work  ;  and  before  the  first 
animal  is  released  another  has  been  caught 
and  tied  to  a  post. 

Another  method  of  branding  (see  page  284) 
Is  to  drive  the  catllo  iuto  a  narrow  lane 
or  shute,  and  while  they  are  jammed  in 
there  tightly  put  the  hot  iron  through  the 
bars  of  the  fence  and  thus  brand  them  ;  but 
the  iron  is  more  apt  to  slip  in  this  way  than 
the  other  and  the  branding  will  not,  of  course, 
average  as  good  as  by  the  first  mode. 

A.  J.  Russell. 


CATTLE  RAISING  IN  NEW  MEXICO 


This,  on  an  average,  is  a  business  of  great 
profit,  and  many  have  amassed  princely  for¬ 
tunes  by  it.  But  all  have  not  done  so,  Many 
who  have  engaged  in  it  have  lost  all.  It  re¬ 
quires  peculiar  tact  as  well  as  good  judge¬ 
ment  in  order  to  succeed  in  it.  A  vast  deal 
of  energy  is  Involved  ;  a  constitution  is  re¬ 
quired  in  the  one  who  pursues  it  that  can 
withstand  fatigue,  privation,  and  be  on  the 
alert  night  and  day — a  man  who  can  live 
with  and  for  his  cattle  1  There  is  a  great 
deal  of  hard  work  involved  in  hording  slock 
on  the  plains— more  in  some  localities  than  in 
others — where  scarcity  of  water  is  the  one 
great  want  to  bo  supplied  ;  for  its  supply  to 
a  herd  is  often  attended  with  great  difficulty, 
the  cattle  leading  the  herdsman  many  a 
weary  hour’s  march,  at  all  hours  r,f  the  night 
and  da}'.  Along  the  margins  of  the  streams, 
for  miles  back,  the  grass  has  disappeared  be¬ 
fore  tliu  hungry  march  of  tho  thirsty,  dusty 


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MOOBE’S  BUBAL  HEW-YORKER. 


4 


cdpdtl  (Crops. 


ABOUT  ORCHARD  GRASS. 


Mr.  John  Biegrist  of  San  Jose,  Mason 
Co.,  Ill.,  has  written  to  me  to  answer  a  few 
questions  about  Orchard  grass  through  the 
Rural  Nkw-Yorker.  I  write  the  questions 
and  the  answers  thereto  : — 1.  “  Will  orchard 
grass  succeed  in  Illinois  in  a  rich,  loamy 
soil  ?”  1  should  say  that  it  would  certainly 
su  cceed.  After  Orchard  grass  has  once  form¬ 
ed  a  sod,  it  is  very  hard  to  kill  either  by 
drouth  or  by  cold,  and  is  less  affected  by 
either  than  almost  any  other  kind  of  grass. 
2.  “  What  is  the  best  time  for  sowing  f*  1 
think  seed  sown  in  March,  in  this  State, 
would  bo  more  likely  to  take  hold  than  if 
sown  at  any  other  time.  The  fall  is  the  beet 
where  the  winters  are  mild.  Experience 
would  soon  show  whether  it  would  be  able 
to  stand  the  winter  if  sown  in  the  fall  iu  Il¬ 
linois.  Here  in  the  mountains  of  Virginia 
we  find  it  surer  to  sow  hi  (ho  spring.  3. 
“  How  do  you  sow  Orchard  grass  seed  ?”  1 
always  sow  by  hand,  and  on  wheat  land  or 
land  that  has  not  been  plowed  recently.  1 
always  harrow  immediately  after.  4.  “How 
much  docs  orchard  grass  seed  weigh  ?”  Four¬ 
teen  pounds  to  the  bushel  is  generally  recog¬ 
nized  now  as  the  standard  weight ;  but  some 
of  our  merchants  have  a  habit  of  buying  at 
14  pounds  and  selling  at  13.  Bo  we  should 
always  make  them  say  which  they  intend 
giving  before  buying,  ft.  “  Is  Orchard  grass 
hay  as  easily  cured  as  timothy  Y”  It  is  as 
easy  or  easier,  and  will  stand  getting  wet 
and  yet  make  good  hay.  0.  “  How  does  it 
last  for  pastures  ?”  It  Is  the  best  pasture 
grass  that,  I  know  of,  and  (what  will  suit 
most  farmers)  it  should  be  grazed  close.  7, 
“  Where  can  good,  clean  seed  be  bought,  and 
at  what  price  (”  I  received  a  sample  of  yood 
seed  a  few  days  back  from  Allison*  &  Aum 
son  of  Richmond,  Va.,  at  $2, 2ft  per  bushel, 
do  not  know  howmany  pounds  to  the  bushel 

I  think  if  Mr.  Biegrist  would  get  “Flint 
on  Grasses,’’  and  read  what  he  says  about 
Orchard  grass,  he  would  gain  some  valuable 
information  on  the  subject.  Iu  conclusion, 
would  say  that,  taking  all  things  into  consul 
oration,  (liny  posture,  seed,  Improvement  of 
the  land,  &e.,)  Orchard  grass  is  the  very  be 
grass  that  we  have.  W.  F.  Tallant. 

Christ  iansburg,  Va. 

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CHUFA  OR  EARTH  ALMOND. 


good  green  crop  to  plow  under.  But  the 
profit  to  be  realized  from  rye  as  a  crop  will 
differ  in  different  localities  and  under  differ¬ 
ent  circumstances — hence  when  we  recom¬ 
mend  rye  as  a  paying  crop,  we.  do  not  recom¬ 
mend  every  man  to  make  it  one.  of  his  crops 
until  he  Las  found  out  what  its  straw,  grain, 
or  it  as  a  forage,  soiling  or  green  manure 
crop  is  to  him.  This  can  on’v  be  done  by  a 
knowledge  of  the  facts  and  figures. 

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FIELD  NOTES. 


In  answer  to  the  questions  in  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  of  September  27,  I  will  say 
that  if  j  ou  will  keep  sheep  or  pigs,  you 
should  grow  the  “Chufaor  Earth  Almond  ” 
In  the  spring  take  any  clay  or.sandy  soil,  and 
when  tlic  ground  is  warm  put  it  into  ridges 
of  four  light  furrows,  or  wide  enough  to  work 
with  a  oue-borse  cultivator  if  you  have  one  ; 
run  a  light  harrow  over  the  ridge,  make 
drill  with  a  plow  or  marker ;  drop  two  chu- 
l’as  every  eighteen  inches  in  the  drill  ;  cover 
two  inches  deep.  When  they'  have  grown 
about  four  inches  high,  throw  the  dirt  from 
them  with  a  plow,  chop  out  the  grass  with  a 
hoe,  sprinkle  a  little  ashes  around  the  chul'u, 
then  throw  the  dirt  to  them  ;  when  they  have 
grown  about  a  foot  high,  or  about  the  1st  of 
J  une,  turn  on  your  sheep.  W lieu  you  think  the 
sheep  have  eaten  close  enough,  take  them  out 
of  the  field  until  about  August  1  ;  turn  in 
your  sheep  again  for  a  few  days  ;  about  Oct. 
1,  dig  enough  for  seed  next  year,  and  plenty 
for  the  children  to  eat  through  the  winter; 
turn  in  your  sheep  and  let  the  pigs  follow  the 
sheep;  for  the  pigs  will  do  your  fall  plowing, 
and  gel,  f  it  while  they  are  at  it.  I  have  no 
chufas  to  sell,  but  to  any  one  who  will  send 
me  a  package  of  wheat,  oats,  barley,  buck¬ 
wheat,  millet  or  any  grass  seed,  I  will  send  in 
return  a  package  of  Chufas  or  of  Japan  peas 
Box  69,  Natchez,  Miss.  A.  AY.  Stuart. 


“DOES  IT  PAY  TO  GROW  RYE  1” 


So  a  friend  asked  us  the  other  day  We 
replied,  yes — when  the  straw,  after  the 
grain  is  out  of  it  will  bring  SIS  to  $25  per  ton 
for  manufacturing  purposes.  It  does  bring 
this  iu  many  localities  and  is  grown  for  no 
other  purpose.  Bosidas  the  grain  itself  is 
growing  in  favor  as  material  for  bread.  The 
consumption  of  rye  bread  annually  increases. 
Germans  use  it  extensively;  its  sweetness 
uud  nutrition  as  Served  in  the  German  res¬ 
taurants  and  beer  saloons  is  attracting  the 
attention  of  Americans.  It  makes  a  delicious 
bread  ;  and  our  people  should  know  how  to 
utilize  the  grain  and  the  straw  and  remember 
that  it  is  not  only  an  excellent  late  fall,  -win¬ 
ter  and  early  spring  forage  crop,  but  an 
excellent  summer-soiling  crop  as  well  as  a 


Treatment  of  Meadows. — The  Ohio  Farmer 
says: — “We  have  iu  mind  meadows  which 
have  not  been  plowed  in  twenty  years,  and 
yet  they  yield  not  only  heavy  but  first  qual¬ 
ity  hay  ;  they  having  always  been  pastured 
in  early  fall,  never  fed  close,  and  occasionally 
harrowed  and  top-dressed  with  fine,  well- 
rotted  manure.  The  habit  into  which  many 
farmers  have  got  of  allowing  sheep  lo  gnaw 
meadow’s  In  the  winter  is  a  bod  one,  for  they 
nip  to  the  very  root  s,  to  get  the  nutritious 
and  sweet  feed.”  We  cau  say  that  wo  have 
seen  meadows  whose  proprietors  told  us  had 
not  been  plowed  in  fifty  years,  and  the  only 
fertilizer  they  received  was  a  dressing  of  lime 
once  in  five  years. 

A  “  White  Peach  Tilow  Pulido.” — Inclosed 
1  send  you  a  potato  I  found  among  my  Peach 
Blows.  I  showed  it  to  a  few  friends  and 
none  could  tell  to  what  variety  it  belonged  ; 
some  thought  it  might  be  a  hybrid.  What.  1 
want  to  know  is  this :  1-  it  a  distinct  variety? 
If  so,  please  name  it.  Some  of  them  are  long, 
resembling  (slightly)  the  Early  Rose  iu  shape. 
They  arc  all  alike,  ‘however,  In  color  of  :  kin  ; 
they  all  have  the  little  specks  that,  you  ace  on 
the  sample.— N.  T.  Phillips,  Cum  Co.,  Mo. 

The  now  very  common  White  Peach  Blow 
potato  is  only  a  “sport”  of  t  he  old  red  sort ; 
and  it  is  probable  that  the  white  variety 
found  among  your  genuine  old  Peach  Blows 
is  only  another  sport  of  the  same  style.  Per¬ 
haps  it  is  worth  preserving,  if  for  nothing 
more  than  the  determination  of  origin. 

Cotton  Can  be  Transplanted. — A  correspon¬ 
dent  of  t  he  Southern  Farmer,  who  had  some 
rare  cotton  sued,  found  that  part  of  it  did  not 
come  up  and,  he  says,  “although  I  had  often 
heard  that  cotton  could  not  be  transplanted, 

1  determined  to  try  and  get  a  perfect  stand, 
and  while  transplanting  one  day,  a  couple  of 
my  neighbors  called,  and  1  was  laughed  at  a 
good  deal  by  them  for  trying  to  transplant 
cotton.  1  transplanted  the  fifty-two  stalks 
und  not  one  died,  although  I  took  no  particu¬ 
lar  pains  to  preserve  the  earth  around  the 
roots,  and  to-day  theix*  is  hardly  any  percep¬ 
tible  difference  in  the  stalks  transplanted  and 
those  not.” 

Klnp  of  thC Parlies  Potato — I  want  you  to 
know  that  I  think  this  one  of  the  best  pota¬ 
toes  I  know  of.  It  is  just  splendid,  and  the 
wonder  to  me  is,  that  more  has  not  been  said 
about  it. — p.  a.  s. 

We  have  seen  this  potato  growing,  and 
agree  with  our  correspondent  that  it  has 
many  excellent  qualities  to  recommend  it 
but  we  should  like  the  experience  of  those 
who  have  grown  it  in  different  and  widely 
separate  localities. 


<$lff  |3oultltj|  fulfil. 


MARKETING  POULTRY  AND  GAME. 


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CP 


SUGAR  BEETS  FOR  SWINE. 


Jonathan  Taloott  gives  a  statement  in 
the  Boston  Cultivator  of  an  experiment  per¬ 
formed  on  a  Buffo! k  pig  where  sugar  beets 
were  largely  employed  for  fattening.  Tlie 
annual  was  about  a  year  old,  and  the  feeding 
on  boiled  sugar  boots,  tops  and  root,  began 
on  the  Kith  of  August,  and  was  continued 
three  times  a  day  until  Lhe  1st  of  October, 
after  which  ground  feed  was  given,  consist¬ 
ing  of  two  parts  of  corn  and  one  of  oats, 
three  times  a  day,  till  the  animal  was  slaugh¬ 
tered,  the  meal  being  mixed  with  cold 
water.  The  result  was,  on  the  10th  of  Au¬ 
gust,  when  the  sugar  beet  feeding  was  be¬ 
gun,  that  the  weight  was  300  lbs.  ;  (Septem¬ 
ber  1st,  3'JO  lbs.  :  October  1*1,  450  lbs.  ;  No¬ 
vember  1st,  520  lbs.  This  is  the  substance  of 
the  statement  given,  by  which  we  perceive 
that  the  increase  the  last  Of  August,  when 
fed  on  boiled  sugar  beets,  was  at  the  rate  of 
two  pounds  per  day  ;  the  same  rate  of  in¬ 
crease  on  the  same  food  continued  through 
September.  When  fed  on  ground  corn  and 
oats,  made  into  cold  slop,  the  gain  for  the 
next  fifty  days  was  less  than  a  pound  and  a 
half  per  day, 

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A  New  Hog  Disease.— The  Rural  World 
says  : — A  singular  disease  has  broken  out 
among  the  hogs  in  Morgan  county.  Ill.,  and 
is  attended  with  considerable  mortality.  The 
first  symptoms  are  swelling  of  the  forefeet, 
generally  the  right,  cue.  and  loss  of  appetite. 
The  legs  swell  from  the  feet  upward  until 
the  swelling  reaches  the  body,  when  erup¬ 
tions  begin  to  show  themselves,  mortification 
sets  in,  and  death  ensues  in  a  few  hours 
afterward. 


CnAS.  Htglet  &  Co.’s  circular  gives  the 
following  hints  in  reference  to 

POULTRY. 

Stock  should  be  kept  from  food  twenty- 
four  hours  before  killing ;  full  crops  injure 
the  appearance,  are  liable  to  sour,  and  will 
very  much  injure  the  sale.  Opening  the 
veins  of  the  neck  with  the  small  blade  of  a 
knife  is  the  best  mode  of  killing  ;  deface  the. 
neck  as  little  as  possible,  but  let  them  bleed 
freely.  For  scalding,  the  water  should  be 
as  near  the  boiling  point  as  possible  and  not 
actually  boil.  The  poultry,  being  held  by 
the  legs,  should  be  dipped  about  three  times, 
raising  it  quite  out  of  the  water,  the  motion 
helping  the  wa.er  to  penetrate  the  feathers 
and  take  proper  effect  upon  the  skin.  Pick 
the  feathers  off  immediately— pin  feathers 
und  all — without  rubbing  or  era  ping,  which 
breaks  the  skin  and  makes  it  turn  dark.  It 
should  next  he  “plumped,”  by  being  dipped 
into  scalding  water— say  ten  seconds— and 
then  into  clean  cold  water  for  about  as  many 
minutes.  Before  packing  it  should  get  thor 
ouyhly  dry  and  cold,  but  not  frozen.  The 
intestines  or  the  crop  should  not  be  drawn 
the  head  may  be  left  on.  Boxes  holding  100 
to  200  lb-i.  each  are  the  most  desirable  packa¬ 
ges,  though  barrels  will  do.  For  packing  rye 
straw  is  preferable,  wheat  the  next  best ;  cut 
off  the  heads,  and  be  sure  it  is  dry  and  free 
from  m  list.  Place  a  layer  of  sti  aw  over  the 
bottom  of  the  box.  Commence  and  pack  a 
layer,  backs  up,  breasts  snugly  against  one 
end  of  the  box;  the  legs  should  not  bo 
cramped  up  under  the  body  but  straightened 
well  out,  over  which  the  next  layer  of  p,.>ul 
try  should  be  packed,  fetching  the  breasts 
snugly  up  against  the  last  layer.  At  the  end 
of  each  course  a  few  pieces  should  be  placed 
crossways  over  the  legs  of  the  last  layer,  to 
keep  all  snugly  in  its  place.  Sprinkle  over  a 
light  layer  of  straw,  aud  pack  the  next 
course  in  like  manner,  and  so  ou  until  the 
box  Is  full.  Avoid,  when  possible,  putting 
more  than  one  kind  in  a  package.  Mark  on 
each  box  gross  weight  and  tare,  also  the  kind 
it  contains. 

Early  in  the  season  the  unsteadiness  of  the 
weather  and  irregularity  of  receipts  causes 
wide  and  sharp  fluctuations  in  prices,  ship¬ 
pers  aiming  for  high  quoted  markets,  and 
withholding  when  prospects  show  less  favor¬ 
able.  A  oool  snap  sets  in,  preceded,  per¬ 
haps,  bv  a  term  of  mild  weather,  during 
which  time  a  shipper  aeeutnulates  a  large 
quantity  of  live  stock,  and  seizes  this  oppor¬ 
tunity  to  forward  his  supplies.  All  opera¬ 
tors,  naturally  being  under  the  same  circum¬ 
stances,  do  likewise,  which  concentrates 
heavy1  receipts  ou  the  market  at  one  time, 
perhaps  just  as  the  weather  commences  to 
soften.  Although  cold  and  dry  weather  is 
favorable  for  preparing  shipments,  we  see 
many  advantages  in  keeping  out  of  this  gen¬ 
eral  current  of  supply  as  far  as  practicable. 
By  using  extreme  cure  in  procuring  dry, 
sweet  straw,  and  having  the  poultry  not 
only  cold  but  dry  when  packed,  there  will 
be  very  little  danger  of  injury  on  the  road, 
and  very  likely  the  shipment  will  arrive  hero 
under  circumstances  just  the  reverse  of  the 
former  illustration. 

0RESS1NQ  AND  PACKING  POULTRY  FOR  LATE  MARKETS. 

Late  in  the  season  our  market  is  supplied 
largely  from  Wisconsin,  Iowa  and  Northern 
Illinois.  The  poultry  is  killed  aud  frozen 
firmly  in  the  packages  at  favorable  times 
during  the  winter,  Shipments  are  made  by 
freight,  commencing  about  the  middle  of 
January.  It  is  not  only  placed  here  at  a 
moderate  expense,  but  arrives  at  a  season 
when  our  market  is  most  favorable.  This 
has  generally  been  found  to  apply  with  fa 
vorable  results  only  to  Canada,  Vermont  and 
Northwestern  section  mentioned.  Central 
and  more  near-by  points  lack  the  steady  cold 
and  dry  temperature  to  freeze  the  stock 
properly,  besides  rates  by  express  are  more 
admissible  to  forwarding  in  the  regular  way 
aud  during  the  bight  of  the  season. 

Dry  pick  the  poultry,  us  it  will  keep  long¬ 
er,  hold  its  color  much  bettor,  and  command 
better  prices  late  in  the  season.  The  head 
may  be  left  ou,  and  the  manner  of  packing 
is  much  the  same  as  in  general  directions, 
except  no  straw  ■  or  packing  of  any  kind 
should  be  used.  Boxes  of  the  following  di¬ 
mensions  are  preferable— say  4  feet  long  by 
2  feet  wide  and  15  inches  deep  (outside  meas¬ 
urement).  Use  new  inch  lumber,  smoothly 
planed,  for  the  inside  of  the  packages.  They 
will  pack  two  layers  of  turkeys  or  three  of 
fowl.  Larger  sized  packages  are  inconveni¬ 
ent  to  handle,  and  do  not  meet  with  as  ready 


a  sale.  Place  them  in  the  open  air,  and  pack 
a  layer  of  poultry  in  as  many  boxes  as  will 
be  required  to  make  one  layer  for  each  day’s 
work.  When  frozen  sufficiently  the  second 
layer  may  be  pncketT  In  like  manner.  When 
full  the  covers  should  be  placed  on  a  nd  snugly 
nailed,  aud  the  boxes  placed  together  and 
well  covered  with  straw  say  two  or  three 
feet  in  depth— or,  should  the.  weather  moisten 
aud  thaw  when  tho  boxes  arc  but  partly 
filled,  they  shoul  1  be  protected  in  the  same 
way — in  which  manner  the  poultry  can  be 
held  and  forwarded  with  entire  safety. 

GAME. 

Venison  and  pigeons  are  a  large  item  in 
our  game  trade.  The  latter  arrive  most 
freely  during  April,  May  and  June — a  season 
when  there  is  but  little  other  game  offering 
— and  dealers  make  them  a  specialty,  and 
large  quantities  are  used.  The  venison  trade 
opens  in  October,  and  closes,  by  restrictions 
of  our  Game  Laws,  January  1st,  but  can  he 
sold  lip  to  March  1st,  when  there  is  proof 
that  the  killing  was  not  in  violation  of  the 
law  where  it  was  killed.  Early  in  the  season 
prices  are  uniformly  good,  and  so  with  nearly 
the  entire  variety.  Later,  much  depends  on 
the  fall  of  snow  to  aid  in  securing  a  supply. 
Whole  deer,  when  sent  to  thi3  market,  should 
have  the  liver  and  lights  taken  out,  they 
being  detrimental  to  its  sale.  When  shipping 
from  a  long  distance,  on  account  of  freight 
we  would  advise  sending  only  the  hind 
quarters,  including  the  loins  and  ribs,  with 
the  skin  stripped  down  tlio  forepart  and 
wrapped  about  the  saddle,  thus  keeping  it 
clean  uud  in  good  order,  in  cutting  the  car¬ 
cass  do  not  cut  square  across  but  closely  fol¬ 
low  the  ribs,  which  will  include  all  worth 
sending.  Game  birds  of  all  descriptions 
should  not  be  drawn — before  being  packed 
they  should  be  thoroughly  cold  and  dry. 
After  the  holidays  it  is  well  to  wrap  in  paper 
prairie  chickens,  partridge  and  quail ;  buyers 
then  give  such  the  preference,  but.  during 
the  forepart  of  the  season,  when  the  weather 
is  more  changeable,  the  paper  proves  dam¬ 
aging  to  the  keeping  of  the  game,  and  should 
not  be  used  ;  barrels  are  favorable  packages, 
except  for  quail,  for  which  boxes  that  con¬ 
tain  10  to  15  dozen  each  are  very  much  pre¬ 
ferable.  Avoid  as  far  as  possible  having 
more  than  one  kind  in  a  package  ;  mark 
plainly  the  kind  and  quantity  each  contains. 

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POULTRY  KEEPING  ON  A  LARGE  SCALE. 


In  answer  to  your  correspondent’s  inquiry 
1  would  state  that  fowls  may  be  kept  with 
profit  in  large  numbers  if  properly  cooped 
and  managed  ;  but  like  all  other  enterprises, 
some  persons  succeed  with  great  profit  while 
Others  fail  One  must  have  a  taste,  and  take 
pleasure,  iu  the  business,  and  with  watchful, 
industrious  care,  poultry  business  can  be 
made  very  remunerative.  To  keep  1,000 
fowls,  it  should  require  about  80  apartments, 
eacli  room  to  contain  12  hens,  with  as  touch 
outside  room  as  can  be  had.  The  best,  yet 
with  a  more  expensive  outlay,  is  to  inclose 
three  or  four  acres  of  land,  and  erect  smalt 
coops— say  40  feet  apart — around  the  lot,  and 
after  each  flock  has  been  let  out  separately 
a  few  times,  they  can  all  be  allowed  to  roam 
together,  and  will  each  return  at  uight  to 
their  own  apartments,  With  this  method 
the  coops  can  be  ventilated  and  kept  much 
cleaner  than  one  large  building.  \Ye  have 
such  an  establishment  at  Lynnflekl  ;  the  pro¬ 
prietor  keeps  about  1,000  fowls,  and  I  under¬ 
stand  his  net  profits  last  year  were  about 
$2,000. 

I  would  advise,  for  eggs  and  poultry,  your 
correspondent  should  keep  the  Partridge  Co¬ 
chin  fowl,  in  purity  or  crosses,  allowing  the 
blood  of  this  variety  to  predominate.  I  find 
them  very  hardy  and  great  layers  tho  year 
round  ;  mature  early,  and  a  superior,  broad¬ 
breasted,  market  fowl ;  arc  very  domestic, 
and  can  be  confined  with  four-foot  pickets. 

I  shall  breed  them  almost  exclusively  another 

season.  J.  S.  Ives. 

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POULTRY  NOTES. 


Corn  the  Cause  of  Chicken  Cholera. — A 
theory  is  promulgated  that  corn  is  the  cause 
of  chicken  cholera — that  it  and  hog  cholera 
are  most  prevalent  when  pigs  and  chickens 
are  fed  almost  exclusively  on  corn — that  corn 
contains  less  of  the  phosphates  and  more  of 
fatty  matter  than  other  cereals,  and  this 
accounts  for  chicken  and  hog  cholera.  Well, 
let  us  have  facts,  gentlemen.  Let  those  of 
our  readers  whose  chickens  und  pigs  have 
been  afflicted  with  cholera  tell  us  now  they 
have  been  fed. 

Buckwheat  for  Foirls.  —  I  have  given  it 
ouee  a  day  to  all  my  young  stock  (Brahmas), 
and  they  have  done'  wonderfully  well,  and 
not  ono  has  been  sick  or  ailing  since  it  was 
hatched.  I  never  give  it  to  the  hens,  as  1 
consider  it  too  fattening.  My  fowls  are  in  a 
small,  enclosed  run. — Zit. 


233 


CHURNS  AND  QUICK  CHURNING. 


Please  be  so  obliging  as  to  inform  me  of 
the  best  cheese  dasher,  and  the  least  possible 
time  butter  can  be  made  with  it. — Mrs.  H, 
B.  Robinson,  Blount  Springs,  Blount  Co., 
Ala. 

Me  cannot  undertake  to  say  what  churn 
is  best..  It  is  said  the  Pa  tent  Office  records 
show  that  patents  have  been  issued  for  8,000 
different  devices  for  churning.  Among  this 
number  we  have  personal  acquaintance  and 
experience  with  only  a  few.  At  the  butter 
factories  the  old-fashioned  dash-churn  is  per¬ 
haps  the  moat  popular,  though  in  some  sec¬ 
tions  the  revolving  barrel  or  box-churn  is 
preferred.  The  latter  wo  believe  is  largely 
employed  by  the  butter  makers  of  Vermont. 

In  respect  to  the  dash  churn,  it  may  be 
remarked  that  no  device  has  been  invented 
that  will  surpass  it  in  making  better  butter. 
The  Grange  Co.  butter  makers  say  they  pre¬ 
fer  the  dash-churn  to  nil  others,  since  they 
can  regulate  the  stroke  of  the  dash  so  that 
the  cream  may  be  churned  in  a  proper  time 
—the  butter  coming  neither  too  last  nor  too 
slow.  The  only  objection  that  can  bo  urged 
against  the  dash-churn  is  the  labor  involved 
in  its  operation.  That  it  does  its  work  well 
and  produces  the  very  finest  quality  of  but¬ 
ter,  is  not  disputed.  Doubtless  there  are 
many  other  churns  that  will  do  their  work 
quite  as  well  as  the  dash-chum  and  with  a 
less  expenditure  of  labor,  and  among  these 
we  might  name  the  Blanchard,  which  agi¬ 
tates  the  cream  by  means  of  revolving  floats. 
It  is  very  substantia  lly  made,  not  liable  to 
get  out  of  order,  and  is  easily  cleaned,  Whip¬ 
ple's  rectangular  churn  is  an  improvement 
on  the  revolving  box-churn,  inasmuch  as  it 
is  hung  on  the  diagonal  corners  of  the  box, 
thus  rendering  it  of  easy  operation.  The 
butter  forma  in  coarse  grains.  It  has  neither 
dasher,  floats  nor  agitators,  the  cream  acting 
only  upon  itself  and  the  inner  flat  surfaces 
of  the  churn. 

As  to  the  least  possible  time  In  which  a 
churn  will  do  its  work,  that  will  depend  in  a 
great  measure  upon  the  rapidity  with  which 
it  is  worked  and  the  greater  or  less  agitation 
of  the  cream.  Quick  churning  is  no  recom¬ 
mendation  to  any  churn.  To  do  a  churning 
in  three  minutes  may  bean  important  saving 
of  time  ;  but  the  gain  in  time  is  at  the  ex¬ 
pense  of  the  butter.  The  best  butter  makers 
say  that  at  least  from  one-half  to  three- 
quarters  of  an  hour  should  be  occupied  In 
churning. 

We  have  seen  the  Blanchard  churn,  when 
operated  rapidly,  turn  cream  into  butter  in 
five  minutes,  and  with  other  churns  in  less 
than  three  minutes — but  we  should  never 
recommend  a  churn  on  that  account.  On 
the  other  hand,  if  a  churn  were  so  constructed 
that  it  must  ordinarily  do  its  work  in  that 
time,  we  should  not  advise  its  use,  because 
we  believe  that  such  a  churn,  if  introduced, 
would  do  great  damage  to  the  butter  pro¬ 
duct  of  the  country.  We  might  name  seve¬ 
ral  other  churns  that  we  know  to  be  good  for 
butter  making,  but  we  do  not  know  as  our 
correspondent’s  questions  would  be  any  more 
fully  answered  than  above. 

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MAKING  GOOD  MILK. 


Will  vou  ask,  through  the  columns  of  your 
paper,  the  best  kind  of  grain  or  food  for  a 
cow,  (kept  for  family  use,)  where  quality  of 
milk  is  more  desirable  than  quantity  * — E 
W.  Smith,  Boston ,  Mass. 

To  obtain  the  best  milk,  the  cow,  in  the 
first  place,  should  have  an  abundance  of  good, 
■sweet  grass  from  upland  pastures,  with  plen¬ 
ty  of  clean  sp ring  water.  Som e  contend  that 
there  is  nothing  superior  or  equal  to  good 
fresh  grass  to  produce  milk  of  t  he  best  qual¬ 
ity.  Quality,  when  applied  to  milk,  lues  dif¬ 
ferent  meanings  with  different-  persons.  To 
some,  quality  means  simply  milk  with  a 
large  proportion  of  cream  or  butter  in  its 
composit  ion  ;  with  others,  quality  means  not 
only  a  goodly  proportion  of  cream  in  the 
milk,  but  it  must  have  that  delicious  flavor 
and  aroma  that  come  only  from  cows  that 
are  in  perfect  health  and  are  fed  upon  the 
best  food. 

Then  again,  extra  richness  (butter)  hi  milk 
depends  more  upon  the  peculiar  organization 
of  particular  cows,  or  upon  certain  breeds  of 
cows  than  upon  any  special  kind  of  food  fed, 
in  addition  to  a  full  supply  of  grass.  Thus, 
for  instance,  the  Jersey  and  Devon,  as  a 
breed,  will  give  richer  milk  than  the  Short- 
Horn  or  Ayrshire,  each  being  fed  with  an 
abundance  of  the  same  kind  of  food.  We 
have  owned  some  cows  that  no  amount  of 
extra  feeding  would  enable  to  make  rich 
milk.  However  well  fed,  they  still  would 


iWOOfSE’S  RURAL  ME  W-¥©BKER, 


continue  to  give  milk  with  a  less  proportion 
of  butter  in  its  composition  than  average 
millc.  All  experienced  dairymen  have  had 
more  or  loss  to  do  with  such  cows,  ro  that 
when  we  talk  about  getting  rich  milk— or 
milk  of  desirable  quality— by  feeding  certain 
kinds  of  grain,  %ve  must  consider  whether 
the  animal  is  capable  of  yielding  good  milk. 

What,  then,  we  should  advise,  would  be 
to  feed  such  food  as  would  maintain  the  ani¬ 
mal  in  good  condition  as  to  flesh  and  keep 
her  in  perfect  health,  and  at  the  same  time 
such  food  as  will  bo  of  a  character  to  carry 
no  objectionable  taints  to  the  milk.  In  sum¬ 
mer,  when  the  cow  is  getting  a  full  supply 
of  sweet  ami  nutritious  grass,  heavy  foods 
like  that  of  corn  meal  should  be  avoided. 
Corn  meal  fed  iu  summer  is  too  heating,  in¬ 
ducing,  more  or  less,  a  feverish  condition  of 
the  system,  and  hence  the  milk  will  be  more 
or  less  affected.  We  have  known  the  cream 
to  be  ropy  whenever  taken  from  milk  yielded 
by  cows  fed  on  corn  meal  in  summer.  In  our 
own  experience  we  have  found  nothing  bet¬ 
ter  as  an  extra  summer  feed  for  milch  cows 
than  good,  sound  wheaten  bran  wetted  up  in 
a  masli.  Good  wheaten  bran  contains  a  con¬ 
siderable  proportion  of  flesh-forming,  muscle- 
making  elements,  well  adapted  to  main  tam¬ 
ing  the  strength  and  condition  of  the  cow 
under  the  drain  she  is  subjected  in  yielding 
milk  from  day  to  day.  Wheaten  bran  makes 
milk  of  good  flavor,  and  as  it  is  not  liable  to 
derange  health  when  used  in  connection  with 
grass,  wo  should  prefer  it  as  a  supplemental 
food  for  summer.  In  the  fall,  or  as  cold 
weather  approaches,  a  mixture  of  ground 
oats  and  wheaten  bran  will  be  found  excel¬ 
lent.  In  cold  weather  we  have  found  a  mix¬ 
ture  of  oak-  and  barley  ground  together  to 
give  good  results  in  making  a  line  quality  of 
milk,  keeping  the  cows  in  condition  and  in 
health.  Indian  meal,  mingled  with  wheaten 
bran,  may  be  used  in  winter  ;  but  the  quan¬ 
tity  of  feed,  like  that  of  .-.11  heavy  grains, 
should  be  regulated  with  judgment. 

A  great  many  milch  cows  are  annually  in¬ 
jured  and  often  spoiled  entirely  for  milk  by 
over-feeding  with  heavy,  stimulating  grains. 
Good,  weet  grass  in  summer  and  early  cut 
grass,  nicely  cured,  for  winter,  are  the  main 
foods  to  be  relied  on  for  making  good  milk. 
In  the  production  of  milk  for  family  use, 
then,  tho  chief  object  of  the  feeder  should  be 
to  keep  the  animal  in  good,  thrifty  condition 
and  in  perfect  health.  That  infinite  mischief 
often  results  from  using  the  milk  of  cows 
which  are  feverish  or  in  some  way  deranged 
in  health  by  injudicious  feeding,  there  can¬ 
not  be  a  doubt.  Some  people  have  the  strange 
notion  that  by  feeding  very  heavily  with 
grain,  or  by  increasing  the  ration  nbovo  a 
certain  point,  the  cow  will  continue  to  yield 
better  and  better  milk.  ( (rent  injury  is  often 
done  to  miieh  cows  in  this  way,  and  the  milk 
not  unfrequontly  is  rendered  unhealthy.  We 
believe  in  feeding  liberally  with  sound  and 
nutritious  foods,  but  all  Over-feeding  with 
rich,  oily  foods  is  liable  to  derange  health  and 
produce  milk  of  doubtful  character. 

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DAIRY  MATTERS  IN  NORTHERN  VER¬ 
MONT  THE  FRANKLIN  CO.  FAIR. 


We  were,  recently,  in  attendance  at  the 
Franklin  County  Fair,  in  Sheldon,  Vermont, 
where  we  saw  a  largo  number  of  Vermont 
farmers  and  learned  something  concerning 
the  daily  product  of  the  State.  A  severe 
and  protracted  drouth  has  prevailed  this  sea¬ 
son  in  Vermont,  and  the  crop  of  butter  and 
cheese  in  consequence  has  been  light.  In 
Franklin  and  the  adjoining  counties  west  of 
the  mountains,  we  were  told,  thei*e  had  been 
no  rains  to  thoroughly  wet  the  ground  since 
early  in  spring.  The  streams  and  springs  at 
the  time  of  our  visit  were  very  low,  and 
upon  some  farms  water  was  scarce.  Pastur¬ 
age  iii  many  places  we  found  quite  poor,  and 
the  afterfeed  in  meadows  exceedingly  light. 
And  it  was  evident,  from  what  we  saw  and 
heard,  that  the  dairy  products  of  Vermont 
this  year  will  fall  much  below  the  average 
make  of  other  years. 

There  was  a  large  show  of  cattle  at  the 
Franklin  Co.  Fair,  among  which  were  a  con¬ 
siderable  number  of  thoroughbred  Ayrshires 
mid  Ayrshire  grades,  with  a  few  thorough 
bred  Jerseys  and  Short -Homs.  A  good  share 
of  the  dairy  stock  shown  came  from  the 
farms  without  any  previous  “fitting  up”  for 
the  occasion,  and  therefore  represented  tho 
average  condition  of  milking  stock.  Some 
of  the  animals  were  quite  thin  ui  flesh,  but 
iu  other  respects  were  good-fashioned  dairy 
cows. 

Ayrshires,  we  were  told,  are  becoming  the 
favorite  among  the  daily  farmers  of  Frank¬ 
lin  Co.,  though  in  some  instances  an  admix¬ 
ture  of  J ersey  blood  in  the  herds  is  preferred. 
At  one  time  considerable  cheese  was  made 


in  Franklin  Co. ;  but  of  late  farmers  are  turn¬ 
ing  their  attention  more  to  butter  making. 

The  show  of  butter  at  the  Fair  was  large 
and  the  quality  excellent.  We  examined  the 
long  row  of  butter  packages  with  consider¬ 
able  interest,  as  it  gave  us  opportunity  to 
compare  the  butter  made  in  Vermont  with 
New  York  butter  as  shown  at  the  various 
Fairs  in  Now  York.  W e  have  seldom,  if  ever, 
seen  a  better  exhibition  of  butter  at  a  county 
Fair,  and  it  would  be  to  the  advantage  of 
the  dairymen  of  New  York  if  they  would 
take  as  much  interest  in  the  show  of  dairy 
products  and  dairy  stock  as  was  evinced  here 
by  Vermont  farmers. 

Sheldon  is  about  10  miles  from  St.  Albans, 
and  t  he  Fair  grounds  are  in  the  vicinity  of 
mineral  springs,  which  have,  of  late,  acquired 
some  notoriety. 

We  desire  to  express  our  obligations  to  Mr. 
A.  A.  Moore,  President  of  Franklin  Co.  Ag. 
Hoc.,  to  Mr.  Edward  Smith  of  St.  Albans 
and  to  Mr.  Mason,  President  of  the  Vermont 
Dairymen’s  Association,  for  information  and 
courteous  attention  given  usdnriug  our  visit. 


MOHAIR  AND  ITS  USES. 


We  have  frequent  inquiries  concerning  the 
Angora  goat  and  its  products.  There  have 
been  frequent  efforts  made  to  got  up  a  furore 
in  reference  to  these  animals.  The  fact, 
however,  that  an  interest  is  felt  in  them  by 
so  many  people  (of  which  wo  have  abundant 
evidence)  leads  us  to  copy  into  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  the  following  article  which  we 
find  in  the  Colorado  Agriculturist  and  Stock 
Journal.  We  by  no  means  indorse  the  eon- 
elusions  of  the  writer,  but  publish  it  because 
of  the  facts  it  contains  : 

As  growing  mohair  promises  very  shortly 
to  become  an  important  industry  on  the 
Pacific  coast,  a  few  facts  and  figures  concern¬ 
ing  that  industry  may  prove  interesting  to 
some  of  your  readers.  Until  within  tho  last 
few  years  tho  production  of  this  clothing 
material  has  been  confined  chiefly  to  small 
districts  of  Europe  and  Asia— Angora,  in 
Central  Asia  Minor,  being  the  principal  one. 
The  world’s  production  of  Angora  fleece 
amounts  to  only  about  7,000,00(1  pounds  annu¬ 
ally,  as  shown  113-  statistics,  and  itis  asserted 
on  good  authority  that  tho  mohair  manufac¬ 
turers  number  but  eleven  In  the  entire  world. 

A  comparative  monopoly  on  tho  part  of  the 
producers  has  been  the  consequence,  and  a 
corresponding  monopoly  on  the  part  of  the 
mam ifacturers  the  result.  Hence  the  fabulous 
prices  of  all  mohair  goods.  Of  these  eleven 
manufactories  of  mohair  goods,  not  more 
than  two  or  three  are  in  the  United  Stutes. 
The  proprietors  of  one  mill  In  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  imported  in  1808  seventy  thou¬ 
sand  dollars’  worth  of  machinery  for  the 
exclusive  pm  pose  of  working  up  Angora 
fleece.  Within  a  year  after  starting  they  had 
consumed  all  the  fleece  that  could  be bbUi ue«l 
in  tho  country,  being  the  accumulations  o£ 
ten  years  among  wool  dealers,  besides  im¬ 
porting  20,000  pounds  from  Asia  Minor,  and 
still  they  were  short  of  the  needful  supply  to 
keep  their  machinery  in  motion.  Within 
the  last  three  yearn  more  than  fifty  different 
new  varieties  of  mohair  goods  have  been 
produced  by  American  manufacturers  and 
introduced  into  the  commerce  of  the  world. 
These  include  watered  camlets,  possessing 
a  beauty  and  brilliancy  of  surface  unap- 
proaehed  by  fabrics  made  of  luster  wools, 
and  barely  rivalled  by  silks,  decorative  laces, 
buttons,  braidings,  coat  trimmings,  light  and 
durable  cloths  of  elegant  texture  and  rc.pel- 
lant  of  water,  fight  lustrous,  rich  articles  of 
dress  for  the  wealthiest  ladies  of  fashion, 
and  possessing  an  unequaled  gloss,  softness, 
strength  and  durability.  In  France  a  kind 
of  lace  is  now  made  which  is  substituted  for 
the  very  costly  fabrics  of  Valenciennes  and 
Chantilly,  said  to  be  cheaper,  more  durable, 
and  equally  beautiful.  Utrecht  velvets  have 
been  for  some  years  made  in  the  same  coun¬ 
try,  and  more  recently  in  England,  for  hang¬ 
ings,  furniture  trimmings,  linings  of  car¬ 
riages,  fringes,  tassels,  etc.  Ten  pounds  of 
this  hair  thus  manufactured  have  been 
known  to  bring  at  retail  five  hundred  dollars, 
while  the  best  shawls  made  in  France  and 
tho  East  from  mohair  warp,  using  the  fur 
for  the  weft  or  filling  (the  hair  giving  strength 
and  durability,  and  the  fur  warmth  and  soft¬ 
ness)  sell  at  retail  at  enormous  prices,  from 
8500  to  $3,500.  The  skins  of  the  young  goats 
are  frequently  dressed  for  furs,  colored  or 
not,  and  used  for  trimmings,  for  the  costliest 
ladies’  dresses,  cloaks,  etc.,  and  for  muffs  and 
tippets.  A  single  skin  thus  dressed  has  been 
known  to  sell  for  from  825  to  $100.  Besides  l 


the  fabrics  made  exclusively  from  mohair,  it 
is  used  in  Irish  poplins,  Brocades,  and  in  the 
famous  Cashmere  shawls.  In  America  the 
insufficiency  of  home  production,  the  exis¬ 
tence  of  a  monopoly  on  the  part  of  foreign 
manufacturers,  and  the  exorbitant  price  of 
the  raw  materia),  have  all  conspired  to  dis¬ 
courage  tho  manufacturers.  Special  ma¬ 
chinery  with  expert  workmen,  commanding 
high  wages,  are  required,  and  these  cannot 
be  set  up,  and  employed  with  profit,  when 
the  price  of  the  raw  material  is  three  dollars 
a  pound — u  price  the  proprietors  of  a  mill  in 
Lawrence,  Massachusetts,  refused  to  pay 
only  a  short  time  ago,  stopping  their  ma¬ 
chinery  rather  than  submit  to  the  extortion¬ 
ate  demands  of  the  foreign  producers  und 
dealers,  and  being  unable  to  procure  in  this 
country  an  adequate  supply.  [’>3-  a.  calcula¬ 
tion  the  natural  increase  of  5,000  ewes  reach¬ 
es  in  ten  years  the  enormous  numher  ol’ 
886,718.  The  sales  of  wethers  and  ewes  (old) 
made  from  time  bo  time  during  this  period, 
amount  to  8043,000,  allowance  being  made 
for  selling  all  the  wethers,  and  10,000  old  ewes 
1  tho  seventh  year;  37,714  tho  eighth  year,  and 
1  39,028  the  ninth  year.  The  fleece,  counting 
I  from  the  second  year,  (the  first  year’s  being 
valueless)  amounts  in  nine  years  to  051,102 
pounds.  Its  value,  estimated  low,  at  00 cents 
per  pound  for  tho  second,  third,  and  fourth 
years  ;  at.  80  cents  for  tho  fifth,  sixth  and 
seventh  years  ;  and  ub  $1  for  the  eighth, 
ninth  and  tenth  years,  amounts  to  a  total  of 
$877,059.40.  Bum  up  these  results  and  we 
have  the  following  : 

Value  of  wethers  ft  ad  ewea  sold . $(8.1,000  (III 

Value  or  wool  told . .  877  onn  10 

Value  of  stock  on  hand  touth  year  (75, Odd 
ewes  nt  $10  each! .  750,000  00 

Grand  total . $2,270,950  10 

Liberal  margin  has  here  been  allowed  for 
expenses,  losses,  and  all  reasonable  contin¬ 
gencies,  first,  by  throwing  oil’  25  per  cent,  of 
the  natural  increase  ;  second,  by  deducting 
from  the  count  the  5,009  common  goats  to 
start  with  ;  and  the  third,  by  making  low 
estimates  of  sales  of  fleece  and  stock.  The 
increase  of  the  Angora  is  never  less  than  100 
per  cent.,  often  reaching  to  150  percent.  The 
ewes  bear  when  one  year  of  age,  and  when 
the  practice  of  “breeding  to  points”  Is 
carefully  pursued,  each  succeeding  genera¬ 
tion  improves  in  quality  and  increases  in 
value  iu  proportion  to  its  grade.  Hence,  by 
retaining  all  the  females  as  long  as  they  con¬ 
tinue  good  breeders,  and  marketing  only  the 
males,  the  rone  hero  gets  the  benefit  of  an 
increase  which,  in  a  few  years,  attains  an 
apparently  fabulous  figure. 


<$It£  j5fflt[tSjmtlt. 


TROUT  KILLING  ON  THE  TRUCKEE. 

Op  the  illegal  slaughter  of  trout  in  the 
streams  of  Nevada  county,  the  Sacramento 
Bee  gives  the  following  account  : 

The  Indians  and  Chinamen  stand  on  the 
banka  and  snake  them  out  of  the  stream  at 
the  rate  of  five  hundred  to  one  thousand 
pounds  per  day.  But,  how  ?  By  what  they 
call  “  grab  hooks.”  A  grab  hook  is  made  of 
four  hooks  placed  back  to  back  on  a,  piece  of 
wood  or  iron,  half  an  inch  through,  and  say 
four  inches  long,  and  leaded  so  as  to  carry  it 
into  the  water  with  dispatch. 

The  hooks,  pointing  in  all  directions,  are 
fastened  to  an  eight  or  ten  foot  line,  and  that 
to  a  strong  pole.  The  grabber  standing  on 
the  bank  drops  his  bunch  of  hooks  into  the 
foaming  water  at  the  foot  of  the  dam,  where 
the  trout  is  known  to  ho  in  great  quantities, 
and  jerks  and  drops,  and  drops  and  jerks 
until  he  strikes  a  fish  in  the  side,  back,  belly, 
gills,  or  anywhere,  and  out  the  flsli  hue  to 
come. 

Tt,  is  from  this  source  that  the  California 
Truekoe  trout  market  is  supplied.  Look  at 
the  flsl  1  hi  the  market  and  see  the  hole  made 
by  the  grab-liook— or  it  ma>'  have  been 
speared,  for  the  Indians  trail  tho  rivers  and 
east  the  spear  with  great  dexterity. 

All  this  is  against  tho  law,  but  the  District 
Attorney  of  Nevada  county,  whose  business 
it  is  to  prosecute,  resides  iu  Nevada  City,  as 
far  from  Truckee  as  lie  is  from  Sacramento, 
and  the  result  is  that  there  is  110  one  to  en¬ 
force  the  law,  and  in  consequence  of  his  neg¬ 
ligence,  the  beBt  fish  streams  are  being 
depopulated. 

- ■•♦♦♦ - - 

To  Get  Woodchucks  out  op  Stone  Walls 
— A  New  England  Farmer  correspondent 
tells  the  bovs  that  the  way  to  get  a  wood¬ 
chuck  out  of  a  stone-wall  without  tearing  it 
down  is  to  take  a  piece  of  wire  about  three 
feet  long,  place  both  ends  in  one  hand,  and 
put  the  curve  at  the  creature’s  nose.  He  will 
usually  lay  hold,  and  being  unable  to  let  go 
when  there  is  a  steady  pull  he  is  speedily 
brought  to  daylight  and  destruction. 


It  is  often  noticed  in  very  vigorous  trees  that 
the  bark  of  the  trunk  is  split  longitudinally  ; 
whenever  this  is  apparent,  such  trees  are 
always  free  from  this  form  of  blight,  as  the 
pressure  upon  the  cellular  and  vascular  tis¬ 
sues  has  been  relieved.  From  a  series  of  ex¬ 
periments  commenced  in  1857,  it,  is  demon¬ 
strated,  that  whenever  trees  whose  bark  had 
been  longitudinally  incised  and  divided, 
never  showed  any  signs  of  this  form  of 
blight. 


Mr.  Henry  Bowen,  chemist,  of  Philadelphia, 
Gustavus  Ober,  Esq.,  of  Baltimore,  and  Mr. 
Geo.  E.  White  of  New-York,  all  of  them 
recognized  as  having  a  good  degree  of  knowl¬ 
edge  and  familiarity  with  the  subject,  w. 


PEAR  BLIGHT 


FERTILIZERS— THEIR  MECHANICAL 
CONDITION. 


REPORT  OF  A  COMMITTEE  OF  THE  AMERICAN  P0M010G- 
ICAL  SOCIETY. 

Hon.  Marsh  a  le  P,  Wilder,  President 
American  Homological  Society  : — Dear  Sir — 
The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  annual 
meeting  of  this  Society,  to  investigate  the 
cause  of  pear  blight,  and,  if  possible,  recoin 
mend  a  remedy  or  preventive  therefor,  beg 
leave  to  submit,  as  follows  : 

The  task  alottcd  to  your  committee  is  con¬ 
nected  with  unusual  difficulties,  as  the  sub¬ 
ject  is  one  that  has  for  more  than  a  quarter 
of  a  century  remained  an  unsolved  problem. 
We  therefore  entered  upon  the  performance 
of  our  duties  with  the  conviction  that  our 
efforts  must  fall  short  of  doing  justice  to  the 
object  in  view. 

Pear  blight  assumes  different  forms  and 
has  consequently  different  causes  for  its 
origin.  One  form  attacks  trees  gradually ; 
its  approach  is  slow  and  may  be  detected  for 
months,  and  often  during  the  preceding  sea¬ 
son  of  growth,  before  the  tree  is  fully  affect¬ 
ed.  This  form,  which  may  be  termed  grad¬ 
ual  blight,  is  seen  at  all  seasons  during  the 
period  of  active  vegetation,  from  early  spring 
until  September.  Its  progress  is  usually 
arrested  by  a  liberal  top-dressing  of  liquid 
manure,  so  far  as  the  roots  extend  and  a 
severe  cutting  back  of  the  branches.  This 
must  be  done  whenever  the  tree  assumes  an 
unhealthy  appearance.  The  cause,  then, 
may  be  safely  attributed  to  exhaustion,  and 
the  remedy  consists  in  replenishing  the  ex¬ 
hausted  supply  of  plant  food.  This  form  of 
blight  is  often  noticed  in  orchards  left  un¬ 
worked  and  where  the  annual  or  biennial 
top-dressing  with  fertilizing  agents  has  been 
withheld. 

Another,  and  this  is  the  most  fatal  form, 
attacks  u  tree  or  a  portion  of  it  suddenly, 
causing  the  aflected  part  to  blacken  in  a  few 
hours  after  the  tree  is  struck  ;  this  is  com¬ 
monly'  termed  fire  blight.  This  lorm  is  peri¬ 
odical  in  its  attacks  and  migratory,  as  it  sel¬ 
dom  remains  permanent  in  a  locality',’  but 
leaves  an  interval  of  from  ten  to  fifteen  years 
between  its  occurrence.  Its  greatest  intensity 
is  on  its  first  appearance,  which  occurs  usual 
ly  when  the  fruit  bus  attained  half  its  size  ; 
it  decreases  as  the  season  of  vegetation  ad¬ 
vances,  but  reappears  again  the  following 
summer  with  less  of  its  previous  intensity. 
After  decimating  a  section  o£  country'  during 
two  consecutive  seasons,  there  will  be  an 
interval  of  a 


RECLAIMED  LAND 


As  a  modification  of  the  opinion  which  has 
generally  prevailed  for  a  few  years  past, 
that  phosphatic  material,  such  as  bones, 
guano,  rock  phosphates,  and  apatite  require 


I  HAVE  a  piece  of  land  that  was  once  a  pond 
of  standing  water,  that  is  now  ditched  ;  but 
the  land  Beems  to  have  no  life  in  it.  What 
can  I  do  that  will  improve  it  1  Is  gas  house 
lime  valuable  for  n  fertilizer  ?  If  so  how 
should  it  be  applied,  and  in  what  quantity 
per  acre?  o.  p.  h.  ’ 

Macon,  Bibb  Co.,  Ga. 

If  your  soil  is  of  the  character  we  suppose 
it  to  be,  that  is,  peaty'  soil  and  alluvium  (you 
should  have  described  it),  gas  house  lime  ap¬ 
plied  to  it  at  the  rate  of  100  to  500  bushels  per 
acre,  plowed  in  and  left  without  cropping  six 
months  or  a  year,  will  be  likely  to  give  it 
'‘life.'’  Gas  house  lime  should  never  be 
applied  direct  to  land  from  which  au  imme¬ 
diate  crop  is  to  be  taken.  Tt  contains  too 
much  sulphur;  but  if  mixed  with  the  soil 
and  exposed  as  wo  have  described  above,  or 
composted  with  muck  and  manure,  and  al¬ 
lowed  to  remain  in  compost  exposed  to  the 
action  of  the  air,  the  sulphur  will  have  united 
with  the  oxy'gen  of  the  air,  and  become  sul¬ 
phuric  acid,  which  unites  with  lime,  and 
becomes  sulphate  of  lime,  or  what  is  com¬ 
monly  known  as  land  plaster  or  gypsum. 
When  it  has  been  exposed  long  enough  to 
the  action,  of  the  air  to  assume  this  form  it, 
will  be  valuable.  Gas  house  lime  should  be 
composted  or  mixed  with  the  soil,  because  it 
contains  considerable  ammonia,  which  the 
soil  or  compost  will  absorb. 

If,  however,  you  desire  to  crop  your  land 
immediately,  you  should  apply  air  slaked 
lime  to  it — say  100  to  300  bushels  per  acre— 
and  mix  it  thoroughly  with  the  soil. 


ursentair 


NOTES  FOR  HORSEMEN 


How  to  Subdue  on  Unmanageable  Horse. 
— The  Turf,  Field  and  Farm  says:— A  gentle¬ 
man  out  West  recently  purchased  a  high- 
spirited  horse  t  hat  had  never  been  shod.  On 
the  smith  attempting  to  shoe  him  lie  resisted 
all  efforts,  kicked  aside  every  thing  and  near¬ 
ly  crippled  himself  ugainst  the  anvil,  when 
ho  was  finally  returned  to  his  stable  unshod. 
In  despair  his  owner  was  about  consigning 
him  to  the  plow,  when  an  officer,  who  had 
fought  in  the  Mexican  war,  took  a  cord  about 
t  he  size  of  a  common  bedcord,  put  it  in  the 
mouth  of  the  horse  like  a  bit,  and  tied  it 
tightly  on  the  animal’s  head,  passing  his  left 
ear  under  the  string,  not  painfully  tight,  but 
tight  enough  to  keep  the  ear  down  and  the 
cord  in  its  place.  This  done,  he  patted  the 
horse  gently  on  the  side  of  the  head  and 
commanded  him  to  follow,  and  instantly  t  he 
horse  obeyed,  perfectly'  subdued  and  as  gen¬ 
tle  and  obedient  as  a  well-trained  dog  ;  suf¬ 
fering  his  feet  to  lie  lifted  with  entire  impu¬ 
nity,  acting  in  all  respects  like  an  old  stager. 
The  officer  states  that  this  was  a  means  re¬ 
sorted  to  in  Mexico  and  South  America  for 
subduing  wild  horses.  The  plan  is  as  ingen¬ 
ious  as  it  is  simple,  and  well  worth  the  atten¬ 
tion  of  those  who  have  unmanageable  horses. 

Contracted  Feet  in  Horses. — Wm.  Horne, 
V.  8.,  says,  in  the.  Western  Farmer  that  the 
following  will  cure  contracted  feet  in  an  old 
horse  Have  the  hoof  pared  close  ;  open 
the  cleft,  of  the  frog  outwardly.  Pare  until 
ymu  can  sue  the  blood,  then  stop.  This  will, 
no  doubt,  make  her  more  lame,  but  don’t  be 
afraid ;  don’t  let  the  blacksmith,  or  those 
same  wiseacres  scare  you.  I  am  giving  you, 
not  what  I  think  or  suppose,  but  what  I 
know  from  experience,  to  be  correct.  When 
the  hoofs  arc  paved  down,  let  her  hobble 
around  as  best  she  can  upon  the  snow,  bare¬ 
foot.  Let  her  continue  barefoot,  and  if  you 
wish  to  use  her  by'-aud-by,  when  the  roads 
permit,  have  a  pair  of  toe  tips,  made  from  a 
pair  of  her  old  shoes,  tacked  ou  to  save  the 
hoof  from  breaking.  Make  an  ointment  of 
mutton  tallow  one  pound,  gum  turpentine 
one-fourth  pound,  spirits  turpentine  two 
fluid  ounces.  Mix  over  a  slow  fire  and  apply 
every  day. 

Sowed  Corn  for  Horses, — Capt.  E.  B.  Beau¬ 
mont  is  informed  that  we  luive  fed  sowed 
coin,  fresh  cut,  to  horses,  but  have  never 
used  it  after  it  is  cured  for  winter  forage. 
He  asks  if  it  makes  good  winter  forage  for 
horses,  and  what  growth  should  be  allowed 
before  cutting — how  it  should  be  stacked, 
there  being  no  means  of  putting  it  under 
roof.  Also,  Low  the  ground  should  he  pre¬ 
pared  f  He  writes  us  from  Texas,  We  shall 
be  glad  if  any  of  our  readers,  who  have  had 
experience  in  the  use  of  sowed  corn  for  win¬ 
ter  forage,  will  give  it  for  his  benefit. 


series  of  years,  during  which, 
blight  in  its  other  forms  may  occur,  but  there 
will  not  be  a  wholesale  destruction  us  during 
the  prevalence  of  epidemic  blight.  Every 
observation  tends  to  the  conclusion  that  fire 
blight  is  caused  by  zymotic  fungus,  whose 
presence  is  not  detected  until  life  is  destroy  ed 
in  the  affected  parts.  This  fonn  of  fere  a 
wide  field  for  the  investigation  of  microscop- 
ists,  and  from  their  future  labors,  we  hope  to 
arrive  one  day'  at  the  origin  of  this  fungoid 
growth.  We  are  unable  to  arrive  at  a  satis¬ 
factory  conclusion,  as  to  what  peculiarities 
of  soil  and  temperature  induce  the  favorable 
conditions  for  the  development  of  this 
fungoid  vegetation. 

In  the  Experimental  gardens  of  the  De¬ 
partment  of  Agriculture  at  Wusbmglon,  the 
following  mixture  is  prepared  :  Place  a  half- 
busliel  of  lime  and  six  pounds  of  sulphur  in  a 


Sample  ok  Brands— (See  page  :’«].) 
an  annual  top-dressing  of  manure  usually 
escape  the  contagion. 

The  third  form  of  blight  caused  by  mechan¬ 
ical  action  is  seldom  found  in  orchards  where 
the  soil  is  left  undisturbed,  but  is  so  common 
in  gardens  or  where  the  trees  are  thoroughly 
worked,  that  it  has  become  only  a  question 
of  time  for  the  entire  destruction  of  one’s 
orchard. 

In  the  Southern  States  this  form  of  blight 
is  the  most  destructive,  as  it  has  become 
endemic  to  all  highly  cultivated  soils.  Wlier- 


summer.  Since  this  preparation  was  used, 
no  trees  thus  treated  have  been  lost,  although 
small  limbs  not  coated  with  the  mixture 
were  attacked  and  destroyed.  Carbolic  acid 
has  also  been  used  without  any  perceptible 
difference  in  the  result  from  the  lime  and 
sulphur  mixture.  Boiled  linseed  oil,  applied 
to  the  trunk  and  limbs  has  been  tried  near 
Norfolk,  Va.,  with  marvelous  cures,  as  re¬ 
ported.  We  mention  this  instance  of  the 
use  of  an  extraordinary  ingredient  resulting 
in  good  effects  as  contrary  to  what  is  usually' 
the  result  when  using  this  application  upon 
the  body  of  trees,  its  effects  being  to  seriously 
injure  the  tree  if  it  does  not  destroy  it. 

Still  another  form  of  blight  is  doubtless 
caused  by'  mechanical  action,  by  the  rupture 
of  tissues  consequent  to  a  sudden  super¬ 
abundant  flow  of  sap.  This  attacks  only  our 
most  thrifty-growing  trees,  either  in  early 
spring,  when  vegetation  first  becomes  active, 
or  after  a  period  of  drouth  and  partial  stag¬ 
nation  of  vegetation,  when  abundant  rains 
suddenly  force  out  a  luxuriant  growth  ; 
moderately'  vigorous  trees  are  never  attacked. 


JosiAH  Hoopes,  f  committee. 

[This  will  answer  some  questions  asked  us 
u  this  subject. —Eds.  Rural  New  Yorker.] 


} 


ly  pointed  at  the  apex,  with  a  yellow,  warty 
skin,  which  becomes  purplish-red  near  the 
stalk.  The  quality  of  this  peach  is  very- 
good,  and  the  flesh  is  melting  and  has  a 
decided  cinnamon  flavor.  Both  kinds  are 
natives  of  Upper  Armenia  and  Persia. 

Ganargua  Raspberry. — This  variety  was 
discovered  growing  wild  by  Stephen  Kat- 
kajuBR,  Farmington,  Ontario  Co..  N.  Y.  It 
is  described  as  large  for  a  Cap  variety,  being 
about  the  size  of  the  Mammoth  Cluster ; 
color  dark  red,  approaching  a  purplish 
brown  ;  has  much  pulp,  is  delicate  and  juicy 


interested  in  floriculture,  and  it  is  some 
trouble  to  have  things  rare  and  beautiful  in 
house  or  garden  ;  but  any  real  lover  of 
Dahlias  would  be  amply  rewarded  for  a 
little  extra  labor  and  care  by  the  possession 
of  such  perfect  ones  as  are  now  in  full  bloom 
in  our  garden  this  13th  day  of  October,  r.  l. 


PRESERVING  DAHLIA  ROOTS  IN  WINTER 


WILD  GOOSE  AND  OTHER  PLUMS 


“  Ritual”  (M.  L.  DuNLAr)  of  Champaign, 
Ill.,  writes  to  the  Cliicago  Tribune  under  this 
head  as  follows  : — “We  hear  a  great  deal  said 
in  regard  to  the  Wild  Goose  plum,  and  the 
Miner  or  Townsend  plum,  about  Galena.  I 
received  a  lot  of  trees  of  the  latter  from  a  St. 
Louis  nursery,  but  no  two  of  them  are  alike 
in  form  or  foliage,  and  there  is  no  doubt  that 
they  were  taken  up  from  the  plum  thickets, 
and  will  prove  of  no  valuo.  Some  of  these 
blossomed  last  spring,  but  they  did  not  hold 
their  fruit.  I  have  made  diligent  inquiry  the 
past  summer  in  regard  to  native  plums,  and 
am  satisfied  that  wo  have  many  that  are 
worthy  n  place  in  the  garden  ;  and  it  is  my 
intention  to  gather  some  of  these  in  my  own 
grounds,  for  the  purpose  of  testing  them  ; 
and  some  day  it  is  possible  that  our  agricul¬ 
tural  colleges  may  find  time  to  look  after 
some  of  these  interests  that  might  prove  of 
practical  value  to  the  great  mass  of  our  peo¬ 
ple.  But,  to  do  this,  their  management  must 
be  taken  from  the  hands  of  the  clergy  and 
the  mere  schoolmaster. 

“I  have  a  letter  from  D.  L.  Adair,  of 
Hawesville,  Ky„  in  regard  to  the  wild  plums 
of  the  South.  He  describes  the  Do  Carodeue; 
Wild  Goose,  a  bright  vermi Lliou  red,  with 
w  hite  dots  ;  the  Newman  plum,  Langsdon 
plum,  Muld rough's  llill,  Cherry  and  Cliicko- 
cherry.  Hero  are  seven  varieties  of  the 
native  plum  that  havo  been  transplanted 
into  the  local  orchards  and  received  local 
names.  It  is  probable  that  a  few  suckers  or 
grafts  may  be  obtained,  or  perhaps  some  of 
the  small  nurseries  may  have  trees  of  these 
or  other  varieties,  but  it  is  evident  that  little 
attention  has  been  jail'd  to  the  propagation  of 
plum  trees  in  the  Middle  States,  and  the 
Northern  nurserymen  will  have  to  look  to 
the  growing  of  the  trees  for  sale. 

“It  is  evident  that  ail  sorts  of  native  plums 
have  been  sent  out  for  the  Wild  Goose  and 
the  Miner  ;  and  my  advice  is,  not  to  touch 
those  trees  unless  the  nurseryman  will  guar¬ 
antee  that  they  are  genuine.  Parties  having 
the  genuine  trees  would  no  doubt  And  ready 
sale,  if  they  would  advertise  ;  but  thus  far 
this  fall  1  hear  of  none  for  sale.” 


Dahlia  roots  are  often  injured  by  the  first 
freezing  weather  in  the  fall;  and  for  several 
years  pa st,  before  t  lie  frost  had  destroyed 
the  foliage,  I  have  covered  them  with  a  layer 
of  fresh  soil  or  well-decayed  chips  to  the 
depth  of  four  or  six  inches,  close  to  the  stock. 
They  can  then  be  safely  left  in  the  ground 


NEW  WEEPING  TREE  FERN 


This  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  of  all  Tree 
Feins.  It  is  a  native  of  South  Africa  —  is 
rather  difficult  to  imjiort  in  good  condition, 
as  the  trunks  have  to  bo  brought  some  hun¬ 
dreds  of  miles  down  the  country  before  they 
are  shipped,  and  frequently  suffer  on  the 
journey.  In  habit  it  is  perhaps  the  most 
graceful  of  all  Tree  Ferns,  its  ample  light- 
green  feathery  fronds  sweeping  elegantly 
downwards,  as  shown  in  our  illustration.  It 
may  be  grown  in  an  ordinary  green-house  or 
cool  conservatory,  and  when  fully  developed, 
forms  a  most  attractive  object.  It  grows 
freely  in  the  usual  compost,  making  fine 
pendent  fronds  from  four  to  six  feet  long, 
and  from  two  to  two  and  a  half  foot  in 
broadtli  in  tho  widest  part.  The  stout  red¬ 
dish  purple  mid-ribs  are  tubereled,  and  fur¬ 
nished  at  the  base  with  a  profuse  quantity  of 
slender  chaffy  scales.  The  trunk  is  dark- 
colored,  and  nearly  a  foot  in  diameter  in  the 
thickest  parts,  the  imported  specimens  vary¬ 
ing  from  five  to  ten  feet  in  hight. 


FLORAL  QUERIES 


Will  Ihe  Rural  New-Yorker  please  an¬ 
swer  the  following  quest  ions  ? — L.  How  are 
Draccmas  propagated  1  2.  What  family 

does  Oocolooa  plalyclada  belong  to,  and  what 
are  tho  flowers  like?  3.  Will  Balsam  seed 
saved  from  single  or  semi-double  flowers, 
produce  a  greater  percentage  of  full  double 
flowers  by  keeping  it  for  two  years  or  more 
after  collecting  ?  If  so,  why  t  4.  Where  may 
tho  Bulletin  of  the  Torrey  Botanical  Club  lie 
procured  ?  Inquirer. 

1.  From  cuttings  of  the  branches  or  main 
stems  placed  in  a  position  where  they  will 
receive  a  strong  bottom  heat.  A  hot-bed 
will  answer;  but  a  regular  propagating  pit 
in  a  green-house  is  the  best  and  most  reliable 
place. 

2.  To  the  PolygonaceOBj  or  in  plain  English, 
among  the  buckwheats, 

3.  It  is  generally  believed  among  florists 
that  old  Balsam  seed  will  produce  a  greater 
proportion  of  full  double  flowers  than  fresh. 
It  preserves  its  vitality  for  a  number  of  years, 
and  it  Is  the  practice  of  Balsam  fanciers  to 
save  a  large  stock  of  seed  whenever  they  hap¬ 
pen  to  have  an  extra  fine  lot  of  choice  sorts, 
using  i  part  only  each  succeeding  season  as 
long  a  it  retains  vitality  or  tho  stock  holds 
out.  The  reason  usually  assigned  for  Iho 
improvement  observed  as  the  seed  becomes 
old  is,  that  double  flowers  are  only  monstros¬ 
ities  at  best,  and  the  more  wo  interfere  with 
tho  regular  order  of  nature  without  destroy¬ 
ing,  the  greater  are  our  chances  for  obtain¬ 
ing  a  variation  from  natural  types.  As  a 
rule,  the  plants  which  jmiduce  tho  largest 
and  most  perfect  double  flowers  are  less  vig¬ 
orous  in  growth  of  stem  and  leaves  than  the 
single  varieties,  the  vital  forces  having,  in 
part,  been  directed  or  drawn  out  of  the  more 
natural  channels  into  those  monstrosities 
called  double  flowers.  The  same  thing  may 
be  observed  in  tho  double  Ten-week  stocks, 
(Matholia,)  or  in  the  wall-flowers  (Clixiran- 
thus.)  It  is  also  a  very  common  idea  among 
gardeners  that  melon,  cucumber  and  squash 
seed  also  improve  with  age  ;  that  is,  old  seed 
will  produce  less  vigorous  vines,  but  be  far 
more  productive.  These  theories  may  have 
little  truth,  for  a  foundation,  still  they  are 
quite  plausible,  and  long  believed  by  many 
as  sound. 

4.  By  addressing  the  editor,  224  East  Tenth 
street,  New  York. 


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in  texture  and  of  very  good  flavor  ;  not  as 
firm  as  Seneca,  or  Mammoth  Cluster.  It 
has,  it  is  said,  striking  ever-bearing  charac¬ 
teristics,  and  is  very  productive. 

Soil  for  Pears. — E.  Manning,  of  Harris¬ 
burg,  Ohio,  writes  to  the  Gardeners’  Monthly 
on  this  subject : — Beurre  Clairgeau  was  un¬ 
thrifty  on  a  rich  soil ;  on  high,  thin  soil  it 
was  thrifty  and  excellent.  Anjou  succeeded 
well  on  rich  soil,  and  failed  on  thin  soiL 
Doyenne  du  Comine  did  best  on  thin  soil ; 

Golden  Beurre  of  Bilboa  just  the  reverse. 

These  results  were  all  on  liia  own  ground  ; 
in  other  regions  they  might  have  been  dif¬ 
ferent. 

Early  Beatrice  Peach.— Mr.  Watson,  Bren- 
ham,  Texas, writes  to  the  Gardener’s  Monthly 
of  this  fruit  I  had  some  young  trees  fruit 
this  season,  and  it  proves  good  with  me ;  first 
ripe  May  19th.  I  think  it  very  valuable,  as  a 
market  fruit.  Will  ship  well.  Is  fine  in 
quality  and  very  pretty. 

A  Belgian  Fruit  Gatherer. — A  correspond¬ 
ent  writing  from  Belgium  says  I  have  just 
seen  the  waiter  at  the  hotel  here  gathering 
pears  from  a  late  pear  tree  in  away  that  was 
quite  new  to  me,  and  worth  a  note.  He  had 


THE  CARONE  OR  CAROON  CHERRY 


Some  time  ago,  we  noticed  tho  fact  that 
this  cherry  is  Highly  regarded  in  some  parts 
of  Pennsylvania.  Now  the  question  of  its 
nomenclature  and  identity  is  raised.  Mr.  F. 
R.  Elliott  writes  the  Gardeners’  Monthly 
that  “it  is  well  known  to  all  pomologists 
that  it  is  only  the  old  Black  Hoart.”  Mr. 
Meehan  says,  “  we  think  our  horticultural 
writers  to  o  at  fault  in  identifying  it  with  the 
Mazzard,”  and  refers  to  Downing,  who,  in 
his  book  culls  it  the  Black  Heart.  John  J. 
Thomas  says: — “The  Black  Carone,  or  Co- 
rone,  or  Caroon,  13  larger  and  less  bitter  t  han 
the  Black  Mazzard,  and  smaller  than  the 
Block  Hoart.  It  was  fully  described  by 
Prince  in  his  Poinologieal  Manual,  who  culti¬ 
vated  it  and  understood  its  character,  as  dis¬ 
tinct  from  both  the  Mazzard  and  Black 
Heart ;  it  was  also  similarly  and  more  briefly 
described  in  the  Catalogue  of  the  London 
Horticultural  Society;  and  forty  years  ago 
or  more,  was  commonly  cultivated  in  nurser¬ 
ies.  Since  the  introduction  of  better  sorts, 
the  Carone  has  jiassed  out  of  cultivation  and 
possibly  become  extinct.  A.  J.  Downing 
was  not  an  accurate  pomologist,  and  was  in 
error  in  making  the  Black  Heart  and  Carone 
synonymous.” 


they  arc  still  moru  durable.  Ink  soaks  Into 
the  wood  and  paper  labels  become  illegible  if 
exposed  to  dampness. 

On  a  fine  day,  if  possible,  the  roots  are 
taken  up  without  bruising  them,  all  the  dirt 
is  removed,  and  they  are  placed  in  the  shade 
to  dry  a  little,  though  not  so  as  to  shrivel 
much,  as  they  grow  more  readily  in  the 
spring  if  plump,  like  a  good  potato.  The 
tops  are.  cut  off,  leaving  about  four  inches  of 
the  stalk,  to  which  the  labels  are  securely 
fastened  with  fine  copper  wire  found  at 
hardware  stores,  or  with  the  strands  of  old 
bonnet-wire. 

I  have  tried  several  ways  of  storing 
dahlias,  both  in  the  cellar  and  out  of  it,  and 
prefer  to  pack  them  in  boxes  in  the  cellar, 
covering  both  tubers  and  stalks  with  sand 
thoroughly  dried  either  under  the  hot-bed 
sash  or  in  the  stove  oven.  If  one  has  only  a  I 
few  roots,  sufficient  sand  can  be  dried  in 
pans  in  the  oven  ;  but  several  bushels  of 
them  would  require  quite  a  quantity,  which  is 
not  always  at  haud.  I  huvo  sometimes  had 
them  keep  nicely  when  taken  directly  from 
the  garden  to  the  top  of  tho  potato  bin,  if 
rats  and  mice  did  not  discover  them  ;  and 
when  dry  as  usual,  quite  well  in  Btrong 
paper  bags  hung  near  the  center  of  a  dry 
cellar,  and  also  in  a  cool  upper  room  where 
there  is  no  danger  from  frost. 

Several  times  during  the  winter  all  the 
roots  not  packed  in  sand  are  examined,  and 
if  the  least  mold  appears  it  is  removed  and 
they  are  well  dried  near  the  lire  before  they 
are  again  restored  to  their  winter  quarters. 
These  details  may  seem  tedious  to  those  not 


POMOLOGICAL  GOSSIP 


FLORICULTURAL  NOTES 


Ripening  Pears.—  E.  M.,  Darby,  Pa.,  speak¬ 
ing  of  Hoopes’  plan  of  ripening  pears,  which 
has  been  extensively  published,  writes  the 
Germantown  Telegraph  :  —  His  plan  is  to 
ripen  under  blankets  ;  I  tried  it  thirty  years 
ago  and  it  does  not  compare  with  laying 
them  on  sawdust  and  covering  with  wall 
payer.  He  speaks  of  a  cool  room,  but  there 
is  no  cool  room  above  the  surface  of  the 
ground  in  warm  weather,  consequently  the 
cellar  is  tho  proper  place  when  you  can  have 
a  dry  one,  as  in  my  case.  We  ripen  from  two 
to  five  hundred  baskets  each  year,  and  have 
done  so  for  a  number  of  years  past  with  very 
little  loss. 

Persian  Peaches. — Two  singular  peaches 
are  figured  and  described  in  the  August 
number  of  the  Gar  ten  flora.  One,  named  the 
Scliarali  Peach,  is  a  long,  pointed,  almond- 
shaped  fruit,  with  a  greenish-yellow  skin. 
The  other,  or  Tarali  Peach,  is  an  irregularly 
shaped  fruit,  roundish  at  the  base,  and  slight- 


a  pole  ten  or  twelve  feet  long  ;  on  the  top  of 
this  was  fixed  a  thin  disk,  (see  cut)  about  six 
inches  in  diameter,  set  with  wooden  teeth, 
just  like  the  teeth  of  a  hay  rake.  Carefully 
placing  this  under  a  pear,  so  that  the  pear 
rested  on  the  disk,  and  giving  a  slight  twist, 
he  at  once  detached  and  brought  down  the 
pear  unbruised. 

Doivner's  Prolific  Gooseberry,  tho  Ger¬ 
mantown  Telegraph  says,  in  answer  to  an 
inquiry,  is  decidedly  tho  best.  The  fruit  is 
of  large  size,  the  bushes  bear  abundantly, 
and  is  free  from  mildew.  Houghton’s  seed¬ 
ling,  it  says,  is  also  good,  a  little  more  acid, 
but  much  smaller. 

Alexander  Peach. — The  Prairie  Farmer 
regards  this  peach  “  if  not  the  result  of  prem¬ 
ature  diseased  ripening,  the  most  valuable 
addition  that  has  been  made  to  our  list  of 
peaches  since  Hale’s  Early.” 


Saving  Fuchsia  Seed. — Mr.  Cannell,  the 
great  Fuchsia  grower,  says: — “When  the 
seed  pods  are  thoroughly  ripened,  partly  dry 
them  in  the  sun,  after  which  cut  them  in 
halves  and  quarters  with  a  moderately  sharp 
knife,  and  minutely  examine  each  part;  the 
old  self-colored  varieties  produce  seed  very 
freely,  but  the  choice  kinds  very  sparingly, 
particularly  the  light  varieties.  An  abundance 
of  hollow  seed  will  be  found,  but  good  plump 
seed  is  about  half  the  size  of  that  of  the 
Pansy,  and  easily  distinguished  and  picked 
out.” 

A.  Pretty  Window  Plant. — The  Gardener’s 
Chronicle  says  One  of  the  beat  window 
plants,  Capable,  as  it  appears,  of  resisting 
almost  any  hardships  to  which  plants  in  such 
Circumstances  are.  subjected,  is  tbe  Aspidistra 
lurida.  This  plant,  and  its  variegated  varie¬ 
ty,  is  grown  largely  in  Franco  and  Belgium, 
in  windows,  corridors,  etc.,  and  might  with 
advantage  be  employed  here  for  like  pur 
poses. 


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236 


OOBE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


Jrarg  of  it  |l ura tint. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 


From  the  Otary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


PREPARING  FOR  SPRING  PLANTING. 

Oct.  1G. — “In  autumn  prepare  for  spring  ” 
I  believe  is  as  good  u  motto  for  the  farmer 
and  gardener  as  that  other  one,  which  says, 
“  In  time  of  peace  prepare  for  war,"  is  to  a 
nation.  Life  at  most  is  but  a  constant  prep¬ 
aration  of  something  to  come.  Breakfast, 
dinner,  supper  and  sleep  are  the  four  promi¬ 
nent  epochs  in  the  life  of  us  Americans,  fill¬ 
ing  the  intervening  hours  with  toil,  repeating 
the  same  year  after  year.  We  can  by  extra 
exertions  make  a  few  changes,  but  they  are 
exceedingly  slight  at  best.  Occasionally  a 
person  will  cut  a  less  number  of  meals,  but 
put  in  more  at  a  time;  other*  increase  the 
number  and  take  an  opposite  course.  Then, 
again,  cue  needs  more  sleep  than  another, 
and  they  are  blessed,  certainly,  if  circum¬ 
stances  permit  them  to  get  it ;  in  fact,  my 
philosophy  would  allow  ail  mankind  to  enjoy 
this  world  to  their  lull  capacity,  restricting 
indulgence  only  as  it  interfered  with  the 
happiness  of  others.  Preparations  in  a  dvance, 
however,  are  usually  ueeessaiy  even  to  en¬ 
able  us  "to  enjoy  blessings  when  they  come 
without  cost  or  effort  on  our  part ;  but  as 
few  are  bestowed  in  that  manner,  but  most¬ 
ly  through  our  own  exertions,  it  becomes 
doubly  important  that  we  strive  to  be  ready 
for  their  reception. 

Spring,  to  a  man  or  woman  who  loves 
fruits,  flowers  and  nature  generally,  is  the 
one  hopeful  season  of  the  year,  anticipation 
running  riot  for  awhile,  affording  a  certain 
amount  of  happiness  even  if  it  does  end  in 
some  disappointment  and  unhappiness.  To 
have  a  longer  season  of  fond  or  “great  ex 
pectation,”  1  always  begin  in  autumn  to  pre 
pare  for  spring.  Of  course,  the  act  of  hauling 
out  manure  and  spreading  it  over  the  land  to 
be  planted  with  vegetables  in  spring,  is  not 
one  in  which  much  mental  labor  need  be 
employed;  still  if  one  permits  his.  thoughts 
to  travel  forward  a  few  months,  those  loads 
of  reeking  tilth  are  transformed ,  into  lus¬ 
cious  melons,  golden  pumpkins,  mammoth 
squashes,  fruits  aud  vegetables  of  various 
kinds,  to  say  nothing  of  the  beautiful  ilowers 
of  every  hue  giviug  forth  their  delicious 
fragrance,  all  manufactured  from  this  very 
material  upon  which  the  less  sentimental 
mind  often  looks  with  apparent  disgust.  We 
may  say  from  the  sublime  to  the  ridiculous 
is  but  a  step,  and  that  step  a  very  short  one; 
bot  h  are  the  liuks  of  the  same  chain  and  we 
cannot  break  them  even  should  we  try. 

It  is  looking  upon  nature  in  this  light  that 
makes  the  lives  of  some  persons  happy, 
although  the  bountiful  gifts  which  they  re¬ 
ceive  are  few  and  sparingly  bestowed.  If 
the  lady  readers  of  the  Rural,  New-Yorker 
expect  to  make  a  fine  show  in  their  flower 
gardens  next  summer,  coax  (don’t  demand) 
your  husbands,  brothers,  or  whoever  is  in 
charge,  to  spread  manure  over  the  ground  to 
be  occupied,  and  luiVe  it  done  this  fall.  It  is 
far  batter  fco  do  it  now  than  next,  spring,  for 
all  the  more  soluble  parts  of  the  fertilizer 
will  become  intermingled  with  the  soil  by 
planting  time  next  spring,  aud  a  better 
growth  of  everything  secured  than  if  this 
operation  is  delayed  until  the  bust  moment. 
Have  all  the  borders,  filled  with  shrubbery 
and  herbaceous  plants,  top-dressed  this  fall, 
and,  if  manure  is  very  scarce,  you  may  allow 
it  to  be  raked  off  and  drawn  away  to  the 
fields  next  spring.  1  have  done  this  many  a 
time  through  necessity,  and  am  prepared  to 
do  it  to  some  extent  again. 

The  plot  designated  for  a  vegetable  garden 
should  be  treated  in  the  same  manner,  only 
have  the  manure  plowed  under  either  this 
fuller  early  in  spring.  There  may  be  soils 
that  need  no  such  preparation,  but  they  are 
few,  even  in  the  Western  States,  where  it  is 
claimed  that  the  fertility  of  the  soil  is  inex¬ 
haustible.  If  the  soil  is  already  rich  enough, 
then  a  little  plowing  or  spading  will  do  no 
harm  just  before  cold  weather.  Frost  sweet¬ 
ens  it — ns  well  as  kills  some  noxious  insect?. 

A  HUMMING-BIRD  MOTH. 

Oct.  17.  —  Dairy  Run al  Lins:  I  caught 
the  inclosed  moth  on  a  bed  of  verbenas,  after 
—  “  several  times  and  sup- 


ming  bird  lived  in  the  ground  through  win¬ 
ter,  as  he  had  seen  them  coming  out  of  their 
hole*  early  in  spring.  Of  course,  his  eyes 
were  at.  fault,,  mistaking  one  of  our  large 
Sphinx  moths  for  a  humming  bird.  The  name 
of  the  one  you  scud  is  Fphinx  t/uiuqucmacu- 
Ittfn,  or  five-spotted  Sphinx.  There  arc  five 
yellow  spots  on  each  side  of  the  body,  hence 
its  specific  name.  The  name  of  the  genus. 
Sphinx,  was  given  it  from  the  supposed  fanci¬ 
ful  resemblance  the  caterpillars,  when  at 
i-est,  have  to  the  celebrated  Sphinx  of  the 
Egyptians.  Now,  we  dare  say  you  have  seen 
hundreds  of  the  great  green  tomato  or  pot  a¬ 
to  worm ;  these  become,  through  their 
transformations,  moths  like  the  one  you  sent. 
Thewormsfeed  upon  the  leaves  of  the  plants 
named  until  they  arrive  at  maturity,  then 
descend  into  the  ground  and  become  chrysa¬ 
lids.  Every  one  who  has  worked  in  a  gar¬ 
den  must  have  plowed  or  dug  them  up  hi 
early  spring.  They  are  about  two  inches 
long,  of  a  brown  color,  cylindrical,  tapering 
to  the  posterior  end.  From  the  head  a  long 
slender  tongue -case  is  bent  forward  and 
under  the  breast,  merely  touching  the  end, 
somewhat  like  the  handle  of  a  pitcher.  [Just 
as  1  am  sending  this  to  the  printer  one  of 
these  chrysalids  is  received  from  “  Galves- 
ton.  ”  ]  In  spring  or  early  summer  the  chry¬ 
salis  bursts  open  and  the  moth  crawls  forth, 
the  velocity  of  its  wings  and  the  Jong  tongue* 
resembling  the  beak,  give?  it  an  appearance 
not  unlike  the  humming  bird.  The  moths 
seldom  appear  in  the  day  time,  but  may  be 
seen  just  at  dusk  or  during  the  evening. 

A  LARGE  ICHNEUMON  FLY. 

J.  C.  N.  sends  me  a  large  specimen  of  an 
Ichneumon,  and  asks  what  it  is.  The  name 


but  between  her  and  the  coveted  prize  there 
is  perhaps  two  or  three  inches  of  solid  green 
maple  wood,  through  which  her  ovipositor 
must  be  thrust  in  order  that  the  egg  shall 
reach  the  body  of  the  worm.  We  can  now 
see  the  use  to  which  this  long,  thread  like 
t  appendage  to  her  body  is  to  be  put.  The 
j  three  segments  are  closed  tightly  and  look 
a?  though  they  were  but  one,  and  then,  by  a 
slow  and  apparently  tedious  labor,  she  works 
this  through  the  bark  and  into  the  wood 
until  it  reaches  the  grub  within :  then  the 
egg  is  deposited  therein.  Hhe  does  not 
drill  or  bt  re  a  hole  for  her  ovipositor  but 
merely  works  it  through  the  calls,  which 
compress  it.  so  tightly  that,  it  could  not  be 
withdrawn  entire  by  the  insect,  and  she 
would  certainly  perish  in  her  ilivt  attempt  at. 
depositing  an  egg  in  such  a  nidus  ;  here 
comes  in  the  beautiful  mechanism  of  this 
instrument,  composed,  as  I  have  said,  of 
three  segments.  The  whole  nerve  force  of 
her  body  is  now  concentrated  upon  one  of 
the  concave,  wedge-shaped  sheaths  which 
inclose  the  ovipositor,  and  is  withdrawn. 
This,  of  course,  relieves  somewhat  the  pres¬ 
sure  of  the  wood  upon  the  other,  which  is 
also  quickly  withdrawn,  the  center  tube  fol¬ 
lowing  in  less  time  than  it  Likes  me  to  tell 
how  it.  is  done. 

The  occasional  finding  of  a  dead  pimpla 
with  her  ovipositor  thrust  into  a  tree,  has 
led  many  to  suppose  that  she  always  met  her 
death  in  the  act  of  ovipositing,  being  unable 
to  withdraw  her  ovipositor  from  the  wood 
Only  a  few  days  since  1  found  a  dead  speci¬ 
men  fast  to  a  maple  tree  in  one  of  the  streets 
of  New  York;  and  occasionally  this  may  be 
the  fate  of  this  useful  Insect ;  but  that  she  is 
in  ordinary  cases  able  to  withdraw  her  ovi¬ 
positor  I  know'  from  personal  observation, 
and  that  is  done  in  the  manner  1  have  de¬ 
scribed  above. 


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NORTHERN  OHIO  AND  INDIANA. 


TO  DESTROY  THE  CABBAGE  WORM. 


of  this  particular 
/i  rat  a,  Fabh.  [The 
lustration  will 
good  idea  of  its 
En.l  This  truly 
ing  insect  i?  quite 
way,  for  it  breeds 
s  e  v  e  r  a  1  wood 
habit  our  forest 
men  you  send  is  a 
long,  thread-like 
posterior  is  her 
placer.  This  is 
segments,  the  cen 
very  slender  t  ube 
the  egg  passes 
to  whatever 
t  he  two  others  are 
when  placed  to 
about  the  center 
forming  a  most 
of  mechanism,  as 
show.  Now,  this 
can  only  propa 


species  is  Pimpla 
accompanying  il- 
give  the  reader  a 
size  and  form. — 
formidable  -  look 
a  useful  one'  in  its 
in  the  larvae  of 
borers  which  in- 
treoB.  The  speci- 
feinale,  and  the 
appendage  to  the 
ovipositor,  or  egg- 
composed  of  three 
tor  one  being  a 
through  which 
from  the  body  in- 
worm  it  is  thrust; 
concave,  forming, 
getber,  a  sheath 
one,  the  three 
wonderful  piece 
1  shall  presently 
ichneumon  f  1  y 
gate  its  species  by 


dark.  I  had  seen  it  | _ 

posed  it  a  humming  bird  until  I  caught  it. 
1  would  be  pleased  to  know  what  it  is,  and 
send  it  to  you  hoping  it  maj.be  of  some 
value. — c.  J.  a. 

You  arc  not  tie  first  person  who  has  mis¬ 
taken  a  humming-bird  naoth  for  a  true  bird. 
Not  many  years  ago  we  remember  of  read¬ 
ing  the  statement  of  a  gentleman  who  de¬ 
clared  that  he  had  discovered  that  the  hum- 


destroying  some  other,  and  the  eggs  must  be 
deposited  in  the  body  of  a  grub  or  caterpil¬ 
lar  in  order  that  the  maggot,  which  hatches 
therefrom  shall  find  its  proper  food.  If  this 
fly  deposited  its  egg  upon  those  which  feed 
upon  the  leaves  of  plants  and  crawl  about  in 
the  open  air,  then  no  such  king  ovipositor 
would  be  necessary,  but  this  is  not  its  mis¬ 
sion,  hence  the  structure  is  in  strict  accord¬ 
ance  with  the  work  to  be  performed.  This 
particular  species  breeds  (so  far  as  known)  in 
wood-boring  larvae— those  which  inhabit 
trees  and  make  their  burrows  in  the  solid 
green  wood  one  or  more  inches  from  the  sur¬ 
face,  as  in  the  case  of  the  various  species  of 
Cl  y  l  us  which  inhabit  the  sugar  maple,  hicko¬ 
ry  t  locust,  aud  many  other  kind  of  trees.  I 
do  not  kuow  how  many  of  the  wood-borers 
tliis  ichneumon  attacks,  but  I  have  found 
her  depositing  eggs  in  the  larvce  of  Ctytus 
sped  onus,  which  feeds  in  the  sugar  maple, 
and  this  is  the  way  she  does  if.  When  search¬ 
ing  for  a  nidus  for  her  eggs,  she  walks  along 
over  the  bark  of  the  tree,  until  finding  the 
exact  spot  beneath  which  there  is  a  grub, 


Thinking,  perhaps,  the  numerous  readers 
of  your  journal  would  like  to  hear  any  sug¬ 
gestion  relative  to  the  destruction  of  the 
worm  and  louse  upon  the  cabbage  or  turnip 
plant,  1  make  the  following  suggestions  as 
the  result  of  experiments  the  past  year 
Being  u  full  developed  tobacco  liaer,  and 
knowing  the  delet  erious  effects  the  vile  weed 
lias  on  the  human  system,  and  the  offensive 
perfume  an  old  pipe  in  a  man’s  vest  pocket 
has  on  all  society,  or  his  breath  has  to  every¬ 
one  who  comes  in  contact  with  him,  I  began 
to  study,  as  I  had  been  defied  in  my  gardens 
with  these  pests  for  the  lost  four  years.  After 
testing  everything  that  I  could  hear  was  a 
remedy  for  the  worm  and  louse,  1  adopted 
the  following,  which  with  me  has  proved  “  a 
sure  pop”  remedy,  with  but  little  trouble  or 
expense. 


My  process  is  this  I  hod  a  tin  tube  made 
2  feet  long,  with  a  hole  through  it  J4  of 
an  inch  ;  then  I  add  to  this  tube  a  piece  fi 
inches  long,  with  a  %-inch  hole  iu  this  ;  fill 
the  large  tube  one  quarter  full  of  the  strong¬ 
est  smoking  tobacco,  made  dry  ;  put  in  a  ii v  e 
coal,  and  then  I  am  prepared  for  business. 
By  blowing  into  the  large  tube,  forcing  the 
smoke  through  the  %-tuhe  amongst  the 
leaves  of  the  plant,  the  louse  will  give  way 
to  this  treatment  at  once,  and  the  smoke  has 
a  penetrating  effect  on  tlic  louse,  so  as  to 
make  it  very  offensive  to  a  second  attack  of 
the  pests.  If  any  one  does  not  wish  to  got 
their  face  quite  so  near  the  tobacco  as  to 
blow  in  the  tube,  a  common  hand-bellows 
can  be  inserted  in  the  tube  and  smolce  forced 
out  very  rapidly. 

The-  way  to  do  with  this  remedy  is  to  go 
over  the  plants  before,  or  as  soon  as  j'ou  see 
places  eaten  through  the  leaves,  then  1  think 
it  a  sure  thing.  I  give  a  sketch  of  the  form 
of  the  instrument  in  question.  y,  b.  m. 

Locust  Grove  Farm,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 
- - 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  NOTES. 


Corn  Meat  and  the  Curculio.—An  Ohioan 
sprinkled  corn  meal  on  the  ground  under  his 
plum  trees  which  induced  the  chickens  to 
scratch.  This  was  done  every  morning,  and 
the  curcnlios  were  found  and  caught  and  the 
crop  was  good. 

Carpenter  Bee. — Our  Galveston  contributor 
sends  a  Carpenter  bee  which  bores  into  wood 
like  our  common  Xylocopa  Yirginica ;  but 
this  Texas  species  is  quite  distinct,  and  we 
think  is  undescribed. 


Nearly  all  who  write  on  the  subject  of 
emigration,  recommend  persons  moving 
West,  to  go  to  Iowa,  Nebraska,  Kansas,  Min¬ 
nesota,  or  Colorado.  Now,  these  places  are 
all  far  from  market.  Produce  being  quite 
low,  corn  is  often  used  for  fuel;  schools  and 
churches  are  sparce,  the  necessaries  and  lux¬ 
uries  of  life  quitd  high  and  not  easy  to  be 
had,  consequently  much  deprivation  and 
suffering  must  be  endured  for  several  years 
before  families  become  comfortable  or  in 
easy  circumstances.  During  the  past  few 
years,  I  have  conversed  with  quite  a  number 
of  families,  returning  from  the  far  West,  to 
settle  in  Indiana,  who  nearly  all  gave  the 
above  reasons  for  so  doing  ;  adding  that 
money  was  scarce,  interest  quite  high,  so 
that  many  would  in  a  few  j'ears  lose  their 
farms,  and  become  nearly  destitute. 

And  ns  there  is  yet  a  large  quantity  of 
good  lands  in  Northern  Ohio,  and  Northern 
Indiana,  which  can  be  purchased  for  from 
five  to  twelve  dollars  per  acre,  on  easy  terms 
of  payment,  and  being  much  nearer  market, 
produce  bringing  a  higher  price,  the  farmer’s 
wants  better  supplied,  with  more  convenien¬ 
ces  at  hand,  therefore  I  would  advise  the 
emigrant  to  examine  the  lands  in  Northern 
Ohio  and  Northern  Indiana  before  going 
further  West. 

At  an  early  day,  before  there  were  any 
railroads  or  canals  in  the  northern  part  of 
these,  two  States,  emigrants  landing  at  New 
York  City  would  go  up  the  Hudson  River  to 
Albany,  thence  by  canal  to  Buffalo,  Arriv¬ 
ing  at  Buffalo,  there  being  no  railroads  or 
canals  across  the  northern  parts  of  Ohio  and 
Indiana,  the  wagon  roads  being  bad  and  ex¬ 
pensive  to  travel,  while  freight  and  passage 
on  the  lakes  were  low,  the  price  to  Chicago 
or  Milwaukee  very  little  higher  than  to  any 
of  the  intermediate  points,  and  as  they  were 
bound  for  the  West,  they  would  almost  al¬ 
ways  ship  for  Chicago  or  Milwaukee,  and 
from  those  places  scatter  further  West;,  there¬ 
by  avoiding  Northern  Ohio  and  Northern 
Indiana,  two  of  the  best  agricultural  States, 
containing  the  richest  soil  in  the  Union. 

Indiana  lies  in  the  center  of  the  great  basin 
surrounded  with  the  lakes  on  the  north,  the 
Gulf  of  Mexico  on  the  south,  the  Alleghany 
Mountains  on  the  east  and  the  Rocky  Moun¬ 
tains  on  the  west.  When  this  basin  was 
submerged  there  must  have  been  more  de¬ 
struction  of  rocks  and  alluvial  deposits  over 
the  State  of  Indiana  than  uny  other  State. 
The  numerous  beds  of  marl  and  decayed 
shell-fish  found  in  many  parts  of  Northern 
Indiana  would  seem  to  confirm  this  view  of 
the  subject. 

It  would  seem  strange  that  lands  so  much 
nearer  the  Eastern  markets  could  bo  bought 
for  less  than  lands  of  inferior  quality  further 
West  ;  but  it  is  so,  nevertheless,  and  can  be 
clearly  accounted  for  from  the  fact  that 
emigrants  passed  around  these  States  at  an 
early  day  for  want  of  channels  of  convej'- 
ance  across  them.  I  firmly  believe,  that  if 
emigrants,  and  people  looking  for  cheap  and 
good  lands  in  the  West,  should  turn  their  at¬ 
tention  to  the  northern  part,  of  these  two 
States,  they  would  be  bettor  satisfied  than 
by  going  west  of  the  Mississippi, 

Tile  State  of  Indiana  (having  a  larger 
school  fund  than  any  other  State)  is  rapidly 
increasing  in  population,  wealth,  mining, 
manufactures,  and  other  interests.  An 
abundance  of  good  hard  coal  is  found  in  the 
middle  part  of  the  State.  Large  quantities 
of  excellent  bog  iron  ore  in  the  north,  and 
manufacturing  of  nearly  uli  kinds  is  exten¬ 
sively  carried  on  along  the  St.  Joseph  River 
aud  other  streams,  turning  out  great  quanti¬ 
ties  of  wagons,  carriages,  sewing  machines, 
agricultural  implements,  furniture,  doors, 
sash  and  blinds,  woolen  doth,  paper,  flour, 
castings,  lumber,  brick,  lime,  and  various 
pther  article; .  As  good  timber  is  yet  abund¬ 
ant,  the  manufactured  articles  can  be  had  at 
reasonable  prices.  There  are  now  quite  a 
number  of  competing  railroads  in  successful 
operation,  and  several  more  in  process  of 
construction,  consequently  the  lands  and 
products  will  in  a  few  years  be  greatly  en¬ 
hanced  in  value  in  the  northern  part  of  these 
two  States.  Isaac  Esmay. 

South  Bend,  Ind.,  Oct.  1873. 

- 4~*~* - 

Kansas. — In  1860  Kansas  had  a  population 
of  107,000.  It  now  has  500,000  souls.  In  1801 
there  was  only  *24,000,000  in  taxable  prop¬ 
erty.  There  was  in  1871  $108,000,000.  In 
1861  there  were  200  school -houses.  There 
were  2,427  in  1872.  In  I860  there  was  not  a 
mile  of  railroad,  but  in  1873  there  are  3,000 
miles  of  iron  track.  These  railroad  lines  open 
up  the  new  Kansas.  Immigration  has  been 
immense. 


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MOV.  4 


WOOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YOBKO, 


I  HAVE  read  with  great  interest  the  articles 
printed  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  and 
have  obtained  muny  valuable  and  gratifying 
suggestions  therefrom.  But-  it  luts  occurred 
to  me,  in  reading  them,  to  ask  how  many 
American  farmers’  wives,  who  road  the  Ru¬ 
ral  New-Yorker  there  are,  who  habitually 
ornament  their  tables  with  flowers  and  fruit, 
I  wonder  If  you  were  to  ask  for  it,  Mr.  Edi 
tor,  if  you  could  get  a  vote  showing  that 
more  than  one  in  a  thousand  did  so,  unless 
on  exceptional  and  especial  occasions. 

I  desire  it  to  bo  understood  that  I  make  no 
criticism  upon  the  fact  that  we  are  advised 
to  decorate  our  tables,  and  am  grateful  for 
any  suggestion  that  helps  us  to  do  it  graeo- 
fully.  But  can  we  afford  to  do  it  as  a  habit  l 
That  is  the  practical  question.  1  should  like 
the  vote  of  busy  American  farmers’  wives 
who  do  it,  (if  any)  as  to  whether  it  is  appre¬ 
ciated  in  the  family.  Tell  us  whether  it 
seems  to  lift  the  souls  of  any  of  the  family 
up  higher— whether  it  softens  and  relines 
rough  natures,  or  whether  it  makes  more 
content  the  sensitive  souls  who  shrink  from 
our  materialistic,  and  too  often  uiuesthetic 
life.  Will  not  some  of  the  lady  readers  of 
the  Rural  give  us  their  experience — Dore 
Hamilton,  Mrs.  Brown,  Rum  Lee,  Hour 
Evermore  and  others  whose  thoughts  and 
experiences  grace  your  columns.  But  be¬ 
cause  I  have,  named  these  let  no  one  shrink 
from  giving  the  results  of  this  practice. 
Facts  are  of  more  value  than  the  e  pretty 
theories — such  as  can  only  lie  wrou  lit  out  in 
the  life  of  a  dilettante.  You  wi  I  pardon 
this,  and  believe  that  I  am  not  unapprecia¬ 
tive  of  all  you  are  doing  to  make  Horne  a 
a  bright,  attractive  and  happy  place. 

Esther  Allen. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

DOMESTIC  BREVITIES, 


Mrs.  Browne's  Recipes. — I  only  write,  as  a 
young  housekeeper,  to  thank  Mrs.  Browne, 
who  gave  of  her  store  of  recipes  in  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  of  Oct.  18,  for  the  benefit  of 
such  inexperienced  persons  as  I.  I  am  sure 
if  older  housekeepers  knew  how  much  ser¬ 
vice  they  thus  rendered,  they  would  gladly 
fill  a  whole  page  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
each  week  with  practical  suggestions.  No 
department  is  of  more  interest  to  me  than  Do¬ 
mestic  Economy  ;  and  the  suggestions  and 
experiences  I  have  derived  from  it  have 
enabled  me  to  avoid  many  mortifications. 
Will  not  the  Rural  New-Yorker  sisters 
remember  tlus  '(— A.Young  HOUSEKEEPER. 

- ♦-*-* - 

SELECTED  RECIPES. 


Veal  (lurry. — RAcnEL  writes  t  he  German¬ 
town  Telegraph :  One  pound  and  a-half  of 
veal  cutlet  from  the  neck,  two  tablespoon fuls 
of  curry  powder,  two  tablespoonfuls  of  flour, 
a  little,  salt,  pepper  and  cayenne,  u  largo  acid 
apple,  one  small  shall  it,  stock  sufficient  to 
cover  it.  Cut  the  meat  into  cutlets ;  take 
care  to  have  a  bone  in  each,  and  frv  them  a 
light  brown  with  a  little  butter.  'The  shalot 
should  be  fried  at  the  same  time.  Peel  and 
core  the  apple,  and  cut.  It  up  ;  stew  the  meat, 
shalot  and  apple  in  the  stock  for  half  an 
hour,  very  gently  ;  then  add  the  curry 
powder  and  llour,  having  previously  mixed 
them  with  half  a  cup  of  stock.  *  Pass  it 
through  a  sieve.  Let  it  boil  up  twice,  dish 
up  the  cutlets,  and  pour  the  sauce  over  them. 
This  curry  is  excellent.  It  rnay  be  made  in 
the  same ’manner  with  chickens  or  rabbits; 
and  should  apples  not  be  in  season,  a  little 
lemon  juice  may  be  added  just  before  it  ia 
boiled  up.  In  India,  the  pleasant  acid  of 
fresh  tarmarinds  is  used.  As  well-boiled  rice 
is  so  essential  with  curry,  I  will  add  the  re¬ 
ceipt  for  it  here  :  Put  on  a  saucepanful  of 
water,  let  it  boil  fast ;  sprinkle  iu  a  little  salt, 
and  then  the  rice,  dropping  it  into  the  water 
with  the  hand,  I)o  not  cover  the  saucepan. 
When  the  rice  is  done,  strain  off  the  water, 
and  set  it  on  a  cloth  before  the  fire  to  drain. 
Toss  it  up  a  litt  le  with  two  forks,  and  serve 
it  in  a  dish  separate  from  the  curry.  Select 
large  rice  to  boil  for  the  Curry,  and  of  the 
best  description  only. 

Bean  Porridge. — Boil  a  fresh  beef  bone  (I 
think  salt  beef  would  answer  if  sufficiently 
freshened,  though  1  never  tried  it,)  in  a  large 
quantity  of  water,  and  use  the  meat  for  any¬ 
thing  you  choose.  Let  the  liquid  become 
cool,  aiid  remove  all  the  grease.  Boil  a.  tea- 
cupful  of  beans  in  three  quarts  of  this 
Honor  until  thoroughly  soft  and  in  pieces ; 
aud  a  little  rice,  the  necessary  amount  of 
salt,  and  just  before  taking  froin  the  stove,  a 
little  thickening  of  some  kind  of  meal.  We 
use  it  about  the  thickness  of  gruel  or  gravies 
and  add  a  little  milk  when  wo  eat. 

Buckwheat  Cakes. — A  correspondent,  of 
the  Germantown  Telegraph  says : — If  you 
want  to  have  buckwheat,  cakes  at  a  mo¬ 
ment’s  warning,  at  any  and  all  times,  miv  iu 
a  large  stone  or  earthen  pot.  When  you 
take  out  quantum  sufficed  for  breakfast  or 
supper,  mix  as  much  in  another  vessel  as  ■ 


you  take  out.  and  pour  it  into  the  large  pot, 
stirring  it  well.  By  observing  this  rule  you 
will  always  have  nice  light  cakes  and  plenty 
of  them  when  you  want  them.  The  large 
pot  must  be  kept  in  the  cellar. 

Snp%o-Ftake  Cream.— Take  four  heaping 
tablespoonfuls  of  rixena,  three  of  sugar,  a 
few  drops  of  essence  of  almonds  or  other 
flavoring  extract,  with  two  tablespoon  fuls 
of  fresh  butter  ;  and  one  quart  of  milk  ;  boil 
from  fifteen  to  twenty  mi  Mites,  until  it 
forms  a  smooth  substance,  though  not  too 
thick  ;  then  pour  in  a  mold  or  cm  is  pre¬ 
viously  buttered.  Serve  when  cold,  with 
cream,  or  any  kind  of  stewed  or  preserved 
fruits 

To  Vickie.  Meah—V.  bushel  of  line  salt,  3 
lbs.  brown  sugar.  S'  .  lbs.  saltpetre,  gallon 
best  molasses.  .  bx  the*. •  ingredients  t.< .gath¬ 
er,  then  rub  each  piece  well  with  the  mixture 
until  Jill  be.  absorbed.  The  meat  must  be 
taken  out  of  the  pickle  once  a  week  dor  six 
weeks  ;  l  b  •  first  two  times  the  meat  is  taken 
out,  there  is  ho  be  a.  plate  of  alum  salt  added 
to  the  pickle  once  a  week  for  six  weeks. — 
Mrs.  Win.  II.  Marriott, 

Tomato  Catsup.— To  one  peck  of  ripe  to¬ 
matoes  boiled  and  strained,  take  4  table¬ 
spoonfuls  of  salt,  1  of  ground  pepper,  4  of 
ground  mustard,  3  of  ground  allspice,  3  of 
ground  cloves,  1  of  cayenne  pepper,  l  quart, 
of  strong  vinegar.  Boil  si. ft,  and  strain 
through  a  sieve  that  will  let  a  little  of  the 
pulp  through,  .lien  add.  the  spice  and  boil 
gently  for  several  hours  ;  cool,  and  bottle. 

S luffed  Cabbage  —  Take  a  large  fresh  cab- 
bago  andcut  nut.  the  heart,  till  the  place 
with  stuffing  made  of  cooked  chicken  or 
veal,  chopped  very  fine,  and  highly  seasoned, 
rolled  into  balls  v.  ith  yolk  of  egg.  Then  tie 
the  cabbage  firmly  together,  and  boil  in  a 
covered  kettle  for  two  hours.  It,  makes  a 
very  delicious  dish,  and  is  often  useful  for 
using  small  pieces  of  cold  meat. 


In  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  August  30 
a  correspondent,  D.  S.  ROBLYER,  speaks  of 
the  virtues  of  “crawley”  in  consumption, 
fevers,  etc. ;  and  as  the  editor  says  it  is  un¬ 
known  to  him,  I' have  been  waiting,  hoping 
Mr.  R.  or  some  one  else  would  enlighten  him 
concerning  it ;  but  as  no  one  responds  I  offer 
the  following  : 

“  Crawley,”  or  Dragon’s  Claw,  is  the  plant 
Ptcrospora  andromedea,  known  also  by  the 
names  Pine  Drops  and  Fever  Root.  It  is  a 
peculiar  plant,  resembling  the  Beech  Drops, 
growing  from  eight,  to  twenty  inches  high, 
without  leavens  ;  flowers  pale  yellow  or  red¬ 
ish-white  ;  producing  an  oval-shaped  Beed 
capsule. 

The  stalk  is  straight,  purple,  becoming 
brown,  said  to  be  sometimes  covered  with  a 
sort  of  short,  sticky  wool,  but  I  have  never 
seen  it  thus — and  a  few  scales  aswering  for 
leaves.  The  root  is  a  bunch  of  fingor-like 
protuberances  of  a  brownish  color,  resem¬ 
bling  the  claws  of  a  hen.  It  grows  in  the 
hilly  parts  of  the  Northern  States  and  Canada, 
on  barren  uplands,  pine  hills  and  hard  clay 
soil. 

It  is  one  of  the  best  sweating  medicines 
known  in  all  cases  of  low,  typhoid  and  in¬ 
flammatory  fevers,  as  a  cooling,  non-exciting 
diaphoretic.  It  promotes  perspiration  with¬ 
out  increasing  the  heat  of  the  system  or 
action  of  the  heart,  being  sedative  and  dia¬ 
phoretic  but  not  stimulant.  It  is  not  a  plen¬ 
tiful  root,  scarce  everywhere;  but  it  can  be 
recognized  now  by  its  dead  top  and  gathered 
before  deep  snows  come.  The  dose  is  20  to 
30  grains  for  an  adult,  or  from  one-fourth  to 
one-half  of  a  common  level  teaspoonful  of 
the  'powdered  root  in  warm  catnip  or  other 
herb  tea,  repeated  every  hour  or  two. 

Mr.  Rohlykr  is  justly  sensible  of  the  vir¬ 
tues  of  “  crawley”  and  blue  violet — the  kind 
whose  leaf-stem  comes  direct,  from  the  root 
without  branching— is  one  of  the  best  loosen¬ 
ing  demulents,  and  in  coughs  or  fevers  is 
very  much  better  than  many  things  given 
therefor. 

Last  fall  rny  little  four-year-old  girl  was 
taken  with  pneumonia,  which  made  its  ad¬ 
vances  so  insiduou  sly— much  resembling  the 
then  prevailing  epizotic— that  she  was  com¬ 
pletely  under  its  control  before  I  was  aware 
that  the  ease  was  at  mil  Important.  1  tried 
my  usual  remedies  without  avail,  until  vom¬ 
iting  had  so  set  in  that  everything  given 
would  Vie  thrown  up,  and  I  began  to  fear  she 
would  not  live  through  it.  But  at  this  criti¬ 
cal  juncture  1  thought  of  ‘Crawley,”  and 
supposing  that  its  sedative  and  anti-spas¬ 
modic  properties  would  assist,  its  remaining 
in  the  stomach,  it.  was  administered,  and  ful¬ 
filled  my  expectations  perfectly,  throwing 
out  a  copious  perspiration  ;  and  we.  kept  her 
well  covered  up  and  continued  the  medicine 
until  the  disease  was  Broken,  and  she  re¬ 
covered.  But  before  she  got  around  my 
wife  was  taken  with  the  same  complaint ; 


and  as  T  was  away  from  home  much  of  the 
time  and  she,  exposing  and  neglecting  her¬ 
self,  was  inadvertently  reduced  to  almost 
the.  despairing  point.  Her  constitution  is 
such  that  it  is  impossible  to  get  her  into  a 
sweat  by  ordinary  means;  therefore  the  dis¬ 
ease  progressed  until  effusion  had  taken 
place,  and  for  three  nights  I  should  not  have 
been  surprised  had  she  died  before  morning. 
But  I  gave  “Crawley,”  in  half  tea  spoonful 
doses  ;  aud  as  often  as  the  sweat  would  dry 
up  through  the.  stubbornness  of  her  Const  i¬ 
tution  I  would  bend  my  energies  unto  the 
work  aud  restore  it,  and  the  result  was  she. 
too,  recovered.  “Crawley”  was  the  princi¬ 
pal  instrument  in  saving  these  two  lives  ;  it 
did  a  work  which  [doubt  any  other  known 
medicine  would  have  hone. 

Perry  Center,  N.  Y.  It.  Andrews,  M.  D. 

■ - - 

THE  INFLUENCE  OF  CLIMATE  UPON 
LIFE. 


An  interesting  article  appears  in  the  Ga¬ 
zette  de  Medical  TJ  Algeria  on  the  influence 
exerted  by  climates  in  regard  to  health  and 
life  nf  foreigners.  In  that  article  wo  arc 
reminded  that  t  he  negroes  of  Senuar  recruit¬ 
ed  by  Mehemet  Ali  for  Ids  army,  speedily 
succumbed  after  arriving  in  Egypt ;  that 
negroes  of  Central  A  frica  rapidly  dio  if  trans¬ 
ported  to  Arabia,  and  that  if  sent  to  Europe 
they  perish  by  phthisis.  Of  1,800  negroes 
sent  to  garrison  Gibraltar  in  1817,  nearly  all 
are  said  to  have  been  destroyed  by  pulmo¬ 
nary  consumption  in  fifteen  months,  and  of 
the  negro  convicts  sent,  from  the  French 
colonies  to  the  hulks  at  Brest,  one-fifth  die 
each  year.  In  Mexico,  the  Egyptian  contin¬ 
gent  suffered  by  disease  and  death  in  larger 
proportion  than  did  the  regular  troops  from 
France;  whereas  Algerians  and  Arabs  in 
France  enjoy  relatively  better  health  than  in 
their  native  count  ries.  During  the  Russian 
War  the  Zouaves  and  Tureoa  resisted  the 
climate  of  the  Crimea,  bettor  than  t  hamen  of 
the  French  heavy  cavalry  and  it  is  said  that 
on  the  same  occasion  the  Algerian  horses 
withstood  the  severe  winter  even  better  than 
those  of  the  English  Cfi.valry.  With  regard 
to  the.  power  of  resistance  of  Arabs,  as  illus¬ 
trated  in  the  war  of  1870-71,  it  is  observed 
that  if  in  battle  they  become  excited  to  par¬ 
oxysms  of  fury,  once  wounded,  or  taken 
prisoners,  they  find  in  their  complete  belief 
in  fatalism  a  source  of  moral  calm  and  resig¬ 
nation.  The  Arab  moreover  is  less  sensi¬ 
tive  to  pain  than  the  European  ;  hence,  in  a 
great  measure,  the  principal  cause  of  the 
facility  with  which  wounds  received  by  the 
former  heal. 

In  the  question  asked  then  : — Is  man  cos¬ 
mopolitan  ;  Certainly  not  !  Man  does  not 
perpetuate  his  species  iu  all  climates.  He 
may  live,  if  transported  after  having  attained 
adult  age,  but  he  often  becomes  sterile,  or  if 
he  has  children  they  do  not  attain  manhood. 
Michael  Levy  rightly  observed  that  “To 
change  the  climate  is  to  be  born  to  a  new 
life.” 


HYGIENIC  NOTES. 


Stiff  ^aturalifit. 


HOW  TO  PROTECT  FRUIT  FROM  BIRDS. 


A  correspondent  of  the  London  Field 
says  that  his  method  has  proven  entirely 
efficacious.  “  And  what,  you  will  think,  is 
my  l  aflsman  }  Simply  a  ball  of  gray  orwhity- 
hvowu  linen  thread.  I  take  u  ball  of  this  in 
nn  hand,  fasten  the  end  of  it  to  one.  of  the 
twigs  of  the  gooseberry  or  currant,  bush,  and 
then  cross  the  thread  backwards,  from  twig 
to  twig  in  perhaps  a  dozen  different  direc¬ 
tions,  fasfceu  off,  and  the  thing  is  done  ;  and 
it,  will  last  two  years— the  thread  on  the 
trees,  l  mean.  Tt  Is  npt  necessary  the  thread 
should  be  white  or  coarse ;  it  ought  rather 
to  ho  lino  and  dark-  a  thing  to  be  felt  not 
seen.  I  have  watched  the  birds  after  per¬ 
forming  the  operation  ;  they  come  boldly  to 
settle  on  the  trees,  and  they  st  rike  against 
these  to  them,  invisible  snares,  for  such  no 
doubt  they  deem  them  to  be  ;  they  fly  off  in 
a  terrible  hurry,  and  settle  on  the  walls  and 
trees  around  about,  longing  and  getting  hun¬ 
gry,  till  at  last  they  disappear,  and  you  will 
sec  them  no  more. 

A  s  regards  peas  and  other  seeds  which  I 
always  sow  in  drills,  1  simply  stretch  a 
thread,  sometimes  two,  along  each  drill  at 
about  two  inches  from  the  ground,  support¬ 
ing  it  at  that  bight  by  little  forked  sticks.  If 
you  put  it  much  liigher  than  this  the  birds 
do  not  seem  to  care  for  it,  it  does  not  touch 
thorn  ;  that  is  the  grand  secret,  something 
they  do  not  well  see,  nor  know  what  It  means, 
.!  have  seen  people  put  a  thick  white  string 
with  feathers  tied  to  it,  and  perhaps  two  feet 
from  the  ground.  The  birds  soon  understand 
these,  and  care  little  for  them  ;  in  short,  I 
know  to  my  cost  it.  sometimes  acts  as  a  lure, 
«s  a  notice  to  the  birds  that  there  is  some¬ 
thing  to  lie  had  worth  looking  after.  1  will 
answer  for  it,  any  one  adopting  the  plan  I 
recommend  will  never  have  cause  to  com¬ 
plain  of  the  birds,  however  numerous  they 
may  be. 

- V-*-* - 

AN  INDIAN  BIRD  SCARER. 


A  poor  Koonbee,  away  off  in  an  Indian 
jungle,  Washington  Teasdale  says,  in¬ 
vented  oue  of  the  most  effective  and  least 
objectionable  contrivances  he  ever  met  with 
for  keeping  birds  from  fruit.  The  sketch 
almost  explains  itself.  An  empty  bottlo 
suspended  from  a  pliant  branch  or  twig,  the 
bottom  being  cut  off  by  drawing  a,  heated 
wire  round  from  a  file  mark  ;  the.  suspending 


Xc.w  Method,  of  Making  Beef  Tea. — Dr. 
H.  0.  Wood  says:  —  In  order  to  meet  the 
daily  felt  want  of  concentrated  lluid  meat 
food,  a  want  not  supplied  by  beef  essence  as 
ordinarily  made,  1  have,  invented  the  follow¬ 
ing  process,  and  found  in  practice  that  it 
works  well.  Take  a  thin  rump  steak  of  heef, 
lay  it  upon  a  board,  and  with  a  case-knife 
scrape  it.  In  this  way  a  red  pulp  will  be  ob¬ 
tained,  which,  contains  pretty  much  eveiy 
thing  in  the  steak,  except  the  fibrous  tissue. 
Mix  this  red  pulp  thoroughly  with  three 
times  its  bulk  of  cold  water,  stirring  until 
the  pulp  is  completely  diffused.  Put  the 
whole  upon  a  moderate  fire  and  allow  it  to 
come  slowly  to  a  boil,  st  irring  all  the  time  to 
prevent  the  “  caking”  of  the  pulp.  In  using 
this  do  not  allow  the  patient  to  strain  it,  but 
stir  the  settlings  thoroughly  into  the  fluid. 
One  to  three  fluid  ounces  of  this  may  bo 
given  at  a  time. 

Chapped  Jlands.— Foe  chapped  hands  we 
advise  the  free  use  of  glycerin  and  good  olive 
oil  In  the  proportion  of  two  parts  of  the 
former  to  four  of  the  latter  ;  after  this  has 
been  well  rubbed  into  the  hand-sand  allowed 
to  remain  for  a  liltle  time,  and  the  hands 
subsequently  washed  with  castile  soap  and 
tepid  water,  we  recommend  the  belladonna 
aud  collodion  flexile  to  be  painted,  aud  the 
protective  film  allowed  permanently  to  re¬ 
main. 

A  Weak  Son.— A  subscriber  writes;— “I 
have  a  son,  lull-grown,  who  has  been  for 
years  so  weak  in  the  small  of  his  back  and  iu 
his  lcnccs  that  if  lie  Stoops  or  sits  down  he 
cannot  get  up  again  without  pulling  himseff 
up  by  ROmcthing;  and  sometimes  has  the 
crick  in  the  back  so  that  he  cannot  get  about 
the  house.  Can  any  one  tell  what  will  help 
him  ?” 


string  passing  through  the  cork  terminates 
in  a  nail,  button,  or  pebble,  which  thus  be¬ 
comes  the  tinkler  or  clapper  of  a  bell  which 
the  slightest  breeze  sets  and  keeps  in  motion. 
If  the  suspension  of  the  bottle  is  effected  by 
means  of  wire  instead  of  twine,  the  effect  is 
much  better.  Twine  is  too  limp  ;  wire  or 
watch-springs  give  a  sort  of  rigid  elasticity. 
- - - 

NOTES  FOR  NATURALISTS. 


Snails  for  Market, —  Iu  the  district  of 
Champagne,  in  France,  the  cultivation  of 
snails  for  the  Paris  market  has  latterly  be¬ 
come  a  profitable  product,  they  bringing 
about  fifty  cents  per  hundred,  and  are  in 
great  demand  as  a  delicacy.  During  the 
summer,  after  a  heavy  dew  or  rain  the  peas¬ 
ants  catch  the  snails  as  they  crawl  out,  with 
house  on  hack,  for  a  promenade  ;  contractors 
buy  up  the  molluscs,  inclose  them  in  a  kind 
of  park,  fatten  them  on  salads,  thyme,  mint, 
parsley,  &o.  When  large  enough  to  pass 
through  a  ring  of  a  certain  size  they  are  fit 
l’or  the  table— or  are  supposed  to  be. 

Ants  on  La/wns  have  been  checked  by 
using  flour  of  sulphur  where  boiling  water 
cannot  be  used. 


PROGRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT.", 


nave  had  I  not  had  the  purpose  of  winnowing 
some  wheat  from  this  chaff.  I  wanted,  before 
I  got  bark  to  the  detail  and  drudgery  of  the 
sanctum,  to  say  something  of  the 

Value  of  a  Home 

and  of  it.*  compensations,  however  humble,  un¬ 
couth.  and  incomplete,  to  one  who  has  been 
tossed  about  the  world,  If  you  please,  as  I  have 
been,  for  twenty  years.  Talk  about  a  heritage 
for  children Talk  of  laying  up  for  them  a 
competency  with  which  to  "start  In  lire!” 
Falk  of  11  placing  them  beyond  the  reach  of 
want !  ”  Let  the  boys  arid  girls  look  out  for 
themselves  I  nut  give  them  t  he  sweet,  t  he 
always  compensating  arid  ever-attracting  herit¬ 
age  of  a  Home  that  they  may  confidently  seek, 
sure  of  welcome  and  refuge,  and  let  It  be  in  t  he 
sweet,  pure,  seclusion  of  1  he  country  J  Secure 
this  to  them,  and  you  have  wrought  for  them 
what  they  will  most  value  and  to  which,  both  in 
days  of  prosperity  and  advorslty,  they  will  sure¬ 
ly  and  gladly  gravitate. 

Sell  the  Old  Homestead  1  Why  I  had  rather 
loso  every  cent  I  possess  than  to  know  that  the 
old  Home  is  no  longer  a  family  possession !  T 
want  my  children  and  grand  and  great-grand¬ 
children  to  play  under  the  chestnut  trees  I 
played  under,  eat  fruit  from  the  trees  my 
father  and  I  planted,  sing  songs  beneath  the 
roof  where  1  first  learned  losing,  and  look  with 
joy  upon  the  sparkling  and  radiant  waters  of 
Ontario,  which  were  the  first  my  eyes  ever  rest  ¬ 
ed  upon.  I  want  the  spirit  I  inherited,  and 
which  was  born  in  me  on  the  Old  Homestead, 
the  attachment  to  place,  to  be  tbe  herftance  of 
the  generations  that  may  hereafter  call  me 
“  ancestor.”  Let  your  homes,  men  and  breth¬ 
ren,  mean  all  ibis  to  your  children.  The  spot 
where  a  child  is  born  should  ever  after  be  the 
shrine  he  should  seek  in  his  pilgrimages—  the 
objective  point  in  his  life.  Love  of  homo  is 
synonymous  with  love  of  country.  We  never 
know  a  full-fledged  patriot  who  did  not  Jove 
ins  country  because  It  was  his  homo.  Keep  the 
homes  sacred  and  Intact  if  possible.  Make  It 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


that  several  manufacturers  of  reapers  have 
notified  their  heretofore  agents,  that  the  Pat¬ 
rons  have  engaged  all  the  machines  they  can 
manufacture  for  two  years. 


Grange*  nnd  Politics. — If  there  was  any' need 
of  an  illustration  to  what  desperate  measures 
politicians  will  resort  to  gull  the  easily  gu  I  led, 
we  have  it  in  a  score  of  Instances  during  the 
present  political  campaign.  The  terms  “  Gran¬ 
ges"  and  "anti-monopoly"  have  been  played 
upon  and  used  l»y  both  parties  to  wheedle  the 
Patrons  and  those  engaged  in  the  "  Farmers’ 
Movement."  into  an  indorsement,  of  their  re¬ 
spective  candidates.  So  far  as  we  can  learn 
this  has  not  been  successful  to  any  extent  sat¬ 
isfactory  to  the  politicians,  whereat  we  rejoice. 
I  he  Interchange  of  views  at  the  Grange  meet¬ 
ings  and  at  the  conventions  of  farmers  has  pre¬ 
pared  right-thinking  men  to  sec  dearly  that 
t  he  only  way  to  reform  is  to  reform  as  Horace 
Greeley  said  the  only  way  to  resume  specie 
payments  is  to  resume  I  Nothing  has  done  so 
much  to  win  our  confidence  in  the  ultimate 
success  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry  as  the 
prompt  disavowal  on  the  part  of  its  leaders  of 
ail  political  (partisan)  purposes.  We  would  not 
have  a  Patron  ignore  political  duty,  but  we 
would  have  him  discharge  that  duty  independ¬ 
ently  (of  all  parties)  and  patriotically. 


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the  professor  of  chemistry.  They  ore,  moreover, 
discussing  the  propriety  of  disposing  of  the 
Short-Horns,  Hereford.*,  Jerseys.  Ayrshire*,  and 
Devons  heretofore  collected  at  great  expense, 
and  of  selling  the  .University  farm.”  So  they 
propose  to  concede  that  “farming  will  not 
pay,”  we  suppose. 


PUBLICATION  OFFICES: 

No.  5  Beekman  Street,  New  York  City,  and  No.  82 
Buffalo  Street,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


RURAL  BREVITIES, 


SATURDAY,  NOVEMBER  1,  1873. 


GIVE  MEN  WORK 


VACATION  LETTERS 


Gras*  Culture — No  one  who' rides  through 
New  York  State,  aft er  an  absence  of  a  few  years, 
can  fail  to  notice  the  increased  proportion  of 
land  in  grass  as  compared  with  the  amount  in 
former  years.  Associated  dairies  and  cheap 
corn  and  wheat  In  the  West  have  wrought 
a  marvelous  change.  The  whole  country  lias 
become  or  js  rapidly  becoming  pastoral.  Flocks 
and  herds  and  the  fruits  of  the  vine  and  orch¬ 
ard  are  taking  the  place  of  the  corn,  wheat  and 
potato  fields— although  the  last-named  crop  Is 
extensively  grown.  But  all  tills  suggests  an 
improved  system  in  the  managi-mcnt  of  grass 
lands.  On  some  farms  the  periodical  plowing 
continues  to  be  done,  although  the  re-seeding 
follows  with  the  second  crop— first  corn  or  po¬ 
tatoes,  then  wheat,  barley  or  oats  and  grass 
seed.  But  there  must  be  a  better  way  of  treat¬ 
ing  grass  lands.  Who  has  found  it  out  ? 


it  is  the  best  way  to  give  alms— to  give  men 
work  to  do.  There  is  a  stir  and  an  ominous 
mutter  of  preparation  among  the  charitable 
organizations  of  the  cities  to  take  care  of  the 
poor;  there  are  appeals  to  the  Benevolent  for 
means  to  make  preparations  adequate  to  mset. 
t  he  anticipated  increased  demand  for  help  con¬ 
sequent  upon  hard  times.  The  misfortune  is 
that  these  ministrations  to  humanity  too  rarely 
take  the  right,  form.  A  man  will  give  a  thou¬ 
sand  dollars  to  some  charitable  society  and 
discharge  a  hundred  or  two  men  from  bis  shops 
because  he  lias  nothing  for  them  to  do.  This  is 
wrong.  Where  the  help  is  not  needed,  the 
hours  of  ench  should  be  made  shorter  and  the 
burthen  of  non-employment  divided. 

If,  as  is  apprehended,  there  is  to  be  a  deart  h 
of  employment,  in  mills  and  manufactories,  it 
will  be  the  farmers’ opportunity  to  get  much 
work  done  cheaply,  provided  these  unemployed 
men  and  women  can  be  Induced  to  leave  t  he 
cities.  If  they  cannot  be  so  induced,  the  cities 
should  give  them  employment  on  their  vast 
systems  of  public  works,  at  a  low  rate  of  wages. 
This  work,  that  must  be  performed,  can  be 
accomplished  economically,  and  those  who 
would  otherwise  be  a  tax  upon  the  charitablv 


NO  farmer  will  grow  rich  by  thn  Rale  of 
wormy  fruit,  filthy  grain,  small  potatoes,  or 
butter  weighted  with  rock. 

Dn.  Gkeooky,  Regent  of  the  Illinois  Univer- 
elty,  bus  returned  from  Europe,  and  is  reported 
as  approving  the  recent  changes  made  by  tho 
Board  of  Trustees. 

Tub  salt  of  Itomnnto  Spring,  Kansas,  is  pro¬ 
nounced  by  Prof.  MtrncK  “  To  lie  t  he  purest  and 
best  for  every  purpose  of  any  manufactured  in 
the  United  States." 

Tm;  total  receipts  at  tho  New  York  State 
l  air  at  Albany  are  reported  at  $  10,000—  one- 
fourt  h  ol  which  go  t<,  the  Association  on  whose 
grounds  tiio  Fair  was  held. 

Benton  Co.,  Iowa,  has  an  association  of 
farmers,  "To  promote  the  breeding  of  flue  and 
pure-blooded  stock.”  It  is  to  make  a  public 
exhibition  and  sale  of  its  stock  annually. 

The  Kansas  Bee-keepers  hive  resolved  “That 
we  regard  the  action  of  tho  Postmaster-Gener¬ 
al,  in  ruling  that  bees  are  not  mailable  matter, 
as  an  unlawful  Interference  with  our  rights." 

The  average  number  of  fattening  cattle  in 
the  country  is  put  down  at  Hi  per  cent.,  and 
their  condition  97  per  cent.,  as  compared  with 
what  ought  to  be  the  average  number  and  con¬ 
dition. 

A  California*  deliberately  talks  about  a 
wagou  load  of  melons  in  market  that  averaged 
over  50  Jbs.  each,  and  “quite  a  number  that 
weighed  70  lbs.  and  upwards  I"  flow  far  “  uu- 
wards  1"  * 

The  Grange  movement  In  New  England  seems 
Lo  be  most  popular  in  Vermont.  That  State 
has  37  granges,  Massachusetts  lias  five,  and  New 
Hampshire  four.  Connecticut  and  Rhode  Is¬ 
land  have  none. 

A  sale  of  •  Golddust"  stock  was  recently 
held  on  tlie  larm  ofL.  Horsey,  near  Louisville, 
Ivy.,  at  which  38  colts  were  sold,  averagin'1’ 
$340.65  per  head.  Two  or  t  hree  stallions  brought 
$1,650  and  $1,700,  respectively. 

It  is  stated  that  the  total  loss  by  the  cot¬ 
ton  worm  in  the  Southern  States,  sometimes 
amounts  from  $40,000,000  to  $50,000,000  a  year, 
and  that  tho  loss  by  its  ravages  of  a  quarter  of 
a  million  ol  bales  is  deemed  a  light  affliction. 

yrx  hoard  a  well  known  gentleman  in  this 


i  o  itemove  me  Burden  of  Monopolies.  —While 
we  do  not  regard  the  following  recipe  as  entirely 
adequate  to  do  this,  it  is  good  as  far  as  it  goes 
•l,ld  accords  with  lews  hitherto  frequently  ex¬ 
pressed  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker.  Rev.  G. 
H.  Twojiblt,  President  of  tbe  University  of 
Wisconsin  said  in  a  recent  address Let  them 
[farmers]  become  thoroughly  persuaded  that 
the  burdens  of  which  they  complain  cannot  be 
removed  by  anathematizing  monopolies,  but 
only  by  encouraging  industries  which  will  at 
once  diminish  the  cost  of  transportation ;  se¬ 
cure  a  better  distribution  of  capital,  stimulate 
education,  give  labor  to  a  larger  number  of 
people,  and  enable  them  to  supply  their  own 
wants,  and  the  initial  work  is  accomplished.” 


BUSINESS  NOTICES 


Hon.  Marshall  P.  Wilder  is  quoted  as  au¬ 
thority  for  the  statement  "That  there  has 
never  beon  such  a  crop  of  pears,  and  of  such 
excellent  quality,  in  New  England  as  the  pres¬ 
ent  crop,  which  rivals  in  excellence  and  abun¬ 
dance  the  boasted  crop  of  Caljfox-nia.’’ 


To  aid  In  tanking  Church  Parlors  attractive 

to  tbe  young,  supply  them  liberally  with  games  of 
Avilude.  If  tbe  sewing  circle  or  sociable  is  to  meet 
at  your  house,  get  at  once  Avilude,  or  Game  ol  Birds. 
Sold  by  all  dealers,  or  sunt  post-paid,  on  receipt  of 
seventy-five  cents,  by  West  &  Lee,  Worcester,  Mass. 
“  Entertaining  and  instructive.”— Zion'*  Mould, 


'TWALMYO/Iteff:  £/VC,C 


is  the  ordinary  lot  of  the  young  American,  ho 
rehearses  every  phase  of  the  public  life  of  his 
country.  There  he  receives  that  awakening  of 
the  mind  and  the  rudimentary  knowledge 
which  help  him  to  be  an  intelligent  citizen. 
There  he  gains  the  more  important  instruction 
in  personal  character  as  related  to  others  and 
living  under  law.  There  he  learns  how  to  live 
with  his  fellow-men,  and  respect  their  rights. 

When  we  consider  the  exclusiveness  of  fami- 
Jy  life,  the  clannish  tendency  of  business  con¬ 
nections,  the  violent  prejudices  that  beset,  us 
ns  individuals,  members  of  homes,  churches  and 
professional  cliques,  we  can  realize  how  hard 
it  is  to  gain  the  generous  discipline  of  manhood 
and  womanhood  that  fits  us  for  American  citi¬ 
zenship.  The  American  common  school  best 
among  American  institutions  can  instruct  the 


Query— Would  it  be  propor  to  call  a  danciYig- 
master  a  hop  merchant  ? 

A  distinction  without  a  difTerenco-to  be 
chosen  to  office  without  opposition. 

Content  Is  to  the  mind  like  moss  to  a  tree  ; 
it  bindeth  it  up  so  as  to  stop  its  growth. 

Cities  force  growth,  and  make  men  talkative 
and  entertaining,  but  they  make  them  artificial. 

You  may  glean  knowledge  by  reading,  hut 
you  must  separate  the  chaff  from  the  wheat  by 
thinking. 

A  Galesburg  barber  advertises  himself  as  a 
“  Professor  of  crinicultural  abscission  and  cran- 
iologicnl  tripBis." 

Ridiculously  enough,  a  two-hundred  pound 
poetess  Is  writing  about  what  she  would  do  if 
she  were  a  sumheam. 


LIFE’S  LESSONS 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS 


How  confident  wo  felt  at  twenty!  We  were 
ready  for  life  then.  We  understood  all  the  mys- 
teries  of  college  lore,  from  the  declension  of  a 
Latin  noun  to  the  demonstration  of  the  Bino¬ 
mial  Theorem.  Surely,  thore  was  nothing  more 
for  us  to  learn.  Nothing  more  for  us  to  learn  ! 
What  a  delusion  life  is  I  We  plucked  t  he  flower 
we  thought  fairest,  and  a  sharp  thorn  stung  us; 
we  chose  the  path  that  seemed  most  invitiag, 
and  lo!  right  in  our  way  a  serpent  hissed;  we 
centered  our  affections  on  an  earthly  idol,  and 
a  voice  said  to  our  dear  one,  “  Come  up  higher.” 


ine  A  morion  u  Cyclopaedia.  A  Popular  Dic- 
tionnry  of  General  Knowledge.—  New  Vork  •  l) 
Appioton  &  Co. 

Sucii  has  boon  the  vast  increase  of  knowledge, 
the  advance  of  the  arts  and  sciences,  and  so 
great  have  boon  recent  political  revolutions,  a 
new  edition  of  the  American  Cyclopedia  was 
greatly  needed.  Tills  the  Messrs.  Appleton 
have  undertaken  to  give  us,  ami  two  large  and 
handsome  volumes  have  already  appeared', 
taking  the  reader  as  far  as  “  Bol  ’’  in  the  alpha¬ 
bet.  Tho  matter  of  these  volumes  is  new,  fresh 


A.  SCOTCH 

masses  of  our  youth  in  wbat  pertains  to  public  I 
character  and  public  virtue,  and  the  most  un-  [  t 
just  and  injurious  perversion  of  any  public  in-  fi 
stitution  would  be  the  changing  the  people's 
school  to  the  organ  of  scholasticism,  ecoiesi-  j 
asticlam  or  polite  society.  It  stands  next  above  t 
the  family,  is  the  first,  stop  out  of  that  divine  I 
institution  to  that  other  divine  organism,  the 
State.— Rep.  Mr.  Mayo.  i  I 


Looking  hack  to-day,  and  reading  our  past  as 
we  would  read  a  written  page,  we  realize  how 
easy  were  the  lessons  that  we  had  learned  from 
our  school  books,  in  the  days  when  life  was 
young  and  rich  and  warm,  compared  with  those 
that,  since  then, the  years  have  taught  us.  Ah  ! 
it  was  hard,  hard  when  our  darling’s  fingers 
unclasped  themselves  for  the  last  time  from 
about  our  neck  ;  hard  when  the  friend  we 
trusted  betrayed  us  with  a  Judas’  kiss  ;  hard 
to  see  the  plans  we  had  formed  ruthlessly  shat¬ 
tered.  But  never  mind,  my  friend ;  you  and  I 
needed  every  one  of  those  trials,  and  they  have 
made  ua  stronger  for  all  future  time.  Perhaps 
the  lessons  that  have  seemed  so  bitter  in  the 
learning  may  prove,  by-and-by,  each  one  a  star 
for  our  crown— a  medal  far  more  precious  than 
the  ones  we  used  to  carry  home  so  triumphant¬ 
ly  in  those  childish  days.  Neal,  Newton. 


and  ascomprehenf  ive  as  we  could  expect  in  tho 
limited  space.  The  text  is  beautifully  and  pro¬ 
fusely  illustrated  with  fine  wood-cuts  and  col¬ 
ored  maps.  Many  of  the  moat  eminent  Ameri¬ 
can  writers  of  the  day  are  engaged  upon  this 
work,  including  men  and  women  versed  In  par¬ 
ticular  branches  of  knowledge.  Those  who 
propose  purchasing  a  set  of  Cycloptedias  can¬ 
not  do  better  than  get  this  now  edition. 


A  SCOTCH  FERRY, 


Yale 


_  lectures  on  Prcnchinjr.  —  By  Henry 
Ward  Beecher.  New  York  :  j;  B.  Ford  &  Co. 

All  who  have  read  the  first  series  of  these 
delightful  lectures  -will  be  clad  of  the  chance 
to  purchase  the  second  series,  now  just  oui ,  for 
the  reasonable  price  of  $1.50.  These  lectures 
were  delivered  before  the  Theological  Depart- 
I  ment  of  Yale  College,  and  were  a  success  in 
!  every  sense  of  that  word.  The  lectures  con¬ 
sider  the  social  and  religious  machinery  of  the 
Church  in  relation  to  preaching.  Under  this 
|  scheme  are  treated  In  characteristic  manner 
such  topics  as  prayer  meetings,  revivals,  Bible 
classes,  music,  etc.  The  volume  la  compact 
!  with  the  be3t  of  advice,  and  as  readable  for  lay¬ 
men  as  for  students  of  theology. 


The  accompanying  illustration  represents  a 
characteristic  scene  among  the  Highlands  of 
Scotland.  It  is  from  a  celebrated  painting  by  a 
distinguished  artist— Richardson,  of  the  Royal 
Academy— and  shows  how  flocks  of  sheep,  and 
shepherd  dogs,  are  conveyed,  morning  and 
evening,  to  and  from  the  pastures  on  the  friths 
and  forths  of  the  bonnie  land  of  Burns.  Any 
one  who  has  sojourned  in  the  Scotch  Highlands 
will  at  once  reoognize  the  picture,  and  to  others 
the  scene  cannot  prove  devoid  of  interest. 


THE  COMMON  SCHOOL 


The  American  Common  school,  as  planted  in 
New  England  ard  transplanted  In  every  free 
State  of  the  Union,  is  essentially  a  political  in¬ 
stitution,  the  corner-stone  of  our  Government. 
It  is  not  a  scholastic,  a  domestic,  an  ecclesi¬ 
astic  institution,  though  it  has  close  relation 
with  the  university,  the  family  and  the  church. 
It  i3  the  first  drill  of  American  people  on  the 
field  of  public  life.  The  child  who  enters  the 
public  school-room  for  the  first  time  knows 
public  life,  and  there  i$  no  substitute  for  tho 
peculiar  education  in  citizenship  lie  there  re¬ 
ceives.  A  public  school  in  America  Is  a  little 
republic,  where  children  representing  all  orders 
of  society  and  every  grade  of  culture  are  taught 
to  live  together  under  a  common  system  of 
law,  governed  by  public  officials  whose  authori¬ 
ty  is  backed  by  tho  whole  power  of  the  State. 
There,  during  the  six  years  of  school  life,  which 


SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS, 


A  bolt  that  can’t  be  drawn — a  thunder  bolt. 

“  Weight  for  the  wagon,”  sang  the  fat  lady. 

The  first  stirring  event  of  the  day— sweetening 
one’s  coffee. 

How  to  make  an  Indian  loaf— give  him  a  gal¬ 
lon  of  whisky. 

Better  make  penitents  by  gentleness  than 
hypocrites  by  severity. 

A  THY-anglk.  Fishing  for  trout— A  right 
angle.  Catching  trout. 

Somebody  says  “  tall  men  like  short  women.” 
How  very  true  this  may  be,  tall  women  seldom 
like  men  who  are  “  short” — financially. 


Silver  and  Gold.— By  Rossitor  W.  Raymond, 
Ph.  I>.  New  York:  J.  B,  Ford  Co. 

Under  this  shining  title  Prof.  Raymond 
gives  an  exhaustive  account  of  the  mining  and 
metalurgical  industry  of  the  United  States, 
chiefly  with  reference  to  the  precious  metals. 
The  book  contains  a  vast  number  of  facts,  well 
arranged,  displaying  the  natural  resources  of 
the  country.  It  contains 556  pages,  is  illustra¬ 
ted  with  diagrams,  ahd  sells  for  £3,50. 


The  Hclrexs  in  the  Family.— By  Mrs,  MACKEN¬ 
ZIE  Daniel.  Philadelphia .  T.  B.  Peterson  &  Bros 

An  English  story  »f  a  girl  who  had  a  large 
fortune  left  her.  Of  course,  she  has  heart  strug¬ 
gles,  as  all  young  girls  do, 


OOfSE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER 


SUFFICIENCY. 

BY  DE  FORREST  t*.  GtTMMEUSO.V. 

DARK,  mi  Mon  clouds  havo  gathered  In  the  West, 
The  lightnings  flash  upon  each  mountain  crest. 
The  wild-bird  skrlnkB  affrighted  In  the  dale, 

The  floweret  hides  Its  head  ere  breaks  the  gale. 
Rut  yonder  lofty  oak,  tt  knows  no  fear. 

It  stands.  In  spite  of  storms,  year  after  year. 

Its  lofty  top  uplifted  to  the  sky, 

Daring  the  storm-king  with  Its  strength  to  vie. 

Some  natures,  like  the  wild-blrd  of  the  dale, 

Can  no  more  stand  the  storm  than  shale, 

And  lllte  the  tiny  floweret  hide  their  head. 

And  tremble  with  a  secret  fear  and  dread. 

Rut  some  are  like  the  oak,  noble  and  strong, 

And  In  the  darkest  hours  break  forth  In  song. 

Such  naturoR  are  like  mile-stones  on  the  way. 

That  leads  poor  weary  man  unto  an  Heavenly  day. 


<©ur  £forw-  teller. 


THE  MISSING  PICTURE. 


BY  MRS.  C.  A.  STEWART. 

The  Art  Gallery  in  the  ambitious  young  city 

of  W - ,  was  nearly  ready  for  the  admission  of 

visitors.  The  cars  and  skill,  as  well  as  the  pa¬ 
tience  and  labor,  requisite  lit  the  selection  and 
arrangement  of  pictures  and  statuary,  as  Is 
usually  the  case,  bad  devolved  on  a  few  earnest 
managers  wlio  had  determined  from  the  com¬ 
mencement  to  make  this  exhibition  a  success. 
Among  these  the  most  spirited  and  null  ring 
was  Edgar  Raymond,  a  young  lawyer,  who 
was  devoted  to  his  profession  because  he  con¬ 
sidered  It  manly  and  becoming  to  have  some 
part  in  active  life;  but,  released  by  an  ample 
inheritance  from  I  be  drudgery  of  business,  ho 
was  able  to  grai  Ify  bis  strong  taste  for  the  beau¬ 
tiful.  Ho  was  called  fastidious  and  hypercriti¬ 
cal  and  even  whimsical  by  .some,  as  he  would 
descant  on  the  moral  beauties  v  blob  be  a  dinned 
could  bo  deduced  from  things  Intrinsically  ami 
physically  beautiful,  and  which  in  his  view 
wore  unmistakably  elevating  and  ennobling  in 
tkolr  tendency.  True  or  false  as  the  notion 
may  be,  young  RAYMOND  hud  dwelt,  on  it  so 
much  that  It  had  come  to  tie  a  part  of  his  creed. 

The  morning  before  the  opening  had  arrived, 
and  Raymond  stood  In  the  center  of  the  gal¬ 
lery  enjoying  the  scene,  b’or  weeks  he  had 
given  his  attention  tii  details,  now  lie  bad  his 
reward  in  the  beautiful  and  exquisite  collection 
as  a  whole.  So  absorbed  was  be  lu  the  delight¬ 
ful  survey  that  he  did  not.  heed  a  question  till 
it,  was  repeated.  “Can  tills  havo  a  place  In  the 
Gallery,  sir?”  and  then  Raymond  noticed  that 
a  small  picture  was  held  out  for  Ids  inspection. 
Surprise  and  admiration  lighted  his  counte¬ 
nance  as  he  scanned  the  little  production, 
which  chimed  in  so  thoroughly  with  the  mood 
he  was  then  indulging.  “Thatscene/'Uiought 
ho.  “is  a  home  that  somebody  must  have  loved 
— that  lakelet  suggests  dreaming  poet  or  lover 
-that  rocky  ascent  is  just  the  place  for  fiery 
ambition  to  form  high  resolves— those  clouds 
in  their  golden  glory  must  have  reflected  aspi¬ 
rations  for  heaven.”  Such  was  Raymond’s 
first  reading  of  the  picture  as  he  went  to  select 
a  place  for  It  where  It.  might  add  most  in  artis¬ 
tic  effect  to  the  beauty  and  perfection  of  the 
exhibition.  Afterwards,  as  lie  looked  upon  it, 
it  told  him  of  patience,  ol  Industry,  of  will¬ 
power  in  carrying  out  a  purpose ;  it  told  also  of 
an  end  achieved ;  It  seemed  all  glowing  with 
victory,  and  Imagination  whispered  that  It 
might  lie  a  victory  freighted  with  courage  and 
strength  for  a  glorious  future.  The  niche  whore 
he  hung  it  h  appened  to  be  just  above  one  of 
Bikustadt’s  wood  scenes,  with  deer  at  a  water¬ 
ing  place,  where  the  intermingling  of  sunlight 
and  shadow  showed  the  handiwork  of  a  master, 
and  proved  a  harmonious  contrast  to  tho  un¬ 
pretending  little  landscape  above  it.  Each 
scorned  to  win  admiration  because  of  the  other, 
if  one  could  judge  by  the  prolonged  stay  of 
groups  of  people  before  them,  and  the  compar¬ 
ing  glances  cast  from  one  to  the  other.  IIay- 
monij,  noticing  these,  would  often  amuse  him¬ 
self  by  carelessly  remarking,  “Only  $950  differ¬ 
ence  between  those  two  pieces,”  and  then  enjoy 
(lie  abashed  look  of  Die  many,  who  had  evi¬ 
dently  been  awarding  the  palm  of  preference 
to  the  smaller  one;  “For  Sale,”  in  a  ladles' 
hand,  was  written  under  the  “$30,"  and  near 
the  close  of  the  exhibition,  after  an  absence  of 
several  days  from  t  he  city  on  professional  busi¬ 
ness,  Raymond  found  his  little  favorite  was 
missing.  On  inquiry  he  was  told  by  one  of  I  he 
other  managers  that  It  had  been  purchased  by 
a  lady,  that  the  owner  had  been  present  and 
received  the  pay,  so  the  Association  had  no  fur¬ 
ther  responsibility  In  regard  to  it,  and  finally 
that  no  one  knew  either  its  present  or  its  pre¬ 
vious  owner.  He  was  surprised  at  the  annoy¬ 
ance  and  perturbation  of  spirit  the  circum¬ 
stance  cost  him.  A  look  at.  its  vacant  place 
almost  angered  him  ;  he  found  himself  trying 
to  recall  the  picture,  and  from  that  the  permn- 
die  of  the  young  art  ist  from  whose  hand  he  had 
received  it.  All  in  vain  were  ills  attempts  upon 
the  latter  point,  for  only  the  voice  and  accent 
came  at  his  mental  bidding,  and  these, thought 
he,  harmonized  with  the  picture ;  and  then 
would  come  t  he  ever-recurring  regret  that  ho 
had  not,  noticed  her  more  particularly.  The 
exhibition  had  lost  its  inspiration;  he  concluded 
he  was  homesick,  and  resolved  to  visit  his  home 
and  his  mother.  With  Raymond  it  had  always 
been  a  trait  that  execution  trod  fast  upon  the 


heels  of  resolve,  and  therefore  near  the  close  of 
the  same  day  he  drove  up  to  the  family  man¬ 
sion— a  grand  old  place,  fifteen  miles  from  the 
city,  yet  only  to  be  reached  by  private  convey¬ 
ance. 

Here,  fatherless  from  childhood,  he  had  been 
reared  by  a  mother  whose  strong  native  sense 
and  delicate  tasfe  had  been  enriched  by  cul¬ 
ture  and  society,  and  with  Hie  help  of  grace 
these  same  traits  had  been  stamped  upon  her 
son.  Visits  to  tills  homo  were  frequent  and 
occasions  of  great  delight,  though  latterly  they 
had  often  been  in  conned  inn  with  company. 
Small  parties  of  both  ladles  an  1  gentlemen 
enjoyed  there  many  delightful  days.  Mrs.  Ray¬ 
mond,  though  above  indulging  the  folhlo  of 
match-making,  would  try  to  di  over  if  her  on 
had  a  preference  among  Ids  fair  visitors,  and 
which  of  them  she  was  likely  to  have  for  a 
daughter-in-law.  Hut  at  six-and-twei.fy  he  was 
heart  whole.  He  had  roamed  through  many  a 
fair  garden,  and  might  have  culled  the  choicest, 
beauty  for  his  own.  Would  he  Malt  for  the 
sweeter  wild  flower  in  some  shadowy  dell? 
This  visit  was  all  t  he  mother’s.  Never  since 
boyhood  had  he  shown  such  hearty  interest  In 
the  details  of  home  and  farm  life,  and  such  an 
openness  with  regard  to  the  glosses  and  decep¬ 
tions  of  society,  with  which  he  declared  him¬ 
self  satiated  and  disgusted,  and  finally  drifted 
off  to  his  schooldays  and  recalled  many  a  frolic 
of  beech-nutting,  boat-riding  or  skating, 'not 
omitting  his  Christina*  stockings,  it  was  late 
when  he  said  “good  night,"  and  sought  the 
little  chamber  which  as  boy  and  man  had  ever 
been  his  own,  and  which  no  arguments  from 
his  mother  could  ever  persuade  him  to  ex¬ 
change  for  one  of  ampler  dimensions.  Now, 
on  going  In  and  taking  an  eager,  hungry  look 
at.  the  old  familiar  furniture,  what  was  his  sur¬ 
prise  and  joy  at  seeing  over  the  mantel  the 
missing  picture.  Is  there  any  psychology  or 
magnetism  about  this?  thought  be,  ashegazed 
on  its  beauties.  Is  Its  fate  linked  with  mine  ?— 
if  so,  where  ts  she  who  holds  the  other  end  of 
t  he  chain  ? 

Of  course  he  did  not,  fail  to  inquire  of  his 
mother  the  next  morning  why  and  of  whom 
she  had  bought  it.  “It  pleased  me,  and  1 
thought  it  would  you,  so  I  had  if  placed  In 
your  room,”  replied  the  mother,  and  t  hen  wont 
onto  say,  “tho  artist’s  name  Is  Edith  Mait- 
I, and  and  she  lives  In  Van  Clevis  In  the  same 
town  with  your  Uncle  Kenneth,"  and  then 
suddenly  recollecting  herself,  “She  gave  me  a 
receipt,  end  here  it  Is  in  my  work  box,”  pro¬ 
ducing  a  dainty  bit.  of  paper  ns  unlike  as  possi¬ 
ble  to  a  business  document.  As  Edgar  took  it 
from  hts  mother  he  thought  again  of  psychol¬ 
ogy  uud  the  golden  chain,  and  wondered  if  the 
severed  links  would  ever  either  by  conscious  or 
unconscious  influences,  be  brought  together. 
He  felt  himself  the  object  of  some  invisible 
toils,  yet,  he  would  use  his  own  powers,  and 
with  an  awakened  nature  and  open  eyes,  would 
himself  thwart  or  encourage  his  “  manifest  des¬ 
tiny.”  I  must  go  to  Van  Clove,  thought  he, 
and  was  about  asking  his  mother  to  accompany 
him,  when  he  recollected  that  she  had  made  a 
recent  visit,  there  and  that  ho  had  replied  to 
the  jirgent  invitation  of  his  two  young  lady 
cousins  that  hts  pressing  business  engagements 
would  not  allow  him  to  visit  them  this  winter. 
Sri  he  could  think  of  no  pretext  to  do  what  he 
now  found  himself  so  anxiou«  to  do,  and  he 
went  hack  to  the  city,  resolved  to  banish  both 
fancies  and  phantoms  and  to  find  solace  In  the 
whirlpool  of  business.  But  tho  phantoms  would 
again  conic,  both  in  sleeping  and  waking  vis¬ 
ions,  Pass  Mils  by  all  who  believe  t  he  stronger 
sex  superior  to  those  subtle  and  indefinite  in¬ 
fluences,  and  give  ussome  reason  for  bis  obey¬ 
ing  the  impulse  to  go  to  Van  Clove,  In  opposi¬ 
tion  to  the  chldlngs  and  even  reproaches  of  Ids 
judgment.  He  could  not  find  an  answer  to  the 
question  that  came  to  him  again  and  again  in 
the  cars,  but  he  put  It  resolutely  from  him  and 
said,  “I  will  gratify  or  destroy  these  unquiet 
longings;  I  will  do  what  1  can  to  drive  away 
(  his  restlessness  and  regain  peace." 

That  night  be  stood  a  welcome,  though  unex¬ 
pected,  guest  in  the  elegant  mansion  of  his 
uncle,  and  for  two  weeks  was  the  escort  of  his 
cousins  to  lectures  and  concerts  as  wTell  as  to 
numerous  social  gatherings,  where  they  were 
proud  to  introduce  him.  At  one  of  these  he 
noticed  a  picture  on  the  wall  and  was  told  it 
was  painted  by  a  Mies  Maitland,  who  resided 
in  town.  How  to  see  her  and  got  an  introduc¬ 
tion  was  still  an  unsolved  problem,  when  his 
cousins  commenced  coaxing  him  to  remain 
long  enough  for  them  to  give  a  party  in  his 
honor. 

“I  will  stay  if  you  will  invite  the  young  artist 
after  whom  T  inquired,"  was  his  reply. 

“  Why,  cousin,  she  Is  a  broken-down  lawyer’s 
daughter— her  father  gets  his  living  by  copying, 
and  1  believe  she  helps  him;  at  any  rate,  she 
carries  home  the  work,"  said  Allas  Julia,  as 
though  that  decided  the  question. 

“  I  hope  her  father’s  misfortunes  have  not 
rendered  her  any  less  worthy  of  a  place  in 
good  society,”  replied  Raymond,  as  he  looked 
searchlngly  at  his  kind-hearted  though  society- 
spoiled  cousin. 

“  Oh,  of  course  not.,  and  I  will  invite  her  if 
you  wish,  though  she  is  not  at  all  In  our  set," 
answered  Jclj  a,  who  would  not  for  the  world 
have  acknowledged  to  EnoAU  that  years  ago 
tills  same  Mbs  Maitland  had  been  her  trusted 
and  most  intimate  friend. 

And  so,  in  hisuncle’s  brilliant  drawing-room, 
Edgar  Raymond  was  presented  to  Miss  Mait¬ 
land.  As  their  eyes  met  he  knew  he  was  rec- 


ogniz  ’  and  was  not  surprised  as  he  remem¬ 
bered  the  preoccupancy  of  his  mind  when  she 
brought  him  the  picture.  He  politely  referred 
to  that  occasion,  and  said  something  of  the 
pleasure  the  picture  had  given  him,  and  as  op¬ 
portunity  allowed  claimed  her  attention,  mid 
before  the  evening  was  passed  he  bail  yielded 
to  the  conviction  that  if  voice  ami  accent  har¬ 
monized  with  the  picture,  the  Pr,uJ,  mind,  and 
physical  self  did  so,  more  emphatically. 

And  what  impression  did  the  city  gentleman 
make  on  the  young  artist?— and  how  did  she 
relish  so  much  unwonted  attention?  Tounder- 
stand  this  wc  must  go  hack  to  the  evening  of 
her  second  visit  to.  the  Picture  Gallery.  The 
t ea  table  sot  for  three  was  waiting ;  the  room 
v  is  rendered  attractive  and  homelike  by  nu- 
uii  rnu.s  little  elegancies,  fashioned  by  tasteful 
fingers ;  the  mother,  a  trifle  careworn  perhaps, 
yet  looked  hopeful  and  loving;  the  Invalid 
father,  as  though  if  the  world  did  not  lavish  its 
favors  upon  him,  he  still  had  his  reasons  for 
being  proud  and  happy  in  the  stronghold  of 
home.  A  slight,  firm  step  was  heard  on  the 
threshold  and  then  Edith  was  there.  Always 
brisk  and  cheery,  that  evening  her  face  was  so 
radiant  and  t  he  joy-beams  in  her  eyes  shone  so 
vividly,  that  her  parents  looked  the  questions 
they  would  not  ask.  For  answer,  when  greet¬ 
ings  were  done  with  and  wraps  laid  aside,  she 
opened  her  purse  and  displayed  five  $10  hills. 
“Bee  the  price  of  my  picture.  I  told  you, 
mother,  1  should  sell  it.”  After  this  she  related 
how  a  lady  had  admired,  and  had  asked  a  man¬ 
ager  who  stood  near  if  It  could  bo  hour’ll  »'■ 
that,  time,  -that  she  then  stepped  forv,  aid, 
claimed  the  painting  as  bars,  and  completed 
the  sale.  “  I  know  the  lady  Is  good  and  noble 
by  her  looks,  but,”  added  Edith,  caressing  the 
hills,  “she  will  never  know  how  much  good  the 
money  v  ”1  do  us.” 

A  few  weeks  after,  when  Edith  received  her 
invitation  to  Miss  Raymond’s  party,  she  could 
not  conceal  her  pleasure.  She  had  kept  her 
circle  of  choice  friends,  hut  we  all  know  the 
world  has  few  smiles  for  t  he  unfortunate.  She 
attributed  her  Invitation  to  the  party  being 
quite  a  large  one,  and  was  willing  to  forget,  as 
it  scorns  Miss  Julia  had  done.  Die  friendship 
of  their  school  days. 

Let  us  sit  with  Mr.  Maitland’s  family  again 
on  t  he  morning  after  the  party,  arid  notice  the 
tingeon  Edith ’6 check, ns sho said,  “Oh,  moth¬ 
er,  it  is  the  young  gentleman  who  received  my 
picture;  I  was  sure  of  it  all  along,  si  nee  I  saw 
him  at  church.  But.  how  he  should  know  me 
is  a  mystery:  he  never  once  looked  at  me  in 
the  gallery.  No  one  in  town  knows  I  carried 
it  there,  so  he  has  not  been  told  of  it  since  he 
came  here,  and  lie  was  not  present  when  l  sold 
It  to  that  charming  old  lady.  Hut  he  spoke  of 
it  at  once ;  I  can ’t  tell  what  praises  he  bestowed 
upon  It,  and  then  he  asked  permission  to  call 
this  morning  and  sec  what  eN-  I  had  in  my 
studio.  I  could  no!  refuse  Dial,  request,  you 
know.  But  my  studio,  poor  lit  Do  bank  cham¬ 
ber,  with  Its  one  window,”  and  Edith  laughed 
merrily  at  the  idea  of  inviting  a  gentleman 
there. 

The  cull  was  received  in  their  cosy  little  par¬ 
lor,  and  wuis  but  the  prelude  to  niany  subse¬ 
quent  ones,  for  Edgar’s  haste  to  return  to  the 
city  seemed  now  entirely  forgotten. 

With  a.  temperament  and  training  such  as  we 
have  described,  backed  by  the  little  flurry  of 
mystery  he  had  passed  through,  and  with  the 
disenthral  I  ment  from  city  ceremonials  Die  ae 
quatntanee  could  hut  rapidly  progress.  The 
bright  chain  was  lengthening  In  Ids  hands; 
how  his  heart  rebelled  against  its  slow  unwind¬ 
ing*.  Two  weeks  went  by  like  a  happy  dream. 
Jn  vain  did  cousins  rally  or  partner  entreat,  his 
return.  One  week  more  In*  resolved  to  give  to 
this  entrancing  delight,  and  then,  said  ho,  •*  I 
Mill  force  fate  to  a  solution  of  the  problem  of 
her  own  propounding.  I  nitisl  know  at  least  if 
Edith’s  heart  Is  free."  The  last  happy  evening 
had  been  spent :  he  was  just  asking  permission 
to  step  in  and  sav  good-by  before  his  early 
start,  intending  then  to  learn  what  late  had  in 
store  for  him.  Ah  Edith  extended  her  baud 
to  bid  him  good  night,  his  feelings  took  words 
and  tho  torrent  of  Ills  love  flowed  forth,  reveal¬ 
ing  tho  depth  and  purity  of  the  st  ream  beneath, 
while  Edith,  caring  litt  le  for  the  triumph,  felt 
that  she  had  gained  a  treasure:  but.  in  all  her 
happiness  at  finding  her  heart's  true  rest  there 
was  to  her  yet  something  hidden,  something 
unexplained.  Not.  that  she  was  much  surprised 
at  the  denouement  a  true  woman  seldom  li— 
but  she  felt  in  musing  over  the  affair  that  there 
was  a  hiatus  someu  here.  She  had  indeed  once 
inquired  of  Mr.  Raymond  If  he  knew  the  lady 
who  had  bought  her  picture,  hut  had  not  no¬ 
ticed  any  evarinn  in  his  reply  that  he  was  away 
from  the  city  at  the  time.  His  fingers  even 
then  were  closing  about  a  little  paper  in  Ids 
vest  pocket  that,  would  have  rold  all.  But  for 
a  purpose  of  his  own  would  ho  yet  for  a  while 
reserve  it,  and  went  back  to  the  city  happy  in 
tho  permission  soon  to  return  for  Ills  bride.  In 
four  weeks  more  In-  wrote  a  surprise  to  his 
mother.  The  epistle  ran  thus  : 

“Dear  Morn i;r Make  ready  for  mo  and 
mine  on  Thursday  morning.  No  parade ;  there 
are  only  us,  your  happy  son  and  wife,” 

Mrs.  Raymond  received  the  note  on  Wednes¬ 
day  evening,  find  though  happy  and  gratified, 

,  she  wondered  how  it  had  come  about.  One 
thing  she  decided  within  herself— that  it  was 
all  arranged  when  he  had  made  her  that  last 
pleasant  visit,  only  his  heart  had  failed  him  to 
tell  her.  hut  he  had  no  doubt  come  up  with  Die 
intention  of  doing  so.  Bhc  was  still  turning 
these  things  over  in  her  mind,  on  tho  clear  light 
spring  morning,  when  she  heard  the  rattling 
of  wheels  on  the  still  frozen  ground,  saw  the 
shadow  or  a  carriage  on  tin*  window,  and  they 
were  there.  Though  the  sunshine  was  very 
bright,  the  air  was  yet  frosty,  and  mans  wraps 
and  veils  enveloped  the  lithe  form  Edgar  lift  ed 
from  the  carriage  and  handed  to  his  mother, 
saying,  “  Here  is  your  daughter,”  and  then  step¬ 
ping  aside,  enjoyed  to  the  full  the  astonish¬ 
ment  of  each  face  as  recognition  slowly  earn*-, 
and  "  one  kiss  more"  was  claimed  ami  received 
in  the  new-found  joy.  As  they  started  to  fol¬ 
low  their  luggage  up  stairs,  Edith  heard  some¬ 
thing  about  the  front  room.  Edgar  answered, 
“  Yes,  mother,”  but  conducted  his  wife  past 
the  large  guest  chamber  to  Ids  own  little  room 
over  the  porch.  On  entering  her  first  exclama¬ 
tion  was,  "  Oh,  my  precious,  darling  picture.  ' 
“  Yes,”  answered  her  husband,  kissing  her,  “  it 
truly  is,  for  it  has  given  a  precious  darling  to 
me/’ 


Sabkilt  SMhur. 


EVANGELICAL  ALLIANCE, 

New  York,  Oct.,  1373. 

Ye  men  of  God,  of  every  name  and  tongue 
Where  Christ’s  comm  mid*  arc-  known,  his  praises 
sung. 

Here  lay  your  honors  down,  accept  your  King, 

And  with  one  voice  His  glorious  anthem  sing. 

Ono  God— the  mighty  Ruler  of  us  all, 

Cue  Saviour— at  whoso  foot  wc  suppliants  fall, 

One  Cross— the  same  the  Man  of  Sorrows  here. 

One  Holy  Ghost— the  Spirit  we  mlore. 

One  Triune  God-  His  living  presence  hero 
Knlij,  lU  riM  all  our  thoughts,  our  path  makes  clear; 
One  lforae  beyond— there  dwells  eternal  peace, 
Where  creeds  are  one  and  questionings  may  cease. 

One  Father  God— one  Comforter  and  Rest  - 
One  Ja»vo  Divine  !  Thou  bnlm  for  souls  oppressed. 
Bhed  down  Thy  Light,  our  drooping  faith  inspire ; 

Bo  Thou  our  Christ,  our  Hope,  our  Heart’s  desire ! 

We  (nimbly  bow,  ns  Thou  hast  taught  to  pray ; 

Bo  thou  our  manna— yea.  our  Troth  and  Way. 

“  Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy  will  be  done,”  our  plea  ; 
Unite  our  hearts,  till  we  are  One  with  Thee ! 

[.V.  Y.  Evening  Post. 
- - 

FAITH  IN  JESUS. 

It  is  the  inactivity  of  faith  in  Jesus  that 
keeps  us  so  Imperfect  and  wrestling  with  our 
corn  ptioiit  .  without  any  advancement.  Wo 
wit-  I  i  our  own  strength  too  often,  and  so 
arc  ji  ,t!y,  yea,  nee.iv  urily,  foiled;  It  cannot 
he  o  fli*  nvi  .till  wo  make  Him  our  strength, 
Thi  w-  To  111  forgetting,  and  had  need  to  be 
put  in  mind  of,  and  ought  frequently  to  remind 
mil-selves.  We  would  boat  doing  for  ourselves, 
and  insensibly  fall  Into  this  folly,  even  after 
much  smarting  for  it,  if  wc  ho  not  watchful 
against  it.  There  Is  this  "wretched  natural 
Independency  in  u- ,  that  Is  so  hard  to  beat  out. 
All  our  projecting*  arc  but  castles  in  the  air, 
imaginary  buildings  without  a  foundation,  till 
once  laid  on  Christ.  But  never  shall  we  find 
heart  peace,  sweet  peace,  and  progress  in  holi¬ 
ness,  till  wo  ho  driven  from  it  to  make  Him  ail 
our  strength  ;  till  wo  be  brought  to  do  nothing, 
to  attempt  nothing,  to  hope  or  expect  nothing, 
hut  in  Him  ;  and  then  shall  we  indeed  find  His 
fulness  and  uil-sufflciency,  and  “lie  more  than 
conqueror-  through  Him  who  hath  loved  us,” 

—LcUjhhm . 

— - ■ 

THE  BODY  OF  RELIGION. 

A  Christian  life  cannot  exist  without  its 
body.  Habits  or  religion  are  t  he  body  of  living. 
He  who  neglects  outward  observance,  who  lives 
without  church  membership  without  attend¬ 
ance  upon  meeting*,  without  private  or  family 
devotion,  without  fixed  habits  of  benevolence 
Is  trying  to  live  a  ghostly  life.  There  Is  no  soul 
so  strong  that  it  can  afford  to  dispense  with  its 
earthly  tabernacle  while  it  stays  here;  there  is 
no  Christian  life  so  vigorous  that  It  will  not 
languish  if  it  be  divorced  from  those  outward 
acts  autl  habits  that  arc  Its  body.  Ho  Diat  will 
be  thoroughly  prepared  for  trial  ami  thoroughly 
furnished  unto  every  good  work  will  protect 
himself  and  support  himself  by  that  wall  of 
habit  t  hat  gives  fixedness  to  good  purposes  and 
outward  expression  to  holy  aspirations.  The 
strong  spirit  in  the  robust  body  is  an  ideal  real¬ 
ized  in  Die  life  of  the  Christian  whoso  earnest 
heart  rejoices  in  its  duties,  and  whose  most 
trifling  duties  arc  regularly  performed  with  an 
earnest  heart. — The,  1'hrMian  Union. 

- - 

One  of  our  exchanges  says:  —  “There  arc 
more  Jews  in  New  York  than  in  Jerusalem, 
and  more  than  any  other  city  In  the  world,  it 
is  said  L>y  those  who  have  studied  their  present 
state.  Mr.  Mingins  says  of  New’  York,  ‘There 
are  more  Germans  than  in  Berlin,  more  irish¬ 
men  t  han  in  Dublin,  more  Catholics  than  in 
Rome,  and  more  Jews  than  In  Palestine.”  The 
census  does  not  give  religious  statistics,  but 
the  number  of  professing  Jews  resident  of  the 
city  has  been  approximately  estimated  by  the 
quantity  of  Passover  biscuits  manufactured  for 
their  use.  The  bakeries  produced  on  the  aver¬ 
age  for  the  last  decade,  300,000  pounds  yearly, 
which,  at  the  rate  of  one  pound  per  day  for 
each  adult  ifiiririg  the  eight  days  generally  ob¬ 
served,  would  make  a  number  of  100,000  per¬ 
sons." 

- - 

A  PERSON  is  not  worth  anything  that  has  not 
had  troubles.  You  cannot  subdue  selfishness 
without  a  struggle.  You  cannot  restrain  pride 
w  ithout  a  conflict.  You  cannot  expect  to  go 
through  life  without  bearing  burdens.  But  you 
are  going  to  have  help  under  circumstances 
that  will  redeem  you  from  t  hose  things.  You 
arc  going  to  experience  more  victories  than 
defeats.  Your  suffering  will  be  only  here  and 
t  here— little  spots  In  a  whole  field  of  peace  and 
joy. 

- 4-*~* - 

A  STRING  OF  PEARLS. 


Uphold  truth  when  thou  canst,  and  for  her 
sake  be  hated  ;  but  know  thy  individual  cause 
is  not  the  cause  of  truth,  and  beware  that  they 
are  not  confounded. — Goethe. 

Whether  we  are  in  the  house  of  God,  or  not, 
depends  hot  so  much  upon  where  wc  are,  as  in 
what  condition  we  are. 

It  is  not  what  we  do,  it  is  not  our  history  that 
makes  us  divine— it  is  what  we  are  and  which 
we  are  to  be  forever. 


UOV.  4 


1W0ORI 


:/  fu, 

l  HP  L 


A  GOOD  NIGHT. 


“  1’i.l  light  you  down  the  avenue — 

It  is  so  dark !”  she  said, 

And  held  the  lamp,  with  one  white  hand, 

Up  high  above  her  head. 

The  light  fell  on  her  shining  hair 
And  on  her  lily  face. 

And  on  her  arm  and  shoulder,  curved 
With  such  surprising  grace. 

It  fell  upon  a  hit  of  vine 
And  lattice,  o’er  her  head, 

Upon  a  rose-bud  at  her  throat. 

Of  deep  and  brilliant  red. 

And  nil  around  was  dark,  rave  where 
There  shone  the  lamp's  soft  light— 

A  glowing  picture  in  a  frame, 

A  frame  of  sable  night. 

I  turned  to  look  a  hundred  times— 

“  A  beautiful  tableau !” 

I  called,  and  she  laughed  hack :  “  Tako  care ! 

Bo  careful  how  you  go !" 

“  O  Beauty  mine !”  I  thought,  “  how  dark 
The  world  may  ever  he — 

However  dark  or  cold— yet  still 
it  will  be  bright  near  thee  !” 

And  then  I  ran  back  through  the  dark, 

To  kiss  her  once  again ; 

For  sudden  joy  possessed  my  heart. 

Almost  as  keen  as  pain. 

[Appleton’s  Journal. 

- - - 

STAY  ON  THE  FARM. 

BY  MIIS.  B.  0.  RUDE. 

Look  at  an  American  home,  and  see  what 
can  ho  done  by  cultivation.  When  I  look  at 
one  of  our  village  homes,  extending  over  a 
half  aero,  with  house  in  the  middle,  fruit  trees 
back,  shade  trees  in  front  and  flowers  scattered 
everywhere,  i  feel  like  wishing  thatftll  of  God’s 
broad  acres  were  made  to  blossom  as  the  rose. 
Look  at  a  (lower  bed  and  consider  bow  much 
beauty  we  manage  to  sprinkle  into  a  square  rod 
of  ground  when  we  choose. 

Let  no  tiller  <>r  the  ground  be  ashamed  of  his 
brawny  arm,  sunburnt  face,  and  hard,  crocked 
hands.  They  arc  marks  of  noble  industry,  ele¬ 
vating  and  refining  labor.  I  f  it  is  elevating  and 

refining  to  paint  Goii'S  fields  on  can  vas,  or  praise 

them  in  song,  why  not  elevating  and  refining  to 
tend  thorn,  Inhale  their  fragrance,  anil  draw  in¬ 
spiration  from  their  von'  touch.  The  sweet- 
scented  clover  field,  the  waving  grain,  the  rust¬ 
ling  corn  ;  have  they  no  charms  except  to  the 
painter  and  the  poet?  Some  men  have  the 
same  warm  passion  for  plowing  that  others 
have  for  preaching.  It  is  their  gift,  and  one  not 
to  be  despised.  No,  to  be  honored  rather.  A 
creative  genius  lies  in  it.  Home  hold  that,  in 
order  to  make  farming  a  success,  one  must 
think  only  of  whetting  his  scythe  and  keeping 
fiio  rails  up.  Or,  if  he  admires  a  cow  or  a  pig, 
it  must  bo  only  from  a  moneyed  point  of  view! 
J.  liav e  no  such  theory.  I  can  see  no  reason 
why  it.  does  not  relax  the  mind,  and  fit  a  man 
for  better  labor  on  the  farm,  to  listen  to  the 
larks  In  the  morning,  and  the  whip-poor-wills 
at  night,  as  well  as  In  any  other  profession. 
Then  the  farmer  stands  knee-deep  In  a  clover 
field.  A  trm  one  will  think  of  something  be¬ 
sides  crowding  tint  hireling  just  ahead  with  the 
point  of  his  scythe  to  get  an  over-day's  work. 
Let  him  swing  his  scythe  gracefully,  steadily ; 
and,  if  it  pleases  him,  let  him  watch  tho  clover 
heads  as  they  Tall,  and  thank  God  that  He 
made  them  grow  so  large,  ami  smell  «o  sweet, 
and  look  so  beautiful.  .lust  that  thought  will 
rest  him.  If  you  have  a  passion  for  farming, 
let  no  false  pride  deter  you  from  it.  If  you  be¬ 
long  to  a  family  of  six  boys,  and  all  of  the  rest 
take  to  professions,  It  is  no  reason  why  you 
should.  Home  one  of  you  onaht  to  stay  on  the 
farm.  If  you  are  the  hardiest,  you  are  the  one. 

I  am  in  a  farm-house  now— a  still  old  home¬ 
stead— which  once  was  Ailed  with  the  merry 
laughter  of  childhood.  Gradually  it  settled 
down  into  the  mature  thoughtfulness  of  man¬ 
hood  and  womanhood.  And  now  it  has  died 
out  altogether.  The  children  have  gone,  on« 
by  one,  and  the  old  folks  are  alone.  Any  place 
seems  terribly  still  and  solemn  after  a  gay  party 
has  just  gone  out.  To  father  and  mother  it 
seems  but  yesterday  that  the  children  left  for 
good,  and  the  stillness  grows  stiller  as  years  go 
by.  Each  yesterday  seems  sadder  t  ban  the  one 
before  It.  In  this  old  homestead  I  have  romped 
with  the  children,  talked  of  ribbons  and  bows 
with  the  grown-up  girls,  and  had  a  finger  In  all 
of  the  wedding  cakes.  Why  did  not  am  stay  ? 
The  house  Is  well  furnished  ;  everything  looks 
comfortable  and  tidy.  Yes,  fcOo  tidily  It  looks. 
Everything  is  set  back  against  the  wall.  There 
is  r.o  confusion  in  the  dressing-rooms.  Every 
book  in  the  library  Is  placed  where  It  belongs, 
every’  paper  folded,  and  not  even  a  noise  in  the 
whole  house.  The  chambers— how  orderly  they 
are!  They  were  never  so  when  the  girls  ana  I 
rummaged  them.  There  is  not  even  a  rag  stick¬ 
ing  out  of  the  bureau  drawers,  I  wouldn’t  stay 
in  this  Juju-,  done  for  anything.  Let  me  down 
stairs  quick!  There  is  uunty  In  the  garden, 
gathering  sunflower  seeds,  and  undo  in  the 
woodshed  shaving  kindlings.  How  lonesome 
they  look.  I  don’t  wonder.  For  six  weeks  not 
eveu  a  letter  has  come  to  break  in  upon  this 


dreadful  stillness.  Well,  I  must  go  too.  I  can’t 
stay  if  their  own  could  not.  The  Helds  are  lying 
waste,  the  fences  and  roofs  falling,  and  that  old 
:  couple  going  to  their  graves,  as  it  were,  child¬ 
less,  because  the  boys  all  took  to  professions, 
and  the  girls  to  professional  men. 

* - »♦■»■  ■  ■■  ■ 

SCHWARTZ  SENTIMENTS. 

Many  of  the  works  of  Madame  Marik  Sophie 
Schwartz  have  been  reproduced  from  tho 
Swedish  In  this  country.  For  the  benefit  of 
Rural  readers,  and  t  hat  t  hey  may  got  a  taste 
of  her  quality  as  a  writer,  wo  glean  the  follow¬ 
ing  sentiments  from  her  books. 

“Ho  we  all  think  of  our  countrymen.  Every 
nation  considers  Itself  the  best.” 

“Possibly;  but  it  Is  history  that  in  this  re¬ 
spect  pronounces  the  verdict.  A  people  who 
have  fought  and  conquered  heroically  for  in¬ 
dependence  are  in  character  a  great  people.” 

“  You  ought  not  to  forget,  however,  that 
Finland  is  now  a  Russian  principality,  ft,  has 
not  always  issued  victorious  from  the  strife.” 

“  If  was  not  conquered,  but  betrayed. 
Against  force  tho  Finns  would  have  fought  to 
the  last  man;  hut  against  guile  and  treason  no 
heroism  can  provail.” 

“Live  like  a  saint,  ho  chaste  as  the  moon, 
pure  as  snow,  harmless  as  a  child,  and  you  will 
still  not  escape  slander,  if  you  have  the  misfor¬ 
tune  to  excite  envy  in  those  of  your  sex.” 

“That  which  has  been  is  not  repeated.  Noth¬ 
ing  is  more  Impossible  than  to  revive  an  ex¬ 
tinguished  feeling.” 

“Every  advantage  that  Is  misused  changes 
sooner  or  later  Into  an  evil.  This  was  the  ease 
witli  tho  great,  revolution.  It  had  passed  be¬ 
yond  ail  limits,  and  therefore  from  its  bosom 
proceeded  the  power  which  again  fettered 
France  with  absolutism," 

“  The  ignorant  are  the  wisest  of  men  In  judg¬ 
ing  of  the  feelings  of  children  or  young  people! 
They  only  porcolvo  the  expression,  not  the 
motives  of  them." 

“The  most  beautiful  lips  become  ugly  when 
they  utter  a  condemnation  of  any  master 
passion.” 

“We  complain  that  humanity  is  low'  and 
mean,  that  our  times  are  demoralized.  We  are 
wrong.  Wherever  a  good,  commendable,  or 
great  deed  is  performed,  people  are  ready  to 
render  it  their  respect,  their  sanction  and  ad¬ 
miration,  and  that  so  unconditionally  that,  even 
envy  at  such  moments  issileuced.  We  forgot 
ourselves  to  proclaim  with  juhilant  Joy  some 
distinguished  trait  in  any  of  our  fellow-beings.” 

“Von  cannot,  with  your  enlightened  and 
unprejudiced  mind,  w  ish  to  stamp  tho  dramatic 
career  as  despicable.  The  most  ideal  concep¬ 
tions  and  most  beautiful  compositions  would 
have  been  as  dead  letters,  had  not  thu  singer 
or  actor  given  lifo  to  them.  It  Is  not,  the  opera 
that  degrades  and  demoralizes;  for  I  can  re- 
main  an  honorable  person  anywhere  and  every¬ 
where,  If  I  myself  desire  it  .  If  I  love  art,  t  he 
beautiful  that  it  embodies,  and  live  exclusively 
for  the  noble  purpose  of  trying  lo  incorporate 
myself  truly  and  faithfully  with  everything 
elevated  and  sublime  that  I  delineate  as  an 
artist,  then  I  also  remove  my  mind  and 
thoughts  from  that  which  is  low  and  de¬ 
grading,” 

“Resignation  is  a  passive  virtue;  while  on 
the  other  hand,  the  power  to  draw  from  the 
soil  of  suffering  the  flowers  of  joy  is  something 
heroic  and  great.” 

“The  divine  justice  does  not  permit  any  vic¬ 
tory  to  ho  won  through  crime.  When  the 
champions  of  liberty  thought  with  murder  and 
blood  to  hallow  tho  cause  they  embraced,  they 
were  as  much  mistaken  as  •when  bigotry 
thought  through  the  same  means  to  hinder  the 
progress  of  enlightenment. 

“  Neither  political  nor  religious  truth  needs  to 
solicit  such  means  to  conquer;  for  Its  victory 
stands  written  in  the  heavens.” 

"Never  yet  has  an  earnest  and  good  resolu¬ 
tion  been  lost  without  hearing  fruit." 

“  What  a  folly  it  is  for  uny  Individual  to  try 
to  make  himself  tho  absolute  judge  of  literary 
productions,  when  the  Impression  of  them  de¬ 
pends  upon  different  comprehension  and  taste! 

"To  possess  the  right  to  express  anything 
but  our  private  opinion  in  such  matters,  we  ' 
ought  first  to  have  pursued  aesthetic  studies 
and  devoted  our  Lime  and  mental  powers  ex¬ 
clusively  to  literature.  Then  only  have  we 
acquired  the  culture  that  entitles  us  to  pro¬ 
nounce  upon  the  merits  of  any  work,  but  how 
few  there  aro  who  could  then  occupy  the  judg¬ 
ment  seat  in  the  world  of  poetry  and  1  i ter— 
aturo." 

“There  are  persons  who  are  only  embittered 
by  the  good  one  does  them,  who  arc  tormented 
because  they  are  under  obligation  to  any  one, 
and  who  become  ill-disposed  toward  each  and 
ail  who  place  them  under  the  necessity  of  ac¬ 
knowledging  that  they  owe  gratitude.  This  is 
the  case  with  all  selfish  and  egot  istic  persona." 

“Poverty,  care  ami  need  are  the  furies  which 
tear  tho  inspiration  to  pieces  and  change  the 
most  beautiful  creations  of  the  fancy  to  frag¬ 
mentary  rags,  which  do  not  even  gl  .  <•  u  augges-  J 
tlon  of  what  they  wore  intended  to  produce.” 


JjUaiiiuj  far  tfu|  f|oimg. 


CONCERNING  A  CERTAIN  RED  APPLE. 

Tiny  “  Pink  Bloom”  on  un  apple  bough 
Trembled  one  day  as  she  heard, 

In  the  sweet  song  of  a  bird, 

How  fluklo  Zephyr  and  North  Wind  together 
Hts  nest  In  the  great  mile  hud  stirred. 

Shaking  her  rosy  wings  lightly, 

Little  coy  Blossom  then  said, 

With  a  grave  nod  of  her  head  : 

Will  the  rude  ones  presume  to  steal  my  perfume, 
When  they  come  here  with  blustering  tread  ?” 

But  now  to  a  neighboring  tree  top 
Away  tho  llttlu  bird  flew. 

Never  telling  tier  whether  ho  knew  ; 

So  Miss  Blossom  declared  she’d,  at  least,,  be  pre¬ 
pared 

For  the  roughest,  ofwvlnds  that  e’er  blew. 

Alas  for  tho  rosy  wings  folded 
When  North  Wind  from  over  the  sea 
Strode  hastily  cross  the  green  lea; 

Only  one  word  ho  muttered  ere  Tiny  Bloom  flut¬ 
tered 

Till  uever  n  wing  could  you  sec— ah  mo ! 

And  the  leaves  of  the  orchard  went  sobbing 
Soft  to  themselves  all  thut  day, 

For  lo !  on  the  groen  sward  there  lay 
Rose  wings  and  snow  wings  that  heedless  tho  foe 
flings 

Whereso  his  rude  lingers  stray. 

Shorn  of  her  beauty  is  Tiny  Bloom  ; 

Only  a  little  green  ball 
Nods  to  the  robin's  gay  call ; 

But  hid  In  her  leafy  bower,  kissed  by  tho  summer 
shower, 

Patiently  waits  she  the  Fall. 

******* 

Up  In  the  busy,  fitr-awny  city 
Uo !  a  dread  pestilence  walks— 

Through  the  hushed  thoroughfare  stalks  ; 

And  tho  cry  and  the  anguish  of  thousands  xvlio 
languish 

No  skill  of  tho  learned  man  balks. 

Then  out  from  the  plague-smitten  city, 

Where  reveled  the  council  of  death, 

Regardh'  "f  rank  or  of  wealth, 

The  people  'looked  madly  to  feel  again  gladly 
Their  brows  kissed  by  Nature’s  pure  breath. 

“  Rosy  Cheeks”  droopoth  with  juioy  weight 
Where  tiny  “  Pink  Bloom  ”  onco  hung — 

Where  the  sad  bluebird  once  sung  • 

And  sweet  odors  drinking, a  student  walks  thinking 
Tho  old  gnarled  fruit  trees  among ; 

'When,  wafted  on  wings  of  the  North  Wind, 

Cometh  to  Red  Cheeks  a  call 
From  the  great  mother  of  all ; 

And  steady  grasp  losing,  she  starts  from  his  musing 
Tne  scholar  who  notes  her  hard  fall 

And,  glancing  from  brown  bough  to  grassy  sward, 
Wonders,  as  never  before. 

Whether  the  learning  and  loro 
Of  the  world’s  history  fathoms  the  mystery 
Of  “  Red  Cheeks  ”  upon  that  green  floor, 

Wrapt  in  profound  speculation, 

Asking  tho  wherefore  and  how, 

Under  tho  old  apple  hough, 

Lo!  Newton  evolves,  in  each  sphere  that  revolves, 
Tho  force  wo  cull  gravity,  now  ! 

Ho  the  Apple  revealed  a  deep  secret 
That  little  a  Blossom  could  show, 

Though  rosy  or  white  like  the  snow  ; 

And  Newton,  by  linking  tho  “  may  hes”  to  think¬ 
ing, 

A  great  truth  of  nature  could  know.  b.  e.  e. 


LETTER  TO  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

BY  CORA  CKESWELL. 


The  first  daily  paper  printed  in  the  English 
language  was  published  in  London,  in  1702,  by  a 
woman— one  Elizabeth  M  a  i.let.  It  was  called 
the  Daily  Courant,  and  was  not  Issued  as  a 
Woman’s  Rights  paper,  but  “to  spare  the  pub¬ 
lic  at  least  half  the  impertinences  which  the 
ordinary  papers  contain.” 


I  have  no  children  of  my  own,  but  I  am 
aunty  to  lots  of  them;  and  all  of  them  think, 
“lots”  of  me.  1  am  not  a  very  old  woman, 
either;  in  fact,  were  you  to  see  me  just  now 
you  would  not  think  i  was  an  old  woman  at 
all— and  my  heart  Isas  young  os  it  was  when  I 
was  many  years  younger.  And  that  is  the  rea- 
s  ui  I  love  to  talk  with  and  amuse  those  more 
youthful  than  myself.  1  live  in  a  beautiful  part 
of  Long  Island,  near  New  York,  in  a  very  heal¬ 
thy  neighborhood  -so  healthy  that  f  lic  people 
here  live  to  a  groat  uge. 

Rut  that  is  not  the  subject  of  my  letter.  I 
was  going  to  toll  you  about  my  pots,  hoping  1 
may  bo  able  to  interest  you.  1  have  a  Canary, 
of  course,  who  Is  a  sweet,  and  powerful  singer — 
and  gold  fish  I  have  kept  until  I  wearied  of 
them,  I  have  a  fine  black  home  who  will  oat 
out  of  my  hand,  and  who  goes  like  the  wind, 
sometimes  so  fast,  l  mean,  and  I  love  him 
best  of  all.  There  aro  two  dogs,  also  ;  one  is  a 
quiet,  harmless  sort,  of  fellow,  a  Setter,  and  the 
other  is  a  ferocious  Ht.  Bernard,  with  a  good 
deal  ol’  the  bull-dog  In  him.  I  do  not  put  him 
much,  but  keep  him  tied  the  most  of  tne  t  ime. 
However,  I  do  know  a  young  Indy  who  prefers 
a  pet  bull-dog  to  any  other  kind.  I  had,  also,  n 
bluck-ana-tari,  who  used  to  catch  Utile  chick¬ 
ens  and  bury  them  alive.  It  is  a  positive  fact, 
[or  I  caught  him  at  it  one  day,  just  in  time  to 
save  tho  lifo  of  tiie  screeching  little  victim. 
Alter  that  t  had  him  sent  away  to  the  city 
where  lie  could  not  get  at  little  chicks  so  easily. 

I  have  pets  among  the  barn-yarn  tribe  also, 
sumo  of  which  I  name  after  the  old  Greeks  and 
Romans,  Just  for  fun,  you  know.  [  am  talking 
about  ducks  and  chickens  iinw  ;  geese  and  tur¬ 
keys  and  guinea  fowls  arc  plenty  enough  in 
this  neighborhood.  Rut,  In  our  place,  we  have, 
of  the  fowl  kind,  the  Ruff  Coot, inn,  the  Par¬ 
tridge  Cochins,  the  Leghorns,  the  D«rk.  Brah-‘ 
mas  and  the  Light  Brahmas,  One  of  my  favor¬ 


ites  is  “Julia,”  a  beautiful  buff  hen,  who  Is  so 
motherly  and  nice  and  goes  about  all  day,  talk¬ 
ing  to  herself,  like  an  old  granny,  that  she 
makes  me  laugh.  There  is  a  fine  buff  rooster 
named  “  Gen.  Grant,"  who  weighs  about  thir¬ 
teen  pounds,  and  holds  ids  head  very  high; 
but  my  pet  Is  a  Dark  Brahma,  very  tame — will 
oat  out  of  my  hand ;  his  name  is  “Ctesar.” 

1  am  afraid  my  letter  will  be  too  long,  but  I 
just  want  to  mention  a  beautiful  whtteeowl 
had,  all  spotted  with  black  ;  she  was  such  a 
pet,  and  I  cried  when  she  was  sold  to  a  butcher. 
Speaking  of  a  cow  reminds  .me  of  some  funny 
iolk.t  talking  of  “  the  tune  the  old  cow  died 
on that  cow  must  have  been  the  one  Mother 
Goose  tells  about— you  remember 
“  There  was  a  piper  had  it  cow. 

He  had  no  liny  to  give  her— 

He  took  tits  pipes  and  played  a  tunc: 

‘  Consider,  old  cow,  consider !  ’  ” 

So,  When  I  sec  a  cow  chewing  her  cud,  I  al¬ 
ways  think  "lie  Is  ronxldrri up.  Well,  I  can  play 
tho  “  tune  the  old  cow  died  on  ”  on  the  piano, 
and  l  made  some  silly  words  to  suit  it,  out  of 
my  own  head— tho  way  the  boy  said  ho  made 
tho  pig-pen,  you  know.  Here  they  aro ; 

Mooly  cow  is  dying— going  very  fast ! 

Now  she  •*  kicks  the  bucket”  milking  days  are  past. 
Doleful  Is  her  music— listen  to  her  now— 

“  Moo-haw !  moo-haw !  moo-haw !”  she’s  a  dead  old 
cow. 

Almost  as  good  as  Mother  Goose,  is  it  not? 
Well,  if  tile  Editor  does  not  refuse  to  print  this 
ridiculous  letter,  and  you  like  it,  why,  perhaps 
I  may  write  you  another  sometime.  What  do 
you  say  ? 

New  Utrecht,  L.  I.,  Got.,  1H7H. 

- 4-V-* - - 

LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

From  a  Stupid  Printer  Boy  ! 

.  T>  •  *  - ’  N •  Y'1  187;s. 

Mr.  Proprietor 

Dear  Sir:  I  find  among  the  many  exchanges 
ot  me  Gazette,  your  neat  paper,  i  thought  i 
would  write  ami  nsk  you  If  you  wanted  any  help 
i  would  like  very  much  to  get  a  situation  on 
your  paper  l  have  worked  for  the  p  .at  1  years 
on  one  paper  setting  type  and  can  give  good 
recommendations  i  am  willing  t,o  work  for  .’Jo 
cents  per  thousand  *,  price  dear  sir  If  you  wish 
any  help  please  to  lot  iuo  kimwoud  oblige  yours 

No,  wo  don’t  want,  any  boy  or  man  who  has 
worked  in  a  printing  office  four  years  and  docs 
not  yet  know  bettor  than  to  write  tho  personal 
pronoun  with  a  little  I,  or  cannot  punotuate 
better  than  you  do,  Hucli  a  body  Is  too  stupid 
to  find  employment  in  our  composing  room, 
and  ought  to  be  indicted  for  hts  ignorance-  for 
a  printing  office,  and  especially  a  composing  or 
type-setting  room,  Is  one  of  tho  best  of  schools 
in  the  land.  The  truth  Is  that  any  lovei-hended 
boy  ought  to  know  bettor  than  to  perpetrate 
such  blunders  after  being  in  a  printing  office  a 
month,  and  we  are  amazed  to  receive  a  com¬ 
munication  like  unto  tho  above.  Any  boy  or 
young  man  who  desires  to  rise  in  the  world 
should  look  to  his  I”s  and  (J’s,  and  not  ”  Torgct 
to  remember”  that  punctuation,  orthography 
and  capitalizing  are  Important  requisites  to 
success.  Count  ry  and  city  hoys  should  remem¬ 
ber  this,  uud  note  that  many  a  fortune  is  mar¬ 
red  or  lost  by  inattention  to  details.  The  young 
of  both  sexes  should  lie  careful,  in  writing  even 
the  most  simple  or  ordinary  unto  or  letter,  to 
be  accurate  in  all  respects. 


TRANSPOSITIONS -No.  1. 

Transpose  a  lowehair  and  leave  implements. 
Transpose  to  empty  and  leave  medicine. 
Transpose  to  exist  and  leave  filthy. 

Transpose  small  animals  and  leave  a  part. 
Transpose  t  fruit  and  leave  to  cut. 

Transpose  one  article  ol'  apparel  and  leave 
another. 

Transpose  a  fruit  and  lea  ve  u  protuberance. 
Transpose  an  apartment  and  leave  a  desolate 
!  field. 

Transpose  a  conjunction  and  leave  a  boy’s 
nickname. 

.  Transpose  a  woman  and  lcavo  manufactured. 
Transpose  an  article  used  in  building  and 
leave  part  of  a  league, 

Behead  and  transpose  what  young  ladles  de¬ 
sire  and  leave  to  wonder.  JACOB  M.  Sherk. 
i-£/~  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - 

MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA.-No._9. 

I  am  composed  of  !J0  letters  : 

My  1,  10,  13,  lit,  32  is  a  fur-bearing  animal. 

My  20,  24,  !’•,  8,  5  is  a  large  person. 

My  20,  12,  y,  11,  2.5,  21  is  a  book  in  the  Bible. 

My  is,  (i.  Is,  2'. i  is  watch  for  danger — caution. 

My  17, 11,  27,  I,  0,  not  these. 

My  2il,  8,  8,  20, 11, 33  is  peril. 

My  20,  21,  28,  8  Is  a  sea  fowl. 

My  23,  11,  3,  83, 17,  U  is  famine. 

4  ,v  7,0,0,24,  12,  a  boy  s  nickname. 

My  whole  is  a  sentence  from  the  Scriptures. 
Answer  in  two  weeks.  e.  b. 

- *-*-♦ - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS. -Oct.  18. 

Problem  No.  11.  — 

1  50.974807  rods. 

I  18.811408  “ 

Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  8.~Dinosis  tU~ 
phantoulen. 

Word-Puzzle  No.  4.— Passenger  Pigeon. 


292 


SVtOOBE’S  BUBAL  WEW-¥0BKEB. 


deaths  at  Memphis  In  11  weeks. .  The  steamer 
Mary  K,  Doe  was  burned  on  the  18th  near  Os¬ 
ceola,  Ark,:  Joss, $100.009 and  0  lives  —  Madison 
planing  mills  were  burned  at  Madison,  Wis.,  on 
t  he  17  Hi  ;  loss,  $100,000.  ,  Half  of  a  distillery  In 
Cincinnati  on  the  loth  ;  loss,  $100,000  It  is 
thought.  $140,000  of  the  Albany  defalcation  will 

be  recovered  . Hut  IO.OiK)  inhabitants  remain 

in  Memphis,  of  whom  1.000  are  sick.  The  yel¬ 
low  fever  rages  In  many  places  In  the  South  . . . 
The  Government  has  decided  to  put  silver  into 

circulation .  The  cotton  and  paper  trade  is 

depressed  .('row  and  l 'to  Indians  have  been 
taken  to  tho  President. 

Fire*. 

Flour  Mini,  and  brewery  at  Madison,  Wis., 
on  the  Kith  :  loss,  $105, 000,  and  one  life  —  Plan¬ 
ing  mill  ana  turning  factory  in  Oswego,  N.  Y., 
on  the  loth  ;  loss,  $35,000. .  .The  Commonwealth 
block  in  Topeka,  Kan.,  on  the  19th  ;  loss,  $100,- 

000  ;  3  newspaper  offices  were  burned  . _ Tho 

propeller  8t.  Lawrence,  at  F.dwardsburg,  Cana¬ 
da,  on  the  19th ;  a  total  loss. 


TELL  EVERYBODY! 


wheat ;  it  never  looked  better.  Wheat  from 
Sl.55i3d.70;  oats,  37‘4c.;  barley,  90c.;  corn,  65c.; 
rye,  80c.;  potatoes.  40c.;  butter,  2&3fi0c.:  cheese, 
16c.;  eggs,  25c.;  green  corn.  dor..  10c.;  beef,  lb., 
<V<?8c.;  lambs,  $33>4;  pork,  lb.,  75&8C.;  fowls,  live 
weight,  lb., 8c.;  chickens,  lb..  10c.;  wool,  35o,t0c.; 
apples,  bush.,  60c.;  hides.  lb„  7c.;  lamb  pelts, 
each.  60c.(2itl;  veid  skins,  trimmed,  per  lb., 
12’4c.;  tobacco,  r>.  rt.  n. 

Lymlonville,  V«.,  Oct.  22 — Weather  warm 
and  fine  for  tho  season.  The  month  has  afforded 
some  heavy  rains  and  some  delightful  weather 
thus  far.  Two  weeks  ago  it  rained  nearly  36 
hours  without  Intermission;  and  on  Monday  of 
Che  present  week  it  poured  for  about  2  hours, 
resulting  in  the  highest  water  we  have  had 
since  the  Great  Freshet  of  four  years  ago  the 
present  month.  The  last  rain  was  a  remarkably 
warm  one,  and  tho  weather  Binco  has  been  fair 
and  warm,  with  wind  southerly.  We  are  yet 
to  have  the  first  snow  of  t.he  season  in  tills 
vicinity  ;  very  little  was  noticed  on  tho  distant 
hill-tops  two  weeks  ago.  Excellent  weather 
for  nil  out-door  work,  and  especially  for  fall 
plowing.  The  crops  In  this  section  of  tho  State 
proved  very  much  butter  than  It  was  ant  icipated 
they  would  bo  earlier  in  the  season.  The  potato 
crop  was  a  large  yield,  and  the  quality  never 
better.  Price  35  to  40  cts.  delivered  at  t  he  R.  R. 
station.  Corn  crop  fair;  very  good  growth,  but. 
not  so  fui.y  matured  ns  usual.  Greater  care 
required  in  curing  it.  Hay  plenty— selling  for 
$15  per  ton.  Store  cattle  and  sheep  In  demand. 
Considerable  numbers  of  the  former  imported 
from  Canada  and  tho  border  counties,  mostly 
of  the  Native  and  the  Durham —  grade  breeds. 
Mutton  sheep  and  lambs  rather  dull;  Iambs 
selling  for  $2  to  $4  per  head  ;  must  be  very  good 
to  bring  the  latter  price.  Fall  feed  good,  and 
stock  generally  looking  finely.  Fall  fat,  and 
apiing  ditto,  let  be  the  motto. — I.  w.  s. 


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FOREIGN  NEWS, 


ffllftcellancoiiN  Foreign  New*. 

Failures  in  London  continue,  caused  by 

t.he  financial  disturbance  In  America .  Rev. 

Dr.  Robert  Smith  Candllsh,  an  eminent  divine. 

died  In  Edinburgh  on  the  19th  . The  rebel 

squadron  of  Spain  haa  arrived  at  Valencia,  and 
threatens  a  bombardment.  The  defense  of  the 
place  was  being  pushed  on  the  20th.  The  reb¬ 
els  captured  3  merchantmen.  The  English, 
m  fleets  are  watching  i  he  reb¬ 
els.  The  rebel  war  ship  Fernanda  el  CatOlica 
has  been  sunk  through  the  carelessness  of  her 

commander,  and  most  of  tho  crow  lost _ The 

examination  of  witnesses  has  begun  in  the  Ba- 
zaino  court  martial..  The  Government  of  Italy 
has  ordered  the  Jesuits  to  leave  tholr  property 
In  Rome.  It  has  also  taken  possession  of  0 

convents . There  are  hopes  or  ;t  Republican 

majority  In  the  French  Assembly  Emperor 
William  is  pleased  with  his  visit  to  Vienna;  he 
remained  until  tbafiSd.  ..The  King  of  (be  Sand¬ 
wich  Islands  is  recovering.  He  has  disbanded 
hi*  household  troops.  The  President  and  Cabi¬ 
net  of  Mexico  hate  promised  fidelity  to  tho 
new  Constitution  ..  Mr.  David  Dudley  Field 
ha*  made  an  address  on  international  Arbitra¬ 
tion  before  t.lie  Social  Science.  Congress  in  En¬ 
gland  ..  President  MacMahon  says  he  will  re¬ 
sign  under  certain  circumstance!*.  The  French 
Deputies  of  the  Left  will  meet,  dally  during  the 

crisis _ Marshals  Canrobert,  Loboeuf  and  Gen. 

Ladmlraiilt  have  testified  against  Gen.  Baza- 
ino . Prince  Bismarck,  vhlle  In  Vienna,  sug¬ 

gested  that  Germany,  Austria  and  Italy  act  to¬ 
gether  In  reference  to  the  election  of  a  future 
Pono  ..John  Bright  has  made  a  great  speech 
at  Birmingham  .  Delegate-,  of  I  he  Right  Con¬ 
fer  have  held  a  meeting  in  Paris,  calling  upon 
Count  de  Chambord  to  return  to  France  and 
formally  uniting  with  the  members  of  the  Right 
. .  Tho  rebels  have  taken  10  Spanish  merchant¬ 
men  nt  Valencia  and  returned  with  their  fleet 
to  Cartagena  ..  The  r.nxo  for  the  defense  in  tho 

Tiohliqriitj  case  has  concluded . There  is  an 

insurrection  in  Sonora,  Mexico  . .  Members  of 
Parliament  are  assembling  at  Ottawa,  Canada 

The  Bonapartlsts  of  Franco  want  a  plebls- 
cltum.  The  r  re  no  I,  Cabinet  has  resolved  that 
the  state  of  tho  country'  does  not  require  an 
early  meeting  of  the  Assembly.  The  Loft  Cen¬ 
ter  refuses  an  alliance  with  the  Right  Center. 
Monarchists  are  less  hopeful  .The  police  have 
seized  arms  at  Lisbon.  Spain  complains  of  the 
interference  of  French  vessels  .  .The  Emperor 
of  Germany  ho*  visited  the  Vienna  Exhibition 
and  examined  the  American  Department.  The 
French  exhibitors  left  the  building  at.  his  ap¬ 
proach..  On  1  he  33d  the  King  of  Saxony  was 
dying  ...The  Canadian  Parliament  opened  on 
the  24d  .,  The  Jesuits  have  made  I  lo  ir  head¬ 
quarters  at  Malta  The  September  storm  in 

Jamaica  blew  down  500  houses .  The  Pacific 

Railway  of  Canada  h  tx  surrendered  it  •  charter 

A  change  In  the  Prussian  Cabinet  is  rumor¬ 
ed .  IH  iTonch  Deputies  protest  against  the 

attempt  to  restore  tho  monarchy  .  On  the 21th 
Of  beptemboy  insurgents  attacked  Panama. 
Admiral  Almy  of  the  United  States,  took  part 
in  the  proceedings,  landed  his  man  arid  pro¬ 
tected  tho  city,  forwarding  tho  European  mails 

The  Count  do  Chambord  has  agreed  to  uni¬ 
versal  suffrage,  a  reasonable  liberty  of  the  press 
anti  the  tri-colored  flag _ Valparaiso  has  suf¬ 

fered  from  a  great  fire.  Ten  lives  were  lost  by 
falling  walls  ...A  great  ma.i*  meeting  is  to  bo 
held  in  Dublin .  .Count  Chambord  promises  not 
to  reinstate  the  Pope  in  his  temporal  power. 


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DOMESTIC  NEWS, 


BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS, 


TDK  statement  Is  made  that  tho  Governor  of 
South  Carolina  has  declared  his  intention  to 
recommend  to  the  General  Assembly  of  that 
State,  nt  its  coming  session,  the  passage  of  a 
law  authorizing  the  Issue  of  $1,000,000  In  bills 
receivable,  which  shall  bo  received  In  payment 
of  taxed  due  the  8tate.  This  action  is  taken  on 
the  supposition  that  it  will  tend  to  relieve  the 
financial  embarrassments  of  the  people.  The 
attent  ion  of  some  of  the  officers  of  the  General 
Government  having  been  called  to  this,  tho 
opinion  Is  given  that  such  legislation  would  be 
directly  in  contravention  of  the  tenth  section 
of  the  Constitution  of  tho  United  States,  which 
provides  that  no  State  shall  emit  bills  of  credit 
.,r  make  anything  tmi  gold  and  silver  coin 
as  tender  in  payment  of  debts. 

Tun  Treasury  Department  1ms  notice  that 
fifty  thousand  ounces  of  silver  have  been  re¬ 
ceived  at  the  mint  in  Philadelphia  from  Chi¬ 
cago,  with  the  request  that  it  be  coined  and 
returned  in  half  and  quarter  dollars  and  climes. 
It  will  furnish  change  to  the  amount  of  $63,500. 
Silver  is  now  paid  out  to  a  limited  extent  for 
change  in  Washington.  Dr.  Linder  man.  di¬ 
rector  of  tho  bureau  of  tho  mint,  says  silver  will 
be  in  goneral  circulation  as  currency  on  the  Jst 
of  November.  All  tho  mints  in  the  country 
have  boon  ordered  to  work  to  their  full  capacity 
in  coining  silver.  * 

In  connection  with  the  proposition  to  estab¬ 
lish  postal  havings  banks,  it  is  suggested  by 
some  Congressmen  that,  four  per  cent,  Is  too 
high  a  rate  of  interest  for  the  Government  to 
pay,  and  that  the  rate  of  three  and  sixty-live 
immlreths  per  cent,  would  enable  postmasters 
to  compute  tho  int  erest  on  deposits  with  greater 
facllily.  Should  the  scheme'  assume  definite 
shape  in  Congress,  this  rate  of  Interest  will  be 
proposed. 

Gen.  Bctleu,  it.  is  said,  will  reintroduce  his 
inter-oonvertible  bond  scheme,  by  which  banks 
will  be  allowed  to  hold  such  bonds  instead  of  a 
greenback  reserve,  and  the  same  may  be  con¬ 
verted  Into  legal  tenders  or  vice  verm,  as  the 
currency  necessities  of  the  country  shall  re¬ 
quire. 


New  York;  City  and  Vicinity. 

The  banka  contemplate  an  early  resump¬ 
tion  of  greenback  payments.. On  tho  20lh  there 
xvas  a  decline  in  stocks  of  from  ]  to  3  per  cent.. 
There  was  a  $25,000  fire  at  53  Walker  St.  on  the 
20th  Beecher  has  lectured  before  a  largo  au¬ 
dience  on  “ Manhood  and  Money” . Gn  the 

20th,  in  the  Stokes  trlal.lt  was  uttemptod  to 
show  that  some  of  Die  witnesses  against  Stokes 
were  perjured  .Wall  St-  was  dull  on  tbeSIst. 
The  same  day  the  National  Life  Insurance  Co. 
aumpeiidcd.  Money  wa$  abundant  on  the  31st 

. Senator  Geo.  8.  Bout  well  hoe  lectured  ou 

tho  “  Finances  of  the  Country"  ..  Witnesses 
have  testified  that  Fisk  threatened  to  kill 
Stokes  ...The  Committee  of  Seventy  ba-s  dis¬ 
banded _ The  Cuuarders  will  establish  a  da  ly 

lino  to  Europe . One  case  of  yellow  fever 

was  reported  on  I  bn  23d  . Edward  Jenkins 

b nr  lectured  before  a  very  small  audience . 

The  plea  of  insanity  bus  been  made  in  the 

Stokes  case _ A  Mr,  Shanks  has  been  sent  to 

jail  for  contempt  of  court  t  iara  Bart  on  has 
had  a  reception,  and  \V  llkle  Collins  n  breakfast 

_ lCx-Assemblyman  Dewitt  Tower  shot 

himself  on  the  23d.  Dissipation  and  domestic 
troubles  Edward  lloight,  Jr.,  has  been  ex¬ 
pelled  from  the  Stock  Exchange  .Tho  A  hler- 
men  have  confirmed  all  the  Mayor’s  candidates 
for  Police  Justices.  ••  ..F.  K.  bnerwln,  the  New 
York  banker  id  the  defaulter,  Phelps,  ba  .bccn 
arrested  . .Hay  cutting atore  on  Thirteenth 
A  ve.  was  burned  on  the  18th  ;  QUO  man  killed 
and  two  Injured :  loss,  $62,000  Commodore 
Vanderbilt  ha*  settled  with  the  Union  Trust 

Co.  and  enabled  it  to  resume . Fisk  &  Hatch 

expect  to  resume  in  a  week  or  two. 

Home  News. 

The  Democrats  of  Ohio  elected  Allen  for 

Governor  by  a  majority  of  some  700  or  800 . 

The  Republican  majority  in  Pennsylvania  was 
23,000  The  county  treasurer  of  Andrew  Jack- 
sun  Co.,  Iowa,  has  been  robbed  of  $30,000 —  A 
severe  storm  prevailed  ou  the  20th,  with  snow 
[n  tbio  Wi  si  Virginia,  and  u  Penn¬ 

sylvania  The  Embury  monument  lias  been 

dedicated  at  Cambridge,  N.  Y .  A  railroad 

along  the  shore  of  Lake  Superior  la  talked  of  . 
The  yellow  fever  is  abating  at  Memphis.  Six 
canal  boats  were  wrecked  on  the  17th  at  Ver- 

plaock’s  Point,  Hudson  River . Buffalo  has 

had  a  anow storm  . Fellow  favor  Ima  appeared 
in  Texas  Fire  Department  chiefs  have  held 
a  national  convent  ion  at  Baltimore.  The  mil)* 
of  New  England  will  run  on  part  time  Pud¬ 
dle  and  rail  mills  have  suspended  at  Pottaville, 
Pa.;  600  men  out  of  work  —  James  Lick  ol  San 
Francisco  will  build  an  astronomical  observa¬ 
tory  in  the  Sierra  Nevada  mountains  .  Gov. 
Dix  of  New  York  makes  November  27  Thanks¬ 
giving  Day  'Ifiie  new  Scientific  Hall  at  Lafay¬ 
ette,  Pa.,  College,  has  been  dedicated  ....  One 
death  an  hour  from  yellow  fever  in  MernpbiB... 
The  great  storm  of  the  20th  caused  much  dam¬ 
age  iu  New  Hampshire,  New  York,  Pennsylva¬ 
nia,  and  to  theahlpping  on  Lakes  Erie  and  On¬ 
tario...  Tho  National  Board  of  Trade  has  been 


CURRENT  TOPICS 


Plan  for  Resuming  Specie  Payments. 

The  Finance  Committee  of  the  National 
Board  of  Trade,  submitted  to  that  body,  at 
Chicago,  the  other  day,  the  following  report 
relative  to  the  resumption  cf  specie  payments  : 

Firs t  :•  For  the  redemption  of  Treasury  notes 
of  t  he  United  States,  commonly  called  green¬ 
backs,  nt  tho  Treasury  In  the  City  of  New  York, 
in  gold  coin,  on  demand  of  the  holders  thereof, 
on  and  after  the  first  Monday  in  July,  J877. 

Second,  5— That  notes  bo  redeemed  may  be  re¬ 
issued  for  making  all  payments  by  tho  United 
Stales  other  than  those  for  which  payment  in 
specie  is  specially  secured  by  existing  laws,  and 
notes  so  redeemed  be  exchanged  for  gold  or 
silver  coin  of  the  United  States  when  requested 
by  any  one  desirous  of  making  such  exchange. 

Third :— That  said  Treasury  notes  of  tho  Uni¬ 
ted  Stares  shall  continue  to  bo  a  legal  tender 
for  payment  of  all  debts,  public  and  private,  as 
the  same  are  now. 

Fourth That  for  the  purpose  of  regulating 
tho  currency  as  furnished  by  said  Treasury 
notes  and  providing  for  its  expansion  or  con¬ 
traction  at  seasons  when  such  changes  in  its 
value  are  called  for  by  tho  business  of  tho 
country,  tho  Secretary  of  tho  Treasury  he  au¬ 
thorized  to  issue  In  exchange  for  such  Treasury 
notes  registered  certificates  of  debt  in  sums 
not  less  than  $500  or  any  multiple  thereof, 
which  certificates  shall  be  at  Interest  of  3.65-100 
per  cont.  per  annum  ;  the  certificates  so  issued 
shall  not  exceed  $50,000,000  in  the  whole ;  and 
said  certificates  shall  be  redeemable  at  the  call 
of  the  holders  thereof  In  Treasury  notes  of  the 
United  States  of  denominations  now  in  use ; 
and  upon  such  redemption  the  interest  then 
accrued  on  such  certificates  shall  be  payable 
and  paid,  and  certificates  so  redeemed  shall  be 
canceled  and  destroyed;  but  new  certificates 
may  from  time  to  time  be  issued  in  tneir  pla¬ 
ces,  and  the  amount  of  certificates  so  redeemed, 
If  the  same  shall  be  demanded  by  holders  of 
United  States  Treasury  notes  ;  and  certificates 
so  issued  shall  not  he  used  for  or  computed  in 
reserves  now  required  by  law  to  be  held  by 
national  banks  for  the  payment  of  their  circu¬ 
lation  and  deposits. 


8EMI-BTJS1NESS  PARAGRAPHS, 


A  great  point  In  the  excellent  Blanchard 
Churn  is  the  fact  that  the  churning,  working 
and  salting  of  the  butter  Is  all  done  In  the 
ohurn  without  change  of  dasher.  It  is,  indeed, 
an  AUTOMATIC  BUTTER  MAKER. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS, 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 


Ilaldwinsvtlle,  fif.  Y.,  Oct.  20.— Spring  grains 
were  nearly  all  sowed  after  May  10.  Tiie  drouth 
that  followed  prevented  a  portion  upon  dry 
land  from  sprouting,  until  the  first  shower  June 
10.  That  portion  of  grain  (which  was  very 
small.)  sown  prior  to  May  10  gave  rapid  growth, 
but  the  drouth  in  June  decided  Its  fate,  conse¬ 
quently  tho  late  sown  yielded  trntch  the  best. 
The  season  has  been  too  cold  for  a  large  corn 
crop.  The  potato  crop  Is  a  failure,  cause  un¬ 
known.  Beans  ditto.  The  hay  crop,  including 
the*,see®nd  cutting,  is  a  fair  average.  Wheat 
light.  The  tobacco  crop,  which  has  heretofore 
been  to  our  county  (Onondaga)  as  cotton  to 
South  Carolina,  is  fast  losing  favor,  the  crop  of 
'72  being  unsold ;  with  an  investment  of  $50  to 
$75  per  acre  for  growing  It,  the  farmer  sorely 
realizes  the  embarrassment  thus  produced.  I 
think  it  safe  to  say  there  will  not  be  one  acre 
set  hereafter  where  there  haa  been  four.  The 
vicissitudes  utteudlug  tobacco  culture  are  too 
many  an»l  the  expense  too  great  for  a  continu¬ 
ation  of  its  production,  at  present  prices. 
Quito  a  portion,  of  the  crop  grown  this  season 
Is  badly  hail  cut,  and  unfit  for  wrappers.  Ap¬ 
ple's  are  scarce  ;  buyers  are  paying  about  $3  per 


cc.sxnry.  He  will  do  nil  in  his  power  to  aid  the 
banks  . .  The  panic  has  caused  a  largo  decrease 
In  the  Iron  business  —  The  Senate  Transporta¬ 
tion  Committee  has  vl6lted  Virginia.  .Bank¬ 
ruptcy  proceedings  have  been  commenced 
against  Jay  Cooke  &  Co  .  .30  deaths  in  Mem¬ 
phis  on  the  22d  from  yellow  fever  ...Wages  on 
tiie  Lake  Shore  railway  art-  to  be  reduced  15  to 
20  per  cent ....  The  farmers  havo  held  a  conven¬ 
tion  at  Chicago  ..  .The  Army  Ordnance  Bureau 

asks  for  $1,500,000  to  arm  the  forts . Railroad 

interests  throughout  tho  country  arc  depressed 
.  ...John  McCarthy,  a  lawyer  of  Louisville,  haa 
been  shot  by  Joseph  Crawford  .  The  National 
Council  of  the  Union  League  has  been  in  ses¬ 
sion  in  Philadelphia — The  National  Board  of 
Trade  of  Chicago  discussed  the  transportation 
problems  and  advocated  Improved  water  rout  es 
_ Coal  mining  is  being  suspended  in  Pennsyl¬ 
vania . Andrew  Johnson  has  made  a  speech 

at  Washington.  He  advocated  the  Constitution 

. The  nurses  of  Memphis  have  struck  for 

higher  wages— $6  per  day . The  Arch-diocese 

of  Baltimore  has  been  consecrated  to  the  Sa¬ 
cred  Heart  of  Jesus . There  have  been  1,500 


Resolutions  by  the  Northwestern  Farmers’ 
Convention. 

A  Northwestern  Farmers’  Convention  met 
at  Chicago,  Oct.  23.  The  following  resolutions 
wore  adopted  as  the  result  of  its  deliberations : 

The  duty  of  a  Government  is  to  protect  its 
people.  Capital  directed  by  unscrupulous 
minds  reaps  the  profits  of  their  labor.  Mon  of 
great  wealth  revel  in  luxury,  while  those  who 
earned  the  money  are  destitute  of  the  comforts 
of  life,  Our  State  Legislatures  havo  made 
laws  depriving  us  of  our  land,  for  which  we 
have  a  title  from  the  General  Government,  for 
tho  benefit  of  railroad  companies  because  it 
seemed  for  the  public  good.  Subsidies  have 
been  granted  them,  and  Congress  has  with  a 
lavish  hand  given  them  public  lands,  the  peo- 


Broom  Corn. —The  few  parcels  received  have 
brought  full  late  prices. 

We  quote  Ldng,  green  hurl,  prime  to  choice,  12® 
He.:  short  and  medium  brush,  choice  green,  10® 
lie.  Medium  qualities,  ted-tlpped,  7®Hc.;  common 
qualities,  red,  coarse  amt  '-,1001111/,  2  pintle. 

nutter.—1 The  butter  runrkrt  is  in  n  rather  mixed 
indefinite  position.  There  is  nn  abundance  of  me¬ 
dium  quality  of  State  that  has  to  bike  Its  lone  of 
prices  from  Western  -took,  and  the  unto  of  the  lat¬ 
ter  gives  it  the  precedence  It  is  only  on  days  that 
At  e stern  Is  not  tu  good  coiinucrolal  supply  that  hold¬ 
ers  of  st, me  nave  u  chance  to  work  otf  the  under 
gnid  >s  ot  State.  Flaw  butter  Is  scarce,  and  is  gen  or¬ 
ally  held  higher,  following  a  recent  advance  In  prices 
to  45c.  _  The  market  is  In  no  way  active,  and  what 
trade  is  duni-  1*  of  mat.  perplexing,  extra -care  lul 
scrutiny  on  the  part  of  buyers  thutmukesso  lersdls- 
Incllncd  to  bother  with  It.  When  lino  U  scarce  arc! 
buyers  will  take  nothing  else.  Him*  Intended  tor  fall 
use  in  a  wholesale  way  have  to  he  broken  up  and 
pulled  about  to  an  extent  that  a  few  cents  advance 
for  tops  und  choice  ends  do  uot  pay  for.  Western  Is 
readily  >ui.ibte  at  full  prices,  with  some  fancy  Midi- 
gun  quoted  at  32c.  Later  receipts  of  fancy  hr- 1  Welsh 
arequotod  atits.'j  i)'-.  in  a  •  in.cii  was-.  1. 
neared,  quoted  at  24®27c.  tor  fair  to  good,  and  2T®29c. 
for  choice. 

AVu  quote  Omnee  county  palls,  fancy.  10®  45c.; 


fair  do.,36®37e.:  choice  State,  18*2  crop,  3S®35c.:  good, 
32® 33c.;  poor,  do., , •«)<:.;  Eastern, '72  crop, 33®35o.;  Wls- 
cousin,  do.,  30@38c.  for  good  and  prime  lots. 

Poultry  imil  flame. -The  bulk  of  dressed  poul¬ 
try  Is  of  poor  quality  ano  sells  low.  Lire  Western 
bus  been  largely  In  excet  s  of  the  want*  of  trade. 
Dealer#  implore  shippers  to  stop  sending  It.  and  wo 
should  think  thu  annexed  quotations  would  help 
their  appeal.  Wo  quote  dressed  fowls  and  chickens. 
New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania,  lD®13o,;  Statu  do.,  U 
®17u.;  Western,  10®15e.,  as  t*j  quality.  Turkeys,  17® 
JJc.  for  prime?  H6j>lfle.  for  t-.dr:  some  poor  stock  a* 
low  as  Ivc.  Pucks,  IS®  18c.,  Western  stock.  Wn  quote 
fowls  and  chickens.  Now  Jersey,  l.V.idtie.:  Western, 
0®llc.  Turkoys,  Jersey,  15® Lie.;  Western.  12® Mo. 
Pucks,  Jersey,  #1®  I. c  pair:  AV extern,  do., 85®8?o. 
Goose,  N.  J.,  voting,  F  pair,  $2.75®3.25;  do.  Western, 
V  pair,  |l,(i0&2.  Grouse,  prime,  V  pair,  90®!l6e.;  do. 
poor.  W®7Qc.  POrtridgi  •»,  tlViliOc.  for  Eastern ;  tUfiSOe, 
lot' State.  Woodcock,  t>  dor.,  05fti'76e.  Hare*,  WKSlOSe. 
T  pair.  Rabbits,  llhil  ic.  Pigeon*.  stall  foil.  I1.85q$li. 
rho  UcMnand  for  pigeons  has  slacked  off.  Venison  is 
lower  and  dull;  whole  deer,  lO.vjtlle.;  lung  saddles, 
lz&lito.;  short  do.,  I3®16c. 

Provision*.— Prices  generally  very  much  lower, 
with  a  limited  shipping  business  and  it  pressure  to 
sell.  Short  clcur,  fur  winter  delivery,  7Nc.;  long  and 
short  chair,  together.  luilf  nnd-Uolf,  7®7)<c.;  loug 
clear,  lijftf. 

Hoi'f  hams  —  choice  Western,  >21;  Texas  prime, 
kkktMO:  do.  fair  lots,  $16®  18.  Lara,  new  ut  ? 14 r .  for 
Western  Steam  on  spot;  "Vugni.  fill'  October ;  7 7S 

fj-Sc.  for  November.  Long  clear,  s.Wc.  s  short  clear. 
If c. :  short  rib,  8%c.  Mobs  pork,  611.30,  spot; 
Western  prime  mess  at  $15.50®  18.30.  Pressed  hogs, 
city,  59f®vo.  Cut-meats  uni  selling  at  ll®l2e.  for 
hams,  loose;  7 He.  for  sliunldcis,  loose;  9®  lie.  for 
pickled  bellies,  loose.  Hoxnd  dry-sultert  shoulders, 
6Wc.  for  winter  delivery.  Mmoked  meats  at  V2®llc. 
for  loose  hnrus,  8, HC.  for  loose  shoulders.  Tallow  at 
7Kc.  for  prime  stock.  Beef,  selling  at  $9®U.75  for 
barreled  new  plain  moss,  $12(3)13.50  for  extra  mess. 
TIerccd  beef.  new,  for  short  delivery,  at  $10(®li  for 
new  India  mess,  $I8®20  for  new  extra  India  mess. 

Seed*.— Clover  is  lower:  small  sales  at  9Xc.  Ship¬ 
pers  will  not  pay  over  '.Hie.  fur  any  considerable 
auiint.lt/.  Timothy  is  offering  at  ?2.7u.  Hough  Flax 


do.,  do.,  5H  owl.,  1  He.;  Ohio  do.,  fair  to  good,  7J4  cwt., 
U@12c.;  Kentucky  do.,  fair  to  good,  7X  cwt.,  ill"  12J<c.; 

food  Illinois  do.,7if  cwt.,  12XQ.;  Cherokee  do.,  5  cwt., 

Af  ilcli  Cow*.— Trade  on  Wednesday  Inst,  ori  a  light 
run,  wn*  fair.  Prices  at  $17®  77. 50  F  head.  There  was 
no  change  in  the  condition  of  trade  up  to  Friday 
noon.  Special  saiea  were— 3  cows  at  $47  W  head ;  2  at 
$35  do.;  (fat  $03  do.;  6  ut  $70®77.30  do. 

Venla.— There  has  been  quite  a  brisk  demand  for 
smooth  quality  veals,  at  9.<<®10Hc,,  with  uu  no  qual¬ 
ity  In  demand  at  7k®0c.  Grass  calves  were  fair  at 
$3<38.50  V  head,  with  choice  lots  at  $1'2®  1 1  do.  Jersey 
veals,  135  It'S.,  10c.;  Pennsylvania  do.,  230  tts.,  9X«d 
do.,  do.,  150  »».,  10HC. 

Sheep  and  Lamb*.— On  Wednesday  last  sheep 
were  firm  ut  6>je,:  lambs  slow  at  (J®7He.  On  Thurs¬ 
day  trade  wua  not  so  good  us  on  the  previous  fore¬ 
noon,  sheep  sold  lit  4H®3Su':  lamlm,  3K<2i7Kr„  Thorn 
was  no  chauge  In  t'ue  markets  on  Friday  forenoon, 
when  sheep  sold  ut  6®6\o.,  with  several  flocks  un¬ 
sold  at  noon.  Lamb*  wero  sold  In  small  lots  at  6K® 
7c.;  coarse  sheep  and  lambs,  mixed,  average  weight 
85  lbs.,  ,V.kic.  State  sheep,  'JOlks.,  6X1;.;  Ohio  sheep,  83 
Its.,  pjfc.,*  Indiana  do.,  53  its.,  he.;  Canada  lumhs,  5HX 
1ts.,6)»c.t  8L»le  do.,  fd  lbs..  To.;  Jersey  do.,  711  lbs..li.He. 

fiwlm!.— Tliare  wer<i  no  sales  of  live  liogson  Wed¬ 
nesday  forenoon,  but  late  in  the  day  one  ear  of  Ohio 
hogs,  average  la',  ft*.,  sold  at.  4Kc„  city  dressed.  OH 
(to 7c.  on  Thuradny  forenoon,  Uvo  were  not  quoted; 

cd  v  •  1  ?'e  -  *  1  *i  1 , 3Hk*'>,c.;  light  t . ,  v 1 . ,  .  Live  hogn 

wore  worth  iH®3c.  Friday  forenoon  city  dressed 
unchanged  from  thu  previous  day’s  quotations. 

Horse  Market,— During  th«  wook,  18  head  of 
trotting  horses,  generally  suited  as  roadsters,  were 
sold  by  uuotlon  at  $24ri®l,150  ¥  head,  some  few  sales 
have  been  effected  In  heavy  draught  horses,  sulcs 
being  at  $2U0®425  P  tieud.  Trade  continues  small 
und  slow,  with  light  arrivals.  31  horses  arrived  per 
Writ:  Halfway,  via  Oak  Cliff  Station:  111!  horses  and 
HI  rutiles  per  Central  New  Jersey  Hallroad,  via  Lib¬ 
erty  Bt.  Ferry. 


For  sale  «t  the  Rctrai.  Ninv-Yottiticn  Office,  No.  6 
Beekmou  Bt.,  New  York,  or  sent  by  mull,  post¬ 
paid,  on  receipt  of  price ; 

Wtltnrd’a  Practical  IJnlry  IIiiHbnndry 
(just  1  •failed) . $.3  00 

Allen’s  (L.  8'.)  A  merlran  (  ultle . . . .  2  00 

Do.  New  American  Farm  Hook .  2  50 

Do.  Diseases  of  Domestic  Animals .  1  00 

Po.  Kami  Architecture . . .  1  50 

American  Bird  Fancier .  30 

American  Pomology  (290  Illustrations)  AVarder. .  3  00 

American  Practical  Cookery .  1  75 

American  Hose  Guitarist .  30 

American  Standard  of  Excellence  In  Poultry. .  00 

American  Wheat  OultuiMt  (Todd) .  2  nl) 

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Atwood’s  Country  and  Buhurhan  Houses, .  1  50 

Harry's  Fruit  Harden  (new  edition), .  ..  .  2  50 

Kee  Keepers'  Text  Hook,  Paper,  40c.;  Cloth .  Tft 

Kmnenl’x  ttabhl!  Fancier... .  30 

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New  and  PraeUoitl  Designs) . ,10  00 

Bomtiior’s  Method  of  Malting  Manures . .  25 

Hrrok’s  Book  of  Flowers  (new) .  1  75 

Hodgeman**  Gardener’s  Assistant .  2  50 

11  n let’s  Family  I-iltcheti  Gardener .  1  00 

Do.  Flower  Garden .  1  50 

Carpentry  Made  Easy  (new) .  6  00 

Chemistry  of  thu  Farm  (Nichols)..,.,.,,,,.., .  1  25 

chorlton's  Grupn  Grower's  Guide... .  75 

Cider  Maker's  Manual  .. . 150 

plater's  New  III.  Cattle  Doctor,  colored  plates,, .  6  00 

CoMmt’s  American  Gardeiinr. .  75 

Cole's  American  Fruit  Book . . . 75 

Cola’s  American  Veterinarian .  75 

Cotton  Culture  (Lyman  .  1  50 

Crack  Shot  (Barber). . .  .  1  75 

Ci  inborry  Culture  (J.  J.  White) .  1  26 

Dadd's  American  Calllu  Doctor . . .  1  00 

Do  Modern  Horse  Doctor .  1  50 

Dana’s  Muck  Manual .  .  1  26 

Darwin's  Variations  of  Animals  and  Plants .  0  00 

Dead  Shot;  or.  Soortmun's  Complete  Guido .  1  73 

Downing's  Fruits  and  Fruit  Trees  of  America, 

<1100  pp.L. . . .  5  00 

Do.  Hurai  Essays .  3  50 

Drainage  for  Profit  and  Uolllt) .  1  50 

Dyer  and  Color  Maker's  Companion .  1  26 

Eastwood’s  Cranberry  Culture .  75 

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Everybody's  Lawyer .  2  00 

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Field’s  Pear  Culture  . .  1  25 

Fishing  In  Arucrtuun  Waters  (Bcott) .  3  50 

Flint  ori  Grasses.. . .  .  2  60 

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Forest  Trees  fUrvarlt) .  . .  .  160 

Frank  Forrester  s  Field  Sports  (2  vols.) .  (1  00 

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Fuller’s  Illustrated  Strawberry  Culturlst .  20 

Do.  Forest  Tree  Culturlst  . .  150 

Do.  Small  Fruits  (Illustrated) .  1  50 

Fulton'S  Peach  Culture.  A  Hand-Book  and 

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Gardening  for  Profit  (P.  Henderson) .  1  50 

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Grape  Culturlst  (A  8  Fuller) .  160 

Gray’s  Manual  ot  Botany  and  Lessons .  3  00 

Do,  H0I100I  and  Field  Book  of  Botany .  2  60 

Do.  How  Plants  Grow  (600  illustrations) . .  1  12 

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Hoianv  ami  Vegetable  Physiology  (1,800  lllus.).  3  60 

Guenon  on  Milch  Cows  . . .  75 

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Holly's  Carpenter's  Hand  Book  (new) . .  75 

Hooper’s  Iiog  und  Gun .  30 

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Hop  Culture .  40 

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Indian  Corn  :  Its  Value.  Culture  ana  Dues .  1  60 

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Liingstroth  nn  the  Hive  and  Honey  Bee .  2  00 

Lewis’  American  Sportsman .  2  75 

Lightning  Hods,  and  How  to  Construct  Them, 

by  John  1'hin .  25 

Manual  on  Flux  and  Hemp  Culture . .  20 

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Hale) . . .  176 

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Norton’s  ElemeutM  Hotcntino  Agriculture .  76 

Onion  Culture . 20 

Our  Farm  of  Four  Acres  .  30 

Pardee  on  Strawberry  Culture .  75 

Parsons  on  the  Rose .  ]  25 

Pear  Culture  for  Profft  (P,  T.  Quinn) . 1  00 

Podaiir'i  Und  Measure  .  00 

Practical  and  ScieotlOc  Fruit  Culture  (Baker)...  4  OO 

Practical  Floriculture  (P.  Henderson) .  1  60 

Practical  Poultry  Keeper  (I..  Wright) .  2  00 

Practical  Bheplierd  (ICindull). . . . . . .  2  00 

yuinby's  Alystcries  of  Bee  Keeping .  1  50 

Quincy  on  Bolling  Cattle .  1  26 

hUndall'H  Fine  Wool  Bheep  Husbandry .  1  00 

Do.  Sheep  Husbandry  lit  the  South .  1  60 

Richardson  on  the  Dog, . 30 

oaunders  Domestic  Poultry .  10 

Bchenck's  Gardeners'  Text-Book . 75 

Scribner's  Produce  Tables . . 23 

Do.  Ready  Reckoner  and  Log  Book . .  30 

Burncton  s  Horse  Portraiture— Breeding,  Rear¬ 
ing  aim  Training  Trotters .  2  50 

Six  Hundred  Recipes .  1  75 

Skeleton  Leaves . . .  2  00 

Bkilllul  Housewife . 75 

Black's  '1’rout  Culture  (new) . .  1  50 

8tewart>  (Juhli)  Stable  Book .  1  50 

Tegeluieier's  Poultry  Book  (colored  platen) .  9  00 


Other  guod  palls 


_  „  _ ,  _ ...  Suita 

ubs.  flue,  ;i6®3do..  In  lings,  and  37® 
;  fair  to  good  State,  2H®80c.;  Welsh 
o.;  other,  28®31c.;  choice  Wostern, 

- - afeft'.’.'lc.;  shipping,  18®20c.;  low  do., 

ltic.  Pennsylvania  pulls,  33®l0c„  do.  other  pkgs., 
25®  30c. 

f'hr«o<«;.— It  lias  been  somewhat  difficult  to  sell 
large  lines,  the  foreign  market  not  buing  satisfactory 
and  the  rxmdltlon  of  the  gold  and  exchange  markets 
being  acnhist  much  business;  ll.^c.  has  been  uskud 
for  bosi  lots,  and  this  price  ha*  Inrun  paid  In  urgent 
orderB.  To  Induce  a  liberal  business.  Uc,  would 
have  to  be  accepted,  this  being  the  best  general  prico 
bid.  Tiny  homo  trade  has  boon  more  active,  and 
choice  lots  were  sold  to  this  line  of  buyers  at  U>su. 

Fine  and  cholou  factory,  li®UXfc. ;  do.  good  to 

. . .  P.  V"  15 ’,c.:  fair  lots,  I State  farm  d  Dry, 

good  to  prime.  Kkiiii.wc. .  do,  tmr  lots.  llHtfUc. ! 

Wostern,  Dne  ohoddar,  uomiual; 
do.  good  tint,  13®13}fo.;  do.  fair  lots,  !2®12Xc.;  skim- 
ihod,.Vs3c.-.  English  dairy,  uuminul. 

Cotton.  ■  Prices  have  beou  rapidly  declining 
through  large  arrivals  siul  a  moderate  business;  low 
middling  upland  quoted  at  15c.  on  tho  spot,  and  la® 
15  1-irtc.  for  balance  of  the  month. 

Dried  Fruits.— There  ha*  been  seme  little  call 
for  apples  from  shippers,  and  some  few  lots  have 
been  released  ut  easier  prices.  TI10  better  grades 
are  selling  slowly,  muinly  to  the  uome  trade.  Pooled 
poaches  arc  hold  ilrmly,  but  the  demand  continues 
1 1  r .  t  u  11  r  ,  unpocled  peaches  arc  dull  and  nominal. 
Blackberries  Ore  depressed,  held  at  Ihwtllyc.  Rasp¬ 
berries  have  boon  depressed,  being  in  fair  supply. 

Southern  upple*.  tl®Tc.;  do.  now.  ?®8c.t  mate 
sliced,  8.’ ovA!.;  qrs.,  8®9c.;  Western.  TK®S0.  Black¬ 
berries.  ll  .".ILS'c.  Peeled  poaches,  prime  Georgia  and 
North  Carolina,  13®  16c.;  UII  peel  ml,  3®9*fc.  for  halves 
and  0X<a7o.  for  <(uartcrs  Pitted  cherries.  26®27c.  for 
8tate  aud  Southeni.  Raspberries,  new,  .',2®33c.  New 
peeled  poncin':,,  '.'Do.  Boutheru  apples,  true  .  7®8C.; 
do.  sliced. 8®ll)c.  California  plums,  32®3iC.;  do.  pears, 
2.’®26c, 

Eggs.  There  has  been  a  slow  market  for  eggs,  and 
di  iuers  have  had  all  Hie)  could  do  to  realize  Sic.  tor 
the  boat  Western  stock  lit  a  moderate  grocery  way. 
Several  days  during  the  bast  week  20J<c.  was  willing¬ 
ly  accepted  by  holders  whose  stock  began  to  uncom¬ 
fortably  till  up  Ip  tfao  stores.  State  and  Pennsylvania, 
2*.''/ii27c.;  beat  murks  of  Western, ’.15‘4®3tSo,;  other  VVeit- 
ei'n,  Uli'vJce.;  t'un.idlaii,  2l®2oc.;  limed  State,  22® 23c.; 
tlo.  Wcslern,  2ii®)!2u. 

Flour.— Shippers  have  been  purchasing  with  some 
little  reserve,  aud  the  borne  trade  Is  very  dull.  In 
fact  the  general  market  has  been  far  from  H  itisfac- 
tory;  increasing  supplies  have  necessitated  decided 
concessions  lu  prices. 

No.  2 . $3  50®  I  70 

Superllne  btuto . 6  lift#  5  75 

Extra  do .  fi  UO.n  8  40 

Fancy  do.  .  0  75®  (  lu 

SuperUne  Western .  5  10  u  Si  75 

Extra  do . 0  1)0®  G  40 

Allnnosota  extras . 0  70®  8  76 

Western,  'vhitc  wheat .  ..  7  70(.a  8  40 

Itoinul  hoop  Ohio . 0  30  "j  fi  30 

Trade  brands  do . C  65®  7  7a 

Himtlieni,  extra .  6  20®  7  00 

Double  extra* .  7  00.«d0  50 

Kyollon  I  10® 

Corn  10  al.  Jersey . 3  30®  3  40 

Braudvnlno . . .  3  85®  4  00 

Ereali  Ft  nit  a.—  Apples  are  in  fair  demand  aud 
keep  steady  at  recent  prices.  Oatml  apples  begin  to 
arrival  full  varieties  contain  sonic  very  attractive 

retail  nn-  ■: ' ».  Peurs  wn  coi  . it,  and 

no  matter  Dow  fancy  (hey  are  they  have  to  submit  to 
a  catch  trade,  and  then  at  at  least  Oue>thlrd  lOWel' 
prices  than  ut  this  date  last  year,  urn  pci  are  crowd¬ 
ed  upon  the  market,  a  few  days  of  nculuot  has  left  a 
large  surplus,  nnd  p.iee"  .ire  unusually  low.  Cran¬ 
berries  have  not.  moved  to  any  extent  since  Hie  first 
little  spurt.  QulhCeS  are  in  fair  supply  and  have  a 
pretty  good  run  at  quotations.  Calitornia  pears  urn 
in  good  supply  ;  a  good  many  are  expected  to  go 
abroad  1. 1 -XI  winter.  Wo  k'Orn  that  apples  will  not. 
be  wanted  for  Kurojpmui  use  beyond  the  usual  ship¬ 
ment  Ot  Newtown  pippins  aud  the  like  that  have 
been  always  lu  use  for  the  purpose.  Hickory  nuts 
have  declined  to  $1.30  bushel;  chestnut:,,  $3. 51)® 
$1.35.  We  quote  state  apples,  mixed  lots,  prime,  $3® 
3.511;  ri'leet  ;  d.  $3.50®3.v,'i ;  Ohio  and  other  Western 
good  t->  pmne,  t-'.'.-'iOWH.'J" ;  river  und  other.  $3®2.76, 
Duehesa  pears,  $4®7 ;  Virgalleu.  $7®8  fur  prhm.;  tn- 
fiTiui  a*  lO.'.  :is$2;  cooking.  $3(3)4 ;  California,  includ¬ 
ing  Winter  NoUa.  Easter  licurrc  and  Glout  Morceau, 
T  box.  Grapes,  .'kaitc.  for  Diana,  Iona  and 
Catawba;  Isabella  and  Concord,  $4®5o. — all  in  the 
usual  style  of  boxes.  Cranberries.  Capo  Cod,  choice 
bbl.*.,  $'J®  10 ;  other,  $7®9;  boxes,  $2.60®3  forjtood  to 
prune,  and  $1  AO® 2.25  for  poor  t,o  fair,  Virginia 
peanut'!,  old,  $2®  ’.7.i  do.:  North  Carolina,  $1.7.">®2.25 
do.;  Tannesseo,  $1  AO®  1.75;  inferior  peanuts,  f  l.25  do. 

Clfain.— The  shipping  business  has  been  fair,  but 


IWondny'M  Halta.-llecvosi  There  was  a  slight 
Improvement  In  trade  this  morning,  still  any  actual 
advuneo  In  rates  could  not-  bo  quoted,  save  in  a  few 
top  steers.  The  herds  to  liutid  were  not  closed  off  ut 
uoon;  prices  ranged  from  8H®13u.  #<  lb.,  weights,  i'A 
@11  cwt, 

.HI  le It  Cows  Dtia  light  run  cows  opened  easy  of 
salo  fur  fair  quality  annuals,  and  no  demand  for 
poor  quality  cows. 

Ven In.- —  Smooth  quality  vouls  wore  In  demand 
from  9®10o.  |(  m.;  grass  calves  also  fairly  In  demand, 
at  $6®3  F  head.  Both  veals  and  calvos  wero  scarce. 

Sheep  n  n«l  Lambs. -There  was  a  heavy  run  of 
sheep  and  lambs,  nnd  In  consequeooe  trade  was  slow. 
Bhoop  sold  from  ll4®Hc.  e  lb.;  lambs,  6®8>4e.  Many 
flocks  remained  unsold  at  noon. 

Ilogg.— Three  cars  Ohio  hogs  were  sold  this  morn¬ 
ing  on  live  weight  and  on  prtvoto  terms.  City 
dressed  uot  quoted  ut  noon. 

ilKCBIl'TS  Ob’  LI  VIC  8T00K. 

Mhwin  A 

Bouvet.  Cown.  CuIvmn.  Lninbii.  Hogru. 
Ono  Hundredth  8t,vJ9»W8  M  1H0  000 

Forty- Eighth  Bt .  50  60  3ft!  14,663  000 

Fortieth  Ml .  01)1)  0U  14  12,826  29,228 

Commuuipaw .  1,78!)  00  00  4,298  10,687 

Woehawken . 1,947  00  (X)  000  1)00 

Totals  this  week....!), Of 9  80  747  31,769  45,915 

last  week....  10,61)2  60  811  28,191  42,000 

COHI'AUATIVK  HATES. 

Lnst.  wcok.  This  week 
Cents.  Cents. 

Good  Btoors  lb . 12  @  12W  12  ®  13 

Fair . 11  ®  HX  11  ®  11Y 

Poor . Ill  ®  KiY  10  ®  10'X 

Poorest .  6)<  ®  U'i  4k'  9jf 

Gen.  selling  rates . 10H  ®  ll>i  lOE  ®  UM 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


No  pay,  If  Dr.  Tobias’  Venetian  Liniment  dona 
not  curelwhen  llrst  taken) Cholera,  Diarrhea,  Dysen¬ 
tery,  Croup,  Colic  and  Bea  Sickness.  Taken  Inter¬ 
nally,  warranted  perfectly  harmless,  (see  oath  accom¬ 
panying  each  oottle),  and  Chronic  Rheumatism,  Morn 
Throats,  Mumps,  Bruises,  Old  Sores,  l’alna  In  tho 
Limbs,  Buck  and  Chest.  Externally,  this  Liniment 
has  been  warranted  for  over  20  years,  and  not  ono 
bottle  returned.  Many  families  have  used  it  for 
years,  und  state  If  It  was  $10  per  bottle  they  would 
uot  be  without  It.  Depot,  10  I'ark  Place,  New  York. 


IMIOHGBTEK,  Hot.  ’*,‘L  Flour  quiet  and  un¬ 
changed.  Wheat  dull  ;  $I,I6®L53  for  red  winter,  and 
$1.60®  1.75  for  best,  white.  Corn,  65:i«viie-  for  Btato. 
OaL*  dull,  44®  ICu.  Barley  sternly,  with  active  demand 
at  $l.15@l,25  for  two-rowed,  and  fcl.!lt(<«d.4&  for  four- 
rowed.  Beans,  $1.25®  1.7 5  ,(  hush  I,  according  to 
uuulity.  Apple:',  $  1.75(5.51. j«)  F  hhl,;  6'l®H0e.  ■$  bushol. 
Potutoex,  M.IOI, (,1.2.7  ■'  hoi.  Onions,  tJ7Ke.®$i.2fi  p 
bu»h.  Cabbage,  Lie.  c  head  rears,  7fic.(i’$l..M)  V 
hush.,  and  very  dull.  Butter,  28®30c.  KggH,  '2u®iSio. 
Wool  dull  aud  unchanged.  Bbocp  pells, $l®1.23eaeh. 
Fat  sheep  are  win-ili  «.:®4.60  each.  Turnips,  4iMB0c. 
F  hush.;  rl  i(  bbl.  Chickens,  15<ail6o.  p  lb.  Chest¬ 
nut.',  $4.6U(3i5,a0  P  bush.  Hay  lu  lair  supply  at  tJU®;;'? 
for  good  to  best  Timothy.  Gras*  seeds  nominal;  no 
sales.  Straw,  $12®  It  tun. 


The  Heat  “Elastic  Truss”  in  the  World  is 

sold  by  Pomerov  &  Co.,  741  Broadway,  N.  Y.,  for 
three  dollars  Write  to  them  for  full  particulars. 


Surgical  Elastic  Stocking*  for  enlarged  veins 
and  Supporting  Bells  of  best  quality,  ut  Pomeroy’s, 
744  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


WA.  COVEKT  &  CO.,  PRO  I)  U  C 

*  .MISSION  MERCHANTS.  08  Pearl 
"Quick  sales  and  prompt  returns."  Mont 
Weekly  Price  Current  and  Marking  Plate 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


Little  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  25,  1873. 

THE  market  at  Little  Kails,  for  the  week  ending 
Oct.  25th,  was  very  dull,  with  light  sales.  Tho  heavy 
rain  on  market  day  prevented  farmers  from  deliver¬ 
ing  goods,  and  only  one  or  two  lots  were  sold.  Tho 
highest  ratu  paid  for  this  dux*  of  goods  was  l  ie.  Fac¬ 
tories  wore  well  represented,  the  offerings  being  from 
19,1X10  to  12,1)00  boxes,  only  2,000  u I  which  changed 
hands.  We  give  nuuiuut  the  leading  transactions, as 
follows: 

Brooginan's  Oornors,  130  boxes.  13Kc.;  South  Cnryl, 
30,14a;  W.  I.  Skinner,  75, 110.;  Eaton rille,  llll),  l  IFy,; 
Keys.  D8,  lie.;  , Nichols.  100,  11)4o.:  UaMlbuiivlIle,  200, 
Do,,  Shell's  Bush.  l!:(l,  1414c.;  Small's  Bush,  200,  Uc. 

Several  of  the  New  York  buyers  lelt  thu  market 
early  and  without  purchasing  a  box.  They  claimed 
that  with  stocks  on  baud  lu  New  York,  and  with  the 
present  views  uf  dairymen  an  to  prices,  It  was  no 
object  to  buy.  Many  of  the  fancy  factories  were  un¬ 
willing  to  sell  below  DS<c.,and  the  genorul  Impres¬ 
sion  among  them  is  that  line  cheese  must  bring  oven 
more  than  that  figure-  The  September  makeoi  cheese 
Is  reported  to  bo  exceedingly  Hnc,  and  as  the  quan¬ 
tity  made  Is  less  than  an  average  of  former  yearn,  the 
opinion  prevails  that  it  will  be  wanted  at  good  prices. 

On  account  of  the  rain  there  was  u  very  light  deliv¬ 
ery  of  butter,  but  sales  were  made  ut  32w33e.,  accord¬ 
ing  to  quality. 


OCIlOpi,  OF  MINKS,  COLUMBIA  COL. 

yi  LEGE.— Mining  aud  Civil  Engineering,  Metal¬ 
lurgy,  Mineralogy,  Geology,  Analytical  and  Applied 
Chemistry.  Assaying,  3c c. ,  with  Laboratory  Practice. 
Pecuniary  aid  fur  poor  students.  For  further  par¬ 
ticulars  and  for  l  utulogue.  address 

Prof.  C.  K.  Cl  I  ANGLER,  Deun  uf  the  Kuculty, 
East  Forty-ninth  Street  anil  Fourth  Avo.,  New  York. 


Tegetuicler’s  Pigeon  Book  (colored  plates) . 

Ten  Acres  Enough . 

TUo  Boston  Mrn-li mist.  ( I«  Itxgernld) . " 

The  Dog  (by  Dinks,  Mayliew  and  11  uleb Insun).. 

The  Dog  (now).  .  . 

Tho  Horse  i  Stonehenge  I,  8vo.,  U‘22  . . 

Tho  Mule  (Riley) -A  Treatise  on  tho  Breeding 
Training  anil  uses  to  which  lie  may  be  pat 

The  People'*  Practical  Poultry  Book . 

Thomas'  Am.  Fruit  Culturlst  i480  Illustrations) . 

Truouer’s  Guide  INewhouse).,..., . . . 

Trciu  i  Culture  I  Hath  Green).. . . . 

Trowbridge's  (M  r*.  Laura)  Excelsior  Cook  Book 

and  Housekeeper’ll  Aid . . 

Warder's  Hedge*  and  Evergreens . .  , 

Waring’*  Elements  Of  Agriculture .  ‘ 

Watson's  American  Home  Garden . 

War  Flowers,  arid  How  to  Make  Them . " 

Western  I*  rail  Growers'  Guide  (Elliott) . 

Wheeler's  Homes  for  the  People . 

Do.  Rural  Homes... . . . 

Window  Gardening  (II.  T.  William*) 

Woodruff’s  Trotting  Horse  or  America . 

Woodward’s  draperies  and  Uort'l  Buildings  .... 
Do.  Country  Homes . 

I  I  ’.nK  •>  oiiu  u.,,1  «... 


HAS  NEVLR  BEEN  EQUALED. 

T«  acIim  praottan)  ptiitio  plnxtur 
•» ml  liivutulictol  iuiimio  triotHiigUly. 

I  Clnrlte'*  New  Method 

'fur  tl»v  I'iamo-Foiitf  CMTlftf  U)C 
fi by  «u*>.y  KrmfUtluno  to  “btt 
lilK'ieft  pmet.'cAl  r«*u)tA. 

K  Rt  Pli!lud«iphltts 


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LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


Nkw  York,  Oct.  25,  1873. 
liiu'vcd.— Since  our  last  wcokly  report  there  has 
been  a  very  slow  condition  of  trade  In  beeves,  chiefly 
caused  by  the  entire  unsuitability  of  the  herds  offer¬ 
ed  for  sale,  which  largely  consist  of  lean  Texun  cat¬ 
tle.  Judging  fri  iu  Llicse  herds  one  would  believe 
that  tin:  United  (spiles  was  the  lowest  in  tin:  scale  of 
cuttlc-pn "luring  countries.  Yesterday  nnd  the  day 
before  1,300  Texan  steers  were  sold  In  Ooinnuiiilpaw 
yards,  at  the  rate  of  $29  L  head— a  nnm  not  sufficient 
to  cover  the  ex|n'iiK>  ul  trun.-  it.  from  Texas  to  the 
Atlantic  seaboard,  Wednesday  beeves  sold  nt  OR® 
n  ;,c„  with  a  very  few  bead  at  13®12blc.  'i'hurstiay 
beeves  sold  at  7^(dl2‘-jc  ;  weights,  I®  11  cwt.  Friday 
forenoon  sales  were  ut  !r-  12c.— the  very  poorest  qual¬ 
ity  lierds  to  hand  I'eraaiulug  unsold  at  noon.  Special 
salos  as  follows  ;  -Mixed  lots  Of  Kentucky  cattle,  in¬ 
cluding  poor  quality  steers  and  course  oxen,  at  I)® 
HJ4c.;  weights,  8®ll  owt.;  poor  Virginia  steers,  4Y 
cwt.,  9c.;  Toxan  do.,  grazed  iu  Illinois,  7  cwt.,  Ub;®l0c.; 


W  4  TVIfli  1,1 1  \  Agents  for  the  people’s  oa- 
tVlT  L  UlU.  per,  “THE  CONTRIBU¬ 
TOR,”  u  sixteen  ijugo,  undenominational,  religious, 
family  journul.  'I’hlrteoD  depurtmoot*.  Rev.  A.  is. 
Eiude  writes  for  It.  Oua  of  the  most  elegant  premi¬ 
ums  over  offered.  Unit/  $1  a  war.  Agoots  meet  great 
success.  One  says,  “  Have  limdu  MU  a  day  fur  days 
in  succession.”  Another,  “  Made  $0  In  three  hours,” 
Another,  "  It  sells  itself.''  Comuilsslon*  large.  For 
terms,  samples,  etc., address  J .  H.  Earle,  Boston,  Muss 


Do,  Pottages  and  Farm  Houses . 

Do.  dub  urban  and  Country  Houses 


■  W'tiivi  7  1  It/UdQOli.iMItMilMI  i  lA 

Youtttt  und  Spooner  on  the  Horsa .  1  6( 

\  ouutt  and  Martin  on  Cuttle .  1  5t 

Youaii.  and  Marlin  on  thu  Hug .  1  oc 

Youatt  on  Sheep .  1  (X, 

Youuiau's  Hand- Hook  of  Household  Science...,  1  76 

Address  all  order*  to 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  5  Beekman  St.,  New  Ycg, 

BT  Any  Books  desired,  not  named  in  this  List, 
will  be  furnished  on  receipt  of  price. 


GIF.  CONFESSION*  OF  AN  INVALID 


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PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


Prof.  Huxley  is  engaged  in  lecturing  in  En¬ 
gland,  and  attracts  large  audiences. 

Dr.  Beccari,  the  Italian  botanist,  is  making 
a  collection  of  plants  In  New  Guinea. 

Mr.  Thurlow  Weed  has  the  first  volume  of 
Ids  autobiography  ready  for  the  press. 

The  Paris  newspapers  announce  the  death  of 
Mme.  Felix,  the  mother  of  the  great  Barbel. 

Mrs.  H.  TV.  ITallkck,  widow  of  the  late 
Major-General  Jiailcck,  is  in  Paris  with  her  son. 

The  King  of  Italy  lias  presented  to  the  Em¬ 
press  of  Austria  a  costly  sot.  of  jewelry  made  in 
Rome. 

Mr.  Barney  Willi  VMS  lias  recovered  the 
use  of  his  eye — which  was  recently  affected  hy 
paralysis. 

The  Emperor  of  Austria  will  visit  the  Czar  at 
St.  Petersburg  during  the  holidays  of  the  Rus¬ 
sian  Christmas. 

Mr.  Dp  Chaillu  haa  returned  from  Norway, 
and  made  his  appearance  again  at  the  up-town 
clubs,  New  York. 

Theodosia  Brown  of  Whitehall,  weighs  400 
pounds,  and  lives  on  a  daily  allowance  of  one 
egg  and  one  prune. 

M,  Francois- Victor  Hugo,  the  only  sou  of 
the  poet,,  whose  illness  was  expected  to  end 
fatally,  is  recovering. 

Prof.  J.  H.  Seelyk,  D.  D.,  of  Amherst,  is  to 
deliver  a  course  of  lectures  at  Andover  Sem¬ 
inary  the  coming  season. 

Mr.  Wm.  Everett,  son  of  Edward  Everett, 
has  commenced  preaching,  and  Is  spoken  of  as 
possessing  much  talent  and  earnestness. 

Of  the  live  prime  donne  in  Italian  opera  in 
the  world— Adelina  Patti,  Lucca,  Nilsson,  lima 
di  Murska  and  Tietjens-three  are  in  the  United 
States. 

It  is  stated  that  Gen.  McClellan’s  visit  to 
Europe  is  to  secure  $500,000  reported  due  from 
the  Atlantic  and  Great  Western  Road  to  the 
United  States  Rolling  Stock  Company. 


Immense  Success  of  Ditson  &  Co.’s  New  Col 
leclien  of  Organ  Music,  entitled 


There  is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  sale  of  the  Family  Knitting 
Machine,  nnd  there  is  no  machine  that  possesses 
one-half  the  qunlitlies  which  are  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  family  use  as  the 

Bickford’s  Improved 

lt£  simplicity  and  ea&eol  management,  togetltfSf 
\rith  it&  capacity  for  doing  the  grriit  range  or  work, 
bixu  its  trilling  coat,  make*  tt  a  matter  or  economy 
for  every  family  to  have  one,  nnd  will  ultimately 
brim?  it  Into  an  general  tbe  Sewing  Machine. 

J  ho  practical  utility  of  the  machine  only  needs  to 
be  deipojiHi rated  to  the  people  to  produce  an  un¬ 
limited  demand. 

Many  Sowing  Machine  Agents.  tindiriK  the  In¬ 
crease  of  competition  nnd  inn  dlfllcuitv  of  selling 
high-priced  machine*;  to  militate  against  a  flour¬ 
ishing  business,  ure  biking  hold  of  the 


BICKFORD 


which  contains  literally  the  gems  Of  Strauss'  Waltzes, 
Mazurkas,  &e.,  and  is  to-day  the  most  popular  music 
hook  in  America— over  20,(XM  copies  having  been  sold 
in  10  months.  Price,  $2,50 ;  in  Cloth,  $3. 

Great  Sale  of 


and  molding  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer¬ 
chants,  finding  tn  Dana  Bickford’s  Invention  a 
cheap,  simple  and  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
find  it  prowtable  to  purchase  and  keep  om  sale. 
The  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  docs 
not  require  the  *■  eternal  vigilance to  sell  this 
machine  as  in  the  case  of  sewing  machines. 

Agents  Wanted  Even  where.  Good,  Smart 
Men  can  make  $30  per  week  and  expenses. 
Send  for  Instructions  and  Circulars,  f’nce  *30 
to  *50. 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  BICKFORD,  President. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y 


THE  STANDARD 


This  great  Church  Music  Book  hy  L.  O,  EMERSON 
and  H.  It.  Palmer  has  double,  the  merit,  and  is  likely 
to  have  double  the  sale,  of  common  books  by  one 
composer.  The  works  of  either  gentleman  have  sold 
by  the  Hundred  Thousand, and  U10  STANDARD  will 
continue  to  bo  called  for  until  every  Choir,  Singing 
Class  and  Convention  are  supplied.  Price,  $1.50. 

Published  by 

OLIVER  IIITSON  iY  CO.,  Boston. 

C.  H.  D1TSON  &  CO.,  Til  Broadway.  New  York. 


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Iirochurc  of  American  Art 


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for  this  u'ork. 

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The  Aldine  Almanac  has  been  gotten  up  re¬ 
gardless  of  expense,  with  the  purpose  of  making  it, 
beyond  competition,  the  must  beautiful  publication 
or  the  kind  ever  attempted  in  this  country .  Lnlike 
other  almanacs,  it  Is  not  filled  with  second-hand 
cuts,  but  is  purely  original.  Kiwr*  det ttgn  hag  hern 
made  mid  ewjntvcd  I/O  the  ht.it  a rtiyt.  crjiieesly  for  tf« 
Ulueti  aUon. 

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ception,  nnd  will  bn  at  once  accepted  ms  the  standard 
for  taste  and  accuracy  in  every  section  of  the  United 
States. 


Greatly  Improved  this  year  hy  small  metallic  plate 
"n  the  parts  most  exposed  to  wear,  making  them  hist 
THREE  TIMES  AS  LONG,  without  iinpuirtng  their 
flexibility.  These  popular  Gloves  fully  protect  the 
hands,  and  do  the  work  much  faster  and  easier  tlmu 
any  other  Hunker.  Made  in  three  sires,  both  right 
and  left  handed.  Half  Gloves,  H.'-ik  per  pair;  Full 
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price.  Ask  your  merchant  for  them,  or  address 

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_ *-iV|i  ,’C  t  ^  iklt’l’O  STOP  is  the  Leaf 

*  v‘‘r  placed  in  any 
Ji.  1  •  NY*,' l.- n,  or'-jffi'CT  1(  is  produced  by 

]|t|  ‘  lG  i  "  dnrti  set  of  reeds  pecu- 

r^r~r.L  'rfrP  j  D«rl>-  voiced,  the 
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Tf--  — -1  Mont  c  harming 
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b u. T tvjfHlSlJP  ” ItlA'L,  while  its  JJH- 

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Will  send,  post-paid, 2 samples  for 
75  eta.,  or  8  styles  for  fl,  or  1  dozen 
for  f-l.  {*20  n  Dny  for  Agents. 
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of  the  past  winter. 

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LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS. 

The  Calendars. 

Mr.  John  S.  Davis,  a  young  and  rising  artist,  who  is 
beginning  to  he  recognized  a*  the  coming  draughts¬ 
man  of  America,  has  contributed  liberally  to  the 
embellishments  of  Oils  Almanac.  His  set  of  twelve 
calendar  borders  are  admirable,  and  entirely  unique 
in  their  way. 

The  Schuylkill 

is  represented  hy  a  splendid  fuff -pug  o  cut,  from  a 
drawing  of  Thomas  Moran,  the  strongest  landscape 
artist  lu  America. 

The  Outcasts  of  Poker  Flat. 

A  synopsis  of  Bret  Harte’s  inimitable  Western 
sketch  accompanies  throe  illustrations  by  Mr.  Iiavis. 

A  Tropical  Scene. 

One  of  the  most  exquisite  pictures  which  it  is  pos¬ 
sible  to  conceive  is  contributed  by  Mary  Nemo,  to 
illustrate  lines  from  Joaquin  Miller. 

Rip  Van  Winkle. 

A  disquisition  on  this  popular  American  legend  is 
Illustrated  by  four  designs  by  Mr.  Davis. 

Evening  on  the  Delaware 

is  a  most  per  foot  picture,  by  Thomas  Moran.  It 
shows  that  American  pastoral  scenery  lias  ample 
charms  for  poetical  illustration,  and  needs  only  to  be 
properly  treated  to  have*  this  fact  fully  recognized. 

The  Melancholy  Days. 

This  picture  Is  strong  and  full  of  poetic  feeling, 
and  is  a  very  tine  Illustration  of  Bryant’s  well-known 
lines. 

Olden  Time  Southern  Life 

Mr,  Sheppard. a  Virginian  artist,  gives  us  u  glimpse 
of  the  patriarchal  phase  of  American  slavery.  He 
has  chosen  a  Christmas  scene  when  the  “  servants  ” 
present  themselves  for  the.  usual  presents,  and  good 
wishes  ami  kindly  i.-eilng  rule  tn  every  breast. 

A  ’Coon  Hunt 

lsaseoond  contribution  of  Mr.  Sheppard’s,  and  one 
of  the  most  striking  in  the  work 

The  New  England  Schoolmaster, 

another  of  Mr.  Davis’s  designs,  represents  the  old- 
time  Yankee  school-house,  with  the  master  “  so  kind 
ami  so  true.” 

The  Illuminated  Cover. 

The  cover  of  Tut:  At. din k  Aim  an  am  is  the  richest 
specimen  or  the  mediaeval  style  of  Illumination  ever 
produced  in  America. 

The  aldine  almanac  will  be  sent  to  any  address, 
in  roller,  by  mail,  post-paid,  on  receipt  of  the  price, 

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'  W^iVATElLS  &  NON.  481 
-  •— J  Broadway,  N.  V.,  will 

dispose  of  lOO  IT.4XON  ,n,d  ORGANS  of  flrxt- 
’  lass  maker*,  including  HATERS’,  at  ex- 
emely  low  prices  for  cn&lk,  O'  part  cash,  and 
••  '’ana  in  xroull  monthly  payments.  X i w  7— 
tlpit-rlani  I  I A  \()S,  all  modern  Im¬ 
provement*,  farWfli  cash.  Organs  $55.  $75. 
bOTBLE-Ri; Ivl»  ORGANS,  6100  i  4-STOP, 
61  lO -  N-STOI*.  *IJ5,  utoenrdu  IT.}.  tTSTRA  TRU 
(  J  Ta  1,00 17 fid  Ma  f  t.  df>  for  One  stamp.  Alargedis - 
count  to  Ministers ,  Churches,  dunday- Schools,  Temper- 
mice  donehes,  Lrxtpes,  etc.  AGENTS  WANTED. 


gtttocettXUMU 


FOR  JiMele  SJi  IFLVW  AlACUiJS'KS, 


You  auk  WRY  we  can  sell 
Firvt.  f'lioi*  7  Octavo  rhinos  for 
$290?  M’t>  answer — It  costs 
h-s-H  than  $300  to  make  uny 
SO OO  I’Jit'n'  i-old  througn 
Ag’-uts.  all  of  whom  make  too 
per  ot.  proflt.  We  have  uo 
Age  a  be  tut  *hip  dlrocu  to  futni. 


The  perfection  of  making  and  arranging 
every  style  of  Dress  Trimming  with  as 
much  ease  and  simplicity  as  run¬ 
ning  up  an  ordinary  seam,  with 
some  new  and  entirely  Orig¬ 
inal  A  coo m  plishm  en  ts. 

AND  ALL  WITHOUT  BASTING. 

L— It  prepares  the  Milliner*.’  Fold  better  than  cam 
be  done  bv  hand. 

2.— It  prepare*  M t III uers’  Fold  with  different 
co  mi  i'm  anti  places  Of  goods  at  one  operation, 
a.— It  prepares  ami  places  a  fold  in  auv  seam 
pertsetly,  without  basting. 

L— It  prepare*  and  pntn  a  double  or  single  fold 
ou  the  edgy  ot  n  baud. 

5.— It  cord*  bin*  bands. 

(b— It  prenures  and  applloa  e  double  French  hem 
finish. 

7. — It  prepares  a  cord  welt  perfectly. 

8. — It  prepare*  und  places  n  cord  welt  in  any 

sea  in  without  basting. 

9. — It  prepares  a  cord  welt,  at  the  same  time  guth- 

eriugaad  pluriug  the  welt  in  the  gather¬ 
ing  »eum.  sewing  ttton  plain  baud,  if  de¬ 
sired.  nl  one  operation. 

10. — It  does  plniu  gathering. 

H.— It  gathers  and  wn*  ou  at  the  same  time, 
better  than  any  other  gatherer. 

12. — It  hem.,  all  goods,  bias  or  straight. 

13. — It  hinds  with  braid. 

14. — It  hi ud»  with  cut  binding. 

15. — It  sews  any  seam  » ithoui  bnsting. 


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To  he  drawn  Monday,  Nov.  124th,  IS73. 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  PRIZE  OF 

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ONE  GRAND  CASH  PRIZE  OF 

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Two  Prizes  $1,000  each  in  Greenbacks. 
Six  Prizes  $500  each  in  Greenbacks. 
Ten  Prizes  $100  each  in  Greenbacks. 

1,000  Gold  and  Silver  L.  »r  Hunting  Watches  {In 
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Coin  Silver  Vest  Cbuins,  Solid  and  Double-plated 
Silver-ware,  Jewelry,  jcc.,  &c. 

Number  of  Gifts  10,000.  Tickes  limited  to  75,000! 

AGENTS  WAXTED  TO  SELL  TICKETS, 
to  whom  Liberal  Pretuiams  will  he  puid. 

Single  Tickets  SI  ;  Six  Tickets  S5 ; 
Twelve  $10;  Twenty-five  S20. 

Circulars  containing  a  tull  list  of  prizes,  a  descrip¬ 
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any  one  ordering  them.  All  letters  must  be  address¬ 
ed  to 

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The  arrangement  is  very  novel,  and  it  Is  one  of  the 
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finely  and  profusely  Illustrated,  and  printed  and 
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NEWS  CONDENSER. 


—  Louisville  has  bid  the  panic  defiance  by 
opening  a  $200,000  theatre. 

—  A  fabric  woven  from  bamboo  fibers  is  a  new 
material  for  ladies'  drosses. 

—  The  six  chief  officers  of  the  Erie  Railroad 
divide  $80,000  salary  per  annum. 

—  The  awards  under  the  Southern  claims 
commission  will  reach  the  sum  of  $1,600,000. 

—  The  Congregational  Church  at  Salt  Lake  is 
flourishing,  and  lias  property  valued  at.  $28,000. 

—  Two-thirds  of  the  patents  issued  by  the 
Canadian  Government  are  to  American  citizens. 

—  A  gentleman  of  Cornish,  Me.,  has  presented 
the  York  Institute  with  a  bunch  of  hay  cut  in 
1838. 

—  There  are  four  tribes  of  Indians  remaining 
in  Delaware,  aggregating  a  total  of  sixteen 
persons. 

—  In  Ireland  with  less  than  5,400,000  inhab¬ 
itants,  the  two  shillings  license  was  paid  in  1873 
on  290,790  dogs. 

—  The  North  Star  Woolen  Mills  of  Minneap¬ 
olis,  have  made  5,000  blankets  for  the  Palmer 
House,  Chicago. 

—  Trinity  and  Amherst  have  botli  organized 
theological  boat  clubs.  They  don’t  propose  to 
enter  skUty  races. 

—  A  peach  tree,  in  Missouri,  on  being  trans¬ 
planted  to  a  now  soil,  is  reported  to  have  taken 
to  producing  white  plums. 

—  The  harvest  in  Denmark  has  this  year  been  a 
very  difficult  one  for  the  farmers,  the  weather 
having  been  extremely  variable. 

—  Portland,  Me.,  Is  making  an  effort  to  sup¬ 
press  shaving  on  Sunday,  which  the  barbers 
regard  as  altogether  imrnzor  table. 

The  desk  used  by  Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  in 
the  Salem  Custom  House,  was  recently  placed 
in  the  Essex  institute  In  that  city,  as  a  relic. 

—  The  different  manufactories  of  Jamestown, 
employ  2,500  workmen,  and  the  alpaca  mill  it  is 
expected  will  furnish  work  for  300  additional. 

—  It  appears  that  a  good  many  Americans  who 
went  to  Vienna  as  laborers,  wait  ers,  etc.,  during 
the  Exposition,  find  themselves  In  a  destitute 
condition. 

—  The  Indiana  of  Red  River,  Wisconsin,  this 
year  have  raised  3,000  bushels  of  oats,  1,000  of 
com,  5,000  of  potatoes,  2,000  of  rutabagas,  and 
300  tons  of  hay. 

—  It  will  occupy  nearly  the  entire  force  of  the 
Leo  quarries  five  years  to  cut  aud  ship  the  mar¬ 
ble  to  be  used  in  the  construction  of  the  Phila¬ 
delphia  Post  Office. 


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ing  title  to  land, 

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ottered  for  sale ; 

At  the  above-named  placoB  aud  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  the  United  Stntes. 

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only  by  the  duration  of  the  membership. 

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KXGBLLENCILa,  ABTFKfiR  mill  PERSON .1  OKS,  graphic¬ 
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FOR  SALE.  A  STONE  country  mill, 

Is  mile*  from  Baltimore.  7*  from  Kllloott  City, 
near  k  rederick  turnpike.  lias  »  tenement  liouai, two 
distinct  Witter  powers ;  situated  lu  a  healthy  country, 
and  In  line  state  of  repair.  Also  s  uoimnodlona  frame 
and  Btonu  dwelling,  used  as  a  store,  with  a  large  cus¬ 
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1  rut  WjVu  y°uuK  men  and  ladies  to  tit  themed  ves 
M  '  for  permanent  situations  as  book-keepers, 

etc.,  at  a  salary  of 
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A  .MONTH  to  Male  or  Female  Agents, 
NOVELTY  CO.,  M Idde ford,  Me. 


per  day.  Agents  wanted  ever’ 
where.  Particulars  free.  A,  I 
BLAIR  &  CO.,  fit.  Louis,  Mo. 


Claws  1st.  Price  $10.  30  Admissions* 

Entitling  tho  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  Die  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 

Class  2d.  Price  $20.  DO  Admissions. 

"Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  Die  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $20, 

Class  3d.  Price  $-ftO.  300  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  throe  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $40. 

Class  4th.  Price  $10(1,  Cite. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life ;  the  bulling  being  open  to 

the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

Class  3 th.  Family  l’or  Fife.  Price  $300. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  and  his  immediate  family  [in  esse  at  the  time  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  tlio  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

Class  0th.  HGKE1>ITAB¥  Ac  THMSFEUAliLE.  Price  $1,000. 

Entitling  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  tho  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
building  is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  used  by  tlio 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  these  memberships  are  to  be  regarded  as  honorary  members  of 
the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  the  1  >ard  of  Directors. 

Payment  to  ho  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payable  to  tiie  order  of  the  D  ;ion  Trust 
Company. 

A  suitable  Radge  wi  1  be  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  members. 

Memberships  will  not  ho  sold  after  lie  Building  is  open  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

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On  Manhood,  Womanhood  and  their  Mutual 
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our  Modern  aud  Reliable  Map*  and  our  Popu¬ 
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a  view  to  Economy  ami  Drolit. 


This  Work  upon  Kitchen  and  Market  Gardening, 
and  the  Field  Culture  of  Root  Crops,  is  by  p.  T. 
QUINN,  Practical  Horticulturist,  (Author  of  “  Pear 
Cult  ure  for  Prodt,”)  and  should  be  owned  and  studied 
by  every  one  interested  in  Gardening,  it  is  an  able, 
practical,  profusely  illustrated  work  ©I  2tS  12mo. 
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A  RETIRED  QUAKER  PHYSICIAN, 

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me  afflicted  how  he  cured  over  1,00)  case*  of  con¬ 
sumption,  and  send  the  prescription  used  by  him 
tree  ot  charge,  thinking  perhaps  he  can  do  as  much 
good  in  this  way  as  when  practicing  his  profession 
Address  ABEL  BROWN  Box  2(11  .Torso  T  (fit  v  N.J. 


INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  COUP  AN  I 

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MADE  IN 
31  DAYS 


UNSUCCESSFUL  APPLICANTS  TO  THE  “PATRONS  OF  HUSBANDRY.” 


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Orga  ns  &  N  el  oil  eons 


The  Oldest,  Largest  and  Most  Perfect  Manufactory 
In  the  United  States. 


are  now  everywhere  recognized  «»  the  hast.  For  fine 
and  SYMPATHETIC  To»*.  for  thorough  Workmanship, 
and  the  great*  sat  possible  Ucrabii.ITY  they  are 
wholly  UT!  rl  V  .led.  The  STWK  CABINET  OR  UPKTQHT 
plain,,  ,  f  iriliunng  noveriil  most  .uiportant  Improve¬ 
ments,  il,iri:vru),  l«  pronounced  liy  all  competent 
judges  the  MOST  I'Kiirc'T  Plano  of  this  class  crer 
produced.  Fverv  Imuriiment  warranted  for  live  years. 
NEW  CV A  R K‘UOO!»I>. 25  Knot  lltli  Mt„  N.  V. 


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popularity. 

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Issued  for  Construction  of  Water  Works,  under 
Act  of  Legislature,  Passed  April  27, 1872. 

“Hoc beater  pommcmhcs  the  elements  ot  n  pros* 
perity  unexcelled,  11  e<i milled,  by  any  oilier 
city  in  thin  State.  !i  In  tlic  center  ol  trndc 
to  a  Mil- rounding  population  of  about  500,- 
000,  to  whom  the  means  ol  transportation 
are  liirnlnhed  by  Uull  rands  radiating  from 
the  city  in  eleven  ill  lie  rent  directions. 

It«  indebtedness,  excluding  this  loan,  is  less 
than  81, $50,000,  while  it  has  Public  Prop¬ 
erty  amoniit lag  to  aliuul  S2. 350,000,  and 
Private  Uenl  Estate  valued  at  §70,000,000. 

The  Bonds  are  Issued  in  either  Coupon  or  Regis¬ 
tered  form;  the  Registered  belt  g  transferable  at  the 
oflico  of  the  Union  Trust  Company  of  Now  fork, 
where  both  principal  und  Interest  is  payable. 

Tho  expenditure  of  moneys  derived  from  their  sale 
1h  directed  by  the  Mayor  of  tho  city  und  tho  Board  of 
Commissioners. 

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A  WEEKLY  PAPER  FOR 


1.— Turnup  nose  .and  carrotty  hair  ought  to 
make  him  eligible. 


— Widow  Brightly  is  as  anxious  to  get  rid 
of  her  weeds  aa  any  farmer  can  be  of  his. 


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A-  every  family— looked  for  eagerly  by  the  young 
folks,  and  read  with  into  rest  by  the  older.  Its  pur¬ 
pose  is  to  Interest  while  It  amuses;  to  be  judicious, 
practical,  sensible;  and  to  have  really  permanent 
worth,  while  it  attracts  lr,r  tho  hour. 

It  Is  handsomely  Illustrated,  and  has  for  contrlbu- 
utors  some  of  the  most  attractive  writers  in  the 
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Prof.  James  DeMille,  Louisa  C.  Moulton, 
Louisa  M.  Alcott,  “  Sophie  May,” 

Rebecca  H.  Davis,  C.  A.  Stephens, 

C.  W.  Flanders,  Ruth  Chesterfield, 

8.  S.  Robbins,  M.  A.  Denison. 

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/I#  TOR  ONLY30  CENTS!  ft 

Jill  American  Rural  Rome.  Ill 

Lire,  bet utiful  and  cheap.  Agent*  wanted.  Beet 
cash  premium*.  Specimen*  free  Address 

ThlE  RURAL  HOME,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


•£-  $75  to  $250  per  month.  „KE?«S&.. 
5;  to  introduce  the  genuine  IMPROVED  COM- 
5!  MON  SENSE  FAMILY  SEWING  MACHINE. 
£  Tills  in ii rh I ne  will  stitch,  hem,  tell, luck, quilt, cord, 
>  hind,  brmd  and  ombri, lifer  In  ,t  m-na  superior  ninn- 
^  "or.  (Moo  only  (L&.  Fully  licensed  and  warranted 
^  foi  tt v . i  yiiiirs.  Wo  will  pay  »l,tKX)  fur  any  machine 
that  will  sew  a  stronger,  more  beautiful,  or  more 
tf.  elastic  aomu  Ilian  coirs,  ft  makes  the  “  Elastic 
Lock  Stitch."  Every  aeeund  stitch  can  ba  cut,  and 
~  still  the  cloth  cannot  he  pulled  apart  without  tenr- 
ing  it.  We  pay  Agents  from  >70  to  >250  per  month 
5*.  and  expenses,  or  a  OOtnmtssi-in  from  which  twice 
h,'  that  amount  can  be  made.  SECOMB  <fc  OO.,  Boston, 
4  Mass.;  /‘if  tsburg.  Pa.;  Chicago,  IV..;  or  81.  Lou,u,  Me. 


4. — Ma  j.  Soaker  raises  lot  s  and  lots  of 
but  is  rejected  notwithstanding. 


3. — Judge  Stumper  is  a  .successful  com  grow¬ 
er  ;  for  evidence  see  bis  feet  I 


PUBLISHED  THIS  WEEK: 

The.  New  Novel. 

His  Marriage  Tow, 

By  Mrs.  Caroline  Fairfield  Corbin,  author  of 
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Times. 

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Chicago  Tribune. 


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AmERiCAN  (I  The  best  for  families 
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on,  in  a  semi-hexagon  or  semi-octagon  shupo, 
so  that  when  laid  upon  the  roof  these  Jigures 
will  be  regularly  produced. 

The  English  cottage  style,  will  admit  of 
great  irregularity  and  picturesqueness  of 
outline,  and  is  productive  of  beautiful  effects 
when  the  coin  position  forms  a  large  group  of 
building.  In  the  present  example  wo  have 
only  been  able  to  show  one  of  the  nl molest  of 


1TOOP 


BED  ROOM  10X17 


CLOSET 


BED  flOOM 


•  VCSTISULC  • 


J  quired  larger  than  the  main  buildiug. 
10  Accoss  would  bo  had  to  it  by  steps  going 
down  under  the  stone  platform  of  the 
stoop  ou  which  the  hall,  back,  door  and 
the  kitchen  door  open,  and  by  stairs  de¬ 
scending  under  the  ascending  staircase 
In  the  hall. 

The  elevation  of  this  cottage  is  in  the  En¬ 
glish  cottago  style,  so  generally  admired  for 
the  picturcsquenes*  evinced  in  its  tall  gables 
ornamented  by  handsome  verge  boards  and 
linials,  its  neat  or  fanciful  chimney- tops,  its 
latticed  windows,  and  other  striking  feutures, 
showing  how  the  genius  of  pointed  or  Uothic 
architecture  may  be  chastened  or  molded  In¬ 
to  forms  for  domestic  habitations.  The  steep 
roofs  are  highly  suitable  for  a  cold  country 
liable  to  heavy  snows.  A  very  pleasing 
mode  of  covering  roofs  of  this  kind  is  shown 
in  the  elevation,  and  the  effect  Ls  produced 
by  procuring  the  shingles  of  equal  size  and 
cutting  the  lower  ends,  before  laying  them 


298 


MOORE’S  RURAL  WEW-YORKER. 


MOV.  8 


the  roof  or  cornice  of  which  should  project 
nt  least  twenty  inches  over  the  wall,  is 
shown  a  specimen  of  feathered  tracery  from 
one  of  the  beat  example*,  with  its  pinnace 
and  pendant.  This  may  be  cut  out  of  thick 
planlc,  and  if  thought  too  elaborate  may  be 
simplified  by  omitting  the  minor  details.  If 
well  executed,  it  will  have  a  rich  effect. 


OPIUM  CULTURE  IN  NORTH  CAROLINA. 

F.  J,  Knox,  Stanley  Co.,  N.  C.,  writes  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  as  follows 
Some  four  years  ago  seed  of  the  opium-pop- 
py,  originally  derived  from  Turkey,  was  ob¬ 
tained  from  the  Department  of  Agrieultuie 
and  has  been  experimented  with  hero  ever 
since.  The  results  have  demonstrated  that 
both  rur  Climate  and  our  soil  are  well  udaplod 
to  the  production  of  oither  poppy-seed  for 
the  manufacture  rf  poppy  oil,  (hu4U  d’olicUe 
of  the  French,)  or  of  opium  as  good  as  can 
b  j  made  anywhere.  The  results  have  over 
shown  that  the  plant  bore  is  decidedly  hardy : 
contrary  to  wnat  is  stated  concerning  it  in 
the  report  of  our  consular  agent  at  Smyrna, 
jr>  180.1,  whirc  it  is  represented  os  being  ten¬ 
der  to  frost.  Hero  where  the  temperature 
some  years  falls  below  zero,  the  seed  sown, 
aa  in  A-iu  Minor,  in  the  fall,  vegetates  freely 
and  passes  Lho  winter  safely,  to  present,  in 
the  spring  plants  of  remarkable  vlgo^  pro¬ 
vided  with  heads  which  are  numerous  and 
large,  far  superior  to  the  plants  raise  1  from 
seed  sown  In  the  spring.  The  yield,  how¬ 
ever,  has  not  thus  far  been  abundant  enough 
to  make  the  c  ilture  remunerative.  An  idea 
may  b«  formed  in  that  respect  from  the  fact 
that  only  218  grains  of  opium  wore  obtained 
from  22)  heads.  But  the  qoa’ity  of  the  opi¬ 
um  produced  is  something  sunorior  to  any' 
thing  we  can  obtain  in  commerce.  It  is  all 
opium  ;  none  of  the  filth  and  seed  which 
often  constitute  three-fifths  of  the  bulk  of 
the  opium  sent  to  us  here.  In  medicinal 
properties  it  will  not  disappoint  the  practi¬ 
tioner,  but  present  lilm  with  nil  that  is  ex¬ 
pected  from  I  ho  greatest  of  boons  of  Provi¬ 
dence  to  suffering  humanity. 

Tno  Department’s  Chemist  says  of  the 
sample  thus  produced  : — “  The  sample  of  opi 
mn  sent  was  free  from  foreign  matters  ;  was 
well  dried,  and  was  quite  hard  aud  resinous. 
When  pulverized  and  subjected  to  analysis, 
the  air-dried  product  yielded  5.01  per  cent, 
of  pure  morphine.  This  proportion  of  mor- 
phine  is  rather  low  ;  yet  it  is  nearly  equal  to 
.Sm  t  of  many  varieties  of  opium  from  India.” 

- -*♦♦> - — 

A  CROP  0?  CORN. 


if  we  put  in  four  or  five  kernels.  W e  always 
save  our  seed  com  from  stalks  having  two 
or  more  ears  on  them,  finding  that  it  im¬ 
proves  the  com  by  so  doing.  W  c  planted 
this  piece  the  24th  day  of  May  ;  but  it  came 
uu  very  uneven,  some  hills  not  coining  up  at 
all,  and  some  with  one,  two  and  three  stalks 
in  a  hill.  This  was  owir  gto  the  dry  weather 
which  we  had  nt  that  time— for  it  did  not 
rain  from  the  time  the  corn  was  planted  till 
the  first  of  July.  We  cultivated  and  hoed  it 
twice  during  the  season.  Where  there  were 
mining  hil  s,  and  only  one  stalk  in  a  hill,  we 
planted  white  beans  so  as  not  to  lose-  the  nse 
of  the  land. 

It  was  cut,  up  bound  and  stacked  Sept.  12, 
it  having  been  jus*  10  weeks  from  the  time 
of  planting.  We  have  just  husked  it  out  and 
find  that  we  have  40  bushels  of  nice,  sound 
corn,  and  6  bushels  of  nubbins  or  pig  com, 
making  at  the  rate  of  104  bushels  of  ears  to 
the  act  e,  which  wo  call  a  good  yield  of  corn 
for  tills  year,  the  land  not  receiving  any  ma¬ 
nure  whatever,  except  the  ashes  and  heu 
manure  In  the  hill,  which  wo  think  goes  to 
prove  that  good  corn  can  be  grown  with 
nothing  but  ashes  ami  hen  m  mure.  It  ought 
to  be  mixed  but  a  few  moments  before  using, 
as  the  ashes  et  (he  ammonia  free.  The 
ashes  we  used  were  unleached.  Many  of  the 
stalks  had  two  and  three  ears  on.  full  and 
plump,  the  variety  of  com  which  we  planted, 
I  cannot  name  ;  obtained  it  of  a  neighbor  a 
few  years  ago  ;  it  is  white  aurl  yellow  mixed 
and  makes  a  nice  looking  corn,  but  perhaps 
not  so  large  a  yielder  as  some  other  variety. 
I  hope  to  see  experiments  of  others  in  raising 
corn  ventilate  d  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker— 
the  best  farmer’s  paper  out. 

Southampton,  Mass.  S.P.  Wolcott. 

We  are  sorry  Mr.  Wolcott  did  not  tell  us 
what  his  corn  cost  him  per  bushel  and  what 
it  is  worth  in  his  market.  The  question  is, 
does  corn  growing  pay  with  Inin  ? 

- - — 


(Bconomg. 


SUBSOILING  LAND  IN  .NEBRASKA. 


I  frequently  see  in  you*1  valuable  paper, 
requests  tor  farmers,  gardeners  and  fruit 
giowers,  &«.,  to  give  their  experience,  in 
their  tA  I  fieri  nt  crops,  manner  of  culture,  &c. 

I  will  give  mine  in  regard  to  a  small  piece  of 
corn  ;  not  because  it  was  a  heavy  yield,  but 
because  it  was  a  good  yiold  in  comparison 
with  the  manure  used  ;  and  ako  hoping  it 
will  ha-re  a  tendency  to  draw  out  the  experi¬ 
ence  of  others,  in  regard  to  home-made  fer¬ 
tilizers,  and  the  different  fertilizers  to  be 
bought  in  the  markets  ;  also,  the  yield  of 
crus,  whit  er  large  or  small.  We  do  not 
pay  out  much  money  for  artificial  fertilizer?, 
but  rely  on  stable  and  barn-yard  manure 
and  fertilizers  made  on  the  farm.  We  usual¬ 
ly  buy  one  or  two  barrels  of  superphosphate 
lo  use  la  tobacco  hills,  thinking  it  gives  the 
young  plants  an  early  start ;  never  have  used 
it.,  or  any  other  artificial  manure,  on  any 
other  crops. 

But  to  my  field  of  corn,  the  piece  com¬ 
prised  just  an  half  acre,  and  had  lain  in  grass 
nine  years,  it  having  a  crop  of  tobacco  on  it 
in  ISIS,  and  was  stocked  down  that  fall,  and 
has  been  mowed  every  year  slnoe,  without 
any  manurhg  or  top-dressing  whatever 
since  1853,  and  haa  given  some  heavy  crop3 
of  gross  since,  taking  off  a  two  horse  load  in 
13J2.  Wishing  to  t  dee  it  up,  wo  p.owed  it 
May  21st,  about  sovon  inohes  deep,  turning 
the  turf  fiat,  or  what  is  called  a  fiat  furrow, 
wish  the  Peekskiil  plow  No.  23.  The  soil  is 
a  black  loam,  with  a  small  amount  of  grit, 
but  not  enough  to  keep  the  plow  sooured. 
It  was  harrowed  and  the  holes  dug  with  a 
boe  ;  we  put  the  rows  throe  feet,  and  the 
hill?  three  feet  in  the  row  ;  then  wo  dropped 
ashes  and  then  manure  in  the  hiU— a  single 
handful  to  the  hill,  not  being  afraid  to  use 
the  La  id  for  dropping  the  mixture.  Then 
we  put  about  one  hoeful  of  dirt  on  it,  and 
dropped  the  corn  throe  kernels  to  a  bill.  It 
has  been  our  plan  for  a  number  of  years  to 
plant  but  three  kernels  in  a  hill,  thinking 
that  we  get  better  oorn  by  that  number  than 


COST  OF  A  BUSHEL  OF  WHEAT  IN  ILL. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Rural  World  says 
the  fanners  of  Illinois  cannot  produce  wheat 
for  30  cents  per  bushel,  nor  three  times  that 
amount.  He  adds  This  part  of  the  {State 
—Richland  eouuty— is  called  a  fair  region  lor 
wheat,  but  where  the  average  yield  of  the 
State  is  taken,  It  is  about  fourteen  bushels  to 
the  acre.  This  county,  during  tliolast  two 
years,  has  done  a  fraction  better. 

Wheat  was  worth  with  us  last  fall  at  seed¬ 
ing  Lime,  SI .50  per  bushel ;  harvest  hands 
were  paid  from  *2  to  $2.50  ;  for  a  man  and 
team  wc  paid  4&50  aud  board,  and  for  other 
kinds  of  work  in  the  same  proportion. 

I  will  now  give  the  cost  of  raising  wheat 
in  thin  part  of  Illinois,  taking  one  acre  as  a 
basis  for  calculations,  and  estimating  the 
yiold  at  15  bushels,  which  is  a  large  average 
for  the  township,  county  or  State. 

Plowing  one  acre . $1  00 

Harrowing  .  .  00 

One  and  half  bushels  seed  $1.50  per  bu.  3 

prilling  . “ 

Board  .  1  W 

Cutting . 

Binding  .  £ 

Shocking  . . . . . 

Hauling  and  stacking  .  ■  .  50 

Threshing,  fifteen  bushels .  l  c7 

Hauling  to  market  . .  }  00 

Heat . a  M 

Total . $14  37 

Or  a  fraction  over  05  cents  a  busheL 


S.  Rufus  Mason,  Purple  Cane,  Dodge  Co., 
Neb.,  writes  the  Germantown  Telegraph  the 
following  sensible  letter  : — I  have  been  ex¬ 
amining  into  the  subject  of  subsoiling,  and 
have  come  to  the  following  conclusions,  and 
if  any  Of  them  are  wrong,  I  hope  some  of 
your  correspondents,  not  interested  in  in¬ 
troducing  a  subsoil  plow,  will  come  out 
frankly  and  correct  me,  as  I  am  seeking  light 
preparatory  to  commencing  subsoiling  on 
my  farm  next  season. 

I  believe  subsoiling'  counteracts  drouth 
by  opening  the  soil  to  tlio  atmosphere,  col¬ 
lecting  moisture  from  the  air  by  condensa¬ 
tion,  (as  dew  is  formed  on  the  surface,)  re¬ 
taining  a  greater  degree  of  warmth,  and  by 
absorbing  nnd  holding,  sponge-like,  the  moist¬ 
ure  naturally  in  the  hard  pan  below,  theu 
supplying  humidity  to  the  young  roots  by 
capillary  attraction  from  below,  and  conden¬ 
sation  of  the  atmosphere  within  the  loosened 
earth. 

I  believe  subsoiling  counteracts  the  ill  ef¬ 
fects  of  floods,  by  allowing  the  water  to  set¬ 
tle  quickly  below  the  young  roots,  instead  of 
encasing  them  iu  a  pool  of  water  or  a  mass 
of  mud  impervious  to  the  air,  cold,  and  ready 
to  bake  around  them  upon  tlic  recurrence  of 
dry  weather,  thus  completely  checking  their 
future  increase. 

I  believe  subsoiling  gives  to  the  young 
roots  a  greater  depth  of  virgin  soil  (not  ex¬ 
hausted  of  its  humus)  to  feed  in,  enabling 
them  to  go  down  below  the  great  dry  heat 
near  the  sutface,  while  still  enjoying  a  great¬ 
er  degree  of  xrarmth  tempered  by  moisture.. 

I  believe  subsoiling  is  better  than  manure 
(at  least  for  the  first  few  years),  as  tli  •  earth 
then  gives  forth  its  natund  sustenance,  and 
produces  a  more  regular  growth,  a  greater 
vigor  than  the  hot-bed  condition  of  highly 
manured  fields. 

I  be’levo  that  subsoiling  is  cheaper  than 
manure  and  more  lasting,  more  natural,  and 
more  congenial  in  its  effects  upon  all  crop*, 
especially  if  the  soil  is  deep. 

I  believe  subsoiling  should  be  done  once  in 
four  or  five  years  ;  but  as  I  do  not  know  how 
deep,  wliat  time  of  the  year,  what  kind  of  a 
subsoil  plow  to  use,  nor  how  much  strength 
of  team  Is  required,  I  especially  ass  for  this 
information  from  those  who  practice  It. 

My  soil  ia  strictly  an  upland  alluvial,  a 
black  sandy  loam  from  three  to  four  feet 
deep,  without  stone  or  pebble,  perfectly  fine, 
homogeneous  throughout,  very  rich,  with  a 
full  share  of  potash,  resting  on  a  clear  sandy 
bed  and  packed  by  the  soil,  having  been  de 
posited  by  waters  flowing  rapidly. 

Tho  climate  is  very  suitable  for  vegetation, 
but  wc  have  nearly  all  our  rain  in  the  spring 
up  to  July,  and  then  commences  a  dry  spell, 
increasing  in  intensity  till  the  middle  of  No¬ 
vember,  say  the  first  heavy  snow.  We  can¬ 
not  manufacture  enough  manure,  we  cannot 
afford  to  buy  it  (high  freights,)  and  if  we 
could,  manure  in  this  country  does  not  give 
us  much  increase  of  moisture  in  the  latter 
part  of  the  season. 


paddles  in  the  yards,  but  all  the  best  of  the 
dung,  by  washing  away  all  tho  best  of  it  and 
serving  all  like  tea  put  in  a  pot  is  served. 

How  strange  it  seems  for  meD,  priding 
themselves  on  being  Above  the  common  run 
of  their  species,  lo  suffer  such  waste  from 
their  animals  ;  and  not  less  so  that  nations 
should  not  have  minds  strong  enough  to  de¬ 
vise  means  for  saving  tho  national  loss  of 
millions  aud  thousands  t  f  millions  of  dollars 
worth  of  urine,  &e.t  which  is  thrown  into 
the  places  where  it  cannot,  benefit  any  one. 

‘‘Liquid  Excrement  of  Animals,”  &c.,  in 
the  Rural  New-Yorker,  suggested  these 
thoughts  ;  and  when  it  is  Known  that  of 
course  men  are  animal?,  independent  of  their 
minds,  aud  that  of  course  the  waste  from 
mankind  is  as  great  or  greater  than  from 
any  other  kinds,  how  ashamed  those  who 
are  at  tho  head  of  the  government  of  towns, 
cities  and  countries  ought  to  be  that  they 
cannot  confer  upon  the  agricultural  class  the 
boon  of  u  cheap  and  valuable  fertilizer,  in¬ 
stead  of  having  to  go  to  rent  and  other 
foreign  places  lor  what  might  be  had  at 
home  in  another  shape. 

A  Working  Farmer. 


"BU6H  CLOVER”  IN  ALABAMA. 

A  wetter  in  Calhoun  Co.,  Ala.,  says  : — We 
have  in  this  and  adjoining  counties  a  species 
of  wild  or  bush  clover  which  grows  wild  on 
tho  road -Aides,  iu  old,  waste  fields,  and  even 
in  the  woods  where  there  is  not  much  tim¬ 
ber.  I  have  just  returned  from  an  extensive 
trip  in  this  county,  and  find  that  thiB  season 
it  is  very  luxuriant  every  w  here.  Stock  of  all 
kinds  are  very  fond  of  it.  In  uncultivated 
fields  it  grows  from  10  to  12  Inches  high ; 
not  so  hi .;h  outside,  where  it  s  exposed  to 
stock  All  the  time,  but  it  becomes  almost  a 
parlect  mat  on  the  ground.  It  will  eventual¬ 
ly,  I  think,  cat  out  or  supersede  the  native 
wild  grasses.  La  my  opinion  it  is  likely  to 
really  prove  a  great  blessing  to  the  country. 
Sheep  and  goats,  as  well  ns  colts,  quit  the 
mountains  about  July,  come  down  into  the 
valleys,  old  field.',  and  road-sides,  and  keep 
fat  on  it  until  late  hi  the  fall. 


URINE. 


Compton’s  Surprise  Potato.  —  Stephen 
Allen  asks  if  we  have  had  any  returns  from 
obis  potato  as  grown  the  past  season  He  did 
not  &ae  it  noticed  early  enough  to  get  seed, 
but  wants  to  know  whether  it  is  worth  pur¬ 
chasing.  Wo  have  received  no  testimony 
concerning  the  past  season’s  experience  with 
it,  but  shall  be  glad  to  receive  It.  We  uoticc 
that  a  Wyoming  Cj,  Pa.,  farmer  states  that 
ttie  vines  remained  perfectly  green  until 
frost ;  its  yield  was  294  pou  ids  from  one 
pound  of  seed  ;  cooking  quauties  good. 


Men  talk  of  gold,  try  to  get  possession  of 
it,  and  some  cut  each  other’s  throats  for  it, 
or  worse;  for  murders  and  crimes  of  all  kinds 
are  committed  for  gold  or  its  value.  Gold  Is 
the  great  desideratum.  Yet  the  agricultur¬ 
ists  have  an  article  nearly  aa  valuable  as 
gold,  and,  in  fact,  as  far  as  use  is  concerned, 
independent  of  the  money  value,  is  of  much 
more  importance,  which  is  wasted  by  many 
of  them  as  if  it  was  water.  All  the  world, 
excepting  a  few  Western  men,  acknowledge 
manure  to  be  wealth  ;  dung,  then,  in  every 
civilized  community  is  known  to  be  a  neces¬ 
sity  in  farming,  and  those  who  understand 
relative  value  say  that  urine  from  animate  is 
equal  in  value  to  dung.  Gold  is  hoarded,  is 
coveted,  i3  stolen,  is  brought  from  every 
place  where  It  is  known  to  be,  yet  urine  is 
wasted  in  overy  direction  ;  even  the  stables 
and  yards  have  gutters  and  drains  for  it  to 
run  away  ini  Tho  vilest  whisky  is  taken 
care  of,  but  the  urino  of  the  whole  world  is 
thrown  away  I 

The  urine  wasted  in  one  year  would  pay 
ev-ry  debt  standing  in  any  country;  and  if 
preserved  for  tho  soil  would  soon  double  and 
treble  the  production,  yet  the  waste  goes  on. 
I  have  seen  it  go  from  the  farm  buildings  of 
intelligent,  rich  men,  who  have  the  reputa¬ 
tion  of  being  very  careful  of  their  own  in¬ 
terest,  I  have  seen  the  water  from  rain¬ 
storms  pass  through  the  yards  of  men  who 
are  deemed  to  be  of  business  character,  and 
take  with  it  not  only  all  the  urine  laft  in 


COAL  ASHES  AS  A  FERTILIZER. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  at  Franklin,  Pa.,  writes  :  —  I 
have  always  believed  that  coal  ashes  had  a 
value  for  agricultural  purpose*,  and  have 
advocated  the  free  use  of  tbcm,  particularly 
on  limestone  soil.  This  season  I  determined 
to  get  closer  to  tho  root  of  the  matter  and 
test  their  vaiue  fully.  I  had  a  plot  of  ground 
on  which  T  had  been  unsuccessful  for  several 
years  in  raising  good  Early  Rose  potatoes. 
The  soil  was  iu  the  best  condition  always. 
The  tops  did  well  This  spring  I  had  the 
ground  scored  about  s;x  inches  deep,  placed 
the  cut  potatoes  in  the  bottom,  and  filled  up 
with  coal  ashes.  Tho  plants  grew  finely, 
notwithstanding  tho  dry  weather.  The  tops 
did  not  fall  over  even  after  tie  weather 
changed,  and  I  secured  ft  crop  of  the  very 
beat  potatoes  for  tho  table  I  over  raised. 

Tho  second  experiment  was  with  onion 
seed  and  coal  ashes.  I  put  out  five  good- 
sized  beds  in  seed.  In  four  tho  seed  was 
covered  with  soil ;  the  fifth  I  covered  with 
sifted  coal  ashes.  The  result  surprised  every 
person  that  knew  of  the  experiment  and 
watched  its  progress. 

A  third  experiment  was  started  on  seed 
which  promised  utter  failure  to  those  who 
looked  on.  The  end  has  not  yet  been  reached, 
but  I  am  more  than  satisfied  with  the  result 
thus  far,  and  fully  satisfied  th'.t  my  experi¬ 
ment  will  bring  me  at  least  3108  more  than 
if  left  untried.  I  have  abiding  faith  in  coal 
ashes,  and  am  ready  to  use  all  I  can  purchase. 
- . — - 

SUBSOILING  LAND. 

For  the  thousandth  time,  almost,  we  are 
a%kcd  by  a  correspondent  if  we  believe  in 
subsoiling  land,  he  stating  that  ho  “turned 
over  some  stiff  clay  loam,  twelve  inches 
deep  last  spring,  and  liia  crop  upon  it  was 
vastly  inferior  to  that  ou  land  that  had  not 
been  plowed  more  than  four  inches  deep.'' 
But,  good  friend,  you  did  7iot  ;  ubecil  your 
land  at  all.  You  trench-plowed  it— turned 
the  subsoil  to  the  surface;  and  that  subsoil 
turned  to  the  surface  In  the  spring  uas 
probably  sodden  with  water,  heavy,  sour, 
and  as  unfit  to  germinate  seed  in  and  pro¬ 
mote  the  growth  of  plants,  nearly,  as  if  it  had 
been  crushed  quartz.  Had  you  trench- 
plowed  the  land,  a*  you  describe,  in  the  fall 
the  result  might  have  been  different ;  and 
yet  it  might  not  have  realized  the  first  sea¬ 
son  all  you  anticipated  from  your  enterprise 
and  industry.  But  had  you  really  subsotted 
it  in  spring  —  that  is,  run  a  lifting  or  subsoil 
plow  iu  the  furrows  ufrer  you  had  turned 
the  soil  four  inches  deep  with  tho  surface 
plow,  lifting  and  breaking  the  soil,  without 
inverting  it  or  throwing  it  to  the  surface,  to 
the  depth  named,  we  know’,  so  far  as  one 
can  know  from  similar  actual  experience, 
that  the  result  would  have  been  fur  different, 
and  you  would  never  have  questioned  tho 
utility  and  profit  of  subsoiling  such  soils. 

.  - - - - - 

ECONOMICAL  NOTES. 

Plaster  on  Wheat-  —  “A  correspondent 
asks,  “Will  plaster  benefit  wheat,  sown  in 
the  spring ?”  Ou  dry.  loamy,  or  ?andv  sods 
we  have  found  it  to  do  so,  though  there  are 
some  theorists  who  assert  it  is  nsver  of  bene¬ 
fit  to  small  grain.  Practically  it  seems  to  us 
that  it  is. 

JAiM  on  Worn  Land.— A  correspondent 
asks  “if  lime  will  do  good  on  worn  knd  that 
has  nothing  but  a  few  weeds,  upon  it.”  Yes ; 
but  good  barn-yard  and  stable  manure  vrui 
do  better. 


* 


IpaiifB  Yiusbandrn. 


DAIRY  NOTES  ON  UTAH. 

In  our  nofce.3  on  Colorado,  wo  referred  inci¬ 
dentally  to  the  remarkable  growth  and  pro- 
j  ducLivomss  of  Rod  top  grass  the  alkaline 
j  so11*  of  Salt  Lake  valley.  The  yield  in  some 
field?  wa3  enormous,  and  we  have  seldom,  if 
ever,  seen  larger  ornpa  r.f  this  grass  than 
some  wo  saw  at  Salt  Lake,  The  Mormons 
have,  of  lute,  given  considerable  attention  to 
tbo  dairy,  an  J  they  believe  that  the  business 
can  be  successfully  prosecuted  in  certain  sec¬ 
tions  of  the  Territory.  Already  one  or  two 
cheese  fact oxios  have  been  erected  and  are  in 
successful  operation, 

Utah  lies  directly  wept  of  and  adjoining  j 
Colorado  end  Wyoming.  Many  of  the  fcat- 
!  tiros  of  soil,  climate,  &c. ,  which  are  peculiar 
to  Colorado,  prevail  also  In  Utah.  Utah  lies 
w  :  t  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  and  on  (he  Pa¬ 
cific  Slope,  embracing  tin  area  of  about  70  000 
square  miles.  Hon.  W.  Woodruff,  Presi¬ 
dent  of  the  Deseret  Agricultural  and  Manu¬ 
facturing  Society,  estimates  the  population 
of  the  present  time  at  1 13  000  souls.  This  is 
an  Increase  of  over  0,000  since  March,  1872, 
wh,  n  the  official  census  gavo  the  population 
at  105,229. 

RECLAMATION  Of  ALKALI  LANDS. 

Mr.  Woodruff  says  the  proportion  of  land  j 
which  has  been  considered  susceptible  of  cul- 
tfvftt  ion  is  very  small  indeed.  At  the  present 
time  there  is  not  much  above  220,000  acres 
under  cultivation,  the  general  character  of 
the  Territory  being  tliat  of  mountain  and 
desert.  8ome  tracts  of  line  rich  soil  fail  to 
produce  crops,  owing  to  the  presence  of  al¬ 
kali  and  other  mineral  substances  which  in¬ 
crust  the  surface  of  the  ground  ;  but  expert-  I  1 
monts  show  that  such  lands  arc  capable  of  J  ‘ 
being  reclaimed  whenever  water  can  bo  had  s 
in  sufficient  quantity  for  irrigating  purposes,  t 
The  main  trouble  with  the  alkali  lauds  is  1 
that  they  are  loo  rich  in  fertilizing  elements,  a 

They  require  to  bo  reduced  down— freed  from  1 

this  surplus  fat,  so  to  speak — in  order  to  be  v 
adapted  to  the  healthful  growth  of  plunks,  0 
This  Las  been  effected  by  flowing  the  ground  k 
with  water,  dissolving  and  washing  out  the  0 
a.lcitli.  J  he  land  i>  first  leveled  by  terracing  I  ^ 
or  otherwise,  so  t  hat  it  may  be  covered  with  I  ^ 
water,  and  by  turning  the  water  on  or  off  G 
from  time  to  time,  the  surplus  alkali  is 
washed  or  “leached"  out  sufficiently  to  fit  H< 
the  land  for  growing  cultivated  crops.  Mud-  A 
dy  water,  or  that  which  will  leave  a.  deposit  f 
of  mud  or  sand  on  the  land,  is  considered  1)1 
best,  as  it  not  only  reduces,  the  alkali,  but  w 
ameliorates  the  condition  of  the  soil.  Plow-  w 
ing  tho  la-d  reooatedly  la  also  found  benefi-  01 
Ci.il,  as  the  particles  of  earth  are  more  road;-  J  Kf 
ly  exposed  to  tho  atmosphere,  the  effect  being  clr 
to  weaken  the  alkaline  constituents,  The 
Mormons  are  inuking  many  experiments  in  tr- 
the  reclamation  of  alkali  lands,  and  from  111 
■.heir  iudei  itigable  industry  and  persover-  ta 
ence  in  this  direction,  large  tracts  of  land  1^1 
now  worthless  for  cultivated  crops  will  be  or 
turned  into  fertile  fields.  a 

Mr.  Woodruff,  who  has  had  considerable  dil 
experience  in  reclaiming  alkali  lands,  and  ,jil 
who  Is  now  devoting  much  attention  to  this  in; 
matter,  says  the  farmers  are  learning  how  to  ^)P 
treat  these  lands  stop  by  step.  The  whore 
process  from  the  first  has  been  oxpei  i mental. 

No  information  could  be  had  from,  any  source 
outside  tho  Territory,  and  hence  all  that  hits  lttl 


Indians,  located  in  a  fort,  inclosing,  for  that 
purpose,  ten  acres  of  ground,  on  the  outside 
of  which  were  erected  dwelling  houses,  and 
a  ditch  was  run  out  with  a  plow  three-quart¬ 
ers  of  a  mile  to  the  fort.  But  the  thirsty 
earth  absorbed  so  much  water  Unit  it  took 
two  aud  a  half  days  for  the  stream  to  reach 
the  fori,  aud  a  committee  appointed  to  ex. 
amine  the  creeks  reported  that  the  volume 
of  wii  tor  issuing  from  the  mountains  in  the 
east  of  the  valley  was  only  sufficient  to  water 
800  acres  of  land.” 

PAST  AND  PRESENT. 

In  1847,  when  tho  Mormons  passed  through 
Emigration  Canon  into  the  valley  of  the 
Croat  Salt  Lake,  the  whole  country  before 
them  appeared  not.  much  better  than  a  bar¬ 
ren  waste.  Over  the  more  elevated  lands 
sage  brush  was  seen  growing  sparsely  in 
little  clumps  out  of  the  hard,  dry  earth,  while 
far  down  toward  tho  level  of  tho  Lake  there 
was  a  wide  stretch  of  swamp  and  alkali 
lands,  dark  and  forbidding,  with  no  ver¬ 
dure  except  along  the  borders  of  the  Jordan 
River.  The  scene  was  one  which  might  well 
till  the  stoutest  heart  with  gloom  at  the  pros¬ 
pect  of  such  a  location  as  an  abiding-place 
for  a  people  who  were  to  got  their  sustenance 


IRRIGATING  WATERS— MOW  REGULATED, 

Where  so  much  depends  upon  water  and 
its  equitable  distribution,  rules  and  regula¬ 
tions  concerning  tho  quantity  and  time  it 
shall  be  used  by  each  individual  are  necessary, 
and  they  have  been  the  subject  of  legislation. 
The  laws  of  the  Territory  give  each  county 
the  right  to  control  the  irrigating  waters 
within  its  limits.  Tho  land  is  first  divided 
into  water  districts,  and  watermasfeers  and 
sub  watormasters  are  appointed  to  lake 
charge  of  the  water  In  each  district.  These 
act  under  the  instructions  of  the  county 
commissioners.  All  persons  desiring  land  for 
cultivation  must  file  an  application  with  tho 
county  surveyor  to  have  the  land  surveyed, 
and  the  survey  is  then  submitted  to  the  com¬ 
missioners,  who  decide  as  to  whether  there 


MAKING  COWS  MILK  EASY. 

In  tho  name  of  common  sense,  what  has 
tho  moon  to  do  with  cow’s  teats  }  When  I 
was  a  boy  the  moon  and  the  “signs”  had 
hold  of  many  people's  minds,  but  I  have  op¬ 
erated  (emasculated  them)  on  lambs,  and 
done  everything  ,n  defuiuce  of  all  these  old 
superstitions,  proving  their  utter  absurdity. 
Tho  cause  of  cows  being  hard  or  easy  milk¬ 
ers  is  owing  lo  tho  construction  of  the  ves¬ 
sels  giving  vent  to  the  milk  ;  but  it  is  better 
to  give  the  moon  credit  for  a  emo  than  to 


11  ;  ‘  "  r  '.  who  decide  as  to  whether  there  have  foolish  operations  performed  :  for  they 

sx  r.r’7  rs-™;  -  “*•*• 

no  water  rights  ;  lmt  if  they  approve  the  sur-  wU,'^“3'  foretelling  of  event-,  and  dreaming 


no  water  rights  ;  but  if  they  approve  the  trar- 
vey,  the  applicant  becomes  entitled  to  his 
share  of  water. 

\Y  ben  there  i?  an  abundance  of  water  every 
one  run  take  it  ns  jt  -corns  lobe  needed  :  but 
it  war  is  sc •<  reo  the  walermastors  upp.tr- 
i  ion  the  quantity  in  exact  ratio  to  each  man’s 
quantity  of  land.  Thus,  for  instance,  when 
u  number  of  pieces  of  land  a  re  watered  from 
a  particular  ditch,  each  one  (sallowed  nil  the 
water  for  a  certain  number  of  hours,  and  so 


end  is  surrounded  with  fruit  trees  in  grout 
variety,  yielding  bountifully  aud  in  pert'ec- 
1  tion  of  product,  ;  while  to  the  south  there  is 
■  u  wide  stretch  of  cultivated  eountiy  of  great 
fertility,  and  upon  which  almost  every  va- 
J  riety  of  fruit,  of  grain  and  of  vegetable  can 
,  be  grown  in  perfection. 

SAIT  LAKE  CITY  AND  ITS  SURRQONDINQS. 

The  city  lies  immediately  at  the  footof  the 
Wuhsatch  Range  of  mountains,  which  ruu 
from  north  to  south.  The  altitude  of  Salt 
Lake  City  is  -1,300  feet  ah  wo  the  level  of  the 
sea,  while  that  of  some  of  tho  highest  moun¬ 
tain  peaks,  which  aro  seen  from  the  city,  are 
upward  of  10,300  foot.  The  higher  peaks 
are  always  covered  with  snow,  and  it  Is 
from  this  source  that  a  constant,  supply  of 
water  is  furnished  for  irrigating  tho  gardens 
of  the  city  and  the  surrounding  lands.  Stand¬ 
ing  on  tbo  top  of  tho  Tabernacle  and  looking 
out  upon  the  vast  plains  at  the  south  and 
Southwest,  they  seem  In  the  distance  to  be 
bordered  with  mountains,  while  the  city  Is 
embowered  in  a  grove  of  fruit  tress  whose 
branches  bow  beneath  tlicir  burdens.  The 
scene  presented  is  grand  and  picturesque. 
And  whatever  may  be  said  of  the  Mormons, 
they  must  bo  credited  with  transforming  a 
barren  wilderness  into  a  lovely  city  with  a 
ide  stretch  of  fields  and  orchards  beyond, 
whose  rich  fertility  rivals  that  of  any  section 
on  the  face  of  the  earth.  The  system  of  irri¬ 
gation  is  similar  to  that  practiced  in  Colora¬ 
do  ;  the  Mormons,  however,  have  luid  more 
experience,  and  aro  more  proficient  in  tho 
treatment  of  lands  aud  crops  under  this 
method.  The  lands  nt  tho  foot  of  tho  mouh- 
fains  are  much  higher  than  the  level  of  the 
lake.  They  drop  down  in  a  series  of  benches  ' 
or  natural  terraces  ;  each  bench  embracing  i 
a  large  area  of  land,  aud  thus  by  cutting 
ditches  to  receive  tho  waters  flowing  from 
the  mountains,  the  waste  water  from  irrigat- 
ing  the  higher  lands  can  be  used  on  the  lower 
benches  in  succession  Mr.  Woodruff  very  ( 
truly  remarks  that  the  Agriculture  of  the  ' 
Territory  has  been  eu'ried  on  at  n,  heavy  ex-  6 
pense,  incurred  by  irrigation,  much  of  the  ! 
land  having  to  be  watered  once  or  twice  to  i 


charge 


npj.lv 
/e  or  i 


of  water  arc  under  the  immediate 
the ‘wate  minsters,  whose  business 


I  wiiicues,  foretelling  of  event-,  and  dreaming 
to  mean  aunht  for  good  or  evil,  is  all  of  a 
piece  with  consulting  moon  or  stars,  and 
those  extreme  follies  ought  to  be  buried  in 
oblivion’s  deepest  pit,  with  tail-evil,  hollow- 
lu.ru  and  sweenoy.  [By-the-by,  I  saw  a  nico 
four-j- oar-old  tuaro  which,  from  a  rapid  drive 
on  the  streets  of  tho  city,  had  a  s,  lint  come, 
and  lamed  her  iu  starting;  an  American 
horse  doctor  ascribed  tbo  lameness  to  some¬ 
thing  tho  matter  in  the  fool,  and  a  m  m  from 
England,  I  am  ashamed  to  say.  blistered  her 
on  tho  shoulder.  She  was  turned  to  grass 


it  is  to  open  and  close  them  at,  the  proper  a  1  nofc  v',ork<,‘‘ 1 .  and  is  now  well,  tho  blister 
time,  and  any  unauthorized  perron  tamper-  £aluing  the  credit  when  it  might  as  woli  have 

"film  hrthert  order  crim,n?1  boen  Put  ou  ll‘‘r  tail.  So  it  is,  in  nine  cases 

are  ffS  OHt  of  .ten’  ainOU-  moonsti  •uck  men 


or  i no  highest  order.  The  irrigat  ing  canals 
are  built  in  various  •■•avs  ;  sometime-,  nt  tho 
expense  the  i'arrm  m  whose  hujda  are  to  be 
“rigated.  sometime?  uy  appropriations  from 
riio  lorn  tonal  Legislature-,  and  sometimes 
•  hoy  are  made  a  countv  charo-e  s;  .n  i  ,, 


a  Qanai  iroin  I  k»  u  Lake  to  U refit;  H.al f, 
Lake,  a.  distance  of  some  30 miles.  Tho  water 
lrom  this  canal,  w  hlt-h  passes  through  seve¬ 
ral  townships,  will  Irrigate  and  bring  into 
cultivation  an  immense  tract  of  land  and  a 
perpetual  water  right  will  ooet  fantuors  at 
riie  rate  of  about  83.50  per  acre. 

The  whole  plan  of  irrigation  and  the  ma¬ 
chinery  by  which  the  water  supply  is  min¬ 
iated  anil  managed,  h as  perhaps  booh  brought 
to  greater  perfection.  m  Utah  Mian  in  any 
o,  hvi  pl;i<xun  the  world.  And  ro  successful 
have  the  Mormons  been  in  reclaiming  saline 
ttJirl  nlkftli  laiuLs,,  tli at  last  year  a  request  wan 
made  by  I  ho  British  Government  tor  infoi  - 


or  women,  whatever  happens  to  bo  dono 
tho  moon  gains  the  credit.  Warts,  for  in¬ 
stance,  will  leave  of  their  own  accord  if  left 
alone  ;  but  I  have  known  men  rub  the  warts 
with  a  snail  and  hang  tho  slug  ou  a  thorn, 
and  by  thb  time  the  snail  hud  wa-stod  away 
I  tho  wart  was  to  dio  away  too.] 

Milking  easy  or  hard  is  transmitted  by 
Rows  to  their  offspring ;  and  even  through 
the  bull  to  heifers  of  In's  stock  ;  for  they  will 
be  easy  or  hard  milkers  06  his  dam  was,  un¬ 
less  counteracted  by  h'ae  cow  ho  mates  with ; 
in  short,  t  his  is  hereditary,  just  the  Eame  us 
good  milking  qualities,  or  in  respect  to  quan¬ 
tity  and  quality  of  m ilk.  I  don’ t  claim  to  be 
above  mediocrity,  but  thiuk  at  ten  years  o’d 
I  knew  tho  moon  had  naught  to  do  with  lho 
frames  or  blood  of  animals.  Fifty  years  re¬ 
membrance  of  dairy  cows  in  the  best  dairy 
districts  in  England,  and  among  tho  herds 
of  several  States  here,  show  tho  singular 
tendency  to  believe  ridiculous  talej  of  tho 
euros  of  imagimyy  evils,  &c. 

A  Working  Faradsf. 


DEVON  AND  SHOST-EOfiN  COWS. 

An  English  breeder  says;— “I  have  kept 


'  mo  instance  to  be  I  rnation  as  to  the  method  adopted _ the  object  ™auie8  or  blood  of  animals.  Fifty  years  re¬ 

ams,  while  the  city  is  1,J‘1‘inP-  u>  test,  uador  the  auspices  of  the  Hr  it-  membrane©  of  dairy  cows  in  the  best  d.'iirt 
>  of  fruit  tress  whose  :.  1  Lfovammi-ut  the  toSt-IjOds  practiced  l.y  district  ,  in  England  and  amoinr  ti  n  l, 

I.  fUclr  burdo,^  Th»  f  f™r“'  Sto“»  ^  *0.v  the  k.g«ta 

;as4«ssss!:  B„„,  w  o£  tuc 

r  “  oth?  <k,f a l,,k.t7ri,u„7m,X  A  WOMOTO  PAMOT. 

a  lovely  City  with  a  made,  with  every  prospect  of  suw  e.-.s  jc  .3  - >+« - 

“ah £S^ssm  » J^-sszissa1” sssrfe:  mvon  «» c™. 

^  n,Thu’yfrn;.’r,i,'ri'  E7«."USrta^ra  „  AH  B“6“*  lava  top, 

t  piactlced  in  Colora-  gother,  the  whole  to  be  manager]  a?  a  w,om  !>ure*  crossed  tho  Short-Horn  cow  with 

rever,  have  luid  more  Thug,  for  instance,  a  dozen  farmors  the  Devon  bull,  and  crossed  the  Devon  cow 

loro  proficient  in  tho  u,ov”nion^  I  oua  has  50  anes  with  the  Short-Horn  bull.  In  either  wav 

''ll  a”J*  fu“der  Uli8  cows,  another  iSl°aores  and  %  '!,w“  and  iS  ,iaVe  mado  a  1,1  r«'-‘r  and  paid  for 

the  foot  of  thomouh-  on,  each  f.oi-mer  furnishing  a  certain  mimlx  r  ^hcii1  meat  much  better  than  thn  pure  Devon  • 
than  the  level  of  the  of  catUe  in  proportion  to  thoaizuaiid  qualitv  hut  by  far  the  greatest  success  has  bueu  to 
1  in  a  series  of  benches  "  -‘Giarui.  a  cheese  or  butter  factory  is  commence  with  the  Devon  or  native  mm  nu 
och  bench  emb, .icing  l»i re  Short-Horn  bull,  uud  forever  after  using 

aud  thus  by  cutting  whole  together,  and  the  expense  is  boro.;  bv  thtJ  Short-Horn  bull.  I  have  al.-o  used  tho 
waters  flowing  from  J  he  members  of  the  association  pro  rota,  or  Devon  bull  on  the  cros3  from  tho  Devon  co\r 
to  water  from  irrigat-  to  ,lju  a,,d  c'AVf5  finimh.-d  and  Short-Horn  bull :  but  thn  oro-vnv  nr. 

1  . . -  ■  - 

1 J 1 .  W  OOdruff  very  concern.  Then  tho  whole  tract  is  put  under  remaInctL  In  these  days  tf  great  coneump- 
n  Agriculture  of  the  t,ho  superintendence  of  an  experienced  and  tion  and  high  prices,  it  docs  not  pay  to  -iii  k 
mid  ou  at  a  heavy  ex-  ^  manager,  and  the  la  to-  to  stock  the  breed  of  which  rrouiros  four  r.v 


but  by  far  the  greatest  miccesa  has  been  to 
commence  with  the  Devon  or  native  cow  and 
pure  Short-Horn  bull,  aud  forever  after  using 
the  Short-Horn  bull.  I  havo  oho  used  tho 
Devon  bull  on  tho  cr«S3  from  tho  Devon  cow 
and  Short-Horn  bull ;  but  the  progeny  rap¬ 
idly  declined,  and  no  trac  i  of  the  S^ora-Hum 
remained.  In  these  days  c£  great  coneump- 
tion  and  high  prices,  it  does  not,  pay  to  stick 
to  stock  the  breed  of  which  requires  four  or 


been  learned  iu  the  treatment  of  these  lauds  produwi  tho  smuU  grains,  ami  of  tenor  to  pre- 

rlm  Til  line.  E..a»  .  * _ t  o  duee  Indian  corn  nml  r-nrln  'ri,„  _  .  .  r 


the  Mormons,  lias  been  obtained  from 
-tohing  the  results  of  their  numerous  ex- 
psrimente.  Thus  it  has  been  found  of  service 
to  plow  the  Ixud  immediately  before  sowing 
tbs  seed  for  crops,  since  as  the  mineral  matter 
rises  to  the  sunaco  by  plowing  and  turning 
it  under  again,  a  chance  is  given  for  the 
plants  to  grow  and  attain  some  size  before 
the  mineral  forms  a  crust.  Partially  rotted 
straw,  used  on  the  ground  as  a  mulch,  keeps 
the  earth  moi.-.t  and  prevents  the  formation 
of  alkaline  crusting.  Tho  plants  found  to 
gi  Ow  beat  on  lands  highly  charged  with  al¬ 
kaline  elements  are  castor  boons,  squash, 
melons,  onions,  and  among  forage  plants  lu¬ 
cerne  an!  rod-top,  Hence,  thise  crops  are 
recommended  by  some  to  be  grown  on  new¬ 
ly-leached  lands. 

President  George  A.  Smith,  in  referring 
to  the  first  plant!  ug  done  by  the  Mormons  at 
,  J  L  ^:G>  **ys  the  ground  was  so  dry  and 
u-ml  that  three  plows  were  broken  during 
tae  flrst  Imif  hour  in  attempting  to  turn  up 
the  soil.  Ti.eu  a  dam  was  erected  near  where 
tho  inagle  gate  stands,  and  a  ditch  was  cut 
to  run  water  over  tho  land.  This  made  tho 
i+j-otor  so  miry  that  men  and  cattle  could  not 
move  across  it.  “  The  pioneers,”  ho  says, 
in  order  to  protect  themselves  from  the 


duce  Indiau  corn  and  roots.  Tho  increase  of 
rams  of  late  years,  however,  has  tended  to 
reduce  tho  heavy  expanses  attendant  upon 
irrigation. 

THE  CROPS  AND  THEIR  AVERAGE  YIELD. 

At  present  wheat,  perhaps,  may  be  said  to 
bo  the  great  Staple  product  of  the  Territory. 
The  varieties  raised  are  the  White  and  Ro<l 
laos,  White  Club,  Chili  and  Seven  Headed, 
I  he  Taos  and  W  hite  Club  are  indigenous  to 
the  Mexican  soil  and  are  very  flue  varieties, 
weighing  from  f»0  to  G3  pounds  to  the  bushel.’ 
The  varieties  of  barley  grown  are  the  Board¬ 
ed  and  Bald,  not  unfrequently  producing  SO 


MCSft  is  operated  throughout  as  a  cornu;  v  flu„  tour  or 

matter  in  the  same  way  Bhot  other  ,-om nan-  fiV4°  ,-’t  3  to.  !tutbl11”  !  1  am  firmly  of 

ies  for  manufacturing  and  Onerutiny  opinion  that  if  pure  Short-Horn  buii3  wc-ro 

enterprises  are  mamigod,  l'he  Mormons  u»«tl the  native  cows  and  their  crosses  in 


.  .  re  »  *um|  juyjia 

claim  tnat  co-operative  associations  can  ho 
maun  to  work  in  dahy  farming  quite  as  suc¬ 
cessfully  as  in  other  branches  i  f  busfuesa. 
and  that  tho  profit.-*  are  very  much  larerer 
on  tlm  average  for  each  stdokholdcr  than 
V  hen  each  one  operates  sepai  utely.  Under 
this  system  l  my  say  ihc  work  g»k  on  with 
regularity  and  in  a  more  perfect  manner 
uii-ier  tho  high  skill  of  t.ho  best  mamvnr- 
wiulo  there  is  ioiuieuin  ecouon  y  in  tools  ill 
machinery,  in  l.ibor ,  and  m  all  the  appurte- 
nancea  required  to  cany  on  farming. 

.  Georoi.  Q.  Cannon,  tho  present  delegate 
to  C1  mgress  from  L  tali,  ga  ve  11s  several  ln- 


the  different  districts  of  the  United  King¬ 
dom  for  a  tow  years,  our  heel  .supplies  would 
bo  doubled.  Many  farmer.:  have  a  great 
horror  of  crossing  their  stock,  whilst  others 
admit  that  the  first  cross  is  all  tliat  they 
could  wish,  but  after  that,  it  is  ell  ‘gone 
gooso’  with  the  next  generation.  Of  such  I 
would  ask.  Have  yon  ever  tried  ?  and,  if  so 
How  ]  and,  With  what  object  In  view  1  My 
theory  has  always  Leon— and  practice  and 
observation  have  fully  borne  me  out— thut 


my  jiumuuiui  bou  auu  aro  very  flue  variotii-i  v ingress  iiom  u  ton,  gave  ih  several  in  7  uni— u;ac 

weighing  from  f>0  to  G3  pounds  to  the  bushel’  Hlau^ib  wi,oro  this  W  been  adopt-. I  wc  cun  milke  !lil,1,>st  11113  thing  we  like  of  our 

The  varieties  of  barley  grown  are  the  Beard-  SvS ?  •?pi,,ion  th^  th«  ?0Cke  and  berd's  io  a  few  S  1  /  fully  nd- 

1  ■  not  unfrequently  ,  ing  50  lai  goly  c  n 

bushels  to  tho  acre.  Oats  grow  finely  the  los8«  to  many  Eastern  fanner's  the  plan  pre-  '.vu  ’  tIiem  to  resomh^e*  11  boef  is  onr  ob- 
vnriety  known  as  the  Surprise  nrovintr  sunc-  ,:1‘Uwl  ic‘-m  v‘,iy  impraclicable  ;  but  '  um  pure'  t'-'Lh-cias?,  Short- Horu  bulla 

rior  and  getting  into  general  cultivation  so  was  tlie  pssociated  dairy  system  of  New  r  Kvay  .-:  ;  unver  by  any  1  h  i  nee  or  pretense 

Mr  w  "  I  f;  cult  nation.  York  con-u  ensi  u  fewyeamago.  No  longer  use  a  cross-bred  bull,  even  if  he  be  the  h^fc 

Mr.  VV.  says  the  following  estimate  was  ago  than  ISiHJ,  the  majority  of  dairyman  in  .  .  .  0  L‘esc 

made  for  1C7 2,  showing  the  imm»>er  of  acres  f*Yi ,Y*°/k  TiY  opposed  to  cheese  otliy  once  a  d, Sen Cf^S 

under  culUvation  ffi  the  various  crops:-  ^'V'^br.-d^ Va!,  1  one  " -- -to.ilJ 

Wheat,  (5,iXI0  acre*;  barley,  0,000  }  oats,  disfavor  and  be  abandoned  As  its  udvon-  i’/1 v'"‘  lJ'i  >r  1  ‘0  1 ;  ^ -brust- 

15,000  ;  Indian  corn,  13,000 ;  hay,  00,000  ;  po-  ta^3  llhV0  Been  better  understood,  it  har  Sro5  Sn^he  1  Y'13  -  qgcat 

tatoes,  8,000 ;  fruit  aud  vegetables  and  f  mull  to  gain  strength,  and  isuowfirmlv  bultobv  wid-h^f  do  r  '  '  r‘r'"'1I:'!Q 

cror^  10,000  acres— making  a  total  of  2l!iJoW) 

acres  under  cultivation.  Tho  average  yield,  logos  and  adopting  it.  Perhaps  &o  Mormons  a.-.i  •au.,.ii,d  ;.r.i  „ .  icu.s,  bub 

per  acre,  is  estimated  as  follows  Who  it.  may  be  able  to  sol vo  a  great  problem  in  .V V'1  "  ;ui  ’1  «  P  -!• 


tatoes,  8,000  ;  fruit  and  vegetables  and  t  mull  to  strength,  and  is  now  firmly 

crops,  10,000  acres— making  a  to‘nl  of  2Vi  000  u^ublla^d  throughout  i-nr  land,  while  Eun;. 
acres  mulnr  f-nli  ivnflrtn  rn.,  ro  aJO£*1?000  ptan  nataous  are  acknowledging  its  advan- 
es  under  culuvation,  1  r.o  average  yield,  tagos  and  adopting  it.  Perhaps  the  Mormons 


acres  undor  cultivation.  Tho  average  yield, 
per  acre,  is  estimated  as  follows  Who  if] 
33  bushels  ;  barley,  35  ;  oats,  31  ;  Indian 
corn,  20  ;  hay,  134  tons  wild— cultivated,  2 
tons  per  acre. 


peon  caucus  are  acknowledging  its  advan¬ 
tages  and  adopting  it.  Perhaps,  the  Mormons 
may  be  able  to  solve  a  great  problem  in  ag¬ 
riculture,  and  show  us  that  co-operative 
farming  may  be  adopted  with  equal  success 
and  with  equal  advantage!!  with  that  ot  onr 
cheese  factory  system. 


reeu.  Jt  is  not  difficult  to  pmehaso  hun- 
ods  of  such  at  reanonablo  prices.” 


slightly,  and  the  hocks  rather  close  together. 
The  whole  of  the  hind  quarters  are  small,  as 
compared  with  the  fore  quarters,  and  are 
considerably  higher.  The  coat  is  very  fine 
and  smooth,  and  the  hair  very  hard  in  tex¬ 
ture.  Toro  weighs  00  pound*. 

Toro,  although  very  forbidding  in  appear¬ 
ance,  is  exceedingly  quiet  and  docile,  and  is 
possessed  of  great  intelligence  ;  he  retains  all 
the  peculiar  attributes  of  the  ancient  British 
hull-dog — such  as  size,  courage,  &c.  He  will 
only  pin  an  animal  by  the  head,  and  when 
fighting  is  perfectly  silent  and  utterly  re¬ 
gardless  of  pain.  He  is  rather  slow  in  his 
movements,  has  a  rolling  kind  of  gait,  and 
carries  his  head  low. 


Finally,  the  enterprise  is  no  experiment 
You  say  truly  “  that  the  Angora  Goat  can 
be  profitably  raised  in  California,  Admits  of 
no  doubt.’’  There  is  no  room  for  doubt  on 
this  point,  when  the  manager  of  El  Rancho 
Guadalupe  himself,  (Mr.  Landrum,)  has  suc¬ 
cessfully  raised  them  in  that.  State  for  twelve 
years  past.  He  being  the  pioneer  Angora 
breeder  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  may  be  pre¬ 
sumed  to  know  whereof  lie  affirms  in  regard 
to  the  wonderful  proliflcness,  healthful  ness 
and  profitableness  of  this  animal  iu  that  lati¬ 
tude  and  favoring  climate.  And  of  liia  integ¬ 
rity,  good  judgment,  and  fair  mindedness 

there  can  be  no  doubt. 

I  think  1  have  now  given  you  enough  facts 


A  SPANISH  BULL-DOG. 

We  give  a  portrait  of  a  Spanish  bull-dog. 
This  breed,  originally  imported  from  En¬ 
gland,  has  for  some  centuries  been  bred  and 
kept  in  Spain  and  in  some  of  the  surrounding 
islands,  and  from  thence  has  found  its  way 
to  Bordeaux  and  the  Continent,  tut  has  been 
very  rarely  brought  into  this  country  5  in¬ 
deed,  so  scarce  and  highly -prized  by  the 
Spaniards  are  pure-bred  ones,  that  it  is  a 
matter  of  considerable  difficulty  to  obtain  a 


ANGORA  GOATS  OF  GUADALUPE. 

Hakhibon  Guay  Otis  writes  Forest  and 
Stream.— The  Guadalupe  Island  Company 
was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Califor¬ 
nia,  January  25th,  1873,  and  at  once  com¬ 
menced  act  ive  operations  by  putting  on  nm 
provements  and  shipping  to  the  island  a  bund 
of  fine  Angora  bucks  to  be  used  with  the 
native  ewes  already  there  in  breeding  up 
future  generations  to  a  fleece-bearing  stand 
aid.  The  number  of  common  gnats  on  the 


OF  A  SFAFTT&tt  HTJLL-HOG-. 

Toro,  the  name  of  the  dog 


POBTRAIT 

to  show  the  true  state  of  the'  case  with 
regard  to  this  goat  paradise  in  the  Pacific. 


island  at  the  time  of  its  purchase  was  ap¬ 
proximately,  twenty'  thousand.  (’1  here  weie 
some  thirty-two  thousand  slaughtered  on  the 
island  for  their  skins  and  tallow  alone  during 
the  five  years  preceding  its  purchase  by  its 
present  American  owners.)  Oue-half  of  this 
twenty  thousand  being  males,  are  to  be 
slaughtered  in  order  to  stop  the  propagation 
of  tins  non-lleeoe-breeding  race,  while  the 
remaining  ten  thousand,  being  females,  are 
not  to  be  killed  off,  but  utilized  as  breeders 
by  crossing  them  with  pure  mid  high-grade 
Angora  bucks.  The  offspring  of  the  third 
cross  (seven-eighths  Angora)  is  a  fleeee-bear- 
ing  animal.  To  these  five  thousand  native 
ewes  (being  only  one-half  the  entire  number 
now  on  Guadalupe  Island)  have  already  been 
added  more  than  one  thousand  pure  and 
high-grade  Angora  ewes.  A  large  number 
of  Angora  bucks  have  also  been  sent  on  since 
the  first  shipment  last  spring. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  this  enterprise  is 
organized  upon  no  narrow  or  unsafe  basis, 
Commencing  on  such  a  broad  foundation, 
having  a  vast  range,  comprising  more  than 
1C6,00D  acres  of  rich  grazing  grounds,  afford- 


THE  SHEEP  OF  WALES. 

I  lived  iii  Worcestershire  and  Gloucester¬ 
shire,  near  the  i -shire  stone,  England,  and 
yearly  saw  many  thousands  of  W elsh  sheep 
pass  on  their  way  from  Wales  to  Bucking¬ 
hamshire  and  elsewhere  ;  but  those  passing 
that  way  were  white-faced.  I  had  an  l  ncle 
who  lived  in  the  last  named  county  whom  I 
visited,  and  found  these  sheep  in  many  farm¬ 
ers’  fields.  Some  bought  ewes  and  sent  fat 
lambs  to  London  from  them,  the  ewes  being 
fattened  after  the  lambs '  were  gone;  and 
others  bought  wethers  and  sold  them  when 
fat,  every  particular  in  the  account  of  Rad¬ 
nor  sheep  corresponding  with  those,  weight 
and  nil  with  the  simple  exception  of  the  color 
of  the  face.  The  Radnor*  went  in  another 
direction,  but  the  white-faced  are  the  most 
numerous  in  Wales.  I  bought  some  every 
year — the  oldest  wethers  I  could  meet  with, 
generally  three  years  old — aud  slaughtered 
one  or  two  per  week,  as  required,  in  the  es¬ 
tablishment  over  which  1  presided  as  baiulr. 
This  mutton  was  considered  superior  to  any 
other,  for  1  took  pains  to  ha  ve  the  sheep  ripe 
to  perfection  when  killed.  Our  regular  'look 
of  sheep  were  Cotswolds,  and  too  large  for 


CATCHING  TURTLE  IN  SOUTHEKN 
WATERS. 


This  is  the  way  catching  turtle  i*  de¬ 
scribed  You  Bpy  him  from  afar  off  floating 
in  the  undulating  surface  of  the  water  some¬ 
times  miles  from  the  shore.  Slowly,  cau¬ 
tiously  your  boatman  rows  the  skill'  to  the 
turtle  ;  the  least  clumsy  splash  of  an  oar 
would  disturb  his  siesta.  At  last  you  get 
behind  him,  and  inch  by  inch  you  approacn 
him.  Then  you  stoop  well  over  the  bow,  and 
turn  your  turtle.  Ahem !  Turn  him  .  ^ 

seems  easy  enough  to  say  “turn  him, 
how  do  you  do  it  *  You  bend  down,  l^mng 
far  over  the  bow  of  the  boat,  make  both 
. . .  under  his  belly  in  the  water 


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able  room.  I  know  of  no  more  effective 
white  flower  for  bouquets  and  floral  orna¬ 
ments  ;  but  of  this,  its  highest  recommenda¬ 
tion,  I  will  leave  you  to  judge  by  the  speci¬ 
men  exhibited  to-day.” 


off  the  black  bark  ;  had  tried  this  on  one  of 
Ins  trees  with  decided  advantage.  He  thought 
the  openings  in  the  bark  should  not.  be  per¬ 
fectly  straight  up  and  down,  but  should  de¬ 
viate  a  little  from  a  right  lino  ;  had  learned 
this  from  Mr.  Coffman. 


PLANTS  FOR  NAME 


STREET  TREE  PLANTING  IN  MICHIGAN. 

The  following  is  a  Michigan  law  relative  to 
planting  trees  in  the  highway  : — Any  person 
or  persons  owning  or  occupying  land  adjoin¬ 
ing  any  highway,  not  less  than  three  rods 
wide,  may  plant  or  set  out  trees  or  shrubs  ou 
each  side  of  said  highway  contiguous  to  his 
land,  which  trees  or  shrubs  shall  be  set  in 
regular  rows  at  a  distance  not  less  than  six 
feet  from  each  other,  and  within  eight  feet 
of  the  margin  of  the  highway.  Provided 
That  in  incorporated  villages  or  cities  the 


P lease  name  the  inclosed  mosses,  sedge 
and  crucifer.  Thev  are  among  our  earliest 
vernal  visitors.  Welcoming  them  from 
spring  to  spring,  I  have  long  wished  to  know 
their  full  botanical  names.  Despairing  of 
finding  them  out  for  myself,  the  sedge  and 
mustard  families  being  so  difficult  and  the 
mosses  not  beiug  included  in  mv  botany,  I 
last  spring  gathered  the  inclosed  specimens 
on  purpose  to  submit  to  you.  1  have  kept 
them  only  to  send  you  the  flower  raceme  and 
leaf  of  a  golden  rod.(inclosedl  of  which  I  do- 
sice  to  know  the  exact  name.  The  mosses 
and  sedge  grow  in  rat  her  ln’gh  oak  woods  ; 
the  crucifer  in  open  place — often  ou  gravelly 
hills.  1  know  several  other  plants  for  wkicn 
I  would  like  to  obtain  names,  but  for  the 
want  of  specimens  1  must  forego  troubling 
you  further  At  this  time.  I  send  you  five 
specimens  in  all,— Aboljacknaoksic,  Hock, 
ford,  III. 

Had  you  numbered  the  specimens  we 
could  have  readily,  and  without  loss  of  time, 
referred  to  them  in  our  answers.  You  should 
always  number  the  specimens  sent,  retaining 
duplicates  of  the  same  with  numbers  corre¬ 
sponding.  The  small  yellow  flower,  on  a 
long  stem,  is  a  Soludayu,  but  the  specimen  is 
not  sufficiently  complete  to  determine  the 
species.  The  small,  gross-liku  plant  is  a 
Carer,  but  no  botanist  will  undertake  to  de¬ 
termine  species  of  their  genus  without  speci¬ 
mens  in  fruit,  as  the  seed  in  most  instances 
possess  the  characteristics  which  enable  us 
to  separate  them.  The  moss  we  do  not 
know.  The  very  small  plant  with  a  rosette 
of  leaves  at  the  base  is  lJniba  verna.  We 
are  always  pleased  to  help  botanical  students 
to  name  their  specimens,  but  must  insist  on 
having  those  that  are  perfect — not  mere  bits 
of  leaves,  stems  or  flowers. 


WILD  LILIES  FROM  IOWA 


I  will  send  you  by  to-morrow’s  mail  two 
curly  Lilly  bullm  (that  is  what  we  call  them.) 
Please  let  mo  know  the  right  name.  They 
grow  wild  here.  —  Samuel  M.  Helmiuk, 
Columbus  City,  Iowa. 

There  are  three  wild  specimens  of  lilies 
found  quite  abundantly  all  through  the 
Northern  States,  the  bulbs  of  which  are 
almost  identical,  therefore  it  would  be  diffl- 


THE  BOOMER  &  BOSCHERT  CIDER;  PRESS. 

The  accompanying  engraving  represents 
the  Boomer  &  Bobchbrt  Cider  Press,  it  is 
seldom  we  have  tho  pleasure  of  presenting 
an  improvement  of  sucli  practical  utility, 
combining  so  many  essential  requisites  as 
are  embodied  in  this  supple  and  remarkably 
efficient  press.  Its  peculiar  advantage  over 
the  old-fashioned  screw  press  lies  In  the  fact 
that  the  power  increases  in  almost  a  geomet¬ 
rical  progression  at  every  turn  of  the  screw 
Tho  principle  involved  will  be  readily  com¬ 
prehended  by  examining  the  illustration. 

I  lie  fiamo  is  but  little  different  from  most 
of  those  now  used  in  old-fashioned  cider 
mills.  Tho  screw  is  hm-is'nnt.wi  . 


irons,  I,  I,  und  K,  K.  Tlic  threads  of  Uic 
screws  working  in  the  nuts  arc  nut,  one 
right  and  the  other  left,  and  by  revolving 
the  screw  to  the  front  both  mil  s  are  drawn 
in  on  the  screw  shaft,  thus  straightening  out. 
the  arms,  forcing  the  follower  down  until 
the  arms,  F,  become  perpendicular— com¬ 
bining  in  its  operation,  as  will  be  seen,  three 
of  the  great  powers  of  mechanics  in  one 
simple  operation. 

In  regard  to  their  claim,  the  manufacturers 
say:—1  We  claim  for  our  Press,  that  it  lias 
five  times  the  power  of  the  old  screw,  und 
requires  hut  one  man  t,o  operate  it.  The 
truth  of  th  is  statement  is  easily  demonstrated 
It  is  well  understood  that  in  pressing  most 
substances,  but.  little  power  is  required  in 
tho  early  part  of  the  operation.  As  the 
pressure  is  applied, Jth©  resistance  is  constant- 
y  increasing,  requiring  a  corresponding  in- 
crease  of  power,  until  at  the  last  stage  of  the 
operation,  the  resistance  becomes  so  great 
that,  no  amount  of  power  can  wholly  over¬ 
come  it.  The  presses  heretofore  in  general 
use  could,  in  the  early  part  of  the  work,  he 

10  man  ;  but  as  the 
the  united  force  of 
required  ;  and  oven 
power  sufficient 
When  power 
press  tho  operation  must 
in  order  to  develop  snffi- 
as  to  make  it 


FRESH -BLOWN  FLOWERS  IN  WINTER, 


The  following  directions  are  indorsed  by 
the  Manufacturer  and  Builder  :  —  Choose 
some  of  the  most  powerful  buds  of  the  flow¬ 
ers  you  would  preserve— such  as  are  latest  in 
blowing  and  ready  r.o  open  ;  cut  them  off 
with  a  pair  of  scissors,  leaving  to  each,  if 
possible,  a  piece  of  the  stem  three  inches 
long.  Cover  the  stem  immediately  with 
sealing-wax  ;  and  when  the  bu.ls  are  a  little 
shrunk  and  wrinkled,  wrap  each  of  them  up 
separately  in  a  piece  of  paper,  perfectly  clean 
and  dry,  and  put  them  in  a  dry  box  or 
drawer,  and  they  will  keep  without  corrupt¬ 
ing.  In  winter,  or  any  other  time,  when 
you  would  have  the  flowers  bloom,  take  the 
buds  at  night  and  cut  off  the  end  of  the  stem 
sealed  with  wax,  and  put  them  into  water 
into  which  a  little  niter  or  salt  has  been  dif¬ 
fused,  and  the  next  day  you  will  have  the 
pleasure  of  seeing  the  buds  open  and  expand 
themselves  and  the  flowers  display  their 
most  lovely  colors  and  breathe  their  agree¬ 
able  odors. 


i/iiree  or  tour  in^n.  was 
then  it  failed  to  produce  p; 
properly  to  complete  the  work, 
is  applied  to  such  a 
be  so  slow  at  first,  i 
cient  power  towards  the  last, 
of  little  practical  value. 

“  With  our  Press,  the  powe 
at  every  turn  of  tho  screw, 
decreasing  in  motion,  in  precii 
ratio  as  the  power  increases,  ai 
last  the  substance  becomes  n 
accumulate  a  power  almost  in- 
development  of  power,  and  iue 
unce,  are  so  nearly  equal  that 
easily  perform  the  task  from 
end,  which  peculiarly  adapts  it 
tlon  of  power.” 

Information  relative  to  this  valuable  im¬ 
provement,  may  be  had  by  applying  to  or 
addressing  Boomer  &  Boschert  Press  Co. 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  or  Boomer  &  Dunham,  55 
Dey  St.,  New  York  City. 


j-hh:  boomer  a.nt>  bc 

cult,  for  us  to  determine,  the  name  of  those 
sent..  By  referring  to  cither  Gray’s  or 
Wood’s  Botanies  you  probably  can  determine 
the  species  sent,  if  examined  when  in  bloom, 
for  it  is  either  f. ilium  Philudelphicwn,  L. 
canadense,  or  L.  superbum,  The  first  we 
know  is  abundant,  in  some  portions  of  the 
Northwest,  and  we  believe  all  three  are 
found  there. 


CII3D1R  £>R,IGSS. 

Common  Council  of  such  cities  or  villages 
may  lix  or  determine  the  distance  that  such 
trees  shall  be  set  from  the  margin  of  the  high 
ways  therein. 

And  any  such  person  owning  or  occupying 
land  contiguous  to  uuy  highway,  and  who  is 
assessed  to  any  highway  or  poll-tax,  may 
cause  to  be  paid  of  such  tax  a  sum  not  ex¬ 
ceeding  twenty  five,  per  cent,  for  any  year, 
by  planting  trees  or  shrubs  in  the  margin  of 
the  highway,  iri  a  space  not  exceeding  eight 
feet  in  width  from  the  margin  of  tlic  high¬ 
way,  which  sum,  when  so  paid,  shall  be 
credited  upon  his  highway  or  poll-tux  for 
that  year. 

And  any  overseer  of  the  highway  may 
cause  a  portion  not,  exceeding  ten  per  cent, 
of  the  highway  tax,  in  his  road  district,  to 
be  expended  in  setting  out  trees  or  shrubs  in 
a  space  not  exceeding  eight  feet  in  width 
from  the  margin  of  the  highway. 


HYACINTH  FLOWERS  A  SECOND  SEASON 


E.  C.  IIiscox,  writing  to  the  Florist,  says  : 
“  After  Hyacinths  have  done  their  duty  the 
first  year  in  greenhouse  or  conservatory, 
I  take  them  to  that  parr,  of  tlic  garden  where 
the  sun  shines  all  day,  and  plunge  the  pots 
to  the  rim  iu  prepared  and  well-drained  ma¬ 
terials,  mostly  coal  ashes.  I  leave  them  un¬ 
disturbed  till  September  or  October,  accord¬ 
ing  to  the  time  l  want  them  to  flower,  and 
take  them  up,  re-potting  them  carefully  in 
good  sandy  loam.  I  have  adopted  this  prac¬ 
tice  for  the  last  two  or  three  years,  and  have 
found  it  to  answer  well,  especially  iu  the 
case  of  the  single  varieties,  which  succeed 
best  under  this  treatment,.  This  season  I 
have  had  the  following  beautifully  in  flower, 
viz. Prince  Albert  Victor,  Lord  Macaulay, 
Leonidas  Baron  Humboldt,  Voltaire,  Alida 
Jacoba,  Victor  Hugo,  Norma,  L’Ornement 
(le  la  Nat  ure,  Mont  Blanc,  and  many  others 
having  spikes  from  6  to  8  inches  in  length.” 


BOTANICAL  QUERIES. 

Please  name  the  Hoiveis  sent.  No.  I  is  a 
shrub  ;  blooms  iu  spring,  called  here  Honey¬ 
suckle  ;  the  other  is  a  wild  perennial,  bloom¬ 
ing  ni  spring  aud  until  middle  of  summer  ; 
very  pretty.  Can  you  tell  what  is  the  euuse 
ol  my  Canary-bird  viue  not,  blooming  j  It 
11  vim‘  fifteen  feet  long  ;  looked  well 
all  the  year;  planted  in  a  compost,  of  cow- 
yard  manure  with  some  stable  manure  and 
decayed  leaves  from  the  forest ;  it  has  not 
showed  any  sign  of  flowering  yet.  —  South¬ 
ern  Girl. 

The  plant  you  call  a  Honeysuckle  is  the 
flame-colored  Azalea  (A.  cal enduUicea) ,  a 
common  shrub  South.  The  other  plant  is  a 
species  of  Pmtste  e  uioh,  bub  w©  cannot  make 
out  the  species  from  imperfect  specimens. 
We  do  not  know  why  your  Canary  flower 
fails  to  bloom.  Try  again  with  fresh  seeds. 


iue  disastrous  arid  sometimes  ruinous 
consequences  of  having  mi  unsuspected 
screw  loose  somewhere,  have  made  many 
Attempts  to  remedy  the  evil,  and  numerous 
devices  have  been  patented  ;  but  we  have 
*een  nothing  so  simple,  convenient  and  ef- 
fective  as  the  Cumming 
I  Lock-Nut,  here  represeut- 
ed.  A  slot  is  cut  in  an  or- 
j  Ilf  dhmry  bolt,  and  a  soft  cop¬ 
per  wire  inserted.  The  nut 
JU  cuts  its  own  thread  on  this, 
and  when  screwed  home 
St  the  end  of  the  wire  is  bent 
up,  and  no  amount  of  jar 
iJlilto  or  shaking  thereafter  can 


FEAR  BLIGHT 


EUPATORIUM  AGERATOIDES, 


Mr.  Fahnestock,  near  Toledo,  O.,  is  said 
to  have  succeeded,  thus  far,  in  controlling 
this  disease  of  the  pear  tree.  He  says  the 
bark  of  the  body  of  the  tree  becomes  tight, 
it  seems  to  adhere  to  the  wood,  becomes  dis¬ 
colored,  &o.  This  lie  scrapes  off  and  uses  a 
wash  of  copperas  water.  He  then  takes  a 
sharp  instrument  and  makes  longitudinal 
openings,  with  decided  advantage,  he  thinks, 
to  his  trees.  He  spoke  of  a  gentlpman  having 
a  lino  orchard  of  trees,  but.  for  three  or  four 
years  had  no  fruit  to  speak  of.  lie  then 
turned  in  his  hogs  and  sheep,  after  which  lie 
had  line  crops. 

Mr.  J .  H.  W.  Momma  of  the  Montgomery, 
O.,  Hort.  Soe.,  thought  Mr.  Fahnestock's 
idea  a  good  one.  Ido  ^recommended  taking 


Mary  Forrer  is  a  member  of  the  Mont¬ 
gomery,  O.,  Hort.  Hoc.,  and  recently  com¬ 
municated  the  following  to  that  institution  ; 
“  professional  gardeners,  and  I  may  say 
amateurs,  too,  are  charmed  by  the  introduc¬ 
tion  of  a  white  flower  which  combines  the 
qualities  of  ncing  a  profuse  bloomer,  hardy 
and  effective  iu  masses.  With  this  fact  in 
view,  it  seems  strange  that  we  so  seldom  see 
the  Eupatorium  arjer al aides  cultivated  in 
our  gardens.  It  is  common  In  all  our  shady 
woods,  blooming  during  the  latter  part  of 
August  aud  far  into  September,  The  only 
objection  that  can  bo  brought  forward  is  its 
rank  growth,  therefore  requiring  consider 


FLORICULTURAL  NOTES. 

To  (let  Seeds  from  Enylrmd. — Gould  you 
tell  me  how  to  have  some  flower  seeds  sent 
from  England  to  this  place  with  tho  least 
trouble  and  without  delay  }  What  Is  the 
best  way  to  do  it i  —  Tabs,  G.  Williams 
St.  Joseph,  j  Mo, 

Have  them  sent  by  express,  the  same  as 
you  would  any  other  article.  There  being 
no  duty  on  seeds,  they  should  come  direct 
and  without  delay.  If  only  a  few,  they  can 
be  sent  by  mail. 


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DAILY  DURAL  LIFE. 

From  tha  Dtary  of  n  Qer.tlemnn  near  New 
York  City. 

"  STEAL‘N3  TIM JER  FROM  OHCLE  8ANI.” 

Oct.  24.  _i  notice  ihat  “New  Mesioo” 
takes  me  to  task  for  accusing  the  Colorado 
ranchmen  of  stealing  timber  of  “Uncle 
Sam,’’  and  ho  asks,  “  What  would  1  Daily  ’  or 
any  other  man  d  o  if  lis  ithould  take  up  a 
ranch  without  a  stick  of  V'raber  or  truth 
upon  it  ? ”  Way,  lie  would  do  just  as  others 
do — steal  Huber  from  Government  land,  if 
It  could  bo  obtained  in  that  way.  I  had  not 
the  leact  idoa  of  blaming  the  pioneers  in 
Colorado  or  elsewhere  for  stealing  all  the 
timber  they  wished  for  tneirown  ute  or  to 
sell,  for  I  ara  quite  sure  I  would  do  the  same 
thing  under  like  circumstances.  If  any  of 
my  readers  or  correspondents  th'nk  that  1 
have  the  remotest  idea  of  holding  myself  up 
ns  an  example  of  honesty,  they'  never  made  a 
greater  mistake  !  Win  n  I  become  a  politician 
1  shall  expect  to  steal  the  same  as  the  rest  of 
my  comrades,  even  to  voting  myself  back 
pay,  if  there  is  a  chance;  but.  I  am  not  a  poli¬ 
tic1  an  nor  a  ranchman,  consequently  it  is  my 
peculiar  prerogative  1°  preach,  as  I  hove  no 
oc  ?asion  to  practice.  Is  not  this  enough  for 
any  one  man  to  do  ?  la  not  preaching  a  dis¬ 
tinct  and  separata  business  from  practie  ng  ? 
When  our  good  old  parson  told  us  last.  Sun¬ 
day  of  the  poverty  of  Cnainr  and  his  apostles 
did  we,  Ins  parish  oners,  take  it  that  ho  de¬ 
sire  1  us  to  diminish  he:  *a :.ary  to  a  few  loaves 
and  tishtc?  not  a  bit  of  it;  but  that  he 
wished  ua  to  practice  and  at  the  same  time 
pay  him  well  for  preaching.  Because  a  man 
cabs  public  attention  to  a  groat  wrong,  it 
raiut  not  be  espeoted  that  he  himself  is  im¬ 
maculate.  or  would  not  take  a  hand  in  the 
evil  named,  provided  circumstacoos  were 
dill.  rent. 

My  remarks  in  relat  ion  to  the  ranchmen  of 
Colorado  helping  themselves  to  the  timber 
on  Government  land  was  not  intended  us  in 
any  way  censuring  them,  but  merely  to 
show  how  inconsistent  our  law  makers  are. 
On  the  plains  or  pru  nes,  where  there  is  no 
timber,  Government  offe  «  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  land  to  any  one  who  will  plant 
forty  of  it  to  forest,  trees  and  take  cure  of 
them  ten  years ;  but  where  there  now  is  an 
abundance,  or  even  a  small  quantity,  any¬ 
body  and  everybody  is  permitted,  without 
let  or  hindrance,  to  cut,  burn  and  destroy  as 
much  ae  they  like,  I  have  traveled  miles 
upon  miles  in  Colorado  and  elsewhere, 
through  region?  which  were,  a  half  dozen 
years  ago,  entirely  covered  with  most  mag¬ 
nificent  fore  truer,  'out  now  there  is  nothing 
loft  tout  stumps,  the  timber  all  having  been 
removed  without  the  Government  receiving 
one  cent  therefor.  There  are  many  silver 
ore  reduction  works  hi  Colorado  which  con- 
eume  one  to  two  hundred  oerds  of  wood  per 
diem,  and  every  rtick  of  It  is  stolen  from 
Uncle  Sun.  The  laud  fro  a  which  this  wood 
is  taken  is  valueless  after  the  timber  is  re¬ 
moved,  and  it  occurred  to  me  whiles  noting 
this  devastation  whether  it  would  bo  more 
t.  an  right  for  the  Government  to  ask  the 
wood-chopper  one  dollar  and  twenty-five 
cents  per  acre  for  this  land.  This  small  sum 
would  at  least  pay  for  the  surveying  of  the 
l.md,  which  will  have  to  bo  done  some  of 
these  days  at  public  expense.  Perhaps  our 
wise  men  at  Washington  do  not  w  ish  to  Jet 
their  “right  hand  know  what  their  left  is 
doing.”  If  forests  are  worth  offering  a 
premium  for  raising,  they  certainly  should 
be  worth  preserving.  If  the  newly-cleared 
land  was  owned  by  bona  lide  settlers,  some 
little  care  would  be  exercised  in  preserving 
the  young  growth  which  spring  up  after  the 
large  trees  are  removed  ;  but  under  the  pr  es¬ 
ent  state  of  affairs  there  is  no  one  to  look 
after  or  care  for  either  the  lund  or  its  pro¬ 
ducts. 

BRtlilQ  OFF  BULBS  AND  TUBERS. 

Och  27.— It  is  no  small  job  to  dry  off  a 
large  quantity  > f  tender  bulbs  and  tubers 
every  full  before  putting  them  away  for 
winter.  Dahlias  requi  c  only  a  slight  drying, 
but  Tuberoses,  Ooiadiutas  and  Tigridias  one 
cannot  well  get  too  dry,  or  keep  them  in  a 
place  too  warm.  If  kept  iu  a  damp  cellar 
they  are  pretty  rare  to  gather  moisture  and 
rot ;  and  if  placed  in  room®  above  ground, 
fire*  may  accidentally  go  out  and  freezing 
follow.  Then,  again,  with  such  precarious 
things  one  needs  to  have  them  whore  they 
can  be  examined  frequently  and  still  be  se¬ 
cured  against  the  attacks  of  rats  and  mice. 
Where  one  has  but  low  tender  bulbs  that  re- 
oulre  a  warm,  dry  place  in  winter,  there  is 
perhaps  no  better  method  of  preservation 


than  to  get  well  dried  off  and  then  put  iDto 
thin  cloth  bagB  and  hang  up  in  a  warm  room. 
Safety  depends,  in  n  great  measure,  in  get¬ 
ting  guch  bulbs  thoroughly  dried  before 
packing  away  for  winter.  In  taking  up 
Gladiolus,  remove  the  old  bulb  at  the  bottom 
either  at  the  time  or  as  fooii  as  the  earth 
about  them  ie  dried.  If  the  small  bulblet.s 
found  at  the  base  of  the  new  bulbs  are  want¬ 
ed  for  increasing  the  stock,  they  rosy  be 
taken  off  and  kept  in  paper  or  cloth  bags. 
Tuberoses  that  have  bloomed  this  season 
may  bo  thrown  away  unless  wanted  for 
propagation,  because  the  same  tuber  never 
blooms  but  once,  a  fact  which  a  great  many 
persons  do  not  seem  to  know.  The  small 
offsets  about  the  old  tuber  may  be  pulled  off, 
if  they  ore  wanted,  and  the  center  or  old  one 
which  ha.®  bloomed  cast  uride.  The  little  off¬ 
sets  require  two  and  sometimes  three  years 
to  become  blooming  tubers.  They  should 
be  kept  perfectly  dry  through  winter,  at 
least  this  is  what  we  have  to  do  in  cold 
climates. 

IDLERS  IH  THE  STREETS. 

Oct.  28.— I  never  go  to  New  Ycrk,  or  in 
fact  to  any  other  city  or  village,  without  see¬ 
ing  a  greater  or  less  number  of  rnen  and  boys 
doing  nothing  but  loafing  about  the  street*. 
Perhaps  it  is  the  same  in  the  country  to 
some  extent ;  but  the  Inhabitants  being  scat¬ 
tered  the  idle  dement  la  uot  so  apparent.  I 
cannot  believe,  however,  that  there  are  so 
many  idlers  in  the  country  in  proportion  to 
population  as  in  cities,  hence  the  result  of 
wliich  we  all  bear  more  or  less  —  “  the  suffer¬ 
ing  poor  of  our  cities,”  As  a  general  rule 
extreme  poverty  in  America  is  the  result 
of  either  wasteful ness  or  idleness  ;  in  fact 
the  terms  are  almost  synonymous,  for  a  per¬ 
son  might  as  well  waste  his  time  as  to  work 
.and  then  waste  what  he  or  she  earns.  Ycs- 
tuday,  while  m  New  York,  I  called  at  the 
Rn rui  .N’ ttyv-V orteh  office,  as  USttaJ,  to  get 
roy  letters  from  correspondent;-',  and  found 
the  wido  half  which  loads  up  to  the  Editorial 
Rooms  blocked  up  by  a  crowd  of  men  and 
boys  of  all  ages.  Ac  first  I  thought  that 
there  might  be  a.  fire,  a  slight  panic,  or  per¬ 
haps  the  employes  of  the  Rural  were  on  a 
strike,  or  the  proprietor  was  distributing 
bread  lo  the  poor;  but  a  glance  at  the  laces 
Of  those  who  made  up  the  crowd  soon  con¬ 
vinced  mo  that  t)r*e  conjectures  of  mine 
were  all  wrong.  There  were  well  -  dressed 
men  and  boys,  as  well  as  some  that  were  uot 
so  well  dressed,  all  intently  looking  In  one 
direction  and  at  something,  but  what  no  ono 
outside  of  the  ring  eotdd  tell.  Elbowing  my 
way  through  the  crowd  iu  order  to  ascend 
the  Ft  airs,  I  discovered  that  the  center  of  at¬ 
traction  was  a  painter  re -lettering  one  of  the 
many  signs  on  the  office  directory.  As  I 
halted  a  moment  I  overheard  oue  young 
man  say,  “Don’t  he  do  that  nicely?” 
“Yes,” 'said  another,  “I  wish  1  could  do 
that.”  Buch  crowds  of  men  and  boy's  can 
be  soen  in  our  cities  almost  any  day,  show¬ 
ing  how  much  more  abundant  are  those  who 
do  nothing  useful  than  those  who  do  some¬ 
thing.  How  common  is  that  wish  as  well. 
To  Imo  v  how  to  do  something  seems  to  be  a 
widespread  desire,  and  still  there  is  room  for 
all  who  will  try.  Just  across  the  street  from 
the  RURAL  NflW-YOKKlifll  OlfiCb  tl)C  UCW  post- 
office  building  is  going  up,  where  hundreds 
of  men  are  constantly  employed  ;  and  I  have 
no  doubt  that  scores  of  young,  and  perhaps 
oivl,  men  lo  ik  everyday  upon  the  beautiful¬ 
ly-carved  granite  pillars,  window  rills,  caps 
and  cornices  now  being  put  into  place,  and 
front  their  very  innermost  souls  say  to  them¬ 
selves,  “  I  wish  1  could  do  that.”  But  wish¬ 
ing  is  not  enough  ;  it  never  raised  a  stone 
from  its  native  bed  or  a  grain  of  wheat. 
Bomething  more  is  required,  and  that  some¬ 
thing  is  a  will  which  leads  one  to  try,  and 
keep  trying.  The  desire  to  know  and  to  do 
is  as  common  as  flies  in  summer,  and  just 
about  as  valuable  to  the  world.  The  men 
who  point  signs  or  carve  granite  never 
learned  their  trades  by  wishing  alone;  they 
had  to  practice,  make  failures,  blot  out,  l  o¬ 
gin  again  ;  perhaps  be  censured  for  their 
stupidity,  and  encounter  various  obstacles 
before  accomplishing  the  object  in  view. 
When  I  hear  y  oung  men  and  women  wishing 
that  they  could  do  this  or  that  kind  of  wr  rk, 
this  answer  comes  up  involuntarily  in  my 
mind  “  Why  don’t  you  try  ?  ”  There  is  no 
success  v\  Ithout  some  trying  ;  but,  alas !  there 
are  far  too  many  who  block  up  the  stair  ways 
and  streets  looking  at  others  doing  some¬ 
thing  useful,  while  they  spend  their  lives 
gazing  and  wisliing. 

- - - 

Smith's  Cider  Arms.— The  Sacramento, 
Cal.,  Record  says  We  are  not  strangers 
to  this  excellent  Pennsylvania  seedling  we 
not.  only  liave  this  excellent  trait  well-dis- 
f  omfnated  umong  us,  but  we  appreciate  it 
'  highly.’* 


SThft  (Barden. 

I  •  L 


VARIOUS  MODES  OF  PRESERVING 
CELERY. 

There  are  many  ways  of  preserving  cel¬ 
ery,  all  having  their  several  advocates.  The 
best  plan,  however,  will  vary  according  to 
each  person’s  circumstances.  Bom-’,  for  ih- 
stance,  advocate  storing  In  cellars ;  but  if 
one  has  no  cellar  the  plan  is  no  account  to 
him.  Others  contend  for  the  preservative 
properties  of  dry  leaves  ;  but  there  are  thou¬ 
sands  who  cannot  obtain  leaves  to  cover 
with.  Without,  therefore,  contending  that 
any  one  pla  n  is  better  than  another,  or  rather 
better  than  our  own,  a  few  hints  as  to  the 
various  ways  in  which  celery  can  be  pre¬ 
served,  may  help  f-otno  of  our  readers. 

We  suppose  most  people  know  by  this  time 
that  water  is  a  greater  enemy  than  frest. 
As  celery  grows,  water  readily  sinks  to  the 
heart  of  the  plant,  oral  then  the  best  part  of 
the  vegetable  rots  away.  What  we  wish  to 
achieve  in  regard  to  celery  is  lo  keep  it  in 
such  a  manner  that  we  can  get  at  the  plants 
readily  whenever  we  wish  to  use  them. 

In  Europe  they  have  a  plan  of  digging 
them  on  the  approach  of  severe  weather, 
and  setting  them  on  sloping  ground,  the  roots 
rather  the  uppermost.  By  this  slope  the 
water  drains  out  of  rather  than  Into  the 
hearts.  A  double  row  is  set  along  in  this 
way— root*  to  roots— yet  the  roots  several 
feet  apurt  from  each  other,  just  as  one  would 
start  the  shingles  on  each  side  of  a  pitch-roof 
house.  Earth  is  then  filled  in  the  space  be¬ 
tween  the  roots,  and  a  few  inches  over  the 
row  of  celery  plants  which  arc  laid  side  by 
side  in  the  row.  Another  course  of  plants 
is  then  placed  over  these,  just  as  the  others 
were,  except  that  the  facing  ends  of  the  roots 
approach  each  other  by  perhaps  six  inches 
nearer  than  the  course  below.  By  this  clos¬ 
ing  IB  of  the  rows  of  each  layer  the  green 
leaves  of  the  upper  rows  do  not  cover  com¬ 
pletely  the  lower  ones,  and  which  are  conse¬ 
quently  not  so  liable  to  rot  by  being  smoth¬ 
ered  up.  Other  layers  are  then  put  on,  ter¬ 
minating  in  a  peak,  just  as  In  the  illustration 
before  used  of  a  double-pitched  shingled  roof. 
After  the  whole  is  finished  a  quantity  of 
straw  ri  put  over,  which  keeps  out  the  frost, 
uud  Is  uncovered  whenever  wanted  during 
the  winter  season.  We  road  of  this  plan  In 
an  old  horticultural  work  some  years  ago  ; 
and  it  appears  to  liRve  hud  considerable  merit 
for  climates  net  so  severe  as  ours.  But  we 
have  never  known  of  Its  being  tried  In  Amer¬ 
ica.  We  suppose  the  1  rest  would  get  through 
the  covering  unless  pretty  thick,  and  then  if 
thick  no  doubt  the  leaves  would  heat  and 
rot.  Still  the  plan  Is  open  for  experiment. 
At  any  rate,  It  illustrates  well  the  principles 
we  have  regarded  as  essential  in  preserving 
celery — namely,  the  exclusion  of  water  from 
the  hearts  ot  tho  plants. 

Those  who  havw  cellars  take  them  up  and 
lay  them  ou  their  sides,  packing  them  m  sand. 
Wo  do  not  recommend  this  however,  in  the 
cellars  of  dwelling  bouses,  as  the  decaying 
of  vegetables  under  such  circumstances  is 
scarcely  favorable  to  health. 

A  plan  was  mentioned  in  one  of  our  horti¬ 
cultural  journals,  u  few  years  ago,  as  being 
in  practice  at  Ghambersburg  in  this  State. 
Flour  barrels  are  procured  at  this  season  of 
the  year,  and  an  inch  or  two  of  soft  mud 
formed  in  the  bottom  of  the  barrels.  'The 
celery  plants  arc  lifted,  the  earth  shaken  out, 
and  packed  tightly  In  these  barrels,  so  that 
the  roots  go  down  at  their  cuds  in  the  mud. 
The}  hints  are  packed  tightly  together  during 
the  process  by  the  use  of  a  spade  us  a  sort  of 
lever.  After  the  barrel  is  lull,  it  is  sunk  Up 
to  its  top  into  the  ground;  a  lid  or  board  is 
then  put  over  the  top  of  the  barrel,  and  the 
roots  being  so  deep  down  are  out  of  the  reach 
ol  frost,  while  the  bool'd  and  the  Blight  pro¬ 
tection  keep  the  water  from  getting  into  the 
barrel.  The  advantage  claimed  for  this  plan 
is  that  the  root  fibers  being  down  in  the  nmd 
at  the  bottom  of  the  barrel,  growth  is  still 
kept  up,  especially  with  the  aid  of  a  little 
earth  heat,  and  thus  the  blanching  process  is 
supposed  still  to  go  on  while  the  plants  are 
preserved  from  frost,  and  in  a  condition  to  be 
got  at  any  time.  We  tried  this  plan,  how¬ 
ever,  for  two  seasons  and  found  it  to  be  no 
improvement  on  the  old  ones. 

Then  there  are  some  who  do  not  dare  to 
take  all  this  trouble,  who  simply  lay  fiat, 
board®  along  o  1 1  the  plan Ls  as  they  arc  already 
growing  in  rows  in  the  garden,  and  then  place 
some  non-conducting  material  as  lout  os,  ma¬ 
nure,  cornstalks,  shavings  or  whatever  they 
can  get,  over  the  boards  to  keep  out  the 
heaviest  of  the  frost,  and  thus  trust  to  further 
good  luck  to  keep  out  enough  front  to  readily 
get  at  them,  exoei/t  in  very  severe  times. 


The  following  is  the  plan  we  now  pursus, 
and  which  preserved  our  last  year’s  crop  of 
celery  better  than  ever  before,  and  enabled 
us  to  eat  a  good  article  the  forepart  of  May: 
A  trench  is  dug  from  twelve  to  fifteen  inches 
in  depth,  and  a*  long  as  may  bo  suitable:  tho 
roots  arc  placed  in  this  singly  Fide  by  side,  at 
an  angle,  that  is  leaning  somewhat ;  threo 
inches  of  soil  are  packed  against  them  ;  then 
another  line  of  stalks,  until  the  bed  is  a3 
large  ns  may  be  convenient  for  covering,  and 
another  if j  equired  can  be  made.  Soil  should 
then  be  added  until  within  six  inches  of  tho 
top  of  the  stalks  ;  then  a  layer  of  straw,  then 
a  layer  of  dry  leaves  ;  the  whole  to  have  a 
good  broad  covering  to  keep  out  water.  Of 
course  rather  high  ground  for  the  bod  or  beds 
should  be  selected,  and  a  trench  should  bo 
dug  around  the  bed  deeper  than  the  bottom 
of  the  celery  trenches,  so  made  as  to  be  sure 
to  carry  off  all  tho  water.  If  this  plan  is 
followed  strictly  all  others  may  be  abandoned, 
us  the  celery  will  keep  uot  only  until  spring, 
but  as  long  hi  the  spring  as  may  be  desired 
and  it  is  not  all  eaten  beforehand.— German- 

toim  Telegraph. 

- - ♦♦♦- - - 

GARDENER’S  NOTES. 

Melons  in  Colorado  Valley,  Col. — F.  E. 
Arnold  writes  from  Yuma  to  the  Rural 
Press,  under  date  of  Sept.  29,  1S73,  as  fol¬ 
io  ws  : — “  1  can  give  you  some  proofs  of  the 
fertility  of  tho  Colorado  Valley'.  From  Lax 
Paz,  Upper  Colorado,  came  or.e  boat  load  of 
melons  to  Yuma,  and  among  them  were  30 
over  70  pounds  each,  and  some  few  over  80. 
1  hail  cabbage  In  spring  12  to  14  pounds  per 
head.  1  have  now  cotton  7  feet  high  ;  okra 
14  feet  high,  with  stem  7inches  In  circumfer¬ 
ence  ;  corn,  15  foot. ;  broem  coni,  15  feet ; 
green  pepper,  4>£  foot,  with  irrigation.” 

Sowing  Poaif  in  Autumn, — The  Rural 
New-Yorker  has  practiced  sowing  peas  in 
tho  fall,  and  obtained  earlier  pea  than  by 
spring  solving.  We  recommend  two  pre¬ 
cautions  : — Selecting  a  soil  rather  light,  or 
else  sprinkling  compost  or  mold  on  tho  sur¬ 
face  along  the  row,  if  the  soil  is  heavy,  to 
prevent  crusiing  :  and  avoiding  proximity 
to  grass  or  litter  which  may  invite  mio©.— 
Country  Gentleman. 


FROM  WASHINGTON  CO.,  PA. 

In  a  late  Rural  New-Yorker,  I  read  the 
letter  from  “N.,  Windham,  Coen.,”  who 
offer*  good  improved  farms  for  £10  to  812 
per  acre,  where  a  man  if  he  has  luck  enough, 
eun  raise  JGO  bushels  of  beans  to  the  acre, 
(might  not.  a  man  raise  500  bushels  to  the 
acre  if  he  had  the  tuclc  ?)  but  he  does  not  tell 
us  a  man  ever  had  such  “luck,”  Then  he 
says  they  can  get  so  much  for  hay  per  ton 
and  bo  much  for  potatoes,  (without  tho 
“luck,”)  but  does  not  tell  OS  whether  be  can 
raise  a  half  ton  from  tho  aero  or  more.  He 
evidently  wishes  some  one  to  come  and  take 
his  faim,  at  810  or  812  an  acre,  and  try  for 
the  “luck”  that  never  was  his. 

In  our  old  county,  we  have  no  810  laod  ; 
ours  rates  from  850  to  4150  per  acre,  out)  in 
the  country,  where  we  cun  (without  trusting 
to  luck)  raise  15  to  80  bushela  of  wheat  per 
acre  (according  to  providential  blessing)  and 
corn  00  to  70  bushels  (shelled)  ;  potatoes,  100 
to  200  bush. ;  oats,  40  to  GO  bush. ;  hay,  1  to 
2  tons  per  acre  ;  uud  this  season  1  raised 
over  40  bushels  of  fall  barley  to  the  acre,  ard 
am  offered  41.25  per  bushel,  and  1  have  raised 
ua  bushels  of  oats  pur  acre. 

Well,  Messrs.  Editors,  while  the  industrious 
farmer  hero  can  succeed  in  uuy  kind  of  grain, 
this  is  not  all  ;  for  pasture,  our  county  is 
hard  t<o  excel.  Every  farmer  lius  his  flock  of 
sheep  by  tho  hundreds,  which  are  the  most 
profitable,  especially  for  fine  wool  and  for 
mutton.  Then  our  mixed  husbandly  takes 
in  a  dozen  or  so  fat  hogs  on  every  farm  ;  a 
halt  dozen  fat  cattle,  annually  ;  2  to  ti  milch 
cows,  poultry,  and  a  large  amount  of  every 
variety  of  fruit.  Washington  Go.  farmers 
are,  to  the  greatest  extent  ,  independent :  lor 
if  an  unpropiticus  season  (uot  111  “luck”)  for 
wheat  occurs,  corn  may  make  up  ;  and  ii' 
com  is  a  failure,  (which  very'  seldom  occurs,) 
we  have  our  wool  and  many  ptiu :  available-. 
Then  our  strong  limestone  and  black  mold 
lands  at  e  underlaid  with  1  to  <>',£  feet  of  ex¬ 
cellent  coal,  and  our  farms,  every  one,  have 
acres  ot  the  best,  of  limber — oak,  hickory, 
walnut,  sugar,  poplar,  &c.  Wily,  really,  wo 
fanners  think  that  it  is  not  ou  the  83  per  acre 
land  of  Virginia,  or  810  farm  of  Connecticut, 
or  the  *50  farm  of  our  county,  that  is  the 
best  for  money  making  ;  but  our  675  to  jUU 
nor  acre  laud  that  gives  tho  best  returns. 

BaMnEn  Donaldson. 

Noble’s  Mills,  Washington  Co.,  l’». 


<§omcstu(  (Bcoitomw 


COUSIN  CARRIE'S  ADVICE  ASKED. 

Int  reading  the  Domestic  Economy  of  your 
issue  of  Oct.  IS.  I  caunot  lielp  wishing  that 
pORB  Hamilton's  Cousin  Carrie  wero  with¬ 
in  my  reach  that  I  might  have  hor  give  me 
some  lessons  in  housekeeping.  I  should  cer¬ 
tainly  go  to  her  with  some  questions  which 
are  puzzling  me  just  now. 

For  yoara  I  have  boon  on  a  farm,  where 
wo  have  every  variety  of  fruit  and  vegetable 
in  superabundance,  and  where  wo  use  all 
kind-;  of  meat-.  We  never  thi.J<  of  preparing 
a  meal,  breakfast,  dinner  or  supper  without 
fish,  flesh  or  fowl,  of  some  kind.  Having 
such  a  variety  of  material,  we  have  fallen  iu 
a  way  of  cooking  each  article  to  but  few  dif¬ 
ferent  ways,  having  our  variety  in  our  vari¬ 
ous  articles,  rather  than  in  the  various  dishes 
of  the  same  article. 

Now  I  am  about  to  leave  the  farm  to  go  to 


THE  MANATEE  AT  CENTRAL  PARK. 

W.  A.  Conklin,  Director  of  tho  Central 
Park  Menagerie,  N.  Y.  City,  furnishes  to 
Foi  est  and  Stream  tho  following  interesting 
account  of  an  interesting  arrival : — Ono  of 
the  most  interesting  animals  lately  received 
at  the  Central  Park  Menagerie,  is  a  Manatee, 
believed  to  bo  tho  first  of  tho  species  ever 
kept  for  any  length  of  time  In  captivity. 
These  croaturea-aro  now  roLrrating  before 
the  tide  of  population,  and  as  animals  gener¬ 
al  ly  a  rc  valued  in  proportion  to  their  search  y, 
a  brief  description  of  the  manatee  may  prove 
interesting  to  your  readers.  There  are  found 
but  throe  species,  Jli.  Intiroatria,  inhabiting 
Florida,  the  Gull  of  Mexico,  and  the  Cnrrib- 
oan  SCO  Coast  t  M.  amt  ,  alia  from  Carribcan 
sea  down  the  coast  of  Brazil ;  and  M.  acne- 
galen&te,  oil  t.ho  west  coast  of  Africa.  The 
more  northern  species,  strange  to  say,  is  more 
closely  allied  to  the  African  specie*,  M.  acncr 
gulr.n$is,  than  to  its  near  neighbor,  M.  aus¬ 
tralis.  Harlan,  in  his  dcscrip  ion  of  the 
Florida  Manatee,  when  he  wrote  in  1825,  says, 
“  that  they  wore  found  in  considerable 


I'Uficu; *  rcfrti'xilosl*,  obtained  in  the  East 
River.  The  process  of  eating  takes  place  un¬ 
derwater,  which  seem?  strange  inviowof  tho 
fact  that  it  cannot  breathe  during  that  time. 
It  manifests  at  times  extrema  playfulness, 
and  will  answer  tho  call  o?  the  keeper  by  a 
peouliar  noise  somewhat  resembling  the 
squeak  of  a  mouse.  Sometime  ago  Hie  epi¬ 
dermis  on  the  back  peeled  off  in  f  mall  ii*  ces, 
leaving  a  bright  new  skin  similar  to  that  of  a 
snake  just  after  shedding.  It  was  kept  out 
in  the  open  air  until  tho  thermometer  fell  to 
.VP  when  it  was  removed  to  a  building. 

It  appears  to  bo  very  sensitive  to  the  cold, 
curlKig  up  its  back  if  the  water  is  in  the  least 
chilly.  It  has  been  observed  to  remain  under 
water  five  or  six  minutes  at,  a  time  without 
coming  to  tho  surface  to  breathe. 


num¬ 
bers,  so  that  an  Indian  was  able  to  capture 
ten  or  twelve  with  the  harpoon  in  one 
season. 

The  manatee  is  generally  to  be  found  at 
tho  mouths  of  large  rivers,  such  os  tho  Orin¬ 
oco  and  tho  Amazon,  and  they  ascend  the 
South  American  rivers  several  huudrod  miles, 
and  even  into  the  inland  fresh  water  lakes. 
They  are  usually'  seep  in  small  troupes,  asso¬ 
ciating  for  mutual  protection  and  for  defense 
of  their  young.  IV hen  the  cubs  are  captured 
the  mother  becomes  careless  of  her  own 
preservation,  and  should  the  mother  be  the 
victim,  tho  young  will  foUovv  her  to  the 
shore.  Being  found  iu  shallow  water  they 
are  easily  captured  by  the  natives,  who  kill 
thorn  with  lmrpoons,  lances,  and  arrows. 
The  manatees  grow  to  the  length  of  ten  or 
twelve  feet,  aud  generally  Inhabit  tropical 
countries,  and  are  represented  in  the  Pacific 
or  Indian  oceans  by  the  allied  species,  tiie 
dugong.  Tho  manatee  lias  the  elongated, 
fish-like  body  of  the  wlndo,  head  conical 
without  distinct  line  of  separation  from  the 
body.  The  fleshy  nose  resembles  somewhat 
that  of  a  cow,  semi- circular  at  its  upper  part 
whore  are  the  nostrils,  which  arc  closed  with 
valves  when  the  animal  is  under  water.  The 
upper  lips  are  full  and  cloft,  in  the  middle. 
Rows  of  still  bristles  are  placed  on  each  side 
of  the  cleft.  The  lower  lip  is  much  shorter 
than  the  upper  ono,  but  tho  mouth  is  not 
very  largo.  In  the  young  animal  there  are 
two  sharp  incisor  teeth  in  the  upper  jaw 
whieh  afterwards  fall  out ;  canines  none; 
molars  thirty -two;  eyes  very  small ;  anterior 
limbs  flattened  Into  fins,  upon  which  are  four 
rudimentary  nails  ;  posterior  limbs  'van ting. 
The  limbs  are  more  free  in  their  motions 
than  those  of  cetaceans,  and  can  bo  used  for 
dragging  the  body  about  in  shallow  water. 
Momma  two,  situated  on  the  breast.  The 
tail  oval,  about  one-quarter  the  length  of  the 
body,  ending  in  a  horizontal,  rounded  expan¬ 
sion.  The  skin  is  a  grayish-dark  olive  color, 
becoming  black  on  drying,  and  has  a  few 
scattered  bristles  on  tho  back.  The  skin  is  m 
groat  demand  by  the  natives  of  South  Amer¬ 
ica  for  making  harness,  whips  and  leathern 
articles  for-  which  great  strength  ia  required, 
and  is  noted  for  its  great  durability.  The  oil 
which  is  extracted  from  the  fat  is  of  excel¬ 
lent  quality.  The  flesh  of  thlsaquatio  animal 
is  said  to  be  well  flavored,  being  considered  a 
fish  by  tho  Roman  Catholic  Church,  conse¬ 
quently  is  oaten  on  fast.  days.  When  properly 
salted  and  dried  in  the  sun,  the  flesh  will 
remain  sweet  a  whole  year.  Orton  in  kis 
“Andes  and  the  Amazon,”  s^ys  the  flesh 
resembles  fresh  pork.  (.apt.  Henderson,  ia 
his  account  of  Hondura  ,  speaks  thus  enthu¬ 
siastically  of  the  tail  as  a  tit-bit “  Tho  tail, 
which  forms  the  most  valuable  part  of  the 
manatee,  after  lying  somo  days  in  pickle 
prepared  for  it,  with  spice?,  &c.,  and  eaten 
cold,  is  a  discovery  of  which  Ap  e.  us  might 
have  been  proud,  aud  which  the  discrimin¬ 
ating  palate  of  Klugabulus  would  have 


INFLUENCE  OF  THE  MOON  ON  VEGE- 
TATION. 

M.  Carbonnif.r,  a  member  of  the  Accli¬ 
matization  Society,  of  Paris,  has  published 
the  result  of  some  observations  ou  t.ho  effect 
of  the  moon  upon  vegetation,  which  tend  to 
confirm  the  popular  notions  on  this  subject. 

It  is  well  known  that  glass  aquariums, 
placed  in  the  light,  soon  become  Invaded  by 
ftlgoid  growth;-,  which  in  some  cases,  after  a 
time,  pervade  the  whole  of  the  interior.  M. 
Carbonnier  requiring  to  keep  a  number  of 
these  reservoirs  perfectly  claim,  found  that, 
while  iu  some  cares  no  vegetation  appeared 
for  ten  days,  or  even  more,  in  others  it  was 
completely  developed  in  two  or  three  days. 
Watching  these  phenomena  with  care  for 
some  time,  lie  came  to  the  conviction  that 
the  maximum  intensity  of  this  vegetation 
corresponded  with  the  time  of  the  full  moon  ; 
he  found  that  the  increase  diminished  daring 
tho  othtr  phases  of  the  moon  until  it  was 
imperceptible  i  mid,  while  at.  full  moon  the 
aquariums  had  to  be  clean  id  every  day,  after 
that  period  twice  a  week  proved  sufficient, 
1  lie  water  that  Lie  used  for  his  aquariums  is 
that  of  the  canal  of  the.  Olireq,  (too  impure 
for  culinary  purposes. »  which  is  nnen  f,,.-  „ 


suggests  that  wheu  the  polish  ou  new  furni¬ 
ture  becomes  dull  it  can  bo  renewed  by  tho 
following  process  : — Take  a  soft  sponge,  wet 
with  clean  cold  water,  and  wash  over  the 
article.  Then  take  a  soft  chamois  skin  aud 
wipn  ifc  clean.  Dry  the  skin  as  well  as  you 
can  by  wringing  it  in  the  hands,  and  wipe 
the  water  off  the  furniture,  being  careful  to 
wipe  only  one  way.  Never  use  a  dry  char 
inois  oti  Viirai^ljod  work.  If  tU©  v&ruisli  i& 
defaced  and  shows  white  marks,  take  linseed 
oil  and  turpentine  in  equal  parts  ;  shake 
them  well  in  a  phial  and  apply  a  very  small 
quantity  on  a  soft  rag  until  the  color  is  re¬ 
stored  ;  then  with  a  clean,  soft  rag  wipe  the 
mixture  entirely  oil'.  In  deeply  carved  work, 
tho  dust  cannot  be  removed  with  a  sponge. 
Use  a.  stiff-haired  paint  brush  instead  of  a 
sponge.  The  cause  of  varnished  furniture 
becoming  dull,  and  the  reason  why  oil  aud 
turpentine  restore  its  former  p  lish,  it.  will 
be  appropriate  to  explain.  The  humidity 
of  tho  atmosphere  and  the  action  of  gas 
cause  a  blua-h  white  confine-  to  roller.  -,n 


DOMESTIC  BREVITIES, 


Ginger  Snap*.— I  wish  to  have  tho  fair 
readers  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  know 
how  to  make  good  ginger  snaps  and  SCO  if 
they  are  good  without  eggs,  and  acknowledge 
in  your  columns.  Take  ly  pints  of  molas¬ 
ses  ;  y  pound  of  sugar;  %  lb.  batter;  y  tea¬ 
cup  of  ginger  ;  stirred  hard,  rolled  and  baked 
quick.— E. 

Canning  Green  Corn.— It  P.  C.  Bowman 
will  look  through  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
for  the  past  six  months  oarefully,  ho  will 
find  all  that  we  can  tell  him  about  canning 
green  corn  so  that  it  will  keep. 

Lot  ion  for  Freckle*.— Mary  G.  P.  is  recom¬ 
mended  to  try  the  following  Borax  three 
grains  ;  rose  water,  five  drams  ;  orange-flow¬ 
er  water,  five  drums  ;  wash  the  slgin  once  or 
twice  a  week. 

Johnny  Cake.— Three  cups  of  Indian  meal ; 
one  cup  of  flour;  two  cups  of  buttermilk; 
three  tablespoonfuls  of  molasses;  one  tea- 
spoonful  of  salcratus. — e. 


all  tne  paper  used  to  print  the  national 
currency  on  is  made  in  the  Glen  Mills,  near 
Westchester,  Pa.,  by  a  sixty-two  inch  Fom- 
drinier  machine.  The  principal  peculiarity 
is  that  short,  pieces  of  red  silk  thread  aro 
mixed  with  the  pulp,  and  this  is  poured  on 
the  wire  cloth,  without  going  through  a  sieve 
(as  this  would  retain  the  threads.  N*xt, 
from  a  separate  contrivance  worked  in  a 
very  peculiar  manner,  »  shower  of  short  t.luo 
silk  threads  fails  in  strips  on  the  paper  while 
this  is  in  the  process  of  formation.  One  side 
of  the  paper  in  thus  covered  with  LJue  lines, 
formed  by  the  blue  silk  thread ;  and  tliia  is 
used  for  the  fre  ot  ot  tho  greenback,  ou  which 
t.h<5pe  threads  are  distinctly  visible,  conform 
to  the  manner  in  which  they  were  super¬ 
ficially  distributed,  notv  UbsUiudini  tLty  mo 
deeply  enough  imbedded  in  the  texture  of 
tho  paper.  The  peculiarity  of  this  machine 


turns  white,  and  the  color  ia  restored  by  ap¬ 
plying  the  oil  and  turpentine.  If  the  mixture 
is  left  on  the  furniture,  it  will  amalgamate 
with  the  varnish  and  become  tough,  there¬ 
fore  the  necessity  of  wiping  it  entirely  off  at 
once.  To  varnish  old  furniture,  it  should  be 
rubbed  with  pulverized  pumice  stone  and 
water  to  take  of?  the  old  surface,  and  then 
varnished  with  varnish  reduced,  by  adding 
turpentine,  to  the  consistency  of  cream. 
A. -ply  with  a  stiff  haired  brush.  If  it  does 
not  look  well,  repeat  the  rubbing  with  puin- 
ico  stone,  aud  when  dry,  varnish  it  again. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES' 

Remedy  for  Bee  Stings.—  J.  E.  Moore,  an 
occasional  correspondent  of  the  Rural  New 
Yorker,  gives  tho  American  Bee  Journal 
the  following  :  Get  a  small,  heavy  glass 
phial,  wilha  ground  glass  stopper;  have  it 
filled  with  “  Tine,  of  Iodine."  T. ,  use:  shake 
well,  then  remove  stopper,  applying  what 
adheres  to  it  to  the  wound,  being  cureful  not 
to  drop  any  on  clothing,  as  it  leaves  a  bad 
stajn.  Hilf-ouuoe  pkiul  is  large  enough. 

Anotjter  very  simple  and  efficient  remedy 
Is  to  apply  common  soil  directly  to  the  part 
affected. 

Remedy  for  Bee  Robbers. — A  correspond¬ 
ent  says  : — ' ‘  The  most  complete  check  upon 
robbing  bees  is  to  place  a  bunch  of  pros1'  or 
wet  hay.  over  the  entrance  to  the  hive  The 
bees  will  find  their  way  to  the  entrance  of 
their  own  hive,  the  robbers  will  be  caught  bv 
the  so  tinels  in  passing  through  tho  jrruss 
and  soon  cease  their  pilfering.  ’ 

Wafer  for  Bees.— A  icrent  writer  says  • 
Be  sure  to  have  a  number  of  trough*,  with 
t^n-cobB  and  gravel  placed  in  them,  and 
filled  with  pure  water,  sitting  around  your 
ap.ary  ;  a  little  salt  thrown  oouaiLocaiJy" into 
tUo  water  is  aUo  a  groat  help. 


PATCHING  A  RUBBER  BOOT 


-tito  most  economical  way  of  using  meat  is 
to  cook  it  iu  not  water,  and  serve  it  up  in  its 
own  grav_j .  If  it  is  boiled  for  preparing 
B>up  tho  water  should  not  be  too  quickly 
raised  to  the  boiling  point.,  since  this  tends  to 
coagulate  the  albuminous  portions  ana  to 
pi  erent  the  juices  from  passing  into  the  wa¬ 
ter.  The  moat  should  be  chopped  or  cut  as 
line  as  possible,  and  steeped  for  some  time 
inoold  water,  which  should  then  be  gradu¬ 
ally  heated  up  to  a  temperature  not  exceed¬ 
ing  153*  Fahrenheit,  or  03“  below  its  boiling 
point.  At  the  lust  moment  the  soup  may  be 
allowed  to  reach  the  boiling  point.  The 
tones  should  bo  crushed  or  brok  u  up  into 
email  p.oooe,  and  boiled,  or  rather  sunaiei'64, 


meuueu  so  iu  win  not  leak  i  If  you  or  any 
one  of  the  many  readers  of  the  Rural  c:  n 
tell  mo.  you  will  greatly  oblige — A  CONSTANT 
Reader. 

A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  RURAL  New- 
\ORKJCR  has  given  the  following  dsrectiot  s  • 
Get.  a  pirceot  pure  rubber— an  old  shoe  •  vu'- 
eamzed  rubber  will  not  dc— cut  into  sn  ail 
bits,  put  it  In  a  bot'le  and  cover  it  to  twice 
itj  d^-pih  with  spirits  of  turpentine  or  rc-fiued 
coal  tar  na(  h'ha  -not,  petroleum  nopfirtui. 
Stop  the  bott  le  and  ret  one  side.  :  hak  i  l  f>  e- 


quantly.  Tho  rubber  will  soon  dissolve*, 
Then  fake  the  shoe  or  boot  and  press  .he  rip! 
i  out  or  cot  rime  togetlw  r  and  put  on  ti  e  so¬ 
lution  with  a  camel’s  hair  biush  •  aonl  Cn nr 


v 


MOORE’S  RURAL  WEW-YOR 


HOV.  8 


“PROGRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT."- 

MOORE'S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 

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No.  5  Beekman  Street,  New  York  City,  and  No.  82 
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SATURDAY,  NOVEMBER  8,  1873. 

HOW  TO  KEEP  THE  BOYS  AT  HOME. 

The  New  Hampshire  farmers  have  been  dis¬ 
cussing  how  to  keep  the  boys  at  home.  The 
r-oipes  for  doing  1  his  are  somewhat  amusing, 
t  hough  some  of  them  ure  sensible.  One  farmer 
thought  the  best  way  to  keep  them  at  home 
whs  for  farmer*  to  keep  at  home  themselves, 
teach  their  children  at  work  and  work  with 
them.  But  did  he  forget  that  all  work  nud  no 
play  makes  Jack  a  dull  boy?  We  have  seen 
many  boys  driven  from  the  farm  and  from  all 
love  of  farm  life  by  Just  this  steady  routine  of 
drudgery  and  work,  unillumlnated  by  a  holiday, 
nor  relieved  by  a  horae-ltfo  of  sesth die  pleas¬ 
ure.  There  Is,  In  one  sense,  too  much  work  and 
too  little  play— too  much  work  and  too  little 
compensation.  The  boys  feel  this ;  and  it  is 
not  the  education  they  receive  through  drill 
of  daily  and  persistent  labor  that  proves  to 
them  that  the  contrary  is  the  fact. 

Another  farmer  said  that  to  keep  boys  at 
home  they  “  must  bo  t  aught  that  I  hey  are  some¬ 
body,  and  not  mere  hewers  of  wood  and  drawers 
of  water,  as  they  are  now."  This  farmer  was 
nearer  right,  than  the  other.  But  he  was  not 
altogether  right.  The  boys  should  not  simply 
bo  “liittght  that  they  arc  somebody;”  they 
should  be  made  "somebody"  of.  While  they 
should  be  taught  eel f-respeot,  they  should  be 
furnished  with  the  power  and  cultivation  which 
commands  self-respect  and  the  respect  of  others 
They  should  be  taught  how  to  use  their  brains 
as  well  as  their  muscles— that  a  farmer  is  not  a 
machine,  merely,  but  a  thinking,  reasoning  en¬ 
tity.  They  should  he  cultivated  not  only  in  the 
art  and  profession  ol  agriculture  but  In  all  so¬ 
cial  accomplishments  that  will  enahle  them  to 
"  l'eel  at  home"  in  any  society  in  which  they 
may  be  thrown.  There  should  he  no  sneers  at 
them  because  they  ape  the  polish  of  the  profes¬ 
sions,  or  trades,  or  commercial  classes.  If  they 
imitate,  it  is  because  there  is  something  worth 
imitating.  The  instincts  of  hoys  lead  them  to 
at  tempt  to  secure  the  highest  approval  of  their 
fellows.  A  farmer  may  ns  easily  be  a  polished 
gent  leman  as  a  lawyer.  His  only  disadvantage 
is  isolation.  But  it  is  one  way  to  keep  the 
farmer  boy  at  home— to  see  to  it  that  ho  has 
cultivated  and  congenial  society— that,  his  so¬ 
cial  nature  is  fed ;  that  his  awtbetical  nature 
has  nourishment;  that  he  has  chance  to  win 
social  position  and  wear  the  honors  which  real 
worth  will  command. 

Another  farmer  said  “boys  ought  to  be  en¬ 
couraged.  Stock  ought  to  be  entered  a.t  Fairs 
in  the  boys’  names.  Let  the  girls  own  poultry 
and  make  money  out  of  it  if  they  can.  Let 
them  dress  as  finely  as  other  girls,"  &c.  Qf 
course,  the  boys  ought  to  be  encouraged  and 
the  girls  too.  But  it  is  not  necessary  to  let  the 
boys  enter  stock  at  the  Fairs  In  their  own 
name;  nor  that  the  girls  rear  poultry  of  their 
own,  though  that  Is  well  enough.  But  the  boys, 
when  they  get  of  an  age  when  they  are  likely  to 
become  restless  though  youthful  ambitio.., 
should  be  taken  in  by  the  father  as  partner-s¬ 
and  the  girls,  too,  for  that  matter;  give  them 
opportunity  to  exercise  their  own  judgment 


and  act  at  diecretlon.  Give  them  responsibili¬ 
ties— make  them  feel  that,  their  Interest  lies  in 
the  direction  of  the  exercise  of  their  own  rea¬ 
son,  Judgment  and  sagacity  -  that  upon  their 
nets  depend  the  reputation  of  the  firm  of  which 
they  are  a  part.  Children  are  driven  from  homo 
because  they  nro  treated  either  as  servants  or 
hangers-on.  They  have  no  Individual  Interest 
in  affairs— nor  Joint  interest  either.  The  indi¬ 
vidual  interest  should  be  absorbed  in  a  joint, 
interest.  It.  is  far  better  that  John  Brown  Si 
Sons  should  take  a  premium  at  a  Fair,  so  far  os 
cohesion  of  the  family  1b  oonccrned.  than  that, 
John'  Brown’,  Ren.,  should  allow  John  Brown, 
Jr.,  to  enter  a  bull  in  his  own  name  and  win  a 
premium.  The  effort  should  be  to  make  the 
mutual  interest  paramount  t.«  the  Individual 
Interest.  Family  rather  than  Individual  pride 
in  success  Bhould  be  promoted. 

But  we  have  consumed  our  space.  There  was 
a  groat  deal  of  nonsense  talked  In  this  discus¬ 
sion.  Take  It  as  a  whole,  it  seems  to  us  appa¬ 
rent  that  the  only  w;«v  for  farmers  to  find  out 
how  to  keep  their  boys  at  home  is  for  the  boys 
to  hodd  a  convention  and  tell  them  how  1 

- - - ♦-*-*• - - — 

WHAT  IS  THE  GOVERNMENT  1 

wk  arc  not  advocates  of  centralization.  We 
protest  against  any  legislation  which  benefits  a 
class  separately.  Hence  we  believe  that  if  one 
class  of  our  fellow  citizens  Is  to  be  educated 
at  the  expense  of  the  whole  people,  all  classes 
should  have  the  same  privilege.  But  if  the 
telegraphs  can  Do  better  controlled  by  the 
General  Government,  for  the  benefit  of  the 
people,  than  they  now  are,  the  Government, 
should  control  them  ;  so  of  the  railroads.  The 
people,  as  a  whole,  are  omnipotent  in  the  con¬ 
trol  of  public  affairs.  They  can  and  ought  to 
say  who  shall  be  their  executive  servants  and 
what,  their  executive  servants  should  do.  If 
this  Government,  was  one  born  of  "Divine 
right  to  rule,”  that  right  inhering  in  any  royal 
family  or  person,  then  wo  should  most  certain¬ 
ly  demur  to  centralization  of  power.  Bui  wo 
believe  In  Ihe  Divine  right  of  the  people  to  rule 
themselves— in  the  sacred  will  of  the  majority 
to  control.  We  rIbo  believe  In  minorit  y  rights 
and  minority  representation.  But  we  do  not 
Indorse  factiousness  in  a  minority.  Men  may 
honestly  disagree.  But  the  theory  of  our  Gov¬ 
ernment  is  that  the  People  are  the  sovereigns. 
We  would  not  exclude  a  minority  from  an  ex¬ 
pression  of  their  will  nor  from  the  exercise  of 
their  sovereignty.  But  if  the  American  people, 
as  a  whole,  think  the  public  Interests  would  be 
bettor  served  and  conserved  by  Government 
assuming  control  of  railways  and  telegraphs, 
we  shall  make  no  demur.  The  Government 
of  this  country  rests  with,  inheres  In  and  be¬ 
longs  to  the  peopled  governed.  It  is  a  mutual 
agreement,  to  submit  to  the  will  of  the  ma¬ 
jority  ;  and  so  long  as  it  is  so  the  minority  must 
abide  the  agreement.  If  the  majority  abuse 
their  power  through  their  elected  representa¬ 
tives  and  executive  officers,  the  majority  will 
become  the  minority  and  evils  will  or  ought  to 
he  oor.ee ted.  Let  us  not  lose  sight  of  the  loot 
that  we  are  ruled  by  a  oompact  which  gives  do 
man  other  than  representative  power ;  and  the 
will  of  the  people  is  that  power. 

- 4  »♦ - 

STATISTICAL  STORIES. 


bear.  We  might  give  other  equally  interesting  | 
figures— these  are  the  more  salient,  and  we  sub¬ 
mit  them  with  the  hope  they  may  benefit 
somebody. 

- - - - 

MR.  JOSEPH  ARCH’S  MISSION. 

Mr.  Arch  came  to  this  country  to  see  what 
he  could,  and  learn  all  that  ho  could  before 
advising  English  farm  laborers  to  come  or  not 
to  com e  hither.  Hft  has  “done"  Canada,  but 
has  not  “done"  the  States.  Ho  expects  to  “  do” 
the  Stator  next  year.  He  has  told  the  ubiqui¬ 
tous  American  Interviewer  what  lie  shall  say  to 
the  English  laborers  when  lie  gets  back  to  En¬ 
gland  concerning  Canada  (and  the  States  so  far 
as  ho  has  seen  them)  to  wit : 

T  shall  say:— If  you  go  there  you  will  find  good 
land  for  fanning;  you  will  have  to  work  hard  ; 
and,  r  can  say  with  regard  tn  the  States,  that 
land  Is  cheap,  and  there  is  also  land  there  well 
cultivated,  where  (he  laborer  could  spend  two 

or  three  years  with  good,  intelligent,  farmers. 
You  can  make  your  own  choice  which  you  will 
go  to. 

Doubtless  that.  Is  not  all  Mr.  Arch  will  say. 
He  will  enter  into  details  concerning  Canada 
which  he  will  not  be  able  to  furnish  Ms  constit¬ 
uents  concerning  the  United  States.  Yet  lie 
says  he  will  return  to  England  a  thoroughly 
impartial  man  so  far  as  the  relative  merits  of 
Canada  and  the  United  States  are  concerned. 
He  asserts  there  are  something  like  100, (XX)  men  | 
“  looking  up  to  him.” 

RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

City  vs.  Country.— If  discontented  farmers, 
farmers*  wives,  sons  and  daughters,  who  think 
the  delights  of  city  life  something  worth  real¬ 
izing,  could  walk  through  our  streets  to-day 
and  read  one-thousandth  part,  of  the  misery  and 
apprehension  that  haunt  the  hearts  of  all  class¬ 
es  and  are  making  lines  on  their  faces,  they 
would  thank  GOD  for  the  peaceful  seclusion, 
and  abundance  gathered  in  the  garners,  of  their 
homos.  Thousands  of  men  and  women  are  at 
the  beginning  of  winter,  suddenly  thrown  out 
of  employment !  Few,  comparatively,  of  these 
have  aught  laid  up  in  store.  Young  women 
fiock  through  the  streets  with  restless,  eager, 
anxious  eyes,  with  lips  quivering  with  fear  lost 
they  fall  to  obtain  employment  that  shall  give 
them  food  and  shelter.  Boys  and  girls  of  the 
country  1  bo  grateful  for  plenty  and  shelter. 
You  will,  perhaps,  never  know  how  to  value  it 
until  you  want  and  cannot  get.  either.  How 
many  Of  these  in  the  city  are  country  born  ; 
and  bow  many  would  gladly  go  back  to  the 
homesteads  for  refuge,  and  yet  may  not  have 
the  means  to  get  there !  Farmers !  Thank  God 
for  t  he  harvests  and  that  you  have  unsold  food 
for  your  families !  You  have  reason ! 


Beet  S*ugnr  in  Wisconsin  .—The  Milwaukee 
Seebote  regards  the  effort,  to  manufacture  beet 
sugar  in  Wisconsin,  profit  nbly,  "  a  hopeless  fail¬ 
ure."  The  Sauk  Co.  factory  erected  for  the  ex¬ 
periment  is  reported  as  standing  idle  aud  for¬ 
saken  and  the  proprietors  would  gladly  dispose 
of  It.  to  any  one  who  desires  to  experiment 
further.  It  is  said  soil  and  climate  are  neither 
of  them  adapted  to  the  production  of  beets 
with  a  sufficient  quantity  of  saccharine  matter 
in  them  to  render  the  business  profitable. 
- - — 

Cornell  University  Exhibits,  at  the  American 
III*!.  Fair,  surface  plates  that  are  admired  for 
the  nicety  of  their  workmanship.  They  are 
from  the  Sibley  College  (of  the  University)  of 
Mechanic  Arts  and  are  made  under  the  super¬ 
intendence  of  Prof.  Sweat,  who  is  disciplining 
the  students  in  the  manufacture  of  tools  of 
precision,  of  which  these  are  an  illustration. 


The  statistics  of  imports  of  dutiable  articles 
for  the  fiscal  year  of  1873,  as  compared  with 
those  of  1872,  are  interesting  reading.  For  in¬ 
stance,  in  1872  we  imported  living  animals  to 
the  amount  of  $3,46!), 654 ;  in  1873,  only  $3,327,- 
U53  worth;  but  why  import  living  atdmalB  at 
all?  Our  exports  of  living  animals  iu  1873 
amounted  to  $2,555.1114  —  a  balance  of  trade 
against  us  on  this  account  of  #712.038.  Of  bar¬ 
ley  we  imported  Id  1872,  $3, 4(81,607,  and  in  1873, 
$2,002,081  —a  decrease  of  $440,330,  Of  course  we 
exported  no  parley  these  years,  which  we  should 
have  done  instead  of  importing  it-  What  is  the 
need  of  importing  barley  and  growing  com, 

,  which  is  a  drug  on  the  market  at  10  or  15  cents 
per  bushel?  Hadn’t  farmers  bettor  sow  more 
barley  and  plant  less  corn  ?  Then  again,  iu  1872 
we  imported  $2,317,172  worth  of  rice;  in  1873, 
$2,304,661-  Why  not  export  rice  Instead?  We 
can  at  least  supply  ourselves  with  the  article. 
Is  not  this  a  suggestive  hint,  Southern  plant¬ 
ers?  Then  think  of  importing  wheat  into  this 
country  1  Who  would  have  believed  it;  and 
yet  the  figures  show  that  in  1872  we  imported 
$2,188,680  worth,  and  in  1873  $2,538,275— the  ag¬ 
gregate  of  iwoyears’ importations  being  $1,726.- 
964.  But  this  is  not  so  bad  es  it  might  be,  for 
in  1872  we  exported  $39,915,000  worth  of  wheat, 
and  in  1878  $51,452,254— a  total  in  two  years  of 
$90,367,314.  But  why  import  wheat  at  all?  Of 
course,  wo  suppose  it  .amo  from  Canada,  and 
because  or  high  transportion  it  was  cheaper  to 
import  It  than  bring  it  from  the  West.  In  1672 
we  imported  of  cotton  and  cotton  manufac¬ 
tures,  $25,307,447,  and  in  1873,  $35,201,317-an  ag¬ 
gregate  in  tw'o  years  of  #00,508,764.  But  we  ex¬ 
ported  iu  1872  of  the  same  $182,988,925,  and  in 
1873,  $230,190,595,  or  a  total  of  $413,170,520.  But 
why  import  over  sixty  and  a  half  millions  of 
dollars’  worth  of  a  fiber,  manufactured  or  other¬ 
wise,  that  we  can  grow  and  manufacture  our¬ 
selves?  Again,  we  Imported  of  flax  and  its  man¬ 
ufactures,  in  1872,  $22,630,243,  and  ill  18m,  -21,- 
586,062,  ao  aggregate  in  two  years  of  #44.186,295. 
But  we  onn  grow  flax  and  manufacture  it !  V\re 
need  just  such  a  diversion  from  corn  grow  ing 
to  make  us  happy.  We  did  not  export  any  flax, 
and  yet  we  might  have  done  so  1  But  we  for- 


j<)Hf,>h  Arch.— A  friend  of  ours  called  the 
other  day  upon  Joseph  ARCH,  the  representa¬ 
tive  and  ageut  of  English  laborers.  Judging 
by  his  account  of  the  interview  Mr.  Abch  bat 
come  bltber  with  the  Idea  thoroughly  Inbred 
that  w’e  are  a  pack  of  swindlers.  Incapable  of 
tolling  the  truth,  and  are  to  be  "  looked  out  for  ” 
at  every  turn.  Our  friend  is  a  gent  leman  well 
known  as  connected  with  the  agriculture  of 
the  State  and  called  upon  Mr.  Arch  as  a  matter 
of  courtesy  ;  but  he  came  away,  as  he  expreseed 
it,  “  simply  disgusted."  Whatever  may  be  Mr. 
Arch’s  abilities,  be  evidently  is  not  blessed 
w i tli  a  superaboundlng  knowledge  of  human 
Dature.  tact,  nor  good  breeding.  He  knows  too 
much  to  bo  ablo  to  learu  much,  especially  in 
this  country. 


RURAL  BREVITIES. 

-  The  Southern  sugar  cane  crop  is  a  good  one- 
full  average. 

Hors  are  becoming  an  Important  -at  least  a 
prom Islng — crop  In  Oregon. 

For  the  common  Mission  grape  California 
growers  get  about-  $20  per  ton. 

A  CARROLL  Co.,  Iowa,  farmer  is  planting 
10.000  white  oak  trees— so  It  Is  asserted 

California  has  organized  1(M  Granges  of 
Patrons  of  Husbandry  within  six  months. 

Mrs.  Louise  Knapp  la  informed  that  we  do 
not  know  where  she  oan  get  the  plant  sire  names. 

Thk  total  number  of  Granges  of  Patrons  of 
Husbandry  in  tho  United  States,  up  to  Sep.  20, 
w^as  6.460. 

Maine  is  agitating  the  question  as  to  whether 
it  shall  have  a  State  Dairymen’s  Association. 
Why  not? 

It  is  announced  that-  Italy  is  to  send  us  an 
invoice  of  farmers  next  year.  Weill  don’t  we 
need  ’em  ? 

Mrs.  Gf.o.  Moulton  is  Informed  that  we  can- 
i  not  tell  her  whero  she  can  obtain  the  plants 
she  names. 

The  wheat  deficiency  in  Franoe  is  placed  by 
different  authorities  at  from  fourteen  to  twen¬ 
ty-four  millions  of  bushels. 

The  Wisconsin  State  Grange  of  Patrons  of 
Husbandry  holds  its  annual  meeting  at  Ion  du 
Lac  the  second  Tuesday  In  January. 

A.  A.  Hopkins,  our  whilom  associate,  now 
editor  of  American  Rural  Home,  called  upon 
ur-,  and  we  were  glad  to  know  he  was  happy  aud 
self-satisfied. 

Some  of  the  Iowa  Patrons  of  Husbandry  rec¬ 
ommend  the  taking  of  agricultural  statistics 
by  (own  assessors,  to  be  compiled  for  publica¬ 
tion  by  a  titate  Commissioner  of  Statistics. 

The  Agricultural  College  of  Missouri  Is  re¬ 
ported  aa  having  over  100  students  iu  tue 
"  practical  working  ©lassos,"  and  more  than  50 
others  studying  Botany,  Zoology,  Chemistry,  &c. 

A  OOR respondent  asks  Tor  the  experience  of 
our  readers  as  to  the  advantages  aud  disadvan¬ 
tages  of  fall-plowing  lands  likely  to  be  closed 
to  winds  aud  frosts  without  the  protection  of 
anow. 

The  Orchard  grass  seed  of  Oldham  County, 
Kv..  is  stated  to  oe  80,000  to  40,000  bushels  an- 

J  \  «  ,  ,  -  •»  ..  _ _  !>  ...ill - 1?.  fuYl 


Distribution  ol  Diplomas  According  to  Popu¬ 
lation  m  Vicuna. — A  Swiss  paper  has  taken  the 
pain6  to  make  a  calculation  of  the  proportion 
of  diplomas  distributed  at  Vienna  to  the  popu¬ 
lation  of  the  respective  countries  represented 
in  the  distribution.  Of  course  such  mathemat¬ 
ical  ent  erprise  deserves  recognition  here  !  Thus, 
Switzerland  received  one  per  108,000  inhabit¬ 
ants;  Belgium,  one  per  250,000;  Germany,  one 
per  410, 000;  Austria-Huogarv,  one  per  433,000; 
France,  one  per  462,000;  Holland,  one  per  650,- 
000 ;  Sweden  and  Norway,  one  per  655,000 ;  Den¬ 
mark,  wne  per  900,000 ;  Great  Britain,  one  per 
1,222,000;  Italy,  one  per  1,405,000;  Russia  (in 
Europe),  one  per  3,550,000. 

American  Wheat  In  English  Markets, — The 

Mark  Lane  Express  says 1 “  American  wheat 
has  a  quality  this  year  that  is  most  acceptable 
to  the  English  market,  and  as  our  dependence 
is  chiefly  on  that  country  our  prices  will  be 
much  influenced  by  her  ability  to  supply  our 
wants.  The  recent  rise  in  France,  and  the 
i  extraordinary  high  prices  quoted  in  Southern 
Russia  will  be  calculated  to  prevent  any  great 
depression;  for  nothing  has  occurred  Li  alter 
the  facts  as  to  the  general  yield,  and  we  now 
have  reason  to  fear  that,  as  regards  condition 
as  well  as  supply,  Germany  will  not  be  able  .to 
do  much  for  us  this  year." 

- - 

Regulating  the  Price  of  Farm  Products.— The 

late  Northwestern  Farmers’  Convention,  held 
at  Chicago,  adopted  the  following  resolution : 

Resolved,  That  this  Convention  recommend  to 
the  farmers  of  the  Northwest  that,  in  order  to 
carry  out  in  a  practical  manner  t  he  spirit  ana 
the  letter  of  co-operation,  they  Mill  hold 
from  the  market  their  live  products  until  the 
price  shall  reach  such  a  figure  that  the  producer 
shall  receive  the  legitimate  fruits  of  his  labor, 
and  we  consider  $6  per  100  pounds,  gross,  u  just 
and  fair  price  both  to  producers? and  consumers. 


The  Orchard  grass  seed  ox  oianam  county, 
Ky.,  is  stated  tone  80,000  to  40,000  bushels  an¬ 
nually;  but  this  year  it  Mill  not  exceed  15,000 
bushels.  It  usually  brings  the  producer  $1.50 
to  $2  per  bushel. 

Charles  Downing,  the  veteran  poraologi.-r, 
was  welcomed  In  our  sanctum  a  day  or  two 
since.  He  says  this  last  has  been  one  of  t he 
most  remarkably  flue  Octobers  be  has  ever 
knowa— no  frost  until  late  iu  tho  month. 

MR-  Hummel  of  Our  Home  Journal,  New  Or¬ 
leans,  who  has  visited  us,  speak  -  hopefully  of 
the  agricultural  future  of  Louisiana  and  of 
the  prospects  of  his  Journal,  lie  believes  New 
Orleans  the  great  city  of  the  continent.  He 
ought  to. 

For  aught  we  can  discover,  the  National 
Crop  Reporter,  which  has  been  sent  us.  Is  about 
as  valuable  to  the  farmers  aud  commercial  men 
of  the  country  as  a  tled-up  bag  of  corn  would 
be  to  a  hungry  hen.  WV  cannot  conscientiously 
advise  any  one  to  luvosit  $5  or  $10  to  secure  it. 

A  Nebraska  Grange  of  Patrons  of  Husband¬ 
ry  has  "Resolved,  That  Me  don’t  wish  to  hear 
political  speeches  from,  nor  will  we  support 
for  office,  any  of  the  men  who  exchanged  their 
constituents’  interests  in  the  State  Capitals  for 
an  interest  of  their  own  in  the  Air-line  rail¬ 
road. " 

The  Rural  Club  of  New  York  is  to  have  Its 
quarterly  dinner  at  DelmoniCo’s  Nov.  12.  J. 
R.  Dodge  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  is 
expected  to  tell  of  what  he  has  seen  in  Europe 
the  past  season.  Hon.  Marshall  F,  Wilder, 
P.  Barry,  Charles  Dow mng,  and  other  prom¬ 
inent  members  of  the  American  Pomologioal 
Society  are  expected  to  be  present. 

The  results  of  the  Indiana  Fair  and  Exposi¬ 
tion  are  thus  summed  up  by  the  Indiana  I  ar¬ 
mor  1 The  total  receipts  at  the  Exposition  and 
Fair  from  sale  of  tickets,  refreshment,  stands, 
entry  fees,  etc.,  are  #52,170 :  total  expenditures, 
including  expense  of  bufldiug  and  improve¬ 
ments,  about  $1371000,  leaving  between  $80,000 
and  *90,000  to  be  paid  by  the  citizens  who  sub¬ 
scribed  the  $100,000  guaranty  fund. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


A  Youth’s  Publication.— For  nearly  half  a  cen¬ 
tury  the  Youth's  Companion  of  Boston  has  been  pub¬ 
lished.  It  was  started  tn  1827,  and  is  to-day  one  of 
the  brightest  and  most  vigorous  papers  with  which 

we  are  acquainted. 

- »♦»  — - 

To  aid  in  ranking  Church  Parlors  aitractive 

to  the  young,  supply  them  liberally  with  games  of 
Avllude.  If  tlic  sev>  iug  circle  or  sociable  Is  to  meet 
at  your  house,  get  at  ooce  Avilude,  or  Game  of  Birds. 
Sold  by  all  dealers,  or  sent  post-paid,  on  receipt  of 
seventy-five  cent-, by  West  &  Li;e,W<  .-eester,  Mass. 
*>  Entertaining  and  instructive.”— Zion’s  Herald. 

— - - 

Every  r>puol  of  the  Eureka  Machine  Twist  is  war¬ 
ranted  full  length,  full  size,  and  of  the  best  quality. 
For  sale  at  all  Trimming  Stores. 


have  decreed  that  it  is  highly  improper  for  a 
young  unmarried  woman  to  be  alone  in  the  so¬ 
ciety  of  gentlemen.  If  you  were  anybody  but 
Fronolimen,  l  would  trust  In  your  honor;  but 
under  the  circumstances,  I  can't  and  I  won’t  I" 
ami  Boeing  a  guard,  I  tried  to  make  him  hear 
me;  hut  as  ho  soeroed  to  havo  more  coat  tail 
than  ears,  I  grabbed  the  former,  and  told  him 
that  my  rights  as  a  woman  had  been  usurped 
by  two  Frenchmen,  whereupon  he  made  the 
two  men  of  France  leave  the  carriage.  Natu- 
they  were  “ cxeessivement  fache." 


tor.  I  think  she  was  the  “  maddest”  woman  I 
ever  saw,  and  vowed  she  couldo  t  see  why  I 
should  object  to  »  “  Poor,  little  dear  like  her 
darling,"  giving  him  numerous  embraces.  I 
roplled  calmly,  that  it  was  a  mere  matter  of 
taste— that  -he  was  German,  and  appreciated 
dog  society ;  but  that  I  was  American,  and  did 
not.  But  she  got  out  at  the  next  station,  and 
disappeared.  I  felt  that  my  “justice”  was 
“hard-hearted  and  cruel,"  but  if  ever  anybody 
catches  mo  traveling  with  a  dog  in  my  arms  I 
beg  not,  only  to  be  ostracized  hv  respectable 


SUMMER,  SWEET,  GOOD-BY 


OUK  EUROPEAN  LETTEE, 


Goi,d  and  red  and  purple  leaves 
Flutter  down  the  wind ; 

With  the  snow  of  thistle-down 
All  the  lanes  are  lined. 

Clear  and  keenly  blue  the  sky. 

Hurrying  birds  are  flying  high. 

Singing  ;  “  Summer,  sweet,  good-by  '■ 
Summer,  sweet,  good-by  1” 

Sheaves  aro  nodding  in  the  sun, 

As  if  passed  along, 

In  u  gay,  fantastic  rout, 

Summer's  fairy  throng. 

Whore  the  fading  willow  swings. 

Where  the  nest,  deserted,  clings, 

Listen  to  tho  brook,  that  slugs  : 

“  Summer,  sweet,  good-by  1” 

Woodlands  whisper  sad  farewells; 

Squirrels  frisk  and  spring; 

Patter,  patter,  rain  the  nuts. 

For  their  harvesting. 

Fkieks  of  merry  birds  go  by, 

’Neath  tho  heart's  unclouded  sky, 
Hopeful,  trustful,  whilo  we  sigh  : 

“  Summer,  sweet,  good-by !" 

LGi  orac  Cooper,  in  Independent 


of  the  tower  la  5154  feet,  St.  Foter  s  at  Home  is 
455  feet,  and  St.  Paul's  in  London  340  feet.  Tho 
facade  and  the  magnificent  decorations  of  tho 
Portal  are  duo  to  the  great  architect.  Irwin, 
and  his  daughter  Sabina.  Tho  interior  of  the 
church  contains  also  several  statues  by  Sa¬ 
bina.  I  wender  if  Erwin  over  groaned  in  spirit 
and  wished  liis  little  daughter  a  boy,  so  that 
she  could  accomplish  something?  Or  was  ho 
not  the  proud  and  sensible  father  who  thought 
a  girl  every  whit  as  good  as  a  boy,  and  giving 
her  the  same  opportunities  as  if  she  bod  been 
a  son,  reaped  the  full  reward  of  his  Intelligent 
action?  One  here  sees  the  statues  of  father 
and  daughter,  both  great,  in  genius  nnd  art, 
names  to  be  associated  together  as  long  as  the 
Strasbourg  Cathedral  stands.  Every  week  I 
meet  with  American  girls  “doing  Europe.” 
They  have  plenty  of  money  and  plenty  of  time 
and  plenty  of  good  sense;  L--  I- 
out  of  ten  their  complaint,  is,  “ 


but  in  nine  cases 
How  I  wish 
I  had  an  object.  in  view  In  all  t.hl3  sight-seeing 
and  traveling.  If  I  were  interested  practi¬ 
cally  in  art  nr  manufacture  or  scienco  or  com¬ 
merce— something,  anything  to  give  zest  and 
interest  and  aim.”  I  heard  ac  intelligent  Scotch 
divine  say  the  other  day  that  he  did,  pity  wo¬ 
men!  He  appreciated  l  heir  posit  ion  ;  how  tho 
most  extraordinary  things  are  expected  and 
required  of  them  if  they  attempt  anything,  and 
that  if  they  do  not  attempt  anything,  bow  stu¬ 
pid  and  unsatisfactory  their  lives  must,  be.  But 
this  was  in  Paris,  and  I  was  at  Strasbourg. 

I  decided  t-o  climb  to  the  tower.  I  could 
never  be  prevailed  upon  to  go  to  the  top  of  St. 
Peter’s  or  St.  Paul’s;  but  this  Cathedral  being 
the  ”  highest,  building  in  Europe,”  (and  only  one 
other  In  all  t  he  world  higher— an  Egyptian  pyra¬ 
mid,  or  something  else.)  it  would  bo  ».ometliing 
to  “tell  of."  So  a  woman  in  the  base  of  the 
tower  sold  me  a  fifteen  centime  ticket,  which 
would  permit  me  to  ascend  225  feet  above  the 
street;  from  there  1  could  see  the  Black  Forost 
and  the  Vo*  ms  and  i  he  magnificent,  Jura  chain. 
At  ihis  point,  in  tho  ascent,  there  Is  a  platform 
which  extends  over  a  portion  of  the  church  and 
leads  to  the  tower,  the  tall  one.  Here  are  a 
doorkeeper  and  guides,  and  more  feeing  to  do. 

I  told  the  keeper  of  the  keys  that  r  wanted  to 
go  to  the  very  top.  He  said  I  could  go  with  a 
guide  after  paying  fifty  centimes.  T  paid  the 
required  for,  but  said  I  wouldn't  have  a  guide 
upon  any  consideration,  as  all  T  had  to  do  was 
to  follow  my  nose,  and  I  couldn't  get  lost  If  I 
tried,  and  that  I  knew  the  whole  hist  ory  of  the 
Cathedral  from  beginning  to  end.  tie  thought 
It  a  most  extraordinary  undertaking  for  a  lady 
alone,  and  strongly  recommended  a  guide.  I 
told  him  I  perfectly  abominated  men,  and  when 
I  had  anything  extraordinary  in  hand  to  do, 
nothing  could  induce  mo  to  be  bothered  with 
one.  He  wanted  to  know  what  language  I 
spoke,  and  1  told  him  I  was  a  Tartar.  Then  lie 
unlooked  the  door  of  tho  tower.  I  passed 
through,  and  he  locked  it  behind  me.  I  was  a 
prisoner  unto  myself  and  my  promenade,  heav¬ 
enwards.  I  went  up  and  up  tho  dizzy  hight  until 
it  seemed  as  if  a  gust  of  wind  would  blow  the 
tower  down.  But  how  grand  It  was  l  not  grand 
like  a  mountain,  whlob  exalts  the  soul  f  s  well 
as  the  body  and  far  beyond  it,  whereas  in  a 
tower  one  feels  the  elevation  of  body,  while 
tho  soul  never  forgets  the  possibility  of  danger 
and  the  comfort  cf  terra  flrma.  I  went  on  until 
I  was  511  feet  above  the  pavemeni,  and  then  1 
could  go  no  further,  for  an  iron  door  above  my 
head  was  firmly  look  id.  I  was  greatly  enraged, 
and  retracing  my  downward  way,  1  thumped 
on  the  locked  door  to  be  let  out,  and  then  gave 
vent  to  my  wrath  at  having  been  so  imposed 
The  doorkeeper.  Instead  of  telling  me 


MADAME  SCHWARTZ 


“Tub  Schwartz  Novels,”  as  they  are  called, 
are  now  widely  known  throughout  this  country, 
thanks  to  onterprislng  translators.  Miss  Borg 
and  Miss  Browne.  Madame  Schwartz  is  one 
of  the  most  popular  of  living  Swedish  authors ; 
she  has  written  a  vast  number  of  books,  which 
havo  been  translated  Into  many  languages. 
Some  seven  or  eight  of  her  works  liavc  appeared 
in  America.  At  the  prosent,  time  Porter  & 
Coates  of  Philadelphia  publish  all  her  books, 
as  they  have  purchased  the  plates  from  other 
publishers.  Madame  Hchwartz,  as  will  be 
seen  from  her  portrait,  which  we  give  this 
weok,  and  which  Is  pronounced  by  the  author¬ 
ess  herself  a  very  correct,  likeness,  is  a  woman 
of  marked  features  and  a  stroug  mind.  Her 
head  is  almost,  masculine  In  its  size  and 
strength.  As  might  be  expected,  she  is  aBtrong 
writer,  and  her  books  show  that  she  Is  a  deep 
thinker.  It  is  her  aim  to  enlighten  ignorance, 
remove  prejudice,  or  correct  some  abuse.  She 
is  very  democratic  in  her  Ideas,  arid  thus  her 
works  are  peculiarly  acceptable  to  readers  in 
the  Groat  Republic.  The  last  book  of  hers 
reproduced  in  this  country  is  called  “Tho  Son 
of  the  Organ  Grinder,"  a  rather  whimsical  title, 
but  a  story  which  Is  of  absorbing  Interest,  pure 
and  elevated  In  tone,  and  truly  republican 
throughout.  Madame  Hchwartz  Is  yet  in  the 
prime  of  life,  and  writes  with  as  much  vigor 
and  Industry  as  ever.  She  is  fortunate  in  hav¬ 
ing  found  in  America  sohonoraole  a  publishing 
house  as  that  of  Porter  &  Coates  of  Phila. 


“  But  it  is  your  own  fault,”  I  said,  In  self-de¬ 
fense.  “If  you  did  not.  have  such  ridiculous 
and  absurd  notions  about,  women,  and  possess¬ 
ed  enough  honor  and  respect  for  tho  honesty 
of  women  to  have  traveled  In  this  carriage  as 
f.iv  a.-  Paris  without  insulting  roe  in  ,\our 


people,  but  arrested,  tried  and  convicted  of 
idiocy  in  the  first  degree. 

Traveling  In  France. 

At  Avricourt  we  all  had  to  go  through  the 
Custom-house  formalities  again.  As  my  trunk 
had  been  checked  through,  to  Paris,  T  concluded 
to  keep  my  seat ;  but.  presently  an  officer  came 
and  ordered  me  out,  lookiiig  under  tho  seats 
and  in  I  he  racks  to  see  if  there  were  any  smug¬ 
gled  packages.  When  1  came  back  tho  last 
one  to  have  left  the  Custom-house — and  the  oor 
bell  ringing,  lo  1  my  hand-H  »tohel  was  gone.  I 
I  lurried  back  to  And  it  in  the  Custom-houBe. 
grabbed  it  and  ran.  when  an  officer  stopped  me. 

I  shrieked  “Paris,1' and  he  shrieked  back  that 


MARRIAGE  CUSTOMS -BORNEO 


The  marriage  customs  of  the  world  differ 
greatly  in  difforont  countries,  in  Egypt  tho 
ceremony  occupies  three  hours,  and  the  pro¬ 
cession  to  the  house  of  the  bridegroom  is  a 
great  feature,  fu  Hindostan  the  bridegroom 
makes  a  procession  in  the  night  to  tho  house 
of  tho  bride,  surrounded  by  toroh-bearera.  In 
Servia  the  bridal  party  is  saluted  with  a  dis¬ 
charge  of  firearms  and  small  cannon.  In  China 
the  bride  la  richly  dressed  In  the  most  gorgeous 
style  and  wears  »  crimson  veil.  She  holds  a 
little  scarlet  flag  In  her  hand,  answers  all  the 
questions  asked  by  tho  priest,  and  bows  to  tho 
ancestral  pictures.  The  bridegroom  has  three 
burning  Joss-sticks  in  his  hands  and  likewise 
answers  tho  priest’s  questions.  Our  illustra¬ 
tion  this  weok  is  a  representation  of  a  Dyak 
marriage  ceremony  in  Borneo.  Tho  bride  and 
bridegroom  aro  made  to  sit  upon  two  bars  of 
Iron.  The  priest  waves  two  £ow)b  over  them 
and  then  knocks  their  heads  together.  The 
bridegroom  puts  a  cheroot  and  some  betel  leaf 
i  n  the  bride's  mouth.  The  fowls  are  then  killed, 
l  which  closes  the  ceremony. 


upon 

the  truth,  which  was  that  the  iron  door  was 
never  opened  except  by  special  permission  from 
the  mayor,  revenged  himself  by  retorting : 

“  Ah,  but  you  wouldn't  have  a  guide !  I  told 
you  to  take  a  guide  1“ 

Of  course  It  was  a  just  retribution,  and  just 
what  each  and  every  woman  ought  to  suffer 
who  has  the  impudence  to  disdain  the  help  of 
man ! 

Traveling  with  a  Dog. 

In  journeying  from  Strasbourg  to  Paris  I 
fouud  myself  in  the  “  dames  seules"  with  a 
German  woman  and  her — dog.  She  had  the 
poodle  dono  up  in  her  best  shawl,  and  when¬ 
ever  the  guard  or  conductor  came  and  looked 
in  she  would  cover  the  animal’s  head,  as  it  is 
against  the  railway  laws  to  accommodate  dog 
travelers  with  the  same  luxuries  as  human 
beings.  There  are  a  great  many  things  which 
enrage  me,  and  one  Is  to  see  a  woman  giving  a 
dog  a  higher  place  in  her  affections  and  society 
than  she  would  a  baby," for  most  women  who 
carry  dogs  In  the  street  would  scorn  the  idea 
of  carrying  a  baby  in  a  public  place.  It  was  a 
hot  day,  but  the  woman  persisted  in  keeping 
tho  windows  closed,  because  she  feared  that 
she  and  her  dog  would  take  oold,  while  I  was 
fairly  smothering  for  fresh  air.  After  an  hour 
or  two  o  1  woman  and  dog  company  and  foul 
air,  I  asked  her  if  she  intended  going  far.  She 
said  "to  Paris."  I  then  told  her  that  a  dog 
couldn't  travel  as  first-class  passenger  with  me, 
and  that  she  must  get  Into  another  ear  at  tho 
next  station,  ur  1  should  speak  to  the  oonduc- 


WOMEN  AS  TEACHERS, 


In  a  recent  address  in  New  York  on  “  Primary 
Education,”  Dr.  Fuller  Walker  quoted  as 
follows  from  a  private  letter  written  by  Presi¬ 
dent  Eliot  of  Harvard  College : — "  For  several 
reasons  our  public  schools  are  depreciating, 
and  servo  their  purposes  less  well  tbau  they  did 
thirty  years  ago.  One  roason  Is  the  irruption  of 
foreigners;  another  the  cheapening  of  the 
schools  by  employing  superintendents  ratber 
than  teacnerB ;  another  is  the  religious  diffi¬ 
culty;  another  is  the  substitution  of  women  for 
men  to  an  enormous  extent,  tho  result  being 
that  we  have  fewer  experienced  teaohers  than 
formerly,  because  the  women  get  married  and 
leave  the  bustness  of  teaching  for  abetter  one." 

To  which  he  replied  “  Women  I  regard  as 
naturally  the  best  fitted  for  teaching,  and  the 
substitution  of  them  for  men  is  not  regretted, 
if  they  arc  paid  for  their  labor  as  well  as  men 
are  paid  for  the  same  kind  of  work.  Women 
would  have  the  same  Inducement*  to  remain  in 
the  profession  that  men  have,  tf  the  prospects 
of  pay  and  promotion  were  the  same-  1  cannot 
agree  with  President  Eliot  that  gutting  mar¬ 
ried  is  a  better  business  than  teaching.  Taking 
men  as  we  find  them  to-day,  and  a  woman  runs 
a  great  risk  in  getting  imw  ried.  She  Is  as  apt  to 
be  mismated  as  mated,  and  then  her  “business” 
is  a  moat  woeful  one.  Thera  are  thousands  of 
women,  however,  who  will  never  marry,  for  the 
very  good  reason  that  there  a  14  not  men  enough 
to  supply  the  demand.  Tosdfih  every  induce¬ 
ment  should  be  held  out  for  their  continuance 
in  a  profession  which  is  so  important,  than 
which  there  Is  uoae  higher." 


*■ 


80S 


MOOSE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YOBKEB 


«OV.  8 


THE  FALL. 


O  AUtuMN,  •with  thy  dying  smell  i 
So  faint,  eo  mu!,  and  yet  so  sweet ; 

A  mhl  the.  strewing*  at  noy  foot. 

By  pattering  nut  and  broken  eUeJl, 

1  feel  tbn  secret  of  tby  sped, 

Thy  Hying  year  In  foil  rotreat- 

Forover. 

Bebnmisbed  by  the  last  week’s  rains, 

Tim  fluids  recall  the  green  of  Spring  j 
The  hills  describe*  a  sharper  ring ; 

The  (lows  tn  diamond*  drench  the  plains ; 
The  loaves  grow  thinner  in  the  lanes; 

The  threads  upon  the  hedgerows  cling— 

ID  silver. 

Pale,  like  the  fading  forest  hair. 

The  slanting  sunbeams  struggle  through 
The  slty  Is  of  a  tvarl  ul  blue ; 

A  pensive  essonco  tills  the  air  1 
And,  with  pathetic  sweetness  fair. 

The  won  world  seems  to  wave  adieu — 

Forever. 

The  cattle  browse  s  long  the  lea  ; 

The  piping  robin  haunts  the  lunes; 

The  yellow-turning  woodland  “  wanes 
The  apple  tumbles  from  the  tri  o ; 

And  Autumn,  ranging  through,  Units  me 

To  Mature. 

O  pensive  and  poetic  year, 

What  la  the  secret  of  thy  power  ? 
Whereby  my  poesy  would  flower 
Between  u  radiance  and  a  tear  I 
And  yet  i  rind  no  language  hen 

To  paint  whet  trembles  to  the  hour— 

Within  uie  1 

O  Eden-world  of  hill  and  green, 

And  distant  gleams  of  slumbering  blue  1 
I  find  no  lyric  language  true 
To  paint  the  shadowed  and  the  seen  : 

O  infinitely  touching  view, 

In  vain  thy  spirit  peeps  between  ! 

The  sublimities  that  lie  In  you 

Evade  me. 


<§ur  JStorg-Styltyr. 


A  GOOD  INVESTMENT. 

A  STORY  FOR,  HARD  TIMES. 


BY  Q OWE  RUNNING. 


There  were  three  neighbors  of  us,  Mr. 
Jones,  Mr.  Smith,  and  my  father,  Mr.  Cbook- 
vvell,  and  wo  lived  in  Cottage  Row.  Our 
house  was  “Nd.8."  I  remember  how  ixiy  name 
used  to  mortify  my  childish  feelings,  arid  how 
every  toucher  used  to  repeat  It  after  mo  with 
suoh  an  indescribable  emphasis  ou  the  first 
syllable.  That  was  before  wo  lived  in  Collage 
ltow  or  had  attained  to  the  dignity  of  a  peda¬ 
gogue  In  the  family.  My  father  was  a  stone 
mason,  as  was  Mr.  Jon  Kb.  Mr.  Smith  whs  a 
boss  carpel)  I  or,  so  the  socia  l  scale  was  about 
evenly  balanced  In  our  families. 

Years  ago,  before  Cottage  Row  was  dreamed 
of,  or  even  our  nourishing  village  of  Bolden 
had  acquired  a  name,  the  wilderness  some¬ 
where  around  us  hud  been  the  scene  ol'  a  not 
quite  bloodless  battle,  and  though  In  the  eyes 
ot  those  stern,  In-earnest  Revolutionary  sol¬ 
dier.-*,  it  must  have  seemed  ihe  merest  scratch 
on  the  face  of  the  war,  yet  having  no  falls,  or 
care,  or  other  present  curiosity.  Bolden  must 
needs  have  a  battle  ground.  Tradition  bad 
grown  rather  foggy  about  tho  exact  locality, 
but  It.  was  generally  supposed  the  almost  inac¬ 
cessible  summit  of  a  hill  some  rour  miles  dis¬ 
tant,  the  spot  where  the  British  encamped  for 
the  night,  to  find  by  tho  duwnlng  light  the 
Yankees  climbing  like  squirrels  up  the  perpen¬ 
dicular  banks,  to  have  been  unable  to  bring 
tb/dr  two  guns  to  a  light  slant,  and  so  retreated 
in  dismay,  leaving  the  hill  and  the  guns  to  their 
captives.  At  all  events,  It  was  to  this  hill  that 
our  orators  Invariably  addressed  their  loftiest 
bursts  ot  eloquence  and  their  wildest  gestures. 

"  hen  out  good  people  had  seen  fit  to  celebrate 
(he  anniversary  of  the  momentous  occasion. 

For  we  had  had  celebrations  many  and  di¬ 
verse,  from  a  lew  i  n.  pi'ii os  imd  sky  rockets  to 
imposing  processions  and  Thomas  Qrn  i.uioui. 
lift  for  an  orator,  though  everybody  confessed 
that  worthy  editor  might  bettor  have  written 
his  speech  and  let.  some  kind  friend  read  it  for 
film.  But  this  year  wo  were  to  outdo  ul!  the 
past.  Our  one  village  paper  had  hardly  type 
large  enough  to  announce  the  important,  per¬ 
sona  coming.  Celebrities  of  all  ranks,  from  a 
New  York  pickpocket  (on  a  large  scale,  of 
course  )  to  n  Major-fierieral :  even  the  Presi¬ 
dent  “  was  expected.”  He  hud  been  invited 
truly.  One  of  our  citizens  had  once  been  in 
Washington  and  passed  through  tho  White 
House,  and  another’s  first  wife  had  once  at, 
fended  school  with  the  President's  cousin. 
Beth  claims  wore  duly  set,  forth  in  a  petition 
signed  by  ninety-nine  names,  deal  ring  hie  au- 
spioious  presence,  and  none  knew  until  the 
morning  of  the  groat  day  tliut  *•  executive  du¬ 
ties  rendered  it  impossible,'’  though  tho  Im¬ 
portant  missive  had  Iain  snugly  iu  the  desk  of 
tue  B.'ldon  President  more  Umu  a  week  •,  the 
crowd  would  be  greater. 

Friday  before  tho  10th  we  were  all  around  the 
dluuertable  us  usual,  and  of  course  there  was 
but  on*  topic.  “It  seems  to  mo,”  Said  mother, 
with  a  sigh— mother  was  given  to  sighing— 

”  that  there  are  a  great  many  play-days  this 
year.  Tbei'e  was  the  Fourth,  of  course;  there 
wasn’t  anything  particular  going  on,  but  then 
all  lost  the  day;  then  there  was  the  ..unday 


School  excursion,  aDd  we  all  went ;  and  there 
was  Decoration  Day  tn  May,  and  the  Island  ex¬ 
cursion,  when  t  hree  of  the  children  went,  and 
It  seems  to  me,  if  wo  go  on  in  this  way,  we  shall 
never  have  that  house  of  our  own.  Beside,  it 
tiros  and  frets  one  so.” 

"Tbat’a  so,”  said  Maria,  the  oldest  of  the 
Crook  wells  ;  “  I  wish  to-morrow  was  over.” 

"1  don’t,”  cried  Johnny  JrrMPCP,  the  young¬ 
est  of  the  family  name.  “  I  ll  be  more’n  jolly. 
Jim  Wallace  says  the  procession  will  roach 
clear  from  here  to  the  battle  ground.” 

“  Nonsense,”  said  Will. 

“What. a  dust!”  Ihdh-ii ted  mother.  I  knew 
she  was  thinking  of  Johnny’s  clean  white  suit. 

“f  have  been  thinking,”  said  tho  father, 
gravely— he  was  id  ways  grave— “of  trying  a 
new  plan.  Let's  set*  how  much  tv  a  lost*  by  to¬ 
morrow.  There's  my  $4,  and  Will  and  James 
have  each  f?  for  helping  me— that  makes  $8. 
Marla  has  ?1  in  tier  school,  and  LUCY  $1  at  the 
shop— that  makes  $10  in  all.  Now  isn't,  there 
some  way  of  getting  more  solid  comfort  out  of 
that  than  in  all  the  powder  and  fuss  and  dust 
of  to-morrow?” 

“  But  school  don't  keep,  father,”  said  Maiua. 

*'  1  heard  Mules  say  ho  would  give  any  one  a 
dollar  to  wait  on  his  loo  cream  rooms  to-mor¬ 
row.  lie  wants  extra  girls,”  spoke  up  Will. 
Will  always  thought  Just  as  his  father  did. 

All  were  quiet  until  Johnny  broke  out; 
“You  don’t  mean  no  celebration,  pa?” 

“Wouldn’t  it  be  just  as  nice,  Johnny,  for 
mother  to  take  you  and  Susie  out  to  Aunt  El¬ 
sie's  and  spend  the  day?”  Aunt  Elsie  was 
lame,  so  was  always  at  borne.  She  lived  a  little 
way  out,  and  the  thought  of  the  chickens  and 
pet  calf  brought  Johnny  and  .Susie  out  of  their 
aprons,  behind  which  they  bad  retired,  though 
It  took  a  good  many  more  words  to  quite  recon¬ 
cile  thorn  to  tlx*  plan,  for  such  it  became  at 
last..  A  t'tcr  we  Imd  got  the  children  quiet  James 
said;— ”  But,  father,  I  don't  quite  see!  We 
shall  put  the  money  right  In  with  the  rest  and 
it  will  all  go,  and  at  tiie  end  of  the  year  we 
shall  not  know  that  we  arc  any  better  off  after 
all." 

No,”  said  father,  “  I  propose  that  we  form 
a  company,  and  put  our  gains  all  together,  and 
then  decide  on  some  mutual  plan  of  expending 
for  Ihe  mutual  good.  Wo  will  say  uothlng  of 
the  negative  gains  from  what  we  will  not  ex¬ 
pend  In  fiuft  and  confections,  but.  the  actual 
increase.  Wo  will  try  to  get  $10  worth  of  good 
that  will  last,” 

So  it  was  settled.  Maria  called  that  very 
noon  at  Mr.  Mules  and  secured  tho  place,  and 
I  enguged  to  go  back  to  my  shop-work,  where 
w«  were  much  driven  just  then. 

But  Mr.  Jones’  and  Mr.  Smith’s  ?  Mrs.  Smith 
came  in  after  tea.  and  to  her  mother  told  of  the 
fact  that  we  did  not  celebrate.  She  was  so  u 
t onl. shed  :  I  had  almost  said  horrified. 

"Why,  I  would  not  miss  It  for  anything'!  Tt 
will  be  so  delightful.  Ju»t  think  <»!  all  t  he  peo¬ 
ple  and  the  dresses,  and  the  President  too,  and 
all  the  Generals.  Perhaps  we'd  even  speak  |o 
some  of  'em." 

”  Well,  they're  men,  I  sui  pose?”  said  mother. 
“Of  course  I  but  there!  How  fuuny  of  you, 
Mrs.  ChOokwell.  They  wouldu’t  seem  like 
the  same,  you  know." 

Jane  Smith  worked  In  the  same  shop  with 
me,  and  wo  walked  home  together. 

“  My  head  has  boon  full  ol'  it  for  a  week,”  she 
said.  “  I  .hall  have  to  sit  up  till  12  to-night,  at 
least,  to  finish  off  ruy  new  suit—  white  nmsliu, 
all  ruffles,  uud  the  loveliest  blue  sash,  pinked, 
you  ever  »eo.” 

“  You'll  be  tired  to  begin  with,"  I  said. 

’*  Ob,  that's  nothing;  it's  pleasure  you  know.” 

“  Lot  seems  to  am  it  don't  pay,  I  answered, 
for  I  was  beginning  to  look  through  father's 
spectacles. 

"My!  what  an  old-fashioned  idea!”  she  ex¬ 
claimed.  “  Why,  what  do  people  live  for  now¬ 
adays  ?  I'll  be  bound,  I  won't  bo  any  more 
tired  t  han  those  grand  ladies  that  spend  their 
days  in  i brewing  and  shopping  and  their  nights 
exhibiting,  and  yet  are  uuder  the  doctor’s  care 
all  the  time." 

There  was  no  use  In  trying  to  convince  Jane. 

Mrs.  Jones,  a  weak,  worn-out  little  woman, 
sighed,  and  wished  she  could  do  as  mother  wus 
going  to  and  get  a  day  ot  rest,  but  would  no 
more  have  thought  of  suggesting  it  to  her  noisy 
tribe  I  ban  of  turning  t  he  course  of  the  sun. 

By  early  dawn  everybody  was  astir,  we  with 
t  lie  rest.  After  a  good  breakfast  and  a  quick 
clearing  up,  mother  set.  off  with  t  he  two  oh  II- 
<li\  n,  for  fathers'  and  the  boys'  w  ork  Jay  In  (be 
same  direction,  and  they  could  be  company 
and  carry  Susie  souie,  who  was  not  strong. 
Cottage  Row  was  on  the  edge  of  the  village,  so 
Maria  and  1  could  watch  them  walking  out  so 
blithe  and  strong  between  tho  borders  of  dewj 
grass  In  the  fresh  morning  ulr.  Then  we  fas- 
tened  all  the  windows  and  doors  ami  went  off 
1o  our  work.  I  cannot  say  but.  the  shuproom 
scorned  narrow  and  close  when  I  iound  I  was 
to  be  the  only  occupant  for  the  day;  but  the 
sun  rose  higher  and  higher,  ami  when  1  ran  to 
the  upper  window  to  see  the  procession  pass,  l 
must  say  I  did  not  envy  them-the  sun  shone 
down  so  pitilessly  hot  upon  their  Leads  and  the 
dust  in  such  clouds  about  them.  I  saw  Jane 
b.\UT u  too.  but  so  obscured  In  dust,  that  her 
dress  lookeu  gray  already.  I  could  hear  the 
bond  often  during  the  day,  and  1  learned  that 
the  President  did  not  come.  At  the  usual  time 
I  wept  home,  and  as  Maria  had  only  hired  for 


the  day  I  met  her,  and  we  walked  on  together. 
She  said  she  was  no  mono  tired  than  after  sumo 
Schooldays,  that  her  room  had  been  cool  and 


she  w  as  well  satisfied.  People  were  going  home 
now,  those  who  would  not  stay  for  tho  fire 
works;  they  looked  tired  enough,  for  it  was  one 
of  the  hottest  of  summer  days. 

We  had  supper  ready  when  tho  rest  came, 
the  children  ho  happy  over  n  little  motherless 
duck  A unt  Elsie  had  given  them,  as  to  quite 
have  forgotten  what  eventful  day  it  had  boon 
”  Country  air  agrees  with  you,  mother,"  said 
Maria.  “  You  look  fresh  as  a  roHO." 

“I  have  had  a  delightful  day.”  mother  an 
ewered.  “  Tho  children  were  so  good,  and  there 
Miis  no  fear  of  (  heir  being  hurt.  In  that  quiot 
place.  It  has  been  such  a  restful  day.” 

Jane  Smith  looked  in  a  minute.  “You  arc 
goiug  to  the  fireworks,  of  course  ?” 

“ 1  don’t  know,”  I  said.  "  We  can  see  all  the 
good  ones  here.  It  looks  like  rain.” 

“  You  look  tired  out,  Jane,”  said  mother. 

“1  never  was  so  tired  in  my  life,"  was  the 
reply,  **  and  I  am  so  dusty  and  my  head  aches.” 

“Don’t  go  any  more,  Jane,” said  I.  “8t,ay 
here  this  evening,  it  Is  so  much  more  quiet." 

“Oh,  I  wouldn’t  for  anything!”  was  the  an¬ 
swer. 

\\  hat  strange  ideas  some  people  have  of 
pleasure."  said  father,  after  Jane  had  gone. 

“  They  think  it  Is  found  only  iu  perpetual  ex¬ 
citement.  And  that,  girl  has  worked  harder 
to-day  than  in  any  three  washing  days,  has 
undergone  more  discomfort,  and  yet  to-night 
Hatter.-;  herself  that  it  has  been  a  day  of  pleas¬ 
ure." 

By-and-by  Me  each  gave  into  father's  hands 
the  wages  of  that  day,  and  deliberated  how  to 
spend  it.  Finally,  wo  decided  to  indulge  in  the 
luxury  of  a  Rural  New- Yorker  for  a  year, 
and  with  the  remainder  to  buy  a  set  of  pretty 
hanging  book  shelves  for  the  sitt  ing  room. 

The  next  morning  Jane  was  late  ut  the  simp 
und  cross  enough  then.  The  rain  bad  cornel 
before  the  fireworks  were  over,  her  dross  shorn 
of  its  beauty,  her  sash  ruined.  Beside,  she 
caught  cold,  and  her  head  ached.  She  said  In  r 
mother  was  BO  cross  she  could  not  stay  at  homo 
to  rest,  even  if  she  had  not  been  afraid  or  los¬ 
ing  her  place  In  the  Hiop.  I  went  past  Mrs. 
Jo  new’  at  noon.  Mrs.  Jones  M  at  over  t  he  wash- 
t  ub  and  fretting  at  t  he  children  iu  very  audible 
tones.  Ilow  bright  and  peaceful  every  one  at 
home  looked  ! 

But  It  Mas  not  until  the  year  rolled  around 
and  another  ann'versary—  though  a  quiet,  one 
this  time  came  round  that  I  knew  all  the  wort  h 
of  our  purchase.  James  and  I  Mere  walking 
home  from  the  office  with  a  new  Rural,  when 
he  Bald:  ”  LUCY,  that  Investment  of  ours  a 
year  ago  was  a  fortunate  thing  for  me.  No¬ 
body  at  home  knew,  but  1  was  growing  just  a 
touch  wild;  liked  to  be  out  evenings,  uud  not 
always  in  the  wisest  of  eoinpuny,  hanging 
around  saloons  ns  late  as  I  dared,  and  even 
learning  to  smoke.  After  this  paper  began  to 
come  it  kept  me  at  home  more,  and  I  liked  to 
mad  it.  Then  those  boon  shelves  u'ere  too 
empty,  and  every  time  1  saw  them  it  struck  me 
they  ought  to  bo  filled,  and  instead  of  spending 
mV  money  in  treats  of  candy  and— and— yes, 
pops  and  such,  I  made  up  my  mind  to  buy 
books.  You  know  I’ve  got  t  hree  already.  And 
noM'  1  mean  to  fill  It,  and  read  them  too,  and, 
who  knows?  Perhaps  I  may  do  something  he¬ 
ebie  carrying  hod  yet.” 

Who  knows?  Father  says  J  a  mes  can  take  a 
better  place  to-day  th  in  lie— all  of  the  knowl¬ 
edge;  and  James  says  licit  wise  “celebration 
day  investment,”  as  we  call  it,  may  make  him 
one  of  the  M  orld's  workers  yet. 


$abhth  Reading. 


SEEDS. 


Broadcast  over  tho  world  wc  sow 
Seeds  of  evti,  seed*  of  good  j 
Weak  aod  powerful,  high  and  low. 

I  .inked  In  human  brotherhood. 
What  we  scatter  we  never  know ; 

Out  of  small  tilings  come  the  grout; 
Weeds  spring  up  and  daffodtlB  blow. 
Harvests  rtpon  early  and  late. 

Sown  in  gladness  or  sown  in  pain. 

Fra  lest  ecedings  strike  firm  root. 
Quick  to  vigor  and  growth  atfolo, 
Baaring  sweet  or  hi i tor  fruit. 

Never  one  do  we  drop  tn  vain. 

Each,  recorded,  angels  keep. 

Softly  counting  the  loss  or  gain 
Men  therefrom  wilt  sometime  reap. 

Drones  or  workers  tn  life  V  boehlvc— 
All  we  do  or  leave  undone, 

Duti-p  that  for  fulfillment  strive. 

Things  tin  perfect,  Just  begun, 
Seed-llko,  after  us  sill  survive. 

Woo  to  careless  nand  or  heart ! 
Weed*  and  thistles  the  swiftest  tkrlvo. 
Rarest  buds  are  slow*  to  stai  t. 

Noble  action,  or  word,  or  thought. 
Helps  another  to  the  light, 

Guides  him  into  the  path  ho  Bought, 
Teaches  what  Is  best  and  right. 

Work  in  secret  and  silence  wrought  , 
Foolish  words  unthinking  sold, 

Kiich  with  blessings  or  curses  fraught. 
Influence  eternal  said. 

Broadcast  over  tho  world  wc  sow 
Seeds  of  evil,  seeds  of  good. 

Heedless  trample  and  grind  them  low, 
Life's  true  aim  misunderstood. 

What  we  scatter  we  never  know  ; 

Out  of  sun  II  things  coino  tho  great, 
Weeds  spring  up  and  daffodils  blow, 
Nature's  law  Inviolate. 


SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 

The  houoo-tiy  is  not  generally  regarded  as  a 
tall  insect,  but  is  a  “six-footer”  nevertheless. 

A  YOUNG  man  mTjo  ket*p„  a  collection  of  locks 
of  hair  of  his  lady  friends  calls  them  his  ”  hair¬ 
breadth  'scapes." 

A  poetic  Hibernian  explains  that  love  is 
commonly  spoken  of  us  a  “  tiatue”  becahse  it’s 
a  “  tinder  sintlment.” 

An  Irishman  being  asked  in  court  for  his  cer¬ 
tificate  of  marriage,  showed  a  big  gear  on  his 
I  toad  about  the  size  ol  u  small  shovel. 

The  creditors  of  an  absconding  Yankee  found, 
on  opening  his  safe,  that  (he  old)  thing  he  had 
laid  up  for  a  rainy  day  was  an  umbrella. 

'It’S  really  very  odd  my  dear,”  said  an  old 
lady  one  very  hot  day  to  a  friend,  “  I  can’t  bear 
the  heat  in  summer,  and  in  winter  I  love  it.” 

Jones,  bciuc  told  that  he  looked  seedy,  and 
asked  wind  business  tic  M-as  in,  replied,  “The 
*  kard  wear'  business- look  ut  my  wardrobe.” 

Why  is  Julius  t'msar  supposed  to  be  tho 
strongest  military  man  in  the  M-orid  ?— Because 
lie  “threw  his  entire  army  across  the  Rubicon.” 

A  faithful  brother  lu  a  Fairchild,  Connecti¬ 
cut,  church,  recently  prayed  for  the  absent, 
members  “  w  ho  were  prostrate  on  beds  of  sick¬ 
ness  and  chairs  of  Wellness.” 

"  .Small  thanks  to  you,  sir,”  said  a  piiimiff  to 
me  of  bis  witnesses,  “for  whatyou  said  in  (he 
•au.se.”  “  Ab.  sir,"  suid  the  conscientious  w  it¬ 
ness,  “  but  just  think  of  what  x  didn't  say  l  ” 
Auominatiokb  at  seaside  hotels Matches 
that  won  t  light,  *.  jap  that  won't  wuah*  lowe.s 
con  expending  in  size  to  napkins,  dies  in  soup, 
s  ind  in  water-pi  teller,  and  looking-glassed 
fearfully  and  wonderfully  made.” 

When  you  see  a  bare-beaded  man  billowing 
a  cow  through  the  front  gate,  and  filling  the 
air  with  garden  implements  and  profanity,  you 
may  know  that  bis  cabbage  plants  have  been 
set  out. 


TILE  MARCH  OF  PROVIDENCE. 


THE  BIBLE. 


Blessed  be  God  that  there  is  at  least  one 
thing  thoroughly  superhuman,  supernatural  in 
this  world  ;  something  which  stands  out  from 
und  above  ‘‘the  law*  of  natutc,”  something 
visible  and  audible  to  link  us  with  Him  whose 
lace  wc  see  not,  and  whose  voice  w«  near  not, 
Mhut  a  blank  would  there  be  here  if  only  this 
one  fragment  of  thedivine,  now  venerable  both 
m  ith  wisdom  and  age,  were  to  disappear  from 
the  midst  of  us;  ojfcwliat  Is  the  same  thing, 
the  discovery  were  to  be  made  that  this  ancient 
volume  is  not  the  unearthly  thing  w  hich  men 
have  deemed  tt,  but,  ut  the  highest  estimate,  a 
mere  fragment  from  the  great  block  of  human 
thought— perhaps  according  to  another  esti¬ 
mate,  a  mere  relic  of  superstition  1  There  i.i 
but  one  book,  and  wo  shall  one  day  know  this 
alien  that  which  Is  human  shall  pass  away 
(like  (he  mists  from  some  Lebanon  peak),  and 
leave  that  which  is  divine  to  stand  out  and  to 
shine  out  ulone  iu  its  unhidden  grandeur.— 
Uorat  ill*  Honor,  D.  D. 


GETTING  RID  OF  SLPT. 


It  Is  a  delusion  to  think  of  getting  rid  of  sin  as 
a  whole  when  you  are  not  willing  to  part  with 
It  in  particular.  What  is  conversion  or  e  incti- 
fioation  but  au  abandonment  of  our  evils?  And, 
If  you  are  not  willing  to  set  about  rooting  up 
covetotraneea,  overreaching  in  trade,  corrupt¬ 
ing  pleasures,  envy,  malice,  hatred,  or  any  other 
evil  passion  or  band,  how  can  you  expect  the 
more  general  purification  of  being  &auctiiled? 
Our  ideas  of  the  general  change  implied  by  tho 
terms  conversion,  regeneration  and  sanctifica¬ 
tion  arc*  totullj'  false  if  we  exp^ot.  to  rea.  h  It 
except  as  we  give  up  one  sin  after  another,  as 
fast  end  as  fur  as  they  come  to  our  view.  When 
the  prodigal  came  to  hlmsell,  he  first  set  about 
looking  b is  sins  squarely  in  the  face,  and  to 
trace  to  them  the  miseries  he  was  (suffering, 
lie  next  roSe  up,  went  to  his  father,  made  his 
confession,  and  thus  became  a  reformed  man 
through  successive  Stages,  und  did  not  Malt  to 
know  the  Whole  by  a  single  effort.— Dr.  Church,. 

- - 1 

No  one  over  knew  what  friends  were  worth 
until  they  had  lived  without  them. 


If  we  turn  our  eyes  to  history,  we  shall  find 
that  ail  tho  great  developments  of  the  human 
mind  have  timed  to  Ihe  advantage  of  society 
—alt  the  great  struggles  of  humanity  to  tho  good 
of  mankind.  If  is  not,  indeed,  Immediately 
i  hat  these  effects  take  place ;  age*  often  elapse, 
u  i  iu  m  Kind  obst  no  Jen  intervene,  before  they  arc 
fully  developed;  but  when  no  survey  a  long 
course  of  ages,  we  sec  that  all  fia«  boon  accom¬ 
plished.  Tho  inarch  of  Providence  is  not  sub¬ 
jected  to  narrow  limits ;  it  caroe  not  to  develop 
to-day  t  in  consequences  of  a  principle  which  it 
liu*  established  yesterday ;  1c  will  bring  them 
lorth  in  age-,  when  the  appointed  hour  has  ar¬ 
rived  ;  and  la  nut  the  less  sure  that  it  is  slow. 
The  throne  of  the  Almighty  rests  on  time— it 
in  uches  through  Its  boundless  expanse  as  tho 
gods  of  Homer  thru  igh  a  space—  It  makes  a  step 
and  ages  have  passed  away.  How  many  centu- 
i;c«  elapsed,  how  many  changes  ensued,  before 
the  regeneration  of  the  inner  man.  by  mcanaof 
Christianity,  exercised  on  t  he  social  state  its 
great  and  salutary  influence !  Nevertheless,  it 
bus  at  length  succeeded.  No  one  can  mistake 
its  effects  ut  this  time.— Guizot, 


?TD 


my.  § 


MOORE’S  RURAL  MEW -  YORKER. 


FORGET  ME  OS  REMEMBER. 

BY  EMMA  BURT. 

'Tis  trod,  sweethcftrt,— the  sea  Is  wWo-k»  wide— 
And  tp  jo  It  Is  that  interests  beside 
As  deep  sue!  wide  as  »••*»«  may  interpose— 

Wllfit  ftT  'S  the  corning  yenrs  cvalv©— GOD  knew*!— 
To  oroc  i  !i;  fro  to  your  heart.  Oo  free,  go  tree  ! 
Fveo  i! p  too  w-.n-ihi  tbttt  sweep  across  your  sea  j 
7  litild  von  not.  Tiro  universe  of  llioneht, 

0 i  beauty,  Halil  and  tenderness  besought. 

’  Of  you  i  indeed,  indeed,  i  bold  you  uot  t 
One  flay  the  measure  of  yonr  soul  I  caught 
Jilts  mountain  eloft—r avoiding  vales  below. 

Do  I  fOl  jrct  ?  I.  n-uu during,  looked,  and  lo  I 
1  raw  therein  one  crowned ;  and  yet,  and  yet, 

I  bold  yrn  not-rmiii  ulber  Or  forget. 

Jto  realm  I  atk,  to  Buffrngo  Cruvo  forsooth  ; 

No  bomogo  h>  efl—  »ur«  that  of  peerless  truth. 

)f  pUU  calls  to  spirit  there  will  bo 
Dominion  wider  than  eternity. 

Then  forgot  me  or  remember  us  you  will 
Though  1  bold  you  not.  I  bless  you  ever— still 
Ton  will— forget  ine— not. 


A  GLIMPSE  OF  THE  LAND  OF  FLOWERS, 


•by  anna  cleaves. 


As  I  sit  musing  In  the  wurra  sunshine  on  the 
banks  of  the  St.  John,  drinking  in  the  beauty  | 
of  the  everlasting  verdure  that  surrounds  mo,  ' 
I  cannot  but  sigh  for  those  less  fortunate  than  1 
myself,  who  are  doomed  to  hibernate  during  f 
thi'  winter  In  the  cold,  rigid  land  of  the  North.  1 
He  who  knows  not  the  luxury  of  a  Florida  4 
wilder,  can  never  fully  realise  tlie  delightful  | 
influence  It  has  on  the  mind  and  body,  especial-  1 
]y  of  one  who,  like  the  bird  Of  summer,  sings 
his  sweetest  when  the  »ky  is  fairest.  Here  aro  * 
no  -mow-covered  bills  with  their  stunted  ver¬ 
dure;  no  mountain  streams  locked  in  an  icy  1 
embrace;  and  no  chilling  blasts  to  sweep  over 
the  frozen  plains.  In  their  stead  arc  vast  tracts  ' 
of  aromatic  pines,  and  orange  groves  whose  1 
sweet  perfume,  like  perpetual  incense,  ever 
floats  over  the  land.  1 

Here, throughout  tho  season,  the  glory  of  vtn© 
fin<J  blossom  reveals  itself  In  every  glade  and 
hammock,  making  the  forest  to  smile  In  its 
loveliness.  At  my  feet  In  blooming  tha  beauti¬ 
ful  little  “wayside,”  whose  delicate,  white 
blossoms,  like  cushion  of  stars,  are  looking 
up  Into  my  faoe  with  so  pure  and  sweet  a 
smile  that  I  cannot  yield  lo  the  temptation  of 
plucking  tho  tiny  things,  but  with  a  tender 
waving  of  tho  bands  above  thorn,  softly whis¬ 
per  “  Bloom  on— bloom  on— arid  bless  the  for- 
oat  with  your  purity !" 

All  around  mo,  nestling  amid  tho  sand  and 
coarse,  wild  grass,  aro  myriads  of  bright-eyed 
daisies  of  varied  hues,  peeping  from  their  hid¬ 
ing  places,  a-blush  with  unconscious  beauty. 
At  my  right  is  a  solitary  white  Illy,  whose  cell- 
,ui'\  boll-like  blossom  scorns  about  to  chime 
forth  a  low,  sweet  melody  to  tire  unseen  fairies 
that  perchance  may  bo  loitering  beneath  Us 
pendant  charms.  It  my  loot  rise*  a  wealth  of 
yollow  Jasmine  dinging  to  the  palmetto,  and 
f.ivrtle  ebrub-s  in  tangled  tunas**  of  knot*  and 
loops  and  festoons.  Hero,  it  Cover-  an  unsight¬ 
ly  stump;  or,  reaching  out  Its  tendrils.  It  forms 
triumphal  arches  and  shady  bowers,  as  if  to  woo 
mo  to  tirolr  isaeot  retreats.  And  Ju.'t  above  my 
head  droop  the  feather- like  branches  of  the 
date  palm  ;  near  it  is  tho  sturdy  cocoa,  the  Uu> 
urlunt  banana,  ibo  great  flaming  uragnoliu  und 
the  rich  foliage  of  the  bay— all  glistening  in  the 
sunlight  that  shimmers  upon  them  through  the 
overhanging  branches  of  the  pluc  trees.  Here 
the  little  warblers  of  the  North  join  their  old 
companions  of  warmer  climes  and  brighter 
plumage,  to  trill  forth  their  street  love  songs. 
O',  but  to  lister,  to  these  joyous  strains,  w  hose 
Hjont-uieous out  burst*  reach  through  the  wood¬ 
land,  pausing  one  tu  forgot  the  misery  In  the 
world,  and  brliHug  heaven  so  near  that  it  seems 
hut  u  step  to  enter  in  through  tho  gate  of  gold 
and  jasper. 

“  Return  to  the  North  ?"  No,  no  I  let  me  lin¬ 
ger  here  mid  the  pine  woods,  or  wander  along 
the  shining  beach  of  tho  coast  line,  searching 
for  the  rare  treasures  that,  He  hidden  in  itB 
snowy  dunes,  or  gathering  the  pearly  shells 
tliat  lie  heaped  in  wondrous  windrows  in  the 
shift  ing  sand.  Let  me  float  in  the  dainty  skiff 
on  the  calm  waters  of  l  lie  Gulf,  or  Biscay  no  Bay, 
In  search  or  tho  various  species  of  the  sponge, 
coral  a nd  sea urch ins.  What  u  wealth  of  treas¬ 
ure  line  in  every  fathom  of  these  enchaining 
waters ! 

!  i:  i , i*'t  enw  the  unrestrained  liberty  of  the 
feathered  tribe,  as  I  watch  tue  crane. and  the 
pelican  s  liu  over  the  surface  of  the  water*,  or 
wander  at  will  along  the  marshes  and  shallows. 
With  t't<  in  I  would  rest  upon  the  white-capped 
waves,  or  nestle  in  the  branches  of  the  dark, 
luxuriant  mangrove.  I  would  soar  over  the 
vast  extent  of  the  everglades,  peering  Into  every 
nook  and  cavern,  and  spying  out  the  beautiful 
air  plants,  lichens  and  waving  banners  of 
moss,  and  feast  upon  the  perfume  of  tho  night- 
blooming  coroiiH,  as  I  qucuOhed.  my  thirst  In 
i  lie  springs  and  healing  fountains.  I  would 
alight  lu  tho  loftiest  cocoas,  then  Soar  a  Way  to 
the  distant  grove  ;  and  sip  nectar  from  the  gol- 
d"n  (Mips  of  tho  orange. 

“Return  to  the  North?”  No,  no !  leave  me 
liorc  where  tho  fleecy  cloud-banks  are  tipped 
with  the  rays  of  tho  setting  eun  ;  where  I  can 
breathe  tho  iOft,  balmy  air  that  comes  over  the 


Gulf,  laden  with  health  and  happiness;  and 
where  the  glad  sunshine  revels  In  unwonted 
splendor,  infusing  new  life  and  joy  into  this 
department  of  God's  beautiful  creation. 

. — - ♦  ♦♦ - 

A  LESSON  FOR  WOMEN. 

— 

Pear  ROral  Rkadihh  If  you  will  look  on 
page  19  of  the  Rural  Nkw -Yorker,  for  July 
5th,  1873,  yon  will  And,  at  the  bottom  of  the 
left-hand  side,  tho  following  l — “  Ono  of  the 
lessons  a  woman  roost  rarely  learns  is  never  to 
talk  to  a  drunken  or  angry  mm,"  or  “angry 
or  drunken  man,"  whh  hcver  way  It  is. 

When  one  bitter  word  stirs  up  two  more  hit¬ 
ter— when  tho  dove-eyed  fairies  take  wing,  and 
the  unholy  imps  rush  In  to  wink  and  blink  de¬ 
struction— it  Is  at  such  a  time  a*  this  the  “  soft 
answer"  is  to  the  troubled  soul  what  oil  is 
on  tho  troubled  wave.  Strike  the  harmonic 
chords  of  big  nature  whether  angry  or  drunk¬ 
en,  w  hether  drunken  or  angry  “  neap  coals  of 
Are  on  his  head,’*  after  tho  manner  of  kindness, 
and  if  OPS  grain  of  true  manliness  is  In  him  it 
may  take  root  and  hear  tenfold. 

One  of  t  lie  strangest  thing-  on  record  is  that 
man  which  la  Isolde  brow  broad  arid  fair,  man¬ 
ner  pleasing,  hand  betimes  willing  tu  scatter 
blessings  nt  our  feet  should  so  belittle  him¬ 
self  as  to  wallow  in  bis  debauchery  like  pigs  in 
tho  mire.  And  1  suppose  the  woman  who  is 
specially  interested  in  that,  man.  whether  she 
be  mother,  sister  or  w  ife,  would  quench  rather 
than  waken  strife;  the  better  angels  or  Ids 
being,  wakening,  might  rally  to  beckon  him 
back  tii  the  throne  of  Id*  manhood.  And  the. 
angry  man— well,  what  of  him?  He  is  no  doubt 
thoroughly  in  earnest,  and  if  you  can  keep  out 
of  his  way  till  his  emotion  cools  off,  you  will 
feel  «»  safe  (may  be)  as  if  you  bad  not  been  in 
his  reach. 

Of  course  we  expect  woman,  In  her  weakness, 
to  do  many  things  which  luck  wisdom ;  but  man 
—  majestic,  strong-minded,  powerful  l— drink 
not  so  deep  from  your  cup  of  dissipation  us  to 
tumble  your  power  and  your  majesty  in  the 
ditch.  If  you  bold  the  .  cptor  of  superiority 
over  the  weaker  vessel,  then  -wav  that  scepter 
with  dignity,  and  lot  not.  your  mother,  your  sis¬ 
ter,  your  wife  or  your  daughter,  blush  at  tho 
record  of  your  manhood.  It  was  a  tradition  of 
the  early  Indians  that  over  the  destiny  of  all 
earthly  beings,  by  guardian  angels  suspended, 
in  each  band  a  crown,  one  made  of  t  horns  and 
the  other  of  roses,— that  when  we  did  a  noble, 
self-sacrificing  act,  from  the  crown  of  thorns  « 
thorn  was  plucked,  and  in  its  stead  a  rose  was 
placed  ;  find  for  each  moan  and  petty  act,  from 
the  crown  of  roses  a  rose  was  taken,  and  111  its 
stead  ft  thorn  was  placed.  So  tho  guardian 
angola  kept  tliclr  record. 

Whet  aro  wo  doing?  Arc  wo  filling  our  crowu 
of  rosea  with  thorns,  or  otherwise?  f.  f. 


CHILDREN  ON  THE  SHORE. 

When  building  little  tious.es  oo  the  sands. 

We  are  making  little  rooms  very  gay. 

We  are  busy  with  our  hearts  and  our  hands. 

We  are  sorry  that  t./io  time  flits  away. 

Oh,  why  uro  the  minutes  in  such  haste  T 
Oh,  why  won't  they  lcuvo  u:.  to  Our  play  ? 

Our  lesson*  and  our  tncals  are  such  waste ! 

Wo  can  iJIdo  very  well  another  day. 

We  do  not  mind  tho  tide  coming  In,— 

We  can  dig  It  a  conning  little  bod. 

Or  leave  our  pretty  house  and  begin 
Another  pretty  house  In  its  stead ; 

We  do  not.  mind  the  min  in  our  eyes. 

When  it  makes  such  a.  daz/le  of  tho  world. 
That  we  cannot  tell  the  aea  from  the  skies. 

Nor  look  where  the  flying  drops  arc  hurled. 

The  shells  that  wo  gather  are  so  fair. 

The  hirds  and  tho  clouds  aro  »<>  kind. 

And  the  wind  1*  so  merry  with  our  hair,— 

It  is  only  the  1‘tuvK  that  we  mlndl 
Papa,  if  you  corue  SO  vary  near, 

Wt  can’t  build  the  library  to-day  . 

We  think  you  aro  tired  of  being  here, 

.it  nd,  perhaps,  you  would  like  to  go  away. 

There  uro  Just  one  or  two  we  won’t  refuse, 

It'  they  come  by  lo  help  us  now  and  then  ; 

But  we  want  only  fr'ends  to  be  of  use. 

And  not  all  those  Idle  grown-up  tuca ; 
Perhaps.  If  we  hurry  very  ruuch, 

Aud  don’t  lose  an  instant  of  the  day. 

There’ll  be  time  for  tho  hist  lovely  touch 
Before  the  soft  sweep*  It  all  uwuy. 

Oh,  children,  -  thus  working  with  tho  heart  1 
There's  nothing  so  terrible  as  rest ; 

Plan  only  how  all  muy  take  u  purt  j 
it’s  easy  for  each  to  do  his  best. 

Tho  sea  sweeping  up  lit  sot  of  sun, 

Can  never  make  your  lull  be  in  vain  ; 

It  covers  the  things  that  you  have  d"iie, 

But  the  Joy  of  the  doing  shall  remain. 

[Poem*  )or  a  Child. 


times,  may  think  tho  task  a  thankless  one,  be¬ 
cause  they  do  uot  see  the  fruit  ion  of  the  seed 
they  huvo  Sown.  To  all  such  let  me  say  that 
every  good  influence  exerted  to-day  will  bear 
fruit  to-morrow,  and  that  there  is  no  higher 
mission  on  earth  than  the  teacher’s. 

■  ■*  - - 

SAINT  FATTY. 

St.  Patty  was  an  orphan,  and  dwelt  in  a  oot 
with  a  sour  old  aunt.  It  chanced,  it  being  bit¬ 
ter  cold,  that  three  hunters  oaroo  and  craved 
for  meat  and  drink.  “Puck,”  said  tho  sour 
aunt;  “neither  meat  nor  drink  have  ye  here.” 
“Neither  meat  nor  drink,”  said  Patty,  “but 
something  bol  ter.”  And  she  ran  and  brought 
some  milk,  some  eggs  and  some  flour,  and  boat¬ 
ing  thorn  up,  poured  tho  batter  in  tho  pan. 
Then  she  took  tho  pan  and  tossed  tho  cake 
once;  and  then  a  robin  alighted  at  the  window, 
and  kept  singing  these  words:— “Ono  good 
turn  deserves  another.”  A  nil  l’atty  tossed  uud 
tossed  the  cakes,  and  tho  hunters  ate  their  full 
and  departed.  And  next  day  the  hunter  baron 
came  in  state  to  the  oot,  and  trumpet*  were 
blown,  and  tin  heralds  cried,  ♦'Ono  good  turn 
deserves  another.”  And  in  token  whereof 
Patty  became  the  baron's  wife,  and  pancakes 
were  eaten  on  Shrove  Tuesday  ever  after.— 
Jcrrold's  "  Five  "Isle  Saint*.  ” 

- - 

Insect  Music.— The  chirping  and  Singing  of 
cricket  and  grasshopper  arc  frequently  spoken 
of;  but  they  do  not  sing;  they  fiddle:.  By  rub¬ 
bing  legs  nod  wing*  together,  each  in  a  manner 
peculiar  to  the  species,  these  Insects  produce 
the  Hound*  which  characterize  them.  Perhaps 
our  best  insect  instrumental  performer  Is  Ibo 
“Katydid.”  Each  wing  contains  a  little  tam- 
borlne :  aud  by  the  opening  ami  shutting  of  the 
wings  those  aro  rubbed  against  each  other,  and 
produce  the  sounds  of  “  Katy-dld-she-did," 
which  can  tic  heard  at  such  a  long  distance. 


WHAT  FRENCH  LADIES  ARE  DOING. 

Fair  ladles  In  France  are  now  engaged  in 
making  applique  cushions,  applique  chairs, 
carpets,  dollies  uinl  bed  coverlet*.  Hmalt  pieces 
of  colored  doth  fall  about  the  industrious  I u 
all  Shape* aud  sizes;  cretonne  is  even  cut  out 
and  sewn  on  while  muslin  for  curtains.  Fancy 
needlework  has  gone  back  a  few  centuries  like 
all  other  fashions.  Gobelin  colors  arc  Consid¬ 
ered  the  most  desirable,  aud  all  the  tapestry 
made  is  on  very  lino  canvass.  Some  of  the 
long  otripos  made  are  works  of  art  such  us 
had  long  been  forgotten,  and  tho  hideous  shad¬ 
ing  so  touch  thought  of  for  the  last  twenty 
years  (all  bright  colors,  one  eclipsing  the  ot  her) 
is  now  looked  on  a*  untasteful.  Fresco  grays 
and  “  sanguines "  are  In  request,  and  the  de¬ 
signs  are  classical. 

Satin-stitch  embroidery  is  also  revived,  and 
as  the  trimmings  to  be  worn  by  ladles  all  next 
winter  will  bo  Louis  XIII.  galoon,  done  by 
hand,  the  diligent  should  make  a  prevision 
during  the  holidays,  which  they  can  turn  to  ad¬ 
vantage  when  t  he  autumn  styles  appear. 

What  are  Louis  XIII.  guloons?  will  be  in¬ 
quired.  They  are  an  ecru  coiuso  tape,  and  the 
work  is  what  our  gntddames  used  to  call  back¬ 
stitch  ;  it  1*  all  dune  In  green  olive  floss  of  sev¬ 
eral  shade*.  The  Russian  stitch  is  more  effect¬ 
ive.  Velvet  spencers  and  silk  aprons,  stomach¬ 
ers,  and  breteiles  will  be  trimmed  with  this 
gal  non. 

.  - - 

WHAT  WOMEN  ARE  DOING. 

Women  ju  s  gradually  coming  forward.  Their 
rights  aro  being  recognized  now  more  than  ever. 
In  the  M.  E.  Conference  ut  Indianapolis,  Ind., 
Bishop  Hlmpaon  spoke  in  favor  of  woman's  suf¬ 
frage.  Two  women  will  occupy  scuts  iu  the 
next  Wyoming  Legislature.  Gov.  Ingorsoll  of 
Connecticut  has  appointed  two  women  on  the 
Btato  Board  of  Public  Charities.  Mlse  Wood- 
lelgh  has  been  elected  to  the  Professorship  of 
Chemistry  in  the  Pennsylvania  Female  College, 
Pittsburg.  Colby  University  iu  Maine,  has  open¬ 
ed  Its  doors  to  them.  There  1*  a  young  lady 
student  in  the  Chiu  Agricultural  College.  A 
lady  has  been  appointed  superintendent  and 
teacher  of  music  of  the  public  schools  «f  West 
Itoxbury,  Massachusetts,  and  lust  but  uot  by 
any  means  least  of  the  evidences  of  woman's 
o  iword  march  to  au  active  participation  in  the 
affairs  of  society  and  the  State,  tho  Grangers 
recognize  them  as  an  efficient  atd  and  valuable 
uuxUUrv  to  their  labors  lu  carrying  out  for 
themselves  a  better  future.  That  woman  will 
skun  exert  a  mighty  influence,  in  tha  manage¬ 
ment  of  the  nation,  is  now  not  a  tpere  possibil¬ 
ity,  It  is  almost  a  certainty.  Woman’s  king¬ 
dom,  iu  America  at  least,  wtil  soon  embrace 
more  tfl.au  domestic  duties. 


A  BRIGHT  BOY  GONE 

Dear  Rural:-  I  take  great,  pleasure  in  read¬ 
ing  the  letter#  from  tbo  children,  and  thought 
I  would  write  a  few  line*  about  a  dear  pet  ol 
our*.  OiiAtlLJ E  B.  1C.  was  a  very  nice  boy,  twelve 
years  old;  very  active  and  thoughtful  for  one 
of  his  age.  lie  highly  prized  the  Rural,  and 
last  winter  he  got  a  club  of  twenty  subscriber* 
for  It.  Through  tho  spring  ai  d  summer  he 
went  to  I  bo  cheese  fuctory  with  the  milk,  near¬ 
ly  every  morning.  Mis  father  lives  near  the 
Genesee  Valiev  Canal,  and  ha*-:  the  care  of  two 
locks.  At  tbu  upper  one  little  <  uaklie  kept  a 
small  grocery,  out  of  which  he  sold  candles, 
lemon*  and  vu«el»h|ea— such  us  lettuce,  green 
pea*,  cucumbers,  ouioas,  beets  aud  potatoes. 
One  bright  Monday  morning  in  August  ho  had 
arranged  bln  little  stock  with  great  calc,  to  bo 
in  readiness  for  the  bouts  which  wero  daily 
passing.  Then  lie  wont  with  the  milk  us  usual; 
stopped  In  tho  village  a  low  moments,  Whore 
he  had  a  smile  and  pleasant  word  for  every  ono. 
After  going  home  ho  ran  to  assist  his  father, 
who  wa*  going  to  empty  the  lower  lock.  Char¬ 
lie  thought  ho  could  do  It  Just  as  well.  Hla 
father  did  not  like  to  huvo  him  go  alone,  but 
thought  he  would  watch  him.  But  when  ho 
did  not  =>oe  his  little  boy,  he  run  to  .he  lock 
and  saw  hU  flat  floating  la  tho  water.  Oh,  who 
can  imagine  the  feelings  of  those  foud  puronts 
and  grandparents  us  they  saw  tno  Ulcioss  form 
of  that  dear  one  taken  from  tho  water!  His 
body  was  laid  lu  a  beautiful  casket,  aud  as  wo 
took  ono  la.*t,  lingering  look,  >ve  thought  of 
the  vacant  chair  aud  the  many  places  In  which 
w  o  hud  boeu  accu*tomed  to  see  him.  The  pleas¬ 
ant  Voice  was  bushed— tho  many  laugh  is  beard 
uo  more.  Aunt  A. 

Belfast,  N.  Y. 


HENRY  BERGH  AND  THE  HALF-DOLLAR. 


Bovs  Note  This  !— Don't  forget  to  take  off 
your  bat  when  you  enter  tho  house.  Gentle¬ 
men  never  keep  their  hats  on  in  the  presence 
of  ladies,  and  if  you  always  take  yours  off  when 
mamma  aud  the  girls  aro  by,  you  will  uot  l  ot  - 
get.  yourself  or  bo  mor.  IflCd  when  .  most  or 
a  stranger  happen  to  bo  in  t.lio  parlor.  Habib 
Is  stronger  than  anything  else,  aud  you  will  al¬ 
ways  find  that  the  easiest  way  to  make  sure  of 
doing  right  on  all  ocouulons  is  to  get  in  tho 
littbjt  of  doing  right.  Good  manners  cannot  bo 
put  on  at  a  moment’s  warning. 


©he  |)u22ler. 


GEOGRAPHICAL  ENIGMA.— No.  1. 

I  am  composed  of  22  letters: 

My  1.  4,  21, 15,  28  is  a  city  iu  Mew  York. 

My  S,  11, 18,  7,  5  is  a  river  iu  North  Carolina. 

My  J,  15, 11, 17,  22,  2,  0  is  au  island  of  tho  W est- 
ern  Hemisphere. 

My  8,  a,  lu,  21,  15,  w,  15,  22  Is  a  lake  in  South 
America. 

My  12, 15,  3, 13, 10,  HI  is  a  l  iver  iu  Ohio. 

My  14.  21,  2, 17,  l),  2,  0  is  a  guif  of  Europe. 

My  whole  is  a  country  iu  Soutth  America. 

Lilian  I.  Guoene. 

S 2t/~  Answer  In  two  weeks. 

DECAPITATIONS,— No.  1. 

1.  EN'Ttius,  I  am  a  river  ;  curtail  me  and  I  sig¬ 
nify  to  break  ;  behead  ute  and  l  have  no  ond; 
curtail  again  and  1  am  a  woman's  nan  e. 

2.  Entire,  I  signify  to  make  level ;  behead  me 
aud  I  aoi  a  budge  of  mourning;  boboatl  again, 
and  I  am  a  kind  of  sevd;  behead  once  more 
and  I  am  an  animal. 

52®**  Answer  iu  two  weeks.  J.  M.  Suncs. 


In  an  address  recently  delivered  before  a  pri¬ 
mary  school  in  New  York  City,  Hr.  FULLER- 
Walk  i:n  related  file  following  anecdote : 

“A  short  time  since  I  bcani  Mr.  Ileury  Bergh, 
the  wealthy,  benevolent,  gentleman,  who  bus 
taken  such  a  deep  interest  in  Lhe  dumb  ani¬ 
mals,  say  that  one  of  the  earliest  lessons  ho 
ever  received  from  his  mother  was,  to  be  hon¬ 
est.  HUe  taught  him  in  such  a  marked  and  de¬ 
cided  way  that,  he  never  forgo.,  that  lesson.  A 
mere  boy,  walking  down  t  he  street  one  day,  tie 
found  in  the  gutter  a  bright  stiver  half-dollar. 
He  took  it  to’  Ids  mother,  full  of  joy,  and  told 
b«r  how  bo  oaliie  into  po**e*slon  of  so  much 
money.  Instead  of  rejoicing  with  1dm,  hi* 
mother  looked  very  grave,  much  to  the  aston¬ 
ishment  or  the  boy.  Ileoould  not  understand 
such  a  proceeding.  '  My  boy,’  said  the  mother, 

'  the  money  does  uot  belong  to  you  because  you 
have  found  it.  Somebody  has  lost  It,  and  we 
must  go  and  put  it  back  where  It.  cauio  from.’ 
So  the  good  woman  put  on  her  bonuot  aud 
shawl,  aul  took  the  little  boy  Dcrgu  by  his 
Laud,  and  the  two  went  dowu  the  street  to  the 
place  whore  the  half-dollar’  was  fouud.  The 
boy  put  It  back,  profoundly  Impressed  with  the 
Idea  that  bln  mother  was  right,  and  that  above 
all  things  he  must  bahouest.  Ali  through  life 
that  bilvor  Lasf-duilar  has  exertud  Its  |ntlueue«. 
And  if  there  Is  an  honest  tuan  lu  New  York  to¬ 
day  I  suppose  his  name  is  Henry  Bergh.  I  men¬ 
tion  this  little  incident  for  tbu  encourage  xeut 
of  all  who  are  engaged  iu  teaching  children  in 
our  cemmou  schools,  and  who,  perhaps,  at 


CONCEALED  VEGETABLES -No.  1. 

1.  You  must  go  home  to  ina  to-morrow. 

2.  I  use  noth  tho  robe  and  blanket. 

3.  Who  sat  under  the  robe,  Etta? 

4.  Smoke  the  pipe  as  you  please. 

5.  Did  the  wheel  of  the  car  rotat  e  ? 
fl.  From  snail  acorns  tall  oaks  grow. 

7.  Spell  the  words  cab,  bag,  egg,  mat  and  so. 
litf*  Answer  in  two  weeks.  P.  S.  WVEOFF. 
- - 

WORD-PUZZLE.— No.  5. 

My  first  is  the  Scottish  name  for  church ; 

My  next  may  be  rnaplo,  beech  or  lurch  ; 

My  whole  of  a  town  in  N.  Y.  is  tho  name  ; 

If  you  can’t  guess  it  I'm  not  to  blai  in. 

Ipsf  Answer  In  two  weeks.  x.  t.  z. 

»**-■ - 

SQUARE- WORD  ENIGMA.— No.  5. 

My  first  signifies  d  shonorable. 

My  second  advanced  in  years. 

My  third  means  perceived. 

My  fourth,  a  girP4  uurno.  ix  n. 
I'-flT  Answer  In  two  weeks. 

- - «-♦-» - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS. -Oct.  23. 

Biblical  Enigma  No.  4.  —  Proverbs  13:  12. 
Hope  deferred  rriaketh  the  heart  sick;  but 
when  a  desire  cotneth  it  Is  a  tree  of  life. 
Cuofes-Wonn  Enigma  No.  8,— Mouth. 


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BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 

The  Indianapolis  Journal  ^corrects  the  com¬ 
mon  erroneous  opinion  that  Senator  Carpenter 
is  really  President  pro  tent,  of  the  U.  S.  Senate. 
It  publishes  an  extract,  from  the  rules  showing 
that  the  election  to  that  position  lias  to  be 
made  anew  al  each  successive  absence  of  the 
Vice-President.  Of  course  hitherto  the  caucus 
has  chosen  a  man  who  has  filled  the  position 
during  an  entire  session  of  Congress,  but  he 
has  boon  formally  elected  each  time  there  has 
been  need  of  bis  services. 

The  Corilroller  of  Currency  recently  said  that 
none  of  the  national  banks,  so  far  as  known,  In 
the  interior  of  Now  York,  New  England,  and 
the  West,  suspended  payment  of  currency  dur¬ 
ing  the  panic.  He  has  received  returns  from 
all,  with  very  few  exceptions.  Many  failed  to 
continue  the  payment  of  currency  in  the 
South,  and  moat  of  the  banks  in  the  large 
cities  did  the  same.  The  Controller  says  the 
interior  portions  of  the  country  are  supplied 
with  currency. 


Thk  French  being  convinced  that  their  failure 
in  the  late  war  was  in  a  great  measure  due  to 
the  inferiority  of  t  heir  ^nuzzle-loading  held 
guns,  aro  now  disposed  to  discard  all  cannon 
of  that  class  and  adopt  breech-loaders  exclu¬ 
sively.  The  War  Department  has  not  yet  de¬ 
cided  upon  any  particular  gun,  but  has  provis¬ 
ionally  adopted  t  hat  of  Col.  Reffye.  This  is  a 
15-pounder,  loaded  at  the  breech,  and  Is  consid¬ 
ered  complicated  and  costly. 

The  manufacture  of  starch  from  potatoes  is 
the  leading  Industry  of  some  localities  in  North¬ 
ern  Nov  York,  Vermont  and  New  Hampshire. 
The  factories  ore  small,  employing  no  more 
than  six  men  each,  and  are  in  operation  only 
during  the  three  last  months  of  the  year.  The 
process  is  simple,  and  water  power  is  generally 
used. 

Mrs.  Yaso,  wife  of  the  Japanese  Charge 
d’AlIairs  at  Washington  has  arrived  in  Ban 
Francisco  by  steamer,  for  the  purpose  of  joining 
her  husband,  fihe  is  the  first  Japanese  lady  who 
has  ever  left  her  native  country  to  join  a  hus¬ 
band  in  foreign  lands.  Mrs.  Yano  will  go  to 
Washington  overland. 

The  exodus  of  New  Yorkers  to  the  South  next 
winter  promises  to  he  unusually  great,  and  will 
commence  in  earnest  as  early  as  next  month. 
Florida  will  be  the  rendezvous  and.  we  under¬ 
stand,  the  demand  for  board  is  constant.  A 
Northern  winter  has  greater  terrors  for  our 
people  every  your. 

The  Post-Office  Department  has  forwarded 
to  Germany  the  draft  of  a  postal-card  treaty 
with  this  country,  fixing  the  postage  at.  two 
cents.  There  is  much  reason  to  believe  that 
the  draft  will  be  accepted  by  the  German  Gov¬ 
ernment  without  important  amendment. 

A  NEWSPAPER  estimates  I  lie  pro  rata  value  of 
a  boy  who  won  a  #111,000  suit  against  a  railroad 
company  for  the  loss  of  a  log  at  #100,000 ;  $10,000 
for  each  of  his  limbs,  and  double  the  whole 
amount  for  his  trunk  aud  head  respectively. 


D.  L.  Graves,  proprietor  of  the  Mammoth 
Cave  Hotel,  and  Rdward  Wilcoxen,  an  agent 
for  the  cave,  had  an  affray  last  week  in  which 
several  shot* -were  fired.  Graves  was  wounded 
in  tho  abdomen  and  will  probably  die.  Wll- 
,  coxcn  was  unhurt. 

The  following  process  i6  said  to  be  a  sure 
way  to  prevent  oil  lamps  from  smoking Take 
any  quantity  of  onions,  bruise  them,  put  all 
into  a  retort  and  distill;  pour  a  little  of  this 
liquor  into  the  bottom  of  the  lamp,  and  it  will 
give  no  smoke. 

The  Grange  movement  in  New  England  seems 
to  be  most  popular  in  Vermont.  That  State 
has  27  granges,  Massachusetts  has  tire,  ancLNew 
Hampshire  four.  Connecticut  and  Rhode  Is¬ 
land  have  none. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  refuses  to  grant 
the  request  of  the  New  York  Produce  Exchange 
to  advance  currency  to  the  banks  on  the  security 
of  gold  deposited  with  their  various  correspond¬ 
ent*  in  London. 

Artificial  flowers  are  now  used  to  decorate 
ball-rooms,  parlors  and  balls  on  festive  occa¬ 
sions.  They  are  cheaper  than  natural  exotics, 
look  quite  as  well,  and  have  not  an  oppressive 
perfume. 

Silver  is  being  paid  out  by  Government  from 
the  United  States  depositaries  in  sums  of  $5  to 
each  individual  presenting  claims  against  the 
Treasury;  $500,000  are  to  be  thus  put  in  cir¬ 
culation. 

The  final  summing  up  of  the  returns  of  the 
Ohio  Election  shows  that  the  Democrats  have 
elected  the  Governor  and  Attorney-General, 
and  the  Republicans  the  remainder  of  tho 
ticket. 

A  recent  note  of  the  Turkish  Minister  of 
Foreign  affairs  has  caused  trouble  between  t  he 
Austrian  and  Turkish  Governments.  An  apol¬ 
ogy  is  expected  from  the  Porte. 

The  Toronto  Leader,  Canadian  Ministerial 
Journal,  gives  credit  to  the  rumor  that  Sir 
Hugh  Allen  has  thrown  up  the  contract  for 
building  the  Pacific  Railway. 

Stokes,  the  murderer  of  James  Fisk  Jr.,  has, 
after  a  third  trial  been  convicted  Of  manslaught¬ 
er  in  the  third  degree  and  sentenced  to  four 
years’  hard  labor  at  Sing  Sing. 

The  Berlin  MilitarnichcnblaU  states  that  it 
will  require  no  less  than  eight  years  for  the 
general  staff  to  complete  the  official  history  of 
the  Franco-German  war. 

Plumbago  of  excellent  quality  was  recently 
found  in  Lake  County,  Colorado,  in  quantities 
sufficient  to  indicate  that  large  deposits  may 
yet  be  discovered. 

A  geographical  society  has  been  organized 
in  England  to  convince  the  public  that  tho 
earth  is  flat,  and  their  arguments  are  of  the 
same  character. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS. 

New  York  City  and  Vicinity. 

Joseph  ARCH,  the  English  Labor  Be  former, 
has  been  spending  a  week  in  town.  He  had  a 
great  reception  in  Brooklyn.  He  returns  in 

May  from  England  for  a  0  months’  tour _ The 

great  house  of  A.  &  W.  Sprague  and  Hovt  &■ 
Sprague  railed  on  the  31st  ult.  This  house  em¬ 
ployed  10.000  persons  in  Rhode  Island  and  run 
250,000  spindles.  The  failure  caused  great  ex¬ 
citement-  ..  The  U.  8.  steamer  Juniata  arrived 
on  the  25th  ult.  from  the  Polaris  search.  All  in 
good  health —  Wall  street  was  agitated  with 

wild  rumors  on  the  25th  ult . The  deficiency 

in  the  Hoboken  Savings  Rank  haa been  reduced 
to  #54,000.  'l  l) ere  in  said  to  be  10,000  people 

put  of  employment  in  the  city _  There  has 

been  a  fiill  of  lrotn  30  to  40  per  cent,  in  the  prices 
of  dry  goods.  .Large  shipments  of  cotton,  grain 
and  provisions  continue  .  The  editors  of  the 
Tribune  and  Sun  have  been  indicted  for  libel.. 
Gerald  Massey  has  lectured  on  the  ••  Devil,” 
and  Edward  Jenkins  on  “Christian  Citizen¬ 
ship."  . .  Gov.  Dlx  offers  a  reward  of  3,000  for 
tho  murder  of  Kelsey  at  Huntington.  L.  I 
Apollo  Hall  Democrat*  have  been  repudiated  . 
An  effort  has  been  made  to  throw  the  Union 

Trust  Co.  into  bankruptcy _ In  the  defense  of 

Stokes,  ground  was  taken  that  the  wound  of 
Fisk  was  not  mortal,  that  the  shooting  was  not. 
premeditated,  that,  it  waa  justifiable,  and  that 
Stoke* waa not  In  hi*  right  mind  ...A  meeting 
lias  been  held  at  tho  Cooper  Instit  ute  in  defense 
of  the  common  schools . Confidence  was  re¬ 

stored  in  Wall  street  on  the  23tb  . The  National 
Academy  of  Sciences  has  been  in  session..  .The 
Aldermen  have  voted  *2, 500,000  for  the  Indus¬ 
trial  Palace - The  Board  of  Emigration  have 

out  down  salaries.  Stokes  waa  convicted  of 
manslaughter  in  tho  third  degree  and  sentenced 
to  hard  labor  in  Sing  Sing  for  four  years.  The 
public  waa  surprised  and  dissatisfied  with  the 
result  or  the  trial.  Stokes  thought  he  should 
have  been  acquitted.. ..Tammany  Hall  ratifica¬ 
tion  meetings  have  been  held . Paper  to  the 

amount  of  #3,000.000  Issued  by  A.  A  W.  Sprague 
Ip  held  in  this  city  .  There  were  three  failures 
on  the  30th  ult.,  wjr.h  feara  of  a  commercial  and 
manufacturing  crisis  ...Hoyt  A  Sprague  expert 
to  resume — The  Union  Trust  Co.  has  resumed 

business . The  manufacture  of  furniture  has 

nearly  stopped  ..  The  wages  of  masons  and 

bnck layers  are  to  be  reduced . .The  Union 

League  Club  refuses  to  take  part  In  politics _ 

The  new  Lyceum  Theater  has  closed  for  want 
of  patronage. 

Homo  New*. 

There  are  1,500  mechanics  in  Boston  seek¬ 
ing  employment. .  .The  U.  S.  Treasury  has  com¬ 
menced  paying  out  silver. . .  .The  panic  has  pro¬ 
duced  financial  depression  in  the  New  England 

and  Middle  States . The  Newburgh,  N.  Y.. 

steam  mills  have  closed  The  Plttston  and 
Elmira  Goal  Co.  have  resumed  business.  The 
silk  mills  of  Paterson,  N.  J„  arc  again  running 

The  Revenue  receipts  are  larger  than  ex¬ 
pected...  The  Governor  la  the  only  Democrat 
elected  in  Ohio...  There  are  rumors  that  the 
President  will  recognize  the  independence  of 

Cuba  in  his. message . .Pittsburgh  furnace- 

owners  cut  down  wages  10  per  cent  Fort  Jo f-  , 
ferson,  Fla.,  has  been  damaged  $100,000  bv  a  • 
hurricane  ..  The  yellow  fever  Is  abating  at 


A  history  of  Japan  is  to  be  written  by  the  Gov¬ 
ernment . 06  lives  were  lost  by  the  sinking  of 

the  rebel  vessel  Fernando  el  Catolico.  A  Lon¬ 
don  banking  house  dealing  in  Erie  shares  has 
failed  .  -  Crops  have  failed  in  Bengal,  India, 
and  famine  cannot  bo  averted  . .  .The  Empress 
of  Austria  la  very  ill.  The  Couut  de  Chambord 
has  published  a  letter  In  which  he  refuses  to 
retract  anything.  will  not  relinquish  the 
while  flag.  His  letter  1b  fatal  to  the  hopes  of  a 
monarchical  coalition.  The  Republicans  are 
jubilant-  A  plot  has  been  formed  to  seize  the 
niece  of  President  McMahon  as  a  hostage.  All 
French  officers  absent  on  furloughs  have  been 
ordered  to  their  regiments.  China  will  demand 
justice  for  Japan  from  the  Corea  China  will 
aid  in  tLe  suppression  of  the  Coolie  trade... 
Gen.  Bellernane  of  the  French  army  has  been 
placed  on  t  he  retired  list  because  he  'threatened 
to  resign  if  the  monarchy  was  restored.  .There 
was  a  panic  at  Vienna  on  the  29th  of  October.  . 
The  Old  Opera  House  in  Paris  lias  been  destroy¬ 
ed  by  lire  -.llavanashnemukersjiroonastrike 
There  has  been  a  dense  fog  In  London,  with 

many  accidents _ The  Kfngof  Saxony  lr,  dead, 

and  the  Prince  Royal  ha*  ascended  the  t  hrone 
....  Six  inches  of  snow  have  fallen  in  Canada. 


THE  VIENNA  EXHIBITION. 

AUSTRIAN  COURT  HONOR  TO  AN  AMERICAN 
CONTRIBUTOR. 

Telegrams  to  the  New  York  Herald. 

Vienna,  Nov.  4,  1873. 

The  Emperor  of  Austria  has  conferred  the 
“  Imperial  Order  of  Francis  Joseph  ”  upon  Hon. 
Nathaniel  Wheeler,  President  of  the  celebrated 
Wheeler  &  Wilson  Sewing  Machine  Company  of 
New  York. 

More  Distinguished  Honors. 

Baltimore,  Md.,  Oct.  31. 
The  Maryland  Institute  has  awarded  Wheeler 
A  Wilson  the  gold  medal  for  the  new  No.  6  sew¬ 
ing  machine.  Other  sewing  machines  receive  d 
nothing. 

THE  MARKETS. 

PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

New  York,  Monday,  Nov.  3.  1873. 

Receipts.— The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  arc  us  follows : 

Pried  Fruits,  pkfi*.  669  Cf  lion,  bales .  3fi,100 

bills .  7^2  Hops,  hales. .  1,489 

Flour,  bbls .  85,300  Peanuts,  bag# .  174 

Wheat, bush . 1,325,;*  went  meats,  pkg#....  4,762 

Com,  bush .  811,150  Pork.  bbla .  381 

Oats,  hush . 389.500  Beef,  pkg# .  1.858 

.  .  JMJjs 


The  pilgrimage  mania  has  been  raging  badly 
in  France.  It  is  stated  that  50.000  pilgrims  have 
passed  t  hrough  Paris  since  August  1  on  their 
way  to  shrines. 

Wax  flowers  are  now  called  into  requisition 
to  trim  the  new  winter  bonnets.  The  large  red 
roses  worn  arc  all  t»f  wax. 

Ten  Millions  of  dollars  In  gold  have  been 
coined  at  the  Philadelphia  Mint  during  October. 

The  rate  of  discount  of  the  banks  on  tho 
Continent  has  been  raised. 


THE  SEASON,  CHOPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 


ferson,  Fla.,  ha*  been  damaged  $100,000  by  a  oat#,*  h,.7h‘ “.I!  Kh»|  bmC  StoV.V.V;;: '  ‘  1858 

hurricane.^..  The  yellnw  fever  is  abating  at  . .  46.800  Lard,  pkg*.......,..  ft.’irt 

Memphis.. Some I.iflo  men  have  been  discharged  Bariev,  bush .  221.2W  Butter,  pkgs .  w  isn 

from  the  Washington  Navy  Yard  ..  Phelps,  the  Molt, hush. .  8/i00  Cheese,  pkg» .  41,250 

Albany  defaulter,  has  bvqn  held  to  trial  in  tic-  Brans. bush...  ....  n.ino  Wool,  bales .  ,.  529 

fau It  of  $15,000  1  Mi  1 . . . The  public  debt  i ncrca*ed  fnra  •  •  •  3-]“  J •  busk-  -  1,947 

during  October  The  salt  trade  is  better  this  meal,  bags...  477  Dressed  Hogs.  No..  — 

year  tnau  last — Many  mills  in  Western  New  Pen*.— JSxporteof  brans  past  week. 

York  are  running  on  short  t-lme. .  .The  Sprague  ,  obis-  of  pra*,  8TO bush.  The  market  for  mediums 
mills  in  Rhode  Maud  are  closing . Alcohol  !SSI5t„  < ‘2??  prices,  sustained  by  an  active 

Thlraareirom  ?0t  h*  H»panlo.  kidney  I’cansarcin  m°vT,r  of  severs,  t^auTare 

ait^ruraurs  of  a ,  great  many  railway  doll-  alao  i?asu*r,  Ciuntamn  pe::*  art*  Waaler, a*  bulk  lots 

Oil,:  I  n  /it  I  bn.  .  .m ,  i  ....  Tl.  _  V  _ _ _  ...  4  1 .  _  l  •  ..  _  !  » \s  l/LJ 


Washington  Co.,  Pn.,  Oct.  24.— Wheat  was 
thin  on  ground,  but  well  filled  ;  17 to  22  bushels 
✓por  acre:  price  $1.35.  Oats,  dry  June  mnde  a 
light  crop;  30  to  40  bushels  per  acre;  40 cents. 
Corn  good,  hut  late,  not  dry  enough  to  crib; 
60  cents.  Barley*  but  little  raised,  very  good, 
$1.25$1.40.  Potatoes,  good,  80  cents.  Hay,  June 
drouth  made  a  light  crop,  but  the  wet,  grow¬ 
ing  months  of  July,  August  and  September  have 
covered  our  farm*  with  grass,  so  that  if  we  have 
an  open  winter,  but  little  hay  will  bo  needed. 
Apples,  good,  50  cents.  We  had  a  constant  rain 
from  Saturday  evening  Oct.  18,  until  Monday 
evening,  then  turned  to  snow  aud  Continued 
without  intermission  24  hours ;  the  snow  cov¬ 
ered  everything  three  inches,  breaking  down 
fruit  trees,  and  even  forest  trees ;  then  followed 
a  clear,  bright,  beautiful  Wednesday,  which 
expeditiously  removed  the  fleecy  robe,  that  was 
so  prematurely  spread  over  all  nature,  and  left 
her  still  In  robes  of  living  green,— g.  d. 

Amherst,  Muss.,  Oct.  27. —We  have  Lad  a 
dry,  cool  summer  and  a  warm,  wet  fall ;  about 
thirteen  inches  of  rain  since  the  first  of  August. 
Our  Indian  summer  has  lasted  two  weeks  and 
is  just  over.  Up  to  this  time  we  have  had  but 
one  frost  hard  enough  to  freeze  the  ground. 
Notwithstanding  the  dry  summer,  crops  have 
nearly  all  been  good  except  oats  which  were 
poor.  Potatoes  are  worth  StXgJOc.;  corn.  ft)c.@> 
$1.00;  rye,  95c.(3»$l  00 ;  western  meal,  $1.05  per 
cwt.;  Beef,  $S@9 ;  eggs.  30c.;  apples  very  scarce, 
$4@o  per  bbl.;  cider,  per  bbl.— l. 

Mcshoppen,  Wyoming  Clo.,  Pa.,  Oct.  27. — 
Weather  wet.  had  a  fine  time  to  thrash  buck¬ 
wheat  ;  crop  rather  light ;  hurt  by  early  frost 
Sept.  14;  price  60c.  per  bushel;  buckwheat 
flour,  $2.50  per  cwt,.;  wheat  good  crop,  price 
$1.50  per  bushel ;  corn  about  half  soft,;  not, 
much  husked  yet ;  potatoes  light  crop,  45c.  per 
bushel;  apples  very  scarce,  $1  per  bushel ;  hay 
an  average  crop  $18?ij20  per  ton  pressed  and 
delivered  at  Depot ;  butter,  30c.  per  lb.;  eggs, 
24c.  Money  scarce  and  plenty  of  hard  times.— 
s,  b.  v. 


There  are  rumors  of  a  great  many  railway  defi¬ 
cits  in  various  parts  of  lhecoumrv  The  Na¬ 
tional  Board  of  Trade  will  meet  m  Baltimore 
in  January,.  There  wore  109  yellow  fever  deaths 

in  Memphis  for  tho  week  ending  Oct.  25th _ 

Gen- Van  Buren  has  paid  his  respects  to  the 
President,  and  Secretary  Fish  There  has  been 

a  riot  at  Centreville.  Wayne  Co„Ind  . The 

steamship  Ismalia.of  the  Anchor  Line,  from 

New  York,  is  missing . A  large  dry  goods 

house  in  Philadelphia  lias  suspended _ Confi¬ 

dence  is  improving  in  Now  Orleans  .  The  mills 
at  Full  River.  Mass.,  have  reduced  thoir  time. 
Iron  and  woolen  mills  at  Port  Schuyler,  N.  Y., 
have  practically  closed.  .Half  of  the  mill  opera¬ 
tives  at  Germantown,  Pa.,  aro  out  of  employ¬ 
ment  . .  There  arc  rumors  that  Secretary  Rieh- 
ardsou  is  likely  to  resign . The  Senate  Trans¬ 

portation  Committee  has  visited  St.  Louis. 

Fire*. 

Paper  mill  at  Untonville,  Conn.,  on  the 

28th  ult.;  loss,  $75,000 . Wholesale  house  at 

Fond  du  Lac,  Wis..  on  the  25th  ult.;  loss.  $25,- 
000  Residence  of  H.  N.  Johnson  at  Waterloo, 
Iowa,  on  tho  26th  ult.;  loss,  $12,000  Saw  min 
and  lumber  in  East  hi.  Louis  on  the  28th  ult.! 
loss,  $75,000.  ..  Shingle  mill  at  Oshkosh.  Wis., 
ou  the  28th  ult.;  loss,  $11. (NX).  ...  Bonnet  House 
at  Buxton.  111.,  on  the  28th  ult.;  loss,  $18,000  . 

Six  acres  of  houses  In  CanaAtoia,  N,  Y.,  on  the 
26th;  loss,  $150,000  .. .Liquor  distillery  house  In 

Cleveland,  O.,  on  the27tli ;  loss.  $150,000 _ The 

great  furniture  storehouse  of  J.mn  H.  Morrell, 
in  New'  York  city,  on  the  24th  :  loss,  $Ki5,000  . . 
Cotton  mills  at  Patchogue,  L.  1.,  on  the  25th; 

Jobs,  $7,500 . Cliff  House  at  Salt  Lake  city  on 

the  21th  ult.;  loss,  $40,000  .  .The  City  Hall  of 

Hartford,  Conn.,  on  tlie'Joth. 


FOREIGN  NEWS. 

flllacellaneoas  Foreign  News. 

The  Spanish  rebel,  fleet  is  weakening,  it 
has  arrived  loft  Cartagena,  and  the  city  fired  on 
without  effect  .  .After  the  Russians  left  Kfiiva 
a  terrible  revolt  oceurred,  in  which  1,600  Per¬ 
sians  were  slaughtered  and  the  capital  was  de¬ 
stroyed  ..  There  has  neen  a  demonstration  in 
London  In  favor  of  amnesty  to  Fenian  prison¬ 
ers —  30  Deputies  from  Alsace  are  in  favor  of  a 
Frenob  Republic  ..A  committee  of  40  citizens 
has  taken  the  Government  of  Lyons.  .  .Recent 
municipal  elections  in  France  have  been  Re¬ 
publican  successes.  The  rebel  vessels  of  Spain 
pot  $1,000,000  b£  plundering  merchantmen  off 
Valencia  . .  The  Jesuits  leave  Rome  Nov.  2d . . 
The  Canadian  railway  scandal  is  being  debated 
in  the  nouse  of  Commons  at  Ottawa.  Spain 
sends  6,000  more  troops  to  Cuba  Prince  Bis¬ 
marck  has  been  rc-at>pointed  President  of  tho 
Prussian  Cabinet.  The  Pope  has  sent  a  second 
letter  to  the  Emperor  oi  Germany . An  em¬ 

bassador  from  Austria  haa  arrived  in  Constan¬ 
tinople  to  settle  the  difficulty  with  Turkey. . . . 
The  i  I  aiian  army  is  to  be  reorganized  on  a  peace 

footing  of  214,000  meu  - The  Clericals  have 

been  defeated  at  the  elections  in  Prussia.  The 
Liberals  have  had  great  successes  in  Prussia  ... 
Newspapers  are  being  suppressed  in  France. . . . 


are  on  thr  way.  Green  pea*  are  quirt  at  present,  but 
thcro  bu*  been  a  pretty  liberal  movement  for  old 
and  new,  Southern  B.  K.  pea*  are  without  inquiry 

The  quotations  4re:--For  new  mediums,  $230@2.35 
for  prime,  and  *I.90®2.2U  for  other  grade#  Dfinir-mar- 
row fats.  J-'.Hlkjt'-'.H.',;  other  gmdett,  $2.AO>82lTS;  prime  pea 
beans,  *2.70t<oJ,80;  flu.  fair  lots  down  to  72.;ta>£.2  66  • 
kidney,  red,$i&£4.25.  Kidney  wh!n.',»2.HGf»2  :o.'  Peii*’, 
new  f  anudatuu.  in  tibl*..  $1,26.  Green Jnew. »I.T5<«jil.80 * 
d0.,$1.26<S>l,7(i,  Southern  B.  E.  pen#,  $2.40cg)2.5u  V  bush. 

irt  ik*  Tv  "  *,-A  l1ght  business  la  reported 

B  room  Corn. -Hece-i  vers  arc  firm  at  late  advanced 
prices,  but  the  outlet  for  supplies  is  light  at  the 
moment. 

We  quote:— Long,  greea  hurl,  prime  to  choice,  12® 
14C,;  snort  and  medium  brush,  choice  green,  10(3* 
lie.  Medium  qualities,  red-tipped,  7®8c.;  common 
qualities,  red,  ooarre  and  stemmy,  4H'w6c. 

Butter.— The  receipt#  have  been  very  liberal,  and 
there  is  an  uiisier  tone  to  prices,  thong  b  aa  vet  there 
is  no  revision  of  the  table  of  quotat  ion#,  it.  1*  gen¬ 
erally  conceded  throughout  the  trade  that,  butter  is 
too  high  for  the  peculiar  times.  There  ha#  been  con¬ 
siderable  buying  nt.  small  lines  tor  iniully  use,  of 
MHglu  inteknees ;  but  this  trade  snows  a  falling  off 
compared  with  last  year.  There  is  a  good  outlet  for 
the  medium  grade#  of  State,  n#  there  Is  no  Inive  stock 
•  if  accumulated  Western.  Western  butter selia read¬ 
ily  at  full  former  price*.  Late  lota  of  “  patent'*  Michi¬ 
gan  factory  is  not  giving  its  opening  satisfaction. 
'V  e  quote  tho  general  market  rattier  unsettled,  and 
count  look  for  a  eontlnmutoii  of  extreme  figures 
during  the  present  week.  Receipts  of  butter  from 
Jjmc  'st  to  Nov,  1st,  pkg*.;  same  time,  F72, 

43U;,fi»do.i  same  time,  hfll,  222,400  do;  same  time, 

1?  1 ' q  .tli|  M  tlO, 

We  quote  Orange  county  pails,  fancy,  i0@  15c.; 
other  good  pails,  .TxUtSe. ;  poor  lot*,  20Ci25c. ;  State 
firkin#  and  hair  tuba.  Bne,  3f#;u36c.,  in  line*,  aud  37@ 
38e.  for  selections ;  fair  to  good  Stale,  iVfWOe.;  Welsn 
tubs,  fancy,  3o:^, Ac.,  other,  38«31c.;  choice  Western, 
including  Michigan  factory ,  2? t430c.;  good  do.,20<383c.; 
shipping,  l8®*0a.;  low  do.,  itic.  Pennsylvania  pails, 
£*g,ti)c  do.  other  pkgs.,  asetofle.  Roils,  choice;  27® 
28c.;  cither'  20Gi)24c. 

Cheese.  -  The  market  ruled  firm  early  in  the 
week,  owing  to  the  result  of  the  Little  Fait#  Baie.aeS 
14Ke.  was  steadily  demanded;  shippers,  however 
were  buying  sparingly,  and  later  it  was  neoessir/to 
reduce  tne  price  tc  14c.  to  sell.  Even  at  this  decline 
but  very  little  Btoekbas  been  taken,  the  soipments 
for  the  week  being  72»J)  boxes,  the  lightest  for  a 
long  period.  The  principal  obstacle  to  business  has 
been  the  marked  advance  made  in  rates  of  ocean 


exports  for  corresponds 
058  do.;  54,767,058  do.;  46,; 


ne  time,  1870, 1A28.43J  do.; 
date*.  7tlA26.6<ftlbs.;  58,721,- 
.748  do. 


Fine  and  choice  factory.  fiBt'i&Hc.  •  do,  Pood  to 
prime,  13H@l3\e.;  fatr  lots,  12Vc..  State  farm  dairy 

rrnr.,1  In  rtei  »nn  1  ttG  II.V.i  ,  .-4r-  t .  ;  ..  i  , ,  ,  -  -  „  J  * 


Xiv.  uot,  IJV«  iH-r  JIJ&S.  J^c.;  SHim- 

med,5@8c.;  English  dairy,  nominal. 

Cotton.— The  market  has  been  verv  nmett  de¬ 
pressed  with  large  arrivals,  and  a  disposition  to  sell 
at  marked  concessions.  Low  imddllDg  upland.  145<c 
ou  spot.  ™ 

Dried  Fruits.— Apples  have  been  shaded  a  trifle 
to  induce  business,  resulting  In  a  moderate  trade 
from  shippers.  Peaches  and  other  stock  aellinir 
slowly,  only  in  Job  lots. 

-oil them  apples.  6@7c.;  do.  new,  7@8e.:  State 
sliced,  8Xc.:  qrs..  7X®8c.;  Western.  7?ii'Kc.  Black- 
berriOTrtOk^lle.  Peeled  peaches,  prime  Georgia  and 
North  Carolina,  lo$15c.;  uopeeled,  8W@',)c.  for  halve# 
and  6R@7c.  for  quarters.  Pitted  cherries.  22@24e  for 
State  and  Southern.  Raspberries,  new,  ol@o2c.  New 


PER,  Oct.  3 1 .-Flour  and  wheat  an- 
wheat  visry  uui1»dfi  aocojjnt  of  njya 
icy.  On®  lower,  42@45c.  Corn,85w70c. 
>1.70  for  two-rowefl,  aud.  |1.2U®L4»  tor 
Pressed  hogs  lower,  $0.50  V  owt. 
Chickens,  14@16p.  P  lh.  hotter,  20@39c. 

Potatoes,  $1  V  hM.  tor  Peerless:  11.00 
\V9,  or  OikiiitlOe.  V  bush.  A p hi 
in.  *i  v  bush.  Hay  scarce  at  ?2UMnfi5  V 
*lWl5  do.  Other  ortlclea  unchanged. 


bbl.:  Delaware,  M  f  bbl. 
3>  3  for  rod,  $3  @  3.50  for 
,.j.  Marrow  squash,  *1.25  V 
Carrots.  *2.  Kusstn  turulps. 
jfc  Pumpkins, 


iches,18@22c.  Southern  apples,  new,  7®7Kc.: 
7@8Mc.  California  plums,  32@35c.;  do.  pears, 

•Stock  has  arrived  fully  fast  and  plenty 


tatoes,  Virginia,  *3  f*.  bb 
Onions,  f*  bbl.,  J2.7.->  @  3 
yellow,  and  $4@5  for  white, 
bbl.;  Hubbard,  81.75  do.  C." 

75c.®  1.  Garlic,  V  100  strings, 

100,  *1®8. 

Wool.  Failures  of  several  otln-r  houses  during 


peeledlpeaches,  18®22c.  Southern  apples 
do.  sliced.  7@8Xe-  California  plums,  32® 

22'i!»25c. 

Egg*. — Stock  has  arrived  fully  fast  ana  Plenty 
enough  to  keep  prices  within  tnelr  former '  limit*. 
Only  the  choice  mark*  Of  Western  will  realize  Mo. 
Limed  have  been  shaded,  but  they  are  not  going  into 
use  State  am)  Pcnn-ylvitniii.  2,Ki>27(!.;  best  marks  or 
Western, 25H® » kv,  other  Western. Canadian, 
2I.JU25C.;  limed  State,  2l@22c.|  do.  Western,  2U@21c. 

Flour.— Shipping  biM»J>e.en_  steadflyh^M,  as  sop - 

Trade  and  family  brands  have 

. *3  50(51  4  70 

.  , . 5  10®  5  75 

. .  i;  oo®  « w 

.  (5  75®  T  10 

. 5  lm  5  75 

. ;;; . g  oo,«i  e  40 

'  6  70®  $  To 

.  . .  7  70®  8  W 

.  «  30®  B  SO 

.  6  (55®  7  75 

.  . 6  20®  *  00 

. 7  00®10  B0 

.  1  10®  5  25 

.  3  30M  3  40 

.  .  3  85®  t  00 


UUI*  —  runuicow*-  .  r„ 

tho  past  wotik  iti  vtu’loua  bntuohe#  of  trade. j if„l 
instances  conucOted  with  woolen  goods,  throw  a 
feeling  of  uncertainty  over  the  entire  trade,  and 
tends  to  further  depress  business,  lbere  t-  barely 
au>  Inclination  to  do  business  other  than  on  a  t.ish 
basis,  and  in  tilts  way  concessions  in  prices  irepnyie. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


r  Mini* - Olilppl'l^  mm  0.V.11  . 1  ■  -  ■ 

piles  Have  fceon  lUht.  and  thore  baa  boon  a  falMiij 
qulry  from  exporters. 
been  pressed  for  sale. 

No.  . . 

Superfine  State . 

Extra  do . 

Fancy  do . 

Superfine  Western . 

Kxtra  do . 

Minnesota  extras . 

Western,  white  wheat 

Round  hoop  Ohio . 

Trade  brands  do . 

Southern.  extra . . 

Double  extras . 

Rye  Hour . . . 

Corn  meal.  Jersey . 

Bnvndvwlne . . 

Freeh  Fi  nile.— Apples  are  abundant,  with  win¬ 
ter  sort"  now  offering.  Fnneyfa'lvnrettesarerun: 
nlng  out.  but  retailers  will  not  pay  the  *3.7a,  as  be 
fore,  when  they  can  run  to  desirable  lutaof  Maid- 
wins,  Spitzunberus  un JJ Ureenlngs. .  VV  reV*®J§  State 

•  •  fjj.  oiilo  and  Michigan.  f 

Pear*  have  suddenly  ‘V* 


.  1MIU  »«»  Lino  ...  — 

Ohio,  Pennsylvania  and  West  Virginia  fleeues.  48® 
62c.  tor  XX  and  47®4»c.  for  X  1  Sew  \  ork,  Michigan 
and  Wisconsin,  I5®47<:.  for  XX  mid  fAVGe  for  A  , 
Indiana,  Kentucky  and  Tennessee,  46®  13c.  for  XX 
and  42M44C.  for  X  :  Illinois,  Iowa  and  Minnesota,  43® 
45c.  for  XX  and  *£$650.  for  X  ;  pulled, «3®4Se.  for  ex¬ 
tra,  43® 55c.  for  super  and  28® 33c.  for  No.  1. 


The  Rest  “Elastic  Truss”  In  the  Worl 

sold  by  Pomeroy  &  Co.,  7ii  Broadway,  N.  5’., 
three  dollars.  Write  to  them  for  full  particulars, 


Surgical  Elastic  Htockinars  for  enlarged  veins, 
and  Supporting  Belts  of  best  quality,  ut  Pomeroy’s, 
744  Broadway,  N.  V. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


Little  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Noy.  1,  1873. 
THE  market  at  Little  Fulls,  for  the  week  ending 
Nov.  1st,  was  more  brisk  than  for  the  week  previous. 
Notwithstanding  the  bad  weather,  about  600  boxes  ol 
fftrin  dairy  cheese  wore  delivered  nnd  sold,  at  pricts 
ranging  from  13  Yc.  to  lie.,  only  a  few  lots  going  for 
the  latter  tlgurc.  The  bu\kof  sales  may  he  quoted 
at  13we.  Factarlus  were  well  represented,  the  offer¬ 
ings  amounting  to  10.000  boxen,  only  about  half  of 
which  changed  hands.  We  give  the  leading  trans¬ 
actions,  as  follows:  ...  ,  „ _ _ 

slate  Hill, 2.50  boxes,  at  13’ic.i  Bi-ookmap's  Corners, 
IU,  lilYc.i  Palatine  Union,  350,  18J4C.:  Flat  Creek,  100, 
line,;  Hoot.  11X1.  H Ut!.;  Mohawk.  100.  13 Yc,;  OsquugO, 
1C9. 13',<'.,  Fairfield  AssnolaLlon,  W,  l^o-i  Newvine 
Association,  14U,  HKc.s  Ifate.a,  H®*  MnVrf1 

14c.;  Cook  ft  lvcs,  2ol.  Ho.;  Oral  no  s  C  orners,  300, 14C., 
Oram  or  “a  Corners,  MW,  lie.:  Danube  Cold  Spring.  100, 
ilNc.;  Kinplre  Cheddar,  ,0,  I8;lfcd  Old  FatrOeld,  '  J*. 
li'.c.i  Henderson  Ass' elation.  200,  UKCd  Hill,  100, 
11  Mlddlevllle,  375,14X0,;  Roof,  100. 13  ke.;  bmall  a 

B'rbeVn^wert'  a  niiTuber  of  packages  of  butter  this 
week  ,  anil  -odea  w  ere  made  at  82djl33o.,  according  to 

fl'wo  have  advices  from  abroad  to  the  middle  <if  Oc¬ 
tober.  Our  London  correspondent  suys  that  flue  Kn- 
gllsh  ottoese  meets  with  ready  sale.  American  cheese 
Hint  ure  faultless,  of  Scptetrber  make,  sell  u»  soon 
landed— the  best  at  '*®70a. ;  good.  Ml®dt,s.  T  he 
other  rtcHOriptlona  are  quoted  ns  follows :  -KngUsh 
Cheddar,  fHt'aJtOs.j  Wtltshlro  duablc,  Utss»i°r.;  Cheshire 
inodlum,  03®72s.;  fine,  hkSHlB.;  Scotch,  tfesB.  Dutch 
ehueso  -  HkhVtnB,  MlMCfis.;  Ooidias,  54®Cia.:  Derby  shape, 

blotter  Is  advancing  in  price,  and  there  Is  a  demand 


£Uur  !3ulvrvtis!fmcttt^ 


Removed  In  2  hours!  Circular 
free.  8.  t'.  I'pluim,  Phlla.,  t'u. 


TAPE-WORM 


X1T  A.  COVF.UT  &  CO.,  PROOl’CF.  COl  - 
\\  .  MISSION  .MKRi  HA^p.  68  Pearl  St.,  N-  k. 
"Quick  sales  and  prompt  returns,  .send  lc,r  our 
Weekly  Price  Current  and  Marking  I  into. 

20  SHEETS  OF  CHOICE 
MUSIC,  $1. 

Why  throw  away  money  on  high-priced  Music 
when  you  can  select  from  our  Catalogue  of  /OO  P'cu.a  f 
Any  20  Half-Dime,  or  10  of  Dime  Series,  mulled  on 
receipt  of  One  Dollar.  Sold  by  all  booksellerm  nrul 
can  be  ordered  through  any  newsdealer.  Send  stamp 

r„,  <^SSf.V*54®fcHCiOf  K.  MIMm 

13D  Third  Avc.,  New  York. 


mixed  lots,  Ohio  and  Michigan,  f2,50Mhj 

§y 

week.  Quinces  arc  In  good  deouoid,  at .  *■■><$]  v  DbL 
for  pear  and  tkrolO  for  apple.  Grapes  atdl  find  a  alow 
movement  even  at  the  Prolonged  low  flgurcs  for 
boxes.  We  quote  Iona,  Catawba  and  Dlanu,  5®7x., 
im.hAiin  ioii.'tP  Crunberrle*  iuvt?  hft'l  si)0<j  xurtl^r 
on; -oi’-town  Side ;  choice  bWa,  fair 

7®«:  boxes,  first  quality,  «Ji0'®.d  other, 

Soulhviru  cUeMtciutM.  Vltiu*-  At  $  N^rlli^rn,  *'*T5 

®4.  Hickory  auts.il  .V)®L75  V  bush.  PeiMiuta  quiet 
unileftyier:  North  Curollaa,  f4  bush.,  1.7 j.  >  lr- 

LitiiHi,  prltbOf  S2c^'2.20;  other,  $2(3)1.50;  fenneaseo, 
yood, 

44 ruin.— There  ho- been  a  fair  business  from  ship¬ 
pers  and  toward"  the  close  of  the  week  prices, 
throng H  light  rcoclpia.  have  reacted  from  the  la.e 
depression,  anil  cloned  firm. 

Wheat.  Mil.,  No.  2 . l.u 

chiciwfo.  no.2.::.'.::.:... . *■««  }■% 

Barley  nmlt.  Canada  West . 

Corn,4t1iu,uer.-.v.:v.v.:.v.v.v::.v.v.v."iv.::;:e«^ 

White . . . . 

WliltO-* . . .  i  v>» i  |  Hi 

do,  four-rowed . .  loom  i.no 

Hay  and  Straw.— Receipts  are  liberal  and  freely 

°^e  quote  prime  Timothy,  per  ton,  227®28;  do.,  fall 
to  good,  do.,  per  ton.  8'22®*:  <lo..  "hipping  grade, 
nor  ton  *2u ;  do.,  clover,  good,  per  ton,  $18,  ivl.  In¬ 
ferior,  per  tun,  ti  n '  it;,  straw  hwjft  per  »n,  |16®1T ; 
do.,  short,  per  ton,  $15;  do.,  oat.  pur  ton,  $14® la. 

Honey.  The  demur, d  is  very  alight,  uotwltbetand- 
; ?m,iWa  have  unt  tho  best,  lota  Of  white  oomb 
down  to  30  forwh'l'ittln  use.  Weuuolu  white  clover, 
in  glass ;  '.U)®33c.;  buokwuoiit.  20®2oO. 

linns.— The  market  Is  still  very  much  unsettled, 
fttorkn  uYfi  iitiou  mu  Inti  cm  of  butli  lOrotoiftDfl  domes- 
tic,  with  the  demand  light,  almost  entirely  for  small 
lots  to  meet  immediate  want  s  of  brewew. 

tv.-  nuote  prime  and  choice  new.  ip-rrac.  iimiui 
ter  price  outside  and  fortune  lota;  gotxl.  do-.  3Het40c.; 
ftilr  do  3fiQi3TO.S  choice  State,  l8WflIpp.®MSf«  gOO<l, 
32®4?.V  poor.  ao.,  30c.',  Kasbeni/r.!  crop  33®35c.:  Wls- 
citnsln,  <lo,,36®33o.  for  good  and  prime  lots. 

Poultry  and  Game.— Dressed  poultry  hasanlui- 

nroveddeiutt'id  with  cooler  weather.  The  stock  ar- 
Wlng  is  of  m  serahlc  quality,  and  sales  average  very 
iow  Tor  fnwl*  ami  chickens.  Turkoys  are  a  shade 
better  We  quote  dressed  fowl,  and  chickens. 
New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania,  tiWflilo.;  fitato  do.,  14 
®17c  '  Western,  UF014C.,  «■»  to  quality.  I  ui'koys,17® 
m  for  prim":  14®l«o-  for  fair;  Some  pour  stock  as 
... VJ.  rsirtv.  i./.a8f..  Western,  ItkaSiOc.  for  New 


Wliat  3,000  FilUtorM  Say. 

OUNG  FOLKS’  UUHAL-tlte  largest  and  hand- 
Homost  fiaper  for  yountf  pooplQ  extant. 

"\N  a  plan  pncullarly  Its  own  different  from  any 
1  other  in  stylo  uud  contents. 

I TNDKRTAKING  to  supply  wants  that  never 
l_i  before  have  been  supplied. 

NO  home  lu  country  urelty  should  be  without 
it— enough  cannot  he  said  in  praise. 

(N  URATJCST  newspaper  success  In  tho  lust 
X  throe  yeaiw-  a  dwolded  hit. 

Wins t  100.000  iS4*si«ivi'N  Say. 

<ULI,of  the  interesting,  the  uni  using  and  the  In¬ 
structive-old  folks  and  young  alike  enjoy  It. 
r  \  UH  homes  are  happier  for  Its  uresencc  A  teach- 
l  '  tug.- exceeds  anything  else  for  the  young. 

LIKK  it  butter  than  any  other  periodical  for 
juveniles,  the  benefit  to  us  "*  beyond  price. 

KNOW  of  no  paper  that  begins  to  compare 
with  It— Heaven  reward  you  1 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


New  York,  Nov.  1, 1873. 

Beeves.- Although  sales  were  limited  on  Wednes- 

fbiv  last  prices  were  firm,  and  ranged  at  8K@12>4c., 
weights  Klewt,  with  a  few  at  3*  cwt  Trade  was 
still  slow  on  Thursday  forenoon,  when  beeves  sold 
ut  CY('el2Yc.;  weights,  cwt.  Again  on  h relay 

forenoon  trade  dragged  on  rai  her  slowly.  <4a  los  were 
effected  at  9m12!»c..  with  poor  quality  ^40^26 

4'  head.  The  chief  i.ause  Of  trie  prebOnt  dullness  Of 
trade  In  bce.f  outtlo  1#  iu  consequence  ol  Idle  unfit¬ 
ness  of  the  steers  forwnrdud  for  huru.iu  food.  1  h«- 
greater  part  of  the  herds  now  being  forwarded  East¬ 
ward  arc  Of  that  etusr  of  cattle  which  are  considered 
(nn  nnor  t<>  win  lot*-  Thu  shipmunts  of  bout  cutilu  to 
OlusPeow,  N.  B  ,  haVe  been  discontinued  for  this  sea- 

,o(  tup.  from 

Hi,,  roiiorh  uoss  of  the  ocean.  Special  sales  have  been 
S  India na  steers,  cwt.,  lBwHlXc.;  common 
to1  poor  Ky.,  lUK®ilMc.,  'Scwf.,  Po.;r  qua  ty  do.. 
(;v  cwt..  MftUM!.:  ICOO0  vino  uoM 

from  com mou  to  VQVr 

Illinoiii  stuut'H  (iOWt.4  tkCri  QUuUty, 

1  lied  1  Me.;  Texan,  grazed  In  Illinois,  cwt.,  9Mc.; 
Texan,  4K  cwt..  5c. 

Milch  rows.— Op  a  light  ran  of  good  quality  cows 

;4Fsie%,re!  sssLwt“i'»S‘  z\“”; 

these  Vateii  llave  be* bn  ‘sincoVustalned.  >oor  quality 
cannot  be  30ld. 

Veals.— On  Wednesday  last,  smooth  veals  were 
soa.e"  and  Joina  sold  at  10c.  V  lb.;  grass  ea  ves,  $7® 
tj  .’io  w  Head.  There  was  a  heavier  run  Ihuraday  lore- 
mum  w  lien  several  coarse  lots  coin  mg  to  hand,  sales 
had  U,  be  effeets-d  atW«8kC.  for  general  sales,  tops  11 

«»<£  !?fi?  J4s».  it.  snb ,  snff/SS 


Terms,  H 1 .50  per  year ;  f< oir  •  °Dteas  on o  y 0«r. 
$,{*  pljrht  oopluH  (Mid  otie  extv*t  to  seadur  of  dob), 

j»S.  Hingle  numbers  fpontepuld)  15  cts. 

?M’[wii  cUromos,  Monung  uti ■  thr  •  .  r  'ri^, 
and  ".-hm.ud  on m  Stgrnur."  given  to  every yub?.  rl- 

IJ'*V-'ivRhout  ext'rti  charge,  they  arc  mounted  and 
varnished,  ready  ior  fraunnyr, and  eent nt  pnoo,  pott- 

ilUh  wiexi^  in. RA t. (the  great  loading  :  a rm 
nnd  hhiuily  Weekly  uf  the  West) and  YOUNG  milks 
UL'itAL  one  year,  Including  the  chrornos,  for  ' 

•  •  Mtigplftceut  premiums  given  for  clnbsi.l  xuhsorl- 
bers  for  eltbcr  paper,  or  for  both  counted  together, 
ifnll  particulars  of  over  IDO  premiums  sent  on  icqiiost. 

%♦  ’a  *4(1  gold  wiitoh  given  for  >7  sabsertbers.  a  MB 
silver  watch  for  only  cwt  subscribers,  an  $8  s-dld  gold 

ring  for  ail ,  I  Id  gold  pen  for  .rtcr,  etc.,  etc. 

•,*  The  VtH  V(  FOLKS  Rural  cliromos,  and  two 
aiuncde  papers  Bent  (for  use  In  oauvsintbng)  for  v'.i  cts. 

“’TheVoUNi,  Folks’  rural  is  sent  “on  trial" 
six  months  (without  chrornos)  for  .4)  cents, 

*,*  Thu  WKSTK8N  HU  UAL  is  scat  oil  trial  three 
months  fur  50  cents, 

Address  H.  N.  F*  LEM  IS,  Publinher, 

4(17  West  Madison  St.,  CHiCAHO. 


Sheep  anil  Lain  hi. -The  trade  In shin-p  has  been 
injured  wince  our  last  weekly jroport,  by  1 1 i«r  a r x tv < il -> 
or  several  lots  of  poor,  lean  snoop,  quite  unfit  for  the 
ritv  market  SUeh  tldck*  have  OTl  Incd  a  drug  on 
thm  salesmen’s  hands.  «ud  have,  besu l«*j.  dnpw< ^ 
iroiii.fii  i  ttmooi  tb»i  ma/Kflt.  Ou  w  0Ua(t.saay  u»nv 
sheen  sold  at  >®7o.:  laxgbs,  Thursday,  sheep 

sold  nt  S.;  lambs,  bm'iXc.j  Friday.  sSeswere 
tew;  shoop  sold  otSiiiiBlic.;  lambs,  ii.i18*?} 

WateUhs  iA:  lbs.,  re.;  Canada 
do..  76  ll>s.,  v;.fo.;  Kentucky  do.,  G5  Ib»., "KC. 

•Swine.— The  Maine  on  the  Brie  Railroad  on  Wed¬ 
nesday  were  held  back  at  (Id  Dock;  thniofure  there 
were  no  commission  hogs  1.0  u  Jii^uf'^hfit 

S^&Y.'.Tl^rtplsrlmdudod.  Thc-a  mtea  f»Ht 
rent  when  the  market  opened  Friday,  save  that  light 
j,iga  wero  held  for  an  advance. 

Hoi-hc  MarUet.G  bead  of  poor  quality  light 
burn®  «  iioraea  «»hl  at  tHtoVT  ¥  head:  l  pair  of  fair 
rrliallis  dn  do.,  ffifd);  6  bead  ut  ordinary  do.  do.,  $14.< 

-’15  f>  head.  General  trade  is  confined  to  the  pur¬ 
chase  of  beiivy  draught  horses  for  city  use.  These 
w*ll  atW00frt&>  V  head,  iiiifl  to  a  tew  animals  to  flu 
ui)  'raoH  in  tin?  stablus of  city  railroad*  anu  omnibus 
companies  .Such  horses  generally  arrive  direct  from 
the  epu "try.  72  horses  arrived  per  Central  New  Jer¬ 
sey  Railroad,  vm  Liberty  at.  Ferry. 

nndnv’a  Sales.— Beeves.— Hales  were  fair  on 
gunrtuy  forenoon,  hut  trade  fell  offon  Monday ,  when 

rates  were  Ko.  F  less  than  on  th.errn™JH?ll2We“ 
•i  1*  •,  r»n  hoth  dnvu  prlC60  ranpfod  from 
with  a  fewtou  steers  at  UXc.  9  ».i  weights, 


,  f  UUUWua,  Iim-'U  vv,  v  -  --  -  - 

Western  and  40®«be.  for  Bastern. 
pair,  60@2i.lc,  Hares,  '(V®75c.  F  pair. 

Pigeons,  wliill  fed,  $l.7EV5i-F  do/,  i 
®tSc.;  Toal,  30®40e.  do.;  Canvas  ba 
Heads,  75c. ®$l. 

Pruvisiou*.— ’ 

decline  ill  prices 
pork  is  firm  Ba 
delivery,  7 Mo.;  lo..J  — 

“Beef  h'aml  - iho?cc  Vcs'uom.  »2l Texas  prime, 
119®20;  do,  fair  lots,  $li.@13.  laird,  new.^at  7a, 
& 7  3-i3e.  for  Western  steam  on  spot ;  ik,@i  -i-lfie. 
for  Novembftr.  Lnnjf  Clear,  8)ic.  :  short  eliiar. 
8Yl*  *  short  rib.  8/£o«  pork,  $1.»,  flpot; 

\Vcsteru  prime  mews  at  $15.50@16.«j.  brojsaudhogs, 
city,  W@BHe.  cut-meatw  arc  welling  at  lliw.1  ,e.  for 
lianiH  loose;  CVr.  for  shoulderw.  loose;  4^ lllc.  for 
nickiert  beilw-H  tooso.  Boxed  dry-aalted  "bonldgys, 
fig  tor  wlntei'  delivery.  Smoked  meat*  at  loeillc. 
for  loose,  hams.  7M@? Yc.  tor  >doS«  sho'ildc;;;s. 
ut  7Wc.  tor  prime  stock,  Reef,  wcUlngaiti®*!  1.75  for 
barreled*  now  plain  mess,  *12®  13-50  for  extm  mew. 
'Pierced  beef,  now,  for  short  delivery,  at  SlikmlS  for 
new  India  rues*.  $2<»for  new  extra  India  mows. 

bleeds.— Clover  is  lower;  small  sales  at  SVc.  Tim¬ 
othy  is  offering  at  $2.75.  llougli  Flax  dull  at  $2.10. 

Tobacco.— Shipping  business  is  limited  through 
Lii.i,  rates  , if  ocean  freight  room.  The  trade  demand 


The  principal  feature  Is  the  rapid 
of  lard,  through  a  pressure  to  sell, 
uon  Is  lower.  Short  clear,  for  winter 
ne  urd  short  Clour,  together,  lialf- 


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Thomas'  Am.  Fruit  UBltUrlst  (480  lllustrallous) . 

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Trowbridge's  (Mrs.  l-aura)  Excelsior  Cook  Book 

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Wanng's  Elements  of  Agriculture . 

Watson'*  AiuetlOao  Home  Garden..  .-v... . . 

Wax  Flowers,  and  How  to  Make  Them . 

Western  Fruit  Growers'  Guide  (Elliott) . 

Wheeler's  Home*  for  the  People . 

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Window  Gardening  iH.  T.  Williams) . 

Woodruff’s  Trotting  Horse  Of  Amerteii... . 

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as?  a  ::}?!«  m  iy  lj  0. 

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SKF.DLKA  U  CROP  OF  1*71. 

Connecticut  and  Maasaehusctts  tllloi-a . 11  @  14  c. 

New  York  it  Horn . 10  ^  .H  ?* 

assorted  lots . JJ  ®  }*  L- 

Pennsylvania  fillers . ^  ,V, 

assorted  lots . bj  ®  *5  c- 

Ohioflllors  . H  •« 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots . . . B  v  c- 

VokpIu hies-— Export*  of  potatoes  past  week,  2,875 
bhls  ;  onions,  37Ubbhs.  There  Is  no  variation  In  price 
for  potatoes.  The  choice  sorts  are  quoted  firm;  com¬ 
mon  are  slow  Of  sale.-  Sweet  potatoes  have  advanced 
as  the  stock  has  become  worked  down.  Other  item* 

a\v* * quote  Early  Rose,  $L70@2  W  bbUto  hulk ; 
Peach  Blow,  $l.'l5<a2  do.:  Peerless.  $l.oO®1.75  do. 
Potatoes  iu  double  heads,  add  26c.  V  bbl.  Sweet  po¬ 


ll  FINE- HR  KE1>  FOWEK  FOR  HALE. 

stock  gives  SHti- faction  wherever  sent.  1 
r  $600  for  every  fowl  sent  out  by  me  that  don  t 
d  to  Am.  Standard  of  Excellence.  14  different 
Troru  the  best  yards  of  England  and  Amerisu. 
eglect  sending  for  a  Circular.  Address 


Good  Steers  ¥  *> 

Fair . 

Poor . 

Poorest . 

Gen.  selling  rates 


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PERSONAL  ITEMS. 


JTfir  ,2*ulilication 


3fmplrmftttj9!  and  Padtiacry 


Olk  uVLh  is  o^noortlzlng  In  small  cities  in 
Norway. 

Ciiaiu.es  Sprague,  the  banker  poet,  is  S3 
years  old. 

The  Count  of  Chumbord  has  an  annual  in¬ 
come  of  £100,000. 

Dox  Ca hi, og  has  issued  postage  stamps  bear¬ 
ing  his  own  portrait. 

\  rtr.NTK  Ream  lias  a  bust  of  Thaddeiis  Stevens 
on  exhibition  at  Lancaster,  Pa. 

Mr.  Pokf.ii,  our  representative  in  Turkey,  has 
returned  to  Constant inopie  fer  the  winter. 

Mrs.  n.  II.  Stowe  has  boon  reading  in  public 
from  “  T  ncie  Tom’s  Oobln  ”  in  Cincinnati. 

Joaqut.v  Mu. i, Kit  Ik  at  i>resont  one  of  the 
loungers  on  the  Houle vard  (j,?8  Italiens,  Paris. 

Powell’s  painting  of  “  Perry's  Victory,"  now 
in  the  Senate  wing  of  the  National  Capitol,  Is 
finished  at  last. 

Mrs.  Stowe  has  burnt  up  the  manuscript  of 
a  book  she  has  been  busy  a  year  in  writing. 
She  don't,  like  it. 

l)u.  Percy  of  the  Royal  School  of  Mines  of 
London  begins  this  month  a  course  of  fifty  lec¬ 
tures  on  metallurgy. 

lUv.  Mark  Hopkins’s  recent  work,  “An  Out¬ 
line  Study  of  May,"  Is  to  be  reprinted  in  .En¬ 
gland  by  i [odder  &  Stoughton. 

The  first  stone  of  a  national  school  for  music 
l’or  England  will  be  laid  in  November  by  the 
Duke  of  Edinburgh,  ai,  Kensington. 

The  well-known  Austrian  painter,  Angellni, 
lias  Just  received  a  call  to  Berlin  to  paint  the 
portrait  of  the  Crown  Princess  Victoria. 

M,  RotJZATTD,  the  husband  of  Mine.  Nilsson, 
has  just  returned  from  a  trip  to  the  Western 
plains,  where  lie  has  been  shooting  the  hullalo. 

Besides  the  two  thousand  ilorlna  which  Vic¬ 
tor  Email  in- 1  gave  to  the  poor  of  Vienna,  ho  also 
left  one  thousand  florins  for  the  Italian  chapel 


Immense  f*nceef>s  of  Ditson  A:  Co.’s  New  Col' 
lection  of  Organ  .Manic,  entitled 


00  fleid  of  labor  that  offers  eren  terra. 
\i”I'v.rBt  on  ike  sale  of  the  FaniU  r  K nlttwwl 
omf.hlPir’  ?j?d  thcT?  ,ls  00  much  Inc  that*  possesses 
necessary  for  family  use  as  the  uvo*’ 

Bickford’s  Improved 

*5^  eareot  management,  together 

for  *<*5* thc  IH-vat  rnnee  oAvork 

anil  its  trifling  cost,  make*  It  s  matt*,  or  ecomm  » 
hrin^it  m/**®11-1,  lo  faave  0,1 an<1  "id  ultimately 

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Beethoven's  Adagios  to  Strati."**  Danube  Waltz. 
KlHsrwJItli'n  sold  in  two  weeks  after  implication, 
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Cloth. 

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TTUh  I Uustrations  by  the  Best  American  Ar- 
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of  the  kind  over  attempted  in  this  country.  Unlike 
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(duet  ration. 

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lor  taste  and  accuracy  In  ovury  section  of  thu  li  nllcd 
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Mineral  Roofing 

Cheapest  and  Most  Durable! 


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Ipped  In  rolls  ready  to  bo  laid.  It 
k  *  Inexperienced  men,  la  not  Injuriously 

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H-  Ho.V^  ^  '  At  TUBINt.  t  o., 

ffio  Uroailwity,  N»m  York  City. 


man  of  America,  has  contributed  llnerully  to  thu 
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oulenuar  bordew  tu  «*  ii<1uiu*2il>le.  und  cutirely  udIuijc 
In  thwlr  wuy. 

The  Schuylkill 

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drawing  of  Thonuu»  Momn,  tlitt  htrongcBt  landHCHDe  I  OQCtiWdrfl  <LU(t  fitrwo\ d. 

artist  tu  Ainnini,  1  " . 1 

The  Outcasts  of  Poker  Flat. 

A  synopsis  of  Bret  Harte'a  Inimitable  Western 
sketeu  acoumpunies  three  ))ln«trailoii6  by  Mr.  Davis. 

A  Tropical  Scene. 

One  of  the  most  exquisite  pictures  which  it  Is  pos¬ 
sible  to  concern*  Is  contributed  by  Mary  Nemo,  to 
niotthruio  linos  from  Joaquin  Miller. 

Rip  Van  Winkle. 

A  disquisition  on  till*  popular  American  legend  Is 
Ulustruted  by  four  designs  by  Mr.  Davis. 

Evening  on  the  Delaware 

U  a  mont  perfect  picture,  by  Thomas  Moran.  It 
showy  tliUt  AtnorlG&D  pa<torul  S08ii©ry  Uur<  uoipifi 
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The  Melancholy  Days. 

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Olden  Time  Southern  Life 

.Mr.  Sheppard,  a  Vtrg  nian  ariisi,  gives  ns  n  glimpse 
of  the  patriarahaJ  phase  of  American  slavery,  lie 
hufl  ohorten  u  Cbristxu^h  hccuti  whon  the  “ 


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WHO  LIFE  A  F AH  WEST! 

Over  .Vi  Years  of  Porso-inl  Adventure*  as  a  Hantor 
and Trapper,  Indian  Fighter,  Ao.;  also,  Life  In  Mi'xUco, 
and  service*  In  the  Mexican  War  and  with  the  Mo  o 
(mil  against  Maximilian.  Entirely  now,  thfVllruHu  m. 
ta;„ fir,,,  10  I  hint  srllimi.  Bend  for  Illustrated  Circu¬ 
lar  ntl 'must  liberal  terras,  and  chnlco  ol  teyrl  pry. t° 
WILEY,  WATERMAN'  A  BATON,  llartiord,  Ct. 


—  Figs  are  now  successfully  raised  in  Northern 
Missouri. 

—  There  is  said  to  be  a  glut  of  oysters  In  the 
Baltimore  market. 

—  Boston  Odd  Fellows  havo  sent  $2,000  t-o 
their  suffering  brethren  in  Memphis.  _ 

clergymen 


—  There  are  about 
in  Iowa,  in  the  regular  work  of  the  ministry. 

—  The  total  amount  invested  by  the  German 
Government  in  the  Gulfed  States  funded  loan 

la  ?i8,eoo,wo. 

—  A  Chinese  play,  with  real  Oh'iruuen  and 
women  performers,  is  announced  to  be  brought 
out  shortly  In  London. 

—  Corlnne.  Utah,  shipped  300,000  pounds  of 
npples  to  Montana  between  the  10th  of  Septem¬ 
ber  and  10th  of  October. 

-Canvas-back  ducks  are  said  to  bo  much 
more  plentiful  this  season  than  usual  In  the 
vicinity  of  Havre  Oe  Grace. 

—  The  new  telescope  for  the  National  Ob¬ 
servatory  at  Washington,  made  at  Cambridge, 
has  arrived  at  Washington. 

—  Work  has  been  resumed  at  the  Bessemer 
steel  works,  Troy,  the  men  consenting  to  the 
proposed  reduction  In  their  wages. 

—  It  Is  estimated  that  from  3,000  to  10,000  per¬ 
sons  have  been  thrown  out  of  employment  at 
Buffalo  as  the  effects  of  Un  .nclal  difficulties. 

—  A  new  horse  disease  has  made  Its  appear¬ 
ance  In  the  Willamette  Valiev,  W.  T.  It.  peoms 
to  be  a  sort  of  paralysis  of  tho  legs  and  spine. 

—  Tho  amount  of  timber  cut  on  tho  head¬ 
waters  of  the  Mississippi  River  and  Its  tributa¬ 
ries,  tho  past  year,  was  equal  to  1,579,000,000 
feet. 

—  A  statemont  Is  made  that  15,000  to  20,000 
operatives  In  Connecticut  have  been  thrown 
out  of  employment  by  the  present  financial 
panic, 

—  Tho  population  of  Fall  River,  Mass.,  num¬ 
bers  its. PH,  aud  the  valuation  of  the  city  Is  *f7,- 
4hi.2lU,an  Increase  of  nearly  £ 10,000,000  over  that 
of  last  year, 

—  Never  before  since  the  settlement  of  the 
State  was  there  so  groat  a  breadth  of  ground 
sown  in  winter  wheat  throughout  Central  Illi¬ 
nois  as  this  fall. 

—  The  ratio  of  Increase  In  tho  population  of 
Washington  Territory  during  tho  past  three 
years  has  been  over  30  per  cent.  The  Territory 
contains  3,127  farms. 

•  -  Tho  State  Agricultural  College  at  Amherst, 
Mass.,  proposes  to  graduate  no  student  who 
shall  not  bo  qualified  to  organize,  clothe,  equip, 
drill  and  command  a  regiment  of  Infantry. 

—  The  farmers  of  Pawlet,  Vt.,  are  giving  up 
sheep  raising,  and  going  into  tho  manufacture 
of  cheese.  There  arc  already  four  cheese  fac¬ 
tories  In  the  town,  and  five  fnore  near  its  limits. 


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A  COMPLETE  TREATISE 

ON  THE  BREEDING,  MANAGEMENT 
AND  DISEASES  OF  SHEEP. 


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Jo  111  of clt5er»i'i,ywiok or i;>l,l,mitke roornn'Miey 

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POLITICAL  ECONOMY. 

“  Wliat  are  you  looking  so  sorry  about,  Arthur  ? 
-  “  Multiplication  !” 

"  0,  1  know  ali  about  multiplication  !” 

“Do  you?  What’s  twice  ton,  then?” 

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The  New  American  Cyci,opa£uia  was  completed 
in  1863,  since  which  time  the  wide  circulation  which 
It  has  attained  tn  all  parts  of  the  United  Mutes,  and 
the  signal  developments  which  have  taken  place  lu 
every  branch  of  science,  literature  and  mi.,  have  In¬ 
duced  the  editors  aud  publishers  to  submit  n  to  an 
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convenience  nnd  roilnenieut  Of  social  life.  Great 
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civil  war  of  our  own  Country,  which  was  at  Us  hlgln 
when  the  la-t  volume  or  the  old  work  appeared,  bus 
happily  boon  end,  d,  and  anew  course  commercial 
and  industrial  activity  has  been  commenced. 

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have  been  made  by  the  indefatigable  explorers  uf 
Africa. 

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maintained,  of  which  tbe  details  are  as  yet  preserved 
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tions  of  the  day,  but  which  ought  now  to  take  their 
place  la  permanent  uud  authentic  history. 

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down  the  information  to  the  latest  possible  dates, 
and  to  furnish  >n  accurate  uCedaatof  the  most  re¬ 
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plan  and  coin pu SB  as  its  prcdtfOe**or,  but  with  a  fur 
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provement-  lu  II*  composition  us  have  been  suggest¬ 
ed  by  longer  experience  and  enlarged  knowledge. 

l’ue  Illustration*  which  nre  Introduced  for  the  first 
tltne  ln  the  present  edition  have  been  added  not  lor 
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lv  dividing  the  fell  into  certain  tracts,  within 
W  hich  he  expects  to  lind  certain  sheep.  In 
spite,  however,  of  this  general  tendency  to 
stick  to  the  ground,  a  certain  amount  of 
straying  does  of  course  take  place,  and,  us 
there  are  no  fences,  often  to  long  distances  ; 
on  this  account  meetings  are  held  about 


juinpuig powers 01  auerdwiek  require 
to  be  seen  to  be  believed.  They  run  up  dry 
walls  like  cats,  and  if  they  cannot  run  up, 
they  will  fly  immense  i lights. 

The  legs  and  faces  of  this  breed,  as  lambs, 
are  black,  or  black  with  a  few  white  flecks  • 
but  they  soon  begin  to  “  brighten  out,1'  till 
by  the  time  they  are  two  years  old,  all  that 
was  black  has  become  a  frosty  or  silver  gray, 
darkening  slightly  towards  the  forehead,  ex¬ 
cept  H  blue-black  mark  or  patch  at.  the  back 
of  the  neck  ;  any  brown  tinge  is  a  defect,  it 
being  considered  a  less  hardy  color.  The  eye 
should  be  bright  and  good,  and  the  forehead 
broad  with  a  tuft  on  it  ;  the  ears  should  be 
white  and  sharp,  and  the  wool  should  come 
well  up  to  them,  and,  in  the  case  of  tups, 
form  a  kllld  of  inane  or  heckling  of  a  dark 
color.  They  should  be  wide  between  the 
fore  legs,  with  the  breast,  well  forward,  and 
be  well  ribbed  up  to  endure  hardships  ;  the 
hind  legs  should  be  straight,  and  well  nmt 


HERDWICK  SHEEP 


There  is  a  tradition  that  the  originals, 
parents  of  these  sheep,  were  wrecked  in  a 
Spanish  ship  on  the  coast  of  England  near 
Duddon  Sands  and  t  hence  spread  all  through 
the  lake  district  of  Cumberland,  Westmore¬ 
land,  and  Lancashire.  There  it  now  reigns 
supreme,  having  entirely  superseded  the  old 
hell  breed,  which,  tradition  says,  was  white- 


as  its  mother.  I  hey  are  very  good  managers, 
too,  in  hard  weather  or  snow,  as  they  will, 
it  they  have  warning,  make  for  the  exposed 
places,  where  they  are  not  likely  to  be 
drifted  up,  and  afterwards  scratch  down  till 
they  reach  the  grass  ;  but  sometimes  a  thick, 
soft,  heavy  snow  comes  on  so  suddenly  that 
they  are  drifted  up  almost  unawares,  and  in 
this  state  of  being  literally  buried  alive  they 
have  been  known  to  live  for  three  weeks, 
and,  after  being  taken  out,  recover  and  do 
well,  their  only  subsistence  having  been 
what  they  could  roach  from  where  they  lay. 
A  Herd  wick  is  very  much  attached  to  its  own 
“  heaf,”  or  that  part  of  the  fell  where  it  gen¬ 
erally  goes  ;  ami  in  a  large  stock  a  shepherd 
depends  chiefly  upon  this  peculiarity  for 
knowing  that  all  his  charge  is  right,  mental- 


diiferent  farms,  with  illustrative  woodcuts. 
The  “marks”  consist  of  “oar  marks,”  a  tar 
letter  or  letters  on  one  side,  and  another 
mark  generally  made  111  red,  but  sometimes 
in  tar,  or  some  other  place  ;  in  addition  also 
a  mark  is  occasionally  burned  on  the  face. 
At,  rutting  time  the  tups  light  a  great,  deal, 
and  instances  are  not.  uncommon  whore  the 
shook  or  meeting  has  been  fatal  to  both 
combatants. 

In  hard  weather  hay  is  taken  up  the  fells 
n  sheets  on  men’s  backs,  but,  unless  arena- 


toned  down  to  the  hocks  ;  the  knees  and 
feet  should  be  large,  the  latter  white,  and 
the  bone  between  them  fine ;  above  all,  a 
Herdwick  should  stand  square  and  walk 
well.  The  ewes  are  not  horned,  but  the 
tups  generally  are,  though  not  always  ;  when 
they  are,  the  horns  should  be  white  and 
waxy,  and,  rising  well  out  of  the  back  of 
the  head,  curl  once  or  twice.  Of  course  most 
sheep  fall  off  more  or  less  from  this  Ideal, 
but  the  commonest  fault  is  a  slackness  be¬ 
hind  the  shoulder.  There  arc  also  always  in 
every  flock  a  certain  proportion  of  darker- 
colored  sheep,  and  these  “  brenked  ”  ones,  as 
they  are  called,  arc  often  of  the  best  blood  ; 
they  are  not  by  any  means  disliked  as  long 
as  they  are  of  a  black  and  not  a  brown  tinge, 
for  many  people  deem  them  hardier,  and 
also  consider  them  useful  in  keeping  up  the 
distinctive  markings  of  the  breed  ;  in  fact, 
some  very  dark-colored  tups  have  been  great 
prize  winners.  As  to  the  wool,  which  is  of  a 
short  staple,  it  is  as  inferior  to  that  of  most 
low  country  sheep  as  the  mutton  is  superior  ; 
but  it  has  improved,  a  groat  deal  of  late 
years,  and  though  still  grayish,  is  nearly  free 
from  those  1:1  kewps  ”  or  gray  hairs  that  use  l 
to  disfigure  it.  It  varies  in  price,  according 
to  markets,  but  is  always  rather  above  the 
wool  of  the  horned  black  faces.  “  Sickness’* 
and  the  fly  are  the  chief  occasions  of  loss  to 
the  flockinaster.  The  former,  which  resem¬ 
bles  black  quarter  in  calves,  principally  at¬ 
tacks  the  hoggs  in  autumn  and  winter  ;  but 
some  fells  have  uu  evil  reputation  for  it,  and 
on  these  tho  tanner  must  lay  his  account 
with  a  considerable  annual  loss  of  sheep  of 
all  ages,  and  at  all  times  of  the  year.  The 
only  remedy  or  rather  prevention  seems  to 
be  change  of  pasture,  and  when,  as  is  usual, 
the  hoggs  arc  wintered  out,  the  nearer  the 
sea  they  are  the  less  the  chance  of  sickness 
is  found  to  be. 

The  nuisance  of  the  fly  varies  very  much 
in  different  localities,  but  it  abounds  on  some 
fells  from  June  till  September;  and  as  the 
sheep  on  being  struck  generally  seek  some 
cover,  such  as  underwood  or  deep  beds  of 
bracken,  it  may  easily  be  imagined  that  on 
such  extensive  ranges  many  are  never  found 
till  the  horrible  death  of  being  eaten  alive  by 
maggots  has  overtaken  them.  Dipping  and 
diligent  shepherding  will,  however,  do  a  good 
deal.  Foot  rot  is  almost  unknown,  and 
scab,  under  more  judicious  treatment,  has 
ceased  to  bo  the  terror  it  was— in  fact,  any 
serious  loss  from  this  cause  may  safely  be 
set  down  to  neglect.  Sturdy  also  claims  a 
certain  number  of  victims,  but  not  many. 

We  have  omitted  to  mention  one  rather 
peculiar  circumstance  which  is,  that  there 
was  originally  a  distinct  strain  of  this  sheep 
about  Koathwuite,  that  had  fourteen  ribs. 
Though  we  believe  that  as  a  distinct  strain  it 
no  longer  exists,  yet  many  individual  sheep 
possess  this  peculiarity  ;  and  Mr.  Nelson,  of 
Gatesganh,  one  of  the  most  noted  breeders, 
tells  us  that  instances  are  not  at  all  uncom¬ 
mon  in  his  flock,  and  that  he  does  not  notice 
any  other  peculiarity  or  difference  between 
them  and  sheep  possessing  the  normal  num¬ 
ber  of  ribs. 

- - 4  4  »  ■- 

CHARACTERISTICS  OF  GOOD  SHEEP. 

At  a  farmers’  meeting  at  Bethel,  Vt.,  Mr. 
A.  E.  Perkins,  in  discoursing  of  the  charac¬ 
teristics  of  the  Merinos,  said  “  The  first 
requisite  is  their  carcass  or  body,  which 
should  be  of  a  roundish,  barrel  form,  with 
good  depth,  broad  between  the  shoulders, 
hips  aud  eyes,  a  large  nose,  thick,  soft, 
elastic  ear,  short,  thick  neck,  short,  straight 
legs  of  good  sized  bone.  Their  size  should  be 
medium  for  the  breed,  which  size  will  give 
the  greatest  amount  of  wool  for  a  given 
quantity  of  feed  when  compared  with  ani¬ 
mals  of  t  he  same  breed,  age  and  sex  of  larger 
size.  The  fleece  should  be  the  greatest  com¬ 
bination  of  quantity,  length  of  staple,  thick¬ 
ness  of  wool,  evenness  of  fleece  over  the 
general  surface  of  the  body,  with  style  and 
good  crimp. 

To  judge  of  all  the  foregoing  qualities  re¬ 
quires  experience,  study  and  Careful  obser¬ 
vation.  The  length  of  staple  should  be  at  12 
month’s  growth  from  two  to  three  inches. 
Fineness  of  fiber  can  be  judged  by  the  feeling 
and  number  of  crimps  to  an  inch  in  length  of 
wool.  The  number  of  crimps  to  an  inch  in 
length  of  line  wool  is  from  twenty-seven  to 
twenty-nine.  Thickness  of  fleece  cannot  be 
always  judged  correctly  by  the  feeling  of  its 
surface.  By  part  ing  the  wool  on  the  sheep 
the  amount  of  those  exposed  to  view  indi¬ 
cates  tilt  thickness  of  fleece.  Evenness  of 
fleece  over  the  general  surface  of  the  body 
is  important,  for  when  the  fleece  is  all  inter¬ 
mixed  with  hah-  and  coarse  wool,  the  whole 
fleece  goes  for  coarse  wool.  Style  of  wool  is 
judged  by  its  fineness  and  depth  of  crimp. 

A  reasonable  amount  of  yolk  has  been  be¬ 


lieved  in  all  times  and  country  as  necessaries 
to  promote  and  protect  the  growth  of  strong, 
elastic  wool.  It  keeps  the  dirt  out  of  Die 
inner  part  of  the  fleece,  and  prevents  the 
wool  from  being  worn  and  chafed.  Deprive 
the  wool  while  ou  the  sheep  of  all  yolk,  and 
it  would  become  coated  together  by  the  rains 
and  motions  of  the  sheep.  Tims  while,  a  rea¬ 
sonable  amount  of  yolk  is  necessary,  it  is  no 
excuse  for  raising  wool  which  has  the  great¬ 
est  objectionable  amount  of  yolk  in  it.  An 
excess  of  yolk  is  a  waste  of  the  vital  energies 
and  constitution  of  the  sheep. 

Wrinkles  on  the  general  surface  of  the 
body  should  be  avoided  ;  they  are  an  injury 
to  the  quality  and  length  of  wool,  and  ore 
not  of  any  value  whatever.  Breeding  sheep 
all  covered  with  wrinkles,  is  like  a  farmer 
who  ridges  his  level  m«  "’lands  and  seeds  the 
ridges  with  an  inferior  kind  of  grass.  In 
avoiding  wrinkles  we  should  not  go  bo  far  as 
to  under-value  a  good  heavy  neck  aud  good 
dewlap,  and  if  there  is  a  "Tinkle  back  of  the 
shoulder  or  forward  of  tho  flank,  it  is  not 
objectionable. 

The  skin  of  the  sheep  should  be  of  a  red¬ 
dish  color,  which  indicates  good  health,  easy 
to  keep.  A  thin,  soft  skin  denotes  a  well- 
bred  animal.” 


CRANBERRY  CULTURE. 


TALK  TO  WOOL  GROWERS. 


Tins  New  York  Economist  gives  a  few 
hints  in  the  following  extract  from  a  lengthy 
article,  which  wool  growers  will  do  well  t,o 
give  candid  consideration  “  It  is  true,  it 
takes  t  ime  to  raise  lambs  and  increase  flocks 
of  sheep.  As  yet  there  has  not  been  much 
increase  in  the  production  of  the  staple  in  oui 
Northern  or  Western  States  ;  but  what  is 
lacking  in  quantity  is  to  Borne  extent  made 
up  in  quality,  for  our  markets  now  present 
lines  of  fancy  wools  from  Virginia,  Pennsyl¬ 
vania  and  Ohio,  which  are  equal  to  any  wools 
grown  the  world  over.  The  superfine  fancy 
clips  from  Western  Virginia  are  particularly 
choice,  and  will  bear  close  comparison  wit  h 
the  finest  Austrian,  Silesian  and  Australian. 
These  wools  will  command  fancy  prices  at. 
any  time,  no  matter  liow  stringent  money 
may  be,  for  they  are  always  wanted  for 
opera  flannels,  line  face  doeskins,  or  ladies’ 
worsted  dress  goods  or  braids,  and  yet  we 
fear  enough  of  these  grades  will  never  l>c 
grown  in  the  States  to  supply  tho  constantly 
increasing  wants  of  our  manufacturer.  The 
demand  for  combing  wools  continues  very 
actives — in  fact,  it  is  urgent,  until  now  prices 
have  rapidly  risen,  especially  for  Canadian. 
From  a  private  letter,  written  by  a  well- 
known  firm  in  Hamilton,  dated  the  lid  in¬ 
stant,  we  are  enabled  to  make  tho  following 
extract : — *  Combing  wool  cannot  be  got  in 
any  quantities  at  present.  The  country  lias 
been  scoured  all  around  for  manufacturers 
in  your  State,  and  as  high  as  ‘Me.  gold  has 
been  paid,  and  t  he  prospect  is  it  will  go  some¬ 
what  higher.  We  estimate  tho  clip  at  l}4 
million  pounds.’ 

‘•This  sounds  like  high  talk.  But  wait; 
before  tho  ink  is  yet  dry  ou  the  paper  we 
write  upon,  we  have  advices  still  more  aston¬ 
ishing,  with  sales  40c.  gold  for  Canadian 
combing,  and  the  hest  article  is  now  field  at 
a  half  a  dollar  gold.  This  would  carry  the 
price  beyond  80c.  currency,  and  yet  it  is  not 
a  fortnight  since  Mr.  Walworth  asserted  he 
would  not  pay  over  tiOc.  for  the  staple  landed 
in  the  States,  Such  are  the  enormous  de¬ 
mands  for  worsted  wools  tho  world  over, 
that  everywhere  in  Europe  and  America 
t  hey  are  bringing  prices  out  of  proportion  to 
line  clothing  grades.  It  is  a  pity  our  farmers 
cannot  get  some  of  these  Canadian  sheep  and 
cross  them  with  our  Saxony,  so  as  to  give 
us  a  good  grade  of  one-fourth  blood  wool.” 

. - 4-4-4- - 

SHEPHERD  NOTES. 

Sheep  in  Orchards.— la  England  it  is  com¬ 
mon  to  keep  quite  a  number  of  odd  sheep  in 
orchards  during  the  winter,  as  well  as  sum¬ 
mer— ewes  which  may  have  had  lambs,  acci¬ 
dentally,  earlier  than  the  general  flock  or 
others  which  from  any  cause  are  not  well  to 
be  with  those  eating  turnips  in  the  fields. 
Mv  young  fruit  trees  have  a  few  bushes  tied 
around  the  stem  as  high  ns  sheep  can  reach  ; 
and  some  put  a  carpenter  to  work  to  put 
what  are  called  “cratches”  around  every 
tree  which  may  be  considered  to  be  in  any 
danger.  Sheep  kept  in  orchards,  and  fed 
with  good  food  through  the  winter,  having  a 
shed  to  run  to  for  shelter  in  stormy  weather, 
do  well,  and  are  a  groat  benefit  to  the  trees 
in  consequence  of  tho  dung  and  Urine  which 
nourishes  the  trees  through  the  roots  better 
than  they  can  he  helped  by  other  manuring. 
—A  Working  Farmer. 

I  Tool  Q  routing. — Why  is  it  that  there  is  so 
little  said  about  wool  growing  ?  One  would 
think  that  it  had  become  a  matter  of  history. 
It  seems  as  though  foreign  wools  had  almost 
crowded,  t  he  Americau  out  of  the  business. 
4  f..\v  years  ago  the  Bubal  stated  that  it 
took  40,1)00,00  /  lbs.  of  foreign  wool  to  supply 
our  consumption  ;  now  it  is  stated  that  last 
year  there  were  00,000,0.0  lbs.  of  wool  im¬ 
ported  ahd  10,000,000  of  shoddy  ;  so  it  seems 
that  gold  has  to  go  to  buy  what  can  be  pro¬ 
duced  here.— Wm.  Noland,  Sumner  County, 
Term. 


Will  you  please  give  us  in  your  next  issue 
something  of  the  conditions,  science,  history, 
expenses  and  profits  of  low  cranberry  cul¬ 
ture  ?  Also,  please,  give  a  description  of 
proper  places,  time  to  commence,  how  or 
where  tne  roots  arc  to  be  secured,  cost,  &c., 
and  greatly  oblige.— SUBSCRIBER,  Walden, 
Vt,,  Oct.  13,  187:?. 

Remarks.— We  condense  an  article  writ¬ 
ten  for  the  Barnstable,  Mass.,  Patriot,— a 
famous  section  for  cranberries — as  furnishing 
“  something”  on  several  points  in  cranberry 
culture  : 

Choice  of  Location.— The  best  place  is  a 
peat-bog  and  swamp  muck. 

Preparation  of  the  Ground. — First,  make 
the  surface  of  your  ground  as  oven  as.possi- 
ble,  and  nearly  level,  with  a  slight  inclina¬ 
tion  towards  a  draiu,  if  yon  have  one,  in 
order  that  it  may  be  easily  flowed,  and  no 
ponds  remain  after  drawing  off  the  water. 
This  may  be  done  with  any  material.  There 
should  then  be  put  on  this  level  surface, 
about  four  inches  in  thickness  of  swamp 
muck  or  peat,  which  should  bo  again  cov¬ 
ered  with  about,  three  inches  in  depth  of 
loose,  sand,  free  from  grass  or  its  fibers,  and 
also  from  clay  or  stones.  It  is  not  impor 
taut  what  the  color  or  quality  of  the  sand,  if 
it  be  not  adhesive,  and  is  free  from  roots  and 
grass.  Clay  is  not  good. 

Time  of  Planting.—  From  the  first  of  April 
to  the  middle  of  June— continuing  through 
tho  summer  to  plunt,  if  convenient,  uud  as 
it  is  wished.  Those  set  late,  lose  a  year’s 
growth,  and  may  os  well  be  set  in  spring,  if 
the  land  be  not  too  wet. 

Manner  of  Plan  ling. —The  form  of  planting 
which  has  resulted  in  the  moat  rapid  ad¬ 
vancement  of  growth  and  production,  is  to 
scatter  whole  vines  upon  a  mud  or  peat  sur¬ 
face  ;  then  press  them  into  the  mud  with 
your  foot,  and  scatter  over  them  light  sand, 
about  one  inch  in  depth.  Patches  planted 
in  this  maimer  seem  to  bo  a  year  ahead  of' 
those  planted  in  the  ordinary  way.  The 
general  plan,  however,  is  to  set  them  in  hills 
at  eighteen  inches  apart.  Take  a  pointed 
stick,  say  four  inches  in  thickness,  through 
which  at  eight  inches  from  tho  point  insert  a 
gauge  rod  eighteen  inches  long,  which  serves 
to  govern  the  distance  from  on©  hill  to  an¬ 
other.  With  this  pointed  stick  puncture  the 
ground  in  uniform  rows,  insert  into  these 
holes  a  small  handful  of  vines,  and  press  the 
mud  aroimd  and  among  them,  spreading 
them  about  as  much  us  need  be. 

Quality  of  Vines.— Vines  should  be  pro¬ 
cured  from  meadows  which  have  borne  well, 
and  of  good  fruit,  as  the  best  way  of  know¬ 
ing  good  bearers.  There  are  several  species, 
such  as  egg-shaped,  bell-shaped,  and  cherry¬ 
shaped.  The  former  are  most  approved,  and 
are  said  to  be  four  or  five  weeks  earlier. 

Cultivation. — The  cranberry  needs  little 
cultivation.  Having  your  land  properly  pre 
pared  as  before  stated,  and  properly  ditched, 
and  clear  of  roots  aud  grass,  it  may  require 
the  fii-st  year  a  little  hoeing  among  the  vines 
After  the  first  year,  it  would  be  likely  to  do 
as  much  injury  as  benefit,  by  disturbing  the 
young  fibers,  which  are  now  tliiekly  set.  It 
is  better  after  this,  to  pluck  the  weeds  by 
hand,  put  them  in  a  basket,  and  carry  them 
off.  After  the  second  year,  let  them  alone. 
The  third  year  you  will  get  a  fair  crop,  the 
fourth  will  probably  be  the  best.  It  is  pot 
vet.  ascertained  how  many  years  they  may 
do  well.  Fair  bearing  is  considered  one 
bushel  to  a  rod  ;  there  have  been  instances 
of  one  barrel  to  the  rod.  Rushes,  and  bunch¬ 
es  of  weeds  and  grass  may  at  any  time  be 
cut  out. 

Flo  wing.— Flowing  is  not  absolutely  neces¬ 
sary.  If  flowablc,  the  water  may  remain 
on  all  winter,  and  let  off  in  March.  It  should 
be  let  on  about  the  20th  to  the  25th  of  May, 
and  again  the  1st  of  Juno,  for  not  exceeding 
thirty-six  hours ;  after  tiffs  it  is  not  needful. 
Blossoms  are  injured  by  the  water  remaining 
on  too  long,  tho  object  of  which  is  to  destroy 
the  insects.  After  the  second  flowing  there 
is  little  to  fear  from  them.  The  grade  of 
the  land  and  the  ditching  should  be  so  ar¬ 
ranged  as  to  easily  flood  or  clear  the  surface, 
and  the  sides  of  your  drains  should  slope  to 
an  angle  of  forty-five  degrees  or  more,  in 
order  to  their  permanence  and  utility* ;  the 
number,  arrangement  and  size  being  directed 
by*  good  judgment. — A.  E.  Farmer. 


which  of  late  has  gained  such  extensive  cre¬ 
dence,  and  is  so  generally  practiced — that 
the  ridges  should  be  left  to  be  crumbled 
down  by  the  alternate  freezing  and  thawing 
during  the  winter  and  spring,  and  thus  feed 
the  roots  of  tho  wheat.  Tiffs  “crumbled 
down”  process  takes  place  when  the  action 
of  the  roots  is  wholly  suspended,  and  conse¬ 
quently  they  cannot  be  “  fed  ”  by  it,  and  the 
earth  so  crumbled  down  is  nothing  to  the 
roots  in  reality  but  a  very  insignificant 
mulch.  On  the  other  hand,  if  the  land  be 
well  rolled  in  the  fall,  the  earth  is  tightly 
compressed  around  the  seed,  and  the  plant  Is 
thus  enabled  to  get,  a  better  foothold  ;  t  he 
roots  are  fed  while  they  have  an  appetite 
and  will  be  less  affected  by  the  actiou  of  the 
frost.  The.  earth  when  Closely  packed  does 
not  afford  so  many  harbors  for  insects, 
which  will  most  likely  prove  to  be  enemies 
to  the  plant  at  some  stage  of  its  develop 
ment.  if  the  surface  be  smooth  it  is  less  apt 
to  retain  surface  water,  and  in  conclusion, 
the  practice  of  rolling  is  in  strict  accordance 
with  the  nature  and  requirements  of  the 
plant,  which  thrives  best  ou  compact  soil.” 
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CHUFAS  OR  EARTH  ALMONDS. 

Tins  perennial,  known  to  botanists  as  Cy 
perutt  eSGulentus,  is  a  species  of  sedge  native 
of  the  southern  parts  of  Europe,  where  it 
grows  to  the  lfight  of  about  three  feet.  In 
this  latitude  it  grows  to  the  hight  of  fifteen 
or  twenty  inches,  producing  tubers  of  all  sizes 
up  to  that  of  a  large  bean  ;  in  taste  they 
resemble  a  sweet  chestnut  or  cocoanut,  and 
may  be  eaten  raw  or  cooked  in  various 
ways.  In  Spain  the  tubers  are  chiefly  used 
in  making  an  orgeat,  a  refreshing  drink 
much  used  in  Spain,  Cuba,  and  other  hot 
climates  where  it  Is  known.  I  have  planted 
it  in  my  garden  several  years  and  it  seems  to 
do  equally  well  on  a  light  sandy  soil,  and  on 
a  heavy  loam.  It  is  very  prolific,  a  single 
tuber  will  often  produce  two  or  three 
hundred. 

The  most  convenient  way  of  planting  is  in 
hills  about  two  feet  apart  each  way,  eight  or 
ten  tubers  in  each,  five  or  six  inches  asunder. 
No  cultivation  is  necessary  except  to  keep 
out  the  we  ods.  As  soon  as  the  frost  lias 
killed  the  tops,  the  tubei-8  may  he  dug,  dried 
and  put  in  any  dry  place  ;  in  drying,  they 
loose  nearly  one-third  of  their  weight. 

In  reply  to  J.  H.,  I  should  not  think  cluifas 
would  injure  an  orchard  more  than  grass  or 
any  other  crop.  If  cluifas  do  as  well  in  field 
culture  as  in  the  garden,  I  should  judge  that 
they  would  produce  from  one  hundred  to 
three  hundred  bushels  per  acre.  L.  w.  G. 
Amherst,  Mass. 

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NEW  AMERICAN  POTATOES  IN 
ENGLAND. 


ROLLING  WHEAT. 


A  practical  farmer  writes  the  Intelli¬ 
gencer  I  am  strongly  disposed  to  favor 
the  old  practice  of  rolling  wheat  ground  af¬ 
ter  sowing,  notwithstanding  the  theory 


B.  K.  Bliss  &  Sons  of  this  city  forwarded 
the  Editor  of  the  London  Gardeners’  Chroni¬ 
cle  tubers  of  some  of  their  new  seedling  po¬ 
tatoes,  anil  the  following  letter  from  him  to 
the  firm  shows  the  result. 

Gardeners’  Chronicle  and  ao'i,  uaz.  I 
OrvicK,  41  Wellington  St.,  Strand,  W.  C.,  > 
October,  7,  1873.  ) 

Gentlemen  :— Last  year  you  were  good 
enough  to  send  us  for  trial  some  of  your  new 
kinds  of  potatoes.  As  a  large  trial  of  over 
300  sorts  was  projected  to  he  carried  out  at 
the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  Garden  at 
Chiswick  tiffs  season,  I  thought  the  fairest 
way  would  be  to  send  your  samples  to  be 
tried  with  the  rest.  I  sent  them  under  num¬ 
bers,  so  that  no  one  but  myself  knew  either 
the  names  of  che  varieties  or  the  senders.  I 
have  now  the  pleasure  of  telling  you  that  a 
first-class  certificate  was  awarded  by  the 
judges  to  your  Extra  Early  Vermont  and  to 
Vermont  Beauty.  No  doubt  you  will  obtain 
official  notice  of  this  ere  long  ;  meanwhile  1 
thought  you  would  like  to  know  how  much 
appreciated  your  potatoes  were.  I  expect 
the  official  list  of  awards  will  soon  be  pub¬ 
lished.  I  am,  gentlemen,  your  obedient 
servant,  Maxwell  T.  Masters. 

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ALFALFA  IN  CALIFORNIA. 

The  Pacific  Rural  Press  of  Oct.  18,  says  : 
Gov.  Holden  hands  us  the  following From 
16  acres  of  Alfalfa  on  the  Sacramento  river, 
the  owner  cut  this  year,  at  one  cutting,  60 
tons  of  hay ;  he  then  let  it  go  to  seed  and 
harvested  over  3,000  pounds  of  seed,  worth 
15  cents  per  pound.  Ho  now  is  pasturing  on 
it  50  head  of  calves,  and  will  do  so  until  the 
rains  come  and  the  ground  gets  soft. 

RECAPITULATION. 

Hay,  00  tons,  worth . $000  00 

3,000  pounds  seed,  worth — A .  *5U 

Pasturage,  worth . . . . .  150  w 

$1,200  00 

Expenses  In  cutting  hay  and  seed  . .  175  00 

Net  Droceeda . . . $1,025  00 


I 


► 


allowed  to  roam  over  a  considerable  range, 
they  not  unfrequently  crop  weeds  that  give 
a  taint  to  the  milk — especially  is  this  the  case 
when  the  animals  have  the  range  of  wood¬ 
lands.  Again,  impure,  muddy  water— the 
water  from  sloughs  and  frog  ponds— will 
often  so  taint  the  butter  that  it  is  unfit  to 
eat.  We  have  known  numerous  instances 
whore  the  butter  has  been  spoiled  on  account 
of  the  water  which  the  cows  drank  ;  and  in 
quite  a  number  of  oases  we  have  pointed  out 
this  cause  to  dairymen  as  the  source  of  their 
trouble,  and  they  have  remedied  the  evil  by 
supplying  their  stock  with  good,  clean  water. 

Another  quite  common  source  of  bad 
flavor  in  butloris  from  allowing  the  cream 
to  remain  too  long  on  the  milk,  or  on  account 
of  keeping  it  too  long  after  skimming  and 
before  it  goes  to  the  churn.  It  is  very  im¬ 
portant  in  making  fine-flavored  butter  to 
get  up  the  cream  quickly  and  skim  before 
the  milk  has  become  old  and  decomposed. 
It  should  not  be  left  in  the  cream  pot  to  got 
old  and  rancid,  but  should  go  to  tho  churn 
as  soon  as  it  can  bo  made  ready  ”  after  skim¬ 
ming.”  Sometimes,  in  the  fall,  cream  is  left 


AYRSHIRES  FOR  THE  DAIRY 


DAIRY  PRODUCTS  AT  THE  CENTRAL 
N.  Y.  FAIR. 


Dr.  Sturtevant,  in  a  lecture  before  the 
New  York  State  Agricultural  Society  upon 
the  subject  of  dairy  farming  and  tho  choice 
of  breeds,  holds  the  following  language  : 

‘‘The  dairy  farmer  has  not  a  choice  of 
breeds.  The  effect  of  climate  and  food  is  a 
subject  that  requires  to  be  taken  into  consid¬ 
eration.  Tho  Short-Horn  originated  in  tho 
fertile  valley  of  the  Tees  ;  the  smallest  ol’  tho 
known  breeds  in  distant  Shetland,  lhe  bai- 
ren  pasture  of  Brittany  furnishes  a  cow 
resembling  tho  Dutch  in  all  but  size  ;  the 
marshes  of  the  Elbe  and  the  rivers  enter  ing 
the  North  Sea  build  up  the  large-framed 
Dutch.  The  fact  is  well  recognized  in  the 
sheep  husbandry  of  England,  and  also  each 
district  has  its  local  breed. 

In  stocking  a  farm  we  must,  to  obtain  the 
best  results, look  at  the  fertility  of  the  pas¬ 
tures,  their  aspect  ami  the  necessities  of  the 
season.  Where  soiling  is  exclusively  or 
main  I  v  carried  on,  human  foresight  is  able 
to  neutralize  the  action  of  natural  causes  to 
a  certain  extent,  and  to  such  a  fanner  there 
is  some  choice  of  breeds.  But  to  the  larger 

number  this  necessity  is  formed  by  the  re¬ 
quirements  of  their  land. 

The  Dutch  cattle,  With  them  large  frames, 
require  fertile  pastures  and  lands  unaffected 
by  drouth.  Their  home  is  among  the 
marshes  of  Holland.  The  beautiful  Short- 
Horn  bred  for  ages  to  a  special  purpose,  ana 
lacking  an  extreme  hardiness  of  constitution, 
is  better  fitted  for  fertile,  rolling,  limestone 
pasture.  ami  to  exceptional  locations  In  dairy 
dist  ricts.  The  Jersey  is  the  rich  man  s  cow, 
requires  shelter  and  rich  food,  can  be  teth¬ 
ered  with  ease,  is  highly  ornamental,  and 
witli  her  rich  producB  of  tuillc  cun,  it  ligxitly 
located,  be  made  profitable. 

But  the  Ayrshire  Is  fitted,  by  her  part  .and 
present  history,  for  the  poor  lands  penodi- 
1 3  ally  withered  by  drouth  and  broken  by  hilly, 
while  at  tho  same  time  alie  responds  K^te- 
fully  to  good  food  and  kind  treatment  that 
she  is  hardy  is  well-known,  oven  to  a  superi¬ 
ority  over  other  breeds  mentioned,  and  I 
throw  it  out  as  a  conjecture,  to  be  proved  by 
statistics  if  at  all.  whether  her  very  hardi¬ 
ness  and  adaptability  to  physical  changes 
has  not  rendered  her  less  1  labia  to  Abortion, 
than  tho  other  breeds  under  like  circum¬ 
stances  and  eare.  . 

Tho  Ayrshire  is  not  a  royal  animal,  built 
up  by  high  feed  and  pamnering  care,  and 
adapted  to  rich  pastures  alone.  She  is  ol 
the  low-born,  self-made  class,  which,  strug¬ 
gling  for  existence  with  the  hardships  of  the 
earlier  periods  of  Ayrshire*,  has  improved 
with  the  growth  of  the  Country,  retaining 


A  WORD  CONCERNING  SKIM  CHEESES. 

The  exhibition  of  dairy  products  at  the 
recent  Central  New  York  Fair  was  note¬ 
worthy  in  several  respects.  In  the  first  place, 
the  show  was  a  very  largo  one 


more  exten¬ 
sive,  perhaps,  than  any  other  in  the  State, 
save  in  one  instance,  when  the  dairymen 
came  out  in  full  force  to  make  a  great  show 
at  the  Fair  of  the  N.  Y.  State  Agricultural 
Society  in  1865.  The  State  Society  at  that 
time  provided  a  huge  tent  for  this  depart¬ 
ment  of  tho  exhibition,  and  the  cheeses  could 
be  seen  here  by  the  hundreds.  In  the  cen¬ 
ter  was  placed  the  Queen  Cheese  of  [Canada, 
weighing  4,200  pounds,  and  ranged  around 
by  counties  were  the  various  specimens  of 
factories  and  farm  dairies  from  different 
parts  of  the  State.  Herkimer  county  showed 
100  cheeses  ;  Oneida,  98  ;  Jefferson,  41  ;  W y- 
oming,  40,  and  Lewis,  Otsego,  Madison,  Os¬ 
wego,  St.  Lawrence,  Onondaga,  and  other 
couuties,  ranging  from  30  to  a  half  dozen. 
This  immense  show,  at  the  time,  was  of  great 
interest  and  benefit  to  the  dairymen  of  the 
Stato.  They  came  together  and  examined 
critically  the  different  character  and  nmka 
of  tho  cheeses  before  them,  and  from  the 
comparison  they  were  able  to  see  in  what 
rank  the  product  of  the  different  counties 
were  held,  one  to  the  other,  as  judged  and 
commented  upon  by  the  numerous  cheese 
mongers,  shippers  and  experts  present. 

Cheese  manufacture  and  butter  manufac¬ 
ture  have  improved  vastly  since  1805,  and 
the  average  product  of  New  York  is  slowly 
improving  from  year  to  year.  Not  only  the 
manufacturers  but  the  dairymen  are  from 
year  to  year  becoming  better  informed  as  to 
tho  principles  which  underlie  the  dairy  art 
in  the  production  and  treatment  of  milk  at 
the  farm  and  at  the  factory.  And  for  this 
much  is  due  to  the  agricultural  press  of  the 
country,  which  has  brought  to  light  new 
theories  and  discussed  their  practical  opera¬ 
tions.  The  dairyman  who  takes  no  agricul¬ 
tural  paper  travels  on  tho  same  plane  and 
around  the  same  circle  that  he  did  ten  years 
ago,  and  his  product  sells  in  the  market  far 
below  that  of  those  who  keep  well  informed 
and  who  put  into  practical  operation  the 
improvements  which  are  constantly  being 
made. 

At  the  recent  Utica  exhibition  the  samples 
of  cheese  were  of  the  finest  description,  full 
of  meat,  solid  in  texture,  and  of  that  sweet, 
nutty,  now-milk  flavor— far  superior  to  any¬ 
thing  shown  at  the  Fair  in  1865,  As  a  noted 
expert  remarked  to  us  when  testing  tho 
premium  cheese,  (from  the  Old  Fairfield  fac¬ 
tory,  Herkimer  Co.,)  “  llero  is  a  cheese  which 
it  will  bo  difficult  for  Englishmen  to  find 


Again,  milk  cellars  are  not  unfrequently 
badly  ventilated  and  foul,  from  want  of 
drainage ;  and  notwithstanding  the  walls 
may  be  newly  cleaned  the  gases  arising 
from  decomposing  matter  will  taint  the 
milk.  We  have  been  called  to  look  over 
premises  where  the  trouble  of  ill-flavored 
butter  could  not  be  at,  first  accounted  l'or, 
and  have  found  the  cause  hi  defective  drains. 
Of  course,  it  must  be  understood  that  no  de¬ 
caying  vegetables,  nor  indeed  vegetables  of 
any  kind,  should  be  in  a  cellar  where  milk 
is  set  for  cream,  Milk  is  very  susceptible  to 
taint,  and  consequently  should  bo  removed 
from  every  substance  that  would  be  likely  to 
influence  its  character  in  this  respect. 

We  have  enumerated  some  of  the  more 
prominent  causes  of  milk  taints,  which  our 
correspondent  would  do  well  to  examine  in 
detail  and  see  if  any  of  them  apply  to  liis 
case,  There  are  many  other  causes  that 
might  be  named  for  taints  in  milk  and  for 
bad  flavored  butter;  and  in  this  connection 
we  may  refer  to  imperfect  or  bad  milk  com¬ 
ing  from  oueor  more  animals  of  the  herd,  on 
recount  of  ailments  or  some  constitutional 
peculiarity.  Some  cows,  in  tho  fall,  as  they 
begin  to  decrease  in  milk  and  go  dry,  yield 
a  thick  and  imperfect  fluid,  highly  charged 
with  the  seeds  of  decomposition.  Such  milk, 
if  kept  apart  from  that  of  other  animals  and 
i  set  aside  by  itself,  will  soon  take  on  putrid 
decomposition  and  emit  an  offensive  smell. 


BAD-FLAVORED  BUTTER 


sive,  and  the  samples  oi  cnoicc  quality. 

We  were  interested,  as  probably  were 
many  others  also,  iu  the  goods  exhibited  by 
Mr.  Blanding  of  Broome  Co.  Mr.  B.  con¬ 
ducts  a  creamery  and  makes  butter,  convert¬ 
ing  the  skimmed  milk  into  cheese.  Samples 
of  both  products  were  shown.  Tho  butter 
was  of  the  finest  quality,  rich  in  color  anil  of 
a  flavor  that  must  have  delighted  the  most 
fastidious.  It  has  been  asserted  that  good 
cheese  cannot  be  made  from  skimmed  milk, 
but  no  better  proof  of  the  fallacy  of  tills  no¬ 
tion  could  be  offered  than  the  skim  cheese 
which  Mr.  B  LARDING  presented  for  inspec¬ 
tion  at  the  Fair.  Some  of  the  experts  who 
cut  it  with  the  iron  pronounced  it  prime,  de¬ 
claring  it  would  sell  equally  well  with  good, 
whole-milk  cheese  in  any  market.  Under 
the  thumb  and  finger  it  was  mellow  and  ap¬ 
parently  full  of  meat,  while  its  flavor  was 
clean,  sweet  and  nutty.  Here,  then,  was 
demonstrated  what  intelligence  and  skill  in 
the  manipulation  of  milk  a, re  able  to  accom¬ 
plish,  viz  : — that  two  products,  butter  and 
cheese,  can  be  produced  from  tho  same  milk, 
placed  in  separate  packages,  each  proving 
excellent  and  comparing  favorably  with  pro¬ 
ducts  where  the  milk  is  treated  exclusively 
for  the  one  or  the  other. 

Mr.  Blanding  informed  us  that  he  had  no 
difficulty  in  marketing  his  cheese  at  good 
prices,  and  consumers  often  preferred  it  to 
whole  cheese,  the  rates  per  pound  being  the 
same  for  both. 

It  is  only  about  nine  yearn  ago  that  we 
announced  publicly,  in  an  address,  that  good, 
well-flavored,  mellow,  palatable  cheese  could 


HOW  TO  LEAD  A  COW 


The  Ames,  Town,  Intelligencer  has  the 
following  : — Every  woman  will  tell  you  that 
a  man  can  lie  led  easier  by  putting  an  arm 
around  his  neck  than  by  pulling  his  hair,  but 
we  never  knew  till  recently  that  the  reason 
you  can’t  lead  a  COW  behind  a  wagon  is  be¬ 
cause  she  objects  to  having  her  horns  pulled. 
The  other  da.y  a  red-shirt ed  emigrant  passed 
through  here  on  his  way  to  Carroll  county. 
His  family  and  household  possessions  were  in 
a  covered  wagon,  to  the  hind  end  of  which 
wits  fastened  a  cow.  Behind  her  with  a 


WORK  ON  DAIRYING-DAIRY  PAPER,  &c 


X,  A.  WlLE ARE,  Esq.  Having  been  re¬ 
ferred  to  you  as  authority  on  matters  per¬ 
taining  to  the  Dairy,  I  would  like  the  title, 
where  published,  and  price,  of  some  one  or 
e  veral  ol'  the.  most  complete  works  on  the 
subject,  together  with  the  periodicals  most 
largely  devoted  to  its  interest.  Please  inform 
and  oblige — T.  Entrkkin,  Independence,  Mo. 

The  only  complete  work  on  the  dairy,  or 
one  which  gives  all tha  modern  improvement 
in  this  branch  of  industry  is  that  printed  at 
the  office  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  enti¬ 
tled  “  Practical  Dairy  Husbandry.”  Nearly 
every  subject  connected  with  the  dairy  is 
taken  up  and  discussed,  and  a  general  scope 
of  the  topics  treated  may  be  had  by  referring 
to  the  advertising  columns  of  this  paper. 
We  know  of  no  paper  exclusively  devoted  to 
dairying,  but  nearly  all  the  Agricultural 
papers  have  a  department  on  this  interest. 


on  account  of  feeding  the  pumpkins.  Cows 
are  generally  very  fond  of  pumpkins,  and  if 
allowed,  will  eat  them  greedily,  not  unfre¬ 
quently  gorging  themselves,  and  thus  injur¬ 
ing  the  flavor  and  healthfuln ess  of  their  milk. 
When  the  herd  is  fed  in  the  open  yard  the 
master  cows  often  overfeed  in  this  way. 
Again,  all  kinds  of  food,  like  turnips,  which 
are  liable  to  carry  a  taint  to  the  milk,  if  fed 
immediately  after  milking,  are  less  likely  to 
give  their  flavor,  or  at  any  rate  do  not  taint, 
the  milk  so  strongly  as  they  do  when  fed 
previous  to  milking.  Our  correspondent 
should  have  withheld  tho  pumpkins  for  a 
few  days  from  his  stock,  and  he  then  would 
have  been  able  to  determine  whether  it  was 
the  pumpkins  or  some  other  cause  which 
produced  the  ill-flavor  of  his  butter. 

When  pastures  are  poor  and  cows  are 


POMOLOGICAL  GOSSIP 


soil  and  climate  'fall  planting  is  best ;  also, 
which  to  leave  for  spring. 


A  FREAK  AMONG  THE  PEARS. 

I  inclose  some  pear  leaves  taken  from 
seed! mg  stocks  of  the  Flemish  Beauty  of 
two  summers’  growth.  The  two  tied  to¬ 
gether  are  from  a  stock,  nearly  all  the  lead- 
mg  leaves  of  which  are  deep  und  doubly  cut 
ike  the  samples  :  while  the  third,  or  single 
leal  is  a  fair  sample  of  many  on  several  other 
stocks  of  the  same  age.  1  have  about  one 
hundred  seedlings  which  1  wish  to  test  the 
fruit,  of.  What  is  the  quickest  and  best  way 
to  do  so  '  The  Flemish  Beauty  is  very  hardy 
in  this  section,  and  productive.  I  picked  this 
year  from  two  small,  standard  trees,  five 
pecks  each.— Curtis  A,  Wood,  Dublin,  k.  II. 

We  do  not  remember  having  ever  before 
seen  just  such  a  freak  among  pear  seedlings, 
and  we  should  feel  inclined  to  try  and  per- 


PEARS  IN  NEW  ENGLAND 


Hon.  Marshall  P.  Wilder  is  quoted  as 
authority  for  the  statement  “  That  there  has 
never  been  such  a  crop  of  pea  rs,  and  of  such 
excellent  quality,  in  New  England  as  the 
present  crop,  which  rivals  in  excellence  and 
abundance  the  boasted  crop  of  California.” — 
Rural  New-  Yorker, 

The  Hon.  gentleman  is  certainly  wrong 
regarding  quality.  This  is  a  mistake.  There 
is  no  comparison  between  the  pears  raised 
here  and  those  grown  in  California.  The 
California  pears  are  sweet,  juicy  and  fine  in 
flavor,  while  those  grown  here  arc  coarse, 
insipid,  pungent,  and  totally  devoid  of  fine 
flavor.  Try  them  and  judge  for  yourself. 
Buy  a  half-dozen  of  the  best  grown  here,  and 
put  one  California  pear  among  them,  and 
you  can  select  the  latter  with  your  eyes 
closed  by  tasting  them  one  after  Hie  other. 
This  is  true.  Try  it  | 

The  same  is  true  with  California  flour. 
You  may  set  a  half-dozen  pans  of  flour  in  a 
room,  and  let  one  of  them  be  California  flour, 
and  a  baker  will  pick  the  California  flour 
out  with  his  eyes  blind-folded,  it  is  much 
drier  and  lighter  to  the  touch,  while  the  flour 
from  the  wheat  here  is  heavy  and  clammy. 

H.  Tents,  «  Californian. 


mi.  uavenport  (Iowa)  Gazette  states  that 
S.  F.  Parker  of  that  city,  has  introduced  an 
improved  grain  binder  attached  to  the  side 
of  a  reaper,  the  bed  of  which  is  traversed  by 
a  rake  on  an  endless  belt  that  carries  the 
groin  from  before  the  sickle,  when  cut,  and 
lays  it  over  on  the  binder.  Tliis  is  a  concave 
of  sheet  iron  in  which  the  grain  lies  until 
bound.  From  a  spool  the  twine  unwinds 
through  the  tying  apparatus,  is  caught  by  a 
nipper,  carried  around  aud  wrapped  tight 


iork,  l  Oldmixon  Free,  4  Stump  the  World, 
4  Ward’s  Late  Free,  4  Heath  Cling.  For  10 
cherry  trees,  lie  takes  10  Early  Richmond; 
for  100  blackberries,  100  Kilt,  a  tinny;  and  for 
1,100  strawberry  plants,  1,000  Wilson  and  100 
Green  Proli  fie.  For  an  A  ppl(.  On  hard,  Early 
Harvest,  Carolina  Red  June,  Primate,  Kirk- 
bridge  White,  Benoni,  Porter,  Rambo,  Jona¬ 
than,  Pryor’s  Red,  Winesap,  Smith’s  Cider, 
Ben  Davis,  Newtown  Pippin,  Rawles’  Janet— 
the  winter  sorts  many  times  more  numerous 
than  the  others,  especially  Winesap  and 
Rawles’  Janet. 

Keeping  Apples  in  Sawdust. — E,  R.,  Put¬ 
nam  Co.,  N.  Y.,  writes  the  Country  Gentle¬ 
man  : — “  I  made  an  experiment  last  winter 
and  spring  of  keeping  apples  in  dry  sawdust, 
with  good  results.  1  packed  several  barrels, 
putting  in  a  few  at  a  time,  and  then  filling 
with  dust  by  shaking  down.  These  kept 
fresher  and  bet  t  er  than  the  others.  I  kept 
Vicar  pears  by  this  moans  until  late  iu  the 
spring.  In  March  or  April  1  put  some  choice 
R< ix  bury  Russets  into  a  barrel  with  sawdust, 
and  having  more  than  we  wished  to  use, 
some  were  left  in  the  bottom.  On  the  4tli 
of  October  I  emptied  the  contents  and  found 
one  apple  almost  sound — the  rest  in  perfect 
form,  though  decayed.  Later,  about  the  15th, 

1  emptied  a  box  of  English  Btreaks  left  in 
the.  same 


APPLES  ROTTING 


WINDMILL  POWER. 

In  answer  to  Cjias.  B.  Van  Sltke  in  Ru¬ 
ral  New-Yorker,  Oct.  25tli,  allow  me  to 
say  that  I  was  lately  in  Germany  and  in  the 
localities  I  visited,  windmills  were  the  only 
power  used  in  grinding  grain.  T  frequently 
saw'  them  at  work  once  in  every  two  or  three 
miles  of  distance.  The  Challenge  Windmill 
Company  of  Batavia,  Illinois,  advertise  a 
double  12-foot  windmill  for  #300. .  I  do  not 
know  wliut  power  this  is  equivalent  to  ;  but 
it  is  adapted  for  a  small  grist  and  feed  mill. 
Steaming  food  for  cattle  pays  well,  it  is  gen 
erally  considered,  in  fattening  hogs,  in  oth¬ 
er  animals,  especially  if  they  are  w  eakly,  all 
that,  lias  been  found  necessary  is  to  wet  the 
chaff,  &c. ,  or  hi  some  cases  to  scald  it  and 
feed  cold.  Wind  broken  horses  rAmiifo  ici 


way,  and  found  one  entirely  sound. 

Willow  Turly  Apple  in  Illinois. — Samuel 
Edwards,  writes  the  Country  Gentleman  : 
“In  this  region  the  Willow  Twig  heads  the 
list  for  profit  ,  and  has  been  sold  at  Chicago 
in  June  for  #12  per  barrel.  This  year,  when 
few  vanities  are  bearing  well,  they  are  our 
main  dependence.  A  friend,  who  set  110 
trees  of  it  iu  an  orchard  thirty-live  years 
since,  recently  told  me  if  he  hud  confined  his 
planting  to  that,  variety  it  would  already 
have  made  his  profits  #25,000  in  excess  of 
what  they  have  been.” 

Picquel  Peach.— Say  to  S.  P.  S.  he  can 
procure  the  Picquet  peaches  of  P.  J.  Bkrck- 
mans,  Augusta,  Ga.  It  was  first  introduced 
by  him.— D.  B.  M.,  BridgeviUe,  Del 


petuate  it  if  possible.  A  tri-lobed  pear  leaf, 
such  as  you  send  us,  and  is  shown  iu  the  ac¬ 
companying  illustration,  is  quite  a  novelty  in 
its  way,  and  whereon  some  Darwinian  may 
hinge  a  pretty  theory  about  a  departure 
from  normal  types. 

The  quickest  way  of  testing  your  seedlings 
would  lie  to  take  a  cion  or  two  from  each 
and  insert  them  into  some  large  bearing  tree, 
putting  a  eonsiderble  number  on  each  will  do 
for  the  purpose  of  testing. 


BUDDING  APPLE  TREES. 

In  budding  apple  trees  I  bud  them  clear 
down  to  the  roots,  and  find  it  a  good  plan  to 
mound  them  for  a  week  or  two  to  keep  them 
damp  until  they  grow  in.  1  also  find  it  ne¬ 
cessary  to  bind  them  very  tight,  I  use  bass¬ 
wood  bark  lor  bands,  and  unbind  them  iu 
about,  two  weeks  after  budding,  at  the  same 
time  rebudding  all  that  failed  the  first,  time 
and  so  oil  I  believe  they  would  winter  much 
safer  if  they  wer.-  mounded  in  the  fail.  What 
i  is  your  opinion  ?  Should  the  stock  be  cut 
down  to  the  bud,  or  a  few  inches  above  in 
the  spring  #-«.  K.  M„  Palo,  Mich. 

If  the  young  trees  are  plowed  up  too  late 
in  the  fall,  it  would,  no  doubt,  protect  the 
buds  ;  but,  the  earth  should  be  removed  be¬ 
fore  warm  weather  in  spring.  The  stem  of 
young  budded  stocks  should  bo  cut  off  two 
or  three  inches  above  the  bud  in  spring.  In 
summer  or  tali  this  stub  can  be  cut  away, 
removing  it  close  to  the  bud. 


FALL  v«.  SPRING  PRUNING, 


THE  HOG  FOR  WESTERN  FARMERS. 

Vice-President  Curtis  of  the  New  York 
State  Agricultural  Society,  in  opening  a  dis¬ 
cussion  on  pigs  is  reported  to  the  Country 
Gentleman  as  saying : 

The  wants  of  the  Western  farmer  are  quite 
different  from  ours  (in  New  York).  He  wants 
as  large  a  hog  as  possible,  without  reference 
to  the  quantity  of  food  consumed,  it  being 
cheaper  to  ship  pork  than  corn.  A  breed  has 
been  established  to  meet  their  requirements 


oumk  lecommend  (all  and  some  spring 
pinning.  I  should  think  spring  would  be 
the  best,  for  the  reason  the  wound  is  exposed 
a  shorter  time  before  it  commences  to  heal. 
What  is  your  opinion  ?  The  same  will  hold 
good  in  fall  and  spring  setting  of  trees.  By 
taking  them  up  and  setting  them  out  in  the 
spring,  t  he  roots  are  loosened  from  the  ground 
a  shorter  time  before  growth  commences, 
and  are  not  exposed  to  danger  as  long  as  fall 
planting.  If  there  is  any  good  theory  for 
fall  planting  or  priming,  what  is  it?  — A 


INJURED  APPLE  TREES, 

The  past  severe  winter  has  damaged  apple 
trees  m  tins  .State  to  the  amount  of  millions 
of  doilai's.  A  great  many  trees  are  alreadv 
dead,  and  many  are  lingering  that  will  prob¬ 
ably  not  be  entirely  dead  for  a  year  or  two 
I  have  been  annoyed  this  year  with  green 
hee  on  the  leaves  und  young  cions  of  voune 
apple  t  rees.  What  is  the  best  way  to  get  rid 


any  hog  “  without  reference  to  the  quantity 
of  food  consumed,”  and  that  the  claim  mode 
for  the  Poland-Chiua  is  not  that  he  is  the 
largest  possible  hog,  without  reference  to  the 
quantity  of  food  consumed.  Undoubtedly 
the  lower  price  for  corn  does  make  many 
Western  farmers  less  particular  as  to  quan¬ 
tify  of  food  than  are  their  more  Eastern 
neighbors,  but  good  farmers  in  the  West  do 
consider  the  question  of  returns  for  the  food 
fed  swine.  We  have  seen  Poland-Chinas 
that  would  weigh  1,000  pounds  or  more,  but 
such  are  not  the  most  popular.  Jf  Col.  Cur¬ 
tis  will  visit  Western  Fairs  or  Western  swine 
breeders  lie  will  find  that  here  as  well  as  “  in 
the  East  we  want  something  quite  different 
—a  hog  that  produces  not  so  much  masses  of 
pork,  as  fine  heavy  hams,  shoulders,  and 
fat.”  In  the  following  definition  of  the  kind 
of  hog  wanted  in  the  East,  he  gives  a  very 
good  definition  of  the  kind  most  desirable 
for  the  West  : — “A  breed  which  will  fatten 
readily  and  early,  make  a  large  quantity  of 
flesh  in  proportion  to  the  food  eonsumerJand 
grow  to  a  reasonable,  though  not  enormous, 
size.” —  Western  Farmer. 


100  APPLE  TREES  FOR  WISCONSIN 


M.,  in  Western  Farmer,  says  ; — In  view  of 
last  winter's  experience  and  recent  testimony 
I  submit  the  following  list  of  varieties  for 
10(1  apple  trees,  having  family  supply  as  first 
consideration.  The  list  is  selected  with  refer 
cnee  to  adaptation  to  Wisconsin  generally. 
The  criticisms  and  suggestionsof  fruit,  grow¬ 
ers  and  nurserymen  are  requested. 

Crabs.—' Transcendant  2,  Hyslop  2. — 4. 

Summer  and  Early  Fall— Tetofski 4,  Early 
Joe  3,  Red  Astrakhan  3,  Duchess  of  Olden¬ 
burg  3,  Bt.  Lawrence  3. — 1(3. 

Fall  and  1  Virile r.  — PI umb’ s  Cider  5.  Tal- 


oi  me  wouucis  win  ue  uriea  and  the  pores 
I  entirely  closed  against  any  amount  of  sap 
long  before  spring.  The  healing-over  pro¬ 
cess  can  neither  be  injured  nor  retarded  by 
this  early  pru  ning. 

Your  theory  of  spring  planting  would  an¬ 
swer  very  well  if  it  were  possible  to  remove 
trees  ol  any  considerable  size  without  cutting 
or  breaking  off  a  portion  of  the  roots.  It  re¬ 
quires  a  certain  length  of  time  for  every 
severed  root  to  heal  and  produce  new  fibers, 
and  it  is  reasonable  to  suppose  that  this  pro- 


Pios  in  Trouble.— i  have  a  Jitter  of  pigs 
nearly  a  week  old,  and  very  smart,  with  one 
exception— that  is,  when  they  attempt  to 
stand  they  commence  shaking  so  that  their 

hind  feet  are  often  thrown  out  from  under 
them  and  they  are  obliged  to  sit  or  lie  down. 
Can  you  or  any  of  your  readers  tell  me  the 
cause?  The  sow  has  been  in  the  pasture  all 
summer,  and  only  taken  up  two  or  three 
weeks  ago.— Subscriber,  Lancaster,  N.  II. 


mteon.  go  Keep  her  m  good  condition  ?  Her 
work  is  light  but  constant ;  her  digestion  is 
not  good  and  has  not  been  all  summer.  Have 


«©Y,  45 


MOOSE’S  BUBAL  W£W-¥©RKEB 


JTTTTy  rv  ^ilTVKlVmnit  ,for  keeping  up  the  mule-breeding  race  of 

^U1  horses  and  mares.  The  mares  from  which  the 

-  mules  arc  bred  belong  to  farmers  and  peas- 

THE  POITOU^ JENNY  ASS.  ~ 

^x;r,kb  *  -*s  - 

year-old  Poitou  jenny  ass,  with  the  following  Thorn 

notes  which  will  interest  mule  and  ass  breed-  pm>n>.  °  ”v'ingare  fclie  measurements  of  a 

,,  .  ,  -louaju  jenny  ass. 

ere  in  tins  country:  J 

The  female  ass  is  kept  entirely  for  breeding  ,  lg,lk  ,iaiK^  K  meh;  forearm,  19  inches; 

ses.  What  is  known  occasionally  in  En-  ,iee’  xnchea ;  below  knee,  8^  inches; 


asses.  What  is  known  occasionally  in  En¬ 
gland,  and  commonly  in  Ireland,  as  a  mute, 
jennet,  or  hinny  (the  sire  in  this  case  being  a 
horso  or  pony,  and  the  dam  a  donkey),  is 
never,  or  very  rarely,  seen  in  Poitou.  An 
animal  bred  in  this  way  is  termed  bur  do!, 
and  is  considered  of  little  value  in  compar¬ 
ison  with  a  mule  proper,  bred  from  a  male 
ass  and  female  horse, 

In  Poitou  the  same  points  are  looked  for  in 
the  female  as  in  the  male  ass,  viz.,  girth 
large  head  and  ears,  plenty  of  bone  in  the 
legs,  open  feet  and  rough  coats.  The  females 
are  not  so  high  as  the  males  as  a  rule,  and 
may  be  said  to  vary  from  13  to  14  hands.  It 
is  scarcely  necessary  to  mention  that,  looking 
at  the  relative  value  of  male  and  female 
asses,  it  is  the.  great  anxiety  of  the  breeder 
that  his  female  asses  shall  produce  male  off.. 
spring.  With  this  view,  the  wretched  jen¬ 
nies  are  kept  in  as  low  condition  as  possible 
under  the  idea  that  suoh  a  condition  favor* 
the  production  of  male  offspring.  Indeed 
the  poor  wretches  are  mostly  mere  skin  and 
bone,  and  are  supplied  with  nothing  but  hav 
and  straw  in  just  sufficient  quantity  to  keep 
them  from  absolute  starvation.  This  j. 
onother  of  the  Poitou  prejudices  which  re¬ 
quires  sweeping  away.  The  great  wonder  is 

that,  looking  at  the  extraordinary  prejudices} 

which  prevail  in  Poitou,  detrimental  alike  to 
animal  health  and  animal  life,  the  breeder? 
yet  contrive  to  bring  into  the  market  such 
line  mules  as  are  to  be  seen  in  hundreds  at 
the  winter  Fairs.  We  use  the  word  “  mules” 
advisedly,  as  bo  it  recollected  that  the  breed¬ 
ing  of  the  asses  is  only  to  be  regarded  as  a 
means  to  an  cud,  which  end  is  the  production 
of  mules  for  the  market.  The  breeders  will 
sell  their  mules  readily  enough,  but  think 
twice  before  selling  their  asses,  which  may 
truly  be  said  to  be  the  hens  that  lay  the  gold- 
on  eggs. 

Long  before  the  expected  time  of  parturi¬ 
tion  the  farmer  or  his  son  always  sleeps  in 
the  st  able,  so  as  not  to  be  taken  by  surprise,  I 
and  the  greatest  excitement  prevails  through-  1 
out  the  whole  establishment,  if  the  young  i 
animal  proves  to  be  a  female,  the  excitement 
subsides  quickly  enough,  but.  if  a  male  (tech¬ 
nically  termed  fed, on)  makes  its  appearance  r 

great  rejoicing  is  the  consequence,  and  for  a  e 
whole  month  the  proprietor  scarcely  leaves  * 
his  treasure  either  by  night  or  day.  But  i 
here  again  prejudice  and  ignorance  step  in.  t 
The  young  animal  is  deprived  of  the  first  c 
milk,  or  what  is  known  as  the  colostrum  of  \ 
its  mother.  The  peculiar  laxative  effect  of  c 
this  milk  has  been  well  ascertained,  but  the  \ 
Poitou  peasant  chooses  to  designate  it.  as  t 
poison  ;  and  the  young  animals  are  not.  1 
allowed  to  partake  of  what  has  been  specially 
designed  by  nature  for  their  well-being,  and  t 
the  consequence  is  that  in  the  first  month  of  h 
thou-  existence  the  whole  system  becomes  a 

thoroughly  and  irremediably  deranged  and  t 

a  great  many  of  them  are  lost.  After  the  v 
nrst  month  is  over  the  critical  time  has  h 
passed,  and  there  is  then  little  difficulty  t 
attending  their  rearing.  Weaning  takes  e 
place  at.  eight  or  nine  months.  Those  that  n 
the  breeder  does  not  require  are  readily  11 
bought  by  the  dealerawho  scour  the  country  r 
and  who  resell  them  to  the  keepers  of  ateliers  d 
in  various  parts  of  the  province.  In  the  case 
1  one  breeder  selling  a  young  haudet,  or  p 
male  ass,  to  another,  or  in  the  ease  of  change  d 
ot  ownership  of  an  adult  haudet,  great  form  a 
and  ceremony  arc  attached  to  the  trams-  a 
action. 

lhe  female  asses  are  sometimes,  though  o 
mre  y,  employed  in  the  agricultural  labors  n 
,  lJl°  farm-  As  a  general  rule,  they  are  d 
kept  solely  for  breeding  purposes,  as  there  is  a 
111  idea  in  Poitou  that  preguunt  animals  f! 
should  not  bo  worked.  Possibly  the  breeders 
inve  at  some  time  discovered  to  their  cost  n 
mat  starvation,  pregnancy,  and  hard  work  b 
l  iken  m  combination  are  disposed  to  have  a  " 
somewhat  deleterious  effect  upon  the  animal  t 
system  generally.  ^ 


*  <&hc  (i$;trtleit. 

forcing  asparagus. 

A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  RURAL  NEW- 
Yorker  asks  if  any  of  our  readers  have  ever 
ri-ied  forcing  asparagus;  if  so.  how  it  was 
done,  and  with  what  results.  We  shall  be 
glad  to  print,  what  experienced  readers  mav 
send  us  on  this  subject ;  meantime  we  give 
the  following  from  a  gardener  of  experience- 
lo  have  asparagus  worth  the  trouble  of  j 


POITOU  JENNY 


foot  18  inches;  hock,  1(3  inches;  below 
l«o<k,  10  niches  ;  greatest  girth,  77  inches; 
girth  behind  Shoulder  op,  inches ;  length  of 
head,  58  inches  ;  leugtb  of  ear,  lft  inches  ; 
ears,  tip  to  tip  across,  34  inches. 

The  accompanying  engraving  i8  from  a 
photograph  of  a  jenny  ass  of  14  hands,  be¬ 
longing  to  M.  Jean  Roulet,  of  Breloux,  which 
obtained  the  first  prize  and  silver  medal  at 
the  Grand  Concours  Mulassler,  held  at  Niort 
xu  May,  1805. 

- - - 

breeding  colts. 

This  is  an  art  requiring  freedom  from  old 
fogy  ideas.  Any  one  can  put  a  great  num¬ 
ber  of  animate  together  and  let  them  run 
m  nearly  a  natural  state;  but  breeding  to 
produce  naught  but  high-priced  and  genu¬ 
inely  valuable  stock  is  another  matter.  One 
person  will  have  lambs  and  calves  of  a  good 
average  sort  for  the  purpose  desired,  aud 
will  spoil  them  by  bad  management  and 
iif-gicjct  just  at  the  time  they  would,  by  nt- 
ten  lion  and  good  feeding,  be  set,  up  and  gain 
constitution  to  carry  them  tli rough  life- 
while  another  breeder  would  study  the  needs 
of  the  young  animate  at  critical  times  and 
by  comfort  aud  plenty  of  nourishing  food 
bring  them  round  to  their  full  growth  much 
better  animals  than  those  they  sprang  from 

Breeders  of  horses  are  sadly  behind  in  at¬ 
taining  desirable  results  ;  they  don’t  know 
how  to  breed  one  superior  horse  out  of  ten, 
and  with  the  same  horse  produce  progeny 
totally  dissimilar.  It  is  a  kind  of  chance 
work;  good  mares  are  mated  with  good 
horses  and  then  the  colts  are  so  mismanaged 
the  first  winter  that  they  never  recover  the 
check  received;  great  and  would-be  re¬ 
nowned  breeders  of  colts  allow  them  to  lose 
llesh  after  weaning  and  actually  are  so  igno¬ 
rant  as  to  bring  them  to  grass,  at  a  year  old 
disgraceful-looking  objects. 

Colts  ought  not  to  lose  the  blooming  ap¬ 
pearance  gained  while  with  the  mare-  for  if 
during  the  first  winter  the  condition  is  such 
as  to  force  growth  aud  to  cause  the  young 
animals  to  be  full  of  play  and  to  have  fche£ 

hair  he  close  and  smooth  to  the  skin,  with¬ 
out  grttoming,  not  feeling  the  cold  when  run¬ 
ning  out,  as  they  should  do  daily,  they  will 
develop  all  the  best  traits  of  the  race  they 
came  from.  On  the*  contrary,  a  course  or 
treatment  which  brings  the'  animals  to  i 
standstill,  which  causes  them  to  look  rough 
and  set  up  their  hair,  find  whoever  knows 
no  better  than  have  his  colts  in  such  a  plight 
breeding  hoc,  too,  as  unthrifty  young  stock 
wfil  do,  destroys  all  the  good  in  the  blood 
and  not  one  m  twenty  of  the  poor  creatures 
wall  ever  recover  sufficient  to  distinguish  it- 

tliero  are 


ASS. 


cooking,  it.  must  be  grown  in  the  light.  Un¬ 
less  a  heated  pit  can  be  spared  for  the  pur¬ 
pose,  a  hot  bed  will  be  necessary.  Any  spare 
frame  will  do.  The  bed  should  be  made  of 
leaves,  either  separately  or  mixed  will,  a 
portion  of  manure;  and,  to  prevent  the  roots 
receiving  any  injury  in  case  of  the  heat  of 
the  bed  becoming  too  strong,  it  U  a  capital 
plan  to  cover  it  with  a  layer  of  thin  f  url’s. 
After  the  bed  has  been  made  up  a  day  or 
two,  put  on  the  frame,  cover  the  leaves  or 
manure  with  turls  and  over  these  place  a 
layer  of  light,  friable  soil.  It  wifi  not  bo 
prudent  for  the  roots  to  lie  put  in  the  frame 
lor  a  day  or  two  after  the  frame  has  been 
put  on  the  bed,  as  it  may  so  happen  that  the 
bed  may  become  too  hot  for  the  roots  A 
bottom  heat  of  30  should  not  be  exceeded. 

A  practical  man  will  know,  when  the  bed 
IS  covered  with  soil,  whether  there  is  any 
probability  of  the  heat  rising  much  higher 
than  that,  and  >vi)l  act  accordingly;  but  Lhe 
amateur  must  of  necessity  proceed  with 
caution,  and  a  thermometer  buried  in  the 
sou  will  show  the  state  of  the  bed.  The 
roots  must  be  lifted  carefully,  with  as  much 
801  ft,-»ont  them  as  can  be  conveniently  re¬ 
tained,  and  packed  close  .together  in  the 
frame  with  sufficient  soil  to  fill  up  the  inter¬ 
stices  and  cover  the  crowns  to  a  depth  of 
about  three  inches.  Until  such  times  as  ten¬ 
der  shoots  begin  to  push  through  the  soil  the 
fame  will  not  require  ventilating  beyond 
what  is  necessary-  to  allow  the  steam  and  ex¬ 
halation  arising  from  the  bed  to  escape,  but 
afterwards  air  must  be  admitted  freely 
whenever  the  weather  will  permit  of  its  be¬ 
ing  done  with  safety.  An  abundance  of  air 
is  essential  to  the  development  of  the  deli¬ 
cate  flavor  peculiar  to  this  vegetable,  but  it 
must  not  be  admitted  in  frosty  or  otherwise 
unfavorable  weather,  or  it  will  do  more  harm 
than  good. 

A  period  of  six  or  seven  weeks  will  bo  re¬ 
quired  from  the  time  the  roots  are  put  in  the 
frame  till  the  produce  will  be  ready  for  the 
table.  With  two  frames  placed  side  by  side 
or  otherwise,  a  liberal  supply  may  be  main¬ 
tained  throughout  the  winter,  with  no 
further  trouble  than  changing  the  roots  as 
they  become  exhausted  and  adding  fresh 
linings  of  manure  or  leaves  for  keeping  up 
the  heat.  As  the  roots  arc  removed  they 
may  at  once  be  destroyed,  as  being  of  no 
further  service.  To  maintain  a  supply  of 
roots,  it  will  be  necessaiy  to  make  a  sowing 
of  seed  every  year. 

- - 

GARDENER’S  NOTES. 


self  or  i’-  a  *  f  .  tu  ‘usiingman  it-  — o  « vi.no, 

lhe  number  of  atelier*,  or  mule-breeding  scores  of  men  who  iiphollfeach  other  Pm  (md  Red  Kid^U  Beans.  —  Will  you 

m  Ul>0lt0U  amounts  to  about  bctte^ctlu-raT'^^-1- s?u.c  not  kllowij>g  or  some  of  your  many  correspondents  please 

ot  which  the  Department  of  the  Deux-  hftlm  * the  ^{*mg  them  out  give  me  the  necessary  facts,  through  the 

alone  cteims  14.  These  94  establish-  Which  ^w-Yorkicr,  pertai/ung  to  the 

0  tenanted  by  465  male  asses,  274  then-  third  year;  in  fact,  are  horses  and  ture>  cultivation  and  yield  of  the  pea  and  red 
euiale  asses,  and  156  entire  draught  horses,  $  the  gi-eat  Vaeea  b “he  Sidney  beans.  Are  they  bush  or  note  “  How 

the  latter  called  tlalons  mulassiers;  and  used  ho™*  do  they  compare  with  the  whitTwdLy  Z 

A  working  Farmer.  yield  ?  Where  can  I  get  the  seed,  and  at 


what  prices  ?  I  also  desire  to  know  of  whom 
and  where  I  can  get  some  very  desirable 
—  wIute  *!>ring  seed  wheat,  with  price.  'Re¬ 
liable  information  in  answer  to  the  above 
will  bo  highly  appreciated  by  —  D.  W.  Naw- 
w_  GOMB>  ftdldwtnsville,  N.  V. 

■or  J  anada  Victor  Tomato  in  Ontario.— Mi- 
as  Wm.  Dakeran,  Paris,  Ont.,  tried  the  Canada 
be  '  lc.tol>  for  earliness,  alongside  four  other 
ay  varieties  of  tomato,  and  it  came  out  ahead, 
ve  z  — - - - - - —  _  _  - 

of  -jfaijnt  (fefatwittg, 

EFFECTS  OF  GUANO. 

Wishing  to  cover  a  hard,  gravel  road, 

I  t  n i  ty  eet  broad  and  four  hundred  and  fifty 
leet  long,  with  grass,  a  quantity  of  leaf-mold 
and  rich,  black  loam  was  spread  two  or  three 
niches  thick  over  the  surface.  By  mistake 
or  the  laborers  a  space  thirty  feet  by  one 
hundred  was  covered  with  a  cold,  blue  clay, 
and  the  whole  was  then  seeded  thickly  with 
a  good  mixture  of  red-top,  timothy  and 
white  clover.  The  blunder  of  the  workmen 
having  been  discovered,  a  good  quantity  of 
Lawtons  giutno,  finely  pulverized,  was 
carefully  spread  over  the  clay  surface,  hut 
no  tertlhzer  was  put  over  the  loam,  Tile 
grass  came  up  well  over  the  whole  surface 
and  quite  uniformly;  but  at  the  eml  of  eight 
weeks  the  surface  covered  by  the  manure 
was  far  in  advance  of  the  rest  in  color,  thick- 
ness  and  length.  It  is,  of  course,  by  no  means 
settled  that,  tko  advantage  gained  by  the 
guano  will  be  maintained.  What  should  be 
the  subsequent  treatment  ?  if  the  roots  have 
a  good  hold,  will  rain  and  dew  be  sufficient 
I  on  clay  to  give  a  good  start  3 — n.  ii. 

A  TOP-DRESSING  of  decomposed  manure 
I  will  do  good.  If  we  had  it  we  should  put  it 
I  on,  were  we  in  your  place. 

- - —  - - 

MANURING  IN  THE  HILL. 

In  Rural  New-Yorker,  W.  B.  W.  inquires 
ii  it  is  best  to  put  fresh  manure  in  the  hilJ 
With  your  permission,  I  will  give  my  expe¬ 
rience  the  past  season.  [  planted  about  four 
acres  of  sweet  corn  for  this  market,  putting 
manure  in  every  hill.  My  earliest  planting 
was  marked  with  a  plow,  using  a  handful  of 
I  manure  Composed  of  hen  manure,  ashes,  chip 
I  manure,  and  a  little  plaster ;  also  a  little  air- 
slaked  lime  to  each  hill.  My  second  planting 
was  prepared  the  same  way,  except  tile  mu 
nure,  which  was  simply  well  rotted,  clean, 
horse  manure,  a  good  handful  in  each  hill, 

My  third  and  fourth  plantings  prepared  the 
same,  using  fresh  manure  from  the  horse 
arid  cow  stables,  mixed,  using  a  large  handful 
in  each  hill.  1  could  see  no  difference  in  com¬ 
ing  up  or  growth  in  the  whole  field.  In  fact 
it  was  remarked  to  me  several  times  during 
the  summer  how  even  my  coni  had  come 
up  ;  and  I  thought  it  singular,  as  all  my 
neighbors  complained  of  their  corn  coming 
up  so  bad.  Some  hills  1  put  the  manure  in 
first  and  corn  directly  on  it,  and  others 
dropped  the  corn  first  and  manure  directly 

°™rifc-  J.  C.  Lyon. 

Chemung  Co.,  N.  Y. 

- — - — — 

SALT  ON  WHEAT. 

It  is  asked ;  “  Will  it  pay  to  sow  salt 
on  wheat  3  If  so,  how  much  to  the  acre,  and 
when  should  it  be  applied— salt  (ft  per  bbl.  of 
390  lbs.,  land  sandy  loam  that  washes  badly  ?” 

No,  we  would  not  “sow  salt  on  wheat.” 

But  there  are  few  soils  lo  which  salt  may 
not  profitably  be  applied.  It  should  be  com¬ 
posted  with  the  manure  to  be  put  on  land— 
that  is,  mixed  with  it — or  applied  direct  to 
the  soil  before  seeding.  How  much  may 
profitably  be  sown  depends  upon  the  chemi¬ 
cal  condition  of  the  soil,  and  this  cannot  be 
determined  without  chemical  analysis.  Salt 
sown  on  some  soils  seems  to  show  no  gain  in 
the  crop ;  on  others  its  effect,  is  very  marked. 

Phi  ee  to  fifteen  bush  els  per  acre  are  sown 
broadcast,  or,  which  is  better,  may  be  incor- 
poi.ited  with  the  manure  in  the  compost 
heap  and  this  applied  to  the  land. 

- - — ♦-*-*. - 

FOOD  FOR  STOCK. 

you  or  your  readers  please  inform 
me  if  corn  stalks,  cut  and  mixed  with  mid- 
dJings,  are  good  constant  food  for  cows? 
What  kind  of  food  is  best  for  a  colt  the  first 
winter  ?  She  is  now  six  months  old.  What  ~ 
is  the  best  food  for  an  old  mare,  about  r 


- -  ......  ....  yi  util,  races  net  ore,  the 

American  animals  have  emerged  from  colt- 
“oocl*  A  Working  Farmer 


- -  j  WUDUgU  Lilt4! 

Rural  New  Yorker,  pertaining  to  the  no- 
ture,  cultivation  and  yield  of  the  pea  and  red 

lxl  ll  11C1Y  ItAAMn  A  ...  ii  *  I 


given  her  condition  powders  aud  fiaxseed 
meal,  but  with  no  good  result.  Can  com 
stalks  be  fed  once  a  uay  to  a  horse  with  ad¬ 
vantage  ? — j.  w.  1). 

Let  some  of  our  experienced,  practical 
readers  reply  to  these  questions. 

I 


rarg  of  a  JjtoiaM 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

Pro m  the  Diary  of  a  Centleman  near  New 
York  City. 

DO  FISH  HEAR? 

Nov.  1.— I  notice  that  Seth  Green,  the 
well-known  breeder  of  fish,  haB  been  making 
a  speech  before  the  Deaf  Mute  Convention  at 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  in  which  he  says  : 

“  Fish  are  all  mutes ;  they  can  neither  hear 
nor  speak  ;  but  what  they  lose  in  hearing 
they  make  up  in  seeing,  smelling,  tasting 
and  feeling.  They  arc  very  sensitive,  to  a 
jar,  so  much  so  that  many  people  mistake  it 
for  hearing.” 

This  statement  may  be  very  consoling  to 
deaf  mutes,  but  1  would  like  to  know  what 
foundation  the  gentleman  has  for  the  state¬ 
ment  beyond,  perhaps,  the  assertion  of  others. 
Can  he  prove  that  fish  cannot  hear  f  Does 
he  know  it  from  his  own  personal  investiga¬ 
tion,  or  did  he  merely  say  so,  using  second¬ 
hand  knowledge  because  it  was  cheaper  than 
new  or  first  -  hand  information,  obtained 
through  personal  information  ?  Of  course  I 
am  well  aware  that  it  has  been  asserted  and 
reiterated,  from  time  immemorial,  that  fish 
could  not  hear  ;  Still,  this  does  not  affect  the 
fish  in  the  least,  any  more  than  the  ridicule  of 
asses’  ears  make  them  any  the  lew,  promi¬ 
nent.  Because  there  is  no  known  orifice  or 
external  organ  which  can  be  distinguished 
upon  fish,  (as  cars,)  it  is  far  from  being  satis¬ 
factory  proof  that  they  cannot  hear.  The 
nerves  which  receive  sound  may  come  to  the 
surface  at  some  point  upon  the  head,  fiua,  or 
other  portion  of  the  body,  or  they  may  spread 
over  even  a  large  su  rface,  for  every  natural¬ 
ist  i3  aware  that  organs  corresponding  with 
those  on  the  higher  types  of  the  animal  king¬ 
dom  are  greatly  modified,  and  even  the  loca¬ 
tions  changed  in  the  lower.  Many  very  good 
observers  have  told  us  that  fish  were  capable 
of  not  only  hearing,  but  of  distinguishing 
the  quality  and  kind  of  sounds.  Insects  have 
no  ears  in  the  common  acceptation  of  the 
term,  and  even  great  authorities  like  Linne 
and  Bonnet  thought  them  deprived  of  the 
sense  of  hearing.  The  songs  of  the  grass¬ 
hoppers,  katydids,  the  hum  of  the  bees  were 
probably  not  intended  solely  for  the  delecta¬ 
tion  of  broad,  open-eared  bipeds,  although 
many  a  long-eared  one  is  bigoted  enough  to 
think  so.  It  will  not  answer,  in  these  days 
of  scientific  investigation,  to  depend  implic¬ 
itly  upon  arguments  based  upon  analogy,  and 
thereby  try  to  cut  off  more  or  less  of  the 
senses  of  some  of  the  lower  animuls  simply 
because  they  have  no  organs  corresponding 
■with  the  higher  types  ;  for  we  might  com¬ 
mence  comparing  length  of  noses  and  be 
beaten  by  the  elephant,  or  in  length  of  ears 
by  the  donkey  ;  and  still  our  senses  of  smell¬ 
ing  and  hearing  would  remain  acute  and  un¬ 
impaired  in  face  of  all  analogies  offered  to 
prove  the  contrary. 

CABBAGE  BUTTERFLY. 

Nov.  2.— Daily  Rural  Life  I  send  you 
a  butterfly  and  a  moth.  What  are  they  ?  On 
what  do  their  caterpillars  live  ?  Please  an¬ 
swer  in  Rural  New-Yorker.— E.  J.  Smith, 
Sherborn,  Mass. 

The  butterfly  is  a  female  Pieris  rape?,  or 
what  is  more  commonly  known  as  the  Whit  e- 
Cabbago  butterfly.  It  is  the  parent  of  those 
ugly  green  worms  which  have  been  playing 
havoc  with  cabbages  in  various  localities 
during  the  past  live  or  six  years.  It  is  an 
imported  pest,  having  reached  us  by  t  he  way 
of  Canada.  It  has  been  figured,  described 
and  referred  to  many  times  in  the  columns 
of  the  Rural  New-Yorickr.  The  moth  was 
so  badly  crushed  and  otherwise  mutilated 
that  I  cannot  give  its  specific  name.  It  is, 
however,  an  Agrotis,  the  parent  of  one  of 
our  many  species  of  cut- worm. 

MORE  INSECTS  FOR  NAMES. 

Walter  U.  Branch,  who  sends  a  box  of 
insects  to  be  named,  dating  his  letter  at 
“Norwich,”  (no  State  given,)  is  informed 
that  tho  large,  paper -like  cocoon  is  probably 
that  of  Attncus  cecropia  ;  but  being  a  very 
old  one,  I  should  not  like  to  be  positive  as  to 
its  name.  The  chrysalis  within  had  been 
destroyed  by  some  parasite.  What  you  call 
the  small  cocoon  is  merely  a  spider's  nest 
lull  of  eggs,  made  among  the  twigs  of  an 
arbor- vitse.  The  small,  black  beetle  about  a 
half-inch  long,  with  yellow  legs,  is  a  Harpg- 
litH  pensylvanfcus,  n  harmless  insect,  quite 
abundant  in  all  tho  Atlantic  States.  The 
soft-bodied,  rather  fiattish,  brown  insect,  is 
/mrjeommon  wood  cockroach  ( Blatta ,) 

THE  MAPLE  APHIS. 

Daily  Rural  Life  Will  you  please  tell 
me  through  the  Rural,  or  in  some  other 
way,  what  the  inclosed  insects  are  ?  My 


mother  and  I  found  them  when  blackberry- 
ing  last  August,  and  they  still  remain  on  the 
same  branch  on  which  found.  Never  having 
seen  anything  of  the  kind  before,  I  am  quit© 
anxious  to  know  what  they  are. — ItELLE 
Waffle ,  Elm  Valley,  N.  Y. 

The  insects  were  alive  and  brisk  when  re¬ 
ceived,  and  appeared  to  be  in  a  fair  way  to 
live  for  some  time  to  come.  They  are  known 
as  the  Maple-leaf  Woolly  Aphis  ( Lccnniu  tn 
aoertcala).  They  sometimes  cover  the  young 
twigs  and  even  steins  of  small  trees,  as  well 
;us  leaves,  with  the  white,  downy  substance 
so  abundant  about  the  specimen  you  send. 
I  found  them  quite  plentiful  in  Pennsylvania 
the  past  summer,  and  probably  they  appear 
in  some  portion  of  the  country  every  year. 

A  FEW  MORE  INSECTS. 

The  small  chrysalis  of  some  kind  of  butter¬ 
fly  attached  to  a  piece  of  cotton  from  Barton 
Co.,  Ga.,  was  smashed 'out  of  all  recognizable 
shape  when  received.  There  is  no  use  of 
sending  soft-bodied  insects  or  other  similar 
things  in  letters,  for  they  are  sure  to  be 
crushed  during  transit  through  the  mails. 
The  tliree  chrysalids  of  some  butterfly  re¬ 
ceived  from  II.  P.  Sandford,  Ottawa  Co., 
Kan.,  cannot  be  Identified  with  certainty 
until  the  butterflies  appear.  The  small  roll 
of  leaves  gathered  from  a  AVhite  ash  was 
made  by  some  species  of  saw  fly  ;  but  as  it 
contained  nothing,  I  have  no  positive  guide 
for  determining  the  species. 


mt  uiitcpni. 


MORE  NEW  GRAPES. 

There  was  a  time,  not  many  years  since, 
when  to  speak  of  new  grapes  would  command 
the  attention  of  many  an  eager  listener. 
Those  days  arc  past,  but  will  come  again 
when  those  who  lost,  money  in  trying  foolish 
experiments  have  forgotten  it,  and  a  new 
class  of  cultivators  come  upon  the  stage  with 
as  much  enterprise,  if  no  more  wisdom,  than 
those  who  may  be  compelled  to  step  aside. 
Finch  little  periodical  excitement  which  may 
occur  from  time  to  time,  in  regard  to  the 
cultivating  of  any  particular  kind  of  fruit, 
usually  adds  something  to  our  store  of  knowl¬ 
edge  and  more  or  less  to  our  wealth  as  a 
nation.  The  “  grape  fever,”  as  it  is  some- 
t  imes  called,  which  prevailed  throughout  the 
country  some  ten  years  ago,  left  us  with  a 
knowledge  of  a  number  of  most  excellent 
grape-growing  regions  of  country  of  which 
we  knew  scarcely  nothing  before.  Many 
extensive  vineyards  were  established  during 
the  period  named,  from  which  our  markets 
are  now  supplied  with  most  excellent  fruit, 
all  the  result  of  what  many  believe  was  an 
unwarranted  excitement,  produced  through 
the  over-praising  of  new  sorts,  as  well  as 
over-estimate  of  the  profits  of  culture.  But 
that  good  has  come  out  of  our  grape  mania 
all,  we  think,  will  admit,  and  that  thebenefits 
are  to  continue  is  equally  apparent.  In  no 
one  direction  do  we  see  the  benefits  cropping 
out  so  conspicuously  as  in  the  line  of  new 
seedlings,  and  especially  in  the  production  of 
hybrids.  It  is  only  a  few  years  since  that 
many  of  our  really  good  horticulturists 
doubted  the  existence  or  practicability  of 
producing  true  hybrid  varieties  ;  but  a  few 
grape  growers  (amateurs,  mainly,)  believed 
that  betier  varieties  and  greater  progress 
could  be  made  by  hybridizing  than  simply 
depending  upon  natural  variations,  and  to 
tbi*  end  they  have  used  their  knowledge  of 
vegetable  physiology  and  skill  with,  in  many 
instances,  most  excellent  results. 

Allen,  Arnold,  Campbell,  Rogers,  Wy¬ 
lie,  are  names  well  known  in  connection 
with  new  hybrid  sorts  ;  but  for  careful,  scien¬ 
tific  manipulation,  extent  and  number  of 
experiments,  with  a  strict  record  of  each, 
ending  in  most  satisfactory  and  often  aston¬ 
ishing  results,  Mr.  J.  H.  Ricketts  of  New¬ 
burgh,  N.  Y.,  seems  to  have  excelled  all  com¬ 
petitors  in  this  field.  Tins,  to  some,  may 
seem  to  be  too  much  praise  even  for  good 
work  ;  but  we  speak  advisedly  and  more 
freely  in  regard  to  this  gentleman’s  labors 
than  we  should  have  done  had  he  ever  sought 
it  at  our  hands  or  in  any  way  to  pu&h  the 
results  of  his  labors  and  skill  into  public 
notice. 

Having  for  several  years  past  watched  the 
progress  made  by  him  in  this  comparatively 
new  field,  we  speak  from  personal  knowledge 
of  his  operations  and  the  results.  Further 
than  this.  Mi*.  Ricketts  has  not  offered  lus 
new  sorts  for  sale,  ns  usual  in  such  eases,  be¬ 
fore  their  merits  were  fully  known  ;  in  fact, 
we  believe  his  earliest,  and  perhaps  some  of 
the  best  of  his  hybrids  have  not  as  yet  been 
disseminated,  except  a  few  vines  placed  in 
the  hands  of  personal  friends  for  the  purpose 


of  testing  their  value  in  different  soils  and 
localities. 

Therefore,  what  we  have  said  and  may 
have  occasion  to  say  in  regard  to  the  varie¬ 
ties  produced  by  this  gentleman,  is  no  more 
than  we  consider  due  him  and  American 
Grape  culture.  We  should  be  pleased  to  have 
occasion  to  say  as  much  about  a  score  or  more 
of  just  such  men  and  the  products  of  their 
skill  and  labors. 

Descriptions  and  illustrations  of  several  of 
Mr.  Ricketts’  hybrids  have  already  appeared 
in  previous  volumes  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  and  we  have  now  to  add  a  few 
notes  on  some  other  new  sorts  from  the  same 
source.  A  basket  of  these  grapes  came  to 
hand  by  express  with  merely  notes  upon 
their  parentage,  and  we  give  our  opinion  in 
regard  to  merits  of  samples,  as  follows  : 

Ricketts’  No.  7.— Parentage,  Iona  and  Mus¬ 
cat  Hamburgh.  Bunch,  medium  ;  berry,  ex¬ 
tra  large,  oval,  purplish  black  ;  Bkin,  thin  but 
tough,  adhering  to  the  flesh,  which  is  firm, 
breaking  like  the  flesh  of  a  Black  Hamburgh. 
The  quality  is  also  very  similar  to  the  Ham¬ 
burgh,  and  it  shows  the  Villa  Vfaiferu  blood 
very  decidedly.  If  this  variety  should  prove 
to  succeed  well  in  vineyard  culture,  it  would 
certainly  be  a  popular  market  grape. 

No.  82.— A  small  bunch  received  ;  proba¬ 
bly  not  a  fair  sample.  Berry,  round,  size 
of  Catawba  :  white,  almost  transparent,  with 
slight  tinge  of  amber  on  side  exposed  to  the 
sun  ;  skin  moderately  thin  ;  flavor  rich  anil 
sprightly,  withaelight  adhering  of  pulp  about 
the  seeds. 

No.  142.— Martha  and  Muscat  Hamburgh. 
Bunch,  medium  ;  shouldered  ;  berry,  large, 
slightly  oval,  greenish  white,  with  amber 
cheek  ’;  skin  rather  thick  ;  sprightly  flavor, 
but  pulp  too  tough  in  the  center.  This  is  a 
fair  grape,  mid  would  probably  pass  as  a 
pretty  good  variety  in  market ;  but  we  want 
something  better,  although  what  are  called 
white  grapes  as  good  aathisaru  as  yet  scarce. 

No.  13.— Clinton  and  Muscat  Hamburgh, 
Bunch,  medium  ;  berry,  medium,  nearly 
globular  ;  almost  a  grass  green  in  color  ; 
some  of  the  berries  slightly  tinged  with  red 
on  sunny  side  ;  skin,  thin  ;  flesh,  brittle,  melt¬ 
ing  ;  seeds  readily  separated  ;  no  pulp  in 
center  ;  rich,  vinous  and  excellent  .  A  first- 
rate  sort,  but  its  unattractive  color  would 
prevent  it  from  ever  becoming  popular. 

No.  12 — B. — Hartford  Prolific  and  Muscat 
Hamburgh.  Bunch,  large,  long,  shouldered  ; 
berry,  large  or  larger  than  Concord  ;  slight  ly 
longer  than  brood  ;  black,  with  delicate 
bloom  ;  skiu,  medium  ;  pulp,  tender,  almost 
sufficiently  so  as  to  be  called  fleshy  ;  very 
sweet,  rich,  and  peculiar,  pleasant  flavor. 

No.  109.— Elsingburgh  and  Gen.  Marmosa. 
Bunch,  very  long,  clustered  — or  perhaps 
double-shouldered  would  be  a  better  term  ; 
berry,  medium,  small,  bluish  black ;  pulp, 
lender,  melting,  no  toughness  at  center;  rich, 
sprightly,  and  decidedly  a  spicy  flavor,  some¬ 
what  after  the  style  of  the  Clinton.  We 
should  think  it  would  make  an  excellent  red 
wins. 

Clinton ,  Aro.  fi.— Clinton  and  Muscat  Ham¬ 
burgh.  Resembles  the  Clinton  very  much  ; 
the  berries,  however,  are  larger.  Not  good 
enough  for  a  table  grape  in  this  climate  ; 
might  be  valuable  for  wine. 

No.  72. — B. — Hartford  Prolific  and  Len- 
ninghan  Muscat.  Too  ripe  for  us  to  judge  of 
its  appearance  or  quality,  but  the  tougli  pulp 
around  the  seed  seems  to  be  an  objection  to 
it,  although  the  flavor  is  rich, 

No.  37. — B. — Concord  and  Jura  Muscat. 
Bunch,  extra  large,  clustered  ;  berry,  very 
large,  globular,  nearly  black,  but  with  a 
alight  purplish  tinge ;  skin,  tender  :  pulp, 
very  tender  :  subacid  and  not  rich,  although 
not  of  a  disagreeable  flavor.  It  is  a  great  pity 
that  such  a  magnificent  grape  in  appearance 
is  not  better  in  quality. 

Several  other  seedlings  which  have  receiv¬ 
ed  names  such  as  “Advance”  and  “  Quas- 
saick,”  accompanied  the  above,  but  of  these 
we  have  given  our  opinion  a  year,  or  two 
since.  But  we  may  add  that  they  appear  to 
improve  as  the  vines  increase  with  age  ;  and 
among  so  many  that  are  superior,  it  is  diffi¬ 
cult  to  decide  which  is  best. 

— - • 

DISEASED  GRAPE  VINES. 

Will  “  Daily  Rural  Life  ”  be  so  kind  as  to 
inform  a  weekly  reader  and  admirer  what 
ails  (or  ailed)  the  accompanying  vine.  It  is 
what  remains  of  a  Maxatawney  grape  vine, 
purchased,  with  others,  last  fall.  When  re¬ 
ceived  the  appearance  of  the  root  was  so  sus¬ 
picious  that  a  portion  of  it  was  cut  off  and 
sent  to  the  nurseryman  with  an  inquiry  as 
to  whether  any  root  disease  existed  among 
their  vines.  This  was  answered  in  the  nega¬ 
tive.  The  vine  was  then  planted,  but  has 
never  done  more  than  put  out  a  leaf  or  two 


which  made  no  growth,  and  at  length  the 
vine  died  out.  A  “  Martha,”  purchased  at 
the  same  time,  behaved  similarly  until  I  re¬ 
moved  the  earth  from  its  roots,  drenched 
them  with  suds  of  carbolic  soap  and  sifted 
sulphur  over  them.  Since  that  operation  the 
vine  has  put  out  fresh  leaves,  which  appear 
healthy,  and  promise  to  make  some  growth. 

Is  there  an  insect  in  this  root,  or  what  is  the 
matter  with  it  ? 

With  some  other  vines  I  have  had  a  similar 
experience.  They  have  made  no  growth — not 
even  appeared  above  ground,  (with  the  ex¬ 
ception  of  a  Rogers  14,  and  Salem  which 
have  put  out  within  a  day  or  two),  although 
planted  part  last  fall  and  a  part  early  in  the 
spring.  Yet  when  I  commenced  digging 
them  up  to  supply  their  places  with  vines 
grown  in  pots,  I  found  them  still  living. 
Will  these,  if  they  grow,  do  well,  or  had  I 
better  purchase  other  plants  this  fall  to  re¬ 
place  them.  I  fear  they  may  lack  the  proper 
constitution. 

I  have  never  had  my  grape  vines  afflicted 
with  so  many  enemies.  The  most  numerous 
is  t  he  small  bug  about  the  size  and  color  of  a 
hernp  seed.  These,  appear  in  hundreds,  or 
rather  thousands,  1  think.  Then  there  is  the 
rose  bug,  tho  ordinary  caterpilliar,  a  green 
worm  somewhat  resembling  the  tomato 
worm,  the  small,  green  worm  that  moves  in 
regular  phalanx,  and  the  ordinary  loaf-curler. 
By-the-by,  is  it  sufficient  with  these  last  to 
kill  the  worm  aud  rub  the  eggs  from  the 
leaves,  or  should  the  eggs  be  more  carefully 
destroyed  ? 

There  are  also  on  the  vines  numerous  warty 
protuberances.  These,  I  presume,  are  made 
by  insects.  Do  they  contain  insect  eggs,  and 
what  should  be  done  with  them  ?  I  would 
hesitate  to  trouble  you  with  all  these  inqui¬ 
ries,  but  that  I  feel  confident  that  1  am  but 
one  of  many  who  derive  pleasure  and  in¬ 
struction  from  your  letters,  and,  judging 
from  their  tone,  I  am  equally  confident  that 
you  take  pleasure  in  answering  them.  a. 

Of  course  it  would  be  difficult,  to  tell  what 
disease  or  insect  infested  the  vines  in  the 
nursery,  but  we  should  think  from  their  ap¬ 
pearance  there  had  been  a  combination  of 
disorders,  and  not  a  few  insects  at  work  on 
them.  In  the  first  place,  it  is  quite  likely 
that  the  grape  root  lice  were  plentiful 
upon  them  when  in  the  nursery,  these  pests 
being  extremely  abundant  in  all  tho  North¬ 
ern  States,  and  perhaps  in  the  South.  This 
grape  root  louse,  ( Phylloxera ),  attacks  only 
the  small,  young,  fibrous  roots,  and  their 
presence  may  be  known  by  the  small  galls, 
not  much  larger  than  the  head  of  a  pin, 
which  they  inhabit.  The  Broall  gulls,  some¬ 
times  found  upon  the  leaves  of  vines  are  the 
work  of  the  same  insect. 

By  depositing  their  eggs  in  the  small  fibers 
they  cut  off  the  very  channels  through  which 
the  plant  draws  nutriment  from  the  soil. 
The  same  insect  is  devastating  the  vineyards 
in  France,  and  is  far  more  abundant  in  this 
country  thau  our  vineyardists  suppose.  We 
have  examined  the  roots  of  many  varieties, 
and  hundreds  of  vines  the  past  season,  but 
found  very  few  indeed  that  were  not  more 
or  less  affected.  If  you  will  dig  up  some  of 
your  vines,  or  down  by  the  side  of  the  stem 
until  the  small,  new  fibrous  roots  are 
reached,  you  can  soon  determine  whether 
the  Phylloxera  is  at  work  on  them  or  not. 
If  the  minute  galls  are  found  you  may  know 
that  the  pest  is  there. 

The  other  and  larger  insects  you  mention 
we  cannot  name,  or  give  anything  definite  in 
regard  to  their  history  or  mode  of  extermi¬ 
nation,  without  having  specimens  for  exami¬ 
nation  and  identification. 

- - - - 

VINEYARD  NOTES. 

—  • 

Planting  Crape  Seed. — How  and  at  what 
time  must  I  plant,  grape  seed  to  get  good, 
strong  vines  ? — A  Su  bscriber. 

You  may  plant  them  this  fall,  or  keep  in 
sand  in  the  cellar  until  spring.  Grape  seed, 
if  perfect,  grows  as  readily  as  peas,  but  it  i-s 
not  every  year  that  they  are  fully  matured, 
even  though  the  grapes  seem  to  be  ripe.  In 
other  words,  seeds  one  season  will  produce 
much  stronger  and  better  vines  than  another, 
therefore  it  is  best  not  to  be  discouraged 
with  one  failure. 

Salem  Grape.—' The  Editor  of  the  German¬ 
town  Telegraph  says:— “We  have  fruited 
the  Salem  grape  two  seasons,  and  if  we  are 
to  judge  from  what  we  know  of  it  to  this 
limited  extent,  we  give  it  our  hearty  appro¬ 
val.  The  bunches  were  of  good  size,  the  ber¬ 
ries  rather  larger  than  the  rest  of  Rogers’ 
hybridizing,  and  the  quality  the  best  of  all. 
We  know  there  are  different  opinions  about 
this  grape,  and  we  shall  not  be  fully  satisfied 


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DRESS  FOR  FARMERS’  WIVES. 


Mrs.  R.  B.  Bruce  has  recently  read  a 
paper  before  the  Washington  Orange  of 
Patrons  of  Husbandry  from  which  wo  make 
the  following  extracts  I  have  prepared  a 
few  suggestions  conveying  my  own  peculiar 
ideas,  hoping  that  you  will  hear  with  me 
when  1  have  a  woman's  work  to  do,  and  my 
time  is  pretty  ranch  occupied  about  ray  own 
household  affairs.  In  the  first  place,  let  us 
dress  within  our  means,  and  for  comfort  and 
convenience,  instead  of  fashion.  First  in 
order,  let  us  dress  the  head.  Clod  in  his 
infinite  wisdom  covered  the  head  with  hair, 
and  the  good  hook  says  that  long  hair  is  an 
ornament  to  a  woman,  and  since  God’s  works 
are  perfect  and  no  work  of  art  can  compare 
with  his,  let  us  then  arrange  our  natural  hair 
in  a  tasty  manner,  and  not  let  fashion  load 
our  heads  with  hemp  or  borrowed  hair. 
Then  t  he  covering  for  the  head  ;  of  what 
real  account  is  the  present  style,  except  for 
ornament.  Our  husbands  and  brothers  wear 
a  hat  that  protects  their  heads  and  faces 
from  the  hot  rays  of  the  sun  in  summer,  and 
in  winter  a  fur  cap  or  hat  which  is  both  warm 
and  comfortable  to  shield  thorn  from  the 
cold  blasts,  while  we  place  upon  our  heads  a 
cupola,  erroneously  called  a  bonnet  or  hat, 
hold  in  position  by  guy  ropes  and  stays,  and 
if  we  wish  for  comfort  we  must  carry  a  par¬ 
asol  to  protect  our  heads  from  the  scorching 
rays  of  the  sun  in  summer,  and  in  winter, 
over  this  cupola,  wrap  some  extra  fixings  to 
keep  out  the  cold,  which  is  neither  handy  or 
convenient,  especially  when  the  team  is  wait¬ 
ing  for  us..  Oh  for  the  good,  old-fashioned 
days  when  a  bonnet  was  made  to  cover  the 
head,  light  and  cool  for  summer,  and  warm 
and  comfortable  for  winter.  I  could  hardly 
adopt  the  Quaker  styles,  yet  I  think  they  are 
far  preferable  to  the  fashions  of  the  present 
day.  Perhaps  a  medium  between  the  two 
would  suit  my  taste. 

And  our  dress,  of  whatever  tiabric  it  may 
be  composed,  let  it  be  made  in  a  becoming 
style,  easy  fitting  and  convenient,  and  not 
counterfeit  deformity  by  carrying  a  pack 
upon  our  backs  to  the  inconvenience  of  our¬ 
selves,  and  to  the  utter  disgust  of  all  sensible 
men  and  women.  Deformities  will  come  to 
us  fast  enough  at  beat ;  let  us,  then,  not 
tempt  our  Maker  by  ridiculously  .attiring 
ourselves,  lost  He  iu  his  vengeance  may  deal 
with  us  or  our  offsprings.  If  we  had  been 
born  thus  deformed,  Oh,  what  a  pity  it 
would  have  been  I  then  why  do  it  for  fash 
ion’s  sake  i  And  then  again,  how  much  more 
convenient  it  would  be,  if,  when  a  dress  is 
made,  it  would  stay  made  and  look  well  until 
it  is  worn  out,  aud  how  much  it  would  lessen 
our  labors.  And  then  how  much  good  could 
be  done  with  the  time  and  means  now  spent 
in  useless  display.  My  tastes  are  plain  and 
simple.  I  consider  such  an  over-loaded, 
puffed  out  concern  as  you  sec  at  the  present 
time  for  a  dress,  not  only  ridiculous  but 
vulgar. 

The  question  arises,  What  are  you  to  do 
with  the  gil  ls  '!  they  want  to  dress  in  style, 
or  as  others  do.  I  will  answer,  as  the  twig  is 
bent  so  the  tree  inclines. 

And  our  under  dress,  let  it  be.  sufficiently 
warm,  as  many  of  the  aches  and  pains  that 
we  have  can  be  traced  to  insuiiicienb  cloth¬ 
ing.  Let  our  shoes  be  such,  as  will  keep  our 
feet  dry  and  warm,  as  our  health  depends 
much  upon  this  point.  I  would  recommend 
a  thick  woolen  stocking  for  winter,  and  cot¬ 
ton  only  for  summer  wear.  And,  finally,  let 
our  whole  apparel  be  for  comfort  and  con¬ 
venience.  Let  there  bo  a  variety  in  our 
wardrobe,  for  variety  is  the  spice  of  life. 

These  views  I  would  recommend  for  the 
following  reasons  First,  It  would  lessen 
the  burden  of  many  who  now  find  it  hard  to 
maintain  their  place  in  society.  It  would 
lessen  the  force  of  temptations  which  often 
lead  men  to  barter  honesty  and  honor  for 
display.  If  there  was  less  strife  in  dress,  it 
would  enable  people  in  moderate  circum¬ 
stances  to  go,  more  into  society.  It  would 
enable  all  classes  to  attend  church.  It  would 
save  valuable  time.  It  would  relieve  our 
means  from  a  serious  pressure,  and  thus 
enable  us  to  do  more  for  good  enterprises. 
- 4-44 - 

WHOLESOME  SOUPS. 


and  soda  or  all  eggs) ;  mix  together  rather 
stiff.  Divide  into  about  three  parts  ;  roll 
quite  thin  ;  flour  plentifully  so  as  to  prevent 
it  hanging  togother  ;  fold  from  each  side  ; 
cut  in  two  in  the  middle,  lay  one  piece  on  the 
other  and  cut  the  cornel's  off— first  one  sido 
and  then  the  other.  This  keeps  them  from 
being  long  and  stringy.  But  about  a  quart 
of  water  into  a  vessel,  salt  and  pepper  and  a 
piece  of  butter  as  large  as  an  egg.  Let  it, 
come  to  a  boil  and  put  in  your  “  noodles  ” 
(we  call  them) ;  let  them  boll  a  few  minutes 
and  send  to  the  table.  They  spoil  by  stand¬ 
ing.  That  is  my  way.  It  is ono  of  the  dishes 
that  never  hurts  mo  though  everything  else 
may.  Chicken  broth  may  answer ;  but  for 
a  dyspeptic  or  an  invalid  the  abovo  is  the 
most  digestible.  This  is  enough  for  a  family 
of  five  or  six. 

Another  way  is  to  take  half  a  pint  of  flour, 
put  in  a  dry  pan,  break  an  egg  into  it,  mb  all 
around  with  the  hand  until  all  the  flour  is 
wet  and  it  is  in  even  lumps  ;  cook  same  as 
the  other  ;  or  it  is  nice  to  put  in  almost  any 
kind  of  soup  ;  stirred  into  milk  it  is  also 
good.  L-  J* 

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tried  all  sorts  of  medicines,  but  found  none 
that  ever  gave  any  perceptible  relief.  The 
best  preventive  that  l  know  of  is  cleanliness, 
with  good,  wholesome  food,  Now  I  have 
given  you,  in  my  estimation,  both  the  pre¬ 
ventive  and  cure  of  chicken  cholera  ;  and  I 
think  if  the  last  recipe  is  well  followed  the 
remedy  will  very  rarely  have  to  be  resorted 
to  ;  but  in  case  there  are  auy  symptoms  as 
above  described,  never  t  ry  to  save  the  very 
best  at  the  risk  of  your  flock.  x.  x. 


■4-4- 


DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 


Buckwheat  Pan  Gakes. — The  season  for 
those  delicious  breakfast  cakes  has  arrived. 

]  have  eaten  so  mauy  kinds  of  these  cakes 
made  by  my  respective  friends,  that  I  fancy 
there,  must  be  about  ten  thousand  different 
ways  of  making-  them.  Now  1  don't  want 
Mr'  Editor  to  publish  ten  thousand  recipes 
for  buckwheat  cakes  ;  but  I  should  like  those 
who  think  they  can  make  as  good  cakes  as 
anyone  iu  the  wide,  wide  world,  to  tell  how 
they  do  it  for  the  benefit  of  at  least  one 
—Young  Housekeeper. 


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MAGGOTS  AS  POULTRY  FOOD. 

This  novel  plan  of  breeding  maggots  to 
feed  to  poultry  has  been  in  successful  opera¬ 
tion  in  Bohemia  for  two  or  tl  i  ree  seasons.  It 
is  said  that  young  turkeys  prefer  this  food  to 
any  other.  Directions  :— Dig  nine  pits  four 
by  eight,  feet  wide  and  three  feet  deep,  small¬ 
er  if  desired,  line  bottom  aud  sides  with 
brick,  so  the  maggots  cannot  crawl  out.  or 
the  pit  cave  in.  For  nine  successive  days  fill 
one  of  these  pits  in  the  following  manner : 
First,  cover  the  bottom  three  inches  thick 
with  cut  straw  ;  second,  one  course  of  horse, 
pigeon  or  chicken  manure  two  inches  thick  ; 
third,  one  inch  of  a  mash  made  from  yenst, 
potatoes  and  Indian  meal  ;  fourth  and  last, 
one  course  of  loose,  damp  soil  one  or  one  and 
a  half  inches  thick.  Cover  the  whole  with  a 
light  roof  to  keep  the  sun  and  rain  ofl',  but 
open  to  admit  the  common  muck  fly,  ono 
of  which  is  capable  of  producing,  accord¬ 
ing  to  natural  history,  five  hundred  millions 
of  eggs  in  one  summer.  The  fly  will  deposit 
its  eggs  in  the  pit,  which,  after  the  expira¬ 
tion  of  nine  days,  will  be  filled  with  maggots. 
The  contents  of  one  pit  will  keep  three  thou¬ 
sand  chickens  for  one  day,  giving  three  meals 
per  day.  To  winter  pheasants  or  chickens 
on  the  same  food  make  more  pits,,  let  the 
maggots  transform  into  the  larva,  and  fill  the 
same  into  barrels. 

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POULTRY  NOTES. 


THE  “  WILD  TEA  ”  FOR  CANCER. 

1  was  somewhat  amused  at  the  remarks 
of  the  Press  concerning  Charles  Yardley  s 
wild  tea  cancer  remedy.  I  know  the  plant, 
but  I  do  not  know  its  botnrmic-al  name.  It 
grows  very  plentifully  iu  Addison,  Steuben 
Co.,  N.  Y.  It  is  a  shrub  two  to  four  feet 
high;  the  leaf  resembles  tea  leaves,  and  taste 
some  like  tea,  but  more  rank  and  bitter. 
Some  people  use  it  for  tea.  The  flowers  are 
whil  e  and  small,  arranged  in  conical  umbels 
about  the  size  of  an  old-fashioned  cent. 
Some  call  it  “Mountain  tea1”  If  it  had  been 
conveniently  accessible  to  me,  I  would  have 
written  you  concerning  it,  and  sent,  a  speci¬ 
men.  As  to  its  being  a  cancer  remedy  I 
know  nothing;  it  may  be  good  and  it  may 
not.  Charles  Yaroi.ey  may  be  the  great¬ 
est  impostor,  and  ho  may  not;  but  J.  know 
the  plant,  and  if  fortune  ever  gives  me  the 
opportunity  I’ll  send  you  specimens. 

Beuben  Andrews. 

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HYGIENIC  NOTES. 


SAVE  THE  LARGEST  GOBBLER. 


Wm.  Craft,  in  Poultry  World,  says  :— 

“  Now  that  the  season  has  arrived  for  select¬ 
ing  the  male  turkeys  to  preserve  for  breed¬ 
ing  purposes,  the  necessity  of  pinking  out 
the  largest  and  most  perfect  as  regards  form 
and  vigor  may  well  be  urged  upon  everybody 
who  keeps  this  very  profitable  farm  stock. 
Let  it  be  constantly  borne  in  mind  that  s.ze 
is  a  great  desideratum  in  a  gobbler  kept  for 
breeding.  The  largest  males  may  be  used 
with  safety,  even  if  paired  with  fair  tome 
dium-sized  hens,  provided  the  following  pre 
cautions  arc  used. 

“The  peril  from  a  35-pound  gobbler  is  a 
reality,  whether  the  hen  be  large  or  small. 
This  arises  not  so  much  from  the  great  weight 
of  the  gobbler  as  from  a  vicious  use  of  his 
well-grown  spurs  and  claws.  If  left  free,  the 
feathers  are  soon  torn  from  the  backs  of  the 
kens  and  the  skin  not  infrequently  follows, 
and  the  hen  dies  from  the  injuries.  To  pre¬ 
vent  this,  the  gobbler  maybe  kept  in  eonfine- 
m  nt  for  a  few  weeks  before  you  wish  his 
services.  It  is  a  well-ascertained  fact,  that 
a  single  connection  of  the  male  with  the  hen 
turkey,  at  the  proper  time,  insures  the  fertil¬ 
ity  of  all  the  eggs  she  may  lay  in  the  first 
litter  after  it.  A  day  or  two  of  the  gobbler 
with  the  hens  answers  ail  the  purpose  of 
weeks,  and  greatly  diminishes  the  danger  of 
in  jury.  As  an  additional  safeguard,  cut  the 
spurs  and  toe-nails,  and  bum  off  all  the  sharp 
points  with  a  hot  iron,  of  course  taking  care 
not  to  injure  the  fowl.  If  this  be  done,  breed¬ 
ing  with  large  turkeys  is  quite  as  safe  as  with 
smaller  birds.  We  arc  aware  that  the  Arnor- 
K-an  passion  for  size  has  sometimes  operated 
to  the  detriment  of  potdtry.  But  in  turkeys, 
size  can  be  secured  without  danger.” 


Ducks  as  Egg-Producers.  — In  answer  to  a 
correspondent  the  Cottage  G  ardener  says : 
The  number  of  eggs  laid  by  a  duck  depends 
very  much  on  the  breed  to  which  she  be¬ 
longs.  In  all  poultry  the  non -sitters  lay 
more  than  those  that  are  concerned  in  the 
rising  generation.  Tims  the  Aylesbury  will 
lay  a  greater  number  of  eggs  than  any  other 
duck.  The  black  duck,  called  the  Labrador, 
the  East,  Indian  or  Buenos  Ayrcau  is  a  good 
layer.  The  Rouen  is  an  average  layer,  and 
the  wild  duck  lays  few  compared  to  these. 
An  old  duck  is,  as  a  rule,  ft  better  layer  than 
a  young  one,  but  it  iB  impossible  to  give  the 
average  of  any  of  them.  Aylesbury  ducks 
begin  to  lay  hi  November  and  December ; 
Rouens  three  months  later.  Both  the  time 
when  they  begin  laying,  and  the  number  ol 
eggs  t  hey  lay,  are  influenced  by  their  keep 
and  by  judicious  management. 

77iC  Early  Ducklings  that  realize  such  high 
prices  in  the.  London  market,  are  said  to  be 
principally  the  Aylesbury  variety,  distin¬ 
guished  by  their  great  size,  white  plumage 
and  flesh-colored  bill.  Their  high  quality  ife 
Batd  t.o  be  produced  by  feeding  the  old  birds 
largely  with  sound  oats  placed  in  a  vessel  of 
water.  If  not  allowed  much  room  to  swim, 
old  ducks  will  lay  freely  in  winter  ;  then  the 
eggs  should  be  hatched  under  hens,  and  the 
ducklings  liberally  fed  with  slaked  oatmeal 
and  fine  middlings,  aud  afterwards  with  oats 
in  water.  Under  this  treatment  they  may 
be  made  ready  for  the  table  in  less  than  two 
months.— Country  Gentleman. 


Danger  from  Wet  Clothes.— Few  persons 
understand  fully  the  reason  why  wet  clothes 
exert  such  a  drilling  influence.  It  is  simply 
this  : — Water,  when  it  evaporates,  carries  off 
an  immense  amount  of  heat,  In  what  is  called 
the  latent  form.  One  pound  of  water  in 
vapor  contains  as  much  heat  as  nine  or  ten 
pounds  of  liquid  water,  and  all  this  heat 
must,  of  course,  be  taken  from  the  body.  If 
our  clothes  are  moistened  with  three  pounds 
of  water,  t  hat,  is,  if  by  wetting  they  are  three 
pounds  heavier,  those  t  hree  pounds  will,  in 
drying,  carry  c,fl'  as  much  hoataswould  raise 
three  gallons  of  ice-cold  water  to  tho  boiling 
point.  No  wonder  that  damp  clothes  chill  us. 
— Handicraft. 

Medical  Value  of  Asparagus.— A  Medical 
correspondent  of  an  English  journal  says 
that  the  advantages  of  asparagus  are  nob 
sufficiently  appreciated  by  those  who  suffer 
with  rheumatism  and  gout.  Slight  coses  of 
rheumatism  are  cured  in  a  few  days  by  feed- 
I  Lug  on  this  delicious  esculent  ;  and  more 
chronic  oases  are  much  relieved,  especially  if 
the  patient,  avoids  all  acids,  whether  in  food 
or  beverage.  Tho  Jerusalem  artichoke  has 
also  a  similar  effect  in  relieving  rheuma¬ 
tism.  The  heads  may  bo  eaten  in  the  usual 
way,  but,  tea  made  from  the  leaves  of  the 
stoik,  and  drank  three  or  four  times  a  day, 
is  a  certain  remedy,  though  not  equally 
agreeable. 

Hay  Fever.—  I  send  you  something  that 
will  do  good  to  thousands.  A  gentleman  who 
has  had  this  hitherto  incurable  torment,  for 
twenty  years  publishes  tho  following  certain 
cure. Get  a  saturated  solution  of  sulphate 
of  quinine  iu  water,  iu  the  proportion  of  one 
part  of  quinine  to  740  of  water,  to  bo  well 
shaken  and  applied  to  the  nostrils,  while 
lying  down,  with  a  small  camel’s  hair  brush, 
until  it  is  felt,  in  the  throat;  the  relief  is  im¬ 
mediate.  My  wife  has  had  it  every  season 
for  thirty-five  years.  This  simple  remedy 
cured  her  at  once.  Our  phial  contains,  water 
;>  nz, ;  quinine  3  grains.  Pass  it  along.— C. 
C.  Muller,  4,01 1  Spruce  St  reel,  Ph  iladelphia. 


CHICKEN  CHOLERA. 


I  will  give  recipes  for  two  soups  that  are, 
I  think  very  wholesome,  palatable,  cheap 
and  quickly  made.  To  a  good  many,  in  part, 
they  may  be  old,  to  some  entirely  new. 

Sift  a  pint,  or  a  little  more,  of  flour  into 
the  bread  pan  ;  break  in  one  egg  ;  odd  a 
little  salt  and  about  a  gill  of  sweet  milk 
(which  I  find  is  much  better  than  sour  milk 


Your  lady  correspondent  from  Indiana ,  I 
think,  puls  the  case  rather  strong  when  she 
says  that  there  is  no  such  thing  as  “chicken 
cholera"— that  death  is  caused  by  lice,  which 
infest  the  chickens  in  different  parts.  1  have 
hail  a  little  experience  in  the  “  chicken  chol¬ 
era”  line,  and  am  1  free  to  confess  that  I 
think  there  is  such  a  disease,  and  that  lice 
are  not  the  cause  of  death  where  chickens 
exhibit  the  following  symptoms,  to  wit : 
“A general  drooping  appearance,  and  look¬ 
ing  like  they  were  under  the  effects  of  an 
opiate;  droppings  thin,  watery,  greenish; 
crop  having  a  full  appearance  ;  no  disposition 
to  eat  food  ;  but  that  it  is  a  disease  some¬ 
times  malignant,  sometimes  mild.  The  best 
cure  1  have  ever  found  was  to  make  a  good 
deep  hole  in  the  ground  and  knock  the  dis¬ 
eased  ones  on  tho  head,  without  regard  to 
the  quality  of  the  fowl,  and  plant  them  so 
i  deep  that  they  will  not  be  moved.  I  have 


Imported  Dark  Brahmas.— Mr.  Isaac  Van 
Winkle  has  just  received  four  Dark  Brahma 
birds  from  England  whose  weights  arc  re¬ 
spectively  (hens)  1QX,  10  and  0  lbs.;  cock,  14 
lbs.,  English  weight-  as  good  birds  as  there 
are  in  England.  Mr.  Van  Winkle  also  has 
notice  that,  he  is  to  receive  some  Derby  Fowls 
direct  from  Lord  Derby's  ©state.  Of  these 
we  shall  have  occasion  to  spr ak  wbttft  they 
arrive. 

Folds  that  Cannot  Pick  up  Corn.— It  C.  C. 
Rost  will  take  the  trouble  to  examine  the 
fowls  that  cannot  pick  up  com,  I  think  he  or 
she  will  find  the  reason  to  be  that  they  are 
blind.  Mine  were  so,  and  I  thought  they  had 
been  eating  salt,  and  so  fed  them  milk,  which 
they  ate  ravenously,  and  iu  two  or  three 
days  got  well.  They  were  probably  nearly 
starved  before  the  symptoms  wo'  e  discover¬ 
ed  C.  H.  Frank. 

Light  Brahmas  and  Partridge  Cochins , 
Jo u.v  S.  Ives  says  he  is  convinced  excel  all 
others  in  the  production  of  eggs  and  as  market 
fowls.  He  feeds  principally  upon  pumpkins, 
small  potatoes,  cabbage,  and  all  unsalable 
vegetables  grown  upon  his  farm, -boiled  and 
thickened  with  s  quarts  of  com  meal  to  a  20- 
gallon  boiler  full. 


Dried  Meat  for  Medicinal  Purposes—  The 
American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  says  It  is 
prepared  by  Daneucy  of  Bordeaux  by  cut¬ 
ting  fresh  meat  finely,  spreading  upon  mus¬ 
lin,  drying  rapidly  in  a  current  of  air  and 
rubbing  into  a  brown  powder,  which  is 
almost  inodorous,  and  has  a  slightly  saline 
taste.  It  is  readily  taken  by  patients,  spread 
upon  bread,  or  a  teaspoonful  of  it  mixed 
with  a  cupful  of  broth  or  soup,  or  by  chil¬ 
dren,  If  baked  into  biscuits. 

Light  in  the  Boom  for  the  Sick. — The  late 
physician  to  the  Emperor  of  Russia  made  a 
careful  study  of  the  effect  of  light  as  a  cu¬ 
rative  agent  ill  the  hospital  of  St.  Peters¬ 
burg.  lie  discovered  that  the  number  of 
patients  who  worts  cured  in  rooms  properly 
light  ed  was  four  times  as  large  as  it  was 
when  they  were  confined  in  dark  rooms. 

To  Bender  Castor  Oil  Tasteless— It  is  re¬ 
commended  to  first  put  the  dose  of  oil  in  a 
glass,  and  place  upon  Its  snrtaee  a  quarter 
of  a  teaspoonful  of  chloroform,  and  swallow 
the  whole.  The  chloroform  will  not  harm. 

Frosted  Feet  may  be  cured  as  follows  : 
White  oak  bark,  taken  fresh  and  boiled  in 
water  to  a  strong  liquor.  Bathe  the  feet  in 
th-  hr 'tor.  It  is  pronounced  the  best  of  all 
remedies. 

Pomade  lo  Prevent  Baldness.— Lard,  four 
ozs. ;  Spermaceti,  one  dram  ;  Lemon  juice, 
six  drams ;  Tincture  Cantharides,  one-half 
dram.  Perfume  to  taste. 


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tainly  grow  our  own  tea,  rice,  sugar,  indigo, 
flax,  hemp,  jute.  And  if  the  manufacturable 
material  is  furnished,  in  sufficient  quantity  and 
’  with  sufficient  regularity.  It  will  be  manufac¬ 
tured.  The  unemployed  labor  In  this  country 
to  day  ought  to  be  utilized  in  just  such  work, 
t'  e  forget,  that  the  demand  of  modern  society 
is  for  varied  products.  True,  the  people  must 
be  fed  ;  bill  because  tboy  require  bread, cheese, 
butter  and  meat,  it  does  not  follow  that  unlim¬ 
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THANKSGIVING. 

We  are  not  of  those  who  believe  in  special 
days  of  thanksgiving.  We  regard  them  as,  in  a 
certain  sense,  farcical,  We  believe  In  thankful- 
noss  in  every-day  gratitude  and  in  the  works 
which  are  the  fruits  of  devout  thanksgiving. 
We  respect  the  spirit  with  which  Thanksgiving 
Day  was  inaugurated.  We  have  no  objection 
loan  annual  Thanksgiving  Day  now  as  a  day 
of  rest,  re-union  and  Joy— as  a  day  in  which 
grateful  humane,  fraternal,  Joyous  and  thank¬ 
ful  emotions  predominate.  Hut  we  believe  in 
a  continual  thanksgiving.  Wo  believe  there  is 
always  more  reason  to  rejoice  and  be  thankful 
every  day  Mian  to  complain.  No  one  suffer*  so 
much  that  he  or  she  may  not  suffer  more— at 
least  few  do.  It  is  far  better  to  cultivate  thank¬ 
fulness  than  to  nurse  depression.  Thanksgiv¬ 
ing  Day  Is  at  hand.  Lot  those  who  w  ait  upon 
it  think  of  the  joys  that  are  theirs  in  compar-  i 
Ison  with  i  be  sorrows  that  might  be.  Ld  wor-  < 
ship  be  born  of  thankfulness.  Hut  let  no  one  •' 
suppose  that  one  day  of  thanksgiving,  in  which  i 
all  of  thankfulness  is  concentrated,  is  at  all  1 
worthy  of  men  and  Christians.  Let  us  give  < 
thanks  daily.  t 


as  they  can  from  10,000  acres.  By  dosing  our 
doors  to  them,  it  would  tend  to  spread  a  false 
impressKin,  that  is,  to  show  that,  we  were  afraid 
that  we  were  beat.  Beside*,  we  have  dissatisfled 
people  in  (  an&da  who  will  go  somewhere,  and 
they  might  just  as  well  be  fished  up  by  those 
who  tend  to  make  our  exhibitions  attractive  as 
t«  go  to  Texas  or  any  other  part  where  the  in¬ 
habitants  <}o  not  think  us  wort  h  reciprocating 
with,  W  hat.  would  become  of  our  breeders  of 
purfr-brod  stock  were  the  Americans  to  shut  us 
out  rrom  their  exhibitions  and  their  markets, 
.lust.  look  at  the  honors  we  have  gained  in  Bos- 
ton  the  present  year  at.  the  Great  International 
Exhibition  of  bruit.  It  has  fairly  astonished 
the  Americans  themselves,  still  there  has  never 
been  one  word  said  by  them  ns  to  ahull  ing  ns 

out.  Nebraska  will  not  be  able  to  gain  such 
honors  in  a  hundred  years  as  we  gained  from 
the  Americans  this  season.  Avdtv  with  the 

it  A’ f  looping  people  In  darkness  ;  away  w  ith 
all  nttemp*  at  serfdom.  If  our  farmers,  farrn- 
BO“a  °r  emigrants  coTet  the.  broad  acres  of 
1  Is  advantages  and  tlisadvan- 
&  ^them  go  ;  In  fact,  the  first  attempt  to 
■hock  Miem  would  be  the  best  way  to  drive 
them  from  our  country.  We  are  not  in  chains 
or  iotnl  darkness, 

- hi - 

"  Going  Too  Fn*t." — A  friend  of  ours  talking 
of  the  panic  said :  “  W  e  have  been  going  alto- 
gel  her  too  fast ;  we,  as  a  people,  ueed  just,  the 
lesson  we  are  learning  and  are  likely  to  learn 
before  the  panic  Is  over.”  He  said  truly.  Wo 
have  been  going  entirely  too  fast.  We  are  the 
most  wasteful  arid  extravagant  nation  on  the 
footstool.  We  Ignore  economy  in  little  things. 
We  do  not  work  if  w  e  cum  help  it ;  if  wo  do  we 
w  ork  that  wo  may  spend  more  than  we  can  get 
without  work  :  but  w  e  do  not  work  if  we  can 
get  what  we  want  without  It.  As  a  people  we 
know  scarcely  anything  about  the  first  princi¬ 
ples  or  economy.  In  cooking,  eating,  drinking, 
clothing  ourselves,  conducting  our  farms,  work¬ 
shops,  stores,  See.,  w  e  may  economize  whore  it 
is  not  economy  to  do  so,  and  neglect  to  econo¬ 
mize  where  wo  ought  to.  Self-denial  I*  one  of 
the  great  lessons  we  lave  to  learn.  Whatever 
teaches  us  to  do  it  w  ill,  in  the  end,  bo  a  mercy  1 


Labor  Bureau  of  Castle  Garden  and  the  manner 
in  which  immigrants  are  protected.  He  sug¬ 
gests.  also,  the  establishment  of  an  Emigrant 
Home  which  shall  combine  cleanliness  and 
comfort  with  protection,  whereby  the  newly 
arrived  immigrants  who  may  be  compelled  to 
wait  in  New  York  for  employment  or  transpor¬ 
tation  West,  may  have  a  home  without  resort¬ 
ing  to  the  swindling  boarding  houses  which 
exist  in  the  city.  The  suggestion  is  a  good  one. 
- •+* - . 

Give  H  ork — Our  advice  to  our  readers  to  give 
work  and  pay  for  it,  rather  than  money  or  any 
equivalent  as  charity,  is  meeting  with  com¬ 
mendation.  To  give  as  charity  without  exact¬ 
ing  compensation,  I*  to  attack  tho  self  respect 
<>f  men  who  value  it,  ami  to  encourage  pauper¬ 
ism  in  those  who  have  no  self  respect.  If  any 
|  man  or  woman  applies  to  you  for  help,  set  him 
or  her  at  work  to  pay  for  what  you  may  be  wil¬ 
ling  to  give  gratuitously.  If  any  man  haswork 
to  be  done  let  him  give  employment  to  those 
who  are  willing  to  do  it,  even  though  he  <dves 
such  nothing  but  their  board. 

- - ♦♦♦ - — 

Brighter  Prospect,.  The  latest  news  from 
the  manufacturing  towns  of  Now  England, 
indicate  better  times  and  more  work  than  a 
week  ago  It.  was  fearod  would  be  furnished. 
Gold  continues  to  arrive  to  pay  for  our  prod¬ 
ucts.  Currency  is  beginning  to  move.  We  can¬ 
not  yet  determine  to  what  extent  this  relief  is 
tube  given,  but  certainly  matters  look  better 
than  ten  days  ago.  But  there  is,  we  think  and 
hope,  an  end  of  kite-flying;  what  Is  done  will 
not  lie  speculative,  hut  Decause  tliorc  is  a  de- 
maud  for  doing  it. 

- Hf - 

Klr.e  Pen r*  Iteeeived.-A  liberal  package  of 
most  excellent  pears  has  been  received  from 
Messrs.  Ellwangkk&  Rakry,  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
the  well-known  nursery  men.  Those  gentlemen 


'  -  * if '  . 


-f I 


SATURDAY,  NOVEMBER  15,  1878. 

ARBITRATION  AGAIN. 

We  cannot  forbear  again  calling  attention  to 
the  advantages  of  arbitration  among  farmers. 
We  have  in  our  mind  a  man  who  has  spent 
more  than  three  t  hotisand  dollars  in  “  going  to 
Jaw  ”  during  the  past  ten  years.  He  need  not 
have  spent  more  than  one-h uiidrcth  part  of 
that  sum  and  yet  would  have  been  just  as  justly 
dealt  with -perhaps  more  so.  lie  not  only 
spent  that  amount,  but  he  caused  others  to 
spend  an  equal  or  perhaps  greater  amount, 
besides  the  loss  of  time  involved  to  himself 
and  others.  'J  hero  arc  doubtless  many  men 
who  have  spent  more  than  be  has  and  as  un¬ 
necessarily.  it  is  often  disgraceful  that  two 
men  shouid  not  be  able  to  settle  a  dispute  be¬ 
tween  themselves  without  going  to  law;  but 
where  tin; re  ia  an  honest  difference  of  opinion 
as  to  what  is  equity  it  is  safer  and  wiser  to  re¬ 
sort  to  arbitrat  ion  rather  Hum  law. 

The  loss  to  farmers  throughout  the  country 
in  consequence  of  resort  to  legal  forms  in  the 
adjustment,  of  disputes  would  almost  pay  the 
local  taxes  in  any  township— In  some  more 
than  pay  them.  It  is  one  of  the  healthful 
omens  of  the  times,  and  one  of  the  features  of 
the  Order  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry  we  can  cor¬ 
dially  commend,  that  some  of  their  Granges 
incorporate  into  their  Constitutions  a  clause 
by  which  a  member  who  signs  it  pledges  him- 
self  to  refer  njj  disputes  between  members  to 
arbitrators  and  abide  their  decision.  Wherever 
such  a  clause  has  been  incorporated  it  has  been 
respected  and  the  result  is  the  law  business  has 
depreciated  and  the  lawyer’s  occupation  is  , 
gone.  Nil  matter  what  It  costa  to  become  a  | 
Patron  of  Husbandry,  a  beiligorent  farmer  can  , 
better  afford  to  pay  the  fee,  sign  and  abide  by  t 
such  a  pledge  than  to  retain  his  freedom  to  go  i 
to  law  when. he  chooses.  It  would  be  a  good  f 
plan  to  circulate  such  a  pledge  arooug  farmers  f 
in  every  neighborhood  whore  there  are  no  c 
Granges,  or  among  those  who  do  not  choose  to  v 
become  Patrons  where  there  are.  Such  a  pledge  b 
would  be  almost  as  effective  in  prevent  ing  dis¬ 
putes  as  in  adjusting  them  equitably.  Beside 
it  will  go  far  to  make  men  more  equitable  in 
their  judgment— to  take  sober  second  thoughts  ? 
before  acting,  and  hence  enable  them  to  act  V 
more  discreetly  and  less  impulsively  and  in-  & 
temperately,  m 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

Tin*  American  Homological  Society,  it  has 
been  announced,  is  to  meet  in  Chicago  in  1875. 
But  from  a  recent  communication  from  Mr. 
Arthur  Bryant  we  learn  that  whether  it 
meets  there  or  not,  “will  depend  upon  the  lib¬ 
erality  and  enterprise  of  Individuals,  and  prin¬ 
cipally  upon  the  interest  taken  in  it  by  the  cit¬ 
izens  of  Chicago"  in  other  words;  “if  the 
needful  arrangements  for  thy  accommodation 
of  the  American  Homological  Society  are  ma.’e 
in  proper  season,  its  session  in  1875  will  be  held 
in  Chicago — ot  herwise  not."  Our  own  experi¬ 
ence  in  such  matters,  In  Chicago,  justify  us  in 
saying  that  the  men  in  that  city  who  may  take 
the  burthen  of  preparation  (or  the  reception  of 
and  hospitality  to  such  a  Society  upon  them,  I 
unless  things  have  changed,  arc  plucky.  Chi¬ 
cago  ought  to  be  hospitable  to  the  American 
Homological  Society.  Its  citizens  can  afford  to 
I  by.  It  Is  one  of  the  best  and  largest  fruit  mar¬ 
ket*  in  the  country.  But  the  few  men  who n ill 
be  likely  to  bear  the  burthen  and  responsibility 
there-  that  is,  those  whose  relations  to  the 
American  Homological  Society  and  it*  members 
will  make  them  desire  to  do  so— ought  not.  to 
be  expected  to  assume  what  will  bo  demanded 
of  them.  This  is  our  opinion  resulting  from  a 
“  fc,lmv  feeling."  If  things  have  changed  since 
“our  time  ’’  there,  we  are  glad  of  it. 


to  us,  no  matter  how  severe  tho  discipline  may  h!lVe  n  waY  <if  never  forgetting  their  friends 
be-  _ ^ _  that  is  verY  gratifying— to  their  friends  at  least. 


The  Effect  of  Hard  Times  is  being  felt  on  our 
markets— so  our  reporters  tell  us.  Especially 
in  this  the  case  with  butter  and  cheese.  The 
lower, grades  of  butter  are  accumulating  in 
large  quantities;  and  this  is  affecting  the  price 
of  best  qualities.  Tho  usual  fall  speculations 
in  t  his  class  of  produce  are  proving  very  unsat¬ 
isfactory— at  least  to  the  speculators,  but  con¬ 
sumers  do  not  complain.  It  should  be  remem¬ 
bered  however  that  thousands  of  families  who 
heretofore  consumed  these  grades  of  better 
cannot  now  afford  to  purchase  ft  at  any  price. 
Carpenters,  and  other  classes  of  mechanics, 
witli  kits  of  tools  in  their  bands— respectable 
and  well-dressed  men- are  traveling  from’ 
house  to  house  in  this  city  soliciting  small  and 
odd  jobs  of  work  about  the  house,  whereby 
they  may  obtain  bread  for  their  families.  It 
has  come  to  this  so  early  in  the  season  and  be¬ 
fore  tho  winter  sets  in,  It.  Is  no  wonder,  there¬ 
fore,  t  hat  the  produce  which  enters  into  daily 
consumption  in  thousands  of  families  goes 
without  a  market.  This  state  of  things  must 
be  looked  in  the  face. 


Be  Hopeful — There  is  reason  to  be  hopeful, 
notwithstanding  the  depressed  condition  of 
affair*.  There  should  bo  want  of  confidence  in 
fictitious  enterprises.  There  shouid  be  a  close 
scrutiny  of  all  securities,  and  of  all  schemes 
nut  before  the  public  to  secure  Investments 
from  the  people.  But  the  country  has  all  the 
elements  of  prosperity.  It  ha*  abundant  re- 
Hoiiiees.  There  i*  really  no  reason  for  depres- 
slon  except  such  as  grows  out  of  tho  discovery 
that  fictitious  value*  arc  fictitious— that  certain 
schemes,  fostered  and  endorsed  by  men  of  I 
financial  repute,  are  as  hollow  as  a  vacuum  pan 
and  possess  as  little  substance.  It  I*  a  good 
Hung  to  conn;  down  to  hard-pan,  no  matter 
how  much  temporary  suffering  may  ensue. 
The  American  people  possess  all  the  clement* 
"t  rapid  recovery.  There  Is  substantial  foun¬ 
dation  f  >r  prosperity  if  we  only  build  on  that 
foundation.  Let  u*  try  to  do  it— get  down  to 
the  rock,  and  build  from  that,  and  be  sure  to 
build  w  - 1 1 ,  There  is  reason  for  hopefulness. 

- m - 

Grange*  of  Patron*  of  Husbandry  in  the 
l  nited  State#  -u.i  I  asiodn.-Mr.  Kelly,  Secre¬ 
tary  of  the  Rational  Grange  of  Pa  trons  of  Hus¬ 
bandry,  reported,  on  the  18th  of  October,  the 
following  as  the  n.-inber  of  subordinate  Gran¬ 
ges  in  the  country ; 

ArkaSv.v.'.v.v.v.Y.Y;  j££Dfin,ru . « 

Inatana': .' ! .'  iw  Heu  n sy iYii'n  ia ,  7.‘. . ’ 
srV!“«. . . HB  &0llUj  Gatollna . tvi  I  ; 


10.1  ?at  . 

•ventacky. . 

Marriand.;’  ;  *3vi%mi“h;;;;;: . *•'  it/steuhin  r  ,youPA  cit>' <1llaP  bought  a  farm 

Masbuchutietts . .  ti  West  Vireinii .  “*  i’  n  Steuben  <  o.t  with  art  orchard  of  about 

.  W  WGionsfu  J  ::V. . J  "  bich  he  recently  tapped  for  old w' 

5J  SSSRi“.' .  ate  Colorado . .  .  rhH’  JW  not  run  Cider  very  wmlV  an  1  m  ’ 


~  -  **  VIIUU  ..Ill 

•>.*)  Tennessee  ....  i «’ 

27  Texas . V; 

^&cJ5K,.m' . '..'.7"  2. 


’  RURAL  BREVITIES. 

I  The  American  Institute  Fair  closes  Nov.  15. 

>  ',.,K1VKIXOilire  086,1  in  Maine  as  fertiil- 
‘  zers  of  mcabow  lands.  OUMI 

.  .  ^ t^>niDA  has  another  resource — lions  •  for  it 
1  is  said  they  succeed  there.  nops  ,  tor  it 

Nisw  Jersey  Is  soon  to  organize  a  State 
Grange  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 

Thf.  Connecticut  State  Board  of  Agriculture 
DoSl7-%.W  0ter  ,nC0tlnK  at  Meridem,  Conn., 

li  iu  intimated  t  hat  the  surplus  w)i6*tfc  cron 

in  tho  Massachusetts  Agricultural  College. 

A  NEW  York  State  Grange  of  Patron*  of 
Husbandry  was  organized  at  Syracuse  Nov.  (5— 

master,  and  Otk 
Spkaglk,  Loekport,  {secretary. 

It  is  said  thousand*  of  acres  of  cranberries 
have  been  destroyed  by  frost  in  Wisconsin  We 

teifni1  SrVeiV  * ’ U f  wiscousin  reader*  will 
tell  us  whether  the  .statement  is  true* 

Robert  Toombs  say*  that  Georgia  farmers 
give  a*  an  excuse  for  buying  Northern  ha v  that 
jrass  will  not  grow  there,  when  it  is  known  to 
oe  a  fact  that  during  t  he  growing  season  everv 

!rnrbTi)?1iul  *uifl  *  ''ild,  white  ouS  black,  able  to 
!  work  i*  laboring  hard  to  kill  grass. 

fl,rai,nT‘i(,lS  Mre  beI,.,jr  canned  In  the  South 
roi  the  Northern  market— so  it  is  said  We 

shoubnibe  Te,  (,'°  ,h8V’i,n,,fid  f*ftichokes,  and 

sn  juld  like  some  one  to  Inform  us  who  Liivm 
them  ;  if  any  one  doc*,  why  ?  We  cannot  eon 

artidibked.  °rb  'eni  poople  necd  bu>  fanned 


Af . . cue . .  ■  bey  did  not  run  eider  very  win  and  he  In 

M  ssourP' .  ^Sa*o»  . . .V.V.V.V:::  A  ;|oii;od  nt  a  neighbor  What  tbe  matter  was  - afe 

Nebraska: . />  that  neighbor  a  new-  hatmTt 


“  SHALL  WE  ABANDON  FARMING  7  ” 

“If  one  cause  of  our  difficulties  is  over  pro¬ 
duction,  do  you  recommend  any  proportion  of 
farmers  to  abandon  farming?  "  No,  we  do  not 
—except  such  men  as  are  losing  money  by  farm¬ 
ing  every  year  they  pursue  it  as  a  business. 
What  we  urge  is  the  diversifying  of  products— 
the  growing  of  more  flax,  hemp,  roots,  barley, 
rye,  broom  corn,  peppermint,  herbs  of  various 
kinds,  etc.,  iu  proportion  to  the  amount  of 
cereals  grown.  Grow  more  of  what  we  import 
most.  of.  Our  resources  are  adequate  to  the 
production  of  nearly  everything  we  consume 
that  is  produced  from  the  soil.  We  can  cer¬ 


Americans  at  fannda  Exhibitions.  —  Some 
Nebraska  Lund  Company  tried  to  get  the  priv¬ 
ilege  of  exhibiting  cereals,  plants,  fruits,  woods, 
Ac.,  at  the  Hamilton,  Out.,  Exhibition  but  were 
excluded  been  use  “  the  majority  of  the  Hoard 
of  Directors."  the  Farmers'  Advocate  says, 
••  were  of  the  opinion  that  the  Exhibition  would 
be  Injurious  to  us  to  some  extent,"  The  Advo¬ 
cate  very  sensibly  adds : 

M  e  admit  it  might,,  but  the  advantages  of  free 
trade,  free  intercourse  and  the  spread  of  in¬ 
formation  would  be  better  for  us  and  ourcoun- 
try.  This  ts  our  opinion,  and  we  think  the 
Hamilton  Board  acted  wrong  iu  thus  attemnt- 

\nSJr  pft80k  t.iK'  l'|,r,‘nd  °f  information  and 
good  feeling.  «u  contend  that  it  slrnwa  the 
.ii.I.ortarioo  or  our  country  when  exhibitors 
attend  and  make  large  displays  from  such  dis- 
tfn,!=Po^  t1*  'N e,b«ls,,a-  We  want,  good  exiiibi- 

Wc  h’.-o1  nnf n?,  h°  p  m?Lj  *l'em  attractive, 
iv  e  had  nothing  to  fear  from  the  samples  of 
grain  sent ;  we  saw  none  of  them,  excepting 
com,  equal  to  our  own.  As  for  their  wood  we 
can  show  about  ten  times  as  much,  and  nearly 
ten  times  as  much  from  the  growth  of  one  acre 


Nebraska . “•”,7,7”  ;;  » 

- - - 

Plowing  in  Politicians.— This  js  what  the 
Secretary  of  the  National  Grange  of.  Patrons  of 
Husbandry  proposes  to  do  with  the  ’politician* 
who  may  get  into  the  Order  for  political  pur¬ 
poses.  He  says: — “The  Order  fi/ia  strength 
enough  to  run  without  the  aid  of  any  congres¬ 
sional  or  other  government  nuiec*,  and  we 
don't  solicit  either  of  them  or  coallitons  of  any 
kind.  The  order  started  out  with  the  idea  that 
the  farmers  can  maintain  an  organizstlon  of 
their  own.  We  have  done  wel)  for  six  years, 
without  any  contamination,  and  I  venture  to 
say  if  any  politicians  get.  into  our  Order  with 
the  intention  of  securing  office,  thej  will  go. 
plowed  in  so  deep  that  Gabriel’s  trump  will 
never  resurrect  1  hem." 


William  Saunders  Tor  Commissioner  of  Agri- 
culture.— Some  time  since  we  took  occasion  to 
speak  our  mind  fraoly  and  frankly  concerning 
the  merits  of  men  who  had  been  named  to  us 
as  candidates  for  the  position  of  Commissioner 
of  Agriculture,  Among  other*,  Mr.  William 
Saundkus,  present  Superintendent  of  the  Ex¬ 
perimental  Gardens  at  Washington,  waB  named. 
Hi*  friends  have  thought  proper^to  assert  that 
|  lie  has  never  been  and  is  not  a  candilnte  for 
that  position ;  we  are  therefore  clad  to  give 
him  credit  for  good  sense  in  this  matter  as  we 
know  he  has  good  sense  in  respect  to  other 
things. 

— - *♦» - 

Mr.  Joseph  Arch  and  the  Castle  Garden 
Labor  Bureau.  Mr.  Arch,  In  a  letter  to  the 
Commissioners  of  Immigration,  commends  the 


I  anythjRgabout  it.  bb0F  “  nWr  hat  "ut  t  o 

At  Mlanu.s,  Conn.,  il  is  asserted,  an  enteroris- 

J  frogfeforeriienN»v9^ taried  a  frog  pond  to  raise 
nog  a  tor  the  New  York  market.  If  farmers 

a '?*10  F1'""'  plenty  of  frogs  knew  what 
,  a  delmacy  they  are.  they  would  both  encourage 

;  ly  on  theJrUtabieL“d  haV° theul  mora  freque.i  t- 

Wn  see  it.  asserted  in  some  of  the  agricultural 
eSOTJSjt th®  auihoe  erop  is  a  failure  in  New 
loikState^  Our  observation  in  the  eastern 
cnt  t,.nnI'  !C  o  especl a  I  ly.  leads  u*  to  a  differ¬ 
ent  conclusion.  \\  e  have  nut  seen  a  quince  tri  e 
that  was  not  well  loaded.  In  what  part  of  the 
State  have  they  failed  ?  1  u,e 

t  * ^ ^  V}-  Ta®ron5  ,°f  Husbandry  proiioge 
t?  i56  1 tbeir  creed  by  import  ing  handsome 
feJ  ,a  P,i'V  'bousand  of  the  industrious  and 
beautiful  girls  who  are  out  of  employment  in 
^^.and  n®^bborhood,  could  become  the 
ra7Vl?-!e*peLdable  Patrons  of  Husbandrv  in 
^-,-ornhu  n  would  be  both  a  blessing  to  them 
ana  to  -he  unmarried  Californians. 

BUSINESS  NOTICES, 

Hure  is  Hie  genlua,  and  blest  as  it  is  rare  which 
can  create  additional  sources  u  amusement  and  In¬ 
struction  for  tbe  minds  oi  cbUdren.  The  effort  to 
teach  Natural  History  by  the  mow  Game  of  Birds 
called  Avtlude  is  every  way  sueoowoful.  This  game 
is  highly  commended.  Rent,  post  -paid,  on  receipt  of 
<5  cents,  by  West  &  Lta,  Worcestci ,  Mass. 

- #4* - 

The  Best  ’  Elastic  TitW*  in  the  World  is 

sold  by  Pomeroy  &  Co.,  7Jt  Broadway.  N.  y.  for 
three  dollars.  W rite  to  them  tor  foil  particulars’. 


Surgical  Elastic  Stockings  for  enlarged  veins 
and  Supporting  Beits  of  best  quality,  at  Pomeroy’s’ 
7 44  Broadway,  N.  Y.  ’ 


AMERICAN  HUMORISTS 


NEW  publications 


,  -  - - -  V,  uw  UlW  I'JIw 

behind  him  will  he  found  to  be  larger  than 
that  accumulated  by  any  painter  except  Turner. 


Tun  group  of  portraits  which  we  preset) 
the  Itt7R,u/s  readers  this  week,  contains 
faces  of  nine  American  humorists,  who,  i 
Imps,  are  more  frequently  before  theAmeri 
pul.lic,  through  the  press,  the  rostrum, 
books,  than  any  other,  although  such  name 
James  Kussism,  LOWKt.unnd  Charles  Dno 
AH N Kit,  should  not  be  forgotten  when  ape 
mg  of  our  living  humorists.  Of  the  jiortr 
before  us,  it  is  enough  to  say  that  each  of  tli 
are  good.  “P.  V.  Nosby"  (Mr.  Locke)  m 
his  fame  in  Toledo.  Ohio,  with  his  '* Confed 
atcX  Roads"  letters.  Ho  is  editor  of  the 
Toledo  I  Hade,  and  lias  recently  gone  into 
the  general  advertising  business  in  New 
York  City.  Bret  Hartk  is  a  New  York 
State  boy,  who  early  in  life  wont  In  Call- 
rt,?1  "rhero  he  taught  school  ami  became 
familiar  with  r.hoae  pioneer  experiences 
which  be  now  so  graphically  describes,  lie 
made  his  reputation  In  theOverhmd  Month¬ 
ly,  his  poem  or  " The  Heathen  Chinee"  first 
calling  public  attention  to  him.  He  now 
lives  near  New  York  City.  Oiipurcs  C 
Kerr  is  Mr.  Newell  „f  Jersey  City,  undone 
<>l  the  editors  of  the  World.  He  wrote  a 
book «iu ring  the  war  under  his  nom  >k  plume, 
winch  attracted  attention.  Me  was  once 
the  husband  of  Miss  Mu* ken,  the  famous 
actress,  who  died  in  Purls.  Mo  Is  something 
of  a  pout  u%  well  art  Imnaun.sL  VM 
(VitiNKLE  "  U  Mr.  Wheeler,  also  connected 
uifli  the  World.  Ills  theatrical  articles, 
apicy.  graphic  and  readable,  are  signed  a- 
above.  “Mark  Twain,"  Mr.  CfjRMisirs,  has 
just  returned  with  his  wife  and  family  from 
a  tour  in  England.  Me  lives  In  Hartford, 
Conn.  Mo  was  milch  admired  abroad  Mo 
has  been  a  resident  of  the  Sandwich  Islands 
and  of  California,  where  his  “Jumping 
rro£  first,  attmc ted  attention  to  him,  ffo 
married  a  rich  wife.  Josn  Billings  is  the 
son  of  a  Poughkeepsie  farmer  His  humor 
is  quaint  and  noted  for  its  bad  spelling.  Mo 
gives  his  productions  to  the  wor 
the  New  Fork  Weekly 
Shaw,  and  tie  loot 
Me  is  said  to  be 
Mr.  Bailey, 
known  as  the  edit 
News. 


.ear  \v)(V!T,r,,'rrhoi;fIlt0f' rby  Green- 
&  Co.  ,,,TT,KK-  Heston:  James  U.  Osgood 

.  lT  a/',  lle,l8Uro  to  attention  to  such  a 
beautiful  book  ns  this  Is-so  charming  in  its 
matter  and  excellent  in  its  illustrations.  Mr. 

uittier  has  selected  short  stories  from 
thirty-six  or  o„r  best  authors,  contributing  one 
blmsoif.  In  the  list  of  authors  we  find  such 
names  as  Hawthorne,  Htoojnson.T.  II.  Ann- 
iuon,  Cjoknsk.v,  Dickens,  Elizabeth  Stuart 
iiekps,  and  many  others  well  known.  Merno- 
1 1 os  child-life  have  been  added  or  Mans 
«. ORtSTlAN  A  NPKR8KN,  Madame  Michelet, 

H  -'r!!  MAP,J  RrCUTKn-  CHARLES  I, A  MU, 

Hr  on  Miller,  Waktkh  .Scott,  Frederick 
uoi  (ii,as$  and  Ciiari.es  Dickens.  This 
l*m;k  has  sixty-elghf  illustrations,  each  of 

helntif  M  ,in ’lrt  «p,n-  n,  Is  published  in  a 
beautiful  and  substantial  manner. 

|  Tlie  Son  ot 


AN  ODD  GENIUS 


Ax  Irishman  died,  a  few  weeks  ago,  in  Lon¬ 
don,  whose  career  and  attainments  entitle  him 
to  a  ruche  in  the  annals  of  literature.  The  de¬ 
co  used  wa*  about  nrty  years  of  age,  and  was 
as  Odd  a  figure  a,;  one  could  meet.  In  a  day's  ride. 
Me  was  small,  bill  firmly  knit,  generally  wore  a. 
white  hat  and  a  dress  coat,  and  a  I  wavs  had 


feTontSsf C'H " A UTZ-'  p|'’ ' '“del- 

w a  ktz  is  the  most  popular 

■  .  writer,  and  this  now  story 

from  her  pen,  just  translated  Into  English, 

-remarkably  pure,  fresh  nrul  entertaining. 

,  nt  "nce  '"Tone  interested  in  the  for- 

Puh"  kON‘NEV  ahd  hlfi  Mother 

in  this  IWn'  1  a'  ",?0  "VlCh  t0  afcri*gKle  against 
rhla  life.  A.S  tJlO  ixt  orv  frrriiwi  <  ..l.  .1  . 


°coS  S®£&hi® rpon'or* 

A  BOOK  of  pure,  rare,  fresh  and  remark¬ 
able  stortes  for  children,  selected  from  t  he 
best  authors  of  Sweden  and  Finland,  and 
translated  by  Selma  Borg  and  Marie 
Brown,  well  known  as  the  translators  of 
the  SnuvAirrz  novels.  The  stories  are  upon 
Hl1  top'«.aj.(l  most  of  them  teach  a  good 
moral  lesson.  They  arc  just  toll  thing  for 
American  children.  The  book  is  finely 
i J J u *. tnito.d,  and  contains  170  pa^cs. 

*,!!  "i  »  Dives  of  Sail,,,- 

•  I'ranalafcoil  fro,., 


id  through 
His  real  name  is 
tires  and  makes  a  lmanacs, 
a  very  grave,  sober  man. 
Mic  “  Danbury  News  Man,”  is 
nr  of  the  Danhury (Conn  ) 
a  paper  which  contains  his  essays  on 
cats,  dogs,  family  mishaps,  and  such  other 
profound  topics  as  he  treats.  John  Hay's 
reputation  as  an  humorist  rests  uponfour 
m-  live  ‘  dialect  "  poem*,  known  as  “ Pike 
County  Ballads."  He  is  a  much  hotter 
writer  of  real  poetry  and  good  proso.  Mo 
was  the  private  secretary  of  President  Lin- 
cokn,  and  has  lived  In  Spain.  Ho  is  now 
connected  with  t  he  Tribune,  and  is  shortly 
to  marry  a  wealt  hy  young  lady  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio.  hu  Perkins"  is  a  Mr.  Lanodon 
of  New  York  In  U,o  opinion  of  s^me  his 
humor  is  not  brilliant,  consisting  mainly  of 
personal  gossip  and  old  jokes,  written  j„ 
the  form  of  letters  from  Saratoga. 


LAURA  KEENE 


Tins  celebrated  «- 
N.  J„  on  the  4th  inst, 
in  England,  a 
this'  theatre- 
October,  1K)1, 

Lyons."  In  1853  she 
and  appeared  t~  " 
November,  1855,  s| 
November  18,  1865, , 
of  which  she 
manager  until  istJ3. 
duced  “Our  Ameiican  I 
immense  run 
Ford’s  theati 
Lincoln  win 


actress  died  at  Montclair, 

She  was  born  in  1830. 
and  first  played  in  Madame  Ves- 
in  London,  making  her  debut  in 
,  as  Pauline  in  the  “Lady  of 

- - a  Came  to  the  United  States, 

I  at  Wullaok'a,  September  20.  In 
bo  opened  the  Varieties,  and 
a  new  theater,  the  Olympic, 
continued  to  be  the  lessee  and 
October  18,  1858,  she  pro- 
»  Cousin,”  Which  had  an 
She  was  playing  in  this  piece  at 
hi  Washington,  when  President 
.  .  cssassinatod.  “The  .Seven  Sft- 

-.  nought  out  by  her  November  28,  isuo  ran 
19  I'*  m  she  visited  En gland,  and 

mce  then  has  traveled  with  a  company  under 
her  own  management.  She  married  a  few  yea!* 

.  °  ’  and  was  living  in  retirement.  Her  funeral 
"  accordance  with  her  wishes,  >vas  yen  exclt 

and  the,™!  heing present  except  her  two  nieces 

a  SthoMe  u  ^61, 0Mly  Ie,at,ves-  She  died 
I*  holm.  Her  character  was  Irreproachable 
mid  her  death  is  deeply  regretted.  ’ 


ROWTON.  New  York  ;  JDlck 
Within  the  covers  of  this 
ume  the  reader  will  find  ager 
1  debates,  outlines  of  debates  am 
discussion,  with  reference  to  th 
of  informal  ion  on  each  part  lc 
valuable  work  for  schools  and  lj 

The  lAInstei-  of  tiraylnuds.  1 

Wood.  Philadelphia:  T.  IK  Pete, 

The  stylo  of  this  English  auth 
Is  so  well  known  by  her  admin 
need  to  speak  of  it.  This  new  : 
have  been  well  received  in  Englu 


liXJIVLOTbISTS. 

brities.  Ho  once  lived  next  door  to  Byron’s 
fair  maul  of  Athens.’*  When  the  escape  of 
Napoleon  from  Elba  was  announced  lie  was 
dancing  with  Murat  and  hia  Queen  at.  Naples. 
Once  in  London  he  was  called  upon  to  visit  a 
young  man  professionally,  who  proved  to  bo 
Louis  Napoleon,  whom  lie  again  visited  in  ex¬ 
ile  at  Chiselhurst.  His  acquaintance  was  not 
confined  to  men  of  the  olrl  World,  but  extended 
to  this  country.  He  was  on  terms  of  pleasant 
acquaintance  with  Edward  Everett,  Daniel 
Webster,  Henry  Clay,  Abraham  Lincoln  and 
many  others  of  our  distinguished  men.  As  a, 
physician  he  took  high  rank,  and  published 
some  valuable  works.  In  1853  he  became  Phy¬ 
sician  to  the  Queen,  and  in  185;}  was  created  a 
baronet. 


vo.ume  under  his  arm.  He  was  a  confirmed 
book-worm.  ttezzoranti  was  hardly  a  mom 
accomplished  linguist.  Mortimer  was  a  gradu- 
afe  of  the  University  of  Dublin,  and  deeply 
versed  In  classic  lore,  but  he  added  a  polish  to 
his  erudition  by  his  intimacy  with  at  least  a 
dozen  modern  tongues.  He  spoke  French, 
Merman,  Russian,  Polfslj,  Spanish,  Italian, 
Modern  Greek,  Turkish,  Arabic,  Irish,  and 
Danish  with  fluency.  I  n  his  youth  lie  had  been 
cabin-boy  in  an  American  bark,  and  subse¬ 
quently  became  a  medical  student  in  Paris, but 

leave  R  011  account  of  his  connection 

"  Ifcn  tlH?  June  I  lism  i’»>,“f  i  <  ,r. 


srfrt^AMILTON  AIUE-  Boston: 

novel  of  society  and  adventure, 
easy,  flowing  style,  after  the  usual 
odern  romances.  It  professes  to 
be  a  record  of  early  life. 

New  Mimic, 

Pond  &  Co 
Story,"  i 
Henry  Smart; 

by  Jacques  Blumenthal ,  none  net 
plaintive  alto  song,  by  Berthold  Tours 
pab,"  a  sacred  aong,  by  Odoardo  Barri  • 
of  the  Moravian  Nuns,”  duet  fo- 
alto,  by  Miss  Lindsay ;  “  o  Willie 
Home."  song,  by  J.  H.  McNaughton  ;  “  Morn- 
Ing  Service  in  C,"  consisting  of  Te  Deum,  Jubi¬ 
late  and  \  unite,  for  tenor8  imd  ba88e#>  by  j  1{ 

I  ciSSSZn  '„  V?nl,n^  ®ervIoe,H  consisting  of 
Lantate,  Beuedlc  Anhua,  Bonum  est  and  Deus 
M  sereatur,  for  tenors  and  basses,  by  J.  r 

.  A.  Hall,  Song  of  the  Granger,"  by  H  P 
Dunks ;  •  The  Pat  i  ons  of  Husbandry,"  song,'  by 
Homy  Tucker;  “  Nattonal  Grange  Quickstep  " 

thAlpP!fmS,lHt  £i0l'r,H’  e°l" posed  specially  for 
the  I  atrons  ot  Husbandry  ;  “Alla  Gavotte  in 

Han  “rr’  v(BC!ra!,0ld  Toun<’  ~*«*r  and  brll- 
lfLe.s  Vivandicres."  March  Briiliante,  by 

bv  nd  rr.r  :  *  «»JoP  MiHtalre! 

by  D.  1-.  Stillman;  “Mazurka,"  by  Frederic 
Braudels ;  “  Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee,”  solo  or 

Hiiof  II  ir  «r  r  ...  Ui 


GENERAL  WILLIAM  J.  HARDEE 


We  have  received  from  Wm.  A 
•  547.  Broadway  :  -  “  Tlie  Sailor’s 
an  effective  alto  or  baritone  song  bv 

- . ^ ;  “The  Sailor  Boj’s  Farewell,” 

I :  "  Gone  Before,"  a 
;  “  Mlz- 
“  Hymn 
•r  soprano  aaid 
Boy,  Come 


Gen.  Wm.  j.  Hardee  died  in  Wythevllle,  V». 
on  the  «th.  He  was  bom  In  Savannah  in  1818 
He  graduated  from  West  Point  in  1*18,  and  In 
1830  he  became  first  lieutenant  In  the  second 
regiment,  of  dragoons.  He  fought  in  the  Mexi¬ 
can  war,  and  was  made  a  brevet  major  for  his 
gallantry  at  the  battle  of  Midelliri.  lie  was 
commander  at  West  Point,  and  at  the  breaking 
out  of  t  he  war  Hardee’s  tactics  were  used  in 
the  L  oiter]  States  Army.  They  are  now  super¬ 
seded  by  l.  pton’8.  When  the  war  began  he  was 
lieu  tenant-colonel.  He  was  made  a  brigadier- 
general  in  the  rebel  army,  and  fought  at  Shiloh, 
PerrywlllQ  and  Stone  River.  He  surrendered 
with  Johnston’s  army  on  April  37,  1865.  At  the 
close  of  the  war  he  retired  to  his  plantation  in 


LANDSEER 


and  th  7  8lr,E'lwin  L*»^eer  is  dead  at  last, 

Poss  ldet°g  lVe?OSt  th6ir  lriend’  Jt  is  irn~ 
Possible  to  overestimate  the  good  will  toward 

<lerefinn  aC-  raVe  whl,'h  hia  Pencil  has  engen- 
a  red,  and  m  some  degree  to  his  own  cost  •  for 

ZrZe‘  r,W  °r  ,liS  il1  that  hue  has 

b' mcri  ,  y  iaUoed  l,is niorIt&  1,1  "ti'er  ways  to 
hH  (  ff  k*d'  Evcry  one  know*  the  story  of 

bu  offering  to  palht  a  friend,  who  replied,  “ft 
dL  uT\a  thaf  r!lU  thing  should  be 
ge.  LTt0,  Anrt  ”  typical  of  the 

fnw  niS5,0M!  Whereasln  r«aUty  there  are 
] I  a  inters  that  approach  him  as  a  general 

i1nrtul‘ende"«y  ot  his  .logs.  HIS 
11,0  1  •  «,d80;lp'-B  were  perfection,  and  ir 

i  elnms  ,n  Trafalgar  Square  (hi,  only  effort*  as 

'hev  .rf,  ?•?  "ot  ,iko  *h®  Bona  of  the  dessert, 
''vhosat  ft  th?8e  ‘  ho Zoological  Garden*  I 
Sir  Fdwbf  ,-|the"‘  a3  f0Ur  |,eas  t0  foU1’  peas.  | 

f,nterSl  i;x,ji,jited 
'Rent  with  the  brush  at  a  very  early  sure 

thirteen  he  gained  the  silver  medal  from  1 


A  TRAIT  OF  TENNYSON, 


One  peculiar  trait  in  the  character  of  the  poot 
laureate  is  his  unusual  shrinking  from  active 
lire  and  public  view.  The  world  knows  little 
.f  his  life  it  knows  him  by  his  poems.  It  has 
evidently  been  Mr.  Tennyson’s  desire  to  escape 
observation,  and  he  succeeds  In  doing  so  very 
t  lioro ughly.  Few  strangers  gain  access  to  film 
and  consequently  many  ill-natured  stories  have 
been  circulated  at  lift  expense.  One  anecdote, 
however,  not  particularly  ill-natured,  will  bear 
lepeating.  A  well-known  prince  of  the  house 

famillal'  wlth  Mr.  Tennyson’s 
-  linking  habits,  yet  naturally  anxious  to  nav  I 


Prof.  TifNDAKL  has  been  elected  to  pi 
over  the  next  meeting  of  the  British  as: 
19  187t°  1)6  at  Beif'ist,  beginning  on  A 

Daniei,  Drew  carried  a  musket  durin 
war  of  1813,  and  it  is  said  that  even  at  that 
period  lie  understood  the  business  of  un 


322 


mOOBE’S  BUBAL  BEW-70B 


mv. 


MY  INSPIRATION. 

BY  BOSE  GERANIUM. 

O,  where  aro  the  voices  that  woo  mo  ? 

And  w hat  are  the  silvery  sound* 

That  rise  and  come  flootiriK  unto  me 
Till  all  of  my  spirit  rebounds? 

Say,  where  are  the  fair  minstrels  hidden  1 
They  call  to  me  tar  o’er  the  way, 

They  sweep  to  my  pillow  unbidden 
Anti  fly  if  1  woo  them  to  stay  ! 

1  sit  in  the  summor-liKbt  golden, 

I  fathom  the  treacherous  air 
And  deep  among  woods,  dim  and  olden, 

I  speed  at  their  heck,  here  and  there ; 

Or,  under  the  mystical  cover 
Of  night-hushes,  tenderly  calm. 

Where  soft  dews  expectantly  hover 
On  pinions  of  silver  and  halm, 

I  wait,  not  a  sound  do  I  utter, 

Yet  all  of  my  breast  is  a- boat. 

My  pulses  rebeilously  flutter, 
hike  sylvan-shed,  run-away  feat. 

But  oh !  for  my  llfo  they  appear  not. 
Though  once  -what  a  rapture  of  bliss  ! 

A  murmurous  voice  sang,  “  O  fear  not,” 
And,  light  on  my  cheek,  fell  a  kiss ! 

O.  where  are  those  spirits  that  love  me  1 
They  spring  from  the  tents  of  the  dawn— 
They  danco  on  the  sunbeams  above  me— 
And  when  1  would  grasp  them,  are  gone ! 

Yes  they  love  me.  I  kuow,  tender  fairies, 
For  backward  their  tokens  they  fling. 

And  while  they  are  tied  to  their  aeries 
I  sit  in  the  valley  and  sing. 


>torn- 


LEAVING  THE  PARM: 

STORY  FOR  YOUNG  RURALISTS'  WIYE8. 


BY  NEAL  NEWTON. 


“It  Is  nothing  but  v/ork,  work,  work,  from  rfj 
morning  till  night.  A  farm  life  is  a  perfect  ta 
slave’s  life,  and  for  my  part  I  am  sick  and  tired  uf 

of  it."  Pi 

And  the  face  of  the  woman  standing  in  the 
dairy-room  of  1  he  farm-house  grew  darker  and 
uk  re  dissatisfied,  as  one  after  another  the  rolls  re 
of  golden  butter  came  to  perfection  under  the  a, 
touch  of  her  quick,  skillful  fingers.  gi 

8he  was  a  handsome  woman  of  two-and-  ju 
twenty,  with  wavy,  brown  hair,  scarlet  lips,  and  tr 
a  charming  face  that  looked  as  if  made  for  ai 
smiles  and  dimples.  When  Gilbert  Drew  ai 
married  her,  three  years  before,  people  said  he  n< 
made  a  sml  mistake  i hat  this  dainty  girl,  with  d< 
her  graces  and  accomplishment*,  would  never  el 
be  tit  for  a  farmer’s  wife,  and  would  have  no  u< 
idea  of  thrift  and  economy.  Nut  thus  far  in  6’ 
her  matrimonial  career  she  had  not  fulfilled,  w 
the  prophecy  of  the  gossips.  Blest  with  per-  g, 
feet  health  and  an  active  temperament,  she  f( 
took  readily  to  household  duties  and.  with  the  ■■ 
help  of  a  stout  girl  during  the  summer  mont  hs,  h 
managed  affairs  easily  and  skillfully  at  the  h 
farm-house.  u 

The  farm  itself,  Gilbert's  wedding  gift  from  h 
grandfather  Drew,  was  large,  fertile  and  situ-  v 
ated  in  ;t  pleasant  valley,  and  if  well  worked  1 
and  tended  would  yield  any  man  a  comfortable  s 
living  and  something  over  for  a  rainy  day.  The  f 
house  was  roomy  and  pleasant,  fitted  for  com-  a 
fort  as  well  as  convenience.  To  Gilbert  Drew  l 
this  place  seemed  the  very  paradise  of  homes,  c 
He  loved  his  young  wife  with  an  absorbing  . 
affection ;  he  took  pride  in  his  flue,  well-stock-  1 
ed  farm  and  comfortable  surroundings,  and  t 
was  perhaps  as  thoroughly  content  with  his  lot  ; 
in  life  as  it  i*  possible  for  any  man  to  be.  But  i 
of  late  a  feeliog  of  dissat  isfaction  had  been  i 
creeping  into  the  heart  of  hi*  wife:  and,  like  i 
many  a  mistaken  mortal,  she  failed  to  appreci¬ 
ate  the  ror.l  and  solid  comforts  that  she  every 
day  enjoyed,  and  coveted  the  fair,  forbidden 
fruit  that  seemed  just  beyond  her  reach.  A 
few  months  previous  to  the  opening  of  our 
story  sho  visited  an  old  school-friend  whose 
home  was  in  the  city.  She  attended  several 
parties,  visited  the  opera  and  other  places  of 
amusement,  and  rode  in  the  park  on  sunny 
afternoons ;  and  the  gayety  and  glitter  of  those 
few  weeks  so  completely  turned  the  head  of 
the  country-bred  woman,  that  the  visit  which 
Her  husband  expected  would  prove  a  recrea¬ 
tion  to  her,  only  served  to  make  her  restless 
and  dissalislied  with  her  life.  Ever  since  then 
she  had  been  considering  the  possibility  of  in¬ 
ducing  Gilbert  to  give  up  farming  and  remove 
to  the  city ;  but  as  yet  she  had  not  broached 
the  subject  to  him,  and  she  had  felt  reluctant 
to  do  so,  for.  knowing  how  much  ho  was  attach¬ 
ed  to  his  present  homo,  she  was  well  aware  that 
a  knowledge  of  her  feelings  would  shock  and 
pain  him.  But  on  this  particular  morning  she 
was  even  more  discontented  than  usual,  and  as  | 
he  came  Whistling  up  the  path  and  tr.  the  room 
where  sho  was  working,  she  made  no  effort  to 
I  bide  her  tears,  but  met  him  with  such  a  gloomy, 
pouting  face  that  he  stoppel,  surprised  and 
wondering,  in  the  doorway. 

“Why,  at. ran!  vvhat  Is  the  matter?"  he  asked, 

quioltly.  ,  .  ,  ,  „ 

“  I  am  tired  of  this  everlasting  housework, 

she  answered  gloomily. 

Gilbert  Drew  went  forward  then,  and 
drawing  his  young  wife  to  him  said  tenderly: 
“Don’t  cry,  Alice.  I  did  not  know  that  you 
were  working  so  bard ;  you  should  have  told 


me  before.  We  will  have  a  better  girl,  or  you  f 
can  get  little  Nannie  Unions  up  here  to  help 
Susan,  if  that  will  suit  you." 

“I  don’t  want  any  more  help.  If  we  innst  l 
live  in  this  out-of-the-way  place,  I  may  as  well  : 
be  a  kitchen-maid  as  anything  else.  But  1  don’t  i 
want  to  live  on  a  farm,  and  I  wish  that  you  « 
would  sell  out  and  go  to  the  city.” 

“Sell  the  farm  and  go  to  the  city!  Do  you 
mean  that,  ALICE  ?" 

•  Yob,  i  mean  It.  Wliat  is  the  use  of  our  < 
slaving  ourselves  t  o  death  here,  when  we  might  < 
live  so  much  easier  and  happier  in  the  city  ? 

“  I  am  not  euro  or  that.  The  farm  affords  us  i 
a  comfortable  living,  anil  if  wo  should  sell  it 
and  go  away,  i  am  afraid  we  miglit  see  the  day 
when  wc  would  bo  glad  to  come  back. 

“I  am  sure  that  I  never  should.  In  the  city 
you  could  get  in  some  business  that  would 
occupy  only  a  part  of  your  time,  and  when  you  1 
were  at  liberty  wo  could  go  out.  and  enjoy  our¬ 
selves  and  see  something  of  the  world,  instead 
of  being  cooped  up  In  this  lonesome  place.” 

“  Oh,  Alice,  I  an.  so  sorry  to  hoar  you  talk  in 
this  way.  I  thought  you  were  contented  and 
happy  hero."  Ho  was  surprised  and  deeply 
grieved,  and  Alice  knew  it;  hut  she  bad  pon¬ 
dered  tills  matter  too  long  to  give  it  up  easily 
now.  and  she  brought  forward  every  argument 
that  she  could  devise  to  convince  him  that  she 
was  right,  and  Gilbert  Drew  went  back  to 
the  Held  that  morning  with  a  sadder  heart  than 
he  had  carried  for  many  a  day. 

After  that  Alice  gave  him  no  peace.  She  had 
sot  her  heart  on  leaving  the  farm,  and  she  was 
constantly  picturing  to  him  the  easy,  care-free 
life  she  imagined  they  might  live  in  the  city. 
Gilbert  was  far  from  sharing  her  views  of  the 
subject;  hut  he  loved  her  too  well  to  be  un¬ 
mindful  of  her  pleasure,  and  finding  that  she 
would  be  satisfied  with  nothing  less,  he  finally 
yielded  to  her  wishes.  Having  an  opport  unity 
to  dispose  of  bis  farm  and  stock  for  a  good 
price,  he  did  so, and  anothw spring-time  found 
our  count  ry  friends  safely  settled  in  city  quar¬ 
ters.  They  purchased  a  handsome  house  in  a 
fashionable  locality,  and  Gilbert  obtained  the 
position  of  clerk  in  a  dry  goods  establishment, 
Through  friendly  Influence  they  gained  admit¬ 
tance  to  an  aristocratic  circle,  composed  mostly 
of  people  with  wealth  and  leisure  at  their  dis¬ 
posal.  Alice,  with  her  lovely  face  and  easy, 
graceful  manners,  became  quite  a  belle,  and 
tier  time  was  completely  occupied  in  shopping, 
returning  the  calls  of  her  fashionable  friends 
and  visiting  places  of  amusement.  Gilbert 
grew  used  to  finding  the  bouse  closed  and  still, 
and  hearing  the  servant  girl  say  that  her  mis¬ 
tress  had  gone  out.  Ho  was  naturally  social, 
and  was  always  glad  to  have  a  few  friends  in  of 
an  evening  and  a  cosy  little  supper ;  but  he  took 
no  interest  in  the  gay  society  in  which  Alice 
delighted,  and  large  parties  and  midnight  rev¬ 
elries  were  utterly  distasteful  to  him.  lie  was 
occupied  at  the  store  only  during  tin-  day,  and 
evening  after  evening  ho  sat  alone,  while  Ins 
wife  passed  away  the  hours  at  some  brilliant 
gathering,  listening  U  words  of  flattery,  and 
forgetting  her  womanhood  and  her  truth,  inas¬ 
much  as  she  forgot  to  care  for  the  interests  of 
her  home  aud  the  happiness  of  the  man  she 
had  promised  to  love  and  honor.  She  had  a 

natural  fondness  for  dress ;  but.  in  her  country 

home,  associating  with  people  whose  moans 
were  similar  to  her  own,  she  had  never  indulged 
in  any  unwarranted  extravagance,  and  had  con¬ 
sidered  herself  well  dressed  in  an  alpaca  or  a 
fresh  muslin.  But  now  she  had  everything 
about  her  to  stimulate  and  aro.i  etbe  desire  for 
finery,  and  as  Urn  ladles  with  whom  she  asso¬ 
ciated  wore  jewels  and  fine  laces,  she  naturally 
I  coveted  the  same,  and  was  fretful  and  unhappy 


sometimes,  Alice.”  he  went  on,  pleadingly; 
“  I  want  your  company  so  much.” 

“I  am  not  going  to  be  forever  tied  up  at 
home,  for  anybody,"  she.  retorted,  “  and  if  you 
are  lonesome  there  is  nothing  to  hinder  you 
from  going  out  ami  enjoying  yourself,  if  you 
only  would.  Good  night;  Mrs.  (  linton  S  car¬ 


riage  is  waiting  for  me  at  the  door ;  and  gath¬ 
ering  up  her  silken  skirts  she  ran  lightly  down 
the  stairs,  leaving  her  husband  to  pass  his 
evening  alone,  or  follow  her  advice  and  seek 
amusement  abroad. 

Never  had  Alice  looked  more  radiantly  beau¬ 
tiful  than  she  did  that  night,  and  never  had  she 
received  more  attention.  It  may  be  that  her 
conscience  t roubled  her,  and  she  was  trying  to 
drown  its  voice;  at  least,  she  was  gayer  than 
usual,  anil  hor  vivacity  and  sparkling  wit  kept 
her  constantly  surrounded  by  an  admiring 
circle. 

Late  in  the  evening  as  she  was  sitting  in  a 
crimson-backed  easy-chalr,  languidly  listening 
to  the  insipid  talk  of  Mr.  St.  Cecil,  one  of  her 
newest  admirers,  the  hostess,  came  to  her,  say¬ 
ing  that  there  was  a  boy  below  asking  for  Mrs. 
Dkew.  Wondering  what  It  could  mean,  Alice 
excused  herself,  and  following  Mrs.  Hildreth, 
found  a  lit  tle  colored  boy  who  went  on  errands 
for  them  sometimes. 

“What  is  the  matter,  TilEO ?"  sho  asked  in 
alarm. 

“  Bridget  sent  me  to  'form  you  dat  raassa 
Drew  is  sick,  and  she  wished  you’d  come  home 
’mediate,"  said  the  boy  with  alacrity. 

The  hostess  ordered  a  servant  to  bring  out 
the  carriage ;  and  Alice,  without  waiting  to 
bid  her  friends  adieu,  hurried  on  her  outer 
wrappings,  and  was  soon  whirling  swiftly  away 
from  t  he  scene  of  gayet  y. 

Gilbert  ill.  perhaps  dying!  The  thought 
struck  terror  to  her  heart,  and  in  an  agony  ot 
self-reproach  she  remembered  the  unkind 
words  she  had  spoken  to  him  at  parting.  NN  itb 


nice  little  fortune  of  our  own,  but  we  have 
wasted  it— you  by  your  extravagance,  and  I  by 
dissipation.  Had  you  been  contented  away 
from  this  accursed  city  we  might.  l>o  happy  now . 
But  I  will  not  lay  all  the  blame  on  you.  W  e 
have  both  done  wrong.  It  was  the  mistake  or 
our  lives  that  we  ever  ieit  the  old  farm.  As 'it 
K  I  nm  a  drunken  bloat,  and  you  w ill  txPiotter 
off  without  me.  Good-bye,  Alice.  God  knows 
I  loved  you  once.  gilbert. 

The  worst  had  oome,  at  last,  and  with  a  lace 
white  and  rigid  as  a  corpse,  Alice  staggered 
back  to  Mm  sofa,  and  lay  for  a  long  time  in  a 
stale  of  unconsciousness.  Rut  the  future  must 
be  met,  and  after  the  first  shock  was  over,  she 
roused  herself  and  tried  to  answer  the  ques¬ 
tion,  “  hou-  V’  U  was  necessary  that  she  should 
find  something  to  do  without  delay,  or  she 
would  be  homeless  and  starving,  and  after 
several  ineffectual  attempts  at  something  bet¬ 
ter,  she  was  obliged  to  accept  the  only  work 
that  offered  itself,  and  that  was  plain  sewing 
that  paid  her  but  small  returns,  Hho  hired  a 
little  room  in  a  tenement  house,  and  the  strug¬ 
gle  for  daily  bread  began.  It  was  a  sad  and 
desolate  life  sho  led  t  hen.  Him  never  went  out 
except  to  the  store  for  work,  and  she  seldom 
spoke  to  any  one  but  her  employer,  uuless  it, 
was  now  and  then  a  kind  word  to  a  beggai- 
chiUl.  in  hor  room,  at  its  one  window  that 
looked  out  or»*bare,  bleak  walls,  she  sat  and 
sWtchod  day  after  day,  while  her  form  grew 
thinner,  her  face  paler,  and  hope  died  out  of 
her  heart.  In  this  way  the  time  passed  on,  and 
weeks  lengthened  Into  months  and  months 
into  years;  still  no  tidings  came  of  her  absent 
husband. 

The  third  winter  that  came  to  Alice  in  her 
humble  homo  seemed  to  her  colder  and  drearier 
than  any  that  had  passed  before.  The  long 
confinement  began  to  toll  upon  her  health,  and 
at  last  she  was  really  ill.  She  had  never  been 
able  to  earn  anything  more  than  was  necessary 
for  her  dally  expenses  ;  and  now,  with  the  pros¬ 
pect  of  sick  ness  staring  her  in  the  face,  she 
often  shuddered  u*  she  thought  what  the  fu 


Whitt-nine  lips  »!..  Mnt  up  to  H«vo„  ,,  »llo„t  S’E'^.n.to Mtorbor  On.  moral.* 

prnyor  .hot  ho  would  llv.,  that  Sl»mlSh  thnvo  “““"Ho  work,.!,.  ,U,U,e  by  l,OT 

space  to  ask  his  forgiveness  and  atone  fur  hei  *  thinking  of  all  these  things.  The 

hirorllcs*  ..on, 1u«.  when  1m  J””  eZorrS.at  h.u  l“ . ed  he . the,,  year. 


if  denied  them,  Gilbert  indulged  her  In  every¬ 
thing  that  he  could  possibly  afford  ;  but  his  sal- 


girl,  who  said,  in  answer  to  her  anxious  inqui¬ 
ries,  that  her  master  was  better  and  was  sleep¬ 
ing  then.  lie  wont  out,  she  said,  immediately 
after  her  mistress,  and  came  home  about  an 
hour  before,  looking  very  strange,  and  not  ap¬ 
pearing  in  the  least.  like  himscll'.  Two  mon 
came  wit  h  Him,  but  when  dm  asked  them  to  go 
for  the  doctor  they  said  “  it  was  nothing  -he 
would  ho  all  right  in  the  morning.”  But  she 
was  frightened,  and  so  sent  for  her  mistress. 

Alice  wont  to  the  room  where  her  husband 
was,  and  found  him  lying  on  the  sofa,  appa¬ 
rently  asleep.  Going  up  to  him  she  laid  her 
hand  upon  his  face  and  tried  to  rouse  him.  lie 
looked  up  at  her  with  a  stupid  staro,  and,  foi 
the  first  time  in  h is  llfo  answered  her  harshly 
and  unkindly.  She  had  not  the  least  suspicion 
of  the  truth,  aud  thinking  that  his  mind  must 
be  wandering  talked  to  him  tenderly  and  sooth¬ 
ingly,  but  he  answered  only  with  bitter,  taunt¬ 
ing  words,  aud  by-aml-by  his  breath  came  to 
her,  tainted  with  the  fumes  of  strong  drink. 
Then,  suddenly,  the  truth  Hashed  to  her  mind. 
Her  husband  was  drunk!  Drunk!  he  whose 
life  had  always  been  a  model  of  uprightness, 
and  upon  whose  purity  she  would  have  staked 
her  soul!  What  an  ending  for  her  night  of 
pleasure !  She  was  not  a  heartless  woman,  and 
in  spite  of  all  her  waywardness  she  truly  loved 
her  husband.  For  months  she  had  been  beside 
herself  with  vanity  and  excitement,  aud  the 
desire  lor  admiration  und  homage  lead  over¬ 
come  every  oilier  consideration.  But  that 
night,  as  she  saw  her  husband  lying  there  in 
Ills  degradation,  and  realized  that  this  was  the 
harvest  of  her  own  sowing,  her  eyes  were  oom- 


grew  morbid  aud  unhappy,  and  the  home  that 
bad  blossomed  with  the  flowers  of  love  and 
peace  lost  its  char  in  for  both  of  them. 

t ’otning  home  one  night  about  a  year  after 
their  removal  to  the  city,  Gilbert  went  up  to 
his  wife’s  room  and  found  her  before  the  mir¬ 
ror,  giving  the  finishing  touches  to  an  elegant 
toilet.  She  looked  very  lovely  standing  there 
in  her  robe  of  azure  silk,  with  its  overdress  of 


,ace  CMteht  u„  here  and  there  with  silver  downward.  There  was  a  sei  ex 
~  |>.lt  ^0  sight  of  her  beauty  excited  lows  who  had  been  trying  to  induce  him  u 

f„  ^  her  bu»L°l'.  U.,,r,.  ami  with  a  j„,„  II, d'  muntar.  a bavin,-  once  goth™ 

1  ...  -  the  sound  of  under  their  Influence,  they  did  not  «iv«  him  up. 


influences  t  hat  had  held  nor  m  tman,  nnv 
generous  arid  ready  to  see  and  own  liet  faults, 
and  shudderingly  she  admitted  to  herself  that 
her  own  discontent  and  wrong-doing,  and  that 
alone  had  been  the  cause  of  her  husband’s 
downfall.  Back  and  forth  across  her  chamber 
she  paced,  sick  at  heart  with  the  destiny  she 
had  brought  upon  herself. 

From  that  night  Gilbert  Drew’s  course  was 
downward.  There  was  a  set  of  dissipated  fel¬ 
lows  who  had  been  trying  to  induce  him  to 


memory  that  hau  haunted  her  all  these  years 
came  to  her  then-  the  memory  of  the  first  three 
years  of  her  married  life,  that  had  boon  so 
bright  and  happy,  Hhe  thought  of  the  pleasant 
home  she  bad  then  enjoyed,  with  its  cosy 
rooms,  well-laden  tallies  and  generous  fires,— 
but  more  than  till  else  she  thought  of  the  rich 
love  that  had  crowned  her.  “  If  I  had  back  my 
home  and  my  husband  I  should  know  how  to 
pri/.o  them  now,"  aho  murmured;  “but  I  am 
so  lonely  and  miserable  here." 

A  tempos,  t*of  tears  and  sobs  shook  her  slight 
form,  and  slipping  from  her  chair  down  upon 
her  knees,  she  prayed  to  her  Heavenly  Father 
for  patience  and  submission,  just  as  she  had 
done  so  many  times  in  these  later  years.  While 
she  knelt  I  hem  the  door  opened,  but  sho  was 
not  conscious  of  any  presence  save  her  own  in 
the  room,  till  some  one  knelt  by  her  side,  and 
a  voice  quivering  with  em  lion  spoke  her  name. 
Sho  looked  up  quickly  then,  and  met  the  face 
of  hor  husband-  not  an  she  remembered  having 
last  seen  It,  bloated  and  red  with  the  effects  of 
strong  drink,  hut  tender,  refined  and  loving  as 
it  had  boon  live  years  before. 

“Thank  God!  — Thank  God!"  only  those 
words  and  she  was  folded  to  her  husband  s 
heart  ,  and  her  tired  soul,  forgetting  its  desola¬ 
tion,  drifted  back  to  the  haven  of  rest  once 
more. 

Later,  when  they  were  calm,  lie  told  bow  he 
had  fought  with  the  tempter  in  the  years  since 
they  had  been  parted,  and  how  he  had  come 
back  then,  master  of  himself,  to  ask  her  to 
begin  life  anew  w  th  him. 

“Let  us  go  back,"  said  Alice,  “to  our  old 
home.  We  shall  be  happier  there." 

go  they  went  back  as  she  wished,  and  rented 
the  farm  they  had  once  owned,  and  began  at 
the  foot  of  the  ladder.  But  they  had  content¬ 
ment.  tu.  their  hearts,  and  with  that  even  pov¬ 
erty  is  sweet. 

Many  years  have  passed  since  then,  and  Gil¬ 
bert  is  n  fine,  hale  old  gentleman,  and  Alice 
a  happy  matron,  the  mother  of  noble  sons 
and  blooming  daughters.  Years  of  labor  have 
brought  them  prosperit  y,  and  the  home  of  their 
ancestors  is  theirs  once  more;  and  there  they 
will  psss  the  remainder  of  their  days,  both  of 
’  them  perfectly  satisfied  with  their  one  experi¬ 
ment  at  “  Leaving  the  Farm.” 


keen  pang  lie  thought  how  once 


his  footsteps  had,  brought  her  to  meet  him  with 
welcoming  kisses  and  fond  words. 

“Are  you  going  out  again  to-night,  Alice  t 

he  asked,  sadly.  ... 

“Yes;  this  is  the  evening  of  Mrs.  Hildreth  s 
reception,  and  I  could  not  think  of  staying 
away  See.  isn’t  my  now  dress  becoming?"  she 
asked  turning  to  him  with  an  animated  face. 

“Yes,  Alice,  you  look  very  lovely,  but  you 
used  to  look  better  to  me  in  a  shilling  calico 
than  you  do  to-night  in  all  your  finery.  Oh, 
how  happy  we  were  in  our  old  home!  It  seems 
to  me  that  if  we  were  back  there  nr  w,  just  as 
we  used  to  be,  I  should  be  the  happiest  man 
alive." 

“How  can  you  be  so  absurd?”  said  Alice, 
almost  iu  anger.  “  I  thought  you  were  getting 
over  those  foolish  notions.  Y ou  have  been  out 
lately  more  than  usual,  and  I  did  hope  you  had 
given  up  moping  and  would  try  and  enjoy 
yourself.” 


SPAEKS  AND  8PLINTEE3. 

Whenever  he  appeared  in  the  street  t  hey  were  Wuy  <ioes  .■  „jr]  „f  tho  period"  make  the 
constantly  meeting  him  and  inviting, him  into  housekeeper;  Because  she  makes  so  much 

drinking  saloons  and  holding  the  tempting  cup  bustle  about  a  lit  tle  w  aist, 
to  his  lips.  And  he  heeded  tiMmand Jn a .tern  leanest  man  in  the  world  lives  in  Chi- 

short  months  foil  front  ins  high •  PJ* 1 [  ™  'V''"’  cago.  Hc  stale  his  wife’s  false  teeth,  and  then 
down  to  the  level  of  a  common  dr uuterd.  It  eag .  £  account  of  her  “  physical  de- 

was  Alice  R turn  to  watch  aud  watt  now,  ana  l 

what  long,  lonely  vigils  she  kept.  She  went  no  •  dcaJer  in  gtate  street  has  in  hls 

more  into  society,  and  the  calls  or  her  iasb i  o  -  wln(k)W  ,,  8enttmental  song  marked :  -  “ Thou 
able  friends  w-ere  vmreUirncd  and  the  Invit  ^  tovc(1  me  and  left  me,  for  twenty-five 

tions  they  sent  her  declined,  till  in  a  short  tune  „ 

■  they  left  her  to  herself,  sho  grew  wan  and  '  facetious  Eastern  Grocer  announces  on  a 
hollow-eyed,  and  none  can  know  how  much  of  at  tho  door,  “  A  fresh  invoice  of  choice 

agony  end  remorse  she  suffered.  Still  sho  I  he  reives  a  new  lot  of  smoked 

never  complained,  but,  feeling  that  her  suffer- 

incswerc  merited,  she  grew  patient  in  her  grief  tongues. 

«  The  adage,  “of  two  evils  choose  the  least,’ 

a* F i nally ,  ” or  two  whole  days  Gilbert  was  is  helpful  when  the  judgment  is  equal  to  a 
absent  from  home :  then  there  came  to  Alice  choice,  but  what  is  to  be  done  w  he 
a  letter  directed  in  his  hand-w  riting.  With  lies  between  fleas  and  mosquitoes  i 

trembling  hands  she  bunko  tho  seal  and  read:  There  is  a  man  In  Troy;  who  c 

treimmug  nou.ua  about  a  year  aj/o  w.ithout  expendin 

“Alice:— I  have  left  the  city,  and  jouwill  a,lTertteing.  He  has  at  last  conser. 

nvnViahlv  nPYttr  1116  again.  '*6  arc  \  1:  .  .  Cilw- u/1rr»7»Fiapm(>nt  U’JHihp 


choice,  but  wbat  is  to  be  done  when  the  choice 


ment.  I  c 
lonesome 


I  There  is  a  man  in  Troy  who  did  business 
about  a  year  ago  w.ithout  expending  a  dollar  tn 
advertising.  He  has  at  last  consented  to  adver¬ 
tise.  His  first,  advertisement  w  as  headed  olier- 

1  i ft’s  Sale.” 


9 


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OOBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER 


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Jiiult^’  fjoittfolio. 


NO  LETTERS. 

I  SAY  at  morn,  “  I  shall  have  one  to-day 
I  say  at  night,  "  1  shall  have  one  to-morrow;" 

But  day  and  night  go  creeping  slow  away, 

And  leave  me  with  my  sorrow. 

And  is  he  sick  ?  or  is  he  dead,  or  changed  ? 

Or,  haply,  haa  ho  learned  to  love  another  ? 

If  I  could  know  him  careless  or  estranged. 

My  pride  my  love  might  smother. 

Last  night,  indeed,  I  dreamed  a  letter  came, 

Ah!  welootner  than  any  first  May  blossom  ! 

And  then  I  heard  my  mother  call  my  name 
And  hid  it  Ln  my  bosom. 

A  ml,  cheated,  woke,  and  heard  the  night  wind  rave 
And  hid  my  wet  eyes  m  my  lonely  pillow ; 

And  dreamed  again,  and  saw  u  nameless  grnve 
Half  hidden  by  a  willow ! 

[Miss  Laura  O.  Redden. 
- »•»»■■  -  -  ■ 

MY  HOUSE -PLANT  MANIA. 

BY  MBS.  B.  0.  NUDE. 

John  Smith  haa  hla  likings  and  J,  Mrs.  John 
Smith  have  mine.  He  prefers  a  pipe  to  any¬ 
thing  else  earthy;  1,  woman-like,  am  fond  of 
flowers.  I  took  occasion  to  mention  this  to 
John,  one  day,  in  the  summer  of  1872.  Ills  an¬ 
swer  was,  “Wo’vo  only  a  bit  of  spare  ground, 
Mrs.  Smith,  after  putting  in  the  garden  sauce, 
and  on  that  1  propose  to  grow  catnip,  sage  and 
wormwood,  and  the  like.  They’ll  never  come 
amiss  to  you,  Mrs.  Smith— neper.  A  woman 
that's  bringing  up  six  children,  and  may-he 
more,  all  in  a  row,  will  find  more  need  for  herbs 
than  for  flowers,  lu  my  way  of  t  hinking.” 

I  did  not  like  that  word  “never."  As  though 
I  was  going  to  be  steeping  catnip  and  sag a  for- 
cvtrl  I  then  and  there  decided  that  f  would 
show  John  Smith  what  I  could  do  in  the  line 
of  home-plants.  I  would  make  no  demands  on 
fits  dirt ;  I  could  procure  a  richer  article  from 
the  woods-  Accordingly,  when  he  was  otf  on 
professional  duties  next  day,  the  boys  and  I 
brought  borne  a  bushel  of  good,  black  dirt  from 
the  woods.  The  next  question  was,  How  to 
get  flower  jars.  I  knew  it.  would  be  useless  to 
speak  to  John  about  them  ;  he  would  be  sure 
to  speak  about  the  checkered  pan ts  anil  cop- 
per-toed  shoes  that  were  needed,  if  I  did.  I 
thought  a  moment,  then  1  made  a  rash  leap  for 
the  rag-bag.  I  caught  a  pair  of  pants  and  coat 
Of  John's  that  ought  to  have  been  turdo  over 
for  Jo  and  Dick.  I  hurried  thorn  in  for  fear  I 
would  repent  before  it  whb  too  late.  The  chil¬ 
dren  were  at  school.  BiilDaur  was  ”  ibovo 
sich,”  and — believe  it  or  not,  as  you  like— I 
took  them  to  a  crockery  st  ore  myself  and  got 
in  return  live  nice  flower  Jars. 

When  Jennie  crime  home  from  school  I  dis¬ 
patched  her  around  the  neighborhood  after 
"house-plant  slips.”  She  soon  returned  with 
a  host  of  them —more  tii an  enough  to  1111  twenty 
such  jars.  I  stood  perplexed,  when  Bridget 
poked  her  head  in  at  the  door,  held  up  our 
eotninon  white  sugar  bowl,  and  said,  “  Faith, 
ma’am,  an’  here's  yer  sliuggar  bole,  wid  a  bit 
braked  out  o'  the  aide.  It  must  ’a  bln  the 
yowwirn  er  meself  that  did  It,  ahure.” 

I  frit  like  saying,  “Thank  you,  Bhidoet,  this 
is  just  right  for  alipa."  Bhidoet  darted  an  in¬ 
quisitive  look  at  the  flower  jars,  and  said,  “If 
ye  please,  ma'am,  one  o’  thorn 'd  be  mighty  line 
for  sett  in’  yaste."  I  didn't  toll  her  what  they 
were  for;  J  simply  pointed  to  the  hole  in  the 
bottom  of  them.  She  said,  “Indeed,  an’  a  flue 
muss  ’twould  be,  afthcr  rankin’  that,”  and 
went  out  with  both  bands  up.  I  proceeded  to 
illl  my  jars  and  sugar  bowl  with  dirt;  then, 
with  care,  I  put  in  the  slips,  all  they  would 
hold.  Then  I  stood  in  mute  despair.  A  happy 
thought  struck  me;  I  went  to  the  kitchen. 
“Bridget,"  I  said,  “  have  you  any  more  broken 
dishes?" 

"  Niver  a  bit,  ma’am,  hev  I  braked  sin’  1  cum 
inter  this  'ouee,  this  twelvemonth  gone.” 

“  I  thought  there  might  be  a  cup  or  a  bowl 
that  had  a  piece  broken  out  that  would  do  to 
start  plants  In,”  I  said,  imploringly. 

“  riowly  Vargin  protect,  us,  ma'am,  of  yoes 
kin  be  after  usln  ov  ’em  ;  they’s  lots  under  the 
woodshed  floor.  1  kape  a  mlsain  'em,  and  as 
fast  as  iver  1  miss  ’em  I  jist  tako  a  poke  undher 
there,  and  Indade  there's  where  I  And  ’em, 
shure.  The  younguns  is  allers  under  feet  wid  a 
dish  o’  bread  an'  milk,  ye  know,  an’  sich  delf 
as  yees  git  this  side  o'  the  wather  won't  bear 
bangin'.” 

At  the  end  of  this  speech  she  lifted  a  plank 
In  the  woodshed  floor,  and  what  a  sight  met 
my  eyes.  My  soup  tureen,  ten  cups  and  live 
bowls,  all  broken  just  right  for  plants,  besides 
hundreds  of  little  fragments  of  a  year’s  growth. 
I  confess  to  a  slight  twinge  aa  I  held  up  the 
soup  tureen.  But  then,  we  didn’t  make  soup 
often,  and  it  would  be  bo  nice  for  slips. 

Bridoet  watched  raeoloselyas  I  selected  the 
ones  which  I  thought  would  do  and  ordered 
tier  to  wash  them  and  bring  them  to  the  sitting- 
room.  She  bowed  me  out  with  true  Irish  po¬ 
liteness,  and  a  few  moments  after  came  in  with 
a  dish-pan  full  of  broken  china,  looking  as 
happy  as  “  St.  Patrick’s  day  in  the  evening." 
I  took  the  dishes;  I  didn't  really  feel  like  saying 
“thank  you,”  this  time. 

A  moment  after  I  heard  a  slight  noise  at  the 
door,  and  before  I  could  look  around,  a  red, 
Irish  hand  appeared  before  ray  astonished 


vision  with  our  best  gravy  bowl  clasped  tightly 
in  it  by  the  handle  that  was  left  —  the  other  teas 
gone.  A  voice,  with  a  chuckle  under  it,  said, 
“The  Lord  helps  them  'at  helps  theirselves, 
ma’am.  I  was  jist  i  shovon’  this  eer  about  on 
the  shelf  a  minit  since  an'  it — an'  it  smoked 
right  agin  the  pitcher  handle,  an’  there's  the 
pitcher,  ma’am.  I  thought  nray-be  they'd  do 
fur  yer  dirt  an’  stuff." 

Why  did  1  not  discharge  her  then  and  there? 
Poor  .John  !  1  pity  him  now  when  1  think  of 
it.  The  money  required  to  replace  those  dishes 
would  have  kept.  Inin  in  cigars  for  a  week. 
However,  Jennie  came  with  the  slips.  1  man¬ 
aged  to  find  places  for  them  all.  Some  of  them 
wore  crowded  at  first,  but  by  industriously 
working  up  rags  for  the  rag-bag  and  smiling 
placidly  upon  Bridget  every  time  she  broke  a 
dish,  I  soon  got  jars  and  broken  earthen  cuough 
to  hold  quite  an  array  of  plants.  John  would 
scarcely  notice  them  at  first,  but  lie  grow 
strangely  tender  of  them  as  they  began  to  bud 
and  blossom.  I  did  not  protend  to  notice  it, 
but  it  gratified  me.  As  the  cold  weather  came 
on  he  used  to  help  un*  arrange  them  before  I  he 
fire,  once  or  twice  he  hinted  that  it  wa3  a  little 
expensive  to  keep  Are  nights,  but  l  looked  at 
him  John  says  lie  can  always  road  my  thoughts 
—  I  thought  “cigars"  then,  and  lie  knew  it 
somehow,  for,  ever  after  ho  paid  great  defer¬ 
ence  to  my  house-plan  ts— took  off  tits  hat  to 
them  every  time  he  came  in. 

But  oh,  the  vanity  of  all  things  earthly,  es¬ 
pecially  things  that  hurt  by  freezing.  As  1  sit  ' 
to-day,  locking  at  my  threadbare  carpet  and 
thinking  of  the  pretty  colors  that  went  into 
the  rag-hag,  while  I  can  scarcely  scrape  up  a 
pound  of  anything  towards  a  new  carpet  1  turn 
to  look  at  my  houSoplauts.  But  where  are 
they?  Each  separate  plant  seems  to  rise  from 
its  grave  in  tiie  cellar  to  confront  me  with  the 
reproach  that  while  I  slept  the  thief  came. 

One  night  —  that  long-to- bo-remembered 
Saturday  night  before  the  twonty-aecoml  of 
December— came  the  enemy.  The  evening  set 
in  warm  nud  pleasant.  That  night  the  mer¬ 
cury  fell  forty  degrees.  Bridgets  have  no 
time  to  build  sitting-room  Arcs  on  Sunday 
mornings.  A  few  siloes  of  ham  sizzle  over  a 
slow  kitchen  lire,  Just  for  effect,  till  they  got 
home  from  mass.  I  awoke  at  eight.  I  nudged 
John  ;  it  was  only  a  nudge,  hut  it  landed  him 
in  the  middle  of  the  floor — took  him  bysurpriso 
in  the  midst  ot  a  tremendous  Bnore.  “John," 
l  said,  “John,  don’t  you  know  thero’s  a  change 
lu  the  weather?  ” 

“  Well,"  said  lie,  provokingly,  “  Micro  ought  to 
he  in  my  shirt—  it's  Sunday." 

“  I*  it  Sunday,  John  ?— then  Bridget’s  likely 
gone  to  mass,  and  no  fire  in  the  sitting-room 
and  my  house-plants  are  freezing!  ” 

“So  am  I,”  said  JOHN,  quietly. 

1  Saw  at  a  glance  ( hat  lie  was  in  one  of  his  im¬ 
movable  spells.  I  don’t  think  he  exactly  rel¬ 
ished  the  Idea  of  getting  up  so  suddenly.  He 
looked  very  much  like  a  man  who  has  got  an 
overdose  of  mustard  down.  I  trembled,  hug¬ 
ged  the  baby  close,  and  called  it,  “  mamma’s 
darling  little— 'Fuchsia." 

It  took  John  a  long  tlrno  to  build  the  (Ire. 
At  last  ho  looked  in,  and  with  a  half-pitying 
accent  said,  “  I  hope  you’ll  behave  yourself  and 
not  take  on  about  'cm,  M  artha.” 

“  John,  you  villain !  You  don't  mean  to  say 
my  house-plants  are  dead  ?  " 

“  All  f  rozen  to  death." 

Ho  said  this  in  a  cool,  decided  way,  as  though 
he  know  that  a  row  was  inevitable,  and  hail 
prepared  for  it.” 

- 4  *  » 

UNHALLOWED  RESIGNATION. 

WHAT  a  habit  we  have  of  crediting  all  our  ills 
to  Providence !  We  are  never  willing  to  admit 
that  our  own  inactivity,  fully  and  self-love  have 
wrought  out  the  dirt*  results  over  which  we 
mourn.  We  only  see  the  shipwreck  of  our  llveB; 
we  only  hoar  the  voices  of  the  storm,  and  in¬ 
stead  of  owning  that  it  was  our  indifferent,  and 
unsikllfol  navigation  that  brought  our  craft 
-upon  the  rocks,  wo  fold  our  hands  nno  cry  out, 
blindly,  “Strange  and  mysterious  are  thy  ways, 
0  Providence!”  It  is  well  to  have  faith  and 
trust.  It  is  well  to  be  resigned  to  trials  that 
cannot  bo  avoided;  but  it  is  not  well  to  hide 
our  talents  in  a  napkin,  to  lake  our  fill  of  ease 
and  pleasure,  and  bow  down  to  the  gods  of  pride 
and  fashion,  then  shrink  back  from  tho  conso- 
quencesand  say  that  the  work  is  none  of  ours. 
Some  of  ns  really  imagine  that  we  are] euffer- 
ing  the  will  of  the  Lord,  because  the  flour  bar¬ 
rel  is  empty  and  our  coat  out  at.  the  elbows, 
when  a  little  more  energy,  a  lit  tle  more  self- 
denial,  a  little  less  folding  iff  the  hands  for 
rest— these  would  raise  us  out  of  the  slough  of 
poverty,  and  set  us  on  our  feet,,  crowned  with 
the  gift  of  a  goodly  heritage.  We  cat  rich, 
unwholesome  food,  keep  late  hours,  transgress 
all  the  laws  of  health,  and  when  we  pay  the 
penalty  with  shattered  nerves  and  broken  con¬ 
stitution,  we  wonder  why  we  are  not  strong  and 
vigorous  as  our  neighbor  who  has  lived  moder¬ 
ately  all  his  days.  Because  the  neck  and  arms 
of  our  tender  infant?  are  soft  and  white  and 
dimpled,  wo  let  them  go  bare  and  unprotected, 
then,  when  some  day  wo  leave  the  Utile  one  out 
under  the  snow,  we  murmur  that  our  Father 
hath  been  unkind.  In  too  many  such  cases, 
with  a  little  !es3  pride  and  a  little  more  flannel 
the  family  circle  might  bo  kept  unbroken  for 

many  a  year.  x.  n. 

- +■.+.■  - - 

Pumpktn  pie  sociables  are  resorted  to  by  the 
“upper  crust”  of  the  Minnesota  rural  districts. 


Hauling  for  f§<ntng. 


WILLY  BY  THE  BROOK, 

Willy  lay  by  the  tlltnpllng  brook 
Where  the  sun  hart  lulu  before ; 

And,  strange  to  say,  when  Us  place  ho  took 
The  spot  just  brightened  the  more. 

The  birtlg  were  singing  In  t  he  bluo 
A  song  that  was  like  a  hymn;  1 

While  the  baby  ducklings,  two  by  two, 

Strayed  into  the  water  to  swim. 

“  Hetgho !”  sighed  Willy,  “  I  cannot  fly, 

Nor  even  so  much  us  flout ; 

And  as  for  singing  like  robins,  why 
I  never  could  raise  a  note. 

“  But  I  can  play  on  my  pipe,”  said  he 
And  soon  the  music  eiunc  - 

So  clear  and  sweet,  so  blithesome  free 
That  it,  put  the  birds  to  shame. 

The  baby  ducklings  softly  splashed, 

The  roblmt  yet.  harder  tried, 

The  sprinkled  grass  lu  sunlight  flashed 
As  It  nodded  by  Willy’s  side. 

And,  before  be  knew,  he  was  floating  free 
On  u  sparkling  river  of  thought; 

While  the  birds  in  tins  air  came  down  to  boo 
Wbnt  wonder  the  pipe  had  wrought. 

And  still  the  music  softly  rose, 

Btlli  Willy  was  floating  free— 

And  the  little  ducks,  with  their  funny  toes, 

Were  happy  ns  happy  could  be. 

[.St.  Nicholas  for  November. 

- -♦♦♦ - 

LETTER  TO  THE  CHILDREN. 

My  Dear  Children  :— I've  b©en  wonderfully 
Interest, oil  in  reading  your  letters  from  week  to 
week  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  and  whilo  I 
noticed  I  lie  interest  slackened  for  a  few  weeks 
since,  I  was  gratified  to  seen  nmvstnrt  in  the 
way  of  letter-writing  in  the  last  number,  I'm 
suro  if  tho  young  folks'  column  la  not  filled  by 
them,  it  dues  not  look  as  if  it  wero  appreciated 
as  it  ought  to  bo.  I  am  very  glad  t  o  hour  t’ORA’8 
inquiry  of  tho  girls,  of  Lizzie’s  flowers  and 
chickens,  Ella’s  enjoyment  of  school,  Min¬ 
nie's  music  lessons,  and  tho  temperance  lec¬ 
ture  of  Sampson.  All  these  arc  subjects  worth 
discussing,  and  I  hope  many  will  lake  part  in 
them.  Now  L’vo  read  about  what  Interests  you 
most,  and  l  fee!  sure  you  will  like  to  hear  what 
I  am  doing,  as  I  am  your  friend,  though  wo’vo 
never  met.  This  is  one  of  the  rural  districts, 
and  tho  families  arc  scattered,  as  they  always 
axe  ln  the  country,  likewise  having  loss  ad¬ 
vantages  to  help  the  young  people.  Early  in 
the  spring,  before  the  snow-hanks  had  melted 
away  anil  while  the  roads  were  very  muddy,  I 
invited  tho  young  people  and  children,  Ui  tho 
vicinity,  to  my  homo,  that  If  possible  we  might 
organize  a  lit  I  lo  society  that  would  be  ft  help  to 
one  another.  The  invitation  was  accepted  by 
clovon,  and  wo  formed  what  wo  afterwards 
named  The  Improvement  licrnd.  Rapidly  our 
numbers  increased  until  wo  had  forty-oight 
names  on  tho  roll.  It  was  really  surprising 
whore  so  many  camo  from.  All  received  ;t  wel¬ 
come,  and  as  our  society  Increased  in  size  It 
also  tliii  in  interest,  and  our  meetings,  hold 
every  Wednesday  evening,  became  very  pleas¬ 
ant  and  profitable.  Our  aim  was  to  do  good 
and  work  for  the  right.  Wo  elect  our  ofllcors 
aa  other  societies  do,  and  work  upon  system, 
thereby  having  good  order.  The  exercises  vary 
from  week  to  week  and  are  adapted  to  each 
member,  for  wo  admit  all  ages,  and  they  range 
from  seven  to  seventeen.  Wo  have  tho  regular 
work  of  the  Band— ’declamations,  recitations, 
select  reading — while  debates  and  papers  arc  a 
monthly  occurrence.  Singing  from  the  beauti¬ 
ful  School  Diadem  makes  all  things  pass  off 
lively  anil  pleasant,  as  we  all  know  t  hat  music 
gladdens  tho  heart.  We've  had  one  very  inter¬ 
esting  temperance  meeting,  and  I  think  Samp¬ 
son  would  have  enjoyed  it,  for  it  was  strong 
and  right,  to  the  point. 

Of  late  we  have  been  gathering  books  and 
papers  to  Bend  to  the  prisoners,  but  space  for¬ 
bids  me  writing  about  it  now.  We  are  a  merry 
set,  have  fun  a*  well,  and  can  but  feel  that 
there  line  been  improvement  wrought — and  we 
hop©  for  a  more  marked  change  in  all.  In  t.he 
summer  wo  had  a  vacation  of  four  weeks. 

Well,  I’ve  written  you  quite  a  long  letter,  and 
perhaps  some  other  time  I  will  write  you  more 
of  our  working;  will  surely  if  I  know  any  of 
you  will  like  to  hear  from  us.  Ln  the  mean¬ 
time  I  hope  to  pee  the  Young  Folks’  column, 
which  the  editor  no  kindly  appropriates,  well 
filled.  Don't  let  a  lack  of  energy  and  perse¬ 
verance  keep  you  from  writing.  I’ll  close  by 
giving  you  a  part  of  one  of  our  best  songs.  It 
helps  us,  and  I  hope  it  will  you  as  well : 

"  Work  while  in  youthful  prime, 

Work  while  the  heart  Is  gay ; 

Work  for  the  harvest  time, 

Work  while  you  may. 

When  earth  Is  moist  In  springty  rain, 

In  furrowed  fields  they  sow  the  grain, 

And  we  In  youth  will  east  the  seed 
For  later  days  of  need.” 

Your  true  friend,  Ra.  A.  Smith. 

Spooner’s  Corners,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  23,  1873. 

- 4-4-4 - 

LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

The  Rural’s  Letters  from  Young  Folks. 

Dear  Rural  I  feel  very  much  pleased  to 
see  the.very  subject  taken  up  in  your  valuable 
paper,  by  Cora,  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  that  I  was  going 
to  write  about  some  wbeks  ago— that  is  the  Boys’ 


anil  Girls’  and  little  folks'  lotters.  How  very 
interesting  their  letters  are  ;  they  must  not  get 
too  much  engaged  to  forget  their  letters  for  tho 
good  Rural  New-Yorker.  The  temperance 
lecture  is  very  good.  That  young  man  is  very 
likely  to  make  n  good  Sampson,  and  I,  for  one, 
would  bo  pleased  with  a  history  of  his  life. 
Ella  to  Wild  Rose,  and  Lizzie  L.,  and  little 
Minnie,  are  all  very  good.  I  think  it  Is  very 
noble  of  that  young  lady  not  to  lot  the, dear 
Rural  be  used  for  preserve  jars  or  on  pantry 
shelves,  etc.  I  hope  others  will  take  the  hint, 
and  that.  Cora  will  write  again.  I  almost  al¬ 
ways  read  the  letters  first.  That  from  the  young 
King  of  Slam,  only  sixteen  years  of  age,  is  very 
interesting— in  the  Rural  of  Sept.  27th.  Also 
Mary  A.  E.  Wageu’8  letters  I  love  to  read,  with 
many  others.  I  hope  the  interest  will  bo  kept 
up  ln  the  Rural.  Dear  Mr.  Moore,  1  am  going 
to  solicit  a  favor  from  you.  and  that  is  this: 
Will  you  please  send  your  likeness  In  the  Rural 
for.  a  Christmas  present,  and  then  your  sub¬ 
scribers  cun  see  you,  which  would  please  us 
very  much.  We  had  our  Sabbath  School  Picnic 
In  a  grove  on  tho  30th  of  September,  and  we  all 
had  a  good  time  and  went  home  feeling  better. 
—A  Sunday  School  Scholar,  Murray,  N.  Y. 

A  Chestnut  Expedition. 

Dear  Editor:  Wo  thought  wo  would  like 
to  toll  you  about  our  chestnutting  expedition. 
One  pleasant  Saturday  wo  three  girls  took  it 
into  our  heads  to  go  to  tho  pasture  for  chest¬ 
nuts.  The  pasture  was  about  a  mile  distant. 
Wo  prepared  a  lunch,  and  taking  our  baskets 
wo  started  out.  On  arriving  at  the  pasture  wo 
found  some  chestnuts,  but  not  enough  to  sat¬ 
isfy  us,  so  we  wont  across  to  tho  woods,  in  the 
edge  of  which  some  chestnut  freon  grew.  Wo 
found  a.  great  many,  anil  after  Ailing  our  bas¬ 
kets  we  ate  our  lunch  and  then  amused  our¬ 
selves  with  gathering  leaves  for  a  winter  bou¬ 
quet,  till  a  dnrk  cloud  In  the  west  warned  us 
it  was  time  to  go  homo  if  wo  wished  to  avoid 
getting  wet.  So  we  started  and  reached  tho 
house  just  a«  it  began  to  rain.  We  would  like 
to  correspond  with  somo  of  the  young  Rural 
readers.  Thinking  we  have  written  enough  for 
this  time,  we  will  close.  Your  well  trusting 
friends— Minnie  II.,  Julia  U.,  arid  Aggie  S., 
Westfield,  N.  Y. 


flutter. 


PROBLEM.— No.  12. 

The  line  which  bisects  one  of  the  acute 
angles  of  a  right  angled  triangle,  anil  which 
terminates  at.  one  of  tho  sides,  measures  30  rods 
while  the  hypothenuse  measures  60.  Required, 
tho  base  and  perpendicular  of  tho  triangle. 


B  C  —  50  rods ;  11  D— 30  rods. 

This  problem  may  be  solved  without  the  aid 
of  trigonometrical  formula,  or  the  use  of  an 
equation  higher  than  that  of  tho  second  degree. 

B.  F.  Burleson. 

63^"  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - 

POETICAL  ENIGMA.— No,  1. 

I  am  composed  of  08  let  ters  : 

My  3,  02,  27,  48,  89, 12,  25,  84,  70,  81,  70,  90,  7,  36, 1  is 
the  beautiful  theme  of  more  than  one 
beautiful  poem  ln  our  language,  though 
that  of  H.  K.  White  is  perhaps  best  known. 
My  8,  03,  95,  07, 11,  15  Is  a  bird  much  celebrated 
by  British  poets. 

My  6, 31,  09,  20,  52  Is  the  subject  of  a  poem  by 
Bryant. 

My  8,  17,  34,  44  is  poetically  defined  by  Haw¬ 
thorne  ns  “  the  voice  of  a  reflection  in  a 
mirror. 

My  13,  20,  2,  50,  49,  in  the  words  of  Byron,  is  “a 
gem  that  loves  the  deep.” 

My  25,  16,  40,  00,  77,  37,  19  arc  trees  universally 
spoken  iff  with  admiration  by  t.he  poets. 
My  33, 21, 38,  87  has  been  called  the  “  adorn  er  of 
the  ruin.” 

My  30,  27,  41,  92,  45,  29,  73,  32  is  a  poem  by  Tenny¬ 
son,  as  beautiful  as  popular. 

My  48,  85,  27,  40,  08,  30,  83,  23,  97,  9  is  a  beautiful 
ami  well-known  poem  by  Wordsworth. 
My  53,  89,  24,  28,  33,  94,  ol,  20  is  a  living  American 
poet.. 

My  57.  4,  80,  78,  59, 99,  42, 12,  64,  21, 51  is  a  poem  by 
Tennyson. 

My  72,  58,  14,  65,  50.  79  is  one  of  Tennyson’s 
“  Idyls  of  the  King.” 

My  74.  71.  88. 85,  01,  83,  10, 22,  47  is  one  of  Long¬ 
fellow’s  “  Poems  on  slavery.” 

My  75,  44,  91,  CO  Is  tho  kind  of  poem  of  which 
Tennyson  is  called  a  master. 

My  90, 18,  27,  80,  65  was  a  British  poet. 

My  whole  Is  a  quotation  from  Shelly,  well 
worthy  a  place  in  the  memory  for  its  exquisite 
utterance  of  a  well-known  psychological  truth. 

Rockford,  III.  Fourteen. 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 


PUZZLER  ANSWERS. -Nov.  1. 

Miscellaneous  Enigma  No.  9.— O!  taste 
and  see  that  the  Lord  is  good. 

Transpositions  No.  1.— Stool,  tools;  spill, 
pills;  live,  vile;  hares,  share;  pear,  reap  ;  hose, 
shoe;  plum,  lump;  room,  moor;  and,  Dan; 
dame,  made;  lime,  mile;  1-over,  rove. 


TELL  EVERYBODY! 


DOMESTIC  NEWS 


F  small  boxes :  Isabella.  4®5c.  Cranberries  are 
quiet  beyond  a  small  local  trade.  Dealers  bare  be- 
tun'o,  cure  up  In  barrels.  Wo  quote  choice  bbls. 
?9®9.50 ;  Other,  $6@8.50;  choice  boxes  |2.75®2.87; 
other  $l.o0@2.25.  Chestnuts  ha  ve  advanced  to  95.50® 
r»  V  bush.  Hickory  nuts.  fl.TVgs.  Pennnts  un¬ 
changed.  Fancy  State  and  Dastem  peas  are  scarce : 
the  last  I»«cbes* sold  at  fKLjtlZ  *  bbl.  California  is 
to  some  extent  filling  the  market.  A  (In.-  car  load 
lias  arrived  right  through  without  stopping  for  re- 
shtpment  at  Chicago,  and  there  Is  consequently  a 
m.u  ked  improvement  In  the  eondlMon  of  the  fruit. 
KasU-rn  Benrre,  Winter  Neills  an. I  Clout  Morccau 
sell  ut.  ft  k  box.  A  small  lot  of  crapes  were  sent  on 
un  experiment  packed  in  rif  e  chaff  in  boxes.  The 
r  lame  Tokav  and  Brock  Morocco  w  ere  in  fine  order. 
It  Is  sujruc-ted  that  the  experiment  bn  tried  of  nack- 
ing  in  kegs,  after  the  style  of  foreign  methods  of 
sending  grapes. 

J'lwnr.— During  the  last  few  days  there  has  been  a 
sharp  recession  in  values,  occasioned  by  quite  liberal 
supplies, and  the  difficulty  in  soiling  large  lines  of 
stock,  (exporters  hare  been  operating  with  much 
reserve,  and  our  home  trade  show  a  great  disinclina¬ 
tion  to  carry  much  stock. 

*0-2,,. . 93  50®  4  60 

Superfine  State. .  6  liy*  5  SO 

Kstrn  do . . . 5  85®  6  25 

Fancy  do.  . .  0  75®  7  10 

Superfine  Western .  5  00®  5  50 

do . . 5  85®  6  20 

M I  ruit-M-ta  extras. .  6  GOte  7  so 

Western,  white  wheat .  7  65®  ft  30 

Round  hoop  Ohio  . .  f,  S0(^  g  20 

Trade  hmnds  do .  6  SO®  7  60 

southern,  extra... .  6  I  lies  0  8.5 

Double  extras . C  20te  10  50 

Hy«  Hour .  1  In-.,  5  10 

Torn  meal,  Jersey .  3  30e«  3  35 

Brand  vw iue  . .  .3  Mte;  4  00 

( <rn In.  There  has  been  a  shfU'ii  decline  In  prices 
Of  wheat  latterly,  brought  about  liy  larger  supplies 
and  some  Utile  difficulty  in  obtaining  a  satisfactory 
shipping  trade.  Supplies  are  needed  on  the  other 
side,  but  the  irregularities  growing  .mt  of  our  money 
panic  restricts  purchaser*.  Exchange  Is  hard  to 
negotiate  with  rates,  added  to  this  ocean  freights 
rule  high,  making  it  ueeoasary  for  shippers  to  Insist 
upon  lower  prices  for  grain  to  make  anything  like  a 
margin  for  operating.  Corn  has  been  In  more  favor 
with  shippers,  larger  purchases  having  been  made 
lately  than  for  some  time  previously. 

Wheat,  Mil.,  >'o.2 . fl,31te91.33 

do.  I .  . 

Chicago.  No.  2 .  1.26®  1.28 

Hod  W extern,  now . . .  1,40®  1.47 

us  per  do .  li7m 

White .  1.50®  1.75 

Rye.  Western . 83®  85 

N«w  State .  85®  87 

Barley  malt..  Canada  West .  1,60®  1.65 

Corn,  Steamer . 

Sail  . . 

While . 

Southern . 

Oats,  Western  mixed . 44  WteMUc. 

.  White . ,.46ktei4*Kc. 

Barley.  Western .  l.Ju®  L40 

ntattf,  two-rowod . l.25tej  1  30 

do.  tour-rowed .  l.Au®  1.55 

Hay  nml  Straw.— Supplies  are  fair,  with  un¬ 
changed  prices  ruling. 

We  quote  t>rlme  Timothy,  per  ton,  927®28 ;  do.,  fair 
to  good.  do.,  pur  ton,  922®3ti :  do.,  shipping  grade, 
per  ton,  920;  do.,  clover,  gourt,  per  Pm,  f  18 ;  <lr>,,  in- 
ferlor,  per  ton.  ♦  1-4*16.  Straw.  long,  per  ton,  916<.»j17  ; 
do.,  short,  per  ton,  915;  do.,  oat,  per  ton.  911*15. 

Hop*.  Business  shows  some  improvement,  hut 
at  very  Irregular  figures.  It  has  "been  necessary  to 
further  shade  prions  to  induce  nnv  animation,  and  as 
it  is,  we  are  not  buvlng  anything  like  the  trade  cus¬ 
tomary  ut  this  :  eason  of  the  year.  The  arrival*  have 
been  fulling  off,  but  there  is  . sufficient  stock  offering 
to  create  some  pressure  to  sell.  Onroutoldu  prices 
are  obtainable  only  for  strictly  fancy  lots. 

We  quote  prime  and  choice  new.  iO-gtSo.  the  lat¬ 
ter  pric-  rmtslitn  and  for  time  lots;  good,  do,,  IttteXOc.; 
fairdo..;»5®87c.:  choice  State,  1872  crop,  ;«®35e.;  good, 
326033c. ;  poor.  ,!o„  30c.;  Eastern.  72  crop,  ffi®3Sc.;  Wis¬ 
consin,  do.,  90®33c.  tor  good  and  prime  lots. 

1’aiultry  null  G11  me.— The  stock  of  dressed  poul¬ 
try  runs  very  poor  In  quality,  und  few  lots  are  rat  or 
good  enough  to  bring  outside  rate*.  Thanksgiving 
Day  occur*  on  the  27tk  of  this  month.  Turkeys  are 
then  mostly  wanted.  Dressed  Poultry— Chickens,  N 
.1 .  und  Bucks  t  o.,  iirtmo.  y®fSe,;  do.,  do.,  fair  t-o  good! 
llMlilo.;  do..  Mate,  prime.  lfx».;  do.,  do.,  poor  to  good, 

10® Ur...  do..  Western,  good  to  prime,  J4®15e.;  do.,  do., 
poor  to  good,  8*13.;  Turkeys,  Jersey,  prime,  H-wU'lc  ; 
do.,  do.,  fair  to  good.  T<?u7e..;  do.,  State,  prime,  16® 
L7c.;  do.,  do.,  poor  to  fair,  I2tel5c.;  do.,  Western,  gnod 
to  prime,  145116c. ;  do.,  do,,  poor  to  good.  10®  14c.; 
Ducks,  Western,  prime,  10®17e.;  do,,  do.,  fair  to  good, 
14*l«c.!  Geese,  Jeruey.  good  to  prime,  14* ll!c.;  do 
do.,  poor  to  fair,  105613c.;  do..  Western,  good  to  prime, 

12®  lie.?  die,  do.,  poor,  y*10c.  Dive  poultry  is  not 
wanted.  It  does  not  pay  to  send  It  at-  this' season. 
Fowls  and  ebn  kens,  Jersey,  12*1:10,;  ffn  .  ,|0..  West¬ 
ern.  9®11)C,;  Turkeys.  Jersey,  It.-  14,  .;  q„.,  Western, 

10® lie.;  Ducks,  Jersey.  patr,75c.*91 ;  do.,  Western, 

*  puli'. 6i>a 7 5c. •  Geese,  Jersey,  young,  V  pair,  99®2.50; 
do..  Western,  p  pair,  *1.50®1.7S.  There  Is  a  fair  de¬ 
mand  for  game.  Venison  has  Improved.  Birds  with 
the  exception  of  quail,  are  generally  easier  ’  We 
quote  Quail,  prime,  do*-,  92.35*2.50;  soft.  91,50*2. 

«  nudcook,  imtkV-  V  pulr.  Partridges,  Western,'  80 
@90c,  P  dot,;  k>*ern,  10*u'oc.  Grouse,  prime  i<jc.@ 


NEW  QUARTER-NEST  VOLUME 


set  It,  R,,  England,  lias  been  opened..  King 
John  of  Saxony  was  buried  at  Dresden  on  I  lie 
1st  The  French  monarchists  have  abandoned 
all  hope  The  German  Crown  Prince  has  paid 
a  visit  of  condolence  to  the  royal  family  of 
Saxony  Jesuits  from  Korns  are  coining  to 
America  The  court  of  SI.  James  mourns  three 

weeks  for  the  death  of  the  King  of  Saxony . 

The  Tlohbornc  trial  will  be  resumed  on  the  17th 
A  new  Cabinet  has  been  formed  in  Canada; 
the  Canadian  Parliament  has  been  prorogued 
by  the  Governor-General  ..Five  of  the  con¬ 
spirator*  against  President  .Mao Mahon V  niece 
have  been  sentenced  to  various  terms  of  im¬ 
prisonment  ..  Four  of  the  prisoners  captured 
by  the  Spanish  on  the  Vfrginiu*  havobeon  shot 
at  Santiago  de  Cuba.  The  news  caused  some 
excitement  in  America,  and  w  as  discussed  in 
the  Cabinet  at  Washington.  Gen.  Ryan  was 
shot  .  Germany  will  sell  to  the  United  States 
SKhOOO.OOO  thalers  of  silver..  M.  Bullet  has  been 
re-elected  President  of  the  French  Assembly. . 
There  was  great  rejoicing  in  Havana  over  the 

capture  of  the  Virginias _ Prince  Bismarck 

recommends  Germany  to  participate  in  our 
Centennial  Exposition. 


Jn  order  to  greatly  extend  the  circulation  of  t-ho 
Itrvt  a  1.  N k  w-  Vorkkr,  and  Introduce  It  t-o  thousands 
of  families,  preparatory  to  the  commencement  of  its 
next  Volume  in  January,  1874,  we  make  the  following 
liberal  offer; 

THE  13  NUMBERS  OF  THIS  QUARTER 

(Oct.  to  Jan.)  will  be  sent-,  On  Trial,  to  any  address 
In  the  United  Stales  or  Canada,  for 


the  market  to  Improve.  Edward  8,  Stokes 

was  taken  to  Slugging  on  the  1st _ The  grunt. 

l.u  the  Industrial  Exhibition  company  ha-  been 
refused  ..  The  Liberal  Club  has  had  ,1  dinner. 
—  One  of  the  Stokes  jurors  has  been  arrested. 

•  • .  Some  Crow  Indians  have  visited  the  nit  v.  . 
Theodore  Tilton  has  been  dropped  from  Plym¬ 
outh  Church.  .  The  increase  In  the  city  debt 
over  last,  year  is  jf.6 ,000,000  . . .  Holiday  purchases 
have  not  been  suspended  . .  .  A  panto  i  -  feared 
In  I/ondon,  and  the  rate  of  discount  on  the  7*h 
was  0  per  cent.  This  made  Wall  street  dull 
The  Tweed  trial  progresses  slowly,  with  some 

remarkable  scenes  in  court _ The  bricklayers’ 

strike  has  ended...  5.000  men  have  been  dis¬ 
charged  In  Brooklyn  —  Thy  America u  In  -titute 
Fair  closes  on  the  15th.  There  was  an  advance 
in  stocks  on  the  fith _ The  Chamber  of  Com¬ 

merce  has  been  considering  specie  payments. 

.  Oliver  Charliek  has  been  expelled  from  Tam¬ 
many  Hall  . ,  H.  B.  Claflin  &  Co.  have  a  Surplus 
of  $1,000,000. 

Home  News. 

Thk  Democrats  carried  New  York  State  by 
some  15.000  majority.  The  Republicans  have 
the  Senate  and  Assembly  by  small  majorities 
-On  the-  *<h  a  party  of  nine  fishermen  were 
drowned  at  Cape  Vincent,  N.  V  The  mills  of 
Lowell.  Maas.,  will  run  on  l hree-fourths  time 

Rolling  mills,  cement,  mills  and  iron  foun¬ 
dries  at  Lewisville  amt  New  Albany  arc  dosing 
.  The  house  of  Sterling,  Price  &  Co..  St.  Louis, 
has  failed  The  Eastern  R.  Ft.  reduces  the 
hours  of  labor  20  per  cent --..Wages  have  been 
reduced  at,  the  Youngstown,  O.,  coal  mines. .. 
The  employes  of  the  Fast  Tcnn.,  Va.  A  Ge.  R. 

Jt.  are  on  a  strike,  and  no  freight,  can  move _ 

Senator  Arnes  was  elected  Governor  ot  Missis¬ 
sippi  by  15,000  majority  .  The  Republican  ma¬ 
jority  In  Minnesota  was  ci »i  down  oric-half 

The  Republicans  lost  heavily  In  Kansas _ The 

farmers  wore  successful  In  Illinois _ The  free 

beer  party  of  Chicago  won  by  10,000  majority. . .. 

A  woman  wag  elected.  School  Supt.  Iti  Alexan¬ 
der  Co.,  Ill.  The  American  Missionary  Asso. 
elation  has  helil  its  annual  meeting  at  Newark, 

N.  J . .  ThcConservativos  gained  largely  in  Vir¬ 
ginia  Gov.  Washburn  of  Mn-Oia*.-,  plurality 
of  12,000  The  Republican  majority  has  been 
greatly  reduced  In  the  New  Jersey  Legislature 
Joseph  Arch  has  made  a  spoeeh  in  Foneull 
Hall.  Boston — The  Increase  of  pensioners  du¬ 
ring  the  past  your  was  8. 162  The  Democratic 

Liberal  Governor  was  elected  in  Wisconsin _ 

Gen.  N.  P.  Banks  has  been  elected  to  the  Mass. 
Senate  6,000  persons  are  out  of  employment 
in  Paterson.  N.J — Most,  of  the  Philadelphia 
banks  have  declared  dividends  There  will  bo 
a  partial  suspension  of  work  throughout  Rhode 
Island  There  were  heavy  Republican  losses 
In  Mass  .  .The  Mayor  of  Memphis  will  be  pros¬ 
ecuted  for  impositions  on  widows  and  orphans 
.A11  attempt  has  b<?e<  made  to  burn  Leba¬ 
non,  Pa — The  banks  of  Rhode  Island  are  in 
good  condition  — The  Import  trade  is  stiflVr- 

aro  $10,000,000, 


ONLY  FIFTY  CENTS! 


All  our  subscribers  are  requested  to  make  this  offer 
known  to  their  neighbors  amt  friends,  and  to  note 
that  they  can  have  the  paper  forwarded  to  distant 
friends  and  relatives,  during  t  he  Trial  Trip,  for  the 
tilting  consideration  above  specified.  How  many 
will  gratify  and  benefit  their  friends  by  sending  them 
tho  Bust  and  (  ukapjmt  American  VVebklv  op 
its  Clash  V  .Vmc  Is  the  time  to  respond.  Shall  we 
add  ton,  twenty  or  Ofty  thousand  to  our  edition  on 
the  1st  of  October? 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC 


Oats,  lniMi,.. .  387,506  Beef,  pkvs .  3,578 

It vc.  hush .  !><K  Laid,  pkgs .  3,40U 

Barley,  t.u»h .  289,100  Butter,  pkgs .  24,1,50 

Malt,  bush .  3.850  Cheese.  |, kg* _  30.150 

Beaus,  bush  . .  4,585  Wool,  bales  , .  .  743 

Corn  meal,  able _  1,833  Grass  weed,  bush...  2,518 

Corn  men  hags...  453  Dressed  Hogs,  No..  _ 

IJeetw  aix.  There  is  an  ample  supply,  and  quite 
free  sellers  at  30*32e.  for  western  anil  southern. 

Mroom  Corn  -Is  sparingly  dealt  in  with  pricca 
barely  settled,  although  with  moderate  stocks  hold¬ 
ers  are  not  inclined  to  make  concessions. 

We  quote Long,  green  hurl,  prime  to  choice,  12® 
14o.i  short  and  medium  brush,  choice  groen,  10* 
lie.  Medium  qualities,  red -Upped,  7*  sc.;  common 
qualities,  red,  coarse  and  stemmy,  4!-f*fic. 

Beans  and  Pen  ■  ICxport*  of  bean*  for  week.  350 
hlds.;  of  pea*  4r5.V!  nnsb  The  demand  for  beans  is 
moderate  mainly  in  a  jobbing  way  for  mediums,  nnd 
there  18  only  a  light  call  for  marrows.  Pea  beans 
are  quiet,  but  not  freely  offered,  'as  whrn  trade  re- 
rives  the  eastern  trade  will  go  right  to  .vurk  on 
them.  Canadian  peas  are  quiet  Green  peas  have 
declined,  Southern  B.  K.  peas  dull. 

The  quotations  am  ;-For  new  medium*,  92.2tK5S2.25 
for  prime,  and  |!.SS®2.1li  for  other  snide*:  prime  mar. 
rtiwrlat*.  f2.7i.ite, 7.7 V.  mho  grades.,  92.40»>lvki;  prime  pen 
beans,  8‘2.5'k.,.2.|Vi ;  do.  fair  lots  down  to  92.30*2.41'; 
kidney,  red^?.).75w4-  Kidney  wnito,92.B0*?.:4l.  Peas, 
new!  amHlalnn.  jp  bid*.  Grnen. new, $1 ,50*1.60: 

d0.,91.2Seisl.7b.  southern  B.  E.  peas.  92.40*2.50  bush. 

Butter.— The  market  severely  feels  tho  loss  of 
.November  activity  thus  fur.  and  the  general  dispo¬ 
sition  to  tavor  buyers  does  not  increase  the  volume 
of  business  There  Is  no  line  huylng  stall  to  speak 
of.  The  fancy  small  dairies  that  are  sent  lor  this 
month’*  use  and  the  Ir.  sh  ends  of  dairies  find  a 
quick  sale,  though  even  these  are  marked  down  emi- 
fcidftjnrny  since  our  Iwt.  The  receipt*  are  extremely 
large,  and  tnelnde  a  great  deal  of  summer  make,  'the 
result  of  crowding  our  market  with  such  heavy  te- 
octets  lias  had  the  effect,  of  putting  the  stock  rather 
ttt  the  dictation  of  purchasers,  particularly  when 
wholesale  p  t reels  ,n  In  treaty.  Money  Is  scarce  in 
the  circle*  t  bat  keep  the  retail  market*  busy,  nnd  the 
outlook  Is  that  butter  must  further  decline  before 
stock  can  in  eased  of  Rs  aui'plus.  Western  blitter 
most  abundant:  tt  sell*  readily  at  quotations.  The 
extreme  price  for  pall*  during  the  past  Jew  Buys  has 
been  40c.;  rolls  are  in  fair  demand. 

sVc  quote  Onttigo  county  pails,  tnnev.  40®  45c.: 
other  good  pull*,  ,v5*38e. ;  poor  lo’s.  2Q®25c. ;  grate 
llrkih*  and  half  tubs,  fine,  (U®xr>c.,  m  lines,  and  ;«* 
37c.  for  -ideetion* :  fair  to  good  fstatft, 34*31)0.;  Welsh 
tub*,  fanev,  SS®34e-t  Other, 28®31c.;  choice  Western, 
Including  Michigan  factory  27t,<.3(lo.;  good  ilo..20®'23o  : 
ShlDPtng,  1S@2UC.;  low  do.,  hie,  Pennsylvania  pall*. 
.IbM.i.jc..  do.  other  pkgs.,  SMMiOe.  Rolls,  choice.  27® 
28e,;  other*  2iT*24c. 

The  nwrltet  has  been  very  much  da- 
pressed  anil  unsettled.  Shipping  buslnc**  has  been 
limited  to  closing  out  urgent  order*,  with  only  about 
13. IKK)  boxes  placed  In  this  way.  The  main  check  t  o 
trade  has  been  the  advanced  rates  ot  ocean  freight 
room.  It  would  he  difficult  to  gel  a  bid  froth  a  ship¬ 
per  over  Tike  lor  the  very  best  stock.  Anticipating 
u  return  of  important  shipping  trade  sh"rtlv  holders 
lien;  are  for  the  most  part  content  with  the  regular 
calls  from  loosl  consumers  a*  they  are  enabled  to 
obtain  In  this  way  14,  ,  for  strictly  choice  stock.  Ke- 
cetpt-  have  been  quite  moderate  lately,  and  there 
doe»  not  fteeui  10  be  an  excessive  au  umulmlon  of 
stock  tu  Ibu  market. 

Fine  and  choice  factory.  139f*Hc. ;  do.  good  to 
prime  12.9k  *13,'Xn.;  fair  lot*,  UK*  i2Kf  ;  State  ftvrn  dai¬ 
ry,  good  to. prime,  I’H'tel'IXe. ;  do,  fair  lots,  11®  12c.  ■ 
do. idtiiumeii,  3*1*0.:  Western,  tine  Cheddar,  nominol ; 
(Jo,  good  tint,,  I3te  do.  fair  lot,*,  llX@12Va  :  sklm- 
meO, 5®8C.;  English  dairy,  nominal! 

Cider.— The  receipts  are  not  more  than  equal  to 
the  demand.  New,  tJ  gal.,  18@22c.-  rectified,  23®25e.; 
elder  vinegar,  2tp!.25e..;  white  wine  vinegar,  25®32c.i 
common  roanu  liictured  vinegar.  15@20c. 

Cotton.— There  has  been  a  pressure  to  sell,  and 
the  market  at  one  time  was  ns  low  as  tSKc.  for  low 
middling  upland,  closing  nt  13?ic. 

Dried  Frnlis.-Tho  general  market  is  still  with¬ 
out,  life,  comparatively  speaking,  for  this  season  of 
the  yonr.  Our  local  trade  is  very  light  In  all  articles, 
purchasers  showing  the  same  disinclination  in  tbls 
connection  as  noted  in  other  branches  of  trade,  to 
purchase  no  more  stock  than  actually  needed  to 
meet  a  current  demand.  The  money  panic  is  restrict¬ 
ing  all  brunches  of  business,  and  the  absence  of  im. 
portani  trade  settling  values. 

South ern  apples,  old.  U®Te.:  do,  new.  7® 8c.  for 
old  and  He.  for  neu  ;  State  TK®8c,  for  old  qrs.,  and 
te’JXc  for  sliced;  Western,  7 ® 7.44 e.  Blackber- 
ries.  hBjte.ll''.  Reeled  peaches,  prime  Georgia  and 
North  Karolina,  Hi,, ,15c.;  unpecled,  s^®!i0,  for  halves 
nnd  0 X@7c.  for  quarters.  Bitted  etierrie*.  22*24c  for 
State  and  Southern,  rtiispberrle*,  new,  30(43)o.  New 
peeled  pcaoheH,  18@'22c.  California  plums,  82®35c.;  do. 

Ega*.  I'h ere  has  been  a  more  liberal  trade  than 
has  been  noticed  for  several  previous  weeks,  and 
stock  1*  now  not  so  oppressive.  Tbcro  is  uo  quota¬ 
ble  change  in  prices  for  fresh,  outside  of  26o.  being 
more  readily  Obtained  f,,r  best  marks  of  western 
Limed  bang  out  of  use  as  yet.  but  tho  quantity  this 
year  I* said  tu  bo  extra,  and  with  the  prosont  aspect 
of  tho  market  1  here  is  no  pressure  to  sell.  State  nnd 
P'-nnsylvnnlu  '-'(U.'Ne.;  |.t-:  n 
g»e-j  other  Western. 24@2f.c,;  Cnuadian,  25@,2Cc.;  limed 


Malvern,  Milts  Co,,  low#,  Oct.  31— We  are 
having  March  hero,  the  last  of  October;  have 
had  nearly  two  weeks  of  cold,  windy  weather; 
wind  from  west,  northwest,  and  north  moat  of 
the.  time,  with  showers  of  anow  and  sIppI. 
Farmers  arc  getting  along  quite  fast  this  full 
gathering  corn;  some  are  nearly  done.  It  is 
not  going  to  in-  an  all-winter'*  jolt  like  last  year. 
Corn  i*  only  about  half  a  crop  owing  to  tho 
very  wet  and  then  the  very  dry  summer;  on 
low-  ground*  some  could  not  be  planted,  some 
not  plowed  and  some,  after  it  was  plowed  once, 
had  to  be  given  up  to  weeds  and  water.  On 
upland  some  goo*  to  fifty  and  lifty-flvo  bushels 
per  acre.  There  i*  very  little  doing  in  the  corn 
market ;  farmers  are  afraid  to  make  an  offer 
and  feeders  dale  not.  There  lots  been  some 
sold  at  :»  cents  I  believe  ;  but  there  is  likely  to 
be  a  better  price  than  that  before  spring. 
There  are  u  good  many  cattle  in  this  county  to 
be  fed  ibis  winter.  Potatoes  are  bringing  $1 
per  bushel  already.  Wheat  was  at  high  as  05 
cents,  but  every  one  nearly,  tlneshed  and  sold 
as  soon  after  harvest  as  possible.  It,  is- now 
down  to  7:5  eOnts.  'Vo  had  a  moderate  vleld  uf 


,58)<j®5Tlc. 


the  liabilities  are  *11,000,000  . .  . . 

log*  have  been  taken  against  the  managers  of 
the  Dea  Moines  Valley  R.  ft..  Tho  Cranston 
Savings  Bank  of  Providence  is  in  a  wretched 
rendition  Secretary  Richardson  has  no  in¬ 
tention  of  resigning  .100  men  have  been  dis¬ 
charged  from  the  Portsmouth  Navy  Yard.... 
Grange*  are  being  organized  all  over  New  Jer¬ 
sey  The  two  Manchester,  N.  H.,  print  works 
have  stopped  Hundreds  of  workmen  have 
been  discharged  in  8t.  Louis.  Boston  Savings 
Banks  are  paying  out  their  money  freely.  ..A 
N.  Y.  State.  Grange  bus  been  organized  at  Syra¬ 
cuse  .  500,000  Immigrants  have  arrived  the  past 
year — lr.  M erudlt.fi  Read  Is  the  new  Minister 
to  Greece  in  place  of  Mr.  Francis  The  Btn'a- 
rlan  has  been  lost  on  Lake  Ont  ario,  and  14  per¬ 
sons  perished  in  the  Homes.  The  past  year 
shows  an  increase  of  American  shipping  of  250,- 
000  tons.  .  .The  Pennsylvania  R,  R,  has  declared 
a  scrip  dividend  The  Sprague  creditors  have 
held  a  meeting  in  Providence  and  elected  trus¬ 
tees  of  the  property.  .  Ten  mills  have  suspend¬ 
ed  operations  in  Philadelphia _ No  plan 

ha*  yet  been  accepted  for  the  Centennial  Exhi¬ 
bition  building. 

Obituary, 

On  the  4th  inst,  Brigadier-Gen.  Richard 
Delafleld  of  the  Eugineer  dorps  died  In  Wash¬ 
ington  Tile  Right  Rev.  John  Early,  D.  D.,  the 


BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS 


. ,  ,  I.  v.  » rouse,  uritnn,  WC,® 

#1  t  pair  :  poor.  i5c.(lci.  1  lares,  65tei75e.  (tabhlts, 
4l)i\  v  enlaoii.  whole  doer,  lOffillc.;  long  s>ifiaie«.  12® 
13c.;  *hurt  do.,  14®16c.  Canvas  Buck*,  ft  pair,  91® 
1.25;  Red  Head,  do.,  OOfaTOe. ;  Mallard,  do.,  40®50c.: 
common,  80t^55c.  ’ 

Provisions,  -The  general  market  has  been  very 
much  depressed,  as  the  money  panto  restricts  buai- 
neas  Bhort  clear,  for  winter  deliver]  ng»nd 

short  clear,  togethur,  iiall-iuid-tuUf,  «Ve.;  long  (dear, 

6%o.  > 

h?m»— choice  WeswMD,*2t®23;  Texas  prime, 
9tfl®20:  do.  lair  lots,  916®18.  Lard.  new.  ut  7  3-Wc. 
6\c,  for  VVesteru  stuain  on  spot;  754c.  for  Novem¬ 
ber.  Long  clear,  7 k'c. ;  short  clear,  85-c. ;  short  rib. 
8Ke.  Mess  pork.  915,  stmt;  Western  prime  moss 
at  $15.50® It, .50.  Dressed  hogs,  city,  fKittic.  Cut-meats 
are  soiling  at  9®10o.  for  pickled  bains,  loose  ,  de.  for 
shoulders,  loose;  9*-sI0e.  for  pickled  bellies,  loose. 
Boxed  dry-salt. -d  shoulders,  i%v.  for  winter  delivery. 
Smoked  meat'  at  111® lie.  for  loose  h.»ms,7>4®7  Ke.  tor 
loose  shoulders.  Tallow  at  7c.  for  prime  stock.  Beef 
sehlog  at  99®U.75  for  barreled  new  plain  mess.  3)2® 
13.00  for  extra  mess.  Tlerced  beef,  new.  for  short 
delivery,  ut  fl8®20  for  new  India  mess,  926  for  new 
extra  India  mess. 

Seeds.— The  price  of  clover  has  been  reduced  to 
8Kc.,  leading  to  a  light  shipping  business.  Timothy 
is  quiet  at  |2.a0@2.75.  Hough  flax,  81.75@1,80. 

Tobacco.— There  is  barely  anything  new  connect¬ 
ed  with  this  market.  Tills  branch  of  trade  Is  suffer¬ 
ing  like  all  others,  so  far  as  noticeable,  in  decreased 
sales,  tint  values  are  not; changed.  Supplies  are  not 
excessive,  and  they  are  generally  held  with  a  fair 
show  of  confidence. 

QUOTATION'S— N KW  CROP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grudes. 

. pm  7Hc.  7tf@  73<c. 

Good  do.  ...  7  §®  8tfc.  7 A®  8>ie. 

Common  to  medium  leaf.  qxc.  9  ®  10kc. 

Good  do.  ..10  ®  10!^c.  11  ®  12 

fine.,  Uo.  -.11  ®13  v.  12K®13  c. 

Selections . 12 X®  13  c.  13X@  15 

SEEDLMAJr  CROP  Ok  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  fillers . II  ®  14  c. 

seconds . 12  ®  25  c. 

wrappers . 40  @  55  c. 

selections . 60  ®  75  c 

New  York  fillers . lrt  @u  c 

wrappers . . . 18  ®  35  c. 

assorted  lots . 11  <zq  14  e 

Pennsylvania  tillers . .  @  c' 

wrappers. . 22  @60  c! 

„  ,  „  assorted  lots . 18  2.5  c. 

wrappers. . . . . ®  35  c. 

assorted  lots . 90®  12  c 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots . 8  @  9  c! 

V egeia hies. —Exports  of  potatoes  paBt  week,  3,690 
bbls.  A  Rood  many  lots  of  potatoes  are  showing 
poor  quality,  and  prime  reliable  Borts  are  rather 
firmer.  Sweet  potatoes  firm.  Red  onions  are  higher. 


J.,  woolen  mills  have  been  reduced  temporarily 
20  per  cent,  in  consequence  of  the  monetary 
stringency. 

A  memorial  tablet  is  to  be  placet!  in  the 
house  in  King  street.  Covent  Garden,  London 
where  Dr.  Arne,  author  of  “  Rule  Britannia," 
was  born. 

A  DISPATCH  from  Alexandria,  Egypt,  say*  a 
financial  panic  prevails  in  that  city.  Money  is 
very  scarce,  but  no  failures  have  yet  been  re¬ 
ported. 

John  Bright  has  issued  an  address  to  his 
constituents  ut  Rochdale,  announcing  himself 
as  a  candidate  for  re-elect  ion  to  Parliament. 

Raleigh,  N.  C.,  is  afflicted  with  a  “  den  of 
wild  dogs ;  "  they  Inhabit  a  swamp  and  creek 
near  t  he  city,  and  refuse  to  be  driven  away. 

A  Xew-Ai.banv,  Ind.,  policeman  was  ap¬ 
pointed  by  the  court  to  defend  a  criminal  at 
the  bar.  and  secured  his  client's  acquittal. 

The  Secretary  of  War  has  appointed  a  Com¬ 
mission  of  five  members  for  the  erection  of  a 


Tile  Right  Rev.  John  Early,  D.  D„  the 
oldest  Bishop  of  the  Methodic  Episcopal 
Church  South,  died  on  the  5th.  a.  Lynchburg, 
Va.  He  was  born  in  Virginia  in  1785.  Henry 
R.  Tracy,  a  Boston  journalist,  died  In  that  city 
on  the  5th  ...  Louis  Gaylord  Clark,  once  editor 
of  the  Knickerbocker  Magazine,  died  at  Pier- 
mont,  on  the  Hudson,  on  the  4th.  He  was  born 
in  1810  .  Hon.  E.  A.  Stansburv  of  Passaic  Co., 
N.  J.,  died  on  the  4th,  in  Holidon,  a  suburb  of 
Paterson.  He  was  born  in  Vermont  in  1811. 

Fires. 

The  State  printing  office,  in  Harrisburg, 
Pa.,  on  the  5th;  loss,  $250,000  ...  Planing  mill  at 
Allentown,  Pa.,  on  the  7th  ;  loss,  .*20,000. 


FOREIGN  NEWS, 


TOlscellaneon*  Foreign  News. 

The  French  Assembly  opened  on  the  5th. 
MncMahon  demanded  more  extensive  pur¬ 
chases.  The  Right  has  a  majority  of  14  ..  The 
Canadian  Ministry  lias  resigned'. ..  A  Spanish 
gunboat  lifts  captured  the  steamer  Yirginius. . . 
The  Liberal*  have  gained  50  seats  in  Prussia 
In  the  Bazaine  trial,  Count  PaJlkao  took  the 
responsibility  of  the  march  on  Sedan,.. .The 
Carlists  defeated  Gen.  Lomu  on  the  2d .  .Stocks 
have  declined  in  London...  .Tim  French  Minis¬ 
try  resigned  on  the  5th  .  The  crops  of  India 
are  improving. .. .The  Loft  of  the  French  As¬ 
sembly  will  propose  the  recognition  of  the  Re¬ 
public,..  The  King  of  the  Sandwich  Islands  is 
almost  well  again ....  The  Sonora  re\  elution  is 
ended  ...Forty  houses  were  burned  in  Con¬ 
stantinople  or.  the  4th  ...The  new  Captain- 
General  has  arrived  iu  Cuba  .Eight  persons 
have  been  killed  by  an  explosion  ai  Lambeth, 
England  ..I  he  steamship  Tanjore  has  arrived 
at  London  from  Australia  with  £489,000  in  bul¬ 
lion,  nearly  all  of  which  is  for  shipment  to 
America . The  Orleans  Princes  will  not  ac- 


We  quote  Early  Rose, 
do.;  I’eerl 
AJhartB,!1!®!.  iww,ea 
£  w»l>  tfwret  potators, 
Delaware,  *  t.t.i 

for  re  I,  *$@3,30  fnr  Vl 
Marrow  sou  ash.  P  4 
Kfe'*2'  Jf'l9«l:t  tUrnlp5.T6v.mil 
fill® It.  Pumpkins,  1H100,*& 

^  out.  Tut!  market  was  rare 
fuctnrv  a  condition  ms  now.  " 

Joout.  part  ...rHtist  oITt'im#  their 
whore  prompt  wish  is  proffered 
ro  Uu'  huy  w  follows,  ivtoos  a 
eat  pnt nti  •crimps  3  to  4c.  ,<  »,  • 


'o.IJiilk ;  Peach 
~  *'—,v«o1  «rl.75<3ll«87  do.  Prinep 
U°.  ^o»Wa  heads,  aiid  Me. 

Virginia,  fiw>3.35  y  bbl.; 
l^piiionr.  p  hltl.,  $3(®3.‘g 
ami  ♦l«r,S  for  white. 


to  liis  brilliant  Serial  Story,  just  commenced 
in  Henry  Ward  Beecher’s  weekly  family 
journal,  the  Christian  Union,  and  will  be 
continued  only  in  that  paper,  its  opening 
chapters  show  the  merry  side  of  the  period 
<>f  which  it  treats,  and  the  reader  ia  sqoii 
drawn  into  deep  sympathy  with  the  charac¬ 
ters.  The  scenes  are  drawn  with  graphic 
power  and  irresistible  humor.  Back  chap¬ 
ters  supplied  to  subscribers  up  to  Jwi’y  t#£. 

After  this  story  follows  Mrs.  Harriet 
Beecher  Stowe’s  new  tide,  "TVs  and  our 
i!'if  ’  the  long-expected  sequel  to 

Mu  It  ife  and  /.”  jt  needs  only  this  sim¬ 
ple  announcement  to  give  assurance  of  a 
j.i  catattraefcion.  Tlius  the  Christian  Union 


eel  sequel  to  “Mg  Wife  and  If  en¬ 
titled  “  We  and  our  Neighbors,”  be¬ 
gins  in  the  new  year.  Here  are  the 
i  \v o  foicmost  writers  of  'wholesome 
iiction  in  America.  Other  attractive 
lales,  ete.,  by  favorite  authors  will 
be  given  from  time  to  time.  The 
■*€«(  \\  rifers  contribute  to  it. 

In  a  word,  the  Christian  Union  is 
a  b  AJ\I  11 A  .1 OU  J  vN  AU  for  the  entire 
household—  young  and  old.  Notliino- 


m.,ro  notlvc,  the  iu,r.  few  I  n  *  rathe,r 

about  A  7T..h»  N  *or  the  week 

innnunuitur.  i-v  wtm  *K,,ir)<la.  mainly  to 

v)ort,,ru;^{uibfft^.,r^cXf  g  m,“nly  wlt£  a 

tnV'iJ?:  I? -;unsyl vania  and  West  Ylrrtni .  fhmnao 


tUtSi  yp'V'vMt,  fiances.  m 

und  Wisconsin,  is  ,  ~c'  r,c\\'‘f,t  'i“rfV-MlShigan 
Indiana,  Kentucky  -Hut  TanSSseS?  ,for  Ai 

<"c!  fV.Avx  and  Minnesota,  43® 

tra.  <3®b5e.  for  superaiiS ^T3c.  tor  No^80'101' GX' 


COUNTKY  CHEESE  MARKET 


LITTLE  Fa  1,1. 

N.UISth'arkCt.Uf.  '•'"|l« 
a  j\  .  Htn,  was  dull  and  (Jctutvm* 

vrlf!.0ry'  2  h®  delivery  of  fan 
”t*n  boxes,  and  prices  mi 
two  or  three  lots  yettms 
of  sales  may  be  Quoted  • 
barf, orles  wore  well 
auippuUng  to  about  s  iki 
whlcii  changed  hands, 
forward  In  com  min 
al  their  prices  to  be 


on  sight,  entitled  uOui*  Both  ;  or 
/he  Dinner  ami  The  Nap”  ‘These 
are  exact  reproductions  of  original 
paintings,  executed  expressly  for  the 
vURI81ian  I  nion,  by  Mrs.  S.  Andor- 
son,  who  painted  the  famous  pail*  of 
Girl-heads,  “  Wide  Awake  and  Fast 
Asleep,”  (npw  called  “Our  (Ulrls”) 
of  which  we  have  already  given  away 
over  150,000  pairs.  The  wonderful 
popularity  of  tiiis  latter  pair  keeps 
them  still  in  active  demand ;  we  have, 
therefore,  made  complete  arrange- 
ments  to  & 

Present  Either  Pair 

to  every  one  of  our  subsoribers  for  the 
CHRISTIAN  UNION  this  nex  t  ye.ur. 

*  Our  Boys,”  and  “  Our  Girls,” 

by  the  same,  mother-heart  and  artist- 
imid,  are  at  once  artistic  and  popu¬ 
larly  pleasing ;  they  are  chromo-lith- 
ographed  by  Jkjiknne  of  Paris,  the 
icknowledged  master  of  that  art  in 
die  whole  world.  The  u(*ii’|*” 
ilways  sold  (and  do  yet)  for  Si;  i  O 
he  pair.  The  would 

readily  bring  $12,  if  sold  through 
lie  art-stores,  being  20  square  inches 
aiger,  each.  But  the  Hoys  are  the 
ole  property  of  the  Christi  an  Union, 


*•;”  »<utt  week.  Tgv>  top 
buyers  wore  unwilling 
i"  ai  .Vi'.'i'-  WO  limy  iu,.n- 
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curne  forward  tin*  week  m  ednlbinThu'  Rutit*r 


IN  THE  WORLD  ! 

A  Paper  for  all  Families 

If  the 


re  is  any  one  thing  that 
family  can  afford  to  be  without,” 
an  interesting,  comprehensive,  i 
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INfrluf  n\nlif  rrou‘  ifctn  rS S|.U  n”n?or 

JB®I0  -,l'.;  und  Kaiuns  stunrs,  B  owt.  y  liim.i  sN: 

earSMWM-ra  zrJai & » 

^Uea,?*~ P"  WisUnoHday  Rut  veals  worn  slow  n» 
rediio*!d  rutog,  sain*  belnu  otfootod  froin  MWiaflwn  "i 

Voiils  sold  in  small  loti  llh« iQJab^ufenMjelliK  on 'i^oB 
Of  Poor  nr  oven  m.-dium  Muullty  , 

beeucuused  by  tin-  lirHv'n  of  '  : 

of  '-ouutry.drc.is.M  vt-al.1  whtob  sold  nt  pv'  l’s,  I  f 
There  was  no  olmnjp-  in  the  tone  of  tho  /  urkV.i  ,  n 
"P  tunoon.  Special  mile*  buyo  b  “on  jekov 

veala,  average  woiKbtU'Ut'!'.  {- bi  iul  iijc  p  it,  -  i  w«y  I 

sylva.ua  veals,  m  »«.  V  bead,  "tiff  V  ’’  1  ",m 

Mirypiisd  l.niiilw,  -Thu  uncertain  coiiilirior,  nt 
tbe  wool  tradi:  has  vanscil  a  de|>re.iHion  In  tin*  trad.. 

S  35 = « ajsywfirSS 

i.«.S.  wb  55:  UWi&S-  Hi  *»-  'l'iS„T,vr 

111  Iba.  V  noa4,  5«*  V  Ib.jOliJodO.  *!  ms  limV.i  t1 
do.  do.,  imj  m,-$.  head,  5o*  :u  lb . :  staict  lumbn  ri  'jk 

f£a4'-  S°/lP  «'  bW,  o’  p  m.;  It)r9|.y  ewJ 

10s  n>«.  p  hoao,  ivu.  p  m.idn  ib,  m  ii.  ii  <  ' 
llou*.  On  Wednesday  lust  live  lK)f(h  sold  at*4Ke' 

SS'lg 

a«&I?n'S'fitii4K.  »?Si?5S5l!5i  ffisrsjg,'? 

Irade  was  »low  on  Friday  lortuoon  wbwili  ' 

trade  in  hinSS?  oonttnSes  sb/w‘-’"ib !?  folfdWng'mfes  : 
have  been  elleeUnl  by  auction  :  LI  head  !(  noK,ii8 
ty  light  barui-K*  horses  sold  rrotn  *§,  •/  ur  1 

lif .(“HviinMta r,;L  iIOrJ£  $ldJS  \ 

fp  ^  head  j  ^  poui«M  noid  at  :J  huu.i  *;;rv..in  , 

i*f  ordinary  li^ht  iiunicivs  liut  Ht'i  Hold  at  t'fd  a  ^ 

head:  one  saddle  Horse,  *102;  C  h'd-A  arrfv,  i  -o  , 
Central  New  Jersey  J Cal /road  vm  Liberty  Si  b  ,.i  .  v  . 

10 hors4*n arrived  V  Krk-  Huilroud  viitnS  C?liff8tatlon! 

|.1?t‘»u dity’s  rt»len-W«ro  very  slow,  and  the  herds  1 
left  over  from  Sunday’*  market,  were  i 


oli'klish  fancy  was  filler]  with  traditions  of 
conflicts  with  wild  boasts,  Indians  and  high¬ 
waymen.  Instead  of  imaginary  giant-kill¬ 
ers,  children  then  heard  of  real  Iiulian-slay- 
ers;  instead  of  Blue-beards,  we  had  MuituII 
and  Ids  robbers;  instead  of  Little  Red  Rid 
ing  Hood’s  wolf,  we  were  regaled  with  the 
daring  adventures  of  the  generation  before 
us,  in  conflict  with  wild  beasts,  on  the  very 
road  we  traveled  to  school.  In  many  house 
holds  tiie  old  customs  still  held  sway;  the 
wool  was  carded,  spun,  dyed,  woven,  cut 
and  made  ip i  in  the  house;  the  corn  shuck¬ 
ing,  wood-chopping,  quilting,  apple-peeling  i 
and  country  “hoe-down,”  had  not  vet  fallen 


herewith  bring  again  to  public  notice 
I  he  effort  has  been  to  keep  it  what  ai 
eminent  literary  journal  has  called  it 
“ not  only  the  ablest  and  best,  bn 
also,  as  wc  suppose,  the  most  popular 
ol  American  religious  periodicals.’ 
Under 

Henry  Ward  Beecher, 

EDITOR, 

the  paper  lias  won  for  itself  the  dis¬ 
tinction  of  having  (of  its  class)  the 

largest  efrciilatioii  in  the 

ivoi'hi.  It  has  strong  and  inde 
pendent  but  courteous  Editorials,  in¬ 
presting  Contributed  Articles  on 


i.  IMIHB.R  pair  delivered,  mounted 
with  the  Christian  Union  for 
one  year  -  --  .  _  _  „  _ 

■i.  Either  pair  delivered  in  the 
‘Popular  (»ilt  Frames,  ”  with 
Christian  Union  for  One  year  at 
3.  Both  pairs  delivered,  mounted, 
with  the  Christian  Union  for 
two  years  at  . 

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tered  Letter.  Currency  at  the  risk  of  the  ■ 
fc£T  FIRST  COME,  FIRST  SERVED.’ 
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IHHLO  UN  blglll.  filiation  for  Gcmvcmerif, 

Tr.V"" "" "  "  J  ^  -I  yentx  amt  Salesmen  f 

Henry  Ward  Bkkciier’s  fnmiiv  ...... 

starts  its  full  campaign,  giving  » u I'lhV,',1.1'01’ 
pair  of  the  largest  ami  finest  Ol.lS(  MH{\l*ns  U 
(wo  most  attractive  subject*  I  hat  If® 

si{//,f -i.aii.ted  by  Mrs.  AuiJeru,  ,,8  contrasts 
and  coiupaniona  for  her  “  n  uu- 

aS, tJSfLS? 

-  b«»t  business  over  offered  canviwal 

- 1  !,nti  haml.sorue.it 

^ery  high  commissions, 

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y  ready  for 
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sequel  to  ••  My  Wife 
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liy  Distinguished  American  Authors 

will  be  given  ibis  coming  year.  Ed¬ 
ward  Eggleston’s  new  and  brilliant 
Serial  story,  “  The  Circuit  Rider:  A 
dale  <>J  the  Heroic  Age,”  the  opening 
chapters  of  which  are 

Handsomely  Illustrated, 

j  is  just  beginning.  An  Illustrated  Sup¬ 
plement  containing  back  chapters  nre- 


I  call  it  the  _ _ 

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outfit  and  paT  “  ■  •  ■ 

subscriber,  ohi . . . 

two  beautiful  pictures ;  full  sunniv"] 
mi nicdiutc  delivery.  The  paper  Itst-i 
1,rnu"Kfamlt>  journals,  being 
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voJf  E'"idoya  the  beat  llteriry  talent 

Edward  Eggleston’s  serial  story  is  y  1 
nlng ;  back  chapters  so  ,,,,;;..  - 
Atra.  Stowc'a  long  expected 
and  I  begins  in  the  new  year’ 
mg  a  good  salary,  or  an  inde¬ 
pendent  business,  should  send 
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^fmptnncnts  and  pacHtncvy 


Mew  ^ubUentions' 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


The  new  King  of  Saxony  is  4a  years  oiu. 

TsoHAGCiKNY,tlie  animal  painter,  of  Brussels, 
is  dead. 

John  Stuart  Mill’s  autobiography  is  out,  in 
London. 

Tijeo.  Tilton  will  writo  a  love  story  instead 
of  lecturing. 

Rimmeu  sold  £30,000  worth  of  perfumes  at  the 
Vienna  Fair. 

The  “Memoirs  of  Sir  Edwin  Landseer  ’’  are 
shortly  to  be  published  In  England. 

James  Barton  has  recent  ly  prepared  a  brief 
life  of  the  late  Mrs.  Part  on  (Fanny  Pern). 

A  statue  In  honor  of  Wedgwood  was  un¬ 
veiled  at  Burslem  the  last  week  In  September. 

The  King  of  Italy  has  presented  to  the  Em¬ 
press  of  Austria  a  cost  ly  sot  of  Jewelry  mado  in 
Rome. 

Miss  Annie,  a  daughter  of  draco  Greenwood, 
has  made  her  debut  on  the  lyric  stage  at  Dow- 
agiao,  Mich. 

Miss  Frances  Power  Cobbk  is  now  a  regular 
preacher  In  the  Unitarian  Chapel  at  Clerken- 
woll,  London. 

The  Emperor  of  Austria  will  visit  the  Czar  at 
St.  Petersburg  during  the  holidays  of  the  Rus¬ 
sian  Christmas. 

Theo.  Thomas  is  going  to  the  great  Wagner 
festival  at  Bayreuth,  In  order  to  seo  bow  the 
master  presents  Ins  own  works. 

Gen.  CAitmAI.ni  lias  just  published  a  book, 
entitled  “  Ten  Thousand,”  which  gives  an  ac¬ 
count  of  bis  expedition  to  Sicily. 

H.  W.  Beecher  thinks  that  President  Grant 
ia  “almost  the  only  man  In  the  nation  who 
thinks  a  good  deal  hut  can  hold  Ills  peace." 

Dr.  Hosmer,  for  three  years  the  London  cor¬ 
respondent  of  the  Herald,  has  returned  to  this 
country,  and  is  succeeded  by  Edmund  Vatcs. 

Several  MSS.  of  the  late  Edward  A.  Pollard, 


There  Is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re- 
numeration  than  the  sale  of  the  b  anally  Knitting 
Machine,  ar-1  there  is  no  machine  that  possesses 
one-half  nnalithos  which  arc  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  family  use  as  the 

Bickford’s  Improved 

Its  simplicity  and  ease  ol  management,  together 
n.th  its  capacity  fordoing  the  great  range  ol  wort, 
and  Its  trilling  oust,  makes  it  a  matter  of  economy 
for  every  family  to  have  one,  and  will  ultimately 
Urine  U  Into  a*  general  use  as  the  Newine  Machine. 
The  practical  utility  of  the  machine  only  needs  to 
be  demonstrated  to  the  people  to  produce  an  un¬ 
limited  demand.  .  „  . 

Many  Hewing  Machine  Agents,  finding  the  In¬ 
crease  of  competition  and  the  difficulty  of  selling 
high-priced  machine*  to  militate  against  a  flour¬ 
ishing  business,  are  taking  hold  of  the 


best  psalm  tunes  of 
or  as  a  collection  of 


BICKFORD 


THE  RIVER  OF  LIFE 


•  .  -•'  -.of  all  Leaders  of  Slng- 

sSbhatfi 

„  ....  little  children,  Its  adaptation 

tnternutionall^sims^a^^RH^gcnor^rtch- 

Prtce  35  cts.  in  B’d». 

. SABBATH  SCHOOL  BONO 
Hundred  in  B'ds;  $2.)  per 


7  and  meeting  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer¬ 
chants,  finding  In  Dana  Bickford  s  invention  a 
cheap,  simple  and  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
tlnd  it  profitable  to  purchase  and  keep  on  sale. 
The  almost,  entire  nWnco  of  competition  does 
not  require  the  "eternal  vigilance1  to  sell  this 
machine  as  In  the  rase  of  sewing  machines. 

Vccni- Wnnlcil  Everywhere-  Good, Smart 
Men  can  make  <5.10  PER  week  and  exp-cnsks. 
Send  for  Instructions  and  Circulars.  Price  *«) 
to  ISO. 

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For  Circulars,  address  O.  K.  JOHNSON, Medina,  N.  \  . 


Is  attracting  the  notice 
tng  in  I  --'—  “  . 

rior  arrangement 

liiont  of  songs  for 

to  the  1..- - - 

ness  and  freshness  of 
eounnendud  by  all. 

This  BEAUTIFUL 
BOOK,  is  sold  at  fed  per 
10ij  in  Paper.  _ 

Tho  above  books  sent,  post-paid,  on  receipt  of  re¬ 
tail  price. 

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C.  H.  DITSON  &  CO.,  711  Broadway,  New  Turk. 


K|  BT  \AI  f  It  makes  the  least 
IM  RL  W  F  noise.  It  is  the  most 
,  _  _  -.  simple  and  durable. 
?  I  fi  A  N  The  beat  Tor  families 
\  0  W  ■  w  1 1„  UH0,  The  best  for 
m  ■  hi  A*  I  age ii  is  M>  sell.  This 

'  B  11  VI  I  favorite  mnohtne  does 

HN  f  every  variety  of  work 

ET  •  done  on  liny  shuttle  wa- 
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1874. 

The  Aldine  Almanac 


Brochure  of  American  Art* 

TftUi  Illustrations  hy  the  Best  American  Ar¬ 
tists,  Designed  and  Engraved  expressly 
for  this  work. 

WILL  BK  READY  OCTOBER  1 5th. 

a i  i>t \ e  Almanac  lias  been  gotten  up  re- 

B^LSIEKlSSTJSS  IKBlWffi 

SarttrM-SpsS 

Mu  tK  Vi  nt  K  on  rely  original.  hvem  awy/ii 
SW  graced  bU  tM  best,  art  Ms  '.cpressly  for  its 

<U'ri(iK*Al">IN'«  Almanac  Is  truly  national  in  con¬ 
ception,  and  will  be  at  onoft  accepted  aa  riic  stu  u  im 
uinl  accuracy  In  ovary  section  ol  the  United 


$ew  ^tthUcationsf 


rite  perfection  of  making  and  arranging 
every  style  of  JJrtss  Trimming  with  as 
much  ease  awl  simplicity  as  run¬ 
ning  up  an  ordinary  seam,  with 
some  new  and  entirely  Orig¬ 
inal  A  ccompUshincntH. 

•  A¥D  ALL  WITHOUT  BASTING. 

1. — It  prepares  the  VlilliueiV  Fold  better  than  can 

bo  done  by  hand.  .  .  .  . 

2. — It  prepares  .11  Miller*'  Fold  with  di llcrent 

colors  and  pieces  nf  goods  at  one  operation. 

3. — It  prepares  and  places  n  Told  ill  any  aeuiii 

pcrrcclly,  without  basting.  .  .. 

4  _U  prr.pareB  and  puis  a  double  or  single  lold 
on  the  edge  of «  bund. 

5.— It  cords  hins  bands.  ,  ,  ,,  .  . 

(j._  it  prepares  and  applies  a  double  French  nein 
llinxln  ..  ,  . 

7.  — II  prepares  a  cord  writ  perfectly.  . 

8. — It  prepares  and  place--  a  cord  writ  in  any 

HtMiiii  without  hasting. 

a. — -It  prepares  a  cord  well,  at  the  same  time  gath¬ 
ering  and  placing  the  welt  in  the  -aiher- 
ing  sen m,  sewing  it  to  a  plain  baud,  it  de¬ 
sired,  at  oue  operation. 

10. — It  docs  plain  guilicrlug. 

11. — it  anther*  and  *i*wa  on  at  tho  name  tunc, 

nutter  than  any  other  gatherer. 

12. — It  hem*  -ill  g"Ode.  bln*  or  xtraight. 

13. — It  binds  with  braid. 

14. — It  bind*  with  cul  binding. 

15. — It  sews  any  soam  without  basting. 


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Ten  Prizes  $100  each  in  Greenbacks. 

1  OOO  Gold  amf  Silver  Letter  Hunting  B’dtehss  (ia 
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Coin  Silver  Vest  ClialnR,  Solid  and  Doublo-platcd 
Silver-ware,  Jewelry,  Ac.,  &e. 

Number  of  Gins  10.000.  tickas  limited  to  75,0001 
VGENTS  WANTED  TO  SELL  TICKETS 
to  whom  Liberal  Premiums  will  he  pnid. 

Single  Tickets  $1  ;  Six  Tickets  $5; 
Twelve  $10;  Twenty-five  $20. 

Circulars  containing  a  tall  list  of  prize*,  a 
tlon  of  the  manner  of  drawing,  and  otlier  tnfurmj.- 
tion  in  refereaoc  to  the  Distribution,  wtl^ ^  be  B«mt  to 
any  one  ordering  them.  All  letters  must  be  aadres 

edM  atv  Opvick  L.  D. 'BINE,. 

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I  nvrkrnTiinF  pages,  Illustrated. 


The  arrangement  Is  very  novel,  and  it  is  one  ol  the 
simplest  Attachments  In  use;  in,?r*Puns“J,1«ll!“Jt8 
utility ,  doubling  the  value  ol  any  Sewing  Machine. 

In  ordering,  state  kind  of  Sewing  Machine. 

Price,  Si.  with  full  instructions  for  its  use  muilod 
post  free.  Address 

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An  opportunity  seldom  offered  to  Agents  of  both 
sexes,  which  are  wanted,  everywhere,  immediately 


rilHE  COMPANION  alms  10  DC  a  iavorne  iu 
A  every  family— looked  for  eagerly  by  the  young 
folks,  and  road  witli  interest  by  the  older.  Its  pur¬ 
pose  is  to  interest  while  it  amuses;  to  be  Judicious, 
practical,  sensible!  and  to  have  really  permanent 
worth,  while  It  attracts  for  the  hour. 

It  Is  handsomely  Illustrated,  and  has  for  contrlbu- 
utors  some  of  the  most  attractive  writers  in  the 
country.  Among  these  are: 

Edward  Eggloston,  Dr.  1.  I.  Hayes, 

Prof.  James  DeMille,  Louisa  C.  Moulton, 
Louisa  M.  AlOOtt,  “  Sophie  May,’* 

Rebecca  K.  Davis,  C.  A,  Stephens, 

C.  W.  Flanders,  Ruth  Chesterfield, 

S.  S.  Robbins,  M.  A.  Denison. 

Its  reading  is  adapted  to  the  old  and  young,  is  very 
varied  in  its  character ;  sprightly  and  entertaining. 
It  gives 

Stories  of  Adventure,  Stories  of  Home  and 
Letters  of  Travel,  School  Life, 

Editorials  upon  Cur-  Tales,  Poetry, 
rent  Topios,  Selections  for  Declama- 

Historical  Articles,  tion. 

Biographical  Sketches,  Anecdotes,  Puzzles, 
Religious  Articles,  Pacts  and  Incidents, 

Subscription  Price,  Si. 50.  Specimen  copies 
Bent  free.  Address 

PERRY  MASON  &  CO., 

41  Temple  Place,  Boston,  Mass. 


To  meet  the  urgent  demand  of  tjw  times  tte 

FLOKIiNGR  Si  K  WING  MAG  II  IN  IS  GO. 

have  determined  to 

REDUCE  PRICES,  ,  _ 

and  will  hereafter  sell  their  $85  Machine  for  $-15, 
and  other  styles  inprojmrtkni. 

THE  FLORENCE 

us  the,  ONLY  Sewing  Machine  that  feeds  the  work 
hcichUHii'd  and  forward*  or  to  light  and  left*  as 
the  purclamr  may  prefer.  It  has  ht:rm  greatly 
lYFIlOVED  A  IS  D  SIMPLIFIED,  and  is  fat 
better  than  any  other  machitwoilhc  market. 
IT  IS  NOW  THE  CHEAPEST. 
Florence,  Mass.,  Nov,  1.  78,  Agents  Wanted. 

>1  !>  K  O  V  E  P  FOOT  LATHES, 

/SHi  JL  Slide-rests,  Hand  Planers  for  Metals, 
[LA  A  Small  Gear  Cutters.  The  very  best,  soll- 
§4  mg  everywhere.  Catalogues  tree- 
gfcj^r3  N.  H.  BALDWIN,  Laconia,  N.  H. 

I  ri  10  ENG  BA  VERS.  PRINTERS,  Ac.— Large  stock 
I  1  well  seasoned  and  prepared  Boxwood,  Mahog¬ 
any,  Maple  and  Pine.  VANDEEBUBCill.  w ELI.S& Co., 
Type,  Cabinet  A  Press  Warehouse,  18  Dutch  St.  N.  i. 


1  V  (  5 

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1  Mid 

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SV}OOBE’S  BB8AL  «EW-YOBKE8, 


NEWS  OONDENSER, 

—  Maine’s  hay  crop  of  1873  is  worth  $40,000,000. 

—  Two  new  and  largo  hotels  are  building  In 
Berlin. 

—  There  are  now  flfty-two  papers  published 
in  Japan. 

—  California  has  produced  1,000  bales  of  cot¬ 
ton  this  year. 

—  The  tourists’  season  In  Switzerland  was 
very  prosperous. 

The  number  of  hogs  raised  this  year.'  in 
Iowa  will  be  about  1,600, 0Q0. 

-  There  are  4,000  liquor  saloons  in  New  York 
between  14th  street  and  the  Battery. 

The  gold  coinage  at  the  mint  in  October 
amounted  to  $11,000,000  in  double  eagles. 

A  liar  of  gold  worth  seventy  thousand  dol¬ 
lars  Is  a  curiosity  of  the  day  in  San  Francisco. 

There  has  recently  been  an  increase  in  the 
deposits  of  the  Boston  banks  of  over  $1,000,000. 

A  training  school  for  schoolmasters  on  the 
American  plan  has  boon  established  at  Maski, 
Japan. 

-  The  New  York  Hoard  of  Excise,  organized 
June  1st,  has  already  received  for  licenses, 
$480,000. 

Seven  cars  full  of  eggs  were  sent  on  the 
Milwaukee  &  Northern  Railway  in  one  train 
last  week. 

-  During  the  past  season  1,430  pupils  were  in 
attendanoe  at  tho  several  schools  of  design  in 
Melbourne,  Australia. 

Augusta,  Ca.,  is  clamoring  for  a  public 
laundry  because  tho  colored  washerwomen 
charge  exorbitant  prices. 

Lunatics  arc  multiplying  in  New  Jersey, 
and  the  State  is  building  ji  new  asylum  at  Morris 
Plains,  at  a  cost  of  $1,000,000. 

A  Masonic  temple  at  St.  Louis,  worth  $150,- 
000  to  $300,000,  is  to  bo  sold  at  auction  to  pay 
those  who  loaned  money  to  build  it. 

Colorado  has  astonished  herself  by  casting 
a  vote  of  about  33,000  at  the  recent  election  for 
members  of  the  Legislature,  against  13,000  last 
year. 

The  grape  crop  in  Ohio  is  reported  to  be 
much  better  than  was  expected.  Wine  making 
Is  no\v  going  on  In  all  tho  grape-growing  dis¬ 
tricts. 

According  to  Hudson's  “Journalism  In 
America"  tho  United  States  has 5871  newspapers 
and  periodicals,  while  the  rest  of  the  world 
has  but  7<543. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE 

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OB  THE 

FARMER’S  WAR  AGAINST  MONOPOLIES, 

Being  a  full  and  authentic  account  of  the  struggles 
of  tlic  American  Farmers  ustainst  the  extortions  of 
the  Hail  road  Companies,  with  a  history  Of  i  lie  rise 
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Some  of  tho  llnost  residences  In  the  Valley,  near 
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Principal, 

170R  SALE.— 3  COCKS  and  I  HENS  (Light 
1  Brahmas),  from  premium  birds  i  cocks  coat  $o0 
last  spring.  Also,  lot  chickens  from  above.  1  very 
extra  Partridge  Cochin  pullet  and  8  chicks.  Will  be 
sold  low,  to  close  out;  all  nice  birds.  Dark  Brahmas 
a  specialty.  E.  H.  WHITNEY, 

Cambrldgeport,  Mass, 


THE 


TO 

BOOK 

AGENTS 


A  Work  on  tho  Breeding,  Rear¬ 
ing,  Care  and  General  Man¬ 
agement  of  Poultry. 

BY  WILLIAM  M.  LEWIS. 


This  is  one  of  the  Onest  cotton-no  works  on  the 
subject  on  which  It  treats,  for  Its  slue  and  price,  of 
any  publication  of  the  kind  in  this  country.  It  Is 
Uriel y  and  profusely  Illustrated,  and  printed  and 
bound  In  extra  style.  Contains  224  large  octavo 
pages.  Bent,  by  mall,  post-paid,  for  $1.60.  Address 
D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

,  ,  3  Bookman  St.,  New  York, 


AISTL) 


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8  fl  »  3  8  m  \  traveling.  The  work  Is  con- 

xJUl  I  a  9  0  V#  genial,  honrirablc,  and  pays 
_  the  hesl  of  anything  ever  be- 

FBClT  fovo offered.  Cash  wages, surn- 

g-  v*  pi  oh  and  complete  ouliit  sent 

I  Si  L  S.i  riw.  .iddp'.fs,  once,  GEO.  B. 
HODGE  &  CO.,  781  A  785  State  St.,  Chicago. 


jar  steady 
Profitable  Employment 

Those  wishing  to  become  Agents  for  the  sale  of 
our  profusely  Illustrated,  cheap  ami  very  salable 
publications,  should  send  ror  circulars  and  terms  at 
once.  Onr  books  are  of  a  useful  anil  sensational 
nature.  Command  u  rupid  sate.  Everybody  buys 
them. 

LARGE  PROFITS  REALIZED, 

Better  inducements  ottered  to  agents  than  by  any 
house  in  America.  Men  once  ontertng  our  employ 
succeed  so  well  that  they  continue  with  us  tho  your 

round.  BARCLAY  <Xt  CO., 

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Wanted  to  Introduce  our  celebrated  Rubber  Goods 
for  ladles  and  children’s  wear.  They  sell  rapidly, 
and  give  perfect  satis/urNon.  Active  agents  can  loiil- 
i/.e  small  fortunes.  Sund  for  our  llbmiratod  Cata¬ 
logue.  Address  J, A  PERI, E  RUBBER  CO., 

00  chambers  St,.,  New  York. 

Tfl  PrnapeetiiKCM  are  now  ready  for 

onr  three  now  hooks,  viz. : 

1  w  THE  GILDED  ALE,  bv  MARK 

_  _  _  twain  and  Chari,  iw  D  Warner, 


„  Illustrated  by  Augustus  Hoppin, 
DUUr\  I  E  V  E  K  Y  BO  n  V’S  FRIEND,  by 
Joan  BilmnGs,  iltnstrated  by  Taos. 
inriiTP  Nast,  and  Joaquin  Miu.kii’h  great 
A  R F rs  IX  work,  LI  FK  A .41  ON 44  THE  410- 
rtUl.ll  I  U  iMIl'a.  Nothing  need  bo  said  iiliout 
these  books.  Everybody  knows  they  will  outsell  all 
others, and  wise  agents  will  act  accordingly  and  apply 
for  territory  at.  once  to  AMERICAN  PUBLISHING 
00.,  Hartford,  Conn.  _ 

fTbOPV?;  A  MONTH  to  51  ale  or  Female  Agents. 
«3DO  i  D  NOVELTY  00„  Blddeford,  Mo. 


A  MONTH  and  expenses  to  good  Canvass¬ 
ers.  Articles  new  and  staple  as  Hour.  Sam¬ 
ples  free.  C.  M.  L1NINGTON,  Chicago. 


It)  in  r  A  MONTH  mol  expenses  t,o  good  Cunvuss- 
V/l  /  r\  era.  Articles  new  and  staple  ««  Hour.  Sum- 
l{)Gl  J  pies  free.  C.  M.  L1NINGTON,  Chicago. 

1  AAAAG  ENTS  OK  K.Y  PERIKNCK  wanted  for 
I  .WIMP  the  rapidly-selling  new  Religions  work 

PROPHETS  6F  THE  BIBLE. 

Extra  discounts.  Hand  for  circulars  and  terms. 
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Tlucky  agents 

Can  easily  make  #150  and  over  por  month  soiling 
our  Modern  und  Reliable  Maps  and  our  Popu¬ 
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E.  V.  11 R1  HUMAN,  5  Barclay  St.,  N.  Y. 

(>  id?  A  month!  Horse  ami  carriage  furnished. 
)  Expenses  r  aid.  II.  71.  Shaw,  Alfred,  Me. 

RANDALL’S 

Practical  Shepherd 


A  COMPLETE  TREATISE 

ON  THE  BREEDING,  MANAGEMENT 
AND  DISEASES  OF  SHEEP, 


Tats  Work,  by  the  non.  Henry  8.  Randall, 
LL.  D.,  (author  of  **  Sheep  Husbandry  In  the  South," 
“  Fine  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry,"  &c.,)  la  the  Stand, 
ard  Authority  on  the  Subject.  Il  in  the  moat  com¬ 
plete  und  reliable  Treatise  on  American  Sheep  Hus¬ 
bandry  ever  published,  and  las  the  New  England 
Farmer  hays)  ’*  should  be  to  the  hand  and  head  of 
every  person  owning  sheep." 

The  Practical  Shepherd  contains  462  pages,  and 
is  Illustrated,  printed  and  bound  In  superior  stvte. 
Twenty-seventh  Edition  new  ready.  Sent  by  mdil 
[lost-paid,  on  reoeipt  of  price— $2.  Address 

D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

5  Beekinan  St,,  New  York. 


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Broadway.  Tho  moneys  arising  from  the  sale  of  tho  stock  hereby  sold  are  paid  into  tho  Union  Trust 
Company,  and  cannot  be  paid  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchors  showing  that  tho  money  has 
been  actually  and  honestly  expended  In  the  orootlon  of  tho  Industrial  Exhibition  Building  or  in  acquir¬ 
ing  title  to  land, 

Tho  land  of  the  Company  is  exempt  from  taxes,  and  bounded  as  follows ; — 98th  to  102d  Streets 
and  3d  to  4th  Avonuesj  comprising  353  24-25  city  lots,  or  about  23  acres. 

SHARES  $100  EACH. 

Payments  to  bo  made  as  follows : 

Fivo  por  cent,  at  t-lmo  of  subscribing,  and  tho  balance  in  installments,  not  exoeodlng  ten  per  cent 
at  any  one  installment. 

There  can  bo  no  Barer  Investment  than  this.  It  Is  a  home  Investment.  It  Is  the  ownership  of  land 
on  New  York  Islund  and  tho  erection  of  a  permanent  building  on  the  Banjo. 

In  accordance  with  the  charter  and  by  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  24th,  1872,  the  following  memberships  buve  been  created  and  are 
ottered  for  sale : 

At  the  above-namod  places  and  by  authorized  Agents  throughout  tho  United  Stutes. 

Tho  proper  holder  of  any  of  those  Is  entitled  to  free  admission  to  tho  Industrial  Exhibition,  the 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  the  Garden  of  Plants  during  tho  time  it  is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  the  duration  of  tho  membership. 

These  memberships  do  not,  ontltlo  the  holdor  to  admission  to  spccinl  plucos  of  amusement,  except 
us  condnotod  by  tho  Exhibition  Company. 

MEMBERSHIPS.  -  PRICE  AND  KIND. 

CliiM*  1st.  Price  $19.  BO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  tho  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 

Class  3d.  Price  $30.  DO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $30. 

Class  3d.  Price  $10.  BOO  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  three  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable,  j 
.  Price,  $40. 

Class  4th.  Price  $109.  Cite. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life :  tho  bulling  being  open  to 

the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

Class  5th.  Family  for  Fife.  Price  #500. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  and  his  immediate  family  t in  esse  at  the  time  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  the  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  Hie  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

Class  6th.  IIEKEDITAKV  A  TRM SFEIftAIIIJE.  Price  $1,000. 

Entitling  tho  bolder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
building  Is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  only  to  be  used  by  tho 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  these  memberships  are  to  be  regarded  us  honorary  members  of 
the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  tiruo  be  granted  them 
by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Payment  to  bo  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payuble  to  the  order  of  the  Union  Trust 
Company. 

A  suitable  Badge  wi  I  be  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  members. 

Memberships  will  not  be  sold  after  he  Building  is  open  to  tfie  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  be  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

Banka,  Bankers  and  Individuals  are  wanted  to  act  as  Agents  throughout  the  United  States. 

For  further  information,  pleaso  address 

INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  COMPANY', 

No.  925  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK  CITY. 


GEO.  STECK  &  CO.’S 


7  Per  Cent.  Bonds 


Issued  f«r  Construction  of  Water  Works,  under 
Act  of  Legislature,  Passed  April  27,  1872. 

Rochester  possesses  the  elements  ot  a  pros¬ 
perity  unexcelled,  il  equalled,  by  any  other 
city  in  this  pirate.  Il  is  the  center  nt  trade 
to  a  surrounding  population  ol  about  500,- 
000,  to  whom  the  menus  ol  transportation 
are  furnished  by  Kxilrouils  radiutiuar  from 
the  eityr  In  eleven  dillerent  directions. 

its  indebtedness,  excluding  thi*  louii,  is  less 
than  kl, $50,000,  while  it  hns  Public  Prop¬ 
erly  amount inu  to  about  *.£,350,000,  and 
Private  Ilcul  Estate  valued  at  $70,000,000. 

TUp  Bonds  nre  issued  In  either  Coupon  nr  Regis- 
t  c .  i  form;  the  Registered  being  transferable  at  the 
"'lice  of  the  Union  Trust  Pom  puny  nf  New  York, 
where  both  principal  and  interest  Is  payable. 

The  expenditure  nf  moneys  derived  from  their  sale 
is  directed  by  the  Mayor  of  the  city  and  the  Board  of 
Commissioners. 

PRICE  PAR  AND  INTEREST.  CIRCU¬ 
LARS  UPON  APPLICATION. 


are  now  everywhere  recognized  a*  the  best.  Forflne 
a ud  hy m path  tern. Ton  k,  for  thorough  workmanship, 
and  the  greatest  possible  IHtKAMUTY  thev  are 
wholly  unrivaled.  The  8T8CK CABINKTOR  Upright 
Plano,  eoPiljinlng  .vveral  most  imiiortant  Improve¬ 
ments,  PATENTED.  Is  prononncod  ny  all  competent 
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produced.  Every  Instrument  warranted  for  live  years. 
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f  $75  t0  S250  *er  “0Dth-  tn ah  Mm <1  f  tfnm I e , 

*  to  introduce  the  genuine  improved  cum- 
~  MON  SENSE  FAMILY  SEWING  MACHINE, 
^  This  machine  will  stitch,  hem.  foil,  tiick.qullt.cord, 

bind,  braid  arid  embroider  in  a  uniat  superior  tnan- 
tier.  Price  only  HS,  Fully  licensed  and  warranted 
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sheep  unless  they  are  obliged,  of  necessity, 
to  do  so. 

The  sheep  have  become  so  habituated  to 
this  manner  of  camping  that  they  will  not 
start  until  after  breakfast  and  the  tent  has 
been  struck  and  the  donkeys  packed;  then 
the  bleating  of  the  tlock  announces  their  de¬ 
parture.  The  shepherds  calculate  to  reach 
water  about  once  in  three  days,  hut  they 
often  travel  seven  or  eight.  The  sheep  of 
this  country  are  a  small  and  hardy  race  ; 
they  clip  about  two  pounds  of  wool  to  the 
fleece;  tho  wool  is  short  and  fine,  and  from 
all  that  can  be  ascertained  from  tradition 
handed  down  through  past  generations,  the 
sheep  were  pure  Spanish  Merinos,  brought 
from  Spain  by  Cortez's  expedition. 

Sheep  are  counted  by  shutting  them  up  in 
a  pen  and  driving  them  through  a  narrow 
opening  (see  Fig.  8).  A.  J.  Russell. 


With  ever}'  flock  of  sheep  these  animals  are 
indispensable:  they  lead  the  way,  and  can 
be  driven,  when  without  them  it  would  bo  an 
impossibility  to  move  the  flock.  Those  sheep 
seem  to  have  inherited  a  habit  of  milling 
whenever  the  least  excited— that  is,  to  hud¬ 
dle  together  and  keep  running  round  and 
round  the  center.  They  will  not  move  from 
the  seeming  pivot  on  which  they  are  turning. 
Rut  when  goat3  are  with  them,  they  can  be 
started  in  the  direction  required  and  the 
sheep  follow.  Sometime*  the  flock  will  fol¬ 
low  a  donkey  and  seem  to  consider  him  the 
head  of  the  family,  marching  along  after 
him  day  after  day  and  month  after  month. 

The  outfit  of  a  first-class  herder  consists  of 
two  donkeys  for  carrying  supplies,  the  tent, 
cooking  utensils,  blankets  and  the  huge 
water  canteen.  This  is  made  of  tin  and  will 
hold  four  or  five  gallons.  It  is  covered  with 
n  heavy  woolen  cloth,  which  serves  to  keep 
it  cool  during  the  heat  of  the  day.  A  small 
Mexican  pony  and  two  or  three  good  dogs, 
with  tlus  herder’s  assistant  complete  the 
establishment.  Two  men  and  three  dogs 


will  take  care  of  five  thousand  sheep.  The. 
wages  paid  the  shepherds  are  from  ton  to 
fifteen  dollars  per  month  and  board,  while 
the  overseer  receive-  twenty-five  or  thirty 
dollars.  At  night  these  immense  flocks 
gather  closely  around  tho  camp  of  the  shep¬ 
herds  and  sleep  peacefully,  guarded  by  well- 
trained  dogs.  These  dogs  are  mostly  of  the 
Scotch  Shepherd  breed,  and  show  wonderful 
sagacity  and  prowess  in  their  midnight 
vigils,  uolding  at  bay  the  fiercest  wolf,  rais¬ 
ing  such  a  din  as  to  awaken  their  masters, 
who,  with  well-directed  shot,  either  kill  or 
drive  off  tho  intruders.  These  large  docks 
roam  at  will  over  the  vast  plains,  feeding  as 
they  go,  never  sleeping  two  nights  in  the 
same  place,  except  at  the  home  stations. 
They  will  feed  from  two  to  ten  miles  in  a 
day,  followed  by  the  heavily  laden  donkey, 
and  stop  wherever  night  overtakes  them. 
The  tent  is  pitched,  the  camp-fire  13  soon 
ablaze,  the  mess  kettle  over  it  and  the  supper 
prepared.  This  often  consists  of  wild  game, 
viz  HdWnt,  quail,  antelope,  or  deer,  the 
shepherds  making  it  a  point  not  to  kill  a 


HERDING  SHEEP  IN  NEW  MEXICO 


A  iiarii  ride  over  the  plains  and  through 
the  sand  hill  -  brought  us  to  the  borne  stations 
of  the  herd.  A  small  log-house,  nearly  sur¬ 
rounded  by  pens,  into  whirl!  the  sheep  are 
driven  when  sheared  or  when  they  are  to  be 
counted  ;  the  counting  is  done  generally  four 
times  each  year.  The  rams  are  here  sepa¬ 
rated  from  the  flock  ;  in  fact,  the  wants  or 
the  sheep  and  necessary  branding,  shearing, 
clearing  oft  the  ticks,  Are.,  Arc.,  is  performed. 
The  hut  is  a  low  structure  covered  with 
earth  ;  no  windows,  but  with  loopholes  on 
each  side  for  defense  in  case  Indians  should 
make  a  raid  on  tho  premises,  which  does 
sometimes  occur,  especially  at  stations  which 
are  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Comanches  and 
Kiowas.  Many  a  fat  mutton  has  found  its 
way  to  their  saddle  bows. 

The  flocks  usually  start  out  in  the  morning 
about  sunrise;  the  goats  are  first  to  move. 


SCOUR  IN  SHEEP 


At  a  meetihg  of  the  Stowe -market,  En 
gland,  Farmers'  Club,  Mr.  C,  W.  Sutton 


veterinary  chemist,  delivered  an  address 
upon  the  subject  which  heads  this  article. 
In  the  course  of  his  remarks  he  alluded  to 
the  complications  arising  from  the  feeding  of 
roots  in  England.  In  relation  to  the  feeding 
of  mangold  he  said  : 

I  Mangold  in  a  wet  and  warm  season  are  too 
quickly  grown,  or,  in  other  words,  are  not 
grown  to  u  state  of  maturity,  and  this  is  what 
causes  all  food  of  a  like  nature  to  disagree 
when  given  alone,  or  in  too  large  quantity, 
because  it  consists  of  nine-tentlis  water,  and 
lacks  the  clement  in  the  form  necessary  to 
produce  flesh  and  blood  and  consequently 
give  strength  ;  but  if  a  nitrogenous  or  flesh- 
forming  element  in  the  shape  of  peas,  oil¬ 
cake,  grain,  or  food  of  like  nature,  be  given, 
mangold  may  not  only  be  fed  with  impunity 
from  evil  consequences,  but  with  positively 
good  effect. 

When  diarrhea  is  produced  from  the  effects 
of  soft  blood  or  unripe  growth,  a  change  to 
dry  food  and  grains  containing  nitrogen,  as, 
bran,  oats,  et«.,  is  advisable  ;  but  if  the  diar¬ 
rhea  is  prolonged  after  the  change  in  keep 
has  been  carried  out,  give  something  to  assist 
Nature  in  carrying  off  the  offending  matter, 
for  which  purpose  give  to  each  sheep,  linseed 
oil,  two  or  three  ounces  ;  opium  powdered, 
five  grains,  or  a  teaspoouful  of  laudanum  in 
giaiel  on  two  following  mornings,  after 
which,  should  the  diarrhea  continue,  it  may 
be  found  necessary  to  give  astringent  ant 
acid  medicine,  for  the  mucous  membrane 
having  become  relaxed  and  weakened  by 
the  previous  irritation,  a  faulty  action  may 
be  set  up,  which  continues,  although  the 
irritation  which  caused  it  may  have  been 
removed.  Therefore,  in  such  cases,  the  fol¬ 
lowing  will  be  found  valuable  .—Take  pre¬ 
pared  chalk,  one  ounce  ;  powdered  catechu, 
one-half  ounce  ;  powdered  ginger,  one-fourth 
ounce  ;  powdered  opium,  one  dram  ;  bicar¬ 
bonate  of  potass,  four  drams ;  peppermint 
water  to  eight  ounces.  Of  this  let  two  table¬ 
spoonfuls  be  given  twice  a  day:  a  propor¬ 
tionate  dose  to  very  young  sheep. 

We  now  come  to  a  disease  very  fatal  to 
young  sheep,  and  one  which,  I  fear,  is  greatly 
on  the  increase,  and  from  which  there  have 
been  immense  losses  to  flock  owners  ;  and  it 
seems  to  me  somewhat  strange  that  they 
have  gone  on  losing  their  flocks,  not  by  an 
odd  one  or  two,  but  in  some  Coses  by  scores,  [ 
with  a  listlessness  of  effort  that  to  me  ap¬ 
pears  unaccountable.  The  first  we  hear  of  is 
this  “  i  am  losing  a  large  number  of  lambs 
from  scour,  and  I  think  there  is  something 
in  my  keep  that  bus  been  prejudicial,  or  does  . 
not  suit  their  digestion  and  when  asked  ( 
what  has  been  done  for  them,  the  reply  Is 
generally,  “  I  have  changed  the  food  ;  they  ! 
were  on  clover,  and  I  changed  them  to  old  ; 
grass or,  “  They  were  on  bare  pasture  f 
where  the  ewes  had  been,  and  now  I  put 
them  on  clover  ;  but  that  makes  no  differ- 
cnee.” 

Here,  again,  diarrhea  was  looked  upon  as 
the  cause  of  the  mortality;  whereas,  upou 
inquiry,  it  is  found  that  they  have  coughed 
very  much,  almost  incessantly,  producing  ]' 
evident  distress.  The  animal  does  not  obtain  1 
uny  relief  by  the  act  of  coughing,  and  a  ° 
greater  obstruction  is  put  upon  the  proper  U. 
aeration  of  the  blood.  Emaciation  of  the 
frame  ensues,  rapidly  ending  in  death.  The 
appetite  is  capricious,  or  almost  wanting,  , 
the  diarrhea  becomes  aggravated,  the  thirst  ‘V 
is  intolerable,  and  the  poor  sufferer  madly  f 
laps  at  anything  of  the  character  of  a  liquid,  V 
straining  with  the  back  arched  and  feet,  V 
drawn  together,  and  in  this  attitude  voids 
small  quantities  of  very  stinking  matter 
sometimes  tinged  with  blood. 

This  trying,  and,  jf  neglected,  fatal  disease  f0< 
is  caused  by  the  presence  of  a  parasite  in  the  en 
throat,  and  called  the  Filar  la  branch iulis,  a  usi 
short  account  of  which  may  not  be  uniuter-  ye 
eating.  ‘  irc 

It  appeal’s  that  if  one  or  two  of  the  worms  fcl 
get  into  the  bronchial  tubes,  they  are.  quite  tin 
sufficient  to  lay  the  foundation  of  extensive 
disease.  Passing  as  far  as  they  can  through 
the  bronchial  tubes,  they  enter  the  air  cells 
of  the  lungs,  and  deposit  their  ova  or  eggs  A 
by  myriads  ;  and  hy  means  of  these  foreign  for 
bodies  an  irritation  is  sot  up,  first  in  the  lin-  low 
mg  membrano  of  the  air  cells,  and  then  in  the 
the  lung  itself.  It  is  estimated  that  one  of  sea 
these  worms  will  produce  millions  upon  mil-  aftt 
lions  of  eggs,  and  thus  we  can  form  some  wit 
idea  of  the  amount  of  mischief  that  ensues,  low 
And  1  have  no  doubt  this  is  propagated  by  co  t 
the  expulsion  of  some  of  these  worms  or  thoj 
their  ova  in  the  act  of  eougidng,  which  are  tity 
again  taken  up  by  other  lambs  while  feeding,  tun 
This  may  account  for  the  Hock  not  all  being  qua 
affected  with  the  same  symptom  at  the  same  shet 
time,  but  gradually  falling  as  the  disease  som 
makes  progress  by  the  development  of  these  £“4 
destructive  pests.  uis  • 


ss  As  delay  in  the  treatment  of  this  disease 
e.  makes  the  cure  more  difficult  ;  therefore  it 
to  will  be  wise  to  have  a  rigid  examination  of 
>f  the  first  dead  carcass  to  determine  the  cause 
ig  of  death.  Prof.  Himonds  says,  in  making  a 
section  of  the  lungs,  taking  the  smallest  pos- 
,0  sible  quantity  upon  the  end  of  a  knife,  just 
,t  sufficient  to  soil  a  piece  of  glass ;  you  will  see 
it  in  the  space  of  the  size  of  a  drop  of  water, 
,e  millions  of  eggs  just  hat  ched  ;  and  if  you  can 
-  find  the  worm  itself,  you  will  see  eggs  in  all 
,1  stages  of  development,  so  that  she  brings 
0  forth  the  young  in  a  living  form,  and  also  in 
v  form  of  eggs  more  or  less  mature.  Now,  the 
j.  diarrhea  here  is  not  a  disease  primarily  af- 
I.  footing  the  alimentary  canul,  therefore  it  can 
1(  be  of  no  use  to  give  astringent  medicine,  nor 
y  will  a  change  of  food  produce  any  good  re- 
y  suit.  But  our  endeavof  must  be  to  get  rid  of 
the  worm  as  it  exists  in  the  bronchial  tube 
H  or  windpipe,  and  to  root  out  the  disease 
f)  which  has  been  produced  in  the  JungB.  The 
inhalation  of  sulphurous  acid  gas,  or  chlorine 
gas,  will  be  found  a  ready  means  where  the 
j  flock  is  large.  Place  the  sheep  in  an  out- 
f  house,  where  they  can  be  made  to  inhale  the 
fumes  of  sulphur  thrown  from  time  to  time 
j  upon  burning  tar,  so  as  thoroughly  to  impreg¬ 
nate  the  air.  By  this  means  tlic  parasite  may 
|  either  be  destroyed,  or  caused  to  quit  the 
parts.  The  chlorine  gas  fumigation,  though 
,  an  efficient  agent,  is,  in  the  hands  of  a  care¬ 
less  person,  very  likely  to  kill  the  sheep,  but, 

,  if  conducted  as  follows,  can  produce  no  ill 
’  effect. 

Having  driven  the  sheep  into  a  convenient 
place,  get  some  chlorinated  lime  (usually 
called  chloride  of  lime),  and  make  it  into  a 
creamy  consistence  with  water  in  a  dish ; 
upon  this  pour  gently  sulphuric  acid,  and 
chlorine  gas  will  be  disengaged,  which,  when 
sufficient  lias  been  disengaged  to  make  it  un¬ 
pleasant  to; the  operator,  lie  should  retire, 
taking  the  apparatus  with  him,  and  leaving 
the  animals  to  inhale  the  medicated  air. 
After  this,  give  some  such  mixture  as  the  fol¬ 
lowing  Take  powdered  niter,  half  pound  ; 
common  salt,  three  pounds  ;  powdered  gin¬ 
ger,  half  pound;  boiling  water,  three  gallons; 
when  nearly  cold,  add  spirit  of  turpentine, 
twenty-four  ounces,  and  shake  all  well  to¬ 
gether,  The  dose  of  this  for  lambs  four  to 
six  months  old  is  two  ounces  or  four  table¬ 
spoon  fuls.  These  doses  may  be  repeated 
every  second  or  third  day  for  a  few  times; 
and  in  localities  where  this  disease  prevails, 
a  few  doses  should  be  given  in  July  and 
August.  This  will  often  prevent  the  scouring 
and  mortality  so  common  among  lambs  when 
fed  upon  turnips.  Lindsecd-cake,  peas,  beans, 
or  grain  should  be  given  unsparingly  in  every 
case  of  this  kind,  and  it  should  lie  given 
before  the  diarrhea  has  rendered  the  digest¬ 
ive  organs  too  weak  to  assimilate  the  food, 
for  we  know,  by  our  own  experience,  t  hat 
when  we  suffer  from  indigestion  no  food, 
however  good,  agrees  with  us  or  docs  us  good, 

So  will  food,  not  digested  in  the  Iamb’s  stom- 
uch  when  weakened  by  disease,  act  as  an  irri¬ 
tant  to  the  stomach  and  bowels,  and  will 
puss  through  the  intestinal  canal  unappropri¬ 
ated  and  undigested.  There  are  some  forms  t 
of  diarrhea  dependent  entirely  upon  worms  t 
in  the  alimentary  canal,  which  cause  direct  t 
irritation  of  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  in-  I  „ 
testines.  It  is  always  difficult  to  discover  the  j  1 


cdpdtl  %0}].ti. 


CORN— ITS  COST  IN  EASTERN  N.  Y. 

As  I  am  a  farmer,  I  will  give  brief  details 
of  growing  crops  this  season,  1873.  By  so 
doing  1  hope  it  will  bring  others  out  on  the 
same  subject.  I  am  unaware  how  many 
farmers  can  give  a  correct  account  of  the 
cost  of  their  crops  ;  out  I  venture  to  say  I 
think  but  a  small  portion  can  do  it  correctly. 
My  crops  this  season  have  been  raised  wholly 
by  hired  labor,  and  I  have  kept  a  true  ac¬ 
count  of  what  all  n  y  products  have  cost ; 
consequently  I,  for  one,  think  I  can  give  a 
correct  account  of  myself.  To  commence,  I 
will  give  cost  of  four  acres  corn  ;  also  the 
cost  per  bushel  of  the  same,  and  what  it  is 
now  worth  in  barn. 

Manure  on  4  acres  of  sod  around .  $20  00 

Plowing  the  1  acres . 10  00 

Harrowing  the  same  one  day .  1  ixj 

Marking  sume  for  corn,  day .  2  00 

GOO  lbs.  piaster .  4  35 

Heed  corn  lor  plant  ing . .  j  35 

Planting  same .  5  00 

Cultivating  twice .  4  00 

Hoeing  twice .  10  (K) 

( tutting  up  corn . . .!.!.!!  5  00 

Drawing  the  1  acre#  in  the  burn .  5  00 

Husking  oiit  the  entire  lot .  ig  00 

I n teres t  on  4  acres  land,  $100  per  acre.  28  00 

Total  cost  on  4  acres. . . . . $120  50 

Deduct  from  the  above  amount  0  tons 

corn  fodder,  $10  per  ton  .  00  00 

$00  50 

From  the  four  acres  I  have  210  bushels 
of  corn,  or  432  bushels  of  ears  ;  making  net 
cost  per  bushel  for  the  corn,  2*  cts. ;  und  it  is 
worth  at  this  time,  in  my  corn  house,  70  cts., 
making  12  cts.  profit  on  each  bushel,  I  will 
say  that  my  corn  crop  pays  the  best  of  any 
crop  I  grow,  and  has  for  the  last  three  years. 

I  will  now  give  cost  of  producing  other 
crops  on  my  farm,  reckoning  the  same  prices 
for  labor  as  I  did  on  corn  crop.  Oats  cast 
me  36  cts.  per  bush.,  worth  at  this  time  50 
cts.  Buckwheat  cost  50  cts.,  worth  now  80 
cts.  Rye  cost  04  cts,,  worth  85  cts.  Pota¬ 
toes  cost  31  cts.,  worth  50  cts.  The  last  men¬ 
tioned  crops  have  not  paid  as  well  as  they 
would  have  done,  had  there  been  more  rain 
during  the  early  part  of  the  season.  But  all 
have  paid,  I  think,  notwithstanding  the  dry 
weather  and  low  prices.  I  would  like  to 
hear  frdta  others  through  the  Ritual,  and, 
hereafter,  will  give  cost  of  articles  of  pro¬ 
duce  from  my  farm.  w.  n.  m. 

Locust  Grove  Farm,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 


j  tops  were  about  all  dead  ;  they  were  planted 
beside  Extra  Early  Vermont,  and  yielded 
just  about  the  same,  which  wan  less  than 
one-half  bushel  of  potatoes,  for  which  1 
would  like  to  take  half  my  money  back 
again.  Now  I  will  tell  you  why  I  say  so. 
The  potatoes  are  a  mean,  dirty  color,  and 
look  about  like  the  old-fashioned  Black  Mer¬ 
cer  which  is  enough  to  condemn  them  if 
their  quality  was  ever  so  good. 

It  is  astonishing  to  me  that  men  that  are 
os  well  known  to  the  public  as  B,  K.  Buss 
&  Roxs  should  send  all  over  the  country  such 
a  miserable  looking  potato  as  these  are;  for 
if  mine  are  a  fair  specimen  of  them  I  would 
not  take  ten  bushels  of  them  as  a  gift,  if  ( 
were  obliged  to  (dar  t  them,  I  think  it  U 
about,  time  thisg  thing  waj  stopped;  for  I 
think  it  is  a  sliutne  that  farmers  should  he 
swindled— I  do  not  know  what  else  to  call  it 
— in  this  way.  I  know  it  may  be  said,  “  You 
had  no  need  to  buy  them  unless  you  were  a 
mind  to.”  Yes  ;  but  what  were  the  induce¬ 
ments  held  out  to  make  the  public  think 
they  were  some  big  thing  i  l  did  not  buy 
these  potatoes  with  any  idea  of  getting  the 
premium  offered  for  the  largest,  yield  ;  but  1 
thought  if  they  were  a  good  potato  I  would 
have  some  as  soon  as  anybody  and  so  I  threw 
away  my  money,  and  I  suppose  hundreds  of 
Other  farmers  did  the  same  thing.  Hoping 
every  one  that  bought  them  will  say  just 
what  ho  thinks  about  them,  I  am,  respect¬ 
fully,  Andrew  «.  Nash. 

West  ford,  Conn. 

In  Rural  New-Yorker,  Nov.  .8,  page  21*8, 
Stephen  Allen  asks  information  in  regard 
to  the  Compton  Surprise  potato.  I  got  one 
pound  of  seed  last  spring;  cut  to  one  eye; 
made  f,2  hills  ;  planted  three  feet  and  one 
und  a-half  in  drills,  covering  one  rod  of 
ground.  Soil,  loam,  rather  poor  and  dry; 
no  manure  used  ;  planted  May  25  ;  tended 
as  I  do  my  field  crop,  that  I  might  know 
what  they  would  do  as  a  field  crop.  I  found 
them  all  ripe  and  tops  dead  Sept.  20;  yield, 
18-8  pounds,  good  size  and  sound  ;  cooking 
quality  good.-A.  Donald,  IIorHeheath,  X.  y. 

EARLY -CUT  GRASS  BEST. 


WATERING  CORN  IN  THE  HILL, 


I  would  like  to  tell  the  readers  of  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  something  about  a 
patch  of  sweet  corn  planted  July  12.  We 
had  planted  before  successively  through  the 
season,  but  on  account  of  the  prolonged 
drouth  but  little  of  it  sprouted  ;  consequent¬ 
ly,  there  was  a  poor  look  for  green  corn  for 
the  table.  Accordingly,  on  the  day  named 
above,  we  planted  28  hills,  using  no  manure 
—it  being  good  garden  soil ;  after  preparing 
the  hills  we  poured  in  half  a  pail  of  water 
to  each  lull,  planted  the  corn  and  covered 
the  usual  depth.  In  five  days  the  corn  was 
up  and  growing  finely  ;  und  from  those  28 
hills  we  pulled  210  ears  of  corn.  Corn  is  also 


real  cause  of  this  species  of  scour,  but  if  the  ,1  1  T  ^  uLs° 

sheep  are  aff  ected  in  large  numbers  and  ih*  ™wh  sweeter  planted  late  in  the  season,  as 


sheep  are  aff  ected  in  large  numbers,  and  the 
I  dung  is  shining  or  covered  with  mucus,  and 
if  all  the  ordinary  means  of  arresting  the 
diarrhea  which  I  have  described  fail,  and  the 
sheep  have  a  goed  appetite,  but  still  lose 
flesh,  we  may  coiue  to  the  conclusion  that 
worms  are  the  cause.  I  would  then  advise 
tlic  daily  use  of  salt,  mixed  with  the  ordinary 
food  at  the  rate  of  a  quarter  of  an  ounce  to 
each  sheep  per  day,  and  the  following  bol¬ 
uses  when  tlie  salt  is  discontinued Take 
Venice  turpentine,  one  dram  ;  sulphate  of 
iron,  two  Scruples  ;  gentian,  two  scruples— 
for  one  bolus,  given  every  second  day,  until 
the  more  urgent  symptoms  are  abated. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

ITCH  IN  SHEEP. 


A  correspondent  who  asks  for  a  remedy 
for  itch  in  sheep,  is  informed  that  the  fol¬ 
lowing  has  been  recommended  :— Shear  off 
the  wool  about  the  pustules,  thou  let  the 
scab  be  removed  with  a  knife  or  a  comb, 
after  which  diseased  parts  must  be  washed 
with  soap  and  water  ;  then  apply  the  fol¬ 
lowing  mixture  One  pound  of  plug  tobac¬ 
co  to  four  gallons  of  water,  which  should  be 
thoroughly  boiled  ;  then  add  the  same  quan¬ 
tity’  of  lime-water  with  one  pint  of  spirits  of 
turpentine,  or  in  these  proportions  if  a  less 
Quantity  is  needed.  After  the  diseased 
sheep  is  shorn  of  its  w  ool,  as  well  as  all  the 
sound  ones,  prepare  a  decoction  of  the  above 
and,  with  a  sponge,  wash  well  the  entire 
body,  which  wall  prevent  a  recurrence  of  the 
disease,  even  if  turned  in  the  old  pasture. 


‘  it  is  not  generally  affected  by  drouth,  which 
hardens  sw’eet  corn  und  takes  much  of  the 
sweetness  out  of  it.  We  should  have  had  no 
sweet  com  for  the  table,  of  our  own  saving, 
had  we  omitted  the  water  in  the  hills  before 
planting.  No  water  was  used  afterwards. 
Nearly  all  the  corn  planted  in  this  vicinity 
failed  to  germinate  the  past  season  ;  espe¬ 
cially’  was  it  the  case  with  corn  previously 
soaked. 

I  w’ould  like  to  ask  one  question  : — Would 
it  not  pay  those  farmers  well  to  have  added 
more  or  less  W’ater  to  the  hill,  w’hich  would 
have  doubly  insured  its  coming  ?  We  ail 
know’  it  to  be  a  great  loss  to  the  farmer  to 
be  obliged  to  plunt  the  second  time,  to  say 
nothing  of  the  delay.  Mrs.  H.  E.  Brown. 
- - 

*  COMPTON’S  SURPRISE  POTATO. 

I  purchased,  last  spring,  one  pound  of  the 
above-named  potatoes,  and  now  I  want  to 
say’  a  few  words  to  the  public  about  them, 
and  I  hope  every  reader  of  the  Rural  New- 
Y  orkbr  who  tried  them  will  say,  through  its 
columns,  just  what  he  thinks  of  them.  1 
think  they’  are  a  great  humbug  ;  and,  worse 
than  that,  l  think  they  are  a  big  swindle.  I 
paid  three  dollars  for  a  pound,  three  potatoes, 
ol  which  I  made  47  pieces  ;  planted  them  in 
a  drill  with  four  pounds  of  ashes  for  ma¬ 
nure,  and  they  were  dusted  once  with  plaster 
after  the  first  hoeing.  They  wore  dug  on 
the  13th  of  September,  at  which  time  the  1 


II  The  German  papers  publish  details  of  a 
Y  series  of  experiments  carried  on  at  the  agi  i- 
0  cultural  schools  of  Fatherland,  for  the  pur- 
’  pose  of  testing  the  nutritive  properties  of 
-  grass  and  hay  at  various  stages.  The  ex¬ 
periments  were  initiated  by  the  excessive 
demand  for  forage  in  Germany,  but  are  not 
the  less  valuable  on  that  account.  By  an 
elaborate  series  of  analyses,  it  is  shown  why 
young  grass  is  more  nutritious  than  mature 
.  grass.  The  physiological  experiments  show 
t  that  it  is'  more  easily  digested.  Thus,  grass 
>  inches  high  contains  nearly  50  percent. 

,  more  of  allmmeuoids  than  gross  which  is  six 
inches  high,  and  about  10  per  cent,  more  of 
“crude  fat”  (5.24  per  cent,  against  4.82). 
The  mature  grass  contains  more  woody  fiber 
and  less  flesh-forming  matter  than  the  young 
grass,  and  besides  this  it  is  found  that  the 
nutritious  albumcnolds  exist  in  a  less  soluble 
form  in  lmy  than  in  young  grass.  Hence  the 
difference  of  nutritive  value  and  digestibility. 
Autumnal  liay  was  found  to  be  more,  nutri¬ 
tious  than  summer  hay. 

- - - 

THE  COST  0E  FIVE  ACRES  0E  BARLEY. 

I  give  the  cost  on  five  acres  of  barley 
grown  the  past  summer,  which  was  only 
about  two-thirds  of  a  crop,  it  being  very  dry 
through  Muy  and  June  : 

214  days  plowing . $  7  50 

Vt  “  dragging . ’ .  ]  50 

*4  drilling  .  1  50 

Ys  ‘‘rolling .  150 

Use  of  drill .  1  (K) 

12(4  bushels  seed  barley .  10  (X) 

Gutting  barley . . .  5  00 

Drawing,  (8  hands  and  teanp .  .  7  50 

Threshing  112  bushels  .  0  00 

Drawing  grain  to  market .  .  4  00 

Interest  on  land .  35  00 

Total .  $80  50 

Or  72  cents  per  bushel.  Product,  112  bushels, 
at  $1.45  pep  bushel,  which  it  sold  for,  makes 
8162.40,  leaving  a  net  profit  of  $81.00.  I 
make  no  account  of  the  straw,  as  it  wants 
that  to  keep  the  land  good. 

Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y.  Gordon  Rowe. 


Pride  ov  Butte  Wheat.— The  California 
Farmer  says  of  it : — This  wheat  is  undoubt¬ 
edly  the  finest  and  purest  ever  shown  on  this 
coast,  and  is  all  that  is  claimed  for  it.  We 
are  advised  by  Mr.  Van  Waert,  the  grower, 
that  60  lbs.  per  acre  of  this  wheat  sown  will 
produce  a  larger  crop  thau  100  lbs.  of  the 
best  of  any  other  variety  now  grown.  To 
show  how  wonderfully  prolific  it  is,  w  o  can 
state  that  the  original  parcel  which  was  sown 
of  this  wheat  in  1870  was  only  half  a  gill— the 
product  in  1872,  130  bushels — and  this  year 
over  one  hundred  tons. 


,§aii[ir  ^usikmlrir. 


WORKING  BAD  MILK. 


An  old  cheese  maker,  Mr.  William  C.  ^ 
Hudson  of  Bangor,  Van  Bureti  Co.,  Mich.,  0 
writes  us  concerning  floating  curds,  their  0 
cause,  and  his  method  of  treating  them  so  as  u 
to  make  “  passable  cheese,”  We  give  such  c 
extracts  from  his  letter  as  apply  to  the  sub-  jj 
ject  named.  The  cause  of  floating  curds,  he  t 
says,  is  in  the  milk  as  it  comes  from  the  cow, 
and  the  condition  can  be  brought  about  in  q 
various  ways.  This  kind  of  milk  lie  dcsig- 
nates  as  “fevered  milk,”  among  tho  chief 
reasons  for  which  are  “allowing  the  cows  to 
be  without  sufficient  shade  and  cool  water  , 
in  hot  weather;  overdriving  the  cows  or  s 
causing  them  to  be  unduly  exercised.”  The  ’ 
milk  thus  becomes  overheated  lief  ore  it  is  , 
drawn  and  is  harder  to  be  acted  upon  by 
rennet  than  milk  in  good  order.  The  curds 
from  “ overheated  milk”  are  long  in  cook 
ing  and  do  not  readily  take  on  that  acidity 
so  essential  in  making  good  cheese  when  the 
milk  is  all  right. 

In  regard  to  the  tVeuLiuenl  of  floating 
curds,  Mr,  Hudson  says:  —  “When  a  curd 
floats,  most  cheese  makers  get  it  out  of  the  ’ 
whey  as  soon  us  possible.  This  is  wrong.  It 
should  be  kept  longer  in  tbe  whey  than  a  ' 
good  curd.  Keup  it  in  until  it  is  so  sour  you  ' 
can  taste  a  sharp  acid  in  the  whey.  This 
cuts  the  curd  so  that  it  becomes  tender,  takes  ’ 
away  nearly  all  the  rancid  taste  and  smell 
and  tho  cheese  will  press  as  solid  as  the  best 
and  it  will  take  a  dose  buyer  to  doted  any' 
imperfection,”  See.,  &e. 

Again  ha  says:  —  “I  presume  you  have 
noticed  curds  that  do  not  float  having  the 
same  smell  that  a  floating  curd  has.  Such 
curds  need  to  bo  cooked  the  same  as  though 
they  floated,  and  they  will  make  a  good,  solid 
cheese,  but  if  treated  otherwise— that  is,  not 
allowed  to  cook  and  develop  sufficient  acid¬ 
ity — tho  cheese  will  huff  and  grow  poorer, 
emitting  a  disagreeable  smell,  and  finally  be¬ 
come  rotten.” 

He  thinks  no  cheese  maker  need  be  at  a 
I03S  to  know  what  kind  of  a  curd  to  expect 
if  he  will  be  particular  to  notice  the  smell  of 
each  can  of  milk  as  it  is  emptied  at  the  fac¬ 
tory. 

There  are  some  kinds  of  milk,  he  says, 
which  ought  not  to  be  taken  to  the  factory, 
and  one  kind  is  described  in  particular  as 
follows  :  —  “When  a  cow  refuses  to  give  her 
usual  mess  of  milk  for  a  day  and  on  tho  next 
milking  gives  more  than  the  usual  quantity, 
there  will  be  milk  in  this  mess  twenty-four 
hours  old.  Tills  kind  of  milk,  he  says,  works 
mischief  on  account  of  its  early  decomposi¬ 
tion,  uud  occurring,  as  it  often  does,  in  dif¬ 
ferent  herds  on  the  same  day  and  mingled 
with  tho  good  milk  that  goes  to  the  factory, 
the  whole  is  more  or  less  injured,  causing 
not  unfroquontly  “sour  cheese.” 

Mr.  Hudson  says  the  way  to  treat  such 
milk  after  it  arrives  at  the  factory  [he  does 
not  state  how  such  milk  is  to  be  detected] 
is  to  heat  it  to  98*  Fall,  before  putting  in  the 
rennet.  This  extra  heat,  h<*  thinks,  arrests 
decomposition  and  allows  the  cheese  maker 
sufficient  time  to  finish  up  his  work  in  the 
usual  manner  without  experiencing  the 
trouble  that  would  follow  had  the  milk  been 
set  with  rennet  at  a  low  temperature.  We 
give  Mr.  Hudson’s  views  us  we  have  those 
of  others,  since  practical  experience  is  always 
more  or  less  suggestive. 

We  may  remark,  however,  in  this  connec¬ 
tion,  that  the  cause  of  floating  curds  and 
their  t  reatment  are  now  pretty  well  under¬ 
stood  by  the  best  cheese  makers  of  New 
York.  And  the  best  known  methods  of 
treating  such  curds  have  from  time  to  time 
been  discussed  in  these  columns.  Floating 
curds  should  always  be  ground  in  a  curd- 
mill  and  freely  exposed  to  the  atmosphere— a 
point  which  does  not  seem  to  be  touched 
'  upon  by  our  correspondent. 

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N.  Y.  STATE  DAIRYMEN’S  ASSOCIATION. 


Of  the  agricultural  meetings  to  be  held 
the  coming  winter,  tho  Dairymen’s  conven¬ 
tions  will  he  prominent  in  importance  and 
will  be  well  worth  attending  by  farmers, 
whether  they  be  dairymen  or  otherwise. 
These  annual  conventions  of  dairymen  have 
now  become  established  institutions  in  a 
number  of  States,  stretching  in  an  unbroken 
lino  from  New  England  to  the  Northwest. 
In  Vermont  the  gatherings  have  usually 
been  very  large.  The  American  Association 
has  always  had  an  attendance  of  800  to  1,000 
persons.  The  attendance  at  the  Canadian 
Association  is  not  much  less,  while  in  Ohio, 
Michigan  and  in  the  Northwest  dense  crowds 
not  unfrequently  pack  tho  largest  halls  that 


can  be  had  in  the.  places  where  the  meetings 
are  located.  •  A  great  diversity  of  subjects 
relating  to  fanning  is  discussed  at  these 
meetings,  and  distinguished  agriculturists 
are  employed  to  give  addresses. 

The  New  York  State  Dairymen's  Associa¬ 
tion  and  Board  of  Trade  will  open  its  series 
of  meetings  at  Sim  lairville,  Chautauqua  Co., 
on  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  December  lOfcti 
uud  11th,  1873.  The  Secretary  of  the  Asso¬ 
ciation,  Hon.  Josiah  Shu  lib  of  liion,  N.  Y., 
has  seat  out  the  following  programme  for 
the  Convention  : 

At  11  A.  M.,  on  Wednesday,  Dee.  10th,  the 
Convention  will  be  called  to  order  for  trans¬ 
action  of  preliminary  business.  Two  o’clock 
P.  M.,  Opening  Address,  by  the  President, 
X,  A.  Wii.t.akd.  Addresses  will  be  given 
by  Hon.  Hakhis  Lewis  of  Herkimer  Co., 
subject,  “Adaptation;”  by  E.  J.  Wickson 
of  the  Utica  Herald,  subject,  “Feeding  at  a 
Mark,”  illustrated  by  charts  and  diagrams  ; 
by  L,  13.  Arnold,  Secretary  of  tho  American 
Dairymen’s  Association,  subject  not  an¬ 
nounced.  On  Wednesday  evening  Hon. 
John  Stanton  Gould  of  Hudson,  N.  Y., 
will  give  the  Annual  Address. 

The  following  well-known  gentlemen  have 
been  invited  to  deliver  addresses  at  the  Con¬ 
vention  —  Ex.  Oov.  Horatio  Seymour  of 
Utica ;  Hon.  E.  W.  Stewart  of  the  Live 
Stock  Journal,  Buffalo,  subject,  “  Feeding 
for  the  Production  of  Milk;”  Anson  Bart- 
lkt,  of  Ohio  and  others,  will  be  present,  and 
speak. 

The  Executive  Committee  in  their  circular 
state  that  they  have  selected  Sim  lairville  as 
the  place  for  holding  the  Convention,  at  tho 
earnest  request  of  dairymen  in  the  western 
part  of  tho  State,  and  t  hat  the  officers  in  an¬ 
nouncing  the  Convention  believe  they  are 
justified  in  assuring  the  public  that,  a  meet¬ 
ing  of  unusual  interest,  both  as  regards  num¬ 
bers  present  and  the  importance  of  the.  sub¬ 
jects  to  be  considered,  may  be  anticipated. 

Sinclairville  is  on  the  Dunkirk,  Allegany 
Valley  and  Pittsburg  Railroad,  and  is  acces¬ 
sible  from  Dunkirk  on  the  Lake  Shore  Rail¬ 
road,  and  from  Warren,  on  the  Philadelphia 
and  Erie  Railroad,  and  from  Crossing,  near 
Falconers,  on  the  Atlantic  and  Great  West¬ 
ern  Railroad. 


Preparing  Milk  for  Transportation.— I 
see  in  tho  Rural  New-Yorker  an  inquiry 
from  one  of  your  correspondents  in  Texas 
how  to  keep  milk  from  souring  before  he 
can  get  it  to  market.  I  will  give  you  my 
plan.  Have  had  long  experience  both  with 
milk  and  cream.  I  scald  before  cooling  and 
add  a  teaspoonful  of  biscuit  soda  to  a  gallon 
of  cream  or  milk.  It  rather  improves  than 
otherwise,  and  it  will  keep  much  longer  and 
will  prevent  the  garlic  taste  whore  garlic 
grows.— V.  G.  Austin,  Uhothinytnn,  l).  V. 


i?  (goriienmn. 


BREEDING  MULE. 


A  correspondent  of  the  London  Field 
furnishes  that  paper  with  tho  following  : 
“At  the  present  time  there  is  to  be  seen  in 
the  Jardin  d’ Acclimation  at  Paris  a  phenom¬ 
enal  sight  in  the  shape  of  an  Arab  horse,  a 
Morocco  mule,  and  their  foal.  The  foal,  a 
female,  was  born  In  Algeria  in  the  present 
year,  and  its  birth  having  been  duly  attested, 
and  the  whole  of  the  otrei  mi  stances  connected 
with  the  case  properly  authentlcal,  the  trio 
were  purchased  by  M.  GeolYroy  St.  Hilaire 
for  the  Jardin  d’ Acclimation. 

“  Tho  very  few  authentieal  instances  of  the 
mule  producing  young  alive  make  tho  pres¬ 
ent  case  remarkably  interesting  to  physiolo¬ 
gists.  Although  I  have  frequently  seen  it 
broadly  stated  that  mules  occasionally  pro- 
duco  foals  in  Portugal,  and  also  in  the  West, 
Indies,  it  is  allowed  on  all  hands  t  hat,  as  a 
matter  of  fac-t,  those  hybrids  are  very  rarely 
born  alive;  and  M.  Ay raul t,  tho  experienced 
veterinarian  of  Niort,  states  in  his  ’L’ Indus 
trie  Mulussiere,  that  he  ‘  lias  never  heard 
mention  made  of  gestation  in  the  nude  in 
Poitou/  This  statement  odds  considerably 
to  the  phenomenal  character  of  the  present 
production,  as  the  field  for  observation,  in 
matters  of  this  kind  in  Poitou  is  exception¬ 
ally  extensive. 

“  A  similar  case  of  a  mule  producing  a  liviug 
foal  wo*  some  three  or  four  years  ago  report¬ 
ed  to  the  Societe  d’ Acclimation  as  having 
occurred  at  Mont  do  Marsan,  in  which  the 
dam  was  described  as  manifesting  a  profound 
indifference  for  her  offspring,  and  as  not 
exhibiting  the  slightest  yearning  when  sep¬ 
arated  from  it. 

“M.  St.  Hilaire  writes  me  that  a  second 
hybrid  of  tho  same  kind  may  be  expected  in 


April  next  from  the  same  mule.  He  further 
says  that  he  has  bought  the  animals  solely  in 
the  cause  Of  science  (it  may  be  truly  said  he  ■ 
rescued  them  from  certain  death);  but,  the  e 
Jardin  not  having  been  established  for  the  < 
purpose  of  making  zoological  experiments,  it  <: 
is  intended  to  offer  them  for  sale.  It  will  be  t 
a  pity  if  such  an  opportunity  as  apparently  1 
t  he  present  is,  of  adding  a  new  species  to  the  i 
animal  kingdom  should  be  allowed  to  go  by 
without  advantage  being  taken  of  it.” 


FEEDING  A  SPRING  COLT.  j 

Will  some  of  your  readers  inform  me  how  « 
to  feed  a  spring  colt  i  How  many  oats  should  ] 
I  feed  him,  and  bran  and  oil  meal  to  keep 
him  in  good  growing  condition  (  He  has  a 
good  box  stall,  1“  by  12  to  run  in.  How  much 
hav  should  he  have  l  Would  cut  hay  and 
straw  be  better  than  uncut  hay  1  Do  you 
think  oil  meal,  mixed  with  ground  oats  and 
corn,  good  fur  work  horses  '  We  feed  it  with 
out  chaff,  wet  with  hot  water  in  winter  and 
cold  water  in  summer.  They  look  very  well. 
Do  yon  think  there  is  more  danger  of  feeding 
the  colt  too  much  than  too  little  grain  i — 

.1.  w.  T. 

There  is  no  rule  that  applies  to  all  colts,  as 
to  the  amount  of  feed  they  need,  any  more 
than  there  is  to  men  and  women.  Tho  kind 
and  amount  of  food  that  will  satisfy  and 
benefit,  one  man  or  women  will  not  benefit 
another.  So  it  is  with  other  animals.  J.  W. 

T.  should  experiment  and  observe  for  him¬ 
self.  Oats  and  bran  are  both  good  for  grow 
ing  colts.  Oil  meal  in  small  quantity  will 
not  harm  them  ;  but  it  should  be  led  moder¬ 
ately.  There,  is  danger  of  feeding  some  ani¬ 
mals  too  much  ;  there  are  other  individual 
animals  that  will  not  eat  more  than  is  good 
for  them,  no  matter  how  much  you  place 
before  them.  All  are  not  alike  in  this  re¬ 
spect.  One  horse  will  gorge  himself  so  as  to 
be  unfit  for  service,  while  another,  standing 
beside  him,  with  the  same  opportunities,  will 
only  satisfy  his  hunger.  The  first  should 
have  the  quantity  of  his  food  regulated  for 
himself.  A  small  proportion  of  oil  meal  is 
good  for  work  horses.  The  amount  must 
depend  upon  the  physique  and  natural  feeding 
qualities  of  the  animal.  Only  observation 
and  experiment  can  determine  in  individual 
cases.  Thus  much  in  general  terms.  If  any 
of  our  readers  can  be  more  specific,  we  shall 
be  glad  to  hear  from  them. 

INSERTING  COINS  FOR  SWELLING. 

“ Veterinarian  ”  in  Chicago  Tribune 
says  ; — Some  time  ago  I  was  requested  to 
perform  a  singular  operation,  which  I.  will 
relate  simply  to  illustrate  a  peculiar  piece  of 
quackery  agaim^;  Sweeny.  J  had  to  cut  two  | 
coins  out  of  the  lleslx  of  a  living  horse.  Both  J 
were  healed  in  the  connective  tissue  just 
beneath  the  skin ;  the  one  on  the  right 
shoulder,  a  few'  inches  above  and  behind  the 
shoulder  joint,  and  the  other  a  little  deeper, 
a  few  inches  below  and  behind  the  shoulder 
joint.  The  first  one  proved  to  be  a  Papal 
silver  coin  with  tho  likeness  of  PioNcno,  and 
the  other  a  simple  American  dime  with  the 
Goddess  of  Liberty.  Both  coins,  according 
to  the  information  given  me  by  the  owner 
of  the  horse,  were  inserled’tliere  by  a  quack 
:  for  the  purpose  of  curing  Sweeny.  Neither 
l  of  these  coins  however,— neither  that  with 
the  portrait  of  His  Holiness,  nor  that  with 
i  the  image  of  the  Goddess,— proved  to  be  as 
t  infallible  a  remedy  as  the  quack  may  have 
L  expected,  for  the  horse  was  lame  yet,  not- 
,  withstanding  that  the  coins  had  occupied 
i  their  peculiar  purse  under  the  skin  of  the 
>  living  animal  for  over  two  years. 


satisfied  that  slabbering  horses  are  often, 
and  perhaps  invariably,  (unless  when  in  pas¬ 
ture)  caused  by  the  bit,  and  the  cure  is,  use 
a  smaller  wire.  \V  1 13'  (  Because  the  teeth 
upon  the  lower  jaw,  are  too  near  to  each 
other;  hence  the  bit  won’t  go  between 
them,  and  the  horse  is  compelled  to  carry 
his  moutlr  partially  open  and  his  power  to 
swallow  is  nullified. 

A  Blabbering  horse  is  as  disgusting  as  a 
nasty  table-girl ;  If  1  can’t  cure  either  I  get 
rid  of  them.  My  rule  is  “don’t  buy  him” 
and  yet  1  bought  one  last  summer,  because 
he  matched  another  and  was  all  right,  ex¬ 
cepting  that  disgusting  habit ;  it  was  on 
him  (and  the  cure  is  radical)  that  I  learned 
the  above  fact.  D.  R.  Barker. 

Kredtitda,  N.  Y. 


NOTES  FOR  HORSEMEN. 

Itching  of  the.  Tail.— I  have  a  horse  that  is 
troubled  with  an  itching  of  the  tail.  Is  it 
dandruff,  or  is  it  a  parasite  (or  insect)  in  the 
skin  that  causes  tho  trouble  1  Will  some  of 
your  readers  please  inform  a  subscriber  of 
your  valuable  paper,  through  its  columns,  of 
a  remedy  V—W.  D.  G.,  Pa. 

Wlinle  Oil  for  Hols.— Tho  Popular  Science 
Monthly  says  whale  oil  was  poured  on  a 
piece  of  a  horse’s  stomach  that  was  covered 
with  bot-worms,  and  it  made  them  let  go 
their  hold  aud  die  immediately. 

Cure  for  Brittle  Feet. — Wash  tile  horses’ 
feet  clean,  When  dry  apply  with  a  brush,  to 
tho  hoof  only,  a  coating  of  this  mixture  : 
Fish  oil,  one  part  ;  vegetable  tar,  one  part  ; 
oil  of  tar,  one-eighth  part. 


STRANGLES  IN  COLTS. 

The  New  York  Tribune  says  : — “  This  com¬ 
plaint,,  known  commonly  as  distemper,  is 
nothing  serious.  The  swelling  which  appears 
at  the  junction  of  the  jaws  and  throat  will  in 
time  break  of  itself  and  disappear.  The  only 
treatment  necessary  is  to  give  the  colt  soft 
feed,  with  bran  mashes,  and  no  medicine  at 
all.  The  appetite,  which  falls  off  while  the 
fever  accompanying  the  disorder  remains, 
will  return  as  soon  as  the  abscess  has  broken. 
If  the  enlargement  increases  to  such  an  ex 
tent  as  to  threaten  partial  suffocation,  it  may 
be  opened  with  a  lancet  and  discharged.  No 
poultice  should  be  applied  to  the  swelling. 
Sometimes,  when  tho  abscess  refuses  to 
break,  or  is  slow  in  suppurating,  it  may  bo 
hastened  by  rubbing  it  with  a  little  oint¬ 
ment,  composed  of  one  part  Spanish  flies  and 
six  parts  of  lard. 

. - ♦♦♦ - - 

REMEDY  FOR  SLABBERING  HORSES. 


FEEDING  BEES. 

Last  spring  wo  had  made  up  our  mind  to 
remove  all  the  honey  with  the  extractor 
from  our  hives,  but  as  the  honey  gathered 
this  year  is  of  such  a  good  quality  we  have 
concluded  to  risk  it  once  more. 

The  readers  of  the  Journal  will  remember 
that  my  mode  of  mixing  the  syrup  is  about 
this  To  six  pounds  of  granulated  sugar 
add  five  pints  of  water,  boil  five  minutes. 

That  is  our  experience  for  the  past  fifteen 
years.  One  of  the  best  ami  most  distinguished 
apiarians  in  the  United  States  informed  me 
last  spring  that  ho  put  about  the  same 
amount  of  water  with  iris  sugar  as  Mr.  Root 
does.  I  inquired  if  it  didn’t  crystallize,  and 
his  reply  was  no.  Home  time  in  May,  I  re¬ 
ceived  a  nuclei  hive,  containing  five  (5) 
frames,  of  that  gentleman  and  the  way  the 
granulated  sugar  rattled  out  of  those  combs, 
made  mo  think  that  that  man  was  not  quite 
as  observing  as  he  might  be.  However,  we 
|  think  that  four  pints  to  six  pounds  of  sugar 
will  do  in  October,  if  it  is  boiled  10  minutes. 

Wo  think  tho  cheapest  (and  can’t  say  but 
what  it  is  the  best)  feeder  hi  use,  is  the  one 
Mr.  Langsbrot.il  has  spoken  of,  that  is  lie 
mentioned  it  to  me,  don’t  remember  of  his 
describing  it  in  the  Journal.  It  is  made  of 
an  oyster  can  or  a  tomato  can,  holding 
about  a.  quart.  Two  combs  are  tied  together 
at  the  largest  end.  One  is  put  in  the  can  for 
the  bees  to  run  down  on,  while  the  other  is 
left  outside  for  them  to  runup  on.  As  thero 
|  is  no  patent  upon  this  of  course  it  must  be  a 
good  one.  Our  way  of  feeding  bees  is  to 
give  each  stock  in  .September  or  October, 
enough  to  last  them  through  tho  winter. 
Nursing  and  feeding  bees  in  winter  is  with¬ 
out  profit.  We  are  of  tho  opinion  that  bees 
-will  winter  well  throughout  the  Northern 
States,  but  in  t  hose  parts  of  the  South  where 
it  has  been  so  wet  all  summer  we  think  they 
will  winter  poorly.  One  year  ago  we  stated 
in  these  columns  that  it  was  our  opinion  that 
the  loss  of  so  many  bees  the  previous  winter, 
was  owing  to  the  poor  quality  of  food  gath¬ 
ered  by  the  bees  the  season  of  ’71.  We  are 
of  that  opinion  still,  and  we  find  hundreds 
who  came  to  the  same  concision. 

In  those  sections  where  the  honey  is  poor, 
we  advise  the  removal  ol’  it,  und  sugar  syrup 
fed  instead.  This  is  the  only  sure  way  to 
save  the  bees. 

Last  season  very  little  pollen  was  collected 
here,  aud  the  consequence  was  the  bees  left 
,  off  breeding  very  early. 

This  season  pollen  is  abundant,  and  at  this 
[  time  (Sept.  11th)  my  liives  have  nearly  as  7 
much  food  as  they  had  in  the  spring— or  last  • 
of  May,  rather.  F 

We  shall  expect  them  to  commence  breed¬ 
ing  at  the  usual  time  next  spring.  V oiy  few 
bees  in  these  parts  commenced  breeding  last 
spring,  earlier  than  first  of  May,  as  the 


The  modus  operand!  by  which  any  man  ^Ser  than  finit  of  MayT  aA  the 

learns  a  fact,  is  not  necessary  to  be  stated,  wuutner  was  so  cold  no  pollen  couid  be  col- 
when  the  mere  statement  of  the  fact  at  once  iected  sooner  than  that  time.— H.  Alley, 
reveals  the  proof.  I  have  tested,  until  I  am  Wenha/m ,  Mas*. ,  in  American  Bee  Journal. 


annual  fair  in  Gloucester,  he  told  us  that  by 
stirring  the  tar  then  in  the  troughs  many  of 
them  would  effectually  bar  the  passage  of 
the  grub.  These  statements  seem  to  show 
that  the  trees  will  require  but  little  labor  or 
expense  for  several  years  after  the  trough  is 
put  down.  We  have  also  made  inquiry  of 
other  parties  who  have  used  these  troughs, 
and  the  testimony  Is  unanimous  as  to  their 
effectiveness  when  properly  used. 

“  The  troughs  used  by  Mr.  Leach  differ 


one  inch  deep  shouJd  be  made,  and  the  seed 

covehr LLarly  Sri,ne  eowed>  thinly,  and  then 
covered  pressing  the  soil  down  firmly  over 

the  seed.  This  may  be  done  the  last  week  in 
March,  and  by  the  time  the  weather  is  set¬ 
tled  and  the  ground  warm  enough  in  the 
open  ground  to  plant  cucumbers,  the  plants 
m  the  frame  will  be  two  or  three  inches 
high,  with  the  first  red  leaf  well  developed, 
these  young  plants  may  then  be  lifted,  with¬ 
out  disturbing  the  roots,  and  transplanted 
mto  the  open  ground,  without  checking 
their  growth  in  the  least.  By  following  this 
simple  plan  there  is  no  danger  to  be  appre¬ 
hended  from  the  striped  bug,  for  the  plants 
are  already  far  enough  advanced  to  be  proof 
against  such  attacks.  In  the  space  of  a  single 
sash,  3  by  0,  enough  plants  can  be  started  in 
ns  u  a>  to  plant  75  hill* — twice  the  number 
usually  planted  for  family  use  at  any  one 


OUR  COMMON  INSECTS 


TO  RAISE  EARLY  CUCUMBERS 


A  POPULAR  Account  of  the  Insects  of  our 
Tree:},  Forests,  Gardens  and  Houses.  Illus¬ 
trated  with  4  steel  plates  and  ;2t58  wood  cuts. 
By  A. 8.  Packard,  Jr.,  Salem  (Mass.)  Natural¬ 
ist  Agency. 

A  few  years  since,  when  the  author  of  the 
above  named  work  announced  that  he  was 
preparing  a  work  to  which  he  had  given  the 
very  expressive  title  of  “A  Guide  to  the 
Study  of  Insects,”  we  began  to  hope  that 
the  novice  in  Entomology  was  at  lust  to  have 
n  book  that  would  be  of  real  practical  ser 
vice.  But  when  the  work  came  to  hand  we 
found  the  author  had  made  a  most  lamenta¬ 
ble  failure  ;  that  is.  if  he  intended  the  text 
to  harmonize  or  fully  sustain  the  title.  In¬ 
stead  of  a  book  to  help  yotmg  beginners,  it 
was  really  a  hand-book  for  those  well  versed 
in  the  science;  in  other  words  it  was  a  mere 
compilation  of  the  opinions  and  discoveries 
of  various  scientific  entomologists,  with  a 
few  of  the  editor's  thrown  in.  The  author 
appears  to  have  been  so  afraid  that  the  world 
would  doubt  his  scientific  attainments  that 
he  lost  sight  of  the  title  of  his  book  and 
wandered  off  over  the  entire  world,  and  up 
into  the  realms  of  speculative  theories, 
which  of  course  necessitated  the  spreading 
out  of  entomological  knowledge  so  thin  that 
very  little  practical  substance  could  b«  lilt 
upon  at  any  one  point.  ^ 

Now  what  shall  he  said  of  the  work  before 
us,  with  such  a  charming  title,  “  Our  Com¬ 
mon  Insects  ?”  We  are  at  a  loss  for  a  better 
description  of  it  than  to  say  that  it  is  a  part 
of  the  same  old  hash — warmed  over  and 
served  tip  at  half  price.  The  price  of  the 
first  work,  to  which  we  have  referred,  is  ; 
this  one,  $2.50.  We  are  informed  in  the  title 
that  there  are  three-  original  outs  in  the 
work.  Yes,  all  of  three  out  of  308 !  The 
Introduction  and  Chapter  XIII.  are  also  said 
to  have  been  written  expressly  for  this  work. 
We  have  no  wish  to  depreciate  the  value  of 
this  work,  for  it  is  really  a  good  one  of  its 
kind,  although  far  short  of  what  the  author 
is  capable  of  doing,  if  he  would  come  down 
from  his  scientific  Pegasus  ;  but  we  do  most, 
earnestly  enter  our  protest  against  this  far 
too  common  practice  of  subdividing  and  cut¬ 
ting  up  one  large  work  into  several  and  send¬ 
ing  out  each  part  under  tnkluij  titles,  and  as 
new  and  original, 

It  may  be  said,  as  a  modifying  plea,  that 
the  author  disclaims  originality  in  the  pref¬ 
ace;  but-  of  this  the  purchaser  is  not  informed 
until  lie  obtains  idle  work.  If  a  person  has  al¬ 
ready  obtained  Packard’s  Guide  to  the  Study 
of  Insects  he  has  little  use  for  the  later  work, 

“  Our  Common  Insects.” 


P.  T.  Quinn  writes  the  N.  Y.  Tribnne  as 
follows  : — Cucumbers  for  early  use  may  be 
forced  in  hot-beds.  For  this  purpose  the 
beds  nead  not  be  started  until  the  middle  of 
March,  for  when  the  young  vines  are  above 


IN  ONION  IS  STRENGTH, 


take  people  into 
notice  the  absence 
rked.  In  onion  is 
without  it  lacks 
■appings  is 
vegetables,  and 
represents  the  essence 
can  almost  be  said  to  have  a 
-  coat  after  coat,  and  the 
;  and,  when  the  last  one 
onion 
you  can  weep 
I  know  that  there 
prejudice  against  the 
(t  is  rather  a  cowardice 


of  onions.  It  is  very  mi 
strength  ;  and  a  garden 
flavor.  The  onion  in  its  satin  wr 
among  the  most  beautiful  of 
it  is  tlie  only  one  that 
of  things.  It  i 
soul.  You  takeoff 
onion  is  still  there 

is  removed,  who  dare  say  that  the 
itRelf  is  destroyed,  though 
over  its  departed  spirit  t 
is  supposed  to  be  a 
onion,  but  I  think  ther 
in  regard  to  it. 

I  doubt  not  that  all  men  and  wo 
the  onion  ;  but  few  confess  their  I 
faction  for  it  is  concealed.  Good 
glanders  are  as  shy  of  owning  it  as 
of  talking  about  religion.  Some  pc 
days  on  which  they  eat  onion — w 
might  call  “retreats,”  or  their  “  Tilt 
The  act  is  in  the  nature  of  a  religi 
mony,  an  Eleusinian  mystery  ;  not 
of  it  must  get  abroad.  On  that  day- 
no  compauy  ;  they  deny  the  kiss  of 
to  the  (1  cures t  friend  ;  they  rotir 
themselves  and  hold  communion  t 
of  the  most  pungent  and  penetratu 

testations  or  tlie  moral  s^Pt„hi, 


New  Mexico  Siieep  Camps  at  Nioitt. 


from  those  of  Mr,  Sawyer  only  iu  Jinv  ug  a 
triangular  channel,  which  Mr.  Sawyer  ad¬ 
mits  to  be  an  improvement.  Mr.  Leach 
thinks  his  troughs  cau  be  furnished  ready  for 
the  trees  at  twenty-five  cents  each,  as  or¬ 
chard*  average.  Of  course  tlie  expense  will 
largely  depend  on  the  quality  of  the  lumber 
used. 

"  The  application  of  tar  or  printers’  ink  to 
the  trunk  of  the  tree,  with  or  without  tarred 
paper,  is  probably  the  most  common  method 
of  preventing  the  ascent  of  the  grub.  It  is 
generally  believed  that  ink  is  better  than  tar, 
because  it  requires  less  frequent,  application  ; 
still  there  is  a  wide  difference  in  the  esti¬ 
mates  of  its  value  by  those  who  have  used  it. 

“  These  methods  of  preventing  the  ravages 
of  the  canker  worm  are  all  that  have  been 
brought  to  the  notice  of  the  committee. 
Any  of  them  properly  used  will  doubtless 
prevent  serious  loss  in  the  crop  of  apples,  but 
the  farmer  desires  to  use  that  method  which 
best  combines  economy  and  effeetivoaesa. 
None  of  t  hem  will  prove  satisfactory  without 
the  utmost  care  in  their  application,  for  the 
grub  is  a  most  persistent  and  determined 
creature  and  only  succumbs  to  impossibili¬ 
ties.  But  it  is  also  true,  that  the  more  tlior-  I 
oughly  t  he  t  r  ees  are  protected  the  less  the  , 
attention  afterwards  required. 

The  first  year  t  hat  tar,  ink  or  any  sub-  | 
stanoe  which  kills  the  grub  |is  used,  there  is 
constant  danger  that  they-  will  appear  in  suoh 
numbers  as  to  “  bridge  over,”  an  dthus  ena- 


DESTRUCTION  OF  CANKER  WORMS 


The  Essex,  Mass.,  Agricultural  Society  of¬ 
fered  a  premium  of  £100  for  “a  new,  cheap 
aud  effectual  remedy  against  t  he  ravages  ol' 
the  Canker  Worm.”  From  the  Report  of 
the  Committee  we  take  the  following  ex¬ 
tracts  : 

“The  protector  used  by  Mr.  Sawyer  is 
simply  a  trough  or  gutter  laid  upon  the 
ground  around  the  tree  and  filled  with  eoaJ 
tar  from  the  gas  works.  The  troughs  used 
by  Mr.  Sawyer  are  made  of  two-by-three 
joists  sawn  from  two-iuch  plnuk.  A  channel 
an  inch  or  more  deep  and  an  inch  and  a-half 
wide  is  grooved  out  and  the  stock  is  then 
saw u  off  in  a  mitre-box  at  suitable  lengths 
for  different  sized  trees,  and  the  pieces  nailed 
together,  one  side  slightly,  so  that  it  can  be 
easily  removed  when  placed  around  the  tree, 
A  square  box  or  trough  is  thu*  made  which 
is  laid  level  on  the  ground  around  tlie  tree. 
The  space  between  trough  and  tree  trunk  is 
filled  with  dirt,  the  trough  itself  filled  with 
coal  tar  from  the  gas  works,  and  the  work  is 
done. 

“  On  plowed  land  it  is  easy  to  level  up  the 
earth  around  the  tree,  but  on  gr  ass-ground  it 
may-  be  necessary  to  carry  sand  or  dirt  on 
which  to  place  the  trough.  The  troughs  first 
used  by  Mr.  Sawyer  had  a  cover  of  boards  to 
prevent  the  rain  and  leaves  getting  into  the 
tar.  But  he  finds  the  plain  troughs  just  as 
effective  at  less  than  half  the  expense,  al¬ 
though  of  course  they  require  a  little  more 
care.  He  states  that  he  made  his  troughs 
himself,  and  that  they  cost  him  from  twelve 
to  seventeen  cents  peigtrec. .  Of  course  the.v 
can  be  made  from,  the  cheapest,  coarsest 
plank,  and  after  they  are  laid  down  the  tar 
will  help  to  preserve  them  many  years.  The 
cost  of  coal-tar  is  said  to  be  small. 

“  Air.  Sawyer  states  that  lieifouud  it  neces¬ 
sary  to  stir  the  tar  but  two  or  three  times  in  j 
the  spring  or  fall,  and  that  few  troughs  re-  < 
quired  refilling.  _  At  the  time  of  holding  the  i 


THE  POTATO  ONION. 

^R-  R-  Keep  of  Maine,  says,  in  Vermont 
Far  mer  The  most  striking  peculiar  ity  of 
the  potato  onion  is  that  it  wants  to  be  plant¬ 
ed  or  set  out  rn  tlie  fall  instead  of  in  tire 
spring.  All  who  have  used  it  have  learned 
the  difficulty  of  keeping  it  through  the  win- 


from  hard  freezing  ;  then  remove  to  the  dry- 
est  part  of  the  cellar,  and  in  spite  of  all  we 
can  do  they  will  grow  or  rot  before  we  can 
set  them  out  in  the  spr  ing,  and  if  planted 
after  new  roots  have  started  the  process  dis¬ 
turbs  their  growth  and  diminishes  their  size. 

Now,  the  French  people  here  who  have 
cultivated  and  raised  these  onions  more 
than  any  others  have  long  been  in  the  habit 
of  preparing  their  lands  and  setting  them 
out  in  the  fall.  In  this  way  they  make  sure 
of  their  seed,  which  might  otherwise  be  lost 
by  rot,  for  we  never  find  an  onion  of  this 
sort  hurt  by  winter  freezing  in  the  ground, 
but  find  them  well  started  to  grow  when 
the  snow  goes  off.  How  this  would  be 
where  they  do  not  have  much  snow  aud 
much  frozen  ground,  I  cannot  stiv,  but  this 
is  always  the  ease  here.  If  they  can  have 
highly  manured  laud,  and  the  benefit  ol 
their  first  star  t  in  growth,  they  will  grow  to 
a  good  size.  Another  thing  not  generally 
understood  is  that  the  smaller  the  seed  the 
better  the  growth.  We  break  the  clusters 
apart,  pick  out  the  largest  to  cook,  and  plant 
the  smallest,  and  the  French  even  cut  them 
in  two.  Tli  is  may  seem  an  anomaly  iu  scien¬ 
tific  culture,  but  it  is  the  case  in  this  one 
thing,— the  “wee  bits”  make  the  largest 
onions. 


Fig.  :i.— UOUNfiNG  .sheep  j.\  New  Mexico.— (See  page  &39.) 

ble  some  to  cross  on  the  dead  bodies  of  their 
comrades.  But  after  an  orchard  has  been 
well  protected,  there  is  little  danger-  that  the 
grubs  will  next  year-  go  up  in  sufficient  num¬ 
bers  to  do  this.” 


moisten  tlie  soil,  but  notijenough  to  saturate 
the  bed.  These  few  general  directions,  if 
followed,  will  put  one  on  the  right  path  to 
raise  cucumbers  under  glass.  Those  who  en¬ 
joy  cucumbers  and  cannot  afford  the  time 
or  expense  in  forcing  them,  can,  by  a  little 
trouble,  have  cucumbers  fit  fur  table  use  at 
least  a  mouth  earlier  in  the  garden  than 
when  grown  in  the  ordinary  way.  For  this 
purpose  a  single  sash  and  frame,  with  or 
without  bottom  heat,  in  which  to  sow  the 
seed,  will  be  all-sufficient.  Shallow  drills 


Number  of  JLepidoptera  in  the  World. 

Peter  Maas  sen  has  recently  read  a  paper- 
in  which  he  computes  the  number  of  Lepi- 
doptera  at  29,740  ;  but  Scientific  Opinion  es¬ 
timates  io  at  221,240  species. 


I  for  J’.o  was  suffering  so  from  the  terrible  ein- 
!  brace  that  he  could  move  no  part  of  himself. 
When  dragged  on  the  raft  from  which  he 
had  descended,  and  finally  released,  he  had 
fainted.  The  men  on  the  raft  seized  the  fish 
by  one  of  its  wriggling  arms  and  tried  to  pull 
it  off,  but  could  not  break  the  power  of  a 
single  one  of  the  suckers.  Th^iish  was  only 
removed  by  being  dealt  a  heavy  blow  across 
the  sack  containing  the  stomach.  This  sack 
stood  stiffly  up  above  the  eyes,  while  the 
eyes  stood  out  like  lobster’s  eyes,  and 
gleamed  like  fire.  The  monster  is,  all  in  all, 
one  of  the  most  frightful  apparitions  it  could 
be  the  fate  of  man  to  meet,.  It  fulfills  in 
every  particular  the  horrible  features  at¬ 
tributed  to  it  in  Victor  Hugo’s  “Toilers  of 
the  Sea.”  Notwithstanding  the  severity 
with  which  the  able  Frenchman  has  been 
criticised  for  “creating  a  nondescript,  with 
his  weird  imagination,’’  the  truth  must  be  1 
granted  that  his  “nondescript”  has  an  ac¬ 
tual  existence,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  speci¬ 
mens  in  Brighton  and  Hamburg,  as  well  as 
my  own. 


saw  101  inemseives.  anci  left  the  premises 
apparently,  at  least,  very  well  satisfied  ;  were 
l  not  afraid  of  offending  you.  I  would  offer 
3’ou  the  cost  of  fare  to  do  likewise  ;  but  I 
can,  without  impropriety,  Invite  you  to  the 
hospitality  of  mv  roof  which,  though  modest 
in  size  and  elegance,  furnishes  to  its  guests  a 
good  bed  anil  excellent  cooking  a  la  Franco 
-1  xicrfcainr.  1  wish,  sir,  you  could  visit  me, 
being  convinced  that  we  would  agree,  as 
good  friends  do,  and  that  you  would  part 
from  me  a  wiser  man— at  least,  on  the  ques¬ 
tion  of  “  French  Viticulture  in  North  Caro¬ 
lina  s'  however,  in  case  you  will  not  or  can¬ 
not  ,  pay  me  a  visit  before  the  middle  of  next 
•July,  rest  assured  that  by  that  time  I  will 
ship  ymi,  freight  prepaid,  some  specimens  of 
my  i'rrnrii.  gra.pes,  grown  in  the  open  air ,  at 
Itidgway,  N.  C. 

Without  presumption,  let  me  sav  that  1  I 


BENEFICIAL  BIRDS 


NATIONAL  SWINE  BREEDERS’  CON 
VENTION. 


The  following  is  an  extract  from  a  report 
made  to  the  Montgomery,  0.,  Hort.  Soc.,  by 
J.  L.  Broadwkll.  He  says  : — “  I  will  give  a 
list  of  such  birds  as  are  known  to  almost 
every  one,  and  are  beneficial  iu  the  destruc¬ 
tion  of  worms,  insects.  &c.,  that  are  so  detri¬ 
mental  to  the  crops  of  the  horticulturist  and 
farmer. 

1.  Omnivorous. birds,  such  as  live  oh  in¬ 
sects,  worms  and  carrion,  and  often  add 
likewise  to  this  nourishment  grain,  seeds  and 
fruits.  American  Starling  or  Meadow  Lark, 
Baltimore  Oriole  or  Golden  Robin,  Spurious 
or  Orchard  Oriole,  Red- winged  Blackbird, 
Cow  Troopial  or  Cow  Blackbird,  Purple 
Grakle  or  Common  Crow  Blackbird,  Tufted 
Titmouse,  Chicadee  or  Bbiek-Capt  Titmouse. 

2.  Insectivorous  birds,  such  as  subsist  al¬ 
most,  wholly  upon  insects,  particularly  dur¬ 
ing  the  time  of  reproduction.  Some  of  the 
species  add  berries  and  small  fruits,  but  they 
are  ordinarily  only  an  accessory  nourish¬ 
ment.  King  Bird  or  Tyrant  Fly  Catcher, 
Pewit  Fly  Catcher  or  Phu-be  Bird,  Wood 
Pewee,  ferruginous  Thrush  or  Brown 
Thrasher,  Cat  Bird,  American  Robin.  Wood 
Thnish,  summer  Yellow  Bird,  Golden-Crested 
Wren,  House  Wren,  Blue  Bird,  White- 
Breasted  Nut-Hatch,  Flicker  or  Golden- 
Winged  Woodpecker,  Red-Headed  Wood- 


FRENCH  VITICULTURE  IN  NORTH 
CAROLINA. 


Editor  Moore’s  Rural  New-Yorker  ; 
A  friend  of  mine  (and  one  of  your  subscrib¬ 
ers)  who  has  seen  my  vineyards,  has  sent  me 
your  No.  of  the  IStli  ult.,  in  which  are  your 
editorial  comments  on  my  enterprise.  With¬ 
out  questioning  your  right'  to  criticise  those 
who  rush  boldly  into  print,  I  object  to  your 
ungracious,  un-American  manner  of  doing 
so,  while  l  trust  you  will  not  refuse  me  the 
opportunity  of  publicly  refuting  your  argu¬ 
ments. 

In  my  communication  to  the  Rural  Mes¬ 
senger  of  July  2fi,  the  subject  of  your  criti¬ 
cism,  1  knowingly  exposed  myself  to  opposi¬ 
tion  through  the  skepticism  of  more  than 
one  Thomas,  being  well  aware  that  some  of 
the  most,  extraordinary  statements  made 
therein  would  seem  strange  and  almost  fab¬ 
ulous.  But  1  certainly  wus  very  tar  from 
anticipating  that.  I  should  meet  with  it  in  u 
position  so  pre-eminent,  and  one  which  ought 
to  be  qualified  by  experience,  intelligence 
and  tolerance. 

You  were  mistaken  in  supposing  that  the 
“  Last,  Frenchman  had  finished  his  fizzle 
in  trying  to  cultivate  some  of  the  French 
varieties  of  grapes  in  the.  open  air,  east  of 
the  Rocky  Mountains  ;”  for  there  are  several 
Frenchmen,  naturalized  Americans,  in  this 
vicinity,  who  are  doing  so.  Yes,  sir  ;  we 
Americans,  so  superior,  in  a  great  many  re¬ 
spects,  to  the  rest  of  mankind,  know  but 
little,  if  anything,  of  wine-growing  and  of 
the  arts  of  cooking  and  eating  ;  we  had  better 
acknowledge  this,  and  try  to  acquire  them. 

The  failure  of  A.  Lou  hat,  in  1827,  is  no 
criterion  ;  one  might  as  well  try  to  raise 
grapes  in  the  northern  part  of  France  as  on 
our  Long  Island.  How  can  you  doubt  that 
wine-growing  is  in  all  respects  the  most  im¬ 
portant  branch  of  agriculture  t  Perhaps 
the  following  may  convince  yon  thereof  : 
“  France  has  over  2,000,000  hectares  in  grape 
vines  (the  hectare  is  nearly  equal  to  2' 5  acres) 
and  increases  every  year  this  acreuge,  in  a 
large  proportion.  This  represents  annually 
50,000,000  hectoliters  (1,100,000,000  gallons)  of 
wine,  an  average  value  of  more#timu  500,- 
000,000  of  francs.  The  Departement  of  Ile- 
rault  alone  (about  the  size  of  one  of  our  large 
counties)  produces  three  times  more  wine 
than  the  whole  kingdom  of  Portugal,  &c. 
&c.  (See  ‘  Etudes  sur  le  vin,  par  M.  L.  Pas¬ 
teur,  Member  of  the  Institute  of  France  and 
of  the  Royal  Society  of  London.’  Introduc¬ 
tion,  page  first,  and  following.’)’’ 

As  regards  your  belief  in  my  knowing  so 
little  of  the  products  of  this  country  and  the 
wants  of  the  people,  I  will  merely  reply  : 
That  I  landed  in  New  York  in  1852,  at  the 
age  of  32  years  ;  that  previously  I  had  learn¬ 
ed  quite  something  about  the  U.  S.  A. ;  that 
from  the  commencement  of  mv  residence  r 


PIG-PEN  PAPERS 


Hoy  Cholera  Remedy.— What  I  want  is  a 
hog-cholera  recape  given  in  your  paper  the 
latter  part  of  1870  or  1872.  I  have  lost  the 
paper  with  the  recipe  and  would  i  .-ilhci  i\(. 

ten  dollars  I  lian  not  have  it.  I  have  tried  ii 
and  fomul  it  to  be  -a perfect  su<*  .  ...  it  we* 
given.  I  think,  by  some  man  in  Tennessee, 
am  said  to  be  a.  patent  recipe,  If  you  don't, 
lino  Mi  lx,  Inst,  give  mo  a  list  of  tin*  recipes  tor 
cl  ami  m  (be.  iudox  lor  the  -time — -any 
way,  just,  so  1  got.  the  recipe;  for  im  hogs 
have  began  to  die  off  with  oliolma.'  Send 
your  bill  for  your  trouble. — R.  \‘,r.  Hvkii  . 
Wf.epi,%fi  Uhder,  Qutm  C’O.,  A  eh. 

In  September,  1871,  We  published  (he  fol¬ 
low  111^,  which  is  probably  the  recipe  to  \vhicii 
our  correspondent  refers  : —Madd-r,  1  lb.; 
sulphur,  I  lb.;  saltpeter,  I  lb.;  resin,  l  lb.; 
black  antimony,  %  lb-.*;  copperas,  l>,  lbs!; 
nsafetida,  y  lb.;  arsenic  2  ozh.  Dose,  011c 
tublespoonful  to  live  hogs,  in  slop  or  ashes, 
once  a  day  if  Uiey  have  the  cholera  ;  once  a 
week  to  prevent,  -ft, 

1  tixeased  Hoys  in  Indiana.— E.  T.  FOGLE. 
Hhelby  Co.,  Ind.,  writes  to  the  Cincinati 
Gazette  of  a  disease  among  swine  which  has 
thus  fait  resisted  all  means  that  have  been 
tried  for  its  cure  or  prevention.  Hc  thus 
dfescribes  it “The  disease  is  in  process  of 
coming  on  from  two  to  ten  days,  during 
which  time  the  hog  refuses  its  food  ;  ha.,  u 
slight  cough  ;  drinks  more  than  usual,  and 
is  ooustipated  ;  but  sooner  or  later  the  hek 
ness  in  full  force  comes  on.  It  has  fever, 
manifested  by  short,  quick  respiration,  and 
an  intense  thirst.  In  some  cares  a  diarrhea 
now  sets  in,  and  the  hog  seems  better;  but 
in  others  the  constipation  continue?,  and  the 
hog  soon  dies.  Pigs  and  shouts  seldom 
recover.  The  hogs  which  scour  recover. ’’ 

Quinsy  in  Hunue.— An  enlargement  of  the 
glands  oi  the  throat  will  often  occur  in  r«i 


to  aid  in  recom-i  ructing  llm  South,  though  i 
am  a  life-long  Republican  Should  1  faff  jj, 
my  object,  it  will  not,  be  for  not,  having 
heeded  the  advice  of  the  practical  vineynrd- 
istsof  my  own  State  because,  and  [  sa  y  it 
with  all  due  respect,  there  are  none  such  in 
North  Carolina  yet  except  my  French  neigh¬ 
bor*  and  self  ;  and  my  attempt  to  grow  cer- 
tain  varieties  ol'  French  grapes  in  the  open 
air  in  this  region,  ho  similar  in  climate  and 
soil  to  Haraul t,  is  less  impossible  than  it  ap¬ 
peared,  in  1857.  to  successfully  lay  the  Atlan¬ 
tic  telegraph  cable  ;  and  yet,  C.  W.  Field 
and  liis  associates  did  it  ! 

As  a  proof  of  the  immense  resource*  in 
wiue  growing,  let  me  refer  to  the  item  of 
“  Grapes  in  France,”  which  1  read  in  the 
same  column  wherein  you  conclude  your 
criticism  of  me. 

And  now,  and  iu  conclusion,  let  me  make 
this  affidavit Dr  E.  J.  Plan  chon  of  the 
Faculty  of  Montpellier,  who  was  sent  to  this 
country  by  his  Government  and  several  Ag¬ 
ricultural  societies  of  France,  to  study  the; 
American  vines  and  grapes,  particular^ 


THE  DIVER  AND  THE  DEVIL  FISH 


Mr.  Charles  B.  Bratnerd  of  Boston,  in 
writing  to  the  Scientific  American  about 
specimens  of  the  devil  fish,  relates  this  in¬ 
teresting  incident  The  strength  which 
these  creatures  possess  is  almost  beyond 
comprehension,  as  is  evidenced  by  what,  took 
place  when  my  pet  ( I)  was  captured.  He  had 
seized  hold  of  a  sub-marine  diver,  at  work  in 
the  wreck  of  a  sunken  steamer  off  the  coast 
of  Florida.  The  man  was  a  powerful  Irish¬ 
man  who  claimed  to  weigh  300  pounds.  His 
size  and  build  fully  verified  his  statement, 
and,  to  use  his  own  language,  “  the  baste 
landed  on  top  of  my  shoulders  and  pinned 
my  arms  tight.  I  felt  my  armor  and  myself 
being  cracked  into  a  jelly.”  It  seems  that 
he  was  just  about  being  brought  to  the  sur¬ 
face,  else  the  monster  would  have  killed  him, 


384 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


WOV.  22 


'  Iprji  of  a  pluralist. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 


HARD  TIMES. 

Nov.  7. — Already  the  cry  of  “  Hard  times” 
has  reached  my  rural  retreat,  and  is  becom¬ 
ing  quite  general  among  all  classes  ;  even 
those  who  have  millions  like  to  have  some¬ 
thing  to  croak  about,  and  they  echo  the 
sound  that  come*  up  to  them  from  the  really 
needy.  But  why  is  it  “hard  times  ?”  Have 
we  not  been  exceedingly  prosperous  as  a 
nation  doling  the  past  decade  i  Does  liis- 
tory  furnish  a  parallel  ease  of  such  wonder¬ 
ful  progress  and  general  prosperity  as  ours  ? 
No  1  and  whose  fault  is  it  but  our  own  if  we 
suffer  from  the  late  disturbance  in  commer¬ 
cial  centers  ? 

There  are  few  nations  or  individuals  who 
can  bear  prosperity  with  equanimity.  Each 
dollar  added  to  their  woalth  brings  with  it  a 
corresponding  waut,  and  thus  desires  expand 
as  facilities  for  indulgence  are  acquired.  If 
a  clerk,  working  on  a  salary  of  a  thousand 
dollars  a  year,  gets  five  hundred  added,  he 
goes  home  in  great  glee,  and  immediately 
sets  to  thinking  how  he  shall  spend  this  addi¬ 
tional  sum.  If  he  is  a  married  man,  more 
than  likely  he  says,  “  Wife,  we  can  take  a 
better  house,  now  ;  or  we  will  have  new 
carpets,  pictures,  pianos” — or  something  else 
which  might  be  dispensed  with  without  any 
great  inconvenience.  But  there  is  never  a 
thought  about  laying  aside  the  live  hundred 
dollars  where  it  will  draw  interest  and  be¬ 
come  a  fund  to  be  drawn  upon  in  just  such 
times  as  arc  now  upon  us.  We  may  go  down 
to  the  very  lowest  strata  of  society  and  the 
same  improvident  system  prevails.  I  have 
paid  my  laborers  the  pust  season  higher 
wages  than  they  ever  received  before,  while 
their  Jiving  expenses  were  not  necessarily  as 
high  ;  still,  not  one  of  them  has  a  dollar  laid 
aside  for  a  time  of  need.  But,  can  we  blame 
the  ignorant  laborer  for  his  improvidence 
when  he  is  only  doing  what  others  higher  in 
the  social  scale  practice  continually  t  I  con¬ 
fess  to  feeling  Occasionally  irritated  at  the 
improvidence  and  heedlessuoss  of  my  hired 
men  ;  but  then  comes  the  thought  that  I  am 
indebted  to  t  heir  very  faults  for  their  labor  ; 
for  were  they  intelligent,  industrious  and 
saving  they  would  long  ago  have  been  in 
some  other  business,  perhaps  owning  even  a 
better  place  than  my  own.  The  poorest  of 
the  laboring  classes  are  really  no  more  im¬ 
provident  than  those  higher  up  ;  but  having 
less  to  fall  back  on,  they  touch  bottom  a 
little  sooner,  hence  the  more  acute  their  suf¬ 
ferings,  My  only  fear  is  that  the  panic  will 
not  continue  sutheieutly  long  or  be  severe 
enough  to  bring  things  and  our  people  down 
to  a  sound  basis.  The  inflated  prices  caused 
by  the  war  ought  long  ago  to  have  been 
abandoned  ;  but  as  no  one  felt  like  making  a 
beginning,  all  held  on  until  thebubble  burst. 
I  had  much  rather  sell  ray  potatoes  at  -to  or 
50  cents  per  bushel,  and  get  it  in  gold,  silver, 
or  bills  of  equal  value,  and  be  able  to  pur¬ 
chase  my  boots  for  *5  a  pair,  than  to  obtain 
£1  for  Hie  potatoes  and  pay,  as  now,  £12  or 
£15  per  pair  fer  hoots.  High  prices  and 
abundance  of  money  always  beget  specula¬ 
tion,  improvident  extravagance  following, 
ending  in  a  panic,  and  consequent  suffering. 

WORK  IN  THE  GARDEN. 

Nov.  8,— There  is  not  much  to  be  done  in 
the  garden  at  this  season  ;  but  the  little 
work  required  is  frequently  of  considerable 
importance.  Tf  one  cultivates  tender  rasp¬ 
berries,  and  the  very  best  sorts  we  have  are 
of  this  kind,  they  must  be  protected,  else  no 
fruit  will  be  produced  next  year.  Even  what 
are  usually  termed  “  hardy  sorts,”  will  usual¬ 
ly  bear  enough  more  fruit  to  pay  for  protec¬ 
tion,  provided  it  can  be  done  by  bending 
down  the  canes  and  then  covering  with  soil. 
This  is  the  usual  method  of  protecting  those 
varieties  requiring  it ;  but  there  are  a  few 
sorts.  like  the  Philadelphia,  Purple  Cane  and 
Black-caps,  that  produce  such  strong,  stocky 
canes,  that  it  is  almost  ,  or  quite,  impossible 
to  bend  them  to  the  ground  without  break¬ 
ing.  In  localities  where  such  varieties  are 
grown  and  need  protection,  it  is  best  to  train 
on  trellis  and  then  protect  with  straw,  old 
coffee  sacks— or  even  evergreen  boughs  will 
answer  ;  all  that  is  required  is  enough  to 
keep  off  the  cold  winds  and  shade  the  canes. 
As  a  rule,  all  the  foreign  sorts,  and  the  seed¬ 
lings  therefrom,  require  protection  ;  and  a 
crop  of  fruit  need  not  be  expected  without. 
Protection  should  not  be  given  until  the 
ground  gets  cool,  a  few  slight  freezes  show¬ 
ing  that  it  is  time  to  cover  up  the  caues. 


When  the  canes  are  sufficiently  flexible  to 
be  laid  down  and  covered  with  soil,  the  ex¬ 
pense  of  giving  protection  is  very  little,  and 
no  one  should  neglect  this  operation  if  they 
desire  fruit  another  season. 

In  nearly  all  of  our  Northern  States  grape 
vines  are  more  or  less  liable  to  injury  by  cold 
during  the  winter  ;  but  if  trained  in  such  a 
manner  that  they  can  be  thrown  down  upon 
the  ground  and  held  there  by  a  stone  or  sod, 
there  will  be  little  danger  of  winter-killing. 
The  past  season  1  have  had  no  fruit  from  any 
vine  left  upon  the  trellises  the  previous  win¬ 
ter  ;  and  although  this  was  an  unusual  fail¬ 
ure,  still  1  am  convinced  that,  not  only  for 
safety  but  to  insure  a  good  crop,  it  is  best  to 
give  a  little  protection  to  the  vines  every 
winter.  I  am  now  pruning  my  vines,  pre¬ 
paratory  to  laying  them  down,  and  here¬ 
after  I  shall  practice  this  system,  training 
with  special  reference  to  giving  protection. 
No  difficulty  need  be  experienced  in  bending 
down  even  a  large  cane,  provided  one  com¬ 
mences  when  the  vine  is  young,  and  is  then 
laid  down  in  the  same  direction  every  au¬ 
tumn.  Tn  small  gardens  and  city  yards  this 
mode  of  protection  may  not  be  a  convenient 
one  ;  hut  under  such  circumstances  the  vines 
may  be  covered  with  straw  mat  s  or  old  sacks. 

Many  of  our  half-hardy  ornament  al  shrubs 
may  be  protected  in  this  same  manner— that 
is,  bending  down  and  covering  with  earth. 
I  practice  this  system  with  all  half-hardy 
and  tender  roses,  such  as  the  Hybrid  Perpet¬ 
ual,  Teas  and  Bourbons,  and  find  that  they 
come  out  fresh  and  uninjured  in  spring.  The 
only  danger  of  injury  is  covering  too  early 
in  fall  or  in  leaving  them  too  late  in  spring 
before  uncovering.  With  small  plants  of  the 
more  tender  sorts  St  is  perhaps  best  to  dig  up 
and  bury  in  trenches  ;  but  strong  plants  will 
bloom  far  more  freely  if  the  roots  are  left 
undisturbed  and  the  top  protected.  But 
there  are  so  many  seemingly  insignificant 
operations  requiring  attention  at  this  season 
in  the  garden,  that  one  could  fill  a  volume 
with  mere  hints.  The  celery  must  be  taken 
up  and  stored  where  it  can  Be  reached  when 
wanted.  The  spinach  needs  to  be  covered  ; 
asparagus  bed  top-dressed,  a  Iter  the  old  stalks 
are  cut  down  and  burned — I  say  burned,  be¬ 
cause  in  doing  so  we  may  kill  some  of  the 
beetles  or  their  eggs,  which  infest  this  plant 
lu  many  localities  in  the  Eastern  States, 

If  1  pass  out  of  the  garden  into  the  orchard, 
1  find  there  is  something  to  be  done  there. 
If  grass  or  weeds  have  been  allowed  to  grow 
up  around  the  stems,  they  form  a  fin©  place 
for  mice  to  make  their  nests,  just  where  it 
will  be  most  convenient  to  be  when  hunger 
forces  them  to  gnaw  the  bark  from  the  trees. 
If  there  have  been  any  tent-caterpillars  in  t  he 
orchard  during  the  summer,  the  egg's  depos¬ 
ited  by  the  moth  will  now  be  found  in  flus¬ 
ters  surrounding  the  small  twigs. 

But,  really,  when  I  started  out  upon  this 
walk,  I  thought  my  full  work  was  nearly 
completed  ;  yet  it  grows  with  every  step, 
and  I  must  hasten  back,  quit  w  riting,  hurry 
up  the  men,  and  lend  a  haud  myself. 


Jujboriniltitral. 


GIRDLING  FRUIT  TREES. 


A  correspondent  says: —  I  noticed  in  the 
Rural  New- Yorker  an  article  on  girdling 
fruit  trees,  to  promote  fruitfulness,  which 
agrees  with  my  own  experience  in  the 
matter.  I  have  a  pear  seedling  which 
had  stood  for  a  long  time  in  my  garden 
without  blossoming.  August,  1872,  tired 
of  wait  ing,  I  budded  two  branches  of  it,  slit¬ 
ting  and  starting  the  bark  nearly  half  way 
round  in  the  operation.  Last  spring  the 
buds  looked  a  little  doubtful,  and  I  girdled 
the  limbs  just  outside  of  them,  not  wishing 
to  remove  the  limbs  until  I  was  sure  of  the 
buds  growing.  The  buds  did  not.  gl  ow,  but 
the  limits  both  blossomed.  The  severe  hail 
storm  in  J  tine  beat  the  fruit  entirely  off  the 
branch  most,  exposed  ;  but  the  other  is  car¬ 
rying  fruit  to-day. — C.  A.  W.,  Dublin,  N.  II. 
- «.*«. - 

HERBACEOUS  ERYTHRINA. 


Inclosed  find  leaves  of  a  tree  t  hat  is  plant¬ 
ed  here  on  side-walks.  I  have  asked  several 
parties  for  the  name  and  no  one  can  tell  me; 
please  tell  me  its  name,  through  vour  col¬ 
umns.— A.  Wernest. 

Having  only  leaves  for  our  guide  in  deter¬ 
mining  the  name  of  the  plant,  we  may  make 
a  mistake,  but  believe  it  is  Erythi'ina  herbn- 
cea.  This  plant  can  hardly  rank  as  a  tree, 
hut  as  a  tall-growing  herbaceous  plant.  If 
we  have  guessed  aright  in  the  name,  the 
plant  grows  four  or  five  feet  high,  flowers 
about  two  inches  long,  bright  scarlet,  and 
borne  on  racemes  one  to  two  feet  long.  The 
I  seeds  are  also  bright  scarlet. 


THE  RAILROADS  AND  THE  FARMS. 


Three  men  meet  in  a  room  in  New  York. 
They  are  not  called  kings,  wear  no  crowns, 
and  bear  no  seeptree.  They  merely  repre¬ 
sent  trunk  fines  of  railway  from  the  Missis¬ 
sippi  to  New  York.  Other  points  settled, 
one  says  ; 

“As  to  the  grain  rate  ;  shall  we  make  it 
fifty  from  Chicago  ?” 

“  Agreed  !  crops  are  heavy,  and  we  shall 
have  enough  to  do.” 

Business  finished,  the  three  enjoy  sundry 
bottles  of  good  wine.  The  daily  paperspres- 
ently  announce  that  “the  trunk  lines  have 
agreed  upon  a  new  schedule  of  rates  for 
freight  which  is,  in  effect,  a  trifling  increase  ; 
on  grain,  from  forty-five  to  fifty  cents  from 
Chicago  to  New  York,  with  rates  to  other 
points  in  the  usual  proportion.”  The  con¬ 
versation  was  insignifleaut,  the  increase 
“  trifling.”  But  to  t  he  farmers  of  the  North¬ 
west,  it  means  that  the  will  of  three  men 
has  taken  over  thirty  millions  from  the  cash 
value  of  their  products  for  that  year,  and 
five  hundred  millions  from  the  actual  value 
of  their  farms. 

The  conversation  is  imaginary  ;  but  the 
startling  facts  upon  which  it  is  based  arc 
terribly  real,  as  Western  farmers  have 
learned.  The  few  men  who  control  the 
great  railway  lines  have  it  in  their  power  to 
strip  Western  agriculture  of  all  its  earnings, 
—Dot  after  the  manner  of  ancient  highway¬ 
men,  by  high  handed  defiance  of  society  and 
law,  the  rush  of  swift  steeds,  the  clash  of 
steel,  and  the  stern,  “Htand  and  deliver!” 
The  bandits  <>f  modern  civilization,  who  en¬ 
rich  themselves  by  the  plunder  of  others, 
come  with  chests  full  of  charters ;  judges 
are  their  friends,  if  not  their  tools  ;  and  they 
wield  no  weapon  more  alarming  than  the 
little  pencil  with  which  they  calculate  differ¬ 
ences  of  rate,  apparently  so  insignificant  t  hat, 
public  opinion  wonders  why  the  farmers 
should  complain  ab mt  such  t  rifles.  Yet  the 
farmers  have  complained,  and,  complaining 
in  vain,  have  got  angry.  When  largo  bodies 
of  men  get  angry,  the  results  are  likely  to  be 
important,  though  they  may  not  always 
prove  beneficent.  The  fanners’  movement 
threatens  a  revolution  in  the  business  of 
transportation,  if  not  in  the  laws  which  pro¬ 
tect  investments  of  capital.  It  seems  strange, 
no  doubt,  to  those  who  do  not  know  that  a 
change  of  one-twentieth  of  a  mill  per  one 
hundred  pounds,  in  t  he  charge  for  transpor¬ 
tation  per  mile,  may  take  hundreds  of  mil¬ 
lions  from  the  actual  value  of  farms.  It  can 
neither  be  comprehended  nor  intelligently 
directed,  without  a  full  understanding  of  the 
condit  ions  under  which  agriculture  exists  in 
the  Northwestern  States,  and  of  the  power 
which  the  railway  has  exerted  awl  still 
wields  for  the  development  or  destruction  of 
that  great  industry, — Atlantic  Monthly. 


OUR  OLD  HOMESTEAD. 


Dear  Rural  : — It  is  but  a  few  weeks  since 
it  was  my  good  fortune  to  peruse  your  pages, 
and,  being  a  journalist  and  also  something  of 
a  naturalist,  1  recognized  your  merits  at 
once.  1  have  thought,  every  week  since  you 
fell  to  my  lot,  that  1  might  contribute  to 
your  worth  ill  someway;  but  not  until  to¬ 
day  was  I  forced  to  take  up  m3-  pen  in  your 
cause.  The  ^ditorial  visit  to  “Home”  was 
so  interesting  and  so  full  of  the  feelings  that 
I  have  felt  in  relation  to  the  place  of  my 
birth  and  the  birth  of  mj-  aucesters,  that  it 
seemed  to  me  “Our  Okl  Homestead ”  would 
furnish  something  of  interest  in  addition  to 
what  3’ou  said. 

Our  home  is  not  of  the  country,  but  of  the 
seaside,  and  instead  of  looking  out  upon 
countless  acres  it  overlooks  vast  domains  of 
water.  It  is  an  old  house,  with  the  large 
frame,  the  enormous  chiuwey  and  the  old- 
fashioned  porch,  standing  facing  the  south¬ 
east.  its  ends  being  northeast  and  southwest ; 
and  from  the  northeast  windows,  with  the 
aid  of  a  spyglass,  jthe  waves  of  the  Atlantic 
can  be  seen  lashing  the  shores  of  the  Isle  of 
Shoals,  twenty-seven  miles  distant.  When 
it  was  built,  I  can  hardly  tell,  but  it  was  first 
the  abode  of  my  great-great,  grandfather 
away  back  in  the  eighteenth  century,  and 
around  the  dear  old  house  lingers  many  a 
token  of  “ye  ancient  daj-s."  The  old- 
fashioned  fireplaces  are  the  same  liberal  in¬ 
stitutions  that  did  service  before  the  days  of 
stoves  ;  the  rooms  the  same  that  rang  with 
the  glees  of  fifteen  children ;  the  same  walls 
that  did  service  before  the  days  of  wall 
paper,  and  beneath  the  modern  paper  still 
exist  the  daubs  of  paint,  crossing  each  other 
in  stripes,  that  were  once  considered  decora-  I 


tive.  For  three  generations  the  inhabitants 
of  the  house  were  hardy  mariners — fisher¬ 
men,  pilots  and  captains — and  before  it,  for 
the  first  hundred  3-ears  of  its  existence,  was 
a  raised,  turfed  terrace,  which  served  as  a 
seat  to  neighbors  and  wayfaring  men  after  I 
their  day’s  work  was  done,  and  it  was  not 
until  about  1852  that  the  business  of  the  place 
demanded  the  removal  of  the  bank-seat. 
The  northeast  end  of  the  house  is  shingled, 
and  the  shingles  have  Stood  the  winds  and 
rains  for  sevent>*  years,  the  oldest  neighbor 
not  remembering  when  or  by  whom  the 
work  was  done;  but  It  was  well  done,  and  to 
this  da3‘  the  pelting  rain*  of  the  Atlantic 
coast  do  not  penetra  te  them. 

In  the  records  of  dea  ths  of  the  early  branch 
of  t  he  family  t  hree  Out  of  every  five  deaths 
read,  Drowned.  The  most  promising  and 
bravest,  the  youngest  and  fairest,  male  and 
female,  lost  ,their  lives  by  the  treacherous 
sea— so  fair  and  yet  so  foul.  The  old  kitchen 
at  one  time  was  the  scene  of  three  corpses — 
three  brothers  drowned — All  by  the  capsizing 
of  a  single  boat. 

THE  MARKS  OF  BOYHOOD. 

In  the  cellar  we  find  the  monster  arch,  and 
on  an  old  joist,  in  paint,  we  find,  "‘J.  C., 
1720,”  the  trace  of  that  age  of  bovhood  when 
one  hankers  to  leave  upon  whatever  he  shall 
touch  his  own  impress,  and  here  a  boy  left  it 
eighty-threc  years  ago,  grow  to  manhood, 
maybe,  passed  from  earth,  and  his  ancestors 
know  not  of  him,  yet  there  still  stands  the 
act  of  a  few  solitary'  moments,  when  idle 
hands  had  nothing  else  to  do.  And  hero  is 
an  old  door  that  has  hung  on  its  rusty  hinges 
for  generations  upon  generations,  and  upon 

with  •  .  C.,  1 820,” 

in  the  sail,  ami  the  worker  of  it  may  be  seen 
tottering  along  the  streets  made  prematurely 
old  b3'  the  hardships  of  a  seafaring  life,  yet. 
that  stands  as  the  symbol  of  his  bo3'hood 
dreams,  all  of  which  he  has  realized,  and  is 
now  onl3'  waiting  for  the  Harvester  to  gather 
him  to  tlie  home  of  his  father*. 

This  is  only  a  brief  sketch  of  the  old  manse 
that  has  sheltered  six  generations  and  still 
welcomes  to  its  roof  the  seventh  ;  and  from 
its  windows  the  same  expanse  of  water  is 
beheld,  and  in  summer  the  same  refreshing 
breezes  blow  that  have  gratified  the  sight 
and  bathed  the  brows  of  all  who  have  gone 
before.  It  is  a  dear  old  home,  with  histories 
of  love  and  sorrow,  of  mystery  and  of  mirth, 
and  ever  dear  to  ub  who  bold  it  still,  p.  a.  w. 

■ - - 

FROFITS  OF  CO-OPERATION. 

Some  eight  or  ten  years  ago.  sa3's  the  New 
England  Farmer,  Joseph  D.  Holmes,  Charles 
Jordan  aud  Win.  Millard,  three  young  farm 
era  living  almost  within  a  stone’s  throw  of 
each  other,  decided  to  joiu'in  establishing  a 
dairy  milk  route  from  their  farms  to  Paw 
tucket,  Rhode  Island,  some  six  miles  away. 
Neither  farm  was  large  enough  to  sustain  a 
route  alone,  but  the  three  together  could  do 
it  easily.  Neither  wanted  to  take  the  place 
of  a  middleman  and  do  all  the  marketing, 
nor  did  either  wish  to  give  up  his  business  to 
a  middleman.  So  they  agreed  that  each 
!  should  take  his  turn  on  the  milk  wagon. 

The  milk  accounts  are  all  kept  in  one  book, 
and  the  buyers  at  the  village  settle  their  bills 
•13-  this  book,  whether  it.  comes  by  one  or  an¬ 
other  of  the  members  of  the  company.  Each 
of  the  three  men  go  with  the  wagon  every 
third  day  in  regular  order,  unless  for  accom¬ 
modation  sake  one  goes  a  trip  for  one  of  the 
others.  Each  uses  his  own  horse  and  wagon, 
and  each  knows  the  amount  of  milk  that  is 
taken  from  the  different  farms  every  day. 

The  two  trips  that  each  one  makes  every 
week  enables  him  to  market  most  of  his  oth¬ 
er  produce,  such  as  apples,  potatoes,  sweet 
corn,  tomatoes  and  other  garden  product?,  of 
which  each  one  raises  considerable  quantities, 
without  making  special  trips  for  sueh  pur¬ 
poses.  Nor  is  there  any  liitcliing  up  and 
going  to  the  store  for  purchase  ;  all  t,hc  buy¬ 
ing,  as  well  as  selling,  being  done  on  their 
regular  market  days  ;  and  they  are  all  in 
daily  communication  wir.lt  the' post  office, 
which  is  no  small  Convenience  to  farmers. 

Under  this  system  of  partnership,  the  cost 
of  marketing 'is  reduced  to  the  minimum, 
while  each  bears  his  just  proportion  of  the 
expeuses,  and  receives  equal  shore  in  all  the 
advantages  of  the  combination.  Since  this 
arrangement  has  been  established,  all  their 
farms  have  been  real  1 3-  enhanced  in  value. 

The  3-oung  men  have  increased  their  stock 
and  'it  is  better  fed  and  better  housed. 
Buildings  have  been  repaired  and  enlarged , 
more  and  bett  er  tools  purchased  and  the  mud 
is  constantly  increasing  infertility  and  pro¬ 
ductiveness.  But  little  complaint  is  heard 
front  them  about  hard  times  for  farmers. 
They  pay  their  bills,  take  the  papers,  and 
know  what,  is  going  on  in  the  world  outside. 

Age  have  been  familiar  with  this  company 
from  its  organization,  and  believe  the  exam¬ 
ple  these  men  have  set  is  worths'  of  imitation 
by  many  farmers  who  are  now  grumbling 
about  the  cost  of  getting  their  goods  to 
market. 


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MQOBE’S  BUBAL  WEW-YORKER 


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Jomfstin  (B^nomir. 


DRESS  FOR  FARMERS’  WIVES. 

I  am  glad  you  printed  Mrs.  Bruce  s  ad¬ 
dress  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  of  Nov.  15. 
She  says  sensible  things  which  have  been 
said  before..  But  I  started  to  say  that  there 
is  no  dress  worn  by  women  which  exactly 
fills  my  ideal  as  to  comfort.  Especially  do 
American  farmers'  wives,  as  a  rule,  dress  ab¬ 
surdly.  I  don’t  mean  that  all  are  not  sensi¬ 
ble  ;  buj.  too  many  are.  I  adopted  some 
time  ago  a  modification  of  the  Bloomer  Cos¬ 
tume,  when  doing  my  daily  work  in  the 
kitchen  and  about  the  house.  But  do  you 
know,  Mr.  Editor,  that  I  have  thereby  ac¬ 
quired  the  apparent  opprobrious  distinction 
of  being  “  strong-minded  ’’  among  my  neigh¬ 
bors.  1  say  “  opprobrious  " — for  the  majori¬ 
ty  of  people  associate  with  the  term  “  strong- 
minded”  as  applied  to  women,  a  sort  of 
masculine  or  semi-masculine  nature,  which 
would  be  a  man  if  it  were  not,  physically , 
a  woman  ! 


Now  you  know  me  too  well  to  suspect  that 
1  have  any  desire  to  be  a  man,  or  to  assume  j 
any  of  the  prerogatives  that  legitimately  be¬ 
long  to  the  other  sex.  I  am  content  to  be  a  ‘ 
wife  and  mother  and  to  enjoy  all  that  grows 
out  of  such  relations  and  discharge  faithfully  ( 
and  lovingly  the  duties  which  such  relations 
involve.  I  love  my  husband  and  our  children. 

I  find  ample  compensation  in  looking  after 
and  laboring  early  and  late  to  promote  the  ' 
welfare  and  happiness  of  both.  I  have  no  J 
other  ambition  ;  for  1 '  know  if  1  discharge  ' 
the  duties  these  sacred  relations  involve,  1  ( 

shall  find  ample  field  for  the  exercise  of  all 
the  powers  I  possess,  and  ample  compensa¬ 
tion  for  all  the  work  l  wisely  do.  Neverthe¬ 
less,  I  believe  I  have  the  right  and  it  is  my 
duty  to  be  comfortable— to  dims  comfortably  ! 
and  adapt  my  costume  to  the  work  1  am 
doing.  Hence.  T  am  often  found  in  most 
unfashionable  attire,  1  wear  short  skirts 
when  doing  house  work  or  wandering  over 
the  farm.  I  wear  thick  and  warm  shoes 
in  wet  and  cold  weather.  In  winter  I  do 
not  disdain  to  wear  bool a — with  high  tops, 
such  as  men  wear  1  Indeed,  when  it  is  wet 
and  I  am  compelled  to  walk,  as  1  often  am, 

I  wear  high-topped  rubber  boots  that  protect 
not  only  my  feet,  but  my  limbs  from  wet, 
and  my  white  stockings  from  mud  or  filth. 

Is  this  sensible?  if  not,  why  not?  if  it 
is,  why  do  not  American  women  adapt  their 
costumo  to  their  vocation.  Ami  modest? 

I  hope  so  !  Am  I  sensitive  ?  Yes  !  Am  I 
proud  l  Yes  !  And  yet,  my  modesty,  love 
of  cleanliness,  pride  and  sensitiveness  to 
whatever  is  uncomfortable,  unhealthful  and 
unclean,  lead  me  to  do  what  so  few  of  my 
good  sisters  do  ;  and  yet  I  do  nothing  but 
wliat  my  good  husband  and  my  offspring 
approve.  “Mother  is  right”  say  tbo  chil¬ 
dren  ;  and  0  !  I  do  love  them  for  it !  What 
I  wanted  to  say  is  that  I  wish  some  of  the 
lady  readers  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
would  give  in  detail  their  mode  of  dressing  I 
when  at  their  daily  household  work.  It  is 
by  talking  with  and  to  each  other  that  we 
learn.  We  may  help  and  encourage  each 
other.  We  may  learn  to  be  sensible.  Let 
us  try.  I  do  not  find  that  those  who  know 
me,  love  me  less  for  looking  after  my  health 
in  my  dressing.  1  knom  iny  husband  loves 
me  more  ;  so  what  need  I  care  for  the  “  they 
say  ”  of  other  people'?  Esther  Allen. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

“CAN  WE  AFFORD  IT!” 


pease  their  hunger  and  have  them  take  them¬ 
selves  and  their  belongings  speedily  out  of 
the  way. 

On  the  contrary,  if  the  farmer  and  his 
retinue  should  come  into  the  house,  smiling 
and  good-natured,  with  not  a  frown  on  their 
brows  if  the  roast  should  chance  to  be  a  few 
seconds  behind  time,  the  decorative  art 
might  claim  some  attention.  If  they  should 
hang  tlicir  hats  on  the  hooks  duly  provided, 
make  themselves  os  tidy  and  respectable  as 
working  men  could  be,  and  take-  time  to  rest 
a  few  moments  before  eating  a  hearty  meal, 
then,  you  could  see  how  easy  it  would  be  for 
the  housewife  to  quietly  slip  t  he  l'rosh  bou¬ 
quets,  made  in  the  early  morning,  by  tne  side 
of  the  bread  plate,  and  pudding,  while  the 
vase  of  tiny  ferns  or  feathery  sprays  should 
stand  like  an  airy  sentinel  close  to  the  butter 
dish.  In  such  a  case,  one  could  hardly  fail 
t.o  receive  ample  reward  for  the  time  and 
taste  expended  in  arranging  their  table 
decorations.  Good  influences  are  not  always 
to  be  measured  by  outward  expressions  ; 
and,  not  being  able  to  divine  human  thoughts 
and  impulses,  T  could  not  sny  just  how  much 
John,  his  hired  men,  or  children  would  be 
refined  and  ennobled  by  the  daily  presence 
of  (lowers  on  the  table  ;  but  their  graceful 


■ngicim  .Information. 


REGULAR  EATING. 

Half  of  all  ordinary  diseases,  says  Dr.  Hall 
in  his  Journal  of  Health,  would  be  banished 
from  civilized  life,  and  dyspepsia  become 
almost  unknown,  if  everybody  would  eat  but 
thrice  a  day  at  regular  times,  and  not  an 
atom  between  meals,  the  intervals  being  not 
less  than  five  hours,  that  being  the  time  re¬ 
quired  to  digest  a  full  meal  and  pass  it  out  of 
the  stomach. 

If  a,  person  eats  between  meals,  the  process 
of  digestion  of  the  food  already  in  'the  atom 
acli  is  arrested,  until  the  last  which  has  been 
eaten  is  brought  into  the  condition  of  the 
former  meal  ;  just  as,  if  water  is  boiling  and 
ice  is  put  in,  the  whole  ceases  to  boil  until 
the  ice  has  been  melted  and  brought  to  the 
boiling  point',  and  then  the  whole  boils  to¬ 
gether. 

But  it  is  a  law  of  nature  that  all  food  be¬ 
gins  to  deea^.  after  exposure  to  heat,  and 
moisture  for  a  certain  time.  If  a  meal  is 


your  paper  a,  cure  for  asthma  and  also  ca¬ 
tarrh.  I  have  been  affected  with  it  for  six¬ 
teen  years  ;  consulted  the  best  physicians; 
been  humbugged  by  patent  medicines,  and 
by  Reverend  Drs.,  changed  climates,  &e., 
but  without  relief.  This  is  all  the  hope  I 
have — that  some  of  your  numerous  readers 
can  tell  me  of  something  that  will  cure. — A 
Subscriber,  Covington,  Tioga  Go.,  Pa. 

Lotion  for  the  Hair  as  Recommended  by 
Dr.  Locock.— Aqua  Ammonia,  Oil  Sweet 
Almonds,  of  each  two  drams  ;  Spirits  Rose¬ 
mary  one  ounce;  Oil  Of  Mace  (essential)  one- 
half  dram  ;  rose  water,  two  and  one-half 
ounces. 

First,  mix  the  almond  oil  with  the  ammo¬ 
nia  ;  then,  having  added  the  oil  of  mace  to 
the  rosemary,  shake  them  up  with '.the  oil 
and  ammonia  ;  and  finally  add  the  rosewater 
by  degrees  and  mix  well.  To  be  used  as  a 
lotion,  applied  once  a  day  with  a  soft  hair¬ 
brush. 


and  ennobled  by  the  daily  presence  ea((!,^  anj  jn  two  hours  another,  the  whole 
ere  on  the  tabic  ;  but  their  graceful  remains  undigested  for  seven  hours,  before 
would  surely  delight  the  eyes  and  time  the  rottening  process  commences, 


beauty  would  surely  delight  tne  eyes  ana 
cheer  the  drooping  spirits  of  the  weary  wife 
and  mother. 

We  have  been  repeatedly  urged  t  hrough 
these  columns  to  devote  more  time  to  rest 
a.nd  pleasant  recreation,  to  make  home  at¬ 
tractive  and  beautiful  by  every  means  at 
our  command,  and  what  could  be  more  ap¬ 
propriate  than  to  adorn  our  living  rooms 
and  tables  with  these  mute,  yet  eloquent 
witnesses  of  God  s  love  to  ns  ?  Very  few 
farmers  a n <  1  their  sons  have  a  natural  taste 
for  flowers,  and  at  our  Annual  Fairs,  if  they 
even  enter  Floral  Halls,  they  march  straight 
by  all  the  rarest  collections  of  florists  ns  fast 
as  the  crowd  will  permit,  and  the  sweetest 
buds  and  blossoms  elicit  no  genuine  admira¬ 
tion.  but  are,  in  their  eyes,  simply  “ft  lot  of 
posies.” 

Those  obstinate  adherents  to  “good  old- 
fashioned  ways,”  who  are  forever  extolling 
the  thrift  and  industry  of  our  grandmothers, 
to  the  disparagement  of  their  descendants, 
arc  incorrigible,  and  no  force  of  feminine 
logic  could  convince  them  of  the  wisdom  of 
combining  beauty  with  utility ;  but.  by 
proper  culture,  their  sons  may  acquire  a 
taste  for  all  things  fair  and  lovely. 

E.  A.  did  not  call  for  theories  but  lor  ac¬ 
tual  experiences,  which  she  rightly  considers 
the  only  reliable  test ;  but,  just  now,  1  can 
only  glance  at  t  he  probable  aspect  of  both 
sides  ol'  the  quest  ion.  Now,  who  will  be  the 
pioneers  of  reform  in  this  flower  innovation  { 
Among  the  thousands  of  fail* gardeners  who 
weekly  peruse  these  pages,  who  will  second 
my  motion  to  try,  another  summer,  the  ex¬ 
periment  of  daily  arranging  flowers  for  the 
table,  and  report  the  apparent  results  at  the 
close  of  the  season  '?  Ruth  Lee. 

- -♦♦♦ - 

DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 


One  lmly  correspondent  of  the  Rural 
New-Yorker,  comes  very  near  the  truth 
when  she  hints  that  not  more  than  one 
American  farmer’s  wife  in  a  thousand  daily 
adorns  her  table  with  flowers  and  fruit,  and 
it  may  be  well  to  confess  my  own  short¬ 
comings  in  this  direction,  but  when  she  asks 
if  we  can  afford  to  do  it  as  a  habit,  1  venture 
to  reply  that  this  depends  very  much  on 
circumstances.  The  healthful  ness  of  fruit,  as 
a  dessert  is  generally  acknowledged,  aud 
doubtless  a  pretty  dish  filled  with  luscious 
fruits  in  their  season  would  be  appreciated 
by  all  at  the  humblest  table  ;  but  just  try 
placing  the  loveliest  flowers  by  the  plate  of 
every  surly,  old-fashioned  farmer,  and  see 
what  a  breeze  you  would  raise  ! 

If  John  and  his  troop  of  hungry,  dirty  men 
were  to  come  in  from  the  lmy-field,  drop 
hats  and  jackets  on  the  kitchen  floor,  and  be 
in  such  haste  to  dine  that  they  could  scarcely 
make  a  decent  toilet,  it  is  quite  likely  that 
the  dinner  would  be  hurried  onto  the  table 
with  the  greatest  possible  dispatch,  with 
never  a  thought  of  bringing  any  floral  gems 
before  such  unappreciative  eyes.  For  the 
time  being,  the  chief  object  would  be  to  ap- 


fc'o//  Soap  and  Vinegar  for  flu  Hands.  ( 
A  correspondent  of  the  Scientific  American  . 
sayH  Qur  men  in  the  shop  use  soft  soap  to  1 
remove  the  grease  and  dirt  from  their  hauds 
when  they  quit  work.  This,  they  find, 
causes  cracks  to  come ;  but  it' they  dip  them 
in  vinegar  just  after  washing  with  soft  soap, 
their  hands  will  remain  soft  and  smooth,  and 
any  crocks  on  the  hands  will  immediately 
heal  up.”  The  editor  says  com  meriting  on 
the  above  statement  “  In  the  ordinary 
careless  manufacture  of  soft  soap,  there  is 
apt  to  be  sometimes  an  excess  of  alkali  or 
lye,  above  that  necessary  for  complete  sapon¬ 
ification.  This  has  a  caustic  action  on  the 
skin,  making  it  rough,  and  otherwise  injur¬ 
ing  it.  After  using  soap  of  this  kind,  wash¬ 
ing  in  vinegar  removes  the  excess  of  alkali 
from  the  hands.  Vinegar,  being  an  acid, 
combines  with  the  alkali,  forming  a  neutral 
.and  soluble  salt. 

To  make  good  Rusk.  —  One  pint  warm 
milk  ;  half  a  pint  yeast  and  flour  to  make  a 
thick  batter  ;  when  light,  add  %  ol’  a  pound 
sugar,  y.  a  pound  butter  ;  add  cinnamon  or 
nutmeg,  according  to  the  taste,  and  flour  to 
muke  them  stiff  as  biscuit  dough  ;  let  them 
remain  till  of  a  spongy  lightness  ;  then  mold 
them  into  cakes  of  the  size  y«m  mold  bis¬ 
cuits  ;  lay  them  on  buttered  tins  ;  let  them 
remain  half  an  hour  in  a  warm  place  before 
setting  them  in  the  oven  ;  they  should  be 
baked  qniek  .  mix  a  half  cup  <>t  sweet  milk 
with  a  large  teaspoon  sugar  and  rub  over  the 
'  tops  as  soon  as  baked,  with  ft  cloth  tied  on 
'  the  end  of  a  stick.— Hits.  II.  S.  Browne. 

1  ,  Delicate  Cake—  One  cup  white  sugar;  5 

1  tablespoons  butter  ;  whites  of  6 eggs  ;  I  ten- 
•  cup  sweet  milk  ;  2  teaspoons  cream  tartar  ; 
-  1  of  soda,  and  lemon  extract.— Mrs.  H.  S.  B. 


which  t  ime  the  rottening  process  commences, 
and  the  man  has  his  stomach  full  of  carrion 
— tho  very  idea  of  which  is  horribly  dis¬ 
gusting. 

As,  then,  all  t  he  food  in  the  stomach  is  in  a 
state  of  fermentive  decay,  it  becomes  unlit 
for  the  purposes  of  nutrition  and  lor  making 
good  pure  blood.  Small  wonder  is  it  that 
dyspeptics  have  such  a  variety  of  symptoms, 
and  aches,  and  complaints  in  every  part  of 
tho  system,  for  there  is  not  one  drop  of  pure 
blood  in  the  whole  body;  lienee,  the  nerves, 
which  feed  on  this  impure  and  imperfect 
blood,  are  not  properly  nourished  and,  as  a 
consequence,  become  diseased.  They  “com¬ 
plain.  they  are  hungry  and  like  a  hungry 
man-are  peevish,  fretful,  restless.  Wo  call 
it  nervousness,  and  no  one  ever  knew  a  dyrs- 
poptic  who  was  not  restless,  fitful,  fidgety, 
and  essentially  disagreeable,  fitful  anil  un¬ 
certain. 

The  stomach  is  made  up  of  a  number  of 
muscles,  all  of  which  are  brought  into  requi¬ 
sition  in  the  process  of  digestion.  But  no 
|  muscle  can  work  always.  Tho  busy  heart  is 
in  a  stage  of  perfect  repose  for  one-third  of 
its  time.  The  eye  can  work  twice  in  a  sec¬ 
ond,  but  tliis  could  not  be  continued  five 
minutes.  The  hands  and  feet  must  have  rest, 
and  so  with  Hie  muscles  of  the  stomach ;  I 
they  only  can  rest  when  there  is  no  work  for 
them  t.o  do— no  food  in  the  stomach  to  digest. 
Even  at  live  hours’  interval,  and  eating  thrice 
a  day,  they  are  kept  constantly  at  work  from 
break  tost  until  the  last,  meal  is  disposed  of, 
usually  ten  o’clock  at  night.  But  multitudes 
eat  heartily  within  an  hour  of  bed  time  ; 
thus,  w  hile  the  other  portions  are  at  rest,  the 
stomach  is  kept  laboring  until  almost  day¬ 
light,  and  made  to  begin  again  at  breakfast 
time  No  wonder  is  it  that  the  stomach 
is  worn  cut-has  lost  its  power  of  action. 
Many  girls  become  dyspeptic  before  t  hey  are 
out  of  their  teens,  in  consequence  of  being 
about  the  house  and  nibbling  at  everything 
1  they  lay  their  eyes  on  that  is  good  to  eat. 


FROM  RIPLEY,  LAUDERDALE  CO.,  TENN. 

Some  of  your  correspondents  have  been 
telling  us  of  their  count  ry.  With  your  per¬ 
mission  !  will  toll  them  of  mine.  Lauderdale 
county  borders  on  the  Mississippi  River.  It 
is  a  rich,  alluvial  soil ;  one  fourth  is  too  roll¬ 
ing  for  the  plow,  but  good  for  fruit  and  grass. 
One  other  fourth  is  swamp  and  overflowed  ; 
the  remaining  half  is  splendid  for  all  farm 
purposes,  producing  corn  from  20  to  tiO  bush, 
per  acre  ;  cotton,  100  to  500  lbs. ;  but  5  to  25 
bush,  wheat, ;  l  to  2  tons  hay  ;  other  crops 
in  proportion.  Corii  is  now  worth  80e. ; 
wheat,  $1,50  ;  hay,  $25  per  ton — none  in 
market  of  home  production.  The  land  nearly 
all  has  a  stiff,  porous  clay  subsoil,  is  easily 
cultivated  and  capable  of  indefinite  improve¬ 
ment.  There,  is  no  rock  or  gravel  m  the  soil 
and  but  little  sand  ;  timber  is  lino  and  varied. 
It  is  not  adapted  to  a  general  dairying  busi¬ 
ness,  but  there  is  a  fine  opening  and  a  good 
location  for  <>no  or  two  good  cheese  dairies  in 
t  he  county,  cheese  usually  retailing  at,  25c. 
per  lb, 

Land  is  worth  from  $5  to  $30  per  acre,  as 
to  location  or  improvement,.  1  think  some 
of  your  New  York  or  Pennsylvania  fanners 
would  do  well  to  take  a  look  this  way  before 
facing  the  bleak  winds  of  the  Northwest. 
The  thermometer  ranges  here  from  10''  to  50° 
in  winter,  and  from  80°  t,o  1)5’  in  summer. 
It  touched  zero  once  last  winter.  j.  w.  d. 

- - »  «  »  -  — 1 

TIMBER  TREE  GROWING. 


HYGIENIC  NOTES. 


Remedy  for  Sore.  Throat.— Take  one  large, 
red  pepper,  such  as  are  grown  for  family  use  ; 
steep  it  in  half  a  pint  of  water,  after  which 
strain  in  a  quart  of  molasses,  adding  a  little 
vinegar ;  boil  all  together  to  a  thin  sirup  ; 
use  this  whenever  the  throat  feels  dry  or 
disagreeable  ;  if  it  be  in  the  dead  of  night,  it 
will  soothe  the  throat  (and  not  irritate)  and 
warm  it  Up  well.  If  sharper  than  can  be 
borne  in  the  mouth,  put  it  back  near  the  pal¬ 
ate  with  a  Spoon  and  swallow  ;  apply  out¬ 
wardly  a  thin  slice  of  salt  pork,  warming  it 
up  well  in  a  little  vinegar  and  pepper  ;  apply 
as  hot  as  cau  be  borne  on  the  throat ;  fasten 
the  bandage  that  holds  the  pork  over  the 
head  to  draw  the  cold  and  Inflammation  up, 
and  not,  about  the  neck,  as  most  people  do,— 
Mrs.  H.  S.  B. 

Treatment  ol  Chilblains.  —  The  Canada 
Medical  Journal  recommends  sulphurous 
acid  in  this  affection.  It  should  be  applied 
with  a  camel-hair  brush,  or  by  means  of  a 
spray-producer.  One  application  of  this 
usually  effects  a  cure.  Th?  acid  should  be 
used  pure.  A  good  wash  for  hands  or  feet 
affected  with  chilblains,  is  sulphurous  acid, 
three  parts  ;  glycerine,  one  part ;  water,  one 
part.  Tne  acid  will  be  found  particularly 
useful  in  the  irritating,  tormenting  state  of 
chilblains. 

Asthma  and  Catarrh  Remedy  Wanted.— 
I  Will  you  please  ask  through  the  columns  of 


A  late  Kansas  Farmer  has  the  following  : 

It  will  be  remembered  that  we  copied  from 
the  Atchison  Globe,  in  our  last  issue,  to  the 
effect,  that  the  Commissioner  of  the  General 
Land  Office  had  decided  that  the  law  permit¬ 
ting  persons  to  occupy  and  acquire  a  title  to 
public  land,  under  the  “Timber  Culture 
Act,”  that  the  plant  ing  of  tree  seeds  did  not 
fulfill  the  letter  of  the  law.  We  are  glad  to 
know  that  the  Globe  was  wrong,  as  the  fol¬ 
lowing  letter,  kindly  furnished  us  by  Frank 
W.  Marshall  of  this  city,  will  show  : 

Washington,  l).  July  5th,  1873. 

Frank  VV.  Marshall  Esq.,  Leavenworth, 
Kan.— Sir:  lam  in  receipt,  of  your  letter  of 
the  22d  ult.,  and  in  answer  have  to  state, 
first,  that  parties  desiring  to  make  entry 
j  under  the  Timber  Culture  Act  of  1873,  are 
required  to  make  application  and  accompa¬ 
nying  affidavit  in  person.  Second,  under 
said  act,  parties  may  use  seeds,  slips,  cuttings, 
or  may  transplant  young  trees  as  they  may 
think  best.  The  careful  culture  of  the  trees 
so  as  to  keep  them  thrifty,  is  indispensably 
necessary.  Third,  the  fact  that  a  party  is 
living  on  a  homestead  on  which  he  lias  not 
yet,  made  final  proof,  does  not  necessarily 
debar  him  from  making  entry  of  100  acres 
under  the  Timber  Culture  law. 

Respectfully,  Willis  Dhu.mmo.no,  Cotn’r. 


FROM  PARKERSBURG,  WEST  VA. 

In  the  “  Land  Department”  of  the  Rural 
New-Yorker,  page  £>2,  Oct.  18,  “B.  K.  S.” 
asks  for  information  about  Maryland  and 
Virginia.  The  undersigned  will,  upon  re¬ 
ceipt  of  name  and  post-office  address,  send 
“  B,  K.  S.,”  or  “  any  other  man,”  a  pamphlet 
of  20  pages,  (published  by  municipal  author¬ 
ity)  partially  descriptive  of  the  natural  re¬ 
sources  of  several  counties  in  West  Virginia  ; 
climate  and  situation  remarkable  for  health 
and  particularly  well  adapted  to  fruit  rais¬ 
ing,  wine  making  and  wool  growing. 

w.  H.  McKinney. 

Parkersburg,  Wood  (Jo.,  West  Va. 


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SATURDAY,  NOVEMBER  22,  lsi8. 


OUR  LOVE  OF  HOME. 

In  our  issue  of  November  1st  we  gave  our 
last  Vacat  ion  Letter  for  the  season.  We  wToto 
of  o.,r  visit  to  tlie  dear  Old  Homestead.  We 
little  thought  that  our  unaffected  words  would 
awaken  such  response  in  the  hearts  of 
readers -both  men  and 
land ! 


our 

women— all  over  the 
But  they  have  made  us  glad  beyond  ex 
prossion  by  their  response*  -  glad,  because  wo 
find  underneath  thfi,  surface  current  of  unrest, 
which  moves  so  many  to  s|ij>  their  Immo  anchor¬ 
age,  deep  waters  which  are  not  moved,  with  the 
anchors  still  fast  f  heroin ;  and  when  we  dropped 
our  little  pebble  into  them  they  were  stirred 
into  surface  expression  such  as  we  never 
dreamed  of.  With  no  feeling  of  solf-glo.’llica- 
llon  whatever,  but  to  show  how  deep-seated  is 
tbia  love  of  home  In  many  American  hearts,  wo 
cannot  forbear  quoting  from  a  few  of  the  let¬ 
ters  received,  leaving  out  the  verbal  expres- 
Blons  Of  sympathy  with  and  approval  of  the 
sentiments  of  mu  letters,  which  have  l.ecn 
made  to  us  personally,  a  prominent  official  in 
the  Government  writes: 


where  I  read  the  Rural  regularly.  To-night, 
as  usual,  1  turned  first  to  the  editorial  eolumn 
and  read  with  streaming  eyes  and  a  full  heart, 
ti  e  *weetly-told  story  of  your  visit  to  tin-  dear 
Old  Homestead.  My  heart  of  hearts  responds 
to  every  word  you  write  about  the  beloved  place 
vhoro.  1  Imvo  won  mm  of  tho  happlent  among 
mortaih-tlm  place  towards  which  mv  heart 
"1*1  '■  \'T  turn  with  undlmlnlshed  lore.  If  It  is 
not  asking  too  much  of  you,  r  want  a  copy  of 
the  paper  with  your  touching  tribute  to  its 
preeioiisness,  so  that  I  can  re-read  it  often 
when  I  feel  such  a  weary  longing  for  the  old 
Home  and  mother’s  kiss  and  father’s  quiet 
welcome,  an  I  frequently  do  1  Ah!  If  I  could 
but  ha vo  gone  from  that  Home  to  Heaven  ! 

One  more  quotation  must  suffice.  If  we  were 
to  name  the  writer,  every  Rural  reader  would 
recognize  a  name  with  which  they  have  be¬ 
come  familiar  in  our  coiuiuns : 

Last  night,  looking  over  the  Rural,  I  grew 
bappy  in  your  happiness  on  the  farm,  flow 
rro  were  the  expressions  nr  joy  and  tl.aokr- 
givlng  t  hat  bubbled  out  in  that  editorial  :  and 
J  f.triev  that  if  the  11  austerity"  had  been  left 
out,  of  the  father'!i  disposition  there  would 
have  been  much  that  is  admirable  wanting  in 
t  lie  sou  *,  1  on  have  a  way  of  making  your  ex¬ 
pressions  so  lurid  that  one  can  see  what  you 
ay  b.  fore  them  just  a**  we  behold  the  pebbly 
oci  oj  a.  transparent  stream— so  I  have  been 
walking  rest  fully  around  over  "the  farm” 
with  you.  Though  J  feel  reasons  to  envy  no 
one  their  conditions  of  birth  and  surroundings, 

I  cannot  help  thinking  how  gram!  it  must  be 
o  grow  up  the  hardy  eiiild  t.f  those  sublime 
haunts  of  nature  which  «|.rv  the  taming  efforts 
if  i  lytlizatiou  to  feel  a  thousand  varied  in- 
Huirat Iona  warmed  into  life  by  their  solemn  in- 
litenees— to  turn  to  them  always  with  a  proud 
feeling  of  kinship  and  companionship,  /  have 
had  enough  pilgrimage  to  enable  me  to  enter 
into  the  joy  you  take  In  the  Homestead,  o,  if  j 
give  my  child  no  other  heritage,  she  will  be 
r  ten,  can  I  but  give  her  through  all  this  life  flic 
meuerry  of  a  place  in  call  /mnit  one  with  It  - 
enteleat.  ornament  a  pure,  free  mother-love: 
and  Midi  treasures  children  are  very  unlikely 
to  defile,  ft  is  only  from  loveless  ho  uses  ami 
repciianl  breasts  that  the  tyrants  and  monsters 
,  t no  earth  go  forth;  and  those  who  are  freest 
\.i5,r>’'lv<'  as  have  had  least  need  of 

forgiveness.  Js  it  not,  true? 

I  am  not  sure  whether  R  lie  the  soul  of  the 


Trade  and  manufactures  are  slowly  but  sure¬ 
ly  and,  wo  think,  healthfully  reviving.  The 
anticipated  hard  winter,  while  It  will  be  hard 
enough,  will  bo  shorn  of  many  of  its  terrors  bv 
a  revival  of  confidence  and  legitimate  business. 
— —  v  - 

THE  CASH  SYSTEM. 


Judging  by  the  action  of  business  men  in 
this  city  and  the  apparent  effect  of  that  act  ion, 
It  is  discovered  that,  the  cure  for  Die  present 
condition  of  t  hings,  is  the  cash  system.  Mer¬ 
chants  who  have  marked  down  t  heir  goods  and 
sell  forcasn  only  arc  doing  a  good  t  rade.  We 
know  there  arc  men  who  believe  that  the  com¬ 
merce  of  the  country  could  not  be  conducted 
without  credit,  it  is  probably  a  fact  that  there 
would  not  be  as  large  commercial  transactions 
at  once;  but  It  Is  also  true  that  such  transac¬ 
tions  ns  did  occur  would  more  accurately  rep¬ 
resent  the  needs  of  the  peojrto— that  they 
would  not  he  tempted  to  buy  what  they  did 
not  need ;  at  any  rate,  if  they  were  so  tempted 
the  goods  would  be  paid  for  and  no  derange¬ 
ment.  could  result  thereafter  to  any  one  but 
themselves  in  consequence  of  their  improvi¬ 
dence.  We  wish  it  was  one  of  the  obligation* 
to  Which  farmer*  subscribe  when  they  become 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  that  t  hey  buy  only  what 
they  can  pay  for  on  delivery;  then  wo  should 
urge  every  former  (o  become  a  member  of  tin 
Order  and  every  mechanic,  artisan  ami  Con 
aiimer  to  Join  the  Order  of  Patrons  of  Industry 
if  that  were  one  of  its  obligations.  Whatever 
b'1  ine- 1  is  done  on  credit  i>,  done  at  the  risk  of 
■  'ine  one ;  and  there  is  no  security  against  junt 
well  panics  and  depressions  as  we  have  experi¬ 
enced  and  are  experiencing  so  long  as  this 
Vicious  system  is  adhered 


.  22 


the  surface  Is  of  little  interest,  as  only  a  few 
berries  show  on  the  top,  «nd  no  idea  can  be 
formed  of  the  wealth  beneath.  Stepping  on 
one  of  the  beds,  however,  and  trending  as  care¬ 
fully  as  we  may,  Is  like  walking  on  torpedoes, 
as  tlm  berries  snap  at  every  step.  Once  on  the 
beds,  let  the  visitor  kneel  and  part  the  matted 
vines  with  his  hands,  and  the  astonishing  yield 
of  one  of  these  well-ordered  plantations  may- 
lie  seen ;  it  cannot  he  estimated,  so  prolific  does 
it.  appear,  and  so  wonderful. 


'g  «s  ibis 
to.  The  men  who 
arc  out  or  debt  to  day  are  the  only  happy  men, 

Otve  no  man ! 
—  "  —  - . 

RURAL 


fiotn  a  business  point  of  view. 

- 

NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


,  .  *  -  ’’’-'"A  VI  IIIDIl  Uil).** 

i  H  U  quicl.-crowned  autumn  among  the  hills 
and  seclusions  of  I  he  country.  Who  is  not.  In 
fancy,  drifting  toward  such  u  haven? 
i Here  Is  no  doubtlu  “ 


igi  and  I  —  do 
else 


You  are, 
ou  suppose  I 


think  of  nnythlng else  than  wearing  my  armor 
greoefullr.  duffing  it  victoriously  and  resting 
at  filly  under  the  apple  trees  of  my  child's 
orchard,  with  my  young  grandchildren  to  help 
!"'  renewing  my  own  frolicsome  childhooo  ? 
Muster  and  more  crowded  places  become  life's 
hurried  workers;  but  the  country,  the  pure, 
simple,  unostentatious  country,  is  for  Rest. 


National  Swine  Breeder*'  Convention,  —.A 

correspondent,  In  another  column,  who  Is  a 
swine  breeder,  confesses  to  the  good  accom¬ 
plished.  by  the  convention  of  last,  year  and  sug¬ 
gest.,  another  convention.  Ho  doe*  not  suggest 
topics  for  discussion,  nor  give  hi*  own  Idea  or 
what  action  suci.  a  convention  con  take  that 
« ill  profit,  breeders.  He  calls  for  an  expression 
<d  opinion  and  for  such  suggestion*.  We  shall 
be  glad  to  hear  from  swine  brooders 
subject. 


on  the 


SPANISH  ATROCITY. 


Mr.  Arch's  English 


lour  Btory  of  your  ho  me- visit  was  good, 
touching,  and  rnude*  me  hungry  to  go  Home  '  I 
most  earnestly  agree  wltn  you  in  your  fooling 
regarding  a  system  of  cnlail.  If  then,  |»  S 
thing  young  American*  need  if,  is  «oiae  sort  of 
an  anchorage— Mich  a  haven,  refuge,  place  of 
rest  ua  you  nave  described.  Of  course,  there  in 
objection  to  a  Uw  of  entail;  but  to  what  Ini- 
nniii  jaw  it*  there  not  objection?  God  bless 
you  I  and  keep  your  good  parent*  alive  mam 
years  to  greet  you  whenever  you  can  get  "out 


of  harness"  ail'd  go  t  here'  'ri/ey^wni'afw 


I; 


out 
vavs  re- 
a  homo 


nice  nti  much  a*  you  can  thuttney  have 
or  you  to  return  to. 

A  weary  woman,  yot  we  have  no  doubt  one 
who  fulfills  all  the  duties  of  a  wife  and  mother 
nobly,  writes ; 

I  have  long  boen  striving  to  bury  In  my  own 
bosom  thoughts  and  memories  of  the  dear  old 
home  of  my  childhood— thoughts  too  deep  for 
tears-  memories  that  have  burned  into  mv 
soul  from  being  constantly  suppressed —Until 
the  miiu  of  a  bird  or  some  familiar  tone,  at 
times,  call  up  Huob  a  Mood  of  memories  that  I 
am  obliged  Id  Book  the  solitude  of  m\  own 
room  to  pour  out  my  feelings  in  His  ear  who 
nears  the  raven  *  on.  I  want,  to  than«  vnu  for 
your  last  Vacation  Letter  (every  word  cf  which 
found  an  echo  In  my  own  heart)  in  the  Rural 
of  Nov.  1,- though  it  brought  bad;  all  the 
strong  desires  that  1  was  striving  in  vain  to 
pS?5r?.rib*C0U!®  l.h°y  tel1  «»  it  >8  weak  and 

nhilrl  tch  fnr  mo  a  »  k  L.  ■  i  .  .  .  .  14 


The  event  which  ban  most  agitated  the  pub¬ 
lic  mind  the  past  week  Is  the  capture  of  the 
Virgin  1 1  is,  a  steamer  carrying  the  American 
llag,  wilh  American  clearance,  by  a  Spanish 
war  steamer,  and  the  execution  of  over  100  of 
her  crow  and  passengers  at  Santiago.  This 
event  has  aroused  the  strong  sympathy  which 
has  all  along  existed  in  this  country  for  the 
struggling  Cubans,  and  a  storm  of  Indignation 
against  the  Span  Ish-Cn  ban  authorities  because 
it*  the  insult  to  our  Mag  and  the  atrocious 
Slaughter  of  those  who  ought  to  have  been 
protected  by  it.  There  is  and  has  been  expres¬ 
sion  to  the  indignation  aroused,  by  public  meet¬ 
ings  and  speeches,  in  various  parts  of  the  coun¬ 
try,  the  prompt  ordering  of  a  concentration  of 
our  naval  forces  in  Cuban  waters  and  In  a  gen¬ 
eral  activity  In  all  departments  of  our  national 
p.  lice. 

It  is  quite  time  this  Cuban  war  was  closed. 
It  is  high  time  the  struggling  Cubans  should 
receive  some  practloal  sympathy  Troin  Ameri¬ 
cans.  As  ahutnane  measure,  it  Is  quite  time 
the  power  to  perform  such  outrageous  acts 
now  quicken  every  American’s  blood,  should 
bo  wrested  from  the  Spanish  authorities  in 
Cuba.  The  Republican  Government  of  Spain 
evidently  has  no  power,  even  If  it  has  disposi¬ 
tion,  to  prevent  violence  and  unwarrantable 
bloodshed  on  the  Island.  The  Spaniards  there 
are  yot  monarchists,  tim.1  there  Is  no  evidence 
that  they  sympathize  with  or  heed  the  Span¬ 
ish  Republicans  who  are  fighting  the  Carliat 
forces.  Lot  us  annex  Cuba  1 


,  . ,  -  -  -  -  —  - .....  ....  comfort 

to  know  that  a  man  existed  who  not  only  loves 
the  home  of  Id*  childhood  ami  all  Its  sweet  ami 
hallowed  associations,  but  dares  to  make  it 
known. 

We  are  not  of  those  who  believe  that  such 
memories  of  home  ought  to  he  suppressed.  It 
is  better  far  that  they  be  cultivated  and  bo 
woven  into  every  other  spot  (no  matter  how 
briefly  it  may  be  occupied)  where  the  family 
may  be  located.  They  should  help  to  give  to 
any  place  of  sojourn  its  atmosphere  and  sweeten 
the  lives  of  all  who  live  in  it,  daily.  Anotner 
woman  writes : 

I've  just  returned  from  my  good  neighbor’s, 


THINGS  LOOK  BETTER, 

Last  week  wo  talked,  In  a  paragraph,  of 
brighter  prospects.  We  are  nut  mistaken. 
Things  are  beginning  to  move.  The  low  prices 
of  produce  seem  to  have  touched  bottom  and 
are  beginning  to  rebound.  Cotton  has  ad- 
%  snood  nearly  two  cents;  wheat  nearly  ton 
cents  ;  corn  about  eight  cents :  flour  fifty  cents 
per  bbl.,  and  lard  and  bacon  a  half  cent  per 
pound.  True  there  is  a  vast  quantity  of  grain 
in  first  and  second  hands  in  tho  West  waiting 
movement,  which  would  have  been  moved  be- 
l»ut  for  this  panic  ;  but  there  is  nearly 
million  bushels  less  grain  on  the  sea 
oro,  awaiting  shipment  abroad,  than 
there  was  la  I  year  at  this  time,  while  the  de¬ 
mand  for  our  food  staples  abroad  is  much 
greater  than  then.  This,  or  course,  I*  going  to 
tax  the  freight  facilities  of  the  railways  to  their 
utmost  during  this  winter;  and  St  Is  probable 
!  heir  capacity  will  be  found  Inadequate  to  t  he 
demand  for  freight.  This  will  not  be  favorable 
to  tbe  Western  producer;  but  it  will  onhanca 
the  value  of  products  near  the  seaboard.  It 
•night  to  help  to  make  Eastern  farmers  more 
content  with  their  lot— with  their  “stubborn 
soils.”  Rut  before  the  next  harvest  we  think 
no  fanner,  East  or  West,  will  have  occasion  to 
complain  that  his  garners  .  re  full  at  this  date. 


liflliOriTD,  1  y\r  (x 

stated  that  Mr.  Arch  has  left  In  this  country 
an  agent  of  the  English  Laborers'  Union  who 
ts  ready  to  take  orders  for  form  help,  which 

W  ,V  ^/°rWnt'‘Jn<I  to  Mr’  Altca  nnd  dlled  by  him¬ 
self.  1  his  agent’s  name  is  J.  8.  StAnlly  James 
who  advises  Americans  who  want  help  to 
forward  him  enough  money  to  reduce  the 
pannage  money  of  the  Immigrants  to  IS  each 
rim  requires  an  advance  of  about  *20p„r  head. 
This  is.  to  use  a  slang  phra.se,  "too  thin 
There  Is  unemployed  labor  enough  In  this 
country,  and  it  will  pay  no  American  farmer  to 
Invest  in  John  Hulls  at  this  rate.  If  English¬ 
men  want  to  come  hero  and  take  i  heir  chances, 
let  t  hem  find  their  own  passage  money  They 
are  not  so  essential  to  our  happiness  as  to  war¬ 
rant,  us  to  pay  their  passage  hither,  nor  any 
part  of  it.  ' 


How  to  Keep  Selfish  and  Imbltlou*  Men  out 
Of  the  Order  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry  has  wor¬ 
ried  many  of  its  friends.  W«  do  not  know  of 
any  human  organization  that  is  perfect  We  do 
not  know  a  church  that  has  not  Its  hypocrite  or 
hypocrites  who  are  within  the  fold  for  selfish 
purposes;  nor  a  patriotic  party  that  is  not 
ttjilictod  with  hollow-hearted  pretenders.  We 
do  not,  therefore,  expect  the  Order  will  remain 
untainted  with  corrupt  men  and  corruption- 
but  wo  do  not  propose  to  condemn  it  on  that 
account.  If  Its  general  influence  is  good,  spe¬ 
cial  Indiscretions  may  ho  overlooked,  though 
they  of  course  ought  to  ho  avoided  or  corrected 
if  possible. 


Life  Insurance.  -We  ask  alentlon  to  the  ad¬ 
vertisement  In  another  column  of  the  Equitable 
Life  Assurance,  which  has  been  the  active 
pioneer  of  t  hat  astonishing  progress  made  by 
life  insurance  during  the  past  ton  or  twelve 
years.  Wcnre  not  aware  that  any  other  com¬ 
pany  has  done  more  for  the  general  populariza¬ 
tion  of  the  system,  and  we  are  sure  that  but 
few  others  have  so  well  merited  the  public 
confidence  which  this  Society  is  now  enjoying. 

In  jHiiO,  at  the  end  of  its  first  year,  the  Society 
ranked  the  ninth  among  all  American  life  com- 
panics  in  the  amount  of  its  new  busbies;  In 
1861,  It  pushed  ahead  and  became  the  eighth; 
in  1802  and  lHflfi,  it.  crowded  Itself  nearer  to  the 
advance  and  became  the  seventh  ;  in  1 801  and 
18«r>  It  reached  tho  sixth  rank;  in  180(1  it  stood 
in  the  fourth  ;  in  1W)7,  in  the  third;  in  1808.  in 
the  second,  and  In  1800,  It  became  the  first  of 
nil  In  the  amount  of  Itshuslne.- -s.  Thofoliowir,. 
returns  were  made  to  the  New  York  Insurance 
Department  by  all  the  life  companies  except 
•  wo,  which  were  acting  under  charters  from 
t  he  State.  They  show  what  progress  life  insur¬ 
ance  has  made  in  thirteen  years,  when  tho 
Society  wo  have  named  can,  with  Its  business 
in  1872,  entirely  overshadow  the  aggregate  busi¬ 
ness  of  all  New  York  companies  exist  ing  when 
it  whs  organized  ; 


Condition  of  nil 

N>w  York 

. $  1 1  t839,fl2& 

(tiHh  premium  rreolpt*,. 

G  n  *m.h  I  ncom  i  *  . *  2,7^J  1  Kf*. 

in* a  ranee*  made . .  U,;i25,lW 

f'olleies  written  during 

the  year .  4.TH4 


Tl, 


'■  r*l,ltnMv 

In  Wv. 


Eltt.no5.0ft3 

7,1'-" 

8,420,045 

51,1,11,073 

12,401 


The  present  condition  of  the  Society  is  henl- 
t.iy  and  strong.  Its  nsset*  are  twenty-two  mil¬ 
lion  dollars,  securely  invested  according  to  law. 
An  adequate  reserve  has  been  provided  for  nil 
policy  liabilities,  and  a  largo  sum  set  aside  l  ot- 
dividends. 


The  MuNHnch usett*  Male  Bonn)  or  Agrteul- 
Oire  meets  at  Fitchburg,  Dec.  2,  3  and  4.  Prof. 
Agassiz,  Hon.  Am  aha  Nouciiors,  Hon.  Chas. 
L.  Flint,  Eugene  T.  Milks,  Esq.,  Col.  \vM' 
S.  Clark,  Hon.  Hakium  Lewis,  Prof.  Charles 
A.  Gokkh.m  an,  I>r.  Jaiii-.z  Fish  nit,  Hon.  Mar¬ 
shall  P.  Wii.nut,  Hon.  George  If.  Loking, 
Augustus  Whitman,  Esq.,  and  Prof.  Noah 
Okokbt  are  advertised  to  take  part  in  the  pro¬ 
ceedings.  Hon.  Harris  Lewis  will  open  tho 
discussion  on  tho  management  of  grass  lauds, 
In  the  afternoon  of  the  first  day,  and  In  tho 
afternoon  of  the  third  day  of  the  proceedings, 
lie  will  deliver  a  lecture  on  milk. 


♦♦♦ 


California  Silk  Worm  Egg*  and  Cocoon*  seem 
to  be  wanting  a  market  .  Those  who  have  them 
for  sale  are  now  asking  who  will  buy  them 

that  something  may  come  back  to  us  for  t  he 

money  anti  time  expended."  A  California 
paper  says  a ’’ cloud  now  hangs  over  the  pros- 
poot*  of  the  silk  Interest."  We  are  very  sorry 
t«,  hoar  this,  but  have  the  explanation  furnished 
that  "  the  present  depressed  condition  of  this 
interest  is  the  acclimatizing  process  through 
which  all  California  enterprises  must  pass  be- 
fore  they  see  their  day  of  grout  prosperity." 

Cranberries  Irom  the  Jersey  Swamp*. _ \ 

Philadelphia  paper  cay* : -Shipping  cranber¬ 
ries  from  the  Now  Jersey  swamps  has  com¬ 
menced.  The  history  of  tho  rise  of  what  Is  a 
productive  Industry,  is  somewhat  curious. 
Some  years  ago  New  Jersey  possessed  fifteen 
t  housand  acres  of  worthless  swamp  land*  *itu- 

alod  in  Ocean,  Atlantic  and  Burlington  coun- 
tios.  The  first  person  who  attempted  to  grow 
the  cranberry  on  these  swamps  and  peat  bogs 
met  with  great  difficulties,  but  finally  overcome 
them  arid  made  his  fortune.  Since  then,  this 
formerly  worthless  land  has  become  among  the 
most  valuable  in  the  State.  The  berries  are 
picked  from  the  20th  of  September  to  the  1st 
of  October,  when  they  commence  to  reach  tho 
market.  To  the  stranger  tho  sight  of  oho  of 
those  great  cranberry  bods,  as  they  appear 


Catalogue  Rcceived.-GEO.  Parr,  Buffalo, 
N.  Y„  has  sent  us  his  “Technical  Guido,”  full 
•  •f  illustrat  ions  of  Ingenious  tools  and  beautiful 
designs.  There  are  tool  chest*  of  various  de¬ 
grees  of  completeness.  Lathes  adapted  for  all 
kinds  of  work,  especially  for  that  strangely- 
beautiful  trncery  made  with  the  eccentric  arid 
geometric  Chuck*.  The  designs  given  as  illus¬ 
trating  the  capabilities  of  these  Lathes  and 
Chucks  oro  elaborate  and  exceedingly  orna¬ 
mental.  Rut  the  specimens  of  fret  work,  tho 
description  <<t  the  tools,  and  the  directions  for 
doing  It,  will  render  this  booklet  Invaluable  to 
any  who  seek  cithern  light  and  profitable  busi¬ 
ness,  or  a  pleasant,  artistic  home  recreation. 
- - 

RURAL  BREVITIES. 


The  Indiana  State  Grange  meets  at  Valpa- 
raiso,  Doc.  m5. 

The  Iowa  State  Grange  meets  December  9— 
we  are  not  Informed  w  hore. 

Illinois  bus  Just  elected  eleven  ladles  School 
Superintendents.  We  arc  glad  of  it. 

-American  Association  of  Breeders  of 
bhort- Horns  meets  at  Cincinnati,  Dm;.  2. 

H-  G- Fowler,  Coventry  N.  Y.,  asks  w  here  he 
’  “  -  ~  Rouen  ducks.  We  cannot  inform 


can  obtain 
him. 


Hon.  Lewis  F.  Allen  announces  that  he  is 
receiving  pedigrees  for  the  next  volume  of  the 
American  Short-Horn  Herd-Hook 


BUSINESS  NOTICES, 


The  Yootb’a  Companion  of  Ro*ton  is  a  thor* 
oughty  wido-awake  paper,  having  among  its  contrib¬ 
utors  euoh  writers  as  Prof.  Be  Mllla,  Ur.  1. 1.  Hayes. 
Elwurri  Eggleston.  Louisa  M.  Aicott,  Sophie  May, 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Harding  Davis  and  Mrs.  Louisa  Chand¬ 
ler  Moulton.  No  writers  more  attractive  lu  tbocoun- 
ttv,  and  n*  publication  for  young  people  more  enter¬ 
prising  and  useful. 


Hin  e  in  the  genD.»,  and  blest  as  it  is  rnre,  which 
can  create  additional  sov.reo*  Of  amusement  mid  In- 
*•  ruction  tor  tho  minds  ui  children.  The  effort  to 
leach  Natural  IlnCory  by  tho  \0W  Game  of  Birds 
called  Avlliido  ■*  every  way  suawaful.  This  game 
i»  highly  commanded.  8eut,  jk>s  i  ud,  on  receipt  of 
7ft  cents,  by  WEST  A  Li  t ,  Worces.  m ,  Mass. 


Oil 


About  ’J.y.OUO  spool*  of  the  Eureka  Machine 
Twist  arc  manufactured  every  day.  Still  the  supply 
Is  inadequate,  and  the  nianufueturci-B  are  obliged  to 
increase  their  facilities. 


-E 


> 


— tea 


A.  M.  the  earwig  had  been  demolished,  and  the 
spider,  after  resting  a  lit  tle  while,  and  probably 
enjoying  a  nap,  came  down  for  the  fly,  which 
he  had  finished  at  nine  A.  M.  A  little  after 
nine  we  supplied  him  with  r  daddy-long-legs, 
nhieh  was  eaten  by  noon.  At  one  o’clock  n 
blowfly  was  greedily  seized,  and  with  an  appe¬ 
tite,  apparent  ly  no  worse  for  his  previous  In¬ 
dulgence,  he  commenced  on  the  blowfly.  Dur¬ 
ing  the  day,  and  toward  the  evening,  a  great 
ninny  am  id  I  green  flic.,,  or  what  are  popularly 
termed  midges,  had  been  caught  in  the  web  • 

°  ,  ','"'7  . . .  on©  hundred  and  twenty. 

all  dead,  and  fast  prisoners  In  the  spider’s  net. 

‘  non  arter  dark,  provided  with  a  lantern,  we 
went,  to  examine  whether  the  spider  was  suffer- 
ng  At  all  from  indigestion,  or  In  any  other  way 
from  Ida  previous  meals;  Instead,  however,  of 


3inVi,,ri,,S  th0  and  night,  except 

seems  1  r  hf>t  day>  when  the  plant 

seems  to  desist  from  Its  habitual  motion  for 

temporary  repose.  A  high  wind  is  said  to  have 
t  he  effect  to  produce  the  cessation  of  Its  action. 
At  times  again,  only  certain  parts  of  the  plant 
are  noticed  to  be  in  motion  a  leaf,  or  perhaps, 
a  >r«neh  ;  and  It  seldom  occurs  that  some  por- 
f  Ions  of  It  are  not  cpiit©  motionless  while  the 
remainder  is  active. 

lmmrU'f,,r  lrT;ad'lv  Rr,,ws  Borassua  fla- 

dfn  «.°T  Whi‘,h  boara  a  lo;lf  of  wonderful 
dimensions,  and  which  Is  said  to  be  of  sum 

right  BlZ'’  tG  °°Ver  t'volvo  n,on  -landing  Up- 

fom  Jh?.or’,'lc“r  11,0  lfda»d  Java,  a  plant  Is 
found,  the  leaf  of  which  being  of  a  thorny 
nature,  possesses  a  fatal  - ..  ..  ' 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS 


I  'a*  'V.  *D*oo<l .  Complete.— Hv 
1.  l .  James,  Brnttleboro,  Vt, 

!"af.Mr.  Dri'KKNH  has  been 
-'surprised  to  see  It 
’  Edwin  Drond.” 
gi\en  thut  It  was  done  by 
a  very  harm  loss  announco- 
meets  the  oyea  of  sen- 
,  no  one  is  to  be  hum— 
The  truth  Is 
i,  calling  himself  “a 


Charles  Dickkn 
Those  who  know 
dead  for  some  years  will  he 
Stated  that  he  has  completed 
The  explanation  Is 
his  '* spirit-pen,"  , 

Hient,  we  fancy,  when  It 
slide  people.  Of  course, 
bugged  by  such  a  statement 
some  Vermont  Yankoe, 


THE  BRIDE 

imbibing  sundry  refreshments,  they 
emerged,  headed  by  the  bride  and  br 
and  marched  to  the  church,  singing 
ditty.  The  company  wore  dressed,  a 
a  kindof  coarse,  black  woolen  cloth 

SSE  ,T>r®. Vftry  *•>’  liav'ng  the  eklrtaVw- 
vr»in  ,W! t'h7r',aUH,,ltal  f°ll(lK©  in  blue  and 
the  UL  1  bodios  worked  with  silver  round 

hfrge  wh.’rW,i  '8mU<1  b^U'  The  brld*  Wore  a 
Ivb  h  •  headdress  and  long  veil,  studded 
with  silver  stars,  arid  the  priest  was  gorgeous  In 
a  crimson  velvet  robe  and  Elizabethan  ruff. 
«°ay  ww  very  long,  but  the  congrega- 
d‘d  T*  flnd  .il  te<liou*'  518  they  went  out. 
wh  «  h /h«?r  lVak0  dri,,ks  and  °hAt,  besides 

This  did  ?  ®n0rTUB  quantity  Of  snuff, 

this  did  not  enhance  the  solemnity  of  the 

scene  and  even  the  clergyman  stopped  7n  the 
midd  e  of  his  blessing  to  sj.lt  thrice  witn  grout 
™io,,,iy  «„<1  .-our «cy  JX 


A  BRIDESMAID 


presently  I  being  thus  affected,  ho  was  employed  In  rolling 

i  'V?T‘r  th°  varloua  Httle  green  midges 
which  he  then  took  to  his  retreat  and  ate.  This 

5S  l.  ,in,,,0f0d'  'arry,"»  up  the  lota  In 
little  detachments,  until  the  whole  web  was 

oateu,  for  the  web  mid  its  contents  were  bun¬ 
dled  up  together.  A  slight  rest  of  about  an 
hour  was  followed  by  the  most  Industrious 
wob- making  process,  and  before  daybreak 
another  web  was  ready  to  b©  used  in  the  same 
way  Taking  the  relativoslzo  of  the  spider  and 

maJh  it  wmid  *1  applyl,1B  this  to  a 

man,  it  would  b«  somewhat  as  follows  —At 

daybreak,  asmoll  alligator  was  eaten  ;  at  seven 

limb,  at  nine  A.  M.,  a  young  camel- 

eojiard;  at  one  o’clock,  a  sheep;  and  during  the 

night,  om-  hundred  and  twonty  larks.  Tills 

we  behove,  would  bo  a  very  fair  allowance  for 

one  man  during  twenty-four  hours;  ami  could 

«ueh  a  dlge,tf  r'°d  WHh  S"0h  an  ®PPO“te  and 
•uch  a  digestion,  we  can  readily  comprehend 

how  ho  might  spin  five  miles  of  web  without 
killing  himself,  provided  ho  j.ossessed  the 
necessary  machinery.  gj»n/.  Panr.r 


A  SPIDER’S  APPETITE 


N  order  to  test  what  a  spider  could  d 
way  of  eating,  we  arose  about  daybreak 
morning,  to  supply  |lf„  fllJ0  w„h  witlj  a  fl 

retre,i°r‘V'‘r'  “  BP'dW  diJ  n,)t  come  fro,, 
retro.it,  so  we  peeped  among  the  h  ave 

there  discovered  that  an  earwig  had  \ 

ShieH  fafnidi  'V,W  "<>W  b,f,n#  on. 

spider  left  the  earwig,  rolled  up  the  fly 

once  returned  to  his  "  flrat  ,•  nlritw.  ■  ihle 

at  half-past  five  A.  M.  in  September,  a  i 


SOME  WONDEREUL  PLANTS, 


338 


MOORE’ S  RURAL  WEW-YORKER 


CLOUDS. 


I  thought  Emma  would  not  be  so  silly  her- 


L'p,  away  up.  In  the  deep  blue  sky. 

TU«  fleecy  cloud?  sail  slowly  by, 

And  1.  a  mortal,  far  below, 

Walk  slowly,  sadly,  to  aod  fro. 

Oh  clouds  so  soft,  and  tipped  with  gold, 

Would  that  your  mist  might  me  enfold, 

And  bear  me  up  to  the  sky  so  blue, 

Where  naught  Is  false,  where  all  Is  true. 

My  heart  t»  sore  with  a  weary  pain, 

A  pain  that  comes,  and  comes  again. 

This  earth  In  tickle.  Is  false,  ts  wrong. 

And  nothlDg  of  happiness  dwells  here  long. 

You  are  so  peaceful,  clouds,  up  there. 

With  never  a  thought  pf  t  oll  or  caj‘e- 
The  glorious  sun  can  make  you  bright, 

But  It  cannot  make  a  sad  heart  light . 

Sometimes  up  In  the  sky  )  see 
A  cloud  which  comes  on  rapidly, 

Barge,  and  larger  still,  at  last 

It  hursts,  and  the  heavy  drops  fall  fast. 

Is  not  my  heart  like  the  dark,  dark  cloud? 
Throhhtng  with  pain,  and  murmuring  loud. 
Till  at  last  the  harrier  of  pride  gives  way. 

And  the  gathering  tears  have  found  full  sway. 

But  when  the  cloud  has  passed  In  rain, 

The  glorious  sun  shines  forth  again. 

K  en  so  my  heart,  with  its  lightened  grief. 

In  the  sun  of  "  hope,"  And*  sweet  relief. 

Move  on,  ye  clouds,  now  white  and  soft. 

Now  golden-tipped,  or  purple  oft. 

Ye  moving  masses  of  fleece  and  gold. 

I  love  your  beauties  to  behold. 

Far  above  noo,  still  floating  hy, 

Up,  far  up,  In  the  n»ure  sky, 

I  fain  would  bid  ye  come  down  to  me. 

Bright  clouds.  I  would  rest,  me  dreamfully 

On  your  bright  pinions,  and  soar  above 
To  the  world  of  truth,  and  the  world  of  love, 
j)o  wlilte-robed  angels  ride  with  you. 

Oh  fleecy  clouds,  in  the  heavens  blue  ? 


ur  ,ptor!i-®cU^. 


BESSIE’S  THANKSGIVING. 


“Mamma,"  said  little  Besshk  Winton,  “we 
m  e  going  to  have  three  holidays." 

“Indeed!"  returned  her  mother,  vv  i  tiering 
somewhat  that  Bessie  should  be  so  quiet  over 

it.  “  How  happens  that  V" 

••  why,  you  see,  day  after  to-morrow  vi.l  oe 
Thanksgiving,  and  us  we  have  Saturday,  .  n>- 
way,  I  suppose  Miw»  Wentworth  thinks  wo 
may  as  well  have  Friday,  too.” 

“  Well,  child,  are  you  sorry ?” 

“  No,  1  do  not  know  that  I  am.  I  do  not  think 
T  cave  much  about  it,  either  way.  I  would  as 
lief  go  to  school  as  to  play  " 

Now,  perhaps  you  think  little  Bessie  was 
very  fond  of  her  teacher,  her  playmnt.es  and 
her  book?.  Bui  1  am  sorry  to  say  that  the  tone  I 
in  which  she  spoke  these  words  Implied -not  a 
fondness  for  these,  but, -simply  an  indifference 
towards  her  play.  Her  mother  observed  as 
much,  for  she  had  not  been  slow  to  see  the 
spirit  of  discontent  which  had  lately  come  to 
take  possession  of  her  little  daughters  heart, 
and  very  deeply  did  she  regret  it. 

No  mat  tor  how  Interesting  the  game  of  play 
in  which  Bessie  engaged,  she  soon  grew  tired 
of  it  1  f  alone,  she  was  dissatisfied  because  she 
had  no  one  to  play  with  her.  ir  playing  with 
others,  she  fancied  every  one  was  trying  to 
slight  her,  and  that  each  one  had  a  belter  place 
i„  the  game  than  she.  So  it  naturally  came  to 


So  it  naturally  came  to 


“I  think  it  was  very  kind  in  her,"  returned  n< 
Bessie,  quickly.  “'Emma  Is  always  kind  to  cl 
everybody.  Bhe  brings  lovely  flowers  from 
their  conservatory  and  gives  to  Miss  Went-  tn 
worth.  And  she  has  brought  loads  of  grapes  hi 
for  her,  and  for  the  girls,  too.  As  for  that  mat¬ 
ter,  she  has  brought  fruits  of  all  kinds  this  bl 
whole  summer.” 

“  I  presume  Emma  Is  very  kind.  She  may  be 
like  her  mother,  who  lives  to  do  good."  b' 

“I  should  think  she  might  be  kind,"  said  u 

Bessie,  now  ready  for  opposition.  “Anybody 

might  be  who  had  everything  that  money  could 
buy.  She  will  have  enough  to  tell  Miss  Went¬ 
worth  about.” 

“  By  the  way,  E ESSIE,  with  what  are  you  going 
to  begin  your  list  ?  You  may  as  well  be  think-  k 

I’m  sure  1  don't  know.  1  don't  think  I  shall  11 

try  to  make  out.  any.  I  should  be  ashamed  to 
give  only  one  or  two  blessings.  I  can’t  think  “ 
of  a  single  one,  now.”  1 

“  Then  I  suppose  you  would  as  lief  live  in  the 
island  of  Papua  as  here  ?” 

BESSIE  laughed  a  little,  although  she  had  de-  %< 
termlned  to  make  a  very  serious  matter  of  her  p 
many  deprivations. 

“  How  Is  it,  Bessie,”  continued  Mrs.  Winton,  1 
“  do  you  think  you  would  willingly  go  there  to  v 
live?” 

“  Of  course  not,"  and  the  corners  of  Bessie's  * 
mouth  would  draw  down,  In  spite  of  her  on-  J 
deavorsto  look  like  a  much-almsed  specimen 
of  humanity,  and  present,  her  case  in  its  worst 

light,  1 

“  Then,  can  you  not  find  a  beginning  for  your  | 
list  in  the  Jfact  that  you  were  not  born  in  That  , 
benighted  isle  ?"  J 

Bessie,  remembering  a  picture  she  had  once  • 
seen  of  some  native  Papuans,  uttered  an  ex¬ 
pression  similar  to  one  they  maybe  supposed  < 
to  use  “Ugh!” 

“That  is  not  answering  tuy  question,  Bessie. 

1  wish  you  to  write  the  heading  to  your  list.” 

“Am  I  to  write  a  Mat?  Miss  Wentworth 
only  a«kcd  us  to  tell  her.” 

“You  need  not  take  the  written  list  to  school 
unless  yon  choose,  but  I  should  like  you  to  write 
it  for  your  own  good,  (let  your  paper,  dear." 

Now  t  here  was  one  thing  in  which  Bessie 
took  real  satisfaction,  and  that  was  her  pen¬ 
manship.  Few  children  of  her  age  could  form 
letters  more  neatly  than  could  alto,  so  it  was 
with  quite  a  pleasant  expression  t  hat  she  seat¬ 
ed  herself  with  pen  and  paper  before  her. 
"What  shall  I  write?”  asked  she. 

“Bure  enough,  what  will  you?  I  am  quite 
curious  to  see.” 

“  lint,  really,  ’  returned  Bessie,  petulantly, 

"  I  do  not  know  what  to  say." 

“  First  of  all  with  ‘  Blessings  for  which  I  ought 
to  feel  thankful.’  Perhaps,  by-and-by,  you  can 
erase  the  words  *  ought,  to.' " 

Bessie  colored,  but.  she  wrote  the  sentence  ns 
her  mother  gave  it.  “  Will  that  do  ?”  asked  she, 
as  she  displayed  her  neat  execution. 

*•  Very  nicely,  indeed.  Now  write  your  first 
blessing,  and  then  you  may  go  down  town  with 

me.  1  must  purchase  some  new  flannels,  for  It 

is  quite  time  for  you  to  get  on  thicker  ones.” 

Going  down  t  own  was  a  great  treat  to  Bessie. 
They  lived  in  the  suburbs  of  the  city,  and  she 
was  never  allowed  to  go  “  down  among  the 
*  stores."  as  she  expressed  it.  without  being  ac- 
’  companied  by  some  grown  person.  So  she  now 
eagerly  set  herself  to  work, 
r  ..  11,,' you  think  I  had  better  write  that  I  ought 

I  to  be  thankful  I  live  in  America?” 

c  “If  you  like.  But  tell  me,  first,  which  you 

II  would  prefer,  England  or  Papua  ?” 

0  “  why,  England,  to  be  sure.” 

0  “Why  tliat?" 

O  **  Because  it  is  a  civilized  country.  Oh,  now 


“  why  don’t  you  take  them  off  ?  A  ou  do  not 
think  you  would  miss  them,  do  you  ?  A  ou  arc 
no  better  off  with  your  warm  shoes  than  those 
children  are  in  their  little  bare  feet,  are  you  .- 
Bessie  understood  now.  "I  see  what  you 
mean,  mamma.  I  will  not  forgot  to  write  this 

blessing  down.”  „ 

“  Are  you  sure  warm  clothing  Is  one  of  the 
blessing?  for  which  you  ought  to  be  I  hankful?" 
“Quite  sure,  momma,”  said  Bessie,  firmly.  ^ 
“  What  n  re  you  going  to  do  with  those  books  < 
presently  asked  Bessie,  for  the  first  time  no¬ 
ticing  her  mot  her  was  carrying  some. 

“Take  one  to  a  boy  named  Albert,  and  one 

to  a  girl  named  Lizzie. 

“  Let  me  carry  ihern  for  you." 

Mrs.  Winton  handed  them  in  silence. 

“  Why.  these  are  T.nmt’s.  Are  you  going  to 

give  them  away?”  ,  , 

“No,  only  going  to  lend  them.  And  this  Is 

the  house  where  A L, HURT  lives. 

“  What  dark  halls,”  said  Bessie,  as  her  mother 
led  the  way  up  stairs.  “  Why,  are  you  going  up 
higher?"  continued  she,  its  they  began  to  ascend 
a  second  flight. 

“Yes,  Just  these.” 

Mrs  Winton  lightly  knocked,  and  the  door 
w's  qoiekly  opened  by  a  fac« 


Sabbath 


CONSECRATED  BY  CHRIST. 

8  v  sleep  He  consecrated  sleep, 

And  taught  us  how  to  lay  our  head, 
With  trust,  like  his,  divine  and  deep, 

In  slumber  on  our  nightly  bed. 

By  death  He  consecrated  death. 

And  made  the  grave  a  holy  home. 

In  which  our  flesh,  the  turf  beneath. 

Shall  rest  In  hope  until  He  come. 

Resting,  He  consecrated  rest. 

And  bade  us  in  His  rest  to  dwell, 

As  when,  with  weariness  oppressed, 

He  sat  at  noon  on  Bychar's  well. 

Weeping.  He  consecrated  tears, 

And  showed  the  mourner  how  to  weep ; 
And  yet  the  tear-slck  eye  He  clears. 

Lest  sorrow  he  too  long  and  deep. 

Loving,  He  consecrated  love. 

Lifting  it  out  of  human  sin, 

Making  it  pure,  like  things  above. 

And  deepening  the  fount  within. 


Another  fam  brightened  a?  they  stepped  into 
the  room,  ami  Mrs.  Winton,  tnkuig  Bessie  bj 
the  hand,  led  her  across  t  he  room  to  where  A  iy  n 
HEIIT  was  sitting-  V 

Mow  fin  vo*i  fc«M.  to-day  t  , 

“  Better,  thank  you,"  replied  Albert, cheer- 

fl“‘ v"ou  see  I  have  brought  you  a  visitor.  This  a 
is  my  lit  tic  daughter,  who  is  going  down  street  , 
with  rae^o  lean  *tay  hut  a  few  minute,  ^ 
day  1  have  brought  you  another  book.  Art 

lintohod  1 1»  tat.  yM-rdny.”  , 
As  for  Bessie,  she  dropped  Into  the  chair  ( 
whh-h  Ei.l.A  brought  to  her.  unable  to  speak 
one  word.  Never  before  had  she  beheld  so  1 
pitiful  an  object  as  the  poor,  deformed  boy,  i 
who  now  sat  before  her.  only  the  head  which  i 
Wf,s  placed  <>n  this  poor,  misshapen  bodv  «?em- 
C(1  perfect.  ALBERTS  limbs  were  badly  d  s- 
totted,  and  Bessie  saw.  at  a  glance,  that  he 
could  use  neither  his  hands  low  In?  teet,  id 
strong  and  healthy  children  can.  But  the ’face  , 

an*  ex  press h  >iT  of  3 hing  beyond  mere  con-  | 

* '"m iNT^rN^ta'l ked'  with*  the  ISt-tlo 

for  u  few  moments,  and  then,  telling  him  she 

would  Come  again  soon,  led  her  little  daughter 

d“(Vhl.  mamma!  Isn't  It  perfectly  dreadful V” 
cried  lb  sst e,  as  they  reached  the  street. 

“  poor  At. BERT!  lie  Is  t we Ive  rears  old,  and 
vet  he  has  never  taken  a  step  in  Ids  life. 

Bessie  sighed.  Then  she  looked  up  in  her 
mother’s  face.  “I  see,  ia#mma.  I  know  of 

v'cs,  ili.ssn',"'  said  tier  mother,  smiling  kind¬ 
ly  on  t  he  thoughtful  little  luce  before  her. 

'“  After  all,  1  have  something  better  than  a 
carrlaee  to  ride  out  In.  I  have  t  wo-  good  feet 
to 'carry  me,"  and  a  real,  live  smile  came  Into 

where  Lizzie  lives,”  presently 

*  "  This  is  quite  a  nice-looking  little  house.  I 

hope  no  deformed  children  live  here. 

Mrs.  Winton  said  nothing,  but  as  the  door 
was  opened  she  again  took  her  iitl  le  daughter  s 

l  l‘‘ Ah,  Lizzie,”  said  she,  when  they  had  been 
shown  into  the  room  where  the  little^  invalid 
was  sitting,  "  1  am  glad  to  see  you  up. 

A  beautiful  smile  lighted  up  Lizzie  s  faee. 
and  then  she  bent  her  head  forward  as  if  listen¬ 
ing  to  some  sound  which  was  new  to  her. 

“I  brought  in'  little  Bessie  with  me.  said 
Mrs.  Winton,  placing  her  child  s  hand  in  that 

'  f“VlESsic  looked  wonderingly  id  the  closed 
eves,  then  seemed  slowly  to  comprehend  why 
it  was  they  were  not  opened.  And  into  hei 
really  kind  heart  Ihere  crept  a  tender  nity  for 
1  t  tie  little  sightless  one.  For  a  moment  her  lips 


Ana  ueepcn..iB  .  [IJovar. 

- - — —  4»»- - 

AN  INTERESTING  PAPER. 

Mr.  Editor — IWir  Sir:  My  father  cut  the 
following  from  a  paper  printed  in  Albion,  Or¬ 
leans  Co..  N.  Y.,  some  <0  yoRrs  ago.  Never  hav¬ 
ing  seen  it  in  any  other  paper.  I  will  send  it  to 
you  Tora  place  in  your  column  of  "  Religious 
Reading.— Emma  S.  i>.,  Albany  Co.,  -Y.  1  . 

“  A  description  of  the  person  of  .1  eeus  •  hrist 
as  it  was  found  in  an  ancient  manuscript  sent 
by  PUBLIUS  LeRtUH.I'S,  President  of  Judea,  to 
the  Senat  e  of  Rome : 

“  ‘There  lives  at  this  time,  in  Judea,  a  man 
of  singular  character,  whose  name  is  Jesus 
Christ.  The  barbarians  esteem  him  as  their 
prophet;  but  his  followers  adore  him  as  the 
iinmcdinte  offspring  or  the  immortal  C.on.  He 
Is  endowed  with  such  unparalleled  virtue  hs  to 
cull  back  the  dead  from  their  graves,  and  to 
heal  every  kind  of  disease  with  a  word  or  t  ouch. 
His  person  Is  tall  ami  elegantly  shaped;  his 
aspect  amiable  and  reverent ;  his  hair  grows  In 
thus,  bond  tends  shade- which  no  united  color 
can  match,  falling  in  graceful  curls  helow  his 

ears,  agreeably  couching  on  his  shoulders  and 

parting  on  the  crown  of  hi*  head  ;  hi*  dress  of 
t  he  sect  of  Xazarites;  his  forehead  is  smooth 
and  large  ;  his  checks  without  either  spot,  save 
that  of  lovely  red ;  his  nose  and  mouth  are 
formed  with  exquisite  symmetrs  ;  his  beard  is 
t  hick  and  suitable  to  the  hair  of  lits  head,  reach- 
Inga  little  helow  his  chin,  and  parting  In  the 
middle  like  a  fork ;  his  eyes  are  bright,  clear 
and  serene.  He  rebuke#  with  mildness,  and 
invites  with  the  most  tender,  persuasive  lan¬ 
guage  ;  his  whole  address,  whether  in  word  or 
deed  being  elegant,  grave,  and  strictly  charac¬ 
teristic  of  so  exalted  a  being.  No  man  has  over 
seen  him  laugh ;  but  the  whole  world  beholds 
him  weep  frequently;  nnd  so  persuasive  are  his 
tears,  that  the  wlnde  multitude  cannot  with¬ 
hold  llieir  tears  from  joining  in  sympathy  with 
bint.  He  Is  modest,  temperate  and  wise.  In 
short,  whatever  the  phenomenon  may  turn  out 
in  the  end.  he  seems  at  present  to  bo  a  tnan  of 
excellent  beauty  and  divine  perfection#,  every 
way  surpassing  men.’  "  _ 


A  SURE  HELPER. 


How  often  wc  say.  In  great  anxiety,  “Who 
shall  roll  us  away  the  stone?"  and  when  wo 
look  again,  behold  “the  stone  is  rolled  away,” 
though  it  was  very  great.  Every  time  God  helps 
us  out  of  a  difficulty,  we  should  return  and  give 
Klory  to  Him,  and  then  go  on  our  way  with  joy 
and  fresh  courage.  We  should  Often  review 
the  circumstances,  and  sec  how  God  was  at 
work  for  us,  maybe  in  distant  places,  at  the 
very  time  of  our  trouble  ;  bow  He  wasordeiiug 
events  and  disposing  of  men*-  wills,  so  as  to 
bring  us  just  the  help  we  needed.  It.  is  un- 
I  Christian  to  call  these  occurrences  “chance" 
or  “  good  luck.”  “All  our  steps  are  numbered.” 
Let  us  learn  to  see  God’s  hand  in  all  that  befalls 
us.  An  old  man  who  had  been  long  engaged  in 
business  said,  “I  have  had  my  up#  and  downs, 
but  as  1  review  my  life,  those  things  which  I 
thought,  at  the  time,  most  against  ine  have 
proved  the  best  for  meeven temporally,  besides 
teaching  me  submission  to  Him  who  rules  the 
world.”— Sumla-tf-School  World . 


pass  that  the  girls  became  tired  of  trying  to  j  kfiOW  what,  I’ll  write.  I'll  say  I  am  glad  I  was 

please  her,  and  she  was  often  left,  quite  by  her-  born  ja  a  civilized  country.,’ 

,  >  i.i„n  iloor  9  Tcirf  it. 


,s  you  growing  more  fond  of  your  books  ? 
asked  Mrs.  Winton,  In  reply  to  Bessie’s  stat  e- 

“  Oh,  no  i  I  shall  never  like  books.  But  there  s 
no  fun  in  being  poked  up  in  this  old  house  all 
day,  so  T  may  as  well  be  in  school.” 

Mrs.  Winton  took  no  notice  of  this  remark, 
■old  present ly  Bessie  continued,  in  a  still  more 
discontented  tone.  “Miss  Wentworth  wants 
wc  should  think  of  all  l  he  things  we  have  to  be 
thankful  for,  and  tell  her,  to-morrow.  I  think 
that’s  a  queer  thing  to  ask  us.” 

"I;  strikes  me  as  being  a  very  good  question. 

It  may  put  you  all  thipking.” 

“  i  don’t  think  it.  will  take  me  long  to  tell 
mine.  <>f  course,  girls  like  Emma  Roberts 
have  something  to  be  thankful  about.  Her 
fattier  is  rich,  and  buys  her  everything  she 
wants.  She  has  horses  to  drive  out  whenever 
she  likes,  and  a  splendid  bouse  to  live  in,  and 
plenty  of  servants  to  wait  upon  her.  The  day  I 
went  home  with  her  she  took  me  ail  over  their 
house,  and  there  are  thirty-four  rooms  in  it.” 

“Ah!”  thought  Mrs.  Winton,  “that  solves 
the  mystery-  It  was  just  about  that  time  Bes¬ 
sie  began  to  grow  discontented  and  unhappy.” 
Then  she  said,  aloud.  “ Did  you  count  them, 
Bessie?” 

“  Oh,  no,  indeed  !  1  was  too  busy  looking  at 
the  elegant  things.  But  1  asked  Emma  how 
main  there  were,  and  that  Nancy,  who  used 
to  live  at  Aunt  Belle’s,  heard  me.  and  when 
Emma  said  she  was  sure  she  did  not  know, 
Nancy  said  there  were  Just  thirty-four.” 

"How  came  Emma  to  take  you  over  the 
bouse?  You  surely  did  not  ask  her." 

“  No,  ma’am  ;  Nasc  v  told  her  to  take  me.” 


ike  But  tell  me.  first,  which  you  the  little  sightless  one,  lor  a  moment  ner  ups 
£:P”ar  5;fe“tak«  tne  home, 

igland,  to  be  sure.  ami  I’ll  never  be  ungrateful  any  more! 

at?"  ’  “  Mv  little  daughter  is  trying,  to-day,  to  find 

■  it  is  a  civilized  country.  Oh,  now  out  her  blessings,' 'said 

„  raw i «, «..«■  i  —  K 

... ... _ Jvillzed  country.,  has  bestowed  upon  her,  and  1  Hunk  it  will  do 

“  And  what  besides  civilized,  dear?  Isn’t  it  wKood  to  recall  some  of  them.  ... 

.wSwE*  w.  «.  «e»-  •»  3-  ' 

the  form  we  choose  t  obiecl,  you  would  never  again  forget  to 

“I  might  add-' a  free,  Christian  country.  ti,imk  Hon  for  one  of  His  best  blessings. 

.  .i0v“  “  And  haven't  you  Been  anything  in  ycais. 

“  Yes  that  will  express  your  meaning.  And  asked  Bkwik,  wto  bad  somewhat  recovered 

now  prepare  yourself  its  quickly  as  possible.  1  ‘A  ^  .,oor  eyes  have  always  been  sightless: 
u Th  pretty  chill?  so  you  must  dress  warmly.”  an<l^.  though  1  have  lived  in  this  world  fifteen 
After  they  had  ridden  several  blocks  In  one  co- 

car,  Mrs.  Winton  changed  to  another.  ceh  e  what  it  must  he  like  to  only  imagine  how 

“  Win  ,  mamma,  we  have  never  been  this  wav  ,  .  look.  Then  she  thought  liow  sad  it  must 
,  ,  V...  J  o  trrone  one’s  way  about,  pmded  only  by  the 

never  have,  Bessie.  1  often  come  this  «SSSS?9 


Presently  Mrs.  Winton  motioned  for  the  car 
to  be  stopped.” 

“Are  we  to  get  out  here?”  asked  Bessie,  un¬ 
able  to  conceal  her  surprise. 

yeSi  Bessie,”  replied  her  mother,  quietly, 
adding,  as  they  passed  to  the  sidewalk,  “  1  wish 
to  ..any  «  little  jelly  to  some  invalids.” 

Bessie,  quite  unconscious  that  she  had  been 
bn  night  here  to  learn  one  of  those  lessons  which 
arc  not  found  in  books,  walked  along,  chatting 
about  the  sights  which  were  so  new  to  her,  when 
suddenly  she  came  to  a  pause. 

“  O,  mamma!”  whispered  stae,  “see  all  those 
barefooted  children.  And  just  think  how  cold 

'it  is  I”  , 

“  Suppose,  Bessie,  that  as  you  do  not  care  Tor 

your  shoe?  and  stockings,  you  give  them  to  one 

of  those  children." 

Bessie  looked  up  in  bewilderment.  Among 
all  these  strange  scenes,  hud  her  own  mother 
slipped  away  from  her? 

"No.  there  she  stood,  apparently  expecting 
her  child  would  comply  with  the  strange  re- 
I  quest. 


un  to  the  Throne  of  Grace  a  little  prayer  of 
t  hanksgiving.  “  1  will  never  forget  again,  said 
she.  “1  do  not  believe  that  1  have  ever,  before. 

In  all  uty  life,  thanked  God  that  l  can  see. 

“Oh  Miss  Bessie!  how  could  you  help  it . 
Inst  to  think  of  actually  seeing  everything 
around  you  !  Oh.  I  think  l  should  thank  Him 

'bessie  had  spoken  t lie  truth.  She  had  never 

before  thanked  iter  Heavenly  Father  for  this 
rich  gift.  She  was  very  quiet  during  the  little 
shopping  expedition,  and  she  reached  home 
with  a  heart  so  filled  with  grateful  thoughts, 
she  could  hardly  Stop  to  take  her  tea.  a'l  ans- 
ious  was  she  to  complete  the  list  of  hei  blesa- 
G.eji.  She  sat  over  the  papers  long  time  ;  then,  I 
atf  tremulous  with  happiness,  she  earned  the 

list  to  her  mother.  ,  „ 

“  See.  mamma,  how  many  l  have  thought,  of. 

Little  Bessie  had  w  ritten  a  goodly  number. 
•i„d  tears  filled  the  fond  mothers  eves  as  she 
read  tile  closing  sentences:  ”t  thunk  God 
that  I  have  so  many  kind  friends,  a  pleasant 
school  und  a  loving  teacher,  a  good  mother  and 
father,  good  health,  the  Use  oj  all  my  senses, 
and  atiiimsand  other  things  to  make  me  happy. 

When  Bessie  read  her  list  at  school,  she  was 
not  ashamed ol  It. and  herteacihereompllmeiit- 
ed  her  upon  the  views  she  took  of  tier  Personal 
blessings.  Having  seen  what  she  had  to  be 
thankful  for,  little  BESSIE  war  aide  to  pass  a 
“  Happy  Thanksgiving.” 


HOW  TO  USE  YOUR  EXPERIENCE. 

Here  is  some  good  counsel  from  Mr.  Spur¬ 
geon-  concerning  the  duty  of  experience: 
When  an  experienced  Christian  merely  uses 
his  experience  for  his  own  comfort,  or  as  a 
standard  by  which  to  judge  his  fellow-Chris- 
tians,  or  make  use  of  it  for  velf-exaltatlon,  as 
though  he  were  Infinitely  superior  to  the  most 
zealous  young  men,  such  a  man  mars  his  talent, 
does  mischief  with  it.  and  makes  himself  heav¬ 
ily  respensible.  1  beseech  yon  who  liaVe  long 
walked  in  the  way  of  godliness  to  use  your  ex- 
I  perlence  continually  in  your  visitation  of  the 
sick,  in  your  conversations  with  the  poor,  in 
your  meetings  with  young  beginners,  in  your 
dealings  with  backsliders  ;  l<;t  your  paths  drop 
fatness;  let  the  anointing  God  has  given  you 
full  upon  those  who  are  round  about  you. 

- - - 

There  is  no  mail’s  mind  of  so  discordant  ami 
jarring  a  temper,  to  which  a  tunable  disposi¬ 
tion  may  not  strike  a  harmony.— Sir  Thomas 
Browne . 


NOV.  22 


MOOSE’S  RURAL  NEW-VOBKER. 


A  MESSAGE: 

Suggested  by  a  Humming  Bird  Sipping  eonu  Mignon¬ 
ette  in  mg  Drew. 

nv  ALICE  I).  I.IXDSLEY. 

A  vision  of  wondrous  beauty. 

A  flash  like  a  ruby’s  light, 

For  an  Instant  hovered  near  me,— 

Then  It  vanished  from  my  sight. 

All  the  summer  air  was  fragrant 
Willi  a  presence  sweet,  us  flowers, 

When  the  sparkling  dew  is  on  them 
In  the  early  morning  hours. 

Tell  me,  oh  radiant  beauty ! 

Did  my  darling  send  you  boro 
That.  I  might,  know  huw  often. 

Though  so  fur,  she  yet  Is  near  ? 

For  this  flower  you  kissed  so  gently 
As  It  laid  upon  my  breast, 

Is  to  me  a  sacred  treasure. 

For  she  loves  tbls  one  the  best. 

To  me  each  bright  htrd  and  blossom 
Has  of  her  some  memory  dear; 

So  oft  they  bless  and  comfort  her 
Sorrow  droops  when  they  are  near. 

My  bright  humming  bird,  I  call  her. 

When  she  wears  your  dainty  green. 

And  her  ruby  flashes  with  a  light 
Your  bright  eyes  have  never  seen. 

But  her  wings  Got)  keeps  from  growing 
For  n  little  while,  that  l 
May  learn  from  her  to  trust  Him  still, 

When  He  takes  her  by-and-by. 

In  the  garden  of  our  Fattier, 

Where  Love's  flowers  forever  grow, 

I  shall  llnd  my  happy  darling 
When  I  miss  her  here  below. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

AN  EXPERIMENT  IN  THE  FINE  ARTS. 

I  sat  down  one  day  to  make  a  moss  picture. 
Not  that  I  am  an  artist,  but  I  am  not  without 
artistic  capabilities.  Enthusiastic  friends  had 
descanted  on  the  beauty  of  such  fancy  work. 
There  was  a  vacant  space  on  my  walls  which 
needed  a  picture,  and  I  thought  with  awe  upon 
the  fate  of  the  man  who  hid  Ids  talent  in  a 
napkin.  If  these  reasons  had  not  been  suffi¬ 
cient  to  set  my  idle  fingers  to  employment, 
there  were  others— not  least  of  which  was  a 
natural  delight  In  mosses,  which  generally  was 
forced  to  satisfy  itself  In  collecting  “speci¬ 
mens."  Jlut  now,  from  all  vain  or  humbler 
uses,  mosses  were  to  reach  the  “grand  climatic 
hlght"  of  aspiration. 

A  little  bit  of  tlie  woods  was  soon  to  be  im¬ 
mortalized  by  the  touch  of  genius,  environed 
in  golden  wails,  and  Imng  as  a.  fitting  accom¬ 
paniment  to  works  of  more  pretentious  value. 
Directions  given  were  explicit.  1  was  to  take 
a  piece  of  cardboard,  and  on  the  upper  half  to 
delineate  a  sky,  a  sunrise,  or  sunset  sky  being 
preferred.  1  did.  It  wa*  artistic  In  the  exlreme! 

My  idea  was  vague  as  to  (he  phase  of  land¬ 
scape  my  picture  should  assume,  and  the  diffi¬ 
culty  was  Increased  by  the  troublesome  mani¬ 
festation  of  an  independent  .spirit  on  the  part 
of  my  materials,  perhaps  consequent  upon  the 
“step  upward"  i  u  their  existence.  For  when, 
after  much  pulling  and  cutting  and  fitting,  a 
piece  of  moss  had  been  exactly  overlaid  with 
mucilage,  atul  the  propitious  moment  had  ar¬ 
rived  for  ils  translation,  how  on  earth  should  I 
make  it  take  its  place  on  the  card,  when,  des¬ 
pite  all  remonstrances,  it  persisted  in  adhering 
to  the  fingers  ? 

A  sheet  of  water  In  a  picture  Is  a  great  desid¬ 
eratum  to  be  secured  at  any  hazard,  and  some 
one  having  recommended  a  piece  of  finely  niil- 
dewed  corn  husk  as  possessing  virtues  superior, 
for  the  purpose,  to  paint,  I  wrapped  my  man¬ 
tle  of  exploratton'about  me,  and  wended  my 
enthusiastic  way  to  the  barn,  and  returned 
neither  sadder  nor  wiser,  but  richer  by  a  bit  of 
mold.  It  was  properly  treated  ami  pressed  to 
the  card.  Do  you  Imagine  it  adhered?  Dis¬ 
abuse  yourself  of  the  Ideal  It  did  everything 
else.  It  rolled  completely  over,  curled  at  the 
edges,  and  on  repeated  manual  application  ele¬ 
vated  itself  in  ridges  Innumerable,  leaving  a 
very  sticky  memento  upon  the  finger,  and  be¬ 
daubing  the  fair  surface  of  the  card. 

I  might  have  left  It  to  represent  the  hills  of 
my  native  land ;  but  I  wanted  a  lake-a  quiet, 
slumbrous  lake,  and  would  have  it;  so  I  sent 
my  thought  searching  among  the  stores  of  my 
brain  for  an  available  suggestion ;  then  sent 
my  little  hand-maiden  among  the  stores  up 
garret  for  the  idea  in  substance. 

She  returned  w  ith  »  paper  of  glue, 
ft.  was  forthwith  melted;  and,  acquainted 
with  the  decided  qualities  of  glue,  it  was  with 
feelings  of  exultation  that  I  besmeared  the 
bottom  of  my  lake  and  set  it  in  Its  bed.  Mira- 
hile  df etui  All  was  water  that  would  not  seek 
its  level ! 

I  honor  aspiration.  I  commend  the  lowly 
born  who  spurns  the  common  clod,  and  would 
set  his  proud  feet  on  the  easier  high  tsof  Fame ; 
but  when  I  want  a  lake,  for  that  lake  to  aspire 
to  the  dignity  of  the  everlasting  hills,  is  an  ex¬ 
ercise  of  spirit  not  at  all  commendable. 

A  few  dry,  brownish  leaves  were  laid  down 
for  the  groundwork,  their  ragged  edges  jutting 
into  the  water,  forming  miniature  capes  and 
headlands ;  and  ever  actuated  by  humane  prin¬ 
ciples,  I  set  up  broad-branched  trees  thereon,  1 


to  shelter  the  little  boys  who  should  find  excel¬ 
lent  fishing  there  in  the  summer. 

A  wide  country  road  was  separated  from  the 
adjoining  fields  of  rucks  and  rubbish  with  much 
patience,  and  gray  irregular  mosses,  forming  a 
fine  array  of  stumps, and  according  to  the  taste 
of  flic  owner,  a  lane  was  bounded  eastward  and 
westward  by  a  magnificent,  valley  of  the  same 
material.  This,  on  experiment,  proved  easy 
work. 

I  did  not  Interfere  witlntbelr  natural  in¬ 
stincts,  hut,  extended  the  beautiful  arrange¬ 
ment  up  a  side  hill  twenty  rods,  more  or  less, 
whore  ft  terminated  in  a  bit  of  mossy  bark, 
which,  with  the  assistance  of  a  penknife  and 
gluo,  was  soon  transformed  Into  a  love  of  a 
cottage,  with  all  the  modern  Improvements. 

A  lawn  must,  be  added ;  so  I  surveyed  the 
premises  and  laid  off  one  of  moderate  dimen¬ 
sions;  consulted  a  work  on  landscape  garden-  , 
ing,  and  proceeded  to  Improve  Nature. 

I  knew  in  t  hat  particular  field  I  had  no  equal ; 
neither  in  building  or  gardening  do  I  fear  ri¬ 
vals;  but  when  I  attempted  to  depict  animal 
intelligence,  a  hit.  ,,f  which  1  wished  to  relieve 
the  gloom  which  ever  hangs  over  inanimate 
nature,  then  my  genius  failed  me. 

Then  I  turned  my  attention  to  the  road  near 
tlie  fence,  scattered  a  little  greenness  in  the 
field  of  rocks  and  rubbish  to  show  the  neglect 
of  the  owner  In  not  making  available  such  fer¬ 
tility,  and  with  a  general  sprinkling  of  every¬ 
thing  to  fill  up  vacant  space,  os  best  pleased  my 
aesthetic  eye,  and  my  labor  of  love  was  ended. 


Ufa  ding  for  thq  goiutg; 


“Beautiful,  isn’t  it?”  said  I  to  Charley, 
who  happened  in. 

“  Lovely  1"  said  he.  “  What  skill  yon  have  in 
delicate  work !  Pray,  what  is  the  dtalgri  ?" 

“A  hit  of  natural  scenery,  don’t  you  see? 
Here  1*  file  road  which  loads  to  this  romantic 
cottage,  half  hidden  in  frees,  from  which  you 
can  look  down  on  the  quiet  lake  with  the glory 
of  the  sky  on  it." 

“  Where  is  the  lake  ?  What,  that  grey  patch  ! 
Beg  pardon  !  And  what  are  those  horned  beasts 
drawn  up  in  battle  array  for?” 

“That  Is  a  fence !  How  stupid  you  are !’’ 

“  Oh,  I  see  !  Yes,  it’s  very  beautiful !" 

I  showed  it  to  the  loved  ones  at  home, 
intent  on  extracting  a  modicum  of  praise 
from  some  one,  1  asked  Tom,  my  respected 
brother,  how  he  liked  It. 

“A  meditative  load  ou  the  remains  of  a  rail 
retire,”  said  he,  solemnly. 

“It  looks  more  like  an  old  witch  crooning 
over  the  ashes,"  piped  one  of  i  he  younger  ones. 

"Or  a  big  spider  willt  a  pack  of  tiles  on  his 
back  crawling  into  his  web,"  giggled  another . 

“  A  remarkable  production  *” 

“  Docs  you  credit!”  and  so  on,  ad  libitum, 
through  the  family.  My  dear  friends,  to  affirm 
that  i  lack  a  genius  for  (he  fine  arts  was  no 
more  than  the  conclusion  to  which  they  all 
arrived. 

Hero  is  where  they  erred.  In  cutting  up  with 
their  critical  scissors  my  picture,  when  my  de¬ 
sign  was  good,  my  perspective  better,  and  let¬ 
ting  the  persistent  springy,  dinging  little  ab¬ 
surdities  go  scot-free,  who  find  everything  their 
own  way,  and  as  fast  us  laid  in  one  position 
immediately  turn  over  and  lay  In  another. 

There  hangs  in  one  corner  of  my  room  a  mod¬ 
est  conglomeration  of  cardboard,  mosses,  sticks 
and  glue,  a  warning  to  whatever  remains  of 
adveuturesomo  spirit,  and  a  remarkable  illus- 
tratien  of  the  total  depravity  of  inanimate 

M.  a.c.l. 

- ♦♦♦- - 

LOVE, 

The  following  is  what  some  of  the  old  au¬ 
thors  have  to  say  about  love  : 

Love  seldom  haunts  the  breast  where  learn¬ 
ing  lies.— Pope. 

Hate  makes  us  vehement  partisans,  but  love 
more  so.—  Gccthe. 

In  love  wo  are  fools  alike.— Gay. 

Love,  one  time,  layeth  burdens;  another 
time,  givetli  wings—  Sir  P.  Sidney, 

Lovo  Is  the  virtue  of  women. — Dudcvant. 

In  love,  tlie  deceit  generally  outstrips  the 
distrust.— Rochefoucauld. 

Where  love  dwells  is  paradise.— Richter, 

Lovo  is  precisely  to  the  moral  nature  what 
the  sun  is  to  the  earth,-  Balzac. 

Words  of  love  are  works  of  Jove.— Alger. 

When  we  lovo  we  live.— Conqrew. 

Gold  does  not  satisfy  love;  It  must  be  paid 
in  its  own  coin.— Madame  Ddazy. 

Love  Is  an  affair  of  credulity.— Odd. 

She  that  is  loved  Is  Bat  is. —Jeremy  Taylor. 

How  shall  I  do  to  love?  Believe.  How  shall 
I  do  to  believe?  Love.— Leighton. 

Lovo  is  an  egotiam  of  two.— A.de  LaSalle. 

I  could  not  love  thee,  dear,  so  much,  love  I 
not  honor  more.—  Lovelace. 

Wish  chastely  and  love  dearly.— $htik8pearc. 

Love  sacrifices  all  things  to  bless  the  thing 
it  loves.  Ilulwer  Lylton. 

- ♦♦♦ — - , 

Jean  Pap l  Richter  says :  “  To  insure  mod¬ 
esty,  J  would  advise  the  educating  of  the  sexes 
together;  for  two  boys  will  preserve  twelve 
girls,  or  two  girls  twelve  boys,  innocent,  amid 
winks,  jokes,  and  Improprieties,  merely  by 
that  lustiimtlve  sense  which  is  tlie  forerunner  j 
of  matured  modesty.  But  I  will  guarantee 
nothing  hi  a  school  where  girls  are  alone  to¬ 
gether,  and  still  less  where  hoys  are." 


[  -  ORDERLY  HABITS. 

BY  AUGUST  NOON. 

Dear  girls,  do  you  wish  to  Brighton 
Your  homes  like  sunshine  mirt 
Do  yon  wish  by  your  efforts  to  llgbtc n 
Your  mother’s  burden  of  mire  V 
Then  banish  all  frowns  from  your  forehead. 

All  petulant  words  from  your  tongue, 

Ana  mi  I M  vine  Orderly  habit*,— 

You  cau  do  that  best  while  young. 

If  the  boys  have  tnndo  »  disorder 
80  that  things  look  sadly  unkept, 

And  your  mother  is  hurried  with  sewing 
And  you  sea  the  floor  ought  to  be  swept, 

Don't  wait  to  bo  told  to  do  It. 

But  ohoerfully  leave  your  play, 

Sweep  and  dust,  and  arrange  the  books, 

And  put  everything  awuy. 

If  you  have  bright,  eyes  to  discern  them, 

There’s  a  thousand  things  you  can  do 
That  will  make  your  parents  happy 
And  the  little  ones  fond  of  you  ; 

You  can  kindly  amuse  the  buby. 

Give  grandma  the  rocking  cluilr, 

Help  Tommy  And  Ills  missing  ball. 

And  comb  little  Mary’s  hair. 

New  take  my  word,  it  you're  helpful. 

And  pleasant  and  patient  and  neat. 

You  will  reap  for  yourself  a  rich  reward. 

And  a  blesslug  far  more  swoet 
Thun  gold  oan  ever  purchase. 

Or  landa  or  rubles  or  pearls, 

For  your  home  will  be  made  a  paradise 
By  your  endeavors,  dour  girls. 

- - 

LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

An  Editor  and  Flre-FiRhter. 

Dear  Editor  of  the  Rural  :— 1  have  written 
for  your  paper  once  before,  and  as  vou  were  ao 
kind  as  to  publish  my  letter,  t  will  write  again. 
Our  summer  school  closed  the  23d  of  Sopl, em¬ 
ber,  and  the  last  day  we  had  a  beautiful  time. 
Wo  recited  pieces,  ami  sung,  and  our  toucher 
Miss  Dalton,  played  the  melodoon.  Wo  sung 
“Little  Pilgrims,  Work  Awav,"  “Shull  Wo 
Sing  in  Heaven,”  and  several  other*.  We  had  a 
paper,  “The  Wreath,"  in  two  volumes;  its 
motto  was,  “  iliml  Around  Thy  Youthful  Brow, 
an  Unfading  Wreath  of  Intelligence  and  Vir¬ 
tue."  Carrie  L.  and  I  were  tlie  edit  resses.  Four 
of  us  represented  Mm  mimtut.  My  little  sister 
Nellie  was  spring;  her  little  mate,  Minnie, 
whs  summer,  I  was  autumn,  and  Minnie's  sis¬ 
ter,  Carrie,  was  winter.  Each  one  came  In 
singing,  “I*in  Coming,  I’m  Coming,”  See.  Wo 
were  dressed  In  while,  trimmed  with  vines, 
flowers  and  fruit;  when  we  sung  “All  Hail  to 
the  Seasons,”  we  stood  In  a  circle  and  Joined 
hands.  For  refreshments,  we  had  candy,  nuts, 
popped  corn,  and  fruit.  We  hud  a  lot  of  com¬ 
pany,  and  that  was  the  best  part  of  tlie  whole. 
Thus  has  ended  anot  her  happy  an  miner,  and  a 
pleasant  term  of  school.  I  must  tell  you  anout 
a  Urn  we  had  near  us.  lately.  About  3  o’clock 
Monday  morning  l lie  men  from  the  farm-house 
gave  the  alarm  that  the  woods  (about  thirty 
rods  from  our  house)  were  on  fire.  We  were  all 
very  much  frightened,  and  hurried  up  an  fast 
as  we  could.  1  thought  of  Chicago  and  the 
other  great  fires,  and  I  felt  more  .sorry  than 
ever,  for  the  poor  little  Western  boys  and  girls. 
The  men  took  shovels,  and  wc  all  went  to  the 
woods,  to  fight  the  fire,  papa  taking  the  lead. 
Three  trees  were  on  fire,  and  about  four  acres 
of  ground  were  burning.  They  worked  very 
hard  for  about  an  hour,  and  succeeded  in  put¬ 
ting  it  out  by  throwing  on  dirt.  I  wish  they 
had  had  papa  out  West  to  help  them  put  out 
their  fire.  I  hope  you  will  excuse  me  for  writ¬ 
ing  so  long  a  letter.  May  your  valuublo  paper 
continue  to  prosper,  and  may  you  have  a  long, 
and  happy  life.  Adieu.— Anna,  Lyom,  N.  Y. 

From  a  Printer's  Devil. 

Mr.  Editor  As  I  was  reading  the  Girls’  and 
Boys’  Letters  in  your  nice  paper  of  last  week, 
a  thought  oatne  Into  ray  mind  that  I  would 
have  a  few  words  to  say  in  the  same  column 
about  myself  arid  otherwise.  Now,  before  I  go 
any  further,  1  will  tell  the  reader  that  I  am  a 
boy  that  has  to  work  for  a  living,  and  I’m  not 
afruid  to  toll  any  one  of  It,  either.  I  have  Just, 
entered  into  my  loth  your,  and  live  in  a.  village 
of  1,000  inhabitants,  and  atn  learning  the  print¬ 
ing  trade,  and  like  it  very  much.  Have  been  at 
it  about  a  year  and  there  is  no  trade  that  1 
think  so  much  of  as  the  one  1  have  just  named. 

I  board  with  tlie  Editor,  and  lie  takes  your 
paper  and  I  am  always  ready  to  read  the  Boys’ 
and  Girls’  Letter*  when  1  first  see  it.  [(often 
read  the  boys'  letters,  saying  what  nice  times 
they  have  hunting,  fishing  and  trapping.  I  for 
one  can  say  that  I  never  cared  a  snap  for  such 
tilings.  I  Was  always  afraid  of  a  gun  and  never 
hud  a  chance  to  go  flailing  much,  and  am  glad 
that  1  am  not  a  farmer's  hoy,  have  to  dig,  and 
push,  and  work  all  the  time  and  never  have  a 
minute's  time  for  myself.  I  like  to  live  in  a 
town  and  see  whut  is  going  on,  etc,,  I  have  a 
brother  two  years  older  than  I  am  living  on  a 
farm  in  the  State  of  Vermont,  he  seems  to  fancy 
farming.  I  have  heard  a  good  many  boys  say 
that  they  an;  glad  beau-pnlling  Is  all  over 
will).  1  think  I  would  bo  too  ir  1  Juui  to  do  that, 
land  of  work  ;  It  is  something  that  1  never  took 
a  fancy  to,  nor  any  one  else,  I  guess.  Farmers 
are  now  busily  engaged  in  bringing  their  apples 
and  potatoes  in  town  in  greet  abundance.  The 
leaves  of  tlie  trees  are  dropping  off  fast,  bu  t  not  | 


so  early  as  they  did  last  year;  neither  has  Jack 
frost,  got  out  so  early.  Seeing  this  is  my  first 
letter  to  the  Rural  I  won’t  say  but  a  few 
words  this  time,  but  next  time  1  write  I  will 
have  a  longer  one.  J  presume  before  long  some 
farmer's  boy  M  ill  have  something  to  say  about 
what  I  have  said  against  farming.  I  remain 
yours  respectfully  Frank  8.  C.,  Allskin,  iV.  F. 

From  n  Little  Farmer. 

Dear  Mr.  Editor  :  I  am  a  boy  ten  years  old, 
and  have  read  many  letters  In  the  Uitral  writ¬ 
ten  by  little  hoys.  I  like  to  rood  them  very 
much,  and  think  that  you  arc  very  kind  In 
printing  thorn.  My  father  lives  on  a  farm  of 
one  hundred  acres.  We  milk  seven  cows  ;  wo 
have  kept  fifteen  some  years.  I  milk  four  every 
night  and  morning,  and  have  milked  seven 
whyri  my  father  was  gone  away.  My  aunt,  gave 
me  a  gobbler  and  a  hen  turkey  last  fall ,  1  have 
raised  nineteen  t  urkeys  tills  year.  The  gobbler 
is  a  funny  old  ehap.  Took  one  brood  of  young 
turkeys  that  a  ben  hatched,  and  took  splendid 
cure  of  them— hovered  over  them  nights  and  in 
storms.  We  had  one  very  hard  hail  storm  that 
threshed  the  oats  very  bad  ;  some  near  hero 
were  threshed  clean  enough.  Ours  were  about 
half  threshed;  it.  made  plenty  of  food  for  my 
turkeys  for  awhile,  but  t  hey  soon  apron  ted  and 
grew  up  to  be  good  feed  for  cow*.  If  tlie  win¬ 
ter  would  stay  away  wo  would  have  some  oats 
after  all,  but  wc  could  not  ride  down  hill,  so  let 
it  come,  for  I  have  a  new  sled.— Eugene  F.  W., 
Truxton,  N.  Y. 


22I1T. 


PROBLEM.— No.  13. 

The  three  lines  which  bisect  the  angles  of  a 
right-angled  triangle  intersect  each  other  at  a 
point  so  situated  that  .VI  rods  is  equal  to  tho 
sum  of  Its  distances  from  the  three  angles.  Tho 
perl  motor  of  the  triangle  measure*  100  rods. 
Required,  the  sides  of  tho  triangle,  and  also 
the  distances  from  the  point  of  Intersection  to 
the  three  angles  respectively  as  a  supplemen¬ 
tary  answer. 


A  V  1  B  I*  +  C  T’  -56  rods ;  A  It  i  B  C  C  A  —100 
rods.  Scale  of  figure,  20  rods  to  the  Inch. 
This  problem  can  be  solved  without  the  aid 
of  trigonometrical  formula,  or  the  use  of  an 
equation  higher  than  that  of  the  second  degree. 

B,  F,  Burleson. 
t W"  Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- HI - 

CROSS-WOtRD  ENIGMA— No.  9. 

M  v  first  is  in  feather  but  not  In  quill. 

My  second's  in  miller  but  not  in  mill ; 

My  third  Is  in  metal  but  not  in  wood, 

My  fourth  is  In  evil  but  not  in  good  ; 

My  fifth  is  in  quiver  but  not  in  bow, 

My  sixth  is  in  substance  but  not  In  show  ; 
My  seventh’s  in  doublet  but  not  in  hose, 

My  eighth  is  In  lily  but  not  in  rose ; 

My  ninth  i*  in  eyrie  but  not  In  nest, 

My  tenth  iv  in  finding  but  not  in  quest ; 

My  whole  is  flic  name  of  a  ballad  fine 
M11  the  faithful  watch  of  a  friend  canine. 
Answer  in  two  week*.  Fourteen. 

- - »♦« - 

HIDDEN  CITIES. -No.  I. 

1.  Alas  !  said  he,  they  are  all  destroyed. 

2.  I  hate  her,  and  so  does  everybody. 

3.  Don’t  take  a  nap,  lest  you  sleep  too  long. 

4.  He  arrived  from  Europe  yesterday. 

5.  They  are  all ;  is  Bonaparte  one  of  them  ? 

<1.  I  am  fast  In  this  bog;  0  take  me  out. 

7.  Come,  Allen,  sing  me  a  song, 

8.  You  can  send  Frank  for  the  cows. 

!t.  Yes,  Laban,  gorillas  are  ferocious  animals. 
ID.  Como  and  see  this  Indian;  a  Polish  boy  is 
with  him. 

Bherkton,  Ont,  j.  ,\j.  Sherk. 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 

- - 

CONCEALED  FLOWERS.-No.  1. 

1.  Montrose  is  a  town  in  Pennsylvania. 
Upon  the  rock  Etta  sat. 

3.  Away  up  in  Kansas, 

4.  Sound  the  viol,  Etta. 

5.  Give  the  parts  of  the  verb  enacted. 

B.  Put  your  stockings  on,  Etta. 

1.  Is  tho  pan  symmetrical? 

Answer  in  two  weeks.  P.  s.  Wykoff. 

— - +-++ - - 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS.  -  Nov.  8. 

Concealed  Vegetables  No.  l.  1,  Tomato. 
.1.  1  can.  3.  Beet.  4.  Pea.  5.  Carrot.  6.  Corn. 
».  Cabbage. 

SqUAIlE-WoRD  ENIGMA  No.  ft.  1.  Base  *> 
Aged.  3.  Seen.  4,  Edna. 

Geographical  enigma  No.  L- United 
States  of  Columbia. 

Word- Puzzle  No.  5.— Kirkwood. 

Dn  v citation  No.  1.-1,  Severn ;  sever ;  ever  • 
eve.  2.  Scrape ;  crape;  rape;  ape. 


fi boo'd  Methodist  Church  in  Newburgh, 
Y„  on  the  8th;  loss,  $10,000. ...  Foundry  and 


OORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


ISOV.  22 


TELL  EVERYBODY! 


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ERIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 

If  we  may  believe  English  report,,  the  Turkish 
Empire  is  in  a  very  unpleasant  condition  indeed 

is,  in  fact,  on  the  verge  of  insolvency,  and 
rather  Ilian  otherwise  inclined  to  tumble  over. 
It.  Is  said  that  Gen.  Ignaticff,  tho  Russian  Em¬ 
bassador  at  Constantinople,  when  asked  some 
ten  months  ago  what  he  thought  of  tho  Turkish 
lino  rice,  tyiswered  that  he  would  give  them 
eighteen  months. 

GafuiialDJ  wrote  recently  t.0  a  friend  In  En¬ 
gland  44 1  am  earnestly  hoping  for  the  consol¬ 
idation  of  the  Republic  in  France  und  in  Spain, 
and  l  think  there  is  no  reason  to  despair  in 
regard  to  eit-hor  country,  in  spit  e  of  priests,  who 
would  recall  the  times  of  Torqucmnda.  En¬ 
gland,  by  the  repression  of  Slavery  at  Zanzibar, 
lias  acquired  a  new  title  to  universal  gratitude." 

Judge  JOHN  M.  Lee  of  Nashville  Inis  just 
given  a  beautiful  locality  in  the  suburbs  of 
Nashville  as  the  site  for  the  Tennessee  School  for 
t  he  Blind,  paying  the  sum  of  $10,000  for  the 
ground,  which  from  Its  high  eminence,  occu¬ 
pies  a  commanding  view  of  the  city  and  the 
picturesque  scenery  of  the  surrounding  conn  try. 

Ex-President  Fillmore  and  four  surviving 
members  of  his  old  cabinet — Conrad  of  Louisi¬ 
ana,  Secretary  of  War;  Hull  of  Vow  York,  Post¬ 
master-General ;  Graham  of  North  Carol  inn. 
Secretary  of  t  he  Navy;  and  Stewart  of  Virginia, 
Secretary  of  the  Interior— are  expected  to  visit 
Washington  1  his  winter  for  a  friendly  reunion. 

Bismarck,  while  staying  in  Vienna,  remarked 
jocularly  toe  gentleman  who  expressed  regret 
that  Count  Herbert,  the  prince’s  son,  had  not 
accompanied  his  father  to  Vicuna:— “  Herbert! 
Oh,  I  have  sent  him  on  to  Homo  to  make  my 
peace  with  the  Pope.  Among  ourselves,  Her¬ 
bert  is  the  rudest  of  us  all." 

See.  Robpron,  who  is  still  engaged  In  the 
Polaris  investigation,  recently  stated  that  noth¬ 
ing  really  new  hits  been  discovered  by  the  ex¬ 
amination.  and  that  all  testimony  is  corrobora¬ 
tive  of  the  fact,  hitherto  established,  that  Cap¬ 
tain  Hall  died  a  natural  death. 

According  to  Mr.  Mcachnm,  Pence  Commis¬ 
sioner,  who  recently  lectured  upon  Indians  in 
San  Francisco,  a  devout  Modoc  believes  that  a 
man  must  die  where  ho  is  born,  if  ho  would 
prevent  a  separation  of  his  body  and  soul  in  the 
next  world. 

M'he  greatest  herdsman  in  tho  world  is  the 
title  claimed  for  Samuel  W.  Allen  of  Texas, 
who  owns  225, U00  cattle.  Ho  has  one  ranch 
eight  y  miles  long  ami  forty  wide  between  the 
Nevada  and  Colorado  rivers. 

Ex -QUEEN  Isabella  of  Spain  having  been 
secured  an  income  sufficient  to  maintain  her 
rank,  partly  through  the  aid  of  the  house  of 
Rothschild,  nil  litigation  about  her  property 
will  be  abandoned. 

Advices  from  Southern  Russia,  which  i6  the 
chief  grain  growing  section,  state  that  the  fail¬ 
ure  of  the  wheat  crop  In  many  districts  is  so 
complete  that  the  country  has  not  enough  food 
t  v  subsist  upon. 

It  is  said  that  the  Queen  Dowager  of  Prussia 
lost  $500,000  by  the  failure  of  the  famous  bank¬ 
ing  house  of  Qulstorp  at  Borltti,  and  that  a 
prince  of  the  Imperial  family  will  suffer  to  a 
greater  extent. 

M.  Rochefort  writes  from  the  Canary  Isles, 
where  tho  convict  ship  which  is  conveying  him 
to  New  Calldonia called,  that  his  health  is  very 
bad,  but  that  he  is  taken  good  care  of. 

A  new  toy  for  boys  Is  a  be  ir  about  two  feet 
high,  which,  upon  being  wound  up,  growls  and 
stands  erect  on  his  hind  legs  in  true  bear  style. 
Those  toys  are  made  in  Munich. 

The  Walker  prize  of  Boston  Society  of  Natural 
History  was  won  by  Alexander  Agassiz.  A  de¬ 
served  compliment  to  the  studious  son  of  an 
honored  father. 


Mrs.  Fawcett,  wife  of  the  British  author 
and  Member  of  Parliament,  delivered  the  open¬ 
ing  address  of  the  winter  session  of  the  Wo¬ 
men’s  College,  London. 

Wm.  CULLEN  Bryvnt  has  given  $500  to  the 
High  School  at  Princeton,  III.,  the  interest  V 
which  is  to  be  used  in  providing  prizes  for  the 
best  scholarship. 

JM AttlE  Alkxandrovna  of  Russia  is  now  sit¬ 
ting  to  Richter  for  her  portrait,  which  will  bo 
given  to  her  future  mother-in-law  the  queen  of 
England. 

Pai.tini  visited  the  house  of  Edwin  Forrest 
in  Philadelphia  recently,  and  expressed  groat 
interest  in  tho  relics  of  tho  famous  actor, 

A  44  genuine  "  case  of  sunstroke  was  recent  ly 
found  in  Rochester,  and  the  person  was  taken 
to  tlie  hospital  from  t  he  poiioo  station. 

A  plasm  of  lightning  went  through  The  Erie 
(Penn.)  Dispatch  office  on  the  shafting,  and 
knocked  the  “  devil  "  down  tho  cellar. 

It  is  considered  a  matter  important  enough 
to  chronicle,  that  nearly  all  the  Aldermen  of 
Houston,  Texas,  can  read  and  write. 

Chicago  regrets  t  he.  temporary  suspension  of 
its  water  supply,  which,  it  thinks,  might  be  a 
handy  thing  to  have  in  case  of  fire. 

A  Nashville,  Term.,  belle,  whose  beau  could 
not  spare  the  time  from  his  liualnoss,  went  and 
got  the  marriage  license  herself, 

A  com  fan  Y  lias  been  organized  In  San  Fran¬ 
cisco  with  a  capital  of  $500,000,  for  the  Manu¬ 
facture  of  jute  hags  and  t  wine. 

Snow  fell  Oct,  7  at  Pot  tsville,  Pa.;  Fonda,  N. 
Y.,  aud  at  Kingston,  N.  V.  About  eight  inches 
are  reportod  to  have  fallen. 

The  Republican  candidates  were  generally 
successful  in  t  he  elections  for  municipal  offices 
throughout  France. 

Char.  Hall  has  been  appointed  Vice-Chan¬ 
cellor  of  Great  Britain,  in  place  of  Sir  John 
Wiokens,  deceased. 

The  new  cant  ata  on  words  from  Longfellow's 
44  Evangeline,"  by  George  Carter,  has  met  w  ith 
Buceess  in  England. 

Gov.  Powers  has  convened  an  extraordinary 
session  of  the  Mississippi,  Legislature  to  amend 
the  election  laws. 

A  NEW  vein  of  coal  has  recently  been  discov¬ 
ered  near  Golden,  Col.  it  is  hard,  and  bright, 
in  color. 

The  entire  Fire  department  of  Boston  is 
ordered  to  sign  the  total  abstinence  pledge. 

It  Is  reported  that  Senator  Schurz  is  contem¬ 
plating  changing  ids  residence  to  Chicago. 

Gen.  N.  P.  Banks  declines  to  be  a  candidate 
for  the  Massachusetts  Legislature. 

Several  Jesuits  have  left  Home  for  this 
country. 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 

•  _ 

The  American  Pom.  Snc.  nt  the  Centennial 
Exposition  nl  Philadelphia.— At  a  meeting  of 
the  Centennial  Horticultural  Committee,  the 
following  preamble  and  resolution#  were  pre¬ 
sented  by  Hon.  Marshall  P.  Wilder  and  adopt¬ 
ed  : — Whereat,  Tho  American  Bornological  -So¬ 
ciety  at  its  last  meeting  in  the  city  of  Boston, 
was  invited  mid  did  resolve  to  hold  a  special 
meeting  in  connection  with  the  Centennial  Ex¬ 
position  In  1870;  and  Whereat,  at  the  meeting 
recently  held  in  Philadelphia,  f*  r  tin*  purpose 
of  organizing  a  Centennial  Horticultural  So¬ 
ciety.  t  he  American  Ponmlngieal  Society  was 
authorized  and  requested  to  co-operate  with 
the  Centennial ;  be  it  therefore  Httofvcel,  That 
tliere  shall  be  held  in  connect  Ion  with  the  Cen¬ 
tennial  Exposition,  a  grand  autumnal  exhibi¬ 
tion  of  fruits," to  ho  under  the  special  direction 
of  the  committees  of  the  American  Homologi¬ 
cal  Society,  to  be  appointed  by  the  President 
nf  the  American  Poniojcgical  Society  and  the 
President  of  the  Centennial  Horticultural  So¬ 
ciety,  with  the  power  to  name  the  time  for  hold¬ 
ing  the  .said  grand  exhibition. 

Poultry  Afci’n  of  Mnrylnnd.— Oct.  15,  ail  asso¬ 
ciation  with  this  name  was  organized  and  the 
following  officers  elected  :  I've#.— W.  S.  G.  Ba¬ 
rbu.  \'ic<-l,rtx't«. -  E.  T.  G.  Woidcrman,  K. 
Whitman,  Baltimore;  Charles  E  Coffin.  Princo 
George’s  County,  Md.;  J.  M.  NVrnle,  Philadel¬ 
phia.  Pa-;  W_  ll.  Churchman,  Wilmington,  Del.; 
C.  C.  Mugrudor,  Prim  e  George’s  County,  Md.; 
W.  B.  Cassius,  Georgetown,  D.  C.;  John  Merry- 
man,  Baltimore  County,  Md.;  Jasper  Shrincr, 
Carroll  County,  Md.;  Nelson  R.  Baker,  Mont¬ 
gomery  Co.,  Md.  Tru ix.  and  Cor.  See.  J.  E. 
nouns',  /fee.  See.— C.  P.  Rowell.  /;.r.  Com.— J. 
I).  Oakford,  D.  Mordecal,  C.  D.  Parker,  D.  G. 
Stevens,  D.  Bowlcy  Thompson.  An  exhibition 
ot  poultry,  pigeons  and  birds  is  1. 1  be  held  In 
Baltimore,  Dec.  10-19. 

Oregon  Hate  Ag.  Sne— Officers  elect  for  1878- 
74 :  Pres  1  p,  i ;  i  rkhart  of  Linn.  Vice— 
Prex'tx.— James  Tatoin  of  Polk:  A.  Luelllng  of 
Washington.  See.— E.  M.  Watte  of  Marion. 
Treat.  -J.  H.  Moores  of  Marlon.  Dir  fetors.  —  R. 
W.  Morrison,  Clatsop  ;  David  Rhlnuhart,  Grant ; 
Wm.  Elliott,  Clackamas;  M.  Wilkins,  Lane; 
Joseph  Hamilton,  Benton  ;  .I.G.  Baskett.Polk  ; 
.las.  F.  Bybee,  Colombia:  John  Downing.  Ma¬ 
rion  ;  D.  C.  Stewart,  Yamhill ;  8.  C.  Heed,  Mult¬ 
nomah  ;  W.  P.  Watson,  Wasco;  W,  C.  Myor, 
Jackson;  W.  A.  Mills,  Washington ;  Jos.  Kol- 
say,  Benton. 

North  American  Bee  KeejteiV  Society. --The 
next  annual  session  of  this  Society  will  be  hold 
at  Louisville,  Ky.,  commencing  the  first  Wed¬ 
nesday  in  December  and  holding  two  or  three 
days.  Fourteen  States,  besides  Canada  and  one 
or  more  Territories,  have  been  represented  at 
the  former  sessions.  Let  every  one  interested 
in  beo  culture  who  sues  this  notice,  endeavor 
t  o  be  present.  The  usual  arrangements  w  ith 
hotels  and  railroads,  it  any,  will  soon  be  an¬ 
nounced,—  H.  A.  Kura,  Secretary. 

The  LnicCnlrdiinia  Co.  ( Vi.)  Pair  was  a  grand 
success  agriculturally,  mechanically,  pecuni¬ 
arily  and  socially  considered.  Ot  the  three 
days  one  was  rainy  and  two  wore  fair.  On  the 
second  dav  Prof.  Allen  of  Rhode  Island  made 
a  successful  balloon  ascension,  when  it  was 
estimated  8.000  people  were  on  the  grounds. 
Receipts,  $3,500;  expenses,  including  premi¬ 
ums,  $3,000;  to  bo  put  to  some  good  use,  $600. 

I.  W.  Sanborn,  Luiuionvllle ,  Ft, 

Tho  lllinol*  Slate  lluri.  hoc.  meets  at  Cham¬ 
paign,  Dec.  ft- 12.  Papers  will  be  read  upon  the 
fcl  lowing  subjects :-  Meteorology1.  Geology  and 


IOI lowing  bui.’jueis  uum 

THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC.  Soils,  Botany  and  Vegetable  Physiology,  Ento¬ 
mology,  Ornithology,  Ornamental  ami  Timber 


Cleveland,  Enat  Tenn,,  Alov.  4.— Our  season 
for  putting  in  wheat  lias  so  far  been  very  fine. 
The  acreage  this,  nearly  doubles  that  put  in 
last  season.  Cold  weather  lias  not  yet  set  in 
alt  hough  we  have  had  one  or  two  hard  frosts. 
Wheat,  sowed  early,  looks  well  and  oats  much 
better  Ilian  common.  Many  farmers  in  this 
county,  now  that  the  experiment  has  been  tried 
with  good  results,  are  preparing  to  put  in  a 
large  amount  of  cotton  in  the  spring.  We  have 
found  that  nearly  a  bale  (500  pounds)  can  be 
raised  to  the  acre  with  as  little  labor  as  corn. 
Another  experiment  will  bo  tested  next  season. 
So  soon  as  the  wheat  is  cut  we  intend  to  sow 
two  bushels  cow  peas  t  o  the  acre  on  the  st  ubble 
and  in  August  turn  them  under  for  manure 
and  then  sow  wheat  again.  Do  you  see  any  ob¬ 
jection  to  the  experiment  /  These  cow  p  as 
grow  ten  inches  high  in  six  weeks  and  then 
begin  to  bloom  and  run.  They  are  very  pulpy, 
and  rot  in  much  less  time  than  it  takes  them 
to  grow.  We  find  on  the  same  kind  of  soil  that 
a  bushel  sown  on  an  acre  and  turned  under  in 
August  is  equivalent  to  about  twenty  loads  of 
well  rotted  manure.  Our  produce  market  is 
not  now  so  active  as  usual.  Potatoes,  both 
Irish  and  sweet,  are  selling  at  50@75c.;  corn, 
50c.;  wheat  on  tho  rise,  at  $1.60@1.80 ;  oats,  40c.; 
butter,  30c.;  eggs,  30c.-A.  E.  Blunt. 

Morristown,  Ind.,  Nov.  12.— Central  Indiana 
has  suffered  this  season  from  extremes  of  wet 
and  dry.  Corn  below  an  average,  late,  badly 
frost  bitten.  Wheat  nearly  an  average,  but 
badly  injured  by  wet  in  the  stack.  Oats,  15c 20 
bushels  per  acre;  potatoes,  short :  one-half  of 
the  hogs  have  died  with  the  cholera;  still  dy¬ 
ing.  We  arj  experiencing  pa  nie  prices.  Hogs. 
$363,25;  wheat,  00c. ©1 ;  corn.  25@30c.;  oats, 
25&30C.;  potatoes,  50@75c.;  cattle,  stock,  $3© 
3.50;  fat,  $4.5005;  other  products  at  about  same 
rates;  grumblers  grumbling.  Patrons  of  Hus¬ 
bandry  flourishing.  More  Anon. 

Girard,  Penn.,  Nov.  14.— We  have  had  a 
beautiful  summer  and  fall  until  about  three 
weeks  since  ;  when  it  commenced  raining,  and 
has  continued  so  to  do  until  at  present  writing ; 
now  It  snows  and  scorns  like  winter  in  earnest. 
Potatoes  (one  of  our  chief  products)  are  nearly 
all  dug  and  Lave  yielded  from  one  to  two  hun¬ 
dred  bushels  per  acre.  Corn  is  sound,  with  a 
yield  of  fifty  bushels  per  acre  (shelled) ;  Is  about 
lnjlf  husked.  Crops  have  nearly  all  been  good 
except  hay .  which  was  very  light.  Potatoes  are 
worth  70@80<:.  per  bushel ;  corn,  55c.;  oats,  42c.; 
barley,  $1.50;  wheat,  $1.50©1 .65;  hay,  $20  per 
ton;  eggs,  28c.  per  doz.;  butter,  35c.;  applesand 
other  fruits  are  plentiful.— ,t.  l.  r. 


Trees.  Ornamental  and  Landscape  Gardening, 
Vegetable  Gardening,  Orchard  Culture,  aud 
Vineyard  Cuii  ore.  Tne  now  Illinois  Industrial 
University  building  at  Champaign  will  be  dedi¬ 
cated  Dec.  10, 

Grand  Traverse,  Mich.,  Colon  Ag.  Noe. — The 

following  arc  t  he  officers  elect  for  1873  i :  Pro*. 
II-  W.  (’trier is.  See.  L.  H.  Gage.  Treat.— T. 

T.  Bates,  /..r.  Com.—  R.  Knight,  A  Campbell,  An¬ 
trim  ;  L.  W,  Case.  L.  P.  Judsou,  Benzie  ;  J,  F. 
Dixon,  A.  Buttons,  Charlevoix  ;  J.  K.  Gun  ton, 
W.  W.  Bartlett,  Grand  Traverse  ;  A. T. Kellogg, 

U.  V.  Hill,  Kalkaska;  Jas.  Lee,  O.  H.  White, 
Leelanau  ;  W.  Reeder,  J.  J.  Pollard,  Missaukee. 

Frederick  Co.,  Md.,  Ag.  Hoc.— The  officers 
for  1873-4  arc:  Pres. -Dr.  Fa  i  up  ax  Schley. 
Vice-Pi  its. —  li.  J  Snouffcr.  'I't'eax.— Calvin  Pnge. 
Sec.— H.  C.  Koehler.  <  'or.  See.  (’has.  II.  Keefer. 
iioanl  o]  Manaaer *-  Dr.  F.  Schley.  B.  J.  Snouf- 
ler,  John  Louts,  Calvin  Page,  Wm.  H.  Falconer, 
Cornelius  Staley,  C.  K,  Thonms,  Geo.  It.  Den¬ 
nis.  Edward  Bh river.  Jas.  C.  Clarke  aud  Lewis 
$.  CUngdUn.  Chief  Marshal.  Eugene  L.  Derr. 

III.  Poulin  Asa'ii. — The  following  are  the  offi¬ 
cers  elect  of  this  new  organization:  Pres.  — C. 
W.  Heaton,  Farmington.  Viec-Pret'tt.— James 
M- Wills,  Bloomington;  Dr.  W.  8.  Richey,  El- 
wood:  K.  Denny,  Aurora;  II.  .1 .  Starr,  Peoria : 
Samuel  Stratton.  Litchfield.  Sec.  C.  F.  Mills, 
Springfield.  Trent- P. M. Springer, Springfield. 

Central  V  V.  Poultry  Hoc  Tills  Society  will 
hold  its  First  Annual  Exhibit  ion  at  Bush's  flail, 
Penn  Van,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  6-8, 1874.  The  officers  of 
the  Society  are  :  Pres.—  Dr.  S.  LOTT.  V  ice- 
Pm'ta.— T.  B.  Miller  and  J.  A.  Macomb,  .Ir. 
Sec.  — E.  O. Bordwell.  Trent.  -Denton  Bostwick. 

Kaidiau,  .Y.  H.,  Hurt.  Hoc.— Officers  elect  for 
1874:  Pm.  Hon.  John  H.  Goo  dale.  Vice- 
prejt'tx.— O.  D.  Murray,  Col.  D.  W.  King  and  Oli¬ 
ver  Dodge.  Sec.,  Treat,  and  Lihccirian.  James 
H.  Dunlap. 

Contocaoh,  JN.  H..  Ag.  and  Mccli.  Hoc.— Offi¬ 
cers  elect  for  1874:  Prex  —  Erastcs  H.  Bart¬ 
lett,  Deering.  Sec—  John  F.  Chase,  Deerlng. 
Treat—  S.  M.  Baker,  Hillsborough. 

Tlie  Pennsylvania  Poultry  Society  bold6  its 
uext  Exhibition  at  the  City  Hall  in  Pittsburgh, 
January  6-10,  1874— not  January1  14-18,  as  has 
been  announced. 

Tlie  1  ermont  Dairymen’s  Ass’n  holds  its  fifth 
winter  mooting  at  Essex  Junction,  Jan.  21  23, 
1874. 

The  Connecticut  Stnte  Poultry  Society  is  to 
hold  a  Fair  at  Hartford,  Dec.  10-19. 


the  President  for  an  extra  session  of  Congress 
for  relief  The  sloop  of  war  Nevada  has  been 
sold  for  $71,000  ...The  journeymen  tailors  have 

been  on  a  strike  . A  torpedo  boat,  170  feet 

long,  was  launched  on  the  12tli  H.  B.  Claflin 
&  Co.  made  a  great  reduction  in  the  price  of 

foods,  and  sold  $500,000  worth  in  one  day . 

tie  I’nlou  Trust  Co.  is  reorganizing  slowly. .... 
A  great  indignation  meet  ing  over  Cuban  affairs 
has  been  held.  Gold  advanced  over  the  Cuban 
news...  A  suit  has  been  brought  against  Daniei 
Drew,  charging  him  with  inducing  Stephen  II. 
Allen  to  buy  sl  ock  under  false  pretences  .  I  he 
American  Public  Health  Association  has  closed 

its  session _ Fair  progress  Is  being  made-  in  the 

Tweed  trial .  Wm.  Page,  the  artist,  has  lec¬ 
tured  on  the  Shakspeare  mask  On  the  11th 
a  boiler  exploded  near  128th  St.  and  4th  Ave., 
killing  7  persons  and  wounding  many  others 
Then;  have  been  groat  advances  in  the  stock 
marKct  The  Industrial  Exhibition  scheme 

is  still  being  discussed . Rosenzueig,  who 

murdered  Alice  Bowlsby,  has  been  discharged. 

Home  New*. 

Thebe  Is  great  stagnation  of  business  in 
Harrisburg,  Ph  ;  also  in  Poughkeepsie. ...  . The 
Government  is  in  correspondence  with  Spain 
on  the  capture  of  the  Virginia*  ..  The  execu¬ 
tions  in  Cuba  were  not  authorized  by  tho  home 

Government . Mrs.  Lee,  widow  of  Gen.  Lee, 

died  in  Lexington,  Va.,  on  the  6th.  She  was 

buried  in  the  Memorial  Chapel  on  theflth  . 

There  w  a  great  funeral  over  Gen.  Ilardee  at 
Selma.  Ala  .  on  the  6th  Secretary  Delano  pro¬ 
pose--  a  new  census  in  1875  Fanners’  Granges 
and  Labor  Reformers  propose  t  o  unite  in  Mich¬ 
igan.  Charges  of  concealment  are  made  by 
creditors  against  Jay  Cooke  fir  Co. .  .Depositors 
in  the  First  National  Bunk  of  Washington  will 

gi-t  50  per  cent .  Ex-President  Johnson  has 

received  $22.(¥K1  of  his  $70,000  on  dopoeit ...... 

Ikaineas  pro&poct*  more  diowful  in  New 
England.  Lowell.  Mars.,  mills  are  running  on 
three-fourt time.  ...14  A paohe  Indians  have 
boon  killed  by  scouts. . .  All  absentees  have  re¬ 
turned  to  Memphis,  and  business  has  been  re¬ 
sumed  It.  is  thought  at  Washington  that 
Spain  wLIl  make  reparation  for  the  Virginias 
outrage  Cubans  In  New  Orleans  have  held  an 
indignation  meeting  The  anniversary  of  the 
Boston  lire  has  been  celebrated  The  Illinois 
farmers  carried  one-half  the  counties.  Mis¬ 
sionary  work  will  have  to  be  curtailed,  owing 
to  tin-  panic  .  S.  C.  Cobb  ha-  been  nominated 

for  Mayor  of  Boston _  A  t  rain  or  car*  was 

thrown  from  the  track  20  miles  west,  nf  Mem¬ 
phis  on  tlie  12th,  and  30  pus* angora  injured . 

A  Washington  hunker.  Whitman  C.  Hester,  lias 
committed  suicide  A  largo  fleet  of  warahips 
itits  been  ordered  to  Cuban  water*  Cuban  af¬ 
fairs  occupy  the  attention  of  tlie  nat  ion.  Mass 
meetings  are  being  held  everywhere.  Tho  Cab¬ 
inet  has  bad  long  sessions  over  Urn  question. 
The  demands  to  be  made  upon  Spain  have  not 
been  given  to  the  public.  There  Is  great  activ¬ 
ity  in  the  Navy  Yards,  and  vessels  am  being 
sent,  to  Cuba.  The  Southern  fortsaro  being  put 
in  a  state  of  complete  defense.  All  sailors  have 
been  ordered  to  t  Imir  ships.  Troops  have  been 
offered  to  tho  President  In  New  Jersey,  and 
there  are  rumors  of  many  more  anxious  to  go 
i.o  Cuba.  There  Is  a  demand  that  our  Govern¬ 
ment  shall  punish  the  insult  to  our  flag,  and 
great  preparations  are  being  made  to  that  end. 
War  with  Spain  cannot  lie  declared  until  Con¬ 
gress  meets.  Rear-Admiral  Scott  sailed  for 
Cuba  on  the  17th.  A  large  aum  of  money  has 
been  sent  to  Norfolk,  V».,  to  aid  tlie  naval 
preparations.  The  Kansas  has  sailed  ror  Cuba ; 
the  Juniata  i*  ready  ;  the  Brooklyn  and  Frank¬ 
lin  arc  to  he  made  ready  Tor  sea  ;  tho  Manhat¬ 
tan  is  in  commission  for  Culm  ...Bishop  Cum¬ 
mins  of  Kentucky  has  withdrawn  from  the 
Episcopal  Church,  This  is  considered  thecom- 
iuencerncut  of  a  schism,  and  causes  much  ex¬ 
citement  .it  is  claimed  that  Massachusetts 

is  no  longer  a  Grant  State  . Tlie  Democrats 

have  a  majority  of  22  In  tho  Arkansas  Legisla¬ 
ture....  7  negroes  have  been  killed  in  Grant 
Parish,  La  The  President  lias  visited  the 
Newark.  N.  J..  Fair  Mrs.  Capt.  Hall  t  hinks 
her  husband  did  not  die  a  natural  death.  The 
debt  of  the  city  of  Washington  is  $14,000,000 — 
Andrew  Johnson  has  published  a  letter  on  the 
Surratt  case...  Admiral  Porter  is  indignant 
over  Cuban  matter*.  The  President,  and  Cabi¬ 
net  are  united  .  Regiments  and  officers  are 
tendering  their  services  for  Cuba. 

Fire#. 


DOMESTIC  NEWS. 

New  York  City  aud  Vicinity. 

Cubans  are  excited  over  the  shooting  of 
Virginias  passengers.  They  propose  all  sorts 
of  thing*  . .  The  cashier  of  the  Security  Bank, 
Henry  O.  Lowes,  lias  absconded  with  $20,000  ... 
BaUoishull  &  Co.,  tea  merchants,  161  Pearl  Kt., 
failed  on  the  10th . Mucli  distress  among  the 


machine  shops  at  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  on  the  8th  ; 
loss,  *00,000  Around  house  at  Springfield, 
Mas*.,  on  the  Kith  ;  loss,  $130,000. . .  Granite  Ag. 
Works  In  Lebanon,  N.  II.,  on  the  13th;  loss, 
$20,000  .  Cassimere  mill  in  Cavendish,  Vt„,  on 
the  J2tli;  loss,  $110,000....  SO  houses  in  St.John, 
N.  B.,  on  tlie  14th. 

- -♦♦♦- - 

FOREIGN  NEWS. 

miscellaneous  Foreign  News. 

President  MacMahon  declined  to  accept 
the  resignation  of  his  ministers. .Duoud  Pasha, 
a  Turkish  statesman,  is  dead  . .  A  monument 
to  Count  Favour  was  Inaugurated  at  Turin  on 
the  8th  Conciliation  is  likely  to  be  tho  policy 
In  Fram  e.  M.  Thiers  says  the  Monarchists  have 

suffered  H  cheek _ The  great  Carlist  vict  ory  at 

Miranda  de  Agra  is  denied  at  Madrid  ...  ..The 
birthday  of  the  Prince  nf  Wales  was  celebrated 
on  the  10th  ...  The  rate  of  discount  at  the  Bank 
of  England  on  the  10th  was  13  per  cent. .  There 
has  been  great  rejoicing  in  Madrid  over  the 
separation  of  Church  and  State . Prince  Bis¬ 

marck  has  been  made  President  or  the  Prussian 
Ministry  It  has  been  decided  to  extend  Mc¬ 
Mahon's  tenn  5  years . Minister  DeLong  has 

satd  farewell  to  the  Emperor  of  Japan  .  .30,000 
students  have  arrived  at  Isku,  Japan.  The  Em¬ 
peror  opened  the  new  Polytechnic  School - 

Tne  VirginiuH  was  captured  off  Jamaica  on  the 
31*t  ult.  by  the  Tornado.  She  was  flying  the 
American  flag  when  taken.  Tho  vessel  was  in 
British  waters.  The  VlrglnluB  was  taken  to 
Santiago  de  Cuba,  when  the  city  was  illumin¬ 
ated.  On  the  2d  Inst,  all  the  passengers  and 
crew  were  tried  for  piracy  and  found  guilty. 
Tho  next,  day  all  were  shot.  'The  butchery  has 
caused  a  storm  of  indignation  throughout 
America. .  The  rubala  have  opened  a  heavy  Arc 
on  Cartagena,  Spain  . There  has  been  a  serious 
riot  at  Kilkenny... Baron  Lyveden  is  dead, aged 
73  .Count  von  lloon  is  no  longer  Prussian  Min¬ 
ister  of  War _  The  Prussian  Diet  opened  on 

the  12th...  86  of  the  crew  and  16  passengers  of 
the  Vlrglnlus  were  shot.  57  more  of  the  crew 
aud  passengers  of  the  Virglniua  were  shot  on 
tlm  10th  at  Santiago  de  Cuba.  The  number  now 
known  fco  have  been  killed  is  110.  The  Virgin¬ 
ias  had  170  souls  on  hoard;  14  have  been  sent  to 
tho  chain  gang.  Only  4  or  5  have  been  set  at 
liberty.  Tne  news  of  the  Virginius  affair  has 
caused  great  excitement  in  Spain  and  England. 
The  Eng|ish  press  hopes  America  will  avenge 


JTt?  inur®er8 . Political  affairs  In  France  rln 

to  prison0''®'  T  ,"'re  an'  ^"'i1’000  ^ommuM.sls 

cepti  to  st  p  l  £,0iu’  minuter  will  pro- 

Ed  to  bS  r,l,!iri;>  tllH  Oukeuf 

•-  pamnr.lM  d«ny  the  reported  Carllat  vJcMiri.  j  ’ 
^  favor  or  the  Count  de  Paris  1h  report. 
Affdri  rfi“OC"  1 1,0  sPa,|iali  Ministry  of  Foreign. 
a  r «*?,|dl«PP^"vpa  of  the  executions  In  Cuba 

Wfi«rCtttniov'ln0iraS  fa,,ed  for  •*,000,«»  There 
unions  tyJ  lJlnva,,>l  ovar  u,°  horrible  exe- 
Luuous.  .Spanish  papers  are  very  defiant  wn 

ghmd  la  i  fives  I  i  gating  the  V^ue  Bif"iht?r 


Wlxeut,  MU..  NO .1 . L-HJflafUl 

chu^o.No.V::::::::::::-;-; . {•“ 

Red  Western,  new . •  ;  J  }  ;.  j 

White .  . .  imf  {'Sn 

Ryo,  Western . .""..""V::; .  ‘  ^  '-S 

Barley  Wit,  Canada’ VveiV.'.V.'.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.  I  1  66 
emu.^rime mueu . l«®  « 

Seatliern!!!  . 

Outs,  Westenj  mixed . 39 

Barley,  . ,  fj&P.  jj* 

do.  four-rowed...:..:::;;::;;;:;:  ::;  jag  j$ 

freelyT  a,ul  S,,',,>v_Arc  lu  fair  supply  and  offorlUK 

We  quote  prime  Timothy,  I»er  tun.  f>27®23;  do.,  fair 

uertorf  'silk&affri  t0ni  S®"4®1  ‘lo  -  “hipping  grade, 
P*  r ton,  119^20 *  du., clovM*, ROOu, pnrtoii, il«S'  /fl,  m- 

forlor,  per  ton.  *!'•*/> Hi.  straw  ion*  m*r  tori  lu{r«  7' 
do.,  short,  per  tun.  f,A;  do  .  uul  por  itm,  ’ 

■ Ilona. —The  arrivals  have  been  lighter  und  there 
Less  y  t0n°  l°  th°  ",Rrket-  »‘*U  a  ,t,uderut‘.  b,Mi  ‘ 

.  Wo  qnoto  prime  and  choice  new,  tIXiil.So. _ the  lut- 

ter  price  outMhin  and  for  time  lota;  Hood.  do.  yfckmiiio  • 
•»  vMe''f5<is3T‘'i:  State,  1872  crop.  good'! 

•UifliMe.,  poor, do.,  30c.;  Eastern, '7S  crop  83®<i'ii'  •  wo. 
oonsln,  Ju„  afottc.  for  good  and  prime  iots 

, . oud  fhuiic,—  At.  the  present  outlook. 
everythniH  la  slmplag  for  a  low  poultry  season  Tin* 
'•MVllft7,of.fuwlN  :‘"'J  “hiekens  is  badly  inpiliirt  h„|,i 
m.  a  an,  'Vrvo'  • u  v.ury  nnfatlaWory  HeSUnil  del 
,(T  or  two  days  unpacked  good  stuck 
showed  no  wiles  above  He.  Tlio  uhsonoe  of  that  class 
of  buyers  who  buy  merely  because  stock  is  cbciic  is 
very  pcr.'ep  ibly  felt  thee.,  straight,  nod  tlmmWnd 
t)u  mm  of  ^liSppfTrs  tjfciGuld  bo  10  pt>i  y  Uu*  tuiirkct 
mi^nubly  &nd  with  prime  Mtook  only. 

:  Sultry* -Cliirkenai,  S,  s.  noil 

l.iii;K9i.o.,  prime,  u.^ttje.;  do.,  do,,  fait  to  good,  II j> 

w’  *irtn,rt>  Indite.?  do.,  do.,  . . .  to  g..iK|, 

8<i/llOOr,  i!o.,  W im  torn ,  good  to  prime,  idsidiic,:  do  do 
poor  to  good,  UiilUc.:  Turkeys,  Jersey,  prime  1 7®  Ilk*  * 

Uk'  m-  d‘  r  J»  XPM  SlaU  pVur^1  ' 

1&.  ..do.,  do.,  poor  to  fan-.  ilk,  12tt{  do..  West)  ,n.  good 
I?..  RT  TO»  1-hsUc.  r  iio.,  do.,  poor  to  good,  Mdiic - 

'"  kK.  ''  Vsicrti,  prime.  li>.j'17c.;  do.,  do. f fair  to  good 
llwlbe.;  bCcHc.  Jersey,  good  to  uj'liLlo,  l26(iUo  •  do  ' 

lM’^do  n‘1r;  !,fc!,,,v  l,-‘  !  'v  estern,  e’ood  lo  prlmo: 
ukuuc.i  ao.,  da.,  poor.  TtaOc. 

•i.  „‘{Vh  •ly" h.ry  1  ;  ')ot  wanted  at  this  season.  \  few 
duilersham""  n  lot  stcaiuer  use  and  to  supplv  Jew- 
rtna  >4"ch  Mwtlvors  liuvc  no  rii,. ,n  for 
i  rll,‘‘  markiR  rei  clvi  iimly 

i  VAi’il  ile  ri'  nn''  I)r,u;''^  Kcner.illy  favor  Ini y. 
eia.  venison  Is  doing  pretty  wall  hut.  birds  nr  mi 
acsra  lpt  Ions  are  easy.  We  ,,uot«;  6dalI  prime  t,  .  o 
SSi  ‘TW-.  soft  or  u hi f oruiV^S: 

al’..  o  ■  Rift  ridges.  Kaatorn,  tuna 

It&.T  .  WtiSHljrn^JSfflSbc. do.  Frulile  cliluitciip 
for  priiuu  no.;  oOi.uiidc,  for  pOtti*,  ClltivAs  ouck' 
fir r d*1  ji i^b  ^ I , **  Il>!,lr-  Rcdlnvids.  ai(iiJ70e.  do.’  Mai. 
so^’ilii  'i  ‘'"H  i4rf'1  0,,"‘r  so  m  if  toil,  'lil-ci’io.  Veiil- 
rlA0'  iTV'i'  *!  ' "wP’  l  *k|ll -C-.J  long  Muddies,  I'tfeidJc.;  short 
do.,  UiiDlSo.  Hares,  .Vie,  y  pU|r.  Rabhits7550io," 

.riV.".vl".loP'1:  — . ^he  geueral  markets  are  miicli 
stronger  and  decidedly  more  active,  shippers  r  ,r. 

lit t i vi >* Wade! ! L> r  rr‘‘',y  w,th  uri  to creilsed  pecu- 

,|S,  httuis— cholee  Woatorn,$2l@23;  Texas  m-liue 
ru  r  '°to'  I, aid,  new,  (ft  7\v.; 

tui  VVowtorn  Htcifiiii  nn  •* r»» »t  r  for  Novi-m- 

sue  7^0. ;  short  clear,  axe.;  short  rib. 

ut‘*i'i  ii|l0S!itirnr  i'  f1.'"0-  "I'Oti  WcBtern  prime  me  s' 
Smoked  meats  at  Mullc.  f.„  loose  hams  ^,l?7Vc  /o^ 

M  v*y  ,ori”  ic»v  ^o..-^  it,.,.; 
i  V fiv* ^  Aur  htirreloa  now  pluin  ru-hh  *i^ui 

de  lvervr  St  .MtfsSrfc  TiereiHl  hoef,  new. ’fm--»T,olT 
exlru  Imila^^i.  r,,r  now  1,1,1111  for  new 

•  olmc4M»,--Thr»  market  hji^aii  i  in  r>rovi*(l  to  no  uiHi 

BJsacajasir* "™  ««<•!& -»- “ 

MtrOTATIONR- VKW  CHOP. 

I  .ties  bight  Grades.  Heavy  Urn,  lea. 

uood  da . m  m 

Common  to  medium  lea/.'  s yj>  b8®;  \4t  towo" 

j  J  “«•  ..JO  4  10«c.  II  %  ip  ' 

Selections. .  .*!?: . j|  £  ffl  g  °' 

SEBDLKAr  CROP  Olf  1871. 

Connecticut  and  .Massachusetts  fillers . II  u  „ 

seconds . q.  or 

iv nippers .  fv  •• 

m  ,,  selnctlons . m  A,'  ®' 

New  York  llllerB.  .  m  rr  7 

wrapper*.. ■  ...:. . IS  «  c- 

iiasorteil  lots..' . . II  SJ  V7  JJ* 

wrappers . . "4  6*  «fl  S* 

,  „  assorted  lots  .  w  A,  “  *• 


1'Im  i‘iM  ,ryL,,r50,.f'.,iVoaJ- aL  Avery  &  Ives,  180, 

Imi'd  U0t  I10  '  ^  k  12*0.:  ttalry  Hlii  l(g>.  Lie.;  Oanubu 
k" hi  Hpri lug,  10,  Uc.;  Eutoiivllle ,  ioo,  lib:.:  Herkimer 
..  8U0,  130.;  Old  Fall-fluid.  -IIKI,  i.;»  ijttla 
■Si!  a  C-^nfcriil ,  300.  lSWe.;  Man  helm,  .'gJO.  lo‘  f  e.[  Now- 
7 l  le  Oppeniicim  tfnlon,  *0 

lee  ;  Willow  Spring,  III,  1,'le. 

i..  ,1 .  r  ,a  Ul’.'v  forward  freely,  and  sales 

have  been  made  at  iHahiflo.,  uccoi  ding  to  ouailty. 

I  hp  weather  is  uold,  with  hard,  frostv  nights  and 

Hr.hut  b.,0/r^lu'V'  .*  !“  herd*  pick  a  little  from  the 
tlelds,  but  reuuiro  to  be  fed  from  the  burn. 


For  sale  at  ih®  Ritiial  New-Yorker  otileo  J 

sarr^wt?  £&  °r  —  ^  i 

Allnii’u  iL.  y\i  AiuertCHa  (  uttie,.,..  . 

R°*  Amerieiui  Khcui  HijoJi . . . 

Uo,  of  Doru^uUc;  Anima)*... .  . 

Do*  Kurnl  Arohltecturo  . .. .  . 

A  ui»*rl<rnn  Bird  Kuuolcr, .  ,  ,4  . . . 

4ssss 

A  merioaq  Roau  Guitnrlit  . 

American  Standard  of  lixceriunen  Yii  ih.iil't'rv'" 
A  uiMriCHi,  W  lieu  I  CulturnM. Vl’oVld) 

ArebUeeture,  Nationul  (Geo.  K  WoodVariYi . 

Atwooil'MC.o'Miry  amt  Suburban  1  Y,„,JS?, J) . 

ll.ury  a  h  mil  .Harden  (new  edition),  . 

Bee  Keeper*  Text  Honk,  Paper.  IDe.; 

Be  meat's  Babbit  Yarminr....  .. 

Bieknell'a  Village  llitilder  (£6  Phitu* 

New  two  l'rucl Inal  iWlgyis)  ' 

Ijominer's  Method  or  Making  Manures 
f  reek's  Book  of  Flowers  in**)  .  , 

1  lUmiuaii  «  GiiMeper’M  AhhIhIuih. 

Hoists  k aunty  Klteliun  ij«id0„or 

Do. Flower  Garden.  ,  ,  . 

Carpentry  Made  Wesy  (new).."’, . 

Uiomlstry  or  the  Farm  (Niahols).':.’ 

LhprltuU  n  <Jihuw  Nruw»‘r'H  liulUe 
Cider  Muknr's  Munmil... 

r  l1!.- 111  Cm,»  Boator,  colored' 

Cobbett  s  American  Gardener 

Co  c  «  American  Fruit  Hook  . . 

Coes  American  Vetmiuarlari... 

£?. «•> . 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKET8 


New  York.  Nov.  lfi,  1873. 
Trade  was  so  small  on  Wndimodny  Inst 
H neves  wore  •inolcil'at  6H 
:  cwt-  Tiiursdny  forenoon 
t.  rllll  trade  was  very  dull 

. . ’  “.r  unsold.  At 

it*,  cw t. 

ji'cnoon  wlieu. 
to  hand,  nil  or 

. . . . noon.  Speolal 

— .  -een— poor  t’c.vjiu  steers  at  #'s  #>  hand : 
V-V  L'.'vt-',.iS?Xc-i  Cherokee  do.,  5  cwt.,  lijfc.; 
,K  '  Iwniu  do.,1!;. .  ,vc.,  7.H'®8Ml'.;  common  Vir- 
cirnwi?0"  ',;'VC,  A'C-'-je.;  Ohio  do.,  common  to  fair, 
s  uw|-i  IKwlOAc.;  Illinois  do.,  7  cwt.,  UVwllMo.i 
good  do.,  do,,  s  out.,  r.’c. ;  oours,  KenHiokv  uo.,  oy,ba 
"M  «wt.,  9&o5b,m.;  fan-  do.,  do..  1H  «wt„  10^11^0- 

There  was  a  iiri.sk  trade  In  cows 
Su  "h-,,'toJ.  When  sales  were  made  lit 
s-  .f  ,<  head,  fraile  was  f  ill*  during  the  latter  days 
el  the  Week,  and  cows  sold  at  8376kCfl.ii0  H  head. 

V  «*nl«.  Htnooth  guullty  veals  wore  searco  on  Wed- 
nesduy,  anil  sold  at  I0c.  Grass  calves  were  not  omiteil. 
;to  1  hrrreday  and  Friday  forunoona  veins  sold  «t  7t»ii 
t  .‘i;;irWlyi  **W  0111  V,‘H  /'•"HI  r.afi8,7j  y  in-mi ;  irailc 
V  'fc  «•!«  were -statu  vcid-i,  MU  Ihs,,  10c.; 

•leisey  ilo„  lit,  lbs.,  10c.;  Pennsylvania  do..  U0  lbs., 


Beevea.— T__.;. 
as  to  pc  almost  nominal 
Gilt. He.  V  lb.;  weights,  i!«,7H 
si  lt-8  were  more  Imporlitliv,  nul  uuoe  , 
and  small,  and  many  lots  stood  over 
noon  prices  ranged  at  •!(.,.  12c 
Ibe.se  prices  were  enrn 
ulttiongh  very  few  tresli 
Hie  lierds  on  talc  were  mi 


Cloth 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


iNKW  Yoek,  Monday,  Not.  17, 1873 

i.rSfS'V.l-i""?®  «  »  or 

8gU  h^'^-  ',k^  8  m  COItun.  bales .  38,100 

fct.bbtsh:’::  •• 

Pi 

Hoaud.  tiU0li .  9*UV)  Wool 

ilssiSi  "i: 

b.onlry,  un.f*prl«»»  are  rlirtho?;®,’^  'l'e  W,U,"ut 
for  prlmm^fj  '^.Wi  WT.'.r  e,T  """l,l,ll,'f-  «MMW  20 
beans,  FU0pv2.Nl:  do.  fair  hits ’ 

busu 


wd  :  oGHport  man'*  Com  pleteii  uhig’"  ‘ 
I'ibMpp?  Jtn“M  ■IU,J  ^  n'H  Tries  ot  America 

po.  iturai  ifliniiYs  . 

IJratn  ige  f. ir  Profit,  and  ilou’lYh . * . . 

l»ver  and  Color  Maker’s  Companion.'::* . 

ICasl  W“uU  *  C  ran  he  i  ry  Cultum.j .  . 

RHiot  a  Lawn  and  Shade  Tr.ee.  . 

tvveryhmly's  l.uwycr . .  ••••• . . 

l\ai1por^o!“ro/mhOWn  "'"-Vr  Gu'nie'ucr  (new); 
Furm  Mruinuge  (11.  F.  French). . 

FleW'J7CrU«,*uiror""d  M,‘«totw'r,  (J.' J.  ThomMj 
Fffi"VGraisil,L;i^W^^ 

Uo.  Ml  Mi  Cows  and'  Dairy  Farming'.:" . 

Forest  Trees  (BrvanU ...  K . 

k  rank  Forrester’*  Field  Hport's  fj'vo'u  \ . 

"  *1*1'  “till  )-  .slilug  (ioo  engravings)" . 

Fnii'^-’v’l'n  7"  '  "uuk  Sportsmen _ "I . 

to.  FurV,t  TreeCul Ui^st ‘J°r'y  °n ' tml'( 

Do,  3  mu  1 1  Fr  u  i  ui  ( 1 1 1 U  8 1  rut  e'd  i: ; . 

<1«u/dVta'  A  '^:«ook"a«a 


i  — On  W*YiJ/u>8*lAy  I  list  Hlinop 

rJ?*«  is  r  ^  lumbH,  CiVaTVi'e.;  mixed 

im  ’^’k  Thursday  forouoon 

■heop  sold  at  latfiV  e.;  lambs,  fi- iii 7, He. ;  several  noekn 
Of  poor,  lean  sheen  stood  over  unsold.  These  rules 
were  current  Friday  forenoon,  ,m  a  slow  market, 
special  sales  ns  follows  :-lmitnnu  sheep,  Ui  lbs.,  1  He.; 
Ohio  do,.  80  lbs.,  1  \e  ;  ,1,1.,  ,1,1  K'l  o,  II),  . . -.I,,,,. 

!im-  '  I1!00  rt¥;i  Canada  do.. 101  lbti.L5u.;4late  iambs, 
wa  ihs.,  1 1. Ho.  Canada  do.,  i6h  lbs,,  thc. 

I  Boils.  -Trade  openml  slow  \Yedm-sday  forenoon, 
wlieu  live  sold  at  1 1 . , e . ;  city  dress,  il,  .Kn/He.-.  with  light 
pies  ut  1  ••.!•.  I hursday  forenoon  trade  Improved, 
v  .en  live  wen-  wr yrt.li  | Hku | He.;  ell y  .Iressed,  &HMUH. 
wlt-i  choice  lots  of  light  pigs  as  high  us  lijjfc. 

Horan  iltnrkl't.— There  has  been  a  very  sllulil 
Improve motlt  In  thO  trade  In  horses,  lteeeipts  have 
bi-mi  larger,  old  of  those  animals  offered  for  Bale  at 
auction  soma  had  to  h<-  withdrawn  fora  want  of  hid- 
‘toff-  Cue  pony  sold  at  JIH;  (  saddle  horse,  ♦11)11;  .'{ 
»'»««  "rdlnary  quality  light  harness  borsi-u,  S137&I 
Yu-  -'r’".1' ' ,7  f“ I r  quality  do.,  do.,  *411(1(^386  C 

pa  r  .'.I  trutt ill's,  *72uM)6od  „<  head;  It!  pool  quality 
1  ,|e*'di  1  pair  poor  quality 

*  ir  v  7;  1  ^  a  - ' 1  or<ltoary  light  harness  Iumkch, 

iiu„(wiui  ,  head.  horses  arrived  *<  Erie  Hailitiiui 
vm  Dak  f  1 1  if  Station  ;  lt» horses  arrived  V  (  entrnl 
tuubiH  lIHtiy  Uu  rotKl  V1U  tolierly  St.  Fern  ;  also  la 

Aloiidii)’..  Mules,  Beeves  wore  slow,  hut  on  a 
W1  ^l'D  1111,1  Improved  i|iiullty  prlees  were  Urm. 
aaboi  were  muile  at  7ia)lJe.;  aXovll  owt.,  on  auksUU  lbs. 
ir  vWti|  net. 

.31  ileli  C  ow 


..x.— Only  a  few  sales  were  made:  still 
prices  wore  Ann,  und  ranged  at  $:t.7<;»ll6,60  V  head. 

Vcnlw.— There  were  scarcely  any  sales.  A  few 
coarse  quality  veals  sold  at  7c. 

Sheep  u ml  l.atuha.  Trade,  though  slow,  was 
ri:"’llt  ‘''"derate  rates.  Sheep,  4  kjwdHe.;  lambs,  OH® 
70.,  mixed  lots  oi  sheep  and  lambs,  Oe. 

Hogs,— Four  cr-ra  of  Ohio  hog*  sold  ut  4Hc.:  2  curs 
i  '’;,'lkr', ,  *“»  slight! v  bettor  than  It  has 

been  fur  severs  I  days  post.  City  dressed  wore  not, 
quoted  at  noon. 

RECEIPTS  Ob'  1.1  Vi:  STOCK. 

8b««u  A 

. .  down.  C'nlViM,  H ,»». 

One  Hundredth  St... i..:x»  i;;  .piy  imj  (MX) 

Foitv- Blghtli  yt .  Ouj  42  yso  i;t,ui7  nno 

Fortieth  St.. .  0,10  m  )nl  g, 

Com  muni  paw . :!,7W)  oo  nn  2,271  u  UH2 

WeoliawkeQ . 2,i;u3  no  00  nun  (N,n 

Total, 1  this  week....  7, 7 93  nr,  7m  20J.W  iFtri 

last  week....  !l,772  OI  add  •-•7.077  41400 

COMPARATIVE  KATES. 

Cast  week.  This  week 
Cunts.  Cents. 

12  «  12V  12  (M  J,H 

U  Uu  Il  f  11  ,u,  u v 

10  ®  iov  10  <■«  ini 

0  ®  OH  6H  W)  *JV 

id  ©  11  iuh  (a  Ilk 


Uuw  Ornim  .  0  f4J 

I  low  C  rops  Grow  .  .  .  *  Jj 

m  11 0 ter  and  Trajipor, .  ■•**♦.....» . .  j  (j 

Jill  Stun  nil's  Grup.H  and  Wine'..::;':  Y .  }  u 

Indian  Corn  :  It*  Value.  Culturn  and  Y/sb's .  i  rj 

?“  1  “H'e  and  their  Diseases.  ,*.  }  7/ 

Do.  Horse  anil  hi*  Dlsoases .  1  Z{ 

1jr“,lr*|"k'  Made  Ra»y... . }  Z 

Do.  Sheep.  Hwlne  and  Idoilli  v  .  1  3; 

.Johnston's  Agrieullural  Chemlsti  v .  }  ih 

Do.  Hlemeut*  Agrlrullurul  Chenusirv .  } 

Kemp  s  l.andaeapu  Gardening . y .  i  ZS 

jiiingstroth  or,  the  Ulya  und  llobuv  Hb» .  u  1$ 

.American  Hpm  tsuiHn  ... .  y  .  .?  $ 

by  Joh}{  Phi3’  404  Uuw  "J  ^’natru'ct  Thom;  76 

Manual  on  r  nix  and  UoYup  (•uitirni .  25 

Manual  uj  TqbUCcu  Culture.  . .  2® 

M-u'ie,Fiif,rl01' bhiu  Book.::::;:; .  1 25 

Mayj  ew’s  illustrated  Morse  Management .  5  $ 

Mo.  Illustrated  Horsa  Doctor..  K  nt .  3$ 

j|«cUatilc *  Companion  (NiehoUon) . 

M.atori.  Cookery  (by  Miss  Anton  nod  ‘tin. ‘a.  j.  75 

Mf.SJ.TOiS;  «i^p:  ]  l 

Norris'  Fish  Culture...,  ...  .  I  5? 

OnionCuSrr‘llU  8ciealiM°  A*rlcoiture::::.':::  1 75 

Our  Farm  of  Four  Acre*  .  |» 

card r.M  ou  strawberry  Culture  JO 

Parsons  on  the  Uosn .  .  ,  Z? 

ract  caf  Poultry  Keeper  (I,.  Wright) . 

S2?J sawaz* .T:..™::::::::::::  i 


Good  riteers  V  lb 

Fair... . 

Poor . 

Poorest . 

Gen.  sol  ling  rates 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


Niirglcai  Kin  atk 

and  Supporting  Uoiti 
i'll  Hroudway,  N,  V. 


).•  Hioehiimw  for  enlarged  veins 
*  of  best  gioiltty,  at  Pomeroy’s, 


>Tctv  ^(Ifevtiormcnt^ 


ne  market  has  Improved  with  eohl  wtlatli. 

ni,lrV  0t  "  ’'8tL‘'  n  sel1  readily  ,tt  Jg,. 

can  Hmcd  Are  more  salable  ut  the  prlees’ 
ar«  offering.  slate  and 
nla.  Jtk-v.kle,:  best  rnorks  of  Western,  2’, 'i  s* 


rj.  **  4AI1U  llUK 

H l in ua u n  s  Morse  Portraiture 
lug  and  fl  raining  Trottors  .. 

Six  Hundred  itecipea . . 

Hkeletoli  l  eaves . 


. .  HIMti  4  84  lr“>  UTiOSe.  for  super  and  2 

. . .  6  20®  5  60 

. .  F5<ai  0  2f, 

, .  6  75®  7  10 

1 . . . - . 6  20®  7  60 

.  * . 5  85®  0  .15 

. . .  6  90®  Il  8a 

. .  50®  7  uu 

. .  6  10®  6  m 

.  6  20®  10  50 

. .  4  10®  6  20 

.  3  30®  1  35 

. . -  8  85®  4  00 

i'i  ••  offering  of  apples  is  verv 
uiiiny  lota  seeking  buyers  in  pre/- 
1  *  * 1,1  *  tuft  uuouition.N  i».t76  Uroiiijf'ii 
of  chuiOf*  NhU'Mrit  Oo.  win- 
,lf 'luaimcs  will  bring  83,25  In  a 
>t  to  sell  right  through  mu®  be 
Wc'  rjiiOUi  ml TuiJ  Jot*  fttuto  i 9  7% 

,,hlP  l""'  Michigan,  Nov.  loth,  was  dull’  aiiiT deprei 
v®aft»  for  table  use  are  “hie  factory  cheese  was  sold 
>,  cull  fern  la  eamj^niM.MiiH,  Sev-  delivery  w;n  nut  much  ahovi 
?  l  to  these  were  made  at  12H®  l2Vc.,  acco 

oht  RostOn  torles  were  w«ll  reprusented, 

8  at  *12  T  hbl.  (  rariberrtes  are  hig  to  upwards  of  8,(00  bores 

,  wklelv  scattered,  and  this  fa®  ‘‘hanged  band*.  The  views  of 

,  rrr  "U,  !  r.'  ,l",l'-v  hills.,  above  those  or  buyers,  and  qi 

■a-u  i11'’  *7®3l  I  mey  boxes  tory men  refused  to  let  their  u 
nm52^™7ih2,.J,?inon’  *J-W®lo5.  jato*’  preferring  either  to  sen 
U  nr.,::1?,-.,1:1  too  good  quality  hold  over  for  the  present,.  Ilu 
iofl.K!Vru-  ii“i  nH,ctl  outiet.  even  “to*1  ocean  freights  und  Ilia  dll 
i  im^ts.Vi  b'?Ua  11,1,1  for  renoy  compelled  a  reduction  i 

ei„ii«?y?,V.t,Kar<?  sc;,ir0L-  and  Arm  factories  ought  to  be  bought  at 
mrlV»nifiSn #,n •  hickory riuts,  offered.  The  price  wa:i  with 


nkuictuii  1  iuivoH .  . . . 

Skillful  vv if»* . ’*]****' . . 

Hlitck’s  Trout  Culture  (now)  *» *•••♦•  •«. 

Htewan'M  (John,!  Sinbl<-  Bowk  . 

minor n  IMullry  Honk  (oolor^l  DlHteai * ’ * 

teasa.’ser.  *,.-k  rH  «**:: 

•{•ha  umt:in  Maohliilst  (Fitzgerald):;;:::; . 

The  nog(newj.  !  f:.M^yll^W  "“tchln^'ni 

The  Horse  iStonohengV).  8vo  lisri . . 

The  Mule  (Itlleyl— A  TreaUsi’  on  tl'm  ilrced.ni 
«„  raining  use*  to  which  ho  rmiv  no  out 
The  PoopleH  Praat-ioal  Poultry  Boon  p  ^ 

«*N"  lU«istrati,in'sV 


*W.  feg’.va’f  I 

Peuchhlows.  otn„n.,  Hl.T.y.jj  05  %,  r 

piirm  1.1  38®  32c.  for  good  tObo.it.  Eggs  .i  remontV 


■CKO  IIHV  O  ,  \i:w  YOKk 

Hus  an  accumulated  Capital  exceeding 


Invested  In  Real  Estate  and  Mortgage*  in  New 
u/iui.  d  .Now  York  and  Unitod  States  Bonds, 
steadily  Increasing  under  u  Yearly  Revenue  of 


The  Elves  Insured  by  the  Soeiety  are  carefully 
Fn7Cn«d  n'i<  ir?l  nt  lmrts  01  North  America  and 
o  ZnsUn*hnt’es  “re  r“Rde  only  on  the 
Mutinil  _  I  ilnclple.  Ibe  Surplus  Premiums  arc  re- 
tin  neij  t<i  tho  I  olley-holder*  tiunuully, 

Policies  are  issued  payable  at  the  death  of  the  in- 

vuiwi  *  00<1  Of  h  certalu  u umber  ot 

ytui/i,  I  oUcieu  aro  aJuo  Issued  on  the 


TONTINE  PLAN 


T  *1.  1  l,,r  prmoinm  or  ucmiiinilatinir  proiiia  for 
l’*rlod»  which  was  tlrst  Introduced  by  ttS 
nooldty  aiid  haH  been  reeomim*odod  and  pudoru’d  hv 
eminent  experts  In  Idfc  lR»urancc,  ind  by  l^adlnj 
’  ft'  “0"  ■  Forty-fou r  per  cen  t.  has  been  oarneS 
l  ifl.  PiTnuumu  paid  on  Its  Tuntiuo 


1  miiSSCSf  011 Premium*  pula  un  its  Tontine 
JJlo  Policies,  and  forty  per  u*nt.  on  Its  Tontine  l£n 
uu  wmcnt  Policies,  Issued  within  the  last '  Uve  yeiS? 


implements;  and  paeHinevy 


u’  ihibUcation.o 


PERSONAL  ITEMS. 


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THE  STANDARD! 


There  is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re- 
imineration  tlion  (lie  sale  Of  the  Pfttnllf  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  i*no  machine  thirt  possesses 
one-hair  tins  uualltlies  which  are  so  absolutely 
necessary  for  family  use  as  the 

Bickfords  Improved 

Its  simplicity  and  case  of  management,  together 
vrlth  its  capacity  for  doing  the  great  range  of  work, 
and  its  trilling  cost. makes  it  a  matter  or  economy 
for  every  fauiilr  to  have  one,  and  will  ultimately 
bring  It  Into  as  general  use  as  the  Sewing  Machine. 


Contains  1  I lOO  of  the  very  best  |>«aliu  tunes  oi 

n.,  a.*  k&sm 

n..yi. 


THE  RIVER  OF  LIFE 


ana  meeting  with  the  groat<mt  &uece*B.  Mer- 
•  h'lnts  ti n<i  1  tux  tn  Dana  Bickford's  Invention  u 
ch<*ai>#'  simple  end  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
II lid  It  pro-itabic  to  purchase  find  keep  os.  sale 
The  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  does 
not  reu ulre  the  ••eternal  vigilance’  to  Bell  this 
machine  as  In  the  ease  of  sewing  machines. 

Incuts  Winded  Everywhere.  Oood,8tnart 
M<m  can  make  *30  PKR  WERK  AX»  KXP’tNSES. 
8enil  for  Instructions  and  Circulars.  Price  *.*0 

to  iso. 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  BldKFOKl),  1’iealileiit. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y 


the  notice  of  nil  leaders  or  mug- 
BckuOls,  because  of  its  very  supe- 

•tt'ilJS'MS.ISi 


Is  attracting 
tug  In  Sabbat  Si 
rtor  nrrangeiD' 
ment  or  songs 

to  the  l_: - t 

n  ess  and  freshneaa 
commended  by  “H- 

ItaOK.'u^bt^lf^lper  Hundred  In  B’ds;  pc. 

1U0  In  Paper.  _ _ 

The  above  books  sent,  post-paid,  on  receipt  of  re* 
tall  price. 

OLIVER  I)  IT  SOX  &  CO.,  Host  on. 

c.  11.  DITSON  &  CO.,  711  Broadway,  New  York. 


Improved  Foot  Lathes 


Illustrated  Hpceiiil  Numbers 
of  Tun  Sour 1 1  on  Georgia, 
Alabama  find  Tennessee  al¬ 
ready  published.  All  other 
w.  iota  year:  10 cents  single 
>y  everybody.  Write  for  it. 
J  Ann,  Pulton  and  Nassau 


M\k.j(jLCLteu.]  Small  Engine  Lathes.  Small  Gear 
&lo?i!&4**FPc»NN  Cutters,  Hand  Pinners  for  metal, 
rfrri  Hall  Turning  Machines,  Si  de 
i.ji_iynnv|iiUWl  h.  -ih  I'oot  Scroll  Haws,  'the 
ivory  best.  Selling  everywhere. 
!}jpo  SS^-Ttiigq  Catalogues  free.  ,  „  „ 

iSt-riJSfaUsl  N.  H.  BALDWIN,  Laconia,  N.  H. 
Just  the  articles  for  Artisans  or  Amateurs. _ 

i.si.Ki.ojj..  aa-aste 


TOOI.S. 

/  Our  stock  i» 
large,  embracing 
an  assortment  of 
eV»‘rV  kind  ill  use 
for  the  latest  re- 
q  ul  rem  cuts  or 
flic  bus!  no**  of 
lee  cutting.  Au 
experience  o* 
many  years  iu  the 
manufacture  ana 
sale  enable*  us  to 
Oder  lee  Tool*  of 


Type,  Cabinet  &  Press 


IT  I-  A. Ml  I  V  I'KltlOIllt'AIjfl. 
PL, INTIG  MONTH M  •  81, 

OUR  YOUNG  l'Ol.KS,  li. 

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or  full  Prospontus.  and  for 

urks  by  first  American  und  English 


4iUrjfcU«nco«.o' 


2\cu'  •i’uliUfMtions! 


tape-worm  irrr.iv; 

KIDDER’S  PASTILLES 


A 11  Tools  Warranted.  Illustrated  lrt«m 
,  free  on  application,  and  orders  executed 
uydelny.  - 

S  PLOW  COHPAN1 , 

MANFFACTUItietlS  Of 

/IT  UAL  IMPLEMENTS  it  MACHINES, 
33  Beckman  St„  New  York, 
mill  Qulney  llnll,  Boston. 


FIRST  ISSUE 

1874. 

The  Aldiiie  Almanac 


Bright,  cheerful,  earnest  and  progressive,  u  e 
“  Home”  takes  rank  with  the  best  periodicals  of  the 
day.  It  Is  • 

The  Cheapest  First-Class  Magazine 

in  me  conntrv  and  more  thoroughly  identified  with 
the  peopio  in  vliclr  social  and  domestic  Hie  than  any 
other.  It  Is  .ex' 

The  Great  Household  Magazine  of  America, 

and  Within  the  reach  of  nil. 

I,,, u  a  choice  ' r,e  of  one  of  the  tollowlng  laigt  anu 


At  quarter  the  usual  ex 
information.  KVBUY  > 

Pamphlet,  showing  theory 

i‘,istev,“ii",?i.VuV 

THE  NEW  i V 
AMERICAN 
SEWING  If.TOrtif 
MACHINE.;;k;; 
SElf-THREtDINO, 
LIGHT-RUNNING.!  ForCtre 

|’i  liuipal  Ofllee,  13I8CIIESTMTST 
Or  MAY  YORK  OFFICE.  11* 


ponse.  Circular  Riving  im 
Ian  His  Own  paistkii.- 
:  V,  different  colors,  and  glv 
House  Painting,  sent;  free 
211  Pearl  St.,  New  York. 


Brochure  of  American  Art, 

H’///i  Hlv*! rations  I'll  Me  l{c'it  American  -1 1  * 
tints,  DMoncd  and  Enu  raced  erpi't'sHl 1/ 

for  Oils  toi*i 

WILL  BE  REAM  OCTOBER  15th. 

Tor  A i  DINE  A i.maNAO  hus  been  gotten  up  ro- 

a!»wssrc8»  ssaisaifiM 

^  Tint's  LDINK  ALMANAC  Is  truly  national  in  eon- 
{1  tmer.  _ _ 

list  of  illustrations. 

The  Calendars. 

Mr  John  S  Davis,  a  young  and  rising  aid  1st,  who i  Is 
man  of  America,  has  eobtrllnited  ^ 

SW- 


The  ouly  Reliable  Gift  Distribution  in 
the  Country. 

L.  D.  SINE’S  TWENTIETH 


To  he  drawn  Thursday,  Jan.  1st,  187*1 


The  Barth  Closet  Is  a 
modern  Improvement 
which  takes  the  place  and 
supersedes  the  W liter 
Closet  in  the  house. 

It  is  perfect  In  Its  oper¬ 
ations,  and  not  liable  to  get 
uid  of  order. 

In  case  of  sickness  it  is 
Invaluable,  as  it  can  be 
>  used  by  the  bedside  or 
any  room  in  the  house 
w  i  t  b  o  u  t  inconvenience 
from  bad  odors. 

Price  Us  to  $20.  Bund 
for  Circular. 

II.  II.  GRIPPING, 
OOCortlnudt  St.,  N.Y. 


*  I J  in  VALUABLE  GIFTS  ! 

1  grand  capital  prize, 

820,000  in  Greenbacks ! 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  PRIZE, 

810,000  in  Greenbacks ! 

ii\k  cash  puizi;  iif  iji.ooo  n  dkeimhacks 

EJigS:  j  [mnuB! 

Ten  Prizes  $500  2  J  ** 

‘2.300  Void  and  Slln  r  Lever  ti unting  Watches  (lb 
all),  worth  from  $20  to  $AI0. 

(loin  Sliver  Vest  Chains,  Solid  and  Double-plated 
Silver-ware,  Jewelry,  Ac.,  «c. 

Whole  No.  of  Gills,  25,000.  Tickes  limited  to  100,000 
ii'PK'Vg  \\  ANTED  TO  SELL  TlCKI/I 


«!•'  TUB  KXGI.ISII  LANG l  AGE. 

Abridged  from  Wester's  Quarto,  illustrated  with 
n ear 1  v  T  W O  HL’NDRKD  Kpgnivlligs  on  Wood.  I  bis 
volume  embraces  a  careful  selection  of  nnuetlian 
id  ono  of  till,  luoit  important  lutiicUBko. 

The  introdiietiou  contains,  busides  the  1  letoriaTillus- 
t rations'  1  of  Vlmiey,  Weight  nud  cn- 

ure.  Aii b Vlfttl on s.  Words,  Phrases.  Pr«> - 
.v-c,,  from  the  Greek,  the  I  .atm,  anil  t  lie  l&d* 

ty-'isa'asK  sy'sjr'g.KSift-ijji 

Tucks,  gilt  edges.  $1.  )\>r  Sat,  everywhere.  Sent  by 
mail  on  receipt  of  the  price. 

IVIS0H,  ELAKEMAN,  TAYLOR  &  00., 

Pl'lil.lSlIBHS, 

138  &  140  Grand  St.,  New  York^ _ 

~\\7*  cpnd  samnlea  of  the  LaiuKk'  OWN  >I*oa 
^,«v2i"':,iiid  of  the  HotKNTivn:  Fakmkr 
*  "He  ■!'  tlmt  thrilling  book.  Out  ottlu 
ttliudow,  tine,  all  lor  ^>e.  Ohjet  t 
io  iutroiluee  our  populai 
1  w  publications  and  gel 

Vl-.  . .  AOENTH.  l.iugi 

1  i  * 1  J  M  rush  pay  ti 


i«  re  ore  santeil  by  a  Splendid  full-page  cut,  ij  .  “ 
drawing  of  Thouia*  Moran,  the  strongest  landscape 
artist  in  America. 

The  Outcasts  of  Poker  Flat. 

a  ivnntiiil*  of  Bret  llurte's  Inimitable  Western 
sketch  ucei  mi  panics  threu  Illustrations  by  Mr.  Dai  s. 

A  Tropical  Sceno. 

one  of  tbe  most  e.Tiiulslle  pletiua-s  wIiUd.  lt  is  pos- 
slble  to  conceive  is  contributed  by  Mary  Nemo,  t 
11 1  uHt v*4i t4>  Uue8  from  Jonquin  Miller. 

Rip  Van  Winkle. 

A  disquisition  on  this  popular  American  legend  is 
illustrated  by  four  designs  by  Mr.  Davis. 

Evening  on  the  Delaware 

u  a  most  nerfect  picture,  by  Thomas  Moran.  It 
shown  that  American  pa«lonil  acencry  han  ample 
charms  for  im“t)C’»  l 


p  re  in  iu  in  Farm  Grist  !>1  111  * 

Is  simple,  cheap  and  durable,  and  grinds 
all  kinds  of  grain  rapidly.  It  Is  adapted 
to  all  kinds  of  horse  power#, 

Si;\l>  poll  DjCSd'HlPTI  V g  C1KCULAH. 

WM.  I..  HOY  Bit  A  BttO., 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 


The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers, 

GROUND  BONE, 

BONE  MEAL, 


Or  we  WM-Am* 

send  the  Wi 

Own  Maoazine,  or  the  V-?  w 

Scientific.  Farmer,  J  months^^^^^^®  f 
on  trial  for  25e.  fouly  half  rates)  oY  !)otli  *'<'*^_ 
for  40c.  Address  M.Y  BLAND  &  GO., 

287  w.  M*a<lisou  St.,  Chicago, I1*' 

FANCIERS  JOURNAL  &  P0IILTRYMC1IANUE 

A  Weekly  Journal,  devoted  lo  Scientific  Breeding 
ami  Monagement  of  Bowls.  Plgoon*.  Hisit  Bit  its, 
Anas*  Rabbits,  etc.  Subscription  price,  $2.50  per 
annum  Advertisements,  on  any  subject  interesting 
to  Ifamdors  will  be  received  at  10  cent*  per  line,  set 
Sni of.  rtlsoin vod  advertisement*,  IS  coots  per  line, 
'k vr>E  Kditor  A  Proprietor, SO  North  Ninth 


has  dhdseu  »  < ’hristuia s  sccutT when  the  ••servants” 
P?eBWt  themselves  for  the  usual  present*,  and  good 
wishes  and  kindly  feeling  rule  In  every  breast. 

A  'Coon  Hunt 

Is  a  second  contribution  ol  Mr.  Sheppard's,  and  one 
of  the  most  stilting  In  the  work. 

The  New  England  Schoolmaster, 

another  of  Mr.  Davis’s  designs,  represents^  old- 
time  Yankee  school-house,  with  the  master  so  kind 
and  so  true." 

The  Illuminated  Cover. 

The  cover  or  THE  ALPINE  ALMANAC  Is  the  richest 
specimen  of  the  modlajval  style  »f  illumination  evei 

p  T  HE ‘a  LIU  NT”U  a  LMAN  A  C  will  bo  sunt  to  any  address, 
In  roller,  by  mall,  post-paid,  on  recolpt  of  t  he  price, 

00  cents.' 

JAMES  SUTTON  &  00.,  Publishers, 

3S  Jliiiden  Banc,  Nwvv  York. 


love  and  affections  of  any  person  they  choose,  m- 
staiitlv.  This  simple  mental  uequlromwit  all  can 
i>o*sess.  free,  by  mail,  for  25  et*.,  together  with  a 
Slarriage  Guide,  Egyptian  <>raclc,  Dream#, 
i 'ulies  Wedding  Night  Aliirt,  &c.  A  queer  book. 
Iddress  T  wll.l.LAM  A  ('(>.,  Publishers,  Pl.d-i- 

LOVERS  GUIDE 

Art  of  gaining  love  of  and  marrying  who  and  when 

you  please.  How  to  bo  handsome.  CurosfOrbundreds 
of  d  scases ;  also,  many  new  secrets,  arw,  mysteries, 
looney  mak\ng..meth:is,  A*-.  Priee  <>£^,1^^.  , 


To  meet  the  druedddetiMndaT  tMlant*  int 

FI,OUGN(’l{  SKlVIMi  MAOIilNIC  to. 

have  determined  to 

REDUCE  PRICES, 

and  vitt  hereafter  sell  (heir  $*S5  Machine  joi  1>4*>, 
and  other  Mules  inproportiait. 

THE  FLORENCE 

is  the  DMA'  Senirui  Machine  that  teeth  the  woth 
backward  and  forward ,  or  to  right  cwfd  left .a* 
tJif  nMvch(i$Gt‘  iiinii  prt'h  t *-  It  hit#  t*ocvi  i ptoiiu 
IM&VKO  AN  1J  SIMPLIFIED,  awl  h  far 
belter  than  wny  other  machine  m  the  market. 
IT  IB  NOW  THE  CHEAPEST. 
Ffomice,  3/dss-.iYou.  1,  *8.  JffsiUi  It  duf«i. 


o  NEVEli  liut.N  (.yUALLU 

a  ,pm  pryMlfn!  |  IMIO  i.btVln 
j  liiiin  *  lir.tl  t'.'M.i.  t  li.Htnu  his 

Bii’W  Mrthfti' 

lllU  f|jkNO-r:»L  IT  <  uni*  M  tb* 
idl  |*y  ta-y  k iiulatlouM  lo  *iu 
KAft  Ifftl  I  Hi  “ 'ill®. 

nt  l.y  5f  nll.Prlee  $3  ir. 

It  ,  I*  b  I  1  *  d  «  1 1»  I*  t  a  • 


riMtB  rONFKHSIONS  OKA! 

published  us  a  warbillg  and  fi 
young  men  and  oth«r»  who  suffm  1 1 
blllty,  Ac.  By  one  who  luu»  cured  1 


NOV,  22 


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NEWS  CONDENSER. 


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tiond£  elM-  AGENTS  WANTED. 

Fio“rr^”2ioe" A mCTi''” " »"■>  ‘^s.vssE.vs'i.f o“ e«5is'srj 

J  tven*  ronorta  k  profit 

™nM* «*»*»  ■*.«* 

Turkish  fit's.  In  round  figures  Clrmilur.  W.  j.  HOLLAND  .v  CO.. 

_  a  w„„. .  .  Springfield,  Mass.,  and  Chicago.  til. 

A  western  paper  speaks  of  a  society  for  —  -  — - 

-  mlnea  AGENTS,  LOOK  HERE ! 

been  made  in  Southern  California  n  ^ m  to  g?°la,  Agents,  on  u  rn*h  Nn|- 

mi  .  *  oiiinnH.*«ioi»B  Add  rtf  m  nt  once  for  partial)- 

I  he  seat,  of  the  Italian  National  Bank  is  to  ^rs’  1  A'  Kl‘l,fi  &  Cmarlotti:,  Stu  n. 

*  rir0'”  *l"">M««oBooi..  AGENTS  W  «"» 

^inar-mr;  ?  »»•■*<•«'•«*>»  „»  xm. .  assn?  SBiiwjsrsswdfrv 

gain  or  (,ooo  since  t  he  lest  census  In  1870.  -  - -  ’  orwtuw»r.  *• 

A  prisoner  at  the  Dubuque  kill  escaped  \  "i f"r  ",,w  w°ric,  the 

live  t  imes,  at  an  expense  to  the  county  „r  *S00.  h'vt^Xj'Loucy  he.Oih  andll'fe.  hy’huVJeg  Wb° 

,i  .1!‘e  ^"ew  Vor,i  associated  bunks  report  lr\  't,  i  */Wf)  •  , 

that  they  hold  about  $21,000,000  of  legal  tenders.  (j  Vi  i#A  fl  1 1  n 

It  may  interest  somebody  to  know  that  ,T 

thirty-five  different  kinds  of  fish  are  caught  In  ^ 

Lake  Erie.  .  w 


Rome  has  sixteen  American  sculptors  and 
Florence  eleven. 


PERPETUAL  CRYSTAL  PALACE 


AND 


iiO04l 


There  have  been  1  wo  thousand  and  live  him-  Yorg^hoi'liihf  “n<,t eminent UrMefiuu^of New 

lhjf  “■ :m::; .  ssAws^jz* 


-ZTtl  th  nM  ,  Z^lWiESftnZ?* " W ‘^rWtfES 

“  ^  °*  thG  Hlue  Uid  go,  the  North  Carolina  *J-  B*  TKWAT,  Publisher*  $05  Broadway  Av  y 
apple  crop  1b  pronounced  deficient;  west  of 

the  mountains,  good.  AGENTS  WANTED!  Dailies  or  (ioiitloiuen,  for 

-  It  la  stated  that  1)0,000  ounces  of  silver  were  For  drouiars  *M«1nP°tV:‘in.»'  coranrlsslon  afvem  Smuf 
recently  sent  to  the  mint  from  the  West  to  be  -  Mun,,lltt"u  ™ A  v.,  N.  v. 

coined  into  smidiph .  PARE  CHANCE  FOB  HOOK  HGENTM 

-There  arc  four  tribes  of  Indians  remaining  . J, ,  ,  n  ^  «'y  '^tkatki.  book  ' 

111  Delaware,  and  the  aggregate  number  of  the  WILD  LIFE  thk  [  A  H  WF^tTI 
four  Is  only  sixteen  persons.  Over ;«)  YenV'  if  Personal  Adventure,  u  fAL 

-  The  South  Carolina  Monument  Association  and  wTIce*  In  u'lt^h-an  wiAnd  wuh'tlm  M  lcV' 

s  aj?,un  “PPoalllig for  aid  in  securing  #0,000  nee-  J!“t‘*'niu>ust | .Maximilian.  Bn, truly  "ow ,  A  I 

essary  to  complete  the  work.  Iw  a nd^cSt flWwTK 

..  .Si,  •?!Jml.!l.,,.<?”l'.t<}r|u*.ani|  cUrdoeof  terrPrjrv  fa 

I  ho  annual  fall  catalogue  of  Huwdoin  Ool-  WIDDt ,  WA 1 1‘ht MAN  a  EATON,  Hartford,  Ut. 

lege  lias  been  issued,  showing  a  total  of  315  — 

students  in  the  two  academical  courses.  raja  *»*1NTN  WANTED,  everywhere,  for 

-  I  here  are  now  published  In  Now  York  City  |K|n  / 1/4  4  <  1  ft f)  ~T~  i  //)  /i/i/% 

seventeen  morning  newspapers,  ten  evening  ®p|  M  •  •?  ' >  f  x  f  I  f  /  (  I  th 

papers,  and  one  hundred  and  sixty-fourweekly  ¥TM~7~  U  R  L  ^ 

journals,  together  with  seventeen  Sunday  pu-  U 

pers  and  as  many  semi-weekly  I  sues.  t  V  Ui/t/  l)  i  h  « 

-  The  Department  of  the  bakes  nnrl  hy  Will.  W.Furwl«r  W»IIS»t«*lConTfimna«nU.f  llcwtin 

Tl  ,  1  ■"  1  Odlve.'l  ana  the  Cosssnonu.  lltiM.mil  .u.,1  i.iwmiorof  1“  flCARS  KXrBRI- 

uopari  inont  ol  the  East  have  licen  abolished  f  '-Cll.  Th#W,tMllln« iwokpnlilhSii.  pins  Ui>' Hl»lnrlw,My*lorlc« 

i.iiyl  llw,  .it  ’  im.l  WltVM  iit  t  tin  Sr  I  eel  ,  i  il  1,1 1  I ,»  •.  /  m  11  Ik..  ,rr....l  U  ...  J* 1»I 


viruvuur.  >V.  J.  HOLLAND  &  CO..  _ _ _ 

INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  CO. 

«Ty  °r  coiMUHMjtlon.  Address  at  uuce  for  particu-  * 

mis.  K  A.  ALLS  &  CO.,  CHAUPOTru,  Slieu. 

gsgagg  OF  NEW  YORK 

i  WANTED  for  our  new  work,  the  ^ 

i V  valuft  nt  whifh  Im  ott(3Mt<K)  by  thouHundM  who 

j.™ .m Uy „„„„  SUBSCRIPTION  TO  THE  STOCK 

KAtl  JVml  .JftMlilctil  WILL  HE  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOLLOWING  PLACES  IN  N*EW  YORK  CITY: 

~d«36toi.  -*am.29EMo»._  caBaAmr..!  -  UNION  TRUST  CO 

.........  _  . .  Broadway. 

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v^»^%fti;S2^,%'J3SSS<W^l^t5ltSS.'iTr  wwu  NATION*!,  bank . . w*"  *• 

Biaa.  g  „E.,„  bank .  . 

and  to  sell  bi  hard  times.  1  TO  nave  . Third  Av.  nnd  Twcuty-flftli  St. 

b  H*  1’ It  DAT,  Puhiislier,  S0."»  Eroadwiiy  v  v  HAHlihM  I1AN  K . .  TMiii'.i  iv  n.  i  a  .,  ,  , 

AMwuuuwiy,  Y.  .  .lllird  Av.  and  One  Hundred  nud  Twenty-tilth  8t. 

ADEiVTS  WANTED!  k“^28.  ,°,r/,0.,J.t,cl Vpn-  for  UU*!?.VKN . .  llallroud  Office. 

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Rare  chance  roit  book  agents  eua*tus  brooks .  „  , 

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and  the  command  is  now  slmniv  i  mint-.,-,,  ,n  ’  !i'i‘  r*T*Sf,hnsl,*'!i'|"'1  *“!  ik"  vr  ot  n  r»nlcif iin™, 

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viKmn  of  the  Atlantic,  commanded  bv  (Jen  CoMri.i;i  i:  u  M.i.siiiKKr  iinr.v  ..vu,  wriu-n.  u, .unruly n i 

HjlIlPOPlf  '  *  Fulfil.  KVi'ry  iniin  h*  i|  Wdhiib  W4(,ihi|i  cuiiiloyuiHiii  iliiiulil  leoii  for 

tK‘  onr  llliHlriilud  clruulun.  DUBTIN.OII.M  AN  *  CO., I Inrtfonl, Conn. 


XHis'ccUaneous.’. 


$  I  OO  tO  $250  «'''lnimced  «t  any  oue  Installment. 

-TT7.  ...  V  Hlira  to  nvnrv. 


felling  m.r^^re^naiM 


Broail wrU V "'m'  n'UMl  be  made  ,3y  chock  buyable  to  tho  order  of  the  UNION  TRUST  COMPANY,  73 
Comrnmv  Un  .  c  ^  ^  °*  lU(>  ^  *"ld  ***  ^U,  the  Union  Trust 

bonZ;un;':;,,r  '*»'*  0Ut  by  saia  vouchers  .bowing  UM  the  money  has 

°XP  ‘n  tl,e  ere<:UOa  °f  U,°  I'U,UMt,l“l  »«"dlng  or  in  acqu.r- 

SHARES  $100  EACH. 

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BLAIR  BROS., 

_  l.ee’r,  Siiiiiinif,  Jack.OU  Ho. 

]lfAMl«OT||  BRONZE  TIKKKYS-Wa 


OUTFITS  "»>**•"  Tui  wrss:  “ tho  Sllile, 

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•REE.  H5a5l=  -  -  - 2STsr  2TT4  ““ 0M“  - . . -  . . .  . . * . — 

--  J'  —  ^ J  a  T“7  memberships  do  not  entitle  tho  holder  to  admission  to  special  places  of  amusement  except 
[f-gT0  QTFAHV  Scm  ft8  co,,dnote<i  hy  Exhibition  Company. 


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uiy  |»rl«ti  from  ^2J)  por  pair,  regular,  uinl  will  mill  4U  ir  *  ffl  t  C« 
liv«r<-d ‘il*  l{WttI,Kw!ntln  ‘ll  V  ,,e!‘  ,mlr»  *oxiM  uml  de-  1IU,)aK  *  CO^  7 
i  forffi  diiyw  m  tip  pop  pig.  _\ !,,(.  ,3f  y(,u,1K  n, ,ur,  ..  ^ 

edV?mn  I 


Employ  man  t  at  your  homes  or 
traveling,  Tho  work  Is  eon- 
gftnhil,  uonoruble,  and  pays 
tin*  herd  of  anytliina  ever  be- 
foro  offered,  t  ush  wages, sum- 


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RANDALL’S 

Practical  Sheoherd 

A  COMPLETE  TREATISE  I 


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Josh  fiiLuyug,  lllusiriited  i,v  Tuns 

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Price,  $10. 

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the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

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Entitling  the  purchaser  and  his  immediate  family  (f«  <-<*•  at  the  time  of  such  purchase)  or 

t  th  Tu’  udng  t,le  ‘tfettnte  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  *m 


ON  THE  BREEDING,  MANAGEMENT  PROPHElS  OF  THE  BIBLE  actual 
AND  DISEASES  OF  SHEEP  NEwVuiri!iVorni°i"<m^f,r-?!,,awr.,,!M<!  the  in 


idete  and  reliabU  TreatUo  on  American  Sheep  1I!)B. 
h»Bdry  aver  published,  and  tm,  the  New  England 
tanner  says)  •"should  be  ,n  the  hand  and  head  of 
every  person  owning  sheep." 

The  Practical  Shkcuerd  contains  152  pages,  «nd 
In  Illustrated,  printed  and  bound  in  superior  stviw. 
Twenty-seventh  Edition  n«w  ready.  Sent  by  n.1*11 
post-paid,  on  receipt  of  prico-*2.  Address 

D.  D.  T.  IBOOK  E.  FnblUhPr 
5  Beckman  Mt„  New  V  ork. 


(I)  \  H  C.  A  MONTH  and  expenses  to  good  Canvass,  an  .. 

U I  a  g&  immtyisjir  ‘  l,EKE1>IliRV  &  i«^«trah..:.  priCe$ifO0i. 

1  .000  ^E^^,0y ?£PKUI®»PB wantod for  v.  i®"titliiuK  tli0  hold(ir  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 

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siTwfc v(  BI  WN«‘tr?;,,“l'  M r«nnl. ^ *  thTUZimi '  wuI‘<>ldT  Khe'Se  n"‘",berH,lip8  ar0  t0  ,>e  re8a*-ded  as  honorary  members  of 
NEW  WoHLDICBLigHlNO  ,o.. Uhlladomm,  Pa,  the  Institution  with  such  additlonai  privileges  ns  may  from  time  to  time  bo  granted  them 

II  A|/i|  -  _  oytno  Board  of  Directors. 

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i!5SS«S?TK r  r  LUUIV  I  Hotli  I  o 

ard  Authority  on  the  Subject.  It  is  the  most  com-  ou?  S,ell,n« 

l>leUi  and  TVlintilo  f]*pon  fi«.»  .  Imasi......  dk*K..  it  .  Ini'  I'iclittir.  I  f  <1...  ......  .*  .4  .  .  I  l  .r)1,l  F  OIMI- 


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lar  Pictorial  Uharlw.  TcnnsaX  Catiroguo^fKi: 
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A  MONTH !  Horse  and  (URTlagn  furnished 
qV±^e»  Expenses  mid.  K.  ft.  shau:,.i!/;™'u  f- 

By  one  Agent,  soiling  .Sfirrrs  Pah  nt 
liinoni.  KeconimeUucd  bv  till,  lal.« 


rim/,,,,.  Uecomiueudcd  by  the  late 

!narU.'»n'i’;«  AgrlwilttUiSl. 

•md  1  ItO.OUU  Families  using  them. 
One  county  for  each  Agent.  Siuxi  ij 
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INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  COMPANY 

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CITY  OF  ROCHESTER 


IAN 


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are  now  everywhere  recognized  u»  the  bent,  forflne 
and  SYMPATHETIC  Tons,  for  thorough  workmanship, 
tbe  irreateflt  powiibl©  Durability  they  urc 
wholly  qnrlvaleS.  The  ZTWCV  CABINET <>U  UPRIGHT 

PtanO,  Combining  BBvem)  must 'JpSTlSfni  limetent 
manta.  PATr.NTED,  i*  pronounced  by  all  competent, 
judges  ihe  Mosi-r  ^ERI'KOI  Plano  ol  this  cass  ever 
produced  Every  instrument  warranted  forflve  years. 

NKW  lVAttKlll)OMh.a58««i  l-lili  H-t..  N.  »  . 


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n  #  POR  ONI* 30  CENTS 1  /■  Z 

ilJ  American  Kural  Home.  J,u 

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cash  premium*.  ^pfCiWtnj-'eeeAdayfS 

THE  RURAL  HOME)  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

tw  /  Vi  k  /  k  V  G  HVTS  \\  ANTED. -Samples 

g&wJte 

WOOD,  TABER  A  MORSE, 

EATOA,  J1AIHHON  CO.,  N.  Y., 

MANPPACTCUKHa  or 

STEAM  ENGINES, 

1‘orlnlile,  Slntlonary 
mid  Agrlcn Itural. 

Hundred*  In  o»«  In  Shop*, 
Printing  Hoorn*.  Mill*.  Mines, 
and  uii  Farm*  and  Plantu- 
lion*,  for  Oram  Threshing, 
Food  Cooking  for  Stock,  Cot¬ 
ton  Ginning.  Sawing.  &c. 

%9~  Circular*  sent  on  application. 


Issued  for  Construction  of  Water  Works,  under 
Act  of  Legislature,  Passed  April  27, 1872. 

Rochester  possesses  the  elements  ol  a  pros¬ 
perity  unexcelled,  it  equalled,  by  any  other 
city  in  this  State,  it  Is  the  center  ot  trade 
to  a  siirroumUiiff  population  ol  about  50U,- 
0l>0,  to  whom  tbe  menus  ot  transportation 
are  iumlstaeii  by  Railroads  radiating  Ironi 
the  city  III  eleven  dillcrcnt  directions. 

Its  iadobtedneon,  excluding  I  hi*  loan,  is  less 
I  than  81,850,000.  while  it  hM  P,'op; 

erl)  amount iuir  to  ilUou t  Hv.,i.jOfOU»)i  ami 
Private  Real  Estnic  valned  u«  870,000,000. 

The  Bond*  are  issued  in  erthor  Coupon  or  Regis¬ 
tered  form :  the  Register. -o  being  tranafeinblc- attlie 
ofli.'e  of  the  Union  Tru-t  Company  of  New  i  out, 
uriiAPD  hAt.lt  nri  ndiDiil  ikis'1  interest  lit  piiviible. 


Hi  vut:  c  ui"ii  a  »  ^ •  .  . 

Where  both  principal  and  interest,  Is  payable. 

The  expenditure  of  moneys  derived  from  their  sale 
if.  directed  by  the  Mayor  of  the  city  and  the  Board  of 
CommGalontirit. 

PRICE  PAR  AND  INTEREST.  CIRCU¬ 
LARS  UPON  APPLICATION. 


ROBINSON,  CHASE&CO 

Bankers,  18  Broad  St.,  New  York. 


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(  j  tin,  following  varieties  for  sale  cheap,  vlr.:  Dark 
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Manufactured  by 

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DVSl’t-PStA  •  It*  Varieties,  Cau mis  Symptoms  and 
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Dairy  Stock  and  Stock  Feeding:, 
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History  and  Mode  of  Orgn nlaa  tlon  of 
Blitter  and  Cheese  Factories, 
Dairy  l’ tonsils.  Etc.,  Etc. 


BY  S.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M., 


Dairy  Sasbandry  Editor  Of  Afoorr'i  Burnt  -New- 
Yorker,  Lecturer  in  Cornett  [ntvertity.  Matin 
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THREE-PLY  roofing, 
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either  steep  or  Hat  r< >of*.  Send  for  ( 'lrculur  and  bnm- 
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on  A  PIANOS  AAI>  OUGAYS, 

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Mineral  Roofing, 

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vided  the  location  is  not  inconvenient  ;  and 
if  one  end  can  be  set  in  a  bank  so  the  wagon 
or  sled  will  stand  two  or  three  feet  above  the 
bottom,  it  will  be  easier  t  o  All  the  house.  II' 
the  soil  is  not  light  sand  or  loose  gravel,  a 
good  drain  should  be  constructed  bo  take 
away  all  water  from  the  ice,  care  being  taken 
that  a  draft  of  air  cannot,  come  to  the  ice 
from  the  drain.  The  .size  and  location  being 
settled,  place  your  sills,  the  end  ones  spiked 
on  the  side  ones  ;  cut  your  studs  the  length 
required  ;  the  corner  and  end  ones,  the  thick 


girts  and  sills  for  nailing  the  siding  to  out¬ 
side.  The  inside  boards  run  from  the  silk  to 
the  upper  row  of  girts,  leaving  the  space 
from  the  girt  to  the  plate  for  filling  the  walls. 
The  cracks  outside,  at.  least,  should  be  bat¬ 
tened.  One  or  two  pieces  of  2x4  should  be 
spiked  across  from  the  plates  for  ties.  Braces, 
T  think,  are  not  needed,  but  can  be  put  in  if 
wished.  The  building  can  be  roofed  to  suit 
the  taste  and  purse  of  the  owner.  A  square 
roof,  with  a  good  ventilator  and  nice  cornice, 
will  make  a  neat  building. 


might  answer,  though  I  never  have  tried 
them.  I  always  have  a  space  of  about  (3 
inches  between  the  ice  and  walls,  and  fill 
this  in  with  sawdust,  us  it  keeps  the  wet 
from  the  walls  and  helps  keep  the  ice.  When 
there  is  a  Juank  or  side  hill  convenient,  ice 
may  be  kept  as  well  in  a  pit,.  Dig  a  square 
hole  in  the  north  side  hill  of  the  size  and 
depth  needed,  but  not  less  than  ft  feet  deep 
on  the  shallowest  side  ;  board  or  plank  it  up, 
to  keep  the  dirt  out  and  provide  good  drain¬ 
age  ;  the  Ice  oau  be  put  in  without  using 
sawdust  except  on  top,  and  I  think  1  have 
seen  straw  used.  A  board  or  slab  roof  to 
keep  out  the  wet,  but  left  open  enough  at 
the  sides  to  let  the  air  circulate  through,  will 
complete  the  pit. 

If  it  Is  not  convenient  to  dig  the  pit,  or  be 
at  the  expenso  of  building  as  1  have  describ¬ 
ed,  yet  some  one  wishes  to  put  up  a  stock  as 
cheaply  as  possible,  the  following  plan  will 
be  found  sufficient : — Set  pieces  of  4x4  scant¬ 
ling  at  each  corner  for  posts  ;  nail  on  boards, 
and  use  boards  or  slabs  for  roof  ;  putin  your 
ice,  leaving  a  space  of  2  feet  on  each  side  for 
sawdust ;  cover  2  feet  in  depth,  and  your 
ioe  will  keep  aB  well  as  any  one’s.  I  am  not 
a  carpenter,  but  hope  my  directions  arc 
plain  enough  to  be  followed.  I  am  building 
an  ice-house  and  milk  room  combined,  which 
I  will  describe  if  wished  ;  as  I  have  never 
tried  it,  cannot  speak  of  its  practical  work¬ 
ings.  1  hope  many  of  the  reader  of  the 
Rural  will  find  for  themselves  the  solid 
comfort  there  is  in  having  a  supply  of  ice  in 
hot  weather.  Buckbye  Boy. 

We  thank  “  Buckeye  Boy”  for  his  sen  able 
and  practical  article. 


A  SOUTHERN  COTTAGE 


We  copy  from  Hobb’s  Architecture  the 
accompanying  design  fora  Southern  cottage. 
The  following  is  the  architect’s  description 
and  explanation  ; 

This  design  it  intended  to  bo  built  of  frame, 
and  the  roof  to  be  shingled.  It  should  stand 
at  such  a  distance  from  the  road  as  to  afford 
sufficient  space  for  ornamental  shrubbery, 
walks,  etc.  The  cost  of  the  building  should 
fall  within  the  limits  of  four  or  five  thousand 
dollars. 

Upon  the  principal  floor  the  porch  gives 
access  to  the  hall,  which  opens  into  the  parlor 
and  dining-room  ;  the  kitchen  is  well  placed, 
and  ample  in  size.  The  second  floor  contains 
a  hall  and  throe  liberal-sized  chambers. 

First  Floor. — 1,  porch;  2,  hall,  10  feet  G 
inches  by  15  feet ;  3,  parlor,  13  feet  G  inches 
by  20  feet ;  4,  dining-room,  15  by  18  foot  ;  5, 
kitchen,  12  by  12  feet ;  0,  back  porch. 

Second  Floor hall,  10  feet  0  Inches  by 
15  feet ;  8,  chamber,  12  feet  6  inches  by  20 
feet ;  9,  chamber,  15  by  18  feet ;  10,  chamber, 
12  by  12  feet. 


PLAN  OF  SECOND  FLOOR. 

If  a  gable  roof  is  put  on,  have  a  window  in 
each  end,  which  may  be  left  open,  as  plenty 
of  air  is  needed  to  carry  off  the  moisture 
from  the  Ice,  which  should  be  covered  well. 
Plenty  of  air  on  top,  but  no  wet  nor  sun  ;  and 
no  air  at  the  bottom,  with  thick  dry  walls, 
arc  the  things  needful  for  a  good  ice-house. 

If  built  as  I  have  described,  you  will  have 
an  open  wall  of  1  foot,  which  should  be  filled 
with  dry  sawdust— or  shavings  from  a  plan¬ 
ing  mill,  well  packed  down,  are  best  ;  hay 
or  straw,  cut  fine  and  packed  down  hard, 


HOW  TO  BUILD  AN  ICE-HOUSE 


NOTICING  an  inquiry  in  the  Rural  New-  beyoi 
Yorker  of  Oct.  17,  for  information  in  regard  pieces 
to  building  ice-houses,  1  will  give  several  will  < 
plans  for  storing  ice.  When  a  good,  sub-tan-  Spike 
tial  building  is  wished,  I  know  of  no  better  inside 
plan  than  the  one  I  use  in  connection  with  from 
my  milk  room.  The  materials  used  are  white  used  i 
oak  plank  for  sills,  2x12  ;  studding,  2x8  ;  girts  2x8,  : 
and  rafters,  2x4  ;  inch  pine  or  other  lumber  studs 
for  siding,  roofing,  &c. 

The  size  will  depend  on 

the  amount  of  ice  need-  -=r 

ed  ;  but  1  would  not 

recommend  one  less  =^>-7= 

than  12  feet  square, 

with  10  feet  studding.  -  ■  r 

Talcing  out  3  feet  for 

walls  and  filling  around  - 1  ~~ - 

81  cubic  feet  for  1  in  _  - 

hight ;  at  GO  lbs.  per  '  j-_ 

tion.  The  north  side  of  - 

a  bam  or  in  the  shade 

of  a  tree,  anything  to  ~ -- 

keep  off  the  sun  will 

help  keep  the  ice,  pro- 


N0TES  FOR  GUILDERS 


Plan  of  Fruit  House,  Wanted. — We  have 
about  25  acres  of  Bald¬ 
win  apples  just  corn¬ 
er- — ~  menciug  to  bear,  and 

will  soon  need  a  large 
fruit  house  to  keep 
them  for  the  spring 
market.  Will  you  or 
some  of  the  Rural 
-  —  -  ~-_lt  t  readers  give  us  some 

advice  about  its  con¬ 
struction  ?  Borne  recom¬ 
mend  stone  or  brick  ; 

'  r-  others  say  wooden  walls 

-r  --  filled  in  with  sawdust. 

My  idea  is  to  build 
mostly  above  ground 
with  brick— 3  walls  and 
-  '  3  spares.  What  say  you 

and  the  Rural  readers  ? 

__  —  O.  L.  A.,  Cb/dc,  Ol 

become  necessary  to 

the  asphalt.  A  flooring 
of  hydraulic  cement,  we 
'  believe,  would  be  bet 

ter  and  more  enduring 
than  either  asphalt  or 
brick. 


rv 


a  month  or  two,  and  the  outsids  hay  will  not 
hare  become  very  much  weather-beaten. 
Now  cut  it  around  the  base,  as  shown  in  Fig. 
2,  and  the  hay  thus  taken  off,  at  a  time  when 
farm  work  is  not  so  pressing,  can  be  made 
into  a  stack  by  itself,  or  carted  to  the  barn, 
where  by  that  time  mows  have  been  settled, 
giving  room  to  fill  up.  In  this  way  the  bot¬ 
tom  hay  is  saved  from  the  waste  and  damage 
by  wet  ground  and  from  the  feet  of  the  cat¬ 
tle  about  the  stacks,  and  the  main  portion  of 


have  grown  about  a  foot  high,  turn  in  the 
sheep.  When  the  sheep  have  eaten  close 
enough,  take  them  from  the  field  until  grown 
enough,  when  they  can  be  turned  on  again. 
If  the  grass  does  not  grow  any  more,  turn  in 
the  bogs,  first  digging  enough  for  seed  and 
eating.  Hogs  will  grow  fat  on  them,  plow¬ 
ing  the  ground  thoroughly  at  the  same  time. 

Pella, ‘Iowa.  Jf.  C. 


FOOD  FOR  STOCK 


PROLIFIC  JOINT  CORN 


Robert  E.  C.  Stearns,  writes  to  the  Cal. 
Horticulturist  the  following  tolerably  large 
story  concerning  wliat  he  calls  “Prolific 
Joint”  Coni : 

Three  seasons  ago  I  noticed  in  the  Illus¬ 
trated  Catalogue  (1871)  of  B.  K.  Bliss  &  Sons, 
seedsmen,  an  advertisement  of  a  new  varie¬ 
ty  of  corn,  which  was  highly  recommended 
by  him.  Having  known  of  the  excellent 
reputation  of  the  firm  for  many  years,  1  sent 
to  them  for  a  few  email  packages  of  the  seed, 
and  gave  it  a  trial.  I  should  mention,  how¬ 
ever,  that  aside  from  their  recommendation. 
I,  by  accident,  met  with  an  Indiana  paper, 
and  in  glancing  over  it,  I  noticed  that  this 
corn  had  taken  two  premiums  for  great 
yield,  at  two  of  the  County  Fail’s  of  that 
State. 

My  place  of  residence  was  at  the  time  just 
outside  the  city  limits  of  Petaluma,  and  on 
nearly  the  highest  land  thereabout*  ;  the 
soil  a  gravelly  loam,  with  some  clay  and 
some  little  fine  sand  intermingled  ;  it  had 
been  In  pasture  for  many  years  prior  to 
planting ;  was  plowed  deep,  and  well  bro¬ 
ken  up  and  pulverized  ;  but  the  spring  rains 
being  exceedingly  meager,  the  soil  was  very 
dry  in  some  places— “as  dry  as  an  ash  heap” 
— so  dry  that  some  of  the  seed  never  sprout¬ 
ed,  and  was  dug  up  as  hard  and  sound  as 
when  put  in  the  ground.  Of  course  the  corn 
that  did  grow  was  a  long  time  in  getting  a 
start,  yet  under  these  exceedingly  unfavora¬ 
ble  influences,  the  crop  was  most  abundant, 
and  with  a  fair  shine,  would  have  been  enor¬ 
mous.  I  was  more  than  satisfied,  and  fully 
believe  that  the  yield  would  have  reached,  if 
not  have  exceeded,  the  statement  of  its 
originator.  One  stalk— from  a  single  seed  of 
course — which  1  exhibited  at  the  Sonoma 
County  Fair,  had  fifteen  ears  on  it,  and  ten 
ears  to  a  stalk  wus  not  uncommon,  the  ears 
being  from  five  to  seven  inches  long  when 
husked.  It  is  a  white  corn,  with  a  small 
kernel  and  slender  cob. 

One  secret  of  its  great  yield  per  acre,  is  in 
the  fact  that  it  is  not  a  tall-growing  corn, 
and  therefore  admits  of  close plo  nt  ing,  which 
will  not  answer  for  the  common  varieties. 
It  can  be  planted  in  drills  or  furrows  which 
are  no  farther  than  three  feet  apart,  and  a 
kernel  dropped  every  twelve  to  eighteen  inch¬ 
es  ;  the  latter  distance  being  ample  in  ground 
that  is  iu  a  good  condition.  At  this  spacing 
(three  feet  by  eighteen  inches)  the  number 
of  stools  per  acre  would  be  nearly  nine  thou¬ 
sand,  which  is  nearly  or  quite  three  times  as 
many  as  when  or  where  the  common  corn  is 
planted. 

It  is  a  good  parching  corn,  though  not  the 
very  best  for  this  purpose  ;  and  as  good  for 
feed  as  any  other,  especially  for  poultry,  as 
the  kernels  are  small  and  do  not  need  crack¬ 
ing. 

For  the  purpose  of  fodder,  cut  green,  to 
feed  milch  cows  late  in  the  season,  it  is 
first-rate,  as  the  stalk  or  butt  is  slender  and 
tender  ;  and  if  the  stalks  are  saved  after  har¬ 
vest,  the  proportion  of  husks  is  so  great  as 
to  make  it  superior.  If  sowed,  to  be  cut 
green  for  fodder,  I  should  put  the  seed  not 
over  six  to  nine  inches  apart  in  the  row. 

It  is  a  heavy  corn,  weighing  sixty  to  sixty- 
two  pounds  to  the  stricken  bushel.  I  culti¬ 
vated  it  as  nearly  on  a  level  as  possible,  using 
a  cultivator  between  the  rows,  and  not  a 
plow.  It  is  by  far  tin;  most  prolific  corn  that 
lever  saw  ;  and  unless  a  pe:son  is  prejudiced 
against  white  corn,  will  prove  as  satisfactory 
as  it  has  to  me. 


FIELD  NOTES, 


Alfalfa  Seed  Per  Here.— One  Californian 
recommends  sowing  twenty-five  pounds  of 
alfalfa  seed  per  acre;  another,  both  more 
careful  and  critical,  claims  ten  pounds  to  be 
an  abundance,  and  has  calculated  that  this 
would  give  86  seeds  to  oach  square  foot  of 
land,  if  evenly  ?own.  He  has  learned,  from 
actual  count,  that  one  seed  of  alfalfa  sown 
on  his  farm  in  February,  1873,  produced  a 
stock  that  yielded  7,809  seeds,  which  weighed 
827  grains,  apothecaries’  weight.  Of  like 
seed  one  pound  would  coutuin  157,840  seeds. 

Peas  for  Stock.— What  varieties  of  peas 
are  grown  for  feed  for  stock— hogs,  sheep, 
&o.,— where  obtained,  how  cultivated,  how 
harvested,  proper  time  to  harvest,  and  how 
prepared  to  feed  ?  If  some  of  your  numer¬ 
ous  readers  will  answer  the  above,  I  will  be 
under  obligations. — A.  T.,  Morristown,  Ind. 

Alfalfa  in  California. — A  California  agri- 
cultural  writer  estimates  that  there  will  bo 
sown  in  California  this  year  15,000  acres  with 
alfalfa,  and  that  the  annual  income  from 
these  15,000  acres  will  thereby  be  at  least 
doubled. 

Chufa,  or  Earth  Almond,  I.  A.  T.  is  in¬ 
formed,  is  not  identical  with  the  Japan  pea, 
and  that  we  know  no  reason  why  it  should 
not  succeed  in  Northern  Louisiana. 


Fio.  2. 

the  stacks  can  be  fed  off  with  the  best  possi¬ 
ble  economy. 

With  small  farmers  this  will  not  be  neces¬ 
sary  ;  but  in  many  portions  of  the  wide 
West,  where  farms  are  -large  and  cattle  are 
numerous  and  labor  scarce,  the  plan  will 
commend  itself  as  well  worthy  of  adoption. 
Hudson,  O.,  Nov.,  1873.  s.  n.  h. 


BONE  DUST  BRICKS 


An  Australian  paper,  speaking  of  the  vast 
quantities  of  bones  that  have  been  accumu¬ 
lating  in  Melbourne  since  the  meat  preserving 
occupations  commenced  there,  says  : — The 
Militades,  bound  for  London,  has  on  board  a 
shipment  of  lOl)  tons  of  bone  dust,  prepared 
for  exportation  in  an  altogether  novel  man¬ 
ner  and  one  which  promises  to  come  into 
extensive  use.  To  facilitate  this  trade,  an 
apparatus  lias  been  contrived  for  Compressing 
bone  dust  into  half  it*  original  compass, 
reducing  it  at  the  same  time  into  a  form 
very  convenient,  for  shipment.  By  means  of 
strong  pressure,  the  crushed  bones  are  molded 
into  cakes  of  six  inches  square  and  three 
inches  thick,  something  like  flooring  tiles, 
each  cake  weighing  a  little  over  four  pounds. 
These  bone  dust  tiles  are  just  adhesive 
enough  to  admit  their  being  handled  freely 
—thrown  about  like  bricks,  if  necessary— and 
arc  yet  so  free,  that  when  required  for  use 
they  can  readily  be  crushed,  or  melted  by 
the  application  of  a  little  hot  water.  A  ton 
weight  of  the  manure  measures  26  cubic  feet, 
and  contains  252  of  the  cakes. 


LETTERS  FROM  TOWARDS  SUNSET 


TRIMMING  HAY  STACKS  FOR  WINTER. 

The  best  way  to  put  up  a  stack  of  buy  is  : 
Fay  a  bottom  of  rails  or  poles  and  build  a 
pen  of  the  same,  to  keep  the  bottom  from 
the  ground  and  to  hold  the  stack  in  place, 
and  also  to  keep  off  cattle  from  pulling  out 
the  hay,  in  fields  where  cattle  are  permitted 
to  run  at  large.  But  in  a  prairie  country, 
where  rails  or  poles  tire  scarce  and  hay  is 
abundant,  the  plan  of  fencing  is  inconven¬ 
ient,  expensive  and  almost  impossible.  The 
same  is  true  where  hay  is  made  upon  large 
marshes  or  low  grounds.  Added  to  this  ob¬ 
jection  is  the  fact  that  in  the  season  of  hay¬ 
making  farmers  are  too  much  driven  with 
work  to  do  any  more  than  is  absolutely  ne¬ 
cessary  for  the  time  being. 

To  accommodate  all  these  objections  to 
fencing  stacks  in  advance  of  building,  I  have 
seen  a  way  of  trimming  off  stacks  which 
were  built  flat  Upon  the  ground,  especially 
on  heavy  marshes,  where  the  hay  is  fed  from 
the  stacks  in  winter  and  spring,  and  cattle 
allowed  the  range  of  the  fields  in  the  mean- 


EC0N0M1CAL  NOTES, 


Spent  Tan  Bark.-- Please  state  whether 
spent  tan  bark  is  of  any  value  as  a  manure 
— composted  with  stable  manure. — I.  a.  t. 

We  would  not  advise  using  it  as  it  comes 
from  the  tannery  with  barn-yard  manure. 
The  acids  iu  it  should  first  bo  neutralized  by 
mixing  it  with  iimo  und  salt,  letting  it  lie  to 
decompose  before  mixing  it  with  the  manure. 
When  once  decomposed  and  the  acids  thus 
neutralized,  it  is  an  equivalent  of  prepared 
mu  ok. 

Cow  Hair  as  a  Manure. — I.  A.  T.,  is  in¬ 
formed  that  cow  hair,  composted  with  stable 
manure  is  valuable  to  apply  to  any  crop, 
whether  in  the  garden  or  elsewhere. 


CHUFAS  OR  EARTH  ALMOND 


SPORTSMEN’S  NOTES, 


Fig.  1. 

time,  being  kept  off  only  for  a  few  weeks  at 
most  after  the  hay  is  put  up,  and  until  the 
staeks  are  well  settled.  For  this  purpose  the 
stacks  are  built  with  a  wide  base,  bo  they 
will  settle  evenly  and  stand  firm, ;  then,  when 
it  is  desired  to  turn  the  stock  in  for  fall  feed¬ 
ing,  or  to  feed  from  the  stacks  of  hay,  the 
farmer  takes  a  sharp  hay  knife,  and  standing 
upon  some  convenient  platform,  commences 
to  cut,  some  five  feet  from  the  ground,  cut¬ 
ting  under  so  as  to  reduce  the  breadth  of  the 
base  and  present  a  solid  surface  to  the  forag¬ 
ing  of  cattle,  which  prevents  them  from 
pulling  out  and  trampling  on  the  hay,  and 
at  the  same  time  affords  a  partial  shelter 
for  the  cattle  from  storms. 

The  accompanying  illustrations  will  show 
how  this  work  is  done.  Fig.  1  is  the  stack 
as  put  up  during  the  press  of  work  iu  hay¬ 
ing  time.  Such  a  stack,  if  properly  put  up, 
will  settle  evenly  and  solid  in  the  course  of 


Editor  Rural  New-Yorker:  —  Seeing  a 
great  many  inquiries  about  chufas,  or  earth 
almonds,  and  how  to  grow  them,  in  reply  I 
would  say  that  I  have  raised  them  for  two 
years,  growing  each  year  a  largo  crop  from 
a  small  piece  of  land,  planting  as  follows  : 
Making  furrows  IS  inches  apart  and  drop  a 
chufa  every  foot ;  covering  two  inches  deep. 
Time  of  planting,  last  of  April  ur  first  of  M^y. 
If  kept  clean  of  weeds  at  first,  they  will  soon 
cover  the  ground  and  need  uo  more  atten¬ 
tion.  The  growth  of  the  plant  resembles 
that  of  grass.  Dig  in  the  first  part  of  Octo¬ 
ber,  sifting  out  the  chufas.  Dry  them  thor¬ 
oughly  before  eating.  They  very  closely 
resemble,  iu  sweetness  and  richness  of  flavor, 
a  coeoanut.  Store  in  a  dry,  w  arm  place, 
free  from  danger  of  frost.  When  a  large 
amount  is  to  be  planted,  as  for  pasturage  for 
sheep  and  hogs,  plant  iu  drills  wide  enough 
apart  to  be  worked  with  cultivator  or  plow, 
one  foot  apart  in  the  drills.  When  they 


Sport  in  Greenland. — A  Tribune  corres¬ 
pondent  says  that  bears  are  seldom  seen  in 
Greenland,  and  that  so  largo  a  number  of 
reindeer  have  been  killed  since  the  introduc¬ 
tion  of  guns  and  gun-powder  that  they  are 
becoming  scarce.  The  inspector  of  the  Dis¬ 
trict  of  Oorninak  states  that  no  less  than  ten 
thousand  reindeer  have  been  killed  within 
his  jurisdiction  during  the  past  thirty  years. 
The  natives  kill  them  for  mere  sport,  and 
will  in  time  almost,  if  not  wholly,  extermin¬ 
ate  them  f ron>  the  Greenland  coast. 

The  Dead-Fall  Trap  for  M  ink. — Tell  F.  W. 
R. ,  that  the  dead-fall  is  the  best  trap  he  can 
get  for  mink.  Set  ic  on  the  edge  of  the  bank 
and  bait  it  with  the  carcass  of  the  muskrat  ; 
the  same  will  do  for  muskrat  bait.  Bait 
with  parsnip.— a.  s.  h. 

Ferrets  are  recommended  highly  as  agents 
for  destroying:  rabbits  in  winter,  and  thus 
preventing  their  ravages  upon  fruit  trees.  ' 


347 


V 


MOOSE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


DAIRYING  IN  ILLINOIS. 

We  have  a  letter  from  J.  W,  West,  Onarga, 
Iroquois  Co.,  Ill.,  in  which  some  description 
of  that  section  is  giveu  and  its  adaptation 
and  capacity  for  dairying.  We  condense 
and  re-arrange  some  of  the  information  pre¬ 
sented,  in  order  to  show  dairymen  at  the 
East  what  portions  of  our  country  are  suited 
to  this  branch  of  farming.  The  impression 
has  generally  prevailed  among  dairymen  of 
New  England  and  the  Middle  H tales  that 
there  is  but  little  laud  elsewhere  that  is 
adapted  to  the  dairy,  and  henco  that  the 
area  of  dairying  was  not  likely  to  be  much 
further  increased.  A  right  understanding  of 
the  soils  and  climate  of  different  sections  of 
our  extensive  national  domain  is  important 
to  the  welfare  and  success  of  our  farming 
population.  With  this  view  we  recently 
gave,  in  these  columns,  soma  account  of  the 
soils  nnd  climate  of  Colorado  and  Utah  as 
adapted  to  the  dairy,  gathered  from  per¬ 
sonal  observation  ;  and  we  have  yet  to  speak 
of  Virginia,  Kansas  and  other  States,  through 
which  we  traveled  during  the  past  summer. 

Mr.  West  says  the  region  about  Onarga— 
say  from  15  to  20  miles  in  length  and  from  12 
to  15  miles  in  width— is  unsurpassed  for  dairy 
purposes.  It  is  a  prairie  country  and  fully  as 
fertile  as  the  average  of  Western  rich  prairie 
loam.  The  surface  of  the  country  is  rather 
level  but  sufficient  fall  to  admit  of  thorough 
surface  drainage,  which  is  inexpensive.  It 
produces  abundant  crops  of  clover,  tiructliy 
and  millet,  fair  oats,  but  is  unsurpassed  for 
corn.  The  great  feature  of  this  section,  and 
which  distinguishes  it.  from  other  parts  of 
this  groat  prairie  region,  is  its  water.  It  is 
the  artesian  region  of  Illinois.  He  says  : 
“From  sixty  to  one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
feet  below  the  surface  are  three  strata  of 
sand  and  coarse  gravel.  By  boring  with  an 
auger  to  those  and  by  inserting  a  tube  or  gas 
pipe,  clear  cold  water  flows  in  a  constant 
stream  from  one  or  the  other  of  the  strata 
referred  to.  There  seems  to  bo  an  unfailing 
supply  of  it,  and  hundreds  of  those  wells  arc 
now  flowing,  in  fact  wherever  you  choose  to 
bore,  the  water  comes,  and  in  some  places 
so  strong  is  the  flow  that  a  three  or  four-inch 
auger  hole  is  tilled  to  its  utmost  capacity, 
Tliis  water  is  always  of  the.  same  tempora- 
turo,  about  50*  Fah,  In  the  coldest  of 
weather,  from  a  strong  well,  it  Avill  flow  a 
quarter  of  a  mile  without  freezing.  It  is 
slightly  impregnated  with  lime  and  iron, 
not  so  much  so  as  to  be  injurious,  and  it  is 
very  healthy  for  man  and  beast.” 

The  cost  of  these  wells,  Mr.  West  says, 
varies  from  fifty  to  one  hundred  dollars,  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  depth,  Ike  tubing  being  the 
principal  expense.  Three  hands,  with  the 
necessary  machinery,  will  bore  and  insert 
the  tubing  for  a  well  in  from  one  to  five 
days.  In  some  spots,  which  lie  above  the 
water  flow,  the  water  comes  so  near  the  sur¬ 
face  that  it  is  easily  pumped  by  hand  or 
windmill  ;  and  many  farmers  are  erecting 
mills  at  a  cost  of  from  $15  to  $50,  which  arc 
found  to  give  an  almost  constant  water  flow, 
for  the  supply  is  so  abundant  that  it  is  never 
exhausted. 

The  market  facilities  of  tliis  region,  Mr. 
W.  says,  are  good,  being  within  eighty  miles 
of  Chicago,  with  the  Illinois  Central  and  the 
Chicago  and  Danville  Railroad  running 
through  the  artesiau  region  and  the  Peoria 
and  Toledo  Railroad  miming  cast  and  west, 
thus  giving  an  outlet  north,  south,  east  and 
west. 

From  the  description  given  of  this  region 
as  to  water  and  its  adaptation  to  grass,  we 
should  say  cheese  dairying  could  be  success¬ 
fully  prosecuted,  and  perhaps  butter  dairy¬ 
ing,  though  it  is  possible  the  water,  on 
account  of  its  impregnation  with  mineral 
matters,  might  have  some  influence  on  the 
flavor  of  the  butter  product. 

It  appeal's  that  dairying  has  not  as  yet 
been  introduced  into  this  region,  and  Mr. 
West  asks  the  following  questions,  viz  t 
The  [probable  cost  of  a  cheese  factory  and 
appliances,  with  capacity  for  working  the 
milk  of  from  COO  to  1,000  cows  ?  The  best 
mode  of  starting  such  a  factory— whether  by 
joint-stock  or  private  enterprise  ?  Can  ex¬ 
perienced  men  be  had  to  manage  the  fac¬ 
tory,  and  at  what  price  ?  The*  cost  per 
pound  for  making  cheese  ?  The  jjrcbable 
yield  of  common  cows  per  season  (  How 
many  cows  could  1)6  kept  on  eighty  acres  of 
land  ?  Can  calves  and  hogs  be  raised  in  con¬ 
nection  with  cheese  dairying,  &c. 

Most  of  these  questions  have  been  answered 
in  previous  numbers  of  the  Rural,  New- 
Yorker,  but  we  may  briefly  go  over  the 
ground  again  : 


1.  The  cost  of  factory  and  appliances  will 
be  from  $5,000  to  $8,000,  according  to  cost  of 
material,  labor,  and  the  manner  in  which  the 
structure  is  finished  and  fitted  up. 

2.  Probably  the  best  mode  of  starting  a 
factory  in  new  districts  is  upon  the  joint- 
stock  plan,  since  it  makes  a  number  of  per¬ 
sons  more  directly  interested  in  the  enter¬ 
prise,  thereby  securing  reliable  patrons. 

8.  Experienced  cheese  makers  can  lie  had 
from  New  York,  and  a  good  factory  manager 
can  be  had  at  from  $80  to  $100  per  month  of 
the  cheese  making  season. 

■1.  Cheese  Is  new  being  made  in  New  York 
at  the  factories,  all  expenses  being  paid  by 
the  company  or  factory  manager  at  $1.00  to 
$1.75  per  100  pounds  of  cheese. 

5.  The  probable  yield  of  an  average  fair 
lot  of  common  cows  will  be,  say,  from  050  to 
100  pounds  per  cow  for  the  season. 

6.  Three  acres  of  good  land  ought  to  keep 
a  cow  for  the  year.  It  often  takes  more  and 
sometimes  less.  It  depends  upon  the  natural 
titness  of  the  land  for  grass  and  the  manner 
in  which  it  is  managed,  the  season,  &«\,  &e. 
Wo  can  give  no  more  definite  answer. 

7.  Calves  and  hogs  can  lie  kept.  In  connec¬ 
tion  with  cheese  dairying,  and  the  whey 
very  advantageously  used  for  tliis  purpose. 

- +-♦-* - 

STEAMER  FOR  COOKING  COW-FODDER. 


On  page  295  of  your  estimable  work  on 
“  Dairy  Husbandry  ”  is  an  illustration  of 
what  would  seem  to  be  a  cheap  as  well  as 
useful  steamer  for  cooking  food  for  stock.  I 
wish  to  gel  a  boiler  that  will  generate  suf¬ 
ficient,  steam  to  cook  the  feed  of  fifty  milch 
cows  ;  and  1  will  take  it  as  a  great  favor  if 
you  will  advise  me  what  make  to  buy — con¬ 
sulting  economy  in  price,  also  economy  of 
time,  fuel,  &c.,‘  in  doing  the  work,  and  the 
name  of  the  party  manufacturing  the  same. 

If  convenient,  give  price.  An  answer  through 
the  Rural  New-Youkeu  will  be  duly  appre¬ 
ciated, -Napoleon  Gentry,  Lillie  Jioc.k,  Ark. 

When'  hay  and  other  fodder  is  expensive, 
there  cannot  be  much  doubt,  but,  that  farm 
ors  can  often  use  a  good  steamer  to  advan¬ 
tage  in  preparing  food  for  stock.  Of  late 
years  a  number  of  devices  have  been  brought 
out  for  steaming  fodder.  Among  tho  best 
for  this  purpose  we  should  name  “  Ander¬ 
son’s  Agricultural  Steamer,”  which  wo  be¬ 
lieve  is  manufactured  by  P.  P.  Mast,  Spring- 
field,  O.  It  Is  made  of  wrought  iron,  has  a 
self-acting,  water- feeding  apparatus,  safety- 
valve,  vacuum-valve,  and  water-gauge  cock, 
making  it  secure  against  explosion.  It  is  a 
portable  steamer  and  is  peculiar  i*  construc¬ 
tion,  being  one  complete  double  boiler  within 
another,  tho  two  communicating  with  the 
other  and  the  fire  space  is  inside  this  —  thus 
giving  a  large  amount  of  tire  surface  in  pro¬ 
portion  to  size.  It  is  made  to  set  on  a  cast- 
iron  base,  and  is  thus  as  .secure  from  lire  as 
an  ordinary  stove.  Those  who  have  used  it 
say  it  is  easily  managed  and  that  it  is  very 
economical  of  fuel.  VVe  do  not  know  as  to 
the  price  at  the  present  time,  hut,  Inst  year, 
when  we  had  occasion  to  examine  this 
stoamet  in  order  to  giva  it  a  place  in  our  Re¬ 
port  of  Machinery  exhibited  at  the  New 
York  State  Fair,  the  price  was  unified  by 
manufacturers  at  $120. 

We  have  seen  quite  a  number  of  these 
steamers  In  operation  at  cheese  factories  and 
at  other  places,  and  those  using  them  have 
always  spoken  of  them  in  high  terms  of  sat¬ 
isfaction.  Whitman  &  Burrell,  Little 
Falls,  N.  Y.,  we  understand  are  now  manu¬ 
facturing  this  steamer  of  extra  heavy 
wrought  iron,  and  wo  presume  they  can  give 
specifications  as  to  consumption  of  fuel, 
durability  of  steamer  and  ether  facts  con¬ 
nected  with  it,  which  we  have  not  at  b»md 
at  this  writing. 

Referring  to  our  notes  of  the  Fail1  above 
alluded  to,  we  find  the  following  description 
of  the  Kagle  Steamer  and  Caldron,  shown 
by  E.  E.  Sill,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  It  is  com¬ 
posed  of  two  caldrons,  or  sections,  one  of 
which  is  set  within  tlie  other  at  such  dis¬ 
tance  as  to  afford  sufficient  water  and  steam 
space  between  to  constitute  an  efficient 
generator.  The  outer  and  nether  one  is 
formed  with  a  depressed  annular  extension, 
largely  increasing  the  Are  surface  and  bring¬ 
ing  it  close  to  the  fire.  The  inner  one  may 
be  used  as  an  open  caldron  for  drying,  boil¬ 
ing  and  evaporating,  and  in  such  cases  per¬ 
forins  tlm  offices  of  a  jacketed  kettle.  It  is 
protected  from  tins  ordinary'air  currents  not 
only  by  its  internal  position  but  also  by 
a  loose  cover,  which  at  Limes,  when  the 
steamer  is  employed  as  a  caldron,  may  be 
used  or  not,  but  which  at  other  times  serves 
to  preclude  tho  air  more  perfectly  atld  pre¬ 
vent  loss  of  heat  by  radiation.  The  sections 
are  bolted  together  through  flanges  at  their 
rims,  and  set  over  a  fire-box  and  supported 
by  the  flange  of  the  upper  one  vesting  up*n 
a  wrought- mm  jacket  which  Hurrouims  both 
the  flre:box  and  the  net  her  section,  A  safety- 
valve.  for  preventing  excessive  pressure  is 
provided  ;  an  automatic  regulator  for  supply 
of  water  is  attached.  The  apparatus  is  a 
stcum  generator  and  jacketed  caldron  com¬ 
bined.  It  can  be  employed  both  as  a  gener¬ 
ator  of  steam  and  an  open  caldron,  at  the 
same  time,  or  as  a  generator  or  caldron,  and 
no  detachment  of  pints  is  required  to  change 
one  to  tlui  other.  The  cost  is  about  the  same 
as  for  Anderson's, 

We  have  not  seen  the  Eagle  Steamer  in 
operation,  except  at  the  Fair,  and,  therefore, 
cannot  speak  so  decidedly  as  to  its  merits  as 
of  the  Anderson. 


Itecji  gusktulrg. 


WINTERING  LAMBS. 


The  following  seasonable  article  was  writ¬ 
ten  by  an  experienced  sheep  breeder  und  will 
be  found  profitable  for  Its  suggestions  just 
now.  it  appeared  about  a  year  ago  in  the 
Ohio  Farmer: — It  is  a  custom  with  quite  a 
large  majority  of  sheep  farmers  to  delay 
graining  their  iambs  until  the  approach  of 
spring,  when  they  arc  sometimes  far  gone  in 
poverty.  Is  this  wise  ?  Would  it  have  been 
thus  if  they  had  been  grain-fed  at  the  begin¬ 
ning  and  through  the  early  part  of  the  win¬ 
ter  ?  Is  it  not  better  to  begin  as  soon  as  this, 
in  order  to  furnish  thorn  with  the  necessary 
stamina  to  withstand  tho  severity  of  northern 
winters,  which  is  always  greatest  in  tho 
months  of  January  and  February  ?  Put  them 
early  in  a  condition  to  pass  through  those 
terrible  months,  and  subsequently  all  will  lie 
well. 

The  grass  at  the  beginning  of  November 
loses  much  of  its  nutrition  from  repeated 
freezing;  therefore  at  this  period  the  lambs 
should  be  assembled  and  classed  relative  to 
size  and  condition,  divided  into  flocks,  about 
one  hundred  each,  and  feeding  them  with 
grain  should  forthwith  commence.  As  it  is 
sometimes  impracticable  to  call  them  into 
tho  sheep  folds  without  considerable  trouble, 
the  feeding  troughs  should  be  removed  to  the 
field  in  which  they  are  confined  ;  then  the 
flock  master  may  begin  feeding  them  about 
four  quarts  of  oats  daily,  which  he  should  be 
careful  to  distribute  the  entire  length  of  the 
trough.  They  will  be  very  shy  for  a  day  or 
two,  but.  the  example  of  approaching  them 
by  the  tame  shpep  which  were  placed  among 
them  at.  weaning  time  will  be  the  means  of 
soon  overcoming  it.  After  the  lapse  of  a 
week,  the  quantity  of  grain  may  be  gradually 
increased  to  half  a  bushel,  which  should  be 
the  minimum  quantity  for  the  residue  of  the 
season.  When  tho  major  [portion  lnivo  par¬ 
taken  of  the  oats,  tho  troughs  may  bo  re¬ 
moved  back  to  the  sheep  yards,  and  the  time 
fixed  for  feeding  should  bo  about  sundown, 
after  which  they  can  retire  to  tho  shelters 
(should  tho  weather  require  it.  At  this  time, 
a  little  hay  should  also  be  given  early  in  the 
rooming,  which  pract  ice  may  be  pursued  un¬ 
til  circumstances  doinand  a  ehungo  wholly  to 
fodder. 

About  the  middle  of  December,  or  before, 
let  tho  feed  be  somewhat  changed,  by  mixing 
with  tho  oats  a  portion  of  pea  meal  or  wheat 
shorts  ;  at  all  events  let  it  bo  meal  of  some 
kind  which  they  may  faucy,  for  in  order  to 
induce  them  to  eat  potatoes  it  will  bo  neces¬ 
sary  to  cut  them  into  delicate  pieces  and 
sprinkle  the  meal  well  over  them.  If  sheep 
are  wholly  unaccustomed  to  potatoes  their 
aversion  to  them  will  not  be  overcome  with¬ 
out  tho  adoption  of  this  course.  Beets  and 
ruta  bagas  may  be  substituted  for  the  nota- 
L.jbri  ;  but.  tho  reader  has  been  informed  that 
ttie.y  are  better  adapted  to  the  purpose  of 
the  sheep  fattener.  If  it  is  our  wish  to  grow 
wool  and  not  fat  mutton,  it  will  be  wisest  in 
us  to  use  those  means  which  will  afford  the. 
largest  returns.  Half  a  bushel  of  potatoes 
given  at  intervuls  of  twice  a  week  will  be  the 
right  quantity,  which  it  will  be  well  to  con¬ 
tinue  to  sprinkle  with  meal,  as  well  as  with 
a  small  quantity  of  salt.  On  other  days  the 
pea  meal  and  oats  may  be  fed. 

'Hie  hay  given  thorn  should  be  of  fine  stalk 
and  of  the  choicest  quality ;  but  in  its  place 
may  be  substituted  once  or  twice  a  w'eek  for 
a  single  foddering,  oat  or  barley  straw.  If 
the  lambs  are  thus  provided  through  the 
win  tor  and  have  the  benefit,  of  warm  shelters, 
their  size  at  shearing  time  will  equal  the 
majority  of  two-year-olds  whose  treatment 
has  been  only  ordinary. 

- -♦-*-♦ - 

THE  SHEEP  MAGGOT. 


Shepherding  in  England  requires  a  care 
ful  counting  twice  everyday,  more  particu¬ 
larly  in  July  and  August,  for  tile  black  beet 
les  there  strike  the  same  as  the  fly  ;  and  the 
maggots  are  striped  along  the  back  with  a 
black  mark  ;  they  arc  so  large  and  voracious 
that  they  soon  get  into  the  poor  sheep’s  in 
sides  and  cause  death.  In  showery  and  sul¬ 
try  weather,  in  summer,  the  beetle  trill 
strike  in  any  damp  place  in  the  wool,  espe¬ 
cially  if  soiled  with  t  he  sheep’ll  own  dung  or 
by  lying  down  on  cow’s  droppings.  A  shep¬ 
herd  becomes  practised  so  that  he  can  detect 
the  place  where  “fly  blown”  or  blown  fly 
beetles  before  maggots  have  begun  to  worry 
the  sheep  ;  and,  by  applying  some  lotion 
(mercury  water)  which  he  generally  carries 
in  his  pocket  when  the  animals  are  in  many 
fields,  as  they  generally  are,  the  evil  is  check¬ 
ed  at  once  ;  but  when  au  oversight  has  giveu 


time  for  .  the  maggots  to  begin  gnawing  at 
the  skin,  the  animal  struck  will  be  very  un¬ 
easy,  lying  down  and  rising  again  directly, 
running  fast  some  steps  and  then  stamp  ; 
and  if  it  has  sought  some  private  corner, 
or  other  place  out  of  sight,  it.  has  become 
sick  from  the  continued  worry,  and  the  shep¬ 
herd  finds  it*  as  soon  as,  on  counting,  one  is 
seen  to  be  missing.  However,  a  shepherd 
fools  himself  disgraced  when  the  maggots 
arc  allowed  to  get  this  headway  before  being 
discovered  ;  hence,  every  careful  shepherd 
will,  w  i  tli  the  assistance  of  his  dug,  trail  the 
flock  in  every  field,  steadily  along,  ho  that 
lie  can  look  closely'  into  the  wool  on  each 
sheep  as  they  file  past,  him  or  as  ho  slowly 
goes  by  them  ;  anil  after  viewing  one  side, 
lie  goes  round  and  examines  tho  other;  or 
when  ho  lias  a  first-class  dog,  that  sagacious 
creature  will  make  the  whole  number  length¬ 
en  out  so  that  they  can  bo  clearly  looked  all 
over  in  a  few  minutes.  Tho  shame  felt  by 
the  shepherd  when  maggots  get  large  enough 
to  break  tlio  skin  badly,  is  because  tho  wool 
comes  off  and  tho  mark  remains  till  after  the 
next  shearing.  A  Working  Farmer. 


Horseman. 


CORN  STALKS  FOR  HORSES. 

I  saw  an  inquiry  in  the  Rural  New-York¬ 
er  asking  if  corn  stalks  were  good  for  horses 
when  dry  or  cured ;  also,  how  to  cure  the 
sowed  corn.  T  thought  a  few  facts  from  the 
experience  of  au  old  former  might  be  of  ser¬ 
vice  to  tho  inquirer,  and  might  benefit,  some 
others.  I  would  say  : — You  may  cut  up 
your  sowed  coni  with  a  corn  cutter,  or  you 
cun  reap  it  with  a  sickle,  or  you  cau  cradle 
it  with  a  short,  stiff  cradle,  or  you  may  slush 
it  down  with  a  reaper  and  self-rake,  which 
works  well.  Let  tile  stalks  lie  to  wilt ;  then 
bind  in  small  bundles  and  set  eight  bundles 
iu  a  shock  ;  then  bind  them  together  at  the 
top  ;  in  good  weather  they  will  cure  iu  about 
four  or  five  weeks,  ready  to  draw  in.  Such 
corn  fodder  is  tho  best  food  for  horses  1  over 
used.  Tho  horse’s  wind  is  always  good  ;  they 
are  not  so  subject  to  disease,  and  I  think 
will  stand  a  longer  drive.  .Should  the  horse 
have  the  heuvoH  or  a  cough,  feed  corn  and 
corn  stalks ;  in  a  short  time  ho  is  free  in 
breathing  and  can  stand  work.  If  tho  horses 
should  refuse  to  eat  the  stalks  and  cause  too 
much  waste  to  please,  then  wet  and  put  on 
meal  and  shorts  in  proportion  to  the  animal’s 
want.  A  Friend. 

- - — - 

NOTES  FOR  HORSEMEN. 

Buckwheat  and  Data  for  Homes.  —  A 
“Reader”  asks,  these  questions  which  we 
shall  be  glad  if  meu  of  experience  will  an¬ 
swer: —  “1st,  Will  buckwheat,  heavilly 
mixed  with  their  oats,  have  a  bad  effect  upon 
horses  ?  2d,  Is  corn  us  good  for  horses  us 
oats.”  We  have  no  experience  with  buck¬ 
wheat  as  a  feed  for  horses.  If  wo  were  to 
choose  between  corn  and  oats  for  food  for 
horses,  we  should  choose  oats  ;  but  we  prefer 
for  horses  that  work  hard  the  meal  of  corn 
and  oats  mixed  half  and  half.  What  say 
our  readers  ? 

Horse  With  Thumps. — I  have  a  horse 
troubled  with  what  horsemen  here  call 
thumps.  He  stands  with  his  feet  slightly 
apart  and  seems  to  have  some  pain  in  the 
bowels,  accompanied  with  a  jerking,  down¬ 
ward  motion  of  the  back  aud  sides,  just  for¬ 
ward  tho  hips — sometimes  so  severe  as  to 
almost  throw  him  from  his  feet ;  he  has  also 
a  slight  dry  cough  ;  eats  but  little  at  the 
time  of  the  attacks,  which  are  irregular  in 
i.l  in  a  and  length.  Can  you  give  a  remedy  ? 
— J.  C.  II.,  Ml.  I'leascwU,  Iowa. 

Colic  in  Horses. — Tell  1’.  G.  to  give  his 
horse  twenty  drops  of  oil  of  peppermint  iu 
half  pint  of  warm  water  and  he  will  find  him 
getting  better  soon.  This  I  have  used  when 
’tlier  old  remedies  had  failed  ;  and  I  use  it 
in  colds  and  coughs  for  myself.  To  stop  a 
cough,  take  a  small  lump  of  sugar  and  drop 
two  or  three  drops  of  oil  of  peppermint,  and 
let  it  dissolve  in  the  mouth  ;  then  swallow 
it  and  you  will  feel  bettcx\ — A.  Donald. 

Treatment  of  Overheated  Horses.  —  Tho 
Secretary  of  the  Society  for  Prevention  of 
Cruelty  to  Animals  recommends  the  follow¬ 
ing  preparation  for  animals  suffering  from 
being  overheated  : — To  one  pint  of  water 
put  one  ounce  of  chloride  of  ammonia,  one 
ounce  sweet  spirits  of  niter,  one  dram  of 
tincture  aconite  ;  give  a  tablespoonful  every 
nonr  or  two. 

Horse,  With  Swelled  Lens.— I  write,  for 
information  concerning  my  mare.  Tliis 
spring  she  was  taken  with  a  cough  and  I 
gave  her  medicine  which  cured  that  ;  and 
now  if  she  stands  in  the  stable  over  night 
her  limbs  will  swell  very  badly.  I  wish  to 
know  a  remedy  or  how  to  stop  this  swelling. 
— L.  S.  M.,  Crystal  Springs,  N.  Y. 


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Of  course  the  writer  does  not  presume  to 
instruct  those  members  of  the  Society  whose 
knowledge  of  pear  growing  far  surpasses  his 
own,  but  an  experience  of  more  than  twenty 
years  in  this  department  of  horticulture  may 
enable  him  to  throw  out  some  suggestions  of 
value  to  those  younger  members  who  are 
desirous  of  engaging  in  the  cultivation  of 
this  delicious  fruit,  either  for  pleasure  or 
profit.  To  the  novice,  then,  he  would  say  let 
your  site  for  the  orchard  be  elevated — any 
point  along  the  dividing  ridge  between  the 
two  Mia  mis  is  good  enough — let  the  ground 
lie  sufficiently  rolling  to  secure  perfect  sur¬ 
face  drainage,  as  that  is  an  indispensable 
requisite  to  success.  Another  point  of  equal 


Here,  then,  the  'pear  grower  is  furnished 
with  a  most  valuable  hint  as  to  the  nature  of 
the  food  or  fertilizer  with  which  his  trees 
should  be  furnished.  Should  his  soil  not  con¬ 
tain  these  ingredients  naturally  in  sufficient 
quantities,  they  must  be  furnished  artificially 
else  he  can  never  expect  them  to  form 
healthy  wood,  and  produce  large  crops  of 
fine  fruit. 

The  requisite  quantity  of  potash  can  be 
cheaply  and  conveniently  furnished  in  the 
form  of  wood  ashes  ;  the  phosphate  of  lime, 
&c.,  in  the  form  of  crushed  or  uncrushed 
bones.  In  the  application  of  these  and  all 
other  fertilizing  materials,  the  golden  rule, 
as  to  quantity,  should  be  moderation ;  too 


their  half-starved  fowls  all  they  will  eat  just 
before  killing,  and  then  send  them  to  market 
with  full  crops,  in  order  to  get  the  price  of 
pultry  for  com.  Tn  this  they  make  a  mis¬ 
take  ;  the  crop  being  swollen  to  an  imusual 
size,  turns  black  after  being  packed  a  while, 
and  not  only  shows  clearly  the  dishonest  in¬ 
tentions  of  the  packer,  but  injures  the  sale 
of  the  fowls  a  great  deal  more  than  is  gained 
in  weight.  Feed  meal  only  for  at  least  two 
days  before  killing. 

Remember,  it  is  the  appearance  of  goods 
that  sells  them.  Nice,  large,  fat,  plump, 
white  turkeys,  ducks,  chickens  or  geese  al¬ 
ways  bring  outside  prices. 

When  is  the,  best  time  to  ship  ?  This  ques¬ 
tion  is  often  asked.  We 
answer :  any  time  after 
.  /-g.  cool  weather  commences. 

But  if  sent  for  the  holi- 
days,  have  them  here  at 
least  three  days  before 
Thanksgiving,  Christmas 
or  New  Year's. 


THE  EMPIRE  CLOTHES  WRINGER 


We  always  take  pleasure  in  commending 
to  the  attention  of  our  readers  new  ma¬ 
chines  of  undoubted  merit;  therefore  we 
commend  the  Empire  Clothes  Wringer, 
which  we  illustrate  on  this  page.  Thorough 
tests  have  proved  its  superiority  in  compari¬ 
son  with  several  of  the  most  popular  wring¬ 
ers  heretofore  in  the  market.  With  an  equal 
amount  of  goods  and  pressure  it  turns  with 
at  least  half  the  labor  of  other  wringers  and 
has  much  more*  capacity 
than  others  of  even  larg¬ 
er  size.  The  bearings  of 
its  rolls  need  no  oilingj 
consequently  the  clothes 
cannot  be  soiled  by  com 
ing  in  Contact  with  grease  ■ 

or  oil,  as  is  so  common 
with  other  machines.  It 
has  a  steel  spring,  which 
is  much  inoi'e  elastic  and 
durable  than  any  wood  ;|/|f  I 

spring  can  be.  The  cog¬ 
wheels  of  the  Empire  Ef 

never  separate,  no  matter  Sg,  , 

how  far  the  rolls  may  be  £  TOjgSpg 
parted,  therefore  the  en-  ^  Q  “ 

tire  strain  of  turning  the  3  - 
rolls  is  thrown  upon  the  «  '  7" 
cogs  instead  of  on  the  ^ 
rubber,  In  all  wringers  jj  ~  -  -  i:~- 

that  have  the  crank  at-  afl- 
tached  to  the  shaft  of  the  <3  ^ 
lower  roll,  that  roll  ftl- 
ways  has,  and  always 
will,  turn  on  the  shaft 
and  give  out  before  the  Mi 

upper  roll  is  hall’  worn.  vj"  W? 

In  the  Empire  this  diffi-  it 

eulty  is  entirely  obviated.  (!) ,  ’  'BWj*«|h  - 

Its  crank  is  not  attached 
t.o  the  shaft  of  either  roll,  '\^ 

and  as  both  rolls  are  at 
all  times  driven  exdu-  f  WP 

sivoly  by  the  cog-wheels, 
one  roll  must  last  as  long 
as  the  other,  consequent¬ 
ly  the  purchaser  is  saved 
the  expense  of  repairs. 

There  arc  several  other  points  of  excellence  importance  is  underdrainage,  as  upon  the 
and  superiority  embodied  in  this  new  ma-  perfect  attainment  of  these  two  ends  will 
chine  to  which  we  would  refer,  but  our  space  the  freedom  of  your  trees  from  blight  largely 
forbids  ;  and  should  we  write  a  page  it  could  depend.  These  two  points  secured,  and  your 
not  be  so  convincing  to  our  readers  as  one  trees  three  years  from  the  bud,  properly 
trial  of  the  Empire.  (We  have  placed  it  on  planted*  we  would  advise,  a  moderate  degree 
our  premium  list.)  This  wringer  is  maun-  of  cultivation  to  be  given  them  while  young, 
factured  by  the  Empire  Wringer  Co.,  at  but  whatever  amount  they  do  receive,  be 
Auburn,  N.  Y.,  to  whom  we  refer  all  inter-  sure  they  get  it  early  in  the  season,  as  wliat- 
ested,  for  imformation.  ever  tends  to  promote  a  late  growth  is  an 


A  GAME  STANDARD 


,  In  the  month  of  March 

last  I  published  my  stand¬ 
ard  of  the  requisite  quali¬ 
fications  that  make  up  a 
perfect  Game -fowl,  and 
restricted  my  scale  of 
points  to  the  number  50. 
The  Convention  that  met 
in  New  York  to  revise 
the  standard  did  not  take 
up  the  flame  •  fowl  for 
some  reason,  and  1  con¬ 
cluded  to  make  up  a 
standard  of  this  variety 
of  fowls,  as  well  as  to  cor¬ 
rect  many  of  the  mistakes 
that  were  made  in  the 
other  classes,  I  consider 
the  scale  I  adopted  of 
50  points,  more  simple 
and  convenient  than  the 
present  one,  consisting  of 
100  points.  These  num¬ 
bers  are  merely  arbitrary 
signs ;  and  the  number 
50  will  express  as  much 
as  the  number  100,  and 
only  half  the  number  of 
figures  are  used.  I  found  that  the  judges  at 
Fail’s  would  pay  no  respect  to  the  present 
scale  on  account  of  its  complications  and  the 
time  it  consumed  in  st  udying  it  out.  The  one 
I  have  adopted  is  so  short,  and  simple  that 
any  one  can  carry  it  in  his  head  without  con¬ 
tinually  referring  to  the  book.  The  number 

5  expresses  the  highest  number  in  my  stand¬ 
ard.  The  figure  2  stands  for  Good ;  0,  Bet¬ 
ter;  5,  Best,  since  perfection  is  rarely  attain¬ 
able,  and  is  only  so  by  comparison,  if  we 
have  a  fowl  that  does  not  rank  as  high  as 
you d,  but  approximates  it,  we  can  designate 
it  by  “  Highly  Commended,”  and  one  de¬ 
gree  lower  by  “  Commended.”  if  the  fowl 
does  not  commend  itself  to  the  judges  at  all, 
the  exhibitor  had  better  cut  oil’  its  head.  I 
submit  the  following  as  a  Game  Standard  : 

the  cock. 

6  Head,  Neck  and  Ilaelde.  -  Orange- red  to  the 
points,  and  entirely  free  from  black  stripes. 

5  Face,  Comb,  Wattle#  and  Deaf-ear  —  Bright 
red. 

5  Eye.— Vermillion. 

5  Beak*—  Dark-green  lsh  horn-color. 

5  Back  amt  Wing -Bow. — Rich,  clear  bright 
crimson,  gradually  shading  into  orange  on 
the  rump-hackles,  which  should  match  the 
neck. 

5  Flight  Coverts. — Clear  rich  bay. 

5  Wing-Bar. — Steel-blue,  and  Tail  rich  black, 
with  slight  purple-bronze  shade  1  n  second¬ 
ary  sickles. 

6  liteasl  nnd  Thighs.-  A  bright  blue -black, 
free  from  any  mixture  of  color. 

5  Legs  amt  Feet. —  Willow  or  olive -green. 

5  Style  and  Condition .  fdispcof  flic  bird;  car- 
—  riugeof  the  head,  wings  and  tall ;  brilliancy 
50  of  plumage;  health,  size  and  weight, 

t nr,  hen, 

5  Head  ami  Neck. — Gold  rand  black,  princi¬ 
pally  gold,  each  feather  having  a  golden 
shaft  and  margin,  with  narrow,  black 
stripes  between.  In  other  words,  the  hackle 
Is  striped  black  down  the  center,  the  shaft 
being  the  same  in  color  as  the  margin  ;  the 
gold  and  black  should  not  run  into  each 
other. 

5  Comb,  Wattles,  Fai  r  and  Ear-lobes.  Bright 
red. 

15  Eye,  Beal:,  Legs  and  Feet,.— 'Vo  match  the 
cock. 

5  Back  and  Wings.  -  A  light  drab-brown, 
very  finely  marked  with  a  small,  wavy,  ir¬ 
regular  marking  like  that  of  the  back  of  a 
partridge.  Brown,  yellowish,  or  penciled 
or  rusty  wings  are  objectionable, 

5  Breast  -  Rich  salmon  color,  the  center  of 
each  feather  being  one  shade  lighter. 

5  Belly. — Ashy*  gray,  tinged  with  salmon. 

5  Tail.  Black. 

5  Body-color.  —  Partridge,  or  as  near  to  the 
color  of  that  bird  as  possible,  running  i  p 
the  outside  or  top  feathers  of  the  tail. 

5  Style.— Shape  of  the  bird,  general  eurriage, 
brilliancy  and  accuracy  of  plumage. 

5  Condition.— Health,  size  and  weight. 

50  Isaac  Van  Winkle. 

Greenville,  N.  J. 


here  and  there,  and  to  encourage  the  growth 
of  others,  for  the  purpose  of  regulating  the 
symmetry  of  the  head. 

But  after  the  trees  shall  have  attained  age 
and  size,  and  a  succession  of  heavy  crops 
shall  have  been  removed,  they  will  begin  to 
approximate  somewhat  the  condition  of  an 
animal  which  has  been  tethered  to  a  single 
spot,  which,  having  consumed  all  the  forage 
within  its  reach,  would  perish  for  want  of 
food,  were  it  not  provided  by  artificial  means. 

It  is  precisely  thus  with  a  fruit  tree  :  it  is 
tethered  to  single  spot,  aud,  after  a  lapse 
of  a  series  of  years,  it  will  have  consumed,  or 
transformed  into  wood,  bark  and  fruit,  most 
of  the  inorganic  elements  with  which  the  soil 
within  the  reaCh  of  its  roots  was  originally 
supplied,  and  like  the  animal  confined  to  a 
single  spot,  must  suffer  for  the  want  of  the 
proper  aliment,  unless  artificially  supplied, 
lor  the  fruit  grovvur  has  no  more  right  to 
expect  his  trees  to  furnish  him,  year  after 
year,  with  great  loads  of  fine  fruit,  without 
properly  feeding  them,  than  the  stock  raiser 
has  to  expect  that  his  animals  will  thrive 
and  grow  fat,  without  giving  them  similar 
treatment.  V 

‘•But,  what  shall  we  feed  our  trees  J”  in¬ 
quires  the  anxious  and  puzzled  young  pomol- 
ogist.  An  important  query,  truly,  for 
many  a  valuable  fruit  tree  has  been  killed 
by  too  much  of  a  good  thing.  It  is  here  that 
sound  judgment  is  required.  Agricultural 
chemtstry,  however,  comes  to  our  assistance 
in  answering  the  question  ;  in  other  words, 
“book  farming'’  kindly  steps  forward  and 
aids  the  practical  cultivator  in  his  dilemma, 
for  chemical  analysis  discloses  the  fact  that  in 
every  one  hundred  parts  of  the  ash  of  the 
pear  wood,  twelve  are  lime,  twenty-seven 
are  phosphate  of  lime,  and  twenty-two  are 
potash  ;  and  in  the  bark,  thirty  are  lime. 


PEAR  CULTURE 


The  following  essay  on  this  subject  was 
read  at  the  October  meeting  of  the  Mont¬ 
gomery  Co.  0.,  Horticultural  Society  by  Mr. 
Ramsey  who  said : — Were  it  not  for  the  prev¬ 
alence  of  that  terrible  scourge  of  the  pear 
orchard,  known  as  “pear  tree  blight,”  the 
production  of  this  superb  fruit  in  its  highest 
excellence  would  be  a  very  simple  and  easy 
work.  It  would  involve  the  exercise  of  only 
about  the  same  amount  and  kind  of  skill  as 
that  required  to  grow  a  mammoth  pumpkin, 
or  produce  a  large  crop  of  corn  or  potatoes, 
indeed,  the  whole  process  would  resolve 
itself  into  a  question  more  of  industry  than 
of  skill  or  sound  judgment,  for  whoever 
would  be  most  prodigal  in  the  expenditure  of 
labor  in  the  way  of  high  culture,  "would  be 
very  apt  to  carry  off  the  honors,  both  as  to 
quality  and  quantity. 

The  grower  of  pears,  however,  who  would 
dare  to  transfer  to  his  orchard  that  method 
of  culture  best  adapted  to  produce  a  large 
crop  of  corn,  would  very  soon,  wc  think,  pay 
dearly  for  his  temerity.  Blight,  in  its  most 
aggravated  form,  would  as  surely  attack  his 
trees  kb  any  other  effect  in  nature  follows  its 
cause,  and  he  would  be  grieved  to  witness  his 
Bartletts,  Heekels,  and  other  favorite  varie¬ 
ties,  one  after  another,  falling  victims  to  this 
fell  destroyer. 

How  to  grow  this  fine  fruit  in  its  highest 
perfection,  therefore,  without  endangering 
the  precious  lives  of  ;our  trees,  upon  which, 
perhaps,  we  have  spent  a  dozen  or  more 
years  of  the  most  ussiduous  aud  tender  care, 
becomes  a  question  of  the  greatest  interest 
and  practical  importance,  aud  will  require, 
on  the  part  of  the  culturist,  the  exercise  of  i 
some  judgment. 


HOW  TO  PREPARE  POULTRY  FOR  THE 
NEW  YORK  MARKET. 


Rhodes  &  Servkk  of  New  York  City  issue 
the  following  Circular  Secure  plump,  well- 
fatted  birds.  Bleed  them  in  the  throat. 
Scald  enough  to  make  the  feathers  come  off 
easy  ;  pick  bot.1i  feathers  and  pin-feathers  all 
off  nicely,  taking  great  care  not  to  bruise  or 
break  the  skin  in  any  way.  If  one  or  two 
in  the  lot  should  accidentally  get  bruised,  or 
have  the  skin  broken,  sell  or  use  at  home,  as 
they  would  hurt  the  sale  of  the  whole  lot. 
Leave  all  the  entrails  in,  and  heads  and  feet 
on.  After  they  are  dressed,  haug  them  in  a 
cool  place,  where  they  will  dry  off  and  get 
stiff  before  packing.  Pack  in  boxes  or  bar¬ 
rels  in  nice,  clean  rye  straw  ;  if  this  cannot 
be  obtained,  dry  oat  straw  may  be  used.  Be 
sure  and  pack  solid  so  they  will  not  bruise  in 
transit.  Pack  u-ith  breasts  down.  Poultry 
prepared  in  this  way  finds  a  ready  market, 
while  poor,  half- dressed,  sweaty  (caused  by 
packing  while  warm)  and  bruised  lots  will 
not  sell  well  at  any  time. 

Many  farmers  make  a  practice  of  feeding 


y 

§1 

pp 

^loricultiutal. 


STAPELIA  HIRSUTA  MINOR. 


Although  the  flowers  of  the  Stapelias  are 
not  merely  devoid  of  fragrance,  but  exhale 
a  repulsively  fetid,  carrion-like  odor,  many 
of  them  are,  nevertheless,  so  beautiful  in 
color  and  singular  in  form,  that  the  genus 
should  be  more  largely  cultivated  than  it  iR. 
There  are  about  ninety  species  of  these 
plants,  all  of  which  are  natives  of  the  Cape 
of  Good  Hope,  with  the  exception  of  8.  euro- 
pern,  which  is  found  in  Spain  and  Algeria,  as 
well  as  in  South  Africa.  N.  hirsute  minor, 
of  which  we  give  an  illustration,  and  the 
allied  species,  emit  such  a  powerful  scent 
of  decomposing  flesh,  that  the  common 
blow-fly  is  deceived  Into  depositing  i*s  eggs 
among  the  hairs  of  the  corolla.  This  plant 
was  first  introduced  in  17-7.  Its  numerous 
succulent  stems  arc  thickly  set  with  quad¬ 
rangular,  conical,  ascending  branches,  form¬ 
ing  tufts  from  twelve  to  sixteen  inehes  in 
Ulght.  As  in  the  genus  Cactus,  the  leaves 
are  very  rudimentary,  being  reduced  to  in¬ 
significant  scale-like  processes.  The  flowers 
are  solitary,  from  two  incites  to  two  and  a- 
half  inches  in  diameter,  and  arc  produced 
near  the  bases  of  the  branches*.  The  petals 
are  thick  and  fleshy,  smooth  and  greenish  on 
the  underside,  very  much  wrinkled  on  the 
upper  surface,  marked  near  the  bus*  with 
transverse  sinuous  lines  of  purplish-brown, 
and  tumbled  mid  spotted  all  over  with 
blotches  of  sulphur-yellow.  The  bottom  of 
the  corolla  is  concave,  circular,  and  of  a 
purplish-brown  color  in  the  center,  while  the 
edges  tire  marked  with  yellowish  spots.  The 
structure  of  the  stamens  is  very  singular. 
From  the  bottom  of  the  corolla  rises  a  sort 
of  cup,  nearly  pentagonal  in  shape,  the  upper 
part  of  which  is  divided  into  ten  narrow 
strips,  live  of  which  are  turned  inwards,  and 
five  outward*.  The  live  inner  divisions  are 
straight,  cylindrical,  slender,  and  covered 
with  purplish  tubercles,  Each  of  them  is 
again  suit-divided  into  two  parts,  of  which 
the  outer  one  has  a  thickened  apex,  and  is 
bent  over  the  pistil ;  the  other,  or  inner 
division,  is  quite  straight.  The  live  external 
primary  divisions  are  of  a  green  color,  spot¬ 
ted  witli  purple,  are  flat  and  oblong  in  shape, 
mid  forked  at  the  apex.  The  anthers  are  of 
an  orange  color.  For  the  culture  of  these 
plants,  Mr.  Cruncher  recommends  a  compost 
of  “three  parts  loam,  and  one  of  broken 
brick,  excluding  sand  or  manure ;  in  this 
soil,  with  small  pots,  they  grow  freely.” 
They  may  be  propagated  either  from  cut¬ 
tings  or  from  seed.  In  the  former  ease,  the 
branches  should  be  taken  olf  at  a  joint  to 
prevent  danger  of  decay  and  escape  of  sap. 
This  mode  of  propagation  is  much  more  cer¬ 
tain  than  the  other,  as,  unless  the  seeds  are 
sown  immediately  after  being  gathered, 
their  germination  is  very  doubtful.  Mr. 
Cruncher,  who  has  had  a  very  wide  experi¬ 
ence  with  plants  ol  this  genus,  advises  that 
the  seed  should  be  sown  in  "  shallow  pans  in 
light  soil,  and  put  on  gentle  bottom  heat. 
As  soon  as  they  are  well  up,  put  them  on  a 
shelf  close  to  the  glass,  not  potting  off  until 
they  are  well-grown,  as  they  often  stand  still 
for  some  time  or  die.” 

- - *-♦-* - - 

HOW  TO  KEEP  CANNAS. 


Will  you,  or  one  of  your  correspondents, 
tell  me  how  to  keep  Canna  roots  through 
the  winter  *  Also,  wliicli  is  the  best  time, 
fall  or  spring,  for  setting  out  woodbine  or 
Virginia  Creeper  ? — A  SUBSCRIBES,  Coldwa- 
ter,  Midi. 

The  steins  of  Cannas  should  not  be  per¬ 
mitted  to  freeze  down  to  the  ground  in  fall, 
for  if  severely  frozen,  so  that  the  stalks  soft¬ 
en  down  to  the  very  tubers,  they  are  likely 
to  cause  the  latter  to  decay.  We  usually 
take  up  our  Canna  roots  as  soon  as  the  first 
frost  kills  the  leaves.  The  roots  are  then 
dug  and  the  stems  cut  off  a  foot  or  more 
above  the  base,  after  which  the  tubers  are 
spread  out  in  the  sun  or  a  dry  room  and  left 
there  until  the  earth  can  readily  be  shaken 
off.  If  spread  out  of  doors,  they  should 
be  either  covered  at  night  or  carried  into 
some  outbuilding,  to  prevent  being  frosted 
or  getting  wet.  When  the  roots  are  well 
dried,  they  may  be  spread  upon  shelves  in  a 
wry  dry  and  warm  collar,  or  kept  in  some 
similar  place.  All  that  is  required  is  to  keep 
them  dry  and  warm  duriug  winter.  If  they 
begin  to  decay,  it  shows  that  the  atmosphere 
which  surrounds  them  contains  too  much 
!  moisture. 

Of  course,  we  are  supposing  that,  the  roots 
were  nearly  or  quite  mature  when  dug.  If 
planted  late  in  spring,  the  roots  may  not 
have  time  for  maturing  before  cold  weath- 


er  ;  consequently,  the  difficulties  of  preserv¬ 
ing  are  increased  in  proportion.  If  the  sea¬ 
son  was  long  enough  to  give  the  plants  an 
opportunity  of  showing  their  flowers,  the 
roots  are  pretty  certain  of  being  nearly  or 
quite  mature. 

As  t4ie  Virginia  Creeper  is  a  hardy  plant,  it 
will  make  very  little  difference  whether  it  is 
transplanted  in  fall  or  spring.  We  never 
heard  of  the  Virginia  Creeper  being  called 
Woodbine  before,  and  it  may  be  that  we 
have  one  plant  in  our  mind  and  you  an¬ 
other.  What  we  have  always  known  as 
"Woodbine”  is  a  species  of  climbing  honey¬ 
suckle,  (Lo  nicera,)  while  the  Virginia  Creeper 


manufacturers  of  Manchester,  Liverpool,  and 
other  large  towns,  and  is  both  cheaper  and 
better  than  any  other  material  used  for 
i  fumigating,  if  we  except  the  pure  bonded 
j  tobacco  used  at  Kevv  and  other  government 
places.  Tobacco  papers  are,  us  a  rule,  bad, 
as  they  burn  too  quickly,  and  scorch  every¬ 
thing  near  them.  The  Lenderest  exotics  will 
bear  tho  densest  cloud  of  tobacco  smoke 
imaginable,  providing  it  is  cool.  It  is  the 
heat  from  combustion,  not  the  narcotic,  that 
injures  them,  causing  the  leaves  to  curl  like 
paper,  owing  to  excessive  evaporation.  To¬ 
bacco  water  is  well  known  to  be  a  fertilizer, 
and  plants  look  fresher  and  greener  after 


in  diameter  in  1010,  when  its  colony  landed 
there — the  first  in  North  America.  It  now 
covers  II,.  acres,  and  last  year  yielded  4(5 
barrels  of  wine,  1,8*10  gallons,  at  $3  per  gallon, 
|8,680.  -To  European  or  Northern  visitors 
this  statement  wouid  be  called  fabulous,  but  i 
it  can  be  seen  any  year  ;  and  in  Terrell  Co., 

N.  C.,  t  here  is  one  which  is  a  great  deal  more 
productive-  this  one  last  year  produced  68 
barrels,  8,520  gallons,  at  88  per  gallon  80,(140.” 

The  llhae-a  Grape  is  t  hus  described  : — “  The 
berry  is  nearly  as  large  and  much  tho  shape 
of  an  Isabella  berry.  The  bunch  is  shaped 
like  tho  Delaware  and  witii  a  shoulder  like 
ttiat  grape.  It  is  groenish-wliite  in  color, 
semi-transparent,  mild  in  its  ChaBselas  musk 
flavor,  and  is  a  cross  of  the  grape  just  named 
on  the  Delaware,  It.  is  perfectly  hardy  and 
has  never  been  in  the  least  protected.  It 
usually  ripens  August  80th,  this  year  Septem-  • 
ber  80th. 

The  Adirondack  Grape.—  In  answer  to  in¬ 
quiries  we  again  assert  that  we  have  seen  it 
on  the  vine  in  more  titan  one  vineyard  in 
Northern  New  York  the  past  season,  and  can 
commend  it  for  that  latitude  and  climate  a,s 
a  grape  superior,  in  our  opinion,  to  the  Con¬ 
cord  ;  but  how  it  will  dp  in  other  localities 
we  cannot  say.  Some  of  our  friends  further 
south  call  it  a  failure. 

The  A nlntm  Pearl  is  a  name  given  to  a 
grape  originating  at  Auburn  N.  Y.,  which 
has  fruited  the  first  time  the  past  season.  It 
is  described  as  white,  large  in  berry,  and 
very  close  set  in  bunch ;  sweet.  Beyond 
this  we  know  nothing  of  it. 


flomo  lo§  trill 


EARLY  BEATRICE  PEACH. 


Mr.  Myres,  Bridgeport,  Del.,  gives  the 
Gardener’s  Monthly  the  following  notes 
concerning  (  his  peach : 

"Having  understood  that  it  was  in  fruit¬ 
ing  in  Halifax  county,  North  Carolina,  I 
visited  that  county  last.  June.  I  found  a  Mr. 
Beilis  shipping  the  fruit  June  85th.  The 
fruit  was  small  to  medium  size,  well  colored 
and  free  from  rot.  Even  the  fruit  stung  by 
cureulio  did  not  show  rot. 

In  passing  over  the  orchard  several  times 
I  saw  but  four  a*  line  peaches  of  either  Early 
Beatrice  or  Early  Louise,  rolling.  Five  or 
more  thousand  of  different  ages,  from  two 
to  three  years— a  few  1  think  older — all  had 
fruit  on  ;  had  borne  a  crop  the  year  pre¬ 
vious  ;  had  not  had  very  good  attention  last 
year.  The  former  owner  having  failed,  Mr. 
Beilis  will  put  them  in  good  order.  This 
orchard  was  planted  by  Mr.  S.  Bilyon,  Mr. 
Bilyou  has  done  tho  country  great  good  in 
being  the  first  to  make  known  these  valuable 
peaches. 

“Mr.  Beilis  was  shipping  the  Beatrice,  at 
the  t-imo  I  was  there,  to  New  York.  I  wrote 
to  Fuller  &  Pullen,  146  West  Washington 
Market,  to  go  and  see  in  what  condition  tho 
fruit  arrived,  directing  by  mark  on  crates 
sent  by  Mr.  B.  Messrs.  F.  &  P.  wrote  me 
the  fruit  arrived  in  flue  order,  and  selling  at 
$4.50  to  85  per  box.  But  not  over  %  inehes 
Beat  it ;  that  should  suffice.  A  few  days  later, 
received  another  letter  from  F.  &.  1’.,  saying 
fruit  came  in  good  ortjer.  One  crate,  larger 
fruit  than  others,  brought  88.  A  few  days 
since  I  received  a  letter  from  Mr.  Beilis,  say¬ 
ing  his  Beatrice  paid  him  81  net  a  crate  bet¬ 
ter  than  any  other  kind  ;  and  he  says  he 
picked  ,the  last  Beatrice  twenty  days  after 
he  commenced,  and  tho  fruit  then  was  in 
good  order.  1  consider  it  the  most  valuable 
fruit  in  the  world,  he  says. 

"  1  brought  with  mo  a  small  basket  of  the 
fruit,  through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  B.  I 
kept  a  few  of  them  up  to  the  morning  of  the 
ninth  day,  when  children  got  to  the  basket 
and  ate  them.  Were  in  good  condition  on 
that  morning.  1  placed  a  few  in  the  show¬ 
case  of  D.  F.  Ball  &  Son’s  store,  one  of  them 
keeping  fourteen  days.  Hale’s  Early,  [licked 
at  the  same  time,  rotted  in  a  day  or  two. 
Hale’s  was  rotting  on  trees  side  by  side  of 
Beatrice,  and  at  least  twelve  to  twenty  days 
in  ripening.  Early  Louise  is  larger  than 
Beatrice,  i  should  consider  them  enormous 
bearers.  Never  saw  young  trees  so  loaded. 
The  fruit  is  a  beautiful,  light  straw-color— 
pink  cheek  next  sun.  I  think  the  Louise  of 
very  high  quality,  and  from  what  t  saw,  con¬ 
sider  it  the  second-best  very  early  peach 
known  ;  in  fact  I  am  not  sure  but  it  may  be 
placed  ahead  of  all  Others,  ripening  as  it 
does  but  a  few  days  later  than  Beatrice  and 
appeared  entirely  free  from  rot.  Part  of  tho 
fruit  1  kept  nine  days  was  of  that  variety. 
In  Conclusion,  i  would  say  I  think  the  world 
is  greatly  indebted  to  Mr.  T.  Rivers  of  En¬ 
gland  for  introducing  some  of  the  most  valu¬ 
able  very  early  peaches  ever  known.” 


SLAPHULi  I  A.  IIIE&STTT  A  JVIHSTOR,. 


is  tho  Ampelopsis  qulntpiefalia  or  five-leaved 
ivy,  a  plant  which  grows  abundantly  in  low, 
wet  grounds,  the  stems  clinging  to  the  back 
of  trees  by  the  aid  of  small  rootlets,  the  leaves 
turning  bright  scarlet  or  crimson  in  autumn. 
- - - - 

FTJMIGATOR  FOR  PLANTS. 

The  accompanying  illustration  shows  a 
simple  fumigating  nptt  ratus  which  is  thus 
commended  by  an  English  gardener: — He 
says  "it  is  one  of  the  very  b©3t  contrivances 
extant.  It  is  made  of  wrought  iron,  ami  of 
any  size,  from  1  to  3  feet  in  diameter.  When 
the  tobacco,  or  better  still,  tobacco-rag,  is 
once  lighted  it  burns  quite  freely  without 
any  blowing,  ami  gives  off  a  dense  volume  of 
smoke  in  a  remarkably  short  time.  It  is 
easily  set  at  work  by  placing  a  few  glowing 
embers  from  the  stoke-hole  fire  on  the  bot- 


fumigation,  if  the.  smoke  has  not  been  too 
hot.  Wo  have  had  practical  experience  ol’ 
the  above,  as  a  simple  and  effective  fuini- 
gator,  and  can  thoroughly  recommend  it.” 


If 


VINEYARD  NOTES. 


tom  and  sprinkling  damp  tobacco  or  “rag” 
over  them  ;  when  fairly  alight  the  fumes 
may  be  cooled  by  spreading  a  damp  sheet  of 
either  coarse  tiffany  or  hexagon  netting  over 
the  handle,  lotting  it  fall  loosely  around  the 
sides.  This  last  precaution  is  worth  adopt¬ 
ing  in  the  case  of  Ferns,  when  throwing  up 
their  young  fronds,  or  for  Odontoglossums 
and  Masdevillias,  both  being  injured  by  hot 
smoke.  A  word  on  “tobacco-rag”  may  not 
be  out  of  place.  This  material  is  produced 
ip  considerable  quantities  by  the  tobacco 


A  New  Medicine  for  Diseased  Grape 
Vinen. — The  Abba  Rolland  has  communi¬ 
cated  to  the  CulUvateur  tie.  In  Region  Lyon- 
naise  an  “  infallible  remedy”  against  the 
phylloxera,  which,  after  two  years’  trial,  he 
recommends  “  with  confidence”  to  vino  grow¬ 
ers.  It  consists  in  inocculating  the  vine  with 
the  pure  essence  of  Eucalyptus  globulus. 
which  has  lately  atoractedso  much  attention 
in  medical  circles.  A  broad  Incision  is  made 
through  the  bark  at  the  neck  of  the  vine,  in 
which  a  few  drops  of  the  essence  are  depos¬ 
ited  by  means  of 'a  small  camel-hair  brush. 
The  result  is,  that  tu  about  three  days  the 
phylloxera  entirely  disappears,  while  tho 
vine  is  not  in  the  least  injured  by  the  opera¬ 
tion.  The  incision  may  be  made  through 
any  other  part  of  tho  bark  with  equal  suc¬ 
cess,  but  the  result  is  more  speedily  attained 
the  nearer  it  is  made  to  the  roots. 

Illiaca  Grape. — F.  11.  Elliott  says  con¬ 
cerning  it Bub  here  comes  now  an  other 
windy  chamactor  from  Tompkins  County, 
New  York,  full  of  bloom  and  rich  in  beauty, 
with  luscious  sweetness  ;  but  the  same  man 
who  now  soaps  it  gloriously  to  the  public 
under  the  name  of  Ithaca,  has  done  the  same 
thing  from  time  to  time  witii  all  the  Rogers’ 
Seedlings,  and  with  a  wild  vine  he  Galls 
1  Wyoming  Red.’  So  we  go  —  but  look  out, 
ye  growers  looking  to  future  profit,  how  ye 
waste  money  and  time  on  any  of  these  un¬ 
known  and  untested  humbugs  recorded  only 
by  the  originator  who  is  calmly  and  quietly 
grinding  his  ax.” 

The  Southern  Cultivator  tells  of  a  great 
grape  vine  as  follows  : — “  The  Lord  Raleigh 
vine,  on  Roanoke  Island,  N.  C.,  was  3  inches 


©ORE’S  RURAL  flEW-YOB 


hov.  2 


Jfomt  department. 


NOETH  WINDHAM,  CONN.’ 

The  notice  I  sent  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
of  farming  in  North  Windham  and  vicinity, 
has  brought  me  such  an  amount  of  corre¬ 
spondence  from  parties,  1  thought  best  to 
trouble  you  with  more  of  the  same  kind,  if 
you  will  give  it  place  in  your  columns.  Onr 
which  drew  my  attention  was  fi  ’>m  a  cor¬ 
respondent  to  your  paper  from  somewhere 
in  Pennsylvania.  He  thought  the  land  there 
was  cheaper  than  land  in  North  Windham. 
I  think  the  person  who  wrote  that  article 
must  have  plenty  of  means,  if  he  owns  mam 
acres  of  such  land  spoken  of,  and  at  such  pri 
•  ces  ;  but  a  person  of  limited  means,  after  a 
comparison  of  the  two  localities,  might 
think  differently.  Both  places,  we  will  say, 
are.  old  localities,  in  one  of  which  land  can  lie 
bought  at  £12  an  acre  ;  the  other  at  $100  an 
acre.  I  will  say  of  this  section,  there  is  some 
poor  land  and  some  good  land.  It  is  notcon- 
sfdcred  profit  able  to  cultivate  rocky  and  poor 
land  ;  let  it  grow  up  in  timber  for  spools. 
&<•.,  and  cultivate  the  best.  We  can  raise 
corn,  potatoes,  beans  and  grass  ;  bnt  com  is 
not  considered  profitable  ;  other  crops  will 
pay  better.  1  have  raised  800  quart*  of 
strawberries  on  eight  rods  of  ground.  TJirow 
the  manure  on  to  the  land  and  you  can  gel 
good  crops,  and  there  are  good  markets,  if 
a  person  can  only  be  contented  to  stay  among 
strangers,  it  would  require  only  a  small  cap¬ 
ital  to  start  with;  but  land,  even  In  this  sec¬ 
tion,  unless  the  immigrant  can  be  induced 
to  come,  judging  by  the  past,  may  be  belt! 
at  such  prices  for  years  to  come.  A  person 
of  means  can  invest  money  in  land  at  $101 
per  acre,  or  $500  if  lie  choose  ;  but  1  should 
advise  a  person  with  only  a  small  sum  of 
money  to  purchase  the  $12  land  in  Connecti¬ 
cut  rather  than  the  $100  or  $500  land  in  any 
State,  or  rather  than  go  to  the  fertile  regions 
of  the  West  alone  and  single-handed,  if  h< 
can  go  with  a  colony  to  the  West,  and  go  oi 
the  plan  of  co-operation,  perhaps  it  would 
be  better  ;  for  in  such  a  case  land  would  la 
sure  to  rise  in  value.  1  know  of  no  chance? 
so  good  in  the  East,  for  a  persun  who  expect? 
to  spend  his  days  on  it,  as  in  the  vicinity  ol 
North  Windham.  But  a  young  man  that 
does  not  want  to  settle  down  in  life  can,  il 
he  clioo.se,  go  West.  It  is  far  better  for  him 
to  stay  in  Connecticut  than  to  tight  his  way 
Wests  among  sharpers  and  fleecers,  unless  h< 
can  unite  with  others  and  emigrate  with 
them  in  a  body,  and  with  such  a  company  a? 
would  be  respectable  ;  have  gamblers,  rum- 
sellers  and  speculators  kept  out  of  it.  I  my¬ 
self  would  join  such  a  company  if  one  could 
bo  found.  Unless  it  could,  1  should,  by  far, 
prefer  to  stay  among  the  hills  of  Connecti¬ 
cut,  where  the  land  can  be  bought  so  cheap, 
and  markets  are  So  good. 

George  E.  Smith. 


FROM  BEATRICE,  NEBRASKA. 

Dear  Rural  : — It  is  a  long  lime  since  I 
have  written  to  you.  In  the  interval  there 
has  been  a  breaking  up  of  old  associations 
and  surroundings,  and  a  new  home  made  in 
this  laud  of  beauty  and  breezes,  (and  we  hope 
health)  where  we  trust  uew  friends  will  be 
found,  and  life  go  on  as  happily  as  in  dear 
old  Wisconsin. 

We  made  a  pleasant  visit  in  Chicago— and 
of  course,  a  visit  to  the  Exposition — stopped 
a  few  clays  iu  the  beautiful  city  of  Blooming¬ 
ton,  Ill.,  and  then,  with  high  hopes,  many 
kind  wishes,  and  a  Well-filled  lunch  basket, 
wc  started  for  “the  West.”  Weave  arrived 
at  our  destination,  but  don't  find  ourselves 
“out  West,”  by  any  means— “Out  West” 
means  Utah,  California,  Oregon.  “  What 
will  people  do,  when  they  reach  the  Pacific  ? 
They  can't  go  West  then,”  says  one.  But 
won't,  they  ?  What  power  is  strong  enough 
to  stop  the  great  wave  of  immigration  gath¬ 
ering  strength  and  force  each  year  ?  And 
while  the  wide-spreading  borders  of  half- 
civilized  Asia,  lie  waiting  In  the  West,  will 
not  the  irresistible  Yankee,  with  his  train  of 
foreign  populace,  go  over  ana  possess  it  f 
The  first  half  day  we  were  in  Nebraska,  we 
were  decidedly  homesick.  It  was  the  14th 
of  October,  that  terrible  day  when  the  prairie 
fires  raged  all  around,  and  those  ten  little 
school  children  were  overtaken  on  their  way 
home,  and  gave  up  their  lives  to  its  power. 
It  was  an  oppressively  hot  day,  the  wind 
blew  fiercely,  and  the  air  was  filled  with  dust, 
for  there  had  been  uo  rain  for  months.  To 
add  to  my  general  uncomfortableness— an 
old  resident  remarked  that  this  was  “  merely 
a  mild  breeze,”  quite  ;ypleasant  day,  in  fact. 

“  Hoes  the  wind  ever  Blow  any  harder  here?” 


asked  one.  “  Well,  if  yeu  don’t  find  that  it 
does,  just  let  me  know,”  was  his  cheer¬ 
ing  reply.  Paterfamilias,  sitting  opposite, 
laughed  at  me  slyly,  and  asked  what  made 
my  face  so  long,  1  was  to  be  the  prop  of 
drooping  spirits  and  let  no  one  become 
homesick  ;  and  was  I  the  first  to  succumb  ? 
I  wouldn’t  acknowledge  it  then,  of  course, 
and  since  that  day,  have  had  no  occasiou. 
VV  e  like  it  here  very  well,  if  I  may  except 
the  wind.  I  never  did  like  wind  ;  it’s  disagree¬ 
able,  and  sometimes  I  am  afraid  of  it.  But 
here  we  have  a  great  many  windy  days, 
some  very  windy  and  a  few  the  very  windiest. 
Yet  we  do  not  lack  for  beautiful,  quiet  days, 
Last  week,  and  Hundy  and  Monday  of  this 
week,  were  as  warm  and  calm  and  lovely,  as 
any  early  September  day  T  ever  saw;  but  to¬ 
night  the  wind  blows  terrifically,  while  a 
lurid  light  in  the  east  shows  where  a  prairie 
fire  rages.  It  seems  strange  that,  with  the 
anneal  recurrence  of  these  destructive  fires, 
fanners  are  not  more  anxious  to  be  prepared 
for  fhein.  A  little  work  of  plowing  about 
property,  would  save  their  grain,  hay,  houses, 
and  perhaps  lives.  Yet  they  are  very  indif¬ 
ferent.  One  worthy  man  entirely  lost  his 
patience,  because  the  partner  of  his  bosom, 
ventured  to  remind  him  that  he  “had  better 
plow  around  those  stacks  to  day.”  Do  you 
thiok  I'm  such  a  fool  as  to  let  the  fire  cone 
and  burn  up  my  grain  ?  was  his  withering 
reply.  Before  uight,  he  had  neither  gratn, 
bains  nor  house.  There  was , his  land  and 
there  was  his  family— all  that  was  left  to 
remind  him  of  what  a  “/ool”  he  had  been. 
(And  I  hope  she  did  remind  him  of  it  to  her 
heart's  content). 

The  wind,  though  strong,  seems  to  be  dry, 
and  one  feels  none  of  the  disagreeable  effects 
which  the  raw,  damp  winds  of  other  States 
produce.  To  be  sure  it  brings  plenty  of  dust 
at  times  ;  but  it  is  generally  very  invigor¬ 
ating  ;  and  then  there’s  nothing  like  being 
used  to  it.  But  can  I  ever  get  used  to  it  on 
washing  day  ?  Indeed,  1  see  there’s  no  regular 
washing  ilay  here.  But,  “watch  your 
chance. “  Before  1  learned  to  do  this — a  sheet 
was  demolished,  u  sleeve  torn  off  a  shirt,  and 
a  strip  a  foot  wide  torn  straight  anti  clean  off 
one  side  of  a  good  bed-quilt.  I  know  I  have 
your  sympathy,  my  sisters.  I  suppose  it  is 
good  discipline  for  me— and  I  hope  that  pa¬ 
tience  wi  11  have  her  perfect  work. 

Now,  I  hope  I’ve  not  given  you  an  unpleas¬ 
ant  idea  of  Nebraska.  1  didn’t  intend  to, 
and  wo  enjoy  it  here,  ’much.  But  Eastern 
people  have  no  correct  idea  of  a  Nebraska 
town.  When  I’ve  been  here  longer,  and  can 
giv 3  you  a  more  accurate  account  of  things 
than  at  present,  I  will  write  again. 

Nov.  11,  1873.  Dora  V.  Wheelock. 


.37  and  38° ;  it  is  well  watered,  having  numer¬ 
ous  springs  and  ever-running  streams  of  good 
water.  Spring  River,  the  principal  stream, 
is  fed  by  springs,  and  affords  an  abundance 
of  water  for  any  and  all  purposes.  Carthage, 
the  county  scat  of  Jasper  Co.,  is  situated  on 
Spring  River.  It  was  burned  down  during 
the  war, “but  in  the  bust  few  years  has  grown 
to  a  city  of  seven  or  eight  thousand  inhabi¬ 
tants.  It  si q i ports  three  large  flouring  mills, 
a  large  woolen  factory  and  a  planing  mill, 
beside  wagon  factories,  foundries,  &c.,  <tc. 
It  ha*  about  800  school  children  and  a  school 
house  to  suit  the  demand  ;  in  fact,  it  is  keep¬ 
ing  pace  with  the  times,  “panic  or  no 
panic  1” 

The  climate  of  Soushwest  Missouri  is  de¬ 
lightful,  and  at  this  date  it  is  warm  enough 
to  allow  one  to  go  in  his  shirt  sleeves.  Teh 
those  folks  up  in  Iewa,  Wisconsin  and  Min¬ 
nesota,  who  are  now  frozen  in,  to  take  a  trip 
down  this  way,  and  see  the  green  grass,  and 
feel  the  soft,  southern  breezes,  and  they  will 
exclaim  “Eureka  1” 

The  mining  resources  of  Jasper  County  are 
being  developed  each  day.  Lead  is  found  in 
great  quantities  in  the  southwestern  part  ol 
the  County,  and  coal  is  found  in  almost  every 
part  of  it.  The  Memphis,  Carthago  and 
Northwestern  Railroad  runs  through  Car¬ 
thage,  and  on  through  the  great  coal  fields  of 
Kansas. 

We  have  an  immigration  society  at  Car¬ 
thage.  Persons  wishing  to  ask  questions  in 
regard  to  J asper  County,  can  address  E.  P. 
Searle,  President  of  the  Society,  and  he 
will  answer  all  questions  free  of  charge. 

Ibid. 


I'ltariT  of  it  JfrtraM 


THE  GREAT  ARKANSAS  VALLEY. 


Any  one  who  lias  ever  looked  over  the 
imps  of  the  Great  West,  must  have  noticed 
tlu.t  there  are  several  great  valleys,  some 
running  in  one  direction  pud  some  in  anoth¬ 
er.  The  Great  Dos  Moines  Valiev,  in  Iowa, 
has  become  famous  the  world  over  for  its 
wonderful  agricultural  productions ;  then 
there  me  several  less  extensive  valleys  along 
the  Platte  River  and  its  various  tributaries, 
but  these  are  all  localities  in  which  the 
fruits  and  grains  suited  to  cold  climates  must 
necessarily  be  cultivated  ;  but  as  we  go  fur¬ 
ther  South  the  list  of  products  can  be  con¬ 
siderably  extended  and  the  profits  increased, 
inasmuch  as  the  winters  arc  not  so  long  nor 
severe,  nod  the  cost  of  keeping  stock  pro¬ 
portionally  less.  One  of  the  most,  beautiful 
valleys  if  all  that  we  have  visited  west  of 
the  Mississippi  is  that  of  the  Great  Arkansas 
Riveras  it  bends  northward  in  following  it 
from  its  mouth  up  through  the  Indian  Ter¬ 
ritory  into  what  is  called  the  Arkansas  Land 
District.  But  if  one  wishes  to  see  a  magnif¬ 
icent  country,  let  him  take  the  cars,  ns  we 
have,  at  Topeka,  on  the  Atchison  and  Topeka 
Railroad,  and  ride  for  two  hundred  miles,  or 
more,  through  the  Great  Arkansas  Valley. 
The  land  is  as  rich  as  the  richest,  and  the 
climate  mild  and  healthy.  There  i8  room 
here  for  many  thousands  of  farmers,  who 
can  grow  the  products  usually  produced  on 
Nort  hern  forms,  and  many  additional;  cotton 
and  tobacco  will  probably*  become  two  of 
the  great  staples  of  this  valley.  The  Atchi¬ 
son  and  Topeka  R.  R.  Co.  own  the  land  for  I 
t  wenty  miles  wide  on  both  sides  of  the  track,  j 
but  they  offer  it  at  a  reasonable  price  and  on 
long  credit.  A  mild  climate  is  one  <Jf  the 
great  attractions  of  this  region  of  country, 
and  it  is  one  that  one  feels  to  be  attractive, 
especially  as  the  cold  north  winds  search  into 
our  very  bones  at  this  season. 

- 

FROM  JASPER  COUNTY,  MO. 

Jasper  County  lies  in  the  southwestern 
part,  of  the  State,  between  the  parallels  of 


f  DAILY  RURAL  LIRE. 

i  _ 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 

) 

\  A  GREAT  MEMORY. 

,  Nov.  15. — A  friend  bus  just  been  telling  me 
,  about  a  man  he  met  the  past  summer  in  Cal¬ 
ifornia  who,  it  was  said,  could  name  at  sight 
5,000  species  of  insects.  As  1  happen  to  know 
something  of  the  said  naturalist,  I  can  read¬ 
ily  believe  him  capable  at  such  u  feat  were 
he  inclined  to  try  his  mental  powers  to  that 
extent.  But  the  question  naturally  arises  in 
one’s  mind,  How  came  this  man  in  possession 
of  such  a  wonderful  memory — not  only  for 
remembering  names,  but  the  objects  to  which 
they  belong  ?  No  doubt  some  will  say,  It’s 
a  peculiar  gift,  which  he  inherited.  This,  in 
one  sense,  might  be  true,  but  in  another  it  is 
not  ;  for  no  inherited  or  natural  mental  fac¬ 
ulty  is  worth  a  straw  to  n  man  unless  it  is 
cultivated — or,  in  other  words,  developed  by 
being  used.  Tuldut  of  any  kind  only  means 
a  certain  faculty  cultivated  and  nothing 
more  ;  and  1  will  venture  to  say  that  not  one 
person  in  a  thousand  has  the  least  conception 
of  wlmt  she  or  he  is  capable  of  doing  men¬ 
tally  or  physically.  As  a  race  wa  are  unde¬ 
veloped.  merely  pigmies  of  what  we  might 
be  if  there  was  more  widespread  and  general 
disposition  to  try.  We  frequently  hear  a 
person  referred  to  as  a  genius,  or  ns  possess¬ 
ing  a  wonderful  talent  for  accumulating  any 
particular  kind  of  knowledge  ;  still,  few  ever 
stop  to  think  what  this  genius  or  talent  may 
have  cost  the  possessor  iu  downright  hard 
labor.  Ol  course,  I  do  not  wish  to  deny  the 
fact  that  one  person  may  possess  natural 
abilities  not  vouchsafed  to  another ;  but  a 
majority  do  inherit  talents  of  some  kind 
that  would,  if  developed,  make  their  acquire¬ 
ments  very  conspicuous  as  well  as  highly  es¬ 
teemed  by  civilized  men.  Let  us  for  a  mo¬ 
ment,  examine  the  case  of  the  naturalist  al- 
|  ready  referred  to  above.  We  will  suppose 
he  has  been  studying  Entomology  for  the 
past  20  years,  beginning  when  he  was  20 
years  old.  Now  let  us  suppose  that  he  learned 
the  name  of  one  insect  every  day  for  300  of 
the  805  days  in  each  year  ;  he  would,  by  this 
slow  process,  have  been  able,  to  know  and 
name  6,000  ill  the  20  years.  But  there  are 
few  men  possessing  sufficient  perseverance 
to  acquire  knowledge  of  this  sort,  or  retain 
it  when  acquired  ;  hence  the  very  bad  mem¬ 
ory  of  many  who  would  be  learned  if  it  did 
not  cost  so  much  labor.  But  the  point  I 
would  make  is  this  Let  every  person,  young 
or  old,  endeavor  to  add  something  to  their 
store  of  knowledge  every  day,  even  if  it  is 
nothing  more  than  the  true  name  of  some  ob¬ 
ject  which  they  are  likely  To  meet  at  various 
t  lines  through  life.  A  boy  who  will  add  cue 
word  or  a  name  of  a  thiDg  to  his  vocabulary 
every  day,  rehearsing  the  same  often  enough 
to  retain  it,  ca  nnot  fail  to  become  conspicu¬ 
ous  for  his  talents  long  before  he  is  what  we 


•-  usually  term  an  old  man.  But  it  must  not 
d  be  supposed  that  the  mere  accumulation  of 
i,  words  will  add  greatly  to  one’s  store  of 
e  knowledge  ;  they  are,  however,  to  the  man 
>,  what  the  alphabet  is  to  the  child— the  step- 
□  ping-stone  to  something  higher. 

*  TR CUBIC  WITH  HOUSE  PIAHTS. 

Nov.  17, — The  season  for  trouble  as  well  as 
'  pleasure  with  house  plants  is  just  commenc- 
'■  in g.  Soon  we  shall  hear  the  ladies  begin  to 
’  complain  cf  failure  with  their  Camellias,  Co- 

•  leuscs,  Verbenas,  or  some  other  kinds  of 
choice  plan  a  which  they  are  attempting  to 

h  keep  t’irou(  h  the  winter.  Perhaps  I  should 
J  extend  the:  e  remarks  to  some  of  the  more 
pretent  this  establishments  where  there  are 
line  conservatories  under  the  charge  of  men 
who  call  them  selves  professional  gardeners  ; 
for  ?r-j  'ores  are  almost  as  numerous  in  ama¬ 
teur  collections,  under  such  circumstances, 
as  among  those  who  only  undertake  to  keep 
a  few  plants  in  windows.  The  failures  in 
both  eases  frequently  arrive  from  the  same 
cause,  the  Camellias,  Verbenas  and  Daphnes 
thriving  admirably,  while  the  Coleuses,  Bego- 
1  nias,  Pepperomias  and  Fittonias  fail,  which 
puzzl'js  the  inexperienced — or  perhaps  I  had 
'  better  say  the  ignorant — gardener  as  well  as 

the  amateur,  who  makes  uo  profession  of  a 
'  know  ledge  of  gardening. 

Of  course,  there?  are  excellent  gardeners 
who  ha  'e  charge  of  private  establishments. 
Any  failure  of  success  with  certain  kiuds  of 
plaG  ts  should  not  be  considered  as  arising 
from  l&iy  want  of  skill  on  their  part,  but 
simply  the  result  of  being  directed  by  their 
employ*  rs  to  undertake  impossibilities.  Em¬ 
ployers  (.f  gardeners  who  are  frequently  as 
■  ignorant  of  plants  or  their  requirements  as 
they  nie  of  the  vegetation  of  the  moon,  will 
expect  to  have  every  choice  tiling  grown  in 
one  house,  even  to  the  most  delicate  air 
plant  ard  the  lichen  of  Greenland.  If  the 
gardener  fails  to  bring  them  all  to  the  great¬ 
est  perfection,  of  course  it  is  because  he  does 
not  understand  his  business  or  is  negligent  of 
duties  1  A  very  little  study  iu  regard  to  the 
native  habitat  of  the  different  kinds  of  plants 
cultivated  in  Conservatories,  would  soon  con¬ 
vince  tbn  most  inconsiderate  novice  that  the 
atmosphere  and  temperature  that,  would  best 
suit,  one  species,  would  certainly  be  death  to 
another.  The  professional  florist  assorts  his 
plants,  placing  those  requiring  u  eool  atmos¬ 
phere  in  one  house,  the  opposite  in  another  ; 
then.  by.  i  little  judgment  exercised  iu  water¬ 
ing,  sharing  and  sprinkling  overhead,  he  will 
manage  to  succeed  with  quite  an  extensive 
variety.  But  in  very  large  establishments  a 
half-dozen  houses  are  required  if  the  range 
of  plants  to  be  cultivated  hi  very  diversified 
or  extensive.  These  being  well  known  facts, 
the  amateur  who  has  only  one  green-house, 
or  perhaps  nothing  more  extensive  than  a 
few  pal  lor  or  dining-room  windows  ln  which 
to  kee[  plants,  should  not,  attempt  the  cul¬ 
ture  of  too  great  a  variety.  Verbenas,  Ca¬ 
mellias,  Daphnes  and  Carnations  will  succeed 
in  quite  a  coal  atmosphere  ;  and  if  given  a 
very  warm  one,  are  sure  to  fail.  But  the 
mo, ;t  beautiful  and  showy  of  all  bedding 
plant:;,  the  Coleuses  and  AchyranthuB,  will 
lose  tieir  leaves,  if  the}7  do  not  die  outright, 
in  i  he  very  atmosphere  where  the  Camellia 
succeeds  best.  Now  the  only  way  I  have 
ever  discovered  to  got  out  of  the  dilemma 
wa*  to  do  as  the  jockeys  say,  “Split  the  dif¬ 
ference, ”  making  each  class  suffer  a  little, 
expi  ctiug,  of  course,  an  occasional  loss,  while 
not  obtaining  perfection  iu  any.  I  have  been 
prompted  to  write  the  above  from  hearing 
many  complaints  in  regard  to  the  failures  of 
cert  i  n  species  of  house  plants,  and  offer 
the?  e  remarks  as  a  kind  of  “  soothing  syrup” 
to  th-se  unfortunate  lovers  of  the  beautiful 
among  flowers. 

AKDTHER  GIANT!  WATER  BUG. 

Daily  Rural  Life  My  brother  found 
the  inclosed  iu  tixe  river,  under  the  ice,  close 
to  the  shore.  He  said  he  had  seen  plenty  of 
small  ones  about  one-eighth  as  long  as  this 
one,  but  never  saw  one  so  large  before.  I 
would  like  to  know  what  it  is.  I  commenced 
saving  insects  when  I  was  12  years  old  ;  I 
am  16  now,  and  have  quite  a 'collection — 
Faxntc  M.  Tii-pett,  Vernon  Co.,  Wis. 

The  insect  is  a  gigantic  water-bug,  not  a 
beetle  ;  and  its  name  is  lielostoma  grandis, 
Linn.  It  lives  by  feeding  upon  other  aquatic 
insects.  If  you  look  in  the  small  ponds  in 
summer,  many  beautiful  water  beetles  as 
well  as  bugs  may  be  found,  all  of  which  are 
worth  preserving  in  your  cabinet.  Always 
endeavor  to  obtain  the  names  of  every  spe- 
cieR,  and  then  your  cabinet  will  increase  in 
value  as  well  as  interest  to  yourself  and 
friends.  Send  mo  any  species  which  you 
desire  named,  retaining  duplicates  corres¬ 
ponding  with  the  numbered  specimens  sent. 
- - 

Let  our  readers  tell  us  of  their  daily  rural 
life  the  past  season — what  they  have  learned. 


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REPLY  TO  M.  J.  SMITH,  IN  RURAL  NOV.  8. 

I  think  my  life  never  yielded  me  happier 
days  than  when  I  was  keeping  house  in  the 
city,  on  a  small  salary.  I,  too,  went  from 
the  abundance  of  a  farm  to  my  own  little 
home,  and  solved  for  myself  the  problem  of 
wholesome  living  at  a  very  moderate  cost. 
Firstly ,  the  salary  was  not  spent  till  earned 
— and  t  hat  was  the  first  plank  in  our  plat¬ 
form.  We  nr.ver  asked  credit.  At  the  very 
beginning  we  made  a  careful  estimate  of 
probable  expenses,  and  allowed  a  margin 
for  mistakes.  By  paying  down,  and  by  buy¬ 
ing  in  quantities  we  saved  no  inconsiderable 
amount  iu  the  course  of  a  year. 

But  I  suppose  my  questioner  craves  some¬ 
thing  more  definite.  Does  she  mean,  I  won¬ 
der,  to  be  a  vegetarian  l  That  method  would 
not  be  an  economical  one  in  my  household. 
In  the  days  I  write  of,  I  laid  great  stress  upon 
soups.  Boiling,  as  w«  all  kuow,  is  the  way 
to  obtain  the  greatest  amount  of  nourish¬ 
ment  from  meat,  und  the  cheapest  grades  of 
meat  yield  excellent  soups.  While  porter¬ 
house  steaks  cost  twenty  cents  per  pound,  or 
over,  beef  may  be  had  for  eight  cents,  equal* 
ly  good  for  soups,  and  free  from  bonus.  Thin 
beef  from  the  flank  rolled  and  tightly  tied  in 
cylindrical  form  is  elegant  to  cut  cold.  Eor 
variety  it  may  he  spiced,  or  spread  with 
dressing  of  bread  crumbs,  aud  after  boiling 
let  it  brown  in  the  oven.  The  variety  or 
soups  Is  endless  ;  but  all  of  them,  to  be  made 
in  perfection,  should  be  simmered  slowly  in  a 
tightly  covered  saucepan— should  be  allowed 
to  cool  and  every  particle  of  fat  removed, 
then  heated  to  the  boiling  point  but  not 
allowed  to  boil.  Soups  are  varied  by  flavor¬ 
ings,  and  one  need  hardly  repeat  a  soup  from 
one  year’s  end  to  another. 

I  cannot  give  bills  of  fare,  since  what 
would  suit  me  and  mine  might  not  do  at  all 
for  M.  J.  8.  &  Co.  One  thing  occurs  to  me, 
however,— a  caution  as  to  the  waste  of  flour 
and  bread,  especially  the  latter.  Not  a  crumb 
need  mold,  and  every  fragment  can  bo 
made  palatable  iu  drawings,  "  Isaac”  brewis, 
fried  dishes,  puddings,  &c.  Hominy,  farine, 
rice,  tapioca,  sago  and  oat  meal,  give  the 
basis  of  many  healthful  dishes  for  breakfast 
and  supper,  as  well  as  desserts.  Boiled  rice 
left  from  dinner  is  very  nice  when  cooked 
over  with  a  bit  of  butter,  the  yolk  of  an  egg 
and  a  dURt  of  pepper  :  or  it  may  be  used  for 
croquettes  or  for  griddle  cakes.  The  butter 
question  is  a  serious  one.  to  a  young  house¬ 
keeper.  I  used  to  save  beef  drippings  and 
skimming*  with  scrupulous  care,  clarify 
them  aud  use  for  much  of  my  shortening. 
Milk  dishes  number  their  host— there  are 
delicious  desserts  to  be  made  with  ueitlier 
butter  nor  eggs,  and  many  without,  milk.  I 
know  of  one  table  amply  supplied,  and  with 
many  so-called  luxuries,  at  an  average  of 
less  than  live  dollars  per  week. 

On  the  whole  I  am  almost  envious  of  my 
questioner,  aud  if  I  can  help  her  at  all  by 
such  hasty  notes  as  these,  I  am  quite  at  her 
service.  Dobe  Hamilton. 

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GRIDDLE  CAKES. 


palate  and  stomach,  is  one  of  the  illustrations 
of  human  depravity. 

The  best  griddle  cakes  t  ever  ate  were 
stirred,  with  buttermilk,  not  too  old,  and 
just  enough  soda  to  counteract  the  acid,  not 
more  than  an  hour  or  two,  or  immediately 
before  cooking,  and  were  as  tender,  brown 
and  puffy  as  one  could  wish.  People  who 
find  buckwheat  cakes  too  hearty  for  them  to 
digest  comfortably,  may  have  nice  breakfast 
cakes  made  in  the  same  way  of  wheat  or  corn 
meal;  they  may  also  he  made  deliciously  of 
nearly  or  quite  sweet  milk  and  a  very  little 
or  no  soda  by  heating  an  egg  und  stirring 
into  the  hatter.  I  would  that  every  wife, 
mother  and  housekeeper  had  knowledge 
enough  of  chemistry  to  understand  the  bane¬ 
ful  effects  of  rottenness  In  the  food  which 
they  prepare  for  husbands,  children  and 
friends  ;  and  of  the  poisonous  solutions  ct 
tiu  to  which  they  treat  them  at  almost  every 
meal,  especially  iu  winter,  when  so  much  is 
prepared  beforehand  and  left  to  “stand” 
until  used.  I  have  enough  faith  in  woman¬ 
kind  to  believe  that  if  they  only  knew,  there 
would  be  less  fermented  bread,  less  batches 
of  buckwheat  cakes  soured  aud  fermented 
for  months  in  the  batter-dishes,  less  apples 
and  other  acid  fruit  stewed,  and  allowed  to 
stench  hi  tin  pans  for  days  and  weeks.  As 
for  griddle  cakes  their  millennium  will  have 
dawned  when  . 

Till-  old  fn*y  middle,  the  Iron  made  griddle. 

The  old  greasy  middle  that  "smokes  up’  tlio  house 

is  forever  banished  from  the  cook-room,  and 

the  soapstone,  griddle,  rubbed  with  a  little 

salt  occasionally  to  keep  it  from  “  sticking,” 

takes  its  place.  Geualdink  Geiimane. 


DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 

Ginger-Snaps,  —One  cup  of  molasses  sor¬ 
ghum  is  best;  one- half  cup  of  sugar  ;  one 
egg  ;  one  cup  of  butter  and  good  lard  mLxed  ; 
one  tablespounful  of  vinegar  ;  one  teaspoon¬ 
ful  of  soda ;  ginger.  Put  the  molasses  iu  a 
basin  and  set  it.  on  a  warm  part  of  the  stove. 
Put  in  the  vinegar  and  soda,  and  stir  it  well. 
Put  hi  the  shortening  aud  let  it,  stand  till  it 
melts.  Beat  the.  sugar  and  egg  together  ; 
put  into  the  basin  ;  add  the  ginger  and  flour 
to  make  it  quite  stiff  ;  knead  it  well,  roll  it 
thin,  bake  it  quickly,  thou  keep  them  in  a 
dry  place  and  you  will  have  excellent  gin¬ 
ger-snaps. — d.  v.  W. 

Soft  Ginger  Cookies.— One  cup  of  molas¬ 
ses  ;  two  tablespoons  of  butter  ;  three  table¬ 
spoons  of  water  ;  one  teaspoon  soda  ;  ginger. 
Roll  out  as  soft  as  possible.  Very  nice.— 
d,  V.  W. 


d'ieittijk  und  Its 


METAL  HANGING  FOR  WALLS. 


So  the  time  for  frosty  mornings  and  hot. 
griddle  cakes  has  come.  !  and,  throughout 
the  laud,  hundreds  of  housekeepers  are 
“starting”  a  mess,  that  will  foam  like  the 
waters  of  a  soda  fountain  and  rot  and  stink 
like  the  contents  of  a  brewery  ;  and  that  is 
to  be  the  elevating  medium  for  “raising” 
their  breakfast  cakes  from  now  until  the 
summer’s  sun  drives  the.  frost  from  the  air 
and  pork  grease  and  griduie  cakes  from  their 
bill  of  fare  !  People  who  live  in  cities  and 
villages,  and  have  only  a  scanty  supply  of 
milk,  or  none  at  all,  have  some  excuse  for 
stirring  buckwheat  cakes  with  warm  water 
and  "raising”  them  with  yeast  ;  but  the 
bat  ter  should  never  stand  more  than  twelve 
hours  and  never  in  a  tin  dish.  There  never 
was  a  greater  fallacy  under  the  sun  than 
“starting”  buckwheat  cakes  as  soon  us  the 
first  frost  comes  and  continuing  them  all 
whiter  in  the  same  tin  batter-dish,  without 
once  emptying  and  cleaning,  that  there  may 
be  some  of  the  first  fermented,  stenchy  batch 
left  to  make  them  “  light ;  ”  aud  that  farm¬ 
ers’  wives,  who  have  barrels  lull  of  sour  milk 
and  buttermilk,  which  is  better,  should  adopt 
this  fallacy  and  have  their  breakfast  cakes 
a*  blue  aud  solid  us  clay  and  whetstones  and, 
when  fried  in  the  grease  from  a  piece  of  pork, 
about  as  unwholesome  and  indigestible, 
when  they  might,  with  the  same  labor,  have 
them  light,  crisp,  tender  and  brown  ;  should 
make,  that  which  might  and  ought  to  be  a 
luxury  an  abomination,  repugnant  alike  to 


It  is  now  proposed  to  use  hanging  made  of 
metal ;  and  an. account  of  this  new  invention, 
which  comes  to  us  from  Paris,  has  been  read 
before  the  Society  of  Arts.  The  metal  em¬ 
ployed  is  tinfoil,  in  sheets  about  sixteen  feet 
long,  und  from  thirty  to  forty  inches  wide. 
The  sheets  are  painted  and  dried  at  a  high 
temperature,  and  are  then  decorated  with 
many  different  patterns,  such  as  foliage, 
flowers,  geometrical  figures,  imitations  of 
wood  or  landscapes.  When  decorated,  the 
sheets  are  varnished  aud  again  dried,  and 
are  then  ready  for  sale.  Tinfoil  is  in  itself 
naturally  tough  ;  and  the  coats  laid  upon  it 
in  preparing  it  for  the  market  increase  the 
toughness.  The  hanging  of  these  metallic 
sheets  is  similar  to  paper  hanging,  except 
that  the  wall  is  varnished  with  a  weak  kind 
of  varnish,  fluid  the  sheet  applied  thereto. 
Thus  in  this  way  a  room  or  a  house  may  he 
newly  painted,  without  any  smell  of  paint  to 

annoy  or  harm  the  inmates. 

- - - - 

GEOLOGICAL  PERIODS. 

Prof.  J.  D.  Dana,  in  speaking  of  the  slow 
process  of  mountain  making,  estimates  that 
the  interval  between  the  beginning  of  t  he 
primordial  and  the  metamorphism  in  the 
Green  Mountains  was  at  least  10,()0u,000  years; 
that  the  next  epoch  of  great  disturbance  was 
at,  the  close  of  the  carboniferous  era,  in  which 
the  Alleghanies  were  folded  up,  while  tto 
Appalachians  were  at  least  153,000,000  years 
in  making.  The  displacements  of  the  Con¬ 
necticut  Rivet* sandstoSo,  and  the  accompa¬ 
nying  igneous  ejections  which  occurred  be¬ 
fore  the  cretaceous  era,  took  place  some 
7, 000, OUf)  years  after  the  Appalachian  revolu¬ 
tion.  The  earth’s  contraction  required  an 
exceedingly  long  era  in  order  to  accumulate 
force  sufficient  to  produce  a  general  yielding 
and  pliation  or  displacement  of  the  beds,  and 
to  start  a  new  range  of  prominent  elevations 
over  the  earth’s  crust. 


PERPETUAL  PASTE. 

Dissolve  a  teaspoonful  of  alum  in  a  quart  j 
of  water.  When  cold,  stir  in  as  much  flour  - 
as  will give  it  the  consistency  ol'  thick  cream, 
being  particular  to  beat  up  all  the  lumps  ; 
stir  in  as  much  powdered  resin  ns  will  lay  ou 
a  dime,  and  throw  in  half  a  dozen  cloves  to  f 
give  it  a  pleasant  odor.  Have  on  the  tire  a  ; 
teacup  of  boiling  water,  pour  the  flour  mix-  j 
ture  into  it,  stirring  well  at  the  time.  In  a  ‘ 
few  minutes  it  will  bo  of  the  consistency  of  • 
mush.  Pour  it  into  an  earthen  or  china  ves-  i 
sel  ;  let  it  cool  ;  lay  a  cover  on,  and  put  in  a, 
cool  place.  When  needed  for  use,  take  out  a  j 
portion  .and  so l ten  it  with  warm  water. 
Paste  thus  made  will  last  twelve  months.  It, 
is  better  than  gum,  as  it  doos  not  gloss  the' 
paper,  and  can  be  written  on. 

■ - ♦-*-♦ -  , 

SCIENTIFIC  AND  USEFUL  NOTES. 

Freezing  of  Sap  in  Winter  : — A  remarkable 
paper  has  recently  been  contributed  to  a 
German  magazine,  by  Prof.  Mohr,  showing 
not  only  that  the  sap  does  not  freeze  in  trees 
and  plants  which  live  through  hard  winters, 
but  also  the  reason  why  it  docs  not.  freeze. 
He  says  that  though  it  is  true  water  as  we 
generally  see  and  understand  it,  freezes  at 
thirty-two  degrees,  it  does  not  do  so  when  its 
particles  are  finely  divided.  Tropical  plants 
have  large  cells,  and  these  are  the  ones  in 
which  the  gap  freezes;  but  in  plants  with 
very  small  cells  in  which  the  liquid  particles 
tire  finely  divided,  there  is  no  freezing  of  the 
liquids  until  after  the  structure  has  received 
injury  of  some  sort.  This  is  true  he  says  of 
iu  sects  and  insect  pupae.  They  never  freeze ; 
but  i 'Tit.  one  apart,  soon  after  the  humors 
solidify,  and  on  thawing  life  flies. 

Lime  for  Preserving  Timber.— A  writer  in 
Chambers's  Journal  says  that  certain  facts 
have  been  made  known  which  show  that 
lime  is  a  good  preserver  of  timber.  Ships 
and  barges  used  for  the  transport  of  lime  last 
longer  than  others.  A  small  coasting  schoon¬ 
er,  laden  with  lime,  was  cast  ashore  and  sunk. 
She  was  raised  and  set  afloat  once  more,  and 
remained  sound  fyr  thirty  years.  Again,  a 
platform  of  nine  planks  was  used  to  mix 
mortar  on  during  three,  generations  ;  then, 
being  no  longer  required,  was  neglected,  and 
at  length  was  hidden  by  grass  that  grew 
over  it.  Sixty  years  afterwards,  on  clearing 
tlie  ground,  it  was  discovered  sound  and 
well-preserved. 

Zinc  Signs. — The  Manufacturer  and  Build¬ 
er  gives  the  following  recipe  for  lettering 
zino  labels  : — Two  parts  acetate  of  copper 
(verdigris),  2  parts  chloride  of  ammonium 
(sal-ammoniac),  1  part  lampblack,  20  parts 
water  ;  mix  well  In  a  glass-stoppered  bottle, 
aud  shake  before  using.  For  flue  lettering, 
you  may  apply  it  by  means  of  a  blunt-point¬ 
ed  steel  pen. 

Tragacanth  Mucilage. — Take  ol'  powdered 
trugacanth,  l  dram  ;  glycerine,  0  drams  ; 
water,  enough  to  make  in  all  10  ounces.  Rub 
tli e  tragacanth  in  a  mortar  with  the  glycer¬ 
ine  and  then  add  the  water.  This  will  pro* 

‘  dliee  a  mucilage  at  once  of  excellent  quality. 

lilack  Branding  ink.— Triturate  together 
1  part  of  pine  soot  and  2  parts  of  Prussian 
blue  with  a  little  glycerine  ;  then  add  0  parts 
J-  of  gum-arabic  and  sufficient  glycerine  to 
form  a  suitable  paste. 


CAPACITY 


HONEY  BOXES. 


A  writer  (we  don’t  kuow  who  nor  where 
it  first  appeared)  makes  the  following  state¬ 
ment  :— After  weighing  a  great  many  boxes 
of  different  sizes,  and  figuring  it  all  out,  I 
have  found,  as  a  rule,  that  a  box  when  filled 
with  newly-made  comb,  and  the.  honey  all 
sealed  over,  will  contain  three  pounds  of 
honey  to  every  one  hundred  cubic  inches  of 
snare  contained  in  the  box  Tims  a  box  ten 


space  contained  in  the  box  Tims  a  box  ten 
inches  long,  six  inches  wide,  live  inches  deep, 
inside  measure,  will  contain  tlireo  hundred 
cubic  inches  of  space,  and  will  consequently 
hold  nine  pounds,  when  filled  as  above  sta¬ 
ted.  This  rule  holds  good  with  any  size  of  a 
box,  from  twelve  pounds  down  to  five 
pounds.  Boxes  of  the  capacity  of  fifteen  to 
twenty  pounds  usually  contain  a  trifle  in 
excess  of  the  above  estimate,  while  tnoso  of 
twenty-five  pounds  capacity,  frequently  con¬ 
tain  two  or  three  pounds  in  excess. 

- - - - - 

■Winter.  Feed  for  Beks.— A  Gemma  apia¬ 
rian  has  exnerimented  for  twelve  years  with 
winter  food  for  bees,  and  says  A  mixture 
of  seven  parts  sugar  aud  four  parts  water, 
reduced  to  two  parts  sugar  and  one  part 
water,  gixes  a  simp  for  bees  as  healthy  and 
nourishing  as  the  best  honey.  This  mixture 
loses,  while  over  the  fire,  one  portion  of  its 
water,  thus  reducing  it.  to  two  parts  sugar 
aud  one  part  water— the  best  proportions. 


APPLE  TREE  BORERS. 

_________ 

I  wish  to  inquire  something  about  borers, 
especially  those  which  attack  the  Mountain 
ash  aud  apple  trees.  Those  found  in  the 
Mountain  ash  are  of  a  brown  color  and  about 
an  inch  long,  and  they  boro  directly  into  the 
solid  wood,  near  the  siirfa  e  of  the  ground. 
Those  iu  the  apple  trees  arc  of  a  lighter  color, 
and  work  between  t  he  bark  aiul  wood,  and 
when  the  bark  is  removed  they  fall  out. 
Any  Information  in  regard  to  these  pests  will 
be  thankfully  received. — W.  T.  Conklin, 
Luzerne  Co.,  Pet. 

The  two  kinds  of  borers  you  mention  at¬ 
tack  both  the  apple  and  Mountain  ash,  and 
we  frequently  find  them  in  the  same  tree. 

The  larger  borer  of  the  two,  which  you  found 
boring  into  the  solid  wood  of  the  Mountain 
ash,  is  the  larva,  of  a  very  pretty  beetle 
known  as  Saperda  Candida  of  Fabrictts,  or 
S.  hid  It  at  a  of  8  AY.  We  presume  Mr.  SAY 
named  it  IHvittala  because  it  has  two  longi¬ 
tudinal  white  stripes  on  the  back  ;  hut  as 
Farriops  named  and  described  before  Mr. 
Say,  bis  name  must  stand  in  lieu  of  the  lat¬ 
ter.  ThiB  beetle  i«  about  an  inch  long,  quite 
slender,  having  three  brown  and  two  white 
stripes  on  the  thorax  and  wing  covers.  It 
usually  .appears  iu  spring,  living  about,  at 
night  and  hiding  during  the  day. 

The  female  deposits  her  eggs  in  the  crev¬ 
ices  of  the  bark  near  t  he  gromid,  where  they 
soon  hatch,  the  grubs  boring  directly  into 
the  tree,  as  you  state.  Now  wc  have  always 
noticed  that  this  beetle  prefers  young  trees 
to  very  old  cues,  also,  those  trees  around  the 
stems  of  which  grass  and  weeds  have  been 
allowed  to  grow  through  the  summer  ;  and 
probably  for  the  very  good  reason  that  the 
bark  of  young  trees,  as  well  as  those  shaded, 
is  tender  ;  and  instinct  directing  the  female 
saperda  to  choos«  a  spot  where  her  young 
will  most  readily  find  the  food  required.  If 
instinct  guides  her  in  selecting  trees  belong¬ 
ing  to  the  same  family,  such  as  the  Apple, 
Mountain  ash  and  Hawthorn,  upon  which 
to  deposit  her  eggs,  it  certainly  would  not 
fail  to  aid  her  in  making  some  discriminat  ion 
in  finding  the  best  spot  upon  the  stem.  Now, 
i  his  little  beetle  docs  not  go  blundering  about 
laying  a  few  eggs  upon  the  Oak,  Hickory  or 
Spruce,  not  knowing  whether  her  young 
could  live  upon  this  wood  or  not ;  but  she 
knows  how  to  feed  her  offspring  much  bet¬ 
ter  than  many  bipeds  who  might  affect  to 
despise  so  minute  a  member  of  the  animal 
kingdom.  We  do  not  suppose  that  keeping 
the  ground  free  from  all  weeds  or  grass  about 
the  stems  of  trees  is  a  sure  preventive  against 
tho  attacks  of  tills  borer  ;  but  we  never  had 
a  tree  attacked  that  was  thus  cared  for,  al¬ 
though  these  insects  are  plentiful  enough  in 
orchards  near  by  which  arc  not  cultivated. 
But  for  a  certain  preventive,  we  would  say, 
firs!.,  dig  out  every  borer  in  the  trees  ;  then 
wrap  the  stems  from  the  surface  or  just 
below  it,  and  upward  one  or  two  feet,  with 
heavy  straw  paper,  painting  the  outside  of 
it  with  tar.  A  small  quantity  of  ashes  or 
lime  heaped  about  the  stems  will  sometimes 
{  prevent  the  attacks  of  this  insect  ;  but.  with 
?  all  the  various  preventives,  an  examination 
}  of  the  stems  once  or  twice  a  year  will  be 
time  well  spent. 

The  other  borer,  to  which  you  refer  as 
feeding  between  the  bark  and  wood,  is  quite 
generally  known  as  the  Flat-headed  apple 
tree  borer,  and  is  the  larva  of  a  beetle  known 
:  to  Entomologists  as  Chrywhathris  fnnorata, 
Fabr.  This  beetle  is  about,  a  half  inch  long, 
rather  flat,  of  a  greenish-black  color,  the 
e  under  side  haring  the  appearance  of  polished 
.  copper,  it  does  not  Confine  itself  to  the 
s  Apple,  Mountain  ask  or  other  trees  of  the 
I  same  family,  Imt  attacks  the  Maples  and 

I  probably  several  other  kinds  of  trees.  As 

II  the  female  does  not  always  deposit,  her  eggs 
f  at  the  base  of  the  stem,  the  application  of 
f  preventives  is  more  difficult  than  with  the 
n  first-mentioned  insect ;  but  several  applica- 
N  tions  of  soap  to  the  stems  and  branches  dur- 
'!  ing  the  summer,  will  usually  prevent  them 
l.  frbra  doing  any  considerable  damage. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NOTES. 

Phylloxera  Remedy. — A  Paris  correspond¬ 
ent  says  : — Apart  from  flooding  vines,  a  new 
means  of  killing  the  Phylloxera  is  to  bore 
three  holes,  two  feet  deep,  by  means  of  a 
dibble  and  a  mullet,  around  the  root  of  the 
vine,  pour  into  each  hole  D*  ounces  carhuret 
of  sulphur  called  also  sulphuret  of  carbon 
and  alcohol  of  sulphur;  cover  iu  the  hole, 
hut  do  nob  water,  the.  liquid  evaporates  rap¬ 
idly,  and  its  terrible  fetid  smell  and  acid 
burning  taste  destroy  in  a  week  every  bug 
iu  its  vicinity. 


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SATURDAY,  NOVEMBER  29,  1373. 

LOVE  OF  AGRICULTURE. 

A  young  man  writes  us  that  he  haw  always 
had  a  great  desire  to  become  an  agriculturist, 
but  he  is  not  quite  sure  whether  he  should  like 
it  or  not,  and  asks  whether  we  would  advise 
him  to  leave  a  fair  salary  in  a  respectable  mer¬ 
cantile  house  and  go  on  to  a  farm  whether  wc 
think  lie  could  succeed  or  not.  This  is  one  or 
many  such  conundrums  that  come  to  us  every 
year,  from  young  and  old  men.  Wo  reply  ; 

1.  We  do  not  ad  vise  a  man  successfully  en¬ 
gaged  in  one  business  to  leave  it  for  another, 
unless  a  question  of  heal th  or  the  happiness 
and  future  of  his  family  is  involved. 

2.  Success  will  depend  upon  willingness  to 
work,  patience  to  loam  and  wait,  and  upon  tho 
love  of  the  vocation,  which  may  lie  inspired  by 
pursuing  it,  as  well  as  upon  the  intelligent  ob¬ 
servation  and  business  system  with  which  It  is 
pursued. 

3.,  The  boat  agriculturists  are  those  who  are 
most  in  love  with  Die  pursuit  of  agriculture. 
The  love  of  agriculture  as  a  pursuit  is  born  or 
the  cJ»se3t  attention  to  it  and  study  of  the 
wonderful  processes  involved  in  production. 
One  reason,  we  think,  why  there  is  not  a  more 
enthusiastic  devotion  to  it  as  a  pursuit  is  that 
it  is  regarded  a  merely  manual  exercise  und  as 
not.  involving  mental  effort.  The  scientific 
man  wuo  takes  up  any  department  of  science 
as  a  specialty,  falls  in  love  with  it  because  his 
zealous  iuvestigal ions  into  i lie  roason  of  tilings 
opens  to  him  new  and  interesting  paths  to  pur¬ 
sue  at  every' stop,  it  is  so  with  furui  expert-  I 


Helping  English  Laborers  to  Come  Hither. — 
Last  week  we  alluded  to  the  fact  that  Mr.  Arch, 
through  hla  agent,  asks  American  farmers  to 
advance  tho  mean*  to  bring  English  farm  labor¬ 
ers  hither.  Ho  give*  as  a  reason  for  this  de¬ 
mand  that  the  Dominion  Government  and 
1  Authorities  of  Ontario,  Canada  advance  suffi¬ 
cient  fund*  to  reduce  the  passage  of  adults  to 
only  .£1  per  head  ;  and  because  t  ids  is  done,  our 
farmers,  who  need  skilled  labor  as  badly  as 
Canada,  are  expected  to  do  the  same  thing. 
Wc  hopo  there  is  not  an  American  farmer  ver¬ 
dant  enough  to  do  any  such  thing.  Two-thirds 
of  these  English  laborers  that  Ontario  will  im¬ 
port,  will  Und  tlicir  way  to  the  States  ultimate¬ 
ly.  "Skilled  labor!”  Yes  we  do  need  skilled 
farm  labor ;  but  it  requires  three  to  five  years 
for  “  skilled  "  EngJLsh  laborers  to  get  their  con¬ 
ceit  knocked  out  of  them  and  their  stubborn 
John  Bullishness  softened  into  adaptability  to 
American  habits  mid  methods.  If  we  pay  for 
getting  them  here  thoir  national  vanity  will 
load  them  to  suppose  that  wc  cannot  get  along 
without  them.  The  experiment,  has  been  made 
of  importing  English  farm  laborers  into  some 
of  the  Southern  States;  but  we  have  yet  to 
learn  of  a  single  instance  where  it  has  resulted 
satisfactorily  to  t  he  importers.  If  Englishmen 
want,  to  come  hit  tier  Jet  them  pay  their  own 
passage  and  take  their  etiances  with  the  rest  of 
mankind.  Otherwise  they  will  have  no  appre¬ 
ciation  of  the  advantages  offered  lu  re  to  those 
who  are  not  satisfied  to  stay  at  home. 

■  »♦* - 

Horse  Epizootic  Again — Dr.  W*.  EIoknk, 
a  western  veterinary  surgeon,  says,  in  a  recent 
number  of  the  Western  Farmer,  “There  is 
every  Indication  that,  without  great  care,  we 
shall  have  another  visitation  of  an  epizootic 
which  .seems  to  tie  of  a  worse  and  more  fatal 
type  than  the  one  we  passed  through  last  year 
and  which  made  itself  so  terribly  felt.”  This 
opinion  is  based  upon  liis  knowledge  of  the 
condition  of  many  horses  throughout  the 
country.  He  adds: 

I  am  afraid,  if  groat  precautionary  measures 
are  not  observed,  wo  shall  have  another  visita¬ 
tion  which,  if  not  of  so  universal  a  nature,  will 
be  worse,  ranch  worse  for  those  whom  the 
malady  doea  attack*  I  would  t*ho 

strictest  sanitary  measures  good  food,  clean¬ 
liness,  a  bountiful  supply  of  pure  air,  care  in 
working,  above  all,  promptness  in  socuringlhc 
best  aid  as  soon  as  the  disease  shows  itself. 

The  symptoms  of  the  disease  are  that  the 
animal  la  taken  with  a  cough  ;  throat  seems 
sore,  sometimes  swelled  ;  animal  discharges 
from  tho  nose;  seems  cold;  loses  appetite.  Dr. 
Horne  says : 

I  would  recommend,  as  soon  as  the  throat 
|  becomes  sore,  that  either  a  strong  blister  be 
applied  or  a  very  powerful  liniment  —  equal 
parts  turpentine  and  oil  well  mixed,  and  well 
rubbed  in;  and  to  stop  irritation  anti  cough, 
give  geisemlmim  one  dram,  fluid  extract  lobe¬ 
lia  two  nriiins,  a  few  drops  over  the  tongue  at 
a  Jn™;,  ?ften'  “,ir!  wash  mom  h  and  nostrils 
wit  h  I  ildsui  A  Co.  s  Broniu  Chloraluru,  one  to 
eight  of  water.  Give  apart  from  the  other 
meuiotne.  half  an  ounce  Tilflen’s  lodo-lirotulde 
Calcium  Compound  in  one  oz.  water;  this  Isa 
powerlul  alterative. 


while  hundreds  of  plantations  are  lying  quite 
idle,  being  eaten  up  with  taxes,  and  their  broad 
acres  fast  growing  up  to  weeds,  and  retrograd¬ 
ing  to  the  condition  in  which  De  Soto  found 
them.” 

Illinois  Industrial  University, — In  our  issue  of 
Nov.  1,  we  gave  currency  to  a  statement  by  the 
regular  correspondent  of  the  Country  Gentle¬ 
man  that  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  this  insti¬ 
tution  “have  put  a  stop  to  all  experiment^  in 
field  and  garden  culture,  and  have,  by  resolu¬ 
tion,  given  over  the  apartment  in  the  new 
building  devoted  to  agriculture  to  the  professor 
of  chemistry.  They  are,  moreover,  discussing 
t  he  propriety  of  disposing  of  tho  Short-Horns, 
Here  fords,  Jerseys,  Ayrshlres,  and  Devons  here¬ 
tofore  collected  at  great  expense,  and  of  selling 
the  University  farm."  A  correspondent  of  the 
Prairie  Farmer,  referring  to  this  statement 
says : 

How  win®  this  correspondent  to  know  these 
t  ilings i  he  Regent  or  the  l  niversity,  the  Pres¬ 
ident  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  the  Superin¬ 
tendent  of  the  I  urm  have  each  denied  any 
knowledge  of  slich  intention*,  i  am  well  con- 
v  ip  cod  thore  hnvo  no  official  rccotuoiond- 

tttions  of  the  kind,  lint  on  the  oilier  hand,  the 
practical  in&eroitJ*  of  tho  university  have  boon 
uppermost  in  tho  minds  of  tho  officers,  from 
the  highest  to  the  lowest.  None  know  this 
bett  er  than  t  lie  students,  all  of  whom  are  now 
required  to  take  at  least  two  studies  deemed 
‘closely  related  to  agriculture  and  the  me¬ 
chanic  arts;  and  the  spirit  is  such  among 
them  that  tins  i-,  cheerfully  compiled  with. 

■ - - - 0*4 - 

Tea  Adulteration*.— The  New  York  Bulletin 
says If  the  public  will  have  their  tea  at  a  low 
price,  there  will  always  be  found  men  who  will 
mix  this  low  priced  trash  with  tho  better  sorts 
to  enable  them  to  make  a  profit  on  their  sales 
and  ut  the  same  time  undersoil  their  neighbors, 
.and  no  Government  surveillance  can  prevent 
it.  We  liavo  no  “Adulterations  Act”  of  the 
English  description  in  the  United  States;  but 
we  have,  or  ought  to  have,  a  guarantee  against 
tho  imposition*  complained  of  in  the  high 
character  of  tho  importers.  The  worst  adul¬ 
terations  of  foreign  merchandise,  so  far  as  New 
York  is  concerned,  according  to  tho  testimony 
of  the  Board  of  Health,  take  place,  not  at  the 
place  of  production,  hut  here  at  home,  after  it 
lias  beon  passed  lb®  Custom  House.  It  is  cer¬ 
tainly  a  very  vile  proceeding  on  the  part,  of  the 
Chinaman  to  put  Iron  filings  in  our  to®,  but  wo 
liavo  people  in  New  York  who  can  and  do  boat 
him  at  that.  The  grievance  is  one  of  long 
standing,  but  if  ever  an  effective  corrective  is 
to  be  applied,  wc  are  Inclined  to  think  it  must 
be  by  quickening  the  moral  sense  of  the  seller 
rather  t  han  by  clamorous  invocations  to  “  Gov¬ 
ernment.” 

- 4*4 - 

Partin’*  Steam  Plow  has  recently  had  a  trial 
in  California  and  Judging  by  the  reports,  with 
success.  The  Sacramento  Record  say* : 

The  machine  was  set  in  motion  on  »  wheat 
stubble  field .  The  soil  was  a  stiff  clay,  or  day 
adobe.  The  grain  had  been  bunded,  and  it  was 
soon  found  t  hat  the  eight-gang  plows  brought 
iroin  Illinois  were  not  adapted  to  the  work  to 
wtiieh  they  were  put,  and  they  were  detached, 
and  in  their  place  was  subst  ituted  a  large  t  hroe- 
gang  plow'  and  a  two-gang  plow,  each  plow  cat¬ 
ling  a  twelve-inch  wide  furrow.  These  plows 
were  put  down  five  and  six  inches,  and  the 
engine  with  forty  pounds  of  stoatn,  walked  off 
easily.  A  drag  was  thou  also  attached,  and 
twelve  nidi  got  on  tho  frames  of  the  plows, 
tuid  the  drag  and  tho  plows  were  sunk  in  from 
ten  to  twelve  inches,  and  with  eighty  pounds 
of  steam  she  pulled  them  along  as  easily.  This 


ly  issued  Catalogue  of  the  institution,  as  thus 
employed 21  farmers,  7  fruit  growers,  4  engi¬ 
neers,  4  druggists,  2  mechanics,  7  business 
agents,  8  lawyers,  1  clergyman,  l  physician,  1 
editor,  12  professors  and  teachers,  most  of 
whom  arc  connected  with  agricultural  colleges 
and  several  of  whom  have  charge  of  farms  or 
gardens. 

Ca»h  and  Economy  vs.  Credit  In  the  South. _ 

The  Mississippi  State  Grange  of  Patrons  of 
Husbandry  are  doing  a  good  thing;  for  it,  by 
resolution,  requires  the  Lecturer  of  each  sub¬ 
ordinate  Grange  to  submit  to  the  Grange  of 
which  he  is  the  lecturer,  the  following  Pledge 
of  Economy : 

Each  member  of  this  Grange  is  hereby 
pledged  to  the  strictest  economy  in  the  man¬ 
agement  of  Ids  farming  and  other  business,  un¬ 
til  lie  places  them  on  a  cash  basis. 

Then  another  resolution  requires  tho  Lec¬ 
turer  “  to  keep  constantly  before  the  members 
of  his  Grange,  by  lectures  and  otherwise,  the 
great  difference  between  cash  and  credit  prices, 
and  the  impossibility  of  cariying  our.  the  ob¬ 
jects  of  the  Order  without  the  practice  of  the 
cheapest  economy,  until  the  farming  interests 
are  put  upon  a  cosh  basis.”  Now,  if  this  is 
done  and  the  planters  of  Mississippi  once  ig¬ 
nore  the  credit  system  and  pay  cash  as  they 
go,  they  w-iil  telicvo  themselves  of  the  greatest 
burden  that  ever  weighed  them  down.  Wo 
commend  the  same  policy  to  all  farmers  in  all 
States. 

The  Rural  Club  of  New  York  recently  ate  a 
good  dinner  at  Dei.mONICO’s,  listened  to  an  in¬ 
teresting,  carefully  prepared  aud  valuable  ad¬ 
dress  by  J.  K.  Dodge,  Statistician  of  tho  De¬ 
partment  of  Agriculture,  upon  “  Agriculture 
in  the  Old  World,”  bad  a  pleasant  social  time, 
and  adjourned.  Mr.  Dodge's  paper  deserves 
more  space  than  wo  have  thus  far  been  ablo  to 
afford  it,  but  we  hope  to  make  liberal  extracts 
from  it  hereafter. 


RURAL  BREVITIES. 

The  Illinois  State  Farmers’ Association  meets 
at  Decatur,  ill.,  Dec.  18. 

Dr.  A.  G.  Chase  has  dissolved  his  connection 
witli  the  Kansas  Fanner. 

A  State  Grange  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry  has 
been  organized  in  Texas. 

Vick’s  Floral  Guido  for  1874  has  reached  us. 
It  is  very  ncao  aud  complete— as  usual. 

The  Texas  Farm  and  Home  is  the  name  of  a 
new  agricultural  monthly  published  at  Calvert, 
Texas. 

Another  new  agricultural  paper  has  ap¬ 
peared,  called  Tho  Valley  Farmer,  published  at 
Tuscurabia,  Ala. 

.Stanislaus  Co.,  Cal.,  has  230  farms  of  over 
five  hundred  acres  each— ranging  from  501  to 
30,14s  acres. 

The  National  Grange  of  Patrons  of  Hus¬ 
bandry  meets  In  8t.  Louis,  Mo.,  the  first  Wed¬ 
nesday  in  February. 

Pres.  Welch  of  the  Iowa  Bute  Agricultural 
College  lias  tendered  his  resignation,  in  order 
to  accept  a  position  in  Arkansas. 

M  e  had  suppor.t d  that  all  male  members  of  a 
Grange  wore  hats;  but  It,  is  just,  announced 
that "  Granger  hats  arc  introduced.” 

T.  C.,  Collamer,  Pa.,  is  informed  that  we  do 
not  know  that  tho  picture  he  speaks  of  is  pur¬ 
chasable;  nor  if  tt  is,  wnero  it  ,.an  be  obtained. 

We  have  from  K.  W.  Bus  well  Secretary,  a 


Thu  Million  Uollnr  Telescope — A  proposition 
for  the  construction  or  a  million  dollar  tele¬ 
scope  to  bo  located  upon  some  of  the  high 
points  of  t  ho  Sierra  Nevada  has  been  noticed  in 
these  columns.  Prof.  Gko.  Davidson,  in  a 
rcuont  address  before  the  California  Academy 
of  3cionc.es  made  tho  follow iug  remarks  ; 

"  With  a  telescope  of  the  largest,  size  and 
must  consummate  workmanship  Hint  American 
skill  cun  devise,  properly  located  ten  thousand 


Neglectful  Patrons.  —  In  Iowa  there  is  com¬ 
plaint.  .of  the  non-attendance  of  Patrons  of 
Husbandry  at  tlie  Grange  meetings.  Even  th® 
officers  are  neglectful  of  their  duties.  In  an- 
swer  to  such  complaints,  the  Grand  Master  of 
Dio  State  Grange  gives  the  following  advice: 

Our  advice  is.  especially  in  regard  to  the  offi¬ 
cers,  to  bring  charges  against  them  Tor  neglect 
of  duty,  and  if  found  guilty,  to  depose  them 
from  their  places  und  elect  good  and  efficient 
men  in  their  places.  The  non-attendance  of 


and  methods.  Tt  is  the  absence  of  just,  such  Uicnts  and  methods  which  those  instruments 
stimulus  for  the  mind  that  makes  farm  life  a  al  no  dl^ 

drudgery  and  monotony.  V  hen  men  learn  to  problems  of  creation  that,  are  yet  bovomfour- 
observe  critically,  see  what  they  look  at,  and  pwUV  Such  an  outfit,  andsuch  provision  have 
think  of  what  they  see  on  the  farm,  they  will  tbe  objects  of  James  Lick;  and 

vain  plrtl*v  ii  riH  nhrtiinurl  Lie  - 


BUSINESS  ORGANIZATION. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  thousands  of  dollars 
may  be  saved  to  farmers  in  almost  every  neigh¬ 
borhood,  annually,  by  a  thoroughly  co-opera¬ 
tive  business  organization-in  the  way  of  pur¬ 
chasing  tarm  implements  and  machinery,  im¬ 
proved  stock,  groceries,  employing  labor,  etc., 
.uid  in  tiic  sale  of  produce.  But  such  organ¬ 
ization  must  l  c  built  up  upon  and  conducted 
according  to  tho  strictest  business  principles. 
Added,  it  must  or  ought  to  be  conducted  on  a 
cash  basis.  No  other  co-operat  ive  plan,  in  our 
judgment  can  succeed.  The  trouble  with  all 
co-operative  efforts  of  this  character,  so  far  as 
our  observation  and  knowledge  goes,  where, 
there  has  been  trouble,  is  that  they  have  been' 
run  upon  the  credit  system.  Added,  tnere  has 
been  a  failure  to  employ  thorough  business 
men ;  or  where  they  have  been  employed  they 
have  not  proven  themselves  disinterested 


vain  glory,  and  obtained  ids  permission  to  an¬ 
nounce  to  the  Academy  bis  intentions,  whion 
I  have  faintly  sketched  in  the  preceding  sen¬ 
tence.  There  wtU  be  no  let  or  hindrance  in 
carrying  out  his  views ;  tba  amp’est  means  are 
provided;  the  rarest  skill  has  been  invoked, 
arid  the  plana  are  taking  definite  and  practical 
shapo. 

- »♦« - - 

Sugar  Planting  in  Louisiana _ A  Louisiana 

correspondent  of  the  Chicago  Tribune  says: 
“  The  sugar  interest  for  this  State  has  been,  for 
tho  last  few  years,  a  waning  one.  For  sorao 
reason  the  sugar  planters  do  not  seem  to  make 
a  success  of  the  free  labor  system.  It  is  prob¬ 
able  that  the  fault,  is  not  60  much  in  the  system 
as  in  the  connection  with  it  of  the  extravagance 
of  detail  whioh  accompanied  the  old-time  way. 
At  all  events,  the  fact  is  patent,  that  this  most, 
profitable  of  all  agricultural  interests  in  ante¬ 
bellum  times  has  of  late  been  little  better  than 
a  maelstrom  into  which  many  an  unfortunate 
planter’s  fortune  has  been  engulfed.  The  num¬ 
ber  who  are  really  raakliv;  money  at  it  is  few,  J 


nil  interest  in  Grange  meetings  beshould  with¬ 
draw  iroui  t  he  Order. 

- »♦» 

Editors  ns  Officers  in  Grunge*.— Sometime 
since  u  Wisconsin  Patron  of  Husbandry  ex¬ 
pressed  the  wish  that  ths  Order  was  rid  of  the 
editors  belonging  thereto.  The  Prairie  Farmer, 
whose  editor  is  a  Patron,  thinks  the  gentleman 
failed  to  remember  the  work  done  for  the 
Order,  during  its  earlier  struggles,  by  the  edi- 
tors  who  belonged  to  it ;  but  it  asserts  that 
“  Had  Mr.  Brain abd  said  that  he  believed  that 
sufficient  journalists  were  holding  offices  in  the 
Order,  and  that  he  wished  they  were  well  out 
of  their  official  positions,  we  should  have  most 
cordially  agreed  with  him." 

- 4*4 - 

'..“The  Relation  of  Man  to  the  Other  Ani¬ 
mal*,’’  is  to  be  tiie  subject  of  six  lectures,  to 
be  delivered  in  Washington  tlie  coming  winter 
by  Louts  Agassiz,  in  which  it  is  understood 
lie  will  attack  and  undertake  to  refute  Dar¬ 
win’s  theory  of  the  evolution  of  species.  We 
believe  that  Agassiz  maiutains  that  all  the  J 
species  of  animal  existence  ore  the  result  of 
special  creations.  J 

- »-»« - 

The  Michigan  Agricultural  College  Gradu¬ 
ates,  previous  to  1873,  are  reported  by  the  recent- 


Henry  W.  Evans,  Bethel,  Kan.,  is  informed 
that,  in  our  opinion,  either  of  the  terms, 
’  How’s  your  woman?  ”  or  “  How's  your  wife  ?” 
is  correct. 

Wk  have  received  copies  of  the  Report  of  the 
Illinois  Department  of  Agriculture  lor  1872,  for 
Which  our  thanks  are  due  A.  M.  Garland, 
Secretary. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Cady  Stanton,  it  is  an¬ 
nounced,  will  address  the  Illinois  State  Farm¬ 
ers'  Association,  at  Decatur,  the  evening  of 
December  10. 

We  »ee  it  intimated  that  there  la  trouble  in 
the  Iowa  Agricultural  College,  it  is  too  bad  if 
it  is  true;  tor  we  buve  been  very  hopeful  con¬ 
cerning  that  institution. 

J'ue  young  ladies  at  Vaasar  College  are  re¬ 
ported  as  drinking  130  quarts  of  milk  everyday, 
swallow  Lxl  Its.  or  butter,  and  40  pounds  of 
sugar  for  pudding  sauce  for  one  dinner. 

Mr.  Nesmith,  lately  elected  to  Congressfroni 
Oregon,  is  called  a  genuine,  unadulterated 
Granger,  well  skilled  in  Farliumentory  usage,  a 
ready  debater  and  a  bold,  independent  man. 

The  cultivator  manufacturers  of  the  North¬ 
west  recently  met  ut  Chicago  and  are  reported 
as  “  unanimous  in  their  desire  to  establish  a 
uniform  price-list  and  to  rnuke  it  as  low  as 
possible.” 

The  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company  soid 
during  the  mouth  of  October,  1878,  10,351.82 
acres  ut  land,  at  an  average  price  of  $5.68  per 
?o7,^^L\UI'QoLlUtl,l^  $109,74^.86.  Bales  averaged 
Ld.dO  acres  to  each  pure  baser.  Total  sales  to 
Nov.  1st,  1873,  810,100.55  acres,  at  an  average 
price  of  $4,52per  acre,  amounting  to  £3,705, 201. -to. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES. 

What  so  fine  and  appropriate  for  a  Christmas 
or  Now  Year’s  present  for  the  children  as  that  ne 
and  splendid  card  game  of  Avilude.cr  Game  of  Birds, 
with  its  thirty-two  beautiful  pictures  of  birds  and 
thirty-two  descriptions.  Unequaled  as  a  game.  A 
continual  source  of  enjoyment  and  instruction.  Sold 
byall  dealers,  orsent  post-paid, on  recelptof  seventy- 
live  cents,  by  West  &  Lee,  Worcester,  Mass. 


“That’s  just  it,”  I  repliod.  “It  is  the  only 
enjoyment  I  can  afford,  for  it  costs  nothing. 
We  would  go  and  console  each  other  by  com¬ 
paring  our  miseries  In  the  garden  yonder,  only 
the  chairs  will  cost  tie  four  sous,  r  should  feel 
rich  its  a  princess  If  t  was  worth  10  cents.  How 
are  you  spending  your  time?” 

“  In  the  most  miserable  way ;  there's  no  other 
word  to  express  my  condition.  Only  to-day  I 
received  a  letter  from  father;  but.  ho  never 


“Worse!”  he  exclaimed;  “You  actually 
have  the  cruelty  to  make  fun  of  mol  Now,  I 
suppose  you  think  you’re  miserable  because 
you  have  been  awaiting  flltliy  lucre  that  hasn’t 
come,  and  have  contemplated  writing  ‘The 
Romance  of  a  Poor  youh^  Woman, "  or  com¬ 
mitting  suicide.  But  you  are  a  thousand  times 
happier  than  many  others.  You  haven’t  a 
drunken  husband,  nor  six  children  all  sick 
with  the  measles,  nor  a  grandmother  in  jail. 


Poverty  Is  the  1 
versify  has  (is  uses 
know  what  it  Is  t< 
porarlly,  financial  c  .. 
a  hard  knot,  have  bei 
at  least  of  Uisclplin 


mother  of  invention,  and  ad- 
aml  as  »<une  people  nevor 
suffer  eithc",  unless  tem¬ 
pos  which  tie  money  up  In 
icllclal  results  in  the  way 

rr  ..  ■  oby  Hiving  those  children 

c.f  fortune  a  dose  of  privation. 

The  great  subject  now  of  interest  in  Franco 
is  the  trial  of  Marshal  Haz.um;  for  treason  at 
ile  *  during  the  Franco- Prussian  war.  It  la 
believed  that  ho  abandoned  Metz  to  the  Fims- 
sians  without  having  exhausted  all  proper  and 
available  moans  for  its  further  defence.  The 
trial  will  be  long;  the  mass  of  evidence  Is 
enormous,  ir  found  guilty,  he  will  bo  shot. 
No  country  but  our  own  can  afford  to  narrinn 


OUR  EUROPEAN  LETTER, 


“  <*•»»”  "sou  queer  ideas  or  “our 
country  !"  It  is  not  uncommon  t.o  meet  wi  th 
the  country  people  who  fancy  that  Americans, 
native  born,  are  black  like  negroes  or  red  like 
Indians ;  that  we  live  In  a  soinl-barbaroua  way, 

— . -ho  clviliza- 

rhen  there  are  others  who  im- 
money  on  trees  like  ap- 
toracy In  the  laud  of 
country  Is  a  land  of 
poverty  oriterotii  not.  Only  the 

-  - jaruing  that  I 

une  vrai 
native 
thank  God. 
tempos  ho  had 
ordered  for  dessert.  “  Vou  havn’t  such  grapes 
as  these  in  your  country,”  ho  said. 

”  Vos,  we  have,"  j  replied;  “  preolsely  the 
same,  and  many  others  much  better." 

“  Bdt  I  suppose  you  have  no  wines  ?" 
“American  wines  areooneodad  to  be  the  best 
in  the  world  by  unhiimsed  judges.” 

“  Vratimntt  But  you  cannot  get  a  dinner 
like  ibis  in  New  York  for  the  same  money?" 

I  erhapB  not !  but  one  can  live  quite  us  well 
there  as  here  for  the  same  money." 

“  But  you  are  all  republicans;  I  suppose  your 
washerwoman  is  as  good  as  you  are?" 

"  Yes,  In  one  sense  she  may  bo,  or  oven  bet¬ 
tor." 

“Ami  do  you  invito  her  to  dinner?  you  have 
no  aristocracy.” 

"  Wo  have  loo  much  ;  wo  have  moro  aristoc¬ 
racy  than  you  have  in  France,  but  less  of  caste. 
Anybody  can  stop  over  the  dividing  lino  who 
has  the  wit  and  energy  to  do  it.  Yours  is  an 
aristocracy  of'  birth,  ours  of  brains.  You  may 
judge  which  is  worth  the  most." 

“  How  do  you  find  the  French  ?” 

“  Lazy  and  cowardly." 

“  Comment  I  How  can  you  think  that !” 

“Because you  haven't,  the  energy  to  maintain 
your  Republlcjuc,  and  because  you  are  afraid  of 
the  development,  il  will  give  to  the  lower  classes. 
You  would  soli  your  souls  for  the  sake  or  polit¬ 
ical  repose,  and  don't  care  to  look  ahoad  of 
next  5  ear,  to  '  <  >rosee  what  disasters  might  come 
with  a  king.  You  would  put  Henky  V.  or  Na- 


and  ought  to  ho  overwhelmed  with  M 
tion  of  Paris.  T‘ 
aginc  Americans  raise  r~  - 
pies ;  that,  there  Is  no  aristi 
the  freo,  and  that  the 

palaces,  where  p  * — *  _ 

other  day  a  stranger  at  table,  le; 
w,-i«  American,  asked  me  if  I  was" 
Americnlno,"  meaning  if  I  was  a  real 
born  subject.  I  told  him  1  was, 

He  pointed  to  some  white 


WOMAN  AND  MAN  OF  GAM  AN  AND  ASHANTEE  SOLDIER 

seemed  to  think  that  the  last,  chock  ho  sent 
mo  was  good  for  nothing,  and  I've  yet  to  hear 
of  anybody  whoso  relations  at  home  manifested 
the  thoughtfulness  to  send  at  once  a  remit¬ 
tance,  no  matter  how  small,  in  case  their 
friends  over  here  found  themselves  victims  of 
loss.  I  can’t  go  anywhere,  for  I've  no  money. 

I  can't  ride,  nor  dine  out,  nor  buy  a  cigar.  Only 
think  or  it,  when  i  always  smoked  sta  a  day  I" 

“Well,  that  is  certainly  the  most  heart-rend- 


nor  a  house  on  fire,  nor  a  cancer  in  your  head ! 
Vou  are  neither  blind,  lame,  M(|uint.-eyed, 
tongue-tied,  bald-headed;  neither  have  you 
lost  your  last  pair  of  gloves.  There’s  Aunt 
Fanny  has  actually  been  obliged  to  coniine  her¬ 
self  to  one  cup  of  toa  a  day,  and  she  always 
drank  three  ;  and  Kate  is  wretched  because  she 
can’t,  buy  the  daily  papers,  and  Tom  Jones  be¬ 
cause  ho  can’t  go  to  the  theaters,  and  so  on  ; 
every  American  has  his  own  particular,  special 


THE  NORMAN  FACE, 


Slightest  degree  exaggerated  its  lofty  and  ex¬ 
quisite  character.  The  men,  in  their  way,  are 
as  handsome  us  the  women.  They  have  the  line 
oval  face,  sedate,  bright  eyes,  and  clear  com¬ 
plexion  of  the  old  race.  You  look  in  vain  for 
evidence  cf  their  Teutonic  descent  in  these 
sculpcurerl  features,  the  skin  and  hair  alone 
suggesting  a  reminiscence  of  their  Saxon  an¬ 
cestry.  The  women  are  remark abl a  for  the 
natural  dignity  of  their  carriage,  which  har¬ 
monizes  strikingly  with  their  tall  and  com¬ 
manding  figures,  and  the  gravity  and  reserve  of 
their  expressions.  Like  the  men,  their  faces 
are  oval,  with  tho  slightly  aquiline  nose,  large, 
dashing  eyes,  and  curved  Ups.  Their  complex¬ 
ions  are  peculiarly  transparent,  the  cheeks 
mantling  over  with  a  blush  rich  in  color,  but 
delicate  In  its  diffusion.  A  smile  sits  in  their 
eyes,  but  the  most  inquisitive  observer  cannot 
defect  in  their  look.'1  or  manners  the  slightest 
indication  of  levity.  A  sweet  seriousness  is 
their  predominant  characteristic.  Il  ls  strange 
enough  to  an  Englishman  to  meet  groups  of 
those  people,  men  and  women,  reproducing 
before  his  eyes  that  famous  Norman  head  with 
which  all  are  so  familiar.  It  carries  you  back 
at  once  to  the  eleventh  century.  Wherever  he 


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MOORE’S  RURAL  MEW -  YORKER 


NOV.  29 


IN  EXTREMIS. 


ji v  UK  KojitiKHr  r.  ut'MatnsoN. 

I  kit  ine  down  boro  by  thy  stile,  U,  lake, 

And  gu/.e  upon  tliy  bosom  cold  and  clear ; 

And  struggle  lest  my  poor  heart  break, 

And  strive  In  vain  to  cheek  the  hcaldlug  tour. 

The  silvery  moon  looks  coldly  down  on  me. 

The  moaning  of  the  rlght-ivlnd  rends  my  soul ; 

1  long  to  hide  my  aching  heart  In  thee. 

That  I  may  sooner  find  my  sough  t-for  goal. 

“Too  young!”  they  toll  roe,  “to  have  sorrow 
known, — 

That  life  must  yet  forsooth  l>«  fair  and  bright.” 
They  know  not  t  hat  ray  sorrows  are  ray  crown  ; 

My  life  shall  And  Its  day  hut  In  their  night. 

And  so,  dear  take,  I  com*  to  thea  for  rest; 

Knfold  me  gently,  lmthc  ray  selling  head. 

There,  let  ran  lean  upon  t.hy  willing  hreast; 
To-morrow  lot  them  speak  of  mo— as  dead  ! 


<®ttr  $toTg-®^ltyr. 


MY  THANKSGIVING, 


BY  MRS.  MARY  D.  I1RINB. 


Thanksgiving  Day  was  approaching.  Al¬ 
ready  Turkeydorn  had  yielded  Its  annual  num¬ 
ber  of  martyrs  to  the  cause,  and  rows  of  the 
same  hung  suspended  for  tho  critical  examina¬ 
tion  of  housekeeper#  at  every  grocery  and 
butcher’s  chop  within  tho  city.  It  l&ckod  but 
a  week  of  t  he  nay  of  glorious  family  gatherings 
and  groaning  tables,  and  I  sat  disconsolately, 
late  one  afternoon,  beside  the  window,  watch¬ 
ing  the  passers-by,  and  breaking  tho  tenth 
commandment  with  considerable  energy.  1 
remember  what  a  little,  uncomfortable  room 
It  was  wherein  wc  sat,  naatmna  and  I.  on  this 
dreary  November  aflerxoon,  while  the  twilight 
shadows  were  closing  rapidly  about  us.  The 
third  floor  of  a  plain  though  respect  able  board- 
ing-houso-  a  front  room,  (hotter,  to  be  sure, 
than  a  back  one  would  have  been,)  but  so 
plainly  furnished  as  to  look  absolutely  dreary. 
Such  a  carpet!  and  such  curtains  J  One  could 
have  shot  peas  through  the  coarse  material 
without  lu  tho  least  injuring  tho  fabric!  A 
hideous  portrait  of  some  ancient  maiden  glared 
crossly  down  at  ns  from  the  wall  over  tho  man¬ 
tle-piece  ;  anti  wo  had  never  dared  express  a 
desire  for  ita  removal,  for  the  reason  that  it 
represented  some  relative  of  our  landlady,  and 
we  feared  she  would  wax  wroth,  and  make 
that,  fact  evident  to  us  In  various  ways  which 
are  well  known  to  landladies.  There  was  one 
rocking  chair  In  tho  room,  which,  by  virtue  or 
her  age,  of  course,  niamnis  always  occupied, 
and  In  which,  by  the  way,  she  never  took  much 
comfort,  as  the  short,  stubby  rocker#  continu¬ 
ally  threatened  an  overthrow  of  the  whole  cun- 
corn.  Then  the  boil ;  well,  it  was  evidently  In¬ 
tended  for  a  single  person,  (a  very  thin  ono  at 
that,)  and  possibly  was  large  enough,  but  there 
Was  certainly  too  much  of  poor,  fat  mamma 
and  myself  to  soil  Its  proportions  comfortably  ; 
and  a#  the  bed  never  seemed  quite  certain  of 
it#  own  stability,  but  croaked  and  groaned  with 
every  movement  of  our#,  It  cannot  lie  much 
wondered  at  that  a  night’s  repose  upon  that 
affair  did  not  usually  furnish  us  with  much  re¬ 
freshment  of  soul  and  body. 

Two  miserable  chairs  completed  the  furnish¬ 
ing  of  this  luxurious  appartment,  and  within 
It  I  sat.  gloomy  and  out  of  sorts.  Mamma  sal 
placidly  darning  stockings  beside  I  be  other 
window,  and  any  one  would  have  known,  look¬ 
ing  at  her  fine,  aristocratic  features  beholding 
the  unconscious  air  of  refinement  and  bnutem 
that  betrayed  itself  lu  every  movement,  that 
cheap  dresses  and  miserable  lodging#  hail  not 
always  been  her  portion  lu  life.  The  poverty 
which  for  nearly  two  years  had  hugged  us  so 
closely  could  not  rob  mamma  of  her  birthright, 
and  I  was  very  proud  of  her  dear,  handsome 
old  self.  be  grow  darker  outside,  and  mamma 
put  away  her  stockings,  and  went  sbivoringly 
to  the  register  across  the  room,  while  1  still  re¬ 
mained  at  my  post,  watching  the  lights  flash 
up  from  tho  house#  around,  and  envying  the 
group  of  gay  girls  who  came  out  on  the  stoop 
of  ...  handsome  house  opposite,  followed  by  n 
stream  of  light  which  spoke  of  warmth  and 
comfort  within.  1  caught  a  glimpse  of  rich 
carpets,  (and  a  spacious  staircase,  of  walls 
luing  with  rare  paintings,  and  of  silken  cur¬ 
tains;  I  heard  through  the  open  door  the  corry 
sound  of  n  piano,  and  glad  voices  within  echoed 
the  ringing  laughter  of  those  on  the  stoop. 

“  Watching  for  their  father,  I  suppose,"  mur¬ 
mured  I,  with  a  sigh  which  caught  mamma's 
attention. 

**  What  Is  it,  Kitda  ?"Jsho  asked  gently.  And 
my  reply  was  full  of  bitterness. 

“Only  the  old  story,  mamma,  I  am  tired  of 
all  this— this  poverty.  This  room  looks  more 
poverty-stricken  than  ever!" 

"  And  we  are  poverty-stricken,  my  child," 
said  sho.  “  Do  not  complain  when  wo  still 
have  each  other." 

11  You  are  so  provokingly  complacent  about 
our  condition,”  cried  I,  angrily.  “One  would 
never  dream,  to  hoar  you  talk,  that  you  had 
Keen  better  days.  Over  there,"  point  ing  to  the 
house  opposite,  “they  do  not  know  what 
trouble  is,  and  wo,  we  might  have  fared  the 
same  if  papa  —  ” 

“  Erri.A,  stop  1”  commanded  my  mother,  stern¬ 
ly.  **Do  you  know  what  you  are  saying?" 

Yes;  1  knew  full  well.  1  was  reproaching 
the  father  who  for  two  years  had  slept  beneath 


tho  willows  In  Greenwood  Cemetery— the  dear 
father  who  hud  loved  rno  so,  for  a  mistake 
which  it  was  too  late  now  to  mourn.  Shame 
and  repentance  followed  my  wicked  thought#, 
and  for  awhile  silence  reigned.  The  group  op¬ 
posite  had  gone  into  till  warmth  within,  and 
the  old  street,  like  myself,  was  quiet  and  dreary. 
Presently  I  heard  the  ringing  sound  of  a  mail's 
quick  st  ep,  and  a  figure  ran  lightly  up  the  step* 
of  the  house  I  xvaa  watching.  Ere  his  hand 
could  touch  the  bell,  the  door  again  flew  open, 
and  a  fair  face  and  outstretched  arms  greeted 
tho  new-comer.  “Her  lover,"  thought  I; 
“well.  I  had  a  lover  once,  and  It  was  through 
my  own  folly  thut  I  lost  him,  1  suppose."  Tho 
lover  whom  1  watched  from  my  post  In  the 
darkness  bowed  his  head  and  stole  a  Ulus  from 
the  soft  cheek  raised  to  him,  aud  then  they 
went  In  together,  and  again  shut  out  the  glad¬ 
ness  from  my  envious  eyes. 

Mamma  had  returned  to  her  rocking-chair, 
and  though  I  could  not  seo  hor  face,  for  the 
thick  shadows,  yet  now  and  then  u  long-drawn 
breath,  very  much  resembling  a  snore,  told  mo 
that,  she  was  indulging  lu  ono  of  her“uaps," 
aud  thus  left  to  myself  I  sent  my  thought# 
back  over  tho  time  between  our  present  po#i- 
tion  and  the  wealth  which  used  to  be  ours. 
From  my  earliest  remembrance  papa  bad  been 
considered  a  rich  man,  and  1  looked  upon  car¬ 
riages,  blooded  teams,  liveried  servants,  Ac., 
Ac.,  a*  trifle*  which  were  as  mueh  a  matter  of 
course  as  our  daily  bread.  Wo  bad  never,  to 
my  knowledge,  been  without  them,  and  for 
aught  I  know  to  the  contrary,  the  same  would 
continue  until  the  end  of  all  thing*.  Leaving 
school  at  seventeen  I  found  myself  provided 
with  the  fashionable  number  of  beaux,  and 
received  the  homagu  of  each  with  the  most 
approved  style  of  charming  Indifference.  When 
It  happened,  at  last,  that  I  learned  to  give  more 
of  my  thought#  to  Kaku  Ilowu  than  to  any 
other  of  my  admirers,  pride  was  highly  shocked 
and  remonstrated  with  iny  heart  for  bestowing 
It#  thoughts  upon  only  a  lawyer,  flaart  rea¬ 
soned  and  ploadod  for  It*  true  rights, blit  pride, 
which  had  an  eye  to  wealth  and  ease  and 
grandeur  whlsh  were  beyond  a  lawyer’s  fees, 
conquered  at  lengt  h,  aDd  I  turned  a  deaf  ear 
to  the  pitiful  pleading*  within  me,  and  treated 
Hack  with  cool  Indifference.  1  will  not  deny 
that  my  heart  and  soul  wore  fairly  hungry  for 
Hafic'b  love.  I  know  it  was  already  mine,  that 
would  I  give  him  tho  opportunity  hi*  love 
would  JimJ  expression;  but,  ah!  1  also  knew 
that  I  was  weak,  and  I  dared  not  risk  the 
temptation  lest  1  should  forgot  my  parent’s  do- 
sires  for  their  only  child,  and  allow  heart,  In¬ 
stead  of  pride,  to  triumph.  Ho  1  kept  him  at 
a  distance,  and  enjoyed  myself  with  number¬ 
less  flirtations,  carried  cm  day  and  night  with 
those  for  whom  l  really  felt  little  inward  re¬ 
spect. 

When  young  Gninog,  the  banker’s  son,  was 
pleased  to  fall  dosporutely  In  love  with  mo, 
mamma  and  papa  were  delighted,  and  so  ar¬ 
gued,  coaxed  and  commanded  that  at  last  I 
allowed  myself  to  receive  the  attentions  of  a 
man  whose  brain#  seemod  to  llo  wholly  In  tho 
waxed  ends  of  his  mustache,  ltut  what  of 
that!  What  If  I  folt  him  my  Inferior  In  every 
way  a#  regards  Intellect  and  ordinary  common 
sense !  He  was  rich,  and  of  cour#n  that  was 
all  that  could  possibly  be  necessary,  so  people 
seemed  to  think,  and  dazrled  finally  by  glorious 
visions  of  future  magnificence,  and  because  1 
must  have  been  mad,  blind,  1  treated  the  only 
man  I  could  ever  truly  love  with  such  studied 
neglect  I  hat  hi#  manhood  would  brook  nothing 
more,  at  my  hands,  and  ho  loft  the  city  whore, 

I  never  ascertained. 

Then  my  finger  was  burdened  with  the  weight 
of  an  engagement  ring,  and  young  Griggs,  the 
donor,  was  my  constant  shadow.  Of  course 
his  increased  familiarity  did  not  tend  to  In¬ 
crease  my  respect  for  hi#  shallow  nature,  and  I 
found  myself  hating  the  sight  of  him  after  a 
little  while.  I  made  ono  effort  to  release  my¬ 
self  from  the  bondage,  but  mamma  cried  and 
papa  stormed.  Got  h  declared  roy  feelings  “  nl  1 
nonsense,"  and  Insisted  that  I  should  not  dis¬ 
grace  the  family  by  any  such  exhibition  of 
weakness  and  folly.  “Gut  papa,"  I  urged 
wearily,  “  if  I  don't  love  him  — ” 

“  Tut,  Tut  1"  was  his  stern  reply.  “  That  will 
como  soon  enough.  I  want  no  more  of  this 
folly  I"  Ho  i  meekly  drifted  with  the  tide  of 
parental  authority,  and,  grew  more  and  more 
disgusted  with  rny  betrothed. 

However,  fate  Interposed  at  last  to  save  mo 
from  n  life-wreck,  though,  to  bo  sure,  sho  was 
not  kind  in  her  ways  of  assistance.  Papa 
failed,  and  died  suddenly,  Immodately  after. 
Then  mamma  and  1  found  ourselves  with  so 
little  means  at  our  disposal,  that  only  through 
the  strictest  economy  could  we  maintain  our¬ 
selves  respectably.  Wc  left  Goston,  and  found 
the  room  which  I  have  described  in  the  begin¬ 
ning  of  this  sketch.  The  street  was  quiet,  the 
house  well  enough,  after  its  own  fashion  of 
rod-brick  gentility,  and  wc  could  keep  our¬ 
selves  and  our  crushed  pride  from  the  knowl¬ 
edge  of  formor  acquaintances,  which  was  what 
wc  most  desired.  Of  course.  Just  after  our 
misfortunes  Mr.  Griggs  discovered  his  mistake 
In  having  proposed  to  “Miss  Denham,  tho 
ruined  merchant’s  daughter,”  Ho  Miles  Gkn- 
ii am  most  thankfully  returned  hi#  ring,  and 
without  one  shadow  of  regret  saw  hor  devoted 
admirer  depart  forever  from  hor  presence. 

To  fall  thus  suddenly  from  the  pinnacle  of 
wealth  to  absolute  poverty  was  more  than 
mamma’s  nerves  could  bear,  and  a  long  illness 
follow  ed  our  removal  to  eur  now  and  humble 
home.  When  she  recovered  hoa'tb  and  strength 


anew  and  chastened  spirit  bad  entered  into 
lmr  life,  and  the  old,  foolish  pride  of  birth  and 
Btatlon  bad  departed,  leaving  a  patient  sorrow 
and  humility  In  Its  stead.  The  question  next 
arose.  What  can  I  do  to  lift  some  of  this  bur¬ 
den  from  mamma's  weak  shoulder*?"  In  days 
of  prosperity  I  had  written  rhymes  which  Jin¬ 
gled  prettily,  and  were  termed,  by  flattering 
friends,  “Poems.”  Why  not  make  the  talent 
remunerative,  now  In  this  time  of  need  ?  1 
thought,  and  my  portfolio,  With  its  cherished 
contents,  was  brought  forth  and  overhauled. 
To  hide  such  light,  under  a  bushel,  whispered 
vanity,  would  surely  be  doing  the  reading  pub¬ 
lic  a  grievous  wrong.  Therefore,  a  marvelous 
collection  of  what  1  now  know  to  have  been 
utterly  worthies#  and  Bat  compositions,  were 
forwarded  hither  and  thither  to  the  addresses 
of  several  editors,  and  I  ealrnlv  sat  down  to 
plan  uses  for  the  various  checks  which  most 
confidently  I  expected  in  return.  Alas,  ulus! 
Tho  cheeks  came  only  In  tho  shape  of  rejected 
MSS.,  accompanied  by  polite  regrets  that  “Tho 
editors  could  not  find  my  poem#  quite  avail¬ 
able;"  or,  “Owing  to  more  matter  already  on 
hand  than  they  had  space  for,"  Ac.,  Ac.  Ho, 
with  crimson  cheeks  and  a  feeling  of  utter  con¬ 
tempt  for  the  poor  bruins  which  could  not  com¬ 
prehend  my  literary  efforts,  I  burned  t  he  whole 
bundle  *f  shattered  hope#  and  wrecked  visions, 
and  did  besides  just  what  any  girl  In  my  place 
would  have  done,  put  my  tired  head  in  mam¬ 
ma’s  lup  and  had  a  good,  long  cry. 

Gut  one  day,  after  an  hour  of  solf-cxamlna- 
tlon,  during  which  every  evil  trait  and  vain¬ 
glorious  thought  had  been  brought  to  light  and 
shamed  almost  out  of  existence,  1  felt  an  im¬ 
pulse  within  rue  to  take  once  again  my  long- 
unused  pen  and  see  If  out  of  my  sorrow  and 
humiliation  something  worldly  of  notice  might 
be  created.  The  poem  was  not  long;  only  a 
simple  love  story,  simply  told,  in  which  joy  and 
sad  ness  were  interwoven  lovingly  together,  and 
out  of  which  came  hope  and  a  sort  of  comfort 
to  me,  tho  writer.  Home  pitying  angel  must 
have  guided  thoughts  and  pen,  for  not  only  was 
the  poem  accepted  for  one  of  the  leading  week¬ 
lies,  but  with  tho  acceptance  came  a  request 
for  another  article,  either  poem  or  prose.  I  am 
not  ashamed  to  say  that  I  thanked  Goo  that 
night  for  the  glory  which  belonged  unto  Him. 
Mamma  was  very  proud  of  me,  too,  all  of  a 
sudden,  and  her  happy  face  Inspired  me  to 
greater  energy.  Gut  then,  after  all,  there  was 
not  much  chance  of  my  becoming  famous  yet 
«  while,  and  only  a  few  of  my  poems  found 
favor,  so  that  it  was  necessary  for  me  to  find 
other  work  beside.  Nearly  t  wo  year#  had  drag¬ 
ged  by  In  vain  endeavors  to  reach  from  really 
uncomfortable  poverty  to  at  least  a  position  of 
partial  ease  and  comfort— a  sort  of  breathing 
place— ere  wc  would  again  take  up  the  burden 
and  Ittoggor  on  up  tho  hill.  And  now,  a#  I  sal 
beside  the  window  watching  those  who  were 
so  far  above  us  in  this  world's  good  things,  no 
wonder  that  bitter  tear#  filled  my  eye#  and  a 
reding  of  envy  possessed  me. 

That  night,  ere  wc  slept,  I  confided  to  mam¬ 
ma  my  Intention#  for  the  following  day.  “  I 
will  find  copying  to  do,"  said  I,  “and  though 
tho  work  bo  hard,  yet  I  will  perse vero  1"  Mam¬ 
ma  thought  I  would  kill  myself  stooping  all 
day  over  a  desk;  but  I  laughed  at  her  fears. 
Then,  with  gentle  embarrassment,  sho  suggest¬ 
ed  that  my  hand- writing  w  as  not  as  good  as 
might  he  desired  by  those  who  could  give  me 
t  he  work.  That  was  u  damper  to  be  sure,  and 
I  ruefully  remembered  my  usually  crompod 
chlrograpby.  However,  tho  next  morning  found 
me  decided  on  my  plan  of  seeking  employment 
in  that  way,  and  knowing  that  with  nothing 
ventured  nothing  Is  gained,  I  prepared  for  my 
tramp. 

I  think  our  room  had  uevorseemed  so  ut  terly 
bleak  and  miserable  as  on  that  morning.  Per¬ 
haps  because  of  the  too  vivid  impression  my 
memory  yet  retained  of  tho  warmth  and  joy  be¬ 
longing  to  the  opposite  neighbors.  At,  any 
rate,  the  sight  of  that  ancient  maiden  In  the 
tarnished  gilt  from  over  t  he  mantle,  annoyed 
me  more  than  ever,  and  hastily  kissing  mam¬ 
ma,  I  flew  frantically  down  the  stairs  and  out. 
Into  the  street,  followed  by  a  whiff  of  onions 
and  hash  a  detest  able  dish  which  had  offended 
my  nostrils  nil  breakfast  time,  I  do  not,  think 
any  one  would  core  to  know  Into  how  many 
offices  I  wont  that  forenoon,  nor  how  many 
wise- looking  individuals,  with  pencils  over 
their  ear#  amt  spectacles  on  the  bridge#  of  their 
noses,  glared  at  me  curiously,  even  while  **  Re¬ 
gret  ting  so  much  that  they  had  no  copying  for 
me."  It  Is  enough  to  say  1  hat  up  and  down  a 
long,  dusty  and  creaking  stair#  I  went  wearily, 
and  with  a  Jon-like  patience  I  had  never  dream¬ 
ed  belonged  to  iny  nature,  until  discouraged 
nod  heart-sick,  I  turned  my  face  homeward. 
A  sudden  Impulse  prompted  rnc  to  ascend  the 
stairs  of  a  building  which  before  had  escaped 
iny  at  tention.  “  It  must  be  the  last  firin',"  I 
murmured,  struggling  to  force  back  tho  tears 
which  were  reedy  to  flow.  Then  I  knocked 
timidly  nt  the  door  of  a  small  office;  but  rny 
knock  failed  to  attract  attention,  and  presently 
I  entered  of  my  own  accord,  waiting  till  the 
gentleman  whose  hack  was  towards  me  should 
change  his  position,  When  he  did  so,  imme¬ 
diately  after,  it  was  Rake’s  face  that  met  mine, 
and  Rake’s  voice  that  spoke  to  mo.  1  only 
knew  that  the  room  seemed  whirling  around, 
and  wn#  dimly  conscious  of  falling  ;  lull  a  ghi.s* 
of  water,  and  the  chair  which  was  given  me, 
enabled  me  to  conquer  the  momentary  faint¬ 
ness,  and  then,  with  crimson  cheeks  and  deep¬ 
est  mortification,  1  covered  my  face  with  both 
hands  and  burst  into  tears  rny  usual  refuge  in 


trouble  of  any  sort,  foolish  though  it  might  be. 

I  do  not  care  to  repeat  all  that  followed.  Of 
course,  very  naturally,  lie  addressed  me  as  "Mrs. 
Griggs,"  and  I  could  no  more  help  shuddering 
at  the  mention  of  that  abhorred  individual’s 
name— which  so  narrowly  mine  escaped  con¬ 
nection  with  than  I  could  help  the  start  of 
surprise  from  Rake  when  lie  found  out  hi# 
mistake.  Then  somehow  he  coaxed  t  he  whole 
story  from  my  pride-hound  lips,  and  at  last  1 
leaked  up  fearlessly  and  asked  Ids  as?  {stance 
in  my  endeavor#  to  obtain  employment.  A 
smile,  which  sent  a  moment’s  feeling  of  indig¬ 
nation  through  my  heart,  hovered  about  id# 
mouth  as  he  replied : — "I  would  holpyou  in  that 
way.  Mis#  Eli i, a,  but  Just  at  present  1  have  an 
important,  ease  on  hand,  which  requires  my 
first  attention." 

“  Indeed,”  I  answered,  striving  to  appear  in¬ 
different,  “  and  whose  case  must  you  plead  that 
It.  seems  so  Important  ?”  while  all  the  time  1 
thought,  “  selfish,  like  all  the  rest  of  Ills  sex,  and 
I  had  thought  him  noblest  among  men!  ’ 

“  Look  up,  Em, a,"  he  said,  with  a  something 
In  histones  which  quickened  tho  pulses  of  my 
heart.  I  rained  my  eyes  and  his  own  looked 
into  mine  earnestly.  "  The  case  is  my  own.  It 
is  Hake  and  Rakk’8 heart  t’crtfMS a  trouble  which 
has  come  upon  some  one  lie  loves,  niul  1  must 
plead  for  that  heart  and  for  myself.  Euda, 
darling  1  Will  you  be  t  he  Judge  and  decide  In 
my  favor?" 

What  could  1  say?  I,  poor  and  miserable, 
seeking  work  to  provide  myself  with  food! 
He,  the  once  rejected,  scorned  young  lawyer, 
now  high  In  position,  with  a  never-ending 
wealth  of  goodnuss  truth  !  What  could  I  say? 
Oh,  nothing,  indeed,  but  let  him  fold  me  closely 
in  his  dear  arms,  and  humbly  own  my  faults 
and  the  suffering  it  had  brought  upon  me. 

Kafe  took  me  home  himself,  and  the  frowsy- 
headed  servant  who  opened  the  door  for  us 
stored  a#  I  entered  with  my  escort.  If  IIakis 
noticed  the  dreadful  odor  of  onions  that  still 
pervaded  the  hall*  ho  never  made  the  slightest 
sign,  and  I  I  was  so  happy  that  I  would  wil¬ 
lingly  have  eaten  a  dish  of  them  if  necessary. 
While  he  waited  In  the  dingy  parlor  below,  I 
was  tolling  mamma  the  whole  story  of  my 
morning’s  work,  and  when  at  last  he  was  called 
up,  she  rose  with  hor  old,  grand  air,  and  wel¬ 
comed  him  earnestly. 

When  Thanksgiving  day  came,  Rake  and  1 
stood  before  the  altar  of  God  and  took  upon 
us  vows  of  love  and  constancy,  while  mamma 
and  ono  or  two  humble  lrlond*  bore  witness  to 
our  pledges.  Our  Thanksgiving  dinner  was 
eaten  at  a  hotel,  in  our  private  room,  where 
mamma,  who,  Raeic  said,  was  now  his  own 
mother,  and  who  should  never  be  Kcparated 
from  ub,— and  my  husband  and  self  felt  within 
our  hearts  the  true  spirit  of  Thanksgiving  and 
blessed  tho  day  for  all  It  had  brought  us  through 
the  Giver  of  all  Good  Tilings. 

- - 

SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS, 


The  late  Rev.  Dr.  Kidd  of  Aberdeen,  an 
eccentric  but  popular  preacher,  observed,  one 
Sunday  in  church,  a  man  sleeping  whom  ho 
knew,  and  whose  wife  was  sitting  beside  him. 
Tho  doctor  called  out  to  the  latter :  “  Go  homo, 
Getty,  and  bring  John’s  night-cap.” 

A  voting  man  who  enjoys  the  sobriquet  of 
"  Frank,"  in  parting  with  a  young  holy  tho 
other  night,  endeavored  to  Dupres#  his  cus¬ 
tomary  kl6B,  when  she  forcibly  pushed  back  his 
head,  and  said,"  No,  sir,  you  don’t — the  frank¬ 
ing  privilege  is  abolished. " 

A  worth  v  old  lady  offers  the  following  ad¬ 
vice  to  girls  ;  Whenever  a  follow  pops  t  he  ques¬ 
tion,  don’t  blush  and  stare  at  your  foot.  Just 
throw  your  arm  around  his  neck,  look  him  full 
in  the  face,  and  commence  talking  about  tho 
furniture. 

“  Have  you  GonnsMiTn’BGreece?"  was  asked 
of  the  clerk  In  a  store  In  which  books  and 
various  miscellaneous  articles  were  sold.  “  No," 
said  the  clerk,  reflectively,  “we  haven’t  Gnu>- 
smitu’b  Greece,  but  we  have  some  splendid 
hair  oil." 

A  DODD  college  student  one  morning  read  n 
theme  of  unusual  merit.  The  president  being 
suspicious,  asked  pointedly  if  it  was  original. 
”  Why,  yes  sir,”  was  tho  reply  ;  “  it  had  ‘  origi¬ 
nal’  over  it  in  the  paper  I  took  It  from." 

A  GREENHORN  sat  a  long  time,  very  attontlvc, 
musing  upon  a  cane-bottom  chair.  At  length 
lie  said,  “  I  wonder  what  fellow  took  tho  trouble 
to  And  all  them  or  holes  and  put  straws  around 
’em." 

“Reaxa.y,  Mr.  Johnston,  there’s  nao  end  to 
your  wit,”  said  a  lady  in  the  west  of  Scotland 
to  a  noted  humorist.  “Gude  forbid,  madam," 
ho  replied,  “that  I  should  ever  be  at  my  wit’s 
end." 

An  Irishman  was  asked  if  Loda  Monti:/ 
ever  smoked.  “Yes,  sir,  sho  did,"  lie  exclaimed, 
“  and  so  does  every  volcano.  Perhaps  you’ll 
show  me  the  lovely  crater  that  don’t  smoko!" 

A  student  in  a  veterinary  college  being 
asked,  “If  a  broken-wlndod  horse  was  brought 
to  you  to  cure,  what  would  you  advise?” 
promptly  replied,  “Hell  him  as  soon  as  possible.” 

Connecticut  now  claims  the  most  impudent 
man  alive.  Having  stolen  water-melons  from 
a  farmer,  he  has  sent  tho  seeds  back  in  a  letter 
requesting  his  victim  to  plant  them  next  year. 

“The  strongest  propensity  in  a  woman’s 
nature,”  says  a  surely  editor,  “is  a  desire  to 
know  what’s  going  on,  and  the  next  to  boss 
the  job.” 


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MOV.  29 


MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


■  IN  NOVEMBER. 

BY  Al.IQUA. 

From  the  trees  tin'  leaves  have  fallen. 

From  the  leaves  the  beauty  fled. 

While  the  winds  go  sighing  sadly 
That  the  goklou  days  are  dead. 

Pansies,  purple-eyed  and  perfect, 

Hold  their  life  amid  the  frost. 

But  the  frailer  blooms  are  drooping, 

All  their  summer  vigor  lost. 

Little  feet  go  wandering  sadly 
tip  and  down  t.ho  garden  walks, 

Little  hands  In  tender  pity 
Prop  the  broken  flower  stalks. 

Dead  the  summer  I  Gone  the  beauty  I 
Flowu  the  hrble  to  warmer  cllmo ! 

While  In  thought  wo  view  the  seasons 
In  our  lease  of  life  and  time. 

Mays  that  budded  into  beauty, 

.Tunes  that  blossomed,  smiled  and  passed, 
Autumns  in  their  golden  glory 
Into  dulluc&s  changing  fust. 

Friends  that  vanished  with  the  summers, 
Friends  that  dropped  to  dreamless  sleep, 

With  the  ever  true  and  present 
All  In  tender  thought  we  keep. 

Little  ones  who  wandor  Idly 
‘Mong  the  withered  leave*  to-day, 

May  you  find  the  fairest  blossoms 
All  along  life's  ehungpfut  way, 

May  your  hearts  still  keep  the  sunshine 
When  you  reueli  November  gray. 
- - 

EVERY-DAY  LITE, 

BY  LEAD  PENCIL,  ESQ, 

I  WAS  sitting  by  tho  lire  one  of  these  cold 
October  evenings,  and  thinking  how  rosy  It 
was,  and  how  Mrs,  Haufstuino  had  said  to  mo 
with  doleful  fare,  ••  You’ll  never  ho  rich,  Es¬ 
quire  Pencil;  never,  never,  never;  you  don’t 
use  any  discretion  In  giving;  you  should  only 
give  through  some  well-organized  charitable 
society,  you  don’t  have  time  to  look  tip  and 
examine  Into  the  merits  of  these  cases  that 
apply  to  you.  You  give  indiscreetly;  and  If 
you  open  your  purse  and  heart  to  every  one 
who  cornea  along  with  a  doleful  story,  there’ll 
be  an  end  of  your  giving  some  time,  I  assure 
you.  You  had  better  subscribe  what  you  think 
you  can  afford  to  give  to  the  fund  of  our  socie¬ 
ty,  and  wo  will  look  out  that  your  money  does 
some  good.” 

Now  1  had  a  groat  respect  for  Mrs.  JJarp- 
STRIno,  but  I  do  hate  rod  tape.  1  have  tried. 
In  some  severe  cases,  to  get  those  charitable  so¬ 
cieties  to  cut  their  red  tape  where  I  knew  tho 
object  was  worthy  and  the  need  urgent  and 
Immediate,  and  I  never  could  get  thorn  to  do 
it,  and  1  long  ago  made  up  my  mind  that  I 
wouldn’t  lot  my  right  hand  neighbor  know 
what  my  left  hand  did  or  was  going  to  do  or 
wished  to  <Io— but  do  it. 

As  I  said,  I  was  looking  into  the  (Ire,  and  tho 
figures  and  features  of  the  poor  creatures  who 
had  asked  for  brotherly  kindness  from  mo, 
danced  before  my  eyes,  and  the  profound  ad¬ 
vice  of  Mrs.  Haupsthino,  who  had  found  out, 
what  1  had  done  in  one  case,  came  fresh  Into 
my  mind.  \  confess  to  a  little  lmpatiei.ee  us  I 
remembered  the  coolness  of  her  disinterested  (?) 
counsel,  and  1  nervously  turned  the  evening 
paper  over  and  began  scanning  it  to  get  the 
subject  out  of  my  mind,  when  my  eye  fell  on 
the  following  comforting  paragraph  credited 
to  Henry  Ward  Beecher.  It  did  me  good  to 
read  it,  and  it  may  do  you  good,  reader,  even 
to  re-read  it,  if  you  have  soon  it  before.  Here 
it  Is: 

Never  be  sorry  for  any  generous  thing  that 
you  ever  did,  even  if  it  was  betrayed.  Never 
be  sorry  that  you  wore  magnanimous,  if  the 
man  was  mean  afterwards.  Never  be  sorry  that 
you  gave,  it  was  right,  Tor  you  to  give,  even  if 
you  were  imposed  upon.  You  cannot  afford  to 
keep  on  the  safe  side  by  being  mean.  You  had 
better,  many  times  in  your  life,  for  the  sake  of 
keeping  yourself  in  the  practice  of  benevo¬ 
lence,  do  tilings  that  are  questionable,  rather 
than  judge  so  narrowly  that  you  will  always  be 
on  tho  side  of  cold  calculation.  Give  your 
heart  some  headway, and  in  the  long  run  1L  will 
be  safer  for  you. 

About  the  Homesteads. 

That  “Working  Editor  out  of  Harness”  has 
evidently  touched  a  sensitive  string  in  many 
human  hearts  by  his  story  of  his  visit  home. 
For  instance,  1  sent  a  few  copies  of  tho  ItORAL 
to  one  of  my  friends,  who  writes; 

The  papers  yfcu  sent  me  enrno  to-night,  and  t 
thank  you.  “  The  Working  Edit  ir  out  of  Har¬ 
ness”  at  home.  I  enjoyed  ever  so  much.  J  could 
just  Imagine  him  and  all  tho  surroundings.  I 
do  think,  with  him,  that  such  homesteads 
should  be  entailed  for  those  who  liavo  none 
to  feed  their  eyes  upon,  as  well  as  for  the  own¬ 
ers  to  enjoy.  It  must  be  nice  to  have  a  dome/ 

I  have  iiad  two  or  I  hree  friends  who  have  had 
such  homes,  and  have  visited  them  there. 
There  was  a.  wide  welcome  to  all,  largc-souled, 
placid-eyed,  greyish-haired  parents;  and  the 
father  would  make  me  sit  by  his  side  or  on  his 
knee  and  stroke  my  hair  and  call  It  prett  y,  and 
sometimes  peel  large  apples  for  me  and  then 
share  the  same.  Somehow,  these  little  spots 
seem  the  most  rrMful  places  in  all  my  memory 
tome,  f  never  Imd  a  home! -not  one  that  1 
dare  have  halt!  of.  1  can  remember  hi  different 
houses  in  which  I  have  lived  with  my  parents, 
in  seven  different  towns  and  In  three  different 
States.  We  have  not  an  article  of  furniture 
that  I  remember  as  associated  with  my  child¬ 
hood — nor  one  of  even  the  second  and  third 
renewing.  Mamma  had  two  scarlet  and  white 
spreads  of  tier  mother’s  weaving,  which  I  al¬ 


ways  felt  a  tenderness  f»r  from  memory;  and 
now  they  are  lining  worn  out  in  servant’s 
beds.  I  have  scarcely  a  t  reasure  or  toy  of  child¬ 
hood,  though  careful  and  fond  of  them  ;  after 
the  other  children  came  and  begged  for  them 
they  went.  My  schoolmates  wore  formed  in 
three  separate  places  and  two  different  States, 
"■r’d  I  only  came  and  went  among  them.  |  was 
not  even  reared  among  my  near  relatives,  like 
mv  cousins,  and  always  felt  a  kind  of  an  alien. 
I  have  no  landmarks.  If  my  mother  should 
die,  I  would  have  no  homo. 

Since  writing  the  above,  I  see  that  the  “  Edit¬ 
or  out  of  Harness"  has  quoted  from  some  of 
the  letters  received  by  him.  Thus  r  give  one 
more,  which  helps  to  prove  that  tbo  love  of 
homo  is  strong  in  the  hearts  of  American  wo¬ 
men  at  least,  amt  I  assort  that  it  ought  to  lie 
more  carefully  cultivated  and  made  character¬ 
istic  of  Americans,  as  it  has  been  and  is  of  En¬ 
glishmen. 

■ - — - - —  -  . 

HIDDEN  TREASURES. 

Many  a  rare  Jewel  lies  hidden  in  tho  earth, 
waiting  for  some  potent  hand  to  discover  It 
and  remove  the  rough  exterior  which  so  ob¬ 
scures  the  precious  gem.  go  there  are  thou¬ 
sands  of  indi viiluals  living  in  retirement  and 
seclusion,  who  need  only  Mutt  some  kind  friend 
should  search  them  out  ami  penetrate  with 
pleasant  words  and  genial  smiles  the  mantle  of 
reserve  in  which  they  am  enveloped,  that  the 
world  may  see  and  recognise  the  nobility  of 
soul  which  they  possess.  Some  of  these  may 
be  tho  children  of  toll,  and  consequently,  have 
grown  rough  from  its  association*.  But,  not¬ 
withstanding  the  brawny  arm  and  sun-browned 
‘■kook,  the  unpolished  manners  and  faulty 
grammar,  tho  real  diamond  tuay  be  there  still, 
and  concealed  though  It  Ik  from  human  eyes,’ 
our  heavenly  Father  beholds  Its  brilliancy  and 
recognizes  its  worth.  Another  class  may  bo 
the  victim  of  poverty;  but  even  the  hovel  may 
contain  an  immortal  gem  which  needs  only  the 
refining  Influence  of  Christian  love  to  cause  It 
to  shine  as  brightly  as  the  richest  diadem.  Tho 
little  ragged  mendicant  whoatands  at  our  doors 
asking  for  bread,  may  possess  a  genius  that 
would  move  the  world  if  it  were  rightly  devel¬ 
oped.  I  never  look  upon  one  of  these  unfor¬ 
tunates  but  what  I  think  of  the  latent  power 
that  may  bo  slumbering  ’nontli  the  rags  and 
tilth,  and  I  have  longed  from  the  depths  of  my 
heart  to  possess  even  a  tithe  of  the  vast  sums 
which  are  daily  squandered  upon  empty  bau¬ 
bles,  that  T  might  relievo  these  “  little  ones” 
whom  tiie  Saviour  blessed,  from  the  lot  of  ig¬ 
norance  and  want  to  which  they  were  born,  and 
place  them  under  the  olevnting  influences  of 
education  and  Christianity,  that  tho  talents 
which  Gun  gave  them  might  bo  developed,  and 
made  to  shino  each  in  It*  own  sphere.  What 
happier,  nobler  mission  can  there  bo  than  this  I 
What  a  field  U  here  open  to  the  exorcise  at 
Christian  effort.  Neither  Is  It  an  unpromising 
one.  It  is  well  proven  that  those  who  have 
been  tho  world's  greatest  benefactors  liavo 
arisen  from  lowly  origin.  Tho  Almighty  does 
not  create  in  vain,  neither  docs  lie  scatter  Ids 
blessings  with  a  partial  hand.  I  believe  in  tho 
law  of  compensation,  and  that  whatever  is 
withhold  In  one  gift,  is  made  up  in  another. 
Ah !  >e  who  would  do  some!  hing  for  the  cause 
of  Goo  and  humanity,  and  who  would  rear  for 
yourselves  eternal  monuments,  shrink  not  from 
this  mirror  of  love,  even  though  It  leads  you  to 
liens  of  vice  and  scones  of  woe.  Better  far, 
than  searching  for  diamonds  is  the  labor  of 
seeking,  ’mid  the  haunts  of  sin  und  wretched¬ 
ness,  those  jewels  or  immortality,  and  be  as¬ 
sured,  that  each  one  found  and  fitted  for  the 
Master’s  kingdom  here,  will  he  reflected  in 
your  crown  hereafter.  Lillee. 

'■  ■  — - - - 

SENSIBLE  TALK  TO  GIRLS. 

Youtl every  day  toilet  is  a  part  of  your  char¬ 
acter.  A  girl  who  looks  like  a  “  fury”  or  a 
sloven  in  the  morning  is  not  to  bo  trusted,  how¬ 
ever  finely  she  may  look  in  the  evening.  No 
matter  how  humble  your  room  may  be,  there 
are  eight  things  It  should  contain,  viz.;  a  mir¬ 
ror,  woshstand,  soap,  towel,  hair,  nail  and 
tooth  brushes.  These  are  just  as  essential  as 
your  breakfast,  before  which  you  should  make 
good  use  of  thorn.  Parents  who  fall  to  provide 
their  children  with  such  appliances,  not  only 
make  a  great  mistake  hut  commit  asln  of  omis¬ 
sion.  book  tidyin  the  morning,  and  after  the 
dinner  work  is  over,  improve  your  toilet.  Make 
it  a  rule  of  your  daily  life  to  “  dross  up”  for  the 
afternoon.  Your  dress  may,  or  need  not  bo, 
anything  better  than  calico ;  but  with  a  ribbon, 
or  flower,  or  some  bit  of  ornament,  you  can 
have  an  air  or  self-respect  and  satisfaction,  that 
Invariably  comes  with  being  well  dressed.  A 
girl  with  fine  sensibilities  cannot  help  feeling 
embarrassed  and  awkward  in  a  ragged,  dirty 
dress  with  her  hair  unkempt,  if  a  stranger  or 
neighbor  Hhouid  come.  Moreover,  your  self- 
respect  should  demand  the  decent  apparelling 
for  your  body.  You  should  make  it  a  point  to 
look  as  woll  as  you  can,  even  if  you  know 
nobody  will  see  you  but  yourself. 

- ♦-*-* - . 

The  Woman's  Journal  has  this  advice  for 
girls:— Never  marry  a  man  whoso  manner,  or 
speech,  or  principle  hints  at  the  idea  that  lie  is 
to  be  the  “  master"  of  his  wife.  A  “master,” 
who  is  an  employer,  you  can  quit  on  due  notice, 
and  try  another- but  quitting  a  husband,  even 
for  reasons  that  earth  and  heaven  will  justify, 
is  serious  and  disastrous  business.  Marry  a 
husband— not  a  “  muster,” 


Jailing  for  tlu;  gouitg. 


SHALL  THE  BABY  STAY  l 

In  a  little  brown  house. 

With  scarce  room  for  a  mouse, 

Came  with  morning's  first  ray, 

One  remarkable  day, 

(Though  who  told  her  the  way 
I  am  sure  I  can’t  ssy,) 

A  young  lady  so  woo 
That  you  scarcely  could  soo 
Her  smalt  speck  of  a  nose  ; 

And  to  speak  of  her  toes, 

Though  It  hardly  seems  fair 
Since  they  surely  were  there, 

Keep  them  covered  we  must ; 

We  must  lake  them  on  trust. 

Now  this  little  brown  house, 

With  scarce  room  for  a  mouse, 

Was  quite  full  of  small  boys, 

With  tholr  hooks  and  tliclr  toys, 

Their  wild  bustle  and  noise. 

“  My  dear  lads,"  quoth  papa, 

"  We’ve  too  many  by  far ; 

Tell  us  what  we  can  do 
With  this  damsel  so  now? 

Wu’vo  no  room  for  her  here, 

So  to  me  ’tU  quite  clear, 

Though  it  gives  mo  groat  pain, 
t  must  hang  her  again 
On  the  tree  whence  she  enmo, 

(Do  not  cry,  there’s  no  tilamo,) 

With  her  white  blanket  round  her, 

Just  us  Nurse  Ilussull  found  her.” 

Said  stout  little  Ned, 

“I’ll  stay  ull  day  In  bed, 

Squeezed  up  nice  and  small, 

Very  close  to  t-he  wall.” 

Then  spoke  Tommy,  “  I’ll  go 
To  the  cellar  below ; 

I'll  Just  travel  about, 

But  not  try  to  gut  out. 

Till  you’re  fast  asleep. 

And  so  quiet  I’ll  bo 
You’ll  not  dream  it  Is  mo.” 

Then  flaxon-halrcrt  Will : 

“  I'll  be  dreadfully  still ; 

On  iho  back  stairs  I'll  stay, 

Way  off.  out  Of  tin'  way.” 

Muster  Johnny  the  fair 
Shook  his  bright  curly  hair  ; 

"  Here’s  it  nice  plauu  for  me, 

Dear  pupa,  do  you  sou  V 
X  Just  tit  lu  so  tight, 

I  could  stay  hero  ull  night.” 

And  a  nlubu  In  the  wall 
Held  in*  figure  so  small. 

Quoth  the.  father,  "  Woll  done, 

My  bravo  darlings,  corno  on  ! 

Hero's  a  shoulder  for  you,  Will, 

Pray  sit  still,  sir,  sit  still ! 

Valiant  Thomas,  for  thee 
A  good  seat  on  my  Itnne : 

And  Edward,  thy  brother, 

Cun  perch  mj  tho  other: 

Baby  John  take  niy  back  ; 

Now,  who  says  wo  can’t  pack  ? 

“  So  love  gives  ua  room, 

And  our  birdie  shall  stay. 

We'll  keep  her,  my  hoys, 

TUI  God  takes  her  uway  ” 

[Watchman  <Sc  Reflector. 
♦♦♦ - 

LETTERS  TO  YOUNG  RURALISTS.-  No.  19. 

FROM  COUSIN  JOHNNIE. 

About  Christmas,  Santa  Claus,  Ac. 

I  W ell,  well,  my  dear  children,  and  bo  Mr. 
RuiiAii  has  gone  and  told  you  who  Cousin 
Johnnie  is!  And  lu. w  that  tho  mystery  is 
solved,  I  suppose  your  Interest  in  her  is  con¬ 
siderably  diminished ;  just  as  it  was  when  some 
matter-of-fact  person  felt  it  a  duty  to  tell  you 
who  Bantu  Claus  was.  You  liked  to  think  about 
him,  didn't  you,  ns  a  real  person,  jolly  and  fat, 
who  always  had  something  In  waiting  for  the 
stockings  of  pood  hoys  and  girls  al.  Christmas? 
flow  hard  you  tried  to  be  among  that  number, 
IobI.  you  should  flrnl  a  whip  there  on  that  bless¬ 
ed  morning  l  You  knew  the  names  of  ail  tils 
reindeers,  didn’t  you?  And  you  used  to  liu 
awake,  on  Christmas  Eve,  trying  to  hoar  the 
patter  of  their  little  hoofs  on  the  roof,  and  tho 
tinkling  of  the  sleigh-bells. 

When  I  was  a  little  girl,  I  considered  myself 
favored  above  most  children,  because  l  had 
once  actually  soon  the  veritable  Santa  Claus! 
Jt  happened  tli ur  :  Wo  were  all  Invited  tospend 
the  evening  at  a  large  boarding  house  In  New 
Vork  where  my  mini,  resided.  There  were  a 
great  many  children  in  tho  house,  ami  after  we 
had  enjoyed  ourselves  together  awhile  the  fold¬ 
ing  doors  wore  thrown  open  and  the  largest, 
most  magnificent  Christmas  Tree  I  have  ever 
behold  was  displayed  to  our  view.  While  we 
stood  gazing  at  It,  breathless  with  delight,  a 
startling  noise  was  heard  (which  I  afterwards 
learned,  though  not  for  many  years,  was  a  gong), 
and  a  fat,  little  old  fellow,  with  a  long  beard 
and  a  very  red  nose,  came  running  in,  In  great 
haste,  dragging  behind  him  a  sled  full  of  play¬ 
things.  He  couldn’t  stay  long,  lie  said  ;  he  had 
so  many  stockings  to  fill,  all  over  the  world, 
that  ho  had  Just  1  imn  to  distribute  the  presents 
that  were  on  the  tree,  and  he  must  be  off.  We 
wanted  to  know  where  tho  reindeers  were,  but 
be  said  hit  had  left  them  on  the  roof  he  could 
not  got  them  down  the  chimney  !  O,  the  quan¬ 
tities  of  beautiful  presents  ho  took  down  for 
us !  Wax  dolls,  with  red  cheeks  and  curly  hair, 
bureaus  big  enough  to  keep  all  their  clothes  in, 
washstands,  with  real  basins  and  pitchers,  tea- 
sets,  picture  books,  horns  of  plenty,  &o.,  &c.  I 
was  but  a  wee  mite,  between  four  and  live  years 
old,  hut  I  can  remember  to  this  day  tho  mingled 


fooling  of  awo,  affeotion  and  respect  I  felt  for 
tho  old  fellow.  Most  of  tho  children  wore  afraid 
of  him  and  drew  back  ;  but.  I  got  as  near  ns  port¬ 
s'  bio  to  him,  and  picked  up  a  plaything  which 
had  tumbled  off  of  hi*  sled  and  gave  It  to  him. 
And  when  lie  noticed  me,  and  spoke  to  me,  l 
felt  as  pro  nil  ns  a  queen.  Two  or  three  years 
later,  when  some  of  the  school-girls  had  been 
bereft  of  their  fuilti  in  the  good  old  soul,  by 
our  conscientious  teacher,  and  were  talking  it 
over  together,  1  Informed  them,  with  a  con¬ 
fidence  that  all  the  school  teachers  in  the  world 
could  not.  have  shaken,  that  "  there  was  a  Santa 
Claus,  for  I  had  seen  him  !" 

One  tiling  that  Mr.  Rurai/s  revelation  of  my 
name  has  brought  to  light  is  tho  existence  of  a 
distant  cousin  of  my  name,  away  off  in  New 
Hampshire.  He  says  our  common  ancestor  was 
Adam  he  Baktolot  (as  tho  name  was  then 
spelled),  who  came  over  to  England  from 
France  with  William  tho  Conqueror,  in  100(5, 
and  the  family  can  he  traced  down  through  all 
tlieso  eight  hundred  years!  Who  knows  hut. 
after  all  1  muy  bo  a  “/cur"  cousin  to  some  of 
tin;  young  Uuralistr.,  and  not  merely  a  “  uiako 
believe”  Cousin  Johnnie?  If  there  are  any  of 
my  name  among  them,  I  shall  be  glad  to  hear 
from  them. 

- - 

LETTER  TO  BOYS  AND  GIRLS.  No.  2. 

BY  CORA  CUKSWKLL. 

I  am  going  to  ask  you,  young  folks,  if  any  of 
you  ever  have  kept  a  diary,  or  a  Journal  of  pass¬ 
ing  events  connected  with  yourself  or  your 
family  affairs?  You  would  find  it,  very  useful. 
1  Liavo  doue  so  for  seventeen  years,  and  never 
missed  a  dny— which  Tact  shown  a  methodical 
mind,  at  least.  And  It  is  a  good  thing  to  culti¬ 
vate  a  methodical  mind,  let  me  tell  you.  The 
practice  of  keeping  a  journal  has  been  of  grsut 
service  to  me,  as  it  would  bo  to  you.  Got  a 
printed  diary  with  blank  leaves,  and  under  tho 
days  of  the  week  write  whatever  happens  to 
you  during  the  day,  what  tho  weather  may  be; 
also,  any  important  public  event ;  and  again,  if 
you  have  mom,  put  down  your  good  and  bad 
actions  which  will  be  apt  to  keep  you  In  good 
behavior,  for.ir  you  are  truthful  and  omit  noth¬ 
ing,  you  will  fuel  ashamed  of  your  wrong  doings 
and  strive  to  do  better,  when  you  see  them 
every  day  lu  black  and  white.  And  then,  as  to 
tho  weather  and  passing  events,  you  will  find  it 
very  interesting  to  refer  to  these  entries  in  after 
days  nr  years,  and  perhaps  many  of  them  may 
be  of  great  Importance  to  you,  should  you  wish 
t  o  recall  tho  date  of  some  event,  in  your  family, 
In  another  part,  of  this  blank  book  or  diary  yon 
will  find  a  cash  account  whore  you  cun  enter 
all  your  expenditures  that  Is,  the  money  you 
spend  every  day,  ami  also  what  you  may  receive 
from  yuur  parents  or  friends.  At  the  end  of 
every  month  you  can  add  them  up,  and  you  will 
thus  know  at  the  end  of  the  year  whether  you 
liavo  been  economical  or  extravagant.  Now,  I 
want  you  tn  ask  your  parents  or  friends  ir  ibis 
would  not  be  a  very  good  plan  for  you  to  carry 
out?  Suppose  you  ask  thorn  to  procure  you  the 
blank  books,  and  commence,  say,  next  week; 
or  should  you  prefer  It,  begin  on  the  first  day  of 
the  New  Year,  1874. 


te  jjpuzalcr. 


CONCEALED  FRUIT,-No.  1. 

1.  TUB  guns  arc  straight  nr  range  in  line. 

2.  is  tho  pipe  a  chosen  tiling? 

!i.  He  made  his  appearance. 

4,  This  is  sap  1  ii rubor. 

5.  is  Jerusalem  on  a  hill? 

0.  Is  maple  tup  plenty? 

7.  The  cross  cur  ran  towards  a  indy. 

83Y”  Answer  in  two  weeks.  P.  S.  Wykofe. 
■ - - - 

CHARADE. -No.  1. 

Mv  first  is  seen  in  summer  hours, 
rift  oftrri  railed  tho  of  Howcth. 

My  second  is  seen  in  early  spring 
When  first  the  birds  begin  sing. 

When  skys  are  blue  my  whole  is  soon  ; 

I  is  (air  enough  to  dealt  a  queen. 

Li i.i, Ian  I.  Greene. 
Answer  In  two  weeks. 

- - - 

ANAGRAM.  No.  2. 


I.  I  am  ill,  W - . 

3.  Man  be  jin. 

3.  He  in  a  cart. 

4.  Au  hat  on  J 

«  5.  A  male  Ned  G- 

G.  War  Ned. 

IW'  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


J.  m.  s. 


TRANSPOSITIONS.  No.  2. 

Sit  [Noiscoooen’s]  thigstols  cushtoe  tinlam 
saupe, 

Abred  esnid  tepensers, 

Dan  Holurel  ely  peek  sit  slaw 
Ginrunca  seequenconao.  Fourteen. 

»Y/  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


PUZZLER  ANSWERS. -Nov.  15. 

Poetical  Enigma  No.  J.— 

Music,  when  soft  voices  die, 
Vibrates  iri  the  memory  ; 

Odours,  when  sweet  violets  sicken, 
Live  within  tho  seriso  they  quicken. 
[Shelly.— Poerm  written  in  1821,  To 
Problem  No.  12.  — 

)  36. 18345  rods. 

1 42.MB08  “ 


MOORE’S  RURAL  KEW-¥0R«ER, 


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Ityuis  fif  the 


CURRENT  TOPICS. 


The  Cuban  Question. 

The  past  week  lias  been  one  of  much  excite¬ 
ment  over  the  Cuban  question  growing  out  of 
the  Capture  of  the  Vlrglnius  tirnl  summary 
slaughter  of  her  crew  and  passengers  by  the 
Spanish  authorities.  That  our  Government 
made  prompt  demand  for  reparation  there  can 
be  no  doubt .  This  was  of  course  done  through 
Minister  h’icklos,  who  is  reported  to  have  had 
two  stormy  interviews  with  the  Spanish  Minis¬ 
ter;  indeed  the  rumor  obtained  wide  currency 
that  the  American  legation  had  boon  sui  round¬ 
ed  by  a  Spanish  mob  which  was  only  dispersed 
by  Spanish  troops;  that  Gen.  Sickles  had  been 
assassinated,  or  t  hat  an  attempt  had  boon  matin 
to  4o  so,  and  t  hat  he  had  been  wounded  ;  t  hat 
lie  llad  resolved  to  leave  Madrid  and  had  only 
been  prevented  by  tiie  interference  of  the  Writ— 
ish  Ambassador.  This  last  story  of  violence  to 
Gen.  Sickles,  is  denied  by  the  Spanish  authori¬ 
ties.  Meantime  il  Is  the  opinion  of  all  eminent 
tueu,  nearly,  that  there  is  ground  for  demanding 
reparation,  but  no  excuse  for  war.  it  is  now 
proposed  to  submit  the  whole  question  to  arbi¬ 
tration,  making  the  Umperor  of  Germany  arbi¬ 
trator.  President  Casteli.tr  is  willing  to  make 
ample  amends,  bui  if  lie  does  he  loses  power  at 
home ;  Indeed  he  has  not  the  power  to  enforce 
ills  own  orders  In  Cuba.  There  is  a  growing 
disinclination  to  embarrass  him  in  hi-  efforts 
to  establish  the  Spanish  Republic  by  involving 
the  Spanish  Government  in  war  with  a  sit  ter 
Republic.  Tim  latest  phase  of  the  aff  air  looks 
more  paollic,  though  the  activity  of  preparation 
for  war  lu  our  navy  yards  and  sea  coast  defen¬ 
ces  is  not  relaxed  one  whit ;  nor  will  it  be  until 
the  question  is  settled,  or  some  action  is  taken 
by  Congress  in  relation  to  the  matter.  A  pow¬ 
erful  llocl  is  concentrating  in  Cuban  waters  aud 
any  furtlior  Insult  to  our  flag  will  be  promptly 
resented. 


Newfoundland  not  a  Part  of  Canada. 

On  the  8th  of  November  the  general  election 
in  Newfoundland  to  decide  whether  the  island 
should  become  apart  of  Canada  or  remain,  as 
now,  iu  possession  of  its  responsible  govern¬ 
ment,  took  place,  and  the  result,  lias  proved 
favorable  to  those  opposed  to  the  scheme  of 
confederation.  In  St.  John’.*, the  capital  of  the 
island,  a  vigorous  opposition  was  made  to  the 
scheme  of  confederation,  and  not  one  con¬ 
federate  was  returned  in  that  city.  Ferry  land, 
Harbor  Maine,  Placentia  and  St.  Mjiry’s,  ali 
returned  anti-confederate  members.  Trinity 
and  Harbor  Grace  have  alone  returned  con¬ 
federates,  but  the  greater  number  of  tho  voters 
are  poor,  and  i  hey  arc  absolutely  controlled  by 
their  Englisli  employers.  Tho  enthusiasm  in 
St.  John’s  over  the  third  and  llnal  triumph  of 
the  anti-confederates  was  most,  ardent.  This 
victory  in  Newfoundland  la  conspicuous  in 
view  of  tho  struggles  made  by  Nova  Scotia, 
New-Brunswiek  and  Prince  Edward  IslancF  to 
remain  in  possession  of  thoir  own  Parliaments. 
That  island  ia  to-day  the  ouly  unaomexed  pro¬ 
vince  in  British  North  America. 


John  P.  Hale  Dead. 

Hon.  John  P.  Hale  of  New  Hampshire  died 
Nov.  19,  lit  his  home  at  Dover  New  Hampshire. 
Mr.  Hale  was  born  lu  Rochester,  Stafford  Coun¬ 
ty,  N,  11.,  March  31, 1*0«.  He  studied  at  Phillips 
Academy  in  Exeter,  and  in  his  17th  year  entered 
Bowdoln  College,  where,  four  years  later,  he 
was  graduated  with  distinction.  In  1838  lie 
settled  in  Dover,  N.  H„  studied  law,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bur  in  1880.  lie  soon  acquired 
a  large  practice,  and  in  1833  was  elected  to  the 
Legislature  of  Now  Hampshire  as  a  Democrat. 
He  received  from  President  Jackson,  in  1334, 
the  appointment  of  United  Stales  District- 
Attorney  for  the  District  of  New  Hampshire, 
and  retained  that  position  until  1841,  when  he 
was  removed  by  President  Tyler,  on  party 


grounds.  In  1813  he  was  elected  by  the  Demo¬ 
crats  to  the  United  States  House  of  Represent¬ 
atives,  and  therein  promptly  took  sides  with 
the  few  opponents  of  Slavery  which  it  num¬ 
bered.  He  opposed  at  its  inception  the  project 
for  the  annexation  of  Texas,  although  that 
measure  was  favored  by  the  President  elect. 
(Polk)  and  was  sustained  by  the  great  mass  of 
the  Democratic  party.  He  was  again  nominated 
for  Congress  in  1845  and  defeated,  in  1849  he 
was  elected  to  the  legislature  and  made  Speak¬ 
er;  in  1847  he  was  elected  United  States  Sena¬ 
tor.  In  1853  he  was  nominated  by  the  Preo  Soil 
Democracy  at  Pittsburg  for  President  of  the 
United  States  and  defeated.  In  1355  lie  was  re¬ 
elected  to  the  United  States  Senate,  and  again 
re-elected  in  1359.  In  18«5  he  was  appointed  by 
President  Lincoln,  Minister  to  Spain.  When 
Gen,  Grant  became  President.  Mr.  Hale  was 
recalled  and  lias  lived  in  retirement  since. 


Senator  Sumner  on  the  Cuban  Butchery. 

Senator  Sumner  wrote  a  letter  to  the  Com¬ 
mittee  having  in  charge  the  recent  Cuban  in¬ 
dignation  meeting  in  this  city,  from  which  we 
extract  what  follows : 

Allow  me  to  add.  that  longing  for  immediate 
emancipation  iu  this  neighboring  island,  where 
slavery  still  shows  its  infamous  front,  and 
always  insisting  that  delay  is  contrary  to  jus¬ 
tice,!  do  uni  think  it.  practical  at  this  moment 
on  existing  evidence  to  del  ermine  all  our  duties 
In  the  recent  case  where  civilization  has  re¬ 


ceived  a  shook. 

It  js  vary  eu*y  to  Bee  Unit  no  Indignation  at, 
the  dreadful  butchery  Inconsistent  with  the 
spirit  of  the  ave,  but  iinhapily  aroused  by  an 
illicit,  filibustering  expedition  front  our  own 
shores  kindred  to  that  of  tlie  Alabama,  for 
which  England  has  been  Justly  condemned  m 
damages,  can  make  us  forget  that  wc  are  dealing 
with  the  Spanish  nation  struggling  under  terri¬ 
ble  difficulties  to  become  a  sister  Republic,  and, 
therefore,  deserving  from  us  present  forbear¬ 
ance  and  candor.  Nor  can  wc  forget  tlm  noble 
President,  whose  eloquent  voice  pleading  for 
humanity  and  invoking  our  example,  has  so 
ni  ton  elm  nurd  the  world.  The  Hpaplsh  Repub¬ 
lic  and  Emilio  CaatclW  do  not  deserve  the 
imMUK’t*  of  war  from  us.  II  watchword.'-'  iuo 
needed  now  let  them  be  “Immediate  emanci¬ 
pation  and  justice  In  Cuba;”  “Success  to  the 
Spanish  Republic,  honor  and  gratitude  to 
i, '...in.,  rnciwiur  and  tieaco  between  our  two 


lotions.”  .  ,  . 

Bearing  these  in  mind  there  will  bo  no  occ.i- 
jon  for  t  he  belligerent  preparations  ot  the  last 
mv  days,  adding  to  our  present  burdensome 
ixpendituros  several  millions  ot  dollars,  and 
•routing  a  wur  fever  to  interfere  with  tho  gen¬ 
ual  health  of  the  political  body. 


Important  Decision  Regarding  Bankruptcy 
Proceedings. 

Attorney-General  Williams,  on  a  ques¬ 
tion  submitted  to  him  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury,  decides  that,  a  payment  made  by  a 
debtor  to  a  creditor  who  has  committed  an  act 
•f  bankruptcy,  and  against  whom  proceedings 
in  bankruptcy  have  been  instituted  aud  arc 
pending,  but  who  lm»  not  yet  been  adjudged  a 
bankrupt,  will  not  be  valid  in  the  event  of  an 
adjudication  in  bankruptcy  In  such  proceed¬ 
ings,  if  tlm  payment  occurred  subsequent  lu 
the  filing  of  tho  petition  therein;  and  that  a 
payment  made  by  a  debtor  to  a  creditor  who  is 
known  to  have  committed  an  act  of  bank¬ 
ruptcy,  but  against  whom  proceedings  have  not. 
at  tho  time  been  taken.  Is  valid  in  so  far  as  it 
is  affected  by  the  existing  bankruptcy  laws. 


Lose  of  the  Steamship  Robert  Lowe. 

The  telegraph  cable  steamship  Robert  Lowe 
was  lost  on  the  coast  of  Nova  bcotia  during  the 
storm  of  Nov.  17  and  18.  The  latest  accounts 
show  that  t  ti roe  boats  succeeded  in  leaving  the 
ship  with  33  people,  who  landed  with  much 
difficulty,  all  safe,  •  xcopt  one  man,  who  was 
killed  by  the  upsetting  of  a  boat,  The  remain¬ 
der  of  the  crew,  including  Oapt.  Tidmarsb  and 
t  lie  chief,  third  and  fourth  engineers,  remained 
by  the  wreck  t  ill  washed  off  by  a  heavy  sea. 
Eighteen  perished,  including  Mr.  Wiekendeu, 
one  of  the  Heart’s  Content  staff. 


The  Richmond  Tobacco  Manufacturers 

Recently  adopted  the  following  resolution : 


if, sol  veil.  As  the  sense  of  the  Tobacco  Manu- 
cturers  of  the  city  of  Richmond,  that  the 
ssage  of  a  law  by  Congress  allowing  licorice 
id  other  essential  ingredients  to  pass  under 
aid  into  their  manufactories,  free  of  customs 
nv  wouJU  greatly  stimulate  the  production 
i  no  manufactured  article  for  domestic  eon- 
i motion,  as  well  as  increase,  by  more  than 
mole  the  amount  now  exported  outward, 
icreby  increasing  the  balance  of  trade  Ut 
vor  of  this  country,  and  thus  more  than  com¬ 
mas!  iug  the  national  treasury  for  t  he  loss  of 
tiy  on  t  hese  articles.  Wc,  therel ore,  request 
jr  Senators  and  Representatives  at  the  next 
■ssiou  of  Congress  to  advocate  the  passage  of 
law  looking  to  such  results. 


The  Chanceiorahip  of  Delaware. 

Gov.  Ponder  of  Delaware  has  excited  a  furi¬ 
ous  storm  of  indignation  by  appointing  his 
brother-in-law,  ex-Sanator  Saulsbuiy,  to  the 
Chancellorship  of  the  State.  The  Wilmington 
Commercial  says:— "Since  ilia  retirement  Mr. 
Saulsbury  lias  not  reformed ;  liis  habits  have 
grown  worse  rather  than  bett  er.  On  l  lie  whole, 
we  doubt  if  ever  any  man  ha*  been  placed  on 
the  bench  to  discharge  judical  duties  of  high 
importance  under  circumstances  so  shocking 
to  every  consideration  of  propriety.” 


William  R/l.  Tweed, 

once  Chief  of  Tam rmiey  Hall  in  this  city  and 
political  dictator  to  ..he  State  of  New  York,  is 
now  imprisoned  in  The  Tombs  of  this  city, 
under  sentence  of  twelve  years  imprisonment 
and  a  line  of  over  $13,000.  While  t  bis  is  regarded 
a  triumph  of  law  aud  decency  finally,  the  pen¬ 


alty  is  so  utterly  inadequate  to  the  enormity  of  j 
the  offence  and  the  shameless  corruption  and  • 
robbery  which  this  man  has  incited  that  it  sug¬ 
gests  that  such  crimes  should  be  made  some¬ 
thing  more  than  a  “  misdemeanor." 


President  Grant  In  Favor  of  War  with  Spain. 

A  special  dispatch  to  the  World,  dated 
Washington,  Nov.  35,  says “  An  old  army 
friend  of  the  President,  who  had  quite  an  ex¬ 
tended  interview  with  aim  to-day,  reports  that 
Grant’s  voice  is  for  a  most  prompt  and  aggres¬ 
sive  policy  towards  Spain.  All  of  the  Senators 
and  members  who  have  conversed  with  him 
bring  the  same  report ;  but  he  does  not  seem 
to  meet  with  a  very  general  war  feeling  in  re¬ 
turn  among  the  Congressmen.  While  some  are 
for  war  the  most  of  them  agree  that  the  coun¬ 
try  is  In  no  condition  for  it,  and  believe  that, 
apology  and  reparation  can  be  secured  to  suffi¬ 
ciently  satisfy  the  honor  of  the  country.  There 
is  little  or  no  abat  ement  in  the  preparations  for 
war.  It  seems  to  be  the  impression  that  instead 
of  our  Government  having  to  wait  for  reports 
from  Minister  Sickles  concerning  the  Spanish 
Cabinet’s  views,  the  Spanish  Cabinet  has  con¬ 
ferred  extraordinary  powers  on  Admiral  Polo 
to  communicate  directly  with  our  Government 
through  the  Secretary  of  State.  At  ail  events, 
the  Spanish  Minister  i*  now  brought  Into  more 
intimate  communication  with  Secretary  Fish 
than  at  any  time  since  the  present  trouble 
began.” 


The  Number  of  the  Vtrgtnlus’  Crew  and 
Passengers  Shot. 

The  Havana  ConsUmcia  of  the  18th  inst.  pub¬ 
lishes  extracts  of  the  official  reports  referring 
to  the  military  operations  which  had  taken 
place  during  the  fortnight  just  passed  In  vari. 
oua  parts  of  the  Island.  A  rter  announcing  tho 
capt  ure  of  the  Virginiua  the  report,  which  is 
dated  the  15th,  continues,  showing  that  fifty- 
three  persons  in  all  were  shot. 

Ail  t. lie  crew,  numbering  105,  were  captured, 
among  whom  were  found  Bombeta,  Jesus  del 
Sol,  O’Ryan,  e  brother  of  Cespedes,  and  a  son  of 
Qucsada,lti  addition  to  other  persons  of  import¬ 
ance  in  the  insurrection.  Tried  by  a  compe¬ 
tent  tribunal,  fifty-throe  were  executed. 


Affairs  In  France. 

A  dispatch  from  Versailles,  dated  Nov.  25, 
says:— The  members  of  the  Cabinet  have  again 
tendered  thoir  resignations  to  President  Mac- 
Mahon,  who  has  accepted  them.  The  Cabinet, 
as  reconstructed,  ia  composed  as  follows :  Min¬ 
ister  of  the  Interior— Duke  do  Broglie.  Minis¬ 
ter  of  Foreign  Affair*  Duke  Decazea.  Minister 
of  Finance-  M.  Pierre  Magne.  Minister  of  Jus¬ 
tice— M.  Ernoul.  Minister  of  War  General  du 
liaraii.  Minister  of  Marine  Admiral  d'Ho’rnoy. 
Minister  of  Public  Instruction  and  Worship— 
M.  Hut.bte.  Minister  of  Public  Works— M.  De- 
aeilltgny.  Minister  of  Agriculture  and  Com¬ 
merce  M.  Itouflicrio. 


Spiritual  and  Temporal  Struggle  In  Europe. 

A  London  telegram  informs  us  that  Mr. 
Disraeli  made  a  speech  in  Glasgow,  the  33d 
iust.,  in  which  tic  severely  criticised  the  Gov¬ 
ernment,  and  predicted  a  groat  st  ruggle  In  Eu¬ 
rope  between  the  spiritual  and  temporal  pow¬ 
ers.  He  feared  tho  conflict  might  result  in 
anarchy,  and  declared  the  partisans  of  Home 
Rule  in  Ireland  would  unmask  and  show  Great 
Britain  their  real  designs. 


Assignment  of  Pre-emption  Rights. 

The  new  ruling  of  the  Interior  Department 
concerning  five  assignment  of  pre-emption 
rights  having  been  misunderstood,  it  is  stated 
that  t  he  exact  change  consists  in  holding  that 
after  an  entry  has  boen  perfected  under  tho 
General  Pre-emption  Laws,  the  duplicate  re¬ 
ceipt  may  be  assigned,  and  a  patent  will  be 
issued  to  the  assignee. 

- - - - 

BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 


Mr.  J.  H.  Pickerell’h  (Harristown,  Ill.,) 
Short-Horn  bull  “Baron  Boot  h  Of  Lancaster” 
is  dead.  This  bull  has  been  shown  at  nineteen 
fairs  and  has  taken  sixteen  first  prizes,  two 
second  and  one  third  prize  in  tho  regular  rings, 
amounting  to  8855.  In  sweepstakes  (all  ages 
and  breeds),  twelve  firsts  and  one  second, 
amounting  to  $1,475.  Bull  and  his  get,  shown 
five  times  and  took  Qve  first  prizc-s,  amounting 
to  $,5tX).  Total  62,830.  He  was  also  one  or  the 
herd  that  took  ten  first  and  eight  second  prizes, 
amounting  to  $1,000.  Total,  $4,430. 

The  Postmaster-General  is  quite  confident  of 
the  adoption  of  his  postal  savings  bank  scheme. 
He  claims  to  have  received  a  large  number  of 
letters  from  Congressmen  announcing  their  de¬ 
termination  to  support  it.  Mr.  Creeweil,  in 
presenting  his  scheme  to  Congress,  will  model 
it  on  a  system  somewhat  different  from  that  of 
Great  Britain,  and  will  give  it  a  different  desig¬ 
nation.  It.  will  probably  bo  called  the  National 
Savings  Depository. 

Geo.  F.  Robinson  has  received  the  medal 
awarded  to  him  by  Congress  in  1871  for  saving 
the  life  of  Secretary  Seward,  when  attacked  by 
tho  assassin  Payne, on  the  night  of  the  14th  of 
April,  1805.  The  medal  was  made  at  the  United 
States  mint  In  Philadelphia,  at  a  cost  of  four- 
teen  hundred  dollars. 

Nov.  351  h  (here  was  a  pretty  uniform  im¬ 
provement  in  the  leading  staples  of  domestic 
produce.  Cotton,  breadstuff*,  and  provisions 
I  were  firmer,  and  general  trade  was  on  a  more 


liberal  scale.  Freights  were  inactive,  owing  to 
higher  prices  of  merchandise  in  the  face  of  a 
decline  in  gold. 

It  ia  estimated  that  30, (XX)  French  Canadians 
have  returned  to  the  province  of  Quebec,  Can¬ 
ada,  from  the  United  States,  during  the  past 
throe  weeks,  their  return  being  largely  due  to 
the  stoppage  of  manufactories.  A  large  pro¬ 
portion  of  them  have  left  for  Western  Canada. 

James  O’Neil,  formerly  a  resident  of  Roches¬ 
ter,  in  tliis  State,  was  found  dead,  stark  naked, 
in  pnxton,  III.,  last.  week.  He  had  become 
insane  from  tho  effects  of  a  gunshot  wound 
over  the  eye,  received  during  the  rebellion, 
while  serving  In  tho  Twenty-third  Michigan. 

The  “deportment"  professor  of  a  Connecti¬ 
cut  female  seminary  insists  that  tho  public 
shall  not  be  allowed  to  intrude  while  the  young 
ladies  indufco  in  their  harmless  game  of  “leap¬ 
frog.” 

Gen.  Boyer  testified  Nov.  35th  before  the 
Ba/.ine  court-martial  that  Bismarck  told  him 
that  he  would  grant  an  armistice  if  the  army 
of  Metz  would  declare  for  Napoleon. 

Archbishop  ’Ledochovski  has  been  sen¬ 
tenced  to  two  years’  imprisonment  and  a  heavy 
fine  for  continued  infringement  of  the  Prus¬ 
sian  ecclesiastical  laws. 

An  anonymous  correspondent  of  the  Mayor 
of  Reading,  Pa.,  predicts  the  burning  of  that 
city  unless  an  immediate' reduction  of  rents  be 
effoctcd. 

The  report  that  the  Spanish  Government  was 
willing  to  submit  the  Virgin ius  question  to 
the  Emperor  of  Germany  for  arbitration  is 
denied. 

M.  BERTHEMY,  formerly  the  French  minister 
t  o  t  ids  country,  is  now  successfully  representing 
the  French  Republic  as  its  minister  resident  in 
Japan. 

Gen.  Longstreet  has  tendered  the  Bervice  of 
25,000  men  to  the  Government  should  their 
services  be  wanted  in  tho  acquisition  of  Cuba. 

There  were  rumors  in  Washington  yesterday 
of  a  plot  to  overthrow  the  Costclar  Govern¬ 
ment  and  make  Serrano  dictator  of  Spain. 

A  grand  reception  and  serenade  were  given 
Nov.  35th,  to  Sen  or  SoJcry  l’la,  the  Colonial 
Minister,  at  tho  Casino  Espanol,  Havana. 

The  Supreme  Court  of  California  has  declar¬ 
ed  it  unconstitutional  to  tax  mortgages  on  land 
which  already  bears  a  tax. 

An  old  woman  in  Nevada  was  killed  for 
withcraft  by  a  number  of  intelligent  voters  last 
week. 

The  War  aud  Navy  Departments  continue 
their  hostile  preparations. 

- ♦  ♦  » 

SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS. 


Fairbanks  received  the  Medal  of  Progress  at. 
the  Vienna  Exposition — the  highest  prize  given 
any  manufacturer  of  weighing  machines.  This 
is  a  compliment— and  one  well  merited — but 
better  than  all  prizes  is  the  award  of  the  entire 
weighing  world,  which  considers  Fairbanks’ 
Scales  tho  Standard.  In  spite  of  largely  in¬ 
creased  facilit  ies  for  manufacturing  (factories 
covering  over  ten  acres),  the  Messrs.  Fairbanks 
find  that  1,300  Scales  weekly— 00, 000  yearly  do 
not  meet  the  present  demand. 

Using  the  best  materials — employing  skilled 
and  experienced  help— giving  personal  atten¬ 
tion  to  tho  manufacture  of  tho  Scales  they  in¬ 
vented— it  is  not  surprising  that  they  lead  the 
world  In  the  science  o!  weighing. 


THE  MARKETS. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 


New  Yolk,  Monday,  Nov.  24, 1873. 

Receipts.— The  receipts  ot  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  a*  Pillows  : 

Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  4*51  Cotton,  bales .  25,155 

Kggs,  bbis .  11,528  iiaps,  bales .  '.ML* 

Flour,  bbi« .  81,300  Peanuts,  bags .  31 (i 

Wheat,  bush . lJtti.iVMit'ut  mvnir,  pUgs...  8,188 

Corn,  bush .  ...  756,806  Fork,  bbis, . . .  2,447 

Oats,  bush .  197.5041  Beef,  pkgs . .  2,120 

Rye.  bush .  31,200,  Lard,  pkgs .  2,040 

Barley,  bush .  14,  ,-v  |  Butter,  pUgs .  23.150 

Malt.,  Push .  Cheese,  pkgs .  41,250 

Beans,  bush .  0,750  Wool,  bales,..,.....  708 

Coru  meal ,  bhl*. . . .  4,002  Gras-s  seed,  huali. . .  621 

Lorn  meal,  bags,.,  4,7t>2  Dressed  Dogs,  No..  45 

Beeswax.— Shippers  are  exporting  in  small  lots 
at  y&anoc. 

licit nm  and  Pea*.  Export  of  boans,  past  week, 
W.  tibia.:  of  pens,  12,725  bush.  There  is  a  good  steady 
demand  for  nuMliuma,  aad  though  the  receipts  are 
still  liberal  the  moderate  quotations  keep  stock  from 
allowing  a  large  surplus.  Marrows  continue  Una 
tinder  u  brisk  export  Inquiry.  Green  peas  arc  tlrrn; 
most,  of  tho  rough  lots  have  boen  closed  out,  and 
dealers  are  not  so  anxious  to  sell  i he  remainder. 
Canadian  pea*  ore  dull  at  the  late  decline  fur  both 
free  and  bond.  Southern  B.  II.  peas  are  scarce,  and 
late  sains  show  an  advance.  ♦ 

The  quotation.- are: — For  new  mediums,  *2. 15@2-2d 
for  prime,  nod  rL83iC.2.'JC  for  other  grades:  prime  mar¬ 
rowfats.  $2.T0i&2.75;  other  grades,  $2.40152.60:  prime  pea 
beans,  t2.40sc2.5fl;  do.  fair  lots  down  to  S?.15<&2.80; 
kidney, red, $3.50743.75;  kidney  while, $2.I3®*.15.  Peas, 
now  Canadian.  In  btd*.,  $t. llfotl.12.:  do.,  in  bulk,  90o. 
Green,  new.  $1.70@1.60:  old,  S1.406fcl.3O.  Southern  B. 
E.  peas,  Rf.65eti2.7a  V  bush. 

Broom  Corn  Dull,  and  quoted  extreme  at  8@ltc. 
for  liuh  ;  ?<®lc.  for  green ;  5ji7e.  for  red. 

Butter.  Priixin  continue  to  hold  up  well  for  tine 
table  grades,,  but  when  the  flue  October  and  Other 
fancy  lines  are  gone  —  whleli  will  soon  bo  the  cum;,  as 
buyers  arc  calling  for  nothing  else -the  other  grades 
will  have  to  strike  a  line  of  figures  Uial  will  atilt  tho 
medium  class  of  winter  buyers.  It  is  not  likely  that 
the  th-M-eluas  trade  will  pay  enough  for  selecting  the 
choice  Prom  lots  now  pushed  aside  to  make  a  high 
average  tor  the  bulk  of  stock  in  store.  Thanksgiving 
week  gives  some  extra  spurt,  to  ins  Demand  forlow- 
prlcyd  or  ••cooking”  butter  t or  pastry  use.  But  on 
the  whole,  the  situation  of  the  market  is  In  no  way 
improved,  compared  with  our  remarks  of  last  week. 
The  outside  rates  are  tor  quantities  that,  show  a 
marked  superiority  over  grades  that  open  tho  ranges. 

We  quote  Orange  county  pails,  fancy.  40®,— c-s 
other  good  pails,.  afkjiJTc.  :  poor  lo*s.  20G»a5e.s  State 
firkins  and  half  tubs.  fine.  34©30c.,  tn  fines,  and  W& 


Mr 


Fru 


mv.  29 


©OBE’S  BUBAL  NEW-YORKER. 


<a*. 


37c.  for  selections ;  fair  to  pood  State,  24<A30c.:  Welsh 
tubs,  fanny,  34e.i  other,  2&'(31o.;  choice  Western, 
including  Michigan  factory,  27@S0e.;  good  do., 20<»23c.; 
skipping,  18<gi20u.;  low  do..  Ific.  Pennsylvania  pails, 
30@35e,,  do.  other  pits#,,  25«5>3fto.  Rolls,  choice,  27® 
28c.;  other*  2<)®24e, 


Cherwy  Shippers  have  been  purchasing  rather 
more  freely  at  b'-4o.  fur  choice,  and  occasionally  at 
to  *40..  with  the  market  having  a  firmer  ton*.  Ex¬ 
ports  for  the  week.  22,000  boxes. 


Fine  and  choice  factory.  13*6*  13kc. :  do.  good  to 
inme,  12,v,,l2o.:  tali-  lots.  I)H«»12Hc.;  State  farm  dai- 
,y.  KOod  to  prime.  !2M®i:;S'e.;  do.  fair  lots,  ll®12c.: 
no.  skimmi'ff ,  vs  uatern,  flu**  chuddar,  norot  no  l  • 

do.  good  flat.  I2M&13W0,;  do.  fair  tots,  UX®12JfC.i 
skimmed.  Sowc.;  English  dairy,  nominal. 


Cider.— Quoted  at  INI)  17c.  -;i  gal. 

f-'.0,t*0n  — J®  ruling  higher,  with  afnir  inquiry.  Cow 
middling  upbind,  on  the  spot,  I, Vic. 

Dried  Fruit*.- General  trade  has  been  very  quiet 
lately,  e/ porters  doing  very  little,  with  the  home 
trade  small.  Prices  have  not  changed  materially. 

southern  apples,  old.  is«7c.:  do.  new.  T<»7Sc.  tor 
old  and  .u-ftc,  for  sltceil ;  Mate  i  WfflSc.  for  old  qrw„ 
fortdtced;  Western,  7r«i?Xc.;  new  state 
at  7|(rt8Ke.  for  qrs.aud  10c.  tor  sliced.  Bluekbcr- 
ries,  IUwIUmc.  Peeled  ptsiu-Jaen.  prime  Georgia  and 
North  (  aroltna.  13®lSe.:  impeded,  SH®9c.  tor  halves 
and  b.H®>c.  tor  quarters.  Pitted  cherries.  22®24e.  for 
State  and  southern.  Kaspberrte-,  new.  3ll>«3to.  JTcw 
peeicd^eitohcs,  isv->c.  Calif oroinpluiaa,  :i3a«^c.;  do. 


I-ggs.— ihrre  i  a  good  stiff  market  for  eggs.  Some 
near  point*  extra  fresh  arc  selling  as  Inch  as  83<a*fc. 
m  single  bhls.  W  ostern  are  active  and  firm.  Limed 
arc  somewhat  weaker,  us  the  offering  Is  pretty  gen - 
c r’f  1 1 ■ ,  Slate  amt  Pennsylvania,  2ikh)30c.:  nest  murks 
Of  Western.  2Sini.*dhc,:  other  Wo.-ter.i,  W^wiSie.s  <  n- 
nadiau.if  SKi'i'io.;  limed  State,  2l<;(i22c.;  do.  Western. 
19®21o. 


Lsseiiiijil  Oils.  I  he  quotations  are  f3.256t3.50  i 
r.ir  .0l1  1  hPPcrmlnt  In  tin  gallon  packages;  $3.H7(«) 
4.rj  do.  in  glass,  oil  Winter..: reen.  $4.25601,50  y  it. 
Oil  Sassafras,  55c.  ty  ». 


I1  lour.  The  shlppinn 
the  market  has  hceu  adv 
ant  tone. 

No.  2 . 

Superfine  Slate . 

Extra  do . 

Fancy  do . [ 

Superfine  Western . 

Extra  do., . 

Minnesota  extras . . 

Western,  white  wheat _ 

Round  hoop  Ohio. . 

Trade  brands  do . 

Southern,  extra . 

Double  extras . . 

Rye  flour .  . . 

Corn  meal,  Jersey . 

Brand  v  wine . . 


tradu 

anoin; 


1ms  been  liberal,  and 
:,  closing  with  a  buoy- 


,?8  lilV.V)  6  uo 
.  a  85m  tl  00 

.  «  'KXo  0  lift 

.  0  r'.i'v)  T  25 

.  ft  fUtol  ft  0  ) 
..  (1  25m  0  55 
6  80M  H  3ft 
.  7  75®  H  35 
.  ft  ■  ft  Of, 
.  ft  ‘JOm  7  00 
.  6  5ftM  7  25 
.  7  lift®  ill  75 
.  4  20(,o  ft  10 
.  3  iTY'r'l  3  15 
.  3  85®  3  ftft 


Fresh  Fruits.  -  I'll  ere  was  a  temporary  Improve¬ 
ment  la  apples  when  the  new*  came  uniiount'lrig  I  lie 
lock  ng  up  or  many  canal  boats.  Now  ns  the  proha- 
billties  are  that  stock  will  move  ii gain,  prices  have 


fallen  back  1>.  inc i r  recent  ranges, which  show*  the 
apple  market,  us  devoid  Of  any  mil  strength,  w,. 


quote  mixed  lrit.«.  State  $3(„  3.25  par  tihi.i  selected 
Greenings  or  Spit :  aiwl  other  similar  sorts. »  ■..•fv..  fi.sr ; 
Ohio  and  Michigan  *2.511*3;  other,  «&t2.25.  I'run- 
berr  es  have  declined!  the  stuck  I*  m  ti  good  nmnv 
hands,  and  dealer,  mv  all  anxious  to  sell.  We, mote 
choice  Cape  Co<1,  bhl*„  Ml;  other  t>l»K.  fiVM;  choice 


@4.60  crate ;  there  is  u  goon,  stca.lv  doniati  i  f,,r 
them;  outside  parties  who  have  boon  iming  them 
reappear  for  sound  lot  .  Chestnuts  are  irrrguliir  In 
quality;  the  range  Is  *4@0  i>  bush.  Hickory  ioiih  *3 
@2.25  do.  Peanuts  dull  at  #1,,,  |.40  Ter  poor  to  fair 
and  $1.50®?  for  good  to  prime.  (Venn*,  ftur.,  To  l,on- 
siana,  oranges.  ?7QS  ;<  bid.  Black  walnuts, ‘$1  p  hush. 


Grain.—' The  export  business  lias  been  liberal  at 
advancing  prices. 


Wheat,  Mil.,  No.  2 . 

do.  1 . . . . 

Chicago.  No.  2 . . . 

Red  Western,  new . 

Amber  do, . .  . 

White..- . . . 

Rye,  Western . 

Nuw  State  . . 

Barley  malt,  Canada  West . . 

Corn,  prime  mixed . 

White . 

Southern . 

Oats,  Western  mixed . .."I  r,i@  55 

White .  r.7Z  «> 

Barley.  Western .  1.35@  1  .Mi 

State,  two-rowed .  |.;S5@  1.40 

do,  four-rowed .  I.5ft@  1.00 


. W.47@|!.18 

1.536,,  1.5, 5 
. ....  1.4(@  7.45 
....1.47®  1.5214 

.  1.55m  1.58 

.  I.iVV-j  1.85 

.  0265  lift 

.  Si3@  !I5 

.  1.70®  1.75 

. (SAj  eft 
.  73®  ;r> 


Honey-Still  lias  a  slow  movement.  Strictly  fancy 
white  is  not  pl'-nty.  ami  that  evade  Is  quoted  at  3:le  ; 
there  is  a  good  deal  of  dark  stock  offering,  fur  widt  h 
20@30c.  Is  a  full  r.inge.  the  lower  for  Ltuckwiicat . 


Hay  anil  Straw.  -The  arrivals  have  been  liber- 
al.jaml  It  has  bceii  diaiciilt  t.o  obtain  late  prices. 

n‘2H-  ilu 


SV  >3  quote  prime  Timothy,  per  ton,  f27®jfi :  do.,  fair 
to  good,  do.,  per  ton.  »22@2ft ;  do.,  whipping  grade, 
perton,*I'.His2ft:  do  .clover,  goon,  per  ton.  $l*>  do.,  in¬ 
ferior,  per  ton,  *12@K  straw,  long,  per  ton,  ?1«<,<,I7 ; 
do.,  9hort,  per  ton,  ? b:  do,,  oat,  per  ton,  fit®  15. 


Hops  — Supplies  have  beep  large,  more  particu¬ 
larly  of  foreign,  and  prior*  horu  been  materially  re¬ 
duced,  leading  to  only  light  business. 

We  quote  prime  ami  choice  new.  «).  i.'.c  the  1,0 


Poultry  tint)  Gn mc.Tbo  poultry  market  is  in 
a  very  uneartum  position  ;  prices  lutve  ruled  very 
low.  and  tbo  quoiity  of  slock  1ms  been  of  a  grade 
that,  would  not  warrant  holding  over  even  If  ilie 
weather  were  favorable. 

We  quote:  Dressed  IV, uitry — Chicken*.  N.  -I,  and 
Bucks  Co.,  prime.  ISdiiq  Up.,dn.,  fair  to  good.  Ion 
iJStfcdO.,  State,  prime,  ilc*12c,j  do.,  do,,  poor  to  good, 
Usilfte.;  do.,  Western,  g»  oil  to  prim, •,  111. 12c,;  do.  do 
poor  to  good,  ftffiilc.;  Turkeys,  Jersey,  prime,  lit,  15c* 
do.,  do.,  fell  to  good,  lOMlfte.:  do..  State,  prime,  13,u; 
14c.;  do.,  do.,  poor  to  fair,  lu„  12c,;  do..  Western,  good 
to  prime,  U-  tile. ;  do.,  do.,  poor  to  good,  va]l)e; 
J >ueks.  Western,  prime,  M," Joe.;  do.,d».,  fair  to  good, 
IOmU'c,;  G .Jersey  good  to  prime,  ll@i3e.:  i,,„ 
do.,]>oorto  tair.PMWe.;  do.,  Western, good  to  prime. 
tfti«,12e.;  do.,  do.,  poor,  7@yc. 

There  is  an  Imp  oved  demand  for  game.  Vonlsmi 
is  in  better  demand.  Whole  deer  sell  freely  at  this 
time  to  decorate  stalls  and  shops,  and  nil  showy 
game  now  finds  considerable  outlet  for  that,  purpose. 
Southern  quail  are  Included  in  the  receipts;  they 
sell  low,  A  good  many  pour  grouse  that  have  been 
cooped  for  u  hotter  market  are  selling  low.  Quail 
trapped,  •<  do*-,  IV  '2.12;  small  or  soft,  do.,  ti.2Mad.76 ; 
;•  7  •  »;••"!.  P  1  .  inferior,  do.,  4(l@ 

Wit..  V  p  -  -  gj  Lt.Mt.ii :  ,  pair,  W<a16o 


1  jy  .  IWMII  V-  k  M  *.>  I  .  ,  I'ilir, 

Venison,  whole  di  et,  V  Xt„  1 1 *<,<•.;  long  saddles, 
13®  15c.;  short  saddles,  l(k,.17o.  Canvas  back  ducks, 
81.60  ^  pair.  Redheads.  87c.  do.  .Mallard,  4ft@4fte. 
Common  wild  duck,  35c. 


Provislnuu.  Price*  generally  bavo  been  ruling 
llrra,  with  an  increased  export  1  r  ule.  Bacon  for  win¬ 


ter  delivery.  7c.  for  P-ng  clear,  w.  for  short  dear, 
7!<c.  for  longnnil  short eten'  togell-c*r. 


iMc, :  1  aHMR.  _ _ _ 

"l4C.  Mess  pork,  f  11.50,  spot:  Western  prime  mess 
at  $14.50.  Drr—anl  hog  ,  city,  5qc.  Cut-meat* 
are  selling  at  S&lUc.  for  pickled  hams,  iin-sc  ;  i;‘,o.  ror 
shoulders,  loose;  ft, tide,  .'or  pickled  bellies,  loose. 
Boxed  dry-salted  shoulders,  5Qc.  tor  winter  delivery 
Smoked  incuts  at.  lUy  lln.fnr  loose  timui5,7.M@7|ke.  for 
mose  shoulders.  Tallow  at,  7;»@7Re.  for  prime  stock. 
Beef  sellirg  at  $9®U.73  for  barreled  now  plain  mess. 
$)2<ai  18.5ft  for  extra  mess.  Ticrccd  beef,  tiew,  for 
short  delivery,  at  MHc  ftU  for  new  India  »«s,  $28  for 
new  eiua  India  mess. 


Seeds.— Clover  is  firmer  through  light  supplies,  „ 
quoted  at  S14@S}ie.  Timothy  is  quiet  at  $2.75.  Rough  ? 
mu  dull  at  $1.75@1.85.  ■ 


Tobacco.— The  market  is  strong  and  moderately 
active  on  export  account. 

QUOTATIONS— NEW  CROP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

Lugs...., . .  . 63f®  7j£C-  7U@  7iiC. 

Good  do.  ...  7 3t«*  KJic.  7:8 Mi)  8>»c. 

Common  to  medium  leaf.  ftfv'c.  ft  @  10  We. 

Good  00.  ..1ft  w  lOH'e,  11  @  12 

Fine  do,  ..11  @  12  c.  12KM  13  c. 

Selections . . . 12.W®  13  o.  13 H@  15 

SBKDUKAP  CROP  OP  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  tillers . II  Mil  e. 

seconds............ . 13  @25  e. 

wrappers . .4t»  &>  53  c. 

selection* . lift  M  75  c. 

Netv  York  Hllers .  1ft  @  11  e. 

wrappers . is  (■<  •'<■>  0. 

assorted  lots. . . . 11  60  11  c. 

Pennsylvania  fillers . 13  w;  l-i  C. 

wrappers.... . 22  (>#  00  e. 

aasorted  lots . 18  @  25  e. 

Ohiotlllers . ft  @  8  *’• 

wrappers . .13  @35  e. 

assorted  lot* . . . .  ft,'»M  12  C. 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots. . . 8  @  0  c. 


Vegetables.— Exports  of  potatoes  past  week,  11, (Ml 
hhls.;  of  onions,  3U0  bbla.  The  checked  arrival  ol 
on  mil  boats  ha*  tended  to  help  the  potato  market  ; 
but  the  advance  1*  not  licavy,  and  not  likely  to  last 
If  stuff  cornea  through. 

We  quote  Early  Rose  $3..'jQ@2.T5  *bbb.h.nlk;  peach 
Blow.  |2.2ftM2.50  do. ;  Peerless.  $1.25661.30  do.  Princo 
Alberts. $1.7.'.@2.25,  Mwrot,  Virginia,  *3<;<>3.35  V  bbh: 
Delaware,  «4qs  1,45 1M  bbJ,  Onion*,  n  bill..  83.25ai3.50 
tor  red.  «3  ®  8.50  for  yellow,  and  for  whlt.o. 
.Marrow  squash,  $(,181  >1  hbl.j  Hubbard,  fl'do.  Car¬ 
rots.  $2.  Russia  turnips.  7ISe.@ I .  Garlic.  V  10(1  strings, 
$10(5)11.  Pumpkin*,  d  iUO,  $UA8.  Outside  rate  for  po¬ 
tatoes  are  for  double  lieiulM. 


Wool.— There  l.s  1  little  better  business  from  man¬ 
ufacturer*  at  steady  prices. 

Ohio,  Pennsylvania,  and  West  Virginia  ileeeea,  47(5) 

30c . ’NX.  and  44@(  •.  '<>  r  X ;  New  York,  Michigan 

and  Wisconsin.  45r>»4Ve.  for  XX  and  43@44c.  for  X  : 
Indiana.  Kont.uelty  and  Tennessee.  44®47c.  for  XX 
nnd  Mi  rf'fc.  for  X  ;  Illinois.  Iowa  and  Minnesota.  42® 


Iftc.  i’"1  x  \  and  hi  12c.  for  X  ;  pulled,  M  >  isc.  for  ex¬ 
tra,  13m  Tie.  for  super  Olid  2ft@31e.  for  No.  1. 


KOCH  ENTER..  Nov.  21.  — Flour  firm  at  ad¬ 
vance  of  25&50cj.;  $3568.5(1  ror  amber  winter;  $ft.25  for 
white.  Wheat  tlrm,  with  unchanged  price.  Coro, 
tift@70c.  for  State,  thlts,  MoviSo,  Barley  steady,  with 
more  demand;  $1,15®  1.20  for  two-rowed;  $t.35@1.42 
for  four-rowed,  lne-sed  hogr  lower;  $fi.ft(l<lii0  for 
heavy;  $(!«ift.25  for  light  weights ;  other  meats, un¬ 
changed.  Butter  scarce;  2VI®32c.  V  it.  Eggs,  27@30c. 
{'  <lo/.  ’The  season  for  sbiiipiug  apples  and  potatoes 
has  closed.  Potatoes  are  brought  for  local  demand 
at  4'imiMu.  7  bush.  Applus  i5c.w$l.  Chickens  lower, 
ll@12wc.  h  iti.  Onion*,  M «c.  4'  bush.  Cider,  $3.50® 
3.76  V  hid.  Hay  In  better  supply,  and  $1  lmVer. 


COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 


LITT7.K  FA  r.r.s,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  27.  1873. 

Tub  market  at  Little  Falls,  for  the  week  ending 
Nov.  22d,  was  more  active  than  for  the  previous 
week,  with  a  shade  higher  prices.  The  delivery  of 
farm  dmru  unwanted  to  4(10  boxes  and  upward,  anil 
‘-ilea  were  made  at,  llMloe..  according  to  quality. 
Factories  were  well  represented,  (lie  offering*  arnont- 
lug  to  more  than  8.’ tv1  Duxes,  only  ah'  01 1  haH'  ■  if  which 
cliaiigod  iiaud*.  We  give  *i,ine  of  the  leading  trans¬ 
action*,  a  -  s’ollew* ; 


•V  Neill*,  It*.  1'tQc.;  JUttle  Falls  Central,  iftft,  l.'iQe,; 

"•n,  300,  i:t..c.;  Nichols,  lit).  : 

Old  etone  Cliuroh, 13k, e.;  a.  .smith  A  Co.,  100,  I3j.fe.; 


White  Creek,  3(3),  15V, e. 

There  wo*  a  good  delivery  of  butter,  and  sales  were 
made  at 

The  weather  in  Herkimer  is,  no  Id  and  there  is  a 
deep  snow  on  the  ground.  The  herds  have  gone  into 
winter  quarters  anil  are  rapidly  shrinking  in  milk. 

W«  Inti  •  el’,  lee:*  f Pi  III  UlirOlUi  tu  tllft  3«  "I  Novelo 

her.  Our  London  correspondent  suy*  cheese  Is  in 
good  demand,  the  quality  amt  condition  being  all 
thstcoold  be  desired.  American  extra  line  is  quoted 
at  7i@72*.;  Hue.  Iift®7ll,  iSDgllSh  Cheddar  sells  for  THM 
ftfts.;  Wiltshire  double,  ftSMiBS,;  Ilie.Shlre  modi  urn,  fill 
Mill*.;  line,  S0®848.;  Scotch,  r,;,a>80.*.  Dutch  cheese 


Edams,  OftGiftfts.;  Gondas,  &4®$2».j  Derby  shape,  fiOMttls. 
The  butter  market  is  very  firm.  Cloumells  sells  at 


142s.:  Dorsets,  Fifts.;  Normandy  extra,  ll2s.;  Canadian, 
9(Ka>124s. 


LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 


New  York,  Nov.  22,  1873. 

Deevea.— Trade  In  beeves  though  simdl  on  last 
Wednesday  forenoon  was  lair ;  price*  ranged  at  7 Vi 
@12>4o.  ifi  tt.;  weights,  5*f@8  cwt.  Trade  was  not  so 
brisk  on  Thursday.  There  was  a  slight  falling  off  in 
values:  prices  ranged  at 7WM12 Re.;  weight-,  i:v@8}$ 
cw$.  These  rates  were  current  Friday,  with  a  few 
top  steers  at  TiJit'-I  trade  was  slim  on  a  Baht  run  of 
fresh  eiittlo.  Special  sales  have  been— poor  quality 
<ddo  steers,  (IK  cwt.,  ‘JRc.s  coarse  do.,  ?*.;  cwt.,  scant. 


Winn  Bi.ui.irB,  n  g,  owl-.,  ■lAv.i  coarse  uo.,  cwt.,  sen  in, 
lOKc.i  do.,  fair  to  good,  7J46»8>4  cwt.,  ll<ii.V2Qc.;  Jersey 
do.,7Mewt..l)Neg  Virglulu  do  ,  fin r  to  good,  7NM7N 
cwt*.  lftVi@12|,e.:  Statu  dou  0J*  cwt.,  ft  »j blNep  poor 
Kansas  do.,  6r«  cwt,,  SV-C,;  tlenLucky  do.,  poor  to  fair, 
ftH@ti:k'  cwt.,  N.gftVjo.;  do.  oxen;  $  cwt.,  Iftt-i  IftHc.;  1111- 
noia  steers.  O^Mlfe.,  ?p,  cwt-1  choice  do„8R  cwt.,  lisa 


12V,'<-'.;  rough  Indiana  do.,  ftX  cwt.,  lie.;  common  Tram- 
nylvnnla  do.,  6J*  cwt.,  ftKe.;  poor  quality  Missoui  i 
do.,  0)£  cwt.;  i)e. 


llilfh  Cows.— Trade  in  these  animals  has  been 
fair  since  our  lust  weekly  report-,  with  a  brisk  de¬ 
mand  for  good  quality  cows,  which  were  scarce. 
Prices  ranged  at  ?35@$7  V  head,  «  1th  general  sales 
at  $45(ii73. 


VwtU,— Trade  In  veal*  wns  small,  as  most  of  the 
lots  to  hand  wtr-i  tod  eourae  for  the  demand.  Arriv¬ 
als  also  were  light,  ex trem a  range  of  prices  being 
8@11e.  Grass  calves  were  almost  uomiaai  at$5@0.5O. 


Sheep  mill  I,n  nibs.— There  was  a  fair  trade  in 
sheep  on  Wednesday  last  at  3@5}tfe. ;  lambs  sold  in 


selected  lots  at  6Jd«c7!ic.  On  Thursday,  sheep  sold 
at  ’kwftc. ;  lambs,  ft1-,  -'i71*e.  Friday,  sheep  sold  at  i® 
<>c,;  lambs,  IHIe.  Speoial  sale*  as  fo Hows Jersey 


-  ,  -  Jersey 

ewes,  S0MS2  ll>s.,4c.;  do.  sheep,  110  lbs.,  5e.;  State  do.. 
Id  lbs.,  5>,c,;  Indiana  do.,  75  lbs., 3c.;  Obloilo.,  117  lbs., 
Canada  do.,  110  lbu-„  5 hie.,  Canada  Iambs,  Vi  lbs., 
$0.1*  f  owl.:  Stato  do.,  tSM  lbs.,  7c. 


1  i  ng.*.  1  race  on  »v  cones  nay  last  was  Woal 

id  choien  quality  sold  at  4Yc  ;  city  dressed,  5; 
light  pigs  tttTe.  Thursday,  five  were  worth  4; 
light  pigs,  7c.  Friday,  trade  was  active ;  ll 


Ilnurs.— Trade,  on  Wednesday  last  was  Weak.  Live 

5W@liyc.; 
4Ji@4^c,; 

-  _ .  .  .......  live  were 

worth  4 K@lk<!.:  mty  dressed,  fc  .MftJt.;  light  pigs,  7c. 

Horse  Market.  'Them  hn*  been  a  very  small 
trade  In  ho ■  act-  -Luce  our  last  weekly  report,  and  that 
has  been  in  poor  quality  horses.  One  pair  of  ordinary 
light  harness  horses  sold  at-  #35(1;  1  j>alr  poor  q unlit. y 
do.,  $280:  I  trotter,  $235 ;  1  saddle  liorse,  flUft;  llmrse 
sold  at  $25.  Tl  horse*  arrived  (•  Erie  Railroad,  via 
Oak  Cliff  Station;  ;si  mule.*  and  ill)  horses  arrived  ^ 
Central  New  Jersey  Railroad  via  Liberty  St.  Ferry. 


lucent 

li’TS  OF 

LIVE 

STOCK. 

* 

^h««p  6c 

tlfMVVM. 

Cow". 

C'ftlVlMl, 

1  .hihOR. 

One  Hundredt  h  Bt 

...1,783 

b 

501 

410 

000 

Forty- Eighth  Bt... 

. . .  45 

no 

230 

14,583 

(100 

Fortieth  Bt . 

..  ODD 

w 

lift 

8,187 

33.172 

Communipaw . 

. ,  3.H61 

00 

00 

2,003 

15,407 

Weebawken . 

...1,487 

uo 

00 

000 

0(3) 

Totals  this  week.. 

..  7,25ft 

9fi 

850 

25,403 

48  fifth 

’•  last  week.. 

..  8,ft4! 

55 

754 

20,344 

52,320 

CO.MI>ARATIVE  RATES. 

Last  week. 

Tills  week 

Cents. 

Cents. 

Good  Bteers  D  ft. 

...12 

(w  13 

12 

tek  13 

Fair . 

...ll 

&  11 K  11 

fe  I15f 

Poor . 

...1ft 

<3*  10'Y  10 

(<S  10k 

Poorest . 

...  5%  &  ftik  7 K 

os  y%- 

Gen.  selling  rates. 

...10)6  69 11%  lftK  @  ny4 

Monday's  Hnles.— Had  it,  not  been  for  the  ex¬ 
tremely  heavy  rain  of  this  forenoon,  trade  in  good 
quality  beeves  would  have  been  fair;  as  it  was.  sales 
were  slow,  blit  rates  were  firm,  ranging  at  s’.,.  13c.; 
weights,  4&@10  cwt.  on  53®5S  Iks.  to  tue  cwt.,  net. 


Milch  Cow*.— There  was  uflrtu  demand  for  good 
quality  cows  at  9&&@82.fi0  V  head  •  poor  qnnlltv  cows 
stood  over  unsold. 


Von  1 41.— The  inferiority  of  the  quality  of  1  he  calve* 
to  hand  kept  prices  down  and  made  sales  slow.  Gross 
calves  sold  generally  nt  $7.75  '(■'  bend:  a  few  at  $15. 


Slicep  nnd  Lnnihs.  -Trade, wav  slow,  and  ehiotly 
effccieri  In  selected  lots,  some  sold  at 56ti5‘; e.;  whole 
car  loads  at.  8j^@5c.j  lambs,  5)4®b'Jfo. 

Hog*.  Late  on  Saturday  afternoon  live  hogs  sold 
nt  4].i @4 Vfc.:  iMidon  this  forenoon  at  4^c.  City  dress¬ 
ed  were  not  quoted  at  noon. 


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Gardening  for  Profit  (P.  Henderson) . ]  50 

Gardening  fur  the  South  (White’s) . . .  2  00 


Bhnpliera  irtandaiii .  2  00 

Qulnby’s  My- ieries  of  Bee  Keeping .  ‘  1  fj) 

Quincy  OH  Soiling  Cuttle . .  ’  I  yr' 

Randall's  Fine  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry . 1  00 

Do.  Sheep  lluxtmdry  m  tJio  8ciu,h . 1  50 

Richardson  ou  the  Dog . ;gj 

Baundet-i  Dutinmdc  Poultry. . .  40 

Sohenak’s  Gardeners'  Text-Book .  .  75 

ficrlbncr's  Produce  Tallies . .......I!"!!!!,”  yj 

Do.  Itejidy  Reckoner  and  Log  Book .  30 

Him tiaon  s  liorse  Portraiture— Breeding,  Rear¬ 
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Six  Hundred  Recipes.. . ; .  1  75 

Skeleton  Leaves .  . . .  .  2  m 

Skillful  Housewife . . . 76 

Slauk’s  Trout  Cuir-ure  inoii  / . .  .  1  gn 

Stewart's  (John)  ciuL-ic  tick .  1  60 

Togetmeier's  Poultry  Book  (colored  plates) .  mil 

Tegetmelar's  Pigeon  Look  icolored  plates) .  6  m 

Ten  Acre*  FJnoiigi, . '  1 

The  Boston  Machinist (Fitkgeruld) . . 75 

The  Dog  (by  D'nke,  Mayhew  and  Hutchinson)"  3  01 

The  Dug  (new) .  •>  go 

The  Horji)  iStofichcr.ge),  bro.,  1522  pp,  350 

The  .Mule  (Kilevt— A  Trent j-e  on  the  Breeding 
Training  and  uses  to  which  he  may  he  put  1  50 

The  People’*  Practical  Poultry  Book . .  J  51 J 

Thomas'  Am.  Fruit  CultuiTst  (48ft  Illustrations)  ’  3  00 

Trapper’s  Guide  (Newhouse) . . .  '200 

Trout  Culture  (Seth  Green) . .  .  j  j2j 

Trowbridge's  (Mrs.  I.uiiral  lCiccl.ilor  Cook  Book 

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W  .rdcr A  Hedges  liiid  i  ivcrgri  f- us.  .  160 

Waring's  Elements  of  Agriculture . "  x  iX) 

Watson’*  American  Home  Garden .  "  2  00 

Wax  Flowers,  and  How  to  Make  Them..,. 2  iu 

Western  Fruit  Grower*' Guide  lEJliott). ..  "  1  jy 

Wheeler's  Hornes  for  the  People . .  a  80 

Do.  Rural  Homes . .  2  00 

Window  Gardening  (II.  T.  Williams) 1  50 

Woodruff's  Trotting  Horse  ef  America .  2  26 

Woodward’*  (iraporles  and  Hort’l  Buildings  . ...  1  Li 

lie.  Country  Homes .  t  60 

Do.  Pottages  anil  Farm  Houses . j  50 

Do.  Suburban  and  Country  Houses . .  1  jft 

Youutt  and  Spooner  on  the  Horse .  1  jo 

Vouatt  and  Martin  on  Gatlin . . .  1(0 

YouaU  and  Martin  on  the  Hog . .  1  qq 

Youutt  un  siiwcp . . 100 

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Choriton  *  Grape  Grower's  Guide,..,..  7i 

Cider  Maker'.*  Manual . 151 

Clater  s  New  til.  Cattle  Doctor,  culorud  plates...  6  01 

Cobbett  *  American  Gardener . 7 

Cole’s  American  Fruit  (took .  75 

Cole’s  American  Veterinarian .  .  75 

Cotton  Culture  (Lyman  s.) .  . . .  1  mi 


Crack  Sltot  (Barber) . . .  1  73 

Cranberry  1  til lu in  iJ.,1.  While) .  “]  ;  2.6 

Dadd’s  American  Cuttle  Doctor . "..  1  w 

Do  Modern  Horse  Doctor . . . 1  BO 

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Darwin's  Variations  of  Animal*  and  Plant'*'.'.!”!  ft  00 

Dead  Shot ;  dr  Sportmun’s  Complete  Guide .  1  vf, 

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Gray'.*  Manual  of  Botany  atid  Lessons . !.!  ..!  3  DO 

Do.  School  (ind  Field  Book  of  Bo  tally .  2  50 

Do.  How  Plants  Grow  (UK)  Illustrations) .  112 

Do.  Introduction  to  Structural  un  t  Systematic 
Boinn v  und  Vegetable  Physiology  (1,300  illu*.).  3  60 

Uiniuon  on  Milch  rows .  75 

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Harney's  Barns,  Outbuildings  and  Fences, . "  10  00 

Harris  on  In scctn .  4  ijn 

Do.  on  the  Pig  Breeding,  Management,  Ac.!..",  I  50 

1  Littleld's  Amerlcun  1 1 uu«t  Carpenter .  3  so 

Hints  to  Horse  Keeper*  1  Herbert  a) .  1  75 

High  Farming  wit  bout, : Manure . 35 

Holly’s  Art  of  Haw-Filing . .  76 

Holly's  Carpenter's  Hand  Book  (new) . 7a 

Hooper’s  Dog  and  Gun . 30 

Uoope*'  Book  of  Jftvorgrcens .  . !.'  3  oft 

UopCultum . .  '  40 

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Jennings  on  Cattle  and  their  Diseases .  1  76 

Do.  Horse  and  his  Diseases . . . .  175  ’jje 

Do.  Horse  Training  -Made  Busy . .  1  2n 

Do.  Biieep,  Swlnn  and  Poultry  .  '"  1  75 

Johnston's  Agricultural  Cnemistry,.,, . .  175 


do.  Element*  Agricultural  Chemistry . !.’!!!  ]  on 

Kemp  s  Landscape  Gardening . ...'  2  60 

Langstrotli  on  tins  Hive  and  lJuney  Bee . !  ’  2  Oft 


Lewis’  American  Sportsman .  2  75 

Lightning  Rods,  and  How  to  Construct  Them. 

by  John  Pbtn . . . ’  35 

Matutai  Ob  Fiaxand  licmpCuiture . ...!!".' 

Manual  of  Tobacco  Culture. . .  “  35 

Mason’s  Farrlqr  and  Stud  Book. . ..'.!'!'  1  at 

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Do.  Illustrated  Horse  Doctor  . . .  ,  3  eft 

Mechanic's  Companion  (Nicholson! _ _  ...  3  do 

Mechanic#  for  Mill  wrlghts,  Machinists  and  others  1  50 

Milos  011  Horse’s  Foot  (Cloth) .  75 

Modern  Cookery  (by  Min#  Acton  and  Mrs,  g.  J. 

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McClure  s  Diseases  of  Horse,  Cattle  and  Sheep!  2  1)0 
Money  In  the  Garden,  by  1*.  T.  tm'nu,. .. 

Norris’  Msh  Culture .  . !!!!!!!!!!!  1  76 

Norton’s  Element#  Bole  11  tine  Agriculture, !.!!!!’  76 

Onion  Culture . .  20 

Our  Farm  of  Four  Acre#  . 

Pardee  ou  Strawberry  Culture.. , 

Parsons  on  the  Rose., 


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PERSONAL  ITEMS. 


George  MacDonai.d  has  written  a  new 
story. 

Senator  Oglesby  o  1  Illinois,  was  married 
Tuesday  week. 

Prince  George  of  Prussia  lias  written  a 
tragedy  entitled  “  Christine  von  Schweden." 

“Toilers  and  Spinsters,  and  other  Essays,” 
by  Miss  Thackeray,  is  announced  in  England. 

Mr.  Martin  Tuppkii  lias  boen  giving  a  series 
of  readings  from  bis  works  at  Glasgow  and 
Dundee. 

KmvAitn  Kitrsell,  formerly  agent  of  Bing 
Sing  Prison,  was  found  dead  on  the  railway 
track  last  week. 

Queen  Victoria’s  brother-in-law,  Ernest, 
duke  of  Buxe-Cohurg-Gotha,  is  coming  to  this 
country  In  January. 

Ex-Gov.  Hoffman  will  leave  Paris  for  Egypt 
about  the  middle  of  November.  His  family 
will  remain  in  Paris. 

Adolphus  H.  Davekport  was  called  “Dolly” 
because  he  was  the  original  Dolly  Spanker  in 
“  London  Assurance." 

J  eff.  Davis,  who  has  been  very  ill  lately  has 
gone  to  Mem uliis  for  hiB  health,  ltather  a  bad 
place  for  health  we  should  say. 

Mrs.  E.  M.  Stanton’s  remains  have  been 
placed  by  the  side  of  her  husband's  at  Oak 
Ridge  Cemetery,  Georgetown,  D.  C. 

Clarence  Prentice,  the  onlv  surviving  son 
of  George  1).  Prentice,  was  thrown  from  a  buggy 
at  Louisville,  recently,  and  instantly  killed. 

The  statue  of  Genoral  Kearney,  which  New 
Jersey  Is  to  contribute  to  the  National  Art  Gal¬ 
lery  at  Washington,  Ison  exhibition  lu  Phlla. 

Charles  G.  Ames,  of  Philadelphia,  mado  a 
broad  and  deep  mark  as  a  lecturer  in  California, 
where  ho  lived  some  Beven  yearn  and  got  quite 
a  reputation  for  originality  and  brightness,  lie 
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inal  Accomplishments. 

AND  ALL  WITHOUT  BASTIN0. 

L— It  prepares  the  Milliners’  Fold  bettor  than  can 
be  done  bv  band. 

2. — It  prepares  Milliners’  Fold  with  different 

colors  and  places  of  goods  at  one  upend  ioti. 

3. — It  prepares  and  places  u  fold  in  any  seu.ni 

perfectly,  without  basting. 

4. — It  prepares  and  puts  n  double  or  single  told 

on  the  edge  of  u  bund. 

6. — rt  curds  bins  bunds. 

c.— It  prepares  and  applies  n  double  French  lieni 
finish. 

7. — It  prep&res  a  rord  welt  perfectly. 

6.— Jt  prepares  anil  places  a  cord  welt  In  any 
seam  without  basting. 

9.— It  prepares  a  cord  welt,  at  the  same  time  gath¬ 
ering  ami  placing  the  well  in  the  gather¬ 
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sired,  at  one  operation. 

1(1.— It  docs  plain  gal  boring. 

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13. — It  binds  will!  braid. 

14. — It  bind*  witlt  cut  binding. 

15. — It  sews  any  seam  without  busting; 


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—  Thero  is  excellent  sleighing  all  through 
the  northern  part  of  Maine. 

—  One  result  of  the  Chicago  election  will  be 
the  repeal  of  the  Sunday  law. 

It  is  estimated  that  ft.O'JO  of  the  8,900  jewel¬ 
ers  In  Newark,  N.  J.,  are  uow  idle. 

—  Locomotives  are  now  heated  iu  Russia 
with  the  raw  petroleum  of  the  Volga. 

—  There  Is  a  great  revival  among  the  Shako- 
nose  Indians,  164  of  whom  have  been  baptized. 

—  The  present  assets  of  the  Vermont  State 
Agricultural  Society  are  estimated  to  ho  over 
$14,000. 

—  There  ia  considerable  snow  in  Montreal, 
and  sleighs  are  used  instead  of  cars  by  the  city 
railway. 

—  Without  reckoning  exports,  the  English 
consumption  of  coal  amounts  to  100,000,000  tons 
per  annum. 

—  Local  taxation  in  Ireland  during  the  past 
year  has  amounted  to  nearly  £3,000, 0(A),  or  about 
10s.  Od.  per  head. 

—  A  very  large  number  of  American  sowing 
machines  have  been  sold  In  Vienna  which  were 
never  made  here. 

England  has  this  year  exported  hooks  to 
the  value  of  $1,410,000.  Of  this  $1,537,000  worth 
carue  to  their  cousins. 

—  The  catch  of  salmon  on  the  Columbia 
River,  Oregon,  this  season,  has  been  120,000 
forty-eight  pound  cases. 

Fifty  dollars  have  been  voted  in  Water- 
hury,  Conn.,  to  feed  the  sparrows  through  the 
winter  and  build  them  houses. 

—  Switzerland  exports  $43,000,000  worth  of 
manufactured  silks  annually,  and  tho  manufac¬ 
ture  thero  is  rapidly  increasing. 

—  Quite  a  number  of  Penobscot  lumbermen 
have  gone  Into  winter  quarters,  there  being 
eight  inches  of  snow  in  the  woods. 

—  The  total  attendance  at  the  Vienna  Exposi¬ 
tion  foots  up,  according  to  official  count,  5,310,- 
073,  of  which  1,603,575  belonged  to  tho  noble 
army  of  dead-heads. 

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I  Company,  and  cannot  bo  paid  out  by  said  Company  except  upon  vouchers  showing  that  tlio  monoy  has 
been  actually  and  honestly  expended  In  th«  erection  of  tho  Industrial  Exhibition  Building  or  in  acquir¬ 
ing  title  to  land, 

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D)  accordance  with  the  ohartor  and  by  a  resolution  of  tho  Board  of  Directors  k*  Industrial 
Exhibition  Company,  passed  July  24tli,  1872,  tho  following  niuniborNlitpsi  huvo  boou  o- feted  and  aro 
offered  for  sale : 

At  the  ahovo-uainod  places  and  hy  authorized  Agents  throughout  tlio  United  States. 

Iho  proper  holder  of  any  of  these  It  entitled  to  free  admission  to  the  Industrial  Exhibition,  tho 
Art  Gallery  of  Statuary  and  Paintings,  and  tho  Garden  of  Plants  during  tlio  tlmo  It  Is  open,  and  limited 
only  by  tho  duration  of  tlio  membership. 

These  memberships  do  not  ontltlo  tho  lioldor  to  admission  to  epecinl  places  of  amusement,  except 
as  conducted  by  the  Exhibition  Company. 

MEMBERSHIPS.  -  PRICE  AND  KIND. 

Class  1st.  l*rlce  $1<).  30  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  thirty  admissions  to  fclio  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $10. 

Class  2d.  Price  $20.  90  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  ninety  admissions  to  the  Exhibition.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $30. 

Class  3d.  I*rice  $10.  300  Admissions. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  throe  hundred  and  sixty  admissions.  Not  transferable. 

Price,  $40. 

Class  4 Hi.  Price  $100.  Life. 

Entitling  the  purchaser  to  admission  at  any  time  during  life;  the  bulling  being  open  to 

tho  public.  Not  transferable.  Price  $100. 

Class  ffth.  Family  for  Fife.  Price  $300. 

Entitling  tho  purchaser  and  his  Immediate  family  (in  esse  at  tho  time  of  such  purchase)  or 
any  of  them,  during  tho  lifetime  of  any  of  them,  to  admission  to  tho  Exhibition,  when  open 
to  the  public.  Not  transferable.  Price,  $300. 

Class  «th.  HEREDITARY  A  TRANSFERABLE.  Price  $1,000. 

EntltLiug  the  holder  and  owner  to  admission  to  the  Exhibition,  at  any  time  when  the 
building  is  open  to  the  public,  transferable  by  sale,  gift,  or  devise,  but  Ally  to  be  used  by  the 
actual  owner.  The  holders  of  these  memberships  aro  to  be  rogarded  as  honorary  members  of 
the  Institution,  with  such  additional  privileges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  granted  them 
by  the  Board  of  Direotors. 

Payment  to  bo  made  whenever  called  on  by  check  payable  to  tho  order  of  the  Union  Trust 
Company. 

A  suitable  Badge  wj  1  be  adopted  for  Life,  Family  and  Hereditary  members. 

Memberships  will  not  be  sold  after  he  Building  ia  open,  to  the  public. 

Each  purchaser  of  a  membership  will  bo  given  an  engraving  of  the  Building. 

Banks,  Bankers  and  Individuals  are  wanted,  to  act  ac  Agionta  throughout  the  United  States. 
For  further  Information,  please  address 

INDUSTRIAL  EXHIBITION  COMPANY', 

No.  9»5  BH91DW1Y,  NEW  YORK.  CITY. 


AND 


SHOULD 


A  STRONG-  AND  LIVELY 

THREE-YEAR  OLD 


IS  THE 


A,  A.  HOPKINS,  P,  0.  REYNOLDS,  and 
G.  F.  WILOOX,  EditorB, 
ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 

Only  $2  a  year;  2  copies  $3. 

FOIt  THItEK  YEARS 

IT  HAS  BEEN 

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in  the  World! 

FOR  1074, 

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(Editor-In-Chief  of  The  Rural  Home,) 
for  only  ?2.25. 

Address  TIIK  RURAL  UOIIK, 

Rochester.  N.  Y. 

THE  GOLDEN  AGE, 

Filled  every  week  with  Brief  and  Sparkling  Notes 
on  the  Nows.  Literature,  Politics,  Art,  Sci¬ 
ence,  Reform,  and  all  current  themes. 

Every  subscribe.r  gets  two  beautiful  Cliromos, 

THE  FALLS  OF  MINNEHAHA, 


The  Gorges  of  the  Yo-Semite, 

Two  fine  American  Pictures  of  American  Scenes 
for  American  Ilomes. 


AGENTS  WANTED 

To  canvass  for  The  OOLUKN  Aok.  The  induce¬ 
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obtaining  subscriptions  is  easy.  Liberal  cash  pay. 
Send  for  Circulars  containing  full  particulars. 
Address  THE  GOLDEN  AGE, 

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H  ft  U  r  V  Mints  rawidhi  with  Stencil  A  Key  Check 
IflUnCI  Outfits.  Catalogues,  samples  and  par¬ 
ticulars  free.  S,M,  Spenoeh,  117  Hanover  St.,  Boston. 

•B  *75  to  S250  p»r  month,  .Sffl,, 

£  to  introduce  the  GENUINE  IMPROVED  COM 

Y  MON  SENSE  FAMILY  SEWING  MACHINE. 
2  Tin#  machine  will  stitch ,  hew,  toll. tuck, guilt, cord, 
jS  hind,  braid  nn<l  embroider  in  u  most  superior  man- 
r  nor.  Price  only  Mb.  Fully  licensed  and  warranted 
S  for  live  vears.  We  wdl  pay  U.OOQ  for  any  machine 

that,  will  sow  a  stronger.  More  beautiful,  or  more 
m.  elastic  seam  man  ours.  l‘L  makes  the  ”  Elastic 
■C  Lock  Stitch.”  Every  second  stile h  cun  be  cut., ana 
«  still  the  doth  cannot  be  nulled  apart  without  tear- 
r,  lag  It.  We  pay  Agents  from  $75  to  »2to)  per  month 
and  expense*,  or  u  com  mission  from  which  twice 
thataiuountcan  be  made.  HEOi  'MB  &  CO.,  Horton, 

Y  Maes.;  lHUthurg,  Pa.;  Chicago,  10.;  nr  St.  Louis.  Mo. 

20  SHEETS  OF  CHOICE 
MUSIC,  $1. 

Why  throw  away  money  on  high-priced  Music 
when  vou  can  select  front  our  uatnloRUti  of  70H pieces? 
Any  20  Half-Dime,  or  10  ar  Dime  Series,  mailed  on 
receipt  of  One  Dollar.  Sold  toy  a.Jl  booksellers,  ana 
can  be  ordered  through  any  newsdealer.  Send  stamp 
for  Catalogue.  Address 

BENJ.  W.  HITCHCOCK,  Publisher. 

439  Third  AVe.,  New  York. 


F>FlIlv!lA.Fnr  3L4IA.TI3:B1VLA.TICS. 

Teacher— “ Well,  mybov,  do  you  know  vour  Tables?” 

Pupil—11  Yes  ma’am,  breakfast  Table,  Dinner  Table  and  Supper  Table. 
(Goes  to  the  head  of  the  Holiday  Class.) 


CAUTION. 

BUY  ONLY  THIS 

GENUINE  FAIRBANKS  SCALES, 

MANUTAOTURBD  BY 

E.  &  T.  FAIRBANKS  &  CO. 


SILVER 

ITIPPED 

SHOES 

6ABLE 

SCREW 

wire; 


Command  themselves  to  all 
sensible  parents,  as  with 
them  their  children's  shoes 
will  wear  three  times  longer 
than  without. 

Boots  and  Shoes  are  not 
affected  by  heat.,  cold, 
drought,  or  dampness,  and 
therefore  commend  them¬ 
selves  to  all. 


CITY  OF  ROCHESTEH 

7  Per  Cent.  Bonds, 

Issued  for  Construction  of  Water  Works,  under 
Act  of  Legislature,  Passed  April  27, 1872. 

Rochester  possesses  the  element*  ol  a  pros¬ 
perity  unexcelled,  if  equalled,  by  any  other 
city  in  this  lilaic.  It  is  the  center  ol  trade 
to .u  surrounding  population  ol  uboiit  309,- 
OOO,  to  whom  the  menus  ol  transportation 
are  furnished  by  Railroads  radinrinur  from 
the  city  In  eleven  different  directions. 

Its  Indebtedness,  excluding  this  loan,  is  less 
than  Sl.S30.O00,  while  if  lias  Public  Prop¬ 
erty  amounting  to  ubuiit  >£,330,000,  nnd 
Private  Real  Estate  valued  at  S70, 000, 000. 

The  Bond*  ore  l**uod  In  either  Coupon  or  Regis¬ 
tered  form;  the  Registered  being  transferable  at  the 
office  of  the  Union  Trust  Company  of  Now  York, 
whore  both  principal  and  interest  is  payable. 

Tlio  expenditure  of  moneys  derived  from  their  sale 
ts  directed  by  the  Mayor  of  the  City  and  the  Board  of 
Commissioners. 

PRICE  PAR  AND  INTEREST.  CIRCU¬ 
LARS  UPON  APPLICATION. 

ROBINSON, CHASE&CO 

Bankers,  18  Broad  St.,  New  York. 

Territory  for  Sale ! 

LOVITT  8  PATENT 

GAME  AND  RAT  TRAP 

Which  hn*  proved  to  be  the  best  thing  Of  the  kind 
extant,  1*  now  ottered  for  mile.  Those  wishing  to 
purchase  Territory  will  please  anpiv  t<>  the  Patentee, 
through  the  Zanesville  l1.  O.,  Box  301;  or  to  C.  F. 
WHITE,  Gilbert,  Muskingum  Co.,  Ohio. 

JUL  Insurance  Company. 

WT  IT  A  7  *  T  JT  n  wn  f’f)  vvy 

IT*-  Apply  to  any  Agenl,  or  write  to  the  Company. 

$1  OlO  *•<-*  CORn  per  month  guaranteed 
■  U  HJ  <D&3v  sure  to  Agents  every¬ 
where,  selling  our  new  seven  strand  Watte  Plalina 
Clothes  Lines..  Sella  readily  nr  every  house.  Samples 
free.  Address  Gin  a  no  \V  Hue  Mills.  Phila.,  Pa. 

“WORTH  TEN  TIMES  ITS  COST.”—  Wil¬ 
liamsburg  (/*«.)  ttulltUn, 

JANUARY  NUMBER  NOW  READY. 


Beautiful  CHROMQR,  mounted,  for  only  II. 
Landscape  or  Figures.  Mulled  safely  any¬ 
where.  GEO.  K.  FERINE,  (ill  Reticle  at.,  N.  Y. 


Eagan’s  Artificial  Stone 


Standard  Scales. 

.htock  Scales,  Coal  Sr  alts,  Hay  scales.  Dairy 
Scales,  Counter  scales,  Ac.  Ac. 

Scales  Repaired  Promptly  and  Reasonably. 

For  sale  also,  Troemer'u  Coffee  and  Drue  Mills, 
Composition  Bolls,  nil  sizes  Letter  Presses,  Ac.,  &o. 
THE  MOST  PERFECT 

ALARM  CASH  DRAWER 

Miles  Alarm  Till  Co.’*. 

every  [NK]  every 


ZS  THE  BEST. 

Patented . ; . 1872. 

Tills  Patent,  In  the  manufacture  of  Building  Front*, 
Sills,  LI  nto.U,  Coping,  Step#.  Doorand  Window  Heads, 
Mantels,  llenrfh*.  Tiling,  Curbing,  Sidewalks,  Gar¬ 
den  and  Lawn  Walts,  Floor*  for  fee  Houses,  .-'laugh¬ 
ter  Houses,  Carriage  House*,  Malt  Houses,  Brewer¬ 
ies,  Cellars,  Kitchens,  Tanners’  Yaw,  Stable*,  etc., 
etc.,  offer*  a  good-paying.  permanent  and  legitimate 
bu  lues*  In  every  oHyund  town  in  the  United  Status. 
Agent*  wanted.  For  sale  of  Rights,  and  nil  lurthai 
information,  address 

EAGAN  «fc  VAN  DOREN, 

923  Brondwny,  New  York. 

BETTER  THAN  EVER ! 


MERCHANT 


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SSicSIdeawek 


T  II  R  E  E  -  P  L  Y  Bll  O  V  I  N  G  , 
in  Use  Ten  V  ears. 

A  good  article,  well  recommended, nnd  suitable  lor 
either  steep  or  nut  roofs.  Send  for  Circular  and  Sam¬ 
ples.  Mica  Hoofing  Co.,  78 Maiden  Lane,  New  York. 

Mineral  Roofing. 

Cheapest  and  Most  Durable! 

It  is  made  in  Sheets  containing  100  (net)  square 
feet,  each,  and  shipped  in  roll*  ready  to  be  laid.  It 
e:tn  be  laid  oy  inexperienced  men,  Is  not  injuriously 
affected  by  heat  or  cold,  and  may  be  culled  tire-proof. 
For  particulars,  address 

S.  B.  SIAM  FACTURTNG  CO.. 

923  Ilrnudgvay,  New  York  City. 


By  i.no  A  reni  selling  vers  Pate vt 
.won,,..  BocomHionded  by  the  lute 
Horace  Gr  •  ley,  Am.  Agriculturist, 
and  100.0(10  Families  using  them. 
One  county  for  each  Agent.  Success 
sure.  0.  A.  CL KG (>  a.  CO., 

‘Hi  i  tort  land  t  8t.,  N,  Y. 


GREAT  REDUCTION. 

TEAS  AND  COFFEES 

AT  WHOLESALE  PRICES. 

Increased  Facilities  to  Club  Organizers. 
Send  for  New  Price  List. 

THE  GREAT  AMERICAN  TEA  CO. 

P.  0.  Box  5643.  31  &  33  Vesey  St.,  New  York. 


Use  Them,  V  Warranted. 

ssoljj  A'r 

Fairbanks’  Scale  Warehouses, 

FAIRBANKS  &  CO., 

311  lIltOAlHViU',  NEW  YOU  K, 

338  lino  AD  WAY,  ALBANY, 

93  MAIN  ST.,  BUFFALO,  N.Y. 

FAIRBANKS,  BE  OWN  &  CO., 

2  Milk  Street,  Boston. 

For  Sale  by  Leading  Hardware  Dealers. 


Safest  and  best  Oil  ever  made— burns  In  any  lamp 
—for  sale  at  retail  by  the  li-ade  generally,  and  at 
wholesale  by  OUAS.  PRATT  &  CO.,  [ Established 
1770.]  108  Fulton  St.,  New  York. 

The  Perkins  &  House 

SAFETY  LAMPS, 

Safety  Filling:  Cans  &  Lanterns, 

£2!" FOR  SALE  BY  DEALERS  EVERYWHERE. 
Manufactured  by 

CLEVELAND  NON-EXPLOSIVE  LAMP  CO., 

42  Barclay  St.,  N.  Y.,  and  Cleveland.  Ohio. 


PROSPECTIVE. 


THE  GREAT  ILLUSTRATED 

Rural,  Literary  and  Family  Weekly. 

“  Excelsior”  its  glorious  Motto,  and  “  Progress 
and  Improvement*’  its  laudable  Objects,  Moore’s 
Rural  has  fur  a  Rcore  of  year*  been  the  Leadiug 
and  Largest-Circulating  Journal  of  its  Cum  — the 
Standard  authority  on  A  uric  ill  turn  I,  llorii- 
cultimil  nnd  Domestic  Alikin.,  and  a  Choice, 
High-Toned  and  Popnlar  Literary  uud  Funllly 
Paper.  No  other  journal  in  It*  sphere  bus  such  a 
large  and  able  corps  of  Editors  and  Contributor*,  nnd 
none  comprises  so  many  Departments  or  so  great  u 
variety  ol  Subject*,  ] Ihutrutlcn*.  Ac.  National  In 
Character  and  Objects,  and  adapted  io  both  Town 
and  Country,  it  has  ardent  admirers  In  every  State, 
Territory  and  Province  on  ihe  Continent.  Ever  ear¬ 
nestly  advocating  the  Rights  and  Interests  of  the 
Industrial  Classes,  MoouVs  Rural  New-Yorker 
bus  long  been  the 

FARM  AND  FIRESIDE  FAVORITE, 

aud  to-day  has  uo  peer  in  it*  important  Sphere  of 
Journalism.  Believing  In  Tact,  Talent,  and  the  dis- 
eiy  Topics  u»  are  of  paramount 


GREAT  OFFERS  FOR  1874. 

A  Five  Dollar  MEZZOTINT  ENGRAVING 
as  a  Premium  to  every  person 
getting  up  a  Club. 

CHEAPEST  ARID  BEST. 

PETERSON  S  MAGAZINE  ba*  the  best  Original 
Stories  of  any  of  the  lady’s  books,  the  best  Colored 
Fashion  Plate.*,  the  best  Receipts,  the  best  Steel  En¬ 
gravings,  Ac.,  Ac.  Every  family  ought  to  lake  it.  II 
Oh'. s  more  tor  the  mono);  thn n  a  .gin  the  world.  It  will 
contain,  next  year,  In  Its  twelve  numbers— 

One  Thousaud  Pages ! 

Fourteen  Splendid  Steel  Plate*  ! 

Twelve  Colored  Berlin  Patterns  ! 
Twelve  Mil  mmol  li  Colored  Fttehiona ! 

Nine  Hundred  Wood  Cuts! 

Twenty-four  Pages  of  Music! 

It  will  a l*o  give  Firs  Original  Cnjivriyht.  Novelets,  by 
Mrs.  Ann  8.  Stephen*,  Frank  Lee  Benedict,  aud  oth¬ 
ers  of  the  best  authors  of  America.  Al.-o,  nearly  a 
hundred  shorter  stories.  ALL  ORTG  i  na  Its  superb. 

Mammoth  Colored  Fashion  Plates 

arc  ahead  of  all  others.  These  plates  are  engraved 
on  steel,  TWICE  the  usuxl  size. 

TERMS  (it  I  way*  in  advance),  S2  A  YEAR. 

GREAT  REDUCTIONS  TO  CLUBS. 

2  Copies  for  $3.50  (  With  a  copy  of  the  superb 

’mezzotint  (84x1(1),  "Not  Lost 
')  but  (imoi  Jirroiv.’’  to  the  person 

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6  “  “  9.00- 

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getting  up  the  Club. 

With  an  extra  copy  of  the 
Magazine  for  trie  year  1874.  us  a 
premium  to  the  person  getting 
up  the  Club. 


5  Copies  for  $8.00  (  With  both  an  ext  ra  copy  of 
s  "  ■■  iot)n  ^  the  Magazine  and  ibepremium 

mezzotint  to  the  person  get- 
12  “  “  17.00  (  ting  up  the  Club. 


Journalism.  Believing  In  Tact,  Talent,  and  the  dis¬ 
cussion  of  suoh  Timely  Topics  us  are  of  paramount 
interest  to  Producing  People,  It.  employs  the  best  aids 
in  the  laud,  and  Its  success  proves  that  Conscientious 
Conduotorshlp,  with  the  liberal  use  of  Cash  and  Ca¬ 
pacity,  are  appreciated  nnd  rewarded. 


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Address,  post-paid, 

CHARLES  J.  PETERSON, 

3Uti  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
YJy  Specimens  sent  gratis  If  written  for. 

THE 


In  the  Future,  even  more  than  in  the  Past,  It  Is  pro¬ 
posed  to  make  Moore's  Rural  indispensable  to  the 
Farmer,  Horticulturist,  Stock  Breeder,  Dairyman, 
&c.,  and  u  wtiloomci  guest  ut  every  fireside  it  may 
visit.  The  Heading  for  the  Family  and  Young  Peo¬ 
ple .  with  appropriate  Illustrations,  will  roqntve  in¬ 
creased  core  aud  attention,  while  none  of  the  Practi¬ 
cal  Depart  moot#  will  be  neglected— our  aim  being  to 
excel  In  every  nnd  all  features  and  to  furnish  the 
best  combined  Rural,  literary  and  Family 
Newspaper  obtainable. 

STYLE,  TERMS,  Ac,. 

Moore’9  Rim.it  New-Yorker  contains  sixteen 
Quarto  Pages,  weekly,  finely  and  profusely  Illustrated 
and  neatly  Printed.  On1y$2.50  per  year— less  to  dubs. 
Great  Premiums  or  Cu-h  Commissions  to  all  forming 
clubs  for  1874.  The  Thirteen  Numbers  of  next  Quar¬ 
ter  (Oct.  to  Jun.)  sent,  On  Trial,  for  Only  Fifty  Cents. 
Specimens,  Premium  Lists,  Ac.,  sent  free  Address 
D.  D.  T.  MOORE,  New  York  City. 


A  Work  on  the  Breeding,  Rear¬ 
ing,  Care  and  Ceneral^Man- 
agement  of  Poultry. 

by  wxxiLZAk  m.  i*ewis. 


This  1#  one  of  the  finest  gotten-nn  works  on  the 
subject  on  which  It  treats,  for  Its  size  aud  price,  of 
any  publication  Of  the  kind  in  this  country.  It  is 
finely  and  profusely  Illustrated,  and  printed  and 
bound  In  extra  style.  Contains  224  large  octavo 
pages.  Sent,  by  mail,  post-paid,  for  fl.60.  Address 
D.  I).  T.  MOORE,  Publisher, 

5  Fnsknsn  St„  New  York. 


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VOL.  XXVTIT.  No.  23.  I 
WHOLE  No.  1215.  ) 


PRICE  SIX  CENTP. 
S2.50  PEIl  YEAR.  fc_ 


[Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the 


year  1373,  by  D.  D.  T.  MOORS,  in  the  office  of  the  Librarian  of  ('■  ingress,  at  Washington.) 

ment  entirely  in  the  leaves,  branches  and  worms,  sluf, 
roots.  It  promoted  the  growth  of  the  entire  culturist  as 
tree.  Suckers  which  sometimes  grew  up  at  staut.  We 
the  side  of  a  tree  were  out  away.  These  trees  hazardous  t 
were  some  five  and  six  years  old,  and  were  a  source  of 
transplanted  because  they  were  too  thick  many  insta 
whom  the  orchard  was  originally  set  out.  damages  of 
The  beautiful  deep-green  foliage,  the  ver-  Ontario,  N 
dant  branches  and  the  vigorous  stocks  of  our  Who  will 
orchards  flatter  us  that  we  will  yet  “  roll  in  — 

luxury”  with  fruit.  They  are  both  standard  EEMI 

and  dwarf.  We  are  not  troubled  with  leaf 


TRANSPLANTING  TREES, 


In  a  late  number  of  Moore’s  Rural  New- 
Yorker  appears  the  question,  “How  are 
the  trees  doing  that  you  transplanted  last 
spring  ?”  "We  answer  for  ours  that  they  are 
doing  well.  The  season  has  been  u  ufavora- 
hle,  generally  speaking,  for  the  removal  of 
trees  from  one  place  to  another.  Neighbors 
tell  us  of  many  failures  in  transplanting, 
especially  pear  trees.  We,  however,  dug 
early  in  the  season  the  holes  for  our  trees. 


A  JAPANESE  CONIFER, 


TREES  AS  HISTORIANS  OP  THE  PAST 


M.  Charles  Gros  has  recently  communi¬ 
cated  a  note  to  the  French  Academy  of  Sci¬ 
ences  on  the  study  of  the  yearly  rings  shown 
when  the  trunk  of  a  tree  is  transversely  di¬ 
vided.  These  layers,  by  which,  as  is  well 
known,  the  age  of  the  tree  may  be  deter¬ 
mined,  do  not  diminish  in  relative  thickness 
by  a  constant  law.  In  view  of  this,  M.  Gros 
seeks  a  cause  for  the  irregularity,  and,  it 
seems,  has  arrived  at  the  conclusion  that  the 
data,  mean  and  extreme,  of  meteorological 
phenomena,  when  kuowu  and  tabulated, 
might  be  compared  year  by  year  with  the 
annual  ligneous  layers  formed  during  such 
periods  in  many  different  varieties  of  trees. 

From  the  comparison  it  is  not  im¬ 

possible  that  some  interesting  ideas  rela¬ 
tive  to  the  laws  of  development  oi’  trees 
may  be  obtained.  But,  more¬ 
over,  these  laws  once  et  *f.  - ■ 

tablished,  the  trees  in  thei  -- 

turn  might  become  preoioi: 
collections  of  meteorologies  :  Q 

evidence  for  places  and  tim<  jgpgBgfey  :~  - 
where  observations  cannot  b  '  ' 

made.  Ira  Mondes  suggesi  1 

rather  a  striking  example  t 
what  might  be  learned  froi  -• 

ancient  trees,  as  follows Suj 
pose  that  there  should  be  fount 
in  Egypt  a  very  old  though  li\  Hpy  jF 

mg  tree,  the  origin  of  which  pUSS 
dated  back  to  the  time  o' 

Joseph.  If,  on  cutting  th< 

trunk,  the  rings  corre&pondin;  i._ 

to  that  period  showed  sevei  |r|. 

thick  and  seven  thin  layers  •  1 

there  would  be  tangible  evi  7;  I  ! 's,‘*'3§ 

dence  of  the  truth  of  the  Scrip  :  'h,j  gp?)  C 

tural  tradition  of  the  seven  g  g" _ 

years  of  plenty  and  seven  year^ 
of  famine,  besides  of  the  im-  [jB£le£="g|g 
mediate  causes  ox  humidity. 
temperature,  etc,,  to  which 
such  phenomena  might  be  due. 


~  *  716  m  Switzerland. — There  is 

n  wondrous  ebarm  about  tli.se  illimitable 
(erosts  ul  PUK.  wlUch  tor  miles  „„d  mite 
clothe  the  huge  buttresses  of  the  Alus  The 
charm  is  intensified  at  early  morning,  wheil 
a  dehexous  fragrance  steals  up  from  innum¬ 
erable  wild  lowers  in  the  various  openh^ 
among  the  trees  and  (Tom  the  green  moss 
which  clothes  with  such  velvet  softness  the 
rocks  lying  half  hidden  in  the  rich  verdure. 
"’ni-  j— V  arieg*ted  lichens  enrich  with 
PS@§i|  the  colors  of  the  kaleidoscope 
i  2g§|  •  Lhcse  rock«  and  river-stumps  ; 

wild  strawberries  peep  out  wit  h 

S  ■  :  -■  their  Pretfcy  pi«k  eyes  from  the 

-  ••  shady  grass,  and  if  we  chance 

11  .  .  j  tu  loot  upward  from  the  wealth 

,  *  ,Je:ulty  below  through  the 

-J  rifta  ijj  the  dark  foliage  over- 
head>  s«me  pinnacle  of  snow  is 
l  8een  soari«8T  into  the  deep-blue 

sky,  as  soft,  and  white,  and  still 
-  y-  as  wing  of  a  sleeping  swan. 

Library  of  Woods. — A  cul- 
:*fgg§ig4  ous  library  may  be  seen  at  Cas- 
*®1»  Germany  made  from  501) 
European  trees.  The  back  of 

'r  ja\Tj  each  Volume  is  f,,rmed  of  the 
’*  •  _S  bark  ;  the  sides  of  the  perfect 
jj  - wood  ;  the  top  of  young  wood  ; 
-j -  and  the  bottom  of  old  wood. 
,2 1  When  opened,  the  book  is  found 

:  '  to  ,J0  a  ljox  «°ntafning  the  flow- 
-j  er,  seed,  fruit  and  leaves  of  the 
tree>  either  dried  or  imitated 
in  wax. 


roast  a  foot.  Commence  the  stack  as  for 
wheat,  using  only  two  courses  or  tiers  of 
sheaves  on  each  side  ;  make  it  long  enough 
to  hold  the  crop  and  about  ten  feet  in  hight. 
Several  of  my  neighbors  lost  their  corn  for¬ 
age  this  fall  by  stacking  it  too  green. 

Frederick  Co.,  Va.  John  S.  Katku. 


colza,  bops,  tobacco,  ohlfoory  and  to  as  a  Is. 
In  lne  region  known  as  the  Holders,  the 
reclaimed  lands  protected  by  dykes,  a  yield 
of  32  bushels  of  wheat  per  acre  is  obtained, 
and  yet  there  is  never  produced  in  Belgium 
a  quantity  sufficient  to  meet  the  wants  of  its 
population. 

SWITZERLAND. 

The  Alpine  Republic  is  about  the  size  of 
New  Hampshire  and  Massachusetts  together, 
containing  16,000  square  miles,  with  but  15 
per  cent,  susceptible  of  cultivation.  Hie 
Alpine  region  includes  57  per  cent,  and  lias 
an  average  altitude  8,825  feet.  Forests 
occupv  It*  per  cent,  of  the  total  area.  Largo 
farms' are  only  seen  in  the  cantons  of  Berne 
and  Luzerne,  and  the  arable  lands  are  mostly 
found  between  the  Jura  and  the  Alps.  The 
grain  produced  fails  to  furnish  the  bread 
supply,  though  it  should  be  remembered  that 
50,90(1  strangers  reside  here  a  portion  of  the 
year,  and  somewhat  augment  the  demand. 
The  wine  product  is  30,000,1)00  gallons,  and 
that  is  Insufficient  to  maintain  the  home  con* 
sumption  of  bread.  Clieese  is  exported,  but 
the  imports  of  butter  are  greater  than  the 
exports.  The  stock  of  cuttle  U  little  short  of 
one  million,  very  hardy,  thrifty  some  fond 
lies  considerably  improved,  anti 
mala  quite  productive 
mountain  pasture  lands  are 


BARLEY  IN  CANADA 


Some  weeks  ago,  under  the  head  of  “  Sta¬ 
tistical  Stories,"  we  showed  that,  we  had 
imported  over  §6.000,000  worth  of  barley  dur¬ 
ing  the  fiscal  years  of  1 872-73.  Of  couive,  the 
bulk  of  this  importation  was  from  Canada, 

A  Canadian  writer,  under  date  of  Nov.  13, 
says  Canadian  farmers  are  ge  tting  §1  to  §1.15 
per  bushel  for  their  barley  almost  at  their 
own  doors,  and  that  immense  quantities  of 
it  are  being  sent  to  Oswego  und  Clin  ago. 
This  writer  adds  : 

How  is  it  that  we  grow  such  good  barley, 
that  it  finds  a  ready  market  on  the  other  side 
of  the  line  at  remunerative  prices  ?  One 
would  think  American  farmers  would  be 
glad  to  grow  such  a  profitable  crop.  But,  it 
seems  they  c  i  .mot  do  it  ;  not  from  any  fail¬ 
ure  in  the  soil  or  climate,  but  simply  that 
they  will  not  take  the  trouble  to  give  clean 
culture  to  their  soils.  It  is  impossible  to 
raise  a  good  crop  of  barley  unless  the  soil,  in 
addition  to  being  moderately  rich,  ia  also 
thoroughly  cultivated  and  freed  from  weeds 
mid  grass.  The  great  bulk  of  our  barley  is 
sown  on  laud  that  has  been  in  roots  of  Borne 
kind,  well  manured  the  previous  year,  or  on 
old  sod  Thai  lias  been  thoroughly  rot  fed  by 
growing  a  crop  of  peat  upon  it  and  then  fol¬ 
lowing  with  a  fall  fallow. 

What  the  writer  says  of  the  Importance 
of  clean  land  in  barley  culture  is  true.  There 
is  no  difficulty,  however,  in  growing  good 
crops  of  good  barley  in  the  States.  We  know’ 
this  by  experience.  A  rich,  clean,  loam  soil, 
well  pulverized,  will  produce  a  large  crop  of 
barley.  What  is  said  by  this  Canadian  con¬ 
cerning  clean  culture  applies  equally  to 
wheat  and  other  small  grain  crops  where 
the  best  results  are  sought.  There  is  no  good 
reason  why  the  United  States  should  import 
a  bushel  of  barley.  There  is  no  »eu«c*  in  grow¬ 
ing  corn  at  10  to  20  cents  per  bushel  and 
neglecting  barley,  which  will  bring  from  50 
cents  to  §1  per  bushel.  Wo  commend  the 
subject  to  the  attention  of  <>ur  agriculturists. 


CAMPBELL'S  LATE  ROSE  POTATO 


Last  April  I  planted,  on  one  lot,  three-  i 
fourths  of  a  barrel  of  Campbell’  -  Late  Rose 
potatoes  ;  cut  them  to  one  eye  ;  planted 
them  in  hills,  throe  feet  apart  each  way,  on 
land  that  was  in  potatoes  the  year  before 
and  in  corn  year  before  that.  1  put  one  hand¬ 
ful  of  Squankum  marl  in  each  hill.  We 
had  no  rain  for  two  months  duriug  the  early 
part  of  the  season,  and  potatoes  si i  tiered 
very  much,  but  the  vines  kept  green.  They 
did  not  Ret  until  very  late.  They  were  dug 
in  October  and  yielded  151  barrels.  On  an¬ 
other  lot  1  planted  two  barrels  of  seed,  in 
rows  8  feet  by  IS  inches,  on  land  that  was  in 
grass  year  before.  I  put  one  handful  of 
ashes  to  four  hills  after  they  were  up.  and 
they  yielded  210  bauds.  On  another  lot  of 
10  acres,  with  a  handful  of  marl  in  a  hill, 
they  yielded  050  barrels,  planted  iu  rows 
3  feet  by  18  inches.  1  used  about  one  barrel 
of  seed  per  acre  on  this  lot.  I  have  grown 
this  season  1,800  barrels  of  Campbell’s  Late 
Hose  potatoes.  They  will  yield,  with  ordi¬ 
nary  farm  culture,  over  100  barrels  per  acre. 
Several  of  my  neighbors  have  grown,  the 
past,  season,  from  80  to  105  barrels  from  one 
barrel  of  seed.  1_>.  Auos.  Vanmsrvjsek. 


d  many  nm- 
ili  the  dairy.  The 

_  j _ |  _  divided  into 

tracts  known  as  nlpnye «,  4,550  ill  number,  of 
which  51  per  cent,  are  owned  by  individuals, 
.83  per  cent,  by  communes,  0  per  cent,  by 
corporations,  and  a  few  by  the  state.  About 
150,4)00  milk  cows  are  pastured,  six  acres 
being  required  for  each  cow,  and  a  large 
number  of  other  cattle  are  kept  in  these 
elevated  pastures.  The  agricultural  resources 
of  Switzerland  bear  no  comparison  naturally 
with  those  of  Colorado,  or  almost  any  equal 
portion  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  region,  not¬ 
withstanding  the  aridity  of  our  great  moun¬ 
tain  areas.  The  abruptness  of  declivitous 
surfaces,  and  the  poverty  of  the  soil,  in  large 
portions  of  Switzerland,  are  in  marked  con¬ 
trast  to  the  surfaces  and  soils  of  our  moun¬ 
tain  domain. 

GERMANY. 

The  German  Empire  exhibits  to  the  world 
a  miracle  of  industry  and  thrift  iu  agricul¬ 
ture.  The  northern  portion,  from  Berlin 
northward,  is  naturally  little  better  than  a 
desert  of  sand,  and  southward  the  improve¬ 
ment  is  small  and  slow  until  the  neighbor¬ 
hood  of  Dresden  is  reached,  Saxony  and  Bar 
varia  are  the  most  fertile  provinces.  Grains, 
potatoes,  sugar  beets,  forage  roots,  yield 
abundant  returns  for  the  puiicnf.  labor  and 
constant  fertilization  required  ;  wheat  does 
not  equul  the  yield  of  England,  being  at  the 
rate  of  17.1  bushels  per  acre,  yet  the  wonder 
is  that  so  large  a  product  can  be  secured.  The 
latest  average  for  rye  is  10.7  bushels;  for 
oats,  82.it  bushels.  A‘>  iu  Great.  Britain  and 
other  countries  there  is  a  marked  tendency 
to  improvement  of  stock  and  the  Increase 
of  meat  supplies.  Formerly,  wool  was  para¬ 
mount  in  sheep  husbandry,  mutton  being  al¬ 
together  subordinate.  The  original  families 
of  Spanish  meriuoos  became  founders  of  a 
new  order  of  ovine  nobility,  the  Electoral  in 
Saxony,  the  Negretti  in  Medhlenburg,  and 
the  Electoral  and  Negretti  in  Silesia,  which 
became  famous  throughout  the  world,  ulti¬ 
mately  supplying  an  extensive  demand  from 
Australia,  from  South  Africa  and  South 
America,  aud  a  more  limited  demand  from 
the  United  States,  where  the  American 
breeders  of  the  same  Spauish  families  com¬ 
manded  the  preference  of  a  large  majority  of 
wool  growers.  Now  t  he  production  of  fine 
wool  is  declining  in  Germany,  and  l  be  South 
Downs  and  Leicester^  of  Great  Britain  are 
eagerl3r  sought.  The  present  numbers  arc 
reported  officially  at  00,0011,000,  of  which 
about  14,000,000  are  merinocs  aud  other 
grades,  7,000,001)  of  pure  or  partial  English 
blood,  anil  8,000,000  of  native  races.  The 
wool  production  is  estimated  at  ISO, 000, 000 
pounds.  It  is  found  that  the  mutton  breeds 
are  more  profitable  on  the  best,  lands  and  in 
the  densest  populations,  while  in  regions  re¬ 
mote  from  market  und  sparse  in  population 
the  merino  still  maintains  ite  former  sway. 

The  cultivation  of  the  vine  has  become  an 
extensive  rural  industry  in  Germany,  requir¬ 
ing  the  use  of  360,000  acres  in  viueyar  s  in 
Saxony,  Bavaria,  the  Rhine  and  Moselle  Val  ¬ 
leys,  and  other  portions  of  Southern  and 
Western  Germany,  The  business  is  charac¬ 
terized  by  increasing  care,  better  culture, 
and  superior  skill.  New’  varieties  have  been 
introduced,  und  improvements  in  the  manu¬ 
facture  and  t  reatment  of  wine,  in  Bavaria 
the  practice  of  setting  vineyards  with  poles 
and  wires  has  obtained  to  a  considerable 
extent 

Flax  and  hemp  are  prominent  products  in 
Silesia,  Westphalia,  Hanover  and  the  Rhine 
Provinces  ;  and  hemp  is  grown  extensively 
in  Baden  and  Alsace.  Foreign  llaxseed  is 
chiefly  used,  and  the  home  manufacture  re¬ 
quires  an  import  of  foreign  Hax.  Recent 
improvements  in  machinery  for  preparing 
the  fiber  are  giving  an  impetus  to  the  busi¬ 
ness.  Tobacco  is  a  profitable  crop  in  some 
sections  ;  at  Pfalz  a  tobacco  of  peculiar  char¬ 
acter  is  grown,  valuable  for  w  rappers,  to 
the  extent  of  more  than  fib, 001 1  acres,  yielding 
abuut  11  cw’t.  per  acre.  Hops  are  grown 
largely  in  Bavaria,  Hesse,  Posen,  Brunswick 
arid  Baden.  Between  1850  and  I860  the  busi¬ 
ness  was  extended  too  rapidly,  resulting  iu 
low  prices  follow  ed  by  a  temporary  cheek  iu 
production,  which  is  now  increasing  again. 
The  practice  of  training  the  vines  on  wires 
has  become  very  general. 

Diffigeuee,  patient  persistence,  a  gradual 
but  steady  march  of  improvement,  appear 
to  characterise  every  department  of  German 
agriculture. — [Conclusion  next  week. 


been  about  10  per  cent,  in  20  years,  not  m 
product,  but  in  acreage,  the  yield  laving 
increased  1  ’  bushels,  and  5  bushels  in  100 
years,  being  now  28  bushels,  the  largest 
national  average.  The  supremacy  of  turnips 
has  therefore  not  weakened  in  the  least,  and 
the  importance  of  sheep,  which  suffered  some 
decline  during  the  area.  Of  low’  prices  for 
wool  in  18/-,*,  is  now  steadily  advancing. 
There  are  now  aljvTiit.  38,000,000  sheep  to 
30,000,000  acres  of  productive  area.  It  was 
recently  assumed,  on  good  grounds,  that  one- 
fourtn  of  the  cattle  were  annually  sold,  at 
l  Lie  rate  of  £lft  eanh  in  EaghUld,  .fill  in  Scot¬ 
land,  aud  fill!  in  Ireland  ;  that,  one-third  of 
the  English  sheep  and  one-fourth  of  the 
Scott. sh 'arc  annually  sold  at  about  35  shil¬ 
lings  each,  The  tendency  has  since  been  to 
still  higher  prices.  Not  only  is  the  p-i  por¬ 
tion  of  stock  large,  both  to  area  and  popula¬ 
tion,  but  the  extra  sizo  of  animals  and  extra 
feeding  contribute  both  quantity  and  quality 
to  home  resources  of  fertilization,  and  afford 
a  valid  reason  for  enlarged  production. 

HOLLAND. 

Holland,  not  including  the  Zuyder  Zee,  has 
an  area  of  3.287,488  hectares,  or  8,123,0915 
acres ;  with  it  2,818,529  hectares.  It  has  a 
population  of  8.500,000,  constantly  becoming 
denser,  having  increased  ten  per  cent,  in  ten 
years.  Of  this  number  218,115  men  and 
115,781)  women  are  actively  employed  in  agri¬ 
culture.  Nearly  four-tenths  of  this  area  is 
occupied  in  ]  nwturage  und  fodder  production, 
showing  the  prominence  of  meat*  butter, 
in  the  farm  economy  of  the  country.  The 
t  illed  area  is  about  25  per  cent,  of  the  total. 
The  cereal  production  last  reported  was 
about,  ft, 000.W  bushels  of  oats  nearly  as 
lunch  of  rye,  and  1,500,000  bushels  of  wheat. 
The  cattle  arc  the  best  meat  producers  of 
continental  Europe,  and  iu  the  Hooks  runs 
the  best  blood  of  English  mutton  breeds.  In 
dll  tba  Operations  of  the  dairy,  and  of  the 
farm  f«s  well,  the  extreme  of  neatness  is  the 
rule.  The  soil  itself,  originally  a  waste  of 
s;uid,  has  been  reclaimed  by  patient  labor,  a 
part  of  it  literally  from  the  domain  of  Nep¬ 
tune  and  kept  in  generous  productiveness  by 
a  liberal  application  of  fertilizers  :  and  now 
it  is  proposed  to  drain  the  Zuyder  Zee  au 
area  of  1.250,000  acres,  and  transform  its  bed 
inti  >  fruit  fill  fields,  at  an  expense  almost  equal 
to  the  cost  ol  construction  of  our  completed 
Pacific  Railroad  line. 

BELGIUM. 

The  area  of  this  country  is  equivalent  to 
7,278,040  acres,  of  which  0.533,400  are  pro¬ 
ductive,  less  t  han  ten  per  cent,  being  unculti¬ 
vated.  The  population  average  448  to  the 
square  mile.  The  largest  principles  and  pro¬ 
cesses  of  culture  have  been  adopted,  and 
agricultural  implements  and  machinery  are 
extensively  employed,  by  co-operation  and 
hire,  when  too  expensive  for  individual  own¬ 
ership  ;  and  the  prevalent  economy  of  fertil¬ 
ization  is  suggestive  of  Chinese  practice, 


AGRICULTURE  IN  THE  OLD  WORLD. 


AN  ADDRESS  BEFORE  THE  RURAL  CLUB  OF  NEW  YORK,  BY 

J.  R.  DODGE  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE. 

It  would  be  presumption  in  me,  after  a 
hasty  glance  at  the  Helds  and  v  ineyards  of  a 
few  of  the  countries  of  Europe  to  attempt  a 
portrayal  of  even  the  prominent  features  of 
European  agriculture.  1  will  only  indicate 
briefly  the  leading  impressions  received,  sup¬ 
ported  by  a  few  illustrative  facts.  Nor  do  1 
care  to  indulge  in  the  egotism  of  personal 
adventure  or  details  of  rural  description, 
preferring,  as  the  theme  is  so  broad  and  the 
time  so  short,  to  epitomize  a  few  of  the  dom¬ 
inating  facts  which  Illustrate  the  variety,  the 
extent  and  the  prevailing  tendency  of  rural 
production,  even  at  the  risk  of  heaviness 
from  the  gravity  of  a  freightage  of  statistics. 

As  no  time  American  comes  in  contact  with 
the  civilization,  the  institutions,  the  polities 
of  Europe,  without  brightening  his  patriotism 
and  intensifying  his  appreciation  of  home 
capabilities  and  attainments,  so  a  view  of 
European  agriculture,  ripe  with  the  fruitage 
of  lime  and  effort, though  almost  everywhere 
displaying  parasitic  and  injurious  growth  of 
the  fungus  of  feudalism,  only  brings  into 
favorable  contrast  our  own  agriculture, 
superior  already  iu  the  fitness  of  its  mechan¬ 
ism,  and  iu  the  intelligence  of  its  labor,  as  in 
the  fertility  of  its  lands,  and  in  the  range  of 
its  production.  While  so  much  mat’  be  said 
of  the  present.,  it  belongs  to  the  future  to 
refine  what  is  crude,  to  systematize  what  is 
chaotic,  to  perfect  what  is  primitive.  A 
statistic/d  glance  at  the  conditions  and  results 
of  agricultural  labor  in  several  nationalities, 
will  render  more  intelligent  an  attempt  to 
compare  the  status  of  agriculture  of  one 
country  with  that  of  another  or  our  own. 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 

England,  Scotland  and  Wales,  known  to¬ 
gether  as  Great  Britain,  a  manufacturing 
and  commercial  country,  in  which  but  six 
per  cent,  of  the  population  are  actually  em¬ 
ployed  in  agriculture,  furnish  an  example  of 
the  cleanest  culture,  the  most  rational  pro¬ 
cesses,  the  most  extensive  use  of  money  in 
permanent  improvements  and  in  fertiliza¬ 
tion,  and  the  highest  rate  of  production 
known  to  the  industry  of  Europe  and  of  the 
world.  In  some  of  these  respects  Holland  is 
only  exceeded  -lightly,  if  at  all.  While  the 
land  is  held  too  tightly  in  the  dutches  of  the 
dr-ad  and  of  the  titled  living.  It  is  gratifying 
to  see  that  the  people  are  wresting  to  their 
own  use  eveu  the  smallest  parcels  of  it. 
While,  according  to  the  official  enumeration 
of  1S70,  only  45  per  cent,  of  the  “holdings" 
or  farms  exceed  30  acres  each,  they  occupied 
91  per  cent,  of  t  he  total  area  returned  ;  38 
per  cent,  occupied  30  to  100  acres  each,  and 
IS  per  cent,  above  100  acres  each.  In  1871 
the  area  cultivated  in  holdings  Horn  one- 
tourtli  of  an  acre  to  20  acres,  was  but  1,897,- 
000  acres,  out  of  80,833,090,  ur  six  per  cent.; 
but  they  curried  1 1  per  cent.  o£  the  cattle  of 
the  country,  and  25  per  cent,  of  the  swine. 
It  was  found  in  137.3  that  there  were  09,344 
holdings  of  one-fourth  of  an  acre  to  an  acre 
iu  extents  of  which  07,422  were  in  England, 
and  of  that  number  ,9,000  were  allotments 
held  by  agricultural  laborers  and  working- 


C0MPT0N  SURPRISE  POTATO 


I  have  just  been  much  amused  wlule  read¬ 
ing  Mr.  Nash’s  report  on  the  Compton  Sur¬ 
prise  potato.  If  I  should  pinch  our  cat's  tail 
she  wouldn’t,  get  up  her  back  any  higher,  if 
she  did  as  high,  as  friend  Nash  did  about  his 
Compton's  !  Now  for  my  Compton's.  I 
bought  §3  worth  of  the  Compton's,  put  up 
in  a  nice  little  srniare  box,  brought  them 
home,  showed  them  to  my  wife,  who  was  a 
a  city  girl,  and  of  course  don’t  know  much 
about  potatoes.  She  thought  they  were 
nice  looking  potatoes,  but  cost  an  awful 
price.  “  Why,”  said  she,  “I  could  buy  two 
pair  of  Alexander’s  best,  kid  gloves  for  what 
you  paid  for  that  little  box  with  only  three 
potatoes  in  it  !’’  lent  up  my  potatoes,  (dilut¬ 
ed  them  in  hills,  one  eye  in  a  hill,  and  1  Llnnk 
I  had  43  hills.  I  had  them  dug  about  the 
last  of  October,  aud  I  have  got  a  good  half 
bushel  of  large,  smooth,  fine-looking  (iota- 
toes,  which  I  am  going  to  keep  for  seed  for 
next  year. 

My  wife  is  sitting  at  the  sewing  machine, 
hemming  a  ruffle  to  go  on  our  little  daugh¬ 
ter’s  party  dress  while  lam  writing  this; 
and  although  she  don’t  pretend  to  know 
much  about  raising  potatoes,  she  says  she 
thinks  friend  Nash  aud  the  others  dug  their 
Comptons  too  early  ;  I  think  my  better  half 
is  about  right.  Hoping,  Mr.  Editor,  you  will 
give  this  place  iu  that  valuable  paper  of 
yours,  which  ought  to  be  in  every  house  in 
the  United  States,  I  am  very  truly  yours, 

N.  W.  Pike. 


SOWED  CORN  FOR  WINTER  FORAGE 


I  TnoFGHT  I  would  attempt  to  answer 
some  questions  asked  on  page  2S4,  No.  IS  of 
Rural  New-Yorker,  about  the  use.  of  sowed 
corn  for  winter  forage.  I  have  used  it,  and 
shall  be  obliged  to  depend  almost  entirely 
upon  it  this  winter  for  forage.  First,  Flow 
the  land  and  harrow  it.  as  for  planted  corn. 
Second,  Sow  or  drill  a  bushel  or  a  bushel 
and  a  half  to  the  acre,  according  to  quality 
of  soil,  on  poor  land  ;  it  should  not  be  sown 
so  thick  that  it  will  not  blossom.  Third,  It 
should  not  be  cut  until  the  little  ears  found 
here  and  there  through  the  field  /ire  quite 
hard  ;  after  it  lias  wilted  a  little  it  should  be 
tied  iu  bundles,  each  about  six  < >r  eight  inches 
through  at  the  baud.  Shock  it  as  you  would 
wheat,  tying  it  very  tight  at  the  top.  It 
should  remain  in  the  shook  for  six  or  eight 
weeks,  or  until  the  stem  is  thoroughly  dried  ; 
for  if  i  t  is  stacked  before  the  stems  are  cured, 
even  if  t  he  loaves  are  dry,  (as  they  will  dry 
in  two  or  three  weeks,)  the  stack  will  become 
a  first- class  hotbed,  that  will  cook  an  egg  or 


and  no  effort  will  he  spared  to  make  this 
meeting  more  interesting  and  more  profit¬ 
able  than  any  of  its  predecessors,” 

Wo  shall  hope  to  see  a  large  gathering  pres¬ 
ent  at  the  meeting,  and  have  no  doubt  but  it 
will  prove  as  successful,  In  point  of  attend¬ 
ance  and  in  valuable  matter  elicited  in  essays 
and  discussions  as  at  any  former  meeting. 


THE  DAIRY  MIDDLEMEN 


Capt.  E.  L.  Hibbard,  Franklin  Co.,  Vt., 
a  butter  dealer,  extensively  known  in  that 
part  of  the  State,  made  the  following  affir¬ 
mation  inn  public  address,  some  time  since, 
respecting  the  butter  buyer.  He  says  fhe 
butter  buyer  is  a  man  of  considerable  im¬ 
portance,  especially  in  his  own  estimation, 
and  is  generally  supposed  to  be  a  man  that  is 
os  the  sure  road  to  wealth  ;  but  when  we 
look  over  the  list  of  those  who  have  been  in 
the  field  during  the  hist  12  or  15  years,  we 
find  that  not.  more  than  one  out  of  every 
three  has  been  able  to  “keep  his  head  above 
water"  for  any  great  length  of  time.  Thus 
he  (Hibbard)  concludes  that  the  farmers 
could  not  afford  to  dispense  with  the  middle¬ 
men,  oven  were  they  so  situated  that  they 
could  place  their  products  on  the  city  mark¬ 
ets  free  of  expense  except  the  usual  freight--, 

We  have  hoard  similar  remarks  made  con¬ 
cerning  cheese  buyers,  except  that  the  pro¬ 
portion  of  unsuccessful  is  put  much  larger 
than  that  named  by  Mr.  Hibbard.  Not  uu- 
frequontly  this  argument  is  used  by  middle¬ 
men  to  show  that  the  business  of  handling 
the  dairyman's  products  is,  on  the  whole,  u 
very  poor  culling,  and  that  wore  it  not  for 
the  middlemen,  farm  products  would  fall 
much  lower  in  price  than  they  do.  Without 
considering  the  question  a?  to  whether  the 
condition  of  dairymen  would  be  better  with 
or  without  the  middle-men,  it  must  not  be 
assumed  that  because  a  butter  dealer  or 
cheese  buyer  has  been  unsuccessful,  that,  the 
business  is  a  bad  business,  or  that  the  mar¬ 
gins  betweon  buying  and  selling  have  not 
been  sufficiently  large  to  be  remunerative  if 
properly  managed.  Nor  is  it  clear  that  such 
failures  come  from  paying  farmers  high 
prices  for  their  goods,  or  that  they  could  not 
have  obtained  more  by  selling  direct  to  the 
city  merchant  or  consumer. 

Men  arc  unsuccessful  in  various  ways  and 
in  every  department  of  business  ;  the  many 
fail  while  the  comparatively  few  arc  success¬ 
ful,  though  both  classes  purchase  thoir  goods 
at  the  same  prices.  Wc  have  for  some  years 
had  good  opportunity  to  know  something  of 
a  large  number  of  middlemen  ;  and  although 
some  have  failed  on  account  of  buying  goods 
at  too  dear  a  rate,  in  the  majority  of  cases 
the  failures  have  resulted  from  other  causes 
—such  as  want  of  economy,  reckless  specula¬ 
tion,  unbusinesslike  habits,  bud  partnerships 
and  unfortunate  operations  outside  their  le¬ 
gitimate  business. 

Of  course  it  must  be  admitted  that  there 
are  certain  risks  to  be  taken  by  every  one 
who  engages  in  trade  ;  but  we  do  not  believe 
the  cheese  buyers  or  butter  dealers  are  to  be 
set  down  as  a  specially  unfortunate  class  any 
more  than  the  dry  goods  merchant  or  per¬ 
sons  engaged  in  some  other  class  of  trade. 

Middlemen  are  often  a  very  useful  class  of 
persons  ;  and  while  dairy-men  are  generally 
quite  willing  to  pay  them  liberally  for  their 
labor  and  the  risk  of  capital,  we  should  be 
sorry  to  see  Capt.  Hibbard’s  proposition  ad¬ 
mitted  by  them  as  a  truism.  Indeed,  we 
know  of  many  instances  where  dairymen 
have  dealt  directly  with  the  consumers  at 
much  better  rates  than  could  have  been  ob¬ 
tained  by  dealing  with  middlemen,  while 
certain  factories  have  shipped  their  goods 
abroad  on  their  own  account.,  and  thus  saved 
considerable  commissions  that  otherwise 
would  have  gone  to  the  intermediate  buyer. 

Under  the  associate  dairy  system  there  is 
less  necessity  for  middlemen  than  under  the 
old  farm  dairy  plan,  where  goods  were  held 
in  numberless  small  lots.  Very  likely  it 
would  be  found  inconvenient  to  do  away 
with  the  services  of  middlemen  ;  but  that  it 
can  be  done,  and  without  loss  to  the  dairy¬ 
man's  interest,  has  been  demonstrated  in 
some  instances,  and  is  gaining  ground  with 
the  daily  public  from  year  to  year. 


FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL 


I  am  thinking  perhaps  a  note  from  this 
side  of  the  Continent,  from  a  former  resident 
of  your  city,  would  not  be  amiss,  and  would 
Ire  read  with  somo  degree  of  interest  by  the 
readers  of  the  Rural  Nkw-Yoricrr,  reach¬ 
ing,  as  it  does,  the  homeB  and  firesides  of  the 
industrial  world,  visiting  those  of  limited 
means,  and  many  where  the  toil  and  income 
of  three  months  of  the  j'ear  is  mostly  con¬ 
sumed  in  the  remaining  nine,  leaving  a  small 
margin  for  luxuries  or  money  to  spend  in  vis 
iting  this  land  of  gold,  where  the  roses  bloom 
in  open  air  the  whole  year  round.  Plants 
and  shrubs  that  are  cultivated  with  such 
tender  care  in  the  East,  here  flourish  with  a 
mammoth  growth.  Vegetables  need  no  well 
closed  cellar  here,  but  grow  luxuriantly  from 
the  ground  all  the  year.  Ripe  strawberries, 
delicious,  are  now  in  market,  and  formed 
part  of  the  dinner  repast  yesterday,  Nov.  7. 
They  arc  found  in  our  market  every  mouth 
of  the  year  save  one  ;  in  some  parts  of  tho 
State,  1  believe,  are  found  every  month. 
Fruit,  whose  variety  seems  to  me  to  be  al¬ 
most  legion,  and  quality  unsurpassed,  always 
finds  a  ready  sale  at  u.  good  price  in  market. 
You  will  say  it.  is  a  California  story  when  I 
toll  you  I  have  seen  sweet  potatoes  in  mar¬ 
ket,  one  of  which  was  huge  enough,  when 
eooked,  to  food  five  hungry  men. 

Ranches  of  the  modest  number  of  thirty 
thousand  acres  are  common,  cattle  and  sheep 
ranges  occupying  a  large  extent  of  country. 
This  is  Considered  one  of  the  easiest  ways  of 
getting  rich,  legitimately,  flocks  and  herds 
increasing  while  the  owners  are  sleeping,  un¬ 
til  their  wealth  is  hardly  known  by  them¬ 
selves,  oven.  I  was  treated  to  a  drive  over  a 
portion  of  a  gentleman’s  ranch,  a  short  time 
since.  They  were  then  plowing  with  a  gang 
plow  -a  curiosity  in  itself  to  one  who  had 
only  witnessed  the  deep  furrow  at  tho  East. 
Tho  range  was  divided  and  subdivided  into 
fields — here  a  division  for  horses  ;  another  for 
cattle  ;  another  for  sheep  and  goats.  After 
a  drive  of  six  miles  or  more  over  the  ranch, 

I  asked  how  many  acres  he  had.  He  replied 
—“Only  seven  thousand  in  this  ranch  ;  but 
I  will  take  you,  when  you  have  leisure,  to 
a  ranch  what  is  a  ranch,”  £  saw  fields  of 
grain  all  ready  for  the  reaper  (which  by  the 
way  in  this  country  is  an  institution  of  itself,) 
headed,  threshed  and  flagged  in  so  short  a 
space  of  time  one  would  almost  feel  as  if  it 
was  magic,  or  in  the  days  of  “Aladdin  or 
the  Wonderful  Lamp.”  I  asked  how  many 
acres  there  might  lie  in  this  field,  “  About 
three  thousand.”  A  fortune  almost  to  the 
owner  of  the  grain,  to  say'  nothing  of  tho 
land. 

The  objection  is  raised  that  California  is 
uot  always  sure  of  sufficient  rain  to  insure 
crops  to  the  sower.  ’Tis  well  it  should  be  so. 
The  earth  must  rest  as  well  as  the  human  ma¬ 
chinery,  or  consequent  early  decay  or  wear¬ 
ing  out.  But  this  is  now  being  obviated  by 
the  construction  or  an  irrigation  ditch  of 
never  failing  water  that  can  lie  drawn  on  to 
the  lands  for  thousands  of  square  miles  at 
but  little  expense  to  the  real  estate  owner. 

In  minerals  (both  this  State  and  also  Neva¬ 
da)  its  wealth  is  almost  fabulous.  A  trip 
with  me  through  the  gold  mines,  tho  great 
Haywood  mine,  of  a  depth  of  nearly  four¬ 
teen  hundred  feet,  would  be  of  some  interest. 

No  country  offers  more  inducements  for 
the  reward  of  industry  than  the  Pacific  Slope, 
California  in  particular.  To  those  thinking 
of  coming  to  this  coast  to  live  by  their  wits, 
or  by  chicanery,  l  will  say  there  is  no  room 
for  them  ;  they  are  not  needed.  But  men  and 
women  who  are  willing  to  work,  and  if  largo 
wages  are  not  obtained  at  once,  work  for  less 
until  they  merit  more,  may  come.  I  can 
mention  many  laboring  persons,  servant 
girls  and  men,  who  are  now  in  comfortable 
circumstances  and  own  their  city  house  and 
lot  by  buying  on  the  installment  plan,  which, 
hy  the  way,  arc  great  inducements  offered 
now,  as  currency  is  so  near  the  equiva¬ 
lent  to  gold.  Those  coming  to  this  coast 
now,  or  making  investments,  do  not  have  to 
lose  in  the  exchange  one  quarter  as  much  as 
in  former  times. 

In  conversation  with  a  gentleman  who  has 
an  Employment  Office,  he  said  he  could  find 


FROM  ESSEX  CO.,  VA 


1  note  your  remarks  on  what  the  gentle¬ 
man  from  Essex  Co.  said  to  you  respecting 
tlie  affairs  of  out  County  arid  our  great  want 
of  workingmen,  which  is  all  true.  He  might 
have  told  you  that  good  mechanics  of  every 
class  are  especially  wanted,  as  they  are  very 
much  needed,  I  to-day  heard  a  wagon  build¬ 
er  wishing  to  get  a  good  blacksmith,  (food 
tradesmen,  with  small  moans,  can  buy  small 
houses  and  establish  themselves  with  their 


very  scarce.  Being,  before  tho  war,  strictly 
an  agricultural  people,  wo  supposed  we  had 
no  use  for  such  tradesmen  and  never  sought 
them  ;  but  now  find  with  the  change  in  our 
social  system,  wo  need  them  very  much. 
Our  people  are  desirous  to  divide  their  farms 
and  work  up  land.  Our  free  schools  are 
good  ;  our  facilities  for  transportation  fully 
equal  to  our  wants  and  cheap,  30  hours  from 
New  York,  Our  soil,  though  good,  from 
neglect  and  bud  tillage  for  ton  years,  is  more 
abused  than  injured.  A  good  farmer  in  live 
years  will  bring  it  back  to  its  native  fertil¬ 
ity  ;  30  to  75  bushels  of  corn  and  15  to  40 
bushels  of  wheat  per  acre.  Those  who  have 
given  attention  to  its  cultivation  find  tim¬ 
othy,  orchard  grass  and  clover  to  succeed 
ns  well  as  in  any  section  of  the  country. 
Added  to  all  our  other  advantages,  wo  have 
tho  soil  and  climate  for  fruit  of  tho  best 
quality. 

Our  river  abounds  with  fish  of  the  very 
best  and  oysters  in  abundance  ;  added  to 
this,  we  arc  free  from  the  panics  of  the  cities; 
we  have  on  our  farms  what  we  need  to  live 
on,  with  a  few  exemptions;  and  though  our 
stylo  of  living  is  different,  it  is  quite  as  com¬ 
fortable  as  in  the  cities,  and  we  arc  not  quite 
so  dependent  ;  though  wo  have  loss,  mu- 
wants  are  not  so  great.  Observer. 


GO  OUT  WEST 


Many  times  it  has  been  said  to  me,  “  I 
wonder  you  do  not  go  out  West.”  in  spite 
of  all  the  fevers  and  ague  numbers  do  go  ; 
though  in  the  far  West  corn  only  makes  a 
third  of  the  price  it  does  in  the  East,  fami¬ 
lies  settle  there  ;  and  although  meat  is  about 
three  cents  per  lb.,  beef,  &e.,  it  is  fattened. 
All  to  be  sold  i-;  low  priced  ;  everyt  hing  to 
bo  bought  has  freight  to  be  paid  on  it  and  is 
high  priced  ;  sell  cheap  and  buy  dear  ;  and, 
to  make  matters  still  worse,  there  is  a  pro¬ 
tective  duty  on  manufactured  goods  which 
acts  injuriously,  inasmuch  as  while  selling 
corn  and  meat  at  n  third  of  New  York  prices, 
there  is  double  what  ought  to  ho  to  pay  for 
the  elothos  worn,  the  implements  for  culti¬ 
vation,  and  all  the  little  household  comforts. 
If  I  go  West  I  will  keep  up  the  land  I  farm 
by  consuming  everything  raised  in  the  shape 
of  crops,  t  hus  returning  all  subtracted  from 
the-  soil,  and  send  to  market  such  produce  as 
wool,  butter,  horses,  worth  thousands  each, 
thus  making  the  freight  come  low  iu  propor¬ 
tion.  But  I  would  prefer  the  South-west, 
where  the  winters  will  allow  of  horses,  colts, 
Ace.,  running  out,  and  where  little  expense 
has  to  bo  incurred  iu  harvesting  a  winter's 
supply  of  food.  No  present  inducement  of 
prodigious  crops  should  tempt,  me  to  plow 


CONVENTION  OF  VERMONT  DAIRYMEN 


Among  the  Agricultural  Societies  of  New 
England,  the  Vermont  Dairymen’s  Associa¬ 
tion  is  prominent.  The  winter  meetings  of 
the  Society  have  always  been  largely  at¬ 
tended,  and  we  doubt  whether  there  is  any 
Association  in  New  England  that  is  doing 
more,  good  for  the  cause  of  Agriculture  than 
it.  Wo  have  a  card  from  the  Secretary,  Mr. 
O,  H.  Bliss,  Georgia,  Vt...  announcing  the 
Fifth  Winter  Meeting  of  the  Association  at 
Essex  .Junction,  Vt.,  on  Wednesday,  Thurs¬ 
day  and  Friday,  Jan.  Slst,  22d  and  23d,  1-S74. 
In  regard  to  the  coming  meeting.  Mr.  Buss 
says  : — “  It  has  ever  been  the  policy  of  the 
government  of  the  Association  to  bring  to¬ 
gether  such  an  array  of  practical  men,  accus¬ 
tomed  to  giving  expression  to  their  thoughts, 
us  would  make  the  meetings  worthy  of  the 
attendance  and  cordial  co-operation  of  the 
foremost  minds  in  the  great  battle  of  Agri¬ 
cultural  progress.  Acting  upon  the  theory 
that  all  men  know  more  than  any  one  man, 
it  has  been  our  endeavor,  as  far  as  possible, 
without  seeming  to  dictate  to  (hose  who 
have  favored  us  with  their  aid,  to  drift  clear 
of  the  system  of  long  didactic  addresses  and 
lecturers,  and  rather,  by  a  series  of  short, 
pithy,  incisive,  introductory  essays,  to  elicit 
the  experiences,  not  only  of  our  friends  from 
abroad,  but  also  of  our  own  members  and 
neighbors.”  If  we  may  give  full  credit  to 
the  encomiums  of  our  visitors,  no  organiza¬ 
tion  of  the  kind  1ms  been  more  successful,  or 
has  accomplished  a  greater  measure  of  good, 
aud  no  essential  modification  of  the  general 
plan  of  our  meetings  is  contemplated  at  this 
time.  From  its  very  inception,  however,  the 
motto  of  the  Association  has  been  *  Onward,' 


DAIRY  NOTES 


find  the  best  books  and  papers  to  gather  all 
needful  information  from  f  What  Is  the  cost 
to  produce  a  pound  of  butter  under  ordinary 
circumstances  ?— W.  F.  Davis,  Cayuga  Co., 
New  York . 

1.  Baltimore  is  a  very  good  market  for 
dairy  products,  and  we  are  told  that  fine, 
fresh  butter  brings  a  good  price  in  Washing¬ 
ton.  Not  knowing  the  precise  location  re¬ 
ferred  to  by  our  correspondent,  nor  the  ca¬ 
pacity  and  condition  of  the  farm  as  adapted 
to  dairymen,  we  can  give  no  opinion  as  to 
whether  the  project  is  good  or  bad.  We  are 


This  Department  of  tho  Rural  has  so 
many  valuable  contributors,  whose  articles 
are  of  general  interest,  that  we  feel  bound  to 
explaiu  that  while  all  are  duly  appreciated, 
we  cannot  publish  them  all  at  once.  The 
information  wc  desire  to  give  in  other  de¬ 
partments  compels  us  to  confine  this  to 
spieciled  limits. 


tree  of  the  Lieb  injured.  From  this  we  may 
reasonably  conclude  it  will  prove  a  valuable 
addition  to  our  limited  list  of  choice,  hardy 
cherries.  The  fruit  is  about  the  size  cf  En¬ 
glish  Morello,  lighter  in  color,  and  so  nearly 
sweet  that  it  may  be  classed  with  the  sweet 
cherries.  The  tree  is  a  botanical  curiosity. 
The  twig  and  bud  strongly  indicate  their 
origin  from  the  Morello  family,  while  the 
leaf  as  strongly  resembles  those  of  the  Duke 
family.  The  fruit,  if  classed  with  any  of  the 
established  classes,  would  be  called  a  heart 
cherry  probably.  I  will  only  add,  that  no 


eggs.  This  shows  us  that,  up  to  the  fifth 
year,  hens  increase  in  value,  and  then  are 
better  fitted  for  the  soup  pot  than  the  hen¬ 
nery. 

The  above  items  we  find  going  the  rounds 
or  agricultural  papers  without  comment. 
We  wish  our  correspondents  who  have  had 
experience  with  hens  several  years  of  age 
would  give  the  results  of  their  observations, 
in  regard  to  the  value  of  such  hens  as  layers, 
compared  with  pullets. 

Our  r>l  .serrations  have  principally  been  on 
the  Light  Brahmas.  We  have  hatched  these 
in  early  spring,  arid  in  summer.  If  hatched 
the  first  of  March,  the  pullets  often  lay  in 
August  and  September.  After  laying  one  or 
two  broods,  they  sometimes  take  a  rest  aud 
do  not  lay  much  till  toward  spring. 

If  the  time  from  hatching  till  the  first  of 
January  Is  reckoned  as  the  first  year  of  a 
hen’s  life,  the  above  statement  may  be  true 
as  far  as  that  goes.  But  if  the  first  year  is 
reckoned  from  the  time  the  hen  commences 
laying,  it  is  very  far  from  being  correct. 
We  have  always  considered  the  first  twelve 
months  that  hens  lay,  the  most  profitable 
year  of  their  fife.  At  the  end  of  this  period 
they  have  gained  their  full  size  but  are  not 
too  old  to  be  good  for  the  table.  If  then  sold, 
there  is  no  lost  time  after  they  commence 
laying.  If  kept  longer,  they  use  up  several 
weeks  or  months  in  moulting,  at  wluch  time 
they  produce  but  very  few  eggs.  Then  it 
has  been  our  experience  that  many  of  them 
begin  to  take  on  fat  excessively,  which  seri¬ 
ously  diminishes  their  value  as  layers. 

Our  losses  from  accidents  and  sickness  have 
mostly'  been  among  fowls  more  than  eighteen 
months  old. 

Whether  the  conclusions  of  the  German 
naturalist  were  based  on  experiments  with 
one  hen,  or  with  a  hundred,  or  a  thousand, 
does  not  appear.  The  subject  is  an  import¬ 
ant  one  and  we  hope  to  hear  from  many  of 
our  poultry  farmers  aud  correspondents  who 
have  given  the  matter  their  attention. — New 
England  Fanner. 


PEARS  AND  FIGS  IN  GEORGIA 


AN  INEXPENSIVE  INCUBATOR, 


I  am  unable  to  say  anything  about  the 
Hon.  Mr.  Wilder’s  New  England  pears  or 
those  of  Mr.  Ferris  of  California,  not  hav¬ 
ing  tasted  either  ;  but  I  have  seen  California 
pears  in  the  Augusta  market  (less  than  two 
weeks  ago)  which  looked  very  fine  and  tempt¬ 
ing,  and  can  certify,  from  experience,  that 
they  are  far  inferior  in  flavor  and  little  better 
in  appearance  than  what  we  raise  on  a 
“Sand  Hill”  near  Augusta,  Ga.  The  pears 
raised  here  are  of  great  variety  and  bear  re¬ 
markably  well,  such  as  the  Duchess  DeAn- 
gouleme,  Belle  Lucrative,  Jxiuisc  Bonne  de 
Jersey,  &e.  This  latitude  is  admirably  adapt¬ 
ed  to  all  kinds  of  fruit,  and  it  only  requires 
a  little  attention  and  pat  ience  to  have  any¬ 
thing  you  want  in  the  fruit  line. 

If  wc  understood  drying  figs,  we  might 
supply  the  whole  world  with  that  commod¬ 
ity  ;  and  it  is  only  surprising  that  some  live 
man  don’t  make  a  business  of  it.  Can  you, 
or  any  of  your  readers,  tell  us  how  it  is  done 
to  the  greatest  advantage  ?  Fortunes  can  be 
made  here  at  the  South  in  more  ways  than 
raisin?  cotton,  if  we.  understood  everything 
else  as  well.  One  of  our  papers  informed 
us,  a  few  days  ago,  how  easy  a  man  made 
$200  on  an  acre  of  pecan  trees,  and  advised 
planting  pecan  nuts,  which  would  flourish 
here  equal  to  any  tree  in  our  forests.  Send 
out  some  of  your  factory  operatives  that 
have  been  recently  turned  out  of  employ¬ 
ment,  and  let  them  see  what  can  be  done  on 
some  of  our  cheap  lands.  No  excuse  for 
starving  here  if  they  are  willing  to  work  ; 
and  there  is  no  use  in  annexing  Cuba  to  ac¬ 
quire  a  climate  suited  to  almost  anything. 
We  expect  to  see  “John  Chinaman”  making 
tea  here  after  we  get  our  canal  finished.  Did 
you  know  we  have  some  20<i  or  more  of  these 
Celestials  at  that  work,  and  expect  our  little 
town  will  become  a  second  Lowell,  if  we 
don’t  get  ahead  of  it  !  No  stoppage  in  any 
enterprise  in  this  part  of  the  “  Empire  State;” 
and  we  don’t  feel  the  panic  half  as  much  as 
we  did  a  big  storm  two  nights  ago,  which 
uprooted  some  of  our  best  shade  trees. 

Summerville,  Ga.  c. 

The  pears  our  correspondent  ate  from  Cal¬ 
ifornia  were,  of  course,  picked  long  before 
they  should  have  been  in  order  to  develop 
their  best  eating  qualities  —  just  as  the 
oranges  we  get  in  the  New  York  market  are 
gather  ed  and  are  unlit  to  eat,  compared  with 
those  that  mature  ou  the  trees.  President 
Wilder,  however,  has,  we  think,  eaten  Cal¬ 
ifornia  pears  in  California,  and  hence  is  bet¬ 
ter  qualified  to  make  comparison  than  lie 
would  be  had  lie  confined  his  eating  to  the 
samples  of  California  pears  sent  to  the  Bos¬ 
ton  market. 

In  1S71  we  published 


Susie  St.  Clair  Smith  writes  as  follows 
to  the  Poultry  Bulletin  : — “The  idea  having 
suggested  itself  to  me  during  the  past  spring, 
that  the  eggs  of  most  domestic  fowls  might 
be  batched  by  some  simple  and  inexpensive 
process  of  art  ificial  incubation,  I  determined 
to  make  the  experiment ;  and  having  suc- 


A.  JtltA.NT  GrIS  AX  111  NT  'D  Of 

one,  so  far  as  I  know,  has  any  ax  to  grind 
by  lauding  the  Lieb  cherry.  Very  many  of 
our  nurserymen  and  amateurs  have  specimen 
trees  from  which  to  propagate  if  it  comes  to 
have  a  market  value.  But  at  this  time  I  do 
not  know  where  it  could  be  bought  in  any 
quantity. 


P0M0L0GICAL  GOSSIP 


“  Hybrid  Mammoth  Crimson  ”  is  the 
name  given  to  a  new  raspberry  found  near 
Adams,  N.  Y.  The  bush  is  iu  general  ap¬ 
pearance  like  the  Black-Cap,  though  it  grows 
more  rank  and  majestic,  with  few  thorns, 
which  arc  not  hooked  and  sharp  like  the 
Black-Cap.  Wood,  reddish  cast ;  leaf  re¬ 
sembles  but  is  not  identical  with  that  of 
Black-Oap.  The  berry,  in  color,  taste  and 
consistence,  is  between  the  Red  Antwerp 
and  Black-Cap,  though  very  much  larger 
than  the  Black-Caps  ;  flavor  delicious.  The 
peduncles  arc  longer  than  those  of  the  Black- 
Cap,  having  a  cluster  of  berries  at  the  end, 
and  then  back  towards  the  Btalk  ure  others 
in  progress  of  growth,  while  the  cud  cluster 
is  ripe,  thus  prolonging  its  fruiting  time.  It 
was  discovered  on  the  farm  of  E.  R.  Max- 
son,  M.  D. 

Apples  in  the  Most  Northern  County  in 
Maine. — Mr.  Alfred  Cushman,  Aroostook, 
Co.,  Me.,  has  some  40  varieties  of  apples  in 
his  orchard,  and  returns  as  the  best  of  these 
the  Dutchess  of  Oldenburgh,  Red  Astrachan, 
and  Striped  Pearmain.  His  crop  in  good 
years  is  from  SOU  to  400  bushels.” 


CHICKEN  CHOLERA 


Like  L.  E.  O.  I  believe  there  is  such  a 
thing  as  chicken  cholera,  for  1  have  lost  over 
half  of  my  chicks;  and  though  they  are 
lousy,  I  do  not  think  that  causes  the  loose¬ 
ness  and  the  running  oil  of  that  yellow 
green  excrement,  nor  their  setting  around 
stilt  before  they  are  dead.  That  the  disease 
is  incurable  I  do  not  know.  I  am  trying  a 
recipe  1  found  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker, 
of  May  3lst — two  ounces  each  of  sulphur, 
red  popper,  alum  and  rosin  ;  but  in  the  place 
of  rosin  I  used  a  small  piece  of  asafetida,  but 
cannot  tell  yet  whether  it  is  doing  any  good 
or  not.  If  it  does  I  shall  try  to  write  you. 
My  clacks  will  stop  dying  before  long,  for  1 
will  not  have  many  more  to  die. 

Will  some  one  tell  me  if  I  can  raise  chick¬ 
ens  here  next  year  i  (Jr  will  I  have  to  keep 
them  in  a  new  place  i  Some  assert  that  I 
will  have  to  wait  a  year  before  i  can  raise 
chickens  in  the  same  place.  l.  j, 


About  drying  ligs 
in  the  Rural  New-Yorker  the  following 
process,  which  has  proved  satisfactory  and 
successful  in  California  after  man}'  years 
spent  in  experimenting  :  —  “  Pick  the  figs 
when  thoroughly  ripe,  dry  them  on  racks,  as 
you  would  other  fruit,  in  the  sun,  four  or  live 
days,  or  until  the  water  they  contain  is  thor¬ 
oughly  evaporated.  If  (there  i-s  any  dew, 
cover  them  nights.  Then  place  them  in  a 
vessel  perforated  with  holes,  like  a  colander, 
and  dip  them  into  boiling  water  for  about 
one  minute,  after  which  again  expose  them 
to  the  sun  until  the  surface  water  is  evapo¬ 
rated  ;  then  Jay  them  in  wood,  tin,  earthen 
or  other  vessels,  and  press  closely  so  as  to 
exclude  the  air  and  cover  securely.  In  this 
way  it  is  asserted  ligs  have  been  preserved 
equal  to  the  best  imported.  The  scalding 
answers  the  double  purpose  of  killing  all  in¬ 
sect  eggs  and  softening  the  skin  of  the  fruit 
so  that  the  sugar  will  come  to  the  surface, 
as  may  be  Be  rn  ou  imported  figs. 


LARGE  EGGS 


As  the  Rural  New-Yorker  is  a  good  me¬ 
dium  to  circulate  articles  relating  to  poultry 
and  eggs,  I  send  the  following  item  which 
may  attract  the  attention  of  some  poultry 
keeper  in  New  Jersey  or  Maine — those  States 
having  been  heard  from  in  reference  to  the 
size  of  their  eggs.  1  have  an  egg  measuring 
8k,' by  6 Vi  inches;  have  had  several  during 
the  post  season  measuring  from  7  to  8  inches. 

My  fowls  are  a  cross  by  Light  Brahma 
hens  and  Black-Breasted  Game  cocks,  which 
has  greatly  improved  the  breed  in  form, 
plumage  and  delicacy  of  flavor.  If  any 
reader  of  the  Rural  has  seen  larger  eggs  let 
us  hear  what  breed  of  fowls  produced  them. 

R.  M.  Ludlow. 

Oak  Burn  near  Hudson,  N.  Y, 


A  CHEAP  WAY  WITH  CELERY 


J osiah  Hoopes  in  the  Tribune  says  : — In 
preparing  celery  for  keeping  through  the 
winter  we  must  guard  against,  undue  mois¬ 
ture  and  excessive  freezing  as  the  two  great- 

There  arc  various 


est  enemies  to  our  work, 
methods  in  use,  but  the  following  is  prac¬ 
ticed  by  an  extensive  market  gardener  near 
Philadelphia,  is  cheap,  and  answers  every 
■  requirement.  First,  always  have  au  eye  to 
perfect  drainage;  therefore  select  a  spot 
high  and  dry.  and  dig  a  trench,  say  20  to  24 
inches  in  width,  with  the  sides  perpendicular 
und  sufficiently  deep  to  allow  the  tops  of  the 
celery  to  reach  the  surface  of  the  ground 
when  standing  erect.  Place  the  plants  in 
this  trench  in  an  upright  position,  as  ccm- 
paetly  as  possible,  and  cover  over  with  a 
good  thickness  of  dean  straw,  to  keep  out 
the  cold.  Over  this  lay  boards  to  act  as  a 
roof  for  carrying  oil  surplus  water,  and  dig 
a  gutter  ou  all  sides  for  the  same  purpose. 
Thus,  both  excessive  moisture  aud  cold  are 
guarded  against,  and  the  celery  can  be  taken 
out  at  any  time.  It  is  needless  to  add  that 
it  is  always  plump  and  fresh,  without  uny 
decayed  stalks  aud  leaves  to  give  it  an  un¬ 
pleasant  flavor  when  dressed  for  Die  table. 
Placing  in  boxes  and  barrels  is  all  very  well, 
but  the  foregoing  is  intended  to  combine 
cheapness  with  success,  and  especially  on  a 
large  scale- 


THE  LIEB  CHERRY 


POULTRY  NOTES. 


Joseph  L.  Budd,  in  The  Iowa  Homestead, 
speaks  thus  eulogistically  of  this  cherry: 
The  parent  tree  of  this  variety,  it  is  claimed, 
was  brought  from  Germany  twenty-live 
years  ago.  It  still  stands  in  the  yard  of  Mr. 
Lieb,  in  the  city  of  Galena,  Illinois.  It  is 
still  in  good  condition  and  bore  Die  last  year 
thirty-four  quarts  of  flue  salable  fruit,  bring¬ 
ing  in  the  Galena  market  double  the  price 
paid  for  the  Early  Richmond  cherry. 

This  variety  lias  been  propagated  from  the 
original  tree  quite  extensively,  aud  has  been 
disseminated  quite  widely  over  the  Prairie 
States,  k  seems  even  hardier  than  the 
Early  Richmond  and  thrives  equally  well  on 
all  our  variuty  of  soils.  In  many  places  the 
Richmond  was  severely  injured  by  our  last 
terrible  winter,  but  I  have  in  no  case  seen  a 


Tallow  for  Gapes.— A  correspondent  of 
the  Field  says  : — “  One  day  I  noticed  a  flock 
of  11  pure-bred  Crevecceur  chickens  very  bad 
with  what  is  called  ‘  gapes.’  I  remarked  to 
the  man  who  had  them  in  charge  that  he 
w-ould  not  have  many  chickens  out  of  that 
lot.  *  Oh,  never  mind,’  said  he,  ‘  I  have  got 
a  cure  for  them  from  a  neighboring  wroman( 
which  is  a  common  halfpenny  tallow  candle 
melted  and  mixed  into  about  a  quart  of  oat¬ 
meal  stirabout.’  The  remedy  was  resorted 
to  and  Die  Crevecoeurs  have  every  one  re¬ 
covered  and  grown  into  finely  developed 
chickens.  I  have  since  tried  this  cure  with  in¬ 
variable  success  on  Brahmas,  Dorkings,  &c.” 

Hens  Without  a  Cock. — Will  liens,  if  not 
mated  with  a  cock,  lay  fewer  eggs  than 
those  that  are.  for  that  reason  l — Reader. 


EGG  PRODUCING  CAPACITY  OF  HENS 


ns  smallest  branches  terminate  in  a  mass  of 
rosy-purple  flowers.  Individually,  the  blos¬ 
soms  are  about  the  size  of  a  shilling,  and 
have  six  long-clawed,  curled,  or  crumpled 
petals,  not,  unlike  those  of  the  scandent 
yellow-flowered  SUiimuphyltwn  cillatum. 
When  well  grown  this  plant  is  one  of  the 
greatest  ornaments  one  could  desire,  either 
for  a  plant  stove  or  cool  conservatory.  It 
will  grow  and  flower  freely,  even  when 
planted  under  a  sunny  wall  in  the  sout.lt  of 
England,  and  during  the  past  summer  wo 


ROSES  AT  N.  Y.  STATE  FAIR 


‘  protection  as  where  the  snow-banks  exist 
from  November  until  May,  The  New  York 
,  bee-keepers  usually 

PRACTICE  INDOOR  WINTERING, 

as  it  is  safest,  and  most  of  them  have  good 
cellars  and  outhouses,  which  may  be  used 
for  this  purpose.  Those  who  have  large 
apiaries  have  a  building  devoted  to  the  pack 
ing  of  honey  in  summer  and  the  wintering  of 
bees  in  winter.  This  is  ventilated  at  the 
sides,  bottom  and  top;  has  a  stove,  where  a, 
fire  is  made  when  the  temperature  gets  too 
low.  One  bee  keeper  had  a  frame  made  four 
or  five  feet  long  and  one  foot  wide,  covered 
with  thin  muslin,  which  he  places  over  the 
front  of  the  hive,  with  a  light  at  the  end  of 
it,  and  thus  affords  his  bees  an  opportunity 
of  a  little  exercise  during  the  winter.  He 
uses  this  for  entrapping  swarms  iu  the  sum¬ 
mer,  and  considers  it  one  of  the  necessary 
appliances.  The  beekeepers  who  have  not 
enough  swarms  to  make  it  pay  to  [invest 
much  capital  in  conveniences,  winter  their 
bees  in  the  cellar,  if  It  is  not  damp,  or  in  out¬ 
houses,  or  in  the  open  air.  The  latter  is  often 
resorted  to,  and  various  things  „re  used  to 
exclude  the  wind,  cold  and  snow  and  do  ab¬ 
sorb  the  moisture  that  arises  from  the  insects. 

STRAW  HIVES. 

There  are  hives  made  of  pressed  straw, 
which,  as  non-conductors,  are  useful  both  in 
cold  and  warm  weather.  In  one  apiary,  this 
style  of  hive  was  filled  at  the  aides  with  a 
layer  of  sawdust  a  few  Inches  thick,  and  thus 
made  an  excellent  winter  abode  for  the  bees  ; 
the  top  had  also  a  covering  of  sawdust,  and  a 
wide-spreading,  sloping  roof,  made  of  thin 
boards,  w i deli  was  not  fastened  to  the  hive 
•  uit  could  be  taken  off  ul  pleasure.  This  hiv 
is  very  light  to  1 1 audio,  and  has  a  loose  bot¬ 
tom-board,  but  no  movable  frames.  In  fact 
if  has  some  disadvantages,  and  l  notice  that 
i'  i«  being  replaced  by  the  Quin  by  and  other 
hives. 

THE  QUINSY  HIVE. 

is  used  through  that  section  quite  extensively, 
For  Mr.  Quiuby  lives  in  .Herkimer  County', 
and  is  highly  respected,  and  the  bee-keepers 
far  and  near  consult  him  on  the  subject  ol' 
bee-culture.  His  health  is  now  delicate,  and 
he  lives  quietly  in  a  pleasant  home  near  St. 
JoUnsvillo.  Ilia  hive  is  very  large,  but  ladies 
find  no  difficulty  in  managing  it.  as  the  sides 
and  top  may  bo  taken  off  without  disturbing 
the  frames  of  comb,  as  these  have  their  sup¬ 
port  at  the  bottom.  And,  when  exposed  to 
view,  any  one  frame  may  be  taken  out  and 
examined  without  disturbing  the  others. 
Surplus  boxes  are  placed  next  the  frames  at 
the  sid*  and  on  top  ;  and  in  winter  this  space 
is  filled  with  packed  straw,  which  i&  placed 
ilia  frame,  that  it  may  ho  easily  handled. 
Only  one  of  these  frames  is  used  for  the 
Langstroth  and  King  hives,  it  being  placed 
on  top  of  the  frames  to  act  as  an  absorbent. 

A  Quinby  hive  protected  in  this  way  will 
stand  an  ordinary  winter  in  the  open  air. 

MR.  CHARLIE  VANOUZEN, 

of  Montgomery  County,  is  a  very  practical 
and  successful  bee-keeper,  and  he  makes  bee- 
eulturc  a  business,  which  is  so  complete  in  all 
its  details  as  to  interest  other  visitors  than 
those  especially  interested  in  the  subject.  At 
the  time  of  my  visit,  two  young  men  were 
busy  in  the  packing-room  preparing  the  hon¬ 
ey  for  market.  The  glass  sides  of  the  boxes 
were  all  carefully  cleaned,  and  the  honey 
was  all  very  fine,  considering  the  season, 
which  has  not  been  veiy  favorable  to  good 
bee- pasturage.  His  swarms  w-ere  arranged 
in  rows  in  a  yard,  where  they  were  afforded 
no  shade,  but  a  high  board-fence  was  erected 
on  the  nort  hern  boundary.  The  Quinby  hive 
requires  less  protection  from  the  sun,  because 
of  its  size,  there  being  an  air-space  around 
the  frames  and  a  projecting  roof  on  top. 
Then,  too,  the  summers  are  not  so  long  or  so 
intensely  warm  as  ours,  as  I  have  said  before. 
This  renders  shade  in  the  summer  less  essen¬ 
tial  than  it  is  in  our  section  of  the  eountrv. 
Mr.  Vanduzen,  in  comm  on  with  most  modern 
bee-keepers,  sees  no  reason  wrhy  ladies  should 
not  engage  in  this  pursuit,  to  some  extent  at 
least.  His  wife  knew  nothing  concerning 
bees  previous  to  their  marriage;  but,  to 
induce  her  to  take  exercise  in  I  he  open  air, 
lie  succeeded  in  interesting  her  in  them,  and 
she  now  has  the  care  of  several  swarms.  He 
has  certainly  demonstrated  the  fact  that 
bee-keeping  may  be  made  a  delightful  occu¬ 
pation,  and  not  only  this,  but  lie  makes  it 
profitable. 


■loasnio  Hanet,  John  Hopper,  La  Koine, 
E’Enfant  du  Mt.  Carmel,  Madame  Louis 
Carigui,  Madame  Allred  do  Itougemont, 
Maurice  Bernardin,  Pius  IXtli,  Portland 
Blanche,  Sou.  de  la  Koine  do  Beiges,  Sydonia, 
Victor  Verdier,  Prince  Albert.  Tea:  — 
Marochal  Niel.  Perpetual.  Moss :  —  Delille, 
Saiet. 

Collection  of  118  Varieties  ( Hybrid  Per- 
petuals). — Eugene  Appert,  General  Simpson, 
Gen.  de  Chateaubriand,  Gigantesque,  Louis 
Bonaparte,  Lady  Pord  wick,  Madame  Julie 
Duran,  Michael  Bonnet,  Panache  d’ Orleans, 
l’auline  Lausezeur,  President  Lincoln,  Sou. 
dela  Reine  d’ Angle  ter  re.  Bourbons:— Apol- 
line,  Bello  Isadora,  Blanche  Lafltte,  Comte 
cl’Eu,  Duchesse  de  Thurmge,  Edouard  Uet- 
fosses,  Emile  Courtier,  Gen.  [Blanchard,  La 
Choice,  Lc  Grenadier,  Marshal  Vi  liars,  Mrs. 
Bosanquet,  Phoenix,  Pierre  de  St,  Cyr, 
Queen  of  the  Bourbous.  Nnine.Lt.es  :  —  Ad¬ 
miral  Itigney,  America,  Beauty  of  Green- 
mount,  Belle  Marseillaise,  Champney’s  Pink 
Cluster,  Caroline  Marniesse,  Cornelia,  Eu- 
phrosyne,  Fellembcrg,  Isabella  Gray,  Jaques 
Argent,  Jane  Hardy,  Lamarque,  Madame 
Deslongchamps,  Mademoiselle  Ausline,  Nar- 
cisse,  Phaloe,  Pumilla,  Washington,  Wood¬ 
land  Marguerite.  China: — Agrippina,  Alice 
Walton,  Antheros,  Arch  Due  Charles,  Beau- 
harnois,  Belloa,  Buret,  Camellia,  Cels,  Cy- 
(lieri,  Daily  or  Common,  Duchess  of  Kent, 
Eliza  Flory,  Eugene  Pirolle,  Five  Colored, 
General  Soyez,  George  do  Pigeon,  GraudvaJ, 
Imporutrice  Eugenis,  Jacksoni,  Laurouceana, 
Louis  Philippe,  Madam  Bureau,  Monthly 
Cabbage,  President  d’Olbecquc,  Prince 
Eugene,  Purple  Crown,  Queen  of  Lombardy, 
Sangffinca,  Triumphant,  ViritBscens,  Whito 
Daily.  Tea: — Archemede,  Bon  Silene,  Bon- 
gere,  Camay,  Caroline,  Clara  Sjd vain,  D'An- 
theros,  Devoniensis,  Fleur  de  Cypres,  Gen. 
fartas,  Gerard  Desbois,  Gigantesque,  Glory 
of  Dijon,  Homer,  Isabella,  Isabella  Sprunt, 
Janne  d’Or,  La  Pactole,  Leveson  Gower, 
Louis  de  Savoie,  Madame  Bruvy,  Madame 
Damaizin,  Madame  de  Vatry,  Madame  Fal- 
cot,  Madame  Halpiu,  Madame  Maurin, 


THE  WATER,  SOLDIER 


nave  seen  it  flowering  very  freely  out  of 
doors  in  several  of  the  gardens  around  Paris. 
When  grown  in  a  pot  or  tub  indoors  it 
makes  a  shrub  eight  or  ten  feet  high,  and 
flowers  freely  every  summer  or  autumn  if 
cut  back  after  blooming.  It,  should  have  a 
moderately  fresh  sandy  soil,  and  should  he 
thoroughly  well  drained.  It  requires  a  lib¬ 
eral  supply  ol  water  when  growing,  in 
America  it  does  well  out  of  doors,  and  a 
plant  of  it  stood  tifluen  degrees  of  frost  in 
the  Botanic  Garden  at  Brest.  It  is  a  native 
of  China,  One  species,  1,.  regime,  grows  to 
a  large  size,  and  is  much  used  in  India  for 
boat  building  and  similar  purposes,  as  it, 
lasts  well  when  submerged.— B.  in  London 


A  WESTERN  GIRL  AMONG  NEW  YORK 
BEE-KEEPERS. 

Ella  Dunlap,  a  young  lady  who  devotes 
much  attention  to  bees,  and  who  has  visited 
New  York  the  past  season,  thus  gives  her 
impressions  in  the  Chicago  Tribune  ; 

With  an  eusy  conveyance  and  a  pleasant 
corr  panic >n  I  traveled  over  a  port  ion  of  Mont¬ 
gomery,  Schoharie,  Herkimer,  and  Otsego 
Counties,  of  New  York,  in  early  September, 
and  observed  a  great  difference  between  that 
soction  and  Central  Illinois,  the  former  being 
veiy  picturesque;  but,  viewing  the  farming 
operations  through  the  eyes  of  a  Western 
girl,  I  was  reminded  of  the  past  ages,  and  the 
farmers  called  to  my  mind  the  statue  of 
Patience  on  a  monument.  Though  I  was 
ultimately  satisfied  that  New  York  possessed 
many  things  which  entitled  it  to  be  called 
the  Empire  State,  I 

COULD  NOT  INCLUOE  FARMING 

as  one  of  these. 

The  Unpretentious  blossoms  of  the  golden- 
rod,  which  yield  quantities  of  golden-hucd 
honey,  brightened  up  the  roadside  in  those 
autumn  days,  nud  formed  a  pleasing  contrast 
to  the  troublesome  Canada  thistles,  daisies 
and  milk-weeds,  that  were  too  numerous. 
Many  fields  of  buckwheat,  and  occasional 
patches  of  white  and  Alstko  clover,  served  as 
fall-pasturage  for  the  honey-bees,  of  which 
there  appeared  many  swarms,  though  the 
loss  there  of  swarms  was  as  great  in  propor¬ 
tion  as  at  the  W est,  but  they  will  not  be  so 


WILD  BALSAM  APPLE, 


on  it  that  1  found  in  the  woods  the  other 
day.  Please  give  the  mune  of  it  through  the 
Rural  New'- Yorker,  and  if  it  van  be  grown 
in  our  gardens  with  success  as  a  climber  •  if 
so,  how  should  it  be  p ropa gated— from  seed 
or  roots  or  slips  ?  I  found  it  in  a  piece  of  low 
ground,  and  it  had  made  a  very  rapid  g  row'th 
-T.  G.  Williams,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

The  plant  is  sometimes  known  as  the  Wild 
Balsam  apple,  but  its  scientific  name  is  Ec.hin- 
ocijti.i  lohnta.  It  belongs  to  the  Cucurhita- 
eecr.,  cucumber  or  gourd  family  of  plants. 
It  is  a  native  of  the  Eastern  as  well  as  West¬ 
ern  States  growing  in  rich  bottom  lands 
along  the  banks  of  streams. 


PLANTS  IN  BOOMS, 


LAGERST RCEMIA  INDICA 


The  Garden  says  : — We  ha  ve  many  plants 
that  are  well  adapted  for  use  as  permanent 
ornaments  for  apartments,  although  there 
ure  but  few  in  general  employed  for  that 
Purpose  at  present.  Among  the  plants  best 


Though  not  so  often  found  in  collections 
as  it  ought  to  be,  this  is  one  of  the  finest  and 
most  profuse  flowering  of  green-house  or 
half-1, ardy  shrubs.  It  blooms  freely  in  the 
Palm-house  at  Kew,  -where  the  ends  of  even 


Those  of  our  readers  engaged  in  bee  c'd- 
ture  are  invited  to  exchange  experience  in 
this  Department, 


36$ 


fVlOOBE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


SEC.  6 


Xlmrjr  of  a  pluralist. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 

From  the  Diary  of  a  Centlemun  near  New 
York  City. 

SEVEN  KINDS  OF  CAK'. 

Nov.  21. — A  few  years  since  a  young  mar¬ 
ried  man  called  on  me  to  obtain  a  situation 
as  gardener ;  wanting  a  man  at  that  t  ime 
we  soon  made  a  bargain.  I  agreed  to  pay 
him  ten  dollars  per  week,  furnish  him  vege¬ 
tables  and  fruits  from  the  garden  and  a  cozy 
little  cottage  of  five  rooms,  rent  free.  He 
said  that  he  had  been  unfortunate  and  was 
not  only  out  of  work  but  out-  of  money  as 
well.  1  advanced  him  money  to  bring  his 
wife  and  child  as  well  as  household  goods 
from  his  former  home  u  distance  of  a  hun¬ 
dred  miles  or  more.  Soon  after  my  new 
gardener  commenced  work  it  began  to  be 
talked  about  among  my  old  hands  that  he 
was  going  to  be  very  economical  und  lay  up 
money  out  of  his  salary.  11c  was  temperate, 
indulging  in  no  luxuries  beyond  a  pipe,  of 
which  no  one  could  complain,  on  the  score  of 
expense,  and  he  said  that  he  could  save  at 
least  six  dollars  a  week  out  of  the  ten  re¬ 
ceived.  Further  than  this,  his  late  experi¬ 
ence  would  teach  him  not  again  to  be  out  of 
money  and  work  at  the  same  time.  The 
garden  machinery  moved  on  smoothly  for 
the  first  three  or  four  months:  then  a  change 
in  the  habits  of  our  gardener  was  noticeable, 
and  he  began  to  talk  of  juicy  steaks,  mutton 
chops,  excellent  pics  and  puddings;  and  in¬ 
stead  of  visiting  the  grocery  only  on  Satur¬ 
days  he  bad  to  go  hi  the  middle  of  the  week 
in  order  to  secure  supplies  for  his  table. 
Soon  after  this  change  had  begun  he  boast- 
ingly  announced  to  Iris  fellow  workmen,  one 
afternoon,  that  Ids  wife  had  just  finished 
baking  seven  kinds  of  sweet  cake.  I  also 
noticed  that  he  began  to  be  very  absent- 
minded,  frequently  forgetting  to  label  the 
plants  set  out,  and  that  he  had  to  visit  his 
home  several  times  during  working  hours 
before  and  after  dinner;  failing  in  gutting  up 
in  the  morning  in  time  to  have  breakfast  be¬ 
fore  seven  o'clock  was  becoming  a  common 
occurrence;  in  fact,  too  much  cake  and  too 
little  work  hogan  to  show  themselves  very 
conspicuously.  During  the  next  six  months 
there  was  little  c1b«  talked  of  among  the 
men  but  low  wages  and  how  mean  a  man 
must  be  not  to  pay  bis  worxmen  enough  to 
supply  them  with  necessary  food.  At  the 
same  time,  however,  I  had  two  other  men, 
one  with  live  children  and  the  other  with 
four;  but  both  managed  to  keep  their  fami¬ 
lies  comfortably  on  $8  per  week,  and  are  still 
doing  the  same.  I  presume,  however,  that 
they  do  not  live  on  tenderloin  steaks  and 
calce. 

Of  course,  as  my  gardener  became  dissatis¬ 
fied  with  his  wages  the  less  he  would  do  for 
what  was  paid  him,  and  at  the  close  of  the 
year  I  received  notice  that  his  salary  must  be 
raised  or  he  would  quit;  and  quit,  he  did, 
selling  some  of  his  furnit  lire  in  order  to  raise 
money  to  move  what  remained;  for  he  ha/1 
not  saved  a  dollar  during  the.  year;  the  seven 
kinds  of  meat,  cake,  or  like  luxuries,  had 
taken  it.  all.  It  is  certainly  true  that.  $520 
is  not.  u  large  sum  for  a  man  and  his  wife  to 
eat  up;  but  no  laboring  man  can  afford  to 
indulge  even  to  that  extent.  One  half  of 
his  salary  might,  without,  beggarly  economy, 
have  been  saved  or  expended  in  clothing  ; 
but  it  is  useless  to  t  alk  to  such  men,  for  their 
appetites  are  more  powerful  than  their  men¬ 
tal  faculties  and  became  the  bane  of  their 
lives.  An  increase  of  salary  only  means  an 
increase  of  luxuries  upon  the  table;  and 
while  I  believe  in  good  living,  and  the  two 
hundred  pounds  of  body  which  I  carry  is 
proof  (in  t  his  i  nst: nice  at  least)  that  I  prac¬ 
tice  as  well  as  preach,  still  I  know  there  are 
many  poor  families  who  arc  kept  so  mainly 
through  t  heir  extravagance  in  eating.  When¬ 
ever  I  hear  a  laboring  man,  who  has  had 
steady  employment  and  good  wages,  talking 
about  starving,  or  not  being  able  to  procure 
food  lor  liis  family,  1  am  reminded  of  the 
seven  kinds  of  cake.  There  are,  it.  is  true, 
many  a  poor  Ocnus  working  at  his  rope  of 
straw,  his  wife  being  the  other  animal  repre¬ 
sented  in  the  fable,  consuming  it  as  fast  as 
made,  hence  his  utmost  exertion  is  but 
“  labor  lost.” 

But  I  dare  not  more  than  hint  at  this  for 
fear  of  calling  down  upon  ray  venerable 
head  the  innumerable  lady  correspond¬ 
ents  of  the  Rubai.  New-Yorker.  They 
would  certainly  toll  me  about  the  cigars  and 
other  unnecessary  luxuries  in  which  our  sex 
too  frequently  indulge.  But  the  facts  in  re¬ 
gal'd  to  the  sweet  cake  remain  ;  and  such 


men,  be  they  ever  so  industrious,  or  their 
wages  ever  so  great,  always  manage  to  spend 
every  cent  almost  as  soon  as  received.  One 
spendthrift,  in  a  family  is  better  than  two; 
but  to  have  a  good  team,  both  must  pull 
squarely  upon  the  ycke  ! 

*  A  VARIETY  WEDDING. 

Nov.  22.— 1  was  just  about  to  write,  ‘‘in 
the  good  old  times,”  but,  1  won’t,  for  I  don’t 
believe  in  any  such  nonsense  ;  there  never 
was  so  good  a  time  as  the  present.  But  1 
will  put  it  a  little  more  truthful  and  say:— In 
the  hard  times  when  Mrs.  “  Rural ist  ”  and 
myself  were  married,  iu  that  solid  old  log- 
house  in  the  country,  we  never  heard  of  any 
one  besides  t  he  near  relations  making  pres 
entato  the  bride.  Perhaps  it  was  owing  to 
the  unsophisticated  condition  of  the  society 
in  which  we  moved  ;  but  if  any  Tom,  Dick 
or  Hahrt  had  sent  Mrs.  “  Ruralist  ”  a  pres¬ 
ent  on  our  wedding  day,  I  would  have  called 
him  to  account  without  delay.  But  now-a- 
daysit  has  become  a  fashionable  practice  to 
receive  presents  from  anybody,  and  every¬ 
body  who  is  Invited  is  expected  to  make 
them,  and  shrewd  calculations  are  made  be¬ 
forehand  in  regard  to  the  number  ami  value 
of  those  likely  to  be  received  on  the  wedding 
day.  Invitations  are  sent  to  those  most 
likely  to  “  come  down  handsomely;”  and  if 
any  fail  to  do  the  thing  up  “brown,”  they 
are  accused  of  being  mean  and  niggardly. 

When  1  was  young,  to  be.  asked  to  a  wed¬ 
ding  meant  a  new  suit  of  clothes,  and  noth¬ 
ing  more.  By-the-by.  that  reminds  me  that 
I  have  t  wo  new  suits  charged  to  an  acquaint¬ 
ance  who  invited  me  twice  to  his  wedding, 
and  bot  h  times  the  thing  in  some  way  fell 
through,  and  years  after  he  married  another 
girl  and  his  first  alliance  married  a  railroad 
conductor.  But  now-a-duys  if  a  fellow  is  in¬ 
vited  to  a  wedding,  ho  is  expected  to  do 
something  more  than  merely  appear  in  his 
best  clothes;  the  bride  will  expect  a  present. 
The  wedding  gifts  are  not  the  end  of  this 
fashionable  begging  ;  for  if  a  couple  happens 
to  live  together  five  years,  and  during  that 
time  neither  has  commenced  a  suit  for  di¬ 
vorce,  t  lie  event  must  be  celebrated  by  what 
is  called  a  “  wooden  wedding,"  which  is  only 
an  excuse  for  beg  No.  2.  After  this  comes 
the  tin,  crystal,  china,  silver,  and  I  don’t 
know  how  many  other  begging  days,  which 
Occur  in  the  lives  of  a  certain  class  who 
would  be  ashamed  to  stand  on  the  street 
corners  asking  for  pennies,  although  they 
practice  the  same  thing,  in  principle,  in,  it  is 
true,  a  more  fashionable  manner.  To  this 
list  we  must  also  add  those  fond  mothers 
(and  whoever  knew  one  that  was  not)— per¬ 
haps  T  had  better  add  fathers — who  name 
their  babies,  from  first  to  last,  after  some 
rich  relation  who  may  remember  the  child 
in  his  will.  Or  it  may  be  that  the  baby  is 
named  after  some  flcquaintanee  who,  it  is 
expected,  will  send  it  a  handsome  present. 
How  many  a  man  and  woman  has  had  to 
hear  a  distressingly  homely  name  all  their 
lives,  just  because  somebody’s  vanity  re¬ 
quired  tickling. 

Now,  if  intelligent  white  people  will  en¬ 
courage  these  periodical  begging  weddings, 
why  should  not.  our  colored  citizens  do  the 
saint?  ?  There  being  no  good  reason  why  our 
colored  people  should  be  deprived  of  such  in¬ 
nocent.  amusement,  they  appear  to  have 
adopted  the  fashion  with  all  the  grace  be¬ 
longing  to  the  race— at  least  those  residing 
in  my  neighborhood.  That  many  of  them 
cannot  tell  when  they  were  married,  or  if 
they  were  married  at  all,  makes  no  differ¬ 
ence,  the  frolic  and  presents  are  just  as 
acceptable  at  one  time  as  another.  My 
colored  neighbors  have  commenced  t  he  fash¬ 
ionable  beeging  weddings  in  good  earnest 
this  winter.  Bam.  B.  opened  the  season  with 
a  wooden  wedding  (five  years),  although  he 
has  been  married  only  four.  Ha  rut  Jones 
followed  with  a  crystal  wedding  (fifteen 
years),  although  his  oldest  daughter  claims 
to  be  eighteen.  As  these  two  proved  to  be  a 
great  success  in  the  way  of  fun  and  presents, 
my  man  John  concluded  to  try  his  hand  at  a 
begging  wedding  ;  but  to  tell  how  long  he 
had  been  married,  or  even  the  day  of  the 
month,  was  an  enigma  that  could  not  be 
readily  solved.  But  John’s  ready  wit  helped 
him  out,  for  lie  decided  to  cal)  it  a  “  Variety 
Wedding.”  “Now,”  says  John,  “they  can 
jus’  come  d<  wn  with  anything  they  tire  a 
mind  to  gnv  me.  I’ll  take  anything,  from  a 
load  of  wood  up  to  the  clean  silver.” 

Sam's  invitations  were  written  out,  and 
commenced— “  You  are  highly  invited,” 
which  was  certainly  elegant  enough  but  not 
strictly  in  the  fashionable  style;  and  some 
of  the  neighbors  took  occasion  to  criticise 
these  samples  of  lame  literature,  which 
made  John  a  little  cautious  ;  consequently 
he  had  his  cards  printed  and  sent  through 
the  post  in  regular  form.  For  weeks  past 


there  has  been  little  else  talked  of  among  | 
our  colored  people  but  John’s  “variety  wed¬ 
ding.”  He  actually  saved  a  part  of  his 
week’s  salary  in  order  to  treat  his  friends 
handsomely  ;  und,  judging  from  the  amount 
of  provision  purchased  and  the  hams,  beef 
tongues,  legs  of  mutton,  bread,  cakes,  etc., 
etc.,  sent  him  by  the  neighbors,  his  house 
was  well  stocked  with  eatables  for  once  at 
least. 

Last  night  the  great  event  came  off  and 
my  place  was  considerably  darker  than  usu¬ 
al.  The  feasting  and  dancing  was  kept  up 
until  sunrise  this  morning,  and  then  the 
party  was  not  only  declared  adjourned,  but 
a  great  succe-s.  I  shall  not  pretend  to  give 
a  complete  inventory  of  the  presents  re¬ 
ceived,  but  only  mention  a  few,  premising 
the  list  by  stating  that  John’s  stock  of  pro¬ 
visions  w ns  completely  exhausted  at  six 
o’clock  this  morning,  his  visitors  consuming 
an  amount  that  would  have  kept  his  family 
nicety  the  entire  winter,  Of  course  he  is  out 
of  provisions,  out  of  motley,  and  in  debt  for 
some  of  the  luxuries  provided  for  liis  guests  ; 
but  he  has  some  presents  to  fall  back  on— for 
instance,  he  received  six  butter  dishes,  but 
cannot  afford  to  keep  one  well  filled  ;  seven 
sugar  bowls,  with  no  sugar  to  put  in  any  of 
them  ;  six  handsome  kerosene  lamps,  but  as 
he  buys  his  oil  by  the  pint  or  quart,  there  is 
frequently  not  enough  in  the  house  to  fill 
one;  three  glass  preserve  dishes,  a  pair  of 
handsome  vases  for  flowers,  and  many 
equally  useless  articles  are  among  the  valu¬ 
able  presents.  As  these  variety  weddings 
are  only  a  species  of  co-operation,  perhaps 
they  will  become  generally  popular  among 
a  certain  class  who  think  the  co-operative 
principal  must  be  carried  out  in  all  kinds  of 
business  in  order  to  secure  equal  justice. 

COLORADO  FLOUR. 

Nov.  23. — No  traveler  who  has  crossed  our 
continent  since  tlie  completion  of  the  Pacific 
Railroad,  could  have  failed  to  notice  the 
great  improvement  in  the  quality  of  bread 
found  at  the  hotels  and  restaurants  soon 
after  reaching  the  great  plains,  or  where  the 
flour  is  made  from  wheat  raised  by  artificial 
irrigation.  California  flour  lias  long  been 
celebrated  feu-  its  excellence ;  and  lately 
as  good  an  article  has  occasionally  reached 
the  outside  world  from  Utah,  Colorado  and 
other  localities  in  the  Rocky  Mountain 
.region.  Last  summer,  while  traveling  among 
the  mountains  and  over  the  great  plains,  1 
was  surprised  to  find  such  excellent  bread 
everywhere:  and,  not  believing  that  it  was 
due  to  the  making,  I  made  inquiries  and 
learned  that  good  bread  was  almost  universal 
from  Western  Kansas  to  the  Pacific,  and  all 
owing  to  the  excellent,  quality  of  the  Hour 
made,  from  wheat  raised  by  irrigation.  Mrs. 
“Ruralist”  declared  that  she?  must  have 
some  Colorado  flour,  and  another  lady  of 
our  party  was  equally  as  anxious  to  try 
bread  making  out  of  it  at  homo.  Jn  our 
journeying?  we  visited  the  Bough  and  Ready 
Mills  at  Littleton,  Colorado,  which  are  cele¬ 
brated  for  producing  a  superior  brand  of 
flour.  After  learning  the  price  at  the  mills, 
adding  the  probable  cost  of  freight  to  New 
York,  1  concluded  to  risk  a  half  dozen  bar¬ 
rels  on  my  return  home.  The  flour  arrived 
last  week  in  excellent  order;  freight,  $4.86 
per  barrel  from  Littleton  to  New  York  City, 
which,  added  to  the  pri<  e  paid  at  the  mills, 
makes  it  cost  me  a  few  cents  per  barrel  less 
than  my  grocery  man  asks  for  the  best  brands 
of  St.  Louis  flour.  Tlic  quality  is  superb, 
very  white,  with  a  slight  golden  tinge,  with 
the  peculiar  delicate  flavor  of  nearly  all 
wheat  raised  in  a  very  dry  climate. 

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FINE  APPLES  IN  ENGLAND. 

The  Garden  says:  — “We  have  received 
some  of  the  most  superb  apples  ever  seen 
in  London  from  Mr.  Shepherd,  gardener  at 
Pax  Hill  Park,  Hayward’s  Heath,  all  of  which 
have  been  grown  on  the  French  Paradise 
stock,  and  the  trees  winch  have  borne  them 
are  described  as  far  surpassing  what  the 
most  flattering  engravings  of  the  French 
trees  might,  have  led  us  to  expect.  These 
fruits  have  been  pronounced  by  the  best 
judges  in  Covent  Garden  to  be  the  finest 
apples  ever  known  to  have  been  grown  in 
England.  Among  them  are  white  Calvillea, 
each  weighing  1  lb.  4  oz.,  and  measuring  15)d 
indies  in  circumference;  Belle  Josephines, 
brilliant  golden  yellow,  V2%  inches  in  circum¬ 
ference;  Resnctte  du  Canada  equally  large  ; 
and  Belle  <le  Bois,  weighing  each  1  lb.  7  oz., 
and  measuring  15  inches  in  circumference. 
These  have  been  obtained  from  cordons,  and, 
as  may  be  seen,  are  magnificent  results  of 
that  system  of  culture.  We  shall,  on  another 
occasion,  enter  more  particularly  into  the 
details  of  this  matter.” 


la  he  i  nine- Vic 


ARSENIC  FOR  SWINE. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Southern  Farmer 
writes  “  I  heard  a  reliable  gentleman  say 
that  he  had  several  pigs  that  lay  around  the 
yard  and  under  the  houses  until  they  were 
nearly  dead  w ith  mange.  They  were  annoy¬ 
ing  and  lie  wanted  to  get  rid  of  them  ;  but 
to  use  liis  own  words,  he  ‘  lulled  to  knock 
them  in  the  head  with  ligbtwoud  knots,’  so 
ho  procured  some  arsenic  and  gave  them 
about  two  grains  apiece.  About  three  hours 
after  that  he  found  them  stretched  out  in  the 
sunshine,  and  he  thought  sure  they  wore 
‘  goners, ’  but,  to  his  great  surprise,  the  pigs 
were  up  at  ‘  grub  time,’  with  appetites  as 
‘keen  as  a  briar,’  He  gave  them  another 
dose,  but  instead  of  its  causing  their  exit 
they  commenced  thriving  from  that.  day.  In 
a  short  time  they  had  shed  all  the  old  hair 
and  scales,  a  new  coat  came  out,  aud  he  said 
he  had  never  had  a  finer  or  healthier  lot  of 
hogs  iu  liis  life  from  that  time  until  they 
were  killed  for  bacon.  I  know  from  my 
own  experience  that  a  certain  quantity  of 
strychnine  will  cure  mange  in  hogs  when 
nothing  else  will.  A  hog  tluit  has  taken 
strychnine  or  arsenic  should  not  be  killed  in 
two  or  three  months,  as  it  will  take  that  time 
for  the  poison  to  get  out  of  the  blood.” 

. - ♦+> - — 

PIG-PEN  PAPERS. 

Apples  for  Hog  Cholera.—  A.  F.  in  the  In¬ 
diana  Farmer  says  : — Daniel  M.  Mills  of 
Bridgeport  has  been  trying  apples  as  a  rem¬ 
edy  for  hog  cholera,  the  cholera  breaking 
out  among  Ids  hogs,  killing  them  at  a  fearful 
rate.  As  u  last  resort  he  turned  them  into 
his  orchard  to  cat  the  “  wind-fulls.”  Ills  re¬ 
port  to  us  is,  “those  that  wore  uot  too  sick 
to  eat  apples,  commenced  mending  immedi¬ 
ately,  a  marked  improvement  being  obvious 
in  three  or  four  days  ;  while  those  that  were 
too  sick  to  eat  apples  died.”  This  is  a  fact, 
aud  it  may  he  well  to  keep  it  in  remem¬ 
brance  for  future  use. 

Mopping  of  Urine  in  Pigs. — Mr.  M.  W. 
Houohton  lost  one  pig  from  this  cause,  aud 
saved  another  by  sending  through  the  water¬ 
course  of  the  animal,  with  n  syringe,  the  fol¬ 
lowing  preparation  : — A  piece  of  eastile  soap 
as  large  as  a  walnut,  made  fine  aud  dissolved; 
half  a  pint  of  molasses  and  water  ;  one  tea- 
spoonful  of  fine  salt. 


COW  GIVING  BLOODY  MILK. 

In  response  to  G.  S.  Brock’s  inquiry  in 
Rural  New-Yorker,  Oct.  25,  I  give  one  ex¬ 
perience  Our  cow  gavo  bloody  milk  out  of 
one  teat,  and  kept  growing  worse,  slowly  ; 
sometimes  yielding  clots  of  blood,  but.  gener¬ 
ally  a  reddish  stream.  Wo  pronounced  it  gar¬ 
get,  and  applied  a  garget  remedy  ;  and  as 
we  had  lost  one  good  cow  from  the  disease, 
we  did  not  wait  long.  We  dug  Poke  root, 
{Phytolacca  decandraj  pounded  it  up  finely, 
mixed  it  with  meal,  giving  every  other  even¬ 
ing  a  piece  about,  as  large  as  a  hickory  nut. 
The  cow  did  not  get  entirely  well  for  some 
Line,  but  seems  well  now,  though  we  do  not 
milk  her  out  of  that  teat.  The  milk  looked 
right.  I  think  we  did  not  give  her  enough— 
that  if  we  had  given  her  another  roll,  she 
would  have  done  better.  It  can  be  purchased 
at  the  drug  stores  if  it  does  not  grow  in  Mr. 
Brock’s  garden.  l.  j. 

Mills  Co.,  Iowa. 

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NOTES  FOR  HERDSMEN 

How  Much  Butler  ought  a  Cowlo  Make.— 
Will  some  of  your  correspondents  tell  me, 
through  the  columns  of  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  how  much  butter  a  good  cow  should 
be  able  to  make,  and  how  much  butter  ought 
a  good  cow  to  make  from  one  quai’t  of  milk, 
cow  to  be  led  on  nothing  taut  grass,  and  such 
grass  as  they  get  first  of  November  ?  1  have 
•a  grade  Alderney  cow  that  will  make  one 
pound  of  butter  from  nine  quarts  of  milk, 
and  she  will  give  nine  quarts  of  milk  per  day. 
She  has  nothing  to  eat  but  what  she  gets  by 
running  in  frost-bitten  fail  feed.— A  Subscri¬ 
ber.  Hart /"onl,  Conn. 

Jersey  Stock  for  Maine. — Mr.  T.  J.  Hand, 
Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  informs  us  he  has  sold  Mr. 
J.  Batter,  Goshen,  Maine,  the  Jersey  bull 
“Euclid,”  (520).  “ Euclid’s ”  sire,  imported 
“Lawrence,”  was  sold  to  Hon.  E.  Dkla- 
field  Smith  of  New  York  City,  for  $000, 
about  two  years  ago. 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  fiEW-YOBKEB. 


367 


Iftofe  and  |pnmtei['i. 


WINTER  FASHIONS. 


THE  POLONAISE. 

This  is  still  the  most  fashionable  garment. 
Its  adaptability  to  all  occasions  and  con¬ 
venience  in  making  use  of  dresses  out  of  style 
have  won  for  it  a  favor  it  will  retain  for 
some  time.  From  its  shape  it  is  not  capable 
of  much  variat  ion  other  than  can  be  effected 
by  modes  of  trimming,  different  garniture 
and  draping.  The  prevailing  style  this  sea¬ 
son  is  very  long  in  front,  open,  or  slightly 
open,  as  the  taste  may  dictate,  but  double- 
breasted  and  trimmed  with  two  rows  of 
oxydized  silver  buttons,  smoked  pearl,  or 
molds  covered  and  embroidered.  A  piping 
often  simulates  revers;  also  outlined  by  the 
buttons.  Many  of  the  embroidered  cash¬ 
meres  are  designed  for  a  basque  in  the  back. 
This  basque,  on  a  Blender  person,  is  very  be¬ 
coming,  but  by  no  means  should  be  worn  by 
any  one  inclined  to  be  stout.  These  em¬ 
broidered  cashmeres  are  very  handsome  but 
very  expensive,  coming  to  650  and  $75.  An 
equally  handsome  and  more  economical 
polonaise  is  made  of  black  cashmere  with 
insertings  of  black  llama,  or  guipure  let  in 
and  flnisaed  with  lace  a  finger’s  length  in 
depth.  Even  these  garments  cannot  be 
made  for  less  t  han  625.  unless  made  at  home, 
but  then  the  material  is  good  and  afterward 
may  servo  many  purposes.  / 

Here  let  us  remark,  in  passing,  that  one  of 
the  secrets  of  a  well  dressed  lady,  who  yet 
dresses  economically,  is  in  buying  trimmings 
that  may  be  used  a  second  time  rather  than 
extra  material  to  he  cut  up  in  little  l'l  ills  and 
folds  which  are  useless  afterward. 

Aside  from  cashmere,  which  is  the  stand¬ 
ard  material  for  polonaises,  all  kinds  of 
camels’  hair  cloth,  vigogne,  water-proof, 
flannel,  and  stuff  goeds  are  used.  One  of  the 
very  handsomest  garments  of  the  season 
is  a  polonaise  made  of  gray  worsted  goods 
witli  a  black  diagonal  strip®,  which  cost  75 
cents  a  yard.  It  was  made  perfectly  plain, 
well-fitting  and  trimmed  with  wide  passe¬ 
menterie,  one  row  on  either  side  the  but¬ 
tons  down  the  front,  aroaud  the  skirt  and 
edged  with  worsted  ball  fringe.  The  drap¬ 
ing  was  in  three  separate  puffs,  uot  very 
bouffant.  The  costume  was  completed  by  a 
skirt  of  the  same  trimmed  with  kilt  plait¬ 
ing  six  inches  deep,  and  two  bias  puffs,  a  lit¬ 
tle  narrower,  gathered  inside  of  the  hem. 
Here  was  n  costume,  not  costing  $20,  as  rich 
and  lady-like  us  needed  for  a  street  costume. 

Many  polonaises,  particularly  thoso  of 
heavy  goods,  have  no  trimming  around  the 
bottom,  The  edge  is  turned  up  two  inches 
and  a  half  and  fastened  with  three  rows  of 
stitching. 

A  very  beautiful  blue  cloth  is  mado  in  this 
way  and  trimmed  with  large  steel  buttons. 
More  attention  seems  to  be  paid  to  buttons 
this  winter  than  ever  before.  They  are  put 
every  place  it  is  possible  to  fasten  a  button. 
The  preference  is  rather  for  small  buttons  of 
steel,  oxydized  silver  and  smoked  pearl. 

COSTUMES. 

The  material  latest  in  uso  for  ladies’  cos¬ 
tumes  is  the  mixed  cloths  —  gray,  brown, 
dark  green  and  dark  blue  —used  for  gentle¬ 
men’s  suits.  No  more  stylish  costumes  are 
made.  They  consist  of  basque,  overdress 
and  skirt.  The  skirt  is  perfectly  plain,  clear¬ 
ing  the  ground  ;  the  overdress  is  plain  in 
front,  with  the  slightest  degree  of  fullness  or 
drapery  in  the  back.  The  basque  has  ravers 
of  silk  or  velvet,  with  rolling  collar,  ravers 
in  the  back  of  the  skirt,  which  is  rather  long  ; 
coat-sleeves,  with  cull's;  plain,  substantial 
buttons,  the  only  trimming  otherwise  being 
the  rows  of  machine  stitching  before  spoken 
of.  A  felt  hat  and  wing  completes  the  cos¬ 
tume,  whose  fitness  to  our  severe  winters 
gives  it  additional  advantages.  The  only 
difficulty  about  these  heavy  costumes  is,  t  hey 
are  too  warm  for  the  house,  and  few  ladies 
care  to  make  an  extra  toilet  for  the  house. 

Pockets  are  among  the  necessities  of  the 
winter.  Two  little  jaunty  pockets  generally 
adorn  the  front  of  the  basque,  or  larger 
ones  are  placed  on  the  polonaise. 

Vigogne  is  an  exceedingly  popular  ma¬ 
terial  for  costumes,  rt  is  all  wool— warm 
and  light.  The  lighter  shades  will  fade,  es¬ 
pecially  thoso  peculiar  shades  of  green  now 
in  vogue  ;  but  if  they  meet  one’s  fancy,  it  is 
well  enough  to  know  that  the  goods  will 
dye,  and  look  as  well  as  whon  new.  A  very 
pretty  costume  of  gray  vigogne  was  made 
after  this  manner.  A  skirt  with  two  kilt- 
plaited  flounces,  six  inches  in  depth  ;  an 
over-dress  moderately  long,  stitched  and 
draped  ;  a  basque  piped  with  purple  silk  ; 
revers  and  collar  of  purple  silk  outside,  fas¬ 


tening  low  down  on  the  breast,  from  which 
purple  silk  revers  simulate  a  cut-away 
jacket  ;  coat-sleeves  with  purple  cuffs. 
Dark  brown  vigogne,  made  perfectly  plain, 
trimmed  with  ball  fringe,  the  same  shade, 
worn  over  a  brown  silk  or  brown  poplin 
skirt,  makes  a  very  pretty  suit. 

SILKS. 

Black  silk,  in  spite  of  all  rumors,  is  the 
favorite  silk.  In  black,  however,  it  is  neces¬ 
sary  t.o  buy  a  good  quality  ;  otherwise  it  Is 
better  to  get  a  dark  shade  brown,  green,  ru¬ 
bble.  For  example,  at  {2  a  yard,  it  is  bet  ter 
to  get  ft  color  than  n  black.  In  the  cud, 
however,  a  good  black  silk  is  always  the 
most  economical.  Unless  a  person  is  very 
large  and  can  wear  the  most  severe  style  of 
polonaise,  it  is  better  to  have  the  costume 
in  three  pieces. 

Bilk  basques  arc  very  short,  the  poiuts  cut 
away,  the  edge  furnished  with  a  double 
cord.  A  very  pretty  variety  is  to  leave  the 
side  bodies  in  the  back  very  long,  loose  from 
the  waist,  and  trim  them  with  a  bow  of  the 
silk  fringed,  or  the  two  pieces  may  be  united 
below  the  back,  which  is  made  full  by  un¬ 
derlying  plaits,  and  fastened  with  a  how  of 
silk.  Almost  altogether  dresses  are  finished 

about,  the  neck  with  standing  frills,  plaited 
very  full,  and  lined  with  silk.  These  fasten 
half  way  down  the  breast.  Bioevcs  are 
tight,  with  very  plain  or  very  elaborate 
cuffs,  full  plaiting^  of  silk'  caught  with 
bands. 

Wo  will  describe  two  costumes  made  with¬ 
out  overskirts,  which  many  may  find  useful. 
The.  basques  are  made  very  much  as  we  have 
described.  The  skirt  has  a  deep  ruffle  and 
two  bias  puffs  gathered  inside  (he  hem  ;  the 
front  has  two  pieces,  a  half  yard  wide  at  the 
waist  sloping  almost  to  a  point,  and  reaching 
a  quarter  of  a  yard  from  flic,  bottom  of  the 
skirt  ;  these  pieces  meeting  at  the  waist  are 
arranged  to  leave  the  front  en  tabUcr.  They 
are  trimmed  on  the  outside  with  bias  ruffles 
and  inside  with  hows  of  silk  fringed  out. 
The  back  of  the  skirt  lias  two  widths  of  silk 
Caught  up  in  two  deep  puffs,  fastened  with 
elaborate  bows,  and  then  hangs  loose,  having 
been  gored  for  greater  fulluess.  Quo  of  these 
costumes,  which  is  of  dark  blue  silk,  lias  the 
ruffles  faced  with  light  blue  and  the  bows  on 
the  side  pieces  of  light,  blue. 

BONNETS. 

Bonnets  are  decidedly  larger  this  season, 
forming  a  most  ample  head  covering.  A 
fashion  which  was  seen  last  winter  prevails 
this  season  ;  wo  refer  to  the  full  front  lined 
with  a  delicate  color,  which  sets  above  the 
hair  like  a  ruffle. 

To  bo  more  explicit,  we  will  describe  a 
black  velvet.  The  crown  is  made  of  two  full 
puffs  of  velvet  setting  up  high  ;  the  brim,  of 
velvet,  is  sheered  to  fit  close  to  the  head,  the 
last  gather  leaving  a  frill  an  inch  and  a  half 
deep,  which  is  lined  witli  delicate  pink  tur¬ 
quoise  silk  ;  inside  of  tho  frill  is  a  pink  tulle 
ruche.  The  outside  has  only  a  band  of  black 
gros  grain  ribbon  made  In  a  stiff  bow,  with 
ends  to  the  left  of  the  front.  The  ribbon 
tied  in  a  bow  in  the  back  hangs  in  long  ends, 
to  which  are  attached  a  fichu  of  blonde  trim¬ 
med  with  thread  lace,  which  is  knotted 
on  the  breast  with  a  pink  bow.  A  black  vel¬ 
vet  bonnet  of  the  same  shape  is  lined  witli 
pale  blue  ;  a  band  of  blue  feather  trimmings 
is  placed  outside,  and  two  light  blue  ostrich 
tips. 

Variations  of  the  Ratagas  are  very  much 
worn  ;  they  are  of  felt  or  velvet.  The  tiara 
is  faced  with  velvet  ;  Ivmoath  is  a  bandeau 
of  light  turquoise  silk,  or  a  garland  of  bright 
flowers,  which  are  carried  on  the  outside 
and  hang  down  behind.  Flowers  are  veiy 
much  worn.  Garlands  made  of  yellow,  red, 
green  and  blue  roses  as  the  most  vivid  or  n- 
trasts,  are  especially  fashionable.  Autumn 
leavcR  and  berries  are  the  favorite  foliage. 
Very  charming  garlands  of  blue  forget-me- 
nots  and  moss  are  used  for  young  girls — as 
are  sprays  of  convolvulus. 

Street  hats  are  adapted  to  visiting  and 
amusements  by  placing  outside  garlands  of 
light  flowers. 

ANSWERS  TO  CORRESPONDENTS. 

Stockings. — L.  C.  B.  asks  if  ladles  wear 
striped  stockings,  and  she  has  drawn  her  pen 
under  the  word  “  ladies.”  L.  C.  B.  must  re¬ 
member  that  times  change,  and  we  change 
with  them.  Ladies  do  wear  striped  stock¬ 
ings  now,  and  they  are  beautiful  enough 
to  suit  tho  most  fastidious  taste.  For  sum¬ 
mer  wear  we  had  white  stockings  striped 
with  crimson,  blue  and  purple,  from  the 
coarsest  cotton  to  the  most  delicate  L:sle 
thread  and  fine  spun  silk.  This  winter  we 
have  all  varieties  of  grey  and  black,  lavender 
grounds  with  blue,  black  and  brown,  and 
green  with  red  and  blue.  In  wool  we  have 
scarlet  and  black,  blue  and  black,  Scotch 
plaids  and  the  brightest  of  solid  colors. 


domestic  (Btfouomii. 


CURING  AND  PRESERVING  MEATS. 

Mb,  R.  Guild  read  a  paper  before  the 
Princeton,  N.  J.  Farmers’ Club  of  which  the 
following  is  an  abstract.  He  begins  by  ex¬ 
plaining  and  enforcing  the  superiority  of 
well-matured  meat  over  that  of  younger 
animals,  and  the  necessity  of  cooling  off  the 
animal  heat  promptly  and  completely,  before 
any  further  steps  are  taken.  He  then  ex¬ 
plains  the  use  of  salt  in  the  preservation  of 
the  meat,  drawing  an  analogy  between  its 
action  and  that  of  heat  in  tho  process  of 
cooking,  and  showing  that  as  little  salt 
-hould  be  used  as  is  consistent  with  the  pre¬ 
servation  of  the  meat,  and  that  in  the  curing 
of  dried  meats  brine  should  be  altogether  ex¬ 
cluded.  He  then  continues  as  follows  ; 

"What  are  known  in  commerce  as  “sugar 
cured  hams  ”  are  packed  in  bulk  with  ground 
salt  at  such  times,  or  from  time  to  time,  as 
convenience  may  dictate  ;  the  time  they  re¬ 
main  in  bulk  j,s  also  governed  by  conveni¬ 
ence.  They  are  at  length  packed  in  hogs¬ 
heads,  filled  with  what  is  called  sweet  pickle 
-composed  of  sa.lt,  saltpetre  and  molasses. 
Many  of  them  are.  shipped  from  the  West 
in  this  condition,  smoked  here  and  sold  for 
Jersey  hams.  Tho  consequence  is,  there  is 
little  uniformity  in  their  quality.  Borne  of 
them  arc  very  good  ;  others  over  salted,  hard 
and  tasteless. 

The  celebrated  Burlington  hams  of  the 
olden  time  (Nowbold,  I  think,  was  the  name,) 
were  cured  in  this  wise  : 

To  twelve  hams,  S  lbs.  sugar,  It,;  lbs.  salt¬ 
peter,  5  lbs.  fine  salt ;  rub  the  hams  with  this 
mixture,  and  let.  them  be  one  week  in  a  cask 
with  the  skins  downward  ;  then  make  a 
pickle  of  the  strongest  coarse  salt,  of  suffi¬ 
cient  strength  to  bear  an  egg  ;  add  two  or 
three  quarts  of  hickory  ley,  refined  by  boil¬ 
ing  ;  when  cold,  cover  them. 

The  receipt  of  Abraham  Hunt  of  Trenton 
was — For  three  dozen  hams,  2  11  is.  saltpeter, 

bush,  line  salt,  and  Jl^gala.  molasses  ;  mix 
them  well  together,  and  rub  the  hams  well  ; 
let  them  lie  twelve  or  fourteen  days  ;  then 
make  a  pieldu  that  will  bear  ail  egg,  and 
cover  the  hams  with  it.  After  lying  three  or 
four  weeks  in  pickle,  mb  them  with  bran 
and  hang  them  up  to  smoke. 

The  recipe  I  have  adopted  for  my  own  use, 
is  as  follows  For  12  hams,  1  lb.  saltpeter, 
12  lbs.  fine  salt,  ]/t  gallon  molasses.  These 
ingredients,  when  well  mixed,  will  have 
about  the  consistency  and  appearance  of 
damp,  brown  sugar.  Rub  them  thoroughly 
with  this  mixture,  lay  them  singly  on  a  dry 
platform.  At  the  end  of  one  week  rub  them 
again  ;  at  the  end  of  the  second  week  again 
mb  them  and  hang  them  up  to  smoke;  let 
them  dry  thoroughly,  but  do  uot  smoke 
them  more  than  ten  days. 

It  will  be  perceived  that  all  the  foregoing 
recipes  embody  the  same  principles  and 
differ  only  in  the  mode  of  compounding  the 
ingredient*  and  their  application  ;  and  I  am 
frequently  amused  to  see  some  newly-fledged 
agricultural  journal  publishing  a  new  recipe 
for  curing  baoou  hams,  whon,  in  principle  il 
not  in  words,  it  is  precisely  the  same  that 
was  used  more  than  half  a  century  ago. 

In  regard  to  smoking  meat,  it  has  been 
practiced  in  this  country  since  time  imme¬ 
morial,  but  I  do  not  deem  it  essential  to  its 
preservation.  Many  persons  like  a  slight 
flavor  of  smoke,  others  do  not.  Meats  cured 
for  the  English  market  are  nwer  smoked, 
and  I  have  known  persons  to  kiln-dry  their 
meat  as  they  would  cure  tobacco.  It  is  nec¬ 
essary,  however,  to  have  (t  thoroughly  dried. 

I  would  not  be  understood  as  entirely  dis¬ 
carding  brine.  In  some  eases  it  is  not  only 
valuable,  but  indispensable.  The  sides,  or 
what  is  known  as  moss  pork,  being  nearly  all 
fat,  possess  neither  fllirine  nor  albumen,  and 
consequently  cannot  be  injured  either  by  salt 
or  water,  and  can  be  kept  sound  and  sweet 
an  indefinite  length  of  time  by  simply  keep¬ 
ing  it  covered  with  pure  brine,  or,  as  the 
gentleman  from  Wheatland  suggested  ut  our 
Inst,  meeting,  by  keeping  it  covered  with  salt 
and  taking  it  to  the  pump  now  and  then  and 
filling  the  cask  with  cold  water.  I  would 
hefo,  however,  drop  a  caution,  AU  brine 
requires  to  bo  assiduously  watched  and  kept 
pure.  It  extracts  the  juices  of  the  meat ; 
they  being  lighter  than  the  water  saturated 
with  salt,  rise  to  the  top,  become  exposed  to 
tho  air  and  soon  decompose,  thereby  contam¬ 
inating  the  whole  contents  of  the  cask.  The 
following  recipe  for  xuaking  brine,  I  think,  is 
the  best  that  has  fallen  within  my  observa¬ 
tion  : 

Six  lbs.  salt,  l  pint  molasses,  6  ozs.  saltpeter; 
dissolve  them  by  boiling  in  4  gallons  of  water. 
In  the  pickle,  when  perfectly  cold,  keep  any 


sr  rt  of  fresh  meat  sunk  and  closely  stopped. 
This  pickle  may  bo  kept  pure,  and  its 
strength  undiminished  for  almost  any  length 
of  time,  by  occasionally  re-boiling  it  and 
skimming  off  the  impurities  ;  but  as  old  brine 
is  an  excellent  fertilizer,  and  salt  is  not  ex¬ 
pensive,  1  would  recommend  that  tho  old 
brine  be  thrown  on  tho  asparagus  bed  or 
compost  heap,  and  freshly  made  brine  lie 
substituted. 

Opinions  iw  relation  to  “the  best  mode  of 
preserving  meats  after  they  are  cured,”  are 
as  diversified  ns  they  are  in  regard  to  the 
mode  of  curing.  The  hams  of  commerce  are, 
1  believe,  invariably  covered  with  canvas 
and  whitewashed.  Many  persons  advocate 
packing  them  in  chaff,  bran,  ashes,  &<j. 
Others,  after  smoking,  immerse  them  in 
brine  ;  others  again  pack  them  in  air-tight 
barrels.  Tho  manner  of  keeping  is  not  so 
essential  a*  the  time  at;  which  they  aiy  put 
up.  And  hence  the  necessity  of  uot  consum¬ 
ing  more  time  than  is  necessary  in  curing. 
If  they  are  not  secured  before  the  fly  deposits 
its  eggs  upon  them,  no  means  whatever  will 
save  them,  excopt  indeed,  keeping  them  in  a 
temperature  so  low  that,  the  egg  cannot 
hatch,  or  imn.eraiug  them  in  brine.  For  any 
considerable  quantity,  I  prefer  tho  tight  bar¬ 
rel  system.  Bug  for  family  use,  I  have  found 
a  rough,  swinging  shelf,  the  sides  and  ends  of 
which  ure  covered  with  wire  doth  (in  which 
tho  pieces  are  hung)  very  convenient  and 
secure  against  both  flies  and  vermin  of  every 
description. 

Now,  M  r.  President  and  gentlemen,  if  the 
forego iug  promises  be  correct,  i  am  Jed  to  the 
following  conclusions  : 

1.  To  have  cured  moats  in  perfection,  no 
animal  should  be  slaughtered  until  it  has  in 
some  degree  at  least  attained  its  natural 
growth. 

2.  All  meats  should  be  promptly  and  thor¬ 
oughly  cooled  before  being  suited.  It  m  cold 
weather,  by  hanging  in  a  cold  plr.ee  at  least 
48  hours  and  as  much  longer  as  wifi  bo  con¬ 
sistent  with  its  keeping  sound,  but  under  no 
circumstances  let  it  freeze. 

3.  No  more  sail  should  be  used  and  no  more 
time  should  he  consumed  in  curing,  than  is 
necessary  to  its  sole  keeping,  due  regard  be¬ 
ing  had  to  the  size  of  the  pieces,  the  temper¬ 
ature  of  tho  weather,  &c.,  and  as  little  water 
should  be  used  as  is  consistent  with  clean¬ 
liness. 

4.  They  Should  lie  thoroughly  dried  before 
stowing  away,  but  smoke  is  not  essential  to 
l heir  preservation. 

5.  To  preserve  them  after  being  cured,  they 
should  lie  stowed  away  in  a  cool  and  well 
ventilated  apartment  before  tho  fly  eim  pos¬ 
sibly  reach  them.  In  this  elmiato,  1  should 
say  not  later  than  the  middle  of  February. 


RECIPES  FR3M  MARY  MESSICK. 


RECIPES  fOR  ROILS. 

BEEing  so  many  recipes  in  the  Rural,  I 
will  give  a  good  recipe  for  rolls.  Mix  one 
pint  Of  milk,  half  a  pint  of  fresh  lard,  one 
teaspoon  of  soda,  the  same  of  salt,  m'x  stiff 
and  roll  about  tho  size  of  your  hand  ;  sprinkle 
with  sugar  and  ground  omnamon  or  cloves 
I  call  them  “  Love  Rolls.” 

CREAM  CUP  CAKE. 

hour  cups  flour  ;  two  of  sugar  ;  throe  of 
sweet  cream  ;  four  eggs  ;  nix  hard.  Bake 
in  a  quick  oven  ;  bake  in  square  tins,  and 
when  cold  cut  in  squares  about  two  inches 
wide  ;  they  are  excellent. 

DOUGHNUTS  OR  FRIED  CAKES. 

Two  cups  of  sugar ;  three  of  milk  ;  one 
large  teaspoon  of  soda;  ;J.,„1  the  same  of  salt  . 
tHrCo  tablespoons  of  melted  lard  ;  mix  stiff  J 
roll  about  a  quarter  of  an  inch  thick  ;  cut  in 
small  cakes  ;  cut  in  tho  inside  another  small¬ 
er,  and  you  can  fry  both  in  hot  lard  ;  these 
are  exccllerit,  for  I  have  tried  them. 

Sunny  Dale,  Ohio.  Mahy  Messick. 

. - - 

DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 


Scent,  Powder.— A  good  recipe  for  scent 
powder,  to  be  used  for  wardrobes,  boxes, 
far  finer  than  any  mixture  sold  at  the 
shops,  is  the  following  Coriander,  Orris 
root,  Rose  loaves,  and  aromatic  Calamus, 
each  one  ounce ;  Lavender  flowers,  two 
ounces ;  Rhodium  wood,  one-fourth  of  a 
drachm  ;  Musk,  five  grains.  These  are  to  be 
mixed  and  reduced  to  a  coarse  powder. 
This  scent  on  clothes  is  as  if  oil  the  fragrant 
flowers  had  been  pressed  in  their  folds. 

How  They  do  Things. — The  Rural  lias 
always  been  a  vehicle  through  which  house¬ 
wives  have  told  us  how  they  do  things.  I 
hope  the  Rural’s  readers  will  not  forget  it. 
There  is  nothing  I  like  to  read  better  than 
the  experience  of  others.  Don’t  forget  it, 
sisters !— d.  h. 


PPOCRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT." 


before  been  done,  the  magnitude  of  the  carry¬ 
ing  trade  as  it  exists,  and  the  wonderful  devel¬ 
opment  of  our  resources  since  the  complet  ion 
of  the  Erie  canal.  We  must  await  these  facts 
and  figures,  together  with  the  opinions  of  the 
committee,  if  it  has  formed  any,  and  their 
recommendations,  if  they  make  any. 

There  will  probably  be  several  projects  before 
Congress  whereby,  it  will  be  claimed,  this  great, 
question  of  cheap  transportation  may  be  Bolved, 
if  they  am  adopted.  These  projects  will  In¬ 
clude  the  enlargement  of  existing  canals,  the 
deepening  of  rivers,  the  connecting  of  lakes 
anil  rivers  by  ship  canals,  and  finally  a  national 
freight' railway  with  double  tracks  upon  which 
any  person  may  run  his  own  train  subject  to 
national  regulation.  Judging  by  the  temper  of 
the  people  and  the  demand  for  something  more 
than  we  have  got  In  the  way  of  transportation 
facilities,  there  will  be  opport  unities  for  sundry 
big  jobs  to  be  inaugurated  akin  to  the  Pacific 
Railway  scheme.  Our  readers  may  be  sure  that 
there  are  enough  remorseless  public  plunderers 
left  to  fasten  like  leeches  upon  any  chance 
which  may  seem  to  have  the  sanction  of  the 
people.  Wo  write  these  words  to  warn  citizens 
to  be  vigilant  and  watchful— to  not  put  too 
much  faith  in  l he  assertions  of  some  that 
greater  transportation  facilities  will  add  very 
much  and  uniformly  to  rho  price  the  producer 
will  receive  for  his  products.  There  Is  a  great 
(leal  of  false  talk  on  this  subject -superficial 
talk,  resulting  in  a  long  jump  across  a  great 
many  disconnecting  facts,  to  a  conclusion. 


SURAL  BREVITIES, 


R.  Erwin— We  cannot  give  the  address  you 
ask  for. 

It  is  estimated  that,  the  falling  off  in  the 
yield  of  wheat  in  Fmane  this  year  is  equiva¬ 
lent  to  250, 000,000  of  francs. 

It  Is  now  stated  that  the  Patrons  of  Hus¬ 
bandry  in  Iowa  bavo  abandoned  the  project  of 
manufacturing  their  own  harvesters. 

Tun  root  crop  oi  the  Michigan  Agricultural 
College  farm  this  year  it  la  reported  amounts  to 
over  10,000  bushels,  grown  on  seventeen  acres. 

The  Journal  of  the  Xew-York  State  Agricul¬ 
tural  Society,  containing  the  official  list,  of 
awards  at  the  State  fair  at  Albany,  is  received. 

We  cannot  give  the  names  of  all  the  members 
of  the  commission  referred  to  by  Gitas.  Rob¬ 
erts.  but  Hon.  Horatio  Seymour,  Utica,  N. 
Y.,  Is  one  of  its  members. 

The  feature  of  an  agricultural  fniratMulford, 
Mass.,  it  Is  said,  was  a  race  between  mares  en¬ 
tered  for  competition  and  driven  by  women. 
Surely  this  i*  si  progressive  age! 

J.  W.  rtNPAK — We  do  riot  indorse  any  dealer 
In  broom  corn  or  other  produce  as  •*  respon¬ 
sible.'"  but  we  will  hand  your  letter  to  some 
prominent  dealer  who  will  write  you. 

It  is  reported  that  t.ho  Irish  Agricultural 
Laborers’  L nlon,  in  the  event  of  the  govern- 
niont  failing  to  settle  the  question  of  the  waste 
lands  in  Ireland,  have  decided  to  migrate  to 
America  en  masse.  And  shall  we  pay  the  pas¬ 
sage  of  English  laborers,  in  order  to  get  them 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


Conducting  Editor  anil  P'utolislier 


CHAS.  D.  BRAGDON,  ANDREW  8.  FULLER, 

AfeMQnlattt  Editors. 

HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.  D.,  Cortland  Village,  N.  Y., 

KniTOU  O*  TK«  PirAKTMSNT  Or  Sumer  HcKHANMLr. 

X.  A,  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  Little  Falls,  N.  Y„ 

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Exchange  experience  with  and  ask  questions 
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A  NEW  PUBLIC  CONSCIENCE 


doing  wrong.  Hence  they  believe  that  con¬ 
science  is  the  result  or  education— that  the 
educator  is  more  responsible  for  t  he  pupil's  acts 
and  opinions  than  the  pupil  himself.  They  re¬ 
gard  a  knowledge  of  right  and  wrong  some¬ 
thing  which  is  not  Inherent  in  every  person, 
but  aoin ©thing  which  grows  out  of  the  recog¬ 
nized  relations  of  man  to  man  by  men— a  re¬ 
cognition  of  the  fact  that  while  man  is  a  free 
moral  agent ,  possessed  of  certain  inalienable 
rights,  among  which  are  fife,  liberty,  and  the 
pursuit  of  happiness,  ho  has  no  right  to  prey 
upon  or  defraud  his  neighbor,  nor  to  trespass 
upon  his  rights  in  any  possible  way.  Such  men 
believe  in  Justice— in  being  just  both  to  them¬ 
selves  and  others.  They  claim  that  the  scales 
of  justice  always  weigh  correctly,  whether  in 
the  hands  of  the  Judge  on  the  Bench,  a  Mer¬ 
chant  behind  his  counter  or  a  Farmer  at  his 
plow— tnat  Justice  is  Mercy,  because  to  be  Just 
is  to  be  Merciful  in  the  broadest  and  best  sense 
of  that  term. 

We  do  not  attempt  to  affirm  which  of  these 
classes  Isrlglii;.  It  matters  littleforourpreBeni 
purpose.  We  wish  to  call  attention  to  the  evi¬ 
dent  growth  of  a  newpubllc  Conscience,  and  to 
express  our  rejoicing  that  it  Is  growing  as  fasi 
as  it  is.  The  old  Conscience  has  been  a  bad 
one  or  it  had  become  calloused.  It  has  affected 
and  acted  upon  all  classes  in  cum  ravention  of 
equity  and  law ;  it  bas  corrupted  Judges,  Sena¬ 
tors,  Congressmen,  legislators,  clergymen,  lay¬ 
men,  and  “  the  world's  people."  It  has  smitten 


The  810,000  Cow.— It  Is  currently  stated 
that  the  Eighth  Duchess  of  Geneva,  of  the 
New- York  Mills  Herd,  for  which  an  English¬ 
man  paid  $10,000,  is  still  in  Mr.  Campbell’s 
stable.  It.  is  said  the  agent  who  purohasod  her 
exceeded  his  instructions,  and  Mr.  Davis,  the 
buyer,  was  astonished  at  the  price,  and  wrote 
at  once  to  Mr.  Campbell  asking  him  to  sell  her 
for  his  account  at  the  best  price  be  could  get. 
He  afterward  reconsidered  the  matter,  tele¬ 
graphed  to  stay  the  sale,  and  forwarded  the 
funds.  The  telegram,  however,  came  too  late, 
as  Col.  Morris,  of  Westchester  Co„  N.  Y„  had 
already  bought  her.  There  seems  to  be  an  Idea 
that  the  whole  affair  is  hardly  definitely  settled 
yet. 


SATURDAY,  DECEMBER  0,  1873. 


MOOEE’S  RURAL  TOE  1874, 


Having  nearly  completed  our  arrangements, 
we  are  enabled  to  announce  that  the  Rural 
New-Yorkkr  for  1874  will  (D.  V.)  be  worthy  of 
its  past  history,  and  such  as  to  more  strongly 
commend  the  paper  to  its  friends  and 
the  public,  especially  the  Rural  Population. 
Our  purpose  is  to  furnish  a  butter  paper 
than  EVER  befohk.  and  to  accomplish  this 
object  have  made  and  are  making  ample  prep¬ 
aration. 

The  next  wHJ  be  the  Twenty-Fifth  Year  of 
the  publication  of  the  Rural  New-Y’orker, 
and  we  intend  to  celebrate  its  Quarter-Centen¬ 
nial  by  manifesting,  through  its  various  De¬ 
partments,  both  practical  and  miscellaneous, 
the  true  spirit  of  its  glorious  Motto,  “  Excel- 
sutr!"  and  laudable  Objects —  “  Progr&ns  and 
Improvement, ."  To  assist  in  accomplishing 
this  we  shall  have  additional  aids  and  facilities 
—including  some  “young  blood,"  that  wo 
believe  will  work  harmaniously  and  advan¬ 
tageously  with  the  old,  which  circulates  some- 
what  slowly,  yet  vigorously.  For  example,  we 
have  secured  as  Publisher 


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liovv  to  Do  If.— It  is  not  necessary  to  have  all 
our  “documents"  in  order  to  form  a  club.  On  the 
contrary,  any  subscriber,  or  other  reader  of  the 
paper  w  ho  knows  Its  merits,  can  go  to  work  at  once. 
By  showing  a  number  of  the  Rubai,,  and  talking  to 
irlenda  and  neighbors,  almost  any  one  can  form  a 
club  oi  from  ten  to  Arty,  without  other  assistance. 
We  will  send  all  requisite  uuIb,  but  if  not  received 
you  need  not  wait  their  arrival— and  a  little  Timely 
TSJlort  will  secure  you  a  Valuable  Premium, 


The  l|oS  Trade  In  the  Weal — a  Chicago  tele¬ 
gram  dated  Nov.  29  states: — The  Commercial 
liulle:  Su  this  evening  publishes  returns  of  hogs 
packed  at  the  principal  pointe  in  the  West  to 
date,  showing  the  aggregate  number  of  hogs 
slaughtered  in  Chicago,  Cinoinnattl,  St.  Louis, 
Louisville,  Milwaukee,  Indianapolis,  Kansas 
City,  Peoria,  Ilk,  aud  Des  Moines,  la.,  so  far 
this  season,  is  1,148,000,  against  768,370  the  same 
time  l  ist  year.  All  the  places  mentioned  show 
an  increase  with  the  exception  of  St.  Louis, 
Louisville  and  Peoria.  Total  number  pacaoa 
here  to  date  483,587,  against  313,898  last  year. 


December  is  I  he  Best  Month  io  which  to  form 
clubs,  and  honceNoie  is  the.  Very  IN  me  for  our  Agents, 
and  all  others  disposed  to  secure  “  Good  Pay  for  Do¬ 
ing  Good’’— to  help  the  Rural  and  benelit  them¬ 
selves— to  open  und  push  the  Campaign  for  1874. 
Many  have  already  commenced,  and  wo  irust  every 
Club  Agent  who  has  not  “  opened  the  bull  ”  will  do 
so  at  once.  Our  Premiums  are  so  liberal  that  every 
one  forming  a  club  will  be  Well  Rewarded. 


Club  Agents  who  cannot  act  for  the  Rural  dur¬ 
ing  the  ensuing  year,  will  confer  a  special  favor  by- 
inducing  some  active,  wide-awake  and  Influential 
friend  to  do  so— notifying  us  of  the  fact.  Extra  doc¬ 
uments— Premium  Lists,  Show  Bills.  Ac. —will  be 
sent  to  all  such  new  Agents,  and  indeed  to  all  dis¬ 
posed  to  do  a  Little  Good  Work  tor  a  Large  Reward. 


Italian  Laborer*.— A  correspondent  asks  us 
if  we  know  anything  about,  the  qualifications  of 
Italian  laborers  for  work  on  the  farm.  We  do 
not.  We  know  that  they  labored  well  In  the 
streets  of  New  York  last  winter— those  of  them 
who  had  been  inveigled  into  emigrating  to 
South  America  by  some  swindling  emigration 
company;  but  of  their  ability,  docility  or  value 
as  farm  laborers  we  know  nothing. 


furnace  withers  a  green,  growing  plant.  In 
place  of  Justice  has  been  enthroned  Greed  and 
I  Success  I  The  scales  have  been  taken  from 
Justice  and  the  bandage  from  her  eyes.  To 
gain  success,  no  matter  bow,  lias  been  the 
practice,  whether  it  has  been  the  theory  of  the 
American  people  or  not.  But,  as  in  all  cases 
whore  the  equities  have  ever  been  continually 
and  persistently  ignored,  the  time  of  reckoning 
hue  come.  Greed  has  overreached  itself.  The 
Success  men  have  sought  has  been  proved  un¬ 
worthy  the  name.  Anarchy  and  confusion  have 
followed,  and  are  following.  Now  Justice  has 
resumed  her  place  in  the  public  Conscience 
and  on  the  Bench.  The  Farmers'  Movement, 
Credit  Mnbilier  Investigation,  i  he  downfall  of 
Tammany  ring, the  shipwreck  of  sundry  financial 
crafts  that  were  running  before  the  wind  with¬ 
out  either  freight  or  ballast,  the  general  cry  for 
and  movement  to  secure  Reform,  indicate  that 
there  is  a  new  public  Conscience  or  that  the 
callus  has  been  removed  from  the  old  one. 
Whereat  we  rejoice  I 


a  very  competent 
gentleman,  whose  energy  and  executive  ability 
are  such  as  to  insure  the  superior  management 
of  the  business  affairs  of  the  establishment. 
It  is  believed  that  this  acquisition  will  prove 
most  valuable  to  the  interests  of  the  Rural 
and  its  supporters.  The  Founder  of  the  paper 
will  be  so  greatly’  relieved  that  his  entire  atten¬ 
tion  can  be  devoted  to  its  Editorial  supervision, 
for  which  an  experience  of  over  a  quarter  of  a 
century  ought  to  render  him  somewhat  quali¬ 
fied.  With  such  Assosiates  as  Messrs.  Brag- 
don,  Fuller  and  Willard,  (and  we  hope  Dr. 
Randall,  should  his  health  permit,)  and  others, 
we  feel  assured  that  the  issues  of  the  Rural 
for  1874  can  be  tas  we  intend  they  shaU  bt)  made 
better  than  those  of  any  preceding  year. 

But  to  succeed  as  we  hope  and  desire,  we 
need  the  co-operation  of  the  friends  of  the 
paper,  all  ovar  the  land— and  no  paper,  we 
verily  believe,  has  more  or  warmer  friends, 
judging  from  their  past  manifestations  of  ap¬ 
proval,  and  exercise  of  influence,  in  various 
ways,  in  its  behalf.  Indeed,  from  the  issue  of 
its  initial  number  to  the  present,  the  Rural 
has  been  aided  by  Contributors,  Agent-Friends, 
and  others,  In  every  appropriate  manner— while 
our  brethren  of  the  Press  have  almost  inva¬ 
riably  been  most  kind  and  appreciative.  We 
bend  under  a  weight  of  obligation  to  the  thou- 


Tlie  Documents  Ready.— Our  Show  Bill,  Pre¬ 
mium  List,  Ac.,  are  row  ready,  and.  together  with 
specimens  of  the  piper,  will  be  sent  promptly— on 
day  of  receipt  of  request— to  all  disposed  to  form 
clubs  or  otherwise  aid  hi  extending  the  circulation 
of  the  best  combined  Rural,  Literary  and  Fam¬ 
ily  W  eekly  .  Send  for  the  doc  aments  ! 


Modes  and  Manners.— Miss  Mary  G.  HUM¬ 
PHREYS,  who  has  acted  as  our  fashion  reporter 
during  Miss  Wager’s  absence  in  Europe,  has 
just  returned  from  Pails  and  gives  our  readers 
not  only  a  general  article  on  fashion  matters, 
but  answers  questions  to  which  her  absence 
has  prevented  an  earlier  response.  This  feature 
of  the  Rural  will  be  oontinued. 


Better  than  ETer!  — Our  Agent-Friends  can 
safely  promise  that  Moore’8  Rueal  for  1874  will  be 
better  than  ever  before.  Bee  leading  artlote  on  this 
page,  and  “don’t  forget  to  remember"  that  we 
MEAN  DUBINE68. 


Beet  Sugar  in  Wisconsin— It  is  denied  by  the 
Western  Farmer  that  the  cause  of  failure  of 
the  Wisconsin  sugar  beet  enterprise  was  the 
inadaptability  of  soil  and  climate  to  its  pro¬ 
duction.  The  great  lack,  according  to  the 
Superintendent  of  the  works,  was  capital. 

THE  TRANSPORTATION  QUESTION.  - - 

Mr.  Dodge'*  Paper  on  European  Agriculture. 

The  gravity  of  this  question  is  demonstrated  ~ call  attention  to  the  first  installment  of 
by  the  attention  which  has  been  paid  to  it  the  this  paper  read  before  the  Rural  Club  of  New 
past  year.  President  Grant  called  the  atten-  York,  published  on  another  page.  It  will  repay 
tion  of  Congress  to  it;  Congress  appointed  a  careful  perusal.  We  shall  conclude  it  next 
committee  to  investigate  the  different  water  I  week, 
routes  that  may  be  improved,  or  that  are  pro¬ 
posed  as  means  nf  getting  the  produce  of  the 
west  to  tide  water;  also  the  existing  facilities 
for  doing  this  work.  The  result  will  probably 
be  a  very  elaborate  report  embracing  a  mass  of 
statistical  data  that  will  illustrate,  as  has  never 


BUSINESS  NOTICES 


What  eo  fine  and  appropriate  for  a  Christmas 
or  New  Tear’s  present  for  the  children  as  that  new 
and  splendid  card  game  of  Avilude,  or  Game  of  Birds, 
with  Ita  tlilrty-two  beautiful  pictures  of  birds  and 
thirty-two  descriptions. 


Uneqnaied  as  a  game.  A 
continued  sourccof  enjoymentand  instruction.  Sole 
by  all  dealers,  or  sent  post-paid,  on  receipt  of  seventy- 
five  cents,  by  West  &  Lee.  Worcester,  5 lass. 


Wide-Awake  Youth’s  Pwper.  — For  judicious 
editing,  select  and  popular  contributors,  and  spright¬ 
ly.  entertaining  reading,  the  Youth's  Oojipanion 
of  Boston  has  no  superior  among  the  youth’s  publi¬ 
cations. 


The  Illustrated  Annual  Register  of  Rural 
Affairs,  for  1874,  published  by  Luther  Tucker 
&  Son,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  is  received,  and  is  an 
admirable  little  hand-book,  fully  worth  30  cents 
per  copy— its  price. 


The  very  large  sitlo  of  the  Eureka  Machine 
Twist  Is  not  u  mutter  of  surprise,  for  it  proves  ex¬ 
actly  as  ret  resented  every  time. 


the  home  in  his  youth  or  Ex-Governor  Sey¬ 
mour,  whom  a  goodly  number  of  our  citizens 
once  sought  to  make  President  of  the  United 
States.  Out  the  famous  Cardiff  stone  giant  did 
not  dare  to  make  up  his  bed  in  sight,  of  h  oicst 
old  Toppin !  Meeker  (Till  is  in  Full  view,  where, 
long  ago,  the  energetic  Joun  Meeker,  though 
he  began  by  peddling  pins  and  needles,  amassed 
a  handsome  fortune.  Hold  up  your  head,  my 
honest  peddler  boy  1  T.ooking  westward  but  a 
Ff'-v  miles,  Toppin,  perhaps,  beholds theyruiMi- 
iul  sporting  grounds  of  the  poor  hoy,  Millard 
Fillmore,  afterward  President  of  the  United 
States.  Hereafter  no  poor,  moral,  Industrious 
ami  economical  “apprentice  boy  ”  over  need 
despair  of  a  competence,  or  of  a  respectable 
position  among  respectable  men. 

Mnnnf  Tohsln  to  r»totiT’mdflberl  ns  the  birth 


MOUNT  TOPPIN 


ALL’S  WELL  THAT  ENDS  WELL.” 

A  STOEY  FOE  THE  HOLIDAYS. 


BY  PROF.  M.  M.  BALDWIN 


’Tis  one  of  the  most  sultry  days  of  July,  and 
Mount  Toppin  lies  beneath  our  feet.  AVe  came 
here  not  without  toil,  but  that  toil  Is  amply  re¬ 
paid.  What  a  glorious  scene  lies  before  us  ! 
How  charming  !  — how  picturesque  I  What  a 
vast  extent  of  plain,  hill  and  rocky  deJi,  of  for¬ 
est,  fluid,  stream  and  lake,  dotted  all  around 
with  comfortable  farm-houses  and  pleasant 
villages,  the  eye  ranges  over  nr  u  ‘duel*  flan'll 

cf  Toppin,  aDd 

southward,  !>.“•  '• 

sought  the  same 

ocean.  From  his  lofty  look-out,  Toppin  holds 
his  silent  watch  from  age  to  age.  At  his  feet 
is  the  village  of  Little  York ;  and  to  the  south 
that  of  Homer,  known  abroad  mainly  for  its 
excellent  academy,  where  for  fifty  years  many 
have  been  fitted  for  lives  of  usefulness  and 


BY  MRS.  ELLIS  WORTHINGTON 


IUST  fancy,  mamma,  how  lovely  little  Blue- 
l  will  be  In  this  costume.  The  velvet. 
,ohos  to  a  shado  the  color  of  her  eyes,  and 
white  fur  suits  so  well  her  pure,  pearly- 
ed  complexion— the  darling.”  And  seeing 
,  Eleanor  Tremaine  unfolded  and  dis¬ 
ced  to  view  a  petite  dress  end  bnsrnie  <>f 
-  amro  velvet, 

ox 

_  "  -  ,  like  a  princess  ; 

*«iro  that  So- 

pgy  fiii e  o.i niii  jt  fail 

paper  envelopes 
Iial  gave  an  un- 
isoa I  air  of  con- 

‘••tndly  ^sitting¬ 


s'  WOUNDED  P)OV  ~F! 

school  leading  in  this  direction.  When  will  the 
young  everywhere  learn  to  “go  and  do  like¬ 
wise,"  and  thus  reap  the  same  rich  rewards  of 
instruction,  amusement  and  happiness  ? 

And  when  will  the  expression,  “  Country- 
norn,"  cease  to  be  a  term  of  reproach  ?  sinco  it 
h  well  known  that,  to  a  great  extent,  the  most 
important  and  responsible  stations,  everywhere, 
are  flllod  by  those  who  were  born  on  quiet  ! 
country  farms.  If  people  will  forget  that  ! 
Washington,  Adams,  Webster, Clay,  Grant  , 
and  Lincoln  were  of  this  class,  w  ill  they  not,  [ 
in  i  his  vicinity  at  least,  remember  that  many  I 
of  New  York’s  most  eminent  sons,  as  Van 
Buren,  W right.  Hunt,  Fillmore,  Nelson, 
Seymour,  Church.  Hill  and  Harris  first 
looked  out  upon  life  from  the  peaceful  pro-  J 
cl  nets  of  a  farm? 

Adieu  !  good,  old,  honest,  cvt'r-frrecn  Mount  J 
Toppin!  May  we  meet  again,  in  the  not  dis¬ 
tant  future  years,  under  equally  favorable  cir¬ 
cumstances  ! 


pxace  ox  Nicholas  hill,  Jr.  Here  on  this 
mount,  then  a  wilderness,  of  parents  remark¬ 
able  only  for  poverty,  and  amid  surroundings 
the  most,  disheartening,  Nicholas  began  life. 
Born  on  the  highest  mountain  pinnacle  In  the 
county,  b>  indomitable  energy  and  perseverance 
he  urged  his  way  upward  and  onward  until  he 
stood  upon  the  highest  pinnacle  of  Ids  chosen, 
honored  profession.  On  this,  the  place  of  his 
birth,  should  a  monument  be  reared  sacred  to 
his  memory.  If  he  could  thus  succeed,  who 
in  this  land  is  so  “  lowly  boru  ”  that  might  not 


e^E 

j!1p8=^ 

370 


MOOSE’S  SURAL  NEW-YORKER. 


“To-day  is  Wednesday  ;  It  must  be  dispatched 
to-night. ” 

“Oh,  mamma,  do  you  think  it  can  possibly 
be  too  late,  after  all  our  hurrying?  Half  our 
pleasure  in  devising  and  preparing  these 
Christmas  souvenirs,  ha9  been  In  thinking  how 
opportunely  they  would  arrive  and  bow  happy 
everybody  would  be.  i  should  like  to  see  the 
tableau  when  the  box  is  opened.  Why  could  1 
not  go  myself  If  there  is  the  slightest  doubt? 
Father  could  not  go  with  me,  1  suppose,  but  he 
could  telegraph  to  Charlie,  and  he  would 
meet  me  at  the  train.  It  Is  only  twelve  hours. 
Hear  mamma,  I  wish  that  you  would  let  me 

go.” 

Mrs.  Themai.vb  thought  It  hardly  necessary, 
and  made  some  slight  objection,  but  when 
“  father "  came  home  he  Bcemcd  rather  to 
favor  the  plan,  and  a  little  persuasion  from  Ids 
pet,  Nellie,  obtained  his  full  consent  and  co¬ 
operation. 

So  the  Christmas  gifts  received  a  place  of 
honor  In  her  traveling  trunk  ;  articles  of  ward¬ 
robe  were  added,  suited  to  a  holiday  visit  to 
her  sister,  and  that  Indispensable  appendage 
strapped  and  rolled  Into  the  hall  ready  for  her 
impromptu  Journey.  Neli.ik  retired,  full  of 
Joyous  anticipations  for  the  morrow. 

In  the  morning  she  was  up  betimes,  as  one 
must  needs  be  who  would  go  from  Rochester 
to  New  York  by  the  Central  Road.  Laden  with 
love- mess  ages  she  departed  for  the  station, 
where  Mr.  Tre.mai.nk,  after  having  seen  his 
daughter  cosily  bestowed  In  an  easy  chair  of 
the  drawing-room  car,  made  It  his  first,  errand 
to  send  a  dispatch  to  his  son-in-law  In  New 
York,  desiring  him  to  meet  her  at  Forty-second 
street  on  the  arrival  of  t  he  Hudson  River  even¬ 
ing  train. 

No  lighter  heart  could  have  been  found  in  all 
the  eastern-bound  crowd  thun  that  of  Kleanou 
Tremaine,  and  one  might  look  long  and  vain¬ 
ly  for  a  lovelier  face  t  han  hers.  As  she  entered 
the  car,  with  her  becoming  black  velvet  suit, 
her  dark,  abundant  hair,  Just  crowned  by  the 
most  bewitching  of  plumed  toques  (a  real 
Backus  hat),  her  large  brown  eyes  beaming 
with  kindliness,  and  bur  cheeks  aglow  with 
health  and  Joyousness,  a  cheery  picture  seemed 
to  dawn  upon  the  way-worn  passengers,  weary 
with  days  and  nights  of  travel.  Curious  and 
admiring  eyes  were  turned  upon  ner  and  abavv 
of  collegians,  going  home  for  the  holidays, 
questioned  with  frequent  glances  why  a  young 
lady  so  very  pretty  should  be  traveling  without 
escort. 

But  Eleanor,  intent  upon  her  generous  mis¬ 
sion  and  pro-occupied  with  her  own  affairs, 
vouchsafed  them  small  attention.  i?bo  was 
thinking  of  the  glad  surprise  that  would  greet 
her  advent  in  Fifteenth  street— of  Sophie's 
loving  welcome  and  BUJBBBLT/s  exuberant 
and  demonstrative  delight.  Proudly  she  would 
unfold  her  treasures  on  Christmas  Day,  How 
nicely  the  lace  shawl  would  match  with 
Sophie's  flounces,  and  there  would  be  so  many 
parties  during  the  holiday's.  It  might  be  late 
when  the  train  should  get  In,  but  Ciiarlie’8 
quick  eyes  would  espy  her  the  moment  she  ap¬ 
peared  en th® platform.  Perhaps  Sophie  and 
Bell  would  be  with  him-  nothing  more  likely. 

Mamma,  with  prudent  forethought,  had  pre¬ 
pared  a  tempting  lunch-baskct  to  obviate  the 
necessity  of  going  into  the  crowd  at  a  wayside 
restaurant  ,  and  pupa  hud  provided  other  solace 
to  while  away  the  hours  —  a  new  book  and  tlie 
latest,  magazines.  The  wintry  landscape, 
though  less  pleasant  than  when  adorned  with 
summer  foliage  and  verdure,  was  still  not  des¬ 
titute  of  charms,  and  divided  her  attention 
with  her  books.  Time  flew  on  golden  pinions 
as  the  train  sped  on.  it  was  not  till  she  reached 
Albany  that  Nellie  began  to  be  conscious  of  a 
sense  of  weariness,  which  the  dodging  in  and 
out  of  tunnels  and  the  rumbling  between  pal¬ 
isades  of  rocks  on  the  Hudson  River  Road  did 
not  tend  to  diminish;  and  when,  with  heavy- 
tread,  the  train  moved  in  berween  the  lines  of 
twinkling  city  lights  towards  its  destination, 
she  could  not  disguise  the  truth  t  hat  she  felt 
exceedingly  tired. 

The  ears  stopped,  and  hastily  gathering  up 
her  small  items  of  loose  belongings— shawl, 
books  and  basket,  she  hurried  to  the  platform. 
As  she  descended  she  gazed  eagerly  among  the 
crowd  for  her  brother;  but  only  strange  faces 
met  her  questioning  eyes.  What  could  have 
detained  him?  Surely  he  would  come.  Anx¬ 
iously  she  looked  and  waited,  but  still  no 
Charlie,  and  thee olcurdefrae  faded  quite  sud¬ 
denly  from  her  bright  day-dreams.  Weary,  dis¬ 
appointed  and  perplexed,  she  half  regretted 
the  enthusiasm  that  had  prompted  her  hastily- 
planned  journey.  In  her  trouble  how  pleas¬ 
antly  fell  upon  her  ears  a  voice  that  said: 

“Might  tills  be  the  young  lady  that  was  ex¬ 
pected  at  Mr.  Manners  Miss  Eleanor  Tre¬ 
maine?  1  am  the  coachman,  and  huve  the 
carriage  just  outside." 

lie  then  explained  that  the  family  was  out  of 
town  for  a  few  days.  The  telegram  had  been 
received  at  the  Wall  street  office  and  sent  up, 
to  the  house  that  the  carriage  might  be  in 
waiting  when  the  young  lady  should  arrive. 

To  procure  her  baggage  was  but  t  he  work  of 
a  moment,  and  n  brief  interval  brought  her  to 
Fifteenth  street.  Lonely  enough  seemed  the 
house  without  its  cheerful  inmates;  but  she 
was  made  quite  comfortable  by  the  servants, 
and  determined  to  accept  the  situation  as  phil¬ 
osophically  ns  possible.  Her  sister's  journey 
had  been  decided  upon  almost  as  hast  ily  ns  her 
own.  A  friend  In  Springfield  who  had  often 
urged  a  visit,  had  put  in  a  claim  that  would 
admit  of  no  refusal,  and,  with  her  husband  and 


little  Bell,  she  had  gone  to  Join  a  Christmas 
party  at  his  house,  expecting  to  return  on  Sat¬ 
urday,  but  possibly  not  till  Monday  or  even 
Tuesday  evening. 

The  bells  rang  merrily  on  Christmas  morning, 
but  Eleanor  felt  little  inclination  to  go  out. 
She  could  not  quite  be  reconciled  to  the  dreary 
contrast  between  the  ideal  and  the  real  holi¬ 
day.  How  to  write  home  and  not  disclose  the 
story  of  her  disappointments  was  a  puzzle,  but 
she  Solved  H  by  sending  <1  telegram  announcing 
her  safe  arrival. 

Saturday  night  came,  and  she  felt  almost 
sure  that  Soi*m  e  would  come.  Cook  thought 
so  too,  and  prepared  a  luxurious  supper.  The 
carriage  waited  till  after  the  latest  New  Haven 
train,  but  came  home  as  empty  as  It  went.  Sun¬ 
day  was  a  lonely  day,  hut  she  beguiled  the 
morning  by  going  to  church,  where  she  was  the 
sole  representative  of  the  house  In  the  family 
pew  ;  and  tbo  evening  sho  spent  pleasantly  in 
the  library,  In  companionship  with  those  mut  e 
friends  in  whose  society  the  dullest  may  lind 
entertainment. 

Monday  dawned  brightly.  It  was  a  day  of 
hope  and  Joyful  anticipation.  Sho  busied  ber- 
seir  In  making  everything  gay  and  cheerful  for 
the  coming  of  her  sister.  Fresh  flowers  re¬ 
placed  the  faded  ones ;  easy  chairs  were  moved 
into  the  most  Inviting  and  picturesque  posi¬ 
tions.  Early  lu  the  evening  the  parlors  were 
illuminated,  and  Nellie,  In  her  prettiest  dress, 
eat  listening  for  some  sound  ominous  of  her 
returning  friends.  At  8',4  a  carriage  stopped 
before  the  house,  the  bell  rang  hurriedly,  and 
as  the  door  was  opened  sho  heard  the  exclama¬ 
tion  : 

“Is  It  yourself,  come  home  again?  You’re 
welcome,  Mr.  Manners  1” 

Nellie  rushed  Impetuously  to  the  vestibule, 
uud  throwing  her  arms  around  the  neck  of  the 
tall  gentleman  who  was  entering,  she  gave  him 
a  heart-warm  kiss,  crying  : 

“Oh,  Charles!  you  don’t  know  how  glad  I 
am  to  sec  you!  Where  are  Sophie  and  little 
Dell?’’ 

'the  recipient  of  this  effusive  greeting,  t  hough 
too  well-bred  to  betrav  surprise,  did  not  return 
It  with  the  cmprejnsemenl  that  might  have  been 
expected  from  a  brother.  Nellie  looked  up. 
The  bight  and.  figure  were  identical,  the  face 
very  like,  but- It  was  not  Charlie  ! 

There  was  a  situation!  “The  gift  of  furn- 
seed  to  make  one  invisible,"  would  have  been 
a  boon  to  Nellie  at  that,  moment.  The  em¬ 
barrassment.,  however,  was  all  on  her  side,  for 
the  new-comer  was  evidently  rather  pleased 
than  otherwise,  and  quite  inclined  todnkeitas 
a  matter  of  course.  Laying  aside  his  hat  and 
overcoat,  and  disposing  of  them  wit  h  the  air  of 
one  perfectly  at  home,  he  walked  Into  the  par¬ 
lor,  saying : 

"1  am  George  Manners,  and  only  ‘the 
nephew  of  my  uncle;'  but  If  you  are,  as  T 
think.  Miss  Eleanor  Tremaine,  the  sister  of 
my  good  Aunt  Sophie,  I  shall  claim  a  very  near 
relationship.  A  man  who  has  been  wandering 
over  the  world  as  long  as  I  have,  separated 
from  all  his  kindred,  is  Inclined  to  make  the 
most  of  them  when  he  returns,  and  I  Intend 
that  every  one  of  mine,  both  far  and  near,  shall 
acknowledge  me  now  thlit  I  am  at  home." 

Eleanor  had  often  heard  of  him  as  a  person 
of  the  highest  culture  and  the  noblestlinpulses 
and  aspirations.  Five  years  before,  and  shortly 
after  the  marriage*  of  her  sister  to  Charles 
Manners,  he  had  gone  abroad.  In  l’arls,  in 
France  and  St.  Petersburg ;  far  away  In  the 
wild  passes  of  the  “  frosty  Caucasus in  the 
rose-scented  vales  of  Cashmere  or  lu  the  remote 
fastnesses  of  the  Himalayas,  he  had  been  but 
seldom  heard  from,  and  bis  return  had  been 
quite  unannounced  and  unexpected. 

His  conversation,  sparkling  with  incident 
and  abounding  in  the  rarest  information,  was 
delightfully  entertaining;  but  poor  Nellie 
wits  very  silent.  The  memory  of  her  miserable 
contretemps  haunted  her  “like  a  presence.'1 
and  when  he  loft.,  with  the  assurance  that  he 
might  be  expected  “  the  following  morning,” 
she  could  only  resort  to  that  “  universal  pana¬ 
cea"  of  all  troubled  women,  “a  quiet  cry"  all 
by  herself. 

However  much  Miss  Eleanor  Tremaine 
might  fed  it  her  duty  to  do  penance  and  be 
miserable  on  account  of  her  unlucky  mistake, 
she  was  sufficiently  restored  to  be  able  to  ap¬ 
pear  in  a  tasteful  and  becoming  costume  when, 
the  next  day,  Mr.  George  M  annerr  came  with 
a  carriage  nud  pair  of  “  gallant  grays"  to  take 
her  out  for  an  airing  in  Central  Park.  Nor 
could  she  find  it  in  her  heart!  to  be  despondent 
under  the  influences  of  a  most  exhilarating 
atmosphere,  and  amid  the  brilliant  panorama 
of  gay  equipages,  that  make  this  one  of  the 
most  delightful  of  drives,  und  she  was  again 
her  own  sunny  and  cheerful  self.  Very  charm¬ 
ing  seemed  her  fresh,  genuine  nature  to  l  er 
companion,  after  his  long  exile  in  strange 
lands,  nor  would  it  have  been  easy  to  guess 
which  of  the  two  young  people  most  enjoyed 
the  morning’s  excursion. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles Manners  came  home, 
arriving  some  hours  earlier  than  they  had  been 
expected.  The  tableau  may  be  more  easily 
imagined  than  painted, when,  at  the  door,  they 
were  met  by  Nellie  Tremaine  and  George 
Manners. 

“  What  I  you,  Nellie?  and  you,  George?  I 
am  amazed!”  and  the  comical  surprise  de¬ 
picted  on  their  faces  was  most  umus’ng  to  be¬ 
hold.  Nellie,  who  had  been  supposed  to  be 
at  home  in  Rochester,  and  George  Manners, 
who,  for  aught  that  they  had  known,  might 
I  have  been  at  that  moment  in  Bagdad  ! 


“This  Is  what  may  be  called  jolly,”  said 
Ch  a  k  lek  M  a  NNSRH. 

“Dear  Nellie,  I  am  so  glad  to  see  you,” 
cried  sister  Sophie,  clasping  her  In  a  loving 
embrace,  while  little  Bell  was  jubilant  with 
delight. 

When  the  shower  of  exclamations  and  the 
joyous  excitement  of  a  meet  ing  so  unexpected 
had  partially  subsided,  there  was  much  to  bt 
told,  and  many  questions  to  be  asked  and  an¬ 
swered.  Sophie  had  a  talent  for  narrative 
that  would  have  been  Invaluable  to  a  tourist, 
and  made  the  moat  of  the  few  Incidents  of  hoi 
brief  visit.  Nellie  modestly  explained  th< 
motive  of  her  hasty  Journey  and  some  of  hei 
experience  since  leaving  home,  touching  a.* 
lightly  ns  possible  upon  Its  demgr<  mens,  and 
preserving,  on  one  point  In  particular,  a  pru¬ 
dent  reticence. 

George  Manners  listened  with  the  liveliest 
Interest  to  the  history  of  changes,  adverse  oi 
otherwise,  that  had  befallen  during  his  ab¬ 
sence  of  five  years,  and  had  many  inquiries  t< 
make  of  friends  and  relatives,  of  whom.  In  hb 
fitful  and  remote  wanderings,  he  had  heard 
little  or  nothing.  When,  after  dinner,  the 
happy  party  returned  to  the  drawing-room, 
the  Christmas  gifts  were  introduced,  Chahlei 
Manners  donned  bis  handsome  dressing- 
gown,  S  ph ie  posed  in  graceful  attitudes  be¬ 
fore  the  mirrors,  with  the  rich  lace  shawl 
draped  around  her,  BLUEBELL  proceeded  tc 
invest  LcrhOlf  with  the  blue  velvit.  basque, 
with  only  the  slight  mistake  of  getting  It  oi 
back  side  before,  and,  with  a  doll  on  elthei 
arm,  paraded  up  and  down,  greatly  to  her  owl 
satisfaction. 

A  ring  was  heard ;  voices  and  footsteps. 
Geougk  Manners  stepped  into  the  hall,  anc 
quickly  returned  with  two  men,  bearing  be¬ 
tween  them  a  curious  box,  which  he  directed! 
them  to  set  down.  Applying  a  key,  the  lie. 
flew  up,  and  ho  proceeded  to  divest  Hie  coffei 
of  its  varied  contents.  Indian  shawls,  marvel¬ 
ous  In  color  ami  texture,  Broussa  silks,  deli 
cate  muslins,  and  gauzes  from  the  Ferslai 
looms  woven  with  flowers  of  silver,  unset 
gems,  and  tissues  heavy  with  embroidery  in 
gold.  These  were  for  Aunt  Sophie.  For 
Uncle  Charles  there  was  a  keen,  Ucxibh 
Damascene  blade,  curious  coins  of  every 
jnnd,  gems  of  ancient  art,  and  manuscript 
and  relies  of  the  early  world,  the  value  oi 
which  could  only  be  estimated  by  the  virtuoso 
and  connoisseur. 

Little  Beli/S  round  arms  and  throat  wore 
encircled  by  st  rings  of  Orient  pearls,  but  these 
were  not  to  be  compared,  In  her  view,  to  the 
bird  with  plumage  of  various  colored  stones 
that  could  open  its  mouth  and  utter  some 
strange  Indian  word. 

Nellie’s  gift  was  only  a  casket  of  Persian 
Attar,  precious,  Indeed,  but  small  by  compar¬ 
ison  with  others.  George  Manners  apolo¬ 
gized  for  this  seeming  part  iality  by  saying  that 
If  he  had  known  that  be  would  have  the  hap¬ 
piness  of  meeting  her  he  would  have  been 
better  prepared,  but.  he  added,—'*  1  have  an¬ 
other  gift,  and  n  worthy  one,  but  it  can  only  lie 
bestowed  conditionally.  I  will  bring  it  up 
some  day.” 

“  Fray  tell  us  how  it  lias  happened,  George,” 
aaid  Mr.  Manners,  “that  you  have  descended 
upon  us  so  suddenly,  without  warning  or  note 
of  preparation?" 

“If  Bluebell  will  come  and  sit  upon  my 
knee  I  will  tell  her  a  little  story  apropos  of 
that,”  he  replied. 

At  the  magical  word,  story,  liEi.Leprang into 
his  outstretched  anns,  fixing  her  dark  eyes  on 
his  face  ns  he  began  the  brief  narration. 

“  I  had  in  the  East  a  friend,  an  Englishman. 
He  had  been  already  some  years  there  before  1 
knew  him.  When  he  left  home  he  took  with 
him  his  fair  young  vrife  and  a  little  girl,  their 
only  child.  Desiring  to  become  thoroughly 
acquainted  with  Oriental  learning,  people,  ami 
antiquities,  he  had  marie  a  sort  of  home  at 
Beirout— a  place  fav  orable  for  that  purpose 
oecausc  of  its  delightful  seeucry  urnl  the  num¬ 
ber  of  European  residents,  many  of  them 
English.  He  took  a  villa  without  the  walls, 

|  with  gardens  of  orange  and  lemon,  and  groves 
of  mulberry  and  palm,  where  he  surrounded 
himself  with  every  attainable  comfort  and 
luxury,  and  here  lie  came  after  his  long  and 
toilsome  journeys  to  rest  ami  prepare  for  new 
expeditions.  Sometimes  his  wife  was  the 
companion  of  his  excursions,  but^moru  fre¬ 
quently,  when  there  were  perils  aiul  fatigues 
to  he  endured,  he  left  her  at  home  with  faith¬ 
ful  servants  and  under  the  protecting  care  of 
English  friends.  At  one  lime  she  was  not 
quite  wdl,  and  a  tour  was  planned  to  Baal  hoc 
and  the  cool  recesses  of  Mount  Lebanon, 
where  it  was  hoped  that  the  pure.  Invigorating 
air  would  inspire  her  with  new  life. 

“  Returning  from  a  visit  to  the  grove  of  Ce¬ 
dars,  the  appient  ‘Cedars  of  Lebanon,'  of 
which  wc  read  iu  the  best  of  books,  she  sud¬ 
denly  became  very  ill  at  Eden.  There,  in  the 
castle  of  the  Bheiek,  she  died,  and  in  the  sol¬ 
emn  silence  of  the  everlasting  hills  the  gentle 
English  woman  found  a  grave. 

“The  child  had  been  left  in  the  rare  of  the 
English  Consul’s  family  at  Beirout.  Nearly 
heartbroken,  and  utterly  perplexed  to  know 
what  to  do  with  the  tender  and  fragile  little 
one,  he  esteemed  himself  highly  favored  in 
beiug  able  to  find  for  her  a  safe  and  kindly 
home  with  the  American  missionaries  at  Bel- 
rout.  Leaving  her  under  tho  protection  of 
these  most  worthy  and  excellent  people,  he 
prepared  to  seek  in  wild  and  perilous  adven¬ 
tures  some  solace  and  *  surcease  of  sorrow.’ 


Disguised  In  Bedouin  garb,  wo  made  together 
the  pilgrimage  to  Mecca,  by  way  of  the  desert 
and  the  Red  Sen.  We  kissed  the  black  stone 
of  the  Caaba  and  drank  of  the  well  Zcmzctn, 
earning  as  fairly  the  title  of  hadji  as  any  true 
believer  of  thom  all.  Returning  after  many 
weeks  of  danger  and  fatigue,  utterly  way-worn 
ami  prostrated,  two  dusty  pilgrims  paused,  one 
quiet  Syrian  evening,  on  an  eminence  over¬ 
looking  the  city  of  Beirout.  Before  us  slept 
Mr;  town  amid  its  gardens  of  pomegranates 
and  its  groves  of  olives,  and  beyond  the  silent 
jea.  Anstruthek  was  the  first,  to  speak. 

“  *  Manners,’  he  said,  1  1  feel  a  strange  and 
unaccountable  depression  to-night.  You 
know  mo  well  enough  to  believe  that  I  am 
not  likely  to  yield  to  weakness.  Perhaps  to¬ 
morrow,  when  I  aru  rested,  I  shall  forget  it  all, 
and  this  is  why  I  toll  you  now.  There  is  a 
possible  contingency  that  has  often  troubled 
me,  when  lying  in  my  tent  at  night,  the  un¬ 
measured  waste  of  sand  about,  ino  und  tho 
mysterious  starry  vault  above— mark,  I  say 
possible,  not  probable— but  for  which  I  ought  to 
provide.  I  have  In  England  u  dear  father  and 
mother,  and  here,  a  delicate,  solitary  child. 
She  ought  to  be  with  them  to  receive  such 
nurture  and  education  os  Is  fitting,  i  mean 
soon  to  make  thb  voyage  to  England  for  this 
purpose.  Now,  I  want  your  promise  that,  if 
any  adverse  circumstance  should  deprive  me 
)f  the  power  to  do  as  I  intend,  you  will  re¬ 
ligiously  perform  for  me  that  great  kindness, 
i  do  not  stop  to  ask  If  it  would  be  testing  your 
friendship  too  severely;  I  have  known  you 
long  and  well,  and  I  believe  in  you.’ 

I  gave  the  promise  lightly,  with  no  appre¬ 
hension  of  being  called  upon  to  perform  it. 
With  AuSTrtRTHEK  I  word  to  see  the  child,  a 
lovely,  flaxen-headed  girt,  lit  only  for  love  and 
petting,  and  but  III  suited  for  the  vicissitudes 
of  a  life  so  far  from  friends  and  kindred. 
AuStkutitbr  dkl  not  recuperate  as  I  had 
hoped.  I  watched  him  faithfully,  but  vainly 
He  too  sleeps ‘the  sleep  that  knows  no  wak¬ 
ing,' in  a  far  country. 

The  English  consul  discharged  his  duties 
promptly  and  conscienclously,  but  for  mo  re¬ 
mained  the  work  of  fulfilling  the  promise  I 
had  made  to  my  dead  friend. 

In  tho  first  homeward-bound  vessel,  I  sailed 
wit  h  Alice  A  it  ht  r  ut  her  and  her  Syrian  nurse. 
Fortunately,  she  was  able  to  bear  the  fatigues 
of  the  voyage,  and  I  had  the  inexpressible  hap¬ 
piness  of  restoring  to  those  aged  and  bereaved 
parents  this  precious  legacy  from  their  only 
son.  In  the  grateful  blessings  of  those  good 
people  I  have  found  a  reward  for  every  incon¬ 
venience  to  myself  that  might  well  satisfy  a 
Tar  more  exacting  nature  than  mine.  That  I 
should  wish  to  proceed  to  my  own  country 
when  so  near  was  but  natural.  Some  day  I 
have  promised  to  goto  England  to  sec  my  pro¬ 
tege  and  her  friends.  What  do  you  say,  my 
little  Bluebell,  will  you  go  with  me  ?” 

“Oh!  Cousin  George,  I  will  love  you  always 
for  being  so  good  to  that  little  girl.  I  want  to 
see  her.  Can't  I  go  to-morrow,  mamma?” 

“I  think  it  is  to-morrow  already,'' said  Cou¬ 
sin  George,  looking  at  his  watch,  “  and  I  must 
say  good  night,  and  aurevoir.” 

The  holidays  passed  gaily  with  tho  ladies  in 
Fifteenth  street..  Receptions,  parties,  and  tho 
opera  leave  little  time  Tor  dullness  in  the  city 
at  this  season.  Charles  Manners  was  much 
engaged  in  business,  and  George  was  but  too 
happy  to  be  l lie  most  devoted  cavalier.  Nel¬ 
lie  had  ample  opportunities  to  see  that  no 
more  elegant  man  frequented  New-York  socie¬ 
ty  ;  while  his  Ideal  Of  content  had  come  to  be 
a  house  as  well-ordered  as  that  of  his  Uncle 
Charles  ;  a  wife  ««  true  and  trusty  as  Aunt 
Sophia,  and  every  day  grew  the  conviction 
that  Eleanor  Tremaine  would  bo  the  fittest 
colleague  to  help  him  to  that  happy  consum¬ 
mation.  The  passion  for  adventure  had  given 
place  to  t.he  des're  of  settling  quietly  upon  his 
astute,  and  his  first  wish  was  to  become  a  prac¬ 
tical  man,  and  useful  citizen. 

Nellie's  father  came  to  take  her  home,  and 
the  friends  who  bade  her  good-by  at  the 
station  might  have  seen  upon  the  first  finger 
of  her  left  hand  a  gem  of  extraordinary  size 
and  beauty.  It  was  the  gift  with  a  condition , 
of  which  George  Manners  had  spoken.  What 
the  condition  had  been  may  be  inferred,  when 
it  is  known  that,  this  gift  of  tin?  ring  was  deemed 
“confirmation  strong”  of  some  late  rumors 
that  Miss  Eleanor  Tremaine  was  soon  to  re¬ 
turn  to  New-York. 

Not  till  she  was  once  more  at  home  did  N el- 
lie  receive  the  Christinas  gift  which  the  loving 
providence  of  Charles  find  Sophia  had  pre¬ 
pared  and  dispatched  by  express  before  going 
to  Bpringlleid,  and  which  had  passed  her  on 
her  way  to  Nu\v-York.  It  was  a  watch,  a  tiny 
bijou, enameled,  wid  circled  with  pearls.  For 
mother thers  had  been  a  sable  cloak,  anil  a 
More  Bible  for  Mr.  Tremaine. 

It  Is  not  always  to  be  believed  when  a  young 
lady  wins  a  wealthy  husband  that  the  highest 
good  has  been  attained.  But  In  George  Man¬ 
ners  were  combined  so  nany  admirable  quali¬ 
ties,  so  much  that  was  noble  and  truly  good, 
that  Nellie's  future  see  Died  to  possess  a  guar¬ 
antee  for  permanent  and  substantial  happi¬ 
ness  rarely  found  in  this  life  of  vanishing 
bubbles  and  ever-fading  illusions.  So  that, 
though  her  holiday  seemed  at  first  to  be  over¬ 
oast  with  clouds,  we  may  at  its  conclusion 
aptly  quote  tho  adage,  “  All’s  well  that  ends 
well.” 

• - - - - 

Love  as  if  you  should  hereafter  hate,  and 
1  hate  as  if  you  should  hereafter  love.— ChiV). 


MOOBE’S  BUBAL  WEW-YOBKEB. 


DEO.  8 


parties’  |oiitfoliff. 


ONLY  A  GRAVE. 


irr  mkjxox. 


Only  a  little  lonely  grave, 

Out  on  the  hillside  drear. 

Only  a  childish  voice  hushed. 

That  oaee  made  music  here. 

Only  a  Mother's  sad,  siul  face. 

Pressed  close  to  the  window  pane. 

That  she  might  see  that  lonely  grnve. 

Where  her  darling  long  had  lain. 

Her  darling  still,  tho’  years  have  passed, 
Since  sh#  laid  her  away  to  rest; 

And  others  have  oomo.  hut  fulled  to  HU 
That  void  In  hur  aching  breast. 

But  she  patiently  waits  her  summons  homo. 
With  a  smile  that  is  teuder  und  fond, 

As  she  dreams  of  the  bliss  so  surely  hers 
When  she  enters  the  “Bright  Beyond.” 
- - 

WILL  IT  PAY? 


A  whiter  In  the  Rural  New* Yorker  ask9  — 
“If  tt  pays  to  decorate  our  tables  with  fruit 
and  flowers?”  Does  It  pay?  Yes,  Esther, 
a  thousand  times,  yosl  Me  assured  it  always 
pays  richly  to  make  home  as  attractive  as  pos¬ 
sible  to  husband,  children,  and  friends  ;  and  no 
less  to  yourself.  If  you  have  the  labors  of  a 
household  on  your  hands,  and  Its  cares  und  wor¬ 
ries  on  your  heart  you  need  all  the  beauty  and 
sweetness  within  your  reach  to  lift  your  spirit 
up  out  of  Its  never-ceasing  round  of  dully  du¬ 
ties.  Your  boys  and  girl*  need  all  the  influences 
that  will  help  to  make  their  homo  the  most  at¬ 
tractive  as  well  as  dearest  and  most  Jovtngcon- 
ter  of  Interest  In  this  peculiarly  restless  ago. 
Your  home  may  be  a  model  of  industry  and 
neatness,  (without  which  all  else  were  vain,) 
yet  lack  tho  air  of  refinement  you  Instinct¬ 
ively  long  for,  and  think,  perhaps,  cannot  be 
had  without  wealth  arid  leisure. 

There  are  very  few  people  that  huvo  not  a 
natural  love  of  flowers  and  pictures;  it  is  a 
universal  treat  In  childhood,  and  would  be 
equally  so  among  adults  If  It  woro  not  smoth¬ 
ered  and  killed  for  want  of  culture.  If  mothers 
would  cultivate  l  his  natural  love  of  bounty  In 
their  children  they  would  flml  It  a  powerful 
home  influence  to  help  them  from  the  dan¬ 
gerous  and  vicious  attractions  of  the  outside 
world,  which  will  sooner  or  later  tempt  then, 
from  her  sldo. 

(Son  has  not  only  given  us  this  instinctive 
love  of  grace  and  beauty,  but  has  ministered 
to  It  most  lavishly  In  all  Ills  works  ;  and  In  the 
more  minute  examination  of  Ills  hidden  crea¬ 
tions,  marvelous  beauty  Is  what  everywhere 
strkcii  us  most  strongly.  Sympathize  with 
your  little  one,  tired  mother,  when  he  or  she 
brings  in  t lie  cheerful,  suu-luylng  dandelion  to 
show  you;  aud  do  not  think  It  lost  time  to  stop 
long  enough  to  inhale  the  fragrant  breath  of 
the  great  handful  of  clover  blossoms;  pause 
long  cnotign  to  show  her  howto  And  the  Idny 
cups  that  hold  the  honey  which  the  bee  seeks 
in  their  rosy  depths.  The  materials  for  beauti¬ 
fying  home  are  abundant  and  free  ;  so  that  tho 
poorest,  most  modest  homestead  may  easily 
be  adorned  with  flowers  and  pictures  of  beauty 
that  no  artist  can  excel ;  for  is  not  the  perfect 
copy  of  n  flower  or  u  basket  of  beautiful  fruit 
a  very  gem  of  art?  Yes!  busy  housewife  and 
mother,  I  say  easily,  simple  flowers  that  require 
but  little  time  to  cultivate  vines  that  grow  for 
the  planting,  and  that  may  lie  trained  in  five 
minutes  of  your  precious  time;  wild-wood 
flowers,  ferns  and  autumn  leaves  and  mosses 
that  your  little  ones  will  delight  to  gather,  and 
group  under  your  directing  eye,  while  you  sew 
or  knit,  will  brighten  anti  beautify  your  home, 
just  as  much  as  tho  flowers  that  the  rich  use 
so  profusely  to  decorate  their  elegant  rooms, 
and  on  which  they  depend  more  foreffect  than 
all  else  their  wealth  can  buy,  Tho  simplest 
combinations  often  form  the  most  lovely 
effects;  for  example,  a  saucer  of  the  bright 
red  squawberrlos  cm  their  pretty  wines,  in  a 
plate  of  soft  green  moss,  or  with  a  border  of 
grey  lichens;  or  a  vase  of  ferns  os  a  back¬ 
ground  to  a  cluster  of  bright  autumn  leaves. 

1  have  a  few  cholco  pictures  in  my  modest 
little  home,  but  the  most  perfect  and  beauti¬ 
ful  among  them  have  been  a  bracket  on  the 
wall,  with  a  little  china  vase  that  held  a  few 
sprigs  of  myrtle  and  bright  berries,  with  long 
sprays  of  tho  myrtle  drooping  and  twined 
about  the  bracket.  Another  that  delighted  all 
eyes  was  a  tall  porcelain  vase  on  t  he  mantle 
containing  three  sprigs  of  dark  glossy  leaves, 
and  a  single  cluster  of  scarlet  geranium,  with 
long  sprays  of  myrtle  drooping  down  to  tho 
mantle;  another  bracket  contains  a  vase  of 
ferns,  and  my  never-failing  ruby  berries,  with 
grey  lichens  around  the  base,  These  all  keep 
for  weeks  by  putting  charcoal  in  the  water,  and 
filling  up  as  needed.  The  grand  geranium  is 
invaluable,  hardy,  a  free  constant  bloomer,  and 
Its  large  full  clusters  last  so  long  it  Is  my  chief 
ally. 

E.  H.  asks  “  if  we  can  afford  to  put  flowers  on 
our  tables  for  ornament  as  a  habit;  and  if  we 
who  do  find  by  experience  that  It  is  appre¬ 
ciated,  and  whether  \p  seems  to  lift  (he  souls 
of  any  of  the  family  up  higher,  whether  it 
softens  and  refines  rough  natures,  or  whether 
it  makes  more  content  the  sensitive  soul  who 
shrink  from  the  common  surroundings  of 
farmer  life?”  Yes,  inevitably]  but  it  is  the 


life-time  growth,  save  to  the  dollcate,  sensitive  i 
child  who  will  be  benefited  every  ho  ir.  Do  j 
notask  whother  your  husband,  or  possibly  big 
coarse  boys  will  express  pleased  appreciation  ; 
on  the  contrary  they  may  pooh  at  your  efforts, 
yet  they  will  suroly  in  time,  or  In  eternity,  feel 
the  refilling  influence  of  a  tustoful,  well-or¬ 
dered  home.  1  have  yet  to  see  the  man  who  I 
think  would  not  be  pleased  to  find  a  tiny,  fra¬ 
grant  cluster  of  mignonettes  and  sweet  peas, 
or  pansies  and  geranium  leaves,  in  i  wine-glass 
by  his  plate,  when  he  cornea  in  from  tin*  field 
or  work-shop  to  his  meals.  The  proof  of 
thoughtful  love,  and  the  quiet  assumption 
that  he  doea  earn  for  them  will  in  most  cases 
please  and  gratify  more  than  you  think,  espe¬ 
cially  on  l)irth-day*  and  anniversaries  ;  and  tho 
woman  who  does  this  will  not  be  likely  to  fail 
in  habitually  putting  on  a  neat  collar  in  the 
mocnlng,  and  making  herself  tidy  for  the.  eyes 
of  her  husband  and  children. 

1  fear  thero  are  but.  fe.v,  perhaps  not  oue  In 
a  thousand,  who  do  thus  use  flowers  on  their 
tables,  or  In  their  rooms;  I  mean  living  rooms, 
not  parlors  alone  ;  but  If  It  Is  a  “habit  "they 
will  feel  they  cannot  do  otherwise.  I  am  not 
a  farmer’s  wife,  but  am  a  farmer's  daughter, 
and  as  u  minister's  wife,  a  long  experience 
among  all  classes  in  city  und  country,  has 
given  largo  opportunities  for  observation,  and 
I  know  where  there  are  flowers  und  tastcful- 
ness  generally,  I  expect  to  find  culture  of  mind 
aud  swootness  of  spirit  in  sotne  If  not  all  the 
household.  I  know  how  inviting  a  fine  dish  of 
fruit  always  looks  either  In  dining  or  sitting- 
room. 

Farmers' wives,  you  love  to  be  hospitable; 
do  not  forget  this  tempting  addition  to  your 
well-filled  tables.  Mo  sure  your  guests  would 
be  glad  to  see  a  portion  of  the  pies  and  cakes 
set  aside  to  make  room  for  it.  Do  not  offer  it, 
if  at  all,  in  a  tin-pan  set  back  on  the  kitchen 
table,  as  I  have  more  than  once  seen,  but  take 
your  boot  large  dlsli,  glass  or  china,  and  select 
fair,  handsome  fruit,  polish  the  apples  till 
they  shine,  und  U'  you  huvo  pears  and  grape* 
pile  them  up  generously  with  a  leaf,  if  in  sea¬ 
son  here,  and  there  amid  the  grapes;  and  you 
have  a  picture  to  delight  the  eye,  no  less  than 
to  tempt  the  appetite,  one  that  your  friends 
will  gratefully  appreciate,  I  know,  too,  how 
much  this  home  culture  In  little  tiling*  helps 
to  muko  our  own  home  the  brightest,  most  at- 
1  radii ve  of  all  place*  to  me  and  mine,  and 
why  it  is  all  our  friends  think  our  house— no 
matter  whore  or  what  it  is  to  externals,  u  so 
nice  and  pleasant.” 

Reside  all  this  present  advantage  and  enjoy¬ 
ment,  J  know  that  in  future  years  when  my 
children  have  gone  out  from  their  early  home, 
and  I  perhaps  have  passed  away  from  earth, 
my  memory  will  be  associated  in  their  hearts 
with  these  brightest  and  sweetest,  features  of 
mother  and  home.  And  who  shall  say  the  In¬ 
fluence  will  not  bo  elevating  and  refining  on 
their  lives  aud  character*? 

Mothers  1  “  will  It  not  pay  ”  to  have  a  favor¬ 
ite  flower,  or  rosy-ebueked  apple  bring  pleasant 
thoughts  of  you  and  homo  to  the  hearts  of 
your  boys  when  they  are  men  and  far  away 
from  you  ?  v.  A.  i>. 

Pierpont,  Ohio. 

- 4~»~* - 

AMERICAN  WOMEN  IN  EUROPE. 


I  WOULD  say  to  husbands  and  bridegrooms 
coining  to  Europe,  “  Leave  your  wives  at 
borne.”  In  the  matter  of  keeping  down  cx- 
penae,  you’ll  have  your  hands  full  without 
them.  You  will  at  times  have  them  more  than 
full.  Alone,  und  you  may  Lie  able  to  resist 
temptation,  but  when  you  bring  her  with  you, 
you  simply  scuttle  your  llmitieial  craft,  at  the 
bottom,  set.  it  on  fire  atop  and  light  your  can¬ 
dles  at  either  end.  Married  men  have  told  rue 
i  hose  things  iu  confidence.  They  say  that,  once 
in  London  or  Paris,  the  woman’s  financial 
sense  and  courage  desert  tier  entirely.  She 
runs  mad  financially  mad.  What  she  can’t 
spend  she  gives  away  to  beggars,  street  mu¬ 
sicians — anybody  who  is  by  to  take  the  cash. 
TO  let  her  out  on  Regent  or  Oxford  streets  with¬ 
out  a  keeper  is  for  hur  to  return  in  two  hours 
without  a  shilling,  and  in  another  hour  a  van 
drives  up  to  your  lodgings  laden  with  her  pur¬ 
chase*.  When  buy  lng  dry  goods  palls  she  fails 
back  on  charity,  und  wants  to  adopt  an  En¬ 
glish  infant,  with  the  mother  included,  no 
matter  how  difficult  it  may  bo  to  find  the 
father.  Indeed,  an  uncertain  paternity  only 
renders  th e  protege  more  dcsirableand  interest¬ 
ing.— PrenWce  M ulford. 

- ♦♦♦ - 

HELP  FOR  WOMEN. 


Wr;  need  more  vocations  in  which  educated 
women  can  work,  says  the  Muslim  (ilobo,  with¬ 
out  compromising  either  their  respectability 
or  their  subsistence.  There  is  a  growing  de¬ 
mand  that  professional  and  other  occupations, 
now  monopolized  by  men,  should  be  open  to 
the  sex.  There  are  consideration*  of  natural 
adaptation*  which,  In  the  long  run,  will  deter¬ 
mine  thts  question  in  particular  employments. 
The  moment  that  educated  women  make  their 
mark  In  any  honorable  occupation,  mure  is 
done  to  obviate  the  evils  of  relying  on  the. 
chances  of  marriage  for  support  than  any 
amount  of  discussion  can  accomplish.  Educa¬ 
tion  must  be  adapted  to  the  circumstances  of 
the  pupils,  and  we  trust,  the  time  is  not  far  dis¬ 
tant  when  a  false  idea  of  respectability  will  not 
prevent  parents  from  affording  their  daughters 
suoii  instructions  as  will  lit  them  for  an  honest 
and  honorable  independence. 


failing  for  the  goititg. 


HYMN  FOR  A  LITTLE  CHILD, 


Goo  make  my  life  a  little  light, 

Within  tho  world  to  glow  ; 

A  little  lltune  Mint  burnetii  bright . 

\\  horever  I  may  go, 

God  timin'  my  life  a  little  flower, 

That,  glvetb  Joy  to  all, 

Content  to  bloom  In  native  bower, 
Although  Its  placebo  small. 

God  make  my  life  a  little  sung, 

That  comfortetli  the  sad  ; 

That  hel|ieth  others  to  bo  strong, 

And  makes  the  singer  glad. 

God  make  my  life  a  little  staff 
Whereon  tho  weak  may  rest, 

That  so  what  health  aud  strength  1  huvo 
May  scire  ray  neighbors  best. 

God  make  my  life  a  little  hymn 
Of  tenderness  and  praise; 

Of  faith— that  never  wuxeth  dim, 

In  uii  His  wondrous  ways. 

(Good  Words. 


THE  TEN  SERVANTS. 


A  STORY  FOR  CHILDREN. 

[From  Northern  Lights.] 

There  was  once  a  little  girl  who  sat  alone 
In  a  cold,  dark  garret  and  wept.  Sho  had 
neither  father  nor  mother;  sho  was  poor  and 
forsaken.  But  tho  sun,  which  was  then  setting, 
peeped  forth  from  a  cloud  and  spread  a  crimson 
light  In  the  lift  lit  attic.  The  door  opened  softly, 
and  a  little,  bent  old  woman  stuck  In  her  head. 

“Como  In,  Aunty,”  said  the  little  girl,  pleas¬ 
antly. 

“  I  am  tired;  may  I  sit  on  your  little  stool  ?  ” 
asked  the  old  woman.  “Will  you  give  rne 
something  to  drink,  for  1  am  so  thirsty?  ” 

Tho  child  took  her  little  bowl  of  milk  and 
gave  it  to  the  old  woman.  That  was  to  have 
been  her  evening  meal;  but  she  was  such  a 
good  little  girl.  When  tho  old  woman  had 
drunk  tha  milk  ahe  seemed  to  become  more 
beautiful  and  friendly;  the  sun  shone  on  her 
silver  hair  and  made  her  cheek*  rod.  Sho  sang 
softly  to  herself : 

“  But  1  won  Iff  like  to  know 
Why  you  woep,  little  Greta !  ” 

“Why,”  said  the  little  girl,  “I  am  so  lone¬ 
some,  and  huvo  no  one  to  play  with.  Tho  watch¬ 
dog  is  so  old  and  sensible,  and  the  hens  have 
their  chickens  to  attend  to.  Nobody  teaches 
uio  anything;  1  can  do  nothing  for  uncle’* com¬ 
fort,  lie  goes  to  the  ale-house,  and  when  he 
conies  home  I  am  afraid  of  him;  1  may  well 
weep.  Often  I  am  hungry.  I  am  poor  aud  have 
nothing.” 

“  You  have  much  that  you  are  not  aware  of,” 
said  the  old  woman.  “  Will  you  believe  my 
words?  You  have  ten  servants,” 

Greta  made  big  eyes.  She  looked  around  her. 

“See  here  !  ”  said  the  old  woman,  taking  her 
hand  and  pointing  to  tho  little  lingers.  They 
are  called  Tnmmctott,  Slickcpott,  l.angemnri, 
Gullebrand,  and  LUlepyt;  have  you  heard  any¬ 
thing  new?  ” 

Greta  looked  at  her  hand  and  was  sho  daz¬ 
zled  by  the  sunlight,  or  how  was  it  ?  It  seetnod 
to  her  that  every  one  of  her  lingers  was  a  litt.e 
person  with  a  little  face.  Tummetott  wa*  abort 
and  thick,  looked  meditative  and  wise ;  his 
neighbor  had  a  more  pert  and  conspicuous  ap¬ 
pearance.;  I  lie  solemn  Langetnan  was  adorned 
by  tint  old  woman  with  a  little  silver  helmet., 
and  Gullebrand  at  his  sldo  was  allowed  to  wear 
a  little  gold  ring  as  a  belt  round  the  waist  and 
a  silver  shield.  LUlepyt  looked  like  a  boy,  and 
bowed,  laughing. 

“  Gan  you  say  now  that  you  have  no  servants, 
skillful  and  good,  if  you  will  only  allow  them 
to  learn  something.  Only  try.” 

Greta  clapped  her  hands.  The  fingers  now 
looked  as  usual,  but  the  Jittlo  thimble  and 
sowing-ring  still  remained.  The  old  woman 
kissed  little  Greta  and  went  away. 

The  little  girl  ate  dry  broad  and  drank  water; 
but  when  she  looked  at  her  hands  she  laughed 
at  her  small  servants. 

“Now  you  shall  help  mo  to  make  uncle’s 
bed  !”  cried  she  gladly,  and  they  all  hastened 
to  lift  the  pillows  and  turn  the  coverlid,  and 
Lillepyt  did  what  he  could. 

The  next  morning  when  Greta  awoke  she 
told  TurUmotoit  and  all  his  four  e  mpanlons  to 
come  and  dress  her  and  cotub  her  hair.  They 
had  never  dono  it  so  well  before.  Her  hair 
shone  like  the  cat’s  when  he  has  just  washed  j 
himself,  and  her  shoe-«trings  were  carefully 
tied.  After  she  had  said  her  morning  prayer 
she  ran  out  to  greet  her  uncle.  It  snowed  ter¬ 
ribly  and  the  wind  rustled  the  trees  so  that 
it.  looked  as  if  thoy  shook  their  heads  at  all  who 
went  by. 

“  Do  not  go  to  the  village  to-day,  uncle,"  said 
Greta,  “Stay  at  homo  with  me.  I  have  ten 
little  servants  who  will  get  dinner  for  you.” 

“What  Is  the  child  talking  about?”  said 
Unde  Lars,  a  little  testily.  Hut  he  sat  down 
to  split,  kindling-wood,  and  then  began  to  work 
on  a  fish-net,  which  had  long  lain  In  the  corner. 
But  Greta  ran  to  the  hen  and  said,  “Have  you 
laid  any  eggs?”  and  the  hen  clucked  content¬ 
edly.  There  lay  a  snow-white  egg  in  the  nest. 
Tummetott  and  Slickcpott.  carried  it  immedi¬ 
ately  into  the  house,  broke  it  into  the  bowl, 
whore  the  milk  had  been,  and  then  Greta  ran 
out  and  commanded  her  .'mall  servants  to  bind 


together  a  little  whip.  The  tiny  creatures 
worked  so  hard  that  they  became  rod  and  warm, 
aqd  beat  tho  eggs  to  a  froth ;  mid  then  Grota 
took  a  little  flour  and  stirred  it  In,  and  some 
milk  which  she  had  got  at  a  neighbor'*.  Ah  ! 
now  tho  frying  pan  stood  on  the  lire,  which 
blazed  merrily;  a  little  bit  of  butter  wa*  diop- 
ped  in  It  ho  that  It  sizzled.  Yea,  Tummetott, 
Slickcpott,  Langeuian,  Gullebrand  were  all 
goon  cooks,  and  Lllleypt  served  as  scullion. 
Wliat  a  hurry  they  were  in  I  Aud  how  much 
they  could  do— If  they  only  tried  J 

There  stood  the  dinner-table,  spread  with  a 
coarse  but  clean  table-cloth,  smoking  potatoes 
and  a  large  herring,  warm  milk  and  tho  mag¬ 
nificent  pancakes.  Uncle  was  astonished  at 
Greta,  lie  ate  right  heartily,  to  her  great  sat¬ 
isfaction,  and  while  she  was  clearing  away  the 
things  she  tried  to  think  how  sho  shorn  ‘  ° 
aide  to  koep  him  at  home,  far  from  the  wicked 
ale-house. 

When  It  grew  dark,  uncle  took  hi*  cap,  and 
Greta  knew  where  he  meant  to  go.  She  found 
his  tobacco  pipe,  filled  It,  lighted  it,  and  then 
asked  him  coaxltigly  to  stay  until  he  had 
smoked  It.  Then  she  kind  led  a  tiro,  seated  her¬ 
self  on  a  stool  at  hi*  foot  and  began  to  tell 
stories.  At  first  he  paid  no  attention;  but 
soon  lie  was  amused  ami  forgot  himself  for  a 
while  In  order  to  listen  to  the  “silly  talk.” 
When  he  aguln  made  a  motion  to  go  she  asked 
him  to  crack  some  nuts  which  she  had  got; 
she  took  down  the  old  dusty  violin  from  the 
corner  and  begged  him  to  play  a  little.  Hu 
tuned  up,  klingl  klnng!  until  he  himself  was 
in  good  tune,  am!  Greta  saw  with  Wonder  how 
his  Laugeuiau  and  Gullebrand  and  all  their 
comrudos  leaped  about  the  strings  and  made 
such  rapid  motions  to  draw  fort  h  tone*.  Greta 
herseif  now  began  to  dance, and  kept  asking 
for  more  music  until  It  became  late. 

“  It  la  scarcely  worth  while  to  go  now,"  said 
he,  half  vexed,  and  laid  down  the  violin.  But 
it  seemed  right  comfortable  for  him  to  sit  at 
homo  in  the  quiet,  cottage,  when  the  storm 
raged  outside.  Oh,  what  a  hurry  the  little  Un¬ 
gers  were  now  Into  get  supper  ready,  fondle 
her  uncle,  and  make  his  bed  !  How  glud  Mttio 
Greta  was  over  iter  conquest  ami  her  ten  tiny 
servants. 

Greta  became  large,  and  her  little  hands 
could  do  inuro  and  more.  She  sewed  and  knit, 
she  spun  ami  wove  so  diligently.  Such  bright 
scoured  tins  had  no  one  rise;  such  a  white 
table  and  floor  were  not  to  be  found  in  any 
other  cottage,  llor  uncle  had  long  since  brok¬ 
en  himself  from  going  to  the  ale-house.  Hu 
thrived  in  lit*  neat  cozy,  house,  where  the  in¬ 
dustrious  little  girl  bustled  about  so  gladly. 

"How  can  you  keep  tilings  so  nice,  Greta, 
you  who  have  no  servant  ?  ”  asked  a  rich  peas¬ 
ant's  daughter, 

"Ah,  1  have  ten  1  ”  said  Greta,  roguishly. 
“They  weave  and  spin,  scrub  and  scour;  they 
are  never  idle.” 

My-and-by  a  smart  young  peasant  courted 
Greta,  and  then  Gullebrand  had  a  gold  ling  to 
wear.  The  same  day  the  wedding  was  to  take 
place  tho  old  woman  cumo  again  and  had  with 
her  a  thlmnle  and  a  sewing-ring  of  purest  gold; 
and  thus  equipped,  Langeman  and  Gullebrand 
moved  still  more  handily.  Grota  thanked  tho 
old  woman  for  her  words  about  the  little  ser¬ 
vants,  ami  showed  all  the  blessings  they  had 
brought  to  the  house.  She  -aid  to  all  poor  lit¬ 
tle  girls  that  they  must,  not  drop  their  hands, 
but  try  to  see  what  they  could  learn  to  do. 
With  aspiration  in  the  heart  and  1  he  lingers  sot 
in  motion,  blessing  Is  not  far  off. 

Greta  became  happy  arid  her  home  corpforl- 
ublc;  the  ten  little  servants  worked  there 
zealously,  and  when  evening  came  they  clasped 
each  other  mutely,  and  Greta  thanked  God  for 
being  able  to  work. 


®hc  |l  ussier. 


CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA.  No.  10. 


My  first  is  in  agate  but  not  in  pearl. 

My  second’s  In  ringlet  but  not  In  curl ; 

My  third  is  iu  lichen  but  not  iri  moss, 

My  fourth  Is  in  crescent  hut  not  in  cross; 
My  fifth  Is  In  Iris  but  not  In  eye, 

My  sixth  Is  In  barley  but  not  In  rye ; 

My  seventh’s  In  pigoon  but  not  In  dove, 
My  whole  is  a  flower  the  poets  love. 
Rockford,  111.  Fourteen. 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 


SQUARE-WORD  ENIGMA.  No.  G. 


1.  A  part  of  the  body. 

2.  A  girl’s  name. 

3.  Meaning  so  he  it. 

4.  Moist.  Lilljan  J.  G. 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 

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PUZZLER  ANSWERS. -Nov.  22. 


Cross-Word  Knjg.ma  No.  9.— Hellvellyn. 

Concealed  Flowers  No.  1.— 1,  Rose;  2, 
Rocket;  3,  l’ink;  4,  Violet;  5,  Verbena;  0, 
Stock. 

Hidden  Cities  No.  1.— 1,  Lassa;  2,  Teheran  ; 
'  3,  Naples;  4,  Rome;  5,  Lisbon;  6,  Bogota;  7, 
j  Lansing;  8,  Frankfort;  9,  Bangor;  10,  Indian¬ 
apolis. 


Problem  No.  13.  — 


|  l  42.63424510  rods. 
I  1 37.0036087  “ 

j  (  10.40214614  “ 


„  l  31.47193  87  rods. 

Sny.  Ans.  14.11130965  “ 

1  10.41675038  “ 


the  widow  of  Pietro  Monico,  a  bandit  chief, 
who  was  killed  in  an  encounter  with  the  gen¬ 
darmes.  She  was  arrested  lately,  tried  and  con¬ 
demned  to  30  vears’  imprisonment.  While  un¬ 
dergoing  her  punishment,  a  warder,  becoming 
enamored  of  her,  favored  her  escape,  and  ac¬ 
companied  her,  but  was  stabbed  to  death  by 
her  orders  immediately  after  she  had  rejoined 
her  band.  Since  that  period  her  audacity  and 
activity  have  redoubled,  and  she  has  made  her¬ 
self  the  terror  of  the  surrounding  country.  She 
burns  farm  houses,  carries  off  cattle  and  levies 
contributions,  and  the  slightest  disobedience 
of  her  orders  is  punished  by  murder  and  Are. 


The.  quotations  are  For  new  mediums.  83.lAg2.J0 
for  prime,  and  f  1  .KAgS.OO  f  or  other  grades;  prime  mar¬ 
rowfats.  82.7lra2.75;  oiliet  grades,  ¥2.tO®2.fiO:  prime  pea 
beans,  $:5.4<J(ai2.50 ;  do.  fair  lots  down  to  ?2.15<A2.30; 
kidney, red,  $8.i K*'tA75:  kidney  white,  |2.tO®2.T5.  Peas, 
new  (’uniidiun.  In  hhl?.  81.12.:  do.,  in  hulk,  92c. 
Gronn,  new,  H.TtVST.sO;  old,  f l.UV-il.Vi.  Southern  B. 
E.  peas,  fS?j>3.75  V  hush. 

Beeswax.— There  is  a  moderate  sale  for  small 
lots  at  from  29<g51c.  for  Western  and  Southern. 

Broom  Corn—  Dull. and  quoted  extreme  at  Bdjltc. 
for  hull ;  7133a.  far  green  ;  5@7e.  for  red. 

ItmteT.— Now  that  the  spurt  occasioned  hy-tho 
celebration  >>t  Thanksgiving  Is  over,  the  mark  it  haa 
that  uncomfortable,  quiet  aspect  that  points  to  dull¬ 
ness.  The  .•toady  dr  round  Is  and  has  been  so  exclu¬ 
sively  directed  to  One  qualtt.ies,  that  dpuler,  are  a 
little  solicitous  about,  the  under  grades  of  stock  that 
has  to  some  extent  accumulated.  A  flood  deal  or  tlih 
cheaper  grades  worn  worked  off  for  bakers’  use  be- 

f/irn  thn  ,"v!*fK  r>  /  Vntmtnhitr  Itttf  tliurn  It  la  lurirn  uimn 


TELL  EVERYBODY! 


lawyers,  it  is  even  a  better  thing  to  be  known 
as  honest  men  (applause) ;  and  that  there  is  nr* 
Incompatibility  whatever  iu  the  possession  of 
both  of  these  titles. 

The  same  day  another  Judge  sentenced  one 
of  the  jurors  In  the  Stokes  case  to  pay  $100  flue 
and  to  two  months’  imprisonment  for  disobey¬ 
ing  the  orders  of  the  court  by  leaving  the  other 
jurymen  without  the  consent  of  the  court.  This 
is  the  second  one  of  these  jurors  who  has  been 
punished. 

During  the  week,  also,  James  R.  Ingcrsoll, 
and  Farrington,  a.  bookkeeper,  wlio  were  par¬ 
ticipants  In  the  Ring  Frauds,  have  been  sen¬ 
tenced  to  the  State  Prison  for  a  t  erm  of  years. 

Frank  L.  Taintor,  convicted  of  embezzling 
$425,000.  property  of  the  Atlantic  National  Rank, 
has  been  sentenced  to  seven  years’  imprison¬ 
ment  in  the  Albany  Penitentiary. 

Thus  the  year  187a  is  closing  with  the  inau¬ 
guration  of  the  reign  of  Justice  and  an  upright 
Judiciary  in  this  city,  which  has  become  a  by¬ 
word  for  the  wanton  shamelessness  with  which 
fraud  and  rascality  of  every  kind  has  been 
practiced. 


NEW  QUARTER-NEST  VOLUME 


1  ic  order  to  greatly  extend  the  circulation  of  the 
Rujiaj  New-Yorker,  and  introduce  it  to  thousands 
of  X. unities,  preparatory  to  the  commencement  of  its 
next  Volume  in  January,  1874,  wo  make  the  following 
liberal  offer: 

THE  13  NUMBERS  OF  THIS  QUARTER 

(Oct.  to  Jan.)  will  be  sent,  On  Trial,  to  any  address 
in  the  Cnitod  Stales  or  Canada,  for 


fore  the  27th  of  November,  but  there  Is  n  large  quan¬ 
tity  of  butter  that  may  have  to  take  its  place  should 
trade  saffer  a  protracted  period  of  Inactivity.  There 
Is  no  trouble  fn  wnrkini-  off  the  One  ends  of  State 
dairies,  or  for  that  matter,  sins  11  Hues  that  arc  per¬ 
fect,  and  the  buytng  competition  for  them  kcBps 
fancy  and  tine  qualities  tlrui  at  late  ranges.  Polls  arc 
now  nominal.  Western  stock  Is  not  abundant,  and 
what  medium  trade  Is  current  is  u*1ng  It  upabout  as 
fast  as  it  arrives,  also  at  full  laiu  quotations.  Rolls 
aro  running  a  little  Irregular,  hut  pooronos  will  bring 
full  prices. 

We  quote  Orange  county  palls,  fancy.  40®  — o.; 
other  good  palls ^SV>M7c.  ;  poor  lore.  20@X>c.;  State 
tlrklns  and  half  tubs  tine.  SitASSo..  In  lines,  and  IW® 
<We.  for  selections  1  fair  to  good  State.  24f«t80c.'  Welsn 
tubs,  fancy,  *kiftfl4e.;  Other,  28®-71eg  choice  Western, 
including  Michigan  factory. 27&30O.;  pood  <lo..?0,x?.1c„; 
shipping,  lkvj,2do.;  hpw  do.  K*<\  Pennsylvania  puds, 
;cc®a,jr.,  do.  other  pkga.,  25c«530o.  Holla,  choice,  2?® 
28c. i  other,  20Go2ic- 

t'lieeae.  Shipments  for  the  week. 4,700  hoxes.  The 
export  movement  has  been  quite  moderate,  hut  the 
home  trade  has  shown  a  marked  Improvement,  and 
the  tone  of  the  market  litre  been  rather  more  t-ncour- 
agtngto  holders.  Shippers  pay  ISy-e.  and  occasion¬ 
ally  btfc'e.  for  best  lots  of  State  factory,  with  the 
home  trade  operating  at  hi  V^.lle. 

Fine  aud  choice  rhctoiy  JSXGilSSfC.  do.  good  to 
prime,  12><.f®13)ic,'  fair  lots,  UHatujfo,;  State  farm  dai¬ 
ry,  good  to  prime.  LZjkfiilJXc.:  do.  fair  lets.  11(31 12c.: 
do.  ski  in  mod,  <k»9c.:  Western,  fine  chcddar,  nominal ; 
do.  good  list.  ISRiSUkNc-j  do.  fair  lots,  ll>$«&i2*c.; 
skimmed,  5:g»8e.:  English  dairy,  nominal. 

G'ottnu  -Has  been  rutefigupto  l.’i.Vc- for  low  mid¬ 
dling  upland,  but  closed  weak  ut  15,Sc. 

Bided  Fruits.— The  general  market  has  a  bettor 
tone,  with  rather  more  life  to  trade. 

■Soutnem  apples,  old.  Ortffcz  d<*.  new.  7®?Uc.,  and 
76t3c.  for  sliced  i  state,  7  v®w.  for  old  qrs.  and  !K&»yc. 
altced;  Western, Old,  7<.>;Tv(e.:  uqm  7'g(®,  Vo.;  new  State 
at  7¥<®\Wc.  for  qra.  and  10c,  for  sliced,  Blackber¬ 
ries,  reeled  peaches,  prime  Georgia  and 

North  Caroltn*,18>,2flo.j  unpeelod  for  halves 

and  0>4<js7c.  for  quarter*  Pitted  cherries.  20t®2.ie,  for 
State  and  Southern.  Raspberries.  new,  30c.  Califor¬ 
nia  plums,  32@8St\;  do.  pears,  22(3 26c. 

Kgtts.  The  rCcolpls  aro  largely  composed  of 
limed,  and  dealers  arc  trying  to  push  them  by  shad¬ 
ing  quotation'.  Fresh  arc  linn  and  higher.  Wo 
quote  Slat*-  aud  Pennsylvania.  3PC$.'ile. :  Western, 
extra,  29 -o  30c.;  other  Wtretaru .  IBqti&c.:  Canadian  38 
(t2'.ic.;  limed  Stoic,  21<&22Ke.;  do.  Western,  2u<g2I ko. 

A  few  selected  Stete,  2:!c.  Box  eggs  from  Long  Is¬ 
land  uud  New  Jersey  hrtog  3k®38c, 

Flour.— Prices  are  dccidodly  higher,  with  n  good 
demand  for  shipping  stock, uuua  better  Inquiry  From 
the  home  trade. 

No.  2 . M  me  5  ,15 

Cupertino  State  . .  />  tAw  fi  66 

Extra  do . «  SOfis  it  95 

Fancy  do. . . .  7  16®  7  00 

Hupei-flne  Western . 6  Hi®  fi  25 

Kxc.ru  do . C  4>V®  6  90 

Minnesota  extras .  6  8<1®  8  75 

Western,  white  wheat . 7  7&®  s  4, 

Round  nooptlhto . fl  flOf'6  7  |J0 

Trade  brands  do . 7  Oft®  8  <0 

(Southern,  extra. . fi  7.V®  7  CO 

Double  extras .  7  65&10  75 

Rye  Hour.  .  . 4  50*®  ,5  76 

Corn  meal.  Jersey . . . .1  4»,'c  S  00 

Brandvwine .  4  00®  4  10 

Fresh  Fruits.— Apple*  arc  llrm  and  tend  upward. 
Buyers  are.  u  little  cautious  of  railroad  stock  since 
the  cold  snap.  There  is  a  small  export,  of  apples, 
confined  l '  liio  usual  sorts  taken  for  Europe.  Albe¬ 
marle  and  Newtown  pippins,  prime,  range  at  Vs<%8  4k 
bbl.  Lady  apples  are  offering,  huL  they  anticipate 
the  holidays  too  soon  for  a  regular  market.  They 
arc  held  at  flOC'-fri  4*  bbl.  A  tew  fnney  Boston  poors 
arc  on  sale.  The  main  supply  is  from  California 
boxes.  The  receipts  of  the  latter  are  about  over: 
last  receipts  included  some  fancy  specimens, and  the 
rtuiLO  ,r  now$J<"i$5  -  box.  Grapes  me  slow  ol  :  tie 
at  old  prices.  CiunluTTics  httroly  hold  up  to  j.ibt 
figures.  Chestnut*  not  wanted,  lilckory  nuts  mo 
lower.  Wo  quote:  Apple- — prime  mixed  state,  u 
*3.50  p  bbl-;  selected  gleaning;.  Cpltzeuburg*  i  , 
Baldwins,  8.>.f*X't8-''-76;  Ohio  and  MtChlgiU,  i2. 

83.12;  common  lot*,  $2.60<3;82A7.  Or*  -  -  ■  , 

Jo.  ,7  Tb.:  Catawba,  .'«®jic.  do.  Cranb  ire— iv 
bbl*.,  8s.r*0C'i49:  other.  $ti(®8T.50 ;  boxes,  mme.  *2. 

*3;  other,  ♦lAOm.i'.’.Stl.  1‘cCana,  Suffice  .  ire  to  uuai  .. 
Chestuuts,  Taifio,  p  bush.  Hickory  nuts,  *1.7  .  •  < 

hush.  lVanuts.  #1  .(HX"«1 .7 '*  for  good  to  prints  V..- 
glnia.  and  iltelLJOfor  other. 

Grni it.— The  sudden  close  of  canal  navigation  n-rl 
locking  up  of  about  1,000,000  bushel*  gTum  leads  to  a 
sharp  rise  In  prices.  Shipper* are  operating  to  a  fair 
extent,  and.  aside  from  tills,  there  are  a  number  of 
maturing  contracts  for  which  stock  mu-.-t  ot  pro- 
vldcd.  We  quote: 

Wheal.  Mil.,  No.  2 . 81.58@|1.55 

do.  1 .  1.57  cm  1.00 

Chicago,  No.  2 .  Lfc®  1.52 

Red  Western,  new .  l.,v  &  i.(-0 

Amber  do. .  1X5® - 

White .  i.ik®  1.90 

Itye,  W e.'torn .  p.y®  ns 

New  Stata .  ohi®  L00 

Barley  malt.  Canada  West .  1  76®  1.S0 

Corn,  pruno  mixed .  72®  70 

Whttc.. . .  . 

Southern. . . . . .  . 

Oats,  Weatern  mixed .  f5@55.12 

Whito . 5d®  68 

Barley,  Western . 1.45®  1.G0 

State;  two-rowed . . . l.jiy.u  I. to 

do.  four-rowed .  l.dix®  1.05 

Hay  and  Straw.— The  sutlrten  close  of  river 
navigation  stimulate.-  price*.  The  demand  Is  mode¬ 
rate  from  thtppcrs.w  ith  tho  home  trade  fBir, 

We  quote  prime  Timothy,  per  ton,  8-'7«28;  do..  fa*r 
to  good,  do.,  per  ton.  $22®20;  do.,  shipping  grade, 
per  ton.  £lb@20 ;  du„  clover,  gooo,  per  ton.  J18:  do.,  in¬ 
ferior,  per  ton,  8l2®lfi.  sftrdw,  Iona,  per  ton,  ?ifit*l7 ; 
do.,  short,  per  ton.  615 ;  do.,  oat,  iter  ton,  811®J5. 

Honey.— Very  unsalable.  Dealers  are  willing  to 
acoept  lata  wholesale  prices  for  fhAttp  packages.  vVo 
quote  white  olover,  In  glass,  buckwheat,  2jV® 


In  mld-oooan,  noarly,  the  steamer  Vlllc  tin 
Havre,  n  steamer  belonging  to  the  French 
Transatlantic  Oo„  collided  with  an  English 
ship,  Loch  Earn,  and  sank  in  twelve  minute* 
after  the  collision,  carrying  down  with  heririfi 
of  her  passengers  and  crew.  Eighty-seven 
only  wore  saved,  and  found  refuge  on  the  Loch 
Earn  until  she  spoke  the  TrlmouniuJu,  to 
which  ship  the  passengers  were  t-ansferred. 
Thistenlblo  disaster  to  Ihe  largest  alenniHhip 
afloat,  except  the  Great  Eastern,  has  made  a 
most  profound  Impression  upon  tho  public, 
ft  seems  that  the  officers  of  the  steamer  saw 
tho  Loch  Earn  fifteen  to  seventeen  minutes  be¬ 
fore  the  collision.  It  would  seem  that  such  a 
disaster  might  have  been  avoided;  but  it  was 
not.  Boston,  New-York,  Chicago  contributed 
victims.  The  daily  papers  and  telegrams  will 
have  furnished  our  reader*  with  tho  details, 
and  the  names  of  the  saved  and  lost.  Our 
space  docs  not,  permit  their  publication. 


ONLY  FIFTY  CENTS! 


All  our  subpcribcr*  are  requested  to  make  thi  <  offer 
known  to  their  neighbor*  and  friend*,  and  to  note 
that  they  cau  have  the  paper  forwarded  to  distant 
friend*  and  relatives,  during  tins  Trial  Trip,  for  the 
trifling  consideration  above  specified.  How  many 
will  gratify  and  benefit,  their  friend*  by  sending  them 
tho  Best  xnd  Cheapest  Amebic  an  Weekly  or 
its  Class  7  \>no  in  tho  time  to  respond.  Blialt  we 
add  ten,  twent  v  r»- fifty  thousand  to  our  odltlon  on 
the  1st  of  October? 


A  Spanish  View  of  American  Competency  to 
Cope  With  Spain. 

Wk  copy  the  follow  ing  paragraphs  from  El. 
Oronifla,  a  semi-official  Spanish  organ  in  t  his 
city : 

Tho  Government  of  Madrid  will  gravely  com¬ 
promise  the  integrity  of  our  country  and  cover 
her  with  shame  and  opprobrium  if  it  consents 
to  the  petition  of  the  American  Government 
and  delivers  up  Ike  VirgiDiu®. 

Whoever  knows  this  Republic,  not  by  its  su¬ 
perficial  manifestations,  but  by  what  ii  in  real¬ 
ity  i.%,  will  ngrec  with  u*  that  It  does  not  pos¬ 
sess  nor  could  1 1  procure  the  elements  necessary 
to  bring  it  triumphantly  out  of  the  struggle 
with  Spain. 

The  Amer'can  Navy  Is  nothing  more  than  a 
paper  squadron;  a*  has  been  graphically  said  of 
it  by  the  Secretary  and  confirmed  by  Admiral 
Porter,  the  chief  officer  In  it. 

Cuba,  fortunately,  without  other  frontier* 
than  the  sea  to  bound  her  with  Hie  Northern 
Republic,  could  not  he  Invade;!  by  a  military 
force  proportionate  t  o  that  which  she  hns  t  o 
defend  her.  To  takeover  there  successfully  a 
few  clandestine  practical  expeditions  Is  not  the 
same  a*  to  undertake  llietrunsportailon  of  10u,- 
000  soldiers.  Or  do  those  who  know  anything 
about  tlu>  affair  believe  that  io-day  the 'island 
could  bo  Invaded  with  much  less  troops,  while 
Its  actual  defenders  ato  more  than  lOO.OdO,  and, 
appealing  to  an  extraordlit.iry  rising  there, 
triplicate  our  forces  in  a  few  months? 

To  send  and  maintain  an  expedition  of  100,000 
men  in  Cuba  this  nation  would  need  another 
loojxxi  to  successively  replace  them.  The  cli¬ 
mate  *if  1  aba  is  as  m. Ttli  ,  iii:'.  Intem¬ 
perance  of  these  people! 

The  statisticians  of  tho  Republic  of  tVashlng- 
ton  also  know  that  an  effoel I vc  blockade  of 
Boat  on,  New  York  and  Philadelphia,  such  <es  a 
good  section  of  our  navy  could  iooontiuentlv 
establish  without  any  opposition  from  ihc 
Auiorican  navy,  would  cost  this  nation  one 
hundred  times  inoro  than  the  value  of  the  pos¬ 
session  of  Cuba  for  many  centuries. 

Three  hundred  millions  of  dollar*  is  the  least 
that,  according  to  trustworthy  calculation*  ol’ 
business  men.  would  ho  lost  by  the  commerce 


Spanish  Republicans  to  Senator  Sumner. 

Several  Republican  member;  of  the  Span¬ 
ish  Cortes  have  ecn'»  Senator  Sumner  a  con¬ 
gratulatory  dispatch.  After  thanking  Mr,  Sum. 
ner  for  hi*  efforts  for  liberty,  it  say*  that  t  here 
aro  three  great  republics— Spain.  France  and 
the  1‘nltad  States  and  that  they  ought  to  stand 
toget  her.  It  says  that  the  republicans  of  Spain 
have  alcady  emancipated  Jitt,0tK)  slave-,  and  that 
they  Intend  to  continuo  their  work  until  nil 
lifin oath  the  Spanish  flag  are  free.  It  Is  full  of 
noble  and  gene-roua sentiment*.  The  half-dozen 
signer*  are  leading  members  of  the  Republican 
parly  in  Spain. 

Report  of  the  Ceneral  of  the  Army. 

Thk  following  paragraph  i*  from  the  report 
of  Gen,  Sherman  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

I  have  the  honor  herewith  to  submit,  a  state¬ 
ment  showing  the  organization  and  aeiual 
strength  of  enlisted  men  in  the  army,  compiled 
from  ihe  official  returns  up  to  the  latest  dale, 
and  invite  your  attention  to  t  he  recapitulation, 
showing  25,Wa  enlist-  ■!  men  of  cavalry,  artillery . 
and  infantry,  end  3.970  non-corubatants,  the 
whole  aggregating  2y,6U5,  or  UC>  less  than  the 
number— 80.0W  limited  l-y  law.  In  tho  active 
regimenm  the  number  of  men  sick  and  on  tho 
necessary  detail*  about  the  posts  will  fully 
equal  !6'i  per  cent.,  so  that  the  actual  strength 
for  military  service  does  not  exceed  19,062  men. 
In  order  thiil  the  regular  army  should  fulfil  it_< 
arduous  duties  on  t  he  frontier,  as  also  form  the 
model  on  which  to  shape  the  volunteers  and 
militia  ioroo  of  lh»  United  States,  1  oaj-ne*t  Iy 
recommend  that  Congress  be  asked  to  fix  the 
limit,  of  the  enlisted  force  at  Mich  u  figure  a.-, 
will  give  30,000  for  the  regiments  of  the  line, 
and  t.o  iTovlde  epcclflcally  for  the  nott-oom- 
butant  detach  moots,  such  as  the  engineer  bat- 
talllon,  theOrdnanco  Deportment,  West  Point 
doffichtiKiiit,-,  Signal  Department,  ordnance 
and  commissary  sergeants.  In  t  he  same  manner 
as  has  been  done  for  the  hospital  steward. 


CURRENT  TOPICS 


The  Forty-third  Congress 

mot  December  1.  Mr.  Blaine  of  Main©  was  re¬ 
elected  Speaker  of  the  Lower  House,  and  Mr. 
MoPherson,  Clerk.  Aside  from  organizing  and 
the  Introduction  of  several  bills,  nothing  was 
done.  Tue  President's  Mo; sage  was  not  re¬ 
ceived  until  December  2.  The  Message  is 
longer  than  President  Grant's  messages  have 
hitherto  beon.  Received  just  a*  wo  go  to  press 
we  can  scarcely  give  an  abstract  of  i(,.  He  re¬ 
commends  a  commission  to  hear  and  deter¬ 
mine  the  claim*  of  aliens  upon  the  l  nitt'd 
States  resulting  from  acts  committed  during 
the  Rebellion  ;  also  a  revision  of  laws  respect¬ 
ing  the  expatriation,  and  tho  election  of  na¬ 
tionality  of  individuals;  also  a  change  in  the 
constitution  which  will  authorize  the  Execu¬ 
tive  to  approve  of  so  much  of  any  measure 
passed  by  Congress  as  his  Judgment  shall  dic¬ 
tate  without  approving  the  whole,  the  disap¬ 
proved  portions  only  to  be  subject  to  tin:  same 
rule  as  now;  also  a  provision  that  there  shall 
bo  no  legislation  by  Congress  during  the  last 
twenty-four  hours  of  its  sitting,  except  upon 
vetoes;  also  that.  I  here  shall  he  no  legislation 
hy  Congress  when  convened  by  Executive  pro¬ 
clamation,  except  upon  such  subjects  us  the 
Executive  may  bring  bofore  it  from  time  t.n 
time  in  writing.  Ho  also  recommends  to  Con¬ 
gress  that  it  exercise  more  economy  iu  making 
appropriations,  expressing  doubt  whether  the 
revenues  for  present  fiscal  year  will  not  fall 
short  of  mooting  actual  o.qpcasoa,  including 
interest  on  the  public  debt.  Ho  devotes  much 
spaoe  to  the  currency  quest  ion,  and  to  the  sub¬ 
ject  of  national  banks  and  specie  payments. 
But  our  own  space  is  exhausted,  and  we  must 
notice  his  further  recommendations  hereafter. 


Government  Finances. 

Under  date  of  Nov.  21),  we  have  the  following 
from  Washington;  United  States  currency 
outstanding  this  date,  old  demand  notes,  $79,- 
687.50;  legal-tender  notes,  new  Is  tie,  $72,300,151; 
legal-tender  notes,  series  of  1809.  $294,021,807; 
one-year  notes  ol  1803,  $83,283 ;  two-year  notes 
of  1803,  825,000 ;  two-year  coupon  notes  of  1803, 
$31,100;  compound  interest  notes,  8404,290; 
fractional  currency,  first  Issue,  $4,349,092,41; 
second  issue,  $8,161,490.83;  third  issue,  $3,380,- 
401.18;  fourth  Issue,  first  series.  £20,000,730.03: 
fourth  Issue,  second  *crics,  $7,783,020.26 :  third 
series,  $8,625,100.  Total,  $415,047,310.45.  Tho 
amount  of  fractional  currency  received  from 
the  Printing  Division  for  the  week  ending  to¬ 
day  was  $812,800 ;  shipments,  $1*6,800 ;  shipment 
.  ©,50(1.  The 

Treasury  a*  security  for  national  bank  circula¬ 
tion  is  $393,215,900 ;  for  public  deposits.  $16,611,- 
000;  Outslaftdlng  national  nank  note-.  $343,530,- 
499,  The  international  revenue  receipts  to-day 
were  $286,667 ;  for  t  he  month,  $(5,734,050;  for  the 
fiscal  year,  $39,913,489. 


Justice  in  New  York. 

The 29th  of  November  there  transpired  events 
in  this  city  which  caused  every  law-abiding, 
order-iovuig  and  honest  man  in  it  to  rejoice. 
As  we  stated  last  week,  Wm.  M.  Tweed,  the 
chief  of  Tammany  rascals,  had  been  sentenced. 
He  had  been  permitted  hy  the  Sheriff  to  remain 
in  the  Tombs  for  a  week,  when  the  Sheriff  re¬ 
ceived  intimation  from  the  Attorney-general 
that  he  must  oxecuto  the  sente i too  of  the  court 
or  the  attention  of  (lie  Governor  of  the  State 
would  lie  called  to  hi*  neglect.  The  delay  had 
been  made  with  the  hope  on  the  part  of  Tweed's 
friend*  and  counsel  that  n  stay  of  proceedings 
might  be  secured  ere  he  would  be  compelled  to 
doff  tho  garb  of  Civilized  society  and  assume 
the  costume  of  a  convict.  But  Saturday  the 
sheriff  took  the  hint  of  tho  Attorney-general, 
and  Tweed  was  transferred  to  Blackwell's  Is¬ 
land  uud  surrendered  to  the  Penitentiary  au¬ 
thorities,  had  hi*  beard  stiaved  off,  was  com¬ 
pelled  to  take  a  cold  water  bath,  gave  his  name, 
age,  &c„  to  the  warden,  was  clad  in  convict 
costume  and  locked  up  in  a  ceil,  the  door  of 
which  was  labeled  with  his  name,  crime  and 
term  of  sentence. 

The  same  day  Judge  Davis,  before  whom 
Tweed  was  tried,  arraigned  Tweed’s  counsel 
before  him  for  contempt  of  court  during  the 
trial,  charging  them  with  trying  to  intimi¬ 
date  him  and  drive  him  from  the  bench.  T.ie  i 
counsel  made  an  elaborate  reply,  to  which  me 
judge  responded  in  a  speech  of  great  power, 
but  temperate,  dignified  and  noble,  closing  by 
fining  three  of  the  counsel,  William  Fullerton, 
Join i  Graham  and  Willard O- Bartlett,  $260 each, 
aud  to  stand  committed  until  the  line  was  paid. 
The  fines  were  promptly  paid.  He  also  cen¬ 
sured  the  junior  counsel,  and  gave  them  L ills 
admirable  advice : 

I  a*k  you,  young  gentlemen,  to  remember 
that  good  fuitii  to  a  good  client  never  can  jus¬ 
tify  or  require  bad  faith  to  your  own  con¬ 
sciences  ;  aud  that,  however  good  a  thing  it 
may  be  to  be  known  os  successf  ul  and  great 


Settlement  of  the  Virginius  Difficulty. 

The  following  are  the  terms  of  the  protocol 
drawn  up  and  signod  by  Secretary  Fish  and  the 
Spanish  minister,  Admiral  Polo: 

J'Yrtifc— The  immediate  delivery  to  the  United 
State*  of  the  ship  Vlrglulus  and  all  the  surviv¬ 
ing  passengers  and  crew. 

.Second — A  salute  to  our  flag  on  the  25th  of 
December  next,  unless  in  the  meantime  Spain 
shall  satisfy  the  Uuited  States  that  r  be  Ameri¬ 
can  flag  was  improperly  borne  on  that  vessel, 
and  further,  that  she  had  no  right  to  the  Amer¬ 
ican  flag  or  American  i-apers.  in  tins  event  the 
salute  i=  to  be  spontaneously  withdrawn,  and 
Spain  is  to  formally  disclaim  any  intentional 
indignity  to  the  flag  in  t  he  a~ts  committed  by 
Spain  against  the  \  irginius. 

Tliiul — If  It  shaJ(  thus  be  shown  that  the  Vir- 
gintus  had  no  right  to  carry  tho  American  flag 
and  papers,  tho  United  States  will  institute 
proceedings  against  the  vessel  and  the  surviv¬ 
ing  parties  who  hare  violated  the  laws  of  the 
United  State*  ;  and  Spain  guarantees  to  insti¬ 
tute  proceedings  against  any  of  her  authorities 
who  may  have  violated  either  law  or  treaty 
stipulations. 

Fourth— The  subject  of  reclamations  for  dam¬ 
ages  is  to  be  considered  hereafter,  aud  if  the 
Governments  of  Spain  and  the  Uuited  States 
cannot  agree,  this  matter  will  be  left  to  arbi¬ 
tration. 


PRODUCE  AND  PE0 VISIONS, 


new  Vole,  lion  day.  Dee.  1. 1873. 

Receipts.— The  receipts  of  the  prmoipal  mads  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  as  follows : 

Dried  Fruits,  pkes.  707  Cotton,  bales .  19,125 

Eggs,  bbls .  10,605  Haps,  bales .  506 

Flour,  bbls .  71,200  Peanuts,  hags .  Ii* 

Wiiea!,hush . .  627,500  Cut  meats,  pkge...  11.496 

Corn,  bush  ... -  307,600  Pork, bbls .  2,(55 

Oats.  bush. ...  ..  ..  91.50(1  Beef,  pkgs  .  5t'( 

Itye,  bush .  9,100  Lard,  pkgs .  3,21ii 

Barley,  bush . .  118,1:0  Butter,  pkgs .  2;i,*i55 

Molt,  Ijiisli . -  14.650  Cheese,  nkgs .  .V/.O,:, 

Heims,  bush .  6,925  Wool,  bales .  1,140 

fern  meal.  Obis _  1,428  Grass  seed,  bosh...  55 

Lore  meal,  bags...  1.2061  Dressed  Hogs,  No..  126 

licaiis  nml  Pen*.— Export  of  beans,  past  week. 
560  bbls.;  Of  pees,  2,100  bust).  There  I*  a  fair  Ooinuinl 
for  mediums  at  last  week's  prices.  Those  quotations 
arc  about  all  the  murker  will  stand  while  receipts 
conn?  forwurd  .<o  free)  .  .'din-rows  are  telling  pretty 
well  for  express,  but  lutlerly  the  reuelpi*  ha  vo  in", 
eluded  a  pond  proportion  of  marrows,  and  onjt  rs  are 
consequently  somewhat  favored.  Feu  umfkidnev 
iu;iin*  rule  u*  before,  with  qiucli  demand  for  white 
kidneys.  The  close  of  navigation  has  strengthened 
Canadian  peas.  Southern  B.  E.  peas  are  very  scarce, 
and  would  sell  at  the  new  quotation.  Green  "peas  sell 
in  a  small  way  only. 


Hop*.— Large  supplies  of  foreign  have  wpasened 
the  market  for  all  descriptions.  Tho  tnqub  y  is  quite 
moderate. 

We  quot«  prime  and  choice  new.  iOwUcc.— the  tat¬ 
ter  price  "UtslclG  and  for  time  lots ;  good,  do.,  38tfst40o.; 
lair  do..  65@370i;.  choice  Shite.  1*72  crop,  30c.;  flood, 
csdv'iOr.i  poor,  do., 25c.:  Eastern, '72  rrop, 30c.:  Wiscon¬ 
sin,  do.,  'A’kuAOc,  for  good  and  prime  lota. 

Poultry  and  loom-.  Considering  the  dull  times 
the  dressed  poultry  market  had  u  very  favorable 
run  for  TknukaKmng.  Most  uf  the  stock  was  suit! 
out  clem,  and  Min  market  is  in  a  fair  condition  for 
moderate  supplies.  There  was  very  little  fancy 
stock  offered  ror  the  holiday,  and  18c.  was  extreme 
for  Western  or  State  turkoys.  The  quality  of  n-<  ,-rrt 
lots  i*  more  attractive,  and,  unless  wu  aro  swamped, 
the  market  promises  some  »teadluess  at  quotations. 
Ducks  begin  to  sell.  Geese  have  an  Improved  de¬ 
mand. 

Wo  quote  :  Dressed  Poultry— ^ Chickens,  N.  ,1.  aud 
Bucrs  Co.,  prime.  15®16e.;  do.,  do.,  fair  to  good,  IS® 
14c.;  do.,  State,  prime,  13@15c.;  do.,  do.,  poor  to  good, 
ll@12c.;  do.,  Western,  good  to  prime,  13t|>14c.:  do.,  do- 
fair  to  good,  10@llt\;  Turkeys,  Jersey,  prime,  17is 
Do.;  do.,  State,  prime,  16317c.;  do.,  do.,  poor  to  fair, 


A  Female  Italian  Brigand. 

The  Italian  journals  relate  that  the  environs 
of  Catanzara,  Calabria,  are  infested  by  a  band 
of  brigands  under  the  command  of  a  young 
woman.  She  is  only  twenty  years  of  age,  and 
of  great  beauty,  with  remarkable  black  and 
brilliant  eyes.  Her  name  is  Marie,  and  she  is 


13@15c.;  do..  Western,  good  to  prime,  15@17c.;  do.> 
Mu P°or  to  good,  13@14c.;  Ducks,  Western,  prime, 
Jov,-f'?ir  to  Food,  12c.;  Geese,  Jersey, 
good  to  prime,  Ki  olOe.:  do.,  do.,  \V  eater n,  good  to 

Slicks’  if  tl  o  ’  11  <io*’  plK,r’  ^*100.;  New  Jersey 

,  Buyers  or  game  stocked  up  pretty  libernliy  last 
geek.:  und  though  the  wholesale  market  Is  more 
Uphtly  supplied  than  we  usually  see  It  at  tins  season, 
some  tl«e  must  elapse  before  retailers  appear  again, 
anil  prices  for  the  present  me  easier,  uiml)  s>  Id 
readily  last  week  at  $,Vi6.  Wo  quote  quail  ut  *2  i.,r 
prime;  $LnOQfl.7:>  for  poor  to  lair.  Grouse,  Sbtotooc. 
ror  tine,  and  oft.st;0e.  tor  common,  rutridgos— West¬ 
ern.  lUASQe-.  Willi  ducks  are  In  tulr  demand.  Yen- 
1-on  U  in  some  over  stock.  We  quote:  Hares.  V 
P?5r  -KabbltM.  p  pair,  4utgi46c.  Venison, 

whole  deer,  V  It,,  ll(*l2c.;  long  saddles.  lABlftc.:  short 
Middles,  luaiTo.  Cuuva*  back  ducks,  >1.76  V  pair, 
Kedticads,  ,oe.  do.  .Mallard,  UkaHte.  Common  wild 


Vctils.— Smooth  quality  veals  were  not  to  hand. 
Grass  calves  were  slow  from  fct‘>@10  ¥  head. 

Sheep  and  Ijn.ni bn.— No  fresh  stock  was  to  hand, 
shippers  having  lost  heavily  on  poor  quality.  Sheep 
have  held  back,  and  good  sheep  und  iambs  are 
scarce,  sheep  sold  from  $1,833*5.25  cwt.;  lambs 
from  tkitTe.  (  cwt. 

Hogs*— Live  sold  at  *4.12#  y  cwt.;  city  dressed 
opened  with  an  upward  tendency  on  our  lust  quota¬ 
tions. 

RECEIPTS  OF  I  IVE  STOCK. 

5h<*p  A 

Bmwvi*!»,  Cows.  ChIvh*.  LanihN.  H  *fr* 

One  Hundredth  St... 1, MG  7  385  290  (kb 

Forty- Elghta  St .  HI  90  162  11,0114  (kit. 

Fortieth  Bt .  UoU  00  000  6.528  85,476 

Communtpaw .  3.570  00  00  2,009  26.928 

Weehawken . 1,467  00  00  000  (too 

Totals  this  week....  5,976  97  53T  19, 941  &i>  u .( 

“  last  week....  7,256  96  850  25,493  48.W 

COMPARATIVE  KATES. 

Last  week.  This  week 

_  .  Cents.  Cents 

Good  Steers  V  n> . . . 12  li  is  12  &  p; 

Fair . It  w  UK  H  to  it'. 

Fuor . 10  <4  lQ*  10  («  !  1 

Poorest .  7K  i»  9K  8  to  ;  . 

Gen.  selling  rates . lit#  <gi  11#  10#  <a  n 


1  roylmons.— Prices  generally  are  higher,  through 
an  active  speculative  Inquiry,  the  export  business 
M  moderate.  Bacon  for  winter  delivery,  7  i*c.  tor  long 
°*e{W  ;ic-  for  short  clear,  TUtaiTJuu.  for  long  and 
short  clear  tugetl  er.  s 

hains  -ciuiico  Western,  $21®28;  Texas  prime, 
do.  fair  lots,  flftatK  l.aru.  new.  ut  be.  for 
west  OTP  steam  on  spot;  ,8c.  for  Nov.;  8#c.  for 
Long  clear,  TMc, ;  short  clear.  1\c.  •  short  rib, 
...  c2?  l'°rK ,  flip's),  spot:  Western  prime  moss 
ft}!'"0-.  P”.**"*!1  hoga,cil*. 6#©6#c.  Cut-meats  are 
•efliiy  at  Betide.  for  pickled  hums. loose ;  tiWwGMe-  for 
Shoulders,  loose;  Btollte.  for  pickled  bellies,  loo  e. 
Boxrsl  dry-salUul  shonldrs.  5#(iSVc„wfntor  delivery. 
Rooked  meats  ut  15tl  lie.  for  loose  li 
loose  shoulders. 

Beef  solllrg  ut  f 
*l2to  13,5(J  for  o 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


M®7Ko.  lor 
prime  stock. 
tll.Ia  for  barreled  now  plain  mess. 
-  --  -  --  ---  — ra  mens.  Tierced  beef,  new,  for 

short  delivery  at  $18<a(20  for  new  India  mess,  $26  for 
new  extra  India  mess. 

o  *«&d«.-aoTer  to  |„  light  supply,  and  heldatSK® 
^Othylshcld  flnuly  at  $2.85 @3.  Hough  llax 
quiet  at  $1.7o65l.8,i. 

Tobneoo.— Business  hasbeen  quite  moderate,  with 
prices  without  change. 

QUOTATIONS — NEW  CHOP. 

Light  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

puss-.. . . . CKto  7#e.  7Q@  7#c. 

Good  do.  ...  1%6»  nQc.  7X&  8#c. 

Common  to  medium  leaf.  8#®  !iUe.  9  @  10 kc. 

&°'>d  00.  ..10  <»  10#O.  It  ®  12 

Fine  do.  ..11  ®  12  <:.  12kto  13  c. 

Selections . 12#®  t#  18#®  15 

SEEDLKAK  OltOl*  OF  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  tillers . n  ®  14  c 

seconds . 13  (u<  g&  c. 

wrappers . 40  ®  55  c. 

selection.* . <;()  ®  75  c 

New  York  tillers . 10  @  fi  % 

wrappers . 18  ®  fa  c. 

assorted  lots . II  ®  14  e. 

Pennsylvania  II llers .  1*  li  o’ 

wrappers. . 22  w  66  t-i 

nh,A#,,.,  lwsortcd  lots . 18  Ml  25  c. 

Ohloflllers . .  m  h  c 

wrappers . . . l.s  (,«  35  c. 

assorted  lots . 9#®  13 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots . 3  "(,e  9  c[ 

Veget  11  blew.— Exports  of  potatoes,  past  week,  4,650 
bins.;  or  onions,  t.'ii)  bids.  Potatoes  are  very  ilrru, 
strengthened  by  the  hopelessness  of  further  canal 
receipts.  Our  advanced  figures  are  strong  wholesale 
prices.  Onions  are  Ann  ;  Other  garden  truck  shows 
the  firmness  that  attends  the  Introduction  of  winter. 
Marrow  squash  are  at  present  scarce,  Sweet  iiotu- 
t  ues  scarce  und  higher. 

Wc  qu,.n- Gitrlyl'o-,.,  S3.;.  v  bbl..  bulk;  Peach 
Blow  ,,,  n,,.:  .PoorioM  *2®2.2fi  do.  Prince 

AUji'rt*',  .l:i"ii  Oii  Sv'bitn,  Swcitt, 

\ .trfflnlH,  Sob.Vwj. $  i  bi.;  D^lii’wure.  Hi. r»0&5, 50  ;v  hbj. 

pDldlia.  *  hju..  *'.;*■  ;.5it  tor  red,  ».><«,  JCju  for  yol- 
Itnv tor  v,  Inti-.  51  arrow  squash,  tl.jl)  p  bbl.; 
Hubbard.  SI  do.  (  mots,  }:;  Hurstu  tnrnlps.  SUtotfie. 
Hurl iii.  100 Strings,  r HI®  11.  Pumpkins,  p  100, 8l®8. 
Outside  rate  for  potatoes  aru  for  double  beads. 

Wool,— The  market  has  more  life,  the  Inqulrv 
from  manufacturers,  with  prices  tield  with  mon'esn- 


Thr  Best  ‘-'EliiMtic  Tm#»”  iu  the  World  Is 

soul  by  Pokxiuiy  (c  Co.,  V44  Broadway,  N.  Y.,  for 
three  dollars.  W  rite  to  them  tor  fell  particulars. 

Snrglcnl  Elastic  Stocking*  for  enlarged  reins, 
and  Supporting  Bolts  o.”  boat  nunllty,  at  Fomeroy’S, 
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Has  au  aoeumuiatod  Capital  exceeding 


IThe  new  Tribune  building  tin  mix  upon  the  old  xite, 
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bwildtno  fa  nine  ftor-lfie  nigh,  and  if  a  lotul  rest  will  be 
one  million  of  dollar*.] 


Invested  In  Real  Estate  and  Mortgages  In  New  York 
City,  In  New  York  and  United  States  Bonds,  and 
steadily  Increasing  under  a  Yearly  Revenue  of  more 
than 


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llorae  Mai- hot.— The  following  sales  bad  to  be 
forced  on  at  auction;  the  city  trade  In  horse  i*  al¬ 
most  nor  oral:  One  pair  of  poor  qua  tv  li  *  har¬ 
ries*  hop  *,  $185;  1  horse  sold  at  *65;  '.  nrdliKuw  ||K|,t 
harness  1  ,rsc-s  sold  at  $10U@I40  V  head  ;  he-  *I.i(J<ju 
1**5  t  bsu  ’  ,  2  trotters  sold  at  $875tfj5oo  to  b, 1  pair 
of  rutr  0  dlty  carriage  horses.  $960;  1  pair  fair 
qualhy  ht  harness  liorges,  8:7'.  '!  w**nl  v-four 

1  "  ai  rod  pur  Central  New  Jersey  Kali  :  via 
Liberty-.-  eet  f  erry. 

Mondn  ■  '»  Sales.— Beeve*  trade  was  brisk  on 
Bundav  fr  •  -noon,  and  fair  on  this  for  cm  .n.  Prices 
botn  dayt  ranged  from  8<gu3c.  v  tr.:  w.  ..  ji9  from 
I'ilQfS  urn.,  r.  jtoyWi  u>  tire  cwt.  i  -  •  n  a  very 
light  run  :'or  fhl*  oast  week.  Poor  q  ditv  cattle 
were  very  low;  steers  alone  were  free  m  s,  ?. 

Milch  Cows.— Opened  with  a  brisk  demand  for 
good  quality  cows,  and  the  prospect  of  a  light  run 
Frlee*  arm  at  our  last  quotations. 


By  one  A  XL- III.  tselliug  Nil  nr*  Patent 
Hro<nu.  Itceoiumeuded  by  tho  late 
Horaco  Greeloto.  Am.  Agriculturist, 
und  100,900  Families  using  them. 
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PERSONAL  ITEMS. 


BEECH  EH  got  $350  for  lecturing  at  Springfield, 
Mass. 

8ALVIVI  played  four  years  with  Ristori  In 
Italy. 

Raphael  Skmmes  is  a  candidate  for  Mayor  of 
Mobile. 

llisnop  Odbnhkimer  of  New- Jersey,  is  still 
very  111. 

Brignot.i  is  singing  in  the  out-door  theaters 
In  Italy, 

Vox  Moltkh  has  become  an  enthusiastic 
cattle  raiser. 

General  Scrunch  is  making  a  tour  through 
France  with  his  family. 

John  G.  Whittier  congratulates  Mr.  Sum¬ 
ner  on  his  Cuban  affairs  letter. 

A  PORTION  of  Tweed's  family  spent  Thanks¬ 
giving  with  him  at  the  Tenths. 

Walworth,  it  is  reported,  Is  rapidly  break¬ 
ing  down  in  health  at  Sing  Sing. 

P.  T.  Barnttm'a  wife  died  in  Ncw-York  re¬ 
cently.  Her  husband  1h  In  Germany. 

Hon.  Rbvf.rdy  Johnson argues  that  the  cap¬ 
ture  of  the  Vlrglnlus  was  Illegal. 

t)R.  Elizabeth  Blackwell  has  arrived  in 
Home,  and  is  staying  at  the  Hotel  Milano. 

Mrs.  Hallkck.  wife  of  the  late  Major-Gen¬ 
eral  Hali.eck,  Ih  passing  the  winter  In  Paris. 

Charles  Ukadk,  the  novelist,  has  assumed 
the  management  of  one  of  the  London  theaters. 

Here  Rubinstein  has  boon  performing  at 
Milan,  In  connection  with  the  Quartet  Society. 

flK-VRY  Clews  &  CO.  have  effected  a  settle¬ 
ment  with  tbeir  creditors,  and  will  resume  soon. 

Some  of  Mr.  Charles  Blade's  admirers  have 
made  arrangements  to  present  1o  him  a  portrait 
of  himself. 

General  Lonosthkkt  has  been  suggested  as 
the  orator  at  the  dedication  of  the  Scott 
statue  at  Washington. 

Mr.  J  ames  Pakton  has  just  put  the  finishing 
touches  on  his  “  Life  of  Jefferson  "  for  publi¬ 
cation  In  book  form. 

SENATOR  Khmunds  of  Vermont,,  has  recov¬ 
ered  from  his  attack  of  Roman  fever,  and  left 
homo  for  Washington. 

The  Duke  of  8t.  Albans  Is  about  to  marry 
Miss  Grace  Osborne,  second  daughter  of  Mr. 
Osborne,  M.  P-,  for  Waterford. 

Delegate  McCormick  of  Arizona,  will 
make  the  daughter  of  Senator  Thurman  his 
wife  at  Wash'ngton  this  winter. 

I'rof.  Bascom  of  Williams  College,  will  give 
a  course  of  six  lectures  before  the  Lowell  In¬ 
stitute  on  "The  Philosophy  of  English  Litera¬ 
ture." 

Tiik  chapel  being  built  at  Agra  to  perpetuate 
the  memory  of  Sir  Hknrt  Havelock  is  ex¬ 
pected  to  be  opened  for  divine  service  during 
November. 

Tnn  death  Is  announced  at  Geneva,  Switzer¬ 
land,  of  the  Hon.  Francis  Reginald  Forres. 
a  noted  English  diplomat,  who  had  reached  hts 
eighty-third  year. 

Bev.  Mr.  Lord  of  Montpelier,  will  soon  put>- 
llsh  the  life  and  works  of  his  father.  Dr. 
Nathan  I.ori),  for  thirty-six  years  president 
of  Dartmouth  College. 

Mr.  Charles  Noudhoff, In  a  letter  from  the 
Sandwich  Islands,  says  that  the  attendance  of 
children  at  the  schools  there  Is  more  general 
than  In  any  other  country,  and  he  attributes 
this  to  compulsory  education. 


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Bickford’s  Improved 

Its  simplicity  and  ease ot  management,  together 
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The  practical  utility  of  the  machine  only  needs  to 
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Many  Sowing  Machine  Agents,  finding  the  In- 
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Being  made  by  Agent  selling  our  nopul 
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The  latoBtatuI  best  family  medical  guide,  by  Geo.  M. 
BraUD.  M.  I>.,  and  other  eminent  physiciuns  ol  New 
York.  Reliable  remedies  given  for  every  known  dis¬ 
ease.  Quackery,  Humbuggery  and  Patent  Medicines 
exposed-  1017  pages.  This  la  Just  the  work  to  have 
and  to  sell  In  bard  times. 

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QUINN.  Practical  Horticulturist,  (Author  of  "Pear 
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dUUA  KVEKYBODYX  FRIEND,  by 

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In  case  of  sickness  It  is 
invaluable,  as  it  can  be 
used  by  the  bedside  or 
unr  room  In  the  house 
w  1 1  h  out  Inoon venience 
from  bud  odors. 

Price  88  to  $20.  Send 
for  Circular. 

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WILLARD’S 

Practical  Dairy  Hasiiaiflry 


-  A  MONTH  to  Mule  or  Female  Agents. 
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/fv  In  r  A  MONTH  and  expenses  to  good  Canvass- 

\!A  I  h  era.  Articles  new  and  staple  as  flour,  bum- 

QfL  J  J  pies  free.  C.  M.  LIN1NGTON,  Chicago. 


The  only  Reliable  Gilt  Distribution  in 
the  Country. 

L.  D.  SINE’S  TWENTIETH 


A  Complete  Treatise  on  l»alry  Farms 
nud  Farming, 

Dairy  Stock  and  Slock  Feeding, 
Itlllk,  lt«  management  and  manu¬ 
facture  into  Butter  and  Clieeae, 
Hlntory  and  mode  of  Organization  ol 
Butter  and  Cliceac  Faetortca, 
Dairy  Uunslls,  Etc.,  Etc. 


1  / 1 A  A  AGENTS  OF  EXPEHIKNCE  wanted  for 

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onn  4>l>  <B0C<JA4S, 

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for  easti,  or  on  INSTALMENTS,  or  for  rent,  iu 
CITY  or  COr  NTH Y.  DURING  THIS  FINANCIAL 
CRISIS,  by  HORACE  WATERS  A  SON.  No.  4.M 
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of  WATERS’  CELEBRATED  PIANOS,  CONCERTO 
and  ORCHESTRAL  ORGANS.  ILLUSTRATED 
(  A  I’ALOGUK  MAILED.  GREAT  INDUCEMENTS 
TO  THE  TRADE.  _ 


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Coin  Silver  Vest  Chain*,  Solid  und  Double-plated 
Silver-ware,  Jewelry,  Sc c„  Ac. 

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in  whom  Liberal  Premium*  will  be  paid. 

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Twelve  $20  ;  Twenty*flve  $40. 

Circulars  containing  u  full  list  of  Drift-*,  a  descrip¬ 
tion  of  the  manner  of  drawing,  and  other  Informa¬ 
tion  in  reference  to  the  Distribution,  will  be  sent  to 
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BY  S.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  XVI., 

Dairy  Husbandry  Editor  of  Moore't  It  wad  Neu>' 
YorKt-r,  Lecturer  in  Cornell  Unwersity,  Maine 
Agricultural  College ,  Etc,,  Etc. 


A  month!  Horse  and  carriage  furnished. 

II.  B.  Shaw,  Alfred,  Me. 


Expenses  t  aid 


jnu»t  speedily  become  (in  met  is  already)  me  siana- 
<ird  und  Only  Authority.  It  will  pay  every  one  en¬ 
raged  In  any  branch  of  dairy  business,  or  who  keeps 
a  single  cow.  to  obtain  imd  study  this  work. 

Practical  dairy  Husbandry  embraces  546 
Largo  Octavo  Pngoiv,  is  handsomely  and  fully 
Illustrated,  printed  on  auporlor  paper,  and  elegantly 
bound.  It  is  a  Subscription  Book,  and  a  liberal  com- 
mtsifion  is  given  Agents  who  canvass  Counties,  Sc c. 
The  Agents  of  the  Run  at.  New-Yorker  (especially 
those  tn  Dairy  regions)  will  do  well  to  try  the  sale  of 
this  work.  To  any  person  residing  where  there  is  no 
Agent,  or  who  ouunot  wait  for  one,  the  Publisher  will 
send  a  oopy  of  the  work,  post-paid,  on  receipt  of  the 
price.  $3— (or  for  S5  the  book  and  Rural  New-York- 
kr  one  year.)  Address 

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A  Work  on  the  Breeding,  Rear 
ing,  Care  and  Ceneral  Man¬ 
agement  of  Poultry. 


vp???5?  You  ask  WHY  wo  can  sell 
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S290?  We  answer— It  costs 
{•  loss  than  $300  t«  make  any 

| 1  ..lEBKgafe-yB.  '  .SfiOO  PtMtio  sold  through 
Vejfv  r  t"s71*  Ak'  Ob',  all  of  ''•bom  make  |  o  0 

IMS  I  V  vU  per  Ct.  protit.  We  have  no 

yjv  R  v?J  i  MS  hi  Agents,  liut  ship  direct  to  famt* 

V  a_/,  LJ.  ig  li"«  at  Facinry  price,  nml  war  runt 

C  Years.  Pend  fur  Illustrated  circular,  lu  v  leh  we  refer 
to  over  500  Bankers,  Merchants,  Sec,  (sou  -  of  whom 
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Territories.  Please  slate  where  vnu  saw  this  notice. 

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This  is  one  of  the  finest  gotten-no  works  on  the 
subject  on  which  it  treats,  for  Its  size  and  price,  of 
any  publication  of  the  k'ud  in  thts  country.  It  It 
finely  and  profusely  llli.strated,  and  printed  and 
bound  in  ertra  style.  Contains  224  large  octavo 
pages.  Sent,  by  m&tl,  post-paid,  for  $1.50.  Address 
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NEWS  CONDENSER. 


FI  It  ST  ISSUE 

1874. 

The  Aldine  Almanac 


PUBLISHED  THIS  WEEK 


—  A  now  census  of  Baltimore  gives  a  popula¬ 
tion  of  308,(100. 

—  The  pig-iron  trade  is  extremely  dull  in  the 
Lehigh  Valley. 

—  Greening  apples  sell  in  Augusta,  Me.,  for 
six  dollars  per  barrel. 

•  —  The  First  National  Bank  of  Kansas  City 
lias  gone  into  liquidation. 

The  Hudson  River  is  reported  frozen  for  a 
distance  of  00  miles  from  Albany. 

A  county  poor-house  Is  to  be  built  at  Ball- 
stou  Spa  at  an  expense  of  $35, OIK). 

—  The  New  Hampshire  Democratic  State  Con¬ 
vention  will  be  hold  in  Concord  on  the  8th  of 
January. 

—  The  Cost- Office  Department  is  now  more 
nearly  self-sustaining  than  any  other  branch  of 
the  Government. 

—  The  Atlantic  works,  at  East  Boston,  are  to 
have  a  contract  for  $600,000  worth  of  revenue 
cutter  machinery. 

—  Toe  lumbering  season  in  Davenport,  Iowa, 
htis  closed.  The  amount  of  lumber  sawed 
reaches  30, DUO, 000  feet. 

—  The  total  taxable  property  in  Philadelphia 
this  year  is  reported  at  $548,243,535— a  gain  over 
last  year  of  $31,078, 307. 

—  The  German  expedition  for  the  exploration 
of  tiie  Libyan  desert  is  expected  to  set  out  from 
Europe  about  the  end  of  November. 

—  Three  women,  who  have  passed  a  civil 
service  examinat  ion,  have  been  appointed  Cus¬ 
tom  House  inspectors  in  Now  York. 

—  The  proposed  increase  of  revenue  from  tea, 
coffee,  distilled  spirits,  and  tobacco  would 
amount  to  about  $30,000,000  annually. 

—  The  entire  crop  of  cranberries  raised  last, 
year  in  the  United  States  was  nearly  300,000 
bushels,  of  which  New  Jersey  produced  about 
one-third. 

—  The  monument  to  Gen.  Hubert  E.  Lee,  now 
in  proeess  of  construction  in  Virginia,  will  bo 
surmounted  by  a  reclining  figure  of  the  General 
enveloped  In  his  miltary  cloak. 

—  The  California  Silk  Company  makes  a  very 
prosperous  report.  Thoy  employ  sixty  hands, 
mostly  girls,  and  manufacture  machine  and 
sewing  silk,  twist,  tram,  organize,  fringe  and 
hair  silk. 


By  the  a  uthor  of  “  < ' redo .” 

The  Arena  and  (lie  Xlirone. 

By  Prof.  r..  T.  TOWNSEND.  Uniform  with  “  Credo.’ 

12mo.  $1.50. 

This  work  comprises : 

I.  The  Field.  111.  The  Triumph. 

II.  The  Detent.  IV.  The  King. 

The  Arena  and  the  Throne  In  the  most  intensely  in¬ 
teresting  and  the  mo#l  original  of  Dr.  Townsend’S 
books.  The.  great  merit,  of  the  work  Is  In  tho  ad¬ 
vanced  conceptions  of  the  author.  Which  are  express¬ 
ed  in  the  clearest,  and  most  forcible  manner. 

Cinnpletlng  the  popular  "  Girlhood  .Serb's. " 

Klioda  lliorii(oii%  (Hrllaood. 

By  Mrs.  MARY  K.  Pratt.  With  Eleven  full- 

page  Illustrations.  Cloth . , . $1.50 

“  A  successful  picture  of  Now  England  life. — J.  O. 
Whittier. 

The  Temperance  l>r»ma. 

By  George  m.  Baker.  Containing  Eight 
Pieces,  suitable  for  Temperance  Gatherings, 
lfimo.  Cloth,  75-cts.;  half  Bd„  Illustrated  sides..  60 


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LOUISA  M.  A  LCOTT, 

JACOB  ABBOTT. 

MARY  Cl.KVMEIt  AMES, 

II.  W.  BELLOWS,  D.  1)., 

HORACE!  BUSHNKI.U,  D.  D., 
LEONARD  BACON,  D.D., 

C.  P.  CRANCH, 

T.  L.  CUYLflR,  I).  D., 

LYDIA  MARIA  CHILD, 
JAMES  FREEMAN  CLARK,  D.  D., 

ROSE  TERRY  COOKE, 

F.  C.  EWER.  D.  D„ 

GEOROE  P.  FISHER,  D.  D„ 

WILLIAM  LLOYD  GARRISON, 
FATHER  HYAC1NTHE, 

H.  1L, 

GAIL  HAMILTON, 

T.  W.  IHOGINSON, 
MRS.  UKEKNOUGH, 
ELIZABETH  STUART  PHELPS, 

GILBERT  HAVEN, 

EDWARD  E.  HALE, 

J.  J.  J  ARVES, 

CHARLES  KINGSLEY, 

JAMES  McCOSH,  LL.  D., 

W.  E.  H.  LECKY, 

J.  G.  PIATT, 

HIRAM  RICH. 

RAY  PALMER,  D.D., 
HARRIET  PRESCOTT  SPOFFORD, 

A.  P.  STANLEY,  I).  D. 

It.  H.  STODDARD, 

J.  P.  THOMPSON,  D.  1)., 

CELIA  THAXTBR, 

W.  M.  TAYLOR,  I).  !>.. 

JOHN  G.  WHITTIER, 

HENRY  WILSON, 

SUSAN  WARNER, 

J.  T.  TROWBRIDGE. 
Its  Premium  List  is  oxtensive  and  liberal. 

Oar  Now  Premium  for  1871  la  an  elegant  Chrnmo, 
entitled  “  Memories  of  Childhood,"  from  an  original 
Oil  painting  by  the  worid-ronowuod  artist,  F,  B.  C'Ait- 
PUNTKU,  which  was  painted  expressly  for  Title  INDK- 
PU.NIXtNT, 

We  also  offer  tho  boautlful  Chromos  “Good-night, 
Frolic”  and  “Hu  Tiled  ,”  n.so  Stool  Engravings  of 
"Thu  lTir»t  Rending  of  tho  Emancipation  Proclama¬ 
tion,"  “  Authors  of  the  United  States."  “  President 
Grant,”  '•  Vice-President  Wilson,"  and  "Edwin  M. 
Stanton,  Into  Secretary  of  War.” 

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Brochure  of  American  Art, 

WUh  lUuxtratUmx  b;y  the  I  text  American  Ar¬ 
tists,  Ddsitfiuiit  and  Kwjratiert  efiprtmlu 
for  till#  Work. 

WILL  BF,  READY  OCTOBER  I5tl». 

Thk  ALDINH  Ai.manao  has  boon  gotten  up  re- 
fftiriUosB  of  e.xyetiBO,  with  tho  purpOflo  of  making  It. 
beyond  com  petition,  the  most  bountiful  publication 
of  (Be  k l nil  ever  attempted  In  this  country.  Unlike 
other  aliuacne#,  Ik  t*  not  filled  with  second-hand 
ouls,  but  Is  purely  original.  Uveru  dexitn  h ui  been 
outlie  and  engraved  by  tne  beat  art-let*  nopeeMly  J or  it* 
Illustration,  .  ... 

Tine  Ai.nrxn  Almanac  Is  truly  national  In  con¬ 
ception,  und  will  bo  at  oucO  accepted  as  the  standard 
for  uistu  mid  aeeqracy  in  every  suulton  of  the  United 
States. 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS. 

Tho  Calendars. 

Mr.  John  S.  Davis,  a  young  and  rising  artist,  who  is 
beginning  to  bo  recognized  a#  the  coming  draughts¬ 
man  of  America,  has  contributed  liberally  to  tho 
embellishments  or  this  ALMANAC.  Hlssetof  twelve 
calendar  borders  arc  admirable,  anil  entirely  unique 
In  thotr  way. 

Tho  Schuylkill 

Is  represented  by  a  splendid  full-page  cut,  from  a 
drawing  of  Thomas  Moran,  the  strongest  landscape 
artist  lu  America. 

The  Outcasts  of  Poker  Flat. 

A  synopsis  of  Brot  llarto's  Inimitable  Western 
sketch  accompanies  three  Illustrations  by  Mr.  Davis. 

A  Tropical  Scene. 

One  of  the  most  exquisite  picture#  which  It  Is  pos¬ 
sible  to  conceive  Is  contributed  by  Vlury  Nemo,  to 
Illustrate  lines  from  Joaquin  Millur. 

Rip  Van  Winkle. 

A  disquisition  on  this  popular  American  legend  Is 
illustrated  by  four  designs  by  Mr.  DuGs. 

Evening  on  the  Delaware 

I#  ft  most  perfect  picture,  by  Thomas  Moran.  It 
show#  that  American  pastoral  scenery  fc:vs  ample 
charms  for  poetical  Illustration,  ami  needs  only  to  bo 
proparly  treated  to  have  this  fact  fully  recognized. 

The  Molancholy  Days. 

Tills  picture  is  strong  and  full  of  ooatie  feeling, 
and  Is  ft  vory  tine  illustration  of  Dr  j  unt  ■  v  pit-known 
Hues. 

Oldon  Time  Southern  (Life 

Mr.  Sheppard,  a  Vlrg'nlnn  artist,  gives  us  a  glimpse 
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HONDURAS  TURKEYS. 

We  herewith  give  illustrations  of  this  mag-  ] 
niflcent  bird — Meleagris  Ocellala.  The  Me 
leo.gr in  ocellala  is  a  specie*)  which  far  sur¬ 
passes  in  beauty  both  its  near  allies,  the  Me 
Leayrki  gallopnvo  and  .If.  MerlcanuK.  These 
three  line  and  highly  valuable  birds  are  all 
natives  of  that  part  of  the  American  conti¬ 
nent  lying  between  the  Isthmus  of  Panama 
and  the  United  States.  The  immediate  lo¬ 
calities  of  which  the  Mble.agris  ocellala  is  a 
native,  are  the  Hue  forests  of  Honduras  and 
Yucatan,  whore  it  may  be  regarded  as  the 
.Southern  representative  of  the  Mexican  and 
United  States'  species. 

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SALT  FOR  CHICKEN  CHOLERA. 

That  lady  is  getting  “  llts”  that  said  in 
t  he  ItuRA  i.  there  was  no  such  thing  as  chicken 
cholera  ;  and  some  one  said  in  answer  to 
her,  there  was  an  incurable  chicken  cholera, 
and  it  was  not  caused  by  lice.  Another  says 
“Cut  off  their  heads,  and  save  their  lives  1 
that  way  and  lately  some  one  said,  “  Use  I 


salt,  it  will  kill  or  cure.”  No  doubt.  I  had 
this  summer  a  nice  stock  of  Dark  and  Light 
Brahmas,  one  year  old  ;  also  a  line  lot  of  this 
year’s  chickens,  when  this  disease  broke  out 
among  the  old  fowls,  taking  them  one  at  a 
time,  and  in  spite  of  all  I  could  do  to  save 
them.  I  got  n  recipe  from  a  poultry  dealer 
in  Ohio  which  was  considered  sure  ;  but  it 
did  no  good.  I  saw  in  sonic  paper  that  corn 
was  partly  the  cause  of  it,  ami  then  remem¬ 
bered  that  for  lour  or  live  weeks  1  had  quit 
feeding  com  and  had  used  t»  heat  screenings  ; 
that  the  disease  I  supposed  had  left  thy  yard, 
hut  when  i  began  witn  the  corn  again  the 
disease  broke  out.  As  I  had  lost  every  old 
fowl  but  one,  T  had  but  little  fear  of  the  dis¬ 
ease  (if  she  died  soon)  as  the  young  ones  did 
not  seem  to  take  it.  About  the  time  I  had 
began  to  feel  at  ease  on  t  he  matter,  it  broke 
out  among  the  young  ones,  and  1  began  to 
despair  until  a  Rural  writer  whispered 
“  Salt"  in  my  ear,  and  1  reasoned  this  way  : 

The  disease  ■«  a  species  of  cholera.  The 
blood  turns  black  anti  the  combs  look  black, 
consequently  the  blood  is  affected  as  in 

Asiatic  cholera,  and  Dr.  - cured  over  DO 

per  cent,  of  cholera  patients  by  a  free  use  of 
Salt.  When  the  old  Dutch  women  make 
blood  pudding,  they  stir  in  salt  in  the  warm 
blood  and  it  immediately  assumes  a  bright 


color  ;  put  a  little  salt  on  a  piece  of  dark-col¬ 
ored  liver  and  see  where  every  grain  of  salt, 
touches,  how  bright  and  healthy  it  looks  ! 

Dr.  -  noticed  that  free  users  of  salt  in 

food  wore  not  as  liable  to  take  cholera  as 
others.  I  n  chicken  cholera  the  li  ver  becomes 
enlarged  and  blank  looking,  showing  tho 
blood  is  black  ;  so  I  thought  salt  must  be  the 
thing  lacking.  I  accordingly  mixed  feed 
(corn  meal  and  water)  and  added  salt  until 
it  was  quite  strong  to  the  taste  ;  they  ate  it. 
greedily,  and  the  nest  day  the  passages  had 
changed  to  the  natural  color,  and  tile  combs 
of  the  fowls  assumed  a  bright  red  color.  You 
may  imagine  my  delight  at  this  simple  dis¬ 
covery  but,  I  am  sorry  to  say,  too  late  for 
my  last  years’  fowls.  1  fed  a  mixUireof  corn 
and  screenings  for  a  couple  of  weeks,  and  I 
noticed  some  ol’  them  were  affected  again 
from  the  droppings  having  that  greenish, 
slimy  look  and  the  combs  turning  a  little 
dark  colored,  i  gave  them  another  dose  of 
salt  and  they  were  all  right  again  in  :J4  hours. 

1  wrote  an  article  in  a  former  Rural  on 
“Salt  and  its  Uses,”  signing  my  name, 
“  O’Biine,”  which  I  have  since  noticed  going 
the  rounds  of  tho  papers,  and  I  consider  this 
a  great  addition  to  the  list,  and  wish  to  offer 
my  thiuiks  to  the  person  that  suggested  it. 
I  believe  salt  is  necessary  for  nearly  ail  do 


mestic  animals,  as  they  are  confined,  and 
cannot  seek  it  as  wild  animals  will.  Per- 
haps,  if  the  same  remedy  were  used  for  hog 
cholera,  whore  the  hogs  are  eonlined  to  com 
and  water,  it  would  be  equally  as  effective 
as  with  the  poultry.  No  harm  in  trying  it, 
at  any  rate.  The  reason  the  farmers’  poul¬ 
try  escape  more  than  tlie  fancier,  is  not  on 
account  of  his  dunghill  breed,  but  because 
the  chickens  have  access  to  the  dung  pile, 
where  they  get  grain  soaked  in  the  salty 
urine  that  has  puasud  through  the  cattle 
Whole,  and  which  answers  the  same  purpose, 
while  the  farmer  who  confines  the  chickens 
in  separate  coops  to  keep  them  pure  and 
iinmi.ved,  depends  on  corn  and  other  grain 
mostly  for  feed,  and  his  poultry  seldom  get 
suit,  (live  your  poultry  the  scraps  of  bacon 
and  salt  pork  and  see  to  it  that  they  have 
salt,  and  there  will  be  no  danger  of  chicken 
cholera.  Borne  day  l  will  give  you  a  list  of 
the  uses  of  salt.  W.  T.  Alan. 

Urecnvilie,  I’a. 

- - - 

Scurfy  Feet  Remedy — The  following  is 
recommended  :  —  Mix  lard  and  sulphur  to¬ 
gether,  and  clip  the  fowl’s  feet  in  the  mix¬ 
ture  (have  it  warm),  and,  as  it  cools,  dip 
them  again  until  they  are  thoroughly  soaked, 
and  then  let  them  go. 


RalphEvans  agt 


if  it  exists,  as  is  frequently  reported.  If  that 
is  an  exaggeration,  it  is  certainly  true  that 
in  many  dlstrirts  a  large  portion  of  the  labor 
of  the  farm  is  performed  by  woman,  'lhat 
is  a  field  in  which  our  American  reformers 
are  advised  to  proclaim  the  inalienable  rights 
of  the  physically  weaker  sex. 

Fifth  .’—Association  for  improvement  And* 
for  protection  of  property'  in  labor  on  the 
part  ef  those  whose  only  property  is  labor, 
and  eo-operation  for  greater  economy  and 
higher  profits  by  those  who  would  employ 
jointly  their  present  efforts  with  the  accu¬ 
mulated  surplus  of  pqst  labor.  Such  asso¬ 
ciations  Are  quite  general  in  F.’ngland,  and 
t  heir  influence  is  extending  to  the  Coot  ment. 
It  is  gratifying  to  know  that  some  of  the.-%e 
forms  of  association  have  been  borrowed 
from  this  country,  as  the  cheese  factories  of 
England  and  the  condensed  milk  factories  of 
Switzerland  and  Great  Britain.  These  com¬ 
binations  for  more  effective  use  of  small 
means  will  increase  and  prove  salutary  and 
profitable  here  as  well  ha  in  Europe  ;  but 
when  not  managed  with  wisdom  and  pru¬ 
dence  will  end  In  many  cases,  it  is  feared,  in 
mischief  and  failure. 

1  am  strong  in  the  belief  that  the  rural 
population  of  this  country'  will  yet  lead  in 
most,  as  it  now  does  in  some  of  the  progress¬ 
ive  movement*  destined  to  lighten  the  hard¬ 
ships  of  weary  toil,  to  enhance  the  profit*  of 
honest  labor,  to  rendor  cheerful  and  jocund 
the  life  of  the  country,  and  t<r  elevate  the  art 
of  agriculture  by  all  the  means  that  applied 
science  can  furnish  or  business  tact  and  wis¬ 
dom  can  procure. 


by  milkmen  of  Prague,  but  nearly  extinct 
since  the  war  of  1815ft,  the  best  giving  11J£ 
liters  of  milk ;  and  the  Montafuner,  light 
brown,  from  Voralberg,  good-tempered,  D50 
to  1,087  pounds  in  weight,  giving  milk  .800 

ipeetively  '■>%, 


AGRICULTURE  IN  THE  OLD  WORLD, 


days  per  annum,  yielding  respectively 
It,  and  13  liters  daily.  Besides  these  were 
several  t  ribes  of  spotted  or  striped  rt  ock,  the 
Kuhlander  from  Moravia,  the  Pmsgauer 
from  Salzburg,  the  Mol f haler  from  Oar.nthia, 
the  PnstcnthaJer  from  Tvr.,1,  the  Zillcrtlialer 
from  Tyrol,  the  LSchicn  from  Upper  Austria, 
the  Egerlandcr  from  Bohemia,  and  the 
Gfohler,  from  I  Anver  Austria.  Diplomas 
were  awarded  for  the  La  van  thaler.  theObor- 
inthaler,  and  the  Montafuner.  The  latter 
arc  symmetrical  and  handsome  animals, 
coming  very  close  to  the  English  breeds  in 
perfection  of  development,  but  scarcely' 
equaling  them  in  harmony  of  proportion. 

HUNGARY. 

Hungary,  though  a  pavt  of  Austrian  Em¬ 
pire,  prefers  to  be  regarded  as  a  distinct 
nationality.  Hungary  proper  is  about  the 
size  of  Illinois,  and  occupies  in  Europe  very 
nearly  the  position  held  by  thut  State  as  a 
producing  section.  The  level  plains  of  the 


AN  ADDRESS  BEFORE  THE  RURAL  CLUB  OF  NEW  YORK,  BY 
J.  R.  DOOCE  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE. 


f  Concluded  from  pane  302,  last  number.] 

AUSTRIA.  •  T 

The  soil  of  Austria  is  far  superior  in  fertil¬ 
ity  to  that  of  Prussia,  especially  the  valley  of 
the  Danube,  a  vast  plain,  much  of  it  level  us 
the  prairies  of  Illinois,  and  apparently  equal 
in  productiveness  to  average  Western  lands. 
It  has  been  subjected  to  a  somewhat  exhaus¬ 
tive  system  of  culture  for  a  long  period,  and 
it  bears  with  remarkable  success  this  test  of 
its  capabilities.  Th'.re  is  little  wasts?  land  in 
Austria  proper.  With  an  area  nearly  three 
times  that  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  or  75, 000,00ft 
acres,  011,000,000  are  productive,  or  03  per 
cent,  of  the  whole.  These  productive  lands 
are  divided  into  plow  lauds,  which  aggregate 
about  34,000,000  acres,  nearly  two-thirds  of 
which  are  in  Galicia  and  Bohemia,  meadows 
and  gardens,  8,500,000;  vineyards,  nearly  500,- 
000,;  pastures,  above  18,000,000;  forests,  83,- 
000,01)0.  Rice  is  grown  to  some  extent,  on  the 
coast  lauds,  and  about  40,000  acres  are  set  in 
olive  and  eh  -.stout,  orcha  rds  in  DUm.atia.  In 
a  portion  of  the  vineyard  land  olives  and 
fruit  trees  are  Bet  at  regular  intervals,  and  a 
double  crop  obtained  ;  and  in  the  coast  prov¬ 
inces  there  are  10,000  acres  in  which  grass 
aud  grain  arc  grown  in  the  intervals  of  the 
vine  rows.  Fruit  trees  are  also  planted  to 
some  e Aleut  in  the  pasture  lands.  In  the 
Alps  there  are  tracts  amounting  to  310,000 
acres  which  are  alternately  plow  lands  and 
pasture  lauds.  This  alternation  Is  now  disap¬ 
pearing  ;  in  Moravia,  in  i860,  there  were 
140,01)0  acres  of  such  lands,  and  in  1871  scarcely' 
30,000.  At  3,000  feet  elevation,  in  Styria,  a 
system  of  harrow  culture  is  in  practice  upon 
fully  500,000  acres. 

Since  1851  the  productive  area  has  increased 
over  three  percent,.  As  elsewhere  in  Europe, 
the  tendency  to  increase  the  farm  animals, 
and  especially  to  their  improvement,  with 
reference  to  increase  of  meat,  milk,  and  wool, 
is  manifest.  The  meadows  have  been  in¬ 
creased  in  ten  years  e  glit  per  cent,  and  the 
pastures  18,  while  the  forests  have  been 
diminished  10,  and  the  vineyards  13  per  cent. 
The  recently  reported  yield  of  cereals  is,  for 
wheat  15.3  bushels;  rye,  14.7;  barley,  17; 
oats,  It);  maize,  15.  Maize  is  a  somewhat 
prominent  product  of  this  country,  as  well 
as  of  Hungary'  and  Italy.  In  a  favorable 
season  a  small  export  occurs,  as  in  1801),  when 
nearly  5,000,000  of  bushels  were  exported  ; 
but  iu  1871  the  imports  exceeded  the  exports 
by  more  than  1,000,000  bushels.  The  only 
provinces  having  a  surplus  of  bread  products 
are  Galicia  and  Moravia ;  Bohemia  ami 
Lower  Austria  have  a  small  purplus  in  good 
harvests ;  other  districts  al  ways  have  occa¬ 
sion  to  import,  mainly  from  Hungary,  though 
in  recent  years  a  small  trade  has  sprung  up 
with  Western  Europe. 

The  beet  sugar  interest  is  prominent,  hav¬ 
ing  now  100  factories  iu  operation,  of  which 
120  are  in  Bonemia.  The  average  price  ot 
dry  beets  we  four  florins  and  eighty  kreul- 
zers  per  centner,  or  about  $2.40  cents  for  130 
pounds.  The  industry  gives  employment  to 
31,858  men  and  18,08’.)  women,  the  wages  of 
the  former  ranging  from  18  to  80  cent*  per 
day,  and  of  the  latter  from  13  to  75  cents. 

During  the  Exhibition  in  Vienna  there  was 
a  permanent  show  of  the  dairy  stock  of  Aus¬ 
tria  made  by'  the  agricultural  societies  of  the 
Provinces,  comprising  three  type  specimens 
of  each  distinctive  breed,  if  breeds  they  can 
be  called,  viz  : — The  self-colored  breeds,  the 
Mariahofer,  or  grayish  color,  good  keepers, 
the  yield  of  milk  from  each  of  these  cows 
ranging  daily  from  8  to  15%  liters,  the  heav¬ 
iest  weighing  1,038  pounds;  Lavanthalar 
from  Cariuthia,  white,  small-boned,  early- 
maturing,  weight  8'JO  to  1,085,  the  best  yield¬ 
ing  10% liters;  the  Stockeruuer,  from  Loser 
Austria,  dark  gray,  meat  producers,  valuable 
for  crossing  with  Dutch  stuck,  weight  005  to 


( _  _ m  The  level  plains  of  the 

Danube  Galley  are  among  the  very  richest 
lands  of  Europe,  and  have  long  been  th- 
granary  of  Central  Europe,  to  which  the 
Hungry  of  the  German  States,  as  the  Cannon- 
it.es  went  down  to  Egypt  to  buy  bread,  have 
made  pilgrimages  iu  search  of  food  in  seasons 
ot  scarcity. 

The  condition  of  the  peasantry  lias  been 
much  improved.  The  robot,  a  labor  tax 
payable  to  the  nobility,  was  abolished  in 
1848,  and  the  wine  tax  aud  game  restrictions 
have  been  abolished.  Every  feeholding  peas¬ 
ant,  or  householder  now  possesses  his  prop¬ 
erty  in  lee  simple,  by  the  same  title  that 
secures  ttie  possessions  of  the  nobility.  The 
mud  is  now  occupied  about  one-third  by 
mall  proprietor-,  Imldim  hv  <  •>  I  mi  l.y  jon  i 
(a  jud  is  1.4223  acres),  or  seven  to  thirty- live 
acres ;  a  third  to  a  medium  class,  owning 
from  30  lo  8(H)  joche;  and  a  third  to  those 
owning  from  300  to  W,tmjuckc.  The  number 
of  holdings  is  8,486,355  ol  which  8,348,110  are 
small  farms.  Three- fourths  ol  the  land  be¬ 
longs  tr>  individuals,  aud  the  remainder  is 
held  in  mortmain  or  oy  the  crown,  the  gov¬ 
ernment  lands  coin pri  ing  8,700, Ooil  joche,  or 
ox  pur  cent.  The  price  of  laud  has  advanced 
'really  during  this  period  of  political  change. 
Formerly  50  to  00  norms  per  jock  was  it  com¬ 
mon  price ;  now  in  some  neighborhoods 
lands  can  be  had  for  100  florins;  moderately 
productive  lands  in  hotter  situation-  com¬ 
mand  800,  aud  occasionally,  under  the  compe¬ 
tition  of  active  demand  for  smad  tracts 
which  are  very  productive,  400  florins  arc 
obtained.  This  is  equivalent  to  $1  ID  per  acre. 

There  are  two  races  of  cattle,  those  of  the 
plains,  which  are  white,  large,  with  long 
uorna,  herds  of  whicu  form  a  striking  pic¬ 
ture  on  their  broad  and  level  pastures  ;  ofid 
those  of  the  mountains,  the  Liobeii burger,  n 
mountain  Puce,  yellow  and  brown  in  color, 
small,  compact  with  short  horns.  The  plains 
cattle  are  alert  iu  movement,  hardy,  endur¬ 
ing  cuauges  ol  climate,  and  fattening  readily, 
in  Hungary  proper  there  are  1,073  sheep  to 
every  1,000  of  its  population.  Thin  is  a larger 
proportion,  in  comparison  with  population, 
khan  is  found  elsewhere  in  Europe.  The  in 
crease  lia.,  been  83  per  cent,  since  1857.  The 
number  of  sheep  m  ISJO  whs  25,077,000  ;  oi 
cattle,  5,270,000  ;  of  horses,  2,158,800 ;  of 
swine,  4, 443,300. 

The  industries  are  flour  manufacturing, 
pork  packing,  and  grain  selling,  making  the 
country  appear  more  like  home  to  a  Western 
American  tuau  any  other  part  of  Europe, 
and  the  great  maize  Uelds  do  not  detract 
from  the  similarity;  but  the  people,  their  lan¬ 
guage,  their  nmnuers.  their  methods  of  in¬ 
dustrial  labor,  and  their  agricultural  ma¬ 
chinery  a  e  all  strange,  and  many  of  the 
comparisons  instituted  by  the  Westerner  arc 
uut  lavoraoie  to  the  progressivencss  of  the 
country.  Still  he  will  tind  our  reapers  and 
mowers  there,  aud  coining  in  yet  more 
rapidly,  wuile  the  old  ladies  of  the  harvest 
n  id  look  on  with  sorrow,  wringing  their 
hands,  wi'h  rears  in  Llieir  eyes,  as  tney  bt> 
nold  lor  Die  first  time  an  movation  which 
they  fear  may  take  the  bread  from  their 
own  mouths. 

TAIY. 

Iu  passing  rapidly  through  Northern  Italy 
among  the  most  striking  industrial  features 
of  the  country  was  the  vast  system  of  irriga¬ 
tion  in  operation  there,  by  which  the  clear 
Alpine  waters  are  swiftly  conveyed  in  broad 
and  deep  Channels  through  every  portion  of 
the  pixxiUctive  area,  und  distributed  by  a 
net- work  of  minor  streams,  giving  refresh¬ 
ment,  verdure,  and  fruitage  to  fields  that 
would  otherwise  be  dry  and  dreury  in  their 
comparative  barrenness.  There  was  almost 
monotony  in  the  uppeurunee  of  the  fields, 
though  lucre  was  variety  in  unity  from 
Trieste,  to  Venice,  from  Verona  to  Milan  and 
Arona,  al.  me  base  of  the  mountains,  mi  al¬ 
most  continuous  field  of  maize,  broken  by 
parallel  hues  of  the  mulberry,  which  were 
kept  closely  trimmed  and  hung  with  festoons 
of  vines,  thus  three  crops  are  grown  on  the 
same  land,  furnishing  food,  drink,  and  cloth¬ 
ing.  Polenta,  a  sort  of  hasty  pudding, 
appears  to  be  the  principal  food  of  large 
numbers  ;  it  is  used  every  where,  sold  on  the 
markets  cut  in  slices,  taken  tor  lunch  iu  the 
field  or  at  home,  and  always  acceptable. 
Perhaps  no  other  food  could  so  well  support 
so  large  a  population. 

FRANCE. 

This  distracted  country  lills  an  important 
place  in  the  production  of  Europe,  it  is  a 
country'  noted  for  scientific  experiments  iu 
agriculture  ;  u.  has  43  farm  schools  under  the 
supervision  of  the  Government,  several  ofli- 
eiul  veterinary  and  other  establishments  for 
the  advancement  of  rural  industry.  It  makes 
a  profitable  speciality  of  sugar-beet  produc- 


ITCH  IN  SHEEP 


A  more  injudicious  treatment  than  the 
one  recommended  for  the  cure  of  what  is 
usually  called  the  scab,  could  hardly  be 
thought  of.  When  a  young  man,  at  home, 
on  a  large  grass  farm,  wc  generally  had  two 
or  three  hundred  sheep,  mostly  bought  and 
sold  within  the  year.  It  scorned  almost  im¬ 
possible  to  bo  entirely  free  from  the  infec¬ 
tion,  and  we  then  and  there  bought  mercu¬ 
rial  ointment  by  the  pound  ;  and  1  am  afraid 
to  say  how  much  I  have  used  and  seen  used, 
on  one  sheep  at  n  single  dressing,  but  1  really 
think  nearly  half  a  pound.  1  expect  human 
animals,  whan  sick,  rarely  escape  without 
more  or  less  poison  administered  to  them  in 
their  medicine  ;  and  if  horses,  cattle  and 
sheep  should  lick  in  a  little  mercury  diluted 
with  hog’s  lard,  i  presume  it  would  do  them 
no  harm.  I  have  always  used  it  without  the 
least  restraint,  and  have  never  known  any 
harm  to  come  of  it. 

Sheep  often  break  out  in  large  lilotches  in 
various  parts  of  their  skin.  I  will  suppose  a 
place  as  large  as  your  hand  on  the  neck  near 
the  shoulders,  a  very  common  occurrence. 
1  would  take  hold  of  the  sheep,  put  its  head 
between  my  knees,  then  carefully  divide  the 
wool  the  whole  length  of  the  affected  part, 
then  break  through  the  crust  with  the  ends 
of  my  fingers — true  cleanliness  docs  not  con¬ 
sist  in  never  coming  in  c  intact  with  dirt  and 
filth,  but  in  well  washing  every  time  you  do 
— then  well  rubbing  in  the  ointment  ;  then  I 
would  go  (say  half  an  inch)  to  the  right,  and 
make  a.  similar  opening  in  the  wool  and  well 
rub  iu  the  ointment ;  and  I  would  p  oeaed 
in  this  way  till  satisfied  I  was  below  the  af¬ 
fected  parts  ;  thou  servo  the.  other  side  the 
same.  A  man  that  understood  his  business 
would  not  destroy  as  much  wool  as  would 
grow  on  a  surface  r  o  lurger  than  the  end  <>f 
your  finger.  'There  ia  no  kind  of  need  of 
washing  ;  and  the  use  of  tobacco  in  any  way 
you  cun  fix  it,  is  dry  and  harsh,  and  is  inju¬ 
rious  to  the  growth  of  wool.  G. 


SOUTHDOWNS  vs.  MERINOS  In  PRANCE 


A  French  correspondent  of  the  Massa- 
chusettu  Ploughman  says  : — The  partizans  of 
the  Southdowns  arc  in  great  joy;  not  con¬ 
tent  with  the  superiority  of  this  breed  over 
all  others  in  point  of  precocity  and  fine¬ 
grained,  wel  -flavored  meat,  they  are  about 
disputing  with  the  Merino  for  its  monopoly 
in  fineness,  lei  gth  of  staple  and  quantity  of 
WOO).  In  a  recent  show  in  the  Department 
of  the  Seine  and  Marne,  the  stronghold  of 
the  Merinos  and  where  the  Aiistr;  liau  flock- 
masters  came  to  seek  new  blood,  a  South- 
down  lias  carried  off  the  second  prize  for 
excellence  of  fleece,  The  sheep  question  in 
France  is  more  und  more  narrowing  down  to 
the  flu  ding  of  rii  animal  eapab  o  of  trans¬ 
forming  food  into  flesh  in  the  smallest  period 
of  time.  Connected  with  this  point  is  to 
secure  that  the  mothers  yield  a  good  supply 
of  milk. 


Dogs  and  Sheep.— We  see  it  stated  that 
Mr.  R.  W.  CAMftnoN,  whose  farm  Ls  on  Staten 
Island,  offers  his  valuable  flock  of  Cots  wolds, 
most  of  them  importations  from  the  best.  En¬ 
glish  breeders,  for  sale,  bee  mse  be  is  losing 
them  bv  dogs  in  the  neighborhood  and  des¬ 
pairs  Of  his  ability  to  protect  them.  Our 
impression  is  that  we  should  protect  them,  if 
we  had  to  poison  or  shoot  every  dog  on  the 
Island. 


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MORE  CONCERNING  THE  MILK  OF  DIS¬ 
EASED  COWS. 

We  have  referred,  from  time  to  time,  to 
the  importance  of  selecting  only  sound  ani¬ 
mals  for  the  dairy,  and  in  taking  due  care 
that  they  be  kept  in  good  health  during  t  he 
time  they  are  in  milk.  H  is  only  of  late  that 
attention  has  been  called  to  diseases  that  are 
liable  to  be  carried  from  the  milk  to  persons 
or  animals  that  partake  of  it.  And  it  cannot 
be  doubted  that  more  serious  troubles  result 
from  the  use  of  milk  from  diseased  animals 
than  is  generally  supposed.  Recent  researches 
with  the  microscope  have  very  clearly  dem¬ 
onstrated  that  diseased  milk  contains  living 
organisms;  and  that  these  arc  Carried  into 
the  blood  of  those  who  uso  the  milk,  and  are 
thus  the  cause  of  disease. 

Touching  this  question,  gome  interesting 
facts  are  given  in  the  last  number  of  the 
Journal  of  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society  of 
England,  by  Mr.  (1.  T.  Brown,  Chief  Inspec¬ 
tor  in  the  veterinary  detriment  of  the  Privy 
Council  and  Profess  >r  of  Physiology  and 
Therapeutics  in  the  Royal  Veterinary  Col¬ 
lege.  Mr.  Brown  discusses,  at  some  length, 
the  character  of  the  foot  and-mouth  com¬ 
plaint  of  cattle,  and  the  causes  whichded 
to  its  recent  extensive  prevalence  in  Great 
Britain.  Referring  more  particularly  to  the 
blood  and  milk  of  animals  affee‘ed  with  this 
disease,  he  says: — “Microscopic  examination 
of  the  blood  reveals  the  presence  ol'  organic 
bodies,  which  are  always  associated  with  a 
diseased  condition  of  the  fluid.  First,  the 
red  blood-discs,  on  which  the  color  of  the 
blood  depends,  are  covered  with  minute 
projecting  points,  instead  of  being  circular 
in  form  and  smooth  on  the  surface.  There 
is  also  an  excess  of  the  colorless  corpuscles, 
and  there  are  also  small  spheroidal  and  ellip¬ 
tical  bodies,  which  move  rapidly  in  ail  direc¬ 
tions,  and  sometimes  very  numerous  bacteria 
und  vibriones  are  found  in  largo  numbers  in 
the  advanced  stage  of  the  disease  ;  their 
presence  in  large  numbers  is  indicative  of 
the  malignant,  form  of  the  affection,  in  which 
the  condition  is  rather  that  of  blood-poison¬ 
ing  than  simple  foot-and-mouth  complaint. 

Milk  taken  from  cows  affected  with  the 
disease  preseats  appearances  which  are  very 
characteristic,  but  which  vary  much,  accord¬ 
ing  to  the  stage  of  the  disease.  Most  of  the 
specimens  examined  had  a  low  specific  grav¬ 
ity,  1024,  although  in  some  instances,  when 
the  quantity  which  was  yielded  was  very 
small,  the  normal  specific  gravity,  1032,  was 
reached,  and  now  and  then  exceeded;  but 
in  these  instances  the  fluid  ttos  ubnormul  in 
character,  being  charged  with  large  exuda¬ 
tion  cells,  and,  what  is  more  significant, 
bacteria  and  vibriones  were  abundantly  pres¬ 
ent."  Mr.  Brown  gives  a  drawing  illustrat¬ 
ing  a  specimen  of  milk  obtained  from  a  cow 
which  had  suffered  from  the  disease,  for  ten 
days,  presenting  a  large  proportion  of  dis¬ 
eased  elements  in  the  milk.  Those  are  shown 
in  large,  dark,  granular  cells,  many  elutin- 
like  bodies  (vibriones),  and  moving  bodies 
composed  of  two  eliptioal  links  (bacteria). 
Nearly  all  the  s[jecimens  of  milk  obtained 
from  cowa  affected  with  foot-and-mouth  dis¬ 
ease,  he  says,  contained  more  or  less  of  ab¬ 
normal  elements  represented  in  the  drawing, 
and  in  some  the  pus-like  Cells  remained  for 
several  weeks  after  the  animals  had  quite 
recovered. 

Boiling  the  milk  from  the  diseased  cows, 
as  might  be  expected,  has  considerable  effect 
in  retarding  its  decomposition,  but  it  does 
not  arre3t  the  movements  of  the  minute 
bodies  which  are  so  constantly  present. 

Of  the  deleterious  effects  of  the  milk  of 
diseased  cows  upon  the  system  of  other 
animals,  no  doubt,  he  says,  can  be  cuter- 
ta'iaed.  Sucking  calves  huvo  been  frequently 
poisoned  by  it,  even  before  the  cow  gave 
evidence  of  the  disease,  which  then  existed 
in  the  incubative  stage.  Pigs  have  been  re¬ 
peatedly  infected  by  the  milk  when  given  to 
them  warm  from  the  cow,  but  the  injurious 
qualities  seem  to  be  modified  by  boiling  the 
fluid,  or  keeping  it  sometime  before  it  is  used. 

As  to  the  use  of  the  milk  for  human  con 
sumption,  he  remarks  further,  it  is  sufficient 
to  say  that  no  one  who  had  seen  the  fluid 
under  the  microscope  would  patiently  con¬ 
template  the  possibility  of  its  being  em¬ 
ployed  for  the  food  of  man,  putting  out  of  the 
question  any  risk  of  the  disease  being  com¬ 
municated  to  human  beings  by  snch  means. 

Quite  a  common  disease  among  cattle,  and 
one  which  Is  scarcely  ever  thought  to  be 
worth  noticing,  is  scrofula.  This  is  a  heredi¬ 
tary,  but  non- contagious,  malady  •  but  it  is 
very  doubtful  whether  the  milk  of  such 
stock  is  a  healthful  article  of  food.  Scrofula 


can  frequently  bo  detected,  says  Prof.  Si¬ 
mons,  by  the  existence  of  tumors  in  various 
parts  of  the  body  of  cattle,  but  they  show  a 
greater  preference  to  form  about  the  throat 
and  sides  of  the  face  than  elsewhere.  These 
tumors,  especially  such  as  are  hard  or  nod¬ 
ulated  to  the  feel  and  ouly  slightly  pain¬ 
ful,  cannot  be  completely  dispersed  by  any 
kind  of  treatment;  but,  after  a  time,  they 
often  yield  to  a  degenerating  process,  and 
discharge  a  purulent-like  fluid  from  sinuses 
which  are  formed  within  them. 

In  selecting  animals  to  raise  stock  from,  it 
is  important  that  none  be  taken  that,  show 
the  least  evidence  of  disease,  nor  indeed 
should  they  belong  to  a  family  known  to  be 
affected.  In  our  own  experience  in  raising 
stock,  scrofula  has  appeared  in  the  offspring 
of  certain  families,  although  the  parents  im¬ 
mediately  from  which  the  animals  were 
raised  showed  no  signs  of  the  malady,  thus 
reappearing  in  the  third  or  fourth  generation 
from  animals  so  affected. 

Another  source  of  diseased  milk  Ls  from 
gargety  cows,  and  these  prevail  in  some 
dairies  to  an  alarming  extent.  Garget  often 
makes  its  appearance  in  summer,  some 
weeks  after  the  cow  has  come  in  milk,  ami 
not  unfrequently  ono  or  more  quarters  of 
the  udder  become  affected,  and  are  lost  so 
fur  as  yielding  milk  is  concerned.  In  such 
eases  the  practice  is  by  no  means  uncommon 
to  save  the  milk  from  that  portion  of  the 
bag  not  directly  affected  through  the  high 
inflammation  i  f  u  portion  of  the  udder,  and 
the  near  proximity  of  the  affected  milk 
glands  to  those  that  are  apparently  sound 
must  vitiate  and  poison  the  milk  flowing 
from  these  parts.  And  we  believe  that  many 
parties  not  only  save  the  milk  from  affected 
cows,  but  are  free  to  use  such  milk  without 
suspecting  it  to  be  harmful.  It  is  important, 
therefore,  that  this  question  concerning  dis¬ 
eased  milk  he  brought  to  the  attention  of 
dairymen,  for  we  are  convinced  that  many, 
after  being  made  acquainted  with  facts 
proving  the  harmful  nature  of  diseased  milk, 
will  take  more  pains  to  see  that  it  does  not 
get  mingled  with  milk  that  Is  known  to  be 
good,  and  thus  it  will  be  discarded  from  use 
as  an  article  of  human  food  altogether.  And 
in  this  connection  we  may  refer  to  several 
well-authenticated  cases  in  which  typhoid 
fever  was  caused  by  persons  using  the  milk 
furnished  from  farms  and  families  suffering 
from  this  disease.  In  these  oases  the  germs 
of  the  diseases  wore  introduced  into  the  milk 
by  the  milkers,  who  hail  either  boon  em¬ 
ployed  as  attendants  on  the  sick  or  were  in 
the  atmosphere  of  the  rooms  occupied  by 
them.  From  all  the  facts  coming  under  our 
observation,  w«  are  convinced  that  the  evils 
resulting  from  the  milk  of  diseased  cows  are 
more  serious  and  wide-spread  than  have- 
been  commonly  supposed  ;  and  there  are 
reasonable  gronnds  for  believing  that  the 
cause  of  “  poison-cheese  ”  may  yet  lie  traced 
to  the  sources  named. 

- 

LEAKS  IN  THE  DAIRY. 

Cows  are  not  unfrequently  injured  late  in 
the  season  by  continuing  the  milking  into 
winter,  and  by  “  drying  them  off  ’’  in  an  im¬ 
perfect  manner.  Cows,  to  do  their  best, 
should  not  only  have  an  abundtinco  of  nu¬ 
tritious  food  but  they  should  be  kept  strong 
and  in  vigorous  health.  A  cow  that  has 
been  milked  from  the  1st  of  March  until  the 
1st  of  December,  and  is  again  “  coming  in 
milk"  on  the  1st  of  March,  requires  to  be 
dried  off  as  speedily  as  can  be  done  without 
impuiring  Health  or  doing  injury  to  her  ud¬ 
der.  As  winter  weather  approaches  cows  in 
milk  are  susceptible  to  cold,  and  unless  led 
with  meal  or  some  concentrated  food  in  ad¬ 
dition  to  what  hay  they  will  take,  they  get 
thin  and  weak — the  drain  from  continual 
milking  and  the  burden  of  carrying  their 
young  are  more  thou  can  be  safely  Imposed, 
if  their  future  usefulness  is  to  be  insured. 
All  dairy  cows,  when  practicable,  should 
have  a  respite  from  jHelding  milk  from  two 
and  a-half  to  three  months  previous  to  drop¬ 
ping  their  young.  Nature  demands  this 
time  for  recuperation  and  the  product  ion  of 
healthy  offspring.  It  has  been  suspected, 
and  apparently  with  good  reason,  that  the 
habit  of  milking  cows  far  into  winter  and  up 
to  within  a  few  weeks  of  calving,  has  been 
one  leading  cause  of  abortions  now  so  preva¬ 
lent  in  some  of  the  old  dairy  districts  of  New 
York.  When  it  is  considered  that  cows  late 
in  fall  and  during  early  winter  get  no  extra 
feed  and  are  kept  upon  coarse  fodder  or  hay 
alone,  while  this  excessive  drain  on  tneir  vi¬ 
tality  is  going  on,  and  especially  at  a  time 
when  they  are  more  or  less  subjected  to  cold 
and  the  inclemencies  of  the  weather,  we 
may  very  reasonably  conclude  that  nature  is 
unequal  to  the  strain,  and  hence  the  trouble 


referred  to.  It  is  time  some  animals  are  very 
difficult  to  be  dried  of  their  milk  and  are  in¬ 
clined  to  yield  it  up  to  the  time  of  calving. 
Who ii  such  cases  occur,  it.  should  always  be 
a  rule  to  commence  early  with  generous 
diet,  and  by  no  means  allow  the  animal  to 
lose  flesh.  The  cost  of  wintering  cows  is 
very  much  lessened  if  they  go  int  o  the  barn, 
at  the  commencement  of  the  foddering  sea 
son,  In  good  condition,  but  if  they  are  thin 
and  weak  at.  this  t  ime  they  will  require  much 
more  food  to  bring  them  through  the  win¬ 
ter.  Thera  is  nothing  like  a  good  coat  of 
flesh  and  vigorous  health  to  withstand  cold 
and  the  rigors  of  our  Northern  climate. 
When,  cows  are  kept,  upon  hay  and  milked 
through  the  greater  part  of  the  winter,  they 
are  illy  preparad  to  resist  disease  and  are 
liable  to  meet  with  accidents  which  endanger 
life  or  from  wldch  their  usefulness  is  seri¬ 
ously  impaired  and  perhaps  may  be  destroyed 
altogether,  but  which  would  not  have  oc¬ 
curred  had  the  animals  beeu  strong  and 
well  cared  for.  We  ure  convinced  that  very 
grave  mistakes  are  not  unfrequently  made 
by  dairymen  in  late  and  excessive  milking  of 
dairy  cows.  It  is  short-sighted  policy  to 
push  an  animal  beyond  her  natural  capacity, 
for  nature  will  have  compensation  one  way 
or  another,  and  it  comes  often  with  funrlul 
interest. 

We  saw  adnirymau  recently  who  is  dis¬ 
tinguished  for  his  success  iu  the  management, 
of  stock  and  in  the  large  yields  obtained 
from  his  dairy.  He  said  in  purchasing  or  in 
selecting  cows  for  a  herd  his  first  considera¬ 
tion  was  to  lock  for  strong,  healthy,  robust 
animals.  After  that  ho  had  regard  to  milk¬ 
ing  qualities.  On  no  account  would  he  take 
an  animal  of  poor  constitution,  oven  though 
excelling  in  her  milking  qualities.  All  ani¬ 
mals  naturally  inclined  to  be  weak  or  tender 
were  annually  weeded  out  of  his  herd  and 
their  places  filled  by  those  that  were  strong¬ 
er,  He  believed  that  cows  would  give  the 
greatest  quantity  of  milk  with  less  liability 
to  accident  and  disease  if  they  were  allowed 
to  go  dry  at  least  three  months  before  calv¬ 
ing.  Ho  believed  in  pushing  a  cow  to  her 
full  capacity  in  yielding  milk  during  a  proper 
season  and  then  giving  time  to  recuperate. 
The  system  of  “dragging  at  a  cow's  under  ” 
during  the  whole  season  he  denounced  as 
“  cruelty  to  annuals  " — quite  as  reprehensible 
and  deserving  of  prosecution  as  many  other 
eases  of  cruelly  that  come  under  the  law  for 
t  he  protection  Of  our  dumb  boasts. 

In  drying  cows  of  their  milk  core  should 
be  taken  not  to  allow  thick,  dotted  milk  to 
remain  in  the  udder.  Tbs  tents  should  be 
tried  at  intervals  of  two,  three,  four  or  more 
lays,  according  to  the  progress  made  iu  dry¬ 
ing,  for  if  this  old  milk  is  not  emptied  from 
the  udder,  serious  trouble  will  be  liable  to 
follow  when  the  cow  comes  again  in  milk. 
Many  eases  of  garget  and  the  complete  stop¬ 
page  of  the  milk -duct  in  one  or  more  t&ats 
come  from  neglect  in  properly  “drying  off" 
cows.  Of  late  years  we  Hear  of  a  grei  t, 
many  “  three-teated  cows  ;  ”  and  in  many 
sections  there  is  scarcely  a  herd  but  has  one 
or  more  of  such  cases  annually.  Years  ago, 
when  dairies  v,  ere  smaller  and  the  owner  of 
the  herd  paid  strict  attention  to  the  drying 
off  of  the  beasts,  “  three-teated  cows  ”  were 
rare.  In  these  latter  days  many  farmers 
trust  entirely  to  hired  help  in  this  matter  or 
leave  it  with  those  who  have  no  interest  in 
tile  stock,  and  the  consequence  is  that 
many  valuable  animals  arc  injured  and 
ruined.  The  loss  of  one  or  more  good  cows 
in  a  herd,  after  bringing  them  thrpugh  to 
grass,  makes  considerable  inroad  on  the 
profits  of  the  year.  To  make  dairying  pay, 
the  farmer  must  look  well  to  his  stock  and 
avoid  losses.  To  purchase  animals  in  spring 
to  replace  those  lost  during  winter  from 
neglect  or  over-milking,  is  very  bad  economy 
and  is  often  the  source  of  dissatisfaction  and 
complaint  that  farming  does  not  pay.  These 
uro  some  of  “the  leaks"  in  dairy  farming 
which  many  dairymen  feel  but  often  do  not 
readily  see. 

- - ♦  -*-•*- - 

ABOUT  MILKING. 

Next  to  having  good  cows  is  the  import¬ 
ance  of  having  milking  well  and  properly 
done.  Cows  should  be  put  in  to  some  secure 
place  to  milk,  either  in  the  bam  or  a  shed 
expressly  for  that  purpose,  with  a  good  ven¬ 
tilation  for  warm  weather.  The  practice  of 
milking  cows  running  loose  in  the  yard  is 
inconvenient  and  disagreeable^  neither  can 
It  Vie  done  cleanly  us  in  stanchions  ;  nor 
will  they  do  us  well  out-of-doors,  where  they 
are  the  greater  part  of  the  season  teased  by 
flies.  There  should  he  as  much  uniformity 
in  the  hours  of  milking  as  possible.  Before 
commencing  to  milk,*  the  odder  should  be 
entirely  clean  and  each  milker  should  milk 
the  same  cows  through  the  season  anil  in  tie 
same  order.  Harsh  treatment  should  never 
be  tolerated ;  for  cows  that  are  not  well 
treated  will  not  give  so  great  a  flow  of  milk 
as  when  used  gently.  c.  w. 


Horseman. 


FEEDING  A  SPRING  COLT. 

I  beo  to  indorse  what  is  said  in  reply  to 
,the  query  under  this  heading,  but  wish  to 
add  that  the  colt  should  not  be  confined  to 
the  box  12x12  or  “indoors"  (under  cover)  iu 
the  day  time,  I  don’t  caro  what,  any  one 
says  to  the  contrary,  every  day  the  sun  shines 
in  winter  the  colt  should  bo  allowed  to  ruu 
at  large,  cither  in  a  yard  or  close,  for  air  and 
sunshine  is  as  essential  to  a  colt’s  health  and 
thorough  vigorous,  growth  as  it  is  to  vegeta¬ 
tion  ;  and  though  some  may  suppose. the 
picking  of  a  little  grass  in  green  spots  will 
take  the  appetite  off  of  hay,  outs  and  bran, 
it  is  “no  suih  thing;"  on  the  contrary,  it 
will  sharpen  the  digestion  and  produce  appe¬ 
tite,  and  in  this  case,  with  daily  range  over 
atly  old  natural  grass  sod,  cats  may  be  given 
freely  ;  half  a.  peck  per  day  would  not  be  too 
much  if  a  very  tine  yearling  is  desired. 

If  there  is  no  convenience  for  having  air 
and  exercise  in  the  light  and  influence  of  the 
sun,  oil  meal  will  be  beneficial  ;  but  in  such 
a  dilemma  it  would  be  well  to  teach  the  ani¬ 
mal  to  lead  and  have  it  out  with  a  halter  ; 
for  young  stock  of  any  kind  kept  in  through 
a  winter  will  become  weak  and  miserable. 
Hay  made  from  early  cut  grass  would  be 
excellent  ;  as  for  chaff,  about  equal  measure 
with  the  oats  and  bran  will  be  very  well  to 
make  it  chew  the  oats  better,  which,  in  my 
opinion,  is  the  only  argumentin  favor  of  chaff. 

Thousands  of  colts  of  the  farm  draught- 
horse  breed  are  raised  in  England,  which  lie 
iua  small  field  with  ashed  to  run  under  at 
pleasure,  and  where  they  have  some  nice, 
sweet  hay  once  a  day  in  line,  mild  weather 
and  twice  during  cold  spells.  These  colts 
ar©  stronger,  and  have  grown  more  dur  ing 
the  winter  than  any  kept  in  confinement 
without  open  air  and  sunshine.  Then  again, 
there  is  no  occasion  to  be  particular  about 
the  quantity  of  food  of  any  kind  when  treat¬ 
ed  as  I  suggest ;  the  only  attention  necessary 
is  to  give  enough  and  find  out  what  that  is 
hy  not  letting  any  waste  occur,  which  of 
course  requires  that  whenever  any  is  left  less 
must  be  given  till  it  is  always  cleared  up. 

My  work  horses  and  mules  are  always  fat 
as  working  animals  should  be,  and  were  last 
winter  ;  they  had  then  oat  straw,  hay  and 
corn  in  the  ear — the  latter  decreased  when 
idle  ;  they  eat  straw  once  in  24  hours  greed¬ 
ily  us  a  change  ;  of  course,  it  was  very  bright 
and  sweet ;  after  the  straw  was  gone,  I  gave 
some  corn  tops,  which  were  relished  as  a 
change  in  the  same  manner.  This  winter 
they  are  having  no  corn,  but  have  some  oat 
straw  unthrashed given  sparingly  when  work 
is  light  ;  but  they  have  as  much  hay  as  they 
can  eat ;  and  when  idle  1  have  the  stable 
opened  and  let  them  run  in  an  old  pasture 
Held  for  two  or  throe  hours  ;  when  not  best 
for  them  to  go  there,  1  put  them  in  the  yard, 
which  is  spacious.  Thus  1  never  have  any 
swelled  legs  and  no  ailments  worth  naming, 
and  last  your  i  sent  them  out  without  cloth¬ 
ing  while  they  had  the  prevailing  epizootic, 
and  they  would  not  have  been  known  to  be 
sick  but  for  the  coughing  and  discharge  from 
the  nose.  A  Working  Farmer. 


FROM  BALTIMORE,  MD. 

Ik  “  Ono  who  wishes  to  emigrate  ’’  would 
come  to  Baltimore  and  put  an  advertisement 
in  the  Daily  Sun,  stating  just  what  he  wants, 
he  would  have  scores  of  offers  at  the  Sun 
office  during  a  day:  for  that  paper  chargee 
so  low,  considering  the  corresponding  prices 
in  some  cities,  that  everybody  uses  this 
means  of  obtaining  what  they  want  ;  and 
there  is  more  land  rented  and  changing 
hands  than  elsewhere, chiefly  inconsequence 
of  the  largo  land-owners  renting  instead  of 
farming  themselves,  and  because  Baltimore 
increases  rapidly  and  vegetables  are  in  de¬ 
mand,  not  only  for  home  consumption,  but 
the  climate  being  earlier  than  further  North, 
early  produce  goes  in  great  quantitii  -  to 
New  York, — cabbage  hi  particular,  for  they 
will  stand  the  winter  as  good  sized  plants 
set  out  on  the  south  side  of  ridges,  and  he  a 
long  time  in  advance  of  the  Long  Island  and 
New  Jersey  cabbage.  A  man  wants  to  be 
in  Baltimore  fora  week  at  least,  and  lie  can 
visit  the  markets  and  make  acquaintance 
with  the  large  market-gardeners  and  others; 
for  there  is  an  open- hearted,  free  kind  of 
feeling  among  Marylanders,  and  a  stranger 
seems  at  home  with  them. 

A  Working  Farmer. 


$ 


suspended  from  the  horns,  at  the  bottom  of 
which  chafl,  hay-seeds,  sawdust,  &e.,  has 
been  put.  An  attendant  should  watch  the 
animal,  and  from  time  to  time  pour  boiling 
water  through  a  hole  by  means  of  a  kettle. 
(Fig.  2.)  A  small  quantity  of  turpentine  or 
vinegar  may  also  be  added,  which  assists  in 
promoting  the  discharge.  Second,  an  India- 
rubber  tube  is  attached  to  a  proper  steaming 
apparatus  ;  or,  in  its  absence,  a  tea  kettle,  as 
seen  in  the  engraving  (Fig.  S).  Sufficient  heat 
being  applied,  steam  is  generated,  slid  con¬ 
veyed  by  the  tube  t.<>  the  nostrils.  Third, 
boiling  water  is  poured  upon  chaff,  &e.,' in 
tho  manger  or  feeding  troughs,  and  the  ani- 
mal’g  hood  is  held  over  it.  The  first  and  sec¬ 
ond  plans  are  preferred,  and  should  he  con¬ 
tinued  several  hours.  When  the  steam  jet 
is  used,  care  must  t>e  exercised  in  order  to 
avoid  huving  too  great  force,  by  which  the 
parts  will  sulTcr  from  being  scalded. 

In  some  cases  great  depression  succeeds 
the  first  part  of  the  attack,  particularly  if 
diarrhea  is  present.  Stimulants  are  then 
called  for,  and  the  heart’s  action,  which  is 
weak  and  rapid,  should  be  controlled  by  cal¬ 
matives,  as  belladonna.  Take  of  aromatic 
spirits  of  ammonia,  2  ozs. ;  extract  of  bella¬ 
donna,  dram.  Hub  the  belladonna  down 
with  water  in  a  mortar  until  it  forms  a  thick 
emulsion,  then  add  to  the  ammonia.  Mix 
with  a  pint  of  cold  ale  or  porter,  and  admin¬ 
ister  two  or  three  times  a  day. 

Among  sheep  the  following  forms  a  good 
fever  drink  : — Take  solution  of  acetate  of 
ainmoniu,  1  o/.. ;  extract  of  belladonnu,  1 
scruple  ;  water,  6  o/,s.  Make  an  emulsion 
with  the  water  and  extract  of  belladonna  ; 
add  tho  acetate  of  ammonia.  This  draught 
should  only  lie  mixed  when  required. 

Pigs  may  receive  in  their  food  ; — Black 
antimony,  I  part  ;  niter,  (saltpeter,)  1  part; 
sulphur,  1  part.  The  whole  should  be  sep¬ 
arately  powdered  and  mixed,  and  kept  in  a 
well-corked  bottle,  a  teaspoonful  being  a 
suitable  dose  for  pigs  of  eight  or  ten  stones 
weight,  (rate  of  14  lbs.),  given  once  or  twice 
a  day.  If  the  appetite  is  absent,  give  the 
fever-draught  as  prescribed  for  sheep.  Stim¬ 
ulants,  as  the  aromatic  spirits  of  ammonia, 


cents,  when  we  get  30  bushels  per  acre  ; 
potatoes  will  cost,  at  100  bushels  per  acre,  20 
cents  per  bushel.  Now  for  my  table  of  cal¬ 
culations  as  a  basis  to  the  above.  Taking 
bmd  at  *00  per  acre  as  a  basis  for  raising 
corn,  good  land  rents  readily  ut  *0  per  acre} 
but  say  rent  and  tax,  $0;  hauling  manure, 
50  cents;  plowing  and  borrowing,  *2.50;  run¬ 
ning  off  and  planting,  *1.50;  replanting,  thin¬ 
ning,  taking  out  weeds  and  grass,  50  cents; 
plowing  four  times,  $3 ;  cutting  up  and 


CATARRH  IN  CATTLE 


MORE  ABOUT  ORCHARD  GRASS. 

To  the  Editors  ok  Moore’s  Rural  New- 
Yorker: — I  continue  to  receive  (by  mail)  in¬ 
quiries  concerning  orchard  grass.  Hoping 
to  answer  all  of  these,  and  to  convince  all 
that  there  is  no  grass  that  can  compare  with 
orchard  gross,  I  write  you  the  following 
short  article.  As  Flint’s  description  of  it  is 
better  than  any  I  can  give,  I  will  copy  it 
from  his  book : 

“Orchard  grass  flowers  in  dense  dusters. 
Its  stem  is  erect,  about  three  feet  high.  1 
have  found  specimens,  in  good  soil,  over  five 
feet  high.  Leaves  linear,  flat,  dark-green, 
rough  on  both  surfaces.” 

The  color  is  much  lighter  tho  first  year  or 
two  of  its  growth  than  when  older.  It  is 
never  as  dark  green  as  blue  gross.  I  have 
had  farmers  remark  to  me  that  they  could 
not  do  without  clover.  I  say  that  no  farmer 
can  afford  to  be  without  orchard  grass.  For 
pasture,  orchard  grass  is  worth  about  twice 
as  much  as  clover.  One  acre  of  orchard 
gross  will  afford  as  much  pasture  as  two  of 
clover,  and  cattle  will  fatten  faster  on  it.  A 
very  grave  objection  to  clover,  and  one 
which  I  have  never  known  to  happen  with 
orchard  grass,  is  that  cattle  frequently  eat 
too  much  of  it,  and  sometimes  die  from  the 
effect*  thereof.  For  hay,  there  is  nothing 
that  1  know  of  that  can  equal  orchard  grass. 
Clover  does  not  yield  as  much  by  about  one- 
third,  and  I  have  always  found  more  or  less 
difficulty  in  selling  clover  hay;  whereas  I 
have  never  had  enough  orchard  grass  hay  to 
supply  the  demand,  the  orchard  grass  hay 
always  selling  for  from  10  to  20  cents  per 
100  pounds  more  than  the  clover  hay. 

By  cutting  orchard  grass  twice,  it  wiil 
always  yield  enough  more  than  timothy  to 
pay  you  handsomely  for  your  trouble,  and 
then  leave  tho  land  in  better  condition  than 
the  timothy.  In  sowiug  for  hay,  I  prefer  to 
mix  a  little  clover  with  the  orchard  grass. 
Not  because  1  tliink  the  orchard  grass  does 
better  when  mixed  with  clover,  as  some 
people  imagine,  but  because  1  think  a  mix¬ 
ture  of  grasses  will  always  make  more  hay; 
and  1  tliink  the  hay  Is  relished  more  by 
stock  when  mixed. 

Some  people  go  so  far  as  to  say  that  orchard 
grass  is  of  very  little  iiccount.  unless  it  is 
mixed  with  clover.  I  made  an  experiment 
on  a  piece  of  ground  in  which  there  was  no 
clover,  and  by  careful  working  killed  all 
grass.  1  then,  in  March,  1872,  sowed  two 
bushels  of  orchard  grass  seed  to  the  acre,  by 
itself;  obtained  a  fine  set,  and  in  1878  I  first 
cut  a  fine  crop  of  seed  from  it,  and  then  cut 
two  good  crops  of  hay,  after  which  consid¬ 
erable  of  an  aftermath  came  up,  thus  prov¬ 
ing  (to  my  satisfaction  at  least)  the  incorrect¬ 
ness  of  the  theory  that  orchard  grass  will 
not  do  well  alone.  W  hat  led  to  this  theory 
was  this: — That  orchard  grass  always  does 
best  on  rich  land;  and  on  rich  land  clover 
very  often  comes  without  seeding,  while  on 
poor  laud  it  never  does;  thus  seeing  the  two 
growing  together  on  the  rich  spots,  and  the 
orchard  gross  looking  better  there  than  any¬ 
where  else,  they  gave  the  clover  the  credit 
instead  of  tho  rich  soil. 

If  you  wish  to  raise  seed,  you  must  sow  it 
by  itself.  Orchard  grass  and  timothy  should 
never  be  sown  together,  as  there  is  nearly  a 
month’s  difference  in  their  time  of  maturity. 

To  sum  up  the  whole  in  a  few'  words,  my 
experience  and  observation  on  orchard  grass 
has  been  as  follows;— For  pasture,  it  lifts  no 
equal ;  for  hay,  in  quantity  and  quality,  it 
cannot  be  excelled;  and  for  seed,  no  other 
grass  is  half  as  profitable  as  orchard  grass. 

Do  not  be  disappointed  with  it  the  first 
year.  Like  mauy  of  our  best  grasses,  it  takes 
two  or  three  j'oars  to  eoUie  to  perfection. 

Montgomery  Co.,  Va.  W.  F.  Tallant. 


Is  there  such  a  disease  as  Catarrh  in  cattle  ? 
If  so,  what  are  the  symptoms  and  the  reme¬ 
dies,  if  any  !— Joel  Brown  ? 

There  is  such  a  disease,  resulting  from  ex¬ 
posure  to  sudden  changes  of  temperature, 
bad  ventilation  of  buildings,  deficient  drain 


Fig.  2. — Application  ok  Steam  to  the  Nostrils. 

age  of  stables  or  of  localities  where  cows  aro 
kept.  We  give  Clatek’s  description  of 
symptoms  and  treatment,  herewith  : 

Symptoms,  —  The  mucous  membranes  of 
the  eyes  and  nose  are  at  first  dry  and  red¬ 
dened,  but  in  a  few  hours  they  become  moist 
and  discharge  a  thin,  watery  secretion,  which 
is  eventually  deuse,  opaque  and  copious. 
The  eyelids  aro  tumefied  and  increased  heat 
is  manifest  in  the  bones  of  the  forehead. 
The  animal  sneezes,  and  not  unfrequently 
there  is  cough.  Febrile  symptoms  some¬ 
times  run  high,  and  a  repetition  of  such  at¬ 
tacks  terminates  in  pleuro-pneumonia  of  t  e 
sporadic  form.  A  simple  state  of  diarrhea 
sometimes  occurs.  The  progress  of  the  dis¬ 
ease  is  accurately  betokened  by  the  nature 
and  rapidity  with  which  the  discharge  is  pro¬ 
moted.  If  it  is  scanty  and  tardy,  the  fever 
is  generally  severe,  consisting  of  difficult 
breathing,  loss  of  appetite,  suspension  of 
rumination,  rapid  and  hard  pulse,  oonstipa- 
tion,  deficient  urine,  &c.,  ail  of  which  are 
doubtless  preceded  by  shivering  fits  and  and 
a  staring  coat.  If,  in  a  day  or  two,  the  dis¬ 
charge  Increases,  becomes  purulent  and  co¬ 
pious,  fever  is  diminished,  aud  recovery 
speedily  follows  ;  but  if  the  system  is  still 
exposed  to  the  causes  that  induced  the  dis¬ 
ease,  the  terminations  may  be  chronic  nasal 
gleet,  malignant  catarrh,  or  sporadic  pleuro¬ 
pneumonia. 

Treatinunt. — If  diarrhea  is  present,  admin¬ 
ister  at  once  the  following : — Take  of  infu¬ 
sion  of  quassia,  1  pint  ;  tincture  of  opium,  1 
ounce;  aromatic  spirits  of  ammonia,  1  ounce; 
mix.  When  tha  bowels  are  constipated,  a 
gentle  laxative  will  be  required.  This  may 
be  composed  of  the  subjoined  ingredieuts  : 
Take  of  Epsom  salts,  12  to  1C  ounces  ;  ginger 
and  gentian,  powdered,  of  each,  I  ounce; 
mix,  and  administer  in  one  quart  of  warm 
ale.  The  animal  should  be  removed  to  com¬ 
fortable  quarters,  or  at  least  from  all  expos¬ 
ure  to  the  influences  that  have  caused  the 
affection.  The  skin  should  be  stimulated  by 
smart  friction  and  even  clothing  when  neces¬ 
sary'.  The  food  should  consist  of  bran 


COST  OF  A  WINTER  WHEAT  CROP 


Seeing  articles  in  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
on  the  cost  of  different  crops,  I  give  you  the 
cost  of  five  acres  of  winter  wheat,  sowed 
Sept,  lid  or  3d,  1878,  and  harvested  the  last 
of  July,  1873,  which  would  have  been  better, 
no  doubt,  if  it  had  not  been  so  dry  through 
May  and  June.  The  previous  crops  were 
one-half  in  oats  and  oue-half  in  winter 
wheat.  I  plowed  the  ground  but  once,  har¬ 
rowed  and  cultivated  thoroughly.  In  the 
spring,  before  the  snow  went  away,  I  put  a 
light  coat  of  manure  as  a  top-dressing,  more 
to  keep  the  snow  on  to  protect  the  roots 
from  the  frost  than  anything  else. 

cost. 

To  014  days’  plowing . $21  00 

314  days’  cultivat  ing  and  harrowing. .  10  50 

12  bushels  seed  wheat,  (&  $1.65 .  10  80 

Sowing  the  same  . J  82 

Cuttlu»i  and  binding .  7  00 

Drawing  same  In  the  barn .  5  50 

Raking  scattered  heads  with  wheel 

rake . 2  00 

Paid  cash  for  threshing  137  bushels  12  83 

Extra  heli>  threshing .  0  00 

Interest  on  land. .  .  28  00 

Total . $113  45 

Or  82  cents  per  bushel. 

product. 

By  137  bushels  wheat,  @  $1.00 . $217  20 

Amount  of  straw  sold .  37  45 

Total  .  $250  05 

Leaving  a  net  profit  of  $143.20. 

Norman  W.  Countryman. 
Spraker’s  Basin,  N.  Y. 


Fig.  2. —Method  of  Steaming  the  Nos¬ 
trils  to  Promote  Discharge. 
one  or  two  drams,  sweet  spirits  of  niter,  sul¬ 
phuric  ether,  and  in  similar  doses,  may  be 
given  in  ale  or  porter,  &e.,  when  the  vital 
powers  are  prostrate. 


ARBORICULTURAL  NOTES 


Killing  an  Osage  Hedge. — J.  J.  L,,  Rock¬ 
ford,  111,  asks  how  he  can  kill  an  Osage 
Orange  hedge  most  thoroughly  and  cleanly 
—whether  cutting  it  off  will  kill  it;  if  so, 
at  what  time  of  year  it  sholild  be  cut.  This 
is  a  matter  in  which  we  have  no  experience. 
We  have  no  doubt  that  It  may  be  killed  by 
cutting  it,  provided  it  is  cut  frequently 
enough.  Defoliation  will  destroy  any  plant 
if  it  is  persisted  in.  Our  first  cutting,  if  we 
wanted  to  destroy  it,  would  be  in  August  or 
September,  soon  after  it  had  developed  its 
terminal  bud;  then  cut  it  down  promptly 
afterward  if  it  appeared  above  ground. 
Whether  this  is  the  cheapest  way  of  destroy¬ 
ing  it,  we  cannot  say.  Let  those  having  ex¬ 
perience  reply. 

Ozone  from  Plants.  —  Professor  Mante- 
gazzi  has  demonstrated  tliat  a  great  many 
species  of  plants  grown  in  gardens  produce 
much  ozone,  not  only  under  the  influence  of 
the  sun’s  rays,  hut  even  alter  dusk.  He  has 
named  among  plants  of  utility  in  tills  way, 
Lavender,  Cherry-Laurel,  Thynie,  Narcissus 
and  Mignonette. 

Apple  Pomace,  H.  L.  J.  is  informed,  will 
do  no  harm  to  orchard  trees  if  spread  as  a 
thick  mulch  above  their  roots.  It  certainly 
has  a  mammal  value,  but  we  have  no  data 
by  which  we  can  fix  the  value  of  a  ton  of  it 
in  dollai-s  and  cents. 


OATS  AS  A  FERTILIZER 


A  Wahanh  Co.,  Ill,,  correspondent  of  the 
Rural  World  makes  the  following  statement: 
Permit  me  to  give  you  the  result  of  an  ex¬ 
periment  in  raising  wheat.  lu  the  spring  of 
1872  1  sowed  sixteen  acres  to  oats;  in  June, 
when  the  oats  were  in  full  bloom,  I  plowed 
under  eight  acres  ;  the  other  eight  acres 
ripened,  and  made  fifty  bushels  per  acre. 
In  the  following  account  I  wilt  designate  the 
oats  plowed  under  as  No.  1 ;  the  oats  which 
ripened  as  No.  2.  The  work,  in  the  way  of 
plowing  and  seeding,  was  the  same  on  both, 
pieces,  so  1  will  *ivo  my  account  with  them 
under  the  head  of  debit  and  credit. 

No,  l. — To  oats  plowed  under,  $30.  By  8u 
bushels  of  wheat  per  acre,  160  Imshels,  at 
$1.8o  per  bushel,  $300.  Balance,  $170. 

No.  2.— To  104  loads  of  manure,  worth  in 
the  heap  25  eentn  per  load,  $26;  hauling  the 
same,  $26 -$58,  By  crop  of  oats,  400  bushels, 
at  20  cents  per  bushel,  $30:  by  crop  of  wheat, 
SO  bushels,  at  $1.25  per  bushel  $100  --$180. 
Balance,  $128. 

This  case  show’s  a  balance  of  $42  in  favor 
of  oats  as  a  fertilizer. 


COST  OF  CORN  AND  WHEAT  IN  OHIO 


In  compliance  with  your  request  as  to  the 
cost  of  raising  the  different  kinds  of  grain,  1 
thought  I  would  try  my  hand  and  see  how 
neur  I  could  come  at  it.  In  the  first  place, 
your  question  is  difficult  to  answer  correctly, 
for  the  reason  that  land  varies  in  price  and 
also  in  productiveness  ;  the  price  of  labor 
also  varies  as  to  the  demand  and  nearness  to 
market  for  the  grain.  Here,  in  Central 
Ohio,  land  sells  from  $50  to  $150  per  acre; 
but  taking  $60  per  acre  a?  the  average  value 
in  our  county,  1  arrive  at  the  following  eon- 
elusion:— Corn  that  will  yield  80  bushels  per 
acre  eosts  us  80  cents  per  bushel  to  grow'  it; 
60  bushels  pei’  acre  will  cost  25  cents;  40 
bushels  per  acre  will  cost  31  to  33  cunts;  and 
30  bushels  will  cost  37  to  40  cents.  Wheat,  I 
find,  costs  $1  per  bushel  ;  oats  at  least  30 


Fig.  L— Simple  Catarrh. 
mashes,  roots  aud  green  food  when  they  can 
be  obtained  ;  and  w'ith  such  a  diet  daily  doses 
of  some  neutral  salt  are  of  great  service  in 
reducing  the  fever.  Take  of  sulphate  of  pot¬ 
ash,  2  ounces  ;  water,  }4  pint  to  1  taint ;  mix, 
and  administer  morning  and  evening  during 
the  existence  of  fever.  When  the  signs  indi¬ 
cate  a  reduction  of  that  state,  the  dose  may 
be  gradually  lessened,  anil  finally  discon¬ 
tinued  on  their  disappearance. 

In  order  to  promote  a  free  discharge  of  pus 
from  the  nostrils,  several  plans  are  adopted. 
First,  a  bag  is  placed  over  the  nose,  being 


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(Jap  (Sowing. 


MATTERS  AND  THINGS  IN  ILLINOIS. 

Dear  Rural  It  is  »  long  time  since  I 
have  written  you,  but  I  have  taken  no  less 
interest  in  the  reading  of  your  ample  and 
•well  filled  pages.  The  crisis  lias  brought  us 
a  lesson  of  no  small  value.  For  nearly  a  year 
we  have  been  fighting  railroad  freights,  mo¬ 
nopolies  and  other  phantoms,  to  find  that  we 
had  been  farming  on  b  large  scale  on  bor¬ 
rowed  capital,  and  that  we  had  drifted  into 
many  extravagant  habits  that  had  seriously 
retarded  the  paying  of  our  debts  by  a  grad¬ 
ual  absorption  of  our  incomes.  The  crisis 
lias  pointed  out  the  fact  that  we  have  too 
large  farms,  that  we  have  attempted  to  get 
rich  too  fast,  and  have  lived  beyond  our  in¬ 
comes.  In  short,  we  have  went  on  borrow¬ 
ing  more  money,  paying  the  brokers  five  per 
cent,  interest  annually  in  semi-annual  pay¬ 
ments.  This  is  at  least  one  of  the  feathers 
that  has  assisted  to  break  the  camel’s  back 
and  ruined  the  camel’s  income.  Then  we 
have  voted  large  amounts  of  township  and 
county  bonds  to  bulkl  new  railroads,  and  the 
builders  have  put  these  or  t.ho  avails  of  them 
into  their  pockets  and  built  the  roads  on  first 
mortgage  bonds.  The  Oilman,  Clinton  and 
Springfield  Railroad  is  u  fair  sample.  It  has 
just  been  proved,  in  court,  that  the  road  cost 
$1,500,000,  and  that  the  construction  com¬ 
pany  (of  which  the  officers  of  the  road  were 
the  principal  corporators)  hiui  received  in 
stock  and  bonds  the  moderate  sum  of  $4,000,- 
000.  But  these  now,  like  “  Boss”  Tweed, 
are  apt  to  come  to  grief,  and  to  be  ground 
under  the  heel  of  this  “  Farmers’  Movement” 
which,  by  the  way,  is  aimed  at  every  species 
of  fraud,  mismanagement,  speculation  and 
extravagance.  While  the  Patrons  of  Hus¬ 
bandry  are  sitting  with  closed  doors  and 
darkened  windows  in  their  regalia,  resolving 
and  re-resolving,  the  “  Farmers’  Movement” 
is  pressing  right  on,  in  open  daylight,  strik¬ 
ing  to  the  right  and  to  the  left,  and  clearing 
the  path  for  reform. 

A  large  number  of  our  farmers  have  ap¬ 
pealed  to  “Providence”  for  smaller  yields  of 
corn,  in  order  to  have  the  prices  enhanced  ; 
and  as  if  “  Providence”  knew  that  these  men 
are  farming  on  borrowed  capital,  tile  prayers 
appear  to  have  hoen  granted  ;  and  yet  these 
men  are  not  happy  !  They  have  demanded 
low  freights  to  the  East  ;  but  the  low  freights 
only  lessened  the  cost,  to  the  consumer,  and 
he  is  happy. 

Let  me  tell  you,  confidentially,  that  we  had 
the  crisis  and  the  panic  a  year  ago.  The 
price  of  our  great  staplo  had  fallen  below 
the  level  of  our  five  per  cent,  commission 
and  ten  per  cent,  interest  •  which,  added  to 
our  costly  mode  of  living,  was  pushing  us  to 
the  wall.  We  did  not  really  know  what  was 
the  matter,  and  so  we  started  t  he  “  Formers’ 
Movement,”  to  see  if  that  would  not  let  us 
into  the  secret.  The  Pavroas  said  it  was  the 
railroads,  the  middlemen  and  the  salary 
grabbers.  They  forgot  that  a  large  part  of 
the  railroad  men  were  their  sons,  brothers 
and  cousins,  who  had  made  a  good  thing  out 
of  the  building  and  managing  of  railroads, 
and  that  their  own  votes  had  given  value  to 
the  township  and  county  bonds.  Well,  some 
people  have  bad  memories,  and  these  are 
unpleasantly  shocked  when  reminded  of  past 
acts 

But  we  have  found  out  what  was  the  mat¬ 
ter,  and  that,  too,  months  before  the  Jay 
Cooke  panio  ;  and  we  set  about  to  repair  our 
old  implements,  and  concluded  it  a  better 
policy  to  do  so  and  to  house  them,  than  to 
buy  new  ones  on  credit ;  and  when  we  did 
buy,  we  paid  cash,  and  made  the  dealers  sell 
30  to  30  per  cehl.  cheaper.  That  was  a  val¬ 
uable  discovery  that  flashed  on  the  vision  of 
us  farmers,  that  ready  cash  had  such  magi¬ 
cal  influence  in  lessening  the  price  of  com¬ 
modities.  Taking  advantage  of  this,  our 
people  have  been  paying  cash  and  eschewing 
credit.  Of  course,  this  has  lessened  their 
purchases,  especially  of  articles  of  luxury  ; 
but  the  best  of  it  is,  we  keep  within  our 
means  ;  for  when  a  man  goes  on  credit,  he 
does  not  know  how  to  keep  within  his  in¬ 
come.  Credit  is  an  uncertain  quantity  when 
based  on  the  ehauge  that  crops  may  make 
in  both  quantity  and  market  value. 

We  have  thus  been  enabled  to  learn  many 
things  of  value.  Among  these  is  the  value 
of  ready  pay  for  our  purchases ;  for  this 
keeps  us  out  of  new  debts,  uud  we  are  not 
compelled  to  market  our  products  in  time,  of 
bad  roads  or  ruinous  prices.  Then  we  have 
learned  that  an  old  debt  is  not  a  good  thing, 
and  these  we  will  try  and  wipe  out  as  soon 
as  possible.  You  see  these  old  debts  are  not 
small  in  the  aggregate.  Nearly  every  plaoe 


PCOBE’S  RURAL  .NEW-YORKER. 


of  importance  has  a  loan  office,  in  which 
Eastern  funds  are  loaned,  as  before  stated. 
One  of  these  men  told  me  that  his  house  had 
loaned  $3,500,000  of  Eastern  capital,  all  of  it 
on  farms,  and  generally  on  live  years’  time. 
He  also  stated  that  the  interest  had  been 
promptly  paid,  and  that  the  first  loans  fall¬ 
ing  due  had  thus  far  been  met ;  ami  he  had 
no  doubt  that  all  of  this  indebtedness  would 
be  wiped  out  hi  less  than  ton  years.  His  field 
of  operations  embraced 33  counties  ;  abranoh 
house  had  been  started  west  of  the  Missis¬ 
sippi  ;  “  For,”  said  he,  “  this  kind  of  business 
is  about  played  out  iu  tills  State.” 

This  $3,500,000  of  capital  had  been  borrow¬ 
ed  to  increase  the  amount  of  farm  products  ; 
and  after  paying  an  average  of  11  per  cent, 
per  annum,  it  had  left  a  profit ;  but  the  pres¬ 
ent  low  price  of  corn  had  cut  oil'  this  part  of 
our  income. 

But,  dear  Rural,  don’t  worry  about  us  ! 
We  shall  neither  starve  nor  refuse  to  pay  out- 
debts,  for  we  are  simply  going  through  a 
course  of  cleaning,  paying  cash  for  what  we 
do  buy  and  in  alt  possible  ways  cutting  down 
our  expenses.  We  are  not  going  to  allow 
the  railroad  builders  to  cheat  us  out  of  our 
stock  subscriptions,  and  to  run  off  with  all 
the  money  that  they  can  mortgage  the  roads 
for.  That  we  shall  make  a  less  spread  is 
quite  certain  ;  and  we  shall  depend  more  cn 
economy  than  on  Providence — for  the  latter 
has  disappointed  us  on  several  occasions. 

The  present  prices  are  quito  fair  consider¬ 
ing  your  Eastern  panic,  and  we  feel  as  though 
we  were  nearly  out  of  the  woods  ;  far  more, 
we  know  what  is  t.ho  matter  with  us.  Do 
not,  be  surprised  if  yon  double  your  readers 
in  this  State  for  the  year  1874,  for  our  people 
are  in  search  of  useful  knowledge. 

1  should  like  to  send  old  “Daily  Rural 
Life”  a  few  bugs,  as  we  have  a  variety  of 
the  order  humbug  ;  but  as  yet  they  in  no 
particular  excel  those  sent  out  from  your 
city  and  vicinity,  it  would  scarcely  warrant 
the  postage.  M.  L.  Dunlap. 

Savoy,  111,  Nov. 37. 


$It({  drnutyt. 


MUSHROOM  CULTURE. 


An  English  mushroom  grower  writes  the 
Practical  Farmer  : — The  mode  of  culture 
which  Is  the  best  adapted  for  a  farmer  to 
carry  out,  is  that  which  the  market  garden¬ 
er  practices,  who  collects  short  litter  from 
the  stables  “  In  town,”  throws  it  into  a  heap, 
turns  it  over  occasionally  till  he  “gets  the 
the  out  of  it,”  then  makes  his  beds  into  a 
long  ridge,  spawns  and  molds  his  bed,  when 
ready,  in  the  usual  way,  and  to  protect  the 
bed  from  the  two  extremes  of  heat,  he  puts 
over  it  thatched  hurdles,  propping  them 
some  few  inches  above  the  surface  of  the 
bed.  On  these  hurdles  ho  adds  straw,  long 
litter,  or  any  oblior  fibrous  refuse  at  hand,  in 
thickness  according  to  the  external  tempera-. 
Wire.  In  early  autumn  the  north  side  'if  a 
high  wall  is  a  good  situation  for  such  a  pur¬ 
pose.  The  ground  round  the  bed  is  then  cov¬ 
ered  with  litter  several  feet  wide  as  a  means 
of  keeping  down  excessive  heat  and  warding 
off  excessive  cold. 

. - ♦»»  ■■■■■' 

CANKER  LETTUCE. 


Inclosed  I  scud  you  a  plant  for  name,  I 
would  like  to  know  If  it  possesses  any  medi¬ 
cal  qualities.  It  is  called  here  Canker  Let¬ 
tuce  and  is  considered  an  excellent,  remedy 
for  sore  mouth  and  mild  eases  of  diphtheria. 
It  grows  on  low,  swampy  land  and  remains 
green  through  the  winter.  Please  answer 
through  the  Rural. — Old  Suuscuibkr. 

The  botanical  name  of  the  plant  is  Pyrola 
elliptic  a.  Th  >ro  are  several  nutive  species  of 
the  Pyrolas,  and  they  are  known  by  several 
common  or  local  names.  If  they  possess  any 
medicinal  properties  no  one  but  quack  doc¬ 
tors  have  ever  discovered  them.  Common 
lettuce  would  probably  bo  just  as  efficacious 
in  curing  sore  mouth  or  diphtheria  ;  but 
there  is  nothing  like  faith  in  such  matters— 
if  one  only  firmly  believes  in  a  remedy  it 
may  do  a  wonderful  amount  of  good.  Then, 
again,  if  it  was  not  for  faith  and  confidence, 
wliat  would  our  thousands  of  quack  doc¬ 
tors  do  ? 

- ♦ »»  —  ■  ■ 

GARDENER’S  NOTES. 


The  Best  'Tomato. — After  the  experience 
of  another  year,  I  should  like  your  readers 
to  vote  upon  tomatoes.  Which  is  best  ?  I 
should  like  to  see  a  hundred  thousand  votes. 
I  vote  for  the  Trophy  1  All  things  considered 
I  regard  it  the  best  and  I  have  tried  nearly 
all  varieties.  Who  has  a  better  variety  ’l — An 
Amateur. 


Jlmiqutimpl. 


SOME  OF  THE  CAUSES  OF  FAILURE  IN 
FLORICULTURE. 


Like  most  of  our  failures  in  life,  the  fail¬ 
ure.  on  the  part  of  the  general  cultivator  to 
have  his  or  her  efforts  to  produce  a  satisfac¬ 
tory  supply  of  flowers  crowned  with  success, 
is  clearly  traceable  to  ignorance  ;  and  igno¬ 
rance  is  a  very  diffusive  term.  It  permeates 
through  and  into  all  the  strata  of  human 
events  and  calculations.  It  meets  you  at 
the  outset  when  you  undertake  to  choose 
your  seedsman,  from  whom  you  hope  to  ob¬ 
tain  good  seeds.  But  its  pressure  is  still  more 
formidable  when,  with  catalogue  in  hand, 
you  undertake  to  make  your  selection  of 
varieties.  You  fail  to  know  what  is  best 
suited  to  your  climate,  to  your  maimer  of 
gardening,  or  to  the  spot  upon  which  you 
intend  to  grow  your  flowers.  But  your  seeds 
selected,  and  ignorance  causes  failure  in  the 
time  or  place  of  planting  ;  in  supposing  that 
one  plant  may  bo  as  readily  transplanted  as 
another;  or,  still  worse,  in  allowing  all  the 
seeds  that  germinate  to  go  on  growing  up  in 
a  moss  of  herbage  that  will  destroy  the  vi¬ 
tality  of  all  the  plants,  instead  of  thinning 
out  to  a  few  that  will  do  credit  to  your  ef¬ 
forts.  Ignorance,  too,  will  lead  you  to  plant 
in  the  sunniest  spots  those  very  plants  that 
require  shade,  and,  on  the  other  hand,  to 
plant  in  the  shade  those  plants  which  require 
all  the  strong,  invigorating  influences  of 
sunshine  from  morning  till  uight.  It  will 
befool  you  into  buying  “blue  tulips”  and 
“  blue  dahlias,”  and  perhaps  blue  roses,  too 
(if  the  “  brass”  of  nursery  agents  has  yet  at¬ 
tained  to  that  climax),  without  reflecting 
that  there  never  were  and  never  can  be  blue 
flowers  of  any  of  these  species.  Remember 
that  those  classes  of  plants  which  produce, 
red,  yellow  and  white  dowel's  never  produce 
blue  (as  roses,  dahlias,  tulips),  and  those 
classes  which  produce  blue,  red  and  white 
flowers  never  produce  yellow  (as  asters,  &e)., 
Borne  one  may  take  exception  to  these  state¬ 
ments,  but  I  think  I  am  prepared  to  meet 
them. 

If  a  double  team  be  found  necessary  for 
completely  demolishing  all  our  efforts  at 
floriculture,  let  Laziness  be  harnessed  with 
Ignorance,  and  a  “successful  failure”  will 
be  secured.  I  am  not  fully  certain  but  you 
might  allow  Ignorance  to  be  withdrawn  ;  I 
think  Laziness  could  “  move  on  your  works  " 
alone  and  accomplish  their  complete  dest, na¬ 
tion.  In  other  words,  you  may  lie  a  perfect 
Flora  in  the  knowledge  of  flowers,  but  un¬ 
less  you  give  to  their  cultivation  time,  labor 
and  patient  watchfulness,  "Paul may  plant, 
Appolloh  water,”  but  flowers  will  not  be 
the  result.  There  are  many  other  tilings 
beside  “  Liberty  ”  whose  cost  price  is  “  eter¬ 
nal  vigilance.”  And,  as  if  the  foregoing 
causes  were  in  any  degree  liable  to  failure 
under  any  circumstances,  an  army  of  acci¬ 
dental  causes  are  ready  to  supply  the  de¬ 
ficiency,  Earth-worms,  slugs,  plant  lice,  cut¬ 
worms,  supplemented  with  an  &c.,  whose 
name  is  legion,  are  among  the  aggressive 
enemies  to  floriculture.  Added  to  these  is  a 
chapter  of  accidents  to  be  act  down  both  as 
sins  of  omission  and  sins  of  commission — such 
as  omitting  to  water  plants  or  to  repot  them 
when  they  require  it,  and  committing  a 
mortal  sin  by  using  too  freely  of  mixtures  to 
kill  vermin  and  thereby  killing  your  plants 
as  well ;  or  by  watering  too  much  and  at 
wrong  season  and  thus  rottlug  the  roots. 

Again,  there  are  sins  of  stupidity  —  acci¬ 
dents  arising  from  stupidity,  and,  says  Car 
lisle,  “  Against  stupidity  the  gods  are 
powerless  !  ”  The  most  exasperating  case  of 
accident  from  stupidity  of  which  I  have  any 
personal  knowledge  occurred  last.  year  to  a 
friend  of  mine  whose  success  iu  flowers  has 
always  been  very  marked,  and  deservedly 
so,  for  she  gave  to  them  her  best  energies, 
directed  always  by  carefully-gleaned  floral 
intelligence.  During  a  season  of  great  drouth 
the  domestics  bad  been  directed  to  save  all 
the  slop  water  suitable  for  watering  plants, 
and  at  evening  Peter  would  carry  the  water 
to  the  garden,  where  my  friend  received  and 
dispensed  it  with  great  care  and  discretion. 
But,  alas  for  her  poor  plants  !  one  pail  con¬ 
tained  the  water  from  the  ice  cream  freezer, 
and  thirteen  elegant  fuchsias  led  the  list  of 
“dead  and  dying”  in  her  morning’s  bulle¬ 
tin,  which  she  had  the  grief  to  announce  at 
the  breakfast  table,  and  the  list  included 
choice  Achimines  and  many  other  plants, 
and  ended  gloomily  with  three  luxuriant 
hanging  baskets  t  Is  not  the  above  a  power¬ 
ful  demonstration  of  Carlisle  ? 

The  foregoing  paragraphs  constitute  mere¬ 
ly  a  preface  to  the  separate  heads  which  I 
hope  to  be  able  to  treat  separately  and  in  a 


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practical  way  as  the  season  for  reading  and 
writing  advances.  Mrs.  L.  CL  Bedell. 
Crown  Point,  Ind. 

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FLORICULTURAL  NOTES. 


Pond  Lily  Culture.— Phbnial  Field  says: 
“If  you  admire  Pond  Lilies  and  have  a 
springy  place  in  your  mowing,  by  digging  a 
hole  bo  that  the  water  will  stand  from  0  to 
30  inches  deep,  by  sotting  roots  in  the  bot¬ 
tom  you  may  have  a  supply  through  the 
blooming  season.  Old  roots  being  set  will 
blossom  the  first  season.  One-half  day’s  dig¬ 
ging,  four  years  ago,  lios  supplied  mo  abund¬ 
antly,  and  now  1  have  hundreds  of  young 
roots.” 

A  bullion.  — Will  you  please  tell  me  the 
name  of  the  inclosed  leaf  ?  I  should  like  to 
preserve  the  plant  from  which  1  clipped  this 
leaf,  and  you  would  oblige,  by  telling  me 
whether  1  should  take  it  up  this  fall  or 
whether  it  be  hardy  enough  to  leave  in  the 
ground  all  winter.— Reader. 

The  plant  is  apparently  a  species  of  Ahu- 
tilon,  and  tender  in  this  climate.  It  should 
be  taken  up  and  kept  in  some  place  where  it 
will  not  freeze, 

“The  Mexican  Climber.'' — John  Quill 
says:  “The  fragrance  of  this  beautiful 
climber  rivals  the  rose,  the  mignonette  or 
the  Illy.  When  planted  iu  a  group  it  forms 
a  perfect  mass  of  green  foliage  fairly  covered 
over  with  spikes  of  delicate  white  blossoms, 
sending  sweet  perfume  all  around.  Should 
be  planted  in  one  half  sand  the  other  half 
loam  and  leaf  mold,  in  the  open  ground  and 
a  warm  situation. 

Hanging  Baskets.  -  Emma  S.  P.  complains 
that  she  does  not  succeed  well  with  her  hang¬ 
ing  baskets-  that  the  plants  soon  die.  This 
may  be  due  to  the  fact  that  she  does  not 
give  them  water  enough.  They  are  so  ex¬ 
posed  to  the  air,  and  if  hanging  in  a  room, 
in  hot  air,  plenty  of  moisture  is  absolutely 
essential. 

To  Freshen  Cut  Flowers,  it  Is  recommend¬ 
ed  to  “cut  oir  half  an  inch  of  the  stems  and 
place  them  in  boiling  water  or,  otherwise, 
place  them  In  fresh  water  with  pure  pow 
deied  charcoal  and  place  a  bell  glass  over 
them.” 

To  Preserve,  Cut,  Flowers  Fresh  a  longer 
time  than  by  the  use  of  water  alone,  we  have 
seen  the  experiment  of  adding  to  the  water 
a  small  quantity  of  alcohol — common  whisky 
—repeatedly  and  successfully  tried. 

A  White  Wigelia  is  reported  as  having 
been  exhibited  at  thejfall  meeting  of  the 
Germantown,  Pa.,  Hort.  Society,  said  to  be 
really  snow-white,  to  flower  twice  a  year, 
and  to  he  hardy. 


DISEASED  SWINE. 


A  few  days  ago  I  killed  a  couple  of  hogs 
which  had  been  unusually  hearty  and  thrifty. 
They  had  fattened  very  rapidly,  and  were 
quite  fat  when  they  were  killed.  I  never 
knew  them  to  refuse  to  eat ;  indeed,  they 
ate  heartily  but  a  few  hours  before  they 
were  killed.  But  to  my  surprise,  I  found  the 
meat  filled  witli  great  numbers  of  little 
white  specks,  or  globules  or  balls,  having  the 
appearance,  somewhat,  of  a  little  white 
worm.  Ttii ;  white  speck,  or  ball,  or  worm, 
seemed  to  be  covered  with  a  sack.  When 
the  meat  was  pressed  they  would  pop  out. 
They  were  quite  small,  not  larger  than  bird 
shot.  They  were  thickly  imbedded  about 
the  jowl,  under  the  ribs,  and  were  in  the 
hams  also,  but  not  so  numerous  there.  They 
were  aiso  imbedded  in  the  hearts,  on  the  out- 
ide — here  they  were  much  larger,  and  were 
only  half  covered— and  protruding  produced 
a  rough,  bumpy  surface. 

Now,  tell  me  what  produced  these  things — 
the  name  of  the  disease,  Ac.  1  neglected  to 
state  that  these  little  balls  were  surrounded 
by  a  liquid,  or  water,  in  some  places.  The 
water  was  not  obsereved  in  the  hams  or  the 
hearts.  Is  the  meat  unfit  for  use  ? — J.  J. 
Stewart,  Salisbury,  N.  C. 

WEare  not  familiar  with  trichina',  spiralis, 
as  it  appears  in  swine  ;  nor  have  we,  at  hand, 
any  description  of  this  worm,  as  it  is  found 
there.  Seen  in  the  human  muscle  they  pre¬ 
sent  the  form  of  spirally-colled  worms  iu  the 
interior  of  small,  globular,  oval  or  lemon¬ 
shaped  cysts,  which  appear  as  minute  spooks, 
scarcely  visible  to  tile  naked  eye.  These 
cysts  aru  more  or  less  covered,  externally, 
with  calcareous  matter.  Of  course  our  first, 
impression  upon  reading  the  above  note  was 
that  it  might  be  trichinae  ;  but  of  course  we 
do  not  know.  We  should  not  eat  such  moat, 


382 


MOOBE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER, 


BEG,  43 


$mnr  of  n  pluralist. 


DAILY  DURAL  LIFE. 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  Mew 
iYork  City. 


RETIRING  FROM  BUSINESS. 

Nov.  38.— It  speaks  well  for  a  man's  indus¬ 
try  to  hear  it  said  of  him  that  he  lias  retired 
from  business.  Those  who  have  worked 
hard  for  many  years,  either  physically  or 
mentally,  arc  entitled  to  rest  in  old  age,  and 
it  is  no  more  than  right  that  they  should  step 
aside  and  let  the  younger  members  come 
forward  and  take  their  turn  at  the  wheel  ol 
fortune.  Merchants  and  tradesmen  gerieni- 
ly  are  more  likely  to  reach  a  point  when;  a 
retirement  from  an  active  business  life,  is 
possible  than  mechanics  and  farmers,  al¬ 
though  those  whose  aspirat  ions  ha  ve  never 
reached  above  the  actual  necessaries  and 
comforts  oi  life  can  usually  retire  at  an  earlier 
period  than  the  more  extravagant.  For  my 
part  J  am  always  pleased  to  hear  that  Farm¬ 
er  So-ailcl^so  has  sold  out  or  divided  the 
farm  among  the  boys  and  moved  into  the 
nearest  village,  where  he  proposes  to  take  a 
litllo  pleasure  in  the  way  of  rest  during  the 
remainder  of  his  days.  There  are  my  dear 
old  uncles,  L  and  C.,  who  ret  ired  many  years 
ago,  one  moving  into  the  village  because  he 
wanted  to  be  near  the  church,  and  the  other 
because  lie  liked  to  tic  whore  there  was  some¬ 
thing  going  on,  to  keep  him  from  becoming 
gloomy.  Ho  could  walk  about  town,  whistle, 
tell  stones,  hear  the  news,  and  enjoy  himsell 
generally.  The  children  in  both  eases  were 
well  provided  for,  but  (yes,  it  comes  right  in 
here,)  J  never  have  heard  a  word  abort  those 
good  old  ladies  (my  aunts)  retiring  or  taking 
a  rest  while  gliding  down  the.  hill  of  life.  It 
I  ride  Into  town  and  spend  the  day  at  either 
house,  uncle  and  I,  like  two  good  old  cronies, 
smoke  our  pipes,  t  ake  a  stroll  through  the 
villages,  call  on  old  acquaintances,  and  have 
a  good  time  generally  ;  but  we  never  forget 
to  keep  up  our  country  habit  of  being  on 
hand  lor  dinner  at  exactly  twelve  o'clock  ; 
and  it  is  always  ready,  although  aunt  has 
been  almost  cooked  herself  in  cooking  it. 

Now,  my  uncles  are  probably  not  much 
worse  than  a  great  many  other  uncles  who 
have  retired  from  hard  work  or  business  ; 
but  1  am  not  going  to  bottle  up  my  indigna¬ 
tion  in  regard  to  the  treatment  of  the  women 
folk  any  longer,  even  If  it  does  cost  mo  many 
a  prospective  Thanksgiving  and  Christmas 
dinner.  I  don’t  care  how  hard  a  man  has 
worked  on  his  farm,  his  wife  generally  docs 
not  full  one  whit  behind  in  this,  and  it  is  an 
outrageous  shame  that  she  cannot  share  the 
leisure  and  rest  with  her  husband.  But 
whoever  heard  of  a  man  and  his  irifc  retiring 
from  business  ?  It  is  usually  the  ease  if  the 
farmer  moves  to  town  for  the  sake  of  getting 
near  the  church  that  all  his  old  neighbors 
call  on  him  when  they  come  that  way,  and 
especially  on  Sunday;  for  it  is  so  nice,  to  get 
a  warm  c  inner  at  Brother  Svtrrr.ncs  The 
wife  has  all  the  more  to  do;  for  it.  will  not 
answer  to  hu.ve  it.  said  she  is  not  a  good  cook 
and  knows  just  how  to  provide  for  her — no  ! 
/it’s  guests.  Our  country  tillages  have  many 
a  retired  farmer  among  their  citizens  who 
has  never  as  yet  thought  it  worth  while  to 
provide  one  servant  to  aid  the  good  wife  in 
hor  numerous  household  duties.  My  neigh¬ 
bor,  Doi.nv,  who,  by-the-way,  is  far  from  be¬ 
ing  an  old  man,  sold  his  farm  a  few  days 
since,  invested  the  money  iu  Government 
soeuritea,  except  enough  to  purchase  a  lot  in 
in  the  village.  I  see  him  almost  every  day, 
riding  about  in  his  buggy  and  taking  his 
ease.  Ho  has  a  large  family  of  children, 
ranging  from  the  baby  upward,  with  all  the 
regularity  of  a  flight,  of  stairs  ;  and  I  doubt 
if  there  is  more,  than  two  years  difference  in 
the  ages  of  any  two.  Now,  Mrs.  Dolby  sel¬ 
dom  rides  out  wivh  her  husband,  and  when 
she  does  there  is  the  never-wanting  baby  In 
her  arms.  That,  is  not,  however,  what  I 
complain  of;  but  it  is  that  she  takes  care  of 
all  the  children  herself  rnd  has  no  servants 
to  assist  her  in  the  household  duties,  except 
occasionally  a  washerwoman.  Now,  Do  un¬ 
is  abundantly  able  to  keep  a  nurse  to  care 
for  the  children  as  well  as  a  cook ;  but 
neither  is  employed,  and  Mrs.  Dolby  has  to 
do  the  work  of  both,  while  her  husband  rides 
about  taking  bis  ease,  having  relived  from 
hard  work.  1  might  name  scores  of  just 
such  instances,  but  it  is  unnecessary,  for  1 
presume  every  reader  of  the  Aural  New- 
Yorker  can  call  them  to  mind.  When  I 
take  a  summer  vacation  and  go  to  the  Rocky 
Mountains  or  elsewhere.  Mrs,  “  iluralist  ’’ 
has  her  vacation  at  the  time  time;  and  when 
I  retire  from  business  she  shall  also:  for  tliis 
is  the  kind  of  of  “woman’s  rights”  that  1 
fully  believe  in. 


HANDSOME  ORNAMENTAL  SHRUBS. 

Nov,  39. — The  almost  endless  variety  of 
ornamental  shrubs  named  in  our  nursery¬ 
men’s  catalogues  frequently  puzzles  the 
amateur  a  hen  he  desires  to  make  selection 
of  only  a  few.  That  the  greater  part  of  the 
entire  lists  are  really  worth  cultivating  is 
true;  but  then  it  is  hot.  every  one  who  has 
the  room  to  spare  that  is  required  foi  their 
cultivation,  even  when  t  he  cost  is  not.  an  oh 
jection.  The  list  of  twelve  best  roses  made 
up  a  year  or  two  since  bv  the  Rochester 
nurserymen  and  published  in  the  Ri  rai. 
N'kiv- Vorker  was  a  move  in  the  right  direc¬ 
tion  for  aiding  those  who  cannot  have  but  a 
few  roses  and  want,  them  of  the  very  best 
sorts.  Of  course,  sending  out  such  list1  will 
not,  deter  those  who  want  a  greater  number 
from  having  them,  while  it  does  help  those 
vi  ho  can  have  but  a  few.  I  have  been  hoping 
that  some  of  our  authorities  on  the  subject 
would  gfve  us  a  list  of  the  very  best  orna¬ 
mental  shrubs.  I  know  bow  difficult  it  is  to 
decide  upon  a  few  where  there  are  so  many 
really  line,  but  I  will  cast  my  vote  in  favor 
of  the  following  twentv-four  sort#  of  decidu¬ 
ous  shrubs,  believing  them  to  be  among  the 
very  best  of  the  kind  and  suited  to  culture  in 
small  as  well  as  large  gardens  : 

A  Unond.— Double  White  and  Double  Piuk. 

Azalea  (American).— A.  nudijlora, ,  pink, 
and  A.  idscora,  white. 

Cah/canlhu s  floridux.  —  Sweet  -  scented 
shrub. 

Vydonia  Japonira,  Japan  Quince;  flowers 
hr  e  lit.  scarlet. 

Deutzia  crenuta  plena,  —  Double* white; 
outside  petals  tinged  with  rose.  D.  gracilis. 
dwarf,  white. 

Exochord iu  grandi  flora.  —  Flowers  large, 
whits. 

Eornythia  v i ridi ss i ma.  —Deep  yellow. 

Jl alexia  letruplera.—  Silver  Bell ;  flowers 
pure  white. 

Hydrangea  paniculutu  grand iflora.  — 
Flowers  white,  ju  immense  racemes. 

Philnde'phicns  coronariux.  —  Common 
Mock  Orange  or  Hyring.t. 

Primus  triloba.  —  Flowers  pink,  serai- 
double. 

Spiraa  prunifOlia  plena. — Double  white; 
and  N.  Iiuvesis,  single,  white. 

Syrlngu  vulgar  lx  alba.  Common  white 
lilac,  N.  Charles  Xth  and  ,S.  Persfca,— Per¬ 
sian  purple. 

Virbumum  plicatum.  — New,  small-flow¬ 
ered  Snowball ;  and  V.  opulus,  the  old  and 
well-known  Snowball, 

Wrigclu  Dvbotiana. — Deep  rose-colored 
flowers.  IF.  hoHe.nnis  nivea,  llowcrr  pure 
white  ;  and  W.  rosea,  flowers  rose -colored. 

White  Fringe  (Chionanthus  \rirginiea).— 
Flowers  white,  resembling  fine  cut  paper. 

The  above  are  hardy  in  nearly  all  of  the 
Northern  States. 

’EXCHANGING  GUTTINGS. 

Dec.  1.— Nurserymen  and  florists  use  the 
mails  extensively' for  sending  plants  to  dif¬ 
ferent  parts  of  the  country,  as  the  postage  is 
only  eight  cents  per  pound.  But  farmers 
seldom  appear  to  know  or  think  that  they 
could  take  advantage  of  such  a  convenient 
mode  of  sending  cutting'  and  plants  to 
their  friends  or  others.  Farmers  or  those 
having  small  gardens  in  the  far  West,  might 
have  their  friends  at  the  East  who  possets  an 
abundant  supply  of  choice  fruits  and  flowers 
send  them  cuttings,  cions  or  roots  by  mail, 
and  at  very  small  cost.  Not  one  hall'  of  the 
gardens  on  the  prairies  or  elsewhere  West  61 
of  the  Mississippi  are  supplied  with  currant 
bushes,  and  1  dare  sav  the  owners  have 
some  friends  at  the  East  who  could  send 
them  a  few  cuttings  by  mail  if  requested  to 
do  so.  Cut  tings  of  grape  vines,  manyoma 
mental  shrubs,  raspberry  and  blackberry 
plan'  s,  may  be  sent  by  mail  to  any  part  of 
the  United  States  without  the  least  danger 
of  loss. 

The  materials  required  are  a  little  soft 
moss,  which  cam  bo  found  in  almost  any 
swamp  or  thick  woods,  and  some  oiled  paper. 
If  one  is  not  where  the  latter  can  be  pur¬ 
chased  it  is  very  easily  made,  as  follows  : 
Get  some  good  brown  Manilla  paper — not 
too  thick— then,  with  a  brush,  sponge,  or  a 
piece  of  cloth  will  answer,  oil  ode  side  thor¬ 
oughly  and  then  hang  up  and  dry.  J  use 
raw  and  boiled  linseed  oil  in  about  espial 
parts,  and  hang  up  the  puperin  my  work¬ 
shop,  leaving  it  until  wanted  for  use.  Il 
should  be  well  dried  before  using  ;  a  mouth 
is  none  too  long  a  time  to  have  it  get  thor¬ 
oughly  hardened.  I  always  keep  a  supply 
nii  hand,  for  it  cannot,  lie  made  and  used  the 
same  day.  In  [lacking  cuttings  or  plants  to 
send  by  mail  a  little  damp  moss  is  put  aronnd 
mid  In  among  them;  then  wrap  with  the  oiled 
paper;  around  this  put  another  wrapper  of 
good,  strong  brown  paper,  to  prevent  the  oil 
injuring  other  mail  matter  with  which  it 
conies  in  contact.  The  directions  may  be 
written  upon  the  outside  wrapper  or  upon 
t  he  common  tag  so  much  in  use  at  the  pres¬ 
ent  time. 

Packages  of  plants  weighing  over  four 
pounds  are  not  allowed ;  therefore  it  is 
always  a  safe  plan  to  weigh  the  plants  and 
moss  before  wrapping.  I  have  been  sending 
off  a  number  of  packages  of  plants  to-day  to 
some  of  my  Western  friends  and  correspond¬ 
ents,  and  v  as  thinking  how  many  others 
might  be  doing  the  same  without  loss  to 
themselves,  but  greatly  to  the  benefit  of 
others.  The  reason  why  so  little  of  this  ex¬ 
changing  of  such  favors  is  done  is  because 
peopk;  don't  tnink  of  it  at  the  proper  time. 
The  winter  is  as  good  time  as  any  for  send¬ 
ing  liardy  plants,  seeds  and  cuttings,  and 
most  people  have  more  leisure  at.  this  season 
tlmu  during  the  spring  or  autumn.  1  hope 
this  hint  may  serve  to  remind  those  who 
have  choice  plants  to  spare,  or  those  who 
have  none  and  desire  a  supply,  that  the 
mails  are  a  cheap  and  convenient  mode  of 
transportation. 


THE  PRINCE  OF  APPLE  GROWERS. 


We  copy  the  following  from  the  New  York 
correspondence  of  the  Troy  Times.  It  is  In¬ 
teresting  as  a  matter  of  record,  illustrating 
how  a  man  may  make  money  by  building  up 
a  reputation  for  liis  produce.  Here  is  the 
letter : 

If  you  should  be  walking  with  mo  on  al¬ 
most  any  pleasant  day  in  the  Fifth  Avenue, 
near  Madison  Square,  I  might  point  out  the 
most  successful  pomolegist.  (or  apple  grower) 
in  the  world,  You  would  in  this  case  pee  a 
large  and  finely  built,  man,  tastefully  but  not 
showily  dressed,  whose  manners  are  sug¬ 
gestive  of  the  old  school,  and  who  mingles 
literary  and  social  culture  with  the  highest 
art  in  agriculture.  He  is  a  scion  of  British 
nobility  and  the  chief  among  American 
farmers  ;  that  is,  his  lauds  are  made  to  pro¬ 
duce  a  better  return  to  capital  Hum  in  any 
other  instance  on  record.  Robert  L.  Pell, 
the  gentlemen  to  whom  reference  is  now 
made,  is  the  lineal  descendant  of  Lord  Pell,  a 
peer  of  the  realm,  who  obtained  a  patent  for 
a  vast  tract  of  land  in  Ulster  County,  near 
the  old  town  of  Esopus,  Mr.  Pell  occupies 
the  ancestral  farm,  which  contains  twelve 
hundred  acres,  all  of  which  he  cultivates  by 
his  own  personal  attention.  During  the 
spring,  the  summer  and  the  autumn  he  re¬ 
sides  upon  the  place,  but  when  winter  ap¬ 
proaches  he  removes  to  his  Fifth  Avenue 
palace,  and  thus  becomes  a  resident  of  this 
great  city. 

Mr.  Pell,  in  his  younger  days,  traveled 
much  beyond  the  usual  range  of  the  tourist. 
He  made  the  tour  of  Europe  with  post  hors¬ 
es,  and  thus  saw  those  details  of  life  which 
the  rail  car  now  pas#es  by,  He  also  visited 
Greece  and  the  Trend,  which,  although  the 
history  of  Troy  was  then  mythic,  was  still  a 
place  of  intense  interest.  I  may  mention  eti 
passant  that  while  conversing  with  Mr.  Pell 
on  this  subject,  I  referred  to  a  very  thrilling 
fact,  viz.,  that  Mr.  Charles  Francis  told  me 
that  a  few  days  before  he  left  Athens  be  saw 
the  Trojan  treasures  which  Dr.  Scblisman 
had  unearthed,  and  had  brought  home  as 
proofs  of  ancient  history.  Mr.  Pell,  m  speak¬ 
ing  of  these  wonderful  discoveries,  made  the 
remark  that  teak  wood  1-ad  been  found  at 
the  same  time,  and  us  this  is  a  product  of 
the  Indies  it  suggested  the  extent  of  Trojan 
commerce.  t)u  returning  home  Mr.  Pell  de¬ 
voted  himself  to  the  supervision  of  hi#  im¬ 
mense  estate,  for  which  he  was  adapted  by 
a  natural  taste.  Had  he  been  born  poor 
there  can  be  no  doubt  that  he  would  have 
got  rich  by  the  same  system  which  has  ena¬ 
bled  him  to  succeed  so  remarkably  on  a  grand 
scale. 

Mr.  Pell’s  father,  who  was  noted  for  his 
good  judgment  in  agricultural  matters,  stop¬ 
ping  many  years  ago  in  the  little  village  of 
Newtown,  L,  I.,  observed  two  pippin  trees  of 
Fnglish  origin,  whose  fruit  was  much  sought 
for.  The  one  produced  an  apple  tinted  with 
yellow  and  red,  and  the  other  one  of  a  green 
hue,  the  difference  in  color  being  solely 
caused  by  the  difference  in  soil.  He  was  so 
much  pleased  with  the  fruit  that  he  deter¬ 
mined  to  create  an  extensive  orchard  of  a 
similar  kind.  The  cuttings  were  obtained 
from  time  to  time  ;  trees  were  planted  and 
grafted,  and  after  many  years  of  persever¬ 
ance  and  labor  the  grand  orchard  w as  in 
existence  Mr.  Pell  then  could  show  300  acres 
planted  with  the  Newtown  pippin  alone,  and 
containing  31,000  trees.  He  then  remarked 
“if  each  tree  should  yield  his  son  one  dollar 
a  year  it  would  be  a  handsome  income.”  His 
plan,  however,  lias  been  greatly  exceeded, 
for  some  of  these  .very  trees  have  yielded 
eighteen  bushels  at  a  picking. 

While  so  many  rich  sons  fall  victims  to 
their  own  wealth  by  the  vices  which  haunt 
prosperity,  Robert  L.  Pell  found  his  tastes 
better  satisfied  with  his  count  ry  seat  and  its 
enormous  crops.  He  studied  the  arts  of 
pomology  and  learned  liaw  to  assist  nature 
in  her  efforts  to  support  mankind.  Com¬ 
monly  speaking  the  apple  tree  bears  every 
alternate  year.  Mr.  Pell  determined  to  have 
an  annual  harvest,  and  to  give  his  orchard  a 
handsome  start  he  sacrificed  the  crop  a  bear¬ 
ing  year.  AH  the  apples  were  picked  green. 
He  had  discovered  that  the  germ  of  the  next 
year’s  fruit  was  in  existence  at  the  time  of 
the  apple  harvest,  but  that  the  tree  would  be 
so  exhausted  that  this  germ  would  fail  of 
development,  and  a  year  of  rest  would  fol¬ 
low  before  another  crop  could  be  produced. 
Having  stopped  his  trees  from  fruiting  in 
the  manner  I  have  mentioned,  he  was  sure 
of  a  crop  of  what  was  generally  tlie  off  year, 
and  he  determined  to  follow  this  up  by  a 


treatment  which  should  abolish  the  off  year 
system.  He  learned  that  trees  require  a 
variety  of  food,  the  chief  of  which  is  found 
in  potash,  lime  and  soda,  and  his  orchard  has 
been  thus  fed  with  all  the  success  that  could 
have  been  anticipated.  The  potash  is  found 
in  wood  ashes,  lime  is  obtained  from  oyster 
shells  at  low  cost  (stone  lime  beiug  undesira¬ 
ble),  while  soda  is  supplied  by  common  salt. 
An  orchard  thus  fed  and  judiciously  pruned 
cannot  fail  of  success,  and  although  this  sea¬ 
son  is  generally  short  of  apples,  Mr.  Pell’s 
crop  is  of  usual  abundance.  His  plan  is  to  fill 
his  barn  yard  with  swamp  muck  in  the  fall. 
Tin's  absorbs  the  drainage,  and  it  is  at  the 
some  time  supplied  with  the  above  men¬ 
tioned  ingredient  s.  In  the  spring  it  is  hauled 
into  the  orchard,  which  is  plowed  and  sown 
with  clover  as  an  additional  fertilizer.  A 
nursery  for  the  purpose  of  renewing  the 
orchard  is  a  part  of  the  scheme,  and  most  of 
the  latter  at  present  is  young  and  in  the  most 
thrifty  condition. 

During  apple  harvest  about  one  hundred 
men  are  employed,  and  the  work  generally 
requires  a  fortnight.  The  rule  is  to  pick  the 
trees  dean  and  not  to  let  go  of  an  apple  until 
it  rests  iu  the  basket.  The  latter  are  laid 
carefully  on  the  ground,  and  the.  teamster 
picks  them  up  with  equal  car®  and  conveys 
them  to  the  apple  house.  The  latter  is  one 
of  Mr.  Pell’s  inventions,  and  he  has  four  in 
use.  They  arc  sp  irioUs  st  ructures,  perhaps 
40  by  100  feet  (such,  at  least,  is  my  recollec¬ 
tion  from  seeing  one  of  them),  and  arc  what 
might  be  called  two  stories  high.  The  first 
story  lias  no  windows.  You  enter  by  a  wide 
door,  and  the  apples  are  seen  covering  the 
entire  interior  to  a  depth  of  four  feet.  The 
upper  part  of  the  building  has  a  few  win¬ 
dows,  and  the  door  is  grated,  so  that  when 
closed  there  is  an  ascending  draft.  The  fruit 
will,  while  in  this  place,  discharge  a  very- 
large  amount  of  moisture,  and  thus  deliver 
itself  from  the  chief  cause  of  decay.  An 
apple  house  at  such  a  time  Js  really  a  fine 
sight.  In  three  days  the  sweating  is  done, 
and  the  draft  removes  the  moisture.  The 
fruit  is  then  sorted,  and  all  below  a  certain 
size  is  carted  to  the  cider  mill,  while  the  rest 
is  packed  for  shipment.  They  arc  placed  in 
boxes,  each  of  which  contains  one  hundred 
of  the  best  Newtown  pippins,  and  are  at 
once  shipped  to  Liverpool.  Mr.  Pell’s  fruit 
is  as  well  known  there  as  it  is  here,  and  he 
has  adopted  t  he  custom  which  prevails  in  the 
orange  and  lemon  trade  in  this  ciiy,  viz.,  of 
soiling  it  at  auction.  The  sales  are  largely 
attended  and  the  pippins  from  the  Pellliam 
farm  are  sold  all  over  Europe.  They  some¬ 
times  bring  fourteen  cents  apiece  by  the  box. 
Such  is  the  value  of  a  reputat  ion,  and  in  this 
point  the  Pcllhtuu  fruit  has  for  forty  years 
been  unrivalled. 

Mr.  Pell  has  eighty  acres  dovotod  to  grapes, 
which  are  in  great  demand  in  this  city.  He 
has  a  peculiar  way  of  placing  the  best  (if 
there  be  any  difference)  at  the  bottom  of  the 
basket,  and  hence  liis  brand  uoeds  no  recom¬ 
mendation.  He  has  eight  hundred  acres  un¬ 
der  general  cultivation,  and  with  the  assist¬ 
ance  of  improved  machinery-  the  work  is 
done  by  nine  regular  hands,  with  an  extra 
force  during  fruit  picking.  His  hay  is  got 
in  the  same  day  it  is  cut,  and  hence  docs  not 
often  get  injured  by  a  shower.  Ills  cider  is 
us  popular  as  his  apples,  aud  he  has  some¬ 
times  ground  and  pressed  350,000  bushels. 
His  walks  around  liis  mansion  are  nine  miles 
m  extent,  and  are  kept  i;i  perfect  neatness. 
Mr.  Pell’s  core  is  as  great  a  curiosity  as  his 
orchard.  It  has  been  measured  eighteen 
feet  high,  and  has  yielded  160  bushels  rdieiled 
com  to  the  acre,  while  other  fanners  were 
complaining  of  the  lightness  of  their  crops. 
Mr.  1J -11  explains  this  very  philosophically. 
He  tells  me  that  the  leaves  of  corn,  being 
very  broad,  arc  meant  to  inhale  the  gases 
floating  in  the  atmosphere.  Hence  this 
plant  should  be  driven  forward  as  rapidly  as 
possible,  in  order  to  get  this  gaseous  food  at 
an  early  part  of  the  season.  To  accomplish 
this  end  the  land  must  be  manured  in  a  lav¬ 
ish  manner. 

When  corn  is  planted  on  poor  land,  ac¬ 
cording  to  this  theory,  it  has  to  send  its 
roots  far  and  near  in  order  to  find  food,  and 
hence  its  development  is  checked.  Mi .  Pell’s 
com  lias  small  roots,  relatively  speaking, 
and  the  expanse  of  tops  enables  him  to  make 
it  a  profitable  crop  when  land  is  worth  A3Q0 
per  acre.  Perhaps  if  some  of  his  views  were 
more  generally  adopted  a  better  style  of 
farming  would  prevail. 


Making  Mistakes.— Prof.  Liebig  used  to 
say  “Show  me  the  rnan  who  makes  no 
mistakes,  and  I  will  prove  to  you  tliat  he 
does  nothing.”  It.  is  easy  enough  for  a  sci¬ 
entific  man  who  publishes  nothing,  but  only 
criticises  others,  to  escape  the  charge  o'f 
committing  errors,  and  for  such  persons 
Liebig  entertained  a  wholesome  contempt.  • 


benefit  the  mind  or  do  good  of  any  kind  in 
the  world.  A  Working  Farmer. 


place  on  the  inside  of  the  bird,  to  close  the 
opening  under  the  rump,  a  slice  of  salt  pork 
a  little  larger  than  the  opening  itself.  Then 
have  a  strong  towel  before  you  across  the 
tabl8  ;  place  the  bird  on  it  so  that  the  length 
of  the  bird  will  run  on  the  width  of  the  towel. 
Have  fast  on  the  table,  and  held  by  Some¬ 
body,  the  end  of  the  towel  furthest  from  you, 
turn  the  end  nearer  to  you  over  the  bird, 
which  you  roll  inside  as  tight  as  you  can  ; 
then  tie  each  end  fast,  in  order  that  the  bird 
he  in  assmall  a  bulk  as  possible,  though  with¬ 
out  spoiling  it.  Twist  around  the  towel  a 
strong  string,  so  that  the  bird  will  be  kept  in 
a  form  like  a  large  sausage  ;  put  it  in  on 
oblong  pan  or  kettle,  with  all  the  bones  of 
the  carcass,  legs  and  wings,  broken  in  pieces, 
together  with  two  pounds  of  shin  of  beef, 
(one  pound  for  a  chicken.)  Season  with  the 
following,  tied  in  a  linen  rag  Two  cloves  ; 
one  piece  of  garlic  ;  a  bay  leaf  ;  four  stalks 
ol'  parsley,  one  of  thyme,  and  ten  whole  pep¬ 
pers  ;  also  with  one  carrot,  in  slices,  and  salt. 
The  bird  is  then  covered  with  cold  water  and 
taken  olf  the  pan,  which  you  set  on  a  good 
fire,  and  as  soon  as  it  boils,  put  the  bird  back 
into  it.  For  a  middle-sized  turkey  boil  for 
three  hours.  When  put  in  the  kettle  the 
bird  sinks  to  the  bottom,  but  when  cooked  it 
partly  rises  above  the  liquor.  The  bird  then 
Is  taken  from  the  liquor,  and  the  towel  re¬ 
moved,  after  which  it  is  enveloped  as  before, 
and  placed  on  a  dish ;  the  back  or  sewed 
part  of  the  bird  underneath.  A  dish,  a  bake- 
pan  or  a  piece  of  board,  is  put  over  it,  with 
a  weight  of  some  kind  on  it  so  as  to  flatten  it 
is  left  thus  for  eight  or  ten  hours  in  a  cool 
place.  The  towel  is  taken  olf  after  that 
length  of  time,  the  twine  used  to  sew  it  is 
also  pulled  off,  a  small  slice  is  cut  out  at  both 
cuds,  and  the  bird  put  back  on  the  dish 
ready  to  serve. 

A  boned  bird  is  generally  served  with 
meat  jelly,  made  With  beef  broth,  or  with 
the  liquor  in  which  the  bird  has  been  cooked, 
after  being  strained  and  the  fat  skimmed 
off  it. 


HYGIENIC  NOTES, 


WRAPS  FOR  GIRLS 


BONED  TURKEY 


Gowhmds1  Lotion. — Take  of  Bitter  Al¬ 
monds  three  ounces  ;  Distilled  Water,  six¬ 
teen  ounces  ;  Corrosive  Sublimate,  one  and 
one-half  grains  ;  Sal.  Ammoniac,  two  drams  • 
Alcohol,  four  drams  ;  Cherry  Laurel  water, 
four  drums. 

Blanch  tlio  almonds  and  grind  them  with 
the  water,  and  pass  through  a  cloth.  Dis¬ 
solve  the  salts  in  the  cherry  laurel  water  and 
alcohol.  Mix  the  two  solutions.  This  lotion 
is  very  ranch  used  in  England  as  a  cosmetic, 
for  sunburn,  freckles,  tan  and  eczema. 

Catarrh,  Remedy. — in  response  to  an  in¬ 
quiry  by  a  subscriber,  a  correspondent  rec¬ 
ommends  a  catarrh  remedy  generally  adver¬ 
tised;  but  the  correspondent  does  not  give  his 
name  and  address  nor  state  that  he  knows  it 
has  benefited  any  one.  In  other  words,  it  is 
an  attempt  to  secure  a  free  advertisement. 
Wo  do  not,  therefore,  publish  it. 

To  Mate  Hair  G froto  on  the  Head. — L. 
Rf.rns  asks  if  any  of  our  readers  can  tell  him 
what  will  make  hair  grow  when  it  has  fallen 
out,  and  where  the  scalp  is  covered  with 
short,  fine  hair. 


For  girls  of  17,  the  most  becoming  garment 
is  the  English  tight-fitting  jacket,  ft  is  made 
rather  short  and  elaborately  trimmed  with 
silk  braid  or  cord.  The  most  dressy  are 
double-breasted  and  slashed  up  the  seams. 
The  breast  is  trimmed  with  rows  ol'  braid 
and  buttons  like  a  hussar's  jacket.  The 
trimming  borders  the  jacket,  and  the  whole 
length  of  the  sleeve  is  ornamented  with  the 
braid  in  differen  designs.  The  same  trim¬ 
ming  carried  up  the  back  is  an  addition  to 
the  jacket.  They  may  be  also  bordered  with 
fur.  Heavy  cords  are  often  f asternal  on  the 
left  shoulder,  and  falling  down  the  back,  are 
fastened  on  the  breast.  Very  pretty  cloaks 
are  simply  faced  with  gros  grain. 

Buttons  are  either  of  jet,  crotclieted,  or 
more  often  of  oxydized  silver,  Beaver  cloth 
is  most  generally  used,  but  a  variety  of  now 
cloths  are  now  introduced.  The  imitation 
of  seal  skin  Is  now  carried  to  groat  perfec¬ 
tion  ;  we  have  it.  both  in  the  dark  brown  and 
the  light  yellow,  which  is  the  natural  color 
of  the  seal.  There  is  also  a  [Hetty  imitation 
of  minever,  and  great  varieties  in  the  heavy 
French  cloths. 

Fur  cloaks  arc  worn  only  in  seal,  though 
both  white  and  black  Astrakhan  arc  for  sale. 
Black  Astraclmn  is  chiefly  bought  by  those 
wearing  mourning.  The  price  of  seal  skin 
is  even  more  than  last.  year.  The  smallest 
size  of  the  first  quality  cannot  be  bought 
under  $125  iu  this  country. 

For  children,  the  Barque  with  single  cope 
is  used.  It  is  made  of  all  kinds  ol'  light  cloths, 
braided,  and  very  often  edged  with  light  fur. 
For  schoolgirls  these  sucques  arc  made  of 
dark  green,  blue,  and  brown,  bordered  with 
fur. 

Hair. — Anna  G.  asks  how  to  arrange  her 
hair.  The  fashion  which  prevails  in  New 
York  is  a  wide  braid  extending  from  the  top 
of  the  head  lathe  nape  of  the  neck.  A  braid¬ 
ed  bandeau  is  placed  upon  the  forehead, 
fastening  on  the  side  underneath  the  chate¬ 
laine  braid.  Hair  crimped  in  front,  arranged 
in  stiff  waves  above  the  forehead,  or  in  stiff, 
fiat  spirals,  reaching  almost  to  the  eyes. 
The  last,  it  is  needless  to  say,  is  an  idiotic 
fashiou.  Abroad  the  hair  is  arranged  higher 
on  the  top  of  the  head.  A  narrow  fringe  of 
httir  hangs  over  the  forehead,  slightly  crimp¬ 
ed  ;  going  back  in  waves,  puffs  or  braids,  the 
hair  rises  at  hast  three  inches  from  the  top 
of  the  head  and  a  high  comb  is  inserted.  In 
arranging  the  back,  particular  attention  is 
paid  to  the  shape  of  the  head.  Puffs  are 
most  worn  ;  hut  few  ladies  are  ex  port  enough 
to  make  those  themselves.  The  hair  must 
be  tied  high  on  the  head.  If  it  is  long,  the 
different  pieces  required  for  the  puffs  must 
be  braided  down,  leaving  only  enough  hair 
loose  tor  the  puffs.  The  braids  are  then  pin¬ 
ned  up  and  the  puffs  easily  made.  If  you 
wear  false  hail’  at  all,  we  advise  you  to  have 
it.  made  in  a  chignon  of  loose  puffs,  as  they 
are  so  much  lighter  than  braids  and  much, 
prettier.  Hair  that  is  massed  on  top  of  the 
head,  is  fastened  with  jet  pins,  balls  and  dai¬ 
sies.  Wide  jet  combs,  headed  by  flat  bands, 
are  also  used  to  hold  the  hair  back. 

Crinoline. — A  lice  H.-  -Very  little  crinoline 
in  worn  here  ;  all  varieties  of  ton  mure  have 
almost  disappeared.  Ladies  wear  their  dress¬ 
es  falling  plainly  about  their  feet  and  the 
fronts  drawn  back  as  tightly  as  possible; 
This  fashion  is  peculiar  to  New  York.  Hoops 
are  worn  altogether  in  Paris.  The  skirt,  of 
stuff  is  without  hoops  except  in  the  back, 
where  the  amount  o£  toumure  is  regulated 
by  rubier  bands  underneath.  These  skirts 
are  very  desirable  in  promoting  the  dresses  ; 
but  they  are  rather  complicated.  It.  would 
be  better  to  buy  one  ;  the  price  is  $3,  and 
from  that  you  can  always  make  others,  as 
the  loops  con  be  easily  removed  fer  washing. 
In  having  the  skirt  of  stuff  you  can  dispense 
with  the  extra  pettjeoat  —  an  advantage 
which  every  one  who  has  ever  lightened  her 
clothing  cun  appreciate. 

Raffs. — Lucy  B. — Almost  all  dresses  are 
worn  with  luffs.  They  are  cut  bias,  lined 
with  silk,  and  plaited  very  full  on  the  back. 
Inside  of  the  ruffs  are  wont  frills  of  crepe 
lisse  or  tulle.  In  wearing  these  ruffs  the 
hair  should  be  arranged  higher  than  the 
present  fashion  admits,  though  truth  com 
pels  us  to  ray  the  braids  often  rest  on  the 
silk,  and  as  a  matter  of  course,  it  is  soon 
soiled.  It  will  be  seen  that  niffs  are  t spe¬ 
cially  adapted  to  long,  slender  necks.  Most 
of  the  shops  have  ruffs  for  sale  ;  they  are  of 
black  silk,  lined  with  colors,  and  are  accom¬ 
panied  by  revet  s,  piped  with  the  color.  They 
nave,  however,  become  very  common.  A 
ruff  made  of  the  same  material  as  the  dress, 
which  can  be  removed  at  will,  is  far  pref- 


In  To-Day,  Pierre  Blot  has  the  following 
on  the  preparation  of  boned  turkey: — All 
birds  are  boned  in  the  sarno  way,  be  they 
reed-birds  or  turkeys  ;  but  the  larger  the 
bird  the  easier  it  is  tyr  inexperienced  per¬ 
sons.  We  will  explain,  therefore,  to  our 
readers  how  to  bone  a  turkey,  ussuring  them 
that  the  anatomy  of  one  is  the  same  as  that 
of  the  other,  and  that  it  is  not  os  difficult  as 
it  may  appear  at  first.  We  may  also  assure 
them  that  when  they  can  bone  a  turkey, 
easily  they  will  be  able  to  bone  a  quail  or 
smaller  bird  just  as  well. 

All  birds  to  bone  must  be  picked  dry — the 
skin  of  those  that  are  scalded  breaks  too 
easily.  Those  sent  to  market  for  that  pur¬ 
pose  be  they  chickens  or  turkeys,  have  been 
kept  without  food  beiore  being  killed  at.  least 
twenty-four  hours,  their  empty  crops  show¬ 
ing  it  easily.  The  proportions  for  a  boned 
turkey  are:  —  A  middle-sized  turkey,  one 
and  a  halt  pounds  of  fat,  salt  pork  ;  a  smoked 
beef's  tongue,  or  six  boiled,  fresh  sheep's 
tongues  ;  two  pounds  tannage  meat ;  two 
pounds  boiled  ham  ;  a  quarter  or  half  pound 
of  truffles,  (if  handy;)  two  pounds  of  shin  of 
beef ;  four  stalks  of  parsley— one  of  thyme  ; 
two  cloves — one  of  garlic  :  one  carrot  in 
slices  ;  a  bay  leaf  ;  ten  whole  peppers,  and 
salt.  The  tongue,  suit  pork  uml  liam  are  cut 
in  square  strips,  about  four  inches  long  and 
half  an  inch  thick. 

The  process  is,  to  singe  the  bird  first ;  but 
do  not  draw  it.  Then  out  the  neck  off  about 
half  way  between  the  head  and  the  body; 
the  wings  are  cut.  just  above  the  second  joint 
from  the  end,  and  the  legs  are  cut  off  just 
above  the  joint  nearest  the  feet.  Split  the 
skin  from  the  rump  all  along  the  back  to  the 
place  where  the  neck  was  cut,  after  which, 
by  using  a  small,  but  sharp-pointed  knife, 
the  skin  and  llosh  are  detached  from  the  car¬ 
cass  by  running  the  point  of  the  knife  be¬ 
tween  the  bones  aud  llosh,  going  toward  tlio 
breast  bone  after  having  com  mcuccd  on  the 
back.  The  first  thing  you  meet  with  is  the 
wing,  which  you  detach  from  the  carcass  by 
running  the  knife  through  the  joint  ;  it  is 
easily  done.  The  second  thing  you  meet 
with  is  the  leg,  around  the  joint  of  which 
you  run  the  knife,  holding  the  bird  fast  on 
its  side,  you  twist  the  leg  gently,  so  as  to 
dislocate  it,  then  ran  the  knife  through  the 
joint,  and  continue  until  you  reach  the 
breast  bone.  You  then  turn  the  bird  over 
and  do  the  same  for  the  other  side  ;  the  duct 


SCIENTIFIC  AND  USEFUL  NOTES 


Bleaching  Discolored  Flannel.  —  It  was 
found  by  Prof.  Artlis  that  flannel,  which 
had  become  yellow  by  lying  for  some  time, 
when  treated  with  u  solution  of  1  pounds 
of  Marseilles  soup  in  50  pounds  of  soft  water, 
with  the  addition  of  Otic-third  of  an  ounce 
of  ammonia,  and  subsequently  rinsed,  was 
touch  improved  in  appearance.  The  bleach¬ 
ing  was  more  quickly  accomplished  by  soak¬ 
ing  the  articles  for  an  hour  in  a  dilute  solu¬ 
tion  of  acid  sulphite  of  soda,  then  stirring  in 
dilute  hydrochloric  acid  (50  parts  water  to  1 
of  acid),  covering  the  vessel,  and  allowing  it 
to  remain  a  quarter  of  an  hour,  and  after¬ 
ward  thoroughly  rinsing  the  articles. 

Aerial  Navigation. — That  the  air  is  sus¬ 
ceptible  of  rapid,  safe  rad  profitable  naviga¬ 
tion  is  now  a  fixed  fact.  I  have  a  miniature 
air-ship  in  my  room  that  will  convince  any 
one  of  the  correctness  of  the  above  state¬ 
ment.  Lightning  was  at  our  command  for 
thousands  of  years  before  we  even  dreamed 
of  makiug  if  the  carrier  of  our  thoughts. 
Yet  we  see,  daily,  innumerable  aerial  navi¬ 
gators  without  taking  any  notice  ol’  the 
combination  of  the  mechanical  forces  they 
exhibit,  which,  if  properly  applied,  would 
enable  us  to  navigate  the  air  much  more 
rapidly  than  water,  us  the  former  Is  lighter 
than  the  latter. — S.  E.  H.,  Milton,  Ky. 

Preventing  Rust  in,  Iron. — The  following 
mixture  is  stated  to  be  an  excellent  brown 
coating  for  protecting  iron  and  steel  from 
rust.  Dissolve  two  parts  crystalized  chloride 
of  iron,  two  parts  chloride  of  antimony,  and 
one  part  tannin,  in  four  parts  water,  arid 
apply  with  a  sponge  or  rag,  and  let  dry. 
Then  another  coat  of  the  paint  is  applied, 
and  again  another,  if  necessary,  until  the 
color  becomes  as  dark  as  desired.  When 
dry  it  is  washed  with  water,  allowed  to  dry 
again,  and  the  surface  polished  with  boiled 
linseed  oil.  Ths  chloride  of  antimony  must 
be  us  nearly  neutral  as  possible. — English 
M  e.rhanic. 

Indelible  Ink.— Boettger  prepares  an  ink 
that  does  not  corrode  steel  pens,  by  triturat¬ 
ing  8.05  grammes  of  aniline  black  with  22 
grammes  of  alcohol  and  60  drops  of  hydro¬ 
chloric  acid.  A  porcelain  mortar  is  em¬ 
ployed,  and  the  paste  thus  produced  is 
mixed  with  1.82  grammes  of  gum  arabic 
previously  dissolved  in  85  grammes  of  hot 
water.  If  this  ink  be  added  to  an  alcoholic 
solution  of  shellac  (21  grammes  of  lac  to  85 
of  alcohol),  a  black  product  results  suitable 
for  coloring  leather  and  wood. — Dingler’s 
Polytechnic  J  ou  mal. 

To  Color  Chamois  on,  Half -Wool  Gar- 
|  men  Is. — For  HI  pounds  of  material,  prepare, 
in  a  perfectly  clean  kettle,  with  soft  water, 
a  bath  of  about,  one-fourth  of  a  pound  of 
unnatto  ;  heat,  add  the  garments,  heat,  to 
boiling,  and  boil  for  half  an  hour;  tiieu  rinse 
well,  pass  through  a  weak  warm  sulphuric 
acid  bath,  and  again  rinse  well. 

Preservation  of  Teasel  -  Cards.  —  Teasel- 


SaUing  Beef. — Is  it  possible  to  prepare  a 
pickle  that  will  preserve  beef  from  the  rav¬ 
ages  of  beetles  and  blue  flies  when  the 
weather  gets  warm  in  the  spring  I  G. 


REGULAR  EATING, 


There  is  much  said  by  doctors,  as  well  as 
by  others,  which  Is  not  understood  and  not 
true  either — especially  about  eating.  Nature 
classes  jiigher  than  any  doctors  ;  and  the 
right  time  to  eat  is  when  any  one  is  hungry. 
Children  require  to  have  food  eft  sner  than 
adults  ;  and  the  kind  of  food  people  eat 
makes  a  difference  too.  Doubtless  many  eat 
ofteuer  and  more  at  a  time  than  is  necessary  ; 
but  I  know  that  children  having  free  access 
to  the  cupboard,  and  can  bo  nibbling  between 
meals,  receive  no  injury  from  so  doing  ;  and 
my  statement  Is  a  practical  one,  for  my  fam¬ 
ily  have  had  bread  and  butter,  hutter  cakes 
and  molasses,  or  aught  else  of  pluin  food 
whenever  they  chose.  They  are  exceedingly 
healthy  and  strong  ;  in  fact,  are  20  or  -10 
pounds  heavier  than  other  children  of  the 
same  age,  anil  seldom  take  cold  or  ail  in  any 
respect ;  for  I  argue  that  a  full  stomach,  and 
plenty  of  good,  warm  clothing  enables  them 
to  ploy  out  of  doors  and  get  wet  occasionally 
with  impunity.  On  the  other  hand,  I  know 
two  or  three  instances  of  children  being  fed  by 
mle  and  great  afcresa  laid  on  regularity,  (fee., 
where  a  doctor  is  being  continually  called  in 
to  drug  the  poor  little  dears  with  filthy 
medicine. 

It  is  high  time  there  was  a  reform  in  phy¬ 
sic  and  in  the  matter  of  using  poisons  its 
medicine  ;  and  it  is  astonishing  in  the  ex¬ 
treme  that  the  iutelligeuoe  of  the  days  we 
live  in  permit  the  ignorant  use  of  all  kinds  of 
disgusting  trash  vended  by  men  called  drug¬ 
gists  and  chemists,  and  who  ought  to  be 
made  to  get  a  living  in  some  more  reputable 
manner  than  in  robbing  the  public  by  profits 
of  10,000  per  cent. ;  for  between  the  whole¬ 
sale  adulterations  and  the  retail  nobody 
knows  what  they  get  when  they  go  to  a  drug 
store. 

Plain  food  will  not  hurt  any  one.  Let  the 
stomach  be  the  guide  as  to  when  and  how 
much  to  eat ;  but  when  people  pamper  and 


ately  under  therump  —  thus  proceeding,  you 
have  not  touched  anything  unclean,  and  you 
have  the  carcass  left  whole  and  the  flesh  and 
skin  in  one  piece.  After  that,  you  sprsad 
the  boned  bird  on  the  table — the  skin  under¬ 
neath.  Remove  the  bones  of  the  wings  and 
legs,  holding  them  by  the  broken  joint,  and 
scraping  the  flesh  off  all  around.  Have  a 
coarse  towel  in  your  hand,  and  pull  off  the 
tendons  at  the  lower  end  of  the  legs,  after 
which  you  push  wings  and  legs  inside,  so 
that  you  do  not  leave  any  hole  in  the  skin. 
Then  you  again  spread  the  bird  on  the  table 
as  before— the  rump  nearest  to  you.  Spread 
a  layer  (about  a  quarter  of  an  inch  thick)  of 
sausage  meat,  which  you  cover  with  pork, 
ham  and  tongue,  alternating  the  slices,  and, 
when  the  whole  is  covered,  with  another 
layer  of  sausage  meat.  Cover  the  latter  ; 
then  put  another  layer  of  strips,  etc.,  until 
you  Lave  a  bulk  of  them  of  the  size  of  the 
carcass,  so  that  when  the  slit  skin  is  brought 
together  it  will  be  perfectly  full.  Sew  the 
slit  with  twine  and  a  trussing  needle,  com¬ 
mencing  near  the  rump,  and  turning  the 
skin  of  the  neck  ou  the  back,  and  sewing  it 
while  sewing  the  sides,  ro  that  the  end  will 
be  closed  as  well  as  the  bock.  You  then 


PPOCRE88  AND  IMPROVEMENT.’' 


but  be  guided  by  the  wise  Proverb  which  saitb, 
“  All  labor  i*  Profitable,  hut  the  Talk  of  the  IAjx 
ten (Mh  only  to  Penury. ” 

Meantime  all  persons  specially  interested 
in  our  welfare  will  please  observe  Subscription 
and  Advertising  Rates  and  govern  tncmselves 
accordingly. 


aeeu  stores,  auora  tnose  who  sell  them  an  ex¬ 
traordinary  per  cent,  of  profit;  but  peddlers 
are  irresponsible  creatures,  and  you  cannot  go 
back  on  them  If  your  seed  proves  worthless. 
Rut  a  regular  seedsman,  well  established.  Is  in¬ 
terested  In  sending  you  seed  that  will  grow, 
no  matter  what  he  charges  for  it.  Then,  ir  you 
have  to  buy  seeds,  buy  of  the  seedsman  with 
the  best,  reputation ;  but  grow  all  the  seed  you 
can  yourselves.  Don’t  buy  If  you  can  grow  it. 


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»<ry  ivucoiiruging  are  many  letter*  we  are 
receiving  uow-a-days.  For  example,  here  is  a 
no(:-  from  an  Agent-Friend  in  Saratoga  Co., 
N.  Y.,  who,  among  other  pertinent  things, 
says:  “Tile  UmtAL  holds  its  own  in  these 

parts.  My  own  club  for  1873  was  small,  because 
I  understood  that  two  or  three  of  my  former 
subscriber*  were  trying  to  get  up  dubs  In  terri¬ 
tory  which  1  had  formerly  canvassed.  A  widow 
lady  who  dropped  the  Rural  last  year  Tor  an¬ 
other  paper,  hailed  me  as  I  was  passing  her 
house  the  other  day,  and  said  she  wanted  the 
Tit  kaj.  next  year.  And  she  is  but  a  specimen 
of  several  who  were  induced  to  leave  the  Rural 
for  some  other  paper." 

And  she  (and  probably  they)  regretted  the 
change.  Well,  all  wo  have  to  say  is  that  the 
Rural  for  1874  will,  if  our  programme  is  car¬ 
ried  out,  be  so  good  that  no  one  will  regret, 
subscribing  therefor,  or  inducing  their  friends 
to  do  likewise. 


CHAB.  D.  BRAGDON,  ANDREW  S.  FULLER, 

Asaooiate  Kditore. 

HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.  D.,  Cortland  Village,  N.  Y., 

EniTOB  O*  TUK  DtFJLKTMCNT  Of  ShUHF  HuHHAKDUY, 

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Eonroa  of  th*  Domutmint  of  XUlitr  Hcmuxdbv. 


The  Produce  Markets,  according  to  th®  State¬ 
ments  of  our  reportriVs,  arc  steadily  improving 
in  most  departments.  The  sudden  closing  of 
the  Erie  Canal,  thus  locking  up  a  largo  amount 
of  freight,  had  to  do  with  this.  Added,  there 
has  been  a  resumption  of  business  In  many 
manufacturing  localities,  which  has  led  to  in¬ 
creased  demand  for  articles  which  men  out 
of  work  compel  themselves  to  forego.  The 
panic  led  dealers  to  refuse  credits,  preferring 
to  hold  stock  rather  than  sell  it  where  there 
was  an  uncertainty  as  to  pay;  hut  as  soon  as 
money  began  to  circulate,  the  low  stocks  of 
goods  at  place*  usually  supplied  from  New 
York,  were  replenished,  creating  a  strong  de¬ 
mand.  Things  look  brighter  for  producers. 


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about  these  days.  1 1,  is  the  first  duty  of  fathers, 
at  this  season,  to  provide  for  the  instruction 
and  mental  improvement  of  their  children. 
They  should  first  look  to  the  district  school  or 
academy  which  their  children  attend— to  *oo 
that  the  teacher  Is  competent,  and  that  proper 
books,  etc.,  are  provided  for  the  use  of  their 
sons  and  daughter*.  Next,  they  should  pro¬ 
vide  suitable  books  ami  periodicals  for  family 
reading  during  the  long  evenings  and  leisure 
days  of  winter.  This  is  important,  and  should 
not  bo  neglected.  Good  books  and  naners  an, 


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the  country  merchants  and  grocers  with  all 
they  could  sell— making  iOCI  per  cent,  profit  on 
every  dollar's  worth  of  labor  expended  In  the 
cultivation,  preparation  and  manufacturing  of 
the  willow. 

His  wood  binds  yielded  him  proportionate 
profit.  The  ax-helves,  ox-yokes,  wagon  hubs 
and  spokes,  and  axles,  frames  for  harrows, 
timber  for  shingles,  &o„  &c.,  which  his  wood¬ 
lands  furnished  would  have  astonished  many 
who  liav«  more  resources  than  he  had.  Yet  he 
kopt  his  woodland  intact.  The  moment  a  tree 
had  readied  maturity— when  It  was  growing 
no  better-  it  was  cut  down  and  converted  into 
something  useful  and  marketable  —  at  least 
such  part  id'  it  as  could  bo  thus  converted. 
But  nothing  was  wasted.  The  wood- house 
was  kept  full  of  the  best  of  fuel.  Every  twig 
and  limb  of  any  size  was  so  cut  as  to  lie  util¬ 
ized.  The  amount  of  fuel  he  thus  obtained, 
which  most  men  would  waste,  was  enormous 
It  was  the  best  kind  of  kitchen  fuel,  too  1 

Ho  wo  might  go  on  and  enumerate  a  hundred 
things  that  he  utilized,  which  most  farmers 
waste.  His  labor  was  utilized.  Yet  lot  no  one 
suppose  that  he  had.  nor  gave  his  employes 


The  Perkin*  A  House  Safety  Lamps  mid  Cans 

are  more  popular  than  ever.  Absolutely  safe 
in  use,  elegant  in  form,  and  cheap  Ijj  price, 
they  form  Indispensable  adjuncts  to  comforta¬ 
ble  house-keeping.  No  better  present  for  this 
holiday  season  could  be  devised  than  one  of 
those  safe,  cleanly,  elegant  lamps  and  the  con¬ 
venient  safety-can.  They  are  sold  by  the 
Cleveland  Non-Explosive  Lamp  Co.,  42  Barclay 
8t.,  N.  Y.,  and  Cleveland,  Ohio. 


SATURDAY,  DECEMBER  13,  1873. 


Men  from  the  Trade*  on  the  Farm.— Some¬ 
time  ago  we  advised  farmers  to  give  men  work. 
It  seems  that  some  parts  of  the  country  are  fill¬ 
ing  iij)  with  men  from  the  trades  seeking  work 
to  do.  The  cities  and  largo  manufacturing 
centers  have  overflowed  their  unemployed 
population  into  the  small  countrir  towns. 
Many  of  these  men  will  not  work  on  a  farm- 
will  not  offer  to  do  so.  Some  of  them,  how- 
over.  are  seeking  work  on  l  he  farms,  and  prove 
to  be  good  farm  hands.  They  are  methodlsal 
and  exact  in  their  work.  One  farmer  writes  us, 
however,  that  some  of  those  whom  he  has  em¬ 
ployed  are  not  worth  their  board— they  retain 
i  heir  city  notions  in  regard  to  the  number  of 
hours  that  constitute  a  (lay's  work,  and  adhere 
to  them,  oven  if  they  are  turned  out  of  doors. 
Muny  of  these  men  are  good  mechanics,  and 
can  be  utilized  in  repairing  or  making  tools, 
repairing  and  fitting  up  buildings,  Ac.  The 
wide-awake  farmer  will  take  advant  age  of  this 
superahou tiding  labor  to  get  such  odd  Jobs 
done;  and  he  could  benefit  many  worthy  men 
by  so  doing. 


TO  OUR  SUBSCRIBERS  AND  AGENTS. 


NOW  is  THE  XI  Mid 


V  4'npital  ChrlxtmaM  ntory,  i,y  au  abie  a,m 
popular  author,  will  be  given  in  our  next  num¬ 
ber.  Look  for  it.  Young  People,  and  “all  the 
world  and  the  rest  of  mankind.” 


RURAL  BREVITIES 


NKAKt.v.mooo  tons  Of  wheat  and  flour  have 
been  shipped  from  California  this  season. 

Tut  Iowa  Homestead  ha* (wo think  umvlsclv) 
changed  Its  name  to  Western  Farm  Journal. 

Patrons  of  Husbandry  are  beginning  to 
complain  of  the  expense  attending  the  organ¬ 
ization  of  Granges. 

The  consumption  of  wheat  flour  is  said  to 
be  increasing  rapidly  in  Scotland,  and  that  of 
oatmeal  decreasing. 

The  next  (second)  mectiug  of  the  New  York 
State  Grange  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry  is  to  be 
held  at  Albany  the  third  Wednesday  In  March. 

Many  of  the  Connecticut  Valley  tobacco 
growers  have  two  crops  (of  1872  and  1878)  on 
hand.  It  is  said  there  is  very  little  market 
for  It. 

Cooking  Food  eoh  Stock  Is  a  good  thing, 
and  Prindle’a  Steamer,  advertised  in  this  paper, 
we  believe  to  be  among  the  best  inventions  for 
that  purpose. 

A  Colorado  paper  says  that  “  more  thor¬ 
oughbred  stock  has  been  brought  to  Colorado 
this  year  than  during  any  former  year  since  the 
settlement  of  the  Territory." 

Article  1  of  the  by-laws  of  the  National 
Grange  says "  The  fourth  day  of  December, 
the  birtn  day  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry, 
shall  be  celebrated  as  the  anniversary  of  the 
order.” 

We  are  sorry  to  learn  that  Twelfth  Lady  of 
Oxford,  of  the  New-YorkMijUe  herd,  purchased 
by  Mr.  HOumn  of  England  for  $7,000,  died 


The  Department  of  Agriculture  seems  to 
have  been  entirely  ignored  by  President.  Grant 
In  his  annual  Message.  We  wonder  why  ?  Has 
he  got  disgusted  with  it  ?  Or  has  Commissioner 
Watts  brought  it  to  such  a  stuta  of  efficiency 
and  perfection  that  there  is  nothing  to  recom¬ 
mend  in  its  behalf?  It  seems  to  us  Commis¬ 
sioner  Watts,  who  Is  ao  eloquent  pleader  in 
behalf  of  the  seed  distribution  business,  ought 
to  have  wedged  in  a  paragraph  of  some  sort 
into  this  exhaustive  Message.  It  would  have 
been  a  satisfaction  to  us  had  the  President 
told  us  what  proportion  of  the  seeds  distri- 


WHAT  IS  YOUR  LABOR  WORTH  1 


TO  WHOM  IT  MAY  CONCERN.” 


[The  following  article,  given  in  the  Rural 
New-Yorker,  under  the  ubovo  heading, nearly 
a  year  ago,— and  since  adhered  to  as  rigidly  as 
possible,— la  now  reiterated  with  unction  :] 

The  Editor  and  Founder  of  t  his  Journal  here¬ 
by  announces  his  retirement,  as  speedily  as  pos¬ 
sible,  from  all  business  enterprises,  offices,  etc., 
not  connected  with  Its  •i.anagemem.  Having, 
during  t  he  past  twenty  years,  permanently  in¬ 
vested  for  the  ostensible  .benefit  of  individuals 
and  the  public,  through  the  persuasion  of 
friends,  various  small  and  large  amounts — and 
meantime  held  sundry  time -absorbing  and 
otherwise  expensive  offices  of  trust  ami  honor, 
(but  mu,  one  sinecure,)  our  ambition  is  amply 
satisfied,  and  the  decision  now  made  and  re¬ 
corded  “  means  business.”  Therefore  all  per¬ 
sons  wanting  to  borrow  money,  place  us  in 
office,  or  make  us  rich  by  the  use  of  “only  a 
trifle"  of  our  currency,  time  or  influence,  are 
advised  that  we  are  “  not  at  homo"  to.  or  ner- 


Agricultural  Book* 


A  Young  Farmer”  is 
informed  that  we  do  believe  that  every  farmer 
should  read  agricultural  books,  just  as  we  be¬ 
lieve  every  lawyer  should  read  law  books,  every 
physician  medical  works,  and  every  minister  of 
the  Gospel  his  Bible.  Now  we  <lo  not  know 
“  Young  Farmer's"  specialty  in  farming.  If  he 
has  any  he  should  select  from  our  list  such 
books  as  relate  to  Buch  specialty— buy  one  at  a 
time  and  master  it.  Ho  will  quickly  discover 
that  It  will  be  profitable  to  buy  another  and  to 
All  up  his  library  with  books  upon  agricultural 
subjects  for  reference  as  well  as  Btudy.  The 
time  has  passed  when  a  farmer  can  compete 
In  the  work  of  production  with  success  unless 
lie  keeps  thoroughly  posted  in  all  that  pertains  | 
to  his  vocatiou. 


when  five  days  out  from  Quebec,  en  route  for 
England. 

W e  see  it  asserted  that  the  1st  Duchess  of 
Oneida,  of  Mr.  Campbell's  herd,  which  was  sold 
for  about  $30,000,  has  given  birth  to  a  heifer, 
11th  Duchess  of  Oneida,  for  which  the  modest 
sum  of  $50,000  is  demanded. 

The  National  Crop  Reporter  is  hereafter  to 
be  issued — when  it  is  issued — semi-monthly.  It 
has  some  neat  tables  C  figures  In  it,  but  it  lacks 
tho  quality  of  being  of  any  use  to  anybody. 
That  is  the  only  thing  that  ails  it. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES 


Does  the  storm  keep  you  from  the  lecture?  Do 
the  winter  eveoingB  seem  long?  Havethe  old  games 
become  worn  and  lost  their  freshness?  Get  now 
Avilude,  or  Game  of  Birds.  No  game  lias  so  happy  a 
combination  of  keen  enjoyment  in  its  play,  with  no 
much  useful  information  conveyed  by  the  beautiful 
pictures  of  Birds  and  their  fine  and  correct  descrip¬ 
tions.  Sent,  post-paid,  for  seventy-five  cents,  by 
West  &  Lee,  Worcester,  Mass, 


Seeds  of  Seed  Peddlers.— A  correspondent  in 
Indiana  says  there  are  seed  peddlers  traveling 
there  who  offer  any  kind  of  flower  aud  garden 
seeds,  almost  at  from  20  to  50  per  cent,  below 
what  the  same  seeds  cost  at  a  seed  store.  He 
askB  if  it  is  safe  to  buy.  them.  Ou  general 
principles,  no!  Tho  prices  paid  for  seeds,  at 


father  Mozart  had  filled  the  great  hollows,  tho 
elfin  organist  stood  upon  the  pedals,  and  trod 
them  as  though  he  had  never  needed  to  have 
their  management  explained. 

How  the  deep  tonus  woke  the  somber  still¬ 
ness  of  tho  old  church.  Tho  organ  seemed 
some  great  uncouth  creature,  roaring  for  very 
Joy  at  the  caresses  of  the  marvellous  child. 

The  monks,  eating  their  supper  in  tho  refect¬ 
ory,  heard  the  tones  and  dropped  knife  and 
fork  in  astonishment.  Tho  organist  of  the 
brotherhood  was  among  them  ;  but  never  lmd 
lift  played  with  such  power  and  freedom.  They 
listened;  some  grew  pale;  others  crossed  them¬ 
selves;  till  the  prior  rose  up,  summoned  all  his 
courage,  and  hastened  in  the  olinpel.  Tho 
others  followed,  but  when  they  looked  up  Into 


—an  accomplished  gentloman  who,  with  Mr. 
Goo.  H.  Iloker  at  Constantinople,  most  worth¬ 
ily  represents  tho  American  character  as  well 
as  Government  In  the  East. 

I  he  Chief  Justices  of  the  United  States  were 
each  of  them,  at  the  date  of  Ida  appointment, 
In  the  full  flush  of  manhood.  John  Jay  was 
only  tt,  and  held  the  office  seven  years ;  John 
Uutledgo  wns  111,  and  hold  office  one  year ;  Oli¬ 
ver  Ellswort  h  was  41,  and  remained  on  the  bench 
four  years ;  John  Marshal)  wns  4 «,  and  filled  the 
office  :tt  years  ;  Roger  n.  Taney  was  60,  and  pre¬ 
sided  for  :!H  years  ;  Salmon  P.  Chase  was  56,  and 
held  office  nine  years,  .lay,  Marshall  and  Taney 
lived  to  ho  octogenarians.  Itntlodge  died  at  61, 
Ellsworth  at  55,  Chase  at  66. 

A  PnoviPKNCB  correspondent  of  a  Poston 


MARSHAL  BAZAINE 


SAVED 


Marshal  Franchise  Acrille  Baza  ink  was 
born  In  1811  of  a  family  that  produced  several 
distinguished  military  and  civil  engineers. 
Ho  first  enlisted  as  a  private  soldier  in  the 
Thirty-seventh  Regiment,  <  f  tho  Lino  In  Iftil, 
and  was  sent  to  Africa,  where  he  speedily 
gained  promotion.  Ho  became  a  non-com- 
missioned  officer  in  lies’,  a  sub-limitonant  in 
ISM,  ami  a  lieutenant  In  1655,  with  the  dis¬ 
tinction  ol  the  Legion  of  Honor,  Ho  was  at 
one  time  tho  Government,  Commissioner  of 
r ranee  at  the  headquarters  of  Spain.  He 
fought  the  i  urltstb  In  Spain  for  Tour  years,  re¬ 
turning  to  Algiers  In  1889  as  captain,  where  in 
1840  he  obtained  a  company  in  the  Chasseurs. 
d’Orleans.  He  was  appointed  rhH->lr-hnlt<um<m 
in  1844,  became  colonol  in  I860.  In'lfl&l  he  com¬ 
manded  a  brigade  In  the  English-French  war 
against  Russia;  was  subsequently  made  Gener¬ 
al  of  a  Division.  In  1856,  after  the  close  ..r  that 
war  ho  was  made  inspector  of  several  divisions 
of  infantry.  During  the  war  with  Austria  in 
1859  he  was  at.  the  head  of  a  division  of  the 


BY  J.  SCOTT  PA  YNE. 


It  is  only  a  bundle  of  mgs,  yon  think. 

That  crouching  and  half-hidden  form. 

Huddled  close  to  tho  fence,  and  trying  to  shrink 
From  tho  cold  of  tills  pitiless  storm. 

It  Is  only  a  bundle  of  nigs,  you  say, 

Deft  by  some  tramp  who  has  passed  this  way. 

But  look !  See  you  not,  through  the  blinding  snow 
As  she  moves,  tbut  a  woman  Is  there?— 

Stop  I  She  has  fallen— turn  tho  sleigh,  let  us  go 
And  save  her,  poor  creature  1-thank  God  we  are 
hero! 

For  tho  drift  is  Increasing,  and  she  cannot,  you 
know, 

Escape  without  help  from  this  terrible  snow. 

Saved!  but,  dear  John,  we  wero  almost  too  late,— 
Urge  the  team,  and  for  home  now  away ; 

She  is  worn  out  and  famished,  oh,  pray  do  not  wait ! 

She  has  been  wandering  and  starving  all  day. 

But  I  am  thankful  we  saw  her,  for  who  would  have 
known, 

Sho  was  lying  thoro  helpless,  in  tno  snow  drift  alone. 


NELLIE’S  FAITH 


BY  DKFOUREST  p.  QUMMEHBON 


On  a  morning  in  early  May,  there  stood  upon 
the  veranda  of  a  cosy-looking  house  in  the 
town  of  11 - ,  two  people:  while 


springing  into  life,  tho  crocuses 
'v\  and  daffodils,  a  child  of  about 

four  years  could  be  aeon,  plucking 
and  arranging  In  careless  oonfu 
ai<>n  a  tiny  bouquet.  The  two 
— were  husband  and  wife,  and  on 
this  morning  were  to  be  separated 
for  the  lirsf,  time  during  their 
married  life.  It  was  this  fact,  I 
think,  which  caused  them  both  to 
wear  a  look  of  sadness,  in  spito  of 
~  A~~~-  t  mlr  many  attempts  to  appear 
j-r  —  c. leerful. 

Howard  Glyndon  was  by  na- 
I  \  tire  of  a  joyous  disposition— one 
dj  l|  |  "f  those  men,  in  fact,  who  looked 
41  J  )  ,;ir  into  the  future,  and  saw  only 
cLdi/  J  the  bright  things  which  might 

c  mie  to  him,  never  the  dark  clouds 
yf/Jjfl  that  hung  ground  them.  In  his 
I  lie  had  led  a  happy  life.  A 

7'// II ill  /  man  of  less  ambition  would  have 

III1! /  hjon  content  to  abide  there  for  nil 
I  ji Mil  ti  no.  Hut  In  bis  nature  there  was 

'ill H  rostlo»»  iQBgli'ff  ior  something 

f  jl  y  better  than  the  jur.-iuot  gave  him 

j  l  —a  sort  of  hunger  for  that  which 

he  believed  the  future  could  givo 
him.  His  wife,  Roselle,  was  of  a 
a  more  contented  mind.  To  her 
the  presence  of  her  husband  and 
children  was  a  perpetual  source  of 
enjoyment.  It  did  not  matter  to 
her  If  their  home  was  not  one  of 
elegance,  so  long  as  l,uvo  chose  to 
make  it  her  abode. 

So  when  Howard  G lyndon 
came  home  one  day  in  a  glowing 
state  of  enthusiasm  and  told  her 
that  ho  had  decided  to  go  to  Cali¬ 
fornia  with  a  party  of  frionds,  who 
like  himself  were  anxious  to  make 
a  rapid  fortune,  and  who  wore  too 
Impatient  to  wait  for  It  to  come  through 
years  of  toll,  instead  of  sharing  In  his  enthu¬ 
siasm,  poor  woman,  she  burst  into  tears  and 
fell  fainting  at  his  feet.  But  with  tho  hours 
that  came  after  she  fully  know  her  luisband’s 
plan,  there  came  to  her  less  and  less  the  feeling 
of  utter  loneliness  that  at  first  seemed  to  fill  all 
the  future  that  lay  before  her. 

He,  In  oonfldcuce  that  his  golden  dreams 
would  be  more  than  realized,  made  her  also 
believe  that  the  years  would  be  few  ere  he 
would  return  to  her  as  rich  as  Crcksus,  and  sho 
should  dwelt  In  an  “  Enchanted  Palace”  If  sho 
chose,  if  only  she  would  be  strong  now  in  the 
beginning.  And  she,  trusting  to  a  great  extent 
in  her  husband’s  power  to  accomplish  great 
things,  grew  stronger  and  stronger  from  the 
moment  that  she  fully  believed  It  to  he  wollfor 
him  to  go— a  belief  that  came  to  her,  however, 
only  after  days  of  sorrow  and  doubt  had  passed. 

This  morning  on  which  they  stood  on  the 
veranda,  was  theoncon  which  Howard  Glyn- 
OON  was  to  take  leave  of  the  wlfoof  his  bosom, 
for  how  long  a  time  ho  did  not  know,  if  they 
should  ever  meet  again,  only  the  good  God 
who  holds  our  destiny  within  bis  hands  could 
know.  They  were  not  permitted  to  Unger  long 
before  the  final  separation  must  l.-ike  place. 
Already  the  voice  of  Farmer  Jones  could  be 
heard,  as  ho  bustled  about  his  barn-yard  getting 
his  horse  in  readiness  to  convey  Mr.  Glyndon 
and  bis  baggage  to  tho  vessel. 

Just  as  he  had  kissed  Roselle  for  the  twen¬ 
tieth  time,  and  bade  her  be  a  strong,  brave  1 
woman  until  the  time  when  lie  should  come 
sailing  home  again,  the  farmer  drove  up  in  front 
of  tho  door  and  In  the  cheeriest  of  voices  said : 

“Well,  here  I  be,  neighbor!  I  declare,  I  be 
more  than  sorry  to  part  with  yo.  But,  as  I  said 
only  tlds  morning  to  my  wife,  *  Jerushy,’  says 
1, 1  ’tain's  no  manner  of  use  to  try  to  chain 
these  young,  ambitious  kind  o'  birds  down  to 


IVT.AJElSiaiA.IL 

the  organ-loft,  lo  !  there  was  no  form  of  any 
organist  to  be  seeu,  though  the  deep  tones  still 
massed  themselves  In  new  harmonics,  and 
made  the  stone  arches  thrill  with  their  power. 
"  It  is  the  devil  himself,”  cried'the  first  one  of 
tlm  monks,  drawing  closer  to  one  of  his  com¬ 
panions,  and  giving  a  scared  look  over  his 
shoulder  into  the  darkness  of  the  aisle. 

It  is  a  miracle !”  said  another.  But  when 
the  oldest  of  their  number  mounted  the  stairs 
to  the  organ  front,  he  stood  petrified  with 
amazement. 

I  here  stood  the  tiny  figure,  treading  from 
pedal  to  pedal,  and  at  the  same  time  clutching 
the  keys  above  with  his  little  hands,  gathering 
bandfuls  of  those  wonderful  chords  as  If  they 
were  violets,  and  flinging  them  out  Into  the 
solemn  gloom  behind  him.  He  heard  nothing, 
saw  nothing  besides;  hla  eyes  beamed  like 


THE  BOY  ORGANIST. 

Mozart  s  first  experience  of  a  large  organ 
was  in  the  monastery  of  a  little  town  on  the 
jaijA.s  of  the  Danube.  He  was  then  only  six 
years  old,  and  in  company  with  hla  father  had 
left  his  home  in  Salzburg,  and  started  upon  a 
long  course  or  travel.  All  day  h.ng  they  had 
been  sailing  down  that  majestic,  river,  past 
crumbhng  ruins,  frowning  castles,  cloisters 
hidden  away  among  the  crags,  towering  cliffs, 
quiet  villages  nestled  in  sunny  valleys,  aod  here 
and  there  a  deep  gorge  that,  opened  back  from 
the  gliding  river,  its  hollow  distance  blue  with 
fathomless  shadow,  and  its  loneliness  and  still¬ 
ness  stirring  the  boy’s  heart  like  some  dim  and 
vast  cathedral. 

The  company  of  monks  with  whom  they  had 
boon  traveling  that  day  were. at  supper  in  tho 
refectory  of  the  cloister,  when  father  Mozart 
took  Wolfgang  into  the  chapel  to  see  tho 
organ. 

And  now  as  the  boy  gazed  with  something  of 
awe  upon  tho  great  instrument,  looming  up  in 
the  Bhadows  of  the  great  emntv  church  i,,. 


MEN  PERSONALS 


The  Hon.  John  M.  Francis,  late  minister  of 
the  United  States  to  Greece,  liaB  returned  to 
the  editorial  control  of  his  paper,  the  Troy 
limes.  Ills  public  service  has  been,  what  all 
who  knew  him  knew  that  it  would  bo,  moat  ef¬ 
ficient  and  intelligent ;  and  lie  does  not  end  it, 
but  changes  its  form  only  by  learning  to  his 
chair— an  event  which  will  bo  gladly  hailed  by 
all  v.-ho  wish  to  .see  the  best  policy  of  the  Re¬ 
publican  party  ably  and  honorably  sustained. 
Mr.  Francis  Is  succeeded  at  Athens  by  Mr.  J. 
Meredith  Read,  Jr„  Into  consul-general  a(  Paris 


ASA 


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MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


DEO.  J3 


homos  In  country  town*.  Tt  can’t  be  did ;  they 
’re  like,  the  eagle  ;  tligy  want  to  soar  high,  and 
It  don't  do  no  good  to  clip  their  wings,  nutber, 
for  the  fust  thing  you  know  they're  grown  out 
again,  and  you're  bird  has  flown  away.'  The 
only  thing,  Mr.  GttSUON,  that  don't  seem  quite 
right,  Is  that  the  bird  that  stays  behind  will  be 
kinder  lonely  like  all  the  time  while  you're 
gone.  Hut  Jkkusiiy  and  rae  ’ll  look  arter  h«y 
some  considerable,  and  drop  In  pretty  occa¬ 
sionally  to  see  hmv  she  la  getting  on." 

Then,  bin  t  ling  around  for  a  minute  or  two, 
good  Mr.  Jokes  wanted  to  know’Whar  them 
are  trunks  was?  ’Cos'  if  they  was'nt  a  getting 
under  way  pretty  soon,  likely  aa  not  they  would 
n’t  get  to  (he  steamer  afore  she  set  sail." 

The  trunk*  were  s  jou  placed  in  the  wagon, 
the  last  farewell  was  said,  ami  Nellie  -pnpnV 
Nellie  had  fast  ened  the  t  iny  bouquet  she  had 
gathered  into  a  button-hole  In  papa’s  coat,  lirifl 
kissed  him, and  then  I  lie  nolseof  wagon  wheel* 
was  heard,  and  before  KoskllK  had  found  time 
for  tears,  a  great  cloud  of  dust  hid  not  only  her 
husband,  but  the  wagon  from  her  view.  She 
went  back  into  the  now  desolate  home.  The 
bitter  tears  fell  fast  enough  now.  She  could 
not  stop  their  flow. 

“Oh,"  she  raid,  “If  he  only  would  have  been 
contented  here  !  I  am  sure  t  hat.  we  had  enough 
to  make  us  happy.  What  will  my  life  be  wit  h¬ 
out  him  ?  It  may  bo  that  I  will  never  see  him 
again." 

For  three  years  there  came  no  steamer  into 
New  York  from  California  that  did  not  bring  a 
letter  from  her  loved  one.  Then,  at  the  end  of 
these  three  years,  four  whole  months  passed, 
and  none  came.  During  these  years  he  hud 
repeatedly  sent  her  money,  and  told  her  of  Us 
success  and  that  soon,  very  soon  now,  lie  would 
return  and  build  for  her  the  promised  palace. 
What  could  mean  this  silence?  Tills  question 
did  not  leave  her  mind  for  one  single  moment 
during  any  of  the  days  since  her  last  letter  had 
been  received.  Was  lie  sick?  Or,  perhaps— but 
she  hardly  dared  give  shape  to  this  thought — 
dead  ? 

Then  one  day  there  came  to  her  a  letter  writ¬ 
ten  In  a  strange  hand.  Il  told  of  her  husband's 
Illness,  which  had  been  a  severe  one.  but  that 
now  nil  danger  was  over,  uiid  it  was  the  hope 
mid  belief  of  hlB  friends,  a*  well  as  the  physi¬ 
cian,  that  ho  would  speedily  he  restored  to 
health.  After  this  news  had  come  to  her, 
Roselle  could  hardly  wait  for  the  arrival  of 
the  next  steamer  for  another  letter.  Hut  all 
weary  hours  of  wait  ing  have  an  end,  and  again 
a  letter  from  her  husband  was  placed  in  Mrs. 

G  lyndon's  hand.  Farmer  Jones  bad  been  to 
the  poatoffle**,  “and  brought  It  up,”  he  said, 
“Just  a’cau.-e  he  knew  slic'd  sat.  her  heart  on 
having  one  that  day,  and  he  thought  he’d  save 
her  the  trouble  of  worrying  about  It  until  Nun- 
Mi:  came  homo  from  school." 

That  was  a  letter  which  tilled  her  heart  with 
Joy,  Howard  (Ii.vmhin  was  well,  and  coming 
home  on  the  next  steamer— coming  home,  he 
added,  “never  to  leave  his  dear  ones  again." 
For  the  next  three  weeks,  (It  would  be  throe 
weeks  before  the  next  steamer  would  arrive,) 
Roselle  had  plans  enough  to  occupy  every 
moment.  She  would  have  so  many  things  done 
vo  make  her  home  beautiful,  so  many  little 
surprises  for  him.  Nkm.tr,  who  had  grown 
into  a  goodly-sized  girl  now,  shared  in  her 
mother's  enthusiasm,  and  entered  Into  every 
little  plan  with  a  zest  quite  equal  to  Mrs. 
Gi.YNiiON’fl,  besides  having  a  few  secret  ones 
of  her  own. 

At  last,  the  long  and  anxiously-expected  day 
arrived.  Hot.h  Roselle  and  Nellie  were  up 
that  morning  bright,  and  early,  so  early  that 
they  saw  the  sun  when  it  first  appeared  behind 
the  far-off  hills,  where  the  vessel  that  bore 
their  loved  one  to  them  lay  and  rocked  to  and 
fro  upon  the  bosom  of  the  waters.  But  that, 
day  passed  Into  the  shadows  of  night,  and  yet 
their  loved  one  had  not, come.  Roselle,  strong 
In  the  belief  that  he  hud  been  detained  In  the 
eitv  with  some  extra  business,  would  not  let 
the  fact  of  hU  not  coming  that,  night  give  her 
uneasiness.  On  the  morrow  ho  would  come 
But  the  morrow  lengthened  out  Into  another 
to-morrow,  and  another  still,  until  a  whole 
week  had  gone,  ami  then  came  news  that  nearly 
crushed  this  woman  of  t  he  strong  faith.  The 
vessel  had  been  burned  at  sea,  and  all  on  hoard 
were  supposed  to  be  lost.  Of  the  terrible  days 
of  grief  that  followed  I  do  not  need  to  write. 
If,  in  pouring  through  the  shudows  of  a  life,  at 
the  far  oi.d  may  be  seen  only  a  glimmer  of  light, 
It  Is  better  that  wo  do  not  tarry  among  the 
shadows,  but  pass  onward  to  the  light  that 
lies  beyond. 

Roselle  Glyndon  made  a  sepulchre  for,  os 
she  believed,  her  dead  husband,  in  her  own 
heart,,  and  having  once  laid  him  therein,  Closed 
the  doors  and  rolled  the  stone  against  them 
forever.  Then,  with  n  firmness  that  few  women 
ever  possess,  she  set.  about  finding  t  he  way  and 
means  to  support  herself  and  child 
“When  I  meet,  him  again.  In  the  Father’s 
home,  he  shall  know  that  I  have  done  my  duty 
t  o  his  chi  Id,"  she  said  to  herself  one  day.  It 
was  not  the  easiest  thing  for  a  woman  to  And  a 
way  to  accomplish  what  this  woman  wished  to 
do.  'Hie  doors  ol  so  many  places  of  business 
are  closed  to  women,  which  should  open  only 
to  them  Instead  of  the  flashily-dressed,  effemi¬ 
nate,  would-be  men,  if  "  Nature  had  not  fash¬ 
ioned  them  so  abominably."  She  hod  a  thor¬ 
ough  knowledge  of  book-keeping,  and  really 
had  hoped  to  procure  a  situation  as  book- 
hut  being  a  woman  she  was  as  one 


keeper 


At  last.,  after  weary  days  of  search, 


she  gave  this  idea  up  entirely.  There  was  one 
door  open  to  her  yet,  thank  God  1  and  even 
though  she  did  not  really  want  to  teach,  yet 
sooner  than  lot  t  lie  wolf  come  to  t  he  door  she 
would  do  oven  this. 

So,  as  a  dernier  resort,  she  opened  a  school 
for  young  girls  about  the  age  of  her  own  Nee¬ 
me,  The  school  proved  a  success— so  long  as 
Mrs.  Gi.yndon’s  health  and  strength  held  out. 
But  one  day,  when  she  had  been  forced  to  stay 
for  nearly  1  wo  hours  aft  er  the  usual  time  for 
dismissing  school  with  some  of  her  delinquent 
pupils,  she  found  that  she  was  quite  unable  to 
endure  the  toil  of  each  day.  She  tried  to  con¬ 
tinue  her  school,  but  in  less  than  one  week 
from  t  he  t  ime  she  had  first,  felt,  this  “giving out  ’’ 
she  lay  upon  her  bed  with  a  dangerous  fever. 

Weeks,  even  months,  passed  before  she  was 
able  to  be  around  the  house  again.  During 
this  time  all  the  money  she  had  had  been  used, 
so  that  now,  w hen  most  of  all  she  needed  was 
rest,,  she  must  go  to  work  again  11  she  would 
still  keep  that  “terrible  wolf"  she  so  much 
dreaded  away.  Bhe  did  not  again  attempt  a 
school.  She  felt  that  her  nerves  liad  become 
too  completely  unstrung  to  endure  the  noise 
and  merriment  or  children. 

“  What,  then,  could  she  do?” 

“  Sew  V 

And  straightway  there  appeared  on  the  front 
door  t  his  sign  : 

“Am.  kinds  or  plain  nkwing  done  here  " 
This  was  on  the  door  of  Howard  GlyndonV 
“enchanted  palace."  Would  the  good  fairy 
ever  eome  to  break  the  enchantment? 

Jt  was  Ihi!  first  week  In  December  when  Mrs. 

G lyndon  commenced  taking  in  sewing.  Al¬ 
ready  the  stores,  of  which  there  were  not  a  few 
in  H  ,  were  stocked  with  treasures  for  the 
holidays.  Nkllik  came  home  each  day  with 
such  lustrous  eyes,  and  such  glowing  accounts 
of  what  she  had  seen,  and  sundry  hints  as  to 
what  she  wanted  for  her  Christmas  present. 
Each  t  ime  she  mentioned  wbut  she  wanted,  a 
secret  jiang  shot  through  her  mother’s  heart, 
for  she  knewt  hat  It,  was  quite  out  of  her  power 
to  obtain  the  gilt  for  her  child.  Ah!  If  her 
husband  had  only  lived,  you  see  he  was  not 
forgotten— then  this  Christmas  morn,  that  was 
so  soon  to  dawn  upon  them,  would  have  been 
;i  gladly  welcome  one;  but  now  she  could 
hardly  bear  to  have  It  come,  so  much  did  she 
dread  to  see  her  child’s  disappointment. 

But  days  must  eome  and  go,  whether  they 
bring  Joy  or  sorrow,  and  Christmas  morning 
came  at  last.  Nellie  was  up  quite  early,  and 
down  stairs  before  she  was  half  dressed,  where 
instead  of  the  present  she  had  so  hoped  to  find, 
sat  her  mother  In  tears.  As  Nellie  entered 
the  room,  Mrs.  Glyndon  extended  her  hands 
to  her,  and  amid  her  tears,  “wished  her  a 
Merry  Christmas,"  though,  as  she  afterward 
said  to  one  very  dear  to  tier,  "  it  was  one  of  the 
most  trying  moments  of  her  life."  But  Nbl- 

,jk  took  In  the  whole  thing  at  a  glance,  and 
swallowed  her  disappointment  as  she  would  a 
dose  of  pills,  and  then  tried  to  comfurt  her 
mother.  She  told  her,  “that  It  didn't  make  so 
much  difference,  after  all.  She  supposed  that 
it  was  best  i  one  so  soon  tired  or  great  dolls, 
and  eho  hoped  her  mother  wouldn’t  worry  any 
more  about  It.  If  they  only  made  uj>  their 
minds  to  it  people  could  bo  very  happy  if  they 
didn’t  have  any  Christmas  presents." 

“  if  your  dear  father  had  only  lived,"  said 
Mrs.  Glyndon,  "  you  would  never  have  had  a 
<  'hrlstmas  jiass  by,  my  child,  without  some  gift, 
but - ’’ 

Why  do  you  always  sjienk  of  jiapa  as  dead? 
Buch  a  thing  might  happen  as  Ids  coming  back 
to  us  again.  I'm  sure,  mamma;  I  haven't  given 
up  the  Idea  of  his  coming  home  again.  Why,  1 
often  fancy  I  see  him  just,  as  ho  looked  the 
morning  when  he  went  away,  and  I  put  the 
flowers  in  Ids  button-hole.’’ 

Koine  one  knocked  at  the  street,  door  just 
then,  which  caused  Mrs.  Glyndon  to  start 
quickly,  and  Nellie  to  scamper  back  to  her 
room  to  finish  dressing.  Mrs.  Glyndon  went 
to  the  door.  A  strange  gentleman  handed  her 
a  package  addressed  to  her;  at,  least  she  did 
not  recognize  Him  ns  any  one  she  had  ever 
scon.  He  wore  a  full  heard.  For  a  moment 
she  fancied  ho  hud  some  look  about  the  eyes, 
such  as  her  husband  used  to  have.  "  Indeed," 
she  said  to  herself,  **  he.  might  bo  her  husband's 
elder  brother,  who  had  gone  to  the  West  Indies, 
mid  whom  she  had  never  scon." 

She  asked  him  "  who  the  package  was  from? 
and  If  he  would  walk  in  until  she  could  see 
what  \vas  to  he  done?”  Hhe  had  concluded 
thut  it  was  some  sewing  for  her  to  do,  and  that 
some  one  of  her  neighbors  had  recommended 
her  to  this  man.  Khe  opened  the  package,  and 
then  her  eyes  rested  on  an  elegant  piece  of 
black  silk,  more  than  enough  for  two  dresses 
at  least.  A  note  lay  on  it ;  she  opened  it  hasti¬ 
ly  and  read : 

“For  uiy  dear  wife;  with  the  hope  that  on 
this  Christmas  day  she  will  welcome  back  to 
her  home  and  heart  her  long  absent  husband. 

And  then  ?  In  his  arms  she  lay  the  arms  of 
her  husband  !  “  Oh  1"  she  said,  'i  to  t  hink  that 
1  did  not  know  you,"  between  each  hob.  “  But 
then  I  thought  you  dead,  dead.  God  !  I  thunk 
Thee  for  this  my  Christmas  gift,  the  greatest 
that  could  have  conic  to  me — iny  husband ! 

“  Nellie  come  dovrn  quickly."  Her  child- 
eyes  were  not  blind-  She  knew  that  the  hand¬ 
some  man  who  held  her  mother  so  tenderly 
in  bis  arms  was  her  father.  It  would  take 
more  than  a  heavy  beard  to  deceive  her;  and 
she  always  did  believe  that  he  would  come 
back  to  them. 

Nellie  had  her  Christmaa  present  after  all 


—and  more,  for  although  her  father  had  not 
conic  home  as  rich  as  CbGSSUB,  still  he  had  a 
goodly  fortune  enough  to  provide  for  all  future 
wants  at  least  .  How  he  had  been  saved,  when 
nearly  all  had  been  lost,  on  the  night  when  the 
ill-fated  steamer  waB  burned,  was  easily  told. 
While  he  was  struggling  in  the  water,  a  boat 
drifted  slowly  by,  He  had  seized  It,  and  after 
severe  exertion  had  succeeded  in  climbing  into 
It,  where  for  hours  he  lay  In  too  exhausted  a 
condition  to  do  anything  further  towards  sav¬ 
ing  himself.  After  a  time  he  fell  into  a  sleep, 
from  which  he  awoke  to  find  that  the  boat  had 
drifted  upon  an  island  and  was  fast  among  the 
overhanging  houghs. 

He  had  remained  on  that  island  for  some 
time,  subsisting  on  the  fruit  which  grew  In 
great  abundance  there,  but  one  day  a  vessel  had 
slopped  there  for  water  and  he  was  taken 
aboard.  The  vessel  was  bound  upon  an  out¬ 
ward  voyage,  and  would  not  return  in  a  long 
time.  “But,  through  all,  GOD  has  preserved 
mo  and  kept  m©  safe,  and  to-day  gives  me  back 
to  my  wife,  my  child  and  rny  home." 

And  together  they  three  knelt,  and  gave 
thanks '.to  the  CllftMT  who  on  llis  Natal  Day 
had  restored  them  to  each  Other. 

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SPARKS  AND  SPLINTERS. 


#abbatft  Reading. 


A  welcome  ship  at,  any  time— Friendship. 

WHY  is  this  Continent,  like  milk?  Because 
It's  ours. 

The  greatest  bet  that  was  ever  made— The 
alphabet. 

Wanted,  a  pig  from  the  pen  tluit  was  might¬ 
ier  than  the  sword. 

A  VOLUME  that  will  bring  tours  to  your  eyes — 

A  volume  of  smoke. 

A  tri-angle  —  Fishing  for  trout.  A  right 
angle— Catching  trout. 

A  kangaroo  is  a  curious  chap;  when  it’s 
wide-awake  it's  leaping. 

Thera  is  one  thing  which  can  always  be 
found,  and  that  Is  fault. 

Why  is  the  letter  K  like  a  pig’s  tail  ?  Because 
Its  the  latter  end  of  pork. 

Advertising  for  a  wife  Is  just  about  as  ab¬ 
surd  as  It  would  be  to  get  measured  for  an 
umbrella. 

A  good  many  people  are  out  of  work  just 
now,  but  ostrich  feathers  still  find  purchasers 
at  $250 a  pound. 

Douglas  Jehrold,  on  being  asked  what  was 
meant  by  dogmatism,  answered,  “  puppyism 
come  to  maturity.” 

An  Irishman  on  observing  a  beautiful  ceme¬ 
tery,  remarked  that  he  considered  It  a  healthy 
place  to  be  burled  in. 

When  you  put  on  your  stockings,  why  are 
you  sure  to  make  a  mistake  ?— Because  you 
must  put  your  foot  In  it. 

What  ts  the  difference  between  a  Jew  and  a 
lawyer?  The  one  gets  his  law  from  the 
prophets,  the  other  Ids  profits  from  the  law. 

An  eloquent  country  editor  thus  describes  a 
new  organ  :  “The  swell  died  away  in  a  delicious 
suffocation,  like  one  singing  a  sweet  song  under 
the  bed-clothes." 

A  new  style  of  boys’  trowsers  has  been  in¬ 
vented  in  Boston,  with  a  copper  seat,  sheet-iron 
k  uees,  riveted  dov,  n  the  seams,  aud  water-proof 
pockets  to  bold  broken  eggs. 

A  rLummkh  had  an  Dish  lad  In  Ids  employ, 
and  one  day  having  occasion  for  a  piece  of  zinc 
ordered  1dm  to  get  one  twelve  inches  square. 
"Yes,  sir,”  said  i’at,  “twelve  inches  square, 
but  how  long?  " 

A  learned  but  rather  long-winded  minister, 
being  asked  if  lie  did  not  fool  tired  after  preach¬ 
ing  such  long  sermons,  answered,  “  Na,  na;  I’m 
no  tired;"  to  which  he  added,  however,  with 
much  pawkie  naivete,  “hut  losli  me !  boo  tired 
the  folks  arc  whlletri’’ 

An  advertisement  In  an  Irish  pajier,  setting 
forth  the  many  conveniences  and  advantages 
to  be  derived  from  metal  window'  sashes, 
among  other  particulars  observe  J,  “  that  those 
sashes  would  lust  forever  and  afterwards,  if 
the  owner  had  no  me  for  them,  they  might  be 
sold  for  old  iron." 

•  >  b<>  you  don't  care  about  donkey  riding, 
missy.  And  why?"  “  0, 1  'tv;  got  a  pony,  and 
one  doesn't  care  about  donkeys  after  that,  you 
know."  “  1 1  as  a  pony  got,  more  legs  than  a  don¬ 
key,  then  ?"  Missy  (who  doesn’t  like  to  be 
chaffed)  -“Yes,  exactly  twice  na  many  as  some 
donkeys  that  J  knowpf." 

Jones  had  worried  Smith  with  conundrums 
very  often,  and  now  it  was  Smith's  turn.  "G  Uess 
what  T  dhl  last  night,"  said  Smith.  Jones 
I  bought  of  sundry  improbable  things,  and  sug¬ 
gested  the  making  of  a  speech,  the  doing  of  a 
kindness,  the  getting  himself  Into  the  lock-up, 
i, ,i(i  finally  gave  up  the  conundrum  in  despair. 
"  Well,”  said  Smith,  in  a  triumphant  tone,  “1 
slept !  ” 

Mil  j{ - resides  in  Fourth  Street,  New  York. 

Jlis  wife,  who  is  an  economical  body,  had  sent 
a  costly  silk  gown  to  a  French  dyer.  The  dyer 
himself  brought  home  t  he  silk  dress,  and  un¬ 
luckily,  as  It  happened,  met  the  husband  or 
the  lady  at  the  door.  “Is  madam  within?" 
asked  the  Frenchman.  “And  suppose  she  Is, 
what  do  you  want  with  her?"  “1  am  dyeing 
for  her.  Sure."  “  You  dying  for  my  wife !  Get 
out  of  tny  house,  you  scoundrel  1  ’’  and  he  had 
just  raised  hi*  foot  U>  kick  the  honest,  artisan 
into  the  street  as  the  lady  made  her  appearance, 
and  80t  the  matter  to  rights. 


FAITH. 

Cast  out  into  space. 

For  life  and  for  death 
No  bottom  or  base— 

NO  limit  beneath ; 

No  rilttmnto  bound 
Above  or  around— 

No  wall  at  the  side, 

Nor  roof  overhead ; 

No  cover  to  hide 
Mo,  living  or  dead : 

No  refuge  for  Thought  or  for  Sense : 

Yet  1  do  not  despair 
As  I  drift  on  the  air, 

Atlont  tn  the  boundless  Immense. 

In  the  dep*hs  of  tho  night 
Cometh  faith  without  light, 

Cometh  faith  without  sight. 

And  J  trust  the  Great  Sovereign  Unknown- 
No  flnile  or  definite  Throne, 

But  the  infinite,  nameless,  unthinkable  One. 


I  cannot— I  dure  not  define 
The  blessing  He  keepoth  in  store : 

His  purpose,  I  know  la  divine, 

Nor  need  J  know  anything  more ; 

Thu  u  hat  and  the  where  and  the  when. 
May  well  seem  uncertain  to  men, 
for  the  future,  though  ever  so  near. 
Lots  few  of  its  secret*  appear : 

No  favorite  bits*  may  endure, 

No  definite  hope  be  secure— 

Not  even  Existence  be  sure, 

Hut  tlu*  somt  tldno  that  ought  to  befall 
Will  happen,  at  last,  unto  all. 
Atlanta,  1874. 


L.  E.  ». 


GOD  IS  LOVE. 


In  all  places  and  at  all  times  God  Is  lovo  ; 
therefore  whatever  we  do  His  love  Is  always 
ready  to  helji  us.  Now, some  w  ill  say  that  can¬ 
not,  be,  for  then  He  would  love  wrong;  but  it 
Is  not  so.  for  love  is  law.  Now,  If  we  break  a 
law  wc  do  that  which  Is  wrong— contrary  to 
HU  love;  therefore,  HU  will  U  not  done.  To 
all  law  there  is  a  penalty  attached;  If  wo 
brenk  the  luw  wo  must  suffer  the  penalty. 
Take,  for  instance,  any  of  the  pliyslcr-l  laws; 
if  we  break  any  of  them  wc  must  suffer;  and, 
were  it  not  for  that  suffering,  we  would  go  on, 
and  soon  destroy  the  physical  form,  but  as  It 
Is  we  suffer  such  acuta  pall)  that  wc  arc  careful 
to  not,  do  so  again.  Now,  is  not  thU  love?  If 
it  were  not  for  this  love  our  bodies  would  soon 
be  annihilated,  or  wit  at  would  be  the  same 
thing,  return  to  tholr  mother  dust. 

Now,  bow  is  It.  with  the  spirit  ?  For  every 
wrong  done— for  every’  law  broken— there  is  a 
penalty  attached,  and  that  penalty  we  must 
suffer,  either  here  or  In  the  hereafter.  Js  not 
this  love?  If  it  were  not  so,  would  we  not.  In 
the  same  way,  go  on  from  one  win  to  another 
mutilating  our  spirit,  until  It  rvas  entirely  de¬ 
stroyed,  and  Hink  back  into  oblivion,  or  anni¬ 
hilation,  as  faros  Individual  spirit  Is  concerned, 
returning  to  Its  author  and  creator  a*  worth¬ 
less,  having  tailed  to  work  out  Its  ow  n  salva¬ 
tion?  Then  It  is  Love  that  saves  us,  and  that 
Love  is  Daw ;  therefore  law  is  God,  and  when 
we  disobey  law,  we  disobey  God. 

E.  M.  Brown. 

Palmyra,  Neb.,  Nov.  JO,  1873. 

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AN  ANALOGY. 


The  old  simile  of  the  butterfly  aud  the  chrys¬ 
alis  I  never  thought  a  very  forcible  one,  so  fur 
ad  It  Is  used  naan  argument  Of  proof  of  another 
wcrld  ;  but  take  it.  in  another  view,  aud  l  think 
It  is  one  of  t  no  most  astonishing  proofs  of  im¬ 
mortality  you  can  furnish-  The  sages  of  the 
ancient  world  had  about  as  many  natural  argu¬ 
ments  for  Immortality  aft  we  have.  The  human 
intellect  struck  at  an  early  period  upon  the 
great,  points  of  analogy.  And  when  they  took 
up  this  beautiful  simile  of  the  butterfly,  they 
taught  a  great  truth ;  though,  1  repeat,  they  did 
not  jirove  the  existence  of  another  world  by  it, 
but  of  another  state.  Look  at  it. the  butterfly 
is  lu  tho  same  world  as  the  worm  from  which 
the  butterfly  is  evolved;  but  O,  how  changed, 
because  of  the  new  capacities  unfolded  In  its 
owti  beingl  Ko  tho  resurrection  of  man  may 
lie  regarded  as  the  unfolding  of  Inner  capaci¬ 
ties,  the  development  of  Ills  spiritual  being, 
rather  than  a  translation  to  some  distant 
sphere.  The  wings  may  be  growing  in  his  soul 
all  the  while,  which  shall  Spread  when  he 
bursts  the  chrysalis  of  ids  mortality,  and  when 
that  chrysalis  hursts  he  may  find  himself  in  no 
strange  place,  but  moving  with  larger  powers 
among  familiar  scones.- Her.  H.  If.  Chapin. 


THOUGHTFUL  PARAGRAPHS. 


How  indestructibly  the  good  grows  and  prop¬ 
agates  itself,  even  among  the  M’eedy  entangle¬ 
ments  of  evil. — Carlyle. 

Then,  said  his  Lordship,  “Well,  God  mend 
all !"  “  Nay,  Donald,  wo  must  help  Him  to 

mend  it !"  said  the  other.— Rustvworth. 

Conscience  Is  a  great  ledger  book,  in  which 
all  our  offences  are  writton  and  registered,  and 
which  time  reveals  to  t  he  sense  and  feeling  of 
the  offender. — Burton. 

The  action  of  the  soul  is  opener  that 
which  is  felt  and  left  unsaid,  than  in  that 
which  is  said  in  any  conversation.  It  broods 
over  every  society,  and  men  unconsciously  seek 
for  it  in  each  other.— Emerson. 


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the  pale,  faded  wife  will  be  a  blooming,  happy 
woman.  Hard  work  with  no  pleasure  has  laid 
hundreds  of  farmers’  wives  beneath  the  sod 
who  might  be  living  now  if  their  happiness  and 
comfort  had  been  consulted. 

8an  Jose,  Santa.  Clara  Co.,  Cal. 


out  strong  and  bright,  and  Its  golden  ray 
showed  the  home  scene  plainly  1  o  poor  Tomm  v, 
who  had  no  father  to  kiss  hix  tired  brow,  and 
no  mother,  jnsl  yet,  to  fold  him  In  her  arms. 

*'  How  weak  I  feel,”  thought  the  boy,  and  the 
wind  whistling  rpuiul  the  building  name  In  and 
chilled  the  room  more  and  more.  It  must  have 
rattled  the  sashes  of  the  room  opposite  also; 
for  Tomm V  saw  the  lady  rise,  and  presently  the 
heavy  curtain  shutout  the  warmth  and  bright¬ 
ness,  and  once  more  Tommy  was  tn  darkness. 

“  Oh !  that  I  were  like  that  boy  I"  cried  Tom¬ 
my.  “Oh!  mother!  mother!  why  do  you  not 
come!”  Then  tears  came  fast,  and  Tommy 
hurried  bis  fuco  In  the  pillow  of  straw,  and 
strove  to  bear  till?  pain  which  seized  him  like  a 
man.  Hut.  the  Imiilo  was  fierce  and  strong, 
and  at  length  he  was  left  exhausted  and  faint, 
while  Ids  limits  grew  cold. 

When  the  boy  opened  his  eyes  lie  saw  up  in 
•ho  heavens,  oh!  such  a  beautiful  star.  It 
shone  so  clenfly  and  steadily  down  upon  his 
flushed  face.  Then  he  remembered  the  light 
which  hud  been  shut,  opt  from  him  hy  curtains, 
and  he  know  that  thin  was  the  light  from  an* 
other  happy  home  God's  In  me, his  home,  too, 
ir  ho  would  trust  in  the  dear  Father  who  dwelt 
there.  He  kuow  that  though  ho  had  no  earthly 
father  to  bow  his  head  and  kiss  him,  yet  the 
father  who  'had  placed  the  heavenly  light  in 
heaven’s  own  window  would  never  shut  it 
away  from  him,  and  perhaps  oven  now  He  was 
blessing  him.  “It  was  so  bright  up  I  hero,"  the 
boy  thought,  “  and  so  dark  down  here  I” 

Hi-  wondered  why  Ills  mother  didn’t  come, 
and  then  L®  grew  drowsy  and,  oh  !  so  tired. 
How  cold  It  was  getting!  and  then  ho  roused 
himself  as  somebody  in  the  street,  went  by 
singing  cheerily,  “Thcre’aa  light  In  the  window 
for  me !"  Tommy  raised  Ids  eyes  to  tho  sky 
and  murmured  wearily,  “There's  a  light  in  the 
window  for  me,  too,— for  mo  and  door,  dear 
mamma !  A  light  in  God'H  win - ” 

The  tired  head  rested  more  heavily  upon  tho 
pillow,  the  thin  hands  fell  apart  rroin  each 
other,  and  when,  an  hour  later,  the  gentleman 
in  the  house  opposite  drew  aside  the  curtain  to 
look  out  on  the  night,  the  light,  from  ids  cosy 
room  crossed  the  darkness  and  rested  again 
upon  Tommy’s  bed;  but  this  time  it  shone 
upon  a  still,  dead  litt  le  face,  and  a  heart-broken 
mother.  Tho  sick  child  hud  at  last,  entered 
into  a  happy  and  bright,  home.  m.  d.  p. 


THE  MOTHER, 

To  Her  Son  Colng  West, 


GLENWOOD  INSTITUTE 


Some  weeks  ago  “Cousin  Johnnie,”  (Miss 
Maky  C.  Bartlett,)  one  of  the  teachers  in 
Glenwood  Institute,  at  Matawan,  N.  J.,  (and 
who  has  written  many  letters  for  the  Rural,) 
called  upon  us  iu  company  with  the  Principal, 
Dr.  Jas.  H.  HaMILTQm,  and  showed  us  a  very 


BY  X.  S.  EMERSON 


PRESENTS  AND  PICTURES 


REMEMBER,  HERBERT,  JOHN  will  want  to  heur 
About  the  farm,  and  bow  I'in  getting  on  ; 

Tell  him  T  shall  do  nicely,  not  to  fear, 

I  shall  not  need  much  help  when  you  are  gone. 

Out  oh  !  remember  darling,  it  will  not  do 
To  toll  him  how  I  mourn  at  losing  you. 

Tell  him  that  Farmer  A r.LEN  helped  you  plow 
And  plant  the  upland,  but  don’t  say  the  drouth 
Came  on  so  soon  It  dried  the  soil  all  through, 

And  so  tho  late-sown  barley  could  not  sprout ; 

Just  say  wo  had  a  plenty  for  our  read, 

And  that  the  cattle  did  not  lack  for  feed. 

All !  he  remembers  when  the  barn  was  full. 

But  we  have  sold  one  af  ter  one.  till  now, 

A  line  of  empty  stalls  are  standing  there, 

And  all  our  stock  Is  but  a  single  cow  ! 

Ah  well !  tho  milkin’  Is  an  eusler  task  ; 

Don’t  tell  him,  dear,  if  lie  should  chance  to  ask. 

But  tell  him  of  the  huskin' :  how  the  girls 
Came  up  from  Dean's  and  down  from  ParKkr'8 

hill, 

And  cleaned  and  eo.ike  l  all  day,  and  left  a  lot 
Of  pies  and  cakes  the  pantry  shelves  to  1111 ; 

And  how  the  young  men  made  the  evenin’  gay, 

And  brought  u  warm  new  t-hiiw I  for  my  birthday. 

And  tell  him  DAISY  I.Ki:  e-inv-'wlth  the  rest, 

And  stole  away  to  chat  with  nut,  and  smiled, 
Through  all  her  tears,  because  I  talked  of  .John, 

And  called  her,  bless  her  heart!  my  own  dear  child. 
Tell  him  she  waits  nr  patient  as  a  dove 
For  him  to  come  again,  and  claim  her  love. 

And  give  him,  dear,  my  Messing;  tell  him  how 
I’ve  treasured  all  Ills  letters  with  such  care  j 
And  that,  when  night  comes.  Ids  name,  yes,  and 
yours, 

Will  always  echo  In  my  evening  prayer. 

Ah  IIkriiekt — must,  you  go?  my  pride,  my  Joy. 

God  speed  my  youngest  to  my  eldest  boy ! 


The  Holidays  are  fast  approaching,  and  lov¬ 
ing  hearts  und  patient  fingers  turn  puzzling  and 
trying  themselves  over  gifts  for  dear  ones. 


j  I'J  I'gibiH  -Si 


GLENWOOD  INSTITUTE,  MATAWAN,  N.  J. 

beautiful  Catalogue  of  the  Institute,  with  a 
picture  of  the  building  as  a  frontispiece.  'Chink¬ 
ing  a  view  of  tho  Instituto  would  please  our 
young  friends  —  who,  wo  know,  like  “Cousin 
Johnnie’s”  letters— we  said  we  would  soiiu 
time  publish  the  picture;  and  now  we  give  It, 
as  promised. 

From  what  we  know  of  its  teachers,  locality 
and  the  Instituto  generally,  we  think  Glen¬ 
wood  must  be  a  model  school  for  boys  and 
girls,  young  men  and  maidens— but  those  who 
want  particulars  should  send  to  Dr.  Hamilton 
for  Catalogue,  etc.  Our  main  object  now  is  to 
show  our  youug  readers  where  their  friend 
“Cousin  Johnnie”  teaches. 


“  Wlmt  do  you  think  mother  would  like  best, 
Susy  ?"  John  asks. 

SriRY  ponders  awhile,  then  confides  to  John 
what  she  Is  going  to  give  mother.  John  can¬ 
not  crochet,  or  do  Afghan  stitch,  and  may  be 
has  never  tried  rustic  work;  so  Susy  proposes 
I  hat  ilia  gift  shall  be  u  book,  or  a  vasft — “  some¬ 
thing  that  she  can  kocp  always,"  Susy  adds. 

Vest  we  think  parents  prize  most  the  work 
of  their  children’s  hands,  or  some  little  gift 
their  own  money  has  purchased;  certainly  the 
memory  of  It  will  remain  with  them  always. 

As  to  presents  In  general,  we  must  always 
take  Into  consideration  the  tastes  of  tho  per¬ 
son  whom  wo  Intend  to  make  a  present,  in 
order  that  our  gift  he  fully  appreciated.  To  a 
person  with  a  taste  for  reading,  a  new  book  Is 
most,  aeeeptabh! ;  and  no  present  more  sure  to 
bo  appreciated  by  such  a  person  can  be  made 
tlmn  a  subscription  to  some  good  paper  or 
magazine;  It  brings  the  donor  to  mind  not  only 
once  but  every  time  the  paper  makes  Its  ap¬ 
pearance,  and  if  a  weekly,  like  the  Rural, 
fifty-two  times  a  year. 

Next  to  books  and  periodicals  come  pictures. 
Most  of  us  are  but  beginners  In  art.  studies; 
therefore,  we  will  not  criticise.  Pictures  are 
beginning  to  bo  a  necessity  In  our  homes.  I 
think  wo  shall  become,  hy-and-by,  a  nation 
which  shall  thoroughly  understand  and  ap¬ 
preciate  true  art. 

Now  that  we  have  the  pictures  wc  want  to 
make  the  must  of  them.  If  1  did  not  see  in  so 
many  houses  pictures  improperly  hung,  1 
should  not  write  this.  A  dark,  deep  frame, 
with  gilt  molding  against  tho  picture.  Is  most 
still  abb*  for  the-  bright  chromes.  Your  picture 
should  be  hung  In  such  a  mann:-:-  that  the  be¬ 
holder  takes  the  same  delight,  in  it  chat  lie 
would  in  beholding  the  real  scene  from  a 
window.  It.  should  not  ho  hung  in  such  »  man¬ 
ner  that  it  has  the  appearance  of  tipping  for¬ 
ward.  In  rooms  with  lofty  ceilings,  It  is  neces¬ 
sary  to  suspend  the  pictures  from  the  sides  of 
the  frame,  and  tip  them  forward  a  little  that 
they  may  md  have  the  appearance  of  tipping 
up,  but  in  all  rooms  with  ceilings  as  low  as 
most,  of  our  country  houses,  hang  all  small 
pictures  by  one  cord,  passed  through  a  ring  In 
tho  top  of  the  frame.  If  they  tip  up  wedge  a 
folded  paper  behind  them  until  they  are  just 
right ;  your  eyo  will  tell  you  that.  fn  short, 
give  your  pictures  such  frames  as  will  show 
them  to  the  best  advantage,  with  plain  cords, 
without  tassels;  hang  them  in  such  a  manner 
that  In  looking  at  them  you  forget  cord  and 
frame,  and  canvas,  and  scum  only  to  be  looking 
through  tho  wall  at  the  real  scene. 

M  AfUO  BAM. 


SENTIMENTS  OF  A  FARMER'S  WIFE, 


J1Y  ELIZA  E.  ANTHON  <• 


How  many  farmers  there  are  who  own  hun¬ 
dreds  of  acres  of  land,  hire  live  or  ten  men  to 
assist  them  in  farming,  with  ton  or  twenty  ex 
tra men  during  harvest  having  line  blooded 
stock,  thrifty,  choice  orchards,  and  conven¬ 
iences  of  every  description  for  their  work,  who 
yet  live  In  a  tumble-down  house,  leaking  all 
over  the  roof,  und  whose  over-worked  wives 
have  to  go  a  hundred  yards  or  more  for  a  pail 
of  water,  when  a  little  ext  ra  labor  would  have 
placed  the  water  in  a  convenient  sink  in  the 
house.  The  farmer’s  wife  has  to  rise  at  font- 
o’clock  in  the  morning,  while  all  the  family  are 
sleeping,  and  cook  breakfast  for  from  ten  to 
twenty  men  ;  and  not  one  of  tho  family  ever 
thinksof  lining  the  wood-box,  or  getting  a  pall 
of  water  over  night.  She  must  do  it  all,  and 
when  breakfast  la  ready  Is  too  tired  to  enjoy 
the  meal.  And  she  often  has  to  sot  the  table 
and  wash  Iho  dishes,  with  a  baby  In  one  arm 
and  another  little  one  clinging  to  her  skirts. 
Then  cornea  the  cleaning  up,  washing  dishes, 
sweeping,  chamber-work,  churning,  baking, 
cooking  dinner,  and  cleaning  up  again;  and 
one  pair  of  hands  to  do  it  all.  Perhaps  she 
has  about  an  hour  to  sit  down  and  rest  her 
aching  body  In  the  afternoon.  She  caste  long¬ 
ing  glances  at  the  solitary  newspaper  lying  on 
the  table,  but  baby  must  have  n  new  dress,  hus¬ 
band's  stockings  need  darning,  and  an  over¬ 
flowing  sewing  basket  stares  her  in  the  face. 
She  has  no  sewing-machine,  as  her  husband 
said  that  heoould  not  afford  It;  but  that,  same 
d  ly  he  bought  a  now-fashioned  reaper,  notwith¬ 
standing  ho  already  lmd  two  or  three.  She 
loves  music,  reading  and  flowers,  but  he  grum¬ 
bles  that  they  all  cost  time  and  money,  and  so 
she  travels  in  the  same  road,  year  in  and  year 
out,  with  nothing  but  the  cradle,  kitchen  and 
washboard  to  occupy  both  mind  and  hands. 

The  farmer  often  goes  to  town  and  hoars 
people  talking  about  past,  present  and  future 
events,  and  comes  home  refreshed,  wondering 
why  his  wife  Is  so  still  and  never  talks  about 
anything  Interesting.  How  In  the  flame  at 
common  senso  can  a  woman  besimply  a  drudge 
and  then  talk  about  politics  and  so  forth.  Put 
a  man  In  her  place,  and  he  would  be  almost 
crazy  in  a  week,  as  the  daily  routine  of  dish¬ 
washing,  baby-tending,  and  cooking  Is  not  cal¬ 
culated  to  enliven  any  true  woman’s  spirits. 

Now,  let  the  farmer  sell  off  some  of  his  super¬ 
fluous  acres  and  build  a  convenient  house,  fur¬ 
nishing  It  comfortably ;  have  a  largo  flower 
garden,  but  not  leave  the  spading,  etc.,  to  his 
wife ;  buy  a  sewing-machine,  washing-machine, 
wringer,  and  every  machine  he  can  think  of 
that  will  save  manual  labor.  Subscribe  for 
half  a  dozen  papers,  religious,  agricultural  and 
local,  and  purchase  a  few  good  hooks.  Let  his 
wife  select  them,  as  then  they  will  bo  sure  to 
be  both  interesting  and  useful.  Get  a  small, 
light  carriage,  and  a  steady,  gentle  horse,  so 
that  his  wife  can  take  tho  children  and  occa¬ 
sionally  drive  around  the  country,  and  he  has 
no  idea  how  It  will  brighten  her  up.  Lot  her 
have  necessary  help  In  the  kitchen,  so  that  she 
may  have  a  resting  spell  during  tho  duy.  In¬ 
stead  of  sitting  by  the  stove  In  the  kitchen  all 
the  evening  go  to  tho  cosy  sitting-room,  where 
there  are,  or  should  be,  hooks  and  papers  for 
the  older  members  of  the  family,  and  toys  and 
picture-books  for  the  children. 

Try  this  plan,  arid  In  less  than  a  year’s  time 


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Tor  Doing  Good”  by  forming  clubs  for  the 
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all  who  apply  for  the  same. 


THE  RAY  OF  LIGHT 


cheerless,  cold,  back  room,  lay,  tossing  rest¬ 
lessly  upon  a  wretched  straw  lied,  a  little  boj 
uf  eight  or  ten  years.  He  was  all  atone,  and 
evening  was  coming  on  fast,.  How  cold  In 
was,  poor  little  follow  I  There  was  no  lire,  no 
carpet,  no  furniture  even,  save  the  miserable 
bed  upon  which  lie  lay  and  a  broken  chair 
How  lonely  he  was,  with  only  the  sound  of  thi 
mice  running  up  and  down  In  tho  walls.  They 
never  entered  Unit,  room,  those  little  mice,  foi 
long  ago  they  had  discovered  that  in  the 
Widow  .1  onus’s  room  there  was  actually  noth¬ 
ing  for  them  to  uihldc,  So  Tommy  could  onij 
Wfltcb  tho  many  windows  of  the  row  of  liouser 
in  tho  street  back  of  the  alley  in  which  iu 
lived,  ami  count  (he  different  colored  curt  alto 
belonging  to  each  bouse.  And  whwo  war 
Tommy’s  mother?  you  ask.  She  was  so  pool 
that  every  day  she  left  homo  to  seek  work  oi 
some  kind,  either  washing,  or  cleaning,  oi 
scrubbing  floors.  Until  her  return,  the  Litth 
sick  boy  had  to  be  patient  and  cheerful  as  Iu 
coilld  by  himself,  for  no  one  else  In  the  build 
lng  gave  him  a  thought.  He  had  boon  sick  t 
long  time  with  rheumatism  and  lever,  but  hh 
mother  could  not  afford  to  call  a  doctor,  and 
Indeed,  poor  woman,  she  did  not  really  know 
tho  true  nature  of  i,he  child's  disease.  So  she 
hoped  and  trusted  from  day  to  day  that  he 
would  recover,  and  every  Sunday  read  to  him 
from  an  old  Bible  which  she  had  obtained  in 
some  way  long  ago.  When,  each  night,  she  re¬ 
turned  to  him,  they  would  eat  their  bit  oi 
bread  and  try  to  be  cheerful  together.  Bui 
lately  Tom m  y  seemed  worse,  and  could  not  eat, 
and  on  thu  morning  of  the  day  my  sketch  be¬ 
gins  the  widow  had  left  her  boy  with  a  verj 
anxious  hejj.rt ;  and  now  while  evening  came 
on  fast,  she  was  feeling  very  badly  because  ol 
being  delayed  beyond  her  usual  hour  for  leav- 
ng  off  work. 

Ono  by  one  the  lights  in  tho  rear  windows  of 
the  houses  which  Tommy  looked  at  while  lying 
in  bis  bed  came  flashing  out  on  the  darkness, 
bat  the  brightness  was  shrouded  from  him 
presently  by  the  close,  warm  curtains  at  each 
window.  And  so  the  boy’s  eyes  ere  long  bad 
nothing  upon  Which  to  rest,  and  he  turned  his 
head  wearily  while  the  tears  ran  down  his 
checks.  All  of  a  sudden  t  here  flashed  across 
his  bed  a  bright  ray,  and  Tommy  saw  it  come 
from  a  window  directly  opposite  his  room,  and 
that  t  he  curtains  were  yet  undrawn.  The  light 
which  sent  Its  rays  from  out  a  warm,  comfort¬ 
able  room  across  the  darkness  and  into  Tom¬ 
my’s  room,  stood  upon  a  table,  and  the  sick 
boy  could  see  a  lady  and  gentleman  sitting  be¬ 
side  it  reading.  Then  there  presently  came 
another  figure,  that  of  a  boy  his  own  age,  appar¬ 
ently,  who  stood  against  the  gentleman’s  knee 
anu  looked  up  into  the  lady's  face  contentedly. 

Pretty  soon  the  father  bowed  Ms  head  and 
kissed  bis  Bon  tenderly,  and  the  light  flushed 


PROBLEM.— No.  14 


The  side  of  the  greatest  square  that  can  be 
described  In  a  given  right-angled  triangle  is  20 
rods  iu  length;  while  the  area  of  the  greatest 
circle  that  can  be  Inscribed  in  the  triangle  is 
equal  to  one-half  tho  area  of  I  he  triangle.  Re¬ 
quired,  tho  sides  of  t  ho  t  riangle.' 


J  iil  tu  iX  U  ’  U.lilU4h.(fl 

figure,  30  rods  to  the  Inch. 
i27"  Answer  in  two  weeks. 


WORD-PUZZLE.  No.  6 


LAnimals  enigmatically  expressed.] 

1.  Two-thirds  of  a  measure,  a  man’s  nick¬ 
name,  and  a  small  insect. 

2.  Three-fourths  of  a  bird,  a  fish,  and  a  false¬ 
hood,  transposed. 

3.  The  whole,  myself,  three-fourths  of  an  en¬ 
trance,  and  a  conjunction, 

4.  A  consonant  aud  part  of  the  body. 

5.  A  part  of  the  body,  a  man’s  nickname,  un¬ 
well,  and  a  vowel. 

fi.  A  river,  a  consonant,  a  small  vessel,  a 
preposition  and  a  vowel. 

7.  A  part  of  tho  body,  a  river,  a  vessel,  a  verb 
and  a  pronoun.  j.  jf.  Shkuk. 

Answer  in  two  weeks. 


FEMININE  FELICITIES 


The  last  instance  of  originality  in  a  marriage 
announcement  is  ihc  following:  “No  cards, 
no  cakes,  no  fuss.” 

The  dressmakers  are  the  best  supporters  of 
newspapers  they  pattern-iae  every  one  that 
falls  into  their  hands. 

A  good  excuse  for  married  ladles  to  Indulge 
in  tight  lacing  is  that—”  in  good  housekeeping 
there  should  bo  no  waste.” 

A  lady  says  she  always  feels  well  dressed 
when  she  Las  on  handsome  fitting  gloves  and 
shoes,  no  matter  how  plain  t  he  rest  of  her  dress 
may  be. 

In  Paris  a  lover  caught  the  smallpox  of  the 
girl  ho  loved.  They  both  wore  sick  a  month, 
when  she  came  out  without  a  mark  on  her  face, 
and  he  looked  awful  speck  fed,  gho  pitted  lum 
and  married  him. 


PUZZLER  ANSWERS.  -  Nov.  29 


Transposition  of  Letters  No.  2.— 

Its  |  eon. Hole  nee’*)  slightest  touches  Instant  pauso 
Debar  aslile  pretenses.  ' 

Ami  resolutely  keep  Its  laws, 

Uncaring  consequences.- f»iw«». 

Anacjhamh  No.  2.-1,  William  ;  2,  Benjamin 
3,  Catharine;  4,  Jonathan;  5,  Magdalene;  I 
Andrew. 

Concealed  Fruit  No.  1. — 1,  Orange;  2,  Peacl 
3,  Pear;  4,  Plum  ;  5,  Lemon ;  6,  Apple ;  7,  Cut 
rant. 

Charade  No.  L— Rosebud. 


THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC 


and  second  officer*  of  the  Vlllo  du  Havre,  at¬ 
tempted  to  return,  but  in  spite  of  the  expostu¬ 
lations  <>f  all  the  erow  who  wore  left  onboard 
the  Loch  Earn,  and  the  threat*  of  her  mates 
to  fire  upon  them,  remained  alongside  the 
ship.  The  cloth ing  of  the  French  officers  who 
reached  the  deck  of  the* Loch  Earn  wan  dry, 
showing  no  signs  of  their  having  been  In  the 
water.  Finally  some  English  men  seized  and 
manned  one  of  the  French  boats  and  went  to 
the  rescue  of  those  struggling  in  the  sea.  Only 
one  of  the  French  boat's  crew  assisted  In  the 
rescue.  The  Captain  of  the  Loch  Earn  consid¬ 
ers  that  the  great  loss  of  life  resulted  from  the 
fact  that  his  vessel  drifted  such  a  long  distance 
from  the  steamer  after  the  collision  before  tt 
was  possible  to  shorten  sail,  front  the  tardiness 
of  the  steamer  in  showing  signals  of  distress 
and  from  the  misconduct  of  her  crew. 


PUBLISHER’S  SPECIAL  NOTICES, 


•Jonruville,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  5. 
The  spring  opened  with  fair  prospects  for  fail¬ 
ures.  Those  who  had  not  fall-plowed  their  oat 
ground  were  rather  late  In  sowing.  Grass 
started  well  ami  for  a  little  time  a  good  hay 
crop  was  anticipated.  But  the  rains  came  not. 
The  month  of  May  and  a  large  part  or  June 
were  the  dryest  known  in  these  parts  within 
the  memory  of  the  oldest  dwellers  hereabouts. 
The  grass  withered,  and  many  pieces  were  cut 
which  In  a  fair  season  would  not  have  been 
considered  worth  mowing.  Hay  prop  less  than 
one>-hali  average  crop;  oats  very  poor;  corn 
fair  crop ;  potatoes  large  crop,  and  many  in  the 
hands  of  fanners  at  this  writing.  Hay,  $20®30 
per  ton ;  oats,  555560c.;  corn,  75c,;  potatoes, 
$(.50  per  bbl.;  butter,  324437c.  per  lb.;  cheese, 
LP/jO.  per  11>.  Ottr  llrst  snow  came  on  the  night 
of  Nov.  11,  and  we  have  had  sleighing  from  that 
time  to  this,  with  about  three  feet  of  snow  in 
ail.  Snow  nearly  all  gone  now,  with  the  thaw 
<>r  yesterday  and  day  before.  No  frost  in  the 
ground. — T.  n.  w. 

Jersey  Lily,  Wood  Co.,  Ohio,  Nov.  25. — 
Times  are  rather  dull ;  farmers  can  hardly  sell 
cattle  at  any  price ;  the  cattle  market  has  not 
been  so  dull  for  many  years.  With  a  view  of 
lessening  their  stock  before  winter,  a  great 
many  cattle  have  been  killed  for  beef.  I n  Wood 
Co.,  the  number  will  probably  be  near  5,000. 
Hogs  are  very  dull  and  the  same  is  true  of  near¬ 
ly  every  farm  product.  Feed  for  stock  is  rather 
scarce,  with  the  exception  of  corn,  and  if  the 
winter  should  prove  a  severe  one,  stock  will 
suffer  for  want  of  food.  All  kinds  of  stock  are 
in  excellent  condition.  Winter  lias  set  in  early. 
We  had  snow  on  the  10th  of  October  and  have 
had  cold  weather  most  of  the  time  since.  Win¬ 
ter  wheat  looks  splendid.  We  have  just  fln- 
lshed  working  up  the  largest  crop  of  apples 
that  we  ever  had ;  large  quantities  have  been 
shipped  East  and  South  and  large  quantities 
have  been  made  up  In  older.  Wheat  is  worth 
$1.40;  corn.  t()c.;  oatB,  25@aCkv,  dressed  pork,  4c.; 
beef,  Wide-;  tallow,  5c.;  lard,  5'-.;  butter,  2Pc.; 
eggs,  3(10.;  chickens,  live  weight,  6c.;  potatoes, 
75c.@$l  per  bushel ;  apples,  40c.  per  bushel : 
cabbage,  5@8c.  per  head ;  cider,  $:.*  per  bbl.  n.  w. 

Bloomington,  III.,  Dec.  1.  -Wetthor  very 
favorable  the  past  few  weeks ;  ground  in  work¬ 
able  condition  and  {armors  have  had  ample 
time  to  prepare  for  winter.  Products  arc  in 
r»lr  demand  and  good  prices  paid.  Potatoes 
are  retailing  at  $1.50 ;  beans,  $3 ;  farmers  having 
a  crop  of  either  are  not  forced  to  sell  corn  at 
nresent  sacrifice.  The  recent  decisions  in  itn- 


3  Jfow  to  Do  It.— It  is  not  necessary  to  have  all 
our  "documents  ”  In  order  to  form  »  club.  On  the 
contrary,  any  subscriber,  or  other  reader  of  the 
paper  who  knows  its  merits,  can  go  to  V’nrk  at  oner. 
By  showing  a  number  of  tbe  BCBAt,  and  talking  to 
friends  and  neighbors,  almost  any  one  can  form  a 
club  of  from  ton  to  fifty,  without  other  assistance. 
Wo  will  send  all  requisite  aids,  hut  if  not  received 
you  need  not  wait  their  arrival  and  a  little  Timely 
Effort  will  secure  you  it  VtUuabU*Pmniwu, 


December  Is  tin*  Best  Mouth  In  which  to  form 
cluos,  amt  lienee  .V»w  t*  the  Very  Time  for  our  Agents, 
and  all  others  disposed  to  secure  “Good  Pay  for  Do¬ 
ing  Good”— to  help  the  Rural  and  benefit  them¬ 
selves- -to  open  and  push  the  Campaign  for  1874. 
Many  Iiiivq  already  commenced,  and  we  trust  every 
Club  Agent  who  has  not  “opened  the  ball  “wilt  do 
so  at  once.  Our  Premiums  are  bo  libera)  that  every 
one  forming  a  club  Will  be  WELL  IttWABliBD. 


officers  of  this  Grange :  Master — 8.  F.  Brown, 
Schoolcraft ;  Overseer— Joseph  Gillman,  Paw 
Paw;  Lecturer— H.  H.  Brunt  on.  Stock  bridge ; 
Steward— B.  M.  Sweet,  Stookhridge:  Assistant 
Steward  Kval  Bnrnuin,  ljnadilla;  Chaplain— C. 
L.  King,  Kalamazoo;  Secretary— 8.  T.  Cobb, 
Schoolcraft;  Tr<:a*urer—T>.  B.  Hull  Galesburg ; 
Gate  NVtpcr— C.  U.  Mitchell,  Kalamazoo:  Ores 
-Mrs.  C.  L.  King,  Kalamazoo ;  Potnoiuv—  Mrs. 
Samuel  Langdou;  Flora  Mrs.  IX  Duncan, 
Schoolcraft;  Lafiv  Assistant  Steward—  Mra.  It. 
Barnuin.  Unadilta;  Executive  Committee,  o. 
Duncan,  Schoolcraft :  C.  M.  Wood,  Pinckney. 

A  New  Jersey  State  Grange  of  Patrons  of 
Husbandry  was  recently  organized  with  the 
following  officers*;— .Wither — Ei»\va  ui>  Howland 
of  Hiunmonton;  Overseer — Jacob  F.  Harris, 
Koadostown;  Lecturer  John  G.  Drew,  Eliza¬ 
beth  :  Secretary-  it.  W.  Pratt,  Newflold;  Treas¬ 
urer-  C.  A.  Rulan.  Swoedaborniigb ;  Stevwrrl- 
Darwln Conrow.  Morristown;  Aw'xbrnt Steward 
—Joel  I  (urn nr,  Merehantsvillo ;  Chapla'v  C.  P. 
Steward,  Cohansey:  Get tc-K re  per— A .  M.  Elation, 
Mount  Laurel ;  Cerfft  Mrs.  Howland,  Hatnmon 
ton ;  Flora — M  r*.  Conrow,  Moores  town ;  Pomona 
— Mrs  Bulan,  Sweodsbomugli ;  Lady  Assistant 
Steward  Mra.  Drew,  Elizabeth,  and  an  Execu¬ 
tive  Committee. 

Wisconsin  State  Poultry  Society. —Sadi  a 
society  was  recently  organized  at  Janesville, 
Win.,  with  the  following  officers:  Prtn.  S.  II. 
Sv.am.vnh,  Wauwatosa;  Sec.— Richard  Valen¬ 
tine,  Janesville  ;  Treat, —John  L- Mitchell,  Mil¬ 
waukee;  Vice-Prat'tK,— D.  W.  Fernandez,  Osh¬ 
kosh  :  H.  F.  Hobart,  Beloit;  John  C.  Spencer, 
Janesville  ;  G.  A.  Cunningham,  Neenah;  A.  L 
Smith.  Appleton;  Geo.  E.  Morrow,  Madison; 
H.  S.  Rountree.  Plattvlllo;  H.  8.  Bingham, 
Sparta;  D.  II.  Ptilclfor,  Shawano;  |W.  1).  .Man¬ 
chester,  Union  Grove. 

The  American  Pomologlral  Society  in  Chi¬ 
cago  in  Mr.  W.  C.  Flagg,  the  new 

Secretary,  an  Illinoisan,  s;«y»  in  the  Prairie 
Farmer:— We  must,  have  the  next  one  [meeting 
of  Am.  Pom.  Hoc.]  at  Chicago  In  1875.  We  know 
enough  of  the  liberality  of  our  Chicago  nil  izens 
to  say  that  we  know  the  amount  can  he  made 
up  In  the  city  to  defray  all  expense*.  But  w  e 
think  our  State  Horticultural  Society,  whirl) 
has  no  superior  in  the  effect  Ive  work  in  Us  fluid, 
should  claim  as  Its  right  the  entertaining  or  the 
national  society  in  1675, 

The  Androscoggin,  Me.,  Ax.  fine.,  has  offered 
a  premium  of  $150,  for  the  best  farm  improve¬ 
ments  for  three  years,  commencing  in  1871. 
The  premium  will  he  awarded  next  your.  There 
are  about  fourteen  farmer.*  iu  the  county  who 
are  competing  for  this  premium. 

Western  S.  Y.,  Hort.  Hoc — The  nineteenth 
annual  meeting  of  the  Western  New  York  Hor¬ 
ticultural  Society  will  be  held  on  the  7th  and 
8Ui  days  of  January  next.  In  the  Common 
Council  Chambers  in  the  City  of  Rochester. 
— P.  Barry. 

Tile  Pennsylvania  Fruit  Growers’  Society 

holds  Its  next,  annual  meeting  at  Meohunics- 
burg,  Cumberland  Co.,  Juno  21-23,  1874. 

The  Western  N.  Y.  Poultry  Hoc.,  is  to  hold 
an  exhibition  at  Buffalo,  Jan.  14-21,  1874. 


The  Back  Salary  Question. 

A  Washington  telegram  says Tbe  Special 
Committee  upon  Salaries  have  agreed  upon  a 
hill  embodying  the  principles  of  “repeal  and 
restoration ’’—repeal  of  the  law  of  March  3, 
increasing  salaries,  as  far  as  the  Constitution 
will  allow  It  to  he  repealed,  and  restoration, 
not.  of  the  back-pay  steal,  for  that  is  beyond 
the  reach  of  legislation,  but  of  the  old  rates  of 
pay  before  the  Increase,  for  all  officials  except 
the  President  and  the  Supreme  Court  Judges. 
The  former  rate  of  $5,000  a  year  as  the  salary 
for  members  of  Congress,  and  the  old  mileage 
aliowiuice,  will  be  re-established.  The  bill  will 
not  bo  made  retroactive,  but  the  old  rates  will 
begin  with  its  passage. 

The  proposal  to  make  the  repeal  go  back  to 
March  4,  and  oblige  members  to  refund  the 
amount  drawn  by  them  since  that  date  in 
excess  of  the  rate  of  $5,000  a  year,  was  dismissed 
by  the  Committee,  but  was  finally  abandoned. 
The  argument  against  it  was  that  the  present 
Congress  is  not  responsible  for  the  fault*  of  Its 
predecessors ;  its  members  took  the  salary 
provided  for  them  by  a  law  which  they  did  not 
make,  drawing  it  monthly,  and  applying  St  to 
their  own  uses,  as  they  had  a  rigid  to  do ;  and 
that  to  compel  them  now  to  refund  a  portion 
of  it  would  put  many  of  them  to  great  personal 
inconvenience,  and  be  an  act  of  injustice  not 
demanded  by  public  (sentiment. 


Club  Agents  who  cannot  act  for  the  Ul'KAL  dur¬ 
ing  the  ensuing  year,  will  confer  a  special  favor  by 
inducing  some  active,  wulp-awnke  and  influential 
friend  to  do  so— notifying  us  of  the  fact.  Extra  doc¬ 
uments  Premium  Lists,  Show  Bills,  Ac.,— will  be 
sent  to  all  such  new  Agents,  and  Indeed  to  all  dis¬ 
posed  to  do  a  Little  Good  Work  for  »  Large  Reward. 


Tlie  Documents  Bendy,— Our  Show  Bill,  Pre¬ 
mium  (.1st,  Ate.,  are  cow  ready,  nnd,  together  with 
specimens  of  tho  piper,  will  bo  sent  promptly— on 
day  of  receipt  of  request— to  ail  disposed  to  form 
clubs  or  otherwise  aid  in  extending  the  circulation 
of  the  best  combined  Rural,  Litkua ay  and  Fam¬ 
ily  Weekly.  Send  .tor  llw  document* ! 


Belter  tlmn  liver!  — Our  Agent-Friends  can 
safely  promise  that  Moore’s  Rural  for  1874  will  be 
better  tlmn  ever  before.  See  leading  article  on  this 
page,  and  “don’t  fsrget  to  remember”  that  we 
mean  business. 


CURRENT  TOPICS 


The  Vlrglnlua  Affair. 

A  Washington  dispatch,  dated  Dec.  7,  says  : 
The  protocol  signed  by  Admiral  Polo  with 
Secretary  Fish  on  tho  20th  of  November  was 
with  the  full  approbation  of  his  Government, 
after  mature  consideration  of  all  its  conse¬ 
quences,  and  since  that  time  it  has  expressed 
no  inclination  whatever  for  a  change  of  its 
tennis.  The  excitement  in  the  Island  of  Cuba 
and  alleged  threats  concerning  the  Virginius 
gave  a  reasonable  foundation  for  lcar  on  t  ho 
part- Of  many  persons  that  the  vessel  and  sur¬ 
viving  passengers  and  crew  would  not  be 
promptly  delivered  to  the  United  States  au¬ 
thority*  according  to  tho  term*  of  the  agree¬ 
ment.  But  such,  apprehensions  have  not.  been 
shared  by  the  executive  branch  of  our  Govern¬ 
ment,  for  it  can  bo  positively  stated  that  there 
is  nothing  to  diminish  its  confidence  In  the 
sincerity  of  tho  purpose  of  the  Spanish  Gov¬ 
ernment  or  its  ability  to  execute  its  engage¬ 
ments.  The  delay  of  the  transactions  lias  been 
unavoidable,  and  only  recently  the  arrange¬ 
ment  for  the  consummation  of  tho  terms  has 
bet-ii  finished.  Whatever  may  have  boon  sug¬ 
gested  heretofore  as  to  tho  programme,  it  can 
now  be  asserted  that  the  Virglnlus  will  lie  de¬ 
livered  to  one  of  our  naval  vessels  within  the 
next  ton  days  at  a  Cuban  port  in  open  day,  und 
the  surviving  passengers  and  crew  be  trans¬ 
ferred  to  a  United  States  ship  at  Santiago  de 
Cuba  in  an  equally  open  manner.  The  vessels 
to  perform  these  services  will  soon  be.  If  they 
have  not  already  been,  designated  by  the  .Sec¬ 
retary  of  tho  Navy.  This  is  the  condition  of 
affairs  to-night,,  which  has  served  to  inspire  a 
hope  of  continued  pouoe  with  Spain  In  order 
that  the  United  States  may  continue  to  give 
their  moral  support  to  the  Castelar  Govern¬ 
ment  In  Its  efforts  to  establish  a  Republic, 
There  is  tb<*  highest  authority  for  stating  that 
the  Castelar  Government  has  not  asked  for  a 
modification  of  the  protocol,  so  t  hat  the  Virgin¬ 
ias  may  be  placed  In  the  custody  of  a  third 
party  to  await  adjudication.  Tills  suggestion 
came  from  the  Cuban  authorities  to  Admiral 
Folo,  and  was  unofficially  communicated  to 
Secretary  Fish  ;  but  It  docs  not  meet  the  views 
of  the  Administration, 


Malignant  Diphtheria. 

The  Minneapolis  Tribune,  of  Doc.  2d,  says 
that  a  dreadful  scourge  has  broken  out  among 
some  families  in  a  small  German  settlement 
at  Medicine  Luke,  about,  ton  miles  from  that 
city,  and  there  is  much  suffering  there  in  con¬ 
sequence.  The  disease  is  said  to  lie  malignant 
diphtheria,  and  commences  with  a  swollen  and 
sore  tonsil,  until  the  throat  becomes  so  swollen 
that  It !»  impossible  to  breathe,  ami  the  patient, 
dies.  There  have  been  already  sixteen  persons 
Attacked  with  this  dreadful  disease  In  this 
little  settlement!  and  it,  seems  to  be  constantly 
on  the  increase.  In  one  house  the  whole  fam¬ 
ily,  consisting  «»f  five  persons,  are  down  on 
their  backs  with  tho  diphtheria,  and  there  is  no 
one  to  care  for  t  hem  excepting  an  old  woman, 
who  is  also  (ending  other  sick  ones.  Five  out 
of  the  sixteen  attacked  have  died  already,  and 
the  deaths  of  others  are  hourly  expected.  The 
best  of  medical  aid  has  been  furnished  the  suf¬ 
ferers,  and  all  that  they  need  now  is  care.  It 
is  impossible  to  discover  what  gave  rise  to  the 
disonse.  _ 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


Minister  Sickles’ Resignation. 

It  is  known  that  the  Minister  to  Spain  has 
resigned.  It  has  been  generally  understood 
here  for  more  than  a  week.  Gen.  Sickles’  stay 
in  Madrid  would  be  very  brief.  One  Senator, 
who  is  on  good  terms  with  t  he  Administrat  ion, 
remarked  that  tho  Government  would  receive 
Sickles’ resignation  with  pleasure  and  accept 
it  ai  once.  Whether  the  resignation  Is  volun¬ 
tary,  growing  out  of  disgust  at  having  been 
practically  Ignored  in  the  management  of  the 
kite  negotiations  a  humiliation  which  no 
proud-spirited  man  would  long  endure  —  or 
whether  his  resignation  was  asked  for  by  Mr. 
Fish  is  not  learned.  Gen.  Sickles’  resignation 
will  not  in  the  least  affect  the  relations  of  our 
Government  with  that  of  Spain.  No  late  com¬ 
munications  with  the  Spanish  Government 
have  passed  through  his  hands,  and  none  would 
should  he  remain  in  Madrid. 


Exits,  bbla .  10,755  Hops,  bales .  (09 

Flour,  bbls .  79,100  Peanuts,  bags .  730 

Wheat,  bush .  i>SS,Xi0  Cut  moats,  pkgs...  15,100 

Corn,  oust. .  119,500  Pork,  bbl. .  6,300 

Oats,  bush .  lirorci  Beet,  plur* . .  2,400 

Rye.  bush .  1.SH8  Lard,  pkia .  1.18s 

Bariev,  bush . .  5,025  Butter,  pkqs .  24,500 

Malt,  butdl .  8,500  Cheese,  ckgs .  59,922 

Beans.  bush .  14^8851  Wool,  hales .  1,317 

Corn  meal,  bbls....  3,520, Grass  seed,  bush...  COO 
Corn  meal,  bags...  2ttlDre«8ed  Hogs.  Nc»..  — 

Beans  and  Penn.— Exports  Of  beans,  past  week, 
070  bbls.;  of  peas,  2,175  bush.  The  arrivals  or  beans 
are  very  llber;il  auo  prices  have  dropped  a  trifle.  As 
the  (leiiumd  is  not  speculative,  but.  confined  to  regu¬ 
lar  business,  dealers  are  williofc  to  meet  buyers  with 
iihaded  figures  for  but  h  mediums  ami  marrows.  Pea 
beans  are  scarce.  White  kidneys  ure  wanted.  Cana¬ 
dian  peas  have  advanced.  Green  pens  are  easier, 
with  only  moderate  demand.  Southern  B.  K.  pens 
quiet,  and  quoted  lower  for  round  parcels.  There 
are  rumored  sales  of  000  to  800  bbls.  to  the.  Govern- 

WThe  quotations  are For  new  mediums,  *2  l0«e2.l5 
for  prime,  and  $1.80®  1.95  for  othergrades;  prl  me  iuai- 
rowlats.  f3.fl0<a2.75:  other  grades,  $2.l0^i2.«U;  prlmepea 
bean*,  $2.(0 ®l50;  do.  fair  lots  down  to  : :  i  ,  - ' 
klduey, red, $3.50643.75;  kidney  whlte,$2.50(«,3.85.  Peas, 
new  Canadian,  in  bbls.,  $1.20;  do.,  ku  bulk,  $1.00. 
Green,  new.  $1.51X51. (XI;  old,  $1.4fi®1.5(i.  Southern  B. 
E.  peas.  $3  r  bush. 

Broom  Uoru.— Difficult  to  sell  in  other  than  small 
lots.  Quoted  at  8@l0e.  for  hurl ;  7©9c.  for  green,  and 
5@"c.  for  red, 

Beeswax,— The  light  arrivals  ure  placed  at  steady 
prices.  Western  and  Southern  quoted  at  28©31c. 
Exporters  and  the  home  trade  are  buying  for  Christ¬ 
mas  use. 

Butter,  Much  to  the  surprise  of  many  of  our 
prominent  dealers  who  have  prophesied  a  dull  and 
weak  market  for  winter,  December  opens  with  tho 
situation  disclosing  a  really  good  position  forbutter. 
The  oppressive  times  und  the  unusually  dull  Novem¬ 
ber  Indorsed  the  despondent  t/jno  that  hai  accom¬ 
panied  the  remarks  of  sellers  latterly.  9  lio  main 
renters  of  improvement  that  basso  recently  been 
developed  u  the  very  even  quality  that  prevails  in 
the  slock  of  buvtor  that  lius  not  met  a  market  up  to 
this  time.  Lines  of  sound  summer  butter  that  would 
have  boon  thought  well  sold  at  the  inside  line  of 
medium  prices  are  firm  to-day,  and  fori  lint  mutter 
have  been  nearly  all  of  the  past  week.  This  butter, 


Cincinnati  on  Free  Banking. 

The  Finance  Committee  of  tlib  Cincinnati 
Board  of  Trade  has  reported  resolutions  that 
all  restrictions  limittng  national  banking  as  a 
special  privilege  should  he  removed,  ana  the 
right  to  issue  notes  should  bo  given  to  ail  com¬ 
panies  lurnieliing  capital  on  the  proscut  basis 
of  security  to  notes ;  Mint  in  this  way  the  pub¬ 
lic  debt  could  be  funded  ut  homo  In  bonds  at  a 
rate  of  not  over  4  per  cent.  Interest,  and  these 
bonds  might  be  convertible  into  greenbacks  to 
secure  the  elasticity  of  the  currency  when 
necessary.  Also  a  resolution  asking  Congress 
t,/  forbid  tlio  payment  of  interest  ou  current 
deposits  by  national  banks. 


Tho  VIBe  Du  Havre  Steamship  Disaster. 

The  crew  of  the  Loch  Earn,  which  ran  into 
and  sank  the  Vllle  du  Havre,  have  arrived  at 
Plymouth.  They  were  brought  into  port  by 
tlio  British  Queen,  which  took  them  off  the 
Loch  Earn  on  tho  29th  ult.  at  which  time  she 
was  in  a  sinking  condition.  The  account  of 
the  Ville  du  Havre  disaster  given  by  the  rescued 
crew  represents  that  the  captain  and  second 
mute  of  thas'icamer  came  on  hoard  the  Loch 
Earn  shortly  after  the  collision,  and  did  not 
assist  in  saving  any  of  the  passengers,  and  that 
the  majority  of  the  French  crew  exhibited  la. 
mentnhle  cowardice. 

After  first  sighting  the  steamer,  and  seeing 
that  she  was  coming  dangerously  near,  the 
captain  oT  the  Loch  Earn  rang  the  ship's  bell 
and  ported  Ilia  helm.  Tho  helm  of  the  steamer 
was  put  to  the  starboard,  hut  the  steamer  came 
right  across  the  Loch  Earn  Vs  bows.  The  people 
in  the  first  boat  from  the  French  steamer  did 
not  say  she  was  sinking,  hut  tho  captain  of  the 
Loch  Earn,  observing  that  the  steamer  was 
settling  down,  sent  out  his  boats.  Neither  the 
first  French  boat,  nor  the  second  one.  which 
arrived  shortly  afterwards,  brif’fe'ins  the  first 


WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 


Worcester  Co.  M»m.  Hurt.  Soc.— The  officers 
elect  for  1874  are :  Pres.— Dr.  Gkohok  E.  Fran¬ 
cis;  V'uw-PresL's.—  Stephen  Salisbury,  O.  B. 
Had  wen,  W.  T.  Merrlneld  ;  See.  -Edward  IV. 
Lincoln.  At  an  adjourned  meeting  held  on  the 
lfith  iUBt.,  Win.  T.  Harlow  was  elected  Treas¬ 
urer  and  Librarian.  The  time  lor  the  annual 
exhibition  was  set  to  commence  on  the  29th  of 
September  and  continue  for  four  consecutive 
days.  Tin*  plan  of  offering  premiums  for  the 
Units,  flowers  and  plants  of  the  different  sea¬ 
sons,  at  their  weekly  meetings  from  March  to 
October,  proved  so  successful  the  past  year, 
that  the  society  voted  a  continuation  or  the 
same  for  the  coming  year;  and  the  sum  of 
$1,500  was  appropriated  for  premiums  and  gra¬ 
tuities  at  all  exhibitions  of  the  society  during 
the  year, 


Congressional  Support  of  the  Action  of 
tne  Secretary  of  the  Navy. 

At  least  100  members  of  Congress  called  on 
the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  on  Sat  nr  day,  the 
reception  continuing  from  10:30  io  4  o’clock. 
Then*  conversation  was  chiefly  on  the  subject 
of  supplying  deficiencies  in  expenditures  and 
placing  the  navy  in  a  better  condition  to  he 
prepared  i or  all  possible  contingencies.  Hills 
will  he  introduced  for  this  purpose  this  week, 
and  also  several  looking  to  the  independence 
of  Cuba,  several  gentlemen  haring  already 
speeches  prepared  on  the  latter  subject.  Ihe 
members  generally  are  in  accord  with  the  Sec¬ 
retary  of  tne  Navy,  and  will  therefore  support 
him  in  hts  measures. 


ajfflfiO  lbs.  to  the  cwt.  net  ■  10  cars  or  dressed  beeves 
came  to  band  Oil  Saturday  Inst,  direct  I  ruin  'l  exas. 

>1  ilcb  Cow*.— Good  quality  scarce  and  lnriemiinil. 
2  poor  quality  cows  sold  at  |Ow.oO<#85  V  head:  1  fair 
quality  cow  sold  at  $57. 

V  eo  le. — There  were  no  smooth 


at  $14.60.  Dressed  hogs.  city,  C®7c.  Cut-meats  are 
selling  at  ikailOc.  for  pirkled  hams,  loose  ;  BQCwOXo.  for 
shoulders,  loose:  Ik&IOc.  tor  pickled  nellies,  loose. 
Boxed  dry-salted  sliouldrs,  5  JifaSVe., winter  delivery. 
Smoked  meals  at  lOojille.  for  loose  ban>A,7)4@7\c.  tor 
Iqnsn shoulders.  Tallow  at  7k®IMc-  lor  prime  stock. 
Beef  selling  at,  $19211.75  for  barreled  now  plum  mess. 
$120>  VI. 50  tor  extra  mess.  Tlerced  beef,  new,  for 
short  delivery,  at  $1*5)20  for  new  India  mess,  $2h  for 
new  extra  India  mews. 

Seed*.— Clover  l*(iu. el  at  8K@i)c.  Timothy  Is  stead¬ 
ily  held  at  $2.B5(J8.  Hough  flax  quiet  at  $L75wL86. 

Vegetable*.— Exports  of  potables,  past  week,  4,625 
bbls.  The  market  for  potatoes  is  very  strong,  and 
strictly  choice  Peach  Blows  and  Early  Hose  are  high¬ 
er.  There  Is  *  tine  trade  In  best  sorts;  the  lower 
grades  not  active.  .Sweet  potatoes  are  scarce  and  de¬ 
cidedly  higher.  Marrow  squash  have  advanced: 
they  arc  rather  scarce  this  season,  and  as  they  now 
have  to  take  the  place  uf  pumpkins  for  pie  use,  prloes 
aro  very  Ilrm.  Russia  turnips  abundant  and  olieap. 
Bed  anil  vellow  onions  higher. 

We  quote  Early  ltoso,  $Wif3.26  hhl..  bulk;  Peach 
Blow,  IWJBmXOO  do.:  Peerless,  $2fui',’,25  do.  Prince 
Alberts,  $2.7(k;<j3.  Jackson  White,  $2qii2.76.  Sweet, 
V'lrglnks,  n  hhl.:  Delaware,  ta.0fxae.12  P  hhl 

Oulotis  ,'  hbi..  #3.6<Xa)4.00  tor  md,  fj.jdwl.  for  yel¬ 
low.  and  $4Mi5  for  white.  Marrow  tuiuash.lw.25  F  hbl-: 
Hubbard,  $1  do.  Carrots.  $2.  Russia  turnips. 0lks)75c. 
Garlic,  V  100  strings,  $10®  11.  Outside  rule  for  pota¬ 
toes  are  for  double  beads, 

Whisky  la  lower  t  quoted  at  02 

Wool.  The  business  for  the  past  week  has  boon 
the  largest  of  the  year,  manufacturers  being  In  the 
market,  for  liberal  supplies,  *S  most  or  the  mills  i>t 
the  East  me  running  again  and  a  number  on  full 
time.  Prices  are  fully  2o. higher.  No.  1  IleeOes  quoted 
nf,  Mle.;  No.  X  do.  ;d 045:1  >fc.{  XX  do..  fc2tfi'S65c.  Males 
have  ooen  made  of  tleoeea  within  tint  above  range. 
Michigan  delaine  at  5Sc.;  Cape  at  Tic. 


shipping,  ISqbStle.;  low  do..  I6e.  Pennsylvania  palls, 
;il@3ac.,  do.  other  pkgs.,  25<a30c.  Rolls,  choice,  27® 
28e.:  other,  31324c. 

Cheese.— Exports  tor  the  week.  36,8*7  boxes. 
These  shipments  aro  roalnlv  of  stock  coming  On 
direct  consignment.  The  shipping  trade  with  this 
market  has  been  ver  light:  hut  there  Is  a  very  lively 
call  from  home  buyers  and  pnees  rule  firm,  with 
receipts  moderate. 

Fine  and  choice  factory.  XHpailc.;  do,  good  to 
prime,  12V4d3Hc.;  fall- lots,  UHotUkc.:  State  zanD  dai¬ 
ry,  good  to  prime.  13k®l3kc.:  do.  fair  lots,  HfijiJe.  • 
do.  skimmed,  3®flc.:  Western,  tine  Cheddar,  nominal ; 
do.  good  flat.  12k«13Uc.;  do.  fair  lots,  ll)4<312Yc.; 
skimmed,  6®8c.:  English  dairy,  nominal. 

Cotton—  Closed  weak  at  ISJic.  for  low  middling 
upland  on  the  spot. 

I) ried  Fruit *.  Exports  past  week.  32.5  bbls.  dried 
apples.  The  export  demand  is  small,  but  holders  do 
not  seem  anxious  to  liberate  flock  rapidly.  The 
local  (demand  Is  quite  a  feature  aud  helps  to 
strengthen  prloes.  Prime  peeled  peaches  particu¬ 
larly  are  firm.  Small  fruits  arc  working  better. 

-outnern  apples,  old.  tk jp 7 e . ;  do.  new,  75Y©7q* r*.,  and 
f>0t  lie.  for  sliced  :  Stale,  7X®8c.  fordid  qrs,  andlk-i'.'Yu. 
sliced;  Western, old, 7  '"Sc.;  new.TS'fflTVc.;  liewMtatc 
at  7Y(si>lH'5.  for  nr*,  and  10c.  for  sliced.  Blackber¬ 
ries.  lOkf'bllc.  Peeled  peaches.  prime  Georgia  and 
North  l  rtroUlia,  IS  ,'ic.;  Vlrglnku  peeled,  eV<4lUc.i 
unpeeled.  81»7i4Uc.  for  halves  and  ttSS67c.  for  quar- 
tors.  Pitted  cnerrlc;!.  fOqkSac.  for  State  nnd  Southern. 
Raspberries,  new.  3UC.  f’allforula  plums.  ,mav.-.;  do. 
pears,  22tc«25e.  State  and  Southern  plums,  20yo22c. 

Egg*. -Receipts  are  large,  hut  iuclude  only  a  small 
importation  of  fresh,  They  have  advanced  to  ,2c. 
for  extra  Wester  .  and  some  Increased  attention  Is 
turned  to  preserved  in  consequence.  Buyers  have 
been  so  often  burnt  with  limed  that  they  will  not 
buy  freely  until  the  stock  has  had  some  test.  Fresh 
from  all  poiuts  are  uctlvo  aud  tlrm.  We  quote : 

State.  Western,  and  New  Jersey,  33®34e  •  express 
Western.  3l«b32c,;  ordinary  fresh  do,,  aO®H1c.;  Cana¬ 
dian,  80f*/'3te.;  limed  State,  2K»22X«V  do.  Western,  20 
@22c.;  a  few  choice  State,  23*3. 

Flour,  Shipping  stuck  brings  steady  prices,  but 
beyond  this  trade  Is  light  at  weak  prices. 

No.  2 . $3  75m  <  15 

Superfine  State . . .  a  75M  6  25 

Extra  do . «  fi0e«  0  05 

Fancy  do.  . . .  7  n*..  j  ho 

Superfine  Western .  6  80®  (t  25 

Extra  dO . 0  LV8>  6  90 

Minnesota  extras . .  6  80®  8  75 

Western,  white  wheat . 7  756*  s  15 

Round  noup  Ohio .  6  DO®  7  IK) 

Trade  brands  do . . 7  (Xl(a,  H  III) 

Southern,  extra .  B  75®  7  B0 

Double  extras . .  7  fiOtadfl  75 

Rye  flour . .  .  1  50®  ft  75 

Corn  meal,  Jersey . ,s  iu®  a  oo 

Brandywine .  *  0(1®  4  10 

Fresh  Fruit*.— Exports  of  apples  2,476  bbls.  The 
available  stock  of  apple*  Is  in  store  and  *11  prime  lot* 
that  have  been  successfrillv  housed  are  held  very 
Arm.  We  quote  mixed  tots  of  State  at  $3.YX/|i4 ;  se¬ 
lected,  $l.25wi4.50;  frosted  and  Common,  $1® 2.-50. 
Grape*  are  not  much  Called  for;  n  tow  fancy ,  1 
kept  Catawba*  sol]  ut7c..  but  most  of  them  now  hn\e 
a  tame,  watery  taste.  There  are  plenty  offering  at 
5e.  le-  s,  3M4C.  Crnnbe  lies  are  ffruier:  only 
choice  Caue  (eel  will  bring  $9  50.  We  quote  prime 


'  veals  to 
lean  grass 


hand,  and  only  a  very  few  coarse,  rough 
calves :  no  quotations  were  made. 

•sheep  amt  l, unili*;  -  trade  ln'sheep  was  fair  aud 
slow  in  lambs.  Mbi-opunld  at  4®7Ko.;  lambs,  OKfflfiye. 
All  of  the  flocks  to  hand  were  sold  oil  at  noon. 

Hug*.— 10  cars  Ohio  hogs,  avorngti  weight  200  lbs. 
f  head,  sold  at  $5@0.25  cwt.;  2  cars  <lo.,  187®  lib  lbs.  B 
head,  5c.  City  dressed  not  quoted  at  noon. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES 


The  Bent  “Elastic  Tinas”  in  flie  World  la 

sold  by  Pomeroy  &  Co.,  Y-14  Broadway,  N.  Y.,  for 
three  dollars.  Write  to  them  tor  full  particulars. 

Surgical  Elastic  Stocking*  for  enlarged  veins, 
and  Supporting  Belts  of  beat  quality,  at  Pomeroy’s, 
744  Broad  way,  N.  Y. 


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COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET 


BEST  HOLIDAY  GIFT, 

Of  Constant  and  Permanent  Value 


LtTTU  FALLS,  N.  T.,  Dec.  0, 1873. 

The  market  at  r.ittlo  Falls  for  the  week  ending 
Doc.  6  was  rather  dull,  with  light  delivery  of  farm 
dairies.  I'rlceswerea  little  lower  Tor  the  hulk  than 
for  the  previous  week,  though  the  top  figure  was  the 
name  on  fancy  lots  The  ranut)  for  turm  dairies  was 
from  Ide.  to  ffc.  Factories  were  not  so  largely  rep¬ 
resented  us  for  the  previous  week,  and  not  more 
time  from  4.(ju0  to  6,00ft  boxes  were  offered.  Of  these 
about  1,1X10  changed  hands  at  prices  ranging  from  12Y 
to  iaj-io.  We  give  the  leading  transactions  as  fol¬ 
lows:  Freemen,  50  boxes  lit  I2\e.;  Mill,  75  at  13c.; 
Flat  Creek,  2fi(i  at  13 Me,:  Newvllle,  1.4)  ut  I3l4c.;  Dan¬ 
ube  Cold  Bprlug.  10  at  l3Hc.;  A  vary  it  Ives,  100  at 
III  Vic.  Motile  ruuiury  men  were  offered  13(j,u’,  hut  re- 
fused  to  sell  for  anything  below  L'lVo.  Quito  a  num¬ 
ber  of  factories  have  sent  forward  their  goods  to 
New  York,  and  ure  holding  them  in  store  for  the 
present,  under  the  impression  that  prices  will  ad¬ 
vance  during  the  latter  part  of  the  mouth  and  In 
Juntiury.  Others  are  holding  November  choose  at 
the  factory. 

Butter  came  forward  in  considerable  quantity  this 
week  ami  sold  at  from  S3  to  Bio.— a  little  off  from  last 
week’s  rates 

The  woutbw  In  Herkimer  has  been  very  cold  mid 
stormy  this  wo.-k,  and  many  dairymen  are  fearing 
they  will  not  have  sufficient  fodder  to  carry  the 
herds  through  to  grass. 

We  have  ad  vines  from  abroad  to  thelBtbof  No. 
voxnber.  Our  l.ondon  correspondent  reports  that 
the  best  American  cheese  is  Ormly  held,  while  host 
low-priced  English  is  wanted,  arid  that  stocks  In 
farmers'  hands  Is  small.  Extra  American  quoted  at 
?2«.  and  upward  ;  flue,  lifi  10  7080  secondary,  aH  to  62s. 
The  other  descriptions  sell  tta  follows;  English  ehfld- 
dar,  7fi  to  '.His.;  Wiltshire  double,  70  to  80s.;  Scotch, 
74  to  80s.;  Cheshire  medium  04  to  74s.:  flue,  78  to  84s. 
Eutch  Cheese  (Edams,  Coftdus,  and  Durtiy  shape) — 

m*if'it  i*4  iifttrimiil  mm  l.liftrn  1m  mmn  in  tnflrlrfif 


paper,  50e.;  cloth . . .  1  00 

Farm  Drainage  (II.  F.  French) .  1  60 

Farm  Implement*  nnd  Machinery  (J.J. Thomas)  1  50 

Field’s  Pear  Culture . . .  1  2ft 

Fishing  in  American  Waters  (Scott) .  3  50 

Flint  on  Grass**,  .  . 

Do.  Milch  Cows  and  Dairy  Farming .  2  60 

8’orent  Trees  (Brvunt) .  150 

Frank  Fovieeter's  Field  Sports  (2  vols.) .  H  Uo 

Do.  Fish  and  Fishing  i,100  engravings) .  5  (JO 

Do.  Manual  for  Young  Sportsmen .  3  00 

Fuller'*  Illustrated  Strawberry  Cultniist ........  20 

Do.  Forest  Tree  Culturlst .  1  50 

Do.  Small  Fruits  (lllnsl, rated) . . . .  1  50 

Fulton’s  X'eaoli  (Culture.  A  Uund-llook  and 

Guido  to  Every  Planter .  I  60 

Gardening  for  Profit  (P.  Henderson) .  1  60 

Gardening  for  the  South  (White’s), .  2  00 

Grape  Culturlst  (A.  8.  Fuller) .  1  60 

Gray's  Manual  01  Botany  and  I.essona .  3  00 

Do.  School  and  Field  Book  of  Botany ............  2  60 

Do.  flow  Plants  Grow  (600  I  lit)  titration*) .  1  13 

Do.  Introduction  to  Structural  mil  Systematic 
Botanv  aud  Vegetable  Physiology  (1,300  Ulus.).  3  50 

Guenon  on  Milch  Cows  . . . .  75 

Gun.  Rod  und  Muddle .  1  60 

Harney’s  Rums,  Outbuildings  and  Fences . 10  00 

Harrison  Insects . .  4  00 

Do.  on  the  Pig  —  Breeding,  Management,  Ac.. ...  l  mi 

Hatfield's  American  House  Carpenter . .  3  50 

Hints  to  Horst)  Keepers  (Herbert's) .  I  76 

High  Farming  without.  Manure .  35 

Holly’s  Art  of  8aw. Filing .  75 

Holly’s  Carpenter’s  Hand  Book  (new) .  76 

Hooper's  Dog  and  linn . . . . . .  30 

Hoopes'  Book  of  Evergreens .  8  00 

Hop  Culture .  40 

How  Crops  Feed...,. . .  2  (X) 

How  Craps  Grow .  2  do 

Hunter  and  Trapper .  1  IX) 

Husmaon'a  Grapes  and  Wine .  1  60 

Indiun  Corn  :  it*  Vaitie.  Culture  and  Uses .  1  60 

Jennings  ou  Cattle  and  their  Diseases. .  1  76 

Do.  llorse  and  bis  Diseases . . .  1  76 

Do.  Horae  Training  Made  Easy .  1  26 

Do.  8hecp,  Mwlnn  anil  Poultry  .  1  75 

Johnston's  Agricultural  Chemistry,,.. .  1  76 

Do.  Elements  Agricultural  Chemistry .  I  60 

Kemp’s  Landscape  Gardening .  2  60 

l.augstruth  on  thu  ifive  and  Honey  Bee  ........ .  2  00 

Lewis'  American  Sportsman .  2  76 

Lightning  Rods,  and  Hew  to  Construct  Them, 

hy  John  Pbln . 20 

5iunuii!  on  Flax  und  Hemp  Culture . .  23 

Manual  of  Tobacco  Culture . 26 

Mason's  Farrier  and  Htud  Book .  1  iu 

Mayhew’s  Illustrated  Horse  Management .  3  1)0 

Do.  Illustrated  Horse  iiootor .  .  8  00 

Mechanic's  companion  (Nicholson) . .  3  00 

Mechanics  fur  Millwrights,  Machinists  and  others  1  60 

Mileson  Horse’s  Foot  (cloth). . . 75 

Moderu  Cookery  (hy  Miss  Avion  and  Mrs.  8.  J. 

Hale) . . .  .  I  76 

McClure’s  iMsnasns  of  Horse.  Cattle  and  Sheep.  2  DO 

Money  In  tbe  Garden,  by  P,  T,  t>~*«o . .  l  fto 

Norris’  Kish  Culture. .  ....  .  175 

Norton’s  Eleui*uL»  Helen  line  Agriculture _ ....  76 

Onion  Culture. . 20 

our  Farm  of  Four  Acre*  .  30 

Pardee  ou  Strawberry  Culture .  75 

Parsons  on  the  Rose .  1  26 

Pear  Culture  for  Profit  (P.  T.  Quinn) . .  1  00 

Pedder's  Lund  Atynsurn . tiO 

Practical  and  Scientific  Fruit  Culture  (Baker)...  4  IX) 

Practical  Floriculture  (P.  Henderson) .  1  60 

Fraction]  Poultry  Keeper  (I,.  Wright) .  2  00 

Practical  Shepherd  (Randall) .  2  00 

Quinby’s  Mysteries  of  Bee  Keeping .  1  60 

Quincy  on  Soiling  Cattle .  126 

Randall’s  Fine  Wool  Sheep  Husbandry . .  1  01) 

no.  Sheep  Husbandry  tn  the  South... . . .  1  60 

Richardson  on  tbs  Dog.  ,  . . .  30 

Saunders'  Domestic  Poultry .  40 

Suheuuk'*  Gardeners'  Text-Book .  75 

Scribner's  l’roduoc  Tables  . .  .79 

Do.  Ready  Reckoner  and  Log  Hook..., .  30 

giuiDson  s  llorse  Portraiture— Breeding,  Roar¬ 
ing  und  Training  Trotters .  2  60 

Six  Hundred  Recipes.... . . . .  1  75 

Skeleton  Leaves .  2  00 

Skillful  Housewife. .  75 

Slack’s  Trout  Culture  (new).. .  1  60 

Stewart's  (John)  Stable  Book .  1  60 

Tegctmeicr's  Poultry  Book  (colored  t'Atea) .  9  00 

Tegetioeler'H  Pigeon  Book  (colored  plates) .  6  (X) 

Ten  Acres  Enough, . .  . .  1  Ml 

The  Boston  Machinist  (FiUgorald) .  76 

The  Dog  (by  Dinks.  Mnyhcw  nnd  Hutchinson)..  3  Off 

The  Dog  (new) .  .  2  60 

The  Horse  'Stonehenge),  8vo.,  022  pp.. . .  3  50 

The  Mule  (Riley)— A  Treatise  on  tno  Breeding 

Training  and  use*  to  which  he  may  be  put _  1  50 

The  People's  Practical  Poultry  Book .  1  50 

Thomas'  Am.  Fruit  Cultunst  (480  Illustrations) .  3  00 

Trapper'ii  Guido  (Nil w house) . . .  2  00 

'Trout  Culture  (8«th  Graen) . . .  i  00 

Trowbridge’s  (Mrs.  Laura)  Excelsior  Cook  Book 

and  Housekeeper’s  Aid . 1  25 

Warder’s  Hedges  and  Evcrgracna .  1  60 

Wariug’s  Element*  of  Agriculture .  1  DO 

Watson’s  American  Home  Garden .  a  00 

Wax  Flowers,  and  How  to  Make  Thera .  2  uu 

Wostern  Fruit  Grower*’  Guide  ( Flllutt) .  15!) 

Wheeler’s  Koines  for  the  People . . .  8  90 

Do.  Rural  Homes.., . . . .  300 

Window  Gardening  (H,  T.  William*)  . .  (SO 

Woodruff’s  Trotting  H  orse  of  America .  2  26 

Woodward’s  Graperies  aud  Ilorl’l  Buildings..,.  1  60 

DO.  Country  Homes .  1  50 

Do.  cottage*  and  Farm  Hotisai,.  — ,  . . .  1  60 

Do.  Suburban  and  Country  Houses .  1  SO 

Youutt  and  Spooner  ou  the  Horse . . .  1  60 

Youattund  Martin  on  Cuttle .  Its) 

Youatt  and  Martin  on  the  Hog .  1  80 

Youutt  on  Sheep . .  1  00 

Youmun’s  Hand-Book  of  Household  Science....  1  7b 

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LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS 


New  York.  Dec.  fl,  1873. 

H eevfM.— There  was  a  small  but  lair  trade  last 
Wednesday;  prices  ranged  *t 7(p*ll)<0.  B  fr.;  (Vi()7 cwt. 
Later  in  the  duy  a  few  top  steers  were  sold  at  12K<i.; 
8)<  cwt.  Thursday,  almost  all  of  the  fresh  herds  to 
band  wero  sold  off  at  Hc«12Ke,;  Ck;«8  e.wt.  Friday,  on  a 
moderate  run  of  fresh  cattf*,  all  to  hand  were  cleared 
off  save  n.  few  poor  quality  steers ;  prices  exactly  the 
same  a*  on  the  previous  day.  During  the  past  week 
special  sale*  hiive  bean:  Course  Missouri  d.eers,  II 
cwt,.,  scant,  sold  at.  10c.  7-  fit.:  mixed  lot  of  Virginia 
cattle— steers,  oxen.  Oowa  and  heifers— «  cwt.,  scant, 
Kc.;  common  Virginia  steers,  811  cwt.,  UHic.;  Chero¬ 
kee.  6K  cwt.,  04AO)$(i.:  rough  Ohio,  8L  cwt.,  iiimc.; 
Ohio  oxen,  ftitruJJk  cwt-,  ke.;  Pennsylyanm,  (1|X  owt,, 
llJJie.j  poor  quality  Illinois.  IlKGtfX  cwt.,  llwlIKo,; 
good  quality  do.,  8r*l8J*  cwt.,  l2Mil2HO.;  poor  .luulity 
Kentucky,  SU  cwt.,  8>{e.!  do., common  to  fair,  8ct7 x 
ewt..  1DH60UC. 

IMilrh  Cows. — Tliere  l»  u  constant  and  fair  do- 
muiul  for  fair  quality,  und  when  good  quality  of  some 
itiTi vos  to  hand,  they  are  immediately  sold  off.  Ou 
Wednesday  last  I  cow  sold  Tor  $40;  3  at  $50  B  head  : 
2  *L  >tX)  H  head ;  1  at  $*0;  1  at  $8*.  There  lias  been  no 
change  in  these  rates,  .uni  the  market  closed  Arm. 

Veil  Is,— Only  a  very  few  smooth  quality  veals  have 
been  forwarded  alive :  they  sold  readily  atDoslUke. 
F  to.  Grass  calves  still  slow  of  sale,  as  the  quality 
of  these  to  hand  is  loo  poor  to  bull  the  demand.  Sales 
quoted  $,V<60.5fl  )H  timid.  Average  weights  of  veals 
have  been  l.'fkrjlfl)  Ills.  head. 

f*ho»‘p  mid  i.amlis.-  I’here  was  so  light  a  run  of 
sheet*  on  Wednesday  last  that  the  prices  realized 
were  not  a  Just  exhibit  Of  market  vaiuea.  Sheep  sold 
from  oifsiiiikc .  f<  76.;  Imutis  7Kc-  V  V.  Thursday,  mi 
a  fair  run  of  rrcsb  sheep,  some  sold  at  lambs, 

Mo.  Again  on  Friday,  the  stock  to  bund  was  near- 
sold  off  at  noon  ;  snoop,  HlCiplfdo.-,  Jam  bs  In  se¬ 
lected  lota  at  the  previous  oiiy's  rates.  Special  sales 
have  horn  :  Mtrlitgaii  sheep,  "4  tb*..  lit.  ,5c.  p  lb.;  do., 
8»lh*..5c.;  Indiana,  62  lbs.,  6>jo.;  Ohio,  70  lbs.,  54.C.; 
Jersey.  kD  lbs.,  4Y«.»  do.,  9iX  lbs.,  5Me.;  do.,  Isl.K  lbs., 
ujfc.  do.  ewes,  123  lbs.  scant,  8c. 

Hog*.— Wednesday  last,  Ohio  hogs,  210  n>s.,  gross, 
Bold  lit  Si:.;  city  dre:  sod.  :iiif6vt>J*cq  market  pigs  In¬ 
cluded.  Thursday,  Ohio  hugs  sold  at  4  5fc.;  grass 
average  weight,  204  lbs,;  city  dressed.  5SWiXc.  Fri¬ 
day,  live  Wcru  worth  fljkxGtSc.f  city  dressed,  5Ki<46)4c., 
with  market  pigs  at  uxc.  Tneic  on  the  whole  dull, 
on  a  heavy  run  id"  hogs  and  weather  unfavorable  for 
packer*. 

Horae  IHm'ket,— 1 The  following  sales  have  been 
effected  by  auction:—! saddle  horse  at  $72;  10 head 
of  poor  quality  light  harmws  horses,  $67to»i  V  head  ; 
2  ponies.  $110<pj/12l  F  head;  l  pair  of  Shuttles,  $196;  3 
liuirri  ordinary  light  iiurnoss  horses.  $2*!2<i4t80  v  head; 
3(J  head  geiiorally  lair  quality  light  harmsa  horses, 
$HXksl282  V  heml ;  1  irctter.  *180.  Trade  by  private 
sale,  Very  slow  and  small,  it)  horses  arrived  per  Brie 
Hailroud,  via  Oak  Cliff  Rtatlnn  ;  31)  mules  arrived  per 
Central  Now  Jersoy  Railroad,  via  Llberty-St.  Ferry. 

KKCKtPTS  OV  LIVE  STOCK . 

SilEtT*  A 

Ut'OVCM.  CllWH.  LaHIOII,  Jf-iJfB, 

Ono  Hundredth  St-,- l,J  h!  5  621  109  (XX) 

Forty-Eighth  St .  00  28  1  6.894  000 

Fortieth  St... .  00(1  00  000  7.0M4  36,893 

Comm  no  I  paw .  3,942  IX)  00  5,876  18,502 

Weehawken . 1,485  00  00  000  000 

Totals  this  week....  6,578  33  525  19.1H53  65,395 

”  last  week. ...  5,970  97  087  19,941  59  404 

CUMPARATrVE  RATES. 

luist  week.  This  week 
Ceuta.  Cents. 

Good  Steers  $  n> . 12  «  13  12  <m  js 

Fair . . 11  <6  115f  11  ©  HY 

Poor . 10  10 Y  10  ©  loi 

Poorest.. . 7  '(%  9Y  7k  w  9Y 

Gen.  selling  rates  . 10X  @  11)6  lok'  do  II X 


positively  cured.  The  worat  cases,  of  longest  stand¬ 
ing,  hy  using  Du.  Heuiiau»*8  Clime.  A  bottle  sent 
free  to  all  audressiug  J.  K-  DIBB1.EE, 

Druggist,  811  6th  Avc*.,  New  York. 


ARE  YOU  GOING  TO  PAINT  ? 

The  Averill  Chemical  Paint 


IS  THE  BEST’  EXTERIOR  PAINT  KNOWN. 

Sample  card  and  recommendations  from  owners  of 
the  flu  eat  residences  in  tile  country  furnished  free 
by  the  AVKRILI.  CHEMICAL  PAl.NT  CO.,  82  But- 
llng  Slip,  New  York,  or  Cleveland,  Ohio. 


Why  throw  away  money  ou  high-priced  Music 
when  you  ean  select  from  our  Catalogue  of  700  pieces? 
Any  20  Half-Dime,  or  10  of  Dime  Series,  mulled  on 
receipt  of  One  Dollar.  Sold  by  all  booksellers,  und 
can  be  ordered  through  any  newsdealer.  Send  stamp 
for  i  Satalogue.  Addros* 

HENJ.  W.  HITCHCOCK,  Publisher, 
439  Third  Ave.,  New  York. 


Mineral  Roofing 

Cheapest  and  Most  Durable! 


It.  is  made  in  Sheets  containing  100  (net)  square 
feet,  each,  and  shipped  in  rolls  ready  to  he  laid,  it 
can  be  laid  hy  Inexperienced  men,  I*  not  injuriously 
affected  by  heat  or  oohl.and  may  be  ealled  fire-proof, 
For  particulars,  address 

K.  B.  MANUFACTURING  CO., 

IPf,.!  Ilrouilwuy,  New  York  City, 


Mejia  sana  in  c.orpore  mno. 

Glenwood  Institute, 

ACADEMIC  &  COLLEGIATE, 
Matawan,  New  Jersey, 

FIRST-CLASS  BOARDING  AND  DAY  SCHOOL. 

FIVE  COURSES  OF  STUDY: 
English,  Classics.  Matiiematich,  Lang  cages 
science. 

S3?"  Faithful  Teaching  by  Experienced  Teachers. 

Winter  Term  opens  Jun.  5,  1874.  Send  for  Cata¬ 
logue,  Dr.  JAS.  H.  HAMILTON, 

Principal, 


Mouday**  Sale*.— Beeves  were  slow  ;  still  pnees 
were  sustained,  and  with  small  sales  trade  was  fair; 
prices  ranged  at  9@13c.  7R  lb.;  weights,  4@11  cwt.,  on 


gmptnncntjs;  and  Parkin  cm 


Pii&CfUancau^ 


PERSONAL  ITEMS, 


E  Tom  Fields,  the  fugitive,  is  in  London. 
Mayok  Pierce  of  Boston,  has  resigned. 
ltKV.  Mr.  Murray  has  thirty-one  equities. 
George  Macdonald  has  written  a  new  story. 
John  Stuart  Mill  put  .his  principles  into 
his  will. 

IlRiQNOLi  is  singing  in  Paris  with  moderate 

success. 

A  Persian  actress  named  Zulelka  is  soon  to 
appear  In  London. 

Lord  Byron's  bat,  cloak,  and  cane  were  re¬ 
cently  on  exhibition  at  a  Scottish  Fair. 

General  Garibaldi  is  said  to  be  writing  an 
epic  poem,  entitled  “Tho  Thousand  of  Mar¬ 
sala.” 

It  is  settled  beyond  doubt  that  Wacbtel, 
Stanley  and  Parepa-Rosa  return  to  America 
next  season. 

Joaquin  Miller  at  last  accounts  was  in 
Italy.  During  a  visit  to  Florence  he  was  en¬ 
tertained  by  Mr.  Graham,  the  American  consul, 
f  Count  von  Moltke,  the  loader  of  the  Ger¬ 
man  armies,  recently  celebrated  his  seventy- 
fourth  birthday.  He  is  well,  strong,  and  active. 

Miss  Adeline  Tratton,  the  author  of  a 
novel  now  running  in  S-rlbner's  Monthly,  Is 
the  daughter  of  Rev.  Mark  Trafton,  a  Metho¬ 
dist  clergyman  of  Boston. 

A  Detroit  Jury  thinks  that  Mr.  Colton,  total 
75,  lias  injured  Miss  Joliet,  nMnt  10,  to  the  ex¬ 
tent  of  $3,000  by  refusing  to  marry  her  accord¬ 
ing  to  a  promise,  expressed  or  implied. 

Anna  Dicktneon  is  inviting  people  to  gos¬ 
sip  about  her  numerous  reported  marriage  en¬ 
gagements,  by  refusing  to  lecture  whom  I  hey 
do  bo.  Green  Bay  stands  first  on  her  list  of 
towns  tabooed  on  this  accou  nt. 

Miss  Richardson,  a  daughter  of  a  Corinth 
(Miss.)  clergyman,  is  the  fascinating  creature 
who  has  been  making  sad  havoc  with  the  heart 
of  another  impressible  young  man.  She  did 
it  by  shooting  a  bulJet  into  that  organ. 


The  next  Term  opens  with  examination  for  ad 
mission, 

Feforuas^y  25th,  1874. 

For  Catalogues,  or  for  any  particulars,  address 

GEO.  T.  FAIRCHILD, 
Pres.,  pro  tern,  Lansing.  Mieb. 


There  is  no  field  of  labor  that  offers  greater  re¬ 
muneration  than  the  sale  Of  the  family  Knitting 
Machine,  and  there  is  no  machine  that  possesses 
one-half  the  iiualithcs  which  are  so  absolutely 
.  necossnry  for  family  uao  as  the 

I  Bickford’s  Improved 

Its  simplicity  nnd  easool  management,  together 
2a  with  Us  capacity  fordoing  tlie  great  range  Of  wort, 
‘y.  and  it*  trifling  cost,  makes  It  a  aiatter  of  economy 
aej  for  every  family  to  hiirc  one.  and  will  ultluintelr 
Ic-l  bring  l!  into  as  general  use  as  the  Sewing  Machine. 

j  The  practical  utility  of  the  rnneliliio  only  needs  to 
rZu  he  deinonstratorl  to  the  peoplo  10  produce  an  un- 
'h:‘I  limited  iletnand, 

43  Many  Sewing  Machine  Agents,  finding  the  In¬ 
ks'  crease  of  competition  and  the  difficulty  of  selling 
■VO  high-priced  machines  to  militate  against  a  fluur- 
JE?  isbing  business,  are  taking  hold  of  tho 


SIXTY  YOUNG  MEN  AND  UADI  KB  To  place  In 
positions  where  they  will  acquire  «  thorough  and 
practical  knowledge  of  Toleitrjphy.  and  receive  a 
commission  while  practicing  Address,  with  stump. 
(\  a.  SHEARMAN,  Sup’l  Union  Telegraph  Com¬ 
pany,  Oburlln,  Ohio. 


BICKFORD 


enRsee  TALLEY  FARMS  FOR  SALE 


tjl  Some  of  tho  finest  residences  In  the  Valley,  near 
H.  R.  inquire  soon  of  JOHN  SilKLDUN,  upon  the 
promises,  at  Moscow.  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y. 


and  meeting  with  the  greatest  success.  Mer¬ 
chants.  finding  In  Dana  Bickford's  Invention  a 
cheap,  simple  and  practical  Knitting  Machine, 
find  it-  proiit-ubte  to  yureha.e  and  keep  on  sale. 
Tilt*  almost  entire  absence  of  competition  docs 
not  require  the  "  vU-rmil  vlgllunvo''  to  Mill  this 
machine  ns  In  I  ha  «a*c  of  sewing  machines. 

Agents  Wanted  Everywhere.  Good, Smart 
Men  can  make  $.»U  per  week  and  expanses. 
Send  for  Instructions  and  Circulars.  Pries  fell) 
to  161. 

BICKFORD  KNITTING  MACHINE  CO. 

DANA  BICKFORD,  President. 

Office  and  Salesroom,  689  Broadway,  N.  Y 


TA  PA  M.SK  PAPRIMVA  U  E.  -  ECONOM  Y 
tf  demands  It*  use.  Falls,  Mop-Jars,  Foot-Baths, 
Bowls,  Basins,  Trays,  Ac.,  durable  and  cheap.  Trade 
supplied.  JB.VNINOS  BROS.,  352  l'eiirl  8t.,  N.  \ .  City. 


In  *100  hiwwtflJ  III  W.11  St.  often 
l«ntl«  to  ■  F»rtun«.  NorUk.  'i- 
pseo  pumpbl.t  free.  VALEN¬ 
TINE  TUMBRIDUK  A  CO.. 
Iir..k..r«,  39  Wall  St.,  New  York. 


FINE  STOCK  AM)  LOW  PRICES, 

BLAIR  BltON., 
Lee’s  Summit.  Jackson  Co., 


THE  NEW  I 
AMERICAN 
SEWBNC 
MACHINE. 
SELF-THREADING, 
LIGHT-RUNNING.) 


The  best  for  famillo* 
t  i  use.  The  host  for 
agents  to  soil.  This 
favorite  machine  (Ices 
every  v  rletf  of  work 
doho  on  any  shuttle  ma¬ 
chine,  but  with  greater 
ease  and  per-fectlon. 

GOOD  AQtHTS  WANTED. 
For  Circulars,  address 
Principal  Office.  I  ills  I  HKSTM  TM„  l»liiti.,Pa. 

Or  NEW  YORK  OFFICE,  71  i  Broadway. 

Bostox.  Mass.,  "  il  AVON  Ht. 

FiiirAi.it,  III.,  “  7n  state  St. 

St.  Louis.  Mo..  “  V.  tru  Sr. 


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I  /r.r  for  M  Alt v  Cl kmmer  Axes'*  new  book  "  Ten 
Yrnrti  in  IUi*ACnoC>n."  Address,  stating  experience, 
etc.,  A.  D.  WORTHINGTON  A  CO.,  Hartford,  Conu. 


FOR  .11.  h  BE  .11.1  (II  US' EB. 


IKK.- Agents  wanted;  pftrtlcu 
J.  Worth  A  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


^ublication.s 


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r  U  ’W  Lot  U  Oil  v  Ci  IS  I  J>1  AN  1  L’ilVD)  Ijlll,  . 

I  well  teasoned  and  prepared  Boxwood,  Mahog 
any,  Mnpleitnd  Fine.  VANDEIIBI7R0H.  Wr.i.i.s  4 Co. 
Type.  Cabinet  A  Press  Warehouse,  18  Dutch  St.  N.  Y 


860  to  8200  Per  Month 


The  perfection  of  mailing  and  arranging 
every  style  of  Dress  Trimming  with  as 
much  ease  and  simplicity  us  run¬ 
ning  up  an  ordinary  seam,  with 
some  new  mut  entirely  Orig¬ 
inal  Accomplish  meats. 

AND  ALL  WITHOUT  BASTING, 

1. — -It  prepare*  the  >1  till  net  *.'  Fold  bettor  than  can 

be  done  by  hand. 

2. — It  prepares  Mllliurr?’  Fold  with  dlflercut 

color*  and  pleeesof  ponds  at  one  operation. 

3. — It  prepares  and  places  n  Told  in  uity  scum 

perfectly,  without  basting. 

4.  It  pri  pares  and  puts  n  double  or  filuglc  fold 

on  (lie  edge  of  u  baud. 

5.  — It  cords  bias  bauds. 

6. — It  prepares  and  applies  a  double  French  Item 

finish. 

7. — It  prepare*  a  cord  welt  perfectly. 

I  U  prepares  and  places  a  cord  welt  in  any 
seam  without  basting. 

8. — It  prepares  a  cord  well,  at  the  same  time  gath¬ 

ering  and  placing  tlic  welt  in  the  gather¬ 
ing  scam.  sewtiiK  it  to  a  plain  bund,  if  de¬ 
sired.  ni  one  n  per  hi  ion. 

10. — it  does  plain  gathering. 

11.  — It  gathers  and  lew*  on  tit  the  same  time, 

better  than  any  other  gatherer. 

12. — It  hrriiflul)  goods,  Mm*  or  at  might, 

IS. — It  hinds  with  braid. 

1L— It  hind*  «  ith  cul  binding. 

15.— it  sews  any  suaut  without  tmottafl* 


gtti^ctUnncou.o' 


Finely  Bound!  Useful! 
Entertaining! 

BEETHOVEN'S  LETTERS . $2.00 

LIFE  OF  GO  rTSCHALK .  1.50 

LIFE  OF  BEETHOVEN . 2.00 

LIFE  OK  CHOI’IN.  .  1.50 

LIFE  OF  JIANDKI . 2.00 

LIFE  OF  MENDELSSOHN .  1.76 

LIFE  OF  ROSSINI . .  1.73 

LIFE  OF  VON  WEBER,  2  Vols  .  each .  1.73 

LIFE  OF  SCHUM  ANN . 1.75 

LIFE  OF  MO/-  Vlt't . 1.75 

MOZART'S  LETTERS...  . 1.75 

51  ENDKLSSOHN’H  LETTERS .  1.75 

FOLKO'S  SKETCHES  .  1.75 

KULKKT’S  LETTERS  ON  MUSIC, . 1.50 

HITTER'S  HlSTOltV  OF  MUSIC . 1.60 

MOORE’S  ENCYCLOPEDIA  OF  MUSIC . 6.00 

GARDNER'.*  MUSIC  OF  NATURE . 5.00 

CHOPINS  MAZURKAS  AND  WALTZES .  5.00 

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MUSICAL  TREASURE .  ”  3.00;  “  LOO 

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MOORE'S  IRISH  MELO¬ 
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GEMS  OF  GERMAN  SONG..  “  3.00;  "  4. 110 

OPERATIC  F EARLS .  “  3.00;  "  4.00 

H1LVMR  CHORD .  “  3.00;  "  4.00 

SHOWER  OF  PEARLS. 

Duet* .  “  3.00;  **  4.00 

PIANA-FOR'l’K  OEMS .  “  3.03,  “  4.00 

HOME  CIRCLE.  Vols.  I.  II, 

and  III.  each .  “  3.03;  “  4.00 

All  books  sunt,  post-paid,  for  retail  price. 

OLIVER  DITSOX  &  GO.,  Boston. 

C.  H.  DITSON  &  CO..  7U  Broadway,  New  York. 


\U  UiQI/CDQ  t  How  t<i  grow  a  thick  and  heavy 
V  V  H  I  O  ft  £  I?  3  i  board  on  the  smoothest  face  in 
six  week*.  A  new  discovery.  It  never  fails.  Par¬ 
ticular*  sent  VRKk.  Address 

SOUTHWESTERN  AGENCY,  Oartli«8«,  Mo. 


A  ACMTC  get  the  bust  selling  beak,  and  secure 
MlSCiv  I  v)  the  largest  profits  ever  offered.  Par¬ 
ticulars  free.  HURST  &  CO.,  740  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


\  GENTS  WANTED  for  our  new  work,  the 
viiinn  of  which  Is  attested  by  thousands  who 
have  saved  money,  houlili  and  life,  by  having 


Removed  In  2  hour? !  Circular 
free.  S.  V.  Vphn hi,  Phlln.,  Pa. 


TAPE-WORM 


KIDDER’S  PASTILLES  «  for  A  hi  hum. 

Prlcu  40e.  by  mall.  StowkllA  Co.,  Charlestown,  Alu.ss. 


1  ('  If  V’TV  lift  \T  If  II  '  Undies  or  Gentlenien,  for 
iliLitlA  l\  I  'I*.  B.  books  which  will  sell  during 
»anlc  times.  Fifty  per  cent,  commisslun  given.  Send 
for  circulars.  Alan  Italian  Pub.  Co.,  ,49  (ith  Av.,  N.  Y. 


CULKTS  WANTED,  everywhere,  for 


'I’he  arrangement  1*  very  novel,  and  it  Is  one  of  the 
simplest  Attachments  ill  use;  Indispensable  m  Its 
utility,  doubling  the  value  of  any  Sewing  Machine. 

In  ordering,  state  Kivu  of  Sewing  Machine. 

Price,  $  1.  with  full  Instructions  for  Its  use  mailed 
post  free.  Address 

PALMEE  HANUTAOTUftlNG  00., 

817  Broadway,  Now  York. 

An  opportunity  seldom  offered  to  Agents  of  both 
sexes,  which  are  wanted,  everywhere,  immediately 


The  only  Reliable  Gilt  Dibtribution  in 

the  Country* 

L,  D.  SIDE’S  TWENTIETH 


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I  AMMIIotU  Btt|,i.**i*.  »ml  »!i  onofMerct  1«J  VKARS  KXPKRI- 
I  VCE.  Th  VMlMlihigbookr'  klhL*.  Oi»«*  tb»  HlModM.MyJilei  *» 
•ml  w*T«o  l  ••fliwt,«ni|  »*"«  of  *'l  lb.  #(*•!  r-  *»». 

4rc.,  InriuSivg  Dt.A«r  tv ir»t  1**9  »»<! *«rr"**»*  iFS.  7T,*ONlA 
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Paoil.  K**rv  m»n  »  A  wot,.*?  *,  «ntl,.x  •mj,li>ym*M  **nrt  tor 

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MGO  £■:  .  ....... 


The  Celebrated  Bone  Fertilizers 

GROUND  BONE, 

BONE  MEAL, 


1,000  Agents  wanted.  Particulars 


it  CO.,  St.  Louis,  Mu, 


To  be  drawn  Thursday,  Jan.  1st,  1874 


T |3  Prospectuses  are  now  ready  for 

our  three  new  books,  vix.: 

1  w  THE  GILDED  A«3K,  by  MARK 

,  I’wain  and  CiiAio.rs  D.  wabnkb, 
RnflK  i  illustrated  by  Augustus  IXopfin, 
D  U  U IX  I  E  V  H  R  V  B  O  D  Y’J*  P  RIEN  D,  by 
.lUSB  HlM.rtffia,  ilhislntted  hy  ’Titos. 
■  nriiTO  vast,  and  Joaquin-  m llluk's  great 
fiErNIS  w  ,ki  LIKE  AMONG  THE  JIO- 
I  O  n (H  S.  Noinlng  need  be  said  about 
these  hook?.  Everybody  know*  ihcy  will  outsell  all 
others,  and  wise  agent*  will  act  arc. . rdinaly  and  aprd y 
for  territory  at  once  to  A  \LKKICAN  PUBLI SUING 
CO..  Hartfoid,  Conn.  _ 


Kl/  IN  VALUABXiS  G-ZFTS  ! 

GRAND  CAPITAL  PRIZE, 

820,000  in  Greenbacks ! 

ONE  GRAND  CASH  PRIZE, 

810,000  in  Greenbacks ! 

0.V1!  CASH  PRIZE  (IP  Sj,OOU  l\  RltEESB.UIKS 

s“lra$?Tox  EHEEiBACKS ! 

Ten  Frizes  $500  g  UUUHI¥imUliiJ  . 

12,500  Onld  ancl  Silver  Lerrr  IlunHna  Watches  (In 
nil),  worth  fri/m  620  lit  $300. 

Coin  Silver  Vest  Chain?,  Solid  and  Double-pluted 
Silver-ware,  Jewelry,  Ac.,  Ac. 

Whole  No.  of  Gills,  25,000.  Tickes  limited  (o  100.000. 

AGENT*  WANTED  TO  WELL  TICKETS, 
to  whom  Liberal  Premium*  will  be  paid. 

Single  Tickets  $2;  Six  Tickets  $  I  O ; 
Twelve  $20  ;  Twenty-five  $40. 

Circulars  containing  a  full  list  of  prises,  a  descrip¬ 
tion  of  the  manner  of  drawing,  and  other  Informa¬ 
tion  In  reference  to  the  Distribution,  will  be  sent  to 
any  one  ordering  them.  All  letters  must  be  address¬ 
ed  to 

Main  Office,  L.  D.  SINE, 

101  \V.  Filili  St.  Box  86,  C'incinuaii,  O 


10,000  Words  and  Mcasiings  not  in  other  Dic¬ 
tionaries. 

3,000  Engravings;  1.810  Pages  Quarto.  Price  $12. 
Work  none  can  afford  to  dispense  with.  [.llbiuHt  M. 
I  Every  scholar  knows  Us  value.  [  KVi).  U.  Pivsrnff.. 
T Best  nook  for  everybody.  [Golden  Era. 

-Standard  in  this  office-  (.-l  M.  C/app,  (iov’t  Prmttr. 
There  is  a  vast  mine  in  ibis  edition,  [i  Vi'n  t  man, 
^Extensive  Art  G.tllery,  u  library.  [Household  .idr. 
Result  of  centuries  of  culture.  [Sew  York  'linn*. 
PubUshed  by  G.  A  C.  MERRIAM,  Springfield,  Mass, 


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VOL.  XXVIII.  No. ‘45.  \ 
WHOLE  No.  15447.  ) 


CYCAS  CIRCINALIS. 

We  give  herewith  a 
beautiful  bit  of  natural 
scenery  wliich  helps  to 
educate  the  eye  and  the 
taste.  The  palm-like  lig- 
ure  of  the  noble  Oycax 
cireinalix,  in  the  center, 
gives  a  good  idea  of  the 
kind  of  effect  which  such 
plants  produce  when  sot 
in  conspicuous  positions 
in  our  plant  houses,  and 
accompanied  by  suitable 
surroundings.  The  small, 
Aloe  like  plant  on  the 
left  is  Lomatoph  yllum 
borbonicum ,  still  a  some¬ 
what  rare  plant  in  gar¬ 
dens.  Though  Gycads to 
some  extent  resemble 
Palms,  l’iuCa  and  Ferns, 
yet  they  possess  features 
which  prevent  them  from 
being  mistaken  for  any  of 
these  types  of  vegetation. 
Their  heudquurters  may 
be  considered  to  be  Au¬ 
stralia  and  the  Cape  of 
Good  Hope,  especially 
along  the  frontiers  of  Kaf 
tirlnud.  There  are,  how¬ 
ever,  numerous  outlying 
members  of  the  order 
scattered  through  South 
America  and  the  West 
Indian  Islands,  various 
parts  of  Asia,  Madagas¬ 
car,  the  South  Sea  Islands 
and  Mexico.  (JycaUs  in 
some  instances  have  a 
grotesque  und  weird  look 
about  them  ;  they  have 
iu  general  a  simple,  erect 
stout  cylindrical  stem, 
bearing  a  large  crown  of 
pinnate  leaves,  which  are 
very  coriaceous  in  tex¬ 
ture.  They  produce  large 
cones,  which  enclose  the 
seed,  the  male  and  female 
flowers  being  set  upon 
separate  plants,  i.  e.,  they 
are  dioecious.  From  this 
general  description  there 
are,  however,  a  few  ex¬ 
ceptions,  its,  for  instance, 
in  Che  ease  of  liOwenia 
xpectubilix,  a  plant  from 
Rockingham  Bay,  North 
Australia,  the  foliage  of 
which  is  bi pinnate,  l,  e., 
twice  divided,  and  it  is 
the  only  species  witli 
compound  leaves  known 
to  belong  to  this  farnily 
of  plants.  Some  Cycads 
seem,  when  old,  to  be¬ 
come  branched  ;  of  tlus 
class  several  examples 
exist  in  the  Botanic  (far 
dens  of  Amsterdam, 
Prominent  among  them 
is  a  magnificent  example 
of  Kncc.phalartox  Cafl'ra, 
which  has  a  straight, 
stout  stern  eighteen  feet  in 
bight,  at  which  point  It 


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divides  into  two  equally  sttong  crowns,  each  seen  an  example  of  Cyca*  revoluta,  with  a  Western  Hemisphere  have  stems  that  are 
bearing  a  head  of  well  developed  leaves  ;  in  very  stout  stem,  bearing  five  well  developed  quite  slender.  Cycads  are  as  a  rule  slow  in 
the  same  garden  (which  is  wonderfully  rich  crowns.  growth  ;  and  they  must  be  allowed  to  grow 

in  grand  plants  of  this  order)  may  also  be  it  may  be  added  that  species  from  the  when  they  please,  and  when  they  choose  to 

lie  dormant  for  a  season, 
which  they  frequently 
do,  any  attempt  to  force 
them  into  growth  by 
means  of  bottom  heat  or 
other  stimulants  soldom 
has  the  desired  effect,  and 
the  large  and  line  ’speci* 
1<  mens  wh  ich  adorn  many 

,  of  the  conservatories  of 

Europe  must  be  of  very 
groat  age,  for  from  ob¬ 
servations  taken  respect¬ 
ing  the  progress  of  trunk- 
making  in  Encephalartox 
Caffra,  under  oultivation, 
it  would  seem  that  neariy 
twenty  years  ure  required 
to  form  one  foot  of  stem 
or  trunk,  while  a  plant  of 
Maorommia  apfmffs,  has 
as  yet  but  one  foot  of 
stem,  although  the  plant 
has  been  hi  cultivation 
some  thirty  years  at  least. 
Ellis  peculiarly  slow 
growth  has  its  advan¬ 
tages  as  well  as  its  dis¬ 
advantages  ;  for  while 
those  who  have  large 
specimens  need  have  little 
fear  of  their  out  growing 
even  limited  accommo¬ 
dation,  those,  on  the 
other  hand,  who  have 
only  small  plants  will 
feel  dissatisfied  because 
they  cannot  be  made  to 
quickly  assume  more  no¬ 
ble  proportions.  Owing 
to  this  naturally  slow 
growth,  and  the  plants  in 
many  places  being  sub¬ 
ject  to  destruction  from 
bush  fires,  Cycads  are 
not,  found  in  their  native 
habitats  in  such  profu¬ 
sion  as  are  Tree  Ferns 
and  other  plants  that 
grow  up  quickly,  and 
that  therefore  soon  repair 
such  damage.  They  are, 
however,  by  no  means 
delicate  in  constitution, 
for  the  South  African 
and  the  majority  of  the 
Australian  kinds  will 
thrive  well  in  the  open 
air  dining  summoi’,  and 
if  sufficiently  large,  are 
grand  objects  for  produc¬ 
ing  a  subtropical  effect  in 
flower  gardens. 

To  this  genus,  Cyeas, 
which  gives  its  mime  to 
the  order,  few-  species  be¬ 
long,  such  as  circin- 
ttlti,  revoluta,,  M/uorroxa, 
media,  xiatnvenxlx,  iner- 
mis,  ykuwu,  Rimuniuna, 
and  Rumphii.  The  first 
is  common  in  India  and 
the  islands  of  the  Indian 
Archipelago,  and  furn¬ 
ishes  a  coarse  kind  of 
Sago,  which  is  obtained 
-  both  from  the  pith  of  the 

stem  and  also  from  the 

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WHOLE  OR  CUT  POTATOES  FOE  SEED. 


Nearlv  fifty  years  ago  Thomas  Andrew 
Knight,  President  of  the  London  Horticul¬ 
tural  Society,  wrote  a  very  exhaust!  re  essay 
upon  the  above  named  subject,  proving  con¬ 
clusively,  to  many,  that  whole  potatoes  were 
far  preferable  to  pieces  of  tubers  for  plant¬ 
ing.  Mr.  Knight,  at  that  time  and  for  many 
succeeding  years,  was  considered,  in  Great 
Britain,  the  highest  authority  in  the  world 
on  all  horticultural  subjects,  consequently 
his  opinions  carried  great  weight  among  the 
people.  His  idea  was  that  a  tuber,  as  a 
whole,  was  but  one  seed,  like -a  kernel  of 
corn.  But  we  now  consider  a  potato  tuber 
more  like  an  ear  of  corn  containing  many 
seeds,  each  of  which  is  capable  of  proueding  a 
plant  equal  in  strength  and  value  to  the 
whole  combined.  Of  course  there  are  hun¬ 
dreds  of  farmers  who  will,  and  do,  cling  to 
this  old  theory  of  Mr.  Knight’s,  despite  of 
all  the  science  or  practice  to  the  contrary. 
We  should  think,  however,  that,  the  enorm¬ 
ous  yield  secured  from  the  various  new  sorts 
within  the  past  few  years  and  frequently  re¬ 
ferred  to  in  the  agricultural  journals,  all  of 
which  have  been  produced  from  cut  seed, 
would  begin  to  awaken  the  sticklers  for 
whole  seed  and  set.  them  to  making  experi¬ 
ments  in  this  direction.  No  one  will  suppose 
for  a  moment  the  yields  reported  in  the  case 
of  the  Buss  prize*  for  the  Early  Vermont 
and  Compton  Surprise  could  have  been  se¬ 
cured  by  planting  whole  tubers.  Those 
farmers  who  believe  that  whole  tubers  are 
best  for  seed  should  look  at  these  iiguros— 
511 14,  C07,  437  and  >156  pounds,  raised  by 
different  men  in  different,  localities,  each 
having  but  one  pound  for  seed.  We  think 
these  facts  and  figures  are  worth  a  dozen 
theories,  and  well  worth  remembering  at 
planting  time. 

- - - - 

PREMIUM  POTATOES. 


them  for  seed  but  feed  them  to  the  pigs  ;  for 
seed  with  such  a  product,  certainly  is  not 
worth  propagating.  If  friend  Pike  wishes 
to  try  his  hand  on  the  real  Compton’s,  and 
will  give  me  his  address,  I  will  send  him  a 
real  Compton,  poKt-paid  by  mail,  that  I  will 
warrant  to  yield  two  bushels,  with  ordinary 
culture,  planting  one  eye  in  a  hill.  M3’  luck 
is  as  follows: — One  potato,  costing  £1.42  by 
weight  :  planted  one  eye  in  a  hill,  making 
18  hills  three  and  a  half  feet  apart,  with  good 
ordinary  culture,  covered  the  ground  with 
strong  tops,  and  dug  just  as  the  first ‘heavy 
frost  commenced,  produced  two  bushels  and 
a  peck.  I  have  not.  a  city  wife,  but  am  a 
city  man  and  hardly  “know  beaoa”  about 
farming  ;  but  you  have  above  what  I  know 
about  the  yield  of  one  Compton  Surprise  Po¬ 
tato.  I  have  none  to  sell,  intending  to  plant 
what  T  do  not  give  away,  in  the  spring.  —  J 
B.  Judkins,  Winchester,  Mass. 

In  reply  hi  Mr.  Andrew  S.  Nash  hi  II  u- 
RAL'of  Nov.  22d,  page  330,  in  regard  to  Comp¬ 
ton’s  Surprise  Potato:— I  bought  one  pound 
of  seed,  cut  to  one  eye,  and  made  42  hills 
planted  about  the  20th  of  May  ;  dug  about 
the  25t.ll  of  Sept.;  yield  from  one  rod  of 
ground  275  lbs.  of  good-sized  potatoes,  and 
ull  sound  ;  and  at  that  rate  the  yield  per  acre 
would  be  720  bushels.  Not  very  bad  !  Think 
Mr.  Nash  had  better  move  Into  Western 
New  York,  where  he  can  get  larger  returns 
from  his  investments.  Let  us  hear  from  some 
more  of  Compton’s  Surprise  ! — A  Subscrib¬ 
er,  Batavia,  N.  Y, 

■ - 4~*~* - 

WOEM-EATEN  PEAS. 


The  New  York  Tribune  says  : — We  lately 
interviewed  a  practical  farmer  who,  for 
several  years  past,  has  taken  the  first  prize 
for  liis  potatoes.  In  reply  to  inquiries  as  to 
his  mode  of  operations,  he  said  that  the  larg 
est  and  best  shaped  tubers  arc  always  select 
ed  for  planting  at.  digging  time  the  previous 
year ;  and  lie  tluds  that  they  have  been 
gradually  increasing  in  size  until  his  potatoes 
are  now  enormous.  Sod  ground  is  chosen 
for  the  crop  ?  it  is  very  carefully  and  deeply 
plowed  and  thoroughly  pulverized  with  the 
spike  harrow.  Previous  to  breaking  up, 
however,  the  whole  surface  is  heavily  ma¬ 
nured  and  this  manure  raked  into  the  fur¬ 
row  as  the  plow  passes  round.  The  tubers 
are  cut  into  quarters  a  few  days  before 
planting  and  dropped  in  the  rows  sixteen  or 
eighteen  inches  apart.  The  rows  are  struck 
out  with  the  plow  about  three  feet  dist  ant  , 
and  the  seed  is  (fevered  with  a  good  depth  of 
soil.  A  roller  passed  over  the  ground,  level¬ 
ing  and  smoothing  the  surface,  to  be  followed 
in  a  short  time  by  the  spike  harrow.  As 
soon  as  the  young  plants  appear  above  the 
ground  the  cultivator  is  started  and  kept  go¬ 
ing  frequently  throughout  the  growing  sea¬ 
son.  Every  weed  is  pulled  up  as  soon  as  it 
makes  its  appearance;  for,  to  use  his  own 
expression,  he  is  “  too  poor  to  grow  weeds.” 
As  the  plants  wax  strong,  slight  furrows  are 
thrown  up  to  them  with  a  small  plow’,  and 
these  are  still  further  increased  afterward 
by  a  repetition  of  the  same  process.  In  dig¬ 
ging,  great  care  is  taken  not  to  skin  or  bruise 
the  tubers,  but  to  handle  them  ali  carefully, 
and  this  enables  the  owner  to  preserve  them 
much  better  than  the  careless  farmer  w’ho 
throws  his  potatoes  about  as  if  they  were 
cobble  stones.  This  is  the  only  magic  he  em¬ 
ploys,  Careful  choice  of  seed,  thorough 
preparation  of  the  soil,  frequent  stirring  of 
the  surface  and  total  extinction  of  weeds — 
these  are  the  secrets  of  his  success. 

- ♦-♦>4 - 

COMPTON’S  SUEPEISE  POTATO. 


1  Prof.  Maurice  Perkins,  Union  Univer¬ 
sity,  Schenectady,  furnishes  the  following 
for  the.  Country  Gentleman  : 

Very  often  in  the  spring  1  have  noticed 
that  the  peas,  be&ns,  &e.,  for  sale  in  the 
stores  for  seed  wore  worm-eaten.  In  many 
cases  the  seeds  were  *0  eaten  as  to  be  useless 
for  seed.  The  worm,  and  even  the  egg,  may 
be  easily  destroyed  by  the  bisulphid  of  car¬ 
bon,  a  colorless,  volatile  liquid,  having  an 
odor  like  that  of  rotten  eggs.  If  the  barrel 
containing  the  seed  is  not  quite  full,  moisten 
a  piece  of  cloth  with  the  liquid,  lay  it  on  the 
seeds  and  cover  the  barrel  with  an  old  horse- 
blanket..  The  vapor  of  the  bisulphid  will 
sink  down  among  the  seeds  and  destroy  all 
auimal  life.  The  seeds  themselves  will  not 
be  injured.  Two  or  three  ounces  will  lie 
enough  for  a  half  dozen  barrels.  This  liquid 
is  used  in  Europe  to  destroy  the  weevil  in 
wheat.  1  have  not  seen  the  above  mentioned 
in  any  agricultural  paper,  and  thought  that 
it  might  prove  useful  to  some  of  your  readers. 

- - *'■*-* - 

FIELD  NOTES. 


In  Rural  New-Yorker  of  December  0,  I 
was  much  amused  at  reading  the  article 
headed  “Compton’s  Surprise  Potato,”  over 
the  signature  of  N.  W .  Pike.  His  wife  was 
right  when  she  told  him  that  it  was  an  awful 
price  to  pay  £3  for  three  such  potatoes  ;  but 
wras  not  right  when  she  said  that  she  could 
buy  two  pair  of  Alexander’s  best  kid  gloves 
for  the  same  sum — they  would  cost  consid¬ 
erable  more.  Friend  Pike’s  three  potatoes 
could  not  have  been  Compton’s  Surprise,  or 
else  he  knows  but  little  about  potato  cul¬ 
ture.  If  4G  hills  of  his  Compton’s,  with  one 
eye  in  a  liill,  with  ordinary  culture,  produced 
only  a  half  bushel,  he  had  better  not  save 


Cost  and  Profit  of  a  Buckwheat  Crop.— 
As  I  am  a  farmer  and  a  Rural  reader,  I 
will  give  you  a  statement  of  my  buckwheat 
crop,  raised  during  the  season  of  1873,  which 
you  may  publish  if  you  wish.  The  cost  on 
14  acre*  of  buckwheat :  —  Plowing,  7  days, 
825  ;  lmrrowing.  4  days,  £15;  sowing,  1  day, 
£1.50;  9  bushels  seed  buckwheat,  £9;  cutting 
buckwheat  and  setting  Up,  £15;  drawing  and 
threshing,  £24 ;  interest  oil  land,  £98;  total, 
$187.50 — or  43  cents  per  bushel.  Pasturage 
before  plowing,  $3-3;  430  bushels,  at  $1  per 
bushel,  £430;  straw  and  fodder,  $32  ;  total, 
$497 — leaving  a  net  profit  of  $309.50.— W.  H. 
K.,  Schoharie  Co,,  V.  Y, 

Buckwheat  for  Stock,  —  John  Johnson, 
who  has  a  large  experience  as  a  cattle  and 
sheep  feeder,  says  : — “  1  have  fattened  muny 
cattle  and  far  more  sheep,  on  all  or  part 
buckwheat,  for  the  last  twenty  years,  and  it 
will  fatten  Btock  as  well  for  the  amount  of 
pounds  as  any  other  grain— oats,  perhaps, 
exceptad  ;  and  I  would  much  rather  have 
half  buckwheat  meal  than  all  corn  meal  to 
feed  three-year-old  steers  that  have  not  been 
fed  gram.” 

Barley  in  Iowa. — We  see  the  following 
statement  in  the  papers  : — “There  are  70,000 
bushels  of  barle}’  stored  in  Davenport,  Iowa, 
which  cannot  be  sold  to-day  for  what  it  cost 
its  producers.”  We  have  to  say  that,  we  do 
not  believe  that,  if  such  an  amount,  of  barley 
is  there,  it  cannot  be  sold  at  a  profit  to  pro¬ 
ducers.  It  may  be  that  producers  have  sold 
it  to  speculators  at  a  loss  on  the  cost  of  pro¬ 
duction  ;  if  so,  the  holders  are  going  to  make 
a  good  thing  out  of  it,  or  the  barley  is  too 
poor  to  purchase. 

A  Qood  Season  for  Barley ,  Geo.  Geddes 
says,  is  not  a  good  one  for  raising  Indian 
corn.  The  hot  days  hi  J  une  and  J  uly  that 
are  so  beneficial  to  com  are  not  good  for 
barley.  Yet,  in  our  judgment  there  are  few 
localities  north  of  the  42d  parallel  where  bar¬ 
ley  may  not,  taking  the  seasons  as  they 
average,  bo  profitably  grown. 


n  Horseman. 


HOESE  WITH  SWELLED  LEGS. 


I  have  a  mare  with  a  tendency  to  swell  in 
all  her  legs,  particularly  the  hind  ones  ;  and 
they  will  become  frightfully  large  if  she  does 
not  have  exercise,  1  have  a  great  aversion 
to  give  any  kind  of  medicine,  and  also  pre¬ 
fer  prevention  to  cure  ;  therefore  tills  mare 
never  stands  in  the  stable  more  than  can  be 
avoided.  She  is  taken  out  or  turned  out 
every  day  so  that  she  is  moved  at  work  or 
exercises  herself  in  an  old  grass  field,  or  in  a 
large  yard;  consequently,  the  swelling  is 
very  slight  in  the  morning,  scarcely  visible. 
She  had  a  colt.,  which  was  weaned  last  Au¬ 
gust,  to  have  her  services  at  some  rather 
heavy  hauling;  the  milk  appeared  to  turn 
to  humor,  and  she  could  scarcely  move  at 
starting;  but,  by  feeding  oats  instead  of  corn 
and  going  at  a  slow  pace  at  starting,  till  the' 
stiffness  passed  somewhat  off,  she  gradually 
got  better,  and  is  at  the  present  time  in  bet¬ 
ter  condition  than  any  other  horse  in  the 
stable.  I  am  convinced  if  she  was  to  remain 
idle  and  in  the  stable  for  two  or  three  days 
she  would  swell  as  bad  as  ever. 

Diuretic  medicine  will  relieve  this  afflic¬ 
tion;  or  any  food  which  operates  on  the 
urine,  especially  flaxseed  jelly;  but  never- 
failing  daily  exercise  is  preferable  to  having 
resert,  to  death-dealing  drug  stores;  and 
with  the  food  mentioned  (flaxseed)  or  aught 
else  wholesomely  acting  on  kidneys  and 
bladder,  there  is  no  necessity  to  buy  poisons 
at  a  hundred  times  their  prime  cost.  Some 
animals  are  always  liable  to  this  swelling; 
but  there  is  one  consolation  attending  the 
case,  as  it  is  seldom  any  other  evil  accom¬ 
panies  it,  and  it  is  certainly  much  better  than 
having  serious  sickness  from  inflammation 
inwardly.  The  hind  legs  of  many  horses 
swell  because  they  are  tied  up  in  stalls  wliich 
are  so  slanting  as  to  throw  an  unnatural 
weight  upon  them.  Allow  them  to  be  loose, 
and  any  animal  will  generally  have  his  fore 
feet  on  the  lowest  ground.  Then  again,  some 
horses  will  not  lie  down  when  tied  by  a  hal¬ 
ter;  but  this  is  not  the  case  with  my  mare 
as  she  does  rest  by  lying  down  in  the  night. 

B3*  no  means  apply  any  lotion  or  audit 
else  to  drive  it  away,  for  many  valuable 
horses  have  been  ruined  by  doing  so,  the 
same  as  others  have  been  by  drying  up 
cracked  heels  which  vented  the  bad  humors 
in  the  system.  In  England  the  whole  of  the 
horses  in  gentlemen’s  stables  are  regularly 
walked  out  at  daybreak,  whether  they  are 
worked  afterwards  or  not.  It  is  quite  com¬ 
mon  to  meet  them  in  their  clothes  and  hoodB, 
grooms  riding  one  and  leading  one  and  some¬ 
times  one  on  eacii  side,  they,  the  grooms, 
with  the  invariable  great  coats  with  capes, 
and  muffled  up  around  the  ncek  so  that  the 
damp,  raw  air  should  not  affect  them.  This 
practice  carries  off  the.  humors  in  the  horse’s 
system,  and  disperses  them,  so  that  after  a 
month’s  use,  with  a  good  sweating  once  or 
twice  a  week,  “condition”  is  attained. 
These  animals,  being  used  for  quick  work,  of 
course  require  more  care  than  slow- working 
ones;  and  when  they  have  been  at  grass  and 
first  come  into  the  stable,  have  a  course  of 
physic  balls  given  which  carries  off  the  soft 
and  superfluous  fat  and  flesh. 

I  mention  the  treatment  of  “nag”  horses, 
as  they  are  called  in  England,  because  if  a 
fine  skin  and  st3iish  condition  is  required,  it 
will  not  do  to  turn  them  out  into  the  cold  as 
may  be  done  with  rough,  hard}. ,  farm  horses 
which  lie  in  airy,  cool  stables. 

A  Working  Farmer. 
- - 


very  bad  off,  one  round  may  not  be  suffi¬ 
cient.  In  all  common  cases  it.  will  be.  This 
medicine  will  also  cure  the  worst  case  of 
scratches  caused  by  impurity  of  the  blood. — 
R.  W.  Hilborn,  Jasper,  N.  Y. 

That  Itching  Tail,— I  had  a  horse  the  past 
summer  troubled  as  W.  D.  G.’s  was.  My 
remedy  was  an  injection  of  strong  benzine. 
It  is  an  insect  that  causes  the  itching. — w.  D. 
s.  [We  cannot  sec  what  an  injection  has  to 
do  with  an  insect.— Eds.] 

W.  B.  says  the  cause  of  the  itching  tail  "  is 
in  the  mouth,  and  the  horse  should  be  treat¬ 
ed  as  for  the  lampas,  viz. : — Cut  the  mouth 
inside  the.  teeth  with  a  sharp  knife.  Care 
should  be  taken  not  to  cut  too  high  up;  cut 
as  near  to  the  teeth  as  possible.  If  W.  D.  G. 
will  try  tins  reined}’  he  will  find  it  effectual.” 

How  to  Start  a  Balky  Horse,  — GeO.  M. 
Pullman  of  Palace  Car  fame,  is  credited 
with  asserting  that  a  balky  horse  can  always 
be  started  by  tying  his  tail  to  the  whiffletree 
and  starting  the  other  horse. 

To  Make.  Hair  (Jroic. — Will  you,  or  some 
one,  please  inform  me  how  to  start  hair  on 
bare  spots  on  horses  ?  The  spots  are  all 
healed  over. — H.  P.  H.,  Clyde,  N.  Y. 


SAWDUST  IN  THE  STABLE. 


NOTES  FOE  HOESEMEN. 


New  Corn  for  Horses. — A  reader  of  the 
Rural  New-Yorker,  at  Orunge,  N.  J.,  asks 
if  new  corn  will  give  a  horse  the  colic ;  il'  so, 
how  old  it  must  be  ere  it  is  safe  to  feed  it. 
We  have  known  new  coru  to  give  homes 
colic;  but  it  was  only  when  too  much  of  it 
was  fed  to  them.  No  home  should  he  fed 
exclusively  on  either  new  or  old  corn.  If 
we  were  going  to  feed  either,  we  should 
grind  or  boil  it  before  feeding.  We  have  fed 
corn  from  the  time  it  began  to  ear  until  it 
was  a  year  old,  and  never  had  any  trouble 
in  consequence.  But  we  never  fed  over  a 
peck  of  corn  meal  a  day  to  any  horse ;  and 
that  is  enough,  if  a  fair  proportion  oj;  good 
hay  is  given. 

Horse's  Ley  Swelling. — In  Rural  of  Nov 
29th  L.  S.  M.,  Crystal  Springs,  N.  Y.,  asks  a 
remedy  for  his  horse’s  leg  swelling.  Tell 
him  to  take  three  ounces  black  antimony, 
three  ounces  saltpeter  and  one-half  pound 
sulphur ;  mix  and  give  one  tablespoonful 
once  a  day,  in  meal  or  bran.  If  his  horse  is 


The  New  England  Farmer  says  : — “  The 
doctors  and  the  professors  are  discussing 
the  value  of  sawdust  and  shavings  when  ap¬ 
plied  to  land.  Mr.  Knox,  in  the  New  York 
Tribune,  cautions  against  the  use  of  shavings 
as  a  mulch,  and  believes  they  must  prove 
injurious.  Professor  S.  W.  Johnson  thinks 
otherwise.  Both  argue  the  case  from  a  scien¬ 
tific  stand  point,  Mr.  Knox  believes  that 
potash  must  be  fed  to  plants  in  an  elementary 
or  unoombined  state.  Mr.  Johnson  claims 
that  pur©  potash  is  destructive  to  vegetation, 
and  can  only  become  plant  food  when  com¬ 
bined  with  an  add.  When  doctors  disagree 
who  shall  decide  f  We  do  not  claim  to  know 
much  about  the  chemistry  of  sawdust,  but 
vve  have  used  it  several  years  as  an  absorbeut 
of  urine,  and  as  bedding  for  horses  and  cattle. 
We  prefer  to  have  it  seasoned  and  dry,  and 
should  choose  that  made  from  hard  wood, 
but  we  take  such  as  we  can  get,  wliich  is 
nearly  all  made  from  pine  logs. 

Our  conclusions  are  that  sawdust  is  the 
cleanest  bedding  we  have  ever  used  ;  that  if 
the  manure  is  kept  trodden  down  hard  to 
prevent  excessive  fermentation,  it  is  no  injury 
to  tlie  manure  h©ap.  Our  experiments  prove 
that  sawdust  soaked  with  urine  and  used  as 
a  top-dressing  on  grass  land,  will  show  where 
it  was  spread  by  an  increased  growth  of 
grass  ;  that  when  the  manure  is  made  up 
largely  of  sawdust,  that  is,  when  enough  is 
used  to  . soak  up  and  retain  all  the  urine,  it 
has  never  injured  any  of  tho  crops  to  which 
it  has  been  applied.  We  have  grown  all 
kinds  of  crops  on  it,  without  perceiving  any 
injurious  effects  therefrom.  We  shall  con¬ 
tinue  its  use  in  such  quantities  as  will  make 
comfortable  bedding  for  our  cows,  and  as  an 
absorbent,  till  we  see  some  harm  done  by  it, 
as  long  as  it  can  be  obtained  by  carting  two 
or  three  miles.  As  a  fertilizer,  perhaps  sand 
or  loam,  or  dry  muck,  or  straw  would  bo 
better  ;  but  all  cannot  have  these  in  abund¬ 
ance,  and  we  must  use  for  bedding  the  best 
materials  within  our  reach.” 

Our  own  experience  with  sawdust  (whether 
pine,  hemlock,  spruce  or  hard  wood)  lias 
boon  similar  to  that  of  our  contemporary. 
We  would  not  apply  sawdust  to  land  without 
composting  it ;  but  it  is  one  of  the  best 
methods  of  composting,  to  litter  the  cattle 
and  horse  stables  with  it. 


ECONOMY  IN  TREATMENT  OF  SOIL. 


Some  people  suppose  agricultural  prosper¬ 
ity  dependent  upon  good  implements,  cheap 
labor  and  economy  so  severe  as  to  border  on 
parsimony;  but  though  good  implements 
must  be  used  and  labor  should  be  made  cheap 
by  being  wisely  applied,  yet  it  is  the  liberal 
mind  which  maketh  rich.  The  greatest  point, 
the  chief  object,  is  to  keep  the  soil  in  the 
highest  state  of  fertility  so  that  good  tools 
and  workmen  may  have  such  fruitful  land 
to  cultivate  that  there  will  be  an  overflowing 
in  every  part  of  tiiB  farm.  Look  at  agricul¬ 
ture  in  New  England  !  Nine-tenths  of  the 
land  is  exhausted  and  there  is  seen  the  most 
industrious  race  in  existence,  working  every 
atom  of  fat  out  of  their  system,  and  most  of 
the  flesh  ;  yet  only  half  good  crops  are  ob¬ 
tained,  whereas,  had  the  original  fertility 
never  been  allowed  to  decrease,  loss  self- 
denial,  and  more  enjoyment  of  life  in  every 
way  would  have  been  the  legacy  of  the 
fathers.  A  Working  Farmer. 


UE8,  20 


COBH’S  BUBAL  WEW-YOBKE 


<§aii[2  ihi.'ibaiulrn. 


CHAUTAUQUA  COUNTY,  N.  Y.,  BUTTER 
MAKERS. 

The  Western  New  York  Butter  Makers’ 
Association  and  Farmers’  Club  was  organized 
in  tile  month  of  April,  1*72.  The  object  of 
tlio  Association  is  mutual  improvement  in 
the  science  of  butter  making,  and  more  ef¬ 
ficient  action  in  promoting  general  agricul¬ 
tural  science.  The  meetings  are  held  month¬ 
ly  in  the  different  villages  In  Chautauqua 
County,  thus  affording  an  opportunity  for 
j  farmers  in  the  different  towns  to  attend 
I  them.  The  August  meeting  was  held  in  the 
village  of  Panama,  the  business  center  of  the 
largest  and  most  thriving  dairy  towns  in  the 
county. 

A  BUTTER  REPORT. 

The  following  is  Mr.  lit; mason's  Report  for 
the  month  of  June,  '1S73  :  —  From  103  cows  I 
leceivod  iS,3I6  pounds  of  milk,  averaging  j 
‘-’■I. SO- 100  pounds  per  day  for  each  cow;  made 
3,334  pounds  of  butter,  requiring  23.50-1  UU 
pounds  of  milk  for  each  pound  of  butter. 
After  the  milk  is  weighed  it  is  run  into  vats 
or  tin  pans  10  feet  long,  feet  wido  and  10 
indies  deep,  surrounded  at  the  sides  and 
bottom  with  cold,  running  water,  and  re¬ 
mains  in  that  condition  for  4S  it  ours.  It  is  I 
then  skimmed  and  tlio  milk  run  back  to  the 
cow-barn,  where  it  is  thickened  with  bran 
and  maul  (two  parts  bran  to  one  part  meal.) 
Of  this  mixture  each  cow  gets  about  four  j 
quarts  per  day.  All  the  milk  has  been  fed  to 
the  cows,  except  what  17  calves  have  need¬ 
ed.  No  sale  of  butter  has  been  made  this 
season  below  the  highest  price  of  Orange 
County  pails.  At  the  January  meeting  of  J 
the  Association  it  was  decided  by  an  almost  I 
unanimous  vote  that  tliu 

FEE0IN0  OF  SOUR  MILK 

in  any  form  to  dairy  cows  was  detrimental  I 
to  the  butter  made  from  them.  Mr.  IIuma-  , 
son’s  Report,  and  the  testimony  from  those 
wlm  handled  Ids  butter,  seem  to  furnish  con¬ 
clusive  evidence  to  the  contrary.  Mr.  H. 
believes  it  should  be  fed  before  it  becomes  I 
putrid,  and  mixed  with  bran  or  meal.  His  j 
cows  all  like  it,  and  in  dry  seasons  he  would  , 
not  kuow  how  to  get  along  without  it.  Two  |  , 
of  Jus  neighbors  do  not  feed  sour  milk  ;  they  I  ] 
average  0.S8-100  pounds  of  butter  per  cow,  I  ) 
against  10.31-100  per  cow  of  his  105  cows  for  j  j 
the  same  time.  Last  year  ho  did  not  feed  I 
sour  milk — it  was  a  bettor  grass  year  than  I  ; 
tins— but  lie  made  700  pounds  more  butter  in  I 
the  month  of  June  this  year  than  lust,  al  8 
though  he  has  10  less  cows,  I  ^ 

The  Chair  introduced  Mr.  O.  H.  Field,  I 
who  read  a  paper  entitled  ’  I  a 

WATER,  ITS  PURITY,  ITS  CONVENIENCES,  ITS  ABUSES. 

AS  CORRECTED  WITH  OUR  PRESEHT  SYSTEM  Of  ri 
DAIRY  FARMIR0. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  essay  the  President  t 
said  he  hoped  every  farmer  present  would 
take  a  part  m  the  discussion.  We  wore  met  I  'l 
together  for  mutual  improvement  in  our  u 
special  calling  and  each  one  should  be  willing  , 
to  furnish  ail  the  information  possible.  He  I  ^ 
would  call  upon  Mr.  L.  B.  Sessions  for  his  T 
vie  W8  on  tile  water  question.  I  * 

Mr.  Sessions— Am  not  a  practical  farmer  I  * 
but  own  a  farm  of  100 acres.  Until  quite  re-  7 
ceutly  have  watered  stock  in  winter  20 rods  f 
from  barn  ;  became  satisfied  that  l  was  Jos-  C1 
ing  by  the  operation  ;  water  in  the  barn- 
yard  at  present.  You  will  see  a  vast  im-  ^ 
provement  in  stock  when  they  can  get  water  ’ 
handy.  Cattle  do  better  when  stabled  and 
fed  in  warm  barn— require  less  fodder. 

Mr.  Tripp — Cows  should  bo  well  cared  for 
and  kindly  treated  both  summer  and  winter.  80 
They  should  have  plenty  of  pure  water  in  bl 
the  yard.  Stables  should  not  be  aliowed  to  to 


T.  S.  Cramer — Consider  pure,  soft  water 
mucli  the  best  for  dairy  use.  A  good  cellar 
is  essential  to  good  butter  making,  and  more 
—  especially  t«  keeping  ;  keep  luy  cellar  closed 
R  during  the  day  and  open  it  at  night.  Butter 
should  grow  harder  as  soon  as  put  in  the 
cellar,  F  would  use  a  dog  for  driving  cows 
s’  if  I  had  a  trained  one:  would  also  sing  while 
<1  milking  if  I  felt  like  it. 

Mr.  Britton  — Mr.  Cramer  would  make 
11  better  butter  if  lie  let  more  light  in  Ins  cel 
lar.  Is  there  any  difference  between  Ashton 
*  and  barrel  salt  for  salting  butter  ? 

Mr.  Brooks— Feel  interested  in  this  sub- 
a  jeet  of  water  for  dairy  purposes.  Am  using 
r  the  Blake  or  Chautauqua  Co.  pan,  which  uses 
1  water  for  cooling  around  the  sides  only; 

B  keep  my  milk  in  warmest  weather  from  86 
3  to  48  hours;  only  pure  water  should  be  used. 

3  Mr.  Sperry  — Would  like  to  hear  from 
David  Moore,  who  lias  bought  butter  for  23 
years,  on  the  salt  question— whether  Ashton 
^  or  common  barrel  salt  should  be  used  ;  also, 
on  making  good  butter  and  keeping  the 
’  same. 

'  David  Moore— I  have  made  butter-buying 
my  business  for  many  years,  and  feel  a  deep 
interest  in  the  future  credit  of  Chautauqua 
J  County  butter.  The  paper  read  hero  to-day 
would  carry  the  impression  that  our  butter 
is  rapidly  deteriorating  in  value.  I  do  not 
like  to  believe  this,  and  would  say  that  al¬ 
though  we  make  comparatively  little  “  gilt- 
edge”  butter,  yet  during  the  23  years  that  I 
dealt,  in  butter  it  constantly  improved  in 
quality.  There  are  many  essential  rules  to 
be  observed  In  making  fine  butter.  Wo 
must  have  good  cows,  good  pastures,  good, 
clean  water,  clean  stables,  clean  milkers, 
clean  dairy  room  and  utensils,  milk  kept  at 
proper  temperature,  skimmed  and  churned 
in  time,  butter  thoroughly  washed  so  as’to 
remove  all  impurities,  then  salted  with  pure 
Ashton  salt,  and  no  other.  Avoid  slops  about 
the  milk-room,  either  out-doors  or  in.  Creutn 
is  very  BU9ceptible  to  foreign  llavor.  Cows 
touts  should  ;be  washed,  not  with  milk,  but 
clean  water,  and  allowed  to  dry  before  milk-  , 
ing.  If  properly  cooled,  milk  may  be  allowed  . 
to  stand  36  hours  in  dry  weather,  and  be  j 
pure,  but  riot  in  wet  weather.  To  keep  but¬ 
ter  through  (ho  season,  make  a  bag  large  , 
enough  to  cover  the  top  of  the  package;  fill  , 
with  salt,  lay  it  over’  the  butter  so  as  to  ex-  , 
elude  the  air  thoroughly,  moisten  when  put 
Oimind  moisten  once  a  week  as  long  as  you  ; 
keep  the  butter. 

Joel  Powers— We  can  make  just  as  good  f 
butter  as  Orange  County.  Our  facilities  are  , 
ail  right  if  wo  will  only  use  them.  Soak  , 
your  packages  in  pure  water  instead  of  in  ( 
the  creek.  Cows  should  be  well  cared  for 
and  supplied  with  plenty  of  good  feed  and  ^ 
pure  water,  if  you  wish  to  makegood  butter. 

Dr.  Charles  Pa  USER— Wq  arc  in  the  heart  r 
of  the  butter  making  region  of  the  United 
States,  ami  1  am  sorry  tlio  standard  of  but-  t 
terhere.iHnot  higher.  With  such  pure  spring 
waiter,  we  ought  to  make  “gilt-edge”  but-  ' 
ter.  The  time  is  uot  distant  when  poor  [•’ 
butter-making  regions  will  turn  their  whole 
attention  to  making  cheese.  Pure,  soft  ° 
water  and  sweet  grasses  are  indispensable 
for  butter  making,  and  we  have  them  both. 
Cows  need  better  care  in  winter.  Should 
water  cows  in  the  yard,  thus  improving  the 
condition  of  the  stock,  saving  fodder  and  in-  Sr 
creasing  the  manure  pllo  for  the  coming  sea¬ 
son.  Farmers’  Clubs  are  just  what  are  need-  " 
ed  to  encourage  young  men  to  stay  on  tlio  r 
farm.  111 


(till  lift  /}|l  ftttfT^tWtttV  I  vided  iuto  aprons -one  party  favoring 

^  WW*’**’»  close  or  in-breeding,  the  other  believing  in 

-  —  _  - - out-crosses.  There  were  minor  differences 

SHORT-HORNS  AT  CINCINNATI^  Which  it  WO*  dimcult  to  subject 

_ _  NNAII.  to  any  descriptive  technicalities.  Sotneper- 

Thk  recent  Short-Horn  Convention  at  Cin-  8008  th10Ue,!t  in-breeding  mea"f'  oho  thing, 
einnati  resulted  in  the  reading  of  several  t  ,  ,b  mea,lt  a  mod  ideation  of  that 


SHORT-HORNS  AT  CINCINNATI. 


very  interesting  papers, 
Iowa  read  a  paper  on 


Dr.  Sprague  of 


MILK  APPRECIATED. 


The  vicinity  of  Hamburg  must  be  a  nice 
sort  of  a  place  for  a  dairyman  to  “  earn  his 
bread”  by  the  sale  of  milk;  for,  according 
to  a  correspondent  of  the  London  Telegraph 

•»:iu  i.  _  ,.ii  .....  L  t 


THE  COLOR,  CONTOUR,  &C.,  OF  SHORT-HORNS. 

m  We  make  the  following  extracts  from  it: _ 

Our  skill  in  fashioning  the  contour  of  our 
I  >  -  favor! t  o  breed  of  cattle  is  entitled  to  and  has 
ig  received  the  highest  praise,  but  nature 
;s  laughs  at  our  efforts,  for,  going  back  to  t  ho 
wild  animals  cited,  as  fat-  as  the  knowledge 
>,}  "f  nmn  reaches  the  feature  and  llavor  of  the 
1.  flesh  of  the  deer  lias  not  changed.  It  affords 
n  the  same  delicious  roast  as  it  did  100  years 
!3  ago.  No  less  llavor,  no  higher,  no  different, 
n  But  who,  when  he  takes  a  cut  of  beef  on  his 
),  plate,  though  he  may  have  himself  bred  the 
e  animal  from  which  it  was  taken,  and  have 
declared  the  boast  to  be  mellow  under  the 
g  touch,  can  Lilly  anticipate  whether  the  mor- 
p  sel  will  be  savory  or  not. 
a  While  our  efforts  appear  well  in  the  show 

y  un<!  to  possess  specimens  of  certain  | 

r  favorite  families,  are  commendatory,  we  are 
t  too  much  led  away  by  the  (surface  of  things. 

-  The  demands  of  fashion  in  cattle  are  too 

-  much  like  the  demands  of  fashion  in  dress. 

1  If  the  surface  captivates  by  its  splendor,  no 
i  matter  how  much  shoddy  is  underneath. 

>  Throughout  tho  system,  under  the  skin, 

5  between  the  muscles  and  under  the  fibers  of  I 
these,  there  is  distributed  what  is  termed 
,  cellular  tissue.  As  its  name  implies,  this  is  I 
made  up  of  cells,  and  in  these  cells  the  uceu- 
1  ovulations  of  adipose  matter  are  deposited. 

1  The  extent  to  which  this  tissue  is  found 
1  varies  very  much  in  different  animals. 
Where  abundant  and  associated  with  strong  I 
digestion,  active  absorbents,  and  a  well  I 
formed  carcass,  flesh  is  taken  on  very  rap-  I 
idly,  and  if  with  these  combinations  tho 
skin  be  soft  and  pliable,  the  animal  will  I 
almost  invariably  handle  mellow  when  in 
fair  flesh. 

Now  the  OOP) mon notion  Is  that  all  animals 
that  handle  mellow  have  high-flavored,  ten¬ 
der  flesh.  This  is  an  erroneous  idea,  proved 
so  every  day  upon  the  butcher’s  block. 

Wo  couple  two  animals  together  expect-  I 
ing  to  secure  well-formed,  ready  feeders  in 
tlie  progeny,  and  if  the  parents  possess  tli  is 
fattening  tendency  thoy  will  generally  trasu-  I 
mib  it.  But  if  both  the  parents  have  dark, 
unsavory  flesh,  they  and  their  get,  and  ail 
the  progeny  after,  for  ail  time,  will  have  the  I 
same,  unless  modified  and  improved  by  new  I 
crosses  having  light-colored,  savory  flash. 

Many  sliort-horns  carry  light-colored,  well-  ■ 
ma  -hied,  Arm  flesh,  which,  when  cooked, 
is  equal  to  the  flesh  of  any  of  the  smaller 
breeds;  but  in  place  of  tests  being  made  in  ' 
all  herds,  as  should  be  done,  by  slaughtering  I  I 
offshoots  from  every  animal  in  the  herd,  so  I  1 
'  Car  as  practicable,  testing  the  meat  of  the  I  1 
old  cow,  when  uo  longer  of  value,  as  j 
an  index  to  what  she  leaves  in  the  herd,  I 
there  is  hardly  a  thought  given  to  this,  and  1 
we  propagate  for  color  and  contour. 

If  I  were  to  advise,  and  this  body  of  men  ( 
should  indorse  the  recommendation,  that  we  t 
greatly,  or  even  materially,  lessen  the  size  1 
of  our  short  horns,  aiming  thereby  to  up-  I  <: 
preach  the  quality  of  meat  found  hi  the  ; 
little  Kerry  cow,  this  recommendation  would  o 
uot  avail.  The  popular  demand  is  l’or  size.  * 
Wc  arc  a  fast  people,  and  slow  growth  1 
makes  us  restive.  .Wo  like  to  turn  an  honest  ^ 
penny,  and  turn  this  quickly.  We  can  do  I  v 
this  with  short-horns,  and  please  our  fancy  I  d 
at  tho  same  time;  but  we  have  not  found  I  b 


j,  thing.  The  study  of  opinion  was  of  very 
1  little  importance  to  tlio  breeders;  the  thing 
to  do  was  to  fully  understand  the  practices 
of  the  most  successful  breeders.  The  most 

-  successful  breeders  aimed  at  the  best  con¬ 
i'  formation  in  the  animal  combined  with  the 
s  best  characteristics.  We  studied  the  pedi- 
e  groo  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the 
i>  habits  and  characteristics  of  the  ancestry  of 

-  the  stock  wo  proposed  to  breed.  The  really 
a  successful  breeds  might  be  counted  almost 
s  on  the  linger  of  a  man's  hand.  Like  tho  poet 

*  the  great  breeder  was  born,  nob  made.  The 
.  breeder  to  be  successful  must  be  a  man  of 
<  judgment,  have  a  correct  eye,  have  patience 
5  and  perse vo muce;  lie  must  know  the  quaii- 
'  tics  el  tho  stock  lie  was  handling  and  have  a 

*  definite  idea  of  tho  sort  of  animal  he  desired 

-  to  produce.  A  great  breeder  had  imparted 
a  carefully-guarded  secret  to  him,  which 
was  : — Breed  from  half  brother  and  sister. 
He  had  told  him  that  the  benefits  of  that  sys- 
teni  could  bo  shown  by  some  diagrams  ho 
had,  and  had  demonstrated  the  fact  to  him 
by  that  means,  although  lie  [tho  Professor] 
did  not  think  it  was  tho  in-breeding  that  did 
the  business. 

What  wore  the  effects  of  dose  breeding  ? 

To  fix  the  characters  the  animals  had,  that 
the  offspring  cannot  inherit  habits  which  tho 
ancestors  did  not  have.  It  was  important 
that  tho  most  highly  valued  characteristics 
had  to-day  were  artificial  ;  when  wo  turned 
tlio  cultivated  animals  but  to  themselves 
they  soon  degenerated.  Then  we  had  to 
consider  how  these  characteristics  were  to 
be  maintained.  Our  domestic-  animals  were 
susceptible  of  great  changes  in  form  and 
habit.  The  causes  of  variations  we  could 
control  were  food  and  habit.  We  were  too 
apt  to  think  wo  improved  animals  by  breed¬ 
ing  simply ;  but  in  fact  we  improve  them 
only  by  better  feeding  in  successive  genera¬ 
tions,  and  improving  their  habits.  Wherever 
there  was  a  development  of  an  animal  in  one 
part  there  would  always  bo  found  to  be  a 
corresponding  degeneracy  jn  another.  When 
wn  arrived  at  the  development  ol’  fat,  we 
lost  in  bone,  and  frequently  in  the  breeding 
tendency.  JSach  breeder  would  set.  up  a 
standard  of  Ids  own,  and  from  selections 
with  reference  to  his  particular  object  the 
characteristics  of  families  were  developed 
One  of  t  he  effects  of  this  close  or  in- breeding 
was  pre-potency.  We  looked  to  this  partic¬ 
ularly  in  tho  male,  because  wo  wished  to 
stamp  the  characteristics  of  tin*  male  on  his 
posterity.  Wo  wore  told  that  we  suffered 
Loin  in-breeding  in  engendering  imbecility 
delicacy  of  constitution,  and  even  sterility! 
Darwin  told  that  m-ond  re-hreedtng  might 
be  carried  on  in  Jieep  and  cuttle  to  a  greater 
extent  than  with  other  animals;  but  that 
Mr.  Bates  had  gone  out  of  his  own  herd 
three  times  to  restore  fertility  to  his  breed 
of  cattle,  but  Mr.  Miles  thought  Mr  Bates 
had  gone  outside  only  for  better  blond.  Flo 
demonstrated  by  diagrams  that  excessive 
in-blecding did  not  destroy  fertility,  showing 
how  the  produce  of  Favorite,  Lancaster  etc 
had  progeny  that,  figured  extensively  in  the 
“Herd  Book”  after  six  and  seven  yeniyt  of 
age.  ,lt  seemed  to  be  a  universal  rule  that 
the  excessive  laying  on  of  fat  destroyed  fer¬ 
tility,  and  did  the  injury  to  important  ori-ans 
necessary  for  the  production  of  robust 
offspring. 

Where  you  had  this  tendency  to  sterility 
in  a  herd  it  was  not  always  necessary  to  go 
outside  for  tlio  improvement  of  the  strain. 
The  defects  of  the  different  branches  of  the 
family  would  not  always  be  found  to  be  the 
same,  and  the  defects  of  one  branch  from 
over-development  in  one  respect  might  be 
remedied  by  playing  development  against 
defect.  He  did  not  believe  that  in-and-m- 


freexe,  but  can  bo  too  warm— proper  tern-  milk  k  worth  the  modest  little  sum  of  ten 


not  found  breeding,  judiciously  ma  naged,  led  to  degen- 
nnv  other  iVT?  ',ub  *5  **•»*- 


out  that  wo  can  do  this  with  any  other  ,  ,r“yir’,  'UU  Wassome- 

- ul'uh  , ff  N'lng  th,lt  <»l»W  only  bo  done  for  the  im- 


peruture,  60’  to  65".  Dogs  should  not  be  used 
in  driving  dairy  cows. 

Levi  Lewis  —  Prefer  convenient  water 
and  warm  stables.  Cows  kept  in  warm 
stables  and  watered  in  the  yard,  endure  se¬ 
vere  cold  much  better  than  those  kept  in  the 
ordinary  way;  they  also  require  much  less 
food.  Keep  my  cattle  guarded  until  grass 
comes  ;  never  allow  them  to  run  on  meadow 
or  pasture  Land  in  winter  or  early  spring. 

W M.  Cook— Am  in  favor  of  warmer  stables 
than  are  commonly  used.  Stock  formerly 
100  rods  to  water ;  lost  too  much  manure  ; 
water  in  yard  at  present ;  save  tho  manure 
and  have  much  fatter  cattle. 

Daniel  U.  Powers— Don’t  like  to  allow 
that  Chautauqua  County  butter  is  deterio¬ 
rating  in  quality.  We  have  as  pure  water 
and  as  good  facilities,  and  should  make  as 
good  butter  as  can  be  made  anywhero.  Our 
poor  butter  makers  should  take  lessons  of 
those  who  make  “ gilt  edge;  ”  quality  makes 
the  price ;  pure  water  is  indispensable. 


shillings  the  gallon.  This  is  at  the  rate  of 
about  fifteen  cents  the  tumbler,  or  the  half 
pint.  Most  dairymen,  in  the  State  of  New 
3  ork  at  least,  would  consider  themselves 
well  on  the  road  to  fortune  were  they  to  be 
assured  but  one  cent  for  a  similar  quantity. 
J  n  fact,  with  cheese  at  13c.  per  pound  they 
do  not  J'eulizfc  but  littlo  more  than  two-thirds 
of  a  cent  for  the  hall’  pint.  But  then  cus¬ 
tomary  rates  make  a  great  difference  in  our 
reelings  UI  regard  to  this  matter  as  with  all 
others.  Many  think  it  by  no  means  exorbi¬ 
tant  to  pay  ten  cents  for  a  half  pint  of  ale 
and  yet  the  half  pint  of  milk  is  not  only  more 
wholesome  but  will  quench  thirst  much 
more  effectually  than  ale.  We  are  glad  to 
learn  that  in  some  of  our  cities  milk  is  being 
sol  ft  from  th»4  counter  us  nn  nrliclo  of  drum 
instead  of  ardent  spirits.  That  speaks  well 
for  the  improved  taste  of  city  people.  At  the 
price  which  the  dairyman  obtain*  for  it  it 
can  he  mrnfehed  quite  cheaply  as  compared 
with  ales  or  liquors  ;  and  there  is  no  danger 
that  he  will  ever  realize  Hamburg  prices  or 
that  obtained  during  the  siege  of  Paris' 
when  milk  cost  twenty  cents  a  bottle;  but 
then  in  the  last  case  the  milk  was  made  from 
almonds. 


breed.  Hence  our  policy  should  be  to  breed 
for  exquisite  quality  of  flesh,  thus  enabling 
us  at  all  times  to  offer  our  friends  a  savory 
roast  or  steak,  us  well  as  to  treat  them  to 
the  finest  view  that  can  bo  placed  before  a 
man  of  expanded  ideas,  viz. :  a  collection  of 
representative  short-liorus. 

IN-AND-IN  BREEDING. 

Professor  Miles  of  Michigan  delivered  a 
lecture  on  in-and-in  breeding,  illustrating  his 
remarks  by  several  large  diagrams,  showing 
the  genealogy  of  the  most  celebrated  English 


rj  »  — .  vm.  4  111— 

provement  of  stock  by  skillful  and  careful 

men, 

Mr.  Stephenson  took  the  ground  in  a 
plain,  common-sense  way,  that  in-breeding 
was  not  a  good  thing  for  stock.  He  instanced 
a  lot  of  hogs  on  a  farm,  breeding  among 
themselves ;  the  first  thing  the  farmer  knew 
they  were  runty  little  things,  hump-backed 
and  with  a  throbbing  at  the  heart.  It  was 
the  same  with  sheep.  But  take  man  who 
was  nothing  but  an  animal ;  it  was  known 
to  everybody  that  the  intermarriage  of  near 
relative?  led  to  the  worst  results.  He  had 
known  families  thus  intermarried  that  turn¬ 
ed  out  idiots  and  physical  imbeciles,  not  liv- 

i 


Short-Horns.  mg  in  some  cases  to  sec  the  old  folks  die. 

The  Professor  said  he  was  glad  the  ques-  tlie  w’th  tho  lower  orders  of 

...  .  ...  ,  ,  ,  1  ,  creation  as  with  man.  The  laws  of  nature 

tion  of  color  had  come  up.  \Y  hile  he  agreed  were  against  in-breeding,  and  not  even  a 


tiou  of  color  had  come  up.  While  lie  agreed 
in  the  main  with  Dr.  Sprague’s  paper  on 
color,  yet  he  did  not  agree  that  the  red  cat¬ 
tle  were  the  best.  The  question  of  color  was 
only  a  matter  of  fancy,  and  breeders  varied 
in  their  preferences  all  over  the  country; 
and  in  breeding  their  stock  to  please  the  eye 
of  purchasers,  lost  sight  of  or  neglected  the 
milking  and  other  qualities  of  the  animals. 
On  the  question  of  breeding,  men  were  di- 


, judicious  man,  such  as  Professor  111 i. eh  had 
referred  to,  could  practice  it  without  even¬ 
tually  minimi  his  stock.  Pre-potency  was 
all  right,  no  doubt.  Old  farmers,  like  him¬ 
self,  understood  that  to  be  the  getting  of 
like  by  like.  A  pro-potent  bull  in  his  part  of 
the  country  would  be  called  a  good  gettin  g- 
bull.  But  notwithstanding  the  new-fangleS 
name  for  it,  pre-potency  would  not  carry  a 
breed  through  after  the  first  in-breeding.  It 
would  surely  destroy  the  strain  some  time 


Period.  Price.  „ 

1857  .  41.75  (currency) . $U.w 

1883  .  53.00 .  13.50 

1865  .  62.81 .  14.00 

1860  .  61.96 .  14.00 

1867  .  60.23 .  14-00 

1868  .  56.34 . %.. .  14.00 

1869. .  56.80 .  14.00 

1870  .  62.82  .  14-00 

1371  .  62.83 .  14-00 

1372  .  76.00 .  12.00 

From  the  examination  of  the  above  table, 
no  relation  between  the  tariff  and  price  can 
be  found.  In  184-8,  with  no  duty  on  iron,  the 
price  per  ton  was  $69  ;  and  in  1863,  with 
$13.50  duty,  the  price  was  only  $56.84  per 
ton  and  the  duty  $14  ;  and  in  1872  the  price 
was  $76,  with  $12.60  duty. 

Dr.  William  Elder  gives  us  the  following 
table  of  prices  in  the  New  York  market  : 

r  Ton.  Prime  Cost  Per  Ton. 
$25.00 . $36.83 

^  .rv  r.  A  nn 


PB0TECTI0N  AND  PEICES 


A  ct.ass  of  political  economists  hold  that 
the  duty  imposed  upon  protected  articles 
enhances  the  price  of  those  articles  to  the 
amount  of  the  imposed  duty.  Farmers  are 
made  to  believe  it  in  some  coses,  and  hence 
they  demand  free  trade.  The  railway  man¬ 
agers  of  the  West  have  advocated  the  same 


O,  yes,  my  dear  friends  of  tne  nowers,  i 
will  tell’ you  as  much  as  I  can  of  my  ex¬ 
perience  with  them.  First,  I  enjoy  canng 
for  them  exceedingly  well,  notonly  to  water 
and  weed  out,  if  need  be,  but  especially  do  1 
love  to  grow  them  from  slips  or  seeds.  I  be¬ 
lieve  this  to  be  necessary  for  success,  and,  in¬ 
deed,  a  great  secret  which  many  do  not 
understand  yet.  They  “wonder  why  in  the 
world  plants  won’t  thrive  with  them  as  well 

as  Mrs.  M - They  had  forgotten  that 

they  told  Mrs.  M - they  “  did  not  care  to 

cultivate  flowers,  but  liked  to  see  them  in 
bloom:  so  they  would  like  some  slips  from 
her  best  plants”  The  truth  was  they 
thought  a  plant  know  enough  to  grow  if  it 
was  stuck  in  the  pot  where  the  earth  had 
buried  a  dead  plant  before,  and  of  course  it 
was  handy  to  have  the  slips  put  in  the  bath¬ 
room  because  they  could  be  watered  handily, 
and  were  out  of  1  ho  way,  while  they  were 
unsightly— “would  bring  them  to  light  when 
t.hev  hecame  lovable.”  Of  course  such  slips 


Date, 

1»44. 

1854. 

1855. 

1860. 

Upon  this  table  he  says  : — “  Here  we  see 
that  in  the  first  stage  of  diminishing  rates, 
when  the  duty  fell  $8.57,  the  cost  rose  $17.87. 
At  the  second  stage,  when  the  duty  had 
fallen  $14.96,  the  price  was  still  $5.02  higher 
than  in  1844 ;  and  when  the  duty  had  been 
reduced  $16.78,  the  cost  had  fallen  but  $2.60.” 
These  tables  show  that  the  duty  had  nothing 
to  do  with  the  advance  in  price  of  iron,  and 
that  the  high  rates  of  transportation  are  not 
caused  by’  protection  of  iron.  The  fluctua¬ 
tions  in  the  price  of  iron  are  not  controlled 
by  the  duty.  Neither  is  the  price  of  lead, 
salt,  lumber,  woolen  and  cotton  goods  con¬ 
trolled  by  protection.  In  practice,  the  theory 
of  free  trade  has  proved  fallacious  in  every 
point.  Yet  these  free  trade  economists  go 
on  advocating  the  doctrine,  and  insisting 
that  though  the  theory  has  failed  in  the  past, 
it  is  the  principle  to  be  adopted  in  the.  future. 
If  the  theory  were  correct,  it  would  not  be 
policy  for  cur  Government  to  adopt  free 
trade.  The  cost  of  carrying  on  tins  Govern¬ 
ment  is  $300,000,000  per  annum.  Of  this, 
$200,000,000  is  derived  from  our  system  of 
tariff.  If  free  trade  was  adopted,  this  amount 
would  be  raised  by  taxation,  and  the  farmer 
would  be  obliged  to  pay  $3  where  he  now 
pays  but  $1.  Over  two-thirds  of  the  duties 
are  laid  on  luxuries,  and  therefore  paid  by 
the  wealthy. 

In  order  to  divert  the  public  mind  the  rail¬ 
way  managers  here  in  the  West  have  sprung 
the  question  that  the  exorbitant  freight  tar¬ 
iffs  are  the  legitimate  results  of  protection. 
It  will  be  remembered  that  in  1870  a  memo¬ 
rial  was  sent  to  Congress,  signed  by  about 
100  of  the  highest  railway  magnates  in  this 
country,  asking  that,  a  specific  duty  should 
be  imposed  on  steel  rails.  This  memorial 
stated  that  foreign  makers  charged  $225  per 
ton  for  steel  rails  imtil  American  works  were 
built  ;  then  the  price  of  the  foreign  article 
was  lowered  to  $06.33.  They  petitioned  that 
instead  of  the  ad  valorem  duty,  a  specific  of 
two  cents  per  pound  be  imposed.  These 
memorialists  wanted  a  duty  of  $15  per  ton 


I! 


idXiUKFiJ-.Y"  kA.l>IP:S.— fiPage  .  E*. 

t  from  the  I  theory,  and  have,  in  many  instances,  made 
ers  are  of  the  farmers  believe  that  the  tariff  on  iron 
is  usually  was  the  cause  of  the  high  rates  of  transpor¬ 
tation  from  the  West  to  the  East.  A  class 
of  farmers  here  in  the  West  is  clamoring  for 
free  trade  as  the  remedy  for  the  procuring 
of  cheap  transportation  rates. 

If  this  class  of  farmers  would  take  the 
pains  to  investigate  the  matter,  the  falsity 
or  this  theory  would  be  apparent.  Statis¬ 
tics  prove  that  protection  has  nothing  to  do 
with  prices  to  any  great  extent. 

Numerous  instances  of  the  repeal  of  duty 
in  the  past  show  the  truth  of  this  statement. 
For  a  number  of  years  past,  free  trade  econ¬ 
omists  in  the  West  advocated  the  repeal  of 
duty  on  tea  and  coffee  ;  and  so  well  did  they 
demonstrate  their  theory,  founded  upon  a 
false  premises  as  it  is,  that  they  effected  the 
repeal  Gn  these  two  articles  of  daily  con¬ 
sumption.  Time  has  been  given  to  prove 
whether  the  repeal  of  the  duty  of  15  cents 
per  pound  on  tea  and  three  cents  per  pound 
on  coffee,  would  lower  the  price  on  these 
articles  to  the  amount  oi  the  imposed  duty. 

>pposition  to  the 


PLANTS  FOB  NAMES. 

W.  N.— The  small,  greenish  fruit-like  pod 
sent  was  crushed  flat  when  received,  but  it 
is  probably  a  species  of  Dryunojms,  belong¬ 
ing  to  tire  eucurbitaeea?  or  cucumber  family 
of  plants;  but  these  botanical  riddles  in  the 
shape  of  immature  fruit,  leaf,  or  seed, 
especially  of  exotic  plants,  are  beyond  em¬ 
powers  of  guessing.  It  is  difficult  enough  to 
name  perfect,  specimens,  but  still  more  so 
whan  they  are  imperfect. 

A.  Kool,  Pella,  Iowa.— The  seeds,  etc., 
sent  arc  very  imperfect  specimens.  No.  1 
we  cannot  make  out  ;  you  should  send  speci¬ 
men  with  leaves  and  seeds  in  perfect  condi¬ 
tion.  No.  2  is  Scubiora  ntdlata,  a  cultivated 
plant.  No.  3,  Phnlartx  urtuidinaeea  or  com¬ 
mon  seed  grass.  No,  4.  is  a  small  pod  of  the 
common  honey  lucust,  (Uleditschia  trie. (Wi¬ 
th  ox.) 


Tea  and  coffee,  in  direct  O] 
free  trade  theory,  have  refused  to  come  down 
in  price,  notwithstanding  the  repeal  of  the 
duty.  But  this  is  not  all.  The  Government 
has  lost  from  $20,000,000  to  $30,000,000  of 
revenue  by  such  legislation,  winch  amount 
has  to  be  made  up  by  internal  taxation. 

The  following  table  shows  the  price  per  ton 
in  gold  of  American  railway  iron  in  Pliila- 
deiphia  for  a  period  of  25  years,  aud  also  the 
tariff  duties  on  similar  imported  iron  for  the 
same  period : 

Period.  Price.  Duty: 

1847 .  ..$69.00...., . . 

1851 . .  . . 

1851-54 . a3-7a . . 

1855 .  62.87 . . 

1856-57 .  o4-Jo . 


Iowa  Aoiuccltl  ral  College.—' ’The  Prai¬ 
rie  Farmer  says : — As  we  understand  it,  there 
was  wrangling  between  the  President  and 
the  other  members  of  the  faculty.  Presi¬ 
dent  Welch  tendered  his  resignation  to  the 
Board  of  Trustees.  The  Trustees  vacated 
everv  professorship,  refused  to  accept  the 
resignation  of  the  President,  then  proceeded 
to  re-elect  such  of  the  old  professors  as  were 
agreeable  to  Mr.  Welch,  The  professorship 
of  Pomology  was  abolished  and  a  professor¬ 
ship  of  Horticulture  and  Forestry  created. 


Double  Painsetta  and  Wistaria.— What 
has  become  of  the  Double  Painsetta  and 
Double  Wistaria  which  were  noiced  a  few 
years  since  ( — Binghamton. 

We  know  nothing  of  the  Double  Painsetta, 
but  the  Double  Chinese  Wistaria  is  being 
propagated,  and  wc  believe  a  few  have  been 
offered  for  sale.  There  is  no  considerable 


never  reaches  this  place,  the  climate  is  de¬ 
lightful,  winter  or  summer,  and  perfectly 

healthy. 

Apples  and  Pcnrs  for  Massachusetts. — Mr. 
J.  F.  C.  IItde,  Newton,  Mass.,  a  practical 
pomologist,  cautions  farmers  against  attempt¬ 
ing  to  grow  too  great  a  number  of  varieties 
of  either  apples  or  pears.  Of  apples  he  rec¬ 
ommends  Williams,  Dutch  Codlin,  Graven- 
stein,  Baldwin,  Rhode  Island  Greening  and 
Hitbbardston  Nonsuch.  Roxbury  Russet 
might  be  added  if  a  lute  keeping  variety 
is  desired.  For  market  purposes,  he  would 
not  exceed  six  sorts  of  pears.  Of  one  hun¬ 
dred  trees  half  should  be  Bartlett.  Of  tho 
other  half  there  should  be  an  equal  number 
of  Summer  Bell,  Swan's  Orange,  Seckel  and 
Beurre  d’ Anjou. 

Apple*  Rotting.'— J.  B.  Petek  of  Red  River 
Co.,  Texas,  asks  the  cause,  and  also  a  pre¬ 
ventive  for  apples  rotting  on  the  trees.  I 
will  not  attempt  to  give  the  cause,  but  as  a 
prventive  let  him  bury  a  few  pieces  of  old 
iron  around  the  roots  of  the  trees  affected  ; 
and,  if  he  is  a  mind  to,  he  can  drive  old  nails 
and  the  like  into  the  roots,  and  I  assure  him 
he  will  have  no  more  trouble  with  his  apples 
rotting.  We  Imvo  tried  it  and  know  it  to  do 
the  work.— L.,  Parke i  Vo.,  Indiana. 

Bricke.lt.  Pear, — The  Prairie  Farmer,  and 
its  correspondent,  D.  B.  Wier,  notice  this 
pear  as  a  remarkably  hardy  and  productive 
sort,  of  which  there  are  only  three  trees 
known  to  bo  growing,  and  these  large  ones, 
bearing  full  crops.  Although  not  of  high 
quality,  its  hardiness  ami  heavy  crops  make 
it  vali  table.  One  tree  has  averaged  an  annual 
product  of  $60,  bearing  100  bushels  in  four 
years,  and  forty  one  year. 

Hate's  Early  reach  in  Canada. — Com¬ 
menced  to  ripen  in  St.  Catharines  about  the 
20th  of  August.  The  trees  were  well  loaded 
with  fruit,  but  it  rotted  very  badly  as  it 
began  to  ripen,  so  that  only  a  small  portion 
of  the  fruit  came  to  maturity  in  a  perfect 
condition. — Canada  Fanner. 

The  Thurber  Peach. — W.  G  :  We  learn 
that  there  are  no  trees  of  this  peach  for  sale 
anywhere. 


it  is  just  about  as  likely  that  they  smell  with 
them  as  it  is  that  they  see  with  them,  which 
some  have  supposed  they  did.  Invisible  and 
subtle  particles  emanating  from  odorous 
bodies  (often  so  fine  that  they  elude  all  at¬ 
tempts  to  detect  them  by  auy  other  means) 
coming  in  contact  with  tho  olfactory  nerve 
fibers,  produce  the  sense  of  smell.  These 
atoms  are  mixed  with  and  Boating  in  t  he  air, 
and  in  order  to  collect  them  a  considerable 
volume  of  air  must  be  made  to  pass  over 
their  surface— a  thing  which  the  wings  cer- 


FRUITS  FOR  CALIFORNIA 


CLIPPING  THE  WINGS  OF  BEES 


Tine  Sacramento  Record  says : — For  the 
benefit  of  our  readers  who  are  studying  the 
question  of  varieties  with  a  view  of  planting 
orchards  or  a  few  trees,  we  name  tho  follow¬ 
ing,  which  we  can  recommend  as  good  for 
growing  in  our  State. 


At  the  recent  meeting  of  the  American 
Bee  Keepers’  Association  at  Louisville,  Ky., 
Gen.  D.  L.  Adatb,  read  the  following  inter¬ 
esting  paper  on  this  subject. 

To  the  novice  the  wings  of  a  bee  appear  as 
a  dry  membrane  or  tissue  of  skin  stretched 
over  a  framework  of  as  equally  dry  and  lite- 
less  ribs  of  hard,  elastic,  homy  matter.  He 
does  not  suspect  that  they  have  other  use 
limn  r.nnVil«  t.hp  hpcs  to  fly.  or  that  their 


A  tube,  or,  as  it  is  called  a  “dorsal  vessel,” 
lying  just  beneath  the  middle  line  of  tho 
hack,  and  extending  from  the  head  to  the  tip 
of  the  abdomen,  performs  that  office.  The 
blood  is  received  into  this  tube,  aud,  as  bees 
have  no  veins  proper,  it  escapes  from  oil 
parts  of  the  tubes  and  traverses  the  body  in 
currents,  bathing  all  the  organs,  even  to  the 
extremities  of  tho  wings. 

The  nervous  system  of  hoes  consists  of  a 
cord,  or  rather  a  double  cord,  commencing 
in  a  knot  in  the  head,  which  is  their  so-called 
brain;  from  thence  it  extends  .throughout 
the  whole  length  of  the  body  under  all  the 
internal  organs,  resting  on  the  “floor”  of  the 
body-walls.  On  this  cord,  at  intervals,  there, 
are  swellings  ( ganglia )  from  which  fine  fila¬ 
ments  are  sent  out.,  which  are  special  nerves 
for  the  various  organs  to  which  they  lead  ; 
one  branch  passing  to  the  wings  ia  distrib¬ 
uted  through  off  parts  of  them. 

The  horny  frame  upon  which  the  fine  mem¬ 
brane  Of  the  wing*  is  stretchod  ia  all  of  it 
composed  of  hollow  tubes  of  a  hard  substance 
called  chitine  (the  same  substance  that  con¬ 
stitutes  the  hard  parts  of  the  organs  and 
crust,  of  all  insects).  Those  tubes  arc  double, 
being  one  tube  inside  of  another.  The  inner 
ones  arc  extensions  to  the  trachea,  through 
which  the  air  circulates  in  breathing;  be¬ 
tween  which  and  tho  other  Isa  space  through 
which  tin-  blood  circulates,  and  is  brought  in 
contact  with  the  air  through  the  thin  walls 
of  the  air  tubes,  just  as  the  air  and  blood  are 
brought  together  in  the  human  lungs,  and 
with  the  same  effect. 

Thus  we  see.  that  the  wings,  besides  being 
organs  of  flight,  are  in  reality  lungs.  The 
blood  in  the  wings,  however,  is  not  confined 
to  those  tubes,  but  circulates  like  the  sap  in 
the  leaves  of  plants  to  all  parts  of  them,  and, 
it  is  likely,  is  thus  also  aerated. 

The  nervous  filaments  we  have  also  seen 
pass  to  the  wings.  They  follow  these  tubes, 
and  ull  the  line  venations,  aud  terminate  in 
every  part  of  the  wings  in  what  are  called 
nerve  filaments  (papillae ),  which  in  all  ani- 


(See  page  3G£>.) 

Apples.  -Early  Harvest,  Early  Strawber¬ 
ry,  Red  June,  Red  Astrachan,  Summer  Bell 
flower,  Summer  Rose  and  Williams’  Favorite. 
One  or  two  trees  of  each  of  these  varieties 
will  furnish  a  family  with  a  great  quantity 
of  fruit  for  cooking  and  eating  purposes  from 
early  summer  until  fall,  and  the  fruit  will 
not  only  contribute  largely  to  the  support  of 
the  family,  but  to  the  health  of  the  individ¬ 
uals  thereof. 

For  autumn  varieties  of  apples  we  would 
recommend  the  cultivation  of  the  Alexander, 
Duchess  of  Oldenberg,  Fall  Pippin,  Grave n - 
stein.  Maiden's  Blush,  Jonathan,  King,  Rhode 
Island,  Greuning  and  Yellow  Bellflower. 

For  winter  varieties  we  name  the  Yellow 
Newtown  Pippin,  the  Ben  Davis,  Bpitzen- 
berg,  Rawles’  Janet,  Swiuir,  White  Winter 
I’earmain  and  American  Pippin. 

Pears.— Madeline,  Bloodgood,  Beurre  Clif¬ 
ford,  Dearborn’s  Seedling,  Clapp’s  Favor¬ 
ite,  Bartlett,  Seckel,  Duchess  d’Augouleme, 
Beurre  Bose,  Beurre  de  Anjou,  Beurre  Clar- 
igau,  Beurre  Hardy,  White  Doyenne,  Louise 
Bonne  de  Jersey,  Orandaga,  Beurre  Easter, 
Moyamensing,  Glout  Moreeau,  Winter  Nellis 
and  Vicar  of  Winkfield. 


CIGAR  BOX. 

tainly  accomplish  in  an  eminent  degree.  It 
is  highly  probable  that  the  sense  of  smell  is 
lodged  in  the  wings. 

The  sense  of  hearing  in  bees  has  never  been 
located  by  naturalists,  although  that  office 
has  by  Rome  been  attributed  to  the  antenna* 
also.  Is  it  not  more  probable  that  the  wings 
exercise  it if  The  impression  of  sound  is  pro¬ 
duced  on  the  organs  of  hearing  in  ail  animals 
by  vibrations  of  elastic  bodies  (commonly  the 
air.  A  dolicate,  thin  membrane  stretched 
across  what  is  called  the  drum  of  the  ear 
receives  the  impression  and  communicates  it, 
by  means  of  an  intricate  arrangement  of 
parts,  to  the  auditory  nerve  fibers,  or  papilla. 
What  appendage  of  tho  bee  would  ho  more 
suited  to  receive  such  impression  *  than  the 
thin,  stiff  membranes  composing  the  wings. 

But  it  is  not  intended  in  this  article  to  dis¬ 
cuss  t  hese  questions,  t  only  throw  them  out 
ns  suggestions.  Whether  the  wings  are  the 
organs  of  smell  or  hearing  or  not  does  not 
materially  affect  the  point  I  wish  to  make, 
i,  e.,  that  the  clipping  of  a  queen’s  wings  is 
We  have  seen  that  they 


POT-PLUNGER 


We  give,  herewith,  an  illustration  of  a 
pot-plunger  in  use  in  England.  Its  handle,  as 
will  be  seen,  is  like  that  of  an  ordinary 
spade,  and  the  base  consists  of  a  heavy  cast- 
iron  dibber,  shaped  to  make  a  hole  to  hold  a 
pot,  leaving  a  vacuum  below  for  drainage 
purposes  and  to  prevent  worms  from  enter¬ 
ing  the  pots.  This  implement  is  only  made 
to  suit  48  and  (10-sized  pots;  but  it  could  be 
made  to  suit  any  sized  pot,  and  the  handle 
might  be  of  any  required  length,  in  using 
it,  it  should  be  plunged  into  the  ground  up 
to  the  rim,  giving  it  a  slight  turn  round  so  as 
to  throw  off  any  earth  adhering  to  it,  then 
withdraw  it  and  insert  the  pot,  as  shown  in 
our  illustration.  The  weight  of  the  imple¬ 
ment  soon  makes  the  desired  hole  with  but 
little  exertion  on  the  part  of  tbe  operator,  if 
the  ground  is  pliable,  and  the  expedition 
with  which  the  work  is  performed  soon  re¬ 
pays  the  cost  of  the  instrument.  For  plung¬ 
ing  tomatoes,  vegetable  marrows  and  cu- 


an  injury  to  her, 
perform  the  office  of  lungs,  and  that  a  queen 
with  clipped  wings  is  in  the  same  condition 
that  a  man  would  be  with  part  of  his  lungs 
gone.  Those  who  have  seen  human  beings 
in  that  condition  need  not  be  told  how  useless 
they  are  for  the  active  duties  of  life.  An 
insect  like  the  bee,  with  a  differently  distrib¬ 
uted  vitality,  may  uot  be  injured  to  the  same 
exteut,  but  that  it  is  injurious  no  one  cer¬ 
tainly  can  doubt ;  and  if  by  the  mutilat  ion 
the  sense  of  smell  is  destroyed,  and  the  queen 
rendered  deaf,  her  usefulness  would  eer- 
taiuly  be  impaired. 

In  the  act  of  flying  the  bee  makes  another 
use  of  the  trachea.  At  the  moment  of  ele¬ 
vating  its  wings  it  may  be  observed  to  in¬ 
crease  in  size  suddenly,  which  is  the  effect  of 
drawing  in  through  the  spiracles  a  quantity 
of  air,  which  is  distributed  over  the  whole 
body,  thus  rendering  it  of  less  specific  grav¬ 
ity;  the  air  being  further  expanded  by  the 
warmth  of  tho  body  acts  liko  the  heated  air 
or  gas  of  a  balloon,  and  enables  the  insect  to 
rise  easily  and  sustain  a  long  flight,  even 
when  loaded  with  honey  and  pollen.  In  the 
act  of  alighting  it  expels  the  air  with  which 
it  has  been  inflated,  and  falls  suddenly  to  the 
alighting  board  of  the  hive.  If  the  landing 
place  is  narrow  and  elevated  and  it  missps 
reaching  it,  the  bee  will  be  sure  to  fall  help¬ 
lessly  to  the  ground,  and  can  only  rise  again 
by  again  inflating  its  body.  Bees  with 
larger  bodies  than  our  honey  jbee,  the  large 


POMOLOGICAL  GOSSIP 


Cultivation  of  Tropical  Fruit.— Tho  South 
says  : — We  understand  that  a  company  has 
been  formed  for  the  cultivation  of  tropical 
fruit,  and  is  in  treaty  for  a  tract  of  640  acres 
of  land  at  Biscayue  Bay,  at  the  southeastern 
extremity  of  Florida.  This  tract  was  a  mili- 


GARDENER’S  NOTES, 


Champion  of  England  Peas. —Will  some 
of  your  readers  who  grow  these  peas  for 
market  inform  me  through  your  columns 
how  many  bushels  of  seed  are  required  per 
acre,  when  sown  in  drills,  and  at  what  dis¬ 
tance  the  drills  should  be  apart.  Do  they 
sow  in  the  fall  ?— A.  Reader. 

Growing  Tomatoes  in  the  Kitchen. — I  have 
every  year  had  ripe  tomatoes  in  February — 
growing  them  in  my  kitchen  from  seed  sown 
in  large  boxes  in  mid  summer.  1  train  them 
ou  trellises,  and  they  are  an  ornament  as 
well  as  pleasure  to  the  palate. — Mrs.  c.  S.  d. 

White  SlUcian  Beet.— Can  any  of  your 
readers,  who  have  had  experience  with  this 
beet  tell'aught  of  its  merits.  It  has  been  rec 
ommended  to  me  but  I  would  like  to  know 
something  more  about  it. — J.  ( «.  Franklin, 

I  Horse  Radish— 1  wish  some  of  your  read- 


POT - PLUNGER. 

tary  post  during  the  Florida  war,  and  has 
now  growing  upon  it  a  large  number  of  fruit 
trees  viz: — Banana,  plantain,  cocoanut, 
orange,  lime,  lemon,  bread-fruit,  date,  guava, 
mango,  and  others  too  numerous  to  mention. 
The  capital  of  the  company  will  be  $10,000, 
$7,000  of  which  is  already  subscribed.  Frost 


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ORCHARD  INSECTS. 


The  following  article  recently  appeared  in 
the  Sun  of  thiH  city,  and  is  from  the  pen  of 
our  valued  associate,  Andrew  S.  Fuller.  It 
contains  information  and  suggestions  profit¬ 
able  for  our  readers  to  regard. 

APPLE  TRIE  liORERS. 

There  are  several  insects  known  as  apple 
tree  borers,  but  the  one  most  destructive  to 
the  trees  in  the  Eastern  States  is  the  larva 
or  grub  or  the  two-striped  Saperda, {(Saperda 
Candida).  This  beetle  is  about  three-quarters 
of  an  inch  long,  of  a  buff  color,  with  two 
distinct  white  stripes  extending  from  the 
head  to  the  tip  of  the  wing  covers.  It  is 
very  shy,  hiding  in  crevices  of  t  he  bark,  and 
up  among  tho  leaves  of  the  tree  during  the 
day,  and  Hying  about  at  night.  The  beetles 
appear  in  spring,  the  females  usually  depos¬ 
iting  their  eggs  on  the  bark  of  the  trees  near  I 
the  ground,  where  they  soon  hatch,  and  the 
grabs  boro  into  tho  sap  wood  of  the  trees,  I 
frequently  completely  girdling  the  stems. 


gathered  and  destroyed  ;  consequently  there 
is  no  excuse  for  allowing  this  pest  to  increase 
or  even  do  any  considerable  injury  to  apple 
or  other  trees.  During  winter,  the  eggs  de¬ 
posited  by  the  moth  can  be  found  in  clusters 
glued  to  the  small  twigs  of  the  trees,  and  if 
taken  off  and  destroyed  there  wifi  be  propor¬ 
tionately  fewer  caterpillars  the  following 
summer. 

COOLING  MOTH. 

Wormy  apples  are  common  enough  every¬ 
body  wifi  admit,  but  how  the  worms  get  into 
the  apples  is  not  so  clear,  except  to  a  few 
who  may  have  studied  their  history.  The 
worms  so  common  in  apples  are  the  larva*, 
of  a  beautiful  little  moth  (Curpocttpxa  purno- 
nella)  which  was  introduced  from  the  Old 
World  many  years  ago.  Soon  after  tho 
young  apples  are  formed  in  the  spring,  the 
female  moth  deposits  an  egg  in  the  blossom, 
where  it  hutches,  and  the  grub  eats  its  way 
into  the  fruit,  causing  it  after  a  few  weeks 
to  drop  off.  The  grub  crawls  out  of  the 
fruit,  and  immediately  proceeds  to  climb  up 
the  stem  of  the  nearest  tree,  and  after  find¬ 
ing  a  suitable  hiding  place  under  some  piece 


of  rough  bark  or  in  the  crotch  of  the  tree 

aj  ntiu»;uu  y  y  KlitulUK  IUU  KUiLtllS,  |  .  -lt  .  ,  ,  ,  .. 

r„.  •  1  .1  spms  itself  a  thin,  silken  cocoon  in  winch  it 

The  grubs  are  nearly  cylindrical  tapering  I  ,  ,  .  „  .  .  . 

..  .  ,,  ,  '  , ,  ,  ‘  , ,  passes  the  pupa  state,  finishing  its  transfor- 

slightly  from  tho  head  to  the  cud  of  the  I  , ,  .  .  * 

°  J  vr*  |  1nn|jAn  lr,tr  t  in  loaf  rtf  .Tiilir  nr  An 


body.  The  head  is  small,  brown  and  horn 
like  in  appearance.  Apple  trees  that  are 
cultivated,  with  the  stems  surrounded  by 
grass  and  weeds,  are.  much  more  likely  to  be 
attacked  than  those  receiving  the  opposite 
treatment. 

The  grubs  can  be  found  in  the  trees  at  this 
season  and  during  the  summer,  their  pres¬ 
ence  being  readily  detected  by  the  sawdust- 
like  excrement  pushed  out  from  the  furrows 
made  by  them.  They  should  be  dug  out  and 
lulled  ;  a  small  gouge  or  a  strong,  sharp- 
pointed]  knife  being  used  for  this  purpose. 
Lime  or  ashes  are  frequently  recommended 
as  preventives,  being  heaped  or  strewn 
thickly  about  the  stems  ;  but  we  arc  inclined 
to  believe  that  their  efficacy,  Jf  they  possess 
any,  is  mainly  due  to  keeping  the  grass  and 
weeds  from  growing  up  and  shading  the  very 
place  which  the  beetle  selects  for  depositing 
her  eggs.  The  Saperda  attacks  trees  of  oil 
ages,  but  appears  to  prefer  those  that  arc- 
young,  probably  because  the  bark  is  thinner  | 
and  affords  more  ready  access  to  her  young. 
The  only  certain  method  of  preserving  our 
apple  orchards  from  destruction  is  to  exam¬ 
ine  the  trees  once  or  twice  every  season,  and 
dig  out  every  grub  found  in  them.  If  the 
base  of  the  stem,  for  a  foot  or  more  from  t ho 
ground  upward,  is  enclosed  in  oiled  or  tarred 
paper,  or  any  similar  material,  the  female 
will  seldom  attack  the  trees.  But  even  with 
these  precautionary  measures  the  trees 
should  be  annually  examined. 

The  next  most  troublesome  insect  is  the 
“flat-headed  borer,’’  This  grub  is  the  larva 
or  small,  flattish  beetle  about  half  an  inch 
long,  of  a  gi’eenish-blaek  color  above  and  a 
bronze  appearance  underneath.  The  name 
of  this  beetle  is  Chrysobothri#  femorntu,  and 
it  appears  at  various  times  during  the  sum¬ 
mer,  the  females  depositing  their  eggs  on  the 
stems  as  well  as  in  the  forks  of  tin*  main 
branches.  Tt  does  not,  however,  coniine  its 
ravages  to  (he  apple  or  trees  belonging  to 
tin*,  same  family,  like  the  saperda  named 
above,  but  attacks  the  peach,  oak,  and  sev¬ 
eral  of  our  forest  trees,  as  well  as  other  kinds 
of  fruit  trees.  The  grubs  bore  almost  entire¬ 
ly  between  the  bark  and  wood,  the  latter 
dying  as  they  advance.  They  are  very  fiat  | 
and  the  head  appears  very  large  in  propor¬ 
tion  to  the  body  ;  hence  the  common  name, 
“fiat-headed  apple  tree  borer.”  In  some 
parts  of  the  COUUtry  t  his  insect  is  very  abun¬ 
dant,  and  large  patches  of  dead,  shrunken 
bark  mark  their  presence  in  the  trees.  The 
only  preventive  with  which  we  ai  e  acquaint¬ 
ed  is  painting  the  trees  at  least  twice  each  | 
summer  with  strong  soap.  Of  course  the 
application,  to  be  effectual,  must  extend 
from  the  ground  up  to  and  among  the  larger 
branches.  Frequent  examinations  are  also 
necessary,  and  every  grub  should  be  dug  out 
and  the  wounds  made  by  it  covered  with 
some  kind  of  wax  to  prevent  decay  of  the 
exposed  wood. 

THE  TENT  UATERPILI AR. 

This  is  one  of  our  most  destructive  as  well 
as  common  insects.  Toe  large  web-like  nests 
of  ti.'eso  caterpillars,  located  among  the 
branch*.'*  ;lppic  trees,  are  objects  far  too 
common  b.  all  parts  ul  the  conn  try  to  require 
any  further  description.  The  caterpillars 
am  the  larva?,  o,  a  small,  rusty  or  reddish- 
brown  moth  krtem’ '  ;li;  1  18  ('Ifeiocampa 
Americana.  The  cate.  nillars  ,eave 
nests  during  pleasant  wwffm  r  to/ceduPon 
the  leaves  and  return  to  them  nl  Tile 

stripping  of  the  leaves  checks  tho 
the  trees,  if  it  does  not  kill  them  oufcrim 
The  nests  with  their  contents  are  readfir  * 


mation  by  the  last  of  .fuly  or  August,  when 
it  comes  forth  ready  for  an  attack  upon  the 
apples  which  escaped  tho  first  brood  of  the 
season.  The  fruit  is  so  far  advanced  when 
this  second  brood  attacks  it  that  compara¬ 
tively  few  specimens  are  caused  to  drop,  but 
I  what  the  farmer  calls  “wind  falls”  among 
I  apples  are  occasionally  quite  abundant.  If 
the  autumn  happens  to  be  fine,  and  the  ap¬ 
ples  arc  not  gathered  until  quite  late,  a 
greater  part  of  the  worms  will  have  left 
them  before  they  are  stored  ;  but  their  co¬ 
coons  may  Burnetii?.  *sbe  found  in  abundance 
in  the  barrel?,  me  v  ad  in  our  markets,  show¬ 
ing  that  they  were  wormy  when  shipped 
from  the  orchard. 

Of  course  the  first  and  most  important 
operation  to  be  performed  in  order  to  reduce 
the  number  of  moths,  is  to  gather  every 
wormy  apple  as  soon  as  it  can  be  shaken 
from  the  tree,  feeding  them  to  hogs  or  oth¬ 
erwise  making  away  with  both  the.  fruit  and 
their  contents.  If  so  simple  a  preventive  as 
this  one  was  vigorously  followed,  these  in¬ 
sects  would  rapidly  decrease  in  numbers  ; 
but  farmers,  us  a  rule,  are  negligent  in  such 
matters,  until  forced  to  do  something  to 
prevent  a  total  failure  of  their  crop,  A 
mare  certain  method  of  destroying  them,  is 
to  put  hay  bands  loosely  around  the  stems 
of  the  trees  and  koep*them  there  during  the 
entire  summer.  Tlio  worms  as  they  leave 
the  fallen  fruit  and  crawl  back  up  the  trees 
find  these  hay  bauds  a  most  inviting  retreat, 
and  will  generally  rest  underneath  and  there 
spin  their  cocoons.  All  that  Is  necessary  to 
do  in  order  to  kill  them  is  to  go  through  the 
orchard  occasionally,  and  move  these  bands 
up  and  down  suflieienUy  to  crush  the  worms 
or  cocoons  underneath.  The  above  arc  the 
most  destructive  insects  infesting  our  apple 


of  a  Ijtoralist. 


DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Centlemnn  near  New 
York  City. 


DAPHNE  INDICA  ODORATA. 

Dec.  6.— While  admiring,  to-day,  a  hand¬ 
some  specimen  of  this  beautiful  and  highly 
odoriferous  winter-blooming  plant,  I  could 
not  help  thinking  how  sadly  it  had  been 
neglected  during  the  past  few  years,  or  since 
the  more  rapid  growing  and  easily  propa¬ 
gated  Bauvardian  came  into  fashion.  Of 
course  I  would  not  put  tho  Daplxne  ahead  of 
the  Bauvardia  in  point  of  beautiful  form  or 
in  abundance  of  flowers;  but  in  fragrance  it 
is  as  much  ahead  of  it  as  the  Rose  is  superior 
to  the  coarse  but  symmetrical  Dahlia,  This 
species  of  Daplmo  ia  an  evergreen  shrub, 
with  ovate,  thick,  green  leaves.  The  habit 
of  growth  is  somewhat  straggling,  but  by  a 
little  care  in  pruning  an  erect,  stem  can  be 
readily  secured,  the  branches  forming  the 
head  usually  becoming  somewhat  pendant, 
each  being  terminated  with  a  largo  cluster 
of  small,  wax-like  incarnate  or  really  pure 
white  flowers,  which  emit  a  most  delicious, 
spicy  odor.  The  flowers  being  of  a  very 
firm  nature,  they  remain  upon  the  plant  for 
many  weeks  offer  they  are  fully  developed. 
As  the  plants  live  to  a  great  age,  the  flowers 
increase  in  numbers  lu  proportion  to  the  in¬ 
crease  of  branches,  consequently  a  handsome 
largo  specimen  may  be  considered  worthy  of 
great  care  in  preserving  and  culture.  The 
Daphne  is  well  suited  to  ordinary  home  oul 
ture,  in  a  rather  low  temperature,  and  far 
less  sensitive  to  sudden  changes  than  Camel¬ 
lias,  Fuchsias,  and  similar  kinds  which  arc 
far  more  commonly  seen  among  window 
plants.  It  al  ways  seems  to  come  into  bloom 
at  the  right  time,  which  is  just  before  or 
during  the  holidays.  This  species  is  far 
from  being  scarce  or  expensive,  but  needs  to 
be  better  known  among  those  who  delight 
in  having  a  few  choice  flowers  in  their  win- 
doAvs  during  the  winter  months. 

ENTOMOLOGY  A  OISGUSTIHO  STUDY. 

Dec.  7. — So  said  a  fashionable  young  lady, 
a  feAV  days  since,  who,  while  calling  upon 
Claiusslma,  inquired  what  that  building 
was,  (pointing  to  my  oilice.)  and  on  being  in 
formed  that  it  avos  my  office,  containing, 
among  other  tilings,  an  entomological  cabi¬ 
net.  l)f  course  she  shrugged  her  beautiful 
shoulders,  aud  emphasized  the  word  “dis¬ 
gusting”  at  the  same  time.  Poor  thing! 
As  she  Avould  scarcely  condescend  to  read 
the  Hr ual  New- Yorjcer,  through  fear  of 
seeing  something  in  it  about  pigs  or  poultry, 

I  can  say  Avhat  i  please.  Avithout  fear  of 
Avounding  her  feelings.  Now  I  have  fre¬ 
quently  seen  this  sensitive  young  lady  tip¬ 
ping  stewed  and  pickled  oysters  down  her 
swan-like  throat  without  the  least  shoAV  of 


NEW  SEEDLING  SOCIETY. 

Dec.  0. — Many  years  since  a  society  was 
organized  in  England  under  the  above  title, 
but  Avbat  came  of  it  I  have  never  been  able 
to  learn.  Now  Avhy  cannot  we  have  such  a 
society  in  this  country?  Let  it  be  distinct 
from  all  other  horticultural  and  agricultural 
societies,  and  be  national  in  its  scope.  It  is 
easy  to  cultivate  fruits  and  flowers,  but  this 
Is  not  progressive,  and  avo  shall  never  ad¬ 
vance  by  following  exactly  in  the  footsteps 
of  our  predecessors.  Let  a  few  or  many 
step  out.  of  the  beaten  track  and  try  t  o  pro¬ 
duce  something  new  in  the  way  of  seedling 
plants  and  vegetables.  Of  course  there  are 
plenty  of  men  trying  to  do  this,  and,  in  fact, 
accomplish  it;  but  they  do  not  receive  the 
credit  due.  them  simply  because  crowded  by 
older  and  popular,  if  not  better,  productions. 
The  greatest  reAvard  Bought  in  producing  a 
new  fruit,  flower,  or  vegetable,  is  in  finding 
a  good  sale,  for  it,  and  this  can  only  be  done 
by  making  its  merits  known  to  the  public. 
Thera  are  scores  of  new  fruits  and  flowers 
produced  every  year,  and  these  should  be 
brought  together,  where  their  comparative 
merits  can  be  ascertained  and  discussed  by 
competent  judges.  Such  a  society  would 
bring  together  kindred  spirits  in  horticul¬ 
ture,  men  who  are  not  content  with  Avhat 
others  have  produced,  but  desire  to  make 
improvements  even  upon  the  best  of  every¬ 
thing.  I  have  seen  so  much  of  this  strug¬ 
gling  among  the  really  deserving,  but  per¬ 
haps  too  modest,  originators  of  noAV  plants 
and  flowers,  to  keep  their  productions  from 
being  hurried  out  of  sight  at  great  exhibi¬ 
tions,  that  I  desire,  to  see  a  change.  One  or 
a  dozen  such  societies  might  be  organized  in 
different  parts  of  the  country,  and  conducted 
without  any  great  expense  to  members,  and 
I  think  with  great  benefit,  to  the  community. 
New  grain,  cotton,  fruits,  plants  and  vegeta¬ 
bles  only  should  be.  permitted  on  exhibition, 
and  thus  the  entire  strength  of  the  organiza¬ 
tion  would  be  given  to  improvements,  or  at 
least  an  attempt  in  that  direction,  instead  of 
as  now,  among  all  our  societies,  constantly 
repeating  year  after  year  the  same  prizes 
for  the  same  thing.  Wo  are  sadly  in  need  of 
some  stimulus  to  living  out  latent  talent,  as 
well  as  encourage  those  who  are  spending 
time  and  money  in  endeavoring  to  make 
progress  in  horticultural  and  agricultural 
productions.  What  say  the  readers  of  the 
Rural  New-Yorker?  Do  we  need  such  a 
society? 


Ctf? 


orchards,  but  there  are  others  requiring  at-  I  disgust  ;  but  even  to  handle  the  beautiful 


tention,  and  of  which  Ave  may 
thing  to  say  at  another  time. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NOTES. 


Controlling  Sex  in  Butterflies.  — A  sug¬ 
gestive  article  as  to  the  possibility  of  con¬ 
trolling  sexes  in  butterflies  has  been  com¬ 
municated  to  The  American  Naturalist  by 
Mrs.  Mary  Treat,  and  from  the  results  of 
numerous  experiments  she  finds  occasion  to 
believe  that  the  larva?  to  which  the  freshest 
foul  most  tempting  food  was  supplied  in  un¬ 
limited  quantity  nearly  always  developed 
into  female  butterflies,  Avhile  those  forwhieb 
the  supply  of  food  was  limited  almost  as 
uniformly  proved  to  be  males.  Dr.  Packard 
is,  however,  inclined  to  think  that  the  sex  of 
this  insect,  as  well  as  that  of  ail  animals  from 
eggs,  is  determined  at  or  about  the  time  of 
conception,  or  at  least  early  in  the  embry¬ 
onic  condition.  In  the  honey  bee,  especially, 
it  has  been  proved  that  the  sex  is  decided  at 
the  time  the  egg  leaves  the  oviduct.  The 
sex  in  naan,  according  to  Koefiker,  becomes 
fixed  toward  the  end  of  the  second  month  of 
foetal  life. 

Chrysalis  of  Potato  Worm.  —  (A.  O.  D.) 
The  chrysalis  which  you  send  is  that  of  our 
common  potato  worm.  The  moth  is  knoAvn 
as  the  Five-Spotted  Sphinx  (S.  quinquemacu- 
lata).  These  moths  appear  in  spring,  deposit 
their  eggs  upon  tomato  or  potato  plants, 
where  they  hatch  and  soon  become  the  green 
worms  kuoAATi  to  almost  every  gardener  aud 
farmer.  Towards  fall  these  worms  descend 
into  the 'ground  and  there  change  to  large 
brown  chrysalids,  like  the  one  you  send. 
From  these  chrysalids  come  the'  moths  in 
spring,  and  the  same  routine  of  changes 
again  takes  place. 


have  some-  |  beetles  and  butterflies,  or  their  larva?  and 
pup  fie,  is  to  her  a  disgusting  practice.  Any¬ 
thing  that  God  has  deigned  to  make  is  not. 
beneath  the  study  of  man,  is  the  platform 
upon  Avhich  all  true  students  of  nature  stand. 

The  wonderful  differences  in  opinion  and 
feeling  preva  iling  in  society  in  regard  to  such 
subjects  are  merely  the  result  of  education 
and  association.  The  country  boy  or  miss 
may  not  scream  at  the  sight  of  every  harm¬ 
less  spider,  like  their  city  cousins;  but  just 
ask  them  to  rake  some  shrimps  for  the  first 


TRIMBLE  CO.,  KENTUCKY. 

Ip  you  will  allow  me  a  small  space  I  will 
give  your  readers  Avho  Avish  to  emigrate  to  a 
nfild,  healthy  climate,  a  truthful  description 
of  Trimble  County,  Kentucky.  It  is  situa¬ 
ted  on  the  Ohio  River,  1)0  miles  below  Cin¬ 
cinnati,  and  40  miles  above  Louisville,  and 
opposite  Madison,  Md.  Our  river  bottoms 
are  excellent  potato,  corn  and  hay  lands  ; 
from  a  quarter  to  one  mile  wide,  Avith  rather 
abrupt  hills,  400  to  500  feet  high.  Our  high 
lands  are  proving  to  be  excellent  for  the  fol¬ 
lowing  fruits :  Apples,  peaches,  plums,  pears, 
cherries  and  small  fruits.  The  beat  peach¬ 
es  in  the  Cincinnati  market,  for  years,  have 
been  from  this  County,  which  has  iuduced 
tAvo  or  three  parties  from  Ohio  to  plant 
about  one  thousand  acres  in  peaches  the  past 
year.  The  fmit  can  be  placed  ia  the  Cincin¬ 
nati,  Louisville,  Indianapolis  or  Chicago  mar- 


time,  and  notice  tho  looks  ©f  disgust  which  I  ^ets  *n  a  ^evv  hours,  where  fine  prices  can  be 
appear  at.  the  very  thought  of  eating  these  I  rGa^zt‘d  I°r  ad  kinds  of  fruit.  VV  e  have  a 


spider-like  decapods.  Perhaps  I  should  add 
that  ignorance  aud  superstit  ion  are  the  hand- 
maidsof  timidity,  at  least,  so  far  as -it  touches 
or  comes  in  contact  Avith  the  minute  forms 
of  animal  life.  Who  has  not  heard  grand- 


mild,  dry,  healthy  climate,  Avith  abundance 
of  good  water.  Good  forms,  any  size,  well 
adapted  for  the  production  of  any  of  the 
fruits  named,  can  be  bought  from  $25  to  $50 
per  acre,  according  to  location,  improve- 

Ben.  Morris. 


mothers  and  nurses  tell  of  the  wonderful  I  ruerds’ 

1  Hilton,  Trimble  Co.,  Ky. 

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“  death-watch  ”  which  announced  the  ap¬ 
proaching  dissolution  of  some  near  relative 
or  friend.  No  doubt  many  persons  still  be¬ 
lieve  that — 

“The  solemn  death-watch  clicks  the  hour  of 
death." 

For  centuries  these  little  harmless  insects 
have  been  the  terror  of  children,  and  solemn 
Avamings  to  superstitious,  ignorant  people, 
Avhile  all  the  time  these  beetles  were  only 
making  love  to  each  other,  and  “  Tick,  tick, 
tick,”  was  equivalent  to  “Come,  my  love,” 
among  the  bipeds  Avho  trembled  with  fear  at 
the  sound.  In  an  old  school  book,  which 
was  in  use  Avhen  I  went  to  school,  there  Avere 
many  good  lessons  worth  remembering,  but 
none  containing  better  advice  than  those 
two  lines  which  told  us  to — 

“  Find  tongues  in  trees,  books  in  the  running 
brooks ; 

Sermons  in  stones,  and  good  in  every  thing.’’ 


GYPSUM  IN  IOWA. 


One  of  the  finest  and  purest  deposits  of 
gypsum  known  in  the  world  exists  at  Fort 
Dodge,  IoAva.  It  is  confined  to  an  area  of 
about  six  by  three  miles  on  both  sides  of  the 
Des  Moines  river,  and  is  found  to  be  from 
twenty-five  to  thirty  feet  in  thickness.  The 
main  deposit  is  of  uniform  gray  color,  but 
large  masses  of  almost  pure  while  (resem¬ 
bling  alabaster)  have  been  found  embedded 
in  the  main  deposits.  The  quantity  of  this 
article  is  practically  inexhaustible,  'and  the 
time  will  certainly*  come  when  it  will  be  a 
source  of  wealth  to  that  part  of  the  State 
So  far  it  has  only  been  used  to  a  limited  ex- 
extenl  for  pa\'ing  and  building  purposes,  if 
we  except  tne  recent  fraud  practiced  by  those 
who  manufactured  from  it  that  great  hum¬ 
bug  and  swindle  of  the  century,  the  “Car¬ 
diff  Giant  1” 


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OOBE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 


THE  HOME  ATMOSPHERE. 

It  seems  to  me,  dear  Mr.  Editor,  to  be  the 
wisest  kind  of  domestic  economy  to  have  a 
healthful  home  atmosphere — in  every  sense 
of  the  word  !  I  mean  a  pure  atmosphere 
(  morally,  and  one  that  shall  always  allcct 
those  who  gather  about  the  home  hearth, 
healthfully,  physically.  I  went  yesterday 
into  my  good  neighbor’s  kitchen.  Every 
door  and  window  was  closed  tight.  A  roar¬ 
ing  lire  was  in  the  stove;  pots,  kettles,  stew- 
pans,  frying-pans,  Ac.,  were  steaming,  siz¬ 
zling,  burning,  dirty  dish  water  emitting  its 
vapor,  and  the  atmosphere  of  the  room  was 
thick  and  suffocating  with  unpleasant  odors. 
Ja.vk,  the  daughter,  was  flitting  hither  and 
thither  in  a  state  of  bewilderment,  appar¬ 
ently,  her  hair  in  a  towzle,  as  if  she  had  not 
had  time  to  comb  it  since  she  got  out  of  bed; 
indeed,  the  whole  room  looked  much  as  if  it 
had  just  tumbled  out,  of  some  elevated  place 
and  come  down  “  ker  smash,”  as  my  girl 
sometimes  says  when  she  smashes  a  lot  of 
china  for  me. 

When  T  looked  into  that  kitchen  I  was  not 
astonished  to  hear  Jane  say  that  she  would 
never  he  a  farmer’s  wife  if  stie  had  to  die  an 
old  maid.  The  atmosphere  was  enough  to 
convert  a  saint  into  a  profane  sinner.  Dis¬ 
order,  want  of  system  In  doing  house-work, 
want  of  cleanliness,  want  of  taste,  want  of 
delicacy,  all  help  to  manufacture  sinners. 

It  alienates  both  boys  and  girls  from  home. 
They  are  too  glad  to  get  away  from  such  a 
home.  They  ought  to  be.  It  is  one  of  the 
redeeming  traits  of  their  characters  that 
they  will  recede  from  such  disorder  and  con 
fusion.  There  is  no  economy  in  such  dis¬ 
order  and  nastiness  !  1  never  saw  the  Rural 
Nevv-T  ohker,  nor  any  other  decent  paper, 
in  such  a  home— no,  house.  1  am  not,  there¬ 
fore,  writing  for  regular  lie R At,  readers;  but 
I  should  like  it  if  the  uuinber  of  the  Rural  ’ 
in  which  you  print  this  could  be  loaned  to 
and  read  by  Borne  of  the  families  who  live  in 
such  an  atmosphere  us  I  Buffered  in  a  few 
moments,  yesterday,  at  my  neighbor’s. 

Esther  Allen. 
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A  FEW  THINGS  I  HAVE  LEARNED  BY 
EXPERIENCE. 

Paste  for  Scrap-Book.— I  had  a  heautiful 
scrap-book  presented  to  me  some  time  since,  ' 
and  I  intended  to  1111  it  with  engravings,  I 
began  to  paste  them  in  with  a  paste  made  of 
flour  and  water  cooked,  but  they  warped  and 
wrinkled  in  a  very  unpleasant,  manner.  A 
lady  told  mo  to  make  the  paste  of  starch. 
This  I  tried,  and  it  proved  very  satisfactory. 

To  Keep  Gum  Arabic.—  I  always  keep 
gum  arabic  prepared,  and  used  to  find  it 
soured  sometimes  in  hot  weather;  but  I  now 
dissolve  it  in  as  little  cold  rain  water  as  pos¬ 
sible,  then  add  alcohol.  This  preserves  it.  , 
To  Prevent  Hair  Coming  Out.— Many  peo-  f 
pie  arc  troubled  with  their  hair  coming  out.  £ 
I  know  a  number  of  persons  who  have  used  > 
castor  oil,  cut  with  alcohol  and  perfumed,  i 
and  think  it  an  excellent  preventive,  i 

To  Polish  Silver.— A  good  way  to  polish  1 
silver  is  to  nib  with  wet.  whiting,  let  it  dry  1 
with  some  of  it  on  them,  then  rub  again.  1 
When  the  articles  are  of  an  intricate  pat-  p 
tern,  the  whiting  is  not  easily  removed,  and  ‘ 
it  is  better  to  use  aqua  ammonia,  rubbing 
with  a  soft  rag.  ’  s 

Carpets  Having  ConsulerUc  Pile  should  1 
never  bo  swept  with  a  broom.  If  a  sweeping  ' 
machine  is  not  available,  the  dirt  should  be  ( 
picked  up  or  brushed  up  with  a  soft  brush, 
or  the  carpet  taken  up  and  shaken.  1 

Washing  Hag  Carpels.  —  A  rag  carpet  [ 
should  not  be  washed  as  long  as  it  can  be  ' 
avoided.  It  soils  much  easier  after  being 
once  washed,  besides  fading.  If  there  are  C 
grease  spots,  a  -little  hard  soap  rubbed  on, 
then  wushecl  off  with  hot  water  and  well  • 
rinsed,  is  a  good  way  to  remove  them  ;  or  ' 
some  aqua  ammonia  is  equally  as  good. 

Mrs.  Lobrktta  E.  Knapp  Turner. 


three  days,  they  will  sour,  whon,  add  a  little 
saleratus  for  sweetening  before  baking. 
Don’ t  be  discouraged  if  not  at  first  satisfac¬ 
tory,  as  it  will  take  fully  a  week  to  allow*  the 
hop  yeast  flavor  to  disappear  from  the  batter. 
Care  should  be  taken  that  the  batter  is 
)  thin.  Thick  batter  wall  not  make  good 
l  cakes,  and  they  should  go  directly  from  the 
)  griddle  to  the  table  without  covering.  The 
best  cakes  cun  be  ruined  by  steaming  after 
baking.— A.  N.  C.,  Melville,  Allegany  Co., 
New  York. 

At  the  request  of  one  of  the  readers  of  the 
Rural  for  a  recipe  for  making-  buckwheat 
cakes,  I  will  send  one.  which  I  know  to  be 
good.  To  make  good  buckwheat  cakes,  , 
tiike  sour  milk  or  buttermilk  —  the  last 
named  is  best — and  to  one  pint  of  milk  tako 
a  tcaspoonful  of  soda;  salt  to  taste;  stir  in 
enough  buckwheat  flour  to  make  a  batter; 
bake  at  once.  This  recipe  will  hardly  fail  to 
give  satisfaction  if  fairly  tried. — Virginia. 

Good  Buckwheat  Cakes. — In  your  Rural 
NKW-YoRKKRof  Nov.  15,  “A Young  House¬ 
keeper”  asks  how  to  moke  good  buckwheat 
calces.  1  will  give  you  my  recipe,  which  I 
have  used  twenty  years,  and  can  say  to  her, 
and  all  others,  “  Try  it.”  Tako  one  bowl  of 
dry,  wheat  bread,  cover  with  boiling  water; 
let  stand  until  soaked  soft;  then  mash  fine, 
and  add  1'4  bowls  of  buckwheat  flour,  a 
little  salt  and  one-half  cup  or  cake  of  yeast. 
This  is  mixed  the  evening  before  vising,  and 
kept  warm;  in  the  morning  add  one  small 
tcaspoonful  of  soda,  dissolved  in  enough  hot 
water  to  make  the  cakes  thin  enough.  Tin's 
will  insure  you  cakes  light,  sweet,  brown 
and  tender,  without  sweet  milk  or  butter- 
|  milk,  and  much  better.  Again  I  say,  “  Try 
1  it.” — M.  A.  L. 

Vanilla  Beans  are  rubbed  by  the  natives 
of  South  America  and  Mexico  with  eajou 
oil  to  make  the  surface  smooth  and  soft. 
The  opinion  has  been  advanced  that  the 
eases  of  poisoning  from  the  use  of  vanilla 
ice  are  duo  to  this  oil,  which  is  often  contaru- 
■i  mi  led  with  a  substance  which  acts  like  cau- 
tliarides.  Others  suppose  the  poisoning  re¬ 
sults  from  small  crystals  of  benzoic  add 
found  in  the  outer  skin  of  the  vanilla  bean. 

Horseradish  in  Pickle.  —Horseradish  grat¬ 
ed  and  mixed  with  pickle  will  prevent  mold 
forming  on  the  tops  of  jars.  Leaves  of  1 
horseradish  laid  over  the  top  will  answer  the  i 
same  purpose.  It  is  said  that  this  pungent.  1 
root,  if  grated  and  mixed  with  cider,  and 
eaten  with  the  food,  will  both  prevent  and  i 
cure  paralysis. 

i)!)§iemc  Jnformatum.  ■ 


GOOD  HEALTH. 


DOMESTIC  BREVITIES. 

Buckwheat  Cakrs.— We  have  been  reading 
the  request  of  that  young  housekeeper,  who 
wants  to  know  how  to  make  the  best  buck¬ 
wheat  cakes  in  the  world.  We  don’t  know 
ourselves  how  the  thing  is  done ;  but  our 
wife  does.  We  are  sure  of  it.  This  is  the 
way  our  wife  says  the  cakes  are  made  ; 
Three  parts  buckwheat  flour,  one  part  corn 
meal,  one  cup  of  hop  yeast ;  stir  with  wa¬ 
ter,  thick,  over  night;  in  morning  make 
quite  thin,  not  omitting  salt.  After  two  or 


“  I  am  delighted  to  leam  that  there  is  one 
American  girl  who  professes  to  have  good 
health,”  said  I,  upon  hearing  a  young  lady 
say  she  was  always  well,  and  had  not  had 
what  some  people  call  a  fit,  of  sickness  since 
she.could  remember.  She  was  not  coarse 
and  brawny,  but  fair,  slender  and  graceful, 
with  a  soft,  clear  complex f on,  that  needed 
none  of  the  “bloom  of  youth”  in  vogue 
with  pale,  sallow  invalids.  I  could  scarcely 
repress  further  expression  of  my  admiration 
for  one  who  had  not  only  the  good  sense  to 
be  perfectly  healthy,  but  the  courage  to  say 
so,  for  there  is  no  disguising  the  fact  that  it 
is  considered  **  stylish  ”  to  be  delicate. 

A  mother  lady,  who  heard  the  conversation, 
seemed  almost  shocked  at  such  a  confession, 
and  exclaimed,  “Why!  is  it  possible?  I 
would  not  have  thought  you  so  healthy;  you 
do  not  look  strong.” 

“  Perhaps  not,”  was  the  reply,  “but  I  am, 
nevertheless,  and  I  do  so  pity  those  who  are 
always  afflicted  with  head-aches,  dyspepsia 
and  nerves.” 

I  detected  in  her  tone  a  slight  flavor  of 
contempt  for  the  devotees  of  pills  and  pow¬ 
ders.  She  evidently  regarded  sickness  as  too 
expensive  a  luxury— expensive,  not  merely 
in  the  item  of  doctors’  bills,  but  in  the  loss 
of  pleasure  in  a  life  which  is  given  us,  not 
to  endure  but  to  enjoy.  The  other  lady  who 
had  her  own  share  of  “  nerves  ”  and  similar 
affections,  evidently  looked  upon  herself  as 
being  made  of  finer  clay,  and  consequently 
more  liable  to  injury.  But  most  of  us  know 
that,  with  good  care,  fine  china  will  last  as 
long  and  do  as  good  service  as  common 
earthen  ware. 

I  could  not  refrain  from  telling  them  the 
story— a  fact,  by  the  way— of  the  delicate 
invalid  who,  after  a  few  weeks  sojourn  at  a 
water  cure,  was  asked  by  one  of  her  friends 
if  her  health  was  improved.  “  Oh!  yes,”  she 
replied,  “very  much,  I  am  quite  as  well 
now  as  it  is  polite  or  fashionable  for  a  per¬ 
son  to  be.” 


She  was  a  trifle  more  feeble  as. to  her  men¬ 
ial  attainments,  perhaps,  than  some  genteel 
.  invalids  are,  but  the  sentiment,  either  ex- 
,  pressed  or  understood,  is  the  samo  among 
them  all. 

j  I  am  aware  that  it  is  very  difficult,  with 
[  the  present  habits  of  society,  to  keep  in 
i  sound  health.  Yet  with  the  exercise  of  a 
i  little  self-denial  and  independence,  and  some 
.  attention  to  the  most  simple  rules  of  hygiene, 
there  would  be  a  vast  diminution  of  “  feeble” 
persons,  and  the  practice  of  physicians  would 
bo  far  less  lucrative.  No  disrespect  to  that 
very  useful  beingj  the  doctor,  but  ho  must 
not  be  offended  if  we  call  him  a  necessary 
evil,  and  heartily  wish  he  could  find  noth¬ 
ing  to  do. 

Now  I  rlo  not  propose  to  enter  into  an  ex¬ 
tensive  treatise  upon  hygiene,  and  give  min¬ 
ute  directions  for  preserving  the  health.  If 
people  would  practice  what  they  alYcady 
know  of  it,  there  would  be  comparatively 
little  need  of  further  instruction.  Those 
who  have  disease  fastened  upon  their  sys¬ 
tems  might  check  its  ravages,  while  those 
who  aro  comparatively  well  might  escape 
most  of  those  aggravating  little  ailments 
which  so  often  render  life  a  burden,  to  say 
nothing  of  the  diseases  which,  slowly,  per¬ 
haps,  but  almost  surely  follow.  It  may  re¬ 
quire.  a  little  self-denial  to  pass  without 
tasting  at  least,  a  part  of  the  rich,  unwhole¬ 
some  dishes  at.  a  friend’s  table;  but  the  re¬ 
sult,  will  be  infinitely  tuoro  satisfactory,  more 
of  a,  luxury,  than  the  brief  gratification  of 
the  appetite.  And  those  who  enjoy  a  coal 
fire  these  winter  days,  would  find,  if  they 
would  try  it,  that  a  brisk  walk  in  the  open 
air  would  warm  them  far  more  than  hover¬ 
ing  about  a  stove,  and  when  they  begin  to 
l'cel  dull  and  their  heads  ache,  if  they  could 
persuade  themselves  that  they  would  not 
freeze  or  have  an  ague  chill  if  they  were  to 
open  a  door  or  window  long  enough  to  reno¬ 
vate  the  air  of  the  room,  there  would  be  a 
sensible  diminution  of  coughs  and  colds,  if 
not  fewer  oases  of  consumption.  If  farmers’ 
wives,  and  all  those  who  do  their  own  house¬ 
work,  could  bo  persuaded  to  rest  a  little, 
both  before  and  after  a  meal,  they  would 
find  themselves  able  to  do  more  with  less 
fatigue.  1  suppose  there  aro  but  few  who 
have  not  heard  or  read  that  it  is  injurious  to 
eat  a  hearty  meal  while  the  body  is  in  a 
state  of  fatigue,  or  to  take  any  active  exer¬ 
cise  for  a  abort  time  after  eating.  Yet  how 
few  pay  any  regard  to  it.  I  know  they  have 
to  work;  but  many  times  they  might  rest 
while  the  dinner  is  cooking,  and  the  labor  of 
putting  it  on  the  table  would  not  exhaust 
them.  Many  of  us  would  not  be  so  over¬ 
worked  were  wo  not.  anxious  to  keep  pace 
with  our  neighbors  in  extra  and  compara¬ 
tively  unnecessary  branches  of  housekeep¬ 
ing.  Now  1  am  as  fond  of  keeping  things 
“  in  style  ”  as  any  one,  but  do  not  ewe  to  do 
it  at  the  expense  of  the  strength  needed  for 
more  important  duties.  Furthermore,  wo 
have  no  moral  right  to  wantonly  trifle  with 
our  health.  Is  it  not  wrong  to  injure,  wil¬ 
fully',  the  bodies  that  have  been  given  us 
with  which  to  perform  our  mission  here  ? 
The  sacrifice  of  comfort  and  health  for  the 
benefit  of  others,  in  any  rational  way,  is 
beautiful ;  but  the  sacrifice  of  health  to 
style,  selfishness  or  superstition  is  folly.  A 
blunder  is  said  to  be  worse  than  a  crime;  but 
this  is  both.  L 


HOW  LONG  TO  SLEEP. 

There  has  been  a  great  deal  of  trash  writ¬ 
ten  and  labelled  “Hygienic;”  but  the  fol¬ 
lowing  (we  are  sorry  we  do  not  know  who 
wrote  it)  so  entirely  accords  with  our  own 
experience,  both  as  a  working  farmer  and  a 
working  editor,  that  we  commend  it  to  the 
readers  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  as  sen¬ 
sible:— The  fact  is,  that  as  life  becomes  con¬ 
centrated,  and  its  pursuits  more  eager,  short 
sleep  and  early  rising  becomes  impossible, 
We  take  more  sleep  than  our  ancestors,  and 
we  take  more  because  we  want  more.  Six 
hours'  sleep  will  do  very  well  for  a  plowman 
or  brick-layer,  or  any  other  man  who  has  no 
exhaustion  but  that  produced  by  manual 
labor,  and  the  sooner  he  takes  it  after  his 
labor  is  over  the.  better.  But  for  a  man 
whose  labor  is  mental,  the  stress  of  work  is 
on  ids  brain  and  nervous  system,  and  for 
him  who  is  tired  in  the  evening  with  a  day 
of  mental  application,  neither  early  to  bed 
nor  early  to  rise  is  wholesome,  lie  needs 
lettiug  down  to  the  level  of  repose.  The 
longer  the  interval  between  the  active  use 
of  the  brain  and  his  retirement  to  bed,  the 
better  his  chance  of  sleep  and  refreshment. 
To  him  an  hour  after  midnight  is  probably' 
as  good  as  two  hours  before  it,  and  even 
then  his  sleep  will  not  so  completely  and 
quickly  restore  him  as  it  will  his  neighbor 
who  is  physically  tired.  He  must  not  only 
go  to  bed  later,  bub  lie  longer.  His  best 
sleep  probably  lies  in  the  early  morning 
hours,  when  all  the  nervous  excitement  has 
passed  away,  and  he  is  in  absolute  rest. 


Ixodes  and  Dflmmqs. 


COSTUME  FOR  ELDERLY  LADIES. 

We  give  (on  page  300)  an  illustration  of  a 
costume  especially  adapted  for  elderly  la¬ 
dies.  The  skirt,  is  of  black  Ronbaix  velvet, 
which  is  a  fabric  between  Lyons  velvet  and 
velveteen,  and  is  much  superior  to  the  Ger¬ 
man  velveteen,  which  was  fashionable  a  lew 
seasons  ago.  The  Ronbaix  velvet  has  a  cot¬ 
ton  back,  but  much  more  silk  in  the  pile 
than  the  velveteen.  It  is  used  very  largely 
for  underskirts,  worn  with 'polonaises  of 
oachcmiro  and  silk.  The  skirt,  is  made  very 
simply,  with  a  little  flounce  bordering  the 
bottom.  A  more  dressy  garment  would  have 
two  flounces,  each  a  little  deeper,  with  an 
interval  between. 


It  is  the  wrap,  however,  to  which  wc'call 
attention.  It  ia  a  large,  loose  paletot  of 
cachemwe  de  soie— a  peculiar  quality  of  silk, 
heavy  and  without  luster.  The  sleeves  are 
large,  in  pagoda  style,  and  the  wrap  has  a 
capuchin  or  hood.  The  whole  interior  of 
the  wrap  is  lined  with  gray  squirrel,  the  edge 
of  the  fur  extending  boyoml  the  outside  of 
silk,  giving  it  a  finish  ;  a  band  of  fur  orna¬ 
ments  the  outside  and  is  placed  around  the 
hood. 

These  garments  aro  very  popular  with  our 
fastidious  neighbors,  the  French*  who  are.  not 
admirers  of  fur  except  for  lining,  for  wliich 
purpose,  they  use  it  extensively.  Equally  pop¬ 
ular  is  the  large  circle  of  caehemire  de  sole, 
without  sleeves,  with  the  capuchin,  and 
lined  with  fur.  They  are  not  expensive,  the 
silk  being  the  chief  item.  Large  skins,  ar¬ 
ranged  for  lining,  can  be  bought  for  $10; 
two  of  these,  we.  think,  would  be  sufficient’ 
Such  a  garment,  uniting  elegance  and  com¬ 
fort,  is  superior  to  the  changes  of  fashion, 
and  may  he  expected  to  last  a  long  time. 

The  bonnet  worn  with  this  costume  is  of 
deep  gray  felt,  bound  with  black  velvet  and 
trimmed  with  black  velvet  and  a  deep  gray 
plume  ;  underneath  the  diadem  is  a  ruche  of 
turquoise  silk,  blue  or  pink.  Those  bonnets 
with  diadems,  arc  better  suited  to  ladies  who 
are  no  longer  young,  as  they  sib  well  with 
the  bows  and  barbes  of  lace  of  the  head¬ 
dress. 

Wo  have  .seen  another  polonaise  which,  for 
comfort,  elegance  and  simplicity,  it  is  worth 
while  to  describe.  It  was  made  of  sealskin 
and  camel’s  hair  cloth.  In  front  it  reached 
almost,  to  the  bottom  of  the  dross,  which 
was  silk  of  a  lighter  brown  ;  the  hack  was 
perfectly  plain  and  only  slightly  draped  ; 
sleeves  with  cuffs  ;  pockets  not  vary  large’ 
and  marked  only  by  the  buttons.  Indeed^ 
the  whole  garment,  entirely  plain,  acquired 
its  elegance  in  the  perfect  lit  and  in  the 
fringe,  a  finger’s  length  in  depth,  which  or¬ 
namented  the  bottom.  This  fringe  was  of 
wool,  heavily  twisted,  and  much  larger  than 
the  bullion  fringe  so  commonly  used.  We 
have  seen  uo  trimming  so  well  adapted  to 
those  long,  plain  garments. 

Ball  fringe  is  in  very  common  use.  It  con¬ 
sists  of  three  balls  separated  about  lmlf-inoh 
apart  and  graduated  in  size.  This  fringe 
comes  in  all  colors,  and  is  also  mixed  in  the 
colors  of  tho  tartan  plaids,  which  arc  becom¬ 
ing  very  fashionable  for  young  girls.  Even 
tho  brightest  colors  are  worn,  but  the  most 
suitable  are  greens  and  blues.  Those  dresses 
are  made  very  simply  ;  the  underskirt  lias 
deep  side  plaitings  ;  the  overdress  is  long  in 
front,  draped  on  the  sides,  simply  hemmed 
or  trimmed  with  hall  fringe.  A  plain  little 
basque  or  French  waist  is  worn  with  it. 

We  cannot  commend  too  highly  t  he  French 
or  blouse  waist,  for  school  girls.  One  of  the 
finest  schools  we  know  of  requires  the  young 
girls  to  wear  it— nqt  only  that,  but  insists  on 
the.  particular  style,  which  is  dark  navy  blue, 
trimmed  with  white  bauds.  The  advantages 
of  thfc  loose  dress  are  apparent,  although  one 
may  object  to  the  uniform. 

CIGAR  BOX. 

This  (see  page  397)  is  made  out  of  cache- 
mire  or  satin,  of  light-brown  color.  Cut  the 
sides  and  trim  them  with  velvet,  applied  in 
leaves  and  flowers  of  deep  brown.  Fasten 
the  pieces  on  in,  the  proper  design  with  a 
little  gum  arabic,  and  button  around  the  edge 
with  gold  silk  or  gold  thread.  Tlio  outside 
is  mounted  on  stiff  card  board,  lined  with 
quilted  silk  lining,  the  sewing  concealed  by 
a  cord.  In  the  interior  is  a  thin,  dark  wni- 
nut  division  witii  perforations.  In  these  the 
cigars  are  arranged,  permitting  the  points 
to  dry.  The  frame  may  bo  manufactured  in 
the  rustic  style  akin  to  that  given,  wldeh  is 
of  black  bamboo  sticks  with  gilded  knobs. 
It  will  be  a  pretty  gift  to  any  unfortunate 
bachelor  who  is  so  foolish  as  to  smoke  cigars  ! 


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“STRIKE,  BUT  HEAR  I" 

MOOSE’S  RURAL  NOT  DEAD  NOR  SLEEPINO. 

The  late  financial  embarrassment  of  the  Edi¬ 
tor  and  Founder  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker— 
caused  mainly  by  aiding  friends  and  outside 
investments,  and  first  reported  in  an  exagger¬ 
ated  form  by  an  anonymous  correspondent  of 
a  Western  Now  York  paper— seems  to  have 
attracted  the  attention  of  several  of  our  con¬ 
temporaries  and  a  portion  of  the  public. 
Though  the  report  that  the  Rural  had  been, 
or  was  to  be  discontinued,  was  unfounded, 
and  known  to  be  false,  one  or  two  would-be 
rivals  gave  it  small  publicity,  through  their 
limited  circulations, — but  most  of  our  con¬ 
temporaries,  who  have  noticed  the  matter  at 
all,  have  magnanimously  stated  the  fuet  that 
the  paper  was  to  go  right  along  under  its  old 
editorial  management.  Indeed,  we  never  be¬ 
fore  knew  how  many  friends  we  had  among  the 
Press  and  People  (especially  our  Exchanges, 
Agents  and  Subscribers)— and  we  think  our 
misfortune  muy  prove  a  blessing, for  those  who 
have  made  false  statements,  with  n  view  of  In¬ 
juring  us  and  benefiting  themselves,  have  ! 
aroused  the  friends  of  the  Rural  to  action  in 


AGASSIZ,  THE  GREAT  SCIBNT1ST.  (See  Page  404.) 


its  behalf,  and  many  have  already  fissured  us 
of  their  determination  to  second  our  efforts  to 
make  the  Kural  New-Yorker  a  better  and 
more  widely-circulated  Journal  than  it  has 
ever  been  heretofore. 

As  a  specimen  of  professional  courtesy  (?)  we 
may  note  that  one  jealous  Ohio  Agricultural 
weekly  jumps  to  a  conclusion,  from  rumors  of 
a  financial  pressure  upon  the  Editor  of  the  Ru¬ 
ral  New-Yorker, and,  with  hypocritical  sym¬ 
pathy,  parados  the  announcement  of  the  *4  fail¬ 
ure”  of  this  paper.  Our  contemporary  may 
save  Its  crocodile  tears,  since,  whatever  tr  oubles 
may  have  befallen  Its  Editor,  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker  has  not  *•  failed,"  and  cannot  fail,  how¬ 
ever  anxious  the  aforesaid  Ohio  hebdomadal 
maybe  to  gobble  up  a  few  hundred  tri  our  many 
thousand  subscribers  in  that  State,  to  add  to  its 
slender  circulation  as  a  basis  for  its  advertising 
business,  in  the  prosecution  of  which,  as  a  late 
attache  of  It  very  aptly  remarked,  it  has  44  a  good 
deal  more  use  for  check  than  for  brains.” 

In  contrast  with  the  statement  of  ihe  Ohio 
paper  which  was  given  prominently,  as  a 
leader— we  quote  the  following  from  the  Ger¬ 
mantown  Telegraph,  a  widely-circulated  and 
influential  journal,  edited  for  some  thirty  or 
more  years  by  Major  P.  E.  Fueas,  under  whose 
able  control  we  trust,  it  may  longcontimie.  Of 
course  both  the  Telegraph  and  Ohio  paper  had 
the  same  sources  of  information,  hut  their  con¬ 
clusions  are  widely  different  another  Illustra¬ 
tion  of  the  old  adage  about  “two  ways  of  tell— 
ing  a  story."  Major  Frkas,  of  the  Telegraph, 
tells  it  in  this  wise  : 

“No  event,  of  a  pecuniary  nature  outside  of 
our  own  oily,  has  at  any  time  given  ns  more 
pain  or  excited  doepei  sympathy  than  Ihe  fail¬ 
ure  of  Col.  D.  D.  T.  Moore,  the  able  and  pat¬ 
riotic  editor  of  the  Rural  New-  Yon  turn,  one 
of  the  leading  Agricultural  and  Horticultural 
Journals  of  the  country.  It  came  about,  of 
course,  by  investing  In  outside  speculations, 
some  of  them  proving  wholly  wort  bless.  Col. 
Moorf.  fa  a  first-class  business  man, thoroughly 
understanding  his  long-time  duties  as  an  edi¬ 
tor  aud  publisher,  capable  of  managing  every 
deportment  of  them,  and  perfectly  indepen¬ 
dent  In  expressing  his  opinions.  We  are  glad 
to  hear,  however,  that  his  creditors  will  be 
lenient  with  him;  that  they  will  give  him  a 
fair  chance  to  recover  lost  ground  ;  and  that  he 
will  continue  at  the  head  of  his  unsurpassed 
periodical." 

—  Since  the  above  was  prepared  for  publica¬ 
tion  we  have  received  the  following  from  the 
Western  Rural,  published  at  Chicago  by  H-  N. 
F.  LEWIS,  which  probably  circulates  more  thou¬ 
sands  than  the  Ohio  paper  does  hundreds; 

Mr.  Moore  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker.— 
We  regret  seeing  in  some  agricultural  and  other 
journals  unkind  comments  upon  the  business 
embarrassments  of  D.  I).  T.  MOORE,  Esq.,  the 
world-known  pioneer  41  Rural4' publisher,  with 
Intimation*  tout  the  Rural  New -Yorker 
would  suffer  therefrom.  Mr.  Mookk'h  financial 
troubles,  whatever  their  extent,  at  tin  worst 
can  be  but  temporary,  and  cannot  affect  the 
status  of  his  popular  and  thoroughly-estab¬ 
lished  journal,  and  his  peraoiial  pndo  and 
ambition  will  carry  it  t  hrough  any  crisis.  Mr, 
ilOORR  and  Hie  Rural  New-Youkku  are  too 
strongly  entrenched  in  public  esteem  and  con¬ 
fidence  to  be  disturbed  more  than  incidentally. 
The  Ruual)New-Yohker  wiJJ  pass  the  ordeal 
unharmed,  if  not  rejuvenated  by  its  trials. 

Friends  FitEAsand  Lewis— Heaven  bless  their 
magnanimous  and  unselfish  souls!— are  right  in 
their  conclusions.  The  Rural  New-Youkkr 
is  4  to  be  continued, ’ 4  and  will  (D.  V.)  be  what 
we  have  promised,  brighter  and  better  than  ever. 
And  if  its  friends  of  the  Press,  and  its  Agents 
and  Subscribers,  continue  the  favors  they  are 
showering  upon  and  promising  us,  the  circula¬ 
tion  of  the  Rural  will  be  greatly  increased  du¬ 
ring  the  ensuing  few  months,  and  its  influence 
and  usefulness  correspondingly  augmented. 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  OUERIES. 

The  Right  Talk.  An  Agent  in  Allegany  Co., 
N.  Y.,  writes,  among  other  encouraging  things, 
thus:— “I  was  fully  satisfied  that  the  Rural 
would  be  alive  and  ahead  for  1874  before  1  re¬ 
ceived  yours,  as  I  had  read  an  article  which 
explained  the  whole  matter.  I  regret,  from  the 
bottom  of  my  heart,  your  misfortune,  ami  sin¬ 
cerely  hope  It  muy  only  be  temporary.  I  will 
work  earnestly,  faithfully  and  diligently  for 
the  continued  success  of  the  Rural,  feeling 
(hat  its  success  is  yarn  success,  and  that  1  may 
be,  with  thousand*  of  others,  instrumental  in 
bringing  financial  success  to  its  Founder.  1 
think  that  I  am  safe  in  promising  you  75  sub¬ 
scriber*  next  year  in  the  place  of  50  this, -In 
spite  of  hard  times.’4 

—  Such  i*  a  specimen  of  many  letters  recent  ly 
received,  and  for  which  wo  tender  the  grateful 
j  acknowledgments  of  an  appreciating  heart. 
We  ask  no  charity  -have  refused  to  accept  aid 
tendered  foy.old  friends— but  do  not.  object  to 
excrcl&c  of  influence  in  its  behalf  by  those  who 
believe  In  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  and  that 
it*  circulation  will  prove  beneficial.  And  we 
will  here  add,  for  the  information  of  personal 
friend*,  t  ha  t  our  correspondent  is  correct  in  his 
inference  that  helping  the  Rural  will  aid  in 
‘bringing  flnanciul  success  to  its  Founder." 

The  Tcxns  and  Atlantic  Refrigerator  Com¬ 
pany  and  Term  Heef.— This  recently  organized 
Company  has  successfully  run  its  first  through 
trip  direct  front  Denison,  Texas,  to  Jersey  City, 
N.  J.  <  >i>  Saturday,  Dec,  0,  120  carcases  of 
dressed  beef  were  offered  for  sale  in  t  he  tv  bole- 
sale  marls  <>f  this  city,  and  were  quickly  dis¬ 
posed  of  at  from  fi’ per  pound.  This 
meat  waa  in  prime  condition,  full  of  nutri¬ 
ment,  and  quite  a  different  class  of  article  for 
human  food  to  that  generally  quoted  from 
Texas  and  which  has  arrived  here  on  the  hoof 
after  a  long  and  painful  journey.  This  Com¬ 
pany  propose  to  run  a  weekly  train  during  tne 
months  from  October  to  February,  inclusive. 
Their  rate  of  travel  will  be  15  miles  per 
hour,  stoppages  included.  The  quantity  of  ice 
needed  for  every  car-load  will  be  one  ton,  and 
the  beneficial  results  to  the  public  will  be  that 
the  producer  of  beef  will  be  brought  nearer  to 
the  consumer,  the  buyer  will  purchase  at  re- 
duoed  rates,  and  the  Western  farmer  will  ob¬ 
tain  a  better  price  for  his  produce.  As  the 
cattle  trade  stands  at  present,  it  is  ruinous  to 
all  concerned  in  It,  save  to  the  retail  butchers, 
who  tire  realizing  rapid  fortunes  at  the  cost  of 
sellers  and  buyers;  alao,  the  beast*  handled 
pass  through  too  many  hands,  and  the  life,  bo 
to  speak,  is  taken  out  of  the  trade  before  it 
reaohes  its  legitimate  end.  When,  the  cost  of 
beef  on  the  Eastern  seaboard  shall  have  been 
reduced  10i&15  per  cent,  aud  raised  in  Texas  to 
the  value  of  lOtjCJO  per  cent,  the  matter  will 
stand  more  where  It  ought  to,  and  the  Western 
herdsmen  will  have  money  and  stimulus  to 
improve  the  quality  of  their  cattle.  Under  the 
present  system  these  men  are  crushed  down 
by  ignorance  and  a  distant  market ;  but  as 
soon  as  Denison  shall  he  only  4  days  and  23 
hour*  from  New  York  city,  much. of  the  trouble 
will  be  effaced;  aud  this  moment  is  at.  hand,  as 
this  trial  trip  was  accomplished  In  5  day*  and  1 
hour;  and  that  time  was  made  under  the  diffi¬ 
culties  of  a  new  undertaking.  So  great  are 
the  obstacles  to  rapid  transit  for  distant  freight 
that  it  has  consumed  three  years  to  combine 
the  necessary  arrangements;  and  now  that  ■ 
such  have  been  accomplished,  we  trust  West¬ 


ern  stock  owners  will  not  be  slow  to  avail  them¬ 
selves  of  the  advantages  offered  to  them  as 
producers  and  to  us  as  consumers. 

-  Ml - 

Object*  or  the  Order  or  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 

—Mr.  Wm.  8AUXDKRS,  who  Is,  Justly  we  think, 
esteemed  the  originator  of  the  Order,  has  been 
talking  to  a  Washington  correspondent,  con¬ 
cerning  the  objects  of  the  Order.  This  cor¬ 
respondent  writing  of  the  interview  says:— The 
first  remark  he  made  to  me.  upon  my  referring 
to  the  great  Interest  t ho  public  was  taking  in 
the  Order  of  tho  Grangers  waa,  that  there  was 
a  gross  misunderstanding  in  the  popular  mind 
a*  to  the  main  purposes  of  tho  Order.  Ho 
said  it  was  generally  supposed  that  it  was  an 
organization  to  Oght  monopolies  and  to  con¬ 
trol  political  action,  but  that,  so  far  from  this 
being  the  case,  it  was  an  organization  of  the 
Patrons  of  Husbandry  for  purposp*  of  simple 
education  and  business,  for  instruction  in 
horticulture  and  agriculture,  aud  for  economy 
and  efficiency  in  their  private  transactions. 

- - - 

Joseph  Arch  at  Home. -Upon  Mr.  Joseph 
Arch's  return  to  England  ho  was  at  once  in¬ 
terviewed,  and  he  made  some  astounding 
declarations.  44 1  intend  to  go  on,44  he  said, 
44  until  I  havo  drained  the  country 44  of  agricul¬ 
tural  laborers.  This  Is  buncombe,  Mr.  Arcu! 
Mr.  Arch  Is  evidently  Intending  to  “make  a 
good  thing  of  his  position  a*  “go  between  44 
the  Enirlish  agricultural  laborers  and  the  far¬ 
mers  of  tho  United  States  and  Canada.  He 
hopes  to  drain  England  of  her  agricultural 
laborers  by  Inducing  Americans  to  pay  for 
transporting  thorn  hither.  Wo  are  quite  sure 
t  hat  so  far  as  our  influence  may  gw,  if  English 
laborers  want  to  come  to  this  country  they  will 
pay  their  faro  hither,  and  take  their  chances 
with  other  laborers  in  getting  employment 
when  they  arrive. 

“New  Needling  Koolety.”  —  Our  friend,  old 
|  “Daily  Rural  Life,”  in  another  column  of  this 
paper,  makes  what  seems  to  us  an  important, 
suggestion  with  reference  to  the  organization, 
In  different  parts  of  tho  country,  of  “Seedling 
Societies."  Read  what  ho  has  to  say  about  it 
in  his  44  Diary.”  We  cannot,  nor  need  we,  add 
anything  to  his  argument  In  favor  of  such  a 
movement.  Let  our  reuders  Interested,  tell  us 
what  they  think  of  the  proposal. 

- —  - 

Mutual  Aid  Fund.  In  M  iselssippl  some  of  the 
Granges  are  establishing  what  they  call  a  44  Mu¬ 
tual  Aid  Fund,”  by  each  member  contributing 
as  much  cotton  or  cash  each  year,  as  he  or  she 
can  spare,  as  a  reserve  means  of  mutual  aid  and 
protection. 

Exposure  of  l'rnnd  always  proves  honesty  to 
be  the  best  policy.  Since  the  exposure  of  tho 
adulterations  of  green  teas  in  London,  they 
have  fallen  in  price  amazingly— In  some  cases 
to  the  a  mount  of  15  and  20  cents  per  pound. 


RURAL  BREVITIES. 

Cows  are  selling  In  Sout  hern  Ohio  at  $5  each 
on  account  of  scarcity  of  food. 

Geo,  N.  Barrows,  Taunton,  Mass.,  asks 
where  he  can  get  Chufa  seed,  and  at  what  price. 
We  do  not  know. 

Til  B  next  National  Short-Horn  Breeders’  Con¬ 
vention  is  to  be  held  at  Springfield,  Ill.,  tho 
first  Wednesday  in  December,  1874. 

A  correspondent  asks  some  one  who  has 
tried  It  successive  years,  w  hether  it  is  found 
profitable  to  feed  all  the  grain  produced  upon 
a  form  on  it. 

Don’t  forget  to  send  us  items  of  experience, 
or  inquiries  that,  will  call  out  t  he  oxperieuce 
of  others,  upon  topics  concerning  which  you 
lack  information. 

Pkof.H.  E.  Colton,  Jate  of  the  Agricultural 
Department  of  the  New  York  Times,  is,  we 
notice,  traveling  in  the  South  aud  correspond¬ 
ing  for  that  paper. 

Information  from  Central  Illinois  states  it 
ha*  been  a  bad  year  for  broom  corn  producers 
thero,  and  many  heavy  cultivators  are  going 
out  of  the  business. 

The  cash  proceeds  from  the  Michigan  Agri¬ 
cultural  College  farm  the  past  year  have  been 
SR)  per  acre  for  that  part  cropped-  How  much 
of  this  is  profit  we  arc  not  informed. 

From  R.  C.  Gurney.  60  East  70th  St.  N.  Y. 
City,  we  have  received  the  magnificent  Christ¬ 
mas  and  New  Year*  number*  of  the  Young 
Ladles  Journal,— an  Euglish  Fashion  Magazine. 

P.  Barry.  President  of  the  Centennial  Horti¬ 
cultural  Sooiety,  states  t  hat  they  are  busy  pre¬ 
paring  plans  of  grounds  and  buildings,  and 
intend  to  have  a  44  Horticultural  and  Pomolog- 
Ical  Exhibition  sueh  as  was  never  seen.” 


BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


A  Pnper  for  Yonng  People.  — The  Youth’s 
Companion  of  Boston  Is  one  of  the  most  judicious 
and  enterprising  sheets  In  the  country ,  and  lu  breadth 
of  miscellaneous  reurtlng  has  no  superior. 


The  unprecedented  sale  of  the  Eureka  Machine 
Twist  is  accour.ed  for  from  the  fact  that  those  who 
use  it  once  will  use  no  other. 


Doe*  ihe  storm  keep  you  from  the  lecture?  Do 
the  winter  evenings  seem  long?  Ha  ve  the  old  games 
become  worn  and  lost  their  freshness?  Get  now 
Avilude,  or  Game  of  Bird;.  No  game  has  so  happy  a 
combination  of  keen  enjoyment  in  its  play,  with  so 
much  useful  information  conveyed  by  the  beautiful 
pictures  of  Birds  and  their  fine  and  correct  descrip¬ 
tions.  Sent,  post-paid,  for  seventy-five  cents,  by 
West  &  LEE,  Worcester,  Mass. 


DEC.  2© 


©OBE’S  BUBAL  N 


¥©BKEB, 


Our  illustration,  over  the  above  title,  is  from 
a  work  about  to  be  published  by  Macmillan 
&  Co.  of  London,  entitled  "'Wolf's  Wild  Ani¬ 
mals,”  the  designs  for  which  were  drawn  by 
Mr.  Joseph  Woi.f,  an  artist  who  is  celebrated 
for  his  representations  of  wild  animal  Ufo  and 
scenes  connect ed  therowitli.  In  “A  Have  for 
Life,”  a  pack  of  the  white  wolves  of  the  prairies 
have  pursued  a  noble  specimen  of  the  Wapiti. 
Gradually  they  gained  on  him,  and  his  strength 
was  on  the  point  of  giving  way,  when  at  length 
he  reached  a  river,  the  middle  of  which  was 
still  unfrozen.  As  soon  as  he  gained  the  open 
water  the  wolves  were  unable 


iHtr 

SANTA  CLAUS 

CURED  OF  THE  PANIC. 


BY  REV.  E.  P.  ROE, 

THE  AUTHOR  OP  ‘•BARRIERS  BURNED  AWAY,” 
“WHAT  LAN  SHE  DO,”  &C. 


The  water  was  sliut  off  from  the  race-way 
and  foamed  down  the  rocky  channel  of  the 
stream,  adding  little  though  seemingly  to  Its 
volume,  thus  becoming  the  emblem  of  multi¬ 
tudes  of  lives  quite  lost  in  the  general  human 


“A  panic!— what.  Is  that?” 

“  Blessed  if  I  know  much  about  it,”  said  the 
man,  irritably.  “Something got  up  by  the  rich 
to  make  the  poor  poorer,  and  knock  a  man 
down  that’s  trying  to  climb  up.  What  It  is 
or  what  caused  It,  might  worry  a  Yankee  law¬ 
yer  to  mako  out ;  but  it  ineuns  trouble  enough 
for  us.  They  say  the  rich  are  catching  it  this 
time,  too,  but  they  won't  have  to  go  hungry,  as 
1  fear  wo  will." 

Talk  of  hunger  seemed  out  of  place  In  Mr. 
Jamison’s  house.  Tt.  abounded  in  comfort, and 
j  there  were  not  a  few  evidences  of  smartness 
and  ambition,  if  not  refinement.  The  family 
were  Inthegeneral  dining-room,  but  the  lighted 
lamp  in  the  parlor  revealed  an  apartment  as 
grand  as  cheap  ornaments,  pictures,  and  showy 
furniture  could  mako  it. 

“The  idea  of  our  ever  going  hungry,”  said 


into  It.  I  don’t  bollovo  that,  after  the  mort¬ 
gage  and  debts  were  paid  we’d  have  anything 
left,  and  bo  out  of  a  homo  In  the  bargain,"  was 
the  despondent  answer. 

An  ominous  silence  foil  on  the  little  group 
broken  only  by  the  chatter  of  two  children  at 
play  under  the  table,  who  were  too  young  to 
suffer  otherwise  than  unfledged  birds  In  a  nest 
when  f  heir  parents  failed  In  their  foraging  for 
them. 

“Oh  dear,"  said  Alice,  whose  language  was 
tinged  with  the  fashionable  slang  and  affecta¬ 
tion  of  her  ambitious  little  coterie  of  girls, 
“I’m  awfully  pained  that  tills  panic  has  come 
now,  for  I  shall  have  to  give  up  my  music  and 
drawing,  and  everything  just  when  beginning 
to  do  so  nicely. “ 

“Indeed  you  will.”  said  her  father,  shortly, 
“and  if  the  panic  don’t  bring  you  anything 
more  painful  than  that,  you  tray 


to  pursue  him  further;  one  was 
already  prostrated  by  a  kick 
from  thodeer's sharp  hoof,  and 
was  carried  away  by  the  Icy 
stream.  The  re-.it  of  the  pack 
squatted  on  the  shore,  howling 
their  disappointment,  and  the 
sorely-pressed  deer  reached  the 
opposite  bank  In  safety. 
- - 

EQUESTRIAN  EXERCISE. 

Slowly  but  surely  Is  gaining 
ground  ainoogour  fair  country¬ 
women,  a  taste  for  the  eques¬ 
trian  exercise  that,  plants  such 
Vivid  roses  in  the  cheeks,  and 
brilliant  light  In  the  eyes  of 
their  English  cousins.  It.  is 
abundant  fresh  air,  regular  ex¬ 
ercise,  and  n  prescribed  plain 
diet  in  early  youth,  t.liat  creates 
the  envied  “  Engllan  constitu¬ 
tion,”  and  now  Dumo  Fashion 
dresses  the  most  tasteful  riding 
gear  heart  can  wish,  to  aid  the 
double  benefit,  of  health  and 
pleasure.  The  riding  habit  may 
be  composed  of  JnvisabJe  blue 
cloth,  or  entirely  black ;  the  last 
Is  the  most  modish  perhaps. 
The  body  la  cut  with  a  short 
jockey  busquo,  closed  to  the 
throat  with  one  row  of  heavy 
cloth  or  silk  buttons,  or  else 
strapped  across  cadet  fashion. 
The  sleeves  are  closely  shaped 
to  l  lie  arm,  without  any  other 
IRish  at  the  wrist,  than  a  neat 
white  linen  cuff.  The  skirt  is  a 
yard  and  a  half  long,  and  three 
yards  and  a  half  wide.  The  hat 
is  a  silk  atove'.plpe,  wKkalight- 
ly  rolling  brim.  Around  the 
crown  is  twisted  a  veil  of  gren¬ 
adine,  or  a  sweeping  ostrich 
plume.  Gloves  of  chamois  skiu, 
or  undressed  kid  (long  wrist), 
complete  a  very  stylish  toilet. 


THE  WORD  “FEMALE.'’ 

Trtr.  use  of  this  word  for  wo¬ 
man  i3one  of  the  most  unpleas¬ 
ant  and  inexcusable  of  the  com¬ 
mon  porversions  of  language. 
It.  is  not  a  Briticism,  although 
it.  is  much  more  In  vogue  among 
British  writers  and  speakers 
than  among  our  own.  With  us, 
lady  is  the  favorite  euphemism 
for  woman.  For  every  one  of 
the  softer  and  more  ambltlou 
sex  who  is  dissatisfied  with  her 
social  position,  or  uncertain  of 
it,  seems  to  share  Mrs.  Qulok- 
ly’s  dislike  of  being  called  a 
woman.  There  is  no  lack  of 
what  is  called  authoritative 
usago  during  three  centuries  for 
this  misuse  of  female,  as  T  may 
show  should  I  undertake  the 


be  thankful.” 

Little  Ben,  as  he  was  called, 
was  a  thoughtful  child,  and 
listened  to  all  this  con  vernation 
with  round,  wondering  eyes, 
and  a  vague  sense  of  Impending 
disaster.  From  his  sister’s 
speech,  and  the  manner  and 
words  of  his  father,  the  new 
word  “  Panic”  became  associ¬ 
ated  with  pain— suffering.  It 
seojned  to  his  childish  mind 
s  tine  terrible  epidemic  disease 
that  had  commeiurd  raging. 
Mr.  ShuTEDOWn,  the  proprietor 
of  the  mill,  had  caught  it,  and 
had  therefore  stopped  every- 
liiing,  and  brought  nil  this 
trouble  on  bis  father  anil  the 
rest.  If  Hanta  Glaus  now 
should  take  the  Panic  mat¬ 
ters  would  be  desperate  indeed, 
and  the  heaviest  blow  of  all 
would  fall  on  him.  Little  Bi:n 
had  sot  his  heart  on  a  pair  of 
skates.  He  had  thought  of 
them  by  day  and  dreamed  of 
them  by  night,  (ill  they  meant 
to  him  “all  the  kingdoms  of 
the  world  nnd  the  glory  of 
them,”  and  his  mother  had 
hinted  broadly  that  if  he  were 
n  good  boy  Santa  Claus  would 
bring  them  on  Christinas. 
Therefore  to  Little  Bi  n  Christ¬ 
inas  was  the  mlllonium.  But 
suppose  Santa  Claus  should 
catch  this  dreadful  Panic,  and 
have  to  stop  everything  Him  Mr. 
SkuteiiowN  and  others  that  his 
father  spoke  of,  and  Little 
Ben's  heart  failed  him  at  the 
thought.  Ho  wanted  to  ask 
Ids  fattier  if  such  a  thing  were 
possible,  but  could  not  sum¬ 
mon  courage  for  a.  long  time  to 
face  the  dreaded  answer. 

Mrs.  Jamison  went  to  the 
kitchen  and  completed  prepa¬ 
rations  for  supper,  and  then 
said  to  her  husband: — “Come, 
von  shall  have  one  more  good 
meal,  anyway,  and  then  I’ll  do 
anything  you  think  best  and  try 
In  make  a  little  go  a  good  ways.” 

“  It  will  be  a  bitter  day  to  me, 
Jane,  when  I  can't  say  to  you 
and  the  children,  ‘eat.  and  be 
sat  lulled,’  but  I  confess  I'm 
caught  In  a  very  tight  place.  I  f 
i  he  mill  don’t  start  soon  I  can't 
think  what  we  shall  do,  for  I 
ion’t  know  how  to  do  other 
Kinds  of  work,  even  if  flcnukl 
et  any.  Seems  to  me  I’d  rather 
die  than  see  those  mouths 
•rying  for  bread,”  he  added, 
nuking  at  the  plump,  rouud- 
'  iced  little  girls,  who  weresoon 
on  their  way  to  the  bottoms  of 
two  bowls  of  bread  and  milk  ; 
“  and  I'm  one  who  couldn’t  live 


discussion  of  Americanisms,  so 
called.  But  this  is  one  of  those  perversions 
which  arc  not  justified  by  example,  however 
eminent.  A  cow  or  a  sow,  or  any  she  brute,  is 
a  female,  just  as  a  woman  is ;  as  a  man  Is  no 
more  a  male  than  a  bull  Is,  or  a  boar;  and  no 
woman  calls  herself  a  female,  without  thereby 
sharing  her  sex  with  all  the  brute  creation. 

- ♦  «■  » - 

ABOUT  SUNSHINE. 


Sunshine  is  beautiful  and  joy-inspiring  al¬ 
ways.  All  things  animate  and  inanimate  take 
on  a  new  life  in  its  presence.  Not  a  flower  but 
gratefully  recognizes  it.  not  a  song  bird  but 
carols  the  sweeter  under  its  touch.  How  the 
rivulet*  flash,  and  the  broad  waters  shimmer  to 
its  glance,  while  the  valley  atmosphere  is  gold- 
enly  a-haze,  and  the  grand  old  woods  and 
mountains  are  all  aflame  with  Its  kisses.  Earth, 
that  under  the  cloud  and  the  night -shade, 
seems  like  one  stricken  with  a  might  y  sorrow, 
now  treads  her  rounds  of  space  like  a  new- 
crowned  queen.  Who,  amid  tho  gushing  sun¬ 
shine,  can  think  of  aught  but  life,  health,  joy, 
music,  beauty  and  splendor ! 


The  overburdened  man  scarcely  has  the  de¬ 
sire  to  love,  far  less  the  time.  We  always  love 
and  seek  things  at  the  expense  of  persons ;  and 
the  man  who  works  too  much  must  love  too 
little. 


tide,  but  which  might  accomplish  so  much  if 
concentrated  directly  and  steadily  upon  one 
useful  purpose.  The  great  wheel  made  a  few 
slow  revolutions  and  stopped,  and  the  little 
army  of  operatives  were  informed  that  with  it 
their  work  also  stopped  indefinitely.  The  sad 
fact  came  to  very  many  like  a  bolt  from  a  se¬ 
rene  sky.  What  did  those  men.  women  and  I 
children,  many  of  them  strangers  In  our  land, 
know  of  stocks  and  Wall  Street  gambling?  And 
|  yet  the  unlucky  betting,  the  wild,  reckless  ven¬ 
ture*  of  millionaires  that  they  had  never  heard 
of,  were  talcing  away  tbeir  bread.  For  good  or 
evil  humanity  Is  so  linked  together  that  Indi¬ 
vidual  action  may  he  cause  of  effects  not  | 
I  dreamed  of. 

From  the  mill  portals  many  pale,  troubled 
I  faces  Issued  that  night,  and  deep  anxiety,  and 
in  not  a  few  instances,  utter  dismay  was  carried 
to  the  homes  represented. 

“  What  Is  the  matter  ?"  asked  Mrs.  Jamison. 
as  her  husband  came  in  with  lowering  brow, 
and  sat  dejectedly  down  In  the  corner  behind  ! 
the  stove.  His  manner  was  usually  energetic, 
cheery  and  bustling. 

“Matter  enough,”  he  answered  gruffly.  1 
“Without  a  word  of  warning  tho  mill  has 
stopped,  and  I’rn  out  of  work.  There’s  a  panic." 

Chorus  of  Mrs.  Jamison,  a  buxom  mlddle- 
aged  woman;  of  Alice,  a  blooming  girl  of 
eighteen ;  and  of  Llttlo  Ben,  a  boy  not  far  from 
nine  years  of  age. 


Mrs.  Jamison,  increduously  and  In  some  heat. 

“It  maybe  a  very  hard  fact  soon,  Instead  of 
an  Idea,”  said  her  husband  gloomily.  “You 
know  how  things  are.  Only  three  days  ago  I 
drew  ray  wages  up  to  date,  and  made  a  pay¬ 
ment  on  our  place  here.  I  was  calculating  on 
my  winter  earnings  to  pay  up  back  store  ac¬ 
counts,  and  provide  for  winter.  But  there  may 
not  be  any  winter  earnings,  for  Mr.  Shutedowx 
says  that  it  may  be  months  before  rbey  start 
up  again,  if  they  ever  do.  We  are  in  debt  at 
the  stores  now,  and  they’ll  be  mighty  slow  to 
trust  any  of  us  after  work  lias  stopped.  I 
couldn’t  borrow  money  on  the  place  those 
times,  especially  when  there’s  a  mortgage  on 
it  already,  and  if  1  could  It  would  only  end  in 
our  losing  the  place  and  all  we’vo  paid  on  It. 
Can’t  you  see  how  things  aro?  We  have  laid  in 
no  stores;  I’ve  got  no  money,  and  don’t  know 
where  to  get  any.  So  what  aro  you  and  tho 
children,  and  our  fine  lady  of  a  daughter  going 
to  live  on.  I’d  like  to  know?” 

A  flush,  half  of  shame,  half  of  anger,  suffused 
A  ltck’8  face  at  this  reference  to  herself,  but 
Mrs.  Jamison  dropped  Into  a  chair,  and  with 
tears  in  her  eyes  said:—"  I  declare,  Silas,  you 
quite  take  away  rny  breath.  I  can't  realize  it. 
Everything  has  been  going  smbotbly  so  long.  I 
suppose  we  could  sell  the  place,  if  worse  came 
to  the  worst.” 

“  We  wouldn’t  get  half  its  value  now,  and  I’d 
lose  the  earnings  of'long  years  that  I’ve  put 


on  charity.” 

“Now  look  here,  Silas,"  said  his  wife,  wip¬ 
ing  her  eyes  lest  her  tears  should  weaken  his 
tea  before  she  handed  It  to  him,  “  don’t  you  go 
to  talk  about  dying.  I  know  the  papers  arc  full 
of  suicides  of  people  wbo’ve  got  in  trouble. 
But  if  ever  a  man  does  a  mean,  cowardly  thing 
its  when  he  kills  himself  and  loaves  a  weak 
woman  and  a  lot  of  little  children  to  bear  the 
same  trouble  all  alone,  and  made  a  million 
times  worse  by  the  sorrow  and  shame  of  his 
death.  Whatever’^  before  us,  let's  stand  by 
each  other  and  try  to  do  right.” 

“  Ob,  I  don’t  want  to  die,"  said  her  husband, 
hastily;  “I’m  not  lit,  for  that  matter.  Only  I 
feel  desperate  blue,  fori  can't  see  my  way  an 
Inch  out  of  this  fog." 

“  Well,”  said  Mrs.  Jamison,  “  I’m  sure  of  one 
t  hing.  We  ought  to  trust  to  God  and  do  right.” 

“  That's  easier  said  than  done,”  her  husband 
again  answered  with  irritation.  “If  I  saw  you 
all  hungry  I’d  bo  more  inclined  to  steal  than 
trust.” 

“Oh,  Silas  I"  said  his  wife,  reproachfully, 
“you  don’t  mean  that.  You  aro  so  full  of 
trouble  you  don’t  know  what  you  are  saying.” 
But.  her  own  conscience  condemned  her,  for 
though  a  professing  Christian  she  lout  grown 
cold  and  indifferent  like  many  others.  Worldll- 
u ess  can  master  the  soul  In  the  cottage  as  well 
as  In  tho  palace.  She  was  oppressed  with  tho 
thought  that  consolations  of  faith  came  from 
her  lips  with  poor  grace  and  found  little  echo 


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MOORE’S  HGFiAL  NEW-YORKER. 


■in  her  own  heart,  and  so  she  censed  from  her 
vain  attempt  to  help  tier  husband  in  that,  direc¬ 
tion,  and  the  meal  wont  forward  in  depressing 
silence.  At  hist  the  pressure  of  anxiety  became 
too  great  for  Littio  Ben.  and  he  ventured  in 
timid,  trembling  tones,  “Papa, don’t  you  think 
Santa  Claus  will  come  Just  the  same  this 
Christmas?" 

“No  indeed,  sir,”  replied  his  father  with 
crushing  emphasis.  “Santa  Claus  has  got 
the  panic  worse  than  anybody.  Jt’ll  be  the 
death  of  him,  I’m  thinking,  for  us." 

Little  Bkn'h  cup  of  sorrow  now  overflowed, 
nnd  so  did  his  eyes.  IBs  wee  sisters  having 
found  the  hot  toms  of  their  bowls  were  at  leisure 
to  observe  him,  which  they  did  in  much  won¬ 
derment  and  sympathy.  Tor  he  was  a  manly  boy  I 
and  seldom  cried. 

“  What’s  a  matter,  bodcr  ?"  askod  the  young¬ 
est,  her  own  eyes  tilling. 

“Santa  ClauB — ain’t  —coming  this  Christ¬ 
mas,”  sobbed  Littio  Ben.  “  He’s  got  the  panic." 

These  dismal  tidings  brought  dismay  to  their 
lit  t  le  souls  also,  and  they  at  once  set  up  a  dis¬ 
mal  wall  that  J  wish  might  haunt  the  dreams 
of  the  speculators. 

And  so  the  whole  family  came  at  last  under 
the  shadow  of  the  great  financial  disaster.  The 
father  left  his  supper  unfinished  and  hastily 
retreated  to  the  dusky  corner  behind  (  lie  stove, 
iu  the  sitting-room. 

Mr.  .Jamison  was  a  shrewd,  thriving  native  of 
New  England,  who,  by  industry  and  trust¬ 
worthiness,  had  attained  an  important  position 
in  t  he  mill,  and  received  large  wages.  Property 
was  rising  in  the  village,  and  he  wisely  thought 
it  better  to  buy  a  home  than  to  bo  moving  about 
in  rented  rooms.  But  as  wo  have  seen  the 
panic  caught  him,  as  ho  expressed  it,  in  a  "very 
tight  place;’’  yet  he  was  better  off  than  many, 
for  ho  had  something  that  he  could  call  ills 
h.  His  wife,  like  himself,  was  of  American 
descent  5  had  been  the  daughter  of  a  small 
tanner,  and  in  her  maiden  days  had  learned 
the  trade  of  dreas-niaUiug.  But  as  prosperity 
Increased,  and  she  came  to  have  a  nice  and 
quite  pretentious  home  of  her  own,  she  grew’ 
ambitious  and  gave  way  to  that  baneful  idea  of 
American  society  that  working  for  money,  ex-  ( 
cepf  In  some  genteel  way  was  not  “the  thing”  ( 
for  women  seeking  social  promotion.  Her 
husband,  with  something  of  the  same  perverted 
pride,  had  said,  “  she  needn’t  work ;  he  guessed  , 
he  could  take  care  of  hts  family."  So  on  the  i 
ne>\  home  t  he  dress- maker's  sign  had  not  ap-  < 
peared. 

Hut  it  was  In  relation  to  her  daughter  that  , 
Mrs.  Jamison's  notions  of  gent  ility  developed  - 
i liemselvos  most  decidedly.  Alice  was  uii-  j 
usually  pretty,  and  her  mother  purposed  that  , 
she  should  become  a  fine  lady  in  very  truth,  and  ^ 
make  a  “good  mutch."  So  the  child  was  al-  D 
ways  dressed  boyong  her  station,  and  taught,  to 
put  on  airs  generally.  She  should  do  no  hard 
work,  because  her  hands  must  be  kept  white  r 
and  little,  and  she  was  petted  and  flattered  to  , 
tli.ii  degree  that  her  father  sometimes  said,  , 
“  You’ll  make  such  a  lady  of  her  that  she  will 
be  ashamed  of  us  both  one  of  those  days." 

There  is  plenty  of  vanity  in  every  heart,  and  e 
that  in  Alice’s  was  nursed  and  developed  by  d 
her  mother’s  foolish  course  in  no  ordinary  dn-  f 
grey  and  had  she  not  possessed  a  good  sub-  s 
strut  urn  of  common  sense  she  might  have  been  v 
spoiled  utterly.  But  she  was  a  bright  girl  nnd 
did  not  dawdle  over  her  books,  and  was  ue-  I 
quiring  a  very  fair  education.  Kbe  also  had  a  i 
lit  t  le  love  affair  on  hand  w  ith  a  young  man  who  d 
was  clerk  in  a  drygoods  store  ill  New- York,  and  1 
of  whom  Airs.  Jamison  spoke  confidentially  to  s 
a  few  intimate  cronies  as  “exceedingly  well 
connected,"  being  in  fact  the  son  of  a  deceased  n 
Methodist  minister,  once  a  pastor  in  the  vil¬ 
lage.  No  formal  engagement  bound  the  young  T 
people,  but  be  had  "waited  on”  Alik  to  that  c 
extent  that  it  was  considered  pretty  well  set¬ 
tled.  In  her  confident  expectation  Frank.  was  ji 
destined  to  own  the  store  in  which  he  had  ro- 
eomtly  written  her  with  much  elation  that  ho  rt 
had  been  promoted  to  the  dignity  of  .selling  s' 
goods  in  small  quantities.  So  Alte,  with  her  g 
music,  drawing  and  “beau,” was  regarded  by  t] 
her  littio  set  as  a  very  favored  and  enviable 
girl.  The  future  seemed  to  her  a  golden  luwe  b 
of  delight  ful  possibilities,  and  she  determined 
to  tit  herself  to  be  the  elegant  mistress  of  the 
brown  stone  house  which  she  was  sure  Frank  w 
would  give  her  at  uo  distant  day.  But  the  panic  d 
and  iter  fathor’s  words,  like  n  sudden,  violent 
storm,  swept  the  haze  away,  and  she  saw  but  e, 
one  bare,  gaunt  question  that  of  bread.  For  a 
a  little  time  she  was  too  stunned  and  bewil¬ 
dered  to  realize  it.  ?, 

Little  Urn  hud  taken  a  great  fancy  to  Dr.  c 
Bowne,  whose  benevolent,  cheery  face  was  a  s: 
great  deal  pleasanter  than  his  medicine.  What  " 
was  more  to  the  t  olnt,  Dr.  Bowne  had  taken  a  i,- 
fancy  to  Little  Bus,  nnd  needing  a  boy  to  sit  in  r< 
his  buggy  nnd  In  Id  his  horse  while  he  made  his  :V 
calls,  offered  the  boy  the  situation.  To  Little 
Bkn  i  nis  was  as  “  nice  a  plum”  as  a  position  in 
the  cabinet  to  an  ambitious  statesman.  Be-  U 
sides  many  little  perquisites  of  pleasure,  three  11 
elements  of  great  and  unmingled  good  belonged  a' 
to  this  office.  First,  thero  was  the  doctor,  so  ii 
chatty  and  kind;  next,  a  store  of  pennies, 
counted  over  till  enough  were  secured  to  buy  a  'v 
warm  new  overcoat ;  and  t  hen,  l>est  of  all,  t  here  ci 
was  the  horse.  For  along  time  unmeasurable 
content  dwelt  in  Little  Ben’s  heart.  But  alas  'j 
for  our  insatiable  human  nature!  A  frosty 
night  skimmed  the  ponds  with  ice,  suggested  r< 
skates,  and  these  -omi  eame  to  till  the  whole  jp' 
horizon.  And  now  Santa  (Ii.aus  had  tho panic. 

The  next  day  Little  Ben  sat  disconsolately  by  ci 


'r  thc  Doctor,  who  had  an  important  case  on  a  counter,  stared  at  by  rude  people  and  nt  the 
;-  hand,  and  therefore  was  too  much  prc-occupied  beck  and  nod  of  every  one,  than  to  work  in  a. 
g  to  notice  the  downcast,  face  of  the  bov.  But  sheltered  home  for  a  few  people  who 

,  the  latte.  I,«d  m».  to  look  „p»„  the  , r  a. 

rt  bis  only  hope,  and  at  last  he  ventured “  Dr.  of  you,  ir  your  mother  ain’t,”  said  her  father, 
k  Bowne,  can’t  you  cure  most  kinds  of  sickness  putting  his  arm  around  her  waist, 
s  “Well,”  said  the  Doctor,  good  naturedlv.  'Vv,'"?11  I’ve  got  toeay  is,  I'kam,  Waiters 
“with  the  help  of  a  nice  old  lady  named  n£  S?d  mSjaSn?8'  '  "  h°  h0ars  of  U’ 

h  tore,  I  can  euro  a  good  many  kinds."  “  Then  I  won’t  look  at  him,"  said  A  lie.  with 

t  “Do  you  think  you  could  cure  the  panic?”  fP,r,J*  *'  he  doesn't  think  anymore  of  me. 

e  faltered  Little  Ben  than  that,  I’d  like  to  find  It  out;  '  and  she  felt 

,  n  ,  ,  ,,  .  T  a  strong  desire  to  put  him  to  tho  test,  though 

Ihc  Doctor  laughed  and  said “  I’m  afraid  in  her  heart  she  confessed  that  she  dreaded 
.  the  panic  is  *  too  many*  for  us  both.”  what,  might  be  t  he  result. 

I  With  the  giving  way  of  his  last  hope  Little  sh'.iY-A'/F,  **  illV,n*r  1  ll<!  pV.Ur?.  k[i° 

,  Bk„  w  too.  Bobbori :  "  Oh, oh.  oh,-  SSr  tot 

-  I’m  so  sorry.  You  were  my  only  hope.”  broad;  £12  a  month  and  Littio  Ben’s  pennies 

’  n"  p  hy.ohll.l,  ,yh,t  is  the  mat  tor?"  nskod  the 

Doctoi ,  in  surpi  iso.  we  can  add  means  so  much  more  comfort  -and 

“Father  says  Santa  Claus  has  got  the  panic  1  tvaut  no  other  bread  than  broad  earned  to 
just  like  Mr.  Shdtedown,  and  he  can’t  bring  -P'"? ‘"f0  f  ‘l*  A  Tll0rt'  *J  *?°  plenty  that 
any  ,k„«,  a,  .m.tt.or  «ld  ho  would,”  and  IXK 'J&’A " ' "v^-. wrfo.’lifkt “wS 
Bun’s  little  face  was  the  picture  of  childish  must  stand  by  each  other  and  trust  the  Lore. 
despair.  J  don’t  know  as  much  about'  him  as  I  ought; 

The  Doctor  drew  out  the  whole  story  of  Mr.  i^r.  1,  Hewa^'iT  S.Vcd' of  bi’tng  poo^Trof 
Jamison  s  trouble,  and  then  Bald,  wit  h  a  grave  bard  Work  ;  and  the  Bible  says  that  *  He  took 
face  that  Inspired  the  utmost  confidence “  j  upon  him  the  form  of  a  servant.’  Seems  to  me 
must  look  into  Santa  Claus'  case.  Now  J  r  njost  Christie  ns  ■>< 1  w-a-dayn  have  got  ahead 

Ihlnl,  „r  It.  than,  l.avn  town  g'K iSaJA'ilf^i  SKWlSC 

panic,  If  not  too  severe,  was  cured.  I  think  you  swept  the  streets  than  starve  with  silk 
there's  hope, Little  Ben.  I’ll  look  into  his  case  So,  Alie,  come;  don't  let’s  lose  a 

ami  tell  vou  to-morrow."  your  hat  and  shawl  and  I’ll  go 

The  child  took  heart  and  waited  for  the  Doc-  before  ns." 
tor’s  opinion  with  as  deep  anxiety  as  any  loving  Half  an  hour  later  At.ie  was  engaged  at  mod- 

watcher  over  a  sick  friend.  '^ges  ”>  view  of  her  inexperience,  a*  Mrs. 

The  Doci.01  told  his  wife  about  Little  Ben  s  too  prompt,  for  a  girl  was  inquiring  for  the 
trouble,  and  she  told  some  other  ladies,  and  place  as  they  came  out. 

though  none  of  them  were  rich,  and  had  little  Mrs.  Jamison  sat  fur  a  time  in  deep  thouglil 
folk  of  their  own  it,  was  agreed  among  them  of  ho^reflecUonsf^ld'!- 

that  us  far  as  the  Jamison  children  were  con-  “They  shan’t  get  ahead  of  me,  after  ail."  Am 
corned, Santa  Claus  should  lie  fully  recovered  s,,o  went  to  a  eh  set,  took  do\*  n  her  old  dress 
by  Christmas.  maker’s  sign  and  hung  it  overt  he  door.  Fatbei 

''ri,r,iwibO„i,iiiMi.n,.« . i  ,,  and  daughter  saw  it  in  the  moonlight  and  cami 

lh<  1  ot  tor  told  Little  Bln  next  da>  that  lie  jn  hiughlng.  Her  husband  exclaimed:—"  Hood 

was  satisfied  that  be  could  cure  Santa  Claus  for  you,  mother.  Wo  knew  you  had  tho  true 
so  that  ho  would  bring  the  skates,  nnd  great  V.vnkee  grit,  after  ail.  The  wolf  can’t  howl  at 

was  the  consequent  joy.  *  °LimeBE^in  bis  desire  to  add  to  the  hopeful 

Do  you  ildnk  he  will  be  well  enough  to  aspect  of  affairs,  was  near  exploding  with  lib 
bringmy  little  sisters  anything?"  asked  the  boy,  secret.  He  felt  that  lie  might,  venture  a  hint 
“Yes,"  said  the  Doctor;  “  we  arc  going  in  without  disobeying  the  Doctor.  So  he  pulled 

cure  him  up  strong.  But  you  must  not  say  any-  Santa  ^ ’cLAUH^uSof  ^hTi^ljv.VSr’SS!^ 
thing  about  it  at.  homo.  Hr  wants  to  Kurprise  She.  with  n  laugh,  repeated  wlmt  he  naid  to 
your  little  sisters  and  all  the  rent.”  the  others,  who  gave  rarh  other  a  wink,  inti- 

How  Little  Urn  swelled  and  exulted  over  his  &??££  S*  UthUX  Slnm’s 

secret,  and  the  niunnv  escape  lie  had  from  lot-  saint  was  at  least  better:  but  Mr.  Jamison  put 
ting  it  all  out,  would  require  pages  to  recount,  on  a  long  face  and  said;— “Don’t  expect  to,, 
Our  Hon.  Secretary  tif  State,  with  all  tho  secrets  mil<,li,  Lillie  Ben;  he’ll  be  powerful  weak  this 
of  the  Cuban  question  in  his  possession,  was  yc^ •bl,e1t? 

not  so  conscious  of  Importance  One  day  he  wen.  off  to  bZ  clmckiing' S?' l,!s"upeHo? 
said  patronizingly  to  his  father  who,  in  galling  knowledge,  and  soon  glided  away  to  the  land 
idleness,  brooded  despondently  in  tho  dusky  of  dreams  on  tho  coveted  i  katos. 
corner  behind  the  stove :  "  Cheer  up,  liana  !  If  ,  *  IIAN  **■  M  alters  m  ole  ho  would  be  home 
■  ,,  ,  ,  the  day  before  CUristmas.  in  the  afternoon 

you  knevv  all  I  do,  you  wonldnt  fool  so  bad .  .  .  ui,"'0,l 

,  ii.,.  T.  '  (treat  was  the  "iiri'ri.fl  when  it.  was  known 

and  then,  fearing  ho  might  be  questioned,  ran  among  t  lie  Stuart,  dressy  girls  of  Altk’s  old  sot 
away.  that  she  had  gone  out  to  service,  and  many 

As  was  inevitable,  the  family  speedily  felt  the  snubs  and  cum  were  received.  But  I  am  glad 

presence  of  poverty.  Credit  was  difficult  to  kindiy"t’lmn  ^erwh^n  Ihcv  Kod 

obtain,  and  the  ill  tic  money  cm  hand  soon  melt-  the  facts.  Thus  the  step  did  her  good  service, 
cd  away.  Mr.  Jamison  made  many  inquiries  for  Jt  winnowed  out  the  chaff  among  her  ac- 

and  w-rote  many  letters,  but  there  was  no  pros-  3na! k,  Fave  her  a  good  ridtlnnce  of 
.  ,  ,  1  alt  the  empty-brained,  empty- hearted  <mcs 

poet  of  employment  in  his  line.  II c  must  soon  A  nd  otic  of  this  class,  who  also  admired  Frank 
either  sell  his  place  or  put  off  the  evil  day  by  Walters  immensely,  and  would  gladly  sup- 
disposing  of  household  art  ides.  On  inquiry  he  plant  Alie  if  she  could,  met  that  young  gentle- 

found  tint  U.c  price.  „b, f,„„d  would  1*  ISaTJirh'oi'jTZ^L r^.To 
small,  in  view  of  the  general  depression,  that  It  inform  him  of  what  she  termed  i  he  **  dlsgract- 
would  be  almost  the  same  as  givingthem  away.  lul  fact.’’  She  did  not.  understand  t  in*  sudden 
Ho  was  nearly  desperate  one  evening,  when  of  exultat  ion  t  li.u  gleamed  in  his  eyes,  but 

r:..i  !,  M  ,  ,  fell  iniicb  couqiliuicntcd  when  tic  snfd,  gallanl,- 

Littlc  Ben  burst  into  the  sitting-room,  c-xclalm-  Jv,  that  ho  was  sure  site  would  never  do  such  a 

ing,  in  great  excitemont “  Pat’s  been  getting  thing,  out,  under  similar  circumstances,  would 
drunk  again  and  made  an  awful  row  up  at  tho  •‘i'lin  lusr  father  s  parlor  like  a  lady. 

Doctors  frightened  them  all  out  of  their  wits ;  mKarTeoid^l.lll'of  fear  gm 

so  t  ho  Doctor  s  just  scut  him  kiting.  ered  at  her  heart  as  the  hour  approached  when 

Mr.  Jamison  seized  his  hat  and  was  gone  in  a  she  must  explain  all  to  her  lover.  Still  she 
moment.  rm ant  to  do  St  bravely,  but  in  her  own  homo. 

......  ^  .  .  She  obtained  a  brief  leave  of  absence  for  i  lie 

t.h,  mother,  what  does  papa  want  to  catch  afternoon  of  the£4th,on  condition  of  returnin'' 
Pat  for?”  asked  Little  Ben,  with  increasing  |n  Lituu  to  get  tea.  With  an  odd  little  feminine 
excitement.  impulse  she  made  the  best  toilet  possible  and 

■«-  <*>»<■  worn™  „„ 

puzzled  henstjlf.  had  ever  seen  her,  and  she  notleud  that  he  too, 

Half  an  hour  later  Mr.  Jamison  came  in  with  waH  quite  elaborately  dressed.  They  chatted 

more  of  his  old  cheery  manner  than  he  had  a,v'!a?l JUt  1,01,1  witc  under  rc- 
,  ,,  ;  ,  .  ,  L  “tu  stratnt.  for  something  w'as  evidently  on  their 

shown  since  the  null  stopped;  and  instead  of  minds.  Mrs.  Jamison  prudently  kept  out  of 

going  into  t  he  dusky  corner,  sat  down  where  the  way,  and  left  the  young  people  to  manage 
the  light  fell  on  his  swarthy  face.  I,,r  themselves.  At  lust  Alie  ruse,  and  said  in 

“Did  you  And  Fat,"  ««k„d  Little  B™,  ?.'“S ""d„ "“'i 

.V,! 1  </'s  5  ’  ,  ,  ,  am  living  With  Mrs.  Brooks  now.  and  must 

I  at  t  no  ;  w  hat  should  I  want  of  him  ?  I  change  my  dress  before  I  return." 
found  what  I  at  lost -work."  “Let  me  be  your  escort,"  .suit I  Frank,  gal- 

Do  you  mean  to  say  that  you  are  going  to  lantiy, 
work  Tor  the  Doctor?"  asked  Mrs.  Jamison,  in  "  1  don’t  think  you  will  care  to  be  w*hen  you 
Ufinsi«  ^  1  T  a  ,  •  ,  ,  ,  sec  tho  change  that  wall  take  place  in  my  up- 

Indeed  1  do.  i  am  going  to  tend  his  horse,  poaranee;  but  you  may  if  you  wish,"  and  she 
iimid  l  lie  tires,  black  his  boots,  and  make  my-  vanished,  and  with  trembling  hands  put  on  her 
self  generally  useful,  for  ^  12  a  month,  and  glad  plain  but  neat  working  dress.  She  fell  t  iia*  sho 
and  grat*  rul  am  1  tortlie  clmm-e."  wils  at  the  crisis  of  the  test,,  and  if  lie  tailed 

I  Ins  brought  Alie  out.  (lomingto  her  father  her.  work  and  poverty  would  form  the  least 
sue,  put  her  band  on  his  shoulder,  and  Baid :  part  of  her  burden  for  future  dav  s  As  soon  as 
"  11  s  " »«<;,*  E'avc  up  being  a  ’  tine  lady,*  as  you  she  had  gone  Frank  startled  Mrs.  .Jamison  by 
call  me.  J  ve  tried  i  >  eat  as  little  as  possible  to  his  abrupt  entrance  into  the  sitting-room  with 
save,  and  have  thought,  and  thought  of  some  the  request .that  lie  might  go  up  to  Little  Ben’s 
way  to  help,  hut  can’t  find  any.  But  to-day,  room,  as  he  wished  to  change  nis  clothes,  lie 
when  I  was  at  the  I’ost-office, Mrs.  Brooks,  tho  soon  came  down  to  i  be  parlor,  clad  in  a  rough 
lawyers  wife,  left  word  that,  she  wanted  a  wait-  working  garb.  A  little  later  A  lie  Joined  him, 
ress.  Oncof  her  girls  got  huffy  because,  on  but  looked  with  no  little  surprise  at  the  meta- 
aenoupt  of  t  he  hard  times,  her  wages  weie  re-  inorphoae  in  i.im. 
ducod,  and  went  off  to  New  York.  If  you  and  "  Well,  are  von  ready?"  he  asked. 

mother  tre  w  filing,  I  will  try  and  get  the  place.”  “  Yes— but - ” 

"  My  daughter  go  out  to  service !”  exclnimed  ••  Oh,  the  tables  are  turned.  You  are  not  vill- 
Mrs.  Jamison,  in  a  tone  of  Indignant  disap-  ing  to  go  with  inc?" 

_ _ _  .....  ,  "Yes,  lam;  but  1  don’t  quite  understand. 

I  m  sure,  mother,  I  11  have  n  good,  respect-  Perhaps  we  hud  hotter  explain  a  little  ” 
able  tin  in  <• ;  and  L  think  it  s  better  than  work-  "Ladies  first,"  cried  Frank,  with  twinkling 
ing  ib  the  null,  or  going  hungry.”  eyes.  k 

"At  any  rate,  licr  father  Is  going  out  to  ser-  Well,"  said  Alie,  desperately,  "in  plain  En- 
vice,  arid  people  won  t  give  iic-r  credit  for  being  glisli,  1  am  Mrs.  Brooks’  waitress,  and  am  trv- 
any  better  than  he  is,  said  Mr.  Jamison,  nig  to  earn  $8  a  month." 


A  lie’s  laugh  rang  out  like  a  chime  of  Christ¬ 
mas  bells,  as  she  said,—"  I  guess  wo  are  in  the 
same  boat,  then.” 

lie  took  her  hand  In  both  of  his  and  answer¬ 
ed,  earnestly :— "  A  nd  in  the  same  boat  may  w*e 
always  be,  pulling  together  against  the  stream, 
or  with  it,  as  it  may  he  our  lot.  Ai.ie,  you  are 
I  tie  style  of  girl  1  believe  in.  You’d  stand  by 
and  help  a  fellow  in  panic  times.  If  vou  had 
■ill  the  world  to  givo  I  would  not  value  it  half 
as  much  as  your  own  dear  self.  You  are  the 
Christmas  (lift  I  have  set  my  heart  upon.  Now 
I  ve  explained.  What,  is  my  answer  ?" 

With  head  bent  down  and  face  like  the  old- 
fashioned  blush  rose,  Alte  seemed  to  him  tho 
sweetest,  bleat  of  Santa  Claus,  as  she  said : 
“  Indeed,  Frank,  I’ve  nothing  else  to  give.” 

A  .  porter  and  waitress  walked  through  the 
winter  twilight,  to  Mrs.  Brooks',  there  was  very 
few  but  might  have  envied  them. 

The  first  thing  that  greeted  Little  Bln’s  eves 
as  he  woke  Christmas  morning,  was  a  pair  of 
skates  hanging  from  the  bed-post.  With  a  shout 
and  n  hound  he  was  on  the  floor  in  a  moment, 
and  quite  shocked  the  family  by  tearing  down 
to  the  sitting-room  In  scantiest  costume,  with 
a  .skate  in  each  hand.  "  Hurrah  for  Dr.  Bowne  !’’ 
he  cried.  "  Ue  said  he'd  cure  Santa  Ci.aus  of 
the  Panic,  and  lie’s  done  It,  too." 

His  uproar  awakened  the  little  girls,  and  they 
conn  appeared  upon  the  sesne  in  trailing  night 
gowns,  dragging  full  stockings  after  them.  Lit¬ 
tle  Hen  was  packed  off  to  iln-.K.  and  on  his  re¬ 
turn  a  stocking  hung  on  the  back  of  1,1s  chair. 
Then  all  the  children  began  to  hurrah  for  Dr. 
Bowne,  till  it  seemed  that  they  might  surpass 
those  who  shouted  "Great  is  Diana  of  the 
Ephesians  t”  for  the  space  of  two  hours. 

Before  breakfast  commenced,  Little  Brn 
found  a  chance,  iinpcroelved.  to  slip  a  silver 
thimble  under  his  mother's  plate  and  a  cravat 
under  hts  father's.  Their  surprise  was  unmeas¬ 
ured.  and  with  great  show  of  surmising  and 
reasoning,  they  at  last  traced  the  whole  thing 
to  Utile  Bkn.  Then  h,*  made  a  clean  breast  of 
it,  and  '-aid  that  the  Doctor  told  him  to  got 


in  liiiigblng.  Her  husband  exclaimed  "  (;,,„d 
for  you,  mother.  We  knew*  you  had  tho  true 
Yankee  grit,  after  all.  The  wolf  can’t  howl  at 
our  door  now." 

Little  Ben,  in  bis  desire  to  add  to  t  he  hopeful 
aspect  of  affairs,  was  near  exploding  with  ids 
secret.  Ho  felt  that  he  might,  venture  a  hint 
without  disobeying  the  Doctor.  So  he  pulled 
Ids  mother  down  and  w  hispered “  Suppose 
Santa  Claus  is  cured  of  the  Panic,  after  all." 

She,  with  n  laugh, repeated  what  he  said  to 
t  in*  others,  who  gave  each  other  a  wink,  inti- 
mating  that*  a*  fur  jin  tho  littln  <jii#*s  wore  con* 
earned,  they  would  see  to  ii  that  the  children's 
saint  was  at  least  bettor;  but  Mr.  Jamison  put 
on  a  lonp  face  and  said;— “Don’t  expect  too 
much,  uiiic  Ben;  he’ll  bo  powerful  weak  this 
year,  and  not  able  to  bring  many  things.” 

Little  Bkn  could  trust  himself  no  longer,  and 
wont  off  to  bed  chuckling  over  Lis  superior 
knowledge,  and  soon  glided  away  to  the  land 
of  dreams  on  the  coveted  i  kntes. 

Frank  Walters  wrote  ho  would  be  home 
the  day  before  Christmas,  In  the  afternoon. 

Great  was  the  surprise  when  it  was  known 
among  t  he  smart,  dressv  girls  of  Alte’s  old  set 
that  tfho  had  ^rone  out  to  servlet*,  and  many 
snubaand  cun*  were  received.  But  lam  glad 
to  say  that  a  few,  the  cream  of  them,  treated 
her  more  kindly  thau  ever  when  they  learned 
tho  facts.  Thus  the  step  did  her  good  service, 
for  it  winnowed  out  the  chaff  among  her  ac¬ 
quaintances  and  gave  her  a  good  riddance  of 
all  the  empty-brained,  empty- hearted  ones. 
And  one  of  tliisclass,  who  also  admiral  Frank 
Walters  immensely,  and  would  gladly  sup¬ 
plant  Alie  if  she  could,  met  that  young  gentle¬ 
man  on  his  way  home  for  the  holiday  and  has¬ 
tened,  with  much  commentary  id  her  own,  to 
inform  him  of  what  she  termed  t  ho  "  disgrace¬ 
ful  fact.”  Sho  did  not  understand  t  in*  sudden 
light  of  exultation  that  gleamed  in  his  eves,  but 
fell  much  complimented  when  he  said,  gallant¬ 
ly,  that  ho  was  sure  she  would  never  do  such  a 
thing,  out,  under  similar  circumstances,  would 
sit.  in  tier  father’s  parlor  like  a  lady. 

ft  must  l*e  couiessed  that  Alie  had  many 
misgivings,  and  that  a  cold  chill  of  fear  gat  h¬ 
ered  at  her  heart  as  the  hour  nppr< mehed  when 
she  must  explain  all  to  her  lover.  Stilt  she 
meant  to  do  it  bravely,  but  iu  her  own  n.uue, 
She  obtained  a  brief  leave  of  absence  for  the 
afternoon  of  the  24th,  on  condition  of  returning 
in  limit  to  gel.  lea.  With  an  odd  little  feminine 
impulse  she  mude  the  best  toilet  possible  and 
sat  in  stale  to  receive  liim.  He  was  much  sur¬ 
prised  to  find  her  looking  more  elegant  t  han  he 
had  ever  seen  her,  and  she  noticed  that  he  too, 
was  quite  elaborately  dressed.  They  chatted 
away  for  an  hour;  but  both  were  under  re¬ 
straint.  for  something  was  evidently  on  their 
minds.  Mm.  Jamison  prudently  kept  out  of 
the  way,  and  left  the  young  people  to  manage 
for  themselves.  At  last  Alik  rose,  and  said  in 
a  voice  that  she  tried  to  make  steady  and  mat¬ 
ter  of  fact :—  “  l  must.  a*k  you  to  excuse  me.  1 
am  living  with  Mrs.  Brooks  now.  and  must 
change  my  drees  before  I  return." 

"Let  me  be  your  escort,"  said  Frank,  gal¬ 
lantly, 

"  1  don’t  think  you  will  rare  to  bo  when  you 
see  the  change  that  will  take  place  In  my  ap¬ 
pearance;  but  you  may  if  you  wish,”  and  she 
vanished,  and  with  trembling  hands  put  on  her 
plain  but  neat  working  dress,  film  felt  that  she 
"as  at  the  crisis  of  the  test,  and  if  he  failed 
her,  work  and  poverty  would  l’orm  the  least 
part  of  her  burden  for  future  da  vs.  As  soon  as 
she  laid  gone  Frank  start  lei  I  Mrs.  Jamison  by 
his  abrupt  entrance  into  the  sitting-room  with 
t He  request  that  lie  might  go  up  to  Little  Ben’s 
room,  as  he  wished  to  change  his  clothes,  lie 
soon  came  down  to  the  parlor,  clad  in  a  rough 
working  garb.  A  little  later  Ai.ie  joined  him, 
but  looked  with  no  Utile  surprise  at  the  meta¬ 
morphose  in  i.im. 

“  Well,  are  yon  ready  ?”  he  asked. 

“  Yes— but — 

“  Oh,  the  tables  are  turned.  You  are  not  will¬ 
ing  to  go  with  me?” 


coolly. 

“  I  don’t  want  credit  for  being  any  better;  I 
want  to  help  you,  papa,’’  said  A  lie.  with  a  sud¬ 
den  rush  of  tears.  Dashingthese  hastily  away, 
die  continued:  i  don’t  see  why  a  girl  can’t 

respect  herself  and ‘lie  respected  when  doing 
good,  wholesome  housework,  as  well  «s  when 
being  poisoned  in  stifling  mills  or  stitching  tier 
life  our  in  dose  rooms.  For  the  life  of  me,  I 
can’t  see  why  it  is  more  genteel  to  stand  behind 


lug  to  earn  $8  a  month." 

"  i  hope  the  time  will  conic  when  you  will  let 
me  offer  yon  a  better  situation,”  lie  answered, 
with  a  face  so  comic  and  yet  so  kind. 

“  You  are  not  going  to  out  me,  then,  as  some 
of  my  friends  have?"  she  asked,  looking  hope¬ 
fully  up. 

".Nut  unless  you  cut  me;  lor  in  plain  English 
I  am  porter  and  man  of  all  work  in  Hotel, 
t  lost  my  place  through  tin-  panic,  and  took  the 
first  honest  work  f  could  And," 


lively  chorus. 

After  breakfast  Mr.  Jamison  went  to  the 
door  and  then  called  to  hi-  wife  :  “  Jane,  come 
here.  There’s  a  customer  that  wants  some 
dressing  right’  away." 

Ami  Jane  came  and  found  a  twelve-pound 
t  urkey  hanging  over  her  dressmaker’s  sign. 

"  Now,  Silas,  that’s  some  of  your  work.” 

“Santa  Glaus  brought  It,  didn’t  he,  Little 
bkn  ?’’  laughed  his  father. 

“All  right,”  unid  the  wife;  “  but  if  I  am  to 
dress  this  customer,  i  want  a  loaf  of  baker’s 
bread.  You  go  to  the  store  and  get.  it,.” 

Mr.  Jamison  reached  up  behind  the  door 
whore  his  old  felt  hat  usually  hung,  but  took 
down,  instead,  a  new  fur  cap  with  ear  lappets 
and  a  warm  woolen  tippet.  "  Now,  Jane,  this 
is  your  work,”  lie  said,  turning  It  arounu  ad¬ 
miringly. 

“Santa  Clack  brought,  it,  didn’t  he,  Little 
Ben?"  chuckled  his  mother. 

With  skates  tied  round  his  neck,  and  his 
hands  In  his  pockets  that,  bulged  out.  with  nuts 
and  other  boyish  treasures,  Little  Bkn  stood 
regarding  them  with  unminglcd  satisfaction. 
At  last  his  fill*  heart  found  utterance  in  “  Now, 
wasn’t  the  Doctor  ‘ bully’  to  cure  old  Santa 
Claus  of  the  panic?" 

They  hud  their  Christ  mas  dinner  at ‘five  in  the 
afternoon,  so  that.  Alii:  could  bo-with  them; 
and  of  course  Frank  Walters  was  invited. 
As  Alii:  lifted  tier  flute  she  found  a  very  pretty 
ring  that  by  some  st  range  chance  just  fitted  the 
engagement  linger. 

"  You  can’t  cat  any  turkey  after  that,"  cried 
tier  rather.  In  tones  that  belied  his  moist,  eyes. 

“Indeed  i  can,  after  working  as  hard  as  I 
have  all  day,"  she  said,  smiling  and  blushing  as 
all  eyes  dwelt  lingeringly  on  her  pretty  face. 
“  Only  fine  and  idle  ladies  can  live  on  sentiment. 
So  please  give  me  some  of  the  white  and  dark 
meat  both."  s 

"  I  say,  Walters,”  said  her  fat  her,  pausing 
in  bis  carving,  "  how  can  you  ubidesueh  a  mat¬ 
ter-of-fact  girl  ?’’ 

"That  is  what  I  like,  sir,"  was  the  hearty 
reply,  "  She  is  a  blessed  fact,  and  there’s  noth¬ 
ing  false  about  her.” 

Jn  the  evening,  Dr.  Bownk  came  in  and  found 
as  happy  a  family  group,  cracking  nuts  and 
jokes  around  the  sitting  room  lire  as  one  could 
wish  to  see.  "I've  good  news  for  you,  Mr. 
Jamison,”  said  the  Doctor,  cheerily,  though  1 
shall  be  the  loser  myself.  Air.  fiiTUTJibOWN 
says  that  he  is  going  to  start  the  mill  the  first 
of  the  year,  and  that  you  shall  have  your  old 
Place  and  pay.  This  is  Mr.  Frank  Walters,  1 
believe.  The  Tost-master,  knowing  that  l  was 
coming  here  and  might  see  you,  naked  me  to 
hand  you  this  letter  as  it  was  marked  *  haste.’  ” 

Frank  tore  open  the  lot  ter,  road  it.  with  a 
glad  Mtiile,  and  then  handed  It  to  Alie. 

"ltead  it  aloud,"  cried  ner  father. 

She  stole  a  timid  glance  at  the  Doctor,  who 
said  kindly,  “  Don’t  be  afraid  of  me;  and  I 
guess  from  the  looks  of  t  liiugs  you  have  a  right 
to  read  all  his  letters,” 

Biubhiug  with  pleasure  and  embarrassment 
A  lie  read : 

Mr.  Frank  Walthrk—  Dmr  Sir:  Times  are 
growing  better.  Spring  trade  promises  to  be 
good.  We  have  observed  approvingly  your 
willingness  to  do  any  honest,  work  rather  than 
be  idle.  Oiu-  friend.  Dr.  Bownk,  speaks  well 
of  you,  and  your  mends,  tho  Jamison*,  especi¬ 
ally  Mlaa  Jamison.  Therefore,  as  we  shall  need 
more  help  we  give  you  the  first  choice,  and 
request  you  to  call  at  your  earliest  convenience 
Ke-sp’y  yours,  John  Brown. 

Of  Smith,  Brown  &  Co. 

Mr.  .Tamihon  came  to  where  the  Doctor  was 
sitting,  and  taking  his  hand,  said,  with  deep 
feeling,  “You  have  been  a  true  friend  to  mo 
and  mine,  and  now  you  shall  have  vnur  reward 
for  1  will  t-cll  you  what  I  have  told  no  one  yet 
save  God.  You  gave  me  work  when  1  sorely 
needed  it.  What  Is  more,  you  showed  me  kind¬ 
ness  and  human  fellowship.  You  invited  me 
to  sit  (tnvn  with  you  at  your  family  altar,  and 
you  prayed  for  me  and  my  household.  In  your 
home  i  saw  i  ruo  religion  honestly  Jived  out, 
and  J  want  the  same  kind  in  my  homo,  I  hope 
we  shall  no  longer  be  a  prayer) ess  family  If 
you  will  crown  all  your  other  kindnesses  by 
setting  up  the  family  altar  in  my  house  to-night 
J  will  try  to  sustain  It  the  best  I  can  as  long  as 

"  All,"  said  t  he  Doctor,  “  now  you  do  repav 
me  many  times.  Healing  men's  bodies  is  all 
very  well,  but  when  l  can  help  their  souls  I 
feel  ili.it  I  have  done  work  that  will  last,”  and 
he  initiated  the  simple  service  with  a  tact  and 
heart  iness  that  deeply  touched  each  one 
The  good  man  had  scarcely  lef!  the  porch  on 
his  return  home  before  Little  Ben  vociferated, 

••  Hurrah  for  Dr.  Bowne.  If  I  ever  get  the  panic 
or  anything  else,  he's  the  man  I’ll  go  for  A 


Die.  20 


MOOBE’S  ISEW-YOBKEB. 


LITTLE  ANNETTE. 


Little  Annhtte  !  little  Annette ! 

With  your  rosy  cheeks  nml  tresses  of  Jot; 

With  the  lashes  concealing  your  gypsy  eyes, 
Meet  for  a  king's  or  an  emperor’s  prize? 

'  our  white  teeth  gloaming  like  drifted  snow, 
Or  shining  like,  pearls  in  a  well-laid  row; 

Idttle  Annette  !  little  Annette t 
1  hear  the  ring  of  your  laughter  yet. 

Little  Annette  I  darling  Annette! 

Only  a  year  has  flown,  and  yet, 

Kre  yon  could  mclttho  snow  with  your  breath, 
A  messenger  came,  and  hi«  name  was  Death  ! 

Little  Annette!  darling  Annette  ! 

Never  your  face  can  I  forgot. 

Listen  !  The  angels  are  calling  yet 
Over  the  pine  trees,  "Little  Annette!” 

- - «-»-«- - - 

THE  BIRD  OF  GOLD. 


[FROM  THU  FRENCH.] 


Upon  a  whltely-blossomed  spray 
Chanted  a  golden  bird  one  day— 

A  strange,  sweet  bird,  with  rosy  wings, 

Whloll  only  In  the  sUDriso  sings. 

Its  voice  ruog  as  a  spirit  clear 
Might  vibrato  through  a  crystal  sphere; 

And  when  high  hope  its  heart  would  stir, 

It  swept  the  »ir,  a  conqueror! 

Lis  silent  now.  No  more  in  sooth. 

Returns  the  golden  bird  of  youth ! 

[Appleton’s  Journal. 
- - 

‘‘THE  OLD  HOMESTEAD.” 


Dkar  Rural  I  cannot,  withstand  the  temp¬ 
tation  of  expressing  to  you  my  sincere  thanks 
for  those  words  of  love  and  thankfulness,  for 
“The  Old  Homestead."  Tor  surely  it  Ls  tho  one 
oasis  In  our  desert — tho  beacon  tower  of  our 
lives  and  tho  one  spot  to  which  wo  all  turn 
when  wo  are  weary  of  tho  hustling,  tolling, 
brain-wearing  struggle  of  our  lives.  1  r.  gives  us 
a  restful  fooling  to  think  of  the  old  home;  it 
brings  to  our  minds  father,  mother,  brother 
and  sister— all  when  the  circle  was  unbroken 
and  wo  wore  care- Tree  and  happy  in  “The  Old 
Homestead.” 

lint  you  have  written  so  much  bettor  than 
your  readers  can,  that  few  will  dare  try  on 
that  subject ;  yet  wo  can  all  tell  you  how  much 
we  thunk  you  and  what  a  tender*  chord  you 
have  touched  In  our  hearts,  and,  that  our 
hearts  will  ho  cheered  for  many  a  day. 

It  soems  to  me  that  the  Ritual  grows  better 
with  each  number,  always  containing  some¬ 
thing  now  and  delightful  just  what  wo  want— 
but  did  not  know  it  before.  This  is  (he  evening 
of  Thanksgiving,  and  nm  thing  which  I  am 
thankful  for  is  the  Rural  ;  not  that  1  would 
have  you  think  that  the  Rural  is  all  I  have 
tube  thankful  for,  by  any  means— the  blessings 
are  too  numerous  to  mention,  and  every  breath, 
is,  I  hope,  a  thankful  one.  l.  m.  k. 

Nov.  27th,  1878. 


[Eds.  Rural;— I  was  touched  at  tho  senti- 
timent  of  one  to  whom  some  U URALS  wore 
sent,  by  a  friend,  and  the  response  made  in  ref¬ 
erence  to  “Home.”  Will  you  not,,  in  some 
way,  either  by  publication  or  otherwise,  con¬ 
vey  to  this  one  the  thoughts  I  here  express.— 

A.  L.  L.] 

I  read  it.  What?  The  response  of  the  one 
to  whom  some  of  tho  Kurals  were  sent,  in 
reference  to  Home.  Sho  says  “  I  r  my  mother 
should  die  I  would  have  no  home."  This 
thought  touched  my  heart,  and  whilo  thinking 
the  tears  began  to  fall,  and,  failing  upon  my 
knees,  I  said,  “  Lord,  give  her  a  home,  —  n 
Heavenly  Home.”  Tho  home  of  tho  soul  is 
where  Jesus  is.  Will  she  not  think  of  this  ? 

“  I  will  sing  you  a  song  of  that  beautiful  land, 

The  far  away  home  of  the  soul ; 

There  no  storm*  over  boat,  on  t  bo  glittering  strand, 
While  the  years  of  eternity  roll. 

“O,  that  homo  of  the  soul !  In  my  visions  and  dreams 
Its  bright  jasper  walls  I  can  see;  ' 

And  I  fancy  but  dimly  the  vail  intervenes 
Between  that  fair  city  and  mo," 

- f+v - - 

A  POET  SURPRISED. 


A  correspondent  thus  tells  how  the  Poet 
Laureate  was  recently  caught  “  in  the  suds”  by 
Queen  Victoria  : 

“Tire  Queen  once  sent,  him  word  that  she 
would  honor  him  with  a  visit  on  the  following 
day.  Tho  announcement  was  received  with 
full  loyal  welcome  from,  tho  poet  and  his 
household,  which,  be  it  said  in  all  respect,  has, 
with  all  the  attractions,  some  of  the  disadvan¬ 
tages  of  the  poetical  atmosphere.  Order  does 
not  there  reign  supreme  In  outward  things. 
The  house  was,  however,  put  under  arms  to 
receive  the  royal  visit ;  Tennyson  arrayed  him¬ 
self  in  solemn  dress-coat;  Mrs.  Tennyson 
wore  an  appropriate  toilette ;  the  younger 
'Penny. sons  were  snatched  from  mud-pies, 
washed  and  dressed,  and  kept  In  bondage  to 
the  best  clothes  for  I  he  whole  afternoon,  while 
a  delicate  repast  of  strawberries  and  cream  and 
flowers  was  prepared  in  an  arbor  out  of  doors. 
But  the  day  passed,  and  the  next,  and  the  next, 
and  no  majesty  appeared.  The  household 
drew  a  sigh  of  regret— and  lapsed  into  slipper; 
and  mud-pies  once  more.  But  Jo!  one  morn  ¬ 
ing,  as  the  children  were  at  their  favorite  pas¬ 


D“ 


time  in  the  garden,  and  the  poet  meditating  in 
his  dressing-gown,  and  Mrs.  Tennyson  on  do¬ 
mestic  cares  Intent,  a  horseman  dashed  up  to 
the  gate,  and  shouted  •  The  Queen  1’  and  before 
Tennyson  could  don  his  coat  or  warn  his  wife, 
the  royal  carriage  drew  up  before  tho  house. 
With  tho  instinct  of  n  true  gentleman,  he  went 
forward  to  greet  hi;  sovereign, called  ills  family 
to  him,  and  led  her  majesty  Into  t  he  house. 
Then  there  was  an  awful  pause.  Suddenly  the 
Poet  raised  his  head,  and  looking  at  the  Queen, 
exclaimed,  *  Oh,  woo  is  me!  For  flve  days  I 
waited,  ready  in  suitablo  attire,  to  reeeivo  my 
Queen.  My  wife  was  ready,  and  my  children 
wero  washed  and  pictures  to  behold,  and  her 
majesty  came  not ;  and  now  she  has  come,  and 
found  us  In  what  a  plight !'  The  poet  groaned. 
The  Queen  broke  Into  a  merry  laugh,  and  the 
ice  thus  broken  so  gracefully  and  wittily  did 
not  form  again  during  the  visit.” 


SIMPLE  ORNAMENTS. 

*  — 

A  pretty  mantelpiece  ornament  may  be  ob¬ 
tained  by  suspending  an  acorn,  by  a  piece  of 
thread  tied  around  it,  within  half  an  inch  of 
the  surface  of  some  water  eon II nod  In  a  vase, 
tumbler  or  saucer,  and  allowing  it  to  remain 
undisturbed  for  several  weeks,  it  will  soon 
burst  open,  and  small  roots  will  seek  tho  water ; 
a  straight  and  tapering  stem,  with  beautiful 
glossy  groen  leaves,  will  shoot  upward  and  pre¬ 
sent  a  very  pleasing  appearance.  Chestnut 
trees  may  bo  grown  in  the  sarno  manner,  hut 
their  leaves  are  not  so  beautiful  as  l  lioso  of  tho 
oak.  The  water  should  ho  changed  once  a 
month,  taking  care  to  supply  water  of  the  same 
warmth  ;  bits  of  charcoal  added  to  it  will  pre¬ 
vent  the  water  from  souring.  If  the  lit  tie  leaves 
turn  yellow,  add  one  drop  of  ammonia  into  the 
utensil  which  holds  t  he  water,  and  they  will 
renew  their  luxuriance. 

Another  pretty  ornament,  Is  made  by  wotting 
a  sponge  and  sprinkling  it  With  canary,  hemp, 
and  other  seeds.  Tho  sponge  should  he  refresh¬ 
ed  with  water  daily  so  as  to  bo  kept  moist.  In 
a  few  days  the  seeds  will  germinate,  and  the 
sponge  will  soon  bo  covered  with  a  mass  of 

green  foliage. 

- - 

THE  FAIR-GAMBLERS, 

The  season  of  church  fairs  and  festivals  is 
rapidly  approaching.  AVc  praise  the  ladies  for 
their  self-denying  and  laborious  efforts  to  sup¬ 
port  church  works  by  the  labor  of  their  hands. 
Without  their  assistance  many  feeble  churches 
would  die  and  many  good  objects  would  lan¬ 
guish.  The  main  Idea  of  tho  church  festival 
Is  above  criticism.  It  is  tills,  t  hat  those  who 
have  no  money  to  give  may  give  their  labor  to 
the  Lord.  But  there  arc  many  things  con¬ 
nected  with  these  fairs  which  cannot  bo 
praised.  Grab-bags,  raffles,  chances,  are  the 
worst  of  t  hese.  In  those  days  these  nurseries 
of  gamblers  should  he  promptly  and  decisively 
put  down.  In  every  congregation  where  youth 
disregards  the  instructions  and  entreaties  of 
pastor  and  oldens  we  hope  that  some  laymen 
will  adopt  sterner  measures.  In  most  of  the 
States  raffles  are  forbidden  by  law.  The  threat 
made  by  a  man  of  determination  and  resolu¬ 
tion.  to  prosecute  the  thoughtless  Violators  of 
the  laws  of  God  and  man,  would  generally  free 
the  Church  from  the  disgrace  of  gambling.— 
Christian  Observer. 

- - - 

DON’T  BE  TOO  CRITICAL. 


Whatever  you  do,  never  sot  up  for  a  critic. 
We  don’t  mean  a  newspaper  ouo,  but  in  private 
life,  in  the  domestic  circle,  in  society.  It  will 
not  do  any  one  any  good,  and  it  will  do  you 
harm  if  you  mind  being  culled  disagreeable. 
If  you  don’t  like  any  one’s  nose,  or  object  to 
any  one's  ohin,  don’t  put  your  feelings  into 
words.  If  any  one's  manners  don’t  please  you, 
remember  your  own.  I’eoplo  are  not  all  made 
to  suit  one  •  -‘to,  recollect  that.  Take  things 
as  you  find  thorn,  unless  you  can  alter  them. 
Even  a  dinner  after  it  is  swallowed  cannot  be 
made  any  better.  Continual fault-lluding,  con¬ 
tinual  criticism  of  the  conduct  of  this  one  and 
the  speech  of  that  one,  the  dress  of  the  other 
and  the  opinions  of  t’other,  will  make  home 
the  unhappiest  place  under  the  sun. 

- V-o-V - - 

MARRIED  OR  NOT  MARRIED. 


Mr.  Gough  thinks  that,  it  is  better  for  a 
woman  to  be  laughed  at  for  not  being  married 
than  to  be  unable  to  laugh  because  she  is  mar¬ 
ried.  The  marriage  that  takes  all  the  laugh 
out  of  a  woman,  like  the  sunshine  that  takes 
all  the  sweetness  out  of  the  grape,  is  an  ex¬ 
ceedingly  suspicious  commodity,  and  ought  to 
give  the  divorce  doctors  something  to  do.  But 
tho  idea  of  f  rying  to  reconcile  a  woman  to  an 
unpaired  life  because  another  woman  found  it 
uncomfortable,  is  as  absurd  as  to  try  to  keep 
her  from  eating  apples  because  or  Mother  Eve’s 
unfortunate  pomological  experience, 

—  - 

The  very  latest  thing  in  be  advertising  line 
is  a  lady  who,  through  tie  newspapers,  seeks 
for  employment  as  an  rnamental  guest.” 
She  will  assist  at  dinner  or  vening  parties— by 
her  grace,  her  wit  and  beau  y,  contribute  to  the 
entertainment  of  guests,  and  she  will  do  every¬ 
thing  In  the  highest  stylo  of  art— only  she  de¬ 
mands  that  a  handsome  compensation  be  made 
therefor. 

- - . 

A  pretty  foot  and  ankle  get  up  stairs  easier 
than  those  not  so  pretty. 


THE  CRICKET  AND  THE  BUTTERFLY. 


A  little  black  Cricket  sat  moping  one  (lay, 
Alone  in  his  woody  retreat; 

When  a  wandering  Butterfly,  coming  that  way, 
Alighted  almost  at  his  feet. 

“  Most  beautiful,  sure,  of  all  beautiful  things ! 

And  see!  bow  coquettish  and  bold. 

Was  ovor  such  color !  .Inst  look  at  his  wings, 
AH  azure,  and  purple,  and  gold. 

Ye  gods !  what  a  life  I  to  bo  passing  the  hour* 
In  roaming  about  at  his  will ; 

Just  sipping  the  sweets  of  tho  daintiest  flowers, 
And  of  luxury  taking  hts  till ! 

Ah  me !  what  a  different  fortune  Is  mine  ; 

Hew  partial  Dume  Nature  must  be, 

Who  gives  to  the  Butterfly  everything  (lne, 
And  nothing  worth  bavlng,  to  mo!" 

While  thus  the  Cricket  lamented  hl»  fate, 

A  nd  counted  Ms  Maker  to  blame, 

Into  the  meadow,  with  mischief  elate, 

A  ilevy  of  children  came. 

And  straight,  nt  the  Butterfly  every  one  goes, 
With  bonnet,  or  kerchief,  or  cap  ; 

Too  late  bo  straggles  to  fly  his  foes  ; 

He's  caught  In  a  treacherous  trap  ! 

Poor  fellow !  -t  ho  battle  Is  barely  begun ; 

Bach  furious  enemy  piles 
His  hands  and  nails— for  every  one 
Is  eager  to  win  tho  prize. 

Off  comes  a  leg  In  the  terrible  strife  ; 

And  now  he  has  lost  a  wing ; 

And  now,  another;  and  now,  his  life  ; 

Poor  little  mangled  thing ! 

“  Sure  merciful  flcuvon  Is  kind  to  mo  I” 

Was  the  Cricket’s  penitent  moan ; 

"  There  are  greater  griefs  than  mine,  I  see, 

And  each  must  suffer  his  own, 

“  A  poor  little  Cricket,  so  homely  and  shy, 

From  Envy  has  nothing  to  fear ; 

While  beauty— liku  that  of  tho  Butterfly- 
May  cost  a  deal  too  dear  !” 

- »♦»  - 

LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 


As  this  is  our  last  full  number  of  tho  Rural 
for  1873,  (tho  next  being,  or  to  be,  hair  occupied 
with  Index,  &<•.,)  we  thought  to  give  the  Boy# 
and  Girls  a  “good  show”  by  publishing  a 
baker'*  dozen  or  more  of  l.heir  Letters;  but 
lo!  hero  comes  Mr.  Foreman  mid  says  he  can’t 
give  half  so  many,  and  must  put  wind  lie  does 
print  in  small  type  I  Pretty  treatment,  that, 
when  we  wanted  to  give  an  many  of  our  young 
friends  a  hearing  and  Rond  “send  off.”  Well, 
“what  can’t  be  cured  must  bo  endured  "—and 
so  we  must  omit,  or  defer,  a  goodly  number  of 
nice  letters  from  bright  young  folks.  Tho  feast 
we  can  do  is  to  keep  tho  letters-  they  are  too 
good  to  spoil  - and  print  them  when  wo  have 
space.  Now,  we  want  nil  our  young  friends 
who  have  brains  (an  of  course  they  all  have)  to 
think  up  and  write  ua  brief,  pithy,  pointed  and 
lively  lotters— and  we  will  show  what  the 
Rural's  Boys  and  Girls  can  do  in  that  line 
during  Anno  Domini  1874.  Meantime,  we  send 
a  Holiday  Greeting— wishing  onoaml  nil  a  right 
“Merry  Christmas"  and  “Happy  New  Year,” 
and  many  joyous  returns  of  the  same. 


From  a  Sensible  Illinois  Farmer’s  Son. 

Mr.  Editor:— AVc  have  long  taken  ybur  val¬ 
uable  paper  in  my  father’s  family,  and  think 
wc  could  not  get  along  without  It.  I  always 
read,  With  u  good  deal  of  Interest,  the  Boys’  and 
Girl*.'  Loiters,  hut  have 'never  written  to  the 
Rural.  When  1  read  the  letter  from  a  "Prin¬ 
ter's  Devil,"  in  the  last  Rural,  1  thought  I 
would  respond.  I  am  ;t  little  older  than  Frank 
S.  1  am.  a  fanner's  boy,  and  have  to  “dig 
and  push  ’’  work,  but  I  have  a  great  many 
leisure  moments.  1  have  a  brother,  younger 
than  myself,  mimed  Frank.  We  do  not  have 
to  pull  beans,  but  we  have  picked  a.  good  deal 
of  corn  tide  fall.  Ail  through  Hu.  pleasant 
weather  wo  had  In  October,  we  would  go  into 
the  corn-field  mornings  with  our  team,  as  soon 
as  It.  was  light,  and  pick  two  loads  ,.f  corn  a 
day,  and  have  lots  of  fun  besides.  My  father 
let  us  have  a  piece  of  ground  last,  spring  to 
plant  to  potatoes.  Wo  planted  and  cultivated 
thorn  ourselves,  and  raised  one  hundred  lm*h- 
el%of  potatoes,  and  sold  them  for  $1  a  bushel. 
Wc  have  each  of  us  a  colt  of  our  own ;  wo  ca.il 
loom  “  Kitty  ”  and  “  Charley wo  flunk  they 
can’t  be  beat,  and  arc  going  to  break  them  be¬ 
fore  long,  (perhaps  I  will  write  how  we  succeed 
in  breaking  them.)  VVe  have  broken  a  pair  of 
steers  every  winter  for  several  years,  and  have 
some  to  break  this  winter.  (  think  if”  Prin¬ 
ter's  Devil  "  could  be  here  and  have  *  hand  iri 
it,  he  would  enjoy  it  as  much  as  he  docs  to  see 
some  tilings  time  arc  “going  on  in  town."  I 
think  of  all  classes  of  people  the  farmer  is  the 
most  independent,  if  I  should,  (like  fitsstu 
AVinton  in  the  last  Rural,)  write  a  list  of  all 
my  blessings,  1  think  not  the  least  among  them 
would  be,  "  /am  thankful  I  live  on  a  farm."  i 
•am  attending  Of- bool  now,  and  intend  to  until 
next,  spring,  and  expect  then  to  go  to  work 
again  on  tho  farm.  (  should  like  to  tell  you 
about  the  sleigh  rides  we  are  having  this  win¬ 
ter,  but  1  fear  I  have  already  made  my  letter 
too  long,  and  w  ill  dose  it  by  adding  my  request 
to  that  of  a  "Sunday  School  Scholar”  for  Mr. 
Moore  to  send  his  likeness  In  Rural  for  a 
Christmas  present.  Frank  VV.,  ; subkite ,  111. 


Letter  from  a  Live  Booster  Boy. 

Dear  Editor:  As  father  has  taken  the 
RUkal  for  seventeen  years,  and  I  read  in  al¬ 
most,  every  week's  paper  letters  from  hoys  and 
girls  in  different  parts  of  t, he  country,  I  thought 
likely  you  would  publish  a  few  lines  from  me. 
1  am  a  farmer's  hoy.  I  live  upon  a  farm,  and  f 
am  glad  I  do.  There  Is  plenty  of  work  for  me 
to  do  as  most  boys  ana  girls  Mini  read  the 
Rural  know  and  i  have  plenty  to  cat.  I  go 
dressed  well  enough.  Father  and  mother, 
brother  and  sister,  are  good  to  me.  I  have  the 
Rural  to  read,  and  two  or  three  other  good 


papers  besides,  and  enough  good  books  to  read 
when  I  have  time.  I  go  to  school  about,  five 
months  In  the  year.  I  broke  thirty  acres  of 
ground  Inst,  spring,  helped  to  tend  twenty  acres 
of  corn  and  two  and  a  half  acres  of  Irish  pota¬ 
toes,  sweet  potatoes  and  cane:  hut  you  must 
not  think  I  um  bragging.  But,  enough  of  this. 
Mr.  Editor,  tell  Fra  nk  8.  C.,  the  “  Printer’s 
Devil,  ’  that  I  mi  not  going  to  fall  out  with 
him  on  account  of  his  dislike  to  farming; 
neither  am  1  going  tu  envy  him  his  position  as 
a  “Printer’s  Devil ;”  nottherwiU  I  in  the  future, 
if  T  live  when  he  gets  to  be  u  HOHAOK  Ghkeiey 
or  a  D.  D.  T.  MOOlUt  for  T  expect  he  will  have 
to  work  as  hard  to  climb  up  there  as  I  will  to 
puli  beans.  It  Is  all  right;  wc  need  editors, 
merchants,  mechanics,  professional  men  and 
so  on,  to  keep  the  machine  running.  There  is 
one  thing  I  would  like  to  any  to  Frank  ;  that 
is,  be  careful  not  to  form  any  bad  habits,  such 
as  swearing,  quarrelling,  drinking,  etc.,  all  nf 
which  I  am  a  stranger  to,  so  far  ns  experience  is 
concerned,  and  I  am  a  little  older  than  Frank. 

Tho  soil  out,  here  in  Indiana  Is  pretty  good. 
Most  crops  are  nearly  an  average,  except,  corn- 
frost  came  a  little  too  soon  for  it.  Father  and 
1  fattened  twenty-four  hogs ;  throe  *f  t  hem  are 
mine  I  have  a  very  riiee  young  horse,  which  I 
bought  a  few  weeks  ago  for  $100.  Good-by, 
Mr.  Editor,  for  the  present.  AA'kustf.r  S.,  U'm- 
ch  ester ,  hid. 

A  Farmer’*  Clrl  In  Reply  to  Frank  S.  C, 

Mr.  Kdttoii  :  As  I  have  just  boon  reading 
tho  Rural  of  Nov.  22,  1H73.1  thought  1  would 
try  my  lurk,  and  see  if  my  letter  would  get 
thrown  in  tho  wasio  basket  ;  at.  any  rate  I  will 
write,  trusting  that  it  will  not.  1  suppose  Frank 
S.  G.  will  not.  be  much  anrprisnd  at  -eelng  an 
answer  to  his  letter,  as  ho  said  he  supposed 
some  farmer's  ban  would  have  something  to 
say  about  farming;  but  instead  nf  a  farmer’s 
boy,  t  will  let  him  know  that,  a  farmer’s  girl  can 
put  in  a  word  once  in  a.  while.  I  will  lea  ve  it  to 
some  of  the  other  girls  that,  live  on  a  farm,  if 
we  do  not  have  more  fun  t  han  those  in  the  vil¬ 
lage.  Our  brothers  do  not  have  to  dig  and 
push;  they  have  a  good  many  minutes  to 
themselves,  and  I'll  warrant  they  enjoy  thom- 
selvefl  ns  much  as  any  of  the  villa  ye  boys,  r  can 
sav  that  much  nf  the  farm,  and  beside;;  wo  hnvo 
all  the  apples  ami  eider  we  want,  and  we  nan 
get  out  doors  and  run  all  wo  want  to;  and  if 
we  happen  to  fall  down,  why,  we  pick  ourselves 
up  as  fast  as  possible,  and  away  we  go  again 
and  mind  nothing  about  It.  Perhaps  some  of 
you  will  think  I  am  a  good  hand  at  scolding, 
but  I  love  the  farm  too  well  to  have  anything 
said  against  it.  It  some  of'the  farmers'  girls 
will  write  to  me,  through  tho  Rural,  1  will 
answer,  and  maybe  sometime  w  e  Hindi  see  each 
other  and  be  great  friends.  I  guess  I  have 
written  enough  for  Ibis  time;  so  |  will  chose, 
asking  you  to  correct  all  mistakes.  AVt la  M., 
Maple.  Grows  N.  V. 


From  A  Southern  New  York  Clrl. 

Mr.  Editor;— l  am  a  girl  twelve  years  of  age, 
I  am  on  a  farm,  and  do  not  imve  to  li  ve  in  the 
dirty,  unhoalthfiil  streets  of  some  large  city, 
where  t  he  sun  never  sblrias  through  to  brighten 
some  children's  homes,  and  the  curtains  are 
droppedfor  fear  Ike  least,  ray  of  the  son  may 
fade  the  carpet.  We  keep  seven  cows;  l  milk 
three  and  pa  milks  the  others.  1  have  a  good 
home  and  a  great,  munv  things  to  make  mo 
happy.  We  tako  (he  Rural  and  like  It  very 
much,  f  take  great  pleasure  in  reading  the 
Boys’  and  Girls' Letters,  Cousin  John  Mr. 'S  Let¬ 
ters  are  very  interesting  Indeed, though  Ido 
think  she  offended  young  Mustache  some,  I 
must,  tell  the  girls  about,  my  bed  *piilt,  for  I 
havo  pieced  one  which  Inis  six  thousand  pieces 
in  it.  If  any  of  our  many  Rural  reader  i  doubt 
this  they  can  come  and  see  it.— FLORENCE 
Ford,  Tioga  Co.,  JV.  F. 


fhtxder. 


ILLUSTRATED  REBUS.-No.  7. 


Answer  next  week. 

- - 

PROBLEM.— No.  15. 


There  nro  two  nurnhers,  each  that  the 
square  of  the  greater  increased  liy  their  pro¬ 
duct  and  square  of  the  less  equals  87,  and  the 
fourth  power  of  tho  greater  increased  by  the 
product  of  their  cubes  together  with  the  fourth 
power  of  the  less  equals  2,065.  What  are  the 
numbers?  8.G.  Oaowin. 

J37”  Answer  next  week.  • 


CROSS-WORD  ENIGMA.— No.  11. 


My  first  is  cat  but  not  in  dog. 

My  second  is  in  rain  but  not  in  fog. 

My  third  is  in  driven  but.  not  in  led. 

My  fourth  i»  In  Thomas  but  not  in  Ned. 

My  firth  is  In  Olivo  but  not.  in  Kitty. 

My  sixth  is  in  benevolence  but  notin  impletv 
My  whole  Is  a  large  and  distant  city. 

l*r  Answer  next  week.*  Lillian. 

— - «->♦ - 

CONCEALED  FLOW£RS.-No.  2. 


3.  A  stern  look  was  all. 

3.  Keep  rivets  on  hand. 

4.  He  could  ill  afford  it. 

5.  The  German  derided  him. 
fi.  He  held  Erin  in  disrespect. 

7.  Heotttatea.se  loaning  back. 

8.  Him  we  call  a  vender  of  images. 

9.  Small  owls  and  great  were  there. 

10.  Every  arrow  brought  down  its  victim. 
Rockford,  III.  Fourteen. 

E3T*  Answer  next  week. 


- - — 

PUZZLER  ANSWERS. -Dec.  6. 


Cross-word  Enigma,  No.  10.  Gentian. 

Square-word  Enigma,  No.  o.—l.  Head  •  2 
Emma;  3.  Amen;  4.  Dank. 


A  msrATCH  from  Norfolk,  Va.,  says  General 
Sherman's  indorsement  of  N.  B.  Forrest  has 
done  more  to  heal  up  the  “  old  wound  "  than 
nil  the  peace  pro cl  a m a k i ons  for  a  hundred 
years. 

Dk.  Dollinoeu,  on  the  occasion  of  the  fif¬ 
tieth  anniversary  of  hla  professorship,  was  pre¬ 
sented  by  the  Emperor  of  Germany  with  the 
Order  of  the  Red  Engle  of  the  second  class, 
with  the  star.  Report  docs  not  state  Its  effect 
upon  the  doctor. 

Tint  farmers'  triumph  In  Wisconsin  has  in¬ 
duced  The  Madison  Democrat  to  join  The  Chi¬ 
cago  Times  in  calling  its  old  friend  the  Demo¬ 
cratic  party  the  “decayed  rump  of  a  putrid 
reminiscence.” 

TORRE  is  a  woman  in  Iowa,  who,  although 
possessed  of  the  usual  organ  of  speech,  has  not 
spoken  for  five  years.  Under  a  state  of  religious 
infatuation  she  made  an  oath  that  she  would 
never  speak  more,  and  hits  so  far  kept  her 
word. 

The  Syracuse  Journal  thinks  th:t  the  most 
probable  candidates  for  t  ho  Republican  nomi¬ 
nation  for  the  Presidency  to  succeed  Gen. 
Grant  are  Speaker  Blaine,  Vice-President  Wil¬ 
son,  Gen.  Butler,  and  Senators  Morton  t:;il 
Conkltng. 

Miss  Sarah  savage,  of  Portland,  wants  $5,000 
from  her  mistress,  who  injected  vitriol  into  the 
optic  as  Sarah  was  peeping  through  the  key 
hole  of  the  parlor  door.  Sarah  has  quit  the 
peeping  business,  whether  she  gets  her  money 
or  not  . 

M.  Itunr.r.T.xK.  an  artist,  recently  dined  alone 
in  one  of  the  principal  restaurants  of  Paris,  at 
a  table  on  which  had  been  placed  covers  for  13 
persons.  He  is  th®  only  survivor  of  a  party  of 
13  literary  men  and  artists  who  arranged,  20 
years  ago,  that,  its  surviving  members  should 
dino  once  a  year,  and  that  the  places  of  the 
dead  should  be  conspicuously  vacant.  Among 
the  members  were  Alfred  do  Musset,  Tbeophile 
Gautier  and  Count  dc  Flehae. 

The  Russian  lady  students  who  some  time 
ago  had  the  doors  of  the  Zurich  University 
closed  upon  Them,  have  at  last  found  an  asylum 
In  the  University  at  Berne.  The  Government 
has  extended  to  them  the  permission  to  attend 
that  institution,  provided  they  are  eighteen 
years  of  age,  can  furnish  a  certificate  of  good 
moral  conduct,  havo  the  consent  of  their  pa¬ 
rents  or  guardians,  and  pass  an  acceptable 
examination.  This  permission  has  boen  framed 
so  as  to  apply  to  all  female  students,  and  not 
merely  to  the  fair  Russian  fugitives. 


about  Spain.  She  is  one  of  our  oldest  and 
ablest  allies,  and  behaved  splendidly  to  us  dur¬ 
ing  the  rebellion,  refusing  to  open  her  ports  to 
the  confederate  cruisers,  and  never  plotting 
through  her  minister  here,  like  England, 
against,  our  cause.  The  Spaniards  are  a  proud, 
peculiar  race,  and  we  can  not  do  any  good  for 
liberty  In  Cuba  by  hasty  action.  Their  preju¬ 
dices  must  be  respected ;  their  interests  must 
not.  lie  Invaded;  their  traditions  must  lie  re¬ 
membered.  Things  are  moving  in  the  right 
way  in  Madrid.  I  knov.-  this,  gentlemen.  There 
is  a  new  Spain,  and  you  will  both  live  to  see  a 
solid  Spanish  republic  there  if  we  can  only  re¬ 
strain  the  politicians  about.  Cuba.  That  pear 
is  ripening,  and  will  fall,  as  soon  as  the  days  of 
the  kings  in  Spain  are  ended." 


needed  for  the  road,  it  shall  be  reported  to  the 
United  States  District  Court,  for  the  district  in 
which  such  lands  shall  lie,  which  Court  shall 
appoint  three  commissioners  to  assess  dam¬ 
ages,  &c.  The  bill  further  declares  the  road  a 
public  highway,  and  that  It  shall  not  be  sub¬ 
ject  to  any  restriction  by  State  legislation  as 
to  rates  of  fare  or  freight,  or  charges  of  any 
kind  except  taxes  to  the  same  extent  as  other 
property,  nor  as  to  the  speed  of  trains,  nor  the 
control  and  management  of  said  road.  One 
train  at  least  shall  be  run  daily  each  way  be¬ 
tween  Now  York  and  Chicago.  The  Company 
shall  charge  for  the  carriage  of  through  pas¬ 
sengers  and  freight  a  rate  not  exceeding  2'/i 
cents  per  mile  for  passengers*  In  11  rat-el  as*  ears, 
wit  h  an  addition  not  exceeding  ono-half  cent 
per  mllo  for  palace  or  sleeping  cars,  and  not 
exceeding  1V4  cents  per  mile  per  ton  lor  pro¬ 
ducts  of  the  soil,  forests,  or  mines,  other  than 
pro-ions  metals,  nor  more  than  2  amts  per 
mile  per  ton  for  other  through  freights.  Au¬ 
thority  I*  given  to  construct  branches  to  Buf¬ 
falo,  Pittsburgh,  Cleveland,  Detroit,  Toledo, 
Cincinnati,  8t.  Louis,  and  to  any  other  place 
within  fifty  miles  of  the  main  line;  also  to  ex¬ 
tend  the  main  line  from  Chicago  to  Omaha. 
Authority  1b  also  given  to  construct  and  oper¬ 
ate  a  lino  of  telegraph  along  the  main  road  and 
branches,  and  to  transmit  messages  for  any 
person.  Any  material  necessary  for  the  con¬ 
struction  and  cfiulnment  of  the  road  and 


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and  nil  others  disposed  to  secure  “Good  Pay  for  Do¬ 
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The  Cnptaln-Ceneral  of  Cuba  on  the 
Virginias  Affair. 

Dei-.  Jl.  Captain-Genera!  Jovellar,  issued 
the  following  address  to  the  people  of  Cuba  : 

The  moment  a  treaty  is  signed  between  the 
Government  of  Spain  and  the  United  States 
my  dul  y,  although  painful  it  may  he,  is  to  com¬ 
ply  faithfully  with  its  terms.  For  this  f  have 
received  final  orders.  Failure  to  comply  with 
the  same  would  produc-  war,  and  war  with  a 
great  Power  w  ithout  the  aid  of  Spain.  In  the 
meanwhile,  obey  the  law  of  necessity  and  the 
orders  of  the  Government  of  t  he  Spanish  Re¬ 
public.  Lot  us  deliver  up  the.  Virginius  and 
the  survivors  of  her  passengers  and  crew.  I 
have  faith  in  the  nobleness  of  your  procedures 
in  compliance  with  my  word. 

Joaquin  Jovellak. 


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Secretary  of  War  Belknap  Married. 

N tCHOt.ARVn.Lie,  Ky..  Dec.  11.—' The  marriage 
of  Gen.  William  W.  Belknap,  Secretary  of  War, 
to  Mrs.  Amanda  T.  Bower,  took  place  at.  the 
residence  of  Dr.  William  Tomlinson,  the  bride's 
brother,  in  Horrodsburg,  at  8  o’clock  this  eve¬ 
ning.  Bui  few  Invited  guests  were  present*  the 
company  consisting  only  of  the  bride's  relatives 
and  a  son  of  Gen.  Belknap.  The  ceremony 
was  performed  by  the  Rev.  J,  s,  Venable  of 
the  Episcopal  Church,  and  the  bride  was  given 
away  by  the  Hon.  George  H.  Pendleton  of  Ohio. 


Compound  Interest  for  Legal  -  Tender 
Notes. 

Senator  Sumner  ha*  introduced  In  the  Sen¬ 
ate  r  bill  for  the  substitution  of  compound 
interest,  for  legal-tender  notes.  He  said  he  was 
for  specie  payment  at.  the  earliest  day,  and 
would  support  any  measure  to  secure  that  end. 
He  thought  our  currency  artificial  rather  than 
natural.  It.  could  not.  travel  abroad.  The  only 
remedy  is  to  make  our  currency  cosmopolitan, 
that  it  may  be  aided  by  the  currency  of  the 
world.  He  thought  Wall  street  in  its  worst 
orgies  and  in  its  saloons  of  speculation,  which 
were  so  many  hells,  was  quickened  in  health 
by  our  national  policy.  He  would  make  our 
currency  as  good  as  gold,  and  the  gold  of  the 
world  would  come  to  our  assistance.  Inflation 
was  death  to  business;  contraction  was  the 
proper  remedy.  The  bill  he  offered  received 
the  encouragement  of  prominent  financiers 
and  business  men.  It  had  been  approved  by 
thp  Boston  Board  of  Trade  and  leading  news¬ 
papers*  of  the  East  and  West.  The  substitution 
proposed  by  ids  bill  was  in  the  nature  of  con¬ 
traction,  but  without  t  aking  a  dollar  from  the 
people;  money  would  become  more  plentiful, 
and  the  present  enormous  rates  of  interest 
would  fall  to  a  normal  condition.  Interest 
would  cease  to  ho  oppressive,  and  money  would 
flow  in  regular  channels  of  business.  The  ag¬ 
ricultural,  manufacturing,  and  commercial  in¬ 
terests  would  receive  new  life.  The  ruling 
price  of  agricultural  products  is  fixed  by  for¬ 
eign  markets,  and  while  the  farmer  receives 
but  little  more  now  for  his  products  than  be 
did  i  on  years  ago,  he  has  to  pay  from  50  to  75 
per  cent,  higher  for  boots  and  shoes  and  other 
necessary  articles.  The  present  disordered 
currency  owed  its  origin  to  Congress.  The 
exigency  of  war  has  ceased  now,  and  Congress 
should  improve  our  financial  condition. 


Better  than  Ever!  — Our  AgenGFrlcntl?  can 
untidy  promise  that  Moore’s  Rural  for  1874  will  be 
better  than  ever  before.  See  leading  article  on  this 
page,  and  “don’t  forget  to  remember"  that  we 
MEAN  BUSINESS. 


CURRENT  TOPICS, 


Mormon  Converts  Backsliding. 

Several  parties  of  Mormon  converts  who 
emigrated  from  Europe  last  summer  have, 
wit  bin  the  last  few  weeks,  returned  disappoint¬ 
ed  and  disgusted.  Twelve  or  fifteen  in  one 
comp  ny  go  back  In  a  day  or  two,  and  others 
are  prepared  to  follow. 


Death  of  Prof.  Louts  Agassix. 

[See  Portrait  on  Pago  400.] 

Our  readers  have  known  that  this  eminent 
scientist  has  been  lit.  lie  died  at  his  home  in 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  at  10.15  Sunday  evening,  Dec. 
14.  All  of  our  readers  know  who  he  is.  We  have 
no  space  to  give  tt  com  pend  of  tho  great 
amount  of  scient  ific  work  he  has  accomplished, 
although  it  is  a  matter  of  record,  and  we  could 
fill  columns  with  the  details,  and  yet  give  no 
adequate  idea  of  the  influence  he  has  exercised 
in  the  way  of  stimulating  and  directing  scien¬ 
tific  investigation.  He  was  born  at  Motlers, 
Switzerland,  May  28,  1807.  and  was.  therefore, 
nearly  (i*  years  or  age.  He  studied  in  his  earlier 
years  in  some  of  the  best,  schools  in  Europe 
with  a  vie\7  of  being  a  physician.  He  had  done 
scientific  work  which  attracted  the  world’s  at¬ 
tention  before  he  come  to  ihis  country  in  18-ifl, 
the  next  year  accepting  the  Chair  of  Zoology 
and  Geology-  at  Harvard,  with  which  inslitu- 
tiou  he  has  since  been  connected. 

Prof.  Agassiz  was  simple  In  dress  and  mode 
of  living.  His  figure  was  somewhat  under  the 
medium  hight.  Ills  massive  head, slightly  In¬ 
clined  forward,  rested  mi  a  thick-set  and  sturdy 
frame.  The  natural  expression  of  his  face  was 
that  of  cordiality  and  good  humor.  His  large 
eyes  of  bluish-gray  were  ever  ready  to  brighten 
with  kindly  interest  when  a  student  was  seeking 
information  or  telling  of  what  might,  perhaps, 
be  a  new  discovery. 


Senator  Carpenter  Vice-President  Pro  Tem. 

Vice-President  Wilson  having  found  it 
necessary  to  go  south  for  his  health,  the  Sen¬ 
ate,  last  Thursday  elected  Senator  Mat.  Car¬ 
penter  of  Wisconsin  Vice-President  pro  torn. 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS 


BRIEF  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS 


New  Yoke,  Monday,  Dec.  15, 1873. 

Receipts.— The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  «**  follows : 

Dried  Fruits,  pkss.  Av;  Cotton,  bales.  .....  33,100 

Kgfts,  bbls .  0,208  Hop*,  boles.. .  965 

Flour,  bbls .  74,000  Peanut.-,  ta  g* .  438 

Wheat,  bash .  459,5’C. Cut  meat*,  pkgs...  20,095 

Corn,  bUHk .  147,599  Pork,  bbi  - .  M.m 

Oats,  bash . .  1,6.5m  Beet,  pkt-...,. .  l.liO 

Rve.  bush .  6,7*0  L«r*l,  pk.us .  13,5  0 

Bailey,  bush .  9,850  Rutter,  pkgr .  “7  100 

Mall,  bush .  4,700  Cheese,  i. tag  - .  43,100 

Beans,  bush .  7.350  Wool,  bale:* .  517 

Com  meal,  bbls....  3,900  Grass  seed,  bush...  148 
Corn  meal,  bags...  2,770  Dressed  Hogs.  No..  — 

lleans  nnd  Pen*.  Exports  of  beans,  past  week, 
670  bbls.;  of  peas,  ffSt hush.  Receipt.' are  extremely 
liberal,  out  tne  market  is  well  supported  by  a  steady 
trade  for  medium*,  with  extra  parcels  or  that  grade 
a  trifle  better  than  ut  ”ur  last.  There  is  also  a  good 
demand  for  morrows,  but $2.70  is  extreme,  ivu  beans 
are  not  in  Iipm  y  stock,  and  pi h  Iran 

Kidney  beans,  both  white  and  red.  haven  more  regu¬ 
lar  call  than  usual,  and  they  are  readily  placed  at 
nur  quotations.  Canadian  peas  show  m.  oppressive 
supply,  and  quotation:-  am  steady.  Green  pens  nave 
no  large  outlet  and  must  be  choice  to  bring  onr  ex¬ 
treme,  even  for  small  business.  Southern  B.  E.  peas 

unchanged. 

The  quotation*  arc  :  For  now  mediums.  f2.15fj2.C0 
forprime.aod  fl.90®2.00 for  other areflos:  prlraenuu-- 
rowfats.  iJ.i'Xh/ ,2.75:  othei  grades,  82. 40, '.’3.')}:  prime  »ea 
toeuns,  $2.40fi/J.5O:  do.  fair  lota  down  to  82.15ce2.30 ; 
kidney,  red. I-L.Xk3i3.75;  kldnay  white. f2.50St2.9O.  Peas, 
new  Canadian.  In  bbls..  $1.3 D:  do.,  in  bulk.  il.(K 
Green,  now,  $1.506i/1.80;  Old,  $1.40&l,jjL  Southern  B. 


Troubles  In  Texas. 

A  Galveston  dispatch  dated  Dec.  10  says: 
The  Indians  attacked  three  men  75  mile.*  from 
San  Antonio  and  mortally  wounded  one  of 
them.  George  Bell.  A  boy  was  alio  shot  in  the 
leg,  and  a  Mexican  had  his  arms  pinned  to  his 
side  with  an  arrow.  The  Indians  drove  off  75 
horses.  The  Indians,  in  i lie  recent  raid  on  tho 
Nueces  River,  killed  24  persons,  mostly  sheep 
herders.  A  son  of  M r.  Gray  of  Santiago  Itanche 
was  also  killed.  “  Buck  ”  Graves,  in  command 
of  a  party  of  citizens  from  Corpus  Christ!,  is  In 
pursuit  of  them.  Thirty  Indians  attacked 
Relll’s  Ranehe  and  captured  38  horses.  No 
person  wa*  killed.  The  Indians  presupposed 
to  be  Co  munches.  They  came  upon  two  Mexi¬ 
cans.  one  of  whom  jumped  into  a  well  to  save 
himself,  and  they  caught  the  other,  stripped 
him,  and  threw  him  into  the  same  well.  At 
another  ranclie,  where  13  herders  were  drying 
sheep,  the  Indians  Killed  seven  men  and  hung 
them  to  trees.  The  fate  of  the  other  six  is  not 
known.  _ 


Transportation  In  Congress. 

Senator  Logan  has  introduced  a  bill  to  pro¬ 
vide  for  cheap  and  permanent  transportation 
for  persons  and  freight  between  New  York  and 
Chicago.  He  said  as  there  would  probably  be 
some  question  as  to  the  power  of  Congress  to 
enact  this  law,  he  would  ask  that  the  bill  be 
referred  to  tho  Judiciary  Committee,  and  it 
was  so  ordered.  The  bill  mimes  Messrs.  James 
Wilson,  Lewis  E.  Parsons,  Joseph  II.  Chad¬ 
wick,  G.  Dawson  Coleman,  Benjamin  F.  Allen, 
Abner  Taylor,  James  Aiken,  Leonard  Swett, 


Marshal  Bazalne  Condemned  to  Death. 

Last  week  we  referred  to  the  life  of  Marshal 
Bazatne.  Since  our  last  issue  he  has  been  con¬ 
demned  to  death,  and  to  lie  degraded  from  his 
rank  as  Marshal  before  execution.  But  the 
Court  united  in  a  plea  for  mercy  to  President 
MacMahon,  who  has  commuted  his  sentence  to 
twenty  years  seclusion  and  to  degradation  from 
rank  without  the  formalities  which  usually  at¬ 
tend  such  degradation.  The  Berlin  press  regard 
the  verdict  of  the  Court  as  the  result  of  politi¬ 
cal  intrigues,  and  censures  the  conduct  of  tho 
Duke  d’Aumale.  Bazaine  asserts  his  inno¬ 
cence,  and  intimates  the  same  cause  which  the 
Berlin  press  gives.  He  refused  to  make  any 
pica  for  mercy,  and  trusts  to  time  to  vindicate 
his  honor  and  name. 


Secretary  Stanton  on  Spain. 

Peculiarly  significant  do  the  following 
words  appear  at  this  juncture:— In  Mr.  For¬ 
ney’s  “Anecdotes  of  Public  Men,”  we  find  the 
following  words,  spoken  by  Secretary  Stanton, 
not  long  before  his  death,  to  Mr.  Forney  and 
Gen.  Sickles;— “We  must  make  no  mistake 


Hast,!.  ,  ’73,  2,Vj»40e.;  Yearling*. 

-  :  UlJ  Oidi,  'id,  'O'y,  '6*,  Jti  i 
i  t:i.  tnso56c.-,  patent  Bavarian- 
.  >18, 23®40c.;  Belgians.  -0  ) 


genuine  liu  vu- 
7.1.  i(>'i',7He.!  Kn- 
o ;  CulLfornlas, 


.  20 


NJOQBE’S  BUBAL  HEW-YOBKER. 


Cider— New,  I5@18c.;  small  pkgs.  cider  vinegar, 

18®28C- 

Cotion— I*  ruling  linn  at  l5Xc.  for  low  middling 
upland  on  the  spot :  1..  Tor  December;  15  29-32c. 
for  January;  ltl  13-32  for  February. 

Dried  Fruits.  -Tliere  la  a  good  home  trade  at 
strong  prices;  best  lots  of  apples  and  poaches  are 
most  wanted. 

-outoern  applet,  tfld,  'Wt7c.;  do.  new.VXQTYe.,  and 
9<2Uc.  foi  sliced;  State,  i  8(*-*e  for  old  qrs.imd9f<ji9;kc. 
siloed;  Weateni,old,7(si7J4C.j  new,  7HfflrVc.;  new  State 
at  7Y®8K0.  for  qrs.  and  IOC.  1  or  sliced.  Blackber¬ 
ries.  lUS@llc.  Period  peaches,  prime  Georgia  and 
.t  ...  .  ...  i — ,  i«s»23c.:  Virginia  pooled,  lli&lSo.* 


at  7V®8KC.  for  nrs.  and  lOo.  for  sliced.  Blackber¬ 
ries.  lUJi@Uc.  Period  peaches,  prime  Georgia  and 
North  Carolina,  UkiiSSc.:  Virginia  peoled,  lO&lbe.- 
unpeelea,  SSWC.  for  halves  and  OV-iwVa.  for  quar 
t.Ts  Pitted  cherries.  20®33e.  far  SUt.- and  Southern 
Raspberries,  new.  -'Oe.  California  plums,  S!ia3.'»c.;  do. 


Fgga.— Fresh  stock.  whim  strictly  fresh,  sells 
about  nn  arrival.  Dealers  are  somew  hat  solicitous 
about  bow  they  will  carry  the  large  supply  of  fimcd, 
and  look  earnestly  for  cold  weather  for  relief.  Wo 
quote  a  lower  rango  for  limed,  but  In  the  absence 
of  active  whole-mil-  trade  quotations  l-m  be  hardly 


thing  wholesale  and  prices  arc  easier  than  at  our 
last.  We  quote: 

State,  Western,  und  New  Jersey ,  aiftKflg.*,  express 
Western.  ordinary  fresh  do.,  '.".li.’.iiUe.;  Cuna- 

dlan.  iirin.j  limed  State,  204«Ue.-  do.  Western,  lOfcj) 
21c :  n  few  choice  State,  23c. 

Canadian  ryes  are  not  coming  this  way ;  part  of 
the  shipment®  are  going  to  New  Kugland  cities. 

Essential  Oils.— Oil  peppermint  in  tin  cans.  >3.15 
Cai;i.2()  V  ».,  ilo.  in  glass,  $3. 75®i;  oil  wintergreeu. 
>1.20;  oil  sassafras,  5'-;<«64c. 

Feathers  Western  live  geese,  08@70c.;  inferior: 
lOtiiSOo. 

Flour.-  Shipping  extra*  and  superfine  brands  are 
wanted  In  lines  at  Arm  prices.  Trade  and  Tamily 
brands  are  In  good  supply,  but  they  are  selling  fair¬ 
ly,  with  very  little  variation  In  prices. 

No.  2 .  . $8  85®  5  Mi 

Superfine  Stale . a  •}  5C' 

Kxtra  do . . . 8  "Olid  i  05 

Fancy  do . 7  iMk.i)  v  50 

Superfine  Western .  5  -KM  8  «•; 

Kxtrn  no . . . 0  7i)<:<ti  7  00 

Minnesota  extras . . .  7  IKK.*  0  UU 


beef,  $2l®22e.  for  prime  mess ;  |2£«2.2C  for  India  mess: 
727'S.KS  for  exit*  Imlln  mess.  Barreled  beef;  99.(60411 
tor  plain  mess,  first  grade ;  W.7&M.75J second  grmlo 
do.,  and  tl2/e>13  for  extra  we».  Beef  haras,  421(*#24.M). 

Heed*.— Clover  Is  scarce,  und  with  shippers  In  the 
mui  kot  prices  are  decidedly  higher,  quoted  ut  ,y»«l 
3SC.  Timothy  Is  held  higher,  quoted  at  *3<uJ.£j. 
Rough  tlAX  4Ulot  at  4R80.vl.9U. 

Tobacco.-For  Western  leaf  and  seediest  trade 
continues  very  dull :  business  limited  to  small  lots  | 
ou  trade  account. 

y DOTATION* — MEW  CROP. 

l.ight  Grades.  Heavy  Grades. 

Rugs . 8!k@  ?&o.  7V,ffl  7Ho. 

Good  do.  ...  7*<S>  8*c.  jm  »Hc. 

Common  to  medium  leaf.  3Kou  ‘J.v<c.  9  <a*  }U>4c- 

Good  uo.  ..10  w  WHc.  11  ®1»  „ 

Fine  do.  ..11  Ut  12  e.  12X0  13  C. 

Selections . . 12)4®  13  e.  13  W®  15 

SKEDLEAE  CROP  OP  1871. 

Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  fillers . 11  ®  14  e. 

seconds . . 1J  ®  ?“  «. 

wrappers . . . (0  @7*  c. 


Western,  white  wheat . 8  Ofiti*  8  76 

Round  noop  Olno . •>  RO'is  <  15 

Trade  brunds  do .  .  7  40w>  40 

'southern,  extra . . . 00W  8  10 

Double  extras . 8  14W 

Rye  Hour .  J  «  00 

Corn  meal,  Jersey . .  <»  *>*4$  *  00 

Brandywine .  1  304#  •  *0 

Fresh  FmUs.-’Ubo  supply  of  apples  Is  not  over 
abundant,  and  us  the  fancy  and  good  retailing  va¬ 
rieties  are  well  controlled,  price*  are  very  firm  for 
luts  from  lofts,  as  be  lure  lots  per  rati  are  not  at¬ 
tractive,  an  I  l  ho  frosted  lota  that  hit  ttm  warm  days 
Of  lunt  \vi!L  U.  had  to  88ll  low ;  uil-fed  { 

selection*,  4ly<4.50;  poor  and  frosted,  Sl<®  '-00.  Crnn- 
h’  I  have  a  fair  trade  at.  about  funner  figures; 

dark,  Bard  rape*  ca,i  be  quoted  at  40  50  lu  bbl9. 

.  .  local  use  prime  boxes  are  more  tumble  than 
bids.  Best  bbls,, fOfflO.MJ ;  other,  J7(«/4  •  prime  boxes, 
Ft;  good  do.,  is.iioi.. 2.80;  poor,  4R50@2.i6.  California 
lifts  Tile  pour  trade  to  ltsdT.  Tim  stock  Is  uut  likely 
to  have  further  addition,  us  It  would  bu  risky  busl- 
ne-H  to  make  a  winter  shipment.  Dealer*  arc,  to  a 
groat  extent,  wltnohllng  Easier  Beurre*  for  later 
use  wlu>n  tin  y  can  he  made  to  compensate  for  some 
stock  that  Iia»  to  bo  aow  pm.  out  low.  Winter  Nell*, 
Glout  Moreen u  and  Vicars,  have  sold  well  for  this 
market  and  Philadelphia.  We  Quote  Vicar.  $8.80  V 
box,  Winter  Nell  -  anl  (.lout  Moroeuu,  ft ;  Eastern 
Beurre,  fl.,  |w4.  Gr.i  .  -  can  be  hardly  expected  to 
revive  men  ueUTP  unde;  many  holder*  would  gladly 
make  cone  -elons  In  order  to  dour  up  remnants.  Ua- 
tawbito,  5ij)7e.;  Dub.  *,  3<uHc.  Chestnuts  are  not 
wanted  to  any  extent,  und  ni'lst  be  exceptionally 
aloe  to  realize  the  extreme  quotation;  quoted  at  f  l 
®5  V  bu«u.  Hickory  uuts  are  tiraier  u*  the  supply 
dimlnlsljes;  8l.  ll"  1.62  V  bush.  Pecans  are  still 
quoted  low,  5<5'7c,  P  n>.  !'•  unut*  have  a  steady  though 
moderate  (rude  for  replenishing  the  wants  of  retail¬ 
ors :  *1.50^2  P  bush,  for  good  to  prliuo  Virginia; 
poor,  flu.  1.25;  North  Carolina,  |l.50(£*R02. 

Grain. -T.br  wheat  there  huabaena  good  export 
Inquiry,  and  price*  have  been  ruling  stronger,  not 
withstanding  the  prospect  of  Increased  supplies 
through  resumption  of  canal  navigation.  Corn  ha  . 
been  In  brisk  demand.  In  part  speculative,  although 
largely  on  export  account,  with  prices  decidedly 
higher.  Date  have  been  rather  weufc. 

Wheat,  Mil.,  No. 2 . ».BR»|J.ro 

Chicago.  No.  2 .  1.51Q*  1.55 

lied  Western,  lie  ,  . .  l-Muit  1.h0 

AiulierdO. . -••••  l.wSt  I.I.8 

Whli  .  .  1-7U®  1  05 

Ure.  WiNi'i  u . . . .  W - 

New  uiato . l.Ofkto  1.10 

Barley  malt,  Canada  V/eat .  l.iti 

Co i  o.  prime  mixed .  776D77H 

White . . .  . 

Souther, . . .  — — 

Oats.  Western  mixed . . 57 

White. . - . ,  ,  ;« 

Rurloy,  .  '•stem .  J-'o 

bt-  ’  to-rowed .  J.te  J-»l 

do.  I  our -rowed . 1-80(9  1.85 

HonoV.—  lolders  will  be  compelled  to  carry  stock 
awaiting  >Tanoo  s  ite*.  Groeera  seem  to  have  no  oc¬ 
casion  to  ;u  u  second  visit,  und  some  look  upon 
their  early  i,  ,rchum*s  as  more  ornamental  than  eotn- 
rnerelal.  Tee  holidays  may  do  something  for  own- 
.‘i  s.  but  we  have  rarely  seen  so  dull  a  market  u»  now 
exists,  especially  with  prices  favoring  the  seller.  Wo 
quote  whft-pe  over  eoinh  ut  2rt<'ji;i!ii.'.;  buckwheat.  -GO' 
25c.:  s  1  rallied,  108)150,,  a*  to  quality- 


selections . GO  T5,  c' 

New  York  flUers .  10  k*  11  o. 

wrappers . *“  0#  ou  e. 

assorted  lots . II  ®  *4  c- 

Pennsylvania  tillers . 12  ®  H  e. 

wrappers . «  t"1  GJ  v. 

assorted  lots . 78  65  2u  C. 

Ohio  tiller* . 8  ®  .9  °- 

wrappers . *.18  (s*  3u  c. 

assorted  lots . 9.M®  1-  c- 

Wisconsin  assorted  lots .  .........  8  (iti  8  C. 

Vi-gciithlri*.— Exports  of  potatoes,  past  week,  8,860 
bbls.:  of  onions, 248  DbU.  Potatoes  havo  been  sell¬ 
ing  higher  than  we  quote,  nut  high  prlcos  ehecked 
sales,  hod  deterred  a  good  tunny  buyers  from  buying 
ahead  Holders  will  probubly  be  forced  to  euso  up 
rales,  particularly  us  It  is  probable  that  some  of  the 
canal  ."tuck,  has  been  forced  through  during  the  open 
weather  of  the  past  week.  Onions  have  again  ad- 

V 14  fi /'Oil 

We  quote  Kai  ly  Rows.  $2.75<i#'3.76  V  bbl..  bulk ;  Peach 
Blow,  $y,50frt>3.UU  do. :  Peerless,  |2ffl2.25  dm  Prleco 
Alberts.  k2.75y,.l.  Jackson  White,  #2w2.7(i  sweet, 
Virginia,  $4.75*ij5  V  bbl.;  Delaware,  5j5.00«_U.l2  hbl. 
Onions  V  bhl..  $4.00ts>4.50  for  rod,  $4®4.oU  for  yol- 
Imv. 4 1*1)5.80  for  white.  Marrow  squash. *2.25  h  bbl,: 
Hubbard,  *U1o.  CarruU,*3.  Russia  turnips,  CGf-e ,uC. 
Garlic,  V  100 strings.  lUKSll.  Outside  rate  for  pota¬ 
toes  up"  for  double  beads. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES, 

The  Best  “Eln*tlc  Trun*”  la  the  World  Is 

sold  by  Pomeroy  &  Co.,  "44  Broadway,  N.  Y.,  for 
three  dollars.  Write  to  them  lor  full  particulars. 

■ - *♦* - 

Surgical  elastic  fetocklua#  for  enlarged  veins, 
and  Supporting  Belts  of  best  quality,  at  Pomeroy’s, 
744  Broadway,  N.  Y. 

pew 

THE 

EQUITABLE 

LIFE  ASSURANCE  SOCIETY, 

ISO  UROiDWAY,  NBW  VOKIA, 

Has  an  accumulated  Capital  exceeding 

$22,000,000 

Invested  In  Real  Estate  und  Mortgages  In  New  York 
City,  In  New  York  and  United  Slates  Bonds,  und 
steudily  increasing  under  n  Yearly  Uo  venue  ot  more 
than 

$9,000,000. 


The  Rivoa  Insured  by  the  Society  arc  carerully 
selected  Ir.  different  parts  of  North  America  and 
Europe.  The  Insurances  are  made  only  on  the 
Mutual  Principle.  The  Surplus  Premiums  are  re¬ 
turned  to  the  Policy-holders  annually. 

Policies  urn  Issued  payable  ut  the  death  of  the  In¬ 
sured,  or  payable  ut  the  end  Of  a  certain  number  of 
yeurs.  Policies  are  ulso  issued  on  the 


The  “Two  Rurals” 

The  Western  Rural,  the  Rretit  lead¬ 
ing  popular  Rural  and  Family  Weekly  of  the 
West,  (*2.r>0  per  year,)  and  the  Young- 
Folks’  Rural,  the  “handsomest  und 
best  Young  People’s  monthly  in  America,” 
($1.50  per  year,)  constituting  a  supply  of  in¬ 
teresting,  entertaining,  instructive,  practical 
and  valuable  mutter  not  equaled  or  approach¬ 
ed  by  any  two  other  periodicals  in  Amer¬ 
ica!— and,  in  addition,  two  lovely  landscape 
chromes,  G%xSX,  after  Stroight,  entitled 
“Mominu  on  the  Mississippi”  and  “ Sunset 
on  the  Sierras,”  (mounted,  varnished  and 
post-paid,) — all  for 

Only  ^  $3.00.  ii 

JIT”  Subscriptions  can  be  sent  to  us  direct  on  the 
above  terms,  or  handed  to  any  one  acting  as  an  Agent 
or  forming  a  club. 

TFITR 

WESTERN  RURAL, 


Whisky— Is  scarce  and  higher.  Sales  at  07K®28o.  TONTINE  PLAN, 

Wo«l. -Prices  have  t>oen  advanced  about  2aa<?. 

m.  rroro  the  lowest  polut,  wUb  a  continued  Hoerai  or  upon  the  principle  of  ncctlraulating  protits  tor 
Inquiry  for  stock  from  luanufnctorfo*,  and  supplies  definite  periods,  which  was  first  Introduced  by  this 
of  desirable  grade*  very  much  reduced  Thu  total  society,  and  h&a^ been  recommended  and  endorsed  by 
sales  ut  thu  principal  markets  for  the  hist  two  wi-eii*  eminent  expert*  In  Rile  Insurance,  and  by  leading 
have  been  the  largest  of  tho*QU»on.  The  movement  business  men.  Forty-four  per  cunt.  1ms  been  earned 
ha*  been  started  by  resumption  of  work  at  the  mill*,  ivnd  reserved  on  the  premium*  paid  ou  It*  Tontine 
a  large  number  of  them  running  on  full  time,  and,  it  i,ir(.  n.dloics,  and  forty  percent,  on  its  Tontine  Kai¬ 
ls  understood,  bused  principally  upon  liberal  con-  duwoient  Poliulos,  lasued  within  the  lunt  five  yenra. 
tracts  tor  goods  made  with  the  government  Homo 

activity  l*  induced,  however,  by  rather  a  better  ill*-  ••  Every  Farmer  and  Stock  Feeder  should  havo  one” 
tributlng  business  for  good*  In  the  regular  way,  ol-  r  nnN  aNB  COB 

though  there  Pi  no  especial  activity  in  till*  coliuc-  Wik-- -  °  .77,  ,,rl.  ,T,,T1 

tlou.  The  quotiitlon*  uro  58®54o.  for  Ohio,  Penpsyl-  -"l,lr  nr-S^r-.  *  ' y  <11 IMIRIIS. 

vauia  and  Virginia  X.X  fioucos ;  51(iA51Kc.  for  Ado.;  _  The  saving  In  feed  will 

50c.  for  No.  1  do.;  4U@47  for  New  York,  Michigan  anil  ~  .ii ' )  pay  for  one  In  tmhnrl  linu 

Wl*cpn*la  X  fleece* j  4Sk<«51c.  for  AX  do.:  44(s>47c  for  jyjihygjny- — _ 

X  Indiana,  Kentucky  and  Tennossfic  tleeccs;  47(.(61c.  -iUl  WOOD  SVWINB 

lor  XX  do.  f.mg  .  _  .  .... 

- ♦-*-*- -  JHA CHINKS, 

LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS.  7  Cnoss Cut&Circdlar. 

■  ■  ■  ■  —  4  to  6  Horse  Sweep 

Nkw  York,  Due.  13,  iht;i,  %asg=^l*ai>*S3^ , ~  Power  Separators. 
Hei-ves.— There  was  a  brisk  trade  In  small  lots  of  Warnintcd  the  best  *nmll  Thresher  made, 

steers  on  Wednesday  la*t.  Frlcea  ranged  at  .1  ••  nunnnuru  ceuiim  b  r ji  sue  tTP 

12Ke.  V  It.;  weight*, 8«®8j<  cwt.  Ou  Thursday  trade  BELLS  FOR  CHURCHES,  SCHOOLS,  FARMS,  El  It. 
was  fair,  and  nearly  all  ol  the  lota  to  hand  were  sold  Circular*  and  Price  l.lsta  sunt  free, 

off,  prices  ranging  atlk!«12Xe,.  with  a  few  choice  steerM  .  ■» „  *xtIFA CTURING  CO., 

at  l;Wl3Xc.  Friday  trade  held  firm,  and  the  lot*  on  UI' *  n  ^  «  7?  ,,  ,, 

iiilc  wrru  cleared  off  at  H,*12)<ir,  Weights  on  Thun-  884  to  C94  \V  e*t  Eighth  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

day  and  Friday  ranged  at  56*11  CwrR,  «it  5504)59  (**.  Vt  —  -  ~ 

cwt.,  out.  Special  sales  have  boon :— Common  Mis-  Fl  fl  r»T7  inPlTnil  *>  Great  Hu <  c..»w.  For 

rtourl  steers,  II  cwt.,  10c.;  fair  quality  Virginia  din.  OK  U  I  1 1  I  1/  A  I*  L  M  I’v  the  first  NHlmq  bookaf 

cwt.,  lie  :  coanu  Kentucky  do..  7  cw».Tt0kc.;  choice  fijlljlx  n  (T  f  *,  I'll  I  i)  l.“ltrV£?s 

do  .  Ilo.,  10  cwt.,  Uo.1  lair  quality  Ohio  do  ,  7!,  cwt.,  1MJ  UlV  11U  JLill  1  Ui  1,’RRY  UO„  Chicago. 
U®ll><C.i  choice  do.,  do.,  VK  cwt.,  12>tc.;  coarse  qual¬ 
ity  Jo  may  do.,  UJ<  cwt.,  lOKisthWc.;  eomnion  Illinois  gy  crCk  n’o  A  rY'  i  fir*  I  I 

do.,  7  cwt.,  lOk'C-i  do.,  do.,  fair  1.  good,  V,i  cwt.,  lit#  Ca&«n  S  ll  llltzla  I  OLUilC 

12kc.;  Cherokca  do.,  gruxud  In  Illinois,  cwt,  10c.; 

Texan  do.,  5  cwt.,  8«.  Paten  toil  1872 

tradl'ln  mdc^cV.w^sIncoouMast  rci*T'‘  On w“e3-  Thltl  Patent,  In  the  manufacture  of  Building  Front*. 

a*  ""  ffiiSiifeto&sssfSKiiKS: 

been  VOf)  light  and  tut  mantel  cto.  a  arm.  and  T-nwu  Walk*,  Floors  for  £co  Houses,  Slaugh- 

Yen  Is.  —These  animals  were  not  quoted  on  Wed-  ter  Houses,  Carrlugu  Houscm,  Malt  House*.  Browcr- 
nesday.Whnn  grass  calves,  being  scarce,  were  held  ies,  Cellars,  Kitchens,  Tanner*’  Vats,  Stables,  etc., 
for  advanced  rate*.  Thursday  a  few  veal*  cuuio  to  etc.,  offer*  a  good-paying,  permanent  und  legitimate 
hand  and  were  sold  ut  ftjjUXc.  P  also  a  smnll  nuin-  t,u  Im-ss  In  every  city  ami  town  Iri  the  United  State*, 
ber  of  bob*  were  sold  at  «><(97c.;  grass  calves,  JRWJ.M)  Agents  wanted.  For  salu  of  Rights,  and  all  further 
p  head;  8  head  of  choice  milk-fed  yeuls,  at  428.50  P  information. address 
head,  and  u/«w  top  quality  culvesnt 412  p  head.  The  KAGAN  Ar  VAN  DOBEN, 

ui^;::;ind,;:::;;;bs.  8hcci . . . .  _  . .  ^  ****!»  — v<>,k-  - 

tn  large  lot*  last  Wednesday  at, rif-iiw/kc.  i 1  n.;  quality  -rrriur  T7»  KT  AAD  T*  Jkr  rif> 

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7ke.  The  bu*l  quality  ot  sheep  to  huud,  a*  above 
quoted,  were  80  head  of  lull f-br od  <  otswold  and  Rel- 
eester  sheep,  nu*"d  in  Western  Now  Vnrk,  and  15 
highly  bred  South  Down  sheep,  raised  In  .Vow  Jemoy. 


Ci-t  I  especially  with  pneesfavoi  log  the  seller.  We  ling*.— Live  sold  an  Wednesday  at  .Vqc.  in  smnll 

mp'  White,  over  comb  at  2*es'mc.:  buckwheat.  206,  jots,  but  were  generally  held  for  advanced  rates; 
e  •  strained.  106.15c..  a*  to  quality.  city  dressed,  CJGaiV i|c.  't’here  wu*  no  advance  in  live 

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to  move  ui-i.  lock.  Quotation*  for  cash  and  time 

w  Tor!  growth  1*73, 26(' i  Western,  ’7H,  2f>r«o 


78, 4lk«  toe. 

Foultrv  and  (lunr.-Tlje  past  week  has  been 
ui  fa  ..inn'.ft  for  lee  dressed  poultry  trade.  The 
*„  i.,  v  •  soured  many  lot  uad  nurt,  the  uppear- 
•  ucioi  uiu  T,  There  has  been  no  glut,  otherwise 
shipper*  would  have  met  with  severe  losses.  In 
ouHWer  an  to  Want  is  the  ontloo1.  {•>*  e n ul try  this 
winter,  wo  must  state  that  everything  Indicate*  a 
,  at  p  season  throughout  fur  general  slock,  fbo 
Chris  I  mas  trade  calls  for  prime  ifOUM*. 

We  quote Turkey*,  near  point*,  W®J5c.I  fetate.  1j 
6,1*0.;  Common,  near  point*,  wa-lle.;  Western,  10® 
12n,  Chicken*,  near  polntr,  t'-FoUi'.;  do.,  poor,  !l®12c.; 
Wcetein,  IL-ilic.;  do.,  poor. bqulOe.  Ducks,  New  Jer- 
Hi-» ,  ll  .,  l..e.;  WeBteiu,  Ukiullc  Geem,  Nr w  Jersey, 
prime  11  ••13e.|  do.,  poor,  9:«  Ue.;  WeSteru,  prime,  10® 
12c.:  do.,  poor,  8<j';Ufc.  i~tn!e  Western  turkey*  have 
sold  as  low  as5(«’le.  .  .  . .  , 

OaMU.— There  i*  a  fine  demand  for  game,  und  the 
market  IS  not  over  supplied  with  birds.  Venison  Is 
very  o  undam  and  low  Wild  ducks  are  quoted  at 
vfca  .5.1  lor  Havre  ue  Grace  canvas,  ana  »l.,jfor 
Norfolk  do.;  Red  Heads,  85^J5C.!  comtmm  duck,  in- 
ciuuing  Seal,  30®40c.  V/r-  quote  Quail,  prtnuq  41.40® 
1,1*1  n  doz.;  poor  and  soft.  41.20Cii3.3o.  1 atrldge*.  prune, 
i>M7Go.  r-raDle  he  i*.  EUfeWe.  for  prime  trapped,  and 
hoc  for  poor  and  shot.  Hares, (m®,0c.  pair.  Bab¬ 
bits  SOfiiJOC-  Venison,  whole  deer.  F  tt>.,  be.;  long  sad¬ 
dles,  OoilOc.:  short  do.,  10®14c.  Fancy  whole  deer, 
with  line,  antlers,  70c. 

i'rov  Scion*.  —There  ha*  been  a  liberal  speculative 
Inn  airy,  based  upon  report*  from  the  West,  und  a 
(Ubid  advance*  in  prices  i*  noted.  Exporter*  com¬ 
plain  that  they  have  no  margin  ut  current  prices, 
■nid  In  tact,  but  little  business  Is  noted  from  this 
source.  The  u notations  arc: 


New  ini-  fjfi.25  on  spot;  416  for  January;  418.60 

,r  M  treR-  o.vtrit  pilnte,  412.76;  prime  mesa,  41*.  Good  steer*  ^  ® 

reused  hog*,  OMviffNo.  Bacon,  7X^7>:c.  for  long  Fair . 

pur:  TUidA'i.0.  foe  Qiort  clear.  Raid,8X&*  ln-ltlc.  I*oor . 

Foorest . 


pig*,  und  *uinc  have  been  very  slow  ol  *ule  at  toe  lop  I 
rale*  quoted  above. 

linrac  Market.— City  trade  I*  ulmoHt  iifnnlnal, 
and  It  will  probably  remain  *o  until  after  Christum*. 
(Inn  puir  ol  lulr  quality  light  lmrueH*  horses  sold  for 
4&II3.  a  few  heavy  draught  horses  hum  been  sold  (it 
43(XX,D450F  head  31  horses  arrived  per  Krlc  Uullroud. 
via  6ak  ClitTHtut.lon  ;  43  horses  and  mules  arrived  per 
Central  New  Jersey  Railroad :  the  horse*  crossed  at 
Liberty  Ht.  Ferry,  und  the  mules  went  north  on  the 
right  bank  of  the  Hudson, 

Monday’s  Sntfu*.— Becvo  were  slow  of  sale;  but 
as  the  quality  ot  tbe  Chrl  Inins  cattle  dealt  in  wu* 
really  choice,  price*  were.  (inn.  Beeves  sold  at  9® 
13jfo  rb weL-lu*.  9&U  cwt.,  on  5j(a)82  ns,  to  the 
cwl.  ret. 

Milch  Cow*.— Trade  opened  small,  but  prices  re¬ 
mained  Him  ,  1  cow  sold  at  $82;  2  cows  sold  at  475  4* 
head. 

Veal*.— There  was  no  trade  In  veals,  und  calves 
were  not  quoted  at  noon ;  only  a  very  few  head  were 
on  sale. 

Sheep  a  ml  Lamb*.— The  quality  on  sale  this  fore¬ 
noon  wj*  gt  nenulv  choice;  a  few  cur  load*  of  thin 
sheep  lubl  at  low  rate*.  Price*  ranged  for  sheep  at 
5@‘J6«a,-,  lambs,  WRosSXc. 

lings.  —Coarse  Michigan  sold  at  5v;c.  V  »•)  fair 
quality  Ohio, at  45.40®0.43S.  cwt.  City  dressed  not 
quoted  at  noon. 

UULIPT.S  Of  LIVE  STOCK. 

.Sittf*  f*  *k 

Heaven.  Cow*.  C»lv*3-.  LttiHUa.  11 

One  Hundredth  8t... 1,682  it  337  723  ooo 

Fortv-Klehth  at .  15  20  155  9, 3)1-1  000 

Fortieth  Ml .  01X1  00  UUI  5.443  30,081 

Conimunipuw....  ...  3.959  00  00  0,224  10,713 

Weehawkeu . 1,298  00  00  000  000 

Totals  this  week...  0,934  31  492  22,228  48  797 

••  lust  week....  6,573  33  625  19,988  55,395 

comparative  rate.*. 

l.ust  week.  This  week 
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A.  J.  Alexander,  the  great  Kentucky  stock 
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oric  condition,  take  six  or  eight  quarts  of 
blood  from  the  jugular  vein,  regulating  the 
quantity  by  the  action  on  the  pulse;  other¬ 
wise  genera)  bleeding  should  not  be  under¬ 
taken.  The  bowels  should  he  freely  opened 
with  Rarbadoes  aloes,  six  d ruths  ;  pulverized 
ginger  root;,  one  dram  ;  and  pulverized  gen¬ 
tian  root  ,  one  dram  ;  mode  into  a  bull.  Rathe, 
the  eye  freely  with  cold  water  ;  after  which 
apply  with  a  syringe  either  of  tho  following 
wa  lies  laudanum,  six  drams  ;  rain,  or  dis¬ 
tilled  water,  oue  pint  ;  mix  the  two,  and 
shake  well  before  using : — or,  take  half  nil 
ounce  of  the  extract  of  belladonna  dissolved 
in  one  pint  of  ruin  water,  diva  internally 
one  dram  of  powdered  eolehieum  morning 
and  evening,  in  a  bran  mash  ;  no  grain 
should  be  given  during  the  treatment ;  corn 
should  be  especially  avoided. 


stallions,  but  far  superior  for  breeding  lie 
class  of  stock  needed,  to  our  best  native 
mart's.  The  stock  from  the  native  mares, 
tired  to  these  horses,  is  too  low— do  not  have 
bight  and  weight  enough.  He  states  that 
one  I’erehorou  mare  that,  he  had  in  his  sta¬ 
bles  the  past  Mason  would  weigh  ns  much  as 
the  stallions  and  cost  JSI . <>t >o.  But  such  mart  s 
are  not  easily  obtained. 

These  facts  are  important  to  breeders. 
There  seems  to  be  no  limit  to  the  demands 
for  the  heaviest  draught  horses — the  heavier 
the  better.  In  the  course  of  the  coining 
volume  we  hope  to  illustrate  other  types  of 
the  horses  most  in  use  and  demand  here. 


not  see  them  in  harness.  These  horses  were 
brought  here  by  Air.  Stood  art  from  Picker¬ 
ing  Ontario,  whence  he  has  imported  a  great 
many  tine  animals  of  this  class.  They  are 
sired  byr  imported  Clydesdale  stallions  and 
from  Canada  mares,  Til's  is  a  prize  pair, 
having  the  first  premium  us  draught  horses 
at  a  Canada  exhibition.  They'  cost  in  Cana 
da  SeUU  in  gold  ;  to  this  must  be  added  20  per 
cent,  duty  on  the  expense  of  transportation, 
in  estimating  tlieir  cost  in  the  New  York 
stables. 

Mr.  StOdoart,  who  receives  at  his  stables 
consignments  of  English  and  French  stallions 
and  at  whose  stables  most  of  tho  imported 
horses  find  a  home  while  they  remain  in  the 
city,  say-s  lie  has  neither  received  nor  seen 
any  French  or  English  importations  that., 
in  his  estimation,  equal  the  Clydesdale  stal¬ 
lions  found  in  the  Canadian  locality'  named 
above.  Yet  the  l’ercheron  horses  imported 
the  past  year  (over  100  of  which  have  passed 
through  his  stables  to  Illinois  alone),  he  says 
are  magnificent  animals  and  will  do  a  great 
deal  to  help  furnish  the  markets  with  a  bel¬ 
ter  class  of  draught  horses.  He  urges,  how¬ 
ever,  that  we  have  enough  of  this  class  of 
stallions  in  this  country  now  :  that  we  need 
to  import,  more  of  the  Porcheron  and  Clydes¬ 
dale  mares.  Only'  eight  of  these  French 
mares  have  been  brought  over  the  past  year. 
They'  are  not  generally'  quite  as  heavy  as  the 


DRAUGHT  HORSES 


There  is  a  demand  in  this  and  in  all  large 
cities  where  heavy'  trucking  is  done  for  heavy 
draught  horses.  Tl  is  demand  is  steady  and 
continuous.  The  testimony  of  dealers  here 
is  that  it  is  difficult  to  get  horses  heavy 
enough  to  meet  the  wants  of  those  who  seek 
them.  Horses  of  good  bone  that  will  weigh 
from  l,4f)0  to  1,000  pounds  are  always  wanted 
and  liud  a  ready  sale  at  good  prices.  Horses 
of  this  weight  should  be  from  10  hands  to  16 
hands  oue  inch  high.  Horses  of  this  luglit 
are  preferred  to  horses  of  equal  weight  and 
less  bight.  In  the  trucking  business  it  is 
found  that  the  higher  horses  stand  on  their 
feet  the  better  ;  they  are  not  swayed  about  as 
readily  as  horses  of  less  bight  by  the  Jost  ling 
of  colliding  trucks  and  omnibuses. 

We  give  herewith  portraits  of  a  pair  of 
Clydesdale  geldings  we  found  in  the  sale 
stables  of  Mr.  it.  8.  Stood  art,  593  and  600 
(Greenwich  St.  They  are  types  of  the  kind 
of  horses  most  in  demand  here.  They  tire 
beautiful  animals — dark  bay,  almost  brown 
The  span  weighs  2, SIX)  pounds  and  will  sell  at 
£300  to  £1,000.  They  are  well  matched,  ap¬ 
parently,  in  every  respect — though  we  did 


FILM  ON  HORSE’S  EYE 


alphEvaus  agt 


JOHATHAN  TALCOTT  ON  POTATOES 
FOR  1873. 


Having  given,  last  year,  an  unfavorable 
opinion  of  Campbell’s  Lata  Rose  Potato,  and 
that  gentleman  having  demurred  at  my  de¬ 
cision,  also  to  the  soil  on  which  they  were, 
t  ested,  and  requested  me  to  try  them  another 
season  on  different  soil  and  then  report  re¬ 
sult  ;  I  do  so.  The  past  year  I  planted  one- 
lialf  bushel  on  as  nice  gravelly  soil,  free  from 
weeds  as  I  have  on  the  farm.  It  had  been 
laid  on  by  sheep  and  cattle  for  a  number  of 
years,  as  a  night  pasture,  was  well  covered 
with  their  manure,  and  their  urine  of  course 
was  voided  there  each  morning  before  leav¬ 
ing  the  ground,  thus  making  the  soil  well 
calculated  to  bear  any  crop  that  was  planted 
there.  The  field  lios  high  and  dry  at  all  sea¬ 
sons,  just  the  place  to  grow  a  lino  crop  of 
good  table  potatoes,  as  there  was  no  fresh 
manure  put  on  the  field  the  past  season.  The 
field  contained  a  little  over  on  acre,  was 
planted  to  Campbell’s  Late  Rose  to  the  ex¬ 
tent  of  one-half  bushel  of  seed,  Thorburn's 
Late  Rose,  and  Excelsior.  The  Campbell’s 
grew  till  killed  by  frost  in  September.  Thor- 
burus  were  ripe  before  the  frost,  and  the 
Excelsior  nearly  so.  The  yield  of  Campbell’s 
was  much  less  than  either  of  the  others  and 
the  quality  not  so  good  as  the  yield  ;  when 
boiled  they  am  too  soggy  for  the  table  ;  when 
baked  they  are  bettor,  but  not  equal  to  either 
of  the  others  named.  In  the  course  of  my 
experiments  the  past  five  years  1  have  not 
found  as  good  a  potato  for  the  table  on  my 
farm  as  the  Exoelsior.  In  regard  to  Camp¬ 
bell’s  Late  Rose  I  would  still  advise  the 


in  tlidin  the  two  beat  new  potatoes  I  ever 
planted  ;  yield  4  bushels  and  fi  lbs.  of  Early 
Vermont,  of  as  fine  potatoes  as  /  ever  saw; 


was  used  alongside,  in  rows,  under  the  same 
circumstances,  and  the  result  was  very 
marked  in  favor  of  the  Indian  meal.  Our 


as  clean  as  they  would  hay.  I  only  fed 
horses  on  it  during  one  winter.  As  usual 
with  farm  horses  during  winter  in  Western 
Pennsylvania,  they  hod  no  heavy  work.  I 
valued  it  highly  as  winter  feed  for  the  kinds 
of  stock  above  mentioned.  Considered  that 
I  could  raise  three  tons  of  it  on  ground  where 
1  could  grow  one  of  hay,  and  that  one  ton 
and  a  half  was  worth  as  much  as  one  ton  of 
best  hay,  perhaps  more.  That  which  I  fed 
to  horses  was  thick  sowed  in  rows  three  feet 
apart,  stalks  averaging  about  fifteen  to  the 
foot  of  row  (I  generally  profered  ten).  It  did 
not  grow  to  average  over  four  feet  high  but 
had  quite  a  number  of  small  ears,  or  “  nub¬ 
bins.”  While  feeding  it,  1  fed  no  grain  ;  but 
when  feeding  hay  I  fed  corn  in  the  ear,  about 
a  peck  of  ears  per  day  to  each  horse. 

Greeley,  Colorado.  J.  H.  Foster. 


dfiqm  <£coitomt|. 


Bjtenic  ..Information, 


FOWLS’  FLESH  BLACK. 


POULTRY  NOTES. 


I  would  like  if  you,  or  some  one,  could 
tell  me  what  ails  my  chickens  ?  I  dressed  a 
chicken  a  few  days  ago  and  found  the  meat 
apparently  black  on  the  under  side  of  the 
fowl,  and  the  legs  and  wings.  They  appear 
perfectly  well,  eat  hearty  of  good  Indian 
corn.  I  wished  to  investigate  the  matter,  so 
I  cooked  it  and  found  the  breast  bone  entire¬ 
ly  black,  and  a  black  slime  all  over  the  other 
bones.  The  thin  skin  separating  the  meat 
was  black.  The  meat  did  not  look  much 
black.  One  neighbor  lias  chickens  the  same. 
He  says  he  never  saw  any  till  this  summer, 
and  can  tell  them  before  killing  by  the  black 
look  of  the  legs.  We  would  like  to  know  if 
it  is  a  disease  ?  Mrs.  C.  A. 

This  is  something  we  know  nothing  about. 
Who  does  ? 


Chicken  Cholera  in  Indiana. — An  Indiana 
correspondent  says  : — “  We  have  had  a  great 
deal  of  chicken  cholera  here  ;  but  since  we 
gave  them  plenty  of  logwood,  or  oak  bark 
ooze  in  their  water  trough,  they  have  it  very 
little.” 

Ducks  and  Chickens.— G.  E.  W.  S. :  If  we 
were  going  to  advise  you,  it  would  be  to  pur¬ 
chase  the  Peoples’  Practical  Poultry  Book. 

White  Holland  Turkeys.  —  I  see  turkeys 
with  this  name  are  advertised.  Do  you 
know  anything  about  them  ?—  Silex. 

We  do  not. 

“  White  Cobury”  Fowls  were  exhibited 
at  the  Rhinebeck,  N.  Y.,  Fair.  Who  knows 
anything  about  such  a  breed  ? 


FIELD  NOTES. 


Potato  Correction.— In  the  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  Dec.  G,  you  have  a  note  from  me 
on  the  Compton  Surprise  Potato,  and  you 
make  me  say  that  I  raised  only  a  half  bushel. 
if  you  will  look  again  at  the  note  you  will 
find  I  said  a  good  half  barrel.  My  name  is 
N.  W.  Riker  and  not  N.  W.  Pike  as  you 
have  it.  I  ask  the.  correction  only  on  account 
of  the  potato.— N.  w.  R. 

Flo  u  r  Com. — Ch  a  rubs  S.  Horton  sends 
us  an  ear  of  corn,  of  which  he  asks  us  to  say 
whether  it  is  a  now  variety  or  not.  No,  it  is 
not ;  it  has  long  been  known  und  cultivated, 
and  we  iievoi-  knew  it  to  be  very  highly 
valued. 


Pic  $lou1ti[j)  §m[d 


MOOBE’S 


NEW-YORKER. 


officii  (Pop. 


farmers  in  this  latitude  at  least  to  give  it  a 
wide  berth  ;  it  is  too  late  for  the  season,  and 
too  poor  fur  the  table,  and  will  not  yield 
more  thau  other  sorts  we  now  have  that 
are  better  potatoes  than  this  variety.  I  know 
people  differ  iu  regard  to  potatoes,  and  jk>- 
tatoes  will  vary  on  different  farms,  and 
soils  ;  as  witness  the  statement  of  Andrew 
H.  Nash  of  Westford,  Conn.,  In  Rural  New- 
Yorker  of  Nov.  22d.  I  will  take  Mr.  Nash's 
potatoes,  both  Compton  Surprise,  and  Extra 
Early  Vermont,  at  his  offer  und  price,  if  he 
will  let  me  have  them.  I  planted  both  kinds 
he  names  at  same  ju  ice  and  1  fool  that  I  have 


will  beat  the  Excelsior  with  me  this  season, 
and  that  is  what  no  other  sort  has  done 
before  on  my  farm  ;  soil  the  same.  Try 
them  once  more  Mr.  Nash.  J.  Tai.cott. 

Rome,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  10th,  18711. 

P.  S. — Since  writing  the  description  of  soil, 
yield  and  quality  of  Campbell’s  Late  Rose 
potato  on  my  grounds,  I  have  received  a 
letter  from  a  friend  that  I  gave  a  sample  to 
last  spring  (as  published  in  the  Rural  that  I 
would  do  to  all  w  ho  wished  to  test  them). 
The  letter  says  : — “  I  planted  them  with  my 
other  sorts  on  a  soil  of  gravelly  loam,  fall 
plowed  sod — what  I  call  fine  potato  soil. 
The  result,  a  moderate  yield  of  very  large 
and  very  small  potatoes— very  watery  and 
poor,  while  Excelsior,  Lapstone  Kidney,  and 
Idaho  on  the  same  soil  gave  a  large  yield  of 
very  fine  quality.”  Boil  and  culture  in  Scho¬ 
harie  Co,,  N.  Y. 

I  also  notice  in  Rural  of  Doc.  0,  which 
came  to  hand  same  mail,  what  D.  Aug. 
Vanderveer  says  of  Campbell’s  Late  Rose, 
but  he  only  speaks  of  their  yield  and  says 
nothing  of  quality  or  where  he  raised  them. 
Why  don’t  cultivators  give  soil,  situation, 
&c.,  whether  North  or  South,  in  their  state¬ 
ments  of  experiments  ! 

1  forgot,  to  mention  in  proper  place  that 
the  potatoes  mentioned  in  this  were  dug  Oct. 
10,  and  Campbell’s  Late  Rose  were  then  in 
blossom.  I  never  saw  a  blossom  on  any  I 
have  cultivated  the  past  two  years  ;  I  sup¬ 
pose  the  seasons  were  too  short  for  them  to 
perfect  blossoms  here. 

It  is  easily  to  be  seen  that  on  different  soils 
and  latitudes,  the  results  are  widely  different, 
but  in  this  latitude  f aimers  don’t  want  a 
late  potato.  J.  Talcott. 

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SOWED  CORN  ^OR  HORSES. 

I  notice  uu  inquiry  in  a  recent  Rural 
New-Yorker  for  information  from  persons 
who  have  used  sowed  corn  as  cured  fodder 
for  horses.  During  an  experience  of  several 
years  on  a  farm,  1  used  over  ten  acres  of 
sowed  corn  as  winter  provender  for  horses, 
cows,  sheep  and  calves.  My  hay  was  gener¬ 
ally  early  cut,  well  cured,  mixed  timothy 
and  clover.  My  horses  preferred  the  cured 
corn  fodder  to  such  hay,  and  ate  it  up  about 


INDIAN  MEAL  AS  A  FERTILIZER. 

Tub  Practical  Farmer  says  : — Benj.  Shep¬ 
herd  of  Greenwich,  Now  Jersey,  roeontly 
brought  iuto  our  office  some  samples  ol’ 
Campbell’s  late  Rose  potatoes.  These  were 
the  first  of  this  variety  we  had  seen,  are 
attractive  in  appearance,  though  the  surface 
is  not  smooth  like  Early  Rose,  having  more 
or  less  of  knots.  This  may  havo  been  acci¬ 
dental. 

The  kind  of  fertilizer  used  was  Indian  meal, 
strewed  along  the  rows,  about  in  the  same  I 

1  m  a.vi  PamviMD  oiiaiia  Thk 


AJ  AVLIAVA.  AJ.  U11CJ7IU-I  U,  Ufia  UUIUi  l  ICQUOU 

the  value  of  this  as  a  fertilizer,  both  on  grass 
and  on  wheat,  with  excellent  results,  and  as 
it  is  only  about  Jinlf  the  cost  of  many  of  the 
fertilizers  in  market  ,  he  strongly  recommend* 
fanners  to  make  u  trial  of  it,  by  a  small  atrip 
sown  on  wheat  fields  the  present  fall.  Ap¬ 
plied  in  hills  of  corn  has  had  remarkable 
effect  in  stimulating  growth,  the  same  as 
guano,  and  like  the  latter  it  lias  killed  the 
corn  when  in  contact  with  the  growing 
genn.  The  stimulating  effect  of  Indian  meal 
must  be  owing  to  the  nitrogenous  elements 
contained  in  it.  Its  consistence  in  a  fine 
powder  renders  it  speedy  of  decomposition 
and  quick  in  action.  Out  West,  corn  is  used 
for  fuel,  and  it  may  be  found  valuable  here 
as  a  fertilizer,  in  the  event  of  heavy  crops. — 


ROUGH  PLOWING. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Bristol  (Wis)  Club,  one 
member  advocated  rough  plowing.  -In  plow¬ 
ing  sod  he  wanted  to  see  it  kinkled  up.  The 
appearance  of  a  piece  of  sod  he  had  broken, 
bad  caused  his  neighbors  to  enquire  if  his 
hogs  had  rooted  it  up,  but  when  harvest 
came,  he  would  not  exchange,  with  his 
neighbors  at  the  rate  of  two  acres  of  theirs 
for  one  of  his.  Had  set  two  men  to  plowing 
once  ;  one  with  a  plow  that  scoured,  and  one 
with  a  plow  that  didn’t.  They  followed  each 
other  around  the  furrow.  One  turned  a  nice 
clean  furrow,  the  other  pushed  it  into  a  sort 
of  ridge.  The  next  day  one  plowed  alone, 
using  the  good  plow  and  left  the  land  per¬ 
fectly  smooth  and  level.  The  crop  on  the 
roughly  plowed  strip  was  away  ahead  of 
that  on  the  laud,  which  was  plowed  so  nicely. 
In  both  these  cases  the  land  was  plowed  in 
the  fall.  The  explanation  is,  the  rough  land 
was  in  better  position  to  be  acted  upon  by 
the  weather,  the  particles  were  forced  apart 
by  the  action  of  the  frost. 


CHESTER  WHITES  IN  DISREPUTE. 

The  Journal  of  the  Farm  says;  —  “It  is 
very  evident  from  the  notes  of  our  distant, 
correspondents,  and  from  our  exchangee, 
thut  Chester  White  hogs  are  falling  into  dis¬ 
repute.  We  regret  this,  because  we  know 
it  i  i  not  the  fault  of  the  breed,  but  results 
from  an  almost  indiscriminate  shipment  of 
all  kinds  of  white  pigs  in  Chester  County. 
When  the  demand  was  at  its  highest  point, 
dealers  were  scouring  the  County  and  buy¬ 
ing  up  any  kind  of  pigs  so  they  had  no  black 
hair,  and  shipping  them  abroad  to  the  disap¬ 
pointment  of  purchasers,  and  discredit  of 
the  Chester  Whites.  They  can  scarcely  be 
claimed  to  be  a  distinct  breed,  but  are  only 
the  result  of  many  years  careful  crossing, 
and  not  having  their  characteristics  fixed, 
show  a  strong  tendency  to  revert  to  their 
original  state. 

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PIG-PEN  PAPERS. 

Charcoal  for  Swine.,  the  Country  Gentle¬ 
man  says,  is  frequently  prescribed  in  agri-  I 
cultural  papers,  without  any  directions  as  to 
quantity,  it  should  not  be  given  carelessly 
aud  at  random.  Good,  fresh  charcoal,  prop¬ 
erly  pulverized,  may  he  given  at  the  rate  of 
one  toospoonful  for  every  hundred  pounds  of 
animal,  whatever  its  size  may  be,  aud  at  this 
rate  will  do  no  harm  nor  scour  the  animals, 
and  may  often  be  very  useful. 

Lancaster  Swine.— In  a  Western  paper  I  1 
see  “imported  Lancaster  hogs”  spoken  of  as 
having  taken  the  sweepstakes  prize  at  the 
Kansas  State  Fair  this  year.  You  have 
among  your  readers  and  correspondents 
many  breeders  of  swine.  Perhaps  they  can 
tell  me  something  about  this  breed — If  it.  is  a 
breed.  I  do  not  find  it  mentioned  in  the  pro¬ 
ceedings  of  the  National  Swine  Breeders’ 
Convention.— R.  S.  Simpson. 

Lice  on  Swine. — A  correspondent  of  the 
Cincinnati  Gazette  cures  his  hogs  of  lice  as 
follows  : — He  nails  three  or  four  large  copper 
cents  to  the  bottom  of  the  trough  in  which 
they  are  fed,  and  the  lice  all  leave.  The 
remedy  he  asserts  is  harmless,  and  has  never 
failed  when  tried,  in  his  section. 


Guano  Frauds. — A  correspondent  of  the 
Department  of  Agriculture,  at  Laurens,  S. 
C.^  says  :— “  Lost  spring  the  fanners  bought 
vast  quantities  of  guano,  expecting  to  pay  for 
it  by  the  1st  of  November  with  cotton  at  17 
and  IS  cents  per  pound,  but  as  cotton  com¬ 
mands  only  12  cents  they  feel  much  discour¬ 
aged  It  is  generally  believed  that  the  most 
of  this  guano  is  swamp  muck  or  alluvial  soiL  1 


TURKEY  DISEASES. 

Can  any  of  the  readers  of  the  RiAial 
New-Yorker  tell  me  if  roup  in  fowls  affects 
the  heart.  1  had  a  line  lot  of  beautiful 
bronze  turkeys,  among  which  a  disease  has 
appeared  that  has  proven  very  fatal.  Some 
hod  faces  swollen,  eyes  running  water,  (and 
in  some  instances  entirety’  closed,)  mouths 
sore,  and  limbs  so  affected  they  could  only 
stand  with  great  difficulty.  Some  arc  sick 
a  few  days,  and  others  two  weeks  before 
dying.  I  have  tried  calomel,  sulphur,  char¬ 
coal,  cayenne  pepper,  ajjd  nearly  every 
remedy  recommended  for  roup,  but  nothing 
seems  to  do  any  good.  On  cutting  open 
several,  the  heart  was  found  surrounded 
with  the  appearance  of  bruised  blood,  while 
the  liver  seemed  sound  but  somewhat  en¬ 
larged.  What  is  the  disease  and  what  shall 
I  do  for  it  i 

I  had  a  number  of  chickens  affected  simi¬ 
larly  to  the  turkeys,  and  with  the  treatment 
above  mentioned,  all  of  them  have  rocov- 
ered.  Our  cliuiate  is  mild,  and  we  have  had 
but  little  severe  weather  the  present  season. 
Our  fowls  have  free  access  to  barn-yards, 
clover  and  wheat  fields,  with  an  abundant 
supply  of  fresh  water.  Mrs.  S. 

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CHARCOAL  FOR  PACKING  POULTRY. 

A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  New  York  Trib¬ 
une  says  : — “  Some  years  ago  I  had  occasion 
to  freeze  away  a  large  quantity  of  dressed 
poultry  for  family  use,  aud  found  a  serious 
trouble  to  keep  it  free  from  mold  or  a  musty, 
spoiled  flavor,  although  they  were  solidly 
frozen.  Having  plenty  of  charcoal  on  hand, 

I  put  into  each  fowl  as  much  as  the  body 
would  contain,  and  packed  into  a  barrel, 
with  pieces  occasionally  mingled  therewith. 
This  was  in  December.  At  the  breaking  up 
in  the  spring  the  fowls  that  had  not  been 
used  were  perfectly  sweet,  and  as  fresh  as 
when  packed  four  months  previously.  Since 
then,  in  less  rigorous  climates,  I  have  tried 
the  same  plan,  and  have  skipped  dressed 
poultry  during  damp,  thawy  winter  weather, 
without  having  them  get  soft  or  sticky,  and 
have  kept  them  for  my  own  use  pefectly 
fresh  for  two  weeks  in  mild  weather. 


HYGIENIC  NOTES. 

Drinking  Habits. — Dipsomania  is  charac¬ 
terized  by  an  ungovernable  and  unremitting 
craving  for  alcoholic  drink.  No  influence 
seems  powerful  enough  to  deter  the  subject 
of  it  from  indulging  his  desires.  So  fearfully 
Is  he  under  the  control  of  this  terrible  im¬ 
pulse  that  he  disregards  every  warning,  and 
the  most  appalling  instances  of  the  conse¬ 
quences  of  drinking  arc  wholly  without 
effect.  Medical  men  differ  in  opinion  with 
reference  to  the  methods  of  breaking  off  the 
habit  of  drinking  spirituous  liquors.  Some 
favor  a  gradual,  others  a  sudden  course. 
The  latter  is  best  and  safest  in  most  cases. 
The  opinion  is  now  advanced  by  those  who 
have  given  much  attention  to  the  subject 
that  if  alcoholic  stimulants  are  entirely  re¬ 
moved,  and  sedutives  and  tonics  judiciously 
administered,  with  nutritive  diet,  there  need 
he  no  fears  as  to  the  result  upon  the  health. 

How  to  Make  a  Mustard  Plaster. — The 
ordinary  way  is  to  mix  the  mustard  with 
water,  tempering  it  with  a  little  flour,  but 
such  a  plaster  as  thut  makes  is  simply  abom¬ 
inable.  Before  it  has  half  done  its  work  it 
begins  to  blister  the  patient,  and  leaves  him 
Anally  with  a  painful,  flayed  spot,  after  hav¬ 
ing  produced  far  leas  effect  in  a  beneficial 
way  than  was  intended.  Now  a  mustard 
plaster  should  never  make  a  blister  at  all. 
When  you  make  a  mustard  plaster,  then,  use 
no  water  whatever,  but  mix  the  mustard 
with  the  white  of  an  egg  and  the  result  will 
be  a  plaster  which  will  “  draw”  perfectly, 
but  will  not  produce  a  blister  even  upon  the 
skin  of  an  infant,  no  matter  how  long  it  is 
allowed  to  remain  upon  the  part. 

Remedy  for  Baldness. — Some  correspond¬ 
ent  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  recently 
asked  for  a  remedy  for  baldness.  Another 
correspondent  sends  us  aud  recommends  the 
following  which  he  clipped  from  a  paper  and 
says  he  has  tried  with  good  results  : — Take  of 
boxwood  shavings,  six  ounces  ;  proof  spirits, 
twelve  ounces;  spirits  of  rosemary,  two 
ounces  ;  spirits  of  nutmegs,  half  an  ounce. 
Steep  shavings  in  the  spirits  at  a  temperature 
Of  GO  degrees  for  fourteen  days;  then  strain 
liquid  off,  adding  other  ingredients.  Rub 
scalp  thoroughly  every  night  and  morning. 

Hay  Fever. — I  notice  in  Rural  New- 
Yorker  Nov.  15,  a  recipe  for  the  cure  of 
“Hay  Fever.”  If  you  please  1  would  like  a 
description  of  the  symptoms  of  that  disease 
— how  it  begins,  at  what  season  is  it  severest, 
and  of  those  having  it  of  long  standing,  how 
it  afflicts  them.  Although  I  have  been  a 
reader  of  your  paper  for  the  last  fifteen  years 
I  think  I  have  never  seen  a  description  of 
this  disease  ;  still  there  may  have  been  and  I 
overlooked  it.— Jo.  H.  Sheldon. 

Cure  for  Chilblains.— Take  beef  brine  and 
heat  as  hot  as  you  can  bear  the  feet  in  it, 
and  soak  them  half,  or  three-quarters  of  an 
hour.  It  is  an  excellent  remedy. — L.  m.  k. 


their  best  estate  ;  and  whenever' the  batter 
becomes  sour  and  much  fermented,  it  is  all 
used,  and  we  proceed  as  at  first,  thus  start¬ 
ing  it  anew  quite  often.  Experienced  cooks 
will  not  need  these  directions,  but  we  trust 
they  will  aid  some  “young  housekeeper.'’ 

Ruth  Lee. 


the  time  with  the  hand  to  prevent  scorching 
the  leaves.  Each  turn  was  dried  five  minutes, 
then  taken  ®ut!  and  rolled  again.  This  pro¬ 
cess  of  rolling  and  drying  was  continued  un¬ 
til  they  appeared  perfectly  dry.  It  was  then 
put.  in  gloss  jars  and  kept  well  secured  from 
the  air.  In  about  three  months’  .time  we 
began  using  it,  and  were  delighted  with  our 
success.  Of  course  all  our  friends  must  have 
a  drawing  and  each  on®  pronounced  it  most 
excellent.  Since  that  time,  we  have  made 
our  own  tea  every  spring  and  we  consider  it 
so  far  superior  to  t  he  imported  tea,  that  we 
find  no  pleasure  in  drinking  the  latter. 

We  made  quite  a  mistake  iu  placing  our 
tea  plants  five  feet  apart,  for  they  have 
grown  so  large  that  it  is  impossible  to  walk 
between  them,  and  they  arc  about,  ton  feet 
high.  Those  bushes  produce  seed  every  sea¬ 
son  in  great  abundance.  From  these  seeds 
we  now  have  between  fifteen  and  twenty 
thousand  plants  of  various  sizes,  and  we  con¬ 
tinue  to  plant  the  seeds  out,  every  fall,  as 
soon  as  they  ripen.  Many  of  them  fall  to 
the  ground,  and  come  up  thickly  under  the 
parent  tree.  We  have  quite  a  grove  set  out, 
ten  feet  apart,  and  from  these  we  are  now 
collecting  the  most  of  our  leaves. 

The  climate  in  this  latitude  suits  them 
perfectly,  and  there  is  no  more  trouble  in 
cultivating  them  than  there  is  with  the 
apple  or  peach.  When  a  plantation  is  once 
established  it  lasts  a  life  time,  and  after  the 
bushes  are  three  years  old,  they  require  only 
the  weeds  to  be  kept  out  of  them  for’ t  hey 
shade  around  their  roots  so  perfectly  as  to 
kill  out  the  grass.  If  our  Government,  would 
again  become  interested  in  making  tea  one 
of  our  staple  productions,  we  would  in  a  few 
years  be  quite  independent  of  Chinese  pro¬ 
duction.  Mbs.  R.  I.  Screven. 

McIntosh,  Liberty  Co.,  Georgia. 


A  RURAL  SANTA  CLAUS 


OUR  BUCKWHEAT  CAKES 


BY  BOSE  GERANIUM, 


What  a  wonderful  difference  there  is  in 
people’s  opinions  and  ways  of  doing  their 
work.  Only  the  other  day,  we  resolved  that 
“Young  Housekeeper”  should  have  our 
method  of  making  buckwheat  cakes,  wlieu 
lo  !  Geraijdine  Germane  takes  .m  ay  some 
of  our  conceit,  and  the  main  plank  from  the 
griddle-cake  platform,  when  she  hints  to 
the  Ruralists  what  a  miserable  set,  we,  of 
the  hop  rising  sisterhood  must  be,  to  aid  and 
abet  a  rank-smelling  ally  of  indigestion, 
when  whole  barrels  of  buttermilk  might  be 
pressed  into  service  by  country  housewives. 
Buttermilk  is  good  iu  its  way,  and,  with  its 
adjunct,  sour  cream,  not  lo  be  despised  when 
we  want  nice,  light  biscuit ;  but  it  has  no 
part  or  lot  in  our  buckwheat*,  which  John 
declares  “  are  good  enough  to  set  before  a 
king.”  Supported  by  such  high  authority, 
we  shall  tell  you  how  we  make  excellent 
cakes  wit  h  not  the  least  unsavory  odor  about 
them  :  and  which  require  but  little  soda,  an 
article  of  doubtful  repute  nowadays,  when 
used  to  excess  in  our  food. 

To  be  sure,  we  put  off,  as  long  as  possible, 
the  evil  mom  when  Homebody  must  stand 
at,  her  post  like  a  patient  and  watchful  sen¬ 
tinel,  with  one  eye  on  the  griddle,  and  the 
other  on  the  voracious  beiugs  at  the  table, 
who,  at  the  least  symptoms  of  remissness  on 
the  part  of  the  cook,  renew  their  efforts  to 
adjust  the  question  ®f  supply  and  demand  ! 
at  least  when  no  arguments  of  ours  con  con¬ 
vince  the  men  folks  that  standing  over  a  hot 
stove  to  fry  cakes  for  a  large  family  Is  not  a 
very  delightful  employment,  and  a  sack  of 
nice  buckwheat  flour  is  set.  right  before  our 
eyes  in  the  pantry,  we  know  our  duty  and 
prepare  to  bear  the  cross  meekly,  and  to  the 
entire  satisfaction  of  those  reckless  mortals 
who  will  cut  what  ttiey  like,  regardless  of 
consequences. 

Nothing  shall  beguile  us  into  saying  that 
our  way  is  the  best  one  out  of  ten  thousand, 
but  here  it  is,  and  if,  after  following  the  di¬ 
rections,  you  shall  find  it  unsatisfactory,  why 
then  you  will  have  the  buttermilk  basis  to 
fallback  upon. 

The  night  before  the  pancakes  aro  to  be 
served  for  breakfast,  make  the  batter  in  this 
wise  : — For  a  family  of  eight  persons,  take 
about  three  quarts  of  water  slightly  warm, 
one-half  cup  of  sweet  milk  and  a  teaspoonflii 
of  salt.  Into  this,  Btir  one  large  yeast  cake, 
previously  soaked  in  a  little  water  or  half  a 
cupful  of  soft  yeast,  a  tablespoon ful  of  corn 
meal,  and  sufficient  buckwheat,  flour  to  make 
a  stiff  batter.  For  convenience,  we  use  a  six 
quart  tin  pail  with  a  cover— not  an  old,  rusty 
affair,  but  either  a  uew  one,  or  one  kept  so 
bright  with  soap  and  saud  that  it  cannot  im¬ 
part  any  impleasant  taste  to  the  cakes.  This 
pail,  with  its  contents  thoroughly  mixed  just 
before  bedtime,  is  placed  near  the  stove,  or 
where  it  will  not  be  very  cold  during  the 
nigh t.  By  daylight,  the  hatter  should  nearly 
fill  the  pail,  though  it  should  not  run  over  it, 
as,  like  good  bread,  it  requires  close  atten¬ 
tion,  and  should  be  used  at  the  right  stage 
of  lightness.  When  the  griddle  is  nearly 
ready  for  use,  dissolve  an  even  teaspoouful 
of  soda,  which  stir  into  the  batter,  and  some 
tastes  would  like  the  addition  of  another 
teaspoonful  of  salt. 

Now,  about  the  griddle  and  greaser : 
Nearly  all  of  the  soapstone  griddles  of  our 
acquaintance  are  humbugs,  and  the  cakes 
cooked  thereon  forget  to  be  crispy  and 
brown,  so  we  adhere  to  the  orthodox  iron 
griddle.  Not  much  smoke  need  arise  from 
it,  if  there  is  the  right  understanding  be¬ 
tween  it  and  the  cook,  who  should  use  only 
a  small  quantity  of  butter,  applied  with  a 
cloth  tied  to  a  stick  or  the  tines  of  a  steel 
fork.  This  is  much  better  than  a  xljce  of 
pork,  and  the  difference  iu  expense  is  trifling  ; 
as  in  our  family,  not  more  than  a  pound  of 
butter  is  used  for  frying  eakes  during  the 
winter. 

A  large  coffeecupful  of  the  batter  should 
be  reserved,  and  emptied  immediately  into 
an  earthern  dish,  covered  and  set  in  a  cool 
place  where  it  will  not  freeze,  until  it  is 
wanted  again  at  night  for  mixing  with  a 
new  supply  ;  which  will  not  require  a  yeast 
cake.  A  teaspoonful  of  sugar  stirred  into 
tins  reserve,  when  it  is  set  away  will  arrest 
fermentation,  and  after  the  first  morning,  a 
little  more  soda  is  required  each  time  ;  but 
our  own  is  to  use  only  just  enough  to  coun¬ 
teract  the  acidity.  Some  housekeepers  add 
all  the.  cold  cakes  left  in  the  morning  to  the 
next  batch,  but  we  think  one  or  two  is  an 
improvement,  while  more  would  make  the 
cakes  sticky’  and  liable  to  brown  too  much. 
Pancakes,  like  good  people,  ma y  fall  from 


One  night,  when  the  ground  was  all  covered  with 
snow, 

Old  Santa  Claus  saddled  bis  reindeer  to  go— 

For  the  hills  were  so  covered  with  sleet  and  with 
frost, 

That  he  knew  if  he  went  In  his  sleigh  he’d  be  lost. 

So  he  saddled  his  reindeer  and  put  ou  hi#  peek, 

And  then  ho  sprang  upon  the  animal's  back; 

(I  will  toll  Just  hero  whut  1  found  out  lit.  school — 
That  the  gentleman's  reindeer,  translated,  means 
mult,)] 

The  night  was  a  cold  one— uncommonly  dark— 

The  steed  was  unbroken,  and  kept  crying  "  Hark  I" 
And  San  ta  kept  tolling  himself,  all  along, 

That  lie  never  found  matters  so  dreadful  y  wrong. 

Afar  on  a  hill,  through  the  comfortless  night, 

Some  broad  parlor  windows  burst,  gleaming  and 
bright; 

Then  Santa’s  kind  bosom  beat,  warm  with  content, 
For  right  to  that  dwelling  of  course  ho  was  bout. 

Tie  brushed  with  his  mitten  the  frost  from  his  chin, 
Then  pushed  the  door  open  and  softly  stole  In; 

The  little  folks  spraug  from  their  corners— ha,  ha  ! 
And  caught  the  old  fellow,  and  he  was— papa  ! 
December,  1873. 


DOMESTIC  BREVITIES, 


Recipe  for  Cooking  Dried  Green  Corn. — 
Put  in  a  basin  two-thirds  of  a  cup  dried  corn 
(wash  first)  ;  add  a  quart  of  water  ;  let  it 
stand  back  ou  the  stove,  tv  here  it  tv  ill  keep 
hot,  but  not  boil,  for  four  hours.  Add  more 
water,  if  needed,  during  this  time.  When 
wanted,  pour  in  milk  t  ill  you  have  a  quart 
of  simp;  salt,  pepper,  a  lump  of  butter,  and 
thicken  with  a  spoonful  of  flour.  Breakup 
a  few  crackers  in  a  tureen;  pour  over  the 
coni  and  serve.  There  may  be  some  one 
that  serves  corn  tills  way,  but  I  never  ate 
any  so  before  I  cooked  it  myself.  Please  try 
it.— Mrs.  C. 

Excellent  Recipe  for  Potato  Soup. — Take 
six  potatoes,  medium  size,  and  one  onion; 
pare  and  put,  iu  one  quart  of  water  ;  boil 
one  hour  and  then  strain  through  a  colander, 
filling  up  if  the  water  has  boiled  away;  add 
a  piece  of  butter  as  large  ns  an  egg  ;  pepper 
and  salt  to  taste,  and,  last,  a  quart  of  sweet 
cream  ;  as  soon  as  hot,  serve  with  crackers  or 
bread.  It.  is  splendid. — L.  M.  K. 

An  Excellent  Recipe  for  Sausage. — To  ten 
pounds  of  meat  take  throe  ounces  of  salt, 
one  of  black  popper,  one-half  ounce  sage,  if 
desired;  mix  the  seasoning  well,  and  sprin¬ 
kle  it  over  the  meat  before  it  is  chopped,  as 
no  after-mixing  will  blend  the  whole  so 
nicely.  Will  some  reader  of  the  Rural  tell 
me  of  some  pretty  way  to  make  a  card 
basket  Virginia. 

Refining  Lard. — I  should  be  much  obliged 
to  know  of  some  of  your  rnauy  readers  how 
1  can  refine  my  lard  so  as  to  get  the  highest 
market,  price.  I  find  that  the  refined  is  very 
white  and  tough,  where  our  country  lard  is 
darker  and  grainy.  By  an  early  answer  in 
your  paper  you  will  much  oblige. — John  W. 
Naum,  Hamburg,  St-  Charles  Co.,  Mo. 

Substitute  for  Coffee.  — Another  substitute 
is  suggested  for  coffee,  which  is  said  to  be 
better  than  chiccory.  Wo  hope  it  is.  Grape 
stones  or  seeds,  when  roasted  or  ground, 
possess  an  aroma  very  much  like  East  India 
coffee,  and  the  beverage  made  from  them, 
though  inferior  in  quality,  is  not  unlike  cof¬ 
fee  in  taste. 


ETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS 


Lively”  Wants  Funny  Thing*. 

Dear.  Rural. — Please  toll  i.\>usln  Johnnie 
that  1  like  to  road  her  letters  to  her  little 
friends  who  rood  the  Rural,  am!  coant.  myself 
one  of  them.  “  Young  Naturalist,"  I  have  been 
thinking  of  forming  a  cabinet,  and  jour  let.tor 
felling  how  you  kept  your  specimens  will  help 
me  very  much.  Hoys  ami  girls,  won't  you  tell 
us  in  I  be  Itc  iiai.  some  of  the  “  funny  things” 
that  you  know?  Just  so  that  r  and  the  rest  of 
your  friends  cun  have  a  rhaneo  to  shake  our 
sides  once  in  n  while,  you  know.  “To  start  the 
ball  rolling,”  I  will  tell  you  something.  I  have 
a  cousin  who,  when  two  or  three  years  old, 
went  to  church.  While  there  she  whispered, 
and  her  mother  told  her  that  she  must  be  very’ 
quiet.  After  she  hail  reached  home,  she  said 
loher  mother  that  “  every  time  she  yvhlspored 
(  Ion  said  *  A  men."’  She  thought  the  minister 
was  Goo.  At  another  time,  when  ftvo  or  six 
years  old,  she  visited  at,  a  school  where  they 
sang  while  practicing  gymnastics,  and  the 
chorus  of  the  song  was  this : 

“  Be  lively,  boy#  ;  bo  lively,  boys ; 

Be  lively.” 

But  aftoryvards  she  sang  It,  thus : 

“  We  like  the  boyH,  wo  like  the  boys. 

We  like  ’em.* 

And  though  corrected  insisted  that  it  was  so. 

I  have  two  sinter,  younger  than  myself,  one 
or  whom  we  will  call  Happy  and  Mm  otner 
Merry,  (who  yvas  2‘-j  years  old.)  One.  day 
Happy  had  been  out.  doors  watching  t he  hired 
man  transplant  turnips.  Afterwards,  yvhile 
yvalklng  yvttli  mamma,  they  saw  a  rose  bush, 
full  of  beautiful  blossoms,  and  while  miking 
about  them  mamum  said  that  (inn  made  them. 

“  Yes,”  was  the  ready  reply,  "Gnu  made  the 
roses,  but  A.ybkl  (the  hired  man)  made  the 
turnips.” 

The  other  night  yvhile  mamma  yvas  away  from 
home,  I  repeated  John  Burns,  of  Gettysburg, 
to  amuse  Merry;  and  yesterday  she  said  to 
mamma,  “  Ma,  can’t  Lively  speak  her  work?” 

We  did  not  know  what  she  meant  until  1 
asked  her  what  it  yvas  about,  and  she  said, 
“old  John  Firm !” 

Now,  boys  and  girls,  from  my  letter  you 
might,  suppose  that  1  was  a  wild  Indian,  or  per¬ 
haps  a  Feejee.  1  atu  neither,  but  like  your¬ 
selves,  a  little  white  school-girl,  tyvelve  years 
old,-  Lj  vuly,  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 


COAL  ASHES  ABOUT  PLUM  TREES 


I  had  a  very  pretty  plum  tree  iu  my  yard 
a  year  ago  last  summer.  It  had  but  a  few 
plums  on  it.  It  looked  healthy  but  the  fruit 
fell  off  until  only  seven  very  imperfect, 
plums  remained.  That  fail  1  dug  about  the 
tree,  cut  away  the  grass,  and  spread  coal 
ashes,  from  the  grates  and  stoves,  around  it 
for  two  or  throe  feet  and  about,  t,yvo  or  three 
inches  deep  and  tramped  the  ashes  lightly 
down.  The  following  spring  the  tree  leaved 
out  nicely,  was  full  of  plums  and  nearly  all 
remained  on  it  until  ripe — so  full  wore  the 
branches  that  I  had  to  tie  them  up  to  support, 
the  weight.  The  fruit  was  quite  perfect  in 
size  and  shape,  and  l  am  sure  the  manner  of 
treatment  was  the  cause  of  the  improve¬ 
ment.  I  think  many  fruit  trees  could  be 
tllUS  improved— both  in  the  quantity  and 
quality  of  fruit  they  would  produce. 

Madison,  Ind.  M.  H.  Wooden. 


TEA  CULTURE  IN  GEORGIA 


Eds.  Rural  New-Yorker  I  was  very 
much  gratified  on  hearing  that  you  were 
pleased  with  the  sample  of  tea  I  sent  you. 
As  you  requested  me  lo  write  to  you  again, 
I  have  thought  that  an  account  of  our  ex¬ 
perience  in  tea  culture  might,  be  interesting 
to  you,  and  to  some  of  your  readers,  as 
several  persons,  since  reading  your  notice  of 
my  tea,  have  sent  to  me  tor  seed,  and  in¬ 
quired  as  to  how  the  plant  was  cultivated. 
When  the  United  States  Government, 
through  the  agency  of  Mr.  Fortune,  intro¬ 
duced  the  Chinese  tea  plant  (Then  ISohen) 
into  this  country,  aud  distributed  them  by 
the  aid  of  its  Senators  into  various  sections 
of  Hie  land,  my  father  had  fifty  plants  sent 
to  him.  They  arrived  iu  good  order,  grow¬ 
ing  in  genuine  Chinese  soil,  aud  were  from 
three  to  four  inches  high.  We  put  them  at 
ouce  in  larger  pots,  with  fresh,  rich  soil 
around  them,  but  were  very  careful  not  to 
disturb  the  ball  of  earth  which  surrounded 
their  roots.  During  the  first  summer,  they 
were  kept  in  partial  shade  and  watered  freely 
whenever  necessary.  They  grew  off  beauti¬ 
fully,  and  by  the  next  winter  were  from 
eighteen  to  twenty-four  inches  high,  and 
looked  very  healthy.  In  the  month  of  Jan¬ 
uary  we  planted  them  out  in  our  vegetable 
garden,  five  feet  apart  each  way.  They  grew 
remarkably  well,  not  one  dying,  and  stood 
both  the  cold  of  winter,  and  the  heat  of 
summer  as  well  as  our  native  plants.  When 
three  3' cal’s  old,  we  made  our  first  gathering 
of  leaves.  We  had  the  directions  Mr.  For¬ 
tune  gave,  for  the  preparation  of  tea,  and  we 
were  particular  in  following  them  closely. 
Of  course  we  had  none  of  the  conveniences 
which  are  used  in  China,  but  we  tried  to  im¬ 
itate  them  as  nearly  as  possible.  We  plucked 
the  leaves  in  the  afternoon  and  spread  them 
out  on  a  table,  until  next  morning.  We 
then  rubbed  them  in  our  hands,  and  dried 
them  in  a  common  Dutch  oven,  stirring  ail 


From  a  Kansas  Boy-Hunter. 

Mr.  Editor  t—  Lam  a  liftcen  year-old  farmer's 
boy,  who  does  nut  Intend  to  “stick  to  the 
farm."  It  was  that  “  Printer’s  Devil's  ”  letter 
that  set  mo  to  writing.  Though  1  can  sympa¬ 
thize  with  him  in  his  dislike  for  farming,  yet  I 
think  t  hat  lie  ts  mistaken  in  regard  totliooom- 
poratlvo  merits  of  hunting  and  printing.  Ho 
says  that  he  is  afraid  of  a  gun.  I  know  lots  of 
girls  around  here  who  can  shoot,  and  shoot 
well,  too.  lie  likes  to  live  in  town,  so  that,  he 
can  sec  all  that  is  going  on,  &c.  He  can  easily 
do  that  and  not  see  very  much  either.  I  prefer 
to  take  my  rille  and  go  out  In  the  woods  or  on 
tho  prairies  and  make  something  “  go  on.”  I 
get  my  spending  money  by  trapping  minks, 
muskrats,  coons,  &c.  In  a  tew  years  I  intend 
to  go  out  about  two  hundred  miles  west  from 
here,  and  spend  a  fall  and  winter  hunting  buf¬ 
falo  and  trapping  beavers.  T  expect  not  only 
to  have  considerable  sport,  but  also  to  make 
mure  money  than  I  could  by  working  hero.  I 
advise  Frank  K.  to  buy  a  good  rifle  and  go 
West,  if  he  ever  gets  money  enough  by  printing, 
and  leave  sueti  trades  for  the  girls.  Those  en¬ 
thusiastic  young  farmers  who  write  for  the 
Rural,  anu  think  that  it  is  such  iun  to  raise 
poultry,  food  calves,  &c.,  will  tlrid,  if  they  try 
It,  that  there  is  something  else  to  be  done  that 
is  not.  quite  so  agreeable.  But  every  one  has 
his  tastes.  Farming  is  not  so  very  unpleasant 
in  the  spring  of  the  year,  but  on  the  whole  it  is 
distasteful  to  me.-  .1.  it.  M.,  HiauMtha,  Kansas. 


THE  SLEEP  OF  PLANTS 


Everybody  who  is  at  all  conversant  with 
the  habits  of  flowers  is  aware  that  they  sleep 
at  night.  Tliay  fold  their  petals  together 
aud  hang  their  heads  in  repose,  to  be  again 
awakened  hy  the  morning  light.  There  are 
a  very  few  who  reverse  the  order  of  nature 
and  sleep  only  in  the  day  time,  expanding 
their  blossoms  at  night.  The  fact  that  plan  ts 
sleep  is  not  so  apparent  without  close  obser¬ 
vation;  but  by  noticing  closely  it.  is  seen  that 
there  is  quite  a  change  in  tin*  position  of  the 
leaves  at  uight  from  what  they  assume  in 
tho  day  time.  The  Mimosa  presents  the 
most  striking  instance  of  this  sleep  of  the 
plants  of  any  that  I  have  observed.  The 
branches  droop,  and  the  leaves  carl  up  at  tho 
approach  of  evening.  This  plant  is  so  very 
sensitive  that  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at 
that  it  exhibits  this  phenomenon  in  so  re¬ 
markable  a  degree;  but  there  are  others  that 
change  almost  as  greatly.  It  is  very  inter¬ 
esting  to  watch  this  change  and  the  different 
ways  it  effects  different  plants. 

Mrs.  Loretta  E.  Knapp  Turner. 

North  Fairfield,  Ohio. 


FLORICULTURAL  NOTES 


PUZZLER  ANSWERS. -Dec.  13  and  20 


Collodion  in  Horticulture  —  The  Gazette 
des  Campngneti  recommends  dipping  the  end 
of  plant  slips  in  collodion  before  setting  them 
out.  The  collodion  should  contain  twice  as 
much  cotton  as  the  ordinary  material  used 
in  photography.  Let  the  first  coat  dry  aud 
then  dip  again.  After  planting  the  slip,  the 
development  of  the  root  will  tak<?  place  very 
promptly.  This  method  is  said  to  be  partic¬ 
ularly  efficacious  with  woody  slips,  gerani 
urns,  fuchsias,  and  similar  plants. 


Problem  No.  14.  - 

( 81.2403086  rods, 

•  51.K730H78  “ 

1 88.5494175  “ 

Word-Puzzle  No.  0.— 1.  Elephant.  2.  Croco¬ 
dile.  3.  Alligator.  4.  Bear.  5.  Armadillo.  6. 
Porcupine.  7.  Hippopotamus. 

Cross-word  Enigma  No.  11.— Canton. 

Concealed  Flowers  No.  2.— 1.  Pea.  2.  As¬ 
ter.  3.  Privet.  4.  Dill.  5.  Germander.  6.  El¬ 
der.  7.  Teasel.  8.  Lavender.  0.  Mallow.  10, 
Igi  r  row. 

Problem  No.  16.— 4  and  3. 

Illustrated  Rer  No.  7.— Anti-monopoly. 


Ml 


DES.  %7 


RURAL  NOTES  AND  QUERIES 


With  the  New  Year  begins  a  new  era  of 
“Progress  and  Improvement/*  The  experience 
of  the  Past,  wo  trust,  will  help  us  to  do  better 
work  in  tin*  Future.  If  good  resolutions  are 
of  any  avail,  we  have  plenty  of  them.  If  stimu¬ 
lus  is  needed,  we  have  it  in  the  lively  and 
touching  sympathy  and  words  of  commenda¬ 
tion  and  encouragement  of  our  long-time 
friends,  as  well  as  in  the  pleasure  we  have  for 
twenty-four  years  derived  from  our  visits  to 
and  greetings  from  American  Homes. 

Now,  we  have  no  time  to  expend  in  words. 
Our  work  for  the  year  is  ended.  Tile  work  of 
the  New  Year  will  have  been  begun  before  this 
article  Is  read  by  lien  At.  readers.  Of  the  char¬ 
acter  of  that  work  we  need  not  speak.  It  will 
be  just  as  earnest,  careful  and  faithful  to  the 
interests  of  the  classes  with  whom  we  co-opcr- 
ateas  il  has  been  in  the  past.  No  effort  will  be 
relaxed  to  give  our  readers  full  compensation 
for  their  money,  their  efforts  in  our  behalf  and 
for  tbtir  kind  words,  liolieve  us  I  We  appre¬ 
ciate  all  the  Past  has  brought  us  from  you, 
every  one  of  you !  We  are  not  likely  to  forget 
in  the  future !  We  shall  hope  to  lose  no  name 
from  our  list  of  friends!  Wo  work  with  faith 
that  our  New  Year’s  Call  shall  be  madeto  every 
one  of  our  old  and  many  new  acquaintances. 
Wc  believe  we  shall  be  greeted  as  kindly  and 
considerately  as  any  New  Year's  Caller.  We 
shall  bring  you  cordial  wishes  that  the  New 
Year  may  be  a  happy  one  ;  and  our  wishes  shall 
be  expressed  every  week  by  the  effort  to  con¬ 
tribute  to  that  happiness. 

Thus,  with  a  warm  clasp  of  the  hand,  an 
earnest  ami  friendly  look  into  your  eyes,  Reader, 
we  write  “  Finis  "  to  the  Twenty- Fourth  Year  of 
the  Rural  NKw-Yorkkk,  in  the  confident  be¬ 
lief  that  its  Quarter-Centennial  issues  (for  1871) 
will  prove  more,  valuable  and  acceptable  than 
those  of  any  preceding  year. 


To  Personal  Friends.— The  Editor  of  this 
Journal  has  not  time  to  answer,  by  letter,  the 
many  kind  greetings  he  is  receiving  from  per¬ 
sonal  friends  in  various  parts  of  the  country, 
and  must  therefore  respond  in  this  abrupt  and 
printed  style— saying,  briefly,  that  although  he 
cannot  answer  every  correspondent  in  an  ap¬ 
propriate  manner,  he  sincerely  appreciates  the 
generous  sentiments  uniformly  expressed.  As 
soon  as  arduous  duties  permit  he  will  endeavor 
to  reply  personally :  meantime  friends  must 
take  the  will  for  the  deed.  The  scores  of 
Agents  and  others  who  have  written  for 
“documents’’  to  aid  in  prosecuting  I  lie  Whi¬ 
ter  Campaign,  have  been  properly  answered  by 
our  new  Publisher  and  his  assistants,  and  wc 
can  only  add  the  assurance  that  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  for  1374  will  be  worthy  the  confi¬ 
dence  and  efforts  of  its  numerous  ardent  sup¬ 
porters. 


A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTRATED 


Conti  tic  ting  Jtiditor  and  X'ti'blinlier 


CHAS.  D.  BRAGDON,  ANDREW  S.  FULLER, 

Awwoul.itc  Editors. 

HENRY  S.  RANDALL,  LL.  D.,  Cortland  Village,  N.  Y„ 

Editor  u*  tkr  Driartmiiat  or  Su&tr  Humundby. 

X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  Little  Falls,  N.  Y., 

Editor  of  thr  Dwabtyihni  of  Diiht  Houbakdrt. 


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“The.  Importance,  Progress  mid  Influence  of 
It ural  Pursuits.”— Itoil.  MARSHALL  P.  WILDER 
Of  Boston  lias  been  talking  to  the  Massachu¬ 
setts  .State  Hoard  of  Agriculture  upon  this  sub* 
Ject.  Judging  by  the  report  of  his  speech  (an 
abstract  of  which  wo  find  in  a  Boston  paper)  ho 
went  over  the  whole  Held  quite  exhaustively, 
con  Iras  ting  the  Past  and  the  Preset  it,  of  Rural 
affairs,  with  striking  Illustrations  of  our  pro¬ 
gress  and  success.  Col.  Wilder  concluded  by 
allusion  to  the  happiness  attending  the  acqui¬ 
sition  of  pleasant  rural  homes,  embellished  by 
ourtasteaudendcarc.il  by  pleasures  shared  in 
common  by  loved  one-  of  the  family;  a  happy 
country  home,  surrounded  by  trees,  fruits  and 
flowers,  where  we  find  enjoyment,  not  in  hun¬ 
gry  greed  for  gold,  not  in  conflict  for  political 
distinction,  or  strife  for  place  or  power  or  re¬ 
nown.  Speaking  of  his  own  tastes  and  instincts, 
he  desired  thut  lie  might  spend  his  remaining 
days  amidst  the  scenes  of  rural  bliss,  and  at 
last,  like  the  fully  ripe  fruit  dropping  softly  on 
the  bosom  of  mother  earth,  lie  down  te  rest,  in 
the  joyous  hope  of  a  glorious  immortality  lu 
the  garden  of  the  Loud,  where  disease  and  the 
wintry  blasts  of  death  shall  never  come,  where 
the  summer  of  glories  and  perfection  shall  for¬ 
ever  reign. 


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LETTERS  FROM  “RURAL”  PEOPLE 


PUBLICATION  OFFICES: 

No.  5  Beekman  Street,  New  York  City,  and  No.  82 
Buffalo  Street,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


(Hi;  letters  from  Agents,  Subscribers,  Editors, 
Fir.,  are  numerous,  cordial  and  encouraging 
now -u-days.  We  could  easily  fill  a  page  with 
extract*  which  are  very  cheering,  but  have  only 
space  lor  a  few,  as  given  below : 

Mr.  .1.  Potter,  of  Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y.,  writes 
us;— “  As  the  JtuiiAL  campaign  has  commenced 
it  is  time  to  report .  Ami  first  1  must  beg  par¬ 
don  for  neglecting  to  acknowledge  the  receipt 
•of  a  splendid  ser  of  Hard  Rubber- Handle 
Knives  and  Silver-Plated  Forks,  received  seme 
time  ago.  They  filled  the  bill  to  a  T.  and  1 
have  no  excuse  to  make  hut  negligence.  I  w ill 
try  and  do  better  In  the  future.  I  herew  ith 
semi  you  a  few  names  and  money  order.  I 
hope  to  send  enough  mure  to  make  a  respect¬ 
able  club.” 

(Jen.  II.  It.  Porter,  of  Erie  Co..  Pa.,  long  an 
efficient  officer  in  the  “Rural  Brigade.”  com¬ 
plains  because  the  “  documents’ ’  were  not 
furnished  him  early, and  adds: — “  Now,  1  ought 
to  have  had  these  weapons  furnished  me  rnnre 
than  two  weeks  ago.  Being  an  old  campaigner, 
twenty-two  years  in  the  service  of  the  good 
old  solid  IP: UAL  New-Yorker  I  cannot  gn 
into  the  field  for  1874  without  the  necessary 
equipments  furnished  by  you,  the  commanding 
officer;  and  I,  one  of  your  recruiting  generals, 
and  always  more  or  less  successful  in  gaining 
new  or  renewed  recruits  to  the  best  of  all 
causes,  to  enlist  under  the  flag  of  the  Rural. 

I  have  said,  best  of  all  causes  for  the  simple 
reason  that  the  Rural  has  something  for  every¬ 
body,  rich  or  poor,  bond  or  free,  black  or  white, 
Jew  or  Gentile, Scythian  or  Barbarian,  male  or 
female,  young  or  old ;  and. so  I  might  go  on.” 

Mr.  F.  B.  W  kku  of  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y„  an 
active  and  successful  Agent-Friend,  writes  ua 
in  thiswise:  “My  relations  with  the  Rural 
as  its  Agent  for  the  last  dozen  years  or  more, 
have  been  the  most  pleasant,  and  I  have 
worked  most  heartily  for  the  paper,  as  my  past 
list,  of  subscribers  will  show.  I  have  .already 
commenced  work  lur  1874.” 

A  good  wife  in  Warren  Co.,  Iowa,  writes  t— 
*•  Wc  used  to  take  the  RURAL,  but  tw  o  years 
ago  my  husband  was  In  such  poor  health  that 
wc  were  obliged  to  give  it  up;  hut  we  think  we 
cannot  do  without  It  uny  longer,  and  have 
saved  two  dollars  toward  It  which  I  w  ill  send, 
and  will  you  please  send  us  yoiirelub  rates  pre¬ 
mium  list,  etc.,  and  oblige.” 

Mrs.  Charles  M.  \'.ul  of  senee.i  Co„  X.  Y„ 
writes  as  follows  (a  letter  similar  to  preceding 
and  many  others) 1  have  taken  your  paper 
for  the  Iasi  eighteen  nr  twenty  years,  with  the 
exception  of  two  years,  I  think.  The  past  year 

1  have  taken  the  — - - .  and  must  say  that  I 

don't  like  it  ns  well  as  the  old  Ritual  New- 
Yorker  j  and,  as  you  are  still  printing  the 
RURAL,  1  should  like  to  have  you  send  me  a 
specimen  copy  and  the  lowest  cash  price  for 
one  paper,  or  at  club  rates.  Please  send  as 
soon  as  you  receive  this,  so  that  1  will  have 
time  to  look  around  among  my  neighbors  and 
sec  if  l  eau  get  up  a  club/’ 

Here  is  a  note  from  E.  C.  Little.  Independ¬ 
ence,  Iowa,  under  date  of  Dec.  2,  1873,  which 
is  emphatic,  talking  in  this  style:—”  I  have  Just 
received  the  beautiful  Knife  you  sent  me  as  a 
premium  for  the  club  raised  lor  the  Rural. 
Ttic  knife  is  omo  of  the  finest  that  i  have  seen, 
and  I  doubt  not  but  that  it  w  ill  do  good  ser* 
vice.  1  havo received  two  premiums  from  the 
Rlual  before  this  one  n  Silver  Fruit  Stand 
and  a  Castor— both  of  which  are  of  the  best 
quality  and  fully  answer  your  advertisements  ; 
Indeed,  I  think  they’are  better  than  one  need 
expect  os  premiums  for  newspaper  dubs.  Ac¬ 
cept  thanks  for  the  very  honorable  manner 
with  Which  you  dual  with  your  Agents,  and  be- 
lieve  mo  fully  satisfied.” 

And  now  we  quote  from  the  letter  of  the 
editor nf  a  leading  Southern  daily  paper,  who 
formerly  received  the  Rural  while  editing  in 
the  West.  lie  writes:— “I  received  and  read 
the  Rural  New-Yorker  regularly,  and  con¬ 
sidered  it  one  of  the  most  valued  of  my  ex¬ 
change*.  I  now  desire  the  paper  again,  partic¬ 
ularly  for  lay  family— believing  it  to  be  uot  only 
an  entertaining  hut  a  fit  visitor  to  the  family 
circle.  I  can  take  pleasure  in  recommending 
Moore's  Rural  to  all  readers.  I  wish  rhe 
paper  sent  to  niyhur  address,  so  that  my  family 
will  receive  it,  and  not  (lie  office,  where  it  will 
possibly,  half  the  time,  “go  the  way  of  all  the 
—exchanges/* 


Necking  Office. — A  correspondent  who  signs 
himself  “  A  Granger,”  writes  to  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  “  I  like  what  you  said  some 
time  ago  about  ‘  Seeking  Office/  The  fai  l  is, 
that  very'  many  (J ranges  here  (in  Iowa)  contain 
members  who  seem  to  have  sought  admission 
only  to  gain  political  Influence.  In  our  Grange, 
where  this  has  been  evident  in  one  or  two 
ciw oe,  I  have  remembered  what  you  said  about 
t  he  office  seeking  the  man  ;  and  we  have  *  head¬ 
ed  off’  some  of  these  zealous  (?)  Grangers.  1  am 
glad  you  have  the  good  sense  lo  write  Indepen¬ 
dently  upon  all  subjects.  1  have  seen  no  evi¬ 
dence  that  you  are  an  enemy  of  the  Order,  and 
I  have  read  your  admirable  journal  for  years.  I 
like  a  paper  t  hat  speaks  the  truth,  no  nuilfcr 
whom  it  lilts.”  We  are  glad  our  friend  sees  our 
position  so  clearly,  as  we  have  reason  to  know 
many  other  of  our  readers  do.  We  are  not  the 
enemy  of  t  he  Pat  rons  of  Husbandry— nor  arc 
wo  the  organ  of  anybody  In  particular,  blit  of 
every  one  in  general  yvlio  will  furnish  us  incl¬ 
ination  that  will  help  to  make  the  people  more 
prosperous,  contented  and  happy. 


SATURDAY,  DECEMBER 


TO  0UK  SUBSCRIBERS  AND  AGENTS, 


NOW  Is?  'FIT Id  'F1NIK  I 

Yes,  Noir  is  the  lrcry  first  Time  for  our 
Subscribers  to  renew  (Ju  ir subscrijdions,  ami 
for  Agents  (ttti d  all  dlsfuysedto  become  such) 
to  form  Cluhs  for  DM.  By  sending  inns 
many  names  as  possible  non: — and  before 
Jan.  1st — Subscribers  and  Agents  null  confer 
a  special,  furor,  as  it  will  enable  us  to  gel 
thousands  of  reminds  and  new  names  in 
tnjpe  and  ready  for  mailing  papers  by  much  inn. 
before  the  rush  whioli  always  comes  the  first, 
of  the  year.  Subscribers  will  also  be  bene¬ 
fited  by  complying  with  this  request,  as  they 
will  receive  their  papers  promptly,  with ■  no 
delay  or  interruption.  Agents  con  send 
small  clubs,  or  parts  of  large  ones,  and  con¬ 
tinue  their  efforts  for  weeks  and  months 
afterwards  —  receiving  Premiums,  or  Com¬ 
missions,  in  proportion  to  the  number  of 
subscribers  obtained.  Many  of  our  Agents 
send  several  chibs  every  TFfnfcr,  some  taking 
small  premiums  for  each,  and  others  limiting 
until  their  lists  are  completed  amt  then  se¬ 
lecting  such  articles  as  they  prefer. 

— So,  Send  your  Names  and  Lists,  Hood 
Friends!  liV  wilt  respond  promptly,  by  for¬ 
warding  Papas  and  Prcmmms  as  desired, 
and  moreover  furnish  yon  a  better  Rural 
New-Yorker  ne.ot  year  Ilian  ever  before  ! 


The  Frunkiug  Privilege  and  Free  Keed  IMh.. 
trlbution.— Senator  Gordon  of  Georgia  is  evi¬ 
dently  in  favor  of  a  Government  soed  store 
which  will  enable  him  to  furnish  his  con¬ 
stituents  their  seeds  free,  regurdle—  of  the 
fact  that  the  majority  of  the  American  people 
are  compelled  tu  pay  for  their  se.ed  ;  und  judg¬ 
ing  by  the  character  of  the  preamble  ton  reso¬ 
lution  he  roi  out  I y  introduced  into  the  Senate, 
ho  w  ants  those  who  pay  for  their  own  seeds  to 
pay  the  expense  of  carrying  the  seeds  he  pro¬ 
poses  the  Government  shall  furnish  his  con¬ 
stituents,  free  of  charge  to  them.  We  arc  en¬ 
tirely  in  favor  of  allowing  senator  Gordon’s 
constituents  to  buy  and  pay  for  their  own  field 
and  garden  seeds.  If  they  are  too  lazy  to  work 
or  lack  the  individual  enterprise  to  purchase 
new  seeds  as  oilier  people  have  to  do.  they  had 
better  give  up  agriculture. 


Critique  on  the  Department  of  Agriculture. — 
Commenting  upon  the  management  of  the 
Department  of  Agriculture,  the  Turf,  Field  and 
Farm  says : 

How  superior  in  every  respect  is  the  manage¬ 
ment  of  the  French  Agricultural  Department, 
w  hich,  fully  appreciating  the  importance  of  its 
mission,  ransacks  the  whole  habitable  globe 
for  new  staples  with  which  to  enrich  the  ag¬ 
riculture  ot  France,  and  which  is  invariably 
ruled  by  a  practical  man  of  science,  and  never 
by  a  mere  political  partisan  or  his  creature. 
The  ostentatious  macninery  aboui  the  Depart¬ 
ment  at  Washington,  all  run  in  the  interests 
of  a  favored  clique  of  Senators,  members  of 
Congress  and  Government  official*,  should  be 
suppressed  at  once,  and  the  munificent  reve¬ 
nues  of  the  Department  should  be  expended, 
not  in  Washington,  but  at  various  points 
throughout  our  vast  territory  of  various  cli¬ 
mates  in  the  introduction  of  new  staples  and 
the  acclimation  of  foreign  animals  useful  to 
agriculture.  The  Department  of  Agriculture 
w  as  not  intended  to  lie  a  allop  for  the  gratuitous 
distribution  of  worthless  seeds,  or  a  printing 
office  for  the  publication  of  plagiarized  agri¬ 
cultural  literature. 


OUR  TWENTY-FOURTH  YEAR  CLOSED, 


For  tiie  Twenty-Fourth  time  it  becomes 
our  duty  to  write  au  article  closing  the  year’s 
issues  of  the  RuAal  New- Yorker.  In  doi»g 
Bhis  our  first  idea  is  to  .congratulate  the  great 
majority  of  our  readers— the  Soil  Cultivators 
ofAmerieu  upon  the  fact,  which  1*  patent  to 
the  world,  and  one  that  wo  have  preached  for 
over  two  dorado*  in  these  pages,  that  they  are 
the  most  Independent  people  on  this  mundane 
sphere.  For,  as  we  said  in  a  recent,  issue, 
“they,  of  ail  classes  and  peoples,  ought  to 
thank  Goo  that  their  lines  have  fallen  In  pleas¬ 
ant  places-  for,  though  not,  all  rich,  as  a  rule, 
they  have  sufficient  to  cat  and  wherewithal  to  be 
clothed,  while  thousands  in  our  cities  and 
large  villages  arc  so  (To  ring  from  want.  ” 

The  Rural  New-Yorker  was  born  in  l«,i0. 
It  has  lived  and  fought  ami  WTought  twenty- 
four  years.  It  is  not  dead  yet.  It  is  still  labor¬ 
ing  to  make  happier  homes  and  more  worthy 
men  and  women,  ft.  finishes  the  record  of 
1873  wit  ha  retrospect  of  duty  done  according 
to  its  ability— not  as  well  done  as  wc  could 
wish,  but,  we  have  the  vanity  to  believe,  not 
discreditably  performed. 


Rice  in  i? oiitli  Cusoliiiu. — A  correspondent  at 
Georgetown,  S.  C„  says “  The  season  liaa  been 
most  disastrous  to  our  specialty,  rice.  The 
heavy  rains  of  August  and  September  w'ere  so 
slow  to  run  off  that  the  swollen  rivers-  delayed 


harvest  four  w*eeks.  Rice  cut  and  stacked  in 
the  field  was  almost  a  total  loss.  That  uncut 
became  over-ripe  and  tangled  so  as  to  cause 
great  waste  in  harvesting.  The  loss  will  be  40 
or  50  per  cent.,  while  the  quality  will  be  poor. 
- >♦> 

Good  Things  Coming.— Our  new  volume  will 
contain  a  number  of  superior  Illustrations, 
Stories,  etc.  Wc  never  bad  go  many  good 
things  on  hand,  and  think  our  readers  will  be 
gratified  when  our  budget  is  opened.  In  the 
line  of  Illustrations  wc  have  several  choice 
original  drawings  already  prepared,  and  our 
opening  Story  i  a  translation  from  the  German, 
entitled  “  Martha's  Turn  Loves,  or  The  T Fife's 
Home,”  will  prove  most  entertaining  as  well  as 
Instructive  to  all  our  readers.  ”  We  study  to 
please,”  and  Intend  to  accomplish  that  laudable 
object. 

Tho  Rural  New-Yorker  closes  its  Twenty- 
Fourth  Year  under  the  most  favorable  aus¬ 
pices,  and  hopes  to  enter  upon  its  Quarter- 
Centennial  with  tiie  best  wishes  and  ardent 
support  of  its  myriad  of  friends.  Those  who 
wtsu  it  will,  ami  desire  to  increase  Its  Circu¬ 
lation  and  usefulness  all  over  the  land,  can,  if 
they  will,  materially  enhance  its  interests  by 
making,  at  the  present  time,  some  effort  in  its 
behalf.  We  hope  that  Agents,  and  our  long¬ 
time  Subscribers,  w  111  lend  such  aid  as  may  be 
consistent  with  their  views  and  engagements. 

■■■  ■  «♦» 

Index  of  Vol.  XXVIII.  —  Wc  give  in  this 
number  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  a  com¬ 
plete  Index  of  the  volume  ( only  six  months) 
which  will  be  valued  by  those  of  our  readers 
who  (as  all  should)  preserve  and  bind  it  for  fu¬ 
ture  reference.  Included  is  an  Index  of  Adver¬ 
tisers,  who  thus  secure  a  perpetual  advertise¬ 
ment.  The  contents  of  t  he  volume  now  closed 
show  a  wide  range  of  industrial  and  literary 
topics,  and  are,  in  a  sense,  a  promise  of  what 
the  future  will  yield  our  readers. 


\  Tinted  Cover,  for  Advertisements,  &o.,  will 
be  given  with  our  next  number,  and  as  often 
thereafter  as  may  be  necessary  to  accommo¬ 
date  our  advertising  friends  without  Infringing 
upon  reading  departments.  While  we  regard 
the  interests  of  Advertisers,  our  first,  duty  is 
to  give  Subscribers  full  “value  received”  for 
their  money,  and  therefore  we  propose  to  look 
first  to  the  instruction  and  entertainment  of 
those  who  subscribe  for  aud  read  the  Rural 
New-Yorker. 

Vnlc College  Expedition. — “ Geologist”  asks, 
“Are  tho  reports  of  the  Yale  College  Expedi¬ 
tion  under  the  direction  of  Prof.  MARSH  pub¬ 
lished,  and  where  can  they  be  obtained?’’ 
Prof.  Marsh,  we  believe,  works  on  his  “  own 
hook,”  and  mainly  with  hla  own  funds.  We 
do  not  t  hink  F’rof.  Marsh  intends  publishing 
an>  special*  report  of  his  expedition,  but  will 
probably  give  the  world  an  account  of  his  dis¬ 
coveries  in  magazine  articles,  or  in  papers 
published  in  tiie  transactions  of  some  society. 


Untile  upon  llie  Roads  of  New  Jersey.— The 

Grand  Jury  of  Burlington  Co.,  N.  J..  made  the 
following  presentment  recently “  We  do  pre¬ 
sent  the  practice  of  letting  cattle  run  at  large 
upon  the  highw  ays  as  a  nuisance  which  Bhould 
be  abated  by  all  proper  remedies.”  The  Court 
expressed  full  concurrence  with  this  present¬ 
ment  as  an  eminently  proper  one.  We  think 
so,  too,  and  that  every  respectable  New  Jersey 
farmer  will  concur. 


••  Heaven  in  'Song,”  a  Gift  Book  containing 
742  pages,  just  published  by  Sheldon  &  Co., 
New-York,  is  among  the  most  choice  and 
elegant  works  of  the  season.  It  is  by  a  noted 
author,  Henry  C.  Fish,  D.  D.,  and  contains 
selections  from  many  of  the  greatest  poets  of 
all  ages  who  have  chosen  Heaven  as  the  theme 
of  their  sweetest  songs. 

■  4  - - — - 


RURAL  BREVITIES 


Biqch  bark  Is  now  used  in  Duluth  upon 
which  to  print  wedding  cards. 

A  cheese,  weighing  2,200  pounds,  made  in 
Oneida  Co..  X.  Y.,  was  shipped  to  London  re¬ 
cently,  made  on.  a  special  order  for  a  Christmas 
show;  27,000  pound?  of  milk  were  consumed 
in  making  it. 

J.  H.  S.,  Hastings,  Michigan,  can  obtain  tho 
hi  formation  he  desires  by  sending  for  a  copy  of 
The  South,  published  by  the  South  Publishing 
Co.,  Bennett  Building,  corner  Fulton  and  Nas¬ 
sau  Sts.,  New-York  City. 

Thu  attention  of  managers  ol  agricultural 
fairs  is  called  to  the  fact  that  there  is  a  strong 
movement  among  women  in  favor  of  demand¬ 
ing  a  year’s  notice  where  prizes  are  offered  for 
the  finest  babies  to  be  exhibited  at  the  fairs. 

California  has  40,000  acres  of  land  this  year 
in  vineyards,  and  they  have  produced  12,000,000 
gallons  of  wine,  2,000,000  pounds  of  grapes  for 
table  use,  aud  ;t>0,000  pounds  of  raisins,  besides 
the  brandy,  of  which  we  have  no  statistic*  of 
the  present  year’s  yield. 


BUSINESS  NOTICES 


Docs  the  storm  keep  you  from  ihe  lecture?  Do 
the  winter  evenings  seem  long?  Have  the  old  games 
become  worn  and  lost  their  freshness  t  Get  now 
Avilude,  or  Game  of  Birds.  No  game  has  so  happy  a 
combination  of  keen  enjoyment  in  Its  play,  with.so 
much  useful  information  conveyed  by  the  beautiful 
pictures  of  Birds  and  their  fine  and  correct  descrip¬ 
tions.  Sent,  post-paid,  for  aevonty-flvc  cents,  by 
West  &  Lke,  Worcester,  Mass- 


PUBLISHER’S  SPECIAL  NOTICES. 

How  to  Do  It.— It  is  not  necessary  to  have  all 
our  “  documents  ’’  in  oraor  to  form  a  club.  On  the 
contrary,  any  subscriber,  or  other  reader  of  the 
paper  who  knows  it*  merits,  can  (70  to  work  at,  oner. 
By  showing  a  number  of  the  RPRA.L,  and  talking  to 
friends  and  neighbors,  almost  any  oue  can  form  a 
club  of  from  ten  to  fifty,  without  other  assistance. 
We  will  send  nil  requisite  aids,  but  if  not  received 
you  need  not  wait  their  arrival— and  a  little  Timely 
Effort  will  secure  you  a  Valuable  premium, 

■  «»» - — 

December  is  ihe  Dost  Hnnfli  in  which  to  form 
clubs,  and  hence  Afnm  h  the.  Very  Tinw  for  our  Agents, 
and  all  others  disposed  to  secure  “flood  Pay  for  Do¬ 
ing  Good”— to  help  the  Rural  and  benuflt  them¬ 
selves— to  opoti  and  push  tlie  Campaign  for  4574. 
Many  have  already  commenced,  and  wo  trust  every 
Club  Agent  who  has  not  “opened  the  hall  “will  do 
so  at  once.  Our  Premium*  are  so  liberal  that  every 
one  forming  a  club  will  be  WKt,r.  ItKlvAlIDKI). 


Club  Agents  who  cannot  act  for  the  KlfflAL  dur¬ 
ing  the  ensuing  year,  will  confer  a  special  favor  by 
inducing  some  active,  wide-awake  and  influential 
friend  to  do  so-notifying  us  of  the  fact..  Extra  doc¬ 
uments— Premium  Lists,  fallow  Bills,  Ac.,— will  he 
sont  to  all  such  new  Agents,  and  Indeed  to  all  dis¬ 
posed  to  do  a  Little  Good  Work  for  u  Large  Howard. 


The  Documents  Keudy.— Our  Show  Hill.  Pre¬ 
mium  List,  Ac.,  are  now  ready,  and.  together  with 
specimens  of  the  piper,  will  he  sent  promptly— on 
day  of  receipt  of  request— to  all  disposed  to  form 
clubs  or  otherwise  aid  in  extending  the  circulation 
of  the  best  combined  IUntAi.,  Literary  and  Fam¬ 
ily  Weekly,  seiul .for  the  dammeur* : 

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Defter  thnu  Ever! —  Our  Agent-Friend*  can 
safelv  promise  that  Moore's  Rural  for  1874  will  be 
better  than  ever  before.  Bee  leading  article  on  this 
page,  and  “don’t  forget  to  remember”  that  we 
MEAN  BUSINESS. 


CURRENT  TOPICS. 

The  “Back  Pay." 

After  consuming  a  vast  amount,  of  time  in 
the  discussion  of  *’  back  pay,”  In  obedience  to 
the  absurd  clamor-*  of  demagogues  and  parti¬ 
sans,  Congress  lias  at  last  passed  a  bill  little 
(perhaps  no)  more  economical  than  that  of  last 
sessions.  It  fixes  the  salaries  of  Senators,  Rep¬ 
resentatives  and  Delegates  at  $0,000  with  the 
actual  individual  expenses  of  each  Senator, 
Representative  and  Delegate  in  going  to  and 
from  the  seat  of  Government  once  each  session  ; 
gives  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representa¬ 
tives  $8,000,  and  the  same  to  the  Vice- President. 
The  salaries  of  the  President.,  Members  of  the 
Cabinet  and  Judges  of  the  supreme  Court  re¬ 
main  unchanged.  We  do  not  think  the  people 
have  made  anything  by  the  clamor  which  ha* 
resulted  in  this  bill. 

The  New  Pennsylvania  State  Constitution. 

Pennsylvania  has  adopted  a  new  State  Con¬ 
stitution  by  a  large  majority,  which  Is  regarded 
by  the  press  of  all  parties  and  by  politicians  as 
a  death  blow  to  political,  financial  and  other 
corrupt  rings  in  that  State  -as  a  means  of 
securing  purity  in  olectionsand  in  the  adminis¬ 
tration  of  (  tic  State  Government. 

The  Vlrginlua 

Was  formally  surrendered  by  the  Spanish  au¬ 
thorities  to  l lie  United  States  authorities  at 
Bahia  Honda,  Cuba,  Tuesday  Deo.  16.  She  was 
received  by  Capt.  W.  D.  Whiting,  Chief  of  Staff 
of  Admiral  Scott  ut  the  hands  of  Senor  de  la 
Camara,  commander  of  the  Spanish  sloop  of 
war  Favorlta. 

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BRIEF  NEWS  FARAGRAPH8. 

Considerable  excitement  was  caused  Wed¬ 
nesday  evening,  at  the  Madison  House  in  West¬ 
chester,  Penn.,  by  Dr.  Bruner  of  California, 
who,  with  three  friends,  attempted  to  kidnap 
four  children  from  the  possession  of  his  wife 
during  the  pendency  of  a  suit  for  divorce. 
Mrs.  Bruner,  fearing  such  an  attempt,  had  a 
police  officer  In  her  room.  During  the  disturb¬ 
ance  the  children  were  removed  by  the  land¬ 
lady,  and  the  raid  was  foiled. 

Special  dispatches  from  Madrid  say  there  is 
great  rejoicing  there  over  a  rumor  that  the 
G  overnmont  of  the  I.' nlted  States  has  decided 
that,  the  Virginius  wo>  not  entitled  to  carry 
the  American  flag.  The  London  Times,  com- 


Hohse  flesh  is  selling  remarkably  cheap  in 
Vermont.  A  span  of  horses  was  recently  sold 
for  $0,  and  hi  two  or  three  cases  a  $2  greenback 
was  all  that  was  necessary  to  conclude  a 
bargain. 

Both  Houses  of  Congress  have  adjourned 
until  Jan.  5. 

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WHAT  SOCIETIES  ARE  DOING. 

Northwestern  Dairymen’s  Association.-  We 
have  received  from  Geo.  E.  Morrow,  Secre¬ 
tary,  Madison,  Wis,,  the  announcement  of  the 
annual  meeting  of  this  organisation,  to  be  held 
at  Woodstock,  III.,  Fob.  10  12.  The  following 
Is  the  official  programme :  Tuesday  Afternoon 

Preliminary  Business.  Membership,  Onnimlt- 
tces,  etc.  Tuesday  Evening  Addresses  of  Wel¬ 
come  and  Response:  President's  Address;  Sec¬ 
retary’s  Annual  Report..  Wednesday  Morning 
-  Dairying  in  the  Northwest;  Is  It  Prolltalilc'f 
Exclusive  Dairying.  Wednesday  Afternoon- 
Cow*  for  the  Dairy;  Summer  rood  for  Cows; 
Winter  Peed  for  Cows;  Influence  of  Pood  and 
Drink  on  Milk.  Wednesday  Evening  Address¬ 
es.  Thursday  Morning— Caro  of  Milk  on  the 
Farm;  The  Factory;  Butter  Making  on  the 
Farm  ami  at.  Factory.  Thursday  Afternoon  — 
Cheese  Making;  Marketing  Dairy  Product*; 
Reports  from  Dairy  Boards  of  Trade.  Mem¬ 
bers  of  Associations  will  be  entertained  by  cit  i¬ 
zens  of  Woodstock.  Membership  fee,  $2. 

The  American  Dairymen'*  Association  mods 
at  Utica,  N.  Y„  January  18-15.  Voluntary  pa¬ 
pers  are  to  be  read  upon  Cheese  Making,  hr  the 
General  Interests  of  the  Dairy  lion.  Horatio 
Seymour,  X.  A.  Willard,  ,1.  V.  ft.  Scovllle,  ii.  R. 
Moon,  C.  U.  Sheldon,  G.  B.  Weeks,  Wm.  Blaud- 
ing,  S.  A.  Farrington,  T.  D.  Curtis,  Prof.  K.  J, 
Wlckson,  Hon.  H.  Lewis,  Hon.  J.  Shull.  A,  A 
Goodonough.  On  Butter  Making—  It.  C.  Green 
o.  s.  Biles,  l„  T.  Hawley,  O.  c.  Blodgett,  mi 
Marketing  Dairy  Products  Delegate  from  But¬ 
ter  and  Cheese  Exchange,  N.  V.  City,  .1.  ll. 
Real  other  speaker-',  arc  expected.  Dairymen 
or  others  liaviug  facts  or  suggestions  which 
they  deem  pertinent,  are  solicited  to  bring 
them  forward,  either  orally  or  in  writing,  with¬ 
out  special  invitation.  A  Question  Drawer 
will  be  open  each  day. 

A  State  Grange  of  MasnaeliiuiettM  was  organ¬ 
ized  recently.  There  are  18  Granges  in  the  State. 
The  following  aro  the  names  of  the  o  til  ecru  of 
the  State  Grange  :  Worthy Master.— 'V.  I,.  A  llis 
or  Conway.  Or/ me  r.- A.  J.  Sawyer  of  Har¬ 
vard.  Lecturer.-  Charles  W.  Felt  of  Danvers. 
Stm'atd—  Geo. 8.  Willi*  of  Pittsfield.  AeaMant 
Steward.  Henry  E.  Rico  of  Ikirre.  Chaplain, 
Luther  Conant  of  Acton.  Tiros.  -Chas.  Jonea 
of  Deerfield.  Sir.-  Benjamin  Davis  of  Ware 
Gatekeeper.— Franklin  Bartlett  ol'  South  Doer- 
field.  Pomotuu— sirs.  A.  8.  Sawyer  ol  Harvard. 
/Horn.  Mrs.  Chits.  Jones  of  Deerfield.  LojIii 
Assistant  Steward.  Mrs.  Henry  E.  Rice,  harm. 
Ceres—  Mi*.  Franklin  Bartlett  of  Sc,.  Deerfield  / 

Eastern  Duchess  (,\.  V.)  ,\g.  Ass'u.-  -Officers 
elect  for  1874  :  Pres.— Barney  Martha m,  Anto¬ 
nia.  Vtce-Prcfi'U.— Hon.  A.  W.  Palmer,  B.  H 
Wheeler,  Egbert  Vincent,  Antonia  ;  Ed.  Thorn, 
Mlllbrook  ;  D.L.  Behling,  Dover;  Then.  Wheel¬ 
er,  South  Dover.  Directors.— Ambrose  M.vgal.l, 
Hyatt  Frost,  Hiram  Cooper,  J.  W.  Putnam,  It 
K.  Thompson,  Amenta;  Dr.  Wm.  W.  Knight, 
Sharon.  Se e.  Wm.  tf.  Bartlett,  A  menla.  .4**7 


Sec.— Fred,  Eaton,  Amenta, 
berlain,  Amenta. 


Terns,  0.  Cha 


Mich.  Poultry  Sue.  The  following  are  the 
officer*  elect  for  the  ensuing  year  :  Pres.  A.  s 
Dyokman,  South  Haven.  Sec.— J.  P.  Thump 
son,  Grand  Rapid*.  Trttvs—  Henry  Seymour, 
Grand  Rapids.  Er.  Cum.  J.  C  Holmes,  De¬ 
troit,  and  Nv.  W.  Tracey,  Old  Mission,  I  year ; 
George  W.  Bruckner,  Monroe,  and  S.  O.  Knapp, 
Jackson,  2  years  ;  N.  Chi  Ison,  Battle  Creek,  and 
A.  J,  Cook,  Lansing, 3years.  A  Vice-President 
from  each  county  was  elected. 

role*  Co.  (III.)  Ag.  Hoc.  The  following  are 
the  officers  elect,  for  1874  :  Pres.— Wm.  Miller, 
Mattoon.  Vtcf,-Pren’tJi.— W.  Ii.  Valodln.  Oak¬ 
land,  and  S.  I).  Doyle,  Mattoon.  7'm<*.  Chum 
E.  Hutchinson.  Charleston.  Directors.  Rich- 
ard  Roberts,  Ghas.  Plnatel,  W.  W.  Fisher,  E,  R. 
Connelly,  I.  N.  Gibb*.  Superintendent.  Samuel 
Van.Moter. 

Central  X.  V.  Poultry  As*uciation. — We  have 
received  the  premium  list  and  rules  for  the  first 
annual  exhibition  of  this  organization  to  bo 
held  at  Mechanics’  Hall,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  6-0. 
Entries  close  Dec.  31st.  L.  B.  Root  is  Corres¬ 
ponding  Secretary. 

The  Pennsylvania  Fruit  Growers’  Society 
Meets  at  Mecnanlcsburg,  Cumberland  Co..  Pa., 
January  21-23 — not  June,  as  our  proof  reader 
allowod  us  to  say  two  weeks  ago ! 

The  Pike  Go.,  III.,  \g.  Soc.  holds  its  next 
Fair  at  Pittsfield,  111.,  Sept.  8-11,  1874. 


THE  MARKZ2TS, 


PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 

New  York,  Monday.  Dec.  22. 1873. 
Receipts.— The  receipts  of  the  principal  kinds  of 
produce  for  the  past  week  are  as  follows : 

Dried  Fruits,  pkgs.  837. Cotton,  bales .  -A), ICO 

Eggs,  bids .  0, Am  Hops,  bales _  816 

Flour,  bbl* .  84, [W  Peanuts,  bags .  sflfi 

Wheat. bush.  ..  ..  814,690  Cut  meats,  pkgs...  26.5m 

Coru,  hush .  172,700  Pork,  bhls .  12,300 

Oats,  bush .  317,400  Beef,  pairs .  7,100 

Rye,  bush .  9,00)  Lard,  pkgs .  15,000 


menting  on  the  report,  says  such  a  decision  Oat  a, 'bush!  7. I.'  illTSOO  Beef.'  pags7.7.7.7.7  M’ioo 
wouln  be  consistent  with  truth  and  justice.  &bA^‘:.7..7.  iK&fpfe:::."  §& 

Sweetness  prevails  in  the  church  at  Sims-  Malt,  bush . .  «.tso  Chee*o,  pfcg» .  s^tTO 

bury.  Mass.,  the  ladies  of  which  lately  gave  a  bbta”::  SS’Sf'busii:::  in 

honey  festival,  rhe  delicacy  which  furnished  Corn  meal,  bait*..,  4.36&  Dressed  Hogs.  No..  l.fioO 
the  name  being  supplied  by  a  swarm  of  bees  Beaus  ami  Peam— Exports  of  beans.  past  wock. 


9,00)  Lard,  pkgs .  15,600 

38,850  Butter,  pkgs .  2?,sOo 

6,780  Cheoso,  pkgs .  ai.lflo 

8,060  Wool,  bales .  554 

3,700  Grass  seed,  bush . .  -A I 
4.366  Dressed  Hogs,  No..  1,650 


The  common  sorts  or  butter  are  not  abundant,  and 
almost  everything  sound  can  be  quoted  uf.  24c.  Re¬ 
ceipts  wer-  never  before  so  heavy  aa  the v  have  been 
for  tlie  past  three  weeks,  hut  tf  report*  from  the  in¬ 
terior  u»  to  the  make  are  authentic,  there  will  soon 
be  a  falling  og.  The  consumption  a)  butter  in  this 
city  show*  a  very  large  Increase  compared  with  form, 
©r  seasons.  Western  butter  Is  in  good  demand;  the 
warm  weather  ha*  hurt  Hie  appearnneeupd  eoinlillcn 
of  man)  lots,  especially  rolls.  Poll*  are  only  quoted 
for  form’s  sake ;  perhaps  not  more  than  50  arrive  per 
day  that  can  be  said  to  equal  our  he*!  stock  half  tuns. 

Wo  quote  Orange  county  palls,  fancy,  4(7(<M3o.; 
other  good  pulls,. :«*.<jl0e.  Slate  firkin*  and  hall  l  abs. 
flnc.35etAi'o,,  ip  lines,  end  380c4lC.  for  selections  ;  good 
State,  eflr.n.vic.:  Welsh  tub*  fanev  31 other.  .'«y7 
32c.;  choice  Western,  including  Michigan  factory,  31 
(ejiWo.i  good  do.,  22m; 75.;  shipping,  20c.;  Pennsylvania 
P»II.G«®8'7<).,  do  other  pkgs.,  28«#32o.  Rolls,  choice, 
wKiSSOc.;  other,  24(ik2Gc. 

ChfOMt— Is  higher  and  strong,  with  a  good  home 
trade,  increased  shipping  demand  and  moderate  re¬ 
ceipts.  Choice  stole  factory.  4C,'0iHKc. 

Cotton— Is  weak  ut- 164*0.  for  low  middling  upland. 

Dried  Fruit*,  There  i*  a  good  home  trade  at 
strong  prions. 

Southern  apples,  old.  (V>!>7c.;  do.  new.  TJ<®TYe-,  and 
IKitllC.  foyBUced ;  Slate,  7Mffi8o.  for  old  qrs.  and  fellifc. 
siloed;  W est.ern.ola, 7©7.Sc.;  now,  7M®7Vcd  now  state 


-vy.'G-  AVI  IMUVVS  1UUI  lor  muir* 

WJ’S.  Pitted  dhurries.  Slk/WSic.  fur  State  and  Southern. 
Raspberries,  new.  IlOe.  California  plums,  32<«H5e.j  do. 
pears,  22®25o.  Htute  and  Southcni  plum*,  2fK*  22o. 

Egg*.  There  has  been  a  very  unseasonable  trade 
in  eggs  In  consequence  of  damaging  weather,  and 
prices  are  verv  weak,  with  most,  dealers  holding  a 
surplus  or  fresh.  Limed  are  very  dull,  ami  the  stock 
lealurmlugly  large,  n*  there  has  been  no  outlet  for 
them  yet.  We  quota? ;  -State  and  Pennsylvania,  80® 
die.:  best.  Western,  29M30e.;  ordinary  do,.  2S(.«2fle.; 
Canadian,  28M2!>U.;  limed  State,  20®21c.;  do.  Western, 
W®81c. 

Kwcutlftl  Oil*.— Oil  peppermint  In  tin  can*.  $3.13 
®5;2J1  #  1.;  do.  In  glass,  $3,75(311;  oil  wintorgreon. 
$4.20 )  ml  sassafras,  ,VW>4e- 

I '’en tlier*— Western  live  geese,  (BeSTOc.s  Inferior: 
405#  50e. 

Flout— Is  lower  and  depressed,  with  a  amnli  busi¬ 
ness. 

No. 2....,..,.. . .  avs>  5  Sfi 

SiiporOne  SUile . 5  ntvo  «  65 

Kxt.ra  do .  6  70(s»  .’06 

j!  aney  do.  .  1  m.,,  7  go 

Superrine  Western . .  5  90<a  fi  05 

FfW'i  Of . . . «  7te  7  00 

Minnesota. extras... . .  7  gojs#  j)  (jo 

Western,  whin,  w beat .  8  00mi  8  75 

Round  hoop  Ohm  .  . .  .1!  8fl(w  7  15 

Trade  brands  do . .  . .  .  v  40c $  s  40 

Houtherti,  extra .  7  00(«1  H  10 

Double  extras . .  H  I6M1IO  7b 

Rye  Hour .  .  I  65®  6  00 

Corn  meal,  Jersey .  3  4  ini 

Brandywine . I  4  40 

Ei’Obli  Kin  it*.  Exports  of  apples  past  week  1,625 
bbls.  Slnue  Jan.  list,  67,600  bbl*.  or  46,075  do.  less 
than  for  same  period  last.  year.  The  past  week  lias 
been  severe  upon  Apples;  some  of  the  finest  lota  of 
greenings  have  begun  to  son  id,  and  other  varieties 
aro  showing  the  raid  effect  of  uiinatunil  weather. 

<  ullforniit  pears  uro  easier  The  -.took  has  received 
an  addition  of  <1  t  il’  load  III  prlmd  order,  having 
been  thirty  day*  on  tin?  passage.  Fine  eastern 
Bourre  only  will  bring  f  lJW.  Catawba  grapes  are  a. 
little  moru  saleable,  thouah  not  Improved  in  price. 
Cranberries  rather  dull,  and  It  is  thflloiilt  to  obtain 
extreme  rates;  In  fact,  when  t»..vi  is  obtained 
hhl.  or  82  1R  box,  It  Is  only  In  .1  retail  way.  Currants 
nee  not  wanted.  Hickory  nuts  In  good  supply  and 
batty .  Peanuts  uro  still  In  good  demand  for  the 
trade.  Peenns  unchanged.  Wo  quote  State  Apples 
from  good  to  prime,  *8.5004;  selected  do.,  fl;  rail¬ 
road  lots, some  of  which  uro  frozen,  range  at  fl© 
2.50.  California  pears,  Eastern  ib'Orre.  fl.Tl  p  hog. 
Gloat  Moreoan.  64;  Winter  Nells.  6i  :  Vteors.fS, 
Critn berries,  fancy,  V  bbl..  *Do. 0A0 ,  other:  6?<c8  ; 


Furs  find  ?*kin*.  It,  looks  as  though  the  market 
will  suffer  through  the  effect  of  a  mild,  winter.  Man¬ 
ufacturer*  have  sold  row  goods,  and  should  the  catch 
of  raw  be  largo  It  will  he  subject  to  the  fluctuation  a 
liberal  slock  abroad  will  produce  Wo  will  trv  to 
give  a  definite,  table  next  week. 

Grain. — Corn  bus  been  excited  and  higher.  Males 
at  82Mi8»’.  for  Western  mixed,  afloat.  Wheat  is  lower ; 
No.  2  Milwaukee,  »lA0t-nl.57;  No.  2  Cnicngo,  8l.52t<# 
1.31.  oats  are  firmer;  quoted  at  5fikfco7Kc.  for  new 
Western  mixed, 

Honey.— The  market,  1*  very  slow  at  28c#;i0e.  V  is. 
tor  white  elover  In  glass  boxes.  Buckwheat,  aVMJ.'Ic., 
which  o  lowev  for  the  latter.  Good  strained  honey 
•no.  t*  lit. 


which  for  some  time  has  been  hived  in  the 
church  steeple. 

At  the  request  of  some  sporting  men.  Prof, 
S.  F.  Baird,  United  States  Commissioner  of 
Fish  and  Fisheries,  has  ordered  a  portion  of 
Seth  Green’s  supply  of  Sacramento  salmon  to 
stock  the  upper  waters  of  the  Hudson  River. 

W.  H.  WARD,  Auburn,  X.  Y.,  presents  u  claim 
against  the  War  Department  for  an  invention 
for  tlie  wholesale  manufacture  of  leaden  bul¬ 
lets  by  which  it  is  claimed  the  Government  has 
saved  near  $5,000,000. 

The  surviving  prisoners  of  the  Virginius 
have  been  released  and  are  to  be  brought  to 
Now  York  lathe  Juniata.  The  Virginius  has 
left  the  Tortuga*  and  will  probably  be  brought 
to  New  York, 


Beans  ami  Peas.— Exports  of  beans,  past  week 
600  tibia.;  do.  of  peas,  3,200  bush.  The  past  season  has 
been  a  notable  one  for  the  sale  Of  beans,  and  not¬ 
withstanding  tue  immense  receipt*  prices,  particu¬ 
larly  for  medium*,  are  extremely  well  supported.  A 
few  fancy  mediums  may  be  quoted  at  442.30.  There 
is  an  abundance  of  mu  crow*.  Pea  beans  are  steady 
at  full  price*.  Both  pea  and  kidneys  uro  in  light 
supply  Green  peas  aro  in  demand,  and  when  of 
extra  quality  will  Brinq  the  extreme).  Canadian  peas 
aro  a  shade  higher.  Southern  Black  Eye  pea*  are 
stronger,  a*  the  stock  will  not  boar  much  call. 

The  quotations  aro :— Fdr  new  medium*,  (61.20(32.25 
for  prinlc,  and  42  (0(0.2.  Ill  for  other  grades;  prime  ttmr- 
rowfat*. #2.f»lv>v2Jb:  othergrades,  02.5Ow2.i5’  prime  pea 
bean*,  62.4fta2.Vi;  do,  fair  lots  down  to  *2.l5Oi2,30; 
kidney. rod. $3. 5ft"  3.75;  kidney  white, 62.503tf.90.  Peas, 
new  Canadian.  In  bid*-,  $!.20(Sll.25;  do.,  in  hulk, 
ld.05Mi.I0i  Green,  now.  M.iJ0@i.70;  old.  fl.40Ml.5u! 
Southern  B.  E.  peas,  68  V  bush. 

ItrCHWiLX, — Is  soiling  in  small  Lots  uc  2'.lR3le. 

Butler.—  There  has  been  11  marked,  foiling  off  in 
the  demand;  still,  there  aro  a  number  of  good  buy¬ 
er*  left,  and  prices  have  not  suffered  to  any  extent. 
Besides,  tho  coming  wouk  will  he  apt  to  produce  a 
good  da*h  yf  general  buying  for  holiday  purposes. 


Hop*.— Prices  are  weak  and  UBBe tiled.  State 
quoted  at  25gu40c.,  the  latter  price  for  small  lot,*. 

Poultry  and  (•nine.— The  past  week  ha*  been  a 
very  unsettled  one  for  dressed  poultry  quotations. 
Low  prices  have  ruled  for  the  best,  stock,  but  large 
quantities  ot  western  have  unpacked,  damp  and 
slippery,  and  gladly  (Rsposod  of  at  ;Vv(7e,  c<  a..  For 
good  sound  lot*  off  In  appearance,  10c.  won  thought 
a  good  price  A  portlou  Of  the  lately  arrived  stock 
has  boon  put  iu  Ice  for  more  favorable  weather.  Thu 
market  Is  In  rather  better  shape,  but  anything  at  all 
like  a  liberal  supply  wl  I  have  to  rata  «usy.  Live 
geos  ■  are  In  good  demand  at  62.50M.8  p  pair  for  New 
Jersey,  and  il.TooV.;  for  western.  We  annex  quota- 
tlons  for  prime  fresh  stock,  remarking  at  the  close 
that  the  v,  rather  Hu*  turned  cold  r 
We  quote:  Turkeys,  prime,  near  points,  IftWc.; 
State  do.,  l:Kdl6C,i  Common,  near  points,  13(5, lie.; 
Western,  l.%d5e.  Chickens,  near  point.*,  10(3150.;  do. 
poor,  96#12o.;  Western,  livvllc.;  do.,  poor,  ftalffo. 
Ducks.  New  Jersey,  12®14C.|  Western,  Ift.iKie.  Geese. 
New  .lersuy.  prime,  lBCollo.;  do.  poor,  ft„.  lie,;  West¬ 
ern,  prime,  KkuiISc.;  do.,  poor,  it*  10c.  Most  of  the 
sales  Of  Western  of  all  kinds  up  to  Saturday  last, 
were  under  18c. 

Low  figures  unuhla  dealer*  to  use  lip  a  good  deal 
of  game,  hut  it  seems  Impossible  to  clear  the  markot 
of  some  sorts,  Quail,  for  instance,  show  it  surplus 
every  day,  though  81.50  buys  the  best,.  Venison  Is 
cheaper  than  mutton  and  advices  of  plenty  to  come 
keep  the  market  wouk.  Grouse  are  abundant.  Wild 
ducks  are  m  good  demand  and  quoted  about  u*  be¬ 
fore.  Eastern  Partritlgus  are  coming,  but  shippers 
I  are  hardly  paid  for  the  trouble  of  sendtug  them. 
Buyers  prefer  Western  ot  the  figures.  Wild  (lucks 
are  quoted  at  82m;2,25  for  Havre  de  Grace  canvas, 
and  1 1.75  for  Norfolk  do.;  Red  Head*.  «,Vai76c.;  com¬ 
mon  duck,  Including  Tc.ul,  30a40c.  We  quote  Quail, 
prime,  61.50®  do*.;  poor  and  soft,  75c.(S;019O.  Par¬ 

tridges,  prime,  6Ck®75c.  Prairie  hen*.  70t'575c.  for  prime 
trapped,  and  l5e(6Uc,  for  poor  and  shot.  Hares,  0Ofe?6c. 
r<  pair.  Rabbit-,  l.)c.  Venison,  whole  deoc.F  »>„ 
hClTe.;  long  saddle.-.,  96#  10c.;  short  do.,  L0(«.d2c.  Fanoy 
whole  deer,  with  tine  antlers,  10c. 

Provision*  Have  been  generally  weak,  with  a 
fair  speculative  buslnee*.  Mess  norfc.glfl  for  unin¬ 
spected  ;  816.0246  for  inspected ;  gill  for  future.  Lard 
utSSc.  tor  spot  lota  o  1  Western  steam.  Bacon  at 
7>$e.  tor  long  elc,n\  T  »e.  for  ahort Clear. 

KpciIn.  Clover  1*  higher— quoted  at  10.  Timothy 
quiet  at  S'.85,,’.3.50. 

Tuliiicco.  Bualues*  Is  limited  in  small  lots,  to 
meet  want-s  Of  home  trade. 

Vcmrt.tblt1*.— Exports  of  potatoes,  past  week.  4,250 
bids.:  of  onions,  50  bids.  The  loosening  ol'  canal 
bout*  and  it  reduced  demand,  have  depressed  the 
potato  market,  and  prices  are  easier,  (sweet  pota¬ 
toes  Unchanged.  Red  and  yellow  onion*  are  firm  aud 
higher,  other  Item*  show  no  special  change. 

Wo  quote  Karly  Rose  f2,75M>3  p  bid.,  hulk;  Peach 
Blow,  ft.ftK'CUO  do. :  Peerless,  81.7(502  do.  Prince 
Alberts,  82.25(42.75.  .luekson  White,  81.75(^2.  sWect, 
Virginia.  84.7.v*3  v  bw.;  Delaware,  8e.0fti46.l2 M  bb). 
Onions,  -i  hoi,,  f-i  aftoifi.iJO  tor  rod,  D..AXv'5  for  yc*l- 
low, 8405.50  for  white.  Marrow  squash. 82.25  >  bbl.; 
Hubbard,  02.23 do.  Carrots,  07.  Russia  turnips,  50©7L-c. 


Garlic,  >100  strings.  810® U,  Outside  rate  for  pota- 


Whlsky— Is  scarce  and  higher.  Hales  at  81. 

Wool.  —  The  market  is  still  ruling  very  strong,  with 
!V£9,  business  from  manufacturers!  XX  fleeces, 
o3@54o.;  XdO.,  51(.t51Hu. 


Hor  i I  F.ST E If ,  Dec.  IS.— Flour  steady  nnd  un- 
Wheat  Arm  bill  quiet,  with  few  ales  at 
8l.50ffiJ.a5  for  red  Western  and  tsI.fiOfhJi.7r.  for  vrliit*-. 
Com  firm:  70®75c.  for  Hlate.  Oats,  44®48c.  Burley, 
two-rowed.  $1.25;  four-rowed,  fi.4ikwl.45.  Dressed 
“OW higher ;  86.W  for  heavy,  and  ?r,  (6(5,7  for  nght 
a  ’  Mutton.  aVdifika  v  n.  Turkeys, 

}6e.  V  n>.;  Chickens,  12)fc.  GOBse.  $1i»l,26  each  Po¬ 
tatoes  quiet  at  MVc’.S.ic.  fur  common:  SllrSiffSc.,  Poach 
PJ  y  Dnlon#  higher  and  scarce  nt 

7J;25(a>3. 75  IP  bb).  Wool  tirmer  ft 1 38®40e .  for  medium. 
42<3i4.)C.  for  coarse.  Hheep  skins,  81.2fxwl.(i3  each.  Hay 
scarce  and  unchanged. 

- - - 

COUNTRY  CHEESE  MARKET. 

Little  Falls,  N.  v„  Dec.  20, 1873. 
at  Uttlu  Falls  for  the  week  ending 
70  was  active,  and  prices  about  the  sumo  as  last 
Week.  I  ho  delivery  of  farm  dairies  wu*  light,  mostly 

ofldii  ftDd  and  (bQHO  Hulil  iLti  pviC6fl  niOKin&r 

from  5V*..  to  12c.,  according  to  quality.  Home  One  form 
lots  went  at,  1.4c.,  and  for  one  lot  18.4c.  wu*  offered 
ana  ref  used.  Factories  wore  not  so  well  represented 
us  usual,  the  offering.*  being  no  inure  tlinn  2,600  box 
e.s,  about  1,000  of  which  changed  hand*.  Wo  give  the. 
lending  trunsucflous  a*  follow. .  -Hhell’a  Bush,  t!;> 
bowsatlJe.;  Iveys,  97,  124c.;  Cold  Brook.  60,  I2K0.: 
P Hue’s  Hoilow,  69,  I3e.:  Little  Falls  Central,  84,  Dc. 
1  he  choose  bought  this  week  was  forthe  home  trade, 
and  u  largo  share  of  It  wn*  purchased  by  one  New 
Y  ork  buyer. 

Butter  oomos  forward  freely,  and  sale*  have  been 
•PtLilfi  this  week  at  a3i.//34e,,  uccurdinu  to  quality,  and 
for  extra  lo,  *' 

The  weather  In  Herkimer  1*  warm,  with  but  little 
snow  on  the  ground. 

Wo  have  advices  from  abroad  for  the  lust  week  In 
November,  our  London  correspondent  savs  flue 
English  cheese  Is  wanted,  and  tlin  short,  make  begins 
to  show  Itseir  In  the  fni  tors’  stocks.  American,  tine. 
Hepteinher  make,  is  (irmly  held,  and  sell*  for  71(56Ws.; 
next  quality,  tik(.ii70s.  ’('he.  other  descriptions  of 
cJmese  are  quoted  a-  follow:-  — Kngllah  Cheddar,  80® 
J4s.j  Wiltshire  Double,  fikHK)*.;  Clmahlre  Medium,  62 
®74s. .  flap,  TMJstHH*.;  Scotch,  72(,(|78».  f)n tell  cheese 
Edams,  Btk?e70*.;  Gouda*  ami  Derby  shape,  none  In 
market. 

Butter  Ij  dull,  tlie  finest  and  lowest  qualities  only 
inquired  for.  Clonmollssell*  nt  UOs.,  a*  landed.  Dnr- 
sets  bring  150*.;  Normandy,  140*..  and  Canadian  from 
.*)«.  to  120».t  with  sale*  to  arrive  at  7140s. 

- *-*••* - 

LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 

Nkw  York.  Dec.  20,  1873. 

Beeve8.-T1n.do  opened  fair,  with  only  n  few  sales, 
on  Wednesday  last,  prices  ranging  from  lOVaalUkc 
8*  B.,  weights  from  ,ov»\  cwt..  Thursday  trade  was 
slow,  prices  ranging  from  8Wl8Me.,  5*810  cwt .  Again 
there  was  a  slow  market  mi  Friday,  when  beeves 
sold  from  0®13e.,  5(&8>£  cwt.  The  lota  to  hand  were 
not  join  ofT  u(.  noon.  Spnnuii  fifties  have;  boon* — * 
Poarsc  Virginia  oxen,  average  weight  A  civt.  *<  head, 
file.  V  It.;  du.  steers,  from  poor  to  fair,  .*>>*5.744  cwt. 

H (. dr, lie  :  cour*.-  \l iuu, 111.  i: I-  .  (ill. ..  .  » 


me.  e  in.;  uo.  steers,  rrom  poor  to  fair,  .*i'ftw,7L  ewt. 
Hkanlc.;  course  Missouri  do.,  I’-K  cwt.,  I0kc,;  fair 
quality  Kentocky  do..  8«:wL,  llu.l-'Sc.,  nholuedo..  do., 
10  ewt.,  12^|(«d3>fc.;  do.  oxen,  poor  to  fair,  V-i  cwt., 
BGailo-l  smooth  quality  Ohio  do,,  8,Wj  ewt.,  II  W(.»12Kc.; 


... - -  .  ,,  wMiu.",,  wor,  noiii  o  uuiunlue 

rrom  7 VyDO.  F  tt.t  do., do.,  do.,  from  fair  to  good, 
llWilJc,;  choice  beeves  worn  nominal  at  IHVe.  (<  m  ; 
W est era  dresaort  Texan  beef,  uverngo  weight  4  ewt. 
50  »a.  earena*,  sold  from  tejfjfe,  ft  in. 

Milch  flaw*.  -Trade  In  tliesa  animals  was  rather 
on  the  di'cllnc  on  Wednesday  last,  and  did  not  re 
•  over  on  Thursday  or  Friday.  The  quality  of  caws 
to  hand  has  not  In  general  been  good  enough  to 
meet l the  demand;  prices  ranged  from  *50(</'A’>  »v 
head.  Poor  quality  cows  remained  unsold. 

VonJs,-  Trade  la  very  small.  Hinooih  quality  veals 
are  brisk  from  Iff  .  lORc.  ♦'  with  eonrac  veals  from 
<w»C.  v  fb.r  gras*  calves  irom  $6(5)1)  »  head.  Dressed 
vcula  fair  of  sale  at  ft.*  13c.  »  lb.,  with  a  few  cholon 
carcaasca  held  for  16c.  T  ib. 

8Uecp  anil  Lnmbs.  Trade  slow  at  fair  rates. 

Orii.H  ft  1 18. w  tfilnnriillxr  from  fum  4,.  ..  W.  r.  4 ,-v_ 


... -.it....,  nnw.i  wn  .—  mm  ri  ju.;  i  irnim  n»it 

on  sale,  Special  sale*  have  beeu  ;  -Slmhlgiin  sheep, 
average  weight  90  »*.  >  Head,5Xe.  T  lb.,  Indiana ilo., 
82  lbs.,  ,):Vc.;  Ohio  do.,  1.10  lbs.,  7*0.;  Kentucky  do., 
R*.*..  84^  n»»,,  J©f»Oy  cwcfl, 

fls*..  5 'Vo.;  Canada  sheep  and  lauibH  In  mixwl  lots,  128 
«•*„  i\c.;  (’tiniidn  lambs,  ai  lbs.,  8Wc.  Dreased  mut¬ 
ton,  wholesale  rates  as  follow* Duality  from  poor 
to  choice,  sales  at  7®13«i*.  ««  m,,  lambs  lZKe.,  both 
country  and  city  dressed. 

Hogs. -There  was  no  trade  in  live  hugs  on  Wed¬ 
nesday  last;  city  dressed  slow  at.  eotfv.  v  m.  Thurs- 


1.  V  .  .  •  'MJC  V.  HV*  Minn*;  tH 

city  drcaaod,  pigs  Included,  titf(»7)Se.  During  the 
na*t,  week  tVesteru  dressed  hog*  in  smalt  numbers 
Have  come  to  hand,  and  boon  sold  at  6>,'k7(;.  v  it,. 

Horse  Market.— Trade  small  and  sales  alow. 
Hve  head  of  Jtelit  Uarnmi.s  horse*  were  sold  ut  auc¬ 
tion  at  880(ft2t!5  U  bond  ;  2  pairs  of  f  nip  quality  do.  (lo.. 
were  sold  ut  prtvute  <ale  at  f50Ck?j700  V  pair  ;  2  head 
of  fine  quality  do.  do.,  at  privat,.-  sale.  82/5(")280  » 
head.  Two  horse* arrived  per  Erie  Railroad.  vinOuk 
Cliff  .Station  ;  37  hors.;*  arrived  per  Centrul  Now  Jer¬ 
sey  Railroad,  via  Liberty  Street  Ferry ;  Hi  mules  ar¬ 
rived  per  UM.  named  t  md  were  held  for 

shipment  to  the  West  Indian  Island*. 

Monday’*  Jsnleis.— Beeve*  slow,  and  quality  infe¬ 
rior  for  ChrlstiUA*  week.  Prices,  7KMi1't/v;  79  It.; 
w4!lght*,.')C(iH  cwt., on 5o*ku(Kl  n>«.  to  the  cwt.  Choice 

Bteers  sold  ut8H2r^l25  ?  head.  Choice  oxen.uverage 
weight U  cwt.  $1  head,  sold  at  13c.  &  n>. 

Milch  Cow*.— 2  cow*  sold  at  $57  T  bead;  1  cow 
sold  at  $75;  trade  small  und  slow. 

Veal*.— On  a  light  run  of  both  veals  and  grass 
calves  trade  was  (mlynomhiuL 

Sheep  anil  Liinili*.— Trade  very  slow;  quality 
from  fair  to  choice.  Sheep  sold  at  oM&t  vc.;  lambs 
not  quotiid  -scparu.toly. 

Hog*.— 1  car  Ohio,  sold  at  85.40  V  cwt.;  2  cars  do., 
$o.iO.  City  and  Wo* tern  nroosed  not  quoted  at  noon. 


RECEIPTS  OF  LfVE  STOCK. 

_  Cown,  C»l»e*.  Lsu/b*. 

One  Hundredth  Ht... J.284  22  4U2  aos 

Forty-Eighth  St -  31  20  143  10,069 

Fortieth  St .  1*1(1  no  36  8,222 

Communipaw . 4,759  00  00  5,770 

Woehawkcn . 2,132  00  ft)  001J 


22 

4(« 

k 

143 

TO 

36 

00 

no 

no 

TO 

42 

*582 

34 

492 

Totals  this  week...  8,156  19  582  24,364  39,210 

M  last  week....  6.934  34  492  22,963  46  791 

COMPARATIVE  KATES. 

Last  week.  This  week 
Cents.  Cents. 

Good  steers  78  a . 12  w  18K  12  at  i;jv 

£air . 11  an  11  v  11  %  11 V 

Foor . If)  (4  10  v  70  (at  105( 

Poorest .  8  fit  9V  7K  01  <)¥ 

Gen.  selling  rates  . 11  <$  12B  ll  6a  12 


This  week 
Cents. 

12  at  13* 
11  <3  11V 

10  (4  lov 

7*  ®  »v 

11  @  12 


SPECIAL  NOTICES, 

The  Best  ’"Elastic  Tuiss”  iu  the  World  is 
*oid  by  Pomeroy  &  Co.,  Y4I  Broadway,  N.  Y„  for 
three  dollars.  Write  to  them  tor  full  particulars. 

— - wt - 

Surgical  Elastic  stocking*  fur  enlarged  veins, 
and  Supporting  Belt*  of  hest  quality,  at  Pomeroy's, 
744  Broadway,  N.  V. 


PUTS 

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WHAT  A  GALAXY  OF  GREAT  WRITERS  FOR 
A  SINGLE  NUMBER! 


hi*  official  report,  which  is  published. 

Robert  Dale  Owen  praises  Pro f,  Agassiz 
for  his  “  good  temper  and  good  sense.'’ 


U’FVTV  UMYTIMl'  Ladles  or  Gentlemen,  for 
1 11  >  I  A  W  alt  liiU  •  books  which  will  sell  during 
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PERSONAL  ITEMS. 


Mentis  Wanted. 


gubtiratiottis’. 


Ool.  Herndon  thinks  Abraham  Lincoln  did 
not  die  a  Christian. 

The  trial  of  Ex-Senator  Harry  Genet  re¬ 
sulted  in  conviction. 

Judge  Samuel  Nelson  was  buried  at  Coop- 
erst.own,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  18, 

Anna  Dickinson  continues  to  lecture  “For 
Your  Own  Sake  ”  aud  hers. 

The  Archbishops  of  Paris,  Cambrity  and  Va¬ 
lencia  have  become  Cardinals. 

Miss  A  bthe  W.  May  has  been  elected  a  mem¬ 
ber  of  the  Bouton  School  Board. 

The  funeral  of  Prof.  Agassiz  was  held  at 
Harvard  College  Chapel,  Dec.  18. 

Chief  Justice  McKean  refuses  to  admit 
Utah  polygamists  to  citizenship. 

The  Bender  family  Kansas  butchers  have 
been  tracked  to  Northern  Mexico. 

T.  P.  Lord,  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Gen- 
twee  Co.,  N-  Y.,  died  Dec,  4,  aged  Sib 

/  ’  A  T'Kl*  ^nnUAklffi  //.f  Vfillft  (111  llntnini  L*n  mn 


Caleii  Cushing  is  to  address  the  survivors  of 
the  Mexican  War  at  Washington,  Jau.  15. 

Mr.  Hatch,  Republican  Senator  from  Hale 
Co.,  has  been  expelled  from  the  Alabama 
Senate. 

Mne.  Rose  Corning  has  been  acquitted  at 
Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  on  a  charge  of  killing  her 
mother. 

Baez,  President  of  San  Domingo,  is  said  to 
have  been  deposed  by  a  new  provisional 
Government. 

Mr.  Northop,  See’y  of  Conn.  State  Board  of 
Education,  denounces  the  practice  of  educating 
our  children  in  ISgrope, 

King  Lttnaliiaj  of  the  Sandwich  Islands  has 
withdrawn  his  proposition  for  a  reciprocity 
treaty  with  the  United  States. 


'PiSccUmifouj?. 


PAT)  n  ATT  -a  choice  farm 

JT  U  IV  uALlJi  of  801 K  “-ores,  with  good 

two-story  frame  house, 
barns,  stables,  etc.;  live  hedges,  orchards  and  vine¬ 
yard  :  superior  prairie  and  timber  land  nearly  all 
under  cultivation  or  iu  pasture ;  well  watered;  suit-  1 
able  lor  stock  or  grain  farm ;  Inn  most  exertUnt  nrUih- 
bnrhnoii,  und  considered  one  of  the  most  healthy  and 
beautiful  homes  in  Cooper  Co.,  Mo,;  t!«  miles  from 
Vermont  station,  on  ”  Osage  Valiev  and  So.  Kan.  r. 
K,,"  and  about  six  allies  from  the  "  Mo.  Pa.  It.  It."  In 
order  to  make  im  prompt  a  sale  ns  possible,  the  above 
u  rifle  rod  ut  the  extreme  low  price  or  tao  an  acre; 
part  on  time  If  desired;  Interest,  10  per  cent,  per 
annum.  For  further  particulars,  apply  to  Bunking 
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or  BONN  ML  L,  LAWSON  A  CO,.  Bankers,  No.  1  Wall 
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x  Fi  -i  I'tias  ?•  Octavo  Pianos  for 
S?.°0  °  We  miisiviT—  R  costs 
'I, Liu  S300  to  make  any 
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fear  ri  '•‘J!!'  /'•>»  Agents,  all  of  whom  niake  joO 
Ik's  |  >' lit V  ,x  vb  per  ct.  ptnth.  W  e  have  no 

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Do.  fiiieop,  Swine  and  Poultry .  1  75 

Johnston's  Agricultural  Chemistry .  1  75 

Do.  Elements  Agricultural  Chemistry .  X  50 

Kemp's  Landscape  Gardening... .  2  60 

I, ungstroiJi  on  tho  If Ivn  and  Honey  Bee .  2  0U 

Lewis’  American  Bportsman .  3  76 

Lightning  Rods,  and  How  to  Construct  Them, 

oy  John  I’bilL . .  26 

Manuul  on  Flax  und  Hemp  Culture .  28 

Manual  of  Tobacco  Culture .  26 

Mason’s  Farrier  and  Btud  Book .  1  jo 

Muyliew’s  illustrated  Horse  Management .  3  GO 

Do.  Illustrated  Horse  Doctor .  3  00 

Mechanic*  companion  (Nicholson) . .  3  00 

Mechanic*  for  Millwrights,  Machinist*  und  others  1  50 

Milas  on  Horse’s  Foot  (cloth) .  76 

Modern  Cookery  (by  Miss  Acton  and  Mrs.  8.  J. 

Hale) . .  .  1  76 

McClure  *  Diseases  of  Horse.  Cattle  and  Hheep.  2  00 

Money  in  the  Uarden,  by  P.  T.  D-*«u .  1  50 

Norris' Fish  Culture . .  176 

Norton's  Element#  fiolenttttc  Agriculture .  75 

Onion  Culture . 20 

Our  Farm  of  Four  Acres  . 30 

Pardee  On  Htiuwberry  Culture .  75 

Pitrscnn  on  the  Rose . .  1  26 

Pear  Culture  for  Profit,  IP.  T.  Quinn) .  1  00 

ladder's  Land  Measure .  tio 

Practical  and  Boleuttflo  Fruit  Culture  (Baker)...  4  00 

Practical  Floriculture  (P.  Henderson) .  1  50 

Practical  Poultry  Kcnper  (I,,  wrlghtj .  2  00 

Praol.toal  8hcpherrt  iKundall) .  2  00 

Quinby's  Mysteries  of  Bee  Keeping .  j  50 

Uiilnoy  on  Soiling  Cuttle .  126 

Randall's  8  mu  Wool  Bheep  Husbandry .  1  00 

Do,  Sheep  Husbandry  in  the  fiouth .  1  60 

Richardson  oil  the  Dog .  30 

baundCrs-  Domestic  Poultry,.., .  40 

Soli  click's  Gardener*’  Text-Book .  75 

Kcribnor's  Proauoe  Tables . .  .  20 

Do.  Ready  Reokoner  and  Log  Book.. . .  30 

filmnson's  Huns  Portraiture  — Breed ig.  Rear¬ 
ing  and  Training  Trottera.. . .  2  60 

Bix  Hundred  Recipes . . .  1  75 

Skeleton  Leaves .  2  00 

Bkilliui  Housewife .  75 

Slack 'b  Trout  Culture  (new) . .  1  so 

Blowart's  (John)  Stable  Book . . .  1  60 

Tagoliuoior's  Poultry  Honk  (colored  plate*) .  9  00 

Tegotmeler'*  Pigeon  Book  (colored  plates) .  6  00 

Ten  Acres  Enough. . . .  l  yj 

The  Boston  Machinist  (Fitzgerald) .  76 

The  Dog  (uy  Dinks,  Muyhow  and  Hutchinson)..  3  Of) 
The  Dog  (new) . .  2  60 


Thom  a#’  Am.  Fruit  Culiunst  (t&u  Illustration!).  300 

Trapoer’s  Guide  (Newboue*),.  . . . . .  2  00 

Trout  Culture  (Seth  Green)  ..  . . .  1  oo 

Trowbridge’#  (Sir*.  Laura)  Excel *lor  Cook  Book 

snd  Housekeeper's  Aid . .  125 

Warder's  Hedges  and  Evergreens...,, .  1  50 

Waring'*  Uleinants  of  Agriculture .  1  uo 

Watson'#  American  Koine  Garden .  2  00 

Wax  Flowers,  aud  How  to  Make  Them .  2  00 

Western  Fruit  Growers’ Guide  (Elliott). .  1  W 

VVheoler'8  Home*  for  the  People,.. .  s  DO 

Do.  Rural  Hollies.. .  .  2  00 

Window  Gardening  (H.  T.  William#) . .  X  U) 

Woodruff's  Trotting  Horse  of  America... .  2  26 

Woodwind's  Graperies  and  Uorcl  Buildings  ....  1  50 

Do.  Country  Home# . .  x  so 

Ilo.  Cottage#  and  Farm  llduxiij . .  .  x  SO 

Ho.  Suburban  and  Country  House# .  1  so 

Youutt  and  Spooner  on  the  Horse... . .  1  SO 

Youatt  and  Martin  on  Cattle .  1  so 

Youatt  and  Martin  on  the  Hog .  X  <jn 

Youatt  Oo  Bheep . . .  X  «i 

You  man’*  Hand-Book  of  Household  Science.. ,,  X  78 

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